MrtSiiiat cms, j -:;-J5
A fitirz
ATTOUNEr.AT.LAW,
OmoK-Frcmt Itoom, Oror rostoffioo.
JJLOOM8UUHO, PA.
T II. MAJZE
AITOIINKY-AT-LAW.
iNstntANCB and jibai estate aqW
0mbui:rm No- c-
J U.FUNK,
ATTOJIKFV-AT-LAW.
omcelnKnt'allulldinir. Dxidm,Pa
J (MN M. CLARK,
A'l TOKN KV-AT-LAVV
AMD
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
IlLonnmcRo, l'i
n0"r uroa, nrug Store.
W.M1LLEB,
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Offlcein urower'sbulldlng.sccondfloor.room No.
nioomspnrg, p.
FRANK, J4ARK,
ATTOUNEV-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburt?. Pa.
OfUce corner of Centre una Mala street. Clark a
OABtbe consulted In aornjan..
Q.EO. E. ELWKLL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Uloousbdco. Pa.
OfHrc nn fionnml flnnr ihtnl mr.m ntnm
- I .... iuvui . i . jyjt
dmbun Building, Main street, below Exl
rhnntrn Itnlnl "
JJ V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BLOOMSBURQ, PA.
lOfflco In YVlrts' llulldlng, 2nd floor,
may l-tf
8. WINTERSTEEN,
Attornoy-at-Law
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC.
OOlco la 1st National Bank bulldlnir. snennrt nmr
first door to tho left. Corner ot Main and Market
wcuto oiwmri urgi i ft.
Bairl'cminnt and BountUt Collected,
P. IIILLMEYElt,
(DI8TJIICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
fsTOfllce over Dentler's shoo store,
Bloorasburg, Pa. apr-S.ga.
r. H. RHAWN.
ATTOIiNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlsta.l'a.
Offloe.oornerof Tblrd and Malnstrcott
- i
JOUEIIT R. LITTLE,
ATTOltNEY-AT-LAW,
uLooMsuuita, pa.
wrofflce, Coluuqian Bulldlne, second, floor,
front room.
QUANT HERRING,
ATTORNE Y-A r-L AW,
BLOOMSBUUO.iFA,
Offl.ce oyer ltawllng's Meat Market.
D
1U HONOUA A. KOI1BIN8.
Office and residence. West First street, Mooma-
burg, l-a. novw w ly.
JR. McKELVY, M. D.,Barceon and Phj
, olclan, north side Main streci.bclow Market
D
R. J. 0. RUTTER,
PUYBICIANnKGKON,
ornce.Knrth Market street,
filoomstmrc, Pa
D
R. WM. M. REBER Burgeon and
Physician, omoeoornerot Bock and Market
J J. BROWN.
r Office and residence 3rd Street, West ot Maiket,
near M. K. Church.
Office hours every afternoon and evening, ape,
ctal attention given to the eyo and the fitting of
glasses. Telephone connection.
JQR J. It. EVANS.
Treatment of Clironio Diseases made a
SPECIALTY.
Office, Third Stnet,
I!i.noM8iii:no Pa
J HESS, D. 1). B.,
Triluate of the PhlladelDhla Denial CoUree.
Ilaving opencu a auniai ouicein
LOOKARDS BUILDING,
corner of Main ana centre streets.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.,
prepared to receive all patients mjuli ng pro-
esslonal services.
ETUElt, GAS, AND LOCAL ANAESTHETICS
administered for the painless extraction ot teeth
tree ot charge when arttnclal teeth are Inserted.
ALL WOItK UUAltANTEED AS KEI'KESENTED.
OCIS5-1J-.
w
il. UOUBK,
DENTIST,
Bluombduro, Coixmiiia County, Pa
adlstylcnof workdonelna superior manner, work
warranted as represented. Turn Kithact
p withoctFain by the use of Qas, and
treoot ohargewhenartlflclalteeth
arelnserted.
Office In Barton's building, Main street,
below Market, Ave doors below Klelm's
drug store, first floor.
Jo be open, at all houri during the da
NoTia.lr
T F. 1IAUTMAN
iirauiHTS tni rouowixa
AMER10AN INBURANOE.COMl'ANIEB
North American of Philadelphia,
Franklin, '
Pennsylvania, " "
York, of Pennsylvania.
Hanover, ot N. Y.
Sneens, of London,
ortb. lirttUh, ot London,
office on Market street, No, I, Bloonwtorg,
oct. . 1-
Bloomskrg Fire .iiilkiip;.
ESTABLIUED 16&5.
M. P. 1UTZ
i (Successor to Freas Brown)
AGENT AND UltOKKlt,
COMrANIKS BirHXStMTID:
Btna Fire Ins. Co., of Ilanford,
Hartford of Hartford
Vhnenlx of Hartford. .
Assets
I g,M8,aai.vi
6,2SS,609.U7
fcnriBKfieU of Springfield. a,oja,)3.98
Flib Aivlauou, Philadelphia 4,5lt,?J.9
t.iiardlau of London I.fi3,m71
1 Tiinfi. of Ijinilnn 6.'t.lM.S
1 jnodHhlreot Kngland(U. S. branch) l,mi,mM
Koyal Of England " " ,453,VH0)0
Uutual ltanent Life Ins. Co. of New.
ark, N.J. 41,79,MM
LOHies promptly adjusted and paid at this office.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENOV OF
J. H. MAIZE,
Ofllco 2nd floor Columbian Building,
BI.OOMSBURG. PA.
Liverpool London and Globe, largest in the world.
ASSETS.
IMPEIIIAL of London, $s,ts.v(,7V 00
CONTINENTAL Ot New York, ti,!3tl,Sl.SS
AUB1UCAN of Philadelphia, ,0i,VM.U
N1AUAUA of New York' 2,a)o,ir.M
une.j, iboa, vr.
