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BLOOMSBUllG, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 21. 1878.
Columbia County Official DifjScJb;
President Judgo William Hlwoil.
Associate Judges I. K Krlckbaum, P. L Shuman.
prothonotary, Ac II. Frank Zarr.
Court stonoirraphcr--s, N.Walker.
Uoglstcrs UeOoraer-kWIlllamson II. Jacoby1. '
District Attorney John M. Clark,
Sheriff John W. ItniTmnn.
Rurvoor-Isaao Dowltt.
Treasurer l)r, II. W. Mclteynolds.
Oimmlsstonors . lolin Itcrncr. s. V", Moltenr,
Joseph Hands. ' "
commissioners' Clerk William Krlckbnum.
Audltors-M. V. 11. Kline, .1. n. Casey, K.li. Iirown.
coroner unanes ii..iurpuv
Jury commissioners all
Kinlth.
Count? Superintendent William II. Snyder.
Mobm Poor UWrlct-llroctors-lt. S. lint, Scott,
Win. Kramer, lilootnsburg and Thomas Heecc,
4coit, secretary.
ltobblnsTlicodoro y.
Bloornsburg Official Diroctory.
President of Town Council I). I-owenborg.
Clerk-W. Wirt.
Chief ot I'ollco-M. C. Woodward.
President ot lias Company s. Knorr.
Kecretnry-C. W. Miller.
liloomsburg uanktmr company John a. Funslon,
Prnslilcm.ll. II. (Iron, Cashier. .
Firs- Nalonalllank Charlcslt. Paxton, President
J, p.Tustln, cashier.
Columbia County Mutual Saving Fund and I.oan'
Assoclailon-E. II. Lltllo, Prcslrtenl, c. W.Millcr,
Moomsburg Ilutldlntf and Saving Fund Assoclat Ion
Wm. Peacock, President, J. II! Hoblson, secretary.
HloomsburgMmii.il Saving Fund Assoclailon J.
ERVEY 13. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
omce tn A. J. Etui's Ntw Bciliim.
HLOOMStlUnO. PA
MJ-fnber of Commercial Law and Bank Collection At-
BU11UIIOU.
Oct. 14, tT-U
Q W.MfLTiETt;
f . ATTORNEY-AT-llwj
omce tn nrower;a building, second Door, room Mo,
1. Bloomjburf, F
tn: nnrtotfp. m.
Secretary,
Wm. Peacock, Prcslitent, J, II! Hoblson, secretary.
HloomsburifMinu.il savinu i-unti ashocuhiu
J Urowcr, President, C. (i. liarkley, Secretary.
CHUItCil DUtKOTQHY,
OAITIST CIIDIICH.
HOT. .1. P. Tastlnj taupp
Hunday Senlces lux a
Nunuav wciHHji w a. in. , .
Prayer JlcetlnB Every Wednesday evening nt t)i
Hoais'trco. Tho public nro Invited to attend.
ST. MATTUSW'S LCTIIKKAN CUUKCll.
Minister llev.o. IK'S. Marclay.
Sunday ServlcC9-no a. nt. and :p. in.
Sunday School 0 a. in.
l'ravet Meoting-Kvery1 Wednesday evening MIX
Seats' free. Nopows rented. All aro welcome.
F11KSHYTBKIAN CllbUCH.
Mlnlslcr-llov. Stuart Mitchell.
Sunday Services loyi a. m. and 0)f p. m.
Sunday school- a. m.
Prayer Mcollns-Every Wednesday evening at OJtf
Seals tree. No rows rented. Strangers welcome.
MKTHODIST snieorALcnDiicii.
Presiding Klder-ltev. N. 8. liucklngham.
Mlnlsler-ltev. M. L. smyser.
Sunday Services Wtf and a)i p. m.
sunaav scnooi a p. in.
paired. OnaA llocsx Building, Bloornsburg, r.
lllblo Class-Kverv Monday cvenlncat 6 o'clock.
Younir Men's Prayer Meeting wvery luesuuy
C7eulng at f o'clock
' (lenefal Traycr Jlcetlng-Every Thursday evening
1 O'CIOCK.
reformed ennttcn.
Corner of Third and Iron streets,
l'astor-ltov. (1. 1). Ourley.
ilestdcnco Central Hotel.
Sunday Senlccs lox a. m. nnd T p. m.
Sunday school 0 a. m.
Prayer Meeting-Saturday, T p. m.
All aro Invited There. Is always room.
ST. VACL'S CIIBKCtl.
Itcctor-llev I Zahncr.
Sunday services-lux a. m., 1)4 p. in.
Sunday school 9 a. in. .
First Sunday in tho month, Holy Communion.
Services preparatory to Communion on Irlday
evonlng beforo tho st Sunday In each month.
Pows rented ; but cverjhodv welcome.
EVANdKLICALCIIUKnt.
Presiding Eldcr-Hcv. A. L. Hecser.
Sundn.eb'nT'.'in-tho Iron S.reetChureh.
Praver Mectlng-Kv cry Sabbath at p. m.
All are Invited. All aro welcome.
-..! Mimir.it nv rilHIRT.
Meets In Mtho llttlo llrlck Church on the hlll,"
knownaa tho Welsh llapllst Church-on Itock street
0uc)TUlar meeting for worship, every Lora'a day at
scata free ; and tho' public aro cordially invited to
attend.
BLOOMSBUItO DIHECTOHY.
t-tnimm. nitnmis lilnnlr. lust nrintctl anil
mnii hnund in small books, on hand and
tor sale at tho Columbian omce.
LANK DEKDS, on Parchment and Linen
mr omnmnn nnn inr vuiiiiuis i uwi o. i-.m -
trustcus.tor buIo cheap at tho Colcmuun
B
(urs
turs an.
omce.
T,rAimiAGECEnTIKICATKSj.itprintul
111 andforsaio at tno uhlujuh imnu.
criot tho oospel and Justices should supply them
selves with these necessary articles.
TUSTICESnnil Constables' Fco-lJills for sale
1 at tllO COLUMBIAN omce. -1JIL-J tuuiiiui iiiu v.-
rected fees as established by tho last Act ot the leg.
Liure upon urn b-ujcui..
stable should have one.
ENDUE NOTES just printed and for sale
cheap ax iuo toLuuuuN uuilx-.
ntOFKSSIOMAL CAltDM.
nG. RARKLEY, Attorney-at.I.aw. Office
in it-dwfir'ti tnilliMnv 2nil nlfirv. KOOII1S4&C
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TK. Wii. r,
U clan,
streets.
Abbott. w. U. Rmawk.
