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William C. Clark, Mason nnd Builder, Auburn, N.Y. "Health Is better than wealth." Machinist. Mr. Ororco Karg, Machinist, 1133 nidge Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., says ! "My disease started when I was quite a young lad by having wesk kidneys. 1 havo tiscd jnst sis bnttlcsof IIlkt's Kidney and Mvcr ItEMKDT, and I solemnly proclaim, 'I feel llko a new man.'" "Good counsel hss no price, obey It." Mechanic. Mr. Henry Williams, Mechanic, East Bridge port, Conn., Gays: "About two months ago I caught a heavy cold, which settled In my kidneys. I go' bottlo of Host's Kidney and Liver Hesedt and with the first dose began to get well." "Light suppers makes long lives." Ilnllrond Man. Frank n, Lee, ofllco N, Y. C. Ss IT. K. H. Llltle Falls, N. Y., June 8, 1883, says: "My father, 02 years old, hsd severe kidney and bladder disease for SO years, urination causing acuto pain. The weakness was so crest he was obliged to wear a rubber bag. Twelve bottles of Hunt's Kidney liEMEPT completely cured him, and we consider ft remarkable. We cheerfully recommend It." "Deeds are better than words." Host's Kidney and Liver Bemedt has stood the test of lime. Ithasbeen beforetho public for twenty years, and has cured every year thousands of people suffering from various diseases of the Kidneys and Liver, nnd kindred disorders, who hsd failed to got relief from doctors nnd who expected never to bo cured. Thousands of testimonials from such persons attest Its value. Send for book. "Alls well that ends well." . Sold by all druggists. Price $1.55. 0 ' HUNT'S HEMEDY CO., Providence, It. I. ' Jf. CIHTTKSTOX, General Agent, N. Y. a. A U.S. -1.x nexsttEcrr."" :..y- iri. tia COKST.PATJOH, FJLfciJ-, Si AZiO BLOOD Di&EASi.. PHYS!C!AEi3END3R3E IT IIEAHTILY. "ri'Incy-Wort tlio :ncrt vni il fr -l X evor ufced. Dr. V. C. ralloi:, J&j ' . "Kldjie7-'Wort Is atwtyn raUr. " Vr. IU If. Chrk, 83. Hero, "niincy.Worthoacupjdmywit-'tiftCi.'lv - r" BitiTcriivc." Jir. C. 21. Dununcrlij, Him ILla, C 1? TKOU3AMDS' Or CAOGS it Um cured whToull eVn had iUlIcd. It is miU, butedciant, cr.UTAX.X IN ITt ACTION', tut liamlcai in all cams. t ITltcl?UTtii tlielHomlnnii rr irlliMinnl plci New lATr tl Ml V.o i " i.f tlioLody. .l.onatiiralacti: it ' t --b rcatoted. Vho Li7cr li c! 1 ' n , nnd tho Bowels raovo Crocly unl Lt'.v.hi-l'r. la tills way ttxo worct cUAotwca uzo ciaibr.U,d from tho eystem. 2 PKICE, ei 00 IJQCID 0 D.1T, SCLD I1T DnUCGITT. Dry caa be eent by taill. WLLIJ5. RICHAIEDMlK A0.niir1lrtott Vt. T35.-rti.rj'ij.. tl Feb 8-1 mo infants and Children Vbat Rites our Children rosy cheeks, What cures their fevers, makes them Rleep; CftHtorltu V1ien Babies fret, and err by turns, What cures their colic, kills their wormn, CAntnrla. VTlxfit quickly cures Constipation, Sour Stomach, Colds, Indigestion ; Cnntorla. Farewell then to Morphine Syrups, Caktor Oil and raregoric, and HallCnutorla. "Cadtoria Is eowell adapted to Children that I recommend It &i superior to any medi cine known to roe." II. A. Arcdir, M.D., 111 So. Oxford St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. ENTAUR JNIMENT An n.Dsolnto euro for Rhen matlsm, Sprains, Pain in the Back, Barns, Galls, Ac. An in stantaneons Fain- roliovor. L.L. ,) Best' i-. imp jail pcin, eootho and stlmulat? the tirod 1.103. -'.on, and wondemuy htrcajuien wc ya I j'ftrU. All Co valuable luod.siaul venues ot ir.d CaaadA H.-lsvn. AppMed to EaciocLe, Sciatica. Uheumatium, Crick, Btltchci, Sid, jfcj .whn irirtnev JLiieetlamt. Eoro Chtit or any of Pi lh various rina w.d wf knf?MCD fco common, iatant roUcnatl7cn. Ouroii Hytpcpiand JJvor troubles without inttrual dciinj. Sold everywhere, 3 ZtevSl.TCa.Mijtprioa. HOT? rLASTTTCO., rrop'r. Dctoa, Mam. AWonderful c STREfGTHENER TnXECUTOK'S NOTICE. E3T1TB OP t'HIUEBICK WILES, PCCEISKD. 11 terH testamentary in thoestato of Frederick Wiles, lata ot JacKhon township. Columbia county, IVnnsylvanla, havo been granted b the Keller ot suia county to tuo unaersiirnea execu tor. All persons bavlnir claims sgulust the estate ntsald decedent aro requested to picaent them for settlement and those Indebted to tho oitate to maKe payment to mo unuersigneu wnnouiueiay, UANIBL KI11T, JanS-tf Kxecutor, muaK ELKOTION. An election for oDIcersof the Catawlssa Brldxe Company for the ensulnt; year wilt bo held at tuo house ol Mrs. Hester KUtler In the Town of Cata wlssa, on Monday, March t, between the hours of one anu sis u ctuut u. ui vi mm uay. J. 11. ltOBINS, Jsnio-lw Seo'y, TOpiSORJA.L rOOf!S. THE OLD STAND under the Kxchansn Hotel, still takes the lead. Hair Drehslur, Hhat Ing, Iiyelnf, Shamiioolnf and an wurKja my iiuu pruujpiiy auu ueatiy uuue, BILLIARD St, POOL TABLES. Jtitucs Reilly. Jim 80-tf Proprietor. TOW 1 n n iibmiiii SELECT STORY. A LITERARY EFFORT. "Am you h ittt.lii.