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BLOOltBUUItO, PA.
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0fhck. Room No. 2, Columbian
building.
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Bloomsburg, ra.
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' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
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onic corner ol Centre ana Main Streets. Clark t
uunaing.
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ombian Building, Mula street, below Ex.
ciiango uotci.
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DR. WM. M. REBER Burgeon and
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treat.
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THE MAN IN BLACK.
Major Dalton was in trouble Ho
had been detailed ami sent to ono of
tlio largest cities of tlio confederacy to
superintend tho tnamifnoluro of bombs
nnd torpedoes.
Everything moved al 'tig satisfactori
ly until tho chemist connected with tho
works tnado an nxperiment ono day
and blow himself up. Tbo forco of
tho explosion was so great that not
a plcco of tbo unfortunato man could
bo found.
1 wouldn't havo minded it so
much," said tho major to his friend,
tho provost marshal, '"if tho fellow
hadn't carried oil a lot of valuable
lapers with him. Ho knuw lots of
chemical secrets, and ho had his for
mulas written out, and thoy wero in his
ocket when ho lelt.
"You might advertise," suggested
tho provost marshal.
"Good Idea," replied tho major. "I
will do it."
Tho next morning tho city papers
contained a small advertisement stat
ing that a lirst-class chemist could se
cure employment, at a good salary, at
tho Government works.
At tho tlmo thero wero very lowidio
chemists in tho confederacy, and after
waiting soveral days tho major began
to think ho would havo to send up to
Richmond for a man. ,
Ono night, when ho was alono in his
office, ho commenced a letter lo tho
secretary of war. IIo had just penned
a request lor tho detail ol an oxpon
onccd expert, when ho becamo con
scious of tho presence of another per
son in tho room.
"I didn't see him, and I didn't hoar
him," said fho major, afterward, "but
I could feel my floih crawl, and know
something was up.
Tho tnaior wheeled around in his
chair and saw a man standing just iu-
side tlio door. Tho stranger was tall
and thin and his black suit contrasted
straugely with his palo face and whito.
hands.
Maior Dalton noted thoss points
In addition to his black attire, tho
man's hair and eyes wero, of tho same
somber shade, lie even wore a DiacK
watch-chain, a pair of b'ack-rimmed
ovo-tilasses. and a black seal rinc.
Tho oluccr cave a sharp iook at ms
visitor's face, but its dead whiteness
was as expressionless as a masK.
"Ahemf ejaculated tho major.
"I must introduce mvself." said tho
stranger, stepping lorward. "Biy
name is Pellico. 1 am a ohernist, and
I am familiar with tho manufacture of
explosives. I saw your advertisement
and decided to offer ray "services."
IIo spoko rapidly, in a musioal voice,
with a slight foreign accent.
"You aro no American!" said the
mnior.
"Italian,'' briefly responded tho other.
"I belong to a lamily ot lamous cnenv
lsts, and wo havo served nearly ovory
government in Enrope.
Just then tho maior remembered
that ho hid a sentry stationetUn front
of the ollico.
"Confound it sir!" ho broke out
ancrilv. "how did vou cot in!"
"I 'bee vour pardon," answered
Pellico courteously. "When your of
nee was pointed out to mo i wsikea
in."
"But tho sentry, tho cuardt''
"Oh, tho soldier, I simply passed him
bv."
"You ran a great risk of being shot,"
growled tho major.
"Not at all; thero was no danger,"
was tho ntuet reply.
Pellico s manner imni eased tho offi
cer. aud ho asked his visitor for his
credentials.
Tho man in black produced a letter
of recommendation Sroni a Spanish
oflicor of high rank in Cuba.
"So vou havo not been lone in this
country!" remarked tbo confederate.
"Ton days. I slipped through tho
blockadere, landed iu Florida, and then
camo here."
Further conversation did not cause
him to say anything that was inconsis
tent with tho first account of himself.
Tho interview resulted in tho en
gagement of Pellico, and on tho fol
lowing morning he wont to work.
From tho very ontset tho men in
black gave perfect satisfaction, but ho
made no iriends. Tho men called him
"Mr. Midnight." and tho officers quiet
ly agreed among themselves that ho
was a mystery, vory usefulj no doubt,
but a disagreeable companion.
It did not take long to mako tho dis
covery that tho Italian's bombs and
torpedoes wero tho best that had over
boon madp.
Ono night Pellico paid another visit
to tho ollico of Maj. Dalton.
