THE COLUMBIAN.
I OMJMBtA DKMOCIUT, STAn Of Tit NORTH ANDCOLtJM
11ISH UUNStJl.lllATK.1.)
Issued weekly, every Friday mornlnir, nt
IILOOMSIIUItll, UOUtMlllA t'OUNTY, l'A.
two noil. aih nor yuiir. naynMo In advance, nr
Aitrincr tliriveitr. After tho oxnlratlon nf iimtnnr
tl.m will Ira eliarjreil. To suljscrlliors out or tho
0'inTy llio u'riiisiiiu it nr juiir, niricuy in nil vn tire
-tin! If not p.ilil In adriincu una I3.UJ If miv mont. i,
delayed Deinnd tho jenr.
ISO paper iiium iiim-ii, til, mu upuiiii ui lliu
niiiiii3lura. until all tiriciirafrea are tialcl. tint. lnrr
continued credits after tlie expiration of tho first
Ijenrwlllnotbeglven.
m Alllpapen sent out or ineKiaio ortomstanlpoit
tlblo iierauii In uolmnlila county assumes to pay the
mibserlptlnn duo on demand.
rosTAOHIs no lonncr exacted from subsorlborsln
)io county,
l job iFniisTTinsra-.
I Tlie Joublrs liepart inent nf tho Coi.cvibian Is v cr
r eonipieie, ami uur ! n i iuiuiik iueoinpari! rnvorti
! y with that of tlio larRo cities. All work done on
' maud, neatly and at moderate prices.
I Columbia County Official Diroctory.
president Judsc William Elwcll.
f Associate nidges I, K. Krlckbaum, V, I,. Hhuman,
f Vrothonotary, to. II. Frank Zarr.
; Court stenographer s, N. H'ulkcr.
; Heglstcr A Itccorder Williamson II, Jacobs'.
District Attorney John M, Clark,
sheriff John W. llonnian.
Surveyor Isaac Dewllt.
Treasurer Ur. II. V. Jlclteynolds.
c-jmmlsslonora John llerner, s. W, Mcllcnry,
Joseph Hands.
Commissioners' Clerk William Krlckbaum.
Auditors M, v, n. Kllno, .1. 1). Casey, U.li. llrovvn.
coroner-Charles (1. JIurphv.
Jury Commlssloncrs-Jacob II, Fritz, William II,
Utt.
County Superintendent William 11. Snyder.
HloomPoor District-Directors o. V. i:nt, seott,
Win. Kramer, Hloomsburs and Thomas Itceco,
licolt, 0. 1", Eut, Secretary.
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
Hloomsburs,' Hanking company John A. Funston,
rresldcnt, II. Il.tlrotz, cashier.
First. National Hank Charles It. raxton, President
J. P. Tustln, Cashier.
Columbia County Mutual Savlnit Fund and Loan
Assoclallon-i:. II. Utile, President, C. W..MlUer,
secretary.
lllooinsburg llulldln? nnil Savin? Fund Association
-Win. Peacix-k. President, J. II. Koblson, secretary.
llloomsburi; Mutual Having Fund Association J,
J, Uruvver, I'lcsldcul, C. U. llarkley, Secretary,
CIIUKCII DIKECTOKY.
RAl'TIST CHL'HCU.
Itov. J. I'. Tustln, (supply.)
Sunday Services 1U4 a. m. and 6 p. m.
Sunday School 9 a. in.
Prayer Meeting Kv cry Wednesday evening at cjtf
clock.
Boats free. The public am tnv Ited to attend.
ST. MATTHEW'S 1.CTUEI1AN Cltl'ltCil.
Minister Itev.J, Mccron.
Sunday SerUecs 10X u. m. and CXP- m.
Sunday school on. m.
Vrnver Mooting Kvcry Wednesday evening at G)tf
Scats' free. Nopows rented. All aro welcome.
rilESBVTERIANCIIt'RCU.
.Mlnlster-ltev. Stuart Mitchell.
Sund.iy Sen Ices 10 a. in. and 0)4 p. m.
Sunday school 9 a. in.
Prayer Meeting Kv cry Wednesday evening at Ctf
o'clock.
seats free. No pews rented, strangers welcome
METHODIST Ei'iscorAi.cnnicii.
Presiding Elder ltev. N. S. Buckingham.
Minister Itev, .1. S. McMurray.t
Sunday Services iotf and c f. m.
sundav School 'I p. in.
Utblo Class Every Monday evening at CJtf o'clock.
Voting .Men's I'rajcr Meeting Every Tuesday
evening at ox o'clock.
(Icneral Prayer Meetlng-Evcry Thursday evening
7 o'clock.
HBI'ORMFDfnCltCtr.
Corner of Third and Iron streets.
Pastor Ilov. (!. I), (lurley.
ilesldence Central Hotel.
Sunday Sen lees ni,sj a. in. and T p. tn.
Sunday school ! a. in.
Prajer .Meeting Saturday, 7 p. m.
All are Invited Theie Is ulvv uj s room.
ST. I'AUI.'S CHVKCll.
Hector ltev I,. Zaluicr.
Sunday Sen Ices lux a. in., X p. m.
Sunday School y a. in.
First Sunday In Ihu month, Holy Communion.
Services pieparalory to Communion on Friday
evening befoio tho st Sunday In each month.
Pews rented; buteverbody welcome.
KVAXatUCAI. CIIUKCII.
Presiding Elder-ltcv. A. I., liecscr.
AllnUter Hev. J. A. Irvine.
Sunday Sen Ice 3 p. m In tho Iron Street Church.
Prayer Meeting mery iuuu.nu at t p. in.
All are Invited. All aro welcome.
TIIECllCltCIIOFCUIIIST.
M.erq tn "the little tlrlek Church on the hill."
known as the Wolsli llapllst Church-on Hock fetrcct
east of Hon. . ,
Hegular meeting for worship, every Lord's day af
ternoon at ax o'clock. ....
Seats free ; and tho public arc cordially lnv Ited to
attend.
liLOO.MSnUKG DIltECTOUY.
m.ntty tinund In small books, on hand nnd
for sate at tho Colcsiuian Office. Feb. 19, 1375-tf
LANK DEEDS, on l'arclim.'nt ami Linen
Paper, common ana ror .vuminisi rators, r.xecu
and trustees, tor salu cheap at tho Columuian
ortlce.
TXTAHUIACJE CKKTIFI GATES just printed
1L andforsalo at the Colombian omce. Minis
ters of thocsospeland.lusllceshliould Bupplythem
seUcs with these necessary articles.
JUSTICES and Constables' l'ec-liilla for sale
at the Columbian oniee. They contain the cor
rected fees as established by t he last Act of t ho I-cg.
Mature upon tho subject. Eery Justice and Con
stable should have one.
V
ENDUE NOTES jiM printed and for sale
cheap at tho Columbian omce,
BOOTH AND SHOES.
17i M. KNOUU. Dealer ill liools and Hlioei-.,
iU. latest and best styles, corner Main andMaiket
streets, In tho old post omco.
CLOCKS, WATCHES, AC.
C E.SAVAOE, Dealer ill Cloekn, Witches
. and Jewelry, -Main St., Just below tho Central
Hoiei.
PKOFESSIONAL CA1IDS.
