I I.ueri Weekly, every Frlrlny Morntni-. nt ULOOMBBUItU, COLUMBIA CO., Pa, atII.SO poryoar. To subscribers out ot tho conn. tih toi-msaro ntrlctlr n nritrAt. 'luocoun srSo papor discontinued oxcopt at thoonttnn tMhopubiliners,untluiUrrcaraK63nronairi,ut long oontlnuod croails will not bo guon. ' All papers sent put uf the Hlato or to distant post nntntHt ba nald fori nurlvniiKn nmn ; Ji.frJ elbloporaoti In Columbia county assumo f to "pay tao subscription duo on demand. v JOB PUINTINa. Tho.tob Printing Department oftho Coi.cuiuan ! very complete. It contains tho latest now tynr. nimV-hlnTyand Is ttio only ortlco that runsloh rows by piwor, giving us tho best facilities. Kg la U03 minimis vii juin. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. T U. WATjtjKIt, ATroUNIiY-AT-LAW, . ,. Uloonwbiirtf, Pa U. FLUNK, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 11L00MSHUSU, PA ,11 :-j la t it's a ltldlnir. HIS M. CLAHII, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND JUiTlOH OF THE PEA.UB. llLOOMSHCKU, Pa o daa ovor Moyer Bros. Drug storo. p W MILLCU, ATTOHNSV-AT-LAW OJ'.colo lirotfor'sbuualog.seeoodfloor.room No.l , uloomsourg, Pa. 'fuank'zvkb, L ' ATTORN EY-AT-L AW. Bloomsbmg, Pa. OIUoo corner ot Contro and ala atnujw. Ularl. 0 Hiding. Can bo consulted lii IHrnian. QEO. E.ELWEI.r. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Uloomsiiuko, Pa. Onico on FUst floor, jfront room of Col ombian liuiltllnij, Mala jStrcct, bclowJILx chango Hotel. plut, k. vnn " Attornoy-at-Law. O.aco In Colombian iluiLMNa, Kooin No. , aoconu U0r' BL'JOMSBUUG. PA. B KSOaB, L.8.W1KT1!ESTBN. KNOBR & WINTEKSTEEN, Attoi-noys-at-Law. onico tu 1st National Bant building, second Boor nrstdoortotholetr. Corner ot Main and Market Btraota Uloomsburg, Pa. iSfPetmoni and Bounties CollecUd. J II. MAIZE, ATTORNEY AT-LAW Office in Malzo'a bulldlnr, ever Blllmoycr's grocery, p P. MLLMEYEK, (DISTRICT ATTORNEY.) ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. STOIuco over Dentlcr's shoe, store, Uloomaburg. Pa. npr-30.80. JOHN C. YOCUM. cTe. QEY2H. YOCUSI & GEYEK, Attornoys-atLawi CATAW1SSA, PA. (Offlco front suit of rooms on second noor of Nswa Iibm building.) IVCAN BE CONSULTED IN GEltMAN.U embere of Sharp and Alleman'a Lawyers and nnnMr'l Wrectory and the American Mercantllo LTcmfect'on&mtlon fSXgfSv YT II. IUIA.WN. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Catawlssa, ra. otace, corner ot TUlrd and Malnatroeta. JJ v. WHITE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Office in llrowcrs Uulkllng, 2nd floor, may 1-tf jyj-IOHAEL F. EYEHIiY, Conveyancer, Collector of Claims. AND LEGAL ADVICE IN TUB SETTLEMENT OP ESTATES, 40. r-w-nmen In llcntlpr'H bulldlut with l V. Bill meyer, nttorney-nt.law, front looms, and Moor moomaourg, ru. VflT. E. BltlTli, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Berwick, Pa. MISCELLANEOUS D It. IIONORA A. BOBBINS. Office and residence, West First street. IUooms- Duri Pa. iiuv.-otto is, D It. J. II. M001IE. EYS, EAR AND THROAT, A SPECIALTY. PITTSTON, I'A. Will bo at Exchange Hotel, In Blcomsburg, every two wceka, on baturday, from 6:S0 p. m. to s p.m. Doc, 4 and 18, Jan. 1 and 15 and sv, Feb. is and 2S Jlarcbisandae. novsosoly. TIl. J. It. EVANS, M. D., Burgeon nnil ltiyslclan. onico and residence, on Third direct. J 0. MoKELVY, M. D.,Burgton and Phy . sictan, north s!do Main atreet,tclow Marfet AL. FKITZ, Attorney-at-Lav, OlKo , Front room over Post Ofllce, 8 VI, J. 0. BUTTER, PHYSICIAN &BUQKON, Ofilce, North Market eticbt, IllOOLifcburS, l'u II. WM. II. ItEltEH, Burgeon and Pbyalclan, omco corner of Uock and Market treet. piRE IN8URAK0S CHRISTIAN 7, KNAPP, BLOOMSBO O, PA, HOME, OF N. Y. MERCHANTS', OF NEWAUK, N. J. CLINTON, N. V. PEOPLES' N. Y, HEADING, PA. These old corporations are well seasoned by fi',-e and Finn tksted and have never yet bad a loss settled by any court of law. Their assets are all Invested In solid sbccuiTiis are liable to the hazard of nun only. Losses raoMi-rLr and noNKSTLr adjusted and paid as soon as determined by Ciihistiah y, KNAW, srKCIAL AOKNT AND ADJCSTIB BliJOllSBCBU, I'a. The people of Columbia county should patron ize the agency where losses If anyaresettitdand pall br onootllier own citizens. PKOMPTNESS. EQUITY. FAIK DEALINQ. '. HARTJIAH BKPHISKHTa in FOLLOWING AMEH1CAW lJStiURANOE CO.MPANIEB North American of Philadelphia. Franklin, " Pennsylvania, " York, of Ponnsylvanla. tiauuver, ui n. x. Queens, ot London. omco on iUrkjt titrtiet, No, o, Dloomflburt'. norm lirlii: IREAB IIHOWN'S INKURANOE ' AGENCY. Moj cr's now building, Mala street, oomsburg, Pa. ABsets iEtna insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn tT.OTti.sKO ltoyal of Liverpool, 13,BOO,ooo Lancasblro,.... 