THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMBBURG, PA. A Bank of England Mystery. . THE DANOEBOTJB LOOPHOLE. I. One day the directors of the Bank . .t v.n-xanA were much perplexed, and not a little amused, when the ecrei rend to them, at their usual sitting, the tallowing 111-spett and somewhat curi ous letter: "Two Oenitlemin oft Bank of Eng land: ' Yoo think yow U all sate hand your Bank Is eeafe. butt 1 know, bet tur. I bin folnstde the Bank theo last 2 nite hand you nose nuffln abowt 1 t. Dut 1 urn nott a theaf. so hit yec . U mett toee In the gret .tjuar rom. orh air the monelys. at twelf 2 nite lie U plaln onl to yoew. let only 1, her 2 cum alown. and say nuffln 2 nobody. Jon Smlff." . , . The letter having been duly lead. was. as might be expectea, ""J" ' conversation and auggestVoo ;ne little time. Some of the directors bought It was a hoax. Others thought that under the apparently gnoiant y written letter a deeper mytm w hidden; but all agreed that the safest way was to put the letter with proper instructions, into the hands of the de tectives. The detectives J1: There was a plot at work they saw and with th-eir usual penetrat ion they it once penetrated the deepest depths of the Iniquity. There Is a very large room under irouad, where the huge wealth of the oank is deposlnted-nitlUons and mill on of English sovereigns, bar of gold, j ' ind hundredweights of silver, with my riads of notes. Tne course, knew that this room must be he place which the writer of the let er had designated as "the re squar rom.r It is full of treasure. Its .floor a a solid stone pavement, and its wal 1 s roof, and door are of wrought iron and steel. All night long the detectives were m reted in the room, bait they saw noth ng and heard nothing, with the excep ! Jon that some said they 'heard, about ' one or two o'clock, a strange noise ;hey could not aocount;ior a ime, on a me th nest: and wnen me i ;ney couiu m - - I light was the same, and the next .', ,l. hsn the board-da -,he bank came round the whole of the .. u knit A trofltftn trie uL- lirectors woum - - "tllom 'air aa an idle attempt xo in"" iad"'not tdieir attention 'been more itrongly ealloa to ike subject by the bl owing incident: . A neavy cheat had been forwarded iddressed to the "Directors of the Bank f England." The chest was of course peaed before -them at once such a .hing being very unusual-and round to ;ontain a large packet of most valu lble papers and iiecurlties which had jeen safely deposited in the vault. With them was the following letter. t rfwtnia of the Bank of England. Gentlemen, My husband, ;. who Is an honest man, wrote to you . or.A mirt vou that he had 1 round a way which he believes is only , ,imoplfof cettinK Into your krong room, and offered, i you would ! .. tim hpr at nleht. to explain the whole matter. He had never taken inything from that room except the en 1,'a Vnn set detectives upon him, and he took the box to show that re. If he chose, whoever might watch. He gives you another -nance. Let a few genthunon be in !,,) irnnrd the door, and L 11 W 1UUU1 ci - mot., ovorvthlni secure, and my nus. band will meet you there at mlnlght. "Yours respeciiuuy, , . "ELLEN SMITH." This letter was more mysterious ' than 'the last. The only fning that waa ihat the writer, Wlen omith sin a better scholar than her, k.,h,n who stvled himself "Jon Rmitr " The detectives were shown the letter, and acted accordingly. Of course they saw through "the dodge." The ' cleverest men were posted in the room, ir, tha mnmine thev told a strange Btnrv. Thev said that they saw a light at ahout twelve o'clock. It seemed to .ntn. fiwm . dark lantern: but directly thv ran to the enot whence the light -proceeded, It went out, and the strictest search had ciscoverea notuius, II. alarmed. nmotfaered laugh. When the match wag lighted, nothing could be detected-no one was there. Again the Major called tipon the mya terious somebody to come forth and again a voice was heard eaylmg, How can 1 trust you now?" ti, ii iw wu anery. and his com- 1 no " - ' . 