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wolhonolnryf AC.-Wllllam Itrlckbaum.
our" ill? ogmphcr-s. N. Walker,
fi -liter ,t lioeorder-wtlllamson II. Jacoby.
ms ? a Attorney-llobert II. Little.
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8lhilrv Coininlssloncrs-Mt ltobblns, Theodore W.
Tjuiiti' supci Intcndcnt-William II. Snyder,
liunm Poor llitrlct-llrcctors-lt. s. Knt, Scott,
win. Kramer, illoomsburg and Thomas llcece,
dooit,
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
President of Town Council O. A. Herring,
Ork-l'aul E. Wirt,
ciiior of Police Jos. C. sterner.
President or (las company s. Knorr.
Secretary U. W. .Miller.
llloounuurg Hanking company .John K, Funslon,
president, H. H. urotz, Cashter, John Peacock, Tcl-
CKirst Na lonal Hank Charles It. raxton.rrcsldent
J. P. Tustln, Cashier.
Columbia County Mutual Saving Fund and Loan
Assoclailon-K. II. Llttlo, President, C. W. .Miller,
bpioomuj'urg miUdlng and Saving Fund Association
-Wm. Peacock, President,. 1, 11. Hobtson, Secretary.
Illoomsburg Mutual saving Fund Association J.
; lirowcr, President, P. B. Wirt, secretary,
CHUItCII DIRECTORY.
BATTIST CIICKC1I.
Itev. J. P. Tustln, (Supply.)
Sunday services-tux a. m: and Otf p. m.
sundav school o a. m.
Prayer -Meeting Kvery Wednesday evening at dtf
Scats' free. Tlio public are Invited to nl tend.
ST. MATTHEW'S LCTIIRKAN CnCRCH.
Mlnlster-ltev. O. I). H. Marclay.
Sunday Services lox a. m. and lySV- m
Sunday school 9 a.m.
praver Meeting Kvery .Vedncsday evening at 7
scatstree. Nopows rented. All aro welcome
PHKSBTTERIAH CnUKCH.
Minister Itev. Stuart Mitchell.
Sunday Services lox n. in. and OX p. m.
Sunday school 9 a. m.
Prayer Meellng-Every Wednesday evening at Otf
clock.
seals free. No pews rented, strangers welcome.
MBTHOMST KrlSCOrALCIlCBCH.
Presiding Klder Hcv. W. Kvans.
Minister Kev. M. L. Smyser.
Sunday Servlccs-io and 6 p. m.
sundav school 2 p. m. ,
lilble class Every .Monday evening at t o'clock,
young Men's Prayer Jluctlng-Evcry Tuesday
e7enlngnt ojtf o'clock,
oenernl Prayer Mectlng-Every Thursday evening
I o'clock.
BEPOBMKn cncKcn.
Corner or Third and Iron streets.
Pastor Itev. W. E. Krebs.
ncsldei.ee Corner 4th and catharlno sireets.
Sunday Services lojtf u. in. and I p. m.
sundav school 1 a. m.
praver Meeting Saturdaj', 7 p. m.
All aro Invited There Is always room.
8T. PAUL'S CUCKCU.
Hector Kev L. Zahncr.
Sunday services lux a. m., Tjtf p. m.
Sunday school 9 a. m.
First Sunday In tho month, Holy Communion.
Sen Ices preparatory to Communion on Friday
etcnlng before the st Sunday In each month.
Pews rented j but cverj body welcome.
KVANOKLICAI. CIICHCU.
Presiding Klder ltev. A. L. Ileeser
Minister Itev. fleorgo Hunter.
Sunday Service 2 p. in.. In the Iron Street Church.
Prin er Meeting Every Sabbath at a p. tn.
All aie Invited. All aro welcome.
TlIKCHCBCll OK CHRIST.
Meets In "tho little llrlck Church on tho hill,"
known as tho Welsh llaptlst Church-on Kock street
Caiwgulam'ectlnB for worship, every Lord's day af
ternoon at 3tf o'clock.
scats Ireo ; and tho public aro cordially Invited to
attend
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H'rup
H.ANK DEEDS, on l'arclimjnt and Linen
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rected tees as established by the last Act of tlw Leg
.Utureupon tho subject. Every Justice and ton
table should have ono.
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n G. BAHKLEY, Attomey-at-Law. Office
j In lirower's butldlng, 2nd story, ltooms 4 & 5
i. ROIUSON, Attorney-at-Law.
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Office
SAMUEL KNORR. Attorney-at-Law.OIlice
In Hartman'S UuUdlng, Main btreet.
n
It. WM. M. REIIER. SMrireon and I'livsi
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It. EVANS, M. D., Surgeon and l'liysi
clan, (Olllco and ltcsldcnco on Third Btreet,
J
II. McKELVY. SI. D.. Surgeon and Thy
slclan, north side Main street, below Market.
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PHYSICIAN SUItQEON,
ooico, North Market street,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Mar.;: 74-
D
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Main Street, opposlto Episcopal Church,
burg, Pa.
If" Teeth extracted without pain,
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A UGUSTUd
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ADDRESS
C. G, I1I.ATCHI.EY,
440
MARKET ST., PHILAD'A,
April 11, 1S7D-Cm
BLOOMSBURG TANNERY.