-t!, my tlmitjlilor T" "Moru than tmtinfled. miii. "In it nil your fancy piiiiitoil it 1" "Beyond anything I dreanicit of, Indeed I never imagined tint uuBhotild havo such n benutiful honif. ' "Then, my dear, I hope you will he inclined to favor my wishec, in return for what I have done lo plenso you. I have ppared no oxpcnxx in trying to make your homi everything that tlio mortt fiistidioiiM taste could di'iuand, and I trust tint, ymi will not ri-fttse some uonws.'iiiii lo my whims, per haps you will call them. ' "What U it you desire, papa t" "Nellie I havo given you every ad' vantago in tegard to education havo tried to make you a cultivated and ac complished woman and now I do not want to hco you throw yourself away upon any one who cannot appreciate you. In pimple words I want a clev er son in-law i man able to write a good essay, or poem, or paint a picture worthy nf notice aad admiration.'1 "But, papa, I love Charley, and he loves me." "Yei, my child, I suppose soj but you aro bolh very young, and havo seen Utile of the world. He did very well when wo were plain, simple poo. plu living in the country ; hut now it is quite a different thing. Wo live in another world altogether. I do not demand money with your future Inn baud I have euougli for all concern ed but talent I do require.'' "Oh, papa, I cannot give up Char ley 1 Where shall I find another like him t so good, and kind, and devot ed !" "Thousands of them, my dear thousands of them. He may not prove any better husband for being so devot ed now. Matrimony is tho thing that tries men's souls and constancy." 'I do not believe that Charley will deceive- me and he loved me too be fore wo wero rich. Wo never shall know, when a now lover comes, wheth er it is myself or my money he cares for." "Oh, well, my dear, young men are not' all mercenary. There aro plenty of fine young fellows, ready to love you for your own sweet solf." "l'erhaps (Jliarlev can write I ' mused Nellie. "He never has tried, I know, and ho may bo a great genius without suspecting it. I am sure ho is clever enough to do almost anything. "liemuees do not live to no twenty- five years old without suspecting their own powers. The troublo is that they are generally loo eager to suspect them. But I promiso you this, ray daughter: If Charley can paint a good picture, or itirnislt a successiul nrticlo lor the pa per, I will consent to tho match. "Oh, Oharley, ' the young girl said to her lover that night, "can't you paint a picture?" 'Taint a picture, Nell I Aro vou crazy t" "No, dear but papa is or else ho lias got a new hobby, which comes to nearly the same thine. I supnoso he is tvsthetic, and I think it is just aw ful. But now, dear, don't you think that you could paint soniethiufr !" "Nellie, why don't you ask rae it I can fly like a bat, or a winged-squirrel ?" "But every one paints now." "Indeed 1 How do they do it V "They iust buy paints, and brushes, and palette, and take one or two les sons, and they aro ready to exhibit th'eir plates, tiles, and so on. It is just as easy ! You can paint anything you choose birds, fishes, cranes one leg or two, just as you please or lit tle, uncertain landscapes. H,verybodv does it children, grown people, and grandmammas. And they all do it alike, pretty much for I can Heo scarcely any differenco in their little, dauby tlurgs. "There is no uso talking about it, Nell, I could not paint one of your little, dauby things if I took lessons six years1'' "lhen vou must write something. 1 know by your forehead that you havo latent talent, which only needs devel opment.'' "Mv der.r Nell, all tho development in tho world would never bring out any talent in my ease. I hope that I havo good, common sense but clever, ness don't run in tho Barrett family." "But, Charley, you must either paint a pieliiro or write a talented article." "iHy dariiner. 1 am ntraul that you aro touched hero just a little, you know;" and ho laid his finger on her white forehead with an nir of such deep con cern that sho burst in a fit of laughter, in which ho quickly loinod. As soon as she could speak, she told him what her lather required, and was surprised to seo how gravo ho took it. "Why, how serious yon do look 1 she exclaimed. "It is a pretty serious affair, I should think 1" he replied. '-To lose you " "Uut you aro not going to loso me. You will writo an articlo for tlio paper a successful one, too. "Nellie, I tell vou again, dear, tliat I have no literary talent whatever. It lias been pretty hard sometimes oven to writo letters to you, whom I love hotter than all tlio world. How then could I writo a successful story 1" "Couldn t you writo a pretty poem then?" "Horrible 1 Ask mo something rea sonable to swim a thousand miles, or kill half a dozen tigers but write a poem ! Hood heavens, .Nell, its enough to make a poor fellow commit suicide! I could not mako a rhyme to save my lite or even iour lite, darling. "Now it connot be so very hard 1 A little poem upon spring, for instance, to begin with. Something about