TXQ Uolllinbikn. OotcuatlDiicocHAT.aTiiiorTniiHnnTit .... . lom.uiJ, ooniollaatea.TB, an1 00 WreUIr, ere Frldny fllornln.. nt Bi.ooM8nuito,conuMniAco.,ra 1TII.S0 peryoar. To subscribers out of thnrniit,. ty tun tcnn.aro strictly In ndvanco. uuo coun r-.No p.ipor discontinued oxcont at thnnnii, Ion oontltuiod credits will not bo Klvon P ' 1 All papora sent out of tho stato or to Distant nost 01100s ra nit bo pa (1 for In a.tvanoo, unlc", n tmnan. stole porson in Columbia county isi imos to "mlr tno subscription duo on demand. w JO r3PUlNTlNG. Tho Job Printing Department or tho Coi.ummam s ;cry complete. It contains thn late new li-no n I nut hlnery nnd 1 tho only onico that ri m lob rMWs by power, fflvliut in tho best racliltlei lis mates furnished on largo Jobi. ". iw PROFESSIONAL CARDS, r B. WALLKU, ATTOltNKV- T-LAW, OiTlco orcr 1st. National llault. liloomsburg, IM VT U. FUNK, ATTOItN.CV- IllCo la Silt's rialldlng. AT-LAW. UUIOMSDUKa, l'A. J OIIN M. 0LA11K, ATTORN IS Y-AT-LAW. AND JU3TI0K OP TUB 1'E.YOH. HLOQIIillUKll, l'A. OMce over Noycr Uroi Drug store. -I W.MILLEK, ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW Office In Browor's bulldlng.socond lloor.room No, 1 Uloouiaburg, l'a. B. FRANK SUlM, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. liloomsburg, l'a. orflco cornor of Centro and uln btrnela. Clai k i Building. Can bo consulted In German. fiKO. E. ELYVKLL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, IiLooMsnuna, l'A. OlUco on First tloor. front room of Cot OMntAS Uulldlng, Muin street, below change Hotel. pAUL K. WIRT, Attornoy-at-Law. Offlco In Columbian Boti.niNO, Itoom No. t, second n00r' ULOOMSUORG, FA. , KNORR KNORR L. B. W1NTKH3TKKM, WINTERS fEEN, & Attornoys-at-Law. nmee la ut National Hank building, second floor, 2S3SJEthiJff. oornerotlUin and Mark't atroets Bloomsburg, l'a. SSf Pensions ami Bounties Oollectid. J II. MATSE, ATTORNEY AT-LAW smco in Jtauo'abulldljg. over Ulllineycr's grocery V. BILI-MBYER, (DISTRICT A TT01UXHY.) ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. CiTOIllco over Bloomslmrg, Fa. Dentlir's shoo store, fapr-30.bG. JOHN 0. Y0CU1I. c- aEY31t' YOCU.M & GETER, Attornoys-at-Lawi CATAW1SSA, l'A. (OtncB tniuuult of rooms on second floor of i-cAN be coNsin:rr.i) in ouiman.j .ham nt Khftrn fllia Aiiuiimuo ' r,. and collection Aiw.itioii, n -aru IliriVHIIV Kit rr. li. rhawn. ATTORNIiY-AT-LAW. Catawlssa.l'a. Otnoe.evraarot Third and MalnStreota. H. V. WHITE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAAV, S L 0 0 M S B U R G , PA. Office In Brewers' liulMlng, 2ml floor, may 1-tf M IOUAEL V. EYEltia, Conveyancer, Collector of Claims. I.EOAL ADVICE IN THE SETTLEMENT OV KSTATKS. tO. ANI l Iln,lpr'a iinlldlnir With F. 1'. Bill mover. fliiorney-uwm. uvw . ' si,d lluor Jlloomsburg, l'a. upr-a-tc vjjjy. E. SMITH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Rerwiok, l'a. MISCELLANEOS . -. . .1 Dt.. .I .Scian.nirtUaWoMaln Bticet,beiow Market L. FRITZ, Atlornov-ot Law. front room over Tost Ofllce, Office D R. J. 0. ROTTER, f HYSICIAN fibUHQKON, pfflco, North Market street, lilcomBburi, 1 DR. WM. l'hyalclan, ir D1.M1PI1 Rurfrpnn UUi: onico corner of Hoc una Uai kci IRE INSUKANOE CHRISTIAN F. KNAI'l', DLOOMSliU a, l'A, JtBItC'HANTS: OV NBWABK. N. J. ( LINTON. N. V. 1'EOI'LKS' N. Y. ItUAUINO. l'A. Theso old cobi'ouations are well seasoned i by ago and fikk testsd and have never yet .had , a A.tio., ,1W nitvAnrr nt ltiw. 1 heir asseia aro aimvcstedlnsouD skcckituj are lUblototho aul aa booh a deteruiluea Dy yuBiiiN ., VIP "srUCIlt. AOgST AND ADJCSTKH UI OOMSUURJ, Tun3ploot Columbia county should .patron. BUoi5rucx where lossealt any are settled and ipatl by .i of ther own eituona. ,.. W 1'llOMl'TKESS. ItQUlTY, KAIK IlKAUhO. T F. HARTMAU BlrBKSKNTS TUB rOUaWlNQ AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES KortU American of Philadelphia. (.Tankim. " " WnnsylvaaU, " , " Vork, of l'unn.ylvanla. It mover, of N. Y. iueKa, of Londoo. fiortu BrlUsh, of London. ,oh,,- omco on M irkat btroot, No, I, Uloomsburg. OCt. !4, I" npm IinnWNiS IN'SUIlAWUr AUKNCY. Mover's now building, Jiain suet i, lOontsourg, ra. Asset ttna Insurance Co., of Hartford, conn Haytl.ot Liverpool iJaucaMitre ....... riroAssotiallon. I'hlladelphia I'lioonlx, of Loudon. ........ tondon Lancashire, of England fT.ora.s.'o 13.6(X).0i)0 lo.omi.oiio 4,1US,7I0 6,i!IVl,3T0 1.TUI.VSU liartforuoi uariioru.-. 3,S7.I,U')11 IUUI IIUII.U.V". ................ ..' i (u,l ortno insured wnuuuv u., ".'r,;",;. EXCHANGE HOTEL W. R. TUBBS. PROPRIETOR BLOOMSBUSS, PA, prrosiTB coukt houbk. Larg esand eonf enlcnt sampla rooms. Uath rooma bSi and cold wiur and all modern conveniences ATENTS 9 liut arnall percentaeo of tta w run Inrnrrnnllnn. QIlll COll t H lit! Ulf llt or v w ,T?l. l lmui.t.1... t 0 1" yAlNWRIOHV C'0 WHOLESALE GROCERS, I'llII.ADlJt.l'llIA, l'A. TEAS, fYIlUIH, tCIllK, fctOAlt, OIAH:fft KICK, Sl'irES, HK'AI.H POIU, K1C, ETC. N. 11. corner second and Arch fct. fonlcrs vtlll iwlve prompt attention. II. IlOfSlS, DENTIST, I5r,ooMsituit, (JoLiniisi.v County, l'a All styles of work done m a superior manner, wcrk jnimu.u8!i lepreBenieu. irith axrRACT K without Tain by tho use of Gas, and tree of charge nhen arttnclal teeth are Inserted. Odlco in Ilnrton's bulliliiic. Main street, clow Market, live iloois below Klcim'a nii; store, llrst lloor. 