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THE COLUMBIAN.
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si y Till in irifrtil To ut)scrlborii out of the
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rilll, iiT, 'inttuii irr raym .iro pald.troi li.hii
cntlilM 'relit utter I hi' expiration of I he llr-l
y.s.1-will not be j?ton
tn n.mf.rM sunt nut of ha Mtato or to distant Poit
offices must to paid for In advance, unless a rcspon-
alblQ person in uuiumoia conn.y awumon wj pny .no
subscription doe on demand,
POST AO K la no longer exacted from subscribers In
he county.
JOB I3 ni3ST TI 1ST O.
Inbbltit iiepatttnonl of thuCoLDHDUNlsvery
mi pti. and onr j d rnnnnir win comnoro larora-
bli Wltn Ilia. 01 mo iarH cmrn. nil wura uune un
demand, neat ly ana at moaeraie pners,
I:-
lie
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BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 30. 1878.
THE COLUMBIAN. VOL. XII. NO. 33
COLUMIIIA DKMOCHAT, VOL. XUl, NO, Tl
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Insertions, anil at mat into for additional Insertions
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Kiccutor's, Amlnlitrator's and Auditor's notice
three dollars. Must be paid for when Inserted.
Transient or Local notices, twenty cents allae
regular advertisements bait rales.
Cards In the "nnslnts Directory" column, DM
dollar per year for cacti line.
Columbia County Official Directory.
President Judge William Elwell.
Asm-clate judges I. K Krlckbaum, 7. L. Hnuman.
Promonotarn, c 11. Prank Zarr,
Court utonoffrnpner s. N. Walker.
tolstorfi llocordor Williamson II. Jacoby.
District Attorney ltebcrt it. Little.
Sheriff John w. Hoffman,
survsvor wmuel Neyhard.
Treasurcr-nr 11. w. Mcucynolds.
onmiistoucrs John ,nerner, 8. W. MclJenry,
3 commss'lone'ra Clork-Wllllam Krlckbaum.
Audllors-M. V. 11. Kllno, J. 11. Casey, K. I). Brown.
OoronorAlsalah Yonger.
.lurv Commissioners Ml Robblns, Tlicodoro W.
Bo!un'tv Supcrlntcndcnt-Wllllam II. Snyder.
Illooml'oor Ulstiict-Dlrectors-It. H. Knt,Bcott,
Km, Kramer, liloomsburg and Thomas llccco,
Icoit. Secretary.
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
President cf Town Council el. A. llcrrlnj.
Clerk-Paul K, Wirt,
Chief of I'ollco-Jas. 0. sterner,
rrcsldent of Uas company S. Knorr.
Bocretary-C. W. Miller.
uioouisoure Banking company-John A.Funston,
fresldoii',11. 11. uroiz, Cashier, John I'eacock, Tcl-
Flrs ts"a lonai Bank-Charles It. raxton, ""resident
r. P. Tustln, cashier.
Columbia County Mutual Having Fund and Loan
. a- 1 . T,.,A W. MIllnT.
YSUUVlil'lUU ft. ... i.lllU, 1II.D1UI.UI, wt .........v.,
Bloomsburg Building andsavlng Fund Association
nanivtr iimniitun ... .1. ii. unMson. Hocretary.
BIoo'msburgMuiual Saving Fund Aasoclailon J,
I Urowcr, iTeslden' , C. O. Barkley, secretary.
CnURCH DIRECTORY.
airrisT cntmcii,
Uov, J.P.Tustln,(8upply.)
Sunday Bcrvlccs 1"X a. m. and t)i p. m.
Sundav school-9 a. m.
Prayer Meeting Every Wednesday evening at X
saais'treo. Tho public aro Invlicd to attend.
ST. MATTnSW'S LUTnXKlK CnCRCH.
flnls or-Rev.o. D. 8. Marclay.
Sunday Services loi a. m. and 7xp. m.
M$gmr Wednesday evening at TX
Beats free. Nopews rented. All are welcome.
ritSSBTTIRUN cuencn.
Mlnlsicr-Hev. Stuart MUihell.
Sunday Services 10) a. in. and t p. m.
sundav school 9 a. m. , ....
Praver Mee Ing-Kvcry Wednesday evening at 6M
Sea's freo. No pews rented. Strangers welcome.
TTERVEY E. SMITH,
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW,
omco In A. J, Erin's Ntw licamno,
BLOOMSllUnO, TA.
Member ef Commercial Law and Bank Collection As
sociation. Oct. 14, '7T-U
r W.MILLER,
' ATTOltNKY-AT-LAW
Offlco In Browcr's building, socend floor, room No.
1. , Bloomsburg, ra.t
W. II. Abbott. W. II. Brawn,
ABBOTT & IUIAWN,
Attorney s-nt-Law.
CATAWISSA, PA.
Pensions obtained.
dee l,'TT-ly
VEGETINE
Purifies the blood, ren
ovates anil invigor
ates the whole
System.
its medical l'norniiTins Attn
Alterative,
MISCELLANEOUS.
ItOWEL L,
DENTIST.
Offlco, In Ilsrtman's Block, second Door, corner
BLOOM8BUUO, Pa.
Tonic, Solvent
Ditnetic.
and
Select Story.
MISS VICTORIA'S UUnOLAR.
BY X1MENA.
Main and Market Streets,
Mays ly,
Sow
uirrnoniST sriscorit. cnuncn.
Presiding Elder-Hev. W. Evans.
Minister itev. M. L. smyscr.
Sunday Services l"X and e r. m.
2?naav Bcliool-i P-5,.. ,, . .olnek.
Voune Men's Praer Mooilng-fivery Tuesday
M. DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH.
Sowing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re
paired. OriRi Hocsk Building, Bloomsburg, 1'.
-yjy Y. K ESTER,
over Maize's stork. Bloomsbure. Pa.
oprlt 19, 1616.
TlRITISII AMERICA ASSURANCE CO-
JL.
Tho nBseta of tlirsi old cornorotlons are all In-
vested in SOLID SKCUKlTIliS andare liable to the
no7ara or Fire oniy.
M nnrrnip imps on i na ufsi, riPKn hi 1: iiiunu uuix-ULt'u.
i riRcR mnurTLY ntid honestly adlubtod and raid
Att hat n an determined by Christian V. Knapp. e re-
ciai Agent ana ajun(T. u oomsuurff, iTnn a,
Ttm citizens or Columbia count fehould Datronlze
the aj?ency where losses, It any, aro adjusted and
REA8 BROWN'S INSURANCE AGEN-
CY, Kxcnango Hotel, uioomsourg, l'n.
Rtna, Ins Co., of Hartford, Connecticut.
