The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, May 08, 1885, Image 1
le CJolxtrqlDilti). Illicit VrclilJr, every I'rlitny Morning, nl IILOOMSIIL'HO, COLUMMA CO , Pa. vrtwomiLt.Ana per year. To subscribers out of tho ooimtjr tho terms urostrlctljrln ndmnce tWHa paper discontinued except at the outlon ol the publishers, until nil nrrearng-s are paid, but lony contlnuoil credits will not bo Jlvcn. All papers suit out of tho Htatoor to distant tiott oinuos mint bo ji ild for In advance, unless a resnon. Ma person In Columbia county assumes to pay Ilio mhscrlntlon due on demand. 1 HMmTAUHMnnlitn,..,,,..,.,,.., .... tho county. JOB PIUMMNG. TheJobblnirDep.irtmentofthoCoi.DiiKHNlsvprv oomplelo, and our Job Printing will compaioravnr. bly with thatot iholaraoclilps. All vrork done oS short notice, neatly and at moderate .rices. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J" 13, WALLER, omce over 1st. National Hank. """"""""g- ' 1 TVT U. FUNK, ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW. omcelnSnfsl.uild.ne. '.. J 01INM. CLARK, ATTORKKV-AT-LAAV. AND .tt'STIOl-3 OF THE PEACE. 11I.O0MSD0KO, PA. Offlco over Jloyer Bros. Drug Store. p V tILLKU, AfrOHNEf-AT-LAW Offlceln Urowor's bulldln jf, second Boor.room Ho.l utoomsuurg, Pa. D FRANK ZVRR, ' ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW. Hloomsburg, l'a Onico corner of Centre and Main Mracts. Clark 3 Bulldlnir. Can bo consulted In (lerman. Q.EO. E. ELWELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Uloomsucko, Pa. Ofllco on First floor, front room of Co i tjmman HiilMlng, Jluln street, below Ex change Hotel. pAUL E. WIIIT, Attorney-at-Law. Office In Colcmdun Bcildino, uooni No 1, second door. BLOOMSnUKG, PA. 0. KXOKR. L. S. W1NTKB8THKK. KNOBR & WINTERS TEEN, A ttorney s-at-Law. Ofllco tu 1st National Bank building, second floor, nrst door to tho 1 ft. Corner of .Main and .Market Btreeta Uloomsburg, l'a. tSFPermons anrf BourMes Colltcttd. . J H. MAIZE, ATTORNEY AT-LAW omco In Maize's bulldJjj overBUlmeyer'sgrocery. JOHN C. VOCUM, Attorney-at-LaW) CATAW1SSA, I'A omco In Nkws Item building, Slain stieet. Member of the American Attorneys' Associa tion. Collections mado In any part of America K. OSWALD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAAV. Jackson Building, Rooms 4 and 5. BERWICK, PA "y. II. R II AWN. ATTORNEY-AT-LAAV. Catawlssa, I'a. Office, corner ot Third and Main .streets. SMITH, Attorncy-ntLavv, Berwick. Pa Cm bo Consulted in German. ALSO FIKST-CLASS FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES KEl'ltESEN'TEI). "STOfllcc first door below tlie post ofllcc. MISCELLANEOUS. c H. BAKKLEV, Attornoy-sl.l.sv, , oftlce lu urovi er's building, 2nd story.Iiboma B. McKELVY, M. D.,8urgeon ami Ply ilclan, north side Main stroet.below Mursct L. "FRITZ, Attorney-at Law. OHice . , In COLUMBIAN BUlldlng, f M. DRINKER, GUN & LOCKSMITH U .11 UlU, S) u 'lui; Machines and Mi'.clilLtr) or all klndb rt ulua. jfbka llctsx Julhlliin, iilocrLtl ui if, i lit, J C. BUTTER. I'tiYBIOlAN .taUUOROM Offlee. North Market si run i;!ooir.tlui. I'u DR. WM. M. REBER, Surgeon and 1'hyMclan. uuico corner ot Hock and Muikct i root. Jv EVANd, M. D., Surgt-oii and Physio 'inorrtto and Kesldencu on Third streot. II HOUSE, DENTIST, I5l.OOMSIIUltO,Coi.UMHIA COUNTV, I'a . lldtyiesof work done In a superior manner, work warranted as represented Tuhtij litkact ed without Tain by the use of (lab, and free of charge wheu artinclal teeth aru Inserted. Jfil eo in Coluinlilan building, 2nd lloor. 'Jo be open at all kourt durtni the lu Nov.ss.iy JjIRE INSURANCE. , CmtlSTIAN P. KNAP1', BLOOMSBOHCi, I'A. HOME, OF N. Y. MEUClIANT.S'. OF NKWAItK, N. J, CLINTON, N. V. PEOPLES' N. Y. HEADING, PA. These old cortokatiovs are well seasoned by age and hue tested and have never yet had u loss settled by any court of law. 1 heir assets are all invested In bOLto bccuitiriES aio mole to the hazard ot hue only. Losses fhojiitly and nosesTtv adjusted and paid as soon as determined by chuistun r. KNtrr, SfECUI. AOKNT1ND AnJCarEKULOOSISBCKl). Pa. Thepeoploof Columbia county should patron. Ue the ngency where losses It any a.a settled and paid by ono of ther own clllzo ns. PltOMlTNKSS. KQL'ITV, FAI1! DEALING. for Infants and Children. "Cutorla Is eo well adapted to children that I recomiueu J It a, superior to any prescription known to mo." It. A, Ancntii, 11. D., 1U So. Oxford 8t, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ail ubsoluto euro fur IJlieiinintlsin, Sprains, rain In tho Hack, Durus, Galls, &c. An Iastautaiicoua Pain rollovinir and llcallnir Itomcilr. ismmmmmmmmmmtmrnummmmmm ote i Lots of People Say, "OH MY BACK." .KIDNfY.cVj!' Si iiiniiminfi Hero Is Soldi d A. 1 TESTI3I0NV from Hnrd Worklnp Men. Machinist find Iliilltler. "I havo been troubled years with kidney and bladder difficulty. After using four bottles of Must's Kidney and Liver IlEMtnr I havo been completely cured." Wllllar C Clark, Maon and llulkler, Anbntn.N.Y. "Health is bolter than wealth." machinist. Mr. Ocorco Karg, Machinist, 1I3S ItldRoAve., rhllauclnhni, Pa., sayn : "Jly tllsease started when I was qutto a young lad by having weak kidneys. I havo used Jutt tlxbnttlesof IIust's Kidney and Micr ItEMtDT, and I solemnly proclaim, 'I feel like anew man.'" "Good counsel has no rrlec, obey It." Mechanic. Mr. Henry Williams, Mechanic, East Bridge port, Conn., says! "About two months ago I caught a heavy cold, which settled in my kidneys. 1 got a bottlo of IIust's Kidney and Liver IIemeut and with tho first dosobegan to getwcll." "Light suppers makes long lives." ltnltroad Sinn. Frank II. Lee, ofllco N. Y. C. & II. It. It. Little Falls, N.Y..J uno 8, 18S3. says: "My father. Hi ? 