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Corner ol Main and Market streets liloomsburtr, ra. t&'I'ermont and Bour.lUt Collected. J II MAIZE, ATTORNEY AT-LAW fflce In Maize's bulldlif; overlllllmeycr'sgrocery F. P. BILLMEYEH, (DISTRICT ATTORNEY.) ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. iHTOfllco over Dentler's shoo store, lHoomsburg, Pa. rapr-KO.86. yf. H. IUIAWN. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. catawlss, Pa. omoe.corneror Third and MalnHtreeta. M ICIIAEL F. EYERLY, ' Conveyancer, Collector of Claims. LEGAL ADVICE IN TIIEJBETTLEMENT OP ESTATES, to. r"Offlco In rentier's building with P. r. Bill meyer, attorncy-at-law, tront looms, snd noor Bloomsburg, l'a. lapr-g-sc y. S. SMITH, " ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Berwiok, Pa. D It. H0N0IIA A. BOBBINS. offico and residence. West First Btrect, Blooms- burg, l'a. noTOMiy. J) n. j. n. moork. EYE, EAB AND THEOAT, A SPECIALTY. rlTTSTON, I'A. Will bo at Exchange Hotel, In Blcomsburg, every two weeks, on baturdiy, from 8:80 p. m. to s p.m April S3, May 7 and 21. novM&ely. DR. J. It. EVANS, M. D., Surgeon ami Physician. 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These Mia, coxroaATiONB are well seasoned by aije and pi be tkstkd and have never yet had a loss settled by any court or law. Their assets are all Invested In solid bbcuritixs are liable to the hazard of riBi only. Losses phomjtlv and honestly adjusted and paid as soon as determined by christian r. KNArr, BricuL aobnt and adjcstsbBloomsbcho, Pa. The people ot Columbia county should patron ize the agency where losses It any are settled and pall by one or tber own citizens. PROMPTNESS. EOUITY, PAIB DEALING. EREA8 BROWN'S INSURANCE AGENCY. Moyer's new building, Mala street, jmsburg, Pa. Assets jUtna Insurance Co., or Uarttord, conn $7,ots,2SO ltoyal ot Liverpool 13,600,000 10,000,000 .auuuuinfm. 1'lre Association,' PhUadVlphia. '. Phcanlx. or Lnnilnn 4,JDO,IU 6,266,370 3,873,050 2,083,680 London ft Lancashire, ol England Hartford ot Ilartiord. ". bprlntmcld Fire and Marine As the agencies are direct, policies are written or the insured without delay In the omce at "YAINWRIQHT & CO., WHOLESALE OROCERS, Philadelphia, Pa. 1EA8, bYBUPS, COFFEE, SUQAIt, MOLASSES in ok, erioze, uioAiiu soda, etc., etc. N. E. Corner Second and Arch Sts. Orders will receive prompt attention. II. HOUSE, DENTIST, ni.ooMsuuno, Columbia Countit, Pa All styles or work done In a superior manner, work warranted aa represented. Turn Extbaot id without Pain by the use ot Oas, and tree ot charge when artificial teeth are Inserted. Offlce in Barton's building, Main street, below Market, tivo doors below Kleim's drug store, ilrst floor. lob open at all hourt during the rfai NovM.ly pUR8EL'fl BARUKR SHOP, Under Exoliango Hotel. Tho Toneorlal Art in nil lis branches. HOT AND COLD BATHS. IIarrie B. Pursei, Iyraar25 Proprietor. J. Ei SliWELL, ,. , . J s 3IT3NtlENDEn,Prorlst(, FOR MEN AND YOUTHS. FOR EOYS AND CHILDREN. A. C. YATES & CO., SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STS. TC. SLOAH & BRO., BLOOMSBURG, PA. Manutacturers ot CARRIAGES' BUGGIES, PHAETONS SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C. First-class work always on hand. JtKPA 1RINO NBA TLYD OHh . Price reduced lo luit the timet. BLOOMSBURG FLAKING MILL :o. TtiA linrlAratrrnA1 hatriH t.in ni..i. on Katlroad street, !n nrat-ciaes condition. Is pre pared toao aliklndsot work In his line. FRAMES, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS. MOULDINGS, FLOORING, Etc. farraanea at reasonable j rices. All lumber useo is wn Heaaooea ana none out BElliea worsmeD are employed. ESTIMAT.ES FOE BUILDINGS urnlshed on anollcatlon. Plana and nwcinra onsorepared by an experienced draughtsman CHARLES KRCG, BlooiuNburs, V,a CLOTHING! CLOTHING I G. W. BERTSCH, THE MERCHANT TAILOR. Ci'i,;' Furnishing Goods, Bats & Gaps OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Suits made to order at short notice and a fit always guaranteed or no rale. Call and examino the largest and best selected stock of goods over shown in Columbia county. Store next door to First National Bank, MAIN STREET, Bloomsburg Pa. OMMEHTAL IRON FENCES OF CAST CIl WROUGHT IRON. Suitable for Yards, Cemetery Lots and Public Grounds :o: the several beautiful styles ot Fence manufactured by the undersigned. Vnr llpnurv Rnrt nurabllltv thftv are unsumaaa ea. set up by experienced hands and warranted 10 nre satisraction. Prices and Rpccimens of othor de signs sent to any address. Address BLOOMSBURG PA. May 4-tr Ct WITHIN C. SHOKTUDOK'H ACADK1IY, FOll VOUNO URN AMI I10Y8, MEDIA, l'A. miiimm 1'ntindplnhlii. Fixed nrlce coTers every expense, even books, ic. o extra charges. jso inciaeiaul uajhtum-b. iu cAouuuauwu iui m nilsslon. Twelve experienced teachers, all men, and all graduates, bpcclal opportunities tor apt students to advance rapidly, special drill for dull and backward boys. Patrons or st uder.ts may se lect any studies or rhoose the regular Knltsh, hcl entinc. liuslness, Classical or tivtl Engineering course. Mudents lilted at Sledla Academy are now in Harvard, Yale, l'rlnceton and ten other Colleges and Polytechnic bchools. 