4 THE COLUMBIAN, Ol.UHDU llKHOCnAT, STAH Of Till! NORTH AND COI.UM HUN CONM01.1 DATED.) Issued weekly, every Friday morning, nt HLOOMSllUltO, COLUMMA COUNT? , l"A. two not.tAtis per year, payable In advance, or Aurlntr tun year. Aftertho ouplratlon of tliojoar ll.M will Do uharifi'clj To subscribers out ot I ho county tuo terms aro SJ per year, strictly In aavanco U silt not paid In advance ami It.ou It payment be delayed bo onrtthojear. . ... No paper discontinued, except nt tho option ot the pnblllsticrs, until all arrearage! are paid, but lone continued credits ntler the expiration ot the nrst year will not be Riven. All papers sent out of tliesuato or to distant post onic-os must bo paid for In advance, unless n respon KlWo person In Columbia county assumes to pay the subscription duo on demand. l'OSTAdli la no longer exacted from subscrlbersln lio county. job FKiisrxiisra-. Tbe .fobbing lieparlment o( tho Colombian Is vor complcto, and our J b I'rlntlng will comparo tavora y with that of tho largo cities. All work donoon mnnd, noatly and at moderato prices. Wy li I 1 III IP I 1 0. a7' EdllorsandFroprUtor.. BLOOMSBTJRG, PA., FRIDA17, JULY 20. 1877. THK COLUMBIAN, VOL. XI, NO. 28 OOLUMIllAIJKMOUllAT.VOL.XLlI, NO. II sr-ic. Unolncli. . TwotricbM. 'Ilireo inches Tour Inches Quarter column, llall column. . One column. . IM. t?.("l C.'H) . 4411 r-.c ., wo ..u. ,,30.00 . IJ.HI 4.10 Atn i.m s.oo 13.00 Hv. CM. fJ.OI l Ml MO 8.00 T.fO 1?.00 .n l.ni lci.no is.oo 16.00 SJ.OO 13.00 80.00 M.00 IT. All w.m M.M lOf.M TfB- V...W .ilirnrll.amnnt, tiAVAhln mifVf-t-f. slent advertisements must be paid lor before Inserwo except wnero panics nave Rccou-im. I gal advertisements two dollars per Incliforllirje Insertions, anil at that rate for additional insertion without reference to length. Executor's, Administrator's and Auditor's notlctt three dollars. Must bo paid for when inserted. Transient or Local nonces, twenty cents alloc, regular advertisements half rates. Cards In tho "Business Directory" column, cue dollar per year for each lino. Columbia County Official Directory. nusiNEfes cards. President Judge William Klwcll. Assoclato Judges I. K Krlckbaum, F. 1 Hhuman. rrolhonotarv, Kc n. Frank Zarr. Court stenographer s. N. Walker, ttegistcrfi Uecorder Williamson II. Jacoby. District Attorney John M. Clark, sheriff John V. Ilofrman. Surveyor Isaac Dewlit. Trnmnrpr nr. II. W. McftevnoldS. (mmlssloncrs-Jolin Herncr,.s. V. Mcllenry, Joseph Hands. Commissioners' Clerk William Krlckbaum. Auditors M. V. 11. Kline, J. H. Casey, K. I). Drown. Coroner Charles a. Jlurpliv. Jury commissioners-Jacob It. rrltz, William It. im.. county Superintendent William II. Snyder, llloom Poor District Directors O. I". Knt, Scott, Win. Kramer, Dloomsburg and Thomas Iteece, ticou, u. i . J'.ui, in-ureiury. jyi. J. C. RUTTEU, A'lllHlLlAi CBUUUbUn, Iar.J7,'I4- Offlce, North Market street, Dloomsburg, Pa. Poetical. e: k. oevis, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Omen Room No. 1, "Columbian" Dutldlng. Sept. 18,1670. C AMUKL KNOIUl, R.1 Bloomsburg Official Directory. Dloomsburg Banking Company John A. Funston, Pci.lrtnn,. II. II. Ilr-m. CnshlPr. Ftrs' Na lonal liank-charlcs It. I'axton, President J. I Tusiin, casnier. . . . . rninmiiin nmtntv Mutual Satin? Fund and Loan A8soclailon-H. 11. Utile, President, C. W. .Miller, m?omsiurg nulldlng and Saving Fund Association wm. reocock, president, J. u. uooison, r-ccrciury. Dloomsburg Mutual Having Fund Assoclailon-J. J. Drower, President, C. 11. Darkloy, Secretary. CIIUllCII DIRECTORY. BATTIST CUCHCll. Iter. J. r. Tustln, (Supply.) Sunday Services 1(1)$ a. in. ana C)4 p. m. Hitmlnv Hi-lmnl 0 n. m. Prayer Mcctlng-Kvery Wednesday evening at Cf CIOCK. Boats free. Tho public aro lnMled to attend. BT. MATTHKW'S LCTUBtUN CUCnCD. Minister Dev. J. McCron. Sunday Services lox a. m. and cjtfp. m. .nml.v Mf-mul On in. l'raver Jtceilng-Evcry Wednesday evening at CJtf ClOCK, seats free. No pows rented. All aro welcome. rRESBTTKRIAN CltCRCn. Mlnls'er-Rev. Stuart Ml'-ihell. Sunday Services lotf a. in. and otf p. m. Uitni-nv Hi-linnl O n. in. I'raver Jleetlng Kvery Wednesday evening at Gtf o ciueA. Heals free. No pows rented. Strangers welcome. METnODlST KriscorAi.ciiciicii. Presiding Dldcr-liev. N. S. llucklngham. Minister Hev. J. s. Mc.Murray. Sunday senlces-lu and oitf p. m. Jnni,n U.hnnl ') ,t in lillitn iMnctt V.rnri Mnnrtiv PVenlntT at CI O'ClOClC. Voting .Men's l'raer McP'lng fivcy Tuesday evening at o o'clock. (leneral Prayer Jleetlng-Uvcry Tliursday evening 7 O CIUCK, KKFOBMED CIltTUCU. Corner of Third and Iron streets. I'astor Dev. O. D. (lurloy, ncildenec central Hotel. Sunday services 10x a. in. and 7 p. m. Sunday school t) a. in. Prayer Meeting Saturday, 7 p. m. All are Invited There Is always room. ST. rAUL'SClIUBCH. Hector I!ev L. Zahner. Sunday Scrvlres-lutf a. m., "X p. m. Sunday school 0 a. in. wnnrt it- In thn Tnnntti. llnlv Cnmmunlon. services preparatory to Communion on Friday evening ociuru uiu hi nunuaj m ua..i inwnui. I'ews rented ; but every body welcome. F.VANdKMCAL CMUBClt. Presiding Klder-ltov. A. L. Hcescr. vi.i.in, li.u .1 A lrvlnn. Sunday Service 3 p. m In tho Iron Street Church. l'rav er Meeting Kvery s.iuu.uti at t p. in. All are Invited. All aro welcome. Tilt. l.llUl,ll initio.. - - - thn little Ilrlck Church on tho hill," ATTORN E Y-A T-L A W, DLOOMSlltinO, PA. omee. Ilartmau's Mock, corner Main nnd Market Streets . Oct. 9, '75 . MILLER, ATTOUNKV-AT-LAW Ofllco In Drowcr's building, Bccond floor, room No. 1. Dloomsburg, Pa. Julyl,73 ', FENK. U E WAUEK. PUNK & WALLER, Attornoys-ntLiiw, DLOO.MSHUr.U, PA. Office In Columbian DnmiNO. Jan. 19, '77-ly Q It. A V. J. UUCKALEW, A I llHUUil i"Ai-lll , Dloomsburg, I'a. orace on Main Street, nrst door below Coui tllouse juar.o,'7i .t J. JL CLARK, ATTOHNnYS-AT-LAW, Dloomsburg, I'a. omco In Ent'a Dutldlng. April 10,'74 1IILLSIEYER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Adjoining C. It. & W. J. Duckalew. Dloomsburg, Pa. Apr. 14,'7l. E.1 OS TUP. BEACH. llT DORA DARM00RE. Down through tho park wo rodo at