he Columbia. AT$t.50 poryear. Tosmiscrlborsout ofthnnn tytno torm aro strictly In advanco "ttecoun4 lar-flo paper Ulaooutlnued uoovt at th nminn pt the publlshera, until all arrea?aos Tare naif bit lowr contlnuod orodiui win nnt i,n 5i..irePaw,' All papora sent out ot the state or to distant cost o dices must bo paid torlnadTance.uBomK!K jlblo poraoaln Columbia county assume? to oar" tho subscription duo on demand. p r J O B PRINTING-. The Job Printing Department ottho Colbhsiiu li very complete. It contains the latMt now tVn? anl nucbincry and Is tho only omce that mnsob presses by power, glvliur us tho best facmtlcsT &. tlmatcs furnished on largo Jobs. ""-"""-a. - 'L hi PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JJ ATTOHNKY-AT-LAW, omeo over 1st. National Panic, """""'""nf Ta T- U. FUNIC, ATTOHNKY-AT-LAW. mco In ICut's Building. Uloohsbcro, 1'a. J OIIN M. OLAUIC, ATTOHNKY-AT-LAW. AMD JUSTICE OF THE 1'EAOE. 11LO0M8B0KU, l'l. o.llca over Moyor llros. Drug Store. p W.MILLER, ATTOUNBT-AT-LAW 0 nice In Urovror's bulldtng.sccond floor.room Mo. 1 liloonisburg, i'a. B, FKA.NK JWKR, ATTOHNKY-AT-LAW. Bloorasburg, I'a. Office corner ot Centre and Main Streets. Clara t Uuiidlng. Can bo consulted In German. Q.EO. E. ELWELL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Bloomsiiuko, I'a. OHIco on First lloor. front room of Col BMIiiam Uuildluu, Main street, below Ex change Hotel. pAUL E. WIRT, Attornoy-at-Law. ortlco In Columbian Hoilmno, Itoom No. 9, second Uoor. BLOOMSBURG, PA. B. XNOBB. L. B. WIKIIBatllK. KNORR & WINTERSTEEN, A ttorney s-at-Law. onico lu 1st National llank buUdlng, second floor, nrst door to the left. Corner ot Main and Market atreota Uloomsburg. Pa. t-Pennon t and Doun'.itt Collected, J II. MAIZE, ATTORNEY AT-LAW omce In Malio'B bulldlxr. over Ulilraeyer'B grocery. "P P. BILLMKYEK, (DISTRICT ATTORNEY.) ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 63"0(Uco over Dcntler's shoo store, Uloomsburg, Pa. rttpr-30.80. JOnN C. YOCUM. C. E. GKYZlt, YOOOM & OEYER, Attorneys-at-Lawi CATAWISSA, I'A. (Offlce front suit ot rooms on second lloor of NkwsItku building.) WOAN UK CONSULTED IN GEltMAN.uU Members ot Sharp and AUeraan'a Lawyers and Banker? Directory and the American Mercantile dColleSlonAs&iatlon .,1"'Jly.P!n0BnJP1l?2? careful attention to collection of clalmB 111 any Bart ol tie United states or Canada, as well aalo all other professional busluesa entrusted to them K. OSWALD, ATTOHNKY-AT-LAW. Jackson Building, Rooms 4 and 8. BERWICK, PA y. .11. RHAWN. ATTORNKY-AT-LAW. Catawlasa, Pa. omeo, corner ot Third and MalnBtroeta. JJ V. WHITE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Office In Browcrs' Building, 2nd lloor. may 1-tf jyj-lCUAEL F. KYEltliY, Conveyancer, Collector of Claims. AND LEGAL ADVICE IN THE SETTLEMENT OP VKTATES. AC. .... 1... 11,11,11 Willi P. 1 11111 mcyer, attorney-al-law, front icomB, . and lloor BioomsDurg, ra. i" jy. E. BM1T11, ATTORNKY-AT-LAW and NOTAHY PUHLIC, Berwick, Pa. MISCELLANEOUS r t ir.irurirv r Tl flnrcr.nn and PhT I .Btclan.northflldo Maln atreet.below Market L. FKITZ, Attorney-at.Law. Office a front room over ruai um. D B. J. 0. RUTTEB, PHYSICIAN HSDHQEON, Offlce, North Market street, llloomsluri, Pa fvll. WM. M. KEBEH, Burgeon and WPhyslclan. offlce corner ot ltock and Market Truet. JK. EVANS, M. D., Burgeon and .Physician, omeo and Kesldence on Third street. piRE INSUKANOE. CnitlSTIAN P. KNAPP, BLOOMSBOHO, PA. HOME, OF N. T. . MBItcflANTS', Of NKWAKK, N. J. 1'LINTON, N. V. PEOPLES' N. Y. HEADING, PA. TheBO old cobi'oratiokb aro well seasoned by ageandyiKKTisTiiuand have nover yet had a loss settled by any court of law. Their assets are all invested In solid BBcoamiiS are uabletothe hazard of riK only. ,.... Losses raoiiiTLv and honbbti.t adjusted and paid aa soon as determined by Cukibtiam r. KMArr, SPECIAL AOSNTAND ABJOSTKB BLOOMBBHKO, Pa. The people of Columbia county should patron lie the agency where losses If any are Bettled and pall by one of thcr own citizens. ,,, ritOMlTNESS. EOUITY. KAIU DEALING, -p V. IIAKTMAN MrUlSSKTB TBI TCLLOWIlia AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES North American of Philadelphia. Ptanklln, " " fennaylvanla, " " York, ot IMnnsylvanta. Hanover, ot N. Y. Oueens, of London, North British, of London, omce on MArket Street, No, 8, BloomBburg. oot. a, i- , Ti.n tn.nltrVlU 1KTU ill A Mill.' nwwnv. Miivpr'u new buildlntr. Main Btreet, oomaburg, Pa. AssetB -tna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn Itoyal of Liverpool, 13,UU,000 10,000,001 IIUUUBUIIV lire Association. Philadelphia , 1'hainU, ot Loudon i London Lancashire, ot England.. Hartford of Hartford Knrinvfl.MVIraiml Mnrinfl f ,lDO,l IV B0H,STS 1.10U.KTO 8,8! 8,060 g,UB,&80 As flie agencies aro direct, policies are written i or mo inaurea wuuuuv unm ,u'"y",i. Ulooinburg. Oct, SS, SI- fVll llAllV'S FIHBT YEAR, by Mar. J Ion llarlond, tlsocontalnlcgmucli yaluaWe lnTortnatlon. is-rogo took, l-ent on receipt of cent btomnby llcid I'arulcki iercanllle ix. change lihfg.N.V. aug4td, 0.S.B1WELL, . J.K BITTENBE1J3EB1Prf,tc, "TAINWRlailT & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, I'lllLADRLPIIIA. Pa. TKA8, SYItUl'S, C0FFKE, MJllAIt, MOUSSE, HIOK, BPIOKS, IIIOAItn SODA, ETC., ETC. N, K. Corner Second and Arch sts. f-onicra tcc pronipt attention. 2,riR1,ns ve?pii. send lu ccnta post- n " .AS . i. 1 ul sooui mat win moni.ft ?f.Ti.'.n Ahe WftJr of making mora SS Sri5Jhf.2S5Jr8ti1.an.?lu ever thought possl. can tn .t -nP' noi required. You En t ill H?ll0mV,ftn.1.w.0."c ln I'are. Orno only, or ilim-tin". . . """"." run particulars, lv M.rn??r ,n',Snt f.rco; '""nebM pay absolute! Y.t ?ure 'Sr M wll 8tl't at once. Don't delay. Address SrmaoM 4: Co., Portland, Maine, tdccil: II. HOUSE, DENTIST, Umomsiiukh, Columbia County, Pn All stylosof work doneln a supcrlormanner.work I "isiiicutia iuijiuhudluU. 