professional cards, I s ssmmmimmsssssBA. I V?IT AND HUMOR
1 ! i . . r t ; . in r ' . iv? i j .av a i v . v.
A l. pitirz
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Offiok Front Hootn, Over Pontoffloo.
' DLOOMBDUltU, PA.
. T II. TlAfzB
' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office. Iloora No. 3, Columbian
buildings
HLOOMSBURQ, lA.
Jan. sothl8S8, t.
TO" U.FUNK,
ATTOUNKY-AT-LAW.
I)LOOKBCBO,ri
O.nco la Snt'e Building,
J OIIN M. ULAJttC,
ATTOUNKY-AT-LAW
AMD
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
DL001I8BCR0, Pa
Office oyer Moyor Bros. Drug Store.
c.
Wt MILLER,
ATTOKNKY.AT.LAW
Offlcata Brower'sbulldlng-.secondnoor.room No. I
nioomsburj, Fa,
n, FRANK ZARR,
ATTOUNKY-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburg, Pa,
Offlce corner ot Centre and Main Streets. Clark i
Building.
Can bo oonsultod In Gorman,
Q.EO. E. ELWELIi
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
IBLoousnuna, Pa.
Ofllce on First floor. front room of Col
dmiuan lliiHiUmr, Mala street, below Ex-
cbango Hotel.
PAUL E. WIRT,
Attornoy-at-Law.
Office In Colombian Uoildino, Third Door.
BLOOMSBURG. PA.
JJ V. WHITE,
AT . ORNEY-AT- LAW,
BLQOMSBURQ, PA.
Ofllce In t-towcrs' Building, 2nd.floor.
may 1-tf
B KHOBB. L. 8. WINTIKSTSIN,
KNORR & WINTER3TEEN,
Attornoys-at-Law.
omce tu 1st National Bank building, second floor,
nratdoortothalett. corner or Main and Market
stroots Bloomsburg, Pa,
ItitWcnnorM and Bounties Collected,
JP P. BILLMEYER,
( DISTRICT A TTORNEY.)
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
iHTOfflco
over
Dentler's shoo store,
apr-SObO.
Bloomsburg,
Pa.
rCT, H. RHAWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlssa, Fa.
Offloe.ootnerot Third and Main streets.
TVTIOHAEL F. EYERLY,
Conveyancer,
Colloetor of Claims.
AUD
LEGAL ADVICB IN THE. SETTLEMENT OF
ESTATES. 40.
-Offlce in Dentlcr's building with F. P. Bill
meyer" attorney-al-law. front rooms, sndBoor
Bloomsburg, reu
tapr--s.
D
R. U0N0RA A. R0UB1NS.
Office and residence, West First street .Blooms
burg, Pa.
JB. McKELVY, M. D.urgeon and Phy
. slclan.nortu side Main Btreet,beIow Market
D
R. J. 0. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN BURGEON,
omce. North Market street,
Bloomsburgi Pa
WM. M. REBER Surgeon and
Physician. Office corner 01 bock uu
freet.
ESTABLISHED 1870.
J J. BROWN.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Offlco and resldenco on Third street .pear, Metho
dist church. Diseases ot the eye a Bpecmity.
J 0. HEIF3NYDER, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Omce with Dr. Wllllta In Mrs. Enfs building
EXCHANGE HOTEL
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOousBuaa, fa.
OPPOSITB COURT HOUSE.
i area and convenient sample rooms. . Bath room
hotand cow water; ana aft modern conveniences,
T V. HARTMAN
BirBisiMTS rn folujwimo
AMERICAN INBURANCE1C0MPANIE8
North American of Philadelphia.
Franklin,. " '
Pennsylvania, " . "
York, of Pennsylvania.
Hanover, of N. Y.
Sueens, ot London. I
orthBrltlsh, of London,
omoe on Market street. No. , Uloonubarg.
oot. M, 1-
ESTABLISHED ISM.
(Successor to Froaa Brown)
AUK." Ami
C0UFAK1B3 BKrBISBNTED:
jKtna Flro Ins. Co.. of Hartford,..
Hartford of Hartford,,.,...,.,
FhoODlxof Hartford
Bprlngnold of sprlnetlrld.....
Fire Association, Philadelphia. ,.i ..
Guardian of London -
Phamlx, of London .. ..
Lancashlreot England (U. 8. branch)
lloyal of England " '
Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. of New.
'Assets
I 9,5M,3SS.9!
S,asS,609,T
J,tT8'-109 IS
3,(Wj.U03 US
saeos.s2s.7i
S.SQ4.S014S
i,Mi,iss.oa
arx, w. J.H...I
41,379,228 33
Losses promptly adjpsted and paid at this office.
IRE INSURANCE
C11M8TIAN V. KNAPP, BLQOMBBUItG.PA,
M Kltcfl ANTH', OF N8WARK, N. J.
' CLINTON,! N.V.
PEOPLES'il. Y.
Dirinivna lA.
JBKHBY CITY4,FIItB' isi Ci JKBjlKY
These old coBroBATioxa are well seasened by
aie and hbk tkstkd and.have never jpt .haft a
inn.u.,ri.fihrnnviniirt.hr law. lTiClr assets a re
all invested in solid 8cOBirrs are liable to the
hazard ofFiBB only.
Losses fbomitlt and nONBSTLT adjusted and
cut! aa soon as auierimutM' vj hb"m "
KHAFF, 8FICIAI AUSKT AND ApfPB,TB, BL00BSBBB0,
'rphAiMuinl.H nnlnmTilA ftfttintv Should tAtrOB
be the agency where losses If jany are aetUfid and
PKOMPTNKSS. K0U1TT. FAIK DEALLNQ.
H. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
BL00M8BUBQ, Columb;a County, Fa
All styles of work done In a superior manner.work
warranted as reoresenteu. k.tu &iiuut
d without Pain by the use of Gas, and
freeot charge when artiaclalteetn
arelnserted.
