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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
C. E. GA5r. J. STEINMETZ
GAST ,f; S_TRIAT3LETZ,
No. 44 NORTH DUKE ST., LANCASTER, PA
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B F. E5.111.101.1N,
(OfHee with Hon. I. E, aiester,)
No. NORTFI HERE $l%, LANCASTER,VA.
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pm LIP D. BAKER,
No. /1 NORTH DUKE ST., LA.NCASTER, PA
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A J. KA UFFMAN,
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Collections nuou iu Lanea.ster and adjoining
Z.7ou n Lies.
..?ensions, Bounty, BacK Pay and all claims
og4IIISt• the government prompt'ly prosecuted.
VS, Locust street.
T Yo - ent,
ATTORNEY-11T-LAW AND ROTARY PUBLIC.
COLUMBIA. PA
OFFICE—SPY Bonding, Bank Street, near
Locust.
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
counties.
pINRY ,q: G. IWJBt.lt, • , •.'
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No 52 Washington Street, near Sixth,
Reading, Pa.
Collections made in Berke and adjoining
counties. nov-V-tf
LT . M. NORTH, ,
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Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made in Lancaster and
Vork Counties.
THOM AS:TT-.
Attorney-at-Law k Notary Public,
No. 14 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa.
Prefessionatt Business - carefully and,prompt
ly attended to. LoctSo:69-tf
TA P. ROSENMILLER,
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'"'ATTaItNEY-AT-:LAW
OFFict.—"i;"&: - 5 ootrit - Avenue, 7 Lancaster, Pa
jOHN G:TUDER;
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, .SCRIVENER,
Lancaster.County,Ta..
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oce Hours from 6 to 8 o'clock, A. M.,
and 7 tog o'clock, P. M.
r - c3LAILIC., r te?
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IYI. YA I"JUSTM
E OF THE PEACE.
OFFIt'E—No:I2 brePtitnrstre s et:
- 01Rcii - Hatirs&i.Feani 6 to' 7 - A7nr: - 12 to I
and from 6to6P. M. • - , fsep4-69-triv--
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I SAMUEL EVANS, '
sTJ STICE OP THE PEACE.
Onlce.. oa Secortot;t4,( iutlighlng Ovid" Fellows
Columblo, L . • •
D ENTAL su_RGl.E,..tor._ . ,
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J. S. SMITH; Df:xrl~r;
Graduate of Pennsylvania College of Dental
surgery. Office No. 210 Locust Street
2nd door above Odd7Felbiw' !fall;
Columbia. Penn'a.
Dr. J. 8 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
havinivevery attention given to them in the
future, In-every branch 'or his profeSsiotr
has always given entire satislaction. lie calls
attention to the unsurpesased style and finish
of artificial teeth Inserted by,him. Ile treats
diseaiesl C.:Murton. 'to ,the..mouthi and teeth ;of
chlhirezi andadolts. 'Teelthillled'wlth the great
sat trare and In the most approved manner.
Aching teeth treated and filled to last for•years.
The best of dentrinces and mouth washes con
stantly on hand.: , •
N. 8.--All - a , ork *arrairted.
seal-69.1yw J. S. SMITH. D. D. S.
J. GULICK,
A • SURGEON ~ , DENTIST,
Extracts Teeth adthoat Pain. Nitnius_Oxidebr
Laughing Gas administered.
OFFICE' : 1 / 8 LOCUST . STREET.
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supw-Ou-tlw
B UNSELD,
TEACITIIIt OF
1 4 14'44,
CuLTlV..A.T,Toir'cir theMOlCE?and SINGIRd-
Special, attention given Beginners and young
pupils.
LOCUST STREET.
801,14 -OU -13 - w ,
j Z. liar-FER.
NTIT
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rAnslcie uchntelstered In the eitrueL
MU of Tooth,
Qat= GrglitS4;*eoVie:it , fAmr t„,.(111‘ Williams'
Drug tore,hohyeee 4oeust end )y.fthlAt Streets,
golutphia t- •
?LtYSICIAN & SURGEON;
otters his professional services to the citizens 0/
Catmint,laand vicinity. He may be found at the
Wilco connectedt.with his residence; on- Second
street, between Chen& amillfitionveverY day,
from 7t09 A. AL, and from 6tos P. Al. Persons
whiling his services in ,special cases, between,
these hours, will leave word by note at his office,
or through the twst office.. sepl-70
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
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The undersigned have opened an (Alice for the
purchase and sale 'of real estate. collection'of
rents, and the renting of property. Business
entrusted to their cure will meet with prompt
and careful attention. F. X.7.I.EGLEIt.
octß-'(B-tfj - -
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building, paving and other brick always on
hand. They are hand made - and superior to anT
brick In this part of the country. They are at
feredat the very lowest price.
sep 4-430-tfw3 f• !,-.IMICRAEL
LADIESI -- ICATYIES
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tithe
un4orsigued having bought , Ow entire.
stock of
LAXLIES'i BOOTS SETA'S,
/ryttie ;Store-Rooal formerly carried oii by'
JAMES SIiROEDEE,
No. 14S LOCUST STREET, •
COLUMBIA,
Is now ready to sell all kinds of
LADIES' BOOTS GAITERS„
MISSES' BODTR..fr'OAITDE....' , .ii
CHILDREN'S BOOTS &
As cheap as any other stand,;in,Columbia.„ La
diet' Boole and 'Gaiters inadeto order.,„
t'e...Repairing of all kinds neatly done. Don't
fomet the place. -Cave us,acalll.• - • •
June 13 •1$70-.tf.1' , _ A. G. QIIIi Es.'
HOTELS.
