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Atiort notice, nonlJy niul atmodirute prices.
BLOOMSETJItG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1884.
L'HK COLUMBIAN, VOL. XVIII NO 61
COLUMDIA MKMOOIlAT, VOL.XLVIIf, NO 43
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P I f I III P III II4
PRO F E 3 SUIJIALC A R D S
T 13. WALLI3H,
J' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
moom.biirg, I'a,
ortlco over lit. National Hank.
I 1 .
T TO I IN K Y-AT-L AW.
ULOOMSBURll, I'A
Oltl" 111 "lll'S UutiaiHIf.
p !i. huok'aTku,
J ' ATTO 1 N K Y-AT-L A W .
liLOOMSnCHd, I'A,
Office over 1st National Dank.
ycillNJlTciiAllK, '
ATTORN KY-AT-LAW.
AND
ju.snoH of run i'evck.
BwoMsnrun, t'A.
OlEtr over Moyer llros. Drug Store.
p W. MIl.LKK,
'' ' ATTOK.JKY-AT-l.AW
nnicotn nrower'sbulldlng.setondrioor.room No.1
tltoomsburg, H.
B.
Fit ASK ZUIR,
ATTO 1 lNr E Y-AT-I, A V.
151ooml)iiig, I'a.
omee corner of Centro and Mala Streets. Clark j
lluUUIni;.
Can be consulted In German.
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1 130. 13. EliWKLL,
T
SEECT STORY.
ATT011NEY-AT-LAW.
Nkw CowsibIAN IICILMHO, Eloomsburs, I'a
Menber of tho United States Awoclatlf.r;
i.vmuotionn made In any pirt of Atncrtca or Eu.
rojf.
AUIi 13. WIHT,
Attorney -at-Law.
Hard times, low wages, slirink
ngc of viihics are all having
their effect on prices. The
Clothing market feels the ef
fect so much as to reduce prices
to almost a give away point.
Now is your time o buy good
lirst-class Clothing, such as our
slock is composed of, at the low
est figures known to us for years
past.
Notice Estimates furnished
to Clubs for Overcoats for the
Inaunuration
IS & 10.
IJ02, (501 & GOG Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
OUlco In Comjmma)) BciLDiNO, Room No. !, second I
noor.
BLOOMSHUltQ, PA.
8. KNOW!. t. C WINnKSTKEX.
KNOW'. & WIKTERSTEEN,
A ttornoys-at-3jav.
Oftleo lu 1st National Hank bulldlnj, Bocoad llnnr.
ftrstdoortotholfft. corner of Main and Market
otreets lHoomsburg, I'n.
JgjrYnaioiM rtiirf HoukUu Colleck-i.
J H. MAIZE, !
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
onico lnJIalzo-3bulldJijf over lllllmeyer's grocery.
n
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DO AS OTHEHS
!!iVE DOKE.
f
Arp your ICidneyss rliaorrleretl? !
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15. MtOCKWAY,
Attorney-at-Law,
ALSO
NOTARY l'UHLIC.
OUlco in his Imllilmg opin3ito Court House,
2nd lloor, Ulooinsburg, I'n. apr 111 'tiu
JOHN 0. YOCUM,
Attorncy-at-lvawi
CATAWISSA, I'A.
omce In nkws Itku building, Mjiu street.
Member of tliu American Attorneys' Assoc!!.
tlon. .
Collections mado In auy part of America.
7c."o$VAliD,
AT 1'0 UN E Y-AT-L AW.
Jackson Huildlug, Kooms 4 niul 5.
1IEKWICK , I'A
A
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ATT01 ! NE YS-AT-J.A W '.
Catuwlsn. !'
i ".Hoc, corner oi TUlrd und Main M retta.
AUomcy-ntLaw, llcrwick. I'a
Csn bu Consulted In German.
ALSO Flt'.3r-0I.AS3
FINE AND' LIFE INSUIUNCE
COMl'ASICS J'.El'HESKXXEP.
tJsTOfllcu first door below tho pot olllce.
MISCELLANEOUS".
C1 t UAKKLEY, Attoriiey-.u-l.nu
. oulce Hrotfer'B building, wnd f'ory.Koomi
l.'lilrj . '..l l.t . ... fr..... ..iv K
tni,Aiurlhn'l 'k.-u l'I.miiiii l.y 11 I 1-91 l. t.'l - (I, J.
1 1 .Vlroit." Jl. W. Djiiar.ir, llecbjDk'. IoiUa.M.cIi. t
H Aro your nerves wonk? j
''!.. I- y V.'o I t'uiu.1 ttioll.'lii ntrvi iih v i al:n, L;
lluMwin, 1W.. Llirutlan .l.iilt-r t'le. Uu.l, O. L
H!.vo you BriBht'' Disoaso?a
i 11 kU CiMUL lllil Hull ItkO 1)1 1
I 1 Flunk W.b ,lV'boiIi.IIU3-i.
Suffering from Dia ?tea ?
"Iti.tn Mtouiitiiatiiiutruc -ri.liuin-- y I liae
otr uj"il. aImot ttmnrtH ttu r iivt."
Dr. rLIllIpC. lULIu, :ioiikUn, Vt.
Havo you Livor Complaint?
"KiilniyAvoit Liitvil nw cf l.ni.iij Lm-r Uiicuce
ofier Ij-rsTcil t( illo." . . .
iK'nry Wiinl, 1 ite O I. f Jtli Gnanl, I, .
i"r your Back lamo and aching?!