ABBOTT & IMIA'WN,
! Attornoys-at-Law.
GATAWISSA, PA
Pensions obtained.
dec ll, Tl-ly
5IISCELLANE0US.
r
HOWEL L,
DENTIST.
ofltco In llartm'an's Block, second Boor, corner
Select Story.
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Main nnd Market Streets,
May !0-1y.
BL00MSBUR3, Pa.
A FIERY STEED.
For once May gavo promiso of being n
My worthy of the many benutifiil snngi
which have been sung in her prnise. Slio
came dancing along after her sister April
who had just left in a shower of tears with
a bright smile, upon her lips, and a womler
ous rainbow halo around her head.
Tho young maples began tn blush In hap
py consciousness of her approach, nnd the
delicate pink and white blossoms on tho
orchard trees opened their dainty leaves and
shyly flung a welcoming fragranco on tlio
soft clear air.
All through the fields nnd meadows, the
vales nnd woodlands, and over the hill ran
the violets and trailing nrbutiH nnd .May
buds and daisies nnd their sister flowers,
flowers, telling tho glad tldlngi of sunny
days and moon-lit nights, nnd lovely butter
couldn't get homo that night," laughs tho
young man a nice looking fellow ha is,wlth
gentleman slntnpid on every feature of his
handsome face. "But eupposo I cut you a
switch V Perhaps thnt, used with discretion
lullucuco on tho fiery
p M. IMUNKER, GUN and.LOCKSMITH. flies and sparkling rain drops nnd bmy hum
Voting Machlnesand Machinery ot all kinds re- mlnK b Bni) swinging on slen
Ty Y. KESTEB,
MKKUUAJNT XAIlAm,
over Maize's Store, Bloornsburg, Pa.
aprll 19, 1878.
JHITISII AMERICA AfeSUKANCE CO.
.auuiiAii rjiin inouiiAixLn bus I ajii.
The assets of these old comoratlons are all In
vested in solid SECUIUTIKS andare Habit tothe
hazard of Fire only.
moderate lines on tue nest nsxs are aione accrpiea.
Losses rROMpri.Y and honestly adjusted and paid
as Mien as determined br christian F. KNArr. uco-
clal Agent and Adjuster, ll'oomsburg, Penn's.
lhoiltt7ensof Columbia countr should patronize
the agency where losses. If any, are adjusted and
paia uy ouu oi tueirown ciuzens. nov.is, 'if-iy
I?KEA8 BROWN'S IN8URANCE AGEN
" CV, Exchange notel, Bloomsbnrr, Pa.
Capital.
Connecticut... soo.ooo
3 30.000.0tO
IS, 500,000
10,004,1 00
1,100,000
1,000,000
1D.OUU
.. (.too.ooo
I80.M1.0OO
As tho nireneles aro direct, policies are written for
tho Insured without any delay In the omce alBlooms-
uurg.
Aiarcn no, i( y
Etna, Ins Co., of Hartford
Liverpool, London and Ulol
Itoyalot Liverpool
Lancanshlre
nro Association, Philadelphia
Farmers Mutual ot Danville
Danville .Mutual
Home, Mew York.
B.
F. IIAKTMAN
REPRESENTS TBI TOLLOWIX
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES:
Li coming of Muncy Pennsylvania.
Korth American ot Philadelphia, ra
r rankiiu, or
Pennsylvania of
Farmers of York, ra.
Hanover ot New York
Manhattan ot "
omco on Market Street No. (, Bloornsburg, ra,
oct, M, "77-ly.
GATAWISSA.
w
M. L. EYERLY,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW,
CaUwUu, Pa.
collections promptly made and retdtUd. Offlce
oopubitti lautwisiufc uepuBib diuik. wm
Al'O. I.. EACD. JNO.
WM. R
X. FRTM1EB. CHAI. E. UWAUS.
. HAGENBUCH,
K a lib, Frymler 4l Edwardi,
(Successors to Benedict Dorsey JS Sons, to Market
street.
Importers and dealers tn
OUINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE,
923 Market street, Philadelphia.
Constantly on band Original and Assorted Packages
June !9, "77-ly
REBEIt, Surgeon and Pliysi
onico s. E. corner itock and Market
T R. EVANS, M. P., Surgeon anil 1'hyM
I , clan, (onico und Itcbldenco on Third street,
corner Jertcrhou.
B. McKELVY, M. D., Surgeon and Phy
sician, north sldo Main street, below Market.
B.
ROHISON, Attorney-at-Law.
vi am street.
9 In llartman's building, 1
Office
ltOSKNSTOCK, Pholograplier,
ciark woiiButore. jiainstroet.
Orangeville Academy.
EEV.C. K. CANFIELD,A.HPrineipaL
If you want to patronize a
FIRST CLASS SCHOOL,
WIIEltE HOAItD AND TUITION A KB LOW,
give us a trial.
Next term begins
MONDAY. APHIL '15, 1878
For Information or catalogue apply to
TUB PHINCIPAI.
July S7, '77-ly Orangeville, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS.
D
AVID LOWENBEUG, Merchant Tailor
Mala sc., above Central Hotel.
S. KUHN, dealer in Jfeat, Tallow, etc.,
. Centru street, between Second and Third.
BUSINEbS OAROS.
E. WALLER,
Attornoy-at-Law.
Increase cf Pensions cbtaine, Collccticnsnade.
omce, Second door from 1st National ilank.
BLOOMSBUItO, PA.
Jan. 11, 1878
R. J. C. R UTTER,
rilYBICIAN Jfe SU11QEON,
omce, North Market street,
Mar.M.TI
Bloornsburg, Pa,
CAMUEL KNORR.
ATTORN E Y-A T-L A W,
BLOOMSUUKH, PA.
omco, llartman's Block, corner Main and Market
streets
N
U. F.UNK,
Attorney-at-Law,
Increaso of Pensions Obtained, Collections
Made.
BLOOMSBUItO, PA.
Office tn Columbian Hcm.mnu,
R. L L. RABB,
PRACTICAL DENTIST,
Main Street, opposite Episcopal Church, Blooms
ir Teeth oxtracted without pain,
aug S4, -77-ly
B
ROCKWAY & ELWELL,
A T TO R N E Y S-A T-L A W,
Colcmdiah Bcildinu, Bloornsburg, Pa.
Members of the United States Law Association.
Collections made In any part of America or Europe
c.
U.& W.J.BUCKALEW,
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW,
Bloornsburg, Pa.
omce on Main street, erst door below Court House
.it 'j
F. A J. M. CLARK,
ATTOIINKYS-AT-LAW
Utoomsburg.Pa.
