ijes op DvBrTi8iNQ
. i
or.uunMocRT,TAorTii north, and co.
Isuinl Wcrltly, nvcry I'rMnjr ,'lnrnlriKi ni
llt.OOMSIiUIKl, UOU'MMA CO., l'a.
ittwu noi.Mm per year. To subscrllKTs out nf
tlio county thetcrmsaroslrlctlyln advance
iwXo paper dlvontlnued except at thu ontlnn
ot the publishers, until nil arrearages are iinlil. but
Ian? continued credits will not bo kiwi.
All p.ipors sont out of the. stnto or to distant nost
orilecs must bo paid forlnndvnnco, unless n rtnon.
nliilo person In Columbia county assumes to 111V
tlio subscription duo on demand. ",umcs 10 'J
rasTMH! Is no longer exacted from subscribers
JO B inUNTiNG.
iiiuvuuuiiH I'liiuiimviikui LuuvuLi'MniANisvery
oomplcto, aiidour.Tob l'rlntlngwmroimiarofavnr.
ably with thatol 'tlio large cities. All7o?kdon0Sn
snort notice, neatly find nt moderate prices.
PROFESSIONAUARDS.
f K. WATiIiKH,
. . ' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
' 'omcpWrisU National Ilauk. ,lloomsburf-
T U. FUNK,
1 .
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW.
UtOOUSBBRfl, l'A.
Oillco In Kill's llulldlng.
Q 11. HUCKAJ-EW,
' ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW.
ULOOMSBenO, l'A.
Ofllco over 1st National Hank.
OlIN M. CL,A.UK,
ATTO ItNE Y- AT-L AW.
AND
j unai-: of thb i'E.voe.
IH.ouMsm-mi, t'i,
OUlce over .Moycr lira. Drug Store.
"', A I'roltltKV-AT-liWV
onifi !n Urowcr i bulldmg.socond Ho jr.roorn No. 1
illooi.Htiurif, Pu.
Jj FKANK Z-VKR,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW.
Blooinsburg, l'a.
orrtco corner ot ccntro and Main Streets. Clark j
llulldlng.
Can be consulted in German.
G
EO. E. ELWELTj,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Hew CottmslAN BniLDiNO, llloomsburg, l'a.
Momber ot the United States Lnw Association,
c'olltcilons matlo In any part ot America or Eu
rope. pAUL E. WIKT,
Attorney-at-Law.
Ofllco In Colombian Bdiujino, Iloom No. 2, second
floor.
I5LOOMSI3URQ, YA.
S. KNORB. t. 8. WINTSR8TH N.
KNOHR-& WINTEKSTEEN,
A ttoi'neys-at-Law.
onico lu 1st National Hank building, socond floor,
first door to the left. Corner of Main nnd Market
streets llloomsburg, Pa.
t&'Feniwni and BourJirt Collected.
J H. MAT5JE,
ATTORN FY AT-L AW
Ofllco In Maize's bulld.'f over Dlllmeyer's grocery.
Q 11. BHOWCKAY,
AtUuney-dt-Law,
AlJiO
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Ofllcc iu his building opposite Court House,
2nd lloor, lllouiusburj!, l'n. apr 13 'S3
JU1IN 0. YOUUM,
Attoi'iioy-at-LaWi
CATAWItSA, l'A.
oillco In Nkw.s Itkm building, Main streot.
.number of tlio American Attorneys' Associa
tion. Colluotlous made lu auy part ot America.
K. OSWALD,
ATTORNUY-AT-LAW.
Jackson Bullillug, Ilooms 4 and 5.
lllCHWICK.l'A
RIIAWN & ROBINS,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Cutnwlssn, Pa.
Offloe, corner oi Third and Main btree.s.
Tjy- E. SMITH,
Attoruey-atLaw, Berwick. Pa.
Cu be Consulted in German.
ALSO niiST-OLASS
FIHE AND LIFE INSUHANOE
S OOMl'AKlKS llEI'ltUdENTKI).
a"Offlco ilrst door below tbe post olUce.
MISCELLANEOUS.
c
li, BAKkLEY, Attornev-at.Law
. ofllco lu llrower's building, 2nd Btory,l(oom3
" B. MoKELVY, M. D.,Surgeon and Phy
. slclan.nortli Bide Main Btrcet.bolow Market
L. FKITZ, Attorney-at-Uw. OlBce
, In Columbian llulldlng,
p M. DRINKER, GUN & LOCKSMITH
uVvlug Machines and Machinery ot all kinds re
ain'U. Oi-rnii Uocsb llulldlng, llloomtburg, Pa.
D
R. J. 0. RUTTER,
IU1YKIC1 AN & KUKOEON,
ort'co, North Markit street,
liiu iteLurr., Pa
rR. WM. M. REBElt, Surgeon and
J Physician, onico corner of liuus and Market
ttruet.
JR. KVANB, M. D., Burgeon and
, Physician, (t'nlco and Resldencf on Third
street.
H HOUBE,
DENTIST,
IJi.ooM3iiun(i,Coi.u.MUiA County, Pa.
All styles of work done in a superior manner, work
warranted as represented, Tkktu UxTHAcr
vu without PiiN by the use ot Of.s, and
tree of charge when artlttclal toeth
ureluserted.
Jfllcu In Columbian building, 2nd floor.
'Jo be open at alt hourt during the day
NVMs-iy
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOMSEUnO, FA.
OPPOSITE COUUT I10USU, '
ertfl and convenient s.iinjile rooms. Hath rooms
t uiid cold water, and nil modern convenience
Knil hlx rents for no.tnt?e. nnd re
celu rieu. n c-ohilv box of looiS which
Lwlllhelp jou to moio money right
"Bnwuv tlmn unvthliiL'elsolii this wolld.
All, of either bex, succeed from llnl liour. 'ihe
bicadrond to fortune opens betoio ihe workers
absolutely suie, At once address, Titl'K & Co., Au
ugeta, Mulnc, ueovi-iy
J K BIXTEMBEMOEB, I epr!teti.
I7K8 . BROWN'S INSURANCE
LmsburgVl'iJ yPr'8 now bH,1(lln' Mn Blrt,ot
Itoynl nf Liverpool!
