PRIFESIIINM. CARIS.
L. MUTZ,
A ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
OrFiOK Front Room, Ovor PoBtoflloo.
m.OOMBHUHU, I'A.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ltloomsburg. ra
omce oror 1st. National Sank.
U. FUNK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
DLOOMSIORO, PA,
Oitco la Sot's Uulldlng.
N.
J OlIN M. OliAltK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
AND
JU8TIOB OF THE PEACE.
1)UXK8BCH0, l'i
onion oyer Mojer llroa. Drue Store
p W. MILLER,
ATTOUNKY-AT-LAW,
omce la Brower's bulldlng.socond aoor,room No. 1
Bloomsburg', PA.
r FRANK ZABB,
ATTOItNKY-AT-LAW.
" Bloomsburg, Pa.
o nee comer of Ccntte and aln Btitets.CJaili
jiuituing.
Can bo consulted in German,
a JiUTflHBENDEn, ''"JNKOri,
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1887.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXI.N0 87
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. LI, ROM
QKO. E. ELWELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Bi.ooMsumto, Pa.
Ofllco on First floor, front room of Col
umbian Uulldlng, Mum street, below Ex.
change Hotel.
pAUL E. WIRT,
Attorney-at-Law.
onlce In Coiehbux bdilsiho, Room No. i, second
door,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
JJ V. WHITE,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Office in Drawers' Building, 2nd floor,
may 1-tf
S. KMOIB. t I. WINT1K8TBIX.
KNORR & VYINTER8TEEN,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Offlco lu 1st National Bank building, second floor.
nrstdoortotMlett. Corner ot Main and Market
streets Bloomsburg, Pa.
tJPennont and Bounties Oolltcttd.
P. BILLMEYER,
(DIXTlilOT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WTOfllco over Dentltr's shoo store,
Dloomsburg, Pa. apr-30.80.
y-. H. RUAWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlsta, Pa.
once, corner ot Third and XalnHtreets.
jyICHAEL F1. EYERLY,
Convoyancor, Collector of Claims.
AMD
legal Advice in the. settlement op
ESTATES, tC
wrofflce in Dentler building with P. P. Bill
mejer, attornejr-at-law, front looms, 2nd floor
Bloomsburg, Pa. ;" tapr-t-ss.
3. BMITH,
' " ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Berwick, Pa.
D
K. HONORAA. BOBBINS.
Offlce and residence. West First street; Blooms-
burg, Pa. nowsssjy.
JB. McKELVY, M. D.urceon and Phy
.slctan, north, side Main street,below Market
D
R. J. 0. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN BURGEON,
Offlce, North Market street,
Bloomsburg, Pa
DR. WM. M. REBER Surgeon and
Physlolan. offlce corner ot Rock and Market
treet,
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOMSBUIia.PA.
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.
Large and convenient samrlo rooms. Bath room,
hot and cold water; ana an modern conveniences.
T F. HARTMAN
BlrMSIHTB TUB FOLLOWING
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
North American ot Philadelphia.
Franklin, " "
Pennsylvania, " "
York, ot Pennsylvania.
Hanover, of N. Y.
Queens, ot London.
NorthBrltlsb, ot London.
omos on AUrUt Street, No. s, Bloomsburg.
IRE INSURANCE
CHRISTIAN V. KNAPP, BLOOMSBURG, PA,
1 iMBRCHANTS'.OP NEWARK, 'N. J.
'LINTON, N.Y.
PEOPLES' N. Y.
READING, PA.
These old coBroHATioHs are well seasoned by
ge and rim txstbd and have novcr yet had a
I osa settled by any court of law. Their assets are
all invested In solid sicckitiis are liable to the
hazard of riRB only, . . ;
Looses pbomi-tlt and dokistlt adjusted and
paid1 as soon as determined by Chkistux f.
KHArr, BfBCIAL AOSKI AND ADJUSTIS ULOOMBUCKO,
Pa.
. The'pooploof Columbia county should patron
lie the agency where losses If any are settled and
pail by one of ther own citizens. ......
PROMPTNESS. EQUITY, FAIR DEALING.
J7REAS BROWN'S INSURANCE
1 AGENCY Moyer's new building, Mala street,
oom&burg, Pa. As3eU
Mtai Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn ',078,aa
Royal of Liverpool. ,
Lancashire.. ...V.....! ! 10,000,000
Plro Association, Philadelphia 416Mi2
Phoanlx, ot London 5,206,870
London & Lancashire, ot England 1,709,1(70
IlarUord ot Hartford. a-iK'i'50
Springfield Fire and Marine; 2,082,680
As the agencies are direct, policies are written
or ther Insured without delay tn the office at
Bloomsburg. " Oct. 8, '81-'
r-AINWRIQIlT &CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
PUIUDKU'IIIA, Pa.
TEAS, felltUrS, COFFEE, SVGAU, MOLASSES
KICK, SPICKS, MO-alUI 80DA, ETC, KTtt'
N. E. Corner Second and Arch fits.
W"Orders will recelvo prompt attention.
n. house,
DENTIST,
Bloomsbubo, Columbia County, Pa
All styles ot work done In a superior manner, work
warranted as represented. Tsirn Exibact
bd wiTiiouT Pain by the use ot Gas, and
free of charge when artificial teeth
are Inserted.
Offlco In Barton's building, Main street,
below Market, live doors below Klelms
drug store, first floor.
lobe open at all hourt during the da
Nov us -it
BEST MADE
CLOTHING
IN
PHILADELPHIA,
A, 0. YATES & 00.
LEDQEK BUILDING,
SIXTH fP CHESTNUT STS,
K.AZZ.KOAD Titan -TABLE
TELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND
WESTERN RAILROAD.
BLOOMSBURG DIVISION,
STATIONS.
FU
NORTntTMBKRLAND 5 40
Cameron & ta
Chulasky o oo
o 03
p u
1 39
NOItTn.