'Jo be open at all hours during the I'm Nov s -ir M. C. SLQAfi & BRO., ' ULOOJISI5URC4, PA. .Manufacturers of CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS SLEIGHS, PLATFORM VAGOfiS &C. lrst-class work always on hand. JiEPA UMia NBA 7L Y 1)0X1'.. Prices reduced to suit the times. BLOOlBUi PLAffli MILL The underslcned h.ivt.'C rmt tls I'lsntntr JH on liallroadstrcu, In urtt-eii.ss eciidltic.n.Hp'v pared to do all kinds of work In his line. FRAMES, SASH, D00R3, BLINDS. MOULDINGS, FLOORING, Etc. turmsnetl at reasonable, prtcfu. AH lumber usei. Is well Beasonea ana none oui e&uiea v.uriiui;i aroemplojcd. ESTIMATES FOE BUILDINGS ornlsheJ on auolleurkm. IManK and irecmon oas prp rod by in oxprlenced drauihtemaa J4(it;t!)fiiiir, l'a CL0THI1TG! CLOTHIKG h W. BERTStSH, TJlIi MKliCIIANT TAII.Oi:. Donts Froishiflg Boods, Bah & Ca; s OK KVKltY PKSCIUPTION. Suits mft'lo to onlcr at short notice nnd n fit alwms uuaiaiitecd or no Ffilo. Call and examine tho largest and best seltiited stock of good ever eliown in Columbia, county. Btore next door to Fliat National Hank, A1AIN STJIEET, BlooiJshrjj, Pa. ORMMSHTAL I OK CAST CU WJIOUGIIT IKON. Suitable for Yards, Cemetery Lots HIlll Public Grounds n'lin Knllnwlncr hhnWM till, l'lekut (lOthlC. One Of tho se eral lioaiitltul stjlcgof i'once manufactured 6y tho uuderaifruoa. For IWauty and DuraWHty they arpunsurpass ed. Bet up by experienced uanas aim wauuuu-u ojfjve aatufiu'tlon. Prices atul sr.et'ii'iens of oilier tie- signs j sent to any addreBH, Address BLOOMSBURG PA- iuy4-tf D HAS FITTINfl 4 8TKA31 JIKATJNli di:au:u im STOVES & TINWARE. ah nf u-orV in Slieol Iron, l.oof iiijj iiiul biwiitiiig promptly nttt'mKil u. r'P(Hot aiWBWoB Kvo w uenilag by rtcau-. Corner of M&m & East Sts., 251oontsl!s'a:, Pa. BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, EXHAUSTEDVITALITY. ILLUSTRATIVE Samplo FREE. THYSELFii A Great Medical Work on Manhood, Nervous and Physical Debility, I'rematuro Decline In Man, rxha-i-tcl Vitality, Ac, Ac, and the untold mlt ptIos resulting from Indiscretion or ciccpbcsj 300 paci, ubitnntlaUy lMund In gilt, mnslin. Con tnlns morn than 123 Imaluablo prescriptions, cm liTftlng every vegptahlo remedy In the pharma niHi'i f 'i all acute and chronic diseases. It U emphatically a book for every man. Trlcofinlyjl by mail, pot paid, con'-caled In plain wrapper. IMXSTUATIVi: HAMI'Li: VVA TO AM Yonrg and inlddle-agcd men for tho net ninety diys. R-nd now, or cut thU out, ai yoit may nevrr kpo it agnln. Ad Iwm Dr. II. PAUUU.l, i Ilul ftneU tUeet, Dostnn, Mass, fcb.,8-d. ly 1 CENTS rORUHPU COPY dI THIS ItBlVflhe LAKCUACC and Itillninl l Ever flower tad tbrub, IIOOI) tlllltTPlit klmK Alinli tho Known Ralticl riirta lll'AI, I IVl'l. ItlMIK. i i tign mmii uiuif. ruiM'i tUndktrtfcUMstffiii. It llhpmr)tl rnmolili MOfk AMD of tho klnJ pvt-rpub- lhlictl.Cer 1'r tit-Tin h. uniiiple ropi'. alto our Htmnm tor prlePtoniteuti". Agents unnlcd iwfrtwhtra. Ad, T'gfllCAil PUD. CO,, 17 HoMh Ttnth tlrett. Pfl'a, Pa. SINGER I lll'i NTll.l. TK1AL. r a Full till Set of nclimrnts. tv "2"onra. Scud for m U'AIIHATI II vn. llliu'r. A. CO.. SS N. OtU HU, l'lillo., l'o. Apr.S4"w. f IRST PBEMIOM. PHILA0.1IS;e. OrniKl rrlip Metlnl, Pari., 1S7S. AskvourOroccrforlU Win. lljritopiiel.Mfrv Liu North Front Street. rillLADELfiiiA, i-A. Juuo -t 80 ly. HAMPION i'osrrnEi.Y Non-Eiplo.lT Patent Paf ety EXTINGUISIIOt Will notnf Cleanly. lODBIPFIRE of OIL. CH1MREY. Cirm a Lighi THE CHAMriSN equal In Unlliancy I. the Host, Cheapest and hufc.it Lamp for Churches'. (o ou anaies. or 6 Gas Uurners. This Is the most Powerful and lprfect III GUT nor made liana, or Family Use. Send for Illustrated Circular. ruoax oiu r., Ha or Oil ie usei . J. WIENER, licrsor brackets, and wiit increase your u TllUUK.l?OL, 38 B. 2d Bt., I'UIX.V. AGENTS WANTED Sole Owner Of Patent. oct 8 c ma. Adams' Patent Metallic FENCE. rtNfiq 3 $1.73 por rod and upwaitls. SPECIAL QUOTATIONS. Ml klndi of Iron Fcncoi, Gattt, flro Esc prs, f. ... ... I 5CRCEN - f IIM . I 1 . I I T TKEE GUARD &oa yolc ia all styles. final rlerAns & brvcUUv( Iron ladder. Wheels & Creating. BlacksmltMng In all branches. Estimate furnithei EAGLE IRON WORKS, Cor, Union & Canal Eta. WILKES-DAIinE, PA mardi ia-80-iy. PATENT t btalnecl and nil patent business attended to tor I mS?,iAi i ia nnnmit o the u. s. ratent Ofllce. and wo can obtain l-utenta In less lime ttianthosore. I molelrom WablilnBton. I T.U m,wi..i nr nmwinp. Wo advlso astODnt- eutnWlltyrreeofcliar!;i)(andwpmal.o no cnarte Woieterlnie, totlio rostmabter. tta buntotl .Money order llv., and to omclata ot tho U.S. references to actual clients In j our own btatoorl county, wimiiu C. A. SNOW & CO., Opposite Patent Office, Wslilneton, D 0 an o-U iiilLLAKid pay jays lot lili'H uuuuijAuai SUIlMft JIUSINESS COLLEGE 1109 Chfitnat ft. I'hilidflphia. Positions for draduates. 