'oTefaryeMeetlng-Kvery Thursday evening SSS!"":":V-.:
I o'clock, nrnnKnn. Lancansulre.......... I?.???.".??
Canltal.
e.ow.iKio
wrnnuMl cnOHCtl.
Cornor of Third and Iron streets.
Pastor ltev. W. B. Krebs. . ,
Kciildence Corner 4th and Catharine sjreets.
Sunday Services 10tf a. m. and 1 p. in.
Sunday School 9 a. m.
prayer Meeting-Saturday, T p. m.
All aro Invited There Is always room.
ST. PAUL'S cncKcn.
Hector Itev L. Zohnerv
sundav Servlces-lotf a. m., tyt p. m.
?n5I?S?..L-il' nnmmnnton.
Services preparatory to Communion on Friday
ivening ootoro tnu Btouuuaj iii.i.
Pows rented: but everybody welcome.
SVANOSUCiLClIUBCH.
Presiding Elder Kev, A. L. isecscr.
Minister Kev. Oeorgo Hunter.
Runday Serrlcc s p. m In tho iron Street Church.
Pra , -r Meeting Kvery sabbath at J p. m.
All aro Invited. All are welcome.
.n.nnnirpiinrrnDtirr
Meets in "the little Brick Church on tho hill,"
known as tho weisn uaptisi, mi n. omv.
Caitegular meeting for worship, every Lord's day at.
"eatK free ; and tho- public aro cordially Invited to
attend ..
BLOOMSBURG DIRECTORY.
lire Association, Philadelphia
Farmers Mutual of Danville
Danville Mutual..
Home, Now York.
3.100.000
1,000,000
75,01X1
5,eoo,ooo
180.031.000
A s tho acencles are direct, policies are rltten for
the insured wltnout any dclaj in tho offlce at Uiooms
ourg.
narcn m.'ii y
F. HARTMAN
HBrKESlENTH T11K rULXUIVLMt
AM FK I CAN INbUHANCE COMPANIES:
Lycoming of Muncy Pennsylvania.
1 onn American oi l nuaaeipuin, r
ranklln. of ' "
cnnsylvanla of "
armeraoi xora, ra.
anovcr of New York.
Manbattanof "
omco on Market street mo. c, uioomsourg, ra.
oct. !, TT-ly.
CATAWISSA.
nnimnt. npnETlH Wnnlr. SiiHt nrinteil and
3 neatly bound tn small books, on hand and
for sale at wo uilumbi.ii uiuvc.
LANK DEEDS, on Tarclimant and Linen
nnnw fnmmnn (inn Tnr Auminia' rnwioi xi-v n-
tors and trusues, for Bale cneapat wo ww
M. L. EYERLY,
Catawlasa, Pa.
collections nromntlr mado and remitted. Offlce I
. . . ..- .. . a aa
onposirc uaiAwissa ut:uuciii. iuuik. voi-eo
ICO. U 1CB. JNO. X. rKTVIKR. COAS. S. XDWARSB.
TO. R. HAGENBUCH,
wira
Kntib, Fryiulcr &. Edward,
Vegetlno
Vcgctlue
Vegelino
Vegetlne
Vcgetiue
Vegetlne
Vcgetine
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vcgetiue
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vegetlne
Vegetine
Reliable Evidence.
Mb. II. It. Stuvkks.
IienrHlr-l will most cheerfully add
my testimony to the great numlcryou
nave oin'ii'iy rrc iven in ravor oiour
great and good medicine, Vegellne, for I
donottlilok enough can bo Raid In Its
Dralso : for I was troubled over thirty
ijears with that dreadlui dUcaso.C'ntarrli.
and had such bad coughlog-spells that It
iwould FPcm as though 1 never could
jbreatho any more, and Vegelino has
the nmo that there M so good a medicine
isVegptlnc, nud 1 also think Itonoof
the best tn-dlrines fir coughs and weak,
sinking feelings at tho stomach, and nd-
vish evcr oonv io iat;o mo egciine, lor
1 can nssuro them it Is one of tho best
medicines that ever was.
Mits. I. noun,
C or. ogii7lne Walnut Sts.,
Cambridge, Mass.
rtlVRR
HBAITH, STIIBWOTH
AND APrKTITE.
Mr riantrbter has rerelved ereat. bene
fit from tho upe of Vetretlnp. Her de
clining health wob source of great, nnx
ifiy to an ner mnns. a lew nomes or
Vegetlne rebtored her health, strengtli
and appetite.
ri ii. 1 1 1. nr.;..
Insurance Beal K.tnte Agent,
No. 49 Fears Building,
Boston Mass.
CANNOT BR
EXCEl LED
CHAHI.ESTOWN, MaSS.
H. Ii. Stkvkns.
Hoar Mr Tills U to certify that I havo
ucd your ''Blood rrepnrnllnn" In my
tamllv for severnl jenr, and think that,
fnr Ri-.rnfnli nr 1'nnkprfin. IlliinrirB or
Vegetlne illtieumatlc AlTectloiis, it ennnot
'medicine, It Is the best thing I havo eor
ued, and I have used almost everything
I can cheerfully recommend It to any
one In need of such a medicine.
ours respectfully,
Mrs. A. A . DISSMOHK
N o. 19 Itussel Street.
IT7i A
Valuable Kemedy.
South Bostos. Feb. 7. 1ST0.
Mu Stkvess:
Dear sir t havo tnken several bottles
of your vegetlne, and am convlnepd It Is
a vaiuaoie rempay ior iiyppppsia,iiuiipy
complaint, and general debility of tho
system.
l can nearinv recommenu it uj uu ui
ferlngrom tho above complaints.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. MUNItOK PABKKIi,
80 Athens street.
VEGETINE
Is rcpared by
H. R. STEVENS. Boston,
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists
TARRlAGECERTIFICATtiuitprintca
1VI ai ihn roi.TivnTAN omce. Minis-
irf t h. riMm.1 and Justices should Bupplythem-
selves witn tnesoneucnaiuj' mnww.
TiTHTlflKS and Constables' F'ee-Bills for Bale (Successors to Benedict Dorscy Sons, m Market
-I nip Thev contain tho cor- street. . . .
importers ana aeaicrs in
OHINA, GLASS AND QUEENSWARE,
ra Market Street, Philadelphia.
Constantly on hand Original and Assorted Packages
Juno 89, "Il-ly
PENNSYLVANIA
GREAT TRUNK LINE
AND
UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE.
The Great New Medicine!
.Vptirt fpea as established by the last Act of tho Leg.
iitureupon the subject. Every Justice ana con.
stable should have one.
