THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. ACCtOENT TO A HORSETHIEF. Trijjtm4 Hei Considered the Shrieking ef the Rape. Watra Judge "Too re charged, Jr. with bclnf the trader of ft prty which hunted down and lynched a Harm thief. The days bare iron by when clt liens of this (mat Common wealth ran thus take the law into (Mr own hand hence your arrest. Wfctt hare you ta My 7" Prominent Qitlcen I ain't jrullty, JMfe. I'll tell yon how It was. We ought the feller and tied his hands and feiit. Notbln' wrong about that, waa Umto, J edge ' Ho, that was no doufct nooeawary." Wal, J edge, there was a storm omln' up, and we couldn't spare him m miahreila very well, so wo stood hint under a tree. That was all right, wasn't ltr v XtertAlnly." "Well, the cloud kept gatherln' an' tttt wind was blow In' pretty high, u4 we didn't want htm blown away, o we tied a rope around his neck and sasti nod the Uht rad to the limb akwre not tight, Jedge, Just so as to bold him and we left him tan din' aN on his feet Nothing wrong akoot that, was there?' "Hothlng at all." "Then I kin be excused, can't I?" "But the man waa found subtended fasaa that tree, and stoue dd tho nut morning." "None of us had anything to do wtth. thftt, Jcdge. Tou see, we left him atandln' there In good health and spirits, for we give him all he could drink whn we said 'good-bye; but, jsm see, durla' the night rain came up an I s'poso ths rope got purty wet aad shrunk a couple o' feet That's how the sad accident happened, Jfedge."-New York Weekly. Serpent on s Florida Key. Black Tolnt Key, Florida, is now luaawa as "Snake" Key, from the fact tfat a huge Brazilian boa has had esmtrol of the Inland, much to the ter ror of the guides who go there and tb few Inhabitants of the close-by latsnds .The story Is that several years ago a steamer with a circus on hnard foundered off the Island. The saake was then posrfbly ten feet long, but tellable persons state that It Is aw thirty feet long, and of generous pjrogortkma otherwise. Indian guides r afraid to go there since two of heir number were killed by some mysterious thing, and the snake was Mimed for It Several other persons who ventured to land have disap peared, and tourists cannot now get aides to go there to explore the island, which la about fifty acres in ex tant and thickly grown with low hraba. St Louis Globe-Democrat Strictly True. Here la one of Dean Hole's stories: A chairman, after a depressing ad Teas, assured the speaker that his iMsuiiii ne was "moving, soothing and satisfying." When reproved the next aornlug for having commended a dls mml failure, he denied the charge, and Maintained that he had uttered no ap probation, but staple facts namely, the lecture was "moving," be- a large proportion of the audi- fldgeted and left their seats, and artcrai left the room; It was "sootb kap,' because many fell asleep; and it "satisfying," because there was a single person present who had bad quite enough. Breeding Ground Hogs for Food. Mr. Ile.nry Singer, a well known aod thrifty farmer of Duvnll Station, In this county, baa been do soasticatlng the ground hog with ranch success. Mr. Singer found a Borrow in which he captured seven sen ground hogs, and taking them to small lot on bis place, he built a close wire fence through which none raid escape, and be has killed and salted away a great many, and will woke them dry, as Kentucky farm sea do with ordinary pork. The ground bog when so cured is a great delicacy. Canada! Mother-ln-Law. Tane late Monslgnor Fabrc, Bishop at Montreal, was a thorough Gaul In temperament and sympathies, and did aat hesitate to express the latter in tangent bon mots, some of which have become legendary. Dining one day at the tablo of the Governor fianeral of the Dominion, he reform! la coarse of conversation to "France, oar mother." "France your mother!" brake in the Governor; "what, then, ia KagUtnd to you?" The Bishop aadliagly shrugged his shoulders and seplled: "Our mother-in-law." Les Bea Weekly. Not Exactly Fair. "Have you anything to say before sentence Is pronounced against you?" asked the Judge. "The only thing I'm ktckla' about," answered the con victed burglar, "Is betn' Identified by a man that kept his head under the bed elethes the whole time. Tbafs wraag." College Newspapers. Daily newspapers are now published by students In ten colleges and uni versities In the United States Tale, Harvard. Cornell, Princeton, Brown, Stanford, Tulane, University of Penn sylvania, University of Wisconsin and University of Michigan. New York Tribune. Fertilising lied Clovei. Jin English writer recalls the curi ous fact that when red clover was first grown In Australia It never seed ed, because the tongue of the native bos waa too short to reach the pollen. The work of