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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-01-01
(TRANsLATIoN COPYRIGHTED, 1851
[coNTINUED.]
CHAPTER vi.
CAN THE CT HER BE SOLVED )?

At the third attempt the letters visible
were these:
II q Il n p d n
To the establishment of Toronthal and
Sarcany, none OF these combinations
gave any sense. They endeavored to
read them conclusively in the order they
mad been obtained but they proved as
meaningless as the despatch itself. Was
the message to remain indecipherable
The fourth application of the grating
resulted thus
i o p s
which was rs obscure rs the others.
In tact, the four words which had been
discovered were:
hazrxeirg
nchaledee
nadnnrdn
iIruopess
and these manufacturing
Sarcany could not conceal his rage at
such q disappointment. The banker
shook his head. and remarked, in o
slight tone of irony:
perhaps that is not the grating !"
Sarcany simply writhed in his chair.
"Let us try it again he said.
s'Try again. said Toronthal.
Sarcany, having mastered his nervous
agitation, began experimenting on the
SIX words formin the second column of
the message. -Four times did he apply
the grating; and these are the four
meaningless words he obtained:
amnetnore
velessuOt
etseirted
zerreoncs
This time Sarcany threw the grating
on the table with AT oath.
In curious contrast, roronthal kept
quite cool. He was carefully studying
Tie words hitherto obtained, and re-
manned deep in thought
Con ound all gratings and all who
use them p exclaimed Sarcany, rising.
"Sit down." said Yoronthal.
'Sit down p
''Yes and go on"
Sarcany gave Toronthal look. Then
he sat down, took the grating, and
applied it to the last six words of the
message as he had done to the others.
He did it mechanically, as though he
took no interest in what he WAS doing.
And the words given by the four appli-
cations of the grating were:
UOnsuOveu
glangisre
iolerDuate
TptsetuoE
That WIS AL The words were as
meaningless as the others.
Sarcany, engaged beyond all bounds.
took the paper on which he had written
the barbarous words which the grating
had yielded, and was about to tear it
into tatters, when Toronthal stopped
him.
'Do not get excited, he said.
"Eh!" exclaimed Sarcany, "what can
you do with an insoluble logograph like
that?"
writ all those words in line, one
after the other, said the banker.
"And why ?"
"To see"
Sarcanv obeyed and he obtained the
following
Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures rreonesuOn s10ceuqlctn
gisreimsTpuaterptsetao
The letters had scarcely been written
before Toronthal nnatched the paper
from Sarcany and read it and gave q
shout It was the banker who now lost
his head. Sarcany thought he had gone
mad.
"Read |" said Toronthal, holding ont
the paper to Sarcany. "Read!"
Read r.
Eyes don't you see that, before they
used the grating, Count Sandorf's cor
respondents wrote the letter backwards ?"
Sarcany took the paper, and this Is
what he read, proceeding from the last
30 the first:
"Tout est pref Au premier signal
que vous nous enverrez de Trieste, tous
se leveront en- masse pour rindepend-
ence de la Hongrie. Xrzah.
"And the four last letters ?" he asked
"An agreed-upon signature, or some
thing 70 fill up, sasd TorOnthal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-01-01
CHAPTER VIII

Sarcany was taken back to the cell he
occupied at the bottom of an elliptic
corridor on the second floor of the dom
Jon. Sandorf and his two friends, dur
ing the last hours of life that remained
to them, were quartered in a large cell
on the same level, exactly at the end OF
the major axis of the ellipse which this
corridor made. The secret was now
known. The condemned were to be lefb
together until their execution.
This was a consolation, even a pleasure
for them, when they found themselves
alone and allowed to give way to feel
ings which they could not at first
restrain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-01-01
Matthias SandOrf.
JULES VERNE.

AUTHOR OF TOURNEY TO THE CENTRE
OF THE EARTH, "TRIP TO THE MOON"
"ARoUSD THE WORLD IN EIGHTY
DAYS, MICHAEL STROGOFF,
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES
UNDER THE SEA, ETC, ETC.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-01-01

[coNTMUED ON 9Th PAGE.]
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-20
NOW COMES OUR
Sd THIRD Sd
GRAND DISTRIBUTION.
OCToBE Err 80, 1886.
THIRD
HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THE ARTICLES.

