PROFESSIONAL CARDS. A. L. FRITZ, ATTORNSY-AT-tAW, Officii Front Room, over Potloffio nr.ooMSDURo, pa. k MAtzr," J -r.:r::v- at-law. insvrwsaMjhkai tSTATiAanrr, Officii Ro'i-n N'o. a, Columbian Bnlldtnj, n:.ooMr.!!ur.G, pa. N U. FU.vi:, ATTOr.NT.V-AT-LA'W, Office In Ilnt'i Bulletin;;, near Court Home, lu.oyMrrJKO, ta. J OlIK M. CLARK, ATTOIINEY-AT-I.AW, AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Office over Moyer lira's. Drug Store, HLOOMSUURG, PA. W. MILLER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office In Brower'a building, 2d floor, room No i, BLOOMSBURG, PA. B, FRANK ZARR, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office cor. Centre & Mala Sts.,Clark'a building, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 49" Can be contulted In German. EO. E. ELWELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office, Second floor, Columbian Building, BLOOMSBURG, PA. H, V. WHITE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office In Wirt't Building, and floor, Main St BLOOMSBURG, PA. S. WINTERSTEEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Office in Flnt National Bank Building, 2d floor, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 'WPenilom and bountlei collected. JP P. BILLMEYER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, (DISTRICT ATTORNEY,) 'Office orer Dentler'i Shoe ttore, Front room, BLOOMSBURG, PA. JOBERT R. LITTLE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office, Columiiam Building, a floor, front BLOOMSBURG, PA. QRANT HERRING, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OOc vjts RawHngt' Meat Market, BLOOMSBURG, PA. w. H. R.HAWN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, . Office, comer of Third and Main Street, CATAWISSA, PA. J B. McKELVY, M. D., SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN, Office, North lide Main Street, be aw Market, BLOOMSBURG, FA. jQR. J. C. RUTTER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office, North Market Street, BLOOMSBURG. PA. D ,R. TO. M. REBER, SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN, Office, corner of Rock and Market Streeta, BLOOMSBURG, PA. J.JONORA A. ROBBINS, M. D. Offlco WcBt First Bt. Special attention given to tho eye and ear and the fitting of glosses. J J. BROWN, M. D.f Office and Rettdence, Third Street, West of Market, near M. E. Church, BLOOMSBURG, PA. iHTOffice hours every atternoon and evening. foecM attention given to the eye and the fitting 01 (lasiea. a eicpnonc connection. D R. J. R. EVANS, Tuatuut or Chronic Dibiaus mack a SriCIALTY. Office and Residence, TVrd St., below Market, BLOOMSBURG, PA. M J. HESS, D. D. S., Graduate of the PMlldtlnhii T)m1 l"11.. having opened a dental office In LocsAaD'f nuiLumu, comer oi Main ana centre streeU, BLOOMSBURG, PA., Is prepared to receive all patients requiring pro. feuional s errlces. r.Enti, Gaj, and Local Astsnmics, r administered for the painlras extractlea of Ictth tfrec of charge when artificial teeth art inserted. -AlA WOU GUAJtAMTUD AS RUIXKKTSD, AINWRIGHT & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS. TlAS, SYRUlrS, COFKBE, SUOAX, MoLASSIS, juck, aricn, iiicarb soda, etc., ETC. N. E. Corner Second and Arch Sts. PHILADELPHIA, PA. STOrler. will receive prompt attention. M C. SLOAN & BRO., Manufacturers of Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Sleighs, rlatform Wagons, &c BLOOMSBURG, PA, First-class work always on hand. Repairing neatly done. HTPrlcei reduced to suit the times. w. H. HOUSE, SURGEON DENTIST, Office, Barton's Building, Main St., bel. Market, BLOOMSBURG, PA. All styles of work done In a superior manner, and all work warranted as represented. Teeth Eitbacted Without Pain, jy the use of Gas, and free of charge when artificial teeth are Inserted, W To be open all hours during the day. .GKT YOUR JOU PRINTING DONK AT TIIK COLUMBIAN OFFICE J.' B. BILTTENBfeNEB,P"'r,tor, COME AND HAVE YOUR EKES EXAMINED BY 4 G. Wells, the Optician, WHO HAS JUST COMPLETED A THOROUGHLY PRACTICAL COURSE AT BUOKLIN'S OPTHALMIO COLLEGEJNEW YORK. ECQ Bxtra, Charge PERFECT FIT Fine lino peb ble and white crystal lenses constantly i n stock, also the mem BEHiiliiii b'ni iff ii wark i 1 I i ) j i t 1 1 15 f anttied ti give satisfaction. Nenr Flillnilelphln. Hrliool OiiciM Mept. 1Hth. Yenrlr lixiipnnc. 8500. Four Varments, 8145. Admit tnd eUsslfiei younu men tnd boyi it any timet Kts them for Business, n Collen. Pol rt ethnic School, for Wn Foint off Annapolis. Gndiutinf classes. One of the best equipped and best managed Schools. Goal table. AH ttudentj buard with tha Princinal rooms F.veiv room has In Ii a steam radiator ancf Is comDletcly furnished. Grounds (ten acres! athletics, etc. Gymnasium. Special opportunities for apt tow iwckwbiu ioy. airuni or nuuem mar seirci any iiuaics, or m itusincss, v.ouere-t'reparaioryi I lecmcai, or UTll Hnflneerlne course. Physkal and Chemlral Laboratory, Praalcat Business Department, Short-hand. Type-wrltlnf, etcx etc More fully supptled with apparatus than any other Collefe-fittln school. Media Academy aifords every home com Illustrated catalogue lent free to any address. SWIT1UN ton, ma itii cuwiiaii aii4 aiic ucii iiaiiti, runi vrnti and Proprietor, Media. Pa. Med In, lit,f nonr I'hlln. School Open Hopt. 11 5th Yenrlr Kxpenne. 