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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-01-21

WHY HE SMoKED.-In the reign of
James l, of tobacco hating notority, the
boys of school acquired the habit Of
smoking and INDUCED in it night and
day using the most ingenious expedients
to conceal the vice from the master, till
one evening, when the chaps were to-
gether around the fire of their dormi-
tory, indulging each other In vapor
of their own creating, 10 in burst the
master, and stood in awful dignity be-
fore them.
"How now?" quoth the dominic TO
the first lad: show dare you be smok-
ing tobacco?"
"Sir," said the boy, 81 am subject to
headache, and a pipe takes of the pain"
"And you ?-and you ?-and you?"-
inquired the pedagogue, questioning
every boy in his turn.
One had "raging toothache;" an.
other collie; third cough; in short
they all had something
snow, sirrah," beloved the doctor,
to the last boy, "what disorder do you
smoke for?"
Alas! the excuses were all exhausted;
but the interrogated urchin put down
his pipe after farewell Whit and look
ing up in his masters face, said, in a
whining, hypocritical tone, "Sr, /
smoke for corns."
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The Cardiff Giant outdone.
ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF THE SKEL.-
ETON OF A GIANT IN THE OIL RE-
GIONS

ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF THE sKEL-
ETON OF A GIANT IN THE OIL RE-
GIoNs.
The Oil City Times of Friday week
is responsible for the following:
On Tuesday morning last, while Mr..
William Thompson, assisted by Robert
II. Smith, was engaged in making an
excavation near the house ofthe former,
about half mile north of West
Hickory, preparatory to erecting der,
rick, they exhumed AN enormous
helmet of ir on, which was corroded
with rust. Further digging brought to
light sword which measured nine feet
in length. Curiosity melted them to
enlarge the hole, and after some little
time they discovered the bones of two
enormous feet. Following up the
''lead" they had SO Unexpectedly
struck, in few hours time they had
unearthed a we'll preserved skeleton
of an enormous giant, belonging to a
species of the human family which
pro badly inhabited this and other parts
of the world at that time of which the
Bible speaks, when it says, land there
were giants in those days" The helmet
is said to be of the shape of those found
among theruins of Nineveh. The bones
of the skeleton are remarkable white.
The teeth are all in their places, and
all of them are double, and of eXtraor-
dinary size. These relics have been taken
to Tionesta, where they are visited by
large numbers OF people daily. When
his giantship was in flesh he must have
stood eighteen feet in his stockings.
These remarkable relics will be
forwarded to New York early next
week. The joints of the skeleton
are now being glued together. These
remains were found about twelve
feet delow the surface of a
mound which had been thrown up
probably centuries ago, and which
Was not more than three feet abovt
the level of the ground around it
Here is another nut for antiquarians L
crack.
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GhoitG poetrn.
Our Parting Kick.

