ylQ ColttirilDih-ri. COITHBIi MMOCIUT, RTlIt OP THIC NORTH, and eol.U. BlAlf, COHSOUDATSp.) ' tMiteil Wrctilt every l'rl.lny m.irnltn, at iitoousnttHo, Columbia C'OIwtv I's . iTTwnpot.t.Atispcr year, M cent diictn allowed when paid In ndrnneo. To milwrltm ,itti nf ! ,,' county tlio tcrrnsare per year, Milrily In ivlv ,ii. irNopaporrtlvnnllniiPii except nl tlio ontton nf I piiblljlKTP, inMI nil nrrenrngpi arc paid, tint mug , j tnucdrrfilitswnt not lie irtven. Ail piip;n wnt mil nf the Male or In dutnnt pint o'ti-cimUHtboiiildforlnndvance, tinleM n ronpnn. Hbv person In Columbia county uwiunio to pay the tunsi'rlptlon duo on demand, ' ' I S postauk i no longer exacted from subscribers In the county. joe iSrzisro. Tho Joliblntf V p irtinrnt of tho Comjmumn M very complete, urul mirl(iU IVIntirisf will rompirp r.uor.i Ul uiiUiu, limn niu hi. muuet UWJ pi IOCS, t'ME'E-slONAL OAHDS. 1 11. URIX'KWAY. A T 1' 0 R N U Y-A T-L A W, Cot,run:tM tirit.niMi Moomsburg l' tn-i r .! Hip fi.it".. Stales Law Astclatloti, it. . -le Hi uiiy i i rt ut America or Kuropo. r iVll,!,!,!!, A tt ct'iH.'yat-1 ,iv p. ; second drorfroni 1st National Ban. IH.OIIUSUUHO PA. ' i; Ki'vu 1 A t 1 or n a t- r ,nw, IlI.OOMSUeJlta, I'A. - I EM'S I'ltl.tlltlil. . t ( ei W .1. HUl.ICAi.KW, ' nTTOHNRY.S'AT-LAM', Hloiimnturs, I'a. i on Milt Street, first deor below Courttlouse To ,.v m clark, ATTOHNEY-AT.LAW, Bloomsburg, ra. . fi Schuylet's Hardware Store. PO , . MTTf.l jji H ft R. R. IiITTLR, ITTOIlNRYS-AT-LAW, llloomnburg, l'a. r. v MIT.LHK, ATTOIINEY-AT-LAW. office in nrnwer's building, second IDor.room No. 1. Dloomsnurg, l'a. FRANK 55 A Tilt. 'Attornnv-iit-ljiuv. RI.OOMSDURO, I'A onirn corner nl Ccntro and Main Strccla. Clark'a llulldln!;. Cnn be cotiin! (fl in German. A K. CHAIMN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. lll.OO.HMM'ltC, I'.V Mav bo found In 111'.' oillint'S oi'I'ICR. In the court House. H'Pt. 10, '61, (i-tn. I KO K. KI.WHLL, A T TO R ' E Y-A T-L A W, New Co'.dmciin Udimuko, Dloom'sburir, ra. Member of tbu United States Law Association, collections mado In nny part of America or Europe s. KNOKlt. I,. 8. WIHTMISTKEN. Notary l'ubllo KNORU & WINTKHSTKEN, Attoi'Jieys-nt-I.jav. Office In llnitin-m's mock, Corner Main and .Mar ket streets, lSlootnsbtirf,', l'a. tSfJ'cnsions and Ilounties Colkchd. j)ALTL K. WIRT, Altornoy-at-Law (irtlcc In Urowcr's lllock, one door below liroekway liulldlng RLOOMSIiURG, I'A. ( UY JAfORY, V ) A LLornoy-ul-I jtvw, 1II.OOM.S1II 11(1, Office In II..I.(aik'hltii!liilnB,stCond llfor, over lloiriaan'd Hour and feed store. Oct. fl, 'so. T II. MAI'H, ' ATTORN EY-AT-LAW AKIl .JUSTICE OK THE 1'EACE. office In Mrs. Ent'a llulldlbe, tl.lrd dcor tiom .Main sired. Mnyao.'M. K. OSWAU), Attoi iiej'-at l .nv, Ja I.X111 Uuildinp, Hr.cins -1 ami r, Mayo, si. lir.liWIUK.l'A. vy M. 1. KYKEIA, AI-IOHNE-AT-LAW, Catr.lcaa,l'a. 'ollectlon'i pron.ptly mam and rorntltod. onico )nnoMtO C.ltuWlf3u l)ciJf It Uimk, ra-39 11. KIIV.7 ' A T T O U N E Y-A T-Ii A W , Catawlssa, l'a. onwe.coruerof Third and MalnStreets. A L. FRITZ. Atiorncv-at-Lw. Oflice V. , In llrockwaj'M Uulldlni;, unoS4, 'SI. 1 liUCKINOHAM, Altornov-ni-Lnw. Of- burs, i'enn'a. 1 V .nee, llrockwaj'a l!i Uulldlnt;, 1st tloor, Illootnt. limy i, i fl li. IURKLKY, Auorney-al-I. J , In Ilrowcr'B bulldlnij, 'Jud story, II im, Uflice KO'jICb S J 11. JIOIIIBON, Attorney-at-Law. Otlice J in tnrunan a bimaini;, Mainsireei DK. W.M. M. REKR,Surscon ami l'hyni i'M. OOicc Market street. Near depot. T H II VAN'S, M. )., Surgeon ami IMiywl V . .in, (Ofiice and lietUli ni e on Tbltd Btieet T Ii McKKLVY, M. D.,SurKeoii anil I'liy U . il'ian.noitlislUo.Maln street, below Market. jT)R J. C. IIUTTER, 1'IIYSICIAN isiUUUEO.N, onico, North Market street, "Cl. 1, 19, BloomsburB, Fa JR. i.'l. it ahu, PRACTICAL DENTIST, 1 tin street, opposite Episcopal UhureU, Uiooms. I'7 Teeth exlractod without pain. W. H, HOUSE, BLOOM BliURG, COL. 00. PA. All styles of woi k dono in a superior manner, wotk wuiiantiil as represented Tkkhi Kxtkict 10 wmioi'T J'ain by thu un' of ias, and fiteof chai'Ku vlien aitlmliil leelli mo Inseiteil. in.ee ever lilccrr.shure uabklDpl'tmpany. 'Ja le open ul all hours during the day. Not, ss-iy MISCELLANEOUS fl it, DRINKER, GUN ami LOCKSMITH lowing .Maeblnea and Jluehlnery ot all kinds re P dtcd. OrKHA liot'3 uulMlns, DlooniBburB, l'a. DAVID L0WENI1UR0, Merclianl Tailor Main Bt., above central ilmm. I S. KUHN, ilealer li. Meal. Tillow, elc, 1 Centroatreot, betw in n Seeoud and Third, JAMBS HEILLY, Tonsoj'ifil Artist, sn.Kaln at his old ntnnd under KXCHANOi: lo IU.,tid Las as uaiml a KlllT-t'LAbS UAltllKU 101. He rcspeelfully o!lelts thu patronaKO of lis oldeuttomeib and tt llio publlo generally. JUiJ lC, 'bO-tf EXCHANGE HOTBL. W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR BL:0!!SBUR(?. pa. Ol'l'OSlTK coiiit;uoibij. . I arifc and convenient samplo rnonn. li.it li rooms uotaiid eoidwal r,uiid all. modern eouveulouoji 11' rjTI""1 III u linn M juun iijjjji