PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
T E. WALLEIt,
U' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
omce over 1st. National Bank. Dl00m""f. ra
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
moa In Ent'a tlulldlncr.
Uloomboo, Pa,
J OIIN M. OLAltK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
AND
JU3TIOE OF THE I'EAOE,
UtOOKSICRO, Pi,
o.llc over Moyer Bros. Drugstore.
p W AIILLEB,
ATTOIlNBY-AT-LAW,
Offlcelo Brower's bulldlnff.BCtond noor.room No. I
lilooinsburg, ra.
I FRANK Zim,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburg, Pa,
o mce comer ol cetitti ua aln Mitctt.ciarl 4
uuuaiog.
Can be consulted In German.
Gr
"1EO. E. EIAYELLi
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
IirooMSnoitO, I'a.
Offlco on First tloor,. front room of Cot,
DMMAN Uulkllni;, Alain street, below Ex
cbangc Hotel.
pAUL E. WIHT,
Attorney-at-Law.
omce In Colombian bdildino, Koom No. 1, second
noor.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
H,
V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BLOOMSBURQ.PA.
Office lu Brewers' Building, 2nd floor,
mayjl-tf
R CNOKR. L. 8. WlHTIftSTIIM.
KNORR & WINTERSTEEN,
A ttornoy s-at-Law.
unice lu 1st National Dank bulldtntr, second floor,
nrst door to the left. Corner ot Main and Mark"!
streets Uloomsburg, ra.
t&J'entwnt and Bounties Collected.
I II MAI'SE,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
fflco In Maize's bulldJjf, over Blllmeycr's grocery.
F.
P. B1LLMEYER,
(DISTRICT ATTORNEY.)
. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
tHTOfllco over Dentlcr'a shoo store,
Uloomsburg, Pa. apr-30.80.
y. H. IUIAWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
catawlss, Fa.
Ufflce.cornorot Third and Main Streets.
M
ICUAEL F. EYERLY,
Convayancer, Collector of Claime.
AND
LEGAL ADVICE IN TI1E;SETTLEMENT OF
SSTATES, 4C.
rOfllco In Dentler's building with P. P. Bill
meyer, attorney-al-law, Iront 100ms, 2nd floor
Uloomsburg, I'a. apr--6.
y. S. SMITH,
" ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Berwick, Pa.
D
H. nONOIUA. BOBBINS.
Office and residence, West First street. Blooms-
burg, Pa. novsosaiy.
D
It, J. II. MOO KC
EYE, EAB AND THROAT, A SPECIALTY.
PITTSTON, I A.
Will be at Exchange Hotel, In IHcomsburg, every
two weeks, on baturdiy, from 8:30 p. m. to 2 p.m
April S3, May 7 and 21. novMM ly.
TTR. J rTeVANS, M. D., Surgeon and
) rhyslclan. Offlce and residence, on Third
Street.
B. McKELVY, M. D.,Surgeon and Phj
. slclan, north Bide Main street.beiow Market
1 L. FKtTZ, Attorney-at-Lw. Offic
L Front room over Post Office,
D
R. J. 0. KUTTEB,
PHYSICIAN SBUItOSON,
Office, North Market street,
Bloomsbure, I'a
DR. WM. M. REBEH, Surgeon and
Physician. Offlce corner ot Hock and Market
treet.
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BL00HSBUS9, FA.
0PP08ITB OOUKT HOUSE.
Large and convenient sample rooms. Hath room,
hot and cold water; ana all modern conveniences.
B.
F. HARTMAH
BirBXSIMTS TDl rOLLOWINQ
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
North American ot Philadelphia.
Franklin, "
Pennsylvania, " "
York, of Pennsylvania.
Uanover, ot N. Y.
Sueens, of London,
orth British, of London.
Office on Market Stroot, No, 5, Bloomsbnrg.
oct. s, 1-
F
IRE INSURANCE
CHRISTIAN V. KNAPP, BLOOMSBU O.PA.
MERCHANTS', OF NEWARK, N. J.
'LINTON, N.Y.
PEOPLES' N. Y,
ItUADINQ, PA.
These u corporations are well seasoned by
atje and fiki txstkd and have never yet bad a
iobs settled by any court of law. Their assets are
all Invested in solid sictmmas are liable to the
hazard of kirk only.
Losses pkomitlv and doniistlt adjusted and
paid as soon as determined by Christian r.
KNtrr, srKCIAL aoxmt and ADJCSTKR Blooxsbuko,
Pa.
The people of Columbia county should patron
ize the agency where losses If any are settled and
pall by one of ther own citizens.
PROMPTNESS. EQUITY. FAIR DEALING.
J7REAS BROWN'S INSURANCE
? AGENCY. Moyer's new building, Mala street,
oomsburg, Pa.
Btna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn r,078,ja
ltoyal or Liverpool., , 13,500,000
Lancashire...... 10,000,000
Fire Association, Philadelphia 4,161,710
Phoenix, of London , 6,6,S70
London Lancashire, ot Kngland 1 ,T09,S7
Hartford of Hartford. .. 8,273,060
Sprlngtuid Fire and Marine 2,082,580
As the agencies are direct, policies are written
or the insured without delay In the office at
Uloomsburg. Oct. 28, '81.
"y AINWRIGHT & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Philadelphia, Pa.
teas, syrups, coffee, suoait, molasses
111 CI, Bl'ICEe, UlOAItU SODA, ETC., XTO.
N, E. Corner Second and Arch Sts.
"Orders will receive prompt attention.
H. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
I3loom8iiuro, Columbia County, Pa
All styles ot work done In a superior manner, work
warranted as represented. Tutu Extract
id without Pain by the use of (las, and
tree of charge w hen artificial teeth
are Inserted,
Ofllco In Barton's building, Main street,
below Market, tlvo doors below Klelm'a
drug store, tlrst lloor.
Jobe open at all hourt during the ,dai
Not is .ly
pURBEIVS BARBER SHOP,
Under Ezohango Hotel.
