loncd Weekly, every I'rl.lny .Horning, tit
11LO0M8I1UIUI, COIiUMMA CO., Pa.
il!.J,!!!. out of
of tho publishers, until nil ftrrcarascs aro nalcl hut
lonir contlnuo.1 credits will not bo rivou P '
All papers sent out of tho stnto or to distant nnst
"i1?,0 M,wt P J""'1 ,or ' ranre, unlcs "aresnon.
hlo person in Columbia county awtimcs to dt
he county" "serox',(:t'fl1 ,rora BUUSM'bors
, JOB PJRINTING.
l'i?.,LobbIn? "opart ment ot tho Cottmnt ah Is very
oompieto, nnd our Job Intlngwlllmnin"ro for.
ably with thatof thclarKeclUes. All work dononn
short notice, noatly ana at modcrato prices.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
K. YYALM3U,
ATT011NEY-AT-LAW,
omco otor 1st. National Uank,
Mloomsuunf, Pa.
U. PUNK,
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW
nm l . ...,.... IlWOUSaBBO, Pi.
1 It. HUOKALEW,
' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
DbOOMSBOJMI, 1'J
Offlce over 1st National Ilanl:.
J-OIINM. CL.VHIv,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
AKD
JUol'IOH OP TUB PEAOE.
Uloomsuibiuj, Pa.
ortlce over Moycr Hros. liruij storo.
p .MILLER,
ATTOKNUf-AT-LAW
Oinco la Urower's bulldlnff.sccond Coor.room No. 1
Uloomsburtr, ra.
O FRANK ZAHK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
omco cornor ot Ccntro and Main Streets. Clark a
Building.
Can bo consulted In German.
QEO. E. ELWELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Hkw Columbian buiuiko, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Mombor ot tho United States Law Association.
Collections mads In any part ot America or Bu
rope. pAUL E. WIRT,
Attorney-at-Law.
omco In Colchbian Bcudinci, Itooru No. s, second
floor.
BLOOMSBURQ, PA.
I. IKOBB.
L. fl. WINTBBBTZ1H.
KNORR & WINTERSTEEN,
Attorneys-at-Law.
omco In 1st National Hank bulldlncr, second aoor,
first door to tho left. Corner of Main and Market
stroots Blooiusburg, Pa.
1 Pennon t and Bountiet Collected.
J H. MAIZE,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
OHM InMiUze'H building, OTcrlllllmeycr's grocery.
Q U. BUOWOKAV,
Attornoy-at-Law,
AI.PO
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Oftico in his building ojposite;Court House,
2nd Jloor, Dlooinsburg, Vt. npr 13 'S3
JOHN C. YOCUM,
Attorney-at-Law.
CATAWISSA, PA.
Ofllco in Niwu Itkh building, Main street.
Member ot tho American Attorneys' Assocla
1
Uun.
collections made In any part ot America.
A K.OSWALD,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Jackson. Building, Kooms 4 and fl.
BERWICK, PA
RIIAWN & ROBINS,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Catawlssa, Pa.
Otnee, corner of Third and Main Streets.
"y E. SMITH,
AUorney-ntXaw, Berwick. Pa.
Can bo Consulted in German.
ALBO FI113T-0LASS
FIltE AND LIFE INSURANCE
COUl'AKIES nBPltBHENTEO.
WOfflco first door below tho post olllce.
MISCELLANEOUS.
0,
O. BARKLEY, Attorney-at-Law
omco lu Urower'u building, :nd story.Uooma
B. McKELV Y, M. D.,Surgcon and Phy
. slclan, north slue Main street.below Markot
AL. FRITZ, Attorney-at-Law.
, In Columbian Building.
Office
Q M. DRINKER, GUN & LOCKSMITH
owing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re
aired. ornuA llousi Building, Bloomsburg, Pa.
DRJ-
C. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN & SDUQKON,
omco, North Market rtrcet,
tiloomsburc, Pa
WM.
M. REI1ER, Surgeon nnd
omce cornor of Hock and Market
'hyslclon.
itreot.
T R. EVANS, M. D., Surseon and
ft . l'hysloian, (Office and Residence on Third
treot.
for Infante
CiorUIoweUaptMtochllatntlift I
I recommend It aa superior to any prescription I
kaowntesje." ILA.Axmi..Vn. I
Ill Bo. OitorJ St., Brooklyn, N. Y,
r " . ' I
6
am
HAn
tho
absolute euro for lUionmntlani, Hprnlns, Pafu lu
Buck, liurus. Oftlls. JCc.
1
rcIlevJug and Ucallinf Bomody.
J. Z BITTENBHNDEB. r"P"".
fPL A3,;.rr:r ni ,!-
xiiuuuiuuuuuiJJllU, UIHY
BY MAIL POST.PAID.
KNOW THYSELF.-
A Grsai Medical Wor
on
it x lt,?lly fervom and Physical Debll.
tyAhW?at.ur?Def 11110 ta Man- Krrors of Youth,
and tho untold mlsei les resulting from ludlscnA
!'???.! Sxct;sfie3; A book for every man, young-,
mlddlo-aKetl and old. It contains 123 prescriptions
I.?.r,n 'Ofuto andchronlo diseases, evch ono ot
l."ivaluablo. so found by t ho Author, whoso
i.ESSHi.Wf .s3 y.0ft.ra. li euch ns prob.iblv never
I, ?rr? 'c.' "? lhe..l0 of.n"5' J'hyslclan. M pastes,
bouml in . beautiful Kroueli iniialln. emt,nSxi
covch, lullfclit, truaranie-d
tujry senst-infchajilcal, litormy and prolxslonal
10 iKi aimer v.orK in
. ..,, uiu viHi.ra,u in nucouniry Mr r
or thu moiiay wilt ix, rciuad,!l in every bwian
rjlc" onlyll.ou by malt post-paid. illunrat
w.
sLanen.
sampln ii cents. Send now. oofd medal itwarded
' " VJ the National M( dkMl Asbocl.itlon, to
tbo oniceri of which ho refers,
'f ha bcieneo of Lire should bo re.id bv the vouniT
Sni,l.1,MJ,0R' "Z1" by th.0 iH'Hctoa for relief. It
will benefit all bmam I-ancrt.