Offlco In Barton's building. Main street,
below Market; tiro doors below KlcinV
drug store, drat floor.
7a bt open at all hourt during the da
Novss-iy .
Exchange Hote
UENTON, PA.
The underslgnrd has looted this well-known
bouse, and Is pivpared to accommodate the publto
with all the conveniences of a ni bl-clats holeL
Slma;t7J llilU I AKK, l'rcpl(lor,
SUBSCRIBE FOR
THE COLUMBIAN
3. EliWELL,, ...
J E' BITTEHBEkDED, '"irUiori.
. R..SMITH&CO.
LIMITED.
MILTON, Pa.,
DsALnna in
PIANOS
t
By the following well known makers;
Chickcring,
Ivnauc,
Weber,
Hallct & Davis.
Can -also furnish anv of tlic
cheaper makes at manufacturers
prices. aJonot buy a piano -before
getting our prices.
.o.
Catalogue and Price Lists
Od application.
Sept3-86tf.
Creasy & Wells'
LUMBER YARD
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Wo keep on hand n largo and well as
sorted stock ot all kinds ot lumber,
Southern Yellow Pine
Michigan Shingles,
"Williamsport "Lath,
Fencing, Flooring, ifcc.
full stock of West Branch
Mouldings, Doors, Sash;! Blinds,
Window and 'Door Frames.
Estimates and prices, quoted
cheerfully. Lumber delivered by
wagon or rail , Prices positively
owest in the market.
apr 13 3m, ,
Business men who have tried It And it, greatly
t their advnntntre to have Account ltookR miuln
to order, to suit their Bpectal necdi Every kind
of Blank Book, with or without printed headings,
Check Books and Ruled Blanks I make in the brat
manner at honest puces. " Unexcelled facilities for
Numbering) Kyletlng, Perforating', Punching and
Ntaranlng. Work for county and borough bmces
especially solicited. Miscellaneous Hook Binding
ot tho highest class. Missing magajlnes BupplleiL
Estimates and particulars cheerfully furnished.
J, W. RAEDEB,
7 and 9 Market St.,
WILKES-BARRK.
scplB-lycSbro.
ALBUMS, PnoTOGRAPII, AUTOORAPII AND
Scrap, a larce and complete lino at J. 1L
Mercer's liiug and Book Store, Evans' Block.
ALL THE FINEST 1 EXTRACTS COLOGNE
Sachets. Pomades. Hair lives and Bar Rum
At J. 11. Mercer's Drug and Hook More, Evans'
Block, opposite Episcopal Church.
ALL PROPRIETARY AND PATENT MEDICINES
at J. II. Mercer's Druir and Book store, oddo.
site Episcopal Church.
BOOKS, STATIONERY AND WALl, PAPER, A
fine stock at Mercer's Druir and nook store.
opposite Episcopal Church, Bloomsburg, Pa.
G'ABjjllj5.,T9I.KPr AND MEDIOXtEU SOAPS,
a'rtill linoat J. II: Mercer's-Drn? and Book
Store, Upper Main 'Uect.
COMBS OF ALL KINDS, WELL SELECTED, AND
at very low puces at J. II. Mercer's Drug and
Book btore. third door above Iron street. Blooms
c:
lONDBNSED MILK, COXE'S,'- NELSON'S AND
1 CooDcr'H Gelatine. TaDloca. Saee. Arrow Root
and all tho oreoared foods forchlldren and. In.
vallds at Mercer's Drug and Book store, rtrst. door
auove uess' uooi ana snoe store, moomsDurg, l tt.
CtANARY, HEMP, RArE, MILLET, IMA W AND
i' Mixed seed for the birds, nt J. li.Tileracr
Drug and Book store, first door below CreaaVs
urwery awrv.
FINE WRITING PAPERS, BY BOX, LOOSE OR
In Tablet form, at J. II. Mercer's Druir and
uuuit dwri, uioomsourg, l a.
,-, k i
NURSlNa.'BOTTIS. WPPLES, RUBBER 1U I
ties, Teething Rings and all requisites or it
Nurserr that will contribute to the babv's baDO
ness, at J. H. Mercer's Drug and Book store, t
doors above Evans Eyer's Clothing store.
)fi?JClXNS'. WbSCIUITIONS 'Aril) FAMILY
Mercer's Drug and nook btore, Bloomsburg, l'a.
rci-viDui uuiriuiu urvuartni ul uii uuure ui
fPOILET AND INFANT POWDERS,' ROUGE,
1 cosmetic and cold and alher Diamond DusL.
at J. II. Mercer's Druir and Bock Store. No ess Main
VTT At.T. PAPPTfMAWVl TTTNn AWn IAWA'
VV nrtces at Mercer's Druir and Book' Sfsue.
junej,iy,Bi.
OTOrrVl "AMPLE TREATMENT W-..
I 'aiarrH we man enough to con- Tec
. yvince.. u. B,A.tc
v-' St.,- Newark', H.-
L'Pirsacu 4 Co., 773; Broad
marcu-80-dm.
PAINliESS CHILDBIRTH
4tUH AtOMPUhHKlL.Kverf thouU know.
ucKDinn ULUUin, atn csapuxica uo-
iniLiBr, diid vurf i
6nd itampior trlil
nov25n.ccoiy.
nalih Kradlcator known.
PENNEY OOODB
A. SPECIALTY.
AlcxaiiteBii. & Co,
WUOLESALE DEALERS, JN
CIGARS, TOBACCO,
CAIffDIKS,
FRUITS AND NUTS.
V '
bOLE agents ron
HENRY MaILLARDS
IHOANDIES:
FRESH EVERY WEEK..
Bloomsburg, Pa,
SOLI aoints roa
F. T, ADAMB & CO.,
PINE CUT
chewing;'
TOBACCO
Sole agents ot tlv fol
lowing oranos oi
Cigars.
HENRY CLAY,
LONDRES,
NORMAL,
INDIAN riilNCESS,
SAMSON,
SILVER ASH.