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THIS HOTEL IS PrEr.s - AraLY LOCATED.
hztweah-the Statious or-sale Betiding and Colima
' and Pennsylvania - Railroads.
FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.
Amine aecomano . datit s is for Strangers and
gith 13dr is ii.toiiked,witli
CHOICE LIQUORS,
And the Tabled furnished with the best fare.
' •—•- • MAH FINDLEY, - '
itali-4 9 405•1 Y proprietor,
cOLVATPT4,;#'4:
Tbw anrst c pg,s§flotel,iindls every'respeOt
A.dapCod to Ineel: the , wishes and desires of - the
trave/Ing ' MARTINN
sepl.7o ' Proprietor.
j~tKENCWS HOTEL,
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On the European Plan. opposite City Hall Part
New York.
Sept. 18.1888. ' - - • ' ' Proprietor.'
C r ET YOUR. PEANTING DONE AT
the "SPY!: 'Office.
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NO. 13. NO. 13.
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HER FA' I N E 11,"'R
' 7l PEACE
Where you can buy a first rate
AMERICAN, ENGLISH OR SWISS
WATCH,
BEAUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, .lIAND
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
riTcarats. BUTTER. DISHES Sic. dc.
Then if you are 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
AT
cnAs. P. SHREINER'S
Septiwtil . No. 13 Front St., Columbia, Pa.
DRUGS. CU lICAr.A
TB. KEVINSKI,
GP • DEALER
PIANOS, ORGANS, 'MELODEONS,
AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GENERALLY.
A large assortment of Violins; Flutes, Guitars,
Banjos, Tamborines, Accordeons, Flies, Har
monicas, oud musical murehandise always on
hand.
SKEET MUSIC.
A-largit stock on hand, and constantly receiving
all the latest publie..tions as soon as issued.
i‘lusle and Musical fiooks will be sent by mail
free of postage, when the market price is remit
ted.
DACALCOMANIA,
Or the Art of transferring Pictures. C n be
transferred on any object.
-•S would call special attention of the Coach
makers to my stock of Dacalcoraanic...
STEINWAY & SON'S PIANOS, PRINCE &
CO'S., & NEEDUANI S. SON'S CELEBRATED
ORGANS AND MELODEON'S.
, Sole Agent for Stoll's Unrivaled PIANO
- FORTE AND FURNITURE POLISH. 1 '
Call and examine my stock at
NO. 3 NORTH PRINCE STREET,
LANC.4..STEA,
_ _ .
JASPER GREEN,
Designer et Engraver on Wood.
- coLtapiA, P.A. , .
Is prepared to execute Views of .Boildings, Ma
chinery, Bill Heads, Posters, Labels, dm., in the
neatest and most expeditious manner, at rea
sonable rates.
BOOK AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS
Executed in the Highest Style of Art.
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WATER PROOFS !
MEE
WA-TER FR 0 OF
We have Water Proof Cloths from We. to $2.50
bonght by the case from first hands. Selling
, price basted - on one small profit only.
.-• WATER-PROOF- / I ;
:SHAWL SUITS. • - - •
BERGS SULTS.
BLACK SUITS_,. _
CSUITS MADE , TOIORDER.
' We have organized a most efficient Fine Suit
and Dress Making Department. From our
greatly.enlarged DRESS,Goops•stock, ladies
can makh.their SeleptiOns and have them made
up promptly, eennomically,'and" 'in' a - style to
please the most fastidious. Just opened new,
SILK-L'OPLIN*
WOOL S.SRGES,`,.
• FRENCILMERINOS. &c.
NrAV °pea, py far the largest and most elegant
stock of Shaw:s and at the most moderate pri
ces we have ever had. It comprises in part,
.PAISLEY SHAWLS,
' B. zuCIFIE s:RAWLS,
N I A i : i v. Y E A L T NIT IO O N O I LE ND N, IA, ,
REVERSIBLE VELOUR.
OTTOMEN STRIPE .
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LONG AND SQUARE,
Famous hues of Caslmeres,low to finest make.
Cloakings of every desirable kind made.
. The Woolen Stock is not, excelled in town:
',COOPER CONARD, .
S, E. Corner Ninth and Market Streets,
PHILADELPHIA. •.
,Oet.S-70.44
STEAJIU COACH TVORKS.
CHRISTIAN MYERS, ____.-------------
44, '
COLUMBIA "STl•lialr
WORKST
ttEllowEp TO N es.'9, •11 AND 13 NORTII 501
The Carriages, Buggies, &c., made at these
Works;, are ettparia beutittilau4 . :durability - to
ilnyLotitaLlagsa iialbteorattyl, tis
COA_C a ANLI'EFEING,REPAIRING, &c.
! g :
Thlshranchsof the business will be attended to
with punctuality- and despatch.
CIEMITREN'S CARRIAGES,
Wagons, Se., for sale or made to order.
'1113.; Cell at the }Forks No. 9, 11 att 13 North
Fitch street mkt lorathirto the stock and prices.
seps-99-tfw
OPEN ! OPENING ! OPENED!
DAY. THIS , WEEK:,
AND UNTIL FURTIIER ORDERS,
AT
338 - ENEM
-128 Locu4t,
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THE LARGEST STOCK OF
HATS AND CAPS
'For 'Alen; Youth and Children, over before offer
ed to the people of Columbia, comprising as It
does, STILE and QUALITY in soft and still
brim, such as the 'Warwick, tda.Lewis.Stnbad,
Prince Arthur, A merican Girl, Elute, Peerless,
-Lady -'Thorn, ;Rowing, Star,lCtioan, Waverly,
Gilmore, Rob Roy, and the Fall style of Silk
-Hats, just Out, together with a ftill'ittnett. of
tft4 7 11411 ' 6O DS,
- Consisting of Whiteout]. Colored Shirts, Flannel
Shirts and prswerm,English, German and Do
loestiel 110471itryi OWv,es, kalldkerehliiis; suss.:
penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Cuffs and Col
lars, fim Also.
