PMFEtlllhAL-CAHII,
1 Fiurz
' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Ofi'icr Front Room, Ovor l'ostoffloc.
ULOOMailUItO, PA.
J II. JiAIZE '
jta ' ATTORNEY. AT-LAW,
r INSUHANCK and IIEAI. intatk inn
OKHOfc. Room No. CoimuiiIan'
iiiiiiiiing.
IJI.UO.MSUU1W, PA.
Jan. vutu lo-B, tf. '
U.FUKK,
ATTORNKiVAlVLAW.
Offlce la Snt'sliulldlng. " ' """"".F
J UliN M. VLMUC,
AT TORNEY-AT-LAW
iND
JUaTJOE OP THE PEACE.
DLOOHSBDRO, Jl
Office OTer Mover Bros. Drug Store.
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1 W.MlLiiEU,
ATTORN KT.AT-LAW
Offlceln Ilrower's buiming.scoonanoor.room No.
Uloomsbnrg, r.
B
FHANK ZAHR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Uloomsbnrg, I'a.
Office corner of Centre and Main Btreets. Clark i
Building. -
Can be consulted In German.
Q.EO. E. ELWELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
llLOOMSHUKd, Pa.
Ollicc on second floor, third room of Col
umbian Building, Muln street,' below Ex
chango Hotel.
pAUL E. WHIT,
Attorney-at-Law.
oaico In Colcmbiam liciLoiNo, Third iiocr.
uloombhorg, pa.
V. WHITE,
ArTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BLUOMSBURO, PA.
.Office In Wlrts' Building, 3nd Hoor.
nmy 1-tf
S. IMOXBi U I. WIXTWSTWI.
KNOlUl & WINTEBSTEEN,
A tto meys-at-Law.
Office lu 1st National Dank building, second floor,
flrst door to the left. Corner ot Main and Market
streots Uloomrturg, Pa.
V&rJ'ennont and BounlUi Collected.
J? P. BILLMEYER,
(DIXTIIICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
WOfllcu over Dcntlcr's shoo store,
Bloomsburg, Pa. apr-30.86.
T. H. It U AWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
CatavlBBa, Fa.
omoe.oorner ot Third and MalnBtreet
QRANT UERKINo"
ATTORNEY-A r-LAW,
HLOOMSuTJltO, PA.
Office over Hawllng's Meat Market.
Tyj ICUAEL F. EYERLY,
Conveyancer, Collector of Claims.
I AND
LEQAL ADVICE IN TI1K SETTLEMENT OP .
ESTATES, tC.
tOfflce in Dentier's building with P. P. Bill
meyer, attorney-at-law, front rooms, !nd Boor
Bloomsburg, Fa. apr--8.
I)
K. HONORA A. ROBBINF.
Offlce and realdoncc. West Plrat street, Blooms
burg, Pa. noviifl 68 ly.
JB McKELVY, M. I.,Bureeon and Jh;
, sloiaD, nortb side Main 8trret.below Market
D
R. J. 0. BUTTER,
PHYSICIAN 4 STJiiQEON,
Office, Nortb Market street,
Bloomsbnrg, r
It. WM. II. REBER Burgeon and
Physician. Offlce corner or Rock and Market
treet
ESTABLISHED 1870.
J.
J. BROWN.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and residence on Third street near Metho
dist church. Diseases ot the eye a specialty.
JQR J. I!. EVANS.
Troatiuent of Chronic Diseaes rnadu a
SPECIALTY.
Oflic, Third Street,
Bi.oosi8Bt:iia Pa
J HESS, D. D. 8.,
ro'iinatfi of the I'blladrlnhla Denial Colleee.
II aving openea a aenuu uiuco iu
LOCKARDS BUILDING,
corner ot Main and centre streets,
BLOOMSRURG, PA.,
s prepared to receive all patients requli ng pro-
ebslonalEcrvKfs.
ETIlEIt, OAS, AND LOCAL ANAESTHETICS
administered for the palmess extraction ot teeth
tree ot charge when artinclal teeth are Inserted.
ALL WORK OUARANTtKD AS REPRESENTED.
Oct 26.1 y.
ry H. UOUBE,
DENTIST,
Bi oomsuuro, Columbia Cocntt, Pa
llatyleeot work doneln a superior manner.wor
warranieu a. reiirv&suvcu i . . .i..bi
id without I'iin by the use of oas, and
free of obargr wbenartinclalteeth
arelnserted.
Barton's hulldlne. Main street,
below Market, rive doors below Klelm's
drug store, nrst uoor,
lo be open at all houri during the rfat,
NoTS'-lr
B.
F. HARTMAN
BirBISINTB TUB rcLLowive
AMERICAN INPCRANCE;COMPANIEr
North American of Philadelphia.
Franklin, " "
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York, of Pennsylvania.
Hanover, of N, Y.
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orth lirttlRli.'of London.
Office on Market Street, No. I, Bloomsbnrg.
out u. 1-
Bloomsburg Fire a&dLifel&s. Agency.
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(Sutcessor to Freas Brown)
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ark, N.J .TZ..,...,,,41,T9,n&t3
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I too highly. Would not be
rrllliniitlt
Druggists, 25ft, 600-, and $1.00.
