THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. COURT MARTIALED. prlannor was young:; his soft brown pyc few mnr than twenty summers had t oh. 1,1. Iri ;,..(,. !)P(ij of Cupid's hanillwork A pim,i n- fsccn all thoughts of guilt dNpcllcl. I ir t.-ot1 trfrre the Jiiilire srvpre Anil answcrtd In a sweet voice clear, Thai won the hearts of all to hear. "uinar man, you're here to answer to a r'l irire Of thi ft. Your doom to bo pronounced to-day. Eill at the girl's request the plaintiff here 1 kal; the question, 'Have you anything to s.y." " These last words caused a little stir; The hoy cast one fond glance at her. Then sa-l!y answereJ, "Guilty, sir!" CdWessed: f.'o person here was tranquil how. I Tlireo stolen kisses:" doth the judge announce. "Tfcrre stolen kisses! C the guilty wretch The iilutntlff shall herself the fate pro- r.ou tice." Her chfk with rretty crimson burned. And thus the lad his sentence learned. "The stolen property must be return ed." Judge, A PAIR OF GLASSES People driving up the avenue of a SdViday on their way to the park would nod toward the Murray mansion and n.T(r: "There's a house that cost more thten any other house In the city," and a few of the knowing ones would add: es. and the owners of It don't enjoy i t little bit." Pity 'twas 'twas true. John Murray cane and went day after day when In to-n with no more apparent care for the elegant brown-otone pile and Its exguislte landscape surroundings than if It belonged to a stranger. Mrs. Mur ray swept through the halls and en tered her carriage waiting at the porta cdohere as if there were only dirt un der her feet, and as If the coachman and footmen in chamois tights and high hats were drivers of oxen. She wis a proud woman, people said; and a vain woman, and some whispered an urthappy woman. Time was when John Murray's first thousand dollars was put snugly away aa a ne3t egg. Katherlne Bliss wore oa her finger one ring, a twist of gold and silver wire, her only Jewel. Then she had two gowns, a gingham one for wk days, a chnmbray one for Sun V when her shoes were often so old e wished her dreses were longer, bui she was happy. She sat on the arm of John Murray's chair In the firelight from the fireplace In her grandfather's house and had told him that she would lore him with all her heart, with all he soul, with allher strength, forever, and would wear this little twisted ring all her life and alterward. But that was very long ago and the i" nondu that blazed on Katherlne L..s Murray's fingers left no room for tHV twhted bit of wire. They had drifted very far apart. The firt thousand had been a mere drop in tha bucket to what followed, and with Increasing wealth came greater ambi tions, came forgetfulness of those trUes that once had seemed like the principal things in life, came worry and some sorrow, and a gradually growing indifference. There were many days when Mr. anJ Mrs. Murray did not meet. Strange how people will drift apart, though uu'dar the same roof. Sir. Murray would breakfast alor.e, lunch at the club, come home to find that Mrs. Mur ray had dined out and when she was home ten chances to one he would be diMrrg out. Cut one day Mrs. Murray did not dlfie out. It had been raining and sue had stayed indoors reading the latest book. Suddenly a terrific pain mani fested itself In one of her eyes, a neu ralgic pain that drove her with her face to the pillow and her maid to the telephone for the physician. "You roust see an oculist at once," tha doctor said, and so on the morrow Mrs. Murray drove down to a famous row's offce to have her eyes examined. "It's a focal strain, that is all," the great man said. "Your eyes have nev er kaen properly focused; In fact, you netrr had correct vision." "Why, doctor!" "No. you will see the difference when yofr glasses are finished." . "Must I wear glasses?" "Yes, certainly." But it was three weeks before Mrs, MifjTay wore glasses. The pain came to both eyes and che lay In her dark ened room for nu.ny days unable to opoat her eye;?. Tha loneliness of ill ness la a terrl'jle thing. True, a hun dred and or.e dear friends come to one's door, but one cannot see them; one does not want strangers about -h one la suffering. One evening Mrs. Murray had been lyfbg silent I'lt a lur.g time and then shtsld to the nurse: "Is Mr. Murray home?" . "Yes, niadame." t "Ask him to come in." "Where are