THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. JAPANESE MASSACRE ANJ) HOR RID ATROCUTIES- Cruol Barbarities of Three Dayt' Dura Hon.--Over 2.000 Defenseless Be ing! Wantonly Put lo Death. James Creclman, of New York, has furnished his home papers full details of the taking of Port Arthur by ihe Japanese. His account abounds in horrors unknown to the civilized and christianized world. Smarting under their continued defeat the Chinese ' have, no doubt, been most cruel in their treatment of what few Japanese prisoners they have taken and the brutal massacre at Port Arthur was in retaliation. The correspondent says there is no longer a Chinese army proper, and the advance of the Japan ese is therefore one of wreckless aban don and a continuous march of con quest. Ashamed of their own barbari ties great efforts were made to induce the war correspor.dents to shut their eyes to the wilful and brutal waste of life. It was the law of war to kill tne soldiers of the enemy who resisted and could not be taken prisoners, it was argued. But the correspondents would not be hoodwinked, and point ed to the murder of hundreds of un offending inhabitant!!, women and children, and refused to conceal from the world the bloody work of the armed assassins. Mr. Creclman sas : "Japan stands disgraced before tiie world. She has violated the Geneva convention, dishonored and profaned the Red Cross and banished human ity and mercy from her councils. Victory and, now. lust for dominion have set her mad." It is true that when the Japanese troops poured into Port Arthur they saw the heads of their slain comrades hanging by cords, with the noses and y ears gone. There was a rude arch in the main street decorated with bloody Japanese heads. A great slaughter followed. The infuriated soldiers killed-every one they saw. No attempt to take prisoners was made. I saw a man who was kneel ing to the troops aud begging for mercy pinned to the ground with a hvonpt. while his hpad w.is hacked off with a sword. Another Chinaman cowered in a coner while a squad of soldiers shot him to pieces. An old man on his knees in the street was cut almost in two. Another poor wretch was shot on a roof top. Still another fell in the street and was bayonetted through the back a dozen times. Just below me was a hospital flying the Red Cross flag, but the Japanese fired upon the unarmed man who came out of the doorway. A merchant in a fur cap knelt down and raised his hands in entreaty. As the soldiers shot him he put his hands over his face. I saw his corpse the next diy. It was slashed beyond recognition. Women and children were hunted and shot at as they li.d to the hills with their protectors. The town was sacked from end to end and , the inhabitants were butchered in their own homes. About 5 o'clock there was a sound of music on the parade ground, where all the Generals were assembled with the Field Marshal ill save Noghi, who had gone in pursuit of the retreat ing enemy. What cheering and what hand-shaking 1 What solemn strains from the band ! And all the while we could hear the rattle of rifle volleys in the streets, and knew that helpless people of the town were being slaughtered in cold blood and their homes pillaged. That was the coldest night of the year. The thermometer dropped to twenty degrees above ero. While the women and children were freezing out in the mountains the work of ex terminating the men went on all night. In the morning I walked through the"treet. Everywhere I saw bodies torn and mangled as if by wild beasts. The slain shopkeepers lay piled in the roadway, with tears froxen in their eyes and bloody icicles hanging from their wounds. Dogs were whimpering over the stark corpses of their masters. Here and there the famished animals were tearing at the flesh of human bodies still warm. While in company with Mr. Cowan I came across a corpse which had been beheaded. The head lay two or three yards away and a dog was tearing the neck. A Japanese sentry looked on and laughed. Then I saw a white haired, tooth less merchant disemboweled on the threshold of his own shop, which had been looted. Another victim had his breast ripped opened by a Japanese sword, and a pet dog lay shivering under his arms. There was a dead woman lying in der a heap of slain