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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-08-20

Enemies spring up everywhere of their
own accord, Friends are reared in the af-
fections, and cease to be such as soon as they
are removed from tlfe conservators of the
heart.
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BloomSburg Official Directory.

bloomsbury Banking COmpany-John a. Funston,
President. H. II. trOZ, Cashier.
First National Bank-CharlCS X. Paxton, President
j. =. Tu5 In, cashier.
columbia County Mutual Saving Fund and Loan
hssOciation-E II. Little, President, e. W. Miller
Secretary.
Hoomsburg Ruldng and Saving Fund Association
VIM rcacuck, President, i, u. Robson, Secretary.
bloomsbury Mutual Saving Fund AsSOclltlOn-J
IrOwcr, PRESIDENT G. q. liarkley, Secretary.
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A word unsnoken is sword in the scab
bard word uttered is a sword in another
hand,
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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1875-12-22

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@aiienbaus, um gu ieben wie man d parSc
Nesertnaben IN + mad)t, ocnn cs lei iDm ac>
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beibc bos 9ouS vBailcnbuus !"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-16
INC Pre.aaent.s Letter.

The only criticism which is likely
to be made by considerate Republi-
cans upon President Grants letter in
regard to the third term is. that it
might we'll have been written a little
earlier. The frank and explicit tone
of the letter. however, ma kes it sufi-
ciently clear, we think, why that was
not done. It is not that MIR. Grant
is a very obstinate man, according to
excellent household authority, but he
is military man in training and habit,
and therefore he has never been fully
able to perceive the different policy
required often in the cabinet from
that which is proper in the field. A
military commanders vocation is to
act at the right time, and SO he is un-
der no obligation to explain his views
and intentions beforehand to his COM
mand, but, on the contrary, his duty
is generally to conceal them. In poll
ties, on the other hand, SO much de-
pends upon enlighteniDg the public
mind in season, upon giving at the
earliest practicable moment the right
bent to public opinion, that a states
man may we'll subordinate his person
al inclinations, and even his sense of
delicacy, to the demand for expression
which he sees is made upon him by
the 'exigency. There is a degree of
plausibility in what the President
says about the Republican party al
lowing its opponents to force upon
them the third term issue, but in
cases of this kind it is not always a
matter of choice Very absurd agita-
tations will sometimes, owing to cir
cumstances. get the ear of the public
and compel an attention which they
do not inherently deserve. Even the
reelection of Abraham Lincoln, by
the course of the Democratic party
and few Republicans, was made a
distinct issue, when it was never 9TH
erwise than as sure ss anything earth
ly could be. The third term nonsense
has been brought up in the same way,
and it must be put down with equal
As to the substance and general
tone OF the Presidents letter, nothing
could be more Characteristic and
creditable. The genuine, immovable
Independence of the man shines out
in every sentence and clause There
is no mock obsequiousness or dema-
gogic flourish about it-and if this is
the effect of military training, we wish
that more of our public men had it.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-16

The following from the Belfast
journal is not Of local but of general
application, and there is more fun in
reading than taking a hand in the ac-
tual business.
House cleaning was going on. He
arose early in the morning, put on his
old clothes, lugged one of the carpets
into the yard, and went at it. He
banged it and whacked it with clubs,
tickled it with switches, and brushed
it with brooms. Then he turned it
over and did likewise to the other
side. Then he hoisted it on the
clothes-liue and did the same over
again. His hands were blistered, his
hair full Of grit, and his nose full of
lint. He rolled up the carpet, lugged
it into the entry, and set it down with
the mental resolve that he'd be id
if he shook another one." just then
the woman in the other part of the
house appeared with the query;
Doctor, what in the world have
you been doing with my carpet p
1t was as true as that j oh had boils,
that he had been shaking his neigh
boris carpet. Just fancy that exca-
vator of morals tearing around and
saying over cuss words.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-16