TI10 Tonsorlal Art in oil iu branches.
HOT AND COLD BATHS.
Harrie 13. Pukskl,
lynr25 Proprietor.
J Z 3ITTENBENDEB, Prsrr!lor.
1 BEST
FOR KEN AND "SOUTHS.
FOR BOYS AND CHILDREN.
A C. YATES & CO.,
SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STS.
H. C. SLOAN & BRO.,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Manufacturers of
CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS
SLEIQHS, PLATFORM WAGONS AC.
First-class work always on hand.
REPA 1R1NO NEA TLY DONh.
Pricei reduced to luit the timet.
BLOOMSBURG PLANING MILL
:o.
Thn tinrlArftirrnorl hnt. nn t.in mni. n
nn Hallrnad tit rent innrt.iiDta nnnrfiMAf.
pared to do all kinds ol work la his line.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS.MOU..DINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
lurnlsned at reasonable i rices. All lumber used
la well seasoned and none bnt skilled workmen
are employed.
istimat.es fob buildings
urnlshed on application. Plan and Bnecincw
CIIARliGH KRDG,
llloonisbtire:, Pa
CLOTHIHG! CLOTHING!
G. W. BERTSCH,
THE MERCHANT TAILOR.
-:o:-
Qents9 Furnishing Coods Bats & Caps
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Suits made, to order at short notice
and a fitalwajs guaranteed or no sale.
Call and examine tlio largest and best
selected stock of goods ever shown in
Columbia county.
8toro next door to First National Bank,
MAIN STREET,
JBloonisburg Pa.
ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCES
OP CAST CIt WROUGHT IKON.
Suitable for
Yards,
Cemetery Lots
and
Public Grounds
:o:
The f ollowlne shows the rickot Gothic, one of
the Beveral beautiful styles of Fence manufactured
by the undersigned.
iiW'MJ'M'l
mmkd
For Beauty and Durability they areunsurpass
ed. 8et up by experienced hands and warranted
to giro satisfaction.
Prices and specimens of other de
signs sent to any address.
Address
IHfi ME!
BLOOMSBURG PA.
May 4-tf
ri WITHIN C. SHOKTLIDairt) ACADEMY,
O TO" TOUNO MEN AND HOYS, MEDIA, PA.
mil f mm I'hllailelnhla. Fixed nrlce covers
every expense, even books, Ac. No extra charges.
No Incidental expenses. No examination for ad
mission. Twelve experienced teachers, all men.
and all graduates. Special opportunities for apt
students to advance rapidly. &pecUl drill for dull
and backward boys, ratrona or students may be.
lect any studies or chooso the regular Kngllsh, Sci
entific, Business, Classical or civil Knglneerlng
course, students ntted at .Media Academy are
now In Harvard, Vale, l'rlnceton and ten other
Colleges and polytechnic, schools. 10 students
sentfo college in 183,15 In ism, 10 in IIM, 10 In
16s. A graduating class every ear In the com
mercial department. A physical and Chemical
laboratory, (lyinnaslum and Hall (Jronnd. 1600
vo b. added to library In 18tu. Physical apparatus
doubled In 183. Media has seven churches and a
temperance charter which prohibits the sale of all
intoxicating drinks. Por new illustrated circular
address the Principal and Proprietor. SW1T11IN O,
HUUll l l.Iuuis, a. iu., (iiarvaru iiruuusic,; ,
Penn'K Aug.o,6,iy.
65
A1rlV and Board Ouaran
JVlOIlLllteeit. :a Younir Men
or Ladles In each county, and highest
coininl.teloii paid (often f 150 a month.
NEW HOOK already on
WOMDERS
In North and frouth America, at the Ice-Uound
Poles, over the land-of the Midnight Sun, under
the Knuuor, througn the Dark comment, among
the Old Trmples of Inala, In the Plowery King
domsof China and Japan, amid the ruins of Incas
Aitecsand Zunl, within Canons, CUtf Buildings
and Gardens of thedods on the Isles of the Sea,
and in all pans oi me giuur. w niKraviuas.
Low price. Quick tales, rend for circular.
p. w . ZIEULKH li CO., TtO Chestnut St,
Philadelphia, Pa. dco IT, SSt-
tobemade. Cut thli out and returnto
us, and wo will heud y.m free, boine
thlsg of great value and Importance to
vnu. that will start vou In buuluess
which wl'l bring you in more money right away
than anything elso in this world. Any one can do
tho work and live at homo. Either sex; all ages,
something new, lhat just coins money for all
workers. We will start you; capital not needed.
This Is one ot the genuine, Important chances ot a
llfeilme. 1 hose who ire ambitious and enterpris
ing win not delav. Orand ouiUt free. Aldrcss,
Tkuk Co., Augusta Maine. det-6A,iy.
5,000 AGENTS WANTED I BOUBU5 QUICK I tosell
JOE HOWAIJD'S
BEECHER
UVK OF
Tnflnttplv thA mnnt. valiiahle because coming so
closely from the family circle and hy a master
hand engaged In a "Laborol Love." lilchly lllus-tratid-bteel
portrait, etc. Will sell immensely.
Millions went ims aiunuaru i-ueui iuo vieau-ei.
Preacher and Orator of the age. Quick Is the
wnrri. Tprntnrv in (rreat demand, bend forctr-i
culara and 5V. for outllt to HUBBAIIU 111108.
PUD8., rvs cneetnui tu, ruuaaeipua, ra. loiuyrt i
The Appetite
May lio Increased, tlio Digestive organs
strengthened, ami tlio bowels regulated,
by taking Aj-cr's rills. These rills are
purely vogotnblo In their composition.
They contnln neither cnlomcl nor any
other dangoroiis drug, ntul mny ho taken
with perfect safety by persons ot all nges.