Our next Grand Distribution will take
place on the 30th Of October, 1886, when
we will give gratuitously to the consumers
Of "FRENCH VILLA" the balance of en-
tire list Of presents.
We make the distribution according to
this list, commencing with 80 Pianos, GO
Organs, sc. You will find printed on the
inside Of each wrapper around every bar Of
soap you buya Consumers Certificate. Save
these certificates and send to us, to arrive
any time between September 80 and Octo-
Der 80, inclusive, 1886.
Each package received is counted and
numbered, according to the order Of receipt.
The list is made up according to the num-
Der Of certificates each party sends; the
greatest number taking the lead, the next
greatest following, and so on down. You
see a complete list Of what we give away.
1t commences with so Pianos, 90 Organs, 10
Parlor Suites, &c., sc. The party who sends
the greatest number of certificates will be
given the first piano, the next greatest
number the second piano, the third great
est number the third piano, and so on until
the remaining pianos have been distributed.
Then comes the 90 organs-then next highest
number of certificates will take an organ,
and so on until the organs have been dis
tributed; then the 10 Parlor Suites, and so
on down until the balance Of the complete
list has been distributed.
By a careful examination 1t will be seen
that all through thelist are as valuable arti-
Giles as at the head therefore many parties
sending only a few certificates receive as
valuable articles as others who send much
larger quantity.
These presents are given GRATUIToUs-
LY to only the consumers of our celebrated
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-20
French Villa Soap"

No Lottery Methods or Devices of Draw
ing are adopted, but the strictest impartial
ity viii be observed, and the list distributed
exactly In the order 1t is arranged in our
circular.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-20
What We Advertised to Give Away
We Gave Away!

Kurtzmann Concert, Square, and Upright
Pianos, the magnificent Wilcox & White Or
gans, the world renowned "White" Sewing
Machines; our Silver Ware was all of the
well-known "ls47'' Rogers Bros. and the
Meriden Britannia Co., of Meriden. Every
article we presented to our patrons was the
best that could be procured, and for years
TO come will remain in their hands as a SOU
venir.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-20
oJR GUARANTEE

his s;ss Us s@'sf
'"H % S a1;aes e r. B Snas Co., ask
Soap States and stand today superior
to all all others in our line of business
eIf Rta1n France G the Largest soap @n @ o[e the To the
any in this country the renowned White Sewing Machine CO..
the noted Wilcox White Co., of Meden Conn the Kurtann
We using all these manufacturers goods BY addressing the
a aDG p os oa ean obtain any to quantity quality
making Contracts selecting presents their standard
and with the makers furnish
but frt-class goods
The Upright Pianos, the Concert Square Pianos
made especially We use both the steinway and Kusmann.
The Magnificent Parlor Organs
from the celebrated Wilcox White Organ Co..
RANrY organ by your dealer for saSo The
Wilcox & Viii te alone its guarantee
The Diamonds
We will be genuine Diamonds, gold settings
The Watches
handsome hun,ng.case, winding solid god and
The Silver-Plated Ware
is all of the wknown "IS7 ROGERS and MERIDEN BRITANNIA
articles.
Our Machine
Is the celebrated White Sewing Machine acknowledged the best and
sewing world
giving the hghepced machine be had a that
list comprises best manufacturers goods This machine beau
ly ned and has all the attachments usually accompanying
machine; also, The
We all Of the goods By addressing
these manufacturers obtain information the quality
| and quantity
Ifyou will send your address to the
R. w. BELL Manufacturing Co., Buffalo, N Y,
they will you printed list giving the address
fifteen thousand families who received valuable presents last
| distribution.
We will forfeit $4,000
every represented recipients after
ceiving tie list.
r. w. Bell Manufacturing Co.,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-20