QUftf 3Di
Have received
' lor tho Spring trade,
Velvets, Body'
Brussel ajfd Ihgrains,Smyrna and
Codda Rugs, Cocoa Mattings,
and a nice line of
fcanton Mattings.
Feb. to, 18&3. imv
tlW tEbUIPUIUIftll
BLOOMSBTJRG, PA., FJEtjDAY, MAY 25, 1888.
'I unhesitatingly odd my
testimony to tho great ben
efits to. bo derived from Sim
mons Liver Itcgulntor. I
was nlllictcd for coveral yenrs
with disordered liver, which
resulted iu n sovero nttnek of
Jaundice. I had good medi
cal attendance, but it failed
to restore mo to tho enjoy
ment of my former health.
I then tried tho most ro
nowncd physicians of Louis
ville, Ky,, but all to no pur
pose, whereupon I was in
duced to try Simmons Liver
Regulator. I found immedi
ate benefit from its uso, and
it ultimately restored mo to
tho full enjoyment of hoalth."
A. II. Siuuley, Richmond,
Ky. . . ."I most checrlully re
commend it to all who suffer
from bilious attacks or any
diseaso caused by a disar
ranged stato of tho liver.''. . . .
W. R. R-F.RNAttp, Kansas
City, Mo.
CROWN AME
THE BEST BURNING OIL THAT CAN
BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM.
It gives n brilliant light.
It will not Binoke tliecnlmncys.
It win not char the wick.
It has a high tiro test
It win not explode.
It is cro-cminently a family safety otl.
WE CHALLENGE OMPAEISON
With any other Illuminating oil made.
We Stake Our Reputtibn.
As refiners, upon tho statement that 11 Is
THE BEST OIL
IN THE WORLD.
Ask ypur dealer for
CROWN ACME.
Trade for, Bloomsburg and Vicinity Supplied by
MOYER
BROS.,
Bloomsburg, Ta.
sep2-ly.
CLOTHING I CLOTHING I
Gm w. bertsch,
THE MERCHANT TAILOR.
Mi Furnishing Doods9HaU & Gaps
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Suits made to order at fhoit notice
and a'fitalwavs Guaranteed or no Bale.
Call and examine tho, largest and; beet
selected Btook 01 gooos evor-Huowu in
Columbia county.
Btore next door to First National Bank,
MAIN STREET,
Bloomsburg Pa.
FOR STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS'
CAN UK PUT ON 1IY ANY rEUSON.
THOUSANDS OF ROLLS SOLD ANNUALLY,
toil BUIIJMNGS'OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION. .
BUND "FOR NBW CIRCULAR, CONTAWLNO,
V HIUE LIST AND REKKBENOCS.
AGENTS WANTED.
EHRET, JR. & GO.
SOLE MAUUFAOTUREBS.
423 Walnut Street. PHILADELPHIA
apjllroayAbcp'.
$65 e
A MONTH and BOARD for 3 bright
oang men or iaaies in eacu couniy,
maridu.
ANY OLDER
FOIt FESTIVAL-
will be
BUWUED WITH
f!IK
LOWEST
i
'II
AS KOI,LOWSi
ORANGES,
LEMONS,
BANANAS,
PEANUTS,
ENGLISH
WALNUTS!
CREAM NUTS,
ALMONDS,
POP CORN
BALLS.
t&1
a largo stock of
consisting in part of
Brussels, Tapestry
1 1 8
'OOAL-OIL JOHNHY'B" HOME, i
ROUSKVILI.E, THE ONCE FAMOUS (Jll.
CENTRK, A DESERTED WILDP.ItNESS.
Rol'sevii.i.l, Pa., May O.This ton
was tho homo of "Coal Oil Johniit,"
whoso oxplofts in tho wasting of nolies
havo been knowri and read of all men.
Coal Oil Johnny, nor any other of tlic
great throng whioh early in tho sixths
Uvod timid tho feverish excitement jof
tho oil regions, would know the jilaco
to-day. Johnny slopped tho other day
in Oil City. ,which,uuder the smiles bf
tho Standard Oil Company, has grown
to bo the head and centre of Oildofn,
but ho did not revisit tho sceuo of liis
boyhood nor hunt out any of tho old
faces .which usel to stand aghast jat
the htories of his mad cxcccscb.
His ,was not the only fabulous for
tuno found hereabouts, nor tho only
ono th'at vanished as quickly and easily
as it had come,. and while old, worr
out wvJls whiuh have pumped up mill
ions of liquid gold go on in thqir
whet z'y, rheumatic fashion, making a
barrel or two of petroleum a day, idlers
.in this noiseless, land wish they hid
somo of tho old Blockings full of dollars
which, beyond a doubt, ato hidden
away in tho odd coiners.of this Valley
of Disuse. Banks wero not in good
order vith denizens of the oil regions
in tho'days of tho furor. They kefct
tho ducats about them, and manyjn
record bf daring robbery lives hero, jo
pi'ovo it.
Wlicro o crtek,'wtarsits way noise
lessly between llnis'of 'grizzly mountain
'a quarter of a century ago the,pulso of
tbu oil excitement. throbbed most mad
ly. And it was hero lo Rousovile
that men hurried to feel the mighty
artery's wild pulsation. Tho few ip
habitnuts will opui their eyes and
wake 'up now, to tell a stranger of
UUJB u.u llu UilUI lull
people' got their mail at tho Rousjjvillc
Post-Office ; when as far aa you coulil
pc'o tho air was nierced by towcrinl'
derricks i whin houses rented for big
money, and a room hired for a year
cost a comfortable year's salaiy ; whin
every incoming tram was crowded with
passengers until some even wero iorcel
to ride upon the roofs of tho, cars.
Rudo .temporary houses wero built bv
rearing'fencs"to a height Of four or
fivo feet and covering them with oile
cloth. You.aiaid two or threo dollars
fpr a bed and as much for a meat.
Tho town couldn't begin to cnok
victuals enough, and tho feeding lasted,
straight through Ihi day and night.