" 7" ENDUE NOTES just printed and for Bale
y cheap at ino uolombiak ouice,
PHOKKSSIONAI, CAItDS.
c
Q. BARKLEY, Attornev-at-Law.
In Brower's building, 2nd story,
Office
Itooms 4 i 6
f-It. WM. M. REBER. Surgeon and I'liysi-
It clan, omco S. K. corner Hock and Market
streets.
R. EVANS. M. D.. Surgeon and l'hysi
clan, (Offlco and Kesldence on Third street,
B.iMcKELVY. M. D.. Surgeon and Phy
sician, north side Main street, below Market.
B. ROB1SON, Attorncy-al-Law.
In Hartman's buildlng.Maln Btrect.
Office
ROSENSTOCK, Photographer,
, Clark A: Wolf's Store, Main street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
D
AVID LOWENBERO, Merchant Tailor
Main St., above Central Hotel,
IS. KUIIN, dealer ib Meat, Tallow, etc.,
Centre Btreet, between Second and Third.
BUSINESS CARDS.
J E. WALLER,
Attorney-at-Law.
Increase of Pensions eUalted, Collections made.
Offlce, Second door from 1st atlonal Bank.
BLOOMSBUHO, PA.
Jan. 11, 1878
D
R. J. C. RUTTER,
H Y81CIAN SDHOEON,
Office, North Market street,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Mar.ST,'74
OAMUEL KNORR.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BLOOMSIHTRO, PA,
Hartman's Block, corner Main and Market
Omce
Streets
N
FUNK.
Ano. n-y
at-1 nv.
Increase of Pin-iunn Ol taincd, CollectioDS
M aue.
BLOOMSnuna, PA.
Offlce In Em's Bciijiino.
DR.
I. L. RABB,
PRACTICAL DENTIST,
Main street, opposite Episcopal Church, Blooms-
ourg, ra.
wr- Teeth eitracted without pain,
aug S4, IT-ly,
gROCKWAY & ELWELL,
A T TO R N E Y S-A T-L A W,
CotuMBiAN BuiuiiNo, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Members of the United States Law Association.
Collections made In any part of America or Europe
Tho nttentlnn of tho travelling nnbllfl Is rpsnect-
fully Invited to s-me of the menu of this greatbtgh
wny. in the conndpnt assertion and belief that no
other line can offer equal Inducements as a route of
tnrougu travel, in
Construction and Equipment
THE
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Htanilit cnnfpsseillv at tho bend of American railways.
The track Is double tho entire length of the line, of
steel rails laid on heavy oak lies, hlch aro emtied
ded In a foundation of rock ballast eighteen Inches
in dppth. All bridges are or iron or stone, ana ouu.
unoh the most approved plans, its passenger cars,
while eminently sate and substantial, are at tho
same time models of comfort and elegance.
THE SAFETY APPLIANCES
I In ue on this line well Illustrate tho far-seeing and
i literal noiicy or its management. in aecoraance wuu
WLUCU mo uiuuy only oi an uupruveiueub tuiuuui
Its cost has been the question of consideration.
Among many may be noticea
THE BLOCK SYSTEM OF SAFETY SIGNALS,
JANNEV COUPLER, BUFFER and PLATFOBU
THE WHARTON PATENT SWITCH,
AND THE
WESTING-HOUSE AIR-BRAKE,
fnrmlhtrln rnnlnnetlnn with a nerfeet double track
and ro.ul bed a combination of safeguards against
icldi'ntH uhlcti have rendered ti.em practically Im
possible.
Fullmmi Palace Cars
aro run on all Express Trains
Prom Neir York, rbltaile1ph.at llnllluiorr nod
)t HbUlDMIUIli
To C'litravo, Ciurlnnnilt IuuUvlllf lndluDupoll
ii uu ri. i,ouii
MITIIOl'T 'IIiiV(;B,
and to all principal points tn the tar Weet and South
wiiii hut one rhaiuru of ci.ni. Connections are made
In llulon IXpota, and are assured to all Important
points.
IBB SCENERY
OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
in Admitted to be unsurpassed In the world for gran.
deur, beauty and variety, superior refreshment fa
cilities are provided. Kmplojnsaro courteous and
ailcnilve, aim it ii. uu iuc,iu.uia ivsui. in.,
me renns) ivauia nauruitu uiuei. ,ui ui
A Hoalth-Giving Power!
PURIFIES THE BLOOD,
INVICORATES THE LIVER,
PROMOTES DIGESTION, nnd
8TRENOTHENS THE NERVE8,
Thtts effcctunlly curlngx illafase of ivlint.
vvcir iiniue or nuture. It Is wortUy of a
trial. lti;r.Ii:K euurunteetl.
Is AGREEADLK 1o t lie tint r, OltATEFUI.
to the tumacli. unil net efllcluntly as a
CATIIAHT1C, AITKKATIVK anil IJ1U
ltCTlC. Its uctlau U not attenilel Itli
anv unnieatant irellnc. neitiier Is lan-
gour nor rielillity ei!rlenceil, lint on tho
contrary, r"freHnient ami Invlgornllon
Its inimrillate elTert nnon tlie illuestivo
drcana, whether Impaired by tllstase or
exnaiiiiru noni any runic, iu innruiu
flivlr powers of nsstmllattnn and nutri
tion, the appetite being tncrfuied at once..
To those ii fleeted with un engorged con
ilitloii or the liver, as Ulllounness. clnir-
utter I zed by a dusky complexion, a coated
tongue, a pusiy, wan msie mine iun n, k
cniirlrlons anpetlto and bIuiesIsU udlon
of the bowels, with a sense of full nm In
tne neaii sua ormentui iiuiiness, viiiuii
EMK proves most valuable.
Its effect upon the kidneys Is no less
Iiappy, a turbid, Irrltuttng urine 1
quiikly cleared up by It
Inflammatory and Chronic 1UIKUMA
TISSI will soon illsuppeur by a persistent
iso of VICiOUia.NK.
For the cure ofNklu Ulseases and Hrnn
lions of all kinds, VIGOltKNK Is most
ceituln i
VICiOIiKsK Is conuioseil of the active
Rroiieitlesnr IIKUUS, llOUTN, UUMH and
AU1CH, thut Nut in o ulone lurulshes,
greut euro being taken by us that they
are gntheied ut the right season of tho
year, and that they possess their nutlve
virtues
Thut Vlt-Olll.M; has thniiowertoPUll-
II'V TIIK III.OH, INVltiOKATi; the
lilVKIt. nnd STIJIUI..VTK the DIURHT-
IVK OltWA.VH, is Indlsputuhly proven by
those who have given It a trial and have
been permanently cured.
