THJ3 COLUMBIAN. . m rucii pjuocnAT.mii or Tin Noam and coi.cm I uio. B1HC0HS0LID4TD.) I Issued weekly, every Friday morning, at nMHiMsnumi, cot.UMtitA county, pa. .1 iwopol.umper jear, Meows discount allowed iviK'npM'lli ndvanco, Atlorthocxplrntlon of the i'rii so will Oo charged, To subscribers out of tho ,niint iho lorins nro tl per year, strictly In advance, gin-iocr discontinued, oxceptattho option ot the .utiuisiiers, until all arrearages aro paid, but lonir ' ontin I credit after tlio expiration ol tuo llrsl . IT Will nOC De Hlveil, jilpapi-rsscntoutof thoHtato or to distant post ' mint lio paid for In ndvnnco, unless a rcsponJ .inn In rnlumbla County aSHlltnrn In i.nv , I..J JiiwWtlniiduoonrtfinand. nisTMiKIs no longer exntted from subscribers In h,' mm. ' job niisTTiisra-. ,n , nnd 'iur .r li Printing will compare rnvora. ."Mi. Arrk amB " I'll . l piruii'-m vim i uli-hrian 13 very Columbia County Official Directory ,.. .tint. .Indue William Elivell. , . i ito.ludirea-1, K. Krlckhaum, P. USUuman. , i itaollolftl'V. Alt -miimin uricKuaum. i t su'tiorapher- M. N. Walker, i. st -r.t It' ' order Williamson II, Jacoby, n i-i' t Attorney Hobert It, utile. ., r'tr loan W. IlnlTinan. r simu d Neylnrd. -it A. HwennenliMser. ,, nn-1 uirTa Stephen I'olic, Charles lllelmrt. A' , , ,", ij'is I'lorlf- T. II. Cnsor. n.uioi3 It. smith, W. Manning, c. 1. Kec- j.-n nlisloncrs-Rll llobblns, Thoodoro V, '"J1 )'.! i.innrtntendent William II. Knvdpr. Hi jnt'o'ir mslrli't-Dlrectors-H. s. Ent, Scott, Wi.l. uramLr, liluUJi'-uuiii uau muiiiuis m-ecc, j o t. Bloomsburg Official Directory. Pr stdentotTown Council (I. A, Herring, t rk Paul V.. Wirt. I ii : ol I'ullco .las. C. sterner. l'n sident of uns t'ompany s. Knorr. , iTi.r.irv-l. V. .Miller. It innishunr Hanking Company -tohn A.Punslon, IT .Men I, It. II. iiiui'., vuauivi , .iuiiu I i-uuucK, 1 t l' i'irs Na'lonal Hank -Charles 11. raxton, President J. r. l i. si 10, l miner. f ulwu'iM County Mutual Saving Vund nnd Loan Assuclrlon -i:. II. Utile, President, o. W. .Miller, h lllooni-o' irg Hulldlny nnd Savins fund Association Win. peacot'K, rrcMiiein,.!. n. iuiuisuii, secretory. llloomsbur,? : Mutual saving Fund Association ,!, r thrower, President, P. K. Wirt, Secretary. CHUItCII DIltKCTOUY. BArilST CI1CKCII. Itev. .1. P. Tint In, (Supply.) sundav semens wx a. mi and i4 p. m. Mnnil.iv School 0 a. in. Pr.iy t Meeting Every Wednesday evening nt da CI'. K. sw.v a free. The public aro Invited lo attend. ST. MATTIIBVV'S I.UT1IEHAN CIII'IICU. Mtnlst'T -ilev. o. 1. s. Marclay. sui " services lux a. m. and 7,Vp. m, ttiitwl.tt- .ehnnl tl n. tn. i'r or Meellng livery A'edncsday evening at 1)4 ei k, s atsfrce. Nopews rented. All nro welcome. riiKsnvTaiiiAN chcbcii. Minister -llev. Stuart MUihell. sundav serMees-ioi a.m. andox p. in. Sunday school- 9 a. m. prvvcr Meeting; Every Wednesday evening at 6J t as'frce. No pews rented, strangera welcome. MBTHOIUST KITCOCAt. CIll'ltCH. I'r elding Eldor-licv. W. Kvans. Minuter -llev. M. t Sinyscr. - unlay SerMces -1UM nnd 6X p. m. toniilii. Snlinnl ! n. tn. II ile rlass llverv .Mondiycvenlngatcjf o'clock. Ci.'ing .Men's Pracr Jleotlug-Liery Tuesday e urn fti itciociv. ticneral Prajcr.Meetlng-Every Thursday evening 1 o'clock. lIKFllKMtnCIll'llCI!. Corner of mini and Iron streets. I'astnr-ltev. W. K. Krebs. icesldeiico Corner 4lh nnd Cniliarlno Bjreets. sund.ij Serlcos 10j a. m. nnd 7 p. m. sinuliiv school n ft. in. 1'i.iyer Meeting Saturday, 7 p. m. All uro Invited Thcro Is always room. ST. rACI.'SCHCllClI. Tlector llev L. Zoliner. Sunday services 10$ a. m., IX p. in. Sunday school 0 a. m. First sund ly lu the month, Holy Communion, s. rilces preparatory to communion on Friday CMMitng betoro llio st Sunday tn each month. Pewsieuted; but everybody welcome. KVAMIEI.1CA1. CliritCIt. Preslillng r.lder-llev. A. I lteeser MlnMer llev. Ceorgc Hunter. sundav Service ! p. m., In the Iron Street Church. Pr.iver Meeting llu-ry Sabbath at a p. m. All are ln Ited. All nro v elcomc. T1IK CIICKCII OF C1IK18T. Meets tn "the nil.' Hrlck Church on the hill," ktiou n ns the Welsh llapttst Church-on Itock street eaitcf Hon. Iteaulnr meeting for worship, every Lord s day af ternoon nt 3j o'clock. seats tree; and the public are cordially Invited to attend OC1IOOL OKDKiiS, blank, jiift printe.l anil 7 neallv bound In small books, on hand and or sale at Ihe Colcmihan omce. 1 ) 1.AXK DKKDS, cm I'nrclinwnt and I.inen 1 ) Paper, common nnd for Administrators, Kiccu I ,M ui.l trustees, for sale cheap at the Colcmuian ontiT. MA'iTUAUK CKUTIKICATKS.iu.tiirinted and or salo at thoCoLrsmiAN onice. Jllnls it ot the ilofp'il and. lustlccs should supply them s Heswllhtlicso necessary articles. "I ITSTlCESnml ComtablcV Ki-e-IJillrt for pale t) ftttheCot.CMMAN onice. They conliln tlio cor , reted fees as establl-ilicd by t he last Act of the U'g .aturoupon tho subject. Kvery Justice and Con table should have ono. Y KN'DUK XOTKS jut printed and for fale Cheap at. iuo uolumbian onice. Iii.OOMSIlintO DIItlXTOHY. PHOFKSSIOXAI. CAllDS. r (i. HAKKU5T, Attorney-at.I,aw. Oflice In lirower's building, 2nd story, Kooms 4 ti 5 II. KOI1IKOX, AttoriH'v-at-I.aw, Office c In Hartinan's building, Main street. QAMUKI, KNOHIt. Altorueyat.Uw.OlUce ij In llartmau s llulldlug, .Main stieet. Oil. W.M. M. ii:ilKi,.'-'iirgeon nnd I'liv-i-i an. onico Jlarkct llml. Above tth East 1!. KVAN8, M. I).. Surgeon and Pliysi- . el.m, (Olllco and Kesldenco on Third street, ' J!. McKKIA'Y, M. D., Surgeon and I'liy . Helan, north sldo llaln street, below Market. D H. J. C. ItUTTEK, I'll VblCIAN SU1U1EON, onice, North Market street, Mar.iT '71 Uloomsburg, I'a. D . i. l. n Aim, PKACTICAL DENTIST, JlalnMreet, opposlto Episcopal Church, Elocms burg, Pa. If Teeth eitracted without pain, aug m, 77-ly. MISCELLANEOUS, c 1 .M. DUINKKK, RUN ami LOCKSMITH. sewing Machines and Machinery of all kinds ro- dolled. Ortn i IIoi'sK llulldlng, llloombburg, Ta. D AVID LOWENIIKUO, Merchant Tailor Jiain St., above Central Hotel. I, S. KUIIN, dealer ii. Meat, Tallow, etc., Ccntro street, between second and Third. E. 150SUNSTOCK, Photographer, Clark & woll's Store, Main btieet. A UGUS1U.S FltKUND. I'i 1 Vpalhlo llorso and cow Doctor, lib. 14, T9-tf radical hoiueo- Uloomsburg, Pa, Y. KESTElt, JIEHOHANT TAII.Olt. IMomNo. 