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J. W. YOCUM, Editor.
VOLUME XLI, NUMBER Hi
THE COLUMBIA SPY,
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PROPESSIONA.L.
W. YOCUM,
ATTO R N E Y
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COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
COLUMBIA, PA
OFFICE—Srr B ilding„ Bank Stree•, near
Locust.
coll.;ctlons made in Lancaster and adjoining
counties.
Consultations in English or Germah.
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J. GULICK,
A. SURGEON DENTIST,
Extracts Teeth without Pain. Nitrous Oxide or
Laughing Gas administered.
OFFICE 2iS LOCUST STREET.
sent l.a94(w
p C. UNSELD,
TEACHER OF MUSIC
PI ENO,
ORGAN,
MELODEON.
CULTIVATION of the VOICE and SINGING.
Special attention given Beginners and young
pupils
210 LOCUST STREET
s ept4-69-lyw
CLARK,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
v'FICE—No. 12 N. Third street.
0:1lee Hours—Prom IS to 7 A. M. 12 to 1 P.M.,
awl from 6 to!) P. M. [sepl-69-tfw
EL M. NORTH,
ATTORNEY at COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW,
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made in Lancaster and
Vorl: Counties.
A s. FF MAN ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Collections made hi Lancaster and adjoining
tio unties.
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims
against the government promptly prosecuted.
Otlice—No. 152, Locust street.
SAM UE L. EVANS,
JUSTICE OP TIE PEACE.
Of11,:e, on Second St., a , lJoluing Odd Fellows
Fran, Columbia, Pa.
J. Z. HOFFER.,
DENTIST.
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered in the extrac
tion of Teeth.
Office— Front Street
an
next door to R. Williams'
Drug Store, between Locust d Walnut Streets,
Columbia Pa.
1. itrNic-r,E,
. PLEA. N t SURGEON;
offers his pi ofessionai services to the citizens of
Columbia at al vleinity. lie may be found at. the
Odiee connected with hi. residence, on Second
between Cherry and Union, every day,
Mon 7to M.., and trout 6totiP. M. Persons
wisaitur his services in special CUM'S, between
these hours. will lea; e •word by note at his office,
or throuzll the pest "Mae.
D EN•rAL SURGERY
.1. S. Si‘l Fri t. DENTIS'f
Grad nate ‘,l Pennsylvania C, a lege of I)en Lai
Surgery. Office in Wa..tner's Iluildlng, over
1 - 1 - agleinati's dry goods store. En
trance, 27.1 I..ocast Street,
Coln ni'ila. Ponn'a.
Dr. S.. Smith thank. • friends and the pub
lie in general for their liheral patronage ilt the
having
and assn ring them that tiler can rely upon
having every atten thin given to them in the
future. in every brau.ot or his profession he
ha.. :Ott art given via ire sattstaetion. Ile calls
attention to the uremrp.t...,eti style and finish
of arrilleial teeth Imemted by hint. Ile treats
distrves •••ntront t.t th • mouth and teeth of
child, (el an I :Mutts. '1 . 1 , 4,r1 tilled with the great
est ..ari• :in I in the in ••-t approved manner.
.e:itmt teet:t treated an L filled to last Mr years.
r t e best , 4/Z mouth washes enII
SIAM'S' on h •ini.
N. 11.—All work warranted.
sepi-aA.lytv J. S. SJftTH, 1). D. S.
HOTELS.
HOTEL,
No, 9, 11, 13 A: 15 COItTLANDT STREET,
NEW YORK.
Tll . OB. P. WINCLIESTER, PROPRIETOR.
ThIS central sold etnivilnient for Penn
sylvanutn,
AIILE MISIILER. of Reading. Pa.,
IN •an asNlatant at [llk Hotel, and will be glad to
4,0 It lv frtentl :it an IneN. SePt44M.tAr
MMME
TLL[S UOLEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED,
between the Stations of the 'Leading and Colum
bia, and Pennsylvania Railroads,
FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.
inpia iteCOTllinochttions for Strangers and Tray
olers. The liar Is stocked with
'CHOICE LIQUORS,
♦nd the Tables furnished with the best fare.
UItIAII FINDLEY,
Proprietor.
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LIItANKLIN HOUSE,I' LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA
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This is u first-class hotel, and is la every respect
Adapted to meet the wishes and desires of the
traveling public.• MARTIN ERWIN,
Proprietor,
Ii C lI'S HOTEL,
Ou the European Plan, opixkilte City Hall Park
New York. R. FRENCH,
Sept. Iv. ISGS. Proprietor.
MISULER'S HOTEL
West Market Square, Reading Reiin'a.
EVAN ALISFILER,
Proprietor.
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MALT BY HOUSE,
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
rids hotel has been lately refitted with all the
neeessary improvements known to hotel enter
prise and therefore offers tirst-class accommoda
tions to strangers and others visitintr. BitMinor°.
O. B. .110GiAN.
Proprietor.
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MARBLE WORKS.
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COLUMBIA. MARBLE WORKS.
The Subscribers would respectfully inform
the citizens or Columbia, and surrounding
country, that they have opened
A. NEW MARBLE YARD IN
COLUMBIA,
On sth Street, between Locust luid Walnut Sts.,
and ask the lyttroomge of the public.
