4 L. MIITZ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Or'ioic Front Room, Ovbr PoitofTJoc.
iiLbokSmjiia, pa.
being. And hover again shall I, I
would not llyo to deal with fresh tomp
lations perhaps to succumb to them.
The legaoy of my great grandfather
has wrought evil for no ono not oven
for myself. I go
" 'To where, beyond theto voices, there
Is peace.' "
Luor IL Hooper, in Frank Leslie's.
T K. WALIiEIt,
ATTOltNEY-AT-LAW,
Dloomsburf, Pa
Offlca orer lit National Bank.
Hating at Dickinson.
vr U.PUNK,
Ly ATTORNEY-AT-tiAW.
BuMHaina, Pa.
omca In Kat'i Building;,
J OilN M. CLANK,
Attorney-at-law'
AMD
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
, , , Blooiisboju, 1'a
omcs orer Mojoruroa. urogbtore.
W.klLLEB,
c.
ATTOPNKY.AT.LAW,
0Oc In Brower'i bulldtnir.sooond noor.room Mo.
Bldornsbure, ra.
B.
FRANK ZAIUl,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Blooinsbur'g, Pa.
oraco corner of centre and Main Streets. Clark
nuiiaing.
Cad be oousulted In German,
nuo.
E. ELWELIi
-attorne,y-at-law,
Bloombduko, Pa,
OfUco on First floor, front room of Col
ombian Uullding, Miiln street, below Ex.
ciiango itotei.
pADIi E. WIRT,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office In Columbian Bdildiko, Third floor.
H,
V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BLOOM SI URB, PA.
Office In Growers' Building, 2nd floor,
may 1-tf
I. enobb, u a. wnrnssnix.
KNOBR & WINTER8TEEN,
Attorneys-at-Law.
uuiuu tu taw iuguM iMUft UtUltUUKt BQVU11U UUUT,
arat'door tothekrt. Corner ot Main ana Market
stresis uioomsourir, ra.
WWPtnnonM and Bomtie CollecUd.
F,
P. BlLIiMEYEU,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
,'If"6flco over Dcntlcr's shoo store,
Illoomsburg, Pa.
rapr-30.86.
w
H. MIAWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
catawlsaa, ra.
OTJce.eeraer ot Third and Malnutneta.
IOUAEL P. EYEKLY,
Cohyoyiaiow, Collector of Claims.
AMD
lxqAl Armcx in tbx sbttlemknt of
,, . JSTATK8,0,
.HVOfflce In Dentler building; wltb 7. F. mil!
meyer- attorney-al-law, tront rooms, 2nd floor
R. HONOKA A. BOBBINS.
Offlm and residence. Weat First street, niooms-
' B. McKELVY. M. DHureeon and PhT
.slclan, north aide Main street, below Market
D
R. J. 0. BUTTER,
FHT8ICIAN BCBOBON,
Office, North Market street,
Bloomitrarr , Fa
0R, WM.
Physician.
It REBER . Burgeon and
Offloe corner ot Bock ana Market;
trcot
EXCHANGE HOTEL.!
W. R. TDBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOliSBTOO.PA. ,
0PF0S1TK OOUET, HODS B.
Large ana convenient sample rooms. Bath room,!
Hot and cold water; ana all modern conveniences.
B.
F. HARTMAN
asruasxTS TU.rouowixa
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES1
North American o! Philadelphia. 1
Franklin, " "
PeanaylTanla, "
York, of Pennsylvania. ,
Hanover, ot N. Y. i
Oveensj ot London.
North British, ot London. ,
omca on Market Street. No, , Bloomsburg;.
oot.ts, 1-
PIBE INSURANCE
"TmiUSTIAN V. KNAPP, BLOOMSBOBa.PA.
UOUC, 01T N. T.
JU0UMiW,oy NBWABK, N. J.
.t'JUNTQN.iN.Y.
FX0PLK8' N. Y.
-.MJUUTJINO. VA. i
These ou coaroaAnOKS are well seasonea by
ava aadrwaTSSTBD and have never yet had a
ail invested In souo modbities are liable to the'
nazarO'OinHBoiur.
Louses raoMmr and. noxsirLT adjusted and;
Bald as soon as i deter mined by cbbistian r.j
Kiurr, arxcuL Aoim akd Adjusts Bloomsbpbo,
. Thapeopisof, Ooiomola coanty should patron
ise to agency where losses If .any are settled and
pal J by one ot ther own clttze na.
FBOMPTNBaa. EQUITY. FAIR DBALINO.
THEAB BROWN'8 1NBURAN0E
JPagbnoy. Moyer's new building, Mala street,
Bioosssburg, Pa. . ,
Assets
Atnalnjurancoco.,ot Hartford, Conn tl,W,a
BMral'el Liverpool is.MO.OOo
mmAaaoclaaon.a'hlladelphta ,l64,7io
Pheeniir ot London &,:M,870
LoikUo Lancashire, ot Xngland 1 J W.Ka
HanssMoniarUord.'. , 3,373,030
aatlMMlaia nraand Marine. .- 2.082,860
Aatbaaoeneles are direct, policies are written
ort&el Insured without delay In the office at
Vtaomsbarg. Oct. 2S, '81.
TJTr AINWR1QUT & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
PlIILADKU-UIA, PA.
I'iUa, fcYHUlfi, COPPS, SCO Alt, MOLABHEft
Jit CI, SFIOBS, BIOAKU BOD A, ITa, XTO.
, f,l.C. dorner Second and' Arcij Bts.
arorder will receive prompt attention.
w
n. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
Blo omsbubq, Columbia County, Pa
AUstyls of work done in a superior manner, work
warranted a represented, tbbtb extbaot
W, wirooor Paim try the use of Uas, and
free of charge when artificial teeth
are Inserted.
. .Office In Barton's building, Main street,
below Market, tlvo doors below Klelm's
drug store, first floor.
7a b$ open at all houn during the dai
NovM.ly
Benton Hotel,
LEMUEL DRAKE, Prop'r.
This well-known hotel bss been re-opened and
many Improvements made for the accommodation
ot the traveling public. The bar and table are
supplied with the best the market affords. A large
and commodious stable Is connected with the
hotel. Terms always reasonable.
tTmay87) LEMUEL DRAKE, Proprietor.
