PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
L. FRITZ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW;
Office Front Room, over PostofHta;
BLOOMSBURG. PA,'
J.
H. MAIZE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
INSURANRASDRFAl ESTATE ABUT,
Office Room No, t, Columium Bill dine
Ht.OOMPIlUUG, PA.
JT U. FUNK,
ATTO RNEY-AT-L AW,
Office In Writ's llnlMin,;, near Court House,
BLOOMEEUUG, PA.
OHN M. CLAKK,
lie
J K. BITTENBEHDEB, J "OPrUteri.
BLOOMSBtTRG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1890.
YOL. 25, N0.34
J
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
AND
JUSTICE OK THE PEACE,
Office over Mover Bro'e. Drag; Store,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
W. MILLER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office la Brower's building, id floor, room No i.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
g FRANKZARRj
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office cor. Centre Sc Main Sts., Clark's bnlbllnf,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
(7 Cn be consulted (a German,
Finest Line
of
GOLD and
SILVER
WATCHES
QEO. E. ELWELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office, Second floor, Columbian Bullion,
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
J. G. WELLS' JEWELRY STOKE.
H.
V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office In Wirt's Building, 2nd floor, Main St
BLOOMSBURG. PA.
P,
F.
BILLMEYER,
B . F. Savits.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
(DISTRICT ATTORNEY,)
Office over Dentler'a Shoe store, Froit room,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
ROBERT R. LITTLE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office, Coutmiiaji BtdldlBg, s goer, front tm
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
PLUMBER AND
QRANT HERRING,
ATTOKNBY-AT-LAW,
Oftc rjts RawSajt' Mtit Market,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
w,
H. RHAWM,
ATTORMKY-AT-LAW,
OSce, comer of Tttii and Mala Streets,
CATAWISSA, PA.
J
B. McKELVY, M. D.,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN,
Office, North sWt Mala Street, below Market,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
jyti . C. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office, North Market Street,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
J-R. WM. M. REBER,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN,
Office, comer of Rock and Market Streets,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
L. S. WINTERSTEKN, W. D. BECKLEV.
Notary Public.
INTERSTEEN & I1ECKLEY,
ATTOUNEYS-AT-LAW.
Loans secured, Investments made. Real CS'
tate bou Mi t and sold.
Office in First National Bank Building,
liloomsburg, l'a.
JONORA A. ROBBINS, M. D.
Office West First St.
Special attention Riven to tho cyo and
car and tuo fitting or glasses.
J
J. BROWN, M. D.,
Office and Residence, Third Street, West
of Market, sear M. E. Church,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
3TOfficc hours ever afternoon and eveninc,
Bjxclal attention given to the eye and the fitting
I glasses, i eicpaeae connection.
D
R, J. R. EVANS,
TiuTHxn or Chbohic Diskasxi madi a
SriCIALTY.
Office and Residence, Third St, below Market,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
M,
J. HESS, D. D. S.,
Cradaatc of the Philadelphia DemtaiCoUeze.
having opened a dental office la Locxaie!
BmLDUld, conter of Main and Cuba stnets,
BLOOMSBURG, PA,,
Is prepared to receive all aatiemtf rcqdrlaf an
feuteaal Mrricea.
ElECTHIO VinitATOKU8KD.
Imi, Gim, urn Local AaAaimiict,
4nlalster4 It ti saSnWai utroxtka W taath
frte l ehargo wbffil mM to beta w umitoi.
An. Wosuc OutLkwtua xs Karutmio.
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AINWRIGHT Sc CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
TlAJ, SYRVn, Comt, SVOAK, MOLASItS,
Rick, Sricis, Bicaiii Soda, Etc., Etc
N, E. Comer Second and Arch Sta,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
WOrden will receive prompt attention.
M,
C. SLOAN & BRO.,
M ANUFACTVH as OF
Carriages, Buggies. Phaetons, Slclgha, PUtfom
PA.
BLOOMSBURG,
First-class work always on hand. Repairing
neatly done.
WlMces reduced to suit the times.
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H. HOUSE,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Office, Barton's Building, Main St., tel. Market,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
All styles of work done In a superior manner,
ana all work warranted sj represented.
Tiith Extracted Without Pain,
tor the m of Gas, and free of charge when
artificial teeth u Inserted.
T To be open all hours during the day.
TIIK COLUMBIAN
IS THE BEST.
IN THE COUNTY
AT
GAS FITTER
DKAI.E11 IN
in
oofing
a Sp2iialty
ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON
ALL WORK-IN HIS LINE.
First door Bloorusburg Opera House
ho Bost Burning Oil That Can
Made From Potroloum.
be
It gives a brilliant light. It will not
sinoko the chimneys. It will not char the
wick. It has a high Arc test. It will not
explode.
safety oil.
It is pre-eminently a family
We Cliallenge Comparison with
any other illuminating oil made.
Wo Btako our Reputation, ae Refiners, up
on the Statement that it is
m Beat mi
IIS Till; V70RI.D.
ASK YOUR DEALEU FOR
Crown - Acme.
ACME OIL COMPANY,
nLOOMSUURQ,.
i'A.
Home soeters will And the last ot the , Vrnn
publlo domain ot agricultural and "uu
grazing value alooir the ureat North- T nnrln
era Ky . to North Dakota and Montana' faouuo
Now
Towns
loo or more along the Great Northern
K&llwar Line. basinets chances.
