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BLOOMSBTJllG,PA., EIIIDAY, JUNE 22. 1877.
TIIK COLUMMAN, VOL. XI, NO, 24
eoLUM.llAlf.MOCItAT,VOL.XLll, NO. 13
lie
Columbia County Official Directory.
President Judge William Elwell,
Associate Judgei I. K. KrlcMiaum, 1". I Uhuman.
1'rotlionotarv, cc 11. frank y.nrr.
Court stenographer H. N. Walker.
Register & Recorder V llllamson II. Jacoby.
District Attorney John M. ulark.
Shcrirf John v. HolTman.
surveyor Isaac Dewitt.
Treasurer Dr. II. W. .Mclteynolds.
Commissioners John llcrner, S. W. Mcllcnry,
Joseph sands.
Commissioners' Clerk William Krlckbaum.
AudltorsM, v.H. Kline, J. It. Casey, K.H. llrown.
Coroner Charles (1. .Murphy.
Jury Commissioners Jacob II, Fritz, William It,
tilt.
county superintendent William II. Snyder.
lllooml'oor Dlstrlct-Dlrcctors-O. P. lint, Scott,
Wm, Kramer, liloomsburg nnd Thomas lteeco,
ricoit, o. 1'. i:ut, Secretary.
BUSINESS OAitns.
JQH. J. C. RUTTEK,
l'U V81C1AN & SURGEON,
Office, M or th Market street,
Mar.27,'71- Bloomsburg, Pa.
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
liloomsburg Hanking Company John A. Funston,
President, II. II. (Irotz, Cashier.
Firs'. National Hank Charles It. l'axton, President
J. 1", Tustln, Cashier.
Columbia County Mutual Saving Fund nnd Loan
Assoclatlon-ll. II. Little, President, C. W. Miller,
Knerntnrv.
liloomsburg Building and Saving Fund Association
wm. rcacocK, rrcsiueni,,i, u. itooison, necrciury.
Bloomsburg Mutual Saving Fund Association J.
J, Brower, President, C. (1. Barkley, Secretary,
CIIUIICII DIRECTORY.
BAfTIST CIIUHCH,
llcv. J. P. Tustln, (Supply.)
Sunday Services iix a. m. and OX p. tn.
Sunday School 9 a. tn.
Prayer Meeting i:vcry Wednesday evening at OX
clock.
Scats free. Tho public nro Invited to attend.
ST. MATTHEW'S LUTUEKAN CUEKPII.
Mlnls'er llev..T. McCron.
Sunday Services lOtf a. m. and OX p. m.
Miiml.iv Mclinrkl.Q n. in.
PrnvcrMeeilug Every Wednesday evening at ox
ClOCk.
Seats free. No pews rented. All are welcome.
rBESBVTKKIAN CIll'KCU.
Mlnlster-ltcv. Stuart Mitchell.
Sunday Services lx a. tn. and ox p. m.
Nnnilnv Kelinnl o n. tn.
Pruver Meeting Every Wednesday evening at OX
O'CIOCK.
heals free. No pews rented. Strangers welcome.
METIIOniST EPISCOPAL CUCKCU.
Presiding Elder Ker. N. S. Buckingham.
Minister Iter. J. H. McMnrray.
Sunday Services wx and ox p. m.
suudav School '2 p. m. , , ,
lut.tn I'lnai r.vrv Mnmhv evenlnpat Gl 0 C10CK.
Voung Men's ITaver Meeilng-Every Tuesday
evening at ay, o'clock. ,
(leneral Prayer Meetlng-Kvcry Thursday evening
1 o ClOCK.
REFORMED cnt'RCU.
Corner of Third and Iron streets.
I'astor Hev. (1. 1). Hurley.
itesldenco-Central Hotel.
Sunday Services lo; a. in. and 7 p. m.
Sunday school n a. m.
I'rnj er Meeting-Saturday, 7 p. m.
All are Invited There Is alwnj 3 room.
ST. PAUL'S CItORCU.
Hector Itev L. Zahner.
Sunday Services HIM a. m., 7M P-
Sunday School a. m.
?re Mitmlnvin thn innntti. Ilnlv Communion.
Services preparatory to Communion on Friday
evening UCIUH) IIIW nbHUiumjiiirui.ii mumu.
J'ews rented ; but ever) body welcome.
KVA.SUEUCAL CHURCH.
Presiding Klder-ltev. A. L. Veeser.
-tiii.ijir iinv .1. A . Irvine.
Sunday Service 3 p. in., In tho Iron btreet Church.
itnn.unii.rv Hnlilmth nt 'f. ti. tn. I
Ali nro Invited. AU are welcome.
13. OIIV1S,
ATTOHNEV-AT-LAW.
orEicE-Hootn No. 1, "Columbian" Building.
Sept. is,is;5.
gAMUEL KNOllll.
A T T 0 11 N E V-A T-L A W,
BLOOMSHUHO, PA.
onic', Hartman's Block, corner Main nnd Maiket
Streets Oct. 8, ',0
Q W.MILLKK,
AriUll.-KV-AT-LAV
Ofllco In Browcr's building, second lloor, room No.
1, Bloomsburg. ra. lulyl,73
. FUNK. 1. K. WALLER,
FUNK & WALLER,
Attornoys-at'Lnw,
BLOOMSlltllta, PA.
omco In Columbian Ucildiku. Jan. 19, '"-ly
THE JLONGS
CON SUMPTION.
This distressing and dangerous complalnt.andlts
premonitory symptoms neglected cough, night
sweats, hoarseness wasting flesh fever peruionent-
i) eureu oy jir, ".iwajnc s uomitouim ruji ui mm
Cherry."
H1IONC11ITIS a Premonllor of Pulmonary Con
sumption, Is characterized byCatnrrh or Intlamallon
ot the mucuotis memhrano ot tho air passages.
honrheness, pains In the chest. For all lironcuiai
aflectlons, toio throat, loss of voice coughs,
DR. SWAYNE'S
Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry
IS A BOVEHEION REMKDV.
ilcmmoi rliiure nrsnltllnt? of blood, tnav nroceed
from tho larynx, truihta, bronchia or lungs, and
arise from vnrlouscauses, aunduo physical exertion,
piemorn, iuuness or mo vessels, enK ning, oer
ttraliilngof tho voice, suppressed evacuation, ob
struction of the spleen or liver, Ac.