Cii'iitv-Woit, l U.ttU) mrul 'litu 1 wiuKOt
.a t. I Mil tu oIl out vt i.cl." , f
' Hs.vo you Kidney Disease? tj
r "Itfu yA urt inndo iiiuhhuii I Inth'rr ainl kidnrin j 1
' r' t vcim ot tms'icN'i jwful i. 'tnHnjf, It v oi ?i i
J t- ti b is."-baiu I llodc.-', Wiliunwtovwi, Wtt Vu, ft
Are vou Confatinatcd? si
1 ' KMiK-y-Vo; t ai. -is t a-y itatltiii u il run J
1 mo after llji.tra u ? ii u h'-r mulleines '
N 1-on I'liiiclulJ, bt. A) an- t.
il Havo you Malaria?
'j ""JntrA.'ott lu Jliho imtii- t'l'.n ni ' i
j.1 Dt. U.K. ruiLtMoutb.Li. ,
I J I icv-Woi t Jttiii ilmoi.io fium t;i0'l t'.an wj
I Uur niuidy i imw ntrtiim."
r Avo you tormented with P:len?o
R 'Kiiliii.v-W'.it jutvi'Ii -i ' i f I i nlini;f!
j' j i'i j Dr. W'.V. IH im i-t ''''.?
H ucu, . lliai(Uu.u ii ii. .t' .T.rijvj
i Aro you Ilheumatism racked?!!
m "iCiJn v-Uortiumi inc. ufit r i i-i . vi t. ;
51 (110 Ly l liysiciftii' uiHi i jiiii sun n ii ;uiu,. r.i-. p
5j l'.lbria;o?lilcyUi, t.tJittl.., i-.iu- (1j
fi Ladie3( nro you suffering? f
"KlUiK-uit "tr J iim t ( pn .i a- ir i 1' ! I
5(n'iT.ilyiurshti!iili i . lunyfi ni'-t'vi i mi-
j. It." ilif 11-L 1'Um.'lX, ini.l l-tti. IU.
Hit' you would Banish Diso:;S'
H x and cain Health, J'ko u
pisisni;-: ;;
j This u'-oon Ci if...
i The Scienooof Life, Only $1
! BY MAIL POST-PAID.
THAT BLESOBD OLD MAID.
V Mirv,I V'V f 1 s!.ir..u,,i u)..! Pli
il VAtiVWA4 ? A. , .ii, ii.UUil.CUll .
1 t '.Ul
A
'lutiin, north sld) Main htreel.Di-io f.tarlit
h. FKITZ, Atlorney.fti-L:uv. Otlicn
. in cou'MiiuN nullainc
,t. oKlNJilCH, .UIN Ss L0UCSM1T1
ii.vti.j; Mnciuuvd and Machinery of i.l! Kinds n
mau. oi-Brti llors liuudlnt', Kloon.Dlrt f a.
il. .). O. liUTTEU
"tlllilOA.N icBOHO.ON,
iiClleii, Nertli.VHrlif bii'Li i.
hid n.-Liij.-, V
KNOW THYSELF.P
I)
Dlt. WM. M. HELtEli, Surgeon and
I'hys'.clau. unleu corner of llocl: .md Market
sueet.
I u. r.YANM, M. D., t-utton hipI
J . 1'hyslQ'aii, lUlllce r.ud lleelUenei on Tlilr I
Mreu.
11 HOUSE,
DENTIST,
llLooMsiiuitOjCoLUJiiiiA County, I'a-
All styles of work douo In a superior mancer, won;
warranted as rapreeuntod. TsK-rn tsvuitn--su
wituoct 1'aik by tno ush ot o.n, aLd
freo ot chart,'u v. lion urtlnclal tt-eiii
uro Inserted.
Jflko in Columbian building, 2ml lloor.
4 t Jo be open at all hours durmy iht flj
Nov.ifS-iy
wanted for Tho LlveHor nil me l'reil
L'llAiitunt Hit) 11 U .1-1... i li'iti1.
a I jj011est beit book ever sold for li ihun
book In AinerkT. Iminonso pi-oiltstoafcnt-i. All
Inulllgeiit people want It Aiiynnucan Ui'i ome .1
fcucccibful ngeut. Terms free, IUi.i.kttII'iok Co.,
I'orllanUi .Malnu. Dee 'y-u
i:xhau-teil Vitality, Nenousnnd Physical Debil
ity, rii'Uiuturo Deel no lu .Man. Kitcu'S ot Youth,
and tho untold inlaeiles resulting from ImlLscre
lion or excesses. A book for eery man, joung,
middle-aged and old. It cout ilns 1-23 pKHerlptluns
ror all acute ami chronic dlMascs, each ouo ot
wlilchli Invaluable. N found by tho Author, whnho
experience fori! j ears Is such as probably never
beiorotell to tho lot of any physklnn. smltiages,
i bound In be.iutirul l'l'i'iieh inusllu, cinboahcu
covers, lull gilt, guaranteed 'o bo a liner work In
. every wnse mechanical, liter ,ry aud profea.slon.tl
iiiaiiuiiyoiuerwDiiituiuiii . -uscoumry iorfi'.&u,
or tho money will bo ivfundc u In ecry Instance.
1'rlco only il.oo by mall poiwiald. llluatratne
' sample ( cents. K-nd now (lout medal awarded
l tho author by tho National Medical Association, to
! tho olllcers of which ho icfers.
I Thu hclenco ot uro should bo read by tho younrf
. for Instruction, and by the anilcted for lcllef. It
i will benefit all Lnmion l.umvt.
i 'l'herols no member o( sRli't to whom Tlin
Science of l.iro w 111 not bo us -nil, whether youth,
parent, guaidlan, lnatrucloror clergyman. .H--
Address tho l'eabody Medical Institute, or Dr
V. 11. Parker, M), 4 llulllneli s-trtet, lloalon, Mass.,
who may be consulted on nil dlaenaes lequlrtng
skin and experience, i hroulo and obstlnatu Ulvas-i-H
and that nave baffled thu I I A t I skill of
another physicians a spo rlL'iA lj elally.
