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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01
Keep Ammonia in the House.

No housekeeper should be without bot
tie of spirits of ammonia, for besides It's
medical value, it is invaluable for house
hold purposes. II is nearly as useful as soap,
and its cheapness brings it within reach OF
all. Put teaspoonful of ammonia to a
quart of warm soap.suds, dip in flannel
cloth, and wipe off the dust and hy-spccks,
and see for yourself how much labor it win
save. No scrubbing will be ncedful. 1t
will cleanse and brighten silver wonderfully
to Il plat of suds mixa teaspoonful of spirits,
dip in your silver spoons, forks, etc., rub
with brush and polish with chamois skin.
For washing mirrors and windows it is
very desirable; put n few drops of ammonia
on piece of paper and it will readily take
of every spot or finger mark on the glass.
1t will take out grease spots from every fl-
brio; put on the ammonia nearly clear, lay
blotting paper over the place and place q
hot flat iron on it for few moments. a
few drops in water will clean laces and
whiten them as well, also muslins. Then it
is most refreshing agent at the toilet table;
a few drops in basin Of water will make a
better bath than pure water, and if the skin
is oily, it will remove all glossiness and dis
agreeable odors. Added to foot bath it
entirely absorbs all noxious smell, so often
arising from the feet in warm weather, and
nothing is better for cleaning the hair from
dandruf and dust.
For cleaning hair brushes it is equally
good. Put a tablespoonful of ammonia in
to one pint of water, and shake the brushes
through the water. When they look white
rinse them in water and put them in the
sunshine, or in a warm place to dry. The
dirtiest brushes will come out of this bath
white and clean. For medical purposes it
is unrivaled. For the headache it is a de-
sirable stimulant, frequent inhaling of its
puugent odors will often entirely remove
catarrhal colds There is no better remedy
for heartburn and dyspepsia, and the aro-
matte spirits of ammonia is especially pre-
pared for these troubles. Ten drops of it in
a wine-glass are often a great relief. The
spirits of ammonia can be taken in the same
way, but it is not rs palatable.
In addition to all these uses, the effect of
ammonia on vegetation is beneficial. If
you desire roses, geraniums, fuchsas, etc
to become more fourishing, you can try it
upon them by adding FIVE or six drops to
every pint of warm water you give them,
but don't repeat the dose oftener than five or
six days, lest you stimulate too highly. So
be sure and keep large bottle of it in the
house, AMI have a glass stopper for it, as it
is very evanescent and also injurious to
corks.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

The church of our lady is not only one of
the finest and oldest ecclesiastical edifices in
Paris, but the most beautiful in all France
1t stands on the island of the city, in the
Seine, in the most ancient quarter of the me-
tropolis. The first stone was laid in 1163,
and it took three centuries to build it. Af-
ter having suffered from the ravages of time
and violence, it was completely restored
about 1915. The west front, with its two
ponderous square towers, and its immense rose
window over the central portal, which should
be seen when glowing in the rays of the de-
clinlng sun, is indescribably grand and strik-
ing. The style of architecture is pure Goth
ic. 1t is built in the form Of latin cross,
and is 4l5 feet in length by $50 in breadth.
In the west front there are three entrances,
through richly sculptured ogive arches. Over
these porticoes are twenty-eight colossal stat
ues of Kings of Judah, popularity supposed
to be French kings. Above the huge rose
window, and extending across the entire
front, is the gallery of columns. The towers
are 204 feet high In the south tower hangs
the famous bell of Notre Dame, weighing
$4,000 pounds. The lover of romance should
endeavor to obtain his first view of Notre
Dame from one of the many bridges that
span the Seine as the full moon climbs the
eastern sky, silvering at first the outlines OF
the massive pile, then gradually developing
in broader eiIulgence those marvellous de-
tails of buttress, pinnacle, canopied niche,
and rose window, that relieves its heavy
grandeur. Not even the full moon will re-
veal all of its quaint anatomy, but dark
shadows from the numerous projections will
still involve this monstrous work in a
shroud of medieval mystery.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