WIL.LIAIVI HART
BLOOMSBURG, PENN'A.,
AOBNT FOB THE
KtYITONE DYNAMITE POWDER CO.,
uanufactruers of the celebrated Keystooo Dyna
mite. This explosive Is giving universal a Uaf ac
tion. Quotations cheerfully given, (ltaugem
TOT,TJ.XTl pari Ja
Ufl BOIIOLiABUHIPla
PALAIS' . .
BUSINESS COLLEGE
KM (Mitt tt, rtibUftu.
Positions for Graduates.
Time required 3 to t mos.
The Beit Equipped. Best
Course of Study, lleit Ev
orythlnx. Wnn ht Circuki.
SUBSCRIBE FOR
COI.UMUIAN,
to
n v, ,vmm
w. M.UUWJSilll,
s BITTEMBSNDEB, r"Iton,
J)EI,AWARE, LACKAYANNA AND
western itAir.nnin
BLOOMSBUUQ DIVISION.
STATIONS.
Noirrn,
A. V. A
10 10
10 23
10 29
10 80
10 M
11 00
11 07
11 IS
11 92
11 93
it SO
11 37
11 44
11 44
11 58
19 OS
13 18
13 20
19 21
12 30
12 37
19 41
12 43
12 30
11 33
1 03
1 11
1 19
1 93
1 30
r u
NORTIltTMBIHLAHD 6 40
Cameron. ' ' 5 I,
Chulasky . " S
llanviue... .... V r." SrS
Catawlasa "" i a
Itupert.. ... '. . ' 2 so
Illoomsburg a 8,
ppy....i .. 0 4!
y.njoKldjro. 6W
yillowrove..... ... s 34
nnarcrcek ...IS
Berwick 1. .. .. 7 03
lieach Haven . i u
Hick's Ferry ' 7 19
Hhlckshlnny.. ... ., ' 7 in
llunlock's.......; ." " 7 43
Nantlooke i w
Avondale., 7 m
Plymouth..., 7 m
Plimouth Junction,.... g 03
Dennett y 12
Maltby s 17
Wyomlnsr a ffj
r k
1 S3
. u.
13
S 80
8 31
S 40
1 38
14
S 19
S4
9 it
I M
I 03
7 19
7 M
7 97
7 SI
7 83
9 44
9 M
3 39
3 09
3 19
3 S3
383
3 89
3 43
7 49
7 49
7 63
8 M
8 17
8 29
8 34
8 33
8 83
8 43
8 49
8 53
8 54
0 01
9 09
9 17
V S3
9 SO
9 33
A II
3 52
3 SO
4 01
Jlttston i!.'.'..'.!.'.'.'.' 8 S3
iiuKawnDna ...
Tajlortlllo. ,
BelleTUo
SCBANT0H
STATIONS.
3 40
... 8 43
... 8 U
9 00
r u
r u
AM
9 DO
9 33
10 00
10 08
10 13
10 29
10 27
10 30
10 31
10 S3
10 42
10 47
10 51
10 33
11 09
11 12
11 92
11 93
11 97
SOUTH.
A H
HCRAHTOM.
liellevue...
s 10
18
9 05
a'ii
9 21
9 !8
2 34
2 39
247
9 50
9 31
2 39
3 03
3 03
3 19
5 29
3 89
3 45
3 61
3 67
4 01
4 03
4 19
4 18
4 31
4 29
4 43
4 64
B 00
6 15
r m
6 90
6 23
6 '
3 37
6 43
Taylorvlilo a to
ijttuKuwanna s 24
Plttston 3 33
WestPlttaton e 4i
Wyoming e 47
Maltby c ti
Bennett 6 63
KlngBton.t 6 8
3 U)
0 53
6 69
7 03
7 07
7 12
Plymouth Junction
, 7 OR
. 7 10
, 7 II
, 7 19
. 7 M
, 7 47
7 55
riymoutb...
Avondalo. .
7 IS
7 21
Nantlcoke...
llunlock's...
snicksbluny
7 25
7 43
7 55
uicx's rorry,
8 07
8 13
8 20
8 27
Beach Haven. 8 01
Berwick 8 07
unarcreoK. 8 13
w low urova R 1ft 11
B 31
8 35
8 41
8 47
8 62
8 57
9 15
Lime lUdge. s 20 11 32
Espy. 8 28 11 to
Bloomsburg ... 8 32 12 05
HuDert.- s 37 12 111
Catawlasa 8 12 12 is
Danville h 57 12 .in
Chulasky. 9 03
Cameron., 9 07 is 40
North tmBBBLAKD..M... 9 22 19 M
9 23
9 98
9 45
r u
A v r M
Connection,, At ttnnprt. with PhlTflrtelnhtfl
Heading ltallroad for Tamanend, Tamaqua. W11U
lamsport, Hunbury, PottBvlile, etc. At Northum.
berland with P. & K. Dlv. P. K. R. for Harrlsburg,
Lock Haven, Emporium, Warrer, corry and Erie.
W. F. HALSTEAD, Gen. Man.,
Scranton, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Philadelphia & Erie R. R. Divis
ion, and Northern Central
Railway.
Ilxll
TIME TABLE.
In effect May 29. 1887. Trains leave Sunbury.
EASTWARD,
9.40 a. m.. KflA Khorn Rim-ma Mallv nnwnt.
Sunday), for narrlsburg and Intermediate stations,
arriving at Philadelphia 8.15 p. m. ; New York,
(J90D.m. ! Baltimore. 8.10 n. m. : Waabirurton.
5.60 p. m., connecting at Philadelphia for all sea
Shore points. Through passenger coach to
Philadelphia.
1.43 t,. m. TlAT 'ATAMM
dally except Sunday),for Uanisburg and Interme
diate stations, arriving at Philadelphia
6.50 p. m. ; New York, 9.35 p. m. ; Baltimore
6.46 p. m. ; Washington, 7.45 p. m. Parlor car
through to Philadelphia and passenger coaches
through to Philadelphia and Baltimore.
i,ta p. m.-iu:nuvo Accommoaauon (aaiiy
for llarrlsburtr and all Intermediate statlona. arriv
ing at Philadelphia 4.23 a, m. : New York 7.10 a. m.
Baltimore, 4.65 vm. : Washington 6.03 a. m.;
Sleeping car accommodations can be secured at
narrlsburg tor Philadelphia and New York, on Sun.
days-a through -Bleeping car will be run; on this
train from WllUamspt to Phlladelphla-Phlladelphla
Fasaengers can remain In sleeper undisturbed untl
a.m.
9.60 a. m Erie Mall (dally except Monday,
for Harrlsburg and intermediate' stations,
airWlng at Philadelphia 8.25 a.m.1 New York,
11 Aj a. m. : Baltimore 6.13 a, m; Washington, (.so
a. m. Through Pullman sleeping cars are run on
this train to Philadelphia. Baltimore and Waahincr.
ton, and through passenger coaches to Phlladel-
pma ana Baltimore.,
WESTWARD.
6.10a. m. Erie Mall (dally -except Bundav). fo
Erie and all Intermediate stations and canandal
rua acd Intermediate stations, Rochester BnSa
10 and Niagara Falls, with through Pullman Pal
ace cars ana passenger coacnes to jtne ana uocn
ester. 9.63 News Express (aaiiy except Sunday) for
Lock Haven and Intermediate stations.
12.52 p. m. Niagara Express (daily except sun
a y) for Kane and Intermediate stations and Can.
aiualgua and principal Intermediate stations,
Rochester. Buffalo and Nlaeara Falls with
through passenger coaches to Kane and Rochester
ana runorcario wuuamspurt.
3.90 p. m. Fast Line (dally except Sunday)for Re
novo and Intermediate stations, and Elmlra. Wat
kins and Intermediate stations, with through pas
senger coaches to Kenovo and Watklns.
9.20 a. m. Sunday mall for Renovo and Interme
diate station-
THROUOU TRAINS FOR SUNBURY FROM THE
HAST illUWJUlll.
Sundar mall leaves Philadelphia 4.80 a. m
tlarrlsbnnr 7.40 amvlnir at Sunburr 9.20 a. m. with
through Bleeping car from Philadelphia to Wll.
Hams port.
News Express leaves Philadelphia 4.80 a. m.
narrlsburg, 8.10 a. m. dally except Sunday
arriving at Sunbury 9.63. a. m.
Nlairara Exoresa leaves
Philadelphia, 7.40 a. m. ; Baltimore 7.30 a. m. (dally
except Sunday arriving at Sunbury, 19.62 p. m.,
with through Parlor car from Philadelphia
and through passenger coaches from Philadel
phia and Baltimore.
Fast Line leaves New York 9.00 a. m. : Phlladel-
phla,ll.50 a. m. ; Washington, 9.K0 a. m. ; Balti
more, 10.45 a. m., (dally except Sunday) arriving at
Sunbury, 5.SU p. m.. with through passenger
coaches from Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Kne Mail leaves new xorKs.uup. m, ; rmiaoei.
phla, 11.23 p. m. : Washington, 10.00 p. m. ; Baltl.
BDinir earB from rnuaaeionia. waamnctoi
Baltimore and through passenger coaches from
Philadelphia.
SUNBUUV, 1IA7.I.KTON dc WII.KEMHAltUK
UAlLItUAif Ann nuiiTii Ann wuht
U1PANI1II RAILWAY.
(Dally except sunuay.)
Wllkesbarre Mall leaves Sunbury 9.65 a. m.
arriving at Bloom Ferry 10.43 a. m., Wllkes-barra
1S.1D p. w.
wtlkea-Barre accom. leaves Sunbury 2.65 p m. ar
riving atBloom Kerry 3:51: Wllkes-Barre, 6:00 p m.
Express East leaves Sunbury 6.85 p. m., arriving
BV uiuum rcrr o.wp. iu., niuvuuiBiiwyi u.
Sunbury Mall leaves Wl lkesbarre 10.23 a. m. arriv
ing av uioom fvrry 11.cn a. ui., ouuuury is.ts y. ut
Express West leaves Wllkes-barre2.60 p. m.f ar,
riving at Bloom Ferry 4.19 p. m sunbury MOp.m
laiawiasa aeeoio. leavra ncucupccx o:ua v " vn
riving at Bloom Ferry 5:30 p m: Sunbury, (:26 p m,
SUNDAY ONLY.
Sunday mall leaves Sunbury 9:23 a. m., arriving
St moom Ferry luuo a. in.. vviiKea-uanv a-nu
Sunday accommodation leaveB Wllkes-Barre 5:10
p. m., arriving at moom rerry, o- p. m., eunuury,
iiou p. m '
mi Vmh pnon. J.R.WOOD.
oenuManager. Oen. Passenger Agent
BLOOMSBURG JLAMG MILL
The undersigned having put his Planing Ml
on Railroad street, In flrst-ciass condition, Is pre
pared to ao an kinas 01 worx in nis line.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS. MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
urnuned at reasonable prices. All lumberused
Is well seasoned and none but skilled workmen
are employed,
ESTIMATES P0R BUILDINGS
nrntshed on application. Plans and Bpectflca
ons prepared by an experiencea araugntsman
OUAItliES KRCC,
niooniNburR, I'a
RBUCKLES'
name on a paolcago of OOFFEE Is a
gnaxantea of oioellonco.
ARIOSA
COFFEE is kept In all flr6t-olass
stores from tho Atlantlo to tho Paolflo.
COFFEE
la never good when exposed to the air.
Always buythlabrandlnhermetloally
sealed ONE POUND PACKAGES.
marl.rly
WANTED. LADIES for our Fall and
Christmas Traae, to tale light, pleasant
work at their own homes, fl to (3 per day can be
nuietly made. Work sent by mall any distance.
Partculars free. No canvasdng. Address at once,
ORESCENT ART CO., HT Milk St., Boston. Mass.
Box 6170. oclirlt.
HOW'S
YOUR LIVER ?
Is the orienta salutation,
knowing that good hea th
cannot exist without a
healthy liver. When the
iver is torpid tho bowels
are suggish and constipa
ted, the food lies in the
stomach undigested, pois
oning the blood; frequent
headache ensues; a feeling
of lassitude, despondency
and llervousness indicate
how the whole system is
deranged. Simmons Liver
Regulator has been the
means of restoring more
people to health and hap
piness by giving them a
healthy liver than any
agency nown on earth.
It acts with extraordi
nary power and efficacy.
NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED.
Asa general family remedy for dyspcpsla,torpId
liver, constipation, cfc, I hardly ever use anything
else, and have been disappointed In the effect pro-
uutvu; ib occults iu uu aimosi a pt'necb euro lor au
uiactisca vi iiio Btumacu aaa oawcis.
W. J. McElrov, Macon, OA.
CJROW1V ACMJE
THE BEST BURNING OIL THAT CAN
BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM.
It gives a brilliant light.
It will not smoke the chimneys.
It will not char the wick.
It has a high fire test.
It win not explode.
It Is pre-cinlnently a family safety OIL
WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON
With any other Illuminating oil made.
we Stake Our Reputation,
as renners, upon tho statement that It U
THE BEST OIL.
IN THE WORLD.
Ask your dealer for
CROWN ACME.
Trade for Bloomsburg and vicinity Supplied by
MOYER BROS.,
liloomsburg, Pa.
sep2-ly.
CL0THlNG2oCL0THING
6. W. BERTS C H.
THE MERCHANT TAILOR.
Cents' Furnishi&g Goods, Bats & Caps
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Suits mado to order at. short notice
and a fit always guaranteed or no sale.
Call and examine the largest and best
selected stock of goods ever Bhown in
Columbia comity.
Store next door to First National Bank,
MAIN STREET,
Bloomsburg Pa.
PATENTS
F. A. LERMANN.
Washlngton,u. c
Send for circular
sepsodlt.
ASK FOR
LIEBIG COMPANY'S
EXTRACT OF MEAT
and Insist upon no other being substituted tor It.
N.B. Genuine only with fac-simile of
Baron Liebig s Signature In bine
across each Label.
sold by uorekeepers, grocers and druggists ev-
orHUCre. BerKHKHU
GRATEFUL COMFORTING,
EPPS'S COCOA.
BREAKFAST.
"By a thorough knowledge of the natural lawn
which irovern the ooere.t Ions of digestion and nu
trition, and by a careful application of the One
properties of well-selected Cocoa. Mr. Edds has
provided our breakfast tables with a delicately
flavored beverage which may save us many doc
tors' bills. It Is by tho Judicious use ot such arti
cles ot diet that a constitution may be gradually
built up until strong enough to resist every ten
dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies
are floating around us ready to attack wherever
there is a weak point. We may escape many a
i&lhi huuji. oy Keeping ouRuutfs weuioniuea wua
Jiure blood and a properly nourished frame." Clt
I Strrtoe Oaiette. Hade simply with boiling water
or uiiiK. sum only iu uait-uouau una, uy grocers,
labelled thus: JAMES EPPH CO,
(SO) Ilomccopathlo Chemists, London, England.
WINCHESTER'S
UYFOPIIOSPHITK or LIME Ann SODA 13
matchless remedy for consumption In every
stage ot tho disease. For coughs, weak
lungs, throat diseases, loss ot nesn and ap
petite, and all forms of general debility It Is an
uncqualed speclflo remedy.- rw"Be sure and get
WINCHESTER'S Preparation. 1 and t2 per bottle.
Bold by druggists. WINCHESTER CO, IK!
William street, New York. sepaodit.
WORK FOR ALL. pioyment Kirn
to enerwetic men and women everywhere.
lauaweex ana an expenses paid, uam
nles worth 15 and full partlculara free. Address 1.
b. VICKKltY, AuruBta. Wo. Don't raids this
cbanoc. write to-uaj-. octl4J4U
HaVTATOQ Cough. TlronrhlUi, Attbmtt, Indlffention 1 Cm
EARKCR'8 GJNQ8R TONIO wltLout d.Uy. It
cura ia&nru( the wurs(ouiittlUtbatcBjrtrrad7
for all affections of the throes nl lunrt, and dLwauta
erlslof f rom Lmpuni blood end extuLuation. The feeble
end tick, etniinrllnir asaUust dliteafre. and slowly drtftlntf
the tlmelr uw of farker'e QlnirerTonio, but delay ! dao
reroua Take It la time. It U luvalueble for all iina
and diworderg of iwniach wul bowel. 60a, at DnignUiM,
OCtHdit,
LADIES
srfiaiuti .mi avail get mii-a m jmii tujya vuw
a wek and ou her the flneat-poliihed itore tn U
BCpUd4U
TUB
Kansas Trust Si Banking Company.
Of ATCniSON, KANSAS.
SENATOR INOALLH, . President.
Offers guaranteed Farm Bonds of Eastern Kan
sas, bemt annual coupons payable at the Chatham
National Bank, New York.
Eastern office: 167BB01DWAT. Nsw Yoax.
R. M. Mimir, uen'l al'g'r. send for Pamphlet.
Pan3ji7aua m,itt Work!, M, h
IMiu i cuiiui sifuii a of sun
awiuumM
oct-49tald
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BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1887.
Bod-Boaded Girls.
A WHITE HORSE INVARIABLY
PEARS WHEN THEV ARE SEEN.
AP-
Accordinc to tho Macon Tclearanh.
tho discussion over tho alleged simul
taneoua nppcaranco upon tho streets of
whito horses and red-headed cirls haa
reached a point in the West that re
minds ono of the days of tho 13, 14,
io pitzzic, mo chestnut bell and tho
"punch conductor" sonar. Tho minor.
stltion is nratly hit off by a Kansas
paper as lollows:
"VYtiosoover says so is a liar, roared
a choleric old gentleman from Dexter.
standing in front of tho city hall.
"ibcBo stories aro got up to play upon
tho credulity of country people I'm
getting tired."
'Look thero now." ho shouted.
"thoro'e a red-headed dirli red-headed
till you can't rest. Where's anv white
horstt Just as easy as rollin' off'n a
log to prove tho originator of tho fad
a liar. I don't believe thero's a vhito
horeo within a tnile." But chancing
to gaze in the dirootion of the High
school a hearso was seen, to lyhich, not
one, but two milk-white steeds were
bitched. Tho Dexter man fainted.
To this may bo added that columns
have been written explanatory of the
...Ul. I ! 1- ., ' . ..
win it; uuiHB confluence wituout satis
fying tho public.
Possibly the reason whv whon a
red headed girl appears on tho street a
white horse soon makes his appearance
will have to bo soucht for in history.
This suirccstion is thrown out for
what it is worth1. Away baok in the
early Greek and Egyptian days red
headed girls wero very justly prized
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THE GASKETS KEY,
When' Chester Soabrook, young,
wealthy, intellicent. and ambitions of
literary fame, wont to Italy to collect
materials and to consult nothnritieH
before beginning his projeoted tragedy
of "Cresar Borgia," his friends and rel
atives in New York wero far from an
ticipating the actual results of his re
searches. These had broucht about
bis acquaintance with a certain Dr.
Alexander Marlul. an acred nhvsinian
of Milan, who claimed descent from
ono of tho collateral branches of tho
Borgia family. This old doctor's grand
daughter, Luorezia Marini, was won
dorfully beautiful, an Italian blonde.
glowing with tho freshness of extreme
youth, being then hardly seventeen,
and with all tho lustre of a loveliness
wliioli, as her grandfather dcolarcd, ro
vived and reproduced the charms of
hor of tho samo narao who was the fa
mous bndo of Dnke Alfonso of Ferra-
ra. I he tragedy remained unwritten
and Chester Seabrook took to wife this
dazzling creature. If, wedding in
ha8to,ho afterwards repented at leisure,
the outside world was destined never
to know. His married lifo lasted a
little over ono year. His brilliant
Italian wifo died in sivincf birth to a
son, and tho young widower returned
mo uubivo iiuiu wuu ins nine cniia,
possibly a wiser man, but certainly a
sadder one. It was an ominous fact
that he never referred to his wifo in
any way, nor to tho experiences of his
few montbB of matrimony. A minia
ture, painted on ivory and renroducinrr
tho glowing yet dolicato beauty of tho
fair Lucrezia, was all that remained to
him of that episodo in his life That,
and the boy, who had received tho
name of Louis, and who bore well his
transfer to the United States, growing
and thriving as though ho had been
bom under tho shadow of the Stars
and Stripes.
When Louis was a little over twelve
years of age his father died suddunly
of typhoid pneumonia. He bad pno
only Bister, Mrs. Riobard Marsden, and
to her and her husband he bequeathed
the guardianship of his, son and that
son's large fortune. It was a healthyi
natured and happy family in which the
boy grew to manhood. Mrs Marsden's
three boob were all older than Louis,
and did not, it is true, take very kind'
ly to their cousin. But her only
daughter, little Grace was some years
his junior, and, as is often the case in
such instances with intelligent, pre
oocious little girjs, she developed a
groat fanoy for her moody boy cousin
ana reguiariy took mm under her pro-
IVUIIUU.
The poor boy needed all the affection
IJ M ll..
luai uouiu posaiDiy do bestowed upon
him. He was never strong, and his
disposition was gloomy and morbid to
a degree that was extraordinary in one
that was to so great a degree a favor
ite of fortune. He was shy and silent
to a painful extent, and deanite his-
Italian origin, be develooed no tasto
for either art or music. He decided
early in life to become a Dhvsioian. lint.
after studying medicine for sumo few
years in a desultory, languid way, de
voting tne oniei part ot his time to in
vestigations concerning tho nature and
properties of poisons, he suddenly an
nounced that on attaining his majority
ho had made np his mind to relinanish
all idea of studying a profession And
he likewise astonished Mr. and Mrs.
Marsden by making formal uronosalu
r .ui '
lor uiu uuuu oi urace.
'i neso proposals wero negatived at
once, and decidedly, by Mr. Marsden.
"You are both of you too young to
think of suoh a thing as marriage, or
even of an engagement, Louis." his
uncle mado answer. "You aro only
just twenty-ono, and Grace is but a
tow weeks over sixteen. Moroover, I
have decided objections to the mi
riage of first cousins."
"You do not know to what you doom
me, uncle," was tho gloomy response of
tho young man. "Grace is all that I
have to live for upon earth, and if I
lose her '
"Now do not talk nonsense, Louis,"
responded Richard Marsden, briskly,
but not unkindly. "Grace is too rauoh
of a child to bo allowed to listen to
IT t . . n.
your proiicrs oi auoction. sue cares
no moro for you than she does for Ned,
or Harry, or Frank. You are liko a
brother to her nothing moro and I
do not mean to have her mind disturb
ed by anything liko love-making. Bo
sides, you have aeon nothing of tho
worm, as you snouui do betoro ciioos
ing a wifo and settling down to matrl
mony and quietude. Go abroad
spend the next two years in European
travel, and then "
"And then you will givo Grace- to
me!" eagerly askod the youth, his
palo face Hushing and bis dark eyes
glowing as ho spoke.
"I rnako no promiso ; I will enter in
to no compact with you on that sub
ject You and Grace must both bo
entirely tree, and if either of you
should fall in love with somo ono
else "
"I pannot admit tho existonoo of
suoh a possibility as far as I qm con
cerned,' Louis mado answer, passion
ately.
"Nevertheless such things arq possi
ble, aqd have often oocurred, especial
ly where two such ohildren as you
both aro wero concerned. Now. let mo
hear nothing more on this subject.
shall send Grace to stay with her aunt,
Mrs. iiavyn, in Yashington, until j
aro gono, and I shall feel seriously d
pleased with you if ypu broach to her
uuy Hiiuject. uuiuit'uum WHU IOVO and
matrimony before her departure,"
And so well and oarofullv did Mrs,
Marsden (who was at once acquainted
by her husband with all tho details of
the affair) watch over hor daughter,
that Graco went away for her visit
wholly unconscious of tho conquest
she had made of ho cousins iffoctlona
Shp was, to toll tho truth, so delighted
at tho idoa of a journey.to Washington
of a sojourn with her ,faypritQ aunt
(whoso daughter Alico was about )ior
own age), and of. all tho Ihingi she
raoant to seo and do, that she lost
sight of the fnot that Cousin Louis was
going to sail for Europo in a few
weeks, and that alio would not see him
again for a long, long time. In fact.
the peculiarly morbid disposition of
the young man bad finally become re-
peuant to hor bright nature, and though
she was always affectionate and kind
to hitn she ielt,. unconsciously, a .cer
tain degree of relief in the thought of
his nlrsenco.
"You must not forget me.Grncn." lin
said, fervently at the momont of hor
departure And tho young girl answer
ed, gayly : "No fear of that, Louis.
Ji.ven if you never wnto to anv of ns.
shall always remember you. For
you aro my cousin, you know just tho
same to mo as ono of my brothers."
Xouis was about to utter somo pro
testation respecting this announcement
on Graoo's parti bat a significant
touoh on his shoulder from tho hand
of Mr. Marsden recalled that contlo-
man's stern prohibitions, and ho oon-
tented himself with kissing with fervor
uio iittio hand that Uraoo franklv
placed within his own. unheodinrr t.ha
fresh young f aoo that was hold up to
him for a parting salute.
"now odd you aro, Louis, not to kiss
mo good-bye r sho cried, travlv. nn
sho sprang into the oarriago t "remem
bor, you must write your first letter
from Homo to mo. And bo suro you
toll mo what you think about St. Peter's
and tho Colosseum. I wish I wero go
ing with you to see them all."
"If you only wore ' muttered Lonls.
as tho carriage drovo uwav. "There
goes my guardian .angel, and I must
go forth nlono to moot tho demon."
A fow weeks later Louts Seabrook
sailed from New York for Europe. Ho
did not fall to write to Graco moro
than one impassioned love-letter short
ly after his arrival j but tho ohild, per
plexed, unsyrapathizmg, and half pro
voked with what Bhe called "Cousin
Louio's foolishness," made no ysponse
to bis fervent protestations. Louis
took the hint, and the correspondonoo
thereafter was conduoted on a moro
tranquil footing. To this ohango a
sharp reproof from Mr. Marsdon, and
a threat of forbidding altogether any
interchange of lotters, probably con
tributed largely. Tho traveler wrote
but seldom, but ho often sent tokens of
regard and remembrance to his unote'a
family, and especially to Grace, One
of these was a fine copy of tho celebrat
ed portrait of Cicsar Borgia, by Ra
phael, which is ono of tho noted art
treasures of tho Borghcse Palaoo. And
in tho strangely beautiful f aco, with
the evil tendencies of the inner nature
looking from the large oyes and enry-
ing tne tun red Hps, Mrs. Marsden
recognized with a shudder a strong ro
semblanco to tbe countenance of her
nephew. Indeed, ho alluded to the
llkeuess ot himself in one of the infre
quent letters received from. him during
his sojourn in Rome. "I must bo a
true descendant of the Borgias," he
wrote, "for my likeness to the Raphael
portrait has been oommentod upon
evon by total strangers, and when I
went to see my great-grandfather, Dr.
Marini, whon I passed through Milan,
the other day, his first exclamation on
oenoioing mo was, 'xon are like your
raotuers race.' uy-tne-way, wnat a
wonderful old man ho is ! I have prom
ised to pay him a long visit on my way
vacs to r-aris, ana ne tens me that he
will then confine to my keeping sundry
family relics of great imoortance. I
confess that I am very curious to, see
him. He is nearly ninety years old
now, but preserves all his faculties un
impaired.
A few months later Louis wrote that
tho promised visit had been paid, and
that Dr. Marini had placed in his
hands some curious and antique nbiectu.
several of which at one time belonged
to too iamous tamiiy ot rope Aloxan
ander Borgia. "Amongst these," ho
wrote, "is an ivory casket of exquisite
and artistio workmanship. It possess
certain singular properties which
shall describe when we meet." Next
came the nows of the death of tho old
doctor, who had seemed to bavo lived
thus. long for tho express purposo of
bestowing his cherished heirlooms on
bis great-grandson and solo direct de
scendant.
The two years that had been fixed as
the period of young Seabrook's absence
had nearly come to an cud, and he had
already written to announoo tho dato at
which he would sail for homo, when ho
received irom Airs, marsden the nows
of Graoe's engagement to a young and
talented lawyer, Stuart Hastings by
name. The match was ono that was
satisfactory in every way to Mr. and
Mrs. Marsden, and, to do them justice,
they had both looked upon tho attach
ment of Louis for his cousin as a mere
boyish passion that had not survived
the tests of timo and absence This
letter received no response, but Louis
wrote a tew hurried lines to Urooe, de
claring his intention of being present
at hor marriago. "And to provo to
my pretty cousin that l bear her no
malico for tho way that she has trifled
with my affections," ho wrote : "I will
bring her a wodding present such as
fow brides in this nineteenth century
nave over seen.
But It was not till tho day before
that fixed for tho ceremony that Louis
mado his appcaranoo at tho houso of
his aunt, lie received a warm wcl
como from Mrs. Marsden, who had al
ways lookod upon him as ono of hor
uwn oQiiurcn, '
"You havo grown tall and manlv.
Louis," she said, after tho first greetings
wero at an end, "but you look wild,
baggatd and feverish. Aro you suffer
ing from malarial You must not fall
ill on the very day of your return
the ove of Graoo's wedding day. Your
playmate of bvgono davs would feci
sorely griovod if you wero not to bo
present to-morrow.''
"Ah, yos whero 1b Graoo 1 I had
forgotten Graco I" tho young man re
sponded, nurridiy. "1 want to spo her
I bavo my wodding-gift roady for
her, and I want to present it to her
myseit.
"Go into the library, then, and
will send hor to you in a moment Sho
is just having her wedding-dress tried
on for tho last time, and I will tell her
not to tako it off, for I want you to
see now onarmingly sho looks in it.
And with a nod and a smile, Mrs.
Marsden disappeared.
Somo ten minutes later tho door of
tho library, whero Louis was paoing
mo uoor impatiently, was slowly open
cd, and tho brido-clect, gracoful and
charming in her vesturo of snowy satin
with a mion ot grave, sweet maidonli
ness, advanced with outstretched hands
to meet tho nowly-returuod wanderer.
