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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-11-26
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. TX, NO. 81
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. XL, NO. al
The Library of Congress.

The stupendous collection embraces full
100000 volumes, being the largest single
library in the United States Some years
ago the library of the Smithsonian Institute
was merged into the CongresssionalLibrarie
and has now become a part and parcel of it,
These books, comprising works on almost
every notable subject, numbered from forty
five to fifty thousand volumes, and are in
cluded in the above estimate. In classifying
the works herein, it is found that ancient
and modern history embrace the largest col
lection, containing about an even hundred
thousand volumes. Biography and travel
stand next in order, and show some eighty
thousand. The law department, with its 35,-
600 volumes, stands third upon the list, and
OF poetry there are at least twenty thousand.
The medical works present very handsome
front of 5000, and standard novels comprise
a carelully-seected list of about five thous-
and. No novels of lower order than those
commonly known as standard are allowed in
this valuable collection, and were the seeker
after literary knowledge to ask for a work by
WIZ NNiodtllb pens VI tllIlcI CNlNdlluS SODD,
Jr, or DR.. j. II. Robinson, he would
doubtless be doomed to disappointment The
remaining-52, 900 unaccounteI formay be re-
garded as including all sorts of miscellaneous
works of varied a character as to almost de-
fly intelligent classification such as essays,
works of so mythology, books of reference, etc.
The books of this library are allowed by
law to be loaned out to the President of the
United States, members of his Cabinet,
Judges of the Supreme Court, of Claims the
of the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives and the Diplomatic Corps in
Washington. The same privilege is also ex-
tended by courtesy to many of the gentlemen
about the Capitol building, and to
the clerks of Senators aud Representatives,
or those who are chairman of the different
Committees. To any other
persons, male or female, over the age of
years, is accorded the privilege of
going to the library and reading at ell times
that the rooms are open. This library is
rich in the early American printed
books. Which were acquired through the
Peter Force library, and for which Congress
appropriated the sum Of 100000. Among
the works most read by those who have the
privilege of taking books away are history,
biography, travel, and law. Standard novels
and poetry are most read by those who fre-
quent the library rooms, and by the female
members of the families of Senators and
The library is maintained
by liberal appropriations byCongress at each
session, and frequently receives valuable ac-
cessions from private sources. A. R.Spoford
is the Librarian of this vast pile of reading
matter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-11-26