Such Heated successful ill I .i ii i.'ly
wlthoiitim Ins'imcoof I. II OVAjV fall
ure. .Mention this paper.
drc. U-lw d
A ("tTPNTQ 'of Lucrative, Healthy, Honorable,
nuuit A o ' pi'iuianent bus-lness apply to
Wllmot, castle & to., Koehcater. N. Y.
dccia-uv il
for Infants and Children.
"Cuitorfa U so well adapted to children that
( recommend It tu suierIor to any pra-"Tijllou
known to me." II. A. Anciicu, M.U,
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Cnklorla cures Colle, (Mnsllpatlon,
Sour stomach, Dlarrlni'u, Knutiillon,
Kills Worms, gles kk-p, and promutts dl.
Eesllon,
out lujurlous medication.
An absoluto euro for ltlicunintlsm, Sprains, Tain in
m tho Kack, Uurns, Gallx, &c. An Iiistantancmn Paln-
M relieving and Iloallni; ltcniu'iy.
"Tin in U mi niliir v.nv, Clmn. I'm
tin- only it l.itio hi' Ims kft, mid w
miisi inviii' hir lien1 fur ill" wlnlur,
nnvliow. Slu nml Jnlio t-tniil wltli
fattier niul inolliur wink-1 v. a io:!in-
llig bolt) ami tliere. Nnw tin y lire nil
gout'. Muitlin',1 iiloiif, ntnl'ilV no;
inord tlinn I'jiht lor tni' t iim'H out wi
lier luvl.ile. I'll wiitu ininieil'mlely."
"Yc, Ntillmn i tlifit ii rii'lit. I know,
but I oaii't liiili tlfemiinir It. 1 n.lwn)tf
Iniil n hor or of 'obi innidsj'" .mil
Miv. Trucy loik-.l iti voiily iiioiiihI'
thu nlaln kitelifii of tliu little f.nin
liousc.
You niedti't bo nfrniil of Alsrtlin i
ulio inn't veiy old, nnd I venture to nay
nono ot the prying, ilisujjieeaino tini
ninids wo rcml of.
In Hpito of his renssuring word?,
Ilrs. Tracy dreaded tliu arrival of lu r
hnsband'H innideii Nister, whom lie had
not Hten unco the any ho left lux New
lt,tilati(l home to try hid torlinie in tno
new Noi til west.
Hut ns Clara coon diseovcicd, there
was nolliitiu to fear fiom tin? (initt,
Rad-faeed woman who came to them,
whose life had been so full ot devo
tion to othcri, mid noblo self-sneiiliee,
that there had been no time for grow
ing haul and bitter because some of
life's sweetest blessitJL'S had been de
nied her.
The children, Heit nnd Mable and
baby Uay, with unerring instinct of
childhood, felt the depth of her quiet
kindness, nnd took her at once into
their loving littlo hearts.
Miss Tracy, although wholly unob
trusive, was naturally very observant.
This together with tho interest she felt
in her brother's family, led her, before
sho had been many weeks an inmate of
his house to a discovery.
Nathan, in his desiro to gel on in
tho world, was missing much that
would have made life pleasant. In
thinking so constantly of tho future,
he was losing all the Bweetness of the
present. That this was affecting the
wholo family was only too apparent.
It was seen in Clara's anxious, weary
face, and repeated in a less degree up
on countenances of the children.
There seemed to bo no rest for any
of them. No relaxation from thu
struggle for existence. Nothing to
vary tho weary monotony of every
day labor which, liko some huge Jug
gernaut, was crushing beneath its
wheels all that might have made life
sweet and pleasant.
Martha shrank from interfering with
tho habits of her brother's fam
ily ; but, looking ahead, she saw for
them nothing butsorrow and disappoint
ment, and felt that something must bo
(loni) to save them.
iVatehing for an opportunity to talk
alone with Nathan, she gladly accent
ed his invitation, ouo morning, to lide
with him to town.
They wero rolling rapidly over the
level prc!rie road, when Martha broke
the silo co.
"It is truly exhilarating to ride in
this bracing air, over these fine roads,
especially with so nice a 'rig,' as you
call it. Tho buggy is easy aud tho
horses really fine animals. You must
bo doin' well now, Nathan.1'
'I supposo I am, Martha ; but it has
been a hard pull, with losing crops,
sickness, etc. We'er in debt yet, but
with haul work and economy I guess
we can make it up in another year.
"Then what will coino next'''
"I mti'lid to havo a nice largo bam
and some choice cattle j then I shall
build a good house, and pieparo to
lako comtcrt. Then) isu t a better
faun for miles mound and I must mako
tho best improvements possible. Then,
some day, wo II have tho best of every
thing."
"Hut who will share it all with you?'
"Vhv, my family, of course 1" open
ing his eyes wide with astonishment.
"All except Clara, vou mean, boI
cm nly.
"Why Manila how you do talk 1 It
is for her I'm working who elso I'd
like to know ?"
"Now, Nathan, take just a few plain
words Irom your sister, who means
only kindness. I'vo had experience,
and, in my pidgmeiit, Clara hasn t vi
tality enough to take her through an
other year ol hard labor. I have vour
inlcrest. at heart, and would not need
lessiv aroue your lears ; nut 1 am
convinced that your wile is wearing
out. She must rest from her constant
labor, or your children will soon bo
inotlierlfps."
"Don't, Maitha, tnlk in that way
Clara is as well as usual. She was al
wavs slend'T and delicate I'd gladly
navo Kepi ner at case, nut sho know
sho married a poor man, and she was
willing to work up."
Flo was a littlo aunoved.
"I doubt not you have been kind
aud good to her, ami now that sho has
'woiked up' so far, I know you will be
glad to give her a vacation. You do
not realize wnat it is to care lor three
small children and do all the vork
that must bo done in a farm house
Sho might havo been slender when a
girl, but not careworn. To-night,
vou will look at ouo of her old pictures
you will bo convinced I am right.