G. A. HERRING
RESPECTFULLY announces to tlio public
that ho has reopened
SNYDER'S TANNERY,
(old stand) Bloomsburi;. Pa., at tho Forks or the Es
py nnd Light street roads, where all descriptions of
itiut-r nrn ue uiauu in me most suosianiiai ana
orkmantlko manner, and sold at nrlces to suit the
lmc s. The highest price In cash will at all times be
GREEN HIDES
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QEAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE
fRADE MARK Is especially recom-TRADE MARK,
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tlm HftL- lllmnnoo
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aro first caused by deviating from the path of nature
and over indulgence. The fcpectno Medicine la the
result of a mo study and many years ot experience
tn treating1 these special diseases.
run particulars in our pampmeuj.wmt'u we uesire
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by mall on receipt of Uie money by addressing
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Flrst-clasa worklalways onhand.
HEPAIKINO NEATLY DONE.
"Prices reduced to suit the times.
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JjJKItV
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THIS EDUOATOll,
A Lle Educational Monthly, published at
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April 18, 1S79 tt
C. K. CANFIELD,
lldltor,
rnTTTO 11 4 Di.in mny li fuund on lite ot Ooa
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feb. 14, 11-lt T
JOB PRINTED ,
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Poetical.
AtVTEH DARK.
BV WII.I. WALLACE I1ARNRV.
When Tnlllrtt gathers In her sheaves,
And wheeling swallows skim the flume,
The plowman, turning homeward, leaves
Ills plow inld farrow In tho broom,
And through tho melancholy eves
Tho orango drops Its milk-white bloom.
The old delights that go and como
Through sorrow, In the falling dew,
Llko warn that wore a wrealh of foam
Tho darker that the waters grew,
flow round my solitary homo
At evening, when tho ktars aro few;
Ho, fad and sweet as bridal tears
Tor broken homes, to see withdraw
Tlio child wo love, have gone tho years
Wo climbed the frosty hills, and saw
Descend on all the frozen meres
Tho sunlight breaking through tho thaw.
Llko one who In tin driving snow,
When all tho untrodden paths aro dim,
Hears far-orf voices, faint and low,
Across the woodland calling him,
1 hear t ho loved of long ago
Mnglngamong the seraphim.
And as tho soft, dissembling light
Fa'ls, shadowing Into dusky red,
I Ihlnk how beautiful the night
Itu gathering stnto Is overspread,
Like seeds of many an old delight
Through sheaves of sorrow harvested.
Jlarper'e Magaiine.
linCOItATION DAY, 1S79.
BY THOMAS S. C0Ll.1F.lt.
Tho golden sunlight fall3 across tho far off south.
cm plains,
hlch with tho tender verdure born from heaven's
bounteous rains ;
And violets and daisies bloom above each silent
grave,
here, frco from battle's fierce alarms, slumber our
cotnraacs brave.
The swift years circle on their course ; It teems but
yesterday
Since Charleston's frowning cannon bang their chal
lenge to tho fray ;
And sweeping north and east and west tho direful
tidings Hew,
And the stern answer of the land to louder echoes
gre .v.
The freemen of New England rose and seized their
waiting arms j
The western farmer turned away and left tho prair
ie Bcnarms;
From ll&Ine to California awoke tho people's
might,
To fight and die, If It must be, for country and for
right.
Through quiet valleys sounded clear tho war-drum's
rolling beat,
And soon was heard, In prompt reply, tho tramp of
many reel i
And breaking rudely irom tho clasp or peace and loro
ana home
Dravo souls rushed on where battle's surgo was
crowneu with crimson foam.
Along thorn era running deep amid tho southern
pines,
Tho rifles crash, tho bugles call, the bayonet grimly
shines ;
Contending armies melt away ,by James' sunlit
so cam ;
Death rules whero bearded grain Ilelds bcsldo Antle-
tam gleam.
Whero the Atlantic rollers sweep Carolina's sandy
snore,
rom many a frigate's oaKcn sides the great guns
nercely roar ;
And down the hollows ot tho deep todlm-lltccral
cates,
Death's endless slumber on their eyes, sink ocean's
rallcn braves.
Wo know that sorrow grew apace through all the
lengthened days.
And dewlato tor clinging heajU were tho familiar
ways i
The cheers that made tho welkin ring o'er IlcWs with
carnage red 3P
Had for refrain lore'3 heart-broko moan auoe the
sleeping dead.
Ah, proudly beat tho pulso when camo the new s of
victories won i
How swelled each soul In sj inpathy lor brav o deeds
nobly done :
And even w hen defeat w ould come, and focmen win
tho day,
'o knew our boys had fought their best to conquer
in tho fray.
Now silent aro tho forests old amid whose cool re
treats
Great armies met, and from tho shore hao passed
the Hostile Beets.
We hear no more the trumpet's bray or bugle'n stir
ring call,
And full or dents, In quiet sheatbed.the swords hang
on tho wall.
We keep the names that fame has crowned ; the
heroes slumbering Ho
In green-clad mounds all grandly arched by purple
depths of sky ;
No matter where their graves may be, unmarked or
graced with stone,
Tho liberty tor which they did the whole wide land
doth own.
strew Hon ers on their graves to-day; when comes
tho winter snow
Tho sweet remembranco of tho deed within each
heart will glow,
And when we,too, aro laid at rest beneath tho bend
lng grass
Somo other handswlll leave their gifts as by our
homes they pass.
strew Mowers upon their graves, and still remem
ber grasses grow
Alike upon the resting placo of fallen friend and
foe.