bud ding leaves, and perfumes of tho sod, and young men's hopes, and aching voids, and all that sort ot things. "It gives me mi aching void to think of it! And the rhyme!' Oh, Nell I tho rhymes !" "Take a dictionary sonio poets do that. Find a number of appropriate words to rhymo in pairs, put them down on the paper, and then writo to them." "But where does the sentiment como in ?" "Oh, that must work in of itself." "It is a hopeless case, darling. I am vary sorry that I am not a genius hut nature did not make mo ono you know. And a poem I Uh, Us learttil r "A story then, Charley you eurelv oonld write a story." "Stories must havo plots, Nell, and plots do require somo imagination.'' "But can't you tell something that hns happened to your friends ? Truth is stronger than fiction you know." """armors' boys are not apt to havo many adventure!', Nell. JNIy friends in tlio country did nothing itioro ro mantic than digging turnips nnd potu toes." "But did you nevei havo any thrill ing t'Xjiciienccs yourself, Charley t" "This is the most thrilltnir exper ience in my life, and I hope that it will be the last ono of that nature." IVrhaps you had better trv an es say 1" "Jerusalem I "Charles Ban ct, if you get. so near to swearing as that, 1 shall leave the room 1 "Korgivo me, Nell i but you will tell tuo what mbjt'cts you would suggest for that that essay t" "Something metaphysical of courso 'Persistence of Force,' 'Relativity of Knowledge,' something more pio fouml, you see. I always did think that you had a kind of metaphysical look about your forehead.'' "Will you tell mo what kind ot a look that is 1" ho asked, going tj the glass, and examining his fnee with a BOinowhat anxious expression. "Well," answered Nellie, "it is a sort of misty '" "Oh, no, iloar not so had ns that, 1 hope 1" "Well, I wish you would not take me up so quickly !" "Oh, Nellie, 1 am an idiot that is tlio truth but it cannot bo helped." "It must be helped, or we shall be separated forever." '.'Let's run away and get mat lied 1" "No I cannot do that papa 1ms been loo good and kind. It would break his heart. I could not bo so un grateful, after all that ho has douo lo maku mo happy. Charley, you will have to write a story, because that will bo tho easiest. Go homo now and think harder than you ever did before, and tho ideas must come. Remember that our happiness is at stake." Poor Charley went homo in a des perate state of mind. After he had reached his room, he locked his door, took off his coat that he might breatho more 'freely, lighted his meerschaum, placed a sheet ot clean, white paper before him, sharpened his pencil to the finest point, and then knocked bis head violently in hopes that wit would come. After looking at the paper wistfully for about ten minutes, a brilliant idea almost took his breath away, and ho wrote quickly, for fear that it might escape .is suddenly as it came. "Thero was once a youn" and very beautiful girl." But after writing that ho stopped short, and again waited, patiently for further inspiration. It did not come; and, throwing down his pen in disgust, ho cried : "The old man is crazy, and I am an idiot ; I'll go to bed I" which ho ac cordingly did ; and in a few minutes was sound asleep, his literary efforts having exhausted him completely. In the morning ho woko up with that uncomfortable fi-eling that we havo at times of something very disa greeable awaiting us ; and after a few moments ho sprung from the bed, ex claiming : "It is that confounded story ; I wonder if I can do anything this morn ing." Dressing himself quickly ho again seated himself resignedly ; and after looking at the paper a short time, he went to work, and absolutely wrote ono whole page. He was triumphant, and began to think that ho might havo mistaken his own powers after all. "I'll tako it to Nell after breakfast,'' ho said, "and let her read it. It is not such a bad beginning, I am sure.'1 oo, with a more hopotui countenance, he ate his breakfrst, and then started off to show his first effort to Nellie. Her face beamed as sho took tho pa per ; but after reading a few words, she looked up inquiringly. jiyia ;is umu ,is spring, unariey l What special part of spring did you mean, dear ! ' "Skies, of course. You didn t sup- poso I meant grass and loaves, did you? 1 hato green oyesl " t hen let me put in skies. 