you?" he said, groping in the darknesj. "O, here you are. How are" you?" "My eyes ar.? pruning me terribly, ani I was so lonesome," "13 that to? it's too tod." And then he sat (!ova and for the first tln in weeks they had a long talk. "I'm to wear glasses," sh fnid at l.i.H. "How do you Buppose I will look vii'.ii glasses?" "You will look well In anything," lie: eild, Just as he used to say those things. "You are still young, but I am old. I'm shocked some times when I net lee how gray I am." "Why, John, you are not gray." "It is kind of you to say that," ha eaW, r.nd there might have been a toiih of bit'.erness In his tons. Mrs. Murray's eyes grew better nnd strpnfrer and the glasses came. S!i3 'put them en and walked to her win dow. Far down the avenue tshe gazed, a u-c.vlus conviction la her heart that vhv.t the oculist r-ald was true. Site fcau I'Bv.T (fn. i'l.e ectiH read tho etrti't at the corner, ehe 'e.?o:;'iu ecl a friend far down the uveiius. rihe Jo'..ed over the glasses and then th'wous'.i them, then Blie took then olt. you may dress me now, Ad!!e." "Now I will see how I look," she eald. She looked In the glajs. "Adollc, ' -wrv in the world have you put all that rrior o" i"v face?" and rlw s'artcd btftk in horror. , . . . , , "It Is no more than madam? always wr-nrs," nalil the pert Addle. "Mol ame orders me to put It on and. ortea Bay? 'more.' " "Well, never mind, you rmy go." hen the maid was gone Mrs. Mur- y ,n the elewv freshness of the morn ray very carefully removed from her, ;,,.r rre Bwl,ilv r,r,s I face all hint of artificial color, nm,J ' 't; cre U ly cares have come in to truth to tell, she could hardly meet Ms,ract our thoughts, or in the even her own eyes In the glass. j mg twilight, when the labor of the i suppose I have looked disgraceful clay is done and open it at the OoM'els VLTlll Sfff ohn,. ! fiof'if f "istk's -lhe ReiV Fhe was coins to ask him how he liked : ,1.0"' ,oes not. seenl llke anything ner witn the glasses. He was sitting on the veranda as she passed softly tnrougn tne hall. How seamed and lined his face was, as his head rested against the chair. And the gray above nis brow! She had not believed him when he had said he was gray. How old he looked; how tired. It was etrange she had never noticed It be fore. Poor John! She was about to speak, when a glint of sun shone through the vines and rested upon his face. Suddenly memory took a sudden turn and again she mw him sitting In front of the fireplace, Ms face upturned to her as he put a little twist of a ring upon nr linger and said: "You will love me always?" And she had answered yes. She re membered her words. Softly she stole through the hall, flew up the stair to her room. She pulled the rings from her fingers and opened a little box of keepsakes. There It was. She slipped It on her finger and went down the stairs. "Are you tired, John?" tme asked, sitting down upon the arm of his chair; "and how do you like my glasses?" "Why, I didn't hear you coming out. The glaes.es are very becoming. Con you see well with them T" "Wonderfully well. I've seen things to-day I never saw before, and her voice trembled a little. "What have you seen, dear." "I see that I have been a foolish wo man, John, in more ways than one. It was the glasses that did It at first, and then I kept seeing more and more, and " "And what?" "You have been wearing yourself out alone; I have been selfishly living for myself. Our home has become the loneliest place on earth for us both- and I have been to blame." There were tears in her eyes now, "But we will change It now, won't we?" He was holding her hand and turning the little ring about with his thumb and linger. "We might be hnppier, I suppose," he said. "Io you remember the night I gave you that ring?" "Yes." And do you remember what promised?" you "I do." ; . "Can you say It now?" "With all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength." And the passerby, if they could know, would never say that that home was not the happiest In the world. And this goes to prove that blessings often come in affliction's guise Katherlne Hartman. Shores of the Thames Long Ago, At one time, now a century or more ago, the Thames was recognized as the only great London thoroughfare. Its banks, on either side, were studded with the "stairs" of the nobility; its waters were covered with every kind of craft, from