"Major," said ho after somo talk
about powder, gun cotton, Greek fite,
and other mattets, "the main object of
our explosives is to destroy tho oncmy!'1
"Um! well yes, to a certain oxtont,"
replied tho gallant confederate.
""What do you think then of a bomb
that is capabloof doing a hundredfold
moro damage than any now in uso!"
"It would be a big thing."
"Well," continued Pellioo, "I havo
invented it. I havo a chemical com
pound that can bo projooted into tho
enemy's lino through tho medium of a
shell, nnd when tho Bbell burstsja dead
ly vapor Bpreads over an aroa of 100
yards, killing every living thing. Ono
shell is capablo of killing an cntiro
regiment.''
"Why, my God, man," exclaimed
tho mnior, '"that would bo murder!"
"And what is war!" asked Pellico,
in his low, soft voice.
Tho subject did not drop thero. The
man in black had so much to say about
his invention that tlio major found
himself deeply interested.
'This littlo thiug," said Pellico? ex
hibiting something that looked liko a
pill covered with tiufoil, "would kill a
houseful of people."
"It is hard to boliovo.1'
"Lot mo convinca you," urged tho
chemist. "If yon will walk a sqtiaro
with mo I will show you something."
The major objected but tho Italian
assured him that his intended victims
weio several hogs in tho rear of tlio
cdilico.
When 'thoy reached tho placo they
found tho hogs quietly snoozing in 'a
fonoe oorner.
Then thoy retired fifty yards or so
mid Pilllco blow his littlo pill through
a hollow oano,
"Wait throo minutes," ho said.
At tho expiration of tho tlmo tho two
approached tlio fenco corner.
Four largo hoes lay stretched on tho
ground. It required only a glanco to
eco that thoy woro all doad.
"IS ow, said tho chemist as thoy
walked away, "this oxporimont is on a
vory Bmall soalo but you can form an
idoa from what you havo seen.
"it is astonishing," commenced too
major.
"JNothint: to what 1 havo done," saiu
tho man in black. "In Cuba I took a
sling and throw a ball of that stuff as
big ns my fist into a village Tho noxt
morning it was found that all tho in
habitants, somo 300 or 400, wero dead.
l'coplo outside supposed that it was
somo mysterious epidemic but it was
not."
Mai. Dalton drew hlmaolf aloof from
his companion.
"And you killed thoso innocent pco-
plo for nothing!" he asked indignantly.
"in tho interest oi science, my dear
major. JiosideB thoy wero nativo
Cubans. I would not havo treated
gonuino Spaniards that way."
Tho major pulled his mustacho and
walked on in silence for a fow minutes.
"What do you proposo !" ho asked,
after somo reflection.
"My scheme is a big one,'' replied
Pellico. "A few littlo pellets thrown
into Libby, Salisbury, and Anderson
villo wil1 rid us of all tho Yankeo
prisoners and savo our government no
end of oxpenso. Then thoy must nso
my invention in tho field. Tho armies
of Sherman and 3rant will melt away
boforo it, and a fow hundred projootiles
fired from long-rango guns into New
York will turn that metropolis into a
city of tho dead. What do you say !"
"Hollo, corporal ; como hero I" yellod
tho major.
several soldiers ran to tho spot in a
hurry.
"boiBO him I shouted tho oilicor,
"and 't'ako him to tho guard-house.
Ho is an enemy, a murdoror, tho devil
himself, 1 believe, liut hold on
search him."
"Only somo papers and these pills,"
said tno corporal.
"I'll take them," said tho major,
"Now hustle him off to the guard
house." Tho maior walked with rapid strides
to tho oftico of tho commander of tho
post Tho provost marshal was sum'
moned as a party to the conference,
and other ofiicors wero called in.
Tho council lasted until a very lato
hour. Never in their wholo military
oxpenenco had tbo olhccrs been con
fronted with so serious a problem.
When they dispersed tho sentinel
outside heard ono of them say :
"IIo is a monster, an enemy to the
wholo human race. Wo cannot accept
at any time turn against us and against
our people."
"Thero is but ono thing to do," said
tho major.
Tho next day the man in black was
found dead on the floor of the guard
house By his .sido lay a shred of tin
foil.
"I searched him," said tho corporal,
"and took all those shiny pills away
from him. How did that got thero I
wonder, and what in the mischief is it,
anyhow !"