'Her luxuriant yellow hair hung in heavy masses down to her heels !" Good ness ! you wouldn't havo her go round tho streets with her hair hanging down to her heels ? How sho would look !" "It would be splendid ! And see here, Nell, if you aro going to criticizo me in that way, it's a littlo too much. I don't beliovo yon could do any b-itter yourselt. "Perhaps not ; but I should know enough of ordinary piopriety not to let a young woman go marching round tho city with her sandy hair dangling down to her heels." "I did not say anything about her marching through tho city. And I tell you now that I will not try to writo if you inako fun of mo in that way. Sit ting up half the night to writo a story, just becauso your father is such an old 'Stop, Charles Barrett, richt off I I'll not havo my dear good father abused ; and if you'ro so awfully stu pid that you cannot oven writo "ics, yes now auuso me, because I am not another lsulwer or Dickens I I'll go home, and you may find another and more clever Ho had almost reached tho door, when Nellie sprung nfter him, and throwing her arms around his neck, begged his forgiveness in a way that would liavo melted tho heart of Diog enes himself. Of courso Charles capitulated him self immediately ; and a littlo oscula tory performance was gone through with, which seemed to bo wonderfully soothing to both parties. They then went back to tho story, and JNellio conlluued : "Sho was called Yioletta, becauso her eyes wero like tho summer violets. But, Charley, dear, aren't we mixing up tho seasons a littlo ? Just now you said her eyes wero llko spring. ' "Well, eraso it, if you choose only tlicroil bo another spaca to till up. "Say that they called her Yioletta, becauso her eyes wero so blue. That will tako up nearly as much room 'Sho was gentle, tender, docilo and submissive.' Now, Charley, you need not imngiuo that I am going to bo so terribly submiesivo. I havo a mind of my own." "But I was not thinking of you." "Who wero you thinking of then, should liko to know ?'' "Yioletta, of course." "Oh. yes. I stipposo heroines must be docilo and submissive, unless they are regular shrews. But I do liko to see women with a littlo spirit. 'She woru a simple whito muslin (that ovor lasting while muslin 1 she thought), with rose-buds fastened in her hair.' But you know she could not fasten flowers in her hair, unless it was braid ed, or tied up in somo way ! Braid it up ; won't you, Charley ?" "Now, my dear, if you aro going to alter everything just as fast as I write it, I may ns well stop where I am." At this Nellie finished tho pago with out making further suggestions ; but when ho had given her liis twentieth good-bye kiss, sho looked up in his face, and whispered coaxingly : "Braid up Violetta's hair ; won't you dear ?" "Confound the girl's hair 1 Do it anyway you please. Braid it, bang it, dye do what you choose only don't lot us have any mora quarrels." " And as Nellie went to her room af terwards, sho laughed to herself as sho repealed : " 'Hair hanging down to her heels.' How sho would look 1 It is just liko a man. It makes me think of the sha vings I used to fasten on my head when I was a little girl. Poor Char ley 1 it is hard for him : but bo will do it, I know." And indeed it was hard for tho poor fellow. He never worked so indefati gablyinall his life. Ho absolutely grew thin over lint article. But he finished it at last. It certainly was a very remarkable story. The plot was not quito equal to tho details. Tho ex pensive and elaborate toilettes ill which Yioletta indulged, would havo ruined a first-class aclrcs; and tho minuteness with which each sash, ribbon and but ton was described might havo immor talized some disuiplo of Worth himself; but, as he said, it helped to fill up the pages, which of courso was tho main thing. "Y'oii aro not going to kill Violctta, aro you, Charley?" Nellio inquired, one day, with evident concern. "Kill her ?' ho repeated, savagely; "indeed I do intend it ! I should like to stab her poison her torture her in tho most horrible manner in return for all the misery sho has occasioned me." "Oh, I would not kill her 1 People always like to have stories end' well," "Nellie, 1 must havo my own way in this for it will bo the odIv satisfac tion that I can havo in tho whole thing! I read of a woman who was walled up to tier throat, and then left to perish. If I could think of something equally as horrible I should consider myself uito a genius. nd he did kill Violettasiifconom'h: but ho compromised with Nellie, and allowed her to dio respectably and comfortably in her bed, with her dis consolate frienda weeping in a circle around iter. When it was finished ho literally lanced for joy. then ho took it to his lovinc critic. who copied it very neatly and eligibly, making somo discreet alterations, es- ecially in regard to stupendous toi- ettes, as sho termi-d them. "Now, Charley," sho said, "it is very nice, and will bo a success, I am sure. Where do vou intend to take it ?" "I shall tako it to Rob Hunter, who has chargo of the story-department of ins paper ; and ho will accept it, I think. If he demurs at all, I shall offer him fifty dollars to publish it." uut isn t that rather an unusual pro eding, Charley ?" "Well, tins is an unusual story, voi now, and wo cannot expect to mako our arrangements in tho ordinary way entireiy. However, tho desired obiect was ac complished ; and then Nellio went to a trioud, in another editorial ofhee, and asked her to copy the sketch, and to try