1 nanlons alarmed, and after prying mi vtln to trace the point whence the voice proceoded, he exclaimed: I "Well we'll put out the light again, only come quickly, and make an end of this hother." So saying, ho put out the light again. A moment or two after, the snmo sratlng sound was heard, then the fall ing of some heavy 'body, and the next instant a man was visible standing in the middle of the vault with a dark t hi. hsinil. Of course, he had come from Bomciwhcre, but the puzzle was how? A ghost could noi uavi t.niort.,1 mnrp mysteriously. The man soon Bpoke for nimseu; nuu the directors, who were still at a loss . . , thorn liutnneil to explain nis prennc i...v., In astonishment. It appeared that he, and obtained a precar-. lous living in a strange way. V hen the tide is low, It is the custom of a cer tain class of people, unknown to refin ed society, to enter the sewers to search for any articles of value which may have 'been washed down Into thorn. U Is a very dangerous tosa, uuu. ui revolting In the extreme, but they not j Infrequently find very precious things hidden in the tilth. This man waa one of those strange adventurers. One night he had discovered nn open- lng leading louome place above. There was a largo square stone, which he found could bo easily raised. He lis-1 tened for some time, and, finding all was silent, lifted up the stone without much difficulty, and found, after som0j little investigation toy the light of hid lantern, that he was In the strong room o i.nv Tlipse men. like miners, can i readily determine the exact spot of ground under which they are; and he soon had a clue to the whole mystery. He told hi3 wife, who waa a woman ot superior education to his own, of the whole affair; and he then wrote as we have seen, to the directors. Down in the sewer ho was able to hear all their movements as wen above ground, and thus was not only able to know their plans, but to frus trate them, and of course his time to remove the small but val uable box, to leave me.ieui.o lUle, anatoaprso.y No one had tnougui w i"""'" - 4 " . Kimnosed stone pavement, win.-.. . - i. i. niu nnii immovu'uiu. known that there were no vaults below aRhough the iron walls and doors had been carefully tesieu. was now cleared up, aim wio well rewarded. Answers. f A MEAN MAN. Be WonUt Not Ohoy llr Command te Commit 8nlrlle. Gazelle leaned languidly on the per- OUR NATIVE BIRDS. OrgnnUatlon of tho rnnylvinl itndn lion Society. t T-onnavlvanla Audubon Society, now forming, has Just completed Ita I '.moil nlllowe. and petulantly kicked M-Tniin.t. 'f orminlzatlon. and ac ier red morocco slipper across the cordingiy publishes a circular explain loor. . 1 lng the nature and object of tb.3 ae- "(Uve m a cigarette, Count, she soration aid. peevishly. I The purpose of the Pennsylvania AV "Cert," yawned the handsome young ,1ul)on society Is to dlcourage the buy. noble. Count Neverdysky, as he twUtt- ,ng and wearing for ornament the d the enda of his luxuriant 'blonde feathers of any wild bird, and In other mustache. , t I ways to protect our native birds, lew The fair voting thing knocked the sll-1 npr90na realize that the fashion or article t oo-r. when a certain UU11S . . . , , . In n made of sturgeon,!' niauuera - -use in England, It was known by 1U Dutch name. "sturgeon bladder. ie 7 meaningless one to English ears and by some means or ou,e, " formed into the woru wuiu know, "isinglass, The change was preciaev in orvmp. ouarters. nua iunn. i-er rase from his hand and laughed. spitefully. "1 don't like that kind. I want Saur Sorrels. Commodores are too cheap, ind they don't make me sick," she laid. "You are hard to please frau llen." sighed the Count; and a look Df ineffable sadness came over Ms ""However." he continued, "I always ;nrry at least three kinds. Have one jf these." (iazello took tho diminutive cylin ler and lighted It deftly on her gold red hair. , , "Why are yon .blue?" she eaid, look ng coyly at the Count, and conceal-nu- n fithnm vawn