THE COLUMBIAN. fnnusU PIMOCHAT, BTi Of Tn NORTH AMD COLO issued weekly, ovory Friday mornini, at nt.ooMsnIlU, c6ludi A COUNTY, tA. .. . wn DOtxiM per year, to Miita discount allowed " nrlmni-n. After ttis cmlratlon ot the .; ) no will bo cnarijea. to suoicnncra oui or int f!I. ih urnn are ts iter rear, strictly In advance. nii naoer discontinued, except at tno option ot the until all arrearages aro Paid, tut lonir P....-..n, pmiifn aftr the cmlratlon ot the nrat rg.!!:..untnutnf the State or to distant nol treit mustbo paid for In advance, unless a respon iiMc i person in Columbia county assumes to pay the nibicrlpttonaueonucmnnn. I'O-iTAHItla no looker oxacted from subscribers In Socounu. JOB 3?IB.IlSrTIlNrC3- ...... tAhhircr npnnrtment of tho Columbian Is verv jomplele, anil our .1 b Printing will compare favora- li. .vith mr. nr i.nn mriro chips, a wurK uune on ijuiand.neatly and at moderate prices. Columbia County Official Directory. President .ftidse William Klwell, AssnclatoJudees-I. K. Krlckhnum, P. L. Hhuman. l-rotliouotarvr o.-Vllllm Krickbaum. court Mluiiojrapiier-s. N. Wnlker. -teilifetc UccoMor-willlamson ii, Jacoby. District Attorney-Hobcrt K, Little. SUerlH-Joliu VV. Hoffman, survovor .iiminl Noyliird. Trcnuircr II. A. swenrwnrietser. commissioners Mcimen robe, Charles nichart, 'cJniuJslonorsJClorle-J. II. Casey." AuuitOrs-8. II. Smith, v. Manning, 0. D, Bee- ifiivCommlssloners-BU Bobbins, Theodore W. 'oluntr Superintendent William II. Snyder, liloom Poor Ulstrlct-Dlrectors It. 8. Bnt, Hcott, Win. Kramer, Bloomsburg and Thomas ltccce, Ino't, Bloomsburg Official Directory. rresldent ot Town Councll-O. A. Herring. cicrlc-l'aul K. Wirt. Chief of Police .las. C. Sterner. rrosl'lent o' Has Company S. Knorr, Bccretary-O. W. Miller. ...... . llioomsuurg flanking company John A. Funslon, President, II, H. oro'z, cashier, John Peacock, Tel ler. Kirs' Na'lonainank Charles 11. raxton, rresldont j, r. Tustln, cashier. , , . Columbia County Mutual Saving Fund and t,oan AssoclaHon K. II. Little, President, C. W. Miller, ' momnsu'urz Bnlldtnz andSavIng Fund AssoclaHon -Wm. Peacock, President, J.B. ltoblson, Secretary. Uloomsburg Mutual Saving Fund AssoclaHon J. J nrower, President, P. B. Wirt, secretary, church Directory. haitist cucRcn, Itev. J. P. Tustln, (Supply.) ..,, Sunday Servleos-pix a. mi and p.m. Sunday School-O a. in. prayer Moctlng-Kvcry Wednesday evening at tyi Haatsfree. Tho public arlnvlled to at tend. ST. HATTnBW'S LUTItSBAN CHURCH. Mlnls'er-Itev. o. 1). S. Marelay. Sunday Services lotf a. ra. and ttfp. m. Sunday school 9 a. m. , Waver Moeilng-Kvcry Wednesday evening at 1)i Boats free. Nopows rented. All nro welcome. rRKSBTTERtAWCnCRCn. Sllnlslcr Itev. Ftuarl Ml'-!hcll. Sunday Services 10)4 a. in. and tx p. m. Sunday school 9 a. m. , , rraycrMceilng Every Wednesday ovenlng at Beais'froo. No pews rented, strangers welcome. MRTnODlST KrlSOOPAL CHURCH. rresldlng Eldcr-ltev. W. Kvans. Mlnlaior-ltev. M. L. smyser. Sunday Servlces-Uitf and 1)4 p. m. fi'lblo c"laas-EvcrvPMonday evening at tyi o'clock. Voting Men's Prmer Meoilng-fivery Tuesday "ttVpr T o'clock, RirORMKD CHURCH. Corner of Third and Iron Btreets. I'astor Iter. w. K. Krebs. , itesldence-Corner 4th and Catharine sjreets. Sunday scrvlccs-lOtf a. m. and J p.m. Sunday school 9 a. ra. Prayer Meeting Saturday. 7 p. m. All aro invited There is always room. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. Hector Hcv L. Zahner. Sunday Borvlccs-lox a. m., 7)f p. m. Sunday School 9 a. m. , First Kunday in tho month, Holy Communion. S.-rvlces preparatory to Communion on Friday evoolnir before the st Sunday In each month, rows rented ; but everybody welcome EVANOSUOAL cnUKCH. Presiding Elder ltcv. A. L. lteescr Mlnlter-ltev. George Hunter. ,,1,h Sunday Servlco-J p. m.. In the Iron street Church. Prat er Meetlng-Every Sabbath at p. m. All aro tnvlted. All are welcome. Tns cnuRcn of cnRisT. Meets In "the llttlo Hrlck Church on the.hlll,' known as tho Welsh Uapttst Church-on Koek street eTiegitilarmeetlnB for worship, every Lord's day af "weoandtho public aro cordially invited to attend. SCHOOL ORDERS, llanls, just printed and neatly bound in small books, on hand and or alo at the Columdian OIUco. B LANK DEEDS, on Farclim-'nt and Linen t're and trustees, for Bale cheap at the Columbian M ARR1AOE CERTIFICATES but printed ersot the Gospel and Justices should supply them yfcjalvos with theso necessary articles. TUSTICES and Constables' Fee-Bills for sale f at tho COLUMBIAN oim'C. lurj reeled fees as established by the last Act of tho ls Hmreupon the subject. Every Justice and Con table should havo one. TfENDUE NOTES just printed and for sale f Cheap anno uolumbia" uuivo. BLOOMSBURG DIRECTORY. PP.OFESSIONAL GAUDS. c, G. BARKLEY, Attorney-at-Law. Office In lirowers Duuaing, ttna sLorj , ituuuia a. ' B. ROBISON, Attorucy-at-Law. Office . in Ilartman a Duuaing, nam svreeu s AJIUEL KNORR. Attorney.at.LawtOffice In 11 art man s Uuuuinff, iiaiu birwu Jde, " It. EVANS. M. D.. Surceon and Pliysi . clan, (Offlce and Itosfdenco on Third street, " B. McKELVY, SI. D.. Surgeon and Pby , slclan, north side Main street, below Market. D R. J. 0. RUTTER, PHYSICIAN sonaEON, Offlce, North Market street, Mar.27,'74 Bloomsburg, ra. D R, I. L. RABB, PRACTICAL DENTIST, Main street opposite Episcopal Church, Blooms burg, l'a. IV Teeth citrnctcd without pain, aug 24, "77-ly, T)P- II 0 W E L L, ' DENTIST. Office in Hartman's Block, second floor, corner Main and Market Streets, BLOOMSBURG, PA. May st-ly. MISCELLANEOUS. p M. DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH, Sewing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re- dalred. Opera House Building, Bloomsburg, l'a. D AVID LOWENBERG. Merchant Tailor Main sc., aoove uenirai uoiei. 8. KUHN, dealer lu Meat, Tallow, etc., cemro Bireel, ueiween oecuuu uuu a utru. H ROSENSTOCK, Photographer, over , Clark Wolf's btort;, Main street. AUGUSlUri FREUND, Practical liomeo pathlo Horso and cowTioctor, Bloomsburg, Pa. leO. 14, i-u Y. K ESTER, MERCHANT TAILOR. HoomNo. 