i i
le doluiqbi&n?
I -sunt H rrlilj, every rrlilny .llornlnir, nl
ULOOMSHUIta, COLUMBIA CO , Pa.
ittw.ioi.Uiii per rear. To subscribers out of
tlie count tuo terms arostrietlyln nrlvnnce
VHi ii i i,t lisjonilntted except at the ontlon
it 1 11.' publishers, until nil nrioarngMs are nnlTbut
1 mir Kontintieil credits will lint be given. '
Ml uniTisent onto! the statoorlo distant nost
im ns H'Htbeiiililtorlnailviince,imleamnon.
ioiop,.rntiintolii'nbla county assumes to par
1hn subscription duo on demand. 11
POsrAtlltls no longer exacted from subscribers
I in co u in j I
-row phimting.
Tho.tobt)lnil)cpirtmentoftlioCoi.BsiBt(vrv
?w,l,i0i,,?,."ina.0!!!;.',0P ''' lnUn? wl" compare favor
VIT.T' )! -h"-"-tholargecltlc-. All work donoon
short noUco, neatly nnu ut moderate prices.
CLOTHING !
CLOTHING !
THE ARTIST
is t m m
AND
MERCHANT TAILOR, j,
Who always gives you tliu latest
styles, am) cuts your clothing to 111.
you. Having lirttl the experience tor n
number ol jeius in tho Tniloritijr Uini
iii")!", lias learned what material will
give his customers thu best satisfaction
Jor wear and stylo and will try to
please all who i.ivu him a call. Also
on hand
Gents' Jurnishmg Goods
OF ALL DESCIUPTION'S.
HATS, CAPS, AND UMBRELLAS
Always of tlio lnlcs styles. Call and ex.
amino Ills stock hi oris purchasing else
where. Store nent door to First National Bank
Corner Main ifc Market Stu.
n
l& itl.
U'
April 55-ly
BLQQMMffi PLANlNil MILL
Tho undersljnod Uavlnp; put his Planing ill
on llallroid street, In rtrst-ciasa condition. Is pre
pared to do all kinds ot work In his line.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
furmsnea at reasonable prices. All lumber used
Is well seasoned aud none but skilled workmen
am employed.
ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS
furnished oa application. Plan, nod specifics
loii jM.-urod by an experienced draughtsman
CHARLES KRUC,
nioomsburir, la
E. B. BROWER,
OAS FlTTINfl i STEAM HEATH'S.
DEALER IN
STOVES &T1NWARE.
All kinds of work in Sheet Iron, Roof
ing and Spouting promptly
attended to.
tif'SU let attention given to heating by steam.
Corner of Main & East Sis.,
Ulloomsburg, Pa.
Plumber and Basflttcr. Itearof Schuyler's hard
vuiro store.
ISloomshurg, Pa.
All kinds of nttuigs for steam, gas and water
pipes constantly on hand.
Hoofing and spouting attended to nt short no
tlce. Tinware of every description made to order.
Onlerslettat schuslerS Cos., hardwa.o store
will bo promptly filled.
Special attent Ion given to heating by steatn and
hot water.
y-iy
iW LUMBER YARD.
M
The iiudeisigmd has started a linn
lier yaid, and lias on hand all kinds
of
of the best quality, Hoards, Scantling,
Joisti, Fencing, and every other sl.ap"
up to fietlong, Inquire at T.
Heck's Sure.
J.3T. MM,
LIGHTSTREET, PA,
1'eli 27.3m
JJMIEAB BHOWN'S IS'SUHANTE
' AOENCY. sioycr's now building, Jlaln street,
oomsburg, Pa. '
.Etna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Coon ji.ots,iko
ltoyal of Liverpool 13,500,000
Inucashlre lO.ooo.orri
llr . Association. Philadelphia 4,10 ,710
Pnujntx, of London 6,ewi,3T6
Loudon Lancashire, of Kngland l.tou.BTO
Hartford of llaittord , 3,3,ur,o
Kpilngfleld l'l oand Jlarlne 2,08.',5so
Asthoatcnelesare direct, pollcloaaio written
fort lie Injured wllhout delay lot )n office at
liloomsburg. oct. as,
B.
F. HAHTJIAN
BiranskNTS ni ronjjwiNO
AMEHIOAN IN8UIIAN0K COMPANIES
North American of Philadelphia,
FranUlu, "
Pennsylvania,
Vork, of Pennsylvania,
11 mover, of s, v,
Oueens. ot London,
North llrttun, of London.
OJlua on ii iricjt biroot, No 6, liloomsburg,
oct 4, I
'yAlNWWOUT (JO.,
WHOLESALE OJWCEIIS,
i'llll.AllKI.l'llIA
fHAS, -Vr'P3. COtTKR.atJd.VH, .M0L'BIK,
met, ancis. DiciiioeoDi.Acio.
N, E, Corner second and Arch etrets,
trOrden will recolvo prompt attrntln
111 1
DOMDl
I
HEMLOCK LUMBER j
1 1
TIC IIP IGPiW SF'l Kl J&fStEVH
3. E. HLwEIiL, I p.,.. I
J K BITTSNBEIIDEE, j
.PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J' AT l'i )UN'Ii' -AT-LAV,
llloomibun;, Pa
omco over 1st. National Bank.
U. FUNIC,
ATTORNKV-AT-LAW.
llwoHsnusn, Pa.
Office In Int'n Building.
JT)nN"MrciiTiTic,
ATI'OliN'KV-A'l'-liAW.
1N1I
.iiisnai-: ok r.u: pesck.
IIUIOUSCCKO, I'A.
Oftlce oyer .Mayer Dron. Drug store.
r w wii.i.bu,
l'l-.JKNK.AI'-l,
Oflleeln Urowur'sbulldlug.seiondUoorouiu No, 1
llloomiouu, Ps.
.) r'UAN'K ?.iH
A'ri'OUNKV-A'r-LAW.
liliioitisimrg, l'a.