They have had great experience oil floe work,
hot* in Philadelphia and New York. They will
furnish to the highest sly lea the art, handsome
GRAVE STONES, \IONU)U
• STATUARY, ORNAMENTS, Jzc.
also MARBLE MANTLES, BUILDIRG WORK,
ate. Orders promptly attended and executed at
cheaper rates than elsewhere. Call and seen'
Designs or new styles of Pine work,such
suonumentaL ,tine arts, &c., will be furnished
parties upon applicatiOn to the proprietors.
lIEPTING t MEHL
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HAIR PREPARATIONS.
WA - 711'S
VEGETABLE lIAIR RENEWER
AND
RING'S AMBROSIA.
These popular Hair Restorers and Tonics on
hand, at
R. 'WILLIAMS' DRUG STORE,
sept.l-69-trwl Colombia, Pa.
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BITCHERIS COL TIIILN:
TC. BUCHER,
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Wholesale and Retail Dealer It)
FOREIGN AN]) DOMESTIC
Wines and Liquors !
Has removed his Store to his Building, adjoining
Haldeman's Store, Locust St., Columbia, ra.,
where he has fitted up rooms, and greatly
increased his facilities for doing
a more extensive business
MISIILER'S CELEBRATED
HERB BITTERS !
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
These Bitters arc celebrated for the great cures
they have performed in every case, when tried
Dr. INtishler offers fire hundred dollars to the pro
prietor of any Medicine that can show a greater
number of genuine certificates of cures effected
by it, near the place where it Is made, than
MISHLEIt'S II EBB BITTERS
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
Is for sale In Columblaby
J. C. BUCHER,
At his Store, Locust Street, Columbia
WINES AND LIQUORS!
Embracing the following
Catawba,
Port,
Lisbon,
Cherry,
Aladeria,
Malaga,
Champagne,
Currant and Muscat WISES
COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS
Also, OLD RYE WHISKEY and
BRANDIES of sill kinds
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Catawba,
Cherry,
OM
Superior 01c1 Rye,
Pure Old Rye,
XXX Old liTe.
XX Old Rye X Old Rye,
Pure Old Rye, )43nougnheln,
Rectitled Whisky, London Brown Stout. •
Scotch Ale, &.C., ,lx., Lte.
AGENCY FOR
NA (.T AND CIDER. VINEGAR
He Is also Agent tor the Celebrated
NISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
FOR SALE
POCKET FLASKS.
DEMIJOEINS,
TOBACCO BOXES,
and FANCY ARTICLES, in great variety,
At J. C. BUCHER'S
MISHLER'S BITTERS!
PURE Jr. UNADULTERATED
M=M:llt9
BEST STOUT PORTER!
From E. G. lIIBBERT, LONDON
C. 4 ENTI.EXEN:—D gives me great pleasure to
finite that my wife hes derived great benefit
from the use of Cues Dyspepsia Cure. She has
been tor a number of years greatly troubled
wi tit Dyspepsia, accompanied with Violent par
oxysms ot constipation, which so prostrated
her that she was all the while, for months, un
able to do anyt It Mg. She took, at your instance,
Coe's Dyspepsia Cure, and has derived great
benefit front it, and is now comparatively well.
She regards this medicine as a great blessing.
Truly yours,
January l3th. Isar. L. F. WARD.
PURE MALT VINEGAR. I CLERGY MEN.
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J. C. BUCITER,
Locust Street, above Front
Agent for the
Cannot be purchased :at any other establish-
111011 t In town, and Is warranted to keep fruits
and vegetables perfect,
The Best Brands of Itriportett -
SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE
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J. C. BTJCIJER
TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS
13UqfiER still,eep on hand the
Best Brands of
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA, and
COMMON SEGARS. Also,
SNUFF TOBACCO BONES, PIPES—a
thousand and one -varieties. Call at
J. C. BUCIIER'S,
Locust Street, adjoining llaldeinan's Store.
It is the greatest establishment of the kJ nd this
side of Philadelphia.
sittreVraileenmey for Lee's London Porter, and
COl JMBIA, PA
COE's COUGH BALSAM! ~"
Tuts long tried and popular Remedy is again
called to the attention of the public. As often
as the year rolls around, the proprietors annu
ally make their bow to the people, and remind
them that amongst the many things required
for the health, comfort and sustenance of the
family through the long and tedious months of
winter, Coe's Cough Balsam should not be for
gotten. For years it has been a household medi
cine—and mothers anxious for the safety of their
children, and all who suffer from any disease of
the throat, chest and lungs, cannot afford to be
without It. In addition to the ordinary four
ounce so long In the market, we now furnish
our mammoth family size bottles, which will,
in common with the other size, be found at all
Drug Stores.
The Balsam will be found invaluable, and may
always be relied upon in the most extreme
cases.
The testimony of all who have used it for this
terrible disease during the last ten years, Is,
that It invariably relieves and cures
Keep your throat wet with the Balsam—taking
little and often—and you will very soon find re
lief. •
Yield at once to a steady use of this great
remedy. It will succeed In giving relief where
all other remedies have failed.