1 BETH ItXTHACT- xd without Pain by tho use of (las, and tree of charge when artinclaltcoth arc Inserted. Olllcc In llnrton's bullilliic, Mnln atrcet, liclow Market, live door s hcl ow m's urng store, llrst lloor. 1o be open at all hourt during the Hat UnDSl.lv - H. C. SLOAN & BRO., DLOOMSBUHG, I'A. Manufacturers ot CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS SLEIQHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C. Plrst-class work always on hand, REPAIRING NEA TLY DONE. Prices reduced to tuit the times. BLOOMSBURG PLACING MILL The undernlcncd hnv?ntr cut hla Planlnir Ml on Hallroad Street, In nrst-ciass condition, la pre yuruu iu uu uu Kinas oi worK in nis line. FRAMES, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS. MOULDINGS, FLOORING, Etc. tnrnisncd at reasonable prices. All lumberusea Is well seasoned and none but skilled workmen aro employed. ESTIMATES FOE BUILDINGS urnlshed on application. Plana and specifics onaprep-irea oy an oxperienceaarauguisman CHARLES KRDG, Bloomxburfr, Pa KEYSTONE ACADEMY ! John II. IIamup, Pii. I). Piiincipal. EKI1ITJ5ENT1I YEA It UEOINS AUGUST 24, 1886. Property cost jw,ooo. campus, so acres. Library, over 8,000 olumes. ilorothan 1,0U) in apparatus. Superior facilities for students ln Ph) slology. Location healthful, Instruction thorough, dls- clpllno strict, expenses moderate, experienced teachers, small classes, personal attention. Prepares for business, for eollego Jand for teach ing, students prepared In Kcystono havo entered Yalo and Harvard unconditioned. Separate building ot brick, heated by steam, for the use ot ladles. Students travel on the D. L. i: W. and branches and on the Lehigh Valley at half rates. For catalogue or Information address tho princi pal at Factory vllle, Pa. (m. stWrns, CLOTHING ! CLOTHING -:o: G. W. BERTSGH, THE MERCHANT TAILOR. Donts Furnishing Goods, Hats & Gaps OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Suits mndo to order at short notice and a fit al wn h guaranteed or no sale. Call and examine tho largest and best selected stock ot goods ever shown in Columbia county. Store next door to First National Bank, MAIN STREET, Bloomsburg, Pa. ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCES OF CAST CH WKOUQIIT IUON. Suitable for Yards, Cemetery Lots and Public Grounds ThO following SHOWS luo I uumiu iuv u the several beuul Itul styles ot reuco manufactured by the unacrsiguea. ror iicauiy ana uuruumii ed. Set up by experienced hands and warraSted W give Buiiaiuiwuu. Prices and specimens of other de- signs sent to any auuruss. Address . . . , i BLOOMSBURG PA- May 4-tf , FRENCH'S HOTEL. CIT1 HALL SQ.UA1IK, NEW YORK, Tills hotel Is one of the most complete In Its ap polnlmentu and lurnlturo ot AN V UOUSL lu hew Vn,L- ,'l,v ntul U cnndllt'ted on tho I EUROPEAN PLAN. Itoomsonly Ono Collar per day. Halt minute's wane irum iiiwmju uttuKo All lines ot cara ium mo iwi. iwoj- . ,iin it": ,;, , .:,. .,. .n,l I nn, rnnntrr lt'UletB with au tuoiuiuwaui,uiuu;mmi...vvo. g Jujy. J J yr I In nrcaenta given away, .tend u ccnta pobtage, aud by ma tl you wie v".." i,"".r,"r,;,"vTm 2nS thing OTTmerfca? Aliabou't itffmu In presents with each box. Agents wanted ey. eryivnere, oi euuri v. , "bj ?,,- land, Maine, luecispo. SUBSOHIUK von THK COLUMBIAN, fife BROWN'S IRON , BITTERS ' WILL CURE HEADACHE . INDIGESTION BILIOUSNESS DYSPEPSIA NERVOUS TROSTRATION MALARIA CHILLS and FEVERS TIRED FEELING GENERAL DEBILITY PAIN in the BACK & SIDES IMPURE BLOOD CONSTIPATION FEMALE INFIRMITIES RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA " KIDNEY AND LIVER TROUBLES FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS The Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed Red Lines on wrapper. TAKE NO OTHER. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM the twpatar f aTorito for drewlnff tho Iitur, Rcwtorlns color hon pray, and jirrTentTng IiantlrulT. It cloannoi tho pcaJp, stow tho hair falUnc, anft lit nura to pleaso. ouc ma ilw at uniggigta. Tho best Couch Curo yon cun nso. And tho best prerentlTO known for Consumption. It curt bodily pain, and all disorders of the Stomach, Bowels, Lungs, Liter, Kidneys, Urinary Organs anil all FcnuUe Complaints. Tho fccblo and sick, et nig gling agalnBt dlsoase, and slowly drifting towards tno grave, will In most castes recover their health hy the timely uoo of 1'iUKEjt's Tonic, but delay la dan gerous. Take It In time. Bold by all Druggist In largo bottles at 81.00. HINDERCORNS aUBBlUCBlf BUrcBV, VIU1C1-BV W1U UU VUI U lUr ILOf Bunions, Warts, Moles, Callouses, Ac. Hinders their fur thergrowth. Etopsallpaln. Qivesnotroubla Makestbo feet comfortable. Ilindercorns cures when ever) thlna eLw falls. Bold by Druggists at 15c IIiscoxiCo.,N. V. fluff, 14-ly FACTS vs. PREJUDICE Prejudice; is hard to combat. It cannot be overcome in a day. More than likely it wasn't formed hastily. Indeed it may have been Gradually strengthening its hold for years. For Instance, some folks believe Rheumatism cannot be cured. Their fathers believed so before them. So did their Grandfathers: Now, RHEUMATISM CAN BE CURED, notwithstanding this prejudice, but the trouble is to make people think so.' The only way we know to meet popular un- Delict is to state the f LAIN FACTS, ana then present the POSITIVE PROOFS that they arc facts. It is a fact that the RUSSIAN RHEUMATISM CURE not only relieves but banishes.Rheumatic Tain. There is positive proof of it too. It comes from those who have suffered untold agony with Rheumatism and have been com pletely cured by tins remedy. All who have tried it have had this experience. Some of them permit us to print their testimony. It makes quite a little book, which wc send free to any who arc interested enough to ask for it. A complete Russian Rheumatism Cure, costs S2.50. If mailed, loc. additional. If registered, loc.more. You'll never need but one. so the price isn't high. Who wouldn't give 82.50 to get rid of Rheumatism ? As yet It cannot be lound at tne stores, dui can oa had only by enclosing the amount as above, and addressing the American Proprietors, PFAELZER BROS. & CO., 8ig & 821 Market St., Philadelphia. march 9-ly.n CURES ALL HUMORS, from a common Itlnlrli, or Eruption, to tho wurtt Set-urn la. Sal l-r Is en in, "Fcver-ori'," Sraly or Hough Milll, In short, nil iIIsmim'S muscil liy bail blood are ccmiueitil by this poweiful, purifying, and InvliroratliiK medicine. Jrciit i:aliuir Ul cers rupiuiy Ileal linucr us iiuiukii lunueiicu. EsDcciallv lias It niiuillreti'il ten potency In curlntr Toller, Hone Itall, Ilolln, Cnr- DUIlCICh, IMiru J.J ntnntiiwiii. .