Therolj no member ot soMety to whom Tho
SS'OTJ.u,2iwlUnntb" tul, whether jouih,
goiSta tfUa"lla"' instructor or cler,jm:iu.-ArI
wA?iarM?i!;0 iVSJTn Medical Institute, or Dr
SrJli"!0 No ' """"'ell .street, liotou, .Mass.,
w ho may bo consulted on nil diseases renulrlnfr
S'H,"'! cn,H'nti'. Chronic and obstlnato illseas
nuil that nave Killled tho U I? A I skill ot
another physicians a kpo H JliA I J clalty
such treated sucressful rp ri Vlfbl 1 "ly
without nn lnsianeoot 1x1 X brjljjb fall
ure. Mention this paper. wiJJJA
Seitl-lw a
Itlver Is tho W apwallopen Valley Hotel, Svapwal
lopen, Lu7ernoCo., Pa.
i.1.h.l?ll,0usclia',..bccn,,l0rou!hly rcnovateil nud
is tltted up with every conveniences for Ira
,i !fS.l0!',"sft h,.ln ln-t and fishing parties. Ills
delightfully Hliuatwl lnthn midst of ft beautiful
section ot river and mountain wenery In closo
proximity to the famous
Council Cup
and special Inducements ara offered to all who
dcslro recreation combined wlthilrst class ac
commodatlons. Tho bar supplied only with tho
choicest wlmsnnd liquors, excellent stablo ac
commodations, boats to hire to.
April SMm
BLOOBBBUBGJPLUHfi MILL
The undersigned haylnc put his Planlntr Mil
on Hallroad street, In flrst-ciass condition, Is pro
pared to do all kinds ot work In his line.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
furmsned at reasonable prices. AH lumber usod
Is woll seasoned and nono Dut skilled workmon
are employed.
ESTIMATES FOE BUILDINGS
furnished on application. Plans and epeclfca
uvug juujurt;u uy an uxpeuenccaaraugaisman
CIIARLES BRVfl,
Eiiicoiiisbm-g, Pa
TRADE MARK TDK (i'iibatEniI. TRAPS MARK
I.ISU JiKMKUV. AU
untalllns cure for
seminal weak.
nets, spennator-
rncea, juinotcncy,
and all lilseases
that follow as a
sequence ot beir
Abuso ; as los3 of
Mpmnnr. TlnlvMi"-
ItfORE TAIIIB.sal LilshI t udo,Ant? TAIIRB.
IDInlntholMck, Dlinnesn of Vision, Premature
Old Age, and many other dl.se.ises that led to Insa
nity or consumption and a Prematura Crave.
when druggists from whom tho medicine Is bought
uuHoinyiiwii ouu reierjuu 10 mo manuractur
crs, and tho requirements aro buch that they
aro seldom, if ear, complied with. Seo their writ
ten guarantee. A trial of ono Blngle package ot
oray's Specific wilt convince tho moat skeptical of
lib leui munis.
on account of counterfeits, wo have adoi t(d the
Yellow Wrapper ; the only genuine.
fFu!l piaticiil.ir.ilu ourpjtnphlet, whUh we
dlioiuseiidlnsibymallto nvory oiw ;iTho
sp. el'le Medicine H sold by nil drtrr-lsi .it it
per luclage or B packacs for !K, or v.lll be s 'nc freo
by m,i 11 on tho receipt ot iho money, by addri sslng
Till! G1UY MEDICINE CO., lluffftlo, N. Y;
fj)M It. moomsbiir); by i.ll driuglotn.
Nov Wt
yAINWRIQIIT te CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Philadelphia
tkas, sykups, cokkek , sutlar, molasses
KICK, SPICSS, BICAKB SODA. SC., tC,
N. E. Corner Second and Arch streets,
iworders will receive prompt attentln
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TDBBS, PROPRIETOR
BL00M3Bt7SO, FA.
OPPOSITE COUHT HOUSE.
I argo and convenient s.implo rooms. Hath rooms
hot and cold water, and all modern conveniences
aim
nd six cents for nostocre. and ra
re free, a costly box ot goods which
1 heln you to moro money rlirht
awav tban anvrhlnt?rls In MiIh wnrlrt.
All, of cither sex, sucoetsl from first hour. The
broad road to fortuno opens before tho workers
absolutely sure. At once address, Tkue & Co., Au.
gusto, Maine. Deo 2My
y II HOUSE,
DENTIST,
Bloomshuho, Columbia County, Pa.
All stylos ot work done In a superior mannor, work
nutiaiiuru tba rujjruacuLeu. illTU nZTKAUT
id wituout Pain by tho use ot tins, and
freeot charge when artificial toeth
aro Inserted.
Ofllco in Columbian bulldluc 2nd floor.
lobe open at all hours during the rfaj,
ond Children.
0JtoH curea Oolle, Oonstlpatlon,
tinllr Stomach, tHarrha'a, bnctAtloa,
Kills Wonus, kItos tlet.p, and promotea !
Kmuuu.
KflHUOD,
WIUlOl
iut Uijuioua laedJcaUoo.
T
An Inatoutanooua Pain-
I
Our nidsHtitvu Is (o on cry rend
cr fii' tills pnpef.
Tho Iniorniiitinii 19 litltit i-
tuiit nnrt liitcitdcit (iir ipveryoiio
In n!Gl of 4Jlof IiliifT.
V'o Juit tlio slocU.onr prices
nrn Iio liottoni limn cm o (lie
tiuii'Kc.l, our show rooms arc
Hgiil i nd clic'riittl) niiis your
oxntiIu:itlon Is nil Mini Is need
ed to iittiKo you a buyer.
A. C. YATES & CO.
Ledger Building, Sixth Si Chestnut Ste.
PHILADELPHIA.
cgnaRiHiWMiiu'iJuuaBiituaNSXSSVa
THE CURE
KIDNEY DISEASES,
LIVER COMPLAINTS,
nAMCTiaivinm mt t?5
iwijiirniiuii) i . fc fc ,
AND BLOOD DISEASES.