to get it copied by somo other paper also. "But. Nellie," said tho lady, "this is not a striking effort. Did ono of our friends writo it ? "Yes," she answered, with a blush and then she told tho oircuras tauces, fully nnd frankly. "Well, 1 will copy it, was tho good- natured reply ; "but, if 1 were you, I would adviso Mr. Barrett not to write Anything more of tho kind." "No fear of that," sho answered. with a merrv land). Tha story being copied into the two apers, .Nellie took them all to her father, who examined them very care fully, but with a somewhat dubious ex pression upon his lace. es, daughter," ho said, "this seems a very successful story ; but if I wero Charloy I would not try another, be causo ho might not be to successful a second time. 1 Ho always felt that he had been im posed upon ; but when ho saw what a good, kind husband Ubarloy was, and how happy ho made Nellio, tho old gentleman gradually became reconcil- d. And whon his littlo crandoliild. at the early age of five years, absolutely composed four lines, of poetry, ho was convinced that a genius had at last been born to them, and his happiness know no bounds. Stay at Home. The absurdity of supposing that mer chants at a distanco can do better by you than those who aro identified with tho interests of your own town is very Btrange. Do you Hupposo that men away off can or will givo you anything lor noimngT jnoi m all. They nave their expenses to meet, and get just as big a profit out of your purchases as your homo merchants, for tho simple reason that when they get hold of a stranger thoy expect to skin him if they can, because thov don't know when thoy will get auother chance at mm : wnereas tnu men who liavo to make their living by building up a re nutation among tho peoplo they do bit siness witli every day. aro bound to nan inem well and lionorablo or thoy can not, expect to receivo meir luturo cus torn. Don't be fooled, then, by overy ciap-trap inducement thrown out to you to purchase goods from merchant at a distance, but stay right at home, spend your money with your home merchants, and circulate your money wnero it will help to mako prosperity among your neighbors and friends. Remember that whatever contributes to the commercial success of your own towu is shaiod equally by you as re gards tho benefits resulting therefrom. The Negro North and South. Thero is much unreasonable miscoii relative ception in the North of tho condition ol me blacks in the JNortn nnd in the South. The prejudice of caste is just equally strong in both sec tions of tho country. The black man can no more sit at thetablo of the most blatant Republican in tho North than he can sit at the table of his old master In the South. Tho same social laws govern all people and they aro immu table. Politicians theorize differently in election campatgns, but their theory ends. Tho proitidico of raco is five fold stronger in the North than in tho South. Tho northern people have no love for the black man, and oven those who battled for hie freedom nnd en franchisement, as a rule, cherish vastly more profound prejudice of race than do tho Southern people. Whilo the North maintains its deep prejudice of raco, tho people of tho South havo a general and strong sympathy for the negro. Nearly all ot them havo play ed with the negro in childhood, havo been nursed by tho black "mamma," and have grown up with more or less affection for them. Classify it in what type of atlcction you may, it is none the less an affection that tempers that hard, unyielding prejudice of raco that prevails "in tho North. This distino- tion between the Northern nnd South cm peoplo on tho raco question will prepare the publio mind in the North for the dissipation ot another unlouud- ou sectional prejudice that is deeply rooted there. The educational facili ties for tho blacks aro better in the South to-day than thoy aro in the north, in the proportion of the facili ties proffered to all. South Carolina employs and pays out of tho State Treasury moro black teachers than aro employed in all the States of the North, and Alabama employs 1,100 colored male teachers and 500 colored female teachers. And they provide tho best means for fitting the colored peoplo for teaching. Tho normal schools for whites and blacks in both Alabama and South Carolina aro ex actly equal, and tho treasury of State is largely drawn upon to qualify tho colored race for teaching itself. North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi and in deed most of tlio old slave States, each sustain moro colleges for tho blacks than do Pennsylvania or Massachu setts ; aud iust as educational facilities havo increased for the whites, whether in common or normal schools or col leges, they havo been equally increased for the blacks so far ns tho Stato appro priations havo aided them. In Georgia tho colored university ranks with tho whito University, and oven in Mississippi, presumably