8500. Two l'armenti, 8450. FOR GIRLS AND Graduatlnir Courses In Classics. I Iterarure. Science, Mathemstlca. Music, Modern Lanpjtires. TweWt accomplished teachers and lecturers. n. jujtiidf niusjtai aieuanmenr. ndivldual attention. Small classes. Superior Musical tfepi 'Irtual anenKnn. Small lackarn ptipiis Jn safety aud ltpiinis, New llliuttateil ClrruUr fr. A SPECIAL FEATURE. THE WINNER INVESTMENT nl'iKT IMI'IMPUVUIU Ihmnnh thl. nnmnantf h.H principal and Interest has besn paid at maturity and all entfirplsesualertilcja liiva D3aa uo'.tormly sacwsstuL PHBsKNT INVESTMENTS. We can demonstrate how to lnviit minor aitely to realize an lneoma of six, seven, elirnt and tin p?rcent., an1 proats. In aoompir.itlvaly siort tlnn, ot iltsy par cent, 100 ikt tout., ana oven larger, entirely ireo irotn speculative leAturus. rornui parucu'ars send lor circuiarj, pampmeta nni pipjra, or can. WILLIAM H. PARMENTER, Gen'l. Agsnl, 50 State St.. Boston. No. l Custom iiousj street, Provl lonon, n. I.; U3 M, Mercantile site Dapwlt Co., ISO Broad, way, New York City every Wednesday. g F. HARTMAN rasKNTs tiie following) American insurance companits i NorlL American, of Philadelphia, Franklin, Penniylvania, " " York, of Pennsylvania, Hanover, of New York, Queens, of London, North Uritish, of London. Omc on Market Street, above Main, No. 5. nLOOMSBURG, PA. yr p. lutz" (Successor to Fi-eas Brown,) AGENT AND BROKER, BLOOMSBURG FlRE & LIFE INS. AGENCY, (Established in 1865.) COMPANIES REPRESENTED : ASSKTS. iEtna Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford, f 9,528,388.97 Hartford, of Hartford, 5,288.609.97 Phoenix, of Hartford, 4,778469.13 Springfield, of Springfield 3,099,903.98 Fire Association, Philadelphia,,.. 4,512,782.29 Guardian, of London 20,603,323.71 Photnix, of London 6,924,563.48 Lancashire of Eng.,(U.S.Branch) 1,642,105.0c Royal of EnMand. " " 4,853,564.00 Mut. Ben. Ll.In.Co.Newark,N J4J1379.228.33 Losses promptly adjusted and paid at this office, BLOOMSBURG, PA. j "hTmaize, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, Office, Second Floor, Columbian Building, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Liverpool, London, and Globe, largest in the World, and perfectly reliable. Assets. Imperial, of London, $9,658,479.00. Continental of New York (..210.081.28 American of Philadelphia 2,401,956,11 Niagara, of New York, 2,260,179.80' fXCHANGE HOTEL, Y. R. TUBES, PROPRIETOR, OrrosiTi Court House. BLOOMbUURG, TA. Irge and convenient sample rooms. Bath rooms, hot and cold water J and all modern conveniences. Exchange Hotel, HENTON, PA. The undersigned has leased this well-known house, and Is prepared to accommodate the publlo with all the conveniences ot a arst-class hotel. LEMUEL DRAKE, Proprietor, DR.I. C.DREECE, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. fiT Office over Mover Bros. Drug Store. Residence West Main Street. 12-20-ly, J. s. garrison;m. d. PHYSICIAN AND SUUflEON. Ar OtUca coruor of Ccatro and Fourth Bt., Bloomsburg, Pa. HOOK AOIWTS TVANTKO VOII' MY STORY OF THE WAR ByMavyA, Idvermore Herovn NurtUTtoI "I01K 1USS rSB.S0.11L KXrCHU No othtr Uuuk hu drawa fo many uui. lirii ht. lui. tod UocmI. of mttchtiM InUrvit 4 profouDd pkthoi. M MlU at nikt to U. Tho ' boomliifj' boot to max none on now HI AH M tutk"m lloplurA,uinip,ftaaon(li llru-aeld. ana lor uo nouaava. LVJi c pleodid Htcl IMoU. and old . cobra, I al I 07,ttO RMUMUMa ft icd ana nun DULtHM Ha I.draaM. for 1, .Pan trrLMOU dun Jaoia iri4ii fnif.H uuin.Aiin ..rati nnwiurursuMnia A. I). Vt OUl T1UMUTUN UOY UarUord, t'oun. -U-md-tt. .RAGTIGAL QARP CULTURE. ONLY es Cents. I Tub only uMk over offered tor sale, that the JL purchasers o..n return and get his money luck-ii rot Baasaou. -rue doik mil every tarmir uliou'd hate, uontilns 111 pages, 7xv Inches; &S Illustrations e'loloj piai bottom", dams, ovcrno, uader-dralna, varieties ol the Dsn, enemies of tbo nail, eto. It Includes every nooeasary luatrnoilon lor any person to euoceaa (ully, and at nominal expense, n-odrco their own nun. Enconiea Dy nan uommism oners and fro 'erloif the book duoera everywhere. l'ereons on'orlou the book and not aaUWled with it ma; y return it return K and we WIU refund their money. Ad J rem. a- U. MIQAN, AUUsoo, Ohio, BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, M&IIB GUARANTEED. Finest line of watches, clocks, and jewelry in Bloonisburg. -:o:- 1 1 1 i uj'c ) c )o t , 1 1. All work guar MEDIA ACADEMY students to ad ranee rapidly, Prlrate tutoring and special drill C. SMOKILIUGU, A.B., A.M. (Harvard Graduate), principal iwvcr eirir ciirnHi n caaniinaiion lot auimvilOTl. BROOKE HALL, YOUNG LADIES. Mitt Eastman's Celebrated School, ornuoi niii n oran cnn eiercn pianos, mraie iuionnBr I or Pupils surrounded by such restraints as are essential to tbeif SWUIIIN C.S1I0RTUDGH. AM. (Ilarraxd Graduate, I-j-,it. si. MRS. UWIT1IIN C. S1IORTLIDGE ' J Prlmtlp4H, Utdla, Pa. HaMaH naaplvtl (W1 OKI fit HmdM. MATY dfltlar Of Eases Pain Instantly. Strengthens Weak Parts. Quiets Nervousness. A New England Household Itemed, Unlreruklir popular because of ru&l medicinal menu r or 1 Is ho prompt and thoroagb in rellering, oaring and re- 8 10 ring mm uis op ui(r TTnAlIlid Teatlmonr of tfaonaanda of people. and the cooiunUT increaaiiic aale of these piaatart, is ample proof ot the troth ol thii assertion. 