'Ptmn rnnlllrerl M to 4 mos. Tho Dost iJqulppod. liest Ooursonf htmly, llestEv- eryttilBir. Wfijo w l')reuut J 9 cms. p c. J. R. SMITH & CO. LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., Okai.uiis iw (lyllio (ol ia)vns well known makers; ChxcJccring. Eviiabc, Weber, Mullet & Davis. Can also funiiHii any of llio clieupor makes nt jimmifaeturera prices. Do not buy a piano lu? tore getting our prices. .o. Catalogue an Price Lists On .application. fcept3-wtL rro AlVEKTISKns.-Loweht lutes loraflvertU 1 Inir in liOO good newmapera beut Iree. Ad Ureas oi.o, 1'. HOWELL & co., lospruce St., N. KfiQW KM ' rt S u, jz2str- , TTi i i J'l re ssv on vour v Chande- Tv R llffliiilli I S s k m iji mi M nf iff ifn WOMEN an nriwm itPtntibt p mo vairtp rroM BrmlUM putlr t Ulr tlteild try V I R THB TONIC. hla mdt(-lnM urt-r iKItiM Trnn wl(S rnir tKt tonics, And In fnvftlutble for DlMasos peculiar to Women wi U mho le&a iffleoUrj llrei. it ICn ricups na I'uriur in Jiionu, niimun th Appotlln Stronflthena the iU llond, Ntlmulntea thn AlnarlpM and nrrTeit m ict, tnorouftti; Olui tht oomplcxion, Andmkslba nkln smooth. il InvlonralM. produce ooneiipatlon aU othtrlrtm mtdieint do. It dntii tint hlArkdn thn tfth. rn ttudsh fi JURf. ELIZABETH BAIRD. 74 FftrweU Af.. MCwta in. YV Br, undftr data of imo. acta, iwt " I h&? nsod Brown's Iron llittors, and It hu bn mora thsn doctor to m hrltr curaa m of th weakness lsdle hT8 In Tli, Also card toe of Liv er Don lplilnt, eod cow mr oomplelon In oletr ucl goon, nu tiko toen uenenctai to tny cnnaren." Mrs.IjQUUA O. BruoDOM. Est Lockport. N.T., "IliTit nuffM 1 lint Jit mlmnrv frnm Fnm&l Uomplefntii, nd oodM obtatn relief from nottiiag Qnio bu aboTn Trad. Mark and crofuM red llns. on wrapper. Takn mi oilier. Made onlr HUOWM CIIGM1UAL CO., HALTUlOltE, Ml). CURES ALL HUMORS, from n common Illntcli or Krmuloiij to tho worst Sera ruin. Tho licit lIKioil 1'iirlflcrovcr lieovcrta. Uy Druggists. PRICE $1.00, OR 0 IlOTTT.r.S urn 90.00. Miliiarl lafl'luHrV-B FOR STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS CAN HE PUT OS HY ANY TEHSON. T110U3AND3 01. KOILS SOLD ANNUALLY run uuii.utn!.- ur lvliii DKSCKirTIO.V. SBND I"OIl NEW CIIICULAH. CONTA1N1NO ACENTS WAHTED. M. EHRET, JR. & CO. BOLE MANUVA0TUKEB3, 423 Walnut Street. PHILADELPHIA. i-ept.l"ni:s.3m HAVE YOU RHEUMATISM? A Itfuietly that has been in BUtvcesful use for many years In Europo. anil waa only lattljr mtroiHtcwl W tni country, ia tuo RUSSIAN RHEUIViATISI CURE This Remedy has tho endorsement of Continental Physicians ami Oot cruuient Hani tan' Oonimlseiona. as Tell an tho thousands of eutlcrera to u bom It lian broug-ht relief. It has Baved ptheri all who bao WILL. CURE YOU from flu ther OKony, If jnu'U only piv. It a chance. JlllAUE M.lllKSNW I UAH UUXU V iweumuicm rune. KlflSATfllS (STl ' Tii'tcailttaSize, -S2.50 i L '"iJ- PER COf. Tor comi'leto informat'on. Peprlplivo Tain liiiici wuu leenmomais, irvv. Tor sale by all tlruauUlN, If ono or the other it not In ionitiou to furninh it to you, do not bo ir. maded to take anything elwj, but upiJy direct to tho marcli 0-ly.a Invalids' Hoteukq Surgical Institute pp.? Hin Street, Buffalo, N. Y. Staff of i Physicians and Surgeons. r!viirtmir-fil Kitcflnll.tM forovorv ClUk. Ill laC!aH tri'lltl'U I aUu, rniiipiii pxjiontim'V'i hmu umiiiiim i.lulit. M-ell vciitlluti'il, clecnnlly fiiriii.lieit nrlvuto riMiiim, lur iiu- nniiln furnlHlicil avIIIi Tllovntni Steimi-lit'Ht. MlMiiUllii-lliie, i:icc- iriu ituiii. mitt ii iii.it.iii,. iirovcmculif. 'lnblo mll kiipl'llcil avitii iim iipt or ttinil. In not 'u Kotpltnl. Mil q nleiiiiniit Itoiiieilliil lloiuu. Opoii .lay and nlBliI, ALL CHRONIC DISEASES, tvlirthor rcqnlrliiB for fholr niro iicillcnl or m rg I en I alii, altlllf iilly "li' INSTITIITinV Ih KlllltlllP.il 'llli 'I'll i-l.: I ..li ktlltliii. Amorll'llll niovoiiiciti J toiiiiiiein, iir mri iiuii Icul illuamii;a illinliliicry, Vllnll ziillou unit Viiciitini xrcatiiiont Alipurntim, llto tsiost nvproveii i:lcclrlral mnclilui'M nml llntter- fiiliiilnllnn ttumrlltllH. mill nil llio most vuliiulilo remeilliil nppli niircM known lo nuillciil cclouro. Cull, or eoiul 10 i-oiiu In Hiunpt for nur InvnlliU' (JlllilP.lIlMill (1UH iHKe, vah lull KlvcJ all imrticu lorn. AiMrofcta in. iihuyii, World't DLTtnwrj Mp.lkal Association, rroi.'a. tnr worKinL- ntfonlo. henaiu eents post use, ana we will mall you tree, n royal. valuable Buinple lot of bi nay you in tne way oi inaaing mum oi ver UUW3 ll.Ub money In a rcw anys man you ever inousnt possi- at t Hit lie timo. All of Doth sexes, ot nil ones, Brand y successful, 60 cenisto is easily oainea every ovcolnsr, itiit ail who want w'oiit may test llio veinake thn uuparnlleleil offer: To all m .h R.HKHM I win i.f mi 1 1 to nay bUKlnens. w wlin n rn nor. fnrthli Imulilll of WllllUL- US. l-'Ull llUlltCUlUrS, UireCUOns, tie., N III irai. uimu-inu jijj uuauiuiu ly suro lor all wuo stall ni once, t'on i ueiay AdilrF33 