I was n preat sufferer from Dyspepsia
and Constipation. I had no appetite,
and was constantly aflllcted with Head
acho and Dizziness. I consulted our
family doctor, who proscrilied for me, at
various times, without affording more
than temporary relief. I finally com
menced taking Aycr's nils, lu a short
timo uiy digestion and nppetlto
IMPROVED
my bowels were regulated, and, by the
time I II nlilied two boxes of tucso Pills
my tendency to headaches had dliap
rwiared, and I liecame strong anil well.
Darius M. Logan, Wilmington, Del.
I was troubled, for over a year, with
Loss of Appetlto, and General Debility.
I commenced talcing Ayer's Pills, anil,
before finishing hall a box of tills medi
cine, my appetite and strength were re
stored. 0. O. Clark, Danbury, Conn.
Aycr's Pills nro tlio best medicine
known to mo for regulating tho bowels,
and for all diseases caused by a disordered
Stomach and Liver. I suffered for over
three years with Headache, Indigestion,
and Constipation. I bad no appetite, and
was wek and nervous most of tho time.
BY USING
three boxes of Aycr's Pills, and at tho
same timo dieting myself, I was com
pletely cured. My digestive organs aro
now In good order, nnd I nm in perfect
health. 1. Lockwood, Topcka, lians.
Aycr's Pills have benefited me wonder
fully. For months I suffered from Indi
gestion and Headarho, was restless at
night, nnd had a bad tasto in my mouth
every morning. After taking one box
of Ayer's Pills, all these troubles dis
appeared, my food digested well, and
my sleep was refreshing. Henry C.
nemmcuway, Itockport, Mass.
I was cured of tho Piles by the use of
Ayer's Pills. Thoy not only relieved mo
of that painful disorder, bat give me in
creased vigor, and restored my health.
John Lazarus, St. John, N. U.
Ayer's Pills,
Prtptred by Dr. J. C. Ayer k Co., Lowell, Mm.
Bold by ill Druggliti and Dealer! In Medlclo..
FOR STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS
CAN HE PUT ON UV ANY PEIISO.V.
THOUSANDS OF HOLLS SOLD ANNUALLY
FOR BUILDINGS OF CYEKY
DISSCIUKTION.
SEND roil NEW OIBCULAB. CONTAINING
PlllUE LIST AND KEFKnU.NCES.
ACENTS WANTED.
M. EHRET, JR. & CO.
BOLE MAriUPACTUHEnS,
423 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA.
marlas3ms.
CARPETS
Having received his Spring stock
of Carpctings, is now
ready to show a large stock of
At prices which cannot help
hut please. Call and examine
them at the old stand,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
J. R. SMITH & CO.
LIMITED.
MILTON, Pa.,
Dealkhs in
PIANOS
By the following well known makers;
Cliickering,
Ivuabc,
Weber,
Hallet & Davis.
Can also furnish any of tho
cheaper makes at manufacturers
prices. Do not huy a piano he
fore getting our prices.
Catalogue and Price Lists
On application.
septa-sctf.
AiVynur retailor forlhe JaniMMrmx' (J3Hhno.
(ii ii i Ion 1 Bunci ihaUrj niimiiiiinl Jiihrliir
L'oiimnrltTtu luakuu lamer piutlt. rliUUttie
iirluhml tlhlioo. lfcwareof Imltatloiwwlilohne
LiHiHlMiCulhelr uwu Inferiority by alteiiipllu to
t.il it iit.u'1 tliti ii'piitatliiniif thoorlftlnal.
Mine jli'iiuliiu uulcts bearing llil Htauip,
eJASVaES MEANS'
I Mada In Duttnn, Cotiftreet and
iLaw. itmt Va(f Sila. Unei
AccUaMu Durability, CurnfuttA
M'lilioutwlll l.riuByuufn
formutlun how tu Let ttii
yfiS. Hhoe in auy fitato vt
J, Means & Co
4IIJllc.li. S,
Ikatoii,Uau,
ounoN
Our eleiirntcU factory produce a larger quantity
of tin or t lit trade 1 uau any 01 Iter factory lu I ha
worltl. TtmuMumU who wfr tbnn will tell vmjtlie
rpaMuifrutink tliem. .1 ATI I S MKAVs' b J
HI I (Hi ftirltoyuhutappiuucU-ti (a tiarability.
Full Hues ot the above shoes for Bale by
I. W. HARTMAN & SON,
sole agenis for Bloomsburg, Pa. tebll-ist.
PATENTS
l btalned and all patent business attended to tor
moueraiu it'fa.
our onice la opposite t ne v. a. raieni umce, ana
re can obtain Patents In less time than those re-
mole from Washington.
Mend model or drawlnir. We advise astonat-
entaulllty free of charge, and we make no charge
unless patent la secured.
We refer here, to the Postmaster, the Bupt. of
Money Order Dlv., and to oniclals ofthell.lt.
patent onice. For circular, advice, terms and
references to actual clients In your own Htateor
county, write to
C. A. SIVOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent omoe, Washington, D o i
BLOOMSBURG, PA FRIDAY, APRIL 22,
SELECT STORY.
"00BD0NIT
"It is abargiin.moiiaitur a btrgnint
i Im tout Is a niiro tiollntif'i puisqu ily
adit ooufoit ici," faid thu old ron
fiorpc, as ho threw open one of tlio
shutters and lloodid tlio room with
dtixty aunshlue.
Tho apartment wai au premlor, at
tho lnck ot a Bmall court numbered o9
ol tho Huo Neuvo St Augustine, No.
f9 I qivo it fearlesi'ly, unco oven its
foundation slones havo long been
IlaiiPBtiiatiizoil nwny.
Tho court wns flooded with sunshino
that was not dimly, and a great piano
tree grow in ono conn r, clnso against
m Ivy covert tl wall. Tho yellow
I'laoard, '-A Louer," haneing at tho
tloor had beta thu bail luring tne into
hl H10IIS.C trap, a it certainly proved
to be.
