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,arently asking her who was and

apparently asking her who I was and
how she knew me.
Hardly had he time for any further
questions before Tubly came along,
and with swing doffed his hat, re-
peating my inquiry. Soon after Frost
ana Hare repeated the opera ton,
greatly to their delight and poor little
Mrs. Bcmis's discontinue We all
then followed, keeping them plainly In
view from the shrubbery in the col
legc grounds. and saw that our plot
had succeeded. Mr.. Bemls seemed
very much excited, and apparently
would not listen to any explanation of
his wlfe's. I'll guarantee that they
never put in a more miserable after
noon in their lives.
None of us saw our divinity for
some days after this, and when we did
we felt conscicncC-strickcn, She looked
so palcsand sad. Well, to make a long
story short, we all of us noticed that
Hemis was constantly in the neighbor.
hood of his home during the day. He
was evidently watching his innocent
wife, and soon lost his position in the
store. for he could not pay proper at
tcntlon to business We heard all this,
and great deal more gossip about the
young couple from our talliative old
landlady, who had managed to make
Mrs. Bomis's acquaintance. After
while she told us that Mrs. Bems was
very sick.
1.-The poor young people are In Il
very bad state" said she. L hardly
think they have enough to eat
We'll, l tell you we felt ashamed of
ourselves, and made up our minds that
we would have to right the wrong, and
that very soon, too. SO we agreed to
20 In body and explain matters to
Mr.. Bemis. 1t was not without some
trepidation that we went up to the
door of this much wronged couple and
in answer to our ring Mr.. Bemis pre-
sented himself | was made spokcs-
man, and l just blurted out the whole
truth, said we were awfully sorry, ard
n whole lot more. Bcmis at first look
ed mad enough to shoot the lot cf us,
but he suddenly broke down and actu.
ally cried like a child. Then we found
out that our landlady was right; they
We're really in want, and all the pluck
was about taken out of him.
Next morning ! saw my uncle, who
was in the dry-g0ods business, and pro-
cured for Mr.. Bcmis a better position
in the bookkeeping department than
he had before filled. We We're always
afterwards the best OF friends. In
fact, he occasionally writes to me now,
and sends his wife's kindest regards
too, by Jove!' - Il. X. Cummins, in
Waverly Magazine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
HE WAS DISCOURAGED.
The Mules Continuity Kept Him in
Homeless state.


Hopeless State.
was, for the sake of n view, climb
ing one of the rough peaks among the
mountains of West Virginia one day,
when | came to very skinny kind of
a cornlield far up the mountain with
u log cabin at one side of II.
A man and a woman were hoeing
corn and four or five children were
pulling up the weeds says writer In
the Detroit Free Press. Work was
Immediately suspended when | appear
cd in sight, and / hailed the man to
know the short cut to the summit. He
came over to the brush fence and after
he had given me some instructions |
asked him if he owned the farm.
ITS nip an tuck, stranger" he said,
whether | own the farm er hit owns
me-"
How many acres have your
wal, thar's 500 In the track, but
thar's only crbout forty ez kin be
worked, an that lays right round
here"
Did you buy 1t or did somebody
leave 1t to you?"
The mans sallow face showed a faint
blush.
stranger" he said sheepishly, 81
buyed it, er leastwahs | traded q mule
for hit"
"A good mule?" 1 inquired with a
laugh.
wal. he wuz good enough fer me to
rid outern this dern country with, If
I'd had sense enough
You didn't live here, then?"
mo, l came from Kaintucky"
why don't you sell the farm If you
don't like itT'
Sell 1t, stranger?" he asked In open.
eyed astonishment. IVY, ther amt
ernuther ez doggoned big fool ez l am
In the whole country.
Then trade 1t for q yellow dog and
kill the dog" / said, making the old
gag.
II amt got no gum" he said with a
short laugh. I've got q plan, though"
he went on more hopefully. I'm going
to walt till that mule traded fer the
place gets so old he's wuthless an
then I'm goin' to trade back
Can you do thatY'
Course kim" he said confidcntially,
then dropped back to the hopeless tone
again, but mules is sich continuerin'
critters that thar ain't no tellin' how
long I've got ter wait" and he re
sumed his hoe and l went on up the
mountain.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
A RemarkabIe Yoynge.

