Tl-e Columbia.
otmuu DRyoonAT, stab or tnn Nontn. and en.
Mjkbu!, Consolidated. ' co
Lined Weekly, ever, I'rl.lny Jlornln,, nl
BLOOM8IlUIia,COLUMIIIACO.,l'a.
If II M nAf VAItf Tn attl.HA.(i . ...
P;W '"wontinucd except at thoontinn
of tlio publishers, until on arrearages aro paid but
loni? rnnt nnnil pnv f a oin 1 ",wPau out
All papers sent out of tho state or to distant nnt
onicoa must tin tin ,i fnit, .i ..:.."'3l"nl Pst
ilblo person In fcoiSmui, coVnty aswrnc? to9Pnnv"
,ho subscription duo on demand. ""umcs 10 W
JOB PRINTING.
ThoJobrrlntln-r Department oftho Coimniuu
Is very complete. It contains tho latest new tim
"1 mi( hlnery and Is tlio ooly offloo that nms iffi
pros es by power, giving us the best rnJi iiiliP 1?"
llmotcs furnished Sn Jareo jJuS. 1 ",CS- '
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
E. WALL-KH,
ATTO I INK V-AT-L A W,
omco over 1st. National Hank. I,l00ra-rl?. '
Ttf- U. FUNIC,
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW.
mojla tt'i iiutding.
ULO0M3DCRO, I'A,
J OIIN 31. cr-AHIC,
ATTO 1 1 N E V-AT-L AW.
AND
JUSTIOK OF TUB l-EAOE.
llLOO'laBURO, l'A,
nice over Jloyer llroi Drug store.
n W.MILLER,
J' ATTOItKV-AT-LA ,
onicotn Urower'sbulldtng.socondnoor.room No.l
llloomsburg, Fa.
J) FRANK HUM,
' ATTO UN U V- AT-L A W.
Bloomsburg, Pa
OMco corner of Ccntro and Main Streets. Clark i
uuuaing.
Can bo consulted In German.
QKO. E. KLWELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
llLOOMSHUIia, I'A.
OIUco on First iloor, front room of Cor,
umiiiam llullilin-:, .Main street, below Ex
change Hotel.
pAUL E. WIRT,
Attornoy-at-Law.
OIUco In Colcuuian Uuii.diko, itoom No, i, second
Uoor.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
8, KN0B1I. L. S. WINTBR8TKS1.
KNORR & WINTERS TEEN,
A ttornoy s-at-Law,
ortloo In 1st National Hank building, second floor,
llrst door to tho kit. Corner of a in and arket
stroct3 Uloomsburg,
t&rPcnswns and Pounlies Collectid.
J II. MAIZE,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
Jill) In al'O's bulld'i sr. ever Illllmeycr's grocery.
JOHN C. YOCUM. C. 11 UEYL'Il.
YOCUM & GEYEli,
Attorney s-at-Lawi
CATA I SSA, PA,
(Ofllco front Milt of rooms on second floor or
Jikws lrisi buHillng.)
HTCAN HI' CONSULTED IN (IKK AN.U
Members of sharp and Alleman's Lawyers and
Hankers Dliectoiy nnd tho Amcilcnii Mercantile
and Collection Association. Ill glto prompt and
caictul attenllon to collection ot claims lu any
run I of tho tinned Mates or Canada, ns well as to
ull other professional business enliusled to them
K.03WALD,
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW.
Jackson Building, Ilooms 4 ami 5.
BKHWICK.I'A
"y. II. MI AWN.
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawtssa, I'a.
Offlco.corncrot Third and Main Streets.
-pj v. whitj:,
AUTOltNEY-AT-LAW,
BLOOM SBURG, P
OIUco In Browcrs' Building, 2nd lloor.
map l.tf
s. smith,
Attorney-atLaw, Berwick. Fa.
Csa bo Consulted In German.
AI-SO FIUST-CLASS
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES KKl'IiESKNTEIl.
S-iTOfllco first door below the post office.
MISCELLANEOUS
CO. HARK LEV, Attorncy-al-Law,
, onioo n lirotfer'a bulldltig, !ud story, ltooms
4 and 9.
U. McKELVY, M. D.,8urseon and I'hy
. slclan, north side Main street, below Market
A
L. FRITZ. Alloruey-at Law. Office
, in Columbian llulldlng,
c
'I M. DRINKER, GUN & LOCKSMITH
swing Machines and Machinery of all kinds ro
ll Urcd. ofeka UoubU liulld Tijr, llloomsburg, I'a.
D
R. J. 0. It UTTER,
rilYSICIAN SUKUEON,
OOlco, North Market street,
liloomsbutE, i'u
rll. W3I. M. REISER, Surccon and
1 I'hyslclan. onlco corner ot ltock and Market
irect.
JR. EVANS, 31. D.. Burgeon and
. Physician, ojlco and Hosidencs on Third
IRE INSURANCE.
dUUSTIAN P. KNAPP, HLOOMSUDltQ, PA,
OMH, OF N. Y.
ML'UOHANT.S', OP NKWAHK, N. J.
CLINTON, N. Y.
I'EOl'LKs' N. Y.
liKAUI.NO, PA.
bene u coui'Okatioxs nro well seasoned by
Co and pike testku nud havo never jet had a
lobSBettled by any court ot law. Their assets aro
all Invested lu sou u shceu'tius aro liable to tho
bazardof iiKisoiily. , ,
Losses i-no-mi-v nnd honestly adjusted and
paid as soon as determined by ciiiiistian v.
KNArr, BI'KCIAL AUtNT ANU AlUCSrKll 11L00USBUB0,
I'a.
Thopeoploot Columbia county should natron.
Iz thee agency w hero losses If any ura settled and
paid by one of t her own cllUons. .,..,.,
PltOMlTNL-SS. i:0UlTY, PAIll PEA LINO.