fertlllclng the red clover la chiefly 'done by the long-tongued bumble pas. LAYING DOWN THE LAW. And Row It Was Carried Oat to the Satis faction of All Concerned. "Some years ago," said the profes sor, "I bought a tract of Iron and coal laud In southern Missouri. There were a lot of squatters on the prem ises, but I anticipated no trouble In having them vacate. "Armed with a deed, nnd nothing more formidable, I went down to take possession. "When I bad explained my purpose to two or three of the squatters whom I happened to come upon fishing In one of my Btreams, they entered no protest, but looked at one another and said I had better see Spud Dcar Ing, as be was the man they had chosen to do the business of the col ony. I tried to Impress them with the fact that there was really no business to be done. They were trespassers, the property was mine, and they would have to leave. They made uo sign as to the merits of the question, but told roe to see Spod. 'He warn't no eddlcated law'er, but be knowed bis biiH'ness.' "'Howdy,' was Spud's salutation. 'I hcarn you bought this place,' ho an nounced with startlWtg promptness. 'Weuns kim here an' opened up luu' an' raised trnck and r"ared our fani' lies an' 'stabllshed a buryln' groun' an' made all our 'rangements ter live an' die here. If s too late ter change our plans. But they hain't nothln mean 'bout us fellers. I 'tend ter bus'ness for all of 'em, and' it won't 'tain you more'n three minutes. You kin come in here an' raise crops an' dig in yer mines, but we mus' have tu' cabins an' th' little patches we's got an' stay here. Nobody else kin bother you. Thet's th' law, an' th rest of It is that ef you don't agree you'll be planted right here on yer own lan'.' "I agreed and never made a better bargain. I don't miss what Spud and his colony take, and they see to It faithfully that no one else takes any thing." Detroit Free IYess. Newsboy Wit. On a train pulling up for a short stop at a certain rail way -station an affect edly benevolent lady-passenger, call ing a diminutive newsboy, proceeded to overhaul the assortment of papers, the boy therefore, expecting to effect a good sale. Having deliberately examined each and every Illustration In bis stock-in-trade, she, to the lad's natural sur prise, declined to buy anything. Evidently the youngster was rather taken aback by the feminine filibust er's colossal audacity, and be fell back a pace or two with deep dlsguRt writ ten In every line of his Intelligent phiz. He proved equal to the occasion, bow ever. Stepping forward again, he, with all the withering sarcasm at bis command, remarked aloud: "Beggln yo'r pardln. Mrs. Million aire, I thought as ev'rybody knew it was my Job to sell these 'ere Journlls, betsettera; but It seems as you've tak en me for a bloom In' free Uberary!" Bass Viol Pnxsled Him. The company of one of the opera houses at the close of a London sea son, bad arrived at Liverpool to cm bark for a continetal tour. The musi cal Instruments were being shipped with the rest, and among them was the double bass, or . "big fiddle," as it ia also called, not cased, as usual, for this member of the string family will stand a little rough treatment. A bluff seaman was discovered se cretly watching it with wondering eyes. He was asked his reason for standing thus Idle. "Well, yer know," said Jack, "I'm JuBt waiting for to see the length of the bloke's arm that can play that there fiddle." Musical Anecdotes. Delicately Organised. Those who enjoy the possession of singing birds should not forget that they are extremely nervous In their organization. In nine cases out of ev ery ten, wbAn birds lose their song, It Is becauso they have been frightened. They are so high strung in the matter of nerves that a fright results In par alysis, which in many cases Is perma nent Persons should never show a stuffed or dead bird to a caged bird. Numbers of birds have been fright ened out of the song by seeing stuffed birds on the hats and bonnets of la dles. How Isinglass Is Made. Most people take isinglass to be a mineral production, but such Is not the case. Isinglass Is prepared from the air bladders of giant sturgeons, a speclea of fish which Inhabit the Cas pian Sea and Its tributary rivers. These fish average 25 feet In length, and It Is said to take the bladders of 17 good-sized ones to make three pounds of the glass. From Hard- Large Fees for a Discovery. For inoculating the Russian Em press and her son Paul against small pox In 1768 Baron Di mad ale received $50,000 as a fee, $10,000 for expenses, and an annuity of $2,500, while, In ad dition to all this, he was granted the title of Baron. This was just thirty years before Jenner'a discovery of vaccination, for which Parliament granted him $150,000 altogether. Invariable. "Where' do bad little hoys go when they die?" "Dunno. But Uncle narry says It's the same place good little boys go to when they grow up." Truth. Fling: "And did the stage have the appearance of a real garden In the garden scene?" Storms: "Ob, yes; I hadn't been on three minutes before the place was filled with vegetables." BLOW ATSPAIN. 