10,au,oiio Flro Association, Philadelphia 4,ltu,?io Pliasnlx, ot Ixindon 6,soa,3TO London & Lancashire, of England l,T0U,tfa Hartford of Hartford: s,873,um fiprlngflsld Fire and Marino 8.082.680 As the agencies ara direct, policies are written crlho Insured without delay In tho onico at Hloomsburg. Oct. IS), 'SI- KXOHANGE HOTEL, W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR BLOOUSBURa.FA. OPPOSITE OOUHT HOUSE, Lirg tsand convenient sample rooms. Bath rooms but and cold water and all modern conveniences J E 2ITT2KBENDES, ProprJatori. y AiNwiuaiiT & co., WHOLESALE GROCERS, Philadelphia, Pa. TEAS, FYIICPS, COI'I-EE, SUOAH, O LASSES I11CE, 61'ICKe, HIOAllIl SODA, E10., E10. N. E. Corner Second and Aich sts. borders win lccelvo prompt attention. II. HOUSE, DENTIST, IJLooMSBurta, Columbia County, Pa All styles of work done in a superior manner, work nuuttiiwutw ruyresemea. ieetu uztract kd without Pain by the U30 of Gas, and freoof charge nhenartinclalteetb are Inserted. Ofllce In Darton'a bulldlne. Main street. below Market, llvo doors below Klcim's drug store, llrst lloor. lo be open at all hnurt during the dai NOV 13 .1 J ffl. C. SLOAN & BRO., BLOOMSBURG, PA. Manufacturers ot CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C. First-class work always on hand. REPAIRING NEA 1LY DONh. Price) reduced to tuit the times. BLOOMSBURG PLABIHG MILL :n. Tho unaerslcncd havinL- t,ut hla Plinilnc vi on Kallroad rttreet, la flrst-cjabs rorflK ion. 1b pre FRAMES, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS. MOULDINGS, FLOORING, Etc. furnished at reasonable prices. All lumbcrused Is well seasoned and nono but skilled workmen are employed. ESTIMATES FOE BUILDINGS urnlshed on application. Plans and spcclnca oaaprop.irju oy tin experiencea aruugmsaiaa UlouniKliurrr, I'a CLOTHING! CLOTHING THE MEllCIIANT TAIL01J. Fumiihing ioods, Ikis & Caps OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Suits mado to order nt short notice and a lit ilwa)s guaranteed or no pale. Call and examine tlm larpeat and best Delected stock of good eLr shown in Columbia comity. Store next door lo First National Bank, MAIN STREET, Bloomsburgf, Pa. ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCES OF CAST CR WROUGHT IRON. Suitable for Yards, Cemetery Lots and Fublic Grounds :o: The following shows the Picket Gothic, one of the several beautiful styles ot Pence manufactured by the undersigned. For Beauty and Durability they arounsurpass ed. Set up by experienced bands and warranted to give satisfaction. Prices and specimens of other de signs sent to any address. Address BLOOMSBURG PA- May 4-tf E. B. BP, OAS riTTlNG & S7EAM 11EATINI1 DEALKlt IN STOVES &TINWARE. All kinds of work in Sheet Iron, Roof iug and Spouting promptly attended to. W8rlct attention given to heating by Btoam. Cornor of Main & East Sts., XSloonisbur , To, BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER EXKAUSTEDJITALITY. ILLUSTRATIVE Samplo FREE. mm THYSELF. A Ortat Medical Work on Manhood. Nervous and Physical Debility, Premttnre Docllno In Man, Ertia-Mcd Vitality, Ac., Ac., and the untold m!. c'.lea rJBiiltlng from Indiscretion or ciccmca) 400 rnRoj, jubslantlally bound In gilt, muslin. Con-t-.lranioro than 125 lnvaluablo prcscrlpllom, em bt.vlng every vegctaLlo remedy In tho pharma copeia fur all .lento and chronic diseases. It 1 fmphntteally a book for every man. Prlco tmly (I by m i'l, post paid, concealed In plain wrapper, ii.i.L'Brii.VTivi: HAMPi.i: l'lini: to ai.t. Voung nnil nlddlc-gcil men for tho nest ninety days. Send lio.v, i;r ciit this cmt, as yon mny no (or co It nitn. AfHrojj Dr. W. H. PAUKBII, 4 Bui Bnch street, Boston, Mass. feb.,s-d. ly U r' r.-ui.viu )i:AI Til't'l. I!I4IK. It KIM' I Jlf LrlKGUCC ninl tistlirent ol Cvfr riiwir Ml Ibmb, nillld illir. r. nl kiiln. AT-im.II tin- ITows Pi'uit rtlrts. lien .iih (ion, rtratel, llniktrchltl inarm. It tstlii'inBil complctsuoik ol the kiln! eT tllt-H-hpil.Ci-Hil Fifteen OntPinn stamp Tor a sivmiile copy, nlsoour price to ntiptil. Agpnts nnntf'tl ivtrvwhart. Ail. a.. :?r.k:i rvi. to., n Hwtii Tuts ttrin.1 hiin'i. ri. nvso SS5, SINGER (JUT rllilH STYLE -Si'msgs M t- .DAIS' TKIA1 A t nu ne oi Attnctimonts. S'oa.vm. Scud for IJlrctllnr. i rL ltmi!" Jk Co.. Apr. 8 47w. FHILADAISTS. (irmiil Irlio Jleilal, I'llrU, 1871. Ackrourfirocerforlt. U'm. lr-yloppel,Hfr, 1J Korlh Troni btrcet. PHILADELPHIA, I'A. Juno 4 80 ly. AMPION vosmvELY Patent Safety Non-Hiploslvo EXTINGUISHER Will not BKHAK the Cleanly. of OIL. tiiasn. Gives a Lioni Tilt CKAMriOR equal In Brilliancy I. llin Halt. to au anaiei, or Cheapest and x'A Oas liurners, 1 his Is the most MtlGHt Lamp for Churches, Halls, or Powerful and I'prfect LIGHT ever mado Family Uao. Send for Illustrated Circular. I ltO.U OIU an ba used on vour eld Gas or Oil ChiDde- A. J. llcrs or brackets, and vill increase your light 36 S. 2d St.. 'AJIUUU-l-'ULaJ. AOENTi PIILLA. Sole Owner oct 6 6 ms. 'tJ. X3. PiOKST i,A r- ,r-- ! 1- - " Ml I - .i 4." 