PHYSICIANS ENDORSE IT HEARTILY.
'Kldney.Wort la tho mot Buoccnefal remedy
Xevcriued." Dr. r.C.Ballou,axonXton,Vt
'Kidney-wort la alwye reuAblo,"
Dr. II. K. Clark. So. Hero, Vt.
"JTidnny.Wort line enred my wlfo After two yt fcr
aulferiu." Dr. C. II. Suracaorlin, Hon IUli, CJa.
IN THOUSANDS OF CA8E8
tthafl cured V7hcrell rlo had failed. Itiomild,
! butclllolcnt, CXHTAI-N IX ITS AOTIOX, but
I harnUoBainallcAscfl.
trril cleaned the iiloodand (itreiiffthennntd
Rive New Lire to nil tho Important ortjana or
tho body. The natural Action of tho Kldneja i$
rcutorcd. Tho LlTcr is cleanaed of alldlneaso.
I In this ay tho wore dkc&acs aro eruiicatcd
find tho Uowcls novo froelr and healthfully.
rrom xno cyi-Mm, g
rnicc, ti oo uqcid on dut, polo bi DRUfiGins,
Dry can bo eont by mail.
YTri.I.R, ItlCIIARD&OX A CO. narllnctoa Vt.
VERB
m it j5s
Cures Scrofula, Ery.nipelns.X
Pimplos and Faco Grubs.l
Blotches, Boils, Tumors, 2'ct-i
ter, Humors, Salt RhovmA
Scnld Head. Seres, TJ'orciirlall
Diseases, Foraale Weakness
and Irregularities, Eizziness,
Loss of Appetite, JaandicoA
Alioctions ot the Iiiver, Indi-
pnstion, Uiliousness, DyspopA
sia and General Debility.
Acnuri-ct I.iirJk Mood n.ttet. will sxltify tte g
i lost t-t-ptl .1 that It 1 th r.'Calr&t nil M runlicv on E
cat:l. Jiolcl by mc littnc iloalcs every-l trj. 8
Dne.liopi I-i cUveti ,an,:uafc'et, I'hici:. fl-oo. 1
FOSTER, MILBURH h CO., Pn?'i, 3'jfialo, S.Y.S
l i mm, 1 1
Uodical Saporlntcndont of tho Sanit&ricm.
Invalid's Home.
Bloomsburg, Pa.,
Devotes special Attention to Zpllspsy,
Kcrvous Affo:ti:as, und Disoasc: cf Wccon.
FntienU received at tlio Sr.nitnrltira on
reasoiiiOilu terms fo: board ami treatment,
P. S. No clmrgo for first consultation,
apr !J7. '83
A ArfPUTk Energetic, reliable men
Al LUlJto soli Fruit Tree
urapo iues, ouruui, noses, eie. naiary
and exDenses Dald. lull Instruction.
Elveii to Ineijioilenced men cm soon learn tho
uslness. Address J. V. Lt.Cf.AltE, Urlghton, N. 1.
I mile east ot Itoehebter, N. Y.)
a week at home. .1.00 outtlt free. tay ah.
wlutcly sure No risk. Capital not required.
Header, If jou want business at which per.
sons ot cither sos. young or old. can mako
great pay all the tlmo they work, with absoluto
certainty, write for pattlculars to II, Hallkit 45
Co., Portland, Maine.
Dcc2My
7REAS
BROWN'S INSURANCE
1
AOKNCY. Mover's now building. Mala street.
iwmsburg, Pa.
Etna Insurunco Co., ot Hartford, Conn l7,0T8,s; j
ltoyal of Liverpool 1 t,MO,oui
ljincas'ulro io,ouo,oij
Klro Association, Philadelphia l,iw,7lii
Phccnlx, of London s,:cn,vrit
iAiudon x Lancoslilre, ot L'ngland l,;w,')
Hartford ot Hartford. s,sr:i,UM
bpijnglli'ld Hie ami Marino S,0SJ,5)
As the agencies aro direct, policies aro wiltten
for thu Insured without delay In tho oitlca at
lllooiusburg. Oct. -it, 'si-
tPBB Ri
Givos a MORE BRILLIANT SHINE
THAN ANY OTHER.
IN BOXES WHICH PREVENT ,
SOILING THE HANDS.
SOLD BY ALL DEALERS.
S. S.STAFFORD;
Now York.
OctH w
suHsaniuE fok
TIIK COUJiMniAN,
sjil.SO A YEAH.
AtlENTS WANTED-I'or the lives ot
Bluiiio & lOlovcliuul it
LogunJ ITotul ricks.
In l vol by 'P, v, Knox.in 1 vol by Hon A llariiuin,
The Jii'nf and cneiiifit. KmU vol,, ww pu.
gis.tl.Hi. co pert rut to Agents. Outfit (oa,
AddrtSi HAHTVoltl) riULIHlUNU CO., Halt.
ford, conn.
Ira mm
mmt mm.,
BLOOMSBUEG, PA., Fit
SELECT STORY.
DISOOVEEED IN TIME.
Some three miles back from our
Eastern coast, just within sight ami
Hoenl of tlio ealt water, licit a Suffolk
villatje, Wynford by name, of whoso
scattered population four-fifths find
their living and oeut.ro their material
intorcstH upon lliat broad area thoy call
"tho land."
A sleepy pariah T An unemotional
congregation of clodhoppcm, then T
My no means, indeed 1 Wynford has
decided opinions, brink littlo quarrels,
many nodal grades of its own, and
ha, moreover, its full quantum' of hu
man joys and sorrows j perhaps, hid
den among ilii noher gtmorations, somo
tragedies and to a certainty now and
then a bit of romance.
On Wynford Green, near tho ilint
tnwiTod, thatch-iiaved St. Nicholas,
cluster all thu dwellings of tho rural
upper ten, from the smart whito villa
of a lato shopkeeper's buxom widow
closo by tho rectory to tlio red brick
residence of a vico-admiral's relict
Mrs. Orde fiom whoso casements one
can look aerosj tho narrowing road in
to somo twenty acres of park, wbcro
stands, tho chief house ol tho parish,
"Tho Beocheo.1'
Hero lived tho lady of tlio manor.