15, (irEKA llores Uciliuso, Uloomsburg. nprllli),iS7s. iHTlSII A.MKUICA ASSUIiANCE CO NATIONAL HUE 1NSUH.NCE COMPANY. llio asFets of tneto old corporations are all In-v-.udlnsoi.ll) SECl'HITIfcs nndaiellable to the li uard of Plro only. .Muderato lines on tlio best ilsksaie alone accepted. U its moniTiv laid iionestiy ndjusttd and paid 5sn as determlntd by Iiikistian 1". Knait, spe f .al Agent and .Mljuttt r, ll oomsburg, Penn'a. ilieitil7ensof Columbia county should patronize me nuts y where losses, If any, are adjusted and paid by one ot their own citizens, nov.lo, '77-ly llEAS ISIIOWN'S INSURANCE AGEN . CV, Exchango Hotel, Uloomsburg, Pa. , Capital. J 'na, Ins Co., of Hartford, Connecticut. , o.tuKi.eoo ui Tpool, London and Ulobo '.'(i,in,oi ' 1 of Liverpool 13 Soo.ooo 1. .ucanshlro 10,000,' 00 l iru Association, Philadelphia 3,100,0110 J Armors Mutual of Danville 1,000,000 lUmillo. Mutual 75000 Home, New York S,6oo,too ,., $d,Ul,0fK "10 agencies aro direct, policies ore written for 1 w insured w Ithout any delay in tho olllco at Wooms- aarcii !,77 y K. HAKTMAN UVPuruLLnsi mil cnrinuii.n AVI IUCAN INSURANCE COMPANIES! ' ve in ng ot Muncy I'enusj lvanl.1. ' ra!ikiinn0rr 01 1'ulH?e'P11"l '? leansju'anlaof " arrai rs ot York, Pa. 'laaoierof Now York. Wsnhattanof um 77Siyrket BVcm N0, ul00BU,l,ul'b', I'i. T THE OHANOEVILIiK AUAUKMV Vou call get a Thorough Education with tho LEAST OUTLAY OV MONEY, l'or Catalogue, addresa tho'frlnclpal, C. 33, BItOCKWAY. 1 2. EWELL, EdltemndProprUtor,. Jjt E. WALLlMt, - - Attovnoj'-nt-Law. Increase of Tcnslens rttakd, Celleetlens rsalj. Office, second door from 1st National Hank. llLOOMSllUlitl, PA. Jan. 11, 1S71 U. EtJNiv, Allmiiiwni.l Incrcaso nfreriMnns OLtniticd, Collections -VI 0(10. ,., . . 111.O0.MSBUIW, PA. onico In Tint's Hnuuna. HOCK WA Y & 1: LV ELi A T TO It N E Y S-A T-L A W, cotrMBiAN IlctLniNo, Uloomsburg, Pa. Merrbers of tho Unltcl Hint, rnr a..,, Collections made In any pan ot America or ruropo Q 11 AWij.nUCKALKW, " ATTOHNEYS-AT-IAW, Hlonmstutrr-. l'n. omce on Main Street, flrstdoor below Court House JOIINM.CLAKK, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,' Uloomsburg, Pa. Onico over Schuyler's Hardware More. P P. BILLMEYER, ATTOHNKY AT LAW. Orncs-In Harmon's llulldlng, Main street, Uloomsburg, Pa, IT, LITTl.B. BOB'T. K. 1.I1T1JE "J7 II. A It. 11. LITTLE, ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW, Uloomsburg, Pa. Q AV.MILLEK, ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW Oflice in "rower's bulldlm- 1 Hlonniihiirf. Vn I'ISANK ZAUIi, Attorjio--at.-r.rvw. Wtll tt , LJll , 1 1,1 ... III.UV.IIJIIUUU, oniceln Us'AvnsT's cn,niko, on JIaIn street second (!an be coii'tilteil in German. Jan. 10, To-tr OATAWISSA. EYEIILY, ATTOltNEY-AT-LAW, Catawlssa, I'a. Collections Tiromntly mndn nnd ntmltt nnina vufvanv V.UVUW13SU WCliOSlt liank. 6U1-SS V. H. ABBOTT. W. H. 11I1AWN. AI1BOTT & HIIAWN, Attornoys-at-Law. CATAWISSA.PA. Tensions obtained. dee il, '77-ly B L ATO IILEY'S P DMPS ! The Old Eeliable STANDARD PUMP For Wells lOjo 75 feet Deep mm New Price List Jan. 1, 1879. ADDRESS . , HI.ATCHI.KY, 4 40 MAllKET ST., PUIUD'A, April 11, ls;o-Cm BLOOMSBURG TAMERY. G. A. HERRING "I) ESPECTl'ULLY announce to the public XVthatho lias reopened SN YDEIl'S TANNERY, (old stand) Uloomsburg, I'a., at the Forks of the Es py and Light street roads, w hero nil descriptions of leather will be made In the most substantial and woikmanllkr manner, and sold nt prices to suit tho lma s. '1 be highest price in cash w 111 at all times bo Git E EN HIDES of every description In tho country. The oublienat. ronago H respectfully solicited. luouinsuurg, ucu 1, 1SI1. THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY! GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE fRADE MARK la especially rpcom-TRADE MARK. -gbsX iiu'uueu 11$ an un- raillntrcuro for sein. 'ff tnal wtakncss,ypcr- truc.v. nnd'alldl.iea- tes, &uchas Loss of memory, rmuTtnU lassitude, l'alu lnl ueioro iaJtiuffoc M&ion, ricma- T K mil lliU I'i-A, I'llllllCia " in Mure old Age, andfi-Uer iakinjr. many otlier creases tliatleaii to Inanlty.consumn tlonando I'rcmaturo Crau all of wlitcliasu ruio aro first caused by dolatJng' from tho ruth of nature and over indulprenre. The speclrlc fedlelno is the rehUttof allfeMUdyand many years of experience In treating these t-rx-clal diseases. Full jiarticularR in our pnmphlcts.vhlch we desire to send free by mail to eter ime. ter packiee, or M patkaies Tur Vi, or will bo sent iy mall on receipt of tho money by addressluy THE GHAY MEDICINE CO., No. 10, Mechanic's lilotk, IHtrolt, Mich. Sold In Itloomburc brC. A. Klein?, and bvall Drugfrlsta everywhere. 11 arris & tuning, uuiesaio akcdls, t iuitiurff, Bept. C, 'TS-tf Dauchy & Co's. Advt's. onnr('turnsln sodaya on MCMUnvested. ()f u I tielul reports and information ritKi:. I.lko proilta weekly on stock options of (intofi. l.1iihd 'I1 I 'kit vn WicitP f.Ci.. lUvtkicj !t?i Unit st.t N. Y. a April as, 'tu-jw I'lirMiui'H I'uruiiltM 1'IiIm ii ako New ltlch ltlood and 111 completely cn.uigo the blood In the entire sjhtein tn thieo months. Any person who vMd taKo 1 i-iu eiicii nigiit irom t to i?mcKg may uu tl-diuicu tosuuud health If huch a thing lo iiosslble. M-nl by mall for s letter btamps. . . .loiiiisou lu, iiiuiK'or,.iiani! April 25, '79 -I w d A GIFT WORTHY OF A ROTHSCOILD. Aconvof llrntii'iriiiiMMi. Illii.irnii-d Miulti-i.- nrrliiii AIiiiiiiiiii' for 1B7B. togethir vltli a copy ot his Illustrated paper, the ckouimi woiiiv, will bo beni ireo 10 anyone wuu wiiim-iui im-ii nuui un u one ceut rostal curd. Address, J.dillMiN UHOWN, il (irand btreet, Jersey Illy. New Jersey. U. .l'l 11 --, i?iv. - n 4 r.'1'.NT '.NTi:i For tueiieso and rosiest K-lllng I'UUrlal Hooks and lllbles. Prices te diindS3percent. Nauosii. 1'ibi.isuinu Co.. l'hll adclphia, I'a. U .MayS.'imw HilV'IH'h I I -4 VOI'.Mi .MAN who can AiN I Fit I I . control llio Hon and t-hoo I!uflne.s In this county. Address with references .1 II. VAN FASTEN, ww Uicual street. I'biladelphla,, pa. d May v, ".mw. A.I'. ng tolls .Mays, "ju-iw NATfONAL Is the titled! a now l'amphlet of ti pages. It eon. lulns tho biography of all the l'rridrni of the I'nl. led Mates from ii.tilnuion lo linn , with their portraits (tn lu oil! engraved expressU for Ihls work also ! iiortralts otianadlan notabllllles. 