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slble person in Columbia county assumes to pay
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In tho county..
t .TOR PRINTING.
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Exeetilor's. Ai1mlnttrnlor'. and Aiiilltnr'snotlces
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Transient or tjnctii mil I m 1 en rents n II nr. regu
BLOOM SB U KG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1882.
lar advertisements half rates.
K bIITEmBENceb, ( '
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XVI NO 31
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. XLVI, NO !
Cants
tho 'Iinstness Directory" column, one
ear for each line.
dollar
She
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T E. WALLER,
" ATTOllNEY-AT-LAW,
onice" In iBtJUtioau Bank bulldlntr, necond floor,
nm door to tbo right. Corner of Main and Mar.
ket streets, llloomsburir, 'a.
JJyJ- U. FUNIC,
ATJL'OHNEY-AT-LAW.
Office In Knt's nulldlng.
BuwHsneita, Pa.
It. & W. J. HUOKALEW,
ATTOItNEYS-AT-LAW.
IlLOOUSBCKO, 1A.
Office on Main Street, 1st door below Court Home.
JOHN M. CLA1UC,
ATTOllNEY-AT-LAW.
IIIXIOMSBl'RO, PA,
omca over Schuyler's Hardware Storo.
p W.MILLEK,
ATTOttNBT-AT-LAW
Ofllco In Hrowcr'8 bulldlng.Becond floor.room No.1
Dloomsbure, Pa.
T FHANK ZARli,
ATTOHN EY-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Ofilce corner ot Centre and Main StrJCta. Clark'
Building.
Can bo consulted in German.
G
EO. E. EL WELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Nkw Coujhbiin DciLbiKO, Uloomabursr, Pa.
Member of tho United States Law Association.
Collections made In any part ot America or Ka
ropa. pAUL E. WIUT,
Attorney-at-Law.
OlUce in COLUMBIAN IlCILDINO, IIOODI NO. , BCCObd
Boor.
HLOOMSBURG, PA.
G
UY JAOOBY.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
BL00M8UUU0,
omcoln II. J. Clark'i Ituimlnif, second Door, first
door to tho left.
Oct 8, to.
JOHN C. YOCUM,
Attorney-at-L.awi
OATAWISSA, PA.
Offloo lnbulldlnii formerly occupied by II. J. Hea
der. Member ot tho American Attorneys Assocla
tlon. Collections made In any part ot America.
Jan. s, 18S3.
A K. OSWALD,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Jackson Building, Rooms 4 nnd 5.
Maye, SI. BERWICK, PA
11. RIIAWN,
' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlssa, Pa.
Office, corner ot Third and Main Streets.
-yyjl. II. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Orangcville, Pit.
-Office In Low's llulldln?, second floor, second
door to tho left.
Can be consulted In German. nuc 18 HI
I. KNOBB. l 8. WIHTXHSTXIK.
Notary rubllc
KNORR & WINTERSTEEN,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Omce tn 1st National Dank building, second Door,
nrat door to tho left, corner of Main and Market
streets Uloomsburp;, Pa.
tSfl'entwns and Bounties Collected.
J II. MAIZE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
AND
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Ofllco In Mrs. Ent's Uulldlne, third door from
Main street. MayJO.'si.
M. L. EYERLY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Catawlssa, Pa,
n.. actions promptly made and remitted
Offloo opposite Catawlssa Deposit Bank. sm-SS
A L. FRITZ, Attorney-at-Law. OfDcn
in Columbian uulldlnff, JuneM "Sl.
T BUCKINGHAM, Attornov-at-Law.
.C. Ofllco, Ilrockway's liuUainff.Mst floor,
BToomsburtr, Penn'a. may 7, 'So-t f
U. BARKLEY, Attorncy-al-Law.
, ocflce lu Drowor's bulldlntr, 2nd story.Koon s
' B. McKELVY, M. D.,Surgeon and Pliy
. tlclan, north Bide Main Btrect.below Market.
D
R. J. 0. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN tBDKGEON,
omce; North Market street,
Uloomsburg, Pa.
It. WM. M. REBER, Surgeon and
Physician, office corner ot Rock aud Market
street,
T R. EVANS, M. D.. Burgeon and
It , Physician, (Office and Residence on Third
street.
MISCELLANEOUS,
M. DRINKER, GUN & LOCKSMITH
Smvfiis Machines and Machinery of all kinds re.
p tired. OriBA IJocsi Uutldlne, UloomsburK, Pa.
I)
AVID LOWENBERG, Merchant Tailor
Main St., above Central Hotel.
y II. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
Bi.ooMsnuitd, Coi.uMiiiA County, Pa.
All styles ot work done In a superior manner, werk
warranted as represented. Tkktji Kitkict
d without 1'ain by the use of (las, and
tree ot charro wnen artlflclal teeth
are Inserted.
Office over Iiloomsburf Uanklntr company,
Jo be open at all nourt during the (fay.
Nor. ts-ly
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOMQBUEa, FA.
0IT0S1TB COURT UOUSK.
Large and convenient sample rooms. Iiatli rooms
hot and cold water,and all modern conveniences
JAMES REILLY,
Tonsorial Artist,
Isaalaat his old stand under KXCIIANllE
110 Tut, and has as usual a PIltST-CLASS
Uardwsiiop. Ho respecUully solicits the
patronage otula old customers and of the pubila
generally, vlyl,'80-tf
yAiNwmaiiT & co.,
WHOLESALE QltOCERS,
Philadelphia,
rUAB. SYRUPS, COFKKU, BUQAIt, MOLASSES,
mcx, sricss. bicaki soda, 4a, to.
N, E, corner;sccoDd and Arch streets,
isrordert will rooolve prompt attention
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING.
-)o(-
A. J, bVans,
The Uptown Clothtdr, has JilH received a flno lino
ot Now uoods, and is preparou to mako up
SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS
For Men nnd Dors In the neatest manner and La.
test Styles.