Whlle she was rosy, romping country lass
that could not endure the restraint imposed
upon her, so they separated. Subsequently
however, she returned, and they lived
tolerably happy.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were
cousins, and about the only example in the
long line of English monarchs wherein the
marital VOWS were sacredly observed, and
sincere affection existed.
Shakespere loved and welded farmers
daughter She was faithful to her VOWS, but
we could hardly say the same of the great
bard himself Like most of the great poets
he showed too little discrimination in be-
slowing his affections on the other sex.
Washington married woman with two
children. 1t is enough to say that she was
worthy of him, and they lived as married
folks should-In perfect harmony.
John Adams married the daughter of
Presbyterian clergyman. Her father oh
jected, on account of Johns being LAWYER
he had bad opinion of the morals of the
profession.
John Howard, the great phianthropist,
married his nurse, She was altogether be-
meath him in social life and intellectual ca
pacity, and besides this was ffty-two years
old, while he was but twenty-five. lie
would not take no for an answer, and thev
were married and lived happily together un-
til she died, which occurred two years after
wards.
Peter the Great of Russia, married n
peasant. She made an excellant wife and
sagacious Empress.
llumbolt married poor girl because he
loved her. Of course they were happy.
1t is not generally known that Andrew
Jackson married lady whose husband was
still living. She was an uneducated but
amiable woman, and was most devotedly
attached to the old warrior and statesman.
John G. Calhoun married his cousin and
their children fortunately were neither dis
eased nor idiotic, but they do not evince the
talent of the great Estate Rights" adyo-
Gates.
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A DIPLOMATIC SHoEMAKER.-You can't
get an old shoemaker to make blunder.
The other day when a weighty woman sailed
into a Detroit shoe store and selected pair
of No. As, and sat down to have them tried
on, the shoeman saw that she wanted sevens.
But he didn't tell her so, and start her out
of the shop on gallop. He smiled, and
softly said:
"Madam, all the aristoeratic ladies are
now wearing shoes three sizes too large for
their feet in order to have cool extremities,
and of course you want to follow the style. Z"
She smiled like duck in reply to his
smile, and replied:
"You are in position to know best, and
l leave every thing to your judgment"
When she went out she said she never had
such an easy fitting shoe on in her whole
| life.-DctrOit Free Press.
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DEPTH OF THE GREAT LAKEs.-There is
mystery about the American lakes Lake
Erie is only 60 or 70 feet deep; but Lake
Ontario, which is 500 feet deep, is go feet
deep below the tide level of the ocean, or as
low as most parts Of the gulf ofSt. Lawrence;
and the bottom of lakes Huron, Michigan
and Superior, although the surface is much
higher, are all from their vast depth, on a
level with the bottom of Ontario; now, as
the Detroit river, after allowing all the prob
able portion carried off by evaporation, does
not appear by any means equal to the guam
tity which the three upper lakes receive, ii
has been conjecturcd that u subterranean
river may run from Lake Superior, by the
Huron, to Lake Ontario. This conjecture i.
not impossible, and accounts for the singu-
lar fact that herring and salmon are caught
in all the lakes communicating with the st,
Lawrence, but no others. As the falls OF
Niagara must have always existed, it woulC
puzzle the naturalist to say how these iisl
got into the upper lake without some subtcr
ranean river besides, any periodical exami
nations of the river would furnish not i'm
probable solution of the mysterious iluX an,
renux of the lakes.
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How TO PUT CHILDREN TO BED.-No
with reproof for any of that days sins
omission or commission. Take any other
time. but bedtime for that. lfyou ever heard Il
little creature signing or sobbing in its sleep,
you could never do this. Seal their closing
eye-lids with kiss and blessingr The
time will come, all too soon, when they will
lay their heads upon their pillows lacking
both, Let them then, at least, have this
sweet memory of childhood, of which no
future sorrow or trouble can rob them, Give
them their rosy youth, Nor need this in
volyc wild license, The iudicious parent
will not so mistake my meaning, If you
have ever met the man, or the woman, whose
eyes have suddenly filled when little child
has crept trustingly to its mothers brcast,you
may have seen one in whose childhood HON,
"Diguity" and severity stood where Low,
and Piety should have been. Too much in
diligence has ruined thousands of children
too much love, not one,
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POetical.
THE LITTLE BOY THAT DIED.
BY J. d. ROBINSON.