J. K, BITTE1T3ENDSR, Proprietors. The Backus Water Motor M TIIU JIObT Kconoinicnl Power Known -FOlt - DRIVING LIGHT MACHINERY. U tukts but little room, It never nets out of,ropalr. It can not blow up. It needi no fuel It needn bo ontflncr. There Is no delay; notlrlnj up; no aihos to clean nwayj no extra lmuraiico to pay; no repair ing ntcessarys no coal bills to pay, and It li nlwnjH rcnily for Me. It Is Invaluable for blowing Church Organs, for riiuninB rrinnnB I'rcssep, HemK MaehliieJ, Turn I113 Lathes, Seioil yaw a, tlrlnd Stunts ColTee JII1I9, H,imaco Machlmi, feed Ciitteie, Corn Mills, Leva tors, etc. four horse nowr at in rounds pre sute of wa.er. It Is noseless, neat, compact, steady, and nbovo all IT IS VERY CHEA1'. Send for circular to the llaekns Water Motor Co., Newark, N. .?., stating name of paper you s iw ad. vertisement In. rilec, it, to f.iro, sept, no-tf B. F, SHARPLESS, Cor. Centre and Kail load Ms., near L. A it. Depot. Lowest Pries: will net bs undersold. Manufacturer of MINE CAli WllEKL" Coal Break erand Ilildjfe Castings, Water IMpcs, Stoves, Tin ware, Plow.-, IKON FENCE, and all kinds of Iron and Brass C Etlnsrs. U10 cnnlnal Montrose, Iron beam, right band left hand, and sldo hill Plows, tho best In the mark et, and all kinds of plow repairs. Cook Stoves, l'.oom Stoves, and stoves for heating stores, 'chool houses, churches, Ac. Also the larg est stock of repairs for city stores, wholesale and retail, such as 1'lro llrlck.dratcs, Cross Pieces, Lids ic. Ac., stovo ripe, Cook Boilers, Skllllts, Cake I'lates, large Iron Kettles, W gallons to 1 tarrels) Farm Hells, Sl-d Soles, Wagon Boxes, "Allontowii Bone Manure" I'L.STKIi, ALT, AC, AC Jan 9, 'o-ty L. T. SHARPLESS, WHOLES M.E AND UETAIL DEAI.EIi IN STAPLE ABD. FANCY NOTIONS -IHI- Ills stock compilses hcarlct, White anil Mixed UWDEBWE A- Jl for Ladles, (ients and Children, Cotton, Merino, and Woolen IIOSIEHY, Ladies NubUs, lloodl and (lloves, Lace and Embroidered Collars and Tics, Plain and Fancy Neckwear, SCARFS, TIES, and Bows, Ladles and (lents plus, Earrings, COLLAR AND CUFF BUTTONS, and Chains, Cents Castor, Buck and km, lined and fnllned GLOVES and MITTENS, LAUNDItlED AND I NL.H'S'DUIEI) SIIIIITS, COLLARS AND CUFFS, 'houlder Braces and Suspenders, cardigan Jackets, BlueShlrts and Overalls, Alpaca, clnghamand Cotton Umbrellas, Writing l'aper, Emelopes, PENCILS aud CRAYONS, flour Sacks, firocer's Bags, and WRAPPING PAPER, To arrive, a variety of Corsets, Includlni.' Dr. Warner's Flexible hip and HEALTH CORSETS- Making h's purchases as ho does of manufacturers and their agents he propo.es;to make prices that will comparo favorably with the best, CITY BOUSES, T,. T- SHARPLESS, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 0CI.2S M t-f FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING -)o(- A. J. EViiNS, Tho uptown Clothier, has Juit ifcclved a Ilnollno of New (looils, and Is i repnud to make up FALL AND WINTER SUITS For Men and Boys In the neateht manner and Latest Styles. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Mnt.si CixpiS, cl'C', AIhiijs on hand. 1'alland Examine. EVANS' BLOCK Corner Main and Iron stieets, EX.OOMSBTJIIG, FA. PLUMEIIG, GAS FITTING, STOVES and TIWABE. :o: 33. 33. 333R.OW333R Has punhased thoMoek and Bislnessof I, Hagen bueh, and Is now picrnrcd to do all kinds of wort In his line, numbing ibd Has nttag especially. Tlnrtiil'e, StoU'B, trfJqES ud HEAvTE1s In agreat variety. All work done by EXPERIENCED HANDS, Main Strict corner of East. III.OO.-USIU'itR, I'.V. N. S. TINGLEY. Announces lo iliopubic that l.e la pri pared tods all klutls of Custom Tailoring, promptly and at reasonable prlcch. Now Is the sea sou for a NEW SIVLUNGSUIT- And Tlugley'it the placu to get a proper lit, Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shop over Binmeyer's (iroeery, Corner ot Main and ceulro Streets, IIMMMSHUKG, PA. 77RKA9 IIROWN'S lNHl'llANC'E AGKN. 1 CY. Moycr'B new building, Main street, Blooms burg, l'a. Assets. .I'.lna Insurance t'n , ot Hartford, Conn, il.uti.m lloyal of Liverpool , , ia,fruWK) I aneaahlrit lo.oi 0,0110 Flro AhMclatlon, I'hlladolphli 4,lui,TlI I'luenlx. of l-onilnn r..vr.a,afi l.ondnn A Lin.eai hliv, of England, . . . . l.Ti'D.DTO llurtforl of lluttford , 3,13,oeu Hpilngilcld Flie aud Marine i,ott,ki Aa the nreuclea 111 e Uirut, policies are written fo the Insured w i liotit any ill luy In thn oflleo BUioiiihburg. Oct, 'di-tf P.; IK f JACOBS OIL Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backacho, Soronoss of tho Chost, Gout, Quinsy, Sora Throat, Swoll-'ngs and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and lloadacho, Frosted Foot and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals Sr. JArnns Oil as a ,i',i(r,'. a Om ,fttiinl ri, External Ueincdy. A trial emails but the eomparatlv ily trlfllnc outlay or no CciiIn, mid every one fullering with pain can have i heap and positive proof of 1U claims. Directions lu Eleven Languages, SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A.VOGELER & CO., ltalllmort, 31L, V. 8. A. Valuable Real Bstato AT PRIVATES SALE! Tho undersigned Administrator cum tcstamcnto annexo of Peter Arpleman.latc of Benton township, deceased, offers tho following described premises at prUates.le. All that portion of the following de scribed THACT OF LAND, in Benton township, bounded as follows: On the north by lands of li. L. K. Colley, J. F. chapln aud A. Wilkinson, on tlio west by lands of Ell McIIe nry, John E. Appleman and rcttr I.aubach, on the touth by lands of Wil liam llulme nnd Margaret Dildlnc, and on the east by lands of licuben II. Davis and Stott E. Colley, containing EHlHTY-KiailT ACHES, more or less, whereon nre erected n two-story FHAME HOUSE, Bank Barn, wagon house nnd other out-bulldlngs. Only that portion lying on the west side of Flshlng creek will bo sold. Also, all that tract of land sltuato In Benton town ship, bounded on tho w tBt by lands of ltebccca Con ner, on the north by lands of the heirs of Thcmaa Davis, deceased, and J. F. Charln, on the south by lands ot Ezeklcl Cole, containing EKIHTEEN ACHES, more or less, unlmrroved land. Will be sold as a whole or in parcels to suit purchasers. Terms made known on application to I. K. KHICKBAUM, Administrator, tc, aug. c-tf Cambra, Pa. Valuable Real Estate AT 3?3?II-VT33 S-A.T.33 1 THE LARGE l'LOURING MILL In Hemlock township known t.s the RED MILL Is effuedat ri(l A1 E SALE. This mill Is -17 feet by hi fut and contains FOUR PAIRS OF RURRS. Usual!) niuty water power, but lias a steam en gine to run It In time of umiMully low water. It has A Largo Custom Trade andll.ue l a bargain In It. For further particulars Inquire of M. S. Al'I'LEMAN. Oct. "-:un Bloomsburg, Pa. C. 33. SAVAGE, IIHAI.EK IN Silverware. Watches, Jo welry . Clocks . & c All kinds of Watches, Clerks and Jewelry neat y repaired and warranted, may 17, '78-tf Noui'iiIkIu, Sprains l'nlii la (he Hack mid Slclt- There n iinililng mini' p.iliuul than tlx se dle.i.-es; but I li.- y 1 the dUcas' euied i. Pain Killer. i 1 1, n miivi d ami : t'oiry Davis' Tlil-i remedy li lint u rlii iip lleiwlm u- I'l liiili'iiin iiiiiiliii Hint 1,1111.1 lit, lii'pl iiuuy tiom I'm or lii'iil tu nii'lil iliiiiui i i,f '1imIiiii, n, ir U It nil lllillleil expeib incut that may do mure Inn m Hum gouil. Pain Klllor has been In eomtant uso fur forty years, and the unlviraal lesilmony from all parts nf the weild U, It novor falls. It not only onvclb a pi riiument cure, but II relieves pain almost liislantaneouMr. Bilng a purely legi table remidy, II Is sata Li tho Ii:iiiiU of the most Inexperienced. Tho lecord nf cures by the llio nf I'aih Kiu.mi would fill vuluaies. The following extracts frem letters lv eived blww what thou who have ttbd It thluk: Edgar Cafly. Owatonna, Minn,, says : Almut a ht tiu'o my wlfo U-euiuo Hiib,1ect tu wuru xiiiii'rlnir from iheiiumtUiii. linr lejioit u.-tii tu lUo I'AtM Kit,ti:u, Mlileh n u-ibly ri'lieeil btr Charles Powall writes from tho Sailors' Home, London: I tiad b.,'iiailin-Ui1 three yearn w lthiiciiraliH& anil violent iru.iiiricf tliottoiiiaeh. The ibH.t"r4 lit Weftinliivt' r lloHi'ital K'nu u 1 1 my cni-ti tu drapulr. I lrlil your 1'ais Kji.i v.n.u.i.l it wit. nit, lnnnciliitd r-llif. I baM, tiKttiiu'l a fetieiiirtli, uiul uia now oblo to t dlow luy luukl ociniiatlou. 0, II. Walworth, Saco, M,i., writes : 1 rtiH rli'iui d iiiiineillLtoiil'if rmiii pmu In tbu Mdo by tho umi i f yuurl'AiN Kiei.iu. E, York says: Ibaveui'ulyotirl'AiN KiMrnforibeiiiiiatlnii, and haio rviviifd irreat liui-Ut. Carton Seaman says : llaio iix-'l Pun Kill Ufi f.ir thirty iciri. and liaio foiiud It u muruibf, unicily tor rlifiiiuatl'-iii and lumenud. Mr, Burdltt writes; ,1 1 .' "oiM'i irii ii n Hi f In rH ef rheumutlMii, Phil. Gllbort, Somerset, Pa writes : niiu uetual u. ,', I know jour I'Aih Ku.i I n la tlie Ixiat uietlii luo I t uu Ki t All ilrugglilH Keep J'ain Kii.ich. us p i -is bo Um that It h within the reaih of id', anil It 111 save many times Its cost In U iet a-. t-isc., sue. and 81.00 a bottle, 'ERRY DAVI3 & SOU, rtcrlot r, Provldonoo, R. I. p 1'. HAItTMAN BiritKBENTS TUB I'Ul.tAWINIl AMKRICAN lNrtL'RA-NC'R CO.MI'ANIKS t Lycoming ot Muncy l'onnsslvsnla. NorihAiiu'rlcnuot I'hllidorphl.i, l'a. Franklin ot " " 1'inusjlvaula ot " " Farmers of York, l'a. llaiiov, rot New York. Manhallau of New Yoik, Oltleo on Maiket strei t, No, 5, Bloomsburg a oft ti, JV-ly vjltf BLOOMSBUTIG, PA., FIUDAI7 , NO Y EMBER 25, Poetical. a - . " ' i - WHAT IS TUB MAIN 'I What Is the gain ? If ono should run u noble race, And at the last, with weary pace, Win to tho goal, and find Ids years A harvest Held of wasto and tears, Ot turnntl and of burled I r list. Blch with dead hopes and bitter dust, A tul strife, and tneer, and ceiscleis pain, What U tho gain 7 What Is tho gain ? When, lmln?riU!hod n sunlit Inlglit Through barren sweeps of gloomtul tiltht, Hoping to seo beyond the crest Fair lands of beauty and of rest, Thero lies before, stretched far away