am, 1 1 I THE COLUMBIAN OOLCMBU DIMOORATiBTAR OP TAB NORTH AND COWS BIANCONSOMDATID.f Issued wookly, every Kriday morning .at nuximsnuilll. COLUMUIA COUNTY, IM. 1 1 1 wo Dottim far year," so conls 'dlse&utii all moil ...... ...ii i.i . ioni.it. Tnmiiiqorlbcraoilt Ul t he county tlio tormi are ii por ycaiystrtctly In , adtniico. rvitilllilicrs, until nil arroaragefl.are ptiiu.bitt long contlnund credits niter tlio oxplratlon ot tho nrat r iir will not uo pvcn . . , ... , Ml pipors sent out ot tnestato or to distant post rnces must bo paid for In advance unless a respon. slbln person In Columbia' county nsaumoa to ay tlio subscription duo on demand. POSTA ti K Is no longer oxacted from subscribers In thooounty. . . . . . .TO 13 Jrr'.tvJ-JNI J. JLJLM TMA.trthhtpt? bobartmentof tho Colombian Is very omnieto. and our .Job ITlntlpR will compare i favors. hi wltli fist of ilia larijo ciiios. ah wora none on Vmfind, neatly ana av mouoruie mucin Columbia County Official Directory I'rosldont.ludito-WIIIInra Klwcll. , Associate .ludiruB I. K Krlckbaum, P. IHhuman. I'rothonotarv, c William Krfckbnum. niurt stonr)?raplier--S, N. Walker, liristor tlMorlcr-wllllamson it. Jacoby. .llstriot Attornay Kobcrt Hi Little. 3liorirr-U. It tint.. . Sirvi .)r .uiu.ji oylinrd. rr,uurer-II A. swppponhclsor. , n n nmiiuors--'3toption I'olio, Charles ltlcuart. A. II. itorr'nir. I - n nmioiier.s'mork-Jrll.C'asev. -Aulltors-9. Hi Smith, VV. Manning, C. B. Beo- 'fiir 'commlssloners-Ml ttobblns, Thoodoro W. tloun'tv Huporlntondont William It. Snyder. llloom Poor District Directorsi-B. J. Albertson, Oreanwnod; Uecco Falrman, Scotti Caleb Barton, Uloomsburg. Bloomsburg Official Directory. frosldont ot Town Councll-O. A. llEIUttNU. Clerk J. K. Orotz. Chief o I'olleo It. llnrrla. President ot (las company S. Knorr. Bccrotnry-C. W. Miller. . - , A moo nsburg n.inklnir company John A.Funsion, Presld(!nl, II. II. nrolz, Cashier, John Peacock, Toi ler. . , Kirs- Sa'tonal Bank Charles It. l'axlon.Prcsldont I. P. Tuslln, Cashier. CIIUKCII DIKKO'lOBY. ST. MATTnBW'g LUTHERAN CUbRCn. Mlnls'or-ltov.O I). S. Marclar. S'ir ay Servlces-10)f a. m. and Tp. m. Su l.iy school on. m. Pr 'r.Meo'lng-Kvcry .Vednesday ovonln? at T Softs' free. Nopowsrenicd. AH nrO wolcomo. prksbtterian cnCRcn. Mlnlsler-Ilov. Stuart Mitchell. Hundsv Sorvlces l0i a. in. and I p. m. Sunday School n. m. , Prayer Meoflng Kvery Wednesday evonlnff at I Sea's't roe. No pewit rented, strangers welcome. HKTII0D19T ErtSCOPALOnDROn. Presldlnpt Eldor Iter. W. Kvans. , Minister ltov. K. It. Yocum. Sunilny services lays and T p. m. hi mlaw school fa. m. lllblo Cliss-Kverv .Monday ovenlnff at T o'clock. tomg Men's Pracr Meoilnfr-Kvery Tuesday "onaVpmylJrMeetlng-Kvery Thuraday evening 7 o'clock. REFORMED CnCRCn. Corner of Third nnd Iron streets. i tolrterro-c'orncr "tli'and Catharlno aireets. Sunilay Services 10M a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunda" School tl n. m. prayer Meeting-Saturday, 7 p. m. All aro Invited Thorn Is always room. BAPTIST CHORCH. Pastor To bo supplied. .. Sunday Snrvlces-l"f a m nnd 7 p.m. Pr"yoretlngf!Very Wednesday ovonlng at 7 o'clock. Soats f reo. Tho public aro Invited to attend. ST. padl's cncRcn. '(pctnr I!cv I,. Zahncr. ' Sunday Services 10f a. m., 7 p. m. Sunday school ! a. m. , .,. First Sunday In the month, Holy fommnnlon. services preparatory to Communion on Friday avenlnc boforo the Rt Sunday In each month. Powfl rented ; but everybody welcomo. KVANOELIOAI. CUDRCn. rreslrtlng Rlrtcr ltev. A. I., tlccscr Minlatcr ltev. Oeorpe Hunter. Sunday scrvlco-2 p. m In tho Iron streetChuro l'raver Meeting Kvery Sabbath its p. m. All are Invited. All nro welcome. RLOOMSUUHO DIRECTORY. " PUOFBSSIONAT, CARDS. R. lUICKINOtlA'Jf. AHorncv-nl-Lnw. Of- . nm. n .1. Clark's llulldlnc. 2d storv rooms. inoomsburg. may 7, 'SO-t f uTluRKLEY, Attorney-at-Law. Office . In llrowrr'B building, 8nd story, Itooms 4 & P B. ROBISON, Attorney-at-Law. , In Hartman'a building, Main stroot. Office D H. WM.M. REBER, Surgeon ami Physi cian, onice Market ireei. ficaruepuu T H. EVANS, M. D., SurKeon anil Pliyai t) , einn, (onico nnd Itcsldence on Third street B. MoKELVY, M. D., Surgeon nnd Phy' , slclan, north sldoMnln streot, below Market. D R. J. C. RUTTER, PHYSICIAN & SUnOEON, onice, North Market street, Oct. 1, 7!. Uloomsburg, Pa. D R. I. L. RABB, PRACTICAL DENTIST, Main street, opposlto Episcopal Church, Blooms burir, Pa. tv Tcoth extracted without pain. Oct. 1 1SI9. AVILMOT CONNER. M. D., PHYSI- , CI AN nnd SUHOEON. special attention given to tho llisms.s nnd drpbcts ot the Eye Ear Tiihoat and sukokrv In all Its variovs branches. Sir Also carefully adjusts the EYE with PKOPEIt (ll.ASShS. 810 n. m. Houns 3 4:30'p. m. 78 p. in. Wilkr.bnrrr, V' July 10, 'Po-tf W. H. HOUSE, BLOOMSBURGjCOL. 00. PA. All styles of work dono in n superior manner, work warranted as represented Tumi Extract ei wiTnoDT I'ain by the use of (las, and free of charge hen artificial teeth aro Inserted. Ofllce Corner Main and Iron Streets. 7o be open at all hours during I he day, Nov. My MISCELLANEOUS c M. DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH, Sowing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re- dalrod. Opera House Building, Bloomaburg, Pa. ) AVID LOWENBERO, Merchant Tailor Main w noovo central uotei. 8. KUHN, dealer ll. Meat, Tallow, etc., - iftntrnHtr(nt. hfltwfifin Kpfnnd and Thlrrt. A UOUSl'Urf FREUND, Practical homeo xxoathio Horso and Cow Doctor, Blonmsburg, Pa, leb. 14, 'm-tf CATAWISSA. M. L. EYERLY, ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW, Catawlssa, Pa. Collections promptly made and remitted. Office ooposiw uaiawissn ueposit uanu. om-aa w II. RIIAWN, ATTORN K Y-A T-L A W , Catawlssa, Pa. omce, corner of Third and Main Streets. DWELLING HLDSE FOR SALE I Ono of the most d( s lrntlo residences In Bloomsburg on tho ncrih-wfl comer of MuiUt und Fifth Streels foimerly occuphd by w. E. Klerner. 