Tiia Holy Ooat of Treves.
THE CARMKNT SAID TO IIAVK r.RKM
WOKN 11V TMK SAVIOLK liF.I UR;"
THE CRUCIFIXION.
American Catholics liavc begun a
pilgrimage to Troves. That is a long
journey to look upon a relic. Hut
this is an extraordinary relic one of
the most sacred in the keening of the
Catholic church.
Very old and famous is the city of
Treves, in Rhenish Prussia. It lies on
the riht bank of the Moselle, a ruin
of former magnificence. In Treves
are found the finest specimens of Ro
manesque architecture. Very splen
did is the cathedral. A hundred years
ago the city library contained 100,000
volumes. Hut the city is celebrated
above all other things because in it is
treasured the Holy Coat, which has re
ceived the most devout veneration from
all good Catholics.
It was St. Helena who gave the
coat to the city. It is said she was
born in Colchester, England, late in
the third century. She did not accept
Christianity until she was eighteen.
Then her zeal was extraordinary. Her
pilgrimage to Palestine in the fourth
century is a famous event in the histo
ry of the Catholic Church. The object
was to secure the cross upon which
the Saviour was crucified.
She found three crosses. The holy
one wa:; distinguished because it was
said a mere touch healed a helpless
invalid. While searching for the cross
St. Helena found the coat, the seam
less coat. She secured what was con
sidered positive proof that the Saviour
had worn the garment just before the
crucifixion. When St. Helena returned
to Europe she spent many years in
Treves, which was then a famous re
ligious cenire. She presented the coat
to the cathedral.
The first mention made of the coat
was in the fourth century. It appears
in the Gesta Trevirorum. For centur
ies after thct it was exhibited regularly.
The Hishop of Hruno was consecrated
in it in 1 1 2 r. In 1196 it was transla
ted from the chair to the high altar ol
the cathedral.
Then came the wars of the middle
ages. In order to preserve the coat
it was placed in the castle of Ehren
breutsein. There it remained for cen
turies, safely hidden away. In 1810,
with the permission of Napoleon, the
Bishop of Treves and Mgr. Mannay
had it brought back to the cathedral.
It was made a religious festival.
When it was placed upon exhibiton
j2o,ooo people flocked to see it. It
was exhibited every seven years until
1844. That year its exhibition was
one of the greatest religious excite
ment. Kleven Bishops and over two
million of the laity flocked to the city
between August 18 and October 6.
There were 9,000 from the United
States.
For a number of years petitions have
been made to the government asking
for permission to exhibit the Holy
Coat. Hitherto it has been refused.
Now it is expected that there will be a
tremendous movement to Treves. It
is said that 100,000 will go from Amer
ica. Don't read I Don't think 1 Don't
believe ! Now, are you better ? You
women who think that patent medi
cines are a humbug, and Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription the biggest hum-,
bug of the whole (because it's best
known of all) docs your lack-of-faith
cure come ?
It is very easy to "don't" in this
world. Suspicion always comes more
easily than confidence. But doubt
little faith never made a sick woman
well and the "Favorite Prescription"
has cured thousands of delicate, weak
women, which makes us think that our
"Prescription" is better than your
"don't believe". We're both honest.
Let us come together. You try Dr.
Tierce's Favorite Prescription. If it
doesn't do as represented, you get your
money again.
Where proofs so easy, can you af
ford to doubt.
. Little but active are Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets.
Best Liver Tills made; gentle, yet
thorough. They regulate and invigor
ate the liver, s'.omach and bowels
Must dome to it-
Customer (with little boy) Have
you good thick sole leather that a boy
can't wear through in a week ?
Cobbler The very best. Do you
want me to make a pair of shoes for
your boy ?
i Customer No, I want you to make
him a pair of pants. Good Neica.
f A Keal Ealsam is Kemp's Balsam
i The dictionary says, "A balsam is a
thick, pure aromatic substance flowing
from trees." Kemp's Balsam for the
throat and lungs is the only cough
medicine that is a real balsam. Many
thin, watery cough remedies are called
balsams, but such are not. Look
through a bottle of Kemp's Balsam
and notice what a pure, thick prepa
ration it is. ' If vou cough use Kemp's
Balsam. At all druggists'. Large
bottles 50 cents and $1.
Tax collector's notices and receipt
books for sale at this office. tf.
