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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, lJA.
Where foe Got the Plot for a
Famous Short Story.
BAFFLING GOTHAM CRIME
r. l:i:!s of (In- M l'u.!itiK Murder
Ysr In New Voil.'s Criminal An
; Pallid If Fnte of Ilctiul If ul
!nrj ItK'r Atleinpts to Solve
r.idiJlo by Kxp'Tt CrlinliiologlHtn.
I ho moHt fnmoua imirdor mystery
in New York was tho caso of Mury
,(!).;. t.s, around which Edgar Allan
I'oo wroto his famous Btary of Marie
,);ct. Mary Honors was a pretty
li'.ur Rlrl who workod on lower
Hn adway and lived with her mother.
0,ie Sunday morning ho lert home.
was Been later boarding a stago
at the Antor House with a
iir;ir.K man. Aliout a week later
in.' body was found In tho North Rlv
u opposite tho Stevens Institute In
llohnken. I'oo was living In Phila
delphia at the time, hut read the New
ri papers at that tlnio therfl
were several tlashy Sunda;- papers In
Sew York and from the clippings
(u tlH'co Sunday papers he wrote his
n lehnited Mario lionet, setting the
bcciie of the murder In I'arU Ini'tead
ot New York. That story and "Tho
Murders In ihe Hue Morgue," are tho
two stories that made I'oo famous on
lint h continents anil ont.ih. Ismail li.s
reputation as a writer of deteo l.o
tales.
H';s theory was that a yo ing nav:il
iiilii-er had gone with th s g'.rl t
llohoken. to tin Klyslan Fie ds wh!r!i
was not unlike the Coney Island of
to day, hut wlthou Its larg.- hulldln:;s.
where people went on Sunday to
drink beer. I'oe's theory, as hroiisr.t
out In his story of Marie lioprt. was
that the young naval oftlcer had as
saulted tho girl und choked her in a
nna'.l boat that ho" had previously
moored on the Jersey side, and tht
lie nwed down tho river, threw her
cody overboard und escaped to his
vessel In the lower harbor. In Justi
fication of this theory 1'oe describes
marks on her back as having been
the imprint of the ribs of tho boat
where she lay before being thrown
overboard. He also noted tho fact
that a boat was found floating In
the hay about where the liberty
Monument now stands. That was
generally accepted as the solution of
the mystery.
Superintendent Byrnes, In hit
book on "The Criminal Cases of
America," takes up the Mary Rogers
case and puts another construction
on the case that she was accompa
tted by a dark man whi came from
Philadelphia and murdered her and
tt.en escaped.
The girl's body was found In the
river nearly nude, but in a thicket on
the shore of Hoboken, arranged
with very dramatic effect, were found
her belongings hat, shawl, Ac, to
lT6 the Impression that the murder
had been done there. Some four or
five years ago, writes William M
Clemens, 1 went to Hoboken and
looked Into this case. I found, fifty
yearj after, that there were five liv
ing witnesses. I found one old geiv
tiemsn who was a constable In 1842
nd endeavored to make an arrest In
the case' 1 faun I there was a road
house rue by an old woman and her
two sons, two rough, tough boys of
the llowery type, and It was proved
by these witnesses that this girl had
ben see at the roadhouse, justify
ing the theory both of Poe and
Kyrnes. llut, going over the news
pui jr files, I found a email account
oi the finding of a man's body In the
Xi: ott Palton street without coa. or
hat. well dressed, as a dandy of that
tia" dressed; and In further investi
gating the case and talking with
there old people, 1 proved to my sat
isfaction that both ihe man and the
Ionian were killed In the road house
! jv thalr money and both thrown In
to the boat, and the girl's apparel
pfaeed In the thicket to attract at
"V'tion. One of there witnesses was
arrested oa suspicion at the time,
an I afterwards moved West and dls
t; peared. The other was drowned.
The IluflielorV Kxciwo.
At a June wedding breakfast in
Pittsburg, the bachelors were called
upon to give their reasons for re
maining single.
The following were among the
taasons given:
"I am, like the frog In the fable,
no, though, he loved the water,
would not jump Into the well because
bo could not Jump out again."
"I am. too coltish, and tonoBt
nough to admit It."
"1 prefeg, on the one hand, liberty,
(ufreshlng, sleep, the opera, midnight
sappers,. q,uiet seclusion, dreams, ci
tars, bank, account and club to
on the other band disturbed rest,
cold meat, baby linen, soothing
yrup, cocking horses, bread pudding
ana enjty pockets."
