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tCOUIMM l IIF.MOCIUT, flTAH OP TUB SMITH, Mill I'lll.tlM.
bun, ronsoltil.iteil.)
Iiir.l Wir-Mj, r-tt-ry l-'rlilny .Wi.tnln, n
Ili.OO.MHIinm, COUMIII A CO , ti,,
,,T,TI!,!"''n,,'"','l,l' , TowilrTllii-rHiiiil iif Ihi'
eoiituv I l.o Urinsiiiv Kindly In iiiltunm
i .r.'.V.I'." "TiIIhtoiiIIiiuu nuntit nt tlm mil Inn of
!'o,;.Vi,
Hiilmrlit(iniliiooini(!niiii(l,
llin "ounlj'K '"' l'"wr ''"'ni ff mib-x-rllicrs in
JOH LJ1..NTING.
nJ Jir.J?i,,,.nif "Pirarttiirnt (.f tho Coi.umm in Is t cr
aw Ji .H.of 5" IniyrclttoM. All work ilonpon
sliort noiici', neatly mi'tnt luodcrnlo prlci.
PilOFESStONAI, OAltDH.
k w.u.bi:,.,
A ttornoynt 1 .aw.
once, second door from 1st National Dink.
IlLOOMSUUilO TA.
Auorneynt-Ltwv,
UL001ISUUUO, I' A.
I miff ID Kill's UtUI.DlNli,
p T Tw'J. HUCKALEW,
' ' ATTOItNKVS-AT-tAW,
UloomsturB, ra.
i imce oa Mali, street, tlrat floor below CourtltouM
JOHN M OI.AKK,
ATTOIINET-AT-LAW,
lllooiti8burj,r.
iiiUe .jrer Sch'iylcr'a Hardware store.
c.
AnTOltNKY-AT.IiAW.
omce In llrowcr'BtiiiildlnB.neconrt floor, room No.l,
Uloomsuurc I'a.
FHA.NK ZAHIt.
Attornoy-at-Ijaw.
RLOOMSIiURO, I'A
OMIco corner ot Centre nnd Muln Streets. Clark's
uulltllng.
Can bo consulted in German.
K. KtiWKI.Ij.
A T TO B N K Y-A T-L A W,
New Coi.rMnlAN lluitniNO, llloomsburtf, I'a.
Merrbcr ot the United states Ijvw Association.
Collections made lu any part ot America or Europo
H. KriOltll. I- 8. WINTSR8TKKM.
Notary Public
k'NORU fi WINTERSTKRN,
A tloi'iioys-nt-Law.
omco In llarlinuu'h Block, Corner .Main and Mar
ket streets, lllooin&burtr. I'a.
S3f Pensions itisd Bounties Collected.
pAUL V.. AVIKT,
Atlorney-at-Law.
Olllcn In Ilrower'a lilock. one door below Iliockway
llnlldlnic
IlLOOMSRURO, I'A.
Q.VY JACOHY.
A ttoi'noy-at-1 .aw,
ULOOMSUUllO,
Ofllccln II.. I. CUrkM limicilnir. second floor, llrot
door to llio U ft.
Oct. 8, '80.
T IT. MAI'E,
AT fORN EY-AT- LAW
JU3T1CK OF THE l'EAOK.
ODlcolnMrs. KnlM uulldlnt;, third door from Main
street. May),'S1.
JOHN ( YOCUM,
Attorney-iiL-Lawt
CATAWISSA.I'A.
Ofllcu Inbulldiuj fonneily occupied by II. .1. lleo
der. Member ottlie American Attorney J' association.
Collodions made In any put ot America.
Jan. fi,
K. OSWA LI),
Attoi noy-at'Law,
Jaeksnn Uuilriinp, tttioms 4 and 6,
Mayo, -SI, IlKItWICK.I'A.
WM' EYERLY,
VrTOHN EY-AT-LAW,
Catawlssa,l'a.
Collections promptly uimlo and remlttwd. OfllCO
nposlte Catawla"- Dopoilt Hank. em-US
" A T T O It N E Y-A T-1. A W ,
Catawlssn, I'a.
Office, corner ot Third and Main streets.
A L. FRITZ,
X , In iliockway
rUlnrney-at-Lsw. Oflice
In lliockwu)' Uulldlng, June S4, "81.
T BUCKINGHAM. Atlorncr-nt-I.aw. Of-
JTV.nco, llrockway's UulldlnR 1st floor, itiooms-
burtr, t'cnn'a.
may 7, ')-t f
c,
U. BAKKLEY. Attorney-M-Law. Office
In urower s uuiminB, ma s'.ory, iiuuui a
1 B. ROIHSON, Attoriiey-at-Law
'I . In IUrtmau'Hbulldlnif, Main street.
Office
D
R. WJI. J I. REISER. Snwon mid l'liv
slclau. Ofllco corner ot Hock and Mm kct st,
T R. EVANS. SI. D., Surceon and l'liysl
O t clan, (Ofllce and Hcsldenee on Tlitrd street
T B. McK ELY Y. M. D , Snrseon and I'liy'
O slclan, north side Main street, below Market.
rR. J. C. RUTTER,
I'lIVSICIANJSSUltOBON.
omce, North Market street,
Oct. 1, T9. Uloorasburg, I'a.
rH. I. L. RABB,
PRACTICAL DENTIsST.
Main Street, opposite Episcopal Clmrcb, uiootna
buri;, I'a.
iw Teeth extractod without pain.
Oct. J 1979.
W. Ht HOUSES,
BLOOMSBURJCOL. 00. PA.
Alt styles ot work done In a superior manner, work
warranted as represented. Tkktii Kxtiuct
kp wirnouT 1'iih by the uso ot ()as, and
freoof charge wlicn artificial teeth
are Inserted,
omce over Ulocmturg Banking cctnpany,
Jo be oven at all hourt during the day.
Nov. S3-ly
MISCELLANEOUS
Q M. DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH
dewing Machines and 'Machinery of all kinds re
alred. Orsni Hocsi llulldlng, Uloorasburg, I'a.
I)
AVID LOWENBERQ. Merchant Tailor
Main St., above central Hotel.
18. KUHN, dealer li Meat, Tallow, etc.,
, Centro street, between Second nd Third.
JAMES REILLY,
Tonsox'ial Artist,
s again at bU old stand under EXCHANGE Ho
TifiC and has as usual a F1HST.0LASS IlAllllKlt
HII01'. Ho respectfully solicits the patroDago ot
uis oiacusiomero uuu ui me puuiio geueruuy,
lilyU.'bU-tt
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOHSBUEO. PA.
OPPOSITE COUltT HOUSE.
Ijul'o and convenient samnlo rooms. Bath rooms
(ill and cold watur.aud all modern conveniences
P
IRE INSURANCE.
CHHIBTIAN P, KNAPI'i UW0MS1IUHU, PA.
