THE COLUMBIAN, COLOMBIA nKMOCRAT, 8TAH 0 TUB NORTH AND OOLOSI BIANCOS'gOl.ln.TKII.) Issued wookly, ovcry Friday morning, at llLOOMSHUIKI, UOI.V.MIIIA COUNTY !l'A. two noi.t.ms por yoar, p.iyaluo In advance, or niliiif tlinyoir. After tho oxplnitlon ot thoyciir j.Sii will bo chirgod. M'o Bubscilbcrs nut t tiiu oounty tlio terms arc si iJear, Uriel ly In imvnnra --U.il l( not pit l In udv.iuTc find fa.uo lr payment bo delayed beyond tlio year. N paper discontinued, except at tho option of tlio publtlshers, until nil arrearages nro paid, but long continued credits nllcr tlio oxplrallun or tlio llrsi yunr will not bo given. Alilpapcrs sent out of tho Rtato or to distant post orr-.oes must bo paid forln advance, unless a respon sible person In Columbia connly assumes to pay tho subscription duo on demand. l'OlTAUU Is no longer oxacted from subscribers In tho county. job Ini3sn:i3src3-. Tno.tobbIr.il Department of tlio ('oi.cmman livery romplcto, and our . I b printing will eoinpnro fatorn bly wllUthatot Iholargu cities. All workdonoon demand, neatly and at moderate prices. Columbia County Official Diroctory. Prcsldcnt.tttdge -William Hlwcll. Aswclatn .ludges-l. K Kilckhnitin, P. I,, (iliuman. Proilionotnry, Ac. -II. Prank Zurr. Court Stenographer . N. Walker. IlegtstcrS Uceorder - llllivmsnn II, Jacoby. Olstrtct Attnrnc-Unbelt II, Little. MU'rltt Jolin W. lloflmnn. survomr -'nlniiel Nojhard. Treasurer l)r II, W. Mcltoynotds. O'jTiinlwIoneri -lolin llerner, f. W. Mcllenry, Joseph "funds. coiiiintssloncrs'Clerk- William Krtckhaum. Auditors M V. II. Kline, .1. II. Casey, 13. It. Drown. Coroner- issluh Yo.iger. Jury Commissioners Ml ltobblns, Thoodoio W. Smith. County Huperlntoiidenl-Wllll.un II, Snyder. Illoomroor lilHtiict Directors It. H. l!nt, Scott, Win. Kramer, llloomsburg and 'ihomag Itecce, ricott, Sccrelnry. Bloomsburg Official Directory. President of Ton n Council (I. A. Herring, clerk PnulK. Wilt. Chief of Police -.la. I'. Sterner. President ot tins Company s. Knorr. Secretary-C. W. Miller. Jllo.imsburg II inking company -tnhn . 1'itnston, President, II. 11. tlroiz, Cashier, John Peacock, Tel ler. 'Ira' N.vlonal Hank -Charles It. Paston, ''resident .1. 1. Tustlii, Cashier. Columbl.1 Ciiuuiy Mii'tnl sai Ins 1'itnil and Loan Assoclulon-K. II. Utile, President, U. W. .Miller, Beeretnry. Illoumsliurg llulldlng and snilng t-'utid Association Win. Poncis-lt, President,.!. II. lloblaon, secretary. lllootnsbiirg Mutual Saving I'uud Assocl.ulon J. J llrower, l'rcsldcni, C. CI. llarkley, Seerclnry. oiit'itcii Dimx'ToitY. HAl'TIST C11UICCI1. Hot. J. p. Tust In, (supply.) sundry services mv a. m. and d)tf p. m. Sunday school o a. m. Prayer .Meeting K cry Wednesday evening at CM clock. So ils free. Tim public arolnMled lontleud. ST. MATTIIBW'S U'TIIKKAN 01IUHC1I. Minister Itov.U. H. H. Mirclav. Sunday Services lo; a. in. and TJtf p. m. Hunday school-on. in. Vr.iver Mooting Every Wednesday evening at Tjf Suat's'lrco. Nopows rented. All nro welcome. I'HKSnVTBlllAN CtlUIICIl. Minister llov. Stuart Mitchell. Sunday Servlcos in a. m. and an p. m. Sunday school- 0 a. in. Pravcr Meeting Ktcry Wednesday evening at c o'clock. Hems free. No pCivs rented. SI rnngers welcome. MRTlfOIIIST Kl'HCOI'AI. Clll'ltCH. Presiding lllilcrltev. W. Knns. Minister Kev. M. I.. Hmscr. Sunday Services tut, nnd x P- m sundav school i p. m. Illlile Class-lSverv Monday evening nl Ctf o clock. Viiiing Men's t'rnvcr Mooilng fciery Tuesday C7entng ni 0j o'clock. . , , tleneial Prayer Mecllng-r.very Thursday evening 7 o'clock. iiKrouMKncitrncii. Corner or Third nnd Iron Bl reels. I'astor Hcv.W. I.. Krcbs. ilesldenco central Hotel. Sunday .services l()4 a. m. and 1 p. m. Sunday school!) n. m. I'rayer Meeting-Saturday, p. in. All are lm lied Tliero Is always room. Sr. CAUL'S 9J1UKC1I. Itectnr ltcv L. Zaliner. Sunday Services lox a. in., p. m. Sunday School 9 a. in. First Sunday In the month. Holy Communion. Services preparatory to Communion on lrlday evening before tho M Sunday In each month, rows rented ; but every bndv w elcomc. KVAMIKMCAI. Clll'ltCH. Presiding I'.lder-Uov. A. I.. Ilceser. Minuter Hev. J. A.lrMnc. Sunday Serilco 3 p. m.. In tho Iron street Church. Praver Meetlng-liiery Sabballi at a p. m. Allnrolnilted. All nro welcome. TllKClll'KCII OKCHHIST. Meets In "Hip III tin Hrlck Church on the hill," known as tho Welsh ll.ipllst Church-ou lluck btreet east of Iron. , , , liegular meeting for worship, every Lord's day af ternoon at 3J4 o'clock. souls free; and tho public aro cordially lmlted to attend. W,0()MS1!UKU DIKKCTOUY. CJCIIOOIj OltDKHS, Manic, jut prlnleil ami O neatly bound In small books, on hand and (or salo at the coi.omiiiah (iniee. EL.ANK DKKDS, on l'arelir.unl nml Linen Paper, common and fur Admlnlsi raters, Execu tors nnd trustves, for fcalo cheap at llio Columbian onice. TTAKUIA(5KCI':ilTIFI(JATKS.in.tlirintel It 1 and foi'snlo nt llm coi.umuian onlee. Mlnls ers ot tho (lospel nnd Ju-tlces should supply them selves with theso necessary ni tides. JUSTICES nml Om-taliles' I'eo-llillx for sale nttho Coi.BMniAN offlee. They contain the cor- lecw'U lees as csiaun.-meu uy uiunni.n i ui m ak ..turoupon the subject. Kcry JujIIco and Con stable should have one. VKNOUK NOTES iut prlnleil nnd for sale cheap at tho coi.umuian onlce. I'HOl'USIONAL CAHDS. c 1 (1. IlAKKIiliY, Attorney.at-I.aw. OllUe - In ltrnwer'H btllldlnrr. 