- UMBRELLAS 'AND CANES.
Parties who favor us with j,heir patronage are
assured that it will be our constant afirrto
- merit their confidence and,support.
Call 'and 'examine our well selected stock at
AL low prices,
• • 13RENEMAN'S
No. Locust Street, Columbia, Pa.
0c41.'69-ly •., •
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FINE FAMILY GROCERIES,
AT lIARD3IAIC'S
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T.P,441v011i yt 1.41 a ProafsfY VAlabllsh
tuOnl, cortier'lltil and 'Claerty streeui the follow
ing new Goods: •'•
. SUGAR CURED BANES AND DRIED BEEF,
JELLIES,
MESERVES.
y .
tRONEY,
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"- PEACIEES, "
TOMATOES_,
ENGLISH., PICKLES, WINSLOWSGSEEN CQIIN
pp 41,4. 4044 e,
Tagatior wit4l 4 v 44-1 ., Ana aksortirkent qI
Fluz4 l 4'
4, I.AIU Z I t oT br,litw ; Yonit CaNmtdi,,
'" ' • TOBEIGN FRUITS, • '
°tangles,' Lembils, ' Pigs, 'Raisins, Coootintiisi
'andlirhitelstine'Vittega.r. , "
Extra Family'Flour, Mercer Potatoes, Rio wad
Java Coffee, tresltroasted,tiovering'S Syrup; - eta:
Sia-New Goods received almost ftily
\val.
3rd and Cherry SUL,
Sept-041W) Columbia, Pa.
OEM
MISCELIJAHBOTIS
GSA
STREET.
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IIk.OII2WPITOOI4IOICVDOi ♦0X4,41
EPWARD, ZAl'i
JEWELLER
(Late ; ll.;L.74k E. J...Zolnd
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Cor. N. gneen St., & Centre Square
,•!": '2.t.diNCASTEIL; PA.
Dealer in
Watches,Olocks, Jewelry
SILVER WARE. • (Li
Spectacles, best quality Silver-
_ Plated Ware, Thermometers.
Personal and prompt attention given to
Watch work and - Repairing.' Remember the
OLD STAND,
ZAECIII'S CORNER,
North Queen Street and Centre Square,
LANCASTER, PA.
may 7 '7O 1 yr
; COAL 1 COAL !I COAL 1 !
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
fittality, It is from the Veins of the Celebrated
.BALTIMORE CO. 6: LEE MINES at Wilkes
barre ; well prepared, and fro 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.
" " 3or Stove
" " 4or Small Stove, 5.25.
" • " sor Chestunt, 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 in no other, the public can rest assured
they are as represented.
AMOS S. GREEN, Agt.,
mar. 2141 For Sark-nor/ it Co.. Witkaqbarre.
FINANCIAL.
INTERESTS ON DEPOSITS
The COLUMBIA. NATIONAL BANK will
pay interest on DepoSits as follows:
For 1 S 2 Months, 4 per cent.
" 3, 4 &
" 6,7, 8,9& 10 " 5 84
" 12 -
i0ar.1270-1y . SAMUEL SHOCH, Cashier.
K i iIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CO
1_ • LIIMBIA,
Interest Paid on Special Deposits as follows:
4 per cent. ilbr 30 or 60 days.
4 1-2 per cent. for 90 days and
under 6 mouths.
5 Percent. for 6 month and under
, 11. niontbs.
1-2'per cent for'll'at 12 months.
S. S. DETWELLES., Cashier
, B. F.RANK SAYLOR & CO.,
PHOTOGRAPHERS,
'No: 26 West King Street,
• LANCASTER, PENN'A
IWe aim to satisfy all our patrons, as well as
give Mem 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
Brie airway, s,on hand, _ • -
, 4B- Remember the
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• Photographea-s,
26 West King St., Lancaster
,B. Fitams SAYLoy.. ; ,, .TAMES
rpm CHEAPEST AND THE BEST
c r ONFECTIONERY SALOON !
No. 25. N. Queen_St., Lancaster,
Is the best place to procure your supplies of
ALL KINDS Oi' i daFECTIONERY,
CARES, CANDIES, so. - •
t 3. Parties and others served. promptly at
shortest notice
THE' PUBLIC.
. "-The ;indeisigned having purchased the
Jewelry Store, formerly occupied by E. Sperm,,
announce to the public or Columbia and vicini
,ty, that they have now open at
; No. 39 FRONT STREET,
A large and full stock of
Clocks; Watches CO Jewelry,
Which they will sell at lowest prices
FOR
CASIE. We ask you to examine our stock as it
will cost you
NO TUING
We make it a specialty to have constantly on
baud a Stock of CLOCKS and WArCkIES, per
fectly regulated and ready for immediate use.
E. I.V.A.SSEY SON.
apl3o '7O-tf] N 0.39 Front St.„ Columbia.
GUANO CO.
cio,Preal, $1,000,000.
JOHN S; REESE &-
GENERAL AGENTS,
OFFICES
122 Soutit, Delaware Ave., Phil'a.
10 South Street, Baltimore.
SOLUBLE PACIFIC
GUANO.
No Fertilizer introduced to tLe Farmers of the
Mlddle and" Southern States has given more
general and uniform satisfaction than this
GUANO.
