PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T E. WALIJJH,
J ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
omco over M. Nation Bank. Dloomb.
N.
U. FUNK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
mce la Knt'a Building.
DLOOHSIDIO, n.
J OIIN M. OliAKK,
ATTORN E Y-AT-L AW,
AND
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE.
DLOOMSBCRO, Pi.
O.tlcs over Moyor Bros. Drue Store
W. MILLER,
ATTOHNRr-AT-LAW.
Office In Browcr'BbulldlDg.Bccondfloor.room No.l
Bloonisburg, Fa.
O FRANK Z-VHR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
O luce corner of Ccntie atd aln btitttr.ClBila
Building.
Can be consulted In German.
1 EO. E. ELWELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
HLooMsnuno, 1a.
Ofllcc on First floor, front room of Col
umbian Building, Main street, below Ex
change Hotel. .
pAUL E. WIRT,
Attornoy-at-Law.
omco In Comjmbun BuantHo, Room Ho. i, second
floor.
BLOOMSBUHQ, PA.
V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BiL 0 0 M S B U R 0 , PA.
Office In Browcra' Building, 2nd floor.
may,l-tf
S JCNORB. L. B. WIHTIKETMH.
KNORR & WINTEUSTEEN,
Attorneys-ftt-Law.
omco hi lBt National Bank Building, second floor,
nrst door to tho left.- Corner of Main and Market
streets Bloomsburg, Pa.
VgTfPennont and Eoumtiii Collected.
T II, MAIZE,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
fflco In Malzo'sbulldlil. over BUlmeyer's grocery.
P. B1LLMEYER,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
WOfflco over Dentler's shoo store,
Bloomsburg, I. apr-30.86.
r7iirRiiIVN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlss, Pa.
Offlce.oornerol Tblrd and Main Streets.
M
IOHAEL F. EYERLY,
Convoyancor, Collector of Claims.
AM).
LEGAL ADVICE IN THE SETTLEMENT OP
ESTATES, to.
nrofflce In Dentler's building with F. P. BUI
meyer, attorney-at-law, front 100ms, Snd Boor
Bloomsburg, Pa. apr-t-se,
y- E. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Berwick, Pa.
D
It. 1I0N0KA A. BOBBINS.
office and residence, West First street, Blooms
burg, Pa. noraseiy.
J)
R. J. H. MOORE.
EYE, EAR AND THBOAT, A SPECIALTY.
PITTSTUIS, fA.
Will bo at Exchange Hotel, In Blcomsburg, every
two weeks, on baturday, from 8:30 p. m. to p.m
Dec, 4 and 18, Jan. 1 and 16 and 2V, Feb. 18 and St
March IS and 26. novia 68 ly.
Bit. J. R. EVANS, M. D , Surgeon and
Physician, omco and residence, on Third
it.
JB. McKELVY, M. D.,Surgeon and Phj
. slclan, north side Main streot.below Market
L. FKITZ, Attornev-at-Lw.
, Front room over Post Oftlce,
Offic
D
R. J. 0. BUTTER,
PHYSICIANS SURGEON,
Office, North Market street,
BloomBbure, P
DR. WM. M. REBER, Surgeon and
Physician, office corner ot Rock and Market
treat.
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BL00HSBUBO.PA.
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.
larg eeanrt convenient sample rooms. Bath room
31 ai 'a:' su-i to ii'il'-coLvirot-t.
B
F. HARTMAN
BiranssNTB tbi roLLowma
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
North American ot Philadelphia.
Franklin, " "
Pennsylvania, " "
York, ot Pennsylvania.
Hanover, ot N. Y.
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ortb British, ot London.
Office on Market Street, No. 5, Bloomsburg.
oct. s, i-
IRE INSURANCE
CHRISTIAN V. KNAPP, BLOOMSBU O.PA.
muaiu, ur n. t.
MERCHANTS', OF NEWARK, N. J.
' LINTON, N. Y.
PEOPLES' N. Y.
READING, PA.
These u coaroKATioNg are well seasoned by
aif e and fike tkstjid and have never yet had a
loss settled by any court ot law. Their assets are
all invested in solid becuhiijks are Bable to the
hazard ot kirk only.
Losses raoiiFTLT and iionistlt adjusted and
paid as soon as determined by Cdhistun r.
KNArr, SPECIAL AOEXT AMD AUJCSTIB ULOOMSBUBO,
Pa.
The people of Columbia county should patron
ize the agency where losses If any are Bettled and
paid by one of tberown citizens.
PROMPTNESS. EQUITY. FAIR DBA LINO.
J?REAS BROWN'S INSURANCE
; AGENCY. Moyer's new building, Mala street,
oomsbunr. Pa.
ABsets
Etna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn T,078,a
Royal ot Liverpool,. 18,600,000
Lancashire...... 10,000,000
Fire Association, Philadelphia 4,16.5,710
Phcenu, ot London s,6e,3?o
London Lancashire, ot England., 1,709,978
Hartford ot Hartford. a.STS.oiw
SprlngfUld Fire and Marine 2,082,680
As the agencies are direct, policies are written
or the Insured without delay In the office at
muumsDurg. ucu vs, 'ei-
A1NWRIGIIT & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
TEAS, SYRUPS, COFFEE, SUGAR, MOLASSE&
HICK, SPICKS, moAIIIl 80DA, XTO., ETC.
N. E. Corner Second and Arch fits.
Orders will receive prompt attention.
11. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
Rloomsburo, Colujjiiia County, Pa
All styles ot work done In a superior manner, work
warranteaas represented. Turn Extkaot
id without pain by the use of (las, and
freed chare beu artificial teeth
are Inserted,
Office In Barton's building. Main street.
below Market, live doors below Kleim's
urug store, nrst lioor.
lobt nnrn at all hourt during the dai
H0T8.Jjr
pURSEL'S BARBKR SHOP,
Under Exchange Hotil.
The Tonsorlal Art in all its brandies.
HOT AND COLD BATHS.
Hahrie B. Purser
lyinar25 Proprietor.'
5. E.BIiWELIi, - . , .
J K BITTENBENDEB, rePrl8tor'
BEST
FOR MEN AND YOUTHS,
FOR BOYS AND CHILDREN.
A. C. YATES & CO.,
SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STS.
ffl. C. SIM & BRO.,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Manufacturers of
CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C.
First-class work always on hand.
REPAIRING NEA TLY DONE.
Pricet reduced to luil the timet.
BLOOMSBURG PLAIM MILL
:o.
The undersigned havmtr nut his Flanlne Ml
on Railroad street, In tlrst-ciass condition. Is pre
pared to do all kinds ot work In his line.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS.MOU..DINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
furnished at roasonabloi rices. All lumber usee
Is well seasoned and none out skilled workmer
are employed.
ESTIMATES FOE BUILDINGS
urnlshed on apDllcatlon. Plan? and specmcu
003 prepared by an oxperlonced draughtsman
CISAKLES KRVO,
BilnomNliure, la
"clothings clothing
G. W. BERTSCH,
THE MERCHANT TAILOR.
Dents Firirhirg Gcccs, Fats & Caps
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Suits made to order at short notice
and a fitalwajs guaranteed or no salo.
Call and examine the largest and best
selected stock of goods over Bhown in
Columbia county.
Store next door to First National Bank,
MAIN STREET,
Blooiusljurg Pa.
OEMOTU IRON FENCES
OF CAST CR WROUGHT IRON.
Suitable for
Yards,
Cemetery Lots
and
Public Grounds
The following shows the Picket Gothic, one of
the several beautiful styles ot Fence manufactured
by the undersigned.
ed. set up by experienced hands and warranted
V3 give uubiBmuuvu.
Prices and BDeoimens of other de
signs Bent to any address.
Address
BLOOMSBURG PA-
May 4-tr
CHAMPIO
ratcnt Safety
EJHINOUISHPH
ou-Explolv
yym notary
"Tfflcieanly.
the
C9IUHET.
of
OIL.
Hivtt a LlGHl
TIC CHIKPiSn
equal In Brilliancy
la tha lluiit.
Clieapeit and
i Gai llurnert.'
Thif U the most
for ChurcliK.
Powerful and
Perfect
T.iniiT
Ilauf, r
Family Vte.
Send for
Illustrated
Circular.
crer made
vnoai oiu
M G11 or Oil ChJ-
h med on TOUT
11. J. WEIDEtJIl,
36 S. 2d Gt.,
lien or bracxeu, no
wl'l Increaie your light
Villi. A.
Sola f)Tiiir
9f VtiUjuU
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us, and we will Bend ynu (roe, some
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which wl'l bring you In more monoy right away
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This Is one ot the genuine, Important chances of a
lifetime. Those who are amuluous and enterpris
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Tuck Co., Augusta Maine, dec2lM,iy,
$KA Morth.e'e'S TWn
BUI uiuira iu i.uu .uuu,,i auu iiifeuiov
V-' commission paid (ollen Itse a month.
K1SW lioolt already on
MM WONDERS
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Aztecs and Zunl, wlthlu Canons, Cliff Uulldlngs
andnaidensof theoods on the Isles of thebea,
and la all parts ot the globe. i0 engravings.
Low price, (jutok fales. i-cnd fordrculur.
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Philadelphia, Pa.
dee 17, cu
SUBSnRIBE FOR
THE COLUMBIAN,
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IS HE XElIfili
rLitT rnort aulcklj than any ether VhoT-n rrm-
Bv ItheuniritlFm, fieiiTaiffla,
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OC Ki Trilateral TrfulMark. and mir
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For the curd of Coufrh3, C0W3, Hoarsc
n::s, Croup, Asthma, Bronchitis,
Whooping Cou'ih, Incipient Con
sumption, and for the relief of con
snmptlve persona In ndvencod Eiat;c3
of tho Disease. Fcr Ealoty til Drug
gists. Price, 2S cents.
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
OF PURE COD LIVER OIL
Almost as Palatableas Milk.
Tho only preparation of COD I.IVF.It OIL that
can bo tal.cn readily and tolerated for a long time
by delicate aloiaachs.
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In tho countries of tho world.
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oci-j-j-ly
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they are taatly Superior
ALL other kinds.
THE FAMOUS HOP
BLASTERS
Clean, fragrant, curative and highly medicinal,
prepared from Fresh, Hops, Balaama. Extract
and Gums, spread on tchtte muslin. I
They reetoro and vitalixo weak partj, aubdne
Inflammation and inatantly bantah pain whether
In tho Bock, Side. Hip, Lcff, Kidney , Jointe,
BhOTilder, Chett, Breast, Stomach or Muwlea,
Fowerfully soothing, pain allayinc and strength
ening. Ths bretpUster on ear this tho Yerdiot of I
thousands. Hailed for price ty proprlctori,
JIop llstter Company. Jloston, Slaet,
pTSwlndlers abroad! Thia phuter la epread
on white muslin, ready for Instant use, HOP
P LAS TEH, CO., Blffnature on every plaster.
iioy -M St) ly.