'the uuubu is a targe ana coniesicni TWO STORY I1RICK BUILDING, nicely furnlthed. a hern Is also a STABLE AND OUT-BUILIUNGS. The properly will bo sold on easy terms. I'ososs osaion given April 1ft issi, Fur particulars Inquire ot J. II. MpUe liq., Blocmsbuig, Pa., or lllrain nov, so, 'Mi-sni ' B, F. I1AKTMAN IPKESENTSTDX rOLlOWINO AMEIUOAN INSURANCE C0MPANIE8; Lycoming of Muncy Pennsylvania. North Amctcon of VL-dofphla, pa, Franklin, ot n Pennsylvania ot Farmers of York, Pa. Hanover of New York. ManUattanot 11 Ofllce on Market Stroot No. 6, Uloomsbunr. Pa Oct. M.79-ly. "b,. JjMUE INSURANCE. CHItlSTIAN V. KNAPP, BLOOMSIIUIIQ. PA. SAKNcNsci50 .""""i''.' inniHATioNi are well seasonod by aire t ii h ?JJSl.V.u.anJ,.naT0 nw yet liBd a loss set- Lostes i-KOiiiTLY and uonestlt adlusted ami DOld Brxo- r one of their own uTe5T' . "a pa Mw"0ltw.',,Bia K0,"r 'AI1J DIALING n n titrnnr. ' """ 11 I rrtttrialori. Hi a, uis taauttautia, I LAWYEIW. B. BUOCKWAY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Colcubian Bcitotho, BiGomsburg, P Membr ot the United States Law Association. Collections made in any part of America or Europe, octi l, lsi. j J E WALLER, Attornoy-at'Law. omce, Second door from 1st National Bank, HLOOMSDUIld PaP lan. 11, 19H O.'FUNK, Attornoyat-Tnw, BLOOMSBJItQ, PA. Ofllce In Ent's Dcii.binu. p B W.J.BUOKALEW, A 11 U KN K k S A.T-1. A W , Bloomsf urg, Pa. omce on Malt street, first door bclowcourtuousf JOHN M CLARK, ATTOIINBY.AT.LAW, Bloomsburg, Pa. mice over Schuyler's Hardware store. p P." BILLMEYER, A-l lUHNKI Al LAW. Opricx-ln Harman's Building, Main street, Bloomsburg, Pa. n. um.E. robt. n.umi, P II. & R. R. LITTLE, Aliuunni O-A 1 -JUA VY , Bloomsburg, Pa. p W. MILLER, All Ultflbl -A 1-l.A VY onicoln llrower'sbulldlng.second floor.room No. Bloomsburg, Pa. FRANK ZARR. Attorney-nt-Tifiw, , ni.OOMRBURG. PA. nmrnpftrnMntnont and Main Streets. Clark's Building. Can be coniulted in German. Jan. to, -S'l-tf 1E0. E. ELWELL, A T TO R N E Y-A T-L A W, COLnMBIAN BD1LDIN0. BlOOmSbUTg, P4. Memiwr nf thn United states Law Association. Collections made In any part of America or Europe oct. 1, 1879. 8, XN0RR. I B. WINTERSTEEN. Notary Public KNORR & WINTERSTEEN, Attoi-nevs-at-Law. Office In Hartman's Block, Corner Main and Mar ket streets, Bloomsburg, Pa. SSfl'enstons and JJounliet Colleclea. PAUL E. WIRT, Attorney-at-Law. omco In Brower'8 Block, ono door below Coi.unrtAH uuuaing BLOOMSBURG, PA. July 10, '60 tf ri UY JACOBY, Attorney-afLiaw, BLO0MSBUHO, PA. Offlco In the colcubian Building, second floor. oct. s, '80. JAMES RE1LLY, 'Lonsonai Artist, s aealn at his old stand under EXCHANGE 110- TEU and has as usual a KIltsT-CLASS bahueii shop, lie respectiuuy souchb mo puirDnnugu ui his old customer und of the public gcneraUy. jiyio,bo-ii rtn a ontnt furnished rrce.wiin run insiruc VI. I I I Hons for conducting the most protltable , n III business that any ono can engage In vL JL. J The business Is so eafly to learn, and our Instructions aro so simple and plain, that any one can make great prollts from U t very start. No one can fall who Is willing to work. Women aro as suc eessful as men. Hoys and girls can earn large sums. Many have made attho business over ono hundred dollars In a slnglo week. Nothing llko It over known oeioie. ah wno engagu uru nurpi icu iup and rapidity with which they are ablo to mak.i money. You can cngago In this business during your spare time at grrat profit. You do not have to invest capital In It. we talco all the risk. Those who need ready money, should write to us at once. All furnished tree. Address Tbdk & Co., Augusla,Malnt oct. 16' "so-iy AGENTS 1 F r tic 'or the Complete and authen WANTED tic record of the achievement -CK- STANLEY IN AFRICA r-hrt rtorptnnmrnt& hv Mlnnlny in the Dark Conll ncnt, his remarkable dlscoertes ondwouueiful De cent ot ssoo miles ot the Congo Itlver, Shooting Hap lrts, nnd cataracts, amlds' tho most dlffleult an', thrilling situations, Daring Adventures with W ild leasts and no lehs Wild Savages, has no parallel la the annals ot explorations. It Is more facln.tlng than ltomance-contalns ovtr 700 pages, and man) striking Illustrations. Send tor circular and terms and secure Territory at once, for this, the most popular and lntrresllng book of the day. Jan 14 '61 4-w WM. FLINT, Phliaaeipnia. B. F. SHARPLESS, Cor. Centre and Hall Road Sts., near L. & B. Depot. lowest Prices will net bo undersold. Manufacturer ot MINE CAU WHEELS, Coal Break er and Ilrldgo Castings, Water Pipes, Stoves, Tin ware, Plow?, IKON FENCE, and all kinds of Iron and BrassO'Etlngs. Tho friglnal Montroso, Iron beam, right hand left hand, and sldo hill Plows, tho best In tho mark et, and all kinds ot plow repairs. Cook Stoves, Itoom Stoves, and Stoves for heating stores, Khool bouses, churches, &c. Also the larg est stock of repairs for city stoves, wholesalo and retail, such as Fire Brlck.Oratcs, Cross Pieces, Ltd' o. ic, Stove ripo, Cook Boilers, SkUllts, Cake- Plates, large Iron Kettles, ISO gallons to IJtf barrels, Farm Bells, Slid SoIob, Wagon Boxes, "Allentown Bone Manure" PLASTEU, eALT, AC, &C, Jan VSO-iy C- 33. SV-A-GKE, DEALER IN Silverware Watches.Jowelry.Clocks.&c, aii vinds of Watches. Clocks and Jewelry nea lj repaireu ana warrauiuu. U1U) II, lo-il M. C, SLOAN & BRO. IILOO.llSmWtt, IM, Manufacturer!! of Oarrlages, Buggies, Fhaotons, Slolghs, I'LATFOItM WA00N8, JtO. Flrst-cUuu work aiwayi on band. BEPAIKlNa NEATLY OONX. PrtoM reduced to mlt the amos. Ik BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28,1881. If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, linvo frequent headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appetite, and tongud coated, you aro sintering from torpid liver, or "bllllous'tess" nnd nothing will euro j on so stned llr ahd permanently ss to tako Simmons' Liver llEnctAToR or Medicine. Thn Cheapest, Pureit nnd Best Family Medlolno In inn worm an Effectual tecifio for all diseases of tho Liv er, Ntomnch and spleen, Itegiilnto tho Liver and prevent (MULLS AND FRVRU, MALAHIOUS FKVKHS. IHIWKI. COMPLAINT, ItBSTLESSV XH, JAUN DICE AND NAUSEA. it ml Ilrt'iKlit Nothing Is so tint lensant. nothing so common as bad breath aiidln nearly every case It conies from theston.a"h nnd can be so easily corrected If you will take Simmons' Livkr Hrrtri.iTOK. Do not ne glect so sure a nmrdy for this repulsive disorder. It will nlso improve your Appetite, Complexion and tlcneral Health. I'UcsI How many Butler torture day after day, making llfon burden and robbing existence ef nllplmsure. owing to the secret sutferlng from piles Yetrellef Is ready to l hn hand ot nhtottany one who will uso systematically the rcindy thai ha permanent! cured thousands Simmons Liter Iie(H!eator,Is No drastic violent purge, but a gentle alstant to na ture. ('OIINtlpi' tlOIlt Should not, be regaided ns atrllllng ailment In tact nature demandB the utmost regularl