5nrl sfi-irv. ItrHims 1 A- f. DIl. WJI.M, JtEIlKU, Surgeon ami l'livfi elun. unico K. K. coruer Hock und Market suutts. T it. EVANS, JI. I) Surgwin ami l'liysi- clan, (Unico and liesldeuco on Third stieet, I!. MeKKIA'Y, M. I)., Surgeon ami Tliy- siclan.uoilhsldo.Maln street, below Market. " II. KOISISOX, Altorney-at-Law. Ollice In Hartwan's building, Vain street. KOSENSTOCJi:, I'liotograplicr, over Clark & Woirsbtore, Main street. MISUriLWNCOUS. D AVID LOWKNIiEUO, Mercliant Tailor Main St., aboio Centlal Hotel. IS. KU1IN, ilenler it. Meat, 'fallow, etc., . CeiitreBtieet.tetHtenhecondnnd'lhlrd. IIlLSINKfeS CAllJDS, U. WAl.I.El!, Attoi'iiey-aL-l.'wv. Increase cf Pcc:!cr.c titdaca, Colletticcs made. Ollice, second dqorfrmn 1st Nnlluiinl Hank. HLOO.MSIIUIKJ, PA. Jan. 11, 1S78 JU. J. (i ItU'lTICH, PHYSICIAN kHUItdUON, onice, North Market street, Mar.2T,H llloomsburg, Pa. s A.MU1CL KNOltl!. A T T O 11 X V. Y-A T-l, A W, IILOO.M.MIUWI, l'A. onico, Hai l man's Hlocl:, corner Main and Market streets N 1,1 ' U.MC, Atroi neynH .txv, Iticrcaso of I'msii.iis Obtained, Col lections iMado. IILOOMMIUHO, l'A. onico In Lnt's Hi'ii.iuso. jQU. I. I.. HAI1II, I'll AOT10A U DICNTIST, Main street, opposite Episcopal Church, lllooms burg, Pa. fir- Teeth extrnclcd williout rain, nugin, "JT-ly, JHOCKWA Y & KIAVKI.L, A T TO It N V. Y S-A T-L A W, Columbian iiuii.iumi, llloomsburg, I'n. Members of the United States law Association. Collections mado In nnyrmt of Ainiilca orKuroni Q H.A W.J.HUOKALKW, ATTOItNHVS-AT-LAW, llloomsburir. Pa. orico on Main btrect, first door below Court House 11, K. it J. M. CI-AUK, ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW llloomsburg, l'a. onice In Knt s llulldlng. 17 I'. IIII.I.MKYEK, J.' . ATTOHNKV AT LAW, (irticic-In Hoiiuon's llulldlng, Main meet. JJIO oomsburg, I'u. K. U. LlmK, HOST, X. UTTLS. 1? II. A It. It. UTTLK, A rAUlWKt B-AT-Ul W, Hlooiusburg, Pa. Iliuslneas before the U. B. raltut onico attended lo.oaicoUiUn) col uiubinn Hull Jieg. EllVEY E. SMITH, ATTOHNEY-AT-LA.W, Ufllco in A.J. Kvans Niw DmuiM, , . HLOoMSUUHO, PA. Member ot Commercial Law and Dank Ctllf tllon As social Ion. Oct 14, n- c 1 AV.MILLKK, ATTCllNHY-AT-LAW- Ofllceln lirower's building, second floor, room He. llloomsburg, Pa, W. II. Abbott. w. II. Vsawn. AHHOTT &. RHAWN, Attoi'noyp-nt-Law. CATAWISSA, TA. Pensions obtained. deo l, n-ly JIISCELLANEOUS. II O W E h li! DENTIST. onico In tlartman's lUock, second floor, corner Main nnd Market Streets, BLOOMSBURG, FA. May 20-1y. Q t M. DI1INKEK, GUN and.LOCKSMITH. lenlng Machines nnd Machinery of all kinds re paired. oi'EKA Houss llulldlng, Bloomsburg, Pa. AV r Y. KESTEH, JIEU0I1ANT TAILOH, over Maizk'h stohs, llloomsburg, Pa. nprll 1, 1S7S. KITISII AMKIUCA ASSURANCE CO NATIONAL KIItE INSUKANCK COMPANT. Ilie nssrts or tlirse old corporations are nil In ohtetl In solid SIXUKITIEM and are liable tothe hNnrn or vim on v. MtKlcrflNi lines on llio Lfst risks are alone aecfDtfd. LnsscH ritoMiTi.Y nnd honestly adjusted and paid ns sorn us ik'ivrmlncd by Ciikistian p. KNirr, wpo elal Ak nt and Adjuster, Jt'ootnsburr, Fcnn'4. 'Hit ililoiiKor Columbia county Hliould patronize tin umiicy wbrro Itrscfl, tfany. are adjasted and yam vy one 01 uicirowu ciuzens. ooT,;e, wu-ij KEAS BROWN'S INSURANCE AGEN. CY, Exchange Hotel, Bloomsbnrf , ra. Capital. Ktna, Ins Co., of Hartford, Connecticut... ,soo,ooo l.lterpool, Ixindon and Ulobe . 30,000,000 Koyalof Liverpool ll,60,oou Uuicnnshlro Hooeoo Klro Association, Philadelphia 1.100,000 Farmers Mutual or uanviue 1.000.000 DanMllo Mutual TS.00U Jiomc, ,icw loric. M... o,ww,uuo f60,31,000 As the agencies are direct, policies are written for t ho Insured w it hout raiy delay in the omce at Blooms- ourg. Murch B, F. IIARTMAN KKrKESKNTS rm rouowwo AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES: Incoming ot Muncy Pennsylvania. North American of Philadelphia, Pa i- ranklln, of " I'ennslvantaof " Karmers or York, Pa. Hnnoverof New Y'ork. Manhattan of " onico on Market street Mo. , Uloomiburg, Pa, oct. s, '17-ly. OATAWIS8A. w JI. L. EYEBLY, ATTOHNKY-AT-LAW, cauwlMa, Pa. rolleetlons nron.ntly made and remlttM. Office onposlte Catawlssa Deposit Bank. (m-U Al'O. I.. KAUB. JNO. X. rKTHIIK. CA. . WAIM. WM. It. HAGENBUOH, WITH Knub, Fr j mler 4cEdvrrt1i, (Successors to Benedict Horsey & Bona, va Market street. Importers; and dealers In (JHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWABE, 923 Market Htreet, Philadelphia. Constantly on hand Original and Assorted raeiacea Juno "77-ly Orangcville Academy. REV.C. Z. CANFIELL,A.U.IPrindpaL 1 1 ou wan t to patronize a FIRST CLASS SCHOOL, WIIKHE BOAltl) AND TUITION A1US LOW, give us a trial. Kext term begins MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1878 l'or Information or catalogue apply to tllS PKINCIPAL. July 27, 77-ly Orangevllle, Pa. The Seaside Library. Choice books no lonirer for the few only. The best standard noiels within the reach of every one. p.nuks usually sold from (I to3 given (unchanged ami iinlirll(-eih rnr 10 and SO cents. 1.w. 1 ho Count of Monte-crlsto, Alex Dumas lfti. 'I he King's own, by Capt. Marrj'at lol, liantl Illiu l,loe, vy Aiueim u. wihwuo 1SS. TiensuroTroie, by Samuel I-over 159. 'I ho i-nanUim shin, by captain Marryat leu. 'I ho lilaik Tulip, by Alexander Dumas Kil, 'Ihn Win Id Well lost, K. Lynn Linton ldi. Shirley. Charlotto Pronto liu. Hiaiik Mlldmiiy, by captain Marryat nil. A Young wife's htory, Hurrletuowrn Km. a Model ii vinlsiir(Vul. l.)t'hcvely Novel 1M The I ust Aldlnl, he (leorgo Fand 1CT. 'I ho Odei.'8 Necklace, by Alex. Dumas in. Con Ci egan, by I harles Lever Iiii, M. Patrick's Kie, by Charles Lever liu. Newton Horsier, by Captain Marryat III. Hoslngo to Fortune, by Miss uraddon ITii. t heulier de Mai. on Ilouge. by Dumas I73.Jnpliet In Bearch of n Father, by Captain Marryut 1T1 Iv'nl.. ft'ltnnnfTlinf. ltv rilQrlefl XBT 175. '1 ho Pacha of Many Tales, Captain Marryat luo 17a. Perch al Keeno by Captain Marryaf luc 117. (leorgo Canterbury's WU1, by Mrs. Henry wooa w 17S. Huro (lood Luck, by II. B. Francllllon loc 179. Thn lllsiory of a Crime, by Victor Hugo ' loc Wi. Armalade.by Wllklo Collins c' ISI. 'I ho Countess de Charny, Alex Dumas - loo isi. Juliets (luardlon, by Mrs. Cameron loo 1S3. Kenllworth, by tlr Walter hcott too 1-.4. The I Ittle Kavoge, by captain Marryat luc Ik-.. ..i.r.iiii.itiH sueeiheart." bv lthoda llroufton ISC ISO, liana coppeinem. Dy unanes uieaona ls7, Nanon, by Alexander Dumas HOC IOC lec ISC toe toe 100 toe loc loe las iss, 'i no hwiss r oinny iiooiusou ls9. Henry lumbal, by Miss llrsddon ion. Mimolreof al'hjslelan, byAIer Dumas 191. '1 ho 1 hreo Cutlers, by Captain Marryat r.)i. 1 ho conanlrators, by Alexander Dumas 193. Heart of Midlothian, blr Walter Boott 104. 