bifc- it to., J'pitlandiMrlpe. Idcel ly sure ior an who biau ut uuw, i.um, uviuj. Emily,, PROl'WHTOn Ol' At tho old stand, under tho Exehango JTotol, BLOOMSBURG PA RAUCH'S S25 PHOSPHATE f f tlinlf Oontaina tha Ufa an.t I-w.Qce tl -oKnt Nlftl'l Animal Uunea. CIIIJAl', Wn -.a U15W A 111.13, J.APTIXH UAUUli & SUNS, tauuiviuruio, I'HII.AIIUI.I'III A, t'A. Vor Sulo liy t, W, I-OW. taTivuHUtn mil. OrangevlilSi Pa. - ' - Bine ii WW SELFXT READING. FAMILY EELIQION. l'ASTOUAI, l.llTTKll 01' lltSIIOt'S OK THE l'HOTKSTANT Kl'ISCOl'AI. C1IU11C1I. Tho followiiifr is n portion of llio Pastoral Lcltir issued by llio IIohpo of Ililiot)3 ot tho 1 rotcstant iMitscopal Church at llio cIobo of tho Triennial General Convention at Chicago. TIIU CHRISTIAN I'AJIII.V. DKOAV 01' iiousr.noi.i) itr.uaioN the MAllltlAlir. AMI lllVOItCK. LAW or Ill our warfaro with tho adversaries of tho uospel anil with tho growing evils ofour time, wo have imperfectly usetl many instrumentalities within our reach . out among them all notio has been ho much neglected as tho family. Wc have, worked for and through tho church. Our caro has been for the iudividual or for tociety as an aggregato of individuals or for tho stato as representing tho order ot society. Moanwhilo tho fam ily has been so loosely guarded that our hold upen it had been enfeebled and its Cluihtian tono has degenerated. As the nticinal mould m which all human lifo is cast, and within which authority blending with lovo first touches tho will arid lays tho founda tion of character, tho family, not tho individual, is tho true unit of society and of tho chutcli. As such both reas on and n vt'lation require us to treat it. Unfrituuatcly for it nnd for the church and tho nation, wo havu done so. Overmastered or beguiled by tho spirit of tho ago wo havo drifted out passively on tho current ot individual- iam, until wo aro now called to face tho consequence of a wrong theory ami a worse practico touching tho very sourcn of tho strongest formative ele ments of tho chursh and ot the state. 1'AI.SK VIEWS 01' JIAIUIIAOU, That household reliuion and moral ity havo changed, and aro still chang ing for tho worse, is recognized by all Christian peoplo as ono of tho dark omens of tho time. Tho causes are not far to seek. Two theories starting from opposite premises, but both alike thu product of tho anli-tJuristian and secular tendency of tho day, havo been eating liko moth and rust into tho domestic conscience, and thus sapping tho very foundations ot homo llto. Tho ono theory declares tho individual to bo the supiemu unit ot society, and so demands for every individual com plelo ami equal freedom. It alhrms all discriminating legislation based upon differences of sex to bo degrad ing and tyrannical. It teaches that, as tho ouly ground of marriago is the con sent of tho contracting parties, so tho continuanco of marriage is rightfully ilt pendent on tho continuance ot mu toil agreement. It declares that auy other view of inaniago converts it into .i i i i . i mo worst, uotuitgo Known to our law Admitting no power or privileges or disability in ono tex rot common to the other, and claiming lor woman an absoluto control over her patrimony anJ acquisitions, as will as over her person, it does not hrBitato to a ft! rat as ono of its ultimate dogmas th it thcro is "no moro reason why tho woman should tako her husband's name in mairiago than why ho should tako hew," Thus thu Christian law of tho household is not only disparaged, but denounced as a degiadation qf woman aim a social tyranny. I'ACII.ITV 01' DIVORCE. The other theory an outgrowth of a school of political economy rather than of any settled philosophy of social lite staits from thu radically opposito prineiplo of tho subordination of the individual to thu stato and insists upon a modern equivalent to the old pagan doctrino formulated by tho speculations ot l'lato, which placo marrmgo ahso. lutely under tho oanction and super vision ot tho stato. fioth theories sun stitute tho idea of contract for that o moral law as embodied in a solemn covenant, tho former turning upon tho freedom ot tho contracting parties to deiino and limit obligation : tho latter upon the inherent subject matter of tho agreement as defining tho duty and prescribing tho duration of tho covenant, llolli theories encourage an unlimited facility of divorco. Hoth theories loosed tho ligaments and cor rupt the inmost fibres of homo lifo by robbing it of its religious sanction. separation in any form should ho regarded, and to regarded by tho church, as a last and dreadful exped ient, only to bo justified by tho grav est consideration?, and, as it were, con ceded to tho unfortunate beings whose position constrains tho grant of such relief, Hut no separation carries with it tho right to seek another allinncoi nor, except in ono case, can n subso- nuent marriago bo permitted. After partlos have boon lawlully loincd to gether, according to tho will of God, divorco with permission to marry again is not conceded by the church, unless tho ground