I.IMYimwl
iMiiici.iuru
Fltu A'soclntlon. Philadelphia....
1'ha-nlT, ot London
I)ndon s Lancashire, ot Kngland.
llartfonlof Hartford'.
Sprinfttlold Plro nnd Mnrlnn
lo,ono,oij
4.1BV7IO
R,S1,37
1,t0,9T0
.1.5T3.IIS0
An tlin nrrfinf,t,a nw, .tiMA. . - .'
2,0SJ,t80
Vi,. .U '. ".'H " inniuics lire .vruieu
"'0 Insured without delay In tho onico at
llloomsburg. oct. 2S, -8.
BLQOMSBWJUNINriLL
Tfio.underslgncd having put his Planing Mil
on Kallroad street, In llrst-emss oondltion. is pre
pared lo do all kinds ot work In his lino.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
furnisnoa at reasonable prices. All lumber used
is well seasoned and nouo but skilled workmen
are employed,
ESTIMATES FOE BUILDINGS
furnished on application. Plans and speelBca
tions prepared by an experienced drauguisman
CIIAKLKS HKU;,
niooitiNliurg, l'a
number and gasntter. Hear of Schuyler's hard
ware store.
Bloomsburji;, Pa.
All klndsot linings tor steam, gas and water
pipes constantly on hand.
Hoofing and spouting attended to ntsliort no
tice. Tinware of every description mods to order.
Orders left nt Schuyler Co's., hardwaie storo
will bo promptly lllled.
Special attention given to boating by steam and
hot water,
yo-iy
B. 3R0WER,
GAS FITTING A; STEA11 IIKATJNO.
DEALEU IN
STOVES &T1NWARE.
All kinds of work in Sheet Iron, Roof
ing nnd Spouting promptly
attended to.
restrict attention given to heating by steam.
Corner of Mam & East Sts.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Boarding Stable.
Hiwing recently leased the Ex
change Hotel Stable, I am now run
ning it as a boarding, exuhango and
Hotel Rtnble. I can offt'r owners the
ery best, accommodation for their
Iioim's. My looso boxes and tangle
stalls for boaulers are largo and in
good condition, my prices leasotmble.
1 ahnll always buy a good horse when
the prico is suitable, and intend to
keep such on hand for sale, either sin
gle drivers or matched pair. Persons
in distant parts of tho country can
send Ihtir horses to bo prepared for the
market. The drives aie good in all di
rections from my stablo doer, so that
those coming hero with fine horses
needing daily exercise can havo the
advantage of tho best roads to jog
them upon. Tho Exchange Hotel Sta
blo is so situated as to exclude objec
tionable persons, who not unfrequent
ly interfere with sales. 1 shall bo
pleased to communicate with any gen
tlemen from tho country who may bo
coming to this place with horses for
sale. l?y permission I reier you to W.
It. Tnbbs, Proprietor of Exchange Ho
tel. noir-am XIIooiiiHburif, I'll,
piRE INSURANCE.
:cmtISTIAH 7. KNAFP, BL00MS110RQ, PA,
1I0MH, OP X. r.
M RUOIIANTV, OF NEWARK, N. J.
Ol.l.fTON, N. V.
PBOPLErt' N. Y.
H12AD1N0, PA. 1
Th! ni.ii coktoratioks ail? well seasoned by
age and nun tfjjteu and have never yet had a
loss settled by nny court of law. Their nsK'ts are
all Invested In botm becuhities nro liable to tho
hamrd ot miKonly.
1isses ruojiiTi-v nnd uokestm adjusted and
paid ns toon as determined by chkistian v.
KNAl'l', SI'KCIAL .WENT AND AlUl'M EK ULOOMSBUBO.
PA. '
The people of Columbia county bhould patron
ire the agency whero losses It nny are bcttled and
paid by eno of thcr ow n citizens.
PUOMl'T.NUSS, EQUITY, PAIlt DEALIXO.
AIN WRIGHT Us CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Philadelphia
rEAS.SYItni'S.COPPKE, 8U0AH, M0LASSE8
KICK, SriCKS, DIC1BB SODA.tC., C,
N. E. Corner Second and Arch streets.
jr"Orders will receive prompt attentln
wnntcd for Tho Lives of nil tho Presl
dents or tho U.S. Tho lamest, hand
somest best book ever sold for less than
twice our mice. Tho fastest Kellinir
book In America. Immense proilts to ngents. All
Intelligent peoplo want It Anyone cm become a
successful agent. Terms free, Hallktt Hoot Co.,
Portland; Maine. Deo Sl-ly
for Infants
"CMtorlMsMwelUdnptodtochlldrenthat
I KommcudHiuBur-'o to any prescription
know lo me." H. A. Ahcbm. M.D..
Ill Bo. Oxford 8t., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ektaurIiniment!
An nbsoluto euro for Klioumatism, Sprains, Pain in
j tho Back, llnma, GalU, Jlc. An Instautaucous Pain
I roUovIng and Ileal In-; Itomotly.
Our Clothing fctycaks for Itself.
Wi- nrc rends to meet tlio
lviinlH of'tlic llmeN. lVnKCN nre
low nml times nml iiiyin;iils
nre Moiv.
Wc offer our goodH lower tlinu
ever Iti'lorc.
Knll Overcoats from $S to 30.
Uusiiiess Suits from ,10 to SM.
Dress Suits from SlG to $:),.
One dollar to-day will buy as much
as Si. CO a year or two ago.
Our Clothing has been awatdiM Ilrst Premium
m mis year s lair.i ai uoyieetown, I'.i., nnu .mi noi
lT, N. J.
A. C. YATES I LO.
The Leading and Popular Clothiers,
G02, G04 & GOG Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
jlHeallh and Happiness.
I O'iCCW HAVE DONE.
yr "ifAiiM 17flMn ,1 : 3 m fi
... t 1 --'-niu.vo uisuruuiuur
ttlne Hurt imnitrlit nm from my (fiftvc, a.i it
'.allU'lhiu! In in (K'lvinuhliy 131Bt tioitori. In
-loit. ' X W. UowruuxeiUanicIoQla.Wich.