K 11 ooruer ot ili-nln and Main struetn. Clark 1
BUII'llnj.
Oan bo consulted In (V'rmnn,
G
KO. K. r.LWELL,
att,o;rney-at-law,-
lil.ooMsiuiHd, Pa.
Olllco on Flift lloor, tiont room ot Col..
cmiiian lluildlnu, Main .sum, liilow Kx
cliiinge Hull).
p..UL U. WIltT,
Atiorney-at-Law.
OUlcy 1q Uji.fjiuus lleii.itin, lloyiu Na 1, second
lloor.
llli JOMdUUKU, l'A.
S. JCNOKH. L. H. W1NTEKSTKEN.
KNOltli A WJNTEKS1EEN,
A ttoi'iieys-at-law.
Oftleo In 1st National Bank building, second floor,
urtttdoortoihel.lt Corner of Mriu aud Market
streets Ulooinsumg, I'd.
tSPlrnn'Mf and UanrXits Collected
J H. MAI'-CE,
ATTORNEY AT UVJ
Ofllce lnMaUe"sbulli3Jif over lllllineyer's grocery.
JOHN 0. YOCUM,
Attoniey-at-LaWi
CATAW'lbSA, PA.
onice lnNiiWS 1tk building, Main street.
Member ot tho American Attorneys' Associa
tion. ( onocllons made In any part ot America
K. OSW LI),
AT TORN E Y-AT-L A V .
Jackson Building, Itooma 4 anil 5.
BERWICK, PA
II. II II AWN.
ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW.
Catuwlssa, Pn.
Office, corner 01 Tnird and Maln.-iioets.
E. SMITH,
Attorncy-ntLiiw, Berwick. Pn.
C-n bo Consulted In German.
ALSO FIltST-CLASS
FIIU3 AND LIFE INSUItANCE
COMPANIES HE.'J.ESENTr.I.
Ofllcc first door below the post oillcc.
MISCELLANEOUS,
Cl vi. UAi-tKl.Ll, Atlorm-)- l-l.h
.ofllco in llrowrr'n oulidiug, and i-tory.Kooi-j
I B .MoKELVY, M. D.,Surgion and Phy
tf . -leun, uonti sldo Main ntrei!i,belo Martet
AL. FHITZ, Attoriioy-r.' Law. Office
. in Coldudian Building,
p M. UK1NKEK, OUN & LOCKriMITil
u.i"f llictilneu and Machinery of all Kinds re
auea. orxKA llocss Building, lIloou,sburg, Pu.
D
K.J. 0. KUTTEIt,
PHYSICIAN iaOliGEON
OCice, Nntb Market strtel,
Bleorrel'Uit, t'a
D1L WM. M. ItEBEIt, Surgeon and
Phj s'.dan. offlco corner of Kock and Market
sueu.
JK C ANS, M. 1), Kurgton and
.Physic 11 Kiilku and Kesidniiee ou Third
yy II HOUSE,
DENTIST,
JJi.uomshuk.1, Columbia Countv, Pa.
11 styles ot work done In a superior manner, work
warranted & roreseuted Tkktu kitbict
80 without Pain i the use of (las, and
tree of charge hen artlUclal teeth
are Inserted
JIllic In Columbian building, 2ml lloor,
Jo or ujieu at all hourt during the day
lov,3$-ly
piRE IN6UKANCL.
.CUltlBTIAN f. K.NA1T, BLO0.VSBUKU, PA,
HOME, OP N. Y.
MEKCHANTh', OF NEWARK, N. J.
CLINTON, N. Y.
PEOPLES' N. Y.
ItEAUl.Ml, PA.
These id cokiokatioss are well reasoned by
age and riBE iisiEU and have never Ht had a
loss biltled by nuy tourt ot law. 1 heir assets are
all invested In boi.10 siciuiT.is are liable to tho
bnzaid of hub only.
Losses rnoiiniY and hosestiy adjusted and
paid as soon as determined by ciiiiistian f.
KNAI'l', Sl'hCliL AGLST ANU AUJl'SI LK Bl OuMSDUKO,
PA.
The people of Columbia county should natron
Uo the ugency where losses If uuy unsettled and
nnld by one of ther own citizens.
' PROMl'lNLbs. Ktil'lTY, PAIR DKAL1N0.
for Infants and Children.
'CaitorU U so well adapted to children that
recommend It as superior to any prescription
known to me." II. A. Aacncn, M.D.,
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. V.
ENTAUIgllllieilT
An nlisoluto euro for Itliciinmtlsiii, Siiraitis, Palu in
tho Hack, JJiirns, Galls, &c. An limtuntaiicoua Palu
rellovluc; nutl Ilcaling Itomcdy.
mm
IfriilirtrtiiriW
rftwnififfm
30 YEARS
RECORD.
CTJTta
ALL
DISEASES
OP
tub
KIDNEYS
LIVED.
BLADDEIt
AND
tnttKAiiT
OHOAN3
niiopsT
OBAVIX
WABETra
rrtioiira
UI3EASB
rAXNS
IN
THE
BACK
LOINS
on
SIDE
NEnvotrs
DISEASES
TtETENTION
on
now.
retention
OP
tmrtfE.
muce
1.2s.
Solid for
Famphlet
of TuU
moniati. itc.VT'a
IIEMEltV
CO
ProvMcnce,
I!. I.
Physicians' Testimony.
A. W. P rown, SI ,D., of Providence,
It. 1., taysl "I novo used Hunt's
Kidney and Liver ItEMtni In my
practlco for the past sixteen years,
and cheerfully recommend It as
being a loft and rillabli remedy."
Another prominent doctor of
rrovldcnco ay that "1 am fre
quently nrceil to no other prcnari
tlonsnmnbstltntcsfor Host's (Kid
ney nnd Liver HrMtriT. I find on
trjlng them that they are worthleis
Inconiparliontolt,"
An Old Lady.
