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why President Arthur Attends tha Shsbbiest
Church in Washington,

The Washington correspondent of the
\. Y. Eyening Post, writing from that
city, says;
1t has been a matter of some surprise
that out of the multitude of Episcopal
churches with which Washington is
blessed, the President should have chosen
the oldest and shabbielt of them all as
ais regular place of worship, Every Sun
day morning he may be seen, on foot and
unattended, ike the humblest citizen,
crossing the ever green Lafayette Square
with its bronze General in the middle
that lies between the Executive Mansion
and st, Johns, wherein he quietly takes
his place in the old pew that Madison
occupied nearly seventy years ago Sey
eral of the earlier Presidents since Mad
isons time attended this moss grown
sanctuary, but ii fell behind the times
quaittr of a century ago and has lon
been neglected by modern greatn,s
For President Arthur, st. Johns II
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more associations than those merely his
toric, and, like Longfelow's Blacksmith,
he hears above the music OF the choir a
dearer voice singing in Paradise" ="
Long ago the lady, who would now, If
she had lived, be the first in the land
Miss Ella Herndon-was a volunteer
member of ST. Johns choir; and it is
said that her sweet soprano voice, of re-
markable compass and clearness, filling
the mouldy old place with melody, first
attracted the attention of All unassuming
young lawyer-Chester Arthur by
name-who chanced to be spending a
Sunday at .he capital and idly strayed
into st. Johns. Deponent saith, how
ever, he did not become acquainted with
her at that time-not till some years
later, when her father lay at the bottom
of the sea and the broken family had
sought another home. The gallant cap
tain Herndon was a naval officer, and at
the time of bis residence in Washington
was stationed at the National Observa-
tory. lie is best known by the record
he made in the Mexican War and as
commander of the United States expe-
dition which explored the valley of the
Amazon. Subsequently he commanded
the Inflated steamship Central America,
which, in 1857, went down between
Havana and New York, with over four
hundred passengers and more than two
millions in gold on board. About one
third of the passengers were saved,
including all the women and children,
but the faithful captain stood at his post
to the last, and with his ship went down
to the unknown depths. 1t was when
her young life was shadowed by this
great sorrow that Ella Herndon met her
future husband in New York city, where
she was living with her widowed moth
er Theirs was a genuine love match -
unhappily rare in the calculating wisdom
of these days--with which many romantic
incidents were connected. That the
husband is faithful to her memory is
proven by the fresh flowers his own
hands every day wreath around the
portrait which hangs in the "cerulean
chamber" of the White House, where
his eyes can rest uponit last at night and
first in the morning. She is said to
have been a lady of lovely character and
rare attainments, tall and willowy in
figure, with face that was more pre-
possessing than actually beautiful accord
ing to rule. She was fond of society, mad
much of the charming tact that stands
women in better stead than genius, and
would in every way have graced her
husbands present position.
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IN MY ENEMY'S HOUSE.

Travelling once near Moscow ! CHANGED
to meet \. Petrovitch, an old college
chum. After some merry talk over our
scrapcs and adventures Of former days he
cntreated me to accompany him to the
house of his friend, Baron Stalotf, at a
place about ten miles distant, adding, by
way of persuasion: 'Staloff is fine,
open-heartcd, generous, ,hospitable fellow,
Just tsuch man as you would like to
meet; he told me to bring with me as
many friends as possible. Come, we will
be there about week. | can promise
you very agreeable visit.
Although stranger to the baron,as
then thought, yielded to my friends
request, and we took the afternoon train,
arriving at Staloff late in the day. The
baroness received us graciously, regret
ting that the baron was unavOidably alb
sent until dinner.
Punc,ually at seven o'clock my friend
and | entered the magnificent dining
room. There was just time for hasty
introduction to the host before we took
our seats. We were about twenty at
table.