As last as. one pian roso from tup
rough jtabld and rough fare, and went1
away to prosecuto his wild labor, arl
othcr took his place. It was tho samo
way with beds, which wero ncvo
vacant, moro than fivo minutes. And
whore tho carrion, was tho vultures
irathered too.:, adventurers of every
stamp thronged 'into Bousovillo till the
town oouldn't hold tucm.
Tho most exciting occupation tlib
place offers to-day is to sit in tho smi
shino on tho well-carved benoh at' the
sido of, the station and look. at and add
to the lout; lino of tobacco brands
which hours of iuduslious chewing aiid
exptctoration has lelt upon tho rickety
sidewalk. The Justico of tho lVacis a
bearded gentleman in straw hat, blub
checked shirt and homespun, higl
water trousers, stands coatless anp"
vesllfss on tho bridri", which is so near
bnptisni in tho creek that no erring ho-
mg would daro drive over it faster
than a walk. Win ro houses littld,
Jiasty,mpamtf d house used to duster
thick as autiunnal leaves, to-day only
ciurabhd foundation walls Hro h-ft,
with now and then a lmrablo dwelling
looking up in surprise at you and call
ing attention to itself by "varying tho
dismal monotony of, boulders all the
way up.tho slope. In door-yaids are
oil weU still sleepily pumping, and as
bliU IJUUEUVYUU ultima Ul'SlltlU VIUUJU
goes about the routine of her dutiep
she hears the lazy creak of tho i-naip
old machinery that was there when
sho came home a blushing bride. Stand
inc in the e-treet which skirts, tho bot
tom of the villhgo and whoro tho 'big
1-. t i i :
bors ashamed of their plainness," you
may look "uptown ' at an angle ot
tcrty-nvu a"creea at,u soo as many on
rigs as you do houses, until all the
time-stnined and dinjiy woodwork
struggles out of sight among cresting
.Hemlocks and over the. b'ow of the
mountain.
Thero is a treachery in men which
riches 'aptriavate. -With ond or two
iheeiiug exceptions, the pecplc who
have mado tho money in Rousoville
havo gonefir away to spet.d it. Who
can blamo them t Tho days -of blue
cans and black breao are over, and
their sons nnd daughters aro danoiiig
at i xelusive little germans in big citii-s.
It is the men who didn't get rich in
oil who stay. in Rousoville and strugglo
fpr a livelihood, -ami grumble about
hard times just the siniu as they did
hoforo nature throw in their- path a
vast opportunity which their neighbors
aocepted. And from their humblo
homes they lookjout upon what is in
deed a, melnnclioly, prospect. The
rugged1 scenery, which nlono redeems
tho"dismal"'tiivirons. " is indeed tho
deepest infliction of tho curso for oil
is played out and tho rooks loruid
farming: Tho big, broad valley
through which UU Ureek Hows is mar
red all over its oreon bosom with
blackened remnants of long abandoned
"ncs in ono stage or another of deoay,
Disjected bits of pumping machinery
nro hero and thero, A cow ot uncer
tain breed is munching tho grass which
gruws high around a half-buried wheel,
louder, everywhere, liko scars on
Natures face, aro black, seared holes.
with tho rude framo on which tho dor
rick stood. Thero is not a sign of life
to be seen in the whole valley,- excopt
tho cattle, running stream, nnd tho
sraok'6, from a, boiler-house away up on
tho hill across tho vanoy, wbero a
venturesomo follow named Waite, dis
regarding the edicts of tho Producers'
Association, has been drilling a new
well, nnd is starting up now in hopci
to mako a fortune. 'I he villagers
searching ypn may find one say it is
a oaso of watch and Waite. for tho
bold driller is afraid somo harum
scarum member of the Producers' will
try and "dynamite" his rig, and guard
tjio' Place day and night to provent his
now property ueiug uiuwu iu uvuius,
All along that hillside, hidden in gul
In s, perched on ledges, where you
would think thuy could tlnd no loot
hold, or towering bold abovo tho for
est; aro old rigs, which, black and grim,
are pumping silently their littlo pro-
duot, tho .water of the creek being used
for powir
On tho slope, away up tho creek, tho
oldcet inhabitant has just pointed out
tho plain 1 1 it I o house, nnd yot as pre
tensions a one as tho locality boasts.
Thar," ho says, "wns th' place whar
Coal-Oil Johnny lived, nti' thntwuzth'
biggest darned fool wo ever had in th'
oil regions, b'gosh I"
So that was where tho merry-hearted
boy, knowjng nothiug positively about
his pcdigrce,excopt who his mother was,
found wealth beyond his dreams, and
exchanged sound sleep nnd sweet con
tentment, with hard fare, for the do
lUsive complacency of uncounted rich-
s. In that grim valley, whore with
is team and truck ho wrought a hard-
earned living for himself and his wife,
thero P orluno oame, nnd ns it to com
pensate him for tho sarcasm of his
birth, showered on.biin a rain of gold.
Uoal UU Johnny wont by tho nnmo
f. Steel, which was the nearest any
ono oo ul d coma to hU paternity. In his
clod life, digging and delving over on
Fence Creek, wlicro ho was born, ho
had never unearthed tho treasure of
knowledge. Ho never had a paper to
gn. If he had, it would havu bean
oh6 with "his mark," and, as for
recognizing himself iu print, it was out
of tho question. But after tho Widow
McCl in took, who had laud without
mcasuro along Oil Creek, took him to
bring up, Johnny Steel was, as a gen
tlcruau says who know him life long,
the happiest boy on tbo crock, singing
and whistling about his work, always
merry as a bird.
