THE COLUMBIAN.
COLVKBU DBMOCnlT, STAR Or THE NORTH iND COLUM
BIAN COHSOMDATKO.)
Issued woclcly, every Friday morning, at
lll.OOMSIlUliil, UOI.U.MUIA COUNT? ,1'A.
two dollars por yenr, paynbio In advance, or
mliiir ttinycar. After tho expiration of the year
ll.jo will bo charged. To subscribers out of tho
miunty tho tonus nro 1 per year, strictly In advanco
tJ.ll If not paid In mlvnnco and M.ou It payment liu
del lyod beyond tho yoar.
No paper discontinued, bxcopt at tho option of tho
publllsluTS, unlit nil arrearages aro paid, Put lone
continued credits nfter tho expiration of tho Unit
year will not bo glrcn,
Alllpipcrs sent out ot thoHtnto or to distant post
omces must be paid for In advance, unless a respon
sible person In Columbia county assumes to pay tho
subscription duo on demand.
rosTAUB Is no longer exacted from subscribe rsln
tho county,
job K,i3sra:i3src3-.
Tho .fobbing Department of tho Columbian Is very
complete, and our. I 1) rrlnttng will compare favora
btr with that of tho largo cities. All work done on
demand, neatly and at moderato prices.
Columbia County Official Diroctory.
President Judge William Elwell.
Assoclato Judges I. K. Krlcklmutn, P. L. bhutnan.
I'rrtthonotaryi Atf. II. Prank Zarr.
Court Hletioirniplicr-. N. Walker.
Itmjtster & Iti'conli'r Williamson II, Jacoby.
District Attomey-Kobert It. Little.
Bherllf John W. llotTman.
surveyor samnel Neyhard.
Troasurer Dr. II. V. .Meltcynolds.
o-jminlssloners John llerner, S. W. Mcllenry,
.Toscpli Hands.
UoimnHsloni'rs' clcrk-Wllllam Krlckbaum.
Audii)ra.M. V. II. Kline,.!. II. Casey, K.ll. llrown.
Corolitr Isaiah Yenger,
Jury iVuiinUstonors-iJll Hobblns, Thcodoro W.
Smith., ,
county superintendent William II. Hnyder.
Hloom Poor District Directors II. H. Knt, Scott,
Win. Kramer, liloomsburg and Thomas lieecc,
rloolt, Secretary.
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
President of Town Council (I. A. Herring.
cierk-Paul K. Wirt.
Chief of Police .las. O. Sterner.
President or (las Company H. Knorr.
Hi'Cretary 0. V. Miller.
tuoomsuiirir Hanking company John A. Punslon,
President, II. II. (Iron, Cashier, John Peacock, Tel
ler. First National Hank Charles It. Paxton, President
.1. P. Tustln, cashier,
Columbia County Mutual Having Vund and Loan
Assoclatlon-H. II. Utile, President, C. W. Miller,
Secretary,
llloomsburg llullrttn? nnd Having Fund Association
Win. Peacock, President, J. II. Itoblson, secretary.
llloomsburir Mutual Having Fund Association .1.
J lirowcr, President, C. U. liarkley, Secretary.
CHUKCII DIHKCTOUY.
1UITIST CllttllCtt.
ltev. .1. T. Tustln, (Supply.)
Sunday Senlcos htys u. m.' and 6,V p. m,
Sund ly School 0 a. m.
Prayer Meeting Every Wednesday evening at M
clock.
Hoaisjree. The public aro Invited to attend.
fIT. MATTHBW'S I.UTIIhllAN CI1UKCU.
Mlnlsior liev. o. D. S. Marcljy.
Sumlay Servlces-IOM n. in. and TJtfp. m.
Sunday school 0 a.m.
I'ravcr Jlcoltug Uvcry Wednesday evening at la
clock.
Seats free. No pews rent ed. All aro welcome.
rKKSBVTKBIAN Clll'KCll.
Mlnlster-liov. Stuart Mitchell.
Sunday Services 10j a. Hi. and dyi p. ra.
Sunday school 9 a. m.
Prayer Mooting Uvcry Wednosday evening at x
o'clock.
scnlsfrco. No pews rented. Strangers welcome.
HKTnonisT EpiscnrALCuUKCU.
Presiding Kldcr ltev. W. Evans.
Minister ltev. M. I.. Smjscr.
Sunday Services liuf and ays p. m.
sundav school 2 p. m.
tllblo Class-Evcrv Monday evening at iH o'clock.
V'oung Men's I'ravcr Meoilng livery Tuesday
C7enlng at ays o'clock,
(leneral Prayer Meeting Every Thursday evening
7 o'clock,
REFORM RD Clll'KCll.
Corner of Third nnd Iron streets.
Pastor Hov.jw. L. Krebs.
itesldcnce Central Hotel.
Sunday Services lo a. m. and 7 p. m.
Sunday School 9 a. m.
Prayer Meeting Rattlrday, 7 p. m.
All are Invited Thero Is nlways room.
8T. PAUL'S CUDRCIl.
Hector ltev L. Zahner.
Sunday Services Vlys n. m., lys P. m.
Sunday school-!) a. m.
First Sunday In tho month, Holy Communion.
Services preparatory to Communion on Friday
evening before the st Sunday In each month.
Pews rented J but everj body welcome
EVANOKLlCAl. cnURCn.
Presiding Elder Itov. A. L. Keener.
minister ltev. J. A. Irvine.
Sunday Service 3 p. m., in tho Iron street Church.
Praver Meetlng-Kvery Sabbath at ptm.
All are Invited. All ro welcome.
TUB CIIDKCII OP CUBIST.
Meets In "tho little llrlck Church on tho hill,"
known as tho Welsh llaptlst Church on liock street
cast of Iron.
Itegutar meeting for worship, every Lord's day af
ternoon at aw o'clock.
Scats rreo j and the public ore cordially Invited to
attend.
UJL.OOMSBURG DUtKCTORY.
SCHOOL OKDERS, Iilank, just printed and
neatly bound In small books, on hand and
for sale at tho Columbian unice.
1) I,ANK DEEDS, tin l'nrelinu-nt nnil Linen
13 Papt, common and for Admlnlsi ratora. Execu
tors unu trustees, for salo cheap at tho Columbian
Olllce.
AKKIAUK CKKTI FfCATES put printed
and for salo at tlio Colombian omce. Minis
em of tho Gospel and Justices should supply thein-
selves with these necessary articles.
TUSTICUS'aiiil Constables' Fee-Hills for sale
nt.thA rm.tTuniAN nniei. Tiiev contain tho cor
rected fees as established by tho last Act of tho U'g
aturounon tho subluct. Every Justlcoand ton-
Sl stable should havo one.
