THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. ' t AMONG THE FLOWERS. Ttir frRrtlen imto aminr to mcl fm, Tbi'n ouuie whlrr mf t nd low I Aort hI.I the IIIt tothorotw: Tht ta hnr lover, I tuiipon." St rw : "He om hr ereryday, 1 wcmlr what tliey hare to ?(" Tlify don't ne in "' tlie Jmme tight, 'Knell looki Into the otlier'i eye "He lorif bi r o !" tie roue roplli fl, ' oh ! hor they oome I" the rlolnt cried "Hi1 holds hor hand," the penny Mid, "And like the rose, the blushee red." And Tote. rotiiRrted 1 "'It ! not rlnht Kor ni to INtrn nor polite To all their Town -anil trtulr alpha Oh, dear I - he Md her I uliut your eyee t" x ai. tuitar layior, 111 uouey .1)11. FJIESTON'S BROTHER. I was lnter In a Urge malo surgical Hvnnl of a wutl-kuvwu diiUa. lu the north of KiiKlaod at Uio time wtion the roliowinK iui'HIctit occuitihI; A fuw mouths prorlouttly one of those disastrous oolllwy uxplosions, only too common id otir ni'lgbljortiixxi, bad Inkeu place, Hud eight of tho men, iHxir Mlows, all Uuily Injured, had bisvu brought luto the Murllu ward. We oil had a heavy tlnm of If- and our hoi me stirgroa never very strong had completely broken down under the strain of hlw devoted attention to IiIh patk'UDj. He had the s tMsfa-ctlon of seeing all Hit? eases (with on exceijithm) fairly ("urted on the rood to convalescence lH.'for he, Ik cauie on the clek list, and was ordered abHolute rst for sev end months. No uiau ever deserved a rest more vhati he. Hy his constant and unwearied Kv bors n( love he had earned the bit Inir pro!jonn(H(l on Abmi Hen Adltem as. "One who loved his fellow-men.' AVu all jivoutly missed his cheery pres otice In the wards, aud felt email in lerest In the doctor who came, as his "locum" fVellnj; nuro that no one could take ils place. Dr. Fi-eMoii, the tomporary house t mrK!oii. however, made a l'uvorablo Impression on his arrival, and soon nhowe1 that he thoroughly knew h!s work. He had u quiet, n-servtsi man tier, and we had worked torortier somo days before I learned anything more about, him. Thru au aevldent, If there is such a tiling, sdiowed me the real man. One evening, on going his rounds 1 reported a new case. Just iiiie In, to Jinn, it was a man who had been found lying in the road. He had evi dently fallen against the eiirlwtnne nnd "had reeelvisl a scalp wound. That ho was a stranger In the town was proved 1 by aniuu papers In his pookot. allowing him to have been discharged from a sailing vessel at Hull u few days pre viously. "I have not . made out his history yet," I said; "he deems to be very poor, and apparently has no friends." "No friends!" repeated Dr. Freston, with an expression I had not seen ou his face before. "Very few of us re alize what those words mean, sister. Jt means more than more friendliness. It tneaus a man's life without any In fluence for good upon It no restraint to keep him from sinking to the lowest depths; no anohor to hold him back fi'Orn suffering shipwreck on ino rocks which surround us all; some seen, and ' some hidden ones mure dangerous than all. No!'' Ho seemed to have for gotten he was speaking to me, and remembering checked himself. "We see so many suot lives In our work," I said. " "Yes," he said, slowly and absently, as If his thoughts were far away, "it must always be a sad sight, oven If those who suffer are utter strangers tons." He paused, then turned round to face me, and spoke wore ipilckly, as if he wished to force himself to say some thing. "To me it Ih the most painful sight, of all, because I am haunted by the feeling that somewhere In th'.s world there may now bo a man who Is friendless and'alono through my fault. ICvery fresh face I see 1 think may be - his. Kvery morning I wake wltih the thought that I may see It Inifore night." . . , 1 looked at htm with intense Inter est, My woman's instinct, whldh so seldom errs, told rue