"What is the matter with you, whiS
pered Petrovitch, "you look so frighten,
ed have you seen ghost?'
frightened! | may well look so in
deed | am frightened, Your fine,
generous, open hearted baron is my
deadly enemy, than whom would rath
er encounter thousand ghosts will
tell you all about it after dinner"
After an uncomfortable dinner sue
ceeded in finding an opportunity to speal
to Petrovitch in private,
THAT man and were once friends,
said |, "but the old story, we both ad
mired the same girl That made the frs
breach between us, He proposed to set
tie the matter with the sword, easil
disarmed him. She Tilted both of us fo
it and marri,d d Payioyski, Of the drag
oons. Two years later the same thin
happened. We fought again, | wounC
ed him severely, and he swore fearft
vengeance upon me. But she marie
him, and is his present wife,
But how has he become Baron Staloif
When ! knew him he was merely Gre'
orei Altoff."
"lIis uncle left him this property la
year with his name, He wisely toe
, both"
"If had only known it The mt
. hates me aud sees me present myself
his dinner table, How soon can G
). awayf"
( "Not tonight, am sure, If you fe
1 any treachery come spend the night
my room. But really, the common rul
of hospitality "
{ "Oh,I don't believe in hospitality VIII
it comes to a man of his nature. lie h
/ heard Macbeth, and mal initiate him
d not for ambition, but to satisfy his ch,
d ished revenge
d swell, | will speak TO the servant a
n have your bags removed TO my room
A.; fore bedtime"
G Thanks, old fellow
: The evening passed pleasantly
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Odd Items.

A druggist at Belton Falls, Va, has
been sent TO prison for sixty days "for
selling liquor as beverage" Wonder
what they would have done with him if
he had sold it as a liver-pad or as wash
for removing freckles ?-L Texas Siftings.
Why is it that whenever you are look
ing for anything you always find it in
the last place you look ? The reason is
because you always stop looking when
you find it, - Burlington Hawkeye.
1t is believed that umbrellas can be
made strong enough to gently let man
down from tifth-story window in case
of fire, but where would the umbrella be
when wanted Detroit Free Press
A Western debating society is nerving
itself up to wrestle with the question:
"When woman and mouse meet,
which is the most frightened?' 2
One of the managers of hospital
asked an Irish nurse which he cousid-
cred the most dangerous of the many
cases in the hospital. THAT, sur" said
Patrick, as he pointed to case of sur
gical instruments lying on a table,
Springfield Uuion.
A st. Louis girl has slept continuous
! ly for four months. PROBABLY there's
nothing in that town worth waking up
to see.
A Cincinnati coal dealer was discov-
cred giving 1900 pounds for ton, and
his trade at once increased one half. The
other dealers were only giving lS00.-
Detroit Free Press.
The only difference between n prodi.
gal son and balloonatic, is that ones
a naughty heir and the others an aeron-
aut
Aesthetics speaking of asses say their
brays are abrasions on the surface OF
melody IN. Y. Com. Adv.
Many defaulting bank cashiers are now
hiding behind their responsibility. They
, will bloom in 1882.
:, GOOD NURSE
should not hesitate to wait upon those
whom even such disease as small pox
has attacked. There is little to be feared
. by persons waiting on the sick if they
WIN use iai W . ioFiiyi" 4 iuiu iiNSll
in the water they bathe with and alsC
take it internally, In sick rooms i,
II should be exposed on plate or saucer
and the patient spouged off with thu
Fluid diluted with water, and also few
70 drops used internally. 1t should also b'
~ used about every part of the house
SO 1t is stated that only 400 codars of l.,
al banon remain, How many were ther,
is and where are the secedcrs!
~ When Yankee in Rome was show
40 the petrihed form of one of the earl
n Christian martyrs, he remarked that
~ ~ was evidently ST. Gothard.
re A Boston bank puts forth the stor
lie, that 1t has sixteen tons of gold stored
on It's vaults. The object seems to be
.es make professional burglars go TO b,
on with headache Detroit Free Press
tV-
adj 1t sounds funny to read that sever
wn city aldermen were drunk at the dedi'
a tion of the city water works. SoI
,nr ferd in human shape must have pour
!, AZ a barrel of whiskey in the reservoir,
las Noirstown Herald.