"My mother, TO years old, has
chronla kidney complaint and drop
Ay. Nothing hns ever helped her
llko IIcst's Kidney and Liver
Reueot, She has receitcd jrcat
bcncllt from8bollIcs andnothlnlc
It nlll euro her." W. W. Sunder
land, Builder, Danbury, Conn.
A .lllntstcr's t ire.
Rev. Anthony Atwood, of Phila
delphia, sayii: "IIust'9 Kldney
and Llier llEiitDr lin. cured my
nlfo of Ilroppy In Its vort fonn.
All eay that It Is a miracle."
(fcncrnl Chncc.
General Chaco of Ithodo Island
says: "I always keep Ucst's Kid
ney and Liver Rcjieoy In my
house. Taken In small docs occ
slonally at night. It prevents head
ache, and regulates the kidneys,
stomach and other organs." 10
I)iien?o soon shaken, by Hunt's Remedy1 taken."
'' X. CRITTLXTOX, S. Y., flencral Agent.
Health antlHappiness.
3P
7i
DO AS OTHERS
HAVE DONE.
ArO VOUr ICirlnmrn flisnrloral'l
'i.,!!)r.V?rt. I'""!!1" '"l" my (trove. Mil
l.,v... j., ,uen.raui,aieeaaalc,Ioiualallcu.
..v-,Ar.your.norvos weak?
J.-K,V. y,u,,rl c'Ht lo rrom nervixiq K,alcTi.ra
e..nn. r I w. imt ciiMVtril lo live."- Mm. M. M. U.
UuoUwiii, EJ. I'ArfiHan Monitor cievcliuid, O.
Have you Briilht's Diseas?o?
r 1 ft nit t imon, 1'OaDOU J, uoss,
((t. Suffering from Diabetes?
ever Uetl. Olve almost irmediato rtlief."
Have you Livor Complaint?
Mduey. ort cured ino of chroiUo Liver Dlseaaej
arter 1 itraycd to dio."
llenrr Ward, late Col. C3tli Nat. Guard, N.Y.
y.our.Back lnmo ud aching?
'M.lmy-Uort.tl bottle) outcd mo wticn 1 vuio
lan.0 1 LaJ to loll out of td."
, O. M. Tallmagp.Hilwaukco.'WU
Have you iKit5noy Disease?
aft r c:ira of unsuccrwrul floctorine. Jt worth
Aro you Constipated?
KMney.wort causes evacuations and urrd
mo oltcr 10 fears a of other mrdiclneV
lsonratrcIidd, fat. Albans, t.
f.ti Have you Malaria?
Kllney-Wort has dono Ktter than any other
remedy I havo ccr ud in my nractlcf,'
Dr. ILK, Uark, byuth Hero, Vt.
Are von TlilinnnP
ft 'Ivl IneyAVoit has donomfl moro cood, than any
'other remedy I havo rer takrn." J
rs. j. i. uauow ay, uk Flat, Oreffoa.
r Aro you tormented with Piles?
g 'Kldiiey-Voit pcmtanenttn atretl mo ct LloedlnB
Uvo. II. norbt,Cahieril,U-nli,aierbtown, To.
Are you Rheumatism racked?
'i;idn. y-Wort curra inc. oflcr 1 wa irlrcii up to
dio Ly i-hyBicinn and 1 l.nI sutrcri thirty ycart." i
Llbriiipo Malcolm, Wttt Balk, Maine, I
Ladies, are you suffering?
"Kidney-Wort cured me of jrculUr truuUes of
BeycrwytarsBtindin,'. Many f neuila uko and iraio
It." Ur. II. Lamoituux, Iblo La Motte, t.
If you would Banish Disease
am ioalth, Take
Feb C-3 mo
1 M
AUX A.
WcatJithouBOOfEuCcrinjllh rual
PalaintUoCldocrIl'i7,C.-i'U2alrili-t; 1:1,
ICidney riccOLC3,Cri'!:,C i1 i ... uciul
trlcdlCuealca.Chc .ta..dl.urt.x .li-.erc -y
iBortcrpaiaorEreaceB, cIMat ivricrcj I'-i.
da Kala. n, m:d tho ra.j.L - .j v. -tucs cf S
Hops. beet itrc jtter j s r-ter ever ;
known, Thcwanda eay to, Cc tyaU dealers,
Mailed on rceolptof rrlw Cre., ti frCl CO. f
UOPrLASIXIlC'V'TUrY.r J-Rf-v. 12
rwi '' ' iMi ii u
Q A L L R IS! R N AT
I WANTUn to cmvuss for the 'ale I V
" of Nuisery Mock I Meady einplojment '
guaranteed wlary and c. enses Paid. Aprly
ut once, statin? ngte.
il.tler to this paper.)
CHASE BEOTHEBS, Rechester, 17. Y.
npr 3.2m
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BL05M3BUS3, PA.
ol'POSITKi'OUUT Ht'UBC
Lar'o aud convenient samnlo roouii llath room
hot and cold water, and all modem convenience
Cattorla cures Colle, Constipation,
Hour stomach, PlarrhaM, Krilctatlon,
Kills Wurins, elves sleep, aud promotes di
gestion. Without lujurlous medication.
i l unu b
Yt.il L i vrv
PLASTER!
BLOOMSBUI1G, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 24,
SELECT POETRY.
Secret ThouRlitn.
I bold It true that thoughts aro things
Kndowed ttltli being, breath and wlnei
And that e send them forth to fill
Tho world nlth Rood results or 111.
That which wo call our secret thought
Speeds' to tho earth's remotest spot,
And leaves Its blessings or Its Hoes
Like tiucks behind It, as It goes.
It Is Uod'a law i remember It
In your still chamber as you sit
Willi thoughts you would not d.iro havo known,
And vet huko eomr.uls when alone.
I Theso Ihoiuhts have life, and they villi fly
I And leave their Impress, bj-and by,
iLIke some marsh breeze, whoso poisoned breath
III e.iths Into homes its fevered death.
And after you have quite forgot
OrulloiitgruvriiZsoiiio vanished thought,
Hack to ) our mind to make Its home,
A dove or rav en. It Mill i ome.