p divorco bo adult cry, ann in that caso the guilty party is absolutely excluded from marrying again during tho liietuno of tho other, and to tho innocciu party only is per mission conceded to contract auother marriage. THE TIllltST roit RICHES. Another causo for domoatio dogener aov is to bo found in that gross mater ialism ot tho tnno which rises to fever heat in tho greed for riches and for tho thinirs that riches command. This hunger,'' this consuming Are has in oountless homes burnt up tho habit and burnt out thu heart of prayer, I , ... ,i,. ., :,,i,r!to,i i,o I and with theso even tho inherited tra litions ot Uhrisiian living, fathers - , !,, . I, In tho service u,.,.: ui-vwiuu w. of Manimon tq servo t"od as priegts n ihcir own households and mothors nro learning to think moro of a "social career" than of tho djvino bpanty mid tondernoJU and power ot uiirlstian motherhood. Parental authority strip ped of its nobler attribute, with no ChriRt in it to guidp, no worship to aousecrato it, gradually abandons tho cares and duties of homo discipline. and tho children grow up obeqiont to no law but that of passion and capiioe, devoted to no cuds In lifo beyond tho rango of their own scllishnosq. With this drilt ot tho tnmiiy, this loosening of Us sacred bonds, this diylnti up of ino sources oi us purcpi intnMruuuns, this matter-of courpo surrender of the .. i. 1 Ji .V lifo to tho spirit of tho woild, tho flesh nnd the dcvl", wo cannot wondpr that In tpito of all our stupendous accumu 1886. lalions of wealth, tho impoverished missionary treasury of thu church threatens a -reduction of tho already moagro Btipends of tho pioneers of the cross ; wo cannot wonder that wo search in vain among our Christian louseholds for candidates for holy orders who shall reoruit tho wasting ranks of our clergy t not that our young iiicn nurtured by such a paron- tage, iustcad of being attracted by tho sacrifices inseparable from n true priesthood In tho church of God, are liko so many Dcmasc?, turned away from it by tho lovo of tho present world t nor further than tho command ments of the law of righteousness aro forgotten, or that tho Lord's day Is profaned, or that intcmpcranco and iicctiliousncFS reap their harvest of death at tho very heart of a civiliza tion, so many of whoso homes, whoso schools, whose riches nnd even ootnuch of whoso poverty knows not God. THE FAMILY THE SOCIAL UNIT. Verilv thcro is a cry on tho earth, in thn i.ir, and from tho heavens, to work whilo it is called to-day, before tho light cometh wherein no man can work. Fellow laborers with Christ, it is well that wo seo clearly on what lines wo aro to work in His name, and how wo aro to wield tho power of His truth and tho grace of llis king dom. Society at large, tho state, tho church, aro indeed to bo tho objects of our Bolicitude. Iti nnd through tho church wo aro to leaven all lifo with tho incarnate word. But just now bo causo of past neglect of its claims and ot its satc-guards, as well as becauso of its inmost hold upon all that lies beyond it, whether society or tho church, our first and most urgent call is to caro for tho family, and to build up anew on tho foundations origin ally built of God and consecrated by tho Saviour of men. To this end these aro the things wo aro to do. In oppo sition to tho false theories concerning tho relation of tho sexes and tho nature of tho marriago bond, tho peoplo of uod must be taught, as '.hoy havo not neon, that tho lamiiy, not tho, lndivi- iual, ;s tho unit ot society, and that tho family creates tho state,rather than tho stato the family. Without citizens there can bo no state, and without fam ily there can bo no citizens. Tho law of tho household mnst determine, not bo determined by, legislation of tho state which nfTects tho well-being of tho family, tho essentials ot domes tic life havo been ordained and estab lished by tho will of God, and underlie the constitution of society. These it is tho function of civil government to protect and regulate, but not to change. CHU1STIAV KOUUATION. tgain, parents aro responsible to God tirst, and to the stato afterward, for their children J hero must bo authority in tho household commensur alo with this responsibility, and neither church nor state may rightly or safely interfere with that authority or with tho responsibility bound up with it. ttow tar trio stato has done so, and with what results, it docs not fall with in our province to inquire. But of the chuiuh's action in this regard it is our duty to speak. It lias been her purpose in all tho agencies sho has sanctioned for tho religious training of her children to provide helps, not sub stilutcs, tor fathors and mothers m tho foremost task which God has laid upon them. That these helps havo ceased to bo what they were intended to bo and have become something else, thereby devolving upon others outsido thu homo tho work which God moans shall ue done inside tho home, very largely explains the wide-spread decay of domestto rellglou and morality now so pregnant with disaster