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THE
COLTTMBTAtf
ootomu Dl II 00IUT, STIR Or TBI NORTH AND OOUX
BUNCONSOMDITID.)
Issued weokly, ovory Friday morning, at
nWOMSBUlt'l! COt,VMIllA'cOUNTf "a.
..?,?.50t,'," per jroar, payabio In advance, or
,!?'' Attar tin expiration of tho year
W.W will bo charged To subscribers out of tho
e0.'in.Y.5l0 rorm' V Pr strictly In advance
.M It not paid In adranco and 3.ou it payment bo
delayed boyond tno year.
No paper discontinued, except &t tho 6ptlon of tho
publusbcrs, until all arrearages aro paid, but lone
continued credits aftor tno expiration ot tho rtrst
year will not bo siren.
Allftiapcrs sont out ot.the stato or to distant post
omoes must bojaid tor In adranco, unless a respon
sible person In Columbia county assumes to nay the
subscription duo on demand.
rosTAOK Is no longer exacted trom subscribe In
ho county,
JOB. IItI3SrTI3SrC3-.
The .robbing Department of the Coldmbum 19 very
complete, and our .1 b l'rlntlng will compare favora
bly with that ot tho largo cities. All work done on
demand, neatly and at modcrato prices.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 23. 1878.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XII, NO. 32
Columbia County Official Directory. JJKKVijy k. smith,
A'lTUUNIiY-AT-LAW,
Offlco In A.J. Ktan's Niw minus.
l'resldont Judgo-Wllllam Klwcll.
Aswiclate Judges I. K. Krlckbaum, P. L. bhuman.
Vrothonotarv. tc 11. Frank zarr.
Court stenographer 9. N. Walker,
lloglster ltecorder Williamson It. Jacoby.
nislrict Attorney ltobcrt II. Llttlo.
Sheriff-John W. Hoffman,
aurveyor Samuel Neyhard.
Treasurer l)r. 11. V. Mcltoynolds.
' tfjmmlsstoners-John Horner, B. W. Mcllcnry,
Jtwopa Hands,
commissioners' Clerk-William Krlckbaum.
Auditors M. V. 11. Kline. J. II. Casey, E.l). Drown.
Coronor-lsatah Yenger. .
Jnry Commissioners ill Jtobblns, Theodore W.
Smith.
County Superintendent William n. Snyder.
, Uloom Poor District-Directors 11. s. lint, Scott,
Wm. Kramer, Hloomsburg and Thomas Kcecc,
ricoit, Secretary.
and x p. m.
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
President of Town Council O. A. Herring.
Clerk Paul K. Wirt.
Chlet of I'ollco Jan. C. sterner.
1'resldent of Has company 3. Knorr.
RAf-ppfATV C. W. ftl liter.
liluomsburg Hanking company .John A. Funston,
1 rcsiuent, i. 11. urui , v.uuier, uuuu i ruwi)
lr.
Firs'. National Hank Charles 11. 1'axton.rresldent
J. P. Tustln, cashier.
Columbia County Mutual Saving Fund nnd Loan
Association B. II. Utile, President, C. W. Miller,
Secretary. . . , .
Hloomsburg tlulldlns andSSTing Fund Association
Wm. Peacock, 1'resiaent, ,i. u. ituDison, secretary,
ltloomsburg Mutual Having Fund Assoclal Ion J.
i isrowcr, rrcsiueni, v, u. uuriuuy, oeuieiury,
CUUIICII DIRECTORY.
BAPTIST CIIVKCU,
Jtev. J. r. Tustln, (Supply.)
Sunday services liitf a. m;
Prayer Meetlng-Every Wednesday evening at 0
' Scats free. Tlio public are Invited to attend.
ST. MATTHKW'S I.UTHKBAN CnURCII.
Mlnlstor-Itev. O..U. S. Jlarclay.
Sunday Hervlces-iox a. m. ana IMP- m.
Uiinilni. Unlinnl an. m.
l'raver Meeting Every Wednesday evening at in
ClOCK.
Seats tree. Nopcws rented. AH aro welcome.
PBKSnTTBUt AN CnUBCU.
Minister llev. stuart,Mtchell.
Sunday Services iom a. m. nnd s p. m.
ui.nrtA.. Unhnnl On m
Praver Meoilng Kvcry Wednesday evening at nx
Beats free. No pews rented, strangers welcome.
METHODIST KTI8C0PAI. CIIOBCIt.
Presiding Kldor Hev. W. Evans.
Mimster-Hev. M. L. smyser.
Sunday Services-lux and an p. m.
Bible Class-Evcrv Monday evening nt o o'clock.
Voung Men's Prater Mcoiing-jcvcry rueauaj
amnlnn fit nTlnlf.
General Prayer Meetlng-Evcry Thursday evoning
1 O'ClQOK,
RXKORMKO CIIUKCI1.
Comer ot Third nnd Iron streets.
iMstor-Hov.lw. L. Krebs.
Kesldence Central Hotel.
Sunday Services lox a. m. and T p. m.
Hundav school 9 a. rn.
Prayer Meotlng-r-Snturday, T p. m.
All are Invited There is always room
er, r aci.'s ciiuncn.
RecUir-Itev L. Zahner.
Sunday Scrvlces-iox a. m., 1)4 p. m.
Sunday School 9 a. m. .
services preparatory to Communion on Friday
evening oeioro mo biouiuiuj meow. .vu.
pews rented ; but everybody welcome.
KV ANOKUOAI cntJRClt.
ITesldtng Elder ltov. A. I Heeser.
........ . i .... finnnNi llnntor
Sunday 8ervlco-s p. m., In tho Iron Street Church.
Praver Meeting Every Sabbath at p. m.
Allure Invltod. All aro welcome.
Meets In "tho llttlo Iirick Church on the hill,'
known as tho, Welsh llapttst Church-on Kock street
"Regular meeting for worship, overy Lord's day of-
seats rrco ; and the' public are cordlaUy Invited to
attend
rtLooMsiitinn. va.
Member ot Commercial Law and Bank Collection As-
nutiuuuu. UCt.14, TI-II
Q W.MILLER,
A1TUKHKX-AT-LAW.
Ofllcoln Drawer's building, second Ooor.room No.
1. Dloomsburg, pa.
W. H. Abbott. w. n. Rhawn.
ABBOTT & IIHAWN,
Attorneys-at-Law.
CATAWISSA.PA.
Pensions obtained.
dec si, T7-iy
Alterative,
JIISOKLLANEOUS.
HOW K L
DENTIST.
onico In Hartman's mock, second floor, corner
BLOOMSIIUHG, P&.