1 jL-r.i--4- -r-f-t .1 I I I 1 1 .1 - S(.7 poc rot' end upwardi SPC3UL Q'JOrAnONS. All kin 1) cf Iron Feacst, Fire IV - ilrduFC WW) r IM 1) I fi7VL fmrrffTrTrrrfriTrr i iiii Mi TKtX CUAH3 Iioa ".eric in a'.l tt;!os. Coal Csvaciis a spocialty. Iron Ladders, Wheels & CresUu;;, BlicksmltMng In all branches. Eil'rnj(e) lutnl.htJ. EAGLE IRON WORKG, Cor. Union lz Casa.1 Btt. WIXilCES-HARnn. PA march 13-80-1 y. SMTS, t btalncd and all patent business attended to for moderate feci. our omce is opposite the u. 8. Patent omce, and re can obtain Patents In less time than those re mote trom Washington. Hcntl model or rtrawlntf. Wfi advlso as to nat- cntablltty freoof charge, and we make no charge unless patent is gecurcu. We refer hcie, to the Postmaster, the Supt. ot Money Order Dir., and to officials ot the U.S. Patent Onico. For circular, advice, terms and references to actual clients in your own btato or County, write to C. A. SNOW & CO., Opposltn Patent Office, Washington, D 0 an 9-tf ' UtX.TjATlS pays for lab'-HBOIIOIjARtmiPln IJUSINKSS COLLEGE 171)9 fttilDit 61, rbiliJtlplii. Positions for Oraduatoa. Timo requlrod 3 to 4 mos. Tho Host Equipped. Heat Coursoof Utudy. Host Ev erything, Write for CtrcuUn. J 9 ma pic. J.R SMITH & CO. LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., SV Dealbhs IM s By the following well known makers.' Chickcriiij; Kunbc, Wcbcr, Ilallct & Davis. Can also furnish any of the cheaper makes at manufacturers prices. Do not buy a piano be fore getting our prices. .o. Catalogue and Price Lists On implication. SCpU-8Jtf. r M) ADVEllTISBIia-Lowest Hates foradvertls. 1 tng In loot) good newspapers sent (roe. Ad. dross QUO. P. HOWELL 6a, 10 Spruce St,, N. V. m say k PATE irsnsi Tilt w BE5T TONIC, f This medicine, comMnthg Iron with pure VOKcfftliln tout nt, qulflclv mid Cimirletoly Cuirs 0,rpcilrti Inrtlrttion, AVrnK limit, I j u pure IlJooil, Mutnrln Clilllt niitl FcTtm, imtl rVournlgln It U an uiif.it. iittf ivmedy lor lJlscascs ofllio IChlnr nml Llvtr. It 1 invftli.fiblo for I)Nen peculiar to AVomrni ami all who lend ncdcntftry live. It doc not Injure tlio tccth,rnticl)CAdaclie, r produce eomtlput.! unihrr ltm witicinei do. It ritrlclioa nml Xiitrlflrd the lilood, ttltmilaies tho npitcbto n U the nimilatloii of finxl, relieves llffirtl'tm, nnd Ik'Ichltig.nnd itrontfiens i w miif. 1 !iid iifrvoit. For IsHfi mttti nt IVvrrn, Loos It tut c Luck: tit Kiicij', ttc, it has no equal. The RMiulne hainlmvo tradonmrk and crassid red Unci on vrnppor. Taku no other Kyi bI; I j EtROX tllKlUAL tO DlLTtSORE, MU. Tor "worn-out," " rtuwVwn," debilitated school teaclicis, inllllinrs, sonnitrcsscs, hottw kcepers and over-worked women trfnerally. Dr. l'lerco's I'avorlto Prescription ts tho liest of nllreflorntlvo (nnlca. It Is not a " Curo-nll," but ndtntmbly fulflIU n KlitKlcncss of purnow, ln-intr n tnot jioU'iit SiMTtflo for nil fhoso Chronic Woaknessfis and Dlsoiises peculiar to women. It Is n powerful, general ns well aa uU-rine, tonlo nntl nervine, and linpnrts viiror nnd Btrenjrt h to t ho wliolo sjf tctn. 1 1 promptly cures weakness of stomach. Indigestion, bloat ing, weak back, nervous prostration, debility and slecplcssnifvi, In either sex. Fnvorito Pro scription la sold by druggists under our jxwl tlre guamnlrr, St o wrapper around bottlo. I'rlco 1.00, or lx bottlen for ?.i.OO. A largo treatlso on Diseases of Women, pro fusely illustrated with colored plates nnd nu merous wood-cuM, sent for 10 cents In stampL. Address, Woiti.n's Dwknsauv SlEniCAL. Association, Oft) Main Btreet, HuHalo. N. Y. SICK IIKmAClin, Bl limit Ifoa.ln.'hc, nnd Constipation, promptly cured by Dr, l'lcrcu's Pellets. 3.K.-. a rial, by druggists. CAN HE PUT ON 11V ANY PEHSO.V. THOUSANDS OF HOI.LS BOLD ANNUALLY POtt BUILDINfiS OF EVEIIY DtsonirTio.v. sexd ron new cntcuLAn. containing FUIUE LIST AND REFERENCES. ACENT3 VAHTED. M. EHBET. m. & GO a SOLE MANUKACTUKERS. 423 Walnut street. PHILADELPHIA- Sopt.l7a&s.Sms cured of RHEUMATISM by uslns RUSSIAN RHEUMATISM CURE. It la not a curo-all. It curuo nothinff bat lUieuma. tltm, but it la a oafo and euro euro for thutdiseapo, Tbonsandd who have been cured will testify to its re liability. Mb. G. H. Ulmxr, of 1G21 N. 12th St., ruiada , wrote fourmootha after he bad been cured by the Hussion Rheumatism On re (waiting t noe whether it would not return). Mytug lie wan bedridden with tho disease, and tboudhi he would lose his ronson frrra the agony h had to endure and insfda of twowweki he rat cured by thla remedy, aithonch ho bad bia hnnee physician, and used other romediea without result, previoua to trying this wonderful remedy. Mil Crus. A, Oox. American and Morris St., Phila., said? "blj wife wan bedridden, and her condition tnnde me despair. Doctors md everything etna failed. The uuaaian JUieumtuflni unr rnrea ner in one wees." mussiAHH ITIIADK MAltKS AND RHEUMITISM CURE. SIONATCItE Nfl Koi Utnninf wlthonl tbl Ktff i naiurcBBaooia inMiaiiftru. ..... rntut; $2.50 PER tlX. Tot complete information, Hencriptlvo Patn. phlet. with tcUmonlalB, tree. For B&le by nil drusKlitt.. If one or tbetither la not In position to famish It to you, do not bo tier su&ded to take anything else, but apply direct to tha Oeneral Amenta, PKAKI..EU IIHOS. A: CO. Sit) til tiil JUurltet btrect, Phlludelpblu. march 9-ly.a Invalids' Hotel ahd Surgical Institutf. 