Why should we keep tho bltttrness of years so full
or pain.
When Clod's fair blooms havo hid rrom sight the red
blood ot tho stain t
O'er rrowntng ramparts, w here onco shone tho sen
try's gleaming BLeet,
In aw lit and widely circling illght tho purple en a!
lows wheel ;
Heslde tho Itappahannock's lido the robins wake
their song,
And whero the Mashlsg sabre's clashed brown-coat
ed sparrows throng.
The wealth ot beauty that falls out from (lod's o'er
flowing hand
Clothes with a fragrant garment the fields by death
made grand.
In tho dep silence of tho earth war's relics slowly
rust ;
And tattered Hags hang motionless, and dim with
peaceful dust.
The past Is past! the wild flowers bloom whero
charging squadrons met ;
And though we keep war's memories green, why not
tho cause forget 7
And have, while battle-stains tade out'neath hear.
en's pit j Ing tears,
One land, ono Hag, ono brotherhood through all the
coming jcar?
Siintliti jfttrnoon,
ALIj FOlt LOVE.
Two young men went into the woods near
Aurora, III., to play a game of cards. As
tbey were rival lovers, and had not previ
ously spoken to each other for months, it is
conjectured that the girl in dispute was the
stake that they played for. Tho winner
however, (was not permitted to gain the
prize, for his opponent instantly shot 111 ui
through tho heart. An effort to settle rival
ry by chance linda not leas sad result in Tex
as. The two suitors were convinced that
the young woman would accept either if the
other would let her alone, and they agreed
to throw dice to decide, which should give her
up. The loser honestly eudeavored to keep
the compact, hut the woman refused to be
disposed of In that way, and wrote to him
that she would marry nobody else, and would
not even see tho winner, The latter would
not believe that his competitor had tried to
retire from the contest, and so murdered
him.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 23.
Select Story.
AN dill) STOItV.
'And you ask me to bcllevo this?'
'I aik you to believe nothing ; I simply
tell you the truth.'
My last hope vanished, lllttcrly I looked
up at l'hlllp Ilarrlnger, bitterly down at my
mourning robes,
Twice only had I seen this man j three
weeks since, when lie brought the news of
my lover's death j to-day, bringing a harsh
supplement the news of his perfidy,
'Tell Vinnle tho truth,' ho said ; 'tell her
the treacherous part I have been playing,
that tho may shed no tears for mo.'
It was tho old story absence and a fairer
face, had broken former ties. Had Hart
Whitney lived, he would have been worse
than dead to me.
A shock, bewilderment, and then I would
not believe; I clung defiantly to tho mem
ories that sanctified my dead, What more
natural 1 On tho one hand, tho living let
ters only a few weeks old ; on the other, a
stranger's story, unsustalned by proof.
And yet Instinctively I felt It true. Stand
ing before me, with arms haughtily folded,
with eyes Hashing beneath my suspicion,
l'hlllp Rarringer was not a man to disbelieve.
With his proud answer my last hope vanish
ed, llltterly I looked up at him, bitterly
down at my mourning robes.
'You might havo spared mo this,' I mur
mured ; 'but for you I would have never
known.'
Ere I finished hishand had closed on mine;
he answered, httrridly :
It Is not right that a woman should hon
or a false lover, even though ho be dead.
bit will come to forget Hart Whitney, to
smile at his perfidy. There are '
He paued, abruptly dropping the
themo.
'My views do not matter' I would never
ave known his voico for l'hlllp Iiarringer's
grew so oft and low 'believe me, I nev
er meant to tell you. I havo acted to-dav
from an impulse I cannot too much regret ;
because to you I must always be the bird of
ill-omen, coming only to cause you pain.'
He lelt no room for answer. Swiftly I
heard his footsteps receding from me forever
thought, gratefully, rhillp Rarringer was
ght ; he was a biid ot ill-omen ; bringing
nly pain to me. It was a relief to havo him
rop out of my life.
I would forget Hart Whitney. I would
come to smile at his perfidy. Philip IJar-
nger was a poor prophet ; that might be.
Nevertheless, I ponder : Not to me, but to
e fair girl in the Indies belonged thesanct-
fyitig memories, the heritage of tears. And
so I brought tho letters, the dark lock, the
miniature, upon which I dared not look,and
made of them a funeral pile, watching
with stoic countenance till it dwindled down
to ashes.
And so gladly I would have buried mem
ory, hut in vain ; my lovo for Hart Whit
ney had been too strong, too abiding to die
with his perfidy ; and though daily my
faith grew in Philip liarringer's story, it was
but to wound deeper the poor heart in which
love was doubly dead.
As usual, man's falsity wrought its work,
grew skeptical, distrustful ; there was
henceforth no truth, no beauty, in life for
me. Moreover, there was dissatisfaction ; I
had lost a woman's hopes, a woman's mis
sion, The slill life of womanhood lost its
charm for me. I must have work, action
what it mattered little, so I was saved from
torpidity.