We do not usk yon to try n do ten bottles
to experience relief, fur we O U A 11 A NT K K
you will feel better from the tlrst few
doses
ViaoilKNitl is astonlshlnir the world
with Its cures, and Is throwing ull niher
TUNICS, ALrKKATIVKH and INVKiOH
ANTH, Into the shade. Vut up In large
bottles, double strenicth. lleaulres small
doses, and Is pleasant to take.
Price, 9100 per llottle.
WAlKER & BADGER MFG. CO., Prop's.
83 lilt St., tftw Tcri, ml Jiru; ZUj, V. J,
THE OBJECT OF EATlO," ft Dew book every
one should reid, sent Htm upon recslpt of ono
oDt ituap.
For Sale at I J.
DBTJQ STORE,
ISIooinsbiir,
Ian.19, la.-ly.
p B. A W.J.BUOKALEW,
" ATT011NBV8.AT.LAW,
Bloomsbdrir, fa.
Offlce on Main Street, Crst door below Court House
T F. & J, M. CLARK,
ATTOBNKV8-AT-U.W
A PLEASING AND MEMORABLE EX-
riciuiiM;K.
ti.vi fnr sniff ftt tin. lowest ratfa at tbe Ticket
Offices of tbe company In all Important cities and
towns.
yitANK THOMrsON.
ueneraiuanaeer,
I. P. FARMER.
Gel 1'asaenfcrer Agent,
S. W. Douglass,
Civil ami Mining Engineer,
ASHLAND, PA.
Bloomiburj,ra.
Offlce In Ent's Iiulldlof ,
rp P. BILLMEYER,
ATTOIINKV AT LAW,
Oinca-ln iiarman'aliuUalntr.Milnitrett,
uroomsburir, la.
i. h. LiTTLZ, um
H. A R. R. LITTLE,
ATTORHBT8-AT.IJ.W,
Bloomiburg, fat
.t. it Knnnu.KRll. Paral Acrent Mlddla DlsL.
1. norm tuiru cirecfciiuiisuiuK, . u.
ieo. i, i-iy,
JP M. BOUTON,
.Main Street, Orangevillo, ra.
Dealer In
DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,
Fine Toilet Soaps, BruBhes,Ooinbs,&o,
i'Vtiif Flawing Zlrfrpcfn, JWvmrry onij i'orny
2Vit( Articlts in Entlltu Vwriilj.
Alaoa Fine assortment ot
lire Woods) and Do StuflW.
Bncllnsn4Cttii:gTc.flecsi,C'!g.r.lrniff,&e. I Bridget, Uises, Eruifrc, Bulldisge, Enlnej(
fhySlClQna J.-'rescripUOIlS niMru, ana all kinds of matlilnery for use of cases
accurately compounded. A abars a puuio patron-1 at Court or for applications to tc-curo raieiiia,
General Sutvoying and Engineering
Business attended to with Oare
and Dispatch,
I am prepared to make drawings, Plans and
Models lu Wood, Unas, Iron, or the abote materials
combined as necessary of
... k tiia ti. il rtestouo altenonl 1 aie.u wucttea.
tllJM lluioaWuu BOlilux, -M juiye,i-w
Talents fecrurc
inarcli Vt,8-
'Dcar me, Vicl said Matlldfi with n sliiver
'aupposo we should bo robbed ?'
'Well,' win tho reply, nccompanled by n
deflnut little toss ot tho head, 'we shall have
to stand our chanco with tho rest of folks,
that's all I'
For these two elderly sisters, inmate of
the quietest houso in quiet Blako's Row, to
bo left unprotected at night, was no new
thine; ; but when had they felt so timid be
fore? To speak the truth, they had not
hitherto been possessed of much to tempt
rogues no silver plate, save a few well worn
spoons ; nor any jewelry, except n long, thin
thrend chain, which together with an old
fashioned open-faced watch, tho elder sister
wore, two or three insignificant rings, and a
couple of plain brooches. But to-night it
was far different. In fact,the whole day had
been different from any other day in their
long, placid experience ; for at precisely 2
o'clock that afternoon their young niece,
Miss Sadlo West, who had been left lo them
when a babe, bad becomo Mrs. Franklin
I'aino Robinson, and a little later had gone
away upon her wedding tour, leaving her
fond aunts with their kind hearts aching
and ft good peal ol holiday disorder to set
again to rights ; greater than this a serious
responsibility she had left them her wed
ding presents to take care of. Thero was the
precious, glittering array upon tho piano lid
tho love of many well-wishers made tang'
iblein the form of Bilver spoons, knives,
purses, shawl pins, rings and bracelets, In
suitable morocco eases,llned with the, dalnti
est tints of satin,
Tired out by tho excitement of a busy day
and the greatest nuptial event of their lives
another person's wedding -the Misses Bur-
ney had sat down by the low fire to chat to
gether, glad to be ulone after the arduous
duty of entertaining so many guesK Miss
Matilda, who at 42 had tho slight figure of
an undeveloped cirl of 1G, and a face ex.
pressivo of timid gentleness in all. its lines,
had just 'cmarked for the the twentieth time
at leant, 'I declare, Vic, our Sadie did look
sweet ; and everything did go ofT to nice-
iy-'
Then Miss Victoria with that unflagging
admiration which it is only human to feel
for success which one helps to being about
ono's self, replied : 'Yes ; we can congratu
late ourselves that thero wasn't a bitch any
where, Tilly.'
'I am glad enough to Beo how Franklin
doats upon her,' Matilda went on, thinking
of tbe pretty bride j 'and as for her well, I
never did see a girl so wrapped up.' Then
she sighed, and broko off suddenly. That
her niece should be Bodevotedly in love with
her husband was highly satisfactory to Miss
Matilda's reason, yet her tender, lonely
heart uttered its protest, whispering : 'You
shall never again hear that glad, impulsive
voice, crying, 'dear Aunt Tilly, I do lovo you
so!' '
Ah, me 1 It is inseparable from our poor
human lot, perhaps, that any change, how
soever joyful iu the main, must give Home
body a heartache.
All at once Miss Victoria uttered a sharp
exclamation.
'My gracious, Vic 1' cried her sister, 'how
you startled me 1'
'Guess what time it is, Tilly, and we Bit-
tiug here as if there was nothing to do, and
no to-morrow,'
Twelvo o'clock If
'Yes ; and we haven't thought how to dis'
P080 of Sadie's things. It will never do to
leave them there on the piano all night
Then the youncer sister spoke as at the
opening of tbe story, and Victoria replied
philosophically.