A"o vour norvGa wonk?
- Vmit t'uret rim f rnm ntrvuiu -iw.tlinfn
i. I i . i tint i'XIkx tcl lolIvn."-Mrt. M. U. li.
i, . -Htm, UU I'Kttstiun ,1on ttor L'lertlAiid.U.
Havo you Bright's Disease?
"UMiiot t ( iirrj tuo when my natcr wai Juitt
UiatU olid then Hko Llood."
Frank lUon, Tcatxxl j, llasa.
' tt Suffering: from Diabetes?
iJcTtr useJ. uivc alino-it Inimediato rlic'f.M
Dr. l-bUllpU. iiaUou, Montton, t.
Have you Liver Complaint?
"KI.lnrv.wort riiifil mn tit chrnnln Iil-noi a
, nfLur I rmjeil to illo."
nwnjr Ward, l.ito Col. C9th Kat. Guard, N. Y.
i t vour Back lame and aching?
.liJmy.'.Vort.il bottle) cured mo wbcu 1 nano
lt-tv I tiiut to loll out of ticd."
C. M. Tallmazc Mit-rauLce. Wis.
llivo you Kidney Disease?
' .1 1'lofWortmiulonioffouiitilnllvpr antl Lldntn
i )cin of unmicoi'SHful ilrx-torintf. Jt' worth
( .v..b.ix."-Sajn,l Jlo-Jtfci, Wailouutown, eflt Vo.
: Are you Constipated?
Mm y Wort cau-ca easy evacuations antl cured
tuo ftftcr 10 yiam uc of uthor mcdlcineti '
Kelson I'alrctiUJ. bt. Albans, Vt.
Have you Malaria?
'Eid'ipy-Wort hai done Utter tlian any otl.cr
vi-imdy f Lave ever usid In my rnacilrp."
Dr. It. K. dark, Svutb Hero, Vt.
Aro you Bilious?
'iMn(7-Wort hai donome moro good than eny
oi. ic reiiioUy 1 Iuto over taken."
Airs. J. T, Oallovs ay, Kilt nat, Oregon.
Av9 you tormented with Piles?
nUnc3-AVort iiermaticntly citretl tno vt Mctdiiitf
rllts. Dr. w. r. lHinn rd'ommt jt..i it to me."
fi Geo, U. llorst, Caiba-r M. Dun, Jlj'trbttmc, Va.
S Aro you Rheumatism racked ?
a "KMn-'yAvort cunt nn. after 1 wa rive" t'i to
uiu ujr i'1-jeiviaiii uim i (ttui uiii'n uiuiny jenrs
Llbrt Ju'O Malcohu, Went lUtti, MrLqc.
Ladies, nro you suffering?
"KtdneT.Wort cured mo of ticeullir troiilhi nf
& Hovtralyvais standi tin. llany friends men ml pitiixu
f It." llru. II. Lamorcaux, lolo La Mutlc. t.
you would Banish Disease
and gain Health, Take
Tut Blood CLEAiisnrt.
jjrTWSTrr-r'-, Tjtf
ThoSoienceofLifo. Only $1
BY MAIL POST-PAID.
KNOW THYSELF.
A Great Medical Work on Manhood.
Exhausted Vitality, Nervous and rhyslc.il Debil
ity, l'reniaturo Ucoiino in Sinn. Errora of Youth,
nuu tho untold miseries reaultlnc from lmll-icru-
tlon or excesses. A book for everv man. vountr.
inlddle-oged and old. it contains iss rreflcriptloin
for all acute nnd chronic diseases, each ono ot
which 1h Invaluable, nj found by the Author, whos-o
(wiiLTu-uuu wrw years n hucn us prouauiy never
betora fell to tho lot of anv nln hki.ui. 300 n.iire.
bound In benutltul Kn'iicli inuslln, ein&fKseil
covers, full ullt, Kuaraulei d to be a liner work In
every i-ense mechanical, literary and professional
t han auy other work sold in this country tor JJ.50,
or tho money w 111 bo refunded In every Instance,
l'rlco onlyl.uo by mall jiost-iMld. Illustmtlo
HAtnpla u cents. Send now (iold medal uwaided
tho author by thoNatlon.il Medical Association, to
uiu uiuciTsui uii'u no leiiTS.
Tlio hclcneoot Llto should bo read bv tho vonrur
for Instrue lion, and by tho atlllcted for icllcf. It
will benettt all London Ltiwet.
There Is no member ot sx-iety to whom Tlio
nuencu 01 luo hiii not 110 iu;iui, whether youtn,
parent, yuaidian, Instructor or elcivyman. Ar
yunriHt. Addresstho I'eabodv Medical Institute, nr Dr.
W. II. l'arker, "-o. 4 llulllnch .street, Huston, Mass.,
who may bo consulted on nil diseases icqulrlm;
skill nnd experience. Chionio and obstlnato dlseas-
and that have baffled tho 1 1 1,1 1 1 skill ot
auotner pnysicians a bpo lXJi.lJ clully.
tfuch treated successful f 1 - r 1 vul'l 1? 1)'
wlthoutuu Insmnceof ixl X OJjljl. fall
uru. ,-mcuiiuu iuis paper.
nor. H-4w a
CONSUMPTION.
I b.TS a Do.ltlve r.ni.d r for tlis .bora illitt... 1 b. It.
na. itioa.tuJ.otc.a.aDf II). norit kind Mtidut foiwr
UodlDRt)...b.ucur4. lua.fil,.o.trtnKl.U)rfaUS
lalw.mc.cr.llitt I will .n4TWO BOTlttS FKBB.
U.J.Ui.r wllh . VAl.UAUt.HTUKlTISB on till, dlflu.
n. r. a. atucuii.iu r.Kiu , . t.i.
MTM-lw d
and Children.
I Caitorln cures Colle, Constipation,
I ""r Ktomach, Dlarrhrvn, ErucUitlon,
I Kl"iJiVfif.?, Elua kl':t'1, auJ l"0Uivtct dI
I wiuiou
liout injurious modlcatlon.