to tli6 church and to tho nation. To stop this decay. to plant again in the old souls of homo tho germs of a healthier growth, to ro store the family to tho divino orbit of its power, to, readjust on the old basis its l elation lo tho ohuroh and to the stato, Is by every consideration tho most pressing problem of tho day. THE CIlUIlCII ANl THE SCHOOLS. As ono way of dealing with this problem, tho tnno has como when tho church of God must chango her atti tude, must tako higher, stronger, moro eijnito around in legard to tho educa tion of tho young lifo in tho broader sphere of tho nation. Sho has a mes sage to deliver, a duty to disohargo in us matter, loo long already havo hoth been held in abeyance. At tho closo of this first century of her own and ot tho oountry s hietory, so full of solemn warnings, as well ns of great achievements, let hor voice go forth, Icclaring that, whatever others may lo, Bhe cannot, without protest and re sistance, allow tho salt of Christ's Gos- el to bo cast out. little by little, from the education qf vho children of this laud; that she cannot without utter (lis loyalty to her divino commission ao. quiesce in what has grown to bo tho lolicy ot tho day on this subject, which, becauso of its inability to agrco upon tho fundamentals of religion to, bo taught in tho publio schools, lias lapsed into, tho perils ot heresy ot modern secularism, that theso Bchools can host do thoir proper work when giving no religious teaching whatever. Wo aro tho friends o: theso schools, sustained y such liberal expenditure; nnd bo- causo wo aro so wo desire f,u tho more to oco them piaoed on mo only basis wntcn win uu at, onco enduring aim benencent. it is noi 10 bo domed mar, wo aro confronted with tendencies in church and of tho nation whieh Indh 1.1 1U uaiiiiuu ui vuu liuuuivu ut tuu cate ciiangea in tim leonng anu opinion .1 .l.ln ..n.nv.aln: na .Innnn.mta na ll.nt, ui una Ktiiui .luutu o wj aro profound; changes wiiion Btriko tne cuurciis no n upon mo loyauy anu lovo ot tho children now being nur Hired in ner bosom, nn.i threaten tq in. ilict an Incurable wound npun tho mora; lutumiaui mniwi, Iiuu-riNO into Ai'OSTACV. Wo aro driftiug into an apostaoy from tlo eternal law of righteousness, tho supremo factor in tho making of public and privato character, which can ond only In tho colipso of the noblest hoiies nnd franchises ot a humanity redeemed by the precious blood of Son of God. There are those who regard tho prcs out widening divorco between cduoation and religion as. so general and pro- nounccd as to render it a hope ess ask o resist it. lhoy seem tot link tha tho thing which is, is tlwt which shall bo. Wo do no( accept,th.W conclusion. Already tho secular spirit has gone enough to disturb thp equilibrium mo nations uic, io say nuvuuig oi . w.. I.! i-.l church s lifo. Tho day or reaction THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XX.NO M COLUMBIA DKHOUKAT, VOL.L, NO U Inevitable. Tho old lorces In tho train ing of mankind nnd the old proportion In which tho forces must sooner or later combine, will reassert themselves. Man cannot livo by bread alonp. Any citi zenship, however cunningly built upon its material and intellectual side, must topplo ovor and go to pieces if It re fuso to recognize the imago of God in the soul and to obey thu low of educa tion which God lus rootc.1 in that im ago and clothed with a supreme sover eignty over tho life ol tho flesh and the life of tho intellect. Stories Told of dough. SOME AMUS1NO EXl'ErtlENCES OP THE I'Ol'- UI.AIl OltATOH RELATED UY IIIMSEM'. Tho lato John 13. Gough told a story as well in private as in public, says a writer in the Philadelphia Timet. Tho following nro remembered nmong sonio of tho experiences ho used to ro- lato : "Un ono occasion," ho said, "1 had mtdo an appointment in a small town in Massachusetts nnd rodo seven miles to fill it. On arriving at tho church as tho peoplo wero assembling I found no ono to receive me. I asken a middlo-agcd ritstto if ho could toll mo whero I could find tho president of the tcmperanco society. " 'L reckon I'm him," ho replied, la conically. Ah I well, my namo is Uough, 1 said. Wall, I calkilato it's about timo to skin in.' In wo went, and I sat in a pew un til ho camo to mo and said : '1 guess its timo to begin.' " Is thero any ono to offer prayer T I asked. " 'No ; tho parson's away.' " 'Is thero no deacon V " 'I 'spect I'm a deacon.' " 'Well, can't you pray t" " 'No ; I reckon I speak in tho meet- "As I passod into tho pulpit ho stood beneath it and called out to tho audi- enoo : 'Mr. Gough is in do desk an' he's a-gwine to lectur. "I preceded to 'lecture as well as I could, and when 1 had finished and taken my seat at the back of tho plat form my agricultural friend callod out from below : 'We will now purocod to tako up a collection for the benefit, of the lactooror.' Ho then 'purcoeded to pass his hat around among tho people, who had begun to ratndly ioavo tho church as soon as they heard tho omin ous word collection. When ho had oompletcd his task ho dumped upon the tablo in front ot the pulpit tho con tonts of his tile and, shaking tho lining said to mo ; -Thar I That 'ere is all for you. I ain't a-gwino to tako nothin' out for tho lights. 