'Hie Na tional Lite will lio henlto any address by mall, on receipt ol S ct. btoiap. Address 11. It. hist sss, iios. ton, Moss, d MayT.TD-iw , m'."y.M cu'cim: U I'limiiM i'i.Ti:i( GnCJ i-eo that each plaster hostile wordCJ L-Jrc-i v k put. iiiniuelilt. and Insist m lia L Inofither. Afck luuruwn l'hvslclauas merits oier alt others. d Poetical. I-UKI) UIiMN'S DAlIdllfElt AM) TUB OIL CITY IIEIIIIICK. A chleltain, lo tho Highlands bound, t'4les, lioatman, do not lorry 1 And I'll give tbeo a stiver pound To row us o'er llio lerry," "Now who bo ye, would cross Lochgyle, Th s dark and stormy water ?" "O, I'm the chief of I'Ua's Isle, And tun Lord film's daughter. And fast before lier father's men Three dajswo'vo llol together, For should ho llnd us In the glen, .My blood would stain tho heather. Ills liorbemen hard behlud t.s ride i Should (hey our 6leps discover. Then who will cheer my bonny bildo When they have slain her lover ?" Outspoke the hardy Highland wight, "I'll go, my chlcf-1'm ready : It Is not for our silver bright ; It'll lor our w Insoni-i lady i And by my word 1 the bonny bird lu dancer bhall not tairy j So though the waves are raging white, I'll row jou o'er tho ferry." Hy this tho storm grew loud apace, Tho w nter-wrallh was shrieking j And In the scol ot hen veil each faco llrow daik as they were speaking. Hut still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling Bounded nearer. "0 haste Ihee, haste, the lady cries, Though tempests round us gather ; I'll meet tho raging ot the bkies, Hut not an angry father." Tho boat lias lelt a 6tormy land, A stormy sea before her, hen, oh l too strong for human band, The tempeit gather'cd o'er her And stlil they row'd amidst Ihe roar ot waters fast prevailing: Lord Ulllu reich'd that faUil shore, Ills wrath was changed to walling. l-'orsoro dlsmay'd, through storm and shade, His child ho did discover : Ono lovely hanj shostretcU'd for aid, And ono was round her lover. "Come back I come back 1" ho cried in grief "Across this stormy water ! And I'll forgive your Highland chief, -My daughter 1-oh my daughter 1" Tvvas vain : tho laud waves lash'd tho shore, Jteturn or aid preventing : 'I ho waters wild w ent o'er his child. And he was left lamenting. The humorous ruffian of tho Oil City "Derrick" gives a prose version of tho nbovn romantic poem of Campbell's. It is n much more matter of fact statement of the case tuan tho poet s, and brings tlio young couple out in a good deal better shape : A chieftain to the Highlands bound clips. "lioatman, do not tarry, nnd I'll give to thee a uoiiar and a-half to row us across the lake." "Xovv who be ye would cross Loch-Gyle this dark and stormy night ?" asked tho fer ryman, with much curiosity, "What is that to you, you bald-headed snip of the valley?" replied the chieftain, growing pale about the gills. '.'I'll lmy you a good round sum for your services ; it ap pears to me your interest in the matter should end there, ha you renulre the pedi gree of every man, woman and child you uikc amiss in your lniernal scow? If it wasn't that I'm in a hurry I'd smack vnur jaws for your impudence, but as it dis playing a naiuiiul ol coin, "as it is, I'm the chief of Ulva's Isle, and this Lord Ullln's Daughter. His horsemen hard behind us ride, and should they overtake us here in the glen it would go hard with us." Out spoke the hardy Highland wight. while he unlocked his skid and told them to get iu, "I'll go, my chief, I'm ready ; but, considering the terrible storm, I hope you win make uivvo Hollars ; although as a mat ter of act, I do not venture forth for a mere money consideration, but for your winsome lady. I have been there to snmo extent my self, and can appreciate, the situ ition ; so, oy my word, t he bonny bird in danger shall not tarry. Sit a little more in the middle to trim the boat, please, and here we go I" Hy this tune the storm grew loud aimce. the water vvrnilh was shrieking, nnd things loot-en most almighty dark, lint still, as wilder grew the storm, and as tho night grew drearer, adown the glen rode at least a lozen men, vvi.th old Ullin at the head on a cream-colored mule. "On, haste thee. haste!" the lady cries: "though tempest around us gather. I'll meet the raging ot tlie storm, but not my angry pa." So on they rode amid the roar of the waters fast prevailing, and when Lord Ullin reached the shore his wrath w as dreadful to behold. And no wonder. I'or.sore d'smayed, through storm and shade, he discovered his daughter out iu the boat, with a smile on her lip and salt spray in her eye, nnd both arms around her lover. l or a while it seemed that he would take it out of his hired men and the cream-colored mule,as he declared ho would have tho former beheaded as soon as ho got home, and the latter he was hammering over the cars with a club. Presently he took an other tack : "Come back I come back 1" he cried In grief, across the stormy water, "and I'll forgive your Highland boy.uiy daughter! oh, my daughter !-and also settle the bill with the ferryman." Hut the young lady could not be caught so easily. Xeither could the young man, who told the ferryman to press on, and then turning around in the boat, still keeping one arm about his sweetheart, to prevent her falling out, called to the old gentleman : "Much obliged for your kind invitation, my dear sir, but we will not come back at present. Vou can expect u, however, in the course of a week or leu days. Till then adieu !" Lord Ullin called again. 