T7"ENDUB NOTES just printed nnd for sale
cheap at tho Columbian oftlcc.
PItOFESSIONAL 0AHI1S.
IIAKKI.KY, Altorney-nt-Lnw. OfUeu
C. Vi
In lirower's building, 2nd story, ltooms a I
DM. WM. M. KKIIKIl,SnrKwin and IMivsi
t lau. unico S. i:. cut nor Itock andilafket
blreets.
It. EVANS, M. D., SurgKin ami l'livci
. clan, (Olllco and llcsldenco on Thlid street.
J.
li. JIcKELVY, M. D., Surgeon and Phy
sician, north side Main street, below Market.
I!. HOUISON, Allorney-at-Law.
In llartman's building, Main street.
Onire
H
KOSENSTOCK, Photographer, over
Clark Wolf's store, Main street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
D
AVID I.OWENUEKO, Merchant Tailor
oihiq nt., bdovo central Hotel.
S. KUHN, denier it, Meat, Tallow, etc,
L Centro street, between second and Third.
HUSINE&S OAltns.
E. WAId.HU,
Attornoy-at-Law.
Increase of Pensions obtained, CcllceUons made.
UlUoe, Second door from 1st National Hank.
HLOOMSIIUItO, PA.
Jan. 11, 1S78
jyt. J.O. JtUTTEU,
PIIVSICIAN SUKOEON,
Olllce, Noith Market street,
Mar.87,71 llloorasburg, Pa.
gAMUEI KNOKU.
A T T O 11 N E Y-A T-L A W,
DLOOMSUUKU, PA.
ortlce, llartman's Illock, corner Main and Market
Streets
"j- U. FUNK,
Attor jiej'-nt-Lnw,
Incrcaso of Tensions Obtained, Colleetions
Made.
HlX)OMSBUIiO, PA.
omce In Columbian lien ihno.
TH. I, U HAIIlt,
PltAOTIOAL DENTIST,
Main street, opposite Episcopal Church, Dlooms
burg, Pa. ,
r- Teeth extracted without pain,
aug !J, TT.Iy,
JKOCKWAY & EIjWELL,
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW,
fi COLUMBIAN Hl'lUlIKO, IllOOBSbUrg, I'O.
Members of tho United States Law Association
Collections made lu any patt of America or Europe
B. A W.J. JJUCKAIJEW,
' h ATTOItNEYb-AT-LAW,
Illoomsburg, Pa.
Office on Main Street, first door below Court House
11
F. A J. M. CI.AKK,
' ATTOItNEVB-AT-LAW
Uloomaburg, Pa.
Olllce In Ent's Building.
-jn P. IHLLMEYER,
ATTOHNEY AT LAW.
Orrici In Horman's Uulldlng, Main fctrctt,
Uloouuiburg, Pa.
X. II. LITTLB.
HOST. H. UTTLI,
TP II. A R. R. LITTLE,
ATTOItNEYB-AT-LAW,
Bloomsburg, i'a,
I vnuslnesa before the U. s. ratentOOlce attended
vo.omoe In the Columbian iioUdlnv, a
f it; t ."
TTEIIVEY E. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
onico In A. J. Evan's Niw SrttsiM,
llLOoMSIIUItn, TA.
.Memtier of Commercial Law and Hank Collet tloi As
sociation. OCt, U, TT-tl
QV.MIMiEU,
ATTOKNET-AT.LAW-
omce In Drower's building, second floor, room Mo.
1. llloomsburg, ra. i
W. II, Abbott. vy. U. ItHAwm
AIU10TT & 11IIAWN,
Attornoys-at-Law.
CATAWISSA, PA.
Pensions obtained.
deo l,'77-1y
MISCELLANEOUS.
-yrf HOWELL,
DENTIST.
(mice In Ilnrtman's Block, second floor, corner
Main and Market Streets, '
HLOOMSIIUItO, TA.
.nay xo ly.
JI. DRINKER, OUN niul.LOCKSMITH.
Fenlng Machines and Machinery of all kinds re
paired. OrsuA House HulldUig, Bloomsburg, ra.
"7" Y. K ESTER,
MBKUHASI TA1L.UH,
oer Maizk's stokb, Bloomsburg, Pa.
apill hi, isTS.
B
RITISII AJ1EUICA ASSURANCE CO.
NATIONAL 1'IHE INSUItANCE COMPANY.
The ast-etn of these old corrjoratlons are all In.
vestt din solid SECU1UT1ES and are liable to the
naznm 01 v iro oniy.
jtiuuuriuo noes uu me rjest. nsKiare atone aceepioa.
Losses rnoiiiTLv and iionestlt adjustrd anapotl
as soon ns determined bv Christian f. khatp. fcnv
clsl Agent nnd Adjuster, B'oomsburtr, Penn'a.
The rlllens or Columbia eountr uhmtld natrnnt7A
the agency where losses, If any, aro adjusted and
paid by 0110 of their own citizens. nov.iA, 17-ly
7REAS IiHOWN'S INSURANCE AQEN
l; OY, Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Cnltl.
P.tna, Ins Co., of Hartford, Connecticut... e.we.ooo
Liverpool, Iindon and Ulobe 20,000,000
Itoalor Liverpool 13 600.0OU
Lancaiibhlro 10,000,' 00
Ktrc Association, Philadelphia 1,100,000
Farmers Mutual of Danvlllo 1.000,000
Danville Mutual 76,000
Home, New York 5,600,000
I 0, 631.000
Ah the arreneles am dlrpcr. nnttctps nrn written for
the Insured wltnout nny delay in tho offlco atBlooms
burg. Aiarcn i,it y
B,
F. HARTMAN
KErRESKNTS THK FOIXOWtNO
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES;
Licomlncrot MuncvPennsvlvanla.
North Aincrtcan ot Philadelphia, Pa
I- ranklln, of "
I'cnnsjlvanlaot "
I" nrinerB of York, Pa.
Hanover ot New York.
siannnttanof "
unice on .Market street no. e, Bloomsburg, Pa,
oct. so, -77-ly.
CATAWISSA.
yy-M. L. EYERLY,
A'A'AVI lin a X -A I -LA Yf,
CtWUU, PH.
collections momntly made and remitted, omce
onpostte catawtssa Deposit Bank. tm-ts
AUU. L.KAUB. . l,mWI. CBAI. . W1IB8.
WM. It. HAQENBUCH,
WITH
liniib, Fryuiler tV Edward,
(Successors to Benedict Dorser i Bona. M Market
street.
importers and dealers In
(JIIINA, GLASS AND QUEENSVARE,
023 Market Street, PbUadelphla.
Constantly on hand Original and Assorted Packages
June 29, 'J7-ly
Orangeville Academy.