y ct the Iiow els, nnd any deviation frem Ihlsdemnnd paiest'-o way often to serious danger. It Is quite ns neeef sa ry to removo Impure accumulations from the bow els ns It Is to cat or steep, and no hinllhcan bo ex pected whero a costive hat It of body prevails. Sick Ilciiitiiclif ! This distressing nflllctton occurs most frequently. Tho disturbance of tho Btemach arising from the Imperf' ctlv digested con' cuts, causes n severe pain In thn lit ad, sceompanled wlthtfsLigrcenblc nausea, nnd this constitutes what Is pipularly known ns flck Headache; for the relief ot which, Take Sim. mons' Liver meant ator. MANUFACTURED ONI.T BT J. II. .nil. IN .V CO., PHILADELPHIA. rrlcrfl.OO. Soldby all Druggist?. April 16, '80 ly. "Tun rrr-FEc tojuc." A bale nnd llill.iWo Suljstllulo for Qtltll' Tho only 25 cent AGOE KENEDY X3NT WOULD CITRKS and oil iTlALAKBAKi CflSlSASKS. lotd tffcll Prutelit. Mall ml FREE rcrtrt or frtc. Wilt, to DUMUS DICK OO , j ooitem ftbit, Niw Vomk, for tlr Imi ci't titxifc, tnilK'4 la tL rtkJtrt ct Ihli paper FRCP nrpllcHlop. HEAD'S FRIEND. A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY 1 CABBOLIME ! A Deodorized extraot of Petroleum, Tlio Only Articlo that Will Eo storo Hair on Bald Heads. Whnt the World has lieen Wantinsr br Centuries. Die greatest discovery of our day, so far as a lurgo portion of humanity li concerned, Is CAP. B0L1NE, an article prepared from petroleum, and which effects n coraplcto and radical curoln caso of baldness, or w hero tho hair, on lug to diseases ot the scalp, has liecomo thin and tends to fall out. It Is atbo a speedy restorative, and whllo Us use se cure a luxuriant grouth of hair, It also brings back the natural color, and gives tho most complcto eat iefactlon in the using. Tho falling out of tho hair, the accumulations of dandruff, and tho preaiatum change In color are nil evidences of a diseased con dition of tho scalp and tho glands which nourish thu hair. To arrest theso causes tho articlo used must possess medical as well as chemical virtues, and tho change must begin under tho ecalp to bo of perma nent and lasting benefit. Such an article Is CAR BOLINE, and, llko many other wonderful discov eries, Ills found to consist of elements almost la their natural state, rctrolcum oil Is the articlo which Is made to work such extraordinary results ; but It Is after It has been chemically trcatod and completely deodorized that It Is in proper condition for the toilet. It was In far-off Russia that tha effect of petroleum upon the halrwas first observed, a Government odlcer having noticed that a partially bald-headed servant of Lis, when trimming tho lamps, had a habit of wiping hta oil-besmeared hands in his scanty locks, and the result was in a few months a much finer head of black, glossy hatr than he ever had before. Tho oil was tried oa horses and cattle that had lost their hair from tho cattle plague, and the results vtcro as rapid as they were marvelous. Tho manes and even tho talis of horses, which had fallen out, were completely re stored In a few weeks. Theso experiments wcro heralded to tho world, but the knowledge was prac tically useless to tho prematurely bald and gray, aa no one In civilized society could tolcrato tho use of reflued petroleum as a dressing for the hair. But th skill of one of our chemists has overcome tho diffi culty, and by a process known only to hlnuelf, h has, after very elaborate and costly experiments, suc ceeded la deodorizing refined petroleum, which, renders It susceptible of being handled as daintily as the famous taxi lit eologm. The experiments with, the deodorized liquid on tho human hair were at tended with tho moat astonishing results. A few applications, where tho hair was thin and falling, gave remarkable tone and vigor to tha scalp and hair. Every particle of dandruff disappears on the first or second dressing, and tho liquid so search ing in Its nature, seems to penetrate to tho roots at once, and set up a radical change from tho start. It is well known that tho most beautiful colors aro made from petroleum, and, by some mysterious operation of nature, the usoof this articlo gradu ally imparts a beautiful light-brown color to tho hair which by continued use, deepens to a black. The color remains permanent for an tndcfiulto length, of tlsie, and the change Is so gradual that tho most Intimate friends can scarcely detect its progress. In a word, It Is tho moit wonderful discovery ot the age, and well calculated to inako tho prema turely bald and gray rejoice. Vo advlso our readers to glvo It a trial, feclinij sstlificd that cue application w ill cum Incu tlirm of Its wonderful effects. IHtUburyti Cummticial of 0(f., lbJT; The article Is telling Its own itory In tho hands or thousands who aru using It with tho most gratifying: and encouraging results s W. n. Brili. & Co., Fifth Avenue rharmacy, says. "We hav e sold preparatiuus for tho hair for upward of tuentyyears, buthavo never had ouu to sell as well or give such universal satisfaction. Wo there fore recommend It wiiU confidence to ourfrleud and tho general public." Mr. OfSTAVCS P. Hall, of tho Oates Opera. Troupe, writes! "After slxwccks' uselam con vinced, as aro also my comrades, that your 'Carbo line' has and Is producing a wonderful growth of hair w here 1 had uono for years." C.II. Smith, of the Jennie Hlsht Combination, w rites: " After using your 'Carbollne' three weeks; 1 am convinced that bald heads can be 're-haired. It's simply wonderful In my caso." B. F. AnTHun, chtmUt, Holyokc, Mass., writes; Your ' Carbolino' has restorer my hair after ei ery thlog else had failed." Josxrn E. Pond, attorney-at-law, No. Attleboro, Mass., writes t For more than SO years a portion or my head has been as smooth and free from hair as a billiard ball, but somo elf lit weeks o,-o I was In duced to try your Carbollne, and tlio eifrct has been simply wonderful. Whero no hair has been seen for years tbcro new appears a thick xrov,tli. and I am convinced that bycontliiuliigltsuse I fliall have as good a head of hair as lever had, It is growing now nearly as rapidly as hair does a(Ur It la cut. GARB O LINE Is now presented to tho public without fear of con tradiction as the best Restorative and Iltsutlficr of the lisir the world has evr produced, Price. ONI5 DOM, A It per bottle, Bold by H UrutfuUln. KENNEDY 4 CoTPlTTSBUnC, PA., JjBsntsfvt it United States, tho Cumdu and OrcM