2 BOTANY BAY HISTORY f THE TRUE STORY OF THE NOTORI OUS SOUTH SEA SITE. No Convict WM Ever Landed There, No Settlement Ever Made There, and It I Hm Never Had Anything to I>o With England's Penal System. The first conviot fleet sailed away y from England in May, 1787, called at \Rio Janeiro and arrived at Botany Bay ttkrly in January, 1788. In the fleet tvero a 20 gun frigate, an armed tender, 1 three storesbips and six transports, far k tho largest fleet that ever sailed to tbo " South sea, though the largest vessel measured only 450 tons and the small est only 270 tons. On the six small transports for this long, tropical voyage were packed con victs numbering 504 men and 192 wom en. Thorn were also carried 108 marines and 10 officers, a few surgeons and me chanics, the wives of 40 of the marines and 13 children, the offspring of con viots. Approximately 1,000 persons thereforo went to found the colony in the newest world less than 110 years old. Captain Philip of the British navy was placed in command of the expedi tion and given a commission as governor and captain general of New South g It is easy for the visitor of today to understand the blank dismay that Philip when the fleet sailed B >y and ho saw fur tbo JMK place which had been HP jjL. Hi to him as the spot for set -Wsf. Iflw ' had been selected by the ad jpuptain Cook, whose botanists fyLjW so delighted with the profu >|R* vf w plants they found there that a'tafi given it the expressive name. 1 ' Phnkwluund on first examination that A J a ruOTe unsuitable site for a new settlo ment hardly could have been chosen. j£M buy was shallow, there was no £9 good anchorage, there was no good wa njl tor, and the adjacent laud was not for tile, except fur botanical specimens. Leaving the fleet anchored in tbo bay, MB Philip started up the coast in bis tender rN to hunt for a better home. Nine miles ■ to the northward he found himself fac- J ing those great gates now known as Sydney head, which Cook had seen uM from a distance, and, satisfied with fSy Botany Buy, had marked on his chart as a jfbggible harbor for small boats. It % Philip rounded the south head and was K&JH amazed to see opening before him tho ■BR bays of Port Jackson—Snyder harbor KM now—famed the world ovorus the finest ■Li harbor in tho soven seas and disputed Bnl for that distinction by few. Three days Mof exploration left no possible doubt this was the place to be selected, |Ey|and Philip returned at once to Botany. The fleet was standing out of the bay, [ when two French frigates appeared in the ofßng. They bore an exploring party under Comte de la Perouse, without > hostile intentions, whiuh was an im mense relief to the colonists. Botany Bay was left to the Frenchmen. They k refreshed and refitted there, staying un til March, and burying on shore one of their company, the naturalist of tho ex pedition, who died of wounds received in an encounter with the natives of an island they had touched. A few months Jpter the French expedition was ship wrecked, and every one of the crew was murdered by the natives of Vanikoro, . one of the Santa Cruz islands. In 1825 a monument wus erected by the French P government to the memory of the com f mander of tho expedition at Botany Bay. This is all of the story of Botany Bay, a name long infamous because of its as sociation with convict transportation. No convict ever was landed thore, no settlement ever was made there, and it never had anything more to do with tho related. It is a bay, with an so wide to leave it almost an open roadstead. >Che shores are flat, low, sandy and uu fy 1 interesting. r When I went thero not long ago, tho tide was out and the beach was foul with all sorts of drifts. Ono peuinsnlu, which juts between the bay and the ocean, has been reserved for noxious trades, and they will elbow tho obelisk erected to the memory of Captain Cook, so that in the future the bay will be no more savory than its nam® has been, unjustly, in the past. The French mon ument is at the other side of the en trance to tho hay. It was the 36th of January, 1788, when the fleet of Governor Arthur Philip entered what is now Sydney bar bor. Tho settlement of the continent of A . Australia was begun.—Chicago Itooord. He Should Have Brought Them. 1 A doctor tells a good story in connec tion with a lad who, until recently, was in bis employ. It was part of his duties to answer the surgery bell and to nßher the prospective patients into the consulting room. One morning there presented himself at the surgory entrance a mechanic with whom But tons was on speaking terms. "Hello, Jackson I" ho romarkod. "What's the matter with ye?" "Oh, I just want to see the doctor," tepliod the visitor. "Have yer brought yer symptoms with yer?" inquired Buttons. "That's the fust thing he'll usk yer about. If ye ain't brought 'em, ye'd better pop back, an get 'em. He won't be down for a quarter of an hour, an he's awful per tikler about 'em!" 1 "And would you believo it?" adds the doctor, "that fellow was actually about to act on the boy's advice when I entered the surgery!"