Matilda did not find comfort in her sister s
words. She gave a frightened glance over
her shoulder and discovered that, though the
shutters of tho back window were closed,tbe
curtain was not carefully drawn. There was
therefore, a dark 'background which her fear
ful fancy hastened to fill in. She bad ull the
symptoms of a nervous fright at once. In
deed, there was something suggestive to her
of niebt watches by tick beds, and solemn
death vigils, in the mere fuct of being ur
and dressed at mid-night. 'It won't be our
fault, Victoria, if we haven't succeed in iu
vjtiiig a burglar to walk iu and help hinv
self. The idea of leaving the lamps burn
ing, and tho shutters so that any one can
look into the room I'
'Well, it's no use to fret over it uoiv,
Tilly, Let us get up and do the best we
can,'
Miss Victoria's tone of voice, eh well as a
certain air of mild defiance which she some
tiiueH wore, were BUggestive of the sell as
sertion forced by circumstances upon a timid
and shrinking spirit, rather than of native
hardneBsand energy.
She had not only had her own way to
make in the world, but Matilda's and Sadie's
as vi ell.
'I do wish the dear had taken her keep
sakes along with her in her trunk, or eUo
that wo had thought to ask Sir, Pinnet to
put them in his hafe for us.'
Mls Matilda went over toward tho from
window as she spoke, and looked out. The
little btores opposite were clostd, and the
nooden shutters sent forth a dull Dicker un
der tho street lamp. There were no passeis
by in that quiet suburb at such an hour ;
but what evil-minded wretches might not he
prowling about ?
'It wouldn't havo been a bad iden, 'return
ed Miss Victoria, 'to have asked Mr, Pinnet
but what iu the world is the use of talking
about it now ?'
She poke testily, for it certainly was an
exasperating way her sister had of wishing
things otherwise iu the face oi au emergen
cy. 'Come, come, Tilly, set your wits to work;
we must hide these things away,'
'In so many different places,' added the
younger Mins Buruey faintly, 'that the
sharpest robber in tho world would not bo
able to find them all. But suppose we should
bo ordered out of bed at the point of a pis
tol, and made to show where everything
Is ?'
'I wouldn't give them up without a strug
gle, whatever you might do, Tilly,'
Matilda waited to close (he shutters care
fully, then walked over to the plauo, where
her sister was busily engaged. Iu that brief
space of time since Victoria's answer, Miss
Matilda had gone to bed, in imagination,
bad been waked by a mid-night assassin la
a lilttk itmiljccjr, dtur Victoria wai
murdered In her bed for refuslug to get up,
she herself was marched down stairs at tho
muzzle of a six-shooter, and was about to
faint dead away on the sitting room floor,
when tho harrowing thread of fancy was
broken,
'I tell you what it is, Tilly, I think I will
bury this in the flour batrel. Tho box can
be well wrapped in a clean towel,and it need
not be a bit harmed,
She was holding a largo soup ladlo In her
band j her own gift to the bride, It naturally
seemed worthy her earliest solicitude.
'And,' added she, those spoons might be
covered with a newspaper and thrust up the
chimney. 'Ihere isn't enough heat in the
coals ' Suddenly Tilly's hand took hold
of her arm with a low expressive squeeze.
'Victoriain a mutlled monotone, 'I really
thluk I saw that baclc shutter move. I
feel in my very marrow that some one is
watching Us.'
'I'ooh 1 cried Victoria.nll the moro sharp
ly becauso she was conscious of a queer,
creeping sensation.' Toobl you aro so fool
ish, Tilly.'
Nevertheless, her grey eyes were nervously
dilated, and her actions spoke of spasmodic
effort as sho walked quickly acros- the floor
and jerked down tho curtain, then hastily
lowered the lamp,
It was fully threo quarters of an hour be
fore the ladie9 had secreted everything ; and I
by tho time they were upstairs in their
room, preparing for bed, tho hall clock
struck one.
They were wondering what they had bet
ter do with their purse the common house
hold purse as it contained money received
from rents which they had not found timo to
carry to the bank that day.
'Put it under your pillow, Matilda,' sug
gested Victoria,- 'then nobody can possibly
get it without waking you, I shouldn't
think
'What good do you imagine it would do if
I were waked, Victoria?' Matilda's voice
had an unmistakable quaver In it. 'Xo, I
thank you, my dear ; but since you wouldn't
mind '
'Well, well,' impatiently; 'give me the
gold, Tilly. I will guarantee to take care of
that Let them have the Bilvcr.if they want
it.'
As they were undressing in the dark, Tilly
was obliged to strike several matches before
she could select the two precious twenties
from among the half dollars.
In the feeble glimmer Miss Victoria was
lisclosed with her band over her head hold
ing her thick brown hair ready for coiling.
When she knotted it up again, the pieces of
money, wrapped in a bit of torn paper, were
securely bound up in tbe midst of it. No
wonder she was proud of her ingenious hid'
ing.place.
"Now, whero's .the robbers who would
think:
Of ever looking there for chink?"
Cried Miss Victoria, triumphantly ; and if
Matilda had heard a sepulchral 'Hero' issue
from under the bed or out of the black void
of the cloet the door of which openinc
near the head of the bed stood slightly ajar
it would have chimed in exactly with her
terrors.
'Pont you think we had better light a
candle and search the house, Victoria ?
'You ridiculous creature,' was the elder
Miss Burney's reply ; 'how do you suppose,
with visitors coming and going all day, that
any bad character could possibly have found
a chance to come in ? Nonsense I Let us
hop into bed. Tho sooner we are asleep,the
sooner it will be morning.'
Side by side the sisters lay down.with tired
bodies and excited brains.
No mind, however philosopic, nor any
series of investigations, would ever enable
one to determine in regard to these two la
dies at just what instant on that memorable
night tho trouble of their waking thoughts
pa-sed into the complexed trouble ofdreams,
But it seemed to Miss Victoria that her hea:
had hardly touched the pillow before she
had gone down stairs and was busily at work
pulling a set of silver forks out from the
crease of the sofa, where Bhe had hidden
them, and was trying to hide them over
again without being seen by a dark,shadowy
suspicious-looking personage, who followed
her about and turned upjubt as she though
herself escaped from him. As for Miss Ma
tllda, she had a vivid realization of being
alono in a brilliantly lighted house, follow
ed by her waking dread intensified, namely
that some one without was looking in upoi
her. There were curtains that rolled
automatically as soon as they were pulled
down, and innumerable gas-jets that re-1
themselves when put out. She fled to nn up
per room. Moved by an uncontrollable un
pulse, sho went to a window and peepe
throuuh a blind, Horror of hrrrors I There
in the broad glow of light thrown in lb
vard from a lower window, was plainly tn be
seen n human figure outlined iu the auto
stooping down to look through keyhole.