tho most Bourbon of Southern States, the Stato does moro for tho collegiate edit eation of tho black race than does Pennsylvania. I have heard Southern men complain of many features of their local governments, but I havo yet to hear the first ono to complain of tho equal education of the two races. And what is true in tho matter of education is cnuallv true of tho recognition of tho black raco in Southern politics. I found four colored Democratic mem hers of the South Carolina Legislature, nominated and elected mainly by white votes, nnd in Mobilo and Now Orleans tho black policeman, appointed by IJeniocratio authority, is met on every street, and has worn the insigna of polico power for vears before a Demo cratio Mayor in Philadelphia first reo ognized tho color voter ns entitled to wear tho star and blue. In South Car olina alono thero are moro black Dem ocrats in representative oflico than thero aro black of all parties in all the States of tho North. Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, where the black voters hold tlio balance of power in both city and State, could not elect a colored man to tho Legislature or to any other lionorablo or lucrative office, in tho strongest Republican district ; but South Carolina Democrats elect him to office, with all tho lingering prejudices of the relation ot master and fclave. Tho intelligent and dispassion ate Northerner who closely observes the relations of tho two races North and South, is forced to confess that with all our boasted superior devotion to tho black race, and with all our as saults upon tho South for tho opprcs sion of tho blacks, tho negro is better by the South than by tho North. I re gret to make such a confession ; but it is tho plain truth that wo theorize about the elevation of tho black raco with littlo practice in accord with our teaching, while the South theorizes lit tle on tho subject and practices more than it teaches in tho considerate care of the emancipated slaves. Colonel JfaClurc, to The Times. JVeic Oi- leuna, Jan. 19. The Exposition. COMMISSIONER THOMAS TO MAINTAIN THE STATU llKI'AKTMKNT. uommissioncr It. 11. Thomas is cer tainly both courageous and enterprising. He sends the following to tho Harris- burg I'atrou : "JNotwitlistanding the failure of tho Wow Orleans appropriation bill, it is my iiuuuuun u maintain me 1'eunsyi vania department to the close of tho exposition as -well as my limited jjor- sonai means win permit. I will keep a trusty assistant n: tlio department in charge of tho mtmy valuablo goods en trusted to my cart- and already placed ou exiiioiuou. "To those persons in tho cities of Philadelphia and Pitwburg, as well as to those in other portions of tho stale, unn linvi, lnt- unviirn u'n.ilu nnat mini, .. to. ..-v.. corresponding with mo relative to ex- hlhlfM. I nn ntiliT tjn tnnLr nnni rrnrtii , i .1 1. ,i . ' " J .i b T and si ) th'Mii to mo at tho Ponnsvlva. li . w ui i , . ( . r ., ls.,llui iiU s-t. , . -r ... . i-iiii-iiiiiui lAiiiuu j'vii'usuiuii, mew ,T T ilii i g Irepaui, nuLn, hfat thy ,aro proiierly placed and cared for. When goods ro- quire to bo kept in show cases tho cases should of courao bo nhipped with the goods. The oflico of the Pennsylvania department at tho exposition will nf ......... I. .1.., f f ..!'. nuyo uu ui. vuu cuiivuuieuce oi visitors Tho leading daily and weekly newspa pers oi tne stato will be on lilo there, aim mo assistant in charge of tho do partment will qivo all desired informa t'on relative to boarding places and other subjects -connected with the ex position. "Uitizens or tho stato wishing to know tho shortest ond best lines uavei win piea so address mo at Ale uimicBuurg. x-ii . aucn ieu.ern win ceivo prompt attention." Randolph's Stormy Death, Tho hist ilt.n oi .John Raudolnh of Roanoke are full of pathos. Ho thought he was dying for years before hu did so, nnd when he was asked bow he was ho would reply : "Dying ! dy ing 1 dying 1" Ho was tyrannical and dictatorial until the last and lio fought with his doctor on his death-bed over the pronunciation of certain words. His death occurred in a Philadelphia hotel. A few minutes beforo ho died tlio doctor wanted to lcavo him, but Randolph objected nnd his slave took the key, locked tho door and put the key in his pocket. With his last. words Kandolph declared that he wanted his slaves freed, and ho kept tho doctor thero as a witness of his declaration. A skeptic through life, he appreciated his condition when on his death-bed, and among his last words was "remorse.'' He was lying perfectly quiet, with his eyes closed, when ho suddenly roused up and screamed out in an agitated voice, Remorso! remorse I leuiotsol" lit then cried out, "Let me seo tho word I Gft the dictionary I Let mo see tho word I" There was no dictionary at hand, and ho was told so. Ho ox- claimed, "Writo it. then ! Let mo seo the word 1" Tho doctor picked up ono of his cards labelled "Randolph of Roanoke." "Shall I writo on this ?" Yes ; nothing moro proper," was Randolph's reply. The word remorso ti'na writtnti nn it in i.nnnil n,rl t.n.trlnl I to him. Ho looked ........... .... ..... ........I,, at it a moment with great intensity. "Writo it on the back," ho exclaimed. It was done and handed him again. He looked at it with his blazing oyes. "Remorso !' ho said, "you can havo no idea ot it whatever; it has brought mo to ray present situation but I havo looked to Jesus Christ and I hope lo obtain par don.