Ma Tle dolttn1bikr. COLUMBIA DKMOCRAT, BTAn OP Tit NORTH ttnd CO LOMBIAN, Consolidated, ' lniil HVrlilr, nrrry Ifrlilny Morning, nt lltOOMSUUKO, COLUMMA CO., Pa. at two not.t,ARfl per yoar. To fmbicrtbcrs out of tlio county tho terms nro strictly In advance. Jf"Nj piper discontinued ecopt at tlio ontlon of tho piiulithnra, until nil nrrcamSos aro paid, but Bony continued credit will not lo Klvcn. ' All papors Hont out of tlio stato or to distant post oljloos must ba p.i d for ln advance, unless a respon sible person in Uolumbla county assumes to nar tlio subscription due on demand. au"11"3 w m iiue county.110 10nif'!ro',acted from subs:rtbrs ThoJoMn? P PRINTING, oolnplotol anj our Jotmrntlni WU com'p'iro Mvor Uly with that of tlio lanto cltlSs. All work dono on snort notice, noatly and at moderate prices. IK 8M !)W Cm It t r on ts o i ism urn 1100 18(10 1,1 UO SO 00 1510 SSOO 2500 MOO One Inch. tarid tiw run Two lliCllCS....,, 9(10 4 011 510 Thrcr inches 4 m BOO Four Inches Kim 7i 7 no (too Ounrler column., dim Bt in on llaimolumn iom lino 17 (i onecoiumn suuu woo DOU WOO 10000 Yearly advertisements payable quarterly. Tran sient advertisements must bo paid for beforclnfen r d except whero parties have nccounts, fcal advertisements two dollars per Inch to thrru incerttnns. nnd nt that rhto for additional I Insertions without reference, to length. Kxecutor'9,Ailmlntstrator's,andAudltor'snoIlcc three dollars. Must bo paid for when nsertcd. Transient or Local notice, ten cents a line, tegu lar advertisements halt rates, I Cards In the 'llaslness Directory" column, one dollar a year for each line. BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1884. THE COLOMBIAN, VOL. XV1ILN0 27 COIiUMDIA DBMOGIIAT, VOL XLV1II, NO 10 (Hf If 1 4 f iff 1 It f it ft PROFESSIONAL CARDS. k K. WA.LLKR, ATrOltMBV-AT-LAW, o.iuo orsr 1st. N.itioau lunk. 1,loomsbu L ' ATL'OittflSY-AT-LAW. nil 1 1 i 'i uii in. UtnousBima, I'a, P n ,i. . jj.cuiH.v. VTl'OIWBV-AT-TiAW. lll.OOMSnUIlfl, I'A. o.IlM owr 1 n N.ittnn d li mk. J At. WAUK, AT POItK V-AT-TjAW. JlMl'lOH OF THE PEAIJB. Ui-oomkiiuim, l'A. Oitlca over Moycr llros. Drug store p W MILLEK, ATTOHNlSy-AT-LAW onico In Hrowor'a bulldlnff.sccond noor.rooin No. 1 Bloomsburg, I'a. r) FRANK ZARR, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Bloomsburg, l'a. omco corner of Ccntro and Mala StrsotB. Clark s Uulldlng. Can bo consulted In German. Q.EO. 13. ELWELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Nkw Colombian Btrunwa, Bloomsbursr, l'a. Mombor of tho United Btatos Law Association. Collections tnado In any part of America or Eu rope. pAUL E. WIRT, Attorney-at-Law. Ofllco In Columbian Boildino, Itoom No. second floor- . BLOOMSBURG, PA. S, KN0RR. U B.W1NTIRST1KN. KNORR !i WINTERSTEEN, Attornoys-at-Law. onico la 1st National Hank building, second lloor, first door to tho left. Corner of Main and Market stroota Bloomsburg, Pa. Pensions and Bounties Collected. J It. MAT3E, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW onico In Malzo's building, over Blllmoycr's grocery. 0 U. BROCICWAY, Attorney-at-Law, ALSO NOTARY PUBLIC. Olllco in his buildm;.; opposite Court House, Siul lloor, Hloomsburg, 1'n. pr 1U '03 JOHN 0. YOOUM, Attorney-at-Law CATAWISHA, PA. omco In Nkws Iibm building, Main street. Momber of tho American Attorneys' Assorts tlon. , , collections mado In any part of America, A K. OSWALD, ' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Jnckson Building, Booms 4 nml G. BEUWICK, l'A RIIAWN & ROBINS, yVT I'ORM E YS-AT-L A V. Catawlssa, l'a, Ofllco.coruoroi Third and Main streets. ST B. SMITH, Altorney-atLitw, Berwick. I'.i. C'n lie Consulted In Gorman. ALSO FtltST-al.AS3 FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMI'AN'IliS UKfltEJICNTKl). OUlco Urst iloor below tho post ofllco. MISCELLANEOUS, Ci. BARKLEY, Attorney-at-Law . ofilca lu Broker's building, Had Btory.Hooms 3 " B. MoKELVY, M. D.,8ur!?eon anil Phy . it:liu, nortli sldu Main streot.bolow Market I j. FRITZ. Attorney-at-Law. . , lu Coi.umdian Building, Office 0 M. DRINKER, GUN & LOCKSMITH owing M.icbtaes and Machinery of all kinds re- airti'i. urani uocsi uuuaing, moomsourg, r n R. J. C. R UTTER, I'liySICIANtsnitOKON, otuce, North Market street, BloomBbuie, i'a rR. WJI. M. REBER. Surceou and U I'Uyslclan. onico corner of Itock and Market 1" R. EVASS, M. D.. Surgeon and f) . rhyslo to, (umco and Itoaldenco on Third Btreol, II HOUSE, DENTIST, Bl,00M811UI!O,C0I.UMIlIA COUNTY, Pa. All styles of work dono In a superior manner, work warranteo as represenieo, tbbth id witoodt I'A in by tlio use of uas, and free of charge when arlWclal teeth are Inserted, onice over Bloomsburg Hanking Company. lo be open at all hours during the (foj Nov. ss-iy JjURE INSURANCE. CIIItlSTIAN F. KNArP, BLOOMSIIUKQ, PA. IIOMK, 01' N. Y. MUKCffANTS', Of NKWAUK, N. J. CLINTON, N. V. pi:oi'i.K.s' n. v. 1IKADINU, l'A. These dill coni'OHATiosg am well goasoned by agoandniiKTisTKiiaud hava never yet had u loas Bottled bv auv court of law. Their luuets aru all liivested In solid skcviiitiks are liable to tbo hazard of Mux only, Umocs I'houituv nnd uovrsTLY adjusted and paid as soou as determined br CmtiariAN r. KNAIT, Bl'KCIAL AOINTANUAWI'STIBBUIOMSBIIIIU, Thonconleof Columbia countr should natron IB tho ugency where losses It nuy aroBCttleU and Hiu uy uuuui inuirown eiiuens, PltOMlTNliSSH, i;(lUTV, fAJIt DEAI.INO. mmI I'iij lor Au-fiil. 8100 In taoo irr iiiu.iimilrfti'llliiu iiirlJriiiilrik lllalui'j', f'uiiiountiiiil Iliilllfaorillptt iil-lil Ills lu J, '. .Hrl UKlj V I II,, I'lilUilvlA-lilu, l'A. mar SS-i y aid fPTTT? LATE AND simis in Are Offered .it LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES, BY G. A. Buckingham, MARKET