683 Main Street. Butialo, N. Y. Staff of IB Physicians and Surceons. Rxporlouceil flpoclnllHfH for ovory clnHM ol Dl.onttpH ti-oatcd t also, trained, expcrloncuil and obliging; Nil rue. LlKht, woll voiitlliiled, elegantly furiiUlicd prlvulo rooum, lor pa. tlents. Ilouso fiirnlNlied with Elovntor, Sleam-lient, spenkliifi-plpe., loc. trio Holla, uud nil modern Im provoincniH. Tnlilo well Hupxllud rvllli llio beat ot food. In not n Ifonpltal) tiut a pleasant Ilomodlnl Homo. Upon day and night. ALL CHROMEC DISEASES, whothor requiring for their cure niedlcnl or aurgicul uld, KHIfiilly rented. THIS INSTITUTION la uuppllod with Tiirklah llulliii, American Movement Troatmont, or lUechau. teal manage Itluchlnory, Vliull zailon nnd Vacuum Treatment Appuratnu, tho inont npprovod Illcctrlcnl ITInelilllCM mid Hatter Ion, lnlialutlon Appnraina, and nil Iho moat vulnublo remedial nppll aneca known to medical clvnt-o. Call, or solid 10 ccntH In stamps for our Iuvallila (iuldo-Iloolt (108 Iiagca), whlrh rrlvoa all purlieu, urn. Addreaa hm above. World's Dluenwrr Snllral AmvOcLUIod, Prop'i. elys Catarrh Cream Balm 7uc relief at once anil Cures COLD IN HEAD, HAY FEVER, .Vot a Uriuia, Siwff or. lunni aruaiand of- a.u.i. odor.. HAY-EEVER A particle is applied into each nosrll and Is agreeable. Price to cents at Druggists: by mall, registered, o cts Circulars free. ELY 11H03., Druggists, Owe f o, N. Y, nov it ltd. TPM? A T?TiTT?Ce Its causes and a new and I Jjili ;juu euccessiui t'l tti! at your I f own home, by one who was deil twenty, eight years. Treated by most of tho noted sneclallsta without beueOL Clivd lilmsn'r In 3 montlu, and since then hundreds of other. Pull particulars sent on application. T. B. PACE, No, i nest gist t., new lorx uity, uuvivum FOR STEEP OR FlMFoIs WW f 1 Jim SELECT POETRY. A LOVE ORY. Ob, lovo, tho earth llos pitiless, Screno and puro and white; Its air Is calm and passionless, This heartless, silent night. Tho moon, wltU passive, chilling graco Moves slowly across tho skyj A star with stony, pallid faco Unfeeling lists my cry. A lily colorless as snow, fllcama coldly out at me, A roso with frigid breast bends low In scorn, my pain to sec. 1 only burn with flerco unrest, My wild, lot e-tortured heart, My longing bosom all unblcst, My crimson lips that smart. My blood that riots mad and hot, My pulses that beat high, Theso are tho things tho night cools not, Though cold bo earth and sky. Oh I palo, chill moon, why fro-n afar Pour down this spotless light 7 Oh I passionless and frozen star, Why sinlle so calmly bright t Oh 1 Illy, warm to crimson hue, Oh I rose, flush passion's red, Ob, wind, grow amorous and suo Yon flower e 'cr night bo nod. Oh I moon, grow tender with delight, Oh I star, your pulses move, Oh I sweet, come warm this passive night, And fill all earth with love. Lulah Hagsdale. """SELECT ST0RYr" L'JVL'S WINDING WAYS- "Wliat si iilorions afternoon ! It seems a if tho wlioln world were stcepi'd in n, dreamy enchantment, in soft golden light and delicious per fume, and yet Oh, dear I why can't all tho world bo happy?'' A fluttering, dolorous little sigh has abruptly broken tho soliloquy in two, as it woio, and seems out of harmony with both of tlm eccno and tho speaker. Yet a troubled shadow had drifted into thu bright, girlish face as swiftly as a dead roseloaf flutters downward in tho wind. Suddenly a quiok step sounds on tho crisp, brown gras behind her, and "What 1 Miss Amy Lt-stor eighing, as I liya 1" calls out a ringing, mascu line voice in playful railsry. "What unheard of thing is going to happen next, I wondor V Sho gives a slight start at first, but glances up coolly enough into tho fair, haudmrao and half-laughing faco of the intruder, who has turned out of tho wide lano which intersects her path to join her. Haven't I a right to my 'secret sor rows' as well as other people V sho re torts, with t. smile and a Hash of her brown eyes which leaves him in doubt as to whether sin- is in jost or earnest. "But really, Mr. G inton. I didn't dream of seeing you to-day. I thought that that " 'Wt II, and what did you think.Miss Amy V he questions softly, aa sho hes itates and stoops suddenly to pick up some ot the gorgeously-tinted Autumn leaves lying in the path. "That you were probably on your way to tho city by this time," sho tin- ishfs oilmly, pinniri! tho bright leaves an nllectivo bit ot color against tho bodice of hor dark dress. "On mv way to tho city without sav ing good-by to you ? Surely you didn't think I could do that, Amy Les ter 1 Why, I was just L'oing to call on you when I chanced to find you Here. Hi voico has all nt once lost its playfulness, and, Htopiiing in tho oath. ho imuiisoned in his own tho little hands that aro nervously toying with thu lea0'. "I wish I knew what you wero sigh ing for just now," he adds, after trying in vuiu w iuuku nur rno?i, iiih earnest, impaHsioued gize. "Was it had it anything at all lo do with my going, Amy doirf" His low tones aolually trerablo over that last word uttered so hesitatingly; for the heart of tho willful girl stand- ng ttiero besido lum is a eoaleu book to him still, and ho hardly dares to vonture upon even so much as that. Will sho bo angry T Ah, no, not that, sho morely turns a pretty, amused face toward him, Hashing her brown eyes fearlessly into his, at last, full of tho sauciest indifferenco. "Sighing for you I Why, what an idea 1" uho exclaimed, lichtly, whilo a dimpling smile, suggestive of sup pressed laughter, hovers about her red iips. "I didn't think you wero so vain, Mr. Gaston, though 1 shall miss you a good deal,'' sho added, quite as if it wero an afterthought "rlns has