Ho gazod upon her for a momont with
a lowering brow and a bitter smile,
"ilo it is thus that I And you, woman
at I loved," ho said between his teeth,
that :
i .1 a.
on tno evo oi your marriage, all ra
diant and smiling in your bridal fin
ery r
"Cousin Cousin Louis 1 stammer
ed the young girl, amazed and half
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXI.N0 41
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. J.I, lo ?0
alarmed at Seabrooko's demeanor.
"Oh, you need not be afraid I hare
not como to overwhelm, you with re
preaches or tell you all the ill that you
bavo wrought, ,my Cousin Graco. I
havo broucht you a proscnt from be-.
yond tho seas. Tako it, and with it
Buch blessings from mo as you and
your, ftinsfolk richly deserve."
So saying, ho turned toward tho
table, and brought forward to tho light
an ivory casket that stood thero still
half hidden in Its wrappings, Divest
ed of these. It ahnwrnl In thn annant.
light ai a marvol of artistio boanty. In
high relief upon the lid waa carved the
.!- I ri- 'i . . . ,
uii-uuiig ui uuccniis ano ivnaane,, ana
tho sides wero adorned with. a renro-
sontation of the bridal procession of
tho god, wherein bacchantes and satyrs,
nymphs and fauns, and cupids and
panthers, wpro all mingled in graoeful
confusion. Tho mountings of tho cas
ket were in antiauo silver, and on a
shield just above tho look wero engrav
ed tho intertwined initials "U. is., and
bolow theso a "V." surmounted with a
ducat ooronet, tho insignia of "Ctesar
Borgia, Duko of Valontinois." It was
a gilt worthy to bo offorod by an en
amorod monarch to his future Oueon.
Graoo drow near and gazed with
breathloss delight at tho oxquisito
workmanship of tho ivory carvings.
Meantime Louis took from his pocket
book an antiquo koy in darkened silyer.
This, too, was a veritable work of art.
Tho tubo was held in tho .upraised
bands of a mermaid, whoso ourved fish
tail formod tho handle of tho kev.
This handlo on its outer edgo was
bordered with small, soaroelv, Dercenti-
blo pcinta. or spines, whioh would bo
apt to wound too hand, of any one try
i .,i.i -. -
iug to open tne iock. ana not warned
to take duo precautions. This key
Louis carefully fitted into tho look of
tho .casket.
"Open it open it, Graoo 1" he cried
with foverish, eagerness,, "Within you
will find inclosed a neoklaoo of ,the
choicest pearls to bo found in all Paris.
Upen it open it, and toll mo what you
think of my wedding presents."
liut without touobinc the key tbe
girl glided forward and, and, resting
her, clasped hand on tho lid of the oas
ke, she looked into, the dark troubled
depths of her cousin's eyes with a ten
der seriousness in her glance, that
caused him to turn pale and to look
aside.
"Dear Cousin Louis," she said, "vou
havo brought mo a magnificent gift,
but do not think me exacting or un
grateful if I ask you for something
more. You know I am going ont to
morrow to u now lifo, and I want to
tako with me all the kicdly thoughts
and, affection of thoso who loved me
when I was a Iittio ohild. You feel
bitterly towards ns all, I know because
I could not love you better than I have
done just as I have loved my broth
ers. It will cast a shadow on tbe
brightness of my wedding-day if, I
think you are still displeased with my
parents, and still feel unkindly towards
me. Dear Cousin Louis my brother
Louis in memory, of our old pleasant
days together, will you not grant roe
my request T Take baok your lovely
caaKet and your necklace of pearls, and
give me instead your frtnk brotherly
nffnnt rr Anna m rm '
He fixed h'lB dark, burning eyea oi
tho soft blue ones raised so pleadingly
to nis own.
'So you will not open tbo casket.
urace 7 ' ne said hoarsely.
in oi tin you promiso to grant me
my request. Ab, Louis havo you for
gotten nil thoso days when we wero
children together, and little cousin
Graco used to pet you, and wptch over
you, and keep her boisterous brother
from teasing you t You wero always
very dear to me, .Louis be my dear
brother once again and always.
Still gazing fixedly upon hor. he
drew the oasket towards him, unlocked
it, threw baok tbe lid, and withdrew
the key. He held up his hand with
its open palm turned toward Grace as
he did bo, and the astonished girl could
see upon it ono or two minute drops of
blood caused by the punctures of the
points on tbo handle of tho key,
-laice your casket and your pearls,
Grace, and with them ray full forgive
ness, iod do not know what good
servioe I have dono you to-day. 1
have swept from your path a bitter
and dangerous foe. Did vou ever
read Victor Hugo's 'Esmeralda!' Thero
are tour lines in an old translation of
that poem which are now ringing
my brain :
'Mine be the tomb and thine bo light and
inc.
I die. and Fate aveneea thee. Tis well.
I eo, Oh anKcl ot my life, to learn
it ueavn is swoet as were thy love,
Farewell.'
oo saying, he took Urace s bead in
both his hands, kissed her tenderly on
tue ioreueaa aua doparted.
i wees later tno community was
elootrified by the nows of tbe sudden
doath of young Louis Seabrook, who
succumbed to a rapid and mvstcrioua
malady a fow days after tho marriago
of Miss Marsden, Tho dtseaso whioh
proved so speedily fatal baffled all the
. T .-. ...
science anu conjectures oi tho puyai
cans oanoa in to attend him. Tliov
agrcoa mat nis symptoms closely ro
sembled thoso produced by tho bite of
a serpeut, and finally dooided that tho
patient nau iaiien a victim to eomo
acute and mysterious form of blood
poisoning.