Main and Market streets,
May 2d ly,
Sewing
DHINKER, GUN anJ LOCKSMITH
vlng Machines nnd Machinery of all kinds re-
paired. Ui'Bka Uousk Dutldlng, ltloomsburg, Pa.
Y. KESTKK,
jlll-.ltUllA.M XAlL,tJJt,
over Maize's Stoki. Illoomsburir. Pa.
aprll 19, is;.
JgRITISII AMERICA. ASSURANCE CO'
iSAHJHAU rillDi li"siJU 1VA VDi VUAil AiH
n.n ftpprtn cf llipsn old corroratlona are aU ln
TestcdtnhOI.il) SKCUIUTIKS and aro liable tottie
linzard o( Fire only,
jioucruTonncB on mo wst nnxsaru aiono accepiuu.
Losses i'homiti.t nnd iionfpti.t ftdlustcd and Dald
ns boon as determined by Christian P. KNirr, bpo
Jlic C1U7CES oi Lominum coumj suuuiu jmiruuizo
are najusifa aatj
nov.ic,
the ncencv wheralosscB. If anr.
puia uy vug oi meir own ciuzens.
'?7-iy
F
REA8 BROWN'S INSURANCE ADEN-
CV, Exchango Hotel, Bloomsburg, Ta.
.titna, Ins Co., of Hartford, Connecticut
lliLUlt, 1UO U., Ul Ull Liuiu, v,
Liverpool, London and Clone.,
Koyaioi Liverpool
Lancanshlro
Fire Association, Philadelphia..
Farmers Mutual of Danvule....
Danville Jlutual.
Canltal.
, 9,500,000
, 30,000,009
, li eoo.ooo
19,000,' 00
, 8,100,000
. 1,000,000
o,uuu
. 6,600,000
Home, New York...,
iso.e3i.ooo
As tho aire notes nro direct, policies are written for
the Insured wit nout any delay in tho omce at Ulooms-
ourg.
Aiarcn aeT y
Jg F. HARTMAN
HETKEBBNTS TUK FOUAWIKU
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES:
Lycoming of Muncy Pennsylvania.
North American ot Philadelphia, 1'a
r ranKiin, or
Pennsylvania of "
Farmers of York, Pa.
Hanover of Now York.
Manhattan ot "
onico on Market street No. c, Eioomsourg, I'a,
oct, M, U-ly.
OATAWISSA.
BLOOMSBURG DIRECTORY.
CCIIOOL ORDERS, blank, just printed ami
neatly hound In small books, on hand and
tor solo at tho Comjjibiah omce.
yyM. L. EYERLY,
Vegetlno
Vegetino
Vcgctino
Vegetlno
Vegetino
Vegetino
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetino
Vegetino
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetino
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetine
Vegetino
Vegetine
Vegetine
Cora
CaUwl&u, Pa.
collections nromntly made and remitted. Office
opposiio uatawissa uepoBii uaxiic. im
ACQ. U BACH. JNO. X. FBTHIIR. OHAS. B. XOWABBS,
WM. R. HAGENBUOH,
with
Hnub, 1'rjmlcr dt Edwards,
T.ATMir TiREriS. (in I'iircLmint and Linen
. ....n mil mr Administrators. Execu-
. Al.nnn at 1.M I'ntUVRHH I
ors ana iruBBBes. 101 wwi1 "v vv-
umco,
rmni mv nRttTn.'ir!ATES ingttirinted
JJL andforsalo at tho Colombian orilcc. Mlnls-
Umn f.hn finttnm ana .lUHUcrssuuu.u bui,wi
Bolves wun tneso necessary iu .kivo.
TUSTICESand Constables' Fcc-BHla for snle (Successors to Bentdlct Donseys Sons, M3 Market
i..o??H'S!!!,cf.- .T.KfS SSSS: SlrCeU imnorters and dealers In
CHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE,
923 Market Street, Philadelphia.
Constantly on hand Original and Assorted Packages
June 29, Tl-ly
rected fees as established by the last aci oi uis
jiluro upon me suyjeuv. onv.
table should havo one.
TrENDUE NOTES jtist printed and for stile
j cheap nt wie uolumbiah uiuw.
PBOrKSSIONAL, CA11DS.
c,
G. BARKLEY, Attorney.at.I.aw. Office
In Brower's building, 2nd story, Hooms 4 & o
WM. M. REBER. Surgeon and PIivm-
oorner hock uuu jiiurKOL
iJ clan. Offlco S.
streets.
, clan, (Ofllco and Residence on Third street.
2
W TJ fLTl.,T.irV TLt T t.'.. TH
. slclan, north side Main street, below Market.
T. B. ROBISON, Attorney-at-Law. Office
O . In Hartman's building, Main street.
PENNSYLVANIA
GREAT TRUNK LINE
AND
UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE
Tho attention of tho travelling nubile Is respect
fully Invited to some of tho merits ot this great hlgh
wav. In tho confident assertion and belief that no
other lino cau oiler equal inducements as a route ot
uiruugu iravei. iu
Construction and Equipment
H
ROSENSTOCK, Photographer,
1 Clark a Wolf's htore, Main street.
THE
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD
MISCELLANEOUS.
D
AVID LOWENBERO, Merchant Tailor
Main St., above central Hotel.
S. KUHN, dealer in Meat, Tallow, etc.,
lonirn sLrccL, ueiwcuu dcuuiiii uuu -1 uiru.
BUSINESS CARDS.
J E. WALLER,
Attorney-at-Law.
Increase of Pendens obtained, Collections made.
Office, second door from 1st National Hank.
HLOOMSIlUIta, PA.
Jan. 11, 1979
R. J. 0. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN SUItQEON,
Mar.s7,74
Otllce, North Market street,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
s
AMUEL KNORR.
A T T O R N E Y-A T-L A W,
11LOOMS11UHQ, PA.
omce, Hartman's mock, corner Main and Market
Bireeta
N
U. FUNK,
Attomoy-at-Lnw,
Increase of Pensions Obtained, Collections
Made.
IILOOMSBUUQ, PA.
Offlco In Enl's Uon niNa.
J)R.
I. L. RABB,
rRAOTIOAL DENTIST,
Main Street, ornoslto EbIscodoI Church. Illooms-
tr Teeth extracted without pain,
aug M, IMy.
"gROCKWAY'A ELWELL,
A T TO U N E Y S-A T-L A W,
CotunBiAN Ucildino, Bloomsburg, ra.
Members ot the United States Law Association.
Collections made In any part of America or Europe
stands confessedly at the head ot American railways,
rue truck is uoudio tne entire tengin 01 1110 line, oi
sl,'il rails lnld on lieavv oak ties, which are embe4
ded In a foundation ot rock ballast eighteen Inches
In dentli. All bridges aro of Iron or stone, and bulit
upoh the most approved plans. Its passenger cars,
n Ulhi eminently sato and substantial, are at tho
same tlmo models ot comfort and elegance.