Write Y. I. wmtney, st. l'aut Minn.,
tor llooks, Mapa, tux Write now.
settlers on tree Government lands a-
lonir the Oreat Northern Ur. Line la
North Dakota and Montana pet lew
rates and nue markets tor products.
Low
Ratos
Hunting
ishing
Finest resorts In America alone Oreat
Norhern Hr. Une In Minnesota, Da
kotas and Montana, llest climate for
health seekers.
Montana produces the nnOBt Homos
and Cattle, t reo ranges jet In M ouse.
Milk and sun ltlver Valleys and sweot
urass Ullla,
Horses
Gattlo
Health
Wealth
In Montana. Free lands. New Towns.
New Hallways, New Mines, Low Hates
largest area ot good vacant
lands.
Sweot Grass Utlls, Milk and Sun ltlver
alleys. Montana, reached only by the
Great Northern lt&llway Une. The
btock Kaisers' paradise.
Shoop
Hogs
Gold
Goal
The regions tributary to Great North
ern Hallway Line In Montana produce
all the precious and baser metals New
iinfiithn nrpAt lLAHervatlon ot Mon
tana and get a good tree homestead.
Low rates and Free sleepers on Ureat
Northern K'y, Line, uouow.
Milk
Rivor
Hords
Minos
These have made Montana the richest
State per capita in the Union. Plenty
ot room for more miners and stock-raisers.
Now Is the time.
iiArnvthn ripAAt. Northern Hallwar
Line In Montana are free ranches and
(asturage, mines of precious metals,
ron and coil, and now cities and
towns. Now is your .chance.
Young
Man
Groat
Falls
surrounded by a fine agricultural and
crazing country, close to mines of pre
cious metals, Iron and coat, possessing a
water power unequaled In America, It
la Montana's udustral centre.
Tho valleys of Hod, Mouse, Mlsswil
Milk and sun lUvert reached ny ureal
Northern Hy. Une, Half rate exmr-1
sions genu v. is, uu i
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G.
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R. I.C.DRl ECh,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.
" OlTice over Mover Bros. Drug JStorc.
Residence West Miln Street.
ii-zo-ijr.
Rheumatism,
BEING due to tho presence of uric
Mid In the blood, Is most effectually
cured by the use of Ayer's Sartapa
rllla. lie sure you get Ayer's and no
other, and take it till the poisonous
acid Is thoroughly expelled from the
system. Wo challenge, attention to this
testimony :
"About two years ago, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
stout, being nble to walk only with great
iscwnrori, nnu naving tried
remedies, Including mineral
various
waters,
without relief. I saw bv an advertise.
mcnt In a Chicago paper that a man had
been relieved of this distressing-complaint,
after lone suffering, by taking
Ayer's Sarsaparifla. I then decided to
make a trial of this medicine,1 and took
It regularly for eight months, and am
pleased to stato that it has effected a
complete cure. I have since had no re-:
turn of the disease." Mrs R. Irting
Dodge, 110 West 123th St., SNew YorW.
"Ono year ago I was taken 111 vlth'
Inflammatory rheumatism, being con
fined to ray house six months. I cdme
out ot the sickness very much debill-'
ed
to
lmprovo at once, gaining ln strength
and soon recovering my usual health.
I cannot say too much in praise ot this
well-known medicine." Mrs. Ii. A.
Stark, Nashua, N. II.
FOR HER.
A LOVE STORY BY MARY ANGELA
DI0KEH3, (JRANDDAUQHTER 0i'
TEENOVELIBT.
tated, with no appetite, ahd my system
uisoruereu in every way. i commenci
using Ayer's Sarsaparlllaand began
Ayer's Sarsaparilia
rniMBin it
Or. i. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mast.
IMeel;aixtKttla,ti. Worth ft a ioltle.
B.
F. HARTMAN
UriXSKKTS THE rOIXOWINO
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noti
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forth British, of London.
Omcx oa Market Street, above Main, No. 5.
BLOOMSBURG, l'A.-
P. LUTZ.
(Successor to Freas Brown,)
AGENT AND BROKER,
Bloomsburg Fire & Life Ins. Agency,
(Established In 1865.)
COMPANIES REPRESENTED :
Assets,
Altna Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford, $9,538,388.97
Hartford, of Hartford 5,288.609.97
Phoenix, of Hartford, 4,778,400.11
Springfield, of Springfield, 3,099,903.9s
fire Association, Philadelphia, ... 4,512,781.29
Quardian, of London, 20,003,323.71
rhctnia, of London, 6,924,563.4s
Lancashire or Lng.,(U.S.Hranch; 1,642,105.00
Royal of Eneland. " " 4.80.64.00
Mut Ben. Lf.In.Co.Newark,N J 4 r, 379, 228. 3 j
Losses promptly adjusted and paid at this office,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
J-
H. MAIZE,
PIRE INSURANCE AGENT,
Office, Second Floor, Columbus Building,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Liverpool, London, and Globe, largest In the
vvona, and perfectly reliable.
Assets.
Imperial, of London,
Continental of New York
American of Philadelphia,
nMgara, of New York,,..
59,658,479.00
5,239,981.21
2,401,956,11
.&o,479.M
JXCHANGE HOTEL,
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR,
OrrosiTi Coukt House.
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
Large and convenient sample rooms. Bath
rooms, hot and cold water ; and all modem
conveniences.
J H. WILLIAMS, AUCTIONEER.'
ULOOMSUDltO, PA.
Roal Eatato Bought and Sold.
Partios desiring to buy horses and wagon
vould dc wen to can on tno auovo.