Unto th) confines ot tho d ty, A desolate and shadelcs plain, What U the gain ? Whit Is 11m gain 1 To sail for month of cold and toll Across wide seas, where winds reoo" Only to gather ttrensth and roar A louder challenge than before, And tlnd, when through fogs thick and dun The rocky coast at last Is won, No haen from tho storm-vexed main, What U tho gain . What Is llio gain v Tho race h won ; we see the light ; Wc conquer where the Btorm wludi light; Wo show tho way to those who wait With faint hearts by tho walH of FaK ; Our banners lluttcr In tho van Of battles fought for Thought and Man, And Ignoianeo nnd darkness w anpj This Is the gain I 'lltomii t. Oitlier. Till: ML'STANd. A co-boy o'er tho prairie w Ide, Upcii a mustang staunch and true, Thro' cacti wet with morning djw, In search of roving cattle herd. Of n'l the cow-bo. s llerco and wild, The llcrcest, w lldcst boy was ho, And as ho skimmed the dusty lea, Ho looked like Nature's putted child. Far outacross tho weary plain He cast his eager Hashing eye, And sawn heifer, lean and spry, fast heading toward a Held of grain. Into his roaming must ing's side Ho plunged hU spur, and with a moan. Tho mustang bucked, despite the groan- "Hahal Ho ho!" tho cow-boy cried. Again It bucked-lh s tlmo with c.re Andero thatcow-boy guessed tho cause or know whcre.ln the world ho was, Ho shot Into tho startled air ! The probabilities are, we ween, lie's Mill going up or coming down, For nor In country nor In town. Has that there cow-boy Mncu been seen. And that w.n eighteen months ago I Tho mustang waits upon the plain For his bclov'd todrop again And glva him Just another show. Select Story. A DOUliLK AM11USH. Wo lived in Florida (said .Mis. Wal ters) through all the Seminole war, which lasted seven years, so that I irew up with the names of tlio great hostileehiels Osceola, Alligator, "Wild Cat and Tiger Tail making a part of my childhood. A sense of peril was always present with us. I remember tho feelings with wliiuh wo heard of tho slaughter of Lieu tenant Dado and his command. The tragedy took place in open battle, yet it beemeil dreadful that so many brave men shou'd be shot down in the elark woods with the painted savages yelling around them. In the spring when I was thirteen and my brother Arthur fifteen, tho war was at its worst and my father talked strongly of removing to a greater dis tance from the danger. Among our few slaves.consistiiig only of two black families was a lialf-idiolic yemng negro named .Jason, who hail the privilege of wandering pretty much as he pleased. He would often remain all day in the forest, either lying asleep or mock ing the gobble of the wild turkeys. Ono day he returned with an appear ance which startled us. His woolly head had been completely shaved, and his black face dyed to a bright scarlet. lie hail, howover, received no real hurl, and seemed not in the least terrified by tho ordeal through which he must have pass ed. AVo gathered from his lnoken senten ces that he had fallen in with tlio Indians, and it was plain that they had been in some mca are tiuo to tho proverbial res pect of their people for idiots. An ordi nary person they would havo ta 'liliccd without mercy, but when Jason stared aimlessly at tho tree tops or gobbled.they simply set their mark upon him and let him go. Tho incident Hhowed that our danger was more imminent than had been sup posed; but there was fortunately a ninad of Tinted States cavalry picketed within a few miles of us, and my father lost no time in notifying the ollicer in command of what hail occurred. I ho soldiers, howover, could find nothing of the ene my, anil in tlio lneanuino wo passeu a couple of days in very anxious suspense. The movements of Indian warriora arc erratic, and to while men unaccoun table. My Mil cuts began to regain conhdeiicc, believing that the Seininoles were gono from tho neighborhood, as they doubt less were for the time, leather said they wero probably pcoutb', and there was no telling how they might have scattered tliemselves.or at what pointsomoof them might appear next. Ho hoped.howevcr, that tho pre.-ence of the soleliers hail led tlieni to abandon any design they might have entertained of attacking us. On tlio third day after .Jason's ad ven tine we were feeling much relieved. Tho negro men were at woik in the lields.and my father had gono to a considerable distance from tlio house. Mother.Arthur ami myself witli the female servants wero within doors. 