SORENESS OF THE THROAT, CHEST
Do not delay procuring and immediately tak
ing Coe's Cough Balsam. when troubled with
any of the above named. difiliculties. They are
all premonitory symptoms of Consumption, and
if not arrested, will sooner or later sweep you
away into the valley of shadows from which
none can ever return.
Many a care-worn sufferer has found relief and
to-day rejoices that her life has been made easy
and prolonged by the use of Coe's Cough Balsam.
The people know• the article, and it needs no
comment from us. It is for sale by every Drug
gist and Dealer in Medicines in the United
States.
READ WHAT YOUR OWN DRUGGSIT
The C. G. Clark Co., New Raven, Conn.:
GENTLEmE: , ;.—I have now been belling Coe's
Cough Balsam for the past two years. and take
t his opportunity to say that it has given univer
sal satisfaction, and as a remedy for all Pulmon
ary Complaints it stands unequalled. I always
keep myself well supplied with this truly valu
able medicine, and earnestly and conscientious
ly recommend it to my customers.
Yours very truly.
J. A. MEYERS, Druggist.
Columbia, Penna.
REA D ! READ!! READ!!!
Claret,
Rhine,
Blackberry,
Elderberry,
THE ATTENTION OF THE PEOPLE
Jamaica Spirits,
Kunimel,
Ginger,
C(;e'S Dyspepsia Cure.
'Fhb. preparation Is pronounced by Dyspeptics
the only known remedy that will surely cure
that aggravating and fatal malady. For years
it swept on its feartul tide, carrying before It to
an untimely grave, its millions of sufferers.
Coe's Dyspepsia Cure
Rescue I
Adi f iestion, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache,.
Sourness or Acidity of Stomach,
Piling (f Food, Flatulency,
Lassitude, Weariness,
Are as surely cured by this potent remedy, as
the patient takes It. Although but live years
before the people, what Is the verdict of the
masses? Hear what Lester Sexton, of Mtlwau-
Itle, says:
F 110)1 LESTER SEXTON,
of 11111wnukle
MILWAUKIE, Jan. 24, 1863.
.11e..one. C. G. Clark tf: Co., Hew Haven, et.
Rothmyself and wife have used Coe's Dyspep
sia Our. and it has proved perfectly satisfactory
as a remedy. I have no hesitation in saying
that we have received great benefit front its use.
Very respectfully.
(Signed) LESTER SEXTON.
J. C. BIJCHER.
A GREAT BLESSING!
[Prom Rec. L. F. WARD, Avon, Lorain Co., Ohio.]
Messrs, Strong 4. A rntstrong, Druggists, Cleveland.
The Rev. Isaac Aiken, of Allegheny, teidltles
that it has cured him, after all other remedlea
had failed.
D 12.17(1 G IsTs
Any druggist in the country will tell you, if
you take the trouble to inquire, that every one
that buys a bottle of Coe's Dyspepsia Cure from
thorn, speaks in the roost unqualified praise of
its great medicinal virtues.
EAI) WHAT YOUR OWN DRUGGIST
SAYS:ti
COLUNIIIA, PEN - NA.,
October 13th, ISM f
The C. G. Clark Co., New Haven, Conn
(3Exis,—l have now been selling Coe's Dys
pepsia Cure for the past two years—and take
this opportunity to say, that in all ewes it has
given great satisfaction as a remedy, and Is
spoken of in tile highest terms by dyspeptics.
It Ims prbved itself a great, and wonderful Medi
cine in numerous cases—as a certain and speedy
cure of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Distress after
Eating. Souring and Rising of Food, Colic,
Fever anti Ague, Bilious Derangements and 'in
Met all diseases arising from a disordered con
dition of the Stomach or Bowels. I always keed
myself well supplied with the article, and most
cheerfully and conscientiously recommend it to
my customers.
Yours very inlay,
.1. A. Mk:YETIS, Druggist,
Columbia. Pa.
COE'S DYSPEPSIA CURE
Will also be found Invaluable In all cases of
Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colic, stunmerCornplalnts,
Gripping. and in tact every disordered condition
of the stomach.
Sold by Druggists In city or country, every
where at Si per bottle, or by application to
THE C. G: CLARK CO.,
octl7-Iyl Sole Proprietors, :Sew Haven, Ct.
COL'S C0.L133.1217.
FOR CROUP,
WHOOPING COUGH,
SORE THROAT
HARD COLDS AND COUGHS
AND LUNGS
IN CONSUMPTION,
IN SHORT,
THE C. G. CLARK CO.,
Sole Proprietors, New Haven, Ct
SAYS
COLUMBIA, PE A.,
October 13th, 1333.}
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WORLD'S GREAT REMEDY,
has come to the
finally terminating
in Death.,
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS RE
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A CALIFORNIA LOVE STORS
About fourteen years ago I was em
ployed as head sawyer in the steam saw
mill of L. D. Smith & Co., near the
win
ing town of S Mr. Smith and his
family were living in a neat college close
to the mill, and often I and the engineer,
James Alton, by name, were invited by
our employer to attend the evening, _wor
ship held in his house.
One evening just as we were taking
leave of his family. we heard the sound of
carriage wheel, itnmediately:foliowed by
a knock at the door.
" Minnie is coming ! Minnie is corn
ing !" exclaimed. Mrs. Smith, rushing past
us into the entry. Her husband followed
with a light.
