TRUST. A bird hM flown beyond thy ulRhtt IU ont wm light and Ufa to theo: Now brightest days are tinged with Bight, And earth holds nothing fair to see. But lUt, my friend, 'til well, 'tis well; I AU Urea lie rooted deep In pain: To-day's heart-sobs and saddening hnell , May b for thin eternal gain. The lessons hardest to acquire Bring greatest recompense at last; Souls broader grow when bathed In lire: God still guides rudder, helm and m-.istl We do not understand the path; To us It seems a trackless wastet Sut In the soul's sweet aftermath , Each hidden purpose will be traced. -Katharine H. Terry. In Oood Housekeeping THE OLD SETTLER. 'His Unole SnobockerB tory of the Widow Pudffecrack. "Wull, Squire," said the Old Settler, lthe summer is past n the harvest Is nded. How's yer pigs fatten in'?" 1 "Only so-o, major," replied tha ISquire. "That Yorkshire breed o' pltfs don't seem to gcther heft sudden t ez they mowt" ; "Is them piffs o' your'n Yorkshires?" asked the Old Settler. "Nothin' shorterl" exclnimed the Squire. "Yorkshire from tail to noz zle." "Yorkshires?" said the Old Settler, 'maliciously. "Wull, now, Vjrosh, from the build on 'cm 1 thort they was plow (sheers?" "Meanin' their heads?" said tho Squire. "Jedgin' 'em from their heads. Yes," replied the Old Settler. ! "Come- to think on it, major," said ithe Squire, "them heads is a leetle sharp ;an' p'ntcd, an' ca'o'lated pooty well to turn up the sile, but I don't keep pigs ifor their heads. I keep pips for their 'hams, an' tenderllnes, an' shoulders ian' seteh. Our folks don't winter over ton head cheese, our folks don't" "Whoso folks does, b'grh?" tle jmanded the Old Settler, testily. "I didn't say as anybody's did," re plied tho Squire. "Hut ye sinnlwated!" Tho Squire didn't say whether ho had insinuated or whether he hadn't, but a suspicion of a smile lurked about Hum. There was silence for awhile, iwhlch tho Old Settler broke abruptly by saying: "Speakin' o' the summer bein' past ftn tho harvest bein' ended alluz puts Die in mind o' tho story o' the Widder jPudgecrack an' the harvest on her clearin', ez my uncle, Snebecker Giles, usety tell it It all happened in the Wild Oander Ridge doestrlc', fer I don't think tha was a man in tho hull o the Sugar Swamp doestrlc' ez could 'a had the heart to do w'at Shadrack Iliflf o' "Wild Gander done, an' tha was men in Sugar Swamp mean enough, b'gosh, to ipasslead sixpences on a biind fiddler at a dance, an' one of 'em were Tobin Tid Jit, which I hadn't orter say, I don't s'pose, Squire, bein' ez he were a rela tion o' your'n; but facts is facts." The Old Settler paused to see how ,this little reference affected the Squire, and he seemed disappointed when tho Squire said: "That's so. Ho were meaner than cow itch. Uncle Tobin wore' "But had his good p'ir.ts," said the Old Settler. "He l:nov'd which dim- ! myjohn had the best stulT in it." j "That- runs In tho fara'ly, major," j laid the Squire, smiling again. "An' he never (lrinkcd alone,"sr.ld t'.ie Old Settlor. "That don't run in tho j fum'ly." "That's ccfort'nit fur you, major," , aid the Squire, with a still brouder ! wnilc. Tlu Old f'-cttler looked hard at th". : Squire l"or awhile, -but let this subject of j Tobin Tidiit drop ar.d went on with the story of tiie Widow I'lidijecrack's clearing. "My uncle, Snebecker CiW:,, wero goin' through the Wild Gander Uidgj deeiitric' 'long late in Deneiiib.-r, v. r.nst, sellin' medicine fer snililes ia shuey, an' lie cume to a clearin' where tha wcro a lommickin' great big chap sot out on the woodpile akinuin' mushrats. Undo Knebecker pulled up his hofis an' hollers out to the chap: " 'Hullo, neighbor! What clearin' is this?' " 'The Widder Pudgecrack clearin',' .says tho chap, keepin' on with his mushrat skinnin'. " 'Is tho widder in?' says Undo Sne becker. " 'Wull, ruther!' says the chap, larfin' like a hyeny. 