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In tho county.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T K. WALM3U,
' AT rOUNHY-AT-LAW,
In 1st NUIon ll ll.ink building, second noor,
llMtdiorwiiiorliili drnirof Main nnd Mir
ket streets, llloomsburff, I'd.
VT U. KIMIC,
' ATl'OHNHV-AT-IiAW.
l!i.O0Minuao, I'a,
onico In Snt's lluildltitf.
It. IJUOKAbBW,
J ' AT TOUNHY-AT-L A W.
Ul.OOMjnt'RII. I'A.
oplco over 1st. National ll.ink.
JOHN' M. OiiAUK,
attouney-at-law.
JU3T10I2 OP THE TRACK.
1II.00MBIK(I, I'A.
omce over Moyer Hros. imit? store,
p W. MILLER,
ATTOKNKY-AT.I.AW
Olllco In Ilrower's bulldlnif.sccond Door.room No. 1
llloomsburK, I'a.
M FRANK 7.AKK,
' ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW.
Hloonisbiirg, l'a.
omeo corner ot Cenlro and Main Streets, Clark i
llulldlnsr.
Can be consulted In German.
i KO. K. KLWELL,
It
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW.
Nkw Coicmbun UDiLDiNO, lJloom9burir, l'a,
Member ot tho United States Law Association,
Collections made in any part ot America or Ki
rope. pAUL E. WIRT,
Attornoy-at-Law. .
OmYo In Coi.UMniiU llcn-niNn, Itoom No. second
noor.
HLOOMSBURO, PA.
S. KNOKB. I- 8. WINTKRSTKEN,
Notary Public
KNORU k WINTEUSTEEN,
A tloi'noys-at-Law.
omen lii 1st National 11 ink building, second lloor.
nrst door to tlio Mt. Conur of JUIn and Market
streets Dloomsburg, l'a.
JSyYwoin nnd Ihuntlei Collecltd.
j ii. mat,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
onico in Mule's building, over Illllmcyors grocery.
May 2081.
c,
11. 11ROCKWAY,
Attorney-at-Law,
A I.SO
NOTAUY PU15LIC.
onicu
j in his building opposite Court House,
loor, llloomslmig, T.i. npr 13 '8:5
2ml lloor
JOHN C. YOCUM,
Attorney-ut-Livwi
CA'l'AWISSA, I'A.
onico In Nkws Itkii building, Main btrect.
Mombor of tlio American Attorneys' ABsocla-
Collections made in auy part of America.
Jan. (i, Wi.
A K. OSWALD,
ATTOUNE Y-AT-L AW.
Jackson Hiilltllng, Rooms 4 iiml 5.
May 6, 'SI, limtWIC'K.l'A
UIIAWN & HOI5INS,
ATTOKN Ii YS-AT-LAW.
Catawls3a, r.
Offlco, corner ot Third and Main streets.
".M. II. SNYDER.
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW,
Orangeville, l'a.
Ofllce In t.oVs llutiaini;, becond lloor, second
door to tin left.
Can bo consulted In Herman. aus 19 as
E. SMITH,
Attorncy-atLaw, llcrwlck. l'a.
Can bu Consulted in Gcrmiui.
ALSO KIIISI'-CI.AS.S
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES ltKPlSEnKXI Ell.
"HTOiUco first door below the post olUcc.
MISCELLANEOUS.
c
t). RARKLEY, Attorney-at-Law
, onico In ilrower's building, Slid story, Ito uns
RUUCKINGILYM, AUorney-al-Low
.onico, llrock way's imildlnif.:ist lloor,
liloouisOurfc', l'enn'a, may T, 'u-t f
" 11. McKELVY, M. D8urKeon anil Pliy
. slclan, north sldo Main streot, below Market
, L. FRITZ, Altomoy-at-Law. Oflice
L. l'l CouiuuiAN uulldlne, Junoat HI.
Q M. DRINKER, OUN & LOCKSMITH
Bawins MachlnoBand Machinery of all kluds re
pilrod. OrmiA lloi'si llulldlnp;, liloomsburff, l'a.
TK. J. 0. BUTTER,
PI1YH1CIAN & SU110E0N,
omce, North Markot Btreet,
Uloomsbar, l'a,
OR. WM. M. RERER, SurKuo
I'hyslclau. onico corner of Itock aud
it.
on ami
Maikct
T R. EVAN'S, M. D., Surgeon
J . Physlotan, (onico and Itesldeiicij on 1
street.
JAMES REILLY,
Tonsorial Ai'tist,
caln at his old stand uuder KXCIIANOB
noraL.and has as usual a KllWT.OLASd
UAltliKH Slioi'. Ho rospectfully solicits tho
patronaso of hlsoldcuetomoraand of the publlo
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
LOOMS BUEO, PA.
OPl'OSlTB COUHT HOUSB.
Largs and convenient samplo rooms. Hath rooms
hot and cold wator,aud all modern conveniences
AGENTS Wanted !rtf0VaTmblB8
J-oiUofttnutUr, ritl v.r.ri, U0UK3 06 UUG9
tn Ptkri Mllini; 11, nrrtil ttrf htrti IJbcral Icimi,
illU bt., i'mU'ltlj-Jii, I',
Junoa-My aid
Cl'RIt WHISl Alt CISC FAILS
lUtUXUKllHTUp. TlJUMgiXKl.
Ukulixiuiu. btulbyUrucidaui.
i
SB
Jau -co. isp
a. E. ELiV7ELL, - , . .
l l mmi i d.
Moileal Supsriatoaisat of th Sinlhrium.
Invalid's Home.
Kloonisburjy, Pa.,
Devotes special attention lo Epilepsy,
."ervsiw Affections, ami Diseases of Women.
1'atlenls iccelved at Hie Sanitarium on
icwnniMo tctms for lin nil ami trctdncnt.
P. S. No clmrso for llrst.coiiaultatloii,
npr 27, '8:1
BLOQMSBUHIt plmihg mill
so.
The undersUned having put his 1'lanlng Ml!
on ltallro.d street, tn hrst-ciass condition, Is pre
pared to do all ktndi of work tn his lino.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
furnished at reasonable prices. All lumber used
Is well seasoned gnd nouo but skilled workmen
are employed.
ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS
furnished on application. Plans and tpeclncn
ttoin prepared by an experienced draugh'aman.
cii.iiii.Ks Kiurc;,
Rlooiiislnirg, I'a.
pixj m. biivtct
G-AS FITTI1WTO,
STOVES AND TINWARE.