THE SAFETY APPLIANCES
I In u.i) on this lino well Illustrate the far-soelng and
uuerl policy 01 its inanagemoni.in accoroanco wun
which the utility only of an improvement and not
lis lUbL UlUS wen lll iiuenuuu ui vuueiucia
Among many may bo noticed
THE BLOCK SYSTEM OF SAFETY SIGNALS,
JA1IKEY COUPLER, BUFFER and I'LATFOBU
THE WHABTOW PATENT SWITCH,
AND THE
WESTINGHOUSK AIB-BBAEB,
forinthcr in cnnlunctlon with a nerfect double track
audtoad-bed u combination of safegnards against
1 acements wmcn nave renuereu mem prutucauy jiu
possiuio.
Pullman Palace Cars
are run on all Express Trains
I l'ruai New Yurk, Pbllndrlphla, llallliuore nu
it nftuiusion,
Tu Chlrnico, C'lnrlnnBtl, I.ouUvlllr, lndlinupalU
uau ni. 1.DUU,
WITHOUT CHANCE,
and to all principal points In the far West and South
with but ono change of ci.rs. Connections are made
In Uulou Depots, and are assured to all Important
polntB,
THB lOBXf XJM.X
or TUB
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
ia Aitmitte,! to bo unsurnassed In the world for aran.
deur, beauty and variety, superior retreshiaent to.
duties are provided. Kmplojets are courteous and
aiieniive, uuu IL is uu iui;,iiuio result luab m uijju;
mo 1'ennsyivonia itoiiruuu inuai iurtu
p H. & W.J.BUCKALEW,
ATTOllNKyS-AT-LAW,
A I'LEASINO AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE.
Tickets for sale at the lowest rates at the Ticket
Offices ot the company in all important cities and
1 umuB.
, Dloomsburg, Pa.
Office on Main street, first door below Court Houbo
ritANK THOMPSON.
uencrai uantger.
L.P.VAI1MEK.
Ge'l Passenger Agent,
F. it- J. M. CLARK,
ATTOKNKYS-AT-LAW
Ulooraiburg.Fa.
I. K. BnOKMAKKH. Pass. A cent Middle DlaL.
11 North Third btrcet,:ilarrUburg, I'
leu, i, is-iy.
omce In Sot's Building.
F.
BILLMEYEB,
ATTOItNEV AT LAW.
Orrics In Harmon's Building, Main street,
Bloomsburg, 1'a.
E
L1TTLB.
II. A R. R. LITTLE,
' ATTOHNBYB-AT-LAW,
MOST. B. tlTTLX.
Bloomsburg, Pa,
WBuslneu before tteU.s.ratentOffiee attended I
to.oaoo la the colunbun UuUdl&g. -' Ju
"P M. BOUTON,
fafZain Street, Oranf eyille, 7
Dealer In
DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMIOAIJ3
Fino Toilet Soaps, Eruehcs,Oombs,&o,
ivit Flavoring EitnuU, J'erfumny and t'uncj
'XVUtt Articles in Kiul'w Yuritly,
Also a nne assortment et
Uyu WoodK and Dye filiiM,
SieVing end Chewing Totdceoi.Clgtri.tnnff, let.
Physicians Proscriptions
accurately compounded. Ashire of public patron
age In solicited.
iulya,is-un'
'urifies the blood, ren
ovates and invigor
ates the whole
System.
ITS MEDICAL PIlOPEUTins A1IE
Tonic, Solvent
Diuretic.
nnd
Select Story.
A STUKY SUCCESSFULLY TOLD.
Reliable Evidence.
Mr. II. It. Rtevevs.
DenrMr--! will most chcrrfully odd
my testimony to H10 great mimtierjou
hie alreTly rectlied In faor ofour
great and pocl nicilklne, Vegetine, for 1
ilo not think enough ctm be mild In Us
IpratSe; fori wns troubled oer thirty
iscnrswltiithatdrendttt! (U-icflsc.Cntnrrli.
and had such hud roughlng-sprlls that It
woui'l si'i'io ni 1110111:11 j novrr coui'i
tjirntiie any more, nnil vrgt-tlno has
cured me ; and I do fed to thank end all
the time that ttiere Is so good a tnedlclnn
ns Vegetlno, nnrt I also think It one of
tlio itet tnnicines ror coutriis nnd weak.
slnklno feelings nt the stomnoh, nntl nil-
hp evor nonv to tnko mo vegetine, lor
I can nssiire thorn It Is one of the best
medicines that cut was.
MH. U OOIIK,
0 or. agiinno A W'nlnnt Sts ,
Cntnbrldge, Mass,
(T.T'Vjr.R
HEALTH,
AND AlM'liTITE.
Mvdautrhterhas received crent bene
fit from tno use of Vegetlnn. Her de
clining henlth wns n source of great anx
iety to all her friends. A few hottlos of
iVcgetlno restored her health, strength
d appetite.
n 11. Tit.nnN.
Insurance ; ileal lMnto Agent,
No. 49 Hours Holding,
Boston, Mass,
CANNOT UK
EXOEI-LED.
CiiAnr.EaTOWN.Iass.
IT. It. Stkmin.-.
near Mr 'i nis is in rprnrv t nnt i navo
ucil jour "lUood iTornration" In mv
famllv for several yvav-i, nnd think that,
for Hcrofula or cankerous Humoia or
l ncumat c AiTortions. it cannot dopv
rrltn rt: and, ns a blnort pnrmer or aprlnc
menicme, ii iiio im'm inintr i nine fvwr
used, and I havo used almost cvcrjthlnff
can clipcrfnl v rpcommena It to anv
one in neca oi nucn a. mcuicinc.
lours rt'ncctrmiy.
Sirs. A. A.DINMOIiK
N o. 19 itussol street.
IT A
Valuable Remedy.
HoL'TM Boston', Feb. 7, lS'lr,
Mr Stevfnr
Dear Sir T lmvo taken &evernl bottler
of our vepellno, nnd am coiiMnced It Is
a valuable remedy for nyppcpMa.Kldney
complaint, and general debility of tho
sysiem.
I can heartily recommend It to all suf
fering from tho above complaints.
Youra reaped fully,
Wrs. MUNItun FAIlKElt,
6fl Athena frtreet
VEGETINE
Is repared by
H. II. STEVENS. 33oston,
Vegetino is Sold by all Druggists,
The Great New Medicine!
.A Health-Giving Power!