"1 (i. ItAItKLEY, Altorney-at-Law. Office
j , In Hrow er's building, 2nd story, liooins 4 & 5.
OCt. 15, '75.
WM.M. UEIlElt, Surgeon and l'liysi
IJ clan. Ofllco S. E. corner Hock and Market
bueets.
T It. EVANS, JL I)., Surgeon and l'hyfi
) . clan, (onicu and Hesldenco on Third bliect,
comer Jefferson.
1!. JleKELVY, SI. D., Surgeon and l'liy
slclan, north sldo Main struct, below MaiUt.
J II. ItOllISON, Attorncy-nt-Law.
'. In Hartman's building, Main street.
Office
KOSENSTOCK, l'liotograplier,
, Clai k H Wolf's btore, Main sti eet.
J1ISCELLANEOUS.
DAVID LOWENREItG, Jlerdiant Tailor
Main St., above Central Hotel.
X Centre sti eet, between Second and Third.
UrilEN YOU WANT A I-IHST-CLASS
V SHAVE or anything In tho T0NS01IIAI.LINE
BO to
JAMKS UUILLY'S 1IAUBEK SHOP,
THE BEST IN TOWN,
Under Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg, l'a.
Oct. 13, '75
CATAWISSA.
M. II. AIIUOTT, Altorney-at-Law, Main
JL L. EYERLY,
A1TOHNEY-AT-LAW,
Catawlssa, Pa.
collections promptly mado and remitted. Office
opposite Catawlssa Deposit Bank. cm-3a
To the WorUInu Claaa. Wo aro now prepared to
furnish all classes with constant employment at
home, tho whole of tho time, or for their spare mo
ments. Business new, light and profitable. Persons
ftf ftltherRpT pn&Uv earn from lAt cents to tS Der
evening, and a proportional Bum by devoting their
whole time to the business. Boys and girls earn
nearly as much as men. That all who see this notlco
may send their address, and test the business we
mate this unparalied offer: To such as are not well
Batu-tled we will send one dollar to pey for the
Irnublnnf writing. Kull nnrtletilArfl. samnlea worth
several dollars to eomraence work on, and a copy of
Home and Fireside, one of the largest and best
Illustrated Publications, all sent frco by mall. Head
er. If you want permanent, proatable work, addrou
UCUl KB OUUBUU CL. I.U., I UrUUUU, JUUJJ1C,
sept, 8, it.-um.
Babcock & Wyeth's Ads
Is token Internally, and Positively Cures Itheutna-
ll&iu. uoui, neuralgia unu j.umuago. Bum uy
Wholesale and ltctall Druggists eurywhere. Bend
IIEU'IIENSTINE & HUNTLEY,
Druggists, Washington, D,
Oct, C, 7C,-ly, b & w
PATENT S.
F. A. Ubmann, Solicitor of American and Foreign
patents, Washington, D. 0. All business connected
with Patents, whether before the l'atent Office or
the Courts, promptly attended to. No charge mode
unless n Patent Ubccured, bend tor a circular,
May , IT-lt bw
BUSINESS GAUDS.
JQU. J. 0. WJTTHK,
PHYSICIAN SSUHQEON,
Office, North Market street,
Mar.27,'74- liloomsburg, Pa.
E. 0KV1S,
" ATTOMNEY-AT-I.AW,
(IFKICK-Hoom No. 1, "Columbian" Hulldlng.
Sept. u,ls;.
gAMUKI, KNonn.
ATTOHNE Y-A T-I, A W,
HLOOSISIlUItO, PA,
omoe, Hartman's Block, corner Main and Market
streets oct. 8, '75
' ATTOHNEV-AT-LAW
Ofllco In Browcr's building, second Door, room No.
! Bloomsburg, Pa. ulyl,"3
N, U, FUNK, Utt. WAUIR,
V U N K it WALliElt,
Attornoys-atLaw,
BLOOMSBUIta, PA.
omco In Cou'mbian Bi'ii.risd. Jan, 19, 'J7-1y
Q U.&W.J.11UCKALEW,
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW,
nioomsburg, ra,
onicc on Main Street, first door below Courtllouso
F. .t J. JL CI,AKK,
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
April 1074
Offlco In Ent's Building.
F. p
lin.urKYF.n,
ATTOUNF.Y AT I. AW.
Office Adjoining C. I'., k W. .1. Buckalcw.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Apr. 1470.
E. H. LITTLE. KOU'T. K. LITTLE.
II. & R. It. LITTLE,
J ' ATT0I1NEYS-AT-LAW,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
I 'Business before the U.S. Paten tonice attended
to. omco In tho Columbian Building. as
nnockwAY & klwkll,
A T TO U X E Y S-A T-L A W,
com mbiav I'.i'il iiimi, Bloomsburg, Pa
CMembers of the United states Law Association.
olleclloiis made In any part of America or Europe
"7"ILLIAM liltYSOX,
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW,
Cenlralia, Pa.
Tebls, '70.
JIISCKLLANEOUS.
HOW K L L,
DENTIST,
Ofllco In Hartman's Block, second Boor, corner
Main and Maiket Streets,
Slayjo-ly.
KI.OOMSBUHO, l'A.
B1
HOWN'S HOTEL, llioomsburg, l'a., H.
Slohner, Proprietor. Accoinmouations nrsi-
class. 11.25 to Jl.ou per day. itestaurant nuacneu.
Octobers, '75-tt
JL DKINKEH, GUN and.LOCKSJUTII.
Sew
iewlng Machines and Machinery of all kinds re
paired. Orr.HA House Building, Bloomsburg, Pa,
H J. THOKNTOW
Ijj. would announco to the citizens of Blooms
burg and v Iclnlty that no has Just received a lull and
complete assortment, oi
WA1X PAPEH, WINDOW SHADES,
FIXTURES, COUPS, TASSELS,
and all other goods In his lino of business. All tho
newest and most approved patterns of tho day are
always to be foundln his establishment, Main street,
below Market. oct. 875
"7"ILLIAJI Y, KESTElt,
MERCHANT TAILOR
corner of Main and West streets, three dooi six-low
J. K. Eicr'sbtoie, Bloomsburg, ru.
All orders pioinptly attended to and satisfaction
giiuraiueeu.
Aprils, '77-tf
T7IIEAS HUOWN'S INSUltANCE A GEN
X CY, Exchango Hotel, Bioorasourg, ra.
Capital.
:tna. Ins Co.. of Hartford. Connecticut... c.soo.ooo
Hoyalor Liverpool
Iiticnnshlro
Flro Association, Philadelphia ,
Atlas of Hartford
Farmers Mutual of Danville
.hcrnooi. imdon and mouo
. po.neo.ooo
13 fioo.uuo
10,00U,MI0
, 3,100,000
r.en,ono
, l.UIHl.lHKI
7.1,00(1
, fl.COO.IMfl
, 17,(KW,O0(l
Danvllln Mutual
Home. New York
Commercial Union
tI73,M,0uo
March 26,'77-y
MIE UNDEltSIONED, representing ceveral
of tho most coiisenatlw ami reliable Ameil-
cun Fiiu Insurunee companies, would Usr leave tu
offer bis sen lees to the eltliensof Bloomsburg and
Ictnltv. lenuestlng a leasonauie snarw or too puouc
pationage. ,,.,,,,
Bloomsburp.July 18, 1S7B.
oniee In Browcr's Block,
July til
J, H. MAIZE'S
MAMMOTH
GROCERY
contains the largest stock of
TEAS, C3-K.OaER.IES
Canned rrults, Dried Ifruits,
CONFEOl'IONF.IUIuS, Ac.
to be found In Columbia county.