10 students sent to college In ltM, 15 In 1SH, 10 In liws, 10 In A graduating class every year In the com mercial department. A physical and Chemical Laboratory, ilyinnablum and Hall uroiind. 1500 o s. added to library In 188.1. Physical apparatus doubled In ISO. Media has seen churches and a temperance charter which prohibits the Bale ot all Intoxicating drinks. For new illustrated circular address me rnncipui ttiim-rurnuiui, oiuimt' y. BUOUTLIUaE, A. -M., (Harvard Graduate,) Media, j'enn'n Aug.ll,s,ly. $KA MopthtSS and Hoard Quaran- Young Men or ladles in each county, and highest wt commission paid (oucn 1160 a month. NKW UOOlv already on S WOWDERS In North and houth Ameilca, at tho Ico-Iiound l Oies, Over llio 1UUU Ul lua jiiiuuihui. cuu, uuuci the Kuuitor, through the Dark Continent, among , i, mil ivmnict. of Inula. In the Flowery King doms of China and Jam n, amid the ruins of Incas AZteCS and UUI, niiuiu vuuuua, uuiiuiuuo and Hardens ot theOods on the Isles or thebea, and in all parts ot tho globe. SO engravlogs. Low price, oulck balea end ror circular. . ZlEOLElt & CO., T20 Chestnut BU Philadelphia, I'a. deo IT, set. to be made. Cut this out and return to us, and we will wnd you free, some thing of great value and linpoitance to vmi. that mil start iou In business which wli bring you In more money right away than anything else inthU world. Any one can do the work and live at home. Either sex; all ages, something new, that just coins money lor all workers. We will start you; capital not needed. This la oneot the genuine, lmiwrtant chances ot a met line, jnoso wuo are uimuuiuub aim ruiciiuu lngwlll not delay. (Irand ouint Iree. Aldress, Tub 6 Co., Augusta Nalne. docS4-S,ly. 8,000 AOENT8 WANTED I TOUI1LE QUICK I tOBell JOE HOWARD'S DC CPU CD LIKE OF ULLUIIL.il Tnnnitriv (he most valuable liecause coming so closely rrom the rurally elide and by a master lis nd engaged In a "Labor of lave." lllchly lllus-trated-sieel portrait, etc. Will sell Immensely. Millions w nt this standard Lire ot the irreaust Preacher and Orator ol the age. Quick la the word. Territory in great demand, Send for cir culars and wc. tor outfit to UChUAllD liltoa 1-ubs., 1t3 Chestnut feu, t-hiladelpha, l'a. ttaprl He SCROFULA I1onot1cllovo tliat Aycr'a S.irnnparilln lininn equal as a euro for Scrufiiloiu Hu inim. It li pleasant lo lake. rIvps strength 10 tlui boily, ntid pro duces n muro perma nent renilt llinn any tnrilli'hia Inverusel. 11. Ilaluei, North Minlalis, Olilo. I linvn used Ayer's Raii.ip.irlll.i, in my lanilly, for Scrofula, ami know, If It Is talu-u faltlirully It will thor.mnlilv eradicate 1 1 il-i ti'irlliln dlipnun. Humors, Erysipelas, W.IM'owlnr.M.D., For fin'lv vpjir T liavo sufTerecl with I'.rvslMni. I hav trlnil vnrlnus rrmciilel fur tu y ciiiiiplalnt, but found no rellrt until I coiiiiiipiii fit ualns Canker, and Ayer's Harsnparilla. After taking ti n bot tles ot thl medicine I mil coiiiiilclidy cured. M ('. Ainesbury, Unckpoit, .Me, I have siilTeri'il, for yeari, from Catarrh, which wan so severe that It (lmtrnycd my nppctltu ami weak ened my system. After trying other reinodlei, without re lief, I began lo tnko Ayer's Sarsaparllla, and, in n few luontln, wasrured. Siii.iii I. Cook, W.t Albany St., Itoilon, Musi, Ayer's .S.usaparllla N superior to any blood purilier that I uvir tried. I hao taken it for Scrofula, Oaii kor, and Salt Hheunl, mid locclvcd much lmnctit from It. It It good, also, for a 'weak stomach. Millie Jane l'circo, 8. Ilradford, .Mass. Catarrh, Can be cured by purifying the blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla, rrcpsred by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, llui rrlcoSl; six bottles, S3. FOB STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS CAN 11 1: PUT ON I1V ANY rKItSU.V. THOUSANDS OF ROLLS BOLD ANNUALLY FOB 11UII.DINGS OF EVEKY DESCHIITION. SEND FOU NEW OIRCULAR. CONTAININO FHIUE LIST AND REFEItENCES. ACENT3 WANTED. M. EHRET, JR. & CO. SOLE MANUFACTURERS, 423 Walnut Street. PHILADELPHIA. mar4a&3ms. CARPETS Having received his Spring stock of Carpeting, is now ready to sliow a large stock of J At prices which cannot help hut please. Call and examine them at the old stand, BLOOMSBURG, PA. J . R. SMITH & CO. LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., Dealkrs IN PIANOS By the following wcllknown makers: Chickcring, Knabc, Weber, Hallct & Davis. Can also furnish any of the cheaper makes at manufacturers prices. Do not buy a piano be fore getting our prices. Catalogue and Price Lists On application. Sept3-86tf. A'ttyoiir retailor forllie JamesJIean.' S3 Shoo. I'l.illluu 1 Hiliio ilialim leiomiiiini iilirl'r en 1 1 . tu unler to luakdu larirt-r iiiuf.t. rnuuilio ol luluul 6-1 st.ue. Uett are or linllalUiiih u l.lcll nu lniimltiliiBiliHr iiwii Inferiority by iiilemptlui lo I ntld l.poii Him irputiitloii ot iliunrlRlii&l. , None iii'iiuliie uiilt'kM bcui Inn Ibis btniup. JAES MEANS' I Mudu In Huttnn, Cmigref aiul lUico. Jht Calf hlin. Uliux- ccuu I m "t mniii u, . imy u tx tltarancr, a iosIl (itr4 ttciit IOU4 will LrliiLrxoiitu fnrniutlou how tu nt lltli IoansCo Our celflirnteil f Actorv prfHiui'ri a targtrquantttr if hhot'i of tliiiKrude luuu any other fitctorjr In I bo wurlJ. ThouiamU who wrnr llifiu