'The amount did not exceed sl."0 " 'I do not want it,' I said. " 'Wall, I swow ! Yer don't want all that money?' " 'No.' " 'Wall, then, I reokon I'll tako it,' and suiting the action to tho word ho swept tho money into his hat, placed it on his head and walked oft without an other word, leaving me to enjoy a hearty laugh as tho only reoompenso for my night's work. "In ono of tho first towns of which I spoko outside of Worchester I labor ed for throe ovenings, and was told by tho committee at tho conclusion of my last address that thoy had no funds in treasury and did not liko to tako up a collection, but that if I would como again and give throo more lectures I would be liberally paid. 1 consented and shortly afterward begati my other course of three lectures. At tho ter mination of the second ono a gentle man aroso and said that as Mr. Sough had not been paid on tho occasion of his previous visit to that town, he sug i gested that a collection bo taken up for tho piirposo ot remunerating him. "'1 object to collections, said another gentleman ; 'but if wo must havo ono let it bo to-morrow night, when we will all oomo prepared. '1 ho third evening was very rainv and a collection amounting to $1.80 was taken up. A gontloman near tho tablo remarked when tho monev was counted: 'Tho amount is very small I do not mind making it up to S2 out of my own pocket, for tho laborer is worthy of his hire, nnd he very em phatically laid down two silver dimes. I refused to take 2 for six days work, d,,rInK wllioh personal expenses had been 83, and departed. The next day 1 received from three liquor-sellers a $5 bill enclosed in a letter, in which thoy said that they thought I had worked hard enough to bo bettor paid. "Unco ntter lecturing at oonsidcrablo persona oxpenso in a town somo dis tauco from Worcester, where I expect ed a remuneration at least suiliciont to roimburso me, I was merely tendered a voto of thanks. I arose and requested that tho vote should bo put in writing, as perhaps the conductor on tho tram would accopt it for ray fare. Tho oommittoe took the hint nnd a liberal collection was thon taken up for me. Betting a Slave on a Fair of Duces. A capital story is told of tho slavery days of Ex Governor Pinchbaok. Whon a niero lad he belonged to a rich old Southerner who was verv fond poker. His master was onco travelinc on a Mississippi river boat and had piaved cards in tho cabin a mailt, L,Uck went against him to suoh an ex- tent ho lost overy penny ho had on his On this basis tho cards wore dealt, I fill . ..,,,! . . ino young jau waicueu uis raasicr nt hand eagerly. The old Southerner looked at his cards and raised tho anto. - Ho wfn m,ct and promptly raised again. At this moment a gentleman who had recently camo up, aitraotcd by mu young neuros iooks, oaueu osido. "Whoso boy aro you ! asked. ''Do dear Lord abovo knows,, sab," answered Pinohback, anx- has flat, round eyes, in sunken orbits, iously. "I uso'ter belong to Mars' I anii whoso nostrils nro short and thick; u , but no done gonoan bet mo on for ho oertainly will provo a beast of a pair ob doucos." "Hot you on a pair 8mall intelligence, hard to teach, incap- of deuces ?' lea, sab, air I dunuo tho whoso boy is uow, Hut do old massa obstinate, just as stupid persons are. he's blullin' liko do mischief an' I And do not buy the horso that is nar- - reckon I's gwino ter utay, The blutt WOUi - 0croniluo wH, flm1 in FlorIda ,10tc, k whoso replUallon a9 proc88ion. a, B'ca, g wm otraot oven from his ,)retile 1 h ' . ,j, , far Thoy are having a hard timo marry of ing tho Kmporor of Chlua. Tho happy nostrils; for in him you will find an in- ino i evoni naa uow bceii;postponed ior l . , , . - is years. T3 of dVctisi9- 8M (IM IT 8(0 4 RO iTl 45 ?M 1 tl 1 1nch t 7t 1 SS 3 ' 1 60 1 00 3 S 00 H 70 t S 60 3 60 OKI 111 ll in li 8 00 13 (10 10 Ml (IM 14 CO 2-1 OA 2 COl 6 60 7 00 8 00 14 (10 1T00 20 10 40 1 0 (Vnlumn 5 no 13 00 15 00 S5 00 SO 00 40 00 W W) YcnrlT I dvf rtlscments P"abl? ("'M"!!" ilenlndvcitlscmcntu must uo paid lor beforo ."l ccrtcd except where parties haTO accounts. Lcftut advertisements two dollars per Inch lu f three Insertions, nnd at that tato for additional Insertions without reference to length. Kiecutor's, Administrator's, and Auditor's no tlcesthrcodollars. Transient or Local notices, ten cents a line, rcg ular advertisements halt rates. Tard9 In the "lluslnen Directory" column, on dollar a year for each line. ODD ITEMS. American literary women nro flock ing to Homo. Tho tug is tho only thing that has Its tows behind. Thomas Moore began to write po ems nt tho age of M. Thcro aro lSIOinmates in tho Georg ia Stato Insano Asylum. Tho leading dontists in Kussia nnd Gonnany aro Americans. Dickens had produced "Pickwick Papers'' beforo ho was 25. A will with a codicil is nu old nnd now testament, yet