Compound Symp of Wild Cherry
ilttiy action, ln
& W. J. BUCKALEW,
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW,
Bloomsburg, Pa,
onice on Main Street, first door below Courtllouso
tar.u, H
F. it- J. jr. CLARK,
AllUUrix.1 B'Al'LA W ,
omco In Ent's Building.
RILLMEYER,
ATTOHNEV AT LAW.
pice Adjoining c. II. & W. J. Buckalew.
Bloomsburg, l'o.
Apr. 14,'7C.
R. II. LITTLE.
& R. R. LITTLE,
E.lu
ATTO UN E YH-AT-L A V
fit r Ikes at tlta root of dlRcnscby piirlfjtnff thflilooil,
rosTonnjf mo nvcrauu Kiuncys 10 ueai
vliroriitlntftho nrrvouafivstcm.
Ha mnrvelous power uotonlvovpr every chronic
disodeo nhern a gradual altera! lo action Is iieeded.
rndrr Its tisp llio cough Is loosened, the night
sweats diminished, tho natn cubsldes, lhe pulso re
turns tolls ratural standard, thofstoinaehlslmprov-
ed In its power to digest and assimilate me rooa aim
everv organ has a purer nnd better quality of blood
: supplied to it, out of which new rocreathu and plas
tic material In nudo
Ml SWAYNK graduated at one of tho tK-RtMedl-
pnl Cfilleees In the tT. s.. nnd was tMitraired In an nc-
; tlve praetlco for many 3 ears, thus guaranteeing that
ins preparations aro prepareuupuu sirivuj m-iiuuih;
principles.
Rcluible Evidence.
HOME TKSTIMONY.'
riii. s wavne Dear sir : I feel It to be duo to yon
ntnl KiifTerliiir limnanltv to clvu the followlnir testl-
monv respecting the wonderful curntlvo powers of
jour Compound sjrupof wild Cherry and Sarsnpa
rllla and Tnr Pills. I wasamtctedwltha violent
cough, pains In the sldo nnd breast, night sweats.
fUle III rum. inj iwntiaiiciciuniiiriui'inu'iii'mii
gone, and my stomach to very weak that my physi
cian was at a loss to know w hat to do for me, ns ev
en thing I used In tho shape ot tnedlclno was reject-
rou't. R. little, ed ; spit different times a pint ot bioou I remniueci
lormonmsiu uusumui cuuuiuuu, uuu k'ih m mi
Hopes of ever recovering. At tins time you recuin-
menfii'it lite use in viiur Hruit uuu uiua. n iiivu 1111'
mediately began to soot lie. comfort and allay the
Bloomsburg, Pa.
April 10,'T4
Bloomsburg, Pa.
le-Ilii!ness before the II. S. Patent onicoattended
to. omco In tho Columbian Building. 33
JgROCKWAY & ELWELL,
A 1 1U It i W 1 O-A 1-Li A tV,
CotiMniAN BciLniNO, Bloomsburg, Pa.
CMembers of tho United states law Association.
ollectlons made in any part ot America or Europe.
ylLLlAM IiRYSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Centralia, Pa.
vinlencn of the couirh. strencthened and healed inv
lungs: in snort, it nas mauoa ;ieneci uureu, -;ui,
and I am now ablo to pursue my dally labor. by
person doubting tho truth of the above sttt ra-'
will please ca 1 on or address me, at the factory.
EDWAItllll. 1IAMSON,
Knglneer of (leo. Sweeney's Pottery,
Itldgc Itoad, below Wallace, Phl.a.
nverii venrs bao etflosed. and Mr. llamson still I
remains a hearty man to this day September 3(ith,
is, u.
PHYSICIANS KEC0MMEN1) IT.
nr.TbnmasJ.lt. lllioads. Hovertown. Berks Co..
Pa., writes: Your compound sjrupof MK1 Cherry I
I esteem very ntgniy : nave ncen selling nnu recum-
inendlng It to my patlcntsfor many J ears and It ul-
u'At. ntmra eiiirnrintiH tit iiuhtiuuiti iuul' n. uiuu-
chlal nnd nbthmatlcal atlectlons. It has made some
remarkable cures In tills section, and I consider It
the best remedy with which I am acquainted.
Price il. Six bottles for ts. It not sold by jour
druggist, we w 111 forward half dozen by express,
rr-Descrltiesvmrtoms In all communications, and
address letters to HH.HWAYNE SON. 330 North I
sixth btreet, Philadelphia. Nochaigewlll bomadul
sola oy uruggisis unuueiueis in UU.-U1-
Poetical.
MAUltEKN COSIIA U1IAS.
Maureen t'osha Dhas I
Ycr the purtlcstlass
Ever walked on ahoo leather or dhrov e a boy mad ;
For j our woo little feet,
And j our figure so sweet
Are too much for the brain of a poor Irish la J.
Maureen Coshajihasl
When I seo j o nt Mass,
Saints above I I'm afraid that It's to yo I pray ;
An' th' crown o' my hat,
When 1 look Into that,
Has j er purty f aco there, wld the dimples at play.
Maureen Coslia Dhas I
Thin the medda je crass,
To your father's nauj cabin, Just under tho hill.
Th' dlv II, we're tould,
Tempted Tony ot ould,
Wld a woman lcdad I we've tho pattern still.
Maureen Cosha Dhas I
(Yer th' sly little lass)
Wld ycr "Top o' th' mornln,' thin ye'U go on yer way,
Hut jer purty eyes danco
Andyo gives me a glanco
That 8C7, "Dlnny, ngra I have j e nothing' t' say ?