-. 11. anil Mvt'lliiiu, llfp-.loluc IH.oaie, Will 10 MVdUliiirn, (ollre, or Thick Neck, anil UnlurKCil islands, fcend ten cents fn stamps for u Lirec treatise, with col ored plates, on M(lu Diseases, or tlio sam amount tor a treatise on Scrofulous Affections. "Till. ISI.UlfD ia im. i.irm-." Thoroughly clouiiso it liy usiiiK llr, Plerec'si llolilen iUedlcnl Ileo opy, and itiinil fllueatlon, u fair skill, liuojiiiit ilr Iik, vital atrciiKlli, and hiiiiiMlnenK of coiisttlutloii, will bo ustnblisiiul. on RICH 5ftir&T which Is Scrofulous IJlM'nse of the Lungs, it promptly mid tilluiiily inicsted and cmed by this (lou-friwn icinwly, if taken before tho lost stages of tin- disease are reached. irom 1.3 wonueriui power uvt-r mis lerriuir fatal dl ,enso, when lli-t otfvrlmr this now cel ebrated remedy to (ho nubile, Dr. I'ieiicb thought seriously of tnlling It his "c:on. sum pi I. hi cm re," but abandoned thiitnuino as ton limited for u medicine which, iium Its wonderiuiconibiniuioii in imiic.oriui'iijfiiieii Ing, alterative, or bloinl-cli'iuisiiiir, null-bilious, tiuctoiiil, ami uuttltivo pi-opLitln.Uuiiequ.ilfd, not only at a icnicdy li.r consumption uf tho juries, but lor nil CHRONIC DISEASES or Tim Liver, Blood, and Lungs. I If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, have sallow color of skin, or yellowish-brown spots on luce or bouy, uentiem nciuiticua or dizzi ness, bad tasto In mouth. Internal heat or chilli, alternntlnir with hot tlnshcs, low spirits and gloomy borebodhiBS, lrreaumr appetite, ana coated tomrue. you nro suttuilnpc from Iudl Kcntloii. 11 apepul'i, nnd Torpid Liver, or "llllloukiicaii." lu many casts only part or these symptoms nio cvperlenced. Al a remedy for ull such ensee, llr. IMorco'i Golden Itledlcul Discover)- hat no e'lViil. .. . . , ror w ciik iiiiiiui, piiiiiiji oi iiiuuui Sliortnom of llrentli, lsroiicliltii. severe 'oiik1i, Couniinplloii, and klndied affections. It Is a sovereign remedy. Send ten cents in stamps for Dr. I'Kroal book on Consumption. Sold by Druggists. PRICE $1.00, on e ijottles FOR $0.00. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors, 643 Main St., DcrrALO, N. T. VfcVCCfS LITTLE 059W T.TVER ivri.IllI.IOHS and CATIIAHXIC. Sold by DriiKKUti. 3 cents a vial. $500 REWARD U offered bjr the proprietor! nf tir. snu-o'ti Catarrh Itemedr foracasoof eatarrh which ther eannot cure. 1 1 you ha n a discharge from tho nose, ntfemlvo or other wise, partial loss otainell, taste, nr lipurtnir. weak eves, dull Pain or prewure In head, you liavo Catarrh. Thou sands of cases terminate In consumption. Dr.Soiro's Catahiiii Hb.meijv cures the worst cases of Cntarrli, "Cold III llio Head," and C!utnrrlinl iulaclie. 60 cents. NATURE'S A RELIABLE REMEDY CURE FOR Terrli Liver. CONSTIPATION Eiticus Headache, Castlventsi. Tarrant's Effervescent HelUer Apc-rU-nl. It la certain lu Us eirects. It la gentle ln Its anion. It is tulutableto the taste. It can bo relied upon to cure, aud It cuics by biaU- luie. Do not take violent purcatltcs yourfcelvea, or 7.i,...ipl mi nlilMrn Inlntn Vinl.HoaiiarnO mem, aiwnya urn-mm UlUn -liuuuuwnus gi i imiit. nhnrinaceuttcal tiren- ANU araviuu, wuituiiwuiw tnnm than forty veara a nVCDCDCII public tin onto, bold by lUlOrklOlKill druggists everywhere, r U, BLOOMSBUEG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST SELECT STORY. MINERVA'S THIMBLE I1Y UTT1I5 itoouua. "Tho now tciiarttH havo sent their first load," Bald Minerva Leinoine, glancing casually through a curtalnless window ot tho dismantled drawing room, from which a brawny truckman was just convoying tho last nrliclo of tnrmturo. "And our things havo all gone wo aro leaving nothing behind us except my thimble. Miss Lemoino was not liko tho Min erva of tho legend and tho marble pho had 110 place of majesty,no panoply of power, no resplendent buckaler, no marvelous gifts from tho gods I Sho was only a slim girl with a fair, pale faco and innocent, sad brows j bIio was only a sort of factotum to a somewhat pretentious young kinswoman, and her most prized possession was a simple thlmblo a dainty bijou of gold, edged with a fanciful rim of sapphires as bltio as her own swtct eyes. Thero was a littlo romance associated with tho pretty thimblo it was the gift of one who had onco been her dour lnver, of ono who was still her faithfully hi loved, although ho had pa?e.l out of her lifo and gono his un known wav 111 nivstiTV and silence i of ono 111 whoso truth shu still believed, despite all the tinio and change bttween them. This littlo ttifl was tho ever vivid reminder of tho happy days cone uy ; 11 wua uiu llliigiu UiruiCb WIHCIl brouulit Lack the bright visions and blissful dreaiiH, tender promises and loud assurances ot their shadowed love; it was tho talisman which repelled all fears and doubts and kept faith quick cniiiir where oven bono had perished. 'Ouis is tholovo of a perfect trust,'' Cyril Giosvenor had said to her at parting. "Though tho whole earth might lav between vou and mo, still I know you would bo true, my darling, aim remain mine only. And thouuli T 1 . 