—Pearson's Weekly. The citizens of Berlin have a sum mary method of stopping the dangerous praotice of carrying sticks and umbrel las horizontally. As soon us a man tucks his umbrella under bis arm be will promptly feel a qniok blow on it J from behind. There is no use in his get v ling angry with the person who strikes the blow, because public opinion sano dons his oonduct. I NOTES. A war poem by Rudyard Kipling— a poem of torpedoes and torpedo boats— will be one of the features of MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE for May. A romantic short story ot the Arc tic regions by a new writer, Mr. John A. Hill, will appear in MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE for May. The foremost authority in all the world on the subject of earthquakes, John Milne, and his unique earth quake observatory in the Isle of Wight will be the subject of an illus trated article in MCCLURE'S MAGA ZINE for May. The article will des cribe how, by the scientific appliances invented and set up by Prof. Milne, the slightest tremor of the earth, in however remote a quarter, is instantly measured and recorded and the place of its occurrence disclosed, whether on the land or under the sea. In MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE for May Hamlin Gailand will tell the ever interesting and ever-tragic story of General Grant's last year. In prepar ing his paper, Mr. Garland has had access to important unpublished ma terial ; for example, he will give many passages from Grant's last conversa tions. f The instalment of Charles A. Dana's "Recollections" in the May number of MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE will give some striking pen-portraits of the generals associated with Grant in the Army of the Potomac. It will also describe the almost ridiculous panic in Washington at the time of the Early raid. A series of life portraits of Thomas Jefferson, with introduction aud notes by Charles Henry Hart, will appear iu MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE for May. The languor so common at this season is due to impoverished blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures it by enrich ing the blood. McOlure's Magazine for May- At a moment when war and all its appliances and aspects have an es pecial interest, no doubt the first thing turned to in Me Clare's Maga zine for May will be Rudyard Kipling's poem on the torpedo. In a recent statement by Lieutenant G. E. Arm strong that "the torpedo has brought into the navy a fresh zest, a new ro mance, and possibilities more brilliant than were existest before its adop tion," Mr. Kipling has found an idea of just the sort he loves, and develop ed thereon a poem in his noblest manner—majestic in movement, feli citous and dramatic in description, and mystical and deep searching in sentiment. It is truly great in its individual expressions, and greater yet in its complete effect and impression. The conditions of the present mo ment give a special interest also to Mr. Hamlin Garland's intimate story of the last year in the life ot General Grant, since Grant is still our proud est memory and our readiest inspira tion in a season of paiticular warward impulse. While in its main lines Mr. Garland's story is, of necessity, the familiar one of unspeakable suffering borne with heroic patience, yet it adds a number of new incidents and unpublished passages from Grant's last conversations that are of great interest. This number contains two excellent short stories by new writers. One is a story of ''The Polar Zone," by John A. Hill, which in perfectly convincing improbability and fervor ot imagina tion almost equals Poe. The other is a kindly, humorous Memorial Day story—"Uncle Luther Dowell's Wood en Leg"—by Ray Stannard Baker. An instalment of Anthony Hope's "Rupert of Hentzau" particularly stir ring and absorbing, adds further note woithiness to the fiction of the num ber. Charles A. Dana's personal recol lections of Meade, Hancock, Sedg wick, Humphreys, and the other gen erals serving under Grant in the Army of the Potomac; Cleveland Moffett's account of John Milne, the man who, ot HI the world, knows most about earthquakes, and of his earthquake observatory, where the slightest tremor of any part of the earth is automati cally recorded and located ; and Charles Theodore Murray's descrip tion of his voyage across the ocean with the circus, illustrated with pictures drawn from life by C. K. Ltnson, are other items ot the number which read ers will find more than keeping their promise in point of instruction as well as of interest. THE S. S. MCCLURE Co., 141-155 East 25th Street, New York City. ITCHING, BURNING SKIN DISEASES— Relieved in a day. Eczema, Salt Pheum, Barber's Itch, and all erup tions of the skin quickly relieved and speedily cured by Dr. Agnew's Oint ment. It will give instant comfort in cases of Itching, Bleeding or Blind Piles, and will cure in from three to six nights. 