GENTS'FUUNISIIING GOODS,
Matsi Otxpsi &C i
Always on hand. Call and Examine EVANS
ULOCK Corner Main and Iron Strcpw,
BZiOOMSSUXlo, FA.
PLUMBING,
GAS FIT T IMG,
STOVES AND TINWARE.
23. 13. BROWEK
Has purchased the Stock and Uuslncss of I. Ila
gcnbuch.and Is now prepared to do all kinds of
work In his line, plumbing and Gas Fitting a
specialty. Tinware, stoves,
In a great variety. All work done by
EXPERIENCED HANDS.
Main street corner of Host.
IJi.OiMISirUIUJ, IM.
N. S. TiNGLEY.
Announces to tho public that l.o Is prepared to
do all kludi of
Custom Tailoring,'
promptly and at reitsonnblo prices. Now Is the
season for a
NEW SUMMER SUIT
And Tlngloy's the placo to get propjr fit.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Shop 3rd floor Columbian Hulldlng, Matn street.
BLOOMSBUUG, PA.
ffi. C. SLOAN & BRO.,
13L00MSHUUG, PA.
Manufacturers ot
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, PHAETONS,
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS, &C.
First-class work always on hand.
REPAIRING NEA TL Y DOUSE.
Prxtet reduced to tuil the times.
W. KC. CARTER.
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER,
DRAWINGS
ANI
SPECIFICATIONS FOU BUILDINGS,
FUIUMISHXJD.
Jobbing of all kinds promptly attended to
All work warrantutl to givo
sntisfaution.
feb 3d 's2-tsm
AND
PAPER HANGING.
WM. F. BODINEi
IHON ST.. 11EL0W SECOND. ULOOMSUUltO, Pn.
la prepared to do all kinds ot
HOUSE rAINTINQ
Plain and Ornamental
PAPER HANGING,
BOTH DECOHATIVE AND PLAIN.
All kinds oi rnrntluro Repaired
and mnde n good as new.
NONE HUT I'lUST-CLASS W011KMEN EMP
LOYED. Hiitimatos rviado on all Work,
WM. F. B0D1NE.
BMOHSBDRGJMINB MILL
Tho underalsncd havlne put his Planlnp Mill
on Uallrottd street. In tlrst-ciass condition. Is pre
pared to do all kinds of work In his line.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
furnished at reasonable prices. All lumber used
Is well seasoned and none but skilled workmen
are employed.
ESTIMATES FOE BUILDINGS
furnished on application. Plans and spoctflot
nous prepared by an experienced draughtsman.
CHARLES KRUG,
HlooiiiNbiirg', Pn.
Bt F. SHABPLESS,
FOUNDER AND .MACHINIST.
NEAB L.& B. DEF0T,BL00i!SBVRO,PA.
Manufacturer ot Plows,- Moves and all kinds of
Castlogs. LarifO stocV of Tinware, Cook btoves.
ltoom btoTes, Stoves for heatlns mores.sehool
houses,, churches, &c. Also, large stock ot re
pairs for city stoves of all klnds.wholesalo and retail
.such as Kiro llrlck, Orates, Lld,centrcs, io.,stove
Plpo, Cook Hollers. Spiders, Cake Plates, Lurtru
Iron Kettles, Sled Soles, Wagon lloxcs, nil kinds
of Plow Points, Mould boards, Uolta, Plaster, salt,
HONE MANURE, ie.
feb8t-r
IHKAS UHOWN'S INSUHANCK
1 AiiHNCY. Moyer's new bulldlut', Main
bireet, IHoomsburf, Pa,
Assets
A:tna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn, jt.iits.sm
ltoyal of Liverpool .' 13,50u,uuO
Uncashlro lo.wo.ouo
Plro Association, 1'lilladolplila , . 4,103,117
I'lKLwilx.ot London 6,uui,3T
Undon & LancaMiIre, ot England.. . l,Iov,T
llartfor 1 ot Hartford 3,t3,oiH
sprlugtleld 1'lre and Marine. . ,, v,oy;,53
As the aiencles are direct, policies aro written
fortbo Insured without any delay In the
ofilce at Uloomsburit. Oct. 88, '.,
IKK INSURANCE.
CIIItlSTIAN V. KNAPP, ULOOMSUUltO, PA,
UniTISIl AMERICA AKSUKANCB COMPANY.
CIBKMAN PlltK 1NSUHANCK COMPANY.
RATIONAL PIUK INSURANCE COMPANY.
UNION INSURANCE COMPANY,
Theie olu coKroHATioMS are well seasoned by
aeo and nut txstxu aud have noer yet had u
1033 settled by any court of law. Their assets
are all Invested In eoun sxcuKiriidand are liable
to tho hazard of hks only. ......
Losses raouiTUY and uonhbilt adjusted and
natd as soon as determined by ciihistiah P,
ltmrr, bmcui. Aosht ano Adjustis Ulooms-
The people of Columbia county should patron
tie the agency where lossos It any are settled
and paid or ono of their owneltlieos,
PUOMl'INlibS. EtjUlTY, PAIR BEAI.1N0.
IiliGAL ULANKS,
ALWAYS ON HAND
AT THIS OFFICE
DAIIBYS
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID.
A HousrlioM Artlrln for UnlvrrKnl
Fnuilly Unt
l'or Krnrlrt nnd
iTypliolil I'cvcru,
IHplittit'riii, Sail.
ITiitlon, Ulrprntcil
siriTlirml,8iimll
I l'oz, JMeunlex, ntul
nil Cimtuglouil I)tritHi'H. Pctiom w.iillnc on
the Sick should use It freely, Scarlet KeverTiat
never been known to ipre.nl where the Fluid was
used. Yellow Fever has been Hired with it lifter
black vomit luid taken pluer. 'lite worst
cases of Diphtheria yield to It,
1 I'seredsndKlctllVr
ftmi refreshed and
lletl Sorrs prevent,
i-il by bathing with
Darbys HulJ.