PURIFIES THE DLOOD,
INVICORATES THE LIVER,
PROMOTES DICESTION, nnd
STRENGTHENS THE NERVES,
Thin efTertunllv cnrlnir itUeuiie of vvltut
ever liuiue or natiirt. It Is worthy of 11
trial. Jlf.l.ir.1'' ;iiiiruiiieea.
VIGORE3NTE
Is A G UK ISA 11 IK in tlivtautv. Gll.YTKrUI,
to tlie ttfoiiinch. nnd HCtn 4-lllcliitly tin u
CAT11AUT1C, Al.TKKATIVK mill
11KT1C. II. iicllon 1 iutt iiltfiitlixl ltltU
any tiiiiilvtixiLiit lt-tllii, ntltlifr It lit it
sour nor ilfhlllty cxperlfiirt'il, lint on tlie
contrurv. refit" lmirnt una In vluunilion
III Iniiiifdlnlf vJlVtt tipoit Hit ilifittlvo
orennv, w li(Utr liiipulicd by tlUt'ime nr
txliuuHled fium ntty cuiittt', Ik to ltit-itiiHt)
Ihelr iover of iikMlinlliitlon and nntil-
I tun, tho timietllo lieluc iiicinftctl n I our c
To thus atlttcttil will, uu fiioifd con
dition of the liver, a lllllotikiif , i-lutr-nrttirlzeil
liy n duik- romiilexlon. a coutt-d
toniif, n putty, bud lutH Inlliu mouth, u
ritirli'louii npiietlto and luggWU ititlon
of tlie IjowpIk. Kll a stnf of fiillne In
tne neaii antlornitiitai iiullnt8Mt vitiuii
ME nroveit intiitt vulunlilt.
Its ff?ct iiiion th kidney a i n lest
happy, a turlild, in I tall 11 u mine U
quickly rlrart'd up by It
Inflammatory and Chionlu III1HU3IA
T1NM will aoon illnappvar by a ifiUteiit
For the cure ofbUIn IJUense and Krnit
tlona or all kind. VlCiUllKM-: 1 moat
certain 1
VICiOKKNK la coiiipoicd or the actlvti
properties of IlKUMSi. HOOTS, UU.MS and
llAKKSt that Nat urn alone- fit ml lieu,
great care being taken by nu that they
are gathered at the right neueoii or tho
year, and that they iioeii their native
viriuen
That VI CI Oil 15 NIC hui thepowertoPUlt
IFY Till! I1I.OOI), IN VKJOllA'l til.
LIVElt, and STIMUliATK the DK4RST
IVK UUGA.VH, Is IndUpiitahly inoveii hy
thote yvlio have given it a trial and have
been iiertiianeiill v cut ed
We uu not nk on to try a dozen bottle
to experience relief, for Mt) (iUAll ANTKK
you will feel better iioni the Hint few
doaei.
VKitlUKNC U natouUhinir the uvU
-with lt turn, nnd l throwing nil other
1'UHIVBi ALllwlAll V tun UUU II VIUUU
ANTS, into the shade. I'm up in laige
bottle, double utreugth lleiulre inull
umci, anu it jiituiuui 10 laae
Price, $1.00 per llottle.
WALKER & BADGER MFG. CO., Prop's.
8) Jefca St., Kit Teri, ul Jino; Zlij, V, 3,
"THE OBJECT OF EATI'a,M t new book every
out hould roJ, test tr upon receipt of one
For Sale at I J.
IDRUO' STORE,
Bloomsburg,
Jan.18, 18,-ly.
ISI
S. W. Douglass,
Civil and Mining Engineer,
ASHLAND, FA,
General Surveying and Engineering
Business attended to with Oare
and Dispatch.
I am prepared lo male droulnss, I'lans and
Motel la Wwxl, Brain, Iron, or tlie auoio tnatcrlals
comUned M ueceaaary ot '
Srldget, Mines, Ercalcrs, Bnlldlsgs, Engines,
I'UiU'S, and all kinds ot maclilscrr for uso or cac.es
ai wuri or ror appiicauous 10 eocure raucis.
l'auula becurrd
InarcU IS.9-
l'rctty, plump Mrs. Archibald Steele wrote
tho following paragraph lu one of her letters
to her husband:'
'John must come down here at once,
whether you can spare him or not. Our dear
llttlo Laura Is greatly taken with a tall, thin
young man, with a hooked nose and thin
lips, called Stuyvcsant. It Is whispered
about the hotel that he Is a very good match
and has tlio veritable blood of tho old Dutch
Governor In his veins. I must say that It
lias a queer way In showing itself, for the
young man is as palo as a Bpectre J and
dressed In that white duck, with his Bunken
eyes and bilious skin, is enough to frighten
one. I have grown to hate him, while Laura
is grAviiii to bo quite the contrary, I am
Irniil. All tlie eveinni' he leans un airainst
wall, never dancing nor onenine his
mouth, save to givo vent to some hateful
sarcastic criticism upon the scenes around
him, and yet dear little Laura's eyes and,
indeed all the other pretty eyes about aro
erpetiially beseeching him for attention.
In the daytime he is always with a long,
black horse, that covers more irround with
its legs while going than any animal I ever
saw, V lien Laura coes out to drive behind
il, and vanishes out ot sight with tho bony
reature, I tremble to think how dreadful it
would bo If our dear little girl BUould ever
be part and parcel of this wretched mau and
his beast. So I think John had better come
down at once. I quite long to seo his hand
some faco and hear his honest voice, and I
think it is about time that John should tell
lis little story to Laura, and have things
settled equitably.'
Mr. Archibald Steele Bmiled when he put
tho letter of his wife In his waist-coat dock
et, and, picking up the morning paper,
scanned through his gold-rimmed spectacles
the ntws of the day. Finding nothing there-
n to refine the exceedingly satisfactory con
dition of auairs, he put it down, smiling as
only a prosperous, contented down-towu
merchant can smile. Ho was one of those
iappy exceptions to the ordinary rule of
mortals, with whom everything went well,
Ills whole appearance was an exclamation
point to that effect. If he ventured a little
hazardously in trade, fortune trimmed her
sail to favor him. If he set his heart upon
anything relating to domestic felicity, all the
elements of art and nature conspired to bring
t about, So when he stepped to the door of
his oflice and beckoned to a young man with
a strip of commercial paper in his hand and
a pencil behipd his ear, with the general air
of briskness and shrewdness about him that
betokened a successful down-town merchant
embryo, Mr. Steele smiled the third time,
with the air of one who waa not afraid at
all of any billious, blue-blooded obstacle
that might be thrown in the path of a do
niestic happiness which he firmly agreed had
been arranged by an Omnipotent hand,
'Johu,' said Mr. Steele, closing the door of
his private office, and looking upon hi
young clerk benevolently, 'I've got an order
from Mrs. Steele which I wish you would
attend to.'