'Twas vain ; the loud waves lashed the shoro ; re turn, they wouldu't ;tliluk of it. In fifteen minutes they were ou tho other side, the fer ryman was wondering what he would do with a twenty dollar gold piece, and the young couple were inquiring the way to the neatest justice of the peace. iNCltllASi: tub Lav. A correspondent in forms us that while on u visit in till fall to a friend he was surprised to seo the number or cpgs he daily obtained. He had but six teen hens and the product per diem averaged thiiteen eggs. Ha had beeu in the habit of giving ou every alternate day a teanpoonftil and a quarter ol cayenne pepper, mixed with sou food, and took earn that each hen ob tained her share. The experiment of omit ting tho pepper was tried, when It was found that tho uumber of eggs were reduced each trial from fivo to six daily. Our cor respondent bellves that the moderate use of this stimulant not only increase! tlio number of eggs, but effectually wards nlf diseases to which clilckeusare subject. hjcchange. BLOOMSBURG, PA., Select Story. UXIiY A KAIOIKII. HV MAIlV ORACH IIAI.l'INn. Quito an Interested nnd anxious group had gathered In Jlrc Wilson's dressing room ono pleasant morning In June. It consisted of Mrs. Wilson nnd her three uninarriid daughters, and the subject under such ani mated and anxious discussion was how and whero they should open their usual Bummer campaign. It lias always been an interesting subject, nnd, to tho maternal element, attended with considerable anxiety, but never such a mat ter of perplexity, almost amounting to de snalr, as now. The contents of tho various wardrobes had been laid out and examined j silks and muslins, cambrics and lawns, sufficient, It would seem, for a dozen, and yet the two cider JIiscs Wilson declared, with tears In their cyc, that they had nothing, absolute ly nothing fit to wear. It is noteworthy with what surprising unanimity the two sisters agreed on this point, who so seldom agreed on any otlier. Mrs. Wilson looked with dismay upon the finery spread out before her, after listening to the above assertion, 'I'm sure, my dears,' she ventured to say, 'some of these arc hardly worn, and with a little alteration 'Xovv, mamma 1' interrupted llelle, 'why will you talk so ridiculously.vvhen you know that there is not a thing hero but what is wretchedly out of style ? And as to alter ing anything, it always gives me a pain in the side to sew, nnd I'm not going to Sara toga all fagged out, if I never go I' Of course, this settled that. It is a littlo curious what a small amount of work will 'fag' a girl 'all out' who can danco until the break of day without the slightest incon venience. 'There's one thing cerfain,' said Lucy, the second daughter, 'we've got to have at least one new dress.' 'I don't know whero it's coming from, then,' responded Mrs. Wilson, sinking down wearily into a chair. 'It was as much as I could do to get your pa to consent to your going at all. It was 2 o'clock last night be foro he gave in, and then, I verily believe it was from pure weariness and inability to keep awake any longer.' M. Wilson said this with the air of a woman determined to perform her duty at all hazards, and anxious to obtain credit for the same. ISut it seemed to have quite the contrary eflect upon Josie, the youngest daughter, who had not before spoken, but who now burst forth : 'I declare, if it isn't a sin and a shame, mamma, for you to worry pa sol' Mrs. Wilson cast a reproachful look upon the speaker. 'I will say, Josie, that jou are the most ungrateful child I ever saw I I'd like to know how much money I'd get out of your pa if I didn't worry it out. But that's all the thanks I get for lying awake nights scheming and planning bow to give you a chance to get settled in life.' 'I'd thank you for not doing so. I'm not going to Saratoga or Long liranch. In the first place, I know that pa can't allbrd it. And then I promised Mary Croflen that I would visit her this summer.' Though Mrs. Wilson affected to be dis pleased at this announcement, she was se cretly relieved. ltelle and Lucy were very well suited with this arrangement, too. Josie was very handy at furbishing up and making over, and if she was determined to bury herself in a country farm-house, she would not need to do so much of that for herself, and could therefore devote more time to them. And so busy did they keep her during the two weeks that followed, that Josio was glid enough to see the big trunks all packed and waiting in the hall. To save expense, Mrs. Wilson had ar ranged to dismUs tho servants and shut up the house, with the exception of one room for her husband, who was to take his meals at his sister's. 'Of course, she won't charge him any thing, so that will be one item saved,' re marked Mrs. Wilson, as she regarded com placently the eflect of Hell's new dress which her management had secured. 'As though pa would board there for nothing,' was Josie's indignant rejoinder, 'when Uncle William has such a hard time to get along.' 'Well, it your pa chooses to pay when he needn't and it isn't expected of him, it's his own loss. For my part, I don't seo what's the good of having relations if you can't make use of them.' Mrs. Wilson certainly believed in making her relations useful, carrying out that be lief to its fullest extent, wherever it was practicable, as somo of them knew to their cost. Kven her love for her daughters par took of the selfishness of her intensely sel fish nature, her chief anxiety being to get them 'oil' her hands,' and in a manner that would reflect as much credit ou herself as possible. Hut they were gone at last, and Josio was at liberty lo make her own simple prepara tions, which it did not takeher long to com plete. The father and daughter had a nice quiet tea together. Josie was going on the mor row, and as, sitting opposite him, pouring out his tea, she saw tho hard lines soften in his careworn face, and how happy he was in her society, her heart reproached her for leaving him. I've half a mind not to go, papa ; it seems too bad to leave you here all by your self.' Hut Mr, Wilson would not he,ir of thU. 'I iusist on your going j you have been working hard aud need a change. My life would be much the same, any way,' 'You may expect me Iu three vveeks.papa,' smiled Josie, from the car window, the next morning, 'You'll want your little house keeper by that lime, I know.' And Mr. Wilson went back to the corrod I' g auxletles which had made him au old man before his time, thanking God for this bit of siiuahine, and which left its glow iu the heart long after it had vanished. There were only a few passeugers for Hay bridge, a small country town in the Interior of the .State, though there were the usual loungers upon the platform of the station, as Josio stepped out. Hut they soon scat tered, leaving her to stare blankly around for the conveyance that she supposed would be waiting for her. FRIDAY, MAY J6. She walked clear around the station, looking In every direction, but not a vehic le was in sight, except a rough-box wagon, with a board across it, drawn by a pair of spirited black horses, who stamped their feet nnd tossed their heads as. If impatient lo be olf. A man stood besido the restive creatures, who jet seemed to bo under perfect con trol. ' There, Jenny I He easy, Kate 1' he said, patting the satlu-smooth skin and speaking very much as a mother would to a child. The baggage-master was standing near a pile of trunks and parcels. 