Britain. -Wfet 4fes ,3?2H:3E3 Poetical. IN SNOW TIMK. How should I chooso to walk tlio world with thee, My own bclovcdf When green grass is stirred By summer brooxss, and each leafy troo Shelters tho nest of many a singing bird? In time ot roses when tho earth doth Mo Dressed In a garment ot midsummer hues, Beneath a canopy of sapphlro sky, Lulled by n soft wind song? Or should I choose To walk with theo along a wintry road Through flowerlcss fields, thlok-sown with Irosty rlmo; Bcsldt an leo-bound at roam, whoso waters Bowed in voiceless music alt tlio summer time? In winter dreariness or Bnmmer gleo, How shoold 1 ehooso to walk tho world with theof The time of rosos Is tho tlmo of lovo, Ahl my dear heart t hut. wtntar n-a nrn mi And In the lack ot sunshine from abovo vv o tend more carefully love's sacred light. Thu path among tlio roses llo'li soft nuo.mssir.1 ana raatant unaer youthful feet; But on a wmtry day the hands more oft Do meet nnd cllncr In nmtnur. rtnan ami wm. There Is more need of lovo's supporting arm, Mong lifo's slippery pathway In Its frost, There la raoro n ced for lovo to wraous warm. .against nro s cold, when summer now hrs aro lost. Let others share thy life's glad summer glow, But let mo walk beside thee In the snowl All the Year Round, Select Story. FAITHFUL ONTO DEATH. Tho fire burns cheerily on tho hearth, tho great logs crackle and Hare up the wide chimney, up which it is my wont to say you could drive a coach-aiid-fotir. I draw my chair nearer to it, with u shiver. 'What a night!' I say. 'Is it still snowingT' asks my wife,who sits opposite to me, her books nnd work on thu table beside her. 'Fast. You can scarcely seo n yard before you.' 'Heaven help any poor creature on tlio moor to-iiightl' says she. 'Who would venture out' It began snowing before dark, and all the people about know thn ilangerof being benight ed on the moor in a snow storm. Yes. But I have known people fro zen to death hereabouts before now. My wife is Scotch, and this pleasant house in tho Highlands is hers. We aro trying a winter in it for tho first time, and I find it excessively cold a,ml some what dull. Mentally f decide in future wo will only grace it with our presenco during the shooting season. Presently I go to the window and look out; it lias ceased snowing and through a rift in tho clotuU I sec a star. 'It is beginning to clear,' I tell my wife, and also inform her that it is past eleven. As bIiu lights her candlo at tlio side table I hear a whining and scratch ing at tho front door. 'There is Laddie loose again,' says she. 'Would you let him in, dear?' I did not like facing tho cold wind, but could not refuse to let the poor ani mal in. Strangely enough, when I open ed the door and called him ho wouldn't come. Ho runs up to the door and looks into my face with dumb entreaty; then ho runs back a few steps, looking around to see if I am following; and, finally, ho takes my coat in his mouth and tries to draw mo out 'Laddie won't come in,' I call out to my wife. 'On the contrary, he seems to want mo to go out and have a game of snow ball with him.' She throws a shawl around her and comes to the door. The collie was hers before we were married, and sho is al most ns fond of him, I tell her, as she is of Jack, our oldest boy. 'Laddie, Laddie!' she calls; 'come in, sir.' He conies obediently at her call, but refuses to enter the house, and pur sues the same dumb pantomime ho has already tried on mo. 'I shall shut him out Jessie,' I say 'A night in tho snow won't hurt him;' and I prepare to close the door. You will do nothing of tho kind! she replies, wiiu nu anxious look', 'Hut you will rouso tho servants at once, and fol low him. Some ono is lost in the suow, anil .Laddie knows it. I laugh. 'Heallv Jessie, von aro nb surd. Laddie is a sagaeiwus animal, no doubt, but I cannot believe he is ns clov er as that. How can ho nossiblv know whether any one is lost in the snow, or non Hecauso ho has found them and eomo back to us for help. Look at him now.' I cannot birj own that the dog seems restless and uneasy, and is evidently en deavoring to coax us to follow him; ho looks at us with pathetic entreaty in his eloquent eyes. 'Why won't you believe met' ho seems to ask. 'Come,' she continues: von know vou could not rest while- theio was a possi- oyuy oi a lenow creature wanting your assistance. And I am certain Laddie is not deceiving us.' 'What is a poor hen-pecked man to do? I grumble, and resist, and yield; as I havo often grumbled, and resisted, nnd yielded before, and as 1 doubtless often shall again. 'l.addio onco found a man in the snow before, but ho was dead,' Jessie says, as she hurled off to fill u llaslc witli brandy, and get ready some blankets for us to tako with us. In tlio meantime I rouso tho servants. 1 hey are all English, with the excep tion of Donald, tho garduer, and 1 can see that they aro seollingly skeptical of i.uuuiu a huguciiy, aim inwardly disgust ed at having to turn out of their warm beds and face tho bitter winter's night. 'Jillina troublo verself.' I bear old Donald say. 'Tlio mistress is riuht enough. Auld Laddio is cleverer than inony n Christian, and will find some thing in tlio snaw to-night. 'Don't sit up, Jessie," I say. as wo stnrti wo may bo out half tlio night on this wild gooso chase.' 'Follow Laddio closely," is tho only iliinnii oiiu lllilKOS. The dog spriiitrs forward with n inv ous bark, constantly looking back lo seo if wo nro following. As wo pass through tho avenue gates anil emerge on tho moor, the moon struggles for a moment through the driving clouds, and lights up wan n sii'Kiy gleam tlio snow-clad country uoiorc us. 'It's like looking for a needlo in bundle of hay, eir, says John, tho coael) in, ui, couiiduinia iv. to mink as w shoiiW find anybody on .such a night! Why, in somo places tho snow is mora than a couple o' feet thick, and it goes agaiiiit reason to think that a dumb an imal would havo the sense to come homo ami fetch back. 'Hide a wee, bide a wee.' savs old Donald, 'I dinna ken what vour Hni-i i iihit tings can uo, mil a coino, lliotiglt it ' has na been pleasing to Providence to I .1...' i . ,.... . V ' give tho crcatur the gift o' speech, con do manynnnir things than them wad do rido it.' 'I ain't a dondin of 'em,' says John. 'I only say as how if they bo so very." 