A minute after the door opened, and
Minnie, her eldest daughter, was lucked in
her mother's arms.
Minnie was a beautiful girl about sev
enteen years of age. Three years she had
passed in a young ladies' seminary Utica,
N. Y., and now she bad returned to her
mountain home, amidst the pines and ce•
dare of California.
The engineer and I lingered awhile af•
ter her arrival, for both of Ili desired to
be introduced to Minnie Smith.
" Minnie, I make you acquainted with
Louis, our head sawyer, and James, our
engineer. I guess you'll be glad to make
their acquaintance, for both are good mu
sicians and excellent singers. I suppose
your musical education has not been neg
lected ?"
"I have learned a little iustrutuental
music, but I have no voice," replied she
to her father, after bowing to me. James
had held out his hand, but she did not
touch it, and 1 saw that lie blushed deep
ly, while his eyes glittered revengefully
at what he supposed her disdain.
Soon after we left the cottage. On our
way to the mill I said :
" James, old boy, you looked mad
Why, don't you know that in good socie
ty they never shakelhands. but only bow."
"Weill didn't know it. But, neverthe
less, she could have shaken hands with
me when she saw that r held out my
hand !" replied be in a surly tone.
I then began to praise linnie's beauty.
and:asked his opinion about her; and he
gave me no answer. When we parted for
the night I noticed that his voice sounded
strange as he said :
"Don't fall in love with that girl, she is
too aristocratic to be the wife of a head saw
yer
Four weeks had passed since I became
acquainted with Minnie. Almost every
teyenit i tg .Mititiicondrsculdi?9 seep
t iu ti;ie
parlor of the cottage ' Soon it beedine
known that Minnie and I were sitting 1t
the foot of a huge sugar piuc talking
about our approaching marriage, whoa we
heard the report of a rifle, the bullet of
which whistled apast nay head.
I sprang to my feet and shouted :
" Halloa ! you stupid fellow, what are
you shooting at ?"
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" I supposed it was a deer !" answered
a well known voice, and Tames, wi th a
rifle in his hand emerge 1 from some bush
es about fifty feet from where I stood.
" You couldn't mistake me fur a deer l'
said I
" Yes answered Jameis, plintint; to my
gray hat in the band of which Minnie had
pla'-fully stuck some dry branches from a
bush close by.
" Ah, I see," said I, taking off toy hat.
"Well, nest time yo. had better look a
little closer !"
" r will," repeated hc, moving aw:iy and
soon his form was lost amidst the increas
ing darkness. 'lt seemed to me that, his
voice sounded strangely. But I had no
time to think about it, for Minnie
fainted, and it seemed a long time to me
before she opened her eyes. It was night
before we reached the cottage.
Next day James Alton gave us notice
that he would leave within ten days.
Time rolled quickly away amidst the
preparations for our corning marriage. I
had been twice to S—in order to hire
another engineer, but I could find no one
to take James' place and he was compell
ed to remain until the arrival of a ma
chinist, an old friend of' mine, who wa,
coming from San Francisco.
On the Sunday evening, two days be
fore the day set for my marriage with
Minnie, I had occasion to go down to the
saw-mill. After I had looked at the saws
to see if they had been properly wedged
and filled, I descended in a boiler room
We had two large steam boilers set side
by side. As usual, in troth ends were the
tnan-holes These are semi-circular open
ings through which, when necessary. the
fireman creep in order to clean the in4le
of the boilers. One .of th e,.e man holes
was open, and some b iys. children of one
of the fireman were playing witn a short
iron bar near by.
I do not ha ,w what ma le me stop and
watch them pushing the bar through the
aperture while the} listened to the sound
of the water as waveic's moved past the
bar, and dashed against the inside of the
Stop that play, boys," said I. '• and
tell James to close up the boiler." They
had not seen me before, and when the
heard my voice they let the barrell and
scampered away. The bar dropped with
a loud splash into the water.
" Never mind," thought I, the firemen
can get it out again when they clean the
boiler next Sunday." " I was about to
leave tho boiler room when James enter
ed.
"Good evening sir," began he in tt
cheerful tone : I guess the new engi
neer will arrive to-morrow night, and I am
IN A BOILER.
DING, NOB ANY PLEASURE BO :I,ASTING."
MORN - IN, 1 0 Cal
glad of it. Please stop into my room arid
read the letter which . I've received this
afternoon. From it you can see why lam
glad to get away flout here.'•
He gave me a letter. It teas-to dark to
read outside, and I entered hiS room. A
lighted lamp stood upon th 6 table. I sat
down and read the .letter, which was
from James' mother, urging him to come
home instantly.
" You thought I was toad at you be
cause you made love to iiuuie. ,But you
were mistaken, old boy, fur look at this
letter," said he handing me another. It
was a letter apparently from a Young girl,
although the hand writing looked rather
masculine It was dated from the' saute
New England village in which James' mo
ther was living, and its contents breathed
intense love fur hint. It was signed
" Annie."
1 ' Yes," replied lie, in answer to my
-questioning look. "TT marry Annie as
soon as. I set foe. .t in my. native villaee "
" Won't you wait until the buts are
published ?" asked I with a laugh.