J-
S. QAHRISON M. D.
IIOlIKOrATIIIO 1'HVitIOIAN AND SUHOKOK.
Olllco over I. VY, llartman & Bon'
store, residence N. K. corner Centra and
Fourth streets.
D
R. J. T. FOX,
Dentist.
All the latest annliances for minufact Jrlnn,
treating, filling and extracting teeth. All
styles of work warranted as represented. OlTice
on Main street, near ivasr. 5-io-iy,
FIRK IM8URANCK,
BLOOU5BUa
Heme of N. Y. 1 MerthanU', of Newark. N
1 Olnton. N. Y. 1 reevua- ti Y. 1 Heeding,
. I Uermaa Aisencaa iu t,o,, new aorz. 1
enwlch Iruaranc Co., New York 1 Jersey
ty Fire las. Co., leney Uty, It, J.
TVeu aid canMratleas are wU seasoned by
age and nu Txstid ana Live never yet had a
loss settled by any court of law. Their assets
ue all invested la soUD iicushtiis, are liable
lo iha haixrd af rial oalv.
Losses laourTLT aad honestly adiustea
and paid as soon as determined, by LlIMltil.
IAN F. KNAf r, brxciAL AQiirr ahd ad
iimiL Blooussueo. Pa,
Che wople of Columbia county should pat'
rsntu the agency where losses, If any, are act-
tied and paia vj one 01 mar own atucra.
r
ClIAlTKlt I.
'kttlhcrioo, you really b-o a torriblo
porrionl Da you know that you'vo
noarly walked mo to deatht"
It was Into in tho afternoon of a
dull November day, not a ploasant
time for walking, certainly in London
or ahywheTo ctao for thai matter, Nor
aro thojo London etreots whioh consist
of "good houses" particularly cheerful
bjkiIb to walk after dirk, Bince pasors
by aro low and far between, and tho
lighting arrangements of tho most feo
ble deso 'ption. On this particular
evening tho pavements wero muddy,
tho air raw and disagrcoablo, and alto
gether tho two ladies who were walk
ing Along at a bri pace wor'd havo
seemed moro in thotr proper place in a
hansom 01b. Thoy were both of them
well and handsomely drossod, aud had
a gene.-al air about them of belonging
to that class which do' 1 go about in
hansom ctbi on the smallest provoca
tion. The lady who wa addrossod as
Katherino, who wm walking with a
curiohs air of satisfaction in tho sense
of movemont and of oblivion of her
surroundings, started ai lnr oDmpiuion
pok, "NoiBense, E'oanor," she said,
"you can't bo really tired. We have
not dbno so very much.1'
It was a slrango voici, rathordiopr
than most women's, with a ring about
it that seomod to indicate an unusml
strength of character, accistomed, in
coiitclously perhaps, to domiuate
where it touchel. Hut it w,H not a
tiara voioj, very tar trom mat; tt was
wonderfully musical and symoathotic,
and the impulsive way in which she
spyko deprived Iw words of any touch
of harshness.
"Not done much." echoed her com-
piuionj "nbt dono much! My dear
ICatherine. are you absolutely uutirable?
We vo only boen out sinco ono 0 clock,
and wo'vo not sat down at r.U except
in shops. I nov9r know any ono so
restless. '
They wero curiously ro9tlesa oyea in
to which the speaker was looking,
thoagh tho rest of the face was study
enough, and Miss Grahame's voice as
sho answered was very gentle. "I am
sorry, H.leanor. navo 1 really knock
ed you upt "Well, liero wo ore and
some tea will do you good,- won t ltT
We'll havo it "
nno stooped aoruptiv. inev were
jnst gointf url the' stops of a well-kept
nouse, uuu as buu spuwi niu uour was
opened suddenly and a man'-came
out a tall man, with a sensitive,1 hag
gard faso and deep black oves, which
might havo' been ery fine if it had not
been for a certain strange expression
oi desperate craving which seemed to
lark in thetrr. As tie' Baw tho two
ladies he, too,-started Violently; and his
lips whitened and contract, d suddenly
and very curiously. Ho camo quickly
down tho steps toward them.
"JU'ss' urahome;" no began, in a
voice' whi6h' was' at'onco eager and res
trained. "I was afraid I should mis
you altogether. I called about on
hour ago,- and 1 i thought 1 might
wait.;uow do you do, Mrs. Adderley,
this to the other lady whoso manner
and countaria'n'ceKad changed, appar
ently at tho sight of him, from its ex
pression 'of plaiiitivo amiability to orii
of uneasy and indnnuo dislike.
"flow do you do, jur. JjoichT she
said coldly, and he turned again to
Miss. Grahame.
"May I may I come back later on,"
no saiu, in auuut an uour:
Won t yon come in nowt ' The
deep voico" was' low and very swoetV
and Jure. Addcrly's as Bho heard it
crow colder aud colder still. "Mrs
Adt'orlcy and I havo boen shopping
together, and now she has como back
with me to havo somo tea; won't you
come in again aud havo some, toot
".Not now, manic you, ho said, al
a.i ?ft' .
ways witti me strango undertone in
bis voice. "I have an nppointment,
but if I may come back !"
"I shall bo very glad," sho hesitated
a second and then gave him her hand
and passed on into tho house, It was
not a large house; as Miss Grahame
bad no" near relations and lived there
alono there was no reasonjwby it should
be. Uut it was Deautuniiy furmeued
and tho drawing room, in which tea
was waitiuc lor tlio two ladies, present
ed a picturo of dainty comfort, nt tho
sight 01 wmcu Mrs, Auaeney gavo a
heavy1 sigh of relief. It was delight
folly lighted ny soverai sottly shaded
lamps and a swoet faint smell of
tlowers tilled me warm air.