A Complete AKsorliiient
always on hand. Call and examine.
Jan 1.1M7.
"y-AINWKIGUT St CO,,
N. K. corner Second and Arch streets,
PaiLiDELrnu
Dealers in
TfiAS. BYKTJl'S, COFFEE, BUOAIt, MOLABHUS
B1CI, sricis, B ICiBS tool, to., tc
urordera will receive prompt attention.
tf.
PATENTS.
FEB REDUCED ENTIRE COST $55,
Patent omce fee 3ts In advance, balance ' within 0
months after patent allow ed. Adv Ice and examina
tion free. 1'ate.ntsBoid. .
J, VANCE LEWIS & CO.,
Nay 4, 'C7-Sm J w CO . Washington, D. C,
ALU. L. KAt'B. J0, X. I'RVMIEK. CUAS. B. UWABpa,
-W5I. n. iioenhuoii,
WITU
Kault, lYj iiilur & i:l"ur.lN,
(Successors to Uinedlct Uoreey& Sons, 9113 Slai Vet
street. importers and dealers In
CHINA, OLATS AND QUEEN6WARE,
vn Market Btreet, I'lilladtJiOila.
ConstubUy on uacd onclnul und ASiWltsl Itclan,ii
juneVt.'lMy
THE LONGS
CONSUMPTION.
This distressing nnd danirerons comnlatnt. and Its
premonitory symptoms, neglected cough, night
sweats, hoarseness wasting llesh fever permanent
ly cured by Dr. "Swnj no's Compound S) nip of Wild
Cherry,"
BIl(iNCIIlT7S-a Premonltor of Pulmonary Con-
sumption. Is characterized by catarrh or Innamatlon
of Iho mucuous membrano of tho air passagts,
hoarseness, pains tn the chest. For nil Bronchial
affections, soro throat, loss of voice, coughs,
DH. SWAYNIVS
Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry
IS A SOVEBEIOV ItEMEDV.
Hcmmorrhnffo orsnltltmr of blood, mnv proceed
from the larvnx. trnchla. bronchia or lunirs. and
nrlso from various causes, a unduo physical exertion,
pieinorn, luuness oi inc vessels, v caK lungs, over
(trntnlntrof tho voice, sunnrcsscd evacuation, ob
struction of Iho spleen or lUcr, Kc.
IDE,- S"WA."nSTE3S
Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry
Mrlkes nt tlio root of illsrnse by purtfjlnp tlio blood,
restoring tho lher and kldiifj h to licaitliy action, la-
Icornt lnsr t he ner oua Bystrin,
us innncioua nowcr iioioiuvovcr ccr.vc ironic
disease hero a nradual altci atlo action Is needed.
inner its nsn mo rouen is lnrtsriiri . mo d iui
sweats diminished, tho imln RuUMdea, Iho pulse ru
iiirns in us Luuirtii xianuiiiM, iiiuHiuiniuniM iiniuut-
ii in n h power to uisiesi aiui assimuaio me ioou ami
rerv onran lias a mirer and better nualltv of blood
supplied to U, out ot which new rocreathc and plas
tic mutcrlal is made
Itll. NWAYNKemdiiatPdntono of tho IjestMedi-
enl Colleces In tho V. b.t nnd was rnunircd In an nc-
1 1 e praci lee ror ninny 3 ears, thus Bunrnnteelnp t hnt
his preparations are piepared upon BtUctlyhClentlllc
pi lnelples.
llcluiblc Evulcncc.
HOME TESTIMONY."
Dn. Swavse Dear sir: I feel It to bo duo to you
nnil suffering humanity tn give the following testi
mony respecting the wonderful curatuo iHjwersof
jourCoinpouiidsrupof lid ('berry and Sarsapa
1III.1 and Tar Pills. I wasaflllctedwllha violent
cough, pains In tho sldo and breast, night sweats,
soretlmut, my bowels were costive, appetite nearly
gone, and my stomac h so cry w eak that my physl
ilan was at a loss to know what to do for me, as ev
en thing 1 used in the slupn of medlcluo was reject
ed ; spil (unereni. limes a pun. oi oioou i leiuuiueu
fortnonthsin this awful condition, and gavo up nil
hopes of ever recoering. Atthls time j oil rceom
meiidedtheusoof your sjrup and pills, which Im
mediately began to soolhe, comfort and allay the
violence ot Ihu cough, strengthened and healed in
lungs; In short, 11. has madon perfect curoot me,
nnd I am now able lo pursue my dally labor. ny
js-rson ilououng tne iruin or inononve srii tn
will please ea I on or address lne, at the fnetorv.
KDWAltl) II. 1IAMMIN,
Engineer of (leo. sweenej ' Pottery,
llldgc Hojd, below Wallace, l'hl.a.
Oer20 vears liae elapsed, and Mr. llamson stilt
remains a hearty man lo tills ila (-epleinber suth,
ls7.i.
PHYSICIANS KKC0MMKN1) IT.
Dr. Thomas .T. II. lthoads. Iioyertown. Berks Co.,
Pa., writes: Your compound sjrupof Wild Cherry
1 esteem very highly ; have been selling and recom
mending It to my patients for many ears and It nl
was oroes enieaclous In obstlnaio coughs, bton-
chlal and asthmatleal affections. It has made some
remarkable cures in this seeuon, nnu i consider it
the best remedy with which I am acquainted,
I'rleo II. Mx bottles for J. If not sold byyour
druggist, wo will fmwaid half doen by express,
fichrhtpald on receipt of price.
address letters to Dlt. s WAYNE SON, sso North
sfiiesenoes.vinnioius in an commuuit-m ion's mm
MMb Street, Philadelphia, riocnnlge win uomnue
for advice, sold by druggists and dealers In medi
cines generally.
LIVERCOMPLAINT
That dreaded uNense.from which bo many perfao n
sutler, Is fi etpiently the.cause of
llKADACUK, INMGKSTION, DVSrEfSIA,
is speedily relleed, and arcotteu permancutly cured
Swayue's Tar autlSarsaparilla Pills.
Fevers ale nllen prevented by tho uso of theso
sarsaparllla Pills, as they cat ry oir.tlirough tlie blood
the linpuillles from whli h they arise. For CoslUe
ness there Is nothing so hllectualasSwayne'sTar
and s'arsaparllla Pills.
They aie purely Yfgetable.and oct specially on tho
Liver ns Blue Mass or Calomel, w Itnout any bad re
sults from taking.
Address letters to Dlt. SWAYNE & SON, Philadel
phia. No charge for advice. Sentbv innllon receipt
of pilce. Price HI cents a box; lloboxesiuril. Ask
jour Di ugglst for them.
Itching Files
ts I'eneraliv ni-eeeded by a moisture, like nersnlra-
tlon, distressing Itching, as though pin wonns weio
crawling In or about tho ledum, particularly at
nlghtwheii undiessing.or In tied alter getting warm.