FOR STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS
CAN IJE PUT ON 11V ANY PlillSO.V.
THOUSAND3 OF ROLLS SOLD ANNUALLY
FUR BUILDINGS OP EVERY
DESCRIPTION.
SEND FOR NEW CIRCULAR, CONTAINING
PRICE LIST AND REFERENCES.
ACENTS WANTED.
IVL EHRET, JR. & GO.
SOLE MANUFACTURERS.
423 Walnut Sireet. PHILADELPHIA-
marlaJtBSms.
Sore Eyes
TI10 ej c nre ahvajs in sympatliy with
tliu boily, anil alforU an excellent imlex
of its rniidition, Wlien tho eyes becomo
uealf, ami tliu lids Intlanieil anil sore, It
Is an evidence that tho system ha-i
becomo disordered ty Scrofula, for
which Oyer's Sarsaparilla is tho best
known remedy.
Si rotula, which produced a painful In
flammation iu my cm s, caused mu much
sullcilii" for a number of years, lly tho
ndtUoolaphjsli 1, 111 1 commenced tuklnn
Ayer's ars'ipai'ill.i, Alter usiiiR thin
medicine a short limo I was completely
Cured
My eyes nrn now in a splendid condi
tion, and 1 am as well and strong as ever,
Mis, William (lajje, Concord, N. 11.
Tor n number of years I was troubled
villi a humor In my eyes, and was unable
to obtain any lelicf until I commenced
usln Ayer's Kars.iparilla. This medi
cine has elTcited a compieto cure, and I
believe It to bo tho best of blood puri
lieis. C. K. Upton, Nashua, N. JI,
From chlldhooil, and until with a few
mouths, I Ii.imi been alllieted with M'eak
and ijoiu IIjcs. I have used fur theso
complaints Willi beneficial results,
Ajcr's Sj.usap.irilla, and ennslder It a
Cieat blood piuilier, Mrt, C. 1'billlps,
liloer, Vt.
I suffered for a year with Inflamma
tion in my luft eje. Tlireo ulcers formed
ou tuu ball, dupmiiij; mu of silit, and
tausinifKie.it pain. Alter trying many
other 1 ctnedies, to no purpose, I w us final
ly Induced to use Ayer's Sarsapaiilla,
By Taking
three bottles of this medicine I have been
finitely lilted. My sight lias been re
stored, and tliero is no sign ot Inflamma
tion, sore, or ulcer III my eye. Kendal
T, Xiowen, Sugar Tree llidgo, Ohio.
My daughter, ten years old, was afflict
ed with Scrofulous rioro Eyes, During
thu last tw o j ears she novcr saw light o(
any hind. I'hyslcians of tho highest
standing exerted their slilll, hut with no
permanent siici ess, On tho recommen
dation of a friend I purchased a hottio of
Ayer's Sarsaparllla, which my daughter
ci 1 in iiK'lictM t ta'iin;', Ileforu shu hail usei)
the third bottle her sight was restored,
Her 111111 Is lompiete, V, V.. Suthert
land, livangellst, .Sluilhy City, Ky.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
Prepared by Dr. J.C, AjerfeCo.,Lowell,Mati.
Bo.J by all DruggUu, nicujl; nil bolllci,,
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moderate fees.
our omce Is opposite the u. s. Patent Ortlce, and
we can obtain Patentsln less time than those re
mote from Washington.
Sent model o drawing. We advise as to pat
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Money Order Dir., and to officials of the U.S.
Patent omco. For circular, advice, terms and
references to aotual clients In your own Mate or
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BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 1,
SELECT STORY.
WITOflOEAFT.
It wns Into 011 an Autumn ovcnlng
111 1001), tiio year ot thu restoration.
Tliero came, ritling up to tho inn of
ono of llio most Btrnmjl'uiR of Oxford"
shiro villages a well-mounted young
g'iiitlcirvan of somewhat distinguished
appearance. Calling to tho ostler ho
gave pirtioular instructions us to (he
treatment of his horse, and, ordering
tho hrst bed and supper tho landlady
could provide, retired for a limo to his
room, tli-siritig to he called when tho
im-al was toady.
In about an hour tho supper was on
tho tables and (ho sli .auger sat down to it.
Ho had evidently cotno front a Jis
tanoe thu state of his horse showed
that and tho way ho did justlco to
tho landlady's cookery proved that ho
must havo been remarkably hungry.
Tho good woman was in truth rather
alarmed at (he inpidily with whioh he
disposed of what sho tet before him.
IIo was a well built yo'ing fellow,
of about 18 or 10, with a broad brow
and strangely piercing oyes that stem
eu to follow her about the loom, and
look throtiel. her to the wall eauh time
alia caught their gaze. For about half
an hour ho wus client too busy, iu
fact, to speak but he was pleasant
and likeable; and when alio lott mm to
mmseit tho (lame nun taken rather a
fancy to him.
Had she known how ho was eiUirUed
her thoughts might have gonu another
road. For tho distinguished stranger
was a gentleman commoner ot O110I,
who, with his choice: companions, had
been trying a little amateur highway
robbery, aud failing to find a victim
had come on here nlono without a
penny in his pockit, trusting to what
might turn up to furnish him with the
means ot paving his lull.
As soon as he was alouo he loft tho
table and took his chair to the Are.
Ho began to think over his positiou.
His thoughts wero not encouraging.
