S. IV. YOCUM, Editor.
VOLUME XL - 11, NUMBER 4.1
THE COLUMBIA SPY,
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
J. STEINMETZ.
GAST S; STEI2Q3LETZ,
No. 44 NORM DUKE ST., LANCASTER, PA.
C. E. GAsT
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B F. ESFILEMAS,
• (Wilco with Hon. I. E. Hiester,)
o. 3S NORTH MIKE ST., LANCASTER, PA
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pIITLIP D. BAKER,
No. 11 Nonni DUKE ST., L.N.NCATErt, P.
1141.12(i-tf
A T. KAUFFMAN,
Collections =vie in Lancaster and adjoining
'Counties,
Pensions, Bounty, Gaul: Pay, and all claims
'gain:4, the government , promptly prosecuted.
(Alice—No.2lS, Locust, ',Greet.
T YOCU3I,
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Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public,
COLUMBIA, PA.
OFFICE—SPY BniWing, Bank:. Streel, near
Locust.
Collections made In Lancaster audatljoirting
counties.
ITENRY C. CT. REBER,
No 52S Washington street, near Sixth,
Reading, Pa.
Collections made in forks and adjoining
COn ntieS. U0V.27-.U:
H M. NORTH,
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made in Lancaster and
'Cork Counties.
rrHO3IAS J. DAVIS,
No. 11 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa.
Professional Business carefully and prompt
ly attended to. ioet3o'6o-tf
T\ P. ROSENMILLER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
OFFICE.—No, 5 Court Avenue, Lancaster, Pa
JOHN M. GRIPER,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, SCRIVENER, &c.
Mountvllle, Lancaster County, Pa.
1;21_ 0111ce Hours from 6 to S o'clock, A. M.,
and 7 to U o'clock, P. M.
CLAR. .feTSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Oi O FICE—No. 12 X. Third. street.
°Mee Etoorv.--T! :ma to .7 A. M. 12 to
And from 6 to 9 P. M. [sdp t-69-tfw
SAMUEL EVANS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Ottic., or, Second St., adjoining Odd Fellows
Han, Columbia,
DENTAL SURGERY,
J. S. SNII'VI - 1, DENTiwr,
Graduate of Pennsylvania College of Dental
Surgery. Unice No. 210 Locust Street
2nd door above Odd Fellows' Hall.
Columbia, Penn 'a.
Dr. J. S Smith thanks his friends and the pub
lic in general for their liberal patronage In the
past, and assuring them that they can - rely upon
having every attention given to them in the
future. In every branch of his profession he
has always given entire satisfaction. He calls
attention to the unsurpasssed style and finish
of artificial teeth inserted by him. He treats
diseases common 'to the mouth and teeth of
children and adults. Teetlrfilled with the great
est care and id the most approved manner.
Aching teeth treated and tilled to last for years.
The best of dentrillees and mouth washes con
stantly on band.
N. 5.—A1l work warranted.
sent-611.11"w J. S. SMITH, D. D. S.
A J. GULICK,
• SURGEON DENTIST,
V:Xtracts Teeth without Pain. Nitrbus Oxide or
Laughing Gas administered.
OFFIUE 24S LOCUST STREET.
septi.69-tfw
B C. UNSELD,
TEACHER OF MUSIC
PI k.).,0,
ORGAN,
MELODEON.
CULTIVATION & tlie VOICE awl SINGING.
Special attention given Beginners and young
239 LOCUST STREET.
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T • Z. HOFFER,
V
DENTIST.
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered In the extrac
tion of Teeth.
°Mee.— Front Street, next door to It Williams'
Drug Store, between .I..oeust and Walnut Streets,
Columbia Pa.
ELINKLE,
. PHYSICIAN t SURGEON;
offers his professional services to the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity. He may be found at the
office. connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry and Union, every day,
from 7to 9 and from 6 to BP. M. Persons
wisning his services in special cases, between
these hours, will leave word by note at his (filer,,
or thromgh the best (Mice. sepl-70
EAL ESTATE AGENCY
The undersigned,have opened an office for the
purchase and sale of real estate, collection of
rents, and the renting of property. Business
entrusted to their care will meet with prompt
and careful attention. F. X. ZIEGLEIt.
0et30.-'69-tfl A. J. KAUFFMAN.
TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS
is landing, paving and other brick always on
hand. They are hand'inade and superior to auy
brick in this part of the country. They are of
feredut the very lowest price.
sep 460-tful :ALICHAEL LIPHART.
LADIES ! LADIES!
11, , EAD.! READ!
The underslgnelf . having bought the entire
stock. of
LADIES' BOOTS et: SHOES,
In the Store Roon formerly curried on by
JAMES SIIROED.E,t,
No. 14S LOCUST STREET,
'COLUMBIA,
Is now ready to sell all kinds of
LADIES' BOOTS GAITERS,
MISSES' BOOTS & GAITDRS,
CEILDREN'S BOOTS S GAITERS,
As cheap as any other stand' in Coltunbia.
dies' Boots and Gaiters made to order.
Repairing of all kinds neatly done. Don't
forget the place. Give us a cull !
June IS-16704Q A. G. GUILES.
HOTL'LS.
E=OM
THIS HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED,
between the Stations Ot the Reading, dint Coluiu
and Pennsylvania Railroads,
FRONT STREET. COLUMBIA, PA.
•Ainple:ltieccimmocaxions for strangers and Tray.
elers. The Dar is stocked with
CHOICI LIQUORS,
And the Tables furnished with the best laic.
URIAII FINDLEY,
Proprietor
sep-1-63-tfsv]
rtANKLIN HOUSE,
LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA
This 1$ a first-class hotel, and Is In every respect
'adapted to meet the wishes Mid desires of the
traveling public. • MARTIN ERWIN,
sepl-70 Proprietor,
F REArCkL'S 110 TEL,
On the European Plan, opposite City Hall Park
New York. R. FRENCH,
Sept. 19,1868._ Proprietor,
1,1 YOUit PILIELNG DONk; AT
the "SPY" (Moe. "
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MISCELLANEOUS•
N O. 13.