Get out, Old Year, get out, get out!
And don't keep lingering here about,
we don't care whether you've got the gout,
Or what's the matter, but Just get out!
You stupid, sorrowful sad old year,
You maunderlng, miscliievous mad old year,
law, we're heartily glad, old year,
To enjoy the kicking you out
Your LIES n chapter Of griefs and woes,
You were always treading on peoples toes,
TIL you set great nations Mt brutal blows,
ana gave their braves TO the kites and crows.
You savage, slaughterous, sad old year,
You mocking murderous old year
law, we're heartily glad, old year,
To enjoy the kicking you out!
You brought the disaster at Avondale,
Twas you that made Harvard, not Oxford, fail,
And you that brought the September gale,
And the earthquakes too, aud the tempests of
hail,
You spiteful, slanderous bad Old year,
You humping miserly, mad old year.
o law. we're heartily glad, old year,
To enjoy the kicking you out!
You bedevilled the railroads to kill and smash,
And in your McFarlan d Richardson hash
You led poor Beecher to cut such n dash,
And let Fisk Junior gobble our cash,
You sulky, slanderous, sad old year,
You mouthing, muddling mad old year;
law, we're heartily glad, old year,
To enjoy the kicking you out!
You gave us the floods that drowned us all out,
And lost us two millions OF money about,
And you brought us that humbuy from Cardiff
you lout!
For which You deserve to be tweaked In the
snOut,
You base, bewilderng, bad old year,
Nprtr oil n -
o law. we're heartily glad. old year,
To enjoy the kicking you OUT
You brought us, too, you old spindle shanks,
That meanest OF all your In fernal pranks,
The Radical fashion OF robbing the Banks
For which take our curses instead OF our tina NIX +
You low-lived. thievlDg, bad old year,
You drunken. mean and mad old year
@ law, we're all Of us glad, old year,
To enjoy the kicking you out!
There's q blacker and wickedcr thing than all,
You lying and plottin. old Radical!
You hat ched that GeOrgia scheme! and call
Yourself Unionist Wormwood and gall
Aren't bitter enough to tell, old year.
The depth to which you fell, old year
Or your crimes deserving - WE'LL old year.
We enjoy the kicking you out!
Come in, New Year, with your hopeful smile
To end our ditty of blare and bile
That mean Old cuss was enough to rile
| An angels temper. but you'll strike lie.
You nice, no naushtiness, neat new year,
You smiling, saucy face, sweet new year,
Your look Increases the treat, my dear,
or kicking that old sknnk out!
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VOLUME w. NO. 8.
Orangeville Directory.

A 4 f. W. COLEMAN, Merchant Taiiois and
"a Gents furnishing goods, Main ST., ne xt door
| 10 tne Bffck Hotel. vl-n47
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Hotels.
30 l. L NJ B A Ill o Il l. l..

30 l. L. Nj B A Ill o Il Il l..
NARD STOHNER.
Having lately purchased ard htt,d up the
well known Robson Hotel Property. located a
FEW DOORS ABOVE THE COURT HOUSE,,
on the same side OF the street, in the town Of
BluomsDurg; and having obtained u license for
the same as u
HOTEL AND KESTARANT,
the Proprietor ha determined TO give TO the peo-
pie Ylslllng the town ON business or pleasure,
ALITTLE MORE ROOM.
His stHbliug al so is extensive, and il ntted up
To Tut buggits and carriages IN the dry. He
promises That every thing about hls establish
inent snail be conducted III an orderly ana law
ful manner; and he respectfully solleits share
OF the public patronage. lmyEoI-u
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EXCHANGE HOTEL.
BLooMsBURG, COLUMBIA Co, PA.

The undersigned having purchased this we'll
known and centrally located houte, the Ex-
Change Hotel, situate on MAIN STREET, IN
bloomsbury, Immediately opposite the Column
bia county Court House, respectfully inform
their friends and the public in general that
their house IL now in order for the reception ana
entertainment of travellers who may he dispos-
ed to favor IL with their custom. They have
spared no expense i'll preparing the Exchange
Tor lhp entertainment OF their guests neither
shall there be anything wanting ON lllelr part 10
minister 10 their personal comfort. Ihe house
is spacious and enjoys an excellent business To-
cation. =, ~,
Omnibusos lun at all times between the EI-
change Hotel and the various railroad depots, by
and nom ILe r,hpectiye sta tions IN due time To
meet he ears. kOONS q CLAIM
Blooms burg, April 3, 1865.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-01-21

' "A doctor in Louisiana removed from
the side of an infants neck, fatty tu-
NOR weighing pound and half
The Governor of Illinois has al-
pointed Mr.. Johns, a wealthy Chicago
negro, q notary public.
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THE ESPY HOTEL.
pRICK HOTEL,
oRANGEVILLE, COLUMBIA COUNTY. PA.
ROHR M'HENRY, Proprietor.