A. H. A, St,
10 10 t IS
Danvlllo,
Catawlssa 6 S3
import.. o so
Bloomsburg 6 30
Kspy .... 6 42
Lime Itldge. . o 50
Willow GroVO..... ... 6 54
Brlarcreck. ...., o a
Berwick 7 05
Beach Haven 7 11
Hick's Ferry. . 7 is
Hhlckshlnny 7 io
Uunlock's 7 43
Nantlcoko 7 50
Avopdale. 7 51
Plymouth 7 60
Plymouth Junction,.,.. 8 m
Kingston 8 08
Bennett 8 12
Maltby 8 17
Wyoming 8 tl
West Plttston 8 27
Plttston 8 33
Lackawanna 8 40
Tuylorvllle........ 8 48
Bcllovue 8 54
SCKANTOM 9 00
T SI
STATIONS.
A V
SCBANTON 0 10
Bcllevue e 15
Taylorvllle. t to
Lackawanna s 24
PlttBton 0 s
westllttston 6 42
Wyoming a 47
Maltby s el
Bennett cm
Kingston 0 58
Plymouth Junction 7 or
Plymouth 7 10
Avondalc. 7 14
Nantlcoke 7 19
Uunlock's 7 20
SMckshluny 7 47
Hick's Ferry 7 55
Beach Haven, 8 01
Berwick 8 07
Bnarcreck. 8 13
willow Grove 8 is
LlmelUdge. 8 20
Espy... 8 2a
Bloomsburg 8 32
Rupert 8 87
CatawlBsa 8 2
Danvlllo a 57
Chulasky. 9 03
Cameron 9 07
NOllTntJHBBKLAND 9 22
A M
1 53
2 14
2 19
2 21
2 29
2 43
2 51
2 59
3 09
3 19
3 26
3"35
3 39
3 43
3 52
3 56
4 01
4 22
r M
AH
9 50
9 55
10 00
10 08
10 16
10 22
10 27
10 30
10 34
10 3S
10 4J
10 47
10 51
10 55
11 02
11 12
11 22
11 23
II 87
10 25
10 29
10 36
10 53
11 00
11 07
11 15
11 23
11 26
11 30
11 37
11 44
11 49
11 63
12 OS
13 16
12 20
12 25
12 30
12 37
12 41
19 45
12 50
12 55
1 03
1 11
1 19
1 25
1 30
r x
SOUTH.
p a
2 05
214
2 21
2 28
2 34
2 39
247
2 59
8 51
2 59
3 03
3 06
3 19
3 29
3 39
3 45
3 51
3 57
4 01
4 05
4 12
4 18
4 21
4 29
4 46
4 64,
5 00
5 15
P SI
11 41
11 62
11 t9
12 05
12 10
12 16
12 30
1340
12 6)
P SI
Philadelphia
0 30
6 31
6 40
6 53
1 05
7 19
7 20
7 27
7 31
7 35
7 42
7 49
7 55
8 P6
8 IT
8 22
8 33
8 33
8 38
B 45
8 49
8 63
8 69
o at
9 09
9 17
9 25
9 80
9 35
AM
P H
0 20
6 25
5 .30
G 37
6 45
6 50
6 51
6 59
7 03
7 07
7 12
7 10
7 21
7 25
7 43
7 51
8 07
8 13
8 20
8 2T
8 31
8 33
8 41
8 47
8 52
8 57
9 15
9 23
9 28
9 45
r si
nnnnMllnn. nf. Ittinprt with
Reading Railroad tor Tamanend, Tamanua, Wlll
lamsport, Sunbury, Pottsvllle, etc. At Northum
berland with P. & E. Dlv. P. It. R. for Ilarrlsburg,
Lock Haven, Emporium, warren, corry ana Jtne,
W. F. HALSTEAD, oen. Man.,
Scranton, Pa
'I unhesitatingly add my
testimony to tho great ben
efits to bo derived from Sim
mons Liver Regulator. I
was nfllictcd for several years
with disordered liver, which
resulted in a sevcro attack of
Jaundice. I had good medi
cal attendance, but it failed
to rcstoro mo to tho enjoy
ment of my former health.
I then tried tho most re
nowned physicians of Louis
ville, Ky., but all to no pur
'pose, whereupon I was in
duced to try Simmons Liver
Regulator. I found Immedi
ate benefit from its use, and
it ultimately restored mo to
tho full enjoyment of health."
A. II. Siiiiu.KV, Richmond,
Ky. . . ."I most cheerfully re
commend it to all who sndcr
from bilious attacks or any
diaoaso caused by a disar
ranged stato of tho liver.''. . . .
W. R. Bernard, Kansas
City, Mo.
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
OF PORE GOD 1MB OIL
bp
Almo9t as Palatabloas Milk.
The only nreiaratlon of COB MVEU OIL that
c&n bo taken readily and tolerated for a long time
br deUcale stomachs.
AND AS A ItKMKDT FPU COXSmPTIOX,
Hdion.i.ois Am.iinns, amkhia. iikn
nui, iit r.ii.ii v. counts am hhhut ak-
runiO.NS and all WAMIMl IHMHtltULS 0"3
CIIILllllKN It In ra.rr'llona In In remit.
Prescribed and endorsod bj tho boat l'bysiclans
in tho countries of tho world.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
oct-22-ly
SELECT STORY-
CROWN ACME
THE BEST BURNING OIL THAT CAN
BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM.
It gives a brilliant light,
ft will not smoko flie chimneys.
It will not char the wick.
It has a high lire test,
it will not exDlodo.
it Is pro-cmlnently a family safety OIL
WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON
With any other Illuminating oil mado.
We Stake Our Reputation,
As refiners, upon tho statement that It Is
THE BEST OIL
IN THE WORLD.
Ask your dealer for
CROWN ACME.
Trado for Bloomsburg and Vicinity Supplied by
MOYER BROS.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
like
Mr.
sep2-ly.
Peniisylvania Railroad.
Philadelphia & Erie R. R. Divis
ion, and Northern Central
Railway.
flxll
TIME TABLE.
m enet May 29UJt.wTralns leave Sunbury.
9.40 a. m.. sea Shore Kinross (dally excent
Sunday), for narrlsburg andlntermedlatestatlons,
arriving at Philadelphia 8.15 p. m. ; New York,
6.20 p. m. : Baltimore, 3.10 p. m. ; Washington,
D.S0p. m., connecting at Philadelphia for all Sea
shore points. Through passenger coaoh to
Philadelphia,
1.43 p. m. Day express
dally except Hunaay),ior uarnsourg
dlate stations, arriving at Phil
6.50 p. m. : New York, 9.85 p. m.
a. as n. m. ; Washington. 7.45 n. m.
through to Philadelphia and passenger coaches
ffl. C. SLOAU & BRO.,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Manufacturers of
CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS
S LEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C
! First-class work always on hand.
REPAIRING NEA TL YDONk.
Prices reduced to tuit the limes.
Isburgand lnterme-
Phiiaaeipn la
p. m. ; Baltimore
i p. m. Parlor car
through to Phlladeln
7.45 o. m. Henovo
tor Ilarrlsburg and all Intermediate stations, arrlv
log at Philadelphia 4.25 a. ra. New York 7.10 a. m
Baltimore, 4.oa m. ; w asmnKton o.ui a. m.
tlmore.
Accommodation
(dally
New York 7.10 a. m.
Benton Hotel,
LEMUEL DRAKE, Prop'r.
This well-known hotel has been re-opened and
many Improvements made tor the accommodation
of thA traveling nnhtti The bar and table are
supplied with the best tho market affords. A large
and commodious stable Is connected with the
noiei. Terms alwayB reasonanie.
STmayS7 LEMUEL DRAKE, Proprietor.
Sloeplng car accommodations can be secured at
Ilarrlsburg for Philadelphia and New York, on Sun
days a through sleeping car will bo run: on this
train from WlUlamsp't to Phlladelphla.PhUadelphla
lassengers can remaininsieeperuuuuturuca uuii
"trio a. m. Erie Mall (dally excent Monday,
ir Ilarrlsburir and Intermediate stations.
airWlng at Philadelphia 8.25 a.m. New York,
ll.Su . m. ; Baltimore 8.15 a. m. ; Washington, 9.30
a.m. Through lullman sleeping cars are run on
tciB train ta PhlladclDhla. Baltimore and Washlne-
ton, and through passenger coaches to Philadel
phia and Baltimore.
WESTWARD,
fi.ina. m Erie Mall (dally excent Sunday), to
Erie and all intermediate stations and Canandal
rua and intermediate stations, nocnester, uuna
n and Nincara Palls, with throneh lTJllman Pal
ace cars and passenger coaches to Erie and Roch
ester. ..... ...
9.53 wews express taaity excepi. ouuuayj ioi
Lock Haven and Intermediate stations.
12.52 p. m. Niagara Express (dolly except Sun-
a y) f or Kane and intermediate stations ana can-
ai.ualgua and principal intermeaiaie Btations,
mi-hestcr. Buffalo and Niagara Falls with
through passenger coaches to Kane and Rochester
ana ranor cario yvimamsiiuru
5.30 p. m. Fast Line (daily,except Sunday)for Re
novo and Intermediate stations, and Elmlra. Wat
kins and Intermediate stations, with through pas
senger coaches to Renovo and Watklns.
9.20 a. m. Sunday mall for Renovo and Interme
diate station"
THROUGH TRAINS FORSUNBiniY FROM THE
unnrtav mall leaves Phlladelnhla 4.30 a. m
Ilarrlsburg 7.40 arriving at Sunbury 9.20 a. m. with
through sleeping car from PhUadelphla to WU
llamsport. News Express leaves Philadelphia 4.S0 a. m.
Harrlsburg, 8.10 a. m. dally except Sunday
arriving at Sunbury 9.53. a. m.
Niagara Express leaves
Phlladelnhla. 7.40 a. m. I Baltimore 7.30 a. m. (dally
except Sunday arriving at Sunbury, 1S.6J p. in.,
ftnd tiiroutrh Doascnser coaches trom J'WladoU
PtUnMea?esrNew York 9.03 a. m. i Phlladel
more. iau a. m., (dallj" excepr Sunday) arrtrtDg at
. . on ar4th IVimilrrn nABoAnirAI
coaches (roml'UlUdelpWa and Uaurmore.
HriB Mail leaves New Yorlcaaup. m. ; rhUadel.
i, 10.00 p. m, i nam.
fiatitnlAv arrlvlniT
at. Kiinbury fi.10 a, m.. wim inrougu ruumu
WILLIAM HART
BLOOMSBURG, PBNN'A.,
AOENT FOR THE
KEYSTONE DYNAMITE POWDER CO.,
manufacturers of the celebrated Keystone Dyna
mite. This explosive Is giving universal sattafao-
Itftn n,ntlnn. nhOArfllll. irl.An. MVAtUrSm
SUB87miElOR
THE COLUMBIAN,
n,.it iihii. m. Wahhlneton.
inore, U.so p. m., (dally except.Satui
nlnircars trom Philadelphia, W
Baltimore and through passenger
Philadelphia.
coaches from
IIAZT.KTON & WII.KKHIIAIlUK
11 If AN4III KA1I.WAY,
uriiuilllll V.
UAH.HOA1) ANU NOUTII AND WEST
(Dally except Sunday.)
uMikeutmrrn Mall leaves sunbury 9.55 ft. m.
arrtvinir at Bloom Ferry ia46 a. m. , Wllkes-barrs
"ViiBlHn.rrt inMn). loaves Sunbury 2.55 P m. ar-
riving atuioom Ferry 3:51: Wllkes-Barre, 6:00 p in.
KxDreas East leaves Sunbury 5.S5 p. m., arriving
at Bloom Ferry 6.80 p. in., wuices-oarre t. w p. as
ur;;,rv w ml i,rvi wi lkesbarre ia25 a. in. arrlr
Ing at Bloom Ferry li.M a. m.,Bunbury 18.45 p. m
Express west leaves Hauo-uiiv.uw . ... i
rivlng at Bloom Ferry 4.19 p. m.. Bunbury fitOp.m
Catawlssa accora. leaves rtescopei-K o;uo ii ui, w
riving MmXUl?fX$raWx P W'
Sunday mall leaves sunbury 9:85 a. to., arriving
at Bloom Ferry 10:18 a. m.. Wllkes-Barre 11:15 a.m.
Sunday accommodation Waves Wllkes-Barre 6:10
p. m., arriving ab uiwucu, v.i hiwm,i
i:su d. m. .
U??SS nnnn J. n. WOOD.
Gen!i.anager. 0n. passenger Agent
BLOOMSBURG PLANING MILL
Thn undersigned havmc cut his Planlnir Ml
on Railroad street, In nrst-ctass condition, is pre
pared to ao all kinds oi worK in nis une.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS. MOUi-DINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
rniBhAli nt rAfutnnablerrlces. All lumberused
Is well seasoned and none but BklUed workmen
&ro employed.
ESTIMATES FOE BUILDINGS
urnlshid on application. Plans and speclflca
ons prepared by an experienced araugntsman
CIIAUI.ES KUKfl,
itlooiMHburK, Pa
CL 0TH1NG 1 CLOTHING
G, W. BERTS CH,
THE
MERCHANT
TAILOR.
Dents' Furnishing Goods, Bats S: Caps
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Suits mado to order at short notice
and a fit alwov s nuarantoed or no Bale.
Call and oxamino the largest and best
selected stock of goods over shown in
Columbia county.
Store next door to First National Bank,
MAIN STREET,
Bloomsburg Pa.
ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCES
OF OAST Oil WnOUQIIT IKON.
Suitable for
Yards,
Cemtery Lots
and
Public Grounds
.... . . 1. 1Al.a. nnlhl. nna
TherOUOWinKBUUWB mo .voi. uu.uiv, vuw v.
the soveral beautiful styles of Fence manuiactured
by the undersigned.
For Beauty and Durability they areunsurrass
. ....... a n w A r nwifl lire n f svi
ed. set up uy expeneuovu uuu ......
to give satisiaction.
Prices and speoiraens
signs sent to any address.
AudrcsB
of othor do-
BLOOMSBURG PA-
A BAOHELOE'S BEWABD.
It was a cold January Any. John
Stvelo sat alone in his ofiloe, in tho
mitlst of a deep reverie.
it was seldom that ho was Idle, as
ho was at the prceout time, but this
evening tho memories of tho pastcarao
flocking upon him like ghosts from an
other land.
John Steelo was a biohelor of forty.
He had boon born and roared n poor
boy, in tho little town of M , and
had never felt a desiro to loavo it. Ho
had studied law and plodded along
vcar after vear In tho dinsv. urimv
office, in which wo find him now, aud
had grown rich. Ho had no personal
friend?, and .lived alono in a large old
framo houso'at tho outskirts of tho town
with a man servant as cook and gener
al tnan-of-all-work.
Years and years bofore, when a
young man ot twenty, poor and aim
less, Steele had loved a girl whoso par
ents would not let her marry him be
cause ho was so worthless. In his rage
he blamed her lor this and would listen
to no rcaspn, and from that day had
hated women and had led a solitary
lifo. It was this scene that now held
John Steelo in his odico chair, as tho
mantlo of night gathered over tho
town.
'More than twenty years ago," ho
mused, "and I don't believo I have ever
spoken to a woman, except on business
smco that day. They say Bho married
a no account wretcn alter all, wno lias
sunk down to poverty and want. Well,
well, I must not waste time thinking
about such things now. I was only
boy then, and did not know what I
wuntcd. I must bo going.'' Whore
upon he arose, buttoned his ooat about
mm, locked nis omce and trudged on
hip homeward journey.
Rumor had it about town that al
though by her parents' influence, Katio
Drow had married shortly alter her re
fusal of Steele, that she had loved him
doarly. This was most likely true, but
as twenty vears had past, tho matter
had faded from tho general mind to
givo way to more lively gossip.
Steele ato his supper in silence.
William, his man-of-all-work, had
very good meal prepared ; for, though
Steele was closo-fisted ho believed in
good clothes and comforlahlo living.
"Now, William," said Steele, when
he had finished "if you fix mo up
enough food to do mo to-morrow, you
may have a holiday. And hero is your
monov and five dollars to havo a time
with. No holiday for mo 1 1 don't
need any and don't want any.'
"Thank you, JUr. Steele, tor your
iroodness," said William. "JJut, Mr.
Steele, don't you never tako any little
extra pleasure at all 1 You know I
used to know you wnen you was a
little fellow ; and 1 can remember see
ing your good mother holding you up
at the old church so you couiu seo tuo
Christmas tree. And you was a weo
little tod then, and you clapped your
littlo hands in gleo and your mother
would kiss your baby faco and talk
baby talk to you. It don't seem
that was near forty years ago,
Steelo. but it was."
"Confound tho fellow,' grumbled
Steele, as hcat down in his room that
ninht to read. "If I should liston
him ho would upset mo. I don't know
what is tho matter with mo this even
ing, anyhow. I never felt so queer in
my lifo. I guess i am using too mucn
tobacco oi late.
Ho read until bedtimo, and was
tho act of taking off his boots, when ho
heard a knock at th3 front door.
"Wonder who that is," ho thought.
"Something unusual at this place.
Ho listened a moment And there
camo anothor knock.
"What the deuco can that William
bo doing that he don't go to tho door ?''
said Steele. "1 want to go to Deo, ana
it may bo some ono that wants me.
To borrow money, l guess. wen,
unless they good security, not a oont
do they get,"
At this -juncture William opened tho
door. Steele heard an indistinct con
versation, and then William conducted
the visitor to the kitoheu. After some
momonts William came walking into
tho room.
"Well, what is it T '
"Excuse me, Mr. Steele, but there is
a poor woman in too Kitcnon wno
needs some help badly. I'm sure she
does, for she don't look as a common
beggar. She says sho has walked
through the cold all tho way from tho
last town, and is most dead."
"Yes, that is what, they all say. Hive
her something to eat and send her on."
"But I wish you would come and seo
her."
"Bothoi theso beggars, mumbled
Steele. "But I guess I'll go down to
got rid of her.
Steele saw a uiacx uguro uuuug uy
tho fire.
"Well." ho said to her, whon he
entered, "what can I do for you 1"
Sho turned toward him. iter iaco
waB not that of a beggar. Although a
trifle nale. it was tho face of a
pretty woman of thirty-fivo.
"i oniy wibui;u to guv wuwu,
nnwl
"I was bo cold that I folt as if I
should freeze. I am sorry to disturb
vou. 1 havo fnonds in tho town, ana
nm suro I can got employment of sorao
kind thero. 1 usod to livo thero years
and vcarB ago.
Bv means of a few questions ho
learned th tt sho was a widow, without
anv relations in tho world, lie was
deeolv touched bv her story.
"What was your husband's namo V
asked Steele.
"Carter," sho said ; "Georgo Carter."
"Wait hero a moment," he said and
went ui) to his room.
Ho went to his desk and took out
somo monov.
"I so seldom give," said he, "and can
afford to bo liberal to this poor woman."
Ho took two ten-dollar bills aud start
ed back to tho kitchen.
"Sho said her namo was Carter,
Carter Carter 1 Whero have I heard
what I Carter I My God I That was
tho namo of her husband. Sho said
sho used to livo hero years ago. It
must bo sho. It is Katio Drow I It
must bo 1"
Steele shook liko a leaf. Ho Boemcd
voung again. He rememborod her
once- more as tho sweet-faced girl, and
tho heart which had bcon slumbering
so loug seemod to spring into now lito,
Ho sat down on tho stairs to composo
himself, and then started again for the
kitchen.
"William," said Steele, whon ho on-
tored, "hero is tho key to my ofllee.
wish you would go thero and bring
mo a packet you will find on my desk."
William fell in the trap without sus
picion, and was off.
Steele seated himself in a dark cor
ner and looked at the woman. Ho
could seo his old lovo in every featuro
ot tho iaco. no was strangely excited
and know not what to say.
"You eay you lived hero oncol" ho
began.
"Yes, whon 1 was a girl," Bho said.
"And bad fortuno has overtaken you
since. I'erhaps you knew my cousin
then, John Steelo 1"
"Yes, ' sho sa'd, "I knew him. Is
ho not hero now V
"No, poor follow." said Steele, feel
ing guilty as ho sooko tho words, "ho
is dead."
"Dead 1" and sho leaned her head on
her hand and wept.
"Yes, said Steele, feeling liko a
murderer as ho spoke, "but nono who
know him, ivoro sorry for it. Ho had
no good in him, aud lived a selGsh
lifo."
"Poor man 1" said tho sweet, sympa
thizing tones. "At heart ho was good."
Something seemed to movo Steelo.
Ho got up and stood by hor chair. His
hand, by accident, touched her. It
Bent a thrill through him that seemed
to make a now being of him.
"ltate," ho said, "don t you know
mot"
She looked up, started, stood croct,
nnd got a good look into bis faco.
"John ' sho said, in a scared way, and
hid her faco in bor bands.
"Tes, Katie," he said, "it is John. I
was thinking ot you to-day, and it
onr.tvia a Minimi, linnnnn lina snnt vrm, '
"This is such a shock to me," and
she sat down again.
Meele s heart was throbbing wildly,
and ho quivered with excitement.
"I am old now, Katie, and perhaps
awkward in my speech, but I I can't
help what 1 am saying. You havo no
home, I am lich, and ym are tho only
woman I ever loved. You are welcome
to a'l I havo. My lifo has been very
lonoly. With you I would bo happy.
You can't love me, I know, after all
this time, but I do not ask that "
Sho aroso as if to go. Poor Steele s
heart aeemed to bo bursting. lie un
consoiously put forth his arms and
touched her. With a sob sho fell into
them and rested her head on his shoul
der.
"Katio V he cried in joy.
"Oh, John, how can I speak 1"
"Spy something, Katie.'1
"f feel so guilty. 1 thought you
would nover iorgivo me. But but-
but 1 havo '
"But what, Kitio t"
"Oh, John, vou know I loved you
then, and it was not my fault. 1 have
loved you all these long years. L am
so hannv. if vou will but forcivo me
1 orgivo you I Don t speak of that
again. You are homeless no longer,
Katie. I know what lovo is at least.
You arc in ray house now, and you
shall never go out ot it oxcept as my
Vifo."
"No, John, not"
"Yes .don't object. I know it don't
sound well, but I don't caro for that
A proachor lives close. Won t you
consent 1
"But"
"Pleaeo don't refuse, Katio."
"Well, I gness "
Just then William camo in. Steelo
nearly ran over him. "Hang tho pa
pers ?'' ho said, as William offered them
to him.
"Hero, Villiam," ho said, as ho camo
down stairs putting on his overcoat,
"fix tho lront room and light a firo.
Don't you hear, you idiot 1 Don't stand
looking, movo about.'
William did not know what was tho
matter. Ho had just got tho firo light
cd when Steele came stumbling in
with the preacher. Arkansas Travel
er.
A Friend in Heed.
A BTOKY OP MAN S WEAKNESS AND WO
MAN'S cr.UEi.nr, with sevebai.
M0DAI.8.
Tho Creole Planter's Home.
A SPACIOUS MANSION IlUtt.T FOB COS 'OB.T.
BEAUTIES OP AN INTERIOR.
Tho crcolo sugar planter built his
houso for summer comfort. He mado
it with spacious chambers and wido
halls, many windowed and with great
doors, and then Bunonndcd it with
brond galleries to ward off tho sommer
sun. Although theso plantation man
sions may not have any special archi
tectural beauty, viewed oy modern
building lights, yot they plea3o tho eye,
aud nro imposing bv reason of their
sizo and dignity. Many of thom
nrn
built around an opon court, insuring w w littlo girl io years old belonging
plenty of light nnd nir for each room, to tuo nurse an ignorant child, unabio
"Did you notico that man t" asked a
loading pawnbroker of a friend who
chanced to bo in his shop. "Poor fel
low, my heat t bleeds for him. Ho has
just left his wrdding ring with mo
tho last tlo wr'oh bound htm to hap
pier" days. His is a sad story."
"I did not observo him particularly,"
said tho gentleman addressed. "Who
is hot"
"Ho is tho husband of a well known
actress," replied the pawnbroker with
somo warmth ; "and bo is tho victim
of intolerable cruelty. Would you be
lievo it, tho woman who but a few
short months ago S'ioro to cherish and
protect him now absolutely refuses to
contributo moro than $25 a week to
his support. You seem incredulou'
but I as'suro you it is true."
"Who is the mani"
"His namo is Brockholst O'Flynn,
and ho is tho husbaod of Miss St. Elmo
the burlesque actress.''
A cry ot horror escaped tho gentle
man s Hps.
"My old friend O'Flvnn 1" ho ex
claimed. "Is it possiblo that ho has
c'ome to this 1 Strange that I did not
recognize him."
"Ab, sorrow and privation havo al
tered him greatly."
"I must hasten and overtake him :
perhaps soraothing may be done cro it table and fruit gardens, the poultry
is too late." yard, and dovo cots musical with the
So saying, the gentleman hastened soft cooings of innumerable doves.
from the Bbop and in a few moments When the Creole builded his houso in
had overtaken the unhappy man. "tho city" New Orleans thero was
"lirockbolst, bo said gently, "what somo dilierenco in structure. The
is all this I hear ? You reduced to house opened on the street, and a gray
poverty : you whose wife could gratify stono arohed entrance gave admission
your every wish !" to tho porte cochero, by which the in-
"I know not how you havo learned tcrlor was reached. High walls de
my Bad story, dear boy," said O'Flynn, fined the limits of this territory, defy-
A Japanooo Magician-
Storios of orlontal magio have al
ways their own fascination. Ono is
half inclined to credit wlso mon of iho
oast with possessing a tradition of
occult scienco long lost among the
restless changes of tho wost. Such n
story now camo under my notice Tho
khodlvo so nt for ma ono ovening, and
said:
"I havo something ourious to tell
you. Thoro is a Turk hero in Cairo
who wears a ring whioh ho protends
is gifted with magio virtues. I havo
Been him nnd tho ring it is a plain
hoop of gold set with a rod stono,
whioh is said to havo como from Mecca.
Tho Turk also showed mo a plato of
Bllvor engraved with verses from tho
Koran. Ho explained that ho could
not work tho charm himself, but re
quired a child under 10 years of ago.
Tho child takes tho ring, tho silver
plato is put 0,1 his head, and in a littlo
whilo the color of tho stono changes
to white. Thereupon tho child looks
into tho Btonc, and sees in it visions,
and can answer any questions."
Tho khedivo went on to Bay, that,
boing qtiito credulous, ho asked for
permission to tako the girl homo and
try it in privato, Tho owner consent
ed. So tho khedivo tooK tho ring to
Ismailia palace, where there happened
About an old house of this kind is an
atmosphere of large comfort and easy
going content. Thero is no sparing of
ground in inclosing tho yard ; indeed,
its dimensions aio largo enough to war
rant the name of park. Always tho
houso is built far back in tho yard,
partly to escape the tooth of the tawny
lion that chafes aid frc's and gnaws
tho levees that would confino him be
tween their banks. Every now and
then tbo monster Mississippi makes a
hideous meal of somo fair garden.
Theso houses aro suro to be well
shaded with luxuriant foliago. Po
cans and live oaks, orango and lemon
trees, crape myrtle and oleander, and a
wilderness of sweet smelling shrubs
adorn the grounds whilo roses and jas
mines riot every whero. In the rear of
this wilderness of flowers lie the veo-
brokenly, "but it is true. I havo borno
all patirntly, uncomplainingly, for her
iko j tor I shrank; irom the thought
of exposing her to tho censuro of tho
world. Thisr morning l pawned my
ing tho scrutiny of possible prying
neighbors. Tho French quarter abounds
to-day in these old houses, tho outside
giving no bint of tho beauty of tho in
terior; The dingy desert of a flagged
.. o j " I tpar OO
last artiole of jewelry, our w-w-w-wod- yard smiles and blossoms at overy fow
ding ring," and the unfortunato
burst into bitter tears.
"Cheer up, cheer up 1" oried his
friend. "All will yet be well. I will
si'o her and intercede for you."
'You you do not think, asked
O'Flynn in tremulous tones, "that sho
would bavo tbo heart Jo require me,
who havo been so delicately reared, to
to work V
"No, no, not that not that," re
plied bis companion, shuddering. "Sho
is not capablo of such baseness."
"You have given mo new hope, ex
claimed O'Flynn, "and now let us step
mto yon Bamplo room, and 1 wi) set
em up."
"Good enough."
II.
"It is useless to say any moro, Mr.
Maginnis ; $25 per week and his board
aro all 1 will allow my husband.
Tho woman who uttered these:words
in a cold, hard tono of voice was Miss
St. Elmo, tho actress ; tho person ad
dressed, tho friend oi Brockholst
O i lynn, to -whom the reader has al
ready been introduced.
"Como with me, then, said Magin
nis, sternly.
"Where T demanded tho woman.
"No matter : come. I would teach
you a useful lesson."
in silenco Miss bt.iUmo followed him
trom tho house. Ho led her to a
steps into oases of brilliant flowers and
shrubs. Along the icngth of the gar
den wall runs a raised bed of rich soil
and hero riot and clarabor a tangle of
creeping vines that thrust myriad fin
gers into overy crack and cranny, and
each in rivalry of its neighbors racing
headlong to tho top to wave trium
phantly aloft, in token of victory, long
pennons of green.
Bubbling, sparkling fountains rise
and fall in the sunlight, and in shelter
ed nooks one catches glimpses of great
yellow water jars big enough to hold
the famous Forty of the "Arabian
Nights." Theso jars wero onoe used
to hold tho drinking water of tho fam
ily "Mississippi water that has been
filtered, and whioh tho Creole preferred
to rain water.
Tho balconies of such a house aro
transformed into cool arbors by vines
which lay their long fingers upon every
thing within reaoh. Behind the vines,
in improvised beds, grow and blithely
bloom many bright huod flowers.
Caged birds trill and pipe and chirp
and warble, seeming to have lost all
senso of having onco bcon free wild
things. The salons which open upon
theso galleries aro lofty, spacious
apartments, shut off from each other
by means of great mahogany folding
doors. Tho door knobs of quaint de
sign and curious tracery of surface are
row, dingy street in ono of the lower of puro silver. Much handsome wain-
The Man Who Laughi.
"I remembor," said an old pyhsioian
of Baltimore, lately, "that I traveled
in 1823 in a stago coach across tho Al
leghany Mountains from Cumberland
to the Ohio River. In the coach were
two friends, voung men and lawyers,
who wero going out to settle in west
ern Pennsylvania.