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FITS, EPILEPSY or
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tlio Krroraof Yoitb, Prematuru Decline, Not
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ll.wn'ttutrom Folly, Vloi'.cnornnce, Dxitfusot
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BIOOYSSBUHG.PA.
OPPOFITBOOnitT lIOrlSB
Large an.1 convenient sample rooms. Hath room
not and oola water; and all modern convenlencs
Exchange Hotel,
HKNTOM, I'A.
The underslgnr-d has leased this well-known
houne, and in prepared to accommodate the publlo
miu nil luu wuiruicuia ui a uioi'-viuea hwh
t7871
LEMHKL DHAKB, ProprtflWr
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BLOOM8BU K(i, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1889.
- 1 -r V ii ii r I V r I
v II . .. t ' i"
A NEW DEPARTURE.
Said Uncle Sam: "I will be wise,
And thus the Indian civilize:
Instead of guns that kill a mile,
Tobacco, lead and liquor vile,
Instead of serving out a meal,
Or sending Agents out to steal,
I'll give, domestic arts to teach,
A cake of ' Ivory Soap' to each.
Heforc it flies the guilty stain,
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 remark
able qualities cf the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting It.
Copyright ISSO, by TroctcrA Gamble.
QUICKEST REMEDY KNOWN
For backache, and all anddeo, riarp, or
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SOOTHING. PAIN-KILLING,
CURATIVE and STRENGTHENING.
satisfies
every lima. CTjajfslPK I
tuy onj; .notc. iT 71 j
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S ill everywhere, or
muled fcr price.
it Sir stitature of the propriety. Hop PLASTrn
IAKE
LOTHIHG ! CLOTHING
6. W. BERTSOH,
THE MERCHANT TAILOR.
Dents' Furnishing GocdsJaU & Cap;
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Sims mado to order at short- uotico
and a tit ilwavs guarantied or 110 sale.
Call and examine th- largest and best
gelectml stock of goods ever shown in
Columbia oonnty.
Btorc next door to First National Bank
MAIN STREET,
Bloomslmrj; Pa.
WILLIAM HA)1 T
BLOOKSEUEG. PENN'A.,
AQKNT POlt THE
KEYSTONE DYNAMITE POWDER CO.
manufactruers or the celebrated Keystone Dna
mlUi TbU e plosive lBirlvlng universal aalMao
tlnn Ountiilnii-chef rtiillv (riven IMiirmT
DR. THEEL
CQQ OUTH FOLUTH bTUKl.T, Mw
land pbrilcltn, tad turf too, iti oljr gt nulne leftdtoff
pedelUt (no mitttr what other oiaj giatm) S5 jtmf
1'n.ctlcMl nud Europcaa l!eptil lOxperlence
SPECIAfc UI9EA9E8
AND BLOOD POISON,
BOTH SET. Jmpomttl rwtat or U, ElllI
Tf (IN&. 1ILOTCIIEM. IMMPLXfil, OIISTlNATi;
f LCEXiS, Nerrone Dcbllltjr, Lost 1 lUlllf f r.
bttrneaana, Inflemmetlon of Kldsert Ulsd Ji r
mma other erceat I 'i nrosi r.neeuont,
t.href MdATriIontoHclctr.UHthUUUeM
fUUldoer,lll-ft, bleedlnf orlthra,T.ljpp
ela. Abate ( qoet, poiionoui drofi, ur. mmro
.UU .riHii ' H.Mii 4-m a ft. Ka tat ai anoa.
lb meal tfllore aollotted. lr. Tbeel aiudttd
AllopUhltj, Hamvopathla Elotlo tod Hotaalo ajiuui ef
Badlclsa, tnl br com bl air tbf una a la prtatlea fa tatii
vbara ethtra fajL lir. Theel wanta anffareri ; ecalaat
onpovod p. Hi, vtnble tuiitsrca, tiol purlfltra aud
aeaprfparattopaaaauebdBt ear. Dlitutaar dlBar.
tat la Baiurt aid premia and time nquUaa MUt.ll 04
traatntat. aiDdatanp lot tok Truth lb oaJT rtllabta
nadical traaiiaa oa Bpcelal and erToaa I I ,
traatmtat, at ad at imp for p"o lru
adrtrilMUtatt. boekt, ptnopbltu, olrtattri, dittrlbnltd by
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alatlma af dasicrona oialaa.bdr or laiaatlf. Ilr. Thal
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aaruliM and promlaaa. bleb ara dally affarad bataaldau
pi. Btrlatlv aaandantlal. Wrlta or ealU. Tbaoaanda at
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ngost 17 tin l-
AUvcrllHtTH by addreaslDi; Geo, I",
lluwc tci 10 -pruce rt. New Torlc
In eood faiib, can obtain all needed lnformatlou
about any proposed Une ol ADVKltTIBINU In
American newspap-Ts.
ir uia-pafe Pamphlet, 300,
Nov ta-r-tw.