Maureen Cosha Dhas I
I'll not let je pass
Th' next time I meet o at fair or nt wako j
Me peaco j o destroy
An' that's hard on a boy
That 'ud light a whole faction and dlo for j er sake 1
Mauieen Cosha Dhas 1
We'll sit on tho grass
Wld me arm roun' jer waist, and a tear in yer eyo ;
And j ell Baj "D.nlln1 Dennis I
Spake to Mther Maglnuls ;
Shurel'draythcrdothat, now, nor think that jo'd
diet"
Dublin Untierslty .lioiKinc,
MISCELLANEOUS.
TliK oilLiujii ut t-uinai. , -Y-v-r-
tho little Brick Church on the hill," Vy
llnata In
known as the Welsh Uaptlst Church-on Hock street
"ncgular meeting for worship, every Lord's day tt-
scats free j and tho public aro cordially lnv lted to
atieua.
H O W E L L,
, l'A.
ULOOMSBURO DIRECTORY.
OCHOOL ORDERS, blank, just printed and
1 T neutlv bound In small books, on hand and
tor sale at tho Colombian omco. Feu. 19, 1876-11
DENTIST.
omco in Hartman's Block, second lloor, corner
Main and Market Streets,
BLOOMSBUHG,
May 20-ly.
IROWN'S HOTEL, llloouisburp, Pa., IS.
I stohner. Proprietor. Accommodations . first-
class. tl.25tofl.coperaa'. iiestaurani aiiucueu.
October , 'to-ii
for advice.
clnes generallj.
tors
LANK DliKDS, on Parchraiiit nnd IJnen
i itwii-. rnmmnn ana ror AUinioisi raiurs, liAcs-w-
and trustees, for sale cheap at the columiiun
sew
TVf ARR1 A(i E CERTI F1CATE.S jtut printed
l ami for sale at too Colombian uniee. .iiuua-
tersot tho oospel and Justices should Bupply them
selves Willi tneso necessary m iiviuo.
SI. DRINKER, GUN and.LOCKSMlTH.
.cvilng Machines and Machinery of all kinds re
paired. Orr.RA House Building, liioomsDurg, j-a.
J. TII0RNTO1N
11. ...nut., nnnmmo tntha rtf!7pnfinf HInoms.
TIISTICES and Constables' Fee-Bills for sale burg and vicinity that he has Just received a full and
fl ai 1110 WOLUMUlAn Ulinir. i"V . . 1 .. I -""'l'"-tu ""v...-
rected loos as established by the last Act ot tho Leg.
siaturoupon mo suujeci. u.veij uuauw.uvvir
stable should have one
"T7"ENDUE NOTES just printed and for salo
Y cheap at tno olumbiah unite.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
WALL PAPE1I, WINDOW SHADES,
FIXTURES, C0KD9, TASSELS,
and all other goods In his lino of business. All the
newest anu most uppruveu uaneiuaut urouoi tu
0 OUnU in UlS esiauimuuieui, mum mi eel,
I always to be f
below Market.
oct. MS
LIVER COMPLAINT
That dreaded alseose.trom which so many perso n
sutler, is rrequenuy me.causo oi
llEAUACHE, lNDIOESriON, DVSl'EI'SIA,
Is speidlly relieved, and are often permanently cured I
uy
Swayne's Tar anflSarsapanlla Pills.
ivvprs ore often nreented by tho use of theso I
Saraaparllla Pills, as they carry olf.throueh the blood I
the Impurities from which they arise, for cosme-
ness mere is noinmg &o eneciuaiasuwujuea iur
anti sarsnparuia i'jub.
riit'y air purfij t'Ki'uiNitMuiu -t- ojn-uiaiij uu iu 1
i-iver as ijiuh iiaiH or luiuiiici. uuuui. nuj uuu 11.--
Bults from taking.
Artdrpss loiters to DIt. SWAYNK & Son. rhiladel-
nhin. N'n rhnrpn fnr artilce. hent bv mall on recelDt
uf price. Price cents a Imjx ; nvo boxes for $ 1. Ask
jour urui&L lur LiiC'iu
ON A XAU011TY LITTLE HOY, SLURPING.
nY ERET 1IARTK.
Just now 1 mtssed from hall and stair
A Joyful treble that had grown
As dear to mo as that grav o tono
That tells the world my older care.
And little footsteps on tho lloor
Wei e sta) ed. 1 laid aside my pen,
Forgot my theme, and listened then
Stolo softly to the library dour.
No sight I no sound ! a moment's freak
of fancy thrilled my pulses through :
"It no" nnd yet, that fancy drew
A father's blood from heart and cheek.
And then I found him 1 There he In j',
Surprised by sleep, caught In the act,
The rosy Vandal who had sacked
Ills little town, and thought It play :
The shattered vaso ; tho broken jar ;
A match still smouldering on the floor ;
The Inkstand's purple pool ot gore ;
Tho chessmen scattered near and far.
Strewn leaves of albums lightly prossed
This wicked "Baby ot tho Woods ;"
In fact, ot halt the household goods
This son and heir was selzed-posscssod.
Yet all In vain, for sleep had caught
The Jiand thatreached, the feet that strajed;
And fallen In that ambusnado
Tho victor was himself o'erwrought.
What though torn lcav cs and tattered book
still testified his deep disgrace 1
I stooped and kissed the Inky face,
With Its demure and calm outlook.
Then back I stole, and half beguiled
My guilt, in trust that when my sleep
Should come, there might be One who'd keep
An equal mercy for Ills child.
Harper's Magiizine Jor Juy.
A sooty man, clad In blues crmvas, now I foro tbo car ? Its roarlni; ran e in lie rears,
black with smolro ami dust. Only a brake- Panting, with almost burstinc bosom, alio
man! No; a trifle better the conductor of reached the switch, opened It and stood
the freight train. A year ago he had been clinging to it as tho car came thundering
glad to take the placo or a urakeman, and over the viaduct.
already he had been promoted, Love did it. She looked up at her lover upon the car.