behind her bejew- ,a "tt u T who should perish frcm discontent and sadness. Here I ini, the prettiest and the worst of the Uadrjon sisters. I am a Dane, ana t Mnimihniv miP at that. I am 'beautl ful. am I not? I have a face the sight vf nMfh would disarrange the Straus burg timepiece. I sing like a gazelle bird. I should bo ich, Helmieh. cherl, yet I can hardly mvpport -myseu in ihauij. "The fauleln is pessimistic, com m,i tho flniint. tn his easy drawl. "iLiinviMi " pxdiilmed the fair diva, is she lea-ped to her feet and clapped ion,lril hands. "1 want to bsk a arge-slzed favor -f you. Dare I? Bo ict say No. or i snaii um-r :o you again." "Kranleln has but to command. laid the young nobleman, bowing very iwr "Well, it's this way," murmured the !air young thing, and plunged Into a i-erltable torrent of words. "You are slue, Heinrleh; you know you are. You .,i,ri,t inutna well commit buichic, Vow. you know you are going to do It SVhy hot say so that you ook vour life for me? Just eave a note on your table before rou shatter your skull I had almost laid 'before you blow out your brains. shall be awfully Obliged. I shall bo esieged by reporters, and wealth, 'a.me, and press notices will be mine, rou will do it, won't you, Heinrleh? 'J'gh! you are so handsome. Kiss me. Count Neverdysky brushed his nius ache over the carmlned Hps and said igaln: "You have but to command." 'He closed the door after him and int out into tho night. That was ;wo years ago. He is now conducting i 'Darner shop uvav iramu ov! . New York Herald. the slaughter of thousands uoin thousands of wild birds, and has already result ed in the practical extermination w several species In many localiUes. and vast deoo m tne numoem i hu- . Tho .tflulbon BOCieiy pumcumi- ly calla attehUon to and earnetly pro tests the use of the aigrette, and the heads and wlngT of terns, whloh are now seen so frequently in huiuuk.. To supply the demand for the algrette the egret and snowy heron, from which they are obtained, are snoi uuwu their nesting grounds, the plumes are plucked from the dead ana ay in i.u. d the carcasses caea hjsiuv, wui.o young biras are mi in their nests, since m can no longer return to feed the little brood. These herons have already been prac- Nh Ki tl tUr Srrrrt. An .imuying story Is told of a maiden Ivly who wa suylii In a fashionable Lj.nl.m hrrtel when the lat census was tiiUon. Like some other people, she Is rather sensitive' on the subject of age, and lh!s. of course, was not unnaturally the aubj.vt of some qulzslng among tha other giie.t. Th census paper left at the hotel hy the enumerator was spread o.i the p:irl"ir table, and the guests were requested M All In the various spaces as t.i th.'ir antecedents, etc. - HecreoV was, of course, out of the quos t'.en, and considerable curiosity wa. evln.-ed as to ho.v tne laoy in question would treat the query as to hr age. When lifr turn (time she was equal to the pmorg.'ney. She quietly tilled in all thn desired Information, and when tha eaer eyes around scanned the "age col umn," they found thy could make noth. lng f It. Everybody else had wrlttpn out In a neat, clear hund, but hero they wf re pusslcd. "Why, M'.m A.," sa d the landlady, amiling sweetly, "I am afraid the enu merator will not be able to make this oul." pointing to the Item In question. "That?" said Mtsa A placidly. "Oh, that Is written In Kussian, you know, and If he can't read It, they can at the oflU'e, of eoUMC'' And she calmly retired, well aware that not n soul In the hotel but hei-j-elf understood a word of the HuisUn language. 1? W 81 VI 10 ;w 45 V5 117 III 17 Ml 11 ru M 11 Ti Ml . 6J 10 till 71 IK) O Nil ... f..nnu ' w O 111 (HI (I HI Medical supplies lllneksmlllilng Harness repair Wnifin and Implements Hardware. w. o. Holmes, repnlrs... Kxtraellng teeth Tobacco l.llim Manure Miospliato Uisi uamfe on biiiiillDgi tiirveylng I'lniirlnir nr Unlldlng new lence 1 brood sow t W . rlileibnrn'ls Fruit, trrea u.....ln.t(nlnni nlillltS. X.C. V. W. Trunin 1 plow and points W. I-. While 1 land roller, l plow, c N. .1. Knglehart. 