1 . " x mig.it never .agc iook upon your luce, my nearest, sun siioum i neiong always to you and never to any other " uiu iter treasured littlo souvenir was no longer in her possession. In tho turmoil and disoidcr of (lack ing and moving it had boon mislaid or lost, and so suddenly aud unaccount ably iiad it disappeared, that oven tho wise Minerva of old, with all her acumen and her marvelous methods of research, might havo despaired finding it. "You can buy another, I suppose, was tho indifferent remark of her young kinswoman a hauihty, showy young lady, who tood taking a final and rather lugubrious survey of tho empty drawing room. "I declare, Min, you nro moro disturbed about that worthless thimblo than you aro about leaving the handsomo old house. You haven't a bit of sentiment, Min, nor a bit of sympathy for anybody cither, I myself 'jositiely feel hysterical now I begin to realize the lionpc is actually sold and is to uo occupied by Strang ers." "They havo brought 6omo elegant new furniture rose plush and ebouy and some'exquisito statuttcs in ala baster," Min said without tho slightest concern for tho imminent hysterics. "Don't tell mo what they aro bring ing," was tho pettish response. "They aro ncu or course, or they could never havo bought such a house as this. If thero hadn't been a dreadful mortgage, or somothing, papa wouldn't havo Bold tho place. But his difficulties havo just begun, 1 suppose s we shall bo octtiiiK poorer and poorer I am euro of that 1 This year wo can afford to rent somothing tolerably stylish and to keep our carnago ; next year wo Mian como tiown io apanmenis anu ti(o sorrowlul mystery whicn had sun hired cabs, and tho next will bo an Jered her from her dear lover and attic and destitution, I dou t doubt,' sho added, moro in wrath of present evil man wun .real apprencnsion ior tho future, perhaps. "I shouldn't borrow trouble. Julie, if I wero vou." Min returned centlv. as sho followed tho other down tho brown- stono steps of tho abdicated mansion. "There aro losses moro sorrowful than those o? riches, vou know." Tho loss of a memento thimble, or of an inconstant admirer, you mean, I suiinoae." Julia sniil. with a tiermlinr itnd not altogether agreeablo smilo llickering around her thin lips. Min was silent. She could not di cuss tho ono memory which she had kept sweet and sacred in tho bleak and toilesome desert of her life. "O, I know all about the affair, Julia continued, with her haughty eyes turned for a second furtively upon the fair palo face, which had flushed almost painfully. "Cyril Grosvenor inademo his confidant, of course! And I think ho really admires you, Min but 1 wasn t a bit jealous, 1 assure you." "Mo, Mm murmured, halt nncon Bciously, as tiio flush suddenly changed to a startled pallor. "Indeed, no I Why should I havo boon 1" Julia said with n littlo laugh which sounded cruelly jarring. "Tho fanoy may slray though the heart is iixed, you Know ; and no was always frank enough with mo about his Binall follies. Ho was charmingly candid nuout tno interesting events ot mo summer spoilt m your delightful vil lage.' film walked on, slim and erect, her oyes strangely brilliant, a crimson tlamo wavering in each soft cheek, although sho seemed almost ns undis turbed as tlio sereuo juny skies aoovo her. Hut she was not as composed as sho seemed. Though sho might livo a hundred lives, sho would nover livo to forget tho sickening, suffocating pang of that ono brief moment. Sho saw neither sky nor earth : neither tho walls ot brick and mortar around tier, but not wicked I lie could not no nor tho pavements beneath hor feet i Cyril ; his could not be tho arm pillow sho did not hear tho noises of the busy ing her bewildered head, his could not day, nor oven of tho heavy vans rattling past her down tho stony streets. blie saw instead tho villago homo which bad been her's until bereave- ment and intsiortuno nail torccd ner into a toilsomo dependency upon her haughty relative. Sho saw again tho shady paths and tho rippling Inke, whore, in moonlight and sunlight, two hnnnv lovers had walked and talked or drifted with tho breeze ami tldo: sho felt again tho clasp of clinging bands and tlio touch ot clinging lips slio heard again tho whispered promts os, gladdening tho sorrow of a parting which sho had deemed would be brief, but which had been so mysteriously prolonged. "Ours is tho lovo of a perfect trust. Though I might novcr again look upon your face, my dearest, ellll should I belong nlways to you and novcr to any other, ho had said. And sho had believed him i sho had faith in his truth t and bo sho would havo nlways to tho end. That perfect trust had soothed tho pang, and calm ed tho trembling heart, nnd in a brief moment Min was herself again. "1 never doubled that you and Mr. Grosvenor wore tho best of friends, Julio," bIio said at length, with a man ner gently noncommittal. "Wo wero a great doal to each other," Julia declared, with an express ion intended to imply much more than tho declaration itself. "I think of him constantly, though I havo never liked to speak ot him to you 1 thought yarn miuht ho sensitivo about that foolish summer flirtation, you know 1 I Blip- poso you will scarcely caro to pco him. now ho has returned from buropo i tWain Min started : tho crimson tlamo again kindled in her checks, nnd her lips (puvered with tho eager ques tion sho was too proud to utter. "He is likely to call in a few days, her tormentor pursued with another furtively searching glanco at her proud, inscruitablo face, "although of course you aro not obliged to seo bun unless you wish. 15ut I daro say ho will scarcely renumber you Cyril has such a happy knack of forgetting the partners ot his tlirlatious lollies I llo li.is a generous nature, though, in spite of his littlo faults ; if ho had only come back sooner wo