Shn tried to shriek out for Victoria, strug
tried, gasped and woke. The terror of her
dream was strongly upon her, and she lay
staring into the dark with wild-beating heart,
She could hear her sister breathing placidly
beside her. Did she bear nothing else? Yes
the hall clock ticking soberly. Nothing
else ? Yep as surely as either of these
sounds another. Neither the flutter of any
garments nor fall of any foot, yet distinctly
such indescribable sounds as go to make u
a stealthy motion. Sho was positive that
somebody was in the room. It seemed ages
of intolerable anguish before she coulldrag
her hand from under her head nud urge
over toward her sister. Struggling against
a leaden heaviness, sho finally succeeded I
touching Victoria ou her shoulder, Thi
quiet sluraberer gave a puff and sputter
tossed uneasily, and murmured indistinct
ly:
'Is that you, Tilly? Wha' yo wan1
every syllablo of which pierced the listen
er's frightened heart like something keen
and deadly.
Matilda's only mode of reply was a sharp
plnch,whlch brought her sister broad awake,
'filly's monitory touches warned her not to
speak.
They both lay listening intently. All was
still for a few brief seconds, and tho eldest
sister was about to flounce over, with a pet
tih exclamation about not being so coward
ly as Tilly, when again tho disturbing boum
came the cautious slipping and sliding, thi
subdued, yet defiuite stir of some moving
body.
Matilda quaked anew ; and then Victor!
turned cold. .
Whether it was one minute, orflreoiln
utes, or half an hour, during which these
two lone women palpitatingly hung upon
the cessation and removal of those secret
and terrible sounds, neither could ever de
termine ; but all at once Victoria, without
worrl or warning, flashed out of bed. banzed
to the closet door and turned the key in the
iock.
'There may bo more burglars In tho houso,
liny, she exclaimed in a Tolce of.suppress.
cd excitement ; 'but I've got one of them
In here quick I help mo to bar the door I'
Never wns tho heavy, old-lashlonedbcd
whirled on Its creaking castors so expedltl.
ously. According to ber f'nter's peremptory
directions, Matilda assisted In pushing tho
bead-board close against the closet door,and
then, thero being couslderablo dlstanco bo-
tween the foot-board and tho side wall of the
room, she herself suggested that they should
wedge together other pieces of heavy furni
ture across the space, thus forming astrong
barricade.
'Now,' said Victoria, breathlessly, 'if he !
escapes, it wil' have to bo through the
ventilator.'
'Mlghtcn ho cut through n panel?' asked
Tilly all tho while agonizingly conscious of
the gaping darkness of the hallway.
'He can't do that in a hurry, even if he
has the tools. I am moro nfraid of some
body from the outside coming in. He prob
ably has accomplices. The best thing we
can do is to sit down hero close by the win
dow, so that if wo hear anything suspicious
we can throw it open nnd scream.'
'How .do you suppose he got in Vic-tora?'.
'He must havo secreted himself in the
closet yesterday, and was just preparing to
come out when you heard him and woke
me.'
Wouldn't it havo beeu dreadful, said
Matilda, 'if we had searched the houso be
fore going to bed.and had found him? What
n the world would we have done ? Just to
think that I went in and out of that closet
anging up my clothes 1' So bad Victoria,
To tell the truth, not only wns the burglar
locked safe and sound, but so was the wear
ing apparel of those estimable ladies, for,be
ing methodical to a fault, they never left
their dresses and skirts lying about over
ight. It was no small portion of their dis
tress of mind to be reduced to the necessity
f draping themselves in the bedclothes,with-
out the hope of better things until recued
from their peril,
Both Bisters were delighted to find the
night so far spent, yet the hours until dawn
were filled with unspeakable dread aud
weariness. Once only did they hear anything
to confirm their belief in the robber's pres
ence in the closet, and though nothing moro
terrible than a stilled sneeze, it caused them
to cling conclusively to each other.and men
tally arrange a climax of screams 'Police,
thieves, fire, murder!' for which thero proved
to be no need.
At 5 o'clock, Mr. Pinnet, who kept the
dry goods shop opposite where the Misses
Burney had bought no end of needles, tape
and hair-pins, opened his doors and began
to sweep out the store. To beckon him over
even on the most urgent errand, while her
ister and herself were in such a sorry plight
seemed to Miss Matilda too horrible to be
thought of. Ho was an old bachelor, gossip
said, becauso Matilda Burney had refused
him.
At G o'clock the milkman came, and to
him Miss Victoria was enabled to detail her
desperate situation. He kindly volunteered
to go for an o(riccr,wtiereupou, wrapped in a
quilted patchwork comforter, Tilly fled in
continently to ft back room, leaving her sis
ter to open the frontdoor. Though swathed
in a pair of blankets, Miss Victoria was not
without dignity ; she was enabled to con
verse with Special O'Shaunessy through a
crack iu the sitting room door, and togite
the details of her capture.
After reconnoitering the situation.ho went
away and soon came back with two or three
policemen, and again went up stairs, paying
Jlis Victoria a compliment for her pluck iu
so loud a tone that she could not help but
overhear him. Consequently, though it was
cold enough in the sitting room to freeze the
ideas in one's head,she was conscious of cer
tain inward thrills at the thought of the rep
utation she would now have among her
friends Nay, though she hated nothing
more than notorietv,what if her name should
creep into tho morning papers under some
such laudatory heading ns 'Another lirav
Woman.' or. 'A Hemarkable Instance o
Presenco of Mind?'
Meanwhile, Tilly, who had been rummag
ing around to seo if their treasure was safe,
came shivering in from the kitchen, saying
'What a fearful noise they are making u
stairs 1 I'm sure I hope they won't kill tb
poor wretch 1'
There was indeed such a tiamp of heavy
feet, noUe of gruff voices, and rolling about
of furuituro as was never before heard i
that quiet house since tho day they had
moved into it.
The silence that ensued was more difficult
to endure than the noise, and by the time
somebody came down stairs and knocked at
tho sitting room door, both sisters werequite
pale with susponse nnd terror.
'It's me O'Shaunessv,' said a voice. 'Wi
haVe got him, and would like you ladies to
step up stairs.'
'Very well, sir,' replied Victoria, 'if you
will kindly bring us down two pairs ot alii
pers und a couple of wrappers, we will gou
directly.
The delicate errand was happily perform
ed: and Miss Victoria and Mis Matild
were presently user nding the stairs.
They found their chamber iu unparalleled
disorder, invaded'by mud and tobacco juice.
Several men, in uniform and out, were stand
ing around In various attitudes.