will tell yon h rt-ftin If ini iu-Ic lliem. JA.HIIK JIIKAN' b't hllOlC fur Itu) 1 uuttpproucltca la luiublti ty, l-'ull lines or the aouve bdocb ror sale by I. W. HARTMAN & SON, Sole aeents for Uloomsburir, I'a. (tebll-ist. PATENTS. t btalned and all patent business attended to tor moderate roes. our omce is opposite the U. B. ratent omce, and we can obtain Patents In less tlmo than those re mote rrom Washington. send model or drawing. We advise as to pat entability tree o( charge, and we make no charge unless patent Is secured. We rerer here, to the Postmaster, the Bupt. or Money Order Dlv., and to officials or the U. 8. Patent omce. For circular, advice, terms and references to actual clients In your own btateor county, write to C. A. SNOW & CO., opposite Patent omce, Washington, d o Tin A!' .x ,y -, BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1887. SELECT STORY. THE OAPTAIN'B PEODATION. 1 wort to tli Manor to look aflor Lady l'ardock boy. Ho wis ecven ( ars oM a sturtly, bold boyi itidcpoiiil phi, nut, na tinoillent as l imvo never seon a lad t-o yoiiiiR. His mother's word wns onongli; lio tlui ns lio wni b'tlden without ntie8tionlt)l or frctfuhiCfi. Lady Pnrdook was a widow. Atnont tho party was Cuptain Armstrong, of mo navy nnu ino captain anti tun young nuir uicamn great irienati. laay rar dunk si'Pined to despite tho Cnptain c little. She was a line, hnndsomo wo- mans tall, wcll-matlo and well drcfsctl. She and Ilinry, another iiieft, were good munis, faho was interustcil in his mining and wita nuito an ready to go down in ino mini's an plio was to xaiL iu Mr. IIemphill' yacht, Ibo Fire- tiy. ""Von are, of courpe, a great traveler, Captain Armstrong?" sho said one day to ino sauor. "No," he replied car lesk'. "I havo been around the woild, not mncli in ii. A sailor seen a good deal, and Micro is something wortli seeing occasionally, too." "Have you ever been in a battlo V she asked again. "Nover, 1 am thankful to say," he replied. "You aro Burely not serious?" she said. "I am quite serious I dread bntt'c 1 Of course ! should fight if I Ii.nl to do so but I, trust . I nover shall.'1 "I wonder jou onterid. tho navy, CaptaiiiArinHtroDg," sho litilf'siii'i red. "You Aiiould have been a Quaker." "It was not my own "choice, Lady Pardoeki'' ho answered. "116 .would make iip exeijlletit coun try parson," Bife remarked lo her neighbor, Cnptaio Martyn-IIonry ; and very soon afterwaid tbo ladies left the dining-room. From that time L'idy Pardock seemed to think tho sailor what Chailoy calls "a muff." One day wo started to Ludwoitli Cove. They all had heard of it. but few hud over been thero. The wind was blowjng briskly Troni the souih- east a favorable, quarter, and, as Mr. Hemphill said, "If it does veer to the southwest, all the hotter; it will bring us homo tho faster" Won't, you come, Armstrong V asked Mr. Hemphill. . "No." thank you, "I don't caro much for sailing.' Besides you 'are quite enough in that craft without mo. I shoiild.ODly prove a Jonah." "Vby. do you thi think a storm will come on T ' "It docs, not look like settled wcaih er, I must say," replied tho Captnin captiously. "But you.can always soud, you know 1" 'Thank you," replied Ilompliill. 'Hut, seriously, Lady Pardock, if you fear " "Fear ! I fear? No; I think Captain Armstrong is afraid. Let us go, Mr. Hemphill." Ho nt once gave tho word to shove off. Tho yacht was lying at a little disianco out, as the tidu was low, So wo wont on board whither Mrs. Cardewe had already proceeded. Cap tain Armstrong had merely taken off his hat when Lady Pardock referred to him so contemptuously. But I know quite well sho respected his nature, and his cool firmness, for all her cilduess to him. I wan certain she thought of what ho said, for moro than onco I had beard her talking to her boy, and he told her what his fiicnd, tho Cap tain, had bidden him to do. Lady Pardock ulwnts agreed with her son ou these occasions. So wheu wo reach ed tho yacht sho spoke to tho sailing master and asked him what ho thought of tho weather. "Fair and square, my Lady; I think it will chance afore night, but, so far, I see nothing to' bo alarmed about." "Perhaps tho boy had better go ashore,'1 said Mr. Cardew. "Nonsense!" said Mr. Hemphill. "Mrs. Farmer wants a sail as well os ourselves. Let the lad remain. You'd liko tho sea, Sir Jooelyn ?" "Oh, yes 1" he laugticd; "I love the seal" That decided tho question. I remain ed, and wo were soon under weigh, rushing down tho coaet iu the direo tion of Portland Bill. Captain Arm strong watched us for awhile; and then, waving his hat as a farewell; turned up tho path toward tho Manor. Ho encountered Charley, my bus baud, and tho old fisherman ou the way, and stopped, as sailors liko to talk with sailors. Shoitly after Captain Armstrong an nounced that ho was going over to Weymouth. "I wonder you didn't go in tho Fire fly, then,'1 remarked Mi-s Paradys. "If I had, there would hava been nobody to take thera dry clothes," re marked tho sailor-captain. "Dry clothes! What do you mean ' You don't protend to say thtro will bo rain this afiernoou with this wind V cried Captain Marlyu-Henry. "Why, it's a lovely day." 