been a pleasant Summer, has it not t" Ho glanced almost angrily at tho sparkling brunelto face, so full of inno cent unconsciousness. She had quietly wiumrawn her hands trom his clasp oven before sho answered him. "Pleasant I" ho echoed with ro proachfiil bitterness. "Good heavens ! and is that all it has been to you ? You know I have loved you, Amy. You could not help knowing it, though I uovcr spoko of it before. Jlut I am going so soon now; I must toll you bo loro wo part. And oh I Amy 1 dar ling !'" turning upon her suddenly again with pleading, imploring oyes how cati you help loving mo n little in return t" Her brown oheok pales at this pas sionato outburst, and sho turns her head asido away from tho sight of that handsome, impassioned faco al most too winning at this moment to bo resistoJ. An indignant answer is trembling reproachfully upon hor lips. "lkcatiso you nre soon to marry Is abel Gold win, a millionaire's daughter. llco.Miso you have sought to gain my lovo only for a Summer's astlmo l'1 Hut sbo is too proud to give it utter ance. Sho will not permit him to think that ho could havo won her heatt under any sircumstancos. In stead, with another light, careless laugh, that grates harshly upon his ex cited feelings. "Howt" sho eohoes indifferently, "Oh, simply becaueo I don't ohooso to bunion myself with am thing so seri ous as a real lovo affair. I dou't bo lievo in tying ono's self down hi that fashion, and spoiling one's chance for just as charming a timo next Summor, and the next, and so on. You know what tho poet says: " 'We've spent some pleasant hours together, Hut Joy must often chango Its wing; And spring would bo but gloomy weather It wo had nothing elso but Spring. '" "Como, now, don't look so savago, Mr. Gaston," alio goes on, with a littlo 3. 1886. rjppliiwj; laugh, nnd a glanco that is simply maddening) "there's no reason why wo shouldn't bo just as good friends as over, so far as I can soo." "Friends no I" he answers huskily, n white, stony look settling over all his handsome, bright, blondo features. "Wo part hero, Amy L"8ter, and should wo over meet again, I swear to you it will bu through no fault of luinol'' And without waiting for any answer without another word or sign, savo ono scornful glance that was blended with a strange bittern c?s and heartsluk yearning, ho turns sharply on IiIb heel and strides away, leaving her standing thero alotio in tho docp golden-glory of the mellow Autumn sunset. Ho has not scon how his words have .stricken tho warm light and color from tho piquant face, nor how those red, mocking lips havo blanched to trem bling whiteness. So, after ono indo scribablo moment, in which sho is too dazed to movo or even think, Amy draws a long, tenso breath and realizes that sho is mistress of tho situation. "Checkmate, Mr. O.wen Gaston P bIio crios out oxultingly. "You thought to win my heart nnd break it for idle pastime, did you! You fancied you would leave mo love-lorn and despair ing, whilo you wont to tho city to ed a high-born, fashionable bride, did you not 1 Ah 1 but I think I havo avenged myself right nobly. For you lovo me, Owen Gaston, as you will never love her no, never I And I well, I havo carried out my purpose, hard as it was, and he will never know that my mocking heartless coquetry was all sham, for I shall never seo him again." Sho ehivurs ns sho walks on through tho warm, golden sunshine, and despite bur triumph, a great chango has come over the bright beauty of her laco. Such a rinnte, sparkling faco as it has always bo hi tho red, curved lips smiling saucily over little pearly tcclh, the witching dimpled chin, tho bontiio bright eyes, the arched brows above them, and tho glossy curls gathered up and knotted loosely at the back of the littlo graceful head, all as brown as thu ripo nuts gleaming hero and thero among thu fallen leaves. No wouder Owen Gaston often for sook tho brilliant ooturie of fashion up at tho hotel yonder to spond hours in tho moro modest but quito as charming homo of Amy Lester. No wonder, cither, perhaps, that his reputed fiancee fair, haughty Isabel Goldwiu has become bitterly j -alous of her lovely rival. Certainly nothing less than jealousy of tho most malignant type could havo prompted any high-bred lady to do as sho had dnno a tew weeks Bince, Stauding on tho veranda ono soft September evening she saw Owen com ing straight from the direction of tho Lestor cottage, with a look on his handsome faco which she beauty, belle and millionaire's daughter that sho was had uever been able to bring there for a single fleeting moment. Her fair faco darkened with nu ex pression which boded no gooj to tho village beauty who had dared to rival her in tho heart of thu man whom sho had determined, by fair means or fou', to win. "I'll put a Btop to this littlo romance without delay," sho muttered, clinching her jowelt-d hands in tho folds of her silken skirt. "If the girl has any pride at all and there is a world of it ox pressed in that dangerously beautiful faao of her's I'll work on it so artfully that I will como off winner in this game, and with flying colors, too.'' And so it fell out that on the follow ing