1 in p u r ii Air maile
1.-....1.... ...i ...ir.-.i
SMAM..POX
and
I'lTTINfl of Snuill
Pox PlllIVKNTISI)
A ni, mberof my fam.
Ily was taken with
ForSuroTliroutltls'a "P0- Imedthe
sure cure. llmdi the patient was
CotitiiRlnn destroyed. "?' J'"'uu. wa' not
J'or Fronted riet, l?"td' "n't "? 'L10'"
Cllllblnlna, Pile., Hie house aealn In three
s;nniinu;i, etc.
Ithriltiiiitlsiu cured,
HoRWIiltcCinnpliix-
lonfl secured by its use.
Hlilp Fever prevented.
To purity the Ilrrntli,
Cfentmo tho Teeth,
It can't be surpasseJ.
Cntnrrh relieved and
cured.
lCrynlpelns cured,
lllirns relieved imtantlv.
weeks, and no others
had it. J. W. I'ahk.
insom, Philadelphia,
Liphthoria
Provonted.
Scum prevented.
The physicians here
.use lJarbvs KluiJ very
IlyRi'iitery cilleil
lV..iin.l.l,',nU1MMI """J"'.' niueireai.
u...;-..V. . i 1 ' nicnioi Liipntner a,
An s?Ti i , s i A. Srmt.KWi.cK,
AnAntldiiteforAniinai Greensboro, Ala.
cr Vegetable Poisons, '
Stings, etc. Teller dried up.
1 used the Fluid during tllioleni prevented,
our present affliction wills llleern purified and
Scarlet Fever with de. healed,
elded advantage. It Is III eimes of Heath It
Indispensihle to the sick. should be used about
room. Vy'm, K. Samj the corpse It will
ford, EHe, Ala, prevent any unpleas
ant nun
The eminent Pliv
otilali,.!. .tlAUIO'N
1.M, J I. I)., New
York, savs: "I am
convinced l'rof. Harbys
l'rophvl.-ict c f-luid is a
va'uaUe disinfectant."
Vnndorbllt Unlvemlly, Nnslisllle
I testify to the most ex iliui! ipialuie:
, Tenn.
Darbys rronhvlactic FljiJ At, .livl.r.n,
nol:,,... nr ti.ne
detergent It Is both thcorutl ally ami practically
superior to any preparation ii!i whuh I am ac
quainted. N. T. Luiton, Prof. Chemistry,
Diirbyn rlitlil Is lteeiiiiilneii.leil by
lion. Aluxandiir II, Slliilli is, o! Georgia-
Rev. Cum. F I)i i,ms, 1J.II., Church of the
Strangers, N. Y,;
Jos. LeContb, Columbia. Pr.if., U'nlvcrslty.S.C.
Rev. A. J. I aih.k, Prof., Mirer University!
Rev. Oku. I. PirM.it, bishop M. 1.. Church.
iniiisii:nsaiii.i: to nvr.itv iiomu.
Pcru.clly harmless. Used Internally or
eaternally f)r Man or llea'-t.
The fluid has been Ihimmglily t, ml, and we
have abunuiint evl lem c that i h.isi' n j everything
h-re claimed. !' ,r lull r lui riu-li.-- git ut your
l'ruiyist a paiiipliltt or seuj to the proprietors,
w .T. II. Zr.l I.I.N .V; CO..
ManufictiiringChennstl, PIIILAIJIILPIIIA.
August, 4 '82 ly
New Life
is given by using Brown's
Iron Bitters. In the
Winter it strengthens and
warms the system; in the
Spring it enriches the blood
and conquers disease; in the
Summer it gives tone to the
nerves and digestive organs;
in the. Fall it enables the
system to stand the shock
of sudden changes.
In no way can disease be
so surely prevented as by
keeping the system in per
fect condition. Brown's
Iron Bitters ensures per
fect health through the
changing seasons, it disarms
the danger from impure
water and miasmatic air,
and it prevents Consump
tion, Kidney and Liver Dis
ease, &c.
. S. Berlin, Esq., of the
well-known firm of II. S.
Berlin & Co., Attorneys, Lc
Droit Building, Washing
ton; D. C, writes, Dec. 5th,
1881 :
Gtntttmtn: I take pleas
ure in stating that 1 have used
lirown's Iron lliltcts for ma
laria and nervous troubles,
caused by overwork, with
excellent results.
Beware of imitations.
Ask for Brown's Iron Bit
ters, and insist on having
it. Don't be imposed on
with something recom
mended as "just as good."
The genuine is made only
by the Brown Chemical Co.
Baltimore, Md.
March, 3, 2, ly
Daucliters, Wives, Motliers'
DR.
an ' tw 'tih. MATtnmspa
IITinA W. V.
DISGOVEItEU OH" nil.
GATHOUCON,
A POSITIVE CURE FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS.
'fids remedy will act In harmony vsillt tho Fe
male xyMcm nt all time, ml nlxu Immediately
upon the uhdomliml nnd uterine muscles, and re
Mora them to healthy and limns condition.
Dr. Mure'ilal'a I'li rlnu Cutholicon lll cure fall
Iris of tin) womb, LciK'orrhn'a, Clironlc lullamiau
tlon and I'lceratimi of tho Womb, Incidental
Homorrliaw or Plunillnir, Pnlnful, Biipprened
a d Irrcful.irMenolruatlon, Kidney Coinp'alnt,
Ilarrninca and Is itnrrlally ailnpted to tho i liaiiija
t Life, Send for imlih't fire, Aillcltcraol
inquiry freily answered. Addreaa n auoo, l'or
etia hy all drtmelat'. Nsvlo Ml vt rlnitlli's
Olilnln Hl.aO. Ho uro ami n'i tor Dr. Mar
chlal'a UteilnoCatholicou, 'i'uk noutlicr.
Moyor Itros., Wholesale Asei.H, II ooinsburi; Pa.
June 83-ly.