Not a stately, exacting dame, ruling
jealosy orer a tribe of bobbing, hat
touching rustics, but a young and
beautiful woman, who inherited through
her mother a position none over needed
to prurigo her sweet and noble nature.
"Miss Temple, my daughter that is
to he, seems pai t of Wynford 's very
self, Mr. Murray," explained Mrs.
Orde to the newly como rector, on his
first call, one atitiimd day. Ho ivas an
Oxford Fellow, who, in the sudden im
patience nt the barrenness of book
life, had deserted it for tho opposito
extreme a moderate living in tho
depths of the country. "Tho peoplo
think so much of her and sho of them
that I fear it will bo a lamentable day
when my f,on conies to tako her from
us."
"Your son 1 ' repeated Mr. Murray,
politely almost moro tban politely nt
tentive. "Yes, from India, lie returns soon,
to rob your parish of its mistress. You
had not heard this ? Oh, well, I think
our clergyman ought to understand
what goes on among us. It makes
him moro at ease, does it not"" And,
with tlio friendly view of furthering
pleasant footing, Mrs. Ordo chatted
complacently into accounts of tho
neighboring family, and told how a
Mr. Temple, well connected but of no
fortune, had married the heiress of
Wynford manor, who, sadly enough,
had died, when this ono child, Agatha,
was born.
"But there aro two Miss Temples 1"
inteipolated Mr. Murray, pii.;:led by
remembrances of two attractive faces
near his pulpit, of which one had ear
nestly marked (or so lie fancied) every
syllable of his (iist nervous sermon,
while tho other had wandered from
pointed attention, through Btnothered
yawn?, into a comfortable little nap.
"Surely I seo two ladies often together,
both young ; I thought them sisters."
"So thoy are at least, half-sisters,"
explained Mrs. Orde ; "for Mr. Temple
foolishly married again a french lady,
littlo Agatha's governess ; and Miss
Leouio is her child younger tlian
Miss Tomplo by live years. Poor
thing 1 Her father died long ago,
leaving not the least provision tor her j
for, of course, ho had only tho lifo in
terest in Tho Beeches. So his widow
and littlo girl weio simply dependent
on tho elder daughter. But tho trust
ees were liberal, Mibs Temple most un
selfish and geneious, and they all lived
admirably together till Mrs. Temple's
death."
"Which was"
"Pour years ago, six months before
our dear Agttha caino of ago. It was
just when my son got his nssistnnt
judgeship, Mr. Murray an excelleut
appointment and, on tho strength of
his promotion, wroto homo as he did.
It has beeu a long engagement, has it
not T But Geoffroy would novcr Hvo
on his wifo's income, without means or
position of his own, bo ho determined
to keep abroad, till ho earned a pension;
but I am thankful to say, tlio last
three years of his oxilo aro not to be
lonely.' Now you understand what
brintra him home, Mr. Murray."
Mr. Murray understood Mrs. Ordo's
modestly triumphant confidence only
too well. By somo process of reason
ing ho had no mind to traco to its
source, ho felt tho revelation had
spread a shadow over his own lifo s
and as he wont back nlone, past tho
golden-brown Beeches, to his solitary
fireside, was half inclined to wish ho
had never ventured from tlio scholarly
seclusion of Corpus into tho perils of a
country pastorate.
And how was Mr. Geoil'ry Ordo's
return awaited by tho tenants of tho
inanor-liouso 1 Seemed tho days long
or short to Agatha Teniplo till lie
camot
Why, scarcely could sho tell. Tho
playfellow of hor almost babyhood
tho lad w-ho used to bring his Bchool
boy laurels for her praise tho youth
who had gono for her while slio was in
her first girlhood had wooed hor as
yet with only written words ; and
though sho trusted every syllable, and
idealized her absent lovo perolianco
moro than most maidens for, savo
Leonic, no other was near ami dear to
hor yet, to leave for him tho homo
sho clung to moro each year, to cast
her lot in with Ids, was n point ovor
which sadness and gladness often
fought, and victory lay an yet on
neither side.
"I know what I shall do," asserted
Loonio, very positivoly, one night in
midwinter, when, beiiiK telegraphed as
arrived at Southampton, Mr. Ordo
might any hour appear at Wynford.
"When that man comes I shall hate
him 1"
"O, Leouio ! why I" laughed hor sis.
ter, stroking tho pretty, wilfully posod
head, Bhorn of its sunny tresses in n
freak of fashion, and left shining, cur
ly, provokingly ooaxablo. "Honiom
hor, when Gcoifry loft it was you, not
i, who cried unceasingly. And who,
prav- wroto to him and bcstied him to
come back,' for fear tigers Bhould oat
him? Who"
"H'U-s-h! Seaiidalmont'er !" cried
Leouio, her cheoks atlanie. "Then 1
was small and foolish : now I am old
and wiso, and 1 wish ho had kept
aerosj tlio sea forover. No'll tako you
away, nud what shall I do f "
ID AY, OCTOBER
"JCccp houso till wo como back.
Three years will soon go by, Lono dar
ling. Tlicro will bo so much for you
and Aunt Helen to do" (Aunt Helen
was a distant relative companion.now
and chaporono lo tho two girls) "that
time will lly. Mind you aro not to
tnis9 me, nor lot any ono elso miss mc,
cither."
Lconie gavo a disconsolate shrug.
"Aunt Helen will rulo mo with a rod
of iron. Sho means to be good, but
she's like Mr. Orde, and knows I'm
poor, and nnd sho'll mako mo mend
tny gloves and be industrious."
Agatha's dark eyes rested lovingly
on hor sister's young face, so liko nor
own, save that tho lines woro always
gay, while hers were ofton grave.
"Be industrious, littlo woman," sho
said, with a half-motherly tenderness.