'Ye wull, though ye wull," says old Donald, as ho hurries forward after Laddie, who has now settled down into a swinging trot, and is taking his way straight across tho loneliest part of tho bleak moor. The cold wind nlmost cuts its in two, and whirls tho snow into our faces, near ly blinding us. My finger-tips are be coming numbed, icicles hang from my moitstacho and beard, and my feet and legs aro soaking wet, oven through my shooting-boots nnd stout leather legg lugs. The moon has gono in again, and tho light from the lantern we carry is barely sulllcient to show us the inequalities in the height of tho snow, by which wo aro guessing at our path, I begin to wish I find staid at home. 'Jj'homme propose, mm8 lafemme dispose,' I sigh to my self, anil I begin to consider whetuer I may venture to give up tho search, (which I have undertaken purely to sat isfy my wife, for 1 am like John, and wb won't believe in Laddie,) when, sudden ly, I hear a shout in front of me, and seo Donald, who has all the time been keeping close to Laddie, drop on his knees and begin digging wildly in the snow with his hands. Wo all rush for ward. Laddio has stopped at what ap pears to bo the foot of a stunted tree, and after scratching nnd whining for a moment, sits down and watches, leaving the rest to us. What is it that appears when wo havo shoveled away the snow? A dark object. Is it a buiiulo of rags? Is it or, alas! was it a human being? We raise it carefully and tenderly, and wrap it in one of the warm blankets with which wife's forethought has provi ded ti 'Bring mo tho lantern,' I say huskily, and John holds it over tho prostrate form of, not as we might have expected, some stalwart sheplieid of the hills, but over that of a poor, shrivelled, wrinkled, ragged old woman. I try to pour a little brandy down the poor old throat, but the teeth are so firmly clenched that I cannot. 'Get lier homo as quickly as may be, sir; the mistress will know better what to do for no wo do, if so be the poor creat tiro is not past help," turning instinct ively, as we all do in Bickncss or trouble, to woman's aid. So we improvise a sort of hammock of tho blankets, and gently and tenderly the men prepare to carry their poor,holp less burden over tho snow. 'I am afraid your mistress will be in bed,' I say, as wo begin to retrace our steps. 'Never fear, sir ' says Donald, with a triumphant glance at John; 'tho mistress will be ti) and waiting for us. Sho kens Laddie dinna bring us out in the suow for naething. 'I'll never say naught about believing a tlawg agin',' says John, gracefully striking his colors. 'You were right, and I was wrong; but to think there should bo such sense in an animal passes me!' As we reach the avenue gate I des patch one of the men for the doctor,who tortunately lives within a stone's throw of us, and hurry on myself to prepare my wife for what is coming. She runs out into the hall to meet me. 'Weill.' she asks eagerly. 'Wo have found a poor old woman, I say, 'but 1 do not know whether sho is alive or dead.' My wife throws her .arms around mo and gives mo a great hug. 'Vou will una ury uuugs nun jiiy ui hot toddy in your dressing room dear,' she says; and this is all the revenge she takes on me for my skepti cism. Tho poor old woman is carried up stairs and placed in a warm bath tin der my wife's direction; and boforo tho doctor arrives she has shown some faint symptoms of life; so my wife sends mo word. Dr. Bruce shakes his head when ho sees her. 'Poor old soul,' he says; 'how caino she out on such a fearful night? I doubt she has recived a shock which, at her age, she will not easily get over.' Thev manage, however, to force a few spoonfuls of the hot brandy and water down her throat: and presently a faint color flickers on her cheek, and tho poor old eyelids begin to tremble. My wife raises her head, and makes her swallow somo cordial which Dr. Uruco has brought with him, and lays her back among tho Boft, warm pillows. I think sho will rally now, says ur. Bruce, as her breathing becomes more autliblo and regular. 'Nourishment and warmth will do the rest; out sue lias re- ceived a shock from which, I fear, she will never recover. And so saying, he takes his leave. By-and by I go up to the room, and find my wife watching alone by tho aged sufferer. She looks up at me with tears in her eyes, 'Poor old soul,' she says 'I am afraid sho will not rally from the cold and exposure. I go round to tueotlier sulo ot tuo ucd and Took down tijion her. Tho aged face looks wan and pinched, and tho scanty gray locks which lie on tho pillow nro still wet lrom the snow, Mio is a very little woman, as far ns I can judge from her in her recumbent position, and I should thing must havo reached her al lottted threescore years and ten. 'Who can she Do I I repeat, wontier- ingly. 'She does not. belong to any of the villages iiearaDouts, or wo snouiii know her face; and I cannot imagine what could bring a stranger to tho moor on such a night.' As 1 speak a change passes over her face; tho eyes unclose, and sho looks in nuiringly about her. She tries to speak but is evidently too weak. My wife rais es her ami gives her a spoonlul 61 nour ishment, while sho says soothingly, 'dont try to speak. Vou are among friends, ami when you nre better you shall tell mo all ahout yourbclt. Lie stlli now, ami try to sleep. Tho gray head drops back wearily on tho pillow and soon wo have tho satis faction of hearing' by tho regular respi ration, that our patient is asleep. 'You must coino to bed now, Jessie,' I say. 'I shall ring for Mnry, and sho can sit tip for tho remainder of the night.' But my wife, who wns a tender hear ted soul and a born nuiec, will not desert lies post; so I leave her watching, and retire to my solitary chamoor. When I meet in tho morning T find mat. tuo iiitio woman lias spoken n few words, und seems stronger. 'Come in with me now,' says my wile, 'and let us try to find out who she is.' ro find her propped into a reclining Dostum with pillows, nud Mary beaido her feeding her. 'How are you now 1' asks Jessie bend ing over her. 'Better, much better, thank you, good lady," sho says in a voico which trembles from ngo as woll ns weakness. 'And very gratelul to you for your goodness.' 1 hear nt onco by the accent that she is English. 'Aro you strong enough to tell mo how you got lost on tho moor, nnd whero you enmo from, nnd whero you nro going?" continued my wife, 'Ah 1 1 was going to my lad, my poor lad, nnd now 1 doubt I never shall see him more," says the poor soul with a long sigh of weariness. 