T
HE GREAT CURE
RHEUMATISM-
Ai It la for all Uia iialaful dUaaaea of till
KIDNEYS, LIVER AND DOWELS,
It cleanse! tho aystem of the acrid pottoa
that causes the dreadful auiferlxiff whioh'
oaljr tha victims of XlheumaUsra caa realiM.
, TH0U8AIJD3 OP OASES
or tha svorst forma at thU toirtbla dlieaie;
have been qulekly relieved, and la abort Urns
PERFECTLY CURED.
rmcK, t, iiqiiDou imv, sotu nt uuttcuis.
s- i'lrcaniiaacniuyniail.
WELLS, HICHAIID80N &CollurllnatonVt
v- .
I lu'ALAPJA. I
.1. Ft. fclARtrZHIRI.
SELECT STORY.
THE RED DEATH MASK.
A VT.NI'.TIAN i.i:tii;M
IIV MARION JIOUI.TON.
About the miilillo of ttt" s vi'iiteotitli
century, iIuto lived in Vu lieu a icrtaiii
haughty tluku, so rich ami p vrifu m
Ui bo feared by friend in wvll in foci
for that win a period of iiumtu'it innr.
tier mid assimilation; and a iiivru whim,
or unjust sitsipieiuii, wan oilon stilllfient
to bring tltts d 'itiily poison or sucrut
stiletto to bt'.tr upon thosu Huppn.H.d to
be in higlii Nt favor.
It was thu custom of this nobleman
to givu costly bantpiets in thu great
hall of his palace; but lliero wasaiways
one tiling to innr tho festivity of the
occasion tho constant diead of some
secret agent of death. It was known
that of those who attended these feasts,
some one or more generally died short
ly after, and not liufiequently in a
manner to lead to the suspicion of
secret poison; and this lnowl''dge Tilled
the minds of all with dread; though
none dared to remain away on this ac
count, li-st what thoy m nt feared
should happen tlironuli t ho angiT of
him who was powetfu' eii'iugh to
leach them anywhere in Venice.
And what tended still more to mys
tery and fear 011 thee occasi .in of fes
livtty, was the presence of the lied
.Mask. Next to the lord of the feat,
on his left hand, always sat. a silent,
mysterious figure, in it n d domino,
with a blood-red mask etxiee ding e cry
feature. No one could say who hu was,
and only conjecture why lie w.n there,
fits face was never seen his voice was
never heard. Ho ate and ilratik with
the ist, but never spoke. Before the
guests separated, he always rose, gave
his hand to the noble liot, and then
went slowly, solemnly ami silently
around the table, shaking hands with
each. This done, he glided out of the
hall through a private tloor, and was not
soen again till the reassembling of the
guests at another lutiquet. All b iliov
ed that he was the duke's secret poison
er, ho was regarded with awe anil
dread, and came in time to be spoken
of ami known as the Red Death JLtsk.
How his fatal purpose was effected,
none eould say; but it was conjectured
that upon one of his jeweled fingers he
wore what was known as the "hath
llinj" a ring curiously constructed
with deadly poison in the interior
which eould be injected by a midden
pressure upon a concealed spring, into
the hand of any one taken in apparent
friendship; ami from tho mortal fleets
of which though no wound, however
slight, could he discovered at the time
not all'the medical skill of Venice
could save the victim.
In the very .enith of his life and
power, the duke one day received the
singular intelligence, that a gentleman
had made his appearance iu Venice, so
cloely resembling him in face and fig
ure that more than one person had mis
taken him for his grace, and even some
of his grace's friends had lie .mi thrown
so much into doubt as to address the
stranger for himtclf. To one as proud
and haughty as the duke, the idea of
another human being, iu the whole
wide world, looking like himself, was
anything but pleasing; ami the fact
that this unknown counterpart- was
actually in Venice, oaudng great talk
and wonder, was irritating in tho ex
treme. "Who is this adventurer? this base
counterfeit?" angrily demanded the
duke. "Of what nation is he? and what
business brings him here?"
None could answer.
"Go, seek him out, mid say it is my
pleasure to see him at my palace!"
The stranger was found, and .eadily
accepted the invitation of the nobleman,
who received him iu his private apart
ments, with only one attendant present.
The resemblance of the two was cer
tainly very striking. IJolh were slend
erly built, about five feet eight inches
in height, of dark complexions black
hair and eves, with slightly aquiline
noses, cold, stern, haughty, sinister ex
pressions, and between forty live aud
li fly years of age. Knelt saw hinnelf
in the other, as in a glass; mid to mn
of their peculiar temperaments the
counterpart was not pUuViug to cither,
"Who aro you?" demanded the duke,
in an imperious tone. '
"Your equal I" was the sharp reply.
".Sir, you forget your manners !"
'Sir, you have not shown any 1"
"S'death, siriah! do you know iu
whoso presence you stand " cried the
duke.
"No more than yourself " was the
haughty answer.
"I aiii tho Duke of Kiancavella!"
"And I tho Count of l'ldmeral"
At thu mention of this title, the at
tendant of the duke givnasliglit,q iiuk
start, and fixed his eyes searehingly
upon the stranger.
"I am glad at least to hoar you are a
nobleman," pursued tho duke, "as the
thought of having my likeness borne
by a plebeian would have been too
humiliating. It is said, count, and my
eyes confirm thu report, tint you and I
look remarkably alike, winch is a laet
very displeasing to me."
"And to mo also, duke!"
"There should be but one sueh face
iu Venice, count!"
"Ho think I, duke!"
"1 may hope then jou will taku early
leave of our proud city !"
"I was iu hopes your graeo had made
arnvigoiiionts to quit this country!"
"You aro insolent, count I1'
"So are you, duke!''
"Hy tho I ones of St. Mirk 1" the
tbike began, in a malignant rage; hut
suddenly recollecting liimself, ho stop
ped, smotheied down his auger, aud
added, iu quite a different tone, with a
foiced smile; "Your pardon, count 1 1
am too hasty. It is not the fault of
either of us that wo look alike and have
teuipeis alike. If we cannot bo friends,
there is no need of our being enemies;
but ns the first provocation proceeded
from me, 1 will hope to remove it by a
proper apology, and trust wo may be
passing fiieuds after all."