by J. u. ROBINSON.
am alone In my chamber now,
And the midnight hour Is near
And the fagOts crack and the clocks duh tick
Are the only sounds hear.
And over my soul In It's solitude,
Sweet feelings Of sadness glide
For my heart and my eyes are full when think
OF the little boy that died.
went one night to my fathers house
Went home to the dear ones all
And softly opened the garden gate,
And softly the door Of the hall.
My mother came out to meet her SON
She kissed me and then she sighed,
And her head fell on my neck and she wept
For the little boy that died.
And when ga2ed on his innocent face,
AS stlll and cold he lay,
And thought what a lovely child he had been,
And how soon he must decay;
'Oh Death, thou lowest the beautiful"
In the woe Of my spirit cried,
For sparkled the eye and the forehead was fair,
OF the little boy that died.
Again will go to my fathers house,
Go home to the dear ones all,
And sadly I'll open the garden gate,
And sadly the door Of the hall,
/ snail meet my mother; but never more
With her darling by her side;
But she'll kiss me and sigh, and weep again
For the little boy that died.
I shall miss him when the flowers come,
In the garden where he played;
/ shall miss him more by the freslde,
When the flowers have all decayed
| shall see his toys and empty chair
And the horse he used to ride;
And they will speak with silent speech
OF the little boy that died.
] shall see his little sister again,
With her paymates about the door;
And I'll watch the children In their sports,
AS never did before
And If, in the group, see a child
That's dimpled and laughlng-eyed,
look TO see If 1t may not be
The little boy that died.
We shall go home to our Fathers house,
To our Fathers house in the skies,
Where the hope Of our souls Shall have no blight,
And our love no broken ties.
We shall roam on the banks Of the river OF peace
And bathc in Its blissfu tide,
And one OF the joys Of our heaven shall be
The little boy that died.
And theref re, when I'm sitting alone,
And the midnight hour Is near;
When the fagot'S crack and the clocks dull tick
Are the only sounds hear,
Oh, sweet Ger my soul in its solitude,
Are the feelings Of sadness that glide;
lhough my heart andmy eyes are fun when think
OF the little boy that died.
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Byron married Miss Milbank to get etmoney
to pay his debts. 1t turned cut Il bad
shift.
Robert Burns married a farm girl will
whom lie fell in love while they WORKED
together in Plowed field He was irregular
in his life and committed the most serious
mistakes in conducting his domestic affairs
Milton married the daughter of a country
squire, but lived with her but a short time
He was an austere, ,exacling literary reoluse
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An APPROPRIATE HYMN,,.T following
incident occurred in New England city not
more than thirty miles from Boston, as the
crow flies;
Elder C., who has been Mayor of the
city in which he resides, is sledge- hammer
preacher of tn Frco-will Baptist persuasion,
highly esteemed, standing some six feet two
in the community, and, moreover, is noted
as q rcyiyaiist Of the John Knox pattern, Civ
Ing frequent emphasis to his exhortations by
sturdy blows from the pulpit As result
Of his earnest preaching, he had semi-occa-
sionully large number 10 baEtize in the
river which pleasantly meandcrs along the
southern limits of the city. In a recent
batch he immersed was a colored woman
weighing in the vicinity of two hundred
| pounds, She was the last one "to lose her
guilty stains, and as a verse had been sung
! by the assembled church choir at the bap-
tism Of the other candidates for church pre-
feumcut, the choir started up with, ere the
elder had fairly concluded the sentence COM
menc!ng, 81 baptizc thec,n
The morning light is breaking;
The darkness disappears
What made the matter more ludicrous, lust
as the choir uttered 'the darkness disap-
pears the head OF the colored woman went
under the water with n tremendous souse.
lne spectators were conyulsed with laughter;
to suppress it was impossible. 1t was the
belief OF some present, who knew the Wit
and eccentricitcs of the elder, that he had
selected the verse sung when the sable con-
vert was baptized; but as to the truth of
this, "deponent saith not. ot."-Editor's Drato-
! er, in Ha,Per's Magasine for November.
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The latter part of the life of Thomas F.,
Marshall, the great Kentucky orator, was
continual struggle against the power of
strong drink. But the drink habit had so
long been INDUCED that it was too much for
him and finally oyercame him. lie said :
Il sought relief, | took the pledge, and
have not wanted to drink since. would
not drink again. would not have the ap-
petite return, not if this earth were one en-
tire chrysolte, set all over with the richest
gems of Golconda-not if the city of New
York, with all the wealth, and magnifcence
it may acquire for half a century to come
not if all this wealth were placed at my feet
by my honor and my soul, would not have
this appetite return.
These words were doubtless honest words,
yet, the last utterance this great man made
was: "This is the end. Tom. Marshall i
dying-dyng upon a borrowed bed, under a
borrowed sheet in house built by charity,
and without decentsuit of clothes in which
to be buried"
"Let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall"
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What | Have Seen.

have seen young man sell good farm,
turn merchant, and die in an insane asylum.
| have seen a farmer travel about so much
that there was nothing at home worth look
ing after,
| have seen man spend more money in
folly than would support his family in conf
fort and independence
l have seen young girl marry man of
dis.oute habits, and repent it as 2long as
she lived.
l have seen aman depart from truth where
canior and voracity would have served him
to much better purpose.
| have seen extravaganza and folly of chill
dren bring their parents topoyerty and want,
and themselves to disgrace
have seen aprudent and industrious wife
retrieve the fortunes of family when her
husband pulled at the other end of the rope.
i have seen young man who despised
the couu-els of the wIse and advice of the
good, and his car, cr ended in poverty and
wretchedno,,,
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THE COLUMBIAN
Columbia County Official Directory