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AINWHIOUT & CO.,
WHOLESALE QROCERS,
I'lIILADlLPnil, Pi,
1EA8, BVRDPH, COPPEE, bUOAII, MOLASBE4
'ois 'dii 'vaoi uuvoia 'giaui 'nam
N. , Corner second and Area sts.
W -dert vrtu reoelre prompt attentao
'ill
i- ijjinn i in if mi i nr iiiMiir i-i i ! iiMBiinifc-T -1 - "...-
The grease and ditt no more lemain;
'Twill change their nature day ly day,
And wash their darkest blots away.
They'll turn their bows to fishing-rods.
And bury hatchets under sods,
In wisdom and in worth increase,
And ever smoke the pipe of peace j
For ignorance can never cope
With such a foe as 'Ivory Soap.'"
MY BACK!
out
formie nf rioaa
1101
.LSTKllS. Cf CoOTON, on flfnnine goodt.
CREED
HEKD from the Ass. He
aStEr
feasts to-tlny, nmv want to-morrow.
In buying Clothing don't let your
greed for cheapness shut your eyes
to quality. We guarantee our Clothing
to give satisfaction or money refunded.
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LEDOEIi DUILD1XQ,
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DR. BULL'S
Cures Dysentery,
snd Diarrhoea.
Cures Wind
BABY SYRUP
Collo, &o,
Eelidves Griping nndSommer Compkint.
Facilitates Teething!
Regulates the Bowels!
Sold by all druggists. Price 25 cents.
"TIIE PEOPLE'S
REMEDY"
For tlio euro of
COUGHS, COLDS,
lloarsenccs
Asthma,
Incipient
Con
Croup,
Whooplnff
Couch.
sumption
and for the relict of
Consumptive per
sons. For&alobyall
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W3 CHALLENGE COMPARISON
With any other Illuminating oil made.
We Stake Our Reputation,
As refiners, upon the statement that 11 Is
THE BEST OIL
IN THE WORLD.
Atlc jrcur dealor for
1ANVILLE PA.
Trade (or Ploomsbur? and Vicinity Supplied by
MOVER BROS.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
npi-ir.
RULLS
ROUGH
SYRUP
LOVE LIGHTED.
Tb svilrer dAjrs, the golJen Atxys.
Thadavsof nunny weather,
With amber on tho mountain line
And violet on the Leather,
Are but remembered days, lore ,
Far fled from thee and me;
The loot delight U out ot sight.
And lorn and lone are we.
Yet the gray dajs, the dreary days,
With Rusty storms blown hither,
And cloud rack smitten of the blast
And driven any whither
Through sob anil moan and anguUh
These days of muffled gloom
Their coronal of glory wear,
Which deathless stars Illume.
For in the mingled btightneof
Of other years a tether,
Too strong to break lu any stresi,
Bound our two souls together;
And better pain with thee, love,
With thee, true heart to heart,
Than all the vanished sunshine.
And thou and I apart
Margaret E, Sangster.
TIIE AGENT'S STORY.
It iras a hot afternoon some of you may
know how hot It can be on tbo prairlo when
thero is no wind.
1 was sitting In tho little ticket offlco of tho
railroad station at which I was agent. From
tbo window I could see the hot air rising
from the sunburned buffalo grass, giving to
the lonely ranch buildings scattered hero and
theroln the distnnco an unstable, wnveriiij;
apjiearance, os though they might at any
moment blow away.
Presently out of the silence tbero came tho
foot falls of a horse's hoofs, stopping at th
platform, and followed by a queer "pegging"
sound over the planks and into tho waiting;
room. I looked up and saw a boy of about
14 standing in the doorway. Tils right leg
was amputated nbovo tho knee, and he sup
ported himself on a pair of light crutches,
which had sling straps like an army carbine
lie handed me on express order for i pack
age to Col. Heed, a prominent cattleman,
whose ranch buildings were about a mile
south of tho track.
"Are you the colonel's son V I asked ns I
handed out the package.
"Yes, sir," was tho reply. "Charles Reed
is my name"
Then ho turned and looked curiously in at
the telegraphic instruments. He had such a
bright, healthy and wide awake air, that I
Invited him to walk in and examino them, U
he wished.
His eyes brightened immediately.
"I'd Uko to, if you dont mind. Tho other
agent was cross, and I was afraid to ask him."
Seeing that ho was Interested in lliem, I
explained briefly the working of the key and
sounder, and tried to give him somo idea
how a message was sent and received. IX
listened attentively and seemed to compre
hend pretty well.
"Yes," he said, as I concluded, "I know
something about it, though only through
what I havo read. Would you mind writing
out the olphnbet for mo)"
I wrote out the characters on a slip cf
paper, which ho tucked carefully awny hi his
pocketbook, and then, finding I was a stron
ger to that part of tho west, he volunteered
somo information about the country, includ
ing a remarkably accurate description of tha
gamo birds and their habits, which, as
sportsman, I found very interesting, lief or
be left ho told mo that he had lost his leg dur
ing an Indian raid about four years ago, b
foro tho railroad was built. His father's
ranch had been attacked without any warn
ing. He was only 10 years old at the time,
and being out of doors, he had slipped away
unobserved, und hidden in the corml, and
while there was hit by a stray rillq ball in
tho knoo.
