PROFESSIONAL CARIS.
h. FRirz
' ATTORNKY-AT.LAW,
Okfior Front Un0m, Ovor Postoffloo.
ULOQMBHUltO, PA.
J II. AiAlZE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
INSUItANCB nnd HEALEVTATK AOKNT,
Ofkiok. -Room No. 2, Columbian
building.
nujoMsnunu, pa.
Jan.sitbis&8,tf.
u.funiF; '
ATTORN f-AT-LAW.'
Office lb Haf lIulldlDg . " WWWM.
J OlIN M. CLAHK,
AT TORNEY-AT-LAW
AND
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
J'S
DLOOMIBCta, Pi
omce ovor Mover Bros. Druf Storo.
c.
v M1LLEH,
ATTOHNBY-AT-LAW
Cfflccln Urowersballdlng.socondfloor.rooraNo.l
BioomBburg, Pa.
O FRANK ZAKB,
' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
IJloorusburg, Pa.-
Offlce corner of Centre and Main strtett. Clark's
uuuaing.
Can be consulted In Oorman.
Q.EO. E. KLYVELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Uloombburq, Pa.
Office on second floor, third room ot Col
ombian Building, Main street, below Ex
change Hotel.
jpAOL E. WHIT, : ,
Attorney-at-Law.
OOlce In Columbian Bcilsino, Third floor.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
J V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW;
BL00M8BUR0, PA.
'.Office In Witts' Building, 2nd floor,
may 1-tf
S. CH08B. L. B. WINTIBBTISH,
ICNOKR & WINTEKSTEEN,
Attorneys-at-Law.
uuic-u 1U lob nauuuai nauit uuiiuiuk, bdvwju uuui, i
first floor to the left. Corner of Main and Marff
streets Uloomrturg, pa.
tensions and Bounties Collected.
F.
P. BILLMEYEIl,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
HTOfllce over
Uloomsburg, Pa.
Dentler's shoo store,
apr-30.86.
y. II. R11AWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawtsea, Fa
OTce.oornerol Third and MainHtreeta
Q.HANT HERRING,
ATTORNEY-A r-LAW,
BLOOMSBUlta, PA.
Offloo over Hawllng Meat Market.
M
IOUAEL F. EYEHLY,
Conveyancer, Coltoctor of Claims,
AND
LEGAL ADVICE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF
'ESTATES. 4C
H-omco in Denticrs building with F.-P. Bill
meyer. attorney-at-iaw, iruui iwiud,
znd floor
Uloomsburg, Pa.
apr-ss.
UONORAA. BOBBINS.
omco and residence, West First Btrat Blooms-
tmre,- Fa.
DOT 20 8S iy.
w tj M-17PT.VY. M. T).nrcreon and Pht
J .siO'ftr.nortr Bide Main BtreotDeiow Maritet
0
R.J C. BUTTER,
PHYSICIAN SURGEON,
omce. North MarlcBt Btrcetf
BloomBbnrg, Fa
DH. WM. M. REBER Burgeon and
PhyBiclan. Offlce corner of Bock and Maraot
treet.
ESTABLISHED 1870.
J J. BROWN.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Offlce and residence on Third street near Metho
dist church. Diseases ortno eye a specim.
rya j. n. evans.
Treatment of Chronic Diseases made a
SPECIALTY.
Office, Third Street,
Bloomsuijro Fa
J HESS, D. D. B.,
toVnio nt thB Philadelphia Dental Couege,
ir nvinir opened a dental office In
LOOKARD'S BUILDING,
comer of Main ana centre streets,
BLOOMSIJURG, PA.,
s prepared to receive all patients requli ng pro-
mmaiO LOCAL ANAKSTHETICS
rimtnlaiered tor the painless extrartlon of teeth
trie ot cblite w hen artificial teeth are Inserted.
ALL Vi'OUK GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTED.
jcts6-iy.
irtr ll. UOUBE,
VV DENTIST,
BiooMfluuuo, Columbia County, Pa
Allstyletof workdonelna superior manner.wort
w arranuio as represented Tiwo Extbact-
wirnocT PAW by the use o I Oas, and
free of ohargewhenartinclalteeth
arolnserted.
Offlce in Barton's building, Main street,
below Market, tlvo doors below Klelma
drug store, first floor.
Jo be open at all hours during the Hay
T F. UARTMAN
BiraisiNts mi lOtLowwa
AMERICAN 1NBURANCE1C0MPANIEB
North American of Philadelphia.
Franklin, "
Penneylyanla, " "
York, of Pennsylvania,
llanover, of N. Y.
Queens, ot London.
North British, ot London.
Offlce on Market street, No, , Bloomsbnrg.
oct. . 1-
Bloomsburg Firo andLifoIns. Agency.:
ESTABLISHED 1663.
M. P. I.UTZ
(Successor to Freas Brown)
AGENT AND BROKElti
com r amis BkrBisBKTin:
Assets
tna Fire Ins. Co.. ot Hartfotd... I S.SSJS"
Hartioni or nanioro i-:.,,. i.
Phoei.lx ot Hartford....... ... .... J.JJJ'JW is
einrtngfleld ot sprlrjgtteld..... ffiSSS
Fire Aseootatlon, Philadelphia, J'SillS:!?
ouardlanot London.,....- , W,p3,8i3.7l
t'bmnlx. ot London o,v34,oo-i.ts
Lancaahlreof Enand(U.B. branch) .. g
ltoyal of England " . " t,84S,M4.oo
Mutual Benent Life Ins. Co. of New.
ark, N.J i.sTiw.weo.aa
Losae promptly adjusted and paid at this office.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY OF
J. II. MAIZE,
Office 2nd floor Columbian Building,
BLOOMSBURG, PA. .
j. iverpool Wndof ind Globe, largest In the world.
IMPERIAL of Lonuos, &miI?M
CONTINltNTAL of New VoiV. fi
AsiRititiAN or fniiaoeipuia. "tjnr;:
NIAGARA ot New York,
uue t, 1648, tf.
BITTENBiSnDEB, 'ICIit8Tt.
scons
EMULSION
OF PURE GOD LIVER OIL
& -HYPOPHOSPHITES
Almost as Palatabloas Milk.
Bo (ll.gnla.il that it can be taken,
digested, and assimilated by tha moil
a.naltlYB atoma.h, when th. plain oil
rannot be tolerated anil Ijr the corn
btnatlon off the oil with the hypophas
phlte. la mncn mure efficacious.
Bcmirkasle as a flesh prodnetr.
Penous gain rapidly while taking It.