Itnppearslnsuinnuras well as winter, ottentlines
snows nscil lliouini Hie )tuuie I'.n 1 1, iiiui 11 uunvu.
tinpii in mnlesonh-. but lsnulte asfieouent thatfC'
males aro sorely afflicted, particularly In times of
pregnancy, exienuing leiumo vagina, pumim ui-'
ln.s.vin(- almost, lievond v.''i, lvovvers of endurance
Cases of longstanding, pronounced Incurable, have
been permaiunuy turect uy sunpiy nppising
Swayno's Ointment,
HOME TESTIMONY.
wnssnreiv mulcted with one of I he most digres
sing of all diseases, Pruritus or Prurigo, or moto
ommoniy snovvillis lieillli I lit-n. Jim n.iiiui; tit
mes was almost lniMirnuio, im reason oyseraico-
111' ntul iini nnrreouenl v lieenmo nuilo sore. 1
bout'hta bov of swaviie's ointment ; Its use gavo
iukk reiier. and in asnoir ume. inauoii iieneeiiun'.
I can now si?ep unillsiuibeil. and I would odvlso all
whoar." sulTeilng with this distressing complaint tn
procure Swaviie's ointment at once. I had trlel
pvescrlptlons tilmosi Innumerable, without nndln;
any permanent n lief.
Joseph w. ciiiusT,
'Inn of llosdel A' Christ, Boot and Shoo House, 331
Sorth second birett, fnuaueipiua.
SKIN DISEASES.
Swayno's All-Healing Ointment
is niso ii snectiio for letter, itch, iialt rheum, seal
head, erysipelas, baiber's Hcb, bloti hes, all scaly,
rrnerv. rmiineous rrunltnns. Perfectly safo Olid
harmless, even on tbo most lender Infanl. PricoW
cents, or blx boxes forll.2r.. bent by mall to any
addieas on leieipi ot ipnce. rrepauu oniy uy
DR. SWAYNE &.SON, 230 N. cth St.,Phlladelphia.
CATARRH,
feVMITOMS AND CUHE,
Catarrh Is an affoctlon of tlin mucus membrano of
Iho now1, mruai, cjicni, ac, accompanied wuu uuu,
heavy headatliu, obstruction of tho naMU passages,
wpiiW ivfR. wairrv and Inflamed, hacklnir or couirh-
tnif, totlear tho tbioat, expectoration of oHenMte
matter, fcmeu anu iorio arn unpaireu, mio)hh up
reeling1 in mo iicau, incessant uiuwijik vi iuu iiuic,
nini r.tin-r Miiinioina aro llkelv to anDear vervdls-
trehfelntf. and no disease Is more common, and nono
jesa unucrhioou uy i-umciuiis, luu-ieuina n uiu
cases of onensivo ureatn aro occasioned uy uaiarrn.
Siviisnc'H Catarrli Rcincdy"
id.i c-o rtnin nnd wrmflnent cure, and warranledln
rery lube, liu mmier iiyw uusuiiuiu ui iuiik diuuu'
IUKi It uuu vr uuuiuiru uuu uj uuuivroniiiK
sU'avts:!-! x- r:hi Nfirfh sixili street, l'lilladel
phia. Aiaiied loanv aaaressoniuu receipt, m iuv
iriCL't VUV UOWUl , W ll" iUIJ U1IL-WI1UU3 IUI Unc, uiau u
Miiu complaint. Wo repeat it i It Is bovond all coin-
uii account oi iuo oncinanu iiaiuro or iniHuibiivs-
im isnn i im ut'hL ri'iiifuv i ur utiiun iii'it u rwuinru,
ffnipnihrr ! it can trnnbtKlned nnlv tiv nddresslns
j)lt. hWAYNK & MN. 330, North MxthMreet, 1'hll-
I'tlf ll'lliu. nun u i cunt mut f, ui no uu uui nt, tj
tho lifiniw nf (lrntprM. thn Minn nn wm rlnniir Oilier
luepuratlons. luwrltlngfor our "Catarrh Heme-dy"
niiisn htntu ou saw this advertisement in the "CO
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Poetical.
THE LOOM OP IjII'E.
BT KBEN E. KEYF0RD.
All day, all night I can hear the Jar
Of the loom of life, and near and far
It thrills with Its deep and munied sound,
As tho tireless wheels go always around.
Busily, ceaselessly goes tho loom
In tho light of day and the midnight's gloom.
Tho wheels are turning early and late,
And the woof Is wound In tho warp of fate.
Click, clack I thcro's a thread ot lovo wove In ;
Click, clack t another of wrong and sin :
What a checkered thing will this llfo bo
When vv o sec It unrolled In eternity I
Time, with a faco like a mystery,
And hands as busy as hands can be,
sits at the loom with its warp outspread,
To catch In Its meshes each glancing thread.
When shall this wonderfr' web bo dono ?
In a thousand years, perhaps, or ono ;
Or to-morrow. Who kuowetln Not you nor 1,
Hut tho wheels turn on and tho shuttles lly.
Ah, Bad ej cd weaver, the years are slow.
Hut each one Is nearer tho end I know. 1
And some day tho last thread shall be wi
Ood grant It bo lovo Instead of sin.
Are wo spinners of wool for this Ufc-wcb-say 7
Do we furnish tho weaver a thread each day 1
It were better then, oh my friend, to spin
A beautiful thread than a thread of sin.
(iOICS l'liAXS.
Hornet Ime.when all llfo's lessons have been learned,
And sun and stars forev ermore have set,
'lhcthlogswhtcliour weak Judgment hero Iiavo
spurned.
Tho things o'er which we grieved with lashes w ct,
Will Hash before us out ot life's dark night,
As stars shine most In deeper tints of blue
And shall wo see bow nil (i oil's plans were right,
And how vv hat seemed reproof was love most true.
And wo slia'l see, that while we frown and sigh,
(lod's plans go on as best for ou and mo ;
lIovv,whcn wo called, Ho heeded not our cry,
Because Ills Wisdom to tho end could sec.
And o'en ns prudent parents disallow
Too much of sweet lo craving babvhood,
So Ood, iioi haps, Is Keepl ng I rom us now
Life's an eetest things because It seemeth good.
And If, sometimes, commingled with life's vv.ne,
W e llnd tho wormwood.and rebel and sink,
Bo sure a w lser hand than yours or mine.
Pours out this portion for our lips to drink.
And if some ti lend wo lov e Is 1 ;ng low-,
Where human kisses cannot reach his face,
Oh, do not blamo tho loving rather so,
But bear your soovv with obedient grace I
And you shall shortly Pnovv that lengthened
breath
Is not tho sweetest gift Ood sends his friend,
And that, sometimes, the sablo pall of death
Conceals the fairest bloom his lovo can send.
It wecoo'd push ajar the gates ot life,
Aad stand within, and all God's workings see,
We could Interpret aP this doubt and stilfc,
And for each mjstety could find a key.
Hut not to-day. Then bo content, poor heart :
God's plans, like lilies puro nnd white, unfold.
We must not tear the close shut leaves apai t
Tlmo wi1' roveal the calyxes ot gold.