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POetical
THE DYING CHILD.

Mother, | am tired (; | long to sleep 50!
Let thy bosom be my sleeping places
only promise me thou wilt not weep So
For thy tears fall burning on my face.
Here Ills cld and there the clouds are Meeting
But In dreamland there are sunny skies:
And the angel-children gives me greeting,
soon as have closed my wearled eyes.
Dost thou see that angel coming mother7
Dost thou hear the music Of his wings7
White they are they shine on one another;
Beautiful from God the light he brings!
Rosy wings are coming, too, IRON heaven
Angel children wave them as they ny
Mother, shall live Till mine are given7
or, before get them must die9
Mother, wherefore dost thou look SO earnest?
wherefore dost thou press thy cleek to mine
wet IL feels, and yet like fire thou burnest;
surely, mother, I shall stiil be thine!
Thou has promised me thou woudst not weeI
so:
IL thou sobbest, | shall sob with thee
Oh. am SO tired: long TO sleep so
Mother, look the angel kisses me.
Hans Christian andersen, translated BY III
Ward.
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a SnAKY CoRNFiELD.- has
subterranean lake of considerable extent
covered with soil about eighteen inches
deep. On the soil is cultivated a field of
corn, which produces thirty bushels to
the acre. The ground is a black mari in
nature, and in all probability was at one
time an open body of water on which
accumulated vegetable matter, which
has been increased from time to time,
until now it has crust sufficiently strong
and rich to produce fine corn While
harvesting the hands catch great strings
of fish by making hole through the
earth. A person rising on his heel and
coming down suddenly can see the
growing corn shake all around him.
ANY one having sufficient strength to
drive rail through the crust will find,
on releasing it, that it will disappear al
together.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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Once upon time there DIV cit a stout
and ioyial farmer by the name of Phil
ippe, at the hamlet of Quesne Raout,
about four bowshots from Conde sur,
lEscant. He had wife and twelve sons,
solid, chunky lads all of them, and he
himself, though his hair was grizzling,
was straight as poplar.
In the year of grace 10 matter what,
his wife presented him with n thirteenth
boy as New Years Gift, boy that did
not give any sign Of resembling his ro-
bust brothers.
"You are as thin as a cat in May,poor
little fellow said his father, ''and, be
sides, You have drawn an unucky nun
Der in the lottery of life but there is
one Say to njure evil fortune away
from you, and that is to give you II just
and honest man for godfather. That
will be easy enough to do"
But when he sat down and began TO
run over the list OF his friends and
neighhors he found that the task was
not such an easy one after all. One
man had tried TO swindle him out OF
four feet of land another had killed his
hens third had cheated him ut cards
one Sunday as they were playing at the
tavern after yespers. So ne rejected al
the dweliers in the hamlet, and then al
his Acquaintance, at Conde and the no
tables thereof; yea, even the justice o
the peace and the priest, the former be
cause he had decided against Jean Phil
ippe in case about fence, and the lat
ter because at cat,chism he gave th'
first place in the class to the burgomas
ter's son, who saving your presence, wa
not only not so bright as Jean Philippe
own boy, hut was indeed an ass.
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BURG, PA, FRIDAY. MARCH 10. 1882

paying one, to judge from your looks -
you are l. amer than ,ithr hen. Take
care f ,oursclf, ycu had better, if YOU
want to make old bones
"Don't worry yourself, friend my old
bones will see yours nnd,r the grouud. "
And the old mans little eyes spark, d
ike sprinkle of salt cast in'o the fire
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V /.

lie took his scythe and milestone aud
lifted a trap door in the flooring, Jean
Philippe followed him into the aperture,
and they went down dark and winding
stair, went down,w went down, went down,
til! the farmer thought they must be
coming to the very centre of the earth,
At last they reached big iron door.
Death opened it with key that he took
from his belt, and Jean Philippe started
back as it swung open.
In the name of God, what is this p
he stammered, blinded by the glow OF
light which burst from the aperture.