that he had never HKken of this to any one bofore, and that It was a great relief to him to do so now. I longed to hear more. He seemed to read the sympathy expressed in my face and went on more quietly: i "I iiaJ a younger brother. There were only two of us. I was older bv three years, and both In appearance and character we were totally unlike. He had been spoiled by my father, wtoo always let him have his own way chiefly, I fancy, on account of the strong likenisa he bore to our mother, who died when we were quite young. I was at Oxford reading for a degree previous t6 entering the hospital when my fatiher died, and I tout do I bore you? 1 have no right to inflict all this on you, but somehow you always look as If you were used to hearing other people's troubles. I notice every one comes to you." . "Please go on." I could not say more. "My faUier had ihad a nasty fail in the hunting field, aud was almost at the last before I got to him. All hi affairs were In perfect order, but ho was anxious about Jack always his first thought. '"You'll look after him. Tom,' ho said. 'Promise me you will look after him. If you promise I know you won't go back. A promise is a promise with you, Tom; I could always trust you.' "I did promise, again and again, and God knows I meant to keep my word, and my old father died quite happy with my promise stIH sounding in bis ears and his eyes resting to the last on his darling Jack. He never doubt Ml me for a moment. How could he foresee? I am thankful he died happy. Do you think he knows now, ." sister, how I kept roy word?" , I shook my head, but did not speak. , "I wont back to Oxiford, and Jack entered tfhe same college. That was the mistake. At a distance If I had . only soon him now and then we might ' tiave got on well enough; but at ray ; elbow, always bursting Into my room when I wanted to read, filling bit room with friends aa noisy and light hearted as himself, spending money recklessly on all sides, and turning . everything I said Into a Joke all this was a dally annoyance to me. It grew Jntolerable. I bad no sympathy at all Willi any of tils pursuits, and I grew , more cold end reserved, until one day, . exasperated mora than usual, I told him that If b wanted to go to th ' dv.s bo ujwt n br tttusotf. Bis temper was as julc as. mine, tils harp answer drew a sharper one from me, which roused hlui to n fury. 'You won't see me again, so you uoed not ;tromH your hend about It. I nu work for myself,' and lie was gone. Kvi-n then, sister. If I had gone after him, I might have stopped him, 4ut I was mad with him. and was glad that he was gone. As glad then to hear that he gone ns I should be now to hear that once again, on this earth, I nil lit hope to see lils face. I live for that, and one day it may wine." "Aud you never heard of him again?" "No sound from vkat duy to this. He went without money, and too could draw none exempt through me." "Perhaps," I suggested, utterly at a loss wSat ,to say, "be found some work or " "Workt Jack never did a day's work In his life; he was not made to Work." "Do you think that some of his friends " I bngnn, rather hopelessly. "No," he replied, with a deep tone of sadness in Ills voice; "no; not one of hts friends ever heard of him that's four no, five years ago. Five years and night and day I think of those words, 'You will look after -lack, Tom.' " There was a silence I did not know Low to brak. "I think, sister," he added, looking tip with eyes which long sorrow had filled with wonderful depth of expres sion, "I think I should have put un end to my life before now; but I knew father's tlrst question would be, 'Have you looked after him, Tom?' " The door opened to admit tho stretcher with a new case from tho surgery, und Dr. Frestoti was In a mo ment tho professional man, u.h toed in Investigating the extent of inn new. arrival's Injuries. Hefore