Exchange Hotel,
11KNTON, I'A.
The underalirned haa leaaud thla vrelUknown
tkouae, and Is prepared to accommodate the publlb
VrtUi all Uo coaeruenioo9 ot a nrawslaaa boCeL '
JJUIUBL PJUKK, Prwrtetor,
If. ii, flliWELL, 1 .
JK BITTENBEHDEB, j "'I'l'tori.
"CATCH-PENNY" SOAPS.
Anything that is the best of its kind is sure to be imitated, and
the fact that an article is counterfeited, is the best possible
evidence of its value. There arc scores of imitations of the Ivory
Soap, which grocers are persuaded to buy because they pay more
profit than the "Ivory" will. On account of this extra profit, the
grocer represent them to be "just as good as the 'Ivory';" they
are not, but like all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable
qualities of the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon
getting it.
Copyright 1888, br Trocter A Camble.
HOP
QUICKEST REMEDY KNOWN
For b&okAobe, and all mddea. aharp, or
lonc-aUndina p&ins or weaknemM of every
kind. Virtues of freeh hops, hemlock and
pine bvUun combined. It la wondertou
SOOTHING, PAW-KILLING,
CURATIVE
it savinss
eiery time.
TRY ONE NOW.
' ascts.
S tar t.OO,
Bold everywhere, or
milled ror price.
Loot Milgnalure of ihepropritton, He-P PLASTER Co., B08TOM, on the etnutne eood.
1 .11 II
$ A.
Near Philadelphia.
HeUool Opens Kept. 10th,
Yearly Expenae, 8300.
quarterly Parm'v,, 8 1'iS,
Admlti nd cUulfii younr men and bovi it my time i fiti them for Builncsi, any Colltsr. Polytechnic W
behoof, lot Wt Point or AarupolU. Adfaceil cluiet In Ptaytics, Chctniilry, Sunreylnr. Electrical or J
Civil Eortneeritif.Claulct, Mathematics, etc. Ooeof the bet equipped ami l.t managed School!. All 9
ttudenU board with the Principal. Teacben alt men and eradiates or firit-cUu Collefet, rine Ixjildingi tlnsl ot douhU
rooms I'.veiy room has In it a steam radiator and Is completely furnithed. Grounds (ten acres) lor foot-ball, base ball,
athletics, etc. Gymnasium. Special rrportunlties.for apt students toadrance rapidly. Private tutorlncandspeclaldrill (or tck
ward boy i, Patrons or students may select any studies, or a Business. Colletre-Preparatory, Llcctncsl, or Civil Engineering
course. Physical and Chemical laboratory. Practical Dullness Department, with Telegraphy, Shorthand, Type-writing,
etc., etc. More fully supplied with apparatus lhan any other Coliege-fming school. Media Academy atrilt every home
coiuiort, tht besleducatiou, and the betl training. Fiieil prtcrs cover every cipense. NeiwnlnaUonfor admission. New
lllukirated catal-vue sent free to aay address. SWlTllf N C. SHORTLlDCE, A.B., A.M. (UamrU Graduate), Principal
HHl I tvpiictui, ncu u, i 4, viriutAr II UL41 WlUbC.
CLOTHING ! CLOTHING
G. W. BERTS CH,
THE MERCHANT TAILOR.
Gents' FurDishing Goods.BgLts & Cap.
OF EVEltV; DESCRIPTION.
Kmra (nniln it nrflnr nt nlinrt. nntinn
and atitalwajH guaranteed or do gale.
Call and examinu tbo largest and best
selected stock of goods ever shown in
Columbia county.
Store next door to First National Bank
MAIN STREET,
Blooni8bur Pa.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
v7. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOHSBUEO, PA.
OPPOSITE COURT II0UBE.
Large into aroaleat ample room), llatb roo m
hot a 1 o ill w iter; am all an Urn oooronlda cs
Tho WONDERFUL
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rjumblolu ftrler. LUriri. t
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lutim' OmIii. Iiiiiis
a.lllia. ltianetk. Ilea, llkrlll.
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L0CIPEDE8 and SELF PROPELLERS,
All KINDS Of APPLIANCES FOR IHVALIDS
RACY fOACHE8
Or.r IOO dltfertat dceloi.
Oar ntl.l aiLaillt Irlll era ell Car,
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pulnt la
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BLOOMSJBTJ11G, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 26,1889.
MY BACK I
and STRENGTHENING-
Oil!
fer oneoflhott
HOP
QUALITY,
PRICE
We don't starve Quality to throw'' a
bone to Price. In other words, we
don't slight our work or use inferior
trimmings to tempt yon with a lo.w
price for poor goods. None but the
Best Clothing for Men, Youths, Eoys
and Children.
C. Yates & Co
LEDOEK BUILDING.
SIXTH AND CHESTNUT,
PHILADELPHIA.
AINWKiaUT & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Puiladku-iiia, Pa,
1KAS, STItCPU, COVt&X, SUGMI. MOLASJEb
BIOS, 8PI0E8, IllOAim SODA, KTO., KrO.
N. E. corner Socond and Arch sta.
f0rders will receive prompt uttenttioi
ROWJ ACME
THE BESTBURNINQ OIL THAT CAN
BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM.
It sires a brilliant light.
it wui not amoae luecaimces.
It will noc char the wick.
It has a high lire teat.
It win not explode.
It la pre-eminently a family safety oil.
WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON
With any other Illuminating oil made.
We Stake Our Reputation,
As tenners, upon the statement that It Is
THE BEST OIL
IN THE WORLD.
Ask your dealer for
acme hi mm.
UANVILLE, PA.
Trade (or Uloomsburg and Vicinity Supplied by
MOYER BROS.,
liloomsliurg, 1'a.
sepn-Jy, .
IMPORTANT!