'Where is your lad, nnd how far havo you como ?' 'My lad is a Boldicr at Fort George and I havo coma nil the way from Liverpool to seo him, and givo him his old mother's blessing beforo ho goes to the Indies." And then, brokenly with long pauses of weariness, tho old woman tells us her pitiful story : Her lad sho tells us, is her only re maining child. She had six, and this tho youngest, is tho only ono who did not die of want during the Lancnnshiro cotton famine. He grew up a line like ly boy, tho comfort nnd pride of his mothers heart, and the stay of her de clining years. But a "strike" threw him out of work, nnd unable to endure tho privation and misery, in a fit of despera tion ho "listed." His regiment was quartered at Fort George, and he wrote regularly to his mother, liis letters get ting more cheerful and hopeful every day: until ho wrote to say that his regi ment had been ordered" to India, and begging her to send him her blessing, as ho had not enough money to carry him to Liverpool to see her. Thengcd mot er widowed and childless, savo for this one remaining boy, felt that sho must look on his face onco more before she died. She begged from a fow ladies, whoso kindness had kept her from tho workhouse, sufficient money to carry her by train to Glasgow; and from thence she had made her way,now on foot, now begging a lift in a passing cart or wagon to within a few miles of Fort George, when she was caught in the snow storm; and wandering from tho road would have perished in tho snow but for Laddie. My wife is in tears, and Mary is sob bing audibly nstholittlc old woman con cludes her touching nnd simple story, and I walked to tho window and looked out for a moment before I am nble to ask her sots name. As I tell her we are but a few miles from Fort George, and that I will send over for him,a smilo of extreme content illuminates tho with ered face. 'His namo is John Salter,' sho says, 'ho is a tall.handsomo lad; they will know him by that.' I hasten down stairs and write a short note to Col. Freeman, whom I know in timately, informing him of the circum stances, and begging that he will allow John Salter to como over at once ; and I dispatched my groom in the dog cart that he may bring him back without loss of time. As I return to tho house after seeing him start I meet Dr. Bruco leaving tho house. 'Poor old soul,' bo says; 'her troubles are nearly over she is sinking fast. T al most doubt whether she shall live till her son comes." How sho could have accomplished such a journey at her age, I can not un derstand,' I observe. 'Nothing is impossible to a mother," answers Dr. Bruce; 'but it has killed her.' I go in; but I cannot settle to my usual occupations. My thoughts are with the aged heorino who is dying up stnirs,aiid presently I yield to the fascination that draws mo back to her presence. As Dr. Bruce says, she is sinking fast. Sho lies back on the pillows, her cheeks as ashy gray as her hair. She clasps my wife's hands in hers, but her eyes are wide open, and have an eager expectant look in them. 'At what time may we expect them?' whispers my wife to me. 'Not before four," I answer in tho same tone. He will bo too late, I fear,' sho says; 'sho is getting rapidly weaker. But love is stronger than death, and she will not go until her son comes. All through the winter's-dav, she lies dying. obediently tnking what nourishment is given her, but never Bpeaks except to say: 'My lad, my lad ! God is good: He will not let mo dio until he comes.' And at last I hear tho dog cart. I lav my finger on my lip and tell Mary to go nnd bring John Salter up very quietly. But my caution is needless; tho mother has heard tho sound, nnd with a last nf- fort of her rcmaininir streinrth. sho rises herself nnd stretches out her arms. 'My lad, my lad 1' she gasps, as with a great sob, ho springs forward and mother nnd ion are clasped in each other's arms once more. For a moment thev remain so. Then the little old woman sinks back on my wife's shoulder, and her spirit is looking down from Heaven on the lad sho loved so dearlj on earth. She lies in our little churchyard under a spreading yew tree, nud on tho stone which marks her resting place are in scribed those words 'Faithful until Death' Our Laddio has gained far spread renown ior ins goon works; ami as 1 set finishing this short record of a talo of which lie is uiu neru, ne nes at my leet, our ever watchful, faithful companion and triciid. Tbe (lid Make or Cambridge. Mr. Siddon savs. among the distin guished folks who composed tho audience ni uiu vmu8or castle leaning, my old menu, uiu iuko oi v;nmmidge,who had leit nanover somo years previously, rcn iiurcu nimseii conspicuous bv his viva voco expressions of satisfaction, It wns not intentionally that ho said aloud, in reference to Shakespeare's work, "very gooti, "quito right, "just my vio Ilia Tloval llil'lilli'sq lind n mu..r 1, of thinking aloud, und particularly man ifested this singularity during tho per- lormauco oitiivme service in the l'rotes tant Episcopal Church, In tho preltini miry iimasu iroui uio puipil, l.et US pray, ho would turn inutteringly and tin consciously "by all menus," "very prop er." He would respond to tho command meiit, "Thou slink not steal," "certainly not very wrong to steal," and "Remem- her that thou keep holy tho Sabbath day, Heceived a commendatory res iioiihu iiHsureuiy very right. it is re corded that, cm ono occasion, when prayers ior inm, were about to bo oil- oi ou up no eieiairaeu, "no use no use the wind a easterly," in ;i THE COLUMBIAN. VOL. XV, NO. 4 COLUMBIA DBMOOnAT.VOL.XLV, NO. 41 TheMeaneitMan on Record. He came with an nwful expression of wrath upon his countenance, and said that ho believed everything was going wrong. Wo said we didn't see what the blazes ho climbed four flights of stairs to sny that for. He replied that ho had struck tlio meanest man on record, nnd that ho had como in to tell us nbout it. "You seo," said he, I'm a plumber. We at onco arose and implored him to leave tho ofllce, swearing that we hadn't a cent that ho could get hold of anyway. But he protested that ho didn't como af ter us and we let him continue. "Well," snid he, "last season I had six or seven sink spots and two leaks in a supply pipo to repair. I contrived to savo about $3500 out of tho profits, and I thought