Ho had met nnd loved Lydia In the days of lie had scon aud understood tho change In
is foolish idleness, and she had Insisted that the switches. His car, helpless though it
he dosomo manly work, or sho could not was. would cross over to tho down track and
yes, sho could and did lovo him j but ho roll harmlessly along the level line till its
must show himself worthy her love. Already force was Bpont. He was saved, nnd by her
he had advanced, and sho was well pleased ready wit and Bklll. The passengers in tho
with his progress, and they had become en- train were also saved.
gaged. Sho had saved him I Lovo had been her
A grimy, dusty man in unlovely garments; inspiration.
but, in her eyes, ho was a man mado for Great heavens I What's that? Tho express
better tilings. As lie stood bosido her, ono Tho down express was coming.
could teo in his clear eyes nnd a sensible All was in vain. Ho was lost. She saw
fuco that ho had good stuff in him, and was him throw up his arms in despair. The
worthy of her love. very plan sho had devised to save him would
It becomes us not to linger while they talk bo his ilcstructiou. llcttcr far to have thrown
quietly together beside the track. Tho train
moved slower and slower, till finally it stop
ped with tho last car just beyond tho switch.
Tho iron horse was moved on, tho station
master signaled with his arms in a curious
fashion, and eacli of tho four brakemen rc-
hlm off upon tho siding as sho had intended.
Now he would meet a more dreadful death,
and the destruction would include scores of
lives instead of a dozen.
All this flashed through her mind like
lightning. She felt her knees give way be
pcated the motion in turn. White puffs of neath her, and she clung to tho switch in
steam rose high in the air from tho farther despair. She shut her eyes to hide tho com
end of tho train. A curious rattling sound ing disaster.
sped through tho train, and the last car Hark 1 The whistle on the express. They
backed down, turned aside and entered the had seen tho imminent collision, and were
siding. The station master left the switch doing their best to avert it,
and camo hastily toward tho lovers. She. too, must do something. With a
"Good day, Alfred. Light freight to-day, bound sho sprang to the next switch, tore it
only ono car by the way, the brake chain is open and stood panting and moaning besldo
broken, nnd you had better drop the car at it with tho bar in her hand. She must save
tho repair shops. The freight can be thrown the train even if she buried her lover under
out without leaving the car." the splintered wreck of the air.
So saying, the station master went on in-1 Onward came the car, thundering over
to tho freight house, followed by the rattling the viaduct and just ahead of tho train. It
nnd rumbling cars. They gradually lost turns quickly at the switch, crossed over
their speed,and then came to a stop with the and shot past her into the siding. He had
end of the train lost in tho dark cavern of one look at her upturned face. It was full
the freight house. There was a shout from of love aud helpless misery. She was seud-
tho buildiug,and then one of the brakemen ing him to certain destruction to savo the
began to move his arms as a signal to go on. express train.
Again the white pufls of steam shot up in The instaut tho car passed, she closed the
the distance, and with a jar aud a quiver the switch, and sprang back again to tho other
train started again. switch, and closed it just in time to see the
Car after car rolled past them. There express train sweep past in safety.
were hurried whispers, a warm hand-shako In an instant the car ran into tho freight
and perhaps a kiss, aud then tho young man house with an awful splintering crash. The
swung forward, grasped the ladder on tho express pulled up opposite the station, and
last car. climbed quickly to the top and sat I in a moment a crowd of people ran
down. She stood gazing after him as he shouting and frantic up tho liuc. Some of
was drawn away from her, and smiled and them had seen the whole performance and
waved farewell to him with her handker-1 knew what it meant, but for the majority of
chief. them it was a tragic mystery.
"Here Lydia, you must help me." I They found Lydia upon the ground by the
It wai her brother who stood beside her I switch, and with the keys still clutched in
with a bunch of keys in his hand. I her hand. What had she dono? What had
"The passenger train follows this at once, I happened to her?
IT M. KNOHR, Dealer in Hoots and Shoes,
!i. latest and best styles, corncrMalnandMarket
streets, In tho old post onlce.
CLOCKS, WATCIIKS, &C.
C E. SAVAGE, Dealer in Clocks, Watches
j, an
"yiLLIAM Y. K ESTER,
JNlJliitUl-lAJN X' TAlljUit
Corner of Main nnd West streets, three doors below
J. K. Ejcr s btore, iiioomsourg, ra.
llutel.
and Jewelry, Main St., Just below the Central
Itching Files
H generally preceded by a moisture, llko persplra-
Miscellaneous.
PUT YOURSELF IN HEU PLACE.
The long summer day had crept Blowly
away, and it was nearly 5 o'clock. The
hours at the railroad station were marked as
by some gigantic clock that told the laggard
minutes by screaming whistles and clanging
bell.s The -1:30 accommodation had gone
East, tho Western express, due there at -1:05
had thundered through the village, gsne on
1'HOl'KSSIONAL CAHDS.
Q
1 G, IIARKLEv, Attorney-at-l-aw. uuice
In Hrower's building, vnu svory, iiounia & u.
ct.15, '75.
uVraSfeeT Vnmm aUCndCd ,0 and sam'ac"on iJodTsW.'Slngf a's KSrpi!n?offiTerS over the great viaduct.and disappeared round
niirhtH lien undresslng.or In tied ari'cr getting' warm, the vast curve beyond
It appears In summer as well ns winter, oftentimes Sn nnn eniinteil tlin Iioum liv the trains
.hnu,iuir,imiinill1innrlvatBnaits.andlHnotcon-I SO 0110 COUUteU tue UOUrs oy IU0 trams,
lined io maies onij-, dm isquue us ireuueni uuu. ie- jjvma uy name, a girt oi tno uest iew r-ug-
L'uaranteed,
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Cases ot longstanding, pronounced Incurable, have tapacivy lur uuiujj mm uiumg, buuu.u.u.c
been permanently cureu oy snipiy uppij iug
and l must go to the station, will you
please close the switch after them? '
She took tho keys, mechanically, and then
turned again to gaze after her lover, seated
on the last car of tho retreating train, It
had passed out of the switch, and was cross
ing the great viaduct and moving more and
more swiftly away.
To close and lock the switch was neither
difficult nor dangerous, and she quietly
walked on toward the end of tho siding till
she came to tho switch post. Here sho leaned
against tho wooden framo for a little space,
shading her eyes from tho sun with her hand
and watching tho train It had run around
the valley, and was turning into tho great
curve that crept upward in a long grade over
the hill beyond.