"Not a minute I'll go straight t her
house, take her to the next parson, who,
for money and good words, will soon tie
the knot! 'Now,' continued he' after a
pause, during which he took a bottle and
two tin cups from a shelf, above his bed ;
" now let's drink to the health of ear in
tended brides." And he filled the cups !"
" Hold on, James let nie'know
what is in the cups !" said I.
" Your intended father-in-law gave me
a bottle of Angelica wi❑e. lle said that
it was the best he had in his cellar" an
swered James.
I like sweet wine and I took the cup.
"here is to the health and prosperity
of Annie!" exclaimed I, emptyit.g the
cup
" Here's to Miss Miunie, who, I am
sure, will be the best and truest of wives !"
was the toast of Jame,, as he too emptied
his cup
" Now here is a real Havana !" said 11,-;
taking seine cigars from his pocket and
handing oue to me. which I lighted Then
.settling back into the chair I listened to
a detailed account of his precious life.
The narrative seemed very uninteresting
to me, and I was wishing inwardly :hat it
would soon end, fur I had to go to S
that very same night on business connect_
ed with the mill.
Gradually the light became kiln), and
he voice of James sounded hollow. I.
tried to tell him to trim the lamp and
speak a little louder; Lut my lips oit',y
moved, and not a JUUnd came from my
throat. Toe tobacco stnoke :is choking.
me, thought I, casting toy eyes upward
t r u
tOor-tift3TC'tili of the"tuLl> upnA'ivu)u was
'Sing the ha t coubttuicd cigar. -Stiati;..!c
that I felt no . pain as the hand struck the
sharp corner of the chair. I tried to rise,
but my eudeavors were in vain. Some
heavy weight appeared to press upon illy
shoulders, a weight which I could nut
shake off I lifte imy eyes toward Janie.,
who was sittsug op pus to me. (loud God
Was it an hallucination of my whirling
brain, or was it reality?
I saw, as if o:tough a haze, the eyes of
James glaringat me like those of a Wild
cat about to spring upon his prey. Ev
ery line in his features proclaimed hate—
undying hate. He ruse and advanced
close to where I sat.
Ms voice sounded to me like the ri.nr
of thunder, as he,said :
" I I've got you now my fine rel
low. this time I am sure that you never,
never can marry Miunie. Teu minutes
more and you are dead.' 0 ! nu use !"
cried he in a woke that pierced my ears,
as he saw how I tried r.) At the of the coil
that ,seemed tu. bind me to the chair.
"
No use, whatever, 01.1 b iy„ WOLI
let you "go now, you'd hang we. Tru •
enough, a gypsy once said U.l bruak my
neck, but nut upon the gallows, no, uo !
Some weeks ago I tried to kill you,but it was
already ton dark to tike you 1 aim, an 1 you
escaped. •
'• The letter•: you ha ve pursued are notb
in:, but forgerier. My timber has been
dead four years, an 1 the Izirl Annie is only
a creature or my brain."
His voice seemed to lower to a whivey
as he continued :
" They will ,ay that you have been a Gil
lian, that you fl,tl s feo: Alayi..b,efore the
day.set for your :ghillie will
be very unhappy, an'l [ will do my best
to cheer her up. She woul I have loved
tee had you not er.,.,e•l toy path Witrt
your floe talk and molt-111111:30n.e which
won 'her affemion4."
Agaltl he stopped.
“Tw o minutes more,” si;id . he. alter a
pause, during which he looked :it his
watch ; "yes. two minute- more mid your
soul will leave its miserable Lofty . Please
give my best regards, to his Satanic
Majesty. Tell him that sooner or later I
join you in the fiery regions below. Your
eyes are closing now, your flee: has the
hue of death, your limbs are getting cold,
yes, cold as ice :"
I felt the touch of his hot hand upon
my face. It 'S'eemed that if a thousand
needles were entering every part of toy
body ; a red blur ob.cured toy viAon,aud
it was beconiim , darker and darker. I
felt • as if some . thing was pressing upon toy
head which now seemed to leave my body
my breath became shorter—all at once it
stopped. • I felt', as I counted the beatings
of my heart—one, lien. direr, Aar, jive
air ! Then all was
I opened my eyes, that is, I felt I open
ed them, as not a ray of light fell upon
' Darkness, impenetrable dark- .
nes& was around we, Was lin the grace?
I made an effort to stretch forth toy hands.
I succeeded. They moved ti rough water
which I now felt was adying around my
neck. ,
Where was I ? Surely it was not a
dream, for I felt that I was thoroughly
awake. I raised my right arm to my
head and my hand ea Ine in con act 'with
an iron rod upon which my head was ly
ing. Again the quemion passed through
my mind : Where mu I?"
Soon, but too soon the question was an
swered.
Hark ! I hear the sound of a distant
voice. It came nearer and nearer—yes,
my ears did not deceive me. It was the
voice of George, our night watchman.
He was singing a song. The words of
the refain came distinctly to my ears :
"And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay nie down and die!' ,-.
It took all my strength to raise myself,
into a sitting posture. I stretched out
my artus. I felt that I was sitting upon
something t hat had it cylinttr:cal , shape,autl
the water was now only up to my waist.
All at Once tin , horrible trail flashed
urn) my mind. Great God of he:ivens !