Another remarkable voyage of n dere,
list vessel has been reported to the
photographic Office. 1t is that Of the
schooner Fannie E. Woolston, of Bath,
Me-, pine laden, which was abandoned
water-logged, ON October 30, 1891, Off
Hatteras. Recently she was reported
within 40 miles of Bermuda, not far
from the place where she started two
years ago. Meantime she has been
reported twenty-five times, and has
drifted over loop whose eastern end
is 1000 miles from Hatteras. She has
covered course of about 5000 miles
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
THE SIN or OMISSION,

1t Isn't the thing you do, dear.
It's the thing you leave undone,
Which gives you q bit OF headache
AT the setting of the sun.
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flower you might have sent, dear.
Are your haunting ghosts tonight.
The stone you might have lifted
Out of brothers way,
The bit Of heartsome counsel
You were hurried too much to say,
The loving touch OF the hand dear,
The gentle and wlnsome tone
That you had no time or thought for
With troubles enough of your own
These little acts Of kindness
So easily out of mind,
These chances to be angels
Which even mortals find,
They come In night and silence,
Each chill, reproachful wrath,
When hope Is faint and tagging
And n blight has dropped on faith.
For life Is all too short, dear,
And sorrow Is all too great,
To suffer our slow compassion
That tarries until too late;
And It's not In the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone,
Which gives you the bitter headache
At the setting of the sun.
-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23
Accentlng the Inevitable.

Wonderful are the Hindoos for &C,
cepting the inevitable Tell one of
these that he must take castor Oil, and
he will drain the oleaginOus cup to the
dregs and smack his lips. Tell him
that his leg must be amputated and
he will present the limb for dismem-
berment, and smile as he sees 1t sew
cred. Tell him that he is to be hanged
and, with no touch of emotion what
ever, he will reply, 40 hookm" C'What-
ever is ordered'D, just as If he had
been told that he must have his corns
cut.-Blackwoods Magazine.
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SAID IN FUN.

Wife-Can you let me have some
money, dear? / am going shopping.
Husband-Great heavens! Maria, you'll
ruin me. Wife (calmly)-All l want is
ten cents for car fare.-Cloak Review.
Domestic-It's getting very late,
Johnny. Little Johnny-Goin' to bed =?
Yes" 'Is papa and mamma in bed?'
Yes" Then l guess it's mos time
for me to go, too."-Good News.
Jones Injecting Brown in dry goods
store)-Hello, Brown. how are you?
What are you doing now-got a steady
job? Brown-I guess 1 have. I'm
waiting for my change.-Life's Calen-
dar.
Hell have loved you long. VIII you
be mine? She-Oh, Mr.. Smith, this Is
so sudden-such surprise! He-Yes,
l know, dearest, but your father and
mother keep writing to know my in
tentions.-Truth.
Father McNally with righteous In
dignation)-Fer shamean We, O'Bleary,
ye're half dhrunk. O'Bleary (apOlo-
getically)-Oi know it, yer worship, but
it's not my fault. Owe shpint all the
money oil had.-Puck.
The Rt Rev. Mr.. Cassock-I greatly
fear, my dear madam, that your hus-
band is destined to reap harvest Of
tares. Mrs. Swiftly Gay-Indeed,
fear so, bishop; he has been on one for
the last three days.-Harlem Life.
Nine. Nufye whispering to her faith
er from the country, who is dining with
her and n party of city guests)-Fath-
er! You mustn't tuck your napkin un-
der your chin. Her Father Din robust
tones)-I know 1t, Emily. But / amt
got no safety pin fer to fix it--Chicago
Record.
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Mixed.