He bad been living what was a wild
college life oven in those wild days;
and his family had almost givon him
up. His father, a bencher of Gray's
mn and acouutry magnate of liiuuenca',
was an eccentric man of strong will,
never known to go back on his word :
and in his last letter he had given the
sou clearly to understand that his
patience was exhausted. As to money,
ho had sent him enough for some time;
mid as to "accompt",'' he would ho re
Kponsiblo for nono "after the date of
this my last letter, unless yo amend.''
flu naa not ameuaeu ; no una guuo
further and tailed.
No wonder then that his meditations
were unsatisfactory. He knew that he
was not a fool his experiences with
his fellow students ha 1 taught him that
and fortunately on this occasion his
self conceit came to his rescue.
''My father and mother, ho said to
himself at least he said years after
ward that he said to himself, for ho
was not an unknown man "mv father
and mother are better, gifted than thosn
they meet, and I am very liko them.
1 have the old man a voice and my
mother's eyes. I see things as quickly
as they do, aud mind them ns well.
And here 1 have uecn lor two years
with tho chance of getting what would
give rao a living if the old peoplo weiv
to throw mo over, and what havo I
done.
What had ho done, indeed? He
had aoqniit'd a thin coat of university
varnUh.
Ihisisnota work of imagination,
and we will not enlarge on tho stud
ent s recognition ot 111s tolly. Tho con
elusion ho eaino to was the ordinary
one: "Let me get out of this, tiouble
and 1 will never get into another.
But how was ho to get out of this
trouble? He could not help liking the
cheery, brisk little woman whom he
had come disguise it as he might
to swindle. Ho had eaten his supper;
that did not trouble him so much, for
it was obvious that If he was to be
honest ho must live. But how was ho
to pay for it 1 Too horse was not his;
to leave t would bo to rob Poier to
pay Paul. Ho was in tho same 6x
with his clothes. The idea of doing a
little wrong to do a great right, on tho
Basstnio principle, occurod to him, and
was rejected.
"No ; I'll bo honest, and I'll be
thorough!" he said; aud, resolving to
bo very good aud very superior to
everything and every one ho mot, ho
strode up and down the room.
"I'll go and see mine hostess,'' said
ho 1 "may bo something will happen
to me."
And something did happen which
played sad havoo with his good reso
lutions. Entering tho kitchen, he found, seat
ed by tho tire, a frail, weary looking
girl of 13 whom tho landlady intro
duced to him as her daughter.
"Sick of a bad ague; waiting for tho
fit, which will como to her to-night."
"Has she been thus for long?" asked
tho student,
"A year this Michaelmas,'' said the
landlady; "and novcr a leesh cati euro
her, I havo tried them all tho country
round, and paid them well, but thero
sits tho poor child, growing worse, mid
worse, and surely shaking into her
gravo."
"What does her father say? Is there
none iu London that could tell you
what to do?"
"Her father, sir, has beeu dead theso
three yuars. I am a poor widow, and
havo spent all ho lpft mo in tryiug to
euro the child, but it is of uu avail.
Poor Jess I poor Jess)"
The strauger looked troubled as
bo wai. To ride awav from an inn
without paying his bill was bad enough,
but to cheat a poor widow in distress,
tor whose sick child sho had sacrificed
her means of liviug, was well, tho act
of a sooundrel.
Thu Oxonian wishod ho had never
left Oriel s ho felt thoroughly ashamed
of himself. So geimiiiu was his shamo
that it might bo thought ho was fairly
on thu path of reformation and would
thoncoforward keep to it. But it was
not so with him; and thero nro very
many liko him.
JJu was all right until ho took
another sip at tin) wiuo whioh the
hostess had temptingly placed within
his reaob, and which, at tho moment
ho hud resolved to rob tho poor wo
man no mole, he, in puro absent, mind
educKs, lifted to his lips and uncon
sciously drank. As hu put down tho
empty tlagou ho aight sight of the
new moon through tho window, and
as his gaze was returning to tho tiro it
rested for a moment on tho patient,
plllid faced girl.
bho was undoubtedly ill and he
sympathized with her. Sho was pretty
aud ho admired her. But tho low
type of face, with the narrow, sloping
forehead, the furtlvo eyes and tho weak
willed mouth and chin, told her char
acter sn unmistakably that nil Idea sug
gested itself to him which ho welcomed
Willi delight. A lig lor his resolves I
Hero was a way out of his dlfliculties 1
"What i.s tho tlmo of your daugh
ter's attack?"
"Tho (it will como to her at 11."
'1 will euro her 1"
"Thou! Art thou a physician ?"
"I have studied with llio wisest
whero widom dwells. Let your
daughter do as I diicct and tho ague
will depirt from her."
"Art thou willing, Jess?" asked tho
mother.
Tho girl turrcd her hfad, but tho
stranger's eyes wero on her, and she
whispered "Yee."
"Then I will bo back in a briof
space. I go to seek somo potent herbs
under tho rays of tho young mron."
Tho student went out laughing to
himself at his now dovico and thinking
over tho part ho was to play. He
walked down Iho garden, jumped the
palings, crossed tho meadow and fol
lowed for a timu tho bank of Ihe
stream, whose ripples gleamed with tho
silver spiinkles from the moon.
A leaf of herb robirt ho took, then a
sprig of dog's tmrctiiy, then a small
coltsfoot and iack-sauco-bv-the-hcdce.
then fomc scorpion grass, then a four-
leited pans and a twig of broom.
Then he returned to the kitchen "look
ing unutterable things" and laid his
leaves 011 tho table, tho coltsfoot at
one end, the herb robert at tho other,
the scorpion crass and doc's mercury
in the middle, with tho broom next to
tho pans. Then ho put tho leaves in
a cup and rubbed them together for a
time, whispering to himself so as to be
heard hy the invalid.