'She's ben In these two weel.s way in,' he says. "Undo Snebecker didn't know e'zactly w'at to mako outen this, but he says: " 'Kin I see.thw widder, think?' " 'Wull,' says tho chap, larfin' a'-r'in. 'not jist uow; but if yt-r a good, stilT Hard-shell liaptis', an' don't backslide, the chances is that yo'll ran ag'in her ono o theso days,' ho says. "Uncle Snebecker begun to git mad now, an' he says, pooty loud: " 'See here!' ho says. 'If ye think ye kin pick me up fer a consarned Idjit ycr barkin' up the wrong tree fer coons! What's the reason I can't see the wil der now?' ' "'Wull,' says ttw chap, larfin' moro'n ever, 'I Uunno why ye can't, unless it's 'cause the widder dead!' .. "Then tho chap went on skinnin' his mushrats, an' Uncle Snebecker were goin' on, w'on the chap hollers to him an' says: " 'Guess ye djCKt't know about tho Widder X'udgecraett, Jo ye?' ho says. "Uncle Snebecker said he didn't " 'Wull,' says the chap, 'ye musn't go 'way without hearln' 'bout the widder,' eays he. 'It'll be wuth yer while.' I "So Uncle Snebecker stayed to heap about the widder. ' 'A year ago, noir says the chap, 'this wa'n't the Widder Pudgecrack clearin', 'causa tha wa'nt no Widder Pudgecrack then, an' tha wa'n't no clearin'. The Wlddor Pudgecrack then were jlst plain Tablthy Ann Flint, tz teacbed theWlld Gande . doestrlc' school Tabithy Ann were gettln' to'ards the time w'en It wa'n't no' trick at all fer her to recomerabor hick fer forty year , an' better, an' the chances was that "-yn.he'd be Tabithy Ann Flint when she , bp tawed over Jordan. Hut Sampson Pudgecrack 1:1m along about then, aV, thlnkln Tabithy Ann mowt bo a savin sort of a wife to tie to, ho nut her, an' Tabithy Ann didn't waste her time a say in' no. Sampson ho tought this hero land on' put up that alrcabln yon der, sn' hii'i tin' Tabithy Ann sot down 1 i ff ...i.pson he buckled in like a house afire i! u' cleared vit tho brush, an' by the l.w til j snow went o;T hp li:id n (.-". . ;vln' th:' no'"dy c mid sneeze at. lie :;nweu !. t ryo uii' ha plowed It for 'taters, an' left room fer corn an' buckwhlt an' sctch. " 'Jlst cz Sampson got things In that kind o' shipshape ho wcro onconsid'rlt enough to leuve Tabltha Ann a widder with all that clearin' an' things on her hand It wa'n't Jlst the thing fer Sampson to do, an when 'tater plantin' time an' corn plantin' time klm round sumpin' had to bo did Tha had to bo somebody to 'tend to them things, an' so tho Widder Pudgecrack done the bes' thing sho could, an' married T'otl phar Uubb. Potiphar he pitched in an' got In tho corn an' 'taters, an' made the garden, an' sowed the buckwhlt an' got a pig to fatten, an' things was mov in' nicest kind. Potiphar cut tho rye an' the hay an' got it In, on' then w'at did ho do but foller Sampson an' leave the Widder Pudgecrack clearin' with out no head ag'in.' " 'This were hard on the widder. Course tho ryo were cut an' tho hay were In an' the 'taters an' corn an' buckwhlt was planted, but what o that? Tho 'taters hod to be dug, the corn had to be cut an' tho buckwhit harvested and thrashed. Somebody had to do that So tho widder didn't raise no objections w'en Job Saprirler said he'd be willin' to do that for her, an' she changed her name to Snprider. Job were a snorter to work, an' he kep' things a runnln' right up to the handle. Ho dug the 'taters and got 'em In, an' eut tho buckwhit an' thrashed it, an' gethered the corn an' shelled it and got in the garden truck and stowed everything all' away snug an' proper, toMnj'y It durin' tho winter. J!;it Job didn't hev no better jodgmcnt than Sampson and Potiphar had, an w'at does he do but go an' leave tha widder a widder ng'in, an' she Jist a ca'c'laling