Oil was struck and tho widow Mb-
Clintock's hundreds of acres, went tip
to a marvelous value. Thoe werB the
days when' a man could loaso 100 acres
ot land on (Jil Ureek, organizo a com
pany and flont its shares in New York
for a million. The fever was at its
height. "Oil 1 Oil I" and men who all
their lives had struggled in those rocky
solitudes and waste placeB agaiiiBt heg-
ary loutid thcmelves opulent. Hold
poured into tho Widow McClintock's
tenacious Scotoh fingers, and shb
bought an iron safe, whioh sho kept ip
her bed-room. Thero wis noirly
300,000 in it ono morning whon tho
widow got up to build tho lire, and get
breakfast. Sho poured ,on a quart or
so ot crude petroleum and didn't kilob
it was loaded, and brcviter, tho widow
deceased. I
.Johnny Steel woke ono fino morning
and they told him lie was a Croesus.
Then the tempters took him in chared,
.1 r..L:. , m . j F !
mi .t iuuiuisiu uamea oiocum unat-r
togk to show him tho world and its
mysteries. Ilia escapades, in all tho
citieflof thcUuion have gonejuto hW
i..1lnl.,:.i." a ,t. .li n :i
Philadelphia ho ''bought' a' "team ami
cofach, had ,a nian to drjyc, hipj. around
vpn'K, Hyf j u4at.uu..c'-4;g.ii,,gav e
him the establishment- They can tell
yon how in the Quaker City, whilo.on
i spree, ho b jught a hotel, the pro
prietor of which refused to harbor hint
It.is the talk along. tho creek that hjj
left the wife of his bosom in Rouscr-
vine, unwept, unhonoicd and unstrung,
while he went on scattering, his, wild
nats, and Ins thousands with equal pro
lusion.
"Thero's noth n' shows how big a
fool Johnny Steel was," says the villagj;
blacksmith, or bomo other dignitary,
so, plain as what happened at about
tho windtip of his business. On ono of
his toots ho lolt ntthPlJuno.m ilcusd, in
Oil City a hotel that's tore down now
a trunk lull of clo'is. Wen ho'd
been tho grand lounds, and his money
an' companions had loft him, ho got
hard up for a suit o' elo'ei". Ho hap
pened V think o' that trunk'. So hp
went back, an' twas there yet, an' in a
yest pocket ho fouqd a certified check
for somo sez Si 0,000, somo sez $20,-
000. Anyhow, vou kin see how igno;
rart ho wai. Ho took tbo paper down
to tho clerk an' aked him what it wasi
Ihe monoy, with interest, was in the
bank in New York all right, an' l)ogo
it an' spent every dollar of it on a big
bat."
But oharitablo people will tell vou of
another sido of Johnny Steel's naturo i
that ho never lot a humau beingmd
hungry or unhappy if a thousand' or
so would do them any good And
when all tho glamour of dissipation
had worn away and fa'se friends had
lf.lt him, Coal-Oil Johnny came, back
to itousoville penniless, divestod of
his gay raiment, donned his ieans and
cow nines, got a team and set to work
n tho old rut to feed and clothe those
who woru dependent'on him. He lived
down the scoffers, grew grea't callouH
oi on the hands thioiigh whioh tortum s
had slipped, loirnod at night to read
and wnic, and, with tho memory of
millions, struggled dav by dav simply
lo make a man of himself. And ho
lid it. Finally he got a placo as bag
gagi'inan on the railroad, and to-day
olds a railroad position m the far
West. Fivo vears ago he wroto lo tho
Meadvillo Tribune a vindication of
himself, pleading youth and ignoranco
as excuse tor all his lollies.
A man who eat on a tumblo-down
lernck, whittling a stick, said yester
day : 'Thero's' only ono thing that I
lay up as a "redge agin' Johnny Steel
1 used to live over to bhakol07Vlll, tho
other side o' Utioa, where Johnny's
mother lived. &hes by namo Mrs
Emmons, now, an' many's tho day's
washiu sties done lor us. Wow
think ne couidut 'a done no moron
set som n aside for her, whatever else
ho dono." And so Johnny Steel has
passed from the quiet precincts of
Rousoville, n' d has become- a memory
aud a marvel. Thero aro thoso lelt
who speak a good word for liira, thougl
ho spoke few for himself. An old
resident of Tituaville, whore Johnny
worked for tho railroad, said ho used
to play billiards with Coal-Oil Johnny
wuo uoubiu discounted mm, Una day
ho venturod to remark : "Johnny, I
wish I played tho gamo you do."
Johnnys only answer was, "If it
had cost you as much to learn it as it
has me, you probably would, "and,
added tho narrator, ."that's tho only
woru i ever heard him say a out
past lite, in any way."
Crossing tho creek by a swinging
foot-bridge, you skiit along tlio base
pf tho m iintaiii over .a shady road to
tho house 'hero Coal-Oil Johnny lived,
All along the rputo are. strown bits of
oil rigs.- Many of tho derricks left
standing in tholr loncsomeuess are of
the old pattern, three poles strung
to
gether at tho top to form a tripod, and
tne ladder supplied by nailing on cross
iioarus. ii'f-soaro tne derricks men
hustled together when thoy woro iu
hurry to get at tho hidden wealth
whioh lay beneath thoir errant, foot.
And contemporary witli such derricks
as thiso was tliq spring-polo a tree
fastened in tho ground at an angle of
forty-fivo degree?, its tip overhanging
tho sito of tho well. From tho. end of
this 'polo tho drilling tools wero sua
ponded nnd drillers worked all day
long, dragging the tip over' with ft.rope,
so as to procipitato tho auger stem and
its accompanying apparatus into tho
hole. Then tho spring of tho bent
tree tho spring polo,, carried it, back
again. .
Everything seemed to bo sound
asleep about the old McCllnlock place.
Thero was no Sound saVo of "tho
brook that babbloJ by." In tho room
whore tho widow McClintock's thou-,
sands used lo Ii6 hid, waltiug for wild
Johnuy Steel to scatter them, I found
a mild and harmless typo of an "Es
meralda," who allowed that she was
Mr. McCauhss's daughter. In tho vil
lage, fixing his own hquso up I saw
another member of tho McClintock
family, a gray-bearded ncphow of tho
original widow. Ho says his groat
grandfather came up tho river long,
long ago and dickered with tho Indians
and settled on the creek, where ho ac
quired vast possessions. In thoso
t mes tho surface of tho creek water
used to bo coverid with oil, which ooz
ed up, and which tho father of tho Mc
Clintocks used to soak up with a
oollcn cloth, at a little island lust be
low the town, and sell for 5 a gallon.