And If, through pallent toll we reach the land,
Where tired feet, w 1th sandals loose, may rest,
When we shall clearly know nnd understand,
1 think that w c will say that "Hod knows best.
Miscellaneous.
nn: LtiVKii's wrtAiTii.-
"Now, girls,if you want any beauty sleep,
on had better go to bed," said Jlra. Con-
ay
Jlrs. Conway's house was decorated with
stoonsof evergreen studded with scarlet
berries,
The great vveddiug-cake, with its column
f spun sugar and wreaths of frosted roses,
as already set in its placo of honor in the
middle of the table, and the chandelier, an
ld-fashioned affair, with glistening silver
chains and pendants of cut glass.was wreath-
d with princesspine nnd velvet run, for
Katie Uonway was to bo married tne next
'a''
fcliesloonuelorollielirc.aiaii.svveci-iaeeu
girl ol nineteen, her golilen browu Hair
coiled in rippling waves annum ncr neau,
1 1 ! . 1.!..! 1M
aim ner largo uiuc eyes siiiiiinK uioiumii
ewels, while tho threo bridesmaids, old
chool-inates, who, in accordance with an
indent compact, had been .summoned to
this first wedding m their ranks, clustered
around her liko maids of honor about their
queen.
"Dear me. Mid liosa I' inlay, it s past
1.'
"Ami my hair not crimped yet," said Josey
Dale.
"And I've got tho blue bows to sew on
my wlnto muslin urcss, added i.uciua
Wharton. "Good-night, everybody."
nd so the merry little group scattered to
their various rooms.
Katie Conway herself went last of all, but
she did not go Immediately to bed. Was
there not Ilobert Falconer's last letter to read
over, once again, Hi the glow ol tlie lire,
while liessie, the maid, who was waiting to
brush out her young lady's hair, glanced
askance at Katie's face, and thought how
nice it must be to have a lover.
Suddenly Katie started up.
"How selfish I am !" she said, apologeti
cally, "I forgot that Ilessie was wait
ing." And in five minutes tho maid was dis
missed, and Katio was alone, with the lamp
burning softly on tho table and tho firelight
glancing ou the gilded arabesques of the
uninese loiding screen, tiiaisuui an iirauguis
away from tho hearth.
.1 .1 ,! Tl I W.
just arrived in tho lato train, was btanding
out iu the frosty moonlight by the stable'
yard of the "llolfon Arms," and closo to him
stood a tall, handsome man, leanlug against
the gate-post and smoking a cigar.
"Well," ho said, airily, "this is a sur
prise 1"
"I don t see why it should be, returned
1'alconer, "I am to bo married to Miss Con
way to-morrow, and I decided to come on
to-ulght iustead of waiting for the morning
train. I shall uive them an acrecable sur-
prise."and his faco brightened at the thought,
'The wonder is that you should be here,
Karll Porter."
"I?"
The young man's eyes turned evasively
away lrom the other s frauk glance.
"Oh, we lawyers aro hero and there and
every wliero.' Pvo had a libel case Iu tho
twwu, and It has brought mo down occasion
ally."
"Who was that woman you were talking
to when I first came in?" carelessly question
cd 1'alconer. "She seemed annoyed or
angry."
Porter laughed again, this time moro con
stralnedly than before.
"It's only a woman from the other end
the towu," said he. "Pre paid her pretty
daughter a matter au etrieux. These coun
try peoplo are so desperately In earnest,
Here comes the hostler; now you'll
ou."
FlllJDAY, JULY 6.
Hut fato had ordered otherwise.
Tho only horso left In tho stables was
hopelessly lame.
"Hut if tho gentleman could wait an
hour or"
"Wait an hour 1" echoed Jlr. Falconer,
"nnd it's after 11 already t No, thanks, my
good fellow. It's an easy two miles. I could
,valk it in less time than that."
"Hut It's a bitter night, sir, for all the
moon shines so bright," urged tho man, "and
you'll bo famished with tho cold."
"No matter. My friend hero will lend
mo his fur trimmed Ulster eh, Porter?"
laughingly demanded Falconer.
"With all tho plcasuro in life," Karll Por
ter languidly mado answer ; "that Is, if you
aro actually determined to commit such an
eccentricity,"
"Walt until your wedding-evo comes, nnd
seo how you will feel about it," retorted tho
bridegroom elect as he buttoned tho long
wrap about him and turned up tho fur col
lar to protect his neck from tho cold, "Well,
an revolr. I shall expect to see you at tho
wedding-breakfast to-morrow, remember,"
ind with tho long, swinging stride of a
practiced walker, ho disappeared down tho
road.
All this transpired at about ll:!iO,and the
little alabaster clock on Hiss Conway's man
tel pointed to 12 precisely ,whcn, still brood
ing over Mr. Falconer's letter, something
liko a tremulous quiver of chill air across
her made her start instinctively and look up.
I lie lamp illuminated only a small portion
of tho room, but tho silver radiance of the
full moon, shining in through tho casement
across which Katie had forgotten to draw
tho crimson draperies, mado all as light as
day. And there, standing leaning against
the long French casement, Katio Conway
saw her lover, wrapped in a long, fur-trim
med coat, a seal-skin cap ou his head, and a
face as palo as marble, savo one scarlet spot
011 the left temple. Sho started up with a
low cry, and at the same instant ho (.eemed
to beckon to her to come to him. And even
as he beckoned the bell in the old church-
tower struck. 12.
Katie ran to the casement, but when she
reached it the moonlight and glistening snow
of the untrodden lawn, and the moving
shadows of an immense old tree that grew
close to tho house, were, all that could be
seen. For an iustant sho looked with wild,
startled eyes out upon the snowy silence and
then, wrapping her dressing-gown about her,
sho ran to her mother's room.
"Mamma, wake," she cried, stopping over
Mrs. Conway's pillow. "Ilobert is here
Robert is outside in tho cold. Call Michael
to unbolt the doors: Quick, mamma.quick."
And in live minutes Michael, tho old man
bervant, hnd unfastened tho ponderous front
door and was looking out.
"Did you say it was at your window you
saw him, Miss Katio?" he asked.
"Yes ; close to the glass beckoning mo to
come."
"lint it couldn't be, MNs ," prote.-ted the
man. "Look at tho smooth snow. There's
naught 011 it for three yards around your
window, let alono the sparrows' tracks.
Suro there'll never n foot-print touched it
since the snow fell three days ago."
"For all that I saw him," sho said, lifting
a blanched and haggard face towards her
mother. "I saw him. Oh, mamma, mam
ma, put away tlie flowers and the bridal veil.
I shall never bo married now."
"Darling," soothed her mother, "you are
nervous. It was only a dream. Go to bed
now and rest.
lint Katie kept on sayimj, "I shall never
be married now.1
r.ri.. tllD next merninl: old Michael set
oil' to tho florist's for tho freshly-cut (lowers
,vhich had been ordered for the weddin
breakfast. Hut he had scarcely reached the
atM whcn tho otlt1iiio of something dark
V . . ....
u j t10 sn(w eausca him to pause
nljrll t)vi it was tho lieuro of a man, his
, it faco lur..e(i lm.nras towards tho sun
j lillv. crimson snot on his left tem
I1i0ti,0 s)0t wilero a bullet had sapped his
lifo away with deadly aim. And tlie pros,
tralo figure was wrapped, as if in a shroud,
with a long, fur-trimnu'd coat.