''How long have we been engaged,
George?" she asked.
why, since last August" he an
swered
II couldn't tell whether it was Au-
gust or June" she replied. "You see,
1 keep getting you and Freddie Sim
kens mixed. Washington Star.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-23

The English habit Of making up"
the complexion is increasing among
American women. There Is some ex-
use for the older women to reinforce
lature, bat pone for young girls, whose
cheeks should have the glow Of youth
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He Did Not Realize.

bridegroom lat the end Of the wed,
dlng)-Well, l am glad it is all over.
Married Fried-All over! Great
Scott man! You have only just COM
menced!-Puck.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-06
THAT STRANGE PLANT,


The small hoy Tells How II Was At Last
Discovered,
Seems to mo | amt evergong TO be able
10 cit down agBln with real, solid comfort, -
eAid tho small boy as he lowered himself
cautiously into q chair
"Ouch, There is some folks as can mover
take a Joke uohow Yer see, my mother n
sister took il into their beds 20 start an
herberryum guess TINT what they called
1t, At enny rate they got big box and had
It painted all up bright aud they filed it
wlth dirt and planted seeds
We'll, tho't I'd put ia n few seeds too,
So got Gn ear OF corn and shried it and
planted six of the kernels IN tho herberryum
along with the other seeds
"Bynbv, after the forms and pansicS and
that sort oi stun Ind begun to grow, ono
day the six green shoots pokcd their way
mp through the dirt, and when my sister she
seen them my wasn't she astonlshedl She
was tickled, too, as could be, aud she went
and called mother to come aud look
We'll, they wus both so tickied TINT they
used to watch them shoots every day and
wonder what made them grow so fast
They was pleased, too, ms anything, cause
they said they must oe something rare
Mother said it must be some queer kind of
fern, because il Rrowed so, aud sister she
thuughtAt was some kind of n grass.
Well, when seen that the shoots was
growing 10 look like oornstalks began TO
get scared, cause | knew they couldn't loo
pulled out without tearing mp everything
else IN the hoN, and | knew that If they
were left there TO grow they would crowd
everything out So every time ma n sister
went to lool. at EN- just lit out
well, a few nights ago we had party,
and ma was showing her herberryum to
everybody and was awful proud of IL and
wanted everybody to notice particularly the
six splendid big grasses that neither shc
nor sister had planted aud telling EN- all
as how they must be some rare plants
~ was affecting uneasy all the time,
though tho't I'd die a lafling Bmebyina
she comes along with old MI. Atkins, who
ownsn big farm out In Jersey, and she ser to
him TINT they hadn't planted them neither
sister nor she, aud that they must be some.
thing uncommon, old Mr. Atkins he gave
one look, and then he commenced TO Inf,
and lc lated and LATED iii he liked to
dide. He LATED TIL hruhokcd, and the tears
run down his checks, aud he got red In tho
face.
MIA got red in the face, too. and could
sec she WIS mad MS enuythlng
Rare, sez old Mr. Atkins as soon as he
could speak. UncoInmonl You just cum
over TO Jersey TO my farm next SUMMER
sen be, and IN show you acres Of them |
rare grasses. It's corn sez he, and then |
he nearly had IT,
Ma n sister were just crazy. aud p'r'aps
didn't catch it--oh, mol But The wurst Of |
IL was that ID went all over the neighbor. |
hood how they had bocn growing corn in |
their herbeuyum and when ma learned Of |
that, why, caught II again
But they had 10 pull the corn up and |
plant the herbeuyum over again, that's 4
one comfort, y and the small boy went and
sat down in snowbaDk and whistled |
shrilly, New York Herald.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-06
A Fntnll.t. bnt cnntlen..

