TUB UOL'flHBflCir
CKBli XOlT, STftROFtnt NORTH AMD COLCN
Issued weekly, evory Friday morning, at
tlLDOHsnUllO. COLUMBIA COUNTT.PA,
.mn nottAiw per inr, so i-enU discount aWmeal
V.I'll' It U.1 IIIIIUUIT, IIIQI HiqiKI'liailVllUI IU1
irtitl III "H1 liuifTi'd. Toinllwcribcrsout atlbt
,iiit in-' t.if ntn 11 per veir, trlctly In advance
iinnr llfeonttntwl, etceptatwaopilonof ttiel
lUllUi'iin, until sil'atTearairo' are paid, but lone
1 lllld'l1 il rem iv am'r luu rA'i4uiiuii ui mu itrai
t ir vlu not no tfircn
m nuwrsseiit'iul of thcitiite ortodhtantriost
. mint he nalil tm In mil muc, unless roarmn.
ilhir person In Culamiila county assumes to pay ttir
I'lMTAiiB In no lonircr exacted from subecrlbcrstn
'I couwy
to b p FmsrTism
i. I.iuuli.u Mpirtineoi 'if tuo UoLUBUloryj
, it Mritf. AU'l uur-l u rriiiunK win vuwimre lavurB-
I with llistot the tame cities. All work done on
iTian.l,neiitlv and at moderate prires.
Coliimbia County Official Directory.
fresldont Judiro William Klwell.
Aswwlate Judgca-I. K Krlckbaum, P. t- Hhuman.
vrot bonotarv" Ac William Krlcknaum.
Court .stenographer 8. N. Walker.
t"rwter tlocorilor-Wllllamson II. Jacoby.
district Attorney-notirrt II. Utuo.
.therm-John W. Hoffman,
sirve or amuel Neytt ird.
t!mssioncr
CoramMoncra'Clcrk-J. n.Cawy.
Audltors-8. II, Kmlth, W. Miinnlnsr.C. B. Seo-
'Kr'vCommlssloners-Kll Bobbins, Theodore W.
SSiau'l superlntcndent-Wlillamll.Snyder.
moo n Poor OHtrtct-mrectora-It. 8. Knt, Scott,
Nm. Kramer, Blootnsburg
Iro U
and Thomas Hccce,
3lo)msburg Official Directory.
ProMdnt of To n Council o. A. Herring.
Clt rk. I'anl h. lrt.
Chif I of I'lillreJai. i "tcrner.
IT !'! nt nl i.MWimpanj . Knorr.
Secrcturj-C. w. illllcr
JuiuiuurK Hanking wmnany-Johr; J.Punsion,
slden , II. II. uro i, Cashier, John Peacock, Tol-
''fin V.i lonal Hank -Charles It. Paxion, resident
YviiimMaS'rai ""mu ual Saving Fund and !an
.i'lflon-B. II. Ul lo. President, o. W. Miller,
omiurg imilJlngandaTlng Fund Association
-Wm. Peawmk. PresHIent,.!. U. uoblsjn. Secretary,
lllii' mshiinr -nIu ual Sarin Fund Assoclailon-J.
1 iiniwer, Presldcn ,P. E. ivirt, Secro'ary.
ciiURcn "omticTonY.
strttsT cnnRcn,
noi. 1. P. Tuvlu, (Supply.) j,.
4.1 1 1 tv unices I o' and K p. m.
nSrSr N?eX-Kio?y Wednesdav evening ate
5oa a freo. The public ara Invt'od to attend.
st. m trrusWR loth bran cttimcn.
llan Br-lteT.o. 11. 8. Marclny.
1'iidai Scrrlces-no a. ra. and IMP. m.
v-raMeeTng-Kve?;- Wedneadar evening atT),
ieatsfroe. Nopewaren'od. All are welcome.
PRiiaBVTsaiAN cnottcn.
.Ilnla er-lcv. Slu.tr' Ml'-.hcll. '
l iuiUv rvlccs-ievj a. tu. and x p. m.
T'eV'STng'-Svey Wedneada, evening a'
ilS's'tn-e. So pewa rented. Strangers welcome.
MKTOOniST sriscorALcnORCH.
r-sldlng Kider-liev. W, Bvans.
r, ruiv. M. L. smvser.
la Services I X and OX p. m.
,U1 m'" PMondav evening a- o'elMk
.tuag 7J ; "ra cr mJ lng-Ever Tuesdaj
Mectlng-Kvery.Tbureday oven.nK
f D'ClOCk.
RBroRusn cuoven.
Corner nt Third and Iron streets.
I'ustor-Ucv. w. R..Krcbs. !.,..,.,.
ilisldcnre-Crncr 4th and Catharine streets,
mud.iy scrvlcua low a. m. and 1 p. m. - - '
innda School 9 a. m.
prayer Meeting-Saturday. I p. m.
Ml aro Invited There Is always room.
ST. PAUL'S CUUCB. '
'f. ctor-nev L. Zabner. 4 . 1
Stinda Servlces-mji a. m., T)f p: m.
iL"?v ''0- ?, k ItM nnmmn,on.
4'fvlcea preparatory to 'communion on Friday
wentng before tne ounuuY iu u
Pewa rented ; but everybodv welcome.
KviKOBMCAt. cnuscm
Presiding Kldnr liev. A, L. Hoeser.
stW.SKSlronSlr.MChrch.
I'ra er Meeting Every Sabbath at p. m.
Hit are Invited. ' All are' welcome.
TDSCnCRCB Or CHRIST. ,
Mnots In "the little Hrlck Church on the hill."
kminn a the Welsh Baptist Church-on Kock street
eat of Iron . . .. .
Itmular meeting for worship, every Lord's day at-
............. a, til n'otivlr "
wst free ; and the public aro cordially Invited to
ifii'na
1 t ltiwil. nnilETlM. Manic, hist printed and
iieatly bound In small books, on hand nnd
or sale at me Colombian umce.
nl.ANK DEEDS, un Parchwjnt and Linen
p. 1 iiir. mmmnn and for Admlnls rators. Execn-
turs nut trustees, for Bate cheap at the columiian
omce.
- r tifniAnRCEllTIFIOATI'Siiiatntinted
il ,11111 for sale at the COLrMBiAN Office, Mlnls-
erof the (losjel and Juitlci b should supply them-
,.l... .J ...1.1. Ihnsn nnnnaanrv flPtl.lln.
lOl'W tuLunivouv.vU '
TlTSTir.F.S nnd nonstable' Fee-Bills for sale
l nt tho Colombian office. They contain Uie cor
recUtd fees as established by the last, aci, 01 uie
2itureupon the subject. Every Justice and Con
tahle should have ono.
"ENDUE NOTES just printed and for saU
cnoap ai inn uoldhbin uiucu.
BLOOMSBURG DIRECTORY.
PBftFTiRSIONAL CAIIDS,
G. initKLEi'. Altorney-at-Luw. Oflio
1 (iron er's building, 2nd Btory, ltooms 4 4 5
j.
11. ROBISON, Attorney-at-Law.
in lUrttnan's building, Main street.