,:o:
35. 73. BROWEE
Has purchased tho Hto'kat.d IMslncbs of I. Ha.
genbuch, nnd Is now prepared to do all kinds ot
work In his line. Plumbing nnd (las Fitting a
specialty. Tinware, Stoves,
RNQES AND HtiAJEflsj
In agreal variety. All work done by
EXPERIENCED HANDS.
Main Street corner of Kast.
ISI.lMMISIJUnC., PA.
itf. s. TiarGXiY,
lieiUT d CUSTOM TAILOR,
U now rullv pivp ireil to funiMi
SUITS MADE TO ORDER,
- I'HO.M THK
BEST MATERIAL
IN THE MAHK HT AT
REASONABLE RATES
ALSO TO FriiNlSH
Ready HIdc SUITS
maw: to .MKAsim; and
As Good & Cheap
AS CAN 15IC MAD AT ANY
Ready-Made Establishment.
Orders taken for shirts, made
from measurement.
M. C. SLOAE & BRO.,
llLOOMSlJURG, PA.
.Minufacturers of
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, PHAETONS,
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS, &C,
First-class work nlways on hand.
UEPMRLS'G XEA TI. Y DOXC.
Prices winced to suit the times.
DHN'J'IST,
15i.ooisiiiii(!,C()i.i;.Miii.v Countv, Pa.
AH styles ot work dono In a superior manner, work
win ranted as represented. Tkbtii Kxtract
kii wituobt Pain by the use of (las, and
free of chnrso when arttttctal teeth
are Inserted,
(inicis over Uloomsburi; Uanklnj; Company.
Jo be oier. at all hours during the (fnj
Nov. i-ly
87f. SHA8PLESS,
FOUNDER AND MACHINIST.
NEAR L.& B. DErOT.SLOJMSBUEO.PA.
Manufacturer ot Plows, btoves and nil kinds ot
Castings, l.arte stool' ot 'J'luwaro, Uoolt Moca,
Itoom btou's, Moes for heatlnt; ttores,schil
houses, churches, He. Also, largo stock of re
pairs for city stoves of nil klrnKwholesalo nnd retail
.auclias 1'lre lirlck, orates, l,ldf,(.'cntrca, ac.siovp
I'liin. cool; HolleiM. Solders. Cako Plates. I-ari'e
Iron Kettles, hied Seles, Wneon llo.xes, nllklndt
of Plow points, Jiouiu noarus, uuus, i iunier, nun,
J! UAJJ JIAA lUdi, llC.
febSt-f
V AUKNX'V, Moyer's new building, Main
Biieet, liloomsburi;, I'a.
Assets.
.r.tna Insurance Co.. of Hartford. Conn, it.ois.ii'.u
llos nl ot LUerpool I3.500.000
Lancashire io,inti,ooo
Flro Assvelailon, l'hllnd(.lpliU 4. 10.5,711
I'hnml v. i,f Loudon O.'iCO.SIi
London 1,'iucnsdilro, of IJnsl.iud 1,iii9,9T(
llartfur I ot Hartford 3,!i73,0ii0
tiprlncileld 1'lre and Marino s.usi.sss
An thn aiencleaaru direct, policies nro written
for tho Insured without any delay In the
onico at jiiooinsiuurs. uti.m, m-u
JpiUE INSUUANC1!.
OlIHISTIAN F. KNA1T, ULOOMSBUHQ, I'A,
IIOMH. 01' N. Y.
MIIIICIIAMV, OP NKWAIIK, N. J,
CLINTON, N. V,
i'i:oi'i.r.s' n. y.
HKADINO, I'A.
Those oin cobpokationb aro well ecasoned by
ago and kirk tkitku and luivo uever yet had a
loss sottlod by any court of law, Tholr assets
arualllnvesudln soup SKCCHiriK'snd aro liable
to the hazard or riKK oniy,
Loaies rKOVfTLT an nonKditT adlusted ftfd
paid as soon as determined by CitttisruN V,
KHArr, srBCIIL auknt inn ai'jvsibk ih.u(jhb,
nun. I'l.
Tho peoplo of ColumbH o lunty should patron-
izo mu agency wiieru ii'asns i. nnj uic suinuu
ana paia or ono oi meir uwhiiuhiub.
PKOMl'TNUbS, K0.U1TY, I'AIII UKALINO.
T P. IIAHTMAN
' KtlMlSSBNTS TUB 0I WWINII
AMKHIOAK INSUHANCi: C'OMPANIP.S
Nurili Am it mot 1'Ull.id' Iphla
irmkiiii, ' ;:
i ei a-) i .ml i, " "
oi W, 1 P -ii' -.jU.il . I.
1 1 iitn.'r, ot n. v
Nil' em, of I "(id'in.
l.'iiilli HiltMi, til lAhdon,
O.lloo on Jlirk'HHtrut, No, 6, Uloomsburg.
oct. m, lWy
Silt
DAItBYS
PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID.
A Iltiiueliulil Arllcln fur Itnlvprnnl
l'liinlly t.'HC,
I'nr Svnrlrt nml
iTyplmltl IVvith,
Illlplilliprln, Sull
viiltnii, tltipriilt'il
ISirTlirimt,Siiuill
1'nx, lenles, nml
nil OniitnRlmu l)lcno, Pcrwm wnittni; on
Hie Sick houM me II freely. Scarlet Kcver ha
never been lcnoun to iprcad ulicrr the Fluid wai
ined tllow l ever Iim Wen cuicd with It nflrr
litnrlt viimlt Iiml tuki'ii pliiec. 'lhe worn
eaies of lJiphtlieri.t yield to It
1V ereiland Sick IVr. SM A t.I.-l'O X
inn refreshed nnd and
ilnl Sor prert'iit. riTTINO if Small
BirlSS nuid'."8 Whh V l'ltl'iVKNllSII
I in p u ro Air mads A member of my fam.
hilc and p'irlficd, Jy '4" "I,'1"
l orSiirnTliroiitltiia "',1 1""' 1 yd ih
lure cure. Hum the p.it!ent wat
CnlltltlSldll dcitroyt.l n!" delirioiu, was not
I'nr rronted I'iet, P"1'", and ra about
;iiiiniaum, t'llon,
ClinlliiKK, etc.
Itlii'iinwitUiu cured
Knmviiltn Complex-
ImiH secured by its use.
Ship Fi' it prevented.
Til purify llicltnuitli,
Clriitiso the Tcctl.