Office in Enfs Building.
P. BILLMEYER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
oonuiburg, Pa.
OrricE In Ilarinan'g Building, Main street,
mo
E. U. LITTLE.
in II. & R. R. LITTLE,
HOST, II. UTTLE.
ATTOIINEY8-AT-LAW,
Bloornsburg, Pa.
tsr Business before tho U. B. Patcntomoe attended
vo.omce in tno uoiumDian uuumng.
The Seaside Library.
Choice hooks no loncrer for thfl few only. The best
standard novels within tha reach ot every one.
nooks usually sold from It tat3 given (uncnangea
anu unuonogeu) ior iu ana vu cema.
ion. i nu i oudl 01 jnonucnsio, aikjl duiuu
1M. Tho King's own, by Capt, Mam at
1ST. Hand and Ulove, by Amelia U. Edwards
168. Treasure Trove, by Samuel Lover
inn. Tho rnantom hhlp, by Captain Marryat
lco. 1 ho Black Tulip, by Alexander Dumas
101, -l no world well Lost, is. Lynn union
162. Shirley, charlotte Bronte .
1CJ. Frank Mlldmay, by Captain Marryat
10J. A Young Wife's btory, Harriet Bowrn
lea. a Modern V mister (Vol. 1.) chevely Novel
ice Tho 1 ast Aldlnl, by Oeorge Sand
iot. '1 ho Oueei.'s Necklace, by Alex. Dumas
10. con Cregan, by lharles Lever
VJ, rL. I'UirKK B Jive, ujf iimnes ctci
u. ievvion Eorsicr, uy uupvuia mxrj
1. llnstiiro to Fortune, bv Miss Hraadon
1T I'hovnllp riA vliltnn limit", rtv numtl
173,Japhet in Search ot a Father, by Captain
Marryat
171. Kate o'Donoghue, by Charles Lever
.3, inn i acnu oi jnuiiy laieo, .wiim
0. Perclval Keene by Captain Marryat
117, oeojjo canterbury's WU1, by Mrs. Henry
178. liaro Oood luck, by 11. E. KranclUIon
179, Tho Illston- of a crime, by Victor Hugo
10. Arinalade, by Wtlkle CoUins
1st. The countess do cnarny, Alex uunua
182. Juliets Uuardlan, by Mrs. Cameron
183. Kenllworth, by sir Walter bcott
131, 1 lie 1.111IU CUIHE17, v3 mmiimv .
1S5. "(lood-llje Sneetheart." By Hhoda Brougton lo
1J1. David conpetfleld. by Charles Dlckeni oc
187, Nanon, by Alexander Dumas
lss, 'i no bwis3 ramuy itoDmwia
ls. Henry Dunbar, by Miss Draddon
100. Memoirs ot a Physician, by Alex Damas
191. The Threo Cutters, by Captain Marryat
m. ine t:onsniraiors, uy mciauaer uniu.
193. Heart ot Midlothian, Sir Walter Metl
191. No intentions, by Florenes Marryatt
ion. ii.aiei or liavarla. bv Alexander Dun
190. Nicholas Nlckloby, by Charles Dlckana
197. Nancy, uy ituoaa nrougnuia
luA iptl1prH In Canftila. bv CaDtaln Marryat
199. Cloisters and the Ileartb, by Caaa. Xsads toe
suo. The Monk, by Matthew O. Lewis, U. P.
(Monk jjewisi. . , "
i.'nr sain bv all UookuUers and Nwsd4lrs. er
sent postage
der green boughs, sang In sweet twitterin;
notes to each other :
'Neighbor soon wo shall see tho roses.'
A long pleasant, winding, lonely country
roau, witb splendid great npplo mm pear
trees standing on either side, and the spring
flowersjdotting the green carpet so thickly
that the green 19 almost hidden, comei slowly
on this poet's May day, a diminutive,
odd-looking white horse, drawing n market
wagon filled with household furniture, nc
companied by an enormous shaggy New
foundland dog and as pretty a country maid
as ever milked a cow or made a pat of golden
butter.
Tbo,broad brimmed straw hat alio wears
shades a low brow, to which clings babyish
rings of hair the color of the glossy, satin
smooth butter cups, a pair of innocently
roguish eyes, cheeks brown with an underly.
ing tinge of rose, a charming red lipped
mouth, aud airm, round chin.
Across the brow, however, ut tills moment
flits the shadow of n frown, ni.tl a lutik of
comic perplexity comes into the. sweet young
face. 'J. ho odd looking horse has stoiiel
in the middle of the road und remain per
fectly motionless, staring directly belarc him
save when he bends his head to take n ml
ble at the (lower, thick grass, as though slid
denly oblivious of everything under tho tun
except the tranquility of tho June-like May
afternoon.
'Ob, Charley ! Charley I go on do !
that's a dear!' coaxes tho young girl, coming
to his side and gently patting his head with
bar little brown ungloved hand ; but Char
ley merely whisks a too-familiar fly away
with his forlorn old tail, and makes no fur.
tber sign.
'Charley, good horse, Charley oh! wh
didn't I bring some carrots with me! Char
ley, you bad, bad fellow, il you don't go on
I'll whip you as sure as you stand there
Come, bo a darling,' And thus she alternate
ly begs and threatens, Lion assisting in dog
language, with an occasional dash at the
heels of his obstinate equine friend : but
Charley refuses to 'be a darling,' plants h
leet more firmly than ever, aud never stirs
and at last, with an air of resignation, sh
goes back to the path, seats herself on a rudi
seat formed by nature f the gnarled roots
of the misshapen old treo,and waits patiently
for at least ten minutes. At the cud of th
time Charley looks about with a just-wake
up expression iu his eyes, as oue who should
aayDearl dearl I quite forgot there was wor
to be done,' aud starts oil' with quick ste
that gradually become slower and slower.
With a sigh of relief the young girl arises
and follows Liou, bounding back from the
wood, where he has been making h.ity ex
plorations, having it in his mind tlutt hU
niittress is not to be left without his pro
tection for more than two minutes nt a time,
takes his place at her side aud tho per
plexed look fades away into a smile that
brings to light two rows of pearl-white
teeth.
But, alas I the smile in premature. In an
other ten minutes, again. overcomo by tho
beauty and peacefulness of the day, Charley
falls into a reverie, stops once more, and
once more refuses most decidedly to go
on.'