OhMdrenCryfor
Pitcher's Csstarla.
A LETT Kit TO A RAT.
Hotr It RhonM 11 Written Wlion (ha
llodrnl ! Aakrrt to Vara.
"DM you pv. r writo a letter to a rat?"
nfki'd Dr. NVweil, 1.10 fulklorifst. "Tlinro
Ik an old wiperstiiion to the pfTcrt that,
If It is deniri'il to drive ruts out of a houst;,
the boat pltm In to addrcs a formal note
to them requesting them to leav. la
cluing tli! it. in neeettsary Hint you sluill tin
very careful to Ml tliom exactly by what
route to go, to that tlipy may liave 110 ex
cuse for not obeying. Finally, the mis
nire should be well buttered 'ami tltrtmt
Into the rat hole. I onee daw utich a
letter that wa written to acolony of rata
In all serioimneim by the owner of the
premise which they were desired to
vacate. It read : 'Mors!. Rats : You are
respectfully asked to U-avo my house be
fore noon on the first of next month. If
you should not do to, you will be tnurli
disturbed, because In that event I pro.
pose to tear down the building. Permit
me to refer you to the barn of tnv friend,
Mr. X., on the high road just half a mild
north of here. It is well stocked with
grain, which will furnish you with food
for the winter. Yours, respectfully, &v..'
In a book published in the 10th century
I have discovered the form of a similni
letter recommended to be written to field
mice in case where they become annoy
ing. It resdt 'I adjure you, O mice,
neither to injure sne.nor yourselves. The
field at such and such a place, Monglnjr.
to my neighbor So and so, I freely givo
you to dwell ;n, and you can eat what
ever growg thre.' This inscription had
to be posted on a 'natural stone' in tho
infested field. The book referred to was
merely a compilation of old Latin author
ities many centuries back, bo that tho
superstition I speak of is evidently of
great antiquity."
An F.ltgllth Rector's lUapllallty.
It was recently stated that a number of
public houses in England were owned by
clergymen, and much surprino was ex
pressed that thny should have adopted
such a method of increasing their in
come. It now appears, however, that in
one ease, at least, tho ownership was as
sumed for a philanthropic rfiotive, noth
ing less, in fact, than that of seeking to
instill habits of temperance into tho peo
ple. The Rev. Mr. Mordaunt, a War
wickshire rector, has conducted a vil
lage hostelry for 14 years, with the aid of
a man and his wife, who, in addition to
their wages, get a commission on all eata
bles, but nothing on the drink sold. Beer
is the only liquor supplied, and as there
1h no other public house in the parish
persons who want that Artier English
beverage, gin. must go to some village
which does not have such a conscientious
rector.
Mr. Mordaunt's beer is said to be un
usually good; and yet his customers
drink little of it, and drunkenness has al
most entirely disappeared. A portion of
the profits of the hostelry has been de
voted to the sinking of wells and the
erection of pump; and the villagers, in
stead of spending their evenings and
earnings in a stuffy tap room, gather in
knots around their favorite pump and
discuss crops and politics to the creak of
the pump lutndlc. It is an idyllic picture
which is thus presented, and if all be
true the rector is doing a more practical
work of benevolence than are those of his
cloth who are formulating new systems
of theology. Philadelphia Record.
Obacnra Bays anal Great Men.
The record of most of the great states
men of the country tells a tale of humble
beginnings and early struggle against
adverse circumstances. This is the story
of the early life of Webster, Clay, Cal
houn, Benton, Douglas, Lincoln, Henry
Wilson, Feftsenden, Hamlin, Bell, Crit
tenden, Cass, Hale, Seward, Chase, and
the vast majority of the country's politi
cal celebrities. It holds good also for
most of the country's great warriors,
literateurs, and business men. And this
fact brings to our view tho further fact
that it is the farming districts and villages,
and not the large cities which provide
the great bulk of the men in every branch
of effort who leave their impress on tho
age in which they live. Nor is this cir
cumstance entirely peculiar to our own
times and to the United States, although
it has manifested itself more conspicu
ously and persistently here than else
where. This condition of things was
noticed aa far back aa the days of old
Rome. A commentator on the history of
the land of tho CaHturs said that of all tho
Romans who hold a prominent place in
literature four only Cwsar, Varro, Lu
cretius, and Marcus Aurelius were bom
in the Eternal City. This seems like a
reckless statement to be made of a State
which produced Cicero, Virgil, dvhl,
Horace, Tacitus, I'lautus, Terence, Sal
lust, Catullus, Seneca, the Plinys, Livy,
Juvenal, Martial, Nepos, Strain), Quin
tillian, and dozens of others of almost
equal ability aud influence, yet it appears
to be a close approach to fact
Country Ilouaee.