REV.O. K. CANPIBLDlA.U.1Priiieipal.
If jo'i want to patronize a
FIRST CLASS SCHOOL,
WI1EKE HOAltl) AND TUITION AKE LOW,
gtvo us a trial.
Next term bcglni
MONUAYj Al'lUL 15,1878
Por Information or cataloguo apply to
THE PHINC1PAL,
July 27, 77-1 y Orangeville, Pa.
The Seaside Library.
Choice books no lonrrer for the few only. The best
standard novels within the reach ot every one.
hooks usually soul rrom J 1 to.? given (uncnangea
find mmbrtdircrn for 10 and 20 cents.
I .v.. 'I ho count or Monte-crlMo, Alex Dumas
lea. Tho King's Own, by Capt. Morryat
157. 1 land mid lilou', by Amelia II. Edwards
15-j. Tho rnanlom siiln, by Captain Marryat
Ii'ji. 1 ho Black Tulip, by Alexander Dumas
1111. 'ihu world Well Lost, E. Lynn Llnljn
ia i reasuro 1 rove, ny Miiriut'i ijvlt
I112. Shtrlev. f:mrlotto Ilronta
1113. Prank Mlldinay, by Captain Marryat
nu. A otiiii- Wiro'a KLorv. Harriet llowrn
ic-,. A Modem Minister (Vol. 1.) Chevely Novel
mo. The I ust Aldlnl, by George sand
107. 'I ho Oucrh's Necklace, by Alex. Dumaa
liw. Con Cregan, by Charles Lever
ion. bt. Patrick's Eie.by Charles Lever
170. Newton Eorster, by Captain Marryat
ni. jiosiaee to fortune, uy aun xirtuiauu
1T4 i'hvftn.r ilo Mnlinn IfnitvA. hv Dumas
173. Janhet In search of a Father, by Castalu
Marryat 0o
174. Kato o'Donoghuo, by Charles Lever hoc
115. The Pacha 01 Many Tales, can! aln, Marryat 10c
170. Perclval Kceno by Captain Marryat 10c
Ui.iiL'urk'u muiei utiry a mil, uy aid. uviuy
Woocf MC
17A. liaio flood Luck, by It. E. Prancllllon 10c
17. 'iho History of a crime, by Victor Hugo 100
1M. Armalade, by Wllkle Collins voo
HI. 1'he Countess do Charny, Alex Dumaa 100
lsl. Juliets ouardlan, by Mrs. Cameron 100
1R3. KenllHorth, bytlr Walterscott wo
1S4. iho Lit tie suage, by Captain Marryat lee
ls3. "iiood-llye Sneetbeart." by Kboda llrougton lee
1 mi, David Copperfleld, by Charles Dickens soc
187. Nanon, lij Alexander Dumas 10c
lss, T ho sw Iss Pamlly Itoblnson 10c
isti. Henry Dunbai, by Miss Braddon 100
lvo. Memoirs of a Pb slctan, by Alex Dumaa soc
ml, llie three cutters, by captain Marryat ice
192. 1 he Conspirators, by Alexander Duma leo
193. Heart ot Midlothian, Sir Walter Hcett tee
mi. No Intentions, by Florence Marry Att 10c
its. Isabel of Bavaria, bv Alexander Dumaa 10c
190. Nicholas McUt by, by Charles Dlcketji' wo
197, Nancy, by llhoda Brouehton lo
194. mtlcrs In Canada, by CaDtaln Marryat 10a
199, Clolbters and the Hearth, by Chaa. lteada SOC
200. The Monk, by Matthew a. Lewis, M. P.
(Monk Luwlst. ltc
For sale by all Bookseller! and Newadeatora,- er
sent postage prepaid, on receipt of price.
tJEOItQK uUNRO, rubllabar
r.u. iiozuui. si,Kiuaw, vawuwAwn.,n, 1,
aug ,
M. C. WN&BBO.,
IILOOBISI117RG, PA,
Manufacturers of
Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, lUlghi,
PLATFOHM .WAOONS, to.
First-class work;always on.hand.
ltKI'AIHINU NEATLY DUNK.
Prices reduced to suit the time.
Jan, r, isi7-tt
V 4lntha tun vwla, SamrU Wtick at
T i i.tlf
lie
Purifies the blood, ren
ovates and invigor
ates the vhole
System.
ITS MEDICAL PROPKUTIKS AltE
Alterative,
Tonic, Solvent
Diuretic.
and
Vegetino
Vcgctino
Vegetine
Vegctine
Vegcline
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetino
Vegetino
Vegetino
Vegetino
Vegetine
Vegetino
Vcjjetino
Vegetine
Reliable Evidence.
Mr. n.ll.'TBVENS.
DearRlr--! will most cheerfully add
my testimony to tho great numteryou
havo already received In favor ofvour
great and good medicine, vegetine, for I
do not think enough can bo said In Its
praise : for I was troubled over thirty
yearsnlth that dreadlul dlsease.Catarrh.
nnd had such bad eoughlng-spells that It
wouia seem as mougn 1 never could
breatho nny more, and Vetrettnn hnq
cured mo ; nnd I do feel to thank (Ind all
the time that thero Is so good n medicine
ns Vegetine. and 1 also think It one of
tho best m-dlclnes for coughs nnd weak,
sinking feelings nt the stotnneh, nnd nd
Mse cvcrjbodv to take the Vegetine. for
I can nssure them It Is ono of the best
.uicuiciues mat ever was.
MIIS. I,. OOISK,
Cor, Mngii7lnn K Walnut Sts.,
Cambridge, Mass.
rT-T-vr-Rfa
HSAXiXH, STRENGTH
AjMu ai'a'j;i'iti;.
Mr daughter has received great beno
tlt from the uso of Veiretinp. upr ,M.
cllnlng health was a source of great anx
iety to all her friends. A few oottles of
IVegetlno restored her health, strength
and appetite.
n. 11. 1 ii.den.
Insurance Ileal Estate Agent,
No. J9 Scars Building.
Boston, Mass.
CANNOT BR
EXOK,LED.
CltlRt FRTnww. tnea
II. H. STKVKNS.
Dear Sir This IS to eertlfv Hint. I tinn
used your "Blood Preparation" In my
family for several ears, and think that,
for Scrofula or cankerous Humors or
Rheumatic Affections, It cannot lio ex
celled; and, ns a blood purlller or spring
sed, and I liave used almost everj thing
can cheerfully recommend It to nnv
one In need of such a medicine.
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetine
vours respectfully,
Mrs. A. A. DTNHMOKE.
No. l Itussel Street-.
IT IS A
Valuable Kemedy.
hocth ltosrnv. Ppl, t ie?n
MR. STETINS!
