- C01.0llllIAl)MOCIlAT,8TAHOr TnKK0ItB, and co. l" mjmbun, consolidated. nrl WefUIri crcrr I'rlilnjr .llnrntnir, nt DLOOMSUUllO, COLUMBIA CO., Pa. f II.M pcryoar. To subscribers out olttiocoun. ttno terms aro strictly In advance. fir.No paper dlsconUnticd except nt the. option ol tho jiuGltstiors, until a l arrearages aro paid, tut Ion continued credits will not bo Klven. ' All papers sent out of tho Htato or to distant post omecs must bo paid for m advance, unless a reson. t.bto person In Columbia county assumes to pay llio subscription duo on demand, ' JOB PlUNTINGk ThcJob rrlntlng Department of tho CotxMiittN rnfvifttnti etc It contains tho Iaipgi nowthn. and m.utl ry and Is tho only onlrc that runs job rres es by wer. Riving us tho best facilities, lis (mates futiu tied on largo Jobs. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. K. WALIiKlt, r K. W lj AT onlec over 1st. National Dank, LI . TOHNEY-AT-LAW, llloomsburs, P.t ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW. met in sifs nutidins. Uloomsbcbo, Pa. J OltN M. CLAHK, ATTOHNE Y-AT- LAW. juinot: OP THE PEACE. BlKIMBDCRr, I'A n.i'e over Mover llroi Drug store. M V. MI Mj KB, ATruKNKY-AT-LAW onico In llro war's bulldlnff.seeond lloor.roora No. ' Utooni3bure, l'a. omcoi B. KfiASK ZVKR, ATTOK NE Y-AT-L AW. Bloomsburg, l'a onico corner of Ccntro and Main Stroots. Clark t nulldlng. Can bo consulted In German, 1E0. E. ELWEtili, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BtooMsumta, 1'a. Ofllco on First floor, front room of Cot. nuniAS UuUdhig, Main street, below Ex. change Hotel. pAUL E. WIlVT, Attorney-at-Law. Offlco In Columbian BcitDiNO, Kooro No. J, second fir' BLOOMSBURG. PA. B KN0BR. t. S. WIHTSBSTKIM. KNORR & WINTERSTEEN, Attornoysat-Law. omca In 1st National nauk bulldlny, second floor, first door to tho left. Corner of Main and Market streets Woomsburg, l'a. tSfPenswm and Bountiu Oolleckd. J II. MAIZE, ATTORNEY AT-LAW omco in Malzo'sbulldlig. over Plllmover's grocery. JOHN C. YOCUM. C. E. C1UYEU. YOCU.M & GEYEU, Attorney s-at-Law. CATAWl&SA, l'A. (Offlco front suit of rooms on second floor or News Item bulldlns.) 5W-CAN BE CONSULTED IN GEIiMAN.: .Members of Sharpnd Alloman's lawyers and llanker's Directory nnd tho Atnei lean Mercantile and collection Association. 111 gi e prompt and careful attention to collection 01 claims m an part of tho United states or Canada, as well as to all other professional business entrusted to them K. OSWALD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Jackson Building, Rooms 4 and 5. BERWICK, PA y. II. 11 II AWN. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Catawl3sa, l'a. Offlce, corner of Tlilrd and Main streets. V. WHITE. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BLOOMSBURG, PA. OlUcc In Browcrs' Building, 2nd lloor. map 1-tf w. E. SMITH, Attomcy-atLaw, Berwick. Pa. Cm bo Consulted in German. ALSO FHtST-CLASS FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES REPRESENTED. ftTOfllcc first door below the post ofilcc. MISCELLANEOUS. CO. BARKLEY, AUorncy-at-Law, .onico in Browcr's building, Snd story, Iio 4 and 5. liooma JB. McKELVY, M. D.,Burgeon and Phy . slctan, north side Main Btreot.below Market A L. FRITZ, Attorney-at-Law. Offlce In Columbian Building, Q M. DRINKER, GUN & LOCKSMITH Siw'ng Machines and Machinery of all kinds re P .lrcd. OrtRA IIocbK Building, lilooioflburg, Pa. D R. J. U. RUTTER, PHYSICIAN CSUKOEON, oraco, North Market street, Bloomsbcrt', l'a DR. W.M. M. REBER, Surgeon nnd Physician. Offlco corner of llock and Market treet. T K. EVANS, M. D., Burg M .I'hyslo.an, oaco and Residence Btrout eon and on Third IRE INSURANCE. F .christian f. knapp, ijloomsiiuru, pa, 'jome, op n. y. jjkkciiants', op newark, n. j. linton, n. v. peoples' n. y. heading, pa. heso old roaroKATioKs nro well seasoned by lvjo and fire tested and liaso never ytt had a loss settled by any court of law. Their assets are all lmested In solid secckities aro liable to tho hazard of fire only. Losses rRoumv and honestly adjusted and Paid as soon as determined by christian f. hNAFF, BPECIAL AdENTANU ADJCBTEU BLOOMSBfRO, Tlio people of Columbia county thould patron U thee agency where losses It any ara tetllej and paid by one of therown cltlzona. I'KOMITNEfcS. E(2L1TY, I'A III DEALING, Plumber and gas fitter. Itear of Schuyler's hard ware btore. Rlooinsbixrg, Pa. All kinds or fittings for steam, gasjand water pipes constantly on hand. tlItoonngand8poutlng attended to at short no- Ttnware of every description mado to order. Orders left at Schuyler Co's., hardwaie btoro will Uj promptly lilted. . fpccial atKntlon given to heating by steam and mi water. yiy QvautQU. House, ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN, Viotor Koch, Propriotoi'. Itooms aro heated by steam, well ventilated and elegantly lurulahed. nnest liar and Lunch Coun. ter In tho city. Meals to order at all houis. Ladles and Gents rettaurant lurnUhed with all delicacies of the season. !.ocatlon near I). L. i w, Jt. It. Depot, scranton, l'a. Mar W-tf a. u.flitWBiiii, S 31TIEHBBNDBB, ) A. C. Yates & Co. Tho Ever Popular Clothi ng House Of riiilrtdelphia, mo fully jireprireil to show a new and handsome varietv of tall and Winter Goods for Sen, l outhx, Hoys and Children ( all under one roof now ). A. 0. YATES & CO. 002-004-000 C IIESTNUT ST. . B. BROWER (IAS FITTING & STEA31 II EATING. DE.LER IN STOVES & SINWARE. All kind o work in Sheet Iron, Roof ing and Spouting promptly attended to. twtilct attention given to heating by steam. Corner of Main & East Sts., Bloomsburg, Pa. ie is. so, Offer to the Trade their rine Brand of Cigars. Ths Landrcs, Henry Clay, Hernial, Saascn, and C:sniet:litan Kino Fruits and Fine Confectionery on hand, 'fresh every week. IMooms biirg, Pa. Feb. 27 BLOOMSBURG PLATO MILL The undersigned having put his Planing .VI on llallroad street, In llrst-ciasa condition, la pre pared to do all kinds of work In his line. FRAMES, SASH, DOORS, BLINDSj MOULDINGS, FLOORING, Ctc. furnished at reasonable prices, ah lumber used Is well seasoned and none bu skilled workmen are employed. ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS famished on application, l'lan- and spectflca ions prepared by an osperlenced draushtsman CHARLES KIIUG, niooniKiiiii n, l'a CLOTHING! CLOTHING! THE ARTIST MERCHANT TAILOR. BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1885. THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. X1X.NO 85 UOLDMBIA DKMOGKAT, V0L.XL1X, NO 58 l W K 1 inch I "5 l S 1 5" f 1 U 100 SB S " 3 CO 5 60 4" llfl ISO (M v col its m im u rnl S M 7 00 8 00 fcolumn 8 oo 11 00 IS 00 iii sm ix It IIO 3(0 4 M TtO 4 oo 4 n r so i j co 5 00 6 60 10 00 16 00 7 00 8 00 It 00 1 00 8 00 9 S0IIMB10O 11 m 1700 B) 00 40 00 tsooaooowooww) Yearlr advertisements parable auarwrir. Tran sient advcrtlscmenta must uo paid for beforo in serted except where parties have accounts. Legal advertisement two dollars per tn tar three insertions, and at .that rvo fer addlClonal Insertions without reerf nexj to KttfM. Executors, AdnilDtstrator's, ana Auditor's no tices tnrcedoUars. Si, Transient or Local notices, ten ectts a line, reg ular advertisements halt rates. ( cards in tho "Business Director! column, on dollar a rear tor each line. Who always giu you Urn latest stvles, anil cuts your oli'lbing to fit you. Having had th' . xperi. nco lor a number ol years in tl , T.ii'. iiii busi ness, has learned whit in t r..il will give Ills customers the bid Mitiffaction for wear and style and will try to pleaso all who give him a call. Also on hand Gents' Furnishing Goods OF ALL DESCJUITIONS. HATS, CAPS, AND UMBRELLAS Always of tho latest styles. Call and ex. amino his stock before purchasing else-wlicre. Storo neat door to First National Bank Corner Main & Market Sts. Blooi iiskiit Pa. u April avir H. C. SLOAN & BRO HLOOMSHUnG, PA. Manufacturers of CARRIAGES BUQGIES, PHAETONS. SLEIQHS, PLATFORM WAGONS, AC. First-class worlc always on hand. REPAIR ISO AX1 TL Y DOSE Prieo rcJuK'lto wit the timet, TqFAfU?a5 iinrnmnrri 1 lots of People Say, "OH MT BACK." Hero Is Solid A 1 TESTIMONY from nnrd TTorkLntf Men. SELECT STORY. HAUNTED H0U8E. 3Iachlatst and Dullder. "I have been tronMed years rIth kidney and bladder dlQcnllj. Alter utlag four bottles of IIcst's tKWacyand Liver Rixidt I hvo been completely cared." WllUic C. Clark, Mason snd Bnlldcr, Auburn, K.Y. ... Ucilthls Utter than wealth." Machinist. Mr. Oeorjo Karir. Maehlatit, 11J3 HUSO Ave,, rhlUdelpatj, Fa., i jy ; "My alf caie started when I ill quite a yoanir lad by tstlti: weak kidneys. I hue i! ed Jnd tlx bottles of Ucxt's tKldner and l iter llcntDT. and I eolcmnly proclaim, 'I feel lilioancw min.'" "Good coantel hss no ptlce, obey It." Mechanic. Mr. Henry WlUlami, Mechanic, East Bridge port, Conn., tays: "About two months ago I catsghta heavy cold, which settled In my kldneyi. I got a bottle of Brat's (Kldacy and Liver IlxxinT and with the firttdosebeganto getwelL" "Light sappers makes long lives." Railroad Man. Frank n. Lee. cface N. Y. C. & It. II. R. Little Falls, N.Ym Jane 8, 13, says: "Mr father, W years old, had severe kidney and bladder dlaeaio for W year;, nhnaUon caailog acato pain. The weakness was eo creat he was obliged to wear a rabbcr bag. Twelve bottles of Unrt's Kidney Rzhist completely cared him, and we consider It remarkable. We cheerfully recommend It." . "Deeds ara better than words." llrxr'a fKIdnev and Llrerl Ttrvrnr hii stood thetestot time. It tin been beforotho public for twenty years, and has cared every year thoaiaads of peoplo tsfferlag from virion, dliessesof the KldocT! and Liver, and kindred disorders, who kad failed to get relief from doctors snd who expected never to be cared. Thousands of teetlmcmlala Ircm each pereoas attest its vaiae. bend lor book. "Alls well that ends wclL" Sold by all druggists. Price $1.55. 9 RUSTS REMEDY CO., Providence, It. I. S. CB1TTEM0X, General Agent, If. T. are totilease. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM the popular fivorite for dress ing tae nair, Kestoring the color when gray,and preveoting Daa. dru3. it eleiiuesthe ki, ttoM the hir fAlllo;. and 11 gee, and $i. lues at Drurguti. Ine Best Cough Care yon can use and the best known preventive cf Consumption. PASKEa's Tomc kept in a home ti a leatinel to Veep icknes out. Vied diictectly it keep, the blood pure and tie Stomach, Liver and kidneys in welkins crder. Coughs and Cold vanish be fore it. it builds up the health. If ysu sudtr froa Debilitv, Skin Eruptions, Ceu;h, .sthna. Dyspepsia, Kidney. Urinary cr Female Complaints, cr any disorder of the Lungs, St-.aach, towels, Bbod cr h'erres don't wait till you are sick in bed, tut use Paikh's Tomc t;-iay ; it will give you new life and vigor. HISCOX i CO., N.v: Sold ly Dnggutl. Large latin; buying i lire. aug. 14-ly BILIOUSNESS. Billons symptoms Invariably arise from indigestion, such as furredtongue.vomltlngofblls, giddiness, sick headache, Ir regular bowels. The liver se cretes the bile and acts like a filter or sieve, to cleanse Impu rities of the blood. By Irregu larity in its action or suspen sions of Its functions, the bile is liable to overflow Into the blood, causlngjaundice, sallow complexion, yellow eyes, bil ious diarrhoea, a languid, weary feeling and many other distressing symptoms. Bilious ness may oe properly termed an affection of the liver, and can be thoroughly cured by tho grand regulator of the liver and biliary organs, BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS. It acts upon tno stomach, bowels and liver, making healthy bile and pure blood, and opens the culverts and sluiceways for the outlet of disease. Sold everywhere and guaranteed to cure. ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCES OF CAST CH WROUGHT IKOJi. Suitable for Yards, Cemetery Lots and Public Grounds. My husbanJ's death seomoil to unset everything. My cister Cora catno to Itvo with tnc, and she lul her best to cheer me, but at times Cora was very much out of sorts. Sao was delicate. iccustornel to country air, London disagrcoil with her ; tho roses vanish ed from tier cheeks and her spirits oitcn enough wero lower than nunc. Sbo nut a hrAVe lace on mattcrs.uui lcoum see ,vben her gayety w.n forced. Al fred (Alfred was Cora's lover) was anx ious about her. They were to marry as soon as Al fred could seo his way to a country practice. I could have helped liitn.btit Ml red was abominably independent. 1 could not sec why they could not mar ry in bis present position. Uut I kept my counsel. In Uora s present style ot health perhaps it was wisdom deferring their union. "Well, Selina, what is your idea t" Alfred asked, after I told him what Dr. Magnus had said. "Wo must look out for a house or get you to do that for us.'' "Then I have anticipated your thoughts as well as old Magnus' fiat. You've often romancod about living in an antiquated old place. Here wo arc.'' Alfred read aloud the advertisement: "An ancient stone residence near the sea, to let for a year or term ot years. Partly furnished ; tho owner abroad. Rent secondary to a snitablo tenant. Kails near. Orchard and paddock if required. Apply to Mr. Fortescue,Bar-ton-upon-IIumber." "Rent secendary 1 that surely means something would bo given annually to an approved tenant, romanced. Alfred. "But we ought to see the place be fore we take it," said L "How would it be for you to run down and spy out the land! The next morning Alfred sta. ' and was back tho following night. lie painted the house in roseate hues. It stood by itself, but was within a measurable distance of the town. Fac ing the Humber, the town of Hull could be seen ; also a village directly opposite us. For company, there would be the procession of sail on the estuary, and the perpetual railway trains on the other bank. I won't call tho agent Fortyscrew again, said Alfred, with compunction, "he is a decent sort of a man. lie seemed wishful to meet me. He only asked 25 rent : when I asked him if he did not think $1'0 would be suffi cient he closed at once. There is anoth er thing, Selina. A cottage is near, an old woman lives in it, a kind of care taker. She proffered to help you in any way." It really was delightful. It might be a little rusty, but occupation would remedy that, btaircaso and corridors were all wainscotted.somo old portraits banging on the walls. But in most of the rooms tho owners had so far bent to modern ideas as to have them can vassed and papered. It seemed a species of vandalism to me. There was one bedrom that had not been modernized, and without saying any thing just then I decided upon occupy ing it. As I came out upon the stair case I looked again at one of the old portraits ; the face had a peculiar at traction for me. There was hardness in it, a peculiar gleam iu the eyes vindictive, snspicious, if not iealou. One hand grasped a riding whip as it Willi unnecessary' tightness. 1 ho old care-taker, I noticed, seemed to edge away from the portrait. Alfred had said that the old lady was agreeable, but we thought her extremely self-con tained : she would "ive little more than "yes'1 or "no" to our question;, Mari3, one of our maids whom we had brought down with us, declared tho old woman boorish, but we read Maria a lecture : we told her we hoped she would not be disagreeable, for we wish ed to keep on good terms with our one neighbor. When wo returned to tho house I f ent for a carpenter. Wo had brought havo had no excuse, but I fell bound been ill-founded. Etna's fury raced to leave one behind, and Alfred had in his breast. His wifo had taken to kindly proffered to sleep in the house shunning him, seeking the priyacy of until we decided dctimteiy. iMcven her room. Occasionally tho door was o clock I our little timepieco indicated locked ncainst him. lie swore to him tho hour with a metallic chink. How self that he would get .at tho mystery. puny it sounded here. I wished 1 1 Ho followed her to her room t again could go to sleep. But in a strango tho door was closed against him, tho house, anywhere, my first night