The count bo. ted and replied:
"1 am disposed to meet your graeo
half way, iu either auger or friend
ship." "1 thank your lordshlpl and trint
you will honor my banquet, on V ritlay
evening uevi, with )our presence, when
1 will tlo iiivselt the measure to Intro
diiee your lord hip to some of thu first
nobles of Venice i"
"I will endeavor to bo present and
do myself that honor, so please your
grace 1" replied the count.
"Tin well. Antonio (turning to his
attendant) sco that his lordship has
proper conduct from the palace.''
With polite bows, foic-'d smiles, and
suitable milt tlx, tho Venetian and
Spanish noblemen separated, each
secictly hating the other with a bitter
and deadly hate.
As Antonio left tho presenco of his
ii' ble mastiT, ho seized the first oppor
tunity t'i say to tho count:
"ily lord, 1 havo a private word for
your ear."
"1 listen."
"We aro countrymen."
"Indeed V
"Yes," pin sued Antonio, speaking
low and iu Spanish, "I know your
house well, anil 1 would servo you.
Your life is iu danger bore."
"So I believe."
"I think this banquet is given express
ly to destroy you I"
" "I had my fears."
"Yet, il you will come to it, and fol
low my instructions, you shall not only
bo sum!, but tiny become the Duko of
Francavella."
"I low? speak I"
"Seem indiffoieut to my remarks,
now, my lord for all benoi'th this roof
are spies upon each and every other
and if I hu siispoetod of what I am say
ing, my life will not be worth a song.
Have you ever heard of the lied Death
Muk, my lord?"
' Never, to my knowledge."
"It is biielly this: On the nights of
festivity, a figure in red domino and
red 111 isk sits near tho duke. At tho
close of the feast, this figure shakes
hands with all preseut. and it is raro
that somo ono of tho number does not
die shortly after. Does your lordship
comprehend f"
"1 think I do secret poison I"
"Through the Death -King, my lord!"
"Ah! well?"
"When this lied Mask takes your
hand on that night, ho will leave with
in it a paper of instruction, which you
must find an opportunity to read iu so
eret and follow to the letter."
"How do you know this?"
"I kotuo it, my lord that must suf
lice for the present. Will your lordship
come and seizo a dukedom ? '
"liut how that I"
"You shall know if you come."
"I will come though how am I to
know you mean io well ?"
"If I meant you ill, my lord, what
need to warn you?"
"True it is enough I will bo bore."
Punctual to the appointed time, tho
Count of I'almera appeared at tho ban
quet of tho Duke of Francavella. Tho
Venetian received him with apparent
pleasure, and, as ho had promised, in
troduced him to many a noble guest.
The feast began and tho wino circulat
ed freely. At the close camo the hand
shaking round of the dreaded He 1
Death Mask. Scarcely one of all those
present that did not turn pale at the
though that perhaps his own time had
come at last. The count, being a strang
er, seemed tho mot indifferent of any,
as was natural ho should. He poured
out more wine and drank, and then
seemed to reflect. In this mood beheld
the small pap'.T, which ho had just re
ceived, iu such a way that he could po
ruso it without being suspected. This
papr contained these word.":
"Feign illniHS, and bo shown to a
private apartment. I will be there to
complete the design."
In a few minutes the duke, who had
been furtively watching tho count, re
marked, with seeming concern, that ho
feared his lordship was ill.
The count certainly did appear rather
faint, hut eifocto.l to believe it only a
temporary ailment, which would speed
ily pass away. Tho nobles exchanged
L'lances, and ouch bieathed freer as he
fancied he had discovered the victim in
other than himself.
IJut the count, instead of Kettinfj bet'
tor, seemed to grow mom faint, and his
cindhoil suggested that ho should bo
shown to a private apartment and his
chief physician he summoned.
"1 will accept the kind offer of your
grace, with many thanks ! said the
count, iu a low, faint tone.
"I will ilo myself tho honor to at
tend your lordshlpl" was tho courteous
reply, "ily lords and gentlemen, pray
excuse a Urtet (.bsence! I will shortly
rejoin you."
He offered his arm to the count, who
leaned heavily oil it, and thus they left
the hall. I'.nsing through the ante
room, thev entered ono liiing with
damask, and richly furnished. The Hod
.Mask, who had lelt tho bannuuliinr hal
before them, was standing there, as if
awaiting their coming. As tho duko
isststud Ins truest to a divan, tho lied
Musk quietly closed and bolted the
door. Then producing a small rope,
with tho slip knot of a liaiiirman, ho
glided up to the duko, as ho bent over
the count, and throwing the uoos t
around his neck, drew it tight, and
strangled him bofo'-e ho could compre-
iieuii ins murderous design ami raise
ns voice tor help. When tho duko was
quite dead, tho mask was removed and
the face of Antonio appeared before the
count.
"Quick, my lord 1" said Antonio, palo
and trembling at what ho had don,-;
tlisi-obe, put on the dross of the duke,
return to the hall, and be lord of tho
palace. If you succeed in deceiving
the assembled guests which I trust
your close resemblance will enable you
to tlo wo are safe; if you fail, we aie
lost ! Leave the tlukos body to me, I
in put it forever beyond human sight,
where its bones will keep company with
those of more than one of his victims."
Assist etl by Antonio, tho Count of
I'almera was' soon dressed in tho gor
geous robes of tho Dnkoot Francavella,
and the co'intei feit was so perfect that
none but a wife could havo detected
the dilTereiionee.
"Ueineinher your graeo is now Duke
of Francavella; and say your guest is
much better, anil will bo well by to
morrow! were tho instructions of An
tonio.
Tho plan of tho iniquitous schemer
succeeded perfectly, and all the guests
that night retired in the belief that the
(also duko was tho real.