morning, as early as propriety could possibly allow, n fair and beautiful lady, in a dainty walking suit of palo blue surah and modish white chip hat, took her way, with a sweetly smiling face and a cruej, uualtered purpose, to tho pretty, homo like cottage a milo or more down thosuu-nt road. She asked at onco for Miss Amy Lpster, and tho two girls had a. long and strictly private interview. What was tho subject or Bubstanco of their conversation nobody knew; but when, at last, Miss Goldwin stood niion tho broad doorstep, bidding Amy a lingering aud gracious "good morn ing.' "I thought it my duty to warn you, as a frieud, my dear MUs Lestor," sho slid sweetly, as sbo raised her elegant bluo salin-lined parasol and bent her queenly blondo head to adjust the fas tening of her glove. "Of course I could not well speak to him on tho sub ject of his flirtation now, sinco 1 do not wish toquarroi with him; untortunateiy I lovo him too well. But" with a steady, searching look into tho pale, boautifol faco besido her "when once married I shall endeavor to euro him of such disreputablo folly. And, now, onco more, Miss Lostor, I must beg you to respect my conhdenco and regard this interviow strictly as a secret bo tween ourselves." "You need not fear that I shall ov er betray yonr confidence, Miss Gold- win.in any way, said Amy,meaniagly. Aud, having charmingly expressed thanks, Isabel sauntered gracofully back to her hotel, conscious that sho had planted a sting in ono proud, sen sitive heart, and "thereby spiked tho enemy s gun, as sho wittingly expressed it to her own thoughts. From that hour poor Amy has had one stern, unwavering purposo to avengo herself upon tho man who, sho believed, has tried to win her lovo only to cast it asido unfeelingly when ho is ready to return to his city homo. Aud sho has won 1 No practical city bollo could have led a lover on moro skilfully, or refusod him at tho Inst .with moro hmshed cruolty than sho. And, though her heart aciics horribly with tho pain of it, sho is still glad that sho had tho courage to strike Owen Gaston's prido that crushing uiow. But, after a little, all tho fuss and flutter of fashion had departed nnd tho dull littlo villago seems a thousand times moro dull than over to poor Amy after tho bitter sweet excitement of tho past season. She knows full well that sho and Gaston will never meet neain. and her heart sinks with a torriblo loueliness at thought of tho coming years. Oh 1 if sho could but fly away, nut thousands of miles between horsolf aud all those associations that fairly maddened her 1 that, is her only thought, her only WISH. "I must go I must 1" she cries, at last, in sheer desperation. "But how!" For n long timo no ray of light comes (o guide her out of tho loneli THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XX.NO 48 COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, V0L.L, NO 89 ness nnd pain of tho old life. But Summer comes again, and with it thu usual throng of city people, though this year does not find either Owen Gaston or Isabol Goldwin among them. "I suppose thoy aro married long ago," thinks .Amy, dreaiily, with tho long, low, patient sigh which always accompanied her thoughts of them. Thero is one lady among tho fashion able crowd to whom Amy is strongly attracted, and who, in turn, seems equally drawn to tho lovely village girl. Sho has takon a downright fancy for hor, in fact, and shows it in every way. "Amy, dear," sho says ono day after tho former has been rending to her for an htir, "do you know, it Is my na turo to delight in showering gifts and favors upon any ono whom I like! But you," with a littlo half-embarrassed laugh "you- aro such a proud littlo thing, my dear, that I can do nothing to prove my friendship for you." Amy hesitated a moment, coloring deeply, and then: "Mrs. Fielding," she says softly, shrinking almost painfully al the sound of hor own words, "you can do mo a favor a great favor if you will. I tun longing w ith all my soul to leavn this place and go far away, and if you would only take me ns your hired com panion lady's maid anything, so that I could go away " "My companion 1" echoes tho lady quickly. "The very thing, my dear I If your parents will trust you in ray caro you may consider yourself en gaged forthwith." So, when iho season wanes and closes, Amy flits away with the rest, to neiv scenes which, sho prays, may deaden that awful ncliing of iho heart which mnkes her young life a torture. "Amy dear," says Mrs. Fielding on a certain day (thoy nro in Paris now), "I ara expecting a call this evening from an old friend of mine, an Ameri can. And let me whisper this secret in your ear," she adds, with a bright, merry laugh, "f would givo anything in the world if you and ho would only fall in lovo with each othei. There I that isn't a wise confession from a would-be match makor, I know, but I am thoroughly sincere." "Mrs. Fielding," begins Amy, blush ing painfully, but tho lady checks her with a gesture. "There ! don't say a word about your 'position.' You aro quite worthy of him, or any other man, my dear, in ev ery way. To bo sure, you aro not rich, but ho is, bo that would make all things