"Eta, zcta, theta. phi; kappa, delta,
lambda, pi; sigma, gamma, beta, mu;
alpha, tau, epsiloti, nu; psi, clii, upailon,
rho; kyklopedeia may llio ague go !"
Then he opened the window that the
moon might shine in the cup, and he
took out somo of the leaves and rolled
them in a strip of parchment about the
size of a cigareito paper, which he cut
from his pockclbook. Then ho tied
the roll with a silken string and sealed
it, hut he did not use his own seal, for
ho pressed on the wax a loaf of scor
pion crass which ho had accidently
dropped on tho floor.
"A piece of riband,'' he said to tho
hostess, the first words lie had address
ed to her sincu ho entered with the
leaves, "and pen and ink," and while
sbe was gone he emptied tho cup on
the fire.
To each end of his tiny cylinder he
lied a piece of riband, and with the
pen and ink ho scrawled on thu parch
ment the Sreck letters in his .remark
able chann, repeating the words as ho
did so.
"Now give me thy wrist," he said to
the girl; and as ho knotted the riband
his eyes searched iulo hers and seemed
to look through them down every
nerve in the uouy.
"Wear that,'' ho said, as ho fiutshed
tho knot, "and the sickuess will never
return to you. Itest and fear not.
Farewell till the dawn I"
And in great giandeur ho stalked
off to bed. A thing is not worth do
ing nt all if it is not worth doing well,
aud this our student knew. To have
stayed and watohed for the result of
his audacious piece of foolery would
havo been too severe a tiial for him.
So ho went to bed and laughed ; and
then somehow tho laughter thinned
away. And he was jus'- beginning to
reproach himsilf when ho dropped off
to sleep.
In the morning there camo a knock
ing at his door.
"Who's there?"
"It's long past dawn,'' said the host
ess. "What do you want?"
"My daughter had never a fit last
night. '
"Nor will sho havo again. Tis well,"
said thu stranger, as impressively as he
could manage.
When he camo down ho found the
breakfast ready.
"I tlesiio no breakfast," ho said, "I
cannot pay you.
"Pay me!" Biid the hostess. "You
havo given mo my daughter's life, and
it is I should pay yon. You are
welcomo to all you havo had aud all
you c.vi take now,'
lhe charm had had its eflcct. The
girls nervous naturo had yielded to
tho man's stronger wdl, and tho ague
nau Dion ueieated. And, what is more,
thu s.ckness did not return to her.
Tho student miracle worker there
fore finished his breakfast and with
profuse thanks from tho mother and
child, rodo away. He never saw the
widow again. But from tho moment
ho caught thu last glimpao of her out
in tuo road at tho end ot iho avenue of
elms, whoso limpy, hanging leaves
wero trembling 10 tall, ho dated a new
life, lie returned to college to work.
In February, 1GC3, ho was called to
bar, and roso quickly into notice as a
nrst rate lawyer and suecessful advo
cate. IIo becamo recorder of Loudon,
to bo removed from his ollico by James
11 ior his opposition to llio court moas
uios and when William III sought tho
fittest man to purify tho bench and
mike tho law respected, ho chose' tar
the lord duet justictsbip of England
tho curer of thu landlady's daughter,
Sir John Holt, '
How he fulfilled his duties during
llio tweutyono years Uu held lus post
tiou wo can leave to Maoaulay and tho
other historians to tell, Ho stood up
for the law against tho encroaohment
of monarch and parliament, and he it
was who set tiie example of that spirit
and tempi r which has distinguished
our judges. Wliun Lord Somers left
tho chiuccllorsliip it was offered to
Sir John, but he declined it. IIo felt
that ho had found the post for which
ho was most titled.
This year 17OO was a memorable
oup for hi at for another reason. As
ho sat trying prisoners at tho assizes a
woman was brought before him charg
ed with witohcraft, QUI and haggard
and miserablo Bho stood in tho dock,
literally limited down. The ohargos
against her of curing cows and horses
aud women and men by throwing a
epen over mem seemed la ue clearly
proved. Tho evidence cauld not ho
Bbaken, and the woman herself nd.
mitted that she had exercised au in
1887.
fluence as desoribed. Sho was found
guilty, but'beforo tho lord chief jus
lico passed sentenco he asked her if
sho had anything to say in defenso of
herself.
"Only that it is true, your lordship.
Thoy asked mo to lend them my charm
and I lont it to them, and now thoy
havo turned against them."
"What is this charm?"
"It is this, my lord," said she, slip
ping off her wrist a tiny roll of parch
ment. "It was given to mo forty
years ago by a stranger who cured mo
uf the ague. Ue told mo it would
thenceforth euro everything, and so it
has done I"
And up to tho judgo, who was
about lo flcntenco her to death, was
given tho packet ho himself had made
in the inn. This was tho end of his
adventure. Thero was the ota, zcta,
cto., that ho had scrawled: and ho was
tho tempter and originator of tho
charm for using which ho was to hand
over this poor truslerin his honenty to,
tho executioner. For forty years his
thoughtless folly had been working
round, and now it had reached trim as
ho sat on tho judgment seat.
"Wo will make inquiry inlo this.
Tho sentence is deterred."
That was all ho Baid. Tho woman
was removed. As speedily as possible
she was pardoned. Tho student's
freak in tho little Oxfordshire village
had important consequences. Sir John
had had enough trials for witohcraft,
and henceforth he discouraged them in
every way. Where ho went there
wero no convictions. When ho died,
in 1710, the laws had practically be
come obsolete, and soon afterwards
they were repealed. W. J. Gordon,
hi Home Journal.
Tomatoes.