Many of the abandoned farms of New
Hampshire have been disposud of to city
people, who soon transform barren hill
sides into attractive summer homesteads.
Our fathers made farms for them
selves on hill tops that answered their
purpose very well for a few generations,
but did not retain their fertility. Their
descendants have now removed to lower
ground, and reclaimed the swamps and
intervales. The farms that were aban
doned ought to have been left to natu re
long before they were. No better use
pan be made of them than to let forest
treos cover them again. And let sum
mer homes of city people occupy the
more sightly locations, beautifying tho
landscape, and furnishing a market for
country produce of all kinds.
The superstition which builds ia mora
tolerable than that which demolishes
Uat which adorns a country than that
which deforms It that which endowa
than that which plunders that which
disposes to mistaken beneficences than
that which stimulates to real injustice.
' The true reward of work well dono la
the having done it. ,
The DrgLaw.
Judge Archibald, of Lackawanna,
and Judge Siltser, of Wyoming, last
week heard argumenc as to the figure
a do;; cuts in the criminal
law of the Stale. Harry Depue was
convicted of larceny, for stealing a
valuable dog from a friend, and was
sentenced to one month's imprison
ment. The next day lie was brought
into Court on a writ of habeas corpus,
and his counsel argued that he should
be discharged, and that there is no
larceny of a dog at common law, as a
dog is not property. The District At
torney opposed this, saying that the
fact that dogs are taxed shows that
the law docs recognize them as pro
perty. The two Judges refused to dis
charge the prisoner, and a writ of error
was obtained, and the case now goes
to Supreme Court to have the status
of a dog in law determine.
No Matter How Hard
any druggist tries to sell you his own
cough medicine, remember he does it
because he makes more money on it.
Insist on having Kemp's Balsam for
the throat or lungs, for there is no
cough remedy so pure and none so
quick to break up a cold. For in
fluenza, soreness of the throat and
tickling irritation with constant cough,
Kemp's P.alsam is an immediate cure.
Large bottles 50c and 1. At all drug
gists. All Oue.
He I never saw clothing so cheap
as it is now. Any man can divss like
a gentleman.
She Yes, indeed. So can the
dies. Ntio York Wet Id;.
The Purest and Best
la-
Articles known to medical science are
used in preparing Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Every ingredient is carefully selected,
personally examined, and only the best
retained. The medicine is prepared
under the supervision of thoroughly
competent pharmacists, and every step
in the process of manufacture is care
fully watched with a view to securing
in Hood's Sarsaparilla the best possi
ble result.
The Secret of Beauty.
Miss De Tlain Doctor, what is the
secret of beauty ?
Family Physician (confidentially)
Be born pretty. Good Xews.
Blood Poison
Is very liable to follow contact of the
hands or face with what is known as
poison ivy, especially in hot weather
or if the body is perspiring freely. The
trouble may subside for a time, only
to appear in aggravated form when op
portunity offers. The great purifying
powers of Hood's Sarsaparilla thor
oughly eradicate every trace of poison
frorr. the blood, as the cures it has ac
complished conclusively show. It al
so cures scrofula, salt rheum and other
affections arising from impure or pois
oned blood.
Cantaloupes left on the grass over
night will be nicely freshened by the
dew for breakfast. If you sit up all
night and watch them with a shot gun
you will have an excellent appetite
and a decided relish for the fruit.
Handsome Versus Homely.
Who is that fine looking lady that
we just passed, Clara? Why, that is
Mrs. Snow. Well, there, what a change;
when I saw her last, her skin was so
sallow and muddy looking, it's no won
der I didn't know her. What has pro
duced that lovely complexion? I
heard that she took Sulphur Bitters,
the great Blood Purifier, and now
would not be without them. S 2 1-21.
State ok Ohio, City ok Toledo,)
Lucas County, j 83'
Frank J. Chen-ey makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
F. J CHF.NKY & Co., doing business
in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm will
pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and ever)' case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of De
cember, A. D., 1SS6.