B
i HART3IAN
BKI'KliSlINTS TUB yOLLOWINd
A3IERI0AN INSURANCE COJll'ANIEB
North American ot Philadelphia.
Franklin, " "
l'ennsylvnnla, " "
York, of IVnnsylvanla.
Hanover, of N. Y.
Qacens, ot Ixiudon,
North lirlllsn, of Umjon,
OJlco onMarkiitsticot, No. 8, llloomsbvrg.
Oct. S4. I"
Scrantoa House,
ON TUB L'UKOPEAN P1.AN.-
Viotov Koch, Proprietor.
llooms nro hated by ateam. well veutllatod and
olo.'antly f iirulslied. llnest liar and Lunch coua-
U'rits toCorder nt nil hours Indies and (lenta
restaurant furulihed Willi all delicacies ot tlio
u2atton near P. l W. Jl. ILfienpt. Scranton,
Pa. Mar w tf
I5X0UAKGE HOTEL,
W. R. TL7BB8, PROPRIETOR
ELOOMSBUEO, PA.
Ol'l'OSlTK COUHT HOUSE.
Large and convenient sample rooms, llatb rooms
boiund cold water, and all modern con u'ulcuces
&. BIIIEHBEHDEb, "f"'
Lliin BOOK.
En'!1 "'"bt'i for 18S0 GODEY'S LADY'S
HOOK, "tlio old reliable mngnzlnc," will
contain a benullfiilly cnpravi'd frontispiece,
lllnstriitlots of provnl'lni; fashions In col
ors nnd black nnd wliltc, designs of the
latest novelties In fancy work In colors or
blnck nnd white, of Ukuun wohk, ckooiirt,
DliAWN-TIIIlK.M) W011K,Klni!0ll)EI!V,KSITTINa,
KSOTTISO 01! MACI1AME, LACE, NE1TINO, l'oo
N'Alt l'AISTIXO AND TATTING, with complete
instruction for tho same. In addition to
plain directions nnd perfect illustrations of
tlio vnrlous stitches, and Instructions In
different kinds of fancy wokk, the maga
zine will contain many useful and elegant
designs for a great variety of articles not
nffected by change of fashion. It Is so
admirably adapted to its purposo ns to bo
Indespcnsiiblo tn tho work-table nl every
J uly. A FULL SIZE CUT PAPER PAT
TERN, of which you can mako your own
selection from any design illustrated In the
magazine, FREE OF COST, exhaustive
notes on fashions, with full description of
those Illustrated, a department of iieoipes
lhat have been practically tested before
publication, a department or. housekeeping
nnd DUKssMAKixa, two pages of select mo
sio, an Ai:cnin:cTtii:r. designs department
Of A0KICU1.TUHE, besides NOVELS, NOVELETTES,
STORIES, HISTOliY, IlIOailAl'HICAI, SKETCHES,
POETRY, NOTES ON MUSIC, ART, LITERATURE,
scientific miscellany and current events
of the day by tlio best maguzine writers.
The mechanical production of tho book
will excel that of any other $2.00 magazine
published. The twelve books during tho
year wilt constitute a volume of over ono
thousand pages. Price 2.00. A samplo
copy 15 ceuls. Liberal terms to club
raisers. Address
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK,
P. O. ROX II II, PHILADELPHIA.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Geo, W. Feck,
lCclltor anil I'roprletnr.
Ths Funniest Pap in km,
What Vnuuinntiou is to Small-pox,
PECK'S SUN is to tho blues.
PECK'S SUItf.
Is ono of tho most widely read nml
popular papers in tho country
to-iluy, and stands without
a peer in its specialty.
Tlio Originator of the celehrateil
BAD BOY PAPERS.
Specimen Copies Free
TO ANY ADDRESS.
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Card to their olliee, a
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DON'T NEGLECT TO SEND AT
ONCE, AND TELL YOUR
NEIGHBOR'S TO.
WOHI'II OK l'UN KOI jc
Animus
GEORGE L. LORD,
HIH..MS.S n ij.tr.LB.
MIIVWAl'Klii;, - - win.
oct ai-aw
ONE DOLLAR.
WEEKLY PATRIOT.
Tlio leading Homocratle paper In tlio Stale. Full
of lutereiiiii; news, and miscellaneous and politi
cal leading.
Only One Hollar Per Hear,
Special Rates to Clubs.
Samplo conies mailed freo on application.
TIioI'atkiot and New York WecLly Kurd! ono
year for ono dollar and lifts cents.
Tlio I'ATiiiuT nud tho l'hlladelplila Weekly TYhu'j
one year for one dollar and Mncnty-lUu cents.
WANTED.
AOKNTS In every Township In this county to
solicit subrfrlptlo.is for tlio Wkksly 1'atiuot
svrito fur terms. Address all communications to
'I'lIIC 1'ATIUOT, Illlrrlsliurn, I"n.
Nov (l-3w
BL00MSBUH& FLAKING MILL
:o.
Tim nnrlcr.Hlrnpd hllVlDl put MS I'lanlCC Ml
on Itallroad Street, In tlrat-eiass condition, Is pre
pared to do all kinds of work In bis lino.
FRAMES, SASH, DOOKS,
BLINDS, MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
farmsnea at roasonablo prices. All lumber used
Is well seasoned and none but Bkllled workmen
are employed.
ESTIMATES FOK BUlLIJJflUb
furnished on application. 1'lans and specifics
10U3 PfO-J HUU VI UU U.inuvm
HlootilMburKi l'ii '
1'IIIOE LIST 01'
ROOFING SLATE
on Cars at Quarry.
No.l SUto WOto
No. 1 Ulb B'ato A"1 1-
(1.00
heconds
3.00
No. S IIlu Bi.uo
'tod blato
Uu'cn Mate
J. I., IIUI.I.i
S3 Lackawanna Avenue, Bcranton, 1'
Jlayiw-ly
!!.