'Is this your trunk, MIs?' he said, a Josio approached him. 'Yes. I was expecting friends to meet me, but they are not here. There must be some mistake.' 'I know most of the peoplo around here. What mtght thero names be?' 'Crofton.' 'V!iy,bless nie.you've got ofTat the wrong station. They live at North Haybridge, fivo miles beyond.' 'When does tho next train leave?' 'To-morrow morning.' Josie looked tho dismay that she certain ly felt at this announcement. 'It's too bad, I declare,' said tho good natured official, pitying Josie'a evident dis tress. Then, as his eye fell upon the owner of the team, who was looking towards them,he added : 'If this ain't a streak of luck I Here's John Manning, their next neighbor. Ho can take you along just as well as not.' 'John, here's a young woman that's got o(T at tho wrong statiou. She want's to go to Crofton's. I tell her that she can ride with you. The young man removed his straw hat, revealing a forehead broad and full, and whose whiteness contrasted strongly with tho healthful brown of the cheeks be low. 'I shall bo very happy if tho young lady has no objection to riding with a farmer, and in a farmer's wagon.' Tho admiration so clearly visible in tho honest blue eyes that met her own, made Josie's cheeks redden, 'If it will not bo too much trouble,' As the young man listened to those low, softly-spoken words, he felt that nothing tho speaker could ask would bo any trouble at all. Springing to work, he oon improvised quite a comfortable scat for Josio by passing a ropo from one stake to another, just back of Ihe board in front, throwing a thick, oft blanket over tho whole. 'Glad to be released, Jenny and Kate boro them swiftly along the winding country road, dotted here and there by farm houses, nest led down among the trees and shrubbery. As soon as Joie got a little used to it she enjoyed her elevated and novel position, and which gave her a fine view of the beautiful country through which they were passing. Her companion smiled at her enthusiastic exclamations and comments.seeming to take pleasure in the pleasure so frankly and in nocently expressed. 'Do you think you would like to live in the country?' he said, stealing an admiring glance at the glad young face. 'Above all things,' responded Josie. 'That is,' she added, alter a moment's pause, 'if papa could be here, too. I wisli he could be, just for n little while: he would eniov it so. I'apa whs brought up on a farm, aud it would seem like old times to him. I heard him say once that ho wished ho had never left it.' I had a strong desire when a boy to go to tho cily where I could have chance to get rich, and not have to work so hard. Hut I am an only son au only child since last winter here tho speaker's eyes saddened. 'I promised father, just beforo bodied, that l wouldn't leave tho farm whilo mother lived, and I don't know that I caro to do so now.' I wouldn't, if I were in your place.' said Josie, with a wie shake of her pretty head. it's dreadlul Hard times in the city. Kvery body is groaning about them, which makes it dismal enough. And as to working hard, I'd like to know who works harder than pa Iocs. It's ever so much nicer here. The honest young fellow, whose heart was in bis eyes, inwardly hoped that she would always think so. lliere's whero I live,' he said aloud. poiuting to a house with wide piazza run nlng around two sides, and which looked very plea-ant amid the green verdure that surrounded it. Young Manning drew the reins at the gate, inside of which a pleasant-f.iced,silver-haired woman was standing. Hire s the mail, mother,' ho said: tossing down somo papers and pamphlets. 'Heen lonely any? I'm going to take this young lady to Mr. Crofton's. My mother, Miss Wilson.' The young man took leave of Josie with a feeling at his heart such as he had never experienced before. 'How pretty she is 1' he thought, 'aud as good as pretty, I am sure.' 'What an honest aud pleasant face I' I wonder if I shall oversee him again?' This was what she thought. Josie did see him again and quite often. The Mannings and Crofiom were not onlv neighbors, but very ititimate. .Mary Crofton had been strongly attached to Mrs. Maun ing's only daughter, who died the preceding winter. She spent a good deal of time at her houso and Josie frequently went with her. Mary was never weary of praisiug John j 'ho was such a good son and so intelligent, steady aud industrious.' Joliu soon got over his shyness with the city girl, who took so kindly to country ways that it seemed as if she had always lived there. He used to walk home with her, Mary considerately lingering by the gate to talk with bis mother, boih well pleased at the turn affairs wcro taking. Then there were rides aud walks, pic-nlcs and social gatherings, at all of which John and Josie had a fashion of gettlug oil' by themselves a fashion that every one seemed to humor and understand. And so the happy days vveut ou, each day binding those young, lov ing hearts more closely together. When Josie returned to the city which was two weeks after she intended, she had a pleas ant story to whisper into her father's ear. 'If you love him and he is worthy of you,' he said, in reply to the query with which it ended, Josie's quick ear detected the sadness that underran theso words. 'You know you promised to liyo with me when I was married, papa,' sho niiispered, laying her cheek closely to his. 'And ou a form, too I Won't It be delightful ?' 1S79. Hello nnd Lucy returned lnme with that conscious air of subdued triumph nnd Im portance peculiar lo 'engaged young ladles.' Having attained tho end and aim of their existence, thcro was nothing further for them to hope or expect. I'rotn henceforth they wern to Impose upon their laurel, floating down tho stream of lifo with no thought or care for anything but the preseul enjoyment. Hello's capture was a Wall street broker, owning a fabulous amounton paper. Lucy's was the son of a mllliumire, whose sole am bition seemed to be to spend as quickly as possible tho money that his father had la bored so hard to acquire. They made no attempt todisgulso theirsurprie and disdain when they heard of Josie'a modest conquest, 'Only a farmer I' sniffed JUrs. Wilson. 