Office
s
AMUEL KNORR Allnrni v at Law.Offici
in tiariiuauB uuuaiog, aiainairt'eu
I lt. WM M. REBKR. Surgeon and Phvsi
1 ul.in omen s. E. comer Hock and Market
.1 rets.
j u. (iVA.Nb, M. 1., surgeou and l'nysi
I . lun, (Omeo and llesldenco on Third street,
It. XIcKELVY. M. D.. Burceon and Phy
Mclan, north side Main street, belovr Market.
TR. J. C. RUTTER,
vnVSICIAN & SURGEON,
Office, North Market street,
.97,14 Uloomsburg, Pa.
D1
I. L. RABB, .
PRACTICAL DENTIST,
Main street, opposite Episcopal Church, tlloo
burg, Pa.
rv Teeth extracted without pain,
aug u, U-ly,
W HOWELL,
' DENTIST.
omce In Hartman'a Illock, second Boor, cornei
Main and Market Streets,
BLOOMSBDItO, PA.
May 4 ly.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Q
M. DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH
dalred. Orxiu .local Uulldlnf, liloombbunj, ra.
D
AVID LOWENBERO, Merdianl Tailo
laln St., above Central Hotel.
S. KUHN, dealer ih Meat, Tallow, etr
. Centre Btreet, itween Second and Third.
LI
UO.SENKTOCK, Photographer,
Clark 1 Wolf's Store, Main street.
J Y. K ESTER,
MFRf" ANT TATI.OR.
R mmNo. is, ursaa Hon Buimuno, Sloomsburt.
sprlilt.iMs
B
RITI8II AMERICA ASSURANCE CO
NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANT.
The assets of tnese old comorstlons are all In.
vested In SOLID SEtUhlTlLS andaru liable tome
hazard 01 lire omy.
Moderate lines on the best risks are alone accented.
Ixtaca rsonmT and uonsetlt adjusted and paid
as sol n as del 1 1 mined by christian r. Kmait, spe
cial Agent end aiuster, Il'oomsburg, Penn'si
ILecltlteLBof Cblumt la county uiould patronize
the scene) where losses. If any. are.dlted and
paid by one of their own citizens. nov.K, Tl-ly
F
REAM BROWN'S INSURANCE ADEN
c V, Kicnonge uotei, uioomsourg, I'a.
Capital.
tna. Ins Co., or Hartford, Connecticut. 4,500,000
Liverpool, umdon ana uiooe
Itoyalof Liverpool ,,
M.ou.01
II 600,000
Lancanamre
10.000.
Fire Association, Philadelphia
Firm era Mutual of Danville ,,.
DanvUle Mutual
Home, New York. -.. m-
1,100,000
1,000,000
76,0a-
5,WJ,(JO0
mvi.ooo
As the airenetes are direct, radicles are rttten for
t he Insured wltuout any delay in the office at Woo ma-
Mama na.'n-y
I!
K, 11 AR I'M AN
irSIStNTSTDI FOLLOWING
AMFRICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
Lycrmlngof wur.cy Pennsylvania.
oh smerteam
.ranklln. of
a oi rnuaaeipnia, ra
ennaylvanla of "
armers of York, Pa.
1 anorer of New York.
Manhattan of
omce on Market Street No. (, Bloomsburg, Pa.
net. i, TI-ly.
T KtlAL IUjVNKK'OF ALL kTnDH-
Xi UAMi AT lltk UiLLMilUM OFyiCi,
I jlIA. .
LAWYERS,
E. WALLER,
Attoi-ney-at-Law
Increits cf Pentlcni elUlnel, CollecUesimtde.
ucice,N;cond door from lit National bank.
I1LOUM8UUIIO. PA.
Jan. tl, 18-8
J" U. FUNK,
Atto nevat-1 nw.
IncrcaK! of Pcnfions Olnaincd, Collcctioni
Made.
nLooMsnuno, pa.
Office In Knt'a Dni.DiNO.
pjUOCKWAY A ELWELL,
A T TO R N E Y 8-A T-L A W,
Cowxbian IlciLotNo, Dioomsbnrg, Pa.
Meirticrs of the United stales Law Asnoclatlon.
Collections made In any part of America or Europe
Q R A W.J. BUCK A LEW,
a i 1 u it n k 1 1. a.'i - ua Yi ,
Hloomsbarg, Pa.
imce on Main street, nrst door below Court House
F. it J, M. CLARK, (
' ATTOHNBVS.AT-LAW
Bloomsburg, I'a.
Office In Knt s nulldlng.
P. BILLMEYER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Orrtck In llarman's Building, Main street.
mo
loomsburg, Pa.
n. Lrrru.
S01T. R.LITTLS.
H. A R. R. I.ITTI.K.
'i.
ATTOHNKYS-AT.LAW,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Jl IT. MlijL.r.U,
11 M I T t.,i
Al lUlinKX-AT-LAW
ontoi'ln Hrowcr'sbnUdlng.secend ffoor.room No.
Uloomsburg, Pa.
TTEHVEY E. 8MITH,
A1TORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office In A. J. Evan's Ntw DciLnma,
DLOoMSHUHO. PA.
Member of Commercial Law and Dank Collection As
sociation. - oct 14, 'Il-tfi
g FRANK ZARR.
' Attorney rat; I ,awi
ULOOMSBURG, PA
Office la Cnanost's Iuiltiko, en Main street second
uoor auov. 1 eaire.
(!an be consulted in German.
Jan. 10, Ti-tf
OATAWIS8A.
w
M. L. EYERLY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Catawtssa, Pa.
collections nromDtly made and remitted. Office
onposlte Catawtssa Deposit Bank. emss
, 1
iV, n. Abbott. W. U. Rhawn.
ABBOTT & RIIAWN,
Atto rneys-at- Law.
CATAWISSA, PA.
Pensions obtained.
. dec si, 7-ly
PENNSY L V ANljA
-R.IlaOA.ID. '
GREAT TRUNK LINE
AND I
UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTE.
I
The attention of the travelling mibltc Is respect-
fully invited to s 'me of the merits of this great high
way. In the confident assertion and belle I mat no
other lino can offer equal inducements as a route of
uivugu iruvei. in I
Construction and Equipment
;tb I
PFNNSYLVANIA BAILBOADi
stands confessedli at the head of American rallwaTB
Tho track Is double the entire length of the line,' of
sieei rails lata on neavy oak ilea, v. men arei emnea
ded In a foundation of rock ballast eighteen Inches
II dptb. All bridges are of Iron or stone, and bunt
11 me rnijbi appruvea iiiaus. iia passenger cam,
lo eminently safe and substantial 'are at the
same time models of comfort and elegance.
THE SAFETY APPLIANCES 1
In use on this line well Illustrate the far-seeing and
liberal policy of its management, in accordance witn
which the utility only of an improvement and m t
iui cuab una ueeo uie nuesuua Ul cons laerauuu.
Among many may do noticed
!
THE BLOC- S7STEU OF SAI-T7 SIGNALS.