her pooticaton having some body to cheer her up w'en tho winter w ind-t begun to boiler! " 'This is tough on me!' said tho wid der; 'this Is pooty tough!' " 'Job had btayed long enough to git the pig good an' fat, an' if he'd waited a week or so he could a killed it for the widder, but he didn't, an' so sho had to git it killed, an' cut up, an' packed away in tho cellar herself. Hut win ter wcro comin' an' she wero Ion isome, an' so, 'long ubout Thanksgivln' time, w'en Shadrack Hi ft, that druv team fer the tan'ry, took pity on the widder an' tol' her that sho needn't pine, 'causo he'd make It a p'int to cheer her up. She wero so thankful to him that sho said yes, an' she quit bein' tho Widder Saprider an' begun bein' Mrs. Shad rack Hiff. Hut her joy wero too sud dent, I guess, fer two weeks ago sho quit bein' a widder or anything else i:i this vale o' tears. I think,' says this mushrat-skinnin' chap to my Uncle Snebecker, 'that I tol' ye awhile ago thnt .she wero in, didn't I? An' that ye mowt run ag'in her one o' these days if ye were a good, stiff Hardshell Haptis' an' didn't backslide? Wull, that's where sho is.' "'An' w'at did tho widder do but leave to Shadrack all that clearin' an' all the rye that Sampson Pudgeeraelc sowed, an' all the 'taters an' corn an' buckwhit and garden truck that Poti phar llubb planted, nil' that .lob Sap rider gethered an' thrawhed a;i stowed away so sung, an' the pig that Job fattened, and that the widder packed away in the cellar, all fer Shadrae,'.; to jist lay to this winter an' in'jy an' feel j'ooovcr! An' w'at do ye s'pose Shan rack's go'r.t.r do tux' week? Why, he's go'. iter get hitched to tho snappy little Wi lder lily, ' Lost Crow I'.arren. an' jist sit her down on the Widder Pudgecrack clearin' to help him inj'y them blessin's! Now w'at do yo think d' Shadrack Hiil?' says tha inushrat skinnin' chap, larfin' like a hyeny ag'in. '"I think he orter be tarred an' feath ered an' rid outen tho kentry on a rail!' says my Uncle Snebecker. 'An' I'd like to be the ono to do it, b'gosh!' says he. "'Xo,' says the chap, droppin' his .mushrats. 'Wull, savs he, 'I'm Shad rack HifT!" "I tell ye, Squire, it's a durn good thing fer that mushrat-skinnin' hyeny that my Uncle Snebecker didn't hev no tar an' feathers with him. Ez It were, ho shook the dust o' tho Widder Pudge crack's clearin' ofVen his feet an' got away from it ez fast ez his hoss'd let him, ho wcro so consarned disgusted with Shadrack Hiff!' Kd Mott, In N. Y. Sun. A SLIGHT MISTAKE. An O.Ik'lous Smart Man Gets Illmialf In to Trouble. Tha smart man was getting off a train, when ho saw a couple ahead of him who at onco challenged his atten tion and Indignation. The husband was walking o'tl with his hands in his poclcets, while tho wifo carried a baby and a large basket and valise. This was too much for the smart man and, stepping up to the overloaded woman, he said: "Let me assist you, madam," and, seizing the basket and valise, he ran after the husband, whom he grabbed without ceemony. "Here, sir, carry these things for your wife. I should think you would bo ashamed to call yourself a man, and permit your wife to bear all the bur dons in this way. Let this be a lesson to you, sir, to " "Hellol" interrupted the stranger, in dignantly, "she ain't my wife.' I never aw tho woman in my life till now." At the same time the woman was shrieking at the top of her voice: "Stop thiof," and it took the smart man's ut most eloquence to convince the depot policeman that he was not a sneak thief, instead of a self-appointed re former of other people's morals and manners. Detroit Free Press. "Wolfgang and I were young to gether," said Goethe's mother, speaking of their affectionate relations. AN ENORMOU3 MEAL. A Michigan Man Eats rive Sirloin