But all that conns later on. For
tlio preseiit it is enough to say that tho
room wa eoinfoitably furnished after
the old Venetian manner, and hung
with Cordova leather, old, to", and
red; beyond thero was a salon with a
lloor so highly polishul that I narrow
ly escaped a sprained ankle in crossirg
ii, and a chamber, commonplace
enough but for tho chintz hangings
with which its walls and ctiling were
draped oppressively, in wide plaits
that met ovcrboad in a central rosettp,
somehow suggesting the interior de
coration of a coffin. In spito of this
untimely thought and of the super
fluous antechamber and sallc a maugcr
useless incumbrance in bachelor quar
ters, I took the apartment for a month,
to tlio evident delight of old C.i'siiuir,
whoso feather duster twitched express
ively in his palsied hand.
The tremtilom eagernsss of this good
gentleman mado mo half suspect that
ho had not the remotest right to let
the rooms at all. Hut ho told a well
varnished talo of an old proprietor who
bated women and who passed his life
in search of a country so civilized as to
do without them. I rom this journey
of desperation he returned now and
then to restore his tired senses in tho
coffined chamber and to gather cotir
ago for a now. departure. It was mid
summer; I might keep the rooms until
the autumn not an hour longer; since
the patron would then bo likely to
pounce down upon his possessions un
announced at any moment. Just now
ho wai bcliuvcdito bo in Lapland.
When I moved in that very after
noon, a guilty feeliug of intrusion
overcame me. The place was so luxur
ious, bo well ordered, so unlike tho
four walls of lodoint; for which ono
pays. In the library of the leather
hangings the patron's books were upon
tho shelves; his portfolio, his paper
knifo upon tho table ; the ink in tho
minaturo helmet of bluo steel was dry
it is true; but thero lay the well worn
quill besido it. The room reveals the
man, says Diderot; granting this, tho
patron was a man ot taste and well in
formed. I took down some of th
books; hero wero superb bindings, old
and rare editions. Upon one flv leaf
his name was written Marius Morizot
the hand clear and fine, like a wo
man's. Cassimir had said tunt ho was
old. Bibliophile and traveler, with
tho means to fallow his fantastic bent,
this patron would certainly be an agree
ablo man to meet on bis own ground
that is, if one camo properly intrn
duced. All here was as if ho had left
it yesterday. What if the door wero
to open and admit him at tho next
moment?
Just then the door did open, but
only Cassimir camo in, bringing fire
wood; for the sun had already left the
littlo court in shadow, and thero was
an unseasonable chill in tho waning
summer day. Tho old man wore a
black skull cap over his thin, gray
hair and a green baize apron that
swathed him nearly to tho anklep. Ho
chattered about tho fire 39 he built and
lighted it, all the timo holding under
his arm tho eternal feather duster,
which seemed to bo his badge of oflico.
I bad lately seen, at tho Comedio
Franoaise, Hegnior's masterpiece, tho
sly old servant in 'La joie fait peur,"
tho picture of amiable senility. Hero
was tho thing itself.
'Tho patron has his treasures," I
said, stroking tenderly tho crushed
levant th.tt eushrined a numbered re
print of Andro Cheuier.
Cassimir looked at tho shelves with
a certain respect and then shrugged
his shoulders.
"Yes, but not there," he answered.
Thinking that he refeired to tho
glittering objects of tho salon, I treat
ed myself to a complacent srailo, as I
quietly put up tho book.
"Not there,1' ho repeated, shullling
toward me in his looso sappers, and
letting his voice die away into tho im
portant whisper that is tho emphasis
of a French man of all work. "Ah, il
monsieur knew 1"
"Know whatt" I asked. "Havo wo
a gold mino at our feet f"
lie chuckled and nodded. "Better
than that, monsieur. See !''
Then ho pushed aside one of the
hangings, and showed mo '.hat it cover
ed a door of burnished steel.
"A safet"
""Ves, monsieur, in tho wall."
"And of such size!'' I continued, for
tho doorway, though narrow, was
higher than my head. "What can ho
keep there t"
"Jewels, monsiour," said Cassimir,
enjoying my surprise. ".Towels from"
tho end of tho earth, laid away in littlo
drawers, lined with velvet as soft as
the down of a bird. It is a passion
with him; tho collection is a proporty
in itself."
I laid ray hand gently upon tho
shining metal; it might, havo been tho
door of a tomb. I drew back shiver
ing. Tho thought of these untold
riches, hardly out of reach, disturbed
me; I folt in a measure responsible for
their safety.
"Tho door is locked, of course," said
"Oh, yes, monsiour; only tho patron
has tho key." Ho brushed tho door
lightly with his feather tips, as though
ho wero dealing with some fragile work
of art, and then dropped tho curtain
over it.
"Cassimir! You havo your master's
loavo to let those rooms; you are sure!"
"Oh, certainly, monsieur ; monsieur
ueed givo himself no uneasiness) it is
permitted at this season. In tho cum
mer timo M. Morizot always Absents
himself. Ho lias been nearly two
years away,"
l changed tho subject, though I
doubted him instinctively.
"What is Monsieur Morizot likol"
I aked.
"A lamb, monsieur; nmiamV, as ono
cannot bo inoro so. Monsieur, then,
has not remarked his portrait!"
Tho pictures wero chiefly modern,
nnd wei-H none too well lighted; I had
barely glanced at them. Cassimir led
mo to this one, which hung in a dark
corner, so high that the flamo of a
cttidln hold up at arms length but just
rovealod it. Tho face was long, thin,
shdrp featured nnd sallow, with the
prevailing muHnche and imperial of
lhe time. On the whole, I felt happier
about Moi'sicur Moriz'it. Ho had tho
gentle, high bred l-iok of that Van
Dyck father in tho long gallery of the
Louvre.
"And yet ho hales women. Was ho
never married!"
"Nuver, monsimi; in youth ho had
a dUatipointmt tit, they s iy, and now
it would be somewhat latu for him to
think again of lint. At his ago one no
longer makes such plaes."
His hand shook moro than ever, and
tho meltid wax of tlio candle ran over,
one dtop falling upon tho lloor. "Ho
is good, the pitron," ho murmured, so
tenderly that tho drop might havo been
a tear from his own failing eyes.