Then let your secret thoughts bo fair i
They havo a vital part and share
In shaping worlds mid moulding fate
tlod's system Is so Intricate I
Ail Un-Common Sense Match,
Tho wcitluT hail tiei'n very colli
oven for Jnuuivry. For days nobody
had stirred out unless compelled by
necessity, nud l'vo no doubt our dear
mother had longed many times for 11
change which would tdlow her noisy
children to exorcise their lungs and
muscles out of doors.
At last tho change came. During
the forenoon tho temperature indicated
n rise, und nbout midday tho "old
woman up in tho sky began omptyinS
her feather-beds."
Thick nud fast tho downy suowflakoa
fell, wrapping every tree nud shrub in
garment of pure white, and making
oven tho stnko and rider fences, tho
log barns nnd coin-cribs, things of
beauty which woro too truly "joys not
to last forever."
Hnstily wo children were clad in
coats, scarfs, mittein, nud nil tho
paraphernalia of outer garments which
loving mothers provido nnd iusist upon
being worn, dospito tho protests of tho
w oarers. At l.ist wo woro froo nnd out
upon tho hill near by, whero thcro was
grand sport, sliding, snowballing nnd
making snow men.
Tho afternoon slipped tptickly by
tho Biiow ceased falling, and tho ovening
was settling down clear aud cold, wh"n
upon tho opposite hilltop there camo
in sight a farmer's box sleigh, drawn
by a span of bay horses Hastily wo
drove our sleds to tho foot of thu hill
and reached it just iu timo for a "hitch."
Tho driver of this establishment wn3 in
nowise visible. Tho hand which guided
tho team scorned not iv hand, but a hugo
wad of buckskin nud yam, and it pro
ceeded from n sort of tower of bod-quilts,
blankets, buffalo lobes, comfortors,
surmounted by n head-pieco enveloped
in n green nnd rod " Hay State "shawl.
Thero was a littlo crack, undoubtedly
left for tho oyes, but no eyes could bo
seen.
Kdgiug around a very little, but
probably as much its circumstances
would nllow, tho roll of dry goo.ls
inquirod
"Is you house Squiro Ulack's?"
Wo replied nflirmativety, and settled
down to tho enjoyment of 11 rido to
our own door, during which wo ox
changed whispered speculations ns to
whom tho f-trauger might be.
AVhcn wo stopped nt tho door a
committeo of us reported thu arrival,
while tho remainder watched the tying
nud blanketing of tho horses, nnd then
formed a voluntary esort.
In answer to a mullled rap, lather
opened the door,
"Squiro lilnck, IsuppiHo?"
"Yes sir; come in. Clotting qnito
cold outside," said father, eying his
guost curiously.
"Well, yei; wo'vo ha.l a fearful
spell o' weather, nud l'vo been on tho
road for tho last two days of it. I see
you don't know me, squiro, find I swan,
my eyes wero so full of frost 1 hardly
know you ; but I reckon you'll seo who
I nm when I got this toggery off."
From tho moment our visitor had
stepped iusidu ho had been engaged in
unwrapping ono garniont after another,
n process for nil thu would likopeeliugnn
onion. At lust thoro btood revealed ft
young man of four or live and twenty, u
six footer, with broad shoulders, faco
bronzed by exposure to tho weathor,
but a gojdly face to look upon, with its
rather square jaw, ruddy chooks, bmiling
hps, brown hair curling over a broad
forehead, nnd bluo oyes, which answered
my father's Jquestioniug look by a merry
twuiklo.
In u moment my father oxtended
both hands and gins.-cd tho strn tiger's
most cordially.
"iouani ono of Aunt Auna'sboys."
A hearty laugh pveeedou tho reply
"I wasn't ufenied but vou'a eitlt
right, squire, give you timo enough.
I'm tho littlo Joo To.oa you taught
long division to."
Wo kuow Aunt Anna was a former
lundlady of father's whon ho was a
pedagogue ; that sho lived forty or
llfty miles from us-a groat dis.nncoin
those days and our interest begau to
ling after mother camo in from tho
kitchen, and tho conversation was con
tinued about old neighbors of whoao
existeuco wo woro ignorant Wo bo
took oursclvos to ' tho kitchen, and
mother soon followed.
Presently, whilo .Toe was cariug for
his team, father camo in, mid nil un
mindful of tho old adage about" littlo
pitchers," sud
Jin, what do you think Joo has
i"n frf
"I am sure I don't know," replied
mother, composedly stirring another
handful of meal into tho boiling mush
which was. to bo tho piue de rcmUincc of
our ovening meal.
" Ha has como for a wife I"
"A wifol I did not know ho wns
acquainted around horo,"
"Ho isn't. Ho wants mo to recom
mend him to somo girl who is btrong,
ublo, and willing to work', knows how to
run a house, aud" hesitating a littlo
as ho saw tho contemptuous eurvo on
my mother's mouth "l'vo spoken about
Jane."
"Squiro Illacltl" exclaimed mother,
emphasizing her words still further by
a dash of the pudding btick which bout
ino mush Hying- iu nil directions over
tho stove.
Jauo was a fanner's daughter, who
worked for its buiuuuum nnd went homo
winters to help to do up the spinning,
weaving, . and tho like. A mutually
satisfactory agreement, ns Juno's ser
vices woro moro needed at ho.no iu the
winter tlxan in tho summer, and mother
tncretiy Biiveit tno iwiiru nun wagen ot
n girl during tho winter when the work
was not so heavy. Moreover, mother
often said that Jane put tho work ahead
so when sho was there that slid could
not keep her busy tho year round.
Hut to return to our kitchen. Father
had changed his poiition, getting a
littlo out of tho way of another chuigo
from tho mush-pot, whero tho beating
was going on vigorously.
After a pause ho began ngaiu
"Well, ma, Juno is not bound to
marry Joo unlojs die wants to. Hut
perhaps sho'll never got another ehanco
ns good. You kuow yourself that nuy
ono of Aunt Anna's boys is liound to
mnko n good man nnd n smart ono."