JA1I1IE7 COUPLES', BUFFER snJ PLATFpEi:
TEE WHA&TOK PATENT SWITCH,
AND THE
WESTINGHOUSE AHl-EEAKE,
tormlhg in conjunction wtth a perfect double track
and road-bed a combination of safeguards against
celdents hlch. have rendered tnem practically im
possible. 1 f
Pullman Palace Cars
are run on all Express Trains
Prom New York, Philadelphia, Baltlm.re an4
ira.hluglon, l
To Chleufu, Cincinnati, Lonlsvllle, Iadl.Bap.il.
ana i. i.oui, 1
WITltOVT CITAKVE,
and to all nrlncloal points In the far West and South
with but one change ofci-ra. connection, are made
In Hulon Depots,
and are assured to all important
puui
I
OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
Is admitted to be unsurpassed In the world for irran
deur, beauty and variety, superior refreshment fa-
attentive, and It Is an Inevitable reeult that atrip by
UIO ICUU.JllUIWIUUilVtKI UIW, IUIW I
A PLEASING AND MEMORABLE EX
PERIENCE. Tickets for sale at the low est rates at trie Ticket
Offices or the company In all Important cities and
luwua.
FRANK THOMPSON.
General Manager.
I. P. FARMER,
Gel Passenger Agent.
J. K. SnOKMAKKIt. Pass. A cent Middle DHL.
18 Norm Third rtieet, Harrisburg, pa.
ICU, 1, ll.
TUE GREAT ENGLISU RElflEOYI
OKAY'S SPE0JFI0 MEDICINE
TRADE MARK IB espoelally recom-TRAOE JHC
menuea as an un
fallinvcureforsem. Inai weakneas,Saer
matorrhea. Imp o
tency, sad all dlsea
sen, such as Luss of
memory. Universal
Lassitude, Pain In
Sefoia TkU ur.of -VUlon. Premv. il,ZTV.lZ
ture Old Age, and&er TUiHT.
many other ilseases that lead to insanity.Conatunp
tlonanda Premature Grave." all or which as a rule
are first caused by deviating from tb rath of nature
and over Indulgence. 1 be BpeUno Medicine Is the
result of a life study and many jetrs or .eiperlaaca
In ireallng these ew-cui dlseasea. 1 ?
Full particulars In our pampuleta, which we desire
to tf-nd free by mall to every one.
The SDeclflo Medicine Is sold bv all Druc-lata at tl
per pack tge, or Mi rsckai ra for to, or wfll be tent
Dy mau on Tempi 01 uie money py saoreaeing
THE GHAT MEDICINE 00.,
No. to, Mtchnnlet Block, Detroit, Mich.
"old In Blocmtburg bye. A. Eleln,snd by all
inula Bvilng, n lioltatle Agents, Pltburg,
The Seaside Library.
Choice books no Inn wr for thft few onlr. The hpst
standard novels ithln the reach of every ono
ttonks usually sold from t til S3 trlven fnnchanired
and unabrioged) for 10 and to cents.
lol.AN bleLlfcbyMlssMulock loo
V J Hard Times by Charles Dickens loo
los. A liravu Lady, by Miss Mulock voo
lot Peep 0 Day, by lobn Ranlm loo
mo. ai me fcign or me cuver riagon, Dy is u
Farjcon loo
U 8. The master i f the Greylands, By Mrs Henry
wood to
H 7. ma lo-o'-OrtisR by 11 1, Korleon too
lM.lho 80a King, by Captain Wrryat 100
iiv. i-.ictinorB luwry, d.i suns si k 'raaaon yoc
110. The (litis 1 f f'evcrsham. b Florence Marryatloc
111. ATuurof tho World in Eighty Dais, by
Jules Verno . loo
111, Hard cash, by Charles Heads So
lis, (loldcn (train, by 11 L Farjeon I' o
114. Darrell Markham, by Miss M r. Braddon loo
It . M Ittilu the .Mare, bi Mrs II Wood 1 c
116. Pauline, by L U Watford ino
117. Hie i'tmiile Mlnsur, b ELIes 100
118. Cnat Lxrctatlons,by C nickrns soc
119. Petri nel, by Florence Atarryat 10c
Ho. in mance of a Poor Young than, by O Fcu-
lllet 1M
Ul. A 1 Ifa for a Life, by "las Mulock soc
in ihol'rlvatecrsman.byiaptaln varrjat 10c
lS3.lrl.sh Legends, by Samuel Lover 10c
1S4. Squire Irevlyn's Heir, by Mrs II Wood soc
m Mur Barton, ty Mrs UasVell toe
1x0. Lirmai orm miner's sin, uy it liuiack.
It!. Mv Lady Ludlow, by 1 rs Claskell
IS cousin Phil Ips, by Mis Uaskcll
iw. The andering Jew, (1st half) by Eugene
mora iiu
Mv Lady Ludlow, by rs Oaskell loo
IS cousin Phil Ips, by Mis (laskcll loc
The
Sue
DUO YUC
Its. The Wandering Jew sd half) by Kngeneruosoc
iso. Sermons out of Church, by M lss Muiock
of tnurcn, ny miss siuiock 100
Hi. M chael Strogoff.m juie-i verne
lWl
soc
id. Jack rmton, oy cnanes Lev.r
1S3 The Duchess of Rosemary Lane, by B L Far
jcon 134. Mj Biother's VMfe, by Amelia n Edwards
tsi. Anatha'a Husband, bv Miss vtllock
-I8. Katie stewa't, by .Mrs ollpbaut
151. A Kent in a l loua, oy waaries iver
1 8. Uhai He tost Her, bj James Payne
139. ttndon's Heart, by II t Farjeon
41, MastiTP'ati Heady, bv captain .nrr)'at
I4J. The Head of the Family, by Miss Mulock
I4U ino IJioy Lisle, ii tiisa m c uruuuou
1.3. The Haunted Towtr. by
144, The Twin lieutenants, by Alexander Dumas loc
-me na
The T
Haifa 1
wards
Mr Uenry Wood
I4S. Half a million of money, by Amelia B. Ed-
wards
146. Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon, by
Lever, (Trip e NO)
147. Hutt in, the Iteefer, by Cnptatn Varryat
14s. l muestucklnir. bv Anile Edwards
149. Joshua warvtl,i)y It L Farjeon
1M. Midshipman tiasi.byCapialnMorryat.
151. Tho Russian Oypsy, oy 1 lex Dumas
Ul. Arthur o'Leary, by Charles Lever
lss. ward or win' 7 .
1S4. A Point of Honor, by Annie Edwards
iso. The 1 tunt of nontc-cnsto, Alex immaa
1M. The King's o n, by Capt. Marn at
157. Hand and Glove, by Amelia n, Edwards
158, Treasure Trove, by Samncl Lover
15. Tho r, antom blp, by.Captaln Marryat
1C0. Tho Black Tulip, by Alexander Dumas
1st. The World Well lost, K. Ijnn Linton
tel. Shirley Charlotte Bront
103. Frank Mlldmay, by captain Mam at
164. A Young Wife's Story, Harriet Bowm
163. A Modern inls'er (Vol. 1.) Chevely Novel
166. The I ast Mdlnt, b Oeorgo Sand
167. The Queen's necklace, by lex Dumas
168. Con Crecan. by harles I ever
ir,9. St. Patrick's t ve, by Charles Lever
17K Hostage to Forfune. bv Miss Braddon
iix.i;nevaiieraejHai,on ituuire. uv i,uuias
tts.Japnet In search 'of
a. Father by captain
174. Kato ii'Donoghue. by Charles Lever
warryai.