When the old retainer had loft mo I
dismissed all sciuples and unpacked my
trunk in the littln chamber, Binging to
myself In the happiest of moods. I
was in luck, evidently. Even should
Monsieur Morizot turn up, I felt sure
that ho would accept my explanation,
supposing one to bo necessary. But
ho would not f ome. I doubted Cassi
mir no longer.
I found in thu library an arm chair
covered with stamped leather like that
of the walls: tho arms supported by
hard featured goddeses wood nymphs,
perhaps redundant in tho matter of
bu-a, tapering off like terminal figures
into tho chair legs below. Wheeling
this up to tho table, I sat down for a
while to do nothing and devour ray
hrain, as tho inhuman proverb puts it.
In tho gathering twilight tho room was
almost dark, but I saw it all, or nearly
all, over tho mantel in a narrow, ob
long mirror, there reflected by Cassi
mir's cheerful bhize. Tho first firo of
tho season invites contemplation, and
my thoughts wandered as fitfully as
tho mellow light that played about tho
tarnished gilding of the leather.
When I am alone 1 am apt to grow in
consequent to a degree that would dis
tress one who makes a labor of think
ing. Hunger is a sharp reminder, and be
foro long I realized that I was hungry.
So I hastily pulled myself together,
and shutting the door upon my golden
walls, strolled up tho boulevard to tho
Passago des Princes. I dined well at
Peter's, opposite tho window of in
numerable meeischaums, pud after din
ner went out by the sido gate of the
pasage' into tho rue Favart. Tho
doors of tho Opera Comiquo stood in
vitingly open, and I w.n tempted to
cross lhe htreet and read tho bill of tho
pity: "L'Ombre," of Flotow; Gounod's
Gallia." In the first, Mine. Priola.
Loioly Mine. Priola, long since for
gotten ! Do you live on, to look into
your glass am) sigh for those dear old
tlays when all Pans adored you! Or
havo you made, in truth, your final
exit into Pero-la Chaise or Montpar
nasse, to sleep out there a longer night
than any other you havo known ! To
ono cruelty of life all a man's exper
ience can never reooncilo him : that a
pretty woman may not hold her own
forever.
I went in, stayed the performance
out and left tho theatre somewhat
dashed in spirit)'; tho echo of Gounod's
solemn music seemed to follow mo like
a ghostly footfall under the flaring
lights, by the painted kiosk windows.
The Bky was overcast; a drop or two ,
ot rain jell. 1 no great doors ot 5U
wore closed and locked, of course; at
that hour I could have expected noth
ing else. But Ca-imir slept soundly;
it as long heiore l could raako him
hear, though I pulled the bell till tho
wnold place resounded. Tho rain camo
nij in earnest, and I was at tho ao
spairing point, when the door gave a
welcome click and swung back an inch
or two. I stumbled in through tho
darkness, pissed tho lodge whore I
could hear Casimir swearing to him
self drowsily, without a thought of
challenging me; and guided myself by
tho hand rail ot thu staircase straight
to my own door. I struck a match,
fouud tho key and went in.
Tho outer rooms wero black and un
friondly; through then I saw a thread
of light from tho library door, to which
I groped my way. Tho light camo
from :t stately moderateur lamp that
stood upon tlio table, and I blessed
Uasimir tor his forethought, lint for
tho lamp, tho room, at tho first glance,
Beemed to bo as I had left it. The
carved chair was drawn up before tho
fire, which sttll burned brightly. That
1 lound a tiro anil not a heap ol ashes
might havo struck mo as a curious cir
cumstance, hut I set this down to Casi
mir a forethought, too; all tbo moro
readilv that my clothes wero met and
that 1 needed it to dry them, as I pro
ceeded to do.
Standing thus beforo tho chimnoy,
with tho crackling fagots at my heels,
I observed a book upon tho table. It
lay close to tho arm of tho great chair
so close, in fact, that ono Bitting
thero could liatdly tail to see it oven
at twilight. Yet it had escaped my
.! .'I IIM I I m.
uoucu until now. vriiut uook i hid
moment my unspoken question was
arswond I felt absolutely Buro that it
had never before been in my hand?,
lis vellum covers wero worn and worm
oaten; its musty leaves were yellow
with age. I rend tho title, "Tho Trial
of Fiancois Uavaillao for tho Murder
of King Henry IV 1010." 1 oould
hardly havo rorgotten that book had 1
taken it down.
Immediately a strango terror seized
me; vague, unreasoning it was, like a
chilli's iu tho dark. I diopped tho book,
caught up a on mild and peered in thu
chamber ; then searched tho othor
rooms throughout. I Baw no one,
hoard no sound. I was alone. Yet
this knowledgo failed to rcassuro inc.
I spoku and was startled at my owu
voice. I tried lo sing, but tho walls
gavo back a mocking echo that was
iinendtirablo. And I returned to tho
library with tho same childish dread of
nothing ttill oppressing me, like tho
remnmuranuo of a nightmare.
I can recall distinctly my struggle
to conquer this feeling, and I know
that 1 must havo conquered it; for I sat
down in tho arm chair, and began to
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read tho trial of Havalllao :
"Tho prisoner is sworn ; and askod
his name, ago, rank mid placo of abodo.
Ho said that his namo was Francois
Itavalllao, born and dwelling at
Angoulerae, between 81 and 312 years
of age."
I oan rco those lines now, in all their
quaintness of type, as ono makes a sun
picttiro by a sudden closing of tho
eyes. I remembered that I read on,
till 1 came to a pago so stained as to
bo indistinct, part of which had been
torn away. Then I must havo fallen
into a dozo a mere cat nap of a mom
ent only. I woko with a start, unable,
at first, torocognlzo tho surroundings.