"I have a twin brother and we
tave never bad a secret from one
notner.. He Is married." New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
' Th Windsor Chair.
'.Vlndsor- chairs are thought by
many, to. have .derived their name
'rom v'lndo Conn., where they
v ere mad la Colonial days. In an
rticle In Country Life In America,
howevei, Mi. Waller A. Dyer states
that they of English peasant
origin and were mad In Eug'auJ
before th first specimens frnt;
Window, Cons... er titrud aut.
The Badg of Honesty,
I on every wrapper of Doctor Plerco'i
OoUlnn Medical hl.'covory berauso a full
list oi mo ingredients eomHisitig It Is
printed thorn U plain L.nglish, Forty
years of experience bus proven Its superior
worth as a blood purllier and Invigorat
ing tonic for the euro of stoinuch disorders
and all liver lilt. It builds up tho run-.
down system as no other tonic can In
whlrh alcohol Is used. Tho active medic
inal principles of nntlvo roots such as
(tolden Seal and Queen's root, Stone Mid
Mandrake root, Hloodroot and Ulack
Cherrybark aro extracted and preserved
by the use of chemically puro, trlple
roflned glycerine. Send to Dr. It. V. Tlerco
at Iluffalo, N. Y., for free booklet which
nuotes extracts from well-recognized med
ical authorities such as Drs. Itartholow.
King, Scudder, Coe, Llllngwood and a
host of otherX, showing that these roots
can be dupemlcd upon for their curative
action lb all weak states of the stomach,
accomp&pied by indigestion or dyspepsia
as well Zi livftll bilious or liver complaints
and In liTiwastlng diseases" w hero thero
li losinlesli and gradual running down
of tlflstrength and system.
he"(;odcn Mwllcnl Discovery 'makes
Ich, uure lil'iod and so Invigorates and
jSLaSjM stnmr)), ijvCr aiid-bowf-la.
and,, throuifli tlii'in. The whole svstemt
Thus all skin affections, blotches, pimples
ana eruptions n wen as serotinous swel
lings and old open running sores or ulcers
are. cured and honied. In treating old
running sores, or ulcers, It Is well to In
sure their healing to apply to thorn Dr.
Pierce's All-Healing Salve. If yourdrug
glst don't happen to have this Salve In
stock, send fifty-four cents In postngo
stamps to Dr. K. V. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute. ItulTulo. N. Y.. and
a Inrgn ixix of tlio " All-Heullng Salvo"
will reach you iy return post.
You can t afford to accept a secret nos
trum as aauhstiliitn for this non-alcoholic.
medicine or known composition, not
even though the urgent dealer may
thereby make a little bigger profit.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and Invigorate stomach, liver and Ixiwels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
as canuy.
Ceremony I'ndcr Dlflleultles.
Sir Frank I.ascelles, our amhnssa
dor to Herlln, has had some excit
ing experiences In the course of his
diplomatic career.
He was with Sir Kdward Malet In
Paris In 1S70 during the siege and
tl:e Commune, and tells the story
of an extraordinary dinner which
they had at the embassy shortly af
ter a cannon hall had driven In the
front wall nnd reduced the kitchen
to ruins. A general retreat was
made to the cellar.
And here the two Kngllshnien sol
emnly arrayed themselves In dress
clothes and sat down to dine In as
n.tich "state" as possible, amid a
hopeless jumble of treasured bric-a-brac,
valuables, clocks, china, &c,
tor not a scrap of the usual ceremony
and etiquette was waived, despite
the Incongruous surroundings.- Tlt
Ults. ITondurnn Hardwood.
A railroad In Honduras which has
just been opened to traffic as far as
Celba, thirty-five miles, was built
with creosoted pine ties from the
United States. It is worthy of note
that while creosoted pine ties are be
ing shlppod i'rom the United States
te Honduras, hardwoods are coming
to the United fctates from that coun
try. Americans are doing the ship
ping both ways. A tract of 8,000
acres in Honduras has been secured
by an American company which will
cut the mahogany and other valuable
hardwoods and ship them to the
j United States. Forest and Stream.
Citric Acid and Water .
Dr. Klegel of the Austrian army
describes in Archlv fuer Hygiene a
number of experiments with cltrlo
acid to determine Its value as a ster
ilizer of water. The experiments
were made with typhus, diarrhoea
and cholera bacilli. A solution of
0.6 per cent citric acid was placed
In shallow vessels. The cholera
perms were killed In 15 minutes; the
i.iarrhoea bacilli were killed in 5 to
t hours and tne typhus In 24 hours.