It can't be surpassed
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
I)lpc!a cured.
Iliiriurclievedimtantly.
the house acaln In three
weeks, and no others
had It - I. V. Park.
1NSON, Philadelphia.
Diphtheria
Provcntod.
The physicians here
jVodcdraHly.
An Aml.lolohr Animal bT'i' """K?"!, t
or VeceuUe l'oisous, Orieruboro, Ala.
btinm, etc. Trttor dried up.
I used the Kluld duritip; Clinlrra prevented,
our present affliction with Ultern purified and
Scailct Fever v.ith de. healed,
cided advantage It is In I'lisrisorilrntlilt
Indispensable to the sick. should be used about
room. Wm, F Sanij. tlis corpse It will
fORD, Eyrie, Ala. prevent any unpleas
ant smell.
The i-ininrnt l'liy.
Il hlll,.I..MAltI()f
M.1W, M. 1)., Nesv
York, sajT,: ! am
convinced Prof l).irbys
I'ropliylactlc I luld Is a
valuable dislnfccunt,"
Vnmlcrbllt UnUrmlly, NnhIIIp, Tonn.
I testify lo the most extcllent qualities of I'ruf.
lbrbys l'rc-p l.yla, lie Huid As a dislnfc. tant and
determent It is bolh theoretically and practically
superior to any preparation with v.hich I am ac-quaintcd.-N.
T. I.viptom, P,0f. Chemistry.
Durlijn 1'lnlil l lliTiiiiiincnileil by
lion. ALnxANbbR II. StKriiRNt, of Ocorsl i;
SlSSriW 1"LMS UU-
Jos. LECn.NTB, Columbia. Pror.,Unlvcrs!ty,S.C
siev A kV-' Mercer University;
Kcv. l.Bo, F . Pinucp, ISnhop M. K. Church.
iniisi'i:nsaiii.i: to i:vi:ky homi:.
lcrfcctly harmless. Used Internally or
rt. f. ri'?rnaly for M" or l'ea't.
lhe r luld has been thorouuhly tested, and we
have abundant evidence that it Ins done everything
here claimed. For fuller information get of your
Urujsist a pamphlet or send lo the proprietors,
, .1. 11. ZKI1.I.V Ar CO.,
Maniifictuilng Chemists, l'illl.ADKI.l'IIIA.
August, 82 ly
" -tcc I'fsr-rf ZMtu
LYD5A g. Pi W EC HAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
la n T'fUio Curo
for nil (Imi.c Pi'InTuI CuuipIitlittnaiiJ WeuVneStci
o e.Hiiniuii tt our bent fi-mnlc pupulutlou.
A Miilh-liif for Wotn iii, Itift nteil by a Woman
Trcpnrcd hy n Voman.
The firculrftt atdleal IHtfnirr Sin' the Hwo of Illitorj.
nrlt ri'tlrca tho drooplnif twit It , iDrUoratcs and
h tririonizo tho ortfant j functions, ptves i-lajitlcity and
tlrtunchsto th bit-p, rostorei tho natural ljtre totli
cyc.aaJ i-Untson tlio I'alo choelr of omau the fresh
roses ot Ufo'tt pirlti(f ami early ummor time.
t2PhysIciars Use It and Prescribe It Freely -5
It removes faint uph, ititul ncy, dtetroya all craving
f ir ftlmuiatAt, and rthevej weakness of tho stomach.
That fftllr or bearing down, causing ialn, weight
an 1 btu kache, 1 always KrmiiientlT cured by Its uc
For the cure of Kidney ComplnliiU of cither tcz
thU Couj pound U uaaurpamed
i.toia i:. rixKHAsrs iit.ooi rntiriKit
will t rruticate tv. ty t'stierw t liurwra fima tho
lilotxl, and if he tonu and ftnnt'tli to tho ejetcro, of
mail w oiuan or child, lnrlst vu ha Uig It
Both tho Compound and Elood lur!3cr are prejiared
at 233 and Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, l'rfcoof
either, 91. BU bottles for $5, Bent by mall In tho form
of i111h, or of lozenges, on receipt of price, $1 per box
for cither. Mrt. rinkham freely answers all letters of
yi()ulry, Enctoeo3ct. stamp. Send for pamphlet.
No family fhoul 1 bo without LTDI A E. TINKIUM'S
UVEU 1'lLt.s. Tliev euro constipation, biliousness,
and torpidity of tho liver. S3 cents Ier box.
4?-ol(l by nil UruKfilita.-aft
CNlERVEGlOlHlQHEWft
Tlio only know n tptelfo for Kpilcptlc ViU.'d-i
f 1Alan for Spnsnin nnd Palling hlcknrw.'b'i.
Ncrous Winkni'nAipilcUIv relieved and cured.
Hiiuiilled by 110110 In dcllrluiu of fover.-5a
)"'eutralli's gi'tms of dle.Hf nnd elckncsii.
Cures ugly bloti lien nml mil. burn blood sores.
Clennncii blood, quickens ttuiri;Ii'li circulnllon.
Kllmlnnti'j Dolls, t'nrbuucli s nnd ScnMs.-ST
ol'i'rnnni ntlj nnd promptly cum paralysis.
Yen, It Is a ehurmlni; and healthful Aperient.
Kills Scrofula and Kings Kvll, twin brother.!.
Changes bad breath to Kooil, remolug cauie.
iyituiitj biliousness andilears complexion.
Charming resolvent nnd matchless liuatlve.-Sj
It drives bkk Heailncho llko tho wlnd.'Sa
flTCoii tains no ilraftlq cathartic or opiates.
Promptly cures ItlieuinatUin by routing II. "(ia
Iiestotcs Ufc.gMug proiicrtli ii to tlio blood.-isft
Is guaranteed to euro all nersous dlaordcrs.-Gd
tirltellablo when all opiates fall.-tifl
III frt shes tho r.ilnd nnd lin Igortos tho body.
Cures dyspepsia or money rcfunded.'fta
Ltyr.ndor.ed In writing by overflfly thousand
eadlng phyelclans In IJ. S. nnd llurcipo.-uti
Leading clergymen In U. 0. and Kurope.-cu
Diseases of tho blood om it a conqucror.fca
For salo by all leading drugglsn. if 1.60. 'So
Tho Dr. H. A ltlchmond Medical Co., Props.,
fct. Joseph, Mo, (2)
t'has U. Crltleiiton, Agint, New VnrkClly.
FOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF
CONSTIPAT103.