Tho lamp had run down, after tho
provoking manner of Frenoh modera
ted is. I know that it only needed
winding, nfid leaning over tho table, I
gave tho koy a turn or two, but I was
too late; the lamp wcut out in a long,
smoky trail. Yet the room was not
quito dark. Tho firo burned on, flick
ering at my feet, and making fantastic
shadows in the glass.
Iu tho glass. I looked at it and
grew numb with horror. For I saw
thero tho reflection of a man's face, so
hideous in its expression that, even in
a crowd, ono would have turned from
it with loathing. I have never been
able to describo it; in that uncertain
light it had no color I could barely
trace its outline. But I should Know
that face if I saw it at the top of tho
great pyramid or in the plains of
Arizona anywhere, indeed, upon tho
instant; and I Bhould slnidder at tho
sight, as I do now at the thought, like
a frightened animal.
For a few seconds I was helpless.
My muscles refused to act; I could not
oven turn my head to look behind me.
Thin, with all senses gono but one, I
saw the face drawing nearer to ray
chair and looking down at it. Tho lines
grew moro distinct, a strange mark
camo out upon the cheek, as if
the skin thero had contracted. Then,
with an effort that seemed like a trial
of strength with some force unseen, I
caught tho arm of the chair, and
springing to my feet, wheeled about
upon tho dark, silent spaces of the
room, conscious only of a sudden
draught of cold air that chilled mo to
tho bone.
Darkness, thero was nothing elso.
Yet I turned again to tho gloss, finding
only my own face, scarcely recogniz
able. TIicd, for the first time, I was
awaro that my left hand, cold and
damp like a dead man's, still clasped
the old book, marking ray place be
tween its leaves. I would havo laid
it down; but, instead of that I flung it
from mo into the tiro with a shriek
that set the room ringing. For tho
stain upon its torn page had deepened
and freshened, and was oozing out
upon my fingers; they wete red with
it Kneeling at tho hearth, I wiped
away the drops with ray handkerchief,
una ourneu :nat, too.
Slill oa the hearth I crouched, and
listened. If there wero only something
to face and challenge! Not a sound.
But again the curreut of cold air, as
if from an open door or window.
That, at least, was real. I found my
candle, lighted it at the fire, and
searched tlio room onco moro. To my
great surprise, I discovered in the
darkest corner a small door that I had
nover seen ono of those blind doors
so common in French apartments,
cunningly contrived to fit a panel of
the wall. It stood ajar, moreover, as
though forced open by some mischiev
ous gust of tho night wind, that had
lost its way in tho house and then
mado a frantic effort to get out again.
Itejoiccd to account so easily for one
disturbing element, at least, I pushed
tho door aside, and saw merely a nar
row, flagged corridor, leading to a ser
vant's stairway communicating with
tho floor below tbo ground floor
for the house had no entresol. By
tho dim light I held I could distin
guish three steps leading down into
awful blackness, liko an murderous
oublictto of tho middle ages. I strain
ed my eyes and listened. Thero was
nothing more to bo seen, but ray ears
caught a faint sound, startling at that
hour, though by day I should havo
laughod at it simply the noiso of run
ning water, gently falling as if from
a pipe, upon tho pavement below. I
went on cautiously to the stair rail,
leaned over it and looked down. No
ono; but under tho stairs, in tho dark,
the water went splashing on intermit
tently, as though it fell first upon in
visible hands washing them, perhaps.
Tho thought suggested itself instantly.
"Who is there!" I shouted, lowering
tiio light toward the dark corner, but
in vain.
Tho water stopped. Thero was no
other answer.
"Who is there!" I repeated, in a
voice that was not mino.
I heard a shuffling step, and thero
camo a blast of tho night air, strong
enough to put out tho light, if I had
not drawn back, shielding tho flamo
with ray hand. A door below mo
quietly oloscd, and all was still again.
I rushed down tho stairs, and found
tho door. It was securely bolted ; tho
bolts wero rusted; 1 tried one, and could
not stir it.
Then, out iu tho court, a harsh cry
rang baok along tho walls: "Cordou!"
tho familiar call to the sleeping con
cierge "Cordon!" tho Batno rough
voice repeated. The heavy street door
fell into placo with a dull, jarring
sound. Mho presence, whatovor it was,
had escapod scot free into tho world of
Paris.
Drip, drip, behind mo I heard tho
water, falling now, drop by drop upon
tho stones. Thero was nothing else
to Bhow that I had not been dreaming.
I gave ono searching look at tho dis
mal littlo corner, and then tied from
tho house forever. In less time than it
takes to tell it I haa rushed through
the rooms overhead and down again
by'tho main Btaircaso ; out into tho
court, and on through the falling rain,
shouting to Casimir as I wont : ' Cor
don cordon cordon!" I woko echoes
thero that drovo mo half mad ; I beat
upon tho door. At last tho cord was
drawn, and I found myself in tho
treet, where I recovered my sonsos
ruflicicntly to put ua ray hat and coat,
snatched up in ray flight, meohani.
cally, from tho tablo in tho antoohara
ber. I wont back to my hotel and passed a
night to which that uneasy quo of Clar-
enco was as notniug. in tho morning,
very early, I hurried out again, laugh
ing at my folly. Tho day was flno mid
bright, as only Paris can be; und yet
I trembled upon turning into tho court
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where, howovcr, I found nothing moro
torriblo than Casimir, watering his
flowers and talking to a gray cat that
rubbed itself affVctionatcly against his
shins. Tho old man started when ho
saw me, and looked from mo to tho
window, behind which ho supposed I
had been sleeping.
"Monsieur rises early," said ho.
"Yes. 1 nm called away. You will
bo kind enough to pack my trunk and
send it after mo."
"Monsiour gives up tbo rooms!"
"Unavoidably. It docs not matter ;
they anj paid for, all tho Bamo."
Surpriso mado him speechless for a
moment. Tho oat camo slowly toward
me, purring. I stooped and stroked it
between tho cars.
"Ho is called Chambord, monsieur j
ho lives upon raw meat, but ho is very
kind and gontle. I regret that mon
sieur goes away."