'Xeverdld I dream that one of my daught ers would stoop to that I Hut, I suppose, if you have your father's approval you don't car-) lor mine.' 'Of course, you cant expect us to visit you,' said llelle, loftily. Tho connections of Charles Augustus aro all of the highest nnd most aristocratic .character, aud it couldn't be thought of.' Certainly not,' echoed Lucy. 'A wife has to take the position of her husband, which Is something that you had better think of.' Josie had thought of it, and very happy thoughts they were, too. The financial disasters of tho three yars that followed made quite a change In the surroundings of all the above, with the ex. ception of Josio and her husband. Out of the wreck of Mr. Wilson's business nothing was left but the honor nnd integrity which shone all tho moro brightly from tho temporary gloom that shrouded him. His wife took their altered fortunes very hardly, fairly fretting nnd worrying herself into the grave, where she was laid a few months af ter. Penniless nnd unfitted for auythlng higher, the husbands of Hollo aud Lucy were giau to accept posiuons.one as conductor on a city enrj the other a third-rate clerkship. Josie does not see much of her sisters, but many a barral of apples and crock of butter find their way to them from tho Manning farm. Almost every pleasant afternoon a gray-haired, placid-looking old man can be seen on the Western piazza of the farm house, frequently with a grandchild on eith er knee. It is Mr. Wilson, who often thnuks Ood that ono of his daughters married "only a farmer." IIETWEEX TWO FAITHS. Joseph K. W. Kaiser, son of Jacob Kai ser, a cigar dealer of Hroome street.Nevvark, on April 27, 1877 was convened from Jud aism to Roman Catholicism, much In th" chagriu of his father and otlier relatHes,vvli are all orthodox Jews. It seems that J. -seph had been keeping company for somo time before that with a pretty Catholic girl, Miss Kate E. Worth, a member of St. Col uniba's church, llev. Father Iteilly, ou Thoma-i stieet. As the story runs, sho would not marry him unless ho renounced Judaism nnd joined lie church, lie did so, as stated. Six weeks laior, ou tho 5th of June, 1877, the pair were married by Itev. Father Petrard, an Italian priest at tached to Sf Columba's church. Meanwhile Joseph's people were so greatly incensed that they held a mock fuueral and buried his clothing and other effects. The father was particularly angered, and forbade Jo seph's name to be meutioned in his presence or in his house. Recently tho young man fell seriously ill, and for several days past has been gradually sinking into his grave, a victim to f consumption. He lies on his deathbed at his home, Xo 05 Howard street. AX KXTHAOIlMNAUY SCENE. At tho house of the dying man Sunday an extraodiuary scene waswitnessed. While llio sorrowing wife and her relatives were attending Joseph by his bedside, suddenly his father and otlier relatives entered the house. Iu the bedroom where Joseph lay was a small altar, with a few lighted cm dies and crucifix. At sight of this the old man turned his head and made contemp tuous mot'ons. The father went to his son and said : 'Joseph do you intend to dio a Catho lic?' 'I do, father,' replied the dying man. 'Won't you come home and dio in ihe filth of your fathers the faith of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob ?' 'Never,' was the reply of Joseph. The father then muttered somo malediction and threatening to seize tho body and havo it buried as a Jew when Joseph died, left the house. During all this a great crowd col lected in front of the house, the gathering being part Jews and part Catholics. The police were notified to preserve order, but beyond considerable loud talk nothing oc curred, Joseph was still alive Sunday IIKM'INIl THE l'KEAL'HEl!. A sense of duty often causes some ludi crous imistakes, ns the following story will illustrate : Near Dumfries lived a pious fam ily who bad adopted hu orphan who was regarded ns half-witted. U had imbibed strict views on religious matters, however, and once asked his adopted mother if she did not think it wrong for tho people to como to church and fall asleep, (laying no better regard to the service. She replied sho did. Accordingly beforo going to church next Sunday, ho filled his pockets witli apples. One bald-headed old man, who invariably went to sleep duriug the sermon, particularly attracted his attention Seeing him at last nodding and giving nasal eridenco of being In the 'laud of dreams,' he slruck the astounded sleeper a blow with au apple on the top of his bald plate. Tho minister and aroused congregation at once turned around and gazed iudlg.ianlly at tho boy, who merely said to the preacher, at be took another apple iu his hand, with a so ber, honest expression of countenance; 'You preuch j I'll keep 'cm awake.' Women Never Think ! If Ihe crabbed old bachelor who uttered this sentiment could but witness the inteuse thought, deep study and thorough investi gation of women in determining the best iiititlclnes to keep th ir families well, and would nolo their sagacity aud wisdom in se lecting Hop Hitters as the best aud demon btrallng it by keeping their families in per petual health, at a mere nominal exneuse. he would be forced to acknowledge that such sentiments aro baseless aud false, THE COI.UMHIAN, VOL. XIII. N0.2I COLUMIltA UBMOOrtAT, VOL. XMV, NO. micron iibAZKi:. 'tic was no kind of a doctor for an alms house, anyhow, said tho steward, referring to the late resident physician of the institu tion, 'He hadn't the qualifications,' 'How do you mean ?' 'Why, he'd get Interested in a novel or something ele maybe, and he'd sit up there In his room and never go near tho pnupert. And when I'd nk him If he wasn't going to see the sick ones to-day, he'd look up and say ! " I'm not very well myself, this morning, Jones j supposln' you just step over and put mustard plasters on the entire institution. 'So I'd have to obey orders, you know, and I'd plaster up tho whole crowd.slck and well, nnd pretty soon you could hear those paupers howling worse than a menagerie, nnd see 'em hopping about as if they were dancing plain cotillions. Hut they had to bear it. Doctor's orders, you know ; and there he'd sit, and read, and read, and read, until ho found if tho heroine got married or not; the plasters couldn't come off until he said so. It was awful.' 