leaving the ward he turned to the bedside of the patient whoso friendless condition had led to our conversation. He took down the head card to fill up the details. "Name, sister?" "George Thomas." Ago?" "I do not know; he looks about forty; but he Is very weather-beaten. The doctor glanced at the tanned, scarred face, nearly hidden by band ages, and stood hesitating, pen in hand. "Occupation do you know?" "Sailor." "No other particulars, sister?" He laid tthe card on the table and wiped his pen carefully a methodical and orderly man in every detail of his work. "1 only found a few coppers and these old papers In his pocket. I said showing the contents of a pocket-book much the worse for wear. One crum pled piece of paper had the words, "15 Hack Wells Court, Hull," wrltteu upon It; probably tho address of his last lodging. I proceeded to unfold another piece, and found un old. olaln gold locket, worn thin and bright; one side was smooth, on the other was a monogram grill faintly legible. ",I.r I felt It suddenly tmatohed from my nanus. Dr. Froston had silml It. and. carry ing le quickly across the ward, turned the gas on full, and gassed on the locket with eyes that seemed to pierce It through. "Look, slsior!" ihe said, and hid Strong hand shook as he held it to wards mo, "there can bo no mistake. 1 remember this locket so well. Jack gave it to my fatiher wirh h's nhnt.i. graph inside bofore he went to school. .....I .n . . uuu ruier rumor uieu .lack kept f. it was an old Joke of rhelrs to take each onher's things, because they were marked with the same initials. I could swear to this anywhere and I see quite clearly how It came here. Jack met tills man at Hull, perhaps Tie came off the same boat, and If he was hard tip lut he must have been hard up be fore he would part with this, and then it's not much use to any one else. No ftne would give a shilling for au old thing like this, but here It Is, and hero's the address of Where the man stayed. It's the first clue I have ever bad, sister," and his face was bright with hope. "Jack may be still there; I must go without losing a minute. I may catch him before he goes on fur ther. Is there anything else you want me for to-night?" He was already near t!he door. "No not to-nlglit; the others are all very comfortable; tut do you not think it would tie worth while to ask this man where 'he got the locket? It may not hay! been In Hull nt all. and vou would have the Journey for nothing. uive me tue locket and I will ask hltu." . He handed It to me wlthont nmioar- lng to follow what I had said. 'ine Idea of his brother belniz within reach had taken such a hold of his nuna mat tie could hardly endure a ndaute's delay before going off to seek hlui. I but over No. 7's bed. "I found this amont? your thincs" t said. "Is It your own. or did some mm sell It to you?" He looked up quickly and susolclons- ly. "what do you want to know for?" he muttered. "I only want to know whetlher tho man who owned ruls first was with you at this address lu Hull." He looked at me sha'rjijy, and did not answer for a minute. "Yes," he said, slowly, "the man who owned that was there when I was," and be turned round, as if unwilling to say more. "I had learned all I wished, and re peated the Information to Dr. Preston. "Thank you very much," Hie said, simply. "Good night, sistor; I may ndt see you for a fow days." He was already on the landing. "Good night, Dr. Freston." but I doubt if he heard me. He waa half way downstairs. Next day Dr. Freston's work waa done by the Junior surgeon, aud the ward routine went on as usual. I could find out nothing more of No. T history, except that his real age was twenty-eight. He looked at least ten years older. He was knocked about a good deal in the world, he told some of his feWow patients. His Injuries proved to bo very slight and on tftio evening of the