10.50
4.00
mrC. MONTH AND 1IOAU1) T( A0EN1S for
tilWW -uvm.,
pro GRANT
The world's irreattol soldier, and tho nation's most
honored cltueii. Ixjw price! ltanld sa Ic F. W.
U KULUH CO., I0 Ann u ym, "'JJJJjJJ
PICK'S SI
" STUCK.,
n
The superiority of our Cloth
ing, in style nnd finish, is sutlic
ient guantntee ngainst n caliunity
like the iibovc. Our large stock
of Suits and Overcoats for Men,
Youths, Boys and Children will
give permanent satisfaction.
A. O.YATES&CO.
G02-G0-1-G06 CHESTNUT ST.
PHILADELPHIA.
F
Elbe
KEAS IIUOWN'S INSUHANdK
I? AOKNOY. Moycr's now bulldlnK, .Main street,
loomsburt, I'a.
AuwtQ
!tna Insuraneo Co., ot Hartford, Conn $T,om,520
ltoval of Ltvernonl.
I.incashlro
Fire Asoclatlon. ruiladelphia
l'lioenlx, ot London
London Lancashire, ot England
Hartford of Hartford.
Sprlnglleld l'lro and Marino
13,W,000
10,(00,0l
4,10.1,VI0
D,2M,ST0
l,t0!),9-0
3,878,050
s.om.sso
As tho acencles nro direct, policies aro written
for tho Insured without delay In tho omco at
Lloomsburs. Oct. 2S, 'SI-
ii iiousk,
DENTIST,
Bl.OOMSllUHO, COLUMHIA COU NTY, Pa
11 stylesof work dono In a superior manner, work
warranted as represented. Tkstu Eitract
kd wituoct I'ain by the use or Gas, and
freoot charge hen artinclal teeth
aro Inserted.
OQlce over Klclm's Dru; Store.
lobe open at 1 1! hours during the dai ,
Nov -ly
A handsomo YASE LA.M1 Elven
with a is order for Tea nnd coff
ee. An Iron stono cilAMUEli
SET, 10 pieces, or a TEA hET, 41
pieces, or a liands,oinolll(ONZE HANOINU LAM1'
given wltha loorder. A CHA.MliEll SET otio
pieces, with blue, maroon or pink band or an IKON
bTON E CHINA TE SET of do pieces, ora (ILASS
H!T otso pieces given lth nils order, HAND
SOME I'llEMlUMS, con'.lstln'r ot Decorated China
Ware In Tea sets, also Dinner and Tea sets com
bined, and Chamber Sets etc., etc., given with
orders tor us, jso, ISO, lis and W. send tor circu
lar, which will git e you full particulars. (lltANl)
UNION TEA COMPANY, 25 south .Main St
Wilkes liarre. I'.u noadauar-
ters 80 Front street. New
York city.
may is ly
M. C. SLOAN & BRO.,
I5LOOMSBURG, PA.
M anutacturers of
CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS-
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS, &C.
First-class work always on hand.
It EPA 1RINO NEA TL Y D ONE.
Prices reduced to suit the timet.
S50 REWARD
FOH
Every Ounco of Adulteration
IN the
iNW PROCESS SOAP.
TBS WONDERFUL 3-LB BAA.
A DE ONLY 11Y
Gowans & Stover,
Htiffalo. N. Y.
For salo by all fiiBi-clat-s grcceis.
April 10-l-yr
CLOTHING!
CLOTHING!
I. -uAT";
'2,
THE ARTIST
o? r if m m
AND
MERCHANT TAILOR.
AVho always gives yon tlio latest
styles, and cuts your clothing to fit
you. Having had tlio oxperienco lor a
number ol years in tho Tailoring Hupi
ness, has learned what material will
givo his customers tho best satisfaction
for wear and stylo and will try to
nleaso all who tnvo him a call. Also
on hand
Gents' Furnishing Goods
OF ALL DESCIUITIONS.
HATS, CAPS, AND UMBRELLAS
Always of tlio latest styles. Cull anil ex.
limine his stock bctoro rurclinsiug else,
where.
Store nsnt door to Fiut National Bank
Corner Main & Market Sts.
lit Pa.
Arrllss-ly
E. B. 8R0WER
OAS FITTING A STKASl II HATING.
DEALEll IN
STOVES & TINWARE.
All kinda of work in Sheet Iron, Itoof
ing and Spouting promptly
attended to.
Itbtrlct attention given to heating by steam.
Cornor of Main & East Sts,,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
B ooms
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, NOY EMBER
mm
miiiipuitfi
30 YEARS
RECORD.
crnti-s
ALL
sisxASEa
OP
Tnn
KIDNEYS
uvEn
AND
chin Any
OnUANB
Enoror
OnAVEI,
EtADETES
IlIUOUT'S
EISEABD
TAINS
IN
THE
BACK
LOINS
on
BIDE
NERVOUS
DISEASES
H.ETENTION
OR
NON.
DETENTION
or
tnmfE.
FRICB
i. ao.
Gend for
Tamphlet
or Tcstl.
rnonlAls.
iir-rr's
Itr.MEllY
CO.,
rroTldcnee,
II. I.
rhyalclani Testimony.
A. W. Drown, M.D., of Provl Jcnco,
It. I,, says! "I havo need 1Iunt'
tKIJncyond Liver HtMiDTlnmy
practice for tho past elitccn years,
and cheerfully recommend It aa
being a safe and rllaM remedy."
Another prominent doctor of
Providence pays that "I am fre
quently urged to ikc olher prepnra
tloneaaanbstllntrsfor Hcht'I" Kid
neyand Liter) Hbmedt. I find on
trying them Hint they aro worthless
In comparison toll."