15, oriKAllocm Buildiko, Bloomsburg. aprlll9.iS78. B RIT1SH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO NATIONAL FIItE INSURANCE COMPANY. Thn AM.(-ts fir fhpro old comoratlons are aU In vested in M)L1I r-EUUlllTlEs andarellablo to the hazard ot Fire only. Moderate lines on the best risks are alone accepted. LctM S promptly and uos rTLT adjusted and paid as sotn as determined by Christian F. Knapp, epe elal Agent end AOJuste r, Il'oomsburg, Tenu'a, Thn 1 tttjpi.K ,if rniumijia countv should Dalronlze the agency wlitro losses. If any, are adjusted and paia uy one 01 ineir own ctuzenu, uuv.to, -,1-1; I?REAH BROWN'S INSURANCE AGEN ' CY, Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg, l'a. CaDltal. .Etna, Ins Co., ot nartford, Connecticut... s,ooo,ooo Uveroool. London and Ulobe 2U.wl.IW0 lto)i,l or LlvenKKil... 13 600,000 Lancansulre 10,0o, 00 Fire Association. Philadelphia 8.100.000 Farmers Mutual ot UanvtUe 1,000,000 Diavllle Mutual 7s,wio Home, New York. 8,600,000 tS0.631.0O0 As the agencies are direct, policies are written for the insured without any delay In the offlce at Blooms- March Mn-y F. HARTMAN XXPRtSINTS Tn rOLtOWINQ AMERICAN INSURANCE C0MPANIE8 .ycomingof Huncy Pennsylvania. Itorth American ot Philadelphia, Pa Irankltn.cf " " 1 on us) ivanla ot " 1 armers ot York, Pa. Hanover of New York, llanhaltxitot " omce on Market Street No. e, Blbotnsburg, Pa, oct,8,77-ly. LAWYERS. E. WALLER, AttornovaM,aw. Increase of Pensions eMalned, Collectienssnde. uuice, uecona aoor from 1st National Bank. BLooMsnmm. pa. ' Jan. II, 1879 j- U. FUNK, Attoi no vat'Ijiw. Incrcaso of Pensions Obtained, Collections made. tlLOOMSBUHO, TA. oaice In Ent'a Ucii.oiNa. jg ROCK WAY A ELWELL, ATTORNEY S-A T-L A W, CoirastAH DuiU)iN0, Bloomsburg, To. Men-.tjcrs of the United Stales law Association. Collections made In any rart ot America or Europe p B & W.J.BUCKALEW, ATI OHNKYS-AT-LAW, V nioomsbarg. Pa. Offlce on Main Street, first door below Court House R. F. & J. M. CLARK, ATTOltNEYS-AT-LAW Bloomsburg, ra. Offlce in Ent'a Building. U' A . AllAiU At 1 litt, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Orrica-In Ilarman's BtUdlng, Main street. uio oomsburg, l'a. H. LITTLS. XOIT. It. L1TTLI. P H. & R. K. LITTLE, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Bloomsburg, Pa. ri W.MILLER. ATrOHNBY-AT-LAW Office In B rower's building, second floor, room No. Bloomsburg, Pa. JJERVEY E. SMITH, Al lultn rj i A 1-liAW, Office In A. J. Evan's New Buildinq, BLOoMSIIUlttl. PA. Member of Commercial Law and Bank Collection As. sociauon. Oct 14, 17-tf FRANK ZARR, Attomey-nt-Tjawi HLOOM8BURQ, PA. Offlce in Unanost's Ucilcino, on Main street second uuur uuuve ueuire. (Ian be consulted In German. , Jan. 10, T9- OATAWISSA. w M. L. EYERLY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, CaUwlssa, Pa. Collections cromDtlr mada and remitted. Offlce opposite I'acawissa ueposu uanx. ems W. U. Abbott. W. a. Rhawn. ABBOTT & RIIAWN, Attorneys-at-Law. CATAWISSA, PA. Pensions obtained. dee 91, "77-ly BLOOMSBURG TAMERY. G. A. HERRING ESPECTFULLY announces to tho public SNYDERS TANNERY, (old stand) nioomsbunr. Pa., at the Forks of the Hi dv and Lleht Mreet roads, where all desprlDtloDSi of leather will be made In the most pubstantlal and workmanlike manner, and Bold at Dnces to suit the lmes. The highest price In cash will at all times bo aa lur GREEN HIDES of everv descrlDtlon In the cnuntn. Tho Dubllouat- iiioomfiuuru, ucu it i9ts M Ninth Street Plttsburr. Dec. 10. 1874. Messrs 'DHEII Kit. reay A: Ci uentlemen : Your paints have given entire sat isfaction. I have used them on agood many differ ent kinds of work. Buch us Iron, Tin. Woodt Brick, Ac, and never heard any complaints, on the con trary, tho work stands w ell and for wear, wUl In my opinion, stand with any lead In the market. When at liberty to use my name with pleasure, also touso in want 01 reference in imsctiy or vicuuif yuu ure ltespocuuuy 1 ours, JOHN T. GRAY, Painter and Dealer In Paints, oils, Co. STRICTLY PURE WHITE LEAD, AT THE LOWEST MARKET RATES. MONTOUR SLATE PAIN TS, 8 CENTS. MONTOUR METALLIC) WHITE, 8 CENTS, MONTOUR METALLIC BROWN, O CENTS. OFF COLOKS AT .THIS PRICE. PURE LINSEED OIL at lowest market ratea. Samme cards and trice list furnished without Charge. Orders and lnaulrles by' mall will receive prompt HENRY S. REAY, MANUFACTURER, Rupert, Pa, mover liKUS. WHOLESALE AGENTS, BLOOMBBUKO, i'A . Mays. 'T6.-ly. THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY I GRAY'S SPE0IFI0 MEDICINE TRADE MARK Is especially rccom.TAOlM uiruuru u au u- fallln? cure for sem inal weakness,Hper inatorrhra, Im p 0 tency, and all disea ses, sucnas una 01 memory. Universal "'a 1" t the Back, luotneaa .HJHH I w Before Takkgo vision, mmaj many other clscases that lead to Insanlty.consumn tlonanda ITemature tirave.all ot which as a rule are nrst caused by deviating from the pathot nature and over Indulgence. Ibe Hpectnc Medicine Is the result of a lite study and many years ot eiperlence In treating these special diseases. Full particulars In our1 pamrhlels,whlch we desire . iT-a . null I n Avarv nnn 5 send free oy man uio.cij, The speclflo M edlclne is sold by all Druggists at II by mall on receipt ol the money by addressing TUP nnAY MEDICINE CO.. No. 10. McchanlCa liloct, Petrott, Mich. Sold In Bloomsburg by C. A. Kiclrr, and by all HafrU Ewing, Wholesals Agonts, llttoburg, sept, e, 1s-U ARK. mm Poetical. PAPA'S LETTER. From Hurlington Ilawteye. I was sitting in my study, Writing letters, when I licnrcl, "Pease, dear mamma, Mary tcld mq Mnmma, musn't bo 'isttirbed. "But I's tired of tho kilty ; Wn'il jome ozzcr fing to do. Writing letters, is 'ou, mamma ? Tan't I writo a letter, too ?" "Not now, darling, mamma's busy ; Run nnd play with kitty now." "No, no, mamma, mo write letters Then if 'ou will