I was mad ! No ! not mad, but I felt tloit
lunacy in the shape of a terrible si t etre
wss a ppr..aehing me, for the quet..l, l 4m wa
an,wered :
'• 1 was imprison«l within the steam.
boiler ."'
I begau to :bout
" Help ! Ge.lrge, for auke. help !".
But my voice sounded like that f a
muffled - bell. Thor) I commenced to
pound with my lists upon t he iron. Surely
George must hear that, thought I.
But no, he was. whistling the tuue of
Yankee Doodle.
Once he stopied, and a thrill of j.,y
ran through we. Then he began again.
I lelt my way to the head of the boiler.
for now I heard that he was opening the
furnace door. I wed knew what he was
going t•• do. Soon I heard a scratehi,,r,
sound—he was lighting a match. Then
I heard the rwaling of shavings which he
was throwing into the furnace. This was
shortly followed by a crackling eound.
" lie bas lit the fire and I will be bulled
alive:" thought I, again pounding and
scratching against the sides of the boiler
in the vain hope of waking myself heard.
I felt not, the pain, but I felt that the'
warn' blood was dropping from lay keer
ated knuckles and torn-nails. T listened.
The slnirp crackling sound of the fire be
cattle lower. Aga.o I had hopes.
The fire had gone out, alid I knew that
the watchman had gone to bed, for the
lighting of the fire was his la , t duty, at
five o'clock in the morning. I also know
that the fireman would nut rise until hair
past ,five. ,T vitnn ty,, pe rlta ps sw ty-ft
- -
10it The
'• Thirty minutes and then I must
NM
fZilded my hands, I prayed to God as
I had never prayed before. I recalled to
my mind a prayer my mother taught me
whey I was a child, and a holy calm came
over me, for surely, thought 1 . , lie who
sees sparrows fill will not desert me iu
icy present need.
Slowly my hands parted and fell to my
side, and slowly I crawled back to the
end of the boiler where I knew was the
manhole through which I had b..eu
shoved by the wicked engineer while I
was under the influence of the drug which
he had a Iministered.
I passed my hands over the cant-iron
plate which shut up the only ingress to
the boiler. I pushed against it with all
my strength ; still I knew that one huu
Bred pounds of stbaui pres , ure could riot
remove that plate. I felt exhausted by
my efforts, and I threw myself at full
length upon the flues. The water covered
me np to my neck and head, which. I
kept above its level.
A 4esperate thought came to my mind.
Why should I not drown myself by low
ering my head ? It would end my misery
at once. Some one seemed to whisper into
my ear, ‘• Do it." •I'hen another voice
said, " It is suicide, an&God will punish
Mil
I laughed, yes, I laug!ned. It's only
a dream," ,said I, " and I soon will awake
and once more see the blessed light of
day."
But it was not a dream, it was a terrible
reality. 'The love or life cattle bark to
me. Again I pressed my hands over the
cold surface'of the boiler. They came in
o f tihred with 1;914d/tiny that moved
God in his infinite mercy had given to
tne the means of escape from that living
tenth. My hand wai; grasping the short
iron bar which the boys had dropped into
the IniliCr ! It was lying across 4 o n ie of
the stay rods which traversed the boiler in
an all directions.
I used it as a hummer against the cast
iron plate which covered the man-hole.
One sharp b!ow, a crack, and a stream of
blinding light tell upon wy eyes. It was
the rising sun, fur the back part of the
boiler looked toward the east. Two more
blows, and the broken plate fell with a
splash into the water, and left the aper
ture open and clear fur my escape. •
It is yet a wonder to me that the in
ten-e joy that)" experienced did nut kill
me. With diffiCulty I crawled through
the opening. I staggered toward the en.
glover's room and opened the dour. The
apartment was tenantless; James had
gone to his Lreakshist. I. looked :it the
clock ; it still lacked fifteen minutes to
A strange Cit.iught ilablied across illy
mind. What. if. I-should take the ;pare
man bole plate, from •the storeroom close
by, and fix: it in the aperture ? I had yet
ten minutes time. Would not James
think that I was still in the boiler?
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12,00 Per Year, in Advance; 82,541 if not Paid in Advance
I ran to the store room and took _the
plate - from the 'shelf. IE seemed very
heavy - to'me s-I carried' it to the back
part cif the boiler. Therei laid it down
and' closely' examined the lead gasket
which was around its rim. - Everything
Was complete With the exception of put
tim, on some red - lead. went back to
the store room, got 'the-little'eask of lead
and put ion 'e of it upon the tow Junes
'had wound round the lead gasket: Then
I fastened the plate to• the apeiture Ly
means of a clamp and nut. While I was
at work I heard the voice of the fireman.
He was swearing at the neglect of the
wat"liman in not liolitin , 2 the fire. There
was no danger of my beim; detected. lie,
as he afterward' told me, thought it was
James making some repairs, for he hear
,the clanking of iron while he was emplo3
ed about thelurnace.
"It was near six, and in a minute more
James Would return from the boarding
house that stood sumo distance apart from
the sate Mill. I looked about ate. Near
the boiler and close to the steam gague
was a high shelf hair concealed bye large
beam. By jumping upon the boiler I
could reach that shelf. I was nut a min
ute too late. , Scarcely was I concealed
behind the beam betire Isaw Junes enter
the engine room. lie looked very pale,
and large dark circles were around his
eyes, as if he had passed a sleepless night.