Dear Sir 7 havo taken several bottles
of your vegetine, and am convinced It Is
a valuable remedy for Dyspeps.i,Kidney
complalnt, nnd general debility of the
system.
Vegetino
1 can neanuy recommend It to all suf
fering from tho above complaints.
Vegetine
Mrs. MUNROE PARKER,
ee Athens fetrcet.
VEGETINE
is rcpared by
H. B. STEVENS. Boston.
Vegetine is sold by all Druggists.
The Great New Medicine!
A Health-Giving; Power!
PURIFIES THE BLOOD,
INVIGORATES THE LIVER,
PROMOTES DIGESTION, and
STREN0THEN8 THE NERVES,
Thai effectually curing tlUrate of what
ver nnuitt or nnturts It I ivorthy of u
trial ItKltlKF guaranteed
Ii AGUKI2A1ILB to the tutte, OHATEFUIi
to the atoiiiach. and act efficiently am a
C'ATIIAUTIC, ALTKUATIVi: und 1)11'
ltKTlC. Its action U not alteiuleil with
any unpleasant fielliiK, neither U lun
four nor debility exieilencetl, tint on the
contrary, refreshment und luvlgurutluu
lis imuirciiate etrect upon tiie iif;fllv
organ, whether tmimlrctl 1i' ilUeiivc or
iiiseuse or
o llirieasu
vsimuiiva iroin any riiuie,
r i
tton,the appetite being Increasttl utoiirc.
To those affected with an engorged con
dition of the liver as lllllouuiiess, char
acterized by a dusky complexion, a coated
tongue, a pasty, bad taste tit the mouth, u
capricious appetite and sluggish action
of the bowels, with a sense of rullnrss In
the headandof mental dullueso, VIUOU
UNU proves most valuable
Its effect upon the kidneys is no less
happy, a turbid, Irritating urine is
quickly cleared up by It.
Inflammatory and Chronic HIIKUMA
T1HM will soon disappear by a persistent
lie of VIUOHKNK.
For the cure orskln Diseases ami Erup
tions of all kinds, VIGOUB.VK Is most
certain. J
VIGOKGNIC Is composed or the act lvo
Bronertlesor I1KHUH, UOOTW, UVS1H and
ARKS, that Nature ulone furnishes,
great care Uc-lng taken by us that they
are gathered at the right seusou of tho
year, and that they possess their nutlve
virtues.
That VIGOUK1VI2 has the power to VVH
IFV THK 11MHID. INVltiOllATK tho
LIVKU, and HTIMUlaATK the UKiK Mi
1VK OKGANH, Is ludlsputubly proven by
those who have given It a trial and have
been
rmanently curcil.
utl
ik y
We
do not ask
to ezperteiire relief, for we G IT A 1 1 A NT K K
on 10 iry a nocen iiottles
you will feel better from the llrst few
doses
VIGOItKNK 1 astonishing the world
with IU cures, and Is throwing all other
TONICII, ALTKHATIVUH and IWIGOII
AMTS, Into the shade. Put up In large
bottles, double strength. Requires small
dostf , a ad Is pleasant to take.
' Price, $1,00 ier Dottle
WALKER L BADGER MFG. CO., Prop's.
83 UU St.. Hit Tot, ul Umj Cltj, l, J, .
"THE OBJECT OJ K1T1NO," s new book titty
eat should rs4, wot froo upou rscsipt of out
Mi ituao. m-
at I J.
DRUQ- STORE. '
Blooiiisburtf, Pst.
Jaa.it, ia,.iy.
S.'W. Douglass,
Civil and Mining Engineer,
ASHLAND, FA
Qenoral Surveying and Engineering
Business attended to with Oaro
and Dispatch.
I am prepared to make drawings, Hans and
Models In Wood, lirass, Iron, or tlio abovo materials
combined as necessary ot
Bridget, Ulnes, Ere&lfrs, Buildings, Engines,
PTOP8, and all kinds ot mocnlnery lor use ot caws
at Court or tor applications to secure ratcnts,
I'aieuin Hicuml. m trtnss.s-
B
LAKK NOTK ,llh tillLoutmptIoi
wm mm mmm www wiw vaitm
BL0OMSBUHG, PA., "FRIDAY, JULY 5.
Select Story.
MlIiLKT .MAKKS.
A WI.MIIl.i:i)ON STOIIY,
Wo vera sitting round our tent ono even
Inst year, at Wimbledon tho "wo" lie
lii(?, our major, tlm captain mid sub of our
company, bi-i covering sergeant, Corporal
Wllliami, and a certain tmpper.to wit myself.
Wo wero drinking pale nlo and Mnoklng, as
wan cveryono else in tho hundred tents
around in.'
'Hero's my last bull's eye,' nnd the ser
geant produced from hU enp-pouch a llatlen-
eil bullet, turned insldo out as nearly an pos
sible. 'What's tho cause of nil UiAtrWonder,
said the criirat, ! " if'MrA '
'You see,' said tho captain -being an en
gineer, ho was bound to know 'when tho
point of the bullet strikcl the larEct. Dart of
the lead i.s melted by tho development of
lient caused by the sudden arrest of the bill-
let's motion, and goes oft" in the splash, the
rest ol the bullet is softened by tho heat
and inasmuch as the parts must stop in their
order of succession, tho edgo of the cup ol
the bullet is driven in level with the base of
the cup. Is that so major V
'Yes, quite right; but if you like, I ran
spin you a yarn about theso said bullets,
that may just cast out these weeds.'
'Well, let's havo it.'
I had a sort of a second cousin, Cierald
Ashton, who had been brought up with my-
sell and my sister, my father being his
guardian,
We had all been liko brothers and sister
when ono day ho woke up to (ind ho could
not live without a nearer relationship to her.
He spokn to the old gentleman, and there
was a littlo family fracas.
Ho had only a hundred a year, and niv
father ilid not think that was enoUKh,thoui;li
(lerald did ; there was no oljiclion at all in
other respects let him earn some more and
they would see wail a little you know tho
kind of thing an old gentleman would say.
wen, it was ot uo use. Ho said he felt him
self a burden ; thero was no s-copo for his
energies, nnd ha would go and go he
did.
He disappeared, and in six months afler
we heard he was with, sav tho l'nrlicili
Dragoons, In India,
We wrote.and offered to buy Lis discharge
but ho 'wouldn't havo none of us.' Hp
liked it very well ; was already corporal :
expected the three stripes soon ; and was a
Gentleman Jack' with his comrades.
Some six months after this I was sent out
to India with a company, and as my sister
was getting thin and showing othersigns of
tho desirability of a sea voyage, and of a
warm climate, it was agreed I should lake
her over.
We reached Calcutta, and in a few weeks
settled down.
