THE GOT JTMTCT AN
U nmoCliT, STAHOPfHI NORTH AKD COtCM
Issued weekly, every Friday morning, at
DLOOMSUOim, COLUMntA COUNTY, PA,
" -wJ?.?? !'WK pcr 3re'r'. M nl discount allowed
w.ion ntliU'i advance, After tho expiration of "ho
your 0 5i) will uo charged. Tnsu'iscriborsou of the
----""1 i't;' miai in nuvanco
i HnT llscouttnupd, except uttliu option of the
, ' n irs, 'nun all nreuragos .ire paid, but lonir
i I 1 r" l ifn- ti x lratl,in of the first
y ir nil i')' In
Ml pip.uson' urof i)ietato nrtodtstnnt uost
ORlcoa must bo p'dd r.. lu i dvanen, unlet , a respoti-
Bllilo person In Columbia county assumes to wiv tho
subscription din on demand.
PorrAOHIs nnlongcr 'i-arted froai ribsortberstn
tup o runty
jo:b rr-iiTXTKrn.
Theaobblr.g Depart natn n( theCnt.t-MitMHlsvery
complete, and our J I) l'ilnttngtiieomporofavora
blv Willi tint of tho Urge cities, All work donoon
demand, nt'.itly and at moderai price.
mil .1 I Jrv
Ijlumbia County O'ticUi Directcy, 1
dd ). indito -Willi mi I'lrett.
slate Judges I. K Kri kbuuni, r
n imi
Frwv: luiur , ac -u. Frank .arr.
Coitrt"Jt'Mi)gettBii"r-H. N. Walker,
iegilter z l-moi ler-Wllllauison tl lapoln
Otstrlct Attornej-tlebdl K Lltt.e.
'hdrlll-Johu W. llnnman. ,
urvo or -nn'i'l Neih rd,
Truis'irer Mr 11. W. Mclloynolds
' 11 ntio lers loliu Herner -luaeiili
Sandw
Com nlssloher"1 ''lerk- Wlllla i.n-k 1 ,n,
Auditor St V. U. llllue, I. II 1 .! ' .1
Coroner- Isalan T eng"r.
lurv Commissioners HI IfoMiirw. iluiiduie w.
Bmlth. ik. 1
ennui uiierlntendent Wl Hum II. snjder
IllooaPor l)itrtct-Hlree.ti)rs -d. . Km I,
Vm. Kramer, llloomiburg and Thorns- in
ieo t. Secretary.
ilo insburg OfficiaLOiructory
I'Msld'ntof rown Councll-(. A?llerrlng.
Clerk I'oul k. wirt. -CUlur
of I'ull' C .la. 1'. Ster'icr. T
IT kl 1, nt ol ai Unmp,iny . Knorr.
Heeretiiry-c. tv. dlller
ilu 1 .iioiirg 'lauKlug (jompany John K. funsion,
Prosldun ,U. II. uro z, cashier, John Peacock, Tel-
irs Vn lonal Hank-Charles K. Paxton.fresldent
f. 1'. ruslln, Cashier. '
Columbia Couniv Mu ual Saving Fund and Ioan
isaocla lon-E. II. Lit le, President, C. W. Miller,
"winVo'urg Ilultdlng and Saving Fund Associat ion
-Wm. Peacock, President, J. II. Hoblson, secretary.
llloomsburg Mil ual Saving Fund Association J.
I Urower, Preslden , 1'. B. Wirt, Secretary.
CIIUItOH DIHEOTOHY.
ntrnsT oiiukch,
itov. .1. 1'
. Tusiln, (Supply.)
Hundav services
services l'iM a,
m. ana o$ p. ra.
-illiciu neinmi v a. 111.
Prayer Meetlns -Every Wedncsdav- evening at OM
unua rsenooi v a. m.
iff i s'freo, I'hi nubile aro Invl'ed '0 attend.
4T. MATTHKW'S LtJTllKKAN CIICHCU.
II u :r -nil. ). 11. S. M.irclay.
nn1.iv servlces-invj a. m. and 7tfp. m.
'inuav uiinui wti. 111.
r.t cr Men Ing Every Wednesday evening ai J
lentsfrce. NopewRrcn'ed. 'All are welcome
PHK1BVTEIUAN cnUUCU.
Ulnlsicr licv. Muurt Ml'".hell.
Sunday Services iom a. in. and t4 p. m.
-iliniiiy ieiiuui -u iu 111. . l
Pra er Mco Ing-Kvery Vcdncsdacvenlng at 6
Mc'as'tree. No pews rented, strangers welcome.
MSriiniiisr sriscopAt.ciiCBCii.
Presiding Elder Hev. W. Evans.
Mlnls'er-ltev. M. L. snjjscr.
jiiudav Services 1 X and 6tf p. m.
sunda" .school p. in. ..,nei..
lithlu ciass-uw Monday oycnlng at OX 0 clock
t'oung Men's Tra er Mco Ing-Every Tuesdaj
' or'al PraycrCMeetlng-Evcry Thursday evening
r o'clock.
REFORMED CIlEKCn.
Corner ot Third nnd Iron streets.
I'astor-ltov. W. E. Krcbs.
Kcsldcnce-Corner 4th and Cathartne rreots.
Sunday Servlces-10i a. m. and 7 p. m.
Sunday School-!) a. m.
Prill cr Meeting -Saturday, 7 p. m.
AU are invited Thero is alwaj-s room.
ST. TACL'S CtlCBCU.
Hector Hev L. Zalincr.
Sunday Sorvtccs-l")i a. m., 1H p. m.
Sunday school t) a. m. ,
First Sunday In tho month, Holy C0!nm"?,102;M,v
Senlces preparatory to communion on rriaay
iTeuIng before tho st Sunday In each raomn.
Pews rented ! but everj bod' welcome.
KVANORLICAL CltDUCH.
Presiding Elder ltcv. A. L. Ileescr.
Mlnlter Hev. fleorge Hunter. ,
sun 'la v Servlce-2 p. m., In tho Iron Street Church.
Pra er Meeting Every sabbath at p. m.
All are Invited. All aro welcome.
THF CIICHCn OF CHRIST.
Meets In "the little nrtck church on tho hill, '
known as the Welsh Uaptlst CUureh-on nock street
eategularmeetliig for worship, every lord's day af-
tes5a"sr"08fa"idtho public aro cordially Invited to
attend
" BLOOMSBURO 1)1 KK.C TOUY.
SniOOI. OUDERB, blanlr iut prlnteil anil
neatlv bound In s-nall books 00 hand and
'or sale -it the Cou'mbian oniee.
BLANK DEEDS, on r.-irclit.i.'iit anil Linen
I'liLd. common nnd fur Admlnls rators, Exeeu
tuisiiud trustees, tor sale chuupat the coiaimuian
oniee.
MAimiAGK OEHTII'ICATI S I'M print, rl
ind for sale at tho Cou'muiai oniee. llnl'-ci-uf
tlioilnspjland lusllces shoulil supplj thein
solves with UiCbO necessary artlcies.
JUSTICES ami Contblc' Fee-BilU I'm 'al.
at the Colombian oniee. They ei.ntnli. the eor.
rectod fees as established by the last Act of h 17
Jititre upon the subject Every MMI.-r and '
tabln should have ono.
V
ENDUE NOTES jun printeil anil for !
cheap at tho Colombian office.
PICOFESSIONAI. CAHDS.