SHREINER'S
FIVE CENTS.
Where you can buy a first rate
AMERICAN, ENGLISEI OR SWISS
WATCH,
BEAUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY,
SOME BREAST PINS, EAR RINGS,
SLEEVE BUTTONS,
and almost everything in the jewelry line
AT THE LOWEST PRICE.
Or you can purchase
FINE SILVER AND SILVER PLATED
SPOONS,
FORKS, 'KNIVES CASTORS, GOBLETS, ICE
PITCHERS. BUTTER DISHES Sc. &c.
Then If.you ere In
'~
WANT OF TIME
you can buy; any kind of
AMERICAN CLOCK,
warranted of the best quality, at a low figure
CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF
CURS. P. SIIREIXEWS
Septiwtfl No. 13 Front St., Columbia, Pa
DRUGS
I el) B. KE
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DEALEI: IN
PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS,
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GENERALLY.
A large assortment of Violins, Flutes, Guitars,
Banjos, Tameorines, Accordeons, Files, Har
monicas, ond musical murchandise always on
hand.
SHEET MUSIC.
A large stock on liand, and constantly reed vi n g
all the latest public ,tions as soon as issued.
Music and Musical Books will be sent by mall
free of postage, when the market price Is remit
ted.
DACALCOMANIA,
Or the Art of transferring Pictures. Can be
transferred on any object.
I would call special attention of the Coach
makers to my stock of Dacalcomania.
STEINWAY & SON'S PIANOS, PRINCE &
CO'S., & NEEDIIA3I & SON'S CELEBRA IF 11
ORGANS AND MELODEONS.
Sole Agent for Stoll's Unrivaled PIANO
FORTE AND FURNITURE POLISH.
Call and examine my stock at
NO. 3 NORTH PRINCE STREET,
J ASPER GREEN,
Designer & Engraver on Wood.
COLUMBIA, PA.
Is prepared to execute Views of Buildings, Ma
clunery, Bill :Heads, Posters, Labels, in the
neatest and most expeditious manner, at rea
sonable rates.
BOOK A.T.C.11 NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS
Executed In the Highest Style of Art.
may2V7o-tf
GARDEN, FLOWER AND GRASS
Si-iI,NDS !
-AT
EY ERS',
FAMILY MEDICINE STORE,
ODD FELLOWS' EALL,
Our Stock is composed ENTIRELY of
Seeds from the celebrated Philadelphia
Seedsmen,
D. LANDRETH t• SON
Vo have NOSE other on hand, and hav
ing closed out eve, y package of lust season's
stock, we guarantee all to be
FRESH AND GENUINE,
And will sell them at Landreth's prices
N. B.—Having removed my residence to house
No. B NORTII SECORD ST., formerly occupied
by Mr. Jacob Hess, any of my friends requiring
Medicine during the night, will please call
there. _ _ _
sept.4'69-tiwi
STEAiII COACH . WORKS.
CHRISTIAN MYERS,
COL triIIBIA STF
COACH WORKS!
REMOVED TO Nos. 9, 11 AND 13 NORTH sth
The Carriages, 'Buggies, &c., made at these
Works, are equal in beauty and durability to
any other make in the county.
COACH &MITRING, REPAIRING, Ltx
This branch of the business will be attended to
with punctuality and despatch.
CILILDREIN.T'S CAIIMAGES,
Wagons, for sale or made to order.
Call at the Works No. 9. 11 13 North
Filth atreet and examine the stock and prices.
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OPEN ! OPENING ! OPENED!
THIS DAY, THIS WEER,
AND UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS,
AT
P. R. Ei EMAN'S
125 Locust Street,
THE LARGEST STOCK OF
.FIATS AND CAPS
For Men, Youth and Children, ever before tier
ed to the people of Comm bia, comprising as it
does, STY LE and QUALITY in soft and stilt
brim, such as the Warwick, his Lewis, Sinbad,
Prince Arthur, American Girl, Kate, Peerless,
Lady Thorn, Rowing, Star, Conan, Waverly,
Gilmore, Rob Roy, and the Fall style of Silk
Hats, Just out, together with a full stock of
GENTS'
FURNISHING GOODS ,
Consisting of White and Colored Shirts, Flannel
Shirts and Drswers, English, German and Do
Mestic Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Sus
penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Cuffs and Col
lars, Sc. Also,
UMBRELLAS AND CANES.
Parties who favor us with their patronage are
assured that it will be our constant aim to
merit. their confidence and support.
Call and examine our well selected stock at
at low prices.
BRE N EMAN'S
No. I?.S . Locust Street, Columbia, Pa.
0et9.'69-ly
FINE FAMILY GROCERIES,
A.'r HARDMAN'S!
Just received, at the flue Grocery Establish
ment, corner grd and Cherry streets, the follow
ing new Goods:
SUGAR CURED HAMS AND DRIED REEF
JELLIES,
PRESERVES,
HONEY.
PEACHES,
TOMATOES,
ENGLISH PICKLES, WINSLOWSGICEEN CORN
GREEN PEAS de., 6.c.
Together with a very line assortment of
Family Groceries, of all kinds
A. LARGE LOT OF NEW YORE CANDLES,
Oranges, Lemons, Figs, Raisins, Cocoanuts,
and While Wine Vinegar.
Extra Family Flour, 31ercer Potatoes, }tin and
Java Coffee, fresh roasted, Lovering's Syrup, &c.
OV-I , .;evr (Mods received almost daily.
Wei. IL HARD,NIAN,
• tird and Cherry Ste.,
crept-Me tres] Columbia,ra.
lIIM
NO. 13
IS THE PLACE
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LANCASTER, PA.
0ct.16:69-13.
J. A. MEYERS,
Odd Fellows' Hell
sTrtucT.
FOREICiN FRUITS,
COLTIMBIA., PA. , S_A.TITRI)A. 7 I - MORNING-, SEPTEMBER 17, 1870.
N_E'Tf" ADITEE'TISEM_ENTS.
EDWARD J. ZAIIM,
JEWELLER !
