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f E. WALM3U,
1J ATTOltKEY-AT-LAW.
Offljoovcr 1st .National Hank, "'""""""'g.
VT U. KUKK( "
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
nice In StH Building. ""'M'a.
JOB. M. CLAUK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
AND
JU3TIOU OF THE PEACE.
IlLoouaaCKO, Pa.
0 net ovor Moyor Urea. Drug Store.
"1 W. MILLISB,
" ATTOllNBV.AT-LAW
Offlceln Urowjr's butldltg.secondnoor.room No. i
Blooinsburg, Pa.
J J FitANK. zku,
' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Blooinsburg, Pa.
O mto corner of Centre and atn streets. Clara .
Building.
Dan be consulted In Oerman.
G
1 EO. E. ELWELIi
-ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Br.OOMSIlUKGI'A.
Ofllco on First lloor, front room of Col
dmiiian lluildltiij, Muiu struct, below Ex
cliungu Hotel.
-pt!L E. WIUT,
Attorney-at-Law.
Offlco In Comjudun IIdildino, ttoom No. i, socond
lloor.
ULDOMSliORQ, PA.
I XNOKB. L. 8. W'NTIRSTIIN.
KNORR & WINTERS l'EEN,
A tto rnoys-at-Law.
OUce la 1st National Hank building, second floor,
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streets Ulooinsbnrg, Pa.
SGFPensum and Bountiti Oollectid.
J H MAIZE, ! '
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
Omc In Malzo's bulldJif overmumeyer'sgrocery.
Jjl V. BILLSIEYEuj
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
"HTOfflco over Dcntlcr's shoe store,
JlloomBburR, Ph. apr-30.80.
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YOOUJI & QEYER,
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CATAWIS3A, PA.
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omee, corner ot Third and MalaStreets.
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BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Office in Browers' Building,.il2nd floor,
nuiy 1-tf
jyj-ICHAEL F. EYEHLY,
Conveyancer, Collector of Claims.
AND
XKQAL ADVICE IN TliE SETTLEMENT OF
ESTATES, AC
nrofflce In pent'er's building wilt P. P. Bill
meyer, attorney-at-Iav.-, frcnt rocirs, snd floor
moonisourg, ra. iui-v-
yf. B. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Berwick, Pa.
h HflLANEUS
H. IIONOHAA. KOUDINS.
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J)
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TR J It. EVANS. M. D.. gurceon and
I I l'byslclan. Ofllco and residence, on Tbird
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T B. MoKELVY, M. D.,Burgeon Hnil Phy
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A
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omee, North Market street,
JSloomsburi, Pa
nil. WM. M. RKBEIi. Burccon and
U Physician. Office corner of Rock and Market
ircoi.
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' LINTON, N. V.
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JtKADINO, PA.
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ortlio Insured without delay In the ofllco at
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S(mANGHOTEL,
XV. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BIiOOUSBURO, PA,
OPPOHITBf'ODKT HOUSE,
Carg eaand convenient Bim pie rooms, llath room
Sol aodoold water and all modern oonvenlenw
mi
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TEAS, SYItUPS, COFFEE, bUOAll, OL,bSEft
kick, sricse, mcAiin soda, kto., etc.
N. E. Corner Second and Arch Sts.
ivordcrs will receive prompt attention.
H. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
Bloomshuiio, Oolujiiiia County, Pa
AH stylesof work done In a superior manner, work
wurranieaas ropreaenica. teeth hZTBACT
bd wiTnocT Pain by tho use of aas, and
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below Market, live doors below Klclm'fl
drug store, tirst floor.
lobe open at all houri during the da
Nov as -ix
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Manufacturers ot
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ORMiNTAL IRON FENCES
OF CAST CH WROUGHT IRON
Suitable for
Yards,
Cemetery Lots
and
Futtic Grounds
:o:
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oy tne unaemguea.