even, Tho white sands shono with a wondrous gleam ; Tho blue of tho sea and tho bluo of heaven Wero mixed with tho gold of tho sun's last beam. Tho tide was out and tho Band hills dreary, Stretching away by tho waveklssed shore, Sat like wanderers wan and weary, Soothed to rest by the ocean's roar. Out where the misty horizon's curtain Dipped Its edge In the purple sea. Sailed with a motion slow, uncertain, A whltc-vi lnged bark like a sea-bird free j Far In tho west a snowy cloud-bank, Fretted wlih gold and crimson bars, Itcared Its castled turrets proudly Upward toward tho evening stars. On tho sands whero tho great white surges Dashed their foaming heads In glee, or mournfully chanted dreary dirges, A youthful pair rodo merrily. She, with her hair like a golden glory, And blushing cheek like n ripened peach, Listened nllh smiles to tho old, old story, Her lover whispered that night on the beach. What cared they tor tho radiant splendor Ot tinted clouds, or ot sunset skies 1 The sea's soft music was not so tender As his voice or the light or her sparkling eyes. What to them w as Iho bright commotion. Ot emerald wares on a rocky shore t Dearer by far was tho thought of life's ocean Which they'd sail together forecrmorc. "I do not know," was tho reply, with n suggestion of tenrs In the voice, nt which overy heart in tho crowd by tho door was touched and unhappy. Punks nudged Scotty with his elbow. "What's that fellow's nnme that was part ner with Circus Jack In tho Uanderita?" ho whispered. Scotty rapped his forehead with his homy hand, and ran his fingers into his bushy, tow colored hair, with a clutch of despera tion, "Punks," lie whispered "I allers counted you a fool, but yon ain't, you aro a shlniu' light. His uatno wai Jim Wilmer." Then, coloring up to tho roots of his hair, ho advanced and said, "If you please, ma'am." Tho woman turned at this, meeting a wholo battery of eyes without any scorning consciousness of it. "There was a feller named Jim Wilmer here was partner in the Uanderita, with a feller named Circ leastways, I don't know his name, but wo called htm Circus Jack, ma'am." The woman's face her beautiful face turned as whito as the collar at his throat ; sho leaned against the bar and tried to speak but tho words died on her lips. Finally, with an cllbrt, sho half whisper ed: E. n. LITTLE. . ROB T. 11. LITTLE. H. & R. R. LITTLE, ATTOItNEYS-AT-LAW, Dloomsburg, I'a. t r-mistness before the V. S. Patent onice attended to. Office In the Columbian nulldlug. 39 I I10CKWAY & ELWELL, A 1 IU It i lj I O-A 1-Jj i V, Coicmbian Pcn.niMi, Dloomsburg, Ta. CMembers of the United Stales Law Association. oiiections mane in any part 01 America or i.m uk.-. yyiLLIAM 11HYS0N, ATTORNEY -AT-LAW, Ccntralia, Pa. MISCELLANEOUS. known as the Welsh Daptlst Church-on nock street Cogulaniectlng for worship, every Lord's day af ternoon at 3K o'clock, seats free ; and tho public aro cordially Invited to attend, HOW E L L, BLOOMSISURO DIRECTORY. SCHOOL ORDERS', blank, Jifst printed and neatly bound In small books, on hand and . i -i Vl. nn. n.ni .u lIMKn 1..h 1(1. 1R7fUlf llimdiD fib HID UUI.UOOI." utlivv. fc --I DENTIST. Ofllco In Ilartmnn'n Dlock, second floor, corner Main and Market Streets, BLOOMSBUltG, PA. May eo-1y. ROWN'S HOTEL, Illoomsburp, Pa., I!. Stohner, Proprietor, jvecornmoaauons nrsi clitss. tl.wtofl.Goperuay. itesiaurani uuacucu. October s, 'io-u SUMMER TIME. BT MARV BAKU, 1 sing tho sweet, warm summer Time. Tho long, green miles of swaying grass, the stray ing klncof summer Time. The scented, sunny Summer Time. Tho singing birds, tho butterflies, tho honey bees of Summer Time. Iho royal rose-crowned summer Time. Tho reonlcs nnd marigolds and popples drunk with Summer Time. Tho thick, cool woods ot Summer Time. Tho blow lng rushes, Illy pools, nnd woodland hymns of summer Time. The fen ent, eager Summer Time. The strong, deep scents of blenching crass, tho growing corn ot Summer Time. Tho dewy dawns of Summer Time. The piping birds In leafy nests that gleet tho day In Summer Time. The languid noons ot Summer Time. Tho sleepy peace, tho spicy smells, crushed flowers and irults ot summer Time. The quiet nights of Summer Time. Tho crimson bills, the purplo dawns, tho few largo stars of Summer Time. Tho fruitful mother, Summer Time, That travels with tho trees and grains and tills with :w Ine tho glowing cup That shall be drunk In Autumn Time. LANK DEEDS, on l'archnunt and Linen p M. DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH, sewl rtnor prnmnnn and ror Aaminisi rauirs. ivsvcu.. tors and trustees, for sale cheap at tho Columbian umce. - r Altll.1 A n V. fiKltTIHuATLS imt printed 1VJL and for sale nt tho Columbian onice. Minis ters of tho llospeianudUHUceMsnmuu uuyyij mtu.- selves with theso necessary articles. TUSTICESand Constables' Pee-llills for Bale t f nune Columbian uiuuu. iiicj v""1"1" ;.u",v"' rected fees as established by tho last Act ot tho Leg- . . ....i..,., iv.fii .Tii.I Inn nnH f?nn. SLUUrUUDUIl tUO BUUJUI.L. miij u " etntilo should nave one. ;NDUE NOTES just printed and for sale cheap at tno Columbian uun-u. MOOTS AND SI10BS. sewing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re paired. Opera House Dulldlng, Dloomsburg, Pa. Oct 1,'75 E.J Durtf a: y, J. THORNTON . would nnnounco to tho citizens of Mooms- jurir and vicinity that bo has lust received a full and compieto assortment ox WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES, riXTCRES, COKOS, TASSELS, and all other goods In his lino or business, All tho newest and most approved patterns of the day aro always to be found In his establishment. Main street, below Market. oct. 8.13 E il. latest and best slyles.corncrMalnandMarket streets, In tho old post office. CLOCKS, WATCHES, SC. Uulei. Dealer in Clocks, Watches nnd Jowelry, Main St., Just below t ho Central n "RSAVAUi; PllOFESSIONAL CA11DS. Q O. 1SARKLEY In Drower's building, ict, 15, tr. Attomey-nt-Law. Oflice g, 2nd Btory, Dooms 4 & 0. J clan, streets. It. WUr. II. REBER. Surgeon and I'hysi :o s. x:. corner kuck uuu.uui&t:b T 1 l.r AVQ f T Cuiruin .ml lllVi I . clan, (onice and itesfdenco on Third street. corner jenerson. T 11. McKELVY. M. D.. Surceon and Phy- J . slclan, north side Main street, below Market. -yyiLLIAM Y. K ESTER, iMJtdlttJllAJN'J.' X'AJ.I.01i. Corner ot Main and West Hreets, three doora below j. k, tier's store, uioomsuuig, i'a. All orders nromutly attended to and satisfaction guaranieeu. April a(, ri(-tr IREAS BROWN'S INSURANCE A GEN ; CV, Exchange notel, Dloomsburg, Pa. CaDltal. . 