even." And with hor gav lauiih sho sails out of tho drawing room, leaving poor Amy to recover from tho shock as bust sho can. She is looking very sweet and lovely this evening in a soft roso i-ilk, with foamy laco relieving it nt throat and wrists, and tho wistful sadness- which has'faken the place ot the old piquant saucinoss in her brilliant brunette face, seems only to enhance its touching beauty. oho is halt reclining upon a sofa.her eyes genlly closed, lost in old-time rev eries, Sho hoars uo visitor announced, no sound of footuteps on iho rich, thick carpel, but, when her eyes fly open suddenly, in obedience from somo strange thrill pissmg through hor nerves, they rest full upon tho faco of Uwou U.uton. Thero is a moment of shocked, un broken silence. Tho hot blood rushes wildly into each startled face, then both grow white as death. "fardon my intrusion, ho begins coldly, recovering himself, but Amy stays him with an impatient motion of her hand. "It is of no couscquence, I assure you," sho says indiiterontly. "1 pre surao you desiro to suo Mrs. Fielding; sho will be here directly. Pray ba seated." Then, calmly, without an outward tremor: "I may bu somo what tardy in tho matter, Mr. Gaton, but still, I trust you will accept my con gratulations upon your marriage." 'My marnago I His handsome blonde faco is as sturdy as ho echoes her words. "Really, yo.i havo tho Ativan tago of me there. To whom have I been married !" aud a slight lingo of his old familiar rogueishness steals into ' his voice and manner. "To to why, I suppose I always thought" sho is soraowhat bowildcrcd now "O tho beautiful belle lo whom vou wero engaged two years ago Miss Isabel Goldwin." "Sho is married long ago, but not to rap. And l why, I never thoucht ot being engaged to her; I uewr cared tor her. Who could havo told you this !" his manner solUuing strangely: Of all women " He stops suddenly, for ho has been gazing straight into Amy's beautiful faco (more beautiful now than ever, ho thinks), and something he reads thero makes him say, wuh an indignant taco that compels nu answer: "Is it possiblo that she could havo told you that !" Amy hesitated for ono moment, the rich color coming and going painfully in her dusky cheeks. Then, raising her sweet, wistful brown oyes to his, she irauKiy answers: "Yes,'' When Mrs. Fielding enters, a few moments later, sho is quite surprised to loam that her twofavoritos aro already ucuuiuicu. But judgo of her amazement when sho finds, before Mr. Gaston takes his leave, that tho match upon which she his set her heart is already nrrauged, and that, too, without a particlo of as sistance, which sho would so willingly have yolunteered. Clyde Raymond, Last of the Mollies. ONLY TWO STILL IN PHISON OP TUB POItTV Til AT WE UK ARHKSTE1). Pottsville, Nov. 22 But two Of tho once famous band of Molly Ma- guireB now remain m tills rogion, and thoy, like martyrs to a despised oausp. remain in prison hero doing pennnco as much for tho sins of others as for their own. True, twouly-ono were hanged, a number served short terms and were long nro released and quite a lot who turned State's evidence wero pardoned, and have found elsewhere a sympathy they could not get here. 1 hoy wero despised by good peoplo iur intur can needs, and by a certain other element booauso they peached oh their pals. The two nion who tcnnln iucarcor Iw 8 w Tm 9 m Ik 6 m It llnch It) l ts l to B W) SCO 4M 7 00 a " 160 8 00 8 CS 4 00 4 75 7 60 1 J CO 8 ' JW liJ SKI t,00 6 60 10 00 10 00 t ' t 60 8 fiO 4 60 700 800 13 00 ID 00 VCOl 8 S 4 W 8 60 8 00 6 6) 1 1 to M 00 5 COl 6 60 7 00 8 00 14 00 1700 SO TO 40(0 fcolumn 8 00 19 00 18 00 S5 CO 80 00 40 00 HO 00 Ycany ndvcrtlscmenta payable quarterly. Tran. alentndrcitlsemenui must bu paid for lforo ti sorted except hero par lea bate accounts. Legal advertisements two dollar pr Inch luf thrco Insertions, and at that ralo for additional insertions without reference to length. . Executor-, Administrator's, and Auditor's no tlccs three dollars. Transient or Ical notices, ton cents a line, reg ular advertisements halt rates. Cards In tho "ItuMness Directory" column, on dollar a year tor each line. nted hero fire Christ. Donnelly and Miko O'Brien, both ot them at ono timo "body niHstcis" of the branch of Mollies at their old homes. They nro serving two twins of seven years ench. Thoy hnvo frequently but vainly np plied for pardons, nnd havo now given up hope of escaping the judgement pronounced on them by the Court. Donnelly lived in New Castle, threo miles from here, lie was a young man, nntl nu active politician of moro than oidinury intelligence. Ho had a wife nnd six children. O'Brien had a wife and family. Ho is not n man of as good intellect ns Donnelly, but, by reason ol n certain tiativo tnlcnt, became the leader of his branch nt Mahanoy City. Ho nover held any municipal ofllce, as his fouttecn-year colleague had, for tho reason that tho nativo American and anti-Irish factious pretty well tilled tho town. Between these nationality factions tin ro was a deadly feud for years, nnd First street, Mahanoy City, becamo known as tho dead line, to cross which was ns fatal, or at least