But a strango snadow seemed to
havo falloa between Miss Grahamo and
her visitor. For some minutes neither
of them spoke. Miss Grahamo had
given her hat and cloak to her moid,
aud was standing by tho tea-table pour
ing out tno tea, Willi a curious preoo
cupiod expression in those- restless eyes
ol hers. Wonderful eyes ttioy were.
largo and deep and changing, not only
1 ... -t
ill expression, out ausuiuiuiy 111 color,
almost with each thought that passod
through ner mind, forma rest, tier
faco could hardly bo called beautiful,
a . a '
the features were not sutnitently rcg
nlar. Hut no one who looked at it
onco could fail to look again and again.
It was always very pale, not with tho
pallor of ill health, but with a natural
whiteness, against which tho dark,
delicately penciled eyebrows, and long.
curling eyelashes, showed even darker
than they roally wore. Tho lips wore
full and firm, and about the whole fe;o
evon in repose, thoro was a ouiious
suggestion of latent passion and
power. Sho was a woman of perhaps
two or three and thirty, oho roused
herself at last, and turning suddenly to
Mrs. Adderley, almost at though sho
had forgotton her presence, mado somo
trivial romark about their afternoon's
work, liut Mrs. Addcrloy did not
answor her, Sho waB sipping her toa,
with a 'serious and rathor doubtful ex
pression of countenance
"Kathorine," she bogan tontatlvely
"Kathorine, I want to Bay something
to you.1'
Into Miss Graham's oyes there. Ua-jli-
ed a quiok look of anticipation but alio
did not turn away her head oa sho an
swered apparently carelessly enough:
"Why not Bay it then, EloanorV
Mrs. Adderly hositatod: "I I am
rather Katherino, I don't know how
it is, whou wo'ro such old friends, and
I am married and you aro not, but
I'm afraid ol you. Will you promiso
not-to bo annoyed'"
Miss Grahame laughrd. "Poor Ele
anor," sho said. ''I did not know I
wad so alarming. Suppose wu talk of
something that isn't likely to louso
my oil passions!"
There wa-s fu nnderourront of mean
ing in the voico, and Mrs Adderley
paueed. Thou sho wont on with, for
her, quito unusual determination:
"I must say it, Kathorine: I cau't
help it "I'm suro you know what I
mean. I cannot boar to boo you on
courage Ualton Leigh."
Tuero was a silonoo. Ono of thoso
beautiful lithe whito hands of Min
Grahamo's tightened round tho carved
arm-! of hor chair until the prossuro
must have been abaoluto pain.
"U) 1 ancourago Ualton lioighT
"Kalherinel You know you dol and
I otnnotbear to soo it."
"Why not!"
Mrs Addorley apparently did not
fled it particularly oasy to answer this
question. She Unshod" faintly and stoto
a glance at the face averted now and
very still of tho woman beside her.
Tho low deep voico, straino 1 a if tho
effort was a painful one, rathor wont
on :
"Do you mean beoau-to he waj the
husband cf-my dearost friondl" There
was a littlo oaten in her voico as sue
uttered tho last words and it seemed
to encourage the oilier woman, for sho
broke sudJonly into rapid speech.
"Katherino, she said, "lvathenno,
you loved hor bo. How has it 00,110
jboutT That you ot all ner morula
mould ba the ona to stand by him!
When-when-it happened, whon poople
began to Bay that that ho must have
given her cause it wa-a only becau-ie
you remained bis lriond mat people
wont on receiving mm at all. fvatu-
enne, it it had not been ior you 110
would have had to go away I'm Bare,"
'Yes ho would have had to go away. '
"I wondered at you thon and I havo
wondered moro and more ai time has
passod. There is nothing against him
now; you tided him over tho worst,
and now when that is montionod ho is
pitied and Millio is, but I oan never
forgot it. I never see tho man with
out wondoring what he did to hor, '
Mrs. Adderley paused abruptly.
Sho had spoken very quiokly with a
llushod, agitated faco and nervous
manner a strango contrast to tho
motionless figuro near her. After a
moment aha went on again, and there
was a curious ring ol excitement in her
voice, as if difficult and apparently
painful as tho subject was, it was not
aitogetner unpleasant to aisoasa it.
"There must bavo been some reason
fof it, Katherino. How oan you be-
liovo sho would havo dono that droad
ful thing if sho had not boen driven to
it! I didn't know nor as you did, 1
didn't love her as you did, but even I
oven I can't bear the Bigbt of tho man
who must havo brought her to suoti
misery. Millie, littlo Millie, commit
snioido'' .Katherino, Katherino, can t
you beo what it meansT (Jan t you
feel how bad a man ne must beT xou
who were her friondl"
"I was her fnond." Tho words
seemed to como through the clonohed
teeth, almost without Miss Urabamoa
conoiousness. There was something
stiff and rigid about her figuro as she
sat there, still with her grip tightening
on tho arms of bor chair.
'And and-it'a so soon, Kathorine,
went on Mrs Addorley, weakly. "It's
it a not much more than a year sinoo
it happened. It tbcro were nothing
elao against it, if poor Millio had just-
died I don't see bow you oould, I
don't indeed. And it is oh. Kath
orine, think how he must have mode
her suffer before it camo to that." No
answer for a moment. Tho rigid figuro
seemed to grow more rigid yet, and
inero was a strange gray 100& 01 unut
terable agony on Miss Grahame's face.