(i. BAHKLEi', Altorney-at-Law. Office
.11 lirowi r's building, tnd story, Iiooms 4 5
IMt
WM. M. llEBEIt. Surgeon ami I'livsi
1 J clan,
jtiects.
s. c:. corner kock una jiarkei
It. EVANS, M. D., Surgeon ami Physi
. clan, (Oniee and Hcsldence on Third street,
J
It. McKELVY, M. D., Surgeon anil Phy-
sician,nurn siuu .Minn tiireev, ueiuw jnarnci
IS. KOU1SON, Attornev-at-Law.
lu Uartman's bulldlng,Maln street.
Office
s
MI'EL KNORIl Altnmev at Liw.Office
in nan nun a uuiiuing, .lain sireei.
. I ItliSENSTOCK, I'hntographer,
I I , narki; tt'olfshtore, Main street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
I)
AVID LOWENBEBQ, Merchant TailoT
Main St., auovo central notei.
S. KUIIN, ilealer in Meat, Tallow, etc.,
. centre street, reiween oecona ana 'i nira.
BUSINESS CARDS.
j- E. WALLER,
Attoi'ney-nt-Law
Iscrease of Fccekcs cltalnecl, Collecticcscaic.
Oflico, Second door from 1st rational Dank.
nLooMsnuita, pa.
Jan. 11, J978
D
R. J. C. RUTTER,
VnYSICIAN 4 SOHOEON,
omce, North Market street,
llloomsburg, Pa.
Mar.II,T4
N
U. FUNK,
Artoi ncy-at-I ,nw,
Increase of Tensions Olitaineil, Collections
Made.
HLOOMSUUItO, PA
Office In Knt's UoitniNa.
D1
I. L. RABI1,
PRACTICAL DENTIST,
Main street, oppoBlto Episcopal Church,
burg, I'a.
rr Teeth extracted without pain,
aug 4, 'IT-ly.
pitOCKWAY & ELWELL,
A T TO R N E Y S-A T-L A W,
Colcubian Ilt'lLlilNO, llloomsburg, I'u.
Metrbera of the United state Law Association
Collections roodo In any part nj Annrli cr Enrol
p T cVV. J, HUOKALEW,
ATTOHNKYS.AT.LAV
lilnoiitstiurgllP1
oraca on Main Street, first door belrivTtVuin llou
11
P. .t J. M. CLARK,
' ATTOUNKYS-AT-LAW
Uloomsburg, I'a.
Otllce In Ent a Ilulldlng,
"P I. I1ILLMKYEK,
ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
I kick- In Hurinan'B Pulldlni
Ing Main street,
Uloihisburg, I'u.
1 . 11.,
U A R. R
BOIt. K.UTTUI
LITTLE,
ATTOHNKYB-AT-LAW,
llloomsburg, I'a.
KKSTER,
Ml UC I ANT TAILOR.
1N0, 15, in ika lieios l.i'iiiou, l.loomtburg
I., loi.
rywwww.wtii
0 B. UtlOCKWAY. i .
0. E. ELW2LL, V
!dlt6r:nd Proprietors,
p "' Mil i.t it.
ArriipxKv.Ai-i.A"
1 Hmv it 5 nidluic, wM Hovt, room No.
IHuon.aHtirit I'a,
II 0 V K I, I,
UK I'l.x .
I
III 1 II I Mil F
Mn-K hwiikI tiuii, turner
IP
ntvcv 1. i t it
-I V
, 1
, ' I-III.IKII
It ' !
I! 111 P
1 ' il ll.iiil, 1 iilleilloii AS
(let 14, 77.tf
r 0,1
p M. DUiNlvKIt, HUN ami LOCKSMITH.
eing Macninesana .Machinery or an KUiaa rt
iilrcd. HrEKA llonti Ilulldlng, llloomsburg, Pa.
B
ItlTIiSll AME1UUV AHSUHANUK CO
NATIONAL FI11K SUI(ACK COMPANY.
The assets of these old cornoratlonR are all In.
vested lu MiLID .KECUltlTlhh andarollablo tothe
hnzard of Flro only.
iiiuuerutu lines uu uiy oebfc nsKsare aiono aecepieu.
1.UOS.B J-,llll 11.1 UIIU 1IUT.KKT1.T QUJIiMCa UOU pUlU
1 soon as dettrmlhi-d bv CihiisiianF. Knait. -ra
cial Agent and Mljutter, H'oomburg, lvnn'a.
iiiceiuzeiisui voiuiuoin county luouia jiaironize
iald by 0110 of their own cltlzi
u uKeney w uere iohrcb, ir arv, are sajusieu ana
zens.
nov.ic, '77-ly
I7KEAS BKOWN'8 INSUItANCE ADEN.
JU OY, Exchange Hotel, llloomsburg, Pa.
Capital.
.Etna, Ins Co., of Hartford, Connecticut.. 0,600,000
.lveiT'Ooi, Lonaon ana uiodo vd.iii'd.oiio
(oval ot Liverpool 13.Vio.ihiu
Lancanshlro 10,000, 00
Fire Association, Philadelphia s.100,000
FArmers Mutual of Uaiiville 1.000.000
Danville Mutual 79,ono
.uomo, isow xorK, d,uv,uiiu
tsn.B'i.000
As the oeeneles are direct, nollcles are rllten for
the Insured wttnout any delay In tho oflico atlllooms-
nurg.
vision s,'i7 y
) P,
).'
II A HTM AN
HEPKLSENTS TnK FOU 0WINO
AM'
Il AN INSURANCE COMPANIES:
Lscomlnirof Muncv 1'ennsvlvanla.
orin Muencanoi l'huaaeipnia, i'a
runktln. of " "
ennsylvunlaof "
nrmers or 1 orK, I'a.
anoieror New York.
Manhattan of "
twice on market street No. 0, llloomsburg, i'a.
ocu an, '77-iy.
CATAWISSA.
yjl. L. EYEKLY,
ATlUKJIliJ-AT-LAW,
Catawlssa, Pa.
Collections Dromntly made and remitted, oniee
onposlU' Catawlssa Deposit Bank. 6m-38
11. ABBOTT. V. II. I1DAWN.
ABBOTT & RIIAWN,
Attorney s-at-Law.
CATAWIS3A, I'A.
Pcnulons obtained.
dCC VI, '77 ly
ENNSYLVAN1A
RAILROAD.
GREAT TRUNK LINE
AND
NITKD STATES MAIL ROUTE.
Th otientlnn of 'lie travelling pnWIe Is respect-
nltv Invited ra s me or the liuTlls i,f this trri nt llttrll-
w,iy. in thoconlldcnt asierti' 11 and belle' Hint no
iinpr line can ouit eipiiu ni'mceiir 111a na 11 iuui ui
iirougn iravei. iu
( 'mist Miction unit
rquipnicnt
the
I'PNN YLVANIA
lUII.ltOAI)
indscjinfeFsedi at thp head of AmerlCfliirallwais
TI10 trnelf Is deuh'e Iho entire lenctli of tho line, of
steel ralisbild onheavy onktles, v-hlch are rmbed
ded In a found itlon of rock ballast eighteen Inches
la dpth. ill bridges are of Iron or stone, and bubt
upon tho most npprnicd 1 lans. Its passenger cars,
Hhllo eminently safe and substantial, aro at the
samo tlmo models of comfort and elegance.
THE SAFETY APPLIANCES
u.o on thla lino well Illustrate tho far-seelntr and
liberal policy or Its management, In accordance with
'men ine Ulliliy only ui an niiprine lueiii unu noi
s cost has been the iiuesllon of consideration.