1'ieseiitly, not far off, wo heard tho gobble of a wild turkey, or what seemed such, although, as turkeys wero not in tho habit of approaching in near the house, wo imagined Jason to bo at his old silly pastime again, imitating tho call which ho could so well counterfeit. Tlio notes wero continued with great regularity at intervals of a miuiito or two, and so natural wero they that Arthur would havo been all on llio to sci.o his rillo and hurry in eiuest of tho giime,h:id he not remembered how often ho had been led on a fiuitless chaso by tho vocal powers of the poor idiot. " o all i;.cel in something, saul my mother, "and Jason was made to call tin keys. Hut I do wish ho would bo (iiiiet it makes me nervous to hear him." "Jason," said a lilile negro girl who just then came in from the riar of tho premises i "why missus,.! anon done gone asleep in do Hhadoat do hack oh do wash lioii.se. I dono seen him dis minute." Arthur hastened out-doors, looked be hind tho wash-hou.sc,and having assured himself that tho black boy had nothing to do with tho gobbling, returned ejuick ly for his lifle. "It is a real turkey." said ho "and he's somewhere in tlio hollow." The hollow was made by a depression of the ground about fifty yards from tho homo front and running parallel with it. Upon its further side was a decayed stump some four or live feet high, stand ing below the sloping banks, and with its top just visible from the house. Of this stump tho portion next to the slope had so fallen away as to leave a large cavity, eapablo of containing a man. Tho gobble indicated tho turkey's whereabouts pretty definitely. "He's some where near that stump," said Arthur, "perhaps inside of it, sit ting up on tlio rotten wood toward the top. I'm afraid he'll get high enough to sec me. 15ut I'll make a circuit and creep around where the ground is lower." Jle went out at the back door.so as to make sure of not being seen. Tho land on our right, a few rods from the house was very low, the descent stretching off in crescent shapo until it reached tho gully, which crossed it at a fair ritle-shot distance from the stump. Arthur, young as ho was, had already become an excellent marksman, having for two years posse?i-?l arille of Ids own, which father bought him, and which was almost always in his hands. Wo had no doubt that, "with anything like an ordi nary chance, ho would put a ball through tho turkey's head, and return in triumph. Hut somehow, after he went out, a sudden thought seemed to striko mother. Wasn't it strango that a turkey should come so far out of the woods, anil keep up such a gobbling in the hollow? Xo, not strange, perhaps, nor very unusual , and sho wondered at her own uneasiness. Hut her nerves had been shaken by poor Jason's incident. The house had a half-stry in front, with two small windows above the ground-rooms, and mother's feelings im pelled her to run up there for a better view. She wished to see where father was, and, perhaps might discover some thing ot tho wild turkey. I was closo at her side. We saw father with his rifle away off across the fields, and the negroes at a distance from him engaged in their work. Tho stump,too, was visible nearly to its foot, and at in tervals, we caught sight of Arthur care fully working his way in a half cir cuit toward the gully. Father had evidently heard the turkey, and was warily approaching the spot where it seemed to be. His half stoop ing posture showed that lie feared the bird might get upon the stump and see him. Suddenly mother started, and her face had a look of ghastly terror. Some thing which certainly was no turkey rose a little above tho stump, between its shattered rim and the grass of the bank. I saw it, too, and my blood ran cold. It was something that greatly resem bled the head of an Indian. We felt that the face must be peering through the grass toward my father, w'lule we saw the black, gleaming hair behind. Without doubt it was a Seminole war rior in ambush, watching father's ap proach. Mother gave an agoni.ed cry. "What shall I do; oh ! what shall I elo 1" sho exclaimed. Would not any signal or outcry sho could make be misunderstood at such a distance, and only hasten the eatai-tropho since father was still thirty rods beyond the Indian, and eighty from the house? Then where was Arthur, who had now disappeared? And should sho by a sudden alarm cause him to show himself might not the Seniinolo rise up and shoot him on the spot ? She was dizzy with her sense ot tlio dreadful situa tion. Hut in a moment I called out to her, "There's Arthur, mother ! there's Ar thur !" for I saw him among tho rank gras, lying Hat upon tho ground, within good ritlo-snot ot tlio stump, which lie seemed to be watching intently. Unco again the Indian s head was shown slightly, and wo got an instant's glimpse of Arthur's rifle, iiut tho black hair disappeared, and the weapon was lowered. Father was now so near tho scene of danger that wo had no alternative but to watch, terrible as was her anxietv, mother now felt that Arthur had discov ered what kind of game tho old stump contained. Sho knew that tho Indian could not firo at father without exposing his own head, and that tho moment it appeared it would bo covered by her brave boy's rifle. How our hearts beat lor the lew mo incuts that intervened. Another gob ble came from the stum). Father was working his way stealthily toward it in anticipation of a prize, and Arthur lay as still as death in tho grass. All at onoo wo saw tho sunlight