Havlne done business In the UDlted states for
years our reputation and responsibility Is estab
UHhed. We want three men in your vicinity to
represent us, to whom eiclunlvo territory will be
Klveo. Ilandaooie outfit free. Balary and ex.
penaos paid weekly. Previous extwrtenoe not re
quired. Write at once for terms. Hardy Btoolt a
specialty.
MAY IIU0T1IBUM, Muraerymen, KocHesWr.N.Y.
1-Wd-IBI.
CORSETS ARE CURSES.
60METHINQ CONCERNING HOW AND
WHEN THEY ORIGINATED,
Ovlil I'ute Tliem at the Hcml of Itcmptllrii
Aealust Ixive Oils mid UiiKuenle In l)n
Teloplnrr tho lltinian Form Dlvlrto 'A
Few Points Alio About Toot (Ipur.
Tlio small nccessorlea of toilets, wlieth
or thoy bo necessities or only pretty nil
juncts, linvo mado tuilustrles which liavo
eniployed many peoplo In their manu
facture, and have added laroly to tho
growth of that passion for dress which
has, In different centuries, broken out in
both man and woman. Adoration for
tho human form ha9 covered tho feet,
bedecked tho hands with jeweled trifles,
and Incased tho !ody feminine in stilt
whalebones until it hns becomo of differ
ent shape than nature intended. No art-
iolo of apparel Is bo much discussed nt
this time as tho corset; in truth, there is
an absolute war over it.
TO MAKE THEM OltACr.PUU
Still, this bamo corset has held sway
long atid llrmly. Even in tho days when
the Greek sculptors builded thelr ldeal of
beauty on tho Venus do Mllo writers in
Teighed against large waists, Ovid put
ting them at tho head of remedies against
lovt. They wero an undoubted out-
growth from tho bandages worn by tho
recks to restrain a tendency to corpu
lency, and wero as mach used by men ns
by women, If wo aro to bellevo Aristo
phanes. History also relates that JIaro
Antony had need to resort to such means
"to compress his swelling llgure." Tho
bands wero threo in manlier tho stro
phium, a bandago wound round the bust;
.a zona, or tho waist belt, and the teuta,
wound round and round below the waist.
Nor wero tho bandages worn alone for
compressing unduo rotundity of form.
They were made wider and longer and
wrapped in largo folds about slight fig
ures to give them tho grace of un
dulating lines. From tho latter use, more
than thoformcr, has descondedtho repre
hensible habit of lacing, tho cause of tho
outcry ngalnst tho still, whaleboned cor
set of today.
In tho ancient days a very thin, slender
figure attained to a much admired posi
tion by being enfolded in a large nnd
voluminous slrophium and tenia, and
using only ono thickness of bandage as
tho zona, producing tho llrst elfect of an
unnaturally small waist. AVhcn this did
not prove effectual in disguising tho lack
of cushioning to their bones they resorted
to oils aud unguents for bathing tho
body; goose fat mixed with warm milk
and tho egg of a partridgo, tho conglom
eration being highly scented, was deemed
tho most productivo of the desired em
bonpoint. But great caro was taken that
not a drop should fall on the body near
tho waist; In fact, while going through
tho fattening process the zona was worn
day and night.
Since the days of incenso burning in tho
temples, a record of which U found in
tho books of Moses, havo perfumes been
used, and from tho Egyptians, through
tho Jewish people, has passed tho art of
making them, of burning aromatics and
of carrying about richly wrought llacous
of scent which havo sometimes been
mado in tho form of smelling bottles and
again as perfume sprinklers. The fash
ionable woman of today wears her an
tique silver vinaigrette suspended from
her chatelaine or carries her scent about
in a costly llaoon, rich with chasings or
carvings, filigree work or enamel of
fragile Venetian glats, or of metal thick
ly studded with jewels, and none of a
greater size than can bo readily carried
In the hand, which fashion Queen Eliza
beth instituted in carrying about her
pomander, lly the. way, it was in her
reign that perfumes aud scents began to
bo manufactured generally by Euro
peans, although as early as tho Four
teenth century tho Venetians competed
with tho dwellers in tho far east in tho
manufacture of sweet odors.
Ingenuity today is not taxed to furnish
fresh designs for scent bottles, as tho
gold and silversmiths havo only to copy
tho relics of other days preserved in
families anil museums, the demand be
ing only for antiques, and tho biipply is
largely of imitations. Some beautiful
patterns are devUed in the form of tho
most grotesque of goblins and dragons,
wrought out in gold nnd precious stones.
Others are chased with scrolls and sur
mounted with coronets aud coats of
arms, suggesting Clermau workmanship;
others aro carved of wood or somo one of
tlio bemi-precious stones, as tho onyx,
tho bloodstone, the carnelian and the
like. These usually have a base or cup
of gold or silver flligreo work, and aro
usually of French manufacture, although
the carvings may be brought from India,
Switzerland and Italy; yet another is of
silver inlaid with arabesques of gold, nnd
is evidently Moorish.
"Who would suppose that tlio common
use of shoes and all kinds of foot cover
ings was of a much later d.ito than tho
carrying of scent bottles? No ono, I am
suro; and yet tho people of certain Eu
pean countries, long after they had
learned to clotlio their bodies in an elab
orate and costly fashion, wero in tho
habit of "going barefooted," Tills was
tho custom even bo late as tho Sixteenth
century, nnd in tho Fourteenth warriors
equipiKid in full armor rode about with
out any covering on either feet or legs
below tho knees. This would seem btlll
more strange than it does did one not
recollect that even in this enlightened
day tho Scots, who would scorn tiny sug
gestion of barbarism, still cling to their
natioual dress, which leaves knees wholly
uncovered, desplto tho cold climate. The
earliest records bear witness, however,
that Moses and Aaron wero commanded
to take the shoes from off their feet be
fore entering tho templo, and in Egypt
at that time the rich and great woro ban
dais incrusted with precious stones, of
which tho soles were mado of gold, On
tho bottom was engraved tho names of
such people as had been conquered by
the owners, if thoy happened to bo of
the conquering sex. Sandals with points
elongated mid turned up wero tho ex
cluslvo property of royalty. Chicago
Herald.