ut is better to love a man you can never
marry than to marry a man you never love.
This is short text for long sermon" says
some wise man or woman. We do not pro-
pose to tire any one with long sermon up
on it. This weather is dscouraging to long
sermons, even were they worthy to be en-
dured at any season. A few words on the
text are sufficient. A loveless marriage is
much worse for woman in every way than
for man. In the first place woman has
the credit, whether. she deserves 1t or not, of
being much more refined, of possessing much
more delicacy and sensibility than the
stronger SEX" Being thus higher, her de-
graduation, when it comes, is much more ter
rible and thorough. Few things can con-
duce to this result in greater degree than
the constant and intimate relation of mar
ried life with man she does not love. We
have heard refined young women speak with
disgust of the coarseness of the conversation
ofa class Of their married lady acquaintances
and in many cases have traced this disagree
able trait back to its cause-a well-knOwu
loyeless welded life. Then again, perhap,
the woman who marries for support FOR q
home, an establishment" or because she
has never loved any one and fears that tn,
present will be her last chance (dreadfu
thought), afterwards meets some one whom
she can and does love. The result is easily
foreseen, either life spent in the terribI,
effort to subdue an unhappy passion, or til,
divorce court. After all, the good old Qua
ker custom is best, due delberation and re
Election before "euterng the married state.
Marrying in haste to repent at leisure, i
very fashionable nowadays, but il is fash
ion which can be profitable or pleasant onl,
to the lawyers, and not to them if they hav
any pity for the unhappy victims of ante
nuptial foolishness and post-nuptial misery
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

How JUDGES DIFFER Judge Turnkey,
of Venango, one Of the ablest judges in the
State, has decided that 10 entitle a citizen to
vote at an election his tax must have been
paid at least one month prior thereto, and
payment for him by another must either
have been authorized or ratified within the
the same limit of time. This is directly in
conflict with Judge Pearson's opinion in the
case delivered shortly after last years cleo
tion, in which it was held that the ratihca-
tion related back to the time of performance
and adopted the act as of that date. This is
an important matter, for il is now dangerous
10 have taxes paid by Others, unless by ex-
press authority ard within the thirty days
1t is therefore illegal for committees to pay
the taxes of list of delinquents, without
their personal request, simply to secure their
votes. No dating back the ratification, any
more than dating back the receipts, will be
allowed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

A lazy girl, who liked to live in comfort
and do nothing, asked her fairy godmother
to give her good genius to do everything
for her. On the instant the fairy called ten
dwarfs, who dressed and washed the little
girl. All was done so nicely that she was
happy, except for the thought that they
would go away. "To prevent that" said the
godmother, 81 will place them permanently
in your ten pretty little fingers" Aud they
are there vet.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

A little boy wanted to borrow his aunt's dog
for Il moment, and asked her to let him have
piece of string, so he could lead him.
"What are you going to do with him?' said
the good lady. The boy hesitated a mo-
ment, and then said, "Well, you see, a boy
round the corner bet me his dog was a larg-
er dog than yours" "Well," said the aunt,
suppose it turns out that his dog is the larger
one?" "rhen," said the nephew, you'll
lose your dog"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

A youngster being required to write a
composition upon some portion of the human
body, and cxpounded it as follows; "A
throat is convenient to have, especially to
roosters and ministers. The former eats corn
and crows with it; the latter breaches
through his'n, and then ties it up. This is
pretty much all can think of about necks. "
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

There is no more certain way to build up
place than by encouraging good merchants,
good mechanics, good papers, good schools
and good people to settle among you. And
this can best be done by spending your
money at home where you are dealt with
fairly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

There are people from whom we secretly
shrink, whom we would personally avoid,
though reason coniesses that they are good
people there are others, with faults of tenn
per, or the like, beside whom we live con-
tent, as if the air about them did US good
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

A very tall and shabby looking man,
after having glass of liquor asked the bar
tender if he could change $50 bill. The
gentleman informed him that he could.
"Well," said the tall one, "Pll go out and
see if | can find one"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