a story Is related by traveller returning
from the south and hinges upon the tx.
pcriences OF minister OF the foreordina.
ton school Of belief on Mississippi steam.
an in the good old fashioned days OF rivei
racing, when IL negro sat on the safety
valve, aud the furniture and woodwork Of
the boat fed the fire.
The captain, seeing rival boat half a
mile ahead, began TO curse in true old lime
style and ordered tar, pine knots, naval
stores, bacon, etc. TO be thrown IN TO kin.
die the fire as hot as possible. As the steam
got higher and higher and the old boat
trembed and groaned under the pressure,
thu preacher drew nearer aud nearer to the
stern
Noticing this and never losing an oppor.
tunity 20 crack joke, the blum captain
tapped the fatalist on the shoulder and
said; Hello, Brother Blank, what's ailing
your thought you was one OF them fell
lows what believes what is to happen will
happen nohow.p
80 do replied the Clergyman, draw.
ing himself up $50 lido, but ! want 10 be
as near the stern as possible when II does
happen. New York Herald,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-06
LocAL PRIcE cURRnNr.

The following are the ruling prices for
groceries etc IN the market today.
AXLE GREASE Diamond, 45050e'
Golden 61d70c per dozen boxes; castor
oil 65G75e: Boston coach oil. per case,
pints. $3.50: per case, quarts, $3.50
AMMUNITTON-Po per keE. 500;
blasting powder 81 70 per keg. agents
price shot. drop, per sack, SL9ait5;
buck STEALS
BAGGtSG AND TIES BaggnE ~
ID, 5H5ikc. 10, 6U6itc Delta lies 81 81
per bundle. standard Arrow ties. Sil01
LIS per bundle; % ID steel Arrow ties, sl.o5
BAKING POWDER ere Apex. H. per
uozen. Sc 90, y H. Si25 4 10. 75c Victor.
] 10, per dozen. 500, y 10. 76r Z 10 45c.
lsis One sp1on ] H. per dozen 500 y
Id, $l.35; = 49, slc.
BEnswAH-22c for good yellow; i9c FOR
mixed lots.
BACON Wholesale grocers charge
short clear sAuSic' breakfast. l2Higi4c
eANDf-Plain candy, Gis0sXc: wrapped
TWIMc fancy mixed, IN pals 5ll4c, fancy
IN cases iGisWl2lec rock, 12lfl2tkf
CANNED FRUITS Standard canned
goods per dozen Strawberries. 1.i5G
40; pineappies. standard 81 808i 90. SEQ
onda 81 20Al 30; pears, standard, 81 209fl q ;
peaches. standard ID. $l.30ffl So; seoongs,
ID, A@fqli0: standard 3 ~ N1sll. 50,
10 seconds. Sl-5o4l.s0; NJ standard pie.
N.0Oql.i5; biackberries. 81 e01f1 .25: marrow
Tat peas, sl,l54lZ5; Lima beans, $1,000
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-06

Dr. ] I Peters was tho manager Of the
expedition sent out by the University Of
Pennsylvania In 1888 TO explore tho ruins
OF Babylon. During the two years ] was.
there, said he, 81 lived with many of the
wild tribes around the marshes Of Arabs
tan. Tho conditions in which | found
them were most deplorable. They were
most depraved race, robblng, cheating, W
ing and lighting being the daily outline
OF their existence The principal diet of
these people is hnlf cooked barley bread,
and with large percentage of the tribes
this forms the solo diet When / offered
i2 cents day for diggera and guards,
had half the population applyingto me for
work and was forced 10 reduce the days
wages TO 0 cents. When one OF these men
has a headache, his friends burn him with
redhot irons, and many times ] have seen
wounds carefully filled with iron rust.
Their government, or rather lack of gov
ernment, is practical exhibition OF an.
archy.n
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-06
An Amn,Inr rirn.