'Was he always that way ?' 'Not always, t,f course. Sometimes he'd practice on the paupers to find out tho ef fect of medicines. One lime ho ladled out a bucketful of paregoric among the Inmates, and put the whole crowd asleep for fivo days. Never wnked up ouco. 11 was like a grave-yard, only the snorting. A short tlmo altervvard he gave them ipecac, and for a week thero were eighty-five paupers going around with asthma, wheezing like an omnibus horse with the heaves; nnd last September he trepanned three bald-headed paupers and set brass door-plates in the top of their skulls. Nothing nt all the matter with them, ou ly ho said he thought they would look nice with lids on top of them, aud he wanted to keep his hand in tor the operation.' 'Did tho victims like it?' Liko it ? Certainly they didn't. Hut he was allowed by the directors to do what he pleased.' 'One time, when he wanted a bono for something or otlier, ho took a rib nut of tho side of a tramp from Matich Chunk. Said Ihe operation was necessary to keep n man from going into the consumption, lie had the rib made up into suspender buttons, I suspect. And he used to experiment with transfusion of blood, too. He would take blood from an Irishman and put it in the veins of a German, and vice versa, until the Irishman at last could speak nothing but German, and tho German talked with a bro gue. Always trying somo ridiculous plan or otlier. I never saw such a man.' 'Was he successful in his practice?' 'That depends on what you call success ful.. If a man was real sick and the nurie would go for Dr. Rlazir, tho man would send off a farewell message to his relations, tell where he liked to be buried, ay his last words, and make up his mind for the worst. He'd flit offbeforo morning. In. seri ous cases the doctor was regarded as sure death around here. I know when Hold the county undertaker that ho was to leave, tho undertaker sat down and cried like a child. Said it wasn't right to take tho brent out of mati's niouth iu such hard times. He got so much for eery burial, you know. And one of the directors votexl straight along not to dismiss Dr. Blazer, because, the director said, thero were too many paupers anyhow, and if tho number could be steadily re duced by legal means it would be a good thing l'or the tax-payers.' 'Why was he discharged ?' 'Why, I'll tell you. It bcems that he was a partner if one of the contractors for Ifur nishing tlio poor-house with victuals. Ho kept it a secret ; but we all noticed that he used to go around with a kind of two-horse power, double acting stomach-pump. About three days in tho week he'd start to ward No. 8. Consequence was, tho inmates would be so raging hungry by dinner time that they'd eat liko -anacondas. After dinner, out'd come that pump again, and by supper time the inmates would be willing to eat paving-stones and brick-bats, they'd bo so near starved. And so ho'd go on until the commissary departmcnt'd be bankrupted every twenty-four hours. 1 believe that man could have pumped tho whole ltussian army in a day with that machine. It Used to turn somo of the feebler paupers nearly wrong side out. So tho directors began lo Inquire what made the expenses so heavy, and when they called the doctor up, about it, lie owned up, and Mr. Perkins said that as three more weeks of that stomach-pump would put the county treasury into the hands of a receiver unless it could incur a second national debt, ho tho't tho doctor had better go. So he was dismissed.' 1IETTEI1 IjATE TIIAX NEVEK. It is not au uncommon thing to hear young men complain that their early school ing was deficient in quaulily, poor in quali ty, or-if nol tl.er of llie-c wnbtfd through boyish indifl erence and folly. They would get on better in lifo if they knew more, tbev ato frei to r.dmit, but they do uot see that they are daily wasting opportunities which' if improved, would in a few years give them i fairly good education. Tiny think them selves too old to learn, and S tnd more timo regretting their lack- of knowledge than would suffice to give them the know ledge the y need. It is said that tlio father of Professor Sumner, of Yule College, could neither w rite nor read when he came to this country a youug Knglish nucbanic. Within twenty years thereafter he was ku own as ono of the best lead men in Hartford, one of the most cultivated communities in the country, lu stead of wasting his timo iu idle rtgrets for his deficient schooling, l,e learned to read, and read to rood purpose. In a similar wsy many of tho best, most honored, aud most successful men our country has known have begun their acquaintance with !etttri after reaching manhood j and there is no reasoti why the most illiterate mechanic in our land, if possessed of natural ability uud a sincere puniose, may not increase bis en joyment ii life, his opportunities fur Im proving his social aud financial condition, and tlie chances Tor his latUly, for the high est success lu life, by an honest effort to re tiieve by study the disadvantages by which early poverty or lack of educaitonal oppor tunities lias surrounded him, ScieiiiU'w American, If babies coul-J talk, they would often ex presi their thanks to their nurses, for re lleving them of pain and buffering, bv the i r ........ j uso oi nr. uuii a uauy pyrup. RATES OF ADVERTISING. arACK. 1H. SM. IM. (IH, IVj ..fl.00 II.S0 13.00 IS on !.cc One Inch Two Inches . . 1.00 4,00 0.OU S.UU 1..O0 rnree inches..,. Kourlnches. . . 4.(0 B.00 4.K) T.oo it.no T.00 9.00 18.011 10.09 S.OO 10. 