'o iiitentiuiiH. bv Florence Mamratt 193. Hau l of Havana, bv Alexander Dumas llnl. Mdiolas Mckleby, by Charles Dlcksna His, el tiers In Canada, by Caotaln Marryat la wj, ckihicra and the Hearth, by Chaa. Rsad toe 2W. The Monk, by Matthew O. LwU,M. T. lui, aney, ny ituoua uruuxuiuu tllOCK lA'WISl. . . . ( i',,r sale bv all Hookse lers and Newsdealers, er sent postage prepaid, on receipt of price. 1 " v ' (ifcoilOK aOIKBO, Publuker, p. o. Hoi mi. tl, S3 and u, Yandewatw sc, R, T. M. C. SLOAN & BR0 IILOUAIHHIJIIG, PA, Manulacturert of Carriages, Btiggies, Fhaetoni, Sleighs, I'LATFOItM WAUONS, to. Plrst-class w ork always on band. IIEPAIHINQ NEATLY DONB. Prices reduced to suit the times. Jan. 5, isTT-tf ff n till C.U PIAIHU WATCH BS, CSupMt M 4lalht known wbrld, SampU Voick V U BMAnu. AUraa,A,CVLTSS(la4Cklias ugif, n-vr H onimnrnsKTMnnnM VEGETINE Purifies the blood, ren ovates and invigor ates the whole System. ITS MKDICAL PHOPI'.UTIKS .Mill Alterative, Tonic, Solvent Diuretic. nnd Vegetlne Vegctlnc Vegetinc Vegetinc Vegctiue Vegellne Vegcline Vegetinc Vegetine Vegetinc Vegefino Vegetinc Vegetine Vegetine Vegetinc Vegetine Vegetinc Vegetine Vegetinc Vegetinc Vegetine Vegetine Vegetine Reliable Evidence. MB. 11. It. STEVENS. Dear sir-1 .lil mint cheerfully ndd my ii'siiinonv Kline ure.il lillllll t-r V U inunnirenny reccHed In rivor nfour irrenL aim goo-i meillrlne, Vi'iri-tlne. f-,r I iinnotinink enough em lie -uMltilis pntiMijtori was irouuieii oer llllllj years with that ilreadtuiill'en-. ..fat in ,i and had such bad eomrhiiiL-.R'!, iu tt,,,t it would seem as though I neer could cured tn" : and I do fe, t ti nmnb iinri ..u iirrituiu liny I lore, nml Itvo nn n. Ilie Mine that there h so mwil a ipi'dlclnn (isegetine, nnd I nl.-io think Itoneof mi. ui'oii'incs lorenuirns and weal,, sinking feelings nt the stomach, and nd- jisoeverjiionvio lake the Vivctlno. Mr i euii assure inem u is one of Ilie Ij st iivui.iu(.a iniiL eer mis. MH-'. I, rifim;. Cor. Mag.iine ,e Wuinut sts. Cambridge, .ass. nTtr-Rcs AiMlJ AlTEl'ITE. My daughter has reeelvrri i-ri!,i iwtm. lit from thn use of Vegitlne. Her He. cllnlng health was a sotlico of L'real anx. lety to all her friends, a rmv hotii,. ..r IVegctlne rcstoied her health, strength and appetite. jm H. I u.niiN. Insurance Ileal Jlstnte Agent, .iu. t J .--ears nuiioing. llotou, .Mass. CANNOT 11 n EXGIICl. Ihlitii Vkrnu v Mim II. H. Steevs. Dear Mr This IS In eeillfv th.il I 1,fi- n used jour "lllood Preparation" In nt family for several M'.irs, mid ihlnk in.il. for scrofula or cankerous Hiuuoi.s ,,r Itheumallc AITectloiis, It ennnnt bee cclled: nnd, as a blood purtiii'r nr spring medicine, It Is llio best IIiIult 1 hive mm used, and I halo usid almost even thing I can cheerfully reeoinnu'nd It in nm one In need ot such a medicine. lours respeciiuiiy, Mrs. A. A.HIN'SMOIIK No. 19 Uussel.siiect. ITMS a Valuable Eemedy. Soitii IKistov, Feb. 7, ls:o. Mr. Stevens ; Dearlslr I have taken severnl hnttto. of jour vegetine, and am emu meed It Is a valuable remedy for IHmcml.i Khln i complaint, and general tlebllllj of the. of nivoi. i can neariuy recommend it in till sur ferlng from llio uboo complaints. Yours respectfully, Mrs. munhoi: paiikhi:. sc Alliens Mrett VEGETrNE Is repared by H. R. STEVENS. Boston. Vegetine is sold by all Druggists. The Great New Medicine! i A Health-Giving Power ! PURIFIES THE BLOOD, INVIGORATES THE LIVER, PROMOTES DICESTION, nnd STRENGTHENS THE NERVES, Thus eRVrtually curing dUeuse of vtliiit. r nuiue or nntnre. It In iroithy urn trial. IIKI.IUK giiiiianlred. la AaitKBAIII.K to llio tiinte, OKA rl'.l'lll, to th. atomticli, mill iic-Im ellUieiifly iih ii CATIIAKTIf, ALTKIIATIVU mill lllf 11KT1C. 114 union l not iilli'iictr.l HI, any uniileutunt fielinK, lieltlifi' la hin gour nur tlelilllty expel lent imI, Init on the contrary, reneliinriit untl Invlgni til Ion. lit lliimrdlnlo efTeet upon the tllgvitlllo oruani, vrltetlipr Impiilreil liy ilia,-ne or rxhuimteil from nny mute, U to Ini-ieiifto llislr iiomn or iikalinllulloii it, id iinlil t Ion, the appetite Ili'lliK I ,l , ell eil at omr, To llmir ullertiil Mill, un rni-iii on illtlon or (! liver, au llllliiiKne.., i liur acteiizeri hy u iluk)t-onipleilon, u toufitl lonftur, ii pa.ty, unit limit. In (lie moiilli.u fsprlcloua Uipetite mill (.luijlali Hilton or lilt bowrla, VI llh u al-llae l liilln, the livail und ofmeiital iliillnesa, VKUIlt KK proves moat viilmtlile. Ila rfTrct upon the Klilneja I. no I..-, Happy, u turbid, illlliillni; n, llio U quickly cleared up l,- It. Inflamiiiulory anil Clunnle ItIIMtI.11 A TISMwIIlaoon illaillinenr )iy u tieralattnt of VlGOUKMi, Fortheriirw orHklll Dlaenaea nml Kritp llom or nil klndi, VKiimn.M: la mo.t certain, VlUUllUNC ! ronipoRcd or the netlvo firopertleor IIKItllS, HOOTS, li 11.11 S nml AftKM, that Natiiri. nloiie fiinilaliea, great cure being tuken l,y ua thut tliey tra gathereil at tilt, rlRht seiianu of tin, year, and that the)' poaaeaa Ihele nutlvu Irtuvi. Tll.tVinOIliaH liua theiiowei lo I'llH, Jifv tiik in.ooii, i. vk;oiiai'i: n, LIVKH, anil HTINUlaATK tlio DK.Ks'r. IVK OliOANti, la Imllapnlahly proven l hoe who have Riven II Ii trliit und liatu been permanently cured. We do not ask you to try n dozen l,ottte to experience relief, for t c illAltA.'l'l':il you ivlll feel better fioiu tho ilr.t few doaee. VIOOItENK Ii ualonlahlnu tho vtnrlil with lit cures, and la lliiotvlnu nil oilier TUNICS, AlaTKUATlVPJS und I.M'KiOlt ANTS, luto the shade. lut up In llliize bottlea, double atrength lleiulrra hiiiuII doeei, and la ,leaaant to take, 1'rlce, 81.0(1 per lloltle. WALKER & BADGER MFG. CO., Prop's. ' 13 Jck Ct., Uiw Tort, isl Inn; City, It, J. THE OBJECT OF EAT1NO," a new book overy cme ahonld reed, lent free upon receipt of a ona mliUp. j or Sale at N. J. DIRTTG STORE, lIlooiiislMir, Se JM.1I, "78,-ly. S. W. Douglass, Oivil and Mining Engineer, ASHLAND, PA. General Survoying and Enginooriug Businoss attonded to with Caro and Dispatch, I am prepared to make drawings, Plans and Models In Wood, lirass, Iron, or tho uboio materials combined as necessary of Bridges, Uines, Ircatcr:, Eullilcr,:, Ecjlnet, ri'Mlu, and all kinds of machinery for us or casi'a at Court or for applications to secure rateids. it 'i i.i , n.cKini.e B LAUK ISOTKfi.wltb oriraLuateu.iaioi tor K ti tne CoLiruuii unuoe. 