7" HOP PLASTEBS atTcrbtva or Irritate. If yon affr apply one nowj you'll feel happier to morrow, l'teLs gooa the momeot pnt on. PUT SEE HERE. Hob fleefer are sold by medicine dealers. Don't do isrlndled Into taking a aabBtitttte or imitauon. Blcnatare ci the proprietoti will he found on the ge&afee food. HOPPUtBTERCO..PKOPHirron,BOtTON. Examin uhrn you bwy. Avoid diiScnat daaUrt. SSaBBSBBaBSSSBMBSBBSS9JBBBaaBBB Dec la-Aug. 8. QHRISTIAN V. KNAPP. FIRE INSURANCE, BLOOMSBURG. Home of N. Y. 1 Merchants', of Newark, N, J. : Clinton. N. Y. I Peonies' N. Y. ; RMri!n.. Pa. ; German American Ins. Co.. New York. 1 Greenwich Insurance Co., New York ; Jersey wiij rue mi. v.o.f jersey uiiy, r, 1. These old corporations are well seasoned bv gv ana tike tcitkd ana nave never Yet had a loss settled br any court of law. Their assets are all Invested in solid ixcukitiis, are liable to tne nxiard 01 Flu only. Losses llOMrTLY and HONESTLY adiusted and paid as soon as determined, by CHRIST IAN F. KNAPP, Sfkcial Agent and Ad- lUSTEK, BLOOMSBURG, I'A. JThe people of Columbia county should pat ronize the agency where losses, If any, are set tled and paid by one of their own citizens. ZIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE, viiih in vititi and ixtillmt (entinti, it a iirary . inilitl. It wat induct a hafty Ihtught It print el tntire nsvit in tach nutnbtr. Not a short tttvitttti, tut a long itory luck at you art used to git in look form and fay from om dollar to 01 dollar and a half for. Not only that, but with each numiir you git an abundance ofothir contrilutiom, which gtvit you a good magatint litidn the novel. Tht ringing Hows which have tun tlruci en the gateway of fofular favor, have nsoundid throughout the entire land, and to-day Lif fin coll' 1 Magatine standi in the front ran of monthly publications, and is the most widely-rcad-and-talted-offullicatien of its lindin the world. For full descriptive circulars, address LIPPINCOTTS MAGAZINB.Philadelphi J3.00 fir yiar, as eft. single number. The publisher of this fair will receive yen subscription. K-ST-Cmo. -H CROWS ACME, The Best Burning Oil That Can to Made From Petroleum. It rives a brilliant light. It wfll not smottl the chimneys. It will not char the wick. B has a high fire test. It will not explode. It It pre-eminently a family safety (ii. We Challenge Comparison with any other lUamtnatlnf oil made. We retake Our Imputation. a refiner, upon the statement that it ! til. m IX THE WOKI.D. AaV your dealer (or CROWN e ACME. ACM1 OIL COMPACT, BaHyille, IP a. Tlaia tov Blooaubarg ilcurlty rappllej W TtltS)OCj 0 wIV&')m trj I - ' - W uiuuiuauuTB, JtH. DEAIE OF JUDGE KELLEY. KATIIEIl OF THE IIOUBK. 1119 WAS THE I.OHOEST SERVICE IN THE HOUSE 8II10E THE FOUNDATION OK THE GOVERNMENT A N0TAI1I.K FIGURE IN AMERICAN POLITICS. Judgo William D. Kelloy, of Ponns ylvauin, diod In Washington, at G:20 o'clock on tho Oth inst. At his bed sldo worn Mrs. Kelloy, his daughter, Mrs. Herstman, his sons, WilHatn D. Kelloy, Jr., and A. B. Kelloy, Dr. Stanton, bis attending physio' an and J. B. Woynck, his private scorctary. His death was painless, and to watch ers at his boJside ho seemod to have fallen into a peaceful sleep. Ho was uncooBolous at tho lift as ho was at intervals during tho last two days. His remains wero buried at Laurel bill cemetery, Philadelphia. Tho im mediate oauBO of Judgo Kclloy's death vsas intestinal catarrh, brought on by cold contracted during Christinas week. For somo years, however, ho has been almost a constant Buffei or from a can cerous growth in tho side of tho face, wlncu was removed about six years aco nv a surc'oal operation. Tno re lief thus obtained wa only temporary, and since that time it has developed so rapidly during tho past year that it must havo soon conquered mm, had he not earlier fallen a victim to tho catarrhal affection. Ho was nearly 70 years old, and during the later years of his life his general health has not bton good, so that he easily fell a vic tim to tho weakening influence of tho disease. A 8KETC1I 01' 111s LIKE. William Darrah Kelloy, who bos been since 1877 tho senior member of the lower house of conprea?, was bom in Philadelphia, April 12, 1814. II b ancostois were among tho pioneers of Amorican civilization. He got his schooling at tho congregational eohool of tho Second Prosbvt'iian churo'j, Philadelphia. At tho age o 11 years ho found employment in a lottery oflioo, but soon left and went to work with an umbrella maker. Soon alter he beoamo copy reader in tho nrintincr. oflico of tho late Jasper Hardin),. This work developed a clearness of enun ciation for which bo was always noted. To this period of bis lr.o Judgo Kelloy asoribed his intellectual awakeninc Before his thirteenth vear ho aunren- ticod himself to Rickaids and Dabosq, jewelors. Besides sticking closo to Ins bench in tne working hours, and in the evening indulging in his keen ap petite for books, bo sought active re creation, in Colonel James Page's State Kenciblcp. At the ago ot 17 be was an aotivo member of the Niagara hose company, though tho constitution of the company lorbade tho admission ol any person under 20 years of ago. In 1835 ho fonnd employment in Boston at his trade. There it was his good fortune to meet men of high attain ments, whose influence and example Ered his ambition. The r aoeuil hall meeting which he attended and cap tured, offered a favorablo opportunity for a taking debut. He afterward studied law in tho offioe of Colonel James Page, and in 1841 tho jeweler became a full-Hedged lawyer. Tho young lawyer's force as a public speak er attracted attention and brought enough business to keep him lairly employed. In I8I0 ho was made prosecutor of tho picas for Philadel pbia, to which place be was twice ap pointed. In 1845 Governor Shank