In various ways I sought it, but fate feem-
ed contrary ; there was no opening for me.
So I pondered wearily one morning as I un
folded the country paper, when suddenly
my eyes met an advertisement. It read :
'Mrs. Ethbcrt Thorne desires a governess.
Box 28, Wabash.'
I had grasped vainly after similar straws,
but this time my application proved success
ful, and a week Inter found mo whirling
way to the distant kingdom wherein I was
to rule.
It was at the close of a dull, drizzly day
that I reached Wabash. Drearily enough I
stepped upon the platform and stood in the
dim light, waiting to be recognized.
'My brother will meet you,' had written
Mrs. Ethbert Thorne. What would bo be
like ? What would be my first impressions
of the household at Sunnybank ?
I had not long to speculate, for presently
my wraps were taken from me, I was con
scious of a tall man standing beside me,
speaking words which the wild shriek of the
engine sunk into nothingness. Then I took
the arm olfered, and went where the carriage
stood.
Was I dreaming ? Had I seen a vision
n the dim light? Mechanically I entered
the carriage, mechanically made room for
the one who was to lollow me.
Hut tho figure without did not enter ; the
door closed, and a crisp voice said j
Drive on, Peters ; I will walk.' ,
This time there was no mistaking ; there
was but one such voice In my memory, and
that was Philip liarringer's.
'My brother will meet you I' had written
Mrs. Ethbert Thorne. '1 am living on his
estates. 'she bad previously explained. This
then, was Philip liarringer's sister, aud I
was going to his home.
With the man whom I had rejoiced to see
dropping from ray life forever, I was destin
ed to pass months in the intimacy of hi
own hearth. So fate had ordered, and
rationally I must abide.
liut fate seemed bard. I had never been
able to forgive Philip liarringer, my bitter
ness had grown toward him with the days,
He might have spared me Hart Wbituey'i
perfidy ; but for him I might be only a wo
man mourning a dead lover, not the wreck
was.
He was always the bird of ill-omen, bring
irg pain to me. He knew of my coming
hither ; he might have spared it to me.
There was one comfort ; he had not for
gotten ; he had chosen to walk on in th
drizzly darkness ; he would keep aloof from
me
A night at Sunnybank brought wisdom
I descended to brakfast in a calmer frame
of mind. Philip Rarringer must be naught
to me ; that he had made life harder nr me,
I must temporarily forget. My business was
with Mrs, Ethbert Thorne.
I found that lady alone In the breakfast
room ; a gay little lady she proved on ac
rjuaintance, so full of gossip, so full, especial
ly, of Philip Ilartiuget's praises, that bus!
neas must wait.
Iliad not been many mlnulcs In her so
ciety beforo I began to be exceedingly an
noyed not at her rhapsodies; to these I had
quietly resigned myself, lint there was
something marked in her glances, a search
ing scrutiny.
What did It mean 1 I questioned. Was
I yotiDger, fairer, than she liked f Did she
fear dlspos!esioti ol Philip liarringer ?
Hut Mrs. Ethbert Thorno was not ono to
talk long with eye.
'My dear,' bIiu said, suddenly, 'I really
should not speak at all but tho resemblance
is so very marked.'
What did it mean 1 I stared at her open-
iy.
'You do not understand, of course, she
continued, merrily ; 'there's a portrait of a
very beautiful young girl In Phil's parlor
much more beautiful than you partlon me,
my dear ; but, oh, so very like. It is such
a mysterious picture, too. Who is it ? I
have asked Phil a dozen times, if once. 'A
lady who was engaged to a friend of mine
in tho Indies,' is his invariablo reply. My
dear, I really wish you could see it ; only I
would not dare take you into Phil's private
parlor ; he bever allows si rangers there.'
I had begun listening to a gossip's story;
I sat at its cuding,pale and still. There wns
then, in this house, n picture of Evelyn
Mitrston ; somewhere the face so fatal to me
smiled down from the walls. How I had
longed to look upon her what riches I
would have sacrificed at this moment to see
her painted self.
Much more beautiful than you, but, oh,
so very like I Was thi, then, tho key to
Hart Whitney's perfidy ; was it but a fairer
copy that had won his fickle heart?
What did Evelyn Marstnn on Philip liar
ringer's walls a queen enthroned in his
private apartment, oti which no i-tratigor's
eyo might look ? Perhaps ho was her hope
less lover ; perhaps the accepted ono alio
soon would wed.
I was routed by n light touch on my
"houlder ; Mrs. Ethbert Thorno was finally
awake to tho btiMnc.-s so lung delayed,
'You will teach the children, o( course,
my dear. I will take you to my study
room.' I followed her down the broad hall, striv
ing to still the emotion that had so distracted
me. Suddenly she turned and pointed to a
door.
'That is Phil's parlor,' she whispered ; 'if
o only dared go in.'
I gave but a furtive glance at it, but from
that moment it haunted me, Daily, as I
passed it, my pulso quickened, ever rebelli-
ously I went by. Who more than 1 had a
ght to see Evelyn Mnrston, to know how
fair she was?
Three months, and this longing had be-
como a mania, with dilhculty suppressed.
hrico I had stood by the wooden Cerberus,
ith my hand upon the knob. Shame hith
erto had deterred me, but the time had come
to see Evelyn Marstou even at the risk of
shame.