A. W. GLEASON,
Notaru Public.
Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Unsold by Druggists, 75c. 7-31-41..
Persons who have . engraved plates
for visiting cards, can have cards
printed from their plates at The Co
lumbian orhce. We are also
pared to fill orders for engraved
tations or cards on short notice.
pre-invi-
Our
work is done by one of the leading
engravers of Philadelphia, and is
guaranteed as to quality and style.
Samples can be seen on application.
Don't send out of town for what can
be ordered at home. tf.
1 unuaren cryroi
I Pitcher'? pastera,
i SEAL X
ARB WE
Right
or
Wrong
A Slioe Dressing must restore the bril
lisney of a worn shoe, nd at the same time
fratrvt the toftntst of the leather.
LADIES will the Dressing you are
using do both t Try it I
Tour dessert spoonful of your Dressing
into a saucer or butter plate, set it aside for
a few days, and it will dry to a substance
as hard nnd brittle as crushed glass. Can
such a Dressing be good for leather?
w,ff's ACME Blacking
will stnnd this test and dry as a thin, oily
film which is as flexible as rubber.
25 Dollart worth of Hew Furniture for
25 Cent- HOW 9 By painting
"25 square feet of Old Furniture with
WOLFF . RANDOLPH,
037 Worth Front Street. PHILADELPHIA,
tick HMiaaelm nod rellora all the troubtPS fnef.
rtont tn r llliou9 state of the nyritftm, buob
XdszlnfM, Muiiwii, Drowsiness, blntrofie aftes
eating, l' -'u iu the Kulo, to. Whilo their most
reiuuk&blo 0UCC6BS has been shown la cueing
nonallelic, yit Carter's LltUo Liver PITH are
erjinlly vuliuMo In Co netliMit Ion, curing nuil pre
Yeiitl:,tf till iHUiioyinffCOUplftint.whilo tUoyalfltf
correct nUdteordcrtiof tUotomrli,tlmiilato tha
lircr aud rubuluiu Uio bowels. Even it tac; only
'Acfcetlieywor.MboalmoalprlcfllMwtothowwtia
'fmffor from tUisiluUruftMingconiiilalnt; butfortu
xtatoly tbcirRoodncfledooe notondlnre,amltboM
vbo once try thorn will And theso llttlopillnTulu
eUjle In tommy ways that they will not be wil
ling to do nithoutthem. SutaftorallalckhoM
la the bans of so many Uvea that hers Is where
wemakeourgreatboaat. Our plUa core It while
Others do not.
1 Carter's Little Liver Fills are very small ana
very easy to take. One or two vl makea doae.
They are at riot ly redouble and do not gripe or
puree, but by their gentle action pleeaeall who
oe them. Xnvlalaat25centst ttveforSL. Sold
! tj druggists ererywhere, or aent by mail.
CARTER MEOIOINK CO., New York;
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE
" All AKISIS art ves Instnnt
n-lief and is an iiilnllil.lo
Cure for Piles. Prices 1. Ily
lruicirl!"Mirmnii. pnmnics
rree. AikircWANAKESIS,"
Box X416, New York City.
For Nothing
Self-Sacrifice comes natural to wo
men. Much of it is born in them, and
what is not is ground into them from
their childhood by education. For the
sake of her home duties a girl gives up'
amusements and privileges which her
brother would never be exptcted to
forego for the like reason. As she
grows older, this spirit grows, encour
aged by all tradition and outside influ
ence. Often its power masters her
altogether, and her life becomes one
long devotion to endless labor and ac
ceptance of unpleasant things, that
the pleasant part of living may be kept
sacred for the rest of the family.
The purely useless side of this en
tire self-abnegation must sometimes
strike the beholder. Such effacing of
individuality is not uncommon. And
it gives as little real benefit to the fam
ily as it does to the individual.
Putting aside the moral effect on
the younger members of a family
brought up to regard their mother as
a machine run for the family service,
does the woman who so gives herself
for the well-being of her family really
accomplish all she desires? If she
work without pause or slackening day
in and day out, does she always feel
satisfied, with admiring onlookers,
that it is the noblest way to so spend
her health and energies? If she re
nounces all recreation and higher life
for herself, and gives up all commun
ion of mind and spirit with her hus
band and children, is the reward ade
quate that is paid to them in a better
kept house, a more bountifully sup
plied larder, or handsomer clothes ?