I'd havo my houso painted. Well, I hired n man to do tho job, and he went at it at $4 per day. Tho first day he spent in bringing a lot of old ladders and cluttering up my yard with them. The next day he spent in putting them up against tho building and taking off tho blinds. Having got tho place look ing like destruction a rain storm came up nnd ho bad to suspend work for that. Tho storm lasted threo days anil by the time fair weather canw ho was drunk. It took him a day to get sober and he put in that day loafing around my placo and charging mo for it. Well, next day ho mixed his paint. It took him ten minutes to stir the paint three times nud light his pipe. I had tumbled over his ladders and things going homo niter dark till I was mortally sick of them. But I stood it. I had my plans. Next day he went to painting. I timed him on climbing a ladder, and it took him six minutes to mount fourteen rods anil then ho dropped bis brush nud had to Oo down after it. While I've stood in my yard watching the fiend, customers of mine have come along and leaned over the feuco and taken the thing in and grinned and acted pleased like and it almost drove mo wild. But you've employed a painter, sir. You know the aggravation of tho thing. I needn't di late. Well at last tho job was complet ed. With no complaint I paid his bill, though it about bankrupted me. But 1 swore revenge. Cold weather came. I watched him. The water pipes in his houso burst. I knew they would. I chuckled in glee. 'Ha, ha!' I cried, 're venge is sweet." And, great snakes! would you believe it sir? That man went and hired another plumber, who is green nt the business and didn't keep the job along all winter as I'd have done. I lost my revenge. Now you know why I am mad!" And he went off boiling. I am cured of catarrh and deafners, and after giving Ely's Cream Balm a thorough trial. It br.s on several occasions relieved roe of severe coid in the head. My aunt was troubled with deafneBs so that she could not bear at all in one ear. After using the lialm a few times her hearing was restored. F. D. More, Insurance Broker, Elizabeth, N. J. Seo advertisement, For tbe treatment of catarrh, cold in the head, catarrhal deafness and tiny fever we call your attention to a new and particular Remedy, Ely's Cream Balm. We are con tinually hearing the most favorable reports of its curative eflVcta. It is easy and agree able to apply. We would strongly recom mendthis di rcovery to our patronB and ev ery one sulTering from catarrh, etc , being fully convinced it will please in every ca-o. Vauriper & Co., druggists, l'ass.iic N. J. Wouldn't Commit Himself. A woman was looking around tho fer ry dock ns if in search of somo one she knew and she finally accosted an old sea captain witli tho query; 'Sir, aro you a sailor ?' 'I have sailed,' ho replied. 'There has been a great gale on the lakes?' 'Maybe there has. I know there has been one on land.' You see, I have a son on a schooner.' 'Yes, maybe you have.' 'And I'm afraid ho was out in tho storm.' 'If vou havo a son on a schooner and the schooner was out in the storm, it is likely your son was out too.' 'Uo you think there was any danger? 'I can't really say.' 'But it blew terrible hard.' Perhaps it did, madam ; but as I was playing checkers most of tho time,I can't say how hard it blew.' It the schooner went down, my son went down too, dinn't he?' 'Maybe so and maybe not. I woultln t ike to give an opinion about that. Somo sons go down with schooners and somo don't. 'You haven't heard that tho Daisy was lost,have you ?' 1 sliouldn take to say 1 had or X liadn t but probably I havu't.' ' i oil migui, aim you iiugiiL not. When sho had gone an acquaintance who had overheard the conversation asked tho captain why ho did not give direct answers. The oid man drew him self up nn inch or two and replied : Twenty-eight yenrs agol had an opin ion to advance on almost any subject. One night the mate of my bark said that we were running her ashore on Long 'oitit. I stuck to it that it was only a fog bank. In fifteen minutes she wns nch una dry, and 1 wns 18,000 out ot pocket. Since then what I do know I keep to hedge on, nnd what 1 dont know I keep locked up in my clam-shell until I can strike a rismg market. Teraperanee la attracting much attention, showing itself in local option laws, socie ties, crusHites ana restrictuions upon liquor production; but with these efforts, the con sumption is enormous, and, undoubtedly, the reason if, because there is nothiug siren uously advocated to relieve and destroy the craving for stimulants. But if the dis- ill-ease was treated rationally, tiy arousing the tornid liver with Simmon's Liver Keen- later, tbe ulsulrittd drunkard wouiutitiu tits cravings soon dissipated, and witli cleared head aud active liver, lie would not want li quor. Tbe Telegraph Monopoly. While tbe tendency in tbto country 1b to ward a consolidation of telegraph Interests and a consequent increase of rate. In Eug land it is now proposed to reduce tbe rates, for telegraphic messages lrom twenty five cents to twelve cents for twenty words. Ex perlence has there established tbe fact that a prudent reduction of rates has Increased the business of the wires to more than double the docreuse of revenue arising fmm dimin ution of charges. If tbe proposed cootoll datlon of the Western Union, American Union and Atlantic aud Paciflo compaulea results in a monopoly of rates it will some dav become necessary for tbe Kovernment tn take charge of the telegraph Hues as It has of tbe postal service, aud make low ami uul form rate tor every section ol lb country, lUfe OFAOVfefeTlSING. IM. 4H, H.CO .0 0.00 8.M) Onelnoh..ti. H.00 11.x TWOlllJbeS 1.00 .oo Throe incite 4.00 tM Kourluuties o.oo 1.00 1 tM, t.t'(l I .