Man Chances T.lttle.
Horace's rustic waited for tho river to
run down. If ho could have waited long
enough he might havo seen its last drop
roll by. Hut human rjuture is ojways
the same. If ono of those who died when
tho world was young should return to it
now ho would not know Its cities und
their customs; but ho would know its
children und their ways, its mothers nnd
tliiir hopes, its lovers and their vows,
lie would not know tho old philosophies
by their new names, or tlio old sciences
under tho modern developments; but ho
would know tho human heart and Its
Ideals as ho would know tho midnight
sky und its constellations.
We are told thut ours will ono day bo
a dead planet moving with other dead
planets around a cold and darkened sun,
That will not matter If lovo la Immortal,
A wandering angel, curious of such
things, would find amid tho ruins of our
civilization hero aud there an Infant's
toy, a marriage ring, a sculptured cross,
"These aro tokens," ho would nay, "of
eternity, not of time. Thoy can teach
us jiothXiig now in heaven." Now Or
Wajui Vk&yiuuv
The Putur of Htrambontlnc,
It is not easy to predict what Is to be
tho future of this great boating interest,
Wo havo over twenty thousand miles of
steam navigation, wo havo original and
enterprising boat builders, and an enor
mous traveling public. We havo had
In tho past a phonomenal fleet of steam
boats, particularly on our western i Ivors,
and yet tho business has been greatly de
pressed, and thoro are fewer boats afloat
today than twenty years ago. Moreover
and tills is tho most serious matter ot
all our canals aro being abandoned year
by year. Whllo Europo spends millions
on canals and waterways, whllo Franco
Is trying to mako every little stream
navigable, and England Is trying to turn
her Interior cities Into seaports, wo per
mit our canals to fill up or foolishly give
them away to impecunious railroads for
roadbeds. Is it wise? Aro wo safe In
trusting all our freight business to rail
road corporations? Today we can, if tlio
necil come, send gunboats Inland from
tho Delaware to New York bnv, If wo
permit tho railroads to destroy tlio busi
ness of th canal lietween our ship yards
nnd our navy yards, wo may bo suro
that in overy European war office tho
fact of our folly is carefully noted for
future reference. Onco Great llrltain
fought n groat battlo to destroy the
vater routo that connects tho port of New
York witli the back door of New Eng
land. Saratoga was fought lo destroy
a vital water route. Fortunately, tho
English generals who planned in London
thus to cut tho country in two failed, and
yet today wo nro abandoning our canals
and see our great internal steam naviga
tion system decay without a thought of
tho consequences.
On tho other' hand for there is n
brighter sido to overy picture there is a
disposition among tho traveling public
to demand larger, finer, und safer boats
everywhere. Wo arc being taught by
English tourists who visit us how to seo
our own country. Wo may complacent
ly talk of our limited trains and all that.
Every foreigner who visits us asks first
of all for our steamboat routes, liecauso
our lake, river, and sound boats aro
known of nil tho world. Charles Ber
nard in Century.
An Intelligent Doff.
A largo dog at ono of the Scranton
hotels became very much attached to ono
of tho boarders. Ho got in tho habit of
following tills man in his leisure walks
up town, and tho boarder liked to huvo
hliu along. But on a rainy day the dog
didn't seo tho man start out, and tho lat
ter had got around tlio coiner before tho
dog caught Fight of him. Tho big dog
was so tickled when ho saw that his old
companion was not far away that ho
dashed up and rubbed Ills great wet bido
against tho gentleman's good clothes.
That was a form of boisterous familiari
ty not to bo put up with, and tho man
spoko harshly to tho dog and drovo him
back. Tho dog's sensitive nature resent
ed this unkind treatment, for from that
day to this tho man has never been nblo
to get tho dog to walk out with him, al
though ho has dono everything ho could
think of to win hack tho dog's friend
ship. Ho followed the man once, but ho
did it much against his will and only
after his owner had ordered him to. It
was thought tho spell had been broken,
but it hadn't, aud he has refused to ac
company tlio man except when Ilia mas
ter has commanded him to.
Another illustration of tho dog's intel
ligence is told by tho same gentleman.
Tho dog's owner and ho wero in the
reading room ono day when tho dog
strode in and lay down on the carpet. "I
won't mention his namo or mako any
motions," said tlio landlord to his board
er, referring to tho dog, "but I'll say
something to you in an ordinary tone,
and seo if ho will notlco it." Then tho
landlord added: "I think his place is
behind the desk in front of tho bate, in
stead of in this room." Tho dog seemed
to pay no attention to uhat had been
said, but ho got up right away, walked
slowly through tho long hall, pushed the
gato open back of the desk and lay down
in front of tliosafe. Scranton Special to
New York Tribune.
A Wlru with ii HUlur.v.
A bit of wire was introduced into our
conversation at tho club. It was a silent,
uncommunicative bit of copper, about a
sixteenth of an inch thick aud four
Inches long. Most any hardware mer
chant would givo you a similar bit of
wire, liecauso its valuo would bo so little
ho could not reckon a price for it. But
this particular piece, Mr, Vail (whoso
father co-operated with Morso in invent
ing tlio telegraph) carries in his pocket
book as carefully as if it were gold,
many times more weighty. It is a
passive, pliant substance an iuanimato
bit of copper, but it gave tho first elec
trio thrill that has brought tho inhabit
ants of tho world closo together, con
quered time, and annihilated distance.