Whon the vessels were p'.aced In tho
tun's rays, the action was much
ipiicker: the cholera germs wer kill
ed !n f minutes and the typhus In
l'3 hours.
It Is therefore probable, says Dr.
Ji'r-ei. that the use of citric acid in
v.i for exposed to tho rays oi the sun
pi :.ir vesse's would be of great ben
i tu n eouiitrtes where the usual
enl:atlon meihods ( cooking. o.on
1 ti'.ou) cannot be we'.l employed, as
is Mie tise in most of the tropical
md sub-tropclal countries.
A l.ate Aliinn.
"One of toe most extriiordlnary
rounds I hear In New York," said an
t-iirly rlFer. "Is the alarm clocks that
strike at 8 or ! o'clock In the morn
ing. 1 was born and brought up on
a farm and my time for rising Is 5
a. m. In the summer I not Infrequent
ly got up at four and am hard at
work oy 6. Some time along In
wnat seems the middle of the day to
me 1 hear an alarm clock juddenly
begin to strike and keep whirring
away as if to wake the dead. I nev
er get used to It. I Invariably think
K had struck by mistake, and then I
remembor that it is Just arousing
some of my neighbors. What trou
bles me Is how anybody can sleep so
lat with the learful racket of New
fork dinning all around him." New
York Press.
Missouri's Eggs.
Missouri marketod 107,155.658 do
en of eggs In 108, for which was
-lvd more thsn 116.000.000.
CASTOR I A
lor Inftnta and Children.
Tti Kind You Have Always Esfct
Bara th
Bignatnrtof
LACKAWANNA
RAILROAD.
'THE ROAD
OF
ANTHRACITE. 5
If you contemplate spending the Sum
mer months in Florida or California, call
upon our local ticket agent for particulars.
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that can be done by hand only. Nine-tenths
of all job printing done in any country office must be
done by hand. It can't be done with a machine.
This office is fully equipped to do all kinds of print
ing at the lowest prices consistent with good work.
A Large Stock is Carried in
ENVELOPES, LETTER IIEADS, NOTE HEaDS,
BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS, SHIPPING TAGS,
BUSINESS GAUDS, VISITING CARDS, INVITA
TIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, CARD BOARD,
BOOK PAPERS, COVER PAPERS, &c.
And Everything in the Printing Line
If you have been a customer of ours, you know the
character of our work. If not, we shall be glad to fill a
trial order. Among other things in our line are
Dodgers, Posters, Sale Bills, Pamphlets, Books, Re
ceipts, Orders, Check Books, Ruled Work, Half
tones, Line Cutsj Engraved Work, Stock Certifi
cates, Bonds, &c, &c.
No trouble to show goods and give estimates.
The Columbian Printing House,
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Entrance First Floor, through Roys' Jewelry Store.
Next to Bloomsburg National Banlfc BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Professional Cards
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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Bloomsburg, Pa.
RALPH. R.JOHN,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW.
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Bloomsburg, Pa.
FRED IKF.LER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office Over First National Bank.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office Corner of 3rd and Main St.
CATAWISSA, PA.
CLINTON HERRING.
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
Office with Grant Herring,
Bloorr.ilurg, Pa.
In Orangeville Wednesday each week
A. L. FRITZ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office Bloomsburg Nat'l Bank Bldg.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
J. II. MAIZE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, INSURANCE,
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT
Office in Townfcnd's Building
Bloomsburg, Ta,
' N U. FUNK
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ent's Building, Court House Square
Bloomsburg, Pa.
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SURGEON DENTIST
Office Barton's Building. Main below
Market. Bloomsburg, Pa.
All styles of work done in a superior
manner. All work warranted as
represented. "
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIW
by the use of Gas, and free of charge
when artificial teeth are inserted.
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Corner Main and Centre streets
Bloomsburg, Pa.
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Hours 10 to 8 Telephone
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7-30-iv BLOOMSBURG, PA
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ATTORNEY AT LAW j
CENTRALIA, PA.
Office, Liddicot Building, Locust Ave.
H. MONTGOMERY SMITH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office Ent building, 1 1-16-99
WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON,
ATTORNIY-AT-LAW.
Office in Wells' Building, over W. Met
neDer s Hardware store,
Bloomsburg,
Will be in Millville on Tuesdays.
Montour Telephone. Bell Telephone
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Homeopathic Physician and Svkccon
Office and Residence, Fourth St.
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Fire Insurance Agent.
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Office: Clark Building, and Floor.
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