'the heartless wretches,' thought Tilly,
'they look as if it was the greatest joke iu
the world to catch a human being like a rat
iu a hole.'
Her tender heart utterly misgave her for
the part she had played. Not so Victoria's.
Motioned forward by a graceful wave of
0'Sb.liinessy's baud, she stepped gravely to
ward the closet, the door of which stood wide
opeu. Prepared to nuswer a look of malig
nant hate by a severe one of moral disap
proval, she reached the closet, Tilly timor
ously following. Both looked in and there,
grovelling on the floor, with rolling eyes of
ahjectest supplication, Wy a miserable little
mangy dog I
The Ancient Cify of York.
Tho stock of the Williamspoit Gmetle and
Jlulktin has been purchased by Col. Jacob
Salludo, of Williauisport, aud Jacob Tome, of
Maryland. Tho uiauageuieut will continue iu
tho bauds of Mr. Clius, K. l'ritchcr, who an
nounces that the paper will continue iu its
courto as au independent Republican journal,.
A polo club is to bo oriauized at Titumlle,
I'cnna.
Of all tho old things in England York
claims to be tho oldest. Sho has Iloman
antiquities by tho acre ; her people talk of
tho llomnns as familiarly as of tho events of
yesterday, and they trace their genealogy
back 'to tho great grandson of .Tineas, who
was contemporary with King David,"
York was the Iloman capital of Britain, and
Jiere Constantino tho Great was born. This
ancieut town beasts of structures a thou
sand years old, and has Roman antiquities
of all kinds lying a'ound, whilst the people
havo so little, relish fnr modern things that
they almost stopped m iking history after
the 'Wars of tho Hoses.' Tho white roso of
York is introduced Into pretty much every
thing in the city, albeit the piopleputup
tho head of Hlehard, Duke ofork, as a
warning to traitors, upon the chief entrance
to the city, Micklcgato bar. Tho two and
three-quarter miles of old and carefully pre
served walls, towers, gates, battlements and
bastions, almost surrounding this ancient
city, enclosa a sort of condensed Boston, al
though the streets outrival anything that
Bo-ton can show in the matters of crooked
ness and Irregularity, They are not ouly
crooked but of varying width, and run Into
and out of each other aud all sorts of angles
and by all sorts of curves. Every house is
ancient and Iloman like in appearance,
Even the few new ones put up are made so
as to unito to the curious and cumbrous con
struction of the olden time. It is a very
easy city to get lost in, but then the towers
of the Minster stand nut as a landmark
which can bo sought for a fresb start. The
streets are nearly all named 'gates,' such as
Petersgate, Castlegate, Newgate, Friarirste
Fossgate, Crippiegate, Goodromgate, Fi.h
ergate, Moukgate, Skeldergate and the like.
whilst the gates are called 'bars.' Tho old
castle of York is of little account now
all that Is left being a flattened, broad, rnun
tower, called Clifford's Tower, dating from
the Norman conquest. The remainder n
the present castle is a comparatively midern
structure within high wall., and used ns
jail. The city has any number of churches
They appear in all directions. Thee a
several ot them under the very walls of the
Minster. A chief use to which they seem
just now to bo put is as public bill boards,
All the churches contain an announcement
to the public to step in and pay their taxes
and also long lists of voters, for Ynrk I
about having an election, and this is th
way the polling lists aro put up. Might not
Philadelphia get ft hint from this antique
city and put up her elections on the church
es as well as on the taverns ? York's chin
present pride seems to centre in an old stage
Mil and her Minster. Jealouslv guarded as
precious relic is this old stage bill.
about six inches by four, printed in ancient
type, in 1706,and announcing the beginnin;
of the regular stage line between York and
.ondon, on which the stages were to start
three times a week, beginning April 12, i
that year. This line, the little bill tells us
performs tho wholo journey in four days (If
God pirmits), and sets forth at 6 in the
morning.'
York Minster, the Cathedral of St. Petor,
worthy the pride of the city. It is the
urgest Gothic church in England, and con-
ains the largest church bell in the King
dom 'Old Peter' weighing 10 tons, and
struck regularly every day at noon. The
Minster is ol huge size, 021 feet long, 222
wide, U9 feet high in the nave, and about
200 feet iu the towers. The nave would hold
the Masonic temple of Philadelphia, with
out its toner, though one can stand under
tho central lantern tower of York Slicster,
and look up 100 feet to the roof, it being
212 feet high. The-e are large proportio ns,
and thero is no wonder this massive pile was
two' centuries in building. Its great charm
are its windows, most of them containing
the origiual stained glass, some of it diting
back as far us the year 1300. These windows
are of enormous size, the east window being
the largest staiuud glass window in the
world -77 by 42 feet and of exquisite de
sign made in 140S by John Thornton, of
Coventry, who designed, stained and glazed
it, doing ;the whole work on wages of four
shillings a week, and ten pounds gratuity
when finished. Then thero is the famous
Five Sisters window at the end of one tran
sept, designed by five nuus, each plaunlng a
tall, narrow sash ; and the beautiful Hose
wiudow in the other transept. This old glass
is among the most famous in Europe. The
Minster, like most other church edifices, has
been desecrated in the religious and civil
wars, some statues being thrown down and
others beheaded. Curiously enough, how
ever, the desecrators left tho statue of St,
George, which stands high up iu the nave,
untouched. He defies the dragon, which
pokes out its head on the oppeslto side, aud
they concluded to let them fight it out. The
Chapter House, an octagonal building, six
tv-three feet iu diameter, surmounted by a
pyramidal roof, is ono of the gems of the
Minster. Seven of its sides aro composed of
huge stained glass windows, and the ceiling
is a magnificent work. It is no wonder that
an Archbishop, Bishop and about thirty
other clergymen of various grades are requlr
ed to conduct such a grand church as this.
Its tombs are among its curiosities. AH Its
walls are full of memorial tablets, a few
modern ones to fallen soldiers of recent En
glish wars, but most of them ancient. There
are strange tombs set'.iu the walls bearing ef
figies of the dead. Sir William Gee stands
there with his two wives, ono ou each side,
and his six children, all eight statues having
tlieir bunds folded, Others sit up-' like
Punch anti-Judy, the women beingdressed
iu hoops and farthingales and ruffs, and the
highest fashions of their age. There are
scores of graves of archbishops, so plenty as
to be almost unnoticed, Here is buried
Wentworth, second Earl of Strafford ; also
tbe famous Hotspur, whose body rests in
the wall underneath the great east window.
In ono tomb the effigy of an archbishop lie
on the ground covered by n stoue cuuopy,
and the corpse, instead of being underneath
the ground, is up overhead in the canopy.