"God help me !" cried out old Michael :
"it's Mr. Falconer, just as Miss Katie saw
him last night." It was quite true. Ilob
ert Falconer had been as-asinated on his
way to the house of his bride elect on that
moonliitht midni"ht. And a veil and a
tattered shawl caught in a hush near by led
to the almost immediate identification of the
assassin.
"I didn't mean to do it," said Margaret
Hull, sullenly. "It wasn't him as I meant
to hit when I fired the shot, He had Karll
Porter's fur overcoat on, and I supposed ho
was Karll Porter. I did mean to kill Karll
Porter,"sho added, with a savage light in her
eyes. "So, if that makes murder, I'm a mur
deress. I followed him, ou the sly, all the
way from tho 'Iioltou Arms,' an' when I saw
him croas the moonlit space by the gates,the
church clock began to strike 12, and I says
to myself : 'Now's my time.' And I fired,
and I seo him drop ; and all the time I sup.
posed it was that false-hearted villain who
has made love to my Peggy, and left her
,i.eacast.oirto ut him look out
for
himaclfi for rll tm him vet ...
' -
The poor, half-crazed creature was com
mitted to jail, and there was a funeral at the
Conway House, instead of a wedding,
Mamma," wailed poor Katie, "did I not
tell you so? His spirit came to me at the
moment in which it was set free from tlie
body."
Whether it was a dream or a reality no
one ever knew, Katie Conway persisted to
'uo Jay ot her death that she actually did
see Ilobert Falconer's wraith. And every
year when the sad anniversary came round
blie watched at her window for another
glimpse ot uer lost lover, nut tue spirit oi
tho murdered man never came again,
Thero wero two of them hanging over the
frout gate the other night, She was stand'
imr within the yard and ho on the sidewalk
outside, both leaning on tho top rail, and
- apparently ashappy as two pigs in a corn
field. He was sajlng, "Now, my own little
darling, sweet idol of my soul, whoso imagi
- is ever on my heart" when he saw the old
man comitig down tho front walk, and con
tinued In a different strain: "The potato bugs
- haven't destroyed our crops so much iince
wo purchased Paris green, and you will also
of find that cabbages can bo raised better on
richer soil." The old gentleman heard it.
- and turned back, saying, as he entered the
house, "These young peoplo take more in
be terest In agricultural affairs than people
i centrally sunwise."
1877.
1.
A Vicious Fish.
Right whales frequently find their way
into the Hav nf Flllwlv. nml nrn tlmrn rnn.
turcd. Tho bay Is also a favorite resort for
tho thrasher and tho swordfish, I havo
heard old coasters say that they had seen
thrashers forty-five and fifty feet long, mov
ing with great velocity on tho silrfaco of tho
water, thoir heads raised ten and twelve feet
above. l!ay of Fundy fishermen, In speak
ing of them, say they aro tho greatest of sea
villains. Twenty odd years ago one of theo
sea monsters got caught on a sand bar,whcre
ho was left by tho rapid falling of tho tide
in lUO UUlnUei anil hrnnch nf t in ltiv n
Fundy, and was killed by tiic people on
shore after an exciting struggle. Ho mcas-
urcd forty-six feet in length. As Captain
Nemo says, tho head is flat and serpent-likc
tho eyes almost red, with ugly white circles'
over them. Indeed, nothing could bo more
repulsive than tho head of this sea monster,
Thc only other sea villain they aro known
tofratorn zo w lh s the svvnnlfisl,. IIMI.
are well known to old coasters and fishermen
as tho deadly enemy of tho whale j and it is
the corrffton belief that they hunt in couple3,
and on finding tho whale mako immediate
war, tho swordfish attacking beneath and
tho thrasher on top.
The common belief is that the thrasher
has a huge weapon, very like a sledgo ham
mer, protruding from his mouth, with which
ho administers on tho whale's back those
terrible blows you can hear ten or twelve
miles distant. I havo myself stood on a blufi"
overlooking tho Bay ot Fundy.and witnessed
three of theso terrible battles between a
whale and his enemies, the swordfish and
the thrasher. The swordfish did his deadly
work underneath, while, as Captain Nemo
says, tho thrasher coilrd himself half over
the whale, and applied tho blows with his
ponderous tail. In the distance, however,
the thraher seems to raise and let fall his
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iiuu use .iiiu i.i.i , vuii tui.m i.cui it.u uiuvvs
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distinctly, although the distance was believe
e.l to bo not less than ten miles from shore,
and you could also hear the whale bellow
and sec him blow. On one of theso occa
sions thc terrible contest lasted nearly three
hours, tho water iu the vicinity being red
with blood. About every fifteen or twenty
minutes tho whale would disappear in an
attempt to cscapo from his enemies ; but
they would quickly pursue him and forco
him lo the surface, where the combat would
bo renewed.
These two sea villains, the swordfish and
thrasher, invariably kill the whale when
they get him into close quarters ; and as
soon as the combat ceases, which can bo
cl
early seen by the whale's body floating
motionless, the thrasher will proceed to clear
ater, wucre, raising uis serpeni-HKc neau
inumpii, ten, twelve, and lilteen leet
abovo tue surlace, Ue will continue lor lilteen
uu sometimes twenty minuies lashing tue
soa into a foam,
A brilliant Student's Fate.
Etnil Schwerdtfeger, a student in the se
nior class of Cornell University at Ithaca,
ot and killed himself in the residence of
Prof. Morris on tho University grounds re
cently. Schwerdtfeger, whoso father lives
Jersey City, was regarded by Dr. J. C.
Kodrigues of New York, who was defraying
is expenses at college, and by tho profes
sors and students of tho University, as a
prodigy in philology. At the lato inter- col
legiate contest in New York, he bore of!'
the $I!00 prize for tho best examination in
Latin, and when he was in the Freshman
class he received tho first prize offered by
the London Philological Society for the best
essay on the English verb. His bright tal
ents made him almost the constant compan
ion of tho professors, although ho was not
over 19 years of age. His health was ex
ceedingly poor, and his eyes were almost
seless to him after he finished studying for
the inter-collegiato prize. He was much
depressed on account of thrso afflictions,
and when he received a letter from a New
York physician who had been attending
him. snvim. llmt Im fnnrp.l l.n wnnl.l i1(.v.r
be better, ho was thrown into despair.
His lifeless body was found in the chair
at his study tab e. The nistol was nn thn
oor. A freshly-written paper, headed
'The Last Will and Testament of Etnil
diwerdtfeger," was on the table. It pro-
ided that the i300 which was to his credit
in tho bank should go to nay his debts and
funeral expenses. He expressed a desire to
he cremated, but if this was not practicable
e desired to be burned in the Ithaca grave-
yard. The paper also disposed of his books,
some of which ho gavo to the University
library and others to his benefactor. He
wrote further ;
I know that this will not hold in law, but
as t here nre no valuables to squabble about,
hope that all its provisions will be respect-
ed. Tho cause of my suicide is constant
sickness and the conviction that I will never
ho any better iu this world. No other cause
may be looked for. None exists.