The trade in it hats steadily increased until
the consumption now throughout the entire
country far exceeds that of any other Fertilizer.
'the large capital involved in Its production
affords the surest guarantee of its continued ex
cellence. The Company has a fur greater in
terest in the premauttnce of its trade than anY
number of consumers can have; hence it is the
highest interest of the Company to put the best
Fertilizer into market, that their unusat
aided , by the best scientific ability can
produce.
This Guano is sold at retail by Local Agents of
the Company throughout New Jersey, Dela
ware, Pennsylvania and the Southern States
and at wholesale by
JOHN S. REESE &
'Agen CO.,
qendralts for th . e: Coinpany,
• • ••
GEO. BOGLE, Agent,
JulY4:3-gru ; • . • Columbia - . Pa.
IMPOIiTANT TO. INV.ENTORS
AND PATENI`F , i!
,INVEIJTORS'. AND PA.T.PTEES"
3362. - aar and Sales/ Rooms
529 Chednut . Sl.;
BARBER A: CO.
1F L TO FEES IN ADVANCE.
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
forth° negotiation of the sates of their Inven
lion and Patents. • ',• • - • ' •
The feature of this Bazaar consists in this,
that Inventors, Patentees and Owners of Pat
' ents end.ltiventions may ,
transact their busi
ness and effect sales themselves, without any
Interference on the part of therorletere. •On
such sales they charge no Priii4o4isii On Wiarittiver
nor do they ask 'registration or re fees, nor
Nny Obitirlltsslone 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:
FROM TIV.MNTY-F/VZ (25) CENTS TO ONN Dg L t
.t...A.as rani/VEY-1i PER. 5C1114 1 0 1 rgOTolr sf•Acgt
FO -a E?hts VPFY 4 1 1 xiall f4,l4.Peasatlep the 'Models
'apt' . ilFlll4lfis era It pt goon order and their
orlt ngs cortiPletely explained to the earner
pus'reitors of the Btrserte and brought forward
tel he best advantage, with a view to proper-,
ing the way to eventual sates.
An experienced - PATENT LAWYER and tin.
able CONSULTING 'ENGINBER,ArO attaelled
et this establishment, thr ottahllng the under,'
'signed to ptnoure, at All t rues, the best legal and
Practical advice to their trona. Ti a Plitnatiagd
_of all; is respeel.fallysollelted.
: i • umtErEat
aestnut .e.uslaclelPhiaLl'a
•0, Settl
_FUR FANCY JOB PRINTING
CALL AT THIS OFFICE.
"NO ENTERTAINMENT 80 CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE 80 LASTING."
~- S ATURDAY OCTOBER 15, 1870.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW POTTERY.
-. Vile undersigned have opened up a Pottery
in Elbow Lane, between Fifth and Sixth Sts.,
sign of the Big .Tug, where they will alt or
ders in this line of business.
The patronage of the public solicited.
seplOdy) WESLY. SWEENY t o BBO.
ALLEN RICHARDS,
PLAIN AND DECORATIVE
Paper Hanger and Varnisher,
No. 152 LOCUST STREET,
COLUMBIA, PA
z
k. a S n a d in e p x l a es mi t . ,_ Raper constantly onband
Call and .0-Iy.
LINDEN I-I A. I_, la,
Moravian Seminary for Young
Ladies.
The 77th ANNUAL TERM opens AUGUST,
Sid, 1870. For Circulars and Catalogues, address
REV. EUGUNE A. FRUEAUFF,
aue.o.st. Litiz, Lancaster Co., }a.
CHALLENGE!
, $3OO It.EIVA.RID
Tntintirgas, a certain person having In his
.er
fr vice a number of BUMMERS and LOAFERS
who go about as his tasters and spies, has pub-
Really pronounced my BEER to be of an infe
rior quality to his own,l make the following
proposition: Let sampes of the beer brewed
and offered for cote by myself, and that sold by
the person alluded to. be subjected to chemical
analysis, and a decision made by properly (vial
fried Judges upon the relative quality of the
seer.
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 same sum to be paid to me in case the de
cision be in my favor. Will my Challenge be
accepted ?
HILARY ZAEPFEL.
Seplo-at3 BREVorI•
pETER FRALEY,
CUSTO3IEE
Boot and Shoe Maker,
No. 161. LOCUST STREET,
French Calf Boots Sr, Shoes
Of the finest material and most elaborate
workmanship.
At FRALEDS, 161 Locust Street,
BOOTS Sr, SHOES;
Made with a view to great durability and neat
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COLUMBIA, Pdk
“How did you come to mair,- Mr.
Marshall, Aunt Nannie ?”
Mrs. Nannie Marshall wasn't my aunt,
but I had called her so for many years,
for she was the kindest and truest friend
I ever had. She sat silent, knitting bus
ily and smiling a little before she answer
ed me.
"It came of shaking a table cloth,'
said aunt Nannie.
"What ! d'A you tip him up in its
folds, and bring him down on his knees
to you ?"
"No ; I'll tell you. When I was four
years old my mother died. I don't know
whether children of that tender age gener
ally remember their mothers as I remem
ber mine or not ; but when I was so little
nat. I sat in a high chair at the table, I
would watch the chairs fi!l;ng up a"•ound
it with thepersistent hope that mymother
would come and sit by me ; and. I did not
relinquish this hone a ['ter I was old enough
to comprehend death, but clung to it,
praying Christ to work a miracle, as in
the ojd. Dihie•times, and let my,dear moth
gr aPpear to*y longing sight.
"Never was thee a more affective and
iiraginative child, and my youth was a
dreary time. My grandmother, who had
charge of me meant to do her duty by me,
and in the usual acceptance of the term
she did. I was fed and clothed, and she
to aght me as Well as her limited means
would ellow. But she never manifested
any affection for me. She was one of
those kind of people who think kisses and
caresses foolishness, and though I can look
back now and remember proo2 of a secret
tenderness, she never kissed or caressed
me when I was a child.
"I grew up starved for love. After I
was fourteen years old I grew to look for
it, from a lover. I read romances—l
built a;r castles—yet so well had I been
trained in practical ways and habits that
no one dreamed of the turn my mind was
taking. My fondest dream was of the
time when a mate:ial figure, with bold,
bright;eyes and gay apparel, should, seat
ed on a m - P.:-white narger, appear before
me as I span in the porch, or gathered
berries in the field, and folding me to his
hem t with tender and assuring words,
leap up on my steed, and with me in his
arms fly to some unknown country, where
he would make me a queen of his castiles
I never rearzed, ugly, ignorant child as I
was, how pezuTialy absurd was any such
idea as applied to me, until one day some
thing occe , r•ed which destroyed my beau-_
tiful illusion and made me wretched.
"There were always several weeks in
the call when, if the crops were good, I
was almost incessaaUly employed in gath
ering berries, which my grandmother pre
served far winter use. My only compan
ion in this work was my cousin Stephen
a boy two or three years younger than
mysel F.
"On day, when thus employed, we
caught a gl; mpse of a man in regimentals,
rid lig, slythrough the woods."
"Who con it be ?" said Stephen.
"Oh Z" said 7, In deLglit, "perhaps it is
my lover kn , ght, coming `roan the wars
to find me. Let me watch until he comes
mound the bend in the rod. If it is he,
be will take off his plumed hat and wave
it for me. Then he will gallop up and
tlift me on his horse and carry me to his
mooted castle."
COLUM 13 lA. PI NIVA
"A nice I;tc,le girl you are for a knight
to run off w;th arn'; you ? A handsome
I .dy-lore you will make, with your black
face and flying hair, like a wild indian's,
and mouth all stained with berries Ho
ho 1 Wouldn'tyou look grand flying, and
your slices falling off because they are big!
I'd just like to see you."
"iffy cloud-land was destroyed forever.
From that moment I knew 'that I was
w.llyoincouth and unattractive, and my
hero lover would never come. I ceased to
expect him."
"I grew older ; I was plain and awk
wardly shy, and shunned what society
was attainable to me.
"When I was eighteen years old I re
ceived an invitation from an aunt who
lived in Boston to v;sit her. I had never
§eeAl UN\ and she knew me only by report.
She wished me to come and spend the
winter with her. My grandmother was
willing I should go, but we were very
poor, and it required a great deal of econs
omy and management to furnish me with
a wardrobe tlt to visit the city with.
c kThe fatally or /sAy aunt Caroline coax
silted of herself, her daughter Julia and
the orphan children of a deceased son.
Julia was ilia my age, and very pretty.
It is a very hard thing to say, but I hon
estly think that my aunt, to whom my
peroual appearance had been described,
wanted me to associate with Julia, as a
foil to her beauty; and to reside in the
gottry.
A STREET INOLDERT,
"That leg and arm? 'Twas at Bull Rim,
The second light, you recollect?
We gave them lots of red-hot fan,
And some to spare sir, I expect;
In one 'week more my time eras up—
Yon see how I was ncclced.
Wait till I fix up this machine,
I'm tired of grinding that old air;
You see, my chum was young and green'
And put himself rightin:my care ;
Though full of fight as any one
Who slung a musket there.
And glory, that was all his cry;
lie got It, too ! for, on that day,
Etc half the battle had gone by.
Face to the front, all cold he lay!
And quite a lucky thing for him,
I often think and say.
Poor Charley! Thank you, ma'am. 'You se! ,
Our fellows gave a splendid charge ;
'Whiz! then a minute struck my knee—
' This lump of lead—'talm extra large;
Just then another took my arm—
Of course that settled me.
Some days I wish I'd gone as well!
To beg one's way Is mighty tough.
What I've been through no tongue elm tell
Wanting a meal to eat is rough.
For his po'itic;ora, Uacle Sans
Ain't got hes the half enougli!
Let alone his seßierst That tune takes,
There's something in it stirring. grand—
Somehow the crowd it always wakes ;
No better a;r was ever planned.
They don't fo. get us after all—
God bless that sweat white hand!
But for this music-box, I guess
I'd have to give It up and
Proud that I served my country? Yes,
I don't go back on that—not I!
Though for the glory of it—well—
ou're off, old boy? Good-by!"
Ittiscalromotts
SEAT NG TEE TAEIE MOTE
family that I might assist in taking care
of the children. At any rate, as soon as
I came the single servant was dismissed.
"The family lived elegant, um I soon
found that it was done by the strictest
economy. My aunt worked hard and
managed well, and no one outside the
house dreamed that their income was as
painfully small as it was.
"Julia, had a lover. Mr. Marshall was
very handsome and mighty fine, and I do
not wonder that he appeared very much
like a god to me then. He was but recent
ly acquainted with 'Julia when I went
there but he appeared very much in love
with her. I used to help her dress upon
the evening on which lie came, and after
she had gone down looking like an angel,
I used to shed a few tears of sorrow and
loneliness, as I stood and listened to their
happy chat and gay laughter ringingfrom
the room below. And I was very sure
that I never could be pretty, and I
thought that nobody-would ever love me.
"One day Mr. Marshall came to dine.—
Extra attention teas given to the house
and dinner. My aunt had been very weal
thy
for a short time when first married,
and from her husband's failure she had
saved a few things which gave the house
an air of means and style—some articles
of fine table silver and some handsome oil
paintings, I remember.
"With my assistance she se:ved the
dinner herself, and managed so as to be
richly dressed to appear at the table.—
She was cool and stately ; but I, who bad
lingered until the last moment in the
kitchen, making gravies and serving up
vegetables, was so tired that I could
hardly speak. I never did talk much,
though, so it was not noticed, appareatly.
Mr. Marshall conversed of books, pic
tures and music, all of which .Julia was
acquainted with, and it was agreeable to
listen to them. I was sorry when the
meal was finished.
"Mr. M. turned to look at the piettlic on
thewall, when he arose, and after a few
moments my aunt comenced clear
ing the table. The dishes were put
through a slide in the cupboard in the
kitchen. I helped her do this. Julia
stood looking out the window.
"When the table was cleared of the
dishes, my aunt went out. I sat down
and took my sewing, thinking that my
aunt would be back in a moment to finish
clearing the table, and that I should be
allowed, during the afternoon, the place
of a guest. Mr. Marshall spoke to me
and asked me to play backgamon. It
was the only game of pleasure that I
knew, and I was delighted at the thought.
I put down my sewing, and he brought
the hoard and arranged the game. Julia
sat in a corner of the sofa with some em
broidery. Just as we were ready to play,
I looked I.lp and saw the table still stood
spread with its linen cloth,and the crumb
cloth had not been taken up. Julia glan
ced at it the same moment and 'then
tlurned serenely back to• her embroidery.
I put down the box timidly.
"Rmuse me," said I, "my aunt is not
coming back, and the table mist be put
in its place."
"I took off the cover and carried it into
the kitchen, and then came back, pulled
down the leaves of the old-fashioned ta
ble, and was going to put it up at the end
of the room alone, when Mr. Marshall
arose and did it for me.
"Then I took up the crumb-cloth, car
oled it out and shook ii, and put it in its
place in the hall closet, and all the time
he stood and watched as if in stnpri3e.—
When I was ready to sit down again he
played very badly. He seemed to be ab
sent-minded.
"lie came to the house two or three
times after that,but not to spend an even
ing alone with Julia. Pretty
- soon he did
not come at all, and Julia used to cry out
and be so cross that she made the whole
family uncomfortable.
"One day he drove up to the door in a
splendid sleigh, for it was winter time,
and the sleighing was very good. Julia
was sitting at the dining-room fire.
"There," she said, jumping up, "he's
come to take me to drive. Now I won't
go a step unless he asks my pardon for
staying, away so long."
"Her mother showed him into the par
lor, and he asked for me. I went in wonder.
lie asked me to go and ride as coolly as if
I had been in the habit of driving with
him all the days of my life ; and there
was something in his manner that would
not let me refuse. I went, and he askc
me to marry him. I waited three years
for him, for be was not settled in business
then ; and we weremartied, and I have
been happy every day of my life since.
"One day he told me why he hail not
married Julia. "I was pleased withher,"
said be, "but when I saw hee let you, a
guest, leave your employment with a gen-
tleman to do her mother's work, while
she sat doing nothing but embroidery, I
knew she was indolent and selfish, and
she never looked pretty to me after that
moment. If it had not been for that
crumb-cloth, Nannie, I should p•obabl.,'
haye married her, and have been as
wretched as I am now satified."
The Disastrions Finn is in Vi7E,:n!a.
Each mail brings additional details of
the disastrous floods in the valley of the
James river, and peculiarly between
Lynchburg and Richmond. Richmond
has suffered even more grievously. War
and fire, and the recent shocking fall of
its Capitol had made beautiful Richmond
seem to be a doomed city ; and now the
James suddenly rising twenty-six feet
above the level of that river, has inunda
ted a large part of the town, submerging
warehouses, stores, dwellings and the gas
works, destroying more than four mil
lion dollars worth of property, stopping
operations in all the large cotton, corn
and dour mills, and occasioning the most
heart-rending scenes. Saturday night
must, indeed, have been a night of hor
rors at Richmond. The little town of
Columbia, Fluvanna co., was completely
inundated by the same freshet, and many
of its five hundred inhabitants, strug
gling in the waters, were swept off and
drowned. The flood in the Shennandoah
submerged Harper's Ferry and caused
the loss of fifty lives. The floods in the
Potomac has wrought incalculable dam
age in Georgetown and in Washington,
suspending business in the former city
and putting a stop to Southern railroad
travel.
THE best time to set a hen is when th e
hen is reddy—Josh Billings.
EA
Link's First itttempt in the Art Line--oEcia]
The Buffalo ExpreB6. of Saturday has a
wonderful war map, drawn and engraved
by Mark Twain, - with explanations by
the artist. Appended are some recom
mendations which the work has received.
The idea of this map is not origina
with me, but isborrowed from the Tri
Lune and other great metropolitan jour
nals.
I claim uo other merit for this produc
tion (if I may so call it) than that it is ac
curate. The main blemish of the city
paper maps, of \Mich it is an imitation,
is that in them moreattention seems paid
to artistic pictmesqueness than geograph
ical reliability.
Inasmuch as this is the first time I ever
ti led to draft and engrave a map, or at
tempt anything in the line of art at all,
the commendations the work has receiv
ed the admiration it has excited among
the people, have been very grateful to my
feeling. And it is touching to reflect
that by far the most enthusiastic of these
praises have come from people who know
nothing at all about art.
By an unimportant oversight I have
engraved the map so that it reads wrong
end first, except to left-hand people. I
forgot that in order to make it right in
print it should he drawn and engraved
upside down. However, let the student
who desires to contemplate the map,
stand on his head or hold it before her
looking glass. That will bring it right..
The reader will comprehend at a glance
that piece of river with the 'High Bridge'
over it got left out to one side by reason
of a slip of the graving tool which ren
dered. it necessary to change the entire
course of the river Rhine or else spoil the
map. I would have changed the course of
the Atlantic Ocean before I would have
lost so much work.
I never had so much trouble with any-
thing in my life as I did with this map.—
I had heaps of little fortifications scat
tered all around Paris, at first, but every
now and then my instruments would slip
and fetch away whole miles of batteries
and leave the vicinity as clean as if the
Prussians had been there.
The reader will find it well to frame
this map for future reference, so that it
may aid in extending popular intelligence
and dispelling the wide-spread ignorance
of the day. 211.tuKE T wxrx.
OFFICIAL CO3DIENDATIO:‘.:S.
"It is the only map of the kind I ever
saw. U. S. GILA.NI7.
"It places the situation in an entirely
new light. Drsm.A.ncK."
"I cannot look upon it without shed
ding tears. Druoir_v_a Youxor."
"It is very nice, large print.
NAPOLEON."
"My wife was for years afflicted with
heckles, and though everything was done
for her relief that could be done, all was
in vain. But, sir, since her first glance
at your map, they have entirely left her.
She has nothing but convulsions now.
J. Smyrn."
"If I had had this map I could have
of out of Metz without any trouble.
DAzAINE."
"I have seen a great many maps M my
time, but none that this one reminded me
of. Tnociru."
"It is but fair to say that in some re:
spects it is truly a remarkable map.
W. T. SITER3LUN."
•`L said to my son Frederick Willian,
"it you could only make a map like that,
I would be perfectly willing to see you
die—even anxious. "IVlLm.vm III."
The land-lady of an inn near Metz says
a correspondent of the New York Post,
pretends to recognize in Prince Frederick
Charles a tourist who, a few years ago,
made a pedestrian excursion through the
Vosges and along the Moselle. She then
took him for a medical man, as lie pre
tended to be a lover of botany, who with
an old gentleman extremely like the por
traits of General Moltke, explored in
search of fine specimens of Alsacian flora,
every pass and forest in the department.
They looked like military men; indeed she
thought so at the time, but this did not
seem incompatible with their alleged pro
fession, for every Prussian sloe knew was
a soldier.
The young gentleman innocently pick
ed flowers. and the old one bad a passion
for geology, and increased his knowledge
of the science by scanning every wall and
cutting, the nephew most conscientiou
ly walked through the passes and over
the hills, and the uncle took drives in va
rious directions. They were in the neigh
borhood more than a month, says this
worthy woman, and then paid their bill
and went away quietly, but she swears
that she recognized the Prince when he
came up with his army to fight Bazaine
Whether this story is only ben trovato
and not vero, it is positive that Freder
ick Charles does know every foot of the
ground on this side of the Rhine. He
was at Stolzenfels, above Coblsntz, in his
boyhood, and was in the habit of
making tours,wben an under-graduate, of
the composition of every corps of the ene
my which he has enconnteved—a species
of intelligeneeinvaluable to an ableg,enral.
The French neglected everything of this
sort; their dash is fettered with red tape,
and every proposal made by volunteers
who oirer to serve as scouts on thorough
bred horses furnished by themselves is
contemptuously rejected.
AT Sidney, Ohio, on a recent evening,
as Frank Corry entered his room for the
Purpose of retiring, lie saw a person in
his bed, and supposing that some one had
come for the purpose or robbing him, he
immediately drew his revolver and fired,
but missed his mark. The person shot at
attempted to screen himself by slipping
under the bed, but Corry fired again, and
this time the ball took effect in or near
one oC the temples, and penetrated the
brain about two inches. By this time a
sister of Corry had come into the room,
and told her brother he was shooting his
cousin. So it proved to be—a Mr. 'Wood,
from Indianapolis—and when Corry as
certained the fact he became nearly crazy.
Wood cannot live.
Tics census marshals note the fact that
in towns that have fallen off in popula
tion the difference is in the number of
young children. Many families have no
children, or only one. The cause can be
guessed at, and deserve the attention of
philanthropists.
$2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2.50 if Paidnot. in Advance..
MARK TWAIN'S WAR MAY.
Conamtinications, Etc.
=1
A ROYAL SPY
[WHOLE NUMBER, 20,860.
TEE swam. CATHEDRAL GLOCE AND
LIBIIMM.
One of the most lamentable results of the
siege of Strasburg, leaving out of view the
loss of human life, is the injury which the
bombardment has inflicted upon the noble
cathedral and its wonderful astronomical
clock. The vast cathedral, which; perhaps
more than any other one thing, has made
the name of Strasburg celebrated is one of
the finest Gothic buildings in Europe. It
was founded A. I)., 504, The choir was
built by Charlemagne; probably about A.
D., 800, though it was not completed until
1439. The material of which the cathedral
is built of brown stone, very much resem
bling our Connecticut Portland freestone so
extensively used in Fifth avenue. It was
obtained from a quarry at Wassebonne. in
the valley of Couronne, a few miles from
Strasburg. The architect of the existing
edifice was Erwin von Steinbach, of Baden
One John fluells, of Cologne, was the arch
itect of the peerless tower. Its spire is the
loftiest in the world. Its height, 406 feet,
surpasses St. Peter's and is tibout equal to
that of the great Pyramid. The greater
part of the entire structure was destroyed
by lightning in 1007, and the restored edifice
was begun in 1015 and completed in 1.130
The cathedral is in every part richly deco•
rated with sculptures; and the western
front rising to a height of 230 feet. is, or was
particularly fine with its wealth of statues,
ornamental carvings, and bas-reliefs. It
has afcircular window 43 feet in diameter.
The Prussian heavy artillery hai made, it
is said, a rain of part of the vast building.
The astronomical clock, the product of a
German elockmaker,in about the year 1550,
is a marvel of ingenuity and mechanical
skill, and has no counterpart. It performs
not only the ordinary service of a clock, bu t
exhibits the days, and the months, and tile
years; the process of the seasons; the signs
of the zodiac,and the names and movements
of Was heavenly bodies. At each quarter
hour an angel comes out and strikes ono
stroke on a bell ; at every hour another
angel comes out and strikes twice; and at
12, meridian, a figure of Christ appears, ac
companied by the twelve apostles, all of
whom move around a central point and
pass in, out of sight, by another door, the
stroke of twelve being given, and a cock
flaps his wings and crows. The clock is
enormous in size, like everything else Con
nected with the vast cathedral, and is invis
ible from the outside street—the spectator
passing through the nave of the cathedral
to see it. It has suffered front fire and vio
lence before the present year, having been
our of repair and motionless since the revo
lutionary of 1703 . , until the year, 1842, when
it was repaired by a watchmaker of Bas-
Rhin, and has been in operation since, It
is to be hoped that this ingenious piece of
mechanism has not been irreparably injur
by the present bombardment.
The loss of the Strasbourg library—a vast
collection of 300,000 volumes,, including
many collections of rare and curious and
monkish parchments—is total and irrepar
able. It can never be replaced by any col
lection hereafter made. It was the slow
result of a thousand. years ; and its destruc
tion by fire, caused by the Prussian hot -
shot, is like the burning pf the Alexandria .
library in this that of a great number of the
works destroyed no duplicates can ever be
obtained.—From the Hartford Timex.
VON MOLT - L - 4 PLAITS
The Pzussiaa Szcsezzes Less T]:= He Plszned—
Why Voa Ste!nmetz Wzs Bemored From His
Command
The Army and _ferny Journal argues, with
a good deal of plausibility that, astonishing
as the German successes have been, they
are not near as extraordinary as those the
great military strategist, Von Motike, orig
inally planned and intended. This argu
ment is based upon a few lads and state
ments, which,, however, are very signifi
cant ones. The most striking fact is the re
moval from command of the great Prussian
General Von Steinmetz. Von Steinmetz is
a leader who would be distinguished in any
service. For desperate work, he is the best
general in Germany, if not in Europe.
Like General Sheridan, be is not only quick
and brilliant in battle, but ho can and does
get more fighting and more marching out of
a given number of men than any of his
compeers ; and he has never been defeated.
Once engaged in battle, he is bound to win,
no matter what are the conditions, If it uses
up his last man ; and he always has. won.
Beside, he is a great favorite with the sol
diers. Such a general would not be dis
missed without grave reason. Tho reason
assigned is ;hat, at the battle ofForbach, in
the ve;youisetof the campaign, he attacked
furiously and utterly routed the French
army of the centre, whereas his orders from
Von Moltke wore to engage and detain the
French. At Forbach, the French were in
an extrao•dionrily strong position, ap
proached from the front, yet Von Steinmetz
carried it by assault, though at a fearful
cost. At Gravelotte, also, his troops did the
most desperate fightingf and lost most
heavily.
Von Molike's orders at Forbach, the
Army and Navy Journal argues, and Von
Steiumetes removal for not literally obey
ing them, show to military critics what his
intentions were. The great military genius
and strategist, before he moved a single
regiment into France knew exactly his own
strength and the French weakness. He
knew the topograthv of the country like
that of his own garden. Ile had also stud
ied the menial peculiarities of the French
Ma, shals. so that he know what each oneof
them would be likely to do in any given
emergency. He Is reticent of his plans.
He gave to each German leader exact or
ders for his particular part of the perform
ance, and nothing more. The Crown
Prince was to rush upon,envelop and crush
the French right under MacMalmn, and
push forward desperately toward Metz.
Von Stein tnerz was to engage and detain
the French centre at Forbach. The German
right was to smash and turn the nor thern
wing of the French, and also push forward
toward metz. Now if Von Steinmetz bad
literally obeyed his orders, and if he had
really detained Bazaine at Forbach only ten
hours longer, the Crown Prince would have
got into t he French rear, between the main
French army and Me.z on the south, and
the German right would then have swung
around the French lett on the north, and
also got into the rear of the main French
army, between it and 'Metz ; and tue entire
French army, with Napoleon, would have
been captured in the open field, within the
first ten days of the t atnpaign. This would
have been followed by tne almost immedi
ate fall of Metz itself, with all its stores.
AT NIGHT
Here is one of Thackeray's pleasant
touches :
It is night now ; and hero is home.
Gathered under the quiet roof, elders and
children lie alike at rest. In the midst of
a great peace and calm, the stars look on
from the heavens. The scene is peopled with
the past: sorrowful remorses for sins and
short-comings, memories of passionate joys
and griefs raise out of their graves, but now
alike and calm. Eyes, as I shut mine, look
at me that have long ceased to shine. The
town and fair landscape sleep under the
starlight wreathed in the autumn 'mists.
Twinkling among the houses, a light keeps
watch, hero and there, in what may be a
sick chamber or two. The clock tolls
sweetly in the silent air. liere is night and
rest. An awful sense of thanks tnakos
the heart swell, and the head bow, as I pass
to my room through the sleeping house,
and feel as though a hushed blessing was
upon it.