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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-01-20
Choice Poetry.
Discipline.

A block of marble caught the glance
OF Buonarottes eyes,
Which frightened in their solemn dceps,
Like meteorological skies.
And one who stood beside him listened,
Smiling ms he heard;
For 81 will make an angel of it,"
Was the sculptor's word.
And mallet soon and chlsel sharp
The stubborn block assailed,
And blow by blow, and pang by pang,
The prisoner unveiled.
brow was lifted high and pure,
The wakoning eyes outshone;
And as the master sharply wrought,
\ smile broke through the stone!
Beneath the chisels edge, the hair
Escaped in floating rings:
And, plume by plume, was slowly freed,
The sweep of half-furled wings.
The stately bust, and graceful limbs
Their marble letters shed,
And where the shapeless block had been,
An angel stood instead.
o, blows that smitel o. hurts that pierce
This shrinking heart of mine!
What are yc but the Masters tools
Forming II work divine?
o, hope that crumbles to my feet!
o, Joy that mocks and flies!
What are ye but the clogs that bind
My spirit from the skies?
Sculptor Of souls | lift to Thee
Encountered heart and hands;
Spare not the chisel set me free,
However dear the bands.
How blest, If all these seeming Ills
Which draw my thoughts to Thee.
Should only prove that Thou wilt make
An angel out of Inc.
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CAUSE OF UNHAPPINE Ess.-Harsh
judgment, rough words, small but fie-
quent acts of selfishness and injustice,
sometimes quite poison the heart that
promised to be blessed.
There are families that possess evorv
earthly com fort-health, money, and
occupation-but are miserable from the
jealousy and quarrelling that prevail
within them. There are married coup
les who live in daily sorrow, not be-
cause they are in want, but because
each thinks the other unkind, arbitrary,
and inconsiderate.
Young people sometimes marry with
their eyes shut and thus, instead Of
being mated with angels, as they fool.
ishly imagined they might be, they
find out afterwards that they are only
men and women, with the commo n
weakness and faults Of their respective
sex. This sham love easily gets sourcd,
and then each feproaches the other for
not fulfilling the sentimental prospects
with which they entered into the mar
riage state.
Take any of the relationships Of life,
and we should find that far the greater
part of all our sorrow comes from the
same cause. Get any one TO tell you
honestly what gives him the most an
noyance and disquietude, and he will
tell you they come from the want OF
kindness, sympathy, and fellow-feel-
ing. He would tell you that he would
bear other things If he only met with
more consideration, support, and en-
couragement from the people with
whom he has to do.
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81 dare no more fret" said John
Wesley, than to curse and swear"
One who knew him well said that he
never saw him lowspirited or fretful in
his life. He could not endure the socie-
ty of people who were of this habit. lie
says of them "To have persons at my
ears murmuring and fretting at every
thing is like tearing the flesh from my
bones. By the grace of God, am dis
contented at nothing. l see God sitting
on his throne, and ruling all things" If
every one was of John Wesley's spirit,
it would revolutionize the world. Chris
tians lose all their wayside comforts al d
dishonor the Master, by their fretful-
ness over little troubles. Some who can
bear the great sorrows of life with a
martyrs faith and patience are utterly
overthrown by the breaking of vase.
The temper is an unruly steed which
must be kept in hand every moment.
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The Age of Novelties,

This is an age Of novelties not per-
haps of ideas, for originality in that re-
spect is SO questioned and Iefuted now
adays that we begin to be believers in
the somewhat caustic observation of the
Hebrew king, that there is nothing new
under the sun. But the practical appli-
cation Of resusctated principles, says
the London ErGminer, is carried out
so largely that we begin to wonder
sometimes whether human ingenuity
will ever find an insurmountable boun.
dairy and limit it cannot pass. The
wars of the last ten years have given Il
wonderful stimulus to inventive genius
for improving old and designing fresh
instruments of destruction, and society
is indebted TO the present sanguinary
contest for one or two novel aids to
wholesale slaughter. When this un-
happy war shall have ended, Europe
will be flooded with books about it-.his
torical, political, and technical and we
shall be greatly disappointed if we dc
not see some record of the doings of the
intrepid aeronauts who have rendered
such signal servicei in France by preserv
ing means of communication between
the invested capital and the provinces
Their operations have been doubtless
irregular, awkward, and not always
successful; but their art is in its infancy
and crude as may have been their etfort'
they have had valuable and beneficial
influence on the defence. Blame as W,
may the vanity and rashness which LED
to the war, the mendacity and reckless
ness which have characterized it on thu
part of the French, ii is impossible no
to admire the indomitable perseverance,
and courage they have displayed unde
crushing reverses.
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COL. DEM. -. VOL. XXXIV.. NO. as