"Supposo I am ; what then ?"
"How much would it cost to send
her back to Ohio, for tho winter ?
can keep houo."
"Simply out of tho question. Sh
wouldn't go anyhow, Martha,"
"I thought you didn't know its but
she is as homesick as a child to see her
father anil mother. Sho hasn't said
so sho never eoninlalns ; but nil tin
ntlerablo longing fills her uyos and
quick tears when sho speaks of thorn
Sum of your consent, and mv wiVing
ness to keep house for her sho ironic
go ghdly."
"And you think it would do her
gnod r
"Undoubtedly s and it would bo tho
cheapest medicine vou could give her,
nnd tho surest. Think over it a day
or so, .sNauinn,
1 hat evening Martha was not sur
prised to sen a startled, anxious: look on
her ht'oihei h face, ns ho closely regard
ed his wife, whonover ho thought him
self unobserved. Husbands are often
tho blindest of all persons in regaid to
their wives, but Nathan was convinc
ed.
That night when they wero nlono
ho suddenly exclnimed :
"Clara, iiow would vou liko to visit
your mother this fall t"
alio looked at lilm a moment in si
,lenco while a wavo of orunson mvopt
over her palo face. Then, turning
away, she said, brokenly :
"Don't talk nboiit it, Nat j I know
wo can't nfford it, nnd I'd rather not
speak of il."
"Hut wo can alloxi it, ami Ainrtna is
illing to Keu house for inc. Now
do you want to go, dear?''
1 heie wns an unconscious tonu ol
pioach in his voice, and a look of
pain in Ids face which sho could not
uiiderstaud.
"Oh, Nathan I" sho sobbed, with her
face hidden on his shoulder, "don t
imagiiio that I lovo you any tho loss,
am tired ot our littlo house ; bill 1
do want to go. Just now there M
nothing in I ho world I want so much
as to sec father and mother.''
"Well, then, ou shall go, littlo wife.
Don't civ so ; 1 didn't know you cared
so much t but that settles it, you shall
!'" ...
Alter Mrs lnioy and b.iby wero
gone, juurtha looked around the nnor
namented rooms, and resolved that
there should be something new
hiituetliing bright and pretty to wel
come back tin home-kei per. Thu
fiont mom'' had never been furnished,
but after considering her icsources,
Martha thought .she could pt'renado
Nathan into buying a carpet.
A carpet i whv Martha 1 he ex
claimed at her proposal, too astonished
to sav uioi e.
"what was Clara's old homo liko?
on don't want her to notice too slnrp
contrast on her ri'turn,1' said the sis
ter, quietly.
1 may get n carpet, llioiighlluiiy ;
but so tunny things would have to
follow."
"Nat, when father and mother died,
o wero going to divide things, but
vou had no home then, and while John
and I taid, everything remained the
same. w lien l canto nere, l soiu di
ked even-thing, and there is a big
box for you, which is on thu way out
here. Heaides bedding and clothing,
there are pictures, vases, cm tains, a
table-spread aud some of mother's nice
rugs. They will help furnish the
room. I guess you can afford to buy
cano scat rocker and two chain, and
we'll mako the rest."
"I'd like to know how."
"There aie two bottomless chairs in
the granary ; I will eboni.o tho frames,
cushion seats and backs, and with
strips of embroidery and heavy fringe
they will lie handsome. That old
rocker that is forever coming to pieces
an bo mended and treated likewise
minus thu rockers and you'll have an
easy-chair. A pi tip table, which you
can make, stained and varnished, and
covered with thu spread, will do nice
ly-
'Well, it sounds practicable, I'll help
all I can."
"There will be ottomans to make, a
nautel to put up, and a cornice for tliu
curtains. It will take our spare timo
for all winter, but how pleased Clara
will be."
I intend to have ovorything uico
for her some day."
"Yes, Nat ; but a woman must havo
something to live on in the meantime.
There's a love of tho beautiful in every
woman's heart, and it must bo satisfied.
If surrounded by grand scenery, tho
mind can feed on that ; but here in
this level monotonous country,I believe
the homos should bo very bright nnd
attractive."
"There may he. some truth in that,
but I never thought of it before," re-
nlied Nathan.
"It is not common for a man to
think about tho home as a woman does
for ho mingles with the world, while
most of her hours aro spent insido the
four walls. Clara had no timo to fix
up anything ; that baby was a sight of
trouble ; but if you and the children
help mo wo can do wonders.''
And they did. When Clara came
homo four months later sho scarcely
know the place.
"Como nnd look at vour wife,"
whispered Martha, when Nathan had
finished tho chores and was ready for
a happy evening.
There sho was in Hie prettv room,
chatting with thu children. Joy and
gladness shone through her lace, which
had lost its sharpness anil pallor, ami
tliero was an elasticity in her move
ments which recalled her girlhood.
"She looks ten years younger, Mar
tha ; and if I can help it sho shall
never work so again. You've taught
mo a leson I shall not forget. We II
take all tho comfort wo can now if wo
never get a big house."
"Martha hits made this so pretty,
that we shan t want another, ex
claimed Clara, hearing his last remark
as thuv entered the room. "1 m so
thankful to you all for this pleasant
little home coming.
Martha deserves the thanks, for
she planned it all," said Nathan, catch
ing up tlio baby.
"Vou aro a icwel, .uartlia; and to
think that I was atraid of you and
dreaded to havo you come I
W as that, becauso you knew 1 wns
an 'old maid i asked .Marina, laugii
inc.
"Yes, that was pist it. 1 duini
know, vou see, that vou Mero such
blended old maid.' Written for tho
Jftnrthstotie, Jtrm and Nation by
l.nnta Wilson Smith.
Study of Ilusbantls.