The commander of tho post, the
provost-marshall and Maj. Dalton
showed littlo surprise when they heard
of Pellico's death. Tho corporal, how
ever, heard tho provost-marshal speak
in an undertono to tho major.
"What did you do with tlio other
pcllftR !" he said.
"I rodo out to tho river and threw
them in," answered tho major.
"All right," responded tho marshal.
"This has been a strange pieco of busi
ness from first to last, but I don't think
that our consciences will over hurt us
for our part in it.
Long years afterward a gray-haired
confed 'rato veteran mentioned somo of
tho facts of tho case to a circle of in
terested listeners.
"I havo always thought that ho was
tho devil." replied the veteran.
"Did tho major really kill him'" in
quired a lady.
Tho veteran shut ono eyo. and twist
ed his mustacho.
"We had better not talk about that,"
ho said. "But you may rest assured
that if ho did kill tho wretch ho has
never regretted it." Atlanta Consti
tution. Over 800 Lives Were Lost.
THOUSAND RENDERED IIOMELKSS BY THE
TKltltUII.K HUHRICANE IN CUBA.
Havana, Sept. 18. In Caibarien
the damago done to property by tho
recent cyclonb is enormous. Tho total
number of lives lost in tho city and its
snberbs fs forty-six. Tho lighthouse,
situated on Cayo Frances, was com
pletely demolished, and the lighthouso
keeper and two other men werodrown
cd. Tho situation in Vuelta Abajo is
sad indeed, I no touacoo crop is a
total loss, and over throo thousand
houses, shanties and other small houses
aro totally destroyed. Ten thousand
deoplo nro left homeless and in great
misery. The greatest damago caused
on tho island by tho storm was at
Sagua aud in Isabella. Over ono thous
and buildings wero destroyed. Tho
sea roso six feet. Mnny of those who
esoaped death from Hying timbortjwere
drowned. Tho loss of lifo in Sagua
alono is over 400. A passenger train
in Isabella, running thirty miles an
hour, was caught bv the wind. The
rails wero bent as if thoy wero hair
pins, tho train being precipitated into
a marsu which completely covered it.
Seventy-two lives wero lost.
In Sagua the only building standing
is tho residonco of Domingo Madarioga
on tho ooast at a place called lliguer-
cta. Tho Spanish schooners America,
Anita, Sogunda, Ignaoia, Esperanza
and Antonia aro ashore and total
wrecks, in ueiba del Agua ovor ono
hundred bouses wero destroyed. Tho
damago caused by this terriblo hur.-i
cano is estimated at over SI 0,000.000.
Over eight hundred persons lost their
lives, I housaml8 ot persons aro home
less nnd perishing from hunger. A
special from Caibarien pays that sev
enty-lwo bodies, victims of tho lato
hurrrioano, havo been recovered.
Log Uauins are neither
fashionable nor iu demand
but they wero moro com-,
fortablo and moro healthy
than nro many modern
dwellings. Warner's Log
Cabin Hops & Bnohu is a reproduction
of one of tho best of tho simplo reme
dies with which Log Cabin dwellers of
old days kept themselves well. Did
you ever try "Tippeoanoo" !
21, 1888.
A Glgantio Swindle
now (iKonoB ihdwki.l ki.keced tub
BANK Of ENGLAND OUT Or 1,
000,600.
One of tbo most noticeable figures
among tho peoplo who were attending
the meetings oi the National Prison
Association was that of Qeorco Bid
well, who becamo notorious through
out tho world fifteen ycajs ngo by plan
ning a gigantio scheme lo swindlo tho
Bank of England. Thoro wero four
men iu tho plot, and tboy got at least
lj000,0l)0 out of tho bank beforo tho
swindlo was-diccovored.
Bidwell was arrested with his accom
plices, tried, convicted and sentenced
to imprisonment for life. Ho served
lourtcen years m prison, and last year
ho was freed on a tickct-ofdeavo, and
camo to this, his nativo country, whero
ho has since resided with his lamily at
East Hartford, Conn. Bidwell is nearly
sixty years old. IIo has a strong aud
attraotivo face. His bead is quito
thickly sprinkled with gray hairs and
has a suspicion of thinness on tho top.
Ho wears a closoly-croppcd black
mustacho. A high forehead promi
nent features, and a massivo jaw and
chin go to mako up a decidedly inter
esting lace, and ono which is all the
moro interesting when ono thinks that
behind that brow throbs tho brain that
planned what was probably tho great
est fraud in tho annals of crimo.
When ono looks at tbo man as he is
now, and at his picture taken in Paris
in 1872, beforo tho inception of tho
fraud which has made him famous, tho
terriblo ohango wrought in him gives
an inkling of tho mental and bodily
torment ho was compelled to undergo
during bis fourteen years inside 'the
prison walls. For five years ho saw
neither sun, moon nor star, but was' in
solitary continemont, and lor six
months woro sixteen-pound chains for
an attempt to escape.
To a reporter Bidwoll said : "After
a long course of fraud and orinio in
this country I found myself in England
niiii tnreo accomplices, and by acoi
dent wo discovcrod an unguarded loop
hole in tho business transactions of tho
Bank of England, and 1 concocted a
scheme to take advantage of this to
swindlo them to tho best ot our ability,
You see, this bank was in tho habit of
receiving bills of oxchango in deposit
uu hucuuul wuuuut veruying uiinur
the signatures or the acceptances, and
stowing them away until they be
camo duo. Wo took advantage, of an
account wo had opened under au
assumed namo with the bank some
f . Prov,?u?' l a lot of, b,,ll!f ,ox
eh an go printed on counterfeit plates,
and flooded the Bank of England with
tuese bins irom all-over the world pro
fusely signed and accepted, and the
bank unhesitatingly cashod them and
put the proceeds to our credit. I kept
no account of the sum we gbt out of
them, but at tho trial they claimed
that their loss was about 1,000,000
All went well nntu we wero about1 to
mako a last movo and leave tho country
when, unfortunately, I neglected to
date tho acceptance of two of tho
fraudulent bills. These were sent to
tho acceptors for the ommissibn to be
supplied, and of courso wero at once
pronounced fraudulent.
"immediately the wholo polico and
detectivo force was put on our track,
Tho wires flashed a reward for our oap-
turo to all parts of tho kingdom, and
ovory seaport was guarded to prevent
our escape i was the last one oaplur
cd. I was chased through England,
Ireland and Scotland for days, and I
throw the detectives off tho track again
and again by shrowd devices. After
somo weeks I was captured in Edin
burgh.
"After tho trial, m which tho bank
officials attempted to show that tho
wholo affair was tho result of a plot
carefully conceivod and matured for a
year or more, wo were sentcnoed for
lite, and after serving fourteen years'
time I am now a freo man, through tho
exertionB of my peoplo in this country
and .England, while ray three confeuer
ues aro still in continemont. Austin
my brother, is still at Chatham, Edwin
Hills at Portsmouth and Georgo Mo-
Donald at Portland. My prison life
was spent at Newgate, Bontonville,
Dartmoor, Wokiug and Millbank.
"On my return to this country I was
received at Now York by an officer,
who arrested me, but was obliged to
releasn me by order of tho court, Tlio
Bank of England people now'pay de
teotives to dog my footsteps in this
country, and my every movement is
telegraphed to London. However,
am perfeotly safe in this country, and
am determined now, at my age, to lead
an honest life."
Mr. Bidwell is a man of much native
ability, speaks French and German as
well as English, and has a translating
knowlodgo of Italian, Spanish and
Latin. Tioston Letter.
Quite as Btrange as Fiotion
What a romantic story of a real
treaauro island is that which the Japan
Weekly Mail reports! Two millions
sterling in doubloons, with no end o
jowols and plato, cachod somowhore in
tho i'aciho by a piratical English Lieu
tenant, who out out tbo brig contain-
ing the treasure and stowed away his
booty in a sate place on an unnamed
island of tho Marianne group. The
pirates quarelled, tho Lieutenant, two
officers and tbo cabin boy fired the
ship and fled in a ship's boat, Ooo of
tho officers was murdered boforo reach
ing land. Tho cabin boy was dapped
iuw priBuu uu a piruto. auo Jjiuutuu
ant and surviving officor chartered i
scnoonor and wont off for tho treasure.
Tbo oilloer tipped tho Lieutenant over
board and then, being threatened with
punishment uuless ho revealed the
placo of tho tieasure, tho solitary sur
vivor filled his pockets with lead and
iron and droppod into tho rea, leaving
as tho only oluo a handful of his hair,
pluoked out in an effort to savo him
from drowning, and a chart of the un
named, unknown treasure island,
lho Spanish authorities hold tho
chart, tbo island holds tho treasure,
and an effort to discover it mado bv
an English Captain who believes be
i has a cluo to tho seoret has lust had
myetorious termination. Tho Captain
on laudiug to look for tho treasure
was Jeecrtcd bv his men. who carried
off lho ship. Tho whole story Took
like a variant on Jur. &tocnson s story
uy sumo Japanese journalist or genius,
But it may bo true for all that, and il
so wo shall not havo long ta wail bo.
, fore hearing of a fresh expedition.
THE OttLtoMBlAN, VOL. XXH.NO07
COLUMBIA DBHOCIIAT, V01 111, Nl) M
To Vote for Cleveland,
THOUSAND IRISH-AMEBICANS WHO SUP
PORTED BLAINE FLOP.
If any ovidenco wero wanted to
provo that tho Blaino Irish-Americans
. . t tt , i i i : ..
nru nut, lur xiurusuu la, uuu uu iuuiiu in
tho meeting of tho IriBh-Amorican In-
ependebts, held at their Headquarters,
52 Union 8qus.ro, Now York. Tlio
president of tho organization is Edward
ltowo. lie was tho iirst ucraocrat
who in 1884 called a meeting at Clar
endon Hall to protest against tbo nomi
nation of Clovcland and kept up tho
fight persistently to tho end, organizing
clubs in eaoh of tho twenty-four
Assembly districts in this city and
keeping the fight hot by flying visits to
surrounding districts. Ho was the or
ganizer and president ol tho Irish
American Confederation of America,
and is connected with all tho patriotic
Irish organizations.
President Rowe presided at tho
meeting, whioh was called to inaorso
Cleveland. Ono of the spoakors was
Frank Bvrnc. who said that, uotwith
standing his rabid support of Blaino in
1S84, ho was now a thorough, whole
hearted supporter of Ulovoland and
Demoofaoy.
Tbo result ol tho meeting was tno
adoption of a series of resolutions
pledging support to Clovcland. Thcso
rcsolntions affect about one thousand
Irish Americans who voted for Blaine.
They wore sont to tho national head
quarters to-day. Some of the resolu
tions read thus :
Resolved, That as protectionists, bo-
lieving'that tho fall measure of real
protection to tho workingman and tlio
greatest good to'all tho people can be
best secured under a lower and more
equal system' of Custom House taxation
we do most heartily indorse tho plan
of tariff reform contained in tho Mills
bill.
Resolved, That trusts and monopo
lies,- fostered and encouraged by unjust
State and national laws, imposing un
equal taritl taxes and laying tribute on
the consumers of tho products control
led by thorn, have our most emphatic
condemnation : and we demand that
such laws shall bo so revised as to make
such iniquitous combinations impos
sible Resolved, That the retaliation mes
sage ot l'residont (Jleveland to uon
gross proved bim a statesman of tbo
highest order ; an American capable of
sustaining bis country s honor in any
emergency, and deserving the respect
and support of ovorv patriotic citizen
of the Republic. This much of, justice
we all tbo more cheerfully acoord tho
Prcsidont because of our steadfast op
position to his election in 1884, in tho
behalf that his opponent in the cam
paign wonld more earnestly sustain
tho national honor that has m)w been
so splendidly vindicated and maintain
ed by tbo President himself.
At' the Fair.
Thero is but ono period of tho year
and but one place that a pcron can
see such a mixed gathering ot the
people, representatives of overy class
of society, ahd that is at tho Annual
F.nr. Other meetings call together
but a part; bnt at the fair the student
ot human naturo and human lile, and
of tho kind of civilization that is devel
oped from the soil and climate of rural
lifo, can see and study and cannot but
admire tho wholo. The various church
associations enablo the student to
study tho official church life, tho busi
ness associations enable him to study
the business life, the political conven
tions bringing together as they do
somo of tho nomest men in tho State,
and somo of tho most designing and
unscrupulous enables him to study
tbo political life, but tho Fair, and
that alone, enables him to study tho
whole life of the people. The politi
cian is there, aud may bo detected' at
once by tho shrewd observer; the busi
ness man is there with his prompt
brisk, and direct ways and is easy dis
cernible; the preacher is thero and
finds it one of the' best places to study
human nature; the farmers are there,
some intent on study; forming their
ideal cow, pig, or horse, carrying in
their mind's eye their stock at home
and comparing what, tboy see with
what they have, others studying grains
and grasses aud fiuits, and othots still,
bent on Bight-seeing and pleasure,
taking a day or two of well yarned
rest and recreation. His good wife is
there also, as she ought to be, for who
is moro worthyof the opportunity for
rest and recreation! Her sharpened
eyes seeing many things her husband
misses.