"Wo beoamo well acquainted in tho
long it-isurely journey, lioth ot my
fellow travelers were men ot ability
and culture; both had good breeding
and kindly dispositions. But their
temperaments were widely different
V never loked and rarely smilod
If a laughable story was told, ho lis
tened silently, thought it over for an
hour, and then begau to arguo against
its probability. If the morning was
cloudy, ho was sure of a Btorra beforo
night; if the harness broke, he was
positivo we would bo detained all day
If tbo coaohman drove fast, ho knew
ho was drunk, and that our
would bo broken.
wards of tho city, and dually paused
before a building upon which was
painted in largo letters, "THE NEW
YORK WEEKLY HUSTLER."
"Wo havo reached our destination,"
he said. "Be attentive and you wi'l
gain much bv this morning's experience.
Come."
She followed him up six flights of
Btatrs and into a small dingy room,
whero, at a desk, half buried in ox-
ohanges and MSS., sat a pale, haggard
man. lie did not observo their en
trance, for ho was writing at tho rato
of 100 words per minute.
"Copy 1 howled a phenomenally
dirty boy. rushing into tho room.
"Ureal boott I shrieked the editor,
for, as tho talented reader has already
gussed, bo was ono of tho fraternity.
scotiiig of rare woods is to bo seen, and
the beautiful floors of black oypress
wero the prido of tho Creole housekeep
er, who in tho old days rarely used car
pets, but preferred handsome mats aud
rugs of rich, biilliant colors. Thofur
nituro of these old houses was costly
aud handsome, tho most of it having
been impoited, as tho owners held tho
Amerioan taste ot that day in contempt.
Some familhs yet retain their old fui
nishings, but poverty has forced many
to sell them.
Nowhere elso in America aro to be
found tho spacious canopied bods, the
vast armories with mirrored doors, the
quaint Bpindlo legged dressing tables,
the massive sideboards and carving
tables, tbo huge dining tables, the an
tique cabinets, rich with carving and
"I've got to havo two columns ready in I dark with ago, mosaic tables and draw
fifteen minutes, and I haven't got a ing room suites of tho time of Louis
stickful yet. Jim, get some ice and tie Quatorze, as aro to bo seen in somo
it on my forehead, and then sond out creolo houses in town and country.
llin frrniplor OliIMr I" I 'Phnan mflmnrlnfa nrn iloar tr rial,-
"Who is this wretched being, and possessors, who cling to the fashions presume she has told her how to plant
what is he doing T" demanded Miss St. of their ancestors in a wholly un-Ameri- etu' . . .
to read or write. When tbo plato of
silver was laid on her baud, almost
immediately sho oried out, "Tho stono
has turned to white." Tho khedivo
then asked questions about persons
whom tho child had not seen, and re
ceived correct descriptions. Another
person present asked:
"How many childien havo 11"
"Two sons and a dsughtcr."
"That is right. What is tho older
son like""
"Ho wears a coat with a row of
buttons down tho front, and stripod
trousers, and has a sabrel"
"What is tho second son like"
"Ho has a ooat with two raws of
buttons in front, littlo gold cushions
on his shoulders and an anchor em
broidered on. his ends.
The ono was in tho Turkish army,
tho other in the Turkish navy, and
both wero absolutely unknown to tho
child. Collusion was impossible; for
even a wizard would find it hard to
penetrate into tho ladies' apartment of
tho khedivo's palace. Moreovor tho
questions wero too rapid and too var
ied to admit of Bhuflling or gncssiug
answers. Tho khedivo's conclusion
was: "I cannot believe it, and yet I
cannot understand it."
After some talk about English mes
merists and clairvoyants, Iho khedivo
related that quoe, beforo ho camo to
tho throne, he consulted a soothsayer
in company with tho minister of war.
"What is tbo nows for Egypt!" ho
asked.
Tho soothsayer demanded two min
utes delay, and then replied: "War
with Abyssinia."
"Will tho Egyptian army conquer!''
"Givo mo six minutes," replied tho
sorcorcr.
At the end of that timo his faco be
came very troubled, his voioo faltered,
and his wholo body shook as ho an
answered: "The Egyptians will bo do
feated and their army destroyed; only
a small remnant shall be left. Tbo
prince laughed at tho propheoy and
forgot it; but two months later the
samo minister of war showed him a
dispatch from upper Egypt stating
that tho army had been utterly routed,
and four battalions out of sis annihil- '
ated. After showing tho dispatch tho
minister remarked: "Do yon remem
ber our friend tho sorcerer!" and tho
princo recollected. Now as khedivo
no regards the thing as a curious coin
cidence. Court Life in Egypt.
At the Stamp Window
Just beforo twelve o'clook yesterday
forencon thoro were thirteen men and
ono woman at tho stamp window of
tho post office, most of tho mon had
letters to post for tho outgoing trains.
Tho woman had something tied up in
a bluo match box. Sho got there first,
and sho held the postilion with hei"
head in tho window and both elbowa
on tho bhclf.
"Is thero such a placo in this country
as Clcvelaud 1"' she began. '
, "Oh, yes."
"Do you send mail thero V
"Yes."
"Well, a woman living next door
askod me to mail this box for her, I
guess it's directed right. Sho said it
ought to go for a cent."
"Takes two cents, ' said tho clerk,
after weighing it. "If thero'a writ
ing insido it i ill bo twelvo cents."
"Meroy ou mo, but how you do
chargo 1"
Hero tho thirteen men began to
push up and hustle around and talk
about ono old match-box delaying two
dozen business letters, but the woman
had lots of time.
"Then it will bo two cents, eh !"
"If tboro is no writing inside."
"Well, there may bo, I know sho
is a great band to write. She's sending
some flower seeds to her Bister and I
Elmo.
'He is a journalist, and ho is work
ing," replied Maginnis. "This is work
and this is what you will dnvoUT lynn
to I"
"No, no," shuddered tho woman, "I
did not know what I was doing. I
was mad, mad 1
".Now yon re
can way. Their homes handed down
trom ono generation to another, with
suoh ohanges as are only absolutely
necessary to the inmates, aro their most
sacred possessions, about whioh cluster
their fondest memories and hopes.
Even the creolo who lives in a rented
houso merely makes tho acquaintance
ot tho mover s cart, clinging with urn-
shouting. You will
frivo him an order for vntir entire salarv I not liko tenacity to its walls. Rnmotimoa
i. . i " .... ... ' r . : ' .
nuoKH overy Monday in tho luture i even unto tho seoond generation.