ST., Berwick, Pa. April !Mm l i wm, M. 1. Medical Superintendent of ths Sanitarium. Invalid's Ilomei Bloomsburg, Pa., Devotes special a.tentlon to Epilepsy, Nervous Affections, and Diseases of Women. Patients received at tlio Sanitarium on reasonable terms for board and treatment. P. S. No charge for first consultation, apr 7. '8'i B, F. SHARPLESS' Near L & B Depot, Blooms'burg Pa. Manufacturer of First class ranges It) different ftylcs, cook stoves, parlor stoves and stoves for heating stores, school houses, churches &c. Largo stock of tinware) una stovo repairs, such as grates, flro brick, lids, centres CALL ADD SECURE BARGAINS. Oct 20 tf The Science of Life. Only SI BY MAIL POST-PAID. Exhausted vitality. Nervous and Physical Debil ity, l'rt'inaturo Doclina in Man. Krrors of Youth, and the untold miseries resulting from Indiscre tion of excesses. A book for c ery man, young, mlddlo-agcd nnd old. It contains 1S5 prescriptions for all acute and chronic diseases, each one of which Is Invaluable. So found by tho Author, whOso experience fors-'J years Is such as probably never belore fell to tho lot of any nuyblclan. 800 pugcu. bound In beautiful French muslin, embossed rrtveisi. full Mir. eimranteeil to bo a nner work In overy sense mechanical, literary and professional than any other work sold In this country for t-'.W, or mo moucy win uo rciuuucu in every lu&uiuuu. Prlco only 11.00 by mall post-paid. Illustrative sample 6 cents, fiend now. Gold medal awarded tho author by tho National Medical Association, to tho omcers of which ho refers. Tho science of Ufo should bo read by tho youn for Instruction, and by tho anilctcd tor relief. It will benont all toiiiJon iMimt. Themis no member of society to whom Tho Sclenco of Uto will not bo useful, whether youth, parent, guardian, instructor or clergyman. .ir gunaut. Auarvssuiu i-eautwy .iieuicai uisuiuie, ur m V. II. Parker, No. 4 llultlnch street, Boston, Mass., who mav bo consulted on all diseases rcnulrlng skill and experience. Chronlo and obitlnato diseas es and that have honied tho j T.T f Bklll of niinitipr I n'Rininii4 a hthi i I'm j ciaiii. Suchtreaiedsuccessfulfnri VCI?I I?1;, without an Instance of Lll 1 k)Jjljl1 f"H ure. jicniion uus paper. IIARTilAN RErKESENTS Til! FOLLOWING AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES North American of Philadelphia. rrtuiKiin, Pennsylvania, " " York, of Pennsylvania. Hanover, of N. Y. oueens, ol London, North llrlllsli. of Iindon. omce on Market filreet, No. S, Illoomsburg. oci,i, v-iy REAS BROWN'S INSURANCE sTrei street. Uloomsburff. Pa. Assets. Jtna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn. ti,078,9W lioyai or Liverpool u,5w, Ijincashlro 10,000,001 Klre Association, Philadelphia 4.165,110 l'hamlx. of London S.M8.3T6 London & Lancashire, of England., . , l,Tus,910 Hartford of Hartford s,173,o:o sprlngtield flro and Marine 2,uiJ,5W Ab tho aiencles are direct, nollclcs are written for the Insured without any delay In tho ofllco at Illoomsburg. Oct. is, 'si-t BLOOMSBURG PLANING MILL :o. The undersigned having put his Planing Mil on iiauroaa ntreei, 111 nrst-cioas conuiiiou, is pre parea 10 ao nil Kinus 01 worK 111 uis uuu. FRAMES, SASH, DOORS, BUNDS, MOULDINGS, FLOORING, Etc. furnlsnca at reasonable prices. All lumber used Is well seasoned and noao but skilled workmen are employed. ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS furnished on application. Plans and snocltlca nous pruuieu uy un experieuceu urauKumiuau . CIIAKLGS KKIfO, niooiiiMiiiu-pr, i'a THECOMPLETE HOMEffMatt 1 bouk, Ni edition. Nw WnJIuttJ.-Nfl illubtuiiom I (ram dentfiu, bupcil'ly KwKeu uu. bin low tUt, AJruJ to H belli f iiht. Aycnii Mng U ever iiuml A('1y now liiuuLi(V.GAtti(iirfeN & Co., W North itli St, I'Uladel I Aijoilief 'ru4 new Uwki u4 Utile, ST- i WALL PAPER, li M Medical M on Manhood $11,950 IN CASH GIVEN AWAY ATTENTION, SMOKERS! AH contestants for tho 2r promlnms nfjeregat Ing ntiovo amount, oUered by Illackwell s Iiur ham Tobacco Co., mutt obscrvo tho following coudlllona on which tho premiums nro to be awarded: All bags rnmC bear our original Hull Durham label, U. H. Revenue) Stamp, and Caution Notice. Tho bags must bo dono up necurely In u package with namo and addresi of sender, and number of bags contained plain ly marked on tho outsldo. Charges mint bo prepaid. Gmfcilelosei IfonnihtrSOth. All pack ages should bo forwarded December 1st, and rnmt reach us at Durham nof later (Ann Decern lerltlK No matter whero you rcsIdo,c:id your package, advlso us by mall that you havo dono so, and ttato the number of bags sent. Names ofiucccMful contestants, with number of bags returned, will Iks published, Dec. ZI, In Ponton. Herald) Hew York, lleraUlt Philadel phia, Timet; Durham, N. C, TotMeco lHant; New Orleans, Timet-lfemocrat: Cincinnati, at tmireri Chicago, Daily A'eui; San Praucuco, Chronicle. Address, ULICKWILI.'S DtmnAH Tobicco Co., Durham, N. C. Every gcnnlno package has picture of Bull. 3-b'co our next anuouuccmcut.'ft Match 91-tt GAIN Health and Jjappiness. DO AS OTHERS QT&yuP HiVEDOHE. Aro your Kidneys disordered? "Kidney Wi.it I'Mnitflit mo from my Rravp, an It wero.uricrth-! Krn iflrpnupby I3lcit ilwtorulu IV try it." iU V, iKTvi imx, ilfchaiilc, IoaJa, Mlcti. Aro your nerves "weak? m"KIJnojr Vit curod nui t mm nervmu wiaknpKs JtC.nfttr ! w ni.t ciikm tct to tlr,"-Mrs. M. U, 11. UtHNtwin, Kd. Vhvtttiait Monitor Ck-Tilaiid, o. Havo you Bri&ht's Disease? Kidney Vrt vurvd mo when my nntcr vu Jut I j v nuifc uuu tuvii llttu uinnru " Franle WUion, rcl)ody,MMS. Suffering from Diabetes? vi Juvy-Vot t li tli mobC tucifit I remedy I h CTtr ustd, "KlJu. i Liito I vr. I'uuup c. uuiiou, jjoukton, vi. Havo you Liver Complaint? "Kldney-Wort curert mo vt chronic LlTcr DIbomm after I imjod to die," lloniy Ward, into Col. CSth Kat, Guard, N.T, Is your Back lame and aching? 