ap pointed him to a seat on the bench of the common pleas, oyer and terminer and quarter sessions. In 1851 tho ju dicial office became elective, and ho was elected associate judge for a term of ten years. In 1850 bo was nomi nated tor congress by tho republicans of tho Fourth congressional district and, defeated, and soon afterward re signed his seat on the bench. Ho was a member of the Chicago convention of I860, and when Lincoln was chosen president Kelloy was elected to congress, wbero ho has remained ever siuoe. It is needless in this connection to go into the details of Judge Kelley'a long career in tho house, which has exceeded in longtb that of any of his contemporaries or predecessors. He has figured prominently on tho floor of tho house in the debalos on all tho vital issuos boforo congress, but has been so especially assoaiakd with the championship of tho protection policy that for many yeais ho has been known half nlaylully, have derisively, as "Old Pig lion." From his first ontranco upon the congressional arena, ho too'c rank beside tho most earnest and ablo of tho defenders of the Union; ho favored the most vigorous conduct ot the war, and interested himself, personally for tho comfort of tho soldiers; he was in favor ot email oipation aud manhood suffrage, and so early as 18G2 advocated tho arming of thu negro; no took an advanced lepub iicaa position on tho qurstion ot re construction; ho advocated the Morrill tariff of 1801, and has since stood valiantly by tho protective principle, and has defendod tho greenback as a good and lawtul money, no less ser viccablo in poaco than in war. In 1809 he was made a member of tho coramittoe on ways and means, and remained in continuous servlco on that committee until December last, when in conscquonce of his feoblo health, ho requeued Speaker need to civo him committeo assignment which would in olvo lets labor. In ooroplianco with that requeU bo was mado chairman of t'joooinmitteo on manufactures. Hood's Saksaiaiiii.i.a. Calendah for 800 is out, and the domanu for it certain to ue immense, tor a moro "Liking' calendar it is difficult to eyen imagine. Art and utility aio beautifully blended in tho lovely girl's head on a dark o'ivo background, and tho neat pad appended giving tho months in concise, readable shape. with a history of tho year alternating, in rhyme, aud also illustrated. Early application at tho druggists will bo necessary to scouro this gem. If you fail there, send G cer Is in stamps to 0. 1. Hood & Co. Lo .vell, Mass. A good way to send coin through tho mails is to tako apiece of oardboaid o moro than ordinary thlokness, sepa rato tho layers at ono sido over 1 Bpaco largo enough to reooivo the ooin . and when it has been slipped in and tho card enclosed with the letter in an I ..1 1.1 . . I 1 euvuiuiw, iiu uuu wuuiu bubihxu m t presence of money. Disgnweful Death Eitea. THE ailASTV MERRIMENT THAT PREVAILS AT MANY ENGLISH FUNERALS. It has been asserted with tedious ir ritation that tho Kriglish peoplo take their ploasurcs sadly. No ono will deny tho truth of tho indiotmo.1t, but it is seldom urged that in rovongo wo tako our sadness pleasantly. Never theless, an English funo.al is often a raorry making, a jovial oxouso for song and dance, and tho passing of tho flowing bowl. To go to a funeral is with Bomo of us equivalent to going out for a festival holiday. Let anyono who Is anxious to study the raannors and customs of tho Eng lish mourners spend an afternoon Monday afternoon for oboice in tho neighborhood of a public house near a cemetery. I'll warrant he'll come away with all his preconceived notions of "going to a fuueral" knocked into tho cockedest of cockod bats. The other day It was my good or evil fortuuo to have an hour to span in a northern suburb of London. I had driven somo distance and I want ed to givo my horse a rest, and so I put up tor au hour and then wandered away to 0 public house in tho neigh borhood, to which I was attracted bv a large number of empty hearses and mourning coaches drawn up in piotur esquo confusion around it Outside tbo undertaker's men wore ohatting together with th ir hands in thoir pockets and wero smoking short clays and pa8sinir tho pontcr alone. Inside tho bar was crowded with men and women dressed in deep mournincr. I explored tho house and found mourn crs in tho coffee room, mourners in the moking room. It was a caso of mourners mourners everywhere, and 1 can't finish tho quotation, for there certainly was a drop to drink. Tho mourners in tho ooffeo room wero more subdued than the mourners in tho bar but they were merry. Hero was a widow who had iust left tho dear de parted "up tho road," smilinn at a story which another lady mourner wns tolling about "old Jones." Thoro was yomiK man, with a blaok band up to tho top of his hat, coaxing a girl in mourning to havo another whisky. looked around tho room for tears aud 1 saw but a few. Ono or two eyes wero red, but smilos wero on tho ascendant, and altogether the various mourners belonging to the hoarso out side seemed disposed to havo a pleas ant hour ot the "pub" boforo thov went homo. London Referee. Tho FuMo Eoads. No question has taken up moro timo of the Pennsylvania Legislature than that of tho publio road laws. A great many bills havo been prepared having in view tho adoption of some general system of road supervision that will secure the best publio roads at tho least possible cost to the taxpayers. As only general laws