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May 20, '81.
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Attorney-at-Law,
ALSO
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2ml lloor, Bloomsburg, Pu. npr 13 '83
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Attorney-at-Law.
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.Onice. llrock vay'a uulldlne :ist door,
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, in Columbian Uutldlntr,
0
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I)
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Uloonnburs, P
Dlt. WM. M. UKIIKIl, Surgeon and
I'ujlolii, oiUjiDMirof lUokaod Market
o.iult.
f It KVAMS, M. D.. S irgain and
l .Physio in, (oiloe and Rsildence on Third
atroit,
JAMES REILLY,
Tonsot'ial Artist.
airaladthUoM stand under B&9ILN!3
lloruu and has an usual a Vliwr-CLASS
BAUUKttauop. llo respectfully sollolts the
patrouaio o( ills old oustomers and of the publlo
ttonerally. Jlyl6,'80-tt
EXOHANCJB HOTEL.
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOMSBUna, FA.
OPPOSITE OOUHT HOUSE.
L rkji And convenient sample room. Hath rooms
nit anUol 1 wiwr.ind U modern convenience
y H. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
Bu)ou.iiiuik),Coi,umiiia Countv, Pa.
All Htvis if work done In a superior manner, work
warraiitd as represented Ttu Kitkact
in wiruoor Pain by the uso of Oas. and
free of charge onen artificial teeth
are Inserted,
omce over lltoocnuurif Banking Company,
7o be open at all Koun during the rfaj
Nir.KMy
HUBSOIHBE FOR
THE COLUMBIAN,
$1.00 A YEAR .
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OF-
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GOODS, LOW pffCfJi
-"L1"100' Confectionery, Frultn, Nuts. Clg.
nrs.'Iobaccos, lipes, Christmas tree trlminlnA
nnd a lanro Rtock or 8nir inr. . E ,i.i...?2?
nt - ' ' iiuimajn,
WltolcsnIc ana Retail.
-i
Meerschaum Pipes, Cigar Holders, Cigar Cases.
rhteJS1!0 a'$ on" ,S00lU 8iiltal?I0 for the
Christmas trade. County dealers should consult
our prices before purchasing elsewhere.
IfNext to Court House.
f opt. 28-3m
E. B. 8R0WER,
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DEALER
STOVES &TINWARE.
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attended to.
tif Strict attention given to'heatlng by steam.
Corner of Main & East Sts ,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Continued rom Uut week.)
How Watch Cases are Made.
Tno many great improvements intrc
d uu.i in tlio nuuiufacture of tho Jos. Boss'
(lolil Watch Case, have led ta similar im
provements in the making of silver cases.
Under the old methods, each part of a
tiiver cao was made of several pieces of
nittal tolderud together, requiring a great
iiMionnt of cutting nnd soldering, which
MUeueil the metal and gave it tho pliability
of lend rather than the elasticity u silver.
Under tho improved methods, e ith part
of t!.e Keystone Silver Watch iso is linulo
of iniu Milid piece of metal liaumc- into
sli.ipv. The advantages are readily appar
ent, for every ono knows that hammering
hardens the metal while solderingsoftensit.
lo tent tho superiority of tho Keystone
Silver Watch Case, tako one of 3 oz. weight,
pros it squarely in tho ccntcTwhen closed,
mid it will not give, while-a caso of tarna
l iyht of any other make will give enough
tul. reak the crystal. The Keystone Silver
Walih Case is mado only with silver cap
and gold joints.
8, n.l S rpnl .lamp to Kffitont W.tch fai. F.ttnrtM. rhllt
ill l.hU, I'll., fur h.DiLoBtt lllmtmt.il r.Bikl.l huiila b
Jaw, llt.' villi fcej.toli. Wtuh Cut. r. Btdc.
(7b U conlinueci.) t
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siding in other cities, who arc
known to our house, or who will
favor us with satisfactory refer
ences, such articles in our line
as may be desired on approval,
tha application stating require
ments and price.
The selection will be carefully
made with judgment a'nd taste,
from the newest and most de
sirable goods in our store, and
prices in plain figures marked
upon each piece.
Orders by mail for wedding
or other gifts, if entrusted to us,
will receive our most particular
attention.
Correspondence, as to r esti
mates, prices, or other desired in
formation, is respectfully solicited,
J. E. Cai.dwixi. & Co.,
Jewelers, Silversmiths, Importers,
902 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.
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OBOCJOOOOQOOOOOeO
F. HARTMAN
RKFKK8INTS TUB KOLWWINU
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
North American ot Phlladclphl 1.
Franklin, " "
Pennsylvania, " "
York, of Pennsylvania.
Hanover, of N. Y.
Oueens, of London.
North British, of Imdon,
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oct. iJ.W-ly
17REAS BROWN'S 1WSURANCE
AOBSCY. Mover's new building, Main
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Assets.
Etna Insurance Co.. of Hartford. Conn. I7.078.5J1
Royal ot Liverpool 13,500,000
Lancashire 10,0110,000
Fire Association, Philadelphia 4.163,117
Phconli, of London B,!6S,9T9
London S Lancashire, of England....... 1,703,816
llarttorlof Hartford.. s.sts.eso
sprlugdeld I'lro and Marine ..os.,680
As the agencies are direct, policies aro written
for the Insured without any delay In the
oiilco at Bloomsburg. Oct, 88, 'Sl-ir,
jpiRE INSURANCE.
CHRISTIAN V, KNAPP, BLOOMSBURO, PA,
HOME, OF N. Y.
MERCHANTS', OF NEWARK, N. J.
CLINTOM. N. V.
PEOPLES' N. Y,
READINU, PA.
'rhese old coxroRATiONs are wen seasoned by
avo and rins tsstid and havo never yet had a
lois settled by any court of law Their assets
aro alllnvostd In solid sBcommsand are lUble
to tba hazard of nai only.
Los3es rsoNi-TLT and honistlt adjusted and
rata as soon as aetorminea uy uubibtian r,
IXNArr. tPKCUI. AU1NT AND ADJDSTIK BLOOMS'
iuaa, pa.
TheDeoMeofOol'imbU ojunty should patron'
lie the agency where losses If any are settled
ana will nr nnw 01 iiipir own ruiztsoa.
PROMPTNESS, KIJUITY, FAIR UKALINQ.
iuictiic4iini3ti:
11ml Couth byrop. Tuttairood.
It.. In llmo Mi.livrirn.uUli I
JaD-ta5'd
Tlu dlsplrty of ItcfiilyOImlo
Ciotling iih4 tho Low rrlccN ur
rrst (ho attention nnd woiitlcr
111 cut of ct'ory pnsitcr by, nnd
vlMltorti to tiic city must nut. for
got to reckon our Htock among
tli CH. glits irortli scolng. To tlio
ciin't-got-nwaj'N" we say :
SEXW FOR SillPLUS
fl. C. YATES & CO.
MierBiiiIi,Uniil&n
PHILADELPHIA.
Sept 7
Km only knoirn rpcc'no for Epileptic Tin, "CJ
Also for f jasrr.i a.A 1 ulEu J Rictness. Nrrrou.
Weil nen It Instantly rilloca end cures. Clcantci
blood and qulckras elussl.h ctrrulatlon. Keutra
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THiroe sail
ugly MotclM nnd ttuWiom blood sores. Ellmlniitel
Bolla, Carbunclca and ScaliX tt7I'crraancctly and
promptly cures paralysis. Yes, It Is a chancing and
healthful Aperient. Ellis Scrofula and Kings Evil,
twin brothers. Changes Lad breath to good, rcmor-
lng the cacic. ".outs bilious tendencies and malccs
clear complexion. Equalled by none In the delirium
of fctcr. A charming resolvent and a matchkss
laxative. It drives Sick IIcadai.-.io like tlio wind.
t7"Contalns no drastic cathartic or opiates. licllcvcs
(HE GBtffi
CHlERlVlEXGlOlQlUlElal9lRD
the brain uf morbid ancles. 1'rumptl curt-s I.hcu
matlbra by routing It. Restores Hfe-BlvlDg proper
ties to tho LlooJ. Is euarattced to cure all reri ors
dliorders. dTKel'ablo ubca all opiates fjll.
freshes tlio znlnd end Invigorates thu body. Curcu
ujrLt:Dia or money rtiunucu.
Dlscoscsof thetloodownltacor.fiucrcr. Endortcd
la writing by ovrr fifty thousand leailhg cltlnr.s,
clergymen and plij .li-lar.s In U. S. and Europe.
EZTor sale all hading ilrugiilsti. tlio.
The Dr. S. A. Plrlmond Medical Co. Pros.,
tit. Joseph, Mo. (S)
Charles N. Crittcnlon, Atcnt, Kew York City.
STRENGTH
to vigorously push a business,
strength to study a profession,
strength to regulate a household,
strength to do a day's labor with
out physical pain. All this repre
sents what is wanted, In the often
heard expression, "Oh I I wish I
had the strength!" If you are
broken down, have not energy, or
feel as if life was hardly worth liv
ing, you can be relieved and re
stored to robust health and strength
by taking BROWN'S IRON BIT
TERS, which Is a true tonic a
medicine universally recommended
for all wasting diseases.
soi Ni Fremont St., Baltimore
During the war I was in
jured in the ttomach by a piece
of a shell, and have suffered
fromitevcrsince. Aboutfour
years ago it brought on paraly
sis, which kept me in bed six
months, nnd the best doctors
in the city said I could not
live. I suffered fearfully from
indigestion, and for over two
vars could not eat solid food
and for a large portion of the
time was unable to retain even
liquid nourishment! I tried
lirown's Iron Bitters and now
after taking two bottles I am
able to get up and go around
and am rapidly improving.
G. Decker.
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS is
a complete and sure remedy for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Malaria,
Weakness and all diseases requir
ing a true, reliable, non-alcoholic
tonic. It enriches the blood, gives
new life to the muscles and tone
to the nerves.
IT AT T 'G VEGETABLE
JdLiilili D SICILIAN
Hair Renewer.
The Itcat la tho Cheapest.
Safety t lkounmyll Certainty nf C001I
lUmulUIII
These qualities are of prime Importance In tho
selection of a preparation for tho hair. Do not
experiment with now remedies which may do
harm rather than good ; but profit by tho ex
perience of others, II uy and uso with perfect
eonn.iciieo an article vhlch everybody knows
to be good. Hall's Haiu Hexewuii will not
disappoint you.
rnKrATirn nr
It. 1 Hall & Co., Nashua, N.H.
Sold by all Druggists.
AINWRICHT (a CO.,
WHOLESALE OllOCERS,
Philadelphia
CK Ki, SYRUPS, COPEE, SUQ Alt, MOL VSSLS
KICS, SriOtS, UIOIKS SODA, 0,, -VC,
N. E. Corner Second and Arch streets,
reorders win rooclvo promptattentlon
lHEESIFiL8j
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
.. .SELEC118TQRYV
A QIBL'8 TOLLY.
A rlmatl, stiporlor cottacro of bright
rod brick, sweet-scented wootlbino
trailing over its rustlo porch, a green
lawn boforo it surrounded by llowers,
nnd' n olmrniltig country landsc.lpo
Bprtht'ling out in tho distance. In
side, in !u omall but very pretty par
lor, 011 tlio red tablo cover, waited tlio
tea try, with iU cups and sauoers. Tho
window stood open to tho sill, warm
autumn air, and tho French porcelain
clock on tho untitle- pio jo was striking
five.
A Blender girl of somo 20 years
came in. Sho was very lovely. But
her bright blue oyes bore a sort of
weary or discontented look, nnd her
bright brown hair was somewhat ruffled.
Sho wore a pi hit washing dross of
black and white, neither very smooth
nor very fresh, and a laco neck col
lar fastened with a bow of black rib
bon. She had made an appointment to
meet Reginald Vavasour, a rich young,
gentleman who has mado her acquain
tance down by tho willow walk, and
her lover, Thomas Watkyn, has told
her he could call that evening-. Just
before he left ho said:
"Mav I ask you to do tno a littlo
favor. Thomas 1"
"What is it ?" ho repeated.
"If you would not very much mind
Koing homo by the hill nnd would
leave this noto at Miss Ford's. I par
ticularly wish her to havo it this even
ing.'
II1 paused for an instant, not reply-
tig. alio went on, hurriedly :
"I sec that it is disagreeable to vou.
I havo offended vou too much."
"Not that," ho answered, holdintr
out his hand for tho note. "But 1 can
hardly spare the time for the long way
this morning, as I havo to call at Kil
lick's for ray father. However " ho
said no more, but took tho note.
"Good bye, Thomas."
"Good bye."
"I'm glad ho took the noto I I shall
bo safe now.
Miss Alison Recce was a clever
young lady. Mho direct and near
way to Mr. Watkyn s homo would
lead him pa9t tho willow walk. Sho
had devised this impromtu note to her
dressmaker in the afternoon to prevent
is taking that usual route. Had ho
seen young Vavasour cooling his heels
within tho prccints of tho willow' walk
ho would inevitably suspect he was
waiting to keep a lover's tryst.
Alison was busy in tlio kitchen next
morning when she heard her mother
pen tlio trout door and somo one
come in. "It is that chattering Mrs.
Bennett," thought she, as sho dried
the teaspoons.
"Allison, come here, called her
mother, in a quick voice,
blio went to tho parlor iust as she
was her sleeves turned back at tho
wrist, a largo brown Holland apron on.
Very pretty sho looked with it all. But
it was not Mrs. Bennett who sat with
her mother j it was a venerable, white
haired old gentleman Mr. Watkyn,
the elder.
"I am come to ask about Thomas,"
said he. "I belicvo he came hero last
night, Miss Alison j at what lime did
ho leavo you t"
A prediction 6trnck her with a sort
f terror that something was wrontr.
Ho left quito early," she faltered.
"Well, ho has never come home.
"Not come homo 1" she said, with a
whitening face.
"1 sat .up till lo clock, and then I
thought tho mist must have kept him ;
that he had stayed at some friend's
house. 1 knew not what to think, and
that ho would bo homo the first thing
this morning. But wo havo not' seon
him, and I cannot hear of him."
Mrs. Reeue was impressed with the
frightened, guilty look that Alison
could not keep out of her countenance,
and began to feel uneasy. "Cannot
on tell what time it was when ho left
you 1" she demanded, sternly.
"It was after dusK. It was pist
titer sunset before the mist camo on.
It must havo been near 7 o'clock."
"Which road did ho tako ?" pursued
Mrs. Recce. And very reluctantly
Alison answered, for she foresaw it
would bring on further questioning.
"llio long road rouml by the hill. '
"Round by tho hill t" echoed Mr.
Watkyn, in alarmed surprise. "Why
did ho tako that way ?"
Alison Hushed and paletl alternately;
her lips wcro trembling. Tho fear
creeping upon her was that ho and
young Vavasour had met and quarrel
Ml. rerhaps fought and injured one
nnotlier tatally. In theso dread mo
ments of suspenso the mind !b apt to
coujuro up far-fetched and unlikely
tllOllglllS.
"I asked him to co round that way.
sho replied, in a timid tone. "I wanted
him to leavo a noto for mo at the dress
maker's."
Old Mr. Watkyn sank into a chair,
putiing his liana betoro Ins troubled lace,
'I sec it all, he breathed faintly. "Ho
must havo fallen down tho Soar."
Alison uttered a scream of horror.
"Deceivod by the mist, ho must havo
walked too near tho eiltrc, continued
tho old man. "Heaven grant that it
may not bo so, but I fear it. Was ho
mad, to attempt to cross tho plateau on
sucii a uigiitT
Catching up Ins tint, Mr. Watkyn
went out swiftly. Mrs. Reeco grabbed
her daughter's hands. Thoy wcro icy
com.
"Alison, wnat passed between vou
and i nomas last nigntr
"uon t ask me, mother. Let mo
follow Mr. Watkyn. I cannot rest in
doors. Oh, it cannot, cannot bo as ho
fears V
in oi ono step until you tell mo
what passed," said tho mother, firmly
"1 hero a moro in all tins than meets
the oyc.
"IIo asked mo to glvo up talkin
to Mr. Vavasour."
"And you refused. Well t"
"IIo told ran that I must choose be
tween thuni,'' continued Alison, burst
ing into tears. "Uli, motlior, It was
all my folly, my temper i ho could not
bco that, and when he went away he
salu no wont tor good.'
Mrs, Reeco drow in her thin lii
.1 C.I . 1 f I I '
siermy. one was ininKing.
"Aim wiiai does it moan about your
giving turn a noto tor tho dressmaker I
I do not understand. You had not!
ing to writo about." ft
The girl had got her hands frco and
thing them about her face to deaden
tho sobs. But Mrs. Reeco was a res
olutc mother nt times, and oxtortcd tho
confession. Alison had improvised
tho noto and sent Thomas around tho
long way to deliver It, and so keep
him from passing by tho willow
walk.
"Oh, child, child 1" moaned the dis
mayed woman t "if ho has iudood
fallen over tho Scar It is you who have
given It i in his death.'
And it proved to bo so. In taking
the two miles round between the cot
tago and farm, a high and porpcndicit
lar precipice, called tho Scar, had to
bo passed. Tho tableland or plateau
on tho top was wido and a perfectly
safe road by daylight, slnco a travolor
could keep as far from tho unprotected
tigo as lie pleased, but on a dark
Ight or in a log it was most danger
ous. Uecoived by tlio mist of tho pro-
vious night, Thomas Watkyn must
have drawn near the edco unwlttinir-
ly and fallen over it. Thero ho lav. on
tho sharp rook, when tho poor father
and others went to look for him, his
deathlike faco upturned towaid the
bluo Bky.
bpenk to me, Thomas, speak to
mo 1" wailed Alison, quito beside her
self with remorse and grief, as sho
knelt bv him, wringing her hands.
Oh, Thomas, Rpeak to mo 1 I loved
you all tho while."
But Thomas neither spoko nor
moved. Tlio voico that had nothing
but tender word3 was silent now ; tho
cart sho had so gnoved might nover
beat in sorrow or joy again.
rso person had seen or spoken with
him after quilting her tho previous
night, save tho dressmaker, littlo in
dustrious Miss Ford. Sho had answer-
d his knock herself, she related, and
c put tho noto into her hands, saving
Miss Recce had asked him to leavo it
in passing. "What a thick mist ltds
that has como on," he remarked to her
in his pleasant, chatty way. "Aye, it
indeed, sir, sho answered, aud shut
her door as ho walked away.
L or many weeks All sou Hecco lay
11 with brain fever, hovering between
lifo and death. Some pcoplo said it
was tho shock that made her ill and
took her senses away ; others thought
that she must havo loved tho poor
young man to distraction ; no
one, save her mother, knew it was the
memory of her last interview with
him, and tho scheming to send him on
tno route that led to this accident, that
ad well nigh killed her. But tlio
young are strong in their tenacity of
life, and sho. grew better by slow de
grees,
One warm April afternoon, when
tho winter mouths had given place to
spring, Alison, leaning upon tho arm
t her mother, went to sit on tho porch.
Sho was very feeble yet. It was the
first timo she had sat there
since that
memoraiilo evening with her ill fated
lover. There she remained thinking
ind dreaming. They could not per-
uade her to como m, and so wrapped
hot in a warm shawl.
Sunset' came on, and was almost as
beautiful, curious, perhaps, that it
should be so, as tho one ho and sho had
watched together more than six months
before. The brilliant beams shono
liko molten gold in tho glowing West,
tho bluo sky around was decked with
pink and amethyst. Alison's eyes
ere hxed on the lovely sceno with an
enraptured gaze, her lips slightly part-
with emotion.
"Alison, what aro you thinking of f
"Of him, mother. Of his happiness.
Ho is living in all that glorious beauty.
think there must havo been an un
conscious provision in Ins mind by
what ho said that evening as wo watch
ed it, that he should soon bo there.
Oh, mother, I wish I was going to
him 1 I wish I could bo with him to
morrow.'1
Tho mother paused : sho felt inclin
ed to say something, but she feared
the agitation it might cause.
"Well, well, child, you aro getting
better," sho presently answered.
les, l do get better, sighed the
girl. "I supposo it pleased God that I
lionld.
"Tlino soothes all things, Alison. In
timo you will bo strong again and able
to fulfill life's various duties with a
zest. Trials aro good oh, so very
good! for the soul. But for meeting
with them wo might never learn tho
way to heaven."
Alison did not answer. Her feeble
ands were clasped in silent prayer,
er faeo was lifted to the glories of tho
evening sky.
it was at tho same sunset hour an
evening or two later that Alison, who
was picking up strength daily, strolled
away to tho churchyard. Sho wanted
to look for a nowly mado grave in
that corner, whero so many of the
Watkyns lay buried. Sho could not
seo it; the same gravestones that wcro
thero beloro were
there now. Thero
was no fresh ono.
"Perhaps thoy opened the old vault
tor linn, thought Alison, as sho sat
down on a benoh just iusido the gate,
lor sho was too weak to walk back
again without a rest.
Tho sun was going down to night
without any loveliness, just as n crim
son ball, which seemed to givo red
light to tho ntmosphere, and to light
up redly tho face of a pale, tottering
man, who was coming up to tho gato
by tho heh) of a stick. Ho halted
when ho reached it. Alison turned
sick nnd faint with all manner of
er ui
emotions as sho gazed at him, friirht
hPinrr unnnrtiioMt.
"Alison I
f .
Thomas 1"
He held out his hand : ho camo iu
sido ; his pale, sail face wore for her
its old, sweet expression,
"Uli, ihotnn, I thought you were
load 1" she burst out in a storm of
nobs.. "I ciuuo hero to look for vour
grave. I thought I had killed you 1"
'llioy thought 1 was dead at lirst.
ihoy thought for a long while that I
should die," ho answered, as ho sat
down dcsltlo hor, keeping hor hands n
his. "isut tho sklltul medical men
have raised me up, under God. I hopo
in timo to bo strong nnd well again.
"Uan you ever forgtvo mo ! sho
wailed, bitter, painful tears falling
down hor cheeks liko rain. I shall
never forgive myself.
"Not 1 hen you must atone to mo
instead, Alison, no all the moro
loving to mo (luring our future lives.
we must pass mem together, my
dear,
"Do you mean it still t" sho gasped
"Oh, Thomas, how good and true yon
nro, If I can only bo a littlo bit
worthy of you."
Thoy walked homo slowly, arm jn
23, 1883.
arm. Neither could walk fast yet.
Mrs. Reeco camo to tho porch to meet
them. God Is full of mercy, sho
thought.
"I did not toll hor, Thomas," alio
said ; "she was bo dreadfully low
when alio camo out of tho fover. I
meant to toll her to-night."
"I havo told her myself t It was best
so," answered Thomas Watkyn.
Druggists' Profits.
"I supposo you nro tolerably familiar
tvith druggists and tho drug trado t"
said n Chicago 2'ribunc reporter to a
"traveling man" whoso opportunities
for going behind tho returns nro un
excelled. "Well, rather," answered tho drum
mer. "I flatter myself that I know a
thing or two nbout the business."
"I wish you would give rac on the
square, you know an idea of the
profits of a proscription druggist."
"Well, it's hard to flguro it out ox
nctly or oven to average it. You see,
tho timo consumed in making up n
prescription, the cost of the drugs, etc.,
vnry greatly, and besides, druggists
have different ways of charging for
them j but I'll givo you an actual oc
currence and you may judge for your
self. I was selling somo goods to a
druggist, nn old customer of our house,
one day in a town not a thousand
miles from this city, when a man camo
in for a prescription which ho had pro.
viously ordered. 'How much is it t
ho asked. 'Sixty-five cents,' answered
tho druggist. 'Isn't that pretty steep t'
asked tho man. 'Oh, no; we couldn't
afford to put it up for a cent loss,' an
swcwl tho druggist, with every ap
pearance of frankness. After I had
finished my business with tho druggist,
said I, smiling, 'Say, Smith, just for
fun, let's figure up what that 05-cent
prescription cost you.' 'All right,'
said he, smiling also. So we figured it
up carefully, including every possible
item his time at tho rato of $5 a day,
tho cost of tho drugs, bottle, label,
cork, twine, wrapping paper, etc Tho
calculation was rather difficult at times,
seeing that the labels cost but 28 cents
pet 1,000, tho corks 24 cents per gross,
etc. ; but wo stuck to it, aud tho most
wo could make that 05-cent prescrip
tion cost was 0 cents. It happened
to bo Jono which required no mixing
and the component parts were cheap ;
but I guess it was a fair sample, all tho
same. By tho way, did you ever
notice that a druggist seldom chargss
25, 50 or 75 cents for a prescription ?
IIo charges 20 or 30, 45 or 55, 75 or 80
cents. It looks as though ho was
I charging upon a fixed scale, instead of
1 : - !. ...!.t. i!i l .
guessing uv u, wuti ;i nuurai margin
for profit, you see. It looks better.
t0? e3Pec'!l!'y druggist stops and
thinks a moment betoro announcing
tho price. Druggists sizo up their
customers and chargo accordingly,
with an extra dimo or quarter added if
tho customer is unfortunate enough to
be a trlflo green."
An Elephant's Reasoning Powers.
An elephant belonging to an engi
neer officer, says an oxchange, had a
disease in h'i3 eyes and had for three
days been completely blind. His own
er "asked Dr. Webb, a physician, if he
ould do anything for the relief of tho
animal. Dr. Webb replied that he
was willing to try on one of tho oyes
the effect of nitrate of silver, which was
a remedy commonly used for similar
diseases of the human eye. Tho ani
mal was aceoidingly mado to ho down,
and when tho nitrate of silver was ap
plied uttered a peculiar roar at tho
acuto pain it occasioned. But tho ef-
lect was wonderful, lor the evo was m
a great degree restored, and the ole
pliant could partially see. Tlu doctor
was in consequence readv to operate
similarly on tho other eye on tho fol- j
lowing day, and tho animal, when ho
was brought out and heard the doctor s
voice, lav down nf himself, nl.innd his
head ouietlv on ono side, curled no his
trunk, drew in his breath liko a human
being about to endure a painful opera
tion, gave a sigh of reliof when it was
over, and then, bv motion of his trunk
and other gestures, gavo evident signs
ot wishing to express Ins gratitude.
Here, wo plainly seo in tho elephant
memory, understanding and roasoning
from one thing to another. Tho am
mal remembered tho benefitth.it ho
nad lelt trom the application to one
eye, and when he was brought to tho
samo placo on tho following day, and
hoard tho operator s voice, ho conclud
ed that a like service was to bo dono
to his other eye.
The Power of the Press.
A burgular, whilo attempting to rob
a' bloated bond holder of Marysville, by
raisiaito got into tno numiilo residence
ot on editor next door. Alter nnsno-
cessiuiiy tumbling nrouiid lor somo
timo ho was disgusted to seo tln' ten
ant of tho house sitting up in bed and
laughing nt aim.
'Am t you old akuidcrson tho capi
talist?' inquired the bold hoiiso-brcak-
cr.
Nary a time,' replied the journal
ist ; 'I'm tho editor of the Screaming
liagio.'
Great bcott I ' Haiti tha burgul ir,
looking at his stotn winder, 'ami hero
1 vo been wastini lour blooming hours
on this branch almshouse. I say, old
.,iii .i-.. .... .. r .V
IV.V".":!":;'
uuufu,,t
Not tho cash ones.'
'Exactly,' said tho burgular, taking
out his wallet ; hero's six months sub
scription to call this thing square. If
there's ono thing on this uarth I cau't
stand it s satire.
A Now York broker, who left tho
street three or four years ago, ono d.iy
received a call from a man up tho river,
who announced that old Blank was
dead.
"Old Blank. Yes, I remember him :
so ho is dead!
"es, and his heirs nro trying to
break tho will."
"Thoy nro t"
"Yes and thoy are going to prove he
was crazy. They want you as a wit
ness.
"Want me? Why I know nothing of
the old man oxcent that Ilonoo invested
10,000 for him
"Wc that's id thov OYiinnt. in ninvn
bv vou.'1
.. ' t
"What oh r
.tv;. . ...
"Why if you'll como into court a,nd
swear that tho old man let vou have
9iu,uuu to invest tor nun tno case is
mado out. When oati you coinu""
Ho never went.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XVH.N0 47
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. XLVII, NO 38
The Court is Learning,
The Pullman pnlaco oar company
will not relish tho decision just mado
by our supremo court, which holds it
responsible lor thefts from tho passen
ger it onirics, unless it can show to
tho satisfaction of tho jury
that It took proper enro to pre
vent such thefts. As n jury will bo
likely to bo oonvlnced that suoh proper
csro has not been taken, whon a theft
is proved, tho decision practically makes
tho Pullman company responsible for
anything stolen from those 1c carries.
It seems to bo rather a hard decision
for tho comnanv. Oarvintr tiasspnrrnrn
packed away hi the sardine liko man-
nor of tho sleeping coach, it is not easy
to see how tho utmost vigilanco would
mako thoft impossible. Tho decision
really subjects the Pullman company
to tho liability of the hotel keeper or
common carrier, although tho court
seems to concede that It Is not either.
Tlio company can probably reliovo
itself from responsibility by requiring
all its passengers, who desiro to hold it
responsible for their losses, to deposit
their valuables with the car conductor ;
though this may bo a remedy worso
than tho disease, since a certain pro
portion of tho conductors would be apt
to skip when thoy had a tempting sura
on hand.
Probably the decision of our court is
a righteous one, if it did tako a littlo
judicial legislation to bring it out. T he
Pullman company charges enough to
enable it to pay all tho losses its passen
gers suffer from theft. In truth, thero
is no duty that the court can impose
on a carrying company which will not
bo welcomed by tho public. Wo trust
this is the beginning of a series of de
cisions by our supremo court, intended
to protect tho public from the many
impositions of tho railroad companies.
Tho court has not heretofore been con
spicuously thus inclined. It is learn
ing. Lancaster Intelligencer.
The English Christmas,
11)0 lingllSll Christmas tradition
UiakeS gOOd Cheer the IllOrV Of tllO daV.
. ...i. "t i. i"
ruiio nB, wiibii jiumii .
giuiiiiij- ma uutuui, xvuuuy iiiuutiuwa
was the "character artist" of tho lllus
trated London News, and its chief
holiday pictures were drawn bv him.
They wero all scenes of eating and
drinking, of games and jollity. They
were full of bottles and smoking bowls,
of roast beef and plum-pudding and
minco-pie, of burning brandy aud kiss
log under tho mistletoe. "Old Christ
mas was represented as a flowing-
boarded satyr crowned with ivy and
pouring out huge flagons of wine, or
as a rollicking boon companion stretch
ing out ono hand to tho spectator over
decanters and jug3 and glasses, while
the other holds an open tankard. The
typical faces of tho Chrismas figures
worn those of tho rubicund middle-class
John Bull, and his hearty daughter
gayly resisting tho efforts of tho young
soldier Irving's Julia and tho Captain
to draw nor under the perimssiyo
uuufju , ui in uiu uiiAuui uiiiiiuueiiiittiu
and greedy children in a frenzy of de-
light over the smoking plum-pudding.
Christmas, according to theso delecta-
ble pictures, was all guzzling and gob-
uiing, lovo-maKing ana other blind-
raans-buff ; and as tho reader of to-day
looks with amused curiosity at theso
holiday sketches of yesterday, ho too,
like the stranger by the nro in lirace-
bridgo Hall, through all tho fun nnd
the feasting, hears tho music of tho old
Uhnstmas song :
'"Twas Christ itas broached the might
iest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ;
A Christmas cambol oft would cheer
Tho poor man's heart through half tho
year.
This is the epirit of Dickens' Christ
mas, and ot Thackeray s, and, m a
SreaJ "egree, ot Irving s, touched in
",l Vl Ulu,u "J lllu '"-"' uuuiiniiiitiiuii
sentiment, It is thn traditional ling
Hsh Christmas when no man should
8 hungry. For thero is no joy upon
an empty stomach oxcept, indeed, tho
linn ecsiacy ot tno starving saints in
old pictures, and they were already do
humanized. This is a Christian truth
which asceticism has forgotten. To
identify squalor, emaciation, and deni
al ot nil human delights with especial
sanctity was to degrade tho rich and
generous religious spirit which taught
that all the world is lor man s benclit
and pleasure. It was Georgo Herbert
of whom Richard Baxter said that he
Bang as one whose business in this
world was most with God, and
whoso beautiful lines,
"Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
aiio uriuui oi tno cartii ana sKy,"
aro as fresh as when thoy wero written;
who also said,
"For us tho winds do blow,
The earth doth rest, heavens move, and
lountnins now :
Nothing wo see but means our good.
As our delight or ns our treasure :
Tho whole Is cither our cupboards of fond,
ur eauinel ot pleasure."
Ulinstiaiuty does not decliuo nny
wholesome uso or beauty of tho world,
and it would bo a sorry preacher in tho
church embowored and scented with
Christmas greens who did not hold that
(Jhristmas good cheer contemplates
body as well as soul. Gko. Wm. Cur
tis, in Warper's Magazine for Decern
ber,
Pitz John Porter.
ANOTIIKU LKTrKK PltO.M (IKNUllAI. (lit ANT
General Grant writes a letter to Gen
oral Fitz John Porter, dated from
New York November !), in which ho
says ;
"1 have no doubt now butthe change
would have taken placo in 1807 if Iliad
then mado an investigation. I rcgrut
now mat i aid not tiuiU'i-staiiii your
case then as 1 do now. xour whole
life since your trial, as well ns your ser-
1 . . f. .1 .
vices uouiri', disprove tno ureal uur-
(ion oi me ennrges men sustained by n
eom t martial. As long us I have a
voico it shall bo raised in your suppou
without any refmouco to tho effeotjupon
mo or others. Your restoration to tho
nrmy simply I would regard as a very
inadequate and unjnat reparation.
Wliilouieti one nt least huvo beon
orL" lo "' ""'V. u?oauau 01
. 1 S ll 1 .
gallantry ana wounds alter conviction
""' .'i " " iimmmcfil,
bultobc confined In a penitenllarv.
uini wiiuii mere- is no uouoi oi uitnr
guilt, and given all their pay tor tho
i ...i .i. , i i . . '
years thoy wore out of tho service, I
can seo no reason for you having loss.
"I hopo for a thorough vindication.
not only by Congress, but in the minds
oi your countrymen.
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Helen's Other Baby.
St. Louis Itcpubllcan.
"What makes that noisot" asked ft
littlo boy on tho cars.
"Iho cars, nnswornd tho mother.
"What fori''
"Becauso thoy are moving."
"What nro thoy moving fort"
"Tho engino makes them."
"What engino 1"
"The engino in front."
"What's it in front for"
"To pull tho train."
"What train 1"
"This one."
"This car 7" repeated the younsler,
pointing to the ono in which thoy sat,
"Yes."
"What docs it pull it for !'
"Tho engineer makes it. i
"What cDgincer 1"
"Tho man on the engine."
"The ono in front."
"What is it in front for t"
"I told you that before."
"Told who what 1"
"Told you."
"What fort"
"Oh, bo still ; you aro a nuisanco."
"What's a nuisanco V
"A boy who asks too many ques
tions t"
"Whoso boy t"
"My boy.
"What questions T '
Tho conductor camo inst then and
took up tickets, and the train pulled up
at tlio station.
Tho last wo heard as the lady jerked
tho youngster off tho platform was :
"What conductor T"
I heard a story recently which illus
trates capitally certain methods ot dis
cipline made uso of by short-sighted
mothers, and tho effects of the samo
upon tho morals and children. A lit
tle boy had been punished for lying by
being confined in his room, tied to a
bed and fed on bread and water for a
whole dav. The cnormitv of his of
fense was therefore deeply impressed
nnnii liln minil. mnnh (o lhn unf iafnn.tinn
nf hia mntW. Khnrllv nflxrtennla lhn
1,nir nntnrml tl,n ,ni-li- mlmrn hia mnth.
. ...
er was entering a room lull ot guests,
and asked permission in tho whining
tono that so many children early
learn is effective to go to a neigh
bor's. "No," firmly replied the mother ; you
cannot go.
"Uh, mother why can 1 1 go? '
d Sec aviso 1 do not wish it; so sit still
and do not ask me again t"
"les but mother, can 1 1 go 7
By this timo tho guests began to feel
an awkward uneasiness, whcih tho
mother was not slow to appreciate. Tho
irrepressible boy kept up his running
fire of appeals, varying the whining ac
cent with each request, until tho moth
er finally said :
Well, well, run along, and don't
bother bo."
Having gained his point, the young
diplomatist safely reached tho door, and
then turned and said
oh, mother, what a thundering big
i,0 you t0d) didtl t you T'
In was on a Western railroad. Tho
conductor had been his rounds, and
taken a seat beside a very quiet and un
assuming passetiGer
'Pretty full train," finally observed
the passenger.
les,
"Road seems to bo doing a good bus
mess. '
"Oh, tho road makes plenty of mon
ey but ''
"liut whatT asked tho passenger, as
tho other hesitated.
"Bad management. It is tho worst
managed lino in the whole country."
"is that so 7
"That's so. Tho board of officials
might know how to run a side-show to
a circus, but they can't tackle a rail
road."
"Who is tho biggest fool in the
lot V
Well, tho Superintendent is."
"I'm glad of that," said tho passen
ger, as Ins lace lighted up. "1 was
uraid you would say it was tho Presi
dent."
"Supposo I had t"
"Why, I'm tho man."
IIo was hanging around the Grand
Central depot the other day, begging
money to carry him to a town in Mas
sachusetts. "What do you w.totto go there for?"
asked one.
''To seo tho owner of a great fac
tory, was the reply.
"What do you want of linn ?
"Well, I saw in the papers that he
had been running tho factory at a loss
for tlio last six months, but kept going
on account ot sympathy lor his em
ployes."
"Well V
"Well, I've got a brother somo whero
in that State, and I reckon that is tho
man ; that's exactly like him. Tho old
woman out in Wisconsin was buried at
the expense of tho town, tho old man
is in tho poor-house, and tho other
soven of us havo lived on root beer and
injnn moal for tho last year, but it
would bo just liko Joseph to loso S40,-
000 a year to koep his employes fat
and well dressed. I've got a bet of a
brindled calf against a cornsheller that
its Joseph, and 1 in bound to get there
if I havo to fly."
1U 2M
"1 can't understand il, anyhow, said
old Farmer Furrow, as ho laid down
tho paper ho was reading, and turned
to iiim wtie, wuu a puzziettnir.
Y ell. it is ju.t this. In the paper
hero it Miys that a Ini tio lays 150 eggs
in solemn hilmico i and what bothers
mo is to find out why a hen that lays
only ono rgg n day should mako such
an all llrcd fuss about it i what's your
opinion old lady ?''
"W hy, 1 think that paper doesn t
know what it's tnlking nbout."
UouUon believea turtle lavs so
many eggs in a day t"
Up, yes; l beliuvo that: but I'm sure
il down t do so in sllencu.''
"Ho.v do you know?"
"Because tho Good Book says i
"The voice of tho turtle l heard in tho
land."
When tho old man went down to
tho storo tlril evening and told the
HquUters about it, they all declared
that ho hail tho smartest wife in town.
Tho Boston J'ost accuses President
Arthur of drinking threo kinds of wino
at dinner without asking a blessing.
This is a torriblo outrago on tho Ame
rican peoplo in general nnd on tho pio
hibitinnlsts in particular.