Among many may be noticed
THE BLOCK SYSTEM 0? SAFETY SIGNALS,
JA1TUEY COUPLER, BUFFER and PLATFORM
THE WHARTON PATENT SWITCH,
AND THE
WESTINOHOUSE AIR-BRAKE,
forming In conjunction with a perfect doublo track
and road-bed a combination of safegnards against
acetdenta wnicu navo reuuereu idudi prucucitiiy im
possible.
Pullman Palace Cars
"aro run on all Express Trains
Froui New York, Vlillndelidiin, llalllmoro nnd
VI n.iiiiiftioii,
To CbleiKu, t'lnrlnnnll, Louisville, Indianapolis
nun l. 1,0111. ,
1VITIIOUT CIIAXttK,
nd to all principal points In the far West and South
with but ono change of cars, connections aro made
In union Depots, and aro assured to all important
points.
THE SCENERY
OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
ds adm'tted to bo unsurpassed In 'ho world for gran
deur, beauty ana vani ly suppim-- rerrpnuineni ir-
ClutlPS are proviaeu r mpini e. a urn ruiiri.i'usu"
attentive, nnd tt Is an Inevitable rrsult that atrlpby
tne Pennsylvania jcauruaa mubi lonu
A PLEASING AND MEMORABLE EX
PERIENCE. TlrteiH for snlA nt Hie lowest rates at the Ticket
nnices of tho company In all Important cities and
owns.
FlIANK THOMPSON.
I-F.FAHMEn,
Gel 1'assenger Agent.
oeuersisianager.
J. K. HDOEMAKEIt, Pasa. Agent Middle Dm.,
IV norm 1 niru rireei, luirnMiurg, j u.
feb. 1, 79-ly,
THE OREAT ENfiLItH REMEDY1
GRAY'S SPE0IFI0 MEDIOINE
fRADE mark Is especially recom-TRADE mark,
incuuru us uu uu
rutttn euro for nem
loal mp 'kpes,ier
nialorrtira. Imio
tcney, nnd a'ldls a-
bes, bucUus U hH ot
mem ry, UnlverHal A
Liihsitune, rain inp
the Pin k,
I I ness-i-j-
Before Takirjcr (a vi,on. irema-
Hue old
uu After Takinc.
-in
many other Ispuscs thHt lead tn lnwin'ty.Co!iurop
I Ion suds I'reu atuii' (rsie sll ft whlii osarule
Un. H,.i ., u, i.v H.,ili.tlr,i. fit, 111 I hi. rath nt mitlire
nndi.v.r Ind igen e, he Scliv .Medlcliie Is Hi
r-kuu or a life nudy aid man Jiis 01 exru'rteuce
n ireuiinisin.'M; m- i inniiiwirm.
1 ull narf leultm In LUr i.'.imdilela.vl.lcli we dtslre
to 8' nil free n.i man .0 ever., fi.e
er pack ice. cr Us rii'Va 1 for 15. ( r villi be aeut
1 hi. .1 , rinn v.niciiif, is mi:u i nil I'lUL'ui.t. Hill
y mall on receipt 01 ttie mone.i uy ancressiug
'HE OHAvMEHIOINf CO,
No. 10, Mich MP'alUock, I elrdt, Mlih.
sold in lib 1 mimmr by C. A, Kkln.and lyall
Druggists e- erywiieie.
Hums r.uig, 1. uu.vru.o obvii.o, n,Buujk.
sept, e, ' Ml
T r can D aVe rroney falter at t rk for ub than at
Uan.i th
nart :
Indust
iningeuio lapiiai uui reuuneuj vm
Industrious. Men. women, boss and glrla
inn. si'j 1st nav ar noino inauu uy ine
wanted eierynlere I' work for us. Now lathe
time Costly outili and terms trie. AddressTcs
t Co., Augusta, Maine. Maun 22, 79-ly
JOB PRINTINO
OF EVERY DEvSRIPTION
EXECUTED PROMITLY
Ai nh Golcmbiah Orm.
The Seaside Library.
Cliolcobooksnoloneprforlhe fewonlr. Tliobesl
standard novels within tho reach of every one.
Hocks usually sold mm f 1 to s given (unchanged
and unnbrldged) for 10 and 20 cents.
1UI.AN bio Lite, by Miss Muloek loo
11 1 Hard Times by Charles Dickens 100
ln.t. A lliinu Uidy, by Miss Muloek zoo
uu reel' " nay, ny 101111 imniui 111c
ton. At tho Sign ot tho silver Hagon, by H I,
Farjeon loc
' o. 'I he master of tho Greylands, by Mrs Henry
v ood M
liff. Iii.idc-o'-nriiss by 11 L rarlnon toe
10s. i ho xpa King, by cnptnln iarrjat 100
on. Elcani.i'H Mi tory li; Miss M E urnddon roe
Hi). Tho t.lila 1 f Fovershpin. 1) Florence Marryatloo
111. louroi tuo c,lla 111 mguiy uays, oy
Jules Verno
11' . lli.nl Cash, by Charles tteado
lis. Uolden nraln, by 11 1, Farjecii
114. Darrell Markham, by Miss M E lirnddon
11 . Ithln tho Maze, by Mrs 11 Wood
loo
1"0
10c
c
KM
100
500
100
100
!IN)
10C
IOC
sue
10O
1(0
100
loo
lis. I'auiinc, by 1, 11 wuitord
117. 1 ho Femalo Mlnstir. bv E Lie
emaio M
lis. tlreat Itpcetatlons.by o Dickens
im. reirnnei, uy rioreuie Murrjut
uv, in iiiuueu 01 11 11
'oor Young ,mn, by O Feu
bv Mlsi Mnlnet
met
HI. A Life for n Life, by Miss Muloek
122. 'I he Prlvateersniun, by enhtntn Varryat
12s. Irish legends, by Samuel Lover
124. Squire 'Irevljn's Heir, by Mis II Wood
13 Mary barton, by Mrs Haskell
120. Ercma; ornij Father's bln.by It I) Illack
moro 127. Mv Lady Ludlow, by M rs (laskell
12. Cousin Phillips, by Mrs HuM-ell
129. 1 ho Wandering Jew, (1st half) by Eugene
nuo 20c
125. 1 ho Wandering Jew (2d halo by Eugeno Suo 200
150. Sermons out of church, by MlvtMuiock loo
151. Michael htronon", bv Jules Verno loc
132. Jack lilnton,!)) Charlie Levi-r tw
Ui. 1 ho Duchess of liosemary Lane, liy D L 1'ar-
Jeon loo
isi. .My iuotner s ire, oy Amelia 11 Ldwards 100
is Agalha's Husband, by Mls Muloek loo
ISO. Katlo Mewa't, by Mis nllpliant 10c
1J7. A Kent In 11 Cloud, by Charles Lever loc
1 8, What lie cost Her, b James Pnjne luc
130. 1 nuiion'H Heart, by H I. Farjeon cue
no Iho Lady LMe, by IKs ,M 1: Hraddon K'c
141. Mast-nan Heady. bvCaptulii iarryat mo
142.1110 lleaduf the Family, b Miss .Muloek 2('o
U3. The Haunted Towtr, by frs Henry Wood 2ic
114. 1 ho Twin I leuienanls, by Alexander Dumas luc
111, nan n inuuou 01 money, uy Amelia u. Lxt
wurds
20c
300
140. Charles O'Malley, tho Irish Dragoon, by
lover. (Trlp'o No)
147. llatt In, tho Heeler, by C.nitnln Varryat
lis a llluo stocking, by Annie Fdwards
119. Joshua Marvi 1, by II I, Farjeon
1,10. Mld-hlpman has , by Captain Manyat,
ist.lho Huslan tiypsy, by lex Dumas
152. Arthur o'iary, by Charles Lever
153. Waidof Wife 7
154. A Point of Honor, by Anulo Edwards
155. 1 ho . 'ount of Monte-crlsto, Alex Dumas
15il. The King's Ov.11, by capr. Iilarrjat