III - Al ~ W "A n y
aundry
very Household Use !!
lou1d Keep Tt
THE ORDER OF THE LIST,
COMMENCING WITH
Pianos, Organs,
&C., &C.
so Magnificent Upright Pianos.
6OParlor Organs.
10 elegant Parlor Suites.
20 pairs Diamond Ear.drops.
10 Diamond Rings.
so Ladies' Gold Watches.
10 Chamber Suites.
25 Black silk Dress Patterns.
20 Sewing Machines.
10 Gents Gold Watches.
so Engraved Gold-lined Tea Sets.
Concert Square Piano.
Parlor Organs.
Is Ladies' Gold Watches.
10 pairs Diamond Ear-drops.
Diamond Rings.
Parlor Suites.
Chamber Suites.
10 Silk Dress Patterns.
10 Sewing Machines.
Scents Gold Watches.
25 Ladies' Gold Watches.
% Tea Sets.
/ Grand Piano.
20 Magnificent Parlor Organs.
90 Gold Watches.
Parlor Suites.
20 Diamond Rings.
5pairs Diamond Ear-drops.
Chamber Suites.
90 Silk Dress Patterns.
10 Sewing Machines.
so Tea Sets.
% Gold Watches.
10 fitting Ice Pitchers.
Upright Piano.
Parlor Organs.
10 Gold Watches.
10 Diamond Rings.
5pairs Diamond Ear.drops.
Parlor Suites.
10 silk Dress Patterns.
5Chamber Suites.
10 Sewing Machines.
10 Gold Watches.
Parlor Organs.
Diamond Rings.
20 Tea Sets.
5Silk Dress Patterns.
10 Gold Watches.
10 Ice Pitchers.
Parlor Organs.
Upright Piano.
20 Gold Watches.
s Diamond Rings.
10 Silk Dress Patterns.
a5 fitting Ice Pitchers.
25 Tea Sets.
100 Beautiful Cake Baskets.
10 silk Dress Patterns.
Upright Piano.
10 Gold Watches.
Diamond Rings.
% Tea Sets.
5 silk Dress Patterns.
100 Cake Baskets.
so Engraved Butter Dishes,
so Mantel Clocks.
25 Student Lamps.
10 Ice Pitchers.
8 silk Dress Patterns.
5pairs Diamond Ear-drops.
rs Engraved Tea Sets,
% Tea Sets.
so fitting Ice Pitchers.
10 Ice Pitchers.
25 Student Lamps,
10 Mantel Clocks.
100 Beautiful Cake Baskets.
so Engraved Butter Dishes.
so fitting Pitchers.
10 Ice Pitchers.
10 Student Lamps.
20 Clocks.
100 Cake Baskets,
100 Butter Dishes,
20 fitting Ice Pitchers.
10 Student Lamps.
90 Mantel Clocks.
100 Cake Baskets.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-20

Save your Wrappers They all have Value.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-20

We not only make these Statements but will always be pre-
pared to Substantate and Prove
THAT French Villa Soap is the best Soap to-day in
the Anne rican market for all household uses
THAT one cake Of French Villa properly used will 90
further than two cakes of ordinary soap
THAT it will make the clothes winter and cleaner than
any other soap.
THAT 1t has peculiar color given it by the foreign
ingredients used in its manufacture.
THAT it will positively prevent and cure chapped hands
THAT it will save labor.
THAT it will save expense
THAT in all it be procured of your grocer
cheap as any frstclass soap
THAT it will place the clothes the line quicker than
any soap you buy
THAT the lather or foam it produces is of beautiful
snowy whteness-never equaled.
THAT purchaser, always consumer
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-02-20
A @ 7 u A / LY
O. [ " E N A w A Y !!

55 Upright Concert Square, and Gran
Pianos, worth $500 each .......
100 Magnificent Organs, worth $3.50 .,.....
% Elegant Parlor Suites, worth Sos.
25 Elegant Chamber Suites, worth $50.
200 Solid Gold Watches, worth $75.m......
100 Diamond Ear-drops and Rings, wort
- PI0
ESQ Silver-Plated Tea Sets, list price SIS.
100 Silk Dress Patterns (18 yds) value S.
80 Sewing Machines, list price $50 ..... ...
200 fitting Ice Pitchers, list price $27 ....
100 Ice Pitchers, list price $40 .................
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29