the gilded barge of roy clty to the nutshell skiff or wherry, in those days, the river was pure and un dcllled, and those who lived upon its banks never hesitated to bathe there In balmy weather. In those dr.y3 there was no spot in London to picturesque lis the Strand, with its broad gard?ns, its shady trees extending to the water's edge, where "the river glideth at its o-.vn sweet will," and where the em battled turrets of many a palace, such as tne Savoy, towered artistically in the background. Flocks of swans sail ed to and fro in spite of the traffic; they ventured unmolested even below the bridge, and the sight of them and their Quaint "song" must have been vastly agreeable to the Thames water men and their fares. "Pray, did you come with oars or scullers?" was an every-day question. Citizens spoke of "taking the water" very much as we now speak of tak ing an omnibus or cab. The water men's fares were regulated by the com pany's printed scale of charges, the hall of the Watermen's Company, whore all their business was transact ed, being then situated at Cold Harbor, near the Vlntry. Some 40,000 water men were upon the rolls of the com pany those of the King's Court and the nobility being, no doubt, included in this number, nnd the company was In a position to furnish the navy with as many as 20,000 men. Chambers' Journal. I.lnrolu's "Lost Mpuerli." If we are to believe some who heard it, the greatest speech Abraham Lin coln ever delivered was one that never was reported. It was his speech be fore the Illinois convention May 29, 1S56. Man after mm epoke before that convention, nnd f.r.ally thare was a call for Abraham Lincoln. It was he who, In the fiery crucible of hla elo quence, molded and fuwl the various elements of that convention into pure Republicanism. Such was the Intense emotion caused by Lincoln's speech that even the reporters there forgot to take notes, and there is no report of it left, except in the memory of those who heard it. Joseph Medlll, tho veteran editor of the Chicago Tribune, had attended the eonventlon to report It for the paper with which even then, forty years ago, he was connected. But Medlll himself says that after he had written a few paragraphs ho became "so absorbed in Lincoln's magnetic oratory that I forgot myself ana ceas ed to take notes." William Herndon, Lincoln's law partner, was in the hnblt of taking careful notes of bis speeches, but ho also says: "At the end of a few minutes I threw away my pen and lived only In the Inspiration of the hour." The only attempt at a report U that made by a young lawyer, H. ('. Whitney, who was a friend of Lin coln's, and even this Is merely a frag ment. And It was In that convention In 1856, when the Republican party was born, that Lincoln uttered the fa mouB remark: "W will not go out of the Union, and you shall not." Argo aut . . ; . Not Like Other "Books- When we take the New Testament in hand at any hour but most fitting- else. It is not l:ke other honlf. tn. deed we cannot think of it as a human composition, ai mere literature, or history, or philosophy. It is more like a living personality. Not un frequently in our spiritual experience we are in a Kind ot trance, with senses ... ' tieaci to outward objects, whild wond rous inspirations drop down from above. At times it seems as if wc heard a voice, a loving, gentle voice, and yet that speaks in a tone of authority ; mat comes irom an infinite distance, and yet comes so near that it pene trates the very soul ; that enters into our sense of guilt with its forebodings, and yet whispers of pardon and peace, until tne trembling heart vibrates with a joy that is not of this world. What is it in the Bible that gives it this mysterious power? It is not mere poetry or eloquence, however much they may overflow in the psalms and the prophets. It is not genius; it is divinity. It is God speaking to men, and therefore speaking in the language of men with a human voice, though with a divine love and tenderness. The World's Gold Fields. A Transvaal Vein Said to be 1,200 Miles Long. It is claimed that the latest cold deposits in the world are in the Trans vaal Republic. Within fifteen miles of Johannesburg, on what is called the main reef series, there is an amount of gold practically in sight estimated to be worth $3,500,000,000, or nearly as much as the entire volume of cold coin