PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
r K. WALLKIt,
J' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
urnco oTcr 1st. National Bank, i
u. funic"; '
1 ' ATTOllNKY-AT-LAW.
UlAAUllTTBn ' 1
! nioalQ Sut's tlulldlnc '
J OILS M. UIAHiC, 11
ATTOHN E Y-AT-L A W
AND
JUdTlOB UF THE I'EAOE.
ULOOUBBORO.ri.
Mice over Moycr Bros. Drug store.
r-1 W. MILIiiiR,
' ATTOHNKV-AT-LAW,
o.llceln Drawer's bul',aiD2,socou(inaor,room No. 1
Uloouuburg, Pa.
v FKANK ZVKR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
u mce corner of Cttltc tad Bin tlutts.cun i
uutiaing.
Can be consulted In (lerman.
Q.EO. E. ELWELIj
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Ut-OOMsnuna, Pa.
Ofllco on First floor, front room of Col,
BMtiiAN Uullillnu, Jluln street, below Ex
chnngo Hotel.
pAUL E. WIHT,
Attorney-at-Law.
omco In Columbian Hlmldino, Koom No. J, second
" BLOOMSBima. PA.
H.
V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BL M S B U R 0 , PA.
Office in Browcrs' Building, 2nd floor,
mayjl-tf
H N0UR. L.g.WITlIlSTlN.
KNORR & WINTERSTEEN,
A ttornoy s-at-La-w.
Omco In 1st National name ouuainr, secouu uuur,
nretdoortothelcft. 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. Office and residence, on Third
hirect.
B. McKELVY. M. D.,8urireon and Phj
. slclan, north side Main streoUbelow Markei
L. FRITZ, Attorney-a
t Front room over l'ost Office,
w.
Offic
D
R. J. 0. RUTTER,
rUVSlCIAN ft BUKGB0N,
omce, North Market street,
BloomBburc, Ps
D
It. WJL M. HEBER, Surgeon and
Physician. Offlce corner ol Bock and, Market
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BL00U3BUEO.PA.
0PP08ITE COURT DOUSE.
Large and convenient sample rooms. Hath room,
hot and cold water; ana all modern conveniences.
B.
F. HAItTMAN
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AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
North American or Philadelphia.
Franklin, " "
Pennsylvania, " "
York, ot Pennsylvania.
Hanover, or N. Y.
queens, or London.
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omce on Market street, No, 5, Bloomsburg,
oct.si, l-
jpiRE INSURANCE
cnristianp. knapp, bloousbu 0,pa,
home, op n. y,
m bkciiant8', op newark, n. j.
1 linton, n. v,
peoples' n. y.
beadino, pa.
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