176. The lcha of Many 'I
1 1
'ales. Captain Marryat
17S. Perclval Keene by Captain
in Mam at
111. oeorge Canterbury's WU1, by Mrs. TJenn
Wood
SI'O
10c
100
ioc
loo
10c
soc
100
178. Hare nood Luck, by H. B. Francllllon
179 The Hlsiory of a Crime, by victor Hugo
ISO. Armalado, by Wllkle Collins
181. Tho Countess de Chsrny, Alex Dumas
191 Juliets nuardlan, by Mrs. Cameron
1S3. Kenllwortn, by sir Walter Scott '
194. The Little Savage, by Captain Marryat
183. "i.ood-Bye Sweetheart,-" by Khoda liroi
Jrongton 10c
lss, David Coppcrneld, by Charles Dickens
soc
100
ioc
100
800
Vc
100
SOC
100
187. Nanon, bi Alexander Dumas
lss. Tlie -iwlss Family Robinson
189, Henry nunbai, b Miss Bradilon
lo. Memoirs of a Physlclm, by Alex Dumas
191. The Three Cutters, by captain Marryat
191..1 he Conspirators, by Alexander Dumas
193, Heart of Midlothian, sir Walter Scott
194, No Intentions, bv Florence Marryatt
195. 1-abclot Bavaria, bv Alexander Dumas
196. Mcholas Mcklebj, by CharlcsDlckens
197. Nancy by Khoda urougb'on
19?. ettlers In Canada, by Captain Marryat
199.- Cloisters and the Hearth, by Chas lteade
10c
SOo
loc
100
soc
200. Tlio Monk, by Matthew a. Lewis. M. P.
(Monk Lewis, 10c
201. Catbartn Blum by Alex Dumas 10c
ail vr. utinra 1 eve Ktory by (jeorge EUot 10c
903. O'olMer and the Hearth, by Chas, eade 20c
204. The Y'ung liancro, w. 11. G. Kingston 19c
soi. The mj stents 01 pans. (1st naif) by Eugene
Sue soc
S05, i ho mytterles of Tarls, (sd halo by Eugene
sue soc
soa Poison or Asps, by Florence Marryat loc
S07. The Children or we New Forest oy leant.
Marryat loc
tos. Ni.rtu and South, by Mrs. Gaskell soc
sot. A Jewelof a Girl loc
S10. Young MUgrave,by Mrs. Ollpbant loc
SU. Randolph (.ordon, by "Outdv 10c
ill. Brigadier Fredenrk. bi Erckmann-Cnatrlan 10c
813, Barnaby Rudge. by Chas. Dickens soc
'214 vunstowe, by Mrs. Lelth Adams loc
215. 11 Ms of Prey, by Mls Braddon soc
216. litems ' I the Black Watch, byJtmesCrantlor
317. Tne Sad Fortunes of Rev. Amos Barton, bv
George Eliot 100
sis. Dombey and son, by cnanes Dickens soc
219. My own Child, by Florenc Marryat 100
sso. George canterbury's win, by Mrs. nenry
w ouu
221. Voftr Zenh. bv V. W. Ttobtnson
soc
221 Lastot the Mohicans, by J. F. Cooper
813. The Marriage. Verdict, by Dumas
S24. The Deer Hayer, by J F. cooper
sr6. Two Destinies, by Wllkle Collins
216. Tho Path Finder, by-P.. I. Cooper
227 Hannah, bv Miss Mulock
528. Tho ttegent's Daughter, byDumas
529. The Pioneers, by J Fenlmore Cooper
230. Little Grand and the Marchioness, by
10c
IOC
10c
100
loc
100
10c
100
loo
loc.
'Oulda"
sal, Tho Prairie, by J. Fentmore Ccoper
232.. A Hark Night's Workby Mrs. Gaskell
233. The Hlot, by J. Fenlmore Cooper
100
10c
loc
134.-Th Tender Hecollectlons of Irene Macglll-
cuaay
535. n open Verdict, by Miss Brandon
536. Shepherds all and maidens Fair, by Walter
10c
loc
10c
10c
20c
10c
V87. Wandering Heir, by Charles Heade
lircaiii uuu iiiiines mix.
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TIIHOUOII TI1K TUNNEL
Riding np from Bangor,
On the "Eastern" train,
From a six weeks' shooting
In the woods of Maine J
Quito extensive whiskers,
Heard, moustache as well,
Sat n "student fellow,"
Tail, and fine, and swell,
Empty sent behind him,
No one at his side
To a pleasant stntion
Now the train doth glide
Enter nged couple,
Tnkc the hinder seat;
Enter gentle maiden,
IScautiful, jKfie.
Ulusbingly she falters,
"Is thii seat engaged I"
(Sec the nged couple
Properly enraged.)
Student, quite ecstatic,
Sees her ticket's "through,"
Thinks of the long tunnel 1
Thinks what he might do.
So they sit nnd chatter,
While the cinders fly,
Till that "student fellow"
Gets one in his eye j
And the gentle m.iidcn
Quickly turns about
"May I, if jou please, sir,
Try to get it out t
Happy "student fellow"
Feels a gentle touch ;
Hears a gentle whisper,
1 Doe it hurt you much?"
Fizz, dingi dong I a moment
In tho tunnel quite,
And its glorious darkness,
Black as Egypt's night;
Out into tho daylight
Dans the "Eusteru train;
Student's beaver ruffled
Just tho merest grain j
Maiden's hair is tumbled,
And then there appeared
Cunning little ear-ring
Caught in student's beard
Select Story.
SNATCHED FROM NIAGARA,
FROM BF.LGRAVIA MAGAZINE.
'Yes, stranger, it Is a mighty fine fall. I
gucssj Niagara beats creation for bigness
You curiosity-hunters can't find a djp ot
water belter worth eyeing over in all your
jaunts anywhere. Well, you sep,i it's just
an ocean, as it were, rolling over that, lime
stone ledge, Foam, spray, and thunder
one dull, eternal, awful roar, spanned by
hifttng rainbows that's it.
I bate it, but I calculate the sight's nut
to' you. You think that nature's got it up
fine for you to stroll down to, after break
fast at Forsyth s.
'It's like an entertainment provided for
those who house at our botels; something
to draw customers and tot up a jolly return
for the capital invested. That's it, Isn't it ?
It gives you a pleasure to talk about and
pay for, and brings dollars to those that lei
you lodgings. Come, it is up to yonr no
tions, is it not, stranger ?'
The dollar giving uses of this sublime
cataract had not, I must own, occurred to
me, I looked with some natural wonder at
the speaker, who took this' view of perhaps
the most marvellous sceno that this world of
ours has td show. Indeed, with its deep,
dread rnar throbbing through my very brain
nnd blood, I heard the suggestion with no
little disgust. The spray clouds ever steam'
ing up from the abyss which received the
plunging si'a, tlie overflow ofjlie vat Amer
can lakes, failed altogether in my mind to
associate tliemselven with cah calculations.