BLOOMSBTJRG, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
SEECT STORY.
BEHIND THE TAPE8TBY.
Tun yuitrs ngo I wan in tho first sor
tou of my widowhood. I wnn child.
Iiis, loo 1 nnd whi'ti the f-rnvu ctostd
over my liusband I thought lhat tluTo
wiia mi pliiuo for nio in thu world.
I was rich, younj j mid my friend?,
and my own rctloclioiis in tlio glasi,
told 1110 lhat 1 was beautiful.
1 did not care for tho jiuoplo who
Haltered and made much of me, but I
turned, oven in tho first days of my
trouble, to 0110 fiiend.
She, loo, was young and beautiful.
Wo were schoolfellows j wo were en
gaged at tho same ttnio wo weru mar
ried in tho same mouth of tho same
year.
During tho threo years of married
life wo had seen little of each other,
but when my husband died, and Mary
Clifford wrote to 1110 tendeily out of
her full heart, I anwered back her
love.
She asked me to stay with her and I
went.
I stayed with tho ClifTords a couple
oi months. Dining that time tho
h'Uifo was quiet, visitors few they es
chewed company for my sake.
At tho end of two mouths I loft
them, comforted and helped, and with
many promises of .1 return by-and-by.
Circumstances, however, too varied
and too many to mention, prevented
that second visit tnkiug place for n
couple of years. At tho end cf that
time a great longing came over me to
see Mary Clifford again. I must
rite to her and promise a visit. I did
so.
15y return of post I got a short but
characteristic reply :
"DEAimsr Iloxoit: Of course I long
to see you, but unfoitunately tho house
is full. Large as it ij, it is crammed
from cellar to attic.
"My dear, I don't want to refuse
you. I do long to see you. Will you
sleep in tho I'apestry room 1 for of
course it is empty. I dare not put any
body elso there, but I don't think you,
Honor, will be afraid of the ghost. If
the Tapestry room will do, come, and
a thousand welcomes. I can put up
your maid. Your loving friend,
Maut Ci.iKroiii).1'
To this letter I made a short an
swer: 'I do not believn in the ghost. Tho
Tapestry room will do beautifully. Ex
pect me to-morrow."
The next evening I arrived at As
pen's Vale in time for dinner. The
Tnpt'stry room looked charming. I
fill in love with it at once, and vowed
laughingly that the ghost and I would
make friends.
My maid, however, looked grave
over my jestinjj temarks ; it was plain
that she believed in supernatural visi
tations. Tho Tapestry ruo 11 was quite away
fiom the rest of the house it was at
tho extreme end of Hie wing. No
oilier bedrooms were in the wing.
Altogether, this wing of the old
h.mse seemed dead. Visitors only
ciiine to it out of curiosity j thoy paid
biicf visits, and pi efeired doing so in
bioad daylight.
Old as the other rooms in the wing
lo' ked, the Tapeitiy room boro quite
tlwi palnl of ancient appearance.
The furniture was all of the blackest
oak ; tho bedstead tho usual four
poster on which our ancestors loved to
stictch themselves. IJut tiie curious
feature of tho room, that which gave it
its name, was tho tapestry. Not an
inch of the walls was to bo seen ; they
wi'io hung completely with very an
cient and very faded 'tapestry. Ono
Damo Clifford, of long, long by-gono
days, had worked it, with tho help of
her maidens. She had como to an un
timely end on the very day on which
the great woik of her life had been
completed.
It does not matter to tliis story what
be came of tho proud and fair dame,
but it was her ghost which was said to
haunt tho wing, and the Tapestry
chamber iu particular. Warden, my
maid, as she helped mo to undress,
locked quite palo with terror.
"They do say, ma'am, as Dame Clif
foid appears with her head tucked un
der arm, and threads from the old ta
pestry hanging to her skeleton fingers.
She's dressed in gray silk, that don't
rustle never a bit, though 'tis so thick
it might stand all alone, they do say.
Tis awful lonesome tor you, madam,
to sleep hero alone, and I'll stay with
you with pleasure if it comes to that,
though my nerves aren't none of tho
strongest.'1
I thanked Warden, however, and as
sured her that I was not in the least
afraid ; and she, with a well-relieved
face, loft mo alone. I heard her foot
steps echoing down the corridor they
died away. I was now out of reach of
all human help, for in this distant
room, in this distant wing, no possiblo
sounds could reach any other inhabi
tants of Aspon's Vale.
1 think 1 havo implied that I was
brave. In my girlhood, inmyshoit
married life, even in the sad depression
of my early widowhood, I had never
known physical fear; nevertheless,
when the last of Warden's footsteps
echoed out and died, and that profound
stillness followed which can bo op
pressive, I had a curious sensation.
I did not call it fear, I did not know
it for that L-rim and nnle-fnnpil tvrnnt
, , I ......v,
but it made 1110 uncomfortable, and
caused my heart to bi at irregularly.
The sensation was this I felt that I
was not alone.
Of course it was lanuy j and what
had I to do with fancy ?
I determined to banish this uncom
fortable leeliiiL' from mv iniml. nnrl
stirring tho fire to a cheerful blaze, I
urew 0110 01 1110 uiaci oaic cuatiB near
it and sat down.
Warden had looked so tmln nnd
frightened before she It ft ino, that out
of consideration for her feelings I had
allowed her to leave Ihr jewels which
1 mm hoiu iiim evening on mo dress
ing table.
There they lay, a set of very valu
able brilliants. There was an old
fashioned mirror over tho mmtle-piece,
and as I sat by the fno I hiw tho re
lleetioii of my diamonds in the glf.ss.
At I noticed their sparkle, again thnt
strange sensation returned, this timo
moro strongly, this timo with a cold
shiver. I rviis not alone.
Who was in tho Tapestry ch-jmbert
W11 it tho ghost 1 Was that story
tru , after sll T Of com so I did not bo
liuvti it. I laughed aloud as tho idea
camo to me. I felt that I was getting
quite silly and nervous, 'f hero was
nothing for tno but to get Into bed as
quickly as possiblo.