There is no record of such ice. fields
as have been sliding past our shores
this season. The sealing captains re-
port the ice in many instances twenty
feet in thickness, and hard as floating
masses of granite. Had the season
been a stormy one this ice would have
played sad havoc among our feet.
From the 8th OF January, when the
ice first appeared here, till the 11th of
May it was never out Of sight-a huge
river of ice slowly floating past.
Ships that came through it reported
it to be two hundred miles in breadth
It's length is unknown, but in all
probabilities it extended from Baffin's
Bay to the Gulf Stream, a distance of
1900 or 2,OOO miles. The intense
cold of this winter seems to have con-
verted the whole suffrage of the sea
along Greenland into ice fields, and
no sooner was one borne away on the
bosom OF the Arctic current than an
other one was formed. One would
suppose that such an enormous ice
delivery would temporarily lower the
temperature Of the Gulf Stream it.clf
and give us cold summer. Even at
this date vast quantities of ice are
passing south, though not in sight.
The first two outward bound mail
steamers from Liverpool were unable
to enter the port of St. Louis owing
to the ice, and had to run on to Hall
fax; and the same is true of the two
first homeward bound steamers. The
third outward bound mail steamer,
by which this letter should be con-
veyed, is overdue, and may also have
passed us by. The oldest inhabitant"
remembers no such season as this
Letter.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-16

a correspondent of the Boston Ad-
vertiser proposes the following ele-
CANT sentences as an exercise Tor
spelling matches
Looking up into his golluptious
eyes, she said, And is it indeed true,
Alfred. that our soul, in the process
of transmogri6cation, expluctifes it
self through the whole capoodle of
eternity
Nay, dearest" replied Alfred. and
his countenance betrayed an express
sion Of arrascifcatioD, not to say dis
gruntlemeut, which covered his whole
features for an instant, "our soul can
not become sufficiently matterated to
admit Of the necessary spifiication,
which" i
The sentence was never finished,
for as he spoke, he seated himself
upon chair, whose leg had been ex-
serrated two inches, and he came
down unexpected kerchunk.''
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-16
A Race with Death.

A story is told Of an engineer on
the Union Pacific Railroad who ran
a race with death at the rate Of forty
miles an hour, and won by FIVE Sec
onds. He was driving the passenger
train West. and was faken suddenly
and seriously i'll. He seemed to be
aware that death was near, yet the
train must reach Cheyenne before he
could be relieved. That was the end
of his route. He increased the speed
OF the engine and ran for life. Forty
miles an hour saved his distance. He
reached Cheyenne ahead of time and
when the engineer who was to relieve
him stepped aboard the engine he
family gasped, take the engine; L m
ready to die now" In FIVE seconds
he was corpse. If death had stepped
aboard before the other engineer,
what would have been the conse-
quence to the passengers? But they
did not see the grim specter, running
the engine like phantom train.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-16

Begging has become a fine art in
England, and the tramps who go
about the country making a livelihood
out of tho sympathies Of the public
have we'll defined routes and conduct
operations with much eystem. In
London and the large towns they have
an alphabet of chalk marks, which
they put on doors and other places to
indicate the character of the residents
and the chances of obtaining aid.
These remarks indicate, 1st, this road
is better than the other; I'd, they will
buy il you have what they want; Sd,
good for food or something to eat;
4th, religious, but good on the whole;
9th, no good; 9th, spoilt by too many
tramps calling; 7th, likely to have you
taken up; Sfh. dangerous, sure of be-
ing sent to prison. These marks serve
as guides to the profession mendi-
cants. Residents in some of our
American cities and larger towns have
been startled sometimes BY finding
their doors or gate posts curiously
marked with chalk. Can it be that
our American tramps are adopting
the English system?
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LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AnrST AT, BE THY GODS tn
WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA,sJUNE l6.
The President simply says that he is
not candidate for .renomination, and
while he frankly adds that he would