second day lie was allowed to sit up for a short time. On the day following, when It was growing dusk, the door of the ward opened, aud Dr. Freston came qutev ly in. I saw at a glance that he had not been successful la bis search. Tbere was nothing more to be learned at that address, he told me. The people there remembered quite well a man who gave the name of George Thomas sleeping there for one night a week ngo, but they were suro they had no otJier lodger at the time. They knew nothing whatever about tho man. He was evidently very poor, but had paid for what be had had. "I ought not to have built so many hopes upon so slight a foundation," ho replied, with a poor attempt at a smile, and a tone of weary sorrow In his voice.. "I have waited so long that I ventured to think that perhap nt last he " tlhcn, checking himself, and with an effort turning his thoughts elsewhere "but I am late, sister. I must carch up my work. Have you anytihlng for tue r-nlght?" "Will you sign So. 7's paper? Thu wound was very superficial, nnd Mr. Jones discharged hlra this morning, lie Is anxious to get on." "I must speak to hltu first; he may be able to tell me something more," and he turned towards No. 7, slttlna by tho fire, and for the first time he looked him In the face the first time for live years, rather; for I saw Dr. Freston pause as if transfixed, and the next moment he was at his brother's side. "Jack!" ho said, "Jack!" and could not say another word. Hut that was all he hail to say. Jack had been the thought of his lite, ulght nnd day, for five years. And nov Jack was there, nnd he held hltn fast, what should hp say but repeat "Jack!" again and again, until he could reallr.o that this was no dream, but rather tho awakening to a better and happier life than he had known before. Jack said nothing at all. For one moment he had looked around ns If wishing to sepo; but if he would ho could not. And where in the world that he hud found so hard and merciless could he hope to meet the warm welcome which strove to find utterance In his brother's hnnny eyes, which gazed on the rag ged figure before him as If be could never look enough? That is all the tale. It gave the pa tlents something to talk about for a day or two, and was then forgotten In the ward, at least. But there are three people from whose memories no word or act re corded here1, can ever be effaced. Need I name them? They are Dr. Freston. Jack, his brother, and myself, Tom Preston's wife. Chicago Mall. The Eccentricity of Law. An action highly Interesting tn (overs of both sexes was not long ago beard before Judge Kay, of Boston. The plaintiff, a young lady, the daugh ter of a wealthy gentleman, became engaged to the defendant against net parents wish. When the engagement was broken off the defendant mcdu demands for money, and to enforce iilg claims, threatened to publish the love letters that had passed between them. An application for an lnjuntlon to restrain him from doing so was made, and not only granted, but the defend ant lind to pay the costs. A peculiar action was recently heard at a country court. The defendant in the case possessed a piece of forest land, and ou this land a thick crop of thistles sprang up. Wien the wind was high the seed from these was blown into the plaint l(Ts garden, took root, and did damage. He according ly sued for compensation, and recov ered $15 damages. Damages to the extent of $.00 for the omission of a single word in a newspaper report seems a heavy pen alty for what might, after all, have been a mere printer's error. Such, however, was awarded not long since for the omission of the word "not" in on Irish newspaper. A curious application was inude not long ago before a justice of the peace. A lmby, having been left by its mother with auother woman to mind, she, ou hearing that the mother had disappear ed, tried, but without