157. Hand and (iloe, by Amelia H. Edwards
15s. Treasure Trove, by Samuel I-over
159. The Ti untoin 'hip, by Captain Marryat
Tho lil.uk ' Hp, Ly Alexander Dumas
161 'ili u 01 id niilioit. F. ijunllntou
lira
vus
211c
1
10c
20
K'C
luc
4IIC
IOC
100
'0
IOC
100
200
2.I,'
IOC
10C
21 10
IOC
IPC
2IIC
100
luc
200
itti. Miiriey n.iriuiie uioni
lra. 1-rnnU Mlldmuy, liv captain Mnrr at
uu Yo'ing Iti 's story, llnrrlel linwrn
las. X .Modern inls'er (Vol. 1.) Chevely Novel
m Thi! list Millni li iieorgo sand
li7, 'iho tliio-ls Nuklaee, by -lex Dumas
His. Con Oregon, by Inn les I ever
1(9. st. Patrick's Me, by Charles Ijivcr
170. New tun Foiter, by Captain Marryat
171. Hostage to Fortune, by Miss Hraddon
172. ('hevoll'-r de Mai on Hoitge. by Dumas
173. Japliel In Search of a Father by Captain
100
Mnirjat 20c
174. Kale 1 ''Donnghue, by Charles I ever 20c
175. 1 he Pacha of .Many Totes, captain Marryat 100
17fi. Pi relvnl Keene by Captain Mai rynt loc
117. (leorgo Canterbury's Will, by Mrs. nenn
W ood 21 0
179. Hare (lood Luck, by ti. E. Francllllon 100
179 The History of a Crime, by Victor Hugo 100
ISO. A rmalade, by Wllkle Collins wc
131. Thu Countess do Charny, Alex Dumas UK)
1S2 Juliets uuardlan, by Mrs. Cameron 10c
153. Kenllnorth, by sir Walter s-ott 20c
154. Tho Little Savage, by captain Marryat 10a
155. "i.ood-1130 Swot tlicart " hv Ithoda L'rougton luc
1so, Daild Copper Held, by Chailes Dickens
Xi'U
10c
ii. iMtuun, u .MPxaniipr iiuiuas
lss. The Mftss Family Hnblnson
1S9. Henry Lumbal, bj Miss Hraddon
1911. Memoirs of a Physlcl iii, by Alex Dumas
191. The Three Cuiteis. by captain Marryat
192. 1 ho conspirators, by Alexander Dumas
193. Heart of Midlothian, Sir W'ulter Scott
194. No Intentions, b Florence Marryatt
195. It.abcl ot Uavarla, bi Alexander Dumas
ISO. Nicholas Mckleby, by Charles Dickens
197. Nancy by Hhoda liroughron
19s. settlers In Canada, by cantaln Marryat
199 Cloisters and the lleurth. by chili Iteado
100
Mo
3nc
PC
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HUTU IIKAN'S VISIT.
JlY SOPHIA EMLttY.
In Itntton TrnvtlUr.
In Oils wrirlil It is not lest 10 think ton
much of pleasai.t possililts, that we may
not be nut of humor with present insipldi ;
yet, (lisptln thts lninliHltomnxltn,lf ever one
iliititinl, rrnr.itniml. making nld gowns last
twice tlieir ti-iinl span, Unit she tright liavo
11110 long cool l,oliiluy, 111 new gnvns ami
free from rare, it was Ruth Dean, tliechetr-ie-t
of heitips. with tlio whitest anil brown
est liulr lliut ever ndorued a mortal woman
near her fortieth birthday an age when
many nf her sisters have lost youth, health
and ei'iiiliiies, and begin to have a dim
cons, iousness that they ought to have died
when Ihey were young and tolerable.
When Uuth first planned this visit to her
relatives away among Malno hill, she was
living In a largo "Western city, with a ne'tr
do-well husband, and a graceless joimg
nephew, upon whom she lavished all the
pent-up motherhood that )m had never
been calltd to nil upon children ot her
own
Why Ruth, tin- fairest and most lovable
of lhn the Worthing girls, should have
bound herself lortuitoiiMy, or otherwise, tn
such a bundle of obstinacy and incapacity
as John Dean, while all of her plain, ordi
nary minded sisters married capable, enter
prising men, is a que-tion for philosoj hi,-
and biologints.
Keturah Ann Bowers, an npv,tilar down
East woman, living with -Mrs. Lung, Ruth's
near neighbor, in the capacity of unpaid
philosopher and paid nurse, guiltless of
Darwinian theories in regard to natural se
lection, and having positive ideas of her
own nbriiit matters in general, 'knowed,' to
iit,e hrr e.-tprisMve he gunge, 'as we'l us she
witniul to,jsi v.hv Ifn v nrlliin' 1 n,-.il
herself aw.iy in. 11 1,' tnut sliif'iees John
I), an.'
'If anybody know. Ruth an' all her fanii
ly nn' all their wins, it's me.' Keturah was
trotting quite gently fur her Inp. and said
this in answer to some (iie!in n ol Mrs.
Lane in regard to Mrs Dean.
'You see, I lived with Deacon Wnrlhin's
folks, olTan' on, most ol the time after I was
fourteen. "Vlien I went there Ruth an'
Robert they was both twins wusjistliiile
tots in pinafores. Miss Worthin's other chil
dren wen- a s'ght olderau' Ruth an' Robert
growtdup all to theiisclves like; for the
older ones married and went away afore tho
twins was ten years old, Sich happy critters
as them two twins I A playin, or a plauuiu,'
a studyin' or a workiu' they was alwus to
gether. Robert was masler smart about
larniu', an' Ruth wasn't a bit a hind hini.ef
she was a woman-kind, The Deacon kalker
latcd to senu him to college, an' Rotcrt
took lo studyin' Greek an' Latin an' sich,
an' Ruth kep right along with him, an' I
guess she helped him mor'ii lie did tier.
'But this college notion didn't last long;
he got in a desperit way to go to sea. The
Deacon thought he might go jiit once, to
sicken him of such life. It didn't, though,
an' ho kep on goin', as boys mostly do down
on the coast of Maine it's born in 'cm.
' lien Ruth ivas nigh twenty year old,
Miss Wonliin' took a stroke an' went off
suddenly. The Deacou never got over this
blow, an' next year, when tho laylocks was
n-bl iwin', wo laid him sido of his 'mother,'
as he always culled her. They was all the
father In' mother I ever kuowtd,'
Xo hide a touch ol feeling in her voice,
Katurah Ann gave the baby's clothes a vig
orous pull downwards, observiug iu her usu
al stndulous tone :
'The masterlullest baby to bo alwus a
huiichin' up its clothes I ever see,'
Where was Robert when his parents
died?' asked Mrs, Lane.