A Fl,oitlDA MuKctiAusv.xiSM.-A ror.
respondent from Sauford. Orauue countv.
sends to the fcavannah AVtcs
i tho following
aro acquainted
llflk'n Ktnrvf. Thrill, utin nrn .innolnla.l
witli either the habits of a scared lizard or
a hungry coach-whip snake may doubt it,
but the jVfiti n-nes nt n . "Mr
English, au old gentleman who lives In this 8age' 1' or a quarter of an hour the plain re
county, was out hoeing one dav, when he sounJe(1 wltb 8beks and yells, shots, the
saw a coach-whip suake chasing a lizard, trampling of horses, shouts aud groans, and
Tho scared lizard ran towards tho man and
wentun his nantnlnnns Ipt thrnin.ii i,A
waistband of his breeches and out of his
shirt bosom. The snake pursued, went ol-
so up tho old man's pantaloons, got to the
waistband, where ho was prevented from
makliiL' the trin tl.R limnl ,1M . w. n. tl.
next best strategic movement, fell back and
wentoutup on thooutsideof thenantnloons.
got ou the man's shoulder, saw tho lizard
mako his exit, aud jumped down and caught
it. It was all dono so quickly that Mr, En
glish hadn't time to get scared."
A Manchester mechanic has invented a
horseshoe composed of threo thicknesses
cowhide compressed into a steel mould and
then subjected to a chemical preparation,
iw inventor asserts that It lasts longer than
tlie common shoe anil weighs only one-fourth
as much j never splits tho hoof, and has
other Injurious Influence on It; requires
calks, even ou asphalt; is so elastic that
norses siep is lighter and surer.and adheres
sd closely that neither dust nor water
l-enetrate between the shoo and the hoof.
THE COI.UMIIIAN, VOL. XI, NO, 2i3
Strange, Heaths.
Homer, they tell us, died of a broken
J"f rt becaU8 ho couM "ot EueM i fiddle.
1110 oiu gentleman nau ueen wa neu ny an ,
oraclo that If ho did not mind what ho was
about ho would bo killed by a riddle, and
his day came. Seeing somo young fisher
men in a boat, ho unfortunately asked them
what sport they had had, to which they re
plied, that "As many as wo caught we left
as many ns wo could not catch wc carry with
as." i his was too much for the author of
tho IUiJ "n.'1 Odyssy ; ho guessed ""J
Su.u uu iviwi, mis
"na,1y "'jf'' of sllc.cr, vexation. Aristotle
"Bm Pfeci.sciy tne same way. ue
' " 011 d not understand a more in-
"nR rl,llll et by nature, viz., the
ciu,s0 of "ie cbb,"K aml "owinS ,het M'
"1,u,T'er,1e",l01 "u'"'Ey
m,,se" ",,lu 1, 0 "T ,' .
"e, , 10 , , ,
vc,-u "avi"B matcn
!" ono Sli,1j,' who "caught" him with an-
uu.e. .u..., ,i, vvii.c. no uiiau.o to
afilt'A ti'nnt hnmn titrnlA n IiaaI nKniit it I
T , ,,,, . T, T
wmucuoi uespai. , m eias aU reuueeu
u,,.w,u ,.uilUe. VC..U uy rc.ee-
lonai us utiytuatiiowas obliged to wear I
lead soles to his boots, to krCp him from
ub.uk mo v.. away, or posstmy irom rising
like ,1 balloon
in tuc neavcii 01 invention
however, tho end of PhileU"" was, as Suldas
solemnly informs us, evaporation he posi
tively evaporated. Anacreon was chokid
with a grape stone. Sophocles is said by
some to havo come to tho same end, though
according to others ho died of joy at being
victor in his last tragic contest. Euripides
was torn in pieces by dogs, hounded on by
somo women, in revenge for his mysogyn-
ism. ;F.schylus was killed by an eagle drop
ping a tortoise on his bald head, the king of
birds mistaking- tho shining poll for a
V I'l")" " "'
llnna ntul n ,! r ! rt r tt I , iiuna 1. . I. n
Melpomene would sanction. Ibyctts, the
great lyric poet, was murdered by rob.
i . i r. i ,i . , ir i-
hni4 r fltiil Sntmlin Until. Imrwnlf trt,rt
tho Leucalian rock, to cure her love for
Phaon. Honest Ilesiod also camo to a meh
ancholy end, but having been flung into tho
sea his corpse was solemnly brought back
to the shore on the backs of some dol
phins. Lucretius, ns we all know from
lennysoirs line poem, was poisoned uy a
love philtre, and finally finished himself
oh" with his own hand, as also did his first
English editor and translator, tho Ilev.
Thomas Creech. Pietro Aretino, a celebra-
ted Italian lilcrateiir o( the Renaissance, camo
to a singular end. Ho was drinking and
enjoying himself with certain other ccclesi-
astics : and one of them telline a story
which certainly ought not to have amused
either the narrator or his friends. Aretino
leaned his chair back to laugh with full
freedom, slipped and dashed out his brains
0n the marblo floor. Sir Georsro Ktheridce.
author of "Sir Topley Flutter," "Love in a
Tub," etc., brought a similar life to a sim-
liar conclusion. He was lighting some
friends who hail been to pay him a visitand
as he stood doing so he tumbled down stairs
and broke his neck ; "and so," as the notes leaving tha cage door open, and young Mar
to Grammont put it, "fell a martyr to jol- vin standing near the door. Tho boy's curi-
) jol
lity and civility." Teter Motteaux, tlie
translator of llabelais, camo to a very mys
terious end ; and the mystery which sur
rounded tho death of Edward II., Hichard
III., Clarence, and many kings and princes,
both iu ancient and modern history, has
never been cleared up. Demosthenes pois-
nned himself, but no ono knows how. Ter-
rible as it may seem, it is nevertheless true.
that if a complete list wero drawn up of
men of mark in the world's history, reckon-
ing all nations and all times, it would ap
pear that at least a quarter of them died
not liko other men, and that very nearly
another quarter committed suicide.
A Pitiss'an War (llfitcr.
Among the officers on the Grand Duke's
stafl'is a tall, handsome man. with a lithe.
slender, active figure, a clear, blue eye, and
a faco young enough for a second lieuten-
ant. It is Skobelefl', the youngest General
in the Kussian armv. the coniiueror nf Klin.
kand. He has tho reputation, even among
tne Russians, oi being a madman, who would
nine away ills own life nnd those of hU
troops without the slightest regard for con-
sequences. Dunne the- war which resulted
i Hie conquest of Khokand, a Russian tie-
tachment of eight hundred men. with four
Hundred Cossacks, was compelled to retreat
beforo a superior force of th3 enemy. Gen-
al Trotsky decided upon a night attack,
and conluled his plan to" Colonel Skobelelf,
tueii his chief of stnfl-. Tho latter entered
into tuo idea with great enthusiasm, and
proposed to leadjthe attacking column him-
self, and to take only 150 Cossacks. Skobel-
eff having recon noitered tho ground, per-
ceived that the Khokandianshad encamped
within a mile nnd a half of tho ltussians in
MHHpen plain, which gavo every facility for
maneuvering of cavalry. At midnight
lie took his 150 Cossacks, divided them into
threo parties, and cautiously surrounded tho
enemy's camp. Tho party led by Skobcleff
"lraae". managed to pass tuo enemy's out
r03Ww"o wero sound asleep. Alien ho gavo
tUe sig"al fur tbe attack by firin8 I'ls Pistol,
followed ny his 1&0 Cossacks, he rode
''eauiong into tue enemy's camp of G000 or
700, meu' "houtmS ud yelling like fiends,
and cu"ing down everything In their pas-
a" luo u',roar 01 "attle' Tneri was si-
'ence. blcnuelelt assembled his Cossacks,
and wbcn ul0tag came he found that the
vllole atmy of the enemy, COOO or 7000 men
,iaa,UlsaPPeared, leaving on tho field about
ucuu' "uuu or "JWU mussels ana sabres,
n11 tbeir camp material aud baggage, liut
,vbat was llU astonishment on calling the
tu" u,8C0er lual 110 nau not lust a man
cither killed or wounded I
An incident occurred during the session
of tho United States District Court at Ports.