show mo bow." I would paint tny darling's portrait, As his sweet eyes searched my face Hair of gold nnd eyes of azure, Porni of childish, witching grace. But tho eager face was clouded, As I Blowly shook my head. Till I said, 'I'll make a lclter Of you, darling boy, instead.' So I parted back tne tresses From his forehead high and white, And a stamp in sport I pasted 'Slid its waves of golden light. Then I said, 'Now, littlo letter, Go away and bear good news ;' And I smiled as down the staircaso Clattered loud the littlo shoes. Leaving me, the darling hurried Down to Mary in his glee ; 'Mamma's writing lots of letters I's a letter, Mary see I' No one heard the little prattler As onco more he climbed tho Btair, Reached bis little cap and tippet, Standing on the entry chair. No one heard the front door open, No one saw the golden hair A s it floated o'er hU shoulders In'the crisp October air. Down the street lh baby hastened, Till be reached .be office door : 'I's a letter, Mr. Postman ; Is there room for any tnoro ?' "Caufe dis letter's doin' to papa ; Papa lives with Ood, 'ou know, Mamma sent me for a letter ; Does 'ou find 'at I tnn go ?' But tho clerk in wonder answered : 'Not to-dsy, my littlo man.' 'Den I'll find anozzcr office ; 'Cause I must go if I tan.' Fain the clerk would have detainedhim, But the pleading face was gone, And the little feet were hastening, By the busy crowd swept on. Suddenly the crowd was parted, People fled to left and right, As a pair of maddened horses At that moment dashed in sight. No one saw the baby figure No one saw the golden hair, Till a voice of frightened sweetness Rang out on the autumn air. 'Twas too late a moment only Stood the beauteous vision there ; Then the littlo face lay lifeless, Covered o'er with golden hair. . Reverently they raised my darling, . Brushed away tho curls of gold, Saw the stamp upon tho lorehead, Growing now so icy cold. Not n mark the face disfigured, Showing where the loot bad trod ; But the little life was ended "Papa's letter was with God. Select Story. IN THE GLOAMING. 'You are the best judge of your own heart, but I do not think your future promises much happiness 09 the wife of Godfrey Hill, Remember who nnd what ho is," These were the words over which Alice Hill pondered as she walked slowly through the grovo at Bellows Falls. It was her fa vorite walk, when she wished for solitude, though It lay at some distance irom her home, the stately house that crowned an in cline stretch of ground overlooking the vil lage. Remember who and what be is 1 Mrs. Hill bud said these words very slow ly, and with due emphasis only a few hours before, when Alice bad road to her a letter, In which Godfrey Hill had asked her to be his wife. Who was he, then ? He was the second cousin of Alice, a man of about twenty-Bev- en, who bad been brought up by his grand father in the house upon Bellows Height and had supposed his inheritance of house and fortune assured. Alice and her widowed mother had never entered tho stately hr.iie while old Mr. Hill livsd, but had supported themselves by keep ing a school for young children, after God frey's cousin, Alice s father, bad died. It had never crossed their wildest imagi nation thai the old gentleman at Bellows Falls would remember them by even a tri fling legacy, and they were inclined to think they were the victim o( a practical joke, when they received the lawyer's letter informing them that Alice was the heiress of the entire estate 01 John Hill, ot Bellow Falls. It was like a dream, to come to the splen did home, to know there was to be no more weary struggles for daily bread, to wander through magnificent rooms and extensive grounds with the deliriously novel sensatloA of ownership. And it must be confessed that Alice at first thought but little of the dispossessed beir. But he introduced himself soon as a cous in, and visited tbo house as a welcome guest. For, in answer to the second clause of Mrs. Hill's question, what was he ? Alice could havo answered truly that be was the most fascinating man she bad ever seen. And Alice Hill, though a. bread winner in the busy world, had moved In good so clety, having aristocratic family connections both on her father s and mothers side. Bbe was no. novice to be won by a merely courtly manner, but she had never met man whose Intellect was so broad whose courtesy was so winning, whose face was so handsome as were those of Godfrey Hill BLOOMSBTTRG, PA., FRIDAY MAllCH 7. And yettliero wan a letter In her willing- desk, written by ttio dead man whose lielrcs? be was, warning her that 'because lie Is un worthy, becauo he lias betrayed the trtut I put In Mm, I havo disinherited Godfrey Hill.' There wan no specific charge, no direct accusation, but tho young heiress was warn ed against her cousin. ct, in tho many long conversations the two had held together, Godfrey Hill bad en deavored to convinco his fair cousin that his grandfather had been Influenced by false friends to bcllcvo Blatoments to hu discredit utterly untrue. He had almost convinced her that he was an innocent victim to unfortunate circum stances, a victim to a mistaken sense of lion- She was young, naturally trustful, nnd her heart was free; so it ii not wonderful that Alice Hill was inclined to rottoro the ulinhcrited man to bis estate by accepting the ofTer of his heart and band. Absorbed in her reflections, ,Alico did not notice that clouds wero gathering, till a sudden summer shower broke with violence above the tree The rain came through tho branches sud denly, drenching through her thin black Irrss, and she ran quickly to tho nearest bouo for shelter. Tho nearest reftigo proved to be the cot tage wbero Mrt. Mason, who did the wash ing for thegreat bouse,livcd withherdaugV cr, Lizzie, one of the village beauties. There was great bustling about when iMico presented herself at tho door. 'Mercy sakes I You'ro half drowned,' tho old woman cried, hurrying her unexpected guest to the kitchen fire. 