It was now a milo away and she could
no longer distinguish any one on tho cars.
Sho turned slowly away, seized the iron bar
of the switch, and easily threw it over into
place, so as to leave the main line open for
the next train,
Sho looked back down the road, and saw
that the passenger train had entered the line
from tho branch and was just pulling up at
the station to discharge passengers. It may
She could not answer. Nature had mer
cifully taken a way her senses. They
took her up tenderly and carried her to the
station and laid her upon a seat in the wait
ing room. The passengers of the two trains
crowded the room and offered every aid, for
in some vague manner they began to under
stand that she was the creditor to the value
of all their lives. She had paid for their
safety with costly sacrifice.
The freight train backed down to tho cross
over switch, and the engineers of the three
trains met and begau to examine the post
tions of the switches. A number of men al
so came from the express train, and among
them was one who seemed in authority. lie,
too, examined the line carefully, and the en
ginecrs explained the matter to him, and
listened to his remarks with becoming de
ference.
Tho little room in the station was packed
with people, idlers aud others, and they
could with difficulty bring him in.
"No, said one of tho ladies, who were
trying to restore the girl. "It may be too
great a shock for her. She must not see him
yet.
"Make way there gentlemen. Tho su-
Tlie Last Man.
What u to IlEcoMn of Him, Accobmno
to Tiin Scientific Speculators.
What will becomo of tho last man? Va
rious theories that have been seriously main
tained by scientific men are described, and
we summarize them :
1. Tho surface of tho earth is steadily di
minishing, elevated regions nro being low
ered, nnd tho seas nro filling up. Tho land
will at last bo all submerged, nnd tho last
man will bo starved or drowned.
2. Tho ico is gradually accumulating at
tho north polo and melting away nt tho
south pole, tho conscquenco of which will
bo an awful catastrophe when the earth's
centro of gravity suddenly changes. Tho
Inst man will then bo drowned by tho rush
of waters.
ii, Tho earth cannot always cscapo a com
et, and when the disaster comes there will
bo a mingling of the air and cometary gasf
causing an explosion. If the last man is not
suffocated ho will bo blown up.
4. There- is a retarding medium in space,
causing a gradual loss of velocity in the
planets, and the earth, obeying tho law of
gravitation, will get closer and closer to the
sun. The last man will bo suustruck.
5. Tho amount of tiie water on the cartli
is slowly diminishing, and simultaneously
tho air is losing in quantity and quality.
Finally the earth will be an and waste, llko
the moon. The last man will bo sulfoca-
ted.
G. Other suns have disappeared, and ours
must, sooner or later, blaze up and then
disappear. The intense heat of the conlliv
gration will kill every living thing on earth.
Tho last man will be burned.
7. Tiie sun's fire will gradually burn out,
aud the temperature will cool. The earth's
glacial zones will enlarge, driving our race
toward the equator, until the habitable space
will lessen to nothing. Tho last man will
be frozen to death.
8. A gradual cooling of the earth will
produce enormous fissures, like those in the
moon, rue suriace win become extremely
unstable, until the remnant of humanity
will take refuge in caves. The last man will
be crushed in his subterranean retreat.
9. The earth will at last separate into
small fragments, leaving the people without
any foothold. Tho last man will have a
dreadful fall through space.
10. The tenth theory, proving that there
will be no last man at all, is thus expressed:
"Evolution does not necessarily imply pro
gress, and possibly the race may have re
trograded until tho human being possesses
the nature of the plant louse; such being
the case, this single inhabitant will spon
taneously produce posterity of both sexes.'
Scientific American.
Swan KliooiiiiR.
Tliu most usual method of hunting them
is by snares. These aro set tn tho following
manner : A lake or river is chosen where it
is known the swans are in tho habit of rest
ing for somo timo on their emigration south
wardfor this is tho principal season of
swan-catching. Somo timo before the birds
inako their appearance, a number of wicker
1 1 edges nro constructed, running perpendicu
larly out from tho bauk, and at tho distance
of a few yards from each other. In tho
spaces between, as well as in openings left in
the fences themselves, snares aro set. These
snares aro the intestines of the deer, twisted
into a round shape, aud looped. They are
placed so that several snares may embrace
tho opening, and the swans cannot pat.s
through without being caught. Iho snare
is fastened to u slake, driven into tho mud
with sufficient firmness to hold tho bird
when caught and struggling. That the snare
may not bo blown out of its proper placo by
the wind, or carried astray by tho current, it
is attached to tho wattles of the hedgo by
some strands of grass. These, of course, are
easily broken, and givo way the moment a
bird presses against a loop. The fences or
wattle-hedges aro always constructed pro
jecting out from the shorefor it is known
that the swans must keep close in to tho land
whilst feeding. Whenever a lake or river
is sufficiently shallow to make it possible to
drive in stakes, the hedges are continued
across it from one sido to the other. Swans
are also snared upon their nests. When a
nest is found, the suare is set so as to catch
the bird upon her return to the eggs. These
birds, like many others, have tho habit of
entering the nest on one side, and going out
by the other, and it is upon tho entrance
side that the snare is set. The Indians have
a belief that if the hands of the person set
ting the snares be not clean, tho bird will
not approach It, but rather desert her eggs,
even though sho may kave been batching
them for some time. It is, indeed, true that
this is a habit ot many birds, and may be so
of tho wild swan. Certain it is that tho
nest is always reconnoitcrcd by the returuiug
bird with great cautiou, and any irregularity
appearing about it will mako her extremely
shy of approaching it.
The Attor ami the Emperor.
March !6,-7T y
600.000
... 1,000,000
7fs,ono
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.... 17,000,000
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In Hartman's bulldlng.Main street.
Office
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oner his services to the citizens of Bloomsburg and
vicinity, requesting a reasonable shary of the publlo
pairuuage. m..pir.
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Swayne's Ointment,
HOME TESTIMONY.