Tho tomato has a curious history.
Native of South America, liko tho po
tato, it is said to have been introduced
iulo England as early as 150G. Many
years elapsed beforo it was used as
food, and the botanical uatno given to
it was significant of tho estimation in
which it was held by our forefathers.
It was called Xycopersicum a com
pound term meaning wolf and peach,
indicating that, notwithstanding its
beauty, it was regarded as a sort of
"Dead Sea fruit."" Tho Italians first
dared to uso it freely, tho French fol
lowed, and after eyeing it askance as a
novelty for unknown years, John Bull
ventured to taste, and having survive I,
began to eat with increasing gusto.
To our grandmothers in this land the
ruby fruit was given as "love-appleo,"
and adorning quaint old bureaus, were
devoured by dicamy eyes long before
canning factories wore within tho ken
of even a Yankee's vision. Now, to
matoes vie with the potato as a gen
eral article of food, and ono can
scarcely visit a quarter of the globe bo
remoto but ho will find that the tomato
can has been there beforo him. Its cul
ture is so easy that one yearI had bush
els of the finest fruit from plants that
grew here and there by chance., Skill
is required only in producing an early
crop, and to secure this end the earlier
tho plants are started in Spring the
better Those who havo glass will ex
perience no difficulty whatever. Tho
seed may be sown in a greenhouso as
early as January, and the plants potted
when threo inches high, transferred to
larger pots from time to lime
rs they grow, and by the middle of
May put into the open ground, full of
blossoms and immature fruit. Indeed,
plants started early in tho Fall will
givo in the greenhouse a good supply
all Winter. They also grow readily
in hot-beds, cold frames, and sunny
windows. Wo usually can buy well
forwarded plants from those who raise
them for sale. If these are set out
early in Mav on a sunny slope, thoy
mature rapidly, and givo an early yield.
The tomato is very sensitive to frost,
and should not bo in the open ground
before danger from it is over.
Throughout May wo may find plants
for sale everywhere. If we desire to
try distinct kinds with the least trouble,
wo can sow tho seed about May 1, and
in our climate enjoy an abundant yield
in September or beforo. In tho cool,
humid climate of England tho tomato
is usually grown en espaner, like the
peach, along sunny walls and fenoes,
receiving as careful a Summer pruning
as tho grape-vine, With us they are
usually left to sprawl over tho ground
at will. By training iho vines over
various kinds of supports, however,
they can bo mado as oramental as they
are useful. The ground on which thoy
grow should bo only moderately fertile,
or else thero is too great a growth of
vino at the expense of fruit. This is
especially true if wo wish an early
yield, and iu this caso tho warmest,
driest soil is necessary.
But comparatively a fow years ago
the tomato consisted of little moie than
a rind with seds in the hollow center.
Now, tho only varieties worth raising
out as Bolid as a mellow pear. The
following is Gregory's list of varieties:
Livingston's Beauty, Alpha, Acme,
Canada Victor, Arlington, General
Grant. I will add Trophy and Mikado.
If a yellow variety is desired, try
Golden Trophy. E, P. Roe.
Edison May Still Hear Beeclier's Voice.
In tho house of Thomas A. Edison,
at Llpwellyn Park, is a remarkable
memento of Beecher. The inventor's
phonograph for impressing on a Boft
metal sheet tho utterances of the
human voice, aud then omitting it
again by turning a crank, has never
been nut to any vory valuablo use,
and Edison has only gained from it
a few thousand dollars in royslties
from oxhibitors. But lie utilized it to
make a collection of famous voices.
Sinco ha became famous his visitors
have included hundreds of celebrities.
Instead of asking them for their auto
graphs or photographs, ho has, in two
or threo hundred iustaiioes, requested
them to speak, a few sentences into a
phonograph. IIo has kept tho plates
in a cabinet, aud occasionally ho runs
some of them through the machine,
whioh sends out the words exactly as
uttered. Edison is probably tho onlv
man who can revive tho silenced voice
of tho great preacher. i'hilaildpMck
A fashion macazino savs "The now
pooktt books nro lone apd Blonder1
W., ,1 1 . , t
iiuuuut itnuw nuviuiuo nuout the
lniw.ll, i,. 1...: ... .1 - 1
'"s"1 mem, nut on mo Blonder
proportions wo olaim to bo autboiity,
New Haven New.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXI. NO 13
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL, LI, NO 8
Bill Nye and Big Hat-
Tho Into Shakespeare onco wrote
in an autograph album these words :
"All tho world's a stage.
Sincerely your menu,
Wit, SllAKKSl'BAIlB."
Perhaps ho meant that thoro wero
flies on it but wo will not tindoitake
to enter this field of thought. How-
over, to speak in a moro serious way,
and treating tho subjoot in a moro dig
nified way, I will Btuto that after a
number of years' sorutiny of tho world,
I am convinced that tho great bard
ttsod this expression in a figurative
sense only. Could ho pick up his pen
to-day, no would cither erase the above
line, or add to it so that it would read :
"All tho world's a stazc. and nobody hut
tho woman in tho high hat can eco what Is
going on upon it. Vours bitterly. Uilu"
It is not a new field but I desiro in
my poor, weak way to add ray testi
mony to tho testimony of those who
have sat down on said hat. I feel of a
truth occasionally that this high hat
is making an old man of me, and draw
ing lines of care hero and tbero over
my fair, young face. Hero at a time
of life when I ought to be in tbo full
flush and pride of manhood, I find my
self no longer able to build tho tiro in
tho morning, and my breath, which
was onco as robust as tho upas lroa,
now comes in short pants.