There was war going on, and I was placed
in chargo of ono of the chief depots for
smalbarms and ammunition, besides having
my regular duties with the company.
Ono day I was down at the store when my
siter arrived, pale and breathless.
"Look, Charles, poor Gerald's in dreadful
trouble."
I put her into an nllico chair, and took
the newspaper and read :
'Yesterday evening as an officer of the
Fortieth Dragoon Guard was returning to
camp ho was fired at from behind a clump
of bushes : the bullet struck- him in the
thigh and lodged in tho saddle. Although
wounded so severely ho bad the presence ot
mind to ride straight to tho bushes, and
thero found one of his own men, a corporal
of tho troops, nicknamed Gentleman Jack'
by his comrades, whoso ritle was still smok
ing from tho discharge. Fortunately, at
this moment the guard arrived, and the man
was ouceatarrotfd. A court-niarli.il will of
course bo held at once, and although the
man had previously bomo. a good character
and is reported to bo respectably connected,
it is to be hoped ho will receive tho proper
reward for so abominable a crime.'
Oh,' I said, 'this is all nonsense. Gerald's
no murderer, or else he's very much changed.
1 11 see what they say at headquarters.'
Do for God's sake go. If anything hap
pens to Gerald I should never Ibrgivo my
self, for if I had run away with him when
papa was so cruel, he never would havo en
listed at all.'
'Don't talk nonsense,Meggic,but go home
and I'll come with tho telegraph news.'
I went to headquarters ; they gave me
permission to use the telegraph for n ques
tion or two. i ho report was not encourag
ing.
It was our Gerald tho officer had seen the
Hash aud heard tho report an extremely
loud report, as If there had been two charg
es of powder in tho carbine,
The bullet was found lu the saddle, and
one cartrldgo was missing from his twenty
rounds. The court-martial had declaicd him
guilty, and the general's confirmation of tho
sentence bad just arrived. Fifty lashes in
tho camp Bquaro nnd four years' imprison
ment In tho civil jail. Sentence to be car
ried out on the 12th. Everybody was sorry,
but quite convinced he had tried to murder
his superior officer. No one could under
stand with what motive.
His statement In defense was that ho had
just been returning from guard, when ho re
membered that ho had forgotten to bring in
a book one of the officers had asked him to
bring in from Iho towu.some threo miles dis
tant. Without stopping to think he walked
off at once, got the book, and was within
half a mile of the camp, when he fancied he
saw a tiger. He got behind the bushes to
watch, and saw one making for tho distant
camp. Anxious to secure the prize, he in
cautiously broke open one of the packages,
and loaded to have a shot at it. He had
covered the beast, and was firing at the ti
ger, when he heard another report simul
taneously with that of his carbine. Ho saw
the tiger roll right over ns if shot, aud then
bound away. In another Instant the officer
came round the top bleeding, and ordered
him into arrest, lie was quite sure that he
hit the tiger, nnd equally sure that another
riflle t'os fired as tho same moment that ho
pulled the trigger.
Of course such a lame statement had uo
effect, and he was sentenced.
I could not help thinking that there was
a flaw In th evidence. How was it If there
was, as agreed, a loud report which meant
a full charge of powder that the bullet
topped at the saddle Instead of golug
through both saddle and hone, That was
n great discrepancy a full charge would
havo mado a loud report, and sent It right
through anything at n distance of 200 yards.
I felt thero was something wrong, and made
up my mind to go on tho spot. I had but
six days to go in, but much might be done,
Margaret Insisted on going with mo in spltn
of all I could do to keep her away.
'Havo I not done nil you wished mo to do
silicone have been out here? Do, for Heav
en's sake, kt mo havo my way lu this.'
So we went up tho country in post liasto.
I wa, of course, as ,me 0f ti10 ,() aj.
mitted to sco Gerald, whom I found terri
bly cut up.
'1 don't wind, the imprisonment; it's tho
disgrace I Tho lushes 1 My God! I shall kill
my, elf directly I get loose nftcr It, I know I
shall.
IXT ,..,-kr . ..
nu, no, s.iki jieggie; ion't, lor my
sake. Oil, Gerald I If you knew how I havo
fullered lor weeks past, you would livo for;
my ane, l do not care about tho brand of
lashc. I know you are Innocent, and that
thero has been some horrible blunder com
mitted in this matter. Oh, Willie, dear,
do think of something to save him.'
'Oh, do, there's a good fellow 1 get mo
some xtull'that will make an end of me.'
tr...t .lt- .1 . rl .... .
i iuik iikc mac uerani ; mere s some
infernal mi-tal:o In it. Don't despair yet.
Let s go over the ground again step by step,'
and I made him tell tho wholo story over
again.
'It seems to me, Gerald, wo want not a
few things to thow you aro not guilty. We
want tlio tiger you shot at, and that wo
shan't get; and we want the clue to tho
mystery of the other rille.'
'Oh. I'vo thought of it all till I'm sick. I
don't are what happens now, I'll wait till
tlio day beforo it's to como off, and then
break my hcadagainst tho walls,'
'Don't be a fool, Gerald I I'm sure you
aro Innocent, So is Margaret.'
'Yes ; so are a hundred others ; but it's
nil no use. In throo days I am disgraced
for life, if 1 live.'
'Well, 1 inut leave you now, and see
what I can do,'
'Let me have livo minutes with Meggie,
will you?'
I then left them alone for somo ten min
utes, and then told Jleggie she must go
home with me.
1 was beaten ; I could not see how I could
get any fresh evidence, and without that a
reprieve -a postponement was impossi
ble. I went to tlio wounded officer, tho captain
of his own company, and got him to tell his
own story ; it was just tho sarqe thing over
again, always tho exceedingly loud report,
nnd the fouled nnd still smoking carbiue.
'I would,' said the captain, 'havo given
tlio prica of my commission rather than havo
it happen. He's as fino a fellow as ever sat
on a horse, Irave, kind and as thorough a
gentleman us the colonel himself; I always
made him my orderly when I could, so as
to have company. I declaro to you that I
ilid my bct at tlio court-martial for him,
and got into di-grace witli the general pre
siding for coloring my statements that was
his expression so as to favor tho prisoner,
I alnnst sniveled when I heard tho sentence
as if he had been my brother. The men are
mad about it ; there has not been a lash or
punishment of any kind in the reginieut for
tlio last twenty five years.'
I hardly knew how to pass 'time; I tried
to think, lint my ideas only traveled in the
same old grooves again.
I invited tho assistant surgeon to como up to
my qunrters.and introduced him to my sister.