6,600,000 . fo.nco.ooo , 13 600, (Mil 10,000,' (10 . 3,100,0110 51 0,000 . 1,000,000 75.00(1 s.soo.nno Itna, Ins Co., of nartford, Connecticut. Liverpool. London and CUobo ltoyalof Liverpool Lancanshlre Flro Association. Philadelphia Atlas of Hartford Farmers Mutual or nanvuie Danville Mutual Home, New York... Commercial Union 17,000,000 March !6,'77-y 1179,958,000 T 11 J . in , ROBISON, Atlorney-nt-Law. Hartman's bulldlng.Maln street. !:.T J, H. MAIZE'S H ROSENSTOOK, Photographer, , Clark ft Wolf's Store, Main street. MISCELLANEOUS. D iVVID LOWENBERG, Merchant Tailor Main St., abovo central I lotel. S. KUHN. dealer in Meat, Tallow, etc, . Centra street, between Second and 1 bird. gu IU .TASIES HEN YOU WANT A FIRST-CLASS SHAVE or anything In tho TONbOWAL LINK MAMMOTH GROCERY contains the largest stock ot TEAS, GEOCEEIES BEILIY'S BABBEB SHOP, THE BEST IN TOWN, Under Exchange notel, Dloomsburg, To. Oct. 13, "75 OATAWISSA. M. H. ABBOTT. Attoraey-at-Law, Main M. L. EYERLY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Catawlssa, Pa. Canned Fruits, Dried Fruits. CONFECTIONERIES, Ac. to be found In Columbia county. A Complete Assortment always on band. Call and examine. Jan 1, 1677. Collections promptly made and remitted. Office oonoalte catawlssa Deposit sank. cm-3 To Hi Worklnr t in... We are now nrenared to furnish all classes with constant employment at borne, the whele of tho lime, or for their spore mo menta. Duslnesa new, light and profitable. lvrson9 ot either sex easUy earn from 50 cents to $5 per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting their whole time to tho business. Doyu and girls earn nearly as much as men. That all who bco this notice may send their address, and lest tbe business we make this unparalled offer: To Buch as am sot well satuned we will bend one dollar to oav for the trouble ot writing. Full particulars, samples worth several dollars to eomroenco work on, and a copy ot Homo and Fireside, one ot tbe largest and best Illustrated Pnbllcatlons. all sent free bv mall. Dead er. If you want permanent, profitable work, address sept s, nc-iim. Babcock & Wyeth's Ads yyAINWRIGUT & CO., N, E. corner Second and Arch Strcejs, rUILADILTUIA, Dealers In TEAS, STKUrfl, COFFEE, SUOAK, MOLASSES X10X, BrlCXS, B 10AEB 60DA, 0., 0. t vorders will reccivo prompt attention. tf. Is taken Internally, and Positively Cures Hhouma. turn, (lout, euralgla and Lumbago. Ifsold by Wholesale and Detail Drugglsu cterywhere. bend for circular to. lint mirv-tio-f Mi. iiT-xioif r- UUJ II11CIIHO Q. ,11b.. , L.1. 1 , Druggists, Washington, 1). uci. o, -tu,-ijr, p . PATENTS. F. A. Uhmann, Solicitor of Amcrlcon and Foro'gu Patents, Woshlcgton, I). C. All business connected with Patents, whither before tuo mntomcoor tho courts, promptly attended to, Nochorge laado unless a patent U secured. Send for a circular, May,'II-tt to w PATENTS. FEE REDUCED ENTIRE COST $55, Tifltpnr. nnirA fpe taA In advance, balance tt!0 within montns alter patent, anowea. auicu uuu exuiuiua' tlon free. Daunts sold. J. VANCE LEWIS & CO., May 4, '07-Bm J w co Wasldngton, 1). C. ALU, U XAVB. JS.0. I. FETM1XK. CI1AS. B. XUWAB1M, WM. R. HAOENHUCH, wmi Hnuli, rrj nilrr b i:ilarln, (Successors to Denedlct Dorsey Sons, m Market street. . t l mporiere turn aeuiei-a ui CHINA, GLATS AND QUEENSWARE, tH3 Market Street, PhlladelpUa. Constantly on hand Original and Assorted Packages Juno OT, 17-ly BUSINESS CARDS. V1M1TINU CAItliS, LiflTliIIlADS, 1.1 LL HEADS, OBTK1UJ, AO., HO., Neatl kuiw v.ajpiy printed t the OoLCM BUR Office. Miscellaneous. THE YDS EM IT K HERMIT. Tho shadows were lying tolerably long on the green hillsides when tho lumbering ye ow stace. somewhat the worse for wear, rawn by four loan, dusty horses, also some lint the worse for wear, drew up with grand llourish in front of tho Grand hotel Mariposa. It was n long, low building, with n broad piazza in front and along ono sido ; tho fae sde was painted a dingy yellow to match the singe apparently, but tho rest of the edifice had been neglected, and tho superabundant rain and superabundant sunshine of Jinn posa had left marks of their hundiwork on the bare boards. The loungers rushed out of the bar room as soon as the wheels wero heard, and stood grouped about the broad piaza exchanging jokes with tho driver, who was known as Scolty, and asking tho news from Hornitos and other way places. Meanwhile the "Doctor," a stout, ruddy complexioned man, whose appearance spok well of his profession, descended from his scat on the box, and, opening tho stago door with an air of pride and satisfaction, he at isted tho ono lady passenger to alight with a grace which would havo dono credit to Chesterfield. Tho loungers on tho piazza tarted and drew back. All ceased theirgibes with Scotty, and two or three removed their hats. Sho was not only a woman, but a very pretty woman sho was even beautiful. She thanked thodoctor with a pretty grace, and turned her cleardiazel eyes upon the ad miring group.scanniiig eadi faco eagerly and wistfully. Tho doctor said, "Allow me," and was nbout to escort her into tho small den at ono sido known as tho "ladles' par lor," but she swept past him and walked straight into the bar-room, tho doctor, tho loafers and Scotty, crowding in after her and regarding her movements with an un disguised admlration.and as much reverential curiosity as though she had been a visitant from another sphere. The proprietor of tho "Grand" was a pod gy man, with an aggressively bald head and ecaly eyes llko nn alligator's though for that matter I may bo libeling tho alligator. HU name was Sharpe, commonly