'I was going to sav lie was off on along
trip air came honi" a few months afterwards
What should he tr n. witli him though hut
a queer kind ot a lurrin wife, a German,
that ho took ofT a wreck with other poor
halt-starved critters. How on airth tliev
.'ontrived to get acquainted an' fall in love
ith one 'nother, it beats me ; lor when she
comes to us shecouldu't speak scursoa word
except 'nine that I could make out, 1111
that she put in sich opspectcd places that I
used to laugh wh 'n I oughtn't she a poor
furriner an' all her fam'ly, droivned.
'But as soon as Rutli set eyes on this Ber
tha Rubinstein, sho took to tier an' all her
outlandish ways as cf she'd been a born
sUter.'
'But,' suggested Mrs. Lane. 'I thought
you were to tell me how Ruth happened to
inarij- John Dtaii. She had no beau, no
lover up to this lime V
'Sakcs alive 1 pluity of 'em, such as they
was. 1 litre was the schoolmaster that Ruth
never got sight 011 but she'd e'en u'uiost
laugh in his face, he was that queer an'
still' in his ways ; an' theie was a neighbor's
son with a soft spot iu his head sumewhere,
for he writ poems ami things for the papers
believe he came to betheeditor afterwards
Ruth couldn't bear him. Then there was
tho sea cipting, a sight older'n her, lorever
a askiu' of her logo a ridin or a walkin'
with li 1 111 , an' she n luakin' excuses an' nev
er a guln'. Ruth nick-named him, in her
funny way, Lord DuiubiidlkeSjau' said he'd
think biuiebyihe ought to mairy him sheld
known hiin so long. Then there was Rob-
eit's friend Dick ; real likely he was, too,
at the deacon's a sight ; but I dldu t call
him a beau then, for ho 1111' Ruth was ai
nus a sparriu' an' a argyfyln,', an' never
.eemed to agreo about iiothin'. They was
the opposiiest bein's 1 ever see Ruth so
puck uu' techy, an' Dick as coot as a cucum
ber. w
'Huth was kind rof lnderp;nduntun' wo-
mau-rlghtsly, and was inluded to say thut
wouian-rigbtsly, and was mindeilto say that
woman didn't never have uioro'11 half 'a
chance, men was so ftllUb, an' treated 'em
as ef they was dull babies. An' Dic$bd-
lieved, or puriended to, that the hull. "kit ot
lemalo kind needed masters an' perfjetors as
much a the nigger vlaves dowu'South,
This would set Ruth right up, forJu'eSlidii't
believe in s'avcry, uo how. -' J
'Jt was soon alter tho Deacoiu djjjd that
there was a plc-nic off to one of the; islands
an' Ruth an' Dick both weut. When Ruth
came back the looked awful cut up about
somethlu' or 'nother, ,au' went rlgh't to her
room. I heard her tnimpln' up aii' down
. .. . .
nun iiionigiii. j never kiiowcsv wliat was
up for three years, an' theu she was married
to J )lin ). an an ni 'Vtd out West, au' it
was ouly au' aggravation,'
At tills juncturothobaby,llko Pip brought'
up by hand, mado an outcry.
Keturah Ann satisfied its demands and
put itln its crib, saying with a little chuck
le: 'There, you're a blessed good specimen of
the mnlo sect In glneral, as peaceful as a
lamb when you're a stulVhV somethln' Into
you that suits you an' for jest a little while
afterwards,',
As Keturah took her sewing Mrs Lane re
marked, smilingly : 'You have not mada it
clear yet why your friend married John
Dean,'
'Why it's plain ai day that she totk
him because he choused her an' seemed to
wusshup the grouud sha stood on ; stmes's
many a woman has merried when she didn't
git the ono she'd sot her heart on, an' didn't
keer about flying in the faco of Providence
an' not merry at all. It's clear as can be
thatsho'da drawln' towards Dick all the
time, for all her inderpendence j an' his go
in' right off to California after that picnic
an' never seein' of her mado her klud of
reckless like. Onoday when I waj at Ruth's
old home, takln' keer of Bertha's baby,
while she an' Robert was ofT to sea, Dick
walked right iu where I was. They said ho'd
got rich a niiuln' but he didn't look 110 ways
cherry cf ho had, lie kcpt-talkin' about
Until an' asked cf X thought Juhn Deau
would make her life happy an' all sich ques
tions. He said little Kubeintein loi'k.d
more like Ruth thun Robert, and then he
kis-ed Vim an' haiku so down hearted, I
jest up an' asked him what li.nl happened at
that picnic. It all come out then that he'd
been lovin' Ruth right along; au' that day
when they was alone among the dill's, he'd
told he win goin' oil' to be gone a long spell
an' ho wanted to havo a seris talk 'long of
her ; and Ruth never stopped to hear what
he was goin' to say, but turned an' walked
olf, sayin' kiud of scornful, she hoped he'd
have moro sense about women-folks when
ho c.iine back. An' he went olf, thiiikin'
she didn't keer tor liim ; but seein' that she
whs still Riub tVorthiu' the last timahis
folks writ him, he'd corno back to so it she
wouldn't be nis, after all. An' here wa
Ruth, another man's wife out in Illiiioy I
I declare it was awful provokln' to seo how
them two bein's, both on 'em speukin' (ho
sumo tongue, an' knonin' one 'nother all
their dni", went on to blind their eyes an'
make sich a mess, a tipettin' all their hap
pernios for life like two natural born ijets ;
when lliere was Robert an' Bertha only
knoned one 'nother six weeks or better, an'
one's talk all gibberish to t'other, an' they
found nut they w.ts input for one 'nother. I
read a novel once all through, an I'm blessed
t-f Ruth an' Dick's (insensible (loin's wan't
ju-.t of a piece with the two lovers iu that
story, for they went on a tin' contcriry
through two vollciiH.an nt last came togeth
er by accerdent. But that's a sight better'n
Ruth an' Dick como out, It's all for the be-t
thnugh,an' I'm not a fitidin' fault wjth Prov
erdince. "Ond works In a mysterious way
Ills wonders to perform."
I am glad lb it you arc in pessimist,'
liuglied Mrs, Line. 'I hope Ruth lived
happily with John Dean.'
'Why, yea, lea'twisc as tur as folks know
ed ; for a woman like Ruth has a head fill'
of idea, and common seiifC don't go atollin'
all the world she's made mistakes an' got the
wrong man sho'd be pulled into tatters bo
fore she'd own it. It's mostly them couples
as is both alike, one as weak as t'other, that
brings their little mean troubles before the
world au' law court", an' git divorces as ef
them was a pannky for all their miserable -nes.
John Dean wasn't a bad man, hi t
kind of hard for womankind to deal with,
for ho was monster contorary, an' hadn't
much gumption about business, nn' lo it all
his property as keerlcss as a child, Ruth
couldn't do nothin to better things for them
kind o' men, an' the weaker they be, the
Wilis they be, is evcrl.istin afeared they'll bo
ruled or governed by women folks. Little
Stein, as Ruth called him, was with me at
home when Robert an' Bertha was lost at
sea, an' Ruth sent for mo to fetch him
It nigh upon broke her heart to lose 'cm
both all of a sudden ; but 'twas comfort she
said to have Robert's boy.
'1'va had a homo with Ruth eversence,
ef a body ever is at home iu this shif less out
West.'
Being a native of. Keturah's scorned 'Out
West,' Mrs Lane hid a smile in her ques
tiou :
Has Mrs. Dean never been East toseo
her relatives in nil this time?'
Keturah beeswaxed her thread and gave
her peculiar chuckling laugh before she
spoke.