"N'ono too smart, if ho thinks to get
a wifo iu this way," snapped out
mother.
"Let him try, ma, if ho wants to;
let him try. It won't hurt him any to
hnvo tho conceit taken out of him."
No rtply, but tho mush was stirred
as was never mush before. Another
pauso.
" You kliow, inn, Jauo has been koop
ing company with that trilling l)au
Marcy."
"Why don't he marry a girl who
knows him if he wants to gut married?"
eoiuly inquired mother ; but tho pud
ding stickr. laxcd its vigor slightly, und
father ventured a littlo nearer tho
speaker.
"Ho says tho girls up thcro uro all
squaws, nud that down by his mother's
they havo too high notions."
"Well, it's n heathenish way of court
ing n wife," replied mother; "and if ho
wero to como about mo in that way,
if I wero Jane, I'd empty a bucket of
water over him!"
"Maybo sho will, maybe sho will,"
chuckled father, who probably would
havo enjoyed that termination of tho
nffair as well ns nuy. "Hut, mn, you
know Jane is terribly homely, and"
AVhat further ho would havo said wa3
cut short by tho entrance of Joo bearing
a paekago and a jar.
"Mother sent these to you with her
compliments, Mrs Hlack."
Mother, who knew the flavor of Aunt
Anna's chceso and honey of old, was
somewhat molliiled by thojo presents,
but sho remained rather sulky all tho
evening; oven when Joo tilled her
wood-box aud tho water pail, cut tho
kindling, did tho milking, bringing in
tho pail, sho condescended to tell him,
as clean as sho did hcroolf, or but sho
checked herself and did not say, "or
Jane." Sho would bo no party to tuat
iniquity.
Ho nearly won her when ho repeated
his text promptly and correctly nnd
knelt rovercntly at prayers, and sho told
father ho was "a likely young man;"
but her lips shut close nud sho shook
her head when sho thoug ht of his
mission.
Beforo morning ;tho sky cleared and
things wero hurried around for an early
start to June's.
During tho rido it was arranged that
father was to introduce Joo's errand to
tho elders, and if they wero willing Joo
might thereafter proceed as ho liked.
So upon reaching tho farm father and
Mr. Holton left Joo nnd tho boys to
put up tho team, and they went it) to
tho houso and held a confereuco with
Mrs. Holton, while Juno was busy
building n lire in tho best room.
Tho best room of an old-fashioned
farm-houso was dreary enough. This
ono had a bright yarn carpet, soveral
bplit-bottora and wooden chairs with
patch-work cushions, a low-baekod
rocking-chnir, a wooden settee, a lablo
with tho Bible, an almanac, and a Mo
of tho "Christian Era" upon it. A few
silhouettes and prints from magazines
wero on tho wads ; but its only orna
ments wero tho scrupulous cleanliness
aud its big firo place.
Jauo bustled in and out, on hospitable
cares intent, being given, by general
consent, somo opportunity for acquain
tance nnd a chance to seo nnd be seen
beforo beiug told our errand.
Y'ou already know what Juno saw.
What did .Too seo? Jano was, as fathor
had said, undeniably homoly. Sho was
tall nnd angular. Her feet and hands
wero large. Her hair was a tritlo too
red for nubum, and not yellow enough
for gold. "Carroty" is tho proper
description. Her complexion was
freckled, but her cheeks would havo
shamed tho rosos. Her oyes were gray,
her noso had grown very long, and then,
as if wishing to mnko amends for that
mishap, hnd shaped itself into a decided
pug. Her mouth was largo and always
smiling, und disclosed what was Jane's
only beauty a set of as regular and
whito teeth as over came from a dentist's
hands. Her drosi was bluo llanuol,
every thread spun nnd woven by her
self. Tho hour or two until dinner was
6pent iu viewing and discusing tho
stock, in telling tho scanty news, and iu
talking over "Undo Tom's Cabin,"
which was then appearing as a serial, in
all of which Joo took his patt sensibly
nud modestly.
At noon wo wero summoned to an
excellent nnd bountiful farm dinner.
It was quito evident that by this timo
Jano had been informed of our errand,
for from perfect unconsciousness sho
bceamo suddenly preoccupied, nervous
nnd blushing. Joo enjoyed his dinner
nud did amplo justice to it.
After wo woro all douu thoro suddenly
camo a broak aud an awkward pauo in
tho conversation. Joo cleared his throat,
but without other bign of embarrassment
began :
"Miss Holton, I see somebody has
ulrendy told you what l'vo come for,
nnd it'll right I pliould tell you somo
thing nliout myself. Tho squiro hero
will tell you about my folks. I
am twenty-llvo years old, have nover
been sick in my life; I don't drink
whiskey or swear or chow tob.iceo. l'vo
been raised to work and can hold up my
end with any man, I huvu ono hundred
and sixty acres of lund about half
cleared. There's the paper to show for
it, and Squiro Black will toll you they'ro
all right.
"I've a good house, log stable, und
so ou. I own tho horbcs 1 drove down
hero and a yoko of oxen beside. I don't
own any man a cent. I si mil havo cows
und chickens when I've a wife to take
caro of them, Xow if you think you
can make up your niitid to m irry ino I'd
like to usk you a fuw questions."
Jauo bald nothing, aud .Too, evidently
taking siloneo for lumseut, preeeodod
"Did you cook this dinner?"
Still Juno wus silent, but her mother
answorcd "yes" for her.
.Ion smiled. t
1885.
" Well, tho squiro to! , inn you wero a
good cook or I would ut liuvo come out
hero. Can you make t,ou hi rad ?"
A faint but lather indignant "yes"
Was heard from Jane, as if ho had Hiked
if ho could wash her faeo and comb her
hair.
" Can you milk and tend to the milk,
butter and chceso ?"
"Yes," a littlo louder.
"Can you run a house and do all
kinds of housework ?"