is a key turned, and tho bolt was shot in wakeful one. I must have got into a his hearing. In his rage ho struck at doze when a violent stroke upon the the door once, twice, thrice with his door, as if given with a hunting-whip, heavy riding-whip. Then, a man of brought me back to complete conscious- powerful strength, ho took up a heavy ncss. it had a lrtgbtlul sound in my chair and shattered the door. As the car, and, I must confess, terrified me. door cave way he caught sight of some It awoko Cora, I felt her grasp me con- thing what was nover known and vtilsively. iieforo I could speak or dashed into tho room. When next scream, thcro came in quick succession seen his wife was a timcrous idiot, and a second and third stroke, i lay oatn- whether it was remorse or despair, or cd in prespiration, my head achintr al most with the fr'mht : Cora, I could feel, shaking as with the ague. "Don t scream! i managed to whis per to Cora, thonch never in my life was I nearer shrieking myself. Involuntarily I sat up. It was moon- licht. and there was no blind to the window, or it had not been drawn down. Cora clutched me and pointed to the wall, ihcre was an undefined luminous shape. "Look! lookl'' gasped Cora. I obeyed her tresture. The some thing was reflected in the mirror. I closed my eyes and opened them again. .My heart stood still. It was no opli- the result of an accident, his body a week later was washed ashore. Bat tho cloaked figuro was not seen to steal away, the emissary ncvor returned to Versailles, and after a timo tho crazy widow disappeared. "And is there a secret chamber I'' I asked, a "creepy" sensation at my back bone. "1 don't kuov, ma'am. I think not Ono has never been found. Part of the old house was pulled down, I've heard. I should think tho family that came to it would do away with any thing of the sort." something in the old woman s man ner struck me as still evasive. I was cal delusion. My eye miL'ht be strain- inclined to believe that some secret ed, partly with fright, but I was sure cranny was yet in existence. Well, Al that my imagination was playing me fred would be with us before the day no trick. I fell back, then ventured was over. to look again as I lay. The shapo dis- He did not disappoint us, but his appeared gradually, the wall resuming telegram had given us some confidence, its normal appearance. Cora had cov- Yet Cora would not go ibout the house cred her face with the bedclothes. alone. I do not think 1 could have "Don't bo frightened, dear : it is a prevailed upon her to visit the room in shameful trick, bomu one may nave a which we slept. When Alfred amv reason for keeping the housoi empty, cd, she rushed to meet him, and plac- l could not think so, but i wished to ing her hand on bis Bhoulders, buried inspire Cora with courage. "We will her head on his breast, imploring him teiegrapu to Aiireu. lie win come not to desert her. down and get at tho mystery." "Take tno away baik to London. Alter the tricht sleeping was out ot I cannot I ara afraid to stay in this the question. Cora would not bo in- dreadful place.'' iced to uncover her face or release "My dear, what is wrong with you! ner grasp. I spoke in whispers, but he asked. that alarmed her ; when I essayed a I found it difficult to get Alfred to word sho grasped mo tighter, or there myself. Cora seemed as if she would W33 a stifled "S shl" not bo disposed of. I had to stamp my I closed ray eyes, opening them at foot before I could detach her. intervals, anxious for daylight. io "One would think you were latent get up, to leave the room, was what I upon eating him," I said with a pre- darc not do. I dreaded the corridor in tence of displeasure, tbe darkness. How I wished I had "Now then, Selina,'' said ho when left a light burning, but I had seen the we were alone,"what is the grievance!" moon. I dare not get up to light tho Briefly I related our experiences of candle, striking the match might bring the nicht. Then I gave him tho old some nameless horror upon me. I dare I woman's narrative, put, as I was prid Edgar Ooanell. Tho following account of tho marri- ago of b. w. tdgar and Miss Alamo Council, of Scranton, wo take from the New York Sun. Mr. Edgar is well known to many of our readers In this section : hiding-place, a secret chamber ! This wall is unduly thick. There seems a space between your room and mmo difficult to account for. I walked round tho house before it was dusk. Tho courso of tho stonework is broken into. A fissure appears to havo been filled up. I havo been tannine alontr that Side. KM.ivrnv. Hni.t- 9 All thinevs IipW . t! , . I r . . W. o . ; "7." a uu wi-ru auaruuilli; lur a IiailUI mat I xnnoiilnrnrl hn ifiu il nr nt Mian .Mftttin sounds hollow Coi,r.ll in Mr. S. V. Kdrrar. hero this "I havo searched." I mnrmnrr. wrw nn ir.ppdinrrlv interest- ll.H.1 .. ffJ 1 ' 1 C I . !