'oars old, had severo kidney and bladder disease or years, urination causing acuto pain. The weakness was so great he was obliged to wear a rubber bag. Twcho bottles of Hunt's Kidney Hemedt completely cured him, and wo consider ft remarkable. Wo encerf ally recommend it." "Deeds aro better than words." Host's Kidney and Liver Hexedt has stood thotcstof time. Ithasbeen beforotho public for twenty vers, and has cured every ycarthonsands of pcopl,, suffering from various diseases of tho Kidneys and Liver, and kindred disorders, who had failed to get relief from doctors and who expected never to bo enred. Thousands of testimonials from snch persons attest Its value. Send for book. "Alls wcllthat ends well." Sold by all druggists. Trice S1.55. 0 HUNT'S 11E1LEDY CO., Frovidence, n. I. N. CItlTTEXTOX, General Agent, N. T. Health and Happiness. ,M? DO AS OTHERS CTB-Ol HAVE DONE. 4Sfi youi Kidneys disordered? -.;J- t I'1 uio irom my ki, a.i t u"er 1 t?'UTn Klrvn VV y 13 Uft ductnn in uctruit. m. V. Uoeram, Mechanic, Ionia, ilicli. TM Aro your nerves weak? rtl ia r Vint ruro-1 lno f mm nrrvons ucaknPM Ouuawiii, hit, CKrtttun Monitor Clevclantl, O. Have you Bright's Disease? ui.incr . .i t vtinti me iicn lit water was lust vha& aul then like Wo-k." Frnnlc U llson, reabody, Mass. Suffering from Diabetes ? i KIilnr-ortl4tltcinofct wict-wrii) remiHlr I hare ever u-l. Uhe almost lmpivliate nllef." Havo you Liver Complaint? Uldner-Woitrurcil mo chronic IJvcr Diseases alter 1 nrnjetl to die." Ilcnry Vard, lato Col. CSth Nat. Guard, N. Y. Y-i X'our Back lame and aching? i " jy,.Wopt,U ln.ttle (Uietl mo wben 1 vano lit iwii inn .u iieu." C M. TaUmage,MilwauUo,YK I-.VO you Kidney Disease? .i y-Aiort tnado inHwuunl tnlirer ami kIdm- v f ,',a.'1 f tiTwiccj'vHful t! tfinrincr. It) worth 5 Are you Constipated? t '.MiKj-"ori tnuFc.i ca.r evacuations and "uretl mo niter 13 jcors i to of other iwdietncn." j Ni- IsonFoircliUd, tu Albans, Vt. Have you Malaria? "KtdafT-.ort hiii dono iMter than any other r ':.tjy I Imvo ever tjmi! In my practice," V. ll. K. Clark, bwutuIIcro.Vt. . , Aro you Bilious? i Irer-Wcrtlia donaiue moro cood than any rivuidy 1 luvo (crtat.en." 31 is. J. T. Oailwway, Hit Flat, Oregon. 'oyoutorn7cnted Vv'ith Piles? -Kh.oy-Jt'tii t i. i ii i ii 1 1 1 1 ' I jiorf LlccdlDtf i i. lluUt, tii-h Kvil i-u iIyerbiowntra. 'Aro you Rheumatism racked? 3 1- ,.','.1 run n inc. an, r 1 w., pin., up to ' fie . j , ici.i'i'.nt'dl lii,Iruir,rriltliEi-t'tcnr." J.lwliao MalrclLj, V,.l Butlt, Maine, Lad; os, nro you suffering? I ' . .M , .o 6 " d I'M t ( c liir Iriiblea of . atn.t-' ""Iiiuyf . ,,lii.wnf,l ,.rnL.e UI moicaudUliaUjlt. '.'f yoxi Tv'ntiwl B;mish Diseaso 1 i i.a'd g .ij. Ho.;ltli, Tako 1 1 s LKAfr.rif, Ieu C-3 mo A. HOP PLASTER RH What Is the nso of EulTerinz with Eackache, I F3 Tain 1 ti ITi niHonfTTIn. RMnHea. Tlheinnatlam. I jt : rt Kidney PIscoecb, Crick, Butchco, Bwollen and R tried Muscles, Chest and Lung troubles, or any I eort of pain or noreuces, either local or deep seated when a Hop rioatcr will give instant relief ? rrcparcd from Eurcundy Pitch, Cona I da Balaam, and tho painkllUnff virtue of 1 Hops. Tho best itrencthenln plMter ever I known. Thousands Bay bo. Bold by ou dealers. Mallod on receipt of price, 25c, D for 1.00, HOP PLASTEH COMPANY. Boston. Mass. ! q A Ii h S M E N M MWANTlil) to canvofis tor the sale I ot Nuiscry Mock I Htcady employment ' guarnnteeil. sal.iry and exjieriiea raliL .4rply lit once, statin? age. (lieler to tills paper,) CHASE BROTHERS, Rochester, 17. Y, EXCHANGE HOTEL, W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR BL001ISBUR3, PA. OPPOSITE I'OUItT JIOU8IS Lariro anil convenient saniplo room, iutli rooms hot ii nil eohl water, uuil all modern conveniences' Catlorla cures Colle, Conttlpallon, Pour Stomach, Dlarrha'a, luttallon, KUU Wormd, glvti sleep, and promotes di gestion. Without Injurious medication. ENT 1 n atim tu i ma lie SELECT POETRY. Ilio llbblnir Tide. ' l'lowlliff, llonInK, ever (Ion Ins, Blowly outwanl ebl I lie tldo i Hero Ilio xlioals nnjniii.ill mid narror,', There tlicnen rum ileei and wide. KbhliiR, cbliliiR, ever outward To Ilio rolling, iMinnlle.s scs, Wxre on wave In such succeislon Hcarcely U a vacanry. "lowlnj, Bowing, In such numbers, Can there nnyilltfer.iuee bu In their form, or Im.', or motion, As the) How to th 1 H'litio t m V Ay, soino waves rU" from their cjm ndes, l'lonlniiimniird to the strand ; Others froth III w.rnitti nil, I uiitftiMi, Ilrcak In mo.riltu 10 t'.ic tand. On tho ocean t I'mi' 'er, Komo will sp ir'..l.' In tin! Iljlit ; Others dwjll In ,1 pt is ot linr.'or, In tho sea's il.ir!,, rayliss nlulil. And so pass the ireueralhins, Moving outward 1 1 tho u:i, Out on the ebbing tide t lime, I'lowlng to eternity. Tho Expiated Crime. I hail lmil t trying ilnr. Simit'tliing hail gouo wrong -I Unw not what- in tho hiiRO warohoujo r.hart' my brother llob?rt was master mill I was lie.nl clerk. Kobert, always ntcra mil imperative, was, this tiny, in- ; V-ribl.v so. I hail never seen tho U'mi r which my dying mother wnnieil ni'i iigniiist irritnting so bitter anil cuttin . n now. Why win it? True, I hail won tho lovo which ho so earnestly oiivcti'il ! but was I to blamo because Oiive Htoiighton hkeil mo better than him? 1 was but n poor clerk, nntl ho u thtiving, prosperous man, able to givo her a Hpleiulid homo j but slio eareil mora for tha little cottago which alone I coulil nflonl to live in, ami which nlreaily wo were furnishing for our future resilience. I hail lotlged with Olive's mother for five years, anil Ohvo hail ever beeu as u dear sister to me. When llobort, who had seen her but a fow timo, but was struck with her innocent beauty, wanted to mako her his wife, hho camo weeping to me. Her motlrr had urged her earnestly to marry him ; but the could not lovo ono so cold nud stern Would I pleaso to go down and talk her mother into reason ? Would I tell her that it was not right in tho ight of