The Buffalo Express has wonderful
war map, drawn and engraved by Mark
Twain, with explanations by the artist.
Appended are some recommendations
which the work has received.
TO THE READER.
The idea Of this map is not original
with me, but is borrowed from the
Tribune and the other great metropoli-
tan journals.
/ claim no other merit for this pro.
duction (if may so call it) than that
it is accurate. The main blemish of the
city paper maps, of which 1t is an imi-
tation, is that in them more attention
is paid to artistic picturesqueness than
geographical reliability.
Inasmuch as this is the first time /
ever tried to draft and engrave a map,
or attempt anything in the line of art
at all, the Communications the work has
received and the admiration it has ex-
cited among the people, have been very
grateful to my feelings. And it is touch
ing to reflect that by far the most en-
thusiastic of these praises have come
from people who know nothing at all
about art.
BY an unimportant oversight / have
engraved the map 50 it reads wrong end
first, except to left-hand people.
forgot that in order to make it right in
print it should be drawn and engraved
upside down. However, let the student
who desires to contemplate the map
stand on his head or hold it before her
looking glass. That will bring it right.
The reader will comprehend at a
glance that the piece of river with the
"High Bridge" over it got left out tc
one side by reason of a slip of the grav
ing tool which rendered it necessary to
change the entire course of the rivel
Rhine or else spoil the map. After
having spent two days in digging and
gouging at the map, l would have
changed the course of the Atlanti;
Ocean before l would have lost so much
work.
never had 50 much trouble with
anything in my life as did with thi:
map. had heaps Of little fortiicatiOn'
scattered all around Paris, at first, bu
every now and then my instrument:
would slip and fetch away whole mile:
of batteries and leave the vicinity a!
clean as if the Prussians had beer
there. ~
The reader will find it well to franz
this map for future reference, so that /
may aid in extending popular inteli
gence and dispellng the wide sprea(
ignorance of the day. MARK TWAIN.
OFFICIAL COMBINATIONS.
at is the only map of the kind eve
saw. GRANT"
at places the situation in an entirel.
new light. BISMARCK"
"I cannot look upon it without shed
ding tears. BRIGHAM YOUNG
1t is very nice, large print.
NAPOLEON"
"My wife was for years afflicted will
freckles and though everything wa
done for her relief that could be done
all was in vain. But, sir, since her frs
glance at your map, they have entirel
left her. She has nothing but convu
sions now. j. SMITH,
"If / had had this map could hav
got out of Metz without any trouble.
BAZAINE."
81 have seen great many maps i
my time, but none that this one \,
minds me Of TRoCuU."
at is but fair to say that in some n
spccts it is truly remarkable map.
w. T. SUERMAN.'
II said to my son Frederick William
iii you could make II map like that,
would be perfectly willing to see yo
T die-even anxious. WILLIAM I'LL"
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JENNY LIMBS husband has at length
run through the splendid fortune with
which she retired from the lyric stage,
and she is compelled to teach music for
a living. The ill-matched pair have
separated by mutual consent, and the
spendthrift must now shift for himself.
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Executors or Administrators Notice. $780,
Auditors or Assignee's Notice, $3.50.
Local notices, ten cents limo.
Cards in tho "Business Directory" column, $500
per year for the first two lines and sl.Oo for each
additional line.
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~ DO not say, ,"remarked Mrs. Brown,
"that Jones is thief; but do say that
II his farm Joined mine l would not try
to keep sheep"
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RATES or ADVERTISING.