And in this manner docs that dread I ul
horse behave for a whole hour, making short
progresses and long pauses, until finally
coming to she conclusion that there has been
quite enough of this sort of thing, he de
liberately drags tho wagon to tho side of tho
road, takes up his station bencatii a wide
spreading oak, and proceeds to munch the
young grass at his feet, with a look in his
mc I eyes that says as plainly as words, 'Ironi tins
spot move me If you can.'
'Oh, Charley I Charley how can you ?' be
gins the young girl loudly nnd indignantly,
following him with small brown hands
clasped beseechingly. 'Oh, you wicked,
wicked Charley I'
'Did you call me ?' asks a masculine voice
to her great aatonishmet ; and as t itli n
slight start she turns in the direction of tho
voice, she Bees a young man walking rapidly
toward her, the sound of his approaching
footsteps bavlog been completely lost in tho
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100
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lc I Inquiring bow-wows of her canine guardiau.
lac I "Did you call me ?" he repeats.
no, sir, suo replies, uiusuing prettily,
and looking at him with frank, chilkliko
yes. "I was speaking to the horse. Be
still, Lion."
M. C. SLOAN & BR0
llLOOItlSIIURG, PA,
Manufacturers ot '
Carriagos, Buggies, Phaetoni, Sleighs,
PLATFORM WAGONS, c.
First-class work, always on.hacd.
llSPAIIUNO NEATLY DONE.
Prices reduced to suit the times,
Jan. 6, 1BIT-U
$3!
BgU, Tf-IJ
aou pltbd WATCEEKa.qk..,
Id lb. known world. Aoiua Wamk Jv.
iSiU. A44tt-,A.0SHWO,Meato.
"Beg pardon. I thought for an instant
you were speaking to me. It seems I have
the honor of being a namesake of your
fiery item!. But you are in trouble. What
Is the matter ? Can I help you Iu any
way ?"
"There'a nothing very serious the matter,"
he says.with a Bmlle. "We are moving to-
day, and father went on ahead a long while
ago, having some business to settle with our
new landlord, and he must be at this very
moment waiting for me at the house, and
wondering what in the world has become of
me. You see,we have no boys in our family
and the other girls aro younger than myself,
and father and mother both thought this
being a very quiet road that Lion and I
could look after Charley and the furniture
but Cbarley,who generally behaves very well
hasbeen awfully contrary, aud stopped every
moment, and the consequence is we have
been already two hours on a journey that
should have taken us but one, and thero'i
just a long distance to go yet ; and with
Charley ob, you naughty horse I standing
under that tree, I don't know how we are
ever going to get to Grasstown.
"It's almost as bad a plight as the qld wo
man was In with her pig, when he wouldu'
go under the stile, and bhe was afraid. she
ight liavo soma
steed."
Oh. no, that would never do I'1 she says,
shaking her head emphatically. "Chailey
vvai never whipped in his life. lie d be so
raircd at tho very sight of n switch that I
believe he'd run away.
"Wouldn't that lo a desirable thing.under
the ciiciiiiHtntices ?" a-ks the young man,
with n brn.td ntnile, thu idea of tho old horse
whoso principal desire appeared to be not to
move nt nil, running nway, rtriklng him ns
nexpits-ibly enmic, and thinking, "Bless
her kind littlii liturll" lie continues. "Well,
since jotl rulusn the switch, I will try how a
command in a ninsciilino volco will alRct
him ;" mid hu uummauueU "Clung, Char
ley !'
Charley started, turned his head to ward
the spenker, iccnguNcd n muster, backed
nwny from tho oak, nml went oil on a quick
walk.
Well, tho idea I" exclaimed his young
nii'tre.
And now, with your permission, I'll
walk with you to tho end of your journey,
for if I leave you, Charley will note my
bienec immediately, and stop under tho
next tree."
"Ob, no, indeed I you must not," says the
pretty country maid. "You were going in
an entirely different direction. I could not
think of taking you mj far out ot your way,
Many thanks for your kind ofl'er, but indeed,
sir, 1 couldn't. Charley will behavo well
now. Won't you, Charley V
Good heavens I I never knew my namo
was so musical before," thinks tho young
man, nnd then explains : "I was going in
an entirely tlillercnt direction because I
missed my train nt the. lust station, and if I
waited, would have unci to wait two hours
for another; but, being rather impatient by
nature, and tempted by thp lino day. I set
out to walk, my destination being tho next
village. Anil now if I return with you
shall hnvo a much plcasantcr walk, catch the
train and lose no time alter all. Lion np
proves nf my plan. Don't you, Lion?'
And Liou, usually very suspicious of strait
gers, comes and lays his startlingly eold
noso in his new friend's hand.
nd so the two young peoplo walk along
side by tide, crushing the pretty llowers un
der their feet as tliey go, nnd Charley, look
ing back every now and then out of the corn
er ot his right eye to see if the masculine
voice is still there, never falters, but keeps
steadily on his winding way. After a few
moments' silenco the innocent little maid
raises her blue eyes they havo been hidden
by tho long lashes and says, in a Bhy
voice :
"You i-aid you vvcro going to Daisyville.
I havo lived there all my life."
"Not a very long time," says the young
man, witli a smile.
"Seventeen years. I was born and my
three sisters were born iu the same littio farm
hou.so we aro leaving now." And n tear
trembles on tho long lashes and rolls down
the round rosy cheek.
The young man looks at tho tear with
pitying wonder.
"And vvero you happy there," lie asks.
"rio happy," replies the girl,"that wo fear
wo never will bo half as happy any whero
else. Aud" a sudden light breaking over
her face '.'I believo thnt is what ails Char
ley. Ho knows it isn't right that wo should
bo going to a strango place ; and doe.s his
best, poor fellow, to prevent our coin!?."
"Undoubtedly," gravely ns.ents her com
panion. "Hut why, it you will permit me
) ask, ornynii bidding farewell tn Daisyville?
-G'hnig, Charley," tn Charley evinces a
lesiro to listen to tho conversation,
"Father didn't own the place. He had it
on n long lease, which ran nut the very week
a mouth ago) our old landlady did, and her
leir a nephew and his mother are coming
to take possession of tho estate, and they
want our farmhottso fortheirgatdner. When
Mrs.JIurks was alive her gardener had rooms
over the stable, and very comfortabki rooms
thoy were, too, and the kitchen-garden was
ust back of the big Iiou.se, But I suppose
tho new peoplo nro more fctylish than the old
ones, nnd want their kitelien-pnrden larger
and farther away than Mrs. Marks was, and
to they take from its our home, and wo are
obliged to move to Grasstown."
"And nro your father and mother as much
attached to Daisyville as you and your sis
ters are ? ho nsks.