Heaven to form such an alliance ? IScforo this I had folt quite content that Olive should look upon mo as a brother. Tho thought that sho had boon so nearly lost to mo made mo know that this relationship was not nil I coveted. I loved her as ono who bhonld bo my wife; and when I went down to talk to Mrs. Stoughtou I told her so, and she, who saw in my futtiro a counterpart of my brother's succass. was pcrsuadod that it was best to consult Olive's own inclinations. That night tho weeping girl confessed that sho refused ISobert for my sivko ; nnd as soon as I was able, by closo economy, to take a small houso in the suburbs, I did so. Wo were to bo marriod in a week. Something had kept mo from tolling my brother, but I pre sumed that ho knew it irom another source. Perhaps I cannot mako anyono understand how much I stood in fear of my brother Robert. Ho was seven years older than myself, had been tho tyrant of my boyhood, and tho scourgo of my mother. When .sho died ho was my guardian ; and although 1 suspected that ho appropriated the littlo sho left mo, I dared not nsk him any tpiestions lest it might irritate hiai. Ou her death bed my mother had charged me, and I had promised never to opposo him always to give way to him. My poor mother 1 sho would not havo dono so had sho but known nil. Ho took mo into his warehouse when I was llfteeu, and I had been tho slavn of hid will over since, never daring to cross his path, until, armed with tho desperate courage of love, I had rivalled h.m in tho heart of Olivo fitoughton. On tho morning of this day I had caught n malicious gltuni in Robert's eye. Ho kept mo very lato at tho ofltee that evening, and heut me nflerwards ou an unnecessary errand connected with a bill of oxchange. When I went to the counting-house tho next morning, Robert looked up with tho old grave stare, now so familiar, and said, " There aro two bills abroad this morning of tho description of that which you took away yestcrd ay one of them is, of course, u forged ono. Someone hero has done it. Who imitates my handwriting, wo your self i" I was thunderstruck, but I recovered myself suflicioutly to bay, "How do you know that it was dono hero ?" "Becausoour own paper was used tho blanks which wo had expressly ougr.ived for our bills. Jo ono has had access to it but you nnd myself, thero foro I accuse youl" "Rut, Robert, you do not beliovo that I did this ?" "What clso can I think? Here is tho bill which I havo had to redeem. Look nt it." "Nay, I so, that it strongly resembles my writing, but it is only a resemblauoo I nover wrote it Robort, j'ou aro in jest i you do this to frighten me. Look at me. Do I look liko a guilty person ?' Ho colored, bit his lips, and did not reply. I said, " Brother, soino ona soeins try. ing to do mo an injury. 1 swear faith fully that I will ilnd that person out and expose him, oven if it is years and years honce. No matter who it is, 1 will do so. I would expose n man who woulddothatifhovero my own brother.' Ho started now and looked very angry. "Edgar," ho said at last, "already tho poliea nro in pursuit of you to answer to this forgery. I can assist you to oludo thcra; but if I do, you must promise nover to coma back you must promiso to go alono, and that you will communi cate with no human being horo after you havo dopartod. I havo all thiugs ready, do at onoo, and you nro saved j stay, and you aro lost I" "Ely from tho oousocjuenco of a crimo I never committed? Never! I will stay, nnd, if possible, prove my innocence," "You canuot," ho suid, ooldly, "I'erhaps I can discover who has thus injured me." Another of those strange looks came over his face, anil ho unclaimed loudly and hastily, "Tako your choice, A residence in prison must have charms for youl" . It was a terrible Unittulit indeed, but BLOOM SBIJEG, PA., i tnistcii in my ion u 'no i am not bellevo that ltolnrt Would allow lay name to be thus ii . Alnst ho hail nhcady permit, ed the polleo to examine tho dilVeieut handwriting of tho clerks, nnd mine had been selected ns the imitation of lint oivu. And they wero still in the b.uldiug, ready to pounce upon him who hud forged tho bill. Robert was pale now. He had not calculated upon my llriniimsj ho had dopoudod on my liight. Ho implored mo now to sceiet mybelf, but 1 was obstinate. When my voice was raised, ho entrentod mo to lower it, and pointed to tho other room, lu my desperation I How to tho door, opened it, and, strong in my innocence, 1 said, "1 nm hero to answer to my good name. My brother wishes mo to go away, but why should I? 1 nm innocent., nud will bido tho result. ' "How is this, Mr. Bernard?" nskod ono of them. "Did you sock to deprive, tho law of its just pray? You who wero so eager just now I ' Robert wiped his eyes. 1 do beliovo tho men gave him credit for brotherly affection and sympathy. But ho had shown it too lute. I was taken away immediately and put in conlluement. And Olivo would hear of my tioublo from Btraugers 1 And how - oh ! how would she boar it? So near our great happiness, and now! Thero was no hope. It was useless to record my trial. Even Robort, re pentant as ho must havo been, could not save mo now. The bill was too faithful a transcript of my writing. No other clerk wroto in imitation of Robert's hand; and my counsel's suggestion that Mr. Bernard might hao written it him self was consideied ton monstrous to havo a moment's sway with the court. My poor Olive 1 alas! sho had no ono but myself to ciro for her. But thero was a deeper grief oven than this. Tho blow was struck by tho hand of my bivtteriior I could not ljut doubt that Robert had dono this. Ho hoped and believed that the witness of his guilt would pass unsuspected; but in case it should not, tho responsibility must not in nny enso fall upon him. I was in prisun live years. Threo of these 01io