1 set nay iiw derHj.... ..... Isaiah liswell. use ol binder to ..it. hitrvpHt. Morrten Kline, making cider 4 to) S.1 ll in so I I :IU 41 ri 10 (0 n ri miMill-ll (V mm,-, V. 11. Urower, carpet " ' ' Ol'TSIDI RRI.IKF. i it m Ull Stacy Welllver : " 7" fl452 44 I Ml 1 Ml 8 no 8!l ( 1 M 1 0 77 : is! 'jr. 7 toi (ins mid Klcrtrlrlty. Notwithstanding the confessed Imper fections ot the system of coal gas mak ing, the evil odors which attach to tha millions family Daniel Hlnnlow Mrs Itemley.... Mrs Burnett... Mrs Hey nobis ., .Ineob Adams ... Mr AlbilKbt... Um. UlllltllAI . It'll'. MillllllelS ?!) Crevellng ... W. Iniinld Abblo Kvans.... Clias. HIk:s. .. A. Hit eh Mrs. Ilrewer , K. Inaid o. I. Swisher... Hester Homliny Mr. Hiitt'lilns .io,.n terminated In Florida, and the I works, the yet more offensive exhalations ,in0; bhan'er '2 u,,nt "1 "tin DUraUes and slaugh- I jriven .4 from streets through which tha T. K. Swisher f rthem In moreP remote countries, main pie. are led the destructive acl- IS';;;:;:::.".:::::::: -ri Hiie0t little terns have been I dents xlli'.ch occasionally oceur from gas wm.rarter Tho riol eate little lernn nearly exterminated in tne buu on the New Jersey coast, and many el our smaller birds, tne cnunu w rural dlstricte and the invaluable frkmds of the farmer, have also Buffer ed nil to serve this fad of fashion. The only way to prevent tnis ruuuiw slaughter Is to discourage the fashion now in vogue and to lessen the demand for the birds. This an easily o explosions, and the heat and sulphurous fumes evolved during Its combustion, not one of the numerous substitutes whl.-h have been proposed has been able to rival It, In any large town or city whera coal Is a marketable commodity. As again; the system of electric light ing which !s now being brought Into com petition with l't, it may be already demon strated that for busy thoroughfares, al most, It may bo said, for open air llght- "asnaragus" into Bpu.riow-b.. T.he Ibank- officials 'became Thftv however, agreed to do what per haps would have been wiser if done B.t flrat viz.. to depute a few of their numiber to visit the vault alone. Bo it ... arrnjiored that three gentlemen ahmiid Temaln in the strong-room all night, and that no one else should be with them. Every suitable precaution waa taken when night came, the sen tinel paced up and down outside; the detectives were not far off; and after tne mosi rigorous neaii-u uu iru. stituted. the gentlemen were locked in At last one of them, who paced the floor rather impatiently, beginning to think tlhat rjerhans after all it was only a clever trick, cried out: "You ghost, you secret visitor, you midnight tnier, come outl There is no one here but two gentlemen and myself. If you are afraid, I give you my word of honor aa a gentleman that the police are not here. Come out, I say!" It was more in jest than In earnest that Major C, for he was a military - man, shouted out the absurd speech, for as we have said, he had begun to sus pect tlhat alter all some practical Joke was being adroitly carrledkbn, suoU having more than once before been perpetrated, and he did not much like being victimised himself. His astonishment, however, was great when, in reply, he heard a strange voice saying: "If you have kept your word, I will keep mine. Put out your light, for I've one, and then I'll come." The Major and his fellow-dlrectore ; did not much like putting out the light. ut they were not cowards, and, after dane demur, It was done. Where the voice came from was, however, a mys tery.'Jfor there were no hiding-places lrf the room, every side being of thick, many-plated Iron and steel; the ceiling was also f the same material. When the light was out they waited In sllence, while the Major grasped firmly ta one hand a revolver, and In the other held ttoe lantern and a few matches. V6r a little while a low, grat' lng sound was. heard, and then a voice, evidently that of some one la the room aidvVAre you three alone, sure: aJorj who cared tor nothing ia which, ,.. tu manner that old word 111 Lll- . "berfry," which meant simpiy , tower, was transrormeu nuu p , '.' It became the custom to auB such towers, and. by common consent, change of spelling iouowcu. What Is the derivation of th5 word oti.vnivl?" Most readers wouiu re- ply without hesitation, that it must have been invented as the name of a certain familiar instrument for weigh ing an instrument maue oi .,t fPt in length. In point of cuuiii. .". . - t . faet. however, the woru rneaux, m i nthinir hut the yard, or ,. in tendon, where the continenUl traders sold. their steei. in of course, there was some kind of bal ance for weighing tne nieuii u yard balance. TjineilflAA la fUll OI SUCn Cas. tA h nnt.hine to do with the act of folding something over the eyes but i. KiinritoMMi." or struck blind. But- terv" has not connection with butter, : . "Kin.ttlArv" a nlacE DUt 18, OT WttO, o, fn. hntleft. a "blunderbuss" was not an awkward tTipffleiP.nt weanon. but. on the con trary, was so terrible as to be called a QonaerDus luat ib iu bo.j, . iiw.hoit." ar "thunder-barrel." The advance in the art of war Is hap. plly or unhapily typified by the fact hnt. a weanon. one so terrible, has be come an object ot ridicule. Will the world ever find our present Ironclads and mortars nothing but things to laugh at? A Corn-Shelling Mntoli. The tar-heel conventionist of North thine or two besides mnljlu? coil stitutlons. He can beat all nw.tinn shelling corn. The other even oedler had a newly pat- Btited corn-eiieller hawking It about UalelKh. and was showing a crowd on atrpot how fast it could siicii, wneu in old member from the mountains mnivwi nn. dressed in blue jean, ana a ob pipe in his mouth, ana said to me nedler: I can beat the thing snciung corn m vflol f "Well, sir." said the pocuor, i u rive vou a machine for nothing If you io it." (iood as wheat." says tho conven tionist. and he searched over the pile that the supply can adapt Itself to tha lomand with the same ease that the pres sure of gas Is regulated, and that the '.iKhts can be raised and lowered equally with gaslights, till these and other condi tions are satisfied the disuse of gas light ing Is still very remote. LLFI LUC w mm iiiuuti j 1 complished by refusing to purchase tne I ng generally, as also for large halla and feathers of wild birds; for if a majority I ;n(,oseti gpaces, electric lighting will, in f nnr lndlfis would cease to use I tne npar future, supersede gas; but that' Aigrettes the slaughter of the herons I t Wlll be equally available for domestic would stop at once. ia i"""1"" i pursues ; um -' ihPitrleh may be worn, as these birds I it can be shown that a current may be Vnrmed nd the feathers removed I uibdivlded practically without limit. intMir in thAm. There Is also W1UUUUI. IHJu . . . A fio t hra ru no objection to uhj uo i chickens, pigeons or other domesticat ed blrda whloh are bred and raised for th ot man. In tehail oi tne w'u hira fhn Borletv awoeals to all humane and intelligent people to Join the so ciety and use their lnnuence ior vu protection or our wras. n llow Colds are Caught. twi im Brood health, witli lair piay, I rel,ther iiu, easily resist cold. But when the neaiva An unusuai way of treating a feather flags and liberties are umeu ,ea .8 a8 follows: nuee u upon a stomach or the nervous system, a chill I zft roof lt one la at hand, or, if not is easily taken. Ot all causes of cold, I upon Beveral boards, so as to raise It probably fatigue is one oi me mom. from tne ground. L,eave ii exposea vu liclent. A Jaded man coming home at I tne drenchlng rain until it is thorough- ni,,rht frnm alone day's worK, a g-i , -uort thpn turn the Dea several lng youth losing two hours' sleep over I tlme8 Dry tt jn the sun, turning first Rvenine nartlcs two or tihree times a I ,d and tnen tne other. When ... riAlnff I tleo. lvej .t. Marlr Kdwurd llyan .1. A. Mower Mrs. Illhlebraiult... Mrs. Hurl' itfh diss. Hull Ann Mullley Anna K.cKimiotli... W. bpUin.. Mrs. JnhiiHon