This well known House, having been put In
thorough repair, is now open TO The travelling
tmhlic The bar is stocked with the choicest
iinuors and cipais, and the table Will hs. ut all
Times supplied with the delicaeies OF the season,
No pains Will be spared TO insure 'he ooihioIl oi
Orangeville, dee. lO.09-if.
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The largest owner of personal prop
erty in the United States Is Commodore
Vanderbilt, who is said TO hold twenty
millions,
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Local notices, twenty cents line by the year
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23

THE ALLEGED FRAUDS IN THE METHOD
IsT Book CoNcERN.-The quarrel in the
Methodist Book Concern, arising in char
ges made by DR.. John Lanahan that
gross malfeasauce has existed in the man
agement of the Methodist Book Concern,
and that commissions have been improp-
erly obtained for improper amounts, by
persons connected with the managers, has
resulted in suit brought by Mr.. s. j.
Goodenough, the superintendent of the
printing department during the time OF
the alleged frauds, against DR.. Lanahan
for Islander.
The complaint, in which Messrs. Brown
and Elites appear as attorneys, charge {
that on April /, 1869, DIR. Lanahan said
of Mr.. Goodenough, before many, "that
he is thief, robber, and has stolen
from the Book Concern thousands of dol
lars"
The damages are laid at twenty-five
thousand dollars. Mr.. Goodenough says
that all these charges are false, and Mr..
Lanahan will probably maintain that they
were substantially true; thus bringing
the questions which have been twice
passed on by Church tribunals to pub
lie judicial trial.--Neao York Post.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23

The MONKEY AND THE HAWK.-Ihc
cook of French nobleman had mon
key which was so intelligent that by Sc
we're training it was taught to perform
certain useful services, such as plucking
fowls, at which it was uncommonly ex-
pert. One fine morning pair of par
tridges was given it to pluck. The mon
key took them to an open window OF the
kitchen and went to work with great
diligence He soon finished one, which
he laid on the outer ledge of the window,
and then went quietly on with the other.
A hawk that had been watching his pro-
ceedings from neighboring tree, darted
down upon the plucked partridge, and in
minute was up in the tree again, greed
lily devouring his pray. The monkey
hoped about in great distress for some
minutes, when suddenly bright thought
struck him. Selling the remaining par
fridge, he went to work with great ener-
gy and stripped off the feathers. Hethen
laid it on the ledge, just where he had
placed the other, and closing one of the
shutters, concealed himself behind it.
The hawk, who by this time had finished
his meal, very soon sWooped downsupon
the partridge; but hardly had his claws
touched the bird, when the monkey
sprang upon him from behind the shut.
ter The hawks neck was instantly
wrung, and the monkey with a triumph
ant chuckle, proceeded to strip off the
feathers. This done, he carried the two
plucked fowls to his master with q con-
fident and selfsatisied air, which seemed
to say, Here are two birds, sir--just
what you gave me- What the cook said
on finding one of the partridges convert
ed into hawk, is more than we are able
to tell.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23

The following tragic story comes from
Pesth, and bears the date of The 23d of
March Two brothers, of the principal
families of Sy- Tatahaz, lived in the bit
terest hatred the one to the other. They
even carried their hatred SO far as to de.
sire to change their names, go that the
one should not bear the abhorrcd name of
the other. The daughter of one of the
brothers, however, named Zouszi, and the
son of the other, Pista, were deeply in
love. They had in vain begged for the
consent OF their parents to their union.
AT length they resolved to die together,
since there was no prospect of their mar
riage. They accordingly put on their
best attire, went into neighbcring gar
den, and there Pista shot Zouszi through
the heart, afterward putting bullet in
to his own brain. Troubled by present..
ments of evil, the two fathers followed
their children into the garden, and find
ing them both dead, they shot themselves
in remorse. Shortly afterward, the moth.
ers of the lovers, happening to pass by,
saw the four corpses, and attempted to
kill themselves with knives, but were pre-.
vented by the neighbors, who had now
fastened on to the scene. Of course
readers are left at liberty to believe ga
much OF this story as they choose.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23