Tho next day the Count of I'almera
appeared in St, .Mark's Place, aud other
parts 01 Venice, tn Ins own proper per
sou, This destroyed tho suspicion that
lie unit been poisoned, as all nt the ban
quot believed; and those who had tho
night before taken learu of him as the
Duko ot 1'ianoavella, now congratulat
ed him on his recovery as the Count ol
I'abuera.
I u fact, this proved to ho ono of tho
most successful ami remarkable iinpja
tares ever known) nnd it was only
through tho dying confessions of the
count himself that the truth came out
nt all, which many would not believe
even then, hong before this event,
however, the lied Death Mask had
ceased to appear, because of the real
death of Antonio, whom his now mas
ter had murdered iu turn,for fear of be
ing himself murdered or betrayed bvtho
only ono who possessed his fatal secret.
So crimo always loads on to crime.
Oriental Casket.
Unrled Out of the Air.
Au aerolite that was likened in size
to an old-fashioned churn was seen to
fall from thu sky into Jamaica Bay
on Sunday, August 13th, according to
statements made by a yachtiug party,
who say tbat they witnessed the oc
currence. 1 ho party consisted of
three men and two boys residing in
Jamaica. They aro Chaiicho Edwards,
ptoprictor of a bakery on Fulton
street; Joseph Wilkinson, a painter
living in Hanison street j John Boyd,
1 eleik in the employ ot Mr. J'u wards,
and Ibur and Ootivernetir Kdwatds,
sons of Mr. Ktlwards. The first to
INcover the falling aesolito was Mr.
Wilkinson. He describes the sight ns
follows :
'We had been fishing. After wo
got through wo started toward the
upper end of the bay for a sail. On
thu way a strong gale of wind over
took us from tlio southeast, and tho
yacht scudded along before it close
reefed. I was at the stern steering.
I looked up and suddenly saw a dark
object moving rapidly through the air.
Jt was travelling Irom tho direction of,
the northeast. I only saw it for three
or .tour seconds, as nearly as 1 could
judge. At fust it did not seem much
arger than my two hands, but tho
nearer it got tho bigger it appeared.
When it was about 100 feet away
from us it looked to be as big as a
btrrel. Itcamo with great velocity, and
struck the water about seventy-five feet
lisiant trom tho yacht, and to tho lee
ward. It seemed to bo of dull gray-
it'll color, as far as I could determine.
One of the party supposed, when he
first saw it, that it was a boy's balloon.
It struck the water with a thud, and
the water spurted up as it disappeared.
I feel pretty certain that it was an
aerolite. What else could it havo
been ?'
Mr. Edwards corroborated the state
ment of Mr. Wilkinson. No said that
tho attention of himself, Mr. Boyd,
ond his two sons was first attracted to
the object by Mr. Wilkinson's, exclaim
ing. "Look", look," and pointing in tho
air.
"I looked up with tho rest," con
tinued ilr. Edivards, "and I saw some
thing that I took to be a toy balloon.
It was coming with great swiftness
right in tho face of the strong wind,
however, ami 1 knew that a balloon
could not travel that way. 1 rom tho
time we saw it until it disappeared iu
tho bay was only a few seconds.
There was a dark background of
clouds which throw it into bold relief,
so that we hid a good view of it. It
was of a sort of dull grayish color,
just as ilr. Wilkinson says. I suppose
that it must have been glowing hot,
md that if it had been night time it
would probably have looked like a
ball of fire."
"How big was it?"
"When it was close to us it looked
as large as a Hour barrel. 1 should
0111 pare it to an old fashioned milk
churn in shape and size. It spread
out at thu head like wings."
"What time was it when you saw
the object?"
"It was about 12 o clock 111 tho day
on Sunday. It mav have been a few
minutes earlier."
"Did it make, any uoiso as it passed
through the air?"
'Wo did not hear any. it there
was any whizzing, tho strong wind
prevented our hearing it. When tho
reroute, or whatever it was, hit the
water it made a thud, ami threw the
water in tho air. We were about
twenty-hvo leet distant from it. If
it hail struck our yacht I think it
would have knocked us to pieces. It
had a centrifugal motion."
ilr. Boyd's account of tho spectacle
on Sunday is substantially the same as
that of his companions on the occa
sion. He says that it appeared as if
tho object was being burled through
tho air. Ho never saw anything like
it before It was of a grayish color
and as largo as a barrel. Ho said
that ilr. Wilkinson saw il first, and
directed attention to it.
ilr. Wilkinson, ilr. Edward.', and
ilr. Boyd each agree that the object
moved through the air at an angle of
about forty degrees. Tho sons of ilr-
Kdwards both say that they saw tho
object move through tho air and drop
in tho bay.
ilr. Wilkinson and tho others do-
seiibo tho plneo whero thoy saw the
object as near North West Point of
lunger Islam!, 111 Jamaica my. Ho
adds that ho noticed a hassock or
bunch of sedge about ten feet from
where the object went into the water.
Where it fell tho water is about live
feet in depth at high tide. It is tho
intention ot .Mr. Wilkinson and ilr.
Edwards to nnko a search of the local
ity and try to find thu object.
A countryman on a visit to friends
went a hshing. lie caught a small
pickerel. The fisherman was nea
sighted and his mouth had thu habit
ot standing ajar, ami therelore, owing
to the shortness of sight, the usher
man's mouth camo very near the fish
when it was unhooked. Unexpectedly,
need piio say, the fish, by a sudden
jeik, unhooked itself, jumped into the
mans mouth and made straight lor
his throat nnd rati part way 111. A
eat and 11 fish aro alike in one respect
they cannot be pulled by tho tail tho
wrong way ot tho tur or scale. When
the man attempted to tako out the fish
his back fin stood up nnd interfered,
and the man ran home lo his friends,
who pushed Iho fish down, and the
fisherman had dined. Yon may rise
up and denounce tho foregoing ns a
base lubrication, but persons can hu
produced who will swear to the main
facts iu tho case. I'ravidence Jon
nal.
