THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE STATE AT A GLA5CE- George Patten, 14 years old, iroke through the ice on a pond at 2arbondale wbi'.e skating Monday rening and was drowned. Governor Stone on Monday re tppointed Dr. George M. Sti'.es, of Conshohocicen, a trustee ot tne Xorristown State Hospital for the Lasane. Lebanon County Commission ers have offered a reward of $3:0 fof the capture of Ephraim Sober, alleged to have murdered Oliver Gray, at Palmyra. Judge Mitchell, of Williams port, his accepted pleas of guilty m the cases of six of the thirteen milkmen indicted for selling adul terated milk and imposed a fine of (50 on each. The mystery of the man found hanging from a tree at Mahanoy tunnel Friday wkI remain a tnys lery. His body, still v-nidentiSed, was buried in Potters' Field Mon day afternoon. William O'Gara. who was in jured in a foot-ball game, at Shamo kio. last Saturday, was moved to the Miners' Hospital Monday. His back is broken, and there is little hope for bis recovery. Easton now puts forth the claim to the youngest wife in the State in the person of Mrs. Will iam Crosley, 13 years old. Until Friday she was Carrie Paxson. Her husband is 30 years old. William Jackson, of Williams port, charged with criminal libel by Joseph Hemmerle, whom he swore had said McKinley ought to have been shot long ago, was found gnHty Monday and sentenced to jaiL Chester Hall, aged 66, his wife and daughter were out riding in the vicinity of Dallas, Luzerne county, Monday morning, when the horse took fright and ran away. Mr. Hall was thrown out, his skull was fractured and he died almost in stantly. His wife and daughter jumped from the carriage and were seriously injured. Simpson Craver, one of the best known conductors on the Sun bury branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, fell under a train while riding from one station to another at Sunbury, and both legs were cut off below the knees. He was taken to the Sunbury hospital and his in juries dressed. It is thought that he will recover. Lillian Kartonski, aged 12 years, was burned to death at her home in Hamtown, Luzerne coun ty, Sunday evening. She was seat ed in front of the kitchen stove when her dress caught fire. She ran trom the house and her whole body was in flames. Before assist ance could reach her she was burned almost to a crisp. A man by the name of Jones, supposed to have oeen a tramp, walked over the abutment of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, at Port Roal, Monday evening, strik ing on the rocks fifty feet below, and was instantly killed. Nothing is known of his residence. A com panion who accompanied him nar rowly escaped the same fate. To have her sister assist in making a wedding dress for her, Miss Carrie Eennage, of Sunbury, went to Shainokin several weeks go. She was to become the wife jf Charles Wallace, of Harrisburg, an Christmas. Everything was ia shape for the event, when Miss 3ennage died Monday night from 1 cold she contracted last week. The Methodists of Newport ire erecting a church building without regard for any labor laws, rbe congregation is small and poor, ind the men are doing all the work it night. The pastor, Rev. D. E. Baldwin, assists his flock, working n his shirt sleeves with the others, rbey expect to complete their Jiurch with an actual outlay for ooly the materials used. George RhyJedde Foulke, a armer of East Bradford, conspicu jos in the order of Patrons of Hus jftudry, and lately a candidate for he Legislature, was fatally shot fhurscay by his 12-year-old son, .thile gunning on the Welsh Moun ains, tear Honey Brook. Death esulted Saturday night. He had aken the boy out to give him his initial gunning experience. Foulke tas about 38 years of age and eaves a widow and three children. The Hughesville Mail, last week's 'ssue, speaks of a certain Muncy troman who when describing the iehts and wonders of the Buffalo imposition, said " They're actually using babies in incubators there tow and I suppose the country will oon be overrun by youn'uns." Mrs. Mary Hambach met a horri- le death at Danville Thursday ast. she was gathering roal, when 1 spark from a bonfire ignited her Joining. Before assistance could Mch her, she was so badly burned .hat she died m a short time. BEW ES3LASD VILLAGE'S limEE 10U3 WCXaN HERMIT. Massachusetts has a bona fide wo man hermit. In a picturesque part of the tillage o Forest Hills, Mss., there stands alone and raanv acres apart from any ! other residence a again! weather. sti.ee J