might not havo been compelled to sell our hondsomo house ; as it is I suppoio when wo aro once married he will help settle all poor papas huanciai (iiuicuitias, biio cjii cludod as if sho had finally communi cated everything necessary to a pleas ant understanding ot the situation and would prefer to dismiss tho subject. And at tho moment they arrived at tho door of tho now residence a house scarcely less cleoant than tho hand- resi(lell,r0 in .,. moro fo.h. ,., nvnlln fnw ,,,-,.. aw "Thero is something left behind af ter all. Min 1 was thero over any thing so careless V Julia exclaimed as sho abruptly stopped at tho top of tho steps. "I left my bunch of keys the keys of mv writing desk and bu reaus on tho mantel in my old room ! You must go back instantly I am quito too much fatigued myself 1 lint then you wont mind, JUin you will have another chanco to look for your invaluable thimble, you know. Minerva turned back without demur; to bo commanded and to obey had been her lot for all tho woary yearB which sho had spent beneath tho shel tering roof of her none too beneficicnt relatives 1 "And I may find my keepsake thim ble after all,"she thought as sho walked back through the soft, clear suiiBhine, and again ascended tho steps of tho old familiar house and so at length entered tho chamber designated. "I was using it last in this very room, aud it may have dropped in some crnv- ico or other. Sho had secured tho bunch of keys from tho mantel, and just then she es pied a glitter of something amid a pile of fragmentary papers which had,beeti deposited in the grate. Tho clitter was that ot tho missed somcnir indeed, and, as sho delighted ly seized it, sho glanced to draw torth something else a sealed euvelopo in scribed with her own namo 1 Tho penmanship was that of Cyril Grosvenor, and a letter was within tho envelope, which was quito intact. Tho girl trembled trom head to tcct, and her face becamo wlnto as death. Instantly sho divined what had been shadowed their perfect love. "Julia hints you aro but trilling with me, sho read as she unfolded tho lei- tor, which shook and rustled in her startled grasp "that there is a prior attachment which precludes the possi bilitv of your caring eai nestly for me, I am incredulous ; I caunot believe my lovo was only a summer pastimo for vou ! And yet, my darling, I should like you to send mo sorao sweet assur anco to dispel tho doubts which at times beset me. "Tho Prince awaits his lady's call," but ho cannot como again, unbidden, to be the target of your merry scorn I i await one sweet assuring word beforo I leavo forever the " Sho could read no turlher : every thing was a blur boforo her sight : al- most unconsciously she thrust tho letter within her bosom and turned away, She felt chilled and blinded as sho faintly descended tho stairs and again into tho street. A hugo furniture van at tho instant had clashed against tho curb ; somo black, projecting object loomed per ilously closo to her diooping head ; but sho saw nothing ; neither did sho hear a sharp warning, shouted too late For lust then tho black object top pled from tho can and crushed down against her ; sho felt a thrust and a shock, aud then all was blank obliv- ion When sho regained her senses she was lving upon nu improvised couch of rersian rugs in tno dismantled draw ing room, and a solitary watcher was kneeling by her side, ono arm tenderly iillowing her neati, ono anxious iiaud lioldiug some roviving draught to her Hps. Her oyes unclosed wondcnngly, and closed again dreamily as sho beheld tno taco so near ner own. surely slto must Uo dreaming I ono of the distorted, chaotia dreams which always haunted her Bluiubers now 1 Thero had been no intercepted lotter discovered amoug tho litter of tho grato 1 Julia was harsh nnd haughty, bo tho faco so warm and tender eloso to her own. "And ho was truo Uuo as my own heart. Ours was tho lovo of a perfect trust," alio murmured. Aud with tho murmur she again un closed her oyes, now in completo nnd comprehensive consciousness. Then sho uttered a faint littlo cry of wondc ing burprise, of unbelieving ioy. j lo wns indeed her own Cyril, and his wero tho arms which itnnetuously j drew her oloser and more closely to - uim. "And I should havo remained truo always, my darling ; that perfect trust long ago conquered tho doubts which 20, 1886. distracted mo for a time," ho whisper ed as ho kissed tho fair face upturned to his own. "Hut it was tho fateful thimblo which brought mo hero to you," Min smiled through her happy tears, when their explanations had presently been effected. "It was certainly tho magio thimblo which unearthed tho letter," ho said with a responsive Bmlle. At tho moment a littlo gasping sound diverted their attention, and both turned to perccivo Julia standing by tho open door, her nttitttdo aud ex pression suggestive of chagrin and dis comfiture, uo less than of amazement. "I desired lo know what had hap pened to Min," she began, in a tono of curiously commingled confusion and petitionee. "Several things havo happened to her, I believe,'' 3Ir. Gosvcnor said witli a mischievous littlo laugh and a fond glance nt Mill's blushing face. "Sho has been nearly annihilated beneath an avalanche of carpeting ; sho has found a somewhat edifying letter which you neglected to mail for inc moro than n year ago, and tho list of accidents and discoveries is to bo completed by a wedding. Miss Minerva is to bo in stalled as mistress of your old home, which was purchased for mo by my agent, as I suppose you aro alrfady aware." Julia, however, had not been aware of the fact ; and tho information did not lessen iiur embarrassment aud mortification. "Everything always docs go wronp on a moving day,'' sho soliloquized peevishly, as sho wended her disconso late way back to her new hired resi dence. "And only for tho losing and