"ihank you. (Jasimir, what strango
man was in tho house last night!"
"Monsieur, I do not understand.
Thero was no ono."
"You let no ono out, then !"
"Oh, that of course. Tho house has
many apartments, many lodgers. I do
not count them in my sleep.
"Nevertheless," I said, with some
warmth, "thero was a stranger in my
rooms last night. I saw him."
"juonBicur was dreaming. It is im
possible."
"liut I can describo hira to you.
And I tried to do so, making only a
stammering failure of it.
Cassimir shrugged his shoulders.
Then I remembered tho curious mark
upon the man's check, and put in that
evidence, triumphantly.
1 ho dull eyes opened a little wider;
but ho smiled and shook his head.
Sapristi 1 Now I know that mon
sieur was surely dreaming. That is
the Brazilian, Cornclio, tho good pa
tron's valet de chambro."
"Wall, then, I tell you he has como
back."
"But, monsieur"
"I swear it to yon."
'Impossible. Monsieur Morizot keeps
him always at bis side. They aro both
in Lapland."
I argued with him to no purpose.
IIo grew angry, and, in bis excitement,
tipped over his watering pot upon
Chambord, who turned tail and disap
peared. I could convince hira of
nothing but my own imbecility; and so
left hira, rauttenug stranre oaths
among his flowers.
Ono rarely fails to recall a startling
bit of his own experience, tho first
timo its date comes around again. So
it happened that this adventure was
upper-most in my mind ono midsummer
night ot the following year, on board
the good Btearaer Baron 'Osy, bound
from London to Antwerp. Wo had
left tho whito tower just at noon, and
had droppod leisurely down tho over
burdened Thames, threading our cau
tious way through larger and smaller
craft, in and out among tow boats and
barges, and awkward littlo luggers
with red sails and spankers, past the
big guns of Woolwich, and Greenwich
hospital with its wbite hairtd veterans
whoso reckoning leaves off where ours
begins, by Tilbury fort and Gravcseud,
where the great river, broadened to an
estuary, stretches out its arms to meet
tho Medway, and the two go wander
ing off hero and tbore in a tanglo of
green bills that know no winter, but
aro always green. So wo had come
out into yellower and wider water; tho
sun had set in a bank of cool, gray
clouds; the white cliffs and glimmering
lights of Margate wero already low oa
tho horizon, and tho long twilight ciept
down upon us slowly, imperceptibly.
I had seen out lew passengers, all ot
the heaviest and most uninteresting
modern Flemish pattern. But a chance
remark of one of the stewatds led me
to think that there wero others of con
sequence holding themselves aloof in
their cabins. Uno by one, those who
wero about mo on tho after deck had
gone below as the night breeze
strengthened. I knew that the stars
were coming out, that under tho palo
green streak ot western sky tho .hn
glish coast was fast receding. But
my thoughts were bundieda of miles
away. With them I was really stroll
ing through tbo passage des Princes
and back along tho boulevard, hum
ming, as 1 walked, tho doctor s air in
"L'Ombre:"
Midi minuit
Lo jour la nuit I
Midi, o'est la vie,
Minuit, la raort oui I
And so on through all tbo details of
that troubled night. I lived again in
il. Moriznt's apartment; I saw his
chair at tho fire, his book upon tho
table; nay, even tho old letter-press
danced beforo my oyes.
"Iho prisoner is sworn and asked
his name, age, rank and placo of
abode.
"IIo said that his namo was Francois
Ravaillau, born and dwelling at Augou
lome" Tho sound o! my voice brought mo
back to tho deck ot tho liarou Osy
I had spoken thu words aloud. I
turned and saw that they must havo
been overheard by a passenger who
stood at tlio rail, not ten feet away.
IIo woro a close tilting, pointod cap
and a long, dark coat, buttoned tightly
under his chin, and these garments had
a suggestive richness iu them. A
splendid jewel, too, shono upon his
hand. But his eyes wero fixed on mo
with a look in which fear and wonder
mingled straugely; his face seomed
white as death, and it was tho faco of
the valet, Cornelio.
I roalizod an unknown power in tho
words which I had spoken; and with
out moving uoin my place, 1 mushed
tho broken scntonoa from tho trial of
Ravalllao, then repeated it word for
word from tlio beginning. With that.
tho mark upon his cheek quivered con
vulsively; ho gave a wild cry, liko somo
iiruto urougnt to uay, and with ono ap
pealing look, as if toward imaginary
iiuisuuio uiusiii iu upuu nun, uu uuug
nimsoii ovor tno ran into tho soa.
I rushed to tho ship's side, as ono of
tho hands, who had seen him jump,
tore a iuo preserver irom tho guards,
and threw il after him. Wo caught
sight ot an arm toased up in tho foam
ing wako tar behind. A wavo swept
over it. ino engines wero stopped,
and a boat wns lowered. After a lotig
timo it camo back, bringing only tho
wet oorks. Tho old gray sexton of
tho sea works quickly and well.
Wo found his name registered upon
tho list Katnon Quiza, rentier, of
Rio. IIo had no companion, and his
trunks wero stored somowhero on the
quay at Antwerp. When I left tho
city thoy still remained llicro un
claimed. Tbrco years later, in ono of tho con
tincntal reading rooms, I took up tho
Figaro to divert myself with its fails
divers and cchos do Paris. Between
iho last mot of Mine. X. nnd tho an
nouncement of n feto at Asniorcs I '
found n lino of reference to n matter
familiar enough, as it eccmcd, to all
buj casual readers, viz, tho division
among tho heirs at Inw of a handsomo
proporty. that of ono M. Morizot. Tho
namo and tlio mysterious Importancogiv
on it rouso 1 my curiosity.and I wrote at
onoo to n Parisian crony for fuller in
formation. IMS was liis answer:
"Havo y6u retired from tho world
that you ceaso to read tho news of it T
Wo nio worn out with details of tlio
lifo nnd death of M. Morizot. Pardon
me, then, if I recite them to you very
briefly. Tho worthy man lived, on
garcou, in ono ot thoso houses of tho
ruu Neuvo St. Augustin already con.