It is u bit of the first three miles of wire
over used for telegraphy. It is a piece
from tho experimental lino constructed
by Morso nnd Vail, Sr., when thoy wero
testing their inventions. Only a littloof
this wire, Mr. Vail, Jr., informed me,
has been preserved. After it was taken
down from tho experimental line, his
father used part of it as a trellis for vines
on his front porch. Part of it may have
been used in tlio construction of tlio line
between tho capital and Baltimore, but
if so it was lost track of. It was from
tho trellis that tho mementoes wero re
covered. "I think I got less than six
feet of it," bald Mr. Vail. "After teleg
raphy became a wonder of the world
wo began to appreciate the valuo of suoh
a memento, and wo saved what wo could
ot tho original threo mllo wire. I have
given pieces to a fow persons who havo
been especially Interested In it, and somo
was arranged on a card, with a photo
graph of the original instrument, now at
tho National museum, that was bent to
tho Paris exposition." Washington Cor.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
John Bright usod to say that iu one
Important respect a dog is superior to a
man. When a man is utterly out of
overything, ho gives up; but adog simply
curls up and so continues to make both
ends meet.
A Joking Iuilluil.
Tho Indian has been said to bo inca
pablo of joking; but tho Maiuo Indian has
apparently degenerated, for hero is Joo
SuBep, of tho Penobscot tribe, telling
nlwut a log that becamo wedged under
tho Itlpogenus Falls so that while one
end was Tu tho water tho other was strik
ing ngai&sttlio ledge with such forcouud
rapidity us to catch lire, Lewistou Jour
nal. Alt blu uml the (Juiiuau,
Admiral Porter held a btnto dinner In
Washington and Ah Sin, a Chinese bcr
vatit, was assigned tq duty in attendance
at tho door. In his country it visitor's
rank' hi indicated by tho sizo of tlio 'card,
and a huge yellow ouq means tho pres
ence of a prluco. Tho small bits of paste
board received but scant courtesy from
At) Sin, but when tho gas collector pre
sented liia bill tho Celestial's demeanor
underwent n change. 1110 long, yellow
slip captured Ah Sin, nnd with profound
salaams ho liowod tho astonished gasman
Into tho prosonco of tlio uinazod family
and Irate head ot tho navy. Chicago
Tint.
THE
CURES FOR INSOMNIA.
A IJttly TelN How Shn lluljii'il tier
1 1 lie-
Imuil to llreiik th Awful Spell.
I was much Interested In tho notes
from iJr. Ford's lecture iu the Iternld of
Health, and wish that every woman as
well as overy nurso In tho land could
rend them. Thoso of us who nro at tho
heads of households may somo time need
all the knowledge wo can get 11(1011 tho
subject of insomnia. Tlio trouble grows
more common every year, especially in
America, where wo are apt to live upon
"nerve"' In all times of trial or excite
ment. There is no doubt that personal mag
netism is ono of the best medicines for
Insomnia, the will of tho nurse subju
gating and calming that of tho patient.
Two very unhappy cases havo como un
der niy own personal supervision. Ono
was my husband, who became bo wretch
ed that he would sleep about two hours
and then get up to walk all oxer tho
place, and often for miles Into tho coun
try. Ono night 1 began talking to him
when he awakened, nnd finding that my
voice quieted him, kept on, repeating
lootry, und finally mixing my sentences
up iu a dreadful way, I was so sleepy
myself, But ho went to sleep, too, nnd
diil not awaken until near morning. It
was remarkable, for ho had not slept so
liuioli at night for two yeais. That day
I learned to repeat Paris Itonn, knowing
that my husband was very fond of it,
So w hen he got wakeful tho next night
I li.nl something to say over to him, and
to my delight, he fed asleep before I was
half through tho poem. And so wo kept
up our midnight conversations for threo
months, I telling all tlio fairy stories, tho
gossipy incidents, and repeating all the
poems I knew. And little by little, so
soon as ho began to sleep every nlglit, ho
was cured, and now a cannon fired iu
tlio room would hardly awaken him.
Tho other caso was cf a lady with
whom I spent a year. I begged her to
try tho Dalsarto movements of tho body
limbering herself, and swinging nbout
until sho legnn to feel drowsy. When
sbo would grow restless in tho night,
sho would arise and try tho samo exer
cise. It finally cured her, after u year
of faithful practice. Iler trouble was
mora physical, while my husband's was
mental llo grow to depend upon mo
V 0 a child, and if I happened to bo
away from tho house, he could not sleep.
So soon as a person so afflicted begins to
sleep well, the general health improves
nnd sleep is more easily induced. As
Dr. Ford says, there is a knack of put
ling 0110 to sleep, and each daughter of
tho family ought especially to leant tho
secret, if possiblo, for so much of tho
comfort and well being of humanity de
pends upon women. Mrs. Georgo W.
Ogilvle in Herald of Health.
Thu llouuwilent Foreigner.
Mrs. Micawber, in"David Copperfield,"
when nlwut to sail with her alway Impe
cunious husband for Austrnlia,annouuccs
that sho wishes that husband to take his
btand upon tho vessel's prow and llrmly
tay: "This country I havo como to con
quer! Havo you honors? Havo you
l ichesff Havo you posts of profitable pe
cuniary emolument? Let them be brought
forward. They aro mine." Fiction is
always behind reality, and 110 fancied
Micawber ever carried his effrontery so
tar as many instances, well authentic
ated, iu actual life. When, for instance,
tho Hungarian general, Klapka, had been
invited by somo agent of Mr. Soward's
to servo in our army during tho civil
war, ho wrote to Gen. McClellan, giving
his terms. Thoso terms wero that he
Bhould ho paid $100,000 in cash; that his
annual salary should bo $23,000; that ho
should servo as Gen. McClellan's chief of
staff for a short time, until familiar with
English, and should then take McClel
lan s place at tho head of tho American
army. There was nothing unexampled
about tins, omeek and patient Amen
cans nro constantly In tho position of be
ing lectured on manners by foreigners so
111 bred that, were they Americans, they
would never liavo a second Invitation
Into well bred company; on pronuncia
tion and language by persons unablo to
mako themselves heard before nn audi
once; on the graces of literature and art
by orators who cannot oven disoso of
their own nrms and legs without tho
greatest di&coiufort. Long suffering as
wo aro by nature, Americans havo had
so much put upon them iu thoso ways
that tho revenge taken in Europo by
Barnum and Buffalo Bill seems hardly
too severe an international retribution.