- . - ... u ruu Uilll uiltl unu BUUUUIIItr Ull- I imr niTnii- Mnllin I Innno II II thn tercntiyi old.st dauchter of Mr. William Con- "p;bo auswered grimly j "I think ncll. who lives in a fino residence on you had better bo getting to bed or the corner of Clay avenuo and Vino you will be having colds. I was just Btre. t. Mr. Connell is President of the turning in myself. I thought I would Third National Bank, President of tho examine me room uy uayngni. Y. ung Men's Christian Association, an Happily we were overpowered. Wo influential member of tho Adams Av had decided that it would bo impossible enuu m. E. Church, and one of tho most iu dhx-ii, uui uruwBincss overiooK us opulent coal operators in the Lacka wanna region, lie has dono a great both When wo got down Alfred was awaiting us. His face did not invito questioning, so I thought I would let him speak. "I've had a look round, inside and out. 1 room. Tte foiiowiDs snows the picket Gothic, one ot with us a couple of beds and other sun inc louuw ui suun a mo ium. uvumv, uus v. the several teauiirul styles of Fence manufactured or tne unaersiffnea. ei o v Tnr Twmrr nnti Tiurabnitv ther are unsumass Set up Drexpenenceu nanus ana wamuiicu to jlre satisfaction. Prices and specimens of other signs sent to any address. Address BLOOMSBURG PA. Mar 4-tf de- nnpis rtnnwvs ivm'n ivpr h AttESCY. Mover's new buDUnj, Mala ttiwt. liioomiDuiv, ra. .Etna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn Uoyal ot Liverpool I'lre Asaoclauon, Philadelphia l'hcenlx, of London London Lancashire, ot England.. Hartford ot Hartford tprlnsneld lire and Marine Assets. i:,ors,s) 1 VIVID iu,OB,ati 4,1&S,10 5,30,3:4 i,(n,vto S.3W.UCO 8,C,5cO As the agencies are direct, policies are written tonne maurtM wuuvut uvmj ,u,uc vmv Dloomsbur?. '- dries. The ttan had not been in the house for ten minutes when Maria, with a white face, rushed in upon us. "If you please m, tho house is haunt ed!" Such nonscuse," cried I, exasperat' ed, "who has been tellinc you such a ridiculous tale?" The carpenter, ma'am. He ought to know." "He ought to know better than to frighten a credulous girl, sillv man jlana had barely gone, when tho old lady appeared. "Are you going to sleep in the pan elled room, ma am ! "Of courso wo are, it is by far tho pleasantest room in the house. 1 wouldn t sleep in that room ma am. "Why 1" I asked, a little irritably. "I wouldn't, ma'am." "That is no answer. Do won say it is haunted ! "No, ma'am, but folks reckon there's summuts. "Summets," sneered I, "why this corner of England U full of supcrsli Hon "Perhaps wo had better choose another room." suggested Cora, when the old lady was gone. 1 saw that Cora was nervous. Pooh, are you frightened, Cora lou aro as foolish as they. ell, you may sleep in .Marias room to-night and I will sleep thero alone." "No, I shall sleep where you sleep, dear," said Cora, strenuously, forcing herself to be courageous. -io iiiniK mat in tins I'liiicuieueu century there should bo peoplo who believe in ghosts 1 laughed l in den sion. However, Maria va3 so by the foolish carpenter's assertion, she declared that she daro not sleep in any room in the bouse unless alio had some one for company. In tho end wo had to let her go the cottage, and brav tho nicht by ourselves. A tarnished mirror over tho fireplace was tho only wall adornment our bed room had. When one looked at it tho imauo was somewhat indistinct ; Cora 17VPTT A X'ttli' T-rfYPRF. started at her own reflection. I laugh UjAUHAIMjJj nUiiilJ. Lj at ,icr ncrvoasnCH and succeeded TT P rpnnRS PRnPKTF.TflR as I thoucht, u reassuring her. " - 1 , t r . ii iuusl aay i ten wiu ruuiu a miiv EL.0iSBU33, fA. cerie whci)i awaj5C) j jicarj oniy Cora's opposite court hocse. breathing. I never felt more sleepless I T -, ,T 1 Urse and convenient samule rooms. Bathrooms in my me. i vvisueu i nau orougtiv hot and cold water, aud art modem consciences I Iu, raaiJ3 down, 60 that Maria would T F. HARTM.S-N girsjsi.frs thi rouewixa AJIE1UCAN INSURANCE COMPANIES North American ot Philadelphia. FraakUo, " " Itnnsrliranla, " " York, ot Piansjflvanta. Hanover, of N. Y. uueens, of London. Sorth lirlitah, ol Lonion. omce on Mirset street, No, i, liloomsburc. oct.si, l- 11 HOUSE, DENTIST, 15L00MSDCR0,C0tUMUU CoCKTY, Pa 11 styles of wort done In a uperlor manner, worX w&rr&niea as i v , i ikulitj, ...... . . - id wrrnocr Pam by the nae of uaa, ana tree of chars when artificial teeth are Inserted, niiw nviT Klelni's Drue Store. 7o U optn at all hourt during tht tfaj ov w-u deal to build up tho industries of Scranton, and no man hero is mora ac tive in business than he. His wealth is r blimated at more than & million dol lar!). One nf hi mnit intimate asso- should liko to go into your cin'rs nnd warmp5t tiprsonal friends If I find nothing more, I shall uni,i a few months aco was a lawyer give it up. uut 1 am not going to be- named Samuel W. Edgar. Two years ltoye in ghosts for all that," ho added ago last spring Mr Edgar's wifo died, quickly. .... Ho and his wifo had been frequent "It is a very incomprehensible Mll..,a ot thn Cnnnoll thing," I returned. oau(1 there occasionally after his wife's "1 feel that it only wants a clue, and Hpath. A littln mora than a vp.ir after then all would be clear as daylight" tbt Mr. Edgar began to pay attention "lint then," 1 pcrsistod, "there IS I In Mi Mnttlo nrxf l.ifur it. W.imn nvi. finding the clue." dl,nt that they were in love. "Uf Course, you bcllOVe in thO llhOSt." fr flnnnpil MA nnl anne-ir in TPliro said he, acidly. tlint Mr. Edgar had won his daughter's "I dldn t say SO," 1 responded as nffpntinna nnlil Mr. Vilrrnr mVpS him tart?