isited mo often. Tho fourth, sho w as wearing away to another laud j nnd, before its close, sho died. What caied 1 then to live? I would not havo raised my hand for n releaso from prison. Another year went ou, I nover heard from Robert, not even when my Olive died. It would injure his respectability to show any sympathy with a forger. Well, the day of releaso rum-. I was indifferent to its approach. I even lingered after I was told that I was free to go. At length I walked out oneo moro into a world which had taught mo such bitter lessons. J hurried out of town, and sought my old home-tho homo which had been shrined in my heart ns a picture for live long dreary years. I throw myself upon my Olive's grave. I know where to ilntl it, for sho had selected tho spot years before. Even this sceno did not melt my heart. I was hard and cold still. Olivo sweet lifo had been sacrilleod ; and mine oh, what a bitter, bitter offering had been mado of miue to him who had mado it bo dark! With this thought came ono of deep, fierco revengo. .What light had he, wero ho twico my brother, to throw this shadow and darkness over mo? Had my mother known how ho would repay my devotion to her wishes, would sho liavo counselled mo to keep back his dark deeds, and saerilieo myself and my family to him ? I do not know how I reached tho suburban town where Robort had always resided sinco ho left my mother's roof. Ho was a bachelor, living alone, except for an aged woman who took caro of his household matters. To this day I never knew what streets I passed through to his dwelling ; but I know that 1 was llllcd with a llerco ungoverned revenge. I found myself in tho dusk of tho evening opposite his house. A dim light burned in one room where tho window was slightly raised. I deter mined to go m, and charge him with tho forgery ; nud I had somo unformed idea about denouncing him to tho lifo ho had cursed mo with so long; or worse still tho dreadful thought of killing him on tho spot. Lot rao hero acknowledge nil my guilt. I did think of this. How madly I strode across tho street and entered tho houso 1 , 1 went directly to his room. Uu a couch, pale, haggard, and emaciated, lay tlio wrecic o: my lirotlier, ouco a noblo-looking, handsome man. Ho was prayiug when I pushed open tho door, but his voico was weak and low j still I caught enough to know that ho was asking forgiveness for tho injury ho had dono to me. Over his couch hung my mother's picture. A sad, sweet look such as had haunted mo llvo years in prison pervaded tho face; and Roliert's had softcnod down from its proud, hard expression into a resemblance of hers. That look arrested my up-lifted hand which I had raised to strike him, so wild and terrible wero tho feelings I hold towards ono who had thus poisoned my wholo lifo. But when 1 saw that look, so liko my dyiug mother's, I felt suro that ho was dyiug too. It softened, disarmed me. A moment nfter ho discoveied mo. I cannot doscribe his ory j it was liko nothing oarthly. As ho reached out his thin, emaciated arms towards mo nil my anger melted, i saw, not tho villain who had thin wrought the evil of my lifo, but tho wretch wio was weariug out his own in sorrow for the past. All my mother's toiHiings oecurod to me as if spoken by Imr living lips. All that ho had tlouti had been for tho hopo of whining Oliw St iughton's lovo. He did not pivvi up the hopo until ho heard of her death, mid knew that she diod of griot lor ine. Oh, tho shamo, tho ugouy, which his confession em bodied! Sickness had shovu all his guilt in its true light, and for many weeks his gicat and only desire had beeu to sco me nud to bo forgiven. It had wrought upir.i his feo'j'o nerves to that oxtont that ho had tliat very day docidod to give himself up to justice, weak nud dying as he win j but tho deadly languor tht crept ovur him mado it impossible. He had writtcu his confession, an I begud mo to havo it published. lie d.ed that night. Could it wipe out t uno dreary prison years? Could It restore my Olivo? Alas! no, hotter that our lmmo should pass aray from tho momory of tjioso who FRIDAY, MAY 8, ivr.uvv un ot...... And so, with n miniature taken from my mother's portrait, I camo away under an nssumed mime, I entered in to aotivo, stirring, out-door lifo iu my now abode. Robert's property was now mine ; but I preferred to work, sinco labor alono could drive away tho phantoms that troubled my life. Ono phantom, howovor, dear ami beloved, has never left me. It is that of tho risen ongel that would have so blessed my lot who still bloiscs it, although unseen by mortal eyos. Al'Itl CAN UXl'MIUHHS' SUI FI'.IIINflS. Serpo Pinto, the celebrated African travollcr who started for Central Africa last fall from Mozambique, cinie near starving to doath not long after ho began his march. Ho and his comrade, Lieut. Cardoso, were stricken with fever iundistrictwhero fanihio prevailed. Thoy could buy littlo food, nud being to ill to bo removed, their party wero soon reduced to noro straits. The Ooveruor of Mozambique heard of eithr distress, and sent a relief party, who roniained with them until the explorers wero able to push on to ample food supplies beyond tho famine district. Pinto is leading into inner Afriita ono of tho best equipped pnitios that havo over left tho coast. iiu.ii ui' i.au(Iiiti:i:. Chalcas died of laughter at the thought of his having outlived the timo predicted for his death. A fellow in rags told him that ho would nover drink tho wiuo of tho grape i growing in his vineyard; anil added: "If my words do not como true you can claim mo ns your slave. " When the vino was made Chalcas held a feast and sent for tho follow to como and seo how his predictions had failed. When he ap peared tho soothsayer laughed so im moderately at the would-be prophet that it killed him. Crassus died