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Corner ot Main and Market Btreota uioomsuurg, ra. t&I'emiom and HountUi Collected, JP P. BILLMEYEK, (DISTJilCT ATTORNEY.") ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. SrOfllco over Dcntlcr's .shoe store, BlooraaburB, Pa. npr-30.86. y. n. RUAWN. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Catawisr a, Pa. once.eornerof Third and Molnstreota jyJIOIIAEL F. EYEULY, Conveyancer, Collector of Claims. ' AND LEGAL ADVICE IN TI1E, SETTLEMENT OP ESTATES, 40. rwofflce in Dentler'B building with P. P. Bill meyer, attorney-at-law, front looms, 2nd floor Bloomsburg, Pa. aprM. D R. 1IONOI1A A. R0BBIN8. omco and residence. West' First street. Blooms- burg. Pa. novae s ly. T B. MoKELVY, M. D.,8ureeon and Ph? . Plclan, north Bldo Main street.bolow Market D R. J. C. BUTTER, PHYSICIAN ft BURGEON, omne, North Market street, Bloomsburg, Pa Dll. WM. M. REBER Surgeon and Physician. OtUcocornerot Hock and Market treot. ESTABLISHED 1870. J J. BROWN. PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON. omco and residence on Third street near Metho dist church. Diseases otthocyo a specialty. 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Txbth Extbact jo wituoot pain by the use ot oas, and freeot charge when artinclalteeth Brelnserted, VJIUCUIU Mniiuuo uu.tuiufs, ... , , ' telow Market, tlvo doors l)t'low Klelm'i drug store, nrst uoor. Jo be open at all houri during the rfaj troTis-ir Exchange Hotel, BENJON, PA. The underalgnfd has leased this well-knowa house, and Is prepared 10 accommodate the publlo till U IIIC lAiUvClitruiPP v mew. Simayn) IKMPKL PI'AKE, ITcprletor, GET YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE 0, E. ELWELL, , . a BITTENBENBEB,JPrcrr,t' D S ANDRES CO. HKADQUAKTKItH FOB Steiuway, Solnuer, Kranicli ISaeli Fischer, E in cr son, JPcasc 3PIAM0; AND THE CELEI1IIATF.I) Wilcox & White Organs. WPIanos Juncd ant) Repaired by com- Send for Catalogues. 21 WEST THIRD ST., Williarasport, Pa. novll.87-1y.' M. C. SLOAN & BRO. BLOOMSBURG, PA. Manufacturers of CARRIAGES BUQOIES, PHAETONS. SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C First-class work always on hand. BEPA lhlNQ NEA 1LYD OJNE. Prieei reduced to tuit the timet. Business men who have tried it find It greatly to their advantage to bavo Account Books made to order, to Bull, their special needs. Every kind of Blank Book, with or without printed headings, Check Books and ltuled Blanks I make In the best manner nt honest prices. Unexcelled facilities for Numbering, Kyletlng, Perforating, lmnehlng and stamping. Work for county and borough offices especially solicited. Miscellaneous Book Binding of thu highest class. Missing magazines supplied. Estimates and particulars cheerfully furnished. J. W. RAEDER, 7 and 9 Market St., WILKES-BARRE. Bepls-iyc&bro. Spring AT Iiiglit Colored Cheviots in SACK and 4-Button CUTAWAY SUITS, WITH LOW CUT VESTS. Fine Dark Blue and Black Worsteds, Corkscrew, Broad wale Diagonal and Block! Worst ed in'Saeks and Cutaways, and HANDSOME a pecial Header ait $5.00 Very Pretty Children's ' SUITS Plain or pleated and belted dark and light colors. in PRINCE ALBERTS in all qualities. NICE LIGHT SPUING Sailor Suits with Bluo and Gray, also, KILT SUITS with Pleated Children Skirt for smaller INSURANCE AGENCY OF J. II. MAIZE, Oltlco 2nd floor Columbian Building, BLOOMSBURG, PA. LIFE. Northwestern Mosonlo Aid rAssoclatlon, mem. bers41,m PaJd to benenclarleHLWl.wi.tl. In sures uoa Masons. , Travelers Llfo and Accident ot Hartford. FIRE. CONTINENTAL of Now York, t3,SB,61.!8 AMEHlCANotPhlladelphla, S'J-JS NIAUAHA of New York, . UM0.1W.M Liverpool, lxinaon ana uiouo tire insurance va., of London, the largest In the world, and the Im perial ot London. A liberal share of the business la respectfully Specialties L0WE1ERGS OVERCOATS 1 1 SOUCllia ana sau&iacuou guorauuxxi. J, II. MAIZE, JAgent. JUL 1,1188, tt. BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1888. NO ONE NEED Remain A DYSPEPTIC. ''I Imvo been Buffering for over two years with Dyspep sia. For tho last yoar I could nottako a drink of cold water nor eat any meat with out vomiting it up. My lifo was a misery. I had had ro commended Simmons Liver Regulator, of which I am now taking tho second bottle, and iho fact is that words cannot ex pi cm the relief I feel. My appetite is very good, and I digest everything thoroughly. I sleep well now, and I lined to bo very restles". I am tleshing up fast; good strong food and Simmons Liver Regulator havo dono it all. I writo this in hopes of benefiting somo one who has suffered as I did, and would tako oath to these statements if desired." E. S. Ballou, Syracuse, Neb. CROWN ACME THE BEST BURNINO OIL THAT CAN BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM. It gives a brilliant light. It will not smoke thochlmneya. It will not char the wick. It has a high flro test. It will not explode. It 1b pre-eminently a family safety oil. WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON With any other Illuminating oil made. We Stake Our Reputation, As refiners, upon tho statement that It la THE BEST OIL IN THE WORLD. Ask your denlor for CROWN ACME. DANVILLE J Mffin. Trade for Bloomsburg and Vicinity Supplied by MOYER BROS., Bloomsburg, Pa. scpj-ly. KJLOTHINGI CLOTHING! G. W. BERTSGH, THE MERCHANT TAILOR. Gents" Furnishing Goois,E&ts It Caps OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Suits made to order at shott notice and a tit always miaraiitced or no Bale. Call and examine tho. largest and best selected stock of goods uvcr shown in (Jolumbia county. Btore next door to First National Bank, MAIN STREET, Bloomsburg Pa. A LBUMS, PIIUTOGUAPII. AL'TOQILU'II AND s scran, a larce and comtiieto 1 ne at J. u. Mercer's Oiugand Book Store, Evans' Block. A LL THE FINEST EXTRACTS COLOGNE Sachets, Pomades, Hair Dyes and Bay lium at J. II, Mercer's Drug and Hook store, nvang' uiocK, oppusue npiscopai inurcu, ALL PItOPHIETARY AND PATENT M EDICINES at J. II. Mercer's Drue and Book Store, onoo- siie upiacopai wnurvu. TJOOKS, STATIONERY AND WALu PAPER, A jl nne block at fiercer s urug ana uook Diore, opposite episcopal cnurcn, uioomsDurg, riu -1A8TILLK. TOILET AND MEDICATED SOAPS. Vj a full line at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book store, upper saraureeh COMBS OP ALL KINDS. WELL SELECTED, AND at very low prices at J. II, Mercer's 3rug and Book Htore, third door above Iron street, Uiooms jury, l . CONDENSED MILK, COXE'S, NELSON'S AND cooper's Gelatine, 1'aploca, sago. Arrow Hoot and all tho nrenared foods for children and In. vallda at Mercers Drug and Book store, nrst door aoovo uess' iioot ana nnoo store, uioomsourg, i a. CANARY, HEMP, RArE. MILLET, MAW AND Mixed seed for tho birds, at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book Store, Bret door below Creasy's urwcrjr oujru. T7IINE W1IITIN0 PAPERS, BY BOX, LOOSE OR In Tablet form, at J. II. Mercer's Drug and hook store, iiioornsourK l a. 1M ties, Teething Rings and all requisites ol the fcTIHtSINn BOTTLES. NIPPLES. ItUIinER KM Nursery that win contribute to the baby's liappl ntss, at.l. 11. Mercer'B Drug and Book store, two doors above Evans s Eyer's Clothing store. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS AND FAMILY receipts carefully prepared at all hours at Mercer's Drug ana book store, uioomsourg, ra. rilOILET AND INFANT POWDERS. ROUGE. 1 Cosmetlo and gold and silver Diamond Dust, at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book Store, No 68 Main street, uiuuinsuurg, ru. WALL PAPER-MANY KINDS AND MANY prlces-at Mercer's Drug and Book stnro, upyosnu opisuupai uuurcu, uiuvuisuurK, l u. June3,ly,s7, J.R..SMITH&CO. LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., Dealers in PIANOS, By the following well known makers: Chickcrinjj, Knabe, Weber, Uallet & Davis. Can also furnish any of the cheaper makes at manufacturers . 1 . i 1 " 1. - prices. 1J0 not uuy a jiiiiuo ue fore getting our prices. .o. Catalogue and Price Lists On application. Bepu-wtr. SELECT STORY. THE YOUNGEST BISTER "I don't know how it is," uroaned Kato Bleeslngton, "hut in our family thitipH nlwnjs hnppen cress-grained." "VVliats tho mattor nowi' f,aul Georgia, tho eldest Bister, who, with a bluo apron ol checked domeatio glng ham tied around her waist, and her luxuriant llaxen hair confined in a red bandana pocket handkerchief, was cooking tomatoes for ketchup. "Why, hero liavo tuo Morclielus como to spend tho day, and mamma has just taken to her no fa with an at taok of neuralgia, and thero's nobody on eat th to go to the train to meet thu city gentlemen, i ou coiiulu t go Geor gia, leupposel" with a faint gleam of liopo. Gcorcia clanccd up at the clock and shook her head. "Couldn't iiosaibly," said sho. "There isn't time to gel ready. Why don't yon send Peter." "l'eter, nuleull lies cloainnc tho cistern out. bnch a liuuro as ho lsl "Then I'm sure." observed Georcia. "I don't neo what you aro going to do." "Uouidn t 1 co, Katel pleatled a small, sweet voice. And the suoond Mis Blcssiimton be came coiiHciUus ol eomo one pulling Kt'iitly at her eleevo. ohu turned sharply around. A tall, rosy girl stood there a ijtrl lust at tho aco whero "brook and river meet," half ohild, half woman, but infinitely pretty in both of her personalities. Sunburned, dark-eyed, clad in an outgrown cotton frock, and with her hair braided into ono long, gold-gleaming queuo behind, sho stood there, with an imploring laco. "A cood ideal" said Georcia. tastinc of tho bubbling scarlet mass in thu kettle, and adding a trillo mora red pepper. "Let Chrisoy go?" "But Chiissy can't drive." "Oh, yes, I canl" urged Christine, tho youmrettt and least presentable of all the Blessingtons. "I drovo old Jcnks up from the farm yesterday with a load of oabbage. l'vo often driven him when you didn't knowit, Georgia." "Uh, you horrid tom-hoyr said Georgia, half laughing. lint Kato gave httlo Uhnssv a sound box on tho ear. Her black eyes flash ed wrathfully. "Christine, sho said, "I'm ashamed of youl You'ro a disgraco to the family. Don't howl uo 1" as Chrisay, rubbing her empurpled oar, broke into an indignant wail; "tho Morcfields will hear you. Go quick cot on your hat; and mind you don't show your self at tho tea-table. Your now frock isn't finished, and your old ono ien't half decent; and besides you'll bo need ed in tho kitchen to wash dishes." Tho tears dried on Chrissy's eyelash es at tho prospect of driving old Jenks tn tho station all by herself. She made hasto to pull a white wor sted cap over her rebellious hair, and to scramhlo into tho rather dilapidated Uap that was waiting at tho door. "Heo up, JetiKi-r sho cried, Brandish ing'tho whip with gletful countenance. "Peter, I'm going to drivo to the Bta tionl" "All right, miss, said Peter, who, fresh from tho depths of the newly emptied cistern, was holding old Jenks, as if there was any danger of that an cient steed running away. "Drive careful past Bowery lano ho al'ays wants to turn in there and mind ynn keep a tight grip o' tho reins if you meet a load o' barrels or ono ot them jinglin' tin pedlar's wagons." A way clattered tho vonerablo trap, old Jcnks falling into a stiff trot like an automatic horse, and Criesy fairly radiant with delight. "But Kato oughn't to havo boxed my oars," fho pondered, as tho first elation subsided, "ihero was nothing wrong in drivin r the load of cabbages homo. I camo by tho back road, and nobody saw mo. I don't lovo Kato nor Georgia, neither. They're always laughing at mo and making fun of me, just because I grow so fast and my dresses aro so short. They won't let me cnuo into tho room when thoy'vo got company, becauso I'm only a ohild; and they scold me for running races with the dog, becauso I'm a woman. I wonder if thoy call that consistency Never mind; I'll pay 'em off yot -eo if I don't!" By dint of extraordinary efforts on tho part of old Jenke, and a liberal ap plication of tho whip on that of his mistress, they contrived to reach ono sido of tho station building just as tho train stramed away from tho other. Chiistlnc looked up and down tho platfnim. Most of tho passengers had already started forth in difforent direo lions; but ono man stood there, glanc ing up and down tho road, with a val iso in bis hand, a folded newspaper protruding from tho coat-pocket. Chrissy hesitated what to do; then sho rose to tho emergenoy. "Halli'l" she cried," in a sweet, high pitched soprano voico. "Aro you tho gentleman from tho city tho new boarder!" Hu advanced with rather a puzzled countenance "Yes." said ho. "I" "I've como to drivo you to tho cot tage," said Christina Blessington. "Jump in, ploapel Where's your box? Thero's room for it behind." "My portmanteau is to ho sent by tho carrier. But " "Oh, vory wnll!" said Chrissy. "Bo quick, please, tho liorso won't standi'1 Tho stranger cast an amusing glance towards old Jenks, who certainly look ed as littlo liko a runaway steed as could ho imagined, as ho Blood there, meekly balanced on threo lege, with his head haugine down. "And who aro you!" said ho pleas antly. ' Ono of tho family!" 'Oh, I'm Chiiesy the youngest girl, yon know!" exolaimod she. "Tho youngest, eht Aro thcro many of you!'' Chrissy oyed him with a sidelong glance. "He's curious about us," thought she. "Well that's natural." And sho answered complacontly. "Well, thero's Georgia she's twenty two. And she's engaged to an ofilcor in tho army, although sho thinks I don't know it.' And Kato is twenty, and she's going to Bot her cap for tho new principal of the Bchool, At least she says bo. She's tired of making over olel gowns, nnd dyeing old ribbon, and keeping genteel boarders. I don't envy tho principal of tho school," Chrissy added, giviDgold Jenks an admonitory touch with tho whip, as ho showed an unduo ln Unatton to sidlo towards Bowery lane. "Knto has got an awful temper. Sho flew into a pastion and boxed my ears just boforo I started." "JJoxod your earBl repeated tho stranger, repressing a strong inclina tion to laugh, "Why, how old arc you?" "I'm mloon and a half,' said Uhnssy, almost wishing sho had not told tho incident, as tho crimson Hush roso up to tho very roots of her hair. "And sho oughtn't io treat mo liko a child! 1 wish slio would get married and go away. I should bo a deal happier without tier. Oh. ohl thcro comes a load of barrels! Old Jenks is awfully afraid of a load of barrels. Ho always shies wbon ho sees ono." "Let mo tako tho roins," suggestctl her passenger. And presently, tinder his charge, old Jcnks, who, to do him justice, had ovinoed no particular emotion of any sort, was engineered safely past tho fearful object. And then Chrissy pointed out tho various localities to him, told him about tho ghost that was said to walk in old Sejuiro. Hart's deserted house, showed him tho plaoo whero a fox was caught in tho spring, and confided to him whero to go if ho wanted to find tho finest nutting copses of tho vicin ily-. And whilo sho was enlarging on theso subjects, old Jenks stoppod Bleep- ily at tho front gato of tho pretty lilfBSiugton cottage. All the Morcficld heads were at tho window Mrs. Morclield, Jeanncttu Morcfield, Susanna Morefield, and the married Miss Morcfield, whoso present natno was iura. Josiah btubbs. "Bless mcl" said Mrs. Stubbs in stago whisper, "what a very genteel vouno; man? ' "Its tho city boarder," explained Mrs. Blossingtoii, between tho twinges ot her neurainia. "Uoctor liuucr re commended bim hero for puro country air. He's just up from malaria fever. and needs change, and Doctor Buffer dear, good man knew how wo were situated, and that wo had a nico front room to spare" "nuniphl'' commented Mrs. Moro- field. "Ho dou't look much like a sick manl" Whilo Kato rau out to open tho door, all smiles nnd freshly-tinted pink ribbons. "Is it Mr. Dorranoe?'' sho said. "I am Miss lilessington with her most engaging air of welcome. "Please walk in. I hopo you haven't Dr en very much tried by tho tho lournoy. "It's Kate.'' whispered ChrisBy, snd dcnly overcome by pangs of compunc tion. "Don't let her know 1 told you about her temper." "I'm afraid there is somo mistake," said tho gentleman pausing in tho very act of taking his valiso out of the wagon. "My name is not Dorranoe. And I was going to Mr. Kalkner's place, whero 1 havo engaged board for tho winter. I am John Wilder, tho principal of tho Bchool." Chrissy dropped the reins, jumped ou, of. tho wagon and ran to h'ulo her self in the hay-mow of tho barn. Tho Morcfields stared harder than ever. Kato Blesjington looked iufi uitely puzzled. "Dear me!" she said, "its ono of Cbristino's blunders. Wo aro very foolish to havo trusted her. Do como in, Mr. Wilder" wjth a still more winsomo smilo "and ivst yoursilf.and have somo tea. Wo aro all anxiety to beconio acquainted with our new prin cipal. Pete! Pete! don't unharness the horsel Go straicht back to tho station. Mr. Dorrauco must bo waiting thcro yell" But Mr. Wildor, with a peculiar ex pression of tho mouth and eyes, de clined Miss BlessingtnnV ivitation. Ho would go immediately to Mr. Falkner's, ho said, if they would bo goo 1 enough to tell him in which di rcctiou it was. And so ho bowed himself away. Chrissy Blessington .was veiy silent and dispirited when .she undo her ap pearance! in tho graduating class of tho school at tha opening of tho term, and sho scarcely ventured to look at Mr. Wilder as bo enteied her nnmo at, the head of tho list. At recess sho lingered a little, as if thcro was something on her mind. "Well, said tho principal kindly. "I'm so sorry that I said thoso fool ish thingfl'' burst out Chrissy, with tears sparkling in her eyes. "That day, you know, that I took you for tho city gentleman, and drovo you to our houso, please, pleaso target tho I Kato and Georgia aro always telling mo that I shall get into mischief with my tonguo and now I know that thoy aro right. And poor Chrissy broke into a sob, in spito of all herself control. "My ohild, do not fret yourse-H, said Mr. Wilder; "I will remember nothing that you would havo ino for- got." At tho end ot tho year, when tho Christmas snows lay whito nn tho hill tops, Mr, Dorranco was still boarding at tho Blessington cottage, and tor menting evorybody on tho subject of his "diet." Georgia was getting ready for her marriago with tho nrmy ofliccr, Kato was lamenting her solitary blessedness, and Chrissy littlo Chrissy, who was not vet sixteen was actually engaged to Mr. Wilder, tho now principal of the school. "Though, of courso," said Mrs. Blessington, "sho can't bo married for a year yet. "Why, sho's nothing but a child." "But I don't mind wailing a little,'1 said Chrissy, "for tho family all treat mo with respect now. Kato dou't daro to box my ears any more.'' "I should think not," said Mr. Wil der. President Garfield's Fliyeiciac. Dr. Bliss speaking in tho highest terms of Spcer'B Pert Wino writes" tho following from Washington, D. 0., .Ian, 25, 1881. Alfred Spler, Esq,, Passaio, N. J. DoarSIr: I havo to acknowledge tho superior quality of Wines of your production, notably your Port Wine, and to Bay I havo prescribed them for my patients for tho past two j'oats, with uniform nnd satisfactory results, I have full confidence in the purity of your Wines and that they aro of uni formly of standard strongth, uenco prescribe them almost excfuslyely in my practice Very truly yours, I). W. BLISS, M. D. Tho Bustlo Is Going Out. FOR YEARS IT HAS UEF.N GETTING SMALL ER AND SMALLER. Xew i'ork IPorld. Havo you notlcod tho pcouliar kind of a ono-two-threo step of ladies bo foro thoy sit down, followed by a backward motion, n curious jerking of tho skirts and then a graceful sinking down into tho seat? If you havo, you havo aUo noticed how tho ladies fre quently riso suddenly from thoir seats, shako themselves with an odd kind of littlo movement and then sit down. Both of theso movements aro duo to tho bustlo. And now Iho nows comes from Washington that Mrs. Cloveland has concluded to discard tho bustlo. Of courso it is of vital interest to every woman in tho land. Everything con nected witli this important question has been discussed by tho Now York ladies. Fat and lean, old nnd young, rich and poor, thoy all wear bustles, and they aro all anxious to kuow wnttiier tnoy will continuo to wear them. It was with tho desiro of learning all that llieio was on this subject that a reporter visited tho leading faslnonablo dressmakers yesterday to Gnd out what was tho tendency and drift in bustles, "Mrs. Cleveland's departure," said --,. .... . - iteuiern, -nas attracted prolound m terosst in Now York, and may affect bustles in tho fall. You kuow bustles aro gradually growing smaller and smaller. This is tho tondonov abroad. and wo get all our fashions from there. Wo uso a cushion instead of tho storo bnstlo and it can be mado of tho same material as tho gown. It is made of silk, usually, and is stuffed with horeo- halr and then quilted. It is sowed in under tho foundation of the skirt. Two steels are sowed in this founda tionalso. Over theso aro draped tho dress. Tho first is sowed in nino inches below the waist, tho second seven inohea. They havo strings attached to tho ends which permit of tho bustlo being eulargod or decreased. Now, to r.how you how tho bustlo is decroaaing in sizi', the. so Btoels a year ago were twenty-threo and twenty-seven inches long respectively. Now they aro only eoventoen and twonty-ono and tboy aro constantly growing smaller." "Is thero any differenco between butles for fat ladies and lean ones? "Very much. A very fat lady will havo only a slight hint of a bustle. x ou seo she dues not need muoh to nc cominodato hor form, whilo a very loan, turn lady nocds all sho can get. "Mrs. Cloveland ia probablo assisting to kui wnat would bo at an end in lowmore years, if signs mean anything. Bustles havo had a long run. They camo in about seven years aso, and succeeded tho Princess robes. You remember them, I suppose? They were skin tight. I havo seen them so tight a lady couldn't Btep moro than twelvo inches. Bustles wero first mere ly frilled hon-o hair. Then thoy grew mrgur until uvo years ago, when tboy readied ineir maximum "To sit down with n bustlo is an art. You have noticd ladies sitting down at tho theatre, I suppose? Now I shall snow you how a lady ought to sit down, with a medium sized bustle, so' as not to attract attention. A voung lady was called in from an adjoining room, alio was asked to sit down anil sho sunk into a chair without tho (lightest effort "How do you manago it so easily,' asked tho reporter, lost in "admiration of tho simplicity of tbo motion so un usual. "It is very simple," answered tho young lady qnietly pushing her dress around with her liand to properly local the bustle- "You see, I simply let' tho steels toucn tho side ot tho chair as sink into it, then I give a sharp push to ono sme; tuo uustio goes over to th other and I am all right. Ladies don'i sit Hat down, because if they did they wouiu no on a nign cushion. Somo times tho steels got fastened m the dress and tho bustlo gets uncomfort able. Then the lady has to get n and adjust it." There was considerable trouhlo i gelling any direct expression of opi i ion from tho leading lady dressmakers. Tho subject was ono of too much im portance for them to commit them selves until they had returned from Pans in tho fall. At Mrao. Suttzor'i they wero very guarded. Thoy had heard nf Mrs. Cleveland's change. I met, mcy naei discuascd it with somo of their customers. Bustles wero growing smaller, there was no doubt of that, vory much smaller; but then tho bustlo had been in a long tim. It bad its Inenils ami thoro was no toll mg. Uuo thing was certain, in house dresses tho bustlo had gone out. At ill me. JJouovan's tho reporter was toid tnattnero would be no mater ial change until fall. "Wo mak dresses for Airs. Whitney and for nearly all of Mrs. Cleveland's frionds in Washington. Thoy have not order ed tho bustles out. They aro all cot ting smaller, but thoy havo been for Borne time. "Do you uso tho same kink of bustles as aro used in tailor-mado gowns? ' "Just tho same. Wo make them ourselves and (it thorn in. Do I think thcro will bo a revolution in bustles on account of Mrs. Cleveland's departure? No, I do not. Wo aro asked about it a good deal by ladies, but wi tell them all thero will bo no change until th fall. My own impression is that bUBtlcs will gradually pass away." At Mmo. Connelly's thero had boen no change noticed and nothing could bo learned detrimental to tho bustle, It was reported that Mrs. Cleveland had her dresses mado there, but bIio has not had any of hor bustleless dresses mado in New York. Mies Roso Eliza betli Cleveland had somo dresses mado at a downtown storo a month ago, hut they wero nil properly supplied with bustles, lheso, of courso. aro tho drefses mado for tho rich. The poorer oinsses uuy tucir uusues roady made. Thero nro probably fifty different kinds of bustles,' ami they rango prico irom zu cents to 91, Thoy aro of every conceivablo shape and thei nnmes aro legion. There is tho "Prin cess," the "Tapico," tho "Alaska Down," tho "Judio," tho "Maootto, tho "Langtiy," tho "Modes de Pans' aim mauy ottiois. "Wo Belt a great many 01 mom. said 1110 jady clerk i a big Sixth avonuo dry-goods store, "but thoy aro going out, Thoy won't last long," continued tho young lady, growing moro confidential. "You see, THE COLOMBIAN, VOL. XXII.N0 28 COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL Lit, NO 1 Mrs. Langtry has stopped wearing them, Mrs. Potter has stopped and now Mrs Cleveland gives thom up. Wo don't sell ono in twenty to what wo used to soil. Everybody is waiting to bco what will como In." Somo Lies Nailed at Last. Prom tho Detroit Freo Press. All this talk about tho oountry editor being a poor, hard-np, down tiodden coyoto is nn absurdity which has out lived its daj. Orpheus 0. Kerr or Artcraus Ward, or somo of tho other pioneer funny follows, ftartod tha stories about editors taking wood nnd hay and vegetables on subscription, and of having to livo between bread and cheese, aud tho pnblio accepted them as facts. For years past tho country editor has been fondly suppos ed to bo crying for "moro copy," and to bo on his Inst sheet of paper and last .. 1 1 1 : , t ii omiiiiii;, uuti x jiresumu my aruuiu win bo a great disappointment to tho mass es. I bogan life as a "printer's devil." It is popularly supposed that "tho devil" sweeps out and does other dirty work lor a year or two boforo promo lion. On tho first morning I reaobed tho office I was told to tako things easy until the "old man" came down. wont ovor to tho bank for ono of the 'coraps, and depo-ited S2,U0l) for him cleaned up tho foreman's 8 GOO diamond and dusted off tho plush chair and opened a box of Henry Clays for the pressman, and by that timo tho editor camo down io his carriage. He order ed his ocachman to give mo an airing and when I returned ho beflovolontly observed : "well, Henry, voit and 1 nro to run tho "Gazette." You won't havo much. to do. Give mo about three columns of crispy editorial per week, and if you want to dash oil a poem or a sketch, go ahead. Your salary will bo 30 week for tho nrst six months, ana you will occupy ona ot tho sparo chambers in my residence tho bluo and gold one." His residence was valued at S125,- 000, tilled with tho richest of furniture. His wife thought nothing of giving washwoman a silk dress which cost $500 and had a splash of mud on it No tramp wont away with less, than $20 in cash. Their ico cream for ono Bcason cost 1,430.78, and thoy wero astonished at tho sraallnesa of tho bill. Ouo of tho rooms was known as "tbo coupon room." A young man with very delicate comploxion spent eight hours per day tho year round shearing off coupons from bonds, nnd from November 1 to December 31 ho had to havo two assistants. While tho bona fido circulation of tho "Gazette" was closo on to 200,000, tho editor kept tho figures at 1,400 in order to avoid a rush of patronage. Ho paid sis of tho largest merchants in tho city $2,000 per year each not to advertiso with us, as their advertising would mako extra work for tho com positors. What advertising we did do was very high-toned and was charged at tho rate ol SI per word. The sal aries paid to employes wero not as largo as in soma oflices, because we could not afford it, but every ono who had been on tho "liazetto two years had saved sufficient money to buy a houso and lot and horso nnd carriage. During my ten years in tho office 1 never knew us to be hard up but ouco. Tho proprietor bought a gold mino in n t : r : iy . - . 1 -, -i vyuiuuuim, u uuueu jJi.'timmun ill urazu and a railroad in New England at about tho samo time, nnd carelessly mado out tho papers so that wo had to raiso about $3,000,000 in ono day. Wo raised it, but 1 had to chip in fifteen cents from ray privato finances to mako up tho sum. It was only a week later that tho wito ot tho proprietor paid $G,000 in cash for a blue-faced sun flower for a corner of the back yard, and the only remark mado by her hus band as he learned ot tho purchaso was : "AVhy, my dear, yon should hayo taken a pair of them at $11,000. In the soventh year of my stay the "Gazette" changed handB. There wa tho ueual notico of sheriff's sale, and of tho plant being bid in by a young nnd enterprising man who would seek to mako it a popular local organ, etc., but that was all tar. Tho proprietor sold out to open a chain ot national banks extending from Portland to Galveston, and to put fivo new lines of ocean Bteamcrs into operation. I can remember tho day ho left town. I was called upon to seo his wifos jewelry to tho special car chartered for it. Thero wero soven largo dry goods boxes full and a peck or so of diamonds which coul I not- bo crowded in wero brought along in a coiteo sack. The Folly of Haste to ba Etch. Chancellor Howard Crosby, 0110 of ino orst preachers and host thinkers in Now York City, has an article in the Jioriim for May, in whioh ho says ; "Tho greatest need of our laud to day is an education away from tho fearful danger of hasto to bo rich, a cultivation of tho quiet and improving arts, nn encouragement of gonial nnd benevolent lives, a preservation of homo virtues, a teaching of tho truth that moderation best serves tho causo of happiness, and n demonstration tint in helpfulness to otherri, man best holps uimseii. "Whilo wiso laws can do muoh to suppress somo of the worst features of thu gold hunt, it is to ll:o press, tho sohool and the church that wo mun look for tho inculcation of tho purer and loftier ideas that will meet and overcome tho materialism which tho peculiar conditions of our oountry havo fostered, and which tho thoughtless minds 01 our youths so readily accept," Contented minds -ire moro conductive to happiness than riches, glory, or famo. In our life work let us remcm ber that it will profit us but littlo if wo gain a world of wealth and Icoso contontment and happiness. It Won't Bake Bread. In other words, Hood's Sarsaparilla will not do iinpojsibilities. Its proprietors tell plainly what it has done, submit proofs from sources of unquestioned reliability and ask you frankly If you arc Buffet ing from any diseaso or affi ction caused or promoted by impure blood or low stato ot the system, to try Hood s Sar Baparilla. The oxperienco ot others is sufll .lent assurance that you will not bo disappointed In tho result NEWBPAPEB WAIFB. Husband (all ready for tho theatrel I dcolnre, dear, it's raining hard. Wife (buttoning her gloves) Well, what's a littlo rain ? Ono wonld think from your tono of voico that wo wero about starting for church. Harper' Batar. "Who mado this hash ?' "Why, my now Boston cook, of conrao." "Then please return to her theso remnants of a nair of cvcglasscs, and tell hor that she needn't give her dishes suoh an in , tellectnal ilavor norcaitcr. Moswn Gazelle. Young man." ho said, solemnly, "what would you think if I should put an cn?my into my mouth to steal away ray brains ?" "I would (bio) think, sir," hicooughed tho young man, "that you wero going to nn unnecessary exponse." New York Sun. FrlAnd (in Mormon lndvV Yon aro very happy with your husband, aro you not, Mrs. Brinaham ? Mrs. Biingham Very. Wo are devoted to caoh other, and ho has such ported oonlldenoo lu my judgment that ho confides all of his littlo lovo affairs to me. JAte. Mr. Sharkloy Mado a terrible flunk of my last matrimonial attempt at old uoidebaggos, you know. air. oparx ley Ah l nsked for bread and they gavo you stone? Air. Sparkloy Worso. Asked for tho daughter's hand and got the father's foot. Town Topics. Happy man (to fair widow) "And shall wo havo a ronslug wedding, dar ling, a hno supper, dancing rausio, and alt that sort of thing ?" Fair widow N-no. I think not, John, dear. Wo must remember thcro was a funeral in tho house only a short timo ago. Tha Epoch. Spirit of Charles Dickons So you nro tho lato Matthew Arnold aro you ? Newly arrived spirit Yes. Spirit of Charles Dickens Well, I want to con dole with you on that American criti cism business, l'vo paaaed through the samo experienco myself. Pittsburg Chronicle. The Minister And what kind of a man, Flossie, do you think you will marry when you grow np ? Clara Why don't you answer? Flossie I hardly kuow, sir; 1 don't think it's right for mo to think about marriago until sister Clara is out of tho way. Life. Husband "Havo tho couple who just moved into tho houso i.ext door any children?" Wife "Children? Thoy'vo only boon married a day or two." "How do you know?" "Be foro ho started do -n town this morn ing ho kissed her, and ho didn't act as if ho was afraid he'd get hit if ho didn't." Omaha World. Mistress (severely) "Mario, didn't I hoar you mako uso of tho expression 'you little brat' in tho nursery just now?" Mario (a French bonne) "Yees, Madame, but Miss Flossio do wexos me so 1" Mistress (less soverely) "O, I thought you wero speaking 1 1 Fido. Send Miss Flossie to . me it once." The Epoch. Visitor (to convict) I s'pose you aro treated well hero my friend ? Convict Yes, sir ; I havo no complaints to make ; but thero is ono thing 1 don't like'. Every Sunday mornin' in tho chapel they sot mo next to one of these 'cro shoutin' Methodists, an' 'tain't Eleasant fer a man wot was born' as' rought up a 'Pisoopnlian. Life. "Mamma," anxiously whispered Misa Overlherhine, a fashionable belle of Cincinnati whose mother was giving a grand evening party, "an awful blun der has happened I" "Why, you alarm mo, Lula, dear," said the mother in consternation ; "what is it ?" "It is not yet 12 o'clock, and there aro only five kegs of beer elt.''-New York Sun. Landlady (to applicant for board) Havo you children, madam ? Appli cant No. Landlady You are fortu nate, for wo never tako farailios who have children. Applicant Have you any children ? Landlady Yes j two. Applioant Well, you aro unfortunate. for wo never board with families who havo children. New York Sun. "I see," remarked tho Dnko of Toron to, lookiug over a Now Jersey paper, "that Overdraft tho banker is dead. Ho was your friend, was ho net ?" add ed tho Duko kindly, seeing the tears gather in the American s oyes, " xes. said tho exile, " ho was. All that I havo in this world I owo to that man. I was hia cashier." "Let's go and liqui date," said tho Duke breaking tho long silence. Jsuraette. "Doctor," asked Mr. Goods wallow, anxiously, "my eyes aro glowing weak and watory. I read a good deal after supper. Do you think it is the lamp light or the fino print that injures my eyes?" "N-no," replied Dr. Seegooel, "I thiuk it is the glasses." "Tho blamed old fool," said Goodswallow, telling his friends about it, "when he knows as well as I do that I nover wear spectacles. And when I asked him what I had better do ho told mo to tako tho pledge. I half beliovo ho was drunk. Iturdette. Somo Facts About tho Type-Writer, A young man who has a great deal to do with type-writers tells that they aro still in nn experimental shapo and that the noxt fow years will boo still further anel most marvelous improve ments. Ilia belief is that the machine of tho fuluro will not only be capable of much greater Bpccd than tbo prcsont one, but that it will be much simpler in construction and far moro durable. Ono of the simplest and cleverest of tho (lev ices to bo introduced in tho machines in a short timo is tho addi tion of half a dozen keys which will strike combinations of letters. Tho most natural combinations nro of oourso "th," "ng" and "bl." This, with somo other labor-saving devices, it is expected, will enable an expert type-writer to do sovonty words a min ute. Tho putting of now machines on tho market will of course, break tho high price at which tho beet havo heretofore been sold, and when that occurs thoy will of course, como into much moro common use than hereto fore. Tho last machino put on tha market, which Bcems to bo capablo of aa good work as any of its predecess ors, is sold at $75, which is a reduc tion of $25. FOR PRICKLY HEAT, INSECT BITES, CHAFING, SUNBURNS, Ac., nothingu bo beneficial as POND S EXTRACT. When you reach homo worn out with overwork or oppressed by tho huat, batlio tbo faco and hands, or wholo person, with POND'S EX TRACT and water. Nothing is bo re freshing and invigorating. Jleware of imitations. Wherovor the orchard and ponltry yard havo been combined tbo trees grow fast nnd tho hens lay well. Tho trees afford shado to tho hens and per mit of their scratching during nil hours of the day, while tho trees aro not only protected from many kinds of insects, but the droppings servo to fertilize them.