It was only Richard Marsden who
learned the truth, and that was after
tho death of Louis Seabrook. Amongst
tuo papers oi tno deceased was found
a lo'ter addressod to his undo. It set
forth in rambling, incoherent fashion
thoso facta:
"I brought the casket of Ciujar
Borgia as a present to Grace," bo
wrote, "intending that sho should not
long survive her marriage. The little
points that stud tho handle of tho sil
ver key, and that aro arrangod so as to
puncturo the hand of any ono who
tries, unwarned, to open tho casket
contain a deadly venom, liut, once
brought face to face with ray fair and
gentle cousin, I could not find it in
my neart to carry out my purpose.
a wo natures aavo striven lor suprcra
aoy in my soul Tho one is tho cruel
eorpent-ouuuing infused thero br the
Borgia blood of my maternal ances
tors. Tho other Is tho frank kindll
ness of ray American father. What
if tho first-named olement should once
aaln win tho upper baud, as it did
whon I planned Graoo's bridal friftf I
bavo deliberately tested ou myself the
ueatn-dcaiing properties ot tho poison
ed koy. I havo destroyed it. Never
, again will it work harm on any human
AROUND
Tho freshmen of Dickinson Col I ego
havo been hazed, and moro thoroughly
and effectually than for a number of
years. A Carlisle special says; Tho
hazing was done at night, between tho
hours of 11 and S. Tho scheme
originated in a crowd on the campus
after tho fraternity mocting. The
boys wero singing and having a good
tirao, when somebody proposed to
frighten tho freshmen. The proposi
tion waa immediately taken up, and
ithe orowd went over to West College,
whero, by yelling, singing, and pound
ing on tbo wainsootting, they manag
ed to frighten a number of tho fresh
men, and to get nearly all tho students
out. Tho sophomores then got togeth
er and decided to hazo tho freshmen.
They had previously determined not
to do so, as 91 greatly outnumbered
them, but their blood waa now up,
and they started for East College,
where tno largest number of students
room. Nearly all tho upper classmen
went along to see tho fun.
Tho first room visilod was occupied
by two freshmen, and was closo to tho
doctor's oflico. In response to a knock
it was opened, and tho wholo party
pushed in and tilled tho room. Tbo
lamp was lit and a space cleared.
Then a blanket was snatched off tho
bed and a dozen sophs surrounded it.
A number of froshmen were present,
some from ignorance, others from
curiosity, and others as prisoners of
war. Ono was bustled into the blank
et. "Pnt your hands up, was tho
order. Ho complied, hardly knowing
why. ".One, two, three," and tho un
happy lad shot into tho air and struck
tho ceiling. His hands aod feet saved
him from serious injury, but a shower
of limo came down, blinding and chok
ing him, besides spoiling his clothes.
Again and again he went up, while tho
crowd shouted. Then ho was mount
ed on a coal box and invited to make a
speech, sing a comic Bong, and con
jugate a Greek, verb.
Others followed, boys and whisker
ed men, teachers and preachers, all
went up in tho blanket, and danced a
break-down on a coal box to tho pat
ting of a ncoro of hands. Somo when
they went up wero doused with water;
others had their baro feet blackened.
Tho plastering began to come down,
and when the hole grew too big the
hazers adjourned to another room.
When tho victims ran short the neigh
boring rooms were ransacked, and tbe
victims pulled out of bed, trotted
across the bare halls, and in through
tho crowd in thoir night shirts. Room
after room was visited, and when tho
occupants failed to respond tho doors
were kioked in, and they only fared
the worse. Sometimes the hazers met
with resistance. In ore room a jun
ior met them with a club, but it avail
ed little. The young fellow plealed
that be had heart disease, and they let
bim off with a song. Jb.ven thon some
shouted, "Toss him." On the campus
scrimmage occurred in toe crowd
and several students were struck.
The most exciting time was tbo haz- .
ing of tho big man of the class, a strap
ping tlx footer, with a long football
reoord at his Jersey preparatory school.
Ho warned them away when thoy de
manded admittance to his room, but
they burst ic the door. Tbe room was
dark and silent as the grave, and tho
hazers bung back. 'Como in," cried
the leader, and in they went, timor
ously, expecting a pistol shot. A
match was struck and the lamp lit- In
the far corner the big fellow stood on
his bed, undressed, grasping an eight
pound club high over his head.
"Heep baok," he cried, "or there'll
be trouble."
Tho word was hardly out of his
mouth before n burly soph was on tho
bed with an iron grasp on tho club. It
dropped and tho men grappled. To
and fro over the bed thoy tramped,puli
ing and struggling. The bed clothes
wero rent and a shirt split. The soph
pinned him against the wall, the bed
slid out and they fell behind it, still
locked in each others grasp. Tho
orowd pulled them apart. There was
moro defiance and a second advance.
The freshmen's fraternity now inter
fered and talked to him in an under
tone. He looked at tho hostile crowd,
for they were bll hostilo then, and at
the new furniture certain to bo mashed.
Then he yielded, stepped forth, and
the triumphant sophs pnt bim up liko
tho rest.
How tu Tell a Child's Age.
A special committee of tho Massa
chusetts legislature inspected a largo
cotton mill at Salem, which ia manned
almost exclusively by French Can
adians, mostly children. AH sorts of
expedients are reaortcd to by tho par
ents to obtain tho necessary ccrtihcates
for children under tho legal ago of 11
years. Tho test now applied in each
case is an examination of thn teeth.
A dentist in tho Salem school board
qnioklr detects tho ago ot every ap
plicant foi a certihcato by tbo child a
tocth. Unless tho propor molara aro
there, due at 11 years, no cortificato is
issued.
lie too.
A Washington man tells of a quar
rel between two negro boys. Tho
larger bov. with great volubility, was
applying every sort of abusive epithet.
Tho younger boy, leaning against a
tenco and steadily regarding tho speak
or with a sudden ssowl, waited tor a
halt. At last it came
"Is you done!"
"tfes, I ig done."
Then slowly and coolly tho younger
said:
"All dem dings you said I is, you is
dem.''
Dangerous Boofa.
Roofs painted with lead paint, and
afterwards used to seouro a supply of
rain water' for drinking purposes, aro
dangerous to human health. Wo have
in mind a caso of a promising lad of
sixteen years of ago, who is now stono
bliud as tbo result of blood poisoning
from drinking rain water collected
from a roof recently painted. This
water was filtered, but still contained
sufficient of tbo mineral polsou to cause
disease. American Cu Itivator.
In 1775 thero wero only twenty
seven newspapers published in tho
United States. Ten years later, in
1795, thero wero sovcn'published in tho
English language in Philadelphia
alone, of which ono was a daily. Com
paratively thero were more newspapers
in Philadelphia iu 1787 than in 1887.
If 82,000,000 persons should clasp
hands they could reach around tho
globe.
AN KXCIT1NO NIGHT IN AND
the oor.t.EOK.