The twenty miles of river rolling the 'drain
age of a continent to its giant leap did not
bring with their mighty mass of doomed
waters ideas of profit that better suited a
New York counting house than the 'shud
dering surface nf Table Rock ' 1
Mv manner, as I replied, I dare fay some
what smacked of surprise and candor, but
my American friend took it with that self
possessed coolness which showed him to be
quite careless of my estimates of his want of
what our fine old sculptor Nollekens used
to call "entusymusy,'
Can't you see something beyond dollars
and cents in this winder of wonders?' I
iaid. 'I know familiarity breeds contempt
towards most things, but I rather expected
to find Niagara beyond this customary re
suit.' '
Well, to say the plain truth, Britisher, I
don't go in' for outlandish howling, about
this roarer; but when you talk of my having
any sort, of contempt for it, I tell you my
fancies about Old Thunder aro something
particularly different to that. Shall I tell
you'why? Are you In a listening fit? Yes,.
Tben for once I'll let out a story I- have in
my memory, and no Jiving man, native or
foreign, has anything to pair off with it as
rnipetesthis tumbler below 'us.' So with
the dread music in my ears of this mighty
mass of flashing down waters, I listened to
a tale that has ever since formed part of my
recollection of Niagara.
'Why do I get savage at travellers' spoony
raptures about this awfulest work that the
powerof God Almighty has turned out?
This is why 1 Tbey are so- much Brummag
em tinsel not got Up well, youcome here
not just to feel as this would naturally make
any creature feel, but to froth and fuss about
what you do feel and what you don't. That
riles me, I like 10 sneer diwn such bush
This thing was not made, to be talked at,
It wasu 1 meant to be raved over, It s too
darned real, too horribly grand for that
You're a quiet one not one of the mouth
Ing Bort, I see; my dander isn't rU by you
You're genuine, you are. I saw tha(
mars wny 1 mean in give you a real icare
with this tale ot mine. If your wool doesn't
straighten before I've done, you're a cooler
card than I glv.e. you' credit for being,
'I'm toughish still you see, Oldish ratlv
er, for 60 odd years I've lived hereabouts.
for here I was boro. I know Ibis place pro!
ty well, I guess ; every foot of eyery rock,
of every track for long rnilea away, up to
Erie and down to Ontario field and forest
know my shoe leather all through these
parts.
'When I was 80, or thereabouts, I hutted
1 up this river some four miles or ao away,
Yun've tracked It down may be to here.
rou a nsruiy llilnk we were coming upon
this. The country up river is flattlsli. The
river slides along quiet enough, too. Hi
crags, no precipices, no darksome forests j
all Is fertile and good to the eye of man-
just peace and plenty. It Is different, though
as the sound of the thunder ahead grows tip.
on you, dull, awlul, everlatlng, that h
sounded on Irrim creation, and will oullas
you and me, stranger, and thousands of gen
erations yet to come.
'Where I lived wa, as I said, but a fen
milts above this. Farther down the calm
flow of the river swirls into ripples, and
whirls and grows scared like of what's be
fore it. Then it exercises Itself fur the bell
it Is to pass through. It tastes purgatory
It's all loam and datf; and splutter anrt
growl, through the frothy rapids that rough
en it for a while. Then it settles for stead;
work. It braces Itself for endurance, and
then plucklly smooths itself to face its fate.
'How grand that calm, deep flood is thai
noun aloDg without stay or hurry. But
stranger, smooth and peaceable as it looks,
it's deep enough to astonish weak nerves or
iron ones, as I know well, and you'll know
before I've done, If my tongue does its duty
'Just look across the fall. You see it best
from the British side. Run your eye round
Ihe reat horse-shoe near you, That curve is
ime two thousand feet broad and hundrnl
ind fifty feet deep. Then there ia Goat Is
1 1 rid, snii In thomidit of the mighty plunge
Can you see a small, flat speck ot rock not
so mauy yards off its shores? No? I know
it, as you'll bear. Our American fall be
yond knuckles under a little to this nearer
to us But it's a mighty respectable water
'hed, too. Twelve hundred feet In breadth
a hundred and fifty high. You knnwall
uuess that every passing minute some seven
hundred thousand tons of good fresh river
roll over that rock into spray and foam in
the dim gulf below,
'As n boy, I used to see beauty as well n
wonder in all this. Where it's not hid whit
with foam, see what a clear sea-green lln
fl iod is as it shoots over. You can meas
ure tho force of the rush of waters, for the
curve of the shining sheet is fifty feet from
the wall ot the rock it slips down.
'How does it strike you? You see it, I
dare say, I saw it two score years ago. To
you It is terrible, but not all terror. It's love-
ly, too. And to.me? well, to me It Is horror I
only j it has been so since that day when I
bung on ltavery brink for houra.and thought
of it as one .might think in a nightmare
dream of some hideous thing, inconceivable
unutterable,tbat held one in its awfulgrasp.j
But mine was no vision of the night to.
laugh at when awakened, mose hours I
grizzled the then brown of my young head
itiio tne iron-gray you see it now. ineir
iron entered, into jgysoulj as they say. It
has lived there ever since, night and day,
ieason and season. There it will stay till
the death rattle kills tbe memory of all this
ide my coffin.
I hunted and fished tben. That's how 1 1
lived, Visitors then came pretty plentiful I
0 see this wonder.' I caught, whether it I
was fur or fiu. I bad canoed it from when I
I could recollect anything, and pretty I
venturesome, too, I became, till I thought! I
was strong enough and skilled enough.to run I
risks hereabouts that others vould have I
shuddered from I
I thought i; knew Niagara too well to be
in anv danger from it. I was so familiar I
with it, I thought of it with none of the
.... - I
scare new-comers found in it. I used to
lauirh at their Genuine fears at the verv sight
and sound nf it. I knew it by night, when
the calm moon-light through tbe silvered
spray clouds that hung over it ; by day.whcn
the glad sun danced rain-bows above its
fliihing floods. Tuen it was too old a friei.d
of mine to be fenr j I by me.
were full Fi-h was in request, as much as I
could bring Price didn't matter. Pleasure
seekers bled freely. I was paid well for what
could be charged for as they liked. I had
foundthatthe nearer the rapidalgotthefiner
eemed what I caught, and tbe more freely
the bait was taken. I had 'so often gone
where most were too timid tn venture 'that I
had come to believe I could skim any
where.
'Even now I think, had my paddle been
sound, I should have come off safe.
'Well, that morning I vyasout at sunrise,
and pretty successful I was. I steadied my
course, letting the canoe drift little by little
towards the rapids tbat frothed and raved
some miles below. licit at any moment I
could shoot It out of the strength of the cur
rent into tbe . smoother waters by tbe
shore.
'I got fully employed with my lines, for.as
I glided down tbe stream my take was rap
Id, and tbat of the uneat. So eager was I
that I failed to pay that attention to the
drift of my canoe which was so needful
'It, was with a start at last I felt I was far
too much in .the full.deep current of the nv
er, and tbat its strength would need my ut
most efforts to escape from its grasp, For
the first ilme I felt real dread, for the boil
ing and hiss of the seething water could al
most be heard below me. I plied the pad
die strqngly, and for a while I had'hopes of
safety,, though I had never known the need
of the exertion I was now using to draw my
self out of the mighty force of the flood that
tned onwa'd to its fearful fall
'Inch by inch I fought my way up stream
and towards the shore where I was to sell my
morning s takings.