"Even more attached to it," she answers,
'if that is possible. It almost breaks my
heart to see mother's sad face. But I must
try to mako tho now home as bright for them
as can that is, If over I get there. Oh
dear I how very unfortunate that Charley
should liavo taken it into his head to bo so
naughty this day of all others 1"
"Ou tho coutrary, I think, Miss Gray"
it lias transpired that her namo is Iicssio
Gray "that it is tho most fortunate tiling
that could liavo happened."
Her blue eyes aud red mouth open in
wonder.
" llecatiso answering the look "if
Charley had behaved well iustead of badly you
would havo been at Grasstown long beforo
this, and I should not have had tho pleasure
ol meeting you. And now I am about pro'
posing something which will teem extremely
absurd to you, although Iu reality tho wisest
tiling that could be done under the circum
stances I Suppose wo turn Charley's head in
tho direction of his old home, and Bee what
speed he will mako then,"
"But," looking at him half irighteued, as
Lion bounded forward with a loud, joyful
bark to meet a stalwart old man who comes
suddenly arouud a corner, his hat in one
hand and a red silk haudkerchlcf inllie oth
er, and who shouts the moment ho catches
sight of her.
"Why, glrl.wherohave you been ? What
on earth Is tho matter ?"
Bessie leaves unfinished tho 'But' begun
speech, and runs laughingly to him, and
taking the hat from his hand, fauslilmen
ergetically while she explaius, "Charley was
the matter, father. You can't think how
aggravating ho's beeu, Ho wouldu't go un
til this gentleman" with another pretty
blush "was kind enough to mako him
go."
Tho old man looked keenly at the young
oue. "And pray whero did you come from
and who may you be T he asked, sharply.
"I will tell you where I came from, aud
huw I happened to meet your daughter, at
some futuro time. Meanwhile you will learn
from tills who I am," handing a card to the
old fatmsr,on which was engraved, "Charles
Marks, Jun,"
"Our old landlady's nephew and heir ?"
"Tho same, at your service ; and having
no desire, in Bplto of my agent's arrange
ments to the contrary, to begin my life in
Datsyvillo by turning so worthy a tenant"
(In his heart he added, "with so pretty a
daughter") "out ot tho house he occupied
bo many years, I was just proposing to Miss
Gray as you made your appearanco that
Charley should bo stopped in his mad ca
reer, and onco and for all be turned toward
his old home."
"Aro you quite in earnest, sir?"
"Never more so in my life. Whoa, Char
ley, por old lioy 1" and around went horse
and wagon, and off started the fiery steed so
fast that they could no longer follow him,
Linn, "leaping a yard in air" in tho exuber
mice of his delight, galloping by his side.
"He's all right," said tho old man, his
face beaming wtth happiness. "And won't
mother look wonderfully surprised when she
sees him coming up the lane. I deserve no
thanks," says Charles Marks, holding aside
a low-hanging trco branch that Bessie may
pass under,
"And the new gardener?" ask3 Bessie,
looking back at him.
"Will have tho rooms over the stable.
You know you said they were very comfortable."
"But your train ?" persists Bessie, with
the lirst gleam ot coquetry that every
sparkled in her blue eyes.
"I'd much rather walk," says Mr.
Marks."
When next the blossoms aro on the orchard
trees and the spring flowers aro running wild
through tho grass there is to bo a new mis.
tress at tho big house in Daisyville a pretty
littio thing with lovely blue eyes, bright
golden hair, and n sweet, cheerful voice,
Her name is Bessie, and sho is tho idol of
her husband, and, strango as it may appear,
the beloved of her mother-in-law.
And in the stable, as well, nay better,cared
for than the handsome ponies and the splen
did chestnut, is an old, white, odd-looking
horse, railed Charloy, his days .of toil all
over, and all his ways ways of pleasantness,
and all his paths paths ot peace.
An Important upiuiou.
THE SUPIlE.Ur. COUItT ON THE DAMAOE
CLAUSE OP THE ACT OP 1875.
Among tho opinions filed In tho supreme
court recently is the following:
Crouso et at. vs. The Commonwealth. Er
ror to the common pleas of Bedford county
Opinion of tho court by Trunkey, J. :
Ellen J. Null obtained judgment against
Lewis A. Crouso, a licensed inn keeper, for
causing the death of her husband by furn
ishing him intoxicating drinks in violation
of tho Act of May 8, 1851. Tho third sec
tion of that act, iu connection with the acts
of April 10, 1851, and April 20, 1835, ena
bles any person aggrieved to recover full
damages from one who, in violation of an
existing law, furnishes liquor to an intoxi
cated person, or a person of known intem
perate habits, thereby causing his death,
Fink vs. Carman, 4 Wr. 95. This action
was brought for tho recovery of said judg
ment upon Crouse's bond, which was given
in pursuance of the act of April 12, 1875.
Ureat Snowstorm.
Poetical.
Till! I.ARdEST WHICH 1IAVP. OCCUnRED IN
ENGLAND FOB THE PABT 200 YEARS.
In 1G74, says a writer in an English mag
azine, Btiow fell In England fur 11 days.
But this was far surpassed by tho winter of
1083.4, which appears to havo been the se
verest ever recorded in this country. This
was one of tho occasions when the Thames
was frozen over, and a fair held thereon,
the river was frozen from December to Feb
ruary, lrecs were split in tho forest by the
violence of the cold, nearly all the birds
perished, and thn heavy snows made the
roads in some parts of the country absolute
ly impassable.
The winter of 1703-9 was notable for its
inrcu muiiius continuous irost anu Bnow.
Ten years later a snow Btorm on tho border
lands of Sweden and Norway caused a tor-
rioio uisaster. ino Swedish army was
marching on Drontlieim. They were over-
i ... - . . . .
P. L. 40, upon the granting of his license. la"B" 1 'uo raolains uy n 8now storm, so
The defense set up in the affidavit is that 8e.veQ luonu ot mem perished
III uitomunt rcmv,..l nnl.,.t f'rnn.o "uu luu C.xpeuillun UUU 10 06 aUaHUOOeU.
not for any damages for which he became ""vegians ve tue creuit ot the in-
liable for violation of said net of 1875, nor """ """"' iraineu to manccuvcr
in any action instituted under its provis- " ",0 aow a,m suoa wllu a d ol snow
tnnj oi.iucs, uui uuuer sucn circumstances as
By said act, no license to sell intoxicating 1 le, tlley wo would have struggled against
drinks shall bo .rr.ir.tKl to nnv tiersmi until lu0 "arnng elements in vain, lho snow
THE WEDDINQ DAY.
BT XDKCND C. STE01IAN.