demned to mako way for tho now
avenue, which will bo a marvel. Liko
you, ho wn? a traveler, nnd ho often
remained for years nn absentee, staying
away, at least, longer than tho codo
allows. Ho became to all intents nnd
purposes a doad man, and his heirs do
mauded to share his estate, and to
break up his collection of jewels,
known to bo of great valuo. Man pro
poses 1 Tho snfe was opened; but it
had been rifled, mon ami. They found
thero instead tho owner's body,Btabbed
through and through. The good soul
had mado a hard light of it. His hand
still clutched n bit of a wntch chain,
identified as the property of a certain
Brazilian ape of a servant who novor
left him. Our haute polico is enor
mously cunning. Bit by bit, tho case
has been worked up, and this is what
happened Tho two at rived lata ono
night at tho northern railway station,
where, to save time, at tho servant's
suggestion, their trunks wero left to bo
claimed in tho morning. Thus they
installed inemseives at homo without
stir aud unannounced. Then tho man
got tho belter of his master, and be
came in his turn an absentee. No ono
over dreamed of the arrival or tho de
parture, yet now it is all clear as
though wo saw it in a glass tho very
dato proved by tho fragmont of a jour
nal found in tho pocket of what was
onco M. Morizot. Heed tho warning
and travel no-moro, but marry, and let
mauamo watch over you. Get thco a
wile, mon amour I Kt voild tout ! '
I answered my foreign correspondent
in good American fashion, by asking a
question. Upon what dale, I prayed
him, was the crime committed ! His
reply brought me a printed slip, fixing
upon me very nignt ot ray adventure,
but in tho year preceding it. And on
tins point all known records of the nf
fair obstinately agree.
That Scnor Ramon Quizas and tho
valet, Cornelio, wero ono and tho same
l havo no manner of donbt : but that
ho over could havo revisited tho scene
of his double crime is inconceivable.
Whoso face, then, appeared to rao in
tho mirror ! Whose hands were washed
in the running water ! Who, besides
myself, clamored thero in tho dark for
release from his own haunting fears !
Did I, by somo strango coincidence.
dream these things, one after another,
in quick succession ! Or did the"mur
derer leave behind him in his flight a
gnostiy presence, to play his hideous
part out, time and limo again : whilo
tho faithful glass of Vonice reflected
lino tor line, moment for moment ! I
cannot answer. But now when I walk
in tho Avenue de l'Opera I am grateful
oven for that dullest of improvement's
dull marches, sweeping, as it does, nil
momory but mino of my grim lodging
irom tun lace ot tne earth. V. Ji.
Sullivan in Scrilmer's Magazine.
Cremation in Alaska.
CUKIOUS CUSTOMS THAT I'OLI.OW DEATH
-WHY THU llODIL'B I1UUN WEI.!.
Having had information tho othor dav
of a cremation to lako placo at tho In
dian village, I went to tho beach to
witness it. Iho detuuet siwash was
knowu around Jaueau as Frank, and
was formerly employed at Martin Bros.
store in the capacity of Indian clork,
and tho blockraan (it boing a doublo
cremation of ono of each sex) had been
called Jennie ; both, as it happened,
having died of consumption.' Tho
morning service consisted of tho an
cient ceremony known as "potlatch."
which is always customary among the
Indians ot southeastern Alaska on tho
occasion of a death of one of their
number. The potlatcl. is a division of
whatever temporal goods tho deceased
may havo possessed, such as blankets,
ilry goods, &a , among his or her re
lations, according as tho merits ot the
caso eaoh individual case may justify.
in ino Bervioes ot tho mourning,
which aro very long, and to the Indian
mind vciy impressive, tho first in tho
order of tho day is a eulogistio disclo
sure by ono of tbo old men, which, bo
ing delivered by him in sections, so to
speak, is taken up and sung by tho rest
in a monotonous sort of chant ; tho
old man is then superseded by another
venerable buck, who goes through tho
same service, and he in turn by an
other, until nil tho old men bavo bad
their individual Bay. Tho chanters
keep timo by thumping on tho floor
with sticks and beating on n drum.
This performance, being gono over for
a day or two, tlio potlatch takes placo.
Tho body of the deceased is first
wrapped in n matting, woven from
split roots, and in appenraneo resemb
ling ooarso straw. They then convey
tlio body to tho placo of cremation,
which is always on tho benoh nt high
water mark. ' On this occasion thoy
had on hand for tho purpose of burn
ing tho two bodies, about ono cord of
wood, somo split and somo in small
logs. First n platform of small logs is
laid a foot from tho ground, and a
spaco of four inches between each log.
On this pyre, which was about Boven
feet long by five foot wide, tho two
bodies wero plaoed, about throo foot
apart, and around them a miniaturo
log hut was built to height of four feet;
tho enclosed space is then carefully
filled in with split wood nnd lino kind"
ling, and now, everything being in
roadiness, the fire is lighted from tho
bottom. Tho uativo diet boing chiefly
salmon, an oily substance, tbo bodies
of tho IndiatiB seem to contain a con
siderable amount of oil, a? thoy burn
very rapidly. While thu corpses wero
charring, the friends of tho deceased
oontinuo to poko them with long stioks
occasionally raking tho fragments of
burnt flesh from tho firo and wrapping
thoni in skins, blankets, &o. Return
ing from tho cremation of tho two na
tives, I heard singing in a native house,
nnd droppod in to seo what wns goitig
on.
Thero was quite nn assemblage of
natives squatted ar mud a small firo in
tho centre of tho room, nnd nt ono end
of tho houso the corpse of nn old wom
an lay, oovored with sheet nnd blank,
ets. All around tho room was strung
up muslin, pieces of calico, aud a few
blankets; also thrco umbrellas, etc,
all of which will bo distributed among
tho relatives and near frh nda. Then
tho process described above will bo
gono through.