"Wc richer folkc havo no right to be
la.y, bill wait a moment," as Leonio
crumpled her forehead into negativo
wrinkles over 'we richer folks' but no
ono, Lono, will trouble you about being
poor. You know how often I havo
been lottei -writing lately t Woll, it
was for you. And to-day it in settled.
You aro independent enough now,
with all that my careful guardians
havo been saving for your fortune. I
wanted to tell you boforo Geoffry camo
home. Now you know and wo will
say no moro about it."
"But I must 1" cried Leonic, clasp
ing her sister impetuously. "Oh,
Agatha, how good you aro to mo I
Hon can I thank you? Why, every
singlo tiling I havo I owe to you !"
"Thoro is no owiug between our
father's children,1' answered Agatha,
yielding herself to n shower of gratoful
caresses, "so there's nothing to pay
back and I want no thanks ; only,
please keep this secret till I am gone."
"Till you aro gono t" echoed Loonie
ruefully. "0, Agatha, lo havo you
kinder than over, just beforo you go,
in dreadful ! I hope you may bo happy,
but I shall bo miserable ! When that
horrible man comes, I'll try not to bo
wicked, but I shall de-test him !''
CHAPTER II.
When Mr. Ordo really did return,
then, Miss Leonio accorded him a
jealously cool reception, vastly amus
ing to tho.'o accustomed to her natural
warm-hearted frankness ; but, fully oc
cupied in attention to sjiunecc, tho
gentleman appeared perfectly callous
to this ungracious treatment. So per
ceiving to her amazement that sho was
receding into the unusual position of a
nonenity, tho youuger Miss Temple
was piqued into becoming her own
self, lotting fall her droll mask of cer
emony, and slipping again into tho old
bright ways tliat made her what
Agatha called "tho sunshine of Tho
Beeches." Hating her sister's futuro
husband was unprofitable work ; now
in a fit of repentant amiability, she re
solved to please him.
By tho time this happy transforma
tion was effected, Mr. Ordo had been
back a month, and had discovered tho
value of tho prize he had como home
to fetch.
Five years had changed tho girl
friend ho had loft into a beautiful wo
man, whom ho was bound to love, not
by promise only, but by keen apprecia
tion ol her worth, grown now and
ripened even as she herself. And for
weeks his task seemed very easy,
whilo to Agatha, increasing kuowledgo
of her betrothed increased her happi
ness. Of a surely thu course of their
lovo promised to run smooth. Proud
Mis. Ordo's air of dignified giatulation
over her son's excellent match trew
day by day ; tho villago grew deeply
interested in tho coming wedding, and
tho bride-elect began lo bo busy, ex
ceedingly over plans for her wido cir
cle of humbly fiiends' well-doiug whilo
she should bo away. Jestingly, Geof
frey Ordo would tell her ho grudged
the time sho spent in confabulations
with Aunt Helen over tho many trusts
to bo left in her or tho rector's hands,
but tho eager confidenoo with which
sho would seek to draw him into her
projects, and her delight in his approv
al, disarmed him of any passing chag
rin and left hiin no shadow of excuso
for complaint.
They wero all of them certainly very
happy perfectly couteul. And yet
How a cloud rose on this fair sky,
nono know exactly. Thoso whom it
overshadowed most acknowledged it
last of all. For it was so easy, so
right of Leouio to glido into treating
her almost brother with tho freo win
somencss that kept her childish spito
of her nineteon yoars. Ho was of
necessity almost an often her compan
ion ns Agatha's. Sho had boon fond
of him long ago, and was it not her
duty to bo fond of him now ? To
what preciso depths this duty led hor
she didn't stop to measure, until, alas I
thoy woro unfathomable.
Aud Geoffrey Orde, his word and
honor pledgod to Agatha, folt himsolf
safe to bask, pleasantly arausod, in tho
animated presoneo of her younger Bis
ter, never finding out, till May's warm
weokH woro entered, and his wedding
fixed for tho first day of June, that ho
was turning traitor to his troth ; that
tho charm of Leonio's gay nature was
stronger than the sweet gravity of that
to which ho owed allegiance. But not
to himsolf would ho allow this possible
at first.
"I think, ' urged his mother anx
iously ono night as they wero leaving
Tho Beeches, "I do think, Guoffroy, ns
Agatha sings no duets with you, you
would bo wiser to sing fowor with
Loonie."
"And why t" said her son shortly.
"Well, Agatha may not iko it.
Other people may atleast, thoy do
notico it."
"Agatha is entirely abovo any
wretchod jealousy," said Mr. Ordo im
patiently. "Still, I should bo sorry," his mother
vonturcd on, "that you should oven
seem to slight your wife that will bo.
Peoplo might say you wero marrying
for money, and Agatha doesn't do
sorvo that, Geoffroy."
"With or without monoy, sho do
servos tho best any human ercaturo
can givo hor," roturned Geoffrey warm
ly. "Don't fauoy I undorrato hor,
mother." And with that Mrs. Ordo
had to bo satisfied, though tho ambig
uous speeoh left hor disquieted.
Still ho meant to bo nay, ho vowed
ho would bo loyal ; nnd, Btrong in
self trust, wont noxt day to Tho Hooch
es, iinJ. found himsolf listening for
Leonio's stop, watehinu for Loonio's
coming, mario infinitely glad by tho
dangerous uour e inusio vniou unsus
10, 1884.
pecting Agntha pressed on thorn whik
sho cavo audience to homely guests.
That hour ho vowed, though, should
be his last of dallianco with a tempta
tion that was getting too strong, lies
olutely he would avoid Leonio hence
forth, resolutely devoto himself to
Agatha. And so for days ho did,
dulling his own spirit into unutterable
nolilng, bewildering Agatha, w h o
thought tho two liad quarreled, and
filling with pain uiiRpeakablo tho heart
that was just learning its luckless
secret.
"How the child frets ovor your leav
ing I" Baid Aunt Helen, pityingly;
and Leonio's sistor, gazing nt her,
whito and listless, wandoring through
tho garden, wondered, with a' suddon
fear, was it for that alono sho sorrow
ed! A doubt, double-barbed, shot through
her mind. Guiltless horself of falsity
in u singlo thought, it seemed un
worthy, evil, trcasonablo to two bIio
loved.' But truth or treason it must
bo. Which, for the poaoo of all, sho
must find out.
It wanted only two days of her
marriage, and or. tho last evening but
ono her nearest friends wero gathered
ot Tho Beeches, all noting approvingly
tho oloso nttcndauco of Mr. Ordo at
hor bide.
Onco only he left his post, when
Lconie, vho had obstinatoly refused a
single song, suddenly yielded and
9ang, not tho gay air that used to suit
her best, but tho very saddest of her
strains, with a tremulous pathos that
ended in a sob. Then Gooffroy Ordo
drew slowly towards hor, as if scarce
master of his stops, and, as the notes
ceased, looked down into her fever
bright eyes with such a glanco as lovo
of Agatha had novcr waTkoncd.
Standing near, with his young host
ess, was thu rector, looking ten years
older than when ho came to Wynford.
People said the place couldn't suit
him.
"Your sister sings with tears in her
voice," said he, and, waiting vainly
for response, saw to his pain that tears
wero trembling, too, on his compon
ion's dark lashes.
"I am tired," s,tid Miss Tomplo.
""Will you tell Aunt Helen to bid all
good night for mo t" and, turning
swiftly away, abrubtly left her guests,
of whom one departed soon sharing, if
not comprehending, tho pang that
drove her into solitude.
"Sho was tired" a plea that barrt-d
all talk witli Leonio that night, all
share in next, day's preparations for
the festivo morrow. Geoffroy Ordo,
coming as usual, early, was mot by a
message only "Would ho return to
wards evening?" And when ho did
return, foi the first timo Agatha de
scended from her own room and went
for a last hour with her lover.
Leonio, too restless for all company.
wandered hither and thither ; now
Hushed, now pale ; betakiut: horself at
last to tho small "study," where, with
her more than sister, sho had worked
and played her way from childhood up
to now, and thence, with door fast
locked, bIio watched two figures paco
aoross the lawn, intont on speech so
earnest neither turned or noticed her.
A book was in her hands ; what
book she nover know. A rose sho
had idly plucked fell to tho ground un
cared for. As tho two passed from
Bight the self-control, so difficult to her
impulsiveness, forsook hor utterly.
Back into tho room sho shrank, cover
ing her lace, with a sharp cry of pain
whispoiing, "Sofalso! bo f also! Ten
thousand times I havo deserved it all.
And yet it is bo hard 1"
W hue sho sal shtvenni: through hor
trouble sunbeams sank into twilight,
wood pigeons cooed forth their slum
ber songs in boughs without, and in
tho gloom she dared at last to weep
for herbelf ; for him who, woist pang
of all, shared her great grief j for
Agatha beforo tho very thought of
whom sho cowered guiltily.
"But sho shall novor, never know !"
sho cried, through her toars, "If only
sho can go, and I can die, why, Bho
need novcr know.
"Nover know what J" said a soft,
sad voico closo by ; and tho noxt in
stant iiCOtuo was in nor sisters arms.
"0, Agatha," sho entreated, striving
to get free, "let mo go ! Don't oomo bo
kindly to mo 1 Don't ask tne what I
moan !"
"Wait !" answered Agatha, with a
wonderful calm on her pale face. "I
can tell you, Leonio, what it all means.
That two of us havo nigh mado a ter
rible mistake, but havo found it out iu
time. I was slow to seo it, Lono, but
I know it now. I havo no right to
Geoffrey. Ho loves you best."
"Agatha I
"Hush ! Ho belongs to you, not me.
It has been a tangled skein for us, but
this is tho only right way out of it ;
and Goofl'roy sees that it is so."
"But, Agatha," urgod Leonio, tremb
ling between oxooeding pain and mar
velous joy, "lio lias nover Baid
"A word. I know ho has not. Botli
of you meant to bo faithful to mo. Per
haps" with a wistful faltering in her
touder voico "it was my fault you
could not bo. There, darling, thoro I"
as Leonio wept passionately on her
bosom "lot Geoffroy como to you" his
step was sounding on tho path outside,
"and thank God for all of us, this hour
is uot too lato !"
How this extraordinary news was re
ceivod by the household and wedding
guests, by poor, disappointed Mrs. Ordo
by tho whole startled parish, wo must
leavo to our readers' imaginations.
Long boforo tlio forment of nxoitemont
Mad subsided a quiet marriago had
taken placo bo Agatha had willed it,
and all yielded to lior and with his
bririo (not portionless, as, to his con
trito surprise and his mother's comfort,
no discovered) uoottroy urdo was
speeding away to tlio far East.
mv 1 1. i t til en
tin mo iiiiDouii oi discussion was
past, Agatha Tomplo desertod Tho
Beoehes, and, returning after wcoks of
absenco, brought back in her bravo so.
renity soaicu a traco of tho trial that
had drivon her nway.
"Loonie is happy 1" sho says, nnd nl
lows no tongue to blamo hor sister in
her hearing.
Porchanco her homo, hoi peoplo
maKo up to uer tor wnat buo lost, rer
chaiioo tho very power to ronounco
what fIio did wakens mistrust as to hor
fitness over to havo filled the sttto sho
unseed. Or perolianco (and this way
run many wishes) it may bo dawning
on nor mat womannooa s fair crown U
yot waltiiiL', if sho will but wear it :
that iu her hands lios all tho happiness
of a man who has loved her from tho
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COfiUMMA OSMOCIIAT, voi, xt.vin, NO M
hist moment ho saw her, nnd that the
sure response stliring within her own
heart promiccs her yet n glad future sir
John Murray's wife.
Tho Star Rcmte frauds,
our ma nr. nv tin, co.MJirm:f. on i:x-
1'KKDITl'IIKS.
hi: i
The committee on expenditures in the
department of justice, which during the
last session of Congress investigated
tho Star route prosecutions, has com
pleted its report for uiibinission to the
houso on leasBctubllng. Tho rcpoit is
sigued by Mepsts. Springer (chairman),
Van Alstync, Hemphill, Fyan nnd
Crisp, tho Democratic members of tho
committee. If, is an exhaustive review
of tho fraudulent mail contract, the
investigations which led to the prose
cution of Dorsey, Brady and others,
and the ineffectual effons to have Park
cr, Salisbury and other contractors in
dicted. The report saya during the Hayes
administration when tho greatest fiauds
woro accomplished Brady wau Boeond
assistant postmaster general and frauds
could uot havo been committed without
his kuowledgo and assistance. Tlio o.v
act amount which tho government was
defrauded of can nover bo accurately
kuown. An examination of forty
routes niario which showed by fraudu
lent representations or fals-o affidavits
tho government had mado over-payments
of 2,172,132 and estimated on
other fifty routes upon which fraudu
lent service was proven showed an
over-payment aggregating over $1,000,
000. Ono route was cited on which
tho compensation had boon increapcd
to $00,000 por annum ,vhen the re
ceipts to tho government therefrom for
tho year amounted to only 507.
During thirty-nine days it appeared
that uot a siuglo letter or paper passed
ovor tho route. On eighteen routes
controlled by tho Dorsey combination
tlio pay to tho contractors was in
creased from $41,18.') to S-118,070 a
year, while the revenues from all tho
offices on these routes amounted to only
$11,022.
Tho fail u i e to secure indictments in
tho Salisbuty and Park.ir cases is le
forred to and an intimation mado that
Colouel Bliss, the counsel for the gov
ernment, did uot intend to obtain them.
P. H. Woodward, who wai engaged
as a special agent by the government,
had obtained tho statement from Tho.".
A. McDcvitt, a nominal contractor.
McDovitt had been indicted in Phila
delphia for fraudulent bidding on cer
tain routes in Texas, ilo told Wood
ward" all ho knew regarding tlio frauds
iu tlio Salisbury cases upon the promiso
of immunity, which promiso Wood
ward bad been authorized to give by
MaeVeagh, and James McDevitt'sttial
was pressed, however, and ho was sent
to tho penitentiary for ono year. His
prosor.co in Washington could not
therolore bo had, and Woodward urged
executive clemency, but without avail.
Tho committee find that upwards of
.S150,000 was paid attornoys aud de
tectives in addition to other expenses,
such as long and expensive tiials in tlio
Dorsey and Brady cat.e. Tho report
refers to the removal of local officers
iu tho District of Columbia who wero
hindering the prosecution of tho cases
and bays Marshal Henry, according to
tlio testimony of the attorney general,
was removed for "a flagrant violation
of his duty iu aiding the defendants."
Mr. MacYeagh, declined to act an
chief prosecutor in the Star route casta
upon the ground that ho did not sco
how ho could hope to havo any moral
support in the cases. Other reasons
for Mr. MacVeagli's retirement whicli
wero published at tho time wero al.o
embodied in tho report.
In conclusion tho report says: "Your
committee u of tho opinion that there aru
many causes which opetalcd to provont
the successful prosecution of the Star
loutc offenders. Whatever thebo
causes may have been it is doubtless
true that thoso who will tako the pains
to road carefully tho testimony taken
by your committee on this subject,
comprising nearly ono thousand pages
of printed matter, will reach different
conclusions. There was a great divcr
bity in tho testimony and many contra
dictions will bo found wholly irrecon
cilable upou anv other theory than that
of willful perjury. It is sufficient,
however, for tho purpose of this inves
tigation to statu that whilo tho evi
dence against tho Star route contract
ors and public officials was strong and
conclusive as to their guilt and that tho
government was dofrauded out of largo
sums of money and that largo Bums
woro also expended to secure indict
ments and couvictlous, yet no person
was convicted or punishud nnd no civil
suits have as yet been instituted to re
cover tho vast sums illegally and fraud
ulently obtained trotu the public treas
ury.'
Died of Laughter.
Chalcas, tho sooth-saver, died of
laughter at the thought of his having
outlived tho time predicted for his
doath. A follow in ratrs told him that
ho would nover drink the wine of tho
grapes growing in his vinoyard ; and
added : "If these words do not como
truo you may claim mo for vour slave."
When tho wino was made, Chalcas held
u feast, and sent for tho fellow to seo
bow his predictions had failed. When
no appeared tho sooth-iaver lauchud so
immoderately at tho would-bo prophet
mat it killed mm. C rassus died from
laughter on seeing nn as eat thistles.
Margutte, tho giant, in the Morgauto
Maggiore, died of laughter on neeinc
monkey pulling on his boots. Zuuxis,
tlio Grecian painter, died at sight of a
hag ho had jiibt depicted. A peculiar
death was that of Pluout, who dropped
dead in tho act of paying a bill. There
aro many men to-day, however, who
would probably die of surprise, if they
loutKi viiemseives doing mo same thing
Troy Times,
rni . - . . .i
itiure is enouun water powor in
Georgia to supply 10,000 times as many
mum ami lactones as aio now operated
in mat state.
American beef in the English maik--
ets is now sold as Scotch, and ns such
brings four cents moro per pound thati
iiuuer us truo name.
A now device for evading tho Muino
liquor law is to open tho eyeholes of
young cocoamus, team out tlio interior
and relill with whieky. Tho moat of
tho nut is said to pleasantly flavor and
improve mo now contents.
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stent nd wtliwrneniR mint be pntd for before I m erf
led oxcept where parties havo accounts,
I Utrnl advertisements two dollars per lorb foi
thrm insertion, and at thnt rate for additional
lnsutlons without lefcrenco to lenptli.
zFcutor'n,Admlnlatrator'a,and Audltor'anntlct'l
thtco dollars. .Must be paid for when nscrtcd.
' Transient or Local notice, ten cents a line, regu.
iar advertisements halt rate.
I Cards In the 'Business Directory" column, one
dollar a Tear lor cam line.