'Certainly, sir,' said John, 'shall I go out
nnd get the articles myself?'
'Why, the fact is, John,'said themerchant
enjoying his joko more and more, 'it's only
one article a rather bulky one. It was
ba-gained for a long time ago. I think you
will have to go down with It, John.'
'Down to the seashore!' said John, getting
a little hot and flustered ; 'is it a very valuH'
ble parcel, sir?'
'Well, perhaps your natural modesty may
depreciate its worth, John. Mrs. Steele and
I think a good deal of it, and Laura, too, I
nm sure does. The commodity is yourself,
John. Mrs. Steele wants you to go down
and take a little holiday there.'
When the namo of Laura was mentioned
tho youii(! man's face grew more flustered
nnd hot than before.
'You nro very kind, sir,' he said, 'and
Mrs. Steele is moro like an angel than a
woman.'
'ltather solid and plump for that,' inter
posed Mr. Steele, but liking the phrase nev
ertheless. 'Hut it is a simple madness,' pursued John
'to dream of further hnppiuess than I enjoy
now your affection and that of your wife
my position here ; I don't dare, I can't hope
for anything more. Oh, Mr. Steele, I can't
tell her my story. She would turn from me
with horror and aversion. She is so young,
so beautiful. Let 1110 nt least enjoy the
present.'
'And in the meantime some cadaverous,
bilious, blue-blooded tcoundrel will carry
her off from us all.'
F
Suddenly the door opened, and there WIN
heard the rustlo of (liken drapery, A still
shapelier little bead, and fresher from tho
hands of the coiffeur, all unrumpled by the
audacious hand of mortal, peeped In at the
door, Laura was palo ; her little white hands
wero clasped together, nnd her musical voice
trembled.
'Oh, papa, mamma, come directly I Mr.
Stuyvcsant ventured too far, and and
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Then Johu's face grew palo nnd stern. 'If
there is tho slightest feeling upon her" part
for for any one else, then, indeed, Mr.
Steele, my case is hopeless.'
The commercial paper fluttered from his
hand, the pencil fell from his ear, nnd h
leaned his head against the desk and
trembled.
'Why, who would suppose you could be
such a coward 1' said Mr. Steele, impetuous
ly : 'You shall go down with me this very
day.'
All the woy to the seashore John's face
wore tho look of one who had resolved to
storm a deadly breach, but who did not hope
to survive, the attempt,
Kven the ocean, when it confronted them,
wore a threateninglook. Upon the horizon
a pile of clouds formed a background wan
and gloomy, n great black mist lay In the
yenlth, and a dense red vapor almost touched
tlicwater.
'A very nasty sea,' said Mr. Steele.
John snuffed it in, his eyes dilating, and
his head high In the sea-scented air,
A tramp on the hard, wet sand, and like a
meteor a long black horse shot by, disap
pearing In the mUt, leaving for John the
memory of a charming head crowned with
blonde curling hair, two kind eyes bent up
on his own, and u white,wavlug hand ex
tended in salutation.
'John,' said Mr. Steele, 'did you see the
face of that man ? I count upon your sav
ing Laura, Did you see his thin, cruel lips,
aud treacherous eyes?'
'I only saw Laura, sir,' said John simp
ly. Later on Mr. Archibald Steele aud his
plump, pretty wife wero alone togetherln
their private parlor. Her dimpled hand lay
lovingly in his, and her Bbapclyead, fresh
from tho hands of the coiffeur, rested reck
lessly on hit shoulder.
'Was drowned V said Mr. Steele, with a
qvecr combination In his voice of pity and
relief.
'No, no ; how can you suppose so dreadful
a thing ? Ho was rescued, but is very weak
andjll, He has asked forme, and may I go?
Will you not come with me, mamma? Oh,
Uo j 1 beg ot you. Can't she, papa V
Her blue eyes filled with tears : her llttlo
feet seemed wanting to fly through the cor
ridors. 'Certnlnly not,' said Mr. Steele, 'Let him
i.ifii ,.
wnu tin ne is aoie to come to you or me.
Either the man was drowned or ho isn't,
llecauso ho was imbecile enough to risk his
life, that is no reason for your being the
talk of the hotel.'
Laura raised her eyes proudly.
'No danger of that, papa j and, besides,
overy one is occupied now with the one that
rescued him.'
'And what mnd-mau was that ?' said poor
Mr, Steele, who could not reconcile himself
to the present condition of affairs.
'I don't know a stranger, I believe. I
was so interested in Mr, Stuyvesant I forgot
to ask.'
"liah I" said Mr. Steele, getting upon his
feet and walking to tho door. "I'll go and
find out all about it. Do you stay here till
I return." .
lieforo ho had gone far Mr. Steele heard
from the excited guests several different ver
sions oftho affair; but one and nil agreed
that tlio rescuer could be nothing less than
champion swimmer.
"A regular water dog I" paid one gentle
man to Mr. Steele; and as the merchant had
heard this epithet but once before In his
life, and that on an occasion of vital inter.
est to himself, he sought out the hero of the
hour, and found, to his unbounded astonish
ment, it was Johu Waters himself I He was
quite enveloped in the flounces and furbe'
lows of pretty nnd sympathetic women, who
insisted upon knowing every half second if
he was sure he felt strong and well, and how
in the world could ho buffet those dreadful
waves in that grand, heroic way, and how
did he manage to drag poor Mr. Stuyvesant
in to the shore ?
John, like any other hero of the hour, en
joyed the adulation, but looked anxiously at
Mr. Steele when he approached.
'Hum I' growled that worthy merchant, 'a
pretty fellow you, to interfere with other
people's plans I How do you know he
wanted to be rescued ?'
'He appeared noxious that way, sirj' said
John. 'He wrapped himself about me like
a devil-fish. I thought one time we'd both
go down together. There ought to be a
school for teaching people how to be saved
It's the easiest thing in the world ; the water
itself is an accessory; if you manage
right.'
'Oh, do tell us how, Mr. Waters, please,
chorused tho pretty and sympathetic women
and as John began his lesson Mr. Steele
slipped away.
'Oh, papa,' began Laura, 'how is Mr.
Stuyvesant ?'
'Idon'tkuow I didn't nsk,' ho replied
'I wns interestedjn the fellow that dragged
him ashore. He's an old friend of ours
Tho way we made his acquaintance was on
such an occasion ; ho saved a lady from
drowning.'
'Why, papa,' said Laura, 'he must be
splendid fellow.'