Tho cat Boom to havu gotten Juno's
tonguo again, and my mother, pitying
her embarrassment, replied with tin
exhaustive catalogue of Juno's virtues us
a housewife. Then suddenly checking
herself as ono who had said too much,
or said it iu a wioug cause, beeaino
silent, but tho questioning woutou
"Can you sew?"
" Yos."
"Can you knit?"
"Yes."
" Can you spin and weave?'
"Yes."
"As you'vo got used to saying 'yes'
I'd like to go right on and ask you to
havo mo ; but I'll go out nud fc-d my
horses, and you can talk with vour
folks and the squiro aud his wife, and
givo ino tho answer to that question
when I come in. I want to say llrst
that if you ogreo to marry me I'll ngree
to do tho fair thing by yon, and expect
you to do the same by me. Y'ou can
nlways havo what you can make from
tho butter nnd eggs nud half tho wool
for your own Bpcudiug. It will bo very
loncsomo, for thero won't bo another
whito woman nearer than Uvo miles for
a whilo yet, and tho work will bo hard,
but maybo no harder than you'ro used to.
you go we'll havo to go day after to
morrow. Tho roadi aro rough and it
will tako two, maybo three, days to
travel tho sixty odd miles."
It tool-Joo a long timo to feed his team,
and during his nbscuco a great deal of
talking was done. .When ho returned
Mr. Holton stood by tho table, looking
very sober, and thero wero tears in tho
oyes of all tho women when ho said
"Joe, Jauo has concluded that bho'll
chanco it with you. Sho's been a good
girl nlways, aud wo hopo you'll uso her
well."
"I will, Mr. Holton, bo help mo God!"
solemnly answered Joe, and ho walked
over to whero Jano stood and put his
arm around her and kissed her.
Then thero was a general haud-bhak-ing,
and arrangements wero mado for
tho wedding next afternoon, after which
Joo and his wifo wero to como back ns
far as our houso, aud tho following
morning start for homo.
Tho wedding was an old-fashionod
country ono, and not long after tho
ceremony Joo's sleigh was packed with
n cargo of feather-beds, quilts, blankets
and housekeeping goods of vat ions
kinds, for Mr. Holton would not let his
daughter go empty-handed.
Every second year after that for many
years Jano camo homo for a short visit
The intervening year sho could not como
because "tho baby was too littlo to
bring," and tho numerous littlo Tolons
grow up in regular succession, their
heads mounting ono above tho other
liko tho rounds of a ladder.
Father regularly asked Jauo when sho
mado these visits if sho had como for a
divorce.- Jano always replied
"Not this timo. I don't see but Jo
ana 1 got along as well as tU.iso wlio
take moro timo for their courting."
And Joo would say approvingly
"That's so, Jano."
. .. .
"Dear mo," said Jane, as, leaning on
Dr. .Too Tolon's arm, sho throw back
her widow's veil, which sho had worn
ton years now, and wiped her glasses
beforo "Tho Heart of Wilderness" iu
tho art gallery, "that looks just liko tho
old piece of woods oppositu tho old
houso when your father brought mo
home. l'vo seen the deer browsing
thcro many a timo. I didn't think then
it would over bo a city, but your father
said it would, and now tho oars run
over that very spot It's been a long
timo, Joe, but tho last ten years havo
been longer than all tho rest."
TllltOt'OII. Till: 1IAI.KAX.
The path grows ytooper as wo ad
vance, for wo nro making u shott cut
over tho shoulder of tho mountain, and
so wo Btrugglo up in single llle, with
occasional halts to brcatho tho horses,
until, roundiug an extremely rugged
corner whero Bomo caution is to bo
shown iu passing, wo Hud oursolvos at
tho top of a steop grassy slope, leading
down to tho green valley of Svcti l'etka
Monastery. Somo maize Holds tempt
tho sportsmen of tho pirty to wander
from tho track in (-eareh of partlidgos,
but evening is coming on, and wo havo
still boversd miles to go beforo reaching
our halting place. After a Miort rest iu
tho courtyard of tho monastery to allow
our pack horsos a chanco of catching
up, during which wo aro amused by tho
determined uttacks upon our dogs of
two gauut sows iu defenso of their
numerous litters, wo mount again, and
night has fallen as wo clutter through
tho (draggling village of Tcherova and
enter tho Khan yard. When our horbes
havo been attuuded to wo beg in to think
about ourselyes. Tired, cold, und
hungry, it is weary work waiting for
tho arrival of our puck horses -v, ith our
food aud wraps. Thero is a groat
granary behind tho Khun, its four bidos
open to tho winds of heaven, and hero
wo mako up beds of clean hay and
settlo ourselves down to wait for our
truant Elia aud his horses, From timo
to timo wo make descents upon tho
Kahu to seo what eatables can bo
found thero. Tho result is hardly
satisfactory. Tho room is low, dirty,
und full of smoke, A largo siyiuro hole
iu tho earthen lloor contains a wood
lire, over which culinary operations aro
going on. Thero is no chimnoy, and
tho roof is Binoked &i black as ebouy.
Hound tho tho aro grouped half n
dozen men aud women, clad in sheep,
skins and courso whito woolen cloth of
tho country, rodolont of garllo and
innocent of soap. They aro good,
hospitahlo souls, however, and what
they havo is freely offeied us. Two or
threo dozen oggs aro toiled, ami maizo
heads and paprikas (red popper) roasted
in tho embers, But threo-fourths of
thooggiaro of ancient dtte, mid .horn of
of us aro rash enough to try tho pupri
has will remember for many a day that
Europeans cannot boast the leathery
tourthucss of Bulgarian mouths and
throats.
niK COLUMBIAN, VOL.XIX.NO 10
COLUMniA OEMOOItAT, VOL. XUX, NO 0
mtt:i;M.ANi vka hta itLr.s.