One inch, twelve lines or Its equivalent in
Nonpareil type) ono or two insertions, sl.bO;
thrao In usertions a10O
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On ESTER S. FURMAN,
HARNESS, SADDLE, AND TRUNK
MANUFACTURER,

anu utultI III
CARPET-BAGS VALlSEs, FLH-NETSr
BUFFALo ROBES, HoRsE'nLASKETs &C.,
which he feels confident he can sell at iOwer
rate than any other person In the county. EN-
anime for yourselves.
shop third door below the Court House, Main
street, Bloomsbury, Pa.
Aug. o, 1870.
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Hotels.
HIIE ESPY HOTEL.
BRICK 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
public. The bar is stocked with the choicest
liquors and cigars, and the table will be- at all
times, supplied with the deicacies OF the season.
No pains will be spared to insure the comfort OF
guests.
Orangeville, dec 10. '69-tf.
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SHARPLESS & HARMAN,

EAGLE FOUNDRY AND MANUFACTURING sHor.
STOVES & PLOWS WHOLESALE II RETAIL
THE CELEBRATED MoNTRosE IRoS BEAM AND
THE HUTTON WOODEN beam pLows.
Castings and Fire Brick for repairing city stoves
All kinds of Brass or Iron casting made to order
upon short notice. -
B. +. SHARPLESS 4 p. s. HARMAN,
Bloomsbury, Ia. ProprietoIs
Mar. ~, '69-tf.
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g. JACOBY


w EXCHANGE BLOCK, ,BLOOMSBUkG, PA.
are agents for the sale of Brockwny's' justly
celebrated Cream and old stock Ales, whch they
will sell as cheap as country breWed ales; Who'll
and half barrels con stantly on hand. This ale
is brewed by William +. BrCckwny, SO to 325
East Eleventh Street, New lo-k city.
blooms urg. Juue TO- lS70-t-:
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Buck Horn.

nj G. & W. II. SHOEMAKER, dealers in dry
vi. goods, groceries and general merchandise
FIRST store in south end OF town. v2-nl'
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-07
Texan Cattle,

Pursuant TO previous notice the citizens Of
school district No. 10, Lyon county, Kansas,
convened Mt the school house in said district
Thursday, March 80, at N O'Clock p. In.
On motion c. Drake was appointed chair
man and &. r. MOys secretary.
The object Of the meeting was stated by the
chairman to be to devise means to prevent the
introduction OF Texan cattle into this locality
contrary to law. A spirited discussion en-
sued, in which Messrs. H. D. Curtis, G. De-
baum, J. r. Moys, j. NJ. Shuts, Mr.. Mills, l..
Saunders and c. Drake participated. On mo-
ton q committe OF three was appointed to
draft resolutions expressing the sense OF the
meeting.
Messrs. Debaum and Moys were appointed
by the chair. The following is the report of
the committee:
Whereas, We the people OF this vicinity
have good reasons for believing, and do be-
lieve, that Texan cattle carry with them and
spread a disease that proves fatal to our do
nestle cattle, therefore
| Be 10 Resolved, That we will use all law
ful means to I9ohibit the driving OF Texan
cattle into or through this locality;
I'd, That we hereby notify any person oil
persons, engaged in the driving or harborin" ri
Texan cattle contrary to law, that such per.
| son or persons will be dealt with TO the fui
eAlent of the law;
3D., That adjoining localities are respectful
ly requested TO aid Us In the enforcement o
the above resolutions.
On motion Of Mr.. Mills the resolutions a
reported were unanimously adopted.
Ordered that the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the EMPORIA NEWS ant
Tribune.
c. r. MOYs, CHAS. DRAKE,
Secretary. Chairman.
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The April number Of the Kansas EducG-
tioRaI Journal has just been issued from this
ONCE. With this number the management
and editorship OF this excellent monthly pass
from the control Of l.. b, Kellogg to that of
Messrs. Banfield Il Dilworth. Prof. Kellogg
has had charge Of the JoGrRGI for about four
years, and that IL has prospered, grown better
and better with each succeeding year, its nu-
merous readers will all agree. The success
Ors of Mr.. Kellogg give expression in a short
card to their aims in the future management
of the journal. They enter upon their new
work with evident zeal and earnestness, and
we earnestly hope that the Kansas Education.
al Journal may become even more than their
greatest expectations would make it. We
should like to see the Journal take front rank
along with the best Educational periodicals
In the country, and believe that much will b'
done toward giving 1t such rank under the
control of Messrs. Banfield & Dilworth.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-07