can be enacted, tho question has been a difficult ono to handle satisfactorily to all sections of the State. In somo parts of the Stato tbo roads oro in a passable condition, while in other sections they aro not worthy of name. In tho poorer and more sparsely settled parts, whero tho country is rooky and mountaino is, the cost eu making and keeping in repair publio roads is not only very expensive but the cost tails npon comparatively few tax-payers. In counties wheie the roads aro let to tho lowest bidder, experience has proven that the lowest price has olten been too high and that the best bidder was tho worst road maker. In this oounL-y, especially in the townships whero tile coal and rail, road corporations pay the bulk of the road tax, they havo found it cheaper to keep tho roads in repair themselves than'to pay the tax usually assessed for this purpose by tho township officers. Nevertheless, this system has not been satisfactory to tho publio. Corpora- lions, like individuals, put just enough work on tho roads to escape the law and no more. Tho roads kept in repair by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal it Iron Co, in this county are as good as tho average and no better. Under too presont system there seems no way of remedying tho evil. Mho larmers say that the only way to have good road through the agnuult ural distriois is to macadamize them, and this they aro not in a financial oonditiou to do. In tho mining region tho excuse is that tho majority of the taxpayers aro poor and that tor their purpfiso tbo road are gocd enough. out good roads aro not to bo consider ed in tho light of a luxury to the rich who can attord to drivo fast horses. Publio highways are a necessity for travel and trallio, and in this ago of improvement when groat results hang upon a fow momentB of time, they should bo main with a view ot short ening time and space as much as possi bio. rousvxae Miners Journal. THE COUNTRY'S WEAITfl. ItKHAUKAllI.i: l'lOL'ItKS SHOWING TUB ItAI'ID STKIUK8 01' TIIE UNITK1) STATES, New York, Deo. 19. Tho World has obtained from the treasurer of each stato tho value of proporty as assessed lor taxation. The Ucnsus Utlioe in 188G made a roport of its exhaustive and laborious inquiry Into tho propor lions existing in oacli stale botwoeu taxed property and actual wealth, which ranges botween 25 per cont n Illinois nnd 03 in Wyoming. Tho Worlds report shows an increaso in taxable proporty of $0,003,000,000 and on inorcaso in aotual wealth of 18,1G2,000,000 since 18S0. Tho total v,ealih is 01,459,000,000 oxolusivo or tho publio property, and 83,093,000,000 proporty invested and owned abroad iho assessed valuo of taxed proporty uuuuur actual weaitu at diiteieut do cades has been. Assessed Value, 1659 3,'aSI.013,14S 160 li,tW.MW,0l)5 10 11,813,7311,3611 1SH0 le,tH).',WI,5l3 16 yl,71B,"00.000 Actual Wea'th 113,652,4 19,731 ti.joi.sio, era 8O,0t)8,5IS,5llT 43.ei2.000.0Cl ei,45.(JUO.(WJ Tho wealth of tho United States now oxceeds tho total wealth of tho wholo world at any tim i provious to tho in'ddlo of the Kighteenth Century uud 1 10 air 011 111 invostod aoioad is alono equal to tho national wealth of Por ULal and Donmark. Tho total wealth of only fiyo nations is pqual to tho mere inoioasoot tho Unltol States In tho past nino yoars. Calvin S, Unco l-as been nominated for United States Senator by thodomo cratio caucus of tho Ohio Legislature. 1890. THE KtflFFEN OASE. On Friday morning January 4th the doid body of Mr. Koiffon was found In her bed in hor homo in Tronton, N. J. Tho fnoo was scratched in serorai places. On tho floor of the same room lay Miss Pursell apparently uncon scious, when first discovered, but who quickly revived. Mrs. Ktiiffen was tho wifo of Dr. Ktiiffen, a prominent dentist. Tho Dr. was away from homo that night, and Miss Purscll who Is a cousin of Dr. Kniffen's slept with Mrs. Knlffnn. No ono olso was ii tho house. Miss Pursell's version of tho affair is that she was awakened by Mrs. Kniffen, who said thero wero burglars in the room, and then Miss Pursell was seized by Borne 0110 and knows no moro about it. Artioles wtro found strewn over tho floor, but nothing was Btolen so far as known. Dr. Kniffen returned homo next day. The polioe at once took possession of tho premises and put a guard oviir tho aotious of both Dr. Kniffen and Miss Pursell, tho theory being that the latter was in lovo with her cousin, tho doctor, and that the murder was com mitted by her to romovo tho obstacle to their marriage. An inquest was held on Wednesday of last week, and by advice of hor counsel Miss Poraell declined to answer any question when c alled as witness. She and Dr. Knif fur wero thou put undor formal arrest, but wero released on Tbursday on b'beas corpus proceeding, under 20, OUO bail. Whilo tbero aro somo slightly sus picious circumstances about this case, thore is nothing but circumstantial evidence, and so far as has been mado publio, this is by no means strong enough to put tho accused on trial for murder. Mrs. Kniffen died from tho effect of ohloroform, and Miss Pursell alleges that sho too was chloroformed. Mr.. Kniffen was an invalid and Miss Pursell is a robust girl, which would account for tho different effects upon thorn. Miss Pursell is worth 20,000 in hor own right, she is a stenographer nnd lypowritor, and has always shown an t eibion to tho sooioty of mon. Sho is related to tho family of that namo in Columbia County and all who know her scout the