The President simply says that he is
not . candidate for ,renomination, and
while he frankly adds that he would
not accept nomination, if it were
rendered, unless it should come under
such circumstances as to make it an
Imperative duty. he also as explicitly
says that this is n circumstance not
likely to arise" side !
In other words, the whole matter is
left where the Constitution leaves it,
With the people of the United States.
II has been safely deposited there
during the eighty Eve years of the
national existence, and there is no
doubt that it will happily take care of
itself during the present exigency at
least, seeing that we have at length
this complete understanding between
the Executive and the people. The
Presidents enemies, of course, will
continue to be dissatisfied, and will
fight hard to keep spark of vitality
in their old fayorites humbng. but
they will find it impossible. The Re-
publican party of the several States
will 60 on with the declarations made
already by New Hampshire and Penn
sylvania, if they shall still judge them
expedient. But the delusion in fact
is already ended, beyond the possibil-
ity of resurrection, and the country
will honor President Grant for the
judicious and laudable manner in
which he has put his foot upon it.
Boston Journal.
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Eneet or Paris Green ON Vegetables.

E6eet OF Paris Green ON Vegetables.
Whether Paris Green used in the de-
struction of potato bugs and other in
sects, is poisonous to vegetable life is
a question Of much interest to all.
DIR. Wm. McMurtie. of the Agricul-
tural Department at Washington, has
devoted considerable time and experi-
ment to the elucidation of this ques-
tion. Among other experiments he
planted peas in boxes OF soil lmpreg-
mated with solution of arsenic of
different strengths, the object being
to ascertain if arsenic could be ab-
sorbed In sufficient quantity by plants
to become injurious to the health of
the consumer and If not taken up
by the plants during growth, whether
it exerted poisonous influence upon
the plants themselves. The plants
were found to be affected in proper
tion to the amount of the arsenical
compound used, the size of the grow
ing plants decreasing regularly as the
amount Of the poison was increasing.
A chemical test Of these plants after
being SO affected by this poison re-
vealed no trace of arsenic, and the
conclusion arrived at was that arsenic
cannot be absorbed and assimilated
by plants in the process of growth,
though plants may be injured by the
presence in the soil of about 900
pounds of Paris green, $40 pounds ar
senic of potash, or about $50 pounds
of arsenic of potash per acre. With
the quantity of Paris green actually
used, perhaps five or ten pounds to
the acre, no affect upon plants OF their
consumers is possible.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-16
A son Anawer

The husband was of quick temper.
and often inconsiderate. They had
not been married year, when one
his wife: sH
Il want no correction from you. If
you are not satisfied with my con,luct,
you can return to your home whence
your kind"
"If leave you," returned the un-
happy wife, will you give me back
that which | brought to you 2"
Every dollar. I covet not your
wealth, you shall have it all back"
"AhI" she answered, II mean not
the wealth of gold. 1 thought not of
dress. ] mean my maiden heart my
first and only love-my buoyant hopes,
and the promised blessings of my wo-
manhood. Can you give these to
me
A moment of thought-of convul-
sion-and then taking her to his
arms:
''No. no. my wife, I can not do that,
but l will do more; / will keep them
henceforth unsullied and unpained.
[ cherish your blessings rs my own;
and never again, God helping me; will
1 forget the pledge I gave ut the holy
altar when you gave your peace and
happiness to my keeping. Fs
How true it is that . soft answer
'turneth away wrath; and how many,
oh, how many of the bitter strifes Of
domestic life might be avoided by re-
lnembering and acting in accordance
Herewith. "
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-16

The plan of propelling cars, omni-
buses and velocipedes by coiled
springs has now for some time. been
employed in England, and. it is said,
with encouraging results. The motor
used is an arrangement Of powerful
springs, encased IN cylinders, like
watch springs on a very large scale.
The skill of French macI,inists in this
direction has been called into requi-
sition, and steel bands capable of be-
ing coiled and Of exerting great pres
sure, have been made in lengths Of
one hundred yards each. In Sheffield,
some of the steele manufacturers have
turned out springs fifty and sixty feet
long. and said to be capable Of the
enormous pressure of eight hundred
pounds. To wind up these springs
requires, of course, more power than
is obtained by hand, and it is there
fore proposed to have them wound at
certain intervals by means of station
ary engines. Some of these methods
consist of a combination Of spiral or
helical springs.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-06-16