'Kidney .Wort, (1 bottk) urcd mo bcu I woao laiiio 1 Lad to loll out of ltd." C. WTollmapp, Milwaukee, WK Havo you Kidnoy Disease? "uldticy.W ort mftdo m-i hound in liver and kldntyi rft:r ye in n( utnncnfiil tin lorincr. Its worth tiuubux." Sam'l Uodgos, WllUiuiutunll, Welt Ya. Aro you Constipatod? 'Kidney Wort eaue ca-y efleuatlona and cured iu after 10 j tors mo of other mod I Pines " h'rlion Kalrclilld, bt. Albans, t. Have you Malaria? fIr(nT.Vort ItfM rtnnn tuttir ttmn nv ntlier Ulirx almnc inunetHAto rvller." remedy I liar o ever uaod lii my rroc(lre." it, i.. th, L.iLLrK( ovuiu uvru, fc. Aro vou BiliousP H "ICIJney.Worth.i8 donme moro good than any P other remctlj 1 haw fei taken." All, Vi A, umiwnuj l.im. iii Vl ItUUi Aro you tormonted with Piles? "Kidney-Wort tunmintntlii eurtd mu of tlot-Ulng piles. Dr. W,(J, Kit no recommend d It to hip." Ueo. II. II urn t, Cashier M, loik, 2J yen town, F. Are you Rhoumatism racked? "Kldni-y-Wort curoi me. afier I wan c1lii tip to (Mo by physician and I had mfCond thirl eam." UbrUb'Q Malcolm, Wcat Uatli, Maine. "Kldmy.Wort eured me of iniullar truuUte of I ev(.rulyLarstiiidfiih'. Hany fnendunpoand oruNu I iw aim. u. uimortaux, mo la koiw, m. If you "would Banish Disease i and gain Health, Tako j Tub blood cleanser. Spnug Without Blossoms. LATK IN UFK TO LOOK VOU .TOY Y11T NEV. Elt TOO LATK TO JIK.MI). Headers of Ilawtliorno's "IIouso of Seven Ga bles'' will recall tho pathos with wlilch poor Clll ford Pyncheon, who had been unjustly Imprison, cd since Ills early manhood, said, alter his re lease, : "My Uto Is gone, and whero Is my happi ness? Oh! giro mo my happiness." Hut that could be dono only In part, ns gleams ot warm sunshine occasionally (all across the gloom ot a New England autumn day. In a letter to Messrs. IIIscox & Co., Mr. I. H. Titus, of Pennington, N. J., says : "I have suffer ed untold misery from childhood from chronic dls easo ot tho bowels nnd dlarrhoja, accompanied by great pain. I sought relict at tlio hands of physl clans of overy school and ued every patent and domestlo remedy under I ho sun. I have at last found in paukeh'S tom lu a complete specinc, nreventlvo and cure. As your Invaluable medi cine, which did for mo what nothing eUo could do, Is entitled to tho credit ot my getting back my happy days, I cheerfully and gratefully acknowl edk'o the fact," ivir. . o. neus, who iiueus iiutiuruuutuuu lu me 3onls of Jersey Cltv. adds: "Iho testimonial of ,lr .Titus WL'enulno and voluntary: only ho does not adequately portray tho suffering ho has en dured for many years. Ho Is my brother-in-law, and I know tho caso welL Ho is now perfectly free from nis Ota irouoics ana enjoys ncaiui ami Hie, o-scrlblng It all to l'AUKKIl'S TONIC. organs i cures nil ailments ot the liver, kidneys, ana au uiaeaics 01 uiu uiuuu. for tho working class. Send 10 cents for UUmU valuable box ot sample goods that will ,put " vnu In tho way of m.ikliiL- moro money In a lowuaysinan you over tuuugiiv ikjijiuioul uuy you. You can work nil the una only. Tho work Is universally! ousiness. uupiitii uul miuirti We will Mart or In spai-o tlmu tdapted to both I'aslly earn from boxes, young ana oiu. ion cai W cents to every evening. That all who want may test the business, wo make this unp.irnlled offer ; to all that are not well satisfied wo will send U to pay for the trouble ot writing us. Full parti culars, directions, etc, sent free. Fortunes will bo maao by those wnogivo ineirwnoioiirae toino work, (ireat success absolutely suro Don'tdelay. Start now. Address Htinson SCO., Portland, Maine. rcc al-l YOU CANNOT GKT WELL AT IIOMK. Um M0i Inslilulo, UINGIIAMTON, N. Y. A GOOD PLACE FOR THE SIOK. n'hB house Is sneclallv fitted un for tlio comfort nf invniifin whodeslrua nleas.int and Christian homo, stands on high ground with plenty ot shade, rersouai attention given 10 every patient. Electricity ana uaivanism in meir uwereui. iiiuui. niniinnan.Biwlnlltv. l'rof. Mills has irlven many years ot btudy and practlco to this brunch, and hundreds will testily to his bkllL send for circular, stating what paper you saw thlslu. l'HOF. HUNItY MILLS, .mis. auui. nu..uii jiii.i.-i. Lock ltox 07. lllnghamton, N. V Sept. 7 '83-1 y. How Watch Cases aro Mado. Most persons havo an ambition to carry a jolil watch caso, nnil yet fewpcoplo know how a watch enso Is made, or tlio vast dlf fcrcncolnthonualityof them. In a Solid Oolij Watch Case, asldo from tho neccs eary thickness for engraving and polishing, a largo proportion of tho metal is needed only to stilleii uud hold tho engraved por tions in place, and supply strength. Tho surplus is not only needless, hut undeslra hlo, Lccausogold Is a soft metal and cannot furnish thoEtiflhess, drengthand elasticity necessary to mako tho caso permanently etrong and closo-flttlng. Tho perfect watch rase must combine gold with soruo metal that will sunnlr that in which the cold U deficient. Tills has been accomplished by the JdmM Jlots Uoul II alcA L"1fatjgjuit which saves tho wastk ofni- fik 7 lets cold, and iNcnnA8Wthe solidity and Bli'.DSQTll of the case, and nt tho eatuo time reduces tho cost one half, ti.l t tt .Hup I. X.l.toM W.lik tut Ti.tirl.i, rulf 4ilpkl l',far bBiUN lllu,lral.4 rvackltl.kff.Uik.w Iuih Uwm w4 l,;ilw Mttih l'w kri u.J. (IV U conllnutd) SELECT POETRY. ONLY ONE LEFT, So tho gold lias come Jim's got tits duo, Tlio gold ho talked nnd dreamed about, That should always have been disown ho know Hut a qulbblo of law had kept him out. It's come at last, and It seems so strange, I wonder now how wo shall