-' Ho then asked the doctor to draw n line under tho word and told him to keep the card. A short time after this his keen began to dull, l.is powerful mind gav way, anil within two hours ho died.- Clevelund Trader. Discouraging a Good Man. One New Year's inoining, when an eminent citizen, worth 81,000,000, en tered a drug store, on Griswold street to purchase a piece of court-plaster to cover a boro on his nose, ho found a stranger with his back to the stovo and aresolvo to lead abetter life plainly written on his shirt bosom. "Morning," said tho man at the siove. "1 hope vou haven t come in after a nip this morning?" The eminent citizen, worth S 1,000,- uuu, reddened up, but mado no re ply. 1 hope, continued the other, "that you havo resolved with mo to lead a better life from this day out. lieware of whisky, partner, it biteth liko a ser pent. Tho eminent citizen, worth a million dollars, began to breathe hard, but he held in Ins reply. "Let s break on swearing aud cuss mg and running out nights,' placidly continued the stranger. "I've been ihere, and I tell you it's no good. Put your hand right lhar', partner, and pro mise mo you ll quit. "bin exclaimed tlfo eminent citizen worth a million dollers. And look here, my friend,-' whis pered the other, "let's stoo lying. It's a bad, bad habit, and the man who in dulges in it is sure to lose the respect ot t lie world. sir ! l ieei liko Knocking you down," said tho e. c, worth a m. d. It s outrageous for you to talk that way! "And I want you to leavo tho store,' added tho druggist as ho came from behind tho counter with blood in his eve. Wn . 11 nave, nf ennrse." rnnl r,l the stranger, "but I don't see anything to get mad at. Seems to tne " He was hustled out, the door banged on him, aud a policeman came up and ordered nun to movo on. I'll move, of ooiirjc, he said, as he prepared to go, "but just yon listen to mo for a minute! vVhen I got up this morning I sworo oif from every evil habit of life, tor three hours I bavu been as near an angel as human beings over get. 'Yes', but movo on."' "Oh, 1 11 move, but from this hour look out for me! I'll drink, t-moke.uhew, swear, lie, steal, cheat, swindle, deceive, periuro and turn pnato and murderer Yes, I'll move on, but keep your cvo on me! it won t be halt an hour before 1 11 be in the cooler! it wasn t iiiiccn minutes. He cross ed the street and thumped a colored man, and was at once taken down. Detroit Free J'rcsa. Eating Hurriedly. No meal should be eaten hnrrit'illv. Breakfast should not bo a very heavv meal, and if a quarter of an hour's rest can bo enioyed afterwards it will be found a great advantage. In any case - - . violent puvsicai exertion, such as a run mug to catch a train should not be taken immediately after breakfast. It is still more necessary to rest after din ner, as that is usually tho heartier meal It is desirable that tho repast bo taken in a leisure way, enlivened by cheer ful conversation. 'Better is a dinner of herbs whero lovu is than a stalled ox aim natreti therewith, is as true in a physiological sense as in a social one. gllch ft, poUsh or H()J u t k b J I ... . ... a quarter ot an hour bcloro dinner, it u o.G11 . a I r ..... 1)0 Interred to tho heavy, old-fashion i ' . m. n.... , . . , i cu uu. tuuiiiu imuittuiiiy auout i 0.clMk iltho evening is not a good . I buviui imun, bUUIIUM it IllitV UU U UUCIS i s.i i.-i.s. .i..,i. t. .".... sity under many of the circumstances Lf modern life. Dinner between tho ll01lri, nf i ., . ...,, . ,, .. red. Such a midday meal, taken ueioro mo nay s work is completely uono, averts tne danger oi too much eating and drinking. Also at thoso uours tuo Bysiem is not utterly worn uiu uy wiu muord oi uio wuoie tiny, mill thfmfnrn tiwt twrmnca nf ilin'mlinn rnn rr. nn nnn,... trt . lien you near a young lativ. has been invited to perform on tho ano, say : "Oh, I don t kuow how to play at all," and thou begin P av at al I. and then betftn a miiste.nl Ihouuison met for the firat timn In tint - 1 cyclone, you can generally mako re - 1 vour muni mat biio minks h1h hmn in tnu ttasu was the. imhui I it nil. ODD ITEMS. Tho University of Virginia has no prescribed course of study, no cntrano examination, no vacation except the summer one, and but six holiday. Black measles has mado its appetr nnco in Cumberland valley, southeast of Shippensburg. During tho past year there wero fif teen hundred skating