35 cents.—47. ' Sold by C. A. Kleim. 'MP COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. POPULAR SCIENCE. Spiral growth in plants is one of the mysteries yet to be worked out by natuialists. A huge eel of the Fiji Islands, fif teen feet long, is reported to have a peculiar throat formation, causing it to whistle when excited. French Guiana is said to have the most violent thunderstorms in the world. The thunder is almost deaf ening, and the peals come in quick succession. The gradual cooling of France is proved by its vegetation. The Italian pop'ar, common in early French etch ing, is now seldom seen in the country, while the lemon has disappeared froin Languedoc and the orange from Rous sillon, and the northern limit of many plant species has shifted far to the southward. Ocean ivaves have on a number of occasions dashed over the tops of lighthouses which are 150 feet high. As a wave in the open ocean is ac companied by a depression as deep as the wave is high, a ship in the trough of the sea encountering such waves would he banked by hills of water, if the term may he used, 300 feet high. Competition in the use of the X rays seems impending in England. The Treasurer of St. Thomas's Hos pital, in London, has written to the London Times protesting that where as some beggarly fifty-seven cases of the use of X rays in the Liverpool Hospital were considered worthy of mention, no account had been taken of the 416 similar cases at St. Thomas's, which had involved the appointment of an assistant operator. Three of the best New York Cen tral men testify that they would never under any circumstances reverse their engines in order to bring the train to a stop. When they had to stop their train in the shortest possib'e distance, they shut off the steam and applied the air, and did nothing else ; there was only one quicker way to stop a train, and that was to run into some thing. They agreed that upon rever sing, the back pressure in the cylin ders was so great as to lock the driv ers and cause them to slide, thus losing the braking power of the loco motive. Neither did they af prove of sanding the tracks, for nothing seem ed to be gained by it. "MY LIFE DESPAIRED OF.''— These are words of Mrs. Wm. Burton of Dartmore, Ont., after doctors had pre scribed and she had tahen every known heart remedy. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gave relief in a'- most shorter time than it takes to tell it—it worked a wonderful cure an a case of long standing and to-day she says : "I am a well woman." Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Hea't has no case recorded against it where it did not give relief inside of 30 minutes. —45- Sold by C. A. Kleim. The recent opening of valuable mines in tne west and northwest will give a stimulus to industrial enter prises generally in the country and relieve the gorge of money in the older cities. Profitable investments will be found in mining and manufact uring throughout the Rocky mountain region. These will draw from the east millions of dollars, which will be applied for mutual advantage to the investors and to the thrifty and indus trious western workers who use it. An ill natured spinner of cobwebs of the brain gives it as his opinion that if a woman's chance of getting a husband depended on her beauty then few ladies would marry, for pretty women are the exception, not the rule, among the feminine sex. Let this man go bury himself. He is wrong. There are far more pretty women than homely ones, even with out the application of the old saying that handsome is as handsome does. We repeat it—there are more comely women than uncomely ones. Wher ever there is a sweet tempered, intelli gent, sincere, healthy, immaculately clean woman there you will find a pretty woman, and mankind may thank its stars that theie are millions of these. STOP THAT HEAD COLD IN 10 MINUTES—or it will develop into chronic catarrh. Dr. Agnew's Cat arrhal Powder stops cold in the hea 1 in JO minutes, and relieves most acute and deep seated catarrh after one ap plication. Cures quickly and per manently. "I have used Dr.. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder with best results. It is a great remedy, and I never cease recommending it."—John E. Dell, Paulding, 0.—46. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Try Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet fee; swollen, nervous and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes try Allen's Foot Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, bisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bun ions of all pain and gives rest and com fort. Try it TO DAY. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N, Y. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS lOUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA," AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADEMARK. I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Eyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear //fr on every , the fac- simile signature of wrapper. This is the original "CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought //fr - on the and has the signature of wrap per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 24,1898 /2 J Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of which even he does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. THK CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STRICT. NEW YORK CITY. "A handful of dirt may be a house ful ol shame." Keep your house clean with STOVE NAPTH A, the Cheapest and Best Fuel on the market. With it you can run a Vapor Stove for one-hall cent per hour. Give us a call and be convinced. W. O. Holmes, Bioomsburg, Pa. Eshleman & Wolf, L. E. Wharey, W. F. Hartman, REGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given to all legatees, credi tors and other persons Interested 111 the estates of the respective decedents and minors, that the following administrators, executors and guardians accounts have been tiled In the of nce ol the Register of Columbia County, and will be presented for confirmation aud allow ance In the Orphans' court, to be held In Bloomsburg, Monday, May 2d, 18118, at 2 o'clock p. m. of said day. No. 1. First and tlnal account of Edmond Lutes, administrator of the estate of Daniel T. Lutes, late of Benton twp., deceased. No. 2. First and partial account of Frank Rentz,executor of theesialeof Caroline Boehm, late of Catawlssa Borough, deceased. No. 3. First and tlnal account of H. W. Me- Roynolds, trustee for sale ot real estate of A. K. .smith, late of Madison township, deceased. No. 4. First and partial account of M. Alvcr na Hess, administratrix of the estate of Wm. s. Hess, late of centre township, deceased. No. 5. First and tlnal account of F. I. Shultz and Marv I>. shultz, executors of the estate of Samuel P. Krlekbaum, late of Benton township, deceased. No. 6. First and tlnal account of Truman R. Mather, executor of the estate of Henry E. Mather, lale of Greenwood township,deceased. No. 7. First and final account ot Joseph W. Reece, administrator of the estate of Jos. S. Al hertson, late of Greenwood t\\p., deceased. No. 8. The account of E. Lavlna Fruit, ad mlnlstratilx ot the estate of John C. Fruit, late of Hemlock township, deceased. No. 9 First and final account of A. P. Blttner executor of the estate of Geo. A. Blttner, late of Locust township, deceased. No. 10. First, and final account of William S Smith, administrator of the estate of A. K. Smith, late ot Madison township, deceased. No. 11. First and final account ot John W. Shuman, administrator of the estate ot Mar garet A. MeDsluger, late of Slain township, de ceased. No. 12. First and partial account of William Winner, administrator of the estate of C. E. Winner, late ot the town ot Bloomsburg, dee'd. No. 13. First and partial account ot Sarah E. Milton B. and Harry B. Creasy, admlulstrators or the estate ot Jacob H. Creasy, late ot the borough of Catawlssa, deceased. No. 14. First and tlnal account of Theodore Mcrlcle administrator of tbu estate of Daniel Merlcle late ot Hemlock township deceased. C. B. ENT, Register of \V Ills. Register's office, Bloomsburg, I'a. April 2, 1898. Jurors for May Term of Court. GRAND JURY. Bloomsburg—W. H. Moore, Charles Martin, 8. W. Sbutt, I. K. Appleman. Benton Boro.