from laughter on seeing nn ass cat thistlos. Margutte, tho giant in the Morganto Maggioro, died of laughter ou seeing a monkey pull ou his boots. Zouxis, tho Grecian painter, died at the sight of a hag ho had just depicted. A peculiar death was that of l'iacut, who dropped dead in tho net of paying a bill. Thero aro mauy men to-day, however, who would probably dio of surpriso if thoy found themselves doing tho satno thing. HOLD WOIIEN ItEFIlNDKKN. Tho valor with which the women of Saragossa aided in tho defense of their city against tho French, still lives in tho hearts of Spaniards, Two thousand wives and maidens of Madrid hnvo shown what great thing3 can yet bo accomplished by tho women of Castile, in holding n tobacco factory against the armed forces of tho town military and civil to say nothing of tho minor feats of insulting tho Governor and smashing tho furniture nnd machinery of tho factory. Tho cause of this outbreak was tho introduction of machinery into tho factory. Tho womon employed thero knowing the exellenco of their own handiwork, resented this attempt to lower tho quality of the cigar. liPIDK.MICS AM) ALCOHOL. If I have not n very intimato ac quamtanca with cholera, I cannot say the samo of yellow fever, for of this last I have witnessod tho ravages in differ ent parts of the world ; I havo nlso felt its grip. It is n quostion not yet, as I think, decided, whether jellow fever is conveyed by infection or not. Certain it is that somo persons beliovo it to bo bo; and 1 lemcmbcr a diabolical at tempt to iutroduco it into a healthy region by means of infected clothing. It happened at Bermuda during tho period when North nnd South wero flying at each other's throats iu tho American Statos, and when, by reason of tho blockade-running, a good many Southerners wero collected in tho Ber muda group. There had been u bad outbreak of yellow fever while tho war was being waged ; and before tho dis easo had quito subsided, a discovery was mado of a box, tho passigoof which had beeu provided for to tho Northern States so that it might nrrivo iu the hottest part of Summ'r. It was found to contain tho bedclothes nnd body linen (as was evident from tin condition of tho articles) of porsom who had been afllicted with tho epidemic. Tho intention, no doubt, was to introduce and spread tho pestilence in tho North ern towns and districts. I quito for-get how the attempt was lirst brought to light ; but very littlo doubt was at tho timo entertained that it was delibera tely planned, and was to have boon mer cilessly carried out. It is a not uncom mon belief that the free use of intoxicat ing liquors, so common iu warm cli mates, renders ono very snsceptiblo of tho fever, and takes largely from tho chances of recovery if tho diseaso bo once induced. In its general, unmodi fied form this belief is certainly incor rect ; conditionally, it is probably truo. As facts in support of my assertions I ndduco : Eirst, that iu the visitation at Bermuda several uion known to bo steady nnd hard drinkers enjoyed com plete immunity from tho attacks of fever j second, that in the samo epi demio occasional inebriates men who every now and then went iu for n "burst up "and then returned to steady habits for a while-hardly ever escaped, and hardly over recovered. Thu habitual topers not only did not tako tha fever, but they seemed to havo au imtiuctivo knowledge that thoy wero quito safe from it. Not ono of them evinced tho least apprehension when every one else was panic-stricken ; not ouo of thorn condescended to make tho slightest alteration in his copious and flory potations. Thoy fearlessly performed for the siok and dead oflicers which sober men wero not very eager about undertaking, and they Boemed rather proud that a timo had arrived when they becaruo of some importance, for ordinarily they wero reputed and treat ed as besotted, useless rascals. It is an unplea9aut truth for tho blno ribbans, but it seems to bo tho truth novertho less, that tu keep well saturated with aloohol is a safeguard agatust yellow fever. 1885. rnr.vi'.Ntio.v or iivnitoriiontA. Recent outbreaks of hydroplnbia dilcot ntteution to this terrible com plaint, for whiah nt tho present time there is" no certain remedy. Apian for tho prevention or at least mitigation ol tho disense, was introduced and put into practice some t weuty years ago by M. Bourrel, of Paris, and this plan haf slneo liecn favorably reported upon bt Mr. Doming, tho eminent president ol tho Royal College of Veterinary Stir Tjeons, in his work ou "Rabies an. Hydrophobia." Boutrel's method, which has been successfully practised, con sists of blunting tho caiiino teeth nud incisors of young dogs. Tho oimrntiou renders it impossible for a dog to .inflict wounds on men or nnimal which might lend to inoculation with tin- virus ot rabies. Tho treatment imposes no restraint upon tho niiimu!. "Bourrel's proposal," said Mr. Vleming, "has never been carried into geneial praction as far ns I know, but it will be seen that it is by no means tiliro Rumble; and in countries where dogs nro particularly susceptible to nibio, or during an epizooty of tho dio s it might, and indeed must, pi ova i-f the greatest utility. Even in ordiinuy c.n uu niiees, with vicious dogs, it would bn met injudicious not to roiort to it to prevent thoir doing mischief." Bourrel's experiments in this direction commenced in 1W2, and were conducted on thirty dogs. Whtu the perm nent teeth aro well grown ho stated that tho dog may be so disarmed. Tim opoiution occupies nbout eight minutes. Tl.cro is no subsequent derangement of hoalth, nud tho ereaturo rnts ns well as beforo. Tho teeth are no moro exposed to caries than they wero previously ; tho lips con ceal them, except in nggression or defence), nud tho beauty of tho dog if not impaired. "In general," says