idea of her doing such a deed. Hor brother, David Pursell has visited Bloomsburg, and is personally acquainted hero. It is said that the arrest was inten tionally brought about by tbo acoused persons. Thoy wero suspected and virtually nnder arrest from tho first; tho papers had published all sorts of sensational reports, and tho counsel of Dr. Kniffen and Mies Pursell felt that thoy conld tho sooner clear themjclves of all suspicion. It is a curious case and will bo watched with interest. A Ohattel-Mortgage Law Needed in Penn sylvania- The system of placing mortgages upon goods and chattels, as well as upon real estate, is in operation in all tho States and Territories of tho Unit ed States excepting Pennsylvania. Why the manufacturers and business men of our Stato should bo deprived of tho benefits of such a law has often been askod, but wo baye never seen it satisfactorily answered. In other States there is no difficulty in placing chattel mortgages on record, nor has the law operated disadvantageously in any way. It has, on tho other hand, been of great assistance to manufact urers by enabling them, in times of groat pecuniary stringency in the finan cial world, to obtain money advances upon machinery and vahiablo goods, wheu tho banks aro unablo or unwill ing to afford tho usual discounts. rrobably no class of manutacturers aro moro inconvenienced by tho ab sence, of such a law than .tho printers, lithographers and bookbinders of Pennsylvania. Owning, as they do, machines that cost from ono thousand to thirty thousand dollars each, of a oharacter easily described and readily identified, and all ot which may havo been fully paid for, these manufact urers of books and nowspapers aro un ab'o to place any legal incumbrances upon their machine. y, at any percen tago on its value, to raise funds for business needs. It is very truo that tho strict Penn sylvania laws bavo been evaded, in somo cases, by "quiet" bills of sale, which, without possession of tho goods, are ot no real value; by various subterfuges by tho way of "borrowed and received contracts, wlnoh havo been decided against as "conditional sales,'' and by numerous forms of leases, which liayo seldom been sus taiued by our courts when appealed to by debtors. Few business men caro to risk their money on huoh doubtful ex podicnts; hence tho necessity for the passage of a chattel-mortgage law that will enable a capitalist to ad vanco money upon chattels as seourely as upon real estate, protected by doeds duly reoordod in tbo oihoe ot tbo conn ty clerk or reoorder, whero access can at all tims be had to tho records to ascertain tho claims filed against indi vuluals or firms. Let tho printing and paper-trade in (crests unite in urging tho passage of such a law, to enabio our citizens to become- possessed of the facilities and security afforded by tho chattol-mort gaga laws ot other Estates. 1' rimer s Utrcutar. Wo tako ploasuro in uoticing the January nuraboi' of Chat, whioh has lust como to our tablo. Among the many Biuallor magazines wo do not see any bo bright, interesting and onler prising ns tho little visitor. There nro two now features in this ibsuo "Fash ion Talks,' illustrated, and tho first of series of Parts Lottors. Thev aro both good additions nnd excellently mado up. Tho College Papers aro oontin ucd by Miss Kogma iv. urandall, all ort Browning, detached and printed Smith College, Mass , who writes on plalo paper, noooinpanios tho Jan splendidly on "Fabels, Faots and Fan- uary number of Book News ( John cies. mat oxcoio it isoys' and Uirls btory, "lining tbo liold,' a talo of tho Norso Sea Kings is also oontlnued. Besides, thero aro tho usual short com pleted stories, and papers devoted to Zig-Zig Sketches, 1' lowers, tho Inval id s Cornor, Young Folks' MUcellany, solected Poetry, etc. all put together in most attractive fo-m, plac'p g Chat :.. f.. .... f .1... i . in the foicfrout of the low cost raagaz ines. -18 pagos. Yearly subscription, 91.UU, opeoiinon may bo had by Bend tng 5 ot. Btamp to l V. Box 573, Chat Pouubhino Co., Philadelphia, 11. VOL. 25, NO. 3. His Eyes Went Back On Him. THE HEMKDY FOIt A MAN WHO SAW A WOODS I'UIX OK OOONS. "Doctor," said a rod faced and wator eyod man from Wnyne town ship, as ho oamo into Dr. Bibcock's office, in Hammondsport, the other day. "I'm afraid ray oyos is goin' back on mo, and I dropped in to kind o' boo if I oan find out whero tboy'ro lnmo.1' "Ahl" said tho doctor. "What seems to bo tho matter with your oyee!-' "That's what I don't know," replied tho man, "but thoy played mo a tnok t'other day that don't leavo no room for doubt but what tboro's some thin' out o' goar with 'em, somehow. I'll givo you tho symptoms. Maybo you don't know that I'm qulto a coon hunter, but I am. T'other day my boy bought ono o' these britoh loadin' and repeatin' shotguns, and I told him I'd go out and seo how it'd work on a coon. I went out and hadn't gone more than a mile up tho hill boforo I seen a big coon pop on to tho limb of a "chestnut tree IIo carao thoro so sudden that I couldn't get it through rao whoro ho had como from and how ho got thero. But I didn't stop to usk no questions, but op and blazed away. iNow, ive got tno namo over way, Doo, of never missing anything I shoot at, and of course when I pulled up and wnangea away at that coon 1 oxpected to see him tumble, but bo didn't. When the Btnoko cleared away ho sot thero jnst as he was when I seen him first. I was surprised, now I toll