'You'ro wet to tlio skin, dearie. Now ain't it a blessing there's a whole washing in the basket to go home 7 You can go Into Lizzie s room nud change your clothes, and I'll do up them you've got on. Dear, dear I Your bat is just ruined crape won't bear Jwetting and )ou veno snawi. iou must just put on a dress of Lizzie s, to go home in. It's nearly dark, anyway.' 'Where is Lizzie ?' Alice asked. 'Sewing at Mrs. Gorbam's dearie. She'll becoming home, soon. I aliens make that a part of tbo bargain that shj's to be let home afore dark, and it gats dark now by six fall days are shorter than summer ones. So- she'll be hero soon. Its clearing up.' It was clearing up, and it was also grow ing dark, bo promising to send home the borrowed dress in the morning, Alice started for home. She smiled at herself as she stood before the cottage mirror, for she had not worn a gay color since her father's death five years before. Lizzie's blue dress, scarlet shawl and gay Sunday hat were oddly out of place upon the slender figure, and setting off the pale, refined face of Alice'Hill. 'Dear me,' said the old woman. 'I h-fpe you 11 raon chirk up a bit, Miss Alice, aud take off your black. Tho old gentleman has bceu dead a year, now. Them roses do suit you beautiful.' -Alice gianceu at tne stating reanowersre fleeted in the mirror, and smiled ni she said: I will take great care of Lizzie's hat, Mrs, Mason. Good-bye, and thank you.' It was nearly dusk, and there was a quar-1 ter of a mile to walk before home was reach ed, so Alice hurried through the grove, where tho trees had already shut out tho lingering day-light. She had tied a, small veil of gay tissue over the gaudy hat, as she left tho cottage, and alio hoped, it she met any acquaintances, she would escape recognition. When she was half way through the grove Bhe heard quick footsteps coming from the village, and a moment later a voice Baid, "You are punctual,' and sho was caught for a moment in Godfrey Hill's arms. She know his voice, and struggled to free Ik r self, beforo realizing that be bad tnistak en her for the village beauty. 'Poob 1' be said, releasing her. 'Don't put on airs, Liz. Were you going to the house ?' Yes, she answered, faintly, indignant and yet curious, her woman's wite quickly seeing his error. 'I must go, too before long, though I had far rather stay here in the woods with you sweetheart,' 'Your sweetheart is at ho house,' Alice said, trying to assume tho jealous tone of an uneducated girl. What ! That chalky-faced girl in black ? Not a bit of it. Didn't I love you loag be foro she came to take what is mine ?' And a curso followed, coupled with her own name.that thrilled Alice Hill with hor ror. 'But they say you will marry her,' she persisted, calming her voice as well as she could. They say right I I will marry ber, and have my ownl Then, when she is dead, you shall have your old beau again, Lizzie, nd come to the great house, my wife. It is only waiting a year or two.' But as she may not die I' gasped the hor ror-stricken girl. She will die I I'll have no fine lady tak ing what is mine mine, I tell you I But what ails you f You are shaking aa If you had an ague fit. I've'talked it all over often enough before, and you never went off Into such shakes I It Is nothing new I'm telling vou.' liut you wouiu not muruer ner the poor girl gasped, drawing her veil clos her. 'Come now, none of that,' was the rough answer ; 'you'reJiot going back on me, now. after all you've heard of my plans. You've sworn to keep my secrets, or I'd never have told you them. But what is the mat ter V And here Alice found herself shaken with no gentle tian'd,to her great indignation. But ber fears overmastered her anger. Godfrey washeiratlaw to her newly-acquired fortuno, nnd he suspected her identity, in those dark woods, she did not doubt, after what he had already said, that be would take her life, 'I am not well,' she said, freeing herself from tho rough grasp on her arm, 'aud must hurry on. Walt for me, here, until do my errand at tne house and come back.' 'Be quick, then,' was the gruffreply. And if be was in haste, the scoundrel mlgbt well be satisfied at the rapidity with which his companion left blm, She scarcely knew how she readied her home, tore offher borrowed finery and wrote to Godfrey Hill declining the honor he nad proposed to ber, but giving no other reason for ber refusal than the statement thatvh did not love him sufficiently to be his wife. f - , i : r -r . 'Mamma,' sho satd, coming into tho draw- irtg-room, 'I have-written to Godfrey, refus Ing his offer, nnd dent tho letter to him by James. 'I have remembered who and what 0 is,' Mr. Godfrey Hill's amazement was unbounded, when returning to bis home. n tlio village hotel.to drcs for his promised call upon Alice Hill, he found her note waiting blm. But bo did not renounce his bono of all ale- ing her resolution until the next day, when hu met tho true Lizzie Mason In the shaded grove, nnd, in the couro of their lover-like conversation, that damsel told lilui who had worn her gay hat and red shawl on tho pre- nus evening, 'An' she eent n five dollar bill with the ess, because It got wet,' said the girl, 'An' that I call real handiomo of her. Why, what ails you you'ro white as chalk 1' 'Nothing nothing. You wero not in tho grovo at all, then, yesterday?' An i I couldn't get off till long after dark and so I stayed all night, I knowed you'd bo mad, waiting for me, but I couldn't help it, this time. Why?' For her lover had started for the vlllsgc without even the ceremony of a good-bye. Ho lost no time, ou his way, till ho stood n the office of Jermyn & Jerniyn, his grand- father's, lawyers. White as death, with his voice hoare nnd thick, he said to the older partner : .'You told me my grandfather left me ten thousand dollars, upon certain conditions,' 'Quite correct. The conditions are that you leave Bellows Fall9 and never return to It, and that you sign a deed relinquishing all claims as heir at law, in case Miss Hill dies before she is of age. Mr. Hill did not draw1 up his paper until his will was signed and sealed, and he was reminded that bo had made no stipulation for the reversion of his estate.' 