I accompanied him to the door when be
was ready to go, and was surprised to seo
how thoroughly at home ho was on his pony.
With his crutches slung behind him, ho
swung nimbly into the saddle, and started
off toward home on a brisk gallop.
Ouo afternoon, about a week later, ha
dropped in again, having meanwhile learned
tho telegraphio alphabet so that he coald re
peat all thecharactcrs cosily, ami next day the
colonel himself stopped in on his way to
town. He was a brisk, genial man, who had
a habit of shaking hands with every one.
He was typical frontier ranchman.
"See here, Mr. Agent," he said, "that boy
of mine has a hankering to learn your busl-
Ho's kind of lonesome, you be he
can't play with the other boys on account of
his leg and now if you don't mind, bavin'
In'
him around, and will teach him what you
can he's pretty bright, and can leant most
anything why, I'll moke It worth your
while. What's your charge i"
"Why, colonel," I replied, laughing at his
businesslike manner, "I shall bo glad to have
him around I am lonesome here so wo
won't draw up any contract."
Charley wn nn apt pupil. In about a
month he could 6end and receive a message,
though wf course not very rapidly. His
father was so delighted with his progress that
he mode me a preumt of a riding iony; and
shortly after, when Charley got it into hli
head that it would bo a line thing lo have a
private line from tho ranch to tho station,
tbo colonel bad me order two instrument and
a coil of wire from Chicago.
Under my direction tho cowboys put It up,
ami though, it wasn't stretched very tight,
and tho joles were only fenco posts spliced
together, it worked as well as tho main line.
The Instrument on my end of tho line I did
not core to havo iu the oflico, for fear that
officious gentleman, the lineman, would ob
ject, nnd so I set it up on one side of the big,
empty freight room.
Tho autumn was now well advanced, and I
found that my duties, instead of increasing,
grew lighter. There were but two freight
trains every other day, and tho daily mail
and express, east and west, went through be
tween tho hours of 1 and 4 in tho morning, so
that I had a great deal of tlmo on my hands.
I spent much of It shooting chickens with
Charley he was nn excellent shot from the
saddle, though ho told me he had n time ot it
training his pony to stnnd tire and th rest
of the time I either read or roda out over the
trails hi tho delicious Indian summer weather.
One night, about tho middle ot October, we
hod a terrific thunder and wind storm, with a
blinding fall of rain andbalL Itcameupnfter
the west bound train hail left, and aliout an
hour before tho eastern train wnj due. I was
awakened by the noise, uul ot up to look out.
Tho rain was falling In torrents, and the wind
shook tbo building, while the lightning flashed
incessantly,
I was still looking out, watching the furloua
storm, when an unusually bright flash re
vealed for an Instant the figures of a group of
horsemen loping ocrcs tho pruiri toward the
station. I stood still to catch another glimpse
of them, If (iQhslble, but without suca; they
had probably turned oif to tho left.
Shortly afterward I heard them at the
other end of the building, n hero they stopped,
I supposed, to sock shelter from the storm j or
possibly they wero going to take th train. U
was not unuaual for passengers to come
around an hour before train time, to I thought
Uttloof it at thotlmo.
However, beforo I left tho window, I heard
them tramping around tbo pUitform to the,
door, and drawing bock to one side, I waited
to see them (iass. Between train I always
kept a lamp burning, but turned down low
and it shone out now through tb window;
and as the men stepjiod into the faint bar of
light, I got milto a distinct view of them.
They were nl heavily built, JTach oqe
wore a yellow "slicker" pqat tad hod hi
slouch hnt pullet down close to keep oft the
rain, and around each one's face, Juat below
the eyes, was tied a red "harvester1" baud
kerchief. This struck me oa unusual, and I
wo puzzled for a moment until It occurred
ta tn that pohaD thy were worn as a pro
lection against tfiVbalT,
A moment Inter they were pounding at the
door for admittance. Now, as a rule, I did
not like to admit any one so long before
train time. I sometime had express money
packages on hand, with no safe to put them
in. I once carried a package of IJ.OOO In my
pocket three days beforo tho owner called for
It, Mid sn I was somewhat apprehensive at
UniM for my safety.
That night, however, I had only a few dol
lars ot my own and on almost empty mall
pouch, but before opening the door, I sang
out, "Who's thero and what ito you wantr"
"Passenger! for the train," come tbo an
swer. "We're all wet, an' wanter get in out
o' the rain."
I unlocked the door and they crowded into
tho room. In the brighter light indoors the
handkerchiefs that concentod their faces
looked so much like an attempt nt dtagulso
and a pretty good one at that that for a
moment I was startled, and made a hasty
step toward the ticket ofllce. Before I
could tako another, however, one of tbo men
struck me with his fist, and though the blow
was not a hard one it was so unexpected that
It knocked mo completely off my feet. Then
two of them seized mo while I was down,
turned me on my face and held me, while
tho others bound my hands llrmly behind
me. They next bound my feet, and then
rolled me over again on my hack.
"Now, my chicken," said one, who appeared
to be the leader, "wo ain't got nothin' agin
you an' on't hurt you as long as you keep
tmlet; but sura as you yell or make a noise,
there'll bo some shootln'."