An Old Lady.
"My mother, 70 years old, has
chronic kidney complaint and drop
ay. Nothing has ever helped her
llko HctiT'a Kidney and Liver)
Hkmeot. Slio has received great
benefit from 8 bottles nnd vto think
It will' euro her." W. W. Sander
land, Builder, Danbury, Conn.
A Minister's Wife.
Her. Anthony Atwood, of Phila
delphia, rays; "Hint's Kidney
and Liver) Hemkut has cured my
ttlfe of Dronay In lis vtorst form.
All say that It Is a miracle."
C.encrnl Cliace.
General Chacc of Ilhodo Island
says: "I always keep Host's Kid
ney and Liter IlcuEnr In my
home. Taken tn small doses occa
sionally at nlghl.lt prevents hcod
ache, and regulates tho kidneys,
stomach and other organs." 10
Illscnso Boon shaken, by IIckt's Hejiedt taken."
C . CI1I11E.M0N, N. Y (iencrtl A(-ent.
SCOTT'S
EMULSBON
OF PDRE COD LIVER OIL
10S0
Almost as Palatabloas Milk.
Tho only preparation of COD LIVED, OIL that
can bo taken readily and tolerated for a long tlmo
by dcllcalo fctomathi,
ami as a iiEtir.nY ron rovsniPTiov.
SI IKIH 1,(11 S Al HI IKISS. t.VlKMl.t. :k
Illlli IH.Illl.lH. (ill I. IIS AM) llllliur Af-
IM'TIOVS. n,l ill IHMIMI IIIMI1IIII l; ll
IIII, lllll. II I. narrellons In IH rrplu.
Prescribed and cnilorscd by tho boat l'hyslclana
In tho countries of tho world.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
oct-S'My.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
the romilir favorite for drc -
ini? the hair, Keitoring the c tier
v hen Eray,and jrc cut in,; I ).nn-
Grurt. It cicanei the sralp,
iton-t the hair fallint!. nitJ is
sure to please. oc and $i, sizes at DrmrcUt.
Tte Best Cough Cure you can uso
ami the best known preventive of Consumption.
Parker's Tonic kept in a home Is a sentinel to
keep sickness out. Used discreetly it kccjn the
blood pure and the Stomach, Liver and Kidnej s
in working order. Coughs and Colds vanish be
fore it. It build, up the health.
If you suffer from Debility,. Skin Eruption,
Cougti, Asthma, I)yspepia( Kidney, Urinary c r
l'emale Complaints, or any disorder of the Lun-s
Stomach, liowels, lllood or Nerves, dmi't t
till on arc sick in bed, but use I'AhKEii's Toml.
to-day; itillcive you new life i-nJ tr.
HISCOX i: CO., N V;
Sold by DruEgtsts, Iarge sainj buyins $i six .
iwg. M-ly
LAKE MAHOPAC, N. Y.
MY DAUGHTER WAS VERY
BAD OFF ON ACCOUNT
OF A COLD AND PAIN
ON HER LUNGS. DR.
THOMAS' ECLECTRIC
OIL CURED HER IN 24
HOURS. ONE OF THE
BOYS WAS CURED OF A
SORE THROAT. THE MED
ICINE HAS WORKED WON
DERS IN OUR FAMILY, (
ALVAH PINCKNEY.'
"ITS SPECIALTIES." f
DR. THO MAS' ECLEC
TRIC OIL FOR COUGHS,
COLDS, CROUP, DIPH
THERIA, SORE THROAT,
CATARRH, AND BRONCH
IAL TROUBLES GIVES IM
MEDIATE RELIEF.
THE, MOST VIOLENT AT
TACK . OJF NEURALGIA
WILL RECEIVE IMMEDI
ATE AND PERMANENT RE
LIEF; IN FACT, AS A
CURE FOR NEURALGIA
IT HAS NEVER FAILED.
nuj;. 23-ly-nlil.
irCjet life Best"
Kill rain, soothe and Btimulat the Urc4
imuioles, and wonderfully etvcngLhea weak
parta. All tho valuable medicinal virtues of
fresh Hops, combined with Surirundy PltcU
and Canada Balsam. Applied to Backache,
I Sciatica, Rheumatism, Click, CU tci.ca, Bid
Ache, Kidnej Affoctlons, Sera Chest or any of
tho various pain and wcAkucBucs so common,
Instant relief is eiven. Cures Dyspepsia and
Liver troubles without Internal dosina, Sold
everywhere, CQ e. 5 for 1 1. aiallod f?r prioo.
HOP rLASTtiico., lTopTu, uoston.uass.
AWonderfuL o.
streN"gthener
ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCES,
OF CAST Clt wnouaiiT IKON.
Suitable for
Yards,
Cemetery Lots
and
Public Grounds,
:o:
Tho following shows tho I'leket Gothic, ono of
tho set oral boautirul stylos of i'ouco manufactured
uy mu uuuerbigucu.
Forlloautvand Durability they nrounsurnass
ed. Set up by experienced bands and warranted
vu givu saiuiaciiuu.
Prices and speoimciis of othor tie
signs Bout to any aauross.
Address
s. wl mmm
BLOOMSBURG PA-
JUy t-tf
I
s MOP '
! MASTERS
SELECT POETRY.
tl'Oll THE COI.l'XIlliN.)
LIFE AND DEATH.
Byjontt BUTTON.
A llttlo wlillo ago was soin,
Tho landscape drossed In lit ,ag green,
And ns each object met tho eye,
It aocmed too boautirul to die.
Hut now In ctery gorKeoushue,
llotv changed tho scono that comes to Wow,
All seared by autumn's frosty breath,
All covered with the signs ot death.
Til thin, on eaith, with all that's made,
Tho llottcrs only bloom to fade,
The leaves to wither and to fall,
A common lot await's them at'.