Wo hear much about the art of win
ning a husband. Let us tako a step
further and make a study of keeping a
husband. If he is worth winning lie
is woi tli keeping. This Is a wicked
world, nnd man is dreadfully mortal.
Let us take him just as he is, not as he
ought to bo. In tho first place ho is
very weak. Tho wife mut spend the
first two years in discovering thc?o
weaknesses count them on her lingers,
and learn them by heart. Tho fingers
of both hands will not be too many.
Then let her study up these weakness
es, with a mesh for each one, and tho
secret is hers. Is lie fond of a good
dinner 1 Let her tighten the neh
around him witli lragrant coffee, light
bread, and good things generally, and
roach his heart through his stomach.
Is ho fond of (lattery about hi looks !
Let her study the dictionary for swcet
words if ner supply gives out. uura
he like to hear her talk about his bril
llant intellect'? Let her pour over thu
encyclopedia to givo variety to the
depth of her admiration. Flattery is a
good thing, to study up at all hazard",
in all its delicate shades, but it must bo
skillfully done. The harpy wlm may
try to coax him away will not do it ab
surdly. Is he fond of beauty ? Here's
the i lib let her bo bright and tidy
that's half the victory. Next, let her
bang her hair metaphorically and keep
up -.villi tho limes. A husband who
-ees his wife look like other people is
not, going to' consider her "broken
down." Though it is a common sneer
that a woman has admitted that her
sex considers more, in marrying, tho
tastes of her friends than her own, yet
it must bo considered ludicrous that a
man looks at his wife with tho same
oye.-t that other people do. Is he fond
of literary matters? Listen to him
with wide open eyes when ho talks of
them. A man doesn't, so much care
for a literary wife if only she will be
literal y enough to appreciate him. If
she have llterarv indications, keep
them to heiself.
Men love to bo big and great to
their wives. That's the leason why a
helpless little woman can marry threo
times to a sensible, self-reliant woman's
none. Cultivate happiness. Is he cu
rious? Oh, then you have a treasure!
you can always keep him if you have a
secret and keep it caiefully. Is he
jealous? Then, woman, this is not ;or
you ; cease torturing that fretted heart
which wants, you for its own, and
teach him confidence. Is ho ugly in
temper and fault-finding? Givo him a
doso of his own medicine skillfully
Is he deceitful ? Pity him for his
cakness ; tieat him as one who is
born witli a physical defect, but put
your wits to wort it is a bad case. Il
is well not to be too tame. Men do
not waste their powder and shot on
hens and barnyard fowls ; they liko
the pleasure of piiisuing wild game
rjuail and grouse and deer. JA quail is
good mcdel tor a wile neat and
trim, with a pretty switt-way-about,
and just a little capricious. Never let
yourself become an old story j be just
little uncertain. Another important
fact is, don't be too good ; it hurts his
feelings nnd becomes monotonous.
Cultivate a pleasant voice, so that this
very mortal man may havo his con
science prick mm when lie is in jeop
inly ; its plea-aul ting will always
haunt him much mere than would a
brill one. It is hard to do all, besides
taking care of thu babies and looking
utter vexatious household cares, and
miling when ho comes home, but it
seems necessary, "to boa unrn wo
man is to bo a born martyr, says a
husband who for ten years had watch
ed in amazement his wife treading the
wine-press of her existence, Il is
pitiful sight to some men. Hut if tho
who does not make a study ol those
things tho harpy will, to steal away
the honor troin his silver hairs when ho
is full of years aud the father of sons
and daughters. At tho same time,
good wife, keep from trying any of
these things on any mortal man bat
your own. These rules are only
volved in order, to ''keep a husband."
The poor, weak creature would rather
bo good than bad, and it is woman's
luty to hold him by every means in
her power.
A Pretty Album,
Among new fancies is tho leaf al
bum, To make one only requires the
exercise ol a little care and patience.
First get a slab of plate glass and
spread upon it n daub of printer's ink
tiicn get a small roller such ns printers
use, and roll it over till tho glass Is
dittany covered ; tnen iny mo ieai
eleau and freshly gathered on tlio
inked glass, and carefully draw the
roller over it. Next lift tho leaf by
tho stalk using considerable tender
nesH becauso of the frag'lity of tho sub
ject and place it between a folded
sheet of paper j press and rub gently
all over it, being careful not to lot it
alter its position. Then tako the loaf
out and you have a beautiful clean im
pression of both the front and back.
The same effect might bo got to a cer
tain extent witli lamp-black, oil-color
or anything of that kind, but when it
is done witli printing ink it is not only
far more clear and distinct, but perma
nent. A bit of common pinto glass, or
a bit ot marble, or even a china palette,
will suffice to put tho ink upon any
thing, in fact, so long as it presents a
smooth surface, is noii-melalliu nnd
non-absorbent.
Mamma Gets Tired.
"What is in those big brown paper
packages that camo to-day, mamma 1
"Uh, nothing, child; nothing but
but soap.''
"Then why don't you lot mo hco it ?"
"I don't want to open them until
wash-day."
-Hut Jane is out of soap' and U go
ing to tho grocery to get somo 7
"I forgot. It is not soap in those
bundles, but htarch.
"When does Christinas come, mam
ma ?"
"Next week,"
"Who bring the presents ?"
"Santa Clans."
"How did ho get in ?"
"Conies down tho chimney."
"Hut wo have no chimney in the
parlor wheio the Christmas tree is to
be."
"No, I forgotj ho comes up tho boat
er Hue,
"Hut how docs ho get through the
littlo holes ?
"Hu is very small, and can squeeze
through anywhere,
"Hut dolls and carriages nnd drums
and sleds are not small. How does ho
get then) .hrough ?"
"Uh I ploaso dout bother any more:
- mamma is tired,"
Done When Done.