M. Bourrel, "it is n sharp pinching pro duced by tho front teeth that causes inoculation ; tho skin is tern, or tho bito draws blood. By blunting, sixteen obtuse surfaces are substituted for six teen1 sharp points. Sporting dogs, in tho habit of tearing tho game, havo been prevented from doing so by this measure, while tho furious di.p sit ion of somo dogs, which render them dangerous to every one, was softened, and brutes which would have to bo des troyed wero consequently allow oil to livo. Terriers havo not ceased to kill rats after this blunting ; they havo only lost thoir power to lull oats, which is a happy result. Tho same operation dis arms thoso bull dogs that certain indi viduals havo tho discreditable passion of exciting to light ; pet dogs havo been operated upon willmut nny inconven ience." Granting that in rare cases Bpoiting dogs would bo deteriorated by this pro cess of reducing their fangs, or oven that exception should be mado in their favor, thero can bo no doubt that, wero tho system applied to pet dogs, mongrels, and other curs of liko degree, who aro after all tho most fruitful causes of hydrophobia, tho number of victims to that tcrriblo disease would be reduced. Apart from tho absolute danger arising from a dog's bite, the tens.) of nervous appro heusion and suffering to the vic tim is a serious evil. Tin: i'ui:-(iL.vt:i.ii. .man. Was ho black? That wo don't eer taiuly know, but all au.ilogy would lead ouo to answer positively, yes. White men seem, on tho whole, to be a very recent and novel improvement ou tho original evolutionary pattern. At any rate ho was distinctly hairy, liko tho Aiuos, or aborigiues of Jnpm, in our own day, of whom Mis.-. Isabella Bird has drawn so startling and eus.it ion il a pict ure. Several of the pre-glacmls ketches' show us lank and gawky savages with tho .body covered with long .scratches answering exactly to tlio scratc ids which represent tho hanging hair of the mam moth, and suggesting that man then btill retained his old original hairy coveriug. Tho new skulls and other fragments of skeletons now pre orvod to us also indicate that our old master and his contemporaries much lesenibled in shape and build the Autr..liau black fellows, though thoir foreheads wero lower and moro leoediug, .vhilo their front teeth still projected in hugh fangs, faintly recalling tho immense canities of tlio male gorilla. Quito ujuir. from nny theoretical consi ler.itions us to our probablo descent (or went) from Dr. Darwin's hypothetical "hairy arboreal quadrumanous ancestor," whose ex- istance may or may not bo really true, there can be no doubt that the actual historical remains set before us pre glacial man us evidently approaching iu boveral important respects the higher monkeys. l.AXll IX (111 HAT llltlTAlN. Tho totld 111-tML llf flc'ilt ltvitnin blightly exceeds 50,7,10,000 acres; but tho total cultivated lu-cn is u littlo under 1)2,000,000 acres. Tho cultivated area, tliereforo, is roughly four-bovenths of, or a littlo more than nno.lmlf. (In, Intul area. In England tho proportion of cuitiviueu area to tlio total is about threo to four; iu Wales it is somovvhat over ono to two -, but in Scotland it is only ono to lour. Whilo tho total urea of Scotland is slinoat 19,500,000 acres, the cultivated reaisjust J.bT.'.OOO acres. Three-quarters of nil Scotland therefoio urn wiro i' "lountuin and lieith 1'I.OItIDA SAirillAXS. Somo interesting discoveries havo been mado in Florida by Prof. Lawrenco Johnson, of tho United Statos Geolo gical Survey. Just bouth of Alachua county lino ho found soveral specimens nud sko'etons of animals which relatively belong to a not far distant period. In piles, nud somewhat mixed, thero wero the remains of a mastodon, two or threo specimens of tho rhinoceros, a largd stag. n camel, fully as largo ns tho Arabian camel, but in stnicturo moro a'Ucd to tho llama ; nlso a tnpir, very uiucii uko tlio bouth Aiuorican taiiir. which lives iu bwampy places ; two teeth of somo carnivorous nnimul allied to tile tiger nnd panther ; ono sot of tooth nud bouos of a hippo-Hitumus ; boveral crocodiles or nlligatori", urn hummer able pther bones not idnntiltod, An. patently, tho territory wuilh uf Al u-hua was nt some timo a luvi;.- i'io.,h-water UMBIAN, VOL.XIX.NO 17 DBMOnRAT, VOJ..XIIX, NO )0 t.'OLDMUIA A 1'ACTOItY OS TI1H -(VISIT OOANT. Tho name factory a I applied to theso trading establishment in West Africa, is rather a misnomer, nnd suggests to tho English mind n hideous brick building of soveral stories, with prob ably threo or four tall chimneys belch ing forth volumes of block smoko.. Nothing could lie more unliko tho rcolity. Tho West African fnotory con sists usually of a one-storied house, sur roundod by n veranda or piazza, and standing in the midst of an liiclonura Nothing is manufactured in theso places j and thoy are, when all is said, shops, in which cotton prints, rum, gin, powder, beads, nnd cheap muskets nro bartered for uativo pro luce, and somo times Bold. Tho traders, however, speak of themselves as merchants, and though they will sell overythitig down to a penny worth of r'tiu, would con sider themselves grcafly insulted if called shopkeepers. Tho ground floor ot tho building contains tho shop and stock in trade, tho agent nnd his clerks livo above, and tho casks of palm oil and bags of palm kernels are stored up in sheds in tho yard ready for shipment. Thero is no busy hum ot workpeople. Perhaps a nntivo will arrive at tho factory with a canoe full of kegs of palm oil. He saunters up to the house, has rum lavished upon him to croato a generous spirit, mid after a time, for ho does nothing in a hurry, he mentions that he has got eo much oil to disposq of provided that ho can et iu exchange so many cutlasses, so much jwwder, nnd no on. Then a couple of Kroomcn