All life, on earth, must hnto an end,
All progress docs to this nttend,
However fair or puro or high,
It's but to Uto n while to i"e.
And man tho noblest form ot life,
Is not exempted from the strife,
Kach step ho takes upon his way,
Is but n slep toward decay.
He's bora and enters on bis race,
Ho grows and glories In his space,
In mahoods, strength ho Is matured,
And thinks Ills life Is still assured.
Vain dream, for since ho drew his breath,
He's been upon tho road to death,
And while each step has led htm on,
Just so much of bis life Is gone.
Wo live, but dying wlillo wo live,
Tho years tako back tho lifo they give,
And leato us with tho numberless,
As on our Journey btlll wo press.
But 'tis but forms of life that die,
Tho powers of llfo all hidden lie,
The power that nil cxhtenco gives,
Tho real Uto forever lives.
The grass will yet be green again,
Tho Mowers will deck Ihe hill and plain,
And man may perhh from tho earth,
Hut llnd a higher nobler blrlh.
lltith then Is not tlio Utlng land,
Wo seo things dlo on every hand,
It's only when wo look above, ,
Wo nnd tho land ot Uto nnd love.
Lite Is a blessing God lias lent,
Heath, In Mercy God has Kent,
That wo to him ourselves may give,
And llvo to die, and dlo to live.
n
Stillwater, Nov. s, lsss.
SELECT STORY.
A SWEET LOVE,
L.VDV CATIlCAItTS CONl'KSSION.
Thcro was no uioro admired figure
in London society in tho season of 1879
thanJLady Howard Cathcart. A wid
ow of 28, as richly endowed by nature
with wit and beauty, as by her lato
adoring and grateful husband with
wealth unshackled by any odious re
striction, sho might well bo reckoned
among fortune's favorites.
Ji,von thii debutantes ot tlio season,
however fresh and fair, were constrain
ed to acknowledge her supremacy, but
men pleaded iu vain.
r or tlio most part she succeeded m
evading, with equisito dexterity, the
outspoken expression of their homage,
or when this failed, sbo listened and
declined with a grieved and grateful
sweetness which rivotod their chains.
So many brilliant chances had been
tli us passed by that tho world said
that either her ambition was insatiable,
or that sho was ono of tho few women
who prefer personal liberty to social
distinction.
Bertha Cathcart somotimea smiled
to herself when somo of this sort of
gossip was wafted back to her cars.
tier ambition insatiable, when sho
knows it is bounded by tlio strong do
siro to lay all she is and all sho has
at the feet of the ono who alone treats
her with a courteous avoidanco t
Ten years ago, on her first introduc
tion to society, bho had met young
Laurenco Kinnaird, tho oldest son of a
noble but impoverished family, who
had passed UU examinations for tho
India Civil Service with such special
brilliancy and success, as to draw to
ward nimselt a certain amount ot pub-
lio recognition and regard.
lie had obtained the enviable post
of pnvato secretary to a distinguished
Governor of tho Madras Presidency,
and was within threo months of his de
parture from England when their ac
qiiaintanco began.
1 ho latter part ot that period was
passed by him under tho direct influ
ence of Bertha Maxwell's gifts and
graces, as they were both staying in
tlio country house of a mutual friend.
bho was a girl ot whom our choicest
English homes offer so inauy fair sam
pies i sliu was beautiful, highly intelli
gent and taicltilly educated up to the
ever rising standard ot tho dav. Uaro
had never touched her; life had taught
her no hard lessons, nor exacted any
grievous discipline. Scarcely had
vt ish remained ungratihcd, or an liicli
nation been crossed. It was not that
sho was incapable of sacrifice or averso
to y wlil obedience, but that no demand
upon her sell denial had hitherto been
made. Also sho was an heiress.
Of all tho men who had already
gathered round and worshiped tho bril
liant girl, competing for tho favor as
knights ot old at a tournament, none
pleased her so well as tho gravo and
rather cynical student, thu famo of
whoso prodigious attainments had al
ready attracted her toward him. Af
ter tho desultory iutcrcourso of a Lou
don season, they met, as wo havo said,
bcncalli tho samo root, and under con
ditious tho most favorable for uutck
cning a latent inclination into lovo or
friendship, for six weeks they mot
and patted morning and night, until
tho thought of tho morning hand clasp
uecauiu iu uuuu uu uiiiicqiaien rapture,
and in tho light chat of tocial inter
course, or tho more earnest discussions
of thought and opinion, their eves in
tuitively sought each other's for agrco
ment or dissent. Then as other guests,
less closely allied to their hostess,
dropped off, they walked or rodo to
gcther iu tlio cool autumn mornings
and tho young man allured by the
sweet interest alio showed in all ho
said (his speech having become for her
something diltcrent from other men s
opened out his heart.
Ho told her of his family history
of tho horoio soldier father, disable-;
by a long lifo of hard service in India
and never uttered a complaint of tho
scanty recognition lio had got ; of tho
tender, sickly mother, oppressed but
nuvcr overwhelmed ny tho weight ol
domestiu caics, and of tho littlo crowi:
ot brothers ami sisters who wero ono
and all looking to him to pavo his ow
way to fortune, that ho might help
them along tho road. It was evident
to Bertha that tho chief satisfaction ho
derived Horn ins present success was
tho chanco itgavo him of fulfillin
what t-op m oil to her tlu-su somewhat
unreasonable expectations, and ho
spokoof it with it simple manlv grnti
lude, not at nil as if it, had been won
13, 1885.
by his own oncrgy of will and brain.
in mo wont inoy iovcu caon oinor.
She know it and rejoiced, for wlial
stood between them and hnpniness t
no kiiow u anu iookjiis resolution.
fsho was sitting one morning in the
pretty iiiornini: room which had been
set apart for her use, when ho knocked
at tlio door lor admission.