So I decided, ono day in autumn, when
opportunity seemed ripe. Children and
hilip liarringer had just vanished down
tho roadway ; Mrs. I.tuuert Ihorne was
dozing sweetly ; Sunnybank was mule,
Tlio time hail come. I would steal in,
looked upon the face that won my loyer,nnd
be forever satisfied. With beating heart 1
rept down the hallway; with hushed breath
crept in.
It was easy finding Evelyn Marston; there
as but one picture on the walls. In th
far corner I descried it, with strained eyes
tirrying onward, looking up finally to see
to look again and stare, l'or tho face be
fore me was not Evelyn Marston's, but my
owu mine as it had looked in the old girl
days when Hart Whitney went away.
There was no mistake, I remembered tho
picture well ; one of the many I had given
him, ono I had wondered not to find among
tho articles Philip Rarringer brought back
to me.
Much moro beautiful, but, ob, so very
like ! One mystery was solved, Hut one.
What was it doing here ?
I could only stand, with giddy brain, re
peating that question and staring at my
painted face. How long, I know not ; it
was ail a dream till I saw a shadow in the
sunlight, and Philip liarringer. I hud but
ittle thought for bim, little wonder for tho
look ho wore. The circumstances ot' my
preseuco even wero nothing now ; I know
but tho preseut mystery, and ho could en
tghten me.
'What-'
Eagerly I began tho query, but he autici
pated it.
'I know your question, I saw this face in
the Indies ; I dreamed of it, day and night.
When Hart Whitney died, I kept this pic
ture, as oue unlikely to bo missed, I was
only dreaming then, butwitli presence came
realization ; a passion unto death, Hope
less, but I would hope ; you should know
Hart Whitney's perfidy, you would surely
then forget him ; in time'
Ho paused, and his voice sank to the soft
cadence of that other day.
'I told you, and what fruit ? You doubted
me, you might come to hate me ; I must drop
out of your life. Fate brought us again to
gether, but I have never forgotten this ; my
solo hope now is that you will let me keep
this picture, that you will not take it away
from me.'
Truly a day of amazements, but a day of
mysteries solved but to precipitate frcshones.
Was this Philip Rarringer, the formal mas'
ter of Sunnybauk, talking thus to me?
Was this the cold creature Whitney had
fashioned, this womau bidding him keep
her portrait, since it seemed m much to
him ?
It is an odd story I Odd then, Jiut true,
Prom that day I grew to forget Hart Whit
ney, to smile at his perfidy.
And when the spring put forth its buds
ajid blossoms, I put my band in Philip liar
ringer s, and went out to become his wife,
Women Never Think I
If the crabbed old bachelor who uttered
this sentiment could but witness tho intense
thought, deep study and thorough investi
gation of women in determining the best
medicines to keep their families well, and
would note their sayacity and wisdom in se
lecting Hop Hitters as the best and demon
strating It by keeping their families in per
petual health, at u mere nominal expense,
ho would be forced to acknowledge that sue
sentiments aro baseless and false.
It cannot bo that "all flesh is grans." Grass
get 3 its dew. About tho only thing that docs
in this world.
1879.
TIIK KAKIIlS OF INDIA.
The religion of tho Hindoo teaches them
that men become salnt, by disfiguring their
bodies and living in nakedness and filth.
Theso Hindoo saints are called fakirs (pro
nounced fah-tccrs). They form a class of
people by themselves, generally wandering
about from place to place, having no fixed
home. They deem It a vlrtuo to bo filthy
and almost naked. They neither cut their
hair nor comb It, twisting it about their
heads or letting it hang loosely. They paint
their naked bodies or rub ashes over them,
so as to make themselves as repulsive as
possible. A few years ngo there were
said to bo two millions of those fakirs
in India. Tho people greatly reverenco
them, seeking their blessing uud dreading
their curse. They aro great beggars, and no
ono dares refuse tliem a gift. Tlio proudest
brahmin will bow down boforo one of these
wretched creatures whom he happens to
meet upon the street.
There is a class of these fakirs who give
themselves up to some special form of nelT
torture, nnd It Is astonishing what suirerings
they will endure. Occasionally one will
mako a vow to fasten his eyes on mi object
and never take them off while waking. Ho
will stand for days with fixed gaze as if he
were stone. Some of theso will sland on
one foot until their legs shrivel, and it be
comes impossible for them to walk. Others
will tie an arm over tho head, nnd keep it
there until it becomes rigid and useless. A
missionary tells of a fakir whom ho nuco
met who was making a pilgrimage to Hen
ares, a distance of 240 miles, by measuring
the whole distance with his body. He would
throw himself upon the ground, nnd then
placing his feet where tho head struck, ro
peat the process all day long.
AN" AN BCD DTK OF (IUKKX VICTORIA.