men in every con ceivable attitude of agony and suppli cation. At one corner there were twenty five corpses in a pile. The soldiers had been so close to their victims that the clothes had caught fire and partly roasted the dying mn, Twenty feet away was a white bearded wrinkled man with his throat cut and his eyes and tongue torn out. Nowhere the signs of a weapon, no- where the sign of war. It was a sight that would damn the fairest nation on earth Ihe Japanes- had tasti blood, and the woik went on the second day. I saw soldiers trampling over the twitching bodies of dying men to rob their houses. There was no attempt to conceal the appalling crimes. Shame had vanished. It ws heait- rending to see men dodging around corners like hunted beasts and kneel ing for mercy but getting none. All through the second day the reign of murder continued. Hundreds and hundreds were killed. Out on the road alone there were 227 corpses At least forty were shot down with their hands tied behind them. Just at dawn on the morning of the third day after the battle I was awik ened by the sound of rifle shots. They were still at it. I went out and saw a body of soldiers, led by an officer, chasing three men. One carried a naked infant in his arms. As he ran he dropped the baby. I found it an hour later, dead. Two of the men were shot down. The third, the father of the baby, tripped and fe 1. In an instant a soldier had pounced upon his back with a naked bayonet in his hand. I ran forward and made the sign of the Red Cross on the white non com batant's bandage around my arm, but the appeal was useless. The bayonet was plunged three or four times into the neck of the prostrate man, and then he was left to grasp his life out on the. ground. I hurried back to my quarters and awakened Frederick Villiers, who went with me to the spot where I had left the dying mar He was dead, but his wounds were still smoking. While we were bending over the corpse we heard shooting a few rots around a road and went forward to see what it was. We saw an old man standing in the road with his hands tied behind his back. On the ground beside him were the writhing boxes of three other pinioned men who had been shot. As we advanced a soldier shot the old man down. ' He lay in the road on his back, groaning and rolling his eyes. The soldiers tore nis shirt away to see the blood run from his breast and shot him a second time. His features twitched and his body was convulsed with pain. The soldiers spat in his face and jeered at him. We turned away from the place. Remember, this was the third day after the battle. Next day I went in company with Mr. Villiers to see a court-yard filled with mutilated corpses. As we entered we surprised two soldiers bending over one of the bodies. One had a knife in his hand. They had ripped open the corps and were cutting the heart out. When they saw us they cowered and tried to hide their faces. I am satisfied that not more than 100 Chinamen were killed in-fair battle at Port Aithur. and that at least 2,000 unarmed men were put to death. It may be called the natural result of the fury of troops who have'seen the mutilated corpses of their com rades, or it may be called retaliation, but no civilized nation could be capable of the atrocities I have wit nessed in Port Arthur. Every scene I have described I have looked upon myself, either in the presence of the American and British military attaches or in the company of Mr. Cowan or Air. Villiers. This may be warfare, but it is the warfare of savages. It takes more than one generation to civilize a peo ple. The Field Marshal and all his Generals were aware that the massa cre was beirg continued day after day. A Lady "With 2,600 Pipes. There is a ladv in Paris named Bide. She must be a strange wonun, or a new woman, for she has a mania for smoking. This is not so eccentric in itself, perhaps; the eccentricity comes in when her failing inspires her with a desire to color meerschaum pipes. Arrested for theft, the police searched her flat and discovered no less than 2,600 pipes of this descrip tion, thirty-nine beiug well colored. To possess so many is a decided a chievemenr. to color nearlv fnrtv i still more noteworthy. alme. or Mile. Bide will have to " bide a wee ' in prison, where pipes are colored not ana meerschaums are at rest. Mrs. YaDderbilt's Necklace. Mrs. Willie K. Vanrterhilt haa a diamond necklace which is considered unique even among New York jewels. It is the realization of a cirlish ilrp.nn as ambitious as most of the ideas cf this strong willed lady. The necklace is a string of unset diamonds, each one of peifect color, faultless shape and clear as a drop of water. As one . 