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Mr. Haiitman, Hr., BlooraBbgrs. Pa.
jMbb. Ret. R. II. JtoitiJJSOS, Staunton, Va.
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CURES ALL HUMORS,
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to the worst Srriifcilli. hnlt.r Ileum,
"Ftiver-noreH," Mculy or lloiigls .Skill,
In short, all dlseasos caused by bad blood am
conquered by thtd powerful, purifying, and
Invigorating medicine. JJroat Kattiis; U.
ccra rapidly heal under its benign intluenco.
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curing 'tetter, IKoho Itnitli, Ilolli, Car-
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amount fora treiitle on Scrofulous Affections.
"TII12 ftMMII) IS TIIK I.IFi:."
Tborougblv cleanse it by using I)r, Pierre'
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lie, vltul troiiclli, nnd oiiiu!ui . of
eoustltutloii, will bo cEtublislitd.
which Is jcroriiliiiis Ithe;-c of t!l3
JLuiiga, s promptly ssiuV uitnlnly uirtiied
and cured by tills Ood-trivcii lemedy, if taken
before the lost stages of the disease arc rt acbed.
From Its wondcrlul power over this terribly
fatal disease, when fli-st offering this now cel
ebrated remedy to tho publio, I)r. Pirpo
thought serloiisly t.t cnlllna Is llji "Con
uruptloii Cure,)) Imtnliaudoricatliat iiatn
as too limited lor u mcdlUno vhlch, fioin Its
wonderful combination ot tonic, or si lengthen
ing, alterative, or liloodcK'Uiieliig, nntMtillmif ,
pectoral, and uutrltl v o tu opei ties. Is uuoiualed,
not only as a reinody tor consumption of tho
lungs, but for P.U
CHRONIC DISEASES
or TUB
Liver, Blood, and Lungs,
T. vm, fa! rfitll Hr.Mr.tr dslilllra rr1
sallow color ot skin, or yrllowlah-brown ipota
on (ace or body, frequent headache or dlul
nesa, bad taste in mouth, Internal heat or cbilU.
alternating with hot llaahea, low spirits and
gloomy borebodlngs, Irregular appetite, and
coated tougue. you era aufteifng from India
geatlnn, liyipepsln, and Torpid Liver,
or "lllllouaiic." In many cases only
part of theui symptoms are pierienccd. Al
a remedy for all such eases, Mr. I'leree's)
Golden lUodlcul uiicovery has no
equal.
Vor Weak I. nil fa, Spitting of mood,
Shortness of liroath, Bronchitis,
sloyero Cotiglia, Coiiauiiiiitloii. 'and
kindred aaectlqiii, it Is u so erclgn remedy,
Send ten cents In stamps for fir. Pierce s
book oa Consumption. Sod by JOrugglata,
PRICE $1.00, rcVSTSfS,
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
Proprietors, 663 Mala St., Buffalo, N. Y.
IVfcYCtfS LITTLE
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0e JrlLIiU,
ANTI.IIIMOtIS nnd OATIIAUTIO.
told by Urugglsi.. 'a cents a vial.
I $500 REWARD
la nfTVrod hv the oroorletort
flV forucasonf catarrh whloh they
of Dr. tSugo'ji Catarrh Remedy
far n cannot, cure.
If If you have a discharge from
KafJaW tho nose, offensive or othor
fV " wlse,partlallotsofsmcll.tatte,
r or hearing, weak eyef. dull pain
ot pressure In head, you have Catarrh. Thou,
sands of cases terminate in consumption.
Dr. Sage's LVr.uuui UtMKiiy cures the worst
cases of tlutarrli. "Hold III lie Head,"
nnd OatnrrllKl I'mdaelio. 6u couts.
RAUCH S S25
to. lit. and m.qc
Aalmal doom. UIIISAI',
IAUQH&SONS,
Manofaetoren.
PUILAUKLPUIA, PI.
Jfor Sale by C. W, LOW,
X1IT1ILUUI.B WJS,
yrnnnvriiiw, ra,
Cure
IttttriMi
SELECT POETRY.