Barnum's museum, destroyed July 10,
1865, was ono of the most amusing fires
that ever occurred in New York city It
occurred in the daytime. Chief John
Decker was in charge, assisted by On,
Bates, Lamb, Clcary, Everett and Suili-
van. Thousands crowded Broadway clear
mp to Park place as well as Park row.
while tho park In front was black with
people. II was fun TO see tho boys at tha
outset Of the llre bringing ont Barnum .
old stuffed images and wax figures. one
fellow ran out with Henry Clay under one
arm and General Winfield Scott Under the
other Queen Victoria was dragged out by
the hair Of her head Mary, queen of Scots,
was tossed ont OF the second story vim
dow, followed by Hicks, the pirate. Head
Carpenter Walker OF the theater, who was
also member of Engine No 3s, that lay
in Ann street. got no excited that he fell
hcadlong down the main entrance stair
way with Napoleon in ono hand and Walk
err, nlibusier, in the other, Andy pur-
ten, the old foreman Of Engine No, II,
brought out two monkeys, one that gave
him mark that he carries to this dry.
The happy family that attracted so
much attention IN those days were deter
mined not 10 leave, the onEe door was
thrown wide open and the birds and ami
mails punched with sticks 10 drive them
out, but few would accept their liberty
and were burned TO death. All of tho l0O,-
600 curiosiies were destroyed. Western
Firemnn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-06
Collections In kansas.

We picked up a winchester rifle the 9th.
or day and started down the street, intend-
ing to deliver the weapon 10 its owner.
from whom we had borrowed it the day
before. but IL did such effective work in
the way Of collections that We had made
up our mind to keep Il as long as we can.
The first man we met on the street was j
W. Miller, who coughed up 81 so for a
years subscription 10 The Democrat be-
fore we even thought Of pointing the gun
at him. The very next man we met WINS
farmer whom we had always considered
a star snhacriber, He had not missed a
paper or paid cent in seven years. But
when be saw that gun he waltzea IN win
SO bill. When we got home, we found
load OF hay, 10 bushels OF corn and 4
barrel OF tnrnips, which had been brought
IN by delinquents. II money will buy tins
gun we are going TO keep it to make col
Tedious with.-.Arkansas City Democrat
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-06

William, my son, . said an economical
mother to her boy. "for mercy's sake, don't
keep on tramping up and down the iioof 10
that manner. You'll wear out Your new
boots" tIe sits down. "1here you 60
sitting down. Now you'll wear out your
new trousers, declare never saw such
a boyin-Tit-B
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-06
MARlME INTELLIGENCE.


I.ot a., ,-.,..,i. w.. -,
Cleared,
schooner U l.. GtegE CocBina pensa
GqiA
9ishlnHhlPs
..'ana hlp lda tSp) Arauo. outside.
g,'"Ml-n PIP tr'iEuore, Parry, pier 80
hillp IoHhn"rc, ShnW pier rs.
Sehooptfa-
fNi"hH- j. ~, Hutteflek. Hover, pier ~
schooner N and NJ. Carlisle. Little
schooner DAISY Farlln, puttoa.
@anrnHtt q, - nrtEs, Cossins, pier 49,.
Hea'H4a Helen, MUM, per -,
"''' '' 'N7'''F w ',t Toured Tor Cal
7 ,,,o,.,,,,.i N'''"l'
Sts5,neii, t1tu ten, rr,t,,
,ri.,, guy '''+' 'i"' >''''~"' III Pep-
Gtca,,y.lu, ,t,,t, ,s,,, A. ,.,
rn,,, .''''P Nol'N '9p3' A'ropse'ot Feb
Rnttg,,i.
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Havana The schooner George Tcmlnne
sailed from Havana for Galveston Feb
ruary = with a cargo Of sugar.
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OCEAN vne5ELe.
ArriN nis and departures.
NfARINE N0rEe-

New York March g. Steamer Lenore
lBr), a this mort from YoEahama, pHsscd
March 2. latitude 49, 36i longitude 81. 49,,
The steamship Tcutonid. from Galveston,
FOR Liverpool
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-06