cottage. This is the borne of Margaret Nowland, hermit. For fifty years M:ss Nowland has lived iij Forest Hill and yet she is to day at the a:e of 76 s unknown to th? people of that town as she was half a century tgj, when, a beautitul C.rl of 21, she walked into the village, from nobody knew where, and took up her abode in the litt:e house which had so on remained unoccupied. Rumor hid it that she was a bride an J all awaited antiously for the bridegroom to appear. Weeks and month raerl mil still 1 , r ! the young woman continued to lire a l:fe ot secusion. a'one m the cua-.nt I: tile cottage. A glaruocr of romance was thrown around the place and the house and its beautiful occupant were the center of interest in t e town. F.na.Iy. by some chance it was learned that the mysterious young woman's name was H.ss Marjaret Nowland, and that she came from the far West. More than this no one could dis cover. Miss Nowland never went to the post o5ce nor to church, and ex cept to buy food she never strayed be yond the little wicker gate which shut the ouiside world from the lawn wtiich stretched around the hermitage. Twice a week the young woman was seen on the street for the lenmh of time it took her to go to the vil'age ore ana oacic. Her ceeessarv mn. plies purchased, she would disappear again, not hivinz addressed a word to any one to or from the store ror tttr years this has continued nd all the force of New Fnciand curiosity has failed to ferret out the history of Margaret Nowland, which would have renained a mystery "until the end of time had not unforeseen circumstances brought to light the very romantic story of this woman's life. About one month aro. thr inm n Forest H:lis was startled by seeing a white haired man push open the gate cao.cg 10 me nermitage, walk briskly up the path to the front door, and ift the knocker, which fell hark with a sound that seemed to demand ad mittance tor the intruder. The entire viliaze was on the tin toe ot curiosity and from a respectful distance a scoie of persons waited breathlessly to see what would happen. As usual, i: was the unexpected. Slowly the front door swung back, for an instant Marzarer NVw'.an1 -A the intruder faced each other, then the man stepped across the threshold which for fifty years had not been passed DV a Visitor, the dnor rloccrt and the villagers were left standing on the sidewalk staring t the cottage in open-mouthed amazement. ACOUt two bOUrS ater the man left the hermitaee. walked nnirHv m tn. station and took a train for Boston. ine following day Marsaret Nnalanrt went to the post office where the astonished clerk handed h er a terror so heavy that it took double postage For one week this same th carred dailv; every morning Margaret Nowland, still uncommunicative, went to the post office, received her letter anu aisappeared in the hermitaee again. On the eighth day the white.hjird stranger reappeared: This time Miss Nowland mt h,m at the little wicker gate and the two strolled around the grounds before entering the house. Never had Forest Hills been so stirred, the entire town was wua witn excitement and burn ing with a curiosity which threatened to break all bonds. Late that afternoon Mi Vnvian and her visitor called upon the Uni tarian minister of the tnwn anH k "uvj my, lips of the hermit were opened. Before hearing the storv of her past, full of romance and traedv. however. Forest Hills was shaken to its foundations by the statement that they were to lose their hermit. Marga ret Nowland is going to be married on v,nnsirai3 uay ot this year to the wnite-natrea stranger, who will on that day celebrate his 81st birthday. The minister was besieged with visitors on the day following his visit from the old coudIc aDd this is th. story which Margaret Nowland authoi- lzeu mm 10 ten to the curious. Fifty years ago in Sioux City, a little town north of Chicago, a beauti ful young girl and a handsome young man plighted their troth. The wedding day was set and all was going happily when, without warning, preparations for the nuptial rites were stopped. The young girl, Margaret Nowland, belle of Sioux City, mysteriously disappeared, and the fiance, Horace Stern, made a trip to Denver. This was in May, 1851. On June 14 of the same year Horace Stern was married to a young girl of Denver and the two madefheir home in that city. iargarci nowland was beard of no more; ner wnereaoouts were never learned of by the t-eople of Sioux City, her cisappearance was as mister ious and final as though the earth had opened and swallowed her. Mr. Ste.