T. W. II. in Harper's Bazar.
No Familiarity Intended.
An American visiting English clubs is
suro to bo surprised nt tho number of
titles ho hears. Besides tho nobility
nearly evory ono seems to havo a special
handlo to his name. Colonels aro not
quite as numerous ns in Kentucky or
Georgia, but for captains and majors wo
can t hold a caudle to them. But it was
reserved for 1110, uu American, to "knocli
them out" 011 rank iu u most unexpected
manner. An old waller nn ex-soldier-
at tho Savage, called mo Marshall several
tlmea ono evening, nnd was reprimanded
by out) of tho members for addressing
guest by his first namo. "His niimel
oxclatuiud the old fellow, looking aston
ished aud then turning said, "Why,
your honor, I thought marshal his
rankl" General Grant prophesied that
I should bo a general, but tho old waiter
wont him ono better, nnd the title stuck
to mo for awhile, too.Marshall P.
Wilder's Book.
Ylls1i Your Iltindk.
Cases of infection that could bo ac
counted for in no other way havu liecn
explained by tho lingers us a vehicle. In
handling money, especially of paper,
door knobs, banisters, car straps nnd a
hundred oilier things thut every ono
must frequently touch thcro nro chances
Innumerable of picking up germs of
typhoid,,scnrlatlna, diphtheria, smallpox,
eto Yet somo persons actually put such
things in their mouths, if not too largo!
Before eating, or touching that which is
to be eaten, tho hands should bo imme
diately and scrupulously washed. Wo
hoar much about general cleanliness as
"uext to godliness." It may bo added
that here, Iu particular, it is also ahead
of health mid safety, Tho Jews made
no mistako iu that "except they washed
they uto not," It was u banltary ordl
muico, ns well ns an ordinance of de
cency. Sauitury Era.
Needn't Look I.lko mi Undertaker.
Tliero aro people in this world so good
that thoy mako you tired. You meet
them most often iu good places, and they
nro quilo npt to keep peoplo away from
tho good places instead of drawing them
there, Tho good Bishop Middletou, who
had studied tho thing carefully, has said;
"Virtue itbelf offends when coupled with
forbidding manners," Virtuo ought not
to do that, and such n coupling makes it
nil tho worse for virtue. Tliero is no rea
son why a virtuous young man should
look llko an undertaker, i.nd whyaiduful
chap cdiould bo fascinating. Tilings nro
wrong this way. Tho good young mau
should bo charming with wit and wisdom,
and unconsciously ho will mark his wav
In tho world with Bweetnesa and light
uml gladness, nnd let virtuoliavoabettcr
timo tlian sin can ever lave Now Or-
Uiujia Vuayune,
COLUMBIAN, VOL XXIII.NO80
COLUMBIA DuMOURAT, VOL.L1I1, NO II
ON A BIG 'POSSUM FARM.
THROCKMORTON HAS EIGHT HUN
DRED OF THE FUNNY THINGS.
Ills Farm Near (Irlnln, Oa., Presents a Most
Singular Sight An Immense. Orchard ut
Persimmon Trees The. Way the 'Possums
Fight When Feeding Time Comes.
A few miles west of Griffin is the homo
of Mr. William Throckmorton. Mr.
Throckmorton is tho proprietor of tho
most unique nnd remunerative farm iu
Georgia. It is tho "Limo Creek 'Possum
farm."
On tho very crest of n well wooded hill
is a comfortnblo cottage surrounded by
beautiful shade trees. At tho foot of the
hill Is a pretty branch, running through
tlio very center of a ten acre persimmon
grovo Inclosed within a high board fence.
iho persimmon trees aro Interspersed
with a quantity of old hollow trees nnd
hollow logs planted In tho ground.
WHAT AM EXPERT SAW.
It was in tho early afternoon when wa
arrived, nnd to tho uninitiated tho farm
appeared to bo nn Immense fruit orchard
bearing an oblong whitish sort of fruit
hanging from tho dead limbs of tho trees
by a long, black stem. But appearances
wero deceptive. It was not fruit, but
between seven and eight hundred pos
8ums taking their afternoon siesta. Our
party wero somewhat unacquainted with
tho habits of tho Georgia 'possum, and
consequently plied question after ques
tion to our highly amused hosts. I now
consider my Belt an expert on tho 'possum,
and hero is what I learned and saw:
Tlio 'possum, when desiring to take a
nap, simply climbs the most convenient
tree, walks out on a limb, wraps his tail
ono and a half times around mid swings
his body out into space. His legs and
feet nro drawn closo into his body aud
his head drawn up between his shoulderB
until it forms an almost perfect ball nnd
appears to bo a great pear covered with
whito fur.
Tho sun was Blowly setting below the
distant pino mountains und wo wero still
gazing nt tho queer objects in amused
wonder when a half dozen little 'possums
emerged from tho pocket of their mother,
ran up her tall and commenced playing
on tho limb above In a few minutes
this marsupial stretched her head nnd
then her foro feet out. Sho Bwung her
self onco or twice, grablied her tall with
her foro paws and climbed up it to tho
limb, which sho caught with her claws,
untwisted her tall and pulled It up.
Hardly had sho balanced herself when
tho half dozen young ones climbed into
her pocket and wero hid from view. Sho
then climbed down tho tree.