BTHEHOm FOB T0-DAI.
Strength for to-day Is all we need,
As there never will be a to-morrowj
For to-morrow will provo but an jth r day,
With Its measure ot Joy and sorrow,
Then why forecast the trials of llfo
with much sad and gravo persistence,
And wait and watch for a crowd ot Ills
That as yct'have no existence?
Strength for to-day ; what n precious boon
Por earnest souls who labor,
For the willing hands that minister
To the needy friend or neighbor.
Strength for to-days that the weary hevrts
In the battle ot right may quail not,
And the eyes bcdlmmed by bitter tears
In their search tor light may fall not.
Strength for to-day on the down-hill track,
For the travelers near tho valley,
That up, tar up on the other s'de,
Ere long they may safely rally.
Strength for to-day, that our precious youth
May happily shun' temptation,
And build from tho rlao to tho set of the sun
On a strong and sure foundation.
Strength for to-day In house nnd home
To practice forbearance swestly
To scatter kind words and loving deeds,
Still trusting la God completely.
SELECT STORY.
A STEANQB PEEN0H ST0BY.
1IY OUY I)K MAUPASSANT.
The comiBcl for tho tlefenso had
pleaded ittsanity. Hov? could so strnngo
a crime, he rudced, be othurwieo oxpluin-
ed.
Among tho reeds, near Chatou, two
dead bodies had been luuud one morn
ing, with their arms twined about each
other a man and woman, botli well-
known members of fashionable societv,
nob, not vomic, ana married only tne
year belore tho lady haviug been
throe years a widow.
l lioy wero not known lo bavo had
any enemies tho bodies had beed rob
bed. It appears that they had both
been stabbed with some Ioiil', pointed
instrument, and then Hung from the
bank into tho river.
The innuest had not broncrht anv
fresh facts. The boptmeu ol Tlio neigh
borhood wero questioned in vain, and
the authorities were on the point of
abandoning the investigation, when a
young cabinet-maker of the neighbor
ing villatze, named Ucortxn ljouis, and
nicknamed "Le Bourgeois," voluntarily
gave liiraseu up ns the murderer.
In reply lo a ions qu stions asked,
ho answered only this :
I knew tne man tor two years : 1
knew the woman only for six months
past. They used often to como to got
mo to mend old furniture for them, be
cause I am n good hand at the business."
And when tliey asked him :
"What did you kill them fori"
Ho rrplicd obstinately :
"I killed them became I wanted to
kill them."
Nothing further could bo got out of
bun.
Tho man was of illegitimate birth no
doubt ; as a child he had been first left
in tho caro of a paid nurse in tho coun
try, and had been f ubsequently aban
doned by his parents. He had no other
real name ttian Ueorge .Louts, but, as
he grew up, bo proved l be a romarki
able intelligent boy, with naturally fjno
tastes and good maimers, and his com
rades had, therefore, nicknamed him
"iho bourgeois," by whioh namo alone
he became subsequently known. He
had the reputation of being remarkably
skilful at tho trade of cabinet maker,
which he had adopted. His was oven
able to do some wood carving. He
was alsri said to be very excitable in
bis qispoaition ra believer in Uoraraun.
istio and even in Nihilistic docilities
a great reader of sensational novols
and tragical light literature also a
man of some influence at elections, and
a nrst-rato stump orator at working
men's meetings or politio.il gatherings
of farmers.
The counsel for the defense had
pleaded insanity.
How, indoed, was it possible to sup
pose that this workman could have
knowingly killed his best customers
rich and generous customers, as the
prisoner himself had admitted, custom,
ors yliQ had given him moro than 8000
francs' worth of work to do in tho last
threo years (there .were his books to
prove it)? There was only ouo explan
ation possible jns.anity the jpsanity
caused by the long haunting of ono
persistent idoa thu idea of tho deotasso
the man who deem? himself a sooial
outcast, and who tenges himself on
two bourgeois of altho bourgeois.