'Reminded by you,' was the bitterrejolnd 'Reminded by mo I He was shown the danger that you might becomo a suitor to the young heiress. 'Well, that danger is over. I have been a sincere suitor to the heiress, and she has re fused the honor of an alliance.' - 'Hum I' 'So, having lost that stake, I am prepared to accept the conditions, take the ton thou sand dollars and turn my back on Bellows Falls for life.' It was with a senso of great relief from a very urgent fear, tha,t Alice Hill heard from her lawyer of tbo demar-d upon the estate that made her poorer by ten thousaud dol lars, and removed Godfrey Hill from her path for life. She told no one of the walk in tho gloam ing that had revealed to her theblack treach ery of the man who had wped her, so gently and had 'so nearly won the treasure of her young heart. It made her shy of suitors for,a long time fearing her money was the magnet, that drew them to her side ; but there came a true lov er, at last one she trusted and loved -and who won her for his e3der7"laitlifin' wife. And Godfrey Hill left his old home never to return. There was no thought of revenge in Allcp Hill's heart, when she heard of the death of her cousin, nearly three years after his de parture from Bellows Falls ; but sho could not restrain a fervent thought of thanksgiv- ing, when she realized that there was 110 murderous thought hanging upon her possi ble death. And ber relief she told her husband, fir the first time, of that involuntary masquer ade that saved her Irom the power of .1 vil lain. 'I, was at this hour. Will,' she whispered, 'and Ibis is the first ttnio since that day Hint I have been able to sit, without a shudder, n tho gloaming.' UNNATURAL SHOWERS. Tradition tells many stories, of showers which wero not showers of rain. It is stated by an'old writer that in Lapland and in Fiii land, about a century ago, mice of a particu lar kind were known to fill from the sky1; and that such an event was sure to be follow ed by a good year for foxes.- A'shower of frogs fell near Toulouse in 1801. A prodig ious number of black insects, about one inch in length, descended in nsnow.siorni in Pak- roff, Russia in 1827. On one occasion in Norwaythe peasants were astonished at finding a shower of rats pelting down ou their heads. Showers of fishes have ben nu merous. At Sanstead, in Kent, in 18CG, a pasture field was found one morning plenti fully covered with fish, although tbcro is neither sea. nor river, lake nor fish pontl near. In several other places these showers' of fish have occurred nnd can generally be explained by well understood causes. Strong wind blown from sea or river; a water spoilt licking up the fish out of the water; a whirl wind sending them hither and thither ; all these aro intelligible. The rat shower in Norway was an extra ordinary one ; thousands of rats wero taking their annual excursion from a hilly region to tbo lowlands, when a whirlwind took them up ami deposited them In a field at some dis tance ; doubtless much to the astonishment of aiich of the rats as came down alive. Nat uralists have proved that tbeshowers of blood are connected witu some phenomena of in sect lifo. Jennie Smith has been telling the Green Blreet Methodist congregation of Philadel phia, that Bhe was cured of a chronic spi nal disease by a miracle. She was bedrid den for sixteen years, A few months ngc, when iJiewas in the Ilomcepatbio Hospital, she asked Dr. John 0. Morgan to pray with her, as she felt that she. was going to sit up. He did bo, and in a fijw' minutes afterward she eat Op In her chair. This was .after all trials to bolster her up by means of pillows and hands had failed. From this time the begau to have a Blrongbellef that'sho.wduld bo able to walk again, and at length she appointed a certain time for a miraculous cure,, Some of her friends were invited'. To others Blje.wrote asking them to offer up .spe cific prayer on her behalf on that day. Af ter waltiug until nearly midnight, she asked two' persons present to tako'her by tbo anus as slid felt that the time bad come. They complied, and with barely any effort ou their part, she rose to her feet aud walked. -Siuce that time the has had complete use of ner legs. Dr. Morgan declares the truth of her story. ... The man who is not afraid of warrr,yel I lover is generally afraid to take, out 1 pa'per'ol tobacco In tho presenco of u crofv'd 1879. IKISII lIUMIlll. The first VI.count of Gullamore, when Chief Baron O'Grady, was remarkable for his dry humor nnd blllng wit. The latter was so fine that Its sarcasm was often unper celved by the object against whom the shaft was directed. A legal friend, extremely-studious, but In conversation notoriously dull, was showing off to him his newly built bouse. The book worm prided himself specially on n sanctum he had contrived for his own Use, so seclud ed from the rest of the building that be could pour over bis books in private qulto secure from disturbance. 'Capital I' exclaimed tlio Chief Baron. 'You surely could study hero from morning till night, and no human being be ono whit tho wiser.' A yoiiDg.and.somcwhatdull tyro at the bar pleading before him commenced ; 'My lord, my unfortunate client 'then stopped, hem med, hawed, hesitating. Again he beg.iu : 'My lord, my most unfortunate cli ' anoth er (top, more hemming nnd confusion. 'Pray, go on sir,' said tho Chief Bardn. 'So far theiuJit is with you.' In those days, before-competitive exami nations were known ; men with more inter est than brains got'appointments, for the du ties of which they were wholly incompetent, Of these was tbo Hon. Q . He was tel ling Lord Guillamore of the summary way lu which he disposed of matters in his Court. 