In Greenland sorao attempts havo been
made to raisosomoof tho common plants
of European gardens. At tho Danish
station of Uoilthn.il) (latitude Cl dog.),
closo to the oiioii seo, turnips, radishes,
lettuces nnd parsley aro almost tho only
plants that can bo cultivated with any
success. Tho turnip, indeed, requires a
favorable summer to produca anything i
liko tolerablo specimens. Tho oabbrige i
nro scarcely worthy of tho name; but
at two island stations up tho fjord,
about thirty miles north of Godthoab,
tho climnto is strikingly different
Hero, Dr. Kink informs us, turnips
always como lo perfection ; carrots pros
per well, and attain a fair size; nnd
cabbages, though tumble to dovolop
thick stalks, yet jprodtico tolerably largo
leaves, which tho provident Danes stow
away for winter uso.
Attempts havo boeu Jmado to cultivate I
potatoes, but tho tubers never attain a
sizo larger than marbles, and are tiuly
grown aud eaten as curiosities. Under j
tho most favorable circumstances green
peas only produco shells in which tho
peas aro Imrely recognizable. This
is within tho Artie, Circle, or at least on
its immediato borders. In South Groan i
land tho sito of tho old Norsemen's
settlements horticulture is practiced
under moro favorable circumstances. At
somo of tho posts, m about tho samo
latitude as Christiana, good carrots
havo boon produced, mid in a forcing-
l'ramo strawberries havo grown well and
yieldod fruit for soveral years, but thoy
afterward died, oiviug probably to tho
soverity of tho clinnte.
At Julianshaab turnips often attain a
weight of mor than half a pound, aud
aro lit for tho tablo iu tho middlo of
July. Iladishe3 uro lit to bo oaten iu
tho middlo of June. Iihubarb grows
pretty vigorously, nnd can bo raised
from seeds. Green cabbago nttains a
good sizo, but nover the normal taste
and pungency of the vogctable. At
Jakobshavn, in CO deg. 1,1 m., our good
friend Dr. 1'f.tll used to raise a fow
radishes and tholocality being bheltered,
tho tiny patch of earth on tlu rocks
which in that romoto plaeo passed for a
garden, produced "crops" almost as
luxuriant as Gothaab in the south.
lahu ki:oions or riM.AM).
Everybody loves his own country
with the Finns this love becomes a
passion, as powerful as tho passion of
tho Scottish Highlander for his "land
of mountain aud of Hood;" nud it has
tho samo source. Wo can easily under
stand tho nostaegy of tho Highlander
who yearns for a glimpso of tho rooks
'whero tho snowllako reposes," for
tho "dark frowning beauties" of his
nativo mountains, which, in their ever
changing aspecSs, rellect tho moods and
phases of tho human mind of lifo
itself. Tho samo is true of dwellers by
tho sea; it is truo again of tho inhab
tant of tho lake regions liko Finland,
whero water nnd soil nro inextricably
interwoven each with tho other; thev
livo for him, and aro ever and always
assuming now moods and expressions.
Finland is a poor country, but it is a
Uno country, nnd has a stamp of origin
ality. Its liko may bo sought for iu
vain oven in tho lake district of Eng
land or among tho inland seas of
Canada. Whero else, indeed, can tho
Finns find this network of laud and
water, this tangled skein of lake nnd
sea, aud a shore, so full of contrasts,
and yet forming an inseparable and
enchanting wholo? Whero Hud thesa
millions of islands of lovely rocks
giving footing toa few pines and birches
which seem to grow from beneath tho
water; theso thousand of over-varying
tints spreading over the lakes as tho
sun slowly movos almost in the horizon,
unwilling to go down, or leaving bohind
it tho shining twilight which meets iu
tho north with tho aurora of tho morn
ing? Nowhero clso will tho Finn Hnd
a country which breathes tho same mild
and sweet harmony, grace and melan
choly, which matches so well with tho
dreamy pensiveness of his character.
Tin: m:a ok ti.w.n. 1:1:.
Ono of tho first things for which I
looked hero was tho fishing industry;
but I found it not. Thoto is evidently
only one Bailing vessel on tho hike, aud
but a very small haudfnl of clumsy row-
boats. When ono of theso boats get
out of order thero is general consterna
tion, it is said, for tho art of shiplmild
ing is no longer known hero. When
wo sent our servant with instructions to
procuro Galileo fish for dinner ho was
unablo to fiud a single fish iu tho
markot. This is especially strange, in
asmuch as I havo had positivo ovideneo
tliat tho water swarm with piscatorial
lifo to day, just as in tho days when
Christ called Galilean fishermen to his
discipleship. Y'et fishing is still carried
on hero on a small scale. Even last
night I saw a boat push out to son with
nets on board, just as Simon did, no
doubt, when ho was bound to "toil all
night" nt tho samo business. This leads
mo to guess, or, at loast, to hope, that
tho citizens wero not quite so lazy aud
worthless iu tho days of the Son of Man.
They could not havo been any worso.
Tho modern Galiloau would rido two
thirds tho way around tho lake on tho
rajiged back of a donkey or a came
rather than duplay tho entcrpriso
required to effect a crossing in one
sixth tho timo by boat. Stupidity aud
cupidity aro everywhere linked in a way
tliat tries Occidental patience.
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If n sheet of gold leaf is held up
against tho light it appears to to a vivid
grecu color; this moans that tho light is
transmitted through tho leaf. When it
is considered that this leaf is a pioco of
solid metal, a hotter idea of tho extreme
tenuity of thicknoss of tho loaf can to
comprehended than by any comparison
by figuros; nothing mado by tho hand of
man oqualsit iu thinness. The extreme
thiuucbs is produced by patient hammer
ing, tho hammers weighing from boven
to twenty pouuds, tho lighter hummers
being first used. When tho truo method
of this beating is understood, tho woudor
Biprcssod sometimes that colddeaf
beating should not bo relogated to
machiuery, ceases; tho art belongs to
tho highest department of human skill
and judgment Apprentices have
served a term, and have toon compelled
to abandon the butiumw, because they
never could acquire the requisite skill
and judgment combined neeeo-ary to
uccomo successful workmen,
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A ItAIlK CANOE, I'AN'ADA.