As rule there isn't better class
of people in the world to deal with
than the Germans, but occasionally
you will find one whose ideas concern
ing certain business transactions are
amusingly peculiar. For instance !:
A German subscriber to the Journal
recently called to advertise lost COW.
and according to the long established
custom of this we'll regulated print
shop, we Immediately wrote up the
notice and figured up the cost of pub
lication.
"Vat ish dat?'' asked our friend,
placing the butt end of his whip on
our little sum of multiplication.
We informed him that it would cost
him so much for advertising his lost
COW three weeks.
You make me pay for dat?'
Certainly; We always take pay for
advertising"
You takes pay, Ell? Veil, dat ish
Won tam shvindle. I schribe NIT dat
Shournal papers desc tree years, und
now you sharge me vot leetle adver.
tise NV mine Cow"
But we"
You shtop my shournal bapers."
But you
"You shtop mine Shournal bapers,
und l got more in Daytraw, py SHIN
my, und you gone little end dat horn
oud."
But, see here. my friend-'"'
II go right away und dond got
sheated init you, py krashus. Tink
you got some sleep init a veasel, don6
you? Sharge me yoost for advertise
Won gov! It vas better NV you dond
got me med ven L GONE here, und I
scribe NIT dat Shournal more as tree
year, but you makes me med und you
stop mine bapers before l got it next
dime. Dat ish vat man l am kind Nv,
py shiminy p
We tried to explain; we tried in
vain; we lost him and a three weeks
advertisement of a .'lost gov, py
shiminy l''-Lowell Journal.
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cemented, as In one where 1t Is COM
mitted directly to it's native dust.
This has been demonstrated in Spring
Grove Cemetery, we're bodies are frer
quently disinterred and removed to
other parts of the grounds. The gases
emanating from the decomposed hu-
man body will penetrate through the
thickest brick wall, facilitate the en-.
trance Of common air and hurry the
process of decomposition in spite OF
the bricklayer's art. Hence it is that
the enlightened and scientific men OF
all ages, down to the present day,
have advocated the custom of COM
mittiDg the remains Of the dead
directly to the mother earth, where
the process of resolving with the sod
is gradually accomplished and the
gases mix with the common earth
without breeding an offensive and
health destroying odor, as is the case
when partially confined in brick
vaults. It is a noticeable fact that
the American people are beginning to
understand the laws Of nature in this
respect and are gradually discontinu-
ing the use of brick graves as we'll as
of private vaults.
In conversation with one of the
most prominent and successful UNDER
takers of the city recently, he stated
to our reporter that it was common
among the people of wealth to run
into the extravaganza of constructing
brick graves without any thought as
to the inevitable results, believing
that the bodies of the dead would be
better preserved in an inclosure of
brick than in the naked earth. He
said that it was foolish custom and
ought to be abandoned, not only on
the score of expense, but on account
of inutility and the delay often attend
ant upon the construction of the work,
when immediate interment was abso-
lutely necessary. as is the case fire.
quently in warm weather, when de-
composition acts in rapidly. and in
others, as when the deceased has died
of contagious disease. In all his
experience. aud after trying all kinds
of material for burial cases, he was
satisfied that the cheapest and most
durable cases in the long run and un-
der all conditions are those made of
wood, covered with cloth and deposit
ed in dry, sandy soil. He had taken
up some cases that had been in the
ground ten or twelve years, and the
cofins made of wood and covered with
cloth, were almost as sound as the
day when they were put down, and
were sufficiently we'll preserved for
removal and re-interlnent. He would
do away with brick graves, private
vaults, and the so.called innovation
of cremation, which was an ancient
and heathenish custom and fit relic
of a barbarous age. It was nothing
more nor less than the sacrilegious
desecration of the temple of the hu-
man body, which should be restored
fed. He was of the opinion that the
ancient custom of cremation of the
human body would not obtain among
the people of America, who have too
much respect for the dead to permit
the bodies Of their friends to be dis
posed of in such manner.
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= = y
= niisd from the CHICAGO &. r., and Tie Fl.
ssk Wayne r. H. eloees at l0soO am. -
GOING se0yTH-E Ineiue1rg Ct1l1Anats
and a points heyOnd, ckooe9 et3eo2 q. m.
Incl udinf "a p.eesss sSa ssS2Epaisd ron the
s3oeg4 EAsr-Iucluding al places sup.
: ; piled from ia. colnmbD q r., and
Rs0Q (. m VA Dayton and xenia Rail-
1 rood, el0ses &C .. .m. HIS
GOING WEIF-l. Including IndinnaPolis
: - and ell points beyond, closes 1G0e9. M;
.s4 q. sene a. above, closes 800 p m,s2 In
as Guiding al point. enRRueds by the Anal
nChicago and all P0ints west and North
.sS7 west, cl0ses 7soe p. m- gas asst~ "a
TO webster, Williamsburg md BsoominDs-
5port, on Tuesday, Thursday and Aetur-
day, at 200 p. m- SG
To Cox's Mills, White water, Bethel ana Ar
beson Mondays "Wednesday e1d lHdaS'-
TO Abingdon. CLIFTON and Liberty, on Mon
-. day and Friday, At 100 a. m. ss
10 HostQn, Reech{miye, Good vim CEner; ;
-FridaH ct t2so "a. e - szsssSsT -
& MAILS ARe OPEN sfQ
AT 500 :. m. nom fsediaaapolis and Ctncin-
4, 1nsa 1ieo and q. M. esisaa e anenn.t,, ~sy and
through malls. 9 -. -.
!. At 400 o. m from East via Columbus Rail.
-, road, and Dayton and 3enie RAnread:,
Z At 100 p. m. from NORTH, VIA Chaca9o Rail-
At 500 o. m. from Indianapolis and beyond.
once open from 100 a.. m. to 7:30 p: m.-
On Sunday, from $50 TO 1880 a. m.
Dec. 1874. b. W. DAVIS. +. N.
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It is whispered that our Holman
has no hopes of being elected to Con-
gresS from this district next year. and
is now working for the Democratic
nomination for Governor. The next
Governor OF Indiana is going to be a
Republican, and this district will also
cease to be represented in Congress
by Democratic on and after March
a, 18U.-Connersville Times.
That's SO. We heard the whisper
in ''Old Wayne. ."-ED.1
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COUNTRY'S AND TRUTHS.
1875.