-n, his wife and two sturdy boys lived and prospered in Denver, I but theie was a look of settled sad j ness on me mini tace which no amount of luxury, fame or success could lighten. Margaret Nowland severed all ties, gave up trienCs and home, and taking with her a snail fortune which she possessed in her own right, traveled east until she reached Massachusetts. Here she settled, a; has been told. in a forsaken cottage in Forest H.lls. and for fifty years lived the secluded life of a hermit, never once giving an ir.Kiinz ot ner past to anv one. Three v.ars ago Mrs. Stern died in Uenver, and since then Horace Stern has bent all his attention and enerv in searching for Margaret Nowland. whom he tell still lived, and for whom although he knew she must now be old and gray, he felt the same affec tion that he offered fifty years go to ine Deautiful youne woman who was then belle of the West. How Mr. Stern found his old sweet- heart is a story of determination and perseverance. For three years he scoured the country; passing through almost every State in the Union. While visiting a friend in Blooms- burg. Pa., he was told the story of mis .Massachusetts hermit and by intuition he knew that this mysterious person who puzzled the people of rorest mu.s was the woman whom he had determined to find. Why did Marzaret Nowland refuse to become Mrs. Stern in 1S51? Why cia sne forsake home and friends and take up her lonely life in Massachusetts while the man who had won her heart drifted to Denver? When a young man of 2 1, five years before he pledged himself to Mar?i. ret Stern visited Colorado and there met a young girl for whom he felt a boyish affection. The feelinz was mutual and al. though there was no actual enrage. w e o ment it was understood that so rue day, when Stern was established in business, he would return to Denver and claim his sweetheart for his wife. This was the storv Horace Stem told Margaret Nowland two weeks Detore the oar set for their weddim?. and with nobie unselfishness she bade him keep his promise to the girl in uenver wnose heart he had won and who had given him her affection in good faith. The decision was irrevocable: Stem went West and fulfilled his promise. For forty seven years he was faithful to the woman he had married, .for forty seven years he lived an unevent ful life in Denver. News of Mir. ret's disappearance had been sent nim; rumors of her death reached him, but he never lost hope of one day findinz the eirl who had sacrificed her love for honor. This Gaaie is a Boae'Cracker The foot ball season of 1001 closed on Thursday. The record cf the season which opened in September 5oos an appau:ng list of serious accidents, nine of which resulted fatally, and in many other cases the injured are marred or crippled for life. The list of deaths shows that four occurred from internal injuries, two from concussion of the brain, two from broken necks and one from paralysis. Of the sixty serious acci dents, the injuries were as follows: croxen collarbone, fourteen; broken leg, twelve; concussion of the brain. eight; broken nose seven; broken rib, nine; broken arm, four; broken shoulder blade, two; injured spine, two. Traxpt Becoming Samtrons. With the advent of colder weather. tramps are becoming more numerous in town, ihe number of "Weary Willies'' is much larger than two months ago, and the petitions for hot conee and something to wash down with it are verv annovin? to manv housekeepers. The tramps which now iniest tne country ate professional bums and are not worthy ot being fed. They are lazy, dirty, and impu- ueni 01 tne class who claim that the world owes them a living. There is no need of a man being a tramp just now, as there is plenty of work for all wno desire to labor. Tor Best. A farm situated on the Berwick turnpike, one-half mile from New Columbus, known as the King farm. Parties desiring to tent please give reference. Apply to B. P. King, 94a Louisa St., 11-14 4t Williamsport, Pa. McKinley Estate- The late President William Mc Kinley's personal estate is appraised at $132,890. Of this amount $6o, 13a was life insurance. The real estate is believed to be worth from $60,000 to $;o,cco. Ji'ormal School Annual Ixcamoa Of Teachers ar.tf Styatnts Washington, 0. C. Arrangements have been perfected for the annual excursion of our stu dents to Washington, D. C. Decem ber 16. We shall leave the Philadel phia & Reading Stat:on, Monday morning the 16, and will return on the following Friday evening. The cost