Tho sons are there, and if not.
snouia ne, seeing wan tno clear open
vision ot youth, undimmedby preiudice
or tradition, many things the father
cannot seo or will not see, and resolv
ing that when they come to farm for
themselves tho scrub must go; 'the
daughters, too, or if not, thoy aro not
wen treated, toasting tncir eyes with
tho beautiful in tho animal form?, in
tho flowers or in paintings or embroid
ery, and altogether a full day at the
Fair is a vision worth seeing and
treat to bo dosired and remembered.
With many farmers tho fair is simp
ly a great holiday recreation, giving
inem tno opportunity to break away
irom tbo dull routine ot the larm and
see about them, to seo their friends
and acquaintances who livo at a dis
tance, and in general havo a good
time. There is, however, overy year
an increasing number, who whilo not
forgetting tho recreation, combino with
it hard study. They regard tho Fair
as a great school in which they can
study tho animal forms, and by com
paring this breed with that, and this
herd with that, and this individual
with that in each bord, form both an
ideal typo whicn thoy aim to realize in
tnoir own nerd, ami seine down on
linos of brooding and methods of feed
ing that will cuablo them to realize
that ideal. This is but, one of tho
thousand things to bo learned at tho
fair. Tho fair is a groat object losson,
klndorgartcn, and collego and univer
sity all in ono, to tho man who has
"eyes to boo," and ''ears to hear.'
Therefore, go to tho fair and profit by
tno examples mat aro auoui you in
pucn prolusion.
IIo was rescuing her from tho hi!
iQwy wavce, but it lookod as if thoy
might never seo Boston again. "Hold
on tight." "Dou't say hold on tight,"
gurglod the girl, with her mouth full
of Atlautio ocean; "say hold on tightly,"
Gen. Harrison's Frigid Seservo,
(Mid 10 Bass Letter to Chicago Herald.
No oco who has como in contact
wiih him will bo baso enough to im-
pnto to Benjamin Harrison any of tho
characteristics of a "magnetic man."
Personally ho is a queer gomus, a kind
of fifteen puzzle. It can not bo said
that, like George F. Edmunds, tho frl
aid zone hovers continuously about
film, nor at tho samo timo has ho. nny
of tho personal inspiration that follows
from contact with a Blaine, a Dopow,
or oven a Foraker. IIo moro rcscm.
blcs a clam that, while opening its
shell wirlo enough to bo ablo to per
ceive all that is going on, is quick to
closo it with a snap on tho opproach of
oven ono of its own sentries. Almost
anv morninrf and afteinoon and oven-
ingsineo'his sojeu'rn on tho Island lho
Fosters and Woods 'and Curamingscs
and Ishcrwoods and others of his per
sonal acquaintances may havo been
fdnnd oniovlnc a social camo Of Whist
or rounco cr whisper it not in Gath
of jiokor' in Reybcrg's paVillion or tho
porch of tho club-house Almost
oyc'ry night the genial bettor half of tho
publican nomineo nas taKcn n nanu in
a gamo of sevon-up or poker in tho
ladies' parlor of tho clnb. Bat Bon.
jamin takes no stock in any such re
creation. When tlio laughter is loud,
est nnd tho hilarity most contagions
ho mav ho seen taking a lonely stroll on
thobcaob, hands in pockets, eyes on tho
ground, or seated in lho library ot ms
cottage, cither gazing abstractedly in
to space or buried deep in newspapers.
Very little of his correspondent has
received attention sincn his arrival.
IIo speaks when spoken to, but ho
doesn't Invito a conversation. Ho
will talk to Gov. Foster or Jndgo
Scott or Mayor Hamilton for an hour
.i . ii . i i.
in tno morning uuu uuoa uu uue upr
without a look or a nod or a rccognt.
tion in the afternoon. Not ono ont of
ten of tho sojourners at tho club whero
he refreshes the inner man with regu
larity three times daily havo exchang
ed a "good morning" or "good oven
ing" with him.
On the Country Road.
If ono lias a bearing applo orchard
now is tho timo to turn thb old bow and
pigs in to pick up tho windfalls, says
the Minnesota Farmer. They destroy
thousands of worms that would other
wise go into tho ground to again como
forth in a different form to propag te
the spcoics.