At last ulio said in a low noarso voico
with long pauses between tho words:
"Thoy said sue was madr
"Do you boliovo that. Katberinet"
"I know it was not true!''
"Then"
Hat Miss Grahamo stopped
r 1 , !r r.i.
Moving very siowiy, aa 11 witu
effort, she turned her whito faoe
ly towards hor and spoko in a
whioh Mrs Adderley felt at onco
bo oboyed, though it was so very quiet.
"Eleanor, ahe said, "don't say any
moro. it is quite useless. 1 Know
you havo felt for some time that you
ought to say this to mo. It wai very
good of you, for I know it has beon
unpleasant, but it is useless. I-know
Calton Leigh."
There was a short silence, and then
Miss Grahame, with a self control at
whioh Mrs. Adderley could only secrc
ly marvel, bogan to talk quietly of
other manors, nut Mrs Addorioy was
not bo strong or as sho privately put
it, "not so hard as Katherino Grahame
and beforo very long sho rt 0 to say
good-byo. Thoy parted with a rathor
constrained kiss.
Miss Grahamo closed hor drawing
room door as her visitor disappeared
ronnd the bend of tho ataira and at tho
sauo instant sho seemod to relax tho
rigid hold alio had boon keeping on
tho muscles of her face.and as sho turn
edback into tho room sho lookod an en
tlroly difforont woman. Her lovely
eyes wero largo and sou wiln unuttcr
ablo love and grief: her whole faoe
quivered and trembled. Very slowly
she moved across the room to a tablo
on which thero blood a largo photo
graph frame, with a curtain over tho
glass. Sho paused a momon , thou
drew back tho curtain and, sinking on
hor knee as though to got ncaror to
tho pictured taoo, sho kis-ed it passion
ately. "My darling," sho whispered.
"uii my uarnug, my turning, iurgivu
me. I know, 1 know. Uut what oa
I dot What can I sayt Oh, my darl
lug!'
It was a picturo of a girl of about
live and twenty, a little fair girl, w..h
a swoet gentlo taoo and inuooetit, trust.
ing bluo eyes. Thero was something
inexpresaably atrange and pathetio in
tlio atlltudo ot that strong, passionate
woman, in hor morning dress, kueoling
thero before that unresponsive, girlish
iaoo in buou an ajony 01 passionate
lo o.
Mildred West and Kathorine Gra
hamo had boon dear frlonds. It does
not perhaps, often happen that girlish
friendships outlast girlhood, that
youthful onthusiasms deepen into
woman's lovo, but whon it does occur
that lovo is founded on a rock and
must endure. And that had boon tho
,oaao with Mist Grahamo and her dead
her,
great
mo.v-voico
must
friend. Each had known iho other as
one human being very seldom can
know auothor and their love had grown
with tholr knowledge. Thoy wero
ouriously dissimilar, and to outsiders
it Boomed a strangoly ono-Bidod friend
ship. Katherino Grahamo was so far
tho'strongor of tho two, stronger in
hor lovo, in hor montal power, in hor
social position, in everything, that it
was easy to soo what sho must bo to
Mildred WosU Uut nobody but their
two solves perhaps not ovon Mitdrod
horsolf thoroughly realized what tho
stoady tender lovo of that littlo gentlo
girl was to tho strong, self-rollant
woman, and Katherino Grahamo re
turned tho love sho roceivod with
interest A rosorved woman with a
fow lies and lower affootions, tho
wholo intensity of her nature seemed
to concentrate itself in her devotion to
Mildred Wost. It wai tho psision of
her life.
Mildred had been on a long visit to
somo frionds whon sho first mot Calton
Leigh, and it had so happenod that
daring her two months' engagement,
ner only troublo roso from tho fact
that hor friond was abroad with an in
valid aunt and oould ojly becotno ac
quainted with her fiarco through hor
own glowing descriptions. Mtss Gra
hame did not return to London until
the night boforo the woddlng, aud
whon Mildred proudly introduced to
onj anothor tho two people Bho loved
best 00 earth, Ualton .Loigh was bor
husbtnd. Mildred's marriage seemed
to mako littlo difference in their friend
ship. If Miss Grahamo felt any jeal
ousy of Cation L?igh, if it gavo her
any pain to know that she had no long
er tho first plaoo in her darling's heart,
she was too strong a woman to let her
tueltngs prejudice her against tho man
who had superseded her. She aocont-
od him frankly as Millie's husband-
consequently a3 hor friond.
Thon, two years after hor marriage,
Mildrod Leigh was found ono morning
doad in hor bod, and in hor own hand
was an empty glass which had contain
ed tho prussio acid which had killed
her.
Mildred Loigh had obviously com-
m'uiud suicidol An awful thing an
uurediblo thing her friends and ac
quaintances said. But facts must bo
crodited whether we will or not.
Mitdred Leigh had committed auicid
aud tho kindest thing that could bo
said of her said in a hushod, pitying
whisper was that she was mad. No
body saw Miss Grahamo 110 one, not
even the grief-stricken husband, might
louoh her tcrriblo anguish, and whou
the i-ad story was discussed, as it was
whenever two or moro of tboir mutual
acquaintances chanced to meet, these
two wero spoken of with tho aamo
deep pity. "Poor Calton Leigh!" peo
ple Baid, "poor Katherino Urauame!