System is the oil which lubricates
the wheels of daily life for us
who must work. A lack of it causes
everything to hitch and clog, and wo
lose time und temper. The general
lack of method comes from the neglect
of parents to teach children properly
about tho best and easiest way of
doing tilings' Tho best and the oasi.
est way is always the way that accom
plishes most with the least won y and
fret. To learn this way we must plan
ahead the woik lobe done. When wo
know what tliero is to do, wo can go to
work intelligently and decide how it
can bo done with the least expenditure
of time and labor. Wo can see where
one step will answer for two. We can
so arrange our tasks that there will be
no clash, no conflict, no two things
clamoring to bo done at tho same
time. System of this sort, the lesult
of forethought aud observation, wilt
help us to accomplish twice as much
with the samo amount ol labor, and do
it moro easily. It is often tho fret and
worry of pressing work which exhausts
us more than it is tho work we aro en
gaged at. It is never pleasant to feel
that work is driving us, and it is al
ways pleasant to think that we are
driving our work, in other words,
that wo are the master. Without sys
tem wo cannot be. J.ack ot system
makes a slave of a man. It obliges
him to expend moro labor, timo aud
money than there is any necessity for.
Tho extra labor, tlio worry and hurry
to keep up with the work, wears one
uut twice as last as he ought to wear
out. Show mo tho man who accom
plishes most, and I will show you one
who works by method, and who does
his largo amount of work with less
wear and toar of brain and body than
the man who barely makes a Hying,
nnd does it without regard to system.
Our Country Home.
Homely Girls.
"Why aie homely girls nlwnya tho
best scholars, the best workers and
mako the best wives ?" This question
wns proposed by an observant nnd in
telligent gentleman, who has been twice
led to the liyincninl altar and is ready
to bo sacrificed again.
"Is Mich really the easo ?"
"I have reason to know that il is.
It is natural enough, isn't it? The
girl who is handsome in feature and
form concludes very early in life that
theso nro her stock in ttado and witli
them sho enters tho matrimonial mar
ket. Nino times out of ten she is soon
off her hooks and nt the head of a
house. Her homely sister has scarcely
entered her teens until bIic discovers
sho is mado to stand aside for tho pret
ty faced gnls. All that neatness ot
dress, elegance of manners: and profi
ciency of making one's self attractive
sho does, deliberately and for a pur
pose, perhaps, or possibly lor no other
reason tlinn, Topsy like, sho grew that
way."
"1 he chances arc sho does il solely
for tho purpose of compensating for
her lack of physical beauty.
"My obseivations lead directly to
the opposite conclusions," replied the
intelligent observer. 1 here is among
tho gieat laws of nature one known ns
the law of compensation, and 1 am
thoroughly convinced that to it the
homely girl is indebted for the tastes
and disposition that prompts bet to
make hereself uselul when she cannot
be ornamental."
"Then if yon had the choice of two
Indies, one beautiful nnd tho other
homely, would you lako tho homely
one ?"
"Experience and observation both
teach me that it would bo the wiso
thing to do Tho first impulse would
naturally bo to tako tho prettier of tho
two, but I would givo tho first impulse
time to pass off, and act upon sober
second thought.
The old gentleman may be entirely
right in this matter.
Stories of the War.
TOM) 1IY A Wr.lTI-.K IN "lllK CENTURY'
ron dkci:mui:k.
To Mike tne House Oomfortable,
correspondent writes : "Somo of
us live in old homesteads that, though
well and solidly built, have sulfered
from time's ravages ; others in tho
modern houses more cheaply put up,
both of which arc sometimes very un
eomforlable in cold weather, admitting
cold currents of nir airuud doors and
windows, and requiring an extra sup
ply of fuel to mako them comfortable.
it will not only contribute to onos
comfort, but will greatly reduce tho
winters outlay for fuel to mako tho
house as tight and warm as possible
before severo weather sets in. Kubbcr
wc-.ither strips aro excellent for making
doors and windows tight. But if ono
does not desire to purchaso them, tliero
aro various equally effectivo homo-
mado contrivances. For instance, if
the windows fit loosely and rattle in
tho breeze, littlo wooden wedges fitted
in between tlio tipper and lower sash
mako them firm, and tlio crack be
tween the two sashes may then often
times bo covered over witli a strip of
cloth or paper pasted on with a stiff
flour paste. Tho cracks at tlio sides of
the sash may bo stalled with cotton or
soft old rags that can be ptuhed in nut
ot sight with a thin-biaded caso-kniie
IJoors can bo mado tight by tacking
listing or strips of woolen cloth around
top and sides. When tliero nru wide
cracks at tho bottom of doors, make
long, narrow bags, fill them with sand
and lay them cloo to the crack. These
bags of sand may bo covered with
bright-colored cloth and mado by no
moans unsightly.
While wo wero in camp at Wash
ington in 1SG2, we wero drilled to an
extent which to the raw "thinking bol
dier" seemed unnecessary. Our col
onel was a strict disciplinarian. His
efforts to drill out of us tho methods of
action and thought common to citi
zens, and to substitute in placo thereof,
blind, unquestioning obedience to mili
tary rules, wero not always apprecia
ted al their true value. In my compa
ny was an old drill-sergeant (let us
call hitn bergeant Ilackott) who was in
sympathetic accord with tho Colonel.
Ho had occasion to reprove mo often,
and hnally to inflict a blast of profan
ity at which my self-respect rebelled.
Knowing that swe.ring was a breach
of discipline, I waited confidently upon
tho Colonel, with tho manner ot one
gentleman calling upon another. After
the usual salute, 1 opened complaint by
saying :
"Colonel, Mr. llaokett has
Tho Colonel interrupted 'mo angrily
and with lire in Ins eye exclaimed :
" 'Mister l Tliero aro no misters in
tho armv."
"I thought, sir I began apologeti
cally.