corrupted into "Cutey" by somo mysterious process. He was pouring whisky from a bottle into a glass preparatory to serving himself, when tho new comer walked sho walked like an angel straight up to him and Bald, "Is this the landlord?" Culey was so astonished by the apparition that he dropped his glass ; it was in reality a stono china cup about half an inch thick and wasted the whisky ; it was only by the greatest presence of mind that he succeeded in saving tho bottle. Ma-a-n'm V ho stammered, clutching at his bald head to see if there was a hat tliprfl. Tho woman repeated her question; tue crowd by tho doorway; headed by the doctor strained their ears to listen ; Sho had a low voice, tolerably sweet. Such inuslo had never before been heard within those low walls, perhaps. They wished she would say more. Old "Punks" muttered that she mind ed him of his Lyddy "jest such a voico I" which remark brought down upon him much contumely afterward, and a threat from the doctor to "put daylight through him." After a helpless look around lilm, Cutey admitted that he was landlord, with theair of a cor nered scoundrel confessing a crime. "Then perhaps you can tell me what I wish to know," said the woman, fixing her clear, sweet eyes upon him. "I want to find a man named Wilmer James Courtiey Wilmer." Cutey shook his head sorrowfully. "Thar be so many names." said he; "skus any man goes by his own uatre. Bo lit livln in Mariposa, tna'amV 'Do you know where he is now?" Then, as the men looked at each other,sho cried in a clearer tone, "Is ho dead?" "No, no, ma'am, He was here, 'taint a month," said rfcotty, "I think he's ofl'htm- tin' in the hills. I'll find Circus Jack, and bring him up here. He'll bo likely to know; him and Jim was real good friends." "Thank you," said the stranger softly in a voico which smote Scotty's heart exceeding- The doctor meanwhile had gone for Mrs. Sharpe, who presently entered, and invited the stranger to "hev a little tea." She was n amall, fair woman, with a washed-out look, and a mouth not innocent of dipping, but she looked and spoke kindly and the stranger was glad enough to answer yes," and follow her into the dining room. Th crowd fell back as she approached but only enough to give her room to pass. Somo stealthily touched her dress as sho swept by them, and when she had disappeared, and tho door had closed, forty tongues were loos ed at once, and a scene of excitement en sued only equaled by the one which followed the shooting of "the Judge" by "littlo Jack," over n game of poker, in that very bar-room of the Grand hotel. 'Mouglit I ax your name, ma'am?" in quired Mrs. Sharpe. "Marian Kingsley," was the faint reply. "Miss or Mrs., ma'am?" pursued Mrs, Sharpe, glancing at the shapely, white, ring less hands. Thestranger gave n slight Impatient twitch "It doesn t matter, sho said. "Call me Marian. That will do as well as any thing." Mrs. Sharpe was a washed out woman Many of the natural and laudable instincts remained, perhaps being fast colors ; but a horror of tho class to which sho now sup posed Marian to belong was ono which fad ed out of her nature. She gave a slightly supercilious look, which fell upon tho wo man like moonlight on ice, and pursued her inquiries. "Came from 'Frisco ?"' "I camo through there. I didn't seo any thing of the place." "Whar did you como from ?" "l'hiladelphia." Tho tono was changed, Sho evidently felt tho impalpable rude ness of tho faded woman, and knew how to resent it in the samo way. More conversation ensued, in the course of which Mrs. Sharpe discovered that Marian had a littlo money enough to pay her board for a few months and thatsho had como there to find "James Courtney Wilmer." Mrs. Sharpe had information to givo as well as to take, for she knew something of Jim. 'Wo culled him Jim," she said, a Httl scornfully. "He didn't get no 'courtin' from me," l'oor Marian gave a faint smile. 'There might bo other James Wilmers,' sho said, "I wanted to be sure." Mrs. Sharpe didn't think this could be the one. "Ho's a rough, ragged creetur," she said and's had the suakes fur a week at utune. Marian shrank and cowered at this, with a pitiful look of pain on her beautiful face. "lied money left him ?" asked Mrs, Sharpe. Marian nodded. " 'Twon't do him no good. Soon as he hears of it, ho'U drink himself into snakes. iVllers did when they struck a good lead on the Uanderita. Circu-1 Jack ho loses all his'n at poker ; sa thar they go." In tho courso of an hour Circus Jack, scrubbed and "fixed up" to a degree which mado him almost unrecognizablo by his comrades, appeared, escorted by Scotty, alo prepared by a choice toilet to enter the presence of "tho ladles." " Scuse my not comin' aforo,"said Scotty. I losses must be 'tended to, and them of raino was about dead beat." Marian smiled graciously, if absently, and turned her clear, hazle eyes to Circus Jack, who with many excuses, circumlocutions, and profane epithets, most of which he apol ogized for instantly, and some of which he was evidently unconscious of, gave her all the information lu his power in regard to tho man sho had como to find. No one in Mariposa knew him better. As "Jim" he was almost an Integral part of the city of "Dutterflies." Tho butterflies, by the by, for which the town is named, are not those which soar in the air, but "Mari posas," fastentd by long, tough filaments to tho ground. Many a night had Jim Wilmer crushed his swollen face into them,and slept a drunk en sleep with their soft wings folded sor rowfully above him, There was something of a mystery hung about lilm, which the "boys" had never been able to fathom, Some said that he be longed to a wealthy and aristocratic family, and he had lets home and become a wan derer and outcast, because BOino beautiful woman had jilted him ; others said that ho had a wifo and children, that he had bro ken his wedded faith end his wife's heart at the same time and thatagrim phantom follow ed him wherever he went, and gavo him no peace. Others told yet another story ; that he had been engaged to a beautiful girl and loved her