glance upon a lnaM of long raven hair thatroso slowly abovo the gnarled wooel winch had hidden it. Father was within tan rods of tho spot. It was a dreadful mo ment. Our eves turned to Arthur. The grass in front of the slight knoll where ho lay was not high enough to interfere with his aim as his elbow rested on the ground. "Wo could seo him drop his young face against tho breech of his gun. The bar rel gleamed for a single instant.a pull of sinoko streamed from the muzzle, aud he leaped to his feet. Hut thero was a still moro sudden leap from the old stump, for an Indian, with Hying hair and with his rillo still clutch ed in his hand, sprang up and fell dead against tho slopo which had concealed him lrom lathers view. Tho reunion which followed, when wo I ran into each other's arms, joyful, yet thrilled with consternation, I will not dwell upon. Wo louiulllio eleail enemy to be a tall young warrior, hideously painted, and having in his belt a hatchet and a knife. Ho had no doubt entered the gully from tlio Hwanip, and seeing father at a distance hail attempted to decoy him within gunshot by imitating a wild tur key. Tlio occasion proved to bo tho only ono on which the Seniinolo war was brought homo to us, as tho successes of tho Tinted Slates troops afterward kept tlio Indians at a distaiico lrom our neigh borhood, "Congestion of tho brain, brought on by over study," was tho verdict of a London jury at an Inquest on the body oi a ciiuii 'i years uiu. 1881. A VtYsterii OMlunry. 1 lo is gone. Yes, ho is gone, but wo havo his obituary. He lived out towards the rear of a western state, and thero also ho died. 'Ihat is enough about linn let us wave him aside) our fight is with tho obituary. 1 think it contains rhe- tminnl t .1 ,.,,,! j I .. ,j 'I'l...., il t.n, .!.... luiiuu lmi ui.aiii.-.-'i a una ii. i.iiifa. "While yet on tho threshold of ani mated strife, and no unkind visions con fronted linn on life s journey, overtaken by tho still voice of the tomb, ho ro sponded by enlisting in the great army of tho unrelurning past." 1 do not think these ingredients are mixed properly. If there wa a light, and tho fight was in the house, "thresh old" goes passably well with "animated strife," but not otherwise. Hut I do not think there was a lighu at that times lie did not "enlist" until later, when he was on a journey and was overtaken by tho still voice of the tomb. His mistake lay in "responding"!" ho could havo let on that he did not hear, since it was a still voice. "While yet' the spring time of youth blossomed on his locks, the cold touch of an untimely frost fell upon and nipped a life which was yet in bloom." Now, you sec, there was no light after all; ho froze to death. "Hut thus it is; when the lamp of life shines brightest its extinguishment pro duces thickest darkness." Ilo had his lantern with him; therefore he could have been nothing but a scout, sent out to hunt up the enemy. I think it possible that thero was no tight. "Life, at best, is but an exiled wan dering pilgrim on a desert island, sur rounded by tho boundless and merciless sea of eternity, on whose barren coast in evitable death awaits on every side its victim unawares." Starved to death on an island, and probably drowned into the bargain "unawares." Life is full of troubles. "lire yet tho fruits of manhood's lau rel had ripened on his brow, he laid him self to rest in communion with tho dead." There is no reasonable fault to be found with his not waiting for the crop; for even if the laurel yielded a berry which it does not it would not ripen on a person's brow. "Ere yet tho shadows of disappointed hope daikened tho horizon of a dawning future, ho reclined on his lowly couch to mingle with the cold and forgotten dust." I do not like this. A person does not travel with a couch and a lantern, too, in such; a place as that. And why "cold" dust! Is the warm kind prefera ble? And did this man lie down and cover up and peier out in tho natural way, after all? There are many perplex ing ditliculties about this history. "During many long years,with that lil ial affection which makes a child loved by its parents, and respected by its neighbors, ho has proven a husband, father, son and brother." Filial affection does not "prove" any thing. Tho ollicial records of the coun ty will show whether he was a father, mother, brother and sister or not, but fil ial affection is no sufficient evidence of mere abstract pretensions like these. "For his folks he lived." That is all right let that pass; the object of this inepiiry is what ho died for that, and which thing it was that killed him the most. "J Jut now that the thunderbolt of heaven has lallen upon the hearthstone of their family circle" "Why, good land, he was struck by lightning! Take it all around, this is one of the most checkered death beds that has ever come under my observation. Destroyed in light, frost-bitten, starved, drowned, squelched in the tranquil couch, splintered by tho bolts of heaven! it