A bark canoo is only ono man's load
)io turns it upsido down, and walks with
It on his head. A man toiling across a
iortage in this attitudo is a somewhat
grotosquo sight suggesting a monstrous
now kind of snail. Then tho canoo will
go over shallows whero anything clso
would stick, nnd as for hnndiness, an
expert canooman will almost tum it
round with ono twist of tho paddlo.
ltepairs aro frequent but simple, con
sisting mainly in tho free application to
damaged places of a resinous gum kept
in storo for that purpose. Speed is a
secondary consideration ; you cannot go
fast paddling up, and you cannot help
going fast coming down. Wo came
down a roach in half nu hour tliat we
had taken hah! a day to work up. Often
towing nnd poling have to bo resorted
to to mako way against a heavy current
Faddling, though a moro wasteful
application of muscular work than
rowing, is loss fatiguing when tho pace
is not forced, nnd after a littlo practice
becomes a very duluctnblo exorcise. The
traveler embarked on a 01.1100 voyage
has to carry tnos,t things with him.
Along tho river tlnjro nro only scattered
farm houses, and tho only certain nud
comfortablo way of Fccuring shelter for
tho night is lo camp out The tents
and other necessaries form tho cargo, of
tho canoes. It is astonishing how much
stuff can bo stowed away in a canoe that
looks quito small another merit of tho
savago birch-bark vessel as comparod
with European boats. Every night wo
chooso our campiug ground, pitch our
tents, aud make our camp fire; this last
is of great importance, not only for
warmth and brightness, but for driving
away insects, tho only drawback in a
lifo otherwise perfect. When people play
at campiug out in England hoymakoa
fire a foot or two across over which they
hang a kettle ou threo sticks In Canada
you mako a firo of logs livo or six feet
long, or maybo wholo roots of pino or
cedar, which will bum all night. Tho
trouble of chopping tho wood up small
would bo greater than that of burning
it as it is, nnd its cpst is nothing. In
many places, indeed, the best fuel is
drift-wood, which could in no way bo
mado otherwiso useful. Even in summer
nights tho fire is n welcome companion,
and after a day's work at paddling hot
tea is tho best of drinks whatever tho
temperature may bo not that other
drink would bo easy to get if one
wanted it, but no such want is felt
I.ANOUAOI: OP THU ItKI) INDIANS.
Onosingular factis the infinite diversi
ty of language. Not only every tribe, but
ovcry band, of which there are some
times fifty in a siuglo tribe, has its own
dialect or jargon, perfectly unintelligible
to all who do not belong to tho band. In
nil times tho Indians havo disdained to
learn even a fow words of an enemy's
language. Stranger yet, tho Cheyennes
nnd Arrapahoes for three-quarters of a
century havo been film friends camping
nnd huutiug together and making war
upon tho samo enemies at tho samo
timo. Tho children ooustontly romp
and play together in tho common camp.
Yot not ono in ton of either tribo can
hold tho most ordinary conversation in
tho language of tho other.
Unable to speak each other's language
tho Indians of tho West linvo constructed
a wonderful sigu language by wluch
they hold intercourse. Gestures signs,
aro moro or les3 natural ;to every ono.
among tho plains Indians alone
havo they reached their most wonder
ful development. So complicated and
elaborato is tho sign language, consist
ing of couutlo3s gestures and movements
the slightest variation in which marks
wido differences in meaning, that only a
fow Indians in a tribe are complete
masters of it, and tho mosses can only
uso it slightly. Tho sigus do not indi
cate letters nor words, as with tho deaf
and dumb, but ideas Thero is ono
sign to indicate hunger, another for
"stop talking," nnothor for summer,
and bo on infinitely. Yet an expert
sign talker will cither mako or interpret
a long speech, which consists of nn
inflnito number of signs following each
other with lightning-liko rapidity. Two
strango Indians will meet on horseback,
each unablo to understand a spoken
word of the other, and whilo holding
tho roins with tho left hand, will con
verso for hours with their right, telling
stories or relating their cxperienco
without a single misuuderstaudiug.
AfOltN IlltHAII.
Says the San Franciboo ChronUle: The
Indians scattered along tho foot-hills of
tho Sierra aro a quiet, inoffensive
people. Thoy do not appear to be
governed by auy tribal laws yet odhero
to many of their old traditions. Ono
or two men of superior ability and in
dustry form a noualous around which
others loss ambitious gather. Hence
thoy fence with brush and logs a tract
Btifilciont for their requirements of hay.
making, pasturage, oto Although they
often indulge in the food of tho civilized
nations tho acorn is still favorito a
articlo of diet in every woll-regulatod
wigwam. Tho process of converting
this bittor nut into broad is curious
Under tho branches ot a grand old pino
I found them at work. Thoy had shucked
and ground in tho usual manner a largo
mass of acorn meats A number of
circular vaU had boon hollowed out of
tho black soil, in tho shape of a punch
bowl. Into thoso was put tho acorn
pulp. At hand stood soveral largo
clothes-baskets filled with water, and
into thoso thoy dropped hot stones, thus
heating the water to tho requirod
temperature Upon tho mass of crushed
bitterness thoy carefully laid the hot
water, making it about the color and
consistency of cream. Not a speck
appeared to mix. A buxom mulmla
stood by each vat, and with a small fir
bough stirred tlio mass, skillfully
romoving any speck that floated uuon
tho turf ace. Tho soil gradually absorbed
tho bitter waters, leaving a firm whito
substance, of which thoy mado bread. I
asked to ta3to it, at which thoy said
something in thoir language, and all
laughed. I asked again, and after much
laughter I was handed a small particle
on a figlcnf, and found it sweet and
palatable. They began to remove it,
und so adroitly was tliis dono that but
a small portion adhered to tho soil.
Thoy spread it upon rocks, aud iu a
short timo it was fit for uso. This, I uui
told, thoy mix with water, put it into
tliin cakes, aud bako totorn tho lira.