This tomb is OCO years old. Hfreisburiid
Burke's friend Saville, his epitaph having
been written by that great statesman, Uu
derurath the Minster is the crypt, tbe walls
of which were lluseofa chuch standing
thero before the present one was built, Some
ot tho efligies on the tombs represent skele
tons, others wasted corpses, the facts being
life-like, but depicting the agony of death.
Some of these reproduce diseases that caus
ed death. One archbishop died of a white
swelling, aud his tlligy reproduces it, ono
knee being made much larger than tbe oth
er, Tbe outside of the Minster has all sorts
of grotesque protuberances, which, accord
ing to the ancient style of church building,
repteeent the evil spirits that religion casta
out.
This strange old city of York ranks noxt
In dignity to London, and Is the only oth
er English city which has a Lord Mayor.
It has not grown much for a good while, but
stands still nt about 01,000 population. Its
walls and gates are great curiosities. Near
ly all the walls have tho ditches outsldo
them, the old ditches, dry now,but carefully
preserved and plainly visible.
Tho gates are surmounted by towers and
battlements, and aro very strong, giving an
excellent idea of tho system of defen.ivo
works in the middle ages. The utmost care
taken to preserve theso precious relics.and
ere are a few remains of an old arch-
wall, overgrown with ivy, which is all
that Is left of Cardinal Wolsey's palace.
Tho multangular tower, with its ten sides, is
also carefully preserved, a Iloman relic, and
near it stand a row of nncient Iloman stono
coffins, which were exhumed in different
arts of tho town, A littlo way out of town
tho village of Holgate, which was tho
residence of Lindley Murray, tho gramma-
It does not do for an .American, however
to venturo alono far from home in this an
cient city, for ho quickly discovers that the
kind of English he has learned is not tho
kind that is spoken in this part of England.
The antiquity of everything seems to have
affected the language, for It is not the mod
em dialect as taught in Philadelphia, and
for all 1 know may bo some antlnueversion
of our mother language. In fact 1 have dis
covered, since landing iu this kingdom.moro
about the I-.nglish language and its versatil
ity nf pronunciation than ever I dreamed of
fore. In Liverpool I was at once recog
nized by my pronunciation as an American.
while in Wale as soon as I talked, I was ac
cused of being an Irishman. In Ireland
they thought ine a Scotchman andinScot-
uid an E i -li.lni.fi. Snw, however, In
York, they do not seem t reoognlzj me at
all or I them, fir that matter, A French-
msn's Knli-h 1ms a b. tier showlthan an
American's iu this antique city. If any of
my countrymen wander this way let them
nut bo'd'y venture tu pronnuce the name of
the city as we do at home, 'Y-o-r-k.' If they
do the Yorkshireman will understand it to
be and write It down as 'Newark.' Butlet
him prououuee it 'Y-a-w-k,' and all will
be well. J. C. in Fhila. lJijcr.
Why Criminals are so Self-Possessed on the
Scaffold.
It Is a common subject of marvel that
criminals iu pre-stneu of immediate execu
tion are usually self-possessed, and often ex
hibit singular composure. The doomed
creature sleeps through the night before his
violent death, and rises composed to pass
through tho ordeal. The exceptions to this
rule are few, and there is no reason to jup
pose that the individuals who display great
er emotion, or who are prostrated by the ag
onizing prospect of death, feel their position
more acutely than those who preserve con
trol of their demeanor. It is a prevalent but
groundless error to suppose that tho state of
mind in which most capital offenders meet
tlair doom is one of scare or paralyzing
amazement. They retain every faculty ,taste,
consideration, and even fancy. They fre
quently give tokeus of especial thoughtful-
ncss, and are punctilious in the observance
of rules and tho adoption of measures to di
minish their own pain and the trouble and
sympathetic suflering of those by whom they
are surrounded, or who will be left burdened
with their memories. Mentally and physi
cally the criminal, during the last few hours
of his life, in the immediate presence of a .
cruel death, is self-possessed and tranquil.
His pulse is even less disturbed than tboso
of the officials who are compelled to take
part iu his executiou. Why is this ? Tho
answer will be obvious on reflection. The
mind has reached what may be designated a
"dead point" in its tension. The excitement
is over, the agony of anticipation, the trem
bling doubt between hope and fear of escape,
has exhausted the irritability of mind, and
there is, as it were, a pause, an interval of
passive endurance between tbe end of the
struggle for life and the bitterness of remorse
and agony of disappointment which may be
gin at death, Iu this interval tbe mind is
released from the tension of its effort for
self-preservation, and almost rebounds with
the sense of relief that comes with certainty,
even though tbe assurance be that of Im
pending death. In tbe pause there is time
and opportunity for the recognition of sur
rounding circumstances, which have been
as it were, overlooked in the yearning for
life. The clearness of mental vision, the
cognizance of details displayed at such a
moment are remarkable,not only on account
of the strange circumstances under which
they occur, but in degree. Men and women
who have for some time previously exhibited
no trace of delicacy or refinement, exhibit
characteristic traits of thoughtfulness. They
are, bo to say, lifted nut of themselves and
placed in new conditions calculated to waken
feelings of courtesy, which seldom fail to re
spond. The mental state of a crimlual dur
ing the hours preceding executiou presents
features of intense interest to the psycholo
gist, aud, rightly comprehended, it is to be
feared they would throw new light ou tho
supposed preparation these unfortunate per
sons eviuco for a fate which, being inevita
ble, they at the final moment are able to
meet with a composUM in which hypocrisy
or self-deocptiou finds the amplest scope.
LonIn Lantft.
A Ship Found in California Desert.
By many It has been held as a theory that
tbe Yuma desert was onco au ocean bed.
At Intervals, pools of salt water bave stood
for a while in tho midst of the surrounding
waste ofsaud, disappearing only to rlso again
In the same nr other localities short
time since one of the saline lakes disappear
ed, and a parly of Indians reported .ho dis
covery of a 'big ship' left by the re. cling
waves. A party of Americaus at 'Hir pro
ceeded to the spot, end louud imbedded in
the sand the wreck of a large revel. Near
ly one-third of the forwatd part of the ship
or bark is plainly visible. The stuuip of
the bow-sprit remains, ai d portions of tho
timbers of ttak are perfect. The wreck is
located forty miles north of the Pan Bernar
dino aud Fort Yuma road and thirty miles
west of Los Paliuos, a well kuowu watering
place ou the desert. The road across tho
desert has been traveled for more than ono
hundred years. The history of tho ill fated
vessel can, of eoutre, never be known, but
the discovery of ila,decuylog timbers in tbo
midst of what has long been a desert will
furnish Importaut aid in tbo calculations of
science.