Sometimes ho got as much as a' gallon
i week and sold it to pcoplo who be
loved then that for certain 'suro that
oil would euro spavin In a hdrse.
is you go up the railroad to TUuS-
yille, leaving tho remiiiis of tho once'
thriving city of Rouscville behind you,
on every hand are the decaying monu
ments ot the great industry, uero lor
miles along tho track grass grows green
over tho knolls and hummocks which
mark the site where villages s tood. Timo
as aAvopt them away utterly. At mter
als a bit of crumbling foundation
wall crops out from, tho verdure to tell
at t'luiu was once a home, liack up
c slope, in far-reiehing lines of ter
race, aio square pinholes winch erst
ere cellars, tho circular foundations
f oil tanks. Everything is overgrown.
and the names of tho busy hamletfl'thatj
stood there aro themselves well nigh
forgotten. So passes the glory of this
wot Id.
How to Scare Hears.
AN UNARMED COW-HOY FINDS A
NEvy
WAY TO 8U11DUE URU1N.
'ron? tho Minneapolis Tribune. '
An old, miner tells the following ex
perience that befell him ono day when
out prospecting in the Westi "My
horse was well loauediwitu Hour, bacon
and other stuff and I had my r'llu lying
across tho Hour sack in iront ot met
My horse scmed to bo urcaming, as I
was, when out- ot the brush into our
path walked a great bigibear. My
howo gave a snort, andiwueeled like a
flash, throwing mo into the brush-as he
departed dowu tho trail as if all th?
couutrv wero at his. heels. I had n?
revolver nnd my litlc was traveling
down the mouutain.
-"My knowledge of heirs wns limited
and that particular timo I was nof,
anxious tor .any now acquaintance in
that line, but not so tho bear, dlj-
seemed to regard mo witn a lrionniy
eye, for he' boldly1 advLnced, while I'
made foria trco with alt the speed that
my legs wero oapablo ol.- Ihe bear
wautud to koep mo company, for' he
got to the foot of tho troo by the time
that I had gained a limb about sir
feet from tho ground.. Tho tree was
ast about small enough for tho fellow
to climb and he tiiod bis claws on the
bark as high ih he could reach- I was
iu a bad fix aud no way to help myself.
"1 coaldn t uso a knife, lor 1- had
none, but good luck ana a- nappy
thought helped me. I had a canteen
of kerosene oil suspended around toy
neck, which 1 thought would make his
eyes smart aud drivo him away. The
oil had no effect on tho eyoi if it man,
aged to get in them, for tho miserable
brute continued to look up at me nn 1
seemed to grin. Then another idea
got into my head I had a fresh b
of matches ami if 1 could set llru to tho
oil that I poured over the bear's head
tbo battle was won. I made several
attempts to drop burning matches on
tho oily hair of the bear, but the luci-
luis cither went out or missed the mark,
"I had no paper, but I mansged to
tear a piece of lining out of my vest,
and, gettiuga limb almost threo feet
long, fastened tho rag to it, set fire tq
rag and wjthrabi'o hatisfaetion than I
ever did auything nince, lowered tho
burning rag at the ond ot, the stick
until withiu :about threo. feet of the
boar's ..oil-soakqd head and let. it", drop;
lu about one second l wis onioying an
the fun to myse)f and tbo other fellow
was in trouble.
The oil instantly took firo end the
blaze from tho burning hair was' sopicj
thing good for one. in my place, to. gaze
at. The animal was surprised beyond,
lltn limit rf nntr linap'a 1 mo rritifitt nn'
One howl of pain, then up , went.tht
nuws to rub tho burning head to go
burned for their "trouble, followed ' b
another ho wl; .then dawn, wont the nosi
!... .it -.11-. i!.-.. '-..li..r
iguu ifiiv uin, urn, nij icum, vvui'ii vuu
a" terrible howl the bear made? a rnalj
through, the-brusli up tho mouotnii)
out of sight."
' -What It Ooststo Stop'a Train.
It is not generally known that loss
of power is involved in the starting
and stopping of an ordinary train of.
oars.- xucro is required about twice as
much power to stop a train as to start
one, tho loss of power depending upoij
tho momentum, a train going at. tho
rate of sixty miles an hour oaif, by,
means' of.tho Westinghouso air brake,
bo stoppo 1 within 120 yards, from tho
hrt, application ot tho brake. JNow
enough power is lost to carry this
same tram .fifteen miles over a plane;
surface, lurst, thero is tho momentum
acquired by the train dying at this re
markable rato of sliced, then the loss
steam iu applying tint brakes, and last
ly, but not least, tho extra amount ot
ooal to compensate tor nil mese losses
liy computation it has boeu ascertain
ed that every complete stop Involves i
cost of $1,17. Jiansas City JStar.
Saturn is 700 times larger than the
earth. Wo imparl tho information
for the sake of those who want the
latter, Thoy might just as well want
oaturn ana havo (tone with it.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOl
COLUMBIA DBHOOIIAT, VOI
XXII NO 31
Lit, not
Hong Kong In Twelve Honrs-
COLONEL l-IERCE'S NOVEL FCI1P.MF, FOR
TRAVELING; UNDER THE OCEAN 1,000
MILES AN HOUR.