is little wonder that he faded from our view. "It may not, perchance, have been given him to climb the dizzy heights of statesmanship, where Bacon and Hurke wero so often heard, or fathom deeply tho bosom of science, where Huxley and Tyndall blroll with familiar stcu." Tho nautical phrase is misplaced there; one does not fathom a bosom, Neither elo any but the most reckless people go tramping around in such a place. "Hut he is gone. He sleeps his long last sleep, unconscious of thejnight winds that chant the requiem o'er his grave, or the vesper breezes that play among the lonesome pine, making music as though each bough played the strings of Apollo's golden haip." Very well, that is all square and right. And all to his advantage, too, but he missed his obituary. Ajipureiitlif by jrrk Tiatin, in the Atlantic Monthly. A l'uelii'iil tluvctnor. TMANKslSIVINll I 'KOCLAMATION OF MAssAciii'snrrs. IKIV. l.DNIl, or Wiieiieas, It is a 'ood and ancient custom to set apart after the harvest a day for public thanksgiving and praise 10 vinnghiy uod,: iow, therefore. I, John I). Lontr.Gov- eriior, by and with tho advice of tho Council, appoint therefore Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of November iiexi. Unto thee, O (Joel, do wo give thanks. Thou visitest tho earth and waterest it. 1 hou blessest the eiiriiiL'iiiL' thereof. Thou erownest the year with thy good ness, llio pastures are clothed with flocks : tho vallevs also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, thev also Blessed is he that considereth tho poor. Come unto mo all vo that labor and are heavy laden.and I will give you rest. o I'alutcrot tho fruits and Uowirs, Wo owiiThy wise design, Whereby theso humble hands ot ours May share tho work ot Thlno.I Apart from theo wo plant In vain Thu root aud sow the seed ; Thy early and Thy later rain, Thy sun and dew we need, our toll Is sweet w Hli thankfulness, our burden Is our boon ; The curse ot earth s gray morning la Tho blessing ot Its noon. Aud sti'l with reverent hands we cull Thy gills each ear renewed ; Tlio good Is alwaj s beautiful Tho beautiful Is good (liven at the council chamber in Boston this twenty-ninth day of October, in tho year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and of theiiule peudeiico of the United States of Ameri ca, the one hundredth and sixth. John D Lonh, By His Kxt'elleney tho Governor, with the advice of llio council, Hhnhy B. Peibin:, Secretary, God save tho commonwealth of Massachusetts. 'PirtJi nnr Ttvnit i w imi vt tr t- Drummed lu Their Deal li. A most remarkable phenomenon was witnessed in this city, being no less than largo numbers of rats being enticed to their death by the roll of drums. A number of tho small boys of this city. hearing it said that ralscoulel bo brought out of their holes by tho beating of drums, determined to try tho experiment. So, procuring a number of these instru ments of martial music, and half u dozen dogs with a weakness for rat flesh, they proceeded to a barn near Pearson's flour ing mill, in which structure was known to dwell many well-fed rodents.who sub sisted on tho contents of tho grnin bins near by. Stationing part of their num ber with drums in tho hay-mow of the stable, and tho others at tho doors with tho dogs, everybody was eager for tho fray. Tho drummers brought their sticks down on tho taut calfskin, and soon tho building shook to the very foun dation with the deafening roll. Several boys hail been statiotieel at various knot holes in tho lloor of the hay-mow, and these youlhsjpecring down into tho semi darkness below,soon saw little twinkling eyes appear at certain apertures all around the apartment beneath. Tho drumming was continued, and sharp pointed noses and then sleek bodies of rats came from the holes. Soon the rapid rolling of the drums seemed to excite the rodents to a point beyond self control, mm i .. : , , , i aiil-j Hi-gun iu caper nun whisk aroumi the stable floor as if intoxicated. They ran around the feed-bins in a wild chase after each other. So rapidly did they turn corners that their tails snapped with a report like that of a bull-whack- cr's whip, making tho Hour Ily from their caudal appendages so as to fill the apart ment with dust. Now was the time for action. Tho boys with tlio dogs were signaled, the doors were opened and the hungry canines let in on them. The unlortiinato rats seemed to be under r. spell, andjmadc no attempt to seek their holes. J' or live minutes slaughter reign ed supreme ; when it hail subsided the floor was covered with the bodies of forty-three- rats. Again were the drums called into requisition, and tho same scene ensued again. This time thirty oight rats bit the dust. The boys con tinned their operations with their drums ami dogs all the afternoon, and when evening came there were piled up in noni or mo siauie, mangled, cut and torn, the boelies of 497 ratn : in fact, all the rodents which had lived and thrived for years on the "rain of the