success, to get it into the workhouse. The lawyer who appeared for the woman told the justice that unless he admitted the baby into the workhouse at once he would leave it lo his custody. He then directed the woman to place the liaby on the court table ami walk out, which she did, leaving the feeding bottle with the unlucky infant. "The child is now destitute and neglected," said the lawyer, "and your honor can order iw removal to the Union." Need less to say, the buby was soon taken, to the relieving officer and conveyed to tho workhouse. The actlou for slander brought by Mr. George Augustus Bala somo years ago against Mr. Harry Furnlss will be remembered. The slander com plained of was uttered by lr. Furulss in a ttpeeeh, in the course of wlikh he said that Mr. Sala, in submitting three drawings of a head, foot aud bund to the Academy, unfortunately portrayed six toes instead of Ave upon the foot he drew, and so did not get into the schools. The Jury gave Mr. Sala -5 damages. Lloni a Drue In the Market. ' 'I And there is a general impres. Ion," said Fred F. Sampson, an at tache of the Cincinnati Zoological Gar dens, who was at the Laclede recent ly, "that lions are the most costly wild auimals sought after by keepers of meuagerlcs and circuses. This is quite wrong. Lions ibave for some time been almost a drug on the market, and ex cept when they are remarkably largo they do not fetch a large price. The craze of late years has been after rare animals which are very difficult to capture. "The white wildcat of Russia is worth almost a fortune, and one was sold quite recently for the apparently ridiculous sura of 112,000. These ani mals are only found on mountains of perpetual snow, and they are so per fectly white Chat it is difficult to dis tinguish them when they are crouch ing. For this reason also they are very Tiard to keep In captivity, a tempera ture of more than tifty degrees killing them off in a day or two. It costs a great deal more to keen one of these aulmnls supplied with half-frozen air than to feed it." St. Louis Globo Dcniocrat. Acted Like Children. The Cherokee Indians were recently paid tho 16,74000 due on the sulu of Cherokee lands. Tho Indians acted llko children, buying tho simplest ar ticles for the most exorbitant price, seemingly afflicted with a desire to get rid of their wealth as soon as pus-aihhv ELKHART CARRIAGE tfavc enlS to ronanmera fitr ! year, paving them the dealer'! profit. We are the Olrtraft and 1 .Ararat mnniifactnrern In Amnr Ira sollltiii Vehleli'a and Hameaa thte way- ehtp with privtWe to examine before any money Id paid We pay friylit tmth way If not aailtlac fry. Warrant tor 3 year. Why ray an airenttW toWltoorilerforyotil Write your own order, limine freu. Wo tale all rIM uf dauiue In blpplDf. Spring Waaona, S3I to S0. onai-ntn-d uuneai .wil for Koto M&. Surrara. SOS toSlOO ftO.S7. Surrey Itarnwt. " V!,J '"T l0 to SlOO. rami Won, Wontte 37?vff j Csrls. i"ii.utio.i,o-.luii.iJK,. -ff-W cfc No.;ihV4, Top Dugfr- ft A sas-M tvt-a-a. No. I, arm UIDUtM KADDU.S ft ntrrraL off t.p i-aub UuaiM ta aajr ote o muii X. ' -iflft-a-l-ia 'iVV I M I I H I ' $4: L Mats' mo. Mrm wagon. Aitrtu W. B. PRATT, Scc'y, ELKHART. IND. "A handful of dirt may be a house ful of shame." Keep your house clean with O V a IE POSITIVE CURE. Lntf 'Mill i nai FT T '.OTiiEK.S. M Wuran St- New York. Prica GO eU.1 w it's worth. Baugh's manures are all manure ; tliey raise large crops. BAUGH & SONS COMPANY, Original Manufacturers of Raw Bone Manures. Works: Foot or Morris to Moori Sts. Office: 20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia. I AM NOW A Chicfwo.Oct.B.lPW. I tM troubled with em .anion and THrfoocl, mad had been nnxukUy weak for urn ;tm lur!na the )ut four year I trlttd every remsdr that u told A hi wm, nnd not do relief fur any of mr troubles until 1 took CALTHOS-tt cured uud rotored me and 1 mm mum m mma,n hiinrt trvm m f U.iim- f UlWra rmlfd by w.1 Address VQN MO HI. CO., Sole B. F. Sharpless, Tres. . N. U. Funk, Sec. C. H.'Campbell, Treas. GBLOOMSB U RC-SO LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY Capital Stock $30,000. Plotted nrooertv ia'in flip wrni!nr l-ma? .i '-rf town. It lndudes alfln riRrt. - - ---- - equal in desirability lor residence m nyjiu iujxz are onerea 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 nlntfifl nrntir fnij phcation. , ! . . r Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. 