There was'un partition between the
boiler and engine room. One glance at
the steam gague ti Id him that the watch-
wan had neglected his duty. lie rushed
down the 11:w steps iu front of the fur
nace and shouted•to the fire man.
'• Quick. Jim, throw more pitch pine
ibs into the fire. Mr. Smith will gi..ve
us fits. Look he is coming now to find
why I hsvn't blown the whistle."
Watchman's fault ?" grumbled Jim,
opening the doors and shoveling into the
furna'ee a liuoe - pile - of shavings. Mr.
Smith entered the fire•room, and James
explained to him wit steam was not up
high enough to start the engine.
George ought to have tired up at five,
but I suppose he wai sleeping at his
post," concluded he.
•• Well, said [he
...father of "I
will tut! Louis to pay him his wages and
discharge him::
Wheu Ja•ucs heard toy name mentior
ed I could see that lie trembled from head
to Riot.
'• By the way, where is Louis? We
has not been to breakfast, and he did not
sleep in his room last 'night," said Mr.
Smith.
I—l don't know," faltered the guilty
wretch„ turning 'away hisfaee... ,
, sawyer 41? ,lie
gtrng. o pou. v
said Jim, looking'up. • •
" All right. Now, Mr Alton, do your
best to get up steam as soon at possible,,
for evety hour lust is money out of,the
Company's treasury," said Mr. Smith,
leaving the fire room.
I felt hint and weary, yet I rem:lineal
at my post. James was passing to and
fro with restless step,. Once he stopped
and lifted the safety-valve, front which
now came a sound like a sigh. Quickly
he dropped the cord connected with, the.
lever. and something like a groan issued
front his half' open mouth.
lle then lit his pipe, but after one or
two puffs he threw it upon a bench_
Thenagain lie resumed his rapid walk.
I looked at the steaut gague. It indicated
ten pounds pressure to the square ineh,
and was rapidly rising. James stopped
in his walk and began to oil the journals
of the engine. The fireman had' one out
of the room. "Now is-my time," thought
I, rising up' and jumping on the boiler
next the engine. • - •
"'James—.Tames !" cried 1, awl toy
voice soundrd strange even to toe. He
quickly turned and sank . upon his knees
as he saw toy form standing only a few feet
from where he had been . itt. work.
•‘ Mercy, mercy !" groaned he with up
fted hands.
" No mercy to a murderer !" shouted I,
jumping from the boiler with the intention'
of seizing . him.
But he was to quick for me: With'a
cry of intense horror he sprang to his feet
and nit.' up the liroad steps leading to the
upper part of the mill. •
Save we save me!" shouted he, to the
workiug then, rushing past thew upon the
OE
`• Stop him, stop him !" exclaimed I,
springing after him. The men gave a
shout, but in: toad *of following him they
rau away, amue crying a ghost a
ghost !" and others, " a madman ! a crazy
umu
IVithout herding their outcries I fol
lowed James, still cryit..::, "stop hitt', stop
hiut
lie ran toward a place called ‘• Turn
back Creek." This creek was eery ap
propriately named. Three hundred yards
from the mill Was a steep precipice over
which the water of the ( T eel; plunged
with a fearful roar.
"Stop'James,' stop! -you are runuing
into the jaws f death !" shouted I, when
I saw him only a few steps from the edge
of the chaste.
The sound of my voice only seemed to
add more speed to his steps. Presently
for a moment he stopped and turned his
face towards me, then he gave, a bound
like a deer, and disappeared from my
`• God have mercy upon his soul !" mur
mured I, sinking exhausted to the ground
Then for a time I remembered uo more
A week passed away before my mind
was clear enough to recognize those who
Minnie told me that I
were dear to me
.; I
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• 'el' "
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ji;
EIVIIOLE'AVAII3ERI I )2,OBII.
had passed' through .a . ,viOleidbri - f4 fever
What haw:become.of the engineer ?"
James is dead,
- and buried," said she
in' answer to my tinesti&i, "They found
him lying at the foot of the waterfall. He
lived long enough to confess that it was
your ghost that haunted him. I" prayed
with, him until he breath_ lie
died penitent."
I afterwards learned 'from the working
men that-they were terribly frightened at
my appearance._
You „lust -looked like a man: coming
,out of a fight, -with:blood all over you and
, yourploths io , rage r , said the second saw
yer.
.'Two- months passed away before I was
able:tm leave; my' bed: Then Minnie be•
came my wife and we-are yet living in the
cottage close by_ the•mill.
NA 58Y.:,.v.?
Mr. • !Vastly Tithes.' titoolt Over the
'Pot Jena lierizen - ast mtves the
Result Thereof; - -
Mock t.lliunk',(wich is in the State uv
Peunsylvatly,) Sept, I.I.JSA9—A t last I
hey struck...a haven tiv rest. ; At last
hey a F hour abides place...for a time at
least. How - long I may stay, ur how scion I
May be conipelled'rdpielcuP my landlord's
spare shirt and travel r can,t tell. But
writ do I care ?..For the present am under
the wing ur a man who jtez, $20,000,000,
and who is yuosin it, at. a terrific rate.