They seemed to bo familiar w 1th tho oflloe
and Its surroundings and probably had been
thero before. Two of them picked mo up and
carriod me toward tho freight room, while
another went ahead with the lamp and opened
the door. Here they looked around for a
moment, then laid me down against the side
of the building, with an old coat under my
head for a pillow, and, bidding me keep
"mum," returned to the waiting room.
Thus left alone lu tho dork, I began to
think nnd pretty fait, too, for I was thor
oughly excited.
Their scheme was evident enough to way
lay the train there and rob the express and
mail cars. The express messenger always
had money la the safe on the east run, and
not Infrequently gold bullion from tho mines
further west, so, In case they were successful,
they would secure a large sum. There had
boon tjvcral like attempts throughout the
country lately, and I felt sure that this was
their object.
By taking the train men by surprise they
might easily overpower them, then separating '
tbo mall and express cars from the rest of the
train, run them a mile or two further oast
with the engine and plunder them nt their
leisure. This plan had been successfully car
ried out on another rood a short time before,
and there was no reason why It should not bo
again successful, unless In some manner I
could prevent it.
I tried to loosen my hands, but they were
tied too securely tightly that the cords
almost cut tho .flesh. Then I reflected that
even if I were loose, I should bo unable to get
out and flag tho train, for both freight doors
were padlocked and the key was In the ticket
oillce drawer.
About this time the door leading to the
waiting room was opened and one ot the
roughs lockud in.
"Hay, young feller, are you alive yet)" he
asked.
"Yes," I responded.
"Well, we wanter know If there's anything
you've got to doto this here telegraph machine
so they won't suspect nothin' any report to
maker
This was pretty cool, and for a moment I
thought I might still have an opportunity to
worn tho dispatcher, and was on tho point of
saying "Yes" when another voice cut me
short.
"You let him get his claws on that machine
an' he'll have 'em stop the train. Don't be a
fool; come out an' shut the door."
Tlio door slammed and once more I wssleft
In the dark,
I was now beginning to suffer from my,
constrained position aud tho cutting of the
cords, so I liegan to cast about me for relief;'
and then suddenly I remembered a reaper
blade that had been left at tho station a few
days ago by tbo express. It was loose from!
the board and I had placed It in a corner so;
that no one could bo hurt by it accidentally.
Accordingly I rolled over and over until my!
j feet touched the opposlto wall, and thensit-l
! ting up with my back toward the corner, I
felt for the blado with my hands.
To my great satisfaction I found it, got the
cord across one of tho Uth and carefully
sawed it back and forth.
In a moment my hands wore free and then
i loobened my feet. I then took off my slices.
This done I was able to move about without
making any noise.
Still I was unablo to accomplish anything,
for it was impossible to get out, and I was on
the point of composing myself In my old po
sition, to avoid another knock down, should
tho roughs look in, when a slight "spix-z-z,"
followed by u bright sparkle, attracted my
attention to tho couth side of the'room. It
was tho instrument on tho private line, af
fected by tho lightning a common occur
renco in all offices during thunderstorms.
I stepped up to It quickly and tried the cir
cuit. It was all right, though the .ain made
such a nobe on the roof that I could hardly
hear the sounder. It was not probable that I
could get an answer from Charley at that
time of night, but as my only resource it was
worth trying. So I started in, making his
call, "Ch."
"C-h c-h c-hl" I rattled; and presently,
to my surprise, the circuit was opened and
the response came:
"I-I-c-h."
Then I "talked" to him in my excitement
a great deal faster than ho could take, and
ho interrupted me w ith "slower,"
"M," I said, "call your father."
"Not home," came the answer; "allhanda
gone out to iiound up a bunch of cattle stam
peded by the storm."
"M l-i l-I," I answered, stopping to re
flect. Then I went ahead again i '
"Can you ride over to tho west cut and sig
nal the train to stop!"
"Yes; wuatforP
"Oefa lantern and put a piece of thin red
Cannel around it If you can. Swing It across
the track when you see the headlight and
keep it up till they stop. Tell conductor
there are eight men hero waiting to rob his
(lrain. Be quick about It."
"0. K. By George!" This last by way of
jxpreasing his surprise, I suppose, and then
tho ticking stopjied.
I now bej;an to feel that the roughs would
lie foiled, though of course it all dejiended on
Charley, But it was something that just
suited his nature. I could Imagine him on
his ouy, lantern in hand, tmrlng across
the prairie as though a band of Comanche
w as after bim.
Meonwhllo I thought It best to take my old
position against the wall, to avoid any sus
picion, should the robbers, grow inquisitive.
Bo I lay there and waited and waited the
tune soemed fairly to drag along until I felt
certain that the train was due. But it did
not come, though the movement of the
roughs convinced me that I had guessed
aright it was probably a little overdue by
this Urn and tbey were getting restless,
Presently one of them opened the door an
lookedjn,
"Say, operator, is that train nn timer' he
asked,
"Ye," I replied, "they were on time the
last I heard them reported bout 3 o'clock."
II retired again, and for about tea min
utes nil was still. Tueu above the uoUe ot
the storm a far away hlstle sounded faintly.