(Late 11. L. S E. J. Zabm,)
Cor. N. Queen St., tt Centre Square
LANCASTER, PA.
Denier in tir•
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry
SILVER WARE, •
Spectacles, best quality Silver- .
Plated Ware, Thermometers.
It 3 Personal and prompt attention given to
Watch work nud Repairing. Remember the
OLD STAND,
Z ARM'S con - INTER.,
North Queen Street and Centre Square,
LANCASTER, PA.
xnay7 '7O 1 yr
COAL COAL 1 COAL t t
The undersigned is now prepared to sell
Coal of all sizes; received from the best mines
in the State, and guaranteed to be of superior
quality. It is from the Veins of the Celebrated
BALTIMORE CO. & LEE MINES at Wilkes.
barre ; well prepared, and free of slate and dirt.
The price net ton of 2000 lbs., on Wharf at Basin:
For No. 1 or Grate, $5,00.
" 2or Egg, 5.25.
" " 3 or Stove. 5.25.
" " 4or Small Stove, 5.25.
" " 5 or Chestnut, 4.75.
The above prices are for the Month of May.
Terms Cash before delivery.
The reputation of the above named Coals is a
sufficient guarantee of their quality: and as I
deal la no other, the public can rest assured
they are as represented.
AMOS S. GREEN, Agt.,
ma,-21-ti For StirkAcu di Co.. Irdkeotomic.
B. FRANK SAYLOR &
HOTOGRAPHERS,
/Vv. 26 West King Street,
LANCASTER, PENN'Ii.
We aim to satisfy all nur patrons, as well as
give them work, which favorably compares
with that done in the best galleries.
COPYING PICTURES
Into any size, of deceased or absent friends, is
made a specialty with us.
FRAMES, ALBUMS, and all things in our
line always on hand.
.".• Remember the
Photographers,
Is-o. 2G West King St., Lancaster
B. FRANI: SAYLOR. JA3LES Porr.s.
INTERESTS ON DEPOSITS.
The coLumarA NATIONAL BANK will
pay interest on Deposits as follows:
For 1 ‘5,:, 2 Months, .1 per cent,
"3 4 5
" 5,7, S, 9 dz: 10 " 5
" u6.:12
inarl2 . 7o-1y SAMUEL SHOW, Cashier.
FST ,
NATIONAL BANK OF GO
IRLUMDIA
Interest Paid on Special Deposits as follows:
4 per cent. for 30 or 60 days.
4 1-2 per cent. for 90 days and
under 6 mouths. •
5 per cent. tbr 6 mouth and under
11 mouths.
5 1-2 per cent for 11 ek: 12 months.
S. S. DETWEILER, Cashier
AT T E NT I 0 N
Parties, Pic-nics, &c.
THE Columbia Cornet Band having leased
"Big Island ~just above th Bridge. respecttully
inform the CrrizElVS of COLUMBIA and UlO pub
lic generally that they wilt rent it to Parties,
Plc-Nice, Excursionists, either day or evening.
The strictest order must be maintained, and
the Baud is determined to make It a PLEASANT
PLACE of RESORT.
The Band also give.; notice that SWIMMING
and BATHING near the Island is strictly pro
hibited, under penalty of the law, and that this
regulation will be iniorced in every instance.
' Application for the use of the Island must
be made to the undersigned. By order of the
Band. CIIAS. BETTING.
july2-tf.]
TO TUE PUBLIC.
The undersigned having purchased the
Jewelry Store, formerly occupied by E. Sperm
announce to the public of Columbia and vicini
ty, that they have now open at
No. 39 FRONT STREET,
A large and full stock or
Clocks, Watches SI Jewelry,
Which they wilt sell at lowest prices
FOR.
CAstr. We ask you to examine our stock as it
will cost you
NOTIIING
We make It a specialty to have constantly on
hand a stock of CLOCKS and W.:Area - I.ES, p..r
fectly regulated and ready for immediate use.
E. MASSEY dr. SON.,
apl3o'7o-tf] No. 31.1 Front St.„ Columbia.
Twine GUANO CO.
CAPITAL, $1,000,000.
JOHN S. REESE & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS,
OFFICES
122 South Delaware Ave., Phil'a.
10 Soulla Street, Itatitittiore.
SOLUBLE PACIEC
Gr TT A__lN - 0 .
No Fertilizer introduced to tLe Farmers of the
lkliddle and Southern States ii given more
general and uniform satisfaction than this
The trade in it has steadily increased until
the consumption now throughout tile entire
country far exceeds that of any other Fertilizer.
The large capital in valved in its production
allbrds the surest guarantee 01 Its continued ex
cellence. The Company has a far greater In
terest ill the premanance 01 its trade than any
number of consumers can have; hence it is the
highest interest 01 the Company , to put the best
Fertilizer into market, that their unusal facil
ities, aided by the best scientific ability can
produce.
This Guano is sold at retail by Local Agents of
the Company throughout New SerseY, Deta -
Ware, Pennsylvania and the Southern States
and at wholesale by
JOHN S. REESE & CO.,
General Agents ter the Company.
GEO. BOGLE, Agent.
Jnly233m COWIIIWIL Pa
_IIMPORTANT TO INVENTORS
AND PATENTEES'.
INVENTORS' AND PATENTEES'
Bazaar and Sales Rooms
529 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
ea. No FEES IS ADVASCZ.
The undersigned would respectfully inform the
public that they have opened an establishment
under the above title where Inventors, Paten
tees ,and Owners of Patents are free to resort
for the negotiation of the sales of their Inven
tion and Patents.
The feature of this Bazaar consists in this,
that Inventors, Patentees and Owners of Pat
ents and Inventions may transact their busi
ness and circa sales themselves, without any
interference on the part of the Proprietors. On
such sales they charge no COrtIMISSiOII whatever
nor do they ask registration or like fees, nor
any commissions In advance. believing it to be
unfair to ask pay for services not yet rendered.