We have given a cursOry examination of a
circular issued by the ''kansas Emigration
society," which Is certainly filed with mat
tiers interesting not only to the Immigrant but
TO the general reader. Its object Is to afford
facilities to persons immIgrating to this State
such as cannot be obtained through any other
source. The society Is under the control Of
the State and has no private ends TO reach In.
the execution Of its work. II aims TO furnish
every person who is DESTROYS OF coming TO
this State with clear and accurate information
upon all matters OF general interest. Then II
that person should decide to emigrate the So
ciety has such AN arrangement made with the
railroad authorities will enable him to
come at less cost by considerable than II he
came independently Of its auspices. Fuller in
formation regarding the purposes and work.
ings Of this society may be had by addressing
Arthur b. Havens, SecretUry, Leavenworth,
Kan. We believe Mr.. Van Houten OF this
place Is acting as agent for the society.
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.g.MERECUS.

The report having reached us tbnt the large
body Of lands In Lyon and Morris counties
known as the Kaw Trust Lands will be in
market for actual settlers inside OF thirty
days, people are rushing upon them to take
claims, and cabins are going up like mush-
rooms all over the tract. There are upwards
Of 1000 acres in this body, and good deal
Of good land, approaching within one mile of
Americas. The whole tract win doubtless
be claimed and occupied within sixty days
There is now no prohibition from settling on
these Trust lands, and il the present report Is
true, the settlers viii get them at Government
price. The Kaw Reserve, it is now supposed,
wi II have TO stand over another season.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-07

Every snti-lieense citizen can draw great
encouragement. and comfort from the fact that
the license party in Emporia was never 50
overwhelmingly beaten as It was on Monday
last. They concentrated their strength upon
Mr.. Haussler for Mayor, and doing their ut
most, aided even by some extraneous help
which they would not have received had some
other than Mr.. Haussler been their candidate,
lO2 persons ont OF 4S4 voted for a license May
or. The Temperance element aud the anti
license sentiment are rapidly growing in
strength instead of becoming weaker. This
fact considered in connection with this other
iaet, that nearly all of the other important
towns in Kansas are under the government
OF officials favorable 10 license, and that Qua
beautiful Capital, whose city government FOR
the past wear has been anti-lieense, has been
giYen over TO the rule OF @free whisky" by 9
vote Of 942 to 424, a majority OF over i've hun
dred is certainly encouraging. We are glad
we live In Emporia rath er than in Topeka.
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MessrS Reynolds & Mitchell, of the PaOla
AdUeYttssr, stepped into our office the other
day. informing us that they were westward
bound. They are moving their office to Flor
ence, Kansas, at which place they will conn.,
menco in short time the publication OF a
newspaper. These gentlemen are successful
journalists, and we hope they may be album
dainty blessed with prosperity in their new
ENTERPRISE.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-07

1t turns out that the election Tuesday SC
far as 1t related to the Justices OF the Peace
was all for nought. They should have been
voted for on Monday. The law regulating
the time OF election was not discovered until
1t was too late to remedy the mistake. We
believe that both Mr.. Frederick and Mr.. Hunt
were fortunate as 10 have had their names
printed on few tickets used on Monday and
got about a dozen votes each, and if they
choose to qualify they will undoubtedly be
nIIr inafieee
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TEACHERS INsTITUTE.-The teachers OF
Lyon county are invited to meet in Plymouth,
on Wednesday, Thursday AMI Friday, April
18th, 18th and 18th, for the purpose OF taking
part in Teachers Institute. Prof. Kellogg
will take part in the instruction OF classes. and
lecture wednesday evening. Prof. Dilworth
will lecture Thursday evening. An examina-
ton for certificates will be held on Friday.
The citizens OF Plymouth will open their
houses for the entertainment OF teachers.
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no WV AND COUNTRY.