I was about to rise from my easy
chair and go over lo tho old-fashiou-'d
four-poster, whou ngaiu my attention
was nttractcd to tno glass over my
head. It was hung in such a way as
to reveal a large portion of the room,
and I now saw, not tho diamonds, but
something else.
In the folds of tho dim and old
world tapestry I saw something movo
and glitter. I looked again 1 there
was no mistaking it it was an eye, a
human eye, looking fixedly at me
through a hole in tho canvas. Now I
knew why I felt that I was not alone.
There was soino oeo hidden between
the tapestry hangings and tho wall of
tho chamber. Some one not a ghost.
That eye was human, or 1 had never
looked on human eye before. I was
alone with a thief, perhaps with worse,
mid gems of immeuso value lay within
his resell. I was absolutely alone, not
a soul could hear the most agonized
cry for In lp in this distant room.
Now I knew if I had ever doubted
it before that I was a very brave wo-
Ill.UI.
The imminence of tho peril steadied
tiie nerves which a few minutes be
fore wore begiuniug strangely to
quiver. I never started nor exclaimed.
1 felt that I had in 110 way betrayed
my knowledge to my terrible guest. I
sat perfectly still, thinking out the sit
uation and my chances of escape.
Nothing but perfect coolness could win
tho victory. I resolved to bo very cool.
With a fervent and passionate cry to
O110 above for succor, I rose from my
chair, and going to the dressing-table,
I slipped soveral costly rings off my
fingers. I left them scattered careless
ly about. I denuded myself of all but
my wedding-ring.
Then I put the extinguishers ou the
candles they were wax, and stood in
massive silvor candlesticks.
Tho room, however, was still bril
liant with the light of the firo on tho
hearth.
1 got into bed, laid my head on the
pillow, and closed my eyes.
It may have been ten minutes it
seemed more like an hour to my strain
ed senses before I heard tho faintest
movement. Then I discovered a little
rustle behind the tapestry, and a man
got out. When he did so I opened
my eyes wide ; at that distance he
could not possibly seo whether they
were open or shut. He was a power
ful man, of great height and breadth.
Ho hail a black beard, nnd a quantity
of thick black hair. I noticed his fea
tares, which wen tolerably regular.
I also noticed another peculiarity;
among his raven locks was one per
feclly white. Ono rather thick white
lock was flung back off his forehead
so white was it that tho fire instantly
revealed it 10 me
Tho man did n il. ulanro toward the
bed, ho went straight, with no partic
ularly quiet step, to tlio dressing-table.
1 closed my eyes now, but I heard him
taking up" mv ttinkets and dropping
them again. 'IVii ho approached the
bedside. I full him come closo, I felt
his breath as he bent over me. I was
lying on my sid.-, my eyes were shut, I
was breathing gently.
He went aav amain j ho returned
to the dressing-table. I heard him
rather noisily strike a match, then with
ft lighted candle in his hand he once
more apprached the bed. This lime
he bout very low indeed, and I felt the
heat of tho flame as ho pawed it softly
before my closed eyes. I lay still, how
ever ; not a movement, not a hurried
breath, botraved me.
I heard him give a short satisfied I
sigh. Again, candle in hand lie re
turned to tho dressing-table. Once
more I heard the clinking sound of my
trinkets as they fell through his lin
gers. There was a pause, and then for no
reason that I could ever explain he
left tho trinkets untouched on the ta
ble, and went to tho door.
Ho opened tho door and went out.
I know not what ho went for per
haps to fetch a companion, certainly to
return but I did know that my oppor
tunity had como.
In an instant, quicker than thought,
I had started from my feigned slum
bers j I was at the door, I had bolted
and locked it. There were soveral
bolts to this old-fashioned door, there
were oven chains.
I drew every bolt, I made every rus
ty chain secure. I was not an instant
too soon. I had scarcely fastened tho
last chain, with fingers that trembled,
beforo tho thief returned.
Ho saw that ho had been outwitted,
aud his savago anger know no bounds.
He kicked at tho door, ho called on mo
wildly to open it ; he assured mo that
he ha'd accomplices outsido, that they
would soon burst tho old door from its
hinges, and ray life would bo the for
feit. To my terror, I perceived that his
words were no idle boast. Tho old
door, secured by its many fasteuings
on ono side, was weak on the other ;
its hinges were nearly eaton through
with rust 1 thoy needed but somo vig
orous kicks to burst them from their
resting-places iu tho wood.
I kuew that I was only protected for
a few minutes, that even if tho thiaf
was alono ho had but to continuo to
assail tho door as --rigorously as ho was
now doing for a little longer, to gain
a fresh entrance into my chamber.
I rushed to tho window, I throw up
tho sash, and bent half out. Into the
clear calm air of tho night I aent my
strong young voice.
"Help, help I thieves 1 fire 1 dan
gcr 1 help, help I'
I shouted these words over and over,
but there was no response, except an
echo. My room looked into a distant
shrubbery the hour was late, the
wholo household was in bed.
Tho thief outside was ovidontly milk
ing way with tho rusty hinges, and I
was preparing, ai tho risk of any con
sequences, the moment he entered tho
room to leap from tho window, when I
heard a dog bark.
I redoubled my cries. Tho bark of
tho dog A'as followed by footsteps 1
tliuy came noarer, treading down fallon
branches, which crackled under tho
welcome steps. Tho next instant a
man came and stood under thu window
and looked up nt me. I perceived by
hit dress that ho was a vilfngev, nroba
bly taking a short cut to his house
lie stood uiu'er the window hu seem
ed terrified perhaps he took mo for
the ghost lie was not, liowovcr, all
28, 1884.
a coward, for he spoke.
"What is wrong'" ho said.
"This is wrong," I answered j "I am
in extreme danger oxtrcmo danger.
There is not a moment to lose. Go In
stantly instantly, nnd wake up thu
house, nnd say that I, Mrs. Crawfotd,
am iu extreme danger in tho Tapestry
wing. Goatonco atoncol"
I siKjko distinctly, nnd the man
fccmed to understand. He Hew away,
tho dog following him.