The Queen was not twenty years of age
ivhen she ascended the throne. Coming in
to pnise-islun of power with a heart fresh,
tender and pure, and with all iier instincts
inclined to mercy, we may be sure that
she found many things that tried her
strength of resolution to the utmost. Ota
bright, beautiful morning the youug queen
was waited upon at her palace, at Winsdnr,
bytheDukeol Wellington. He had brought
from London various papers requiring her
signature to mako them operative. One of
them was a sentence of court-martial pro
nounced against a soldier of the line, that
sentence was that he bo shot dead. TheQueen
looked upon the paper nnd then looked upon
tho wondrous beauties that nature had
spread to her view. 'What has this man
done ?' she asked. The dtiko lookt.l .it th"
paper, and replied : 'Ah I my royal mulrt ,
that man, I fear, is incorrigible, He has
deserted three times.' And can you not say
anything in his behalf my lord?' Welling
ton shook his head. 'Oh, think again, I
pray you !' Seing that her Majesty was so
deeply moved and feeling suro she would not
have the man shot in any event, lie finally
confessed that the man was bravo and gallant
and really a good soldier. 'Hut,' ho added,
'think of tho influence.' 'Influence I tho
IJtleeu cried, ber eyes flashing and her bo
som heaving with stvnt' emotion. 'Let it
be ours to yield influence. 1 will ry mercy
in this man's case, and I charge you, your
(race, to let mo know tho result. A good
soldier, you said, Oh, I thank you for that.
And you may tell him that your good word
saved him,' Then she took tho paper and
wrote, with a bold, firm hand, across the
dark page, tho bright saving word 'Pardon
ed !' The duke was fond of telling the story,
and lie was also willing to confess that the
giving of that paper to the pardoned soldier
gave him far more joy than ho could have
experienced from the taking of a city.
London Journal,
Massachusetts makes tho fourth State in
which women are allowed to vote for school
directors, the others being Kansas, Minne
sota and New Hampshire. As there are !iS7
women teachers in Massachusetts, and only
753 male teachers, and as women aro a good
deal concerned in getting their children off
to school.it seems reasonable to suppose that
the mothers are equally concerned with the
fathers in putting tho best sort of directors
in this important office.
The Massachusetts law provides that every
woman who is n citizen of tho Common-wealth,tweuty-ouo
years of age,and possessed
of the other qualifications of tiie voter (tho
ability to read and write,) may vote for
members of tho chool committees, on pre-
entation of her tax receipt, or if without
taxable property by paying a poll-tax of
two dollars, which is what tho male voter
:tys for voting tho ticket all through, for
everybody for every ofiiee. There are some
liscrepancieii, however, even iu this limited
irlvilege. Many matters with regard to the
ubllc schools aro decided in town meeting
that good old custom of getting at tho will
tho people being still in full force in
Massachusetts. Hut the women cannot vote
n town meeting, so they will pay their two
dollars for a veiy small slice indeed of the
whole loaf of electoral privileges. Doubt
ess, however, this discrepancy will be made
right by futuro enactments so fur as the
schools aro concerned, As there aro said to
be some 00,000 more women than men in
Massachusetts, the new order will probably
result in putting a few moro women iu the
school boards than lmvo hitherto gained ad
mission there even in enlightened lioston
itself. What new ideas may present them
selves because of this permissive act, what
impression will be made upon tho public
mind by the registration of women as voters
and by seeing them walk up to the polls to
oxercise their choice as citizens (limited,) it
is impossible to foresee. Hut in Hoston nlon
whero 71100 women pay taxes on seventy-fiv
millions of property, to say nothing of tli
111,000 women of the State whose property
is taxed at two hundred millions, it is likely
that this limited provision will bo sugges
tlvo of others, and as their money coes now
to pay for town improvements, it would not
be surprising if they should ask, meekly
for tho privilege to select a selectman in th
suburbs or tho councilmeii of the city who
upend It. Ledger,
When you seo a baby, which you know
t have suffered for a long time ith summ
complaint or dysentery, suddenly improved
nnd grow fat and healthy, you can rest as-
tured that Dr. Hull's Haby Syrup has been
used.
C'lcaiiy it is tho boy who tends tlio elevator
whono llfo las tho mont up, anil downs.
THE COLUMBIAN. VOL. XIII, N0.22
COLUMHIADKMOCItA'r.VOL.SLIV, NO. 1.1
"MiSSONS IN KTHIUKTTE."
itr.vn:wi:ii nvTiiniiuitLisoroN iiawkhvii.
Wo have been profoundly Interested In
a work that has jut been sent ti, tho author
whereof, Prof. Panning alms to glvo tho
world easy le?ons In etiquette for gentle
men. It is a ueful work. Among other
things, ho (.ays n gentleman "never falls to
lift his hat to a minister of tho Gospel.'
Poslbly, but the minister would a great deal
rather see the gentleman lift his pew rent.
'No gentleman,' says the professor, 'over
gives a military salute to a lady.'
Well, hardly; wo should say he wouldn t.
Tho military salnto varies from a simple
graccfut wave of the hand to three ruffles of
the drum's color, trumpets sounding tho
flourish, and arms presented, and to on up
to the President, who is entitled to n salute
of twenty-one guns and tlio "highest honors
all standard aud colors dropping, otlicers
aud troops saluting, drums beating and trum
pets souudlng.'' Now, if the gentlemen ot
America got into tho habit of raiing such
a racket, at that every time they met a lady
't would be rather moro startling tlim a
chronic Pourtliof July. Professor Panning
is correct. This port ol thing wants to he
discouraged.