Sweetheart, namo the day tor me
When we two shall wedded be,
Mako It ere another moon,
While the meadows are In tunc,
And the trees are blossoming,
And the robins mate and sing.
Whisper, love, and name a day
In this merry month of May.
No, no, no.
You shall not escape me so I
Love wilt not forever wait i
Hoses fald when gathered late.
Pie, for shame. Sir Malcontent I
How can tlmo to better spent
Than In wooing? I would wed
When the clover blossoms red.
When tho air Is full ct bliss.
And the sunshlno liko a kiss,
if you're good ill grant a boon :
You shall havo me, sir, In June.
Nay, nay, nay,
Girls for once should have their way I
It you love me wait till June 1
Itosebuds wither picked too soon.
Atlantic Month!.
ho shall havo given bond with surities, in
the sum of $2,000, "conditioned to pay all
damages which may be recovered in any ac
tion which may bo instituted against him
under the provisions of this act,and all costs
storms of that season reached to England,
and in ttio boutli and. West snow fell for
several days in succession early in January, I
and, as one of the sufferers remarks, there I
was "very hard frost for a long thyme, be-
fi,,s nml n-n1ti. wl.M, mow 1, lmnn,l 8lues s,10w very "en, anu all tnings very
upon him in any indictment for violating ar, so that a half a penny rowle weighed
Tho I'rentlge of Victory.
Dill, Ross, Fertig and Africa 1 This is a
siilendid combination personally and geo
graphically, and will meet tho demands of
the people in all parts of the great common
wealth. Andrew II. Dill has been four
times beforo tho people as a candidate for
the house and senate in republican districts
and has never been defeated. His popular
ity has increased with each year of his pub
lic service until it has spread throughout the
entire state. The district which he now
represents in tho senate was constructed to
return a republican but it was not proof
against the popularity of Andrew H, Dill,
Under his influence and auspices the dis
trict has now become soundly and safely
democratic. This is a presage of victory.
Henry M, Hoyt, the opponeut of Andrew
H. Dill for governor, on tho other hand, has
been beaten on the only two occasions when
he was before tho people; once as a candidate
for district attorney nud once as a candidate
for additional law judge in Luzerne county,
It will not do to say that the odds were too
heavy against him. They were not greater
than those of his democratic competitor.
While Iloyt was beaten in Luzerne, whose
politics ho lias so often manipulated, Ketch-
urn, Harding, Shoemaker, Payno and other
republicans liavo been elected. This is nn
omen of defeat.
Henry 1'. Ross, tbo nomineo for tho su-
rcme bench, is President Judgoof thethir
ty-eighth judicial district, consi-ting of the
urge and populous county of Montgomery,
In tho Tenth Legion his namo is a tower of
strength. The unanimity with which tho de
mocracy of his portion of tho state demand
cd his nomination in tho present nud form
er state conventions bears evidence of his
popularity, llo is regarded as one of the
nblest and most accomplished jurists in the
commonwealth, and he will prove a worthy
colleague of Judge Trunkey. Against him
is James P. Sterrctt of Allegheny county,
who enters tho contest with tho burden ot
last year's defeat, and with the additional
burden of having intrigued to push aside
the venerable chief justice. This is auotlier
presagoof defeat for the Catnerou ticket.
John rertig, tho candidate for lieutenant
governor, represeuts the county of Crawford
in the state senato, having been elected over
popular opponent in that republican
stronghold. He is not a politician but a bus-
inesss man of experience. An oil producer
himself, the peoplo of the oil regions havo in
his nomination a still further guarantee of
the good faith of the democratic party in re
gard to their interests in the legislature.
Senator Stone, his opponent, was nominated
by the Camerouians in the hope that he
would bo nblo to ;arrcst the tido of indigna
tion which has arisen in the oil regions on
account of tho hostility of the Republicans
in the legislature to their Interests. But
whilo Stone could not bring a republican
senator beyond tho limits of the oil regions
to the support 'of the free pipe bill nearly
ail the democratic senators etood with Fer
tig for tho measure. The nomination of
Fertig completely effaces all the advantage
which the Camerouians hoped to draw from
the candidacy of Stone.
For secretary of Internal affairs the candi
date of the couvention is J, Simpson Africa
of Huntingdon county, who has been prac-
tically at the head of that department ever
since its organization by General M'Cand
less, His punctuality, correctness, method
ical habits of business, aud affability com
bine to make him a model official, His pop
ularity, too, has been fully tested. He was
elected a member of the legislature from the
county of Huntingdon when the county gave
u republican majority of a thousand and
wlieti all ms associates ou tno ticket were
defeated.
The candidates of the democratic couven
tion thus enter the field with the prestige of
victory, Dill, Ross, Fertig and Africa have
never beeu beaten befoie tho people. Three
of them have been successful in strong re
publican districts. The convention has done
nobly. It has placed before tho peoplo of
Pennsylvania the srougest and best ticket
alike in its pernonntl and its geographical
posltiou that has been nominated in a gene
ration, Dill, Boss, Fertig and Africa form
a quadrilateral which will defy all the efforts
of the Cameron combination to break it.
Patriot.
An Irishman hearing of the death of
friend, wishing to attend the wake, but not
knowing exactly where he had resided last,
went to the house which ho thought was the
right one, and inquired I 'Is this where tho
man lives that's dead V
this act, or any other law of this common
wealth relating to selling or furnishing in
toxicating drinks." The grammatical and
natural senso of the prescribed words is
that the bond is security for such damages
only as arise from violations of that act.
So obvious is that that no attempt has been
made to give them a broader sense, without
"stripping the condition" by shifting the
words "and all costs, fines and penalties.
which may bo imposed upon him in any
indictment for violating this act." The cor
rect rule is to construo statutes in their
grammatical and natural sense, unless the
content show clearly thata different sense
was intended. Pot., Dwr., Stat., 190. All
prior statutes not inconsistent with
supplied by tho act of 1875 regulating ar.d
restraining sales of intoxicating liquors con
tinue in force, and the whole are to be con
strued as one. Ibid., 1SU. eor some pur
poses, if need be, it is competent to call in
aid a repealed a statute to assist m the con
structiou of the one supplying it. Ibid 191
Section 10 of the act of March 31, 185G,
prescribed the bond given prior to 1S75. It
was in the penal sum of $1,000 for all
above the seventh class, and in $500 for all
in and below the seventh, conditioned "for
the faithful observance of all the laws of this
IFrom our Begular Correspcnlent.
PAWS LETTER.