"Think ? think ?" ho cried. "What
ight luve vou to think ? I do the
thinking for this regimont 1 Go lo
your quarturs i '
1 did not tarry. I hero seemed to
bo no common grouud on whiuh ho and
could argue questions ot personal eti
quette. Hut 1 should do injustice- to
his character as a commander if I fail
ed to illustrato another ' manner of re
proof which ho loraetimes applied.
Ono day, noticing a corporal in soil
ed gloves,' he said ; Corpora), you set
a bad examjilo to tho men with your
soiled gloves. Why do you J"
"1 vo had no pay, sir, smco entering
tho service, and can't afford to biro
washing.'
J- ho Colonel drew from his pocket a
pair of gloves spotlessly white, and
handing them to the corporal said :
"Put on those: I washed them mv-
cin"
This was nn tiiiforgottcn lesson to
tho whole regiment that it was a sol
dier's duty to attend himself to his per
sonal neatness.
Unfulfilled Ambition,
A young man with a broad back and
a sorrowful look wuj standing in front
of tliu Board of trade the other day,
when an acquaintance came and called
out :
"Hello I Thomas out of a job ?"
"Yes, out of a job," was tho sad re
ply. "No 1 Why you were a porter for
a wholesale house for three years
past."
"Just so, but I've been discharged."
"Is that so: have trouble witli tho
boss ?
"No, not exactly, l on see I wont
into tlio house to work mv way up
The first Christmas I ought to have
been promoted to salesman, but I
wasu't. The second Christinas I ought
to have been offered a partnership for
my taithlul services, but the oiler
didn t come. I his year I ought to
havu married the daughter of the sen
ior paitner and found a house and lot
in my Christmas slocking, but that
prospect has now departed."
"And vou left ?"
"Well, I overhauled the old man on
the street car yesterday and intimated
that I was ready to do my part, but
he never let on ho knew me. This
morning I was told mv services wero
no longer needed.
"But can thu house run without
you ?"
It may possibly souccze along, but
"Will you havo somo butter or somo
oleomargarine 1" asked the facetious
boarder.
"What did wo hao yesterday?" ask
ed the thin boarder.
"I don't know."
"Well, if wo had butter, givo mo
oieoninrganiioi and if it was oleomar
garine, I'll tuko butter,"
Tliero is said to be a bell in an edi
flee before tho great temple of Buddha
... V...I I.. .1...!. f '.I
ni, leuuu iiiav i lour times greater
than thu great bell at Moscow and tit-
ty-six times larger than the great bell
of Westminster, England. It weighs
1,7UU,UUU,
if there is a failure
up again mo. Do
it must not bo laid
you know of any
bank where a man can begin as
watchman and work up to marrv the
President's widow ? I think I'll try
that business for a spoil." Vhicago
JMcies.
A little old woman with a wrinkled
face and florid nose, rushed into
south end dtug t-toro the other after
noon and breathlessly called for an
emetic.
"Is it for an adult ?" asked the polite
clerk, as ho proceeded to put up the
drug.
"I'liats that you say? for an
ajnlt '? 'Tib for no aiult that I want
it ; 'tis for a medicine that I want it
for of course, you grau'horn."
No, no : you don't understand
want to know whether or not it's for
an adult, because it is a very, essential
tiling to know.
"l'hat difference does it make to you
so long as I'm payin' mo daceut money
for it ?" asked the old woman gi owing,
excited.
"Well, it makes all the difference in
tho world, and before I sell it to you I
must know whether it is for an adult
or a child."
Phy didn't you say that before, you
ngcot. It s for neither and adult nor a
child."
"Who is for, then ?" asked the clerk
in astonishment.
"It's for mo ould man, and for no
body else."
1 ho emetio was put up without fur
ther interruption.
Hog-Killing at the Union Stook Yards of
Uhicago,
The ordinnry methods of slaughter
ing cattlo and hogs by fanners and
small butchers is fntniliar enough to
every one who has over seen or known
anything of country or villago life. In
Now England in tho olden timo when
a fanner had a "beof critter" or two or
three hogs to kill, it was considered
tho best part of a day's work with two
or three of the neighbors to help. Hut
in theso modern days of general and
scientific progress tho advanco in tho
methods and in tlio celerity of slaugh
tering animals for food is fully ns great
as in any other department of business.
It would naturally bo expected that in
a place liko the Union stock yards
whero tlio business of killing and pro
paring meat for market lias been rc
duced to a science, that the most im
proved and humane motbods as well ns
tho quickest timo of slaughtering would
bo found. Aud such is the actual fact.
Let us enter one of tho largo packing
houses down there in imagination and
see how they do it.
In slaughtering hogs, tlio animals
aro driven up an inclined plane, which
is a covered viaduct, from tho yards
lielow to the top floor of tho packing
house whero they aro wanted. As they
como up into a small pen a man stands
in their midst witli a chain, having a
ppr'nig clasp nt the.end. This is sprung
upon one ot the animal s Hind legs in a
jiffy, a small stationary engine is start
ed and beloro the animal knows it no
is swinging in the air and fquealing
vigorously. Tho upper end of tho
chain is attached to a pulley which
runs overhead on an iron railway, and
catties tlio animal along toward tho
scalding vat.
On the way lo tlio vat he passes tno
sticker, who with ono lunge of a long,
sharp knife, end his life. Allowed to
bleed a lew seconds, lie is dropped lroin
the chain directly into tlie scalding vat,
whirled- over a few times, and theu
lifted by hidden machinery at tlio bot
tom of the vat up to a moving belt -on
tho surface of a long bench, which car
ries him toward the scraping machine.
The principle and mechanism of this
machine is almost identical with that
03 a corn-sheiier. itevoiving wheels,
with flexible scrapers on their outer
edge, aro so placed and bunched as to
hit the suit. ice ot the hog on all sides
at tho same time. The animal enters
tlio machine snout first, passes rapidly
along and emerges ns cleanly scraped
of bristles as ho could be if tho work
had been done slowly by hand. A
few men witli knives finish the parts
not completely denuded of their cover
ing, and at the same time cut off tho
head, which is dissected in a twink
ling.