'Magnificent I' said Mr. Steele. 'You see.
we had traveled over considerable of th
world together, your mother and I, while
you were yet a baby ; and we found it rather
odd ono morning to discover that having
crooed the ocean aud tho Alps, loitered in
the Highlands, traveled thence down the
Mississippi Valley, across the American
Desert to California, and back again by an
other mule, your mother .bad never been up
the East river as far as Morrisania. It
seemed so absurd to hava neglected this
home excursion, that we determined upon it
at once. The msrning was wet, but we didn't
mind it. Your mother looked prettier in a
waterproof and rubbers, with a shovel-hat
tied down under her chin, than most women
would In a ball dress. She wasn't a bit
afraid of rain or mud. She was a little too
reckless : for, getting ashore to seo the insti
tution for vagrant boys, her foot slipped off
the plank, and she disappeared.'
Mr. bteele stopped a minute ; his voico
faltered ; the plump little band of his wife
slipped into his own; he clutched It, and
went on again.
'One minuto I saw her so neat and trim
a little figure as ever graced -a water-
proof and shovel hat, and the next she was
But John was bUII surrounded by the
pretty nnd sympathetic women, who had
cruelly deserted the blue-blooded descendant
of the old Dutch Governor. Ivlnir In hi
most graceful and languid of attitudes on
a neighboring lounge the descendant, not
not the governor and had flocked, one and
all, to the handsomo and heroic founder of
the new school for teaching people tho way
to ho rescued from drowning.
These charming creatures Bpent so much
time at the seashore, and .it was nice to
bo wise.
John was almost hidden In flounces and
laces ; but when his eyes met Laura's ho
plunged out of those costly billows with his
usual ease nnd trepldity. There was some
thing In Laura's eyes that he had never seen
there before; n tempting languor; a bewitch
ing shyness ; a bewildering splendor that
fcteepetl Ins soul in a mad, Bweet hopo.
Laura stopped ono moment to whisper to
her mamma, and John gasped out to Mr.
Steele :
'If I dared if I only dared to tell her
told her myself 1' said tbemer-
without home or
pauper,
'I have
chant.
'That I was a
friends ?'
'I told the story in my own way, John.'
continued .Mr. Steele, 'and I flatter myself I
told it successfully. Do not Bpoil it, if you
please. I have managed the past and pres
ent ; do you look out for the futnrn.
John.'
And John did, Laura walked through
the parlors that night, the envied of all the
pretty and sympathetic women and brave
and appreciative men that congregate there.
Death of Missionaries in China.
gone.
'Oone I' cried Laura. 'Gone whero ?'
'Into the water, child ; into the hungry
green waves that turged up to take her away
from the fondest heart in the universe ; and
jf it had not not been for one of those very
vagabond boys, who had been lurking there
for a chance to escape from tho Island, you
would have lost us both, my dear ; for I
made an agonized plunge after her, though
I am ashamed to say I could not swim a
stroke, and should only have gone to the
bottom like a plummet of lead ; but au of
ficial standing by caught and held me, and
cried out that Johnny Wafers had her, safe
as a trivet ; aud presently that vagabond
boy came up with your sweet mother on the
other side of the boat, and the officer cried
out, 'He's a regular water'dog, that Johnny
aters r and these wero the very words a
guest here used in relation to John a minute
or so ago.'
'John I' cried poor bewildered Laura, 'our
Johnf Mammal Was Johu the boy?
And is it John, our John, that saved poor
Mr. Stuyvesant ?
'The very same darling John, our John ;
he Is always on hand when there is any troub
le or danger.'
'Ob, mamma!' cried Laura, forgettiug all
the years that had passed since the accident,
and crumpling botn the eoilfeured heads in
the moat reckle.i manner,
'I'a pa,' slio then said, 'we must go and
find John ; I want to tell him how much I
'Yes, dear,' said Mr. Archibald Steele, and
all the way through the corridor and luto the
parlors of the hotel, with his plump and
pretty wife on one aim and his beautiful
daughter on the other, he tailed.
A letter from Pekin, of June 4, 1878,
annonnces the death of ltov. 1'. It. Hunt, of
the American Board's North China Mission
and of several missionaries connected with
other societies. Mr. Hunt was seized with
typhus fever on the 19th of May and dbd on
30th. He was born at Arlington, Vt,, Jan,
uary 30, 181G, and, after learniug the print
er's trade, want in 1830, with his wife to
Madras, where he took charge of the print
ing establishment of the American Board
and managed it with great success for 27
years. In 18CG, on the relinquishment of
tho Madras mission, he and his wife returned
to the United States, and after a stay of a
few mouths went to North China in 1808 as
missionaries of the Board. Miss Dcdricken
who had been in China for about a year un
der the auspices of tbo Chuch Mission o;
London, and was preparing to take charge
of a girls' boarding school, died of the fever
on tho 11th of May. Her death was fol
lowed on the 18th by that of Miss L. A
Campbell, of the American Methodist Mis
sion, who had been iu China two years, and
was an industrious laborer in tbegirls' boar
ding school of tho Mission with which she
was connected. Between these two death
came that of Itev. William N. Hall, at Ti
entsin. Mr. Hall was a missionary of the
English MethodisU, New Connection, and
died on the Hth of May, also of typhus fe.
ver. On the 25lh of May Rev. J. S. Barra'
dale, of the Doudon Mission at Tientsin
died .of tho same disease, his wife having
been carried oil" by it during the December
previous. Hev. Albert Whitney, of the
American Presbyterian Mission, died on th
iotti oi April at buansi, where lie had gone
to aid in the work of distributing alms to
the famine-stricken people,
The St. Paul Qlobeo! a recent date pub
lishes a despatch from Kasson, Minn., giv
iug an account of the forcible conveyance o
an apparently sane man to tho St. Peter As
ylum for the Insane. Frank Ellis became
crazy about four years ago, through over
work and disappointment in love. He was
sent to tho asylum, and after a brief deten
tion there.was dbcharged as cured. A broth
er who was in debt to Prank caused th
young man to be again cnmmittul to the
aylum. Prank escaped, swam a river with
his clothes on bis head, and walked home,
There he obtained a physician's certificate
of his sanity, and none of bis neighbors were
ab,le to detect any sign of lack of mental bal
ance. A keeper was, however, sent after th
alleged lunatic, and he was taken back
the asylum. While at the Ka-son railroad
depot, his entreaties, stid the Globe, Btirred
the hearts of all that were iu hearing. He
cxpreed great dread of brutal treatment on
his return.
Train Kobbing.