linding of that wi etched littlo thimble, things might havo ended very differ ently.'' President Cleveland's View of American Journalism, HIS TWO I.KTTKIiS TO TWO IlISTINOUISHED EDITORS. Exi-.cutivi: Mansion. "I Washington, Deo. 12, 1885. j To Joseph Kejtter, ivV?., .Veto 1'orJv City. My Dr.Ait Sue : I have just received your letter with tho newspaper clipping which caused you so much annoyance. I don't think thero ever was a lime when newspaper lying was so general and so mean as at present, and there never was a country under tho sun where it flourished as it does in this. Tho falsehoods daily spread before tho peoplo in our newspapers, whilo they aro proofs of tho mental ingenuity of those encaged in newspaper work, are insults to tho American lovo for de cency and fair play of which wo boast. I hasten to reply to your letter that the allegation contained in tho .blip you send me, to tho effect that you ever asked a personal favor of me, is entirely and utterly false. You have never in the slightest manner indicated a wish, claim of preference touching any appointment to office, or any offic ial act ot iir.no. and the only occasion I remember when I ever had any con versation with you, was during a short and very friendly call you made upon mo in Albany, during my term as lov- eruor. If I over received a letter or message from you on any subject have forgotten it a thing I should not bo apt to do. Whilo I am sorrv that any friendli ness you may have felt or exhibited for mo has been tho cause of embarrass ment to you, I cannot refrain from say ing that if you ever becomo a subject of nowspaper lying, and attempt to run down and expose all such lies, you will be a busy man, if you nitomp nothing else. Hoping mai mo ueniai wiucu i send is sufficiently explicit, I am yours very sincerely. UllOVKIt (Jf.KVEI.ANI). Exkcutivi: Mansion, 1 Washington, 1). C, July 25 188G j C, 11. Jones, J.-., Jacksonville, Fta. iJEAit but : 1 coniess to sorao sur- priso at tho tenor of your last letter to me and a later ono to Col. Lamont. Thero aro sereral millions of peoplo in tho United States who havo much more tinio to write letters to tho Presi dent than ho can possibly find to reply. I nave not written, as vou requested an explanation of tho maimer in which something claimed to bo a Ictttcr from ou to me, but winch you declared was not a truo copy, found its way into print, because I know I could not ac count for its appearance, aud for tho further reason that 1 did not exaolly bco why J should becomo in any way involved in a nowspaper war over tlio publication of a letter which you said was not a copy ot ono in my possession. x our letter containing as it did an allusion to tho Post Ollice at Jackson ville, was sent to tho Post OHieo De partment to bo put with other papers touching that subject, so that when it was under consideration tho suggest ions mado would not bo overlooked. Thero it remained until ono day tho Po3tmaster-General came to mo with it nnd said that ho had been applied to for permission to take a copy, but in stead of complying Im had brought it to mo. 1 ol course, at onco determin ed that no copy should be taken of it and then and thoro resumol it into my custody, ana put it away. I havo not seen it sinco until to-day, when, after a hunt of moro than an hour, 1 havo found it. 1 herewith enclose it to you with tho assurance that no ono but my- solt has seen it sinco It camo to my possession. 1 am surprised that nowspaper talk should bo so annoying to you, who ought so well to iiudcrderstnnd tho utter and complete recklessness and falsification in which thoy so generally indulge. When after ono of your interviews with me, kind ft lends put under my eye what purported to ho an account of somo dreadfully foolish things whioh you had said, I did not allow them to disturb mo at all, fooling per fectly comment that tho alleged inter view was Jalso. ours very tuny. Gitovmt Ci.kvki.anu. A Historlo Book. Tho ono which all tho kings of Eng land, from Henry 1 to Kdward V took the coronation oath, is in a private library in I'-nglaud, It is a manuscript of tlio four evan gclists, written on vellum. Tho origiual binding, in a perfect stato of preservation, consists of two oaken boards, an inch thick, fastened .together with a thong of leather. THE COLUMBIAN, VOL, XX.NO !!S COLUMBIA DEMOCUAT, VOL.1, NO S3 The Poverty of Ireland, why tub litisn HMiiiitATK HUNTS ANH I WAtins a MAitmrr scene in iiauvay. A correspondent to tho Now York Sun thus writes of the condition of Ireland: The present population of Ireland is almost exactly what it was nt the bo- ginning of tho century. It was then about live millions, and rapidly in- creased until 1811, when it numbered 8,190,000. Then itbegan to'diniinish, and in 1881 numbered only 5,17-1,000 a loss of a million every decade, This baro fact is strong presumptive evidence that tho economic conditions of tho country nro bad, and at least largely responsible for tho present con ilion of things. An J'-nulish guide book innocently says: "In 181.') the failure of the potato and consequent fnmino caused it rapidly to decline through increased emigration! and with tho absence of manufactures, and by changes in tho muthods of ng- riculturc, the decrease has continual up to tho present time. It is, after all, a sort ot conlesion that tho sys tem is nt lcat partly to blame. I ho Irish do not moro readily leave their country than do tho peoplo of other countries. They ato icadily much attached to Ireland, nnd thero is no better proof of this than tho fact that they alwayB consider it a duty to contribute to tho fund for tho libera tion of the country from Hritish rule. When they obtain homo rule there is landlord only argued from this that ho no doubt thousands of them will Hock was able to stand moro rent, and in back to Ireland, because