But whon Ihe first shock' of sympa
thy began to' pass off, when people
had brought themselvLj lo accept tho
bare facts, tho inevitable emest'on
arose, "Why did sho do it!"
1'erbaps thero is nothing in sooial
life moro incongruous, more terribly
significant, than the gossip whioh
grows up and around a great tragedy,
until the original horror is lost in a
mist of sensationalism and excitement.
Tho contrast between tho aspect pre
sented by tho aamo thing to a few who
are agonized by it, and the many who
talk about it, is one which should
mako ub think twice, boforo wo indig
nantly repudiato as we aro apt to do tho
suggestion of tho possible existence of
a follow being between ourselves and
tho cruel old Romans who filled tho
Collisoum in bygone days. Wo do
not enjoy our fellow-creatures' physi
cal pain now a days wo aro moro rc
finod but we find tho montal suffer
ings whioh go to mako up a tragody
"so exciting.
Mildred Leigh's acquaintances found
tho discussion of tho motived whioh
most havo inspired her "hasty notion
quito inoxhaustablo, and gradually -ut
ot much talk; it camo to bo generally
understood, to bo indeed an aocepted
fact, that Mildred's married lifo had
boon far from happy, Notidy had
any reason for saying bo; nobody bad
thought of such a thing beforo her ter
rible doatb; but it was obvious that1 if
sho had been happy sho would not
havo committed suicide. And through
this uncontrovertible statement it was
easy to reach the conclusion that when
Buch a woman as Mildred Leigh is
unhappy in her married life her hus
band is certainly to blame. That the
steps to this conclusion wero not so
clear as might havo been wished by a
strictly judicial mind mado no ditto. -
once to anyone. Thero was nothing
against Ualton Leigh, only no ore
wanted to meet him, no one cared to
ask him to his or her house acd he
was gradually being quietly and com
pletely ostracized when Katherino Gra
hamo electrified overyono by coming
suudeniy ana nrmiy to h's aido, and
quiotly making it very clearly under
stood that she at least was bis friend.
It was an utterly unexpected move
and people found themselves pausing.
Even those who had somehow i-roduo-ed
tho most detailed and authentio his-
torios of Calton Leigb'a misconuuet
felt themselves slightly shaken. MUi
Grahame had been there so muoh
Mies Grahamo had boen Mildred
Lo'gh's dear friend luroly Miss Gra
hamo must havo known if thoro had
boon anything. Perhaps aftor all
thoy had been misinformed. If hs
wife's most intimato friend was friond
ly with him still, oortaioly no ono elao
had any right to out him ho must bo
asked to dinner, just a quiet littlo din
ner, without delay.
And gradually it camo to bo a usual
thing that when Caltou Leigh was ask-
.1.-1! I--, -,- , 1.
uu tu uiuuur; juibb urauame snouiu be
asked to moct him. A sensation !b a
very short lived arliole and loaves no
percoptiblo marks on those who havo
enjoyed It except perhaps an increas
ed appet'to fo. tho noxt, aad pooplo'a
interest In Ualton Leigh and Miss Gra
hamo was beginning to flag, when it
was suddenly rovivod by cortaiu very
interesting reports reports wr'oh
wero conurmod by individual obso.va
tlon. Nothing cou'tl bo moro aukablo
and delightful people Bald. Thoy had
sympathized with and oonso'ea ono
another until thoy had fallen ' love!
vory natural! A littlo soon perhaps
for Calton LUgh to havo forgottou
his wife a littlo soon for Kathorine
G.ahamo to havo forgotton hot frieud
but vory naiuraii
Thero was no sound in tho perfeot
drawing room but tho juiet cracki ng
tiro. Mrs. Grahame a fatso was hbidon
In tior arms now, and tho calm, flw et
oyos In tho picture looked Boronly
down on her bowed, motionless hoad.
Sho did not Bpeak again, but in every
lino of hor kueeling figuro was lovo
and sorrow rnutterablo.
Sho kn 't on until tho Bound of tho
front door betl startled her suddenly to
hor foot. Sho stood for a moment
listening intently with her breath oom
ing quick and short and hor eyes
glowing with a strango deep light.
Thon she drow tho curtain onco moro
ovor tho picture, and crossing to tho
fircplaco seated herself just as Calton
Leigh entered the room,
IIu gavo a quick glance round ns ho
camo in and said eagerly: "This is
very uico. I was afraid it might bo
too aoon."
Sho lookod up at him with a smile,
which made hor face wonderfully fas
cinating. Sho did not hold out hor
hand, but as thoy had met bo recently
that perhaps wag unnecessary.
"Too soon f alio said.
"Yes. I moan I was afraid you
might not bo alono."
Kho laughed a low, tnusioal laugh,
still with hor beautiful Bhiuing eyr 1
fixed upon him, and as ho looked upon
her his own eyes scorned to grow doop
and wild with a feeling ho could hardly
control. Ho whitened slightly, and,
turning away his faco with an obvious
effort, Bat down near hor.
For a fow momenta thoro was si
lonoo. She Bat watching him with a
strangely oxpeotant expression on her
faoo, and ho, though he seemod to bo
always conscious of her gaze, novor
lookod round at her. At last sho
said with anothor low laugh.
"Havo you nothing to say, Mr.
Loigh, now you aro heret"
Ho started as though ho had beon
shot, and turned to hor sharply, rising
to his foet as he did so.