"Como inr bIio cried brichtly. "I
avo finished my letters, and am ready
to talk j or perhaps you havo some
Bchemo to propose!"
lie looked at Her for a moment with
grave- earnestness ; in her pretty thick
wluto jjowii, with a crimson sash round
tho littlo uuppleo waist, and a red rose
in tho laco at her throat, ho
thought ho had never seen her look so
fresh and fair. Her swcot faco had
that expression of mingled softness
and ardor which was ono of her distin
guishing charm?. Ho turned away
from her a llttlo and referred to a let
ter in his hand.
I am ofraid," ho answered, with a
forced smile, that tho timo is ijono by
for schemes or plans. I havo received
summons Jroni my chief wo aro to
ail in ten days, and thoso of necessity
I must sneud at homo. I am como to
say goou-by."
Her lips parted, but sho checked the
exclamation that had nearly escaped
her ; sho could not, however, check the
sudden paling of her cheek.
Unco more ho glanced toward her,
grasped his purpose moro firmly, and
wont on.
"I am uoinK away, as vou know,
with tho prospect of a long cxilo from
England my lifo's work is cut out for
me. Any regrets I may loci, 1 am
bound to stille. Mv father reminds
mi- onco moro that I havo mv foot on
tho first rung of tlio ladder, and must
mount lngher,it only to pull my young-
r brothers attcr mo. ion would
smilo if you know all tho hopes thoy
are building upon my start In lifo at
home. It is a foreign conclusion I must
never marry."
"Yes, ' said Bertha, with that match
less self-command which comes partly
from tho highest training, partly front
the exigence of tho unwiiltcn co-Jo of
social tradition. 'I havo hoard you
say that before. It is, of course, a
much liner rolo to play in Uto to be the
prop and head of one's family than to
mako somo commonplaco match, espe
cially when it can bo played without
ltort or denial. And sho had enough
faith in her own courago to raise her
lovely eyes and look at him.
Ho was silent tor a low moments,
and then ho said, iu tli-i low, deliberate
tones sho know so well :
"It seems an unworthy thing to try
and found a claim to your approval,
Miss Maxwell, or poso beforo I go in
tho character of victim or martyr, but
tho chances are that wo may never
meet again, and it may help me, and
cannot hint you, it I tell you tho
truth. I tako away witli mo to India
a sorrow that will help to mako my
dedgo of celibacy easy a lovo that I
cnew very well from tho beginning was
hopeless, but that I had not the power,
scarcely tho wish to strugglo against or
to conquer. Mow strugglo and con-
quest are too lato. 1 don't know that
1 am to blame, and 1 will not pretend
to ask you to forgivo a folly that was
all but inevitable tliero was nothing
n your kindness wnicli reminded mo ot
my presumption.
ilo stopped and looked at her wist-
fully; ho could not read tlio expression
of her downcast face.
"You aro not angry with me, dear!"
to asked in a tone that cut her to tho
leart. "Oceans, and plains almost as
wide as oceans, will soon divido us,and
what will it matter to you then that
ono man whom you may never seo
again accepts tho bitter pain of your
sweet memory as tho test and safeguard
ot his lifo i
"I am not angry," sho answered
gently.
"iNo, ho said, "you could not bo
yourself and not bo sorry for mo ; also
you could not bo yourself and I not
lovo you . uivo mo a passing thought
sometimes if you should hear ot me as
playing my part fairly well in life and
carrying my burdens liko a man. Re-
member, 1 shall owo a great deal ot
what courago or pationco I may show
to tho wish to bo worthier of the girl
that I havo dared to love.''
For a moment it was in her heart to
toll him how every pulse of her being
responded to tho words he had spoken, I
and that sho asked for nothing better
than to share her wealth, not with lam
only, but with every member of tho
family which weighed so heavily upon
him, but tho next convinced her that
his prido would roject such charity,and
that to let him know that ho left her
behind to suffer as ho suffered would
bo to mako tho sorrow unbearable that
ho was now ablo to boar, thinking ho
endured it alone. 1 uereiore sho kept
nor socret, aim young j.atircuco lun-
naird sailed for Madras without a sns-
picion that lio had won tho heart ot tho
sweetest girl in luiglaml.
But that was ten years ago.
Bertha Maxwell was married somo
twelve months after his departure,
with tlio full approval of her family
and friends, as well as of society at
arge.
Sho did not marry ono of her outh-
till Biiuors, but a acotch peer ot great
wealth and still larger philanthropy,
who was out enough to bo tier lather,
Lord Cathcart was not too old, how-
over, to lovo me gravo una intelligent
girl who listened with such winsomo
interest to his manifold theories and
schemes for bettering the condition of
tho poor on his estatus, and who ulti-
mateiy consented to join Iter life to
his for tho purposo ot carrying them
out,
Was Laurence Kinnaird consequent-
ly forgotton 1 By no means ; but this
girl could not justify it to her con-
6cieiico to bitteily disappoint tho rea-
sonablo expectation of her friends and
wound tnu heart ot ono ot the worth-
iect of mon, in ordor to nurso to her
gravo a hopeless passion.
It might bo considered by somo a
ouuiuii ui cuiisuu'iiiiuusiichs, urn ueioro
marrying tho mature viscount, who
told her that, old as ho was, lio had
nover loved any woman beforp.sho con-
fessed to him tho unconfessed lovo of
her heail, and that tho career of young
Laurenco Kinnaird, already drawing
publio attention to it, would always bo I
watched by her with sympathetic inter
est,
'tho soven years of marrlod lifo
which followed wero full of nuiet con
tent and widespread human interests,
but they closed with her husband's
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death, ami Lidy Catlioart, after a long
norioil ot roc us on. in wind s 10 tiurs
cd a vorv real oriel, had annln nnnear.
ed in society, wliero sho was courted
ami admired tvitli creator zest than
whon sho was cither debutante or wifo.