of th"ir at- creased tho rent accordingly. What tachtnent lo iheir old home. was still woise, if tho tenant reclaimed Nothing is more astonishing than to tjila of waste land, kept fences in good lind a country with such resources iR repair, and entiched tho lsud by haul Irclaud, and so few of thorn even so ing manure upon it, these very un fairly developed. There is a lair sup- provoments were rpgularly made tho ply of good coal, but it is entirely tin- ground of increasing tho rent, so that flnv-filitiotl nnd ilmt m nunrl la lintmrtit : nntl. n n..a li Innnm': inlnr. almost wholly from England. There aro immense deposits of iron ore red hcmililc and bog iron, both in abnnd ance, tho former in connection with the coal deposits. In happier days thero wero at one time very many small furnaces and iron works here and there over Ireland, but they are all gone now. Tho iron wealth of tho country, too, like tho coal, lies all undeveloped and unused. The En- glisli wisely account for this by saying that thoro is no capital in Ireland with which to develop its resources. It is very truo that thero is not much capi- tal :n the country, but it is also truo that tho English have always carefully strangled such Irish industries as showed tho least signs of vitality, un less they wero in lines which could offer no competition with "British in tciests." Unfortunptcly for Ireland, these British interests allow the exist ence of no rival interests, if it is their power to kill lliein. In passing through the various towns of Ireland, except Belfast and a few other towns in tho north, ono notices an almost entire absence of manufac turing industry of any kind. Tho people say: "Wo formerly had a wool len mill, or cotton mill, but it is not running now." It is a story of de parted glory or prosperity almost ev erywhere. Tho lack of prosperity is well shown by tho stationary and of- ten diminishing population of tho towns. Cork had 80,000 people in 1801, and did not increase a hundred in tho lollowtng twenty years, and tho samo is true of scores of other towns. Many aro going into actual decay. alway is an example, it has a lino harbor, and ought lo bo tho great lor minus of tlio Nortli Atlantic steamship routes, but its shipping is roally very unimpoitant. It is a town slowly go ing into decay and ruin. In somo streets there aro whole lines of ware houses, three and four stories high. Inch havo been wholly unused for years, and aro going into decay. Rents of houses 'n tho towns aro not high as compared with rents in our Atlantic towns, but they aro very high hen ie consider tho low wages re ceived, and the depressed stato of nearly an industries. i novel, in oniy for pigs, can bo rented in the suburbs f Ualway and other liko towns lor 0 cents a week, but then tho laborer's ages aro only s2.su a week at most, and bread and meat aro relatively high, American fresh beef is about 15 cents pound in Galway, and broad is as dear as in New York. The Irish poor make shift to livo on potatoes nlono when they canuot get bread and beof. Tho prices of butter, eggs and milk need not bo mentioned, for tho Irish poer seldom indulgo in such luxuries, In Ulster farm laborers get somowlint higher pay than in tho west and south t Ireland; but oven here a week is very fair wages, and this without food of any kind, as a rulo In tho west nnd south about s.u a week is com- mon wages. In many parts of tho country I asked carefully about wages, i 11 1 f .. ,n ana couia near oi uoimiig uoove ou cents a day for unskilled labor, except in a few favored towns liko Belfast, and in theso ono occasionally hears of 75 cents a day. I talked with a young man who was going to i-.imiskilleii a town of nearly (1,000 people, in Ulster, to work as a coach painter. Uo was to work for 28 shillings a week say just about 57. llo said that tho same work was pain auout ou cents a week . t if, a :.. f .i moro in Belfast. A printer in Galway told mo that his wages wero nominally a pound a weok, but that ho worked enough overtimo to get 2-t shillings (i?0) as an average. Ills living cost him about $51. But tho lot of farm laborers and Binall renters is hardest of all. Tho homes of theso aro usually most miser able excuses for human habitations. They aro seldom surrounded by shrub bery of any kind, and tuiycr by any fruit trees. Tho only orchards in tlio country aro small enclosures of hint trees owned uy tno nouiiuy or wcaitny farmers. Thoy aro very lew, however. I seldom caught sight of an applo or pear treo, and yet theso fruits both grow well in Ireland. Tenants on loascs sometimes havo fairly comfort ablo aud attraclivo homes, but tha yearly tenants nro much moro numer ous, and theso havo only ono prominent work to get money enough to pay tho rent. Very largo numbers of them nro in arrears for boiiio years' rent. Their houses aro all stono huts of only ono room nnd ono story as a rule, nnd tho pig and chickens, when thoy aro fortunato enough to have any, usually Bharo tho hut with tho family. Thoy nro not delicato about theso mat ten, and not too proud to nssociato 1 W W I M I tJ I SJ 1 to 1 no s oo s a 2 00 Hi 8 Ml IN 8 w 4 m 3 85 4 CO 6 60 2M S BO 4 00 B 00 7 00 8 00 3 8M IT 8 00 4 BO 7 CO llnch i .1 8 " 4 " Xtol 4 78 7 BO H 00 B0 10 00 IS 00 8 00 19 00 19 00 9 BO 14 CO S3 00 COI 5 50 7 00 8 00 14 00 1700 SO 00 40 OO column 8 00 19 00 IB 00 SB 00 80 00 40 00 we Yearly Advertisements payable quarterly. Tran sient advcrtlscmcnta must bo paid for before 1 aertid except where panics havo accounts. Legal advertisements two dollars per Inch for three Insertions, and at that ralo for additional Insertions without reference to length. Executor's, Administrator's, and Auditor's m tlccs three dollars. Transient or Local notices, ten cents a line, reg ular advertisements half rates. Cards In tho "Business Directory" column, on