A Lexington (Ivy,) youth, who went
to work m the country, wrote his girl
n Juno graduate, that he was raising a
calf. Imagine his feelings when tho
gill icplied, "1 11111 glad you have begun
to Mippori yourseu.'
Tne Man on the Oow Catcher,
rin: KxntA look out who must soon
mm: as ovn t.tmiTNiNo passknokh
i.ocoMorivr.s,
"The time is not far off when every
locomotive drawing a passenger train
on every busy railroad will have a pi
lot. This pilot will have no moro to
do with the engine Itself than the pilot
of a ferryboat. Jlis duty will bo simply
to look ahead nnd communicate with
the engineer in tho cab." The man
who uttered this prophecy was not a
sentimentalist, but a very busy, practi
cal railroad man, in charge of twico as
many, if not threo times as many trains
ns any other man on thu Atlantic
coast.
"The paco has been rapidly getting
hotter and hotter in railroading," ho
continued, "until overy improvement
the human mind can suggest is adopted
as fast as it is thought of, and tho big
roads arc like so many sets of tho most
perfectly adjusted clockwork. Every
device forswitching, signalling, ballast
ing, taking water or coal, and, above all,
inakihg speed, is the subject of constant
study and improvement, two things
being kept in view always and in all
things saving time ntid preventing
Occident. Between Now York and
tho big cities within n few hours' ride
of it the tracks are dotted with trains
running like mad. If there is the least
Haw in auything engine, cars, track,
switches, signals, timo tables, or what
not there is likely to bo a smash up.
So much timo and money aro spent In
guarding ngainst the possibility of ac
cident that serious ones arc ve'ry rare.
But in tho midst of all this race for
perfection the engineer is as he was at
first. Ho is unimproved. lie is only
a man, ami tho best man can only
do so much. An engineer was all that
was wanted a few years ago, but now
it is different. The engineer of to-day
has got more than lie can do. Some
body must ease him of somo of his
load.
"So," continued tho raiload man. "I
predict that every passenger locomotivo
will soon can y a pilot. I don't know
where ho'll be whether on tho cab or
in front of tho cab over the boiler, or
in front of the boiler over what wo now
call tho pilot and you call the cow
catcher, but he will bo carried 011 every
locomotive that carries trains at n high
rate of speed, nnd ho will watch the
signals, switches, bridges, highways
and junctions, and do nothing else,
while thoenginecr runs his engine.
"As it is, the engineer may bo trying
his water gauge just when he should bu
looking-at a signal. There are halt a
hundred neecessary things ho mav be
doing that will tako his eyes off tho
road for au instant. He will in'i6s a
signal, and a wreck will be the result.
Mind, I don't say what has happened.
I am not going to tell tales out of
school. I only say it will happen."
"Can't the firemen 011 fast trains get
into the way of helping their engineers
more and moro as timo goes 011 ?"
"No. They, too, have all they can
do. The faster tho tram, the "more
t
hev have to work. Notlnmr (m lm
looked for from them. Tho only thing
is, as I tell you, a third man iu a little
house of his own ahead of or over the
engine':!' with a bell rope communicat
ing with a gong 111 the cab. You 11 sco
him thero in a very few years."
The Government an Oligarchy of Eioh Men.
The government is "an oligarchy of
ich men:" for even when we find a
man ot moderate moans 111 olboo tho
chances are ten to one that ho owes
his election to rich men and that in
whatsoever he does ho will recogui.e.
so far as his creditors demand, the iu-
lebtedness thus created. The evil is
rent, widespread and increasing!- It
is not confined to tho Federal elections,
but has become common to all elect
ions. If a candidate for Governor is
to bo selected, tho first question il:
"Can he Afford to run?" If ho has no
money to spend or no monied friends
to spend it for him, and thereby cstao
i- 1 it.... 1.!... t. - i. .
nail lieu uu nun, iiu is act utmic, 110
matter what his qualifications may be,
or even what his availability in a par
tisan sense may be. Lacking monov.
ho has, in fact, neither qualifications
nor ability. It is tho samo thing on a
smaller scalo iu the smaller offices.
The actual eandidato almost invariably
represents a monied man, or mouicd
clique, and votes in open or secret
obodietico to his superior. That all
this is very bad need scarcely bo said.
It is demoralizing, iu the first place, to
have the nominal servants of the pub-
lie thu real servants of a small faction,
fr the rich aro a small faction, com
pared with tho poor, and the men
whoso means are too moderate to per
mit of their indulgence in tho luxury
of running for olliee. The open pur
chasu of office adds to the demoraliza
tion by destroying public confidence iu
tho integrity ot tho oflice-holder.
Moreover, it is a positive evil to havo
thu government iu tho bauds of thu
rich. It would bo if they attained
control without resort to corrupt means,
It is so because Iho interests of tho
rich, as a rule, aro opposed to those of
thu poor; and thu poor aro in the vast
majority. Wu do not mean by this
that there is any necessary antagonism
between capital and labor, because
llivru is none, hach is necessary to
tuu other, aud thero can tic no trim
irnioiity for either unless it is shared
by the other. But if capital has full
control ot tho government, it capital
m -kes mid administers tho laws, the
g verimviit ami thu laws will inovita
1)1 v bo 111 the interests of capital
as capital uederstauds llioso
in'oiosts, without any reference to
labor's understanding of thosu interests,
or of its own. Such is ically the stato
of affairs to day in tho national gov.
eminent and most of Statu and muni
eipil governments. Monopolies of ull
kinds aro protected and strengthened,
and iu return lor their protection am
strengthening they furnish tho means
to maiiitnm their servants 111 power,
jJeiroit ree J'ress.