REMARKABLE CoINCIDENCEs.- -Amonp
the attendants at the recent picnic in eel
ebration of the semi-centennial anniyers-
airy of the settlement of indianapolis, was
Mr. Isaac Martz, who came to Indiana
from Ohio in 1916. He, with twin
brother, Moses, married twin sisters.
This double marriage was celebrated on
the same day. Each couple has had
twelve children, each having had seven
boys and five girls. At the time of the
marriage the brothers were of the same
height exactly, and within one pound of
the same weight, which was IT'S pounds
and for space of 25 years continued
within two pounds, of that figure. The
brothers, with their wives, are both Iiv-
ing. The former are So years old, and
the latter sd. All were born on the 9th
day OF the month, and were married on
the same day Of the month also. The
twin boys mentioned are now twelve
years old, and their mother often finds il
impossible to distinguish the one from
the other. Death has been equally kind
to each family. Ten children remain to
each.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23

Land is N general accounted among
the most permanent Of possessions but
Mississippi shore property is continual
exception to this and all other rules
The town that is built on the river bank
to-day, may next year be several ere.
moves" from the waterside, or be left
on rapidly decreasing island, according
to the freak which happens to suit the
Father of Waters. There is a story of
one settlement that, by some such pro-
cess as the latter, was actually found one
morning on the opposite side of the river
from its situation of the night before.
New Orleans is in somewhat curious
position in this respect, being situated on
u bend where the river runs from south
to north; the shores opposite the city are
continually losing, and the city itsef
gaining pieces Of land. Memphis, on the
other hand, is from time to time losing
frontage. while bar opposite it has in
creased 20 enormous proportions, cutting
off ferriage to the oppisite shore except
by long roundabout ront. On the 1st
inst, about four acres of the river front
of Memphis suddenly Graz kcd off and
fell into the stream, smamping SO, 900
worth of floating property, aside from
the loss of land. The neigh boring bluffs
have also given way In places, and tho
|evte is considered to be in great
danger.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23

CURIOUS Times TO Know Besides
the fact that ice is lighter than water,
there is another curious thing about it,
which people do not know, perhaps
namely its purity. a lump of ice melted
will always become purely distilled
water. When the early navigators Of
the Arctic seas got out of water they
melted fragments of those vast mountains
of ice called iceburgs, and were astonish-
ed to find that they yielded only fresh
water They thought that they were
frozen salt water, not knowing that they
were formed on the land and in some way
laudched into the sea- But t. they had
been right, the result would have been
all the same. The fact is, the water in
freezing turns out of 1t all that is not
water: salt, air, coloring matter and all
impurities. Frozen sea water, makes
fresh water ice. If you freeze basin
of indigo water it will make it as pure
as that made of pure rain water. When
the cold is very sudden these foreign
matters have no time to escape, either by
rising or sinking, and are thus entangled
with the ice, but do not form any part OF
ie.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23

INDIA RUBBER.--Chambers' Journal
gives the following illustration of the.
power of India rubber to deaden sound !
" We once visited factory where some
forty or fifty coppersmiths were at work
above our heads; but what was remark
able, scarcely a sound of their noisy ham
mering could be heard. On going up
stairs we saw the explanation. Each leo
of every bench rested on cushion made
OF India rubber cuttings. This complete.
ly deadened the sound"
On the 10th sad accident occurred in
the township of Bunker Hill, Ingham
county, Mich. A young boy by the name
OF Aldrldge went from the field to get n
gun to shoot blackbirds. Procuring it he
met person at the gate and entered into
conversation with him, the butt of his
gun resting on the ground, when dog
recognized him and jumped upon him,
The animals paw striking the hammer OF
the gun, discharging it. the entire charge
OF shot entering about the nose and
reaching the brain, causing instant death
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23