"My DEAR" said a husband to his wife, on
observing new red-striped stockings on his
only heir, "why have you made barber,
poles out of our child's legs?" because he
is little shaver" was the neat reply.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

Look on the bright side Of things, for none
are SO unhappy rs those who are forever
thinking how hard their lot is, and how
much better off are others. Think of those
who have less, and life will be joyous.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

Never place much reliance on man who
is always telling what he would have done
had he been there, for you will be sure to
notice that somehow this kind of people
never get there.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

True virtue, when she errs, needs not the
eyes of men to excite her bushes she is
confounded at her own presence and cover
cd with confusion of face.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01
PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD.
Philadelphia Erie r. r. Division
SUMNER TINE TABLE.

ON and after SUNDAY, MAY 23d, 1873,
~ the trains on the Philadelphia d Erie Rail
Road Division Will run rs follows;
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

Milwaukee boasts of haunted distillery
which is just the place where one would nat
urally look for spirits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01
Address

A TTORNEY'S BLANKS Common and
~ Judgment Bonds, just printed nd for sale at
the COLUMBIAN ONCE All kinds OF Attorneys blanks
either kept on hand or printed 10 order.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01
EASTWARD.

=, Erie Mail West, Niagara Express West, Elmlra
Mall west ana Day Express East make close cOnncC-
lion AT Northumberland with l.. q b. r. r. trains for
wilkes Barre and Scranton.
Erie Mail West, Niagara Express West ana Elmlra
Mail West make close connection M Williamsnort
with N. q. II. W. tralns NOrtn.
, ERE Mail East ana West Niagara Express West,
fasl Line West ana Day Express East make CLOSE
connection at Lock Haven with u. Il. " r. r. trains
Erie Mall East and West connect at Erie with
trains on / ). NJ, 5. X. r., at Cory with o. q. A.
" Il. X. at Emporium with b. N. H. & Z. Il. H., and
al DrlftwOOd with A. V. II. Il.
PafOr Cars VIII run between Philadelphla and
Milliainsport ON Niagara Express Nest Fast Line
West Philadelphia Express East and Day Express
East. sleeping Cars on all night trains
VIM, A. BALDWIN,
jan e'To-u General supt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01

gloss and freshness of youth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, so that new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray Or falling of, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
tion of dandruff, which is often so un-
cleanly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich, glossy
lustre, and grateful perfume.
Prepared by Or. J. c. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
LOWELL, MASS. =.
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01
Ayers
HairVigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
which is at
once agreeable,
healthy an d
efectual 70 r
preserving the
hair. 10 soon
restores faded
or gray hair
to its original
coIor 7yifb fLa
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01
Opposed to all Corrupt Rings in
Municipal, State and National
Affairs.
THE WEEKLY TIMES

WIN be issued on Saturday, March Goth, weekly
thereafter, containing all important news OF the
week, ana complete Market and Financial Reports.
Mailed, fore year. postage free, at the following
rates:
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
A Relic Of Washington.

H & N@N-e&
An interesting relic Of the early DAYS
Of George Washington has been for
warded TO the New York University III
the state library. The relic dates back
Co the time when Gent. Washington
was but a land surveyor, and consists
OF d map Of 1856! acres OF land, situated
IL Augusta county Virginia, and q Ger
ti6cate setting forth that the same had
been surveyed. Both the map and GER
tifcate are from the pen of Washing
Ton, and are models of ~neatness. The
certificate is signed GO. Washington. =
and il dated November Z, 1749-the
surveyor being then in his seventeenth
year. Alter Washington's name appear
the initials g. D which stands
for surveyor to the county courts. The
document is I'M B remarkably good state
Of preservation. and is inclosed in q
stout metallic frame, and protected by
glass. The New York state library al
ready contains the surveying imple.
menta nsed by Washington, and this
addition viii materially increase the
interest attached To the collection.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
A Brilliant ~Assemblages