No othtfT dlseaso Is eo iro valont In tliii ooun
trvasC3nstinatlon. and na romeJvlia.i evjrl
equalled tho cwlobrattJ Kidney-Wort oa a
El euro. Whatever tho caiwc, however obetiaatc
tho caso. tnis lemeuy wm overoomolt.
f3 ff I K7C Tiua outxeajing com
I HaWlMiWa nlaint In vorv ant la bo
oompUcattwitucinfltlpation. Kidney-Wort
tttrcniztliend tho weakened mrU and ouioklvl
c cures all kinds of I'ilca oveu wueu physicians
tl i tVU yonUaveclUierorthcsotrouWea
yAlNWlUdHT .V: CO.,
l'l.. Al I U'HIA
rKA'-.HVUf. H ColKKE, 'Mil, MOL."i.H,
w oi, . icua, niOAm n, ia,A . Ai!,
N, K, corhcr Hecond and Arch streets,
iworders will receive vromptaUentlou
"MAT. APT A I
I 1
i
4I PniQt! ai. I
Mtfiitfrim
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 27,
POETICAL.
OVER THE BARS.
'Twni ml'klnj tlmo and tho cons enmo up.
I'rom the meadows snect with clover,
And Mtxxl In tho lane, whllo pretty Jane
Had n quiet chat with tho drover
Such a (pilot chat that It scarcely Bcemeil
That n single, won! wrni npnken I
While a masle spell with the night dews Ml,
And the rj ilm of tho song was i"ibroken.
Tho cattle flood nt tho lovers' ride,
Without nny show ot vexation,
As though Impressed with a nvc barreM
Was a part of their restoration.
And as Jane listened to the notDj: that enme,
Itlght under tho lura and over,
Ills heart took wing, tho silly thing,
And nestled up close to tli3 drover.
she heard him sly hN hoaia wns poor,
1 hat ho had nothing but love tu glvo her !
And sho smiled content, as Ihou'ih love had
pent
Kiery arrow ho had lu hH qulve ;
ulio smiled content, w hen the even' s air
Willi voices of birds nro titling,
And her Hps confew 1 that a lowly nes
Wiould neer prevent he M i;, a?.
so over the burs tho lovers ton,
In tho Joy of tli"lr sweet cotnumlon j
And their looks declare that poverty ne'er
shall lie n bar to their ti'ilon ;
0, sweetest mus'o go thread you" rhymes
Uoit under tho bars and over j
Whrrc pretty .lane, In tho fragrant Line,
Hen Itched the hart of the iKmc
SELECT STORY.
HALLUCINATION,
The imsteirt of lV'iiiiy Uoy.il School
wore u very jolly net of young fellows
in the pnii'iciilar year when Septimus
Lacy joined tlio c'liiiinunity. There
were eijiht or ten of them, all men iti
tlicir it i ttte, fresh from college, wear
ing tlio lilooin of their honors gayly ;
strong, vigorous, athletic fellows for
tho most part, accustomed to work
and as ready for play as if they had
still been among the hoys that swarm
ed into the cricket field when school
was up and tho matches on Septimus
Lacy a giave, sensible looking young
man of L'3 or 21 brought his sister
with him, and took a quiet lodging of
three rooms in the High street of Pen
ny Uoyal.
Miss Lacy was several years older
than her brother, and had already ac
quired tho formed manner and easy
bearing of a well-educated woman of
the world. Though not regularly
handsome, there was some distinction
in her figure, which was liberally
molded, and graceful in action or in
repose. She carried her head well,
and had the free, gliding motion
proper to a person well propoitioned
aud sensibly clad. Her dress, never
remarkable, was always in line taste
her gowns fitted to peifection she
did not tight-lace. No higli-hceled
shoo or tight boot cramped her action
in walking. Her complexion was
clear and groil, with a disposition to
freckles in thu summer time ; hei hair,
of a shade of ruddy brown, lay plenti
fully about a low, broad brow, be
tokening thought, aud the same color
haunted her brown, sun-freckled eyes.
She had a way of partly closing them
when talking, which made some people
nervous, and her conversation was
agreeable, particularly to men. It
was easy, suggestive, animated, and
there was a peculiar tone in her voice
that was very attractive. Miss Lucy
was a musician, and the fine instru
ment in her room enab'cd her to exer
cise her charming accomplishment on
favorable terms. Very pleasant even
ings weic passed llicrc in a nice, infor
mal way. Friends would drop in to
talk or to play a rubber. Miss Lacy
would sometimes take a hand, or more
frequently discourse soft mitsio in a
soliloquizing way, which disturbed
nobody, aud delighted appreciative
ears. Young Derwent Percival would
loll back in a low chair, listening si
lently, and musing on scenes that
somehow- came back to him from the
past, with the sound of the weird
things she played. Her loug fingers
would wander, about the keys in a va
grant fashion, now twining through an
arabesque, then skipping through tho
mazes of some wild Hungarian melody
which made his heart throb excitedly,
aud a strange craving to dance came
over him. Then a grave, sighing an
danto from some ancient master would
hush and lull his soul to silence and
bring to him, as ho sat there, the siiiLr-
ing of tho river in his father's garden
as it sang in the days when ho lay by
its margin conning his Ciujar or de
vouring a romance. And throimh all
came the voices of the whist players,
as ine nioiier was lost or won, i ho
queen ol hearts would win her trick
to tho solemn tnoasuro of a funeral
march, and a anv troubadour's dittv
celebrate the i evoke of Tom Drown.
who had an evil trick of revokincr. and
always declared Miss Lucy's music
tripped up his wits and ltd him astray.
Then tho party would bieak up with
laughter ami a glass of beer, and Der
went Percival would say, with his eyes
cist down, for hu was a shy man t
"Thank you, Miss Lacy. Its quite
wonderful, tho effect of your playing !
It sets mo di earning of all sorts of old
things."
IIo was a big, haiidsonio young fel
low, this Percival Miss Lacy thought,
tho handsomest man sho had over
seen. She would steal a glanco at
him out of thu corners of her half
closed eyes, as sho sat playing. Ouco
ho met it and blushed hoiribly. A
woman's eyo always discomtitteil him.