If over- fatigue causes her to be
come petulant or complaining, is not
the atmosphere of home more greatly
injured than the added cleaning and
cooking can repair? If she is too worn
out to give sympathy and help to the
children's joys and sorrows, what do
the finer clothes and furniture obtained
avail ? And if, as sometimes happens,
outraged nature gives way, and others
must step into the breach, do their
own work and the played-out woman's
as well, and take care of her into the
bargain, what has she gained by her
extreme efforts that she has not lost
by the break down ?
A life laid down in a worthy cause
is not lost, but gained ; but is this
cause worthy? Harper' a Jiazar.
I Was Disgusted
with the learned doctors after swallow
ing their costly medicine in vain for
over a year for the relief of catarrh in
my head, wheu I cured myself by using
six bottles of Sulphur Bitters. My
wife is now taking thein for nervous
debility. Abiet Carter, J'atker
House, Jtonton. 8 2i-jt.
CARTERS!
mm
mi cc
tft anybody
will qfyew poor
jaluj tobacco
wFjeri tfjey can
et tfe genuine
If hs f.0suj3e
riorand NO
equal at Tfe.
jbrice.
It is wortt
Your
wfjile. to vtry
it. There's prf,
arid 'pleasure forlOU
in old Honesty "fbiSacco
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J-IMITED.
MILTON, Pa.,
D SALENS IN
PIAWQS,
By tbe following well-known makers :
Chickering,
Knabc,
Weber,
Hallet & Davis.
Can also furnish any of the
cheaper makes at manufact
urers' prices. Do not buy a
piano before getting our prices.
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On application.
FOR THE BLOOD-
Kfal
4
Constipation, Lame Back and
Headache it proves its worth in one
dose as it will cure the worst cases of
Billious troubles. Manners' Double
Extract Sarsaparilla can be given to
children as well as to adults. Mrs.
Thos. Morton, of Avoca, Pa., says that
it is the best for constipated children.
For Pimples, Boils, Rash and Eczema
it cannot be beat. For Erysipelas,
Scrofula and Salt Rheum it has no
equal. Once tried and it proves the
home friend. If your druggist does not
keep it, have him get it for you, and
you will never regret it. For sale by
all druggists, also at Moyer Bros.,
Wholesale & Retail, Druggists. Price
50c a bott'e.
.OLD
oEST.Y
(Trade-Mark)
ANV TIIINr: yof MAY WANT FI!OM N. Y.
CITY I WILL OET FOH YOf I
MY EAP.GAIN SOUNTEii :
Till Ihti opportunity torlnb tnfptlior with
your rrlfiiriKloicf't wliut you iiPfd'n' wiioi.k
(Ai.R nw yohk rmi-M. Any nrtlr lo in tlilH list
will be wiit tor 10 rt nts. Your clmii-puf H lor
i'vtK. flfoMViK. 9i(iru: ts, u furMcts, ID lor
nfcm. id lor sum.
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T.lricn Xnpkln, Iyakuxkck rokfi.imi, Lump
Hurrier. Ccy-rliiir. Siitln uikii piixteii iiih-hhIi.
tin. or Sft 'ht't hug, ntylish hold i i.atkd KreiiHt
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kins, HRAl'Tim. KOI.PINO KAW. CHAW t. KTRA1',
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lieckors, Dpiulno. Pliiylnif OircU, Autograph
i tlntMl leaves, Imported bordered llntidker
eliler. Ilurnioiileit, 'lollet sonp. Boxwood l.'ule
Jit, Sateen Necktie dark or llirlitHliades. Needlti
Hook. I'orket Hook tine leather. Memorandum
Kilt tdge.Hllvered plu. Ac, Aildres! orders to
I. K. niCKEHT,
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cents' fu?.:;i:h:ng goods,
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caii ana examine the largest and best
selected stock of eoods ever shown m
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which govern the operations 01 digestion and
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line properties of well-selected Cocoa. Mr. Eppa
has provided our breakfast tables with a dull-
eately flavored bi-veniK'e which may save ud
many heavy doctors' bills. Ir is by the Judicious
use of such articles ot diet that a constitution
may dp gradually built up until stroujr enough
to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds
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may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping our
selves well fori tried with pure blood aud a prop
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