'So it is," acquiesced the sailor, "but tine days do not last forever. Do you see those long white wisps of clouds? Do you see that dark line to windward, and tho bank of clouds in tho south west. Tho wind is in thoso clouds; it will blow from tho southwest beforo night, and, with this i ipplo and a tide, raise a nice surf .on the Chesil Bank. That's about tho only bank in Knglnnd on which 1 do not caro for a check.'' Captain Armstrong ordered some dry clothes for the ladies, greatly to tho amusement of tho maid who packed them in tho portmanteau. Whilo theso preparations were being made, tho quiet captain sauntered ou, telling the others to pick him up at Farmer's cottage. Charley, my hus band, was at homo. "I think you're ascnsiblo young fol low, Farmer," said tho sailor. "Just put a few of your wife's things in a carpet bag or a box; and I II take them to Weymouth. Tho yacht will get wet, I expect." Charley was not bo much surprised, as ho had been talking with Barnes the flehormau. But ho said "I'll bring them over, sir, thr.uk you heartily." "No, corao with us. You can sit with Uobcrts. Make haste. Havo you any clothes lino loady?" "Clothes line!" exclaimed Charley, "Plenty." "Then bring it. Bring all you liavo. It will do lo lie up tho other buudles," ho muttered. ChsrleyV preparations had soarooly , been completed when tho wagonette came in sight. "Ili-ro yon ar6 then!" exclaimed Cap tain Hi'iiry; "you stem determined to bring luggage enough." "Just a change all around," was tho reply. "All tight!" The coachman touched his horses gontly with tho whip, nnJ tiff they started. Tho breeze was strong, but inland the peoplo were sheltered. It was different with us in the Firefly. Wo got on very well lor a while ; tho breezy wan rather behind us, and sent us dashing along beautifully. By degrees, however, the yacht began to plunge deeper and deeper. Tho sea got up, and broko on board frequently. I didn't care, as I was accustomed to salt war, nnd I minded tho boy. Lady Pardock cumo and stood by me. "I think Captain Armstrong was tittht, Mis. Farmer," shu said. "I heard tho master tell Mr. Hemphill that tho wind waa veering to the south west." At that moment Mr. Hemphill camo up with Mrs. Cardewe, who' was glad to lio hack in tho stern of tho yacht and bo covered with shawls and tarpaulins. She looked wretched. "I think that it would be moro nrn- dent to run for Weymouth at once," said Mr. Hemphill. "If wo put into Lndworlh supposing wo can make tho entrance, which is doubtful wo can get no real accomodation. Now at Weymouth wo can, ntd thero aro the train and the telegraph, plenty of shotis, and so on." the ladies agreed to tho suggestion, aud the yacht was headed for Port land Bill, Even Lady Pardock had had enough of thu sea water beforo sunset. Ino waves dashed in and forced us to go below. Tho wind rose. as one who remembers that afternoon in September will recollect. It got fierco by fivo o'clock and positively boisterous by six. Groat waves rolled up irom the southwest, and wo pluiitr- i'd fearfully into tho sea. We had only a jib on her, and two reefs in tho mainsail wero taken in. Nevertheless wo plunged on to wind ward, for the captain did not dnro to turn now nnd ''scud." Wo tacked and lacKt'd, beating until the sun went down and ivo did not seem to bo much near er Weymouth or Portland Roads, for which wo were aiming, i'rom Port land Island tho great Chesil Beach, I know, and so did all the sailors, extend ed right away to Bridgeport, where tho mighty Portland stones havo dwindled through all shapes and sizes of pebbles to sand and gravel; ami tho biggest always the highest up tho bank. The captaiu or sailing-master, was bravo enough, but anxious; tho crow wero sturdy; the gentlemen on board wero serious; tho ladies very ill and quite careless of danger. Tho little heir was fat aslocp iu my arms, and a9 wo hicled over ami listened :o the flapping and dashing of the waves out side and tho rush of water across tho leek, I prayed sarnostly and wonder ed whether wo should ever see Cardoso Manor again. It was evening and wo wero past Portland Bill. The captain Baid wo must go about and run in on the tido to mako all the leeway up. The wind was (load on shore. The waves beat high upon tho Chesil Bank, and if I could ao Bomu duo writing I could tell you about tho curling tops of tho masses of water which poured on tho shingle. iJut tint was nothing to tno next day s sea. That 1 shall never lorgct. Thn Fireily had been sighted and considerable anxiety had been express ed about her. Little did I think that among tho people who were watching us wero (Jharley and Captain Arm strong, in fear for tho resmt. Charley told mo afterwaid that the captain was as cool as ever, and apparently afraid of getting wet; so ho hired a cab and drove down through Weymouth to tho Island, leaving Mr. and Mrs. Martyn. Henry at the hotel to receive tho party if thoy ran alongside tho pier safely. Alio evening was deepening into a blustering and stormy night, as Char ley and Captain Annstroug drove to Portland, and our yacht was driving on. Wo wero still below when tho easier motion of the yacht, consequent on our running beforo thu wind, in duced us to go ou deck. Behind us was a limitless tumbling sea, dark clouds and rain; in front tho Chesil bank, tho island witli its quarries and its prisoners, and the smooth waters of the roid bovond. Iu an hour or so we should bo riding alongsido tho pier or iu tho harbor or pulling ashore to catoh tho train home. So wo said ! But how is this? Wo aro not goinc for the harbor direct! Yes, wo are what is that behind us? a roar, then a Hash, and, another roar. Blow, blow, good wind, ore tho storm overtake us, or wo shall fare badly. Flap! Hap. The wind has suddenly failed us. "Vo aro iu the centre of a little cyclone!" So said tho captain. :i "Bear a hand, men; wo shall bo tak en aback in a minute !" shouted tho master, rushing to the tiller. "Furl, all up with her leave the jib alone, clew up tho mainsail, smart ? Mo timo to loso. 1 lap! Boom comes tho wind Irom tho northeast with a rush. The Firetly heels over liko a toy; Hip jib strains. "Up with tho helm!" Tho canvas splits with a fearful rending, ripping report, aud tho yacht drives upon Portland. "Steady, menl all hands out ot the dinghy 1 Remember the women and tho child ! Bend tho foresail. Let her run!" roared the master. Tho yacht paid off, and turning her back on the sea, rushed down channel alas, into a tiile-eddy, which sucked under the rocks ot Portland Island as tho wind veered again. iho soidiors at tho Vorno bv this time wi ro crowdod upon thu cliffs to see the "wreck," Somo shouted for ropes, Borne for rockets, but neither wero lorth-coaing. Tho ynoht drove in, and in live minutes ran botweon two rocks, where (tho wind having chopped again to the southwest) bIio remained Hern to sea trequeiitly swept by the waves, and apparently with only a tew minutes to nvo. Ve were screaming and iu tho most terri ble distress. Lady Pardock alone said not a single word. Sho took her child from my arms and said "Mrs. farmer, try to savo voursolf when tho timo comes; Jocelyn and I will die together." "Mamma. I am verv liunorv. Mav I havo Borne lea soo'n ?" whimpered jocciyn, T , 'I hu mother klsted him passionately. rn . xears camu into my eves as I reraem bored my own childrou and Oharloy. Was this death ? Mr. Hemphill did all ho could to cheer us. "fhoy will find a rookct and wo can reach tho rooks' thero on tho beach. It is not so rough hero as yon- uer. no aro itioky, no said. Lucky 1 I thouizht. Luckv in din in two minutes or less when tho yacht ueuius 10 un aK up 7 inr. waruowo anu his wito wero standing hand in hand, na o but firm They had been praying; I had prayed too. Iho light was dying out, A black hguro was seen upon tho beach. re i ..t.i .! . i... ii nu euuiu swim out, mat, nuy yards or so he might bring us some assist ance. Tho master shook his head. "Thero a no swimmer in Dorset as will do it. Its possible I'vo seen men in the Pacifio swim as bad bits, but there's not len men in this jountry would try it." Tho figitro camo near and stood bv tho cliff in a placo opposite tho wreck. Three men wero behind him on a ledge holding a ropo ho intended to come out then ! Hurrah 1 lie plunged from a rock into doep seething water which broko over his head. He was gono I No I Ho re appeared beyond iho wave; ho had gono through it and was making pro gress towards tho yacht, steadily. Wo could not bear to look at him. It seemed as if he must bo dashed to pieces; but ho had made his way out, nnd, after a terrible struggle under tho yacht's bow, was hauled in, bleeding, dripping, half naked and with a strong line around his waist. A cheer 1 another; a scream from Ladv Pardock. Tho very last pers-m she had expected to see had done this thrice gallant feat Captain Armstrong, who sho had hinted was a coward. A coward ! There was no timo for complaints. The men ashore had gained tho beaoh and had already attached a ropo to tho line. Tho ropo was hauled on board, a basket and whip were quickly attached and the basket traveled across, deluged at times by tho waves but securely. Tho first person to venture was Mrs. Cardewe. By general consent she went first, and was landed dripping but in safety. Lady Pardock refused to go without her boy; but Captaiu Arm strong said: 'Trust him to me. I will answer lor his life with my own ! ' Sho smiled at him and gavo him her hand. Ho clasped it. She kissed her child, bidding him re main with Captain Armstrong. Sir Jocelyn said never a word. Ho ac quiesced silently and clung to his pro server tightly. Tho basket was sent away salely; then I went, and was clasped in Charley's arms. I fainted. liverybody was saved. Captain rmstrong quitted tho wreck last but ono and delivered tho child to his mother, who was waiting, tearless, ob livious of tho wind and rain and sea, whilo ho was carried acrosss. And this man sho had said, was afraid 1 And I ! Well, I say nothing now. Dry clothes and a wolcomo to tho bar racks wero within reach: and in a couple of hours, after great kindness from the governor of tho prison aud tho soldiers, wo wero enablod to pro ceed into Weymouth. That night the wind was terrible, and tho Fireily was knocked to pieces at high water ou tho Chesil Bank on Monday morning; I went down and Baw her broken up. Wo remained at Woymouth until Monday, and then all returned to Car dewe Manor except myself, Captain Armstrong, Lady Pardock, and Sir Jocelyn The lad could not bear to part with his friend who had rescued him aud had told him so many nice stories. "I must go, my boy," tho captain said; "I am afraid I moan I am obliged to go." "Oh, Captain Armstrong, can you over forgive aio 1" cried Lady Pardock tearfully. "I beg your pardon most humbly for so misrepresenting you." "My dear Lady Pardock, please say no more. I am really glad that I was enabled to render you a service." "A service I .can never repay," sho said. "Now Jocelyn, go with Mrs. Farmer." For ouce tho child paused. Then ho said: "I want Captain Armstrong to stay with us always, mamma. Wo havo plenty of money for us all and suoh a big houso. Will you como ?' ho cried- "I am afraid I "cannot go for long, Jocelyn," said he, "not for always." "Why not?" said Lady Pardock sud denly. Then the blood rushed to her face, f pr sho perceived what construc tion might bo placed upon hor words. Shu motioned mo to leave tho room and then 1 went out with Sir Jocelyn until rain came on, whon I camo back. "Captain Armstrong is going to bo my now papa," cried Sir Jocelyn that evening as ho rushed into my room. "is it uot splondui ? Now ho will toll mo plenty of tales. Mamma is glad too, for she kissed him when ho said he would Btay with us, and Bhe never kisses anyone but me." this was satisfactory 1 Next day Captain Armstrong and Ldy Pardock came to tho Manor, and drovo up in tho new omnibus alone. I camo In a cab with tho heir and tho luggage, and there wero great rejoicings when tho engagement was announced at Cardewo Mpnor. "So you cared for him all tho timo. dear?" said Mrs. Cardewo to Ladv Pardock. "I did," replied tho radiant young widow. "Ho is tho best and bravest man in tho world." The Tirst Nitro-Qlycerine. mi. . , . .. ino nrst, niiro-L'ivcenne that was over shipped from Europo to America was sent by tho way of Panama to San Franoisco. It oame through safely. Tho nitro'glyceiine was rendered in- expiosivo by peine dissolved in a co. holio other, from which it could easily uv Dt-paruieu uv any time uy evaporation, Tho only danger was that thu air-tioht imckago in which it was shipped might burst in transportation, allowing tho ether to evaporate. This happened with tho second shipment in 1807, and tho result was vorv disastrous. Whilo shifting tho cargo of tho Btcamer at iispiuwan, a oox oi caps was dropped among a lot of leakitig oases of nilro. glycenno. Tho resulting explosion shatttcred tho stoamer to atoms and killod 100 natives nnd many othors. r T-t . n oan jranci8CO uau. -now greeny you are 1 ' said one fir i ... . little girl to another, who had taken tho best applo in tho dish; "I waa going IU IU&U UlUl, THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXI.NO 17 COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL LI, NO The Polite, Japauose. Tho Japanese, savs Professor E. S. Morse, aro at all times polite thev never havo an impolito mood. Ameri can slapping ou tho back and "how aro you, Bill,' manners aro utterly incotn nrehcnsiblo to them. Japanese do uot kiss, Biiake nanus or embrace. Thov simply bow, sometimes for fivo minutes at a limp, lhoir bows aro so nicely graduated as to express a wide rango oi sentiment. iuov aro never petu lant, and they laugh when thoy sco on American lose his temper. They never swear thoy havo nothing lo swear with, f hoy haven't oven tho fim'mitm prolanity of "Oh, my r "good gra cious," or "dear mo." Eating upon tho strcet is considered a rtideness.oven among children and tho very poor. It is not only rudo to contradict another but rudo to havo a different opinion. This has its disadvantages, especial! v when one is in search of information. as no ono will bo impolito enough to correct his errors. Women aro tho servants at their own tables, as they do not sit with their husbands or neighbors. It is rude lo criticise food or service nt a hotel or restaurant. Thero every comer is a guest as if at a privaio house. .No mattter how pressing one's busi ness at a house, it is rudo to mention it until tho verv last, and then onlv inci dentally. Tho samo is true of a letter. Thero may bo a roll of paper sixteen feet long, with fifteen feet and nino inches of humbug, and three inches of business, tho only thintr for which the letter was written. No woman is ever insulted or even annoyed on tho street. A lady may travel by night or day, unattended, throughout Japan quito safe from any affront. Kindness to nnimals is uni versal, and has becomo proverbial. Crows aro tho scavengers upon thu city streets, and are uever harmed. Birds build in the citv houses: wild fowl alight in the ponds of the parks. ii a uog goes to sleep in tho busiest street, tho crowd will turn aside rather than disturb him. A dog does not know what is meant when a stone is thrown at it. In a busy villago street in the inland sea the speaker has walked witu a wild deer which had como in from tho forest trotlinc at cither side of him, waiting for tho rinds of the watermelon which ho was eatinc. The peoplo study nature with a true artistic instinot whioh shows its effect in their wonderful skill in tho .mechanical arts. Sleep Necessary, AN ITALIAN 8 FUTILE ATTEMPT AT GOING! THREE WEEKS WITHOUT SLKEI'INfl. The