Every inch was won by
le the perspiration Btart
Itwasforlifeliought.for
a strain tbat made
from every pore,
dear life. It was death that I pulled against
and such a death I for It was as ifa curtain
was suddenly withdrawn to show me all the
danger I bad so long been running uncon
acinuslv. It flashed into my thoughts how I
had played in the very jaws of destruction
t'lat now seemed to hunger lor me,
'As I tolled frantically against the rushing
waters, tbef were living things whose clulcli
ougbt to drag me with them to share their
awful doom. I had grown bo used to the
-roar of the cataract (aa I now recollected,1
s i near 1) that my thoughts had ceased to be
ciignlzmt nf It; now It almost slunued
tne
'I talk atrangely,don't I? I tellyou,strang
er, If you waut to wahe up your fancy really
well, just try au hour's pull against Niagara,
tlf. Ik. f.ll--l.k...t.-l.:
One day changed all thfs, and I knew it a" RUve wh'lst a,mmt w'lllnl! my ' llsh it and,tnske tbe necessary corrections.
... I VArv feet tftA qao rtf nrator- liiirriori nn nt I -n. t.t .1 . ,1 .
for the hungry monger that it is-pltllee, , ' " " " me story is correct witu tne exception 01
eravine for its human prey. -either side of me and disappeared, pUcea ar,d ages. The iady8 father wa- a
r...ivt..j.inii( Tho iinioi- I Rasped a cry ol blessing tor delveranceT I QHtive of New Yorr, and moved to Green-
3 h I TlplivArftneft ? Vn It. npl irprnum 7 hrir I
...... E,.K .. lua,,. mmiLHoimy llle. Anything imything to make
,. ,.r i.i i.u.ii aim common
place 111 tbnuglit or speech If you think
utter anything.
24. 1879.
'Minutes that had Roomed hours had pass
ed, and I wag struggling frantically, steam
ing wltp. my frenzied exertions. I had, won
one way, I bad edged tome distance from
the central rush of the river, and safety
would be found In the slower waters that
skirted the bank, could I but reach them.
'I bent still more madly to the effort. In
, moment I hl lost my hold of existence,
and was rushing, helpless and hopeless, to
the dreadful fate I had been Sghtlng aralnst,
Ouo of my paddles, overstrained, had brok
en, and, at the mercy of the mighty fl'KKl, I
was speeding every minute more swiltly to
what I knew bo wellwhat I saw as plainly
with my mind's eye as 1 had thousands of
times seen it with my living sight.
'Hnw I saw all we are looking down un
here! Not k sight, not a sound, we are see
ing and hearing, but it was In that moment
heard nnd seen by me more vividly than
now. I was literally bewildered with the
roar I now hear so cm'-ily.
'I shrieked aloud in my agony as I clasp
ed my useless hands over my sight, vainly,
to shut out the smooth side of the inland
iea, as I saw it flaihlng back the morning
sun as it leapt into the misty gulf Into whose
thunder it shot.
'A tew moments bore me down to the
rapids. A few more momenta I was through
them safely. How I escaped wreck among
them puzzles me. I was too paralyzed with
norror to use my one paddle to in a'ly way
iteer my light craft through, the foaming
currents on which it tossed. Its liglitnesi
must have saved it. Had it been a heavier
milt boat it would have been dashed to
ilireds a score of times before we reached
smooth water. As It was, it danced along.
irolicking, as it seemed to me, with a ghast-
v defiance of the destiny to which It so sure
ly hurried.
Out of the hissing! out ofthe frothing
foam ! We were on the calm, majestic mass
nf waters the sea tide, you might surely
call It, that was to burl itc elf and me to
itsms.
'Hnwoddly the mind n!' in such moments
if horror 1 WoulU you believe it.? a tradi
tion of Niagara actually occurred to me as I
flashed along It was an Indian legend
I remembered hnw an Indian equaw, lone I
the favorilenf.a famous chief, foundnyoung
maiden was to supplant her in her wigwam
recollected 1 swear I saw it as plainly as
if imagination and realitv were one she
,ire the best-loved child she had borne to
It, father from her forest home, till she
reached a canoe. Then she Daddled herself
atld her boy into the full stream, and .ca-i
the paddles from her, and with a heavy
tteart nerved by bate and revenge and tais-
ry unendurable.stoodupchantineherdeath
,ng that recounted her wrong and her mis-
I i-ry,aud welcomed her coming escape from it, I
tilUhey .shot into eternity amid tbe hell of I
waters below. I
'Even wbilo this was for an instant flashing I
I through my bewildered brain, I was enter-1
ing1 the very heart of the thutiderof the fall. I
Moments only separated me from my release
from agony. But the Indian 'stoicism wa
forelgn'to me ; I could have yelled aloud in
the terror that possessed me,
'I dared not await seated the awful list
moment that was so neir. I faced my fate ;
1 turned ; I stood up, I looked straight
ahead to where the curving waters were, to
launch me to peace eternal
ine no" nd scarcely a ripple on Its snr-
tAce- I
!t real ? Within a few yards of the
f,. I 1,: .. l 1 1. t. - .1 1. . . 1 a I
" u.... hid uu sum. uj a uai
"f,eck of rnck J"st off the shores of Goat Is-1
J7. tbat,stirless on the very edge ot the
abyss. t
"n ""y conscious ennrun passing
1 had sprung to its slippery surface. Tbat
moment had saved me trom Instant annibl
lauon. 1 nf oanoe w an- 1 aj tana-
how long? I yet breathed, but who wnuld,
who could, save me from the rushing 'floods
that tore past me, from the th nderiDg cata
ract that fKl almost within reach of my
tonch ?
'Oh, heaven 1 "What had I saved life for?
For a prolonged, agony ? For such misery
as must end in. starvation, madness or sul-
rude ? Could my mind long bear tbe strain
now upon it? How could it?
'Let your eye skirt the rounding edge of
this nearest fall You can see the, very
rock I was on. It looks but yards from the
larger space of Goat Island ; but those yards
were as bad as miles They were an impassa
ble gulf between me and tbe stretch of rock
tbat seems so near.
'What were my chances of escape ? Dare
I hope there were any? I, was almost too
wild with terror to think at all. Yet'the
brain seemed favored with life in such mo-
menu: 1
'Should I be starved 7 Should I slide into
. .... ..I
the rnsnine' tide from cold and exhaustion ?
Would sheer, unbearable terror fllnir ,'ma tn
death, from my utter inability to endure'.the
horror that possessed me 7
'What could be done for me 7 Was rescue
possible 7 Could 'a boat be floated to me 7
Even if it could be guided to such a sma,l
point, could I dare.to (rust myself to It 7
Would anv rr,nBh.t,r.nr.nn,mKfr,h..r
tbe force that themi.rhtv flood would reoul'ra
it to endure and overcome 7
' -
'An instant's relaxation of the strain on
the rope that 'might hold It till it towed It
to shore, and I, if not It, would be where
my nwn canoe had gone.
'Would human strength, could human en'
deavor, snajch me from tbe doom that had
so nearly already engulfed me 7 !