Ho was quite a young fellow, and seemed
quite llatlered by my simple attention, for
in the army they have not made up their
minds whether n medical officer should be
treated as a gentleman ; but the strangest
thing I ecr saw in my life was my sister's
conduct. Ofenur-e, speaking to you fel
lows l Mian t ho misunderstood, and some
of you have seen her. Sho laid herself nut
to plene him to an extent I never should
have thought my dear grave Jleggie capable
of; sang to hlmrand made eyes at him till
I thought her brain was turned. Sho said
ho should so liko to eo ills quarters, nslced
him to ask us to lunch, and shut me up lil-o
a rat-trap when I ventured to hint that it
might not be convenient.
Well, ho went away nt last as mad as she,
I spoko to her after ho was gone, and she
fell into my arms, sobbing as if her heart
was breaking, and then, without n word of
explanation, ran out of tlio room.
Next day wo went to his quarters, and
nothing would satisfy hqr but that ho should
mix up somo medicine for her out of the
bottles of his traveling caso. Thero Bhe was
handling and sniffling, and tasting every-th!ng,-liko
a child ot ten '.rather than a girl
of eighteen, Sho sent him about the room ;
made him bring books from tho opposite
sido of it o that sho might read about the
proprietors of the drugs ; and, in short, be
haved so like a lunatic that I thought the
trouble about Gerald must havo affected her
mind. I got her away at last, aud intended
to insist nu her remaining lu the house and
putting some Ico to her head. It was quite
unnecessary, tho minute we left the surgery
she was calm and silent ns a nun.
Well, tho days passed in some sort of
dreary fashion till tho evening of tho llth.
I had been asked during the day to go down
with tho officers to some, rifle practice, at
some temporary marks, aud I went down.
It was rather lato when I rode up to the
firing point, and they were just leaving on",
and ouo of them came up and said :
'I say, captain, tell us the cause of thee
new bullets turning inside out?' nnd he
handed me a bullet reversed just such an
other as Williams has lu his hand,
I took it, just to explain the matter to
him, when a thought struck my mind like a
flash of lightning.
'Saved, by God !' I exclaimed. 'Who's
got the bullet out of the saddle?'
'What bullet?'
'Gerald's my cousin's.'
'Oh, 'Gentleman Jack's' nll'alr. The.doc
tor got it."
'Where is ho?'
'Don't know quarters I think.'
io, nes como into tlio town; I saw
him on tho road as wo carna by.
I sped into the town, leaving them
to tlilnic what they pleased, and spent
more than two hours fludlng the doctor, At
last I caught him,
In another minute we were riding full
gallop to tils head quarters.
Ho had tho bullet -a little bruUed aud
singularly flattened, and blunted, at tho
point it must have uoeu jmt spent when
i it struck,
1878."
I then went to the sergeant who had
chargo of tlio nineteen rounds of ammuni
tion that wero found in Gerald's pouch.
About midnight I contrived to find him, nnd
after somo littlo delay I got possession of
them.
I then returned to tho doctor, nnd wo com
pared tho nineteen bullets with tlio one
found iu the saddle. I then ran to the tele
graph clerk, roused him out of bed, and told
him to telegraph to the headquarters of Cal
cutta, to my lieutenant iu charge of the
magazines
After an hour's waiting, ringing at tho
bell, an answer camo that tho night watch
man would fetch the lieutenant. I then
sent message No. 1 :
'Kxaiuinetho books and ace the dato on
which tho last ammunition was sent for tho
use of the Fortietli Dragoons; find the same
parcel, and carefully removo 0110 cartrdgo
from each of twenty packets, selected at
random ; lake out bullets aud removo plugs,
aud send No. iu bae of cup of bullets."
The answer camo back that ho under
stood, aud would rouse up tlio people to
do it.
Alter an hour and a half tho answer camo
back :
'All tho bullets are numbered with .1 dot
ou tho right.'
I then sent message No. 2 :
'Examine what cartridges bear the No. 2
with a dot on tlm left, and report to whom
issued, and when ; report quickly n man's
life depends on the speed.'
Again I waited another hour. No an
swer came.
It was getting late half past two ; at four
tho paradu would take piuco ; I urged more
speed.
Tim reply camo :
'Wo havo ten men breaking open barrels
and searching. Nu No, 2 yet found."
At last it came :
'One barrel No. 2 in storo ; tlio rest of the
same shipment was damaged and useless,
aud Mjld iu bulb to naliro dealers for value
as old melal at ouo of the clearance sales
some time ago.'
I had leariid all I could. I .spurred back
to camp with the bullets, from which I have
never parted in my pouch. I shall never
forget tlie scene.
lu the middle of tlio camp tlio men wero
drawn up iu three sides of a square ; in the
centre of the square were tho triangles, witli
Gerald lashed to them, f saw them as I
camo down tho hill take off his jacket and
lash his wrists. I sped on. I could see tho
old colonel with the paper in his hand.stand
ing alone, aud then I saw nothing more, for
a dip in (lie road concealed them ; as I rose
again to the ciest at less than n quarter of a
mile, I saw a woman rush in from, between
the ranks toward tlio triangles, holding
something in her baud. I darted on, and
rushed into the square, but just in time to
see the larricr's arm ns tlio lnsh was decjnd
iug, ami to see that tho woman was my sis
ter, and that she was being led away between
two pergeants.
'Ston, colonel, for the love of God I' I
cried, with my hand still grasping tho farri
er's arm ; 'I have evidenco to provo tho
man not guilty.'
I then showed the colonel the bullet that
had come from tho saddle and the others
from tho pouch, nnd pointed out to him that
while ono was marked No. 2, the others were
all marked No. fi, with a dot. I-asiured hiiji
ou my honor as an officer and a gentleman,
that it was almost impossible that a No. 2
bullet could by any chance get into a packet
of No. fi bullet". Ho was only too glad to
hear me, and agreed to pot.tpnne the execu
tion of tlio entene until further orders from
the general of the division.
I've heard some shout, and I've seen some
di-piays of enthu-iasni in my time, lint 1
never shall forget the shout that rose the
minute that tlm colonel had pronounced that
the execution of tho sentenco on Corporal
Ashton would bo postponed until further
orders.
Tlio men had been standing at 'attention,'
many of them witli the tears rolling down
their cheeks, hut when they heard 'postpon
ed,' they broke, ranks, ru-died up to the tri
angles, tut tlio lashiug,broko the cat,scieain
ed, shouted, and daucnl like madmen.
'Three cheers fur 'Gentlemen Jack,' aud
his wife! Again! airaln, bnvsl'
Officers and all joined iu for a few min
utes, 1 here Mood llio o'd gray-hended col
onel in the miiNt uf a scene that out-bed-
lamed liedlam.
As for mo I was liko a man iu a dream ;
I felt a hundred hands grasping mine. I
had my sister sobbing iu my arms, und then
I heard the colonel say to the buuler.