According to Lucy Hooper, the recent
grand official ball at the Elysee, in
Paris, was as noted for its magnificent
display of diamonds and dress as for the
absence from it of beautiful women.
Diamonds were as plentiful as pebbles
on the seashore, but not one really
beautiful woman was present. There
were magnificent dresses, all lace and
velvet and rich embroidery ; there were
poetic dresses, all shimmering green,
with water lilies, OF: silvery gauze with
moonlight effects of cloudy drspery, or
snowy white adorned with soft fringes
of lilies of the valley; there were
costume-like dresses that limited of Joan
of Arc, of Marie de Medicis, or Nine.
de Pompadour ; there were some fue
eyes, fine shoulders and graceful figures,
but as for striking loneliness of the
ladies there was none of it. The woman
who did not have on a diamond necklace
did not look exactly in full dress. One
lady, a Russian princess, wore magnif-
cent emeralds, the center stone of a
brooch she wore being one huge round
emerald, cut without facets, and about
the siza of an English walnut. At
tached to this brooch, in the guise of q
pendant, hung a p~ear-shaped emerald
corresponding in dimensions. Acoronet
of emeralds and diamonds, interspersed
with pendant pear shaped emeralds,
made up the ornaments of this much
jeweled lady. President MacMahon's
wife appeared in a dress of silver-frosted
azure tulle, caught upin front en- ta6lier,
with a wreath of water lilies, over a
skirt of light blue elk, bordered with
deep plated hounce. The coreage
was ornamented with silver lace and
water lilies. In her hair she wore a
spray of water lilies and a bandeau of
siIver-frosted tulle, confined by a tiara
of diamonds, and around her neck was
clasped a diamond necklace. AS to the
gentlemen, they were almost as we'll
worth looking at as the ladies, in their
uniforms blazing with stars, crosses and
gold lace.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
A Game Breakfast.

i: There is nothing in which the sad and
simple denizen of the far west so de-
Sights as in astonishing the tenderly
Smerald emigrant. Fifteen of these
wistful beings, fresh from the gorgeous
civilization of the east, futtered into a
Virginia City restaurant the other day
Eor a breakfast. While they were study
ing the bill of fare a melancholy Vir-
$inia citizen walked in and measured
Shem with a glance. The opportunity
igas too delicious to resist. He sat
Hown and loudly remarked, "Waite >
now long does q man have to sit here
before you come to take his order p
The ambling waiter shrieked. "All
right, Mr.. Terry; what'll you have,
bGr. Terry?" The pensive Terry in
Ytantly ordered, in a tone of thunder,
she following picturesque dishes ::
S'Baked horn-toad, two broiled lizards
pn toast, with tarantula sauce ; stewed
SattIesnakes on the side." That waiter
twas acquainted with the ways of Vir-
sginia City, and, without even q culver
of an eyelash, observed to the Chinese
menials in the kitchen "Ba-aked
horned toad ; two broi-l-ed lizards on
:to-a-ast, tran-u-tula sauce ; stewed rat
:tlesnake On the si-i-del For Mr.. Terry
nice and we'll done |" M.
:Terry's real breakfast, privately order
ed, presently appeared, and every indi-
emigrant chokei himself and
got pain in his spine with looking over
his shoulder in the vain effort to see the
remarkable dishes which the ingenious
Terry was calmly enjoying.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
Sugar Secreted by the Lirer.