urge upon you the necessity of do.
ing your utmost for the election Of the
Democratic ticket on Tuesday next
The outlook is most auspicious. Our
candidates and the State Committee are
confident of success.
There is every sign of encourage
ment. The administrations of Presi-
dent Cleveland and Gov. Pattison have
inspired confidence in the policy of our
party.
The people are awake to the issues
which confront them.
The farmer is anxious for the en-.
forcement of the provision of our Con-
stitution relating to the great Common
Carrier Companies of the State; and
the proper amendment of our tax laws
While labor, restless, sometimes turbu
lent, is honestly eudeavoring, by organ
ization and intelligent action, both tc
promote its own good and to preven,
violations of the public peace.
Our candidates are gentlemen of hon
or and integrity, aud recommend them.
selves to the popular Judgment. Be
sides, there is another motive which
should prompt you to effort. The
number of delegates which your re-
spective districts will be entitled to in
the County Convention, will depend
upon your vote for governor. Will
your district gain delegate of lose
one?
Go to the polls and see that your
neighbor goes, look after the aged, in.
firm and Indifferent voter and provide
suitable means to take all such to the
polls. See that every Democratic vote
is polled, and win we will.
RoB'T Il. LITTLE.
Chairman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29
What the Pennsylvania Democratic Plat
form Says

Fourth. That we sympathize with
labor in efforts to make industrial and
moral worth, not money, the true stan
dard of individual and national great
ness, and to secure to the workers the
full enjoyment of the wealth they
create and sufficient leisure in which to
develop their intellectual and social fac
ulties and to this end we desire the
enlargement of the bureau of the sta
tistics, the abrogation of all the laws
that do not bear equally upon capital
and laoor, and the prevention of the
hiring out OF convict labor; the adop-
tion of measures providing for the
health and safety and indemni6cation or
injuries to those employed in mining,
manufacturing and building industries;
the enactment Of laws by which labor
organizations may be incorporated and
arbitration extended and enforced, and
suitable apprensicethip act for the
purpose of creating better class of
artisans and mechanics; the prohibition
of the employment of children under
IA years of age in workshops, mines
and factories the strict and e.rdct en-
forcement Of the lars relating to
',pluck me" stores and store orders
and those relating to the accounting of
industrial works the appointment of in
spectors to carry out these provisions
and rigid enforcement of existing
emigration laws to exclude pauper, COO
tract and assisted emigration.
Fifth. That we pledge ourselves to
the enforcement of Articles XVI and
XVII of the State Constitution, rela-
tive to private corporations, railroads
and canals, by appropriate legislation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29
She Would Not Recognize Him.

Seventeen years ago Patrick Mccoy
a miner of Luzerne county, deserted
his young wife and went to California.
He said he would return when he
made his fortune. After being gone
FIVE yeas, and not receiving any word
from him, his wife geve him up as
dead. Recently Mccoy returned with
a few thousand dollars in his posses
sion and called on his wife. The lat
ter failed to recognize him, said he
waN another man, and would not have
anything to do with him. Mccoy re-
called the days of his boyhood and the
date of marriage, but all to no avail.
The wife says he is another man.
When he went west Mccoy was very
spare. Now he weighs over 250.
None of his friends recognize him.
Mccoy is heart-broken over his wiie's
refusal to recognize him.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29

In order to make it appear that the
Democratic party has no more regard
for the laws prohibiting the assessment
of ofiice-holders for political purposes,
than the Republican party had when
in power, the organs are res)rting to
desperate means. On Monday the
Press printed what proiesscd to be a
facsimile of a letter sent out from the
Office of the collector of Internal
revenue at Philadelphia demanding 8
per cent of salary for campaign use.
This letter tuins out TO be forgery.
1t has come TO the same unhappy end
as did the story about Mr.. Blacks say
ing at Bellefonte that arrangements
had been made TO secure the vote of
the Knights of Labor for him. The
campaign liar comes to grief early this
year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29
A Protest Against Expensive Funerals.