13LOOMSBUHG, PA., Select Story. ANTHONY UYIiAND'S WV I llvo in the HOiitliwcst district of Ijotidon, mill when I take tlio train for town IjoukIi- lKirotiRli .Function is the most convenient station. One dull, heavy diw in October of lnt year I booked nt Loughborough for I.tidgnto Hill, and took my seat in n third class carriage of a southwestern train, H win neither from econoiny,uor for "the pride that apea humility," that I traveled third iln ; hut my busiucss ohligei me to spend miM ol my time alone, and when I have an opportunity of getting among people, it U good for my business that 1 should see and hear at many of my felluw-creaturcs ns poihle. Hence I prefer tho frequently changing crowd of a third-clan carriage to the thinly masked solitude of a higher cla-s. On this occasion the carriage in which I found inyaell' had only shoulder-high com p.irlment partition., so that one could see Irom end to end. There were in all seven or eight piT-otu present, and I was in the lat compartment but one, with my bark to tho engine, and in tho right-hand corner in I ml. For a few minutes I engaged myself in observing the'five or six people scattered up and down tho major portion in front of me, then looking over my shoulder, I found that the compartment nearest to the engine con tained only a woman with a young baby in her arms. Siio was sitting with her back to mine. Owing to the violence of the wrench 1 had to givo my neck in order to see her, my glance was brief ; but while it lasted I cauzhl sight of an expression such as I had neier before seen ou a human face, an ex pression which so affected my curiosity and wonder that after allowing a little time to elapse, and just as we reached Walworth lload, I shifted myself to the other end of the seat ou which I sat, and, throwing my arm carelessly over tho shoulder-high par tition, looked long at tho pair. In the sense that a surprising revelation may fascinate any one, I was fascinated. Although I could hear no word of hers, even when tho train stopped, her lips moved slowly, paused awhile, and then went over again the very same phrases. At length I learned the unspoken words of the passion weary lips : '.My darling 1 Sly baby son ! My own I .My own I' Did ever any other heart yearn so over whelmingly over any other being? Wm this a new manner, a higher, more intent form of maternal love? And had all else of that kind which I had seen been only the preimlo to this imperial theme of pas sion V 1 hoe words, beyond all doubt, were the clue to her whole nature. That child, be yond all doubt, was tho acme of her pre sent life. She was as unconscious of the presence of any strangers as though she sat alone with her child under a palm tree in the oasis of an ocean of sand, TaUdgnte Hill I I.mlgatc Hill !' I tic lrin stopped and I got up. She rose with a shudder. I left the carriage, and in 'doing so no ticed that she had some difficulty in opening the door, I turned the handle for her, and assisted her to alight. She looked up : 'Thank you, sir.' Deep-set blue-gray eyes with strange red points of lire in them, like sparks of glow ing charcoal seen through damp glass. IKr left hand and arm swathed the baby to'hir hoMim. The hand lay visible ami hare ; on the third finger was n wedding ring. I confers that all the day I was haunted by the f.ico of this woman. I could not get it out of my mind. When I read, it camo b. tween my eyes and tho page. In tin? street I found myself looking lor it among the crowd. I kept saying to myself the words indicated by the lips but never breathed by the voice. I was detained in town until a late hour. To tho evening I met n friend. Dr. Hubert illiam ll.tird, of lirixtnn. 1 invited him to supper, and we turned into a restaurant in the Strand. After supper wo lit rigars. I thought I noticed a lo.l; of painful preoccupation ou his faro. 'Has anything unpleasant hap pened ?' I n-ked ; 'you seem nut of s irts.' lie shook hlmelf, smiled, and roused up. 'OIi, dear, no ! .Nothing the matter. I did not .now I was looking blue. To tell you the truth, I was thinking of a very unhappy sceno that 1 witnessed to-day. You know l. ington the solicitor ?' 'N'o.' '.Michael Seymour Langton, you know? 'Ilis name, no more.' A good fellow, A great friend of mine; you must know him some day. Well, I 1 loked in nt his oflice to-day, lie's always g'.ad to see a frieud. Ono of those free-ami- e.ny, good-hearted fellows, who, without making you feel n bit uncomfortable, will ten you to be oil tlio moment ho wants you to go, so that you need never bo afraid of doing him grievous bodily harm hy staying awhile if he'll let you." 'Well ?' 'Exactly. Ilut I can't help telling you about him, he's such a capital fellow. You and he shall dine with me Sunday. Kb. Y 'All right as far as I'm concerned i but about the incident or scene ?' 'Well,' ho resumed after a few solemn puffs nt his cigar, 'I wanted. 