BUSINESS NorIcE.-AIl letters containing
subscriptions, orders for job work, ETC., should
be addressed 70 stotler 8 Williams, and not 70
Jacob stOtler or TO w. W. Williams. 1t fire.
quntly happens that letters do not reach their
proper destination until after considerable de-
lay from being addressed to member Of the
firm rather than 20 the firm. Each Is often abb
sent from home. The other day letter from
Florence, containing large order for job
work, was addressed to Mr.. stotler, who, be-
ing sway. did not himself receiys'it. nor did
the firm until It had lain in the postoftice
more than week. This has occurred several
times
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-07

In little article that appeared in the NEWS
the other Gay, we made the statement that
Sidney Hurd had been appointed Agent for
the Great Western Dispatch, a fast freight
line running between Boston and st. Louis.
Some have drawn the inference from this state
ment that friend Hurd was about to leave us,
to take position at st. Louis, Boston or at
point between these two places. We wish to
say that the Great Western does business as
far West as Emporia and much further, and
we shall by no means have to suffer the loss
Of Sidney Hurd. He is at present pretty 6rm
fixture ut Emporia, where long may he dwell.
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We are reliably informed that Messrs. Speer
B. Einstein, of Leavenworth. purpose putting
u stock of dry goods In the building lately oe-
cupied by Is. T. Wright, 1856 Commercial
street, and that they will be ready for busi-
ness about the first OF April. They will Oceu-
Ply one side of the store, while the other will
be occupied as heretofore by Chas Metzler and
Epstein, Goldman ~ Co.
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We understand that the masquerade ball
asst week was decided success. We Were
prevented by reason Of sickness in our family
from dropping in and looking on. We learn
from those present that all enjoyed themselves
hugely. One gentleman, we told, being
introduced to lady from abroad was much
taken with her appearance and invited her to
dance great many different times during the
evening. He showed her great attention, fas-
elnated by her beauty, and when the time
came to unmask and all were standing face to
face in a long row, he found himself opposite
to the interesting dAmseI. At sign al the
masks were dropped, when 10 and behold the
lovely lady was no other than a great, big,
ungainly boy. The polite gentleman got Out
Of the hall rs quickly rs possible.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-07

Messrs Milliken & Hail have a goodly num-
Der Of beautiful evergreens OF several choice
varieties At their grounds, Fremont Park, near
the new brick school house. We noticed that
good many Of them were labeled TO different
parties, showing that the demand for them is
good. We hope our citizens will plant Eber-
ally OF these beautiful ornamental trees.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-07

We herewith publish the result Of the vote
on yesterday. The vote was light, there be-
ing probably one hundred and twenty-five
persons entitled to vote who did not cast a
ballot. The first ward polled 81 votes; the
second 1877; the third las; and the fourth Ill.
Total 4s4. A full vote would at least have
given US 600 ballots.
Mr.. Jay can congratulate himself upon q
very decided MINORITY, and the people may
congratulate themselves upon having elected q
tickrt that is unqualiiedly opposed to license
CITY ELECTION RETURNS.
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First WGrd-John Carter, long term, So;
Chas. Vheelock, short term, So; scattering 3.
Second RGrd3Fred W. Hirth, long term,
ls7; t. G. whitley, short term, 126.
Third Wdrd-W. W. Hibben, long term,
l39; E. p. Bancroft, short term, 136.
Fourth Wdrd-C. 5. Gilman, long term, los;
+. Nichols, short term, los; scattering, 8.
SCHOOL BOARD.
First Wdrd-A. n. Hanna, long term, s.; S
b. Riggs, short term, g.; scatterIng4.
| Second Wdrd-R. NJ. 0verstreet, long term
%; J. u. Steele, short term, 9S-
IAird Wdrd-H. Bancroft, long term. 11s
d. C. AeMurtrie, short term, 81; c. B. Chap
man, -; Kims, 2.
F6sTtA Word-E. W. Cunningham, lOnl
term, %; George smith. snort term, 81; scat
| tering, ?.
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II. q. Williams & Bro. have just received q
new lot Of wall paper and have now the lar
gest and best stock in central Kansas. They
would respectfully request the public to call
and examine their patterns, and they will
agree that for beauty and variety they surpass
anything yet seen In this market in the wall
Daner line
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n Card.

FELLOW CITIZENS AND NEIGHBoRs OF THE
CITY AND TOWNSHIP OF EMPoRIA:-It ap-
pears that the election yesterday was a mis-
take so far as Justice of the Peace was con-
cerned, and for me to take the Office on the
strength of the few votes east on Monday, un-
der all the circumstances think would be q
fraud upon the people, and do not feel free
to do so; therefore respectfully decline.
Thanking you fer the handsome majority
you gave me yesterday. and for the earnest
ness which some OF you showed in working
for me, am, rs ever, your ob't serv't,
April ), 1871. G. W. FREDERICK.