it isn't a bible. President Cleveland will please stuff his vacancy in Turkey before Thanks giving. It is suggested that catkets for pre serving the dead would obviate burials nt sea. Tho rico planters of Georgia havo gotten iioarly their whole crop into market. Washington policotnen aro required to wear white gloves and carry canes whilo on duty. The convicts at Sing Sing mado 5000 oloar profit for tho Stato of Now York last month. Thcro aro twenty negroes in South Carolina who aro worth $30,000 each, and they are all Democrats. You would not, perhaps, expect it, but it is n fact, that well wator will sometimes make people sick, A physician says ''if a child d-jes not thrivo on fresh milk boil it." This is too severe. Why not spaiiic it ? Throe-fourths of tho members of tho Legislature recently elected in Arkan sas are less than 39 years of age. Fastidious passengers havo their own tea on transatlantic steamers and havo tho stewards brow it for them. Bremen paperBjStato that tho now Lloyd steamers to como out in 1887 will bo even faster than auy now afloat. Ten thousand acres ot undeveloped land in Mississippi will be put in culti vation by Northern capital next year. Homer Greene is writiug a sequel to his story, "What My Lover Said." it will bo entitled, "Is tho Dog Tied Up V True love, it is said, never did run smooth; but then, most young men of to-day like checkered suits, you know. Sophronia What is retribution t It is something that happens to a farmer wbon ho gets caught in bis own barbed wiro fence. Menu cards representing autumn (leaves, with names wiitten upon them in gold lettets, arc tashiouable fancies of tho season. Poems by Chaucer were known and read before the writer had reached his 12th year, and Leigh Hunt mado a stir at tho ago of 13. Felt slippers aro to bo worn consider-' ably this Winter. Johtison'ij boy hopes his mothers will not be felt any moro than formerly. More Railroad Talk. tiik f.Kiiinu valley's new noAi to Tin: WEST WHAT IS TIIEltL IN IT 1 Uumors to tho effect that tho Lo high Valley Railroad company intend ed to build a lino from Ashland to Pittsburg have been revived again,and this time seem to have some degree of verification from railroad authorities. Tho new route is chartered under tho namo of tho Seabroad and Atlantic railroad, and ono of its advantages over all other routes is that it can bo built without a tunnel. Tho programme was that if the South Pennsylvania railroad wero not to build thoso interested in that scheme would join tho Lehigh Valloy in building tho route from Ash land, but it is now stated that tho Le high Valloy peoplo have louiid others who will join them, and that tho road will certninly bo built, even without help from tho South Pennsylvania cap italists. A promineut railroad official states that tho harmonious relations which havo existed between tho Penn sylvania and Lehigh Valley railroad companies have btcomo strained, ana that tho Lehigh Valley docs not liko the idea of the former coming into its anthracito coal territory, aud will build thn lino to Pittsburg to put tho Penn sylvania upon its good behavior in tho anthracito regions. Robert II. Sayre, second vicu president of tho Lehigh Valloy , and who was also president of tho South Pennsylvania Hailroad com pany, is declared to bo very aggressivo, and has been determined foi somo timo to havo another routo to Pittsburgh from Philadelphia. The officials of the Lehigh Valloy Railroad company profess to know nothing of the plan. The Lchioh Valley has excellent tor- m;nai facilities at Jersey City, who aro now reaobed over tho tracts ot tho Pennsylvania railroad. It is said to bo tho purposo of tho company, (should the plan go through, to reach Jersey City by building track a ot its own. Jauon jirgus. Selecting a Hone. 1 M ! 1 M 8 60 S SS 4 f S W 6 til) till J (XI ft fil H Oil A "professor of horse trainiuc." who ol k aiiUn ai it-ill in nntuluinn-n,wl hronVincr thn mnat nlu.nr.itn nntmnl,.. gives tho followiug advice: Tho qucs-. fin,, nr fnr Htni.lv. linnl work at moderato speed, will not a heavy fnmn.l. Btmni, mimnln animal, with I with tho higher menial faculties and I . O s i moro aotivo nerves 1 Is thero not a Wasto of force, of tho power desired, from tho nutriment consumed, in tho it horso. with a highly doveloped nervous constitution! Mr. Gleason ndvisoa ,,over to eolect a horso having long ears mm lined nsida w th one. stra L'ht hair. ho nn not btiv ono that is narrow between only tho ears and between tho eves: or that nhln of romomherincr and liable lo bo row nt tho top of tho head, bulging be tween the oyes, and has a sunken, dish liko faco between them; for ho is suro lo ho vicious and treacherous, Hut tako tho horso that has short carp, with short curly hair insido them; that is broad botweon tho ears and eyes, with a regular, straight faco and large thin two i iciiigeiu, Bpinieu, jut, wimug curvum. - l.l,, . .. I . I and taltutal mend, tt treated lightly, J'ar4flo JiuUdlng. (pir.om.
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