I was sorely afflicted with ono of the most distres
sing of all diseases. Pruritus or Prurigo, or more
commonly known ns Itching Plies. The Itching at
iiini'k win Riinnsi iiiiMit'ruuie. lucrcusi'u iv muuu.ii-
Ing, and not untrequently became quite sore. I
boufhta box ot bwnjno's ointment; Its use. gave
nnipt relief, nnd in a short timo made a nerfeel cure.
Icannowslfep undisturbed, audi would advise all
who are suffering with this distressing complaint to
procure swayne's Ointment at once. I hail tried
pvesei iniiuug lllluuai. luuuuiuuuii;, iMiuwu, nuwu.
any permanent, reuei.
JOSEPH W. CIIH1ST,
Firm of llosdel Christ, Hoot ond ihoo House, 331
norm hcconu street, ruuaaeipuia.
July 91
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Swayne's All-Hsaling Ointment
aud the occasion demand. The local freight
would come next, and then then she would
seo him again. She laid aside her work, put
some split zephyr vanity upon her head, aud
went out toward the railroad. As she ap
proached tho station she saw her brother,
the statiou master, opening the little freight
house on the farther side of the track., liy
this she knew that tho local freight would
stop this time. Her heart beat tho faster,
and she quickentd her step. On reaching
the passenger statiou where the village street
crossed tho railway, she looked up and down
theline, and then crossed over and turned
to the left, and walked beside the track to
ward tho freight house.
To understand all that took place on this
occasion, aud to fully appreciate her consura
seem surprising that a passenger train should perintendent of the road is here."
bo allowed to follow a freight train so close- Tho crowd moved slightly, and the sil
ly, perintendent advanced into the room. He
Bad engineering as this arrangement was took oft his hat and spoke quietly to the peo
t was not so serious as it seemed, for this 1 pie near, and then he stopped over the uu
passenger train did not follow the freight I conscious girl, and softly kissed her lips as
except for three miles, when it reached the I a father.
ud of its trip and was turned ofl'upoua "She saved all our lives, and I fear she
iding. I thinks she paid dearly for them."
Is also a specific for tetter, Itch, salt rheum, scald
head, erysipelas, oaroer h ucu, uioii;iic, an atuij.
hraUnn mate skill in controlling the events so quick.
cents, or blx boxes forfl.sis. sent by mall to any , , d Lor. wo must otudv the
construction of the road at this point. The
address on receipt ot piiee. Prepared only by
DH. bWAYNK tON, 3M N. f th St-.l'hliaoeipuia.
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M. II. ABBOTT, Attorney-at-Law, Main
M, L. EYERLY,
ATTOHNEV-AT-LAW,
c&tawlssa, Pa.
Collections promptly inado and remitted. Office
ooposlte catawlssa Deposit Hank, em-Js
Tu Hie Worklnu Claim. We are now prepared to
furnish au classes with constant employment at
home, the whole of the time, or for their sparo mo
ments. Business new, light and profitable. Persons
of either box easily earn from M cents to ti tier
evening, and a proportional sum by devoting their
wuuie time io tne Business, jiuys ana gins euru
nearly as much as men. That aU who see this nouca
may send their address, and lest Lhe business we
mako this unparalled offer: '1 o such as are not well
satuned we will tend one dollar to pay tor tlia
trouble of writing. Full particulars, samples worth
several dollars to commence work on, and a copy ot
Home and Fireside, one ot the largest and best
Illustrated PnblleaUons, all sent free by mau. Head
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SYM1TOS1S AND CUKB.
pntarrti is iin fifrec tinn nf tho mucus membrane of
tho noso, I In oat, chest, Ac, accompanied with dull,
Heavy UeaUIICUC, UUMrucilUllUl llio uanat JnaauK,
wpulr even. wnTerr nnd lnttamed. hacldnir or cough
ing, to Clear tho throat, expecioratlon of offensive
mailer, siueu uuu iuaiu uif iuiuum-u, niHi.e
na in., in t nn tienu . nikMini. n iu inv ui luu uihiv.
,mi Aihpr .imninmH nre likely to nnnear very dis
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cases of offensive breath are occasioned by caiarra,
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niln xtnilil in nnv nddiesn nn the reeelnt of the
price, ono dollar, with full directions for use. also a
fuu account of the ortcln ond nature ot this distres
sing complaint. We repeat It i It la bevond all coin-
farison tne nest remeuy lonuiariu meruiscu.tivu.
leraember 1 It con be obtained only by addressing
in-
main line for more thau a mile to the right,
or toward tho East, was perfectly straight
and comparatively level. To the left, or the
West.it crossed a deep valley by a lofty stone
viaduct, aud beyond tho valley it curved
toward the North and mounted the hill by a
long grade. Just East of the passenger sta
tion a branch road entered the main line,
and there was, as might bo supposed, a cross
over switch. Beyond the passenger station,
on the West, was a short siding ending in a
small freight house, and directly opposito
was another siding with a freight shed and
coal yard. At this point there was also an
other crois over switch.
Lydia walked on past the freight house,
and, crossing the side track, found a large
flat rock beside the way, aud there, under
She turned onco moro to look after the re'
treating freight train, It was in full view
climbing tho grade on the great curve.
Suddenly she put up both hands to shade
her eyes, aud leaned forward on tho switch
frame. What had happeued? Two tiny
puffs of steam rose from tho engine. It was
tho signal to stop.
Ah I the train has parted 1 Faint and far
away came the short, sharp danger whistle,
single car had broken loose from the
train, and had been left behind. It was
Lauding aloue on the track.
No. It was moving backward. Jt was
beginning to roll down the grade. It was
moving faster and faster. There was a man
upon it her lover.
Involuntarily she spread out her arms and
let them fall to her sido three or four times
in succession the signal to put on tho
brakes.
"How foolish I He cannot seo mo, and,"
She leaned against the switch frame and
shook with fear and agony.
The brake was broken.