"Could an thing bu better than thi
pure fluid for the inner man 1" said Kx
Goeiuor Hoffman, nt Saratoga, the
other morning, lifting his glass nnd
hi' king us fohmnly nt it ns though he
had never seeieltd n ninth julep or
anything of thnl ..variety. 'Nothing,
said KxOlnyor Vaux, of Philadelphia
'I've drank this water for forty years
ami must i-ay that, it is the best, th
purest and Iho safest spring water 1
the world it's almost ns good as Phil
, delphia whiskey 1
August is the great month of tho
year for fogs. They aro supposed to
ho born iu the Bay of Funday. Their
paternal ancestors aro icebergs from
the North Pole. They lake nftcr
their fathers and grandfathers in
niture, being cold, damp and dlsLgroo
able. At a distance thoy arc pictur
esqiiu; they aro creatures of surprise;
they lay in ambush ; they como pour
ing over outlying islands like a horde
of vandals; they settlo upon tho sea
like a Biipcremhieiit sea, allowing tho
masts of schooners to prick through ;
suddenly they lift and take flight in a
myriad little vanishing clouds, or else,
when they arc dense ono instant thoy
have disappeared the next. Ono day they
hover just outside the oiling, tossed into
fantastic feaks and mountains, and the
superstitious might almost fancy it
was a paradisft inviting exploration.
A sudden shift of the wind, and lo,
the sun disappears and tho trees aro
filled with grey moist tiro and begin to
drop from every little twig.
l'ogs nro profuse. They hide a
landscape for a week at a timo. Tho
liner tho landscape tho more sure they
are to spoil it. If an unlucky visitor
has only ono day for sight seeing thnv
aro on hand that ono tlay, oven if they
had not been nigh for a month. If a
land is dried up with drought then tho
fog drifts in tniilalizinglv. refuses to
condense into rain but mocks at tho
thirsty heibago It deposits a glisten
ing nowdiop on tno back ot the fraud
ulent potato-bug. but tho tuber blow is
left to question tho mysteries of the
future.
Fog is often used as a mental simile.
Wo say that a man's mind is befogged.
A mean lawyer is called a pettifogger.
doubtless because ho is putty nnd puts
other people, his unfortunate clients.
into a log, that is into such .1 condition
that they are bewildered and misled,
without being conscious of it. Most
men aro in this state, some in regard
to 0110 thing and somo in regard to
another. Questions of politics bewil
der one set of men ; others are under
a heavy cloud of doubts iu regard to
religious matters; a largo number are
befogged financially. It is generally
a miserable sight to see. In somo
cases, however, it takes the form of
idiosyncrasies which aro amusing.
There is nothing so apt to dispel fogs
from tho mind as a fresh breeze of
discussion with some remarkably sen
sible person There are those whoso
words would only mako tho fog thick
er, but a sensible person with tact
drives away the vapors as a west wind
dispels the fog on tho stern New
luiglaud shore.
How a Mouse Carried His Burden,
"There are two men," said Bridges,
"beside myself who are living who can
tttest tho truth of my mouse story Wo
ree wcro comrades in the 1-ederal
army during the war. One day, in tho
Stato of Kansas, while on a "scout one
of our men was killed in a drunken tow.
Having leceived permission late in the
evening wo took the corpse to a privato
louse intending to bury it the noxttlay.
Wu 'three were sitting up with the
body iu a room from which a stairway
iscendeil to tho upper tloor. During
the wee hours wo heard a strange noise
as if something was moving softly on
the. upper steps ot thu stairway, and
Inch seemed to bo gradually descend-
ng. As the light was dim 111 the room
minute or more elapsed before wo
could dUccrn what was the cause of
io noise, when we discovered three
mice evidently engaged in helping each
iher to litt or roll something down thu
stairway. As they progressed a step
nt a tune wo discovered that it was a
irge hen's egg, which ono of tho mice
held in a closu embrace, allowing the
other two to roll him like a ball from
no step to tho other, always managing
to fall on his back, thereby protecting
10 egg Atter reaching tho floor 111
le room in which wo were sitting, all
iree began to roll the u -g toward an
ndoiituru in tho lloor, with which thev
seemed to have been familiar. The egg
as rolled iulo this place evidently to
steady it, while tho lime mice proceed-
1 to eat ii.cuiiiug through tho shell and
soon emptying it. Now, if mouse sense
isn't equal to horse sense, 1 don't know."
Uur uontinent.
A Little Damp.
"Have you had any rain in Indiana
this spring?" he echoed as ho turned in
his seat.
"Yes."
"Well, it's been a little damp out
here," ho softly answered. "Tho day
eforo leaving homo I had to hang up
twenty-three of my ducks. They had
ucoomc so water soaked that they eould
no longer swim. During the mouth of
pril it rained twentv-nino different
lays."
"What about tho other day?'
"Oh, that was thu day on which it
110 wed twenty-two straight hours."
"I low is corn?"
Well, I planted mine iu two feet of
water, and 'tween you and mu I
don't expect over thiity bushels to the
acre."
"Wheat looking well !"
"Tolerably well, hut tho sturgeon
md cattish are doing considerable datu-
ng-'.s
Don t you get any dry whether in
May r
l hero was about hlteei; minutes
ono day when it tried to clear up,
but I hadn't commenced to bring out
my sheep before tho rain 0111110 down
again."
"lirnss must bo good ?
"Shouldn't wonder, but can't say.
When I got back I'm going down iu a
diving bell to bee."
"Hot your potatoes?
"Not anv, sir not. I've got nn ark
ilmost reaily to sail, and if it will only
rain nnothtr week, I'll bo the best fixed
man iu Indiana.
AlTKll KKIIIT I.ONC. VKAHS.
0. V. Jacobs, 78 Folsom Street.
Buffalo, wiiles that for eight long
years he had tiled overy known rem
edy to emu him ot piles, nlso hnd been
treated by physicians without success,
when ho was ultimately cured by
Thomas' Kelectrio Oil.
There is another sleeping Hungarian
iu the Lehigh county almshouse. Be
ing severiy cramped and in a ciitieal
condition morphiuo wus injected into
his syrtem. lie has been sleeping for
teveral days, wllh lo signs of waking
up. It is biipposed ho iutinds to beat
John 15 ) umber's record us 11 sleeper.