A dispatch from Atchison says that one of
the boldest and most daring train robberies
that ever occurred in the west took place
about ono o'clock Tuesday morning about
one mile below Wlntbrop Junction.opposite
Atchison, As train No. -1 on the Kansas
City, St. Jo. and Couucil Dlufl'a railroad,
south bound, left Wiutlirop Junction, Con
ductor Brown noticed four men get on the
platform between the baggage car and the
first coach. Not thinking anything wrong,
at the usual time he left the baggage car and
started to go through the traiu, The first
persons he met were the four men stand
ing on the platform, As he stepped on the
platform, the acting leader pulled out two
revolvers and holding them at him ordered
him back into the baggage car, at the same
time directing htm to hold up his hands.
As they entered the car from the dark end,
the first man they met was Griffith the bag
gage man, and he was ordered to bold up
his bauds while pistols were held on him.
A young'fellow named t alker, who was in
the baggage car, was then reached, and the
same order given, Frank Baxter, express
agent was sitting in the light end of the car
his bills iu his lap and the express safe open
beside him busy with his work. He had not
noticed the scene that was being enao ted in
the car, uud his first knowledge of the dan
ger was a revolver thrust iu his face, and ho
was ordered to hold up his hands.
The leader oQho gang then stepped up to
his safe, and deliberately transferred the
money, about $5,100, to a sack they had
with ithem. Conductor Brown was then
asked if he had any money, aud 'he replied
that he had not. "With their pistols In his
face they then ordered him to stop the train,
and having no other alternative, he pulled
the bell rope, and as the train slowed up the
four men backed out of the car, still cover
lug tho others with their pistols, and disap
peared iu the darkness. No swearing was
indulged iu, aud the work was done iu less
than five minutes, The traiu was filled with
passengers, but none knew of the robbery
until the robbers had escaped, Tho thieves
were cool and collecled, show iug no signs of
timidity, aud went at the work likeold, ex
perienced bauds. None of them wero
masked.
How to I'rtierve Katoral Flower wltk
Sulphnr.
This process is a simple one. The only
articles necessary for 'this operation are a
closo box, a pan for tho sulphur.and a quan
tity of stl"!: tulphur.
Collect enough flowers to fill a half-peck
basket, then obtain a square wooden box
(one of those in which tea Is packed Is ad
mirable for the purpose, being light, close
and of convenient Bize); across tho top of
this on the Inside of course tack two nar
row strips of wood on opposite sides, upon
which rest rods or strips for the hunches of
flowers to hang from. Tho box must be
air-tight ; but as the burning sulphur woul'd
very quickly consume the oxygen of the s:
contained in it, and the fire be extinguished,
it is necessary to hava a hole or two bored,
or a small door cut In the lower part of one
Ide, which may be closed or opened at
pleasure the former by means of plugs fit
ted to them, the latter with a binge, or a
pair of them. '
Arrange the flowers in loose clusters of
from two to a dozen, according to size : two
dahlias, passion flowers or callus, four half
blown roses or two or three full blown, a
spray or two of fuchsias or larkspur, pinks
or lantanas, one or two camelias, a doz:n
forget-me-nots or Hlies-of-the-valley, mlg
nonette, anu bo ,on, according to size ; harp
each cluster as tied upon the rods,not touch
ing each other. There will be room for
about four rows. In an Iron pan put a shov
el partly full of clear live coals, spreading
them over the bottom ; place it on the bot
tom of the box, sprinkle over the whole sur
face about two ounces of crushed sulphur,
slide the lid into place, and rthe process Is
well commenced, The opening, whether a
hole or little door, is kept open for a few
minutes, until, glancing in, you find all pro
gressing favorably no flame, but abundnnc
of sulphur fumes; then close up air-tlglr,
throw a heavy blanket nr piece of thick
carpet ovei, tucking it closely beneath the
box, and leave unmolested for twenh loo
hours, when, if all has 'gone well,' your
flowers will appear quite perfect in form.but
bleached to a dull creamy white) shade.
This, upon exposing them to a pure air iu
a dry place, they gradually Imp, and assume
their natural tints, though not so inten-iin
shadi as previous to the bleaching process.
If preferred, thoy may be touched up with
water-color, and nude to appear as if jut
plucked.
It is absolutely njcassary in this process
to have the box air-tight, and to effect this
we paste muslin all over the edges and cor
ners, and often after closing tho lid pom a
little liquid plaster of Paris around the
edges.
The little door mentioned is made by saw
ing out a piece on one Bide of the box, fit
ting it carefully, and putting two small hin
ges ou the lower part, so as to allow it to full
back when unhooked, for the upper edge
should be furnished with a book made to
fasten into the box, thus holding it snugly
In place.
When the sulphur is onco well ignited,
the case must be kept as closely as possible,
as upon this depends the success of the ope
ration. The room in which the box is placed
must be dry, as a damp atmosph&ie is unfa
vorable to the bleaching process.
I- lowers thus preserved, if tastefully ar
ranged under a shade or in a recess frame,
will retain their perfection of form and col
or for any length of time. Harper't Iiaxar.
Poetical.
TIME TO ME.
Time to me this truth, hath taucht,
Tls a truth that's worth rovdaltng ;
More offend from want of thought,
Than from any want ot feeling.
If adrlco we would convey,
There's a time we should convoy tt ;
It wo're bat a word to say,
There's a tlmo In which to say It t
ott, unknowingly, tho tongue
Touches on a chord s aching,
That a word, or accent, wrong,
i'alns the heart almost to breaking.
Many a tear of wounded pride,
Many a fault of wounded blindness,
Has been soothed, or turned aside,
Uy a quiet voice of kindness.
Many a beauteous nower decays,
Tnough we tend It era so much,
Something secret on It preys,
Which no human aid can touch ;
So, In many a lovely breast
lies some canker-grief concealed ;
That If touched Is more opprest I
Left unto Itself 13 healed I
Time to me this truth liatb. taught,
'Tls a truth that's worth revealing 1
More offend from want ot thought,
Than from any want of feeling 1
Clcausiuz the Turin.
The harvest has ended. Now will follow
a time of comparative leisure. For the ear
nest farmer there is very little or any real
leisure. When he has made his crops, and
and caiefully secured them; when (be feels
relief fioin the pressure of work which must
be performed, he is just then entering upon
a time as limportant to him and to his suc
cess as any time in the circling year. It is
the time of cleansing.
Too many farmers neglect this important
part of their mission, and the consequences
are decidedly bad. Their farms, which
should be as clean as skillful management
cau make them, are allowed to sprout and
grow all kinds of weeds and obnoxious
growths, to mature seed, and to exhaust the
soil. Nor do they heed these destructive
aggesiious until they are compelled to get
ready a field for cultivation. Tlie fence cor
ners become tangled 'thickets, and the fence
rows hidden in the deep shadow of these
ugly infait wildwoods, are wastefully left to
premature decay the whole expression of
such firms being bad and repulsive in the
extreme.