'It's funny ef disappointment ever i,but
sho hasn't Pier bcu. When - Stein was 10-
year-old, or up-.i ml, Ruth planned iu her
heart ome way to take us all on a good l mg
pleasiiriii' tower East j an' Johu Dran
seemed to need 1 change mor 11 any ol u,
fur he'd heeu a failin' all that spring. Ruth
she teaclied in a friend's school au colored
photographs that it mightn't come hard on
John for the outlay ; an' wo wa all ready
trunks all packed,aBil tho airly roses n-blow
and the black dust a chokin us, when
poor John was took down helpless with a
shock of p'ralysis, Instead of a hollerday
amongst them bles-ed Maino hills, wo staid
in thut hot city all that livelong summer a
tciidiii' 011 that sick mortal, Ruth wasn't
a angel ', but she was better'n one of 'em a
floppin their wing around iu a sick room
for sho was a woman with human hands and
cheery words, and he was a childish, oiv
restful invcrlid,
Twas along iu tho winter he died ; and
when thesnund of them frozen clods a-fallln
on his coffin struck Ruth's oars, she fainted
dead away in my arms. P'raps you don'i
Delicto It j 'limi t them we've loved nibs
nn" been sappiest with that wo weep
bitterest tears'formieii they'r e gone It's
e .-Il TV: . , 1 ..... ...
sorruw,ior'ippe.rues3 we.never nail tnavcuis
Jcepest.
'After a while we moved down hero to
this village, the decentest place I ever see
out West, for It ;hasa few little rocki iu tho
road ami a little r'ulu' ground. An' Rutli
with her school for little children, an' her
studyin' an her eddicatin' of Stein, ha
been kiud ot peaceful and content, Shu'
minded all along though to make that visit
East, an' twice seuco John died we've been
e'n a most started, an' somethln hat turnei:
up to hinder; but I guess we shall go for
sure this time, seein stein a nil- to Colorady
an' there's only.iiio an' Ruth to go. An'
too, I'm lmpres&afjja.s those Spiritualist say
that we It be disappointed,'
'Oh, I hope not; but it i unfortuuat
that Stein 1 not here to accompany lit
auut,' ituiurled Mis, Lane, tyurjiatuizlogiy
20. 1878.
'You see, Svln wasn't any wus, as I
knows on, thin other boys -a family Is al
wus in hot water tint ha no oue on 'em
round, Ho took to book learuln' as his fath
er fore him ; nn' he w.h a maiter hand to
pick things lo pieces to fee what was in 'em
an' was forever .1 bringlu home weeds an'
insects, an' all sorts of crawlln things a clut
terin' up th- lmu-e with 'em An' mauy's
the tinifl he' nigh Mowed us all up with his
chemical 'speriments.
'Ruth seemed to think him all right as
ho kep' 011 a studyin' for colllge ; W when
her cousin, Mr. Leonard, from Massnchu
selt, come along lint year, Stein, a great
ooy of 17, took a iiotmn lo go an' help him
011 his hi-p Much in Uolorady. Ef you'll
mind this bthy a minit, I'll run over an see
cf Ruth has hcerd from him.'
Keturah found Ruth in her sitting roam,
strewed with various signs of speedy depart
ure, seated on the comer of a half-packed
trunk, with a crushed letter In her hands
and with a dazed, tearful look in her eyes.
'Oh, Keturah,' sho exclaimed, as that
spinster appeared before her, 'Stein's letter
came half nn hour ago, and I have sit like
one stunned ever since, He has been thrown
from a horse, broken one arm, spiained an
ankle and bruise 1 himself terribly. He
hopes we have not started on our journey
for ho wishes to come home as soon as his
condition will permit him to do so. He will
take up his studies aaln andMiehavo himsjlf,
he writes. The dear boy 1 am o glad it is
no worse, and that I shall havo him at home
igain. But it's so ridiculous to have our vis
it dolajed again. How fto mint enjoy up
setting our plaii,'and Ruth laughed liyster
id illy until the tears rolled down over the
half-lolded garment on her tap
'But you can go, Keturah, and we will
come on later,' she added when sho had
composed herself.
'Not atep will I budge until yon go, ef I
havo to wait till I'm as old as Methus'leh
I've felt it in my bones all along thut some
thing would Inppen to that boy so per
nickety and ventursome no good comes of
mixin' up races.'
'You need not say that ; for see how
Stein's Yankee proclivities send him roam
ing af.er adventure and to see the world,
while the German part of him brings him
Inline to quiet study and duty. But help me
put this torturing trunk out nf sight,' and
Ruth arose from her cramped position with
regained cheerfulness.
As she shut tho trunk out cf sight in a
dark closet she broke out afreh : 'To think
how many pictures of cliff, mountain and sea
I've blundered into that trunk with every
package ; and now '
'P'raps you packed in a pictcr of a great
broad-shouldered feller standln' agin' a
rock, au' of a littlo woman a streakin'
through the bushes a Inokin' back kind of
scornful.'
Having delivered herself of this unexpected
speech, which for a moment quite suspended
her (Ruth's) breath, Keturah's face disap
lieared in the pasteboard tunnel of hercalico
sun bonnet, and, in spite of her 'disappoint
ment,' she went smiling back to her diuies.
'Iho marplot nephew's letter was answered
ithduo speed, and two weeki later Rulh
at ono afternoon in her cosy parlor. The
ght Irom a nearly snaded window played
over her wavy, brown hair and little gray
clad figure, tho sombreness of the dress only
relieved by a little knot of tinv terns and
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'- h-""1"1 u"3-"Min in ,iui uiitmi, llllil
lit up the piges of the book she was vainly
endeavoring to read. 'It is useless,' she
murmured, 'I can neither read nor work. It
th.tt foolish dream of last night which
brings so vividly to mind all those by gone
scene father, mother, Robert and Dick
dead and living, all mingled together after
the fashion of dream. Keturah i so sure
that ho went away heart-broken I I imag
ine though that away iu that wild Vancou
ver witli lii coal mine, hi wealth, and with
that doctor s widow lie married, lie ha quite
forgotten 'Littlo Rutli.' I wa all to blame.
What idiot women aro ; saving and doing
11 pure ciprice what thoy would give world
a moment after to uimy and 11 ido, But oh,
it' the afterthought, the hintcrgedaiike.tlial
makes our bitterness I' Covering her face
with both bauds Ruth lost all thought of the
present in a revery of tho past. The ound
nf an arriving train at the near depot arous
ed her, and brushing away an impertinent
tear.she exclaimed aloud "What a sentimen
tal old tiling you are RiitliDean ; why, you
oiiiiht to bo wrinkled and gray headed and
sensible you are only one of thousand
only one.
'Whoso over-hasty impulse drove him
Past earthly joys he might secdre '
She arose and opened a blind that t in-
pered the li t June sun. Pulling tuwirJ
her 1111 overhanging vine, she gathered a
handful of rose, as she turned away from
the wind 'W, felt heself half lifted from the
Ibsor in the clasp of some intruder's arm,
loin, dear little Stein, you great, fright'
fill darling I' she exclaimed, a her blonde
haired, Teutonic nephew released her from
his close embrace.
'I crept in by the back way to surpriso
yousee these confounded splints, how they
bother me, and my ankle give me a twinge
at every step. But Aunt Ruth, I havo not
como alono hero's somebody that knows
father Mr. Uaywood, Auut ltuth why
what I Ihe matter ?' Eor, as Stein uttered
his companion's name, Ruth gave a slight
shriek, and stood pale and trembling a a
broiuud, heavily bearded man came forward
to greet her,
'May I come iu Ruth ?, aked her guest
with a mock humility in hi tone.