HORRIBLE TALE OF BRIGANDAGE.-A
horrible story of brigandage comes from
Chilli. Don Gomezy Lagoberon, IA
nous bandit captain, who, from his fast
nesses in the Sierra Pro4unda, has long
detied the CHILEAN authorities, was pur-
sued, with the brigands under his com
mand, by body of troops, which sue
ceeded in driving him to take refuge in
cavern near the summit of lofty noun.
tain. In this cavern he had concealed
female captive, whose husband he had
robbed and slain, and whom he lad for
some time compelled to live with him.
The soldiers made several attempts to
reach the entrance to the cavern, to which
there was only one means of access "a
mere mountain goat track. But Lagob-
eron rolled heavy rocks down Apon them,
and succeeded in beating them off after
several men had been severely injured.
The officer in command resolved to starve
the bandit out. After two DAYS bleck-
AIDE, however, the soldiers improvised an
escalcade of the robber chieftain's strong
hold, and succeeded in capturing him.
To their horror they found that Lagob-
eron had cut off one Of his unfortunate
companions breasts, and eaten it. The
poor woman was discovered in diving
state, having sustained fearful loss Of
blood !; and she expired shortly after her
rescue from the clutches of her paramount.
The butcher was conveyed to Talca.
where he was promptly tried and con-
demned to death by the garotte. In
South America, executions follow SEN
tence with startling rapidly; and Gomez
was straightway conducted to the scaffold
guarded by a strong escort of mounted
gendarmes While the executioner was
engaged in adjusting his "toilette de mort"
the convict drew whistle from his pock.
E., and blew it sharply; whereupon about
sixty of his men, who had introduced
themselves amongst the crowd surround
ing the scaffold, rushed upon the gen
darmes, and massacred them ere they
could offer any resistance. TheJ freed
Lagoberon, and garotted the execution
er; after which they escaped to the
mountains
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-23
BALTIMORE MARKETS.

BALTIMORE MARKETS.
These markets, of which there are sew
en- in the city, are the pride Of Baltimore
ans. The market days are Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays; Saturday af-
ternoon and evening, though not regu-
lar market day, is used for that purpose.
A brief description of Lexington Market,
which is the largest, may not be uninter-
esting. Fancy "a building thirty feet
high in center-120 feet wide--open on
sides and ends-three blocks in length
o brick floor, six rows of stalls running
the entire length These stalls are each
20 feet long. Itis Saturday evening-the
best market time in the week the bril-
liant lights; the thousands of men, wo-
men and children-all busy making their
purchases; the tons and tons of meats
fish, fowl, vegetables, groceries, tinware,
driedfruits. hardware, iowelry, contcc-
tionery, candies, apples, lemons, oranges,
pineapples, cherries, strawberries, toma
toes, ice cream, lemonade, nuts of all
kinds, choice flowers, and thousand
other things, all temptingly Displayed
and offered for sale. All is hustle, but no
confusion every few rods you notice a
policeman you can scarcely pick your
way along, so crowded is it--and the
crowd has not been less during the after
noon. New potatoes, cabbages, squashcs
carrots, parsnips, caulifower, tomatoes
cucumbers, cherries, have all been in the
market for weeks. good many of these
vegetables and fruits come from Norfolk.
The trawberry season is now almost over
Philadelphia boasts of consuming one
hundred tons of strawberries per day
should judge Baltimore used at least half
that quantity. Forty thousand dollars is
paid for meats alone in Lexington Mar
kes every Saturday.
Baltimore can boast Gf so disposed) of
thousands of dark skinned citizens. evil
kins and his Dina" are in every second
house in the capacity of servants-and as
general thing very good servants they
make. AS a class they are contented,
industrious and frugal see this letter
has reached an objectionable length; SO
1 will leave this dark subject--observing
that Sembo" has heard OF the Fifteenth
Amendment and knows how to take care
of himself without infringing on the white
mans rights. ChattiIy Yours,
EVERYWHERE.