now in the world. It is reported on good authority that the gold de posits instead of beinp; thirty miles long the region in sisht is practic ally 1,200 miles long, except that in the rest of the region later deposits have come in over the gold. A representative of the United States Geodetic Survey who went to Alaska to study the geology of the gold deposits of the Upper Yukon reports the completion of his visit. lie is satisfied that the prospect for profitable quartz gold mining in the regions examined are good. There is a great lode runninz northeast and southwest through the entire country, similar to tne mother lode of California. The Professor of chemistry at Syd ney university has made an exhaustive series of experiments, finding evidence of the presence of gold in the sea water in New South Wales existing in the proportion of pne-half to one grain per ton, or, in round numbers, from 230 to 260 tons per cubic mile. Great Hon Without Hals Descendants. It seems to be the frequent penaltv of genius that it is denied the privi lege of perpetuating its name and kind beyond a few generations at most. Thus it is said that iher is not now living a single descendant in the male line of Chaucer. Shake speare, Spenser, Milton, Cowley, Cut ler, Dryden, Pope, Cowper, Gold- smun, Jiyron, or Moore ; not one of Sir Thilip Sydney, nor of Sir Walter Raleigh : not one of Drake. Crom well, Hampden, Monk, Marlborough, reiersuorougn or Nelson ; not one of Bolingbroke, Walpole, Chatham, Pitt, Fox, Burke, Grattan or Channine : not one of Bacon, Locke, Newton or Wavy ; not one of Hume, Gibbon or Macaulay ; not one oi Hocarth. Sir Joshua Reynolds or Sir Thomas Lawrence; not one of David Garrick. John Kemble or Edward Kean Mechanical News. Cities and Morals. This shiftinc of the population fi om the country to the towns is accom panied by a profound change in the naons, tnought and mode ot iile of a large portion of the population The wits are sharpened and the moral SenSe is dulled hv the excitement and variety of city life. There is a fever- isn activity arising trom tne struggle of so manv human beings in such j j keen competition and such close con- . . 1. .i mi luti wiui cacn oiner. 1 ne crowning of the population increases with the value of real estate, and the injury to health and morals increases in the same ratio. Scribner. asy to Take asy to Operate Are features peculiar to Hood's Tills. Small In slzn, trinities, efuclont, thorough. As one mun sulil: ' You never know you have taken a pill till It Is all over." aw. C. I. Hood & Co., l'roirlitorfl. T.nwiH. M, Pills Tim only pilla to take with Uwd's Sursaparllla. what is milk The most perfect food in I Las provided that the youngest ana most termer enua snau ' have this food. In milk there is a generous supply of oil, or : fat. This exists in the form of minute globules, or tiny j drops. They are so small that it taes nours ior mem 10 ; rise to the surface, as cream. We say, "milk is an emul- siou, because the oil is in this finely divided condition. of Cod-liver Oil with the hypophosphitcs, has the cod-liver oil in these fine globules, thus making it an emulsion. Boys and girls, as -well as delicate invalids, can take cod-liver oil when prepared in this manner. In fact, it is well adapted to young children. The hypophosphites give strength to the nervous system and needed material to growing bone. Learn from nature : take cod-liver oil only as an emulsion. ft cu. and $1 bottltt ICOTT BOWNB, Chtmlsta, New York. B. F. Sharplkss, Tres. N. U. BLOOM SBUR CO LAUD IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. Capital Stock, $30,000. Plotted property ia in the comiDg business centre of the town. It includes also part of the factory district, and has no equal in desirability for residence purposes". CHOICE LOTS are offered at values that will be doubled in a Rhort time. No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to make money. Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS- Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on an- plication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Sales Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors. BOARD OF B. F. Siiaiipless: C. W. Neal, A. G. Dr. 11. W. McReynolps, ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits ana Nuts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. Fi-iriTTe G 00123 Specialty, SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Bole agents tor the Hoary Clay, Londres, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver Ash Bloomsburg Pa. f6e$ L;ow and $ood Worlr. For the finest and best stoves, tinware, roofing, snnutmcr and general job work, go to W. Buildings heated by steam, hot tory manner. Sanitary Plumbing a specialty. I have the exclusive control of the Thatcher steam, hot water and hot air heaters ior this territory, which is acknowl edged to be the best heater on the market. All work guaran teed. W. W. WATTS, IRON STREET. SHOES We buy right and sell right. OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON THIS FACT. Honest trading has won us hosts of customers but we want more. We are selling good shoes, so good you ought to see them. Drop in and we will make it pay you. Sts. CortNER Irdn and Main IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, ftlATTING, or Mff CliTII, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINEAT W. IL ' BKOWEK 2nd Door abovo Court Iloubc. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. A5ICF0R THE BSKLET ON "LIGHT" AND Burn GIVES 'teBBSrUOHT IN THE the world is milk. Nature Funk, Sec, C. II. Campbell, Trkas DIRECTORS. T. L Dillon-. Briggs, Dr. I. W. Willi. N. Li. Fuxk. Cut Chewing Tobacco following brands oi Cigars- W, Watts, on Iron street. air or hot water in a satisfac Bloomsburgj Pa. l(V2--1y SHOES W. H. floore. fir WoWfiSyAftSSiyrEiyfiArE Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip ros.. Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS ooaaicriD wbiilt. mTAitrmcn. Butter per lb $ Eggs per dozen Lard per lb , Haru per pound rork, whole, per pound Beef, quarter, per pound .... Wheat per bushel. ao .2a .08 J ,06 .07 .80 3 Oats " " Rye " " Wheat flour per bbl 4 J0 50 nay per ion la to $,4 Potatoes per bushel " ,Q Turnips " " Onions " " 5 Sweet potatoes per peck i0 Tallow per lb .1 Shoulder " " ,J Side meat " " Vinegar, per qt , , . .10 .07 .os .10 .11 31 .05 .80 7S Dried apples per lb Dried cherries, pitted Raspberries Cow Hides per lb Steer " " CalfSkin Sheep pelts. Shelled corn per bus So Corn meal, cwt ,. g.oo Bran, " , Choo " . . . ,90 . . . .90 .90 .10 .08 Middlings " , Chickens per lb new , " " "old Turkeys " " 10 08 Ueese " " Ducks " COAl. No. 6, delivered t.6o " 4 and s " 3.85 " 6 at yard ..35 " 4 and 5 at yard. - 3.60 Bring the Babies. INSTANTANEOUS PROCESS USED. Strictly first-class guaranteed photographs, crayons and copys nt reasonable prices. We use exclusively the Collolion Aristotype pa pers, thus securing greater beauty of finish and permanency of results. CAP WELL, MARKET SQUARE GALLERY. ii-aj-y. Over Hartman'i Store. 1 iw Leading consemtorj olAmtki-Zj Caul Faulten, Director. -""""rtlTllv 1 1 or Proipectas rivint full information. Frahk W. Hals, General Manaftr. 3'ind Yeaa. II N li A tv rrosontatlvo American Bu.tl- r.'..s Ho'jiMil for bot'u K';xos, fouudod ly 'i ::oMA3 May I'EtitrK, A. AI., I'll. 1. Couple ny.trmutlo lai u iidtitltuf villi a practical, Aruiiid rid iiKful Kcirllsh oducu. !l oilira three full couws: l''.-l.'ts, Bhorttmnd nnd Typ writ Eugllxli; tits whole coil (.tl'u'.ln; an 1 j.'nl combination. ! r:ti!tsiii ua 11 ro cheerfully assisted to j'O; !'.; .:... lima )):;y and Nlr.ht 8esslonn ore !,!. -ii iniii;. Muiiuritu received U' I.II V ti n 0. i'i ,!.: a mi.. 01, oi; t3 rsffnui sirti!Uti r Kcri J trailing. NEW DINING ROOKS. A LARGE and well furnished dining room has been opened bv U1DDV II1D1KT onihe second floor of his HAHKI AUMflU, r e 1 -taurnnt. Meals will be served at the regular dining hours for 25c. nnd they can also be obtained at any lime. The table will be sup plied wilh the delicacies of the season and the service will be first-class. Intranet by door between Restaurant an Malfalera'i grocery store. GET YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE PEftftYHOYAL PILLS munjjiratul ia Kp4 mini b.U oitutwaVVf Hwxm, DfAlwl with blu ribiMiii. 1'it La XV la tump tor bAnloMltrs, IvailiuPitl-li mui "Hrnilnt IWr L4l.i,M in lu$r, by rrt-rt r nuii. lv.uvu Tit,iiui-.-u. 'ilelMtr C&tMulutsl l.,U.u1K Kttf HJ-ntnri Hn M-- !" Wbo can think liaillGU HII lUCa tutr Protect yoor ldi; they may brio y "J" Writ John wioiiSf.kuEhn 00.. J'.umt - gome miuiv aud lut ot Iwu tumoral luvanituu -autwl. , t
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