Thoro was a girl in a country parish
fifty miles away whoso soft, fair faco
dwell in his heart and kept it fresh and
puio with her innocent gaze, whicli
yet abashed him when ho was beside
her. Ho had novcr dared to meet it
full and tell sweet Frances Lonimer
that tho ono liopo of his lifo had grown
round a vision of those blue eyes of
hers, Binding kindly into his. As Miss
Lacy softly touched her chords ho lay
wondering if ever ho Bliould kiss that
fair faco of his dream ami call her by
name and touuh her hand and know it
was his own. Miss Lucy little know
tho apparitions sho evoked with her
spells. They did not roveal themselves
to her. Only tho ass saw tho angel of
tho Lord as ho stood in tho way.
Tho other young mon wcro not slow
to notu tho fascination of Miss Laoy's
!auo, and rallied Percival unmerciful'
"I'onhl what fellows y.iu arc," ho
would cry, good .latiu' lly enough.
No ono could ofl.'ii,! Pi-naval. Hut
Alius Laoy was noi uf tu easy a tun
per ii annoyed lur excessively to
detect fiutivo smiles on soveral faces
when sho passed tho young master in
tho school court on her way lo chapel
of a Sunday morning. Old Mr.
Scatchcrd was intolerable, with his
roguish cyo always on tho watch for
something to feed "his senso of tho hu
morous. How wicked ho looked, and
how absurdly shy Percival was, for a
man of his standing. Some men were,
nnd could not help it, the best of men
often. Ho would shako it off under
tho iutluenco of a sensible woman.
Tlio next vacant boarding houso was
promised to Percival. IIo would have
to marry. Miss Lacy liked boys, and
was easily at homo with thorn. A
homo of her own would bo very con
venient to her, for Septimus was going
to bo married, and then sho would bo
very lonely nnd not loo well off. Sho
was a sooiablo woman, and liked the
iirospcct of a lone maiden lifo in
lodgings but little. Nothing would
bo more suitable than a proposal from
Derwent Percival. IIo was perhaps a
year or two younger than herself, but
would doubtless see the inexpediency
of asking a young, giddy girl to bo
mistress of a household of schoolboys.
When tho mind of man or woman is
possessed of a fixed idea, it is astonish
ing how soon all accidental surround
ings accommodato themselves to the
situation devised by fancy. Mr. Per
cival became Miss" Lacy's fixed idea.
She arranged herself, bo to Bpeak,
mentally and bodily postured befit
tiugly. Hut all this in secret; no
whisper, no blush, no girlish airs, no
murmured confidence even in the car
of her chief woman friend perhaps
her only woman friend Mrs. Urqu
hart loyal, unconventional, warm
heat ted, hot-tempered, outspoken little
Mrs. Urquhart, who never watched or
suspected anybody, and for all her
sharp tongue had a sweet, disarming
truthfulness aud honorablcness rare in
women.
Now, as Miss Lacy sat at home one
afternoon, reviewing her position, in
her easy way, with small luxurious
surroundings denoting the tempera
ment and style of tho woman the
Saturday Heview in her hand and a
great saucer ol roses at her elbow,
while her shapely foot, in black silk
siockinus and dainty slipppr, rested in
the n aim fur of a huge Persian cat,
cuilcd up like a footstool there came
a knock at the door, and Percival put
in his handsome head.
'Oh, Miss Lacy, excuse me ; I
thought your brother was here, and I
want but I won't disturb you any
time will do."
"Pray, pray, come in, Mr. Percival,"
said sho in tlio quiet, pleasant, reas
suring way that always put him at
ease, and drovo all memory of his
friends' jokes out of his head. She
roo to greet him ; "What do you
want f I want somebody to talk to,
so don't be afraid of disturbing me j
I'm perfectly idle this morning."
There was a delightful air of tho
doles far niente about Miss Lacy and
her sitting room. Mr. Percival found
a comfortable chair so closo at hand
that he had simply to sit down in it.
IIo sat down and felt very much at
homo. "It was only the second vol
ume of 'Fronde,' Miss Lacy, whicli 1
was going to borrow for half an
hour.1'
Sho picked a largo rosebud out of
the saucer and tossed it to him light
ly-
"Tho' sweetest of all roses,'' cried
she, "La France!" Will that do in
stead.
What made her say this? How-
could sho tell '? How could she guess 1
Of course it was accidental, yet it was
the name ot tlio woman he loved
Frances Lorrimer was always "Franco"
to those who loved her. lie smelt the
rose, and owned that it was sweet.
And ho felt very kindly to Septimus
Lacy's sister at that moment. What
clever creatures women were, to be
sure, no mused how Jrcsh and sweet
and orderly tho rooms they inhabited !
IIo leaned forward, and began to chat
pleasantly.
"I have often thought lately I
should liko to ask you a question,
Miss Lacy," said he "you are always
so Kind and indulgent to me I 1 wish
I had the courage to do it now," ho
continued, beginning to blush and to
stutter, and vigorously smelling his
rose.
"Take conraue," sho said very soft
ly, looking at him with half-closed
oyes.
"ottaroso sympathetic, you sec,
and so clever, and so "
He paused, looking up at her to see
if sho were laughing at him ; but, no
her faco only woro a look of half-ma
ternal interest.
"I know so little of the ways of
ladies, no said, "that 1 am a wavs
afraid of putting my foot into it ; but
l do beliovo you would hell) a poor,
blundering fellow out. You see, Miss
Lacy, 1 vo something on my mind. 'I
."Yes?" sho said, quietly interroga'
live,
"I supposo I Bhall havo to set up my
house presently," he went on "a ter
rible undertaking for a bachelor."
" ell, said she, encouragingly,
"Mil-ran a ready remedy.
His faco brightened, but ho shook
his head
"Now, do you think,
think," said he, '"that I
do you really
micrht venture
lo think asking a lady, clover and
awfully pretty (Ho was lookin
down now, and lost a tutting expres
sion in his companion s faco which
i . .i, -1 . i . ,, . . .
oeautiueii u woniieriuiiy.) "its so
much troublo for a lady, you see.'
"Troiddo?" said Miss Lacy. "Dear
me, no 1 ou aro too modest, Mr. Pe
cival. Tho right sort of a lady will
not mum troiioie."
no roso uneasily and catuo nearer,
Her heart beat a iittlo quicker thai
usual.
" ell, perhaps not, if I only know
how to put it to her 1 It isu't ovcry lady
wno wouui caro to snare
"Well," laughed Miss Lacy, "you
can oniy mid out iy nsuing Her.
"lo bo suro i nud if you think, Miss
Lacy you who know tho placo and
tho people, and the kind of lifo and all
that"
hho had pillowed her cheek on her
hand, and was watching him with eti
nous icuiierness.