Sound the assembly.'
What a change! Iu less than a minute I
stood by the fallen triangles in tlio centre of
the threo lines of living statues. Not a
sound : not a movement.
'Major Jackson, reform your column aud
break off your men,' said tho colonel ; and
then walked away with myself aud sister.
'Hut what did your sister do there ?'
'Well, sho had promised Gerald that ho
should not sulfur the disgraco of the lash ;
and had, during Hid hour I thought she was
fooling with the doctor, managed to get
hold of his bottle of prusslo acid, and had
rushed out with half of It for him and
half for hersolf; and her appeal anco had so
thoroughly surprised every ouo that sho had
reached tho triaugle, aud almost raised it
to Ids lips, when the doctor recognised his
own blue bottle, struck her hand a violent
blow, and dashed it on the grouud, besides
disabling her from getting her own share.
'And how did tho affair end ? Wus the
general of tho division satisfied?'
I uon t think ho would have been with
that evidence alone, and so wo went about
to hunt for more. I begged that, as we had
fouudso much, (lerald might be permitted to
accompany a party of Bearch, under a guard,
to nuu me missing tiger.
We went there. Meggie Insisted on loin
ing us. All the officers off duty went, and
about half tho men.
Gerald then pointed out tho sjiot where he
had stood, and where he shot the tiger ; aud
irom that point wo started, crossine and re.
crossing, till thero could not have been any
thing as largo as a halt crown that could bo
hidden.
Meggie and I wero riding in front of tho
lino, when Meggie exclaimed :
'What a horrible smell comes from that
copse,
'Don't smell anything, Meg,'
'You'vo lived here so long that you'vo 110
sense 01 smell left.
Of course, us Meggio was with us.llllnVers
was there.too. Winters advanced to the copso
pausou anu rushed underneath tho irrass
;nn; columman, vol. xh, no. -in
COLUMI1IA PRMOCItAT, VOL.XLT1, NO, M
'There's something In there, Willie."
Somo of tho others coming up, we pushed
our way Into tho dopths. culded bv thefrani
tic bark of Blinkers, and after being much
scratched aud torn, found ourselvna In A
trampled circio of junele crass, with thA
half-devoured remains of a large tiger.
Alio doctor was sent for. and tho wound
llscovercd ; tho beast had evidently hei n
lamed, the bullet breaking the fore leg. l
was also evident that, wounded as It wan, it
had lingered on till it was mere skin ami
bone and had died within the last few days.
ussisieu oy somo ot llio natives, tho good-
atureu uoctor commenced the horrible task
of searching for the bullet, aud after half an
our s labor, tho most dNcustins ho had bv.
er undergone, it was found flattened against
too largo uone ot the bind leg, nnd handed
to me.
Never shall I forget tho rdeauro I felt
when I saw on tho rescued bullet tho No. C,
with a dot as fresh and clear ns if It had
just come from the pressing machine.
Great was the rejoicing that nicht in the
camp of the Fortietli. Blue fires wero burnt.
the band camo and serenaded Meggie. The
wholo of the officers, including the old colol
nel, camo as to a levee ; but still I found'
thero was one thing more to bo found out.
Jioivilid the iso. 2 bulletcet into the sad-'
die?
At length I inquired whether any of thd
officers inised theirarina. Curiously enoueh.
the only missing arm was a gun belonilnd
to the wounded captain. I usked did ho re
member tho size ? Hi did. It was just a
shade smaller than the boro of tho regimen-;
tal carbines. You could get a governments
bullet down by a good deal of hammerincj
1 now propounded that the bullet b.id
been fired from the captain's missing rille,,
for tho point of tlio bullet was marked with
rings, nnd considerably flattened. Nowj
there was nothiiiL' in tho flesh. m.i,I
tithing in the svldln ti
produce thesa
marks, and theri'fiir
"lllt havo been
nade befi filing
1 men proposed that a lull search should
bo mado with dogs, for nt le.t-t two miW
round from where the hnt was fired, to h
if any traces could be found of either the!
man or the gun.
We made the most careful search ; pres
ently I came to a stone on the road itself
marked in the most peculiar manner.
'What's the cause of these marks ?" said I
10 the farrier of the troon. who hiul vntunJ
leered to help, and who said ho never felt!
more grateful to any one in nil bis life, than
e did to me for squeezing his wrist so hard!
that d.iy, H
'What's thecause? It's been used ass,
hammer for something a nail in a shoo.'
'Nail heads are sqinre.'
'True for you these are round.'
'Do you think a ramrod would make thesd
marks ?' 1
Tt just would. Somebody's lieen driving
own a hard bullet with it.'
So I think. Now take the stone and
throw it straight over that gap into the mid-!
Ue of the copse, and I'll mark where it
seems to fall.'
He threw it, and, markinc the spot, we
found our way into the junglo ; and there
wunintiiew yarns 01 tne stone, under the,
long leaves, wo found what wo sought, the, I
rem'ains of a native, stripped entirely of
flesh and skin, except on tho hands and feet!
nnd with n great gaping wound in tho skull i
and in the inside, which the ants had perl
fcctly cleaned out, was a large piece of the
ireech of tho burst gun that he had by his
me.
The whole evidence was them ; two empty
cartridge ea-es ; another No. 2 bullet ; eight
untouched cartridges. It was clear enough
Hint the man, whoever ho was, had takerf
wo charges of powder and rammed down
the two large bullets with tho blows of the
stone on the now bruished end of the ram-
mil 'mil llin tnml rniinrt Itinf nil ilia uitlnD.j. I
es spoke to was ns loud ns the simultaneous;
report of the di?chargo of tho threecharges!
of powder could make it. While the want
of toreo in tho bullet was accounted for by
the bursting ol the gun.
e took homo the skull nnd the burst ri
lle nnd the cattridge cases, together witli
some remnants of clothing; and wo thero
found out tho intended murderer to be one
of the syces, or grooms of tho captain, thai
he had horsewhipped a month before for ill
using a horse of which he had charge.
'Did lie leave tho regiment?'
xsot a nu ; wny should he 1 iho men
worshipped I1I111, and the officer who was
wounded was invalided ; and ho and his,
comrades managed matters among them so
well, that nt tho first patado of the regiment
in Calcutta, some six months afterward, the
old colonel presented to tho men a new offi
cer, Captain Ashton, adding, 'If ho makes
half as good an officer as he did a soldier
thero will not be a better iu her Majesty's
service.
'And your sister Margaret ?'
Oil! I'vo just sent n littlo case lined with
velvet, and something insldo engraved, 'Wil
liani Gerald Ashton, from his affection uu
cle,
Now, lads, there's tho 'out lights,' so we'll
turn in quietly and mako bulls-eyes at ev-
cry Biiot to-morrow.'