feel, How bhall wo bear tho marvelous change, Never to worry about a meal. lie must havo a coat that will keep out rain, And curra and shirt Ironts whtto as milk j And I'll havo n gown that will rustlo again Fancy Jim Maberlcy's wlfo In silk t Anil Charlie why tho stuff's not wovo That will lu too bonnlo and rich for the la I, Wo'll wrap him round with our wealth like loe, Ami m.tko nil his life so bright and glad. He ll gro? tpilto rosy and stout of limb With purer air, and warmth, nnd bub, Wo mustn't mind what wo do for him, For there's only ono left to us now only one. oh, Jenny nnd Dick, why didn't you live Just tilt wo found this wonderful gold 1 We gnvo you tho best wo hnd to give, And you died of hunger and want and cold. I know you'ro safo with God nlwvc, I know ou never feel grlct or pain, And I ought to bo glad but oh, I'dlovo To hold you both In my arms again- Oil, darling, It you look down hero And seo Httlo Cliarllo so grandly dressed, Whllo your poor lives were so blank and drear i Don't fancy that mother loves him tho bust. I half begrudge his childish Joys ; Why should ho havo what tho others lacked Food, and warmth, and clothes and toys Whllo they with fever and pain were racked t Well, I musn't murmur, It seems so wrong, For Jim was growing sullen and mad, llelng kept out or hl3 rights bo long ; Injustice makes n man feel bad. Wo must do our best with our well-filled pur&o In tho new strnngo Ufo that's Just begun ; Only ono left I Well, It might bo worse, Hut It seems so sad only ono only ono I SELECT STORY, THE YELLOW E03E3. Ono evening, about two years ago, I went to spend a couple ot Hours witu mv dear old friend and neiirlibor, Mad- amo do Lorccrel. Aware of her ex- trcino fondness for flowers, I took with mo a bunch of yellow roses, her especial favorites. On this evening, as on many another, I found her with an old gentleman, who had about a year before como into that neighbor hood to take possession of an adjoin ing property, left him by a distant rel ntivo on condition ho would change his name to that of Dcscoudrais. I was quite iealous of the intimacy that soon had sprung up between him and my dear old iriend. On the evcninK in nnesuon thoy wero busy over a game of "tric-trao." entered soitly so ns not to oisturb them, and waited until tho game was over to present ray roses. Madame do Lorgerei's faco was brightened with genuine delight, out to my astonish ment, Monsieur Descondraies became most strangely abstracted and thought ful. 'Would you believe it, my friend," lie said, at length, ''thoso flowers havo ovoked, as if by enchantment, a whole epoch of my youth. For a few mo inents I was again twenty years of are and in lovo with a woman, who, if living, must now bo fully sixty years old. I will tell you tlio whole story, ono that influenced my whole after life even now, when old age has left mo barely energy enough to play at nc-trac, tho remembrance ot my youthful lovo fills mo with emotion.'' "Uver lurty years ago, inst alter 1 had loft college, my father, without consulting me, sought to obtain a post for mo in a certain regiment quartered in the little town of X , for which place I received orders to depart at once. Tins was distressinj' news lor more than one reason ; I had no necial love for the armv. thoiiL'h that objection was no great one, as at that time of my life tho inero sight of a gay umtorm, or the sound ot martial music, sutliced to iiro my ambition into be coming a Ctusnr or an Achilles. But, worst of all, 1 was in love, and dared not tell my father, whoso answer, I knew, would havo been an order has tening my departure. Fortunately, I lad an uncle and what an uncle! H that timo he was as old ns I am now, though still retaining all tho vigor and freshness of youth. Ho was tlio con fidant ot our follies, loves, debts and aspirations. I went to hnn : "Uncle, 1 am most unhappy.' "I bet twenty louis you aro not 1" "Ah, unolo, do not nest besides you would loso your bet." 'If I lose, Ji pay. l'orliaps that might help to console you." 'Hoi money has nothing to do with my wretchedness. Father has just ac cepted a lieutenancy for mo in tho Kegimonl. "A misfortune, indeed I Tho uni form is most becoming, and all tho of ficers aro gentlemen.'' "lint, uncle, X do not wisli to be a soldier.'' "Not bo a soldier! Aro you a cow ard, by clianco i "I do not yet know, undo : never theless, I know you are tho only man might daro doubt my courage. "Well, lad, my boy, what is your pbjectioii'to tlio army T" "I wish to marry. "Nonsenso!" "Monsenso or no nonsenso, 1 am m love." "And you call that n mlsfortun'o! I wish I wero in lovo myself. Who is slier "Oh, unolo I an angel 1" "Of oourso I know that before thoy always are angels. What I ask is to what namo your angel answers when they call herf "Nuomt." "Humph 1 Naomi mny bo cnoiiKh for you j but I would like to know what family this angel belongs." "Slio is a Miss Amelot.' "Indeed 1 Then sho is truly an an gel. A tall, graceful brunette, with dark eyes, soft ns velvet. I approve your clioico. ' "And it you but Know ncr "I do know her. Does sho lovo you!" "i do not Know." "What I not know 1 You aro nn worthy ot me. At her iinuso every evening, and yet not know If sho loves J'0!'1 "ono does not ovou know ot my lovo. "Pshaw 1 Httlo you know about it Sho know you loved her at least fif' teen minutes beforo you know it your self." "What I do know, at all ovenU, is .that I will dio if sho bo not iniuo I" . , c-r.i 1 ml I "Wii, noi ooitiy my iioy. ahuiu nro ninny tenuous why slio should not lo vourg. Your father is far richer than hem, and would never consent to the match." "Ill that cast', uncle, I know what I will do" "Nonsense! Do