I instantly throw myself on my
kneci, nnd in the terrible moments that
followed I prayed ns I had never pray
ed before. Would the man bo 111
timo ? Must my young life bo sacri
ficed ! Ah 1 110. God was good. I
heard joyful sounds 1 tho thief's attack
on the door ccastd suddenly, and tho
next instant tho squire's hearty voice
was heard :
"Let mo in, Honor I What is wrong,
child t"
I did lot him in, nnd his wife, nnd
several alarmed-looking servants who
followed after.
We instantly began to look for tho
thief, but mystery of mysteries ho
had disappeared.
That terrible man with tho black
hair nnd white lock over his forehead
had vanished as completely as though
ho had never boon.
Except for the marks ho had madi
with his feet on tho old oak door,
there was not a traco of his existence.
I believe tho servants doubted that
ho bad over been, and only thought
that tho young lady who was foolish
enough to sleep in tho Tapestry chara
ber had been visited by a now "form of
tho ghost. He that ns it may, wo
never got n cluo to where or how the
man had disappeared.
Ten years later I was again on a
visit at Aspon's Vale. This timo I did
not sleep in the Tapestry room.
I now occupied a most cheerful,
modern and unghost-liko room, nnd
but for one circumstance my visit
would havo been thoroughly unre
markable. This was tho circumstance which
seems in a wonderful way to point a
moral lo my curious tale. I paid my
visit to tho ClifTords during tho As
sizes. 'Squire Clifford, ns one of tho
most influential county magnates, was
necessarily muoh occujiied with his
magisterial duties during this time.
Every racrning ho went early into
Lewis, the town whore the Assizes
were held. One morning ho told us of
a case which interested him.
"He is a hardened villain," he said ;
"ho has again and ngaiu been brought
before me, but has never yet been con
victed. He is unquestionably a thief ;
indeed, one of the notorious characters
in the place ; but ho is such a slippery
dog, no jury has yet found him guilty.
Well, he is to be tried again to-day,
and I do hope wo shall havo some luck
with him this time."
The 'Squiro went away, and it came
into his wife's head and mine to pay a
visit to tho court, and see for ourselves
tho prisoner in whom ho waB inter
ested. No sooner said than done. Wo
drove into Lewis, and presently found
ourselves in tiie large and crowded
building. When we entered, the cape
under discussion had not begun, but a
moment after a fresh prisoner was
nshered into tho dock.
What was tho matter with mo ! I
found my sight growing dim, I found
myself bending forward, and peering
hard. The memory of an old terror
came back, tho sensation of a couple of
hours of mortal agony returned to mo
again. w no was 111 the prisoner s
dock t I know the man. He was my
guest of tho Tapestry chamber of ten
years ago.
There he stood, surly, indifforent,
with hia vast broadth and height, his
raven black hair, and that peculiar
white lock flung back from his brow.
Ho did not glanco at any ono, but kept
his eyes on tho ground.
I could not contain mvseli ! I fnrnmfc
everything but my sohbo of discovery.
1 -uarieu 10 my leet, and spoke.
"Mr. Clifford, I know that rami : ho
was in my room ten years ago. Do
you remember the niglit when I got
tho terrible fright in tho Tapestry
chamber in your house 1 There is
the man who frightened me. I could
never forget his face. There ho stands"
Whatever effects my words hnd on
tho 'Squire and tho Judge, there is no
doubt at all of their remarkable signif
icance to tho prisoner. His indiffer
ence left him j ho stared witli wide
open and terrified oyes at me. It was
plain that I recognized him, he also
recocnized mo. All his bravado left
him j he muttered something, his face
was blanched, then suddenly lie fell on
his knees and covered it with his
hands.
My ovidenco was remarkable and
conclusive ; and that day, for tho first
time, Hercules Armstrong was com
mitted to psison. Ho had long been
the terror of tho neighborhood, and no
ono regretted the just punishment
which had fallen ou him. What his
subsequent career may bo I know hot;
this is the present end of a strange aud
perfectly truo story. Catscll.
A littlo boy's grief upon beiug re
fused permission to attond a circus,
was in part assuaged by tho assur
ance from his mother that if ho would
dry his tears he might go and see his
father have a tooth extracted.
Wonderful Speed on a Eiojcle,
While scientists aro striving might
and main to fly through tho air, our
less lofty-mindod bicyclists aro attain
ing tho art of volition upon tho earth.
Certainly the wonderful speod shown
last week 011 tho Crystal l'alaoo path
by English comes nearer to Hying than
anything else. Tin most wonderful
record always seemed to mo to bo the
fivo minutes thirty-six seconds for two
miles tuado some years ago by the
Hon. Ion Keith Falconer, mid I never
expected to see it bealon very far. Hut
hero is a man who completes tho two
miles iu some four seconds less, and
then proceeds eighteen miles farther at
top speed, the twenty miles being rid
den in Hfty-nino minutes six and three
fifth seconds, and a distance of twen
ty miles 3C5 yards covered in tlio hour.
English is a North countrymai, very
much of the Cortis build, aud has risen
at a bound to tho top of tho tree,
whore ho is likely to remain. Ho can
certainly boat two minutes forty sec
onds for ono mile. London World.
THE COLUMIJIAN, VOL. XVHI.N0 48
C0M7MMA DKMOCHAT, VOL.XLVill, NO 40
Tno Virginia Mountains-
A correspondent of the Now York
Evening J'ost, travelling In tho moun
tainous district of Virginia, snys :
The majority of dwellings in this re
gion, outsido of tho villages, aro built
of logs. There is but ono general pat
tern. Thero aro two rooms bslow, into
0110 of which tlio front and back doors
opon (if there bo two doon), and there
aro always few windows. The typical
ground-plan seems to Imve been made
vben glans nnd window sashes were
diflicult lo obtain, and ono window
generally is made to stiflico for a room,
hometinies thero is a second floor, or
rather an nttio under tho roof, which
must have window, but uniiccesHnry
opordngs in a log house aru to bonvoid
ed ns weakening tho structure. The
chimney is usually a substantial leature
of tho edifice, nnd is built of stone, un
less brick happens lo bo convenient. It
is almost always 011 tho outside of tho
house, at one end, but there is many a
littlo Btruoturo hero which boasts two
chimneys, which, in such cases, dwarf
tho houso itself. Many a time, too,
ono chimney is finished and the place
left at tho other end for tho other,
which may not bo erected for years.