1 f sees mem trom the orchestra when their wearer is seated in her box at the opera they look like a string cf me encircling ner white neck. The gems are strum? like heads nn a fin gold wire. HeaVt Disease Believed in 30 Minutes. -Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gives perfect relief in all cases of Or ganic or Sympathetic Heart Disease in 30 minutes, and speedily effects a cure. It is a peerless remedy for Pal pitation, Shortness of Breath, Smoth ering Spells, Pain in Left Side and all symptoms of a Diseased Heart. One dose convinces. Sold by W. S. Rish ton. 6.,s-,y. , Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. WE'RE GROWING FAT. Thin Wreni! In l thu I.nllrr-DaT Ten ilonrjr f Ameriratia. Ill many ways tvp arc nmJe awnro tliat wp llvo In an ritfp wlini tnou tend to iiiVpme tiffin'. The lulrort.iseiih'iit ctihiimift In our iicwsikipcm lmir cimi Blunt witness to Hie faot that anti-fat rpiiiiillcs nre In lnruo ilcmainl. t'ntll with n ten yen i-H sueh advertisement wort rarely seen. The evltlene of our eyes ns wo walk through the tw.sl ih'j street of any tf our cities in sures those of us who are old enough to rotwll the business men of the pre codeliy generation that the American citizen of ipxxl clreuinstnees Is moro literally a solid man" to-day tliau ho used to be. A glance at tho portraits of tho "whole line of our presidents conflriim the belief th.it our national physical type Is becoming more ortly. Tho im.Mt-hclltim presidents have been weightier men than their predecessors. Abraham Lincoln was tho bust of our cliicf magistrates who In ny way Jus tified the traditioniil Uncle Sam. t:ill. Angular ami s)aro of flesh. All wli hare followed him linve been men of good avoirdupois. (Jrant and Hayes were the least corpulent of them, nml they were both men of Ample girth, niid weight. Carlleld and Arthur both made formidable Impressions on t'lt scales, and Mr. Cleveland Is cast lr the same massive mold. Most of our cartooirsts have taken t'he hint nnd n longer present t'nele Sum as a marvel of length nnd leanness, but as a gen tleman of well-rounded form whoso food obrion.sly agrees with h'm. .So marked has rhe Inclination to obesity become among ns that we nrij constantly hearing of prominent citi zens who feel constrained to uinlerg-) vigorous courses of diet or trainliu t rid themselves of uiprrfluus flesh. The normal weight of a man vh.a height is five feet six Indies Is tixod at H."i pounds, and If ii(? Is a s'.x fooii r nt ITS pounds. Allow about six Munds, more or less, for erery inch of Increased or decreased height, and the normal we'ght can be ascertained. Neverli'.ieh ss, many men, nnd probably the majority, carry more than I heir due allowance of tissue, and unlc 'nj excess Is very marked rhey do so ' .It out discomfort. It may. Indeed. ! doubted If the fad of "training down" Is not in danger of being overdone. A moderate store of fat, accord ng to ex cellent medical aurhorlty, tends to re duce the wear aud tear of Jlie ner vous system, and acta also as a sort of savings bank of vital power, to be drawn uion In an emergency. In cou flniKition of this view of die matter It Is often said that athletes have fail ed In severe competitive teats because they were "trained down too flue." He Ate Flooring Nalla. An Inquest was held at the County Asylum, Lancaster, England, recently, by Mr. Holden, respecting the death of William Fltzpatrick, forty-four years of age. Ir. Gommel, of tho asylum staff, sa'd deceased wa admitted In 1877, and was formerly a weaver in Oa waldtwlstle. He was forty-four years of age, and bad been under the care of witnesses at Intervals during the past five or six years. Deceased liad been an obedient and quiet patient, and he had never heard of him at tempting anything of that kind before. Deceased looked pale when brought to him. and told blnj the same story ns to the