of the trip will be $14.40. This embraces all necessary expenses, including railroad fare (special train, vestibule coaches,) hotel charges (three meals per day at first ciass hotel,) fees of guide at Capital and elsewhere, and transportation of bag gage between the hotel and railroad station. It also includes the ex penses of a trip to Mt. Vernon. Alex andria and Arlington, with admission to the grounds at each place. The return will be by the way of Philadel phia, and the above named sura in cludes cost of dinner on that day in the Reading Terminal Dining Rooms cf the Philadelphia & Reading Rail way Company. After dinner the time, until 3:30 p. m., will be spent in visiting the mint, the Old State House, and other objects of historic interest. The train will leave Phila delphia (Reading Terminal Station) 3:30 p. m., Friday, and will make a brief stop at Valley Forge, famous as Washington's Headquarters during the Revolutionary War, after which it will proceed to Biocmsburg, where it will arrive about 9 p. m. I will be assisted in the conduct of the party by members of the Faculty who have visited Washington before and who are weil informed in regard to ali places to be visited. The ex cursionists will be divided into groups, so that all can get the full explana tions of the teachers and guides. The same oversight of the students will be exercised as is exercised at the school. The excursion will be open to students, graduates, and former and prospective students of the school. A limited number of special friends will also be admitted. To young people just acquiring an education the value of this tour can not be estimated. It is worth many times its cost. A new feature this year is a trip of twenty five miles over the city on the "Seeing Washington Observation Cars," with an expert guide in each car to explain all points of interest. It is impossible for me to commu nicate with all the graduates and friends of the school. Those who re ceive this will confer a favor by mak ing known the contents to others who may be interested. J. P. Welsh. WU1 riy High- Shamokin t Ntw Millionaire to Build Palace. Having fallen into possession of $1,300,000 through a lottery in Russia-Poland, Robert Romanouskie, of Shamokin, who quit work at Luke Fidler mines about ten days ago is now located at Camsburg, a rural village near Pittsburg, where he ex pects to build a palatial home and live like a prince. Tuesday morning his wife and bro ther left for that place to join him. Acting on fr.s advice, she first sold ar her household goods. In their new home, he sas he will place costly paintings and furniture. Many of his fellow countrymen look upon Roman ouskie as a crank. They believe that he is a victim of a delusion and that though he may have won some money, it does not approximate the fabulous sum he claims. Out of Sorts. 99 Nothing tastes good. Nothing give pleasure. The mind is dull and slug gish. The will is weak. Little things cause great irritation. hat'a the mat ter i The probabilitie are that the tomach is deranged and the liver in volved. Dr. Pierce' Golden Medical Discovery tnake a man who ia run down and dis pirited feel like a new being. It cures diseases of the stomach and other or gans of digestion and nutrition, stirs the sluggish liver into action, and increases the activity of the blood-making glands, so that there is an aL-undant supply of pure, rich blood. Mr. Edward Jacob, of Marengo. Crawford Co., ladiana. write : "After three Tara of suf fering with liver trouble and malaria f n up ail hope of rrcr getting atout again, the lea chanc was to try yoor madidne. I had Ined all the bom doctor aad reccirtd but little relief. After taking tare bottlea of Dr. Pierce- Golden Medical Lnacweery and one vial of bia Pleaunt Pellet I ta stout and beam-, ll is doe entirely to yoor wonderful medicinea." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, containing ioo8 large pages, in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of Si one-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buflalo. N. Y. TWO FOOLISH GIRLS. Ther Tarn r 1 nrk to tie lade-l-rndrat. Hot fleeame Pfaal lra lanlrad. Nellie aod Marparet McK"eber, f Cumberland. Md.. cam to New York fteral weefca ago. hoping to tr"t m plnvnitnt and become independent. TheT are piris of education and had been used to comfortable mrround loss. They knew little of the hard- h:js of life. They had a fmall um of money when they arrived. They lived cheap Iv. and each dav went-forth In search. of tmploymtnt. At first they were de ! irou of obtaining clerkship. Then they were willing to turn tbeirband HUNGRY AKD DISCOURAGED. to any work that came their way. Their money was getting lower arrd lower. The girU found themselves the other day without sufficient funds to pay their fare home. No one would give them employment, bees use they were not known. Both were too proud to apply to relatives for money, so they set forth to walk to Cumberland, sev eral hundred miles away. Crossing the Pennsylvania ferry, the girls started on their long tramp. They had cot gone far be fore there were holes in their thin shoes. The rocks on the railroad track cut their feet. Then they became hungry and discouraged. Exhaustion followed. Only as far as Newark could the girls get. Tbey drew up there werping. Po lice Capt. Ubhaus, of the First police precinct, gave them food. Then Su perintendent Smith, of the Associated Charities, took charge of the girls. Be t first purchased tickets for them to Philadelphia, but later he decided that they would be no better off there than in New York, as Philadelphia is more than 100 miles from Cumberland. The Children's Aid society, of New York, was communicated with, and consented to assist the girls. It is probable that an attempt will be made to find both of them employment. Should this fail they will be sent back to their homes in Maryland. BULLET IN HIS BRAIN. Peaaixlraala Man Saya That the Pleee of Lead Caases Hlna .o IaeoirrDle.ee. James Callan. an inmate of the Al toons (Pa.) hospital, is probably the only man living and apparently in good health with a bullet in his brain. He attempted suicide on August 14. and fired a 3S-ca!iber bullet into his head. For a time he hovered between life and death, and no attempt was made to probe for the bullet. Then he began to recover rapidly. HLs mind becams BULLET IN HI8 BRAIN. elear and his normal health returned. His physicians placed him under an X ray machine and procured a photo graph of the man's skull, showirgthat the bullet was imbedded in the middle) of he brain. The photograph is re produced above. Callan says the bul let causes him no inconvenience. He will be discharged as cured this week. Adored by Elghteeo Wlret. There is no accounting for love's agaries. A Chicago man who was recently Arrested for marrying 19 dif ferent women, all good looking and some young, was a rheumatic old stick of sandy complexion, with a squint. He was not even glib of speech, and so far as any man could judge he was about the last of mortal creatures to engage the interest of any woman. Yet all his deceived vic tims adored him and wanted to get him free. Indeed, he would have ben released by their unanimous consent had they not quarreled over the ques tion as to who should hav him. The gnen who profess that they under stand women will please step up and explain. Meat oa aa Atlantic Liner. On a big White Star liner, say the Oceanic, the meat carried in the cold storage chamber for the voyage for six days is 36,000 pounds, to say noth ing of 1,600 head of poultry. fa.-intion ,U,nt bie I ro'ils to a t man. But ihe comervaiive an. I I iu'erest and the larrr er cent, of .if-iT ! hi investment. There is no lusine rntj who would not tofisi ,'er it a souml r ij).,, tini) to invest in hi rnter;ne in hi h ,(,. wjlu'e lo ai impossible tnd whkh ninety. e'cht ihames in a hundred of r,r, 'prom. The st-t ti s cf cr.res efftcH u Ir. Piersc's fiol len M eaK.il Discovery si,.,, ihat Mneiy-e'ght per cent, of cases of "-nci lungs'' can I al so'u'ely cured. Ahn-t ,( not all forms of t hysiial wealness rmv l tracel to starvation. Starvation the stfer.gth. The looy is j ist as much s'a-vH hen the siomach cannot extract mrn:in from the food it receives as when ther- u r( f.sl. "W.ak lungs," ,ronc!iial invH, obstina!e coughs, call for nouii.l ;nent, "Gol'lcn Medical llisc very" supplies ;ht nourishment in its most condensed a i l is. simi'abie form It make "aeak h ., stto ij, ty sirenjthenmj; the s orr.ah nJ oigins of difstion which d gest and ii .'t. ute the I'Kxl, and by increasing the s ip:, of pure blood. Sunday School Teacher "Now, Yilj4 fireen, sshat are we to understand h- n t,,e Uibie speaks of people who, havirg .ir tee not ?"' Willie Green "I guess n n'..u. mean policernrn." Cot.tiS, To dirn'n sh excessive ser s; j:,tT to Colds, stvs an hng'ish writer: IlST Free espo.ure to the open i,r daily, enables the body to resist the imaj n of coid. Second The morning cold sponging of the body, is i invaluable protection as .i changes of temperature. Thisd Th:s w se man did not kno iSa a few do-es of "77" will prevent, or take at the beg ning will "breaic up" a cold At all druggisis, or mai ej on receipt of price, acc. locioa-s Bo-k, Mailed Krkc Humphreys' llomeopa hie Medicine Co., corner William and John streets. New V 11k. The man who rides in a crowded trolley car may pay his fare, but lhat doesn't a ter the fact that he is merely a ban er-on. Daorsv xo Heart Lisf.A.