Wai it a mero coiiiciileuua that this
stepping out of her retirement occurred
precisely at the samo tlmo as tlio re
turn of Laurence Kinii.iinl from Tndin.
ho havinc obtained a loin le.ivo of nb.
tenco fiom his onerous post of duty 1
Sho answered tho qiit'stion to herself
with tho courageous truthfulness which
d'nlinmiished hr, owning that'it wai
this circumstance, and this nnlr. wliieli
had dnddud her course of action,
Ho was still unmarried and sho was
freo if the old lovo survived, what
now stood between them t
Their first meeting took place at a
crowded evening assembly, and though
ho recognizcil her instantly ainJced,
time had dono littlo moro than develop
nto porlect beauty the crude loveli
ness of tho girl ho avoided moro than
a pa'sing recognition.
Was sho not now even richer and
moro desirable than before still fur
ther removed from hi in on tho social
plane and sought by men who had tho
highest prizes ol it to to otter her T
What measureless folly to suppose
that tho lovo which was presumption
in thu bloom of his youth could be ac
ceptablo now that timo and caro and
the sharp harass of accumulated re
sponsibilities had prematurely aged
and worn him 1 True enough, the ono
passion ot his heart had not grown
old, though ho had led too busy and
strenuous a lifo to pino and fret over
tho inevitable. But in tho depths of
his strong nature, wrapped up iu its
virginial shroud from all contact with
tho outsido world, lay his lovo for
sweet Bertha Maxwell, as fresh, puro
and vigorous as when his eyes had last
laden on her girlish face. And do you
suppose that she, with a woman s in
tuition, did not discover this ?
Sho did, and her eyes bnght"iiod
and her heart leaped within her with a
joy keener than any joy sho had tasted
betore. lio loved her still tho man
sha had played so gallant a part in tho
thick ot diluuullies, which would havo
bafllcd and crushed ordinary men, and
whoso claims to honorable distinction
were recognized on all sides. For ten
yo'iM ho had kept her memory green.
Would all her Uto bo long enough to
pay him back for his sweet fidelily?
lMom timo to timo they met and
parted without a step's advance to tlio
goal she had in view ho inacccssiblo
in his courteous reserve and sho striv
ing to overcomo it as best a fond but
proud woman may.
ft is now very near tho end ot tho
season -, thu cards tor tho last ot her
littlo dinners havo been sent out and
ho is to bo ono of her guests to-night.
It was generally conceded lhat of alt
Lady Oatbcart'a successful little din
ners tho last most nearly touched per
lection, and to explain tho phenomen-
on whero a woman rules alone, it was
remembered that her lato husband,
who had been just as much of an
epiouro as becomes a wiso man
had bequeathed her his cellar and Ins
chief, with all tho rest of his real and
personal estate.
But sho herself : when had her
beauty been moro influential, hor,voioo
touched witli tenderer inflections, or
her talk moro characterized by that
sweet irecaoin ami cultivated thought
fulness which mado her, every other
charm apart then, theJmost delightful
and stimulating ot companions T
Tho most silent guest at her table
was Laurenco Kinnaird, but then his
tactitcrnity was poverbial.aud might bo
excused in a man ol action; or it might
bo that ho thought it gavo moro effect to
his weighty and incisive words w hen
uttered.
When Lady Cathcart roso from tho
tablo with tho lady who was her con
stant companion and friend, sho signi-
hed that, tho evening being bo sultry.
sno nan oruereu coueo to bo served in
tho garden kiosk, but at the s.itno tint o
begged that they would consult, not
their courtesy, but their inclination in
regard to joining them thcro.
Scarcely ten minutes had elapsed bo
foro sho saw from within tho sholter of
her summer house Laurenco Kitinaitd
approaching the spot, and ho was
aioue. Behold tho opportunity sho
desired, granted hor even boforo sho
was prepared to meet it 1 But whero
was tho supremo courage, rising above
all lemiiiino and social conventions,
that sho had resolved to put forth t
No voung girls heat t could havo
beat moro strongly, or her oheok
changed color moro swiftly than hers,
Still was sho such a coward T Should
lovo s labor be lost for want of tho
fitting effort on her part t Sho roso
from her soat, and tying tho black laco
hanndkercliicf she had just throwD off
over her hair and under her daiuty
cinn, said carelessly :
"I will go and meet Mr, Kinnaird,
and show lam my flowering yucca,
no will laugh at it, no doubt, but at
least I would rather know what can
honestly bo said in disparagement
A few moments more, and tliov wero
walking side by sido where sho had
walked olono that afternoon, witli tho
full-brimmed river gently kissing tlio
green banks, and reflecting on its vicar
surtaoo every loat ot tlio lush over
hanging foliage, and every tint of tho
sunset ukv
Kinnaird looked about him, and
"Hiojo aro tho soenes,'' ho said,
'which a man darca not recall in In-
dia, or ho might well go mad with long
ing. How often I havo sympathized with
tho wish oxpressed, I think by Leigh
Hunt in Italy, to tako hath for five-
minutes in tho green grass of old En
gland I But this is morbid."
"You nro very hard upon yourself.'
sho said. "I can so well enter into tho
Keeling you describe, but why do you
call it morbid t It is morbid, accord-
ing to your creed, to let ovon a wis!
escape tho bounds of reason !
If it wero I should stand vorv muuh
condemned by tho creed; but I suppose
i an itauo creatures io their best to
square their practico wilh their theo
ries, and draw on their reservo of na
tionco when they find their 'best' a very
inadequate quantity."
equato quantity.
"Ah 1 sho answered, "you aro not
much changed from thu old times you
were always ono of tho men whoso
reach Is so much higher than their
grasp, and yet boiiio o us might bo
well satisfied to havo lived your lifo
during tho last ten years."