—Benjamin Crossley, W. C. Foll mer. Berwick—M. 1,. Garrard. Brlarcreok—H. F. Rlttonhouse. Catawlssa—Lewis Albus. conyngham—J It. Miller, Thomas Weller. Flsbingcreek—Jesse llunyon, J. D. Emery, B. A. Hartman. Franklin—D. W. Reeder. Greenwood—Henry Rote, George W. Miller. Hemlock—Frank J. Emmet. Mudlson—cbas. M. Glrton. Mt. Pleasant—John Harpe. orange—J. D. Carl. Pine—Uriah chamberlln. Roarlngcreek—Mayberry Levan. Scott-W. E. DeWltt. TRAVERSE JURORS. FIRST WKKK. Bloomsburg—Robert Dent, James Hender shott, A L. Meciow, P. K. Vanatta, H. c. KUne, John Scott, Will Kehm, Eugene Whltenlght. Beaver—Andrew Uunslnger, W. W. Shell. Benton t wp.—W. S. Laubacli, W. F. Keefer, Samuel Roberts. Berwick-I. W. Ilartman, rheo. T. llerger, \V. V. calmer, John Blltcnbender. Brlarcreok—Aaron Pester, 11. S. Keck, Eman uel Vost, Elijah Bower, Harry Basely, E, W, Hughes Catawlssa—Jefferson Achy. Catawlssa twp.—Kllas F. Weaver. Centre—Ueorge Wliltmoyer, A. c. Shaffer. Centralla—H. W. Hrennan. Cleveland—A. M. Johnson, Edward Rhodes. Conyngham—Wm. T. Davis, John Keller, Da vid Ruber, John ltostenbauder. Flshlngcrcek—C. F. Klndlg, Stott E Mellenry, Franklin—George M. Bucher. Greenwood—loseph I.awt on. Madison—George Whltenlght. Main—John 11. Shuman. Mllllln—John I.ulz, George M. Durllng, G. A. Zimmermen W. 11 Ilartman. Mlllvllte—l. G. Little. Montour—Morris Mensch. lloarlngereek—Charles Krelsher. Scott—Thomas llagenbueh. SBCONl) WKKK. Bloomsburg—Oscar Lowenberg, A. B. Catli cart James Kellly. Benton—s. F. a ppleman. Berwick—AdamClayherger, Geo. A.Thomas, G. A. Buckingham. Thomas Wilson, J. W. Belles, T. 11. Doan, Truman McAlTep, Catawlssa—John It. KUne, Oran Gee. < atawlss i twp.—Abraham Raup Centralla—Edward Welseh. Conyngham-Michael ltelley, Thomas Ennls, Klshlngcreek—John Y. Allegar. Greenwood John 11. Skull/.. Hemlock—villlam A. Miner, William Ilowell, Madison—W. E. Smith, W. 11. Relchart. Mllllln—D. A. Hess, H. W. Hess, C W. Hess. Montour—George Thomas, c. O. Eek. Mt. Pleasant—W. T. Vance, Truman omans, William Wolf Orauge—F. A. Ale. l'lne—Thomas schlouch. Seott—J. E. Swelgart. Sugarloaf—S. E. Steadman, W. M. Brink. SHERIFFS SALE. By virtue of a writ of Flur Fl. Fa. and Vend Ex., Issued out of the Court of common Picas of Columbia county, l'a., and to me directed, there will bs exposed to public sale at the Court House In Bloomsburg, on • MONDAY MAY 2, 1898, at two o'clock p. m., all that certain piece, par cel or lot of ground situate In the town of Bloomsburg, Columbia county and state of Pennsylvania, at tlio southeast corner of Ninth street and an extension of Iron street, tlienco along said Ninth street north sixty-live degrees and fifty minutes, east three hundred feet to lands lately laid out aud sold by o. A. Jacoby and his administrators; thence by samo south twenty-eight degrees and live minutes, east one hundred and twenty-eight and one-tenth feet; thence westwardly parallel with Ninth street three hundred soven and ono-fourth feet to Iron street aforesaid, thence by samo north twenty-lour degrees and twenty minutes, west one hundred and twenty-eight feet to place of beginning, whereon are erected a TWO STORY BRICK. BUILDING used for manufacturing purposes, and out buildings. Seized, taken Into execution at the suit of F. J. Richard, trustee, vs. The liloomsburg Manufacturing Company, and F. W. Jones vs. The Bloomsburg Manufacturing Company, and to bo sold as the property of The Bloomßburg Manufacturing CompaDy. W. W. BLACK, Waller, Herring, Sheriff. Attorneys. 4-T-ta. Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. TID-BITS FOR MA' HONEY! and tender little jnicelets for the chil dren, are all right, but papa and ' the boys" want a good, big, juicy steak, roast or chop when business or school duties are over, and we can cater to them all. Our stock of prime treats is unexcelled for quality, and we send them home in fine shape. J. E. KEIFF.R. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. COHHIGTXD WIIKLT. BITAIL PBICIS. Butter per lb $ ,22 Eggs per dozen ,ia Lard per lb 07 Ham per pound .10 Pork, whole, per p0und...... ,06 Beef, quarter, per pound,... .07 Wheat per bushel 1 00 Oats " " 35 Rye " " .50 Wheat flour per bbl. 5.20 Hay per ton 9 to $lO Potatoes per bushel, new,.. .. i.eo Turnips " " ,25 Onions " " xOO Sweet potatoes per peck .35 Tallow per lb .05 Shoulder " " .09 Side meat " " .08 Vinegar, per qt ,05 Dried apples per lb .05 Dried cherries, pitted .12 Raspberries ,12 Cow Hides per lb .3I Steer " " '• oS CalfSkin Sheep pelts ,75 Shelled corn per bus .50 Corn meal, cwt 1 50 Bran, " ,90 Chop " Middlings " .85 Chickens per lb new .12 " " old II Turkeys " " la J Geese " " #I . Ducks " -c 8 COAL, j No. 6, delivered 2.60 " 4 and s " 3.85 " 6 at yard 2.315 " 4 and 5 at yard 3.60 The Leading Comartalory of flmerlca^--^) Carl Fabltbn, Director. Founded i n 1863 bj A * ' information. W. Hai.r. General Manager. 1 gcopa*OitanioßMttn§Baß . 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