He is then attached to another pul-
lej overhead, running on an iron track
and passed along over the bench to
another skilled workman who, with
about three strokes of a knife disem
bowels tho animal and hand over tho
inward contents to a separato gang ot
workmen for clennsiug. A stream of
water from a hose pipo plays upon tho
animal a few seconds aud then he is
run off on tho elevated railroad to .yard
the cooling-room. At this point tho
work of killing and dressing is done,
and the time of the
littlo less than four
erage sao'i day and
Tho two men who aro tho most skilled
and who receive tho highest wages for
their important but disagreeable work,
are the sticker and disembowler. Very
rarely do either of theso workmen miss
their aim or stroke. Hut it requires a
cool head and a steady hand to do that
woik quickly and well nt tho samo
time.
A steady procession of swinging
hogs, dead or dying, is kept passing
through tlio room, suspended from tliu
elovated railway, from morn till night,
and no blockado of freight is allowa
ble. Not a moment is lost, not a par
ticle of strength is wasted. Tliero is
no heavy lifting of dead carcasses from
tlio beginning to tho end of
the process. Machinery taken the placo
of human labcr wherever it is possible
and the work of nimble lingers and
sharp knives rapidly completes tlio job.
It is a process which infliotfl tlio least
amount of pain and suffering upon tho
animal to bo slaughtered, aud one
which never fails to impress the bo
holder with an enduring sense of as
tonishment. In a word, it is a scien
tific slaughtering under tlio most fa-
orable conditions, and with all posi-
bln adjuncts and appliances. Chicago
Jonrnal.
wholo process is a
minutes on an av-
wcek and mouth.
"I thought yon told mo you didn't
nse tobacco T ' "1 don't.' "Hut you
aro pulling a cigar now. " es, but
thats only a threo-centor. No tobacco
in it."
An English soldier being asked if ho
met with much hospitality while he was
in Ireland, replied that ho did he was
in the hospital nearly all tho time he
was there.
Dr. Burohard nsked on a recent Sun
day : "vVhy am I not in heaven t Ono
reason is because dining tho past low
weeks no lias been headed in an oppo
site direction.
Mothers of boys who go to school
through snowdrifts and mudpuddles
may liko to try tho tollowing easy wnv
of making tho soles of their shoes
waterproof; varnish tho soles with tho
nest copai varuuii us it dries repeat
the process until thu pores aru filled
and tho nil face shines liko polished
muiioguiiy.
Some interesting particulars concern
ing the historic hot seasons of Europo
havo been colleoted by an Italian sa
vant. In b2 A. 1). tho water supply
of France, Germany aud Italy was
completely dried up ; in SOT vast num
bers ot peasants on tho Contineir. wero
smitten with sun stroke ; in UUI5 vego
taliou was burnt up as it by uro ; m
1UUU the wells and water courses wero
hied up, and tho decaying fifth caused
a pestilenco ; in 1142 tlio earth was t.o
scorched that great fissures wero made
in it tor miles, and this was again the
case seven vears afterward ; in l-'bli,
1277, 1303 and 1301 thu largest rivern
in Europe the Hliine, tli'j Seine, tlio
l'o, the 1 iber shrunk to tiny stream
lets; in 1705 butcher's meat wns cook
ed by tlio sun, mid during several hours
each day ot the luit petiod no ono ven
tured out of doors : in 1718 not adroii
of rain fell fot six mouths ; in 17o3 tlio
thermometer averaged between 100
and 400 degrees F,; 'in 1779 tho intense
heat compelled thu inhabitants of Bo
logu to seek refuge in underground
tuts and eaves to escape suffocation
in July, 1793, vegetntion withered, ami
iuruituro in houses cracked and split
in 1811 and 1822 wero immense
droughts, accompanied by earthquakes
mid hurricanes, and millions of field
uilco wero driven by the heat from
their holes to perish on tho earth's stir
faco t and in 1832 fearfully hot weath
er nnd a cholera epidemic wero coiuci
dent in fans.
He Forgot to Ask.
The New Haven ATcim tolls this
election story : A good story was told
at tho bcoville house in Waterbury dur
ing tho settlement of a number election
bets. During tho Polk campaign much
Intel est was taken in Waterbury in tho
result, and party strife ran high be
tween Whigs and Democrats. Water
bury was only a littlo village at that
timo and it had no railway communica
tions. It wns also before tho days of
tho telegraph, and n number of tho po
liticians mado up a purse and hired
Colonel Richard Welton, proprietor of
tlio New Haven Mago line, to mako a
special trip to New Haven and get tho
returns.
Tho crowd wailed anxiously on tlio
tavern steps all through tlio afternoon
of tho day of Colonel Wolton's trip nnd
when ho camo in sight with his horses
smoking from their long drive, ho Btood
up iu ins wagon ami eaiicti 10 me ex
pectant crowds :
"Now lorks gone 5,000.
"For whom?" aroso on every side,
'Tho colonel jumped from his wagon,
hesitated a moment, scratched hir head
and then blurted out : "Well, I swan,
I forgot to ask."
I ho feelings ot tlio politicians can bo
better imagined titan described.
"What is the meaning of that rod
lino above tlio fourth t-torv of vour
house?" asked a stranger of a man near
I'ltlsburg.
"That is tho water mark. That inavk
shows how high tho water was dining
tlio gieat oveillow about ouu jenr
ago.
"Impossible. If tlio water had been
that high tho wholo town would havo
been swept away."
' Tho water nevor wn that high.
It only came up to tho first story win
dow, but tho cursed boys rubbed it
out three or four times so I put it up
tliero whero thev can't got at it. It
takes a smart uiun to circumvent those
, boys."