"I think tho woman would bo
gooso that refused you," sho said, and
then tho door opened and Septimus
cainu in, in ins lost, dreamy way
it i in
"Hallo, I'oi'iival, I've been hunting
you, no saui. "ivo just lett that
book in your room 'I'Voiule,' you
know. What do you sav lo a walk
! over to King's Comet ? "Wo could d
1883.
it by 0 easily."
"lo no sure, with pleasure, ' said
Percival, lisiiifx t nnd in three minutes
thoy were gone, and Miss Lacy had
lot hoard tlin word sho was wailinc
for.
She frowned and tanned her foot
impatiently. "IIo will como back,"
sho said to herself, "or ho will wrile,"
and went to tho window and looked
out dreaming. "What a boy ho is?
What a dear, uiiEaiitL', simple-hearted
boy! Oil, he must como back to
morrow, perhaps lo-niiihl!" She
osscd into her bedroom nud sat
down before tho mirror. "Von will be
happy woman, after all," sho said.
nodding to her own reflection.
J Silt Percival did not como back.
and he never wrote, When ho return
ed from his walk ho found a telegram
summoning him to his mother. She
was dyiiiK, and ho started off by the
ight train to London,
Iho Jiastor holidays came on. and
Penny Uoyal was deserted by that
part of the population that hunt'
about and around the school. llovs
went home and inasleis went a travel
ing, beptnnus married and made for
Italy. Airs. Urquhart departed to a
seaside cottage at Sonneton, where sho
spent a large part of every year. And
Miss Lacy, after paying a few visits,
returned rather sadly to Penny Uoyal
and took a tiny lodging iust large
enough for herself and her piano.
I ler position was not nearly so pleas
ant as it had been before. She missed
tho lively, informal entrances and
exits of her brother's rooms. Sho sel-
om met Mr. Percival and almost
fancied he avoided her, aud iust at
this timo her small income was reduced
by the failure of an unlucky invest
ment. She bethought her of Mrs.
Urquhart and craved the comfort of
her friendly countenance. She appeal
ed out of her dreary mental desert
spiritedly.
"l md me some work if you can. I
am lonely, out of spirits, and out of
pocket. You know what I can do,
and I feel that I should liko for a
time to leave Penny Uoyal."
Airs. Urquhart at onco bestirred
herself as a friend should, and devised
scheme of relief. Half a dozen
pupils were gathered together, out of
tho homesteads of Sonneton, cozy
rooms wero taken and Miss Lacy ar-
ived with her music books aud French
grammars one lovely spring evening
on the top of the Sonneton coach,
comfortably wrapped in a fur cloak,
and alighted at tho mn door, where
her friend waited to welcome her.
The coach was full that day. Old
Sir Joseph Osborne was inside, with
his rugs and his crutches, and his man,
and his bag of di biscuits, and his
jouty leg; and a new mm lied couple
not yet awakened from love s first
dream, who cooed together on the
oof softly alt the way ; and four
young lads and their tutor, innocently
planning their six hours a day with
the classics, was in peace and fiesh
air, and destined to find there a spell
moro potent than those ancient ones
could wield, in thu real preseu iient of
tho things they imagined ; for hero
The worklus s.e.u advance to was'i tlioshoie,
Folt n-iilspcij tan nlon1; the leafy woods
And mountains whistle lathe murmu'lng Hood.
Will the boys sit poring over books
when the trout is leaping in the liver
and the sea rolling in gloriously upon
the beach in the beams of tho morning
sun ? Shut Virgil up, pitch old Stubbs
nto the cornei, and out into the world
that is all alive with the awakening
spring:
OnthOBreeutiiil your caieless llmlmMipl.iy,
And celebrate the Jllfhty Mother s day.
Mrs. Urquhart cheered up her friend
and drove the pupils awav from their
lessons in her own imperious fashion
when tho mornings came that every
one must bathe, or climb a hill, or run
down to tho beach to see the tide come
tn. ho ever worked hard al Sonne
ton? She know everybody, and canicd
her fiiend everywhere, and hero Miss
Lacy regained the agreeable conscious
ness that she was not left outsido the
world she lived in dolefullest sensa
tion in this world to flesh and blood.
A trilling adventure which occurred
on one of thesn rambles set tho indica
tor on tho weather-glass to -'cliaHLc."
and turned tho current of Miss Lacy's
fortunes in tlicir predestined channel.
Mrs. Urquhart, stumbling oyer an un
lucky loop of tho bramblo vine, fell
and dislocated her ankle, threo miles
from homo or auy human habitation or
help b.ivo Miss Lacy's presence and
ready wits. Sir Joseph Osborne,
driving that afternoon through the
valloy, very dull and cross in spite of
tho sunshine and tho wooing breeze,
swearing at tho hills, aud vowing ho
would go to Malvern in tho morning,
beheld tho handsome, brow.i-eved
woman ho know by sight nnnroaehincr
his carriage door.
"Sir Joseph," sho said, in her clear,
itiiet way, "I havo Mrs. irruuhart
here, unablu to move." And thu testy
old man, looking out, saw that lady
prono beneath a birchen tree.
What! what !' ho cried. MUtini?
his hand to his car to catch the htorv.
"Madame, personally, I am unfortu
nately helpless."
winy mo use oi your carnaL'o
home, Sir Joseph. Don't stir; vour
man ami J can nrratign it.
Mr Joseph watched tho slromr.
suppif, eapamo woman, as she suppoit
ed her fiiend, with thu keen, otxerv
i , ,
uui giaucu peculiar to nun, ner voice
entered his ears without eflort. She
sat opposite to htm as thev drove
homeward, and ho was aware of some
thing harmonious and soothing about
ner movenionis, nor toucli, her presence.
Mrs. Urquhart was confined to her
couch lor somo weary weeks, and Sir
Joseph called eveiy day to inquire and
cadolo and discuss tho weather and
talk to Miss Lacy, who was in constant
attendanco upon her suffeiing patient
i on havo made a eomiuest." said
that lively Iittlo lady. "What do you
say, my dear t I'm afraid he'd last a
little under lostcrmg care. Ho Biire
ami havo a handsome settlement,"
Then Miss Laoy told her secret
tho secret which was fretting her in
wnrdly. "I shall do better," said she,
ii i can marry jjerwent Percival.1
mm poiireu out mo loonsii woman s
story with nil the glamour and oxag
geralicii ot u woman'- fanev . rid
Mis. I quh.ut lintencil and'
su.muiliuod as her friend rove iVd ti
tiMiibli-,. pas-ions, h.ipif. and dou us
that wm poisoning her lite.
"Ho loves mo;1 said Miss Lacy "II
is tho odious gobsips of Penny Uoyal
UMKIAN, VOL. XVII NOW
C0MJMII1A
usautinT, voj,. zr.vir. no m
lh.it keep
us apart. His sonsitivn
sjyness is tineqnaled. Oh, I know
him I I havo studied him." She shed
a tear or two.
"V on aro ceitain
you aro not dr
ceived ?" said
so'emu eyes.
Mrs. Urquhait, with
"Deceived ? Quite impossible I Ho
madu mo an offer ono day which I
should havo accepted, but just at tho
critical moment Septimus catno in
niur.iiiK cieauiio i -ami wo iiavonot
uui unuiiiero iporiutlliy. JIO IBS IlllS-
THE COL
interpreted something. I should have the popular young master was ho Ion
been a happj; woman, and I should ger of the company. Ho had passed
u.itu iiiiiuu nun nappy, ine lasttiino
l saw Him his wistful look went to my
Heart. l he atmosphere at Penny
iv. ,n i.i i tut ui IHOCKIIIL' iat C lier.
fi-i.. i.. i i i , .
i uui, iiir. ocatoiicrti nan tested awav
my happiness I am conviuced. Ah !
if Percival' wcroonly hero in this peace
ful paiatlise, everything would bo set
lied directly."
"Shall Task him to come?" said Mm.
Urquhart.
"Ah I no, no ; no not think of it."
Hut Mrs. Urquhart did think of it.
She mused nnd pondered, and at last
sho boldly plunged iulo tho rescue of two
perishing parted lovers, and resolved
ou a gallant effort to save all. She sat
down and wrote to Mr. Parcival, sho
flattered herself, skilfully.
'I know you aro an angler," scrib
bled she. "What do voti say to a week
at Sanneton Tho Mayfly is out and
the livens in a splendid condition.
J erhaps it may be an inducement to
you if I say our mutual friend Miss
Lacy is here, invaluablo tome. I
have heard from her at last, dear Air.
I ercival, all the story of the trouble
and dilhculties of your cotutship of
mo proposal you made, winch sho was
never able to answer. Need I say
what simero pleasure it will give mo
if I can aid in any way to bring about
too explanation you mutually desire,
Sho does not know I am writing to you.
Do not betray, but givotno the instenso
pleasure of knowing I have been in
strumental in making two peoplo hap
py." Sho posted her letter and waited.
In two days sho received her an
swer :
DiiAit Mits. UuQintAirr : I am ex
ceedingly sorry I cannot avail myself
of your kind invitation to Sanneton. My
holiday is arranged elsewhere. Your
letter has sorely porpleped me. I can
only be explicit. Miss Lacy is, I fear,
laboring under somo extraordinary
hallucination. I certainly never havo
enteitained for her any sentiment be
yond a sincere respect and cardial lik
ing. I have never in my life dreamed
of making her a proposal of marriage,
and it is pet haps better to say at once
that my affections have becu long en
gaged in another quarter. Leaving
you to decide how best to disabtiso her
mind, and with sincercst gratitude to
yourself for your mostfriendlv. t much
mistaken, attempt to promote" my hap-
pint
ss, believe me,
very laithfully
your
DliltWCNT PllItClVAI.
Mrs. Urquhart sat perfectly still. She
was moro astounded and angry than
she had ever been in her life. That
she should have been duped, and that.
auss l.acy should have been capabloof
s'leit lony, awakened the bitterest sen
timents. Shame, vexation and perplex
ity took hold of her and shook her
like a storm. Had Miss Lacy been do
cuned ? Or was sho a deceiver? There
wei.i women who fancied every mnn
was "i love with them ; but Miss Lacy
. i- i .... - ... J
w .i no uiui. one is coquetting now
w ii b o old man, she sutl to herself,
a. ii in- sei; command in a paroxysm
of wounded pndoand indignation. The
little woman was in a tow ciing passion.
it was tinner the nilliience ot tho vehe
ment recoil that her next interview
with Miss Lacy look place. Its result
bore testimony to tho ruinous nature of
breach between bosom friends
shocked and humiliated by the final
u vol throw of her castle in tho air, and
mbittereil by the bitterness of her
friend, M'ss Lr -y yet emerged from
me ruins with some measure ot ilignitv.
c.i i ...... .-
one ma ic- an enort to appease anil re
capture her fiiend, but Mrs. Urquhart's
wratn nurneu too uerceiy and Her epi
thets stung. At tho insufferable word
degradation" Miss Lacy stood no. re
stored to net- normal attitudo ot easy
nonchalance. "I make no allowance
for your excitement," she said, "but
you will soon recover. (July your van
lty is wounded, Mrs. I rquhart. My
deeper hurt is naturally of secondary
moment, i win icavo you to ge
cool. Wo have blundered all around."
sho added, with supreme imperti
nance.
"Wo havo blundered !" cried Mrs.
I rquliart, with Hashing eyes. It was
the lust word ever exchanged between
these women, who never forgave each
other
Meanwhile Derwent Pei cival, con
vineed by this untoward Iittlo incident
that it would lie wiso to steer for thu
noveii oi matrimony, stole down at
Faster to tho quiet hamlet whero
V ranees Lorrimer passed her maiden
days. When ho stood at last at her
gate, tho gates of hor mother s house,
a tender tremor passed through him,
and ho leaned upon thu wooden bar.
iiuetly dreaming, lie was near her.
t-' y. ..... . r rt- i .
aomowuero not. nir on sue moved m
tho beautiful calm of her simpli', earnest
life, lie hail a fortnight before him.
It was tho very moment for wooing.
Ml nature was setting the example,
The rooks were cawing in tho tall limes
overhead Iho primroses wcro out
everywhere, delicate, dewy and fair,
i lieu a nearly voice hailed him. t he
voice of an ancient friend, fellow and
tutor of "Now College, for three vears
vicar of Hrent. "
"Hello ! Percival I didn't know von
wero expected here. I wrote to you this
morning," "
"JJitl you, Isiandoii ? Well, was vour
news paitieular ?"
'Decidoillv Mnn miinvin.r fi,i.
has happened that 1 should Uvbto tell
it 1 I'm going to bo married, you knnv
niter an.
"News, indeed !" cried Percival,
i t.i hum . ..
uiugnuig. "vi nan auer all your
vows ami stern denunciations of tho
sex t
1 1. i .i.... ii ..