'Now,' said Langton. A knock sounded at the door. and a man entered. At first I thought Lang, ton had made a false diagnosis of his visitor for anything lets ecouudrelly than the ap pearance of tho man I never saw. He was of tho medium height, well made, handsome with light blue eyes, straight nose, straight mouth, clear complexion, and a most win ning and disarming smile. He appeared to he about 3S years of age. His moustache and whiskers were brown, and tho well shav en chin was very firm and clean In outline. Upon tho whole an excel ding proper man. and ono I thought, likely to be very popular among tue ladles j In no way like you, my dear Melton, 'Well, he came into tho room with a bow aud u sinlle.holdlng his hat across his waist coat In a most genteel, humblo aud concilia tory manner thus. For n moment he setmed in doubt as to whether he and Lang. Ion wgo to shake hands or not, and to tell you the truth, I thought it both rude aud painful for Iaungton to thrust his hands so emphatically Into his trousers' pockets and etraddlo over the hearth-rug as he did. I Iff I MMf liftoff PIWIIIPWHL FRIDAY, JULY 26. 1878. "Air. Langton,' snld the stranger in n very soft and winning voice, 'I have come, as you know, on my wife's nml my own business. You remember me? I am Antony Ity land.' "He assured I remember you,' ntuwered Langton in a most Impolite tone, and with a most scandalously unprofessional emphasis on the word "you." 'Lmgton lncrea(d the base of the!socelcs triangle his legs made with the heaith-rmr. and said, ' You have come for the purpose of meeting your wile, ami trying to induce her to make ortr on you money which otherwise will go to that child. Is not that so ?' I thought Langtou's manner simply bru tal. 'Sir,' said liyland, glancing from Langton to me, 'wo are not alone.' He did not show the leat sign of temper, but smiled as gently as thnitili I were his sweetheart, aud he were aking me to withdraw in onhr that papa and he might talk over business nspect of his sueops-lul lore-suit. 'I roo to go, but l.aiiL'tnn turned sharply Upon me and said. 'Neither I nor my client desires secresy. If it does not answer the purpo-e of this man that you should he pres ent he cm go. I desire, Iltird, that you re main.' 'At this moment the door opened and a woman carrying n baby in lar arms came in. Indeed, she was one of the plainest wo men I ever saw. She wore n hideous cold green piam snawi anil an old yellow straw bonnet, trimmed with faded violet rib bon.' Kit '." 'Cold green shawl, old yellow straw bon net with laded blue or violet ribbons. Why urn you stop mo?' And slie held tho child to her bosom as though it wero part of her own body that felt the cold anil needed all the heat of her arms and her boom ?' all fund mothers hold their babies so. Do you know her ?' She was in the carriage I came by to-day. Go on,' 'When the woman saw liyland she shud dered nnd drew the child closer to her. I was watching every movement and looked most clo-ely. Langton went to her, spoke to her, taking her hy the hand he led her to a seat with as much gallantry and deference as though she was the finest woman and the first lady in London. Kyland stood in the middle of tho room with one hand on the back of a chair and the other still holding his hat in front of his waistcoat. He bowed and smiled faintly as she crossed the room; beyond that, ho did not move. After the first look she never glanced toward him again during the whole interview. '.Vfter n few words by Langton iu a low voico to tho woman, to which she mado no reply, ho sat down at his writing table and spoke out. 'Mrs. liyland, of tho money yoil inherited from your great-uuclo from Jamaica lour months after your marriage you have already assigned away to this man half, or about A'2, .100, on the condition that he was to keep away fron you forever. This money has been left to your private use in such a man ner that he could have no claim whatever on a penny of it, although he is your husband, you, against my advice, made over to him the moiety of that fortune. He has been gambling again, and it is all gone ' 'Operating on the Stock Exchange,' put in liyland in a soft voice, as though more desirous to keep statements accur.ito than to shield or excuse himself. 'One-half of your fortune has been gam bled away, and this -man now wishes to have the nppnritini!) of dissipating ' 'Of operating with ' broke in Hay land. 'Of disipatlng more of it. Your decision which has my full concurrence is that you retain the money fur your-elf and your child and that if he give any further trouble you seek a divorce on the ground of cruelly.' 'Ilut I shall get back all I have lost if 1 can command only another thousand. Only a thousand. Tliero will still besome left for her and the boy, and I shall win all b.ick.' 'Not with my sipptoyul one penny,' said Langton hotly. Mint I have a light I am her hus band.' 'We won't ili-cu-s hw with you, .Mrs. liyland dtcliucs to piveyon thti money. The law is open tn of. y.,u inn appeal to it if ) mi pleas". Tli.it is your an-wor. You can le.ivts now.' 'Hut I Inn want In ccuro something for our son,' said Itiiaiid. Ills f.u-e was now deadly pale, and 1 mv his fingers lighten and whiten on tlio brim of his hat until the brim w.is crushed II iJ against the side. Tne pleasant smile wero all gone now, and a deadly sinister her covered his handsome features. His blue eyes were glassy and cold and Ids lips fell back from his white teeth like a coward'a ntbay. 'Out at onen !' cried Lington, springing to his feet niifiily, and I do helievo he would have Used vlolenco had not llylaud hastily withdrawn, closiiig.tho door very soflily af ter himself. 'Thero was a lung silence. After awhile Langton went across tho room aud stood over her like a sentinel lion. Then he said iu a low, kind voice : 'Did tho little fellow feel tho cold ?' 'I tried not to let him.'shounswered, look ing up for a moment, 'I am always afraid to leave him behind, my baby son, I am afraid lie,' looking fearfully at tho door, 'might lome nnd steal him away from me, Aly own ! my own ! 'She bent and actually gloated over the liltlo p.ilo slepcr, until ti queer kind of dead pain came into my heart. 'Thero is no fear ot him doing that,' said Langton. It Is the child's money he wauts, and not the boy himself,' 'She ro-e to go. Langton conducted her to the doorns though he was the first gentle man iu England, shu tho finest woman in London, the first lady iu tho land. 