11RITISII AMBItICA ASSUHANCB COMPANY,
(1BHMAN PIKEINSUltANCB COMPANY.
NATIONAL P1KK INSUHANCB COMPANY.
UNION INSUHANCB COMPANY.
'l bono old couroRiTioNa aro well seasoned by ske
and MHiTKSTiu and have never yet had a loss net
tled by any court ot law. Their usseu are all Invest.
oa in bomu sitvKiTiKaanu arc imuiu 10 vne jiasuru
or kihk only.
losses rxourrLT and uohsstly adjusted and paid
as soon as determined by cuaianiN p, KNirr, srxo-
111. AUUTIPli STKnUlUUttSBLltU, 11
The people ot Columbia oounty should patronlia
me ageuuy wuciu luoaus nu
by one ot their own cltltens.
whero losses If any are mttled and paid
PKOMlTNVbS. BUU1TY PAI
UBAL1NU
WOT 101,
a. E. ELWELli,
. K, BITTEN 3&!nDEB,
PALL AND WINTER CLOTHING
J. EVANS,
Tho uptown Clothier, has Just rfcclvcd a nnellne
ui iiuw uuoai, anu is prcparca 10 inavo up
FALL AND WINTER SUITS
for Men and Hoys in the neatest manner and Latest
Styles.
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
Mat si Caps. &o
Aiwa s on band. Call and Kxatnlnc. EVA NS' 11 LOCK
Corner Main and Iron streets,
DI.00IVXSBUIIO, 3TA.
PLUMBING GAS FITTING,
STOVES and TINWAEE.
,:o:
E. 33. BROWER
lias purchased the Sto'k and tluslnessot I. Haircn.
buch, nnd Is now prepared to do ail kinds otwork
In his line. Plumbing and (las Httlnir a specialty.
Tlnwatc, stoves,
In a great variety. All work done by
EXPERIENCED HANDS,
Main Street corner of East.
BLOOMSIItmU, PA.
"NTs. tingley.
Announces to the public that l.e Is prepared to do
all kinds ot
Custom Tailoring,
promptly nnd at reasonable prices. Now Is the sea
son for a
NEW WINTER SUIT
And TIngley's tho place to get a proper nt.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Shop oer Blllmeyer'a Orocery, Corner of Main and
Centre stiects,
BLOOMSBUKG, I'A.
M. C. SLOAN & BRO
HLOl .MSBURO, PA.
M inufacturcrs ot
Carriage:, Bnggies.Phactcns, SI Ighs, Platform
.V'ajoas, ic.
First-class work always on hand.
11EPA1MXG NEATLY DONE.
Prices 1 educed to suit the times.
HIDES.
The Highest Market Prico in Cash
PAID FOR ALL KINDS OP HIDES AT
A. SOLLEDER'S
I.cnllior ami Shoo Fliullugr Store
Main Strhct, Opposite Stone CnoRCU,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
April s, 'so-ly
AND
Paper Hanging.
WM. F. BODINE,
HON S-T., I1EL0W SECOND, llLOOMSltrilO, Pa
Is prepared to do all kinds of
IIOTTSH PAIEJXINO
Plain and Ornamental
PAPER HANGING,
UOTH DECOltATIVB AND TLAIN.
All UliitlM ori'iiriillurc Rcpalrcti.
mid itindo tiH gootJ h new.
NONE UUT KIUST-CLASS WOKKMKN EMPLOYED
Estimates Made on all Work.
WM. F. BODINE.
BLOOMSBURG PLANING MILL
The undersigned havlnc put his Planing Mill on
ltallroad Mreet, In nrst-ciats condition. Is prepared
lu uo uu Kiuus oi wurK in uis nue.
FRAMES. SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS.
FLOORING, Etc.
furnished at reasonable nrlces. All lumber uted Is
well seasoned and none but skilled workmen are
ctnpioyeu.
ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS
furnished on application. Plans and specifications
prepared uy an experienced arauguisman.
11 Allies KBDO,
Illooiiinljurer, Pa.
TI1I:a.S BROWN'S INSURANCE AGEN
I' CY. Mover's new buildlnir. Main street. Dlooms-
uurg, ra.
rina insurance Co.. of Hartford. Conn, fl.ois.m
ltoyal ot Liverpool 13.mo.ouo
Lancashire 10,010,000
Plro Association, Philadelphia 4.1C3,11T
Phceulx.of London R.ua.m
wndon A' Lancashire, ot England l,to,l
ltarifor I of Hartford 3.SI3.oun
Sprlnglleld Fire and Marine i,U32,iSJ
As the ajencles are direct, policies are written lor
the insured without uny delay in the oniceat
Hloomsburif. oci.js, owi,
T V. HARTMAN
RIl'HKSKNTS THK K01XOWINO
AMERICAN INSURANCE C(IPAN1ES
Lycomlns ot Muncy Pennsylvania.
North Aiuerlcau ot Philadelphia, Pa.
Franklin of "
Pennsylvania of " "
Farmers 01 vorK, ru.
Hanover of Now York.
Manhattan ot Now York.
omce 011 -Market htreet, no. 0, i.iooniBuurg
oct. , T'J-ly
Be F. SHARPLESS,
FOUNDER AND MACHINIST.
NEARL.& B. DEPOT, BLOOHSBUEO, PENM'A.
vnnuraeturcr of Plows. Stoves and all kinds ot
Castings, wrgo stock of Tinware, cook- moves,
UAim htnves. stoves for heatlnL' stores.school hous.
es, churches, AO. Also, large stock of repairs for
city stoves ot all kinds, wholesale and relall.such as
f iro iiricK, uruies, i.iu , uemrio, au., piuiu i ij-u,
Cnok Hollers, spiders, Cako Plales. jirgu Iron Ket
lies, mcu noies, iiiifun iiuju-h, tut kiuua ui nun
I OiniS, aiuum liuuius, tiuua, moii-i, nun,
110XE MAXUHE, Ac.
feb 3 t-s
ALABASTINE!
WW FINHlllSfl WAI W AND t'EIMNOri.
in tho most durable and economical material known.
It H valuable Ultot ery.and is rapldlv superseding
Kalsomlne and other wall llnlsli. Manufactured In a
variety ot beautiful tints, ami can bo applied by any
one. If not for sale In your neighborhood, send to
SKKI.KV 11 1103., si liurllngton Slip, New York for
Bampiecaru uuu u'sumuuiais.
march 10 .w r
C 1 A A Month for
MUUteachers, se
p,en, Udlca ami AgeptB.tuktOif orUem for U' it era to
COL. INGERSOLL, aud!K
now thomrsi popular vi.w iiuuii in the Held.
11
I1
Hoth a Shield and aSword. Everybody wants It. low
'rice, ouick union. Menu lur uneuiar anu; rerms.
P. W. .IEULE( CO., Hi Arch St., Phlla. P
March ii vii
Diphtheria.