yon. I thought it was tho pun's fault, but blazed away again. The coon cover moved. I happened to look, somo how or other, at a tree off to tho right of tho ono tho coon was in, nnd thoro sot another coon on a limb. I thought I'd try my luck on him, and so I let him havo a shot. IIo never stirred. I begun to cot mad by this time, and durin' a little conversation 1 was bavin' with myself about the gun I happened to glanco at n treo to tho left of tho first trco, and thero on a limb was an other coon. I tried my luck on tho third coon and didn't hit bitn'uo moro than I did t'other two. I looked at tho first tree; thero was that ooon eet tin' right whero ho was when I first seen him. I looked at the second tree and thoro was that ooon still on the limb. I tnrncd my head towards an other trco and thero I seen a fourth coou, and lookin' around rao which ever way I might every treo I seen had a coon in it, and all as lat as coons could bo. I got wild. "'Thundeil' I hollered, here's tbo woods full o' coon, aud I h.ru't got nothing but this newiangloa gnu that wont hit a barn. "But 1 begun to blaze away as fast as tho gun could spit a cartridge, fust at one coon and then at another, until every darn load was emptied out o' the gun and I hadn't dropped a ooon. I was list going to slat that gun to Hinders against a treo when I hap pened to lub my eye, and when I took my hand down thore on my linger was a nice, jolly, fat wood Ioubo. 'I looked up, but every ooon was gone. Tho fact o' tho matter Is, Doo, that wood louso had been hangin' on to one of my eye-winkers all tho timo. and I thought I was seeing coons. Be I gtt tin near-sigbted, or is the optio nervo doublin' up on me. "JN either one," said tho doctor. "Have your hind pocket in your hunt ing pants out down from quart size to half-pint and you'll bo all right." The man went out shaking his hea. and said he'd think about it Chicago Herald. How Nickles and Pennies are Made- Somo information on tho subject of an mterestiag contract awarded by Uncle Sam to tho firm of Merchant & Co., metal dealers in Philadelphia, Chicago, etc., for furnishing tho raw mateiral lor minting certain current coin of this realm, may not bo un welcome to our readers. Tho copper usr-d in tho manufacture of pennies is of tho very best duality. Tbo metal is shipped in bulk from the mines to the factories ot Merchant it fjo. in Con necticut. Thero it is rolled and stamp. cd out in circles of tho requisite size, These circles are perfectly plain, with tho excepfon ot the raised or muled edge. At this stago tho pieces intend od for pennies are as bright as gold pieces, whilo those intended for nickles resemble highly polished silver. In this condition they aro delivered to tho mint. Of course it is absolutely necBsary that all tho pieces should bo bo of uniform size and weight. Tho transfer from tho factory to tho mint is made, and tho number ot pieces in a packago is reckoned by its weight To find out how many small coins tho amount ot nickel and oopper contract ed for at present will make, multiply the number 01 pounds ot oopper by 100, and tho number of pounds of nickel by 70. 'lhis calculation will show that tbo metal now about to bo mado up into coin, will raako 35,000 nickels and 100,000 pennies. Ono hundre pennies, therefore, weigh exactly ono pound. When theso pieoes reach tho mint, tney aro BUbjeoted to the linish nig process, which consists in stamp ing thorn with tho denomination let tering and characters seen on the coins when thoy reaoh tho publio. To no complish this, groat pressure is needed as tho pieces are not boated again alter leaving tbo lactory tho amount of pi es suro required is simply enormous, 0011 sidering tho sizo ot tho pieces. Tho ten tons avordupois, while with th copper pennies require a pressure nioklo pieces it is nccossary to put o a prcssuro of from twolvo to fiftoe tons, LITEEAEY 1I0TE8. - A fino now portrait of tbo late Hob- wanamaker, rhilado oh a. The inaua zino oontalnB a sketch of tbo poet's lifo, and a review of his last work. "Asolanda, whioh includes sovoral of his now poems. Thero aro tho usual number 01 reviews nnd articles of gen. cral interest to book lovers, one espeo ially interesting 00 Miss Amelia B. Edwards, with her portrait. The des- 1 ........ ,. . . . unpuvu price-list 01 now books covers over tblrtcen pages. Tho dowager empress of Germany. widow of tho omperor William, diod 01 "ua Mnppe at iiernn last week YELLOWSTONll PABK. HOW TIIK NATIONAL nESEflVK 13 atJAHDa Ell i-tt0M VANDALS. Tho eurvcillanco of tho Park is in tho hand of tho military, and irTgood hands, too. Tho presont superintend ent is Captain Boulcllc, of tho First Cavalry, who succeeded Captain Har ris at tho beginning of tlio season. Under tho old systom n oivio superin tendent and nino assistants wero sup posed to look aftor a traot of country noarly half as largo as Iho Stato of Massachusetts, and not only provont tourists from carrying away tho goy ser and hot spring formations, but al so to "round up" tho liantora and trai pcrs, who would do ranch to dcp'.cto the national rcscrvo of its noblo gamo nnless prevented. Thero was never anything liko a proper patrol of the park nntii it was placed undor military control. Every citizen 'who desires to boo tbo Park wonders prosorvod should roioico in Captain Botttello's appointment. With tho aid of two companies of oavalrv, one of which is stationed at Monmolli Hot Springs and tho othor at tho Lower Geyser