8M4ThPA8SES RESOLUTION RECOG NIZING CUBAN BELLIGERENCY. ITS ENEMIES ROUTED. Noisy Demonstration Follows the An nouncement of the Vote- 41 FOR J ONLY 14 AGAINST. An Exciting Debate With Victory for Cuba,s Friends. The long and exciting debate on the joint resolution, recognizing the existence of a state of war in Cuba and declaring that strict neutrality shall be rn .in tainted Kir th 17 A .MH.,.,Hll,vvi is J liW V UlllA States, passed the Senate by the de cisive vote of 41 to 14 at a late hour liiursday afternoon. The announcement of the vete received with tumultous applause which drew from Senator Hawlev an amphatic protest against 4mob de monstration." The resolution as pass ed is as follows : Resolved, etc.. that a condition of public war exists between the govern ment of Soain and the . proclaimed and for some time main tained by iorce of arms by the people of Cuba, and that the United State of America shall maintain a strict neutrality between the contending parties, according to each all the rights of belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States. An analysis of the vote shows that the affirmative was cast by eighteen Republicans, nineteen Democrats and four Populists, and the negative by twelve Republicans and two Demo crats. At 12.30 the senate was ahont to take up the calendar when Mr. Mor gan unexpectedly asked that the C.u. ban resolution be taken up without waiting tor its formal presentation at a O'clock. Mr. Hale said there wniilrl be no objection to this plan. The resolution was then taken up and Mr. Thurston, of Nebraska, addressed the senate. Mr. Elkins. of West Virginia, fol. lowed in a speech urniner that the senate should not act precipitately dui snouid await the inquiries now being made by the officials of the government. Mr. Hawley spoke briefly on the desirability of conservative and cau tious action at a time of serious emer gency. He closed at 3.10 and the voting began at once. REFERENCE REFUSED. The Dendincr Question was on th Hale motion to refer the Cuban reso lution to the committee on foreign relations, l he vote was followed with intense interest by the crowded galler ies. It was defeated, yeas, 19 ; nays, 34- A hum of excited comment ran through the galleries as the vice presi dent in calm tones announced the de feat of the motion to refer, adding that the question now was on the adoption of the resolution. It seemed likely that a final vot. would be taken at once, but Mr. Fair banks took the floor for bis first speech in the senate. He thought the ordi nary course should be followed of waiting for the report of a commis sioner. He then offered a substitute for the pending Morgan resolution. Mr. Morgan moved to lav on the table the Fairbanks substitute. A yea ana nay vote was then taken on this motion. The substitute was tabled by the decisive vote of 35 yeas to 15 nays. 1 nis again cleared the way for a vote on the resolution. Mr. Hale, who has been the recog nized leader of the opposition to the resolution, arose for a final word of protest. It was evident, he said, that nothing now could stay the course of the senate in passing this resolution. In the votes just taken the foreign policy of this administration had been dictated and dictated by those in op position to it. "I believe," continued Mr. Hale, "that the passage of this resolution involves the United States possibly, and I fear probably, in war in the near future." CALLINGER NOT AFRAID, Mr. Gallinger answered Mr. Hale, saying he did not share Mr. Hale's fears. He recalled the platform of St. Louis with its Cuban plank, and on that platform he stood. With this declaration and the sentiment prevail ing among American people there was no fear of incurring the disapproval of the people or of the Republican party. Mr. Gorman said he' would not have entered into the debate had it not been for the effort to make a party matter out of the resolution and to ar raign those advocating it as actuated by motives unfriendly to the admin istration. When the administration officers feared the assassination oi our consuls in Cuba and did not immedi ately send one of the ships of our magnificent fleet at Hampton Roads, then it was ime for the senate to act. "Do I understand," asked Mr. Hoar, "that the senator supports this resolution on the ground of the delin quency of the president." "I say," responded Mr. Gorman, "that if the state department contains information from officials