'Good day,' said he. 'Good day,' said she, aud she was gone. 'Langton came back und stood looking gloomily into tlio lire. 'What a scouudrel 1' he cried ; 'what an arrant scouudrel 1 what nn uuappruachable scouudrel I' lie drove his heel lulu the tk,al aud repeated tho words, 'Tell me about it,' said I. 'Easily enough,' lie nuswerud. 'He was a clerk In a stockbroker's ollice two years a. and she earned just enough to llvo on in some umbrella manufactory. Her people had been comfortable once, but lo.t all they had at her father's death: und two years ko. us far as sho knew, sho was the only survivor of tho family. Sho was then U vear of ate, aud very plain looking, so that I dare """ say sho had no hoptH of out marrying. Sho lodged in some place oil' Stamford street, ninckiriar llridge, and her nearest friend was her landlady, to whom she paid Ht. fi 1 a week for her attic. Two vears aim lids Uv land came to lodge In the same house. Ho was tho gentleman' of the place, and rented two rooms on the first lloor ; dingy and dis mal as tho street was, tho rooms were largo and, owing to tho locality cheap, Trom the very first he began paying attention to this woinnn and In tho end he made down right love to her. You may fancy how this poor creature felt Haltered by the honor.iblo apffruachtsof the gentleman on the fust floor. Well, to cut it snort, in a few months thev wero mar. rled; he was too consummate a liar to say he loved her, and ho in thu full consciousness that she had been left, n year before, about i.o,lKliJ liy a rreat uncle who died after com ing lionia from Jamaica, and of whom she hud heard little or nothing all her life. The money had been devied to her faiher and his heirs absolutely, nnd had been advertis ed. Then he got scent of it and hunted her down. 'sharp as he was ho counted with nut the law. lie thought that things were still, with regard to married women's prop erty, as they had been long ago, when tho husba-id could say to his wife,' What's yours is mine; what's inino is my own.' lie showed his hand too soon. After a week he grew careless of her. This nearly broke her heart. In a month ho told her about the legacy, and steps were taken to realize it. Seeing how the thing was now, the landlady penetrated the whole design. The good woman's husband brought Mrs. liyland pri vately to me. To sum up, we proved the will, got tho money, and I invested the money in stock, liy this lime I found that ho owed large sums of money ; he had been speculating through another, and had got heavily let in. Ho continued his bad treat ment of her, and at last, just as her baby was about tli be born, .e gave t'2,ot)0 to take himself oil' and leavo het in peace. All I could do would not induce her to have a le gal separation. Her whole soul, her whole nature, now seems centered in that child. 'He might leave her, and did leave her, but the baby came ; in the winter of her life, in her worse than -widowhood, the baby boy came. She hail given money to the husband to go away, but the baby had come instead, and lay in her arms all day and all night, swcit fur her kisses, sweet for all her love, the comparion of her woro than widow hood, tho unconscious confident of all her sorrows, tho antidote which, when pressed against her bosom, healed her of her memo ries ' 'Get me back my child ; or kill me here. 'I sprang up and turned round. The wo man 'wt.s standing in the-door way. Iloth her arms were stretched out toward Langton. She was rigid as a statue, and at each corner of her mouth appeared loam. Langton turned around. 'Get me back my child; or kill me here,' she repeated iu the same tone as before, a tone that made us shudder. 'Still she stood rigid iu tho doorway Langton looked at me and whispered, 'This case is now one far you. Go to her and speak to her.' 'I approached her and took one of the out stretched hands. It was damp and cold, As I led her into the room I slipped my fin ger on fur wrist and looktd into her eves. The pulse wa low and weak ; i had expect' cd to find it high and strong. The semi transparent ruby colored ll.iwn in the eyes had diluted and gatlierul iheper fire ; the expression was one ol intense stilji ctive oc cupation. 'A bud case,' I thought to my self ; 'the child nnd the image of the child are gone; this alwavs means insanity. This woman will be numbered as she is now, un til either the child is r-lurned to her or the image to her mind,' 'How dht (his happen ?' I asked her in as gentle a voice as I could. 'He waited for mo outside. He took tlio child from me I did not let it go until it cried - until 1 knew he hurt it. Well it iritd and 1 let it go. There were people around, and I usltd a policeman to get hie b.uk n iv child. Ilut he said he was niv bus baud, and that the child was hl. 'Ihepn licriiKlt n-ked me was lie my husl-uud, and was the child his V nml I answered, ys, Tlio policeman shook his head :m l w.ilkid nwav. Then he got into a cab and drove away do you understand what I say ? He got a cab anil drove away with my ihild in his amis you find it hard to uiider-tiind ? I don't lor I felt him do it. I felt il here iu iny breast wheie my child used to lie nslee I fill the child drawn out of my breast.' 'I dropped her hand, and, having left her, whispered to Lington, 'Is there any means of compelling that scoundrel to give up the child at once ?' llo shook his head and muttered maledic tion. Then,' said I 'you had better send her home in charge of some one.' 'You don't think she'll do violence upon herself ?' he whispered. 'No. lint some one should bu always wilh her until tho crisis anives,' 'What do you expect to follow tho cri-is? 'Shu w ill either be cured or grow violent. 'Aly dear Jlalrd, I c.iu't liwo hero just now. mild you see her home, tell her landlady to get Home one to Inuk after her, see her own doctor, and ask them to send all bills to me.' 