'Richard Saywood ! U it p ible
'It is puasible it i the the same Dick who
used to have so lillle sense about woen-4
one woman paruciiUm. lie said, taking
her hand lu his and leading her to, a
scat. f
1 came irom Victuriji to place my step
son in scnijoj Spaii trauclsco j while there
I learned' 'that my friend .Leonard wai iu
Colorado. I dropped into tee him for old
acquaintance sake, and there I met Robert'
son, and the poor, bruised rascal needing au
escort I have guided him safe to your arm.
(Jould I do less for lils fntlicr son V
'I am grateful -hut Di Mr. Saywood
blundered Ruth, half bewildered bv his
stoady gase and the cloe clasp of her unre
leaed hands, 'your family your wife why
have you not brought her with you ?'
'I have no family save my young stepson
Maynard. Ills mother wa the wife A my
dearest friend in that rude laud. He died
leaving hi wife nnd son iu my car. Sh
was an iuvnlid when I married her1 and two
vears ago she died, mi l nm Msvuard '( ny
de comforter you ill pltiliK j th
- my Ruth he as w in a roice husky ith
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THE COLUMiUAN,VOL. XII, NO. 48
emotion, as Ruth's tearful, joyful eyes look
ed up in his questioning face, giving him the
lull assurance of that love ho had once
doubted.
Keturah Ann was somewhat scandalized at
the brevity of the preparations for the wed-
ing which followed this meeting of those
tws 'onieoslble bein's ;' and she wai heard
to declare ; 'Ef the ways of Proverdince
isn't Jtlio oncrutcrblist ; hero's that visit
lown Eastthat.s been npot so many times
come to be a weddin tower after all.'
Three years after Ruth's second marriage.
Mrs. Lane visiting friends in Maine, met
Keturah Ann and made some inquiries In
regard to her former neighbor.
'It s equal to a "Jnovcl how things have
come round,' answered Keturah. Here's
Dick au' Ruth livin on the old place, all
fixed up beautiful, right in sight of moun
tains an' the sea ; an' there's a little Robert
a toddliu' round, just a picter of Dick. An'
Stein's pway at colllge as fond of weeds an'
crawlln' things as ever he'll como to be one
of them niterallsts bime by, An' that sober
Maynard, as stuldy as a deacon's leami 11' to
be a farmer, an' all of 'em is as busy an'
happy as mortals can be in this oucsrtnin
world.
Parts about Mctlinsolali.
What a tremendous boyhood old Methu
selah had 1 Ho died at the rather advanced
age of 909 years, about WO years more than
a man's span of life. At that ratp, when he
was two hundred years old he about f aqusled
an ordinary lad or sixteen. He was thirty
nr forty before his parents bought him a rat
tle to play with, and didn't havo the mea
sIps and ot'irr infantile diseases until he
over one hundred. He was in 110 sort of a
hurry about these things, as lie had so far to
go. Wh imagi ie that he was rather a deli
cat child to begin with, as most people
were who live to n great age. We can imag
in his mnt'icr's anxiety with regard to ids
delicate cnnstitiiii.ui, telling Mrs. Br.nvn
across the wav, on his tineti"'.h birthdiv
til it she was afraid she 'would never h- abb
to raise that child.' Generations nf men liv
ed and pas-ed away while he was going
around in petticoats, nnd he almost a cen-
t3iiarian before he got hi first hoots Hi
father ued to lick him when he was lfiO for
robbing a neighbor's, watermelon patch.
Young Methuselah was probibly in the
vicinity of 100 year old when ho was first
(out to school. We can imagine liim sitting
on the low bench, learning his a-b-abs,
tvnong the great grand children of the peo-
pie who b gun life, when ho did. He wis
mischievous, of cour.-e all boys are.no mat-
ter what their ago (we experience a mild
Irisknesi ourselves occasionally ),;and had to
be punished for it.
' illiam Henry Methuselah, stand up!'
says tne toaclicr, catching him in thevervnet
of placing a bent pin in a seat where a school
mate was about to sit down. 'What do you
menu Dy such conduct as this?'
ioung Metheselah begins lo suifllo and
wipe 111s eyes witli tno corner of his jack-
et
'One would think' continued tho teacher
steinly, 'that you wasn't oversoveutv-five or
eighty year old by the way you behave.
Instead of that you have already celebrated
your first centennial almost a youn" man
"' ,acc' iou uau ouglit to be ashamed of
yourself.'
Whenever a circtu came lo town, with
children half price' on its bills, young Me
thuselah must havo experienced difficulty in
making the ticket-seller understand that he
was entitled to go in on a half-priced ticket.
particalarly after he got along toyvard his
wo ntinuretli year. But ho nroballv did it.
Boys are enterprising and persistent wheoo a
circu i concerned. And we will bet 'that
Methuselah, in his youthful days could ac-
stimulate as much old iron as the next bov
anu lay it uy ior tne coming show.
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When tho youngster got into his teens
say from 200 to 300 year old he probably
did as other gentlemen of tender agedo.went
around with the c r s. It must h.n-n been
a little embarassing to him, after beauing a
oung lady about a spell, taking her to con
cert, partie, balls, etc, to di-coverthat she
was a great-great-great-great-great-grand
child nf some old friend of his father's, but
these thing were Inevitable under Ihe pectt-
liar and exceptional character of the circuni
stance. They could hardly be otherwise'
There i nn record to show that any women
lived in his tune to an age that would Uegin
to compare with his. Sho wouldn't haie
ucknnwlidgfd to anything over forty had
she lived taico the age of .Methuselah. That
is ihe kind of .1 hair-pin a woman i.
Employing Ihe proportion nf twenty-one
to seventy to Methuselah's years, we find
that he wa a minor until he was 270 y.ur
old. If the laws regarding minors were
torceu in ins day, young Meilm-rlali mut
have been runout of a billiard ronm and
shut out of bars for over two centuries. And
what a sensation there must havo been creat
ed wheu bo stepped out to deposit his -first
vote. Of course ho voted for all the presl
detit, from Washington (whom ho remem
uers snaking nanus wiui) iiown. All men
did that. And when he got to be along in
years, say 000 or such a matter, he could sit
and tell the boys about the hard whiter
32.and the panic of '37.and the flood of '39.
and tho hard cider campaign of '40, and all
that sort of thing.
A .New Peparture.
Tho Philadelphia ledger gays : 'Of the
sum of $55,000 appropriated by tho legisla
turo of Pennsylvania iu 1877 for building two
additional wiugs to tho eastern penitentiary,
winch estimato was itself tho result of close
calculation of it projected expense, the bal
anoo of SI, 935.33 is found lenniuing. Now
that tho wings aro built and occupied and
expenses paid ihe board of inspector-bo
fully deserve their name have directed a re'
turn of ilia ljalauoe to tho stato treasury. Of
.ti .1 -e . -i n ... 1
au mu way 01 xeiuug n( 0I al) unoxpecioil
balance this is tho ncwott. Tho inspectors
might havo frescoed a oommitto 100m ceiling,
or had themselves pamted iu a groupo publish
od iu an exiensive volume, or they wight
havogiveiia ootly diuner to celebrate tho
the house wariuiug, or ordered iu a libeial
supply of resorted lelreshmeuts for their owu
further satisfaction if they had been like oth
er men, There ate u dozen ways, at least.
of spending an uuixpeuJeHl balance which do
unt seem to havo oocurod to thein. What
did occur to thuui, to keep withju the annro'
priation iu the first place and hand over what
was lelt ot it ba;k to tho stato, does not al
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Poetical.
llOIlllY IIUUXS AS A TEMlT.l'.AXCB POET.