Colonel John H. Pierce, who has in
vented a system for rapid transit for
land and soa, "by a continuous pr.ou
inatio current with art' rial t. nuinalioiis,'
described his invention At the Church
of the Savior., at Ono Hundred and
Ninth street aud Madison avenuo New
York. Colonel Pioroo hopes to lay a
doublo-barrellod pneumatic tube across
the ocean, by which passengers can
travel at tho rate of 1,000 mijcs an
hour. Tho cars, can bo rtado cither
1.000 feet lonir or 10 feet long, nnd
will havo wheels on all sides, They
will bo a littlo less than four feet in
diamoter, and the passengers whilo oc
cupying them will rcclino on luxurious
cushions. Air will be let into the cars
for purposes of ventilation by meanf of
stopcocks, and for lighting electricity
will probAlly be used, in order to
prevent an undue rush of air at tho
terminus a largo number of arterial ox
its will bo used, whioh will enablo the
expresses to slow up properly.
(Jolonol rieroe will allow our liov-
orument to furnish tho money; if not,
European Government will have tho
opportunity. Hong Kong,- under, the
new Bystem, will be reached in twelvo
hours, .and Central Afrioa in six hours.
Single tickets, good for, .eithcr of the
points mentioned,- qugbt not, f.o cost
more, than $20 apiece., .Before laying
tho Atlantio: tube Colonel Pieroa pro
poses, to. experiment with several short
er ones in this vioinity. Tho first, h6
tbiuks, will run between ,f .lfttbush, and
the lower portion ,pf Now York oity.
1'eoplo might laugh, iat .him, Uoiouel
pierce said, but- the inventors, of all
great improvements had been laughed
at until their enterprises proved suc
cessful. Vroveibs About 'Wind.
Cats with their tails up and hair ap
parently electrified indicate approach
ing wind.
If ewino are, restfess, and grunt loud
ly, tiicro wjll bo mpch wind.
Hunfers. say that, .the direction in
which the loon flies in the morning
will bo the direction of the' wind ' next
day.
Magpies flying tbrpe.or rour togeth
er and uttering harsh cries ' predict
windy weather,
-, Anvil'shapcd clouds are likely to be
followed by a gale of wind.
The vernal equinoctial, gales aro
stronger than the autumnal.
If it blows in the day' it generally
hushes toward evening.
"If small whito, clouds are seentq col
lect together, their edges appearing
rough, expect wind.
A light yellow sky at sunset presages
wind.
A very-led sky in tho east at sunset
indicates stormy winds. r
If the full' moon rises red expect
wind.
Heavy, whito, rolling clouds in front
of. a storm denote high winds.
The sharper the blast
The sooner 'tis past.
A, gale moderating at Bunset will in--creasejbefore
midnight,, but if it mod
erates after midnight tho weather will
improve.
Wind storms usually subsido about
sunset, but if they do -not tho storm
pill probably continue during the fol
lowing day.
vvneu me .glass is low
Look out for a blow,
Fasfrieo after a low (barometer),
Precedes a stormy blow.
Always, a' calm beforo a storm. .
No weather is ill
If tho wind is still. . ,
Every wind has its weather.
Wind in the west, 'woa'ther at best.
Wind in the east, neither good for
man or beast.
fiostoii Journal. ,
Care of Milk Oows.
When cows are first turned to grass
in' the spring, if feed is abundmt, they
ought to bo' allowed in the pasture but
a few hours each day for several days';
inra word, tho change oi'' food should
be gradual. Carelessness on this really
important poiut has resulted often in
serious consequences.
To the olt repeated question, "tjhall
grain bo fed to cattlo iu summer!" tho
general answer is, "No, not if the ani
mals havo nn abundance'of good grass."
lho most natural, and at the' same
time healthful, food, for milk cows iij
bmiiimivi la iuoiuv1! Ki.iaa ' jumuiu.
Whou shorts, and bran aro obtainable
at cheap rates, and grass begins lo f all j
theso may be used to excellent effect
in supplementing tho grass. Miugled
with tho hay and led to tho cows, the
milk gives a larger per centage of
cream, while tho quantity of milk is
also increased.
It often happens that when cows aro
giving an extra quantity of milk they
incline to become thin and weak. This
condition should bo prevented by tho
iiilicious uso of concentrated food.
The strength and condition of tho ani
mal must bo kept up at all times for
best results.
His ityher Might Whip Him.
WHY A IIUIPK WAS ANXIOUS AIIOUT HUH
YOUTHFUL HUSUANI).
Ill an excursion party on winch
somo half dozen couples recently ar
rived in mo city tnero was ono pair in
whmh t in womnn was nhnut tivrmt v
five and tho young roan about elgh
teen. 1 his couple proourod a licence
and wore marriod. Some time before
tho train was to leave the bride walked
into the waiting room of the depot
alone. She was asked; "Well, you .are
raarriodl "xes, eho replied, "but
wish I wasn't." -''Is it a runaway!"
was asked of her. "Not . so far as I
am concerned," sho said, "far I'm old
enough, but his mother may raise ob
jection, l aurt thinking about my-
self, but I wouldn't bo surprised if his
mother whipped him, I wish I hadn
married aim, YVollhavoto jaoo tho
music, but I don't know how It will
como out. It is too late now, however,
and wo must take tho oonsequenccs
"xou ought to ue ashamed ot marry
ing that uhit of a boy. He isn't eigh
toon yet," remarked a bystander,
"Well, I am," sho answered, "but it is
to late now.v He is nineteen and I'll
have to make the best of it." Subse
quently the boy husband joined her
ana each woro a look oi anxiety as
thoy took their seats in tho train.
IJeeauso wo pronounce "would"
wood, it dois not follow that wo pro
n i unci) "Gould" good, Harvard
Xatnjioou.
Foggs sajs ho loves to g into pool
oty, for he nlways ro th re so nnny
fools thnt he returns hemo with qnlto
a good opinion of himself. Roslon
Transcript.
Husband I nover saw a woman so
hard to please as you arc, my dear.
Wife (calmly) I am not so sura nbout
that, John. I married vol, you know.
iVcto York Sun.
Many a man who thinks ho bears a
great enterprise on bis shoulders is
simply round-jhouldereJ from carrying
n largo load of conceit. Sioc ana
leather Reporter.