But if any Of their Patrons desire to employ
them as their personal agents, for the sale of
their interests the Proprietors will then charge
such commissions as many be mutually agreed
upon. The only charge made by this Establish
ment is for the Storage of Models and Machin
ery of all size, on exhibitions therein, as follows:
FUME TWENTY-FIVE (25) Cr2cTs TO ONE DOL
LARS PElt WEEK: PER SQUARE FOOT Or SPACE.
For this very small compensation the Models
and Machines are kept in good order and their
orkings completely explained to the numer
ous visitors of the Bazaar and brought forward
to the best advantage, with a view to prepar
ing the way to eventual sales.
An experienced PATENT LAWYER and an
able CONSULTING ENGINEER, are attached
of this establishment, thus enabling the under
signed to procure, at all times, the best legal and
practical advice to t heir Patrons. The Patronage
01 all; is respectfully - solicited.
BARBER di CO..
121 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa
P. O. Box 2871.
"NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
NE'TV ADFERTMEMEATTS.
F OR SALE.
A Lot of Sash, Blinds and other mate
rial belonging to M. E. Church. Apply to Ser.
ton, Mahlon Smith, or WM. fATTON.
at President, Trustees, M. E• Church
-‘NEW POTTERY.
7 1 . he undersigned have opened up a, Pottery
in Elbow Lane, between Filth and Sixth Ste.,
sign of the Big Jug, where they will 1111 all or
ders in this line of business.
The patronage or the patine solicited.
seplo.l}•] WESLEY. SWEENY &BR°
FISHERMEN AND FARMERS
TAKE NOTICE!
Tne undersigned will rent by public outcry,
at the public house of Martin Erwin, (Franklin
House,) in the borough of Columbia, on WED
NESDAY, SEPT. 2,lst, is7ll, the undivided half or
the Fishing and Farming Interests, for the year
IS7I, of Mud and Rock islands, situated in the
Susquehanna river, below the dam at, Colum
bia. Sale to commence at 2 o'clock, P. M., when
attendance will be given, and terms of renting
be made known by
JNO. 13. EOTIT, Executor,
H. SIMBEILT` Auctioneer. [sep.lo-2.w.
CHALLENGE!
$3OO REWARiD!
Witzur.As, a certain person having in his ser-
F► vice a number of BUMMERS and LOAFERS
who go about as his tasters and spies, has pub
lically pronounced my BEER to be of an infe
rior quality to his own, I maize the following,
proposition: Let samples of the beer brewed
and offered for sale by myself, and that sold by
the person alluded to. be subjected to chemical
analysis, and a decision made by properly qual
ified Judges upon the relative quality or the
Beer.
In case the decision be made against my
Beer, I will agree to pay to my competitor the
above Reward, provide he will agree to forfeit
the seine sam to be paid to me in case the de
cision be in my favor. Will my Challenge be
accepted
Seplo-613
NIVA:. TED
A JOURNEYMAN SHOEMAKER—
Nen's branch. Albo, a Boy to learn the Trade.
At FRALEY'S,
161 Locust. Street, Co'umbla, Pa.
NOTICE
An election for President and six Mana
gers of the COLUMBIA & WASHINGTON
TURNPIKE COMPANY, will be held at 'LI' e
Franklin House, in the borough of Columbia,
on FRIDAY, SERTERDER 16th, 1670, between the
hours of laud 3 o'clock, P. M.
JOS. F. COTTRELL,
augl3-4t Seca clans.
ALLEN ItIULEARDS,
Paper Hanger and Varnisher,
No. 3 LOCUST STItEET,
COLUAIBIA,
t.in—Samples of paper constantly on hand
Call and examine. I julynr7o-iy.
LIN - D_E_N - BALL,
illoracian Seminary for Young
Ladies.
The 17di ANNUAL TERM opens AUGUST,
. ) 3c1,15 . 70. For Circulars and Catalogues, address
REV. EUGUNE A. FRUEAUFF,
aue.o-5t Litlz, Lancaster Co., Pa.
L. C. MAX. C IL ERNVE.q.
M_A_T" & ER,AVI_N'S
No. 105 LOCUST STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.,
SCHOOL BOOKS,
COPY BOOKS,.
SLATES, INKS,
- PEN HOLDERS,
And everything connected with the School
Department.
SCMOOL DIRECTORS,
TEACHERS, PATIENTS,
And COUNTRY DEALERS
Are respectfully invited to call and examine
our stock. We otter umurrossul dlscotoLf4 to
School Directors, Teachers, and Country Deal
ers, such as cannot be had at any other Book
btore in the county. Also, on hand an than
merable variety of
POCKET BOORS, WALLETS, BLANK
BOOKS, MEMORANDUM BOOKS,
LETTER CLIPS, RULERS,
INKSTANDS PORT
FOLIOS,
WRITING DESKS, MUCILAGE, OIL PAINTS
CAP, LETTER, NOTE AND BILL
PAPER of all kinds,
As well as everything else usually kept iu
first-class Book house.
.I.l 7 i:st door to Post Office, Locust Street.
Call and see for yourselves. No trouble to
show our goods.
Will open on Monday morning next, and a❑
Scholars mast be provided with the necessary
SCHOOL BOOKS, COPY BOORS,
SLATES, INK, PEN HOLDERS, PENS,
Used in our Public and Private Schools.
The pupils of the Select Schools, of the Insti
lute, et the Borough Schools, of the Schools In
the surrounding townships and towns arc In.
vlted to call
Al r r
Wright's Cheap Rook Store.
And make desirable purchases.
School Directors. Teachers, Parents, Scholarc,
Country Dealers, and etcr,ybody are invited • o
examine our stocic. Discount to Directors at d
Teachers.
POCKET BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, CAP. LET..
TER, IsrOTE AND BILL PAPER,
Always on hand at
262 Locust Street,
COLUMBIA CLASSICAL
VV.:NV.NAX. - VV•IST - iTVTY.
TERS upon its seventh scholastic year on
the 29th of August. Its growth has been
rapid and permanent, while past success and
in view of Its present prosperous condi
tion, promise enlarged usefulness for the future.