Tho tall hat with a wad ot timothy
or a five-pound pompon at tho apex
thereof, has brought this about. How
would a man look, who might sit 111
tho bald-headed row, wearing a joint
01 stovepipe on his bead, trimmed with
hay? Has it not been the custom for
years to place bald-headed men on the
front row, be:ause they offered no ob
struction to the vision.
And now what do wo see ?
Wo do not see anything 1
I will leave it to any disinterested
person to say whether I do not lovo
and admire women, whether aggre
gated or segregratcd, but she does do
some things whicli as her friend and
admirer I deeply regret.
Not long ago 1 had tho pleasure of
attending ono of Mr. Booth's perform
ances in which he took tho part of
Hamlet with great credit to himself,
as I afterward learned from a member
of tho orchestra who saw the whole
performance.
1 paid a large price a week before
hand for a seat at the Hamlet perform
ance, because I bi.d met Mr. Booth
once in the Rocky Mountains and had
made a deep impression on him. 1
had also told him that if he ever hap
pened to bo in a town where I was
lecturing I would dismiss my audience
to como and hear him, and ho might
do as he thought best about shutting
up on tho following night to come and
hear me.
Well, I noticed at first, when I went
in, that tho row beforo me was unoc
cupied, and I gathered myself up iu a
strong, manly cmbraco aud hugged
myself with joy. Tho curtain humped
itself, and the first act was about in the
act of producing itself, when a meek
little gentleman, with an air of con
scious guilt, came down the islo in ad
vance of a woman's excursion, consist
ing of four female members of his
family, I judged. Ho looked about
over the houso.timidly took off his coat
and seemed to be preparing himself for
the vigilance committee. Then ho sat
down to Beo whether executive clem
ency could do anything for him.
Iho first woman of tho four was
probably over forty, and yet with her
almost beardless face she looked scarce
ly thirty-eight. Sho wore a tall, erect
hat, with a short plume iu it, mado by
pulling the paint-brush tail out of an
iron-gray mulo and dying it a deep
crimson.
Sho wore other clothing, but that
did not incense mo so much as this hat
which I had to examine critically all
the evening.
She moved her head also, and kept
time to tho music, and breathed hard
in places, and shuddered once or twice.
She also spoko to tho miserable man
who brought her. Her voice was a
rich baritone, with a low xylophone
action, and sho breathed like tho pas
sionate exhaust of an overworked
freight engine. When sho spoko to
her escort I noticed that he shortened
up about four inches and seemed to
wish he had never entered society.
Tho other 3 women had broad hats
with domes to them, and tho one who
sat on my right also Bat on her foot
This gavo her a fino opportunity to
look out through the skylight of the
opera house now and then. Tho next
ono to her wore her deceased Plymouth
Rock rooster in her hat. Tho fourth
one sat in front of au oldish gentleman
who went out between the acts and
came in with a pickled olive in his
mouth each time. IIo could not see
anything on tho stage, but ho crawled
up under tho brim of this woman's hat,
with bis ltoso in the mushes of her hair
and his hot, local option breath in her
neck, patieutly trying to see.
If you will coutinuo iu your excel
leut paper lo sit down on tho tall hats.
I will get you a number of subscribers
here. Mill Aye, m A'ew York
WorUl.
Polite Conversation in Mexico.
Un Sunday evening nloxico tur
11s
out in her best. The dude of tho day,
ciouiQU in goat skin and tinsel is here
with his horse. He wears a silver
mounted, wido sombrero, and carries a
lnntr lttHRO nnd tnrrro. rnvnlvai- nn
it VJ It W.,u
side, and a dangling, Bheathed Bword
u r .. .1
mu utuvi. oi utiuisu tuere aro n
oattle to catch
shoot, but this is the cavalior style, aud
tuo poor creaturo would feel it a burn
ing shame to bo out without his aecou
truments when tliero were bo many
beaux and belles to gaie upon him.
When ho meets a lady friend ho li
fts
111s uai mgu m tuo air and
"Ituen.os todas, para server'
sivs :
(Good
OVeninc I am at vntir anrvinn v
To
which Dona Luisa roplies 1 Jfay bicn
tracias. - tvery wen, thank you.)
II
uu is uu toot, ue laKcs ner hand
says in Spanish, grandiloquently j
nlaoo mvBelf at vnnr font. Alia "
and
"I
To
which she answers by Baying, "I ki
vour baud, sir." after wliinli tlmw 1,
IBS
be
gin a conversation composed of terms
equally extravagant. When particular
irteuas meet tuey otten fin to shake
hands Lut will crivo earth nthnr n nlnan
embrace, The ladles usually begin by
kissing tho left and right cheek, noxt
thoy embrace a' few moments, after
whioh thoy finish their verbal greetings
and proceed to cxolmiigo tho latest
neighborhood neivs,
Was This Mind Roadlng?
NO TnOUnLF, AVOULt) IIAVPUN TO A
rouxd man.
A Boston gentleman recently ro
lated nn oxperienco whioh ho did" not
seem to regard as cither enjoyablo or
amusing, but which ho was willing to
own was curious. Ho went with a
friend to call on n young lady who is
famous in her particular oirclo for her
powers ot mind reading, and mo re
mark with which his introduction was
acknowledged was:
"I am very happy to meet yju Mr.
A, you will bo wiser not to go'."
IIo regarded tho young woman with
a look of dazed amazement, and re
flected that as ho had mentioned to no
living being tho fact that ho was con
sidering tho wisdom of removing to
Chicago to cngago In business, nobody
could havo given his hostess a hint to
speak in this manner.