nothiiif,' silly. Lis ten to me. Vou cnmiot marry nt twenty.'' "Why not f" 'ltccatitiu I do not wish it, and with out me this murriaiic can never take place," Oli, dear uncle, 1 bee " "If tho girl loves you, and is willing If alio to wait tlirco years "Three years 1" "Peace, or I shnll say four, is willing, then, to wait threo you will join your regiment " years, "un, unolo r "But not this one. I shall havo yt,u exchanged into ono quartered within a few miles, and you may conio home for three months every year until the term of probation is over.'' "Well, if it must be Hut how shall I know if she loves mo V "Why, ask her, of course." "Oh.'l should never dare." Well, then, obey your father, and pack off at once." "Ah, ulicle, you do not know Naomi. A hundred times have I tiicd to do claio my passion ; I havo even com posed speeches, and learned thcim by lieart , but at tlio moment of speaking my courage wanes, and each word chokes me. Her expression is so sweet, but yet so grave. Tho man wOi thy of her is not bom 1 Writing was useless. When my effusions weio penned and ready to bo sent, their ut ter foolishness struck me so forcibly that I was at pains to tear my notes into small pieces." "Nevertheless, you must mako up your mind to speak at once. Your father has not told you all j ho scuds you to Clermont because his friend, tho colonel's daughter, is destined to become your bride. It would indeed be a good match no protestations all this is as nothiui;, it you aro really in lovo with Naomi. Lovo is folly but is a kind of folly I should regret novor having been guilty of. Old peo ple may call it nonsense, but perchanco the nonsense is theirs. If tho girl loves you, vou must saorifico all for her 'tis stupid, maybe, but right. AVo must first ascertain if sho loves you, and now is tho timo, for they seek to marry her. Ah, ha 1 that makes you hudder and crow pale 1 1 ou loni; to havo your rival at sword's point, as we used to say in my young days. Well, courage ; faco your beautiful Naomi. If you are richer than sho, her intend ed husband is richer than you, besides having a title and beiog quite ready for tho ceremony ; her trousseau is oven being made. You aro not pre pared j go to her, declare your love she knows it, but one is always ex pected to mako tho declaration. If sho loves you sho must, for yon aro handsome, young and clever. If she is willing to wait, write mo so in a letter which I may keep ; then I will pre vent this other affair, Ret your ex change, and in threo years marry you to Naomi in suite of your father in ipito of tho devil himself I" "Unolo, 1 havo an idea. "Well ?" "I will write to her." "Very well." After leaving my dear iinelo I set about writing that note. Tho writing was no difficult matter, for 1 had dono it a hundred times before; tho puzzle was how to give it her. However, there was no timo for indecision, so I soon mado up my mind, and haviui; purchased a bunch of roses, I slipped my declaration in among tho flowers. I still recall tho words of that nolo. After doclaring my passion, I besought -Naomt to lovo mo a littlo in return, and to wait threo yeais forme. If she consented, 1 asked her, as a sign, to wear ono of my roses that oveninc, Then would I daro to speak of my of our tu'.uro plans. ' Mi! you hid that uoto in tho bo met?" breathlessly interrupted Mad mio Lorgerel. "Yes, inadame." "And then T" "Well, Naomi woro no flower that evening. 1 was desperate, and m my misery sought to take my life. My good undo took mo to Clermont, stay ed llicro two mouths, and did all in his power to distract my thoughts from Naomi, declariug she never could tiavo really cared lor me. ' "But uncle," I used to object, "she always seemed so pleased to seo mo, and reproached mo so gently when I camo later than usual." "Women seek the lovo of all but caro for very few." At length 1 succeeded m banishing .Naomi s imago trora my lieart. married tho colonel's daughter, who, eight years later, left mo a childless widower ; my dear undo has ueen long dead, and I am now alono in tho world. Would you bolievo it my friends 1 often to this day think of Naomi, nnd sho is still to mo, though now quite an old lady, tho Naomi of mv storv mv first lovo a tail. rr.Kn, ful girl, with auburn hair, nnd, so my unoio used to say, uiacK velvet eyes "lou know not what became of hcrt" "No, raadarao.1' "Then your namo is not "Descou draies 1" "No : that is tho n.mio of mv u ii clo's estnto ; mine is d'Altheim.'' "I know it. I" "Why 1 how I" "I will tell vou what bennmn nf "Kurt mi sho loved you." "Hut too nolo the roses r "Sho nover found your note. Your sudden departure cost her many bitter tears, nnd thou sho married Monsieur do Lorgerel. ' "ji. do Jorgerel 1" "Whoso widow I am." Then vou you aro Naomi Amo lotl" "Yos i just as you are. or rather, a you aro not, tho Kdmond d'Altheim o my youtu. "To think wo as strangers 1" should meet ono day "Yos, aud then onlv to play nt trio trao. ' "The roses'" "Are hero. I always kept thorn.'' And Madamo do Lorgerel, with hands that trembled slightly, drew from an ebony cabinet, near by, tho withered bunch of yellow roses. "Unfasten them, quiok 1" oxolaim cd Monsieur Desooudraies. Sho did so, nml thoro among tlio flowed, now al most Just, found tlio nolo, whoro it hnd lain concealed for two-niid-forty year. San Francisco Argonaut. Horseshoes for Luck. "Tho nrincinal catewav at Allaha bad is thickly studded with horseshoes every hizo and make. There aro uudreds of them nailed all over tho rt al gales, doubtless tho offerings of many a wayfarer who tins long since finished his earthly pilgrimage. Wo could not lind out what was tho oxact lea connected with tUU custom irobnbly much tho samo notion of luck as wo attach to finding a horseshoe, xpecially onu with tho old nails still n their place. Wo afterward noticed that tho sacred gates of Som- ath, preserved in the Fort at Agra, aro similaily adorned. It reminded us t that curious old manorial rito still ept up at Oakham, in Rutlandshire, hero every peer of tho realm is bound the first titnd ho enters tho town to ircsent a horseshoe to bo nailed on tho old portal, which is well-nigh covered with these lordly tributes. It Is said that in caso any contumacious peer should refuse to pay this tax the au thorities havo a right to stop his car liayo nnd levy their black-mail by un shoeing one of tho horses. To avert so serious an annoyance tho tribute Hhoo is generally ready, porno being of iiormous sizj and inscribed with tlio namo of tho donor. Whether these iastcrn horshoes were taxes or offer- ngs 1 cannot tell, but it certainly is ,'ory curious to observe how widespread is tho superstitious reverence attached to this particular form. It has been suggested, and apparently with sonio cason, that m ancient pagan limes it may havo been a recognised symbol in serpent-worship, nnd hence may havo arisen its common uso as a charm against all manner of evil. The resem blance is obvious, more especially to that species of harmless snako which is rounded at both ends, so that tho head and tail aro apparently just alike, Tho creaturo moves backward or forward it pleasure ; hence tho old belief that it actually had two heads and was indo structible, as even when cut into two parts it wns supposed that the divided leads would seek one another and re unite. It stands to reason that in a snake-worshiping community such a creature would be held ifihigh rever ence. Jiven in Scotland, various an cient snako-liko bracelets and orna ments havo boon found which seems to favor this thcory,and at a very early per iod botli snakes" and horseshoes Becm to have been engraven as symbols on sa cred stones. We hear of tho latter laving been sculptured not only on tho threshold of old London houses, but oven on that of ancient churches in va- ious parts of Britain. And in tho present day wo all know tho idea of luck connected with finding one, and how constantly thoy are nailed up on houses, stables, and ships as a charm against witchcraft. In Scotland, all parts of England, and Wales, and es pecially in Cornwall, (whero not only on vans and omnibusus, but sometimes oven on the grim old gates of the old an,) wo may lind this curious trace ot uicient superstition. Whatever may mvo been its oritrin. it ccrtamlv is re markable that it should survive both in Jritain and Hindustan. The Gentle man s Maaazinc. Books Made of Olay. Far away beyond tho plains of Mes opotamia, on tho banks of tho river iigns, ho tho rums of tho ancient city of Ninevah. Not long sinco hugo mounds of earth .md stone marked the place whero tho palaces and walls of tho proud capital of the great Assyrian Umpire stood, llio spade, hist of tho Frenchman, then of tho englishman, has cleared all the earth away and laid bare all that remains of tho old streets and palaces whero the princes of As syna walked and lived. Tho gods they worshipped and tho books they read nave nil been revealed to tho wondering world. L no most curious of all the curious tilings preserved in this wonderful manner aro tho clay books ot iNiiioveii. Tlio clnet librar of Nineveh was contained in tho pal aco of Konyunjik. Tho clay books which it contains aro composed of sets of tablets covered with very small writing. Tho tablets aro oblong in shape, and when sovcral of them nro used lor ono book, tho first lino of tho tablet following was written at tho end of tho ono preceding it. Tho writing on tho tablets was, of course, dono when tho clay was soft, nnd then it was baked to harden it. Then oaoh tablet or book was numbered and as signed to a placo in tho library with corresponding number, so that tho li brarian could easily find it, lust as our own librarians of to-day number tho books wo read. Among these books arc to bo found collections of hymns (to tho gods), descriptions of ntumals and birds, stones and vegetables, as well as history, travels, etc. Tho As Syrians and Jiabyloinans wero great studenw ot astronomy. The method ot telling timo by tho sun and of mark ing it by tho instrument called a suip dial wns invented by tho latter nation in ono ot our modern clocks and watch es can bo compared to tho sun-dial for accuracy, indeed, wo havo to regu ato our modern inventions by the an ciont Babylonian system. 'I'lnters Circular. 1 ho following nro said to be tho seventeen American inventions of world-wide adoption : "Tho cotton cin tho planing machine, tho grass mower ami roaper, tuo rotary printing mess steam navigation, the hot air machino. tlio sowing machine, tho India rubber industry, tho machino manufacture o uoisuoes, tuo sunn biasi ior graving, iiiu gauge lame, tuo gram elevator, ar uiici.ii ice making on a largo scale, th electro magnet in its practical annlica lion, tuo teiopliouo aud tho muit julop.' . .i . . . . I . . What promised to bo a pure lov matoh was broken off tho other day wut'ii a piiiiiiueipuia man uiscovuroi that his intonded bridu had used four us in muiting a pie wueu eggs wero forty-livo cents a dozen. After worry ing uuuui, it jor a weeu no conclude that n woman so extravagant won! bankrupt him in hvo years. Asowlng madiiiiongoiit was recently uuui-iii'ii uy ii uereucaiamouni, near Alii' ford. Strange as it may nnncar tho cat amount escaped without boing struck wuu uuu oi tuo innciuucs. Tnlmage's Stirring Advice, At the Commencement exercises of tho Pierce Col k go of Business of Phil adelphia, last vveek, Ho v. T. Do Wilt Taluiago of Brooklyn, gavo tho follow ing good advice in his own pcouliar ays Hu was chid to find tho uradu- ating class composed of young women us wuu iw men aim wis lieu inero wero more women in business. It would be batter lor tho merchants of tho coun try if they would introduco more omen into commeicinl Ufo. No man had over yet committed n dishonorable act, hnd absconded or forged notes ho had first consulted with his wife. Ho advised tho graduates to concen trate their lives in one direction to choose au occupation and stick to it. s a general rulo the best mason sticks lo his trowel, tho carpenter to his piano, tho lawyer to his brief, tho minister to his pulpit, the fireman to ono locomo- ive, tlio navigator to ono shin at n time, tho professor to ono department. Tho mighty men of all ages have been men ot ono occupation Thorwaldsen as a sculptor, Irving as a writer. Kolh- child as a banker, 'Forrest as an actor, liruut'l ns nn engineer, Koss ns n navi gator and Punch as a joker. Somc- mes a man is prepared bv Providenco for some great mission. IIuoli Miller climbed through tho quarries of Cro marty to his high work, but generally by thirty years of ago a man or woman s occupation is decided and thero will bo uccess in that direction if thoroughly followed. "It docs not matter,'' said Mr. Tal- mage, , what you do, so far as success is concerned, if you do it to tlio best of your ability. Brandieth mado a for tuuo out of pills, Adams by express age, VanNess by harness, Cooper out of gluo and Jcniicn out of hats. Con tractors make fortunes by manufactur ing shoddy, merchants bv nuttinc sand n sugar, beet-itiico in vinecar. cliicorv in coffco nnd lard iu butter. Aro you merchant, you will find a swoon for tho energies which absorbed a Brunei and a Lennox. If a lawyer, Uiero is a scopo for tho heighti and depth of in tellect ot a Marshall, n JlcLain. a Story and a Kent. Aro you a physi cian, then you canVaste but little timo outside of a profession which was tho pride of a Hush, a Harvev. a Cooper and a Sydenham." Chicago Oheek. "May I havo this seat J" sho asked f tho genteel-looking drummer whoso baggage was occupying it. "1 don t know ma am, ho auswered politely. "It belongs to tho railroad, you know, but I'll seo tho conductor, and maybo ho can give it to you," alio grow purplo and said : "You don't understand mo. I mean can I take it V "Well, I don't know that, either. You seo it is fastened very firmly to the car floor, and would bo troublesome to get up ; however. I'll havo a car penter to como on board at tho next station and ask his advice." "I don't want to tako the old thing,'' she howled. "Is this your strap on it ?" No'm," blandly answered tho rummer, "tlioy belong to tbo tirm I travel for." "Well, can 1 sit down here," she finally screamed, after shifting from ono foot to the other. "I don't know, madam : 'you aro tho best judge of your muscular powers." Whero do you travol from T sho screamed. "Chicago," ho replied, "That settles it," sho said meekly : 'will you pleaso movo your valise and permit mo to occupy a small portion of this seat V "Certainly,'' ho replied, why didn't ou say uuu at nrst 7 I he train sped on, while ho sat couuliug up his expenses, and sho won deiing if Chicago cheek had any equal turner tuo sun. The Two Interesting Operations Performed on a Hospital Patient. There was performed at tho Phila delphia Hospital last week tho second of two curious surgical operations. Early in January Anthony Weaver, a forty-vear-old Swiss carpenter, was ad mitted to tho hospital, sintering from a tumor in the throat. Whilo tho tu mor did not prevent tho reception of liquid food breathing was almost im possible. To relievo the stricture tracheotomy was performed, au inci sion being mado in tho trachea and a tubo inserted, 'through this tube tho patient has breathed for nearly six months. Hecently a new complica tion appeared. An unlooked-for im pediment in tho throat prevented tlio passago of oven liquid food into the stomach. In this emergency a consul tation was held by tho staff and Drs. ,i annoy, raucoast, White. Porter nnd ltoberts performed what is known as gastrotomy. An incision was mado in tho abdomen nnd tho abdominal walls and tho stomach wero sowed together. Into tho incision a silver tubo was in- sorted. Goodwill bo passed into tho man's stomach through tho tube. The caso has attracted considerable atten tion and tho result of tlio latter opera tion is awaited with considerable in torcst by physicians. There Is now nt tho Jefferson IIoBpital a woman upon wuom mo samo operation was success fully performed several weeks ago. If she dies, it will bo from the tumor and not from tho effects of tho operation, 11T1 . . workers in ornamental wood now assert that yollow pine, hard finished in on, is tuo rival in ueaiuy ot any wood that grows, not exoeping the costliest of tho hard species, it being susccpiioio oi receiving niut maintain ing ns mgii a tiegreo oi pousn as any known wood, whilo, when impregnated wuu on, is almost ltuicsirtiotlb o. in such a condition it is impervious to hot greaso ami oiner substances that leave an ineffaceable- stain upon white pine, mapio uuu various oilier woods. ii uas been stated, and some sports men will no doubt bo sorry to hoar it that a fishing polo has been mvonted that registers ovory fish caught. This will do away with all fish stories, inas much as tho angler with a polo that doesnt register will always bo regard cu wuu suspicion. ticorgo hlliot's letters, soon to bo published, aro said to abound with per sotial touchos describing nerBonauei whoso names nro iu every one's mouth i his means that ho has written about A Eetura of Confidence