dollar a year for each line. even terms with tho jdg. Many of them cannot oven afford to keep a pig, I . - - iT and tho keeping of a cpw is a coihii- tion of nfllnonce which foffoflhcm reach. Not ono child in ten among these yeailv tenants and farm laborers evei goes to school a day. Thero nro no schools for them, in tho llrst place, and if tlm schools wero nvailablo few of them would bo nblo to bear tho neces- Hary expense of attending. In tho towns thero nro usually sumo schools nvailablo for tho poor, but tho opportu- nitles nro not good, and very few ohil- dren of tho very poor even in tho towns get any schooling at nil. It is often said that the peoplo of Ireland are to blamo for their own condition; but if this ho admitted also that very liltle Can reasonably bo expected from peo- nl0 whoso education is absolutely noth ing Kurdish and Scotch landlords usually leave on their estates at least a part of tho year; tho land is generally Jet in laruo tracts on long leases, and tlm people who cultivate tho soil aro usual- ly letained for long terms of service. Tho Irish landlord havo moro com monly looked upon their tenants ns necessary evils, and havo not identified themselves with their people. They havo looked upon tenants as rent-pay-ing.iuachines. For years past it has until very recently been the rule t.o raise the rent ns often as the tenant's improved condition secerned to warrant If the tenant sacd something and inaunL'cd to tret a nig or a cow, tho c(a to improve thincs at all. If the Irish tenant is unthrifty, tho landlord may bo straightly charged with giving hiin exactly that kind of an education. Whilo in Galway I saw the Saturday maikets. which are attended by tho country folk for ten or twelve miles around. Tho markets aro held in the p0n ajr) Jn squares and open spaces ; tho streets. In ono place, cattle, horses, sheep and hay wero on sale; in a SCCond market all kinds of vegetables wero ot) 8aiP. fiU,l a third market is for butter, cgs and fowls. Only a few women attend tho first of theso raar- kets as sellers: in the second men and women aro nearly equally divided; and the women have a monopoly of tho third. Not less than two hundred women had articles for sale in the last named market. In somo cases they brought their produce by the help of somo one who camo to one of tho oth er markets in a cart drawn by a don key, but in large majority of cases they trudged to the market on foot, with their loads on their backs, and about two-thirds of them camo bare foot and bonnetless, and in the rain. Many of them camo ten or twelve miles to this market every Saturday. Ono old woman of about GO years told me that bIio had walked in that morn ing six miles, nnd that Bho did so every Saturday morning in tbo year. They carry their marketing on their backs in Saturday morning in tbo year, their marketino on their a basket held oy a strap over mo chest. If thoy havo butter and eggs, their marketing may como lo two or three dollars; but most of them do not realizo more than one dollar, and many of them do not get more than fifty cents for their day's work and marketing. Ono ot theso market women camo into a shop to sell her littlo storo of marketing, which consisted ot four spring chickens, and nothing moro. Sho wanted two shillings and sixpence for tlio four, and the man offnred only two shillings. As bIio stood tluro try ing to get her price the water dripped trom her soaked garments hi iimo pools on tho lloor. She finally took two shillings. Sho had trudged theso many miles that morning in the rain and got only fifty cents for her chick ens and her work. Tlm bitter, biting ens poverty of tho tillers of tho soil in tho west ot Ireland was well exniuiiettm that Galway market. Such annndilion would be excusable in J'-gypi, i urkey, or Poland, it may be, but Ireland is n part of tho United Kingdom, ami is presumed to bo a part of tho civilized world. It is inoxoueablo there. This part of tho country is tho worst part of tho island. Near such towns as Belfnst, Cork and Limerick, tenants pay felO to 20 an aero for good land, and three or four miles away they pay about halt as much. Seven or eight miles away from railways bi anil is more corn- mon, nnd muoh land is let for even 2 and $3 an acre. There nro immense tracts ot waste land in ireianu. mostly peat bogs, and such land as this is worth very little. About Galway tho , i. , J.t.- !1 t.t lanu is rocky anu tno sou very nun, hut tho land is very high for tho quaj- ity. Indeed, what are called "fsir rents" always struck ine as beiug enor- mous. Tlio landlord has dealt, and is still dealing, hardly by Ireland, tiiougu tho rents aro not now bo high as they wero a fow years ago. I should say that they aro 'even now twice as high as thoy ought to bo. A Valuable 'Wood. In acquiring Burmah, England has got poBseseion of vast forests of teak, which, never plentiful in India, was becoming commercially very rare. Of all tho woods grown in tho East this is tho most valuable. It is neither too heavy nor (oo hard; it docs not warp or split tiuder ex posure to heat nnd dampness ; it con tains au essential oil which prevent its rotting under wet conditions, and at tho samo tune acts as a preservation to iron and repels tho destructive whito ants j it is, wi'hal, a handsomo wood of several varieties of color and grain, and takes a good polish. It is to bo hoped that tho Trustees of the Tilden library when it W establish ed, will make some provision by which U. B. Hayes will bo excluded from tho privileges of tho munificent establish ment. Hayes would bo likely to steal tho books, which Jiie Into President Tilden provided (who benefit of tho people. A New London oyster dealer hais invented a dredgo with which starfish, tho greatest enemies of tho oyster, can bo taken from a bed without uistuibiiit' on I tho oysters.