Already many of its students have entered the
best Colleges, or are Sound in the various profes
sions and callings in life. This Institution not
only affords opportunities to young men equal
to the best Academies, but S'oung Ladies also
enjoy Si:PERU/IL EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES—a
thorough and extended course in both
SOLID AND ORNAMENTAL BRANCHES
BARBER 6: CO
BTU, SCIENCES, ME, GERM
VOCAL k INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC,
Including thorough Bass and Harmony
The pupils of this School will enjoy the advan
Lagos of six years' successful operation and tho
special attention of a full corps of experienced
TEACHER-S.
It is the design of the Principal to enhance, If
possible, the Efficiency of the Institution, and
to make it still more worthy of the patronage of
the citizens of Columbia and vicinity, a School
where their sons are thoroughly prepared for
College or Business, and their daughters to act
their part in life.
A flainments, and not awe, is the standard
of admittance.
noys from town or vicinity arc admitted as
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Pull up, my boys, turn quick the rounee
And let the work begin„
The world ispresslng, on without,
And we miss t press within—
And we who guide the public mind,
have influence far and wide,
And all our deeds are good, although
The devil is at our side.
Let fry the:frisket now my boys ;
Who are more proud than we ;
While wait the furious crowd without,
The inward power to see I
So pull away—none are so great
AS they who run the car ;
And who have dignity like those
IVho piactiee at the oar?
Boys, you at the rollers there,
Be Quick thou inky man ;
Old time is rolling on himself,
So beat him if you can ;
Be careful of the light and shade,
Nor let the sheet grow pale,
Be careful of the monkey looks,
Of every head and tale.
Though high in order is our stand,
:1-nd pi-ous is our cast ,
We would not cast a slur on those
Who till a lower place.
The gapping world defied by us,
Who retail knowledge here;
By feeding them we feed ourselves,
Nor deem our place too deurP
Pull up, my boys, turn quick the rounce,
And then the chase we'll join ;
Our drawers are in the bank:—
And they are full of quoin ;,
We'll sport around and genteelly cut
A splendid figure or a dash !
Alas ! that we who press so much
Should e're be pressed for cash !
WisrafilllCOUs Xtra ding-
THE MASONIC CHRISTMAS
"I cannot do it !"
The speaker is a noble-looking man of
about fifty years of age, of commanding,
presence, his snow-white hair and beard
giving him a venerable appearance, and a
more advanced age, than that to which he
had actually arrived. ITC was seated in an
easy chair in a room in wnieb, at a glance
it could be seen that comfort and not show
had been consulted. A few choice pictures
decorated the walls, a library of choice and
apparently well used books occupied an en
tire side of the apartment, and an unpre
tending sofa, besides the circular centre
table covered with books, magazines and
papers, and sustaining a brilliant lamp,
was the most pretentious piece of furniture,
A fire of coal burned in the grate, for the
uncomfortable, uncomely and melancnoly
air-tight stove had not been allowed to out
rage the sense of what constituted comfort
entertained by the principal occupant.
"I cannot do it!"
The words were spoken kindly but firm
ly, and there was also an accent of sorrow
which the attentive observer might have
detected, as if they were called out by a
strong sense of duty in opposition to the
secret desire of, a yearning heart. As
thoug/z,tate *as 0verv0........,a
trolled by the judgment—as though the
conviction of right held in thralldom the
anxious wish to acquiesce in the proposi
tion and grant the request.
"I cannot do it!"
The words were spoken to a youthful and
yet not a youthful looking individual lean
ed upon the back of the easy chair in which
the eldest sat. The lines which early dissi
pation never fails to engrave the human
countenance were plainly to be seen: not
the deep furrows which age leaves on the
brow and cheek, but the more shallow and
less honorable ones that late hours, wine
and licentiousness fail not to bestow upon
the devotees. With a form as beautiful as
a sculptor's dream, a head that, might have
been the casket of a mind as noble as ever
dwelt in human incarnation, shaded with
luxurient masses of jetty hair, he looked
little less than archangel fallen, and ho
looked what he was, really and truthfully.
"Then you will not present it?" said the
younger of the two, after u brief pause.
"I have already said I cannot," was the
reply. "I would do anything that would
reclaim you—you, my sister's child, loved
as if you were toy own, but even for that
I will not bring disgrace upon the institu
tion I so fervently love and so profoundly
reverence. I have no doubt that your pe
tition might be received, acted upon, and
you he admitted into the lodge could I give
assurance of your reformation."
"Buc I will reform."
"You have promised often—you have
performed never."
"But, uncle, I swear."
"Nay, du not swear it You will break
it if you do, and I would not have perjury
on your soul."
"Is this kind? When I wish to reform
my course you thrust me from you—keep
me at arm's length—will not receive my
promises—"
"God knows how much I desire to be
lieve your protestations—how much I wish
to contiide in your promises. But I cannot,
will nut forget that your conduct has been
such as would disgrace the institution with
which you would connect yourself. I can
not but remember that in the future it may
he equally Its bad, or worse."
"No—no, uncle, not worse."
"It may be worse. That is the almost
unvarying consequence of the course upon
which you have entered."
"True, but you have my promise—"
Your promise has been too often 'broken
to command confidence. If you will regain
it, it must be by a continued struggle
against your appetites and inclinations.
You must leave entirely the evil compan
ions with whom you now associate. You
must enter upon an entirely new litre of
life ; you must change your ;habits; you
must cultivate a taste for virtue and good
ness. YOU mint bring yourself to that
state you loathe vice."
"So bard ! So much to do!"
"Surely. All this and more must ho
done. You must live down the pr. judices
that your misconduct has created against
you. You must so demean yourself that
people will forget that you were once ad
dicted to drunkenness and licentiousness."
"I would do all this, and yet you refuse
to assist mo iti the least possible degree.
You refuse to throw safeguards around my
pathway that might prevent me from stray
ing from the path of virtue."
"But you utterly reluss to do it ?"
"You mistake. You are now straying
nom the path of virtue ; we cannot prevent
you. It is possible to recall you from wan
dering."
"Is that the language of a man ? Of the
once proud man, 'strong in his own power
to do as he would ?"
" Alus, I have learned that I urn power
less to resist the approaches of vice."