- for her hand in matriace. Mr. Connell NOW, come," interrupted Cora, u-.n snmrisprl tn Ipnrn Trnm Mr. Edrrar "don't you two quarrel over it, 1 tw hia danrrhtr tr.i willino-LnTm- shall bo thankful when wo get away." ccme Mrs. Edgar in case her father was "",cu " w willing also, but .Mr. Uonnell peremp- bedroorn, tapping it as he had done in tnrily refused to give his consent, his own room ; but, although he was WOuld listen to no argument on tho convinced that the wall was; unduly qIt ,tion, and ordered Mr. Edgar to thick, he had to admit himself beaten. c,, lg0 his visits at tbe house. Thero- " OU can CO tO Mr. Fortescne and nfi,.r tho lnvprs ore nhlirrpd tn mpni. explain to him that we havo decided elsewhere than at the paternal residence. not to stay. If there is anything to but they mauaged to meet all the samo Py- ' . without the father's knowledge. It was "i.'ay I 1 shall not pay anything. He utidoMtood that Mr. Connoll obiected ought to havo put in tho advertisement t0 the marriage becauso he wanted his that there was the unusual accessory of daughter to marry a man who stood spirit-rapping." hicher in tho social scale than Edgar Alfred was not yet restored to eood aa hut ho vnnnn WHv Tnvp,i Eiluw. humor. Ho returned from town though and l,nd made up her mind to marry iu uki icuipcr. hint no matter how much her lather ob- "1 havo seen air. l-ortescue. lie is i.,o!l,d to her doinr? so. Mrs. Connell is He says ho sa;, t0 have been willing to let her scarcely breathe audibly. W ith what relief did I view the hrst treaks of light. Cora," said I my C3lm voice sur prising myself "we can get up now, it is daylight "Let us go back to London by the first train," implored she. "I dare not sleep in this house another night I honld die of fright. "1 shall teiegrapu to Alfred. it he can't get down we will go to a hotel at liarton or Hull. 1 feel sure that it is trick. Don t mention a word to Maria nor tho old lady. Perhaps she is in the conspiracy, she didn t wish us to occupy this room, Uut although I bound Cora over to secrecv I determined to trv and pre- ail upon the old lady to state why she had not wished us to occupy that par ticular room. After some preamble I brought up the subiect, and when 1 acquainted tbe old lady that I heard noises, she became communicative. "I ve slept in tho house, she admit' led. "Did von hear them!" "I never slept in that room," said she, evasively. "What were they like!" "Like a whip,as if the lash and stock were held in the hand. Ah," murmured she, with an assets tive inclination of the head. "You haven't slept in that room!'' "No, ma'am.'' Vill T-1M clnA,, In If in ntr,!,, ' "No, ma'am, not for all the money P,od niSht'B resW u ii t j r M near rac iu iiiu wonu, answereu sue, witu aeci sion. "Is there any story connected with the noises!" "Well, yes, ma'am, there is.'' 'I should like to hear it I should feel better satisfied.'1 The estate came by marriace to tho original of the portrait with the riding generally make whip. It was not a marriage of affec- co"ld "ot hava tion.. A young heiress was constrain- w . n 1 w aw ed to marry a man ranch older than herself, who had an eye upon her dow ry. Court influence was even brought to bear upon her. Tho heiress had a half-brother, an unswerving Jacobite, who had followed the Kinc to the Court of Versailles. Allying himself with the Pretender there was never any chance of his succeeding to his forfeited estates. He was too zealous a partisan. Eventually he was entrust ing myself, in a highly interesting man ner. All 1 got tor my pains was an indignant "Pish!"' followed by a mater ialistic disquisition that I rebelled against utterly. Causo and effect, did clothes walk! Bah! I could believe ray ears and my eyes. "W e must go," decided I, "or wo shall have Cora crazy. She was terrified." "And were not you ?" "I was alarmed, yes, I was frighten ed." "Humph you had better go to a hotel, both of you. I will stay in the house, and sleep in that room. I will have a bludgeon bandy, and woe to the miscreant !'" "I wouldn't Alfred ; it is not worth while "It isn't ! But it is. I shall explode the fallacy. I have never had a chance before. I feel iu honor bound to make the attempt" I taw that it was useless attempting to dissuade him, aud decided that we, too, would risk another night in tho house. Cora was in great alarm when Al fred acquainted her with this decision, but his quiet and derisive laughter, if it did not wholly reassure her, quieted her. I could seo that Alfred thought ;u chosU vet" f i j r i 1 t, ur;i was asuauicu oi uer ieur., uuu "How do VOU mat l, alter an, was tne more gumuie person. uioso your eyes Cora, and get a said 1, as she nest led near me. "I don't think I can sleep, I feel so anxious for Alfred." But soon I had the satisfaction of hearing her regular breathing. I thought I would keep awake, but 1 dozed off. I had no sleep the previous night and when I miss a night's rest I generally make up for it after. I slept many minutes awakened by a peculiar noise. Uur room was contiguous to Alfred s, but tho walls cro thick. It awoko Cora. "Listen ! wbisperod she, in sorao dread. I strained my ears. Faintly came what sounded like measured steps. 