"When calling on a new lady acquaint
nnco the hat thottld bo taken to tho parlor
and hehl in tho hand,
Tnis is one of tho best Instructions in tho
book. When you don't know all about the
huly and her family, young man, freezj to
jour hat all the time. Wo once knew a
young lady who kept her father In nice, new
stylish hats all the time by simply instruct
ing tho servant to skin the hat rack evoiy
time a young man with a giddy hat was fresh
enough to leave his lint in the hall. We'll
bt a dollar Professor panning lias been
there himself. And then, beside, a "plug"
hat is such acomfortabio tiling to hold in
one's hand. When you can't think of any
thing to say you can stroke the hat tho
wrong way, and then exeit yourself dining
the rest if tho visit to getting it s,n joth
again. And then, if occasion demands you
cm uso it as a cuspadore.
'A gentleman,' siys the professor with a
becoming severity, 'never dances with his
overcoat on.'
And wo may add, that he hardly ever
dances witli his overshoes on, and the in
stances, in the best society, in which a gen
tleman has danced through an entire set
with his ulster drawn closely over his head,
his trowsers stiillod in the legs of his India
rubber hunting hoots, aud an umbrella held
over his head, are raro indeed. Society can
not feel too grateful to tho profet-sor for
mentioning this lille matter of etiquette,
'A gentleman,' continues the professor,
'abvays wears gloves.'
Tliis is solemn, sober, earnest, inspired
truth. When you meet any person any
where, in the street, in the cellar, at the
lunch stand, in swimming, in bed, and you
sea ho wears no gloves, shun that person.
He is no gentleman; Professor Funning
says so,and Professor Fanning knows. Why,
a real gentleman wears gloves when ho
washes his hands and when lie trims his
ails.
'Always,' insists the professor, 'offer your
and to a lady with the had: of the hand
lown.'
If you don't believe this, try offering the
and to a lady with tho back of it up. The
ly will immediately kick the stulling ou
f you.
'Use the fingers,' remarks the professor,
with grace and delicacy.'
Yes, try scratching your head with them
for practice. When you aro able to do that
gracefully and delicately, you can let your
ngers go their own ways at their own will.
They will havo attained tho perfection of
graco and delicacy.
I.1FK IX SIISK11IA.
Siberia has long been not merely the polit
ical, but universal prison of Russia, capital
punishment being uow reserved for cases of
high treason and murder punished with
transportation for life. Hut in this trans,
portsllon thero aro many grades. Banish
ment to ono of tho border fortresses is its
nildest form, usually inflicted upon military
offenders. Next comes Western Siberia,
which, traversed by several commercial high
ways, containing many large towns, and in
constant communication with Itustia, offers
many advantages that more than one
criminal whose term Ins expired has remain
cd thero in preference to returning homo.
Eastern Siberia, called by the llussians 'Z,v
l!aikolaska,'(beyond Lake Baikal,) is dread
ed by tho convicts for its remoteness nnd
tcrility, it being a common saying among
them that "one year In the East is worse
than two in the West,' More terrible than
nil, however, is the sentence of hard labor in
tho mines, especially those of quicksilver,
which by its corrosivn action upon the bones
makes a certain and horrible dealh the inev
itable climax of tho penalty. Escape is all
but impossible, from the counties military
pickets, and the strictness of their surveil-
ance ; but as if to make assurance doubly
safe, the Itus-daii government is sending
many of its political prisoners to the new ac-
piirtd Island of Saghaliu, lying between the
Siberian coast and Japan. In the reign of
Nicholas, prisoners were often compelled to
march the whole distance with chains ou
their ankles; but happily this barbarity has
become rare of lata years, though thero
seems reason to fear that it may revivo be
fore long.
OlIHYINd OIIIIEKS.
Ho was weeping softly as he camo out to
join his companions ; a peculiar twitching
of ids muscles and the careful manner ofhis
gait was painfully apparent to the hoys ;
they knew that he had just wrestled with ono
of Ids parents ; they had been there and
understood tho whole business.
'Been gittin' a lickln, Hen ?' asked several
ympathetlcally,
'Yes,' murmured ho; 'I got licked fur
obeyiu' orders,'
'Dis-obeyin', you mean,' cried they.
'No, fur obeyiu', I tell ye,' persisted lie ;
then, seeing their looks of incredulity, be
made this explanation : 'When I were com-
in' into the house my boots were muddy as
blazes, and mother had just been scrubbm'
tho floor ; says she, Now, Hen, you'd better
walk right over that clean floor with your
muddy boots.' 'Anything to obligo you,'
says I, So I boldly walked across the
room, aud she lit on me with a bound like
a cat ou a mouse, and the way she toted me
around that room was u caution, I won1
obey orders any more.'
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Charley l!o, dead or nlive will always
bo tho subject of curious speculation, and
theories will be spun upon tho slenderest
threads at tho slightest provocation. The
latest view of tho cao is thus given by tho
New York correspondent of tho Philadelphia
J'rat. I wns speaking last night to n very
efficient detective ofllcer by the name of
Ooldlng, who has been In the New York
service twenty years. He has been repeat
edly sent to European countries for escaped
criminals, and recently brought homo from
Koulli America a forger from Pennsylvania
whom lie hail i.hacil around tho continent
first lo Catlan, then to Lima, and so on
down on the west coast and through Smith'
Sound Into the Atlantic, aud up to Monte
video, nnd finally caught him at Uio. I
said to this man : Havo you any theory as
to that boy, Charley itoss, who was stolen
from Philadelphia?'