'I say to the fellers who aro bolhering mo with foolish argument, that there's no uso in wasting my time and their breath, for that all their talk just goes in at one ear and out at the other,' 'No great wonder In that,' said O'Grady, 'seeeing that there's so littlo between to stop it.' It was this worthy who, being at a public dinner shortly after he got his place, had his health proposed by a Rwagglsh guest. 'I will give you a toast,' he said : 'Tbo Hon. Q , and long may he continuo in differently to administer justice.' At the dinner table, over tho wine, Lord Guillamore was a force,- and this is one ot tho stories he used' to tell with great up plause. It was n dialogue which he assert ed h") had heard in the old coaching days between the guard of tho mail nnd a min cing old Iady,vhen tmvjllng from Cork to Dublin : The coach had stepped to change horses, and the guard, a big, red faced jolly man, beaming with good humor and civility ,came bustling up to the window to see if t.ii-'iii-sides' wanted anything, 'Guard,' whispered the old lady. 'Well, madam, what can I do for you ? 'Could you' in a faint voice could Vou get me a glass of water ? 'To bo Bure, ma'am ; with all the pleasure inUfe4 'And, guar5,' still fainter 'I'd hem I'd a like it hot. 'Hot water 1 Oh alright, ma'am. Why not, if it's plazing to you'?' k 'With a lump of sugar, guard, if you please.' 'By all manner of means, ma'am," 'And and guard, dear' as the man was turning to go away 'a small pqueeze of lemon, and a little, just a thimbleful of spirits through it ?' 'Och, isn't that punch ?' shouted the guard. 'Where's tho uso of beating about the bash ?' shouted the guard. Couldn't you have asked out for a tumbler of punch at once, ma'am like a man ?' A story somewhat like the following has been told before, but in its new shape it will bear repetition. It was told by Mr. F , Clerk of the Crown for Limerick, who was over six feet high aud stout in proportion : One day, when driving in tha outskirts of Dublin, they came to a long and steep hill. Cabby came down,and walked aside the cab, lookingalg' fiemtglances In at the window, His Honor knew what he meant, but the day was hot and he was lazy and fat, and had no notion of taking tho hint and getting out to ease the horse while larding the lean earth himself. At last Paddy changed his tactics. Making a rush at the cab be sua denly opened the door and then slammed it to with a tremendous bang. 'What's that for ?' roared Mr. V , Btartled at the man's violence and the loud report. 'Whist, yer Honor I Don't say a word! whispered Paddy, putting his finger to his lips. 'But what do you mean, sirrah ?' cried the fare. 'Arrah, can't ye heusb, otr ? Spake low now do. btiuro, tis letlin' on 1 am to tne little mare that yer Honor's got out to walk Don't let her hear you nnd the cratbpr'll have more heart to face the bill If she thinks your'e not insido, and that 'tis only the cab tbaVs throubling her.' Baron R., was one of tho most decorous of Judges, but was cursed with 11 scapegrae'o of n brother who was a perpetual thorn in his side. When' at school he'was set a sum to do by his teacher. After an undue de lay ho presented himself before tbo desk and held up tho slate upon the Corner of which was a pile of coppers. 'What Is the meaning of all this, sir.'.fald the master. 'Oh I' cried the youth, 'I'm very torry sir, but really i can't help it. All the morning I've been working at the sum. Over and uver Bguin I've .tried, but in spite of all can do it wou't corao right.. So I have made up 'tlio diil'ercnc3 iu half pence, and there it is muhe slate. The originality of.lluulevicc disarmed tho wrath of the pedagogue, and young R.' was dismissed with his Coppers to his'place. Here, however, U ono of tho best kind told of Mr Plunket, taking au early walk was overtaken by two respectable looking men, carpenters by trade, each carrying th implements of his craft. 'Good morning, my friends,' eald the old gentleman ; 'you'ro early af,ot. Going on job, eu 7! 'Good morrow, kindly sir ; yes we nro and a qua re one, too. Tlio quarest nnd. must out of tbu nay you ever Heard of, I'll bo buiiid, though you have .lived long la tbe world aud heard aud read of niany a thing, Oh, you 11 never guess It,. your Honor, 10 I may as well tell you at once, We're.'golpg to cut thn leps of a dead liinn,' Vuit 1 1 cried his hearer, itghast"; you don't' mean' - TUB COLUMBIAN, VOL. XIII, NO.10 UU1.UMU1A MUMUUKAT, VUlAblv, nu. 'Yes Indeed 'tis true for me ; nnd here's how it came about ; 1'oor .Mary Hell s Hus band a carpenter like ourselves and an old comrade has been sick all winter, and de parted this llfo last Tuesday. What with the grief nnd being left on the wide world with her five orphans, and no one to earn a bit ol soup for them, the crayther Is fairly nut of her mlud-Mnpld from the crying and the fret, for what does sho do poor wo- man, but send the wrong measure for the coffin, and when It came home It was ever so much too short. Barney Neil wa, a tall man 1, gl, six feet wo reckoned him. He couldn't be got Into it do what they would, aud tho poor cratherbadnt what would buy another. Where would she iret it after tho long sickncs himself bad, and with five chlldherto feed and clothe ? So, your lion- or, all that's In It is to cut the legs off him. Me and my corarado here is going to do it for :the desolate woman.. We'll just take 'cm offat the knee joints and lay'em along. side him in the coffin. I think, sir, now that I've told you our job you'll say it slhequar- est you ever heard of, Oh I cried the gentleman, 'such a thing must not bo done. It's impossible, How much would a new coffin cost ?' The carpenter named the turn which was immediately produced and bestowed on him with Injunctions to invest forthwith hi the necessary purchase, Tho business, however, took-an unexpect ed