Next there was a hurried movement tn the
outer room the rough war crowding out
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COLUMBIA DBMOOItAT, VOL. LI), NO M
upon the platform.
I sprang to my feet and stood against the
sido of the building next tho track, and by
putting my ear against the beards I could
hear the distant rumble of the train, now
fast nearlug the station, I tried to Imagine
where tho roughs had placed themselves.
Probably around the corner of the building,
ready to rush out, revolvers in hand.
Tlio train was now quito near, and pres
ently It drew up to the station with n rumble
and roar and hissing of air brakes. Almost
instantly I heard the shouted command,
"Hands upl" followed by the reports of four
or Ave revolvers and tho sound of scuflling
on tho planks, which, however, was soon
ended, and then a veritable babel of -voices
and tho noise of many feet on the platform.
I dashed out through tho.waltlng room to
see how things had gone and soon found the
conductor.
"Hallo, Lelth, Is that youl We havo pre
vented that robbery this time, thanks to your
warning. I borrowed half a dozen revolver
rom the passenger and called for volunteer,
so when wo pulled in thore were twelve men
on the platforms ready for business. We'v
got the robber In the baggage cor come
along raid see 'cm."
They wero a hard looking set of men. Two
of them lay on the floor wounded, though not
seriously.
About this time Charley mado his appear
ance on his crutches, clad only In a pair of
trousers aud a red flannel shirt, one .sleeve of
which ho had torn off to draw over tho lan
tern. Ho was wet through, his hat was gone,
and altogether he looked so forlorn, that the
passengers, who were profuse in their sym
pathy and praise, began to make up a purse
for him.
After the train luvd left, I found him In the
watting room and here we discussed the affair,
and tried to think how much wo should charge
the express company for tho uso of our pri
vate line. A few days later, more as a joko
than anything else, we sent in a bill for 50,
which was paid promptly, with many thanks
for what they called our "prompt action,"
George Lelth In Youth's Companion.
Dow the Arab. Make Tea.
The mistress of the tent, placing a large
kettle on the flre, wiped it carefully with a
horse's tall, filled It with water, and threw in
some coarse tea and a little salt. When this
was near the point of boiling sho tossed the
tea about with a brass ladlo until the liquor
became very brown, and then it was poured
off into another vessel. Cleansing the kettle
as before, tho woman set it again on the fire
In order to fry a posto of meal and fresh but
ter. Upon this tho tea and some thick cream
was then poured, the ladlo put in requisition
again, and after a time tho whole taken off
the flro and set aside to cool. Halt pint
wooden mugs wero handed around and the
ton ladled into them, this lea" forming meat
aud drink nnd satisfying both hunger and
thirst. However made, tea is a blessed In
vention for the weary traveler. Eastern
TrateK
rhoaiiliorus Not a Disinfectant.
Surgeon General Hamilton has had one of
hisexiwrt assistants, Surgeon Kinyoun, carry
on n eerie? of experiments as to the effective
ness of new disinfectants. Phosphorus was the
one taken fur the chemical tests, with litmus
imper and micro organisms, and tho conclu
sions arrive1! at'were, "First, that phosphoric
jientoxido is a disinfectant to surfaces only;
second, It has no tieuotratlng power, and is
altogether unfit tor fumigation of anything
where penetration of the agent is desirable"
So perMies the hope that the fume of pbos
phoi Ic iMitoxido would be useful in extir
pating the bacteria of disease. Science.
blcnlficant Figure..
Speaking of western farm mortgages, an
Inquiring mind has developed the following
from tbo town and county records of Phelps
county, Neb. : 1. That the number of farm
in the county at tho beginning pf tbo present
year was 1,459, und the number of mortgages
in force Dec. 1 was 2,051. 3. That the as
sessed value of the land was $500,543, and the
Amount of mortgages was tlb9t;og0. Wero
ever figures' so significant' as' those? Maine
Induitrial Journal.
Indian Ilollc from Florida.
Dr. Thomas Featherstonhaugh, a grandson
of tho famous pioneer' geologist, returned
from a vlsit'to Florida, and brought back nn
Interesting collection, pf aboriginal remains.
,Ho thoroughly examined a mound of damp
sand pn.the shore of Lake Apopka, about the
geographical center of the state, and farther
south than any previous researches of tho
kind. The mound was fifty feet hi diameter
and fourteen feet high, and was covered with
a dense growth of palmetto and other trees.
It was found to bo full of fragmentary bones
arid pottery, so numerous that Dr. Featber
rtonhaugh estimates that there could have
been no less" than 400 bodies deposited thero.
A few Venotian beads near the top indicated
intrusive burials, but below four feet there
wore no evidence of any intercourse with
whites. Four shapely hatchet wero recov
ered, also a charm stone, and numerous
specimens 6f decorated pottery. The whole
And was presented to MaJ. Powell, and by
him turned ovrf to the museum. Science.
A 1'iu.lon far Clothe. 1'lua.