8COTT'S EMULSION Is acknowledged by
Physicians to be the Finest and Best prepa
ration in the world for the relief and euro ot
CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA,
OENER.L DEBILITY. WASTING
DISEASES, EMACIATION,
COLDS and CHRONIC OOUCHS.
The great remwfy for Consumption, and
Wasting In Children: Sold 6y all Druggists.
sept ss-'S8-ly
J. TV. CUSICK,
Pyrmont, bhlo, wrltest '
" I feel that I can not rec
ommend Dr. Seth Arnold's Cough
Killer
ton highly. Would not bo
without It.
, and S1.00.
Druggists, 25c,, 60c
When I say Conn I do not mean merely to
stop thrm fur n time, anil then liao them re
turn nsaln. I mean A RADICAL. CUUK.
1 have taado the discaso of
FITS, EPILEPSY or
FALLING SICKNESS,
A lifelong study. I warrant my remedy to
CDUtt tho worst cases. Because others hate
failed Is no reason for not now receiving a euro,
bend at once for a treatise and a Fuke Hottlb
ot my Infai.liblb IIemedv. Glvo Express
ami Post t)illco. It costs you nothing for a
trial, and It will cure you. Address
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l.&nU Tho WONDERFUL
PLUBURG chair,
uombinins a rarior. i.i.rary. mgi.
lag, Ktcllalad. er issaiis bnnm.
LOUNCC. SCO. till
or COUCH. Price 3 .VIW p.
wa mas. rae largest tuicit
Adlmtlllt. Ricllalno. PllcllBl'
las sarotoas upar.n.g, mvaiia
n.lll.i. Kammock. 0R. llbrsn.
fine, Carrel reldlao, Reet and Ratta. CHAIRSnnd
ROCKERS BIOYCLES.TRICVOLES.VE
LOCIPEDE8 and SELF PROPELLERS.
ALL KINDS OF APPLIANCES FOR INVALIDS.
RABY fO ACHES
urer 100 altTerrnt dealgni.
Oar Pit I it .Hiii tie Bnkl on all Car,
riigit.Jret. We hito dinoontlnaftd
wholetalingt vj pUctec t oraera
direct with the mivkeni you can ms
trreral profit. Oar tUuhlng price
tod spwil Unreal nil will Mtonuh,
Jieli. VXKXiS BOiU UDUer m ytui'liruc
find deliTered frr to any point la
I Ut Shiltm IVRmicI BLirnn fnr
Catalogue, and Lte oltw of good
LUBURC MFC. CO.
146 North ICIgbth Mtroet. Phlladelphlu, Ptu
KNOW THYSELF,
frxzjii Moroiirw cii o j-; inf-j
A aclcntillo and Standard Popular Medical Treatise o.
tliuKrrorsof Vontb, l'rematurul)cillue,rTons
nnJ Physical Debility, Impurlilf.ot Hie lllood
UMuUmntrom Folly.Vlc,Iinoraiica.hccM W
Oieiuiailon.EuerTatlnttand nnflttliii th; Jl;lru
tur Work, Biulnrss, tho Married or Social IU utlun.
Avoid unskilful pretondtrs. Posatsa this t;ri;al
work. It contains 000 tiages, royal 8vo. lii iiutiriil
blniling, cmbnmed, full Rtlt. l'rlre, only $1.1) Ly
rnnll, iiosl.pald, concealed In plain rapM-r. 1 J ;
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dUtlusiil.lieri author. Win. II. ,1 ..I l';.
cold tho COLD AND JEWELLED MEDAL
from tlio Nntlonnl MoUloal Aoqlntl-n.
for tho PRIZE ESSAY on NERVOUS tinu
PHYSICAL DEBILITY. Dr.ParUrnnJacorl
of Aflitant 1'liyslel.ine may bo consulted, eoull
tlentWly. by null or In persop, at the c of
rur. 1-kAisohv sii:iicai. iN.vri'itni.,
.Vn.4 Ilatltliat-lt ht., Itnetiin, JIll., io nliomall
jnltia fot books or letters tat advice should be
directed as above.
MADE WITH BOILING
WATEft,
E P PS S
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING.
COGOA
MADE WITH BOILING MILK.
RS. J. N. & J. B.HOBENSACK
M.dicnl and Surjleil OBcs,
20G NORTH SECOND ST., PIIILAD
i:sTAHf.isuni o yiiaiis
Forthnlre.itinontof Voilttir"! liiipriiilentio.
I '.fVlg ir.N'orvnin iieblll y and Si.u'lnl
lii.ntses. foKUllnlloi l,y mall free t-reha-pe.
II gli rt-nt rr-c
0. v ,r- 'itil'JV tt .filO'lt 81' 1'V
Mayll.P.t-Co,ly
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
W. R. TDBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOUSBUSO.FA.
opposite oouitT nouss
Largo and convenient tamnle rooms. Batrt room
hot and cold water! ana all modern convenlencs
Exchange Hotel,
UKNTON, PA.
The undersigned has leased this wennowa
house, and Is prtpared to accommodate the pubiio
with all the convenience of a nrst-olass hoteL
ayerl lkvitibl DRAKE, Proprietor
siii.iviuirkE. wis.
I CURE
FITS!
Mi
roa wkb It for.
WAmsmnmmm
ttill iwrticuldUit with Ujm w$i
OHAS, L.COLBY 4l
lie
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1889.
' '
.c-jAl
muECT practical experiment in a laurfdry lias proved to inc
l.nffllrt T,rrnv ' fnctrl nrrntnet- n rtetnln vr I'nmrn'hmnd rtf
.'(lauiulry soap, lias the same amount
"two-thirds the lasting capacity. That is, the Ivory Soap will do one
"aitd t7i'o-thfrds times the work of the soap against 'which it was
"tested. I therefore consider the Ivokv a very goodM'diiii'dry soap."
JOHN W. LANGIiEY,
Professor of Chomlstry, Unlvorslty of Michigan.
A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many white soaps, each represented to be "just as good as the' Ivory' j"
they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of
the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it,
Copyright 18RC, by I'nietur ; uamble.
fasea Pain Instantly.
Strengthens Weak Parts.
Quiets Nervousness.
Fresh Hops, Hemlock Oam and
Pino Balsam, prepared and
sprond. .11 ready to spplr.
Best Plaster Ever Made.
look Jot
Sold by Drag and country stores.
25CIM. 0 lor SI. Mailed tor price.
mAKE
j In
C LOTHIHG! CLOTHING
G. W. BERTS OH,
THE MEROIIANT TAILOR.
Cents' Furni:hir,g G::-:,Hr,: C:::
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Suits made to order at 6hort notice
and a fit always euaratiterd or no sale.
Call and examine tlio largest and best
selected stook of goods ever shown in
Columbia county.
Btorc next door to First National Bank
MAIN STREET,
Bloomsbure Ia
WILLIAM HURT
BLOOMSBURG, PEM'A.,
AGENT FOH THE
KEYSTONE DYNAMITE POWDER CO.
manafactrueraof tho celebrated Kej stone Dyna
mlto. This explosive Is citing unlverea Batlstao
Itton Quotations cneeriuiiy given. tnug m
1)1. THEEL
"riiMlinlel.a, ol .Wn. IM o.Or irciijiliio IraJInK
I'rHi'lteut and Karopean IIo.iUh1 Lxpcrtcnvu ,4
ditilom..a.t.rufle.teiprt.f("r - t ,
Sl'ECIAL OIS1JAHES
b ru 1 1 i ttuc 1 1 m
MolaiifLiuli
lit ItUrw-o
lb atutborn se ouciiia, ir. i iii
Allop(lii. Hn.ooiU1 'alotl b4 Itotulo jitemt of
ttMlclRt, ni ly comliiilnf tb m In pi.otUtli urc
oihiri ifailL llr. lhel w.rti Btn wtoit
ttoDip"-! plt erbl uuturet, bnwd purlflr n4
... a --i anrl h.aM FshJlliT! ClDtlll
.T,itueiaDt,. booS,,p.m.hl.u,elrBttl.M,0ltrtbnl.4 b7
Usi.diu,. iaeoali. 0mpolM. lo.tUotp., ..d .M.ll,a
BHltaaii.rsulss4b.rriU. torrnn. hjt lrto J llJ to;,
iattirsItHtMdtrlTlatlb.BssllI.slJJtaj
,1,11m. ot a..t'l atlssth.1T or Isisailr. Ir. fMl
Sm no to.l tad b.a protto bT fstia ibil bl. sbluif U
."rib V.r. t. .ol.rtra thsa all lb. frt. usanllslltat.
sssraaMu sad pr.ru lit. blcb tr. a.llT .d bl a.l Jm
tttilanl.lalatb.MBat. I!...us. ..d a ut. Wad.
Bl.'lt, WHO. B.I. lr.n a.Mi llllH f.M. B.adtT, "UL
ug'uBt lT'88iy. '
AilverttHcra' by nddreaslng oo, n,
V f .. in (.orueebt.. New York
.a i i rtn niir.iin nil iiMwiml information
kboiitsv proposed line ot AUYEllTISlNa In
I i .l an n Mbnrann HAIM
Nov 16.V-W
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AUIWWfWT CO.,
WHOLESALE OROCERS,
l'niLADBLniu, Pa.
HAS, syjJPFS, C0PFKE, BUCJAK, MOLASHEb
'out 'oix 'Yuos utiYom 'esaf.ia 'nam
N. E. Corner Second and Arch Sts.
i sv Orders win receive prompt attectaoi
HINDEKCORNS.
fSxr CO N 8U M PT I V E
R.t. youOojgli.lii-irtirliliu, AMiin. 'a'UBS'vjaaH
iba wur.rv!M4 auJ f7uib.l r.iuvJT tw all tlifriwttt
lroi4a.rtUi.autrllka. Tss.uuiu. Mo. sad tub
iMnrW-d-lt.
k Ik SPB, feik, COMPLETELY AND f Hick.
IB m Vft LtfvV SPEEDILY Chest.
1 m m n wm. cures kv
vpff fUCsUK Soreness or Wesk- Mmt), or
Ssajr Ujfi sw pens to the Muscles.
If ,"'( l .;;iV.
of cleansing power and onc.and
M propric(mJs ilgnatnre
HOP PLASTER CO.. BOSTON,
cm alt pinainc ffoodL
HEFD from the Ass. He
'I' feasts to-day, nuiv want to-morrow.
buying Clothing don't let your
greea ior cneapness smut your iryua
to quality. We guarantee our Clothing
to give satisfaction or money refunded.
CLOTHING KOll MEN AND CHILDKEN.
A. C. Yates& Co.
LEDGER BUILDING,
SIXTH AND CHESTNUT STS.
riHLADELVIIIA.
Cures Liver Complaint, Bilious Aflec-
IAXAD0R
iions, uoss oi
Appetite, Sick
lleadaclio,ick:
Stomach, Qid-diness.Costivc-ness,Dyspopsia
Kidnev trouble
IAXAD0R
and oil dclicato Fcmalo Com-
jilaints.'Sold everywhere. Prico25 cents.
DREXELS.MOLQGNE
Fragrant! i& Lasting!
The LeadlngPerTume forlheTolletand
Handkerchief.
Sold by all dealers. Price 25 ots.
Salvation Oil
i& Price only 25 ets. Sold by alldrugghts.
Will relievo Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Swellmgs,Bruisos,Lumbago,Sprains,
Headache, Toothache, Sores, Burns,
Wounds, Cuts, Scalds, Backache,
Frostbites. Chapped Hands and Face,
Gout, or any bodily pain or ailment.
runt IANOES PLUGS, 7 Oredt lekaicoAn
UtlttV tlM.Pllcn 10 C, tf all druggllti.
CROWN AMJE
THE BEST BURNING OIL THAT CAN
' BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM.
It gives a brilliant light.
11 will not sinuae lut-uuiiuuvja.
It will not char the wick.
It has a high llru teat.
It win not explode.
It la pre-eminently a family safety oil.
WB CHALLENGE COMPARISON
YVltu any other Illumine ting oil made.
We Stake Our Reputation,
As refiners, upon the statement that 11 Is
THE BEST OIL
' ' IN THE WORLD.
Ask yc'ur dealer for
WAISYIIXE PA.
Trade for Bloomsburg and Vicinity Supplied by
MOVER BROS.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
aepi-ly.
PARKER'S
Prc-aiotcs a luxuriant growth.' I
Ntvsr Fsila' la ftatlor. Onyl
' Halrt.ltaVoitiinil C.lor. 'I
Prvvi nts Dandruff snd hair fAltlOffl
STHv.niTtl jAstlmiavitt. I
liar rS-d-H
LOVE'S ATTRIBUTES.
I am what loro doth think mo; If It bo
Fair, I am fair, with cheek, nhore blushes fly
For thought of lielng fair In love's decree,
And eyea that sparkle deepor when they spy
Their brighteet Image In another's eye I
If lovo be Joy, 1 am too fully bleased ;
If love be pain I am o'er cursed for sins;
And which It la I know not, for they be
So intermingled that, I pray of thee
Canst ten mo w hero joy ends or jialn begins?
Itast thou not followed In a Master's song,
A passing strain that seemed from heaven to
float!
Unit thou not lost and sought It with a strong
Doalro, And found It chained with some low note
That stole one hair Its gladness, and returned
A half of pain, till each from each had learned
The beauty and the burden of tho spng
Then In the falling silence, didst thou know
Which fcnve thoo rapture or which gave theewoer
Louise Morgan Smith.
jMAJ. CROSS' WIFE.
lie was a melancholy man. I met him at
iny fogy club, I did not know his name. In
my own inluil I looked on him as the man
who always sat in tho same corner, smoking
Trtehlnopoll choroots. Ho was very neat as
to his dress, and I detected at once that at
some time or other he had been in the ser
vice. Ills hair was perfectly white, mid tho
man appeared worn out with somo secret
grief, some mysterious trouble. I modo MaJ.
Fowler's acquaintance on one Christinas evo,
after having dined a little better than usual,
and I was correspondingly elated, and felt I
must talk to tomobody j so, faut de inleux, I
talked to liltn. Generally at tho IUcoaud
Curry, when a member whom wo have not
boon Introduced to nddreses us, we put on a
wroneed and Indlminnt air as a rule, wo
don't answer; If we do wo mnUethe mnu who
has thus daringly addressed us understand
bis mistake. It Is thus wo nssert our superi
ority. Perhaps this Is why wo liavo tho
reputation of being cllciuer.
Why it was I do not know. Thero Is no
other word for it we "chummed," literally
chummnl, at once. Wo had both served In
tho same presidency, wo had met tho sumo
jiooplo, but iia. rowler was senior to me.
llo had been through tho mutiny, I had not.
It was a rather ghastly affair, and I cannot
seo why ho should linvo conllded It to nie. At
any rate, this Is what ho told me:
I was only a lieutenant then a lieutenant
In tho th Bengal nntlve infantry. The
mutiny had already brokcu out in our presi
dency, but our regiment was supposed to be
particularly well nITected. KcrimaUid was
a wretched place; it was one of tho dullest
and hottest stations in tho presidency. Wo
were very hard up for European officers;
some wero on leave of courso, tliey tscre
hurrying back us fast as tho P. & 0. boaU
could carry them; somo were on detachment
duty, others away on special employment,
but the bulk of them were oil the tick list,
for Kerliunbad was an unhealthy hole, al
though its strategic lniportauco w as too groat
to allow of its being unoccupied, and to our
regiment had fallen tho duty of occupying
It. From tho circumstances I have men
tioned MnJ. Cross, who was in command,
and myself wero the only two men on the
effectivo list. Cross was a martinet; ho had
risen front the ranks, and was extremely re
ligious. We naturally saw a greut deal of
each other.
JlnJ. Cross was married, and his wifo was
tho only whlto womau on tlio station. Not
six mouths before Maj. Cross returned from
furlough with his bride. Of courso, vie all
fell in love with her. What sho could have
neon In Cross I cannot mako out; why she
married him, heaven knows. Cross, though
a most deserving olllccr, wns perhaps hardly
what would be called a gentleman, but his
wife was a lady and very beautlfuL Bbe
must have been In her 21st year then. She
wns blonde and petite, with dreamy blue,
eyes and musses of curling half, which pavo
her girlish beauty an air of recklessness,
which was but an additional chnrin. Her
greatest delight was horso exorcise. At caily
morning Mrs. Cross was certain to be in tho
saddlo; In the afternoon, as soon as over the
sun was low enough, tho major's wifo might
have been seen on her dapple gray Gulf Arab,
flying across tho country, attended by ono or
more of hor husband's subordinates.
I had been in love with her from tho first;
but I am not an excitablo'ni.ln; and perhaps
It wasn't genuino lovo, after all. I knqw
that there was not tho faintest shadow of Un
propriety in the love, if we must call It so,
that I felt for tho major's wifo. True, I was
her willing slave, her constant cavalier. Per
haps I pitied tho girl married to a matt twieo
her ago, a man with but two Ideas In his
head drill and discipline. They say that
pity is akin to lovo perhaps it Is; but I had
not the least idea of rnn'ning pwny w th Rosa
Cross, not the remotest; my nffection for her
was purely platonlc at leiut it was till the
fatal afternoon when we rodo out together'
for the last time nt Kernnubnd.
Our horses. wero walking, their bridles on
their necks, bur native gvwoms some' fifty
yards behlui us on the sandy plain.
"Jack," sue said to nje (uniortuimtoiy we
were Jack and Ilosa uow),-"l shan't lie able
to bear, It much longer. The mail was tu
again this morning; all my friends are urguig
mo to go down to Calcutta nt once. . I don't
think it's fair of tno major to make a poor
little woman live with her heart alw ays in
her mouth. Oh, JaekC'she sobbed, and tho
tears ran down her face, "I am so afraid of
the nasty blacks!"
Now, this particular lemark was peouliarly
trrituting to ilaj. Cross. Commanding, as ho
did. n natlvo regiment, lie naturally disliked
tho expression. Bo angry had ho become that
ltosn never darod to use her favorite expres
sion in her husband's presence.
"Of course it's very rough on you, but I
don't see any vt ny out of it. You are tho only
European n the station. Cross and I aro tle
only two men hero; wo can't leavo the place.
But you shouldn't let it worry you; tho regi
ment U well affected enough."
"It's not true, Jack. Only this morning my
husband told me that the regiment is on th
point ot mutiny."
The bruto I No doubt he had told her,
"Then ho was it fool for his pains I" I re
plied. "It's very hard I" sobbed the girl; (or she
wo but a gli'l, though she was my command
ing officer's wife,
Perhaps I remembered tho first fact anil
forgot the second when I took her hand, and,
loQklnginto her eyes, sworo that I would
look after her, and that there was no danger.
She returned the pressure; sho was but act
ing, as I found out afterward. All women
are actresses, I suppose; but I did not dream,
that tho pressure of her finger tlis, tho trust
ing, loving glauco which sho Hung upon mo
through her tears, was but tho cursed bait
which was to lure mo to my destruction.
"Ah, If he would only let mo gol" she sold.
"By morning I should bo out of dunger. 1
am too young to dio here, Jack, and to dio
as I should liavo to die!" she udded with a
shudder,
Thero was a great deal lu w hat sho said.
The major trustod her just as far as you
uould swing a tiger by tho tall, end never let
her out of his sight save when I took her out
riding, as I was doing now; ho was but a
selfish rutllan, after oil It didn't much mat
ter If lie and I were hacked to pieces, or
worse, by theSojioya; it was in tho ordinary
way of business, and would doubtltas be duly
inanttonod In dispatches, But poor littfd
Ui.. n.-i, .1. mnnlli, a mltj trx Vul Ktl lr A. I
in thL lonely furnace to gratify a madman's
whim it was hard.
"Jack," he said, as she leaned sTVor her
pommel, her face almost Vouching mine, "you
can save me. Jack 1"
In that Instant duty, honor, estirttde corps.
joyalty to my senior officer and ill. vanished
as feit ner warm vuim aamss luy.imu,
fhy sympathy, my admiration for Ilosa be
came in an instant converted Into u flerco,
unreasoning love. My arm was round her
waist iu a moment, aud one sweet, sinful kiss
soalod the compact lietweeu me and the devil
who masqueraded as the guileless ami timor
ous young bride.
"Jack." she said, "we must be careful.
There la no tfma to lce. Who cau tell
whether the grooms tbat follow us may not
havo seen tbat kiss I '
Bhe was cool, calculating and reasoned ad
mirably, As lor me, the blood rushed through
my veins like liquid lire, and my heart palpi
tutoi to an almost nauitui extent.
"Jaok," the sab), onco moie.v'lt is for to
night, llo knows it l he, has told me, to. We,
must fly together "
I am not a coward. To make lovo to ran-
fithw man's wife Is cue thing,) to tun away
with ber auotuor; but tajletert oua colors,
to deTtoiToVbrollier ollltvr, loTenvb hlrftto
certain death In tho hour of his need, and nt
tho wuno llmo to run away with his wife, Is a
piece of villainy too monstrous for the mind
of any man to concievo or execute,
I explained, I argued, I pleaded for tlmo; 1
sworo that I loved her; I told her that by an
act such as this 1 should become an outcast.
All to no purpose.
"If you lovo me, Jack," she said, "surely
you would not have mo handed over to the
tender mercies of wretches such as thosrSI"
And witli her little cutting whip she Indi
cated the two native grooms.
Her kiss was bunting pu my Hps, but I was
not the man to desert my colors In tho hour
of danger under tho excuse of an Intrigue,
I said to her:
'It's n had business, Horn; It Ai'insto me he
ought to put you in safety, somehow or an
other." "Jock," she said, with a savago determina
tion, "111 give him a chance. Ho can save
mo to-night, If ho will. It Is only a four
hours' ride, after nil. But promise me one
thing. Jack; if he should refuse, you will
save mo You can bo back before dawn, to
be butchered hero with him, since you pre
fer it,"
I shook my head.
"Do you refuse me stUll" she cried. "Then,
by heavens," sho screamed, as she shook her
Uttlo fist at the blue sky, "IH go by ntysolf.
for you are both of you cowards, you would
be pnladlnsl"
I did not answer her, but woman like she
pestered mo into making her a promise. 1
agreed that her horso and tho colonel's should
be brought round, ns if for a moonlight
ride, after dinner. Then, and not till then,
did her tears, her piteous tears, ceaso to flow.
"Forgive mo. dear old Jack." sho said; "1
knew you would save me after all."
Ah nie! I did save her, butatwhataprlcel
Dinner was over, and wo stood In the com'
pound outside the mess room, tho major, bit
wife and I, Somo sort of attempt at floral
ornament hail lieen made In tho so called gar
den by n fow rows of stramonium plants,
whoso largo whito flowers, which open only
nt night, gavo their heavy (lerfumo to the
tepid ah-. We smoked our "Trichys," better
ones than they gave us here (said Fow lcr,
with a sigh). Then there wns a horrid scene
betwoeu tho pair. She implored him on her
knees, in tlio dustas a woman might plead
with an executioner for her wretched life;
but she did not move tho major.
"My dear," he mid grimly, "you diiln't
marry me for my good looks; you married
mo, Ilosa, for my position. My position, my
dear, has its dutie, and ono of them is to
take my chance of death in this hole. My
wifo has thrown In her lot with me. I take
it that that's so, Fowlcrf said the major,
tnrn'ug to me,
1 could run across with her. If you liked,
you know, as far as Murghab; It's only
twenty-five miles, and the roads aro good."
Now, at Murghab was a largo cantonment
English famlllos, ladies and children; and
w hat was more important, an English regi
ment and some guns.
"Fowler," said the major, "I can trust
you, my lioy, but I can't trust her; she'll
liavo to stny und tako her chance with the
old limn, after all."
I saw that thero was no use arguing with
lilin. There was only one chance to try and
shame him lnbp it, I left tho pair, she plead
ing and entreating, but the man was not to
lw moved.
From the regimental lines came thesoundi
of music and song, but tho men were lest
noisy than usual, and, to my mind, that
boiled mischief,
I had made her a promise. I suppose it
was her only chance of escape If the major
choose to tako her out again, and she bolted .
to Murghab, so much tho lictter for her, and
it could do him no harm; for at the pass we
were, scandal, even the scandal of an Indian
station, was dead. Of courso be couldn't
leave, but ho might cosily have sent her off
with a strgeant's guard; he could do it thli
vory night even, if bo chose. But he didn't.
To my mind he know that things had come
to a crisis, and I felt that he had treated
mo badly lit not taking mo Into hlsconfldenco.
But why should he have done sol Perhaps
ho looked on mo as his w Ife's lover; so I was,
In one sense. Perhaps he thought he wai
revenging himself on us both in dooming ui
to n certain and horrid death; so I pondered
as I entered the mess tent. Not a servant In
tho place!
Perhaps 1 was too late, after nil. I ran out
of the mess tent; ns I did so,. I camoupoq
my own syce a little old man, who had been
with me since my grium days, lie had
nothing to do w ith tho regiment, and I could
trust him, fnr ho hail been my confidant in
mnny a stable secret, my trainer for many an
up country race; the man had never yet sold
me, and he would not, I felt, betray mo nqw.
"Mort.tzza," said I, "saddle my horso and
the Mem Sahib's, and bring them round to
tha front of tho mess tent at once. Run I"
I said, as the man hesitated.
He disappeared without a word.
As I returned through tho mess tent I felt
that mischief was brew ing, Tlio tongs in the
lines had ceased, tmd X heard a portentous
hum of confused voices. There was no doubt
about the nutter. But my rage against the
men, whom I felt In u few minutes would be
lu cpen mutiny, was as nothing to my indig
nation ngaint tho major for deliberately sao
rillciug his wife and not taking me into lil
confidence.
'Major," I cried as I joined tho pair,
"there's something serious on foot; there's
not n soul hi tho mess tent,"
Ho calmly looked at his watch, and nulled.
As he did so tho sound of clattering hoofs
f el oiwu our ears, and Mortazza, riding my
horso nnu leaning iurs. Lroso' uuii jxrao,
suddenly appeared.
Llg'.it as a ulru, liosa sprang mlo the sad
dle. At that moment tho reiiort of A single
musket rang lit our eara.auj shouts and cries,
with tliu tiolso of a struggle-, were heard
from tho lines,
Take my horse, major I" I cried, as I urged
him to mount.
Wo were both armed. I drew my revol-
er, and forced it Into Itosa's hand.
"Ride," I said, "I will take their attention
olt. Get hor away, Cross."
But the major never mounted.
"Mv place. Is hero," ho suld, as lie lixiseued
liUsn ord in its scabbard. His hand never
(eft her brlillo rein,
A confused moss of armed men made their
apimuriuico, shrieking aim snouting, iu tue
llglitil circle ou ibu tiirtner sine ot tue mess
teut.
"tiive nii, Jackl" cried the major's wife,
ns she gave her horse the spur, Tho anlmaj
plunged frantically, but tlio major held but)
fust
"Mourn, you fool l" i crieu, in my rago ami
excitement.
With his disengaged hand the major struck
mo lu tho mouth,
As I I oceivwl tho blow I heard the re
port of a wea)ion and I saw tho major
fall; I saw that the bullet had struck him In,
tho forehead; 1 saw htm tall ts,a a stono,
Pinging tip his firms as ho did so, and I saw
Unit he was dead.
To snatch the revolver from the majors
belt, and to mount aud follow Rosa's horse,
which was stilt wituiy plunging, out edging
oft from the Infuriated mob, which bad now
reached the metis tent, was the work of an
Instant,
"Keep onl" I shouted to my-viwdon.tr--
ye got heypud the Immediate circle of lights.
SVe went straight for the road, and Ilosa ut
tered not a sound. Thero was hope for us
yet; we might get clear off In the darkness.
My duty Wns plain to save the helpless
woman at my side, A tew yards brought us
to the road. On we went ut headlong speed,
but the Mussulman uovtu hail Ilml the tn.es;
tent. In an instant the great dry terit was
pne sheet of flame; H lighted up the white
road, on which wo were gallojilng for dear
lire. The bourn! or musket snots rang out;
tho brutes were evidently potting at us.
"Ktoop!" l cried to my companion, but too
late. A dull thud told me the was hit. Bhe
gave me one look ot agony, a look that wll
haunt me to my dvlng day,
But vs. lore pq, and a few seconds more
brought us out of the light of the still blaz
ing tent, UUo had ceased to urge her hone,
aa she bad done, with whip and spur,
"Don't give In," I cried; "lu a few minutes
we shall be safe from pursuit,"
"Leave me, Jack," the taidj "mjr horta is,
wounded, and so,
As the tald the words the poor beast t
with a crash tell to rlso no more, I sprang
to the ground; desperation lent mo ttrwigth.
How I managed It Jdo't't know; but tu.
ceeded. hi getting, hor ou to my own f right-
enoa ueast. biio w as apparently aiutingt in
euuu utuui. nau waa sviauvaur isuinusi iu - , , , i
hw right hand the .till clutched the revol- jdruggisls keep them.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXIII NO U
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL Lll. M
ver.
"Take it," sho said. I thrust it Into my
holster.
"Don't let me fait Into their hands alive,
Jack,' She nover spoke again.
When she passed away I cannot tell, but
sho was dead ero I reached Murghab. I
handed her body over to tlio women. I made
my report to tho ollleer hi command, I told
how sudden had been tho rising, and how
brave MnJ. Cross fell pierced by the bullet of
somo skulking mutineer; and then I thought
of poor dead Ilosa, and wondered If she and I
had boon so very much to blame. No, my
enscienco was fairly clear; and It was with
some satUfactlon that I buckled my sword
belt to accompany tho party that was to
wreak retribution on the mutineers of tho
th regiment, who, wo hoard, hod Intrenched
themselves at Kerlmabad. As I rodo along
with th'o others, thirsting for revengo, I
thought of poor murdered Itosa and her
wrecked young life, I thought ot hor as an
angel In heaven looking down on me, and in
my heart I sworo to giro no quarter to the
rutllaus who had caused her death. As I did
so I mechanically opened my holster, took
out my revolver and drew back the Uttlo
safety bolt that holds the chamber.
"Good heavens! what's this !"
Ono of the cartridges had been discharged.
You can fancy my feelings when I discov
ered that hers was the hand that fired the
shot tho shot that had slain her husband)
I don't tell you how we wiped out the ruf
fians at Kerlmabad, If ever vengeance was
sudden and sure, that was the day. The bulk
- of them had intrenched themselves, and were
slain to a man.
I thanked MnJ. Fowler for his story. I sup
pose it wns all truo, for I had beard of the
death of Cross at Kerlmabad I had evcy
seen his grave; but till now I certainly did
not know that It was his wife who hail mur
dered him. London World.
llllnd ltegcars of Canton.
There ore thousands of blind beggars here
iu Canton, and In going through tho city to
day I saw at least HUO of all ages and sexes.
They went In groups of six and eight in sin
gle file, and tho leader could soo just enough
to get aloug. Tho others held ou to one an
other's clothes, and all from decrepit old
women to Uttlo blind boys hold out little flat
round baskets, and turning up tholr flightless
oyes, asked for alms In piteous tones. Those
blind beggars come from tho blind asylum of
Canton. They go out dally to beg through
tho city, and they stand In front of the shop
until Its owner pays them to go away. They
barely get more than tho tenth of a cont
from a single man, nnd Inasmuch as the asy
lum furnishes them but little food, thoy are
pale, thin and pitifully ragged. The sack
cloth lu which the beggar of China is usually
clad Is of tha coarsest coffoo sacking. lie is
dirty and loathsome to an extreme, and I
would as soon think of touching a small pox
patient or a leper as ono of those beggars.
Frank O. Carpenter.
The 11ig3.st 11km on Record.
Thero arrived in tho city from Peters' lako,
near Cottonwood Point, In Pemiscot county,
Mo., the two largest black bass ever taken in
western waters. They wero jiart of a ship
ment lo J. W. Peters & Co., fish dealers in
tho French market, and wero caught In tho
private lake with which that firm insures a
supply of fresh fish nt all seasons. Tho
smaller, w hicb weighed ten pounds and four
ounces, was sold to a Third street caterer;
tho larger was sent to The Globe-Democrat
olllcu, Capt. II. C. West, statu fish commis
sioner, In company w ith Mr. D. J. Blonke,
had tho fish photographed and weighed. It
tipped the beam at oxoctly eleven pounds and
tpti ounces. Both gentlemen then went be
fru o Simon J. Arnold, tho notary hi Collector
Ktxtou's office, and made affidavit to tho
weight. Tho head will bo preserved In tho
museum of the fish commissioner as that of
tho largest bass on record. St, Louts Globe
Democrat. A Merciful Judge.