--"For tea ytars 1 suffered greatly from heart d;s-.-a,e. iluite ing of the heart and sn.othcmj spe.ls made my life a torment. Dnp.v set in. My physic an told me to pieparc f x the worst. I tried Dr. Agnew's Cure (or the Heart One dose gave great relief, one boitle cured me completely." Mrs. James Adams, Syracuse, N. Y bold by C. A. Kleim. t Conscience is good deal like an aiarra clock. We get so used to it that we don't mind. Mother Gray's Sweet Tow.lers for chii. drcn, successfully used by Mother Grav, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure feverishness, bad stomach, teething disorders, move and regulate the bowels aad testroy worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. They never fail. At all druggists 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. Olrn s:eL Lekoy, N Y. u 5.J4 A man is never so bad that he couldn't be woise, nor sj good that he couldn't Le b;: ter. ItCcresAll Creeds Here are a f: names of clergymen of different creeds who are firm believers in Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal lowrier to "iive up to the preaching' in all it claims. B.shop Soeatman, Kev. ur. Langny (Episcopalian): Kev. Dr. Withrow aDd Kev. Dr. Chamlwrs (Methodist;; and Dr. Newman, all of Toronto, Canada. Copies of their personal letters for the s ing 50c Sold' by C. A. Kleim. 53 A man doesn't have to be generous to give you his word and then not keep his prjnuse. Convincing proof of the efficacy of Ely's Cream, the greatest of catarrh remedies, is certainly cheap. A generous trial size costs but 10 cents. Full size, 50 cent. Sold ly druggists everywhere or ma. led by E y bros., 56 Warren street. New York. 135 Mill street, Lesington, Ky. Messrs. Lly Eros. : After giving your Cream Balm a trial I can truly say I feel very much benefited by its use and shall cominue to use i' by purchasing from our diuggist here. Mrs. W. B. Daniel. A woman's face may be her fortune, but a man sometimes rel.es solely upon his check. When baby had scald head when mother had salt rheum when father hau piles Dr. Agnew's Ointment gave the quickot relief ami surest cure. These are gems of truth picked from testimonv which is civen evcrr day to this greatest of healers. It has n.rec oeen matcned in curative qualities in eczema, tetter, piles, etc. 35c. Sold by C. A. Kleim. 5 A married man's love doesn't grow cold so long as his breakfasts are kept warm. It Keeps the Feet Warm asd Dev. Ask to-day for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures chilblains, swollen, sweating, sore, aching, damp feet. At all druggists anJ shoe stores, asc 12 5J.1t Even the detective doesn't dog a rcan't footsteps until he is given a pointer. BAILKOAD SOTES- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Person Liv-Coxr.rcTED Tors Sua sox cr fooi-iooj. The Pennsylvania Kail road announces the following personally conducted tours for the season of 1901-1902: Mexico and California. A forty-rive day tour will leave New York, I hil.iiiel hij, Harrishurg and Pittsburg, Febiuary tt. The party will tiavel over ihe entire route by the "Mexico and California Special," the finest train that cruises the continent. Florida. Three tours to Jacksonville will leaye New York and I'hila lelphia Feb ruary 4 and IS, and March 4. The first to of these admits of a sojourn of two weeks in the "Flowery State." Tickets for the thitd tour will bt good to return by regular trains until May 31, 1001. Tickets lor ihe alove tours will be soli fiom principal points on the Peonsyl ania Kailroad. For detailed itineraries, giving rates and full information, address Thomas E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western Dis trict, Pittsburg; B. Corlaender, Jr, Passen ger Agent Baltimore District, Baltimore; C. Mudds, Passenger Agent Southeastern Dis trict, Washington; or Geo. W. Bo)d, As sistant General Passenger Agent, Phil.' Every man believes that he is an excep tion to some rule or other. Vaccination won't keep a thief from tak ing things, OASTOTITA. Bmi tU ylWlTmHmA:mrsBc:t
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