A Wauwecus hill farmer bos a cat that has
developed the same Interest In clothe pins
that an ordinary cat takes In mouse catch
ing, and she parades with her capture with
Just as much pride. Sho has long devoted
herself to collecting lost clothes pins, mid not
a few pins that were not lost. Strange to
eoy.she never touchesthe clothes plus belong
ing to her owner, but Is death on clothe pins
which belong to the neighbors. In the past
hreo months she has brought home over
twenty-eight dozen clothes pins, and inquiry
shows that the cat keeps her eye on the place
where the clothes pins are kept. Ono neigh
bor kept a basket full of pins on a tin roof,
ana the rat had to pass over two or three
roofs to get them, but she succeeded in taking
tuiro uoieu xrutu me oasicot uetoro sho was
discovered. Norwich Bulletin.
He Neier Thought of II.
A man in Ansonia, Conn., owns and lives
lu a house that overlooks n largo clock. Un
fortunately, however, tho man thinks ho can-
hot see the clock from his chamber window.
aaa brick chimnoy intervenes. To obviate
this and have tho pleasure of lookinc to ico
the time of day or night while in bed (for tbo
clock has an illuminated dial) he one day
bored a hole through the wall of his bed
tvom, closo to the head of his bed. Inserted a
piece of two inch gas plpo with a glass iu the
outer eiiu, row "II h b. In ta u to olt
his eyo at tho inner opening and he has o.
focus upon the clock without leaving his Ul.
Ills friends asked bun when this was com
pleted u by he did not have n clock in his room
instead of going to somuch trouble. And for
the first tlmo it dawned upon hlin that it
would have lieen as well. Chicago Times.
Waiinkr'h hog Ualin Hemeilir b
old fashioned, simple comjioundB, used
inlhedays of our hardy iorelathirs.
aro "old timer" but " old vellalilu."
'Itiey comprise
Waiinkiis inn fl.mu H. . ........ .
- v . . vnitin u.iiiEni dllll.l-,1
"Hops and Uuohu Hcraedv," "Couch
and CoDHuraption Romedy," "Hair
Tonio," "Extract," for Kxternal and In
tornal TJeo, "riastern," ''Roso Cream,"
for Cattairli, and "Liver I'ille.' They
aro uuv up oy n.. ii. Warner X Co.,
- iur c. . i r..- i.
l-iqnietoip u. ,v nrnorri oiiwncai-H,
ami promise 10 equa tno itnnaaru
I . ... - ...
CLERKS AND THEIR PAY.
f CHICAGO MAN SAYS THEY ARE
SUBJECT TO ECONOMIC LAW
Merchants Prefer Three Clerk, to Two for
th Some OulUr Ill.proportlonat Im
crea.e tn the Number of Pttrllralon.
Rupplr anil Demand.
Clerks constitute one of the mot numerous
classew of a great city's population, nnd their
types, manner of life, duties nnd temptations
make an ever Interesting subject for study.
Thousands of men aud women aro today
penned In lhlnd tho counters of innumerable
establishment in Chicago weighing, menur
Ing, answering sensible and sciwlei que
Hons, and cultivating habits of court povh ad
dress for their own and their cnipl'iywa in
terestand the majority of them for ii pit
tance wholly disproportionate, it I. ntl, to
the duties required and the services re mtervil.
The connection lietwceli clerk hire nnd crime
aud Immorality, theresiwnslbllllyof employ
ers for tho hnrdshiiis and tlliw vt their em
ployes, tho physical, mental and mora) con
sequences nt w hat clerks as a class have to
undergo, are thusmattarsof vital iin)ortnnce
to tho students of social science. Said a gen
tleman yesterday In reference to tbl. phno of
city llfei
KKINinCAKT FtaCHES.
"Most of wliat jieoplo term the abnormal
features of social development find their ex
planation In private motives, in tlie Innate
desire of Individual citizens; and I hold that
clerks themselves are primarily responsible
for what are commonly set forth ns wrong
nnd hanUhii. Tbo wages for services nre
not oentially different from tho prlco of
commoditlc. Supply and demand regulate,
lwth. An abundant supply or an unusually
strong demand mean. Invarlibly a rbc In
wages, nnd the reverse means a fall.
"Now let mo give yon b few facts. From
all appearances there Is little or no difference
between tho present decade of our history, In
rcsiuctjo popular sentiment, and Ibe decade
preceding. Hence, the fact of tho one period
are approximately truo for tho other. Prom
1870 to lfrSQ tho gross Increase of tho popula
tion of the United State wnslSO.OS ler cent.
During this some ierlod agriculturist In
creased in almost exactly tho same ratio as
the general increaio Manufacturers nnd
miners Increased in number 42 per cent.,
whllo professional men and thnso engaged In
personal pcrvlco show nn Increase of SI per
cent. Our farmers, manufacturer and
miners are practically our only wealth pro
ducers, nnd we find thtir averago percentage
of Increase to bo 30. Thus wo have a 63 per
cent. Increase of wealth distributor merely
handling the products of a 30 percent In
crease of wealth producers for a 311 per cent,
general inci case of population.
"These figures, I think, are very significant.
What Is more, they only tell half tho story.