nulls. He put lilni to bed. and found a foreign body oc cupies the upper portion of the abdomen. After consultation he decided to op erate as tihere was a remote chance of saving his life. The operation was necessarily tedious and dangerous, nnd lasted a couple of hours. He found 192 flooring nails, varying from three Inches to one nnd a half In lengtih, the smallest be'ng a tack. There was also a half-screw vail, two buttons, a piece itf wire, and a mans of matted hair. The operation wns completed alxut 7 o'clock, and the pa tient sunk and died about 11 o'clock. He was satisfied that deceased had got the nails from a heap of old iron. The caue cf death wus shock, consequent on tho operation. Tho mucous mem brane of ihe stomach was lacerated by the nails. The other portions of tho body woe right. The nailed we'ghd one pound nine and a half ounces and nnd must have been in fhestoinach twenty-four hours. The jury returned a verdict of death from shock to the system. Ash ton (Eng.) Reporter. To Mki Sunlight. Nicola Tcsla, whose wonderful achievements in the lino of electricity nre well known, thinks that he will be aide to produce sunlight on the earrh at will. He says that the light of tho sun Ij tho result of electric vibrations hi the 1)4,000,000 miles ot ether that separate us from that limmlnary, nnd does not proceed from a great central fire, as the scientists iinve nil along held. If these vibrations can be re produced, the light will follow. Tho ; rapidity of Wig vibrations In a second i necessary to produce the des'red re ! suit in, ho says, expressed by the fig ure 5 with fourteen ciphers annexed, nnd he Is now trying to build a ma chine which will produce these vlbra 1tioiw. It would appear from what ho 1 pays that this vibration must be pro , duced in nothing, or what comes next to nothing -ether for he assorts that if one had a solid chunk of steel ns big ns a house, and could communi cate to it this vibration, It would ln- stantlv be atomized and disappear. A Carious Employment. Ont. Where were you employed iast? Man Servant At a writing mas ter's, e Gent. What were you required to do? Man Servant I had to keep sliak'ng the table when a new pupil wrote the words: 'This is my haudwiiting be fore commencing to tako lessons.' " T:ik. Cnrlonii Food. A few months ago, as two men wer& walking along tho cnnal banks of a Wiltshire town they met a boatman, leading along a very thin and worn looking horse. One of the men asked him what ho fed his horse on, when lie answered: "Butter-tubs, you fool: rnn't ! 0i hoopar Loudon Answers. . Are You When you nro in n low utato of lienllh, nnd on the vergo cf Illness, there is no nourishment in tho world like Scott's Emulsion to restore B'rcngth. Scott's Tlmulsioa nourishes, BfrcnRlh- TNABt MAHM. Scott & Bowne, N. Y. All ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IX Cigars, Tctacco. Candies, Fruits and Nuts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. TSTiT"r GOOD3 -A. QZPlzaZUTT, ' SOLE AGENTS FOR F .F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Sole agents for the following brands of Cigars- Hoary Clay, Loadras, Normal, Indian Princess, Sarnscn, Silver Ash Bloomsburg Pa. "Where dirt gathers, waste rules." Great saving results from the use of APOLIO I AM NOW A MAN! Chicago. Oct Mf99. "I wu troubled with niiinn nd varicocele, and hud been nexualljr wnk for wren rmir. lurinir the taut four imn I tiiod wvery wmodr Oint wu o.d A3 HI wa: anu no, no rmini lor nn i ir.f trouble until I too CA LTHC9U cured and U rcaturvri in mid 1 um now mun," j Fl strut (rwai mi oT Uwn4 mt lttfb rettWed bj M.J U Addreso VOPJ MOHL CO., SrJo B. F. Sharpless, Pres. N. U. Funk, Sec. C. II. Campeell, Treas. CBLOOMSBURCO LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. Capital Stock, $30,000. Plotted property is in the coininc business ppntrA nf tho town. It includes also part of equal in desirability for residence Muiuc, ljib are ottered in a short time. No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to mate money. Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished nn r. plication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Saks Agent, or any member of the Board'of Directors. BOARD OF B. F. Sharpless: C. W. Nem,, A. G. Dk. II. W. McReynolps, I v-iock MnrintT iiiade. fOnlv Perfect Comh. rv, - . . , 1 :ua,ra . " T eourmm-nn. hand.., BPUISU It Mi 7 THE POSITIVE! niinr. I ELY liltOTHERS. M Wim ST. ELMO HOTEL MAIN STREET NEAR IRON, Having purchased this hotel from J. L. Girton, I respectfully ask a fair Bhare of public patronage. The house is provided with all modern conven iences, the table is supplied in first ss style, and the bar is stocked wich all fine wines, liquors and cigari. IT. F. Dietterich, PROPRIETOR fee s, : yr -I f? A l?!!E HEAD NOISES CURED, tlBFahft&MT Nnn.(n. L.' 1 1 i c k 1 1. Vow Yurk, tvU depot. Scud for iHMik and iruofa FMKE, Fortified? enn, iromolc3 tho making 01 noim flesh, enrichea tho llood nnd tones up tho wholo F'stcni. Tor Coughs, G0IJ3, Eora Throat, IrorxLitis, 7cak Ln'gs, Oonsutrpt'on, Scrofula, Anosmia, ' LoEaofrissh, Thin Balics, Vcak Oliililrcn, aad all conditions cf Wasting. Bur enhj tho genuine! It lir3 our trado ma: k oa salmon-colvrcd wrapper. Sen J 'for pamphlet en Srof't F.miihien, FREE. Druggets. 60 cents end SI. We wilt ctid you the mnr- vcioiis rrriicn preparation CALTHOS free, by nt-altd mail, and a legal guarantee that Caltuos will CTflD A" niwharcM 4 WIUI tauwm, CURErn:,rf,,v"1- RESTORE Loot Vlroik ! r '1 r i'.i. 1 use 11 cf pay if sausjica. Amsrican Afjents, Cincinnati, O. man., the factory district, nml lma nn purposes. at values that will be doubled DIRECTORS. T L Dilt.ov. Briggs, Dk. I. W. Wilt.. N. L. Fuxk. Spring Curry Comb soft n n Hmcii . rJl iTiT T' i t J. .... i .. An? , , ' ,Y' ulm u iwnium ana . ivcauing Itorsemca of the World " uiuiicu post ptilil 2t confa COM CO. 104 LtAptto tit, South l.d, Iadiant ll-B-iM-A B BU Mew York. Price so cU.1 , NOTICE. Farmers and Fruit Crowers. Before ordorlng tor Sprlnif of us, send for our c5uoiitfUe' WUlcU W9 wm luftU P'- Aoplo at no ti lie per loo ; Pears. Plums and Cherries ul $18 to tiS per luo PeucUea it iua to The Rochester Nursery Co., T;"' 14-vhIh' d. BREAKFAST-SUPPER. EPPS9S GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. COCOA BOILING WATER OR MILK. cv.ru k '.ufwi 1 "a ci-l -l 1 ILook Mere ! Do you want u Do yon want nn Do you want a 0eyii)JVKit51ii)e? Do you want uuv klna of u MUSICAL IN STRUMENT? Do you want SHEET MUSIC? If so, do not send your mon ey away from home, but deal with a reliable dealer right here, xvho will make things right, if there is anything wrong. For anything in this line the place to go is to J Snltzer's, Ware-rooms, Main Street be. low Market. E. A. RAWLINGS. PKALER IN All Kinds of Meat. Beef, Veal, Lamb. Mutton, Pork, Hams, Bacon, Tongues, Bclogna, &c. Free Delivery to all parts of the town. CENTRE STREET, C H. REICE'S OLS STAND. BLOOMSBURC, PA. Bring The Babies. it'Rlantaiieoni Process faed. Strictly first class guaranteed photo graphs, era) ens and copies at reason ab le prices. We use exclusively the Collodion Aristotype papers, thus se curing greater beauty of finish and permanency of results. CAP WELL, MARKET SOUARE CALLERY. 3-ll-lyr. over Hartman's Store. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. CORBICTID WI1ILT. BITaU raid. Butter per lb $ ,24 Eggs per dozen 6 Lard per lb , I2J Ham per pound .13 Pork, whole, per pound 07 to .oi Beef, quarter, per pound. . . . 06 to .08 Wheat per bushel 70 Oats " " .45 Rye " " .65 Wheat flour per bbl a.85 Hay per ton 14.00 to 16.00 Potatoes per bushel .70 Turnips " " t$ Onions " " , 1.00 Sweet potatoes per peck as to .30 Tallow per lb 04 Shoulder " " V.V... .10 Side meat " " ,', ,10 Vinegar, per qt " 07 Dried apples per lb 05 Dried cherries, pitted .16 Raspberries " .16 Cow Hides per lb 03 Steer " . " 01 Calf Skin 40 to .50 Sheep pelts 60 Shelled com per bus .75 Corn meal, cwt t oo Bran, 1 1 no Chop " i,2j Middlings " 1.10 Chickens per lb new. 10 " "old 10 Turkeys " is Geese " , ,10 Ducks " , . . ' ' ' ,10 Coal. No. 6, delivered .40 " 4 and s 3.50 " 6 at yard " 4 and s at yard. 3.15 IK'J PARKER'S . HAIR BALSAM XYlSa and U.iilillM Hi. naif. "yUK-- I ruuiulrt a luxun.ilt truwth. 7iJli' rS Nvor I"alla to Beatora Uraj -"T Hair -to It. Youtlilul Color. Vf'f'ii Cuna Kalp dim a h.lr l.uu. j.Jf.-J Jlc.nd l mat DnJUlliiU . '""'lei. Iliil,ly, InJi.MdoB.Win.Talnlal""-"-' flNPERCORNS. Tha onlraur. cure l.r Cam auaiu. ai i.fuWuta, ul lllatci a it, a-
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers