COLUMBIA DKM0CB1T, MAR OI TIIS NOHTIt, and CO IiMtinil Werklr, ererr 1'rMny iUornliici, nt HLOOMSnUHO, COLUMUf A CO., Ta. -at Tiro dollars per year. To subscrtbera out of the county tho terms nra strictly In ailfnnco. .'iT'No I'.W llscontlnucil ciccit nt tho option ol Jrtio publl-hcrs, until nil nrrcarK,-s aro rmid. but ioib contlnuod credlW will not bo uivcn. ' All p.ipera sent put of lira state or to distant post onices must bo paid forlnmlvnnce, unless a rosnon. ilblo person in Columbia county assume? to pay Uho subscription duo on demand, MU,,"-S w va nti?s county n0'0ngorcXftcte(1 ,rora subscribers JO B PRINTING. Tbo.Iobblnirl)cpartmontof tho ColomounIs very complete, and our Job l'rtntln? will compare faVor. thatof tho largo cities. All wc-Vk don Jon short notice, neatly and at modcrato prices. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. r K. WALIiEK, ' ATTO UN E Y-AT-L AW, onuo over 1st. N.Ulami li m. mommt ,,ft' TU- U. FUNIC, ATTO UNE Y-AT-L AW. omcoln !it'i ilulldlng. lILooHsnuao, 1'A, p It. UU0KAM3.V, AT fOItNE Y-AT-L AW. IILoO'isnoita, l'A, omco over 1st National llantc. JOHN M. OLA.1UC, ; AT rOUNE Y-AT-L AW. AND JU3TIOE OF THE PEACE. llLOOMSDDKd, l'A. OlUc over Moycr llros. Drug Storo. p W.MILLER, ATTOIINKV-AT-LAW Office In Urower's bulldlnsccondaooroom No.l Bloomsburg, Pa. O FRANK ZARR, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Bloomsburg, Pa. onico corner of Centro and Main Streets. Clark-j Building. Can bo consulted In German, G EO. E. ELWELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. New COLCMstAN building, Bloomsburg, Pa. Member of the United StatCB Law Association. Collections made In any part of America or Eu rope. pAUL E. WIRT, Attorney-at-Law. OOlco In Columbian Buildino, Room No. 3, second floor. BLOOMSBURG, PA. B. INORR. L. 8. WINTIRSTBIN. Notary Fubllo KNORR & WINTERSTEEN, A ttorney s-at-Law. omco tn 1st National Bank bulldtntr. second floor, first door to the left. Corner of Main and Market stroots Bloomsburg, Pa. tG9"Penstons and Bounties Collected, J II. MATSE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW omco In Maizes building, over Blllmcycr's grocery. May M, '81. Q B. BROOKWAY, Attorney-at-Law, ALSO NOTARY PUBLIC. Ofllco in his building opposite Court House, 2nd floor, Bloomsburg, Pa. ' npr 13 '83 JOHN C. YOOUM, Attorney-at-Law. CATAWISSA, pa. omco In Nkwh Itku building, Main street. Momber of tho American Attorneys' Asaocla--tton. Collections mado In any part of America Jan. 6, 1832. A K. OSWALD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Jackson Building, Rooms A and 5. Mayo, '81. BEUW1CK.PA RIIAWN & ROBINS, ATTO RNE YS - AT-L AW. Catawlssa, Pa. Office, corner of Tnlrd and Main streets. E. SMITH, Attoruey-atLaw, Berwick. Pa. Can bu Consulted in German. ALSO FI1!ST-0I.A6S FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE OOMl'ANIES HEl'ltESKSTBD. WOfflco first door below tlio post ofllce. MISCELLANEOUS. Cti. BAKKLEl, Attorney-at-l.aw . onice in urower's building, snd story, Hooms & 8 T BUCKINGHAM, Attornov-at-Law jLV.Ofllce, Broekway's uulldlng.llst floor, Blooinsourg, Ponn'a. may 1, 'su-t t " B MoKELVY, M. I). burgeon and Phy . Htcuo, north sldo Main strcot.below Markot A L. FRITZ. Attornor-at Liw. , tn Columbian Building, Office J M. DRINKER, GUN & LOCKSMITH owing UAOUInosand Michlnery of all kinds re alrud. Oram, Uoum Uutldlng, Uloomsburg, Pa. D R. J. C. R UTTER, PIIY8ICIAN SSOHOSON, omco, North Market street, liloomsbure, F SIX. WM. M. REBER, Surgeon and Physician. OOloo corner of Itock and Market Jt. TR. EVANS, M. D.. Surgeon and . I'hysloian, lomce and Itesidenoo on Third treat. "y II. HOUSE, DENTIST, Bi.oomsuuiio, Coi.umuia Countv, Pa. All styles of work dono in a superior manner, work warranted as represented. Tmu Uitkaot kd wituoct Pain by the use of (las, and froa of cUargo wun artldclal teeth uro Inserted, oaloe over Uloomsourg Uauklng Company. Jo be open at all hours during the day, Nov. S3-ly JIRE INSURANCE. C1I11I8TIAN F, KNAPP, HLOOMBDUHO, PA, HOME, Ol N. Y. MKUUIIANTS', Ol' NKWAUK, N. J. CLINTON, N. V. PKOPLKS' N. Y, HKADINO, l'A. These old corforations nre wen seasoned by ago and ruts testbd and have never yet had a loss settled by any court of law. Their assets are alllnvested In solid sBCORinBsand are liable to the hazard of hrr only. Losses raoufTLT and uonistlt adjusted and Data as soon as determined by Cqhistian P. KNArr, srsctAL Ausnt and Adubhh blooms loan, Pa. Tnepeoplo of Columbia oouuty should patron Iw tho agouey where losiss it ahy art) settlod and oui or oue of their owrjnituens. PltOMPlNKSS, KO.U1TY, PA 111 DKAI.1NU, ALL KINDS OV JOH PRINTING AT THIS OKFIOE. 0, E.EIiWEL-Ij, l- J. K BITTEW3EMDER, t PW"' E. B. BROWER, OAS FITTING A STKAll 1IBATINQ. DKALKIt STOVES &TINWARG. All kinds of work in Shoot Iron, Roof ing and Spouting promptly attended to. tT-Strlct attcnllon given to healing by stcim. Corner of Main & East Sts , Bloomsburg, Pa. Clothini t ciiioj! Clothine ! G. W. BERTSCH, TIII5 MBHOIIANT TAILOR, AND II K.U.Kit IX Gents1 Furnishing Goods OP EVEUY DESCltlPTlON. CLOTHING ! ! Having very recently opened a new Merchant Tailoring and Gents' Fur nishing Goods Store, in KNORR & WINTERSTEEN'S building, on Main street, where I nm prepared to mako to order, at short notice, first class suits of clothing always in the latest styles and prices reasonable. Fits uuaranteed. Having lnnrnnl linar to cut garments to suit customers, and i,!.. ...l.nt I.!. .A .1 ......:! ...ill itiou ,v llttb JVII1U UL IllitlUllill Will glVU satisfaction, I would ask you to please call and examino tho BEST SELECTED STOCK OF GOODS Ever shown in Columbia county, Boforo Purchasing Elsewhere. i Corner Main & Market Sts. liskirg, Pa, April 1J-1 (Continual from lent uuk.) How Watch Cases are Made. Imitation always follows a successful article, and imitation is ono of tho best proofs of real honest merit; and thus it is that tho James Hois' Oold Watch Case has its imitators. Buyers can always tell tho genuine by tho trade-mark of a own, from whicli is suspended a pair of wt Xtf un scales. I!o sure both croioi and'" scales are stamped in the cap of the watch case. J ewelers are very cautious about en dorsing an article unless they not only know that it is good, but that tho character of the manufacturers is such that the quality of the goods will be kept fully up to standard. Willi aubport, Ta., Peb. 13. 1883. Tho Jamrs Sow' Gold Watch Cues yo Ilk. hot CAkefi. Each one I AeU nella another. Don't need to recommend themt they nell UieinReltcs. Ono of my customers hag had a Janies Hobs' Oold Watch Caso lnuBefnrSi) yeara,aQdltlaa8Koodaaercr. Withthl. case I do uot heattato to rfvo my own iruarantco, M. vectally with tho new and improved caBca, which Kieuitobocvcrlautinif. Jesse T, Little, J.u.l.r. Nrw nnONswiet, N.J. .Jan. 8, ISS3. ThU (roM rOBO, No. OUT,, known aa tho Jamea IIohV Oold Watch Cone, came 1 uto my iobBOKMlon about ISM, hua boi-n In ubo Bince that time, and la atiU la (rood condlUon. The movement la theone which waainthe raao n hon I bought It, and It coudiUon ahowa that tho caro haa really out-worn tho movement, which la I'layidout. Maiitin A. Ilowtix, Of Boar J tf Wrtctort N. J. It. 11. ,1 Tram. G). St ! S rvat tlami, la Lajtton Watch Cam- I'attorl ralla dtlpbln, r., furliADd.uaia Illy.lralfd rpli1Ualii( h Jajbc IIvm' Ad J klilvat Mabb la. ara Wa4. (role Coriinued.) Richly Cut Glass. Having recently added to our business a department for the sale of Cut Glassware, we are now prepared to fill orders for com plete table sets and ornamental pieces. Controlling the production of the best makers, we exhibit special designs and cuttings in crystal of remarkable purity and brilliancy. Our line of patterns embraces the most elaborate as well as the plainest. Prominently we may mention the following as having been received with marked favor: The Russian, the Glasgow, the Star and Rosette, the Fan and Diamond, the I Iobnail.thc Straw berry Diamond, and others. We guarantee careful and prompt attention in filling orders by mail. Designs and estimates furnished on application. Sam ples sent on approval. J. E. Caldwull, & Co,, 902 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. (iiteiiottettim (OlttlllltllCtSI oe9oeooe KL C. SLOAN & BIN).. HLOOMSHURG, PA. Manufacturers of CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS. SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS, &C First-class work always on hand, ltEPMRINO NEATLY DONE, Prices reduced to suit the times, P. HAUTMAN HII'HESItNTS TUB FOLLOWING AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES North American ot I'hlladolpUla. Kraulilln, " Pennsylvania, " " Vorlr, ot 1'ennaylvanla. Hanover, ot N, Y. Oucens, of Loudon. North UrUlsli, or London, omco on M incdt Sireot, No, 5, Dlooaiaburc oct.Sl,l-ly 6 ooi S3 jfir if if Ulimbing the Spiral Stairs. Invlalble Arrlilthrturnln ii Ncwl'nalnml l'nr. Konnve. "Yes," sho said, "our children aro married and gone, and my husband and I sit by our winter flro much as wo did before tho littlo ones camo to widen tho circlo. Ltfo is something llko a spiral stalrcasoi wo aro all tho timo coming around over tho spot wo Btarted from, only ono degrco further up tho stairs. " 'That Is n, pretty Illustration," remarked her friend, musingly, gailng into tho glowing coals which rodlatod a plo.mnt heat from tho many windowed stovo. "You know wo cannot stop toll ing up tho hill, though. " "Surely wo cannot, and for myself I don't find fault with that necessity provided the advance In life Is not attended with calamity of suffering, for I havo had my share ot that. k Not long slnco my health utterly broke diwn. My system was full of malaria. My digestion becamo thoroughly dis ordered and my nerves wcro In a wretched stato. I was languid, ato little and that without enjoying it, and had no Rtrength or ambition to perrorm even my light household duties. Medical treat ment t-llcd to reach the Reat of tho trouble, Tho diseaso which seemed to bewcakness of all tho vital organs progressed until I had several at tacks which my physicians pronounced to bo acuto c jngestloi of the stomach. Tho last of theso was n desperate struggloand I was given up tod's. AsthocrWs had partially passed, my husband heard of thomerlraot I'AHKKlfSTONlO as an In vlgorant In t.st Ruch cases as mine. I took it and fcltltsgood effectsat o.ico. It appeared to per vade my body, as though tho blessing of new uto had come to me. Taking no other medicine 1 con. tlnued tolmprovo, nnd am now In better health than I have been torn longtime." Extract trom interview with tho wlto ot rtcv. r. 1'crry Pastor ot liaptlst Church, coldbrook, Mass. "Ton claim too mnch for Samari tan Nek vine," 6ayBaakeptlc."lIov can one medicine bo I a spcclSc for !il Icpsy, tTspepsln AlcoliollHtn, Opium TTntltifr, niicnmntlsm, Hprrnintor rhir, nr f4ciulual AVcnltncsH, und t.i'ty other rnmplnlntsf" Wo claim it ft tptc'tlc, pim ply, heennto tho virus of nil dUrnc i min i from tho blood. It Nervine, Itcaolvent, AlU-rnth o nnd J.iTnllvc propcrtlcsmcctalltliocottOItloca herein referred to. It's known worl'l viile ns lH9ilSB It quiet Anil componrs tho pntlcnt not by tho IntriHluctioaof nplateinti'tdru lie cathartics but by the re&toratlonof nctkl.Mo the fctomac'inml ticnons fyftem, whereby the r In i rtl!cvotl ormnrb'l fancies vbltli trto created by tho cntifs above referred to. To i-lcrgvmcn, Lawyers, l.tterary men, Mer cl-nul", Hanker, Ladies ontl Ml Uiosj whose Fed eiitnry cm;.loyment causet iktuuh pio-Lrntion, Irrtfihrilies of tho blood, fctouuich, bowels or khinej s or who require ft ncn o utic, npjet b( for Mimulant, Samaiutan Nertinis Is l.nalnr.Llc. Thotihanda proclaim It tho inot wondtrf' lli.Ig orntit that ever Piiftnlnd the -IkUI-. tyt-ten. $1.50. SoldbynllDrtiKKMf. ThoD'I.S, J 'f'H. J10ND Mill). CO., Proprietors Ct .in ' u o. Chi3. II. Crittaiics, Accit. IT.v Vtri C... i() The Secret of the universal success of Brown's Iron Bitters is sim ply this : It is the best Iron preparation ever made; is compounded on thoroughly scientific, chemical and medicinal principles, and does just what is claimed for 'it no more and no less. By thorough and rapid assimilation with the blood, it reaches every part of the system, healing, purifying and strengthening. Com mencing at the foundation it builds up and restores lost health in no other way can lasting benefit be obtained. 79 Dearborn Ave., Chicago, Nov. 7. I have been a great sufTerer from a very weak aionueh, heartburn, and dyspepsia in its worst form. Nearly everything I ate cave me distress, and 1 could eat but little. 1 have tried every tblngrecommcnded, have taken the prescriptions of a dozen physicians, but got no relief untd I took llrown'a Iron Hitters. I feel none of the old troubles, and am a new man. I ant getting much stronger, and feci first-rate. 1 am a railroad engineer, and now make my trips regularly. I can not say too much In praise of your wonder ful medicine. 1), C. Mack. Brown's Iron Bitters docs not contain whiskey or alcohol, and will not blacken the teeth, or cause headache and constipation. It will cure dyspepsia, indi gestion, heartburn, sleep lessness, dizziness, nervous debility, weakness, &c. Use only Brown's Iron Bitters made by Brown Chemical Co., Baltimore. Crossed red lines and tradc.mark on wrapper. flyer's Cherry Pectoral. "Orrvlllc. Ohio, Sept. 10, !8f2. COLDb. " Having In-ill subject to a liron filial iill'i-i lion, w.lli frequent coida, for 11 munlH-r of years, I hereby cer tify tlinl Avrii's Cm-iutv I'l-.i-mnAL gives mo prompt r. lu f. and Is tho most ciTectlvo remedy I have i v r trhd. Jami:b A. I1AMH.TOX, i:dltor of The Crttetnt." "Mtufillend, Ohio, dune SC. 1RM. COUGHS. " 1 h"8 n"1 Avmi's Cnr.mtY rrcToitAl, this sprint: for n Se vern much and lung troiihlo with cd elfcet, and I am pleased to recommend It , to any ono similarly nllected. HAltVEV IlAt'OllMAX, Iro.rletor (ilobo Hotel." rnEPAREU IlV Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. AINWIUGUT & CO., WHOLESALE O110CEIIS, PHILADEM'HIA' rSS, SVIIUP3, COFFER, SUOAit, NOIASHLii R1CI, 8PI0I8. BICARB 80PA, AC, 0. N, E. corner second and Arch atrcnts. rwordors will ronelvo prompt attontlu' TOUTS C1DUH VEGETABLE FILLS And oil Blllouo Com',5!alnt3. fc:j 1 taVe .being purely voann1 1 no rrL-iini:. I'llcoMieuU. All Drui..st. l'CU WW d BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1884. POETICAL. A POETRAIT. SunllRht falls on her pictured face, ltlmmcd in a f ramo of gold 1 Tho sclf-samo posa of careless grace, Tliat 1 remember of old. Twas hero wo stood, long years ago, 8ho In that very dress I And I heard this syllable sweet and low 1'rom her iwc-rcd mouth, 'twas "Yes I" Bo many years I And yet I'll swear Now, standing in this place I can smell the rose sho hath In her hair, While 1 look upon her faco I I feel tho clasp ot her Blender hand, Gentle, yet clinging fast, And I almost feel I am young again, Tho' bo many years havo past. And yet, could I llvo over tho spaco Of thoso Indian summer days, Bring back to my llto this sweet face, 1 ho canvas here portrays, Wcro It wise to loso the peace that Is mlno For tho restless hopes that hav;o lied : Not so j whatever is U best, "Let tho dead past bury Its doad I" AN IHISH LOVE BONO- Ab I swan of slcndernes3, doo of tenderness, Jewel ot joys, nrlso I Tho littlo red lark, liko a rosy spark Of song, to his sunburst Illes i But till j ou aro risen, earth 13 a prison, Full of captlvo sighs. Then wako nnd discover to your fond lover The mourn of your matchless eyes. Tho dawn Is dark to mo t hark, oh I hark to me, 1'ulso ot my heart, I pray, And gently gliding out of thy hiding, Dazzle mo with thy day I And oh i I'll fly to thee, singing, and sigh to thee, I'asslon so sweet and gay. Tho lark shall listen and dewdrops glisten, Daughter on every Bpray. AI.FHED P. Oiuyes. SELECT STORY, THE BAR LIGHT HOUSE. Govern ihent had for several years been sadly neglecting a job of mend ing in the caso of the Bar Lighthouses bridge. Here and there boards had begun to spring suspiciously beneath unwaiy tootsteps; then tho wind had begun to tear them off, and the rain to rot and moulder them down. What wa? every man's business was nobodv's, and no individual was disposed to in terfere with the province of that ab stract inillionarc, tho United States Government. To be sure, tho keeper of the liar Light, Jackson Heed, who was naturally more solicitous concern ing tho holding out of the structure than any one else, had wildly and fruit lessly patched somo of the worst places, on and after a "Northeaster,'1 when ho awoke moro keenly to tho exigen cies of the case, and tho hopeless dila toriness of his taskmaster But it had amounted to very little. Long neglect had made something moro than mere patching necessary. Now tho quarter- mile bridge leading to tho Bar Light house, if not in an absolutely unsafe condition, was not calculated to inspire any degreo of confidence in tho accus tomed crosser, at least. It was not quite so bad at low tide, or on a mild still day. There was not muoh to fear then beyond a littlo tall and a ducking; that is, if ono cleared ono of thoso ragged apertures successfully. But on a dark night, with tho winds howling under it, and the ocean thundering be neath it, it was n sort of a bridgo that only a disembodied spirit could cross with any degreo of nouchalanee. I he lijjlithouse ltselt was only an ordinary dwelling house, strongly built, with a tower for tho light. It stood on a massive pile of rocks, with little tufts of coarse vegetation in tho clifts. Jackson Reed, who had an un fortunate longing for a garden spot, had actually wheeled enough earth over from the mainland, for a little patch only a few yards square, and when ho was not engaged m a iriutless struggio with the broken bridge, ho was engag ed in a fruitless struggle with his gar den. A pottering old man was Jack son Reed, lacking in nervous forco and quickness of intellect; but he had never let tho light go out, and the only thing that is absolutely required of a light house keeper is to keep tho light burn ing for the 6ailors who steer by it. lho wonder was that his wifobarah should have been his wife. She was a person, not of a different mould, but of a different kind; not of different spe cies, but a different genus. Nervous and alert, what her husband accepted in patient silence sho rccived with shrill remonstrance and questioning. tier husband patched the bridcc, crawling over its long reach on his old knees; sho railed, as sho watched him, at the neglect of the government Ho uncomplainingly brushed the sand from his little, puny, struggling plants, and sho set her thin face against the wind that cast it there. In both tho religious element or cast of the mind was strongly predominant, but Jackson Reed simply looked out on nature and mto his own soul, and took in as plain, incontrovertible) facts tho broken bridge, tho tossing sea, his lit tlo wind-swept, sand-strewn gat den patch, and God in heaven. Neither proved the other or nullified tho other, 'in.., : 1.. . 1. ...... i... ? 1. j. us. j nreiu DiuijM lliuiu. illlb Oiiruil Reed, looking out upon tho frail, un safe brjdgo whicli connected them with 1110 mainland, ami mo mighty, sense less sea which had swallowed up her minor, and a urother wiiom sho idol ized, and tho poor tender littlo crcen things trying to live under her window, had seen in them so many dumb do- ..!..!.. r -.!,! 1 1- , 1 11 hub ui eitiier uuti h iuvu and mercy, or His existoiicc. She was 11 rheumatio old woman now, almost helpless, in fact, and unabln to step without the Help ot tier husband. As s!:o sat day in nnd day out nt 0110 of tho sea win dows of her sitting-room, knitting, nnd holding her delimit old heart persist ently against tho pricks. Tho minister at Rye, a zealous young man, with an innocent confidence in his powers of holy argument, had vis ited her repeatedly, with tho view of improving her stato of mind. Sho had loined tlio church over which ho pre sided in her youth; indeed it was tho church nearest to tho lighthouse, and that was threo miles distant. Ths min ister had heard from ono of his parish loners, who was n connection of hers, that Mrs. need had lost her faith, and straightway ho was fired with holy nr. dor to do something for her spiritual ueneiit, nut even ins tonguoy conti del ico nnd ingciiioiisness could glean ,:r .t.. r i.s r... nub ntviu r-iiuoiitvwuti uuiii 111a inter views with tho ihcumatlo and unbo lioving old woman. '.No, air. I'endlelon,' sho used to say, slinking a thin, rheumatic, hand with nn impiesslveness which lierhenr . er might havo copied ndvnntugeously iij tliu pulpit, "it ain't no use. You kin tnlk about sccln' with tho spirit, an' worsliipplu' with tlio npirit anybody needs a lltttlo 801110111111' to catch hold on with tlio flesh when it's nil spirit, it's too much for a mortal belli' to com prehend! nil' the Lord known I ain't 0 vcr had ntiy ovid in't nuvcr had a lence, ho to spenk; 1 ni prayer nnswcreu in my lifi. If I have, I d jeet liko to know how. You say, niobbu, they've been nn-swered jest tlio same, only in a . TV different way from what. I uskeif for. Ef you call it .1 you call it nnswcniv nraver to mvo one tiling when you ask lor another, 1 don't. An I'd ruthcr not bcliovo He'd do a thing liko that. That's just con trary to what he said about Himself, an' the bread, an' lho stone, in the Now Testament. It's worse to think Hb'd cheat anybody liko that than to think lie ain't anywhere, accordin' to my mind. No, Air. Pendleton, n human bein' needs a littlo human evidence once in n while to keep up their faith, an' I nin't nover had nny. I'll jest let you know how it's been a leetle. Hero I am, an old woman, an' mo an' Jack son lived hero on this rock for forty year. An' there's been things I've wanted dillcrent, but I ain't never had 'em things that I've cried, and groaned, an' prayed to lho Lord for big things an little things, it seems to mo that I might havo got a feeling that lie was here, "forty years ago, when Jackson an' ,ine was just married an' set up housc- kcepin here, thar was nn awful storm ono night, an' my father an' my broth er was out yonder in it. I staid on my knees all night, prayin'. Tho next tnornin' their two darlin' bodies was washed ashore. My brother had only been married a few months the sweet est, lovingest, littlo thing, sho was. Sho began to pine. I prayed to havo her spared. Sho died, an' left her littlo baby." "But you had him, for your own, did you not V interrupted Mr. Pendleton, despeiately. "Ho has been n comfort to you. Uod has displayed Ins loyo and mercy in this caso in sparing him to you." "Mr. Pendleton" and tho rheumat io hand went up again "I ain't never asked to have been different. I ain't got through yet. Thar's been lots of other tilings, big one's, that I might jest as well not speak of, an' little outs. Look nt thnt bridge 1 I'll venture to say thnt you shook in your shoes when you came over it, an' wouldn't bo sorry this minute cf you was safe back. Whenever Jackson goes over It ray heart is still and cold till ho comes back, for fear he's fell through. I'vo prayed to the Lord about that. Then you may think this a littlo thine but thar is Jackson's garden. He set out a roso bush in It fifteen years ago. Well it ain't died. Thar ain't never been a rose on it, though. An' it seems to mo sometimes that if thar should bo only just one roso on that bush, that I hould believe that tho Lord had been thar. You wouldn't think I'd been silly enough to pray about that. I hev. It's fifteen year, and thar ain't never been a rose tbar. No, Mr. Pendleton, it ain't no use. You mean well, but it lays with God, ef He's anywhere, to show Himself to me in a way that I can hold on. So tho pretty, rosy-faced vounn min ister would cto awav. uickint? his wav cautiously over the unstable bridge, af ter a somewhat nonplussed pravcr. which Mrs. Reed, incapacitated fiom kneeling by her rheumatio knees, had sat and listened to grimly. Tho Bar Lighthouse was threo miles from Rye. A sandy, desolate road, almost as bil lowy as tho sea, stretched between. The only house in tho wholo distance was a little brown one, lust at tlio oth er side of tho bridge. Tlio Weaveis ived there, a mother and (laughter. They supported themselves by sewing for a shop in Rye. Jackson Reed's nephew, William Barstow, had been engaged to marry the daughter Abby, ler name was: but a month ago ho had brought a wife from tho city. He had rented a pretty littlo tenement over in Kye, and gone to housekeeping. Abby Weaver had tied up a few little notes and keepsakes in a neat parcel, and put them away out of sight. Then sho went on wan tier work, bho was a plain, trust-worthy-looking girl, with no show about her, as different as pos sible from tho ono her recrennt lover had married. She was pretty, with an entrancing little air of stylo about ev erything sho wore. Abby h&d seen her go by a fow times in a jaunty black velvet jacket and kilted petticoat, with tho fair round faco with its fringe of Huffy, blonde hair, smiling up at her husband out ot a bowitchmg little poko. Then she had gono nnd looked nt her- selt in her poor glass, taking 111 the old black alpaca, the plain, common face, with tho dull hair combed back from her forehead. "No wonder." said she, "an' I'm glad its so, lor I don't think that lho Lord oan blamo him. Sarah Reed had found a double trial in the breaking off tho engagement, In the first place, sho had liked Abby, In tho second plnce, this new matrimo nial arrangement had taken the dar ling ot her heart from under her imnio diato supervision. If ho had married Abliy Weaver, ho would havo lived cither in the lighthouse, as ho had dono an ins uto, or 111 her mothor a cottage. Hut nothing could suit his pretty citv lady, but to livo in Rye. Tho baro idea of tho lighthouse terrified her. barah Jtced h framo of mind had not been improved sinco her marriage. Utio ntternooii, a fow weeks after tho young couple had set up housekeeping, nn unexpected deficiency in some house hold stores sent Jackson Reed to Rye, wiioio me nearest markets were. It was tho middle of tho afternoon when he went and there was a storm 00m nig. "lion t worry, oarah, wcro Ins last words, "an' I'll bo back bv 5 to light tho lamp. It'll ,bo pretty near dark enough Jor it then, I reckon, ef it keeps fin tliU wn' nf it. ia Jirnn ' Sho sat nt her window with her knit ting nfter sho hnd gone nnd wntched the storm roll up, She had taken lanoy lately 10 n utile inndwnrd win (low, tho one with tho poor littlo gar den patch under it, nnd tho roso busl thnt had nover blossomed. The bus roally looked wonderfully, considering as very ninny drawbacks to growth But it was in a sheltered corner, and had nil tho warmth nnd mildness thnt could bo had in the place. It wns threo feet high or over, n hardy little Scotch roso. moro certainly Beemod no rea son why it should not blossom, but blossom It never had. Mrs. Reed nov er looked nt it now for buds. Sho never oven looked at it to day; alio only looked out uneasily at tho darken ed sky, and knit on her Blocking. Sho was nlways knitting stockings; til fact, it was nil tho kind of work bIio could do, nnd she never hnd been nn idlo woman with her brain or her fin gers. So she knit stout woolen stockings for her husband nnd William Barstow from morning till nlghl. Her husband kept tho house tidy and did tho cooking. No ono looking nt tho room in which Mrs. Reed sat would havo dreamed that it was not tho field of action of n tidy housewife It was a plain rather cheerless kind of n room. There was a large-figured, dull-colored ingrain carpet on the floor; thero was a shiny tnblc, nnd somo thg-bottomed chairs and n stiff hair-cloth sofa. A few shells on the shelf, a lamp mat Abby Weaver had made, and n framed wreath which had lain on William Barstow's father's collin, wcro all tho ornrmcuts. Take a room liko that, and set it on a rock in the ocean, and tho wind and wave-i howling round it, and thero is not anything especially en livening about it. Mrs. Reed had been rather good looking in her youth, and was even rather good loooking now. Sho had bright, alert, blue eyes, and pretty, soft, gray hair. But thero was an air of keen unrest about her, which could jar on one's nerves liko a stri dent saw. In reposo she would havo been a sweet old lady. Now sho look ed, and was, as pcoplo said, hard to got along with. Jackson Reed's light burning meant moro to tlio Lord, per haps, than it did to the sailors. At 5 o'clock tho storm was lairly there, aud tho old lighthouse keeper hnd not come home. A henvy tempest twilight wns settlii'g down, and it was almost timo the lamp was lit. Six o'clock enme, nnd it was darker yet; and still she sat thero alone, her nitting dropped in hor lap. Seven i'cIock, and quite dark now, and a ter rible night, hot aud pitchy, nnd full of mighty electric winds, nnd fires, and thunders. A conglomerate ronr came from tho ocean as from a den of wild oasts. Suddenly an awful thought struck the wretched old woman at tho lighthouse window, and swift on its track rushed another still moro awful. Tho first was, her husband had a turn" somewhere on that lonely road from Rye. "Turns," as sho called them, Jackson Reed had ouce or twico before, but they had never interfered with his duty. He had fallen down sensible, aud lain so for two or three hours. This was what had happened to him now. And tho second thought was, her darling, William Barstow, was out on that dreadful sea, and there was no light to guide him to port. Strange that she had not thought before. Yes. was luesday. Was it luesdayi Yes, tlio very day ho was going down o J.ockport with Johnny bower, lie as out ou that sea somcwhero in a boat, which could not livo in it a min ute. les, it was to-day that ho was going, lie and his pretty littlo wife was talking it over Sunday night. She was lamenting, half in sport and halt in earnest, over the lonesome day sho would have, and he promised to ring her home a now bonnet to con sole her. Yes, it wns Tuesday, and Jackson Reed hnd told Abby Weaver about it yesterday that was on Mon day. He had forgotten that sho was no longer so interested in W1II10 Bar stow's movements. And when ho told his wife what he had done she scolded him for his thoughtlessness. es, it was Tuesday, and ho was out on that sea, and there was 110 light lit. Nothing to keep him off thoso terrible neks that the light hud been set thero to show. In tho morning he would bo thrown dumb and cold, where she could almost sec him from her window. It would bo with him as it had been with his father and graufather, and maybe with his wifo as it had been with Ins poor young mother. All the strong, bntllcd, but not suppressed na ture of the woman asserted itself with terrrible force. "Oh, my darling 1 my darling ! my darling I" she shrieked, in a voice which was in itself both a prayer aud a curse. "You out there, an' all tho lovo in your mother s heart can t light yo homo 1 Oh, the black water rollm over that bcautitul iace, an thoso laughin' blue eyes that looked at me when you was a baby, an' thoso black curls 1 ve kissed puttin out that lov- in' soul 1 Oh, Lord I Lord I Lord 1" "Ho s been a good boy, sho went on 11 a curious tone, as if tlio mighty ear of the inexorable God sho had half be lieved in, was become now a reality to her, nnd sho was pouring arguments, unavailing though they be, into it; "He's been n good boy; never had any bad habits, an' what's worso than bad habits, nover had any mean littlo ac tions. There's Abby Weaver, I know; but look at tho faco of tho girl ho mar ried, tjji, iioru, lovo is tho same be hind a homely face as a' handsome one. But while you keep on makin' folks think roses is prettier than potatoes, an' pearls than oysters, the lovo thnt looks out ot n pretty taco will hold the long est and tho strongest. Ho wn 11 1 to blamo Oh, Lord, he wa'n't to blamo, ibhy wns n good girl, but you tnudo this other ono as pretty ns n pictur'. Ho wn'u't to blame, Lord, ho wa'n't to blame. Don't damn him for that. It ain't right to drown him for that I Oh, Lord I Lord ! UotA I 0110 sat there, shrieking ou in n strained, weak voice, half in pray cr, half in expostulation. T h o lho wind ioso higher and higher, and tho sea tliuii'leied louder and longer A new terror seized her. If hor hus band should recover from tho bad turn which she suspected he had had, nnd attempt to cro-,3 the bridgo now, ho would bo killed, too. Uod only know what now lents might bo 111 it, When her sitting room clock clanged out 9, aoovo tho roar ot tho storm, sho went into a perfect fury of doipair. Down bIio sank on those old rheumatio knees that had not bent nt her bidding for tho Inst fivo years, nnd prnyed as sho never hnd before. in tho inldAt of her ngouy a great caim suddenly icii over her. "I will go Im' light tho lamp myself, tshu said, in an awed voico, " an' Ho will go with me. Slowly Sarah Reed nioso on feet thnt had not born her weight for four or five years. Every movement wits excruciating torture, but she paid no heed to it; sho realized ns it were, tho Beparateuess of her bouI THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XVIH.NOC uuuumuiA UKMUUHAT, VOL. XLV1I, NO 49 nnd her spiritual agony from all bodily pain. She walked across thn llnnr. wr-nt. niif. into me entry, nnd groped her way up the narrow stairs leading to tho tower. Sho dragged herself up tho steep steps ...111. .t. .. cS , 1 apart tho slide nt tho top, nnd n blnzo of nun rauuiu tiuii-riiiiuuLiuu, one ski iigniniiuost uimded her. Tho lamp was litl Sarah Hoed might h avo floated down stairs, upboino 011 angels' wings for all sho know. Somehow sho was back in iiL-r Dining room, on ner keccs. ller husband found her there a half-hour later when ho staggered, palo as denth nnd drenched to tho skin into tho room. "Good Lord, Sarah, who lit the lami) 1" his worth were. "The nngel of the Lord I" she nn swered, solemnly, raising her crav head, , "I lied a 'turn' over thar on the road, 'bout a milo from Rye. I've just come to, an' got home. Seemed to 1110 that I should dio when I thought ol Wil liam. Tho bridgo is pretty well broke up, but I hung on to tho side. Aud, Lord whon I saw thnt Unlit biiriiin' I could ha' como over on a cobweb. Who come to light it Sarah t" "Tho angel of tho Lord." sho said. again. "Don't you ever say it ain't so, dackson ; don't you ever dare to try to mako mo stop thinking it's so. I've been asking the Lord all these years for something to show mo that Ho was any whar, an' He has give it to me. I crawled up them stairs 'I "You went up them stairs Sarah V J' les ; I went up to light tho lamp, im 11, was 111. 1110 Jioni nad ueeu thar. It's true 'bait Him." Tho old man went up to his kneel ing wife aud raised her tenderlv. "Don't you believe that his angel lit it?" sho asked, looking at him with anxious intensity. "Yes, Sarah, 1 do," replied Jackson Reed. Tho thought was steadily re curring to his half-crazed brain ; "Ab by Weaver, Abby Weaver lit tho lamp ; but iaarab, barah must not know. Tho next morning, Sarah Reed, looking out of tho window, saw a lit tlo pure whito roso on tho bush beneath It. "Yes, I meant it had budded," said hor husband, when sho exclaimed, "I found it thar, yesterday. Thar's anoth er 0110 too." It was a lovely, dear mornim?. Ab by Weaver, looking out of her window, saw William Barstow pass on his way to the lighthouse to tell tho old folks of his safety. The Emperor of Ohina, Tho rule r of tho 250,000,000, of Chinese nation probably which the Chinese nation probably consists, is now within five years of his majority, aud is an occupant, whilo yet a minor, of tho same apartments in which lived tho Emperor who pre ceded him on tho dragon throne. There ho cats with gold-tipped chop sticks of ivory ; thero ho sleeps on a largo Ningpo bedstead, richly carved and ornamented with ivory and gold, tho same on whicli the noble-minded Emperors Rang Hsi and Chien Lung used to recline after the day's fatigue last century aud the century betore. Like 0110 of thoso living Buddhas who may bo seen iu a lamasery on tho Mon golian plateau, ho is knelt to by all his aueuuanis, ami honored as a god. There is this difference, thnt the re spect felt for him is moro profound than for them. Tho seclusion in which ho is kept nlso is far more complete. rpi. . i. -i v ... . . i. Aim minding in winch the limpcror resides is called Yang Hsin Tien, nnd is n little to the wct-t of tho Ch'ien Clung Men in the middle of the pal At tho back of tho central gale. 011 me south side, is tho great recep Hon hall. When ministers of state 1 ., r itiiu oiuers enter ior an aiidienco .1'. four, live, or six 111 tho morning, ao cording to custom, they havo to go on loot 10 tho centre ot the palace, over i.ir -i t .' . ' mi u tune, 11 mcy enter ny tno east or est gate, and when tlioy get on in yusnn iney can appreeinie too Jumper- or's favor, which then by a decree al- lows tnom to bo borno 111 a chair in- stead of walking. lho rooms of tho Emperor cousist of Mivuii compartments. They are pro- vitiuii wan 1110 (iivnn ot k'ang, tho pe- uuar institution oi .North uinna. The angs aro covered with red felt of na tive manufacture, and tho floor with European carpets. Tho cushions all have embroidered on them the dragon nd tho phiL'inx. Prettv thiiifrs seat. tered through tho rooms nro endless in variety, and nro changed in accordance land iu 1718. Fie bushels wercjaccount with nny wish expressed by the Em- ed a largo crop of potatoes for a Connec peror. Tho rooms nro in nil thirty ticut farmer ; for it was held that, if ynnis long by from eight to nine yards deep, and aro divided into threo sepa- rate apartments, tho throno room being tho middlo one. Folding doors ten ieei in neignt open into eash ot these apartments to tho north and south in the centro of each. the pillars shine with fresh vermil. lion, both within tho rooms and on the steps outside, and aro decorated with sculptured work, partly gilt aud partly variiisneu. 1 no noppo, who lately re- iiiriieu iroin u.iiuou, gave the JSmperor n present vnlued at 8,000. It con sisted of chandeliers, holding ,500 wax candles each. His majesty has nlso somo electrical machines and number less foreign curiosities 1 here was a time when vou eould hardly go amiss of it, but now it isouly uuuu 111 ,1 wuiiu mat, VOU catch tlio wrangle of voices from some back yard: "It's my knock I" "It isn't." "You missed tho arch I" "I hopo to die." " t cu moved your ball 1" "I never did. "I don't care! Y ou aro n great cheat 1" "And so are you 1 "I won't play I" "Don't then." "Alld (IOII L VOU over tuinilr tn tm ngnm ns long ns you livo I" Pooh I Who wants to 1" - DUroit J'rce J'ress, T. 1 . , . . . it is said mat a not shovel held over furnituer removes whito spots. It will nlno remove young gentlemen callers wnen uioy slay too late. lathing is so great nn nistniico of lll-mni.ners as flattery. If you llntW-r nil the company you pleaso none. If you (latter only one or two you nffront tno rest. EXes of DeivpsiNq. 1m S 3x (to IT Ono Inch tJOO lion nor) Htm MOO I'rwo inches ,...8(IO 4 00 ROT) Tli rco Inches..... HOD B00 7vn 8(H) 1300 lim i8oo ism ioo ism moo Quarter column.. 600 800 1000 llnlfcolumn.. ..loot inn 17 on Kourincnes ..... onu too who asm im onecolurnii .... 2JU0 990 moo Mm K))0J YenrltrnilrprtlsementK nm-abloniiarterlr. Trn MentndvertlsemcntsmtiRtbfl paid for rjeforetnsert cd except where parties haro accounts. Legal advcrtlsementa two dollars per Inch for lliroo insertions, nnd nt that rato for addlUonal insertions without refcrenco to length. Executor's. Administrator's, and Auditor's not Ices three dollars. Must bo paid for when nsertcd. Transient or ltcal notices, ten cents a line, rrnu tar advertisements halt rales. VICE-PRESIDENTPHO TEM. 0! tub si.'Wati:, AiTint TESnnuiKo Tim iion- OIl TO SHNATOIt ANTIIONV, nii-KI.I'.OTS Mil. EDMUNDS I'llUSIDBNT 1'ItO TFM. Geo. F. Edmunds, tho subject of our sketch this week, was re-elected as Pre sident J'ro Tern of the Senato on tho fourteenth hist, after Senator Anthony of Rhode Island had been elected and had declined becauso of continued ill health. Mr. Edmunds, of Burlington, was born nt Richmond, Vermont, Februnry 1, 1828. llis education consisted only of that nfforded by the public schools, nfter graduating from whicli he began tho study of law and at an early ago becamo a practitioner of considerable ability. Ho soon drifted into politics, nnd successfully, as he was elected a member of tho Vermont Legislature in 1t8j4' ' ol t,,,rc'01 y,0,3" elevated to t 1854, do, oh, 57, 58 and 5'J, serving as Speaker, iie was then tho Stato Senato and was its Presiding oflicer pro tempore, in 1801 and 'G2. Soon after this Hon. Solomon Foote, 0110 of tho U. S. Sen ators from Vermont died and Mr. Ed munds was appointed to fill tho va cancy nnd he took his scat April 5, 1800. Mr. Edmunds has since been contin ued iu the Senate, his present term, which expires March 3rd, 1S87 being his fourth election. Ho was a mem ber ol tho Electoral Commissioner of 1870, and was first elected President J'ro 'Tern of tho Senato immediately after tho resignation of David Davis, last year. bonntor Edmunds is a line Parhmen- tarian, his rulings while 111 tho chair being unbiased by any political pre ferences ho may entertain as a Repub lican. He is well liked by all Sena tors, and graces his position with all t,lc "g'ty and ability becoming I 'co President of tho United States. 111c Sing a Song of Sixpense. You all know this-rhyme ; but havo you ever read what it is meant for 1 The foiir-nnd-twenty blackbirds re present tho twenty-four hours. The bottom of tho pie is the world, while the top crust is the sky that over-arches it. The opening of the pie is tho day dawn, when the birds began to sing, and surely such a sight is lit tor a king. lho king, who is represented as sit ting in his parlor counting out his mon ey, is the sun, whilo the gold-pieces that slip through his lingers as ho counts them aro tho golden sunshine. Tho queen, who sits in the dark kitchen, is the moon, and tho honey, with which she regales herself, is tho moonlight. lho industrious maid who is 111 tho garden at work before tho king tho sun has risen, is tho day dawn, and tho clothes sho hangs out are the clouds, whilo the bird, who so tragically ends tho song by "nipping off her nose," is tho hour of sunset. So we havo the wholo day, if not iu a nutshell, in a pie. The Origin of the Potato. The potato, arimnullv a. South Aran. I . f ' .a .-' . . ncan plant, was introduced to Virginia by bir John llarvev in 1G29. though it was unknown to somo counties ot England a hundred and fifty years later. In Pennsylvania, potatoes nre mentioned soon after the advent of the Quakers ; they wero not among New York products in 1095, but in 1775 wo ire told of eleven thousand bushels grown 011 ono sixteen aero patch in this province. Potatoes wero served perhaps ns nn exotic rarity, at a Har vard installation dinner iu 1707 ; but the plant was only brought into cul ture in Now England at the arrival of tho Presbyterian immigrants fiom Ire- a man ato then not livo beyond em every day, ho could seven years. "You promised to have my now trousers done a week ago, said tho exquisite jouth to his tailor. "Yes, 1 know it, wns the reply ; "but until you pay your old bill they will still re main breeches ot promise. The people of all the largo cities in sist that tho telegraph wires should go under ground, and the only way fpr the companies to effect a eomproiniso is to Many them low enough for the women to uso them as Huts on which to hang their washing. Prof. Kedrick, of the Michigan Ag periuients with growing plants iu n ricultural tjouege. who is making ex- o im room. I links 1 in nntiiui thnt. it. U unhealthy to sleep in a room coulnin- ing plants is sheer nonsense. Tho lnrgest locomotivo ever built is now being built nt Sacrnmento by tho Central Paciliu Railroad. The engino nnd tender will weigh 105 tons, nnd will be 05 feet 5 inches long. The lathe wns, it is thought, invent ed by Talus, a grandson of Daedalus, about 1210 15. u, but l'liny ascribes it to Theodore of Sanies, G00 B. O. Whon you ask tho old gentlemnu how his daughter is coming on and ho lirasicibly Hiiaps back nt you, "Well enough." tnko our ndvico nnd let well enough alone. Ono of the most effectual wav of ple.-ving nnd making one's self loved is to bo olieei ful ; joy softens fnr more hearts than tears. A Montnna jury nover takes 111010 than seven minutes to reach n verdict when lliero is n horse race in town.
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