'I have a very distinct theory,' he said,
'Some time after the boy's disappearance,
but a good while before Douglass nnd
Mo-her, his captors, were killed at Hay
Illdge, the body of n little boy with liht
brown hair was found near Hcrgen Point,
dressed in girl's clothes. The body had
been two or three months In the water when
found, and it was buried, no claim having
been made for it by anybody, nnd no notice
of any lost child in any of the papers of this
vicinity. When Douglass and Mosher were
shot, it was found that thfir resort was
about Iiergen Point, on the flats of Newark
Hay. '1 he lit tie liny was then dug up, but
was so (lecmuposr'd that Mr. itoss failed to
identify it. Had thn boy fallen off any
tug, burgf, propelhr, fr anything that pass
es ihrMiah tin- Kills, the alarm would have
been given. Had it belonged to any person
of it- blood or ki-i tt en- would have been an
nl ir.ii. Tali, n .ol ,il tho water so long after
Its calamity and already unrecognizable, of
course it went rapidly to decay after burial.
the fact lliat Mr. Hoss did not recognize it
as his child only shows that he was con
scientious.'
Whnt were Dmglas nnd Mosher?'
'They were piiutes. Tbey generally
hauled their boat up ou tho mud about Ber
gen Point, a very good place for them to
rob burges and other vessels that camo up
through tlio back kilns and down from New
ark. With their yacht or cat boat they
could take flight from Jersey into New York
nt any time, or run up to Connecticut.
How do you account for such pirates be
ing away over nt liernianiown, i ennsyivan
ia?' More than probably they went there for
the purpose of stealing that boy. They had
been seen around Mr. l'oss' house for sev
eral days b, fore the boy was taken. He
lived in a lonely lane, nnd tboso fellows
had tho short cut over to the York road. I
pre-ume that they got tired of small piracy
around the waters and thought they would
make a good big strike nnd picked out the
spot amVjitfih."''. 'fl'l then driving all night
on tuo good road between New York and
Philadelphia, they could have put the loy
in their boat anywhere below Newark. If
my supposition is correct they kept him un
til reptatedly deceived in their hopes of it
large random, when, in order to avoid pun
ishment and tu keep tho word of their re
venge, they rigged the little fellow out in
girl's clothes and dropped him overboard.
You recollect that when they were shot, the
only one who could speak opened his mouth
as if remembering nothing elso but this
crime, and explained : 'Weare tho men who
took Charley lloss I' '
TO HOl'SF. I'LEAXEUS.
To give glass a great brilliancy, wash
with damp spo-igo dipped in spirits, then
dust with powdered blue or whiting (tied in
then muslin bag), nnd polish with chamois
cloth. .
A flannel clotli dipped in warm soapsuds,
then into whiting, and applied to paint, will
instantly remove all dirt and grease. Wash
witli clean water.then dry ; tho most deli
cate paint willl not be Injured and lo'ok like
new.
A paste of whiting and benzine will clean .
marble, nnd ono mado of whiting aud chlo
ride of soda, spread and left to dry (iu tho
sun if possible) on tho marble, will remove
spots.
Paint splashed upon window glass can be
easily removed by n hot solutiou of soda.
To clean oilcloths, wash always with
warm milk. Onco in six monthsscrub with
soap-suds, dry thoroughly and apply njcoat
of varnish. They will last as long again.
Soot falling on carpet Irom chimneys, or
from carelessly haudled stove pipes, if cov
ered thickly with salt, can be brushed up
witliout damage to the carpet.
A little spirits of turpentine added to tho
water with which floors are washed will pre
vent the ravages of moth.
When carpets aro well cleaned, sprinkle
with salt nnd fofd ; when laid, strew, with
slightly moistened bran before sweeping;
this, with salt, will freshen thee wonderful-
iy-
One pound of copperas dissolved in one
quart of boiling water will destroy foul
smells, Powdertd burax scattered in their
haunts will destroy cockroaches.
Gambling houses frequented by females
alone, are now the sensation of New York.
They aie dUcovered in the most fashionable
parts ol'lha city.und, for aught Unit appears to
the contrary, are frequeutcd by the most
f.isliionablo ladies. They are only an outcrop
of the times n natural outgrowth ot tho
boarding houso existence of so many fami
lies. Having no home cares or homo at
tachments, they seek excitement nnd amuse
ment iu the gumbllug house. Our large cit
ies have so few homes and so few domestic
comforts that it Is littlo wonder that so much
of folly and vice prevals among those who
call thcmselvos tho better class of people.
"Satan finds work for Idle bauds lo do,"
s.iys the proverb, and it is always true. A
woman who could sit down day after day
aud week after week, ruuniugon into years,
nnd look out of u hotel window unto a busy
slrett, and yet ft el no desire lo get out and
enjoy tlio excitement stimulated by the mov
ing masos around her, would bo a strango
mortal indeed. The same de-sirn for excite
ment and the same influences the sumo bur
d?n of (iiiiii would carry her to the gaming
house, where she would meet only those of
her own sex, uud participate In tho excite
ment of gauiiug as a relief foi tho dull mo
notony of her up stairs existence.