"Yes, yea." Tho creolo housekeeper drapes her
Now let us pet out
M , on tho contrary, was a merry "Good enough.
ligbt-hoarted fellow, full of anecdoto of this."
and quiok repartee Tho weather was Miss St. Elmo novcr forgot that ten
always delightlul tor him, tho meals minutes' visit to The Itustler olhco ;
delicious, his companions tho finest and to-day thoro is not a husband in
oomnany in tho world. He saw overy Now York who is supported in greater
point of interest in tho landscape, every luxury than Brockholst O'Flynn. Tid
tint in the hems, lie was like a bee, jucs,
gathoring ono crop of honoy hero, and
another thero. His comrado nover "Yes, sir," said tho real estato agont;
kiiuw uiuv iuciu was uuuuy ko uutuur. "inai wiucu oi properly on iv street is
When they loft us, l said: "There iust what you want. '
;oos ono man to suocess; another to "Soems to mo it s a good ways from
efoat." I tho center of the city, isn't it!" askod
"I visited latelv. tho oitv in whioh tho prospective tenant, 'I'm always in
thoy wero settled, and asked thoir his- my oflico until lato in tho afternoon,
I ...L-.l I nn,l : ...ft.. 1,1 V. -ft fi ...!. r .
windows and doors with soft flowing
curtains, rarely using tho Btitf, hidoons,
Holland shades. Sho believes in por
tieres, and by moans of theso a large
room can bo cunningly furnished with
tho most privato littlo nooks imagin
able. Sho has not yet boon oonvcrted
to the passion for brio-a-brao, and hor
walls aro not tattooed with the multi
tude of meaningless docorations that
strain tho eyo in tho averago modern
drawing room. Jlatjyer's Jiazar,
Fastidious Mexicans.
then
from
tory, being anxious to know whether
my propheoy had been correct. M-
is still living, a leading jurist, a man
of great anubenignant influence. C-
was dead. 'Worried himself into tho
grave,' said an old man who had ro
membored him.
The role is unfailing given to two
mon ot equal talents, health and for
tuno i tho ono who laughs will live
longer than tho other, and accomplish
moro work in tuo world.
Gaiety of temperament usually comos
at birth, but cheerfulness can bu culti
vated
"It is the ono virtue" tho lato Jas
Field usod to Bay, "that you should
effect if you havo it not. So much
vnii nvn tn vntir nfticlilinr1
"Tho mau." Svdnov Povntox. "who ging every nook nnd cornor "3f
with a heavy heart, turns persistently lsrS farm. Altoona Graphic.
i.., r . .,. , i .in i
a oiieeriiu muu to tue woriu, win pros-
and it would bo after G whon I got
home.
"Yes; it's four miles out, but
you aro only two minutes' walk
the base ball ground."
"1 wish you would mako out that
lease beforo anybody else comes in,"
said the prospective tenant vigorously.
Every child who does not know
something of oountty lifo is deprived
of its natural birthright a birthright
which onco enjoyed, can never bo
wholly lost. Town-bred children, who
aro kept unnaturally clean and well
dressed and taken decorously to walk
once a day aro pitifully ignorant of the
raptures ot ma clothes, bare feet and
absoluto freedom of aotion in invest-
Tha livery stable business in Mexico
is condncted on a moro magnificent
scale than in American cities. You
can only keep tho very finest carriages
ond horses that roust bo tho equal of
any held by privato owners. Your
natrons only como from tho wealthy
classes, who entertain the greatest con
tempt for cheap things ana will insist
on tho finest oquinaces. Then wo aro
obliged to Buppty a driver and foot
man in full livery, such as are never
seeu in cities this sido of tho Rio
Grando. When Patti was in Mexico
sho hired a now carriage, upholsterod
in silk, and accompanied by driver and
footman dressed in gorgeous colors.
That was a sad mistake, for ever since
tho general pubtio has demanded turn
outs equal to that display. St. Louis
Globe Democrat,
"Two throos 1" called out ono of tho
crowd, as ho tried to get to tho win
dow. "Hurry up 1" cr.cd another.
"Thero ought to bo a separato win
dow hero for women 1" growled a third.
"Then it will tako twelvo cents !"
sho calmly queried, as she fumbled
around for her purse.
"Yes."
"Well I'd better pay it, I guess."
From ono pocket sho took two cop
pers, from her retioulo sho took a
threo cent piece, from l.er purso sho
fished out a nickle ; and it was only
after a hunt of eighty seconds that sho
got tho twelvo cents together. Sho
then consumed four minutes licking on
tho Btamps, asking whero to post tho
box, and wondering if thoro really was
any writing inside, but woman pro
poses aud man disposes. Twenty,
thousand dollars' worth of business was
being detained by a twelvo cent wo
man, and a tidal wave suddenly took
hor away from tho window, in sixty
seconds the thirteen men had been
waited on and gono thoir ways, and
tho woman returned to tho window
handed in tho box and said :
"Thom Btamps aro licked on kind o'
crooked, but it won't mako any differ
ence, will it!" Ex.
ently feel warmth and light como to
lila hnnrt UMiinh Bhnll nimafn Hinrn '
"Youths Companion,
"Elastic" starch obviates tho neces
sity of boiled starch, and it imparls to
linen a fiuo polish.
It is said that 8,000 Boston servant
girls carry books or mutio rolls on the
street when thoy go out, thinking thus
to deoeivo tho people as to their occupation.
The Chinese Wall,
An American engineer, who has
mado the subject a special study on the
spot, has calculated that tho Chinese
wall contains 18,000,000 cubic metres
(0,350,000,000 cubio feet). Tho cublo
contents of the Great Pyramid is only
211,200 metres. Tho 'material usod in
tho construction of tho Chinese wall
would bo sullioicnt to build a wall
round tho globo 1.8 mitres (six feet)
high, and 0.0 metro (two feet) thick.
The samo authority estimates tho cost
of the Chinese wall to bo equal to tho
railway mileage of tho United States
(128,000 miles). Tho stupendous
work was couslruced in tho compara
tively short period of twenty year.
Iron.