lazily roll tho kegs up from tho beach, gango them, cxamino tho quality of tho oil, and in tho course of au hour or so re port progress to their employer, the ngeut After this a littlo haggling, such as tho climate has left tho trader dufll cicnt energy to indulge in, takes place, with tho result that the native hands over his oil at a nominal price per gallon which is nlxmt half what it is really worth, and gets paid in goods which aro rated and exchanged at nbout 200 per cent, above their value, so that in ono woy or another tho trader makes rather a good thing otit of it. ci'STi'ifs coNi'i:ii:it.VTr. ikikm). Tho Seventh Cavalry wero sent to guard tho engineers of tho Northern Pacillo whilo they surveyed tho route to tho Y'ellowstono. The party of citizens joined tho command a fow days out from Fort Rico. Gen. Custer wrote me that ho was lying on tho buffalo robo in his tent, rostiug after tho march, when ho hoard a voico outside nsking the senti nel "which was Gen. Custer's tent," Tlio General called out: "Halloo, old fellow 1 I haven't heard that voico iu 13 years, but I know it Como in and wel come 1" Gen. Rosser walked in, and such a reunion as was had! These two had been classmates and warm friends nt West Point, and ported with sorrow when Gen. Rosser went into tho South ern army. Afterward they had fought each other iu the Shenandoah Valley timo and timo again. Both of them lay on the robo for hours tnlkiug over the campaign iu Virginia in tho varying fortunes of war sometimes ono had got possession of the wagon train belonging to tho other. I know of several occasions when thoy had captured each other's headquarters wagon, with their privuto luggago. If ono drovo the other back in retreat, beforo ho went into camp he wroto a uoto addressing tho other as "Dear friend," nnd saying, " You mny havo mado me tako u fow steps this way to-day, but I'll bo oven with yon to-mor-row. Pleaso accept my good wishes nud this littlo gift." Theso notes and pres ents wero left at tho house of somo Southern woman ns they retreated out of tho village. Once Gen. Custer took nil of his friend's luggago and found in it n now uniform coat of Confederate gray. Ho wroto a humorous letter that night thanking Gen. Rosser for setting him up in so ninny new things, but audaciously asking him if ho "would direct his tuilor to mako tho coat tails of his next uniform u littlo shorter," us there was a difference iu tho height of tho two mon. Gen. Custer captured his herd of cattlo at ouo time, but ho was so hotly pursued by Gen. Rosser that ho had dismounted, cut a whip, and drovo thorn himself until they wero secured. tool hTi:i:i.. Tho old-fabhionetl method of testing tool-steel is as good a- practical method ns that of a careful ehemio.il analysis. It is simply the heating und drawing under tho hammer to a slender point, plunging whilo red hot iu cold water, nnd, when chilled, striking it with a hnmraor ncross tho edge of tho nuvil. If the steel will harden, it will break, under theso conditions, without bending back nnd forth. Steel that will not harden under theso conditions is not tit to temper, and will not retain a cutting edge. Steel that is so "high" that it cannot bo heated led -hot and chilled in water without Hying may do for some purposes, and retain a sufficiently rigid edge by air-hardening. If a piooe of steel can be forged into a cold chisel, be hardened, tempered, and used, such steel is good steel, and may bo roliod upon for all ordinary shop-purposos. hI.Ki:i'lN(;.I)ltAVUIIlX A word about sedatives, or Rleentnir, draughts. It is imnossibln In tmnnl.- ln strongly against tho habitunl uso ol tueso. iney snoulil nover bo taken with out a doctor's ordois. Chloral, thonol not producing tho ill effects which follow opium, is iloprcssuig. Ono or two tea spoonfuls of tlio syrup is tho dose for an auuit, "Uliloral tlrinkiug ' is a fear, ful ovil, against which none can keep too sedulous a iruard. Of brmiiil rf potassium, live to twenty grains is tho ordinary adult dose. It is a powerful sedativo to tho nervous systom, but should nover bo used as a habit, for, bosido other evils, it leads to nn eruption ol tho skin. Laudanum Is tho prepara tion ol opium most employed by tho nublio. Childn tivo to it. Ono drop of lnuiliinum has Killed nn infant. It should uover bo taken without a doctor's nroscrinllon Dover's powder, a ten-groin dose for an auuit, is usoful iu chocking a cold Every ten grains ol this powder cou tains ono grain of opium. Therefore it should Ik usod with great caution Wo warn mothers against all maimers, ol syrups lor thoir lubios, unless bucj, f RK COL In tu 3m en It. one Inch tto UM I'M ioo Hon Twolnche SCO 4110 6 00 8 00 UtlU rhrec Inches.,.,, 4 ru ooo Ton nm iniO Fourlncliex.ii.i. fw Ton no moo woo Quarter column., eoo sno 1000 istn ssoo ilmrrnlumn .10 00 14 00 1 70O S800 W)(0 onecolumn so oo tsoo, sow woo luooo Yearly advertisements payable qoamrly. lrn ilent advertisement must b raid lor be f ore Idfci l M except wbcro parties hate accounts. Legal advertisements two dollars per It ch ftr Ihw, Inoprtlnna. And At that rfttfl for addltlODSl insertions without reference to length. Executor,s,Admlnlstrator,s,andAudltor,snollcc three dollars. Must bo paid for when nserted. Transient or Local notices, ten eents a line ,re lar advertisements half rates, Cards In the 'Business Directory" column, one dollar a year for each lino. ficncrnl Crntit'M Cnnc. "sosiiionb has iiu'Niii'imn 1" oak it dk l'OSClDLK? Tho New York Herald sayi t "If Gen. ''ernl Grant should recover from a disease "which should prove not to havo been "what It has been described, then his mcd "lcnl attendants will bo expected to "explain tho reasons for ono of the most "remarkable Instances of discrepancy ever "recounted In tho history ot medical pract. "tlce-" The