'I had nothing very particular on hand, so I did as rtijiKstul. 'When I next arrived at Langtou's outer ollice the clerk beckoned to me and said, 'Our client's husband is inside again,' 'Without stopping to knock, I turned tho handle and went Iu. Hylaml's luck was to ward me, and. Langton, as formerly, stood ou i no liearln-rug. llils lime, however thero was no straddle. He stood upright wilh his feet and his lips close together. He was deadly pale, and I could seo at n glaiicr, In a deadly rage, liyland was speaking as 1 eutered j ho bowed with gre.it politeness to me, paused, aud then resumed : 'As I was saying, Air, L&ugtoti tho boy is In perrect safety, quite as salo as if he were with his mother, aud I am como to say (hat J am prepared to answer for his safety until the money, Cl.'JUU, Is paid over to me. 'SV'ii'J Langton, wilh a great effort to control his rage, you propose charging an additional 200 upon llm estate fur tho suc cess of your last lufauious trick, you sorry swluller I 'As u lawyer, you ought to kuow that your language is Illegal auu .' - "frrrirmrru THE COI.UMUIAN. VOL. XII, NO. ?8 COLUMHIAIJKMOCHAT.VOL.XLU, NO. SI 'Take nn action ; do,' cried Langton, now losing nil power over his own anger. Tk an action, and go into any court you please, and I pledge you my word as a man tnd lawyer that there isn't a jury in England but would lynch you, and not a judge on tho bench but would applaud them ; and by heavens I If you don't get out of this instant ly, I'll not (leave the job for judge or jury but do It with my own hands.' He seemed about to spring ou the man. liyland slipped his hand behind blm, backed towards the door and said, 'Don'tcome near me, Air. Langton. Well knowing the vio lence of your temper, I was compelled to bo a little un-English, and come armed.' 'Un-Englsh 1' shouted Langton, striding over to him. 'There's nothing human not to say English, In your corrupt carcass. Get out man. or they will haug you for killing in, or put up a statue to me for having killed you. Get out 1 They pay for killing venomous reptiles in India, why not in lang uid loo? Get out, man, I say, or I shall he claiming blood-money before night.' ' Ith the revolver held across his waist coat and pointed at nothing in particular, liyland backed out of the door and was gone. l'or some weeks after those scenes in Langtou's ollice, they heard no more of liy land. During that time his unhappy wife continued in the same mental lethargy, but betraying no emotion aud giving do Bign of violence. 'in about six weeks from the day I was in Langtou's ollice, Kyland wrote to say the ) child was ill, and that he would deliver it up on condition of getting a thousand pounds. Ah 1 said Langton to me the evening he got the letter, 'so the threats of law have al ready beaten him down two hundred, the ill ness is nlie to force us to terms. I shall not answer that letter.' 'Well, Melton, as you may guess, 1 was by this time greatly interested in the cases, legal and ni-dical. Iu a week I called agnin upon Luuiiton, and u my ustonishm . found Mrs. Kvland there. l'he ' explanation was very simple. The child had really been ill of scarlet fevi r, a I possible care had peen taken of it, but nev ertheless it had died, and wns tD be buried that day ; and Langton ami thavacan'.-eiod woman were selling oil' now to thecemj tery. 'llylaud would not allow the mother to approach her dying child, but when ii .va dead beseemed to think he might run some ugly risk if lm did not allowthe mother's attendance at tho interment, and Laiutou nnd she were now going. I examined 1 er closely, but could observe no change ; the channels of her reason were frozen up, and iu precisely the same condition as ou the day of her bereavement. '.May I go?' I asked. 'Certainly,' said he ; and in a little while the threo of us got into a cab and drove to the cemetery Kyland had named. 'The same unbroken shadow of .mental gloom hung over the unhappy woman. Du ring tho whole drive she never spoke a word. Her eyes were cast down most of the time. Ou tho few occasions when she lifted the n they sought Langton's face, but thero was no question, no excitement In them. It was plain from appearance that reason was an exile, but the land reason had left be hind remained still unoccupied by anything save the spirit of the void. 'When we got inside thegates of the cem etery we ascertained that the body of the child had not yet arrived. 'Langton tinned to me and asked, 'What d j on think will bo the result of to-day ?' 'I think, 1 answered, 'that it will bring about the crisis, followed by perfect sanity or violent iu-niiily ; but there is no telling which.' 'Alter a while a mourning coach drove in I will n it drag you 'hrough all the small events of the interment. It w ill be sufficient f ,r you to know that the father of the child was not present, and that (luring the whole time it occupied sho never altered in the levst. 'I fell preatly di-appninted. I had been rpiilo cimfi lent of tho lifting or development of the all'i't'tion now paralyzing her brain 'When it was all over wo returned to the caS as sober as could be. I had been great ly deiviv'd, and I emld see that Lmgton's las hope was go-ie. 'When we had pot about half way back, sh- u 1 lenly looked un into Lmgton's face and -ai l : 'We h.ivo dale left something behind u.' 'Liiivtoii nod I looked around the cub. The thr. e it ii'indlas wro all light. 'Xii.'.s.il Lington, 'I don't think we have loft anything behind.' 'In tho ii' tieiery V she asked. N r i s.iid, w i.' 'We h ive he s.iid, 'I know It, I leel It, As wo drove nwav I. heard my child cry. As wo drove away now I heard my chill cry. Ah, gentlemen, let us go back nnd take my child up out of the wet grave. II you give him to me and let me hold him azainst my breast he will get warm. Ah, gentlemen ! let us go link for my darling ! Aly baby son ! My own ! .My own! "She threw her arms toward us with the anguish of a mother's broken heart on her face, and the knowledge of her childless fate iu her eyes. Then all at once her body be gau swaying slightly, and with a low moan she buried her face in her hands and burst luto tears. 