serious for the Mollie-lrish ns it wns for tht"Modocs," ns tho Ain-rican-German-Welsh-English faction had become known. Chief among this latter clan wero tho Major boys. Gcorgo, tho eldest brother, had been Chief Burgess of tho town. "Bill" aud "Jess" wero his younger broth rs. They were tall, wiry fellows, who never ran itwny from n fight. Tho intensity of feiling between tho two parties was raised to its highest pitch when ono night in 187-1 Gcorgo Major, whilo in tho dischargo of his ofllcial duties at un incendiary fire, was fatally shot. Daniel Dougherty was Iricd, under a change of venue, at Lebanon, but proved an alibi, Ectting up tho un usual doferso that tho murder was committed by John McC.inn, a strangor in tho neighborhood. Until two years later many peoplo believed 'JMcUanu" a myth, but the jury be lieved thu story, pud Dougherty wns acquited, ns subsequent events proved very justly. Major's friends itilurned from Lebanon, doubting Dongheity's innocence, and much incensed, while thu Molliu crowd wero made equally defiant by tho verdict. On May 30, 1875, a meeting of tho County Board was held at tho house of Jack Ki hoe, tho county dclegato at Girardvillo. The businees'of tho Board was to nrrnnuo for tho proper and effi cient disposal of the Major bovs and Bully Bill (William M. Thomas), their chum. O'brien, Donnelly, and seven other body tna'ters attended this meet ing, at which men wero selected who wero to kill tho obnoxious Modocs named. Tho meeting had been open ed as usual with prayer, and then tho bloody deliberations proceeded. Two men from Shenandoah were selected to kill Thoma, and threo from Don nelly's division and tho Tuscaiora branch to shoot the Major boys. All of the a"aesins selected wem strangers to their intendid victims. The whole story of the meeting, which is so briefly stated here, sounds like an Old World romauce. To begin plotting murders with prayer is revolting until it bc oomes "classical." Pursuant to tho directions of this bloody conclave, on the 28lh of Juno following, men selected for tho pnrposo attacked Thomas in tho stable at Shoemaker's colliery, near Mahanoy City, and fired four bullets into his body at distances of six inches to four feet f i om him, killed ono horse, wounded another, oud, though they lolt Thomas for dead, a supposed "cloan job," ho miraculously escaped even serious wounding. Tho attempt to kill tho Major boys failed by reason of their having received notice indi rectly from tho detective nnd their ab senco from their accustomed placo on the day set. On August 10, 1875, Tom Hurley, since then a fugitive from justice, and recently reported dead in Colorado, killed, at a Shenandoah firemen's pic nic, in broad day-light, Gomer James. Tho assassination toi.k place in tho presence of a hundred persons, and within a few feet of the rinuoing plat foim, where a hundred oouplos were. Huiloy escaped, nnd in Mollio circles it wns regarded as such a "olean job" that a convention of body masters was cauea, and it was ngnod to pay Hur ley a reward of S500. At this meet ing Donnelly aud O'Urieu wero again present. Thoy wero arrested in Ma v. 1870. with nearly a dozen others. Tho do. tective's disclosures had been made meanwhile, and a number of tho guilty fled. Tho chiof conspirators wero un der constant surveillance, however. and on tho evening of May Oih Cap tain Aldersohn strolled into tho tele graph ofiioo here aud sent this lues sago : To , 0. and I. Police at : Spring tho trap. Tins message was repeated to overt? Coal and Iron policeman in tho region. IIo knew his duty, knew his man, and on tho morning of the 10th thero was n squad ot haniloulted men, all arrang ed along a stcut steel chain nnd guard ed by tho now uuitod foroe. marching up Centre street and up tho hill to tho great stono castle, from which somo never camo agaiti alive, except to cross tho street to tho Court House, and to walk to the scaffold in tho prison yard. In the gang wero Donnelly and O'Brien. With others thoy were tried for conspiracy to kill and as accessor ies alter tho murder. On each charge each was sentenced to seven year's im prisonment. Tho commutation for good behavior reduces the sentenoo to eleven years each, and this will expire just a year hence. Their prison lifo has boen mado as comfortablo as possible. Mrs. Donnelly visits her husband every two weeks anil occasionally brings ono or two of tho children. Sho has had a haid strugglo for ten years, and her faith fulness de serves a bettor reward than her hus band can hopo lo g'no her. Mrs. O'Brien does not come so often. Sho spends inuuh timo with her eons in Philadelphia, but she, too, visits her husband as regularly as circumstances will permit. O'Brien works in tho 6hoo shop generally, but Donnelly is in tho warp room. IIo has masterod carpet weaving, and now has chargo of a department. IIo has tho run of tho corridor, and years ago under a former warden frequently Bat at tho family table. Ho is a fair cleik, and his extra services were remunerated in that way, All tho wardens havo tpoken of them as tho best and most faithful prisoners they havo had.
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