A colli or or thront Mny not necm to
n mount to much, iiimI If pnunptly attendnt
t can ennlly ba currd: but mKlcet is of ton
followed hy i'oiiiimilmi or itlilillirrU
NomnlkMno linn ever been iliscoverwl which
PKItltV IIAVIH PAIN HI 1, 1,KU. ThO
proimit t nf this InnttuaUe rtmtdy has
bavrcl IhousaiuH of liven.
PKItllV IIAVIH l'AIN 1C1M.KR A
not nn tf tlmrtu It hn U-cn boron th(
publlo for tatty mi n, and 13 moat valued
Nhrro It U be hi known.
A rew cxir.ictH irurn voluntary testimonials
read at itu oahi
I'aix Kii. ikh !i k- lnn my homthoM tt rofdy for
cntdn lor tti tiFt twrntveven )fnn, ind have
htcr kimvui it t' fall In etrcctlntr cure
J H. Uihk'KKII. WtlltniiwUUo, N. V.
For thirty )eir I hnve nurd 1'aim KtLLrn, and
found It a ueer-fHllinir nim-dy for cold and aoro
thnwt llHTu?t nr.man.
1Uo rttfi.e'l liiiniclttiie irllf f from coldn and
acre thnwt and tvueirtfr imir Tain Killkh an
InvMuuUa rrmtnly, (Ikck 1i.Kvkiii.tt, Irtckiuftoo,
I Uwn UiA rvnncrud from a try Cere cold,
wlilih I h r li n1 for mup time. I could trtt no
r?Ucl until I trtM mir 1 aim KiLLKn. blrh
ro.ptfd me 1mitnNllU'lr. 1 will never again bo
without It. !. O. Fohck IOvdulcO.
l(ati Pin Killvk In my family for forty
Sntrn and lne mer known It to fail. Uanaox
jRWH, Wyij(!..m, (la.
1 U-ann-lnif lMiN KiLt.ru In my family twenty
Ihe yeant niro and n-nvr nil It rrliHf.Rnd hava
found no iiiMiciiie to UU IU plait.- U.NN.lftrn,
lruinrtt.tmrtrt.-. N. V.
rur whooptntM'oiib'U and rnmp It Ilia it
prtM)nraUfn nmlo. Mould not I without it.
A. I ltfifT. T.ilmrtv MtllM. V.
ror iweiit.ne earn i iui umi tain mlih
for mldx and ttiflppod llj, fndc muioVr It tlielieKt
incHllcliia e 1 1 r otw mL o to lloortn, lluilngton,
wm miflfrinL' rcrrf lv with ttinnrhlltn. fthil TfiV
tliroit wan ro InQamnl 1 cmid rcBirely Mrallow
nnv fooil.
flliil iftf
fctlvifM to try lour Pain KtLLFR.
pnd after t kliur a few don completely
fUml. 1' WILKINHON,
Killmi cure riii htlurla and ton throat, m alarm
liurly i'revilent iirre, nd han
not Ittii known to
tail n l Hiulo int-tuiur, 1bl fait )OU rhonld
.Mm. kllv s It Maron nrittn! My fon waataVen
loleutty ck with dli'Iitherln, high ferr. and mid
chtllta. Ho many (uildrvn ha.e dUd here, I mib
rfni'd to full a ihycidan. nnd triml jour Paim
KiLi.rn lie wk taken on HuniUy, and on
Wednrwdiv hlit throat wan rlcnr. It wa a won.
derful curiMind I wihh It rould to known to the
lmr motheni who nru loflnv eo many children.
ForChllNnnd fever l'AIN KII.LKH lins
n i iint iL It ctin-H when everything el.so falls.
D. Iius nro oiten dangerous. A bottle of
Pus KiixEiMn the houo bi a safeguard that
no fiiuilly should Im? wltLout.
All drugghiUHCll It at tl3c, 50cM nnd SI. 00
per bottle.
PERRY DAVIS & SON, Proprietors,
Provldonco, R. I.
iecret
of t'.ie universal success of
Urovn'.i Iron 1 Jitters is sim
ply this: It is the best Iron
preparation ever made; is
compounded on thoroughly
scientific, chemical and
niodicinal principles, and
does ju.;t what is claimed for
it no more and no loss.
" thorough and rapid
r.ssiaiilation with the blood,
it reaches every part of the
system, healing, purifying
and strengthening. Com
mencing at the -foundation
it build s up and restores lost
lualth in no other way can
lasting benefit bo obtained.
;j D-iarbor.l Ave., CMciyo, Nov, j.
I li..vc been 4 grc.it sulTcrtr from
n Vhfy we..'.; stouuili, heartburn, and
i!';cl..U i liiiworitfonu. Nearly
ev.rytliiiu I ... pave mo distress,
laid l Coll' I cat b-it Utile. 1 have
tiUdevry.l.In jrecunn.ioniled,have
t !.en t'.ie pi crl,Jli.nl tf a dozen
;.'i)ilci.-iii, I utr t no relief until I
Uw'.c Urow.i'4 lion HitttM. 1 feel
l.oiie of the old t mble, and nn. jl
l.w man. I a:.t cettins much
ttruncr, an 1 (:d firt-rale. lain
u railroad engineer, and now mal.e
ny trip reilaily. I can not My
t io much In pralie'of your vomler-
fal IlUiliwilie, 1J, CMIK,
Lkow.v'.; Iron RirrERS
docs not contain whiskey
or alcohol, and will not
blacken tho teeth, or cause
headache and constipation.
It will cure dyspepsia, indi
gestion, heartburn, sleep
lessness, dizziness, nervous
debility, weakness, &c.
Ui. only l'.rown' Iron Bltterf made by
P-own Chcr.llsr.l Co., Ilaltlmore, Crossed
r.i l.nci and trauVmar'A oa wrapper.
27 Stops, 10 Sets Reeds, $90
HeattrV IIKKTIIOVK.V OrTnrontalntJ0ftillMt.
Ookln TungiM llnl 7 M llpN. Walnut or Fbonlwd
(M.ftO'UvtM,MeUI l'luuw.rirtulitlli-lkiwal8tel
fiprlnir., latuili NtanUa, I'cirk, t foi Murk HumIu. and
llollem for iiKivlnir, IWatly. Ihtlt-nt SN.p Action, a
nku ami mi(:i. iiti:imuiiit mih'"V)
r:OIIM(U Mt'l'l. fjanuiir im) monlb,
nenuin.1 tnci-uoAltitr. tirrferftiy woikliiic Y and
tr JJJ liliou'. IMrkl Uuliti ot MU II 1 lo till onlt r.
K5fPrl, ll.ltJ, lellrreJOKk.ard Qnit
SL lr.her,r)M, UhL, ir.,o.ly tP3U
Call upou
r Jenej
DAHIEIi r. BEATTY, VuUaeUa, H.i
marihSi.Jw d
w
AlNHIOHT
it CO.,
1170 L ESA I E GJl 0 CEIW,
rilll.ADEM'HIA,
rKAB, SYltUl'd, COffEIC, SUUAK, MOL 1tU,
mCI, BrlCE9, ClOiKO f ou i, itc, Co.