4 Day at Versailles. The Palaces, Paris,
Fountains, and Follies of the French Mon
arch, lite Apartments of Madame Main
tenon and Josephine, of Napoleon and of
Jjouis the Fourteenth. The Swiss village of
Marie Antoinette, etc., etc.
We were to start at 8 in the morning to
and all theso things, notwithstanding soe see lno pa'aces and parks of the French
deare, was very bad in kinde." Kings at Versailles, Our guide, an old Pol-
Nearly half a century passed before there l)0lyKlot ot twenty-five years residence
wnsniivsn,Hv.fallir.r.lml!.t n1lBr,nrn,M,. ln 1 """i 8eeui . "ircaaoare, ana nervous,
f n
ing this, but iu February, 1702, it snowed " P"""!'" "" '""'u. uu Wu "
fur ehrliteen davs without censimr. Thn i up ui iuee opposite
just a crown piece, and two turnips sold for
a penny, and coal sold for 40s. a quarter,
eighteenth century closed as it began, with
a succession of "hard winters." Looking
through the records of these times, we can
well understand the oft-quoted remark of
the "oldest inhabitants," that einco they
were boys the seasons have changed. The
seasons have changed. The winter of 1784
was one of the most severe of the series.
Snow fell first on October 7, and from that
date uutil April 2. 1785177 days there
were only twelve days ou which it did not
either freeze or snow, or both.
The winter of 1814 was long remembered
in many parts of England as that of the
'Great Frost." All over the country the
mail coaches had to cease running, and in
many instances were abandoned in the snow,
tho letters being sent on by the guards on
horseback. And even this means of con
veyance proved unavailing in some locali
ties, for when tho snow lay four feet deep in
the streets of the great towns it may be fair-
commonwealth, relating to the business of ly presumed that it proved a much more so-
the principal obligor." Clearly that boud nous obstacle in the country.
was not forfeited for violation of any law Another remarkable snow year was 1820.
not relating to the busiuess of licensed ven- In this year, as in 1814, the quantity of snow
ders of liquor. The act ot 1S75 declares that fell on the moors and fells of the North
much severer fines and penallies than prior and on the great plateau of Dartmoore was
acts for various offences. For selling intoxi- enormous, and several lives were lost. So
eating drinks on any election day, or on
Sunday, or at any time to minors, or to a
person visibly affected by intoxicating
drinks, tho fines are largely increased.
The act a'so provides that any husband,
wife, parent, child or guardian of any person
having tho habit of drinking to excess, may
give written notice not to sell or deliver in
toxicating liquor to the person having such
habit, and if the person so notified shall
within twelve months thereafter, sell or de
liver such liquor to the person having such
habit, the one who gavo tho nntico may re
cover of tho one notified damages not less
than $50 nor more than $500. In case of
death of cither, the action and right of ac
tion shall survive to or against his executor
or administrator, without limit as to dama
ges. Larger fines declared and damages at
lowed by the act of 1S75, called for an in
creased penfl sum in the bond ; and the
provision for damages explains the verbal
change in its condition. Apt words are used
to include tho very things which the prin
cipal obligor may become liable fur viola
tion of laws relating to his bminess, the
content, instead of showing a dillerentmean-
iug than was intended, demands adherenco
to tho usual sense of the words directed for
tho bond.
Wilfully furnishing intoxicating drinks
by Bale, gift or otherwise, for use as a bever
age, to any person of known intcmperato
habits, to any person when drunk or iutoxl
cated, to a minor, or to an insane person, is
made n misdemeanor by tho act of May S,
1854, In the numerous changes of the li
ceue laws, that act has remained undisturb
ed. It applies to all persons in whatever bus
iness or occupation. Whether the person
violating it was licensed or not, is not an el
ement of the offense, nor of an aggrieved
person's right to lecover damages. A judg
ment for an injury occasioned by its viola
tion is on an equal footing with judgments
for injuries by whatever negligence, or de
fault. Surviving relations have like securi
ty, and no better, for damages recovered as
if the deceased had died of a beating or of
injuries caused by other negllgenceof the
same offender. Tho act of 1851 cannot be
considered as n part of tho license system
No just interpretation of the act of 185G
vvuuiu tiiiiau iuo uuiiu uiereiii icquueu nc-
curity for damages arisiug from violations of
the act of 1854, aud it is said it never was so
understood. To hold such damages within
the act of 1S75 requires too much implica
tlou and too great departure from the obvi
ous meaning nf the bond, which is in a sum
scarcely sutiicient as u security for the dam
ages, costs and peualtles specified Iu its con
ditiou, Judgment reversed.
The law of checks was plainly defined by
Judge Thayer, of Philadelphia, iu a charge
to a Jury, Ho held that before the endorser
of a check could be held for it, it must be
shown that the receiver had presented it to
the bank on the day of its reception, or be
fore tho close of banking hours on the fol
lowing day, when, if dishonored, notice must
be given thereof to the endorser, which
makes him liable for the same. But if tho
holder of a check thus given neglects to pre
sent it tor payment until after tho second
day of its acceptance, and it is then dlshon
ored, tho endorser is not liable for it, and
tho loss, if any, fulls ou tho holder.
The next Grand Conclave of Knights
Templar will be held in Chicago the third
Tuesday In August next.
the Bourse. Our cafe was one of the many
that depends on the brokers who frequent
tho Bourse for patronage. There was no
exchange that day, aud it was so long before
we were served, that we missed tho trnlu'aud
had to wait thirty minutes for the next.
Soon, however, we were on the roof of the
unhandsome little black frencU cars, run
ning at the rate of a mile in two minutes,
and in less than a half hour were in signt of
the palaces of Louis the fourteenth. I will
not attempt to describe tho edifices, paks,
statuary and fountains, to which ;the treas
ure and blood and genius of Europe have so
lavishly contributed. Wood cuts and pho
tographs would be unsatisfactory enough,
how much more a pou sketch. We spent
the day in a maze of avenues, grottoes, foun
tains, lakes, palaces, and statuary statuary
mythological, classical, medixval and mod
ern. There were statues in heroic size of
Ney, Murat, Dessaix, and Foult, the gener
als who led the legious of the first Napoleon,
on a hundred fields, and thero also were
Conde and Louis the fourteenth, the so call
ed great Monarch because he impoverished
France to build and beautify Versailles, near
by were statues of Demosthenes, of 'Sopho
cles, of Appollo, Minerva, the Venus of'Mi
lo, in fact it seemed the entire Greek Pan
theon reproduced in these beautiful grounds.