.Aji the8e thpughUwere in my brain In
I n,. i.,, . .li,:
I .t.1-1, i r. ti-.. r
I nvuicu HUKU JU U1C
'How could I dara to see ? I 'shrieked to
be aenseleas. Ob, for madness, if madness
would rid me of the terror Iu my brain, In
very blood, that waa( as it seemed, my life
that so possessed me, that exltence had
room for nothing but unutterable horror I
'I looked to thisvery rcck on which we
stand. Here, on tfila spot, I taw a throng
of excited .spectators, I wat seen; tud:who
could Bee a, human being in such peril j and
not isiniiy snare the terror tbat I felt T
T 1 J I .L ' .1 '
j. tiiuiu ucar me causal men to
me
have heart. I could catch criet to me that
should be Bavrd. I coultl see women wild
witu pity, ah, wbat cnuld their pity
for rae (
" " l'"" "
- me forget tha ever-rushtne waters that
or ceaslnclv flashed bv mv fW .ml ,1l..n,,.r.
1 -
ill I '
TOE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XIII, NO. 4
COLUMBIADIMOCRAt.TOUXLM!, WO. M !
'Men were crowding the river bank. They
were consulting, I could aee, excitedly, de
bating what should be done,
'There was a rli of some trom the crowd.
Time passes, ages to me, In my agony. At
last a boat comes, borne on the shoulders nf
huatmen at a run. They lay It at the wat
er's edge. Delay 1 delay I O. 0d I There
Is a rush of others with a coil nf cable, not
rope J rope they knew would be murder.
'I see them boring the boat's sides pas
sing the cable through knotting it nailing
It securely.
The boat is towed along the still aide wat
er far up stream. The crowd follow It.
What will they do 7 Grt, what will th'ey do?
What sane being will venture his life to
savo mine ? Delay I . delay I They have
stopped. Talk I chatter I will they never
act? Oh, dear, God help him bless blml
A canoe pulls out from shore with the host
In tow. The canoe as well at the boat has
a cable secured to it, by which those on the
bank-regulate its drift down stream. How
strongly it struggles up and out Into the full
flood I Bjth cables are secured round trees
and ptid out by numbers.
'Fighting up and across the tide, drifted
down it as the cables slack their length, I
watch with what hungering evet I The ca
noe steals Inch by Inch to where it and the
boat it holds are in a line with my feet. The
set of some current drifted me to the rock I
atand.on. The boat is detached, straining
on the cable, guided too by a rope from the
nearly stationary canoe. The current sets
it towards me. It Is brought up by the
strain of cable ashore. Still it drifts nearer
and nearer.
There are moments In life that swallow.
up all the "rest of existence In our memories
They' haunt us awake. We dn am them al
ways. If I should be a Methusaleh, with
centuries of breath.it seems to mo ode
thought would always absorb all others, as
Aaron i snake devoured Pharoh's magician'
serpents.
'I remember nothing else but that I awoke
out nf a dream of boll in a bed at Forsyth's.
I Was totd I had been in a denth agony with
a brain fever. What mattered that ? I was
nut of the torcent of the damned. I felc the
blessedness of peace, of safety, of life wrung
from death,
They dared not tell me it was real that
all I am now telling you had been awful re-
ntity that I had dared as the boat drifted
abreast of me to take a leap into it that,
on the very edge and utter brink of perdU
tion, the strength of scores ashore had over-
powered the rushing flood that amid the
shouts and tears and srbs not of women Only
but of bearded, Iron-nerved men, I had been I
lifted senseless from the boat and borne to
enjoy the brain fever safely In' the hotel
yonder.
'Do you think I have told-you. a lie or a
believable tiuth the bare fact ?' I know it
is plain truth, and yet'I only half credit'it
myself. Well, stranger, dream or truth, I
never forgot it ; Its part of me always.
'God nave any one from ever trying, In
fict or fancy, such an experience as mine I
'Now you know why I don't see anything
of beauty in Niagara. I leave that to bo
discovered by those who never came so near
to being a real part of It as I did.'
Female Free Masons.
Becently the Observer, alter referring to
tb fact tbat tbe tj00 M Aldworth is sup
hnaer tn lin the nnlv femaln Free Mason in
the jtj dlvuleea the fact tbat Mrs. B. B.
' 0
abington, who was at one time a resident
nfthlsState.wns also a member of the ancient
arlrl,bonorable order. The' 06scrar articlo
has brought out the Shelby Aurora to the
frofit and ln iu i93Ue of yesterday the edi
tor Mr j Pi BablngtonVwrltes as follows:
nagmuch as the lady above referred to is
our mother, we deem it our duty to repdb-
uo countv where our mother was born and
rate.ed.- The place where she was made a
lon wa9 ju an unfiuls'hed'church room,
ghe gecrete(l herself' under the pulpit, going
entrarjCe from the tide, and was event-
I mii ,4 ar-n verfA whita lpavinir t.r hMlntr
..t .ft,,; the indie had adiourned. She
WM .bout fifUen vears old when s'he was
nlade a Ml90Di ,n'j our father did not join
1 ,1,. niar rn.'na.,i. -. , .ft.,, ihov
were married. We do not belong-to the or-
der, but we have it from men who do, that
I she Is brighter in Masonry than a large
I number of men who have pawed to the third
j degree. Our mother' Is still living, and is
now In Boyd county, Ky., a few miles from
where she was first Initiated Into the myste
ries of that ancient order of Masons.'
A .few more Instances can be given ol wo
men being made Masons, and as the great
secrecy of tbe order, aud tbe fact that n(
woman, by ita laws,. can be made a Mason,
makes it a mstter of interest to know bow
"T",?
...n ttimt Ilnla w - llin.Aft.- -t- th fill.
Men lht O"- we therefore give the fol-
I 'O111-
A Mrs. Beaton, resident of Norfolk, Eng
land, fn the latter .part of the laat century,
concealed herself in the wainscoting ot a
I targe room and obtained a knowledge of the
secrets of Freemasonry. It Is to her credit
at well as that of every other woman who
'wned of e mysteries of the order, that
lhey kePt their ,ecret I'bfully-a think
l .1. .l . r.. 1,1.
that woman can do with more faithfulness
than man, notwithstanding tbe boastfulness
of men and their ridicule of women.
Another case was that f Madame de Xt-
lntrillea of France. In this case, circumttan
I ces during tbe revolution had made the lad i
a-8unie the male garb and do some very dar
Ing and paUlotio acts. In Frauce tbey had
wnat was wiled a Lodge of Adoption for
ladles. The Madame presented hersell
Initiation Into it. The excitable French
I "
men, struck with her gsllantry in defence
bet country, and in their extreme polite
nesa forget their obligation! and gave her
the.rtgulsr Entered Apprentice or first de-
grse in Freemasonry. In reply to their offer
to give her the degree, tbe iaid 'I have been
a man far my country, and I will aealn be
man for my brethren I'
ft.'. K..,i.... ( m
The next and moat celebrated case Is
tbat
of Miss St. Leger (afterwards Hon,
Mrs.
Aldworth) of Ireland. As the facts are
1 I.m, 1 1 n wa (rlva, them In full fmm rapV
to -"lai. ....-.--..- . r----
I e? k-fydop"1 of freemasonry I
Thlt lady received, about the year
do I toe nrtt ana tecona degrees ot r retmssonry 1 n,t n purgatory.