other day au eminent young physl clan In the last stapes of consumption, un nblo longer to talk, called for pen nnd paper a-i d Indistinctly wroto this advlco to his physicians: ".Make dylnj? comfortable." The utter failure rightly to diagnose nnd properly to treat General Grant's disorder was a serious blunder, emphasizing what has eo often been said, that professional rcatmcnt, hclng purely experimental, U just ns likely to bo wrong as right. Had tho general on ulcer on his arm the physicians would have treated It scientific ally, very scientifically. He might have recovered or thoy might have cut his arm off. Some dear old soul of a grand mother, however, might havo treated tho sore by somo "old woman's remedy" and healed It, but there would have been no "professional science" In such a proceed ing, as her remedy would not be one re cocnlzcd by the code! The general's physicians excuse- them selves, we arc told, because tho condition of tho throat was hidden from sight. Thero are thousands of cases where disease is hidden from sight, whero the symptoms nra very obscuro and conflicting. Tho physicians will treat evcrydayls symptoms but they do not cure, and finally the pa tient dies. Then they discover they havo made a mistake! A horrible mistake! The other day a prominet merchant In a neighboring city was found dead In bed. A post mortem examination revealed the fact that one of his other vital organs was en. tlrely decayed, and yet his physicians had been treating him for heart disease! Some one has blundered. For weeks the American public have been waiting the unwclcomo tidings of General Grant's death. To-day, the gen eral is up nnd nround und riding out. People get well often In splto of what their doctors say and do. Why? By will power? No. By faith? No. They live because outside the medical profession and medical pretense thcreare effective remedial agencies In nature which, though unrecognized" by the code, have supreme power over disease, nnd In thousands ot ca9es win triumphs where the so cnlled scientific treatment utterly fails. A prominent cx-cahlnct officer Is to-day on the very edgo of tlio grave, suffering from an extreme disorder of tho liver. His doctors know they cannot cure him. They simply aro making dying comfortable. The agony of death In many cases Is rend by surrounding friends In screams of pain, in convulsions of nerve, In spasms of torture the fixed eye, the chilly breath, the dreadful coughing, the bloody sweat the supreme inflictions of pitiless disease upon a helpless body, indicate the limi tations of professional skill." Sevcn.tenths of tho deaths of this coun try every year are from hepatic nnd renal disorders, over which physicians have so little power. They will give this, that and the other thing to make dying comfortable, hut they know they cannot cure and yet they will not permit the use of remedies "unauthorized" by their code, whether they uro allopathic or homeopathic If tho system, as is common at this time of tho year has no tone, and one has tired and de pressed feelings, the doctor will tell you that the blood needs purifying, but he will not tell you, what ho knows to bo true, that the blood is impure becnuso the liver and kidneys aro not performing their blood-purifying functions. Tiio failure of the physicians in General Grant's case ought to havo an eye-opening effect upon tho public. It ought to sco tho futility of trusting entirely In a profession whose practice Is so largely experimental. The test of merit Is success and when any agency has won a rccoid proved by the tes timony of prominent men nnd women m all ranks of society, It stands to reason that such a preparation Is worthy of universal confidence. Who lias not heard of it ? Who has not used ll ? Who can gainsay the statement that it has wrought grcnter benefit for mankind than anything ever discovered Inside the rauks ot the medical profession ? And yet many physicians who are hound hand and foot to their code will not allow nor will they prescribe tho use of Warner's safe cure. Nevertheless," spite of their siualbmlnded bigotry, It mul- tlplles Instances of Its singular merit by thousands every day, rests satisfied with tho record It has won, and challenges com parlson with tho record of tho most reputa ble physiclau. It Is a terrible thing to loso our friends. especially it wo find out afterward that they might have been saved. We aro glad General Grant is ceUlnir well. He deserves to llvo and In living ho will emphasize the fact that physicians do not havo a monopoly over disease; that "scientific medicine," so called Is not In- fallible, that all remedial agencies wero not born with doctors and will not die with them, INSKCTS IX Till; 'IKOI-ICX. " It will hardly be credited by thoso who have uover visited u hill country in tho tropios," writoi a reoout traveller, "that soon nfter sunrise tho noiso of awakening liootlos nud treo-loviug insects is so great us to drown the bellowing ol a bull, or tho roar ot a tiger a lew paces oil". T1i-j sjund rosem. bles most nearly tho uvstullia whirr ot a hundred Lowell looms. Ouo beotlo iu partioular, kuown to tho natives (ot Pcnang)in tho 'trumpeter,' busies him self nil day long in producing a boom ing noiso with his wings. I havo cau tiously npproached a tree on which I know n numlier ot those trumpeter beetles to havo bottled, when suddenly the sound stopped, tho alarm was sprend Irom treo to tree, and thero was n lull in the torest music, which only recom menced when I had returned to the beaten track." Iu nature tho valuablo aud the beauti ful usually go haud-in-haud j nnd if wo do not always trace their union, it is because our limited experience lias not yet tathomod all her bcorcU. If a woman wero to clutngo her tez, sho would becomo a hea-theu. aro ordered, by the doctor,