mill had been totally exterminated. Areccastle Pit.) JTeics. Fighting Witches in Russia. To toituro a reputed witch is. sccminc;- ly, a pursuit almost as congenial to the agricultural Horussi.in as is tho prosecu tion of Jews to tho Pomeranian opera tive;. The latest achievement in tho form er line is teported from Stangenwaldo in the columns of the Dauziger "Zeitung." potato.liawkcv.rcturninir from the Dan zig market to her village with a lame horse, was driving past the cottage of an aged female, believed throughout the countryside to be in league with tho powers of darkness, when tho animal came to a dead halt and declined to proceed any further. This not unnatu ral result of lameness and fatigue was forthwith ascribed to a spell cast upon tho horse by tho venerable dame inhabit ing the cottage, and at a late hour the same evening, the indignant polatohawk er'ti husband and mother-in-law proceed ed to haul the sorceress out of her bctl and to inflict the most bai barons tor ments upon her, with a view toward compelling her to exorcise the demon of which she had obviously caused the horse to be possessed. They hacked her lingers with knives, kicked her, trod upon her faecyind beat her unmercifully. Her screams aioused the neighborhood, and between forty and fifty peasants were soon assembled in the poor old woman's dwelling, where they gave all imaginable encouragement to "her brutal tormentors. One burly bumpkin voltin. tcered to fetch a razor wherewith to sev er the arteries of her wrists. Another produced a rope, end was ndiustinira clumsily-tied noose around her neck, with tho avowed intention to hang her, when she was re-eucd from bis clutches by tlio district physician from Carthaus, who happened to be visiting a patient in Stangenwalde, and who wii"s attracted, to tho scene of tho outrage by shrieks of the victim. Cutting linles In two. The Now poit, of the New York nnd Cuba Mail Stoanvdiip Company, ran in to a school of sperm whales oft' the Del aware capes on her last southward trip. It was about S o'clock in the morning, and dipt. John P. Sundberg says he could see millions of them from the deck. Ilo estimated the width of the school at half a mjle and its length at twenty ndles. The sea was smooth, the sun was shining, and all the passengers wero on deck. Tho vessel was steaming at fifteen knots. Some of the whales were seven ty feet long. One of them, about s'xty- nve icei long, was struck by tho bow ot the steamship at right angles and about in tho middle of its body. The shock iieuily threw the passengers from their leet. At the moment ot tho collision the whale threw up its flukes and del uged the fore part of the deck. Com misioner Allien S. Swan of the Brook lyu Bridge, who was looking over tho prow, was among the iaengors who got drenched, 'llio whale, Cant. Suiul berg says, was cut in two, the foro part going to one side of the vessel and the after part to the other. The sea was colored with blood. Tho head was driven down into tho water so far that when it came up it aroso six feet above tho sur face, in plain sight of thoso who were looking over tho side. Tlio shock threw tho steam steeriii!' trear temnorarilv out of order, but otherwiso tho vessel was not damaged. A few minutes later a second whale was cut in two almost in tho same man ner as the hrst had been. Tlio head went to tho port side, but the body passed under the bottom nnd was struck by tho propeller blades. Tho effect of this on tho machinery alaimed tho engineer in the engine room, who thought the blades had struck a dri liner spar. Tho course of tho vessel was then changed, and she ran otu oi uie school. ALL IS Wl.LI. THAT ENDS WILL. Oriu Catlin, 10 lV.nl Mreet, Buffalo a. , says; "l tucd various reinedii for till) lllll'.S bill fi H I ml nn v.linf ,,, '111 used Thomas' Fclectric Oil, which eu tirely cured mo after u few applications liiu UWiJUi'l iJJilil , T Wlrf. Al , 11 KJi OOLUMIlIA DEMOCKAT, VOL.XLVI, No, IT onMneh., I. 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A new boarder at tho Occidental gazeel fixedly at his plato tho other morning, and then said : "Is there n reliablo physician stopping in this house?" "Yessir," said tlio waiter. "Good surgeon, loo; eh ;" "Believe o, sir." "Then just see if ho is in his room be fore I start on this breakfast. I had a brother choked to death on a bteak like that once, aud I'm bound to take all tlio necessary precautions.- .Mm 'Yaneisco I'ost. Here is a castle It is llio home of an editor. It has stained glass windows anil mahogany stairways. In front of tho castle is a paik. Is it rot sweet? Tho lady in the paik is tho editor's wife. She wears a costly robe of velvet trimncd with gold lace, and there aro pearls and rubies iu her hair, Tho editor sits on the front stoop, smoking an Havana segar His little children are playiig with diamond marbles on the tessel'itcel tloor. The editor can ulloid (o I'm in Mjle. He gits siM'iitvfho dollars a month wage. Micw trUmn, Vr'imr,