Swifter and swifter rolled the disabled car,
ilr MWAYN'K Jt SDN. ssu. North hlith Street. Phi!
rdclphla, with aremlltance, oswedo not Place It In .. . , f .,, nnln tree, sho at
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preparations, in wnung lor our "Latarru neuicui
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down to wait till her lover came
lie comes, sho hears tho three long whist'
les sounding far down the Uno, and a bright
hlush mounted to her face. The train would
top. That was the signal for the station
master. Her brother came out of the freight
house, spoke pleasantly to her, and then
walked on toward the switch at the head of
the siding.
Suddenly the main line track before her
began to sing in sharp metallic murmurs,
The train had entered that section of the
liJlJ road, and he was near. Then there came
Hair itestorer the sound of escaping steam. The engine
Hair llesterer . , , , ,, , ,
Hair Restorer was slowing dowu, and the steam no longer
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i!aR?storlMfromtue Mfayvalvo as impatient ofde
lay.
With ajar that shook the ground, tho hit
inense freight euglue rolled past her, and the
engineer, leaning out of his window, nodded
to her as he slid past. Then the cars in long
procession came into sight and moved past
with slowly decreasing speed, Four brake'
men, busy at the brakes, went past; and still
ho came not. At last the rear car appeared
and a young mau awuug himself down from
the Irou ladder on the car. and sprang to the
ground t bet fttt,
Suddenly she opened her eyes and sat up
bewildered.
"Where is he? Is he much hurt? Oh!
Perhaps he is "
"Let me alone, I tell you," cried a big,
bold roice in the crowd. "I must go to
her."
lie escaped from those who would detain
him, and in a moment was beside her.
Some of the peepie laughed in foolish joy;
others cried. The more delicate and xeusi
ble were Bilent, for the meeting was not for
words or description.
After a slight pause, the superintendent
said to the young man :
"I congratulate you, sir. You were on
the car?"
"Yes, sir, I was on tho car, aud I saved
myself at tho last moment by jumping olf,
1 landed on a pile of tine coal and got a
rough tumble and that was all. The car
is a heap of splinters,"
When tho superintendent called the young
mau nearer to him, and spoke to him prl
vately, and presently they both shook hands
as if greatly pleased over something. The
It was coming down the track, gaining speed young man sat down beside the girl and
at every rod. I wn'spereu In tier ear :
Sho Boranc to the middle of the track and lv 0 6' tne place, L,ydla. We're all
tried to shout to tho engineer of tho train at rl8nt "ow-
the station. She mado tho motions to back Then the bells rang, and the people be
down out of danger. Her tongue clove to gan to disperse toward their trains. As they
the root ot tier mouth and her cry became I departed, a small creature, probably a stock'
an inarticulate moan. holder nbjected to the proceedings, and re'
Onward came the car. She could seo her marked to the superintendent that it was not
lovo upon it frantically waving his arms to E've fat orlices to brakemen for doing
from right to lea. What did It mean ? Her noiuing.
brain seemed to be on fire. She could do "Precisely," said the superintendent
notbiug but gaze ou tho advancing car in Hut the woman did something, and if yo
dumb horror, wish to know the full measure of her splen
Ah! Tho passengers ! Could she not save dIJ JeeJ 8 Imt yourself in her place."
Lnarlet llarnard w Uolden time.
What it Feels Like to be Guillotined.
We know how it feels to be poisoned, to
be hanged and drowned, but it has been re
served for M. Mondate, an Italian gentle
men, to let the world know, through La
Defense, what it feels like to bo guillotined.
He was in 1873 condemned to death for a
crime of which he was innocent, and it was
not the fault of Italian justice that ho es
caped. The blade of the guillotine fell, but
the wood of the grooves in which it ran had
swollen slightly, and tho knife stopped bare
ly two centimetres from his ueck. While
they were repairiug the defect a reprieve ar
rived the true murderer had been found
and had confessed his crime. "It was at 8
in., August 17, 1873," says M. Mondate,
that my confessor, l'Abbe Fernia, entered
my cell to announce to me that I must die.
When at the touch of his hand on my shoul
der I awakened, I comprehended at once the
nature of his errend, and despite my confi
dence it seems I turned horribly pale. I
ould have spoken but my mouth contrac
ted nervously and no' saliva moistened it.
mortal chill suddenly invaded the lower
part of my body. Uy supremo effort I suc
ceeded in gasping, "It is not true 1" The
priest answered I know not what. I only
heard a confused buzzing. Then a sudden
thrill of pride shot through me. For sume
minutes I felt no fear; I stood erect; I said
to my-self if I must die I would show them
that au innocent man died with courage. I
spoke with great rapidity ; I was horribly
afraid to bo silent or to be interrupted ; I
thanked the Governor of the prison, and
asked for something to eat. They brought
me a cup of chocolate, but I refused it.
Again I had become fully possessed with the
horrors of my situation ; I had visions of
what the scaffold would be like, and me'
chanically asked the attendants, 'Does it
hurt much ?' 'Not a bit,' answered some
body, and I saw before me a new person in
a gown of black woolen the execution. I
would have risen, defended myself, asserted
my innocence, but I fainted, and when I re
turned to consciousness I was pinioned in
the cart which was entering the death placo.
I cast a shuddering look at tho horrible ma
chine. I had no more connected and coher
eut thoughts.and the uprights between which
the knife runs seemed as higli as the masts
of a ship. I was lifted to the platform; I
had but one fixed idea that of resistance.
But how could I resist? I was seized and
flung down upon the plank. I felt as if I
was paralyzed and lay there for an immense
time. Then tbero was a sharp blow on my
neck, and I fainted again with the indis
unci mea mat mo knlto bad struck me.
It was not the knife but the upper part of
the lunette. When I came to myself I was
in the prison hospital."
them?
With a violent wrench sho opened the
switch agalu, and stood holding tho bar in
both hands, lietter so better one life lost
than a dozen. Her feet seemed bolted to
the ground. She must stay aud see him
killed, and by her own hand.
The rails began to murmur with the load
o. tue auvaucug car, now rusuing mnousiy 0m) haJ 8pecaUy Befcteji , orilcr
uunnru io UMirucHOll. I !,, it, Mu. t ul.t,.. f l.