Some few uv the drops... ur the -golden
shower is u falba onto me,•and. I am con
tent. 'That is Ima content personally. I
am ez well otT ez I coon he. Fhey twice
penetrated the auizust''persence uy the
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Peonsylvany, represeotin myself ez presi
dent or a Democratic club in Philaaelphy,
and twice hey I received 8100 to carry ou
the good work. The, young man wick
guards the outer door uv flit candidatori
al man , lmu is a most actiut judge uv hu
man nacher. The servant at the door
a:••Ict for credenshels, at with the young
man who happened to he in the, hall, no
tieiu me, rebuked him fordelayio me.
"Terence !". remarkt he • sharply,
wit all sick noses without'question
bet they are our friendi.'!
That nose hez cost me. thousands uv
other people's dollars to keep it- up in
color. Thank heaven, it's repayin me
come uv the trouble I her gone to on its
account.
am-well enuff off, and•possibly - ought
- to-be satisfied but the condishen uv the
Dimocrisy affix me. The fact is, we are
iu a bad way .and ther ain't no way out
uv it. We ain't got no yoonanimity—we
ain't got nothin to fite for, and the coun
try hez hod universally good crops. The
weather's bin agin us. Ef we could hey
hed rain enuff in harvest to hey
rustid the wheat, and ,enuff follerin the
wheat harvest to hes rotted titepertaters,
and then it jury attack uv cholera and
yellow fever, and other disorders of that
nacher, so' that the people could got
dissatisfied and ugly and sich, ther wood
hey bin some, hope for,, us... The potato
, rot in : the Westernye,n e sila.
vny.wood bey
alone,
.sfit te'ir'S" in Yoiii 4 re - Yei:l2V-Veirtiriti n k gait
to rooin„ when every Mother's SOH , U.C" eau
kevther pockets staffed with greenbax
and a barn full uv wheat to . bring more ?
Wat's the yoose uy'elarnorin‘ for change
when the country's Join ez well et it kin
anyhow ?
Then agin, our management hez bia
frightful. In Ohio,, we made a boggier
in the beginin, nomenashen nv' Roseerans.
It wuzn't in the nacher uv things for our
patriots who had shot officers sent out by
Rosecrans to arrest- their sons wich had
taken bounty and had deserted to Canada
tO vote for lloscraus, partickerly ez ban
dreds uv 'eth'hed bin dragged to Bastiles
for emptying theirrifles at em. The burros
struck in their throats. I roust confess
that they made a brave amen pt at it. but
they looked sick while 0.16' did it. The
efforts to hurrah fur 110 - eeraus, and the
face they made uv it reminded Inc us: an
incident wielt occurred to me Ns-nest.
I hed a friend whose name it wus
Brown, who wus given .to indulgence in
the llowin.hole to a fearful extent. Tun
nice he attempted to be convivyel on a
new brand uv ivhisky, and it floored him.
At 11 P - . I - fotind him Clinging to a
lamp-post and vomitin ez tho ther wus a
tninatoor earthquake into his insides.
Brown :" remarked I;-laying my hand
affectionately onliihis shoulder, " Brown,
are you sick ?" -
" Sick! Sick I" •replied <lie, - swinging,
round to the other side of -the post and
discharoin anther avalanch. Sick ! do
you think I'm damn this for the fun nv
the-thing ?"
- Our Democrats in Ohio swallered Rose
mans, but their hurrahs were, so much
like the rctchin uv
. a man with a load
onto his stumick , that it reminded me uv
my friend Brown. •
In Pennsilvany we ain't much better
off. Candidate hez pints about him. He
wuz a•Copperhead douria the war, wich
makes all nv that class uv Democrats en
thoosiustic in, his support ; but on tother
hand it drives off the war Democrats,
without wich we ain'n worth shucks. He
bez money though, and es be's bleedin
freely be may keep the organisashen alive
till we kin make a fite with a man wich
we kin elect. •
The principle trouble is however to find
out wat Democracy is at this juncter. In
Ohio its agin nigger ekality and in favor
uv either payin off the bonds in greenbacks
or repudiashun ; in Tennessee its nigger
suffrage and nigger offs holdiM; in Con
necticut its payin the bonds in gold, inter
est and principle; in Califdrny its anti
'illness, and in Looisian, its'Cbineie. In
Maine our people are runvin a perhiber
tory ~likker law, and everywhere else
they're for free whisky. In Illinois De
mocracy is free trade ; in Pennsilvany its
high proctetive tariff and so on around.
In short its so- highly mixed-that Iwoodent
agree to go from one county to another to
make speeches, without having first care•
fully-.ascertained wet the Democracy us'
that pertikeler county believed in.
I got Democratic papers from all the
States one day, and, by persistent 'roadie
Iry out for five hours, I became so•mixed
as to be a protuisin cand.date for a loonatic
asylum. •
I shel stey whey lam F.. 9 long ez there
is anything to be got Out nv the posishen.
I have personated ii.cheerman uv Philo
delfr-committees twice with:snecess; to
morrow I shel try it agin, and after that
sich other characters as may occur to me. -
-"must make hay while the sun shines, for
the furious-assaults onto Packer's pile is
redoosin it fearfully.
• PETRQLEUM.V. NASBY,
• (Wish Irina Postmaster.)
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