present epoch is ono in which the mind of man seems to turn to the performance of impossibilities. Ex plorers Beek to ponetrato to the .North Pole, and mountain climbers to scale tho highest peak of tho Himalayas. Captain Webb loses his life iu seeking to swim tho Niagara Rapids. Dr. Tan nor goes forty days without food. Tho latest attempt at doing something that nobody elso had ever donp, is that of an Italian named Rouzani, who essay ed to go three weeks without slecpinc but was speedily convicted of usinu deception in making peoplo beliovo that ho got along without sleep. Whatever teats ot enduranco men may accomplish, they cm not live long without sleeping. Tho victims of the Chineso waking torture seldom survive more than ten days. These untortu nato men aro given all they wish to eat and drink, but when thoy close their eyes thoy are pierced with spears and awakened. Thero s no torture more horrible. Men sleep under al most all conditions of bodily and men tal .suffering, however. Men condemn ed to death even thoso who foar their fate generally sleep at night beforo their execution. Soldiers sleep lyiner upon sharp rocks, and oven whilo ou the march. No ono knows just what sleep is. Tho prevailing theory as to its nature is that of tho physiologist Pioyer, who holds that refuse matter accumulates in the nervous centers in such quantity as to bring about insensibility, whioh sleep, and continues until tho brain has been relieved of this wasto matter by its absorption into tbo circulation. By way of contrast to tho cases of thoso who seek to do without Bleep, or aro often unable to obtain it, a caso is recorded by Dr. Phipson in which a young man slept thirty-two hours with out waking. l ou th s Uomjnituon. Wisdom of the Sices. noil 11URPETTE TELLS HOW A VILLAINOUS HAWK TIHEH TO MISLEAD IIIM. What a grand thing it must be to havo a good, thorough education, and know all about astronomy and natural history and phlebotomy and all thoso things. A painful senso of my own enural ignorance always makes mo look very ill at ease in tho presence of learned people. Not a oreat whilo ago, two months, perhaps, I was writ ing, and happening to glanco out of my window, saw a hawk make a swoop and catch a poor little iMigliah spar row. Tho robbor, with great insolence, How into a pmo treo close to my win dow and began his breakfast. I called tho Prince, and we watched the hnk devour tho little bird. Ho held tho Bparrow on the limb of tho treo with his talons, and toro oil bite after bite with his great beak. Ho did not pluck leather beforo eating. JSiow aud then, when a feather would como away with a Bhred of meat, tho hawk shook it from his beak, but went right on with his meal. He didn't swallow any feathers, but beyond that ho paid not tho Blightest attention to them, simply shaking them off his beak when thoy got in his way. Half an hour later I read in a most excellent paper tho statement by a loarned ornithologist and an ojd hunter that "tho hawk never begins dovouring a bird until ho has first carefully plucked every feather out of it." Now if I hadn't read that. you bco how ignorant I would havo been ot a simple taot In natural history 1 I believe that villain of a hawk acted as ho did on purpose to mislead mo. But, thanks to tho learned man, he failed. I am going to tako tho word of a miserablo, ignorant hawk against that ot a great ornithologist? Not 1. I may not know much, but I trow that I wot a loarned ornithologist kens more about hawks than any hawk that ever bolted a feather. Buhpettk, in Jhook lyn Eagle. Juvenile Bat-Oatchers. IIOY8 IN PENNSYLVANIA MINES WHO PIS COUNT THE P1EI) I'IPEIl OI' llAMI'.I.tN. WlUcsbarro Letter to tlio 1'blladdphla News., Boys aro employed in various occu pations in tho nnthraoito coal mines. A glanco at thu pay-roll of any big com pany reveals tho fact how tisoful thoy arc." Run your cyo along down tho column hen led "occupation" nnd every onco in a whilo you eco tho word "rat catcher." As this is as distinct a featuro of employment as the driver, Blate-picker, door-tender and so on, it excites no particular attention among thoso who understand it. Tho rat catcher Is paid DO cents a day, and his special duty is to guard the bins whero tho feed for the mules is stored ngainst tho Invnsion of tho rodents. Tho mino rat Is as largo as his brother of tho wharf. Hu subsists upon tho refuse of tho feed troughs and thu crumbs that drop from tho frugal luncheons of the miners. They inhabit all parts of tho colliery nnd find their way into tho crevices far boyoud tho roach of tho miner. They aro uselul iu ono woy, however, and for this reason aro fed and prottcted by many who labor in the dark and distant chambers of tho subterranean depths. Tho rat instinc tively knows whero a crush from abovo is to come, and when a miner sees them leaping about him or hears them scampering off along tho gangways to ward tho sliatt ho knows something is wrong and follows them at once. There aro many instances on record whero the rats wero first to givo warning of danger from which men havo fled in safety and without which thoy might havo perished. .Naturally tho prolcssional rat-catch er grows fond of his exciting pastime, aud, liko