( t.00 lt.00 1.00 11.00 0iarter colnmn...... o.oo o.oo lo.oo is.oo ilsif column ,. .I0.00 li.oo ls.oo ts.cn IVSi so- one column.. .......tv.oi t.co.ie.oo to.wi ioo.0( Yearly advertisements ratable ouarterlT. Trio ilentadrertlscuienuuiust be paldfor befoul nserieo oxcept wnero parties nave B4cox.au. Leraladrerllsementstwo dollars perlncbforthree Insertions, and at that rate for addllionallnsetllor. wiuioui re lore Dimoitrgin, Executor's, A mints tra tort and Auditor's notlos three dollars. Must be paid for wnen inserted. Transient or I.oc1 notieci. twtatv eni Oardj in the "BtuUMa DiroMy"oolajxtn, on dollar per rtarfor each ua, How Sbe Fooled Him. A curious suit was filed in the Chan cery Court in which a man makes his own wife a defcm1nnt,chnrging her with conspiracy and chicane. Nelson T. Seo is tho plaintiff, and Chnrles W. Poole, his wife, Fannlo Poole nud Mary A. See, wife of the plaintiff, are defendants. From his statements in tho petition, it seems that a little over a year ago Mr. Seo paid court to n shy maiden ot forty summers, Miss Mnrtlin Stevens by name. Tho balmy mellow nir of September gave way to tlio crisp nnd pleasant breezes of October, and the affections wnxed stron ger witli the incoming of winter days. About this tune the honeyed course ot sentiment, by a practical turn of affairs, nnd a proposition ot marriage, lrom which side is immaterial to the story, met with an immediate acceptance from the opposite party, nnd the contract was consummated. The winter sped by, nnd on the SOtli of March tho climax of their hopes wns reached and Miss Stevens be came Mrs. Lee. A honeymoon of unalloy ed bliss followed, und might have contin ued on forever had not the doting husband, who, like all of his fellow mor tals, is not entirely without an eye to business began to tako some thought about tho worldly possessions of her over whoso estate he hnd a right to ex ercise full control. Imagine the mixture of mortification, chagrin and embarrass ment which overwhelmed lam when he discovered n few days ago that tho trust ing, but cautious JYlnrtha had seemingly put it beyond his power to appropriate her goods along with her heart. About a week before her marriage sho had conveyed all of her proper! y,consist ingof books, furniture, pictures, a piano, :i sewing machine and eleven bonds of the value of $1,000 each, to her co-defen dant in the suit, Cltas. W. Poole. A few days after this, ami iust on the evo of the man iage, Poole had in turn con veyed the property back to alarthn in trust for bis wife, Faimio Pool . Miss Stevens was to liac the n-i- of tho articlt iiml thi' interest of the bonds during V t 'if-. fti r which they e to goto .'ilu. I' .mc i.bsoliiti'ly. ' -Mi. Seo now brings suit to set .T-ide both these conv aueoA Aflrr stating the fttcts, he says the tram-act iuiis were wholly with out hi knowledge, consei't i r approval. That thev were without consideintiou nudwtrt'in ftaud ami violation ot his rights as ihe then bttiothed husband of the Miid Martha, and prays that the con veyahcf bo declared null ami void, and that be be testored to his rights ill tho property ot his wife. KiiMii rs' Orphans iu Pennsylvania. The annual report of J. P. Wicker sham, Superintendent of Public Instruc tion in this State, gives the following as the schools in operation: CliesterSprings, Chester county, 21!) children; Dayton, Arm t oiig county, 198; Hartford, Sus quehanna county, 210; Lincoln Institu tion, Philadelphia, 108; Manslield, Tio ga county, 224; McAlisterville, Juniata county, 108; Mercer, Mercer coiiuty,S05; Mount Joy, Lancaster county, IH2; Sol diers' Orphan's Institute, Philadelphia, 1100; Uuioiitown, Fayette county, 18!); White Hall, Cumberland county, 23G; Loysville Home, Perry county, 70; But ler Home, Butler county, 19. Besides these there were, in scattered homes and receiving out-door relief, HI others, mak ing a total under the care of tho State of 2,580. The number at tho same time last year was 2,431, the increase being ing 149. There are also nbout 200 ap plications ou lilo that have been acted on nud accepted, anil the children aro waiting admission. The cost of the system for the past school year was S3,")l,4;M.."i9, ami the appropriation 300.000, leaving mi un expended balance of SSjiOSl. The whole ordinary cost of the system from the beginning to May 31, 1880, was $0,313,.')2ti.8O. The extraordinary ex penditures amount to S'ii.SO.'i.l. As the law now stands no children can be admitted after June 1, 1882, nud threo years after all the schools are to close. Should the law bo unchanged tha appro priation to bo made for the support of orphan schools for the next two years canimt bo very materially reduced. For 1881 $300,000 will bo needed, and for 18S2, 8310,030, makiug in all 8700,- 000. Old-Time Sleighing Parties. There is a vast difference between tho sleighing parties of to-day and the sleigh- ng parties of old times. I hen thev had but one sleigh. It was a square box, cry heavy, aud the back of the sleigh as higher than tho head when seated. over which a coverlet was thrown. The leigh was so heavy that two horses were equired to draw it. The sleighs were all painted yellow and were called the tamilv sleigh. 1 hev would not accom modate more than two persons. Then they frequently had good sleighing for a couple of months and sleighing parties were the order of the day. Iho farm wagon body was placed on the runners of tho wood sled, a lot of straw was put in tho bottom and the young men and women seatett themselves on the strt-w. The fiddler always accompanied tho par ty. They would drive to some tavern (they had no hotels then,) when tho first thing in order was to get a glass of "Hip. I' lip was simply cream beer, which was served up in largo mugs. Every landlord had an iron rod about two feet long with a ball on the end about the size ot u walnut, which was heated red hot and run into every glass of beer, which heated it and made it foam. This wns called "flip." After lrinkiug flip tho music struck up and there was a dance, and thoso who did not desiro to dance played games of diff erent Kimis. These are the days when tbe man with tbe shot guu goes out hunting aud gets back with a had cold. Then Or. Bull's Cough Syrup takes the place of the gun ev ery time. An iron excursion steamboat 200 feet in length and with a passenger capacity of 2,fi00, is to be constructed at Ptttsbuig and transported iusectious to Chatuunuu lake. Why Should They? No man or woman can do satisfactory work when the brain Is dull, the nerves un steady, tbe system relaxed and they fe I generally wretched. Wuy should laj err, merchants, clergymen, doctors, mechanic or mothers often drag through their work Iu this condition, when a small amount of Par ker'a Ginger Tonic will always, at moderate cost , clear the brain aud give them the strength and the will to perioral tbeir du ties satUfactot ily. We bavti felt its ptrengiL ening and bracing effects and can rrcopi ueud it wort highly, b't-e other culuiao
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