Un. l'l till . Kiiniinl " 6 13 Mi I 8 l II 78 f 0 8 81 fi no 1H M 7 Vf. S 11.1 R 8.1 1 10 (HI , 7 9h 71 U.1 l'J (it) il im i a l M 4 m ti n tl l.l is m ii n 8 m 1 71 Ii 10 7 M 1 40 Mrs. ,llio. Hennon ... Henry .Swisher.. W. Ii. Holder ,1. Maglll Mary Long Mrs. Shoemaker June Williams.. Mi-s. Campboll l "j- rims, rook V, 4 in 8 toi 14 Ml 6 (M I! 1H .1 (Jenulne. Hairdresser Yes; I pride myself on the 'act that all the false hair I sell is thorw uughly irenulne. Hoy I.onif I. like Ithone. . Kobt, Long A. Y. Hefw Mrs Surah Long Mis uieen I Hoy l atlow Mrs. i tirrell. i Mix Jones A. N. Yolm Lung's boy (ioiclou boy KlshlnirereeK l'oor mm. xor p. WelllTer It. B. tickets and meals for tramps 8 Vti 50 7 M 14 7 !!5 5 K7 7 s;i I I HI 4 (10 8 C7 a 67 9 00 as oo . SUNDRY BXrBNSBS. $ ll'JH 8! 01 Traveling expenses . Orders of relief to dlfTercnt persons I'rlniliig Miitlonery 1'ost.ii'e tlothliig for Ueo. Kvans at Klwvnlns't. SOW Expenses ri.r sending Maurice .VIU lleWt.U'iy llll tr'IIUJ' wnu tnf tn I'.irtiellr'A lns'C . ... w Ul UUUUU so ro (IS 8.1 i 4 7 K sen 2J wecJt. or a young lady heavily "doing thn voung children overfed, ,..ith aWnrt allowance OI Bleep, iuo comimon insUnces ot the victims of ",11 " t nvni"v ia favorable to chill-taking; feather beds, soft Y l i J .WW- J - ... 1 chairs, create a sensnuv;uw 0F it ia tint, after all. the I "cold" that' Is so much to be feared as I gLQOM POOR DISTRICT, the antecedent conaixioma mm. biyo 28 50 13 oo Funenil expenses vuw - AUUU1B nn cIHa la ne.'fpctlv dl'V. beat It UD (killin in.. Mm. I.lovd . .. . ll,. onI an 1 .MIIum.Mit ill full Willi Wllld- On, uniii iuu ucu m " F"'' i gQttienient. In Hill Willi jnnwju tlon. ANNUAL STATEMENT I'nir District. W II. Thomas, sawln lumber p. A. Klluo, puld sumiry small bills Expenses ot hall and wind BlorillS, wuili uuu tuuii-.iKi. in 4 a 11 (7 IS 40 581 81 -$ 1570 1 ottnev ehance of doing harm. (Some of the worst "colds" happen to those who do not leave their houses or even timir beds, and those who are most in- v.iinArnhifi are often those who are m,t ovnraosi to changes of tempera- hire, and who 1y good sleep, cold Kothiintr Ann regular habits preserve the tone ot their nervous syeiem uu for the year ending January 4, 18t7. JOUN K. GROTZ, Treasurer. D1L To balance on hand at last settlement M Cash from all Bources 555U & ttao 64 CK. By old orders paid 67 .i nun m-riertt nala.... oirl til "Note paid.. i"'"0, " commission 8 per cent .. 1 Jo oo $ 615H 117 The underslsned auditors of the Bloom Poor District, havlug ex mined tho foivgolng ac counts of the District tor the year is, nnd them correct as above set forth, and so approvo tliew. BOYDTHKSCOTT,-! II M 11KSS. 1 I. A. DkWITT, V Auditors. .1. K. WHITK, I l'KTEU H.HiKEZK j TB0DUCT8 Ot VABM KOK lSOJ. 833 bushels wheat .' ' 2 ' circulation, n maa roeont.lv twilnted out by the rrr a red cob. made a boy take lt to a I T , r net -t Via t mflnv ehiila are contracted n nnd burn lt a wuie, uuu iucu, of ,y.t .t :ha faar end oi tne uay, i nnlance on nana squaring himself on the sidewalk, he I when tlred people get the equilibrium I recapitulation OF MOSBrs iiBCBiVD, seized the red cob with a regular old j of their circuiatlon disturbed by either I collector f s plantation grip in one hand, while he I overueated slttiing-rooma or under-1 Jj H 'pattcrson, collector 4t 7 5875 ffl I l'-W 80 H)l 1410 r.6 81 180 rye 48 (HI S4H 75 SH 40 lil 00 45 Oil 1 00 8 tl) 1 50 held the ear of corn between both legs I htii beduooms and heds. This is es- I b.'n! smith, collector.... ; : witn the other, and waited for the word pecIaily the case with elderly PP1 I j0un k ainbender, eol"'" "Go" from a little man in the crowd, I ln 8Uch ca8ea tne mischief is not al-1 Wi w, Kester who held the watch to time them. "Go!" said the fellow, and at it they went. But the little pedler was so excited ln the start that his sheller got chocked, and while he was scuffling to unchoke it. the old member coolly got up, and pitching his half-shelled ear into the pile, said to tho pedler: "I aln't-got the time to shell against that thing mister; lt would make me ways done Instantaneously or in a sin- I self gle night, it often tattes piace inmu- iously, extending over cays or even i county .weeks. , j. .as ... i Experiment With Ant. Hovle. the well-known zoologist, once noticed a swarm of ants, and 1.74 Btt 8301 HI 111 60 87 65 4VKI 47 787 tl 48 tW Cook wfttfps 11 Keturnedby Gibbons family.. 