N. E. Corker Second anl Arch btrects.
ivordcra will rectlfo prompt attentDn,
IX All, m UHAN7IIE1-
J. W. KAEDER,
Praotic il Bo k-Biader-
110 WEST MARKET STREET,
WILKBNBAnaB PA.
Hinder of nil tbo current publications In any o
btrabw Bijle.
Illooiiisbiirg leftiviito cuu bo given If
rt'ijiiirt'il. f'orrt'spnnili'iico sollcltctl.
I have In .took a very line line of Ulll lleads, Note
Heads, BlalcmoiU 4ti. I can soil you Justus (heap
as you can buy In I'lilladtlpUla.and chetiper lu boino
Instanceu.
OIVItMKA TItlAI,.
organs
BLOOMSEUUG, PA., FRIDAY, MAltCH 31,
POETICAL.
FLIRTATION.
JlllMIR.
Tiro hliuimcr weeks-oh, sliort the tlmo I
How win the nwtn tltyn loll I
Then every morning brought s row,
A ml t cry night a ntroll,
Tlinw two wtro ncicr Mtn niurt,
No mailer whnt the weather,
Kor rnln and Milne, In floors or out,
Hut brought 1 hese to together
WINTEIt.
On lieaeon street they meet anil pass
A liow, nml that lit nil.
Hrtj it she, "Tho fool 1 met at York-
1 lojie he won't come to call.
lie sees her tow anil lifts lits hat,
I ollteiieHS to the letter.
8 j) she, "Ily Joe, I'toseea that girl,
I wonder where 1 met her I"
THE SELFISH OYSTER.
There once w.is it selfKh old OyMer,
Who lived like a ninnW In i cloister,
Safely housed In hU shell,
l.lto tho monk In his celt,
Tnnugli the hlvalfo's apartment was nioMer.
Anchontl tight In the mud otthe hay
This huy old party did tUty.
Nor cared he to roam
Very far from his home ;
Kor exertion, he thought, did not pay.
And ou w 111 Im wondering, I think,
What he did for his t Ictuals and drink.
Well, I he Oj si cr was sly,
And when young crabs came by,
lie would catch th-iii as iiulck as a wink.
Then In him the poor crabs had to slay,
Till lu time I hey had melted uway.
So the Oycter got fitter,
And the crabi-but no mutter
For crabs hate no souls, people say.
"And oho!" said the Oyster, said he:
"What a lucky old patty I bo!
Like a king In his pride
I wait here, and the tide
Every Jay brings my lltlng to me."
Hut there came a grlin Mar-hah, who spied,
Our friend 1) lug flat on his side;
For the greedy old sinner
Had Just had his dinner,
And now could not lun had he tried.
With a spring to the Oyster he came,
And he threw his five arms round the same.
He shut oft his breath,
And he squeezed him to death.
Then he ate him, nor fcit any shame.
Tho point ot this story, my dears,
.lust "as plain as a pikestaff nppe rs.
Hut please give attention,
Whllo brlelly I mention
The moral again, for your ears.
Don't lw greedy and live but to e it ,
Caring only for bread and for meat ;
Nor selfishly dwell
All alone In your shell,
Don't be oysters, In short, I rciieat.
Hut you'll llnd It much better for you
To be kind, and un.-ltlsh, and true ;
Then you'll not lack a friend
Your cv to defend,
When a star-Ush rolls Into you r lew.
George J. Wibiltr;St. Xich'ttaifor April.
SELECT STORY.
THE -JEWESS OF ROUDNIA.
Tit ANSI. TKI MtOM TUB TltENCII
OK 1IKNKY
COX.
(IIIKVII.I.K I1Y (1K01HSK l.
We were passing through Poland in
great haste. Pressing business urged us
on : but, then, that almost flat country,
mai shy and unhealthy1, which stretches
out between Minsk and the Gulf of
Bothnia, oflers nono of thoso attractions
which induce the traveler to pause. Tho
villages and towns succeeded each other
along the interminable road, very much
alike and differing only in tho quantity
of houses and lints, in the number or im
portanco of tho churches. As tho view
afforded nothing of the picturesque, tho
sight ot the post stations alone gave us
pleasure.
I tut when one Is in a hurry a thous
and d'agreeable accidents are sure to
entangle themselves together. Of course.
such accidents always happen.cven when
ono has plenty of leisure, but then they
escape attention.
This time, however, a sort of fatality
seemed to pursue us, for, at every relay
or two, no norses were at, too suiiiuii,.tiiii
we wtre forced to wait, sometimes an
hour, sometimes halt a day, which may
bo explained by the small iinpo'tauce of
the road wo had taken.
At last, bv a happy stroke of luck,
we got over a piettv long stretch, of
country without any hindrance.
"Some dreadful catastrophe must cer
tainlv overtake us." said I, with a laugh,
to my traveling "companion, or fortune
w ill ' not be satisfied w ith her day's
work."
I had scarcely finished speaking when
the postilion.half turning round upon his
seat, pointed with the tip of his whip to
wards the town we were approaciutig.
"It is on hie! said he phlegmati-
callv.
A pink flush was visible rear at hand,
beneath tho skvhe light .blue of which
.. . . -. . . .1...
thai peiiwniKie nine peculiar to uio
countries ol the Noitli was darkened
by the approaching night. The slightly
agged silhouette oi uie town was pic
ured in the focus, from whence eseaprd
great whirlwinds ot smoke, anil tne mi
ned dom j of the KiHsian church retl-'cti'd
the flames like an imperfectly silvered
mirror.
"What tlo you u ill that plaeu ? asked
I, of tho poslilion.as he vigorously whip
ped up his h'irses.
"Itoudiini, said ho "its the town oi
Koiuluin."
In the eyes uf . very Kusslan or Polish
peiisaiit three linuses foim a totvu, pro
vided ihev nr. grouped around a t iwit,
mi l Koiiilula poM-tsscd two churches, one
of them Catholic.
Tho rapidly-moving horses reached the
great beam, vaiiogutiil wilh white, red
and blaekjWhich was then the custom iry
gate of every to'ii. An otlicial in a
greasy uniform eamo to receive tho stip
ulated toll. He cried nut something uu
intelligible, and the beam pluo.-d across
tho load rose obliquely towards the sky.
This species of g.ite.altogether primitive,
yet exists upon iiianv ot tno government
1 v w.
hlghwaH, though l.ussia lias douo away
with the tolls on the great roads.
Our postilion urged on his great animals,
and wo went liiroiign two or inreo very
duty paved streets at a gallop.
A noisy crowd rushed in tho same ill
rectinii, towards the sceiii? of thu routla
graiimi, and wo nearly crushed half a
do, mi Jews who wero running along
lifting their lengthy robes and utteiipg
cries ot distress.