Norfolk March 8-Arrivcd, steam
ship pHrkdcld, from Galveston, for Liver
pool, and roalcd and sailed.
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1ROYs & COG r1Rrt-LAR-

O'''o 'il'N T. LAX
geans, La, March 5.-McElroy 6-
~ ~, ...-...
a nc expectation OF q llghter
IN for the present week seems
n to ilgannofn ,,,,,., ,s r,r,. t,ag,..
"a 40, '''''-''' '@ ~ !" ''''''
Il '@V' against lIV'l last year
&AeR Orleans tor tomorrow cNpctS
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Rcported for The Houston Post daily. excep
r1urrdays uud Sundays, by Albert Montgomery
Iiye stock Commission Merchant
New Orleans La March 5.

Fpeves slow and lower; good Tat cows
fairlv active. calves and yearliugs IN de-
nand. Hogs quiet. Sheep dun and weak.
New-York tribune., 1894-03-21

,b.t the judiciary Of the State vi
'''a' 'nu ~, .,.aod unon as the impregnapie
buIwark of the liberties ana rish's VI A., On.
ple? Seldom, indeed. has Il '"s'''o " .,,os-
Pi'' Co,,n, ,,oor called to pass upon n ques-
tion of more far-reachng cohsequch''' -
nortont rs were the McKane contempt
ings before Justice Barnard these aic VI =,
greater importance Mr. Leavlt wen s''u
his oroument before the Court: III IL io' "
,h,, rho l,w gets its clutches on the WoiS' v,
fenders against the elective franchises
L. the leaders give their orders 10 'her 'oo'''
and II is thc fools who get caught ana are pun,
,sho1 Your associate Mr.. Justice Barrett S'''"
,ho otbor dov in sentencing poor tool, 'ii'''
ho visba1 that the men behind him couiu pe
roocbod I'm the case at bar Your Honor HIS
cucb mon before you for judgment For lnc
first time i'm the history of the State Il J""S.
is called on to pass sentence upon Po"''
leodnrs of the State for deliberate rcl"S'i w
.xecute our election law as commanded u! INV
Court. Let il be such that it may De the lis''
The excuse presented by the defendants Is 80
n,Itrv and disingenuOus, certainly rs I'D ohc W
tbcir number. as to magnify rather ti'n ~
nolliate the offence. 1t is substantially mat W.
sptc the plain directions Of the order ol 'nc
Sunreme Court and the language or me court
of Apncols affirming that order enlolIlng 'h'ih
from canyassing the Mylod return, they pro-
ccc,Iod TO violate those injunctions because lhey
wore advised to do 50 by counsel, ana that couh-
go, ono of their own Board, Even if this weak
and absurd excuse Is to be accepted from 'nc
o,bor officials what shall be said for Attorney
Concral Tabor. who gave the pretended au-
vicc"P Mr. Leavtt forces him To TINS dilcln-
ma. either his advice was given in BAD fal'h
or else no was not qualified for his position
"If the Court is upon such advice to acqiit 'he
client of Intentional dsobedcnce Of its order, II
sbouh disbar the counsel for Incompetence to
practise law"
Rut WHY should not the Court with clear ana
enlightened vision brush aside these feeble AT
tennis to disguise what every one knows 10 De
the real facts and hold the defendants to strict
rosnonsibjlity therefor? Such advice. If given
mt all. was not given or received in GOOD faI'h'
but was the most fragile prctcncc OF an excuse
for the preparation upon the people OF fhe
State of one Of the most colossal election frauds
in thcir history Neither Justice Edwards nor
any other intelligent member of the community
has the slightest doubt Of that. win that con-
viction in his mind. who can hesitate to believe
that an upright. conscientious Judge will inflict
upon the guilty a punishment in some degree
commensurate with the crime? And in this case
that could only be inflicted by the imprson-
mrnt of the guilty ones.