A few farmers Beem to think these wild
productions ate an inevitable evil, one that
must be endured because it cannot be suc
cessfully remedied. They have made some
effort to destroy the pest, but have seen their
toil rewarded with a much more luxuriant
growth only. This disheartening fact can
easily be accouuted lor. The work was done
at the wrong time or in the wrong way.
It is almost ustless to kill weeds and bush
es by a eiugle cutting In the spring or early
summer. The more work doue at this season
the worse for tho farmer, unless It be prepa
ratory only to a work to be done in the
right time.
As the leaf-growth of most shrubs Is near
ly perfect by the end of August, we have
found, by experience, that to be tho most
auspicious month for the destruction of
whatever we wished to banish from our sail
Hence, It became a rule for us to clean our
farm'in the month of August when the ign
was iu the heart, and the value of that rule,
with us, is a demonstration.
As tor the weeds which atlllct us, we
should never suffer them to ripen their seeds,
To the diligent is the mastery.
liurdocks may be destroyed most any
time, by cutting them a little below the sur
face of the ground.
Ourinethod of destroying Black Locust
Is to strip the bark down to the ground, and
then apply salt in liberal quantity It will
not sprout again.
Willows are easily killed by skinning in
the month of May.
A good flock of bheep will aid materially
In destroying weed growths aud, properly
manaued, will keen a field as cleau as a
lawn, L'iautautjue Farrntr.
A young man, on becoming affianced, was
desirous of presenting his Intended with a
rliig appropriately inscribed, but being at
loss to know what to have engraved upon
it he asked his father's advice. "Well,"
said the old geutleuiau, "put on 'When
this you see, remember me.' " The young
lady was surprised a few days after upon re
ceipt of ihe ring, to read this Inscription:
"When this .you tee remember father,"
An Ecrrntrlc Character.
ANECDOTES OF TOM MARSHALL.
The stories of Tom Marshall, the Con
gressional wit from Kentucky, are numerous
and tome of them have been so often told
that he should bo a bold man who would at
tempt to retail them for a newspaper. Tom
Marshull is dead, and all kind men who can
appreciate his kind heart and mind hope
that Christ, who died for sinners, and
who will ha their judge, has found means to
euro and save o worthy a creature of his
hand. How ofien has Marshall, faultless in
dress, calm and perfectly sohr, stood on the '
putlurui befon, hushed uud expectantati
diences of the beauty, f.i-liwu aud best man
hood of K'niii'dcv, n'i'l, with every nerve of
ui iieuil being tuned for the supreme ef
fort, his eyes flashed and Ids form towering,
told how he hud been beh.re a magistrate
ami ort i.iu ,u the hot) evangelists never to
touch or taste intoxicating drink.
I seem to see him now, pale with growing
x. it. in, .m l unusual abstinence, with his
hands lilted, as iu thanksgiving nnd prayer,
apparently willing to die rather thau go
lin k h- d r nl l ion of tlio cup, while
his audieuce ivas thrilled as he shouted out
Ms joy at self emanclp.itiou, and thanked
Cud A-lth !to inline eves that he
was fiee fiirevr from the horror of a drunk
ard - Jfiu',, i, seemed to me that the poem
of N I'. Willis was written expressly for
Marshall, 'the victor over self as he quoted
and acted it :
Thtu das . the brimming cup aside
Aud spill ios purple nine ; '
Taite not its madness to thy lip,
Let not its curse be thiue.
Tis rich and red, but grief and woe
Are lu its rosy depths below.
Or, aguln, iu sud emphasis :
Within the goblet's crystal deeps
A stinging serpent unseeu sleeps,
There's not a bubble on its brim
That does not carry food for him.
Or, la very rage and scorn :
I bate, abhor, detest the smell
Of this dark beverage of hell.
Sometimes for three months this ecstacsy
and inspiration would lagt, and then the
need of artificial stimulation for so over
wrought a condition would return, and
'Tom,' 'Old Tom,' 'Poor Tom,' asmenca'led
him, would be drunk again.
Once Henry Bascombe, LL. D., the able
and eloquent Bishop of the Methodist
Church, saw him leaning against the outer
walls of a Methodist chapel at night, and
said, in bitter jest, not knowing him : "I
Buppose you are a Methodist, from your at
tachment to the building?"
I lean tbat way, Bishop," said Tom, in
his best Congressional manner; "(hie) give
me, your arm and I'll see you as far as my
door," and the Bishop did.
Prof. Shanuon, since President of the
Kentucky University, and now of St. Louis,
once thought to reprove him as he staggered
up the steps of the Harrodsburg Court
House. "Ob, dear, Mr. Marshall," heTie
gan, "drunk again 1"
"Never miud," said Tom, "so am I," and
he went in, aud holding himself by a table,
made a speech that saved a man from the
gallows. r
Like Daniel Webster, who once soaked
up a pint of brandy in a loaf of .bread and
ale the bread, being retained in a case dur
ing the trial of which he had promised not
to driuk anything, Tom Marshall was bril
liant in his cups, and only at the end of a
week's "constitutional" did he ever get so
oblivious of facts as to make the following
story of tlie Batterton House a possibility.
It has 'been told in many ways, but Mr, Tal
bot, of Boyle county, who was hi friend,
says that this is the true one:
Tom bad gone to his room, after lecturing
to a group of medical students on the vice
of drinking, but soon came out partly dress
ed, and called excitedly for the landlord.
That large gentleman responded, and Tom
said: "Ain't I responsible 'nough to have a
private room ? What d'ye put that fellow
in there with me for?"
"It is a strictly private room, Mr. Mar
shall," said niino host.
" Tain't bo ; feller's in there," Tom per
sisted. The laudlurd went to see, and Tom, hold
ing his arm, soon bad him In the middle of
the room, opposite u large and handsome
mirror, "There," said Tom, "told you bo.
See him yourself, don't you ? Don't tbiut
I'm druuk now, do you? Two of 'em, by
George I One of 'em 'nough like you to be
your brother, and t'other one the druukest,
sllllest-lookln' fool I ever did seel" Mar
shall, when sober, Bald tbo whole thing was
made up to tease him, which was not im
probable, save that his tendency to shoot
made jokes about bim very like torpedo
warfare, 1. 1 , dangerous to the holder.
Soils are benefited chemically by the tree
admission of air to their interior parls.partly
because It enables them to extract from the
air certain chemical agents of which they
are In want, aud partly by means of the in
fluence exercised by the constituents of the
atmosphere in disintegrating solid earthy
particles.
No farmer iu tlio older Slates can afford
to sell wood-ashes for any price that the
soap-boiler would pay, 'Where oats lodge,
as they are apt to do upon heavily manured
land, au application of ashes would save the
crop,
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