"To say!" ho began vaguely. "To
say" Thon ho broko off and stood
looking at bor, as if he oould novcr
turn his eyes away again. Sho did
rot turn hor head from him, only hor
face was deadly whito, and hor oyos
unnaturally dark and bright, as she
smiled that wonderful amilo right into
his oyes again. Then, auddenly, with
a low hoarse cry, ho foil on his knees
besido hor, and caught her hands in
both bis own.
"To say!" ho cried again. "Kathc
rine! Kathorine! you know what it is I
must aay. I lovo you. My lifo is
nothing to mo without you! I think of
you day and night; I long for you; I
hunger and starvo for you, with ovory
breath I draw. Katherino, come to
me, como into my life and satisfy me.
my love, my lovo. 1 cannot live with
out you come!''
as no touobod her, sho turned a'
cold as death, and a strango film
clouded her oyes, but aho never turned
hor faco from his binning, passionato
oyos. she had made no effort to ro
sisthim, to release horsolf from his
touch, and as he endod,
"Yes, I will come," aho said.
and ho waited a moment as if to m-to
suro of bin voico, beforo ho said very
quietly, "You bavo bad my letter!"
"Yes," sho answered, coldly and
deliberately. "Shall wo sit down!"
Sho seated hcrsof as sho epoko and
after an Instant' pauso ho dropped
into a chait near, and putting his hold
back with a long sigh ho closed his eyes.
Thoro was no rcposo on his haggard,
sensitive faco though: it was full of
keen sensation, Miss Grahamo did
not speak and nt last ho roused him
self, nidi oponing Ins oyes said: "If
you know, if yon only know what theso
last thrco days havo boen to me what
It Is to mo to bo with you again! Is it
posniblo that it is only three days sinco
I saw you sinco I was here!"
( CONTINUED NEXT WEEK. )
As To Pensions
Many npplicanU for pensions aro un
der tho impression that to have a claim
jucoessfully prosecntod they must em
ploy an attorney In Washington. Tho
many attorneys nnd claim agents in
that city Inyo for years been indus
triously engaged in creating this im
pression by (boding tho country with
circulars containing moro or less er
roneous atatomonts. If all their slit -ments
could bo rohod upon, wo alioutd
almost bo justified in believing that a
Washington pension agent could walk
into tho department with a bundlo of
blanks undor his arm, bo run through
the pension mill, and como out with a
pension cerittioato lor n tabulous sum.
Din truth is that n claimant whn mm
ompjoy a competent attorney with
whom bo oan hold personal consulta
tion and to whom ho can bring bis
witnossos and papots is fortunate and
has groatly tho advantage of ono who
oan only inform bis attorney of tho
points in his caso by mail. When tho
ovidenco is procured tho Washington
attorney and the most distant ono in
tho Unitod States aro exactly 011 the
aamo footing. No attorney is allowv I
to ltiako personal examinations of
book's or papors in any of tho tlop.m
ments.
Undor tho new law of Juno, 1890,
thousands of soldiers, widows, minor
children and dopendont fathers and
mothors will bo cntitlod, and theso
livint. j.n Bloomsburg and vicinity
shoud not fail to consult our homo at
torneys, somo of whom havo success
fully prosecuted pension claims, and
who wilt inform all applicants of their
rights and prosecuto to a suco ssfnl
isauo,tiio claims 01 iiioau wno arc entitled.
CHAITEU II.
Two months had passed away and
Miss Grahamo was alono in her drawing
room evidently expecting something
or someone, it bad been onj ot thoso
strango and terrible days, whon Lon
don is onshroudod in a wiord and in
explioablo darknoss. There had been
no fog to speak of and yot it had beeu
darkdark as night almost. Over
Mibs Grahamo's beautiful house all
day tho hoavy shadow had brooded,
tho pretty oheery rooms had looked
gloomy and mysterious, and tho sor
vants had gone about with that de
pressed, almost awe-struclc manner,
whioh is tho inovitiablo result of so
unnatural a stato ot things. ISO ono
had called of course; Miss Grahame
had hardly left tho drawing room, had
spokon scarcely a word all day. Ovor
all tho house a deadly quiot bad rested.
But now at half-past eight tho lamps
wero lighted and the natural dark.
ness which all of ns know and
wmcn to an ot us comos sometimes as
a longed-for friend had succeeded tho
unnatural darkness, which wo all
vaguoly dread. And Miss Grahamo
bad apparently passed aftor the quite
01 mo aay into a stato ot strange ex
citement. Sho was walking np and
down tho long drawing room, up and
down, up and down and hor ' pale
oheeks burned with tho crimson flush
and her oyes wero bright and glitter
ing. Tho past two months had
wrought eoveral slight changes in her
appearance, tier iaco was thinner as
though that flush had' burned thero
often of lato and worn tho checks
away with its hot firo. Her oves look.
ed larger and slightly hollow, as with
Borne long coutinuod strain, and there
was a strango never changing, expres
sion 01 incessant watoniuinoss ana ex
pectation. Sho was dressed in a long
velvet gown, slightly open at tho
throat black always black.
At last thero camo a ring at tho
front door bell, bbo did not start at
tho sound, only sho stopped suddenly
in nor wait and a curious thrill aeem
ed to run through all her frame, to
leap from her oyos at last in a flash of
burning light that Becmod for tho 1110
raont absolutely to transfiguro hor,
Then it died suddenly away, and he
iaco ana maunor wore vory ami anu
quiet as aho stood thoro waiting with
her watchful eyes uxed on tho door
until it was opened by Calton Leigh.