10 00 Mary Long gotiiemoni Farm produoe.. Ulscouuti oats ui I " corn ears buckwheat .... sweet corn potatoes onions beans A tt tiefttj 11 tons hay iti lbs. pork.... ; 450 ' lard t W 400 " beef ' wj 800 " butter J J"; 50 doz. eggs J 50 10 shouts 1 heifer 00 i6O0 sheaves corn fodder ' 75 89 f 1383 03 $5556 23 LOSS BT STORMS. .V ACCOUST WITH COLLECTOHS. 8V bushels buckwheat ........ 130 00 K. Blttnbender, amt. (lupucate... col. 1805 found that when two of the ants met, I Amt. paid. .$ S83 85 IM18 0 that thing mister; it would maae ma - . . h d together, as if they I . . rtnB slow-motioned for life," and he stepped YLSlng to sato each other, away lively, tho crowd ehoutiag and the pedler mad. Ittttonhender. COl. 1806 and were whispering la each other's duplicate hw In order to obtain greater cer- i ' ears. Why Men Change Their Names. Different causes lead to a man's vol nntarUy changing his name. Said a lawyer: "I have had three cases recent ly where clients wanted their names doctored. One petitioner was a com mercial, a Mr. Wlntrlngham, I think. On the road and among his customers and friends he was known os "Smith sv." This nickname he had carlerd so long that when he visited a town he had always entered his name on the ho tel register as Smith. Letters sent to him as Wlntrlngham were frequently not delivered, and finally, as a matter of convenience as well as a matter of business, he had his name legally changed from Wlntrlngham to Smith. On the other hand, John Smith fre quently tires of his name. There was one very irate old John Smith who fig ured as a petitioner not long ago: He was ln the clothing business, and hla most active competitor was his son, John Smith, who had a clothing estab-1 ll&hment next door. Father and son had quarrelled, and the estrangement between them had been of long stand- i lng. The young man neglected (business, got into debt, and the ballffs were or-1 dered to enter his place. The officers swooped down an the wrong John Smith's Bhop. The old man was absent, his clerks were paralyzed, and when the venerable proprietor appeared and t pounded on the front door for admit-' ' tance he saw by the bill posted prom inently ln the window that the ballffe had possession. He had hla name changed, and the following day hisj I petition was filed. He la now. John . 1 Saunders. , , j v;iuiiii-i... lluil Uootl Heimom. I "Hardbake." said the gentleman's friend, "I am surprised to hear from B-ood authority that you, a freeJborn American, are in the habit of looking up to the titled foreign son-in-law of yours." "If vou knowed how high he come, said Mr. Hardbake, with a sigh, "you'd see that there wasn't no other way to look at him." Cincinnati Enouirer. Jia More 'I rouble. "This is pretty stout butter," de clared Mr. Newly with a frown that was decD for a man who had (been mar ried but a month. "Don't scold dearie," urged hie pretty little wife. "It'll not occur again. I have .bought a churn and ordered "but termilk to be delivered regularly. Hereafter we'll have sweet, freah but ter." Detroit Free Press. . . i. I'ald For. "Mrs. Cumrox's children seem to he rerv fond of their school," remaned one woman. "What makes you think so?" "They are always speaking of their .!, .. Innnl,., I I' . ULOJ ICUVUDIl "Oh. Mr. Cumrox Insists on that. He says that, considering how much he pays for extra tuition, it's only proper." Washington Star. .u,i r.l.,,1 tha nhilltv of BJltA to COm- I Amt. tlnn municate information to each other he C. K artman, col. im , duplU M killed suddenly one of the ants being Pald AUKU'8V gj well in advance of the greatest number ol of the