A l'ovt erful Voice.
Just before a thunder storm recently
U't, n ....... 1 , . .1 . ,
"ITf u ' teiegrapn
i....vw tana j iiu IfUUCBlCU UlU IriV"
II a i.-11t ,1 .. ... . .
icge o. ta.K.ng tnrougu tue telephone with
m, i iv ri Vi ",cm""k
Mr. John U . Eddy, the gentlemanly ossUt-
nnt 1iilinnf.ni- rrrai.tail 1.a ...... ...... 1 ... -
b,uH n,0 icijucsifKuu me
yy nitenaller hegau operations. lie couldn't
be prevailed upon to believe that it really
wa,s his wife who was talking to him and so
mauy miles away. He finally asked her to
sayoruo something knowu to themselves
uuiy, mat ue might he convinced that it was
her. Just then a rambline streak of llrrht.
uing came In on the wires, keeling the bus.
Handover on his head, when he jumped
ins leet ana exe a med ; 'That' th i
woman sartin' only she's erode a 1-e-eUtle
more powerful since she left hum.' 7ii-
change.
An irishman being badly hurt lu a rail
road accident, on being asked why he did
not sue the company for damages, replied
ouo mem lor uamagesl llodad, I've dauiag
damag
es enough j I'll sue them for repairs."
pretty aud stylish young lady called lu
a store the other evening and requested to
see some lavender kids. She was shown a
mucijui uiium put unauie to choose from
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VALMtf FonQB.'
A hundred years aifo,
Around .the wooded gorg-c, ,
Our fathers gathered slow
And weary, Volley Korge I 1
ltetrcatlng tram tho nght 1
Driven, but not dismayed,, t, ,
Their hands stt 1 clutched the musket tight,
And grasped the at cnglnir blade.
A hundred years ago ''' '
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And the white- winter snow
Was reddened wltn their blood.
Half-starved, half-clothed, they bojo
Their banners sttlt on hlfh,
While In their mighty souls they sworo
They would to free, or die f
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In tho Leacli valley there is .1 belief that
the ravens never drink during June, because
in that month they fed the prophet Elijah.
In North Germany, Swabia and Tyrol, a
superstition prevails, that if tho eggs are ta
ken from a ravcu's uest, boiled, and replaced,
tho old raven will bring a root or stone to
tbo nest, which ho fetches from tho sea.
This 'raven stone' is very valuablo, for it
confers great good forttino on ils owner, and
has likewise tho power of rendering him in
vis Me when w orn on the arm. The stone is
found in the nest of tbu magpie as well as ra
vens, and as it makes the nest invisible, it
must be sought w itli the aid of a mirror. In
1 i.ivruiln nnd 1! 1 -on ' i- n.'i'iod is somo-
what different. Tho PSi it 'llrds most hnvn
attained tho nae of 100 years, and the would
lb ;i r t in.- trtciniis 'stnnft tniie
climb up and kill one of the young ravens,
who must be a code Mid aud not over sli
wuks old. ijien ih Huurcssor descends.
taking careful note of tho tree. Tho old ra
ven immediately returns with tho stone,
which he pubs in his son's beak, and there
upon both tree aud nest become invisible.
The man, however, feels for tho tree, and on
reaching the nest ho carries off tho stono in
triumph, iiugeu folks declaro that this feat
can only be accomplished by tho aid of the
levil, and that the man's soul is the price
paid for such assistance. The Swnbinn nm.
antrv lliuintalli that tlm vnmitr ruvnna on,
nourished solily by llio dew from heaven du-
ring the hrst nine days of their existence.
As they are naked, und of a light color, the
old birds do not believe they ure their prog
eny, and consequently neglect to feed them ;
but they occasionally cast a glance at the
uest, and when tho young ones begin to
show a little black down on their breasts by
the tenth day, the parents bnncJbem tho
first carrion.-
All the Year Mound.
The universal agitation of the temperance
'tuestiou now goiug ou lu this country and.
England recalls an absurd story of one of
"""eo'y.sancuuiouiousuypocrueswno, wnue
'"eypreienu 10 abstain Irom the use 01 stlmu-
'ants, aro really quite steady drinkers. This
dialogue gives tho three reasons why the
toPer declined to partake:
"Take something to drink?" said a friend.
"No thank you."
' "hy not?"
lu tho hrst place, because I am secretary
ll the temperance society that meets to-day
ttna 1 ""J'1 be consistent. In the second
place, this is the anniversary of my father's
death, aud out of respect to him I have .
promised never to drink on this day. And
tno third place, I havo just taken gome-
thing.'
,!rj'ant'S FulniIcJ-
A curious coincidence is noticeable in the
fulfilment of the poet's wish to dioinJune.
as expressed iu the verse of which the fol-
low mr is the oneninir stanza t
'I gazed upon the glorious sky,
And the green mountain round,
And thought that when I came to lie
At rest within the ground,
Twero pleasant that in flowery June,
When brooks send up a cheerful tuue,
Aim groves a cheerful sound,
The sexton's hand my grave to make,
The rich, green mountain turfshould break.'
A woman does more hard work In putlinc
up a clothes line than a man would In
putting up a telegraph line four miles lone.
and when we come to consider that she has
to toil without profanity, a new lustre eath-
eis about the name of woman, that a threo
hours lecture at eleven p. m. can never ef-
lace, and wreathe her brow with with
Here followed a beautiful page of minded
pathos and blossoms of rhetoric, but it was
lost by the compositor, and will never come
to light uutll the sack of the rag picker
yields up ite spoil. Ctnciiumli lireakfvM.
Nearly every man In the crowd has had
something to say derogatory to the eagle on
the new dollar. We don't mean to sav anv.
thing harsh sgalnst tho legal-tender bird un-
t'1 we've een him. If our readers want to
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them roar we'll shut up shop.
l hold it to be a fact,' says Pascal, 'that if
an persous knew what tbey said of ech
otuer tuere would not be f , d , ,
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i world
The whole number of lives lost by the
clumsy handling of the German ironclads In
the English channel has been ascertained to
be 280. Only six officers went down with
tne vessel.
I Tte U",on Fucirio railroad company have
to Purcuasea , "Ulncleut uumber of guus to
tue employees on the overland u.
I euger tralus for protection acalnst train
rout)ers.
Waiting to be whipped is the most uuln.
teresting period In boyhood.- J. Billing;
: A bad marriage Is like au eleclrle machine
- it l
- It makes you dance, but you can't let go.
It is queer, but did any one ever hear of
lady giving a birth day party, who was
over sixteen ?
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I uniting as a luiuriated,
,, ""-t 'iuo imcuuciwr- I never come slmrlv.1