Thero aro Bomo faces and they be
long to men quito as often as to
womcu on which every passing strug.
gle, mental or physical, evory passion
good or evil, loaves its record iu lines
which 110 time may over wear out.
Calton Loigh's was such a face, and
tho two months that bad left thoso
slight traces on Miss Grahamo had
mauo such terrtbio marks on him as
many times the number of years should
not bavo dono. His dark, clear cut
features wero won and haggard, tho
cheeks hollow, the forhoad liued as
though with tcrriblo suffering. Hound
tho rather unpleasant mouth tho least
rofined foature in a faco which was
too omotional expressive, too uncon
trolled for a man wero deep linos
which gavo it a strangely drawn ex
pression, and tho doep black eyca woro
sunkon and wild with a fierce angry
light which ho Boomed to struggle al
ways to repress.
Ho camo into tho room very quietly
and his face was a littlo sot aud whito
b If ho wero holding himself together
with groat effort. Ho crossed slowly
to where Miss Grahamo stood and
ludo rt movemont as if to tako ber in
his arms, but sho moved a step back
and gave him her band; a strango
epasin teemed to pass across bis face.
The Old Ao Microbe-
When you cannot account for any
thing good or bad just say it is catuod
by mlorobos, and that .will fit. It 1
tho fashion of tho time. Tho nowcit
crcaturo of this sort is tho microbe of
old age, said to bo discovered by a Dr.
Maun-Uonloo, ot .Naples, lie ot tho
bypenated name declares it is a mi-
crobo that makes mankind grow o'd.
Tho little rascal is transmitted frou
parent to child just as consumption or
bad tomper is. lie ta 111 the air. lie is
everywhere. As time goes on ho
fastens on us in ever increasing num
bers and feeds on us, dimming our
oyes and breaking down tbo I-bno ol
our muscles, so that our faces grow
flabby and wrinkles como uxactly
wuoro wo ao not wans tuem. ivrraios
of him feed upon us and produco liver
patohes. Towns and cities ot him
gather around our joints and causo
rheumatism and gout.
But Malin-Uomco declares tho liitin-
itesimal villin may bo hunted lo his
uen and destroyed. Wherever there
is a microbe there is a means of killing
him. Therefore let all tho world of
scienco arm itself with gun, pistol and
club and hunt tho old ago microbo
out of oxistonco.
What a use can bo made of him in
tho novel of tho future. When Seven
ty would marry Twenty all bo will havo
to do will bo to go to a Malin-Conii 0
and havo his microbes killed. T 0 1
he can approach his Miss Twenty x
juvinated and radiant as Apollo. Ni y,
more. It Ins youtntui brido lias bang
ing about her a good looking duao
who excites the husband s jealousy,
revenge is in his own hands. .Nothing
will bo easier than for him to intro
duce into tho dude's morning bitters a
full dose of microbes, warranted to
mako bim toothless, baldheaded, gouty
and cranky in throe days, so that no
young wifo in her senses would look at
him.
Goorgo W. Lung, of Wilkes-Barrc,
writes to Forest, ami Stream, about
bass fishing, undor dalo of July 2Cth,
as follows: "The North Branch of
the Susquehanna river, in tho vicinity
of Wyalusing, L'a., is a famous stream
for small-mouthed black bass. Several
years ago their abundance becamo note
worthy and a gentleman at Ulster Inl
tho curiosity to weigh tho fish that
were carried past his ollico by angleis
during the season. He weighed "1,S00
pounds and had reason to behove that
threo timos as many moro wero taken
in other directions, sonic of tho ed
dies near Wyalusing havo largo bods
of hue, clean gravel at tbo lower ontl
and supply very lavorablo spawning
grounds; tho bass collect in suoh locali
ties in largo numbers. Black boss will
not tako tho hook in winter, nor will
tboy bito in May when suokers are bit
ing. When crawfish aro shedding the
bass will take them moro greedily
than at any other time. At tho period
when frogs drop their eggs these fish
will not bito at anything else. Along
somo parts of tho river whore tho bot
tom Bhoals off gradually a river weed
grows luxuriantly in summer. Whon
tho water rises slightly it often brcka
over this grass, and in this hiding
placo tho bass collect to proy upon
minnows ard other food. By ahillful
ly poling a boat along tho edgo of tho
grass tho fish will rim out and try to
jump over it, and frequently fall into
tho boat. One of the oxpeit fisherman
of Bradford Co., Pa., caught lfl ono
evening by this method."
Eczema Oared by S. S. S.
Mrs. S. Henavlt, Waldo, Fla.,
writes tho following under dato of Feb.
11, 1800: "I suffered with Eczema fo
about two years. About this time I was
advised by frionds to try your Swift's
Spccifio (a. S. S.) and I am happy to
say that after using six bottles I was
entirely cured, and 1 novor loso an op
portunity of recommending it to any
ono I find suffering from any diseaeo
of the blood."
HE l'KOHlTS 11V HIS FUIENbS KXI'KUIKNCK.
"I havo been troubled with pimples
and blotches on my faco for years,
dining which time I tried numbers of
standard remedies, but without rccei -ing
any benefit. Profiting by tho ad
vice nud experience of a friend I com
menced takiug Swift's Specific (S. S.
S.) and tho effect it had on 1110 over
shadowed all expectation. After tak
ing two bottles tho pimple 1 and blotch
oa entirely disappeared, and my bkin
is clear and without a blemlfh."
J. B. Fleuino, Jr., Fairfield, III.
Treatise on lilootl and akin Clsrases mailed frou,
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