Up to the year 1s48 even physiolo-
glsts supposed the only important func.
ton OF the liver was to secrete bile.
AT this date Bernard announced TO The
scientific world that he had discovered
~ the liver anew function, that Of form.
ing sugar, and proceeded to show Ii ~
experiments. The variety of sugar ae.
GREETED il the same as that found ii The
urine in diabetes but it is NOT. like
that, passed out Of The system 10 IT'D
great injury. Indeed, it is not even
passed into the bile ducts AZ d part 81
the bile but il is passed through the
liver. and energies with the yenous
blood in The hepatic vein. Bernard *.
am.ned the blood in all the other parts
OF the body and Che tissues, ana found
no sugar in any of them except what
could be traced to the liver i: and he
traced it from the organ to the heart.
then tothe lungs, where ii seemed 10
disappear. Il is true that the portal
vein, which empties its contents into
the liver, may contain sugar il IL Il
taken in the food. but If none ID taken
in the food then none IL found there
whereas the hepatic vein does contain
sugar, WHISTLER any. is taken in the food
or not. Indeed. to be cure that the
sugar was not derived from the food.
most 81 tbs experiments have been
made on c~arnivorous animals, IN the
food of which no sugar exists. The
kind Of sugar formed in the liver re-.
seHhies glucose, or the sugar resulting
from the digestion Of starch. The
quantity il smsn. re fernnents readily.
and IL destroyed ID the animal economy
With great facility. The use Of ne
sugar formed III the liver ID not veil
known. Il almost always disappears il
The lungs and probably serves she same
use g the sugar taken as food-viz.,
The production Of animal heat. The
liver is known also 70 produce some
other changes ia the blood not vet very
veil understood.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
Endurance of Eastern Horses.

Australian horses, unprepared, I'M
shod, and uncared for, are in the con-
slant habit of performing forty, fifty,
or ven sixty miles o day, when on a
journey over rough roads or through
the wild native bush, without even a
track. There food consists of what
they al pick up for themselves, in
many cases when tethered to prevent
their straying, and their grooming in
having the rough mud rubbed off with
a bunch of grass !; but they have at
least one advantage W poor Caradoc
in being allowed to rest and ease their
limbs in whatever manner they choose
during the night. It is stated on the
authority of Add Kader, that Arab
horses will travel for three or four
months at the rate of fifty miles q day
without showing fatigue, and are capa-
BILE of doing $50 miles in a single day
during the journey, If treated with care,
and quietly ridden the next. Some
years ago an Arab, only four hands one
inch high, was ridden in India 400 miles
in five days for a bet and its owner Of
fered to repeat the feat after one days
rest. This offer, however was not ac-
cepted, as the game little horse won the
match the first time with the greatest
casa
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-26
Poisoned to Death.

A healthy liver s~ecretes each day about two
and a half pounds of bile, which contains a
great amount of waste material taken from
the blood. When the liver becomes torpid or
congested, it fails to eliminate this vast
amount of noxious substance, which, there
fore, remains to poison the blood ard be con
veyed to every part of the system. What
must be the condition of the blood when it ID
receiving and retaining each day two and a
half pounds Of poison. Nature tries to work
off this poison through other channels and Or
gans-the kidneys, lungs, skin, etc; but these
organs become overtaxed in performing this
labor, in addition to their natural functions,
and cannot long Withstand the pressure, but
becomes variously diseased.
The brain, which is the great electrical CEN
tire of all vitality, is unduly stimulated by the
unhealthy blood which passes to it from the
heart, and it fails to perform its Office health
fully. Hence the symptoms of bile poisoning,
which are dullness, headache, incapacity to
keep the mind on any subject, impairment Of
memory, dizzy. sleepy, or nervous feelings,
gloomy forebodings and irritabilIty of temper.
The blood itself being diseased. as it forms
the sweat upon the surface of the skim, is so
irritating and poisonous that it produces dis
colored brown spots, pimples, blotches, and
other eruptlons, sores, boils, ~carsuncles and
sorofulous tumors. The stomach, bowels, and
other organs spoken OF. cannot escape becom-
ing affected, sooner or later, and costiveness.
piles, dropsy, dyspepsia, diarrhma, female
weakness. and many other forms of chronic
disease. are among the necessary results. AS
a remedy for all these manifestations Of dis
ease, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
with small daily doses of his Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets are positively unequalled. By
them the liver and stomach are changed to an
active and healthy state. the appetite regula-
ted and restored, the blood and secretions
thoroughly purified and enriched, and the
whole system renovated and built up anew.
Sold by all first class druggists and dealers in
medicine.