Al.1 wl, l,o.l.l, 1.. r l. l. . . " "'J '
.., v uuk iubuk ui iv uc-1 mania the hair I still and bristlv: but.
What Ailed His Hair. One day last
week, Prof. A. E. Macdouald lectured
ou "Chronic Mania" before the medical
students of New York University, and
brought from the City Hospital for the In
sane, of which he is Medical Superintendent
some of tho patients to illustrate his theme,
to
fore?
Tho cross-over Bwltch 1 Could she reach il
In time to save him ? She snatched the key
from the switch and ran with frantic speed
up the line, bho never knew how she open
ed that switch.
his great astonishment, when he uncovered
the patient s head, the poor fellow's hair
was just as sleek and' smooth as his ow
"Why, my man," he exclaimed, "what hav
you been dolug to your hair?" "Well you
see, doctor," was the reply, ' they put too
With moaus and cries she threw herself I much butter ou my bread this morning, aud
acrosi theline and began to run down the I thought it was a shame to waste It, so
otutr aide. Could tho reach tmtf mth b " tttuw tun wy nair,"
I'layins Chess with Real Men,
Most persons who have any acquaintance
wltn tiie literature of chess have heard of
The following anecdote is related apropos
of the Russian Emperor Nicholas, father ot
tho reigning Czar, whose fondness for tho
stage and artistes led him to institute a The
atre Francais at St. Petersburg. He always
treated the actors with great Vmdncss, almost
bordering on intimacy. The Emperor often
took long solitary walks, and to prevent
troubling tho tranquility of his promenade,
it was strictly forbidden to address a word
or present a petition to him under pain of a
fine or imprisonment. One day a comedian
met the Emperor, and removing his hat,
bowed respectfully. It happened that this
actor was a particular favorite of the mon
arch, aud on this day in question was to ap
pear in a new piece. "Ah 1 is that you?"
said Nicholas. "Well, my friend, I hope
you are going to make us laugh to-night."
Sire, I shall do my best to pleaso you," was
tho reply. "Well, well, I trust you," said
the Emperor, riome steps further on, aa tho
actor continued his way, ho was accosted by
two officers. ' Ooino with us,' said one of
them, taking tho artist by the arm. "Go
with you! Whereto?" "Whereto? Why
to prison, of course. You have just spoken
to tho emperor." "Not at all," said the ac
tor, "it was his Majesty who spoko to me.'
"Come, there is no use arguing march ;',
and the poor actor was dragged off to prison
and locked up. . . . It is eight o'clock.
The Imperial Theatre is crowded with Rus
sian nobility. The Emperor enters his box,
nnd is received by his ministers and generals
Ho bows seyeral times, then sits. It is cus
tomary in Russia, on the seating of his Maj
esty, for tho performance to commence.
Nicholas, like Louis XIV., disliked waiting;
but the performance does not begin. An aide-de-camp
is dispatched to inquire tho cause of
delay. He soon returns aud announces that
the comedian has failed to put in an appear
ance. An useless search is instituted the
actor has disappeared. The Emperor sum
mons tho general of police. Questioned by
his majesty, he knows nothing of tho where
abouts of the actor. "It is your business to
know everything," says the Czar.with lower
ing brows. "I give you five minutes to find
out, and pull up tho curtain, Oo," There
upon all the agents of police are set to work,
and with such success that, at tho end of
three minutes, tho general of police comes
and announces to bis imperial Majesty that
the actor had been incarcerated for having
dared to address him in the street. The Em
peror laughs loug and heartily. "Go, sir,
aud order the performance to commence.and
after the representation you will bring the
hapless prisoner hero." When the actor
found himself a prisoner, his fury had beeu
uncontrollable. Hut by degrees ho had calm
ed down and had determined to abide thn
course of events, making no efforts to regain
his liberty. When ho appeared on the stage
the Emperor himself gave the signal for tho
ovation which greeted him. The aseinhly
had learned the whole affair, and was 1 era'
ly convulsed with laughter at the serioi s - .
the comedian wore. At the end of the per
formance ho was conducted to the imperial
box. "My dear fellow," exclaimed the Em
peror, who could not help again laughing at
the pitiful mien of tho actor, "I am really
very sorry for your misadventure, and to
make you amends, I grant you, before you
ask it, any favor you desire of me." "Sire,"
said tho exasperated comedian, Rtill a prey
to nervous irritation, "I have only one favor
to ask, and that is, that you never tjjtak to tne
again." Tho next day he received in a cas-
the games said o have been played in the ket wbIch bolo tlo imperial armS( a 6Upetb
middle ages with living chess-men, Lord
Lytton recently revived this amusement in
India. During his visit to Mooltan, last
mouth, his lordship, after receiving and re
plying to an address from the municipality
of the city, engaged we are told, "in a novel
game of chess with Col, Millet. Tho chess
board, If such a term may bo allowed to a
carpet of red and white calico with check
ers a yard square, having been spread in
watch, studded with diamonds.
l.'Aeenir lcs Fcmmei criticises women as
beings who delight in discomfort. They
have invented, it says, dresses too scant for
easy walking, long trains to be stepped on,
collars that do not admit the head to be
turned, pockets too low to be reached by the
hand, high heels that cause them to trip,
and big knots in their dresses which prevent
front of the hall, chess-men, men and boys them from sitting,
dressed in opposing red aud white uniforms 1
appropriate to tho various pieces, were "A blesiiug iu disguise" camo to a poor
marched in and took their places. Then by operator In a Jlolyoice (.Mass.) mill some
a word of command each man moved to the tweuty years ago, when ho accidentally lost
square iudlcated, and a very lively game two or three fingeis of ouo hand. Out of
ensued, ending iu an easy victory for tho sympathy for the sufferer, his fellow-work-
viceroy," An emperor of Morocco who once m i raised a purse ot some ijsuo lor mm.
iudulged in a similar amusement is said to With this ho bought a bowling alley, and
have added n terrible realism to the game having a good business, invested a few huu
by causing all the pieces takeu during Its Ured in real estate. That land U now worth
progress to be beheaUsd, I (20,000, aud he is rated at about 1 50,00,