'Sho luu! lost her child, but had regained her image, and her brain was healed. She had lost her child aud regained his Image, and her heart was broken. The mad live long and howl about our paths; the broken hearted creep quietly into the shadows and sPently dlg'lheir own graves, and iu a little while crawl into the earth with gentle sighs and gentler smiles. 'There is no heat In her poor breast to warm her poor babe. She has been dead a week. Tour days ago I saw liyland buying gloves, a very quiet color In the Strand Ho was looking very well. God bless me, Melton 1 but sometimes this world is too much for me.' Tat exists in milk in the form of very minute globules. 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Yet lj i lit better been We still h id stat.t within, Nor tast si fruit tint lets m not forget 1 Ood knows It it lie so Tlio days go on belo,v. And oierhe it th i stars, tley Bet. Iliirjirr't Magazine. The. I'rollls or Cecse liaising. On si- are profitable birds for tho poultry man who has amply space to give them In liieh thev can ati-ty their roaming in slincts unrestrained by the nicessary limita tions of a city poultry aul Tho universal improvement which has resulted from tho etl'oru i,l z-alnus fanciers in the past few years has extended itself tn all classes of feath-rrd stock ind included the various v. ue i sof e se,of which the Emboden and Toulouse are the best known. This improve ment is shown not in an iucreased egg pro duc i ni (' r no one has succeeded in chang ing I lit- -iitursl habit of the goose In this psiiicuUr in ns great a degree as has been done with lowi-). but in the increased size of the mature und-. Almost all varieties of geese are good sitters and need only the most ordinary precautions in setting them to4 insure favorable results. After laying out their batch of about a dozen eggs they feather their nest iu a manner almost iden tical with that employed by their wild con geners, aud at once commence the duties of incubation, After a few weeks tiial .the egjes may be given the sitter, and a little care is needed tor the next month, during which she will sit quietly, provided she is not too much annoyed and interfered with. At the end of a month the goslings will ap pear in good shape to begin life on their own account, For the first day or so they require only the same diet of boiled eggs and bread crumbs as chicks of any domes tic fowl receive, with perhaps the addition of a little tender grass, cut fine, on tho sec ond day. In the course of a few days they will become strong enough to commence in vestigations of the near neighborhood, and may be transferred from tho nest to a coop slatted up po that tho old goose will be con fined, while the openings between the slata will permit the goslings to pass in and out freely. When the goslings appear to have gained sufficient strength fur longer expedi tions, the mother may bo given her liberty, when she will lead her flock all over the pastures and may be trusted to care for them unassisted by her owuer. Geese left at large in this way will thrive and grow fat simply on what they can pick up suited to their taste on almost any uncultivated meadow. Grass aud various wild plants will furnish their htajile food from April to November, at which time the young are ready for mark et. Geese frequently attain great age, and birds of forty are by no means unheard of, while n recent report mentions a venerable specimen of sixly ) ears. A goose nt least forty years old and still yearly laying her clutch of eggs and bringing forth u fine brood of goslings is mentioned Iu a recent work, and Youngsters of twenty aro by no means rare. Qeee raising can hardly fall to be profitable many one having the prop er facilities for their expenses for food are almost niV, while the profits from the birds weighing forty or fifty pounds to the pair is by no means inconsiderable, nud live geese feathers will always be in demand. Insects as Talkers. "Two nuts," says Iluckuer, "when they are talking together stand with their heads opposite each other, working their sensitive feelings In the liveliest manner, and tapping oach others heads." Numerous examples prove that they are able in this way to make mutual communications, aud even on cer tain definite subjects, "I have often," lays the English naturalist, Jessie, "placed h small green caterpillar in the neighborhood or an ant's nest. It is immediately seized by an ant, which calls iu the assistance of a friend after ineffectual t Units to drag the caterpillar into the nest. It ran be clearly seen that the little creatures hold a conver sation by mfuns of their feelers, and this be ing ended, they repair together to the cat erpillar in order to draw it into the nest by their united strength. Further, I haveol served the meeting of auts on their way to and from their nests. They stop, touch each other with Uielr feelers, und appear to bold a conversation, which, I have good rea son to suppose, refers to the best ground for' obtaining Cood." Hague writes a letter to Darwin, that he one day killed with his fin gers a number of ants who came every day from a hole in the wall to some plants ou the chimney-piece. He had tried the effect of brushing the m away, but it was of no use, and the consequence of tho slaughter was that the nuU who were on their way imme diately turned back, aud tried to persuade their companions, who were not yet aware of their danger, to turn back also. A short conversation ensued between the auts who wero not yet aware of their own danger, to turu back also. A shod conversation en sued between the unts, which, however, did uot remit in uu immediate return, for those who had just left the nest first convinced themselves ot (he truth of the report.