Hero tbo lawyer nwltiskilful allusion
to tho nicknamo ol J.o Suuruaoin, Riv
en by the country people to this found-
iingi ana he cried qui i
"Is not tno very name an irony, and
an irony well calculated to intensify
etill mofo thp nervous exaluuion ol
this fatherless anil motherless boy?
H-i is an ardont Uopubl can. Nay I
what do I say T Ho belongs to that
very same political party which the
republio shot down or transported for
lite in former days, but to whbli Bho
opous nor welcoming arms to-day
the party of those with whom incen
diarism is a principle, and murder tho
. f ..J!l!.!..l
mosi orutuury ui uuiuiuui muuiuub.
"Those atrocious doctrines publioly
proclaimed to:day at mass meetings
aro tlin oauno of this man's ruin. Ho
heard Uepublicans yes, hp oyen heanl
women, women l clamor lor tno wood
of 21 Gambotta and for tho blood of
M Qrovy his ill-balanced mind cap
sized under the shook a thirst for
blood camo upon him a thirst for the
blood of tho bourgeois I
"It is not tins man should bo con-
domneil, it is l)io Qominune )"
Murmurs of applause passed through
tho Court room. Everybody felt that
tho counsel for tho defense had won
his oaso. Tlip pounsol (or tho prosecu
tion did not oven make an utterapt to
reply.
Then tho judgo put the usual formal
question lo tbo accused :
"Prisoner, do you wish to say any
thing furthor in your own behalf i"
Thp man got up. Ho was qf low
stature and frail aspect, with flaxen'
fair hair, and bright, steady, gray eyes,
A powerful, frank and sonorous voico
burst from tho ohost of tho slender
youth, and immediately with the
utterauco of his very first words on
tiroly changed the opinion that tho
audience had provioinly formed of him.
lie spoke loudly, and 'in a declama
tory manner, but so ch-.vly that every
syllable was plainly audible, oven at
the ttirtber end ot tho vast Courtroom:
"Yoni Honor, as I do not wish to ho
placed in a madhouse, and us I would
prefer even the guillotine, I nm going
to tell you all about this affair.
"I kllltd that man and Hint woman
becanso they were my parents.
-now, iiM.cn io mo, nna jiugo mn.
"A woman was secretly delivered of
sou and soitt him far away, some
where, to" a professional uureo. Did
she oven know whither her nooomplico
boro the little innocent creature inuo
cent, yet doomed to endless misery, to
tho shamo of illegitimate birth, to
worse than all that to death, since ho
was abandoned, sinco tho nurse, failing
to rcccivo tho monthly stipenod, might
as nurses often do, let the child wato
away, suffer from hunger, die from
neglect t
"Hie woman who nursed mo was
honest moro honest, more noble, moro
of a woman, moro of a mother than
my own mother. She brought rao up.
Sho erred in thus doing lier duty.
Hitter far to leave such children to
perish suoh miserable foundlings cast
away at the outskirts of villages, even
as roftiRo is dumped beyond the limits
of towns t
"I grow up with the vaguo idoa that
I boro the brand of a disgrace. Tho
other children called mo 'batarcT ono
day. They did not know what tho
word moant one of them having that
day heard it uttered for the tirst time
by his parents. I did not know what
it meaut either but I felt it.
"I raty stale that I was ono of tho
most intelligent boys in tho school. I
would have been an upright man your
honor perhaps a man abovo tho com
mon run if my parents had not com
mitted tho crime of abandoning me.
"That crime was committed against
mo. I was tho victim they wero
the criminals. I was helpless. They
ought to bavo loved mo thoy flung mo
lrom them.
"I owe them life but ie life a gift f
Mine, at all events, was simply a curse.
After their shameful abandonment of
me, I owed them nothing but revenge.
Thoy perpetrated against mo the most
inhuman, tho most infamous the most
monstrous act which it is possible to
commit against a human being.
"The man who is oursed at strikes
back ; the man who is robbed seeks to
wrest baok from the robber by force
that which belongs to him. The man
who is duped, mocked, martyrized,
kills ; the man who has his faco slapped
in publio, kills ; the man who is dis
honored, kills. 1 have been worse
robbed, worse duped, worso martyrized
worse insulted and dia honored moral
ly than any one of those whoso anger
you might condone.
"I have avenged myself j 1 havo kill
ed. That was my legilimato right 1
I took their life, their happy life away
in exohango for that hideous life which
thoy imposed upon mo.
"You can talk of parrioido ! Wore
they oyen to be considered my parents
these peoplo by whom I was regard
ed merely as an abominable burden, a
terror, a load of iufamy T thoso people
for whom my birth was a calamity, and
my life a perpetual menace of shamo T
Thoy sought only their own egotistical
will ; they had a child they did not
want. They suppressed that child,
And my turn camo at last to suppress
them likewise I
"And, nevertheless, it Is only a littlo
while ago that I was ready to lovo
them.
"About two years ago, as I have al
ready told you, tho man who was my
father entered my shop for tho first
time. I had no suspicions then. He
ordered two articles of furniture mado.
Ho had previously as I afterward
llparncd made inquiries about me of
tho parish priest, under promise of
secrecy, as you may well imagine.
"Ho oame back often ; gave me
plenty ot work to do, and paid me well.
Sometimes ho would oven converse
with mo about this topic or that topic
differrent things. I felt an affection
ate regard for him.
'About tho commencement of tho
year, he brought to my place, for the
tirst time, his wife my mother. When
she camo in she trembled so much that
I at first supposed her to be afflicted
with some nervous disease. Then sho
asked for a chair and a glass of water.
she said nothing ; she stared at my
furniture liko a crazy woman j and
whon ho asked her anything she could
only answor, 'Yes,' 'No,' at random.
(Jy the tune she Wil t had begun lo
thing that her nvnd was Blightly affect
od. "Sho oamo again tho following mouth
That time sho was calm and sclf.po
sessed. They gave me quite a largo
order, and chatted with me for qui to a
considerable time. I saw her threo
times more after thut without suspect
ing anything but, lo, and behold I one
day she began, to question me about
iny life, about my childhood, about my
parents,
" 'Madam,' I said, 'my parents woro
miserable wretches, who disowned me.'
"Whon I said that, she pressed nor
hand over her bcart and loll senseless
to the floor. I thought to myself at
once, 'That is my mother 1' But I know
better than to betray myself. I wait
ed to see her como again.
"You may bo sure I mado inquiries
learned thev had onlv been married
tho July boforo t my mother had then
boon a widow threo years, J, nero wero
whispered rumors that they had loved
during the lifetime of tho husband t
but thcro was no proof. I, I was tho
proot the proot thoy nad begun by
hiding, and bad atterward hoped to
destroy.
I waited, alio came again ono even
ing, accompanied, as usual, by rny
father, that day slip soembd to bo
very much affected. I do not know
why. Then, just us she was going
away, sho turned and said to mot
' '1 wish you well, bocauso you ap
pear to bo a good young man and an
industrious one. You will bo thinking
about getting married ono of theso
days I want to help you to choose
yourself a wite that you know will suit
you. I mysolt was anco martli
against my will, and I lsnow how much
suffering an unfortunate match may
cause, Now l am freo, without chil
dren and nob mistress ot my own
fortune. Hero is your dowry.'
"Sho handed mo a bid sealod envo
lope, I looked at her very hard. I
said to her i
" 'You aro my mother.'
" 'Sho shrank back a littlo and hid
her faoo wilh hor hands, so as not to
soo rae. He .the man my father
oaught her In his arms &ud shouted at
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mo:
" 'Why, you must bo crazy 1'
"I answered ! 'Not n bit. I know
you two aro my parents. Cannot fool
mo that way. Confcsi tho truth and
I keep your secret 1 1 will havo no ill
will against you i I will remain just
what I am a cabinetmaker.'
"lie moved back toward tho door,
supporting his wife in his arms; she
was sobbing. I rushed to tho door
locked il, put the key in my pocket,
and said ngtin :
'"Look at her and daro to deny
again that sho is ray mother V
"Then he lost his temper, turned
white terrified at the idea that the
scandal which had been so long hush
ed up might burst out all of a sudden
that their position, their honor
would all bo lost at once ; he stuttered
out:
" 'You aro a a villian trying to block
mail u. This is what comes of trying
to do good to tho pooplo trying to
help and befriend cloans and brutes.'
"My mother, completely overwhelm
ed, could only cry out, over and ovor
again :
'"Oh 1 let us get out of horo 1 let us
get out 1'
"Then, as tho door was still locked,
ho cried :
"'If you don't open this door at
once I'll have you anctod for assault
and attempt to blackmail.'
"I still kept my tempers I opened
the door and watched them disappear
in the darkness.
"Then, all of a sudden, it senmed to
me that I had suddenly been made an
orphm h id been ngnin abandoned
flung out into tho gutter. A. frightful
oppression, mingled with anger, with
hatred, with disgust, camo upon me; I
felt within mo something liko an up
rising of my very life m uprising in
the nome of justice, in Ibo namo of
honor, in tho name of truth, in the
namo of affection trampled upon. I
ran to overtake them along the bank
of tho Seme, which I knew they
would have to follow in order to reach
the railroad station of Chaton.
"I came up with them verv soon.
Tho night had become perfectly black.
T 11 J ... 1 . 1 I . i 1 , . rf
i wuiKuu Hiuaiuuiy tnrougn tno grass,
so that they could not hear me. My
mother was still crvinrr. Mv father
said: 'It was all your fault. Why did
yuu iiiami iipuu seeing mm I it, was
simply madness fompeoplo in our posi
tion to do such a thing. Wo could
havo done him all the good imaginable,
without showing ourselves at all.
Since we cannot posstblv recognize him
what was the obo of making theso dan
gerous visits 1"
'I saw everything red that moment
don't know how it happenen I had
my compajs in my pocket, and I struck
him with it struck him as hard as I
could, and as many times as I could.
"Then she began to scream, 'Help,
mnrder 1' and pulled out ray beard. It
seems I killod her too. How do I
know what I did in that moment T
"Then I leaped right in fropt of
them and supplicated. I stammered
out: 'You know very wll yon are "ray
parents you havo rejected mo once;
you will now repel mo a second tinin V
"Then, your honor, hn raised his
hand against mo 1 he did I I swear
it by my manhood, by tho law, by the
Republio 1 He struck me 1 and, when
I took him by tha neck, ho pulled a re
volver out of his pocket I
"Then, when I saw them both lying
there dead I pitched them into the
Seine, without reflection.
"That is all. Now, Judge rae !"
The prisoner resumed his seat. In
view of this rovclation, the case was
held over to bo tried at the next ses
sion. It will soon como up. If wo
were on the jury what would we do
with this parricido t
"Aunt Bachel," President Jackson's Wife.
Before leaving bis rural homo in
Tennessee, General Jackson had been
afflicted by the sudden death of bis
wifo. "Aunt llachel, m Mrs. Jack
son was called by her husband's per
sonal mends, bad accompanied nun t
Washington when ho was there as a
Senator train Tennessee, bho was a
short, stout, unattractive, and unedu
cated wemnn, though greatly endar
ed to Gonor.il Jackson. While ho had
been in tbo army sho had carefully
managed his plantation, Ins slaves, and
his maiviy matters, and her devotion
to him know no bounds. Her happi
no-58 was centered in his, and it was her
chief desire to smoke hor corn-cob
pipo in poauo at his side. When told
lhat h bad been clouted Prcsidont o
the United States, she replied, "Well,
for Mr. Jackson s sake I am glad of it,
but tor mysoll ), atn not, ' A few
weeks latt r she was arrayed for tho
grave in a wnuu satin costume which
Bbo had provided herself with to wear
at the White House After tho funeral
her sorrow-stricken husband camo to
Washington with astern determination
to punish those who had maligned her
during the preceding campaign, llav
liiK ut-eu tutu mat j restuuut Alliums
had sanotioned tho publication of tho
slanders, he did not call at tho Wbito
House, m accordance with usage, but
paid daily -visits to his old friends in
the War IJepartment, Mr. Adams.
Btnug by his neglect, determined not
to play tho part of tho oonquercd
loader of the inauguration, and quietly
removpa to mo houso oi commodore
P-ortor, in the suburbs, on tho morning
ot tho ad ot Maruii. f rom "J'erleu s
Reminiscence of Sixty Years in the
National Metropolis?'
Hcndriok W. Soaroh is ono of tho
most popular politicians in his seotion
of tho State and is tho youngest man
over elected in Luzerne to tho ofllco
which he will enter at the boglnnlngof
the year. His parly nomination was
glvon to bun without opposition, an un
heard of thlug in Luzerne, where the
offices aro never known to reach around,
and his majority was tho largest ever
given to a Luzerne candidate tor any
local office. Black and Uioketts swept
the county in gallant Rtyle in Novem
ber, recoiving 2,000 and 2,500 major
ity, respectively, tho high oharaoter
and. ability of Colonel Ricketu having
been iuiiy appreciated at his borne,
nut it was loit to Search to lead oven
that gallant survivor of Gettysburg
and to win by a mainritv of 2.800. In
porson Mr. Search is of medium height
and development, with n lronk, open
faoo and a manner as genial as tho sun.
Ho will be 31 years old when ho enters
upon tho discharge of his duties and
haying had flvo years' exporienco
various pimnty offices will doubtlees
make t highly successful Sheriff.
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The Yoting Husband's first Errand and
the Wife's First Biscuit
Mr. Youngman, of St. Anthony Hill,
married n very pretty and sweet littlo
lady a fow days ago, and ho furnished
a house to establish her in as soon as
the nuptials were completed. Ho was
congratulating himself on having
bought everything that would bo need
ed in tho proper running ot a wen-organized
household, and was not a liltlo
surprised on tho second morning after
his wedding by his wifo handing him a
card on whioh was written a list of ar
ticles which sho requested him to bring
homo when he camo from work. Tho
list ran as follows: Stovo polish, hard
soap, oatmeal, curtain fixtures, picture
hooks aud cord, coal siove, rolling pin,
dust pan, broom, stovo brush, paper
eight-ounco tacks.
Mr. Youngman reads over the list
and tries to remember that he bought
nil of these things when ho furnished
tho house, but he can't.
"Hadn't you belter go down with
me and ordT them yourself, darling 1"
ho says.
"No, no, dear,'' she replies. "You
can get them well enough."
"But I might not get just what you
want," ho suggests.
"Oh, you goose," she says smilingly,
throwing her arms round his neck and
dropping a kiss on his lips, "you know
I'd be satisfied with anything you'd
buy rae.''
"I wouldn't bo single again for any
thing," mused Mr. Youngman, as he
tripped lightly down stairs.
That noon Mr. Youngman brought
homo tho desired articles and laid them
on the table. Mrs. Youugman looked
over the articles and said:
"Oh! Will, what'd you get this
kind of stovo polish for t It isn't half
so good as the other, and this soap,
why, mother never would havo that
brand of soap in tho houec. How
mnch'd you pay for this oatmeal
"Twenty-fivo cents."
"Twenty-tlve cents 1 Why, you can
get splendid oatmeal at Schwab's for
fifteen cents a package."
"Those curtain fixtures are an inch
too wido for tbo windows. 1 wonder
you didn't know that."
"Oh, you got green picture cord,
didn't you 1 Well, I won't use it. I
always want red picture cord.
."That coal sieve is too coarse. It'll
let half tho good coal through it. Why
didn't you think of that t"
"That rolling pin is altogether too
heavy I wanted a light one."
"I was iu hopes that you'd get a
bronze dustpan, instead of this yellow
ouo."
"That broom is too heavy. A lighter
one would have done just as well, aud
it wouidn t have cost so much.
"The bristles in that stovo brush aro
too stiff. I wanted a softer ono."
"Oh, Will, why didn't yon get gal-
anized tacks: those iron ones rust out
so quick. They ain't good at all."
Mr. Youngman waits until his
young wife gets through, and, wonder
ing what has brought such a change
over her sinoe morning, puts his arms
around her aud says:
"Wh it is tho matter with my littlo
wife?"
Her dainty head falls on his shoul
der, and between tho sobs that shako
her slight framo she Bays:
"Wi-WUI, 1 lo-feil so ba-ad. I
wanted to, to make 6omo bi-bi-biscuit
this noon a-a-and got tho wa-wa-water
and sa-a-alt and yo-yo-yeast, but there's
something mi-mi-raissing and I can't
think wha-wha what it is."
Mr. Youngman smiled quietly, and.
clasping his young wifo to his watoh
pocket, ho placed his lips to her oar
and whispered, "Floor." St. I'aul
Globe.
One frequently sees in the condors
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel a stocky
little man smoking his after-dinner
cigar. In summer he invariably wears
an unusually tall white hat, and after
tho autumn leaves drop it is replaced
by an equally tall black one. This is
evidently to give the littlo man height.
lie usually wears a suit ot dark mixed
goods, and every other step he takes
somebody grasps his hand and wants
to know who he is. He's Lieut. Gen.
Phil Sheridan, and only when ono
looks into his determined eye can it bo
imagined that he'd just as soou fight
at tho head of an army aa eat. A ro
porter, with moro zeal than discretion,
tackled tho Gonoral tho other night
with tho question, "What do youjthink
of President Cleveland's Administra
tion f Gen. Sheridan looked solemnly
at him for a second, and then, in a
fatherly way. replied: "Younir man.
don't you kuow that you shouldn't aak
mo such a quostiour I hen tho
young man rccollooted tho General's
official position, and. aftor a suitablo
explanation, tho two chatted away liko
good fellows.
Senator Harry J. Mo4.teer, of Hunt
ingdon, will bo honored with the Dem
ocratic nomination for President pro
tem. of tho Senate at tho meeting of
tho next Legislature Tho honor has
already been conferred upon Senator
Wolvorton and he declines so that tho
honors may pass nround. It is proba
ble that no other namo than that of
MoAtoor will be presented to the cau
cus, as it is stated that a majority of
tho Democratic Senators havo already
expressed a preference for him. Ho is
tha ouly Democratic member of tho
present Sonale who represents a strong
Ilepublioan district. Ho was twico
eleoted to tho House in the old Hunt
ingdon district against a Btrong adverso
majority, and lie was elected to tho
Sonato two years ago by a Republican
feud between tho counties of Franklin
and Huntingdon. Ho alwnys largely
leads his ticket whon a oandidate, anil
he well deserves tho honor his fellow
Senators aro about to oonfer upon him.
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UK WAS TAKING NO ItlSPC.
"You say you want to marry mX
daughter. Is sho willing !"
"Yes, sir t sho loves mo dearly."
"Well, I'm willing that you "should
havo her, provided you deposit $10,
000 to my credit in bank,"
"But, bir, 1 cannot do that. I havo
n't tho raonoy, and, beside, it would bo
selling your child."
"Now, look here, young man. You
aro old enough to understand that
business is business. I believe you lo
bo honest, shrewd and industrious, ana
capable of supporting a wife, but I've
got ono son-in-law to support already,
and I'm not taking any more risks."
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