1 bey would cease ior a momont or more, tben be resumed, it was a new phase of the ghost's vagaries. "W bat aro you coing to do I uora not half a bad fellow. should never think of levviuc black mail. Tbe house, he says, is uncanny. lie wishes it was blown up. Y o were seated at breakfast at Shrewsbury, Cora at tho head of tho table and very nicely sho posed as mistress, I proudly assert Alfred hid den behind a morning paper, when sad denly Alfred dashed down his news paper, so startling Cora she upset her cup. lie raised the paper. "Listen I ejaculated he impressive lv: " 'Cumous Discovehy in an Old House. Tho workmen employed in tho demolition of an old stoco residence near Barton-upon-IIumber (lone a con spicuous object on the Humber) bank, have exposed to view a genuine secret chamber. 1 he bouse has long enjoyed the reputation of being haunted, suc cessive tenants complaining of noctur nal noises. A couple of skeletons daughter do as she wished in the mat ter, although sho preferred that Mattio sho'ild obey her father. About a week az-i .Miss .Mattio told her father she was to be married to Edgar this morn ing, ahe said that she bad fully deter mined on that course, and that nothing could change her determination. Mr. Co iiicll is S3id to have told her that ho would both disown and disinherit her if s' c married Edgar, and as Miss Con nell has a strong will like ber father the scene is said to have been stormy. List night tho news of the approach ing marriage spread through the neigh borly od, and at 8 o'clock this morning then' was a crowd at the Adams Avenue M E. Church, where the marriage was to take place. Mr. Connell was not at home when bis daughter left thero Una mo'ii'ng, probably for the last time. A b. nit all sho took with her was tbe travelling costume which she wore. brought to light and other relics give The parting between Mattio and her wiur iu a itauuiuu iuai a iernuii trag edy was, at a far back time, enacted in the old house. A competent authority declares the bones to be those of male and female, and an indentation on the larger skull points to a violent death."' "Now then, Alfred," said I, with some self-complaisance, "how are you going to get over that T "Bah 1" returned be impatiently and I obstinately, I ara not going to beliovo ed with a mission to Entrland. tbern to asked, anxiously, hold secret meetings with and gather "I am going to Up at Alfred's door the strength and disposition of those and ask him it lie is all right." not inimical to tho Stuart cause. The "1 dare not stay alone." Hanoverian nartv were annrised of his "1 shall not bo away a minute, lou descent upon the coast, and, without would not have any harm come to Al making the knowledge public, a watch "cu ' was tet. The recusant was warned. "I shall go with you." and succeeded in escanintr cantnre. We each slipped on our dressing hiding at successive bouses. He had gowns and encased our feet tn slippers natural desiro to seo his sisters a mother's children aro nearer than a father's at his sister's houso ho knew he could bo safe for a time, tho conti guity of water facilitatiug escape moreover a secret passage existed in tho bouse, only tbe direct heir being entrusted with the se:ret ot its post lion, Self-contained, dreading more than disliking the man who had been forced upon her, no confidences ever passed between husband and wife. The wife's coldness probably exasperated a hus band prone to suspicion and icaiously lie had always imagined that his wito mother is said to have been very affect ing. At 8J- o'clock the Rev. Lowis C. Muber, pastor of the church, married the cuuple. Only a few of tho young lad 'a relatives were present Tho bii'ie and groom took breakfast at tbo resi Jcnce of James S. McAnulty, wh -io wife, a sister of Mattie, has stu d by her during her troubles at home. Mr. Edgar is a man of excel lent character and has a fine law prao- tlts bride will not go homo again tic- account for those mile- her father foreives her. This noises !'' I pprsisted. "You will admit forei.oon Mr. and Mrs. Edgar left tho that you neara the whip on the doori city nn their wedding tour. "it, id a mystery, ana, as an sucn, must remain one, said Cora firmly. Blind Tom. HIS MOTHER SEEKS HIS CUSTODY DT MEANS OP THE LAW. to steal aloni: tho corridor to Alfred's door. He evidently heard us, for his door opened with such suddenness Cora gayc a utile scream. "Ob, it's you ! " said Alfred, a little ungraciously. I found he was disappointed. "lou may thank you stars 1 didn t rush at you. I thought, hearing your stealthy tread, it was somo rascal steal ing away. "Have you heard tbo cuts at the door ! " I asked.- "I heard somelhincr, I should have been stone deaf if I hadn't" trrowled he. "I got to tho doer as quickly as had somo prior attachment i tho years possible, but I was too late, strengthened bis belief. At ono time he had hung about the court, suddenly iio retired to the country, and ui a way immured inmselt and ins young wifo. He was not one to wander far afield. It seemed his mission in life to watch and guard his wife. Her life became almost intolerable. Her brother's ap pearance, though welcome, inspired new tear, it she cochded in her hus band, her husband might betray him. Were she reticent, ho gain the slightest hint, the demon of jealously would bo aroused. Some whisper that a cloaked figure nad been seen in the vicinity was whts- pered by serving maid to serving man, and reached theSquiro's ears. He was I convinced that his suspicions had not 1 scot Perhaps 1 felt my triumph, althouch my teeth chattered aud my chin bad nervous twitchings. Alfred was dis concerted, but he was not ono