"It's u Jow'h lioiisu that's on lire," said
tho postilion, without ceasing to urge pn
the horses.
"How ilo you know 'hat!'' asked my
companion,
"I smell the sienoh," answered the wa;
laughing heartily.
The caleeho suddenly turned a corner
at a great lisk of being upset and stop
ped lu trout nt tno post station.
It Wfli,lll truth, llio WOOtlcil house of si
.luvish butcher whlfh wns liiiinintr bo-
foro iw on tin.- square. Tho oo-rvliioii
Istt of tho poor ffllow wero throwing his
furniture out of tliu front window, tho
fire liaviiiy cnmilfttl thu loir of the
lwi'llilnr Tho front was Vet entirely
dark, lint of tho deep obscurity which
iiricedeH ti mibustioii. A few tihinuM of
Htnoke, bluish in colnr.streameil here nn I
there through tho roof, pieKnging the
ueiieriil conflagration that was not far
distant.
While my companion was seeinii nbout
obtaining frosh horso and about
navmi! our nassnort vised, 1 stood upon
tho poieh of tho station, which, raised a
few feet above tho level of thu smiare.
afforded a view of the entire scene.
A coullarrration is not a rare tliinir in
I'olaml, but when a .low s house is on
lire, only the Jews 11111 foith and cu
tleavor to extinnuisli it, while tho others
stand motionless looking on not, per
naps, wuiioui a secret sniisiauiion, lor
perish .the iniquitotisly aeiuired propel ty
of tho sons of Abraham, seems, at such
times, to bo their motto.
This inhumanity is explained, if not
excused, by the rapacity of the Israelites.
who, by reason of their commercial abil-
ity. keep in their hands the greater part
of llin revenue tif tlm nnfnrtnrinlo tiennl..
who are ijencrally very poor, and are
still further iuipovciished by the system
of tisnrv lnrin.lv In vninin in l.,lo,.,1
J . . e j . .. . o '' i
'I he wile anil children ot the butcher,
seated in the centre of the square, filled
the air with bitter lamentations. Dot's
were barking, and our unhitched horses
wero shaking their collars covered with
tiny bells, while other bells were being
fastened to the harness of tho fret,h am
nulls,! he whole forming an inexpressible
confusion of sounds, made up chiefly of
sharp notes. 1 stopped my ears.
niiddeniy 1 saw tno Jews who were
removing tho furniture rush precipitate
ly from the windows and the door. A
flood of white smoke filled the house as
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.' 1 i ' BI'P
"i . I . 1 ,u' ,ntmor ,or !on
. ... ju c:...g.a me ,v zomparauve
hush at once prevailed.
Such a moment has always something
solemn about it.
"It burns beautifully!" said the tall Cos
souk soidier, who was standing beside
me clad in his gray overcoat.
I . i ... 1'. - i. i.
i t...eu m, . .. , yw.s i.u.ei.y m ok-
my it Hiiuri, ni'.iu unci ry pipe. it no i
shoit arms he contemplated tho conlla.
gratiou with undisguised satisfaction ;
but the snapping of his eyes showed that
ho had taken too many glasses of
brandy.
"Woe! woe!" cried the voice of the
butcher. He was in tho middle, of tho
rMiu.;i.-, .nil. "no BO'.i.ig .it ina.r).ui...mij
tamiiy with a look of consternation. He
tuiu ins nun, niiu ins j line unit, cm is
friskid about in the wind from the
impetuosity of his movements.
"Woe!" repeated tho Jews in chorus.
"I have forgotten my aged mother !"
cried the unfortunate man.
A burst ot laughter trom the roles an
swered him.
l.T t i.. t ;.t- i. i t... ... I
m itiougiiv nur wnn you, sum no to
t.! :r ...t. ... t: t . ...t.t. I
int. w.ie, wuo nun Maiming nguasi, wuu
her youngest child in her arms.
"Where is she f cried some one.
w uu a nopeiess iook, no ponueu to
the house and covered his head with a
puruuu oi ins rune.
Ihe laughter stopped. 1 hough a .lew-
ess, she was still a woman.
"She is in the chamber to tho left," said
ho. "It is not yet on lire. S ive her, my
mends, added he, in a voice full ot an
guish.
The friends who had aided him up to
that moment glanced at the flames, then
looked interrogatively at each other and
remained silent.
"Go for her youiself !" exclaimed a boy
in the crowd.
"I will civo half of what I am worth
to whoever shall save her!" cried the
butcher wringing Ins hands. "Halt, yes
half," repeated ho excitedly. "Save the
poor old woman, my
gentlemen !"
friends, my good
Ho Bpoke now to tho Poles. Ko one
moved. Ti e tall Cossack gave a start,
then hesitated, and finally went and
planted himself before the butcher, stag
gering a tiifleas he did so.
"No tricks !" said he, his pipe still in
his mouth. "What will you give me to
go 111 there T
He pointed to the house, now almost
ntirely wrapped in names.
"1'ivo silver roubles, my tritnd, tivo
oubles. By the God of Abraham, five
roubles !'
"That's nothing," said the Cossack
'But there's no timo to bargain. You
hear you people," cried he in a loud voice,
"he says live roubles 1
A murmur ot assent ran through the
crowd.
"But you must bring her back with
you, said the .lew, clinging to the sol
diers sleeve ; "it you do not you get
nothing!
Imbecile, growled tho Cossack, "1
im not going hi there lor pleasure 1
Where is your old sho goat of amothei"
"Upon tho bed in the corner ot tho
chamber to tho left."
'Good!" muttered theKussinn. "With
(iod's help," cried he, in a ringing tone,
And nt a bound lis leaped upon the
steps.
i no wiioio population oi uoiiuniu pent
their breath. 'I he Boldier made the sign
of the cross and vanished in tho smoke,
"Your horses aro ready," said tho pos
tilion to me, as ho clambered into his
his seat.
"Wait," said I, in n low voice.
My friend had rejoined mo and was
watching like nil the rest for the denoue
ment ot tins drama.
Tho Cossack reappeared surrounded
by flames. Ho bore the old Jewess in
his arms iu a half fainting condition, and
yet held his pipo iu his teeth.
A f rtiitiitihntil finnlfiKintinti u-ilnt...!
- fc' - v.w.. w.
him.
TTnr.Va vnur nlil u-nnifiii 1'' until
ho to
tho Jew,
At that moment the whole house burst
into tlaino with a species of explosion i
but tho conflagration no longer Interested
anybody, All eyes were fixed on tho
Cossack.
"Come," uald he, "pay me."
"Wliatl1' stammered tho Jew "now!
Walt until I have found n placo of Bafety
tor my lannly.
"Notricksl" roared the Cossack,threat
eni
throw
Cobs
he simply fixed upon him eves full
growing auger, iiiiimeii uy ms uvuiicw,
tho Jow took no heed of this j ho slowly
took from his bosom a greasy wallet.