One of the keenest things ever said on the
bench is attributed to Judge Walton, of
Georgia. While holding a term of the su
premo court at Augusta bo sentenced a man
to seven years in prison for a gravo crime.
The prisoner's counsel asked for a mitigation
ot tho sentence on the ground that the pris
oner's health was very poor.
"Your honor," said he, "I am satisfied that
my client cannot live out half that term, uud
I beg ot you to change tho sentence."
"Well, under those circumstances," said
the judgo, "1 will change tho sentence. I
will make It for llfo lnstoud of seven years,"
The prisoner chose to abide by tho original
sentence., which the Judge permitted him to
elect, Chicago llorald.
"Smart" Dogs.
What is the strictly "6mart" brod of dogs
continues an Interesting toplo of discussion
in tashionablo circles. Girls express their
partiality for Jlie terrier families, while the
men bestow their favors upon the huge set
ters and mastiffs. The French poodle is a
leading tavorlto with both soxes, and Is a dog
gifted with remarkable Intelligence. When
tho poodle has an ultra fashionable master or
mistress, that fact is testified by tho solid
silver bracelet which ho wears on his ief t fore
paw. He Is u dainty little creature, and lifts
each paw as ho trots along w Ith amusing pre
cision and delicacy. Very "swell," though
thoy don't look It, nro the bull terriers, and
much the same can be said of tho clear white
brlndle dogs. To bo quite "en regie" tho
latter should liavo a patch of darker colored
hair directly over one eye, which gives n t
cullarly "rakish" apputranco. Flemish ter
riers are a jwvut English Importation. They
liavo coal black .bodies, legs ll!;a black aud
tan terriers, foxy looking heads, with sharp
pointed noses and small, erect ears, mid they
have uo tails. Table Talk.
Mrs. M. II. Ilrmliluii.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon, tho English an-
thoress, lins written over fifty novels and
given more than five hundred characteit tn
h world of fiction. Sho wns born ht Soho
square, London, about fifty years ago, and
inherits her talent from her father, a busy
London solicitor who found an occasional
hour tn which todash off an nitltio for tho
siwrtlng paiwrs. Miss Braddon first wrote n
short series of stories for The St. James Mag
azluo and Templo Bar, and In 1SC0 her com
edy, "The Lovers of Arcadia, was produced
at the Strand theatre, "Lady Audloy's Se
cret," the lst Know u of her novels, was
Written twenty-seven yoars ago, and at onco
achieve. I a lasting success. For u w hilo Miss
Braddon edited The Bclgravla Magazine, und
she still gives her novels to the world at tho
rate of two n year. Sho bus an independent
fortune ami one ot the loyollost homes In
Merrie England, She has married her pul
ll.hcr, nnd. U know i in prlvato llfo as Mrs.
John, Maxwell. Current Literature,
Champion In lilt Cta.s.
Cincinnati has tho champion absent minded
man. A gentleman living lu tho suburbs
went in a store ou Walnut street to make a
few purchases. Tho only light in tho store
was a candle standing on. the counter near tha
money drawer. After making his purchase
he bonded, he proprietor a bill, und after ro
iULulS' '''Uu tho change the jiroprletor
walked to tlm-ioor ot the ttoreto arrange
something, whoti"tu,l,enly he was left lu tho
dark. He started towoful O'e c-"ntr .ivt,
groping around It, found, not the candle,
tha change. It struck him then that prob
ably the uiau, In "a fit pf aUuinf udndedne&s,
had taken the fondle, iustoiid of bis chango,
)Ia started ou,t after him, taw that Uo had the
bundle In.' one hand and tho candlo iu the
Other, After apologizing for tho mistake tho
stranger took his change and gave back the
candle. Chlcagq Times.
Waunku's Log Cabin Remedies
old fashioned, flimplo compounds, used
in tlio day a of our hardy lorelnthere,
aro "old timers" but " old tollable."
Thoy cotuprieo
WAItNultrl Loo Caiun Saksapaiulla,
"Hons and Iluohu Remedy.'1 "Couuh
and Consumption Remedy' "Hair
Tonic." "Extract." for External and
ternal Use, "Piaster," "Rouo Crcnro,''
for Cattatrh. nritl ''Liver nllrY i
are put tip by II, H. Wnrmr it Co.,
propyiotors of Warner's Safu Remodies,
and piomiso to equal the standard
value of thosu ureal preparations,
THE CITY TIMEKEEPER.
Living In a ftons. l ull of Clocks, 01 d
New, Curious nnd Unique.
Llko the drlftvrocd scattered nlong the
banks' of a river, there aro many curious
characters to be found In the nooks and
corners of this great city. Among these Is
the city timekeeper, whom duty It Is to a that
all of the corporation clocks keep good time.
Tall and spare In frame, with scanty locks
'whitened by the lap) of yoars, this old man
winds up the big cjock In the cupola of the
city hall, nnd cllm&i up Into the high tower
of Jefferson market for tho same purpose. He
also looks after Mayor Grant's clock and
thoso In the aldormonlo chamber. It Is by
one of his clocks that the precise hour, min
ute nnd second of ndoptlng the tai levy is
dotennlnfd.
Tho city timekeeper has also chargo of all
tha clocks In the finance deportment, the
street nnd pork departments, tho courts of
sessions, all of tlio district, civil and tlio po
lice courts. He Is very seldom seen, even by
those governed by his clocks, ns be makes his
rounds at a verj early hour.- Few who do
meet Hi. old man Imagine that balsa city
olllcial.
John MeCnrten Is a natlvo of Dunpntrick,
in tho north of Ireland, where ho was bom In
tkoyear 1817, when tho battle of Waterloo
was still fresh In tho minds of men. Though
now over TO, be is quite active and has been
the city timekeeper for nearly fifteen years.
Ho learned the trade of watch and clock
making in his native town, and has passed all
his life among clocks, and is n walking ency
clopedia on the history nnd progress of clock
making. Coming to New York somo forty
years ago, ho has been In business ever since,
but now his principal revenue Is derived f rpm
tlio care of tho city's clocks nnd thoso of pri
vate individuals.
A World reporter visited tho old man at
his home, No. 302 West Thirty-aoventli ttrei't,
mill at once found himself In clock land. On
entering tho hallway the visitor la cuntronttMl
by nn old nnd evidently valuable time piece,
while another looms up from the top of the
basement stairs. Looking up, tho eyo en
counters more clocks, and, ns tho hourotS
is trembling on the verge of eternity, a mul
titude ot unseen clocks begin tolling the
strokes. But It is in tho parlor that John
McCartcn keeps his chlofest and choicest
treasures. In one corner stands a large
"grandfather"' clock of Holland manufacture
nnd lielonging to the time of the Flrs Em
pire, when Bonaparte upset and gave away
throne. This one strikes tho hours and half
hours on separate bells, and the dial contains
a monthly calendar. Over the silver faced
dial stands a figure of old Father Time, mow
ing away with his scythe, while tho pendu
lum movement is indicated by a group of
dancers. In on opposite corner stands an
other of these tall Dutch clocks, and It bears
the namo of a famous Amsterdam house.