How John 0. Whitticr lins:liiM lie wonM
lllavo Written.
During a recent fair in Portland a papr was pub
lished called the "Carnival Ileporter." To H John O,
NVhtttler, wrote 1
To Tim EniTOa ok tiis Cirmhi. Uhoiiter :
Many years airo I amu.ed myseir. whll" reading tho
pwnsnnd letters of Hums, with Imagining what
lemrwrance ivns me grnipsr poet or his 1
i century
would havo wrlttPh. had theMeoire been known In
Scotland In his day, and ho bod had strength and
courage t.i take II. Teresnltwos u poor Imitation
ot tho style snd dialect ot thn poet. I scarcely think
Ihe verses Improve 1 by age, but I find nothing mora
available among my manuscripts, and 1 phico them
at thy Bcrvtce with all good wishes for the good
cause. J 11. v.
oak Knoll, Danvers, nth mo., is, 1978.
TIIK DUUNKAItl) TO HIS IIOTTliE.
Hoot 1 di'ir ye shaw yo'ro faco again,
Yo aul l black tldef o' purse an' brnln I
Tor foul disgrace, for dool an' pain
An'Bham a ban ye;
Wa's me, that e'er my Hps have ta'cn
Your kiss uncanny I
Nao malr, mild knave, without a shlllln'
To kesp a sUrvtn' night tran steslln".
lc'll sen' me homoward, blln' and reeltn,
Frae nightly swagger,
Hy wall an' post my pathway foelln'.
W 1 mony a stagger.
Na malr 0' rights that brills') an' mar.jle,
Nae malr 0' nets my ro-t to tangle,
Nao inalr 0' senseless brawl an' wrangle
wrrrien'an' wlfatno,
Nae malr o' doavid' din an' Jingle
My feckless Ufa through. ,
Ye thlevln", eheatln' auld Chsap .lick.
I'elilln' 3 0'ir poison brosp, I crack
1 our banes against my mg'c-tiacU,
WF melk'e pleasure
lull nvnd ye I' his workshop black,
E en nt liH leisure 1
I I 'brak 1 e're neck, ye foul auld slnnsr,
I'll spill ye'rciilul'l, 30 illo beginner
O'a' tho Ills an' aches that wlana
Quitsaul an' bodvl
(He me li ile breeki in' well-sprd dinner
Doll Uk' 30're tod ly ;
Nas malr wl wlt-hes' broo gano syt,
O'e me ir.ee malr tho aid 1 delight
i.'slttln' r my lialrni In slskt.
The guldi wits near.
The weel spent day, tho pease lu' night,
The morning cheer!
Cock a' ye 're helds, my bairns f u' gleg,
My wlnsomo Hobln, Jean au Meg,
For fond an'claes 50 shall na b;g
A dilteldaddie.
Dance, auld wife, on your owl-day leg,
Ye've foun' your laddm !
Ocean Disaster.
In connection with its account of the
wreck nf tho Pommerania, the New York
Ifcrahl, gives the following list of the wrecks
of ocean steamships during the past twenty
eight years :
Helena Slowman-Foundered in midocean
November, 1850 ; !l live lost
City of Glasgow Never heard from.spring
1851 ; 150 live lost.
Arctic - Run dnv.11 by French steamer
Vesta, off New I'ouudlatid, September 27,
1851 ; f!00 live lost,
Pacific Never (heard from ,if:er leaving
Liverpool ; 200 lives lost
L". Lvonnaia Collided with shin Adriat
ie "r Nantucket, November -, 1850 ; 200
"yei Iost-
Tempest Never heard from after leaving
1'01V ork l0,t all on board,
Austria Burned in midocean, September
12, 1S5S ; 470 lives lost.
Indian Wrecked off the coat of Nova
Scotia, November 21, 18.50 ; 27 live lost.
Hungarian Off Nova Scotia, 1&G0 j 205
live lost.
Canadian Straits of Belle Isle, Juno 4,
18131 3r loat-
Anglo Saxon Off Cape Race, April 27i
10UJ -'' vm lost-
Bohemian Off Caps Elizabeth, February
" 1SG4 ' 20 llvt'1' lo5t-
Hibernin Offthe Irish coast, November
29 180 00 l'1 1Mt-
-'I IT-l.-.l T-l Tr. sr...!-,. ..
l imicu lviuguom ieit .tpw iorK iipni
J lbbJ ' never "eara lrom-
Cll' of Boston Left New York January
"J 18"0' ca,1('1' nt Hn"'""1 and never heard
"nm illler lui ! i"" "ve ioi.
Cumbria Off Irish
coast, October 19,
1870 ; 100 live lost.
Atlantic Wrecked off Nova Scotia,
April
1, 1873 : 5132 live lost.
Ismailia Left New York September 29,
1S'J i 1
- Vi"e
never heard from.
du Havre Collided at sea; 220
live lost.
Nilo Off Cape Idsu, from Hong Kong,
March 29, 1S74 j 150 lives lost.
Tacra lelt Valparaiso ; lost on April
14, 1874 ; 19 lives lost.
Laplata England to Brazil ; lost at sea
off Island nf Ushant ; CO lives lost.
Mary From Glasgow to Trinidad, Octo
ber 20, 1S74 ; 10 lives lost.
Kathleen Mary From Odessa j lost at
ea January, 1875 ; 20 lives lot.
Corte II iy of Biscay, January 12, 1875 ;
20 peisons lust
Bride From Alexandria to Hull, Janua
ry, ibo ; 20 of her crew and passengers
lost.
Alice From Cardiff for Constantinople,
lost at sea ; 20 lives lost.
Ville de Bilbou Near Best, September
1875 ; iivis lost.
Pacific Sau Francisco to Portland, Ore-
of ou 'orty lnllea 'ro,a Ve i'UUlery,
raoer ' i w "ves lost,
City of Waco Burned ofl'Glaveston Bar,
September 19, 1875 ; 10 lives lost.
George Cromwell February 17, 1877, off
Cape Mary ; 40 lives lost.
George Washington Oil' Newfoundland,
bound to New York ; 20 lives lost.
What (lie Country Ji'eeils.
A Suth Carolina paper correctly says the
country needs fewer men who seek office and
more men whom theollice jeeki.
TV. .1 1 VL I
i'tmer uuys uuu uiore sueep,
Fmver trur.kllnr- denini-niviins who nr. ant..
oll thiuu or, inthliiL. Interest dletm ,i
morc urave Iuel. wllo darfl ... jQ nwn
thinking, aud say what they think.
i ewer great men made to order, and of
small material, and thrust in front of men
who havo a capacity ior greatuees.
K'wer impetuous young men, iager to rueh
into priut and laito the Uevil generally.
rewtr wire-pullers iu populai convention.
aud more people.
Fewer 'loaders lo knuckle to popular pre
judice, and moro real leaders to combat such.
prejudices when wrong
l'ewer bar-rroms and more icliools.
Fewyr fences and more pastures,
Fewtr scrub cuttle and more good ones.
A religious paper nka where shall we
ll ml rest. ""Please go and clerk iu q.
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on iy Eoous store wuere., iney ;aou t advertise
and you will obtain an ubuudauce of it.
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