Basin, small detaob ments being placed at tho other tour ist oenlres, tno regulations mado by the Interior Department havo boen efficiently enforced and in a mannor acceptablo to tho publio. Homo persons thoro may bo who havo taken nmbrago because they wero permitted to despoil tho coysors and springs ot thoir beautiful deposits, but overy fair-minded person cannot but reioioo that tho rules against car rying away specimens aro strictly and" impartially carried out. Captain Bo mas, of tho First Cavalry, tho second 11 command, is, liko Captain ioutelIe, a thorough officer and a thorough gentleman. Tho soldiers aro an aid to tourists, not a menace, and whilo oarefully guarding tho formations from vandalism, aro cxcellont guides. So carefully is tho "no shooting' re gulation enforced that muoh of tho gamo is becoming quilo tame. Whifo was riding over tho trout creek routo a fow days Binco two boantiful deer appeared by tho roadside nnd remain ed thore, owdcntlv without fright, while my wagon was driven by. Thero aro thousands of elk, a few buf falo perhaps three hundred moun tain Bheep, antelope, boars and othor game within tho park fncloiuro. Tho buffalo are seldom seen, bnt aro known to exist in tbo eastern and southern parts of tho park. Boston Journal. Abundant Eojm in America- nosTON nequoes orrosR senatoh mok- QAn's AFRICAN SCHEME. Senator Morgan's plan to solvo tho raco problem by encouraging tho blacks to emigrate to Africa does not appeal to tho colored leaders of Bos ton. Among tho latter is Dr. James T. Still, who graduated from Harvard lie says that senator Morgan s plan will awaken tbo country to tho tact that thore aro "no Africans in Ameri ca to send baok." Jacob W. Powell, who is a shorthand reporter and type writer, says: "Senator Morgan's no- gro colonization scheme belongs to a period hlty or moro years ago. The negro is not a ward of this nation, nnd any attempt to removo him or tt lat him as sucn is doomel to instaut ana ignominious failure. Tho idea that the Southern Butler can do with tho negro as ho likes is an idea whioh a Northern Butler helped to drown in a sea of blood thirty years ago. What the black man wants, JNortu and South alike, is justice a just recognition of his inherent manhood and afairchaiico to provo his manlypialities beforo tho world. Colonization schemes may look very pretty in Senator Morgan's mind's eye, but no such schetno will amount to anything which does not spring from tho moro onlightened thoughts and wishes of tho negro him self; and then it will only affect tho30 who beleivo that their spooial inter ests lie in new fields of physical an intellectual endeavor. Isaao S. Mnllin, who holds a resnou- sib'o position in tho Stato Board ot I'olice, says that no proposition, vol untary or otherwise, can or will induce tho majority of the colored peoplo of the South to leavo a country whoro for over two hundred and fifty years thoy havo beon the bone and sinow of what little industry tho South has enjoyed. "Tho tact that they can no longer bo held as chattels nnd sold as beast", by thoso who attempted to destroy this Government is ono reason, perhaps," said Mr. Mullin, "why Senator Mor gan and others of that stripe dos'-e these people to leave a prosperoas and civilized country. Thero have boen negro bank presidents, cashiors and tellers, but they lost their occupations when tho I1 reedmen s Bank ceased to exist through no cause of tho negro defaulters." Mr. Mullin says tho negro is hero to stay, and that America is big enough for all, irrospcotivo of color, creed or previous condition. A HEW BUBMAEIHE BOAT. A LITTLE VESSEL THAT DIVES AND MOVES 11V ELEOTltlClTV. Tho Goubet, tho name of tho bvu built by a private firm at tho expense of tho State, is a littlo boat o.CO motors long and 1.53 meters broau. It can hold two men. Tho body of tho craft is cast in bronze of a single piece and can thoreforo bear a vory high pres sure. It is moved by olectricitv. whioh in oaso of failuro, can bo re placed by oars. Completely armed it weighs 0.000 kilogrammes (about 12,000 pounds) and oan therefore bo transported easily everywhere. Hie electricity, as may he safely as sumed, is 6btained from nccnnmlatota in the boat, but it t-oeras that this pro pelling force can also bo transferred to the boat from laud or from u ship accompanying tho Goubet by means of a wiro, whioh would naturally con s'derably hamper tho movements of tho submarine craft. Tho btores of compressed air aro Bald to last for twonty four hours, and can, by an nntomatio arrangement, bo bo distrib uted that tho stato of the air in tho ship is constant. Tho boat was ' 11 merscd lor eight hours at a depth of ten meters, with two sailors in it, and theso experienced not tho slightest in oonvonienoo during that period. As a special advantage it is claimed for tho boat that it can at n word otosmmand sink any depth, greatest probably ten meters, rcmaiu thero and chaugo its position at will, 1 ho sinking and ris ing in the water, it is said, can bo credited with tbo greatest regularity, whlou is not the caso niiparcntly with the Spanish submarine boat l'eral and the othor Frenoh boat Gymnoto. Co logne Gazette. Senator Quay has introduced a bill to givo a pension of 100 a month to Mrs. Sallie Douglass Hartranft, widow of Genoral Hartranft. Tho bill was roferrod to the committeo on iiunslous, and no opposition to its ppoedy repoit and passage can bo dicoverod.
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