swarm. Those ants which were lnV-tBiadupiT. near enough to witness the killing ol cate t 77 W one of their number fled hurriedly, but Amt. paid... V t stopped at the head of the advancing Amt aue . t 857 w column, placing their antennae or feel- j. m. Hole, ool. 186 duplicate. .1 m 87 era together with those oi tne leaaers i " of the swarm. The advancing swarm I Amt flua divided to the light and left, so uuu j. m. Hmitn.coi. iboaupuaiw none of the rints following passed the Amu paid ' . hodv of the dead ant at any nearer dis-1 Amt. due f tnne than six feet on either aide, al-1 Amt. due less ex. and com though the dead ant lay In the exact direction of the traveling swarm. This certainly speaks for the ability ot the ants to communicate Information to each other. . .. am ' corn ears.. 100 " outs 8H) " apples 10 " beets 2)0 sheaves corn foddor.. $ Bit 59 1 hog ; VI lUTKej 100 chickens 1500 heads cabbage 1000 stalks celery 40 luiuls pumpkins SO tons of Ice, uo charge.. IM48 69 85 00 S5 00 60 I'd 2 50 A 00 6 00 40 00 Iffl 00 80 00 10 00 Sj 00 393 50 VALUE OF HEAL AND rSRSONAL PKOl'BBTV. Balance on Bloom dup. 18 ts.... 9J4 50 it . ' jnH'1.... KHd Ul' " 8eott " 1890.... 53 "I it " (ire'nwooddiip. '90. WW Mlllvlllo " " H " BniiUiloaf " " 16 II 41 lt 111 08 43110 70 I 4370 70 S.XPKXSK ACCOUXT. DANVILIK BTATI HOSPITAL, Geo. Fox 58 -7 weeks S 11.75. .f Farm and buildings 12-100 00 horses 450 00 Scows. lw l heifer I bull 110 10 II sheep 5 Sbfoodsows ) w 13 shout 8 i Romance of Millionaire. A Ran Francisco item In the New VnrV TrLbune reads: When Charles Main, the capitalist, waa very 111, Just hejfnre (his death, his oldest friends ware amazed to find that he had no le gal right to the name which he bore for nearly fifty years ln California. He had changed his real name when hei first came here because of a fancied prejudice against Hebrews. This week a eontest over the will of Jacob Z. Da vis, who accumulated a fortune of 2,- 600,000 ln thla city, reveals that bia Iuumb Kelly 54 2-7 11 L. Z Kanior n -( " Al.a Sterner 5i -7 " Carrie Turret! 5il 2-T j. w. OHmau d -( fl. W. KestorSiM" 5 00 S5 01 144 00 v8 80 87 HI K4 00 2 00 25 00 BALAB1KS AMD VIBS. real name .was Dedlker, and that he I R. lt. Little . Dr. Chrlataln...... M00 B. H. Hmll.il ' " Wackeuuutil J J" 't HhulU , ? " llaik " llruner ' Harter ' Mutter J"0 Isaiah Hiisenbuch JJ f O. T. Wllaon J M. H. Khoo.es Thos Webb, P. A. Kline t. w. u. Hnyaer 5 turkeys. 100 clilekeus 91 ro 150 bUHhels w host 91 5o Ti " ryo SI w 500 " eoru cat oi wi 18 tons hn , 91 so I HOo slieavos corn foddor. . . f. Kn I lull hiul. eld lilltat.oeH VI 50 4"0 lbs beet J ! lti'Xi " porn. t 010 50 4M1 " laid.. mi n. ruj wlieiit. In lrround. 1 0 00 15 " rye " " HO 00 I'urnituro In almshouse 8.VJ i'0 " Hiewsida hoiisH 250 00 Farm'g Implenionts.wugous Ho 7i8 00 so Oil SI 50 51 00 turn 93 Hi 25 100 00 050 01 71 75 25 00 OCCUPANTS OK ALUSI10C8S. Number of paupors at last re port ... Admitted during year Discharged during year..., Hemulnini! at end of year. 10 2) 20 15 ' Comforting. "Say, Elsie, look around the street corner again and see if August isn't coming yet.' "No. I don't se htm; but don't be worriedthe people are looking mor and more lfke him every, tnlaittftl"-' Fllgeade Blaetter. i Chas Lee settlement ln full for damages dronned U when he left Philadelphia In 1849, because be had been bound as apprentice to a tradesman, and he fear ed the consequences of his violation of the contract. His sister's children .. . ... - n.lll n.UtAh int. all .1.1 muiiaw I'nn will. wuiuu lu. mi mill - - - . property to the two niece of hla de-1 Furniture and beauiiig. ceased wire, wnom ae iuma praouviis vtj goou adopted aa bta chllorta. tl.. f BXriMSRS OP ALKSHOIISS. S0 S9 lrtl H8 60 gft A 60 16 W Nnnihnr from Itlonm 50 00 I " " lirei'iiwood. n " it Hnolt f mwl it it Hiik'nrloaf... it ' Mlllvlllo I provisions and supplies Fuel ana UK"!. 18AIAH HAOKNBUCH, (I. T. Wl I.HON, M. 11. HUOOK8, Dlreotora -15 . . .a. . . wi ri iv.
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