Blobson (the morning after tho club
banquet) "Well, Dumpsey, how did
you corao out last night!" Dnmpsoy
"Givo us a hard ono. Ask mo how I
got in." Rurlinijlon Free J'ress.
Magistrate (to witness) Do you
know tho nature of an oath, Uncle
Rastus! Undo Rasttis I reckon I
does, yo' Honah. Iso owned a balltv
mule for foahtcen ya'Ncw York
Sun.
It is in tho highest degree improper
and unjust to ndiculo a man on ac
count of his stnillsliture. Jleoauso ho
happens to bo littlo It isn't right to be
little him Shoe and Leather Report
ter.
Tho original elements aro earth, air,
fire, and water. Firo is the most des
tructive and water is the most power
ful. Fire-water, therefore, forms a
combination that is a teaser. Ring
hampton Leader.
Minister's wife (to husband) Will
you put up tho parlor stovo to day,
deal! Minister (vexntioubly) I sus-
"pQso I will have to. Wife And don't
forget, John, that you arc a minister
of tho Gospel. Ilarper's R(t:ar.
Tobacconist customer Tho Dguro
of tho Indian is all right and truo to
nature, but 1 don t understand why
you put that bottle of rum iu his haud.
Oign sculptor Keckon you vo never
seen a living injun, boss. Tid Hits.
Just as the spring poet timidly open
ed, thesanctnm do.ir tho tel-graph editor,
who was filling m a dispatch, said to
tbo chief: "Shall I put a big head on
it!" Then tho building Bhook as tho
spring 'poet, hastened down stairs.
The Epoch.
"De Sappy, ole fcl, :what aro all
these twusts we wcad about in tho
papersl" Must bo somo big credit
scheme, Lo Sawft." "Gwaciousl you
don't Bay. I hope a spwing suit
twust will be started, doncher know."
Pittsburg Chronicle.
Miss Churchman "Oh, yes, I
always deny myself in Lent. I give
up cards, music, frivolous reading, and
unedifying conversation. Now, what
do you give up! Mr. Mundane (reflect
ively) "I think I'll givo up calling
here.", Accident iVctos.
"George," asked tho teacher of a
Sunday-school class, "whom, abDvo
all' others, hhill yon wisli to see when
you go to Heaven!" With a Ja'eo
frightening up with anticipation the
little fellow shouted:" G. rliahl" Bos
ton, Christian Register
Litilo pitcher (to visitor) "Mrs. .
Smith, be you almost blind!" "Blind!
Why, what put that into your hold!"
"Mamma paid you couhl'nt read figur
es. ' "Uouldntreal figures! "Its;
she said you'd never see -10 again."
Roslon Transcript.
'Now that tho theatrical season is
drawing to a close, .fashion journals
mako the announcement that tho
spring arid summer hat will be lower
iu the crown than during tho winter.
This is what wo should call tho infer
nal unfitness, of things. Norristown
Herald.
minister of tho gospel in Louisi
ana hiving been asked, to .become; a
oan lidate for tho Lcgiajatuio givtssiv-
ral reaons for declining to tun, one
of which is that ho fears politics would
take from, him ranch of his "religious
eomfort and make death hard." Ilart-
ford Religious Herald.
See, father." said a son, with lho
proud conoiousnchs of duty done, "I
have saved SflOO Irom my year's allow
ance. "Hood, exclaim-d the old
man; "you aro a wiso young fellow,
Charley." "Yes, fathor; and I wish
ou would add $500 to it. l'vo got to
ay some debts." The Epoch.
"Dairyman-"Got any dairy farms
to rent!' Agent "No, but 1 have a
V'w acres which might do for one."
Grass on it!" '"No, nothing but clav.
Rum phi Hasn't it even been culti-
vatedi'' "No, it used to bo a brick-
ard." "What is thero on it. anv-
thing a' al l'' "It has a never-fading
spring. "ill lako it, umana
World.
Dr. Lewis Swift, director of lho
Warner Observatory at Rochester,
states that the comet of 18-13 had u
tail 200,000,000 miles long. It is Biich
statistics as this that lend to reconcile
a man who is prone to tep on ladies'
gowns to tho length of the drawing
room trains of lho period, They
might be longer. New York Tri
bune. "I saw vou out with a half-dozen
different girls during last, week, Fred,"
sa'd a friend. "The fiit-L thing you
know one of them will be Filing you
for breach of promise and getting 15,
000 out of you.'' "By George!" repli
ed Fred, "I wish 1 could find a' girl
that could get that out of mo. I'd
marry her as soon as sho got ll-"
N"eto York Sun.
First political bcss No, sir, I'll
never put llliuks in othue again; he
ain't honest. Seci.nd boss Eh! What!
"He ain't fconest." "What sort o' li
quor aro you driukiu' now!." "Tho li
quor of experience, that's the sort I'm
drinkin . lhat there dishonest teller
Blinks accepted 85,000 from mo an
thon went into moetiu' an' voted tho
other way." Omaha World.
"Can I sell you six bushols of peach-
stones to-day!" he boldly inquired as
ho entered a Cleveland coiiftctiocory
houso. "No, siil'' was the prompt re
ply from the sonior pattuer. The mm
went out, out no nau not gouo iuu
feet, when ho was overtaken by a gen
tleman who said: "Ira the junior
partner of tho house. 1 do tho peach-
stone business, while the senior attends
to straight almonds nnd the church,
I'll take your lot, and tho next timo you
come inquire for mo.'' Wall Street
Aeies.
A tramp applied at tho back door of
a house ou U streit for something to
eat, nnd lho mistriss of tho establish
ment let him in. "MaiUnie," ho taid,
with a formal bow, "I crave somo nu
trilious aliment.'' "Hester," she call
ed to tho cook, "there's n man here
who wants something to eat. Bring
out that plate of pork mid bonis.''
"Ah, midame." ho said, taking lho
dish, as a soft light rli 'iie in his face,
"a fellow feeling makes no wtmdioiis
kiud. . I usnd to reside in dear Boston
rayself," Washington Critic.