00 IS. Ml fS.U ouarter column. .00 an column 10.00 11.00 10.00 86.00 wool one column ......sv.oo fl.00 JO.OO eo.oo moo i Yearly advertisements eatable nuarterlv. Iran slent advert Iscmenls must be paid for beforolnnf rlcfl oieepl w hero parties have account s. I Ix-gAladtt-rtlsrmentst no dollars rer Inch tort href loseiti'dis, an nt that rain for additional Inscilionm witnuuireicrthce ion ngin, Executor's, Amlnlstralor's and Auditor's notkeb' threo dollars. Must be nald for when Innerled. Transient or Local nonces, twenty cents aline. ri'Kuiur out ertist'iiii'iun iihii roles, cards In the "Hustness Directory" column, dollar per year for each line. MV1.N0 TEX DAYS (IX TOltACCI) AXI) SNOW. In the chronicles of heroism, with the story of Casablanca, who: "Stood on the burning deck Whence all but ho had lied," and Ihn Inspiring talo of "Flow Horalins held the bridge In the brave days of old," we bespeak a placo for Hobby Casey the faithful aud intrepid mail carrier of M on tana, Casey carried whnt is known as tho horseback mall, but which i, in fact, car ried by a two-wheeled vehlclo like a sulky, from Sun lllver to the Twenty-eight Mllo Springs, On the 27th uliimo ho started from the former'place. There was a blinding snow storm at tho time, and tho track across the prairie was wholly lost. As he did not reach tho end of his drivo at tho appointed tlmo It was assumed that he had lost his way; and this theory proved to be well founded, Tnero wero not wanting bravo men both at Helena and Sun Itiver to un dertake the search for the missing man J but their most arduous efforts wero iuvain. On the 3d ult , William Itowo reached Benton and was Informed of tbe circumstance. Tho weather was fer-rfully c.ild ; but this did not deter him from the attempt that humanity dictnlcd, Mounted on a hone ho set forth, and indue time found a dim tra:k, whero it seemed probable that Casey bad left the main road, Following this his labors wero rewarded on the (ith by fiuding tho driver about twenty milis north of Twenty-eight Mile Spring. Wheu Cayy was found ho was silting In his cart, which the horse was drawing slowly and painfully along. He was iu adoze, nnd Mr. ll-ivva shouted to him otico or twice btlbre he was roued to con sciousness. It was tin n found that his right foot and leg were fiozen nearly to tho knee and thai Ms left foot was iu the same condi tion. It is beli.'wd that his injuries are not serious, and that he will not suffer the loss of either limb. His st'.ry w.isnjin told ; and with his rec ollection ol his experience, and what Mr. Howe learned in his search the tale is won derful beyond fiction The driver bad been waiideiing over that trackless prairie for ten days and nights, without food and shelter, nnd with a temperature never above zero. All ibis time lie had moved in an almost uerfect circle, and had picketed bis horso and camped every night in almost the same spot. Moro rematkable still, he had daily passed within a mile and a halfof the Twenty-eight Mile House, which was lilsdestiua ti.in. All this time, amid sufferings that would havo crushed an ordinary man, Hob Casey had only thought that he must stay with the mail aud get it through, whatever bcfcl him. And he did ; not n single pack age was lost. Starving, half frozen, and dazod by exposure and privation, it was not of hlmelf he thought; ids duty was still up permost iu his mind. Here was heroic stuff; how many such can tho postal service boast of? During all these terrible days and nights tho only thing that passed his lips was tobacco and snow. He had with him a good supply of the former article at the start but as day wore into uigLt, and. night into day, h- L-i.-g.in hoarding it with as much avidity as ever did a miser his gold. Mon tana Independent for January, ALL A1I0UT THE I'ULSE. Every intelligent person should know now to ascertain the state of the pulse in health ; then by comparing it with what it was when ho was ailing, he may have some idea of the case. Parents should know the uealtli pulse of each child, as now and then u per son is bom with a remarkably slow or fast pulse, aud tho very case in hand may be of that peculiarity. An infant's pulse is 110, n child of seven years about SO; and from twenty to sixty years it is 70 beats a minute declining to 00 at fourscore. A healthful grown person's pule beats 70 times a minute. '1 here may be good health down to sixty ; but if the pulso exceeds seventy there is a dinn-e. The machine is working itself out ; there is fever and In flammation somewhere, and the body is feeding on itself as in consumption, when tho pulse is quick, that is over sixty, gradu ally increasing with decreased chances of cure until it reaches 110 or 120, when death comes before many days. When tho pulse is over seventy for months, and there is a slight cough, tbe lungs are affected. niUM.WI FllUIT AND OUXAMEXTAL TIIKES. We read about the proper time of prun ing trees, and especially tho apple tree. Some prefer fall, some mid-wiuter, and some early spring ; but scarcely oue rccommeuds the very hist in our humble opinion-niidsutr.-mer. Doubtless some old fogies will open their eyes aud hold up their hands at tuck au iunovotatlon and denounce it asj an absur dity; but we think we will be sustained by a majority of the 'live' men of tho day. II we desire to improve the form of a fruit tree and get rid of some of the super fluous wood, wo should prune in winter; but if we desire fruit and perfectly healed mump, we should pruno from the fifteenth of June to the twentieth of July. Wo have done this often with the happiest re sults, The fruit buds form after Ibis, ami the opeiutiou in suddenly cutting oil' its growth, produces buds ; while the winter or early spring will produce only wood. Iu pruuiug .ornamental trees in midsum mer the bark, instead of receding from the stump, grows over it, aud in a few years will completely cover it and mako a per fect amputation. We have noticed this up on our own premises as well as upon lhoe ol others many times. This pruning is done when the tree is takiug its midsummer 'siesta,' and then wakiu up, refreshed lor utiolhcr start , and ihe bark gradually steals over the slump as if a-hamtd of tho shabby looking exposure. When the trees are Iu full leaf, and pre sents its full form to us, we can see exactly whete the pruning should be done iu ol der that vvhile the overgrowth may be re moved, tbe symmetry of tho tree way bo preserved. Kspeclally is midsummer pruu iug to bo preferred, first, to produce buds as before staled j and seuind, when large limbs are lo be removes!. (?rrBKiii'(i'ir Ttlegraph. 4 Kvery moment of our lives every part of our body Is wearing out and being built up anew. This work is accomplished by the blood, but if the blm J dots not p, rfurin ils work properly tbe t-.-U-m l t.d-oued. Cleanse the blood by f .e u r.f )r, llu'l's lUltitcore Pills. Harmless but ellU-.ent.
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