During the last decade and the present will
yield equally surprising results when the
census of 1MX) is taken farm laborer In
creased only IS per cent., in the face of a SO
per cent, general increase, and domestic
servants only 10 jier cent., while general
clerks and copyists show a 315 jier sent, in
crease, clei 1: in hotels and restaurants a 107
per cent, increase, waiters nnd jiortors a ZS0
per cent, increaso, and laborers about store
and warehouses an 813 jwr cent, increase.
Now, from tho very nature of things, what
must bo tho inevitable result of such a stalo
of ntratrs upon n vast numbr-r of the popula
tion of cities I Simply small wages, irregular
employment, nnd oftan privation nnd conse
quent wrongdoing.
r REFERENCE FOR. C1TT LIVE.
"For tho multitude it is proverbially true
that city life is more desirable than country
life, mid It ts equally true that the work of
clerks, despite its annoyances, is less labori
ous and more ngreeablo than that of laborers.
Hence, to bo with the crowd and have gen
teel work have grown to lio little Miort of a
national evil. That employers, are often
criminally negligent of the health and wel
fare of their help Is truo, nud this is an evil
not cosy to correct, for, however ld tho
conditions of a plneo aro, competition nud
necessity will bring somebody to fill It. The
main point is, however, purely a businesM
one. When tlio supply of those who nro
anxious to get genteel employment b so
abundant often far in excess of the demand
employers need not nnd will not )y high
wages, and it Is a question whether the cu
pidity of employers or tho foolishness of em
ployes is more to blame for existing circum
stances. "As n rule, tho storekeeier finds It more to
his Interest to have three clerks at $1 n day
each than two clerks nt i.50, nnd when
they're to lw had, ns they Invariably aro in
cities like Chicago, ho will tako tho three
clerks. Irrespective of whether they receive
sulUcient wages to eke out a decent living.
further, wlren, as 1. usually the cae in big
cities, thero are numliers of people nut ot
employment, it is a question whuU. ir is
not good public policy ns well ns vale
interest that n large number of clerks should
lw employed nt a small wage than ii smaller
number at Water juiy. Thus many factors
comu into tho consideration of every social
and economical question and mnko its solu
tion difficult.
"As 1 look ut tho matter, many if not most
ot the evils cxiierieuced by clerks nud people
similarly employed spring from tho senseless
passion ot tlio masses to forsake small towns
aud rural districts for the metropolitan com
munities., 'A year and n crust lu Chicago is
better tbau a lifetime and roast beef on tho
sand heaps of Hammond,' seems to lie the
prevailing notion. Hence, moral responsi
bility aside ami moral responsibility cuts u
small figure in such matters Chicago em
ployers feel little necessity of catering to the
nds or desires of employes or of offering
high inducements in point of wages. Tho
whole thing practically comes to this: 'Thero
is tlio place so many hours a day, so much
pay. 'If you want It, tako it; If you don't,
somebody ill bo glad to get it' Personally
I think the clerk's position anything but
easy, and his jiay anything but adequate,
but till wo havo less dliwi ity in tho number
of wealth producers and wealth distributors
matters will not be much better," Chicago
News.
Varlnu. Kbul. or Kings.
The most powerful sing on earth is wor
king; tho laziest, shir-kiiig; a very doubtful
king, smo-king; the most commonplace king,
jo-knig; tho leanest one, thin-king; the thirst
iest one, drin-klng; tho slyest, win-king; nnd
tho most garrulous one, tal-king.
Biunter'. Curlou. SIl.lmi.
Luellen Haloy, of Ocnla, a lover of
hunting, was taking his favorite recrea
tion iu tho fields northeast of Ocala ami
filling his game, bag with quail, when nn
accident happened to him that came
within a hair's breadtli of ending Ills ex
istence. His dog had set a quail mid ho
ehot It, nnd wns In tho act of drawing
tho trigger on another when a struugo
dog came rushing towards htm from tho
rear, nm under his legs and upset tho
young sportsman, whllo his gun was
hurled Irom his grabp. Tho butt hit n
stump, causing tho weapon to discharge,
and tha charge struck lialey In tho left
lde, tearing uway every partlclo of
clothing nnd blackening his flesh, Sa
vannah Now.
G. lu iledruonts.
Sanitation has proved that Its use In bed
rentes U uuwl, m ! cessriaie by far too
much ox) gen; If, therefore, it Is lighted be
fore tha occupants retire, thoy "ill find the
atmosphere vitiated hen they retire. It is
o great mistake tobcUevetbat the amount of
vitiatim Is of no consequence bectiuw the
flame is small, ierbaps barely visible, until
anted.
A Slater' Htxht.
She George, dear, I don't quito like tha
way you go ou with Ethel White. Aud
he Is as familiar as a ulster would be.
no Yes, darling, that relationship waa
established last June at Saratoga. New
York Buu.
Bright' Disease Lost ita Victim-
Under dato of July 18tli, Mrc Laura
Ktmplon, of Went Hutlaiid, Vermont,
writiHj "Wo aro certain that only for
Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
uf Rondout, N, V., our littlo ten year
.1) .1 1,.
um uauymur wouui uavo neen ueau
from Br,K,,U DUeafo. Wo had trl.il
Irom urlfiiiU Dueapo.
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. wiiivi luvai o, UUI Hill Z'UVtrilD