Steaks at Htttlna-. James Hall, a tall, hollow-eyed, raw boned Mlchlgander, l not exactly the sort of n man one would like to feed r contract. Ho Ims been In New Yo. : only three day and already threaten j to smash oil previous records ns i steak-en I . r. 1 he Sta U I'.erlin hot.., ". ,. M Fourth avenue, tva-j honored by his presenco on Thursday, and it took tho whole tlmo of one able-bodied man to keep him supplied with meat and drink. At an early hour tho other morning Mr. Hall walked Into the dining room of tho hotel nnd drank a tumblerful of whisky. "Hring five sirloin Ftenks," he wild, reflectively, wiping his month with a tiopkin. The waiter fell back a step and stared with jaws dis tended and bristly hair slowly rising. "Say, see here, sonny," remarked Mr. Hall, abstractedly laying his hnnd or i j, i i'i i ; . ,j n. i - '...I ' v ' '1 Ir . ,1 . f,T --ejP" y.- . I'.HlS.'. 1 I 1 Till: OfKSTS llOSR KX masse. his hip pocket, "you've got to bring thoci steaks, and hurry them quick, or there's going to be trouble." The guests rose from the tables and crowded around Mr. Hall, as tho sec ond In tho list of five vanished with a suddenness that would have turned Daniel Lambert yellow with envy. The third came and wont, and then tho ruling passion asserted itself and the crowd began to bet eagerly on the result, with Apoplexy a strong favor ite at seven to ten. Now the, fourth victim appeared and Mr. Hall took it In about it doxon bites. Tho murmur of voices had sunk to a gasping silence as tho fifth and last in the line came up. Mr. Hall was now in the home stretch and running easily. Prom this point the contest was a mere hand-gallop for him, and without the slightest urging he passed under the wiro the easiest of winners without having turned a hair. Then Mr. Hall, after a short nap, be gan to yell like a Cherokee on the war path and evinced a disposition to clonn out the hotel. Two policemen dragged him to the station, and thence he was taken to the insane ward at Hellevue hospital. lie is thirty-seven years old. A MAGNANIMOUS DOG. Noblo tloecl of u New fouiHlluml At- t:ifl;i',l ly K t'ur. A big Newfoundland was goin;,' peaceably along a street in Pittsburgh when a cross-grained cur began snap ping at him and snarling savagely. This started one or two other dogs, which .joined in the attack. The big dog took no notice until compelled to in self-defense. Then he turned and A XKWFOUNIlUSI) SAVES A C'UIS. sent the crowd of persecutors flyinff In all directions; nil except tho ring leader, which fell sprawling in tho middle of the street, rind was hegin nintf to pt the drubbing he deservod when things tools a, very unexpected turn. A cable, car came dashing down the lull, with clantfinf? bell, riff lit upon the dogs. Nobody is expected to warn dogs of danger, and so the car was almost upon them when tho policeman cried: "Oct out!" The big1 Lag Raw tho danger and fipranff aside, but his late assailant was on his baelt and too much in dread of his punishmitit to see anything else. There he lay and In a neeond more would bo crushed. The Newfoundland saw the situa tion, and, after he hud partly turned away, sprang baclc and snatched him, still whining and begrrlng for mercy, out of the very Jaws of death. He laid hlra In tho gutter, and theu, as though further retaliation had entirely escaped his mind, he gave a good-natured wag or two of his tail and started on up the struct. Queer AdvrrtUftinents. Here Is a queer advertisement cut from an English newspaper:" For Sale A bull terrier, two years old; will eat anything; very fond of children. Ap ply at this oflice." A Florida paper huB this: "I-or Sule An upright piano, tho property of a young lady with silk. cai f and carved leps." t ( MiiKularlty In Nuinei. i Dr. Rupert, of Greenbrier county, u. va., in me iutaur o: tmeen cml dren, whose names all begin with ,Uo letter L and end with a vowel. t al nv, I gtrjg i v" FT" B- F. Sharplesr, Pres. N. U.Funk, Sec, CBLOOMSBURC LAND IMPROVEMENT COjjOY Capital Stock $30,000. Plottetl property is in the coming business centre of the town. It includes also pnrt of the factory district, and has no equal in desirability for residence purposes. CHOICE LOTS are offered, at values that will be doubled in a short time. No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to make money. Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS- Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap plication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Sales Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. B. F. Sharplkps; J. L. Dillon. C. V. Xeal A. G. BaioG?, Dr. I. V. Willits, Dk. II. W. McReynolds, N. I). FUNK. 5-n 6 mos. ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco. Candies, Fruits -and Nuts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. 2PI-"N2n"Z' Goceg j Specialtt. SOLE AGENTS FOR F ,F. Adams & Co's Fine Solo agents for the 'dizrj Clay, Lcndrcs, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver Ash Bloomsburg Pa. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CAM B T , MAT T E Hf , or OiSL, C&OTK, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT 2nd Door aoove Court House. A lame lot of Window Curtains in stock. : hihoi-'s for u family cost more than any other article. JIy xperience of over '20 years in haiuliiii'' slioes tiialtlcs me to select my stock in sucli a nianncr rt and service lor tin; least money. Come ami s?ec me and I will save you money on your wi My lines of Drv Goods, Notions, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Groceries, c., arc coniMletc. W. The Pot called because the didn't SMPOL 10 THE POSITIVE CURE. I ELY UHOTHERS. 60 Warren 6U N" Tort Price 60 ets.B BBSS I Is -Mi -Antidote TRY" IT AND.5EET0UHSTORE IITH' OJSTOMERl C. II. Cami'DEU, Troa . Cut Chewing Tobacco following brunds of Cigars- as to givo you lliu most eiui- .shoes. H. MOORE. the Kettle Black Housewife use r?5 n l-U)lNEf, DULL mm you? KorDul DULLNC55 L3 E3 'i n . J ILook Merc! Do you want a Do you want an Do you want a Do you want an v kind of a MUSICAL IN STRU3I1CNT? Do you want SHEET MUSIC? Ifso, do not fiend your mon ey away from home, but deal with a reliable dealer right here, who will make things right, if there is anything ivrong. For anything in this line the place to go is to AVan -rooms, Main Stroll he low Market. THE MAKKKTS. IU.OOMSFjUKG makki: i C'OKHECTED WEKKLT. KBTAI1 l'HI02J.; Butter per lb S .28 Kggs per ilo.cn .22 Lard per lb .14 Ham per pound .16 l'ork, whole, per pound 07 to .08 Beef, quarter, per pound 06 to .08 Wheat per bushel .85 Oats " " .50 Rye " " 80 Wheat flour per bbl 4-00 Hay per ton 16.00 Potatoes per bushel .65 Turnips " .25 Onions " " 100 Sweet potatoes per peck 2J to .35 Cranberries per qt i Tallow j)er lb .08 Shoulder " " 14 Side meat " " 14 Vinegar, perqt .08 Dried apples per lb .05 Dried cherries, pitted 1 .18 Raspberries .'8 Cow Hides per lb .03 Steer ' " .05 Calf Skin 4010.50 Sheep pelts .90 Shelled corn per bus .65 Corn meal, cwt. '. 00 Bran, ' i.S Choo " i.aS Middlings " i.5 Chickens per lb i Turkeys " ' " U Geese " " 10 Ducks " " .10 C0A4. No. 6, delivered. . . .... a-S M 4 and s " 3 S " 6 at yard aS " 4 and s at yarif. 3 '5 PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM riHiwi and buuufti tli Jl Uvr Tails to Ko.tore Orar Cum Kalp dianuai a bir tiUliu. IH,IIMHIIIH inuw r Th Conium ptlv and Feeble i' J'onlu. lluuretirorMCuu)(,. wk ,'uuLta,'li'i L iguliuu, t'olutl wkl,ulllill" Sulil aU iwu, Xuka. wiSU ' $ a. t.W1.
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