J opened it with a whine, rummaged
ngly. "Pay mo on tho spot, or " ous cities gathered wealth to them. i1Rons waitliiL' on tho siek shnnhl nn . , .7 ' 1
'mm n luil .it of fear, the linti-lier I selves loner before historv lirmm to keen I. r....i.. T. ...m .. ti.... .... Millie, HI'
his hands before his faco i but tho its records. In theso days of tho mar iot fever, dinhtberia or anv contnirious 10 "
- ...... .... . , - - - - - - - -n - j n - I . 1 1, .. . .1, V. I 1 1 111 I.V llll mill. I...I.A. P.. Till - I . . . .
.lUK nun no tiiuuuiii oi kuikiiiu uuu 1 1 v.uih .. iiimiu.iiiimib ui bcii-iicu iu uur , aliniu, ii.nll.
1882.
m mv tlmi. nnd. finnllv tonic frnnt It n
vai?Efi;l bill wliluli ho nrrspntnil to Om
Cossack Tho roof full in with o nhowcr
of Bparks. The pqunru was n bright m
day.
"A ronliltil" eiiod lliu Cossnolc.luirrmir
awav liisiiii a rnnlilnfnrlinvinrr rinifpd
my fife I n rouble I Ah.nceut-Binf don I I
inefer to return for nolhinrr."
He emuht ihe wretelicd old wnm.in In
his iirins, nnd before any ono could guess
his purpose leaped toward the house,
The slons were not vet on fire. Hb
bounded upon them with his burden and
cait it into tho flames. Then, return-
mg to tno crowd, lie snouted :
"A loublel lobbcrl beast! now go nnd
get your mother out for nothiiiK 1"
The horrilied ooncourso stood as if
stricken dumb. I sprang into thu caleche
and my lrietid followed.
"Away as fast as possible 1" said I to
tli postilion.
1 tell that 1 could endure no more.
The moment the caleche started a por
tion or the front of the Mouse fell for
ward, separating tho Holdier from tho
square, ills tall ligure was pictured
ul,on tho incandescent background lie
Btl ovo leai) llirough tho llames, but.as
110 gathered himself to jump, a beam
."'" ". 10 "eat.1 and he tell.
''Quick ! (Illlck 1 died I to tllO pOStll
'"" uiu una iu nrg
him on.
He Whipped his llOMCS into a Callop,
... i i i ?ii.
ulu Ht-aneien inixiiiiiiicaiiy.itiui wo
w'ro 800 """"o 9PC" country
For several niuhts after we could not
sleep Philadelphia News Journal.
Not to Brindle Oows.
A man eauie into the ollico recently
with a black eye, a strip of court plaster
across liis cheek, one arm in a sling, and
as ho leaned on a crutch, and wiped the
perpiration away irotu a lump on his
forehead, with a red cotton handkerchief,
ho asked if theeditor was in. We noticed
that there was quite a healthy smell of
slock yards about the visitorbut think-
; t, ; ; , j ,it; onwoconM
A. i. i... 1 ''. -c .
probably whip him, if worso came to
worse, we admitted that we were in.
Well, I want to stop my paper, said
he, as he sat down on one edge of a chair,
as though it might hurt. "Scratch mv
name right oil. i on are rt sponsible for
""
condition.
.
Thinking the man might have been
taking our advice to deaf men, to always
walk on a railroad track it they could
find one, wo wero preparing to scratch
him off without any argument, believing
mm to be a man who knew when he had
enough, when ho spoke up as follows:
Uio amount of it is this. 1 live out
m Jeltorsor. county, audi came in on
t,e nt!W Northwestern road just to get
recreation. I am a farmer, and keep
cows. I recently read au article in your
paper about a dairymen s convention,
where one ot tho mottoes over the door
was, 'lieat a cow as you would a lady,
and the article said it was contended by
our best dairymen that a cow treated in
a nnlite. rrpiitlein.at.lv manner, nn tlinnoli
. ' . . . ' . P
S.fi was a comnanion. would rrivp twine
..... .... ' . ,
as Inux., ,mL. The plan seemed least
ble to mo I had been a hard man with
stock, and thought maybe that was one
reason mv cows a wavs dried mi when
butter was forty cents a pound, and gave
plenty of milk when butter was only 15
cents a pound. 1 decided to adopt your
plan, and treat a cow as I would a lady.
I had a britulle cow that had never been
much mashed on me, and I decided to
commence on her, and the next morning
after I read your devilish paper, I put on
my Sunday suit, and white plug hat that
I bought tho year Greeley run for Pres
ident, and went to tho barn to milk. I
noticed the old cow seemed to be bash
ful and frightened, but, taking off my
hat and bowing politely said : 'Madame,
excuse the seeming impropriety of the
request, but will you do mo tho favor to
hoist .'' At the samo time I tapped her t
gently on the flank with my plug hat,
ami putting the tin pail on the floor
under her, I sat down on the milking
stool.
Hid she hoist .' said we, rather anr,
ious to know how the advieeof President
Smith, of Sheboygau, the great dairy
man had worked.
"Did sho hoist? Well, look at me,
and Fee ii you think sho hoisted. Say I
tell you now in confidence, and 1 don't
want it leppnted, but that cow raised
right up ami kicked mo with all four
feet, switched mo with her tail and
hooked me with both horns, all at once,
and when I got up out of tho bedding in
tho stall, and dug my hat out ot the
manger, ami the milking stool out from
uiitler me, ami began to maul that cow,
I forgot all about the proper treatment
of horned cattle. Why, she fairly gal
loped over me, and I never want to read
your old paper again."
e tried to explain to htm that the
advico did not apply to brindle cows at
all, but he hobbled out, the maddest
man that ever asked
a cow to hoist in
diplomatic language,
A Glimpse of the Splendid Past.
Five hundred years before the birth
ot Christ there was a city in
city in Italy
called Sybans. It was a magmheant
I place, ami tho wealth and luxury of its
inhabitants was so great that the name
Sybarite exists to this day as a pseudon
vm of a devotee of sensual pleasure. It
was at one time so populous, that it
could send .'100,000 men into tho field,
yet its annals are lost and its great men
unknown. All the information we
learn about it is the fact of its great
uess, and that its ruins are to day under
the bed ot a river in southern Italy. It
t-eems mere was a quarrel amongst tne
liners oi w is iniguiy cuy, ami uio uu
coutonted joined with their enemies, tho
uroionties, who succeeded in capturing
I Svbai'IS. llrOVO Ollt lis lllllilllllailtu. mill.
, . , , i
to make its ruin complete, changed tho
course of a river so that it swept over
tho remains of the onco mighty muni
cipality. 1 o-day tho ruins are covered
iy a bed oi sumo ami earth trom six
teen to twenty feet deep, and soon tho
work ot bringing the remains to light
will be undertaken. It is believed tha.
the memorials of a very distant past will Sims, M. I)., New York: "I am con- visited New York relates how sho stop
bo brought to light equal to, if not ex- vinced Hint Prof. Darbys Prophylactic ped at a "palatial hotel and went up ;unl
cowling in interest, thoso of Pompeii. j,'uju jH a m st valuablo disinfectant." down stniis in n 'cultivator.'"
e live after all ln a very old world.