turn. Mr, Plunktt, on his return home, related his matutinal adventure tu his fami ly at breakfast, the future Chancellor, then a young barrister, being at tho table. Be fore the mfal was ended the carpenters made their appearance, nnd with many apologies, tendered back the coin they had received. He who bad been spokesman in the morning explained that on seeing the gentleman in advance of them on the road, ho bad, for a lark made a bet with his companion he would obtain tho money, which having won his wager ho now refunded. CHRISTIAN COURTESY. There is a thing that we call high hteed- Ing or courtey ; ita name proclaims that it is the manners of the conrt and it is suppos ed to belong exclusively to pe'rsons highly born. There is another thing we call Christian courtesy; the difference between tho two is that high breeding gracefully in- lists .upon its own rights ; Christian courte- sy gracefully remembers the rights of others in the narrow lirniten sense of the word 'gen tleman can only bo applicable to persons born in a certain class and 'gentle' is only the old English word 'genteel,' but in the larger higher meaning It belongs to those who are gentle iu charactor not in blood and just as 'gentle' has been corrupted into 'genteel' o the words 'gentleman' 'courtesy' 'polite '" s' have come to be considered the exclu sive property of one class, The spirit of Christ does really what high breeding only does outwardly. A high bred man never forgets himself, controls Ins temper, does nothing in excess, is urbane, dignified, and that even to persons whom) he is Inwardly curs ing in his heart, or wish ing far away. But a Christian it what the world seems to be. Love gives him a deli cate tact which never offends, because It is full of sympathy. It discerns afar off what would hurt fastidious feelings, feels with others, aud Is ever on the watch co nntici pate their thoughts. And heuce the only true refinement that which lies not on tho rface, but goes down into the character- comes from Christian love. The plaguo now ravaging parts of Russia not new to that country, and the epipem of this year recalls to the people the hor rors irom wliicu UU'sia sullcred a century ago (1770). Those were days of trial for Russia ; from the south were pressing the formidable masses of Cossacs and peasants nder Pugatcbeff, who shook the Czardom and terrified tbe serfholders ; while insfdi the empire was an enemy even more formid able, tbe plague. The people became reck less and cared for nothing but their lives; They fled from the cities and villages, hid themselves In the woods and there died from starvation as well as frdm the cpidem- Moscow, the heart of Russia, was iu a state of anarchy, and there seemed to be no ruler but the plague. The victims died by undreds -in their houses, and the streets were strewn with dead bodies. There were not enough undertakers, and money could not procure the needed service, and it was at last necessary to employ prisoners who were promised pardon. The criminals went to work and put tho dead into wagons which they drove to their places of interment ; but they often seized tbe dying, who uttered their pitiful cries in vain, and many persons were buried alive. Iu those days children were afraid of tbejr parents and parents of their children ; evirybody suspectid every - body else, and many perished from neglect and starvation. These are the experien ces of the last century now recalled in Russia. The Oneida community replies in its or gan, tno American bonalut, to tne cnurges of the Syracuse clergy, with a challenge to cite a single case of immoral action grow ing out of tbe influence of the Community.' Tbo following argument fs put forward 'The worst enemies of the ctmmunity admit aa Dr. Means did at the Conference, that its members are sincero and honest. The charge is that they are fanatical and mistaken. Does their record prove this 1 The Community takes care of its own, and throws off no wrecks Buch as are constantly falling from or dinary society. It has furnished no paupers, no criminals, uo abandoned women, no ne glected children. Is it not, then, working out a valuable experiment V The Commu nity defies legal prosecutlou, on tho ground that it defies no law. Lieutenant Arthur H, Fletcher of the Uuited, Slates Navy, a bald-headed little man of forty, has deserted his charming wife aud two children, and eloped with Miss Bailey, an eighteen-year-old Baltimore girl lie is tno same omcer wno remsed to go 011 the ill-fated steamer Huron, because of 'premonition, because that she would be wrecked at Kitty Hawk. He was court inartialed at the time, but tbe wreck saved his official head. Mrs Bailey, the glil's mother, is very 111 at her fashionable board ing-houso in Baltimore. Mrs. Fletcher and the children are at the home of her father, Dr. H. Nicholas Wadsworth.of Washington. Just before the elopement some one asked Miss Bailey whether she thought Lleuten ant Fletcher handsome. 'Oh,' she replinl, Mitlerent girl bav different tastes ; I think handsome is that handsome does,' RATES OF ADVERTISING tries. la a. . tl.n It DO unolnch.-..,.,.,. , MM Two Inches t.oo 4.(0 1. 00 V.WI mrre idcms. 