" 4.nd you rile me to be instrumental in
introducing you to an order where purity
of life and rectitude of conduct are pre-re
quisites?"
" That I might be pure and upright, led
by no good examples."
"And, should you fall, think of the dih
gr ce to the body of which you would then
be an unworthy member I"
" It would be shameful!"
" And to save you from that shame I wil
not be instrumental in placing you in a po
sition where you will be liable to endure it
But this I will not do, and it depends en
tirely upon yourself whether I can assis
you in your reformation. You desire to be
come a Mason."
" Such is my earnest desire."
"Masonry is not strictly a reformatory
institution. It does not go to the mon'
lazarettos and bring forth the inmates to
heal thorn of their maladies. It rather
takes the sound and perfect man and pre
vents him from falling a victim to the con-
Mgion."
"And I am already In the pest-house."
But you may get out into God's pure air,
and with recovered health you may asseel
ate at length with those who have never
been infected."
"What would you have me do ?"
"You are now just entering upon another
convivial season. The holidays approach
ing when usually the temptations to vice
and excess are the strongest. Forsake your
old habits from this moment. Be temperate
and circumspect in your actions through
the season of temptation that is coining; be
a man through that and the coining year,
and if you can show a clever record on the
Christmas eve of the next, I will then grant
your request, and so far as my influence is
concerned it shall not stand in the way of
your entrance within the veil which I hope
is to be a safeguard for you through long
years of life."
The youth suddenly left his position of
leaning on the back of the chair, knelt at
the feet of the aged man, and raising his
hand exclaimed—
"As God lets me live, so will I be all you
ask of me for the coining year and forever"
"God assist you to keep your solemn
oath," was the reply.
Edward Lincoln was the son of a man
who was much public life and paid little in
attention to his family. His wife died when
his son was just entering his teens, and for
several years the boy was exposed to the
dangers and allurements of college life,
with few home recollections to steady his
principles or to repress his thoughts. Na-
turally of a jovial and social disposition, he
naturally contracted habits of dissipation,
and when be came to resiue with his uncle,
William Leslie—a judge of considerable
eminence in a western state—at the :age of
twenty, it was soon found that the vicious
habits were so settled in his nature that
they were not easily overcome.
The uncle remonstrated against his prat
ices, and the nephew promised amendmen
until all confidence in promise and oath
was lost, and matters, so far as the yoim,,
man's habits were concerned, swiftly wen
from bad to worse. Sometimes, in a par
oxysm of despondency, ho would reform,
and for a few days or weeks the promise
was kept; but soon he would be overtaken,
and the last state would be worse than first.
The father of the young men had been a
Mason, and his devotion to that order had
made a strong impression on the mind of
his son, and this led himself to become a
mem her. _ He _seemed, to, believe _that_ the
restraint which the lodge would throw
around him would materially aid in refor
mation. This may have been possible, but
the uncle, believing that repentance and
reformation should precede rather than Rd
low initiation, refused to present or recom
mend his petition to become a member.
This was the condition of things when our
story commenced. But the uncle had
promised if the nephew would abstain from
all intoxicating beverages for one year be
would then, with great pleasure, present
his petition for initiation.
One year had elapsed since :lie scenes rep
resented in the former part of this article
had transpired. In the same room there de
scribed sit the same persons. The same
genial and benevolent countenance is
beaming upon the old man, but with a
changed expression. It is now the expres
sion of confidence and trust ; then it was
fear and distrust. And the face of the
younger has undergone a change. The
countenance is more fresh, the expression
more self-reliant, the aspect more joyful.
It was the elder that spoke:
"Dear Edward, you can scarcely have
forgotten the conversation wo held one year
ago."
"I have not forgotten it for a single day—
scarcely for an hour," was the reply.
"I believe you, Edward. And I have
prepared a little surprise for you, which I
hope will prove pleasant. You are elected
to receive initiation in the lodge of which I
tun a member, and you can be received this
evening if you so desire."
"Oh, thank you, uncle ! You are ever so
kind and thoughtful. I have wished to put
you in mind of your promise, but had not
the courage to do so. I shall be too happy
to become a member at •any time that suits
the convenience of the lodge."
"So I supposed. We will then go as it is
about the hour. But let me say to you that
you are not about to enter upon any light
and trifling ceremony. It is of deep and
solemn significance. Then let your mind
your thoughts and your feelings be serious
and solemn. What you are about to do
may have an important influence over your
whole future life. Proceed in the work in
the proper spirit, and may God bless you
in thisand all your laudable undertakings."
It is unnecessary to follow the neophyte
through the ceremonies of initiation. The
caution of the uncle was not lost upon him,
and he arose from the lodge devotions with
a better view of the importance of the work
in which be was engaged ; he left the lodge
fully impressed wttli the sublime tenets of
the order.
"Well, brother Edward, what are your
npressions of the first degree of Masonry?
asked the uncle after arriving home.
"Beautiful exceedingly, solemn beyond
exPression and impressive beyond concep
tion. Ino longer wonder that you refused
to recommend me when 1. first requested
you to do so.
"I rejoice that it strikes you. With clean
hands and pure hearts only should we ap•
proach the alter of Masonry. He who does
not control and subdue his passions has no
right to worship at its shrine."
"His worship would bee bitter mockery."
"Even so, Edward, and for that reason I
could not be instrumental in leading you,
, olluted as you were then, as a devotee at
our altar."
'•I blush when I remember the presump-
tion exhibited in waking the request."
"Let that pass. You know more of Ma
sonry and its teachings than you did then,
and I trust before another Christmas shall
visit us you will have beheld 'the hiero
glyphic light, which none but craftsmen
ever saw,' anti that as new beauties are re
vealed, stronger resolutions for right and
truth shall he implanted."
"Such is my hope and prayer."
The conversation was interrupted by the
entrance of a servant bearing a tray of sub
stantial fare, garnished with a few delica
cies, and following Was the aunt of the new
initiate with the smoking tea urn; and
close in the rear a beautiful girl, whose re
semblance to the patriarch of the group, in
cleated the relationship of lather and
daughter. The collation was placed on the
$2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2.50 If not Paid in Advance.
table from which the books and papers were
removed.