Mighty nations flourished, and premier
of daily life, it is well to remember
i migut m mu past, in urt.vr uiui wo i cleansing effects. t Know wnai nnu uecome oi tne rest oi
should not become too conscious of the I I tho dog," Tho butcher was so affected
I splendor of the ago we livo in. UemorA A Boston man savs bis fiir-trimmedl ilmi ho could crivo him onlv n nait if
it et' Monthly.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XVI, NO. 13
COLCMMA DEMOt.'IlAT, VOL. ZLVI lv NO, 4
The Deacon's Nip.
"Docs your father know?"
"He does not. Thank Heaven that
sorrow was spared him."
topped clover and tho ox eved daisies as
Kupert Hetlingote and Ai.hrodito Me-
Quire stood bv tho path that led from
tho farm to tho village of Koiissillon,
iMacoujiln county. They wero to bo
married in tho fall, these two in tho
merry hard cider and corn-husking t!ino
and, although scarce three months
upon her pulsing lips tho solemn
passed since Kupert had pressed
betrothal kiss Aphrodite trusted him
with perfect faith that was almost sub
lime in its passionato intensity.
"So the old man didn't hear about my
getting fulir" said Kupert.
"No," was the girls resp nso, r.s with
a little, happy, tako it-away-for ten cents
sob sho laid her gum-hlled cheek upon
Kupcrt's breast and twined her dimpled
arms about his neck "if any one had
told him it would have bren a cold day
for you.''
"You are singing on tho right key
now, Aphrodite," was Kupert s reply.
"If the terrible fact had come to his
knowledgo ho would part us forever.
His position as deacon in tho church
would not allow him to overlook thu
fault, even should his stern, Puritan
nature relent. No, darling, we must
not let him know of this sin of mine."
As Kupert snoke a biiiri'v was seen
coming rapidly up tho lane, and as it
reached tho mite tho hoi so stonned ud-
dcnly and the man in the vehicle came
out over tho animal's head and fell with
a dull, sickening thud into a hot-bed.
The deacon had been taking a nip him
sl f . Oh icaro 7 'rib une.
Essay on Spring.
Spring i.s the liiuo for sowing.
In the
city women sew shirts at forty livo cents
per dozen. In the city, also, tho wicked
sow tares and leap tears. And everywhere
:.. .1 : . t. .1 .....1
11. mu piiiiyiiiiiu men buw i.iu w.iiti uuu
reap the whirlwind. Spring is a season
much snug about by poets. It is a season
that moves people especially about tho
first of May.
It is a season for raising things. Tho
first thing generally raised in tlso spring
is the rent. After that comr pr.ring
radishes and greens.
Insects also come in the spring. The
mosquito consults his ledger and makes
out his bills for summer. Earwigs lav in
a fresh supply of legs. Domestic and
household insects resuscitate themselves
and crawl and bite in their little beds.
All nature stirs.
Spring also stirs up the theatrical com
binations and menageries. The trained
beasts and animals of all sorts prepare to
take the road. The tramp dreams of
fresh fields and pastures new, and lone
farm houses where he may find tho
women unprotected making strawberry
shortcake,
Spring comes every year.. It bungs
new clothes to some and new fashions
to all if they can afford them. Usu
ally il brings more clothes than people
can afford to buy and "fashions than
they can afford to follow. Yet spring
brings wilh it the old clothes people
havo worn all last winter and possibly
the winter previous. These can be
turned and dyed and madu over, wo
will not say into new clothes, but into
the resemblance of the new.
Braining a Panther With a Stone.
Dining tho deep snow Oscar Mitchell
went out hunting iu the stamping bottom,
lying between Ward's Cove ami Morri
son's Knob. Do saw the track of some
animal, followed it some distance and
found that it went into a cave; he built a
pen over the cave, setting his trap.
isitiug it two mornings ntterwanl, tho
trap still set, ho saw no signs of tho
animal, but Ihe third morning he went
to his trap without any weapons. He
walked up to w.lhin tiltcen or twenty
teps of the cave, saw tho trap had
caught the animal by tho hind foot, and
with its tore feet had torn the pen down
and was lying quietly behind tho rubbish ;
it saw him, ami raising up on its hind
feet for a light (it looked four or five
feet high), Mitchell stood hesitating for
a moment what to do, but galheiing two
flint rocks (the animal stood still), ho
threw ouo with all his strength mid
struck the animal on thoforehcnd,break-
mg his skull, killing it instantly; and
walking tip to see what it was, found
that it was a panther. Tuzetr-ell ( Va.
better.
A Onttle King's Hundred Thousand Acrts.
Tho ranches of "Cattle King" Powers,
all making up a river frontage ot eigh-
e-'" ill, "J including a number of
very productive meadows, aro t-ituated
on tho south side of tho Arkansas, and
all aro under fence. Directly opposite
these, bemnniii!' at Koit T.vnn nnd
reaching down the river a distance of
twentv-twn nines ami evtnniiiiirr Imek-
far enough to include an expanso of'80,
000 acres, is another pasture under fence,
the titles tor which are in the same
.,....,. ii...... i.n.. r..u.. x :i.
iiuiiiu. nciu muii mu ...ny tuny nines
,.f .......... !...... .1 ,.,i,.iir, t
ui nuii-i . . ti.ii. h.ii. iuu,uuu acres oi
pasture under fence, all owned by one
man. llio leiicing on these ranches
will sum up over 101) miles. Northward
to and even beyond the Kansas Pacific,
nn,l southward to Cimarnn anil beyond!
into the Pan-Handle of Texas graze
his cattle, more tluiii I'.'.O'JO iu number.
Lui A nhivi Letter in Denver lie
publican.
- A full font of Japanese typo
compu-
BC8 00,00 ) characters, and when a eoi
0111-
positor gets twenty-five or thirty wrong
I I ........ 1 .....1 1.1 .1 . 1.,..
'l.eiie.s.i. ii v. uiti, unit int.- iiiuu. .i-.ii.e.
overiooKs iiiem, tney aro scarcely ever no
ticed by tho reader. The printer's e
-,a distributed all around a big room, f
when ho is at work, running from i
ase
and
ono
box to another, he looks like an Ameri
can baso ball player making a home run.