mouth, the other day, which for the moment
relieved tho monotony of it case, Couusel
of for defendant was examining a witness with
the object of establishing tho fact that lho
defendant had been a member of the State
Legislature, when his Honor observed
that
it was a gratuitous statement, and not mate
no rial. Counsel "liut I think, your Honor,
no it is evidence of respectability for a man
the have been a member of the Legislature
this stale," Ills Honor "Hum I hv
can my doubts about that I" Counsel-"!
not press the point, your Honor."
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Coral Is not something which Is built, but
is a thing which grows. It is simply the
skeIelon of maDy unjtej skeletons of po.
wllc lho , die Bd jippea,,
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tbo most varioU3 mi beauli(ul form3) imU.
ting almost nil forms of vegetation, as lich
ens, fungi, mosses, ferns, herbs, shrubs and
trees. Formerly they wero regarded as
plants. Their colors aro as remarkable as
their forms, nnd somo polyp communities
equal in tho beauty and variety of their col
ors thc most beautiful (lower gardens of the
... ITnmlriiU nf rni-fi nnil Ulnnrls irA
mmh of coraU Thcf0 tCpU nnJ j,1:mth aro
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Auize of 400 miles, and along the coast
of Australia for 1000 miles. When a reef
of coral skirts tho shore It is coll. d a fring-
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polyps die. The winds and waves "i i take
up tho work, and at last the island over
oil with vegetation and lio.n, i 'Ue home of
man. Coral rcifs aru fjtmd fir in'md. There
is a vast reef near the Falls of Ohio. Coral
reefs havo essentially the same comp isition
as marble, and It is be'ievcd by g dogists
that our limestones aro made outof t .e skel
etons of polyps and of the "hells of other an
imals of the sea, And if this bo true and
there is no doubt abjut it irntiy of the
rocks which underlie vast count) h s the
marble temples of tho East, thetnirble mon
uments nnd public buildings of our ottntry,
the mortar on the vvalU, and C'l'aiiS of our
dwellings, and the mnrble t-ibles and man
tles so highly prized, havo a'l come from tho
skeletons of those low animals of tho sea.
Under a Iion's 1'niv.
Yesterday morning the superintendent of
tho menagerie connected with lUrnutn's
show engaged George Marvin, 15 years of
age, tn do errands and odd jobs about the
establishment. Marvin is a bright-looking,
muscular youth, who says that his home has
always been at Ncwburgh, N. Y but that
both of his parents being dead, and having
no relatives, ho left Ncwburgh aboutamonth
ago, since which time he has tramped it and
stolen rides on railway cars, until reachine
Detroit he saw Harnum's Circus advertised,
and concluded to wait for its cominc.
On tho arrival of tho show ho got an en-
gagement, and yesterday forenoon, in a leis-
uro moment, he stood watchinc the keepers
as they fed the animals. The monkeys, hy-
eua, giraffe and tigers had been cared for.
and the threo largo lions which occupy ono
cage were eating their rations when thekeep-
cr stepped away a few feet to get some water,
osity overpowered his caution, and he climb
ed to the threshold.
Instantly one of tho lions sprang at him,
putting ouo of his massive paws flat upon
the boy's face, stud closing his claws drew
him forward into the cage. In doing so tho
beast tore the boy's left cheek, from tho cor-
ncr of his mouth nearly to his ear widoopen.
Then he ended him with his cruel claws
upon the right side of his chin, tearing open
tho llesh in a frightful manner. AU this
tlmo tho boy struggled and cried lor help.
At the appearance of tho keeper the lion
rolled tho boy upon his stomach, and with
one paw upon Ills back held hiin there help
less, all the time showing his teeth and roar
ing at tho keeper, who hc-itatcd about en
tering the van. It was only for an instant.
however, for, armed with it lar,ja revolver
and a whip, the keeper jumped into the
cage, and striking the beast over the nose,
call3C(l llim t0 r(,lrellt releasing tho boy.
iounK -Marvin was not long in getting out
01 1110 caKe-aml immediately on ins escape
laiiucu away and purely Irom rigut. lne
kpcr followed him, and closing the cage
"u" lu Kwi uut ma uissaimacuon
ul U'S mwaneu.
Reside the had wounds on tho boy's faco
"" rlSt shoulder was (rightfully lacerated,
llTe or "i slight wounds were on his right
"rm. wlllle vo large Incisions, regularly
placed on tho left side of tho boy's back,
plainly marked the size ot tho liou's paw as
"o held his victim. Mroit Free Trees.
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Aajiolcoa s onilerliil Memory.
The Emperor Napoleon was at Erfut.
A legion of kings aud princes had como to
humble their crowns beforo his regent roy-
alty. At oue of the soirees which ho gavo at
this brilliant court, the conversation turned
on an ancient pontifical bull, about tho date
of which there was some doubt, An Aus
trian prelate indicated a period which tho
Emperor contested, "I am better informed
than your majesty on such subjects," said the
prelate, "and 1 think I am certain of what
state."
"And for ray part," replied tho Emperor,
'I do not say I believe ; I say, I am certain
you are deceived. Beside, the truth may he
easily ascertained; let such a work ha
brought, and if I am wrong I will hasten
to acknowledge it."
The book was brought. Tho Emperor was
right. The wholo assembly were astonished
at such an excellent memory on tho part of
ono whose head was constantly occupied with
other subjects.
uen i was a lieutenant," said the em
peror. 'Itiese simplo words, "when 1 was a
leutenaut," produced n singular effect on all
present; all tho representatives of the old
monarchies looked at each other smiling.
uen l nau tue houor to be a lieutenant of
aitillery," continued tho emperor in a loud
er tono, "I remained two years in garrison
in a city ot Dauphlu, which had but n sin
glo circulating library. I read threo times
tho wholo collection, aud not a word of what
I read at that period ever escaped me. The
title of the book which has just been brought
figured on tho list. I read it with lho rest,
and, as you havo seen, I have never forgot
ten its contents."
r A farm laborer near Sellhnc, in France.
1 ...1. II i it .. '
wniie piougning somewnat Uccpcr than usu
al, found his plow ni rested by what he
thought to bo a stump. It proved to be an
to
of
ox Hide filled with gold pines of the relgu
I of VranoJs T. wnrtli li!ii iuii r 4.t
wm alone, without reckoning their m cclal value
n, XmQ con, b 1 1 "lue