"This is the anniversary of our Edward's
promise—a promise that has been faithfully
kept amid many temptations, religiously
kept. You, my husband, have expressed
your approbation, and in this humble man
ner permit me to give expression to mine.
Around this table we rejoice that a son is
found, and a family made happy."
"Thank you, my dear wife, for this deli
cate and appropriate testimonial. I doubt
not it will be fully appreciated. The best
way to prove our thankfulness is to do jus
tice to the viands before us."
"One more petition, uncle, before we par
take of the collation. Moro than a year ago
—before you so utterly refused to present
my request to the lodge for initiation—l
asked you for your consent that this dear
girl," and he seized her hand in an impas
sioned manner. and led her in front of the
patriarch, "should be my wife. You very
properly refused. I renew my request.
Annie dear, kneel with the and bebeech a
blessing from our father—our mother."
"Bless you, my children;! Bless you,"
ejaculated the joyful old man, and in emo
tion with Avh:ch the mother responded
"Amen," proved beyond dispute that there
were no divided hearts in that business.
And there, with hearts overflowing with
t t
1 0 1 v e o g r o o o r d e , R t C l h l O
r t a b t e h r e ,
r ‘V N i v t h h o gratit t ude
s towardsinto
the world and hallowed that day as an an
niveisary ever to be remembered,they held
their Masonic Christmas. Need we de
scribe the scene further? It is unnecessa
ry,—.3fystic Sim.
NEWSPAPERS AS POPULAR EDUCATORS.
The war between France and Prussia hits
had the effect of making a great ninny
thous And people more familiar with the ge
ography, statistics of population, strength
and position of fortresses, and the names of
distinguished military officers of the two
countries, than they would ever have been
had it not occurred. Until recently, Metz,
Nancy, Weissenburg, Strasburg, and other
towns and fortresses that have figured con
spicuously in the contest as strongholds or
points where battles occured were almost
unknown to the masses, but now people
talk as knowingly and accurately about I I
them as though they had been the subject
of study ihr years. This is what may be
termed the newspaper method of educating
the masses, and it becomes a question
whether, when the rudiments have been
mastered, this is not the easiest, most pleas
ant, and most economical method of acquir
ing general information. The location,
population or military strength of the
places named, us well as of the whole of
both the warring nations have been thus
firmly fixed in the minds of nows Paper
readers, because of the deep feeling of inter
est in the event transpiring in :and around
them for the past sixty days, and it only
serves to show how rapidly people acquire
so' id information when they are interested
in the subject of study. There aro tens of
thousands who through the agency of
newspaper war maps, rude as they goner
ally are, foy the first time in gieir.livare
"iiiiidenicuuarnied with the source t:nd
course of the Rhine, of which so much has
been said and sung. After all is said and
done the newspaper is the great popular ed
ucator of the day. But for them bow slow
would be the progress of intelligence.—Star,
Philada.
A B BAB AT SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Traverse City Mich., Herald says
"There was a new scholar at the Metho
dist Sabbath school last Sunday. Just as
the bell had been struck and the superin
tendent was about to give out the opening
hymn, a young bear, weighing perhaps for
ty pounds, trotted up the aisle, smelled the
books that the librarian had spread out be
fore him, grunted his approbation of them,
and then quietly seated himself upon his
haunches in the pulpit.
It is stating the case mildly to say that
everybody was surprised and that the chil
dren smiled audibly—very audibly. The
officers of the school wore willing to do all
that was reasonable for the mental and
moral edification of the young cub, but he
so entirely absorbed the attention of the
children that it was thought best to have
him leave. He was accordingly politely
invited to retire, but he had evidently come
to stay, and that he would.
It was his first attendance to Sunday
school, and being thoroughly imbued with
the spirit of Young America, he resolved to
see the thing through. A strap was finally
got around his neck, and he was led away
and fastened in a small adjoining room us
ed as a store room. Order was restored, and
the Superintendent was once more about to
commence services, when a racket, as if all
bedlam had broken loose, was heard in the
store•roem.
Once more the officers came to the rescue,
and, on opening the door, they found that
the cub bad broken loose from his fasten
ings, and upset a five gallon kerosene can,
and was playing mad in a most magnificent
style. As the door was opened bruin dash
ed out, shook the dust off his feet as a testi
mony against the treatmentSbe had receiv
ed, and left, evidently disgusted with the
manner of conducting Sunday schools in
Traverse city.
FIRST WOMEN'S VOTES rat CONGRESS
The women of Wyoming Territory, avail
ing themselves of their new privilege,
came up bolaly to the ballot-box the other
day and voted for a delegate to Congress.
In this they gave us a practical definition
of woman's rights, exercised independently
and without fuss or brawling. The women
of Wyoming, fortunately for [been, were
not led by Susan B. Anthony or any of that
tribe. They acted for themselves under the
law which gives them the right of suffrage,
and as their ballots were counted in and
became a part of the vote of the Territory,
we rosy conclude that woman suffrage is a
axed fact in Wyoming. however, women
are scarce out there, which may account
for the liberality of the " brutes" who make
the laws. This first vote cast by women
for a Congressman is an episode in the agi
tation for woman's rights and may prove a
crumb of comfort to the Anthony's and
Lucy Stone Blackwells.
A Rtm. fjvt•:a man dislocated his jaw
in Providence the other day, while biting a
hard lemon, and being obliged to return
home at a certain time, and being unable
to obtain surgical aid before be started, be
had to go all the way with his mouth open,
but fortunately found a surgeon as soon as
he reached Fall River,who gave him relief.
A lIANDsOMF; girl of a village near Bos
ton, who is saki to be " confirtned klepto
mania," that is to say, a born •thief, has
suddenly disappeared, and her parents re
fusing to give any account of her, a number
of the selectmen of the town have been ap
pointed a committee to hunt her up.
No less than eleven boys, between the
ages of tell and fourteen years, are reported
as having been drowned in New England
within two weeks.
Tiri right side of u drinking suloon—the
outsido,
[WHOLE NUMBER, 20,856:
TEE SECRET OF POCKET PICKING.