--.mi i uiui was an vury well once
upon a tune, but I nm slain at last, ami
wii.i eoiiiu reMst lien
"Win ?" said Percival, coldly and cm i
ousiv.
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x in iu sue eoini s. was ti,o answer,
a.- i. opi ni-.l tim gite and went, for
waid tn meet I'liuuvs Lornuier, who
eauio down tho green woodland path
souiy sinning. Anil bo JJcrwcnt met
Her, nnd know with a swift agony of
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intuition that never in this world
should ho tell a woman that ho loved
her.
The summer term at Penny Uoyal
passed by. Air. I'ercivals house war,
full, and immensely popular ; he was
such a jolly beast, tho boys said, kept
such a rattling table1, gave sticu whop-
li.nir linn liri'na .Tllut nt dm nlr-an nf
the term scarlet fever broke out in tho
town. Somo boys In Peroival's house
c light it, and the school was disbanded
iiieni.nl lire v. W inn it Mini, nrrnin.
over to the ma only.
Mrs. Umuhart opened her Tunes of
the 17th of August unsuspicious of tho
ruin inim t wria i i-at itux to nvnkn. ' '..n
last mariiago In tho list brotighla cyni
cal smilo to her lips ;
"AIM baviors, raddinglon, ou tho
KUh instant by tlio He v. Septimus
Lacy, brother to the bride, Sir Joseph
Osborno Knight, to Pauline, daughter
of tho lato Hev Henry Lacy, rector of
Saidon, Worcestershire."
Isul the smile died away as tho next
announcement met her evo :
"Died, at Penny Uoyal, on the 10th
instant,'of scarlet fever, Derwent Perci
val, aged 27."
Lady Osborne also read her 7 Wiea that
mo nig, a.'d cried bitterly. Tcrnine
Jlar.
PotUville Property Holders Excited Over A
Forgotten Mortrraee.
From the Phila. l'rcss of July 20,
we take the following dispa:h: A
considerable excitement has been catis-
e. at Potlsville by the appearance of a
deputy United States marshal with
writs ol scire Jacias on a mortgago
covering seventy-eight acres of the
most thickly settled portion of tho
town, and of tho existence of whicli
none of the oOO or more propel ty own
ers over dreamed. The circumstance ',
as they have developed, aro as follow.
About 1810 tho old Schuylkill Hank of
Philadelphia established two branches
in the county, ono at Tainaqua and the
other at Port Carbon, thou the point of
coal shipment. The Port Carbon, branch
was tiiider tlio management ot Lcltcn s
Whitney.
At that time Charles Lawton was
one of the heaviest property owners in
1'iat section, and among other tracts
owned a hill to which lie gave his
name. Ho became embarrassed after
wards, the Schuylkill County branch
banks failed and involved tho old
Schulkill Hank hopelessly. The Hank
of Kentucky, then as now, ono of t.ie
leading financial instituitions of the
South, was one of the Philadelphia
bajk's principal ci editors, and taking
its assets assumed its liabilities. Among
the effects thus tinned over to the Ken
tucky's bank was an undivided two
thirds interest in tlio Eastern section of
Pottsville. In 18.13 Francis W. Hughes
purchased a large portion of thi hill.
In 1807 ho made an additional iur-
chase. The whole tract of seventy-
eight acres was sold in town lots and
has since been built up. No less than
,')l)0 buildings, a majority of the homes
of working people, but including some
of tho finest residences in town, have
been erected on the land.
Tlio purchasers of tho lots were nev
er informed that Hughes had given
moartgges to tho bank for a portion of
tho purchase money. Many of them
havo for thirty years lived on their
property unmindful of the existence of
these mortgages, whicli though com
paratively small at the timo they wcro
given, now amount to quue a lormida
blesum. The Hank of Kentucky forsev-
cral years past has been anxious to set
tle up its altairs in this section, nnd has
pressed Mr. Hughes for a final adjudi
cation of its claims. He disputed the
amount due, and claimed to havo re
ceipts for the sum with which he had not
been credited. These receipts wcro in
his private papers, and to go over the
latter was such a herculean task that
ho was unable to perforin it in tho stale
of his health.
Heeently Fergus G. Farquhar, act
ing as his attorney, confessed to Messrs.
iJullitt tfc Dale, of Philadelphia, conn
sel for the, judgment for the amount
ch.imed. Ou learning of this, Mr.
Hughes repudiated Farquharnnd warn
ed the court officials hero against the
entry of the confession. A rule was
taken to show cause why it should not
bo entered, but this was never nut ou
record, and litigation in that diieetion
has been suspended, while a new form
is in process. This is to foreclose tho
mortgages through the United States
District Court, aud writs signed by
Chief Justice Morrison are now being
served ou the defenceless lot-owners.
1 he amount claimed in tho mortgages
is over $17,000. Mr, Hughes has no
other property from which this can bo
realized the attorneys tor tho bank
express their sorrow that they will bo
compelled to sell out innocent lot own
ers, but suv that thev could not bo ex
pected to give other notice than lhe
cotut records contain of tho existence
of the moitgages, and that purchasers
took lhe property with tho encum
brance at their own peril.
Vines oa Houses.
It is generally supposed, says the
Antcriran Garden, that vines make
houses damp, for which reason there
not nearly as many cottages and
houses beautified with vines as there
should be. It is only when tho climb-
ers are allowed to cover tho eaves aud
obstruct tho gutters, or find their way
under the shingle, tint they become
objectionable, and these conditions
should, of course, bo carefuly guarded
against. The d'urdeiiers Manthhi's
remarks in this respect aro well laken :
"Vines should always bo kept cut down
below the roof. It is a Iittlo troub'.o to
'In this onco a vear, but wo cannot get
even our shoes blackened without somo
trouble. I hose who know how beau
llful nm' cosy I00'-''1 u v'"10 covered cot-
. . .1 I... .
lam- win not oujeei to tno lew nours'
lolwr it i equi i es to keep vines from
utohping up tho gutter. Vines really
make a wall dry. Tho millions of
rootlets by which thoy absorb water
and an examination will prove n vino
covered wall lo bo as 'dry as
an old bone.' Ono great ad vantage of
a vino covered cottage, not often
thought of, is that it is cooler In sum
mer and witi.tnt in winter than where
then ii bill a nuie nakul wall."
A colored camp riveting. iuar Haiti
more, was struch by lightning. Thero
was a gieatpanio,but little damage was
done.