and trusted her above all telling ; that his wedding day wa9 near, when he had stumbled upon some miserable secret, which was dead nnd burled, but could not rest in its grave; that thcro was no room! left for doubt, which i sometimes blessed, and ho had lied without a word ; disappear ed, and left to her own wretched heart the task of telling her tho reason why. Circus Jack did not tell Marian these stories, though he had heard them all ; In deed, they had all been tetold nnd discussed iu tho bar-room, not a half an hour since. An average woman would havo repealed them to her, and thus templed her to reveal tho truth ; but a chivalrous heart beat un der Jack's flannel shirt, nnd ho could no more bear to hurt her than ho could have crushed n littlo bird to death with his hand, If any of tho stories wero true, and she yet loved poor Jim, ho told her enough to wring her heart and haunt her dreams forever. Tiie winter that ho spent in tho hollow of n great pine tree, on tho rim of i oscmito Valley, was perhaps his happiest and most peaceful. Every Yosemito tourist stops to peep Inside this tree, and to wonder if a man had really lived there. "It was comfortable enough," says the hale old pioneer of tho valley below. "Ho had plenty of room We both slept in it ono night." At wlcli tho tourist peeps In again, and wonders if tho long limbed Texau was not a bit cramped by the foot board. When Circus Jack told Marian the story it was fresher and less wonderful than now. "Was the snow very deep?" she said. "Was there no danger of his freezing to deith?" "I never heard much about it, anyhow," said Circus Jack, '"cept thet he lived thar alono cuttin shingles'. I 'cept the snow was 'bout four or five feetdecp up thar whar ho lived. Ho's a close mouthed one, I tell yer. Never git nothin' outer him, an' when he s drunk he don t tell nothing what-somd ever I" This, with a glance half pitying, half reassuring, ns though he would promise he that the secret, whatover it might be, was sale. Ono comforting doubt beat at the wom an's heart all the while that Jack was talk- ng. "l'erhaps this man was not the one!" Sho mentioned this at length, and asked Jack what his quondam "partner" was like, He was a slight built feller, rather ligh complected," was the reply. "An'handsome. I called him handsome, didn't you, Scotty? Scotty, thus appealed to, gavo a profane a?ent. lie had scarcely moved a mucl since ho sat down, with his eyes fixed on Marian's fair, ever changing face. Mrs. Shape, after a vain attempt to edgo in the conversation, had quietly withdrawn, hav ing no relish for being ono of a quartet where two did all tho talking. "Was he an educated man?" inquired Marian hesitatingly, feeling in a vague way that the question might offend Jack. "Yes, he war," replied that worthy in a contemplative tone. "When he war drunk I hev often hearn him talkin' a lotof stuffliko po'try. Thar's a pile of books iu my cabin now that ho used to read considably. I crn't mako head nor tail of them. P'r'aps you might." "I would like to see them," said Marian eagerly. Jack nodded and a pauso ensued. At length Scotty remarked that tho "old man," meaning Cutey, was "reyther late in lightin' up," at which Jack arose and bade the stran ger "good night" Marian put out her hand, saying, "We will be good friends I hope." Circus Jack took it by tho finger tips can tiously, careful not to hurt it witli his horny (incers. "I'll do ary in tho world for yer, madam," he replied earnestly nnd ingenuously. "There was ono thing I wish to ask," she Raid, "though it may bo a foolish question! Did you ever notice any rinc that he wore or carried?" "Thereitvua ring, but I'm beat if I kin tell what kind. Onco when Jim was turn- bio sick, nnd ills hand swelled up, I wanted to file it olT, but he fought so I couldn't. He said when ho got well that il had never been oil', nor never shouldn't be while he had life to fight." "Can't you tell me what it was like ?" sho asked. "I ain't no hand," said Circus Jack rub bing his head. "I'd know it ef I seed it but " "Was it like this?" Sho drew a dainty purse from her pocket, nnd took from its saf est corner a plain, flat band of gold, with a small disk on it, shaped like the half of a heart placed horizontally. "I'rezactly I" exclaimed Circus Jack with emphasis. Sho opened her purse to put it bak, but it fell from her hand, scattering her little stock of money over the floor, and a moment after, when Mrs. Sharpe came in, in response to frantic halloes from Scottyfsho found Marian in a dead faint upon the floor, with Scotty and Circus Jack, with hands clapped behind them, kneeling on either side her llko uncouth angels, while scattered coins and escaping masses of golden brown hai formed a balo about her head. She was ashamed of and provoked at her weakness afterward ; said Bhe was fatigued with her long and wearisomo ride, and that she never fainted before ; but if she had been an accomplished diplomatist she could have planned nothing better for her popularity. As for the faded-out woman, her opinion which had been tottering under a severo re proof from Cutey, now underwent a com pleto revolution, "Them kind never faints I" sho said to herself dogmatically, as she had assisted Marian to her room and begged her to "take things easy like." Sho patiently answered one hundred and seven inquiries that eve nlng, varying from "How's the sick lady ?' to "Jim Wllmer's gal perking up a littlo ar- ter her faint? and for the rest of Marian stay in Mariposa sho proved that kindliness of heart had been one of the "fast colors." It was but natural that Cutey should feel a friendly interest, sincehodealt out at least two hundred extra drinks at highly remuner ative prices on her account that evening and mureover the doctor "tipped" him hand homely for extra care and attention. In week after her arrival, Marian had learned all that anybody in Mariposa knew regard ing "Jim." Sho wore that curious ring upon her finger now. There wero letters upon tho disk, but no ouo ever had the hardlnesa to ask what they wero, l'unks, whose