Sometimes a farmer having a thousand,
two thousand, or even moro acres, and
large riches in flocks nnd herds, not to
mention stocks in moneyed corpora
tions, will still live in tho log-houso of
his fathers. Perhaps he will havo ad
ded on 0110 side a wing of moro pre
tension, and ho may have built about
both piazzat, or "galleries," as they aro
called here.- Theso may be broad and
very convenient, nnd, icnlly, a log
houso h not to be despised for comfort,
with its thick walls and great chimney
affording a hearthstone on which great
logs may bo rolled, whero by tho light
of the rich pine wood ("light-wood" it
is called), one may read with easo and
comfort. Those pioneers who teamed
their lessons under such circumstauces
are not to be so much pitied as we
aro called upon to think, who read of
them only in campaign biograph
ies.
Sometimes theso cabins nro of almost
idyllic charm. There is one clinging
to tho mountain side behind this house
that would do the eyes of a North
ern housekeeper good to see. It con
sists of two rooms, but each ono in this
instanco is a house by itself, separated
from the other by a few feet. Ono of
thero. boasts a second story, Outside
they aro white-washed to a brilliant
uniformity. Inside the walls are cov
ered with naiif r, but it is old newsna-
pers. Neatness seems to havo reached
it- ultimate possibility in tho houses
I. !...! 1 , 1 I- r .
uim 11 illume? iioii out. inves of uiisy
bees are found iu the littlo door-yard.
Tho grounds art neatly cared for,
though the unbroken forest lies all
about, and the mountain riso.s perpen
dicularly behind tho plnee. Through
the ppring-house thero runs a mountain
stream, which cools tho milk, and
makes the ntmosphero in which the
churning is dono invigorating in the
nonest summer day. The housekeeper
and every member of tho intnilv (even
the man 1) are inspired by the same
spirit, 01 neaines-., aud although sepa
rated from all the world by circum
stances, they do not allow themselves to
fall into carele.-.- habits. The son, a
little fellow of a dozen years, hells nro-
duco and fruits to the summer visitors,
and goes to school somewhere in tlio
hills durinc tho cold season. The
littlo cleariiiK that surrounds the
houso is like an oasis in a desert.
There is another buildintr. thosmoke-
house, which is usually prominent on
the farmstead. It is a structure of
brick not quite as high as tho house,
but often not much less, having holes
at tho sides for tho smoko to issue
from. In it the hams are huntr when
ready to be cured, and thero they are
left under lock until needed for use.
Almost all houses havo near them, loo,
a receptacle for leaching ashes, mado
by boards slantini: together in tho
shape of a V., and supported iu posi
tion by a square frame which binds to
gether four posts that arc aro fixed in
the ground at its cornets. 1 have no
ticed besides a kettlo filled with chips
soaking in water, which 1 am told is to
turuisli a family dye.
Poultry Poultry House,
In breedinir and manno'tur fiml ii
seems as though the new beginner lias
many difficulties to overcome. First I
find it best to arrango the houses as
best he can for fifty liens. Tho house
should be inside fourteen by thirty-six
ieei on oacs siuo, eight teet lront ; tho
wiudows in front may como within two
feet Of tho crmtmil "Pnura ant !r l.rt
ground, the Tower board on the post
cigui incucs wuio ; men run tive-inch
boards from tho lower board to ihe
plate on tho post, of threo ply tarred
paper -, tack three-ply tarred paper, one
snd One-half cent nnr lonnrn fnnl run
strips from the top to tho bottom on'
caeii oeanng, tacic a strip 0110 inch
wide, threo-cighths thick, upon each
bearing ; it makes a very warm houso
and costs nbout three-fifths what boards
coats, aud muoh cheaper.
as to insldo arrangements, make tho
roost of two by threo scantlings, chain-
ier me corners, tauo ono-inoli bit and
make holes for the lerrs ioli(nm inM,na
high, cleats across tho legs to hold tho
dronnines. which mav lin i-Wnn.t nff
every three days. To koep freo from
I'.irtT.irt .iba w. .... I. .. i
v..u, iidu yjul UIM, llllll KCIUSCUU OU
over tho roost, touch the match to it
and it will consume vermin and
mites totother without any trou
ble. When the house is kept clean dis
case and vermin will diaunnn.n- nml n
good healthy fowl will appear and pay
a profit on money invested. With soft
e 1 1 . 1. . . , .
wrinu lvvii i(l ule morning, oats, uarloy,
buckwheat. 01- milli't nt. nnnn f-nrn Qt
evening, it is a sure fact eggs can bo
. J3 ... , l 1 0 ..
I'luuueeu m. t-igiu nnu iiircf-touriiis
Cents per dozen, ami at thirty fivo
cents per dozen, as at present, it will
do to invest. Manaehusetts Plough'
M.
A SuiTAni.B NlCKKAMK. 'Isn't 'Col
lary Uutton' rather an odd nickname
to givo your boy !' aiked a gentleman
of a friend, who had just ndtu'c-sed his
sou by that title.
"Well, I don't know,' replied tho
father, Inuahinijly. 'It may sound a
littlo curious, but it suit the boy first
rate.'
'Why do you think tiie nickname
'Collar Hulton' suits the boy T
'lJecause,' was the ropiy, 'when ho
flips out in tho evening I am never
nolo to nnu him.
Sm Ait lr
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tegal advertisements two aounrs.pcr innii icr
thrra innrinn. nnri nt that rato for BaOlllonil
insertions without reference to length.
Hxccutor's.Admtnlstrn tor's, nnd Auditors notice !
thrco dollars. Must bopald for when necrtca,
TrAn.ient or t-oeal notices, ten cents a line, regu
lar advertisements halt rates.
Cards In the 'litislness Directory" column, one
dollar a year for each line.
SELECT POETRY.
Looking at Both Bides.