. There are threo silver bells among Its mech
anism to indicate tho hour, halt and quarter
hours, with n weekly and monthly calendar,
a dial showing the phases of the moon and
many other quaint devices. The cases ot
these two clocks aro of rnro woods, richly In
laid nnd decorated with gilt carved figures
nnd tracery.
On the mantel liesida a bust of Daniel
O'Connell is an English clock, and liestde it
another over 100 years old. On tho wall near
the pluo hangs an old FlemUh painting, the
ster-plo of tho church in tho village sceuo hav
ing n miniature clock In nctlvo movement.
On brackets In tho cornel's, between tho win
dows, over the doors, standing on tho tables
nnd piano mid ovieu on chairs, aro more clocks,
all of them rnro and valuable. Down stairs
In thn basement, where Mr. McCartcn has his
workshop, thero are more clocks, English,
French, German, Italian nnd Swiss. Somo
ot theso ai e very old, others comparatively
new and fresh, but tbt-y are all considered
treasures by this old clockniaker.
"Yos, I hnvo pleuty of clocks," said John
McCartcn, as ho lifted a clock from a chair
for, his visitor. "I don't know how many
thnre are, for they nro scattered all over tho
house. Being ull of foreign make they are not
very marketable, because American clocks
are so cheap; but theso clocks of mine aro
fine Unto keepers and very curious in their
make. Clocks aro n good deal like children.
If you take good caro of them and use them
gently they w ill respond to your touch and
bo ou their best behavior. Neglect them and
they soon grow irregular and get dissipated
and unreliable. I get $750 a year for attend
ing to the corporation clocks, and besides
that( have regular routes to look after clocks
for private customers. Thero is no telling
how many clocks there tire in Now York city,
but I don't doubt that there Is over ono mill
ion running, for some families keep as many
ns a dozen. Uno of my customers has three
in his parlor, two In tho library, two more iu
the dining room, and thero isn't a room In tho
house without one. As I keep them going
001x0011 It is like listening to a chlmo of bells
when they liegm striking tho hour of noon."
-New York World.
Ixnt Ills Hat anil Wig,
During tho recent dense fog in London, a
young dandy sitting In his brougham, but
unable to move on for tho mist, hoard a tap
ping at his window. It was repeated, and ho
iet tho glass down, whereupon the visitor, If
ho could bo called such, snatched off tho
dandy's brilliant and glossy hat and ran
away with It. In Frederick Locker's "Patch
work" there is this narrative of tho last cen
tury: A thief has taken a hat off n citizen's
head nml run away with it; ho puiws the
rogno nnd li accompanied by a sym;iatliotio
stranger, who cries, "Html runl" At jt
tho poor citizen exclaims: "I can t;n no
further, not n yard. I "am pumped out."
"Aro you imlto surol" "Quito sure not it
foot." "Very well, then, I'm hanged tf 1
don't liavo your wig." And ho snatches that.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Hunger in AVatrr.
It is generally conceded by the medical
profession that polluted drinking water pro
duces tuoro typhoid fever than any other
cause, yet thero Is scarcely any ono thing;
about w hich people are more carelecs and in
dillercnt Tho pollution commonly cornea
from tho drainage of btruyurds, privies, sink
drains, stagnant pools and the liko Into wells.
Tho water from thine nuisances bclug filtered
through the soil, tlio ixillutlon Is seldom de
tected by the sight, tasto or smell. The board
of health of one of tho eastern states, hi a
lato annual report, gives an account of a well
of water containing -411.3 grains of solids per
gallon, yet the iwllution could not be recog
nized by the senses, and several persons lost
their lives by its use before the cause was dis
covered. Chicago Sanitary NewB.
A Vlclmis Youiui lnprot-.
Although the Ramnn emperors, Claudius,
Caligula, Coinntodus nnd Caracalla, cx
naustud the possibilities of vice, tbey were
mi passed iu Infamy by the uuspeakablo de
pravities Elagabalus, who wus beheaded on
the 10th ot Mat ch, Sfii. Born in Emasa in
HH ho was appointed high priest of the Syro
Phoenician sun god Elagabal, cm which ac
count ho laid aside his own namo of Varlus
Avitns Basslumis. Ho wus proclaimed cm
(icror by the soldiers, with whoso aid bit
rival, Macrlnus, was defeated in 218. After
reign of tluvo years and nine months, hi
vlcos (irovokeil a rebellion, which cost him
his lite, Philadelphia Times.
A Ghastly Guard,
A rumor is curtent in Athens, Go., to
tho effect that there U a rock in Clarko
county, about six tullca from town, upon
which uo man dares to tread, Tho super
stitious 6ay that ulxnit twenty or twenty
flvo years ngo an old gentleman buried n
cotfoo pot full of gold nt tho foot of this
rock ntul has sinco died, and when a man
passes that way his ghost appears anil
drives him oil. Parties passing near.tho
place hnvo been run mora than a mile
by this Invisible ghost. They say that
when they como near tho place, even
though U bo a perfectly still day, a noiso
cau bo heaid like a terrible cyclone, and
tho tall pines which burruuml tho
rock begin to bow und utility of them fall
to tho ground. Ono Sunday two gentle
men from Athens, who heard tho rumors
vtkI doubteii tliein,,vWteiiJtlli.ollr..,iTTUii' '
tnu luicmiuii ui pruviiigtiio reports iu uo
false, but thoy did not stop long. They
climbed to tlio top of tho rock, when
they became) ustoulslicd ny healing t
terriblo crash. Hardly beforo they knew
It a lurgo plno (iiiubletl to tho ground
right at their feet. Wliilo an examina
tion of tho treo wus being made, which
wus twisted from tho ground, another
fully as largo came down with u crash.
The "explorers'1 then "skipped out."
Indianapolis Sun, i
Brigbt'j Disease Lost its Victim-
Under dato of July 18th, Mr?. Laura
Kemplon, of WeH Rutland, Vermont,
writisi "Wo aro certain that only for
l)r. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
of Rondout, N, V., our Uttlo ten-year-old
daughter would havo been dead
from UrightB Disease. We had tried
iu vain oilier roears, but tho Favorite
IU niedv canie just lu tluw to savo her
life." " mar29U
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