eyes were keen, aud whose curiosity was keeuer, declared thatthey were "i J, with a "little qulrl llko" between. Funks also knew a fact which did credit to his powers aud habits of conversation that on the disk of the ring which Jim wore on his little finger were the JetUra "J-'a," Funks desired to know what "Fall" spell ed but "fall'" He further inquired "what tlioy wanted to hev sech a doggoned mli'a- ble word ns that on n ring for?" "T'orterbe 'lovo' or 'sunthln'," ho added critically. It was only after much questioning in di vers places, and the exercise of n deal of pa tience and somo finesso that Marian learned the present whereabouts of tho half crazed hermit "all unblessed." When last seen something less than a week beforo her arri val, ho had been wandering through the neighboring mountains, half clothed in wretched rags, living on berries and roots, alternately muttering and shrieking tho va garies of his unhinged mlnu. They wero loth to tell her, even those who knew it. Their rudo externals seemed to havo made their hearts softer. It hurt them to seo the pink color fado from her cheeks, and the shadow of sharp pain creep over her beautiful face ; so that she had to learn the lesson of smiling when her heart ached worst. The two Mexicans, cattle herders. who had seen him, wero eagerly questioned ; but they could tell nothing that Bhe did not know, save that they were quite sure that it was Jim, and not somo fother unfortunate, whom they had seen. They gavo a stupid assent when asked by Marian to secure him and bring him into town next time that they saw him; and a Si, Senor, considerably less stupid in n subsequent private interview with Jack, who promised them "heap money" for their labor. Marian had the books which Jim had left in the cabin; coramonplaco Greek and I.at- jn books, which might have belonged to any body, savo that on ono .fly leaf was writ ten in a scrawling hand, "J, C. Wilmer," and this yellow page, nnd this faded ink, sho covered with her kisses and baptized with her tears. And another weary week crept by. Tne doctor noticed with disapprobation strongly expressed how palo and worn look ing the pretty woman grew. Not profes sionally ; indeed, his title was merely hono rary, bestowed in recognition of his services in prescribing the "Golden Anti-Hilious Fills," for I!ob Jinks, which, or nature in spite of them had effected a cure, and restor ed to bereft Mariposa society an efficient and vaiuablo member. Tho Doctor's interest afforded considerable amusement to tho habitues of the grand bar room, and they fairly roared with sympathy when lie prolanely expressed his sorrow to see her wasting her beauty in tears over another feller." Ono Saturday night, two weeks and a day since Marian s arrival, tho whole population of the town were at the Grand cither drink ing, gambling, or purchasing provisions of Cutey s deputy, who presided over the tin can department with activity and grace; and all, whatever their occupation, were swearing vigorously and unceasingly. Marian sat up stairs in her tiny room burn ing with feverish anxiety. Her long years of homo waiting, tho comfortless journey, even the first week of uncertainty, had been easier to bear than this anxious waiting. Tho Mexicans had not hesitated to say that he must be dead by this time ; but that she did not believe; he'might he starving, crazed, nearly dead, but surely she might seo him onco moro aud hear him say that ho forgave her ; perhaps even nurse him back to rea son and health and hope again. The brawling and laughter down btairs mado her shudder. "If I was only a man I" ho whispered fiercely clenching her little hands. "Can I do nothing but sit here and wait I Oh, God, be merciful I" she cried. Then suddenly a thought flashed into her mind. She did not stop to think of it; she actd mum it. The Doctor's partner 'profoundly study- ng his cards, was somewhat discoucerned to seo the table kicked over, and the Doctor's hand" on the floor. Without a question, he put his hand back for his pistol, when the sudden stillness in the room caught his at tention and all that followed caused lilm to forget tbe affront. In tho centre of the room, her disordered hair flying about her face, her clear eyes Hashing with excitement, her cheeks flaming with color, moro beautiful than they had ever seen her look before, Marian stood waiting forj silence. Men crowded up to tho doorways and filled the windows, certain from the sudden quiet, that "something was up." "Won't you help me?" she cried out. What am I to do to find him? He may be starving! You" she gasped and drew her breatli hard "you whom ho was good to you remember a hundred things, but you forgot him I aud let him rave his life away and starve to death alone." Sho choked. sho could not speak another word I but she stood with her lips parted, her eyes flashing, fooking eagerly, almost angrily from one face to another. Circus Jack bounded on to a table; it was rickety and reeled with Its weight; but Punks and Hob Jinks steadied it, they wero friends of Jack s besides, they had just won from him nt poker, and felt very friendly Pellers!" said Jack, "to-morrow's Sunday I'm going ter hunt fer poor Jim, and ain't comin' back till I find him. Them as wants ter 'comp'uy me kin call at ray cabin to night." "I will go with you," said the doctor im pressively. "Me too, you bet," cried Scotty. "Count me in," cried a bass voico from the the window. "Me too," wiueaked Punks. All as'll go say 'Ay 1" And an "Ay I" camo from those rough voices with such a rim:lnir burst of cood will as must have Btartled the very birds asleep In the distant trees. Nay I somo faint echo of it may have been heard at tho very gates of heaven itself. The tears rolled down Marian's cheeks. She tried to say, "God bless you !" but the tears had the right of way, and the words broke into something unintelligible. A sudden shame camo over them that they Had not thought of this before. Memories o homes, of mothers, of wives came knocking at tueir Hearts, ana would not be denied The bleeves of rough and not over smooth shirts were drawn across eyes that hoi: scorued tears, through sickness, discomfort and dlsappolntneut, Cutey came to tho rescue. "Uentlemen! " ho said, wavlug his hand over the bar, "help yourselves. My j'iuts are Hill", and I can't go; but I'll ireat the crowd. ! ree drinks, gentlemen I" And leaviug his bar to the tender mercies of his thirsty friends, Cutey offered his arm tr. 1 . 