Before him were endless vistas of gal
leres where shone millions of lighted
lamps, There were lamps of gold and
silver, of copper and of brass, of iron aud
Of tini lamps of every metal iron
the most precious to the basest
lamps swinging from the roof, hung
against the walls,ranged in rows on stert
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"What aic you doing out of doors at
this time of night?' he contin ied, ques-
tioning the farmer.
"Well, you see, my wife has ju.t been
brought to bed of a thirteenth boy, and,
as the little thing is only skin and bone,
| have wished to see if couldn't better his
luck by giving him n just man for his
godfather Now,I have been three days
and three nights on the search and
"And haven't found one2'
"ADd haven't found one. didn't think
righteous folks were 80 scarce"
suppose you take me?' said the
mower, with n grin intended for smile.
You? Are you an honest man? Well,
yes, you look lean and poor, aud So per
haps you are. But what is your namet"
death y
death The deuce And so that is
the scythe that YOU
''Prccisel> ! That is the scythe that
"IIum ! After all ;" said the farmer,
rehectively! II don't see that ! could dc
any better. Death is just His scythe
cuts down impartially the rich and the
poor, the great and tie humble. Shake
hands on it, godpapa, and I'll answer
that the christening shall be worthy OF
the sponsor"
Very good! When is it to be-
''On Sunday next, at Qnesnc Raoult
Inquire of Jean Philippc,the farmer; any
one will show you the house.
"A bargain. Goodnight, friend.
Good night, Death T.
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"lt i not so easy n task rs ! thought,
said the farmer, with Il sigh, and, taking
counsel with his wife, he resolved that,as
there seemed to be no honest men in that
part of the country, he should take his
staff and 90 in search of one. So he st
forth on his pilgrimage,and presently
of course it was at midnight, and as he
was passing through lonely wood-he
met a man who, by the pale light of the
stars, seemed to him as tall and as thin
as hop-pole, and who was carrying a
scythe as long as himself
"Whoev,r You may be, good man,
said the farmer, hating this strange fig
ure, "lend me pipcful OF tobacco My
pouch is empty.
| Without Il word the mower drew
forth a tobacco pouch 10 the farmer, who,
while filling his pipe had an opportunity
of examining the strangers appearance,
lie was a strange looking man, indeed
if he was man ut all; his head was bald
and shining his eyes were small and
sunken his nosr was flat and his moutl
immodelately large, showed few grin
ming teeth, His checks were hollow ant
his skin was like parchment, and wheI
he moved, his joints cracked like 1
swimming sign.
Thank you, iicLd! said Jean Phil
| ippe, returning the p,uch. The NOV
ing business does not seem Ia he yer,
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they walked along; 'though you have
famous appetite NJ loag,r wo ll.r
that You have so little fat on your ribs.
You must have busy time of it. How
much-that is to say, how many do you
NOW a day, eh ?"
"Oh, bout sixty thousand day, |
should say, on an average; sometimes
more, sometimes less.
"Six-ty thous- and day Dear, dear I!
And how many did you NOW down to.
day, if it's fair question 2
"Not single one"
"Not sin gle one! Dear, deal! Why,
there are 10000 Christian folks that
ought to be under obligations to me"
well, not exactly, You see, / take a
holiday now and them and this happened
to be one of my lazy days else couldn
have accepted your kind invitation"
But how do you tell whom to cut
down and whom to leave, because ! don't
suppose you do it at random 7"
"Of course | don't, but if you will come
home with me / will show you with
pleasure, Oh, no it isn't far-a mere
/ bowshot from here"
Jean Philippe looked about him, They
were on the verge of the forest of Bru
dour, From chapel to chapel, as the
saying is, they had been walking good
six hours, without his noticing it.