Whllo tills was going on more than
seven hundred others had awakened and
wero coming down from tho trees. Reach
ing tho ground each ono mado for tho
creek, drank, nnd then ran up tho hill to
n pen in which they wero to be fed.
BAKUD 'rOSSOM AND 'TATEIU3.
They were of all sizes. Somo would
barely weigh a half pound, whllo others
would tip tho scales at thirty. Tho iios-
sum, when hungry, utters a sound which
is a cross between a mow and a moan.
Over seven hundred 'possums wero to
gether so thick that tho ground could
not bo seen between them, nnd tho small
ones had been forced upon tho backs of
the larger. All wero uttering this pe
culiar bound, reminding ono of an army
of soldiers moaning over tlio death of
their general, when through a gato a
negro pushed n wheelbarrow, heaping
full of all kinds of trash and slops con
sisting of fruit pealings, vegetables,
meats, bones and bread. As ho hove in
sight tho sccno among tho 'possums re
minded ono of feeding timo in a menag
erie. Tho little ugly animals screamed
and scratched and hit at ono another
until tho negro had scattered the con
tents of tlio wheelbarrow over tho
ground. Then, although it was well
scattered, all wanted to eat in ono place
just llko hogs, and there was considera
ble mora scratching and biting. But
this did not last long, for the rations
wero soon consumed by tho great drovo
of 'possums, nnd thoy commenced to dis
perse, seemingly contented, and this
timo climbed tho persimmon trees.
During the persimmon season tho 'pos
sums nro not fed nt all, for it is on this
fruit thoy becomo rolling fat and ready
for market.
Mr. Throckmorton ships five hundred
to eastern points and the cities through
out Georgia. They nveragohimSl each,
and ho makes quite a good tiling out of
it, as they aro practically no expense to
him. In shipping to Atlanta and Geor
gia points thoy nro generally dressed,
but tho majority go to Washington nnd
aro shipped there allvo. Tlio largo ship
ments to Washington nre perhaps duo to
tho average southern congressman's fond
ness for "baked 'possum and 'taters."
Griffin (Ga.) Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
Tho Way uf the Negro.
The ignorant, pleasure loving, happy-go-lucky
negro of Washington is as care
fully discriminating with referenco to
tho payment of bills as tho Insolvent
merchant who is making a list of pre
ferred creditors. Tho grocer or butcher
who trusts him is often likely to want for
his money until tho ink on tlio uccount
book becomes palo and Illegible, but tho
professional man the doctor or tho law
yeralways gets his money. Ho looks
upon a doctor with a kind of supersti
tious respect. The simplicity of his
mind makes him an uncanny being who
brings about wonderful results by means
mat can uo utile short of supernatural.
llo will bring his last fifty cents to a
doctor whom ho has employed and force
it upon mm, wiiethor ho wants It or not.
"Take it, boss," says he; "I'll bo hoo
dooed if you don't take it." Tho lawyer
is also regarded with awe becauso of his
mysterious connection with tho powers
of tho law, nnd iu most cases has little
trouble in collecting hU fees. Washing-
lull 1llllC,
According to Voltaire, forks were in
uso on tho continent in tho Thirteenth
nnd t-ourtconth centuries. This Is dis
puted. They wero not introduced into
England until tho beginning ot thu Seven
teenth century.
Neer Forget
That wo tako no "note of time," but
ot its loss.
That they who critlciso most nre often
most open to criticism.
That idleness und happiness may never
go uaiul in hand together.
That the chronic kicker does not al
ways monopolize tlio kicking business.
That it is better to bo burled und not
dead, than to bo dead aud not burled.
That fitness of things does not consist
In having your boots well blacked whllo
sitting for your picture, and at tlio samo
timo leaving your hair unbruehed.
That It is tho height of folly as well as
tho height of fashion, to never caro to
go to church or tho theatre, unlebs it is
presumed that there will bo such a
crowd that you can only get In with
uimculty, Good Housekeeping.
Thu Poor Tree.
The local department of this paper fell
out of n cherry tree Monday evening, or
miner sailed out of it on a broken branch,
which was not equal to holding tho com-
blued weight of local and a gallon ot
cherries in u tin roll. No lujury was
done, except to tlio trctv AsuUud (.0.)
times.
A PARTIAL CRIT16. '
"0 111 tie jrtrt, whom tjrsnty years
Mako you seem none the older
Since I hat spring day when lore' glad tear
Dade lMahfolnea be bolder, -"
Tell me, and hare you frrown more wise.
Or any more dUcernlrur,
Or are you more locllard to prise
The benefit ot learnlngr"
This lo my lore a birthday rhyme-
1 ftare when she was twenty;
Her UUle head up to that time
I'd fllled with books In plenty)
I'd ofTered Thackeray ana BcoU,
Shakespeare and some ot M llton.
To show her In a measure what
An education's built on.
I'd offered Wordsworth not too much
Xeata all, and bites of Shelley;
In Urowulng, whom I didn't touch,
I feared a casus belli I
I'd offered Tennyson and some
Of Swinburne, that would fro well
Aa splco with my selecUons from
Longfellow, Ilotmea and Lowell.
And now, the fruitful year at end.
The ripe result I sought for,
And wondered If her words would lend
Tho wisdom that I thought for.
Alas I yet I confess It fell
Like "Paid" upon a debtor
Said she, "I liked them very well;
1 like what you write better.'
P. Med erst In Harper's Magatua.
(Don't Forget Tour Opera Glaeees.
In connection with thn Portland wed
ding presents, a not unnmuslng story waa
current In London. A well known and
popular gentleman, on arriving at his
club from tlio theatre, discovered that
he had unwittingly annexed a pair ot
costly opera glasses in a dainty blue vel
vet caso. Ho at once Instructed thd lull
porter to restoro them to the owner, who
resided nt a certain number in Grosvenoi
crescent. Tlio servant, however, left;
them by mistako at tho same numlier in
Grosvenor place, whore they were re
garded In tho light of a very handsome
nnd most appropriate wedding present.