1 1 . 1 ii mu, nuu nwi bou ucr wi iter own uoor where tie took leave of htt with alow bow. Then he went down stairs four steps at a time, lest his choice liquors should bo nnnl lated In his absence. It was Monday noon when they returned. Marian sat at the window In tho easiest chair tho houso allordcd, sickening with fever. She watched them coming into town with a restless, and quite hopeless anxiety. She watched them scattering to their cabins, nnd saw Circus Jack coming on toward tho hotel alone. She buried her face in her hands. He had said that he would never como buck until ho found him. Had they become discouraged, or She could not believe that they had found htm. Her heart seemed to cry out, "no, no 1" Jack camo up, with Mrs. Sharp at his heels. "lie kecrful I" said the faded woman, "she's mighty poorly." Jack came in as lightly as his heavy boots would allow. "Tho boys said fur mo ter tell yer they wus all dredful sorry fur yer. We burled him jist whar we found lilm. He'd a ben dead nigh on to a couple of weeks, I eckon. Don't yer look so, lady. Poor Jim I he warn t never happy, even when lie was drunk. He's better off up thar. We flung a few stones together to mark tho place, and I'll guide you and Mrs. Sharpe there any time. Then lowering his voice to a whisper, he added tenderly,"and I tuk the ring offen his finger. He couldn't fight for it now ; an I thought as mebby you'd like it." He took it from the coruerof his handker chief; slio held up her finger for it, and ho slipped it on. Then he saw that the let ters spelled "faith." "Thet Punks" he thought to himself contemptuously. She looked up into his face with a stony smile no tears now. "Thank you," she said. Four weeks after the doctor lifted Marian into the stnge. She was strong enough for her journey now, she said. Two days before she had visited the lonely cairn. It was a tiresome horseback ride too. She seemed to be getting well very fast. The doctor told her so. "People never die when they wish to," she answered sadly. Circus Jack 'camo to the stago door to bid her "goodbye." "What can I do for you to thank you?" bhe asked earnestly. Jack hesitated. "Ef you wouldn't mind, ma'am," ho said, "I d like to kiss your nnnd. I've got a dear old mother home ef you wouldn't mind !" Without a blush or change of countenance she put her arms around his neck and kissed his lips. "Goodbye, dear old fellow," she said.. Then Scotty cracked his whip, tbe crowd on the piazza waved their bats even tiie poor, chagrined doctor a subdued cheer was given, and tho lumbering stage disap peared in a cloud of dust, the nodding Mar- i posas on the hillside looking curiously as it' went by. Clara G. Dolliver, Horn t'edro and Victor lingo. Tho following is a new anecdoto about the emperor of lirnzil : Ho recently paid n visit to Victor Hugo, n France. After a long interview, in which the two celebrities conversed upon divers topics, tho emperor asked permission of the poet to repeat his visit, requesting him to fix a day. "I receive my friends every day," said Hugo, politely, "and we have dinner at eight o'clock." After the lapse of some days, ono evening at about half-past !evcn o'clock ttie door bell of the poet's house was rung, and a gen tleman in dress coat and whito cravat pre sented himself. "Whom shall I announce?" said the servant. "Dom Pedro de Braganza," replied the visitor. As yet there was nobody in tho parlor. Tho host was informed of the arrival. "I have come to dine with you," said the emperor, in democratic stylo. Soon the guests sat down to table. Tho repast was charming. Dom Pedro gave somo very curious traveling impressions. Victor Hugo, for his part, spoke with that simplicity so full of warmth of which those who havo not the honor of being intimate with him have no idea. When the emperor took leave of his host it was rather late the latter said to him, smiling with his fine and arch smile: "Sire, I could not possibly toll you how happy I am that wo have no sovereigns like you in Europe." And why?" said Dom Pedro. "Because," replied Vic tor Hugo, "both myself and my friend would be very much puzzled to find any thing bad to say of them." Dom Pedro burst out laughing, and took leave, of his friend like a good-natured and sensiblo man. That IHg Frog. Tun Colij Facts. A grocer doing busi ness on Michigan Grand avenue was yester day asked to trust a colored man one day for a quart of strrawbernes. "Can't do it you d never pay," he re plied. "I'll pay de money aforo eight o clock In de mawning," earnestly continued the col ored man. "Perhaps you might, but I don't believe It. If you have no money now how will you have any then?" "Don't ax me, boss 1 11 have de cash suah. Ize just perspiring to death for de want of strawberries." "Does any one owe you?" asked the gro cer. "No, sail." 'Then how do you expect to get any money ?" 'Oh, do pay will be all right." 