THJ3 COLUMBIAN.
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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
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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,
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presi their thanks to their nurses, for re
lleving them of pain and buffering, bv the
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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.