8. Woods, Saks Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors. BOARD OF B. F. Sharpt.erh! C . 1 . W. NEAL, A. G. D: . H. W. McReynolds, SPECIAL SALE of gold and steel glasses at CT. Gk WELLS'; during month of July and August. Eyes examined free of charge at JEWELER AND OPTICIAN. Repairing watches, clocks and jewelery, a specialty. and HARNESS MFG. CO. Mo. 781, Surrey. J?'".. 22 f""''!!- $23.50 -ws No, 777, Boad Waoti. $55 17 )lfS "arm. aie ts na.ao. Harnett. aa FI.T RETS. Ruhart BIOTCIa, Mn.wheeia. with nrVr. Sfn4 fe. ta pneumatle tire, welrileea 1 uUfiaa, lleel lublDe". drop forslnaa. 13 GtVkVS UVJ fJMTAPPVV VKIAHVi'V) TWA Tied to old-fogy ideas ? We can help you get out of your farm all We will nmd you trie mar velous French preparation CALTHOS free, by sealed 'fnuil, and a legal guarantee that Caltuos will QTftD A." D'orhariea PHDC Spe ateVrl. nrsTAar ntd.uni.Lt vie Use it pay if satisfied. American Afjents, Cincinnati, O. 0 MUUO JL lilt! fl firf.-rtr ;af-:nf v . "vj "wuivi, uuu una uo purposes. at values that will be doubled DIRECTORS. T TV TW-TV. j. -'AAJxJvyi BrIGGS. Oft, Dr. I. V Witt, n. Xj. Funk. ' Fast tLook Merc Do you want n Do you want au Do you want a Do you want any kind of a MUSICAL IN STRUMENT? Do you want SHEET MUSIC? If so, do not send your mon ey away from home, but deal with a reliable dealer right here, who will make things right, if there is anything wrong. For anything in this line the place to go is to 3 Saltzer's. Ware-rooms, Main Street, be low Market. E. A. RAWLINGS. MALM IN All Kinds of Meat Beef, Veal, Lamb. Mutton, Pork, Hams, Bacon, Tongues, Bclogna, &c. Free Delivery to all parts of the town. CENTRE STREET, C H. REICE'S OLD STAND. BLOOMSBURC, PA. Bring Ths. Babies. lustatitaueoun Proctnii Insert. Strictly first class guaranteed nhoto- graphs, crayons and conies at reason able prices. We use exclusively Tie Co'lodion Aristotype papers, thus se. t-unng greater Deauty ot finish and permanency of results. , CAP WELL, MARKET SQUARE GALLERY. 5-ll-lyr. over Hartmmi'n Store. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. COBRICTED WIBKLT. BIT.IL FRICIS. Butter per lb $ " ,24 Eggs per dozen .16 Lard per lb i..... 12J Ham per pound. .15 Pork, whole, per pound 07 to .08 Beef, quarter, per pound, ... 06 tq, .08 Wheat per bushel 70 Oats ' " .ss Rye " '. .65 Wheat flour per bbl 3.00 Hay per ton 16 00 to 18.00 Potatoes per bushel .80 Turnips " " 35 Onions ' " i.oo Sweet potatoes per peck .5 to .40 lauowper id... Shoulder " " . . . Side meat " " . . . Vinegar, per qt. . . .04 .11 .10 .07 .05 .12 .ca Dried apples per lb Dried cherries, pitted Raspberries Low Hides per lb Steer " " Calf Skin , 40 to .50 neep peits. Shelled corn per bus. , Corn meal, cwt. ..). , Bran, " Chop Middlings " Chickens per lb new . , - " ' old. .60 .60 a. 00 1. CO 1.30 1. 10 .12 .08 .11 .10 IO Turkeys Geese Ducks 11 Coal. No. 6, delivered a. 40 "4 and 5" v 3.50 " 6 at yard a. as " 4 and s at yard. 3.25 PARKER'S , HAIR BALSAM Olwiw. u4 kwiunw U. hair. riwiMii luiiultDi gruwih. T.lla to 11 ..tor. 0lr7 B.lr to ill Touthful Color. Ottra mlp diMM b.ir faUiui. . ,.. ? f.rkor'. Gln.r Tonlo. It .TnTTITvurit I'auiia. 'Mk l.un. DuLilitv. l.aiiiMiiL hli..T.k.lulllLiUUb 1 ? KIINDERCORNS. Ta 9a!r a- our. ft Con s-wt.
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