CUQcR U@e S9OVes p
A gentleman who has just returned
from Cherokee county, Kansas, is full
with remarkable "Reminiscences OF the
grasshoppers infesting that vicinity.
He will stand around for an hour, re-
lating the hair breadth escapes of the
people whom the hoppers have COM
pletely Overrun, and who are. leaving
their homes and flying from the fear
full scourge. One of the most credible
stories is to the effect that. few weeks
ago a woman dug mp a painful of dirt
in which to plant some Hour seed.
She put the pan under the stove, and
went out to see neighbor. Upon her
return, after an hours absence, she
found seven thousand bushels OF
grasshoppers generated by, the heat
literally eating her out Of house and
home. They first attacked the green
shades on the windows, and then a
green painted dustpan. A green Irish
servant girl, asleep in one ofthe ropme.
was the next victim, and not vestlge
was left. The stove and stove pipe
followed, and then the house was torn
down SO they could get at the CHM
ney. Boards. joice, beams, plastering.
clothing, nails, hinges, door knobs.
plates, tinware, everything, In fact,
the house contained, was eaten up,
and when she arrived within a mile
Of the place. she saw two of the lar
gesf hoppers sitting upon end and
playing humble peg with a carving
knife for which should have the ceI-
lar.-St. Louis Globe. II,