Nickel to be Used for Many Ume in the AiU
and Douiestlo Economy -Its Produc
tion and Mannfaotum,
Nickel is the coming metal, an arti
clo in tho Boston Traveller says : Us
importance is now generally recogniz
ed : its uses are destined to bo vastly
multiplied. It is only n fow years
since tho metal was first separated from
its impurities in commercial quantities,
aid utilized in its pure state without
nlloy or contamination by sulphur, ar
senic, or other elements with which it
is universally combined in ito natural
Htat-.
An to its geographical distribution,
it may be said that it is found in many
localities and in various parts of tho
world i but only in a fow places has
it been found in xiillieicnt quantities
and of 'uth'oient richness to be worked
with commercial 6i:cces. Tho recent
discoveries' 'n New Caledonia (an is
land lying to the east of and not far
from Australia'! have given such im
portance aud oonmu-oial chenpness lo
this metal ns to bring it into economi.
onl uses heretofore unknown. This
locality is at present the main source
of supply for the world. Tho only
placo in tho United Stales where it has
been extensively mined is at Lancas
ter Gap, Pennsylvania. This is the
well-known mino of Joseph Wharton,
of Philadelphia. Ho is now tho only
producer oi nickel metal in tho United
Statcb. Tho ore from this mine con
tains in bulk from 1 J to 2 per cent, of
nickel. It is worked into its commor
cial state at Mr. What Ion's extensive
works at Camden, N. J Tho impor
tant, deposit:) of nickel ore recently
found iu Nevada aro now attracting
attention. Thnso deposits are rich iu
oxides of nickel and oxides of cobalt.
The grade of this ore is as high as tho
per cent, of nickel or nickel and cobalt.
Nickel is now woiked so as to bo duc
tile and malleable.
This inetal is to bo viewed as a new
malarial, a now gift to tho industrial
artu, with an unknown number of ap
plications before it its most exten
sive tiso is in plating and in tho manu
facture of Gorman silver. For coin
age, thoro has been a largo demand,
which is destined to be greatly increas
ed ns its advantages and economy aru
better understood. It has varied in
price from $lto $1 per pound iu tho
last twenty years. The price in Eng
land in 1883 was quoted in a memoiul
to Congress at sovonty cents perponud.
In the shapo for plating it commands
a much higher price. From 1870 to
1882, tlio price was on tlio average up
wards of Si. -to per pound for bo large
contracts.
Tho production from tho Gap mine '
to 18S3 is estimated at about 4,000,000
pounds, If the mines in Nevada turn
out as expected, the importation of
nickel to this country will not lie nec
essary, but it is highly probable that wo
can expoit to Europe. Thu consump
tion of nickel for electro plating is very
large. One company, known as the
United Nickel Co., admit that the roy
alties received under its latent for
planting processes amounted to no less
than 175,000 a year. This is all recent
and now. In tho coiuage up to June,
1870, tho United States had alone is
sued of tho five-cent nickel to tho ex
tent of $0,710,120 in value. In the
Germati Empiro thu total nickel coin
ago amounted in January 1877, to
about $9,880,000, and in Belgium, in
187C, to 0,.r)98,80.r francs in value.
Thevo is to bo added, also, the amount
of on'1 cent' nickel coin in tlio United
States Great Britain ought to substi
tute nickel for its clumsy ponnies.
Thn refining of nickel nnd cobalt
was commenced in tho United States
by Profo?aor J C. Booth, of Philadel
phia, in 1S40. Mr. Wharton has done
moro than any ono clso to promoto tho
metallurgy of nickel iu tho United
States. Tho treatment of it to secure
Iho best results is a matter of high de
gree of skill. Expensive works for
rolling tuckol have been recently erect
ed at Camden, containing among other
machines, two trains of 40-iucU rolls,
18 inches in diameter, with anneahntr
rooms and their adjuncts, and a 90-inch
norso power engine, i lie largest sheet
yet rolled at Camden was 72 inches
long nnd 24 inches wide, pure nickel.
Nickel is also welded upon iiou aud
upon steel platoh. A great variety of
lomostie utensils havo been nitulu out
of pure nickel. It is a noble metal in
its beauty and iu its duiability und
irccuoiu iioiu nibb aim uiscoiorauon. it
is proposed to make nickel boiler-plates.
Knives and razors will bo mado of it.
moro uniform and constaut suhdIv
of this metal is demanded.
Its production will constituto a pro
fitable industry, now that tho probabil
ity of increased supply is afforded
by the discovery of the Nevada mines
Guilts iu Olden Times,
Tho giant exhibited at Homo in
1830 measured nearly eighteen feel.
uorapius saw a cirl that was ten teot
high.
Iho giant Galabra, brought from
Arabia to Home, uuder Claudius Cie-
sar, was ten feet high.
P annum, who lived in tho tuno ot
Eugene II, measured eleven and a half
foot.
Thu Chevalier Scrog, iu his voyage
to tho Peak Toneriffo, found iu one of
the caverns of that mountaiti tho head
of tho Guuich, who had sixty teoth.and
was not less man tiiteen leet high.
i lie giant p araguh, slain by Orlando
nephew of Charlemagne, was twenty-
eight feet high.
lu INM, near fct. uei'iiad, was found
tho tomb of the giant Isolont, who was
not less than thirl) feet high,
in l.iWO, near ltciiben, was loiuid i
skeleton whoso skull held u bushel of
corn aud who was nineteon feet high.
Tlio giant Uncart was twenty-two
feet high ; his thigh bones wero fouud
in 1708 near tlio river Modcri.
lu 1023, near the castle iu Dauphiuo,
a tomb was found thirty feet long, six
Icon wido and eight high, on which
was cut iu gray btono these words,
"Koutolochus ilex." Thoskeleton was
found entire, twenty-five foot and a
fourth long, ton feet across tho shotil
doiH and five feet from the breast bono
lo tho hack,
Near Palormo, in Sicily, in 1510 was
found tho nkoluton of a giant thirty
feet high, and in l.i.VJ another fotty
four feet high.
Near Magriuo, in Sicily, in 1816, was
found tlio skeleton of a giant thirty
foot high i tho head was tho sizo of a
hogshead and each of hiB teeth weighed
fivo ounces
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