"Why noli ' no stammered; and men
before ho oould speak, ho added : . "I
am suro I do not know what ,yott
mean."
Tho lady smiled serenely and mo
tioned to n chair.
"Please bo Boated," sho said. Then
turning ogin toward Mr. A. with tho
air of enjoying his bewilderment, sho
went on: "You aro so heartily out of
conceit with Chicago, and you arc bo
fond ol the ISast, that yon wouldn't
stay. You would only forco yourself
to hold on until you wero welt estab
lished, and by that timo you 70uld
havo worn out your endurance and
would give up everything lo como
back."
"Now I'd said that to myself a hun
dred times," Mr. A. commented, in
relating the incident, "But how in the
world did sho know ? 1 felt as if my
wholo back bono wore creeping up to
hide under my shirt collar; and for my
part I think it was horribly imperti
nent of her to spring that kind of a
thing on me the first niinuto I set eyes
on her. Anyway it was deuitdly un
pleasant.' .
IIo was so overcome by this recept
ion that ho did not recover his self
possession during tbo entiro call.
"And there A. sat, ho further un
burdened his soul to me, "appaiently
inlnking il the Pest joke in the world.
Heavens ! He's going to marry her,
and when ho comes back at night
she'll tell him how many glasses of
punch bo has drunk, and all about the
girl he admired in the horso car.
eucedly pleasant time he'll hav'.
Fancy living in tho houeo with a wo
man who knows what you think as
well as you do yourself. W hy, I d
rather break stones on tho street 1"
An Enterprising Architect.
Adjoining ono end of tho royal pal
ace at Naples, which is the futuro homo
of tho Crown Prince, is tho theatro
of San Carlo, wnich has an interesting
story. When Charles III was the
King of .Naples be issued orders for
the most magnificent theatre of Europe
to be built in the shortest time possible
Angelo Carascale, a Neapolitan archi
tect, offered to complete it in three
mouths, and by great effort and energy
actually did so. Ou tho opening night
the king sent for iho architect to como
to tho royal balcony and there publicly
commended his work, adding thot only
one thing was lacking, and that was a
private door and staircase leading
from tho palace into tho theatre for tho
uso of the royal family. Tho archi
tect bowed low, and retired that tho
pIay might begin. When the play was
finished tho architect appearedj beforo
the king, saying
"lour Majesty s wish is accomplish
ed," and preceded tho astonished mon
arch to a private entrance in ono end
of the theatro. In tho three hours
that the acting had engaged tho king's
attention the untiring architect bad
oollectcd his workmen, and by almost
superhuman effort had comploted his
task. Ho had torn down partitions
and laid hugo logs of wood for a stair
way; but elegant velvet carpets and
beautiful curtains concealed tho rough
floors and defaced walls, while a skill
ful arrangement of handsome mirrors
and chandeliers produced a magical
effect, and made the whole seem tho
work of fairy bands. Afterward, the
entrance was properly finished, and
last summer I walked "from tho palaco
through this private door, aud stood in
tho royal balcony whero the king had
received tho architect nearly one hun
dred aud fifty years before."
Modern Methnselahs.
Mrs. Sarah Piorce, of Madison
county, N, C, died March 8th, aged
99. Sho was never sick a day, and
never took a doso of medicine until
withiu a few days of her death.
Aunt Julio Taylor, who died re
cently in St. Louis, claimed to 00 111
years old. She was undoubtedly a
centenarian, for a daughter who sur
vives her is a very old woman.
Obediah Vincent, nn inmate of tho
Cumberland county, (111.) Poorhouse,
was born iu Kentucky in 1707, and is
consequently 120 years old. His. form
is bent nearly double, ho is blind, and
yet until a fow weeks ago he was ablo
n do enough work to keep him out
of tho poorhouse.
Tho Chesterfield (S. 0.) Advertiser
says: "Mrs. Patsey Nelson, of Colo
Hill township, is 107 years old. Sho
reared 12 o'uldren, lias" 70 grandchild
ren, 89 great-grandchildren and 37
children of the fourth generation.
Sho now is very ill, and is expected to
live but a short while."
Mrs. Prisoilla Goodsell, of Norwald,
colebrated her 100 birthday at tho res
idence of hor son recently, and a largo
number of relatives and friends wero
present. She belongs to a family not
ed for their longevity. Her grand
father died at tho ago "of 101, and her
father lived to be vory old.
Mrs. Magdalon Boggs, of Milton,
Ind., is Iho oldest person iu Wayno
county, having been born over 103
years ago in Pennsylvania. Sho bore
1 1 children, and has -10 graudchildron,
03 g'oat-grandohildroii, and 12 great-great-grandohildren.
Sho is still
vigorous, and knits and makes patch
work without tuo aid of glasses'.
Blie Didn't Eefns?.
A woman who keeps a boarding
houso on Lamed strett called at polico
headquarters yesterday, to ootnplain
that a gentleman boarder had skipped
her houso leaving a bill unpaid.
"lie owes mo about forty dollars
and I want him caught," shu added.
"What kind of a person was ho ?"
asked tho Sergeant.
"Well, the day beforo ho went away
ho offered to marry mo to eetllo tho
bill. You oau judgo what cheek ho
has.'
"And you refused ?''
"Yes no 110. I didn't t" tin or.
I claimed, as she blushed clear back to
nor ears, "it was all settled that wo
should bo married, and that's ono rea
Bon why I'll pursue him to tho ends of
tho oartb. A man who'll jump a board
bill aud a marriage engagement, too,
is an outlaw who should bo locked up.'
Detroit Ertt I'rctu