4.10 Four inches .., s.oo 4.t0 7.00 11.00 too 11.011 T.dt Ouarter eolvmn s.00 ililf column... lo.ort s.oo le.ee 1jo 11.00 ib.m iB.ee One column. ,90,00 sa.eo 10.00 to.uo loo.t. Yearly advertisements toavahle auarLerlr. Traa slent advertisements must Or paid for before Insertea eircpi, ti uere parues nave accounts, Lena! advtrtlsements two dollars rr lich f or tbrat Insertions, as at that rat for atdftloaallastniaai wunoui reference to lengtn, Kiecntor's. Amtnlstrator'a and Auditor's aottttw three doiurs. Must bensldfor when lnperted Trans entor Local notices, twenty cents a 111 regular advertisements half rates, . Cards in the "Business Directory" coiuma, ol aouar per year ior eacu line, ENGLISH AM) AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES' The Englishman seems never to be able to escape the influejico of his surrounding. Though he occupies a part of every conti nent, his methods are seldom continental. This is aptly illustrated in his railroad build. I.... Til. (-1 1 1- 11 1 .i-..t. Uw, M) roaJshort( Rnj tll0 tra(I,c heavy, ,,,,,,., , .,. . ,,, nr hrt,iffM. ... ,, ;ewd w'uh () cuU m UmicU Theeilry raMr0lJ mcu an m. j(m ft rRr08,, .mUBt ba as nearly aj ,b RnJ M ew, B, ubof nml cFouId mVff it L3ler Engli.h these dcR, ci09eiy Rnd n . u . ,..,!! i DWr- . . .,, n..v. fit f(jr the ,nM M d to ' ' ... . ,,,.. .... ,. r1,.,,m ,rij .tpt.l ranr0Illnjr, as In Canada and Australia, he buu on ,Dsu,ar , Bnd tUBrC8Ut basno , , ni,.' tip An nriirtiiv Manntf. u tothe Ame;Ican we must turn tole8ra . , rn,.rfimnt, n( lho modern , nmR ,--., or !t. future. More Mian this the moment the EuglUh lucomotivo is taken from its island line it exhibits defects and a cer tain want of pliability that completely un fit it for a continental railway. But if tha Engish road nnd the Engb'sh engine are the best In the world, wliy are they not the best for tho world ? Simply because they do not pay. There can be no higher reason than this. Anything that doea not. pay la useless, because it does not meet a human want. Tho excuse of the railroad and ita train Is that it moves men and things cheap ly. The cost of any operation is the meas ure of its value to human beings, and if the road does not pay, of what good is it f Now a railway to be cheap, must follow the face of the country. That is, the line must go up and down hill, pass around abrupt curvea,- according to the lay of the land, and with- out much atempt at n straight line or level bed. It is upon this idea that American railroads have been built, and all continen tal1 lines are likely to be built in the future. If n railroad cau thus follow the face of the country, It will not cost so much, thero beinj no hlch bridges, deep cuts and tunnels. Of cmire there is n limit In this direction, and even th'e American engine cannot climb u the slrle of a house, or turn a right angle ia its own length; but within certain broad limits It-may be said that the future loco motive must follow lines that run urj hill and down (J ale, and get round very remark able corners. This being the case, what ol the English locomotive? Can it travel in safety oyer crooked lines that wander in, astonishing freedom over hill nnd dale through all the sinuous lino of a .winding river valley T There is no need to say it ought, or it may, for it never did. It has been tried again and again, and at the end of it all the engine la in the ditch, and the unhappy stockholder! aro clamoring for American engines, or at iP9,t 0Dgines built on American platis. Charla Barnard, in Harper' $ Alagazmt for March. FORGETTING. .What ablessed thing it is that we can for get I To-day's troubles leok large, hut week hence they will be forgotten and bur ied out of sight. ,Says one writer, 'If you would keep a book and daily put down the things that worry you.and see what become of them, it would be a benefit to you. You let a thing worry you just as you allow a fly to settleon you and plague ; and you lose your temper or rather get it ; for when men are surcharged with temper they are said to have lost it ; and you justify your selves for being thrown off your balance by causes which you do net trace out. But if you wish to see what threw you off your balance before breakfast, and put it down in a Pttle book, and follow it up and follow it out, and ascertain what becomes of it, you will Bee what a fool you were in the matter. The art of forgetting is a blessed, art, but tbe art of overcoming is quite as im portant. And if we should take time to write down the origin, progress and out come of a few of our troubles it would make bo ashamed of tbe fuss we make over them, that, we should be glad to drop such things nnd bury them at onco in eternal forgetfulness. Life Is too short to be worn out in petty worries, frettlngs, hatred and vexations. A Lock; Ticket. An Italian gentleman with a nice little income had a nice little servant girl who said to him one morning : 'O, if you please won't you give mo a frane to buy a lottery I ticket with ? 1 dreamed last night 41,144 , was going to draw the capital prize, and I want to buy that number. He gave tbe girl three francs, and next day, on happening to look at the report of the drawing, saw that 41,144, bad drawn the capital prize of M0,G52 OS lire or, to ep'euk more accurately, $100,000. Returning quietly to the house, he con cealed his emotion, and said to the servant girl, 'Susan, I have long observed with ap probation your piety, beauty, modesty! skill n tbe art of cookery,- and other good qualities calculated to adorn the highest sta tion. Let me lead you to tho hymenial altar. No delay. Just as you are. 'Are you sincere?' asked the blushing maiden. I am, I swear by yonder silver moon that tips with beauty, all the' 'Then I will go.' 'Hasten, Susan, put on your bonnet and shawl, and let us go round the block to the friar's cell, where wo i-ball be made one.' In a few minutes the bride elect returned clad in a red dress, a red shawl with a black velvet bonnet trimmed with sunflowers, In a few minutes more the ceremony bad been performed, and the twain were one. They returned to tbe bouse, where the husband carelessly took up the paper and eald with a well counterfeited start of surprise ; 'Darling, everything is bright for us upon our wedding day. You remember the tick et In the lottery that you dreamed about and I gave you the money to buy ? Where Is It my ownest ?' Oh, I didn't Uuyit. I spent the money for this duck of a bonnet.' A Minnesota woman has lost two hubands by lightning. She ought to marry a conductor. Tbo isaucy English sparrows aro making preparations to build their spring and euuiluor rosidonoes.
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