What surprises an American most is not su
much the excellence of these works iu
bronze aud marble, as.their profusion. Wo
have in a few galleries specimens as good as
these since they are iu most instances' copied
made by measure from the original, but hern
you come upon works iu bronze and marblti
at every turn, and it is little exaggeration tn
say that works of art exist here iu the profu
sion of toys iu the United States. Wa
walked and looked until our eyes and legs
were tired; no horses or carriages are per
mitted on tho ground, pedestrians only aro
allowed to traverse these magnificent distan
ces, It was now noon, and wo sat down is
a little cafe for refreshments, and left after
our veteran little Polo had pocketed tha
lumps of Bugar that remained ou the plate;
this is a custom with Parisians who are sci
entifically and viciously economical. After
luncheon we went through the picture gal
lerses full of the paintings of the so-callej
masters, who prostituted their genius In pic
torial apotheoses of royal brigands, pimps,
and courtesans. In the different palaces wa
A story is told of a daughter of a promi- gaw the cbuirs in which the Kinjsandthe)
n ent person now in the lecture field which Emperors of France had tat, the desks at
is peculiarly interesting and suggestive ol which they had written, the beds on whlca
unconscious wisdom, A gentleman was In- they slept, the chambers that had witnessed
vited to the lecturer's bouse to tea. Imme-1 the loves and humiliation of Madame Main
diately on beiLg seated at the table the lit- I tenon and Josephine. Iu a densely shaded
tie girl astonished tho family circle and the park was the plain country residence of Ma-
guests with the abrupt question: "Where's rie Antoinette, surrounded by the pictures
your wife?" Now, the gentleman having re- que co'ttages of the Swiss village she had
cently been separated from the partner of his built, aud near by,amid lakes, grottoes.trees
life, was taken so completely by surprise and fountains, of pardisiacal beauty was the
that he stammered forth the truth, I don't pavillion where she delighted to meet'tha
know." "Don't know ?" replied the infant ladles aud gentlemen of her court, all at-
terrible; "why don't you know?" Finding rayed as Swiss peasants, play the life of a
that the child persisted in her interrogato- simple pastoral people, trying to ignore tha
ries, despite the mild reproof of her parents black cloud surcharged with the vindictivo-
ho concluded to make a clean breast of the uess of years of oppression, that was already
matter, and have it over at once. So he appearing in tho horizon of Paris,
said, with a calmness which was the result Nq matter hQW tnoroughy informed the
of inward expletives: "Well, we don't live forein rcaer may uo in French history and
together ; we think as we can't agree we'd 1Ueralurej a vi8it orance wjU bo scarcely-
better not." Ho stifled a groan as the child lega vaiimble M B reveiaton than as au iu-
began again, and darted an exasperated look terpretatton rhfr0 is much to admire but
at her pareuts. But the little torment would mQre tQ , al, ,hat wogcf) j this rife(
not be quiet until she exclaimed: "Can't ifuotroUen civilization, whose inspiration
agree i men wny uon t you ngm it "i has been Imilitarv irlory. and whose pose U
far as Great Britian is concerned, no snow
storm for tho past hundred years has ni
proached in violence and extent that of De
cember, 1S30. After it had been snowing
heavily for two days by the evening .of tie
2flth tho wind increased to a hurricane. The
fall of suow that night was four to nine feet,
and some of tho snow drifts, were twenty,
thirty, even fifty feet in depth. "Tho mails,
all business and correspondence were stopp
ed nearly a week, until the multitudes em
ployed had cut n way in tho snow, which
was equally great all the island over.'
Since then we have had several witt ire in
which there have been heavy falls of snow,
and some in which the mail coaches in var
ious parts of the country had to be dug out
of tho drifts, as happened to the onco fa
mous "Quicksilver" mail so recently as
1842. One night's snow fall was sutlicieut
to bury the couch, and it took seventy men
working all night, to cut a way through the
drift, and allow it to proceed.
l'i:;lit it Out Like l'u and Ma Do.
pa and ma do?" "Vengeanco is mine,
laughingly tetorted the visitor, after "pa"
and "ma" exchanged looks of holy horror,
followed by the inevitable roar.
At a recent meeting of Baptist ministers
in New York an essay was read on "The I
Best Financial Basis for Christian Churches,"
which took the sensible view that congrega-
.1 lll. t 11..U...1.. ..U..l.l I
nous, iuo iiiuiviuums, buuuiu nut iwi . . , . , ... , ,
.,,,., .i tested by the comprehensive "to Kalon of
more money in bu ldlugs than their means f. ,. ' , , A , r
, , I, mi i i ,i r , the Greeks. They have had before them
would allow, This is another way of saying . . ...,.
, , , , .. , iii i , for generations the treasures of the assthetlo
that church congregations should bo honest , i
i ..iii.. 1 1 i .i i.-. world, their Infaut eyes have opened upon,
enough uot to incur debts which they have , ri,
not so much that of the dying gladiator
prone in defense, as that of the brigand who
chooses his life aud deserves his doom.
It is not remarkable that tho French or
rather the Parisians are a nation of artists,
that they have attained au iudcscrlbable ex
quisiteness iu every variety of ornamenta
tion, that they excel all other peoplo ou
cauvass and iu marble In everything' sug-
no reasonable prospect of paying, A day
or two after this essay was published a case
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and their youthful taste bos been nurtured
by the most splendid specimens in every de-
ir iwu ttllcr mis ewny niw imuiisu u viwo i - , - , lf , -
. . ii i !,,- i ,i partmeutot the fine arts; and if theories of
n poiut appeared in a Bheriit s proclamation r ' ' ' , ,,,,.
announcing the sale of a church for a debt " uc" 7"ul" ,,,;,
of $135,000, secured by a mortgage held by hsve ' Ue of hereditary Impe-
a savings bank. It would be a ulce question 'i"' or l,reua,al t,1s-
m ,i,.i,i vi,IpIi i,,nr rei.reliBn.il.le. for It is quilo common to hear our fellow
a congregation to borrow such a largo umouut countrymen deplore our modest attainments
of mouey to be used in unnecessarily expeu- I" ""i nuU rcBret tllttt we have no promise ol
aive buildings, or for a savings bank to lend
a largo amount of moueyou u church mort
gage. Ledger.
'Jemmy, what makes you Buchnbad girl?'
'Well, mamma, God sent just the best chil
dren ho could find, aud lf they don't ault
you I can't help it."
reaching the excellence of the Fieucb. They
do not kuow at what poise lho distinction
has been attained by this people, aud they
forget that wo aro commissioned by our an
tecedents, aud by the age, with sublinier
sterner duties than tho enjoyment of even
the most leliutd of sensuous beauties.
0. A.S.
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