Tho owner became uneasy, but the por
ter was suro ho had made no mistake,
and tho mystery remained unsolved un
til tho lady In question accidentally saw
her glasses on tho ledgo of an opera box
occupied by 11 ducal party. An explana
tion then ensued, and tho matter was
amicably settled without the intarve
tlon of tho lawyers. London World.
The meeting of Childhood.
Blessed be childhood, which brings
down something of heaven into tho midst
of our rough earthltness, Thcso 80,000
daily blrtliB, ot which statistics toll us,
represent as It were an effusion of Inno
cence nnd freshness, struggling not only
against tho death of the race, but against
human corruption and the universal gan
grene of sin. All tho good and whole
some feeling which is intertwined with
childhood and tho cradlo is one of the
secrets of tho providential government
of tho world. Suppress this llto giving;
dew and human society would be scorched
and devastated by selfish passion. Sup
posing that humanity had been composed
of a thousand millions ot immortal be
ings, whose number could neither in
crease nor diminish, where should we
bo and what should wo bo I A thousand
times more learned, no doubt, but a
thousand times more evil. There would
havo been a vast accumulation of science, .
but all tho virtues engendered by suffer
ing nnd devotion that is to Bay, by the
family and society would have no exist
ence. And for this there would, bo no
compensation. Blessed bo childhood for
tho good that It does, and for tho good
which it brings about carelessly and un
conbclouslv by simply making us love H
and letting Itself bo loved. What little"
of paradise we see still on earth is due to
its presence nmong us. Without father
hood, without motherhood, I think that
lovo itself would not bo enough to pre
vent men from devouring each other-
men, that is to Bay, such as human pas
sions havo made them. The angels have
no need of birth and death as founda
tions for their life, because their life Is
heavenly. Amicl's Journal, translated
by Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
Strategy and Tactics.
A battlo does not consist, as many im
agine, in a grand advance ot victorious
lines of nttack, sweeping everything be-
roro thorn, or tho helter-skelter night of
the unfortunate defeated. The historian
must so present it in his descriptions,
tho artist in Ids paintings. Even the
writer of an official account must limit
himself to the presentation of such mo
ments as demand special treatment, or
to such episodes' as Involve important
and instructive tactical movements. Alt
thoso events which aro less striking,
which pass more quietly, but which,
nevertheless, contribute to the final re
sult, cannot be reproduced without too
much expansion. Those incidents whioh
110 nccount of tho battlo, official or un
official, takes any noto of, the thou
sand and one events observed only by the
participants, tlio innumerable cases In
which tho direction aud control of af
fairs glldo out of tlio bauds of the officers
theso aro tho little drops of water that
mako tho mighty ocean of battle and de
termine victory or defeat. United Ser
vice. Mistaking a Royalty.
Ono night nt n reception at Mrs. Ron
alds' while I was perched upon a sofa
watching tho brilliant assemblage, I fell
into conversation with a pleasant gentle
man seated beside mo, who wna very
curious about America and American
life. I told him a great deal about
America, and said that Americans In
England would not at onco know how to
address peoplo properly. "As for me,"
I said, "I am as green as a gooseberry on
this subject; even If I supposed you were
ono of tho nobility I should not know
how to address you. A few momenta
afterward Mrs. Ronalds said to mo: "Mr.
Wilder, that's n good tiling you've been
saying to tho Duke of Teck; you've made
an Impression upon tils highness." I re
plied: "Why, l haven't met the Duke 01
Teck; tho only gentleman I've been talk
ing to is standing over thcro." "Well,"
says Mrs. Ronalds, "that is the Duke of
Teck." Gracious! I am a little enough
fellow by nature, but just then you
might havo put mo in a pint cup. Mar
shall P. Wilder's Book.
Paper Pencils.
One ot the difficulties which have) stood
in tho way of tho substitution of paper
pulp for wood in the manufacture of pen
cils has leeu tho toughness of the paper'
covering, aud its consequent resistance
to tlio action 01 a knife, lly a new pro
cess which has been patented, tho mole
cular cohesion of the paper is modified
in Buch a manner that it can be cut aa
easily as cedar wood. The paper is first
of all mado Into tubes, and a quantity of
mem aro placed in a framo at tho lower
end of a cylinder. Tho substance which
Is to bo used as a marking material Is
placed In tho cylinder whllo In a plastic-
condition, nnd sufficient pressure is then
nppled to force It into the hollow centers
of the paper tubes. After tho comple
tion of the process the pencils aro grad
ually dried nt increasing temperatures
during a period of six days, and they
are then plunged into a vessel ot molten
parollluo wax, which has tho effect ot
modifying tho texture of paper pulp oa
described. Manufactures
and
Indus-
tries.
The Keeper.
A stranger, just arrived at a city board
ing house, whoso table and boarders he
found not at ull to his liking, fell into
conversation with a quiet looking lady
wno sat near mm in tho dining room.
"I say, madam. Bald he softly, "have
you been a prisoner long In this thla
meuagerier
"H'rol" said the lady; " 'prisoner isn't
exactly tho word iu my case. You see,
I'm tho landlady, and It's me that feed
tho aniinalst" Youth's Companion.
He Paid Ills Mire to Leaf Illm.
Nxw UnuNSWiCK, N. J., July 16. John
Bennett, a son of a wealthy farmer of Janus-
burg, N, J., and a married man, recently be-
came Infatuated wun an iruu gin namsxi
IlullfUb, aud is alleged to bare iwtd his wife
to leave him. He continued bis Improper re
lations with the girl aud gave bardaditit
property worth $12,000. The CU1 then Iat
him and imurUd uercooaua, snanBanud
Jebix. Utuuett W to be ksiiiat nisi nti,sV