-- ' -v.-.. ....
The cirumttances connected with tblstingu. I It Iz a wite man wno pronts bl his own
un - lar initiation were first published 1807,
Tnrk and aubieouentlr renubll.hed hvPnn."! ho lets the ratUesnalk bite tha other nh.l
lir. ts cebrated MaaonlobibUoDole.
RATES' OF ADVERTlBIiSG.
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'ifMMtfrttssaMau PaM ror befcrelnatrtM
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K.rt,?n"'." Ult rM ror atlonal insertions
( iimvuk ITIClVBC Ml IGBfVa.
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douar per year Icreaeb lino.
London. It nay 'be 'observed, before pro
ceeding to glean from thli work the narra
tive of her Initiation, that the authenticity
of all the circumstances wat confirmed on
their first publication by an eye-wltoeti to
the transaction,
The Hon. Elizabeth St. Leger waa bora
about 1713, and wat the youngest child
and only daughter of the Right Hon. Arthur
6t. Leger, first Viscount Doneraile, of Ire
land, who died In 1727, and waa succeeded
by hit eldest eon, the brother of our heroin.
Subsequently to her Initiation into the my
terlea of Freemasonry she married Richard
Aldworth, Esq , of Newmarket, Id the coun
ty of Cork.
Lodge No, 44, In which the was Initiated
was In some aort, an aristocratic Lodge, con
sisting principally of tht gentry and most
respectable and wealthy inhabitant! of tbt)
country around Doneraile. The communica
tions were usually held In the town, but du
ring the Mastership of Lord Doneraile, un
aer whom his titter was initiated, the meet
ings were often held at bit Lordship's resi
dence. It wat during one of these meetings at
Doneraile House that this female Initiation
took place, the story of which Spencer, Id
the memoir to which we have referred, re
lates In the following words :
'It happened on this particular occasion
that the Lodge was held In a room separata
from another, as is often the case, by ttudd
and brickwork. The young lady, being gid-
,dy and thoughtless, and determined to grat
ify her curiosity, made her arrangements ac
cordingly, and, with a pair of scissors, (as
she herself related to tbe mother of our in
formant,) removed a portion of brick from
the wall, and placed herself so as to com
mand a full view of everything which oc
curred jn the next room; so placed, the wit
nessed tne rico nrst degrees in masonry,
which wu the extent of the proceedings of
the Lodge on that night. Becoming aware,
from what she heard, that-the brethren went
about to separate, for the first time she felt
tremblingly alive to the awkwardness and
tauger of her situation, and began to con
sider how she could retire without observa
tion. She became nervous and agitated, and
nearly fainted, but to far recovered herself
as to be fully nware ot the necessity or with-
drawing as quickly as possible; in tneae
of doing so, being in the darE, snestumbiea
against and overthrew something, tald to bw
chair or Borne ornamental piece of furnl-
ture. The crash was loud ; and the Tylor
lwno,wat on tne.looDy or lanaing on wnica
'he d0rs of both the Lodge room and that
where the Honorable Miss St. .Leger was
opened, gave the alarm, Burst open tne uoor,
"d. w"h light in one band and a draws
tword in tlie other, appeared to the noty tor-
rifled and fainting lady. He vat soon joli
ed by the members of the Lodge pretest,
and luckily ; for it is asserted but for the
prompt appearance of her brother, Lord
Doneraile,-and other eteady members, bet
life would have fallen a sacrifice to vt'.i
was then esteemed her crime. The first csro
of his Lordship was to resuscitate the unfor
tunate lady without alarming tbe house &u
endeavor to learn from her an explanation
of what had occurred; having done ;o,uu"
of the members being furious at the trcnTC
tion, she was placed under guard of the Ty
ler and a member in the room Tt'n-C pU"
ft-nl Th mMiitiMi vfl.f rr-n!i!.'"l .-.1
dBllh,.te(, to ., und,- - ,. "
stances, was to be done and over vo lor.,
hours the could hear' the angry drczsdcu
and death deliberately proposed end ee:ocT
ed. At length the good senaa, of tho crjeri
ty succeeded In calming, la naar"-,
the angry and Irritated fit,'" - c! ri-t
of the members, when, aftjr nuc't tid be
said and many things propccd,lt t r -solved
to give her tbe option ot cubmittte
fo the Masonic ordeal to the extent c ..1
witnessed, (Fellow Craft,) and If ct- refcrcrl
the brethren were again to conralt, Bc:
waited on to decide, Miss St. Leger, eshr
ted and terrified by the ttormineu o tho 0 '
bate, which she could not avoid prrthllj"
bearlng, and yet,'notwlthatard'7 s", with
a secret pleasure, gladly cadnnb--' -'.Iccl
accepted tbe offer. She wsj hccordbly In
itiated.' Mrs"., or as she was approprlet'l- celled
Sitter Aldworth, lived many yeir rile., but
does not seem ever to brva forgotten th)
lesaont of charity and fratornil loro trhich
the received 'on her ttcsriiccUd initht'.oa
into 'the esoteric doctrincc of tbs' Ords?.
'Placed as the was,' says the memoir va lnvo
quoted, 'by her marriage rith Aldvrorth, cX
the head of a very large fortune, the poor,
in general, and the Masonic poor In parttc-.
ular, had good reason to record her numer
ous and bountiful acta of kindness ; nor were
tbeae accompanied with ostentation-tar from
it. It has been remarked of her, that her
custom was to seek out bashful misery and
retiring poverty,- and with a well-directed
liberality, soothe many a bleeding heart,'
A writer In the London Freemason's
uiVdoJ- X In tie re?
I ....
Quarterly Review jBS0, p. 833,) says that
ular Lodge room InlMayberly's house of en
tertainment at York. But the locus in quo
It not material.
ToMeainre Corn li the Ear.
Multiply tbe length by the breadth and
this product by the depth of com In the pen.
I Multiply thla again by 4J, and point off on
decimal place. This result will be the ant
wer in buaheti. For instance, he have a pen
..... I r , q r ., .
of corn 48 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 8 feet
high. Multiply these three dimensions to
gether, we have 3,060 cublo feet. Now mul
tiplying this by 4, we have 13,770. Point
ing off the one decimal, we have, as tbe con
tents of the pen, 1,377 bushels.
Cabe or Incomibo Cows. Incoming
cows, more especially those that are high
foi I bred, an
bred, arid have been well fed, should be jud-
- Uloutly
starved two or three weeks previous.
ot I lj to calving, and for a week after it. Feed
i
- 1 ucu cows only dry hay, or partly hay and
P"tiy cat straw, wun a nine oran ana
handful of salt. The milking or an incom-
tng cow just previous to ber calving tbould
be avoided, as tending to unduly ttlmulate
a I the organs and produce the -my trouble
I
that
Is sought to
be prevented. Batten
Tbe Lock Haven Journal reports thlt aa
one of Judge Orvlt' favorite conundrums :
Why Is the letter '1' the moat fortunate of
in -
the vowels? Because It Is always In the
1735, mldli Qf bliss, while e' Is in hell and all th
lnllaw.