Prominent fruit growers find that
thinned peaches aro of a superior sizo
and excodence and sell much better
than tho unthinned ones.
Use only perfectly seasoned grapo
baskets ; green baskets cause mold, says
ono shipper.
Henry Stewart thinks quicklimo is
as indispensablo in a dairy as ice. It
is exceedingly absorbtive of moisture,
ttking up one third of its weight and
falling slowly to a fine, dry powder,
without any appoaranco of moisture
It is said that land infestod with cut
worms may bo relieved of thcso pests
by ploughing under a crop of buck
wheat.
Club root in cabbage is prevented
by making the seed bed on now ground
or ground not used lor caoDago tor
several years.
l'rot. A. J. Uook reports that tno
pcaeh-borer has been vanquishfd in tho
peach belt of Michigan by digging out
tho borer in late September and early
May.
Every sheep raiser makes his own
luck, according to the care and atten
tion he gives his Hock, says Jixtral
Home. i
Overfeeding is injurious to all breeds
of poultry.
Prominent commission merchants
recommend that the Lo Conto pears bo
shipped bo green that they will keep
two weeks and not mellow up till tho
retail dealer gets them.
Clean up the farm. Neglected fonco
corners and rubbish piles harbor insect
sts, especially chinch bugs.
Let cows and calves have access to
plenty of puro water and salt.
The Law for Hunting Deer.
For tlio benefit of hundreds of read
ers of this paper who aro deer hunters
wo publish tho law ou tho subject pass
ed Juno 27, 1883. It is tho law now
in force A perusal of it will show
that its provisions iuvolvo an absurdity,
.1. . i-;n; . r i ,
as mo Killing ui ueor is pemiucu long
er than it is permitted to bo
u possession. This is an oversight of
the law makers, however, and wo pub
lish tho law as it is, leaving tho inter
pretation ot it lor tho courts.
JSo person (hall kill or nursuo in any
part of this Stato any elk or' wild deer,
savo only from the first day of October
in any year to tlio fifteenth day of
December next following and no per
son shall havo in his or her possession
or offer for sale or transportation any
elk, wild deer, autclope or fresh veni
son, save only from tho first day of
October iu auy year to tho tbittcenth
day of November noxt following. No
person shall, at any time, kill any lawn
when in its spotted coat or havo tho
fresh skin iu his or her possession. No
poison shall pursue any elk or wild
deer or fawn which has been driven
thereto by dogs ; any person offending
against tho provisions of this section
shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemean
or and shall bo liablo to a penalty of
fifty dollars for each elk, wild deer or
fawn so killed, so pursued or trapped
or fresh elk, wild deer, antelopo or
fawn skin had in his or her possession
and may bo proceeded against in any
county of tho Stato wherein lie may bo
arrested having tho eamo in his posses
sion, and provided also that my dogs
pursuing oik or wild d ;er or fawn may
bo killed by any person, and constablo
or other town official may kill any dog
that habitually pursues oik, wild deer
or fawns aud tho owners of such dogs
shall ho liablo to a penalty of ten dol
lars for each wild doer or fawn killed
by such dog.
CoiiPARis3N Solicited. A wiso dis
crimination should bo exercised by all
who tako medicine Tho proprietors
of Hood's Sarsaparilla solicit a careful
comparison of this medicino with othor
blood purifiers and medicines, being
confident that tho peculiar merits of
Hood's Sarsaparilla aro so apparent
that tho people will unhesitatingly pre
fer it to any other prescription. I food's
Sarsaparilla is not a mixturo of molas
ses and a few inert roots and herbs, but
it is a peculiar concentrated extract of
tho best altorativo and blood-nurifying
remedies of tho vegotablo kingdom.
Tho enormous sale-i of Hood's Sarsa
parilla, and the wonderful cures effect
ed, provo even moro than has been
claimed for this medicine. If you aro
sick the best medicine is nouo too good.
Tberoforo, tako Hood's Sarsapaiilla.
It is a dreadful wasto of oow foroo,
says Hoard, to turn her out whero sho
roams over soveral hundred acres of
land. Sho will bo doing it most all
day if thero is no fenco to slop her,
and will be sure to do it if tho pasturo
is thlu and scarce. Sho had bolter bo
foil what sho uoo Is on a small spuco,
and then lie down and attond to her
legitimate mission on the earth uiak
.ug milk. .