After the Election, and Consequently Better Times, Willlinm II. Vandorbilt, who was interviowed a day or two ago on tho business outlook said i "After tho Presidential election is over wo shall havo a return of oonfidoilcn and consd-' qiicnlly better times. I know lots of people who aro foolishly converting their nsscsts into money and placing it in their boxes in tho safo dejioiit vaults wlicro it can earn nothing, instead of investing it in securities of known vnl uo at tho prevailing abnormal nnd pan icky prices. It is nil a matter of con fidenco. Why, I know ono instnnco of a man who has stored a lot of specie in his house mid hnd a burglar alarm attached to nil windows nnd sleeps with a rovolvci under his pillow. Ilia sec ond night's oxperienco proved a ludic rous one. Ono of tho family camo in lato, and not knowing how the burglar alarm worked, set it off. Out comes tho pistol of my friend nnd ho bnngs away, hitting a valuablo mirror and creating a panic in the household." Mr. Vnnderbilt, however, keeps his own vault carefully guarded, nnd it is be lieved that his slumbers nro not as sound as they might be. All About the Mosquito. Somebody, writing about tho mos quito, gives a sort of sketch of its hab its, as follows : Just about this timo of tho year tho mosquito reaches ma turity, and is entitled to nil tho rights of American citizenship. Thoso who havo mado a study of tho bird tell us that it is born in April. It spends ils infancy preparing for tho .battlo of life. During tho first month of its oxistenco it lies in complcto idleness, giving n chnnco for its claws and stinger to grow and for a copper lining to form over its stomach, During the second month it indulges in athletic exercises and in cultivating its voice, and at tho end of tho month is ablo to fly in thir teen diHeront directions nt tho samo timo and to sing like n, lark. It spends its third month testing its stinger on tho railroad track, nnd when it is ablo to plungo the instrument of torturo in to tho iron, spread it and pull out a piece of iron witli it, the animal is ready for notivo business. Its modo of at tack is a treacherous one. It hovors about tho back of your neck until it gets everything in shape, then it darts around the corner, and with a wild shriek sinks its stinger into your face, and although you claw at it immedi ately it is gone, together with a gill of blood and a big piece of your skin. The Weapons of the Soudanese Harry Menges, who should bo an au thority, sends tho Cologno Gazette a dissertation from Aden on tho various weapons employed iu tho Soudan. Both kinds of spears aro thrusting weapons, not javelins, and rarely used as such. That of the maratimo tribes, who composed Osman Digna's forces, is about six feet long. In tho districts round Kordofan it gives way to a long lance, nearly threo times tho length. But, of course, the two-handed sword, which is often tho heirloom of genera tions, is the mosl universal arm. Herr Menges, it is pleasant to find, believes in tho comfortablo tradition that sever al of these havo been hauded down from tho Crusading times, which un doubtedly supplied tho model. But tho majority of the blades unquestion ably aro exported from Solingen, fa mous for foils. Tho shields aro of hide, and are always considered proof against spear thrusts, and, therefore, certainly against tho quick snatch-and-recovery now in vogue with the bayo nets, instead of tho lutigo home. Pall Mall Budget. The miller who has mado use of ver min powers, steel traps, and bull ter- lers, aud lias yet tailed to rid his prem ises of rats, will bo glad to know that a contributor to a recent number of Chamber's Journal drove away a large colony of these rodents from an ancient house by tho following simplo expedi. ent : no trnppcd two rats alive, smear ed them all over with tar, tho head ex cepted, and then turned them looso uto their favorito run. It is to bo pre sumed that tho victims wero ablo to mako their unpleasant experiences known to their companions, as we aro assured that from that day in 1875 to the day of writing in 1888 not a single rat has been seen or heard iu tho house. It should bo added that beforo trying a personal application, tho wri ter had poured tar into tho rat holes aud put broken glas in the samo places without any good result. A now material for window and oth er draperies is an imitation of Cordoya leather, with very largo handsomo do sign on an oatmeal ground, like wool, n warm, sott colors, 'lhis a'so an swers exceedingly well for panels, cither ou tho wall or on tho dado. By experiments on iufectcd hams. Messrs. Mignon and Totiard hnvo pro- -i. .-r..i , i veil iiim incuuao may uo renncrcu en tirely harmless by exposure foi au hour to a cold of four degrees below zero i'nnreniicit. novel that tho heroino's beautiful faco colored with pleasure," remarked, "Now I know what's tho matter with my nose." A woman always carries hot nurse in her baud so that other women will see it; a man carries his inside his pock et so that his wifo won't seo it. "Can you tell mo what timo it is?" asked a lady whilo waiting in a bank. "No, no i I am not tho teller. Next window, please." Au Italian journalist, describing tho American girl, says sho is like cham pagne. Yes and this is tho year for her to "pop." Chineso barbers shavo without lath, er. This reminds us that our old Bchool master used to lather without shaving. "It's so quiet iu tho. country,'1 said Joues, that I havo often lain awake at night and listened to tho bed-tick-)" Never wash tho feet m warm water, except lust beforo retiring. Cold water with a Httlo ammonia or salt dropped in, is inuoh pleasauter and moro healthful. Hogg, Lamb and Bacon.