The late Judge Ludlow, of Phiadel-
phia, made his will in 1867 it is
short document, and takes up only
half a page of paper. This well-knoSn
and highly honored official gives a
commendable example in respect to
simplicity in funeral arrangements and
appointments. The will says: II re-
quest my executors to incur at my
funeral no expense not absolutely re-
quired My estate is small, ard my
wife and children ought to have every
dollar for their support. Let no false
pride dictate ostentatious display, for
after the soul departs from the body
it matters little what becomes of that
body so that it is decently buried.
God will protect the dust, and on the
Resurrection Day gather together and
reconstruct it according to His soyer
eign right" A reform in the matter
Of funeral expenditures is greatly need
ed. Men whose social position is high
are the ones to begin that reform and
to give an example that will be noted
by the community at large. The burial
of the dead is the most inappropriate
of all occasions for vain sho3. Men
of discretion know this, and they ac-
cordingly should introduce and estab-
lish the rule to be accepted by all that
decent and appropriate burial is not
burial that is accompanied by display
and lavish expenditure. In England
society has been formed, with not a
few of the nobility as members, in the
interests of burial reform. Surely it is
possible, without an organization, to
create more healthy public sentiment
than now exists, and put stop TO ex-
hibitions that violate good taste, and
that contravene Christian sentiment
and principle. Custom should not ap-
parently require of any one an expen-
diture in behalf of the dead far beyond
personal resources, neither should it
permit a family, stricken with grief, to
be occupied with preparations for dress
that All exacting taste will pronounce
comely. We cannot ask privacy at
the burial of cur dead, but we should
not be satisfied with anything that is
not simple, and sincere, and according
TO the law of Christ. THE Church.
Tho CT atua of ,hortv uoo upya;la1 4
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29
VERUS d. METZGER.

Verus H. Metzger, Democratic can.
didate for state senator, was born in
Lycoming county March 25th 1859
He received his education at the pub
lie schools and Dickinson Seminary al
Williamsport, and Pennsylvania Col.
lege at Gettysburg where he gradu-
ated in 1878. He read law with his
father, Hon. John J. Metzger and in
1883 was elected District attorney OF
Lycoming county filling that office sat
isfactorily.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29

1t is stated upon apparently good
authority that James McParlan, the
Pinkerton detective whose secret work
among the Molly Maguires was the
means of breaking up that murderous
organization, has become entirely blind
as the result of his life, while engaged
in that work. He is supposed to be
living in the utmost privacy out in
Chicago, where his name still appears
upon Pinkerton's rolls, not as an active
worker, however, but as one whose
service enttle him to a good salary as
a retired official. When giving his
testimony in Schuylkill and Carbon
counties he sadly admitted that the ex-
cesses which he was forced to 90 to in
order to prosecute his Investigations
had almost entirely broken him down
and professed his pleasure at the pros
pect of being relieved from the terri
BILE strain. Insomnia in its worst form
is also reported to have claimed him
and sometimes he gets but four or FIVE
hours sleep in week. 1t is further
said that his death Is but the question
of another year or two. Kerrigan,
"The Squealer,' is said to be living In
the same CITY.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29
BIAN DEMOCRAT BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA

The only safe and sure way seems
to be to ''turn the rascals out" Post
master Harrity of Philadelphia retain
ed number Of republican employees,
and some of them purposely made
mistakes that resulted in delays in the
mail, or failed to deliver, to give re-
publican organs an opportunity TO
criticize the management under De.
mocrat. II they had been turned out
in the first place there would have
been no occasion to find fault with Mr..
Harrity's administration.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29
A UDITOR'S NOTICE.
n gsrATR on JouN >, srIfEs, pro'p.

The undersigned Auditor, appointed by the or
phans Court OF columbia county, 10 make dlstrl
button OF the balance Ia the hands OF Lewis A
Stiles, administrator dc Donis non OF said estate
TO and among the parties entitled, VIII meet all
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~ Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-29

There are three separate tickets to
be voted next Tuesday. One is head
e1 estate and contains the names Of
all state candidates, another is headed
"Judiciary" and contains the names of
candidates for Associate Judges, and
the third in headed County and con-
tsins the names of candidates for con-
gressman-at.large, congress, senate, and
all other county offices. See that you
have one of each, with the names as
printed in this paper, and you will vote
right.