"And what does Lady Catlioart
know of such an insignificant lifo ns
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slnglo point."
"All that tho world knows," sho said
eagerly, "and moro beside. I know of
tho hatd and thankless wotk dono
through good report nnd evil report,
through gickncFS nnd health I know
much of all that with which your chief
was credited was tho result of your
brain and courageous patience. Ilo is
tho first to nckuowlcdgo it; he said to
mo himself, just beforo ho returned to
Madras six months ago, that you were
tho ono man who had served under
him who c.ired for tho g.iod done, and
totally disregarded tho credit for doing
it. burely, that was high praise."
"If it were, it would bo Baying very
littlo for human nature. But there
were a dozen men at least moro disin
terested than myself. If I did not la
bor and schemo for my personal profit,
I did for that of my k'.th nnd kin. I
was always on tho lookout for a cor
ner into which I eouM in-iiiuato Jack,
or somo opening that would help poor
Tom's caret r I wns t aer enough to
utilizo any goodwli that fell to my
sharo for their benefit. 1 am scarcely
to bo persuaded that I am a hero, even
by Lady CathearU"
"Do yon admit l.hcro is any satisfac
tion in having succeeded so well in do
ing what was required of you T"
"A little," ho answered, with an im
patient sigh, "but fcarcely enough to
jutify a mail's career. And tliero is
another side to my good deeds, Lady
Cithern t. and a very seamy one. What
of the miserable and far-reaching mis
takes which I have mado in my official
capacity t of temper of judgment,
aye, even of justice and morcy. Then,
again, what merit lies in being without
ambition, when you know tho ono prizo
of lifo is out of reach 1 To do stolidly
one's roulino duty saves many a man
and woman among us from despair.
But 1 am forgetting to whom I speak
or no, 1 remember it only too well,
but it seems witli less power of self-
control than when 1 was a boy."
ilo tunica away abruptly as he
spoke, as if with tho intention of
breaking oil tho interview; but sho laid
a detaining nanu on ins arm.
"Stop! she said, in a low but firm
voice, and with a sudden name ot color
sweeping over her palo check, "you
snail not leave mo this lime under a
mistake. I am going to confess how
much that boyish self-control made mo
suffer. Suppose I had told you that
sad Autumn morning that if you went
to India you would tako with you all
my joy in life, would you havo stayed
behind 1 And yet it was true I"
Ho started and turned a little pale.
"Aye I Vou can venttiro to own a
girl's folly now, but you wisely kept
your secret then 1" was his answer.
"I kept it," she answered wilh a
sweet forbearance, "though it cost mo
a hard struggle to do so. You were
bound to go away you had tlio for
tunes of your family to make you
would havo refused to tako what I
yearned to givo. It would have hin
dered, not helped you, if you had
known how keenly the girl suffered
whom you had left alone in England."
"Fcr mercy's Bake," ho said hoarsely,
"sparo me, and say no more I Is it
not tlio very refinement of a woman's
cruelty to tell mo of a good I neycr
knaw l had until I lost it? You Iovod
mo once, but thought it kind to keep
tlio secret. Would that you had kept
it till tho end 1 Is it within my light to
ask if the girl had coascd to suffer
when bIio became a wifot'1
"Yes and no," said she, fixing her
softened oyos upon his agitated face.
"When wo have buried our dead, and
tako up tho daily duties of lifo to thoso
still left us, wo do not ceaso to remem
ber becauso wo consent to submit to
tho inevitable. Yon had told mo our
i lovo was hopelcsi, for you could never
marry, and it seemed to mo wrong to
sacrifice tho reasonable wishes of my
ear parents, and refuso to mako a
good man happior. Ilo was quito wili
ng to tako mo even when ho know
what I havo told you, and from that
hour I strove to do my duty toward
him, anil was happy iu tlio doing of it.
I hushed my lovu to sleep and buried
it out of sight and hearing. I
thought," she added, almost in a whis
per, "that it was dead but but tho
old lifo stirs in it yet!''
Ho caught her hand eagirly and
caned toward her, to question moro
closely tho glowing averted face.
"Is it not pity ?' lie askid, with tho
sharp abruptness of inleus-o feeling,
"not a woman s passion lor si'lt-saori-fico
t Aro you sure that what you
felt long ago was anything more than
noblo guls sympathy with tho pain
sho had given, or that now now your
kindness goes beyond compassion for
trio lovo you havo detected after so
many years' fidelity 1 But oven if you
wero in doubt, at least vou givo mo
leavo to try and win you, sinking my
unworthini'ss, and no future will bo
long enough to tiro out my patience,
my love, my queen P
Sho looked at him with a smile.
though her beautiful eyes wero wet
with tears.
"Tako what tho present gives you,
and let tho future take enro of itself,"
sho said. "No need to wait or try for
what you havo got already. I beliovo
I loved you in the past, Laurence, and
I have btrong faith that I shall lovo
you in tho years that aro to come; but
nil that counts for nothing in compari
son with tho conviction that I lovo you
now now, with all my soul l"
Need of Caution.
Tho New Oilcans J'icmunc tells
tho following story, which has a good
monii tviieiner it, is true or not:
A clerk on Canal street was standing
in tlio door of his establishment wit-
iieauig tho parting interview between
a fellow clerk and a fellow clerk's sis
ter Tho young lady started awav.
but, forgetting something, hurried
back. Both young gentlemen had
turned around, and wero about pro
ceeding to business, when the sistcrless
clcik felt a pair of arms Hung around
his neck, nnd bis faco pressed lovingly
by two rose-bud lips.
"I forgot to kiss you, Charley," was
tho laughing explanation.
"So you did I" replied tho blushing
recipient.
"O 1" screamed tho lady.
OP apirated the clerk.
Tho young lady begged pardon. It
is needless to say tho pardon was
granted.