The good wife bustled about the house,
Her faco still brljht with a pleaso-nt smile,
As broken snatches ot happy song
Mrcntrthcncil her heart and her hands th
whllo i
The (food man sat In tho chimney nook,
His littlo clay plpo vrltliln lils lips,
And all he'd mado and all ho hnd loat,
Heady nnd clear on his nnger tlpa.
"flood wife, I'vo Just been thinking n bit s
Nothing has dono Tery well this year.
Money Is bound to bo hard to get,
Kvcry thing 's suro to bo very dear,
flow tho cnttlo aro golna to get fed.
How wo'ro to keep tho boys nt school,
Is a kind of debit and credit sum
I can't make balance by nny rule."
Sho turned her around from tho baking lor,l,
Andslio faced him thero with a cheerful 1. ugh;
Why, husband, doar, ono would really think
That tho good rich wheat was only chaff.
And what If tho wheat Is only chaff,
So long as wo both aro well nnd strong ?
I'm not a woman lo worry a bit
Hut somehow or other wo git along.
"Into all lives somo rain must fall,
Over all lands tho storm must beat,
Hut when tho storm nnd rain nro o'er
Tlio sunshine Is suro to bo twice as sweet
Through every strait we hao found a road,
In every grief wo havo found a song;
We havo had to bear and had to wait,
Hut somehow or other, we get along.
"l'or thirty years wo havo loved each other,
Mood by each other whatover befell 1
Mx boys have called us 'father' and mother,'
And all of them living nnd doing well.
We owe no man a penny, my dear ,
Are both of us loving and well and strong ?
Oood man, I wish you would smoko again,
And think how well we have got along."
Ho Oiled his pipe with a pleasant laugh,
He klwcd his wifo with a tender prldo ;
He said, "I'll do ns you tell me, lovo j
I'll Jujit count up on tho other side."
Sho left lilm then with his better thought,
And lifted her work with a low sweet song,
A song that's followed me many a year
"Somehow or other wo get along
The Ohances of Cholera Next Year.
Tho oulbreal; of cholera in Paris late
in tlio Autumn rovives and strength
ens the apprehensions which havo been
so generally felt by physicians of both
Euiopu and America, that next ye. -would
be marked by a cholera cpido.
io more widespread aud more fatal than
that of 1884. Accordingly, anxious
inquiries are rnado ns to our prepara
tions to ward off tho pestilence, and as
lo tho probabilities of its visiting New
York, despite tho best sanitary care of
the city.
The last timo that New York suffer
ed from cholera to any great extent
was in tbe summer and autumn of 18C6
and 1807. Then; as now, the health
officers expected its coming, for it was
epidemic iu Europe during I860, and
is early as November of that year cas
es were brought hoio on the Atlanta.
Moro cases arrived 011 the incoming
vessels durum the sprint' succeeding,
and the Boaul of Health, then in its
infancy, organized a pretty thorough
system of Minitary measures, of relief
aud medical advice, adapted to th
possible exigencies 01 a great epidem
ic.
Owing to these precautions, tho visi
tation was far less severe and general
than previous cholera epidemics hn&
been. The business streets and thu
moro cleanly parts of the city wcro al
most entirely exempt from it, but as the
report ot the Health Hoard lor 1 oG
says, "from Bowling Green to K' .s
bridge, cholera selected iu fields, "id
leai fully menaced all foul places.
Meanwhile the well-drained and we'l
built districts escaped, with but thi-.'
or four exceptions, aud "not a respec
table hotel or commercial visitor iu tho
city was reached by infectiou."
it that tune tho condition of both
New York and Brooklyn as to cleanli
ness was bad. Tho roport for 1807
speaks of tho difficulty of tho task in
wuicu 1110 Doaru engaged, oecatiso ot
the "reeking filthiness" of tho two cit
ies. But in tho face of such a draw
back, the sanitary officers succeeded in
reducing tlio epidemic to comparative
ly small proportions, nnd in confining
it within limited areas. The map of
tho districts affected by cholera from
May, 1800, to December, 18G7, shouj
that they included a small space iu tho
vicinity of the Battery inhabited by a
crowded population, and other portions
of the city where the tenement houses
were numerous. The regiou above
Amity street and Ivinii between the
Sixth and Lexington avenues wai
scarcely touched. In line, only cholera
appeared in those quarteis of the
town where diarrbu-al diseases wero
most wont to prevail, and coincidently
with tho appearance of cholera such
diseases increased their ravages.
It is truo that the city is oven moro
crowded than it was then ; that pro
poitionately the tenement house popr
Iation is greater, and that every sum
mer diarrhtual diseases prevail exten
sively in tho parts of the town who tho
number of inhabitants to the squaro
acre is largest, jjut every year tho
Health Department is extending tho
area benefitted by its efforts, aud ev
ery year better comprehends the task
ueiorc 11.
Wo do not, therefore, look toward
next summer with great, alarm. Very
likely thero will bo cases of cholera
here, but at tho Quarantine aud iu tho
Health Department thero will be a con
stant watch for their appearance, and
uiu uuaiious 01 iroveniing me spread
of tho disoaso will of courso bo prompt
ly applied. Wo seo that this year,
though cholera has beon sovero in the
south of Franco aud in Italy, nnd has
now entered ram to some exlont, it
has not disturbed London, whero the
sanitary condition is so much belter
than tho French capital. In fact, in
l'aris, districts of the city aro still
badly dranied, and some of tho domes
tic arrangements aro not very far in
advance of those of a century ago ; it
is 10 inoHo tiisincis, too, that cholera
has been confined. A'. Y. JSun.
Carrying out in the daily lifo .l o
principles of honesty ami fairness ts
tho very best mid most efficient lucmn
cf benefiting tho community, at .1
tho only foundation on which to
build the benevolence worthy of tlio
name.
Tho Indians of Nevada esteem as a
great delicacy nn owl cooked with
saucr-kraut stuffing.
There aro 138,0G.i Masonic lodges in
tho world, with a membership ot 14,
100,513. "Why is a young man liko n kernel
of corn 1" asked a young lady. "Be
oaiiBe," said another, "ho trims white
whou he pops."
lu O u