Tim F.nitnent l'lieali-inii .1. Minimi
For smallpox and other contagious
.linen,.,.,. .. h.i.hv.. iw,vlnil i?ii.i.
mironil iur mill llin vt - ni
tho I uases will yield to it purifying
I overcoat is "too utteily otter, '
"il .Hnbf. . nl. .im.l .....ih .1... I .r....t nt n np.'ss. 111 11 1. V lltllliui ,,'J
... 1 . e I , ., . ..nlAr. ten. !l
stones and the warm south wind came vjinna, uio coiiiiiihiiuihb -in
soft puffs over tho meadows, bearing cavalry ollicer who enjoyed the sobriquet,
it t t P ..f ni.i ftmu'lnr." ilie finlv fcrvatit that
ill.ui. nn ..uauiu inn rn t'llb ..I llicien I v...
stent nilrertisemenw must bo paid for lieron iniermi ,
except where parties hare accounts,
Lntnl advcrllmcnU two dollars Iwlii orilirrP
iiivrtlons, and nt that rale for nddlUonal Insenioin
without reference to lengtli.
Ktcrutor's,AdmlftUtMlor's, nft.t AlulllnrV t.otli-e.
three dollarS Musi bo paid for when Inserted
TrahiMnt 6r 1x-nX nOUfW, ten cents a line, rrn'ilnr
nilcrtlvmcnw half rates.
cauls In the ''lluslmw Directory" cnlumn, onej
dollar per year tor rain iu-.
The Colonel's Oooki
At one of the most isolated posts m
Oregon, situated several liuiulrei nines
instant trom me Feiiienieiur, ...... ...
man
...... ... . ,
was ever persuaded to go to in s pi.ici.
was a nurse, who had become attached
to an ollicer's family and followed Wieir
fortunes into the mountains, ller recp-
Uon soon revealed thoso of tho po$t-
trader, nnd before she had been there
two weeks, every soldier in the garrison
had proposed, and sho finally nnnoiinced
to her mistress that sho was married,
"Growler' had no borvnnt but an old o-
diet', who was so broken down that ne
was not of much uso for'nnytnnig else,
who took care of tho details ot Ins hut.
Ono day tho inspector of the department
came and, as was the custom, stopped
with tho commanding ollicer. Ihe in
pector happened to bo one of those gen
i einnii wnn irouoiu i viiimiv m -
tie things nt tho expense ol matters oi
grave import, lie could tell whether the
pickles at a post commissary were good
or bad, whllo a contractor might steal
thousands of dollars under his very nose
and escape detection. This observing
gentleman noticed that the man who
took care of tho hut, cooked and served
tho commandant's meals, was a soldier.
So he took occasion to say that unless
that soldier was present at the next day
at inspection he should be compelled to ,
ronort tho aforesaid commanding ollicer.
Growler smoked his pipe, ruminated and
said nothing. The
icxt morning wncn
ho found his host
the inspector aiose
still smoking and ruminating. They
cnaucd on various SUOjeois iur nan an
hour or so ; then an hour passed by ; the
hour for inspection was rapidly ap
proaching, when the inspector returned
to inquire at what time his host usually
breakfasted. "I beg pardon," said
Growler, "I have had my breakfast so
long ago that I unite forgot about you.
Just go through there into the kitchen
and you will find a coffeo pot and some
coffeo in tho pantry. I made my own
rr. ... 1.... i.i.. .......
coucc tins morning. ..usi iiein jum-
self. If you want to blank your boots
for inspection, you will find (he black
ing and a brush under the bench on
the right-hand side. Just help yourself
Dennis lias gone back to his com
l'auy."
The Kieffer Pear.
At the State Fruit Growers' Conven
tion recently held, it was said of the
Kieffer pear, by Mr. Satlerthwaite, that
ho thought it tho most valuable acquisi
tion that Iras been made to the lruit list
for a long time. It was a wonderful
bearer, and with him all tho pears, no
matter how much crowded, wero perfect
in shape. It colors beautifully, and keeps
for weekB in a moderately cold house.
The flavor is more like the pine apple
than tho pear. Mr. Mohan's experience
had been that some aro very fine, and
soino tasteless, but generally good. The
cla''n that it was blight proof he thought
was not sustained. As a cooking pear
it was unsurpassed. Wo think there is
no doubt but that this pear possesses
many valuable qualities, such as . early
and productive bearing and beauty of
appearance. The quality is good, and we
think its cultivation will become general.
Tribune fc Janner.
ODD ITEMS.
The Boston Post can't see any object
in walking with a girl unless you can put
your arm around her, and millions of to
male voices aro crying out over tho land.
"M cither can we ! IJetroit e rec rress.
Why don't you help Rtop the noise''
Lliostou Tost.
"I tell you," continued Pingrcy,
"Brown isn't fit for tho place. In fact,
I don't know of a place that lie is calcu
lated to till. "Don t be intemperate m
your remarks, Piugroy," said Fogg, "you
forget his stomach."
Miss Aratnint.'i Gushingtoii steaks' of
tho "solemn season of loined.'' She never
ocuhl bring herself to say Lent. It's so
paintullv vulgar, you know. lioston
Transcript.
At a trial of a new fire-alarm escape
iu New Yoik last Saturday, no ouo was
killed. It is the first time an accident of
this kind lias occurred. Xonistown
Herald.
"What cigarettes aro made ot is no
longer interesting. "What cigarettes
are not made of" would be a much
briefer article tobacco. New Haven
Kegihter.
Dr. Holland once said that "tho great
est blessing that a young man can enjoy
is poverty." Still, it is one of those
blessings that "brighten as they take
their flight. Lowell Citizen.
The most popular book agent lives in
Philadelphia. When snubbed he gets
mad and immediately goes off saying,
"I'll nover speak to you again. Phil
adelphla News,
u. ...... I ,.,.1 i,i...,.la.- 1,1,....
iimiL,a ,,,. but tho burglar is 'the onlv
nn who makes bv it. lie makes shoes
i tlto penitentiary if he gets caught.
i .. . .....
i I C3 ; V 1 0 1 1 1 tMlllbenill.
I l-
A candidate for the otliea of Auditor
of Public Accounts was suddenly called
upon for a speech. On rising, he com
ineiiced: "Fellow citizens, you have
ealk'a 011 n) fir, a ftnv t'imiks. I have
nono to make. I havo no prepared speech,
Indeed, 1 am no speaker 1 only want to
bo an auditor.'
A member of a fashionable congrega
tion called at a music store and inquired,
"Ha o Jon the notes of a pieeo called
"Tho song of Solomon 1" adding, "Our
pastor referred to it yesterday as an ex
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and mv wife would like to
I quiMiu gum,
learn to piny it."
. I . f ft '1?... nic'il
At a German ball. Lieutenant - "Did
you not tell mo that your father has an
estate iu Silesia I" Young lady--" Yes,
and two in Pomeran'm," Lieutenant
"And can you still doubt my love J"
I A voiinir Oil Citv ladv who rt'COIltlv
..Vl.v do von hide lobnnv " said
V h. hW'.T V ?lTJ ' 6"Ul
o nuotiiei. "i iiiuu to savo my
ilied tho other, ns he hied nway
spot.
- ut "2 lllllll Willi tIClCClCll U 1MCCU Ol IKUK
and i" sausage visited the butcher's tdiop
the tnle. Louisville Courier Journal