rinks orected in this country. A Boston man bequeath his wife her exact weight in pure gold as a yearly income. Boston men know what now bonnets aro In 'this world. The queen of Holland walk daily on the public streets. Sho dresses in som ber garments and is accompanied by only pne attendant, a lady. Charleston. S. C. will send two mili tary companies to Washington to take part in the inauguration. The first idea of steam navigation was contained in a patent obtained in England by Bulls, in 1730. Misss Maud St. Pierre is worth 3,- 000,000. Sho is investing it in coal and mineral lauds in Tennessee. A woman in Ohio gave $1,000 to s faith cure doctor, who at ance disap peared. Sho was cured of her faith. For i-'OO years one-quarter of all the ,.i,0 violins in tho world havo been , , -r.l- t.1 1 n mnuo Hi jiitteiiwaiti, usvsiui General Drum says that daring tho last livo years 10,901 soldiers havo de serted from tho regular army. The first printed calendar is dated 492. The first book printed in Cam- 1492 bridge, Mass., , wns an almanac. Senator John Sherman is to preside at the Washington Monument dedica tion ceremouies on February 22. It has been definitely decided to eye start a Gespel Temperance congrega avo tion in Pittsburg with francis MurpTiy at its bead. Mother Lockwood, one of the de feated candidates lor President November last, is announced to speak in Williamsport, Tuesday evening, February 17. Jay I. Case, the owner of Jay-Kye- See, has lost about $1,000,000 in bad business ventures within the last few years. In tho United States they are "dyna miters ; in Canada they are"dynami teurs" ; in England they ard'"dynamt tards." John Edwards, who began to set typo on the i'ortiand Jiaotriwer in 181(3, claims to bo tho oldest pnnter in New England. The ice bridge at Niagara this win ter is said to be the most massive for many years, and is estimated to be over sixty feet thick. The New York Mail and Expre$a avers that a burlesque actress in Bos ton was paid $2,500 to "let a rich man's son alone." It costs about 815,000 to fit up a first class roller-skating rink in a largo city. One item is 2,500 pairs ot skates costing from 92 to !8 each. An experimental shaft in the new oil region ot Wyoming Territory, sunk only fifteen ieet, yields six barrels of oil in twenty-four hours. Tho late Earl of Aylestord, who died recently on his cattle ranch in Texas, had an insurance on bis life amounting, it is said, to $1,500, A New Orleans woman, with an eye to thrift, has let all her rooms aud is sleeping ou a mattress ou the diniog- room table. What is tho difference between the IironrietOr 01 a came vratu auu u t-a captain ? One ships bis steers and the other steers his ship. Hence these steers. A writer in tho Hour says tho ska ting rinks aud roller skates of the pres ent day will either result ,in a genera tion of athletic, graceful ligures on the ice, or, on tho contiary, in a raco ol knock kneed men and women with disproportionately largo ankles. A steer was recently sold in Ctncin- natti weighing 4,250 pounds. Tho an imal was raised near Decatur, Ind., is of fine form, perfectly developed, six feet four inches high, girths twelve I feet, aud measures twelve feet in length. It is six yeais old. a beautiful roan, mid in pertect health. The deepest gold mine in tho world. says tho Alia California, is tho Eure ka, in California, which is down 2,290 feet or 500 feet below tho level of tho sea. Tho deepest silver mino is the Mexican, on tho Comstock, which is down 3,000 feet. A dog in Wanaqua, N. J., who for BOmo timo ,ia(1 ueel1 noticed to take his breakfast in his mouth and run away wh 11 uneaten, was followed, when it i .t: . , , was iiisuuvureu mat. no took ms meal to a decrepit old dog in a covert in tho held, who eagerly devoured the food thus provided for hira. That a woman should livo to be 115 years old and then bo burned to death seems to be more than ordinary hard luck, and yet that is said to havo been the tato of I.ucy I'eek, of Crawfords vine, weorgia. A Scranton sensation is the elope ment of tho pretty daughter of Assis tant Superintendent Bogirt. of the Delaware, Lackawanua and Western railway, with Georgo .7. Fowler, a brakeman. They became acquainted at tho skating rink. I a . ..... i,,i l :.. .i... u i. 1 "a int. VUHWI.U 111 Lilt; L7UUBIC at Harrisburg recently, providing that corporal punishment be 'inflicted I upon male bea era of women. t., tho bare back not to exceed thirty, aud mo whipping to bo done lu tho pres ence oi oiuy a ptiysiciau or nurgeon I and tho sheriff or a deputy. We hope wai sucu u law may be passed and n Buy rniorceu. I Tho trial of a faro dealer in Wash 'Jjv " -ttvfij vtl lUIU.LLUU iu h weu ding. Ill that Territory women Berve who oniurios. in tuo case in quellon. six i . t . . T . ----- pi - men aud six ladies wero selected to try to the case, James Mitchell and Susie up jury box. T he ouly y persou he vr&a I convicted