which frightened. "I think I havo discovered one thinci that minor and tho moon are In con spiracy. Thoy causo that light on the wall. It is a fanoy of mine, anyway. Tho mirror is old, and the glass imper fect" "Then you havo seen the shapo on the wall 1 " 'Shape ! " echoed ho contemptuous ly , "it is a reflection ; maybe tho trees outside havo something to do with it." "Did vou hear tans ! " "Ob, I have been tapping tho wain Expensive F uucratH. Tlio subject of the extravagance that too frequently attends the burial of the dead, is one that has been much discussed. Ev erybody agrees that it is carried to ex tremes, and yet no one seems ready to In augurate a change when an opportunity is offend. The following article from the Jimei accords with our views s Wc are undoubtedly arriving at that point in our national progress when a sweeping reform is necessary la the matter of burying the dead. The scandal that all men arc beginning to fear in connection with Ihc expenses of tho Grant funeral Is only a larger illustration of smaller in stances equal in demoralizing power. It is no secret anywhere that the pomp and ceremony attendant upon the average buri al cost twice or thrice what they are worth, and it is equally well known that families who can but ill afford such display from false motives yet endeavor to Imitate it All over the country the samo extrava gances are apparent, and It Is probably a fortunate thing for all people that tho Grant exercises made such extravagances particularly conspicuous. There is no senso in coveting the bier of any man or woman with such tributes of flowers as make us afterwards regard Hew ers with more sorrow than pleasure. The show cause, returnable at Richmond 8C80n 01 aca,tt 13 n01 a W01" onc anu on October Cth.wby the custody of tho roblnS of lle dead " for a feast or brl- ' . .... . . . - I .1.1 . . ! 1 t. ,1 . .1.1 1 1.1 person and estate ot Wind Tom.should u' ' """'"s ssmKutc not, by tbo order of this Court, be civ- of a thoroughly depraved taste or feeling. en and delivered to his mother or some And what could be more Inappropriate other suitable person until tho final de- 'rom aaY standpoint than to dose a life cree be made, and that Bethuno at the 'hat has run Its simple an unselfish course same time and place show cause why entirely away from the strifo of publicity ho should not immediately pay into tho wliu such a service and procession as lnev- registry of this Court a sufficient sum llably lead to an entire forgetfulness of the of money, a part of the earnings of simple virtues of the dead? The lives of Tom now iu nis hands, to be applied men and women should point stronger to tbo care and maintenance of Tom as morals than the mere burial of their breath. turn compos mentis during tho pend- less bodies, and the morbid taste for dis. ing of the suit and the cost of this Itti- play and newspaper notoriety, if to be A. J. Lerdie, as counsel for Charity Wiggins, has filed in the United States Circuit Court at Alexandria a bill in equity as tbe next friend ot Thomas Wiggins, generally known as "Blind Tom," against James W. Bethune, of Warrenton, the former master of "Blind Tom," and who, it is said, holds htm yet under absolute control by an alleged commitment of a Virginia County Court, though "lilind Tom never has been a resident of that State. Tbe appeal was made to Judge Bond Tbe bill asks for all monies Mr. Be thune has received since the amancipa' tion of slaves by President Lincoln's proclamation, and that he make an ac count to the Court forthwith. Judge Bond has also granted an injunction restraining and forbidding Mr.liethune, his agents or servants, to remove Blind Tom out of th' jurisdiction of this Jourt iho injunction has been seryed on Bethune; also an order to gation This is about the outlino of the con troversy. Tho questions involved go back to tho timo of the emancipation, and it is tho only caso on record since suppressed at any time, should be supprs&s- ed at tbe brink of the grave. The Increas ing cost of funerals and the consequent fi nancial worry that comes at a time when men can bear it least constitute another that timo which brings that matter up. aspect of tbe case that cannot longer bo loms mother resides in Iew l ork. I concealed. bhe u an intelligent old woman, and I Ilv and bv. nerhnns. it tnav occur to the left her former home to gain tbo rights j leaders who have set these senseless styles oi ner son, who nas worxeu tinny years and has mado by bis concerts thousauds of dollars, supporting the Bethune and making them rich, while bo himself is virtually yet a slave. At this time of the year remember the old saying, that "fruit eaters ueed no doctors." But keen tho bottle of Didn t that old woman hint at a colic-mixturo handy. that death and burial suou'd be above foslrv ion. A timnle. Impressive service, with- out display at the home orjchurcli or grave, or undue lavlshness In any way, cannot but cornmenu itseu to an. .nu wuo can doubt that all this would bo more In har mony with the dread occasion it would commcmorato? If the Grant funeral shall emphasize these facts and bring back the burial custom to something near what it ought to be, thero will be countless persons to proQt, ia more ways than onc, from tho change thus effected. i
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