the hunter, tries to bag all tho game ho can. Recently a spirit of enthusiasm broke out between several rat-catchers employed in the Diamond and Empiro collieries, which was kin dled into a flamu by tho offer of a prize of 2! to the boy who would slaughter tho most rats in thirty days. "Rat Catcher Dick," a little red-headed fol low not over ten or a dozen years old, had long been recognized as tho cham pion. Hu is employed in tho Empiro and had mado a record of killing 320 rats iu six days. This had never been beaten. Indeed tho only approximate work hod been dono by "Blinky Bill,' a twelve-year-old, of thcDiamond, who had a record of 271. When tho prize was offered tho boys all set to work with a will. It was stipulated that thoy wero to do tho work separately and unaided. Judges wero quietly ap pointed to seo that tlio articles of agree ment wore dono fairly and carried out. During tho progress ot tho slaughter "Dick," of tho Empire, was the favcrito in tho pools, "Blinky Bill" selling second. Thero were other lads in tho contest, but it was generally agreed that ono of these two would carry off tho prize. As tho davs passed the miners got leeply interested. Even certain sport ing men in this city paid moro or less attention to the rat-kiiling contest, aud when the hnal week s run was on every gambler in lon was backing ono of tho boys. News from the Diamond and Empire was anxiously awaited in somo ot tho saloons each night as to tho count. The reports were very con flicting. All sorts of stories wero set afloat as to tho records of "Dick" and Bill." Both tho lads kept their own mouths shut clo-o. Nobody could get a word out oi either, and nobody really knew what each was doing. Even tho watchers wore m tho dark. A tie con test closed on Monday night, and great orowds flocked into several prominent sporting places in town to hear tho re sult. Tho judges gavo sworn testimony of the count. The score for tho thirty davs' killing stood as follows : Dick, 2,419; Bill, 1,050 an averago of eighty rats a day for Dick and sixty five for Bill. Dick's biggest week waa the last, when hu killed no less than G1S rodents. A careful estimate places tho weight of tho rats slaughtered by Dick at over four tons. A purse waa mado up and presented to "Blinky Bill." Dick's method, it is said, of catching tho rats was by fixing barrels along their runways and by setting lines with bailed hooks for them. He proud of tho championship, and an other match will be arranged soon be tween tho two boys. lhe other lads who entered wero practically out of tho race the first week. The miners who won ou little Dick all chipped in something for him subse quently, and it is said ho carried homo to his widowed mother last night near ly SI 00. THE VANGUAED. Without warlike demonstration, citv din, glorious pomp or flying colors, tho picket guard is being pushed forward to sure and complete victory. Though obscure, retired and unappreciated, modest and reserved, meek and unas suming, they carry by storm the whoo business world to complete and success ful accomplishments. Our public (chools aro the open door to every de partment of business life, and our teachers tho key to tho stepping stono to any and all positions to which tbo youth of our laud wish to aspire. True, our public schools seem not ma terially to advance in prohciency from year to year, as tho daily roulino is but a repitition from timo immem orial. But much, however, is changed iu method and manner of thought, whilo tho schools aro contin ually changing in their ptrsonel. Thus tlio coutinued and onward flow of pu pils, of legal age, through the publio school channel, gradually carries the common Bohool system to a higher standard of moral nnd intellectual ac quirements and tbo primary department to a system of methods attaining per- lection under sk'iiiui and experienced teachers to such a degreo that tho Commonwealth may well boast of our publio schools as tiro "Gibraltar" ol our liberties. Gradually climbing to tho top round of tho ladder to intelli gent and literary realms through a se ries of higher grades, thousands upon thousands aro struggling to ascend; our publio schools aro thu bottom round at which each and all must begin. iho perpetuity ot our institutions, the moral purity of our peoplo and tho foundation of a good education nro wholly dependent upon the purity, character aud profioienoy of our teach ers. A high btandard ot morals in our publio schools is as essential for tho publio welfaro as a high standard of intellectual qualificatiotm. If vices bo permitted iu the schools with im punity, unrebuked and uncorrected, vicious habits will bo formed, which, in after life, will bo difficult to reform, and may lead many to a bad end. Our teachers, therefore", ought to bo men aud women, possessed not only with tho rcmiisito qualifications, but right eous principles m well, which they can transmit to tho voting, who, when properly taught, will keep as an inher itance that leads to good citizenKhip, which, after all, is thu foundation of good government. Hence, tho teacher is the nuthor of the citizen and the cit izen tho author ot good oveiiiment. Anon. A
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