The Detroit Post tells a good story as fol
lows:
" A short time since, while our reporter
was visiting a town in the interior, he made
the acquaintance of a well-to-do farmer,
who after making some inquiries in regard
to the growth and prosperity of Detroit in
quired if there was any pick-pocket in the
city. The reply was of course in the affir
mative. The farmer laughed quietly a mo
ment. and then said: I don't often tell my
tirst experience in seeing the lions of your
city, but r am not as sensative over it now
us I used to be, and I'll tell you about it.
Some years before my father died he went
to New York city on business, and while
there he bought himself a gold watch. He
wore it as long as ho lived, and when be
died, a few years ago it came to rae. Of
course I was strongly attached to the watch,
and not a little proud of it, especially when
I put it in my pocket upon the occasion of
my first visit to Detroit. I havn't any
doubt that I looked at it a hundred times a
day, and you will not be at all surprised
when I tell you that I had not been in the
city two hours before it was missing, chain
and all.
I informed the clerk of the hotel where
I was stopping of my loss, and as I did not
remember of being jostled by any one and
could give no clue to the thief he said there
was no use in calling an officer. He ad
vised me to offer a large reward 'for the re
turn of the watch and add that no questions
would be asked. I then put such an adver
tisement in the morning papers and during
the afternoon received a note informing me
that if I would be at the corner of B
and L streets that evening at seven
o'clock with the reward ($100) my watch
would be returned to me. The note also
stated that I must come alone, and if dur
ing the day I made any attempt .to inform
an officer the writer would not meet me.
That I would bo watched all the time and
the only way that I could recover my watch
was by doing precisely as I advertised.
At seven o'clock I was on the spot indi
cated, and after waiting a few moments a
well dressed man in passing me asked me
the time of day. I replied that it was seven
o'clock. At that he asked me to walk along
with him a short distance, and as we walk
ed he inquired if I had brought the $lOO.
I replied in the affirmative, when he hand
ed mo may watch, received the money and
was about to leave me, when I stopped him
and told him I would give him $lO more to
tell me bow he managed to pick my pocket.
Oh !' said he placing his finger on his
lip, 'you promised to ask no questions, but
I would show you if it wasn't for that man
standing over there on the corner. He is a
detective officer and knows me,' and the
man pointed across the street.
I looked in the direction ho had indicat
ed, but could see no one that looked like an
officer, though there were plenty of people
standing in that locality. 'That tall fellow
with the stove pipe hat is the one I meant ;
.but I must be off, good bye.'
"iiicoastst,ent with
The man hurried 0ff...--,11;,1. to such offices at,
I.l."''''.'"^"'"'""-~riZthapjaees at the expire
to see the 'tall fellow with thil' 4 l l 94ll4= .
hat,' but if he had been there ho bad disap
peared, and I started to the hotel happy in
again possessing my father's last present to
me. At this thought I put my hand upon
my vest pocket, where I had placed the
watch a moment before, and the next in
stant you could have knocked me down
with a straw, for the pocket was empty.
The thief had indeed complied with my re
quest, and shown me 'how it was done.' I
didn't advertise for it again, and tl.m I
came home without telling the hotel clerk
about that evening's experience."
ED37 TO QUIT USING TOBACCO
It is impossible to quit the use of tobacco
after it has become a settled habit, without
more or less bad feeling and prostration.
The man who would free himself from the
curse of tobacco using, must make up his
mind that he has a hard struggle to pass
through, call all his will-power to aid, and
resolve to quit at once and forever. This
leaving off by degrees seldom succeeds. It
is better to make the battle short, sharp and
decisive. A thorough course of bathing to
eliminate the tobacco from the system, will
make the struggle much less severe, and
prove the gre./test aid that can be given.
The Turkish baths are best if they can be
bad. If not accessible, the wet-sheet pack
or vapor bath should be taken instead.
There will not be much appetite, and but
lade food should be taken. Fruit is best.
No drink. but water, and that may bedrank
as freely as desired. To allay the craving
for tobacco hold cold water or pieces of ice
in your mouth.—Dr. A. L. Wood.
LETTER FROM A GERMAN SOLDIER
The German Democrat recently had a
private letter frow a German soldier at
Weissenburg to his brother in this city,
written just after a battle. Ile gives au ac
count of what he saw as a member of the
guard regiment which started in the morn
ing with 3 000 men, and in the evening had
450. A bullet took off a little of his own
scalp. They bad to charge four times be
fore they got the town, and at every charge
they were mowed down. The French
fought splendidly, but rashly; and besides
they were not properly fed. They do not
aim well. The Turcos are of no use to face
regular soldiers. The Chassepots are good
weapons, but the coffee-mills (mitrailleurs)
are tit only for playthings. With all the
hellish machines that can be brought into
the field, says the writer, France cannot
prevent German victory. MacMahon had
150,000 and the Crown Prince bad 140,000.
The Bavarians fought splendidly. The
Geisberg was taken at the point of the bay
onet, under great difficulties, which only
German cold-bloodedness could have over
come.
A cyrizuxof Chesterfield,Me., hung him
self with an ox chain, in his wood-shed,
where he was discovered by his wife while
yet alive ; but she was unable to unfasten
the chain, and before any one came to his
assistance, in response to her cries, he was
strangled to death,
A TRAIN lately ran from Altoona to Har
risburg, on the Pennsylvania Central Rail
road, a distance of one hundred and thirty
two miles, in three hours, an average of
a little less than one minute and twenty
seconds to a mile. One strip of sixteen
miles was done in eighteen minutes.
A Fr:Excit lady attached to tho court cir
cle writes to a friend in London : " The
Emperor is driven nearly crazy by malig
nant rumors that his mind is becoming un
sound.
How much trouble would be saved ii peo
would heed the following sentence in " La
th•tir."
"Never you sign rt paper without reading
it first, and knowing well what it means."
A DISTINGUISHED Baltimore judge, who
recently wont to Saratoga to enjoy a fash
ionable life, fell dead as he was crossing a
hotel piazza, attired for a hop.