whose names cannot be given without endangering their safety, then the executive is de linquent when he fails to send a war ship to protect our officers and our interests. No nation on earth would fail to protect its representatives in such emergencies. A VOTE TAKEN. Then came the final vote. It was 5.20 o'clock and the galleries had eagerly awaited this culmination of the exciting debate. When the presid ing officer announced the passage of the resolution, yeas, 41 t nays, 14 the pent up feeling of the spectators found expression in a noisy and long continued demonstration. A moment later the senate went into excutive session and at 5.40 adjourned until Monday. The detailed vote on the passage of the resolution follows : Yeas Bacon, Baker, Bate, Berry, Butler, Carter, Chandler, Chilton, Clark, Clay, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis, Deboe, Forakcr, Gallinger, Gorman, Hans- brough, Harris, Kansas j Heitheld, Jones, Arkansas j Kenney Lindsay, Mclinde, Mantle, Mason, Mills, Mor gan, Nelson, Pasco, Pettigrew, Pettus, rritchard, Rawlins, Shoun, Stewart, Thurston, Tillman, Turner, Turpie, Walthall 41. Nays Allison, Burrows, Caffery, Fairbanks, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Haw ley, Hoar, Spooner, Wellington, Wet- more, White and Wilson 14. Surgical'Operation Averted. Rev. Mr. Singer, of Buffalo, writes that his son had Chronic Catarrh so badly that treatment seemed useless, a curgical operation seemed inevitable, Dr. Agnews Catarrhal Powder was recommended, the operation was fore stalled and the case was cured. It is easy and painless to use. It will positively relieve in 10 minutes and cure. Sold by C. A. Kleim. The Cog on the Sidewalk "On the sidewalk in front of a store up my way," said Mr. Goslington, "I see often a big, handsome, shaggy dog, always sitting in the same place. It is a auiet. unobtrusive do?, but it is an - o - intelligent observer and evidently it nas a good opinion 01 itself. (Jne of two men who went bv the other riav leaned over in passing to pat the dog's head. It was not an act of condes cension or patronase on the nart of this man, but rather the act of a man who, though occupied, found time to salute a friend in passing, and the dog appreciated it in that lieht and wagged his tail, not violently, but enougn to make his appreciation clear. In fact, he rather prized the passing man's salutation than otherwise. "Pretty soon another man who came along patted the dog on the head. He was a well meaning man. and he had a really friendly feeling to. ward the dog. But he considered himself a man and the dog a dog, and his friendly recognition was more in the nature of a kindly act Apparent ly he thought the dog should be grati fied by it too. "But the doe wasn't a bit. He suffered the attention because he was too well bred to resent an attention that was well meant, but he never wagged his tail or made the slightest movement whatsoever ; he simply sat passive. "The man went on satisfied with himself and satisfied with his kindness to the doe and never doubting that the dog was pleased. "What the doe thoueht was Dlain to see." New York Sun. To give you an opportunity of test ing the great merit of Ely's Creans Balm, the most reliable cure for ca tarrh and cold in the head, a generous 10 cent trial size can be had of your druggist or we mail it for 10 cents. Full size 50 cents. ELY BROS., 56 Warren St., N. Y. City. It is the medicine above all others for catarrh, and is worth its weight in gold. I can use Ely's Cream Balm with safety and it does all , that is claimed for it B. ' W. Sperry, Hart ford, Conn. Legislating Back His Oharao'er. Sam Davis, in discussing the sub ject of Indians, told of the rehabilita tion of Johnston Sides. Johnston Sides was a chief of the Nevada Indians who made quite a fame for himself as a temperance lecturer among his own people. But one rtav. " being sick," he took a drink of wnisKey in tne Magnolia saloon and was observed by some wicked white men, who straightway started the re port in full circulation, and Mr. sides' reputation bade fair to be gone. But he was an Indian of influence, and, appealing to his white friends, he represented that something must be done else he would become an out cast from his tribe. He acknowl edged drinking the liquor, but told the sick man story. Sides had always been a fair sort of an Indian, so, as he pleaded and becered. two or three good fellows in the legislature agreed to fix things so that he could go back to his people in pride of conquest. Accordingly this concurrent resolu- M -J "A ygrfget type of he tilfgheat order of eceHice U manufacture. & Walter Baker & Co.'s j BREAKFAST COCOA sli - Costs Less Be sure that you f M the genuine article, mads at Ett.bii.hsd WALTER ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars,- Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Huts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. Fi-iTiT-x Goods jv. Specialty, SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Bole agent for the Hanry Clay, Londrss, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver Ash Bloomsburg Pa. fVide Iow kud For the finest and best stoves, tinware, rnnfinrr cmntmn and general job work, go to W. W. Watts, on Iron street. Buildings heated by steam, hot air or hot water in a satisfac tory manner. Sanitary Plumbing a specialty. I have the exclusive control of the Thatcher steam, hot water and hot air heaters for this territory, which is acknowl edged to be the best heater on the market. All work minr-an. teed. IRON STREET. SHOES We buy right and sell right. OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON THIS FACT. Honest trading has won us hosts We are selling good shoes, so good you ought to see them. Drop in and we will make it pay you. Cohner Iron and Main Sts. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, MATTING, or OIL CLOTH, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. H. BIOWIM'B 2nd Door above Court IIoobc. A large Mot of Window Curtains in stock. tion was drawn up : " Resolved, by the legislature of the state of Nevada, the governor concurring. That the drink of whis key taken by Johnston Sides in the Magnolia saloon July 11, 1887, be and is hereby annulled." Several speeches were made, and old Sides, surrounded by a big gath ering of his tribe, sat in the lobby and heard all with profound interest. When the favorable vote was an nounced, the Indians set up a weired warcry, which was understood to be applause, and, headed by Johnston, the exculpated, they walked out into a sunshine of great happiness. Chicago Record. Gold Beating. The process of preparing gold until it is reduced to a thickness of 1-280,. 000 of an inch is necessarily elaborate. The gold is first cast into ingots 4 inches in length and 1 inch in width, which weigh from 10 to 17 ounces, according to thickness. It is then passed between polished rollers, work ed by steam, until it forms a ribbon a 8 yards long and 1-800 inch thick. These ribbons are then cut into 180 pieces, an inch square, and placed between vellum, and then the real business of the gold beater is begun. He beats ior half an hour with a ao pound hammer, making the inch, square into 3 inches quare. Then' these pieces are quartered, becoming inches square. He beats again for hours, untill the 1 inch, square becomes 4 inches square The 4 inch pieces are again quartered and beaten and finally cut to proper size viz., squares of 3 3-8 inches, of a thickness (or rather "thinness") of 1-380,000 of an inch, and in this shape the leaf is lifted into books of tissue paper. Neio York Sun. Ahenliiirlu Pure Delicious Nutritious. than One Cent a Cup. DORCHESTER. MASA.& ....By.... ji BAKER CO. Ltd. 0 Cut Chewing Tobacco following brands of Cigars- Good Wcrfk. W. W. WATTS, Bloonisburgy Pa. 10-2MT SHOES of customers but we want more. W. H. rioore. One or Two-Eye Sbooting. Some hunters who use shot guitf shoot with both eyes open, but most of them shut the left eye. It is contend ed by the one-eye class that one-eye shooting is more accurate than two eye shooting, but the two-eye shooters say that there is only a little differ ence, and that is in favor of the two eyed method. A man who has both eyes open, the two-eye men say, has a greater range of vision, and in the woods can keep the game in sight far better than the one-eyed marksman. Besides, he can keep sevvial birds in sight at once, without hiding them behind the barrel of his gun. A bird rising after a man has aimed, or while he is aiming at a raised bird, is out of sight when only one eye is open, since the gun is between the eye and the second bird. When both eyes are open the left eye sees clear of the gun, and, therefore, a bird ris ing after the one aimed at may be seen vaguely and kept in sight until after the first shot. Most rifle men who shoot at target aim with one eye closed, but in the woods, where brush may hide the game and often quick shots must be maae, trie hunters more irequenuj clirksl .!. I. . I- A email ""ui wiiu uum eyes open, m dim -game at rest, such as squirrels and oiras, one-eye shooting is believeu w be the better, hut with oramf like -.j - ...... deer running or walking a two-eye snoi nas Detter chance, because i shooter can see brush, trees, or any thing else-likely to impede or turn the bullet's flight. A stimulant is often needed, to nourish and strengthen the roots and to keep the hair a natural color. Hall's Hair Renewer is the best tome for the hair.
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