The residence of Death was a NEAR
and poorly furnished hut, its sole orna
ment the big scythe, which, in the rays
of the sun, shone rs if made of silver
"For master workman, such as yol
are quoth the farmer, Il must say tha
you are poorly lodged"
"Oh, that makes no difference. Tn
pot isn't the beer, you know. And, be
sides, am not married But come dow
stairs till / show you"
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Jean Philippe went home with light
heart. wife" said he, 1--we secured a
famous godfather, and if he only takes
an interest in the child, it wont die
tetthing" But as women, particularly
when i'll, are all to be easily alarmed and
upset, he did not enter into any further
explanations.
When Sunday came round. Jean Phil
ippe donned his bottle-green velvet
brec chez, his silver-buckled shoes and his
camlet was,coat, to do due honor to the
distinguished godfather. His wife and
the twelve boys, and the godmoth,r as
well, were arraycd in their Sunday best.
In due course the godfather arrived
wearing long coat that tapped about
him like the sail round the mast of a
wrecked ship He was universally voted
lean and elderly but it was admitted that
he had distinguished air.
After the christening, which took place
at Conde~ the little stone church at
Macou had not then been buit--and at
which Granther Jacob played king
Dagobert" on the chimes, the party re-
turned to the fam, where notable feast
was served. The farmer had killed his
fattest pig to do honor to the occasion
1t was a pleasure to see Death eat To
his own plate he disposed of as much rs
all the other guests-iifteen in all, and
allIFlemings,and Jean Philippe could not
help envying him his appetite.
When at ten o'clock the curfew was
sounded at Conde the stirrup cup was
drained, and the godfather, having smil
ed beuevolently upon his godchill and
embraced his gossip, ,bade the family good
evening.
Jean Philippe insisted Oh seeing hin
home, at least part Of the way and they
set out, arm in arm, singing.
From time to time they stopped to say
their prayers as the saying of the coun
try is-that is, to toss off pint or lighr
a pipe at any house where there happen
ed to be light visible. may add that
the whole country was twinkled with
chapel lights as the sky with stars, for
you see,it was Twelfth highland every
body was celebrating the Feast of the
Beau-even the policemen--so they met
no one on the roads.
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Select Story.
GODFATHER DEATH.

now JEAN PHILIPPE FOUND ONE STRICTLY
HONEST PERSON.
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ID f. HARTMAN
REPRESENTS TIE FOLLOWING
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES A.;
Lycomlng OF Muncy Pennsylvania.
North American OF Philadelphia, Pa.
Franklin OF
Pennsylvania OF
Farmers OF York, Pa,
Hanover OF New York.
Manhattan OF New York,
oct. "a, T9-ly
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FROM THE FRENCH pY CHARLES pELIN.
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THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XVI, NO 10
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. vol XLvtl, NO. 81
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-30

RICHMOND, Va. March 3.-This evening
one ofthe most destructive cOnfagratiOns
which ever visited this city, second only 10
that which destroyed a portion oft on its
evacuation BIZ the Confederate army IN
Aurfl. ISIS. occurred here today, resulting
in great destruction Of property, the loss Of
one life and several minor casualties, and n
number Of poor people are deprived of their
houses and household goods. The travelling
public i vastly incJuveuienced hy the Joss
Of the main bridge directly connecting the
northern and southern systems q rElvEy
crossing the james river at this point
At12.3O to-day, an eruploye q the Eich-
mond A Petersburg -rHilruad discOVersd
q small blaze near the southern end ~ the
cnmuany's long bridge over the James
river ard Immediately started % give TIE
alarm. In few minutes the Ere depart-
msnt were on the ground, but bT the time
il had arrived the FIRE aidedl lby hiEh Wind
from the suufh-west. had made such rErid
progress thst the bridge was Wrapped IN
flames and IN le= thsn hal
N huur the whole structure
fsll mas Of ruins into the river. lesrinr
nothing sanding buf The E-1nits r'iers ur1r
ufi-h the b-idre was huilt
When the faDes reacn-d The Eictn1ut
end d the tridce. fhey ir1Irneci iatelT seIze1
TIE lnrrt. fDur.styry b-i1k t5hacro fncie-l
ufT. - Rsfherf1rd a Co. vhict quieslJ