'I guess not. You'll have to try some ono ele." "Boss, you hez pinned me right down to cold facts," said the customer. "I wants strawberries, an' dey hez got to come, an' dcrefor, let me say dat I wasn't going out to night to steal chickens an' sell 'em to get money." "Ah I you wasn't?" "No, sah, 'cause I dun pulled 'em in last night, an' dey'll be sold to a butcher dig evening. Dat s de cold fact, mister, an now wrap up dem strawberries an' doan' abuse ray confidence." Detroit Free Prtu, It was remembered afterward that he had a sneaking, low-down look, and the boys were sorrow that they didn't arrest him as the Nathan murderer. He called at the Ninth avenue station and asked if they had an aquarium there, and if they didn't want hake St. Ciair frog to put in it, and ho added, "Gentlemen, it is a frog I caught myBelf, and ho really ought to be on exhibition. I never saw a frog of his size before." "How largo is it?" inquired a sergeant, instinctively glancing toward the top of tho coal stove. "Gentlemen, I bate to give you the fig ures, becauso I'm a stranger," replied the man. "There's somo old whoppers up in the lake," put in one of the relief squad, "I've seen 'em as big .as a stove cover, and even bigger.' "Well, some one ought to have this frop: who can feed him up well," said the stran ger. "I ain t much on natural science and I ue seen about all there is to 8eo ; but this frog great heavens! Somo man ought to take bim round the country. "How did you catch him?" asked the Captain. "Run him down with a tug aud threw a Iisu net over him." "And ho's a monster, eh ?" "A monster ! Well, I don't want to give you dimensions. Three reporters were at my house last nigh' No Inhabitants of a yard seem possessed of such a variety of expression, and so co pious a language, as common poultry. Take a chicken of four or five days old, and hold it up to a window where thero are flies and it will immediately seize its prey with little twitterings of complacency ; but if you ten der it a wasp or a bee, at once its note be comes harsh, and expressive of disapproba tion and n sense of danger. When a pullet is ready to lay, sho intimates the event by a joyous and easy soft note ; of all the occur rences of their life, that of laying seems to be the most important ; for no sooner has a hen disburdened herself, than she rushes forthwith a clamorous kind of joy which the cock and the rest of his mistresses imme diately adopt. Tho tumult is not confined tho family concerned, but catches from yard to yard, and spreads to every homestead within hearing, till at last the whole village is in an upror. As soon as a hen becomes a mother her new relation demands a new language. She then runs clucking and scud ding about, and seems agitated, as if possess ed. The father of the flock has also a con siderable vocabulary ; if he finds food, he calls a favorito concubine to partake ; and if a bird of prey passes over, with a warning voice he bids his family beware. The gal lant chanticleer has, nt command, his amor ous phrases, and his terms of defiance. Rut tho souud by which ho is best known is his crowing; by this he has been distinguished in all ages as tho countryman's clock or tn trttt lilu lnnivtli mr.r all, breadth of beam, and carrying capacity lram lhe that P16'1 but I wouldn't let them in. I don't care '1,e llivislona of th night.-R'Aifrt Stl- for the glory of the capture, but simply de- sire me auvancement ot the general Inter- The bands in the Ville Reale of Naples c ui tun oiaie. hnvn l,pnn .mnn,J t lo h. T?nvl no ucaiu sailors ten oi seeing irogs up March whonnuor tl. M, Vnn , tuere as large as nail kegs, but I thought havo entered that public carden. The tuey were lying, observed tho sergeant. Mayor thoucht it a uood ioke. it was humor- isaii tegsi Why, dye suppose I come ouslv mmmo,,,...! , n,. nfflMl around hero witii a frog which you could reached tbe court circles, and finally came put into a nail keg ?" the Kine.g Sono time ,. whe "I suppose he'd go into a barrel ?" trem- Victor Emanuel was reauested to recommend uungiy remarked the sergeant. a petition to the Council of Naples, he ad "Gentlemen, you may have sailed across dressed it : "To His Majesty the Mayor of hake St. Clair," coldly replied the strancer. Naples. "but it's plain to me that you never shoved a boat through the marshes. Would I fool away time on n frog no larger than a barrel? Would a tugboat chase such a frog?" "I shouldn't bo a bit surprised if this frog was as large as a hogshead," said the Cap tain, "I've Been 'cm up there even larger man mat." "A hogshead I Gentlemen. I see that vou don't care for this frog; you are willing that i suoum snip it away to .some other town. Good-bye, gentlemen." "Hold on 1" cried the Captain, holding out his last cigar, "We bellove you, of course. If you Bald this frog was as long an a WBgon-box, I should believe you, for I've seen 'em up there fully as largo as that, Please give us the dimensions of this frog," the man lit his cigar, took a pill box irom ins vest pocket, and, Bhaklng out a frog not over three days transformed from a pollywog, he quietly observed: "Gentlemen, get out your tapelines.' When they rose up be had vanished. This is vouched for by the Boston JVaiW- ler as being as true as moet of the late dog stories: A mastiff in that city, un muzzled by his master, resolved to comply with the law on his own account. He knew that to preserve his life he must have a muz zle. Early one morning he stole twenty newspapers from doorsteps, stood on a cor ner and sold them, went with the money to a store where muzzles wero sold, made a clerk understand that he wanetd to buy one, and before noon went homo muzzled accord ing to law. A Pennsylvania Dutchman, who married his second wife soon after the funeral of the first, was visited with a two hours serenade in token of disapproval. He expostulated pathotically, thus : "I say, poys, you ought grasp It, seized the reins and escaped to the to pe asuameu oi yourselis to be making all nearest police station, Tbe alarm was giv dis noise ven Uar vas a funeral here bo en, and in a short time the robber with tho 00'1, cloak vrai brought in u captive. A young lady in St. Petersburg showed considerable presence of mind in an adven ture with a robber, early this spring. The driver of the sledge, hired by her at night fall to drive her home, drove over the ice of tho river Neva. When they had reached an airhole about the middle of the stream, he demanded jf her a costly fur cloak Bho wore, threatening in default of her compliance to throw her headlong under the ice, Help was out of tbe question , no one was near ; Bhe and the robber were alone on the broad stream. Suddenly deciding on her course, she threw the clak on tho ice some yards distant, aud while tho robber hastened to V
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