President Judgc-Willlam Elwcll
Associate judge5-Irlm Dcrr Isaac S. Monroe.
Prulhunutlr', Nc.-B. frank Xarr
R' giatrr sc Recorder williamson IT, Jacoby
District Attorney join NJ. CLARK.
sheriff Michael GrOyoj.
Surye or-lsaaC DewlE.
VrcaSlrcr-.lOhn snyder.
Go nm '5lOners William Lawton, John Hernor,
John Eut.
Commissioners Clerk William Krickbaum.
Aunt rs. j. 'anp.'l, :. Il. Smith, David NOst.
Coroner Charles G.NUrph
Jury commissioners Jacob II. Fritz william H.
UT.
Count superintendent liam II. SNYDER.
Bloom Poor District lirCCtUrs-O. =. Ent, Scot,
Vim. Kramer, BioonShirg and Thomas Creycllng,
SEQ {, O. T.. Ent, Secretary.
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A tramp called at a house in Norwich the
other day, and after being fed asked if the
man of the house was at home. "No" re-
piled she who served him, "but I'll let you
know mighty quick that the woman of the
sword, she started for him. He took to his
heels
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Henry, why don't you keep a supply of
cloves in your pocket ?" said an Albany
young lady to her escort at the Oprea House
recently: "you wouldn't then have to run
out after every act: and don't see why
YOU are so awful fond Of cloves, anyhoww
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-11-26

When stranger asked Detroit girl,
whom he met at party, if she was married,
she promptly replied: "Not quite, but I've
sued three or four chaps for breach of prom
ise."-DetroR Free Press.
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"Aunt Gertrude, why is loaf of your
bread like the sun? ?" at isn't bit like the
sun; and now you just leave off asking such
foolish questions" eyes, it is, Aunty,
cause it's light When IL rises.
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A Baltimore servant girl the other morn
ing tried that good old time honored plan Of
lighting the kitchen fire with kerosine.
Nothing has benzine of her since.
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THE TWEED FAMILY.-Tweeds wife is
mentioned in paragraph by the New York
correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga=ettc
They were married." says the writer, re-
terring to the Boss and his wife, "when the
man was chairmaker, and they might have
had happy career had the former remained
honest. They lived in plain manner,
mingled with mechanics society, and were
the parents of two boys and two girls, good
looking and healthy children. The era of
meretricious splendor has come and gone
like dream. The girls are married Each
had diamond wedding, and each has sunk
into obscrity and poverty. The two sons
once held fine appointments in the service of
the ring but they are now only lounging
around the city hall. The mother is in
widows hq;nlntio" IT. IN -
i almost at gone. A million and half has
passed into the hands of her lawyers, and
her husband is still a prisoner. A seedy
and corpulent old man. inhabiting pair of
rooms in Ludlow street Jail, is all that is left
of one who has been alderman, Congressman,
chairmaker and lawyer, commissioner of
parks, public buildings and docks State sena-
tor, and for seven years the autocrat of this
city, The only redeemng feature is the
faithful wife, who is reducing herself TO
poverty in hope of obtaining her husbands
| release" "
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Miss Hulett, the Chicago lawyer, will not
move in divorce case, believing, as she
says, that "any woman who will marry
man ought to be forced to live with him."
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Humorous.

Marble Wood, Stone and Gould are
among the New York newspaper owners.
All the brass is inthe interviewers.
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Eugene-"Come, sit down on the shelly
shore, and hear the mighty ocean roar"
Amelia--"I can't sit down,y you silly goose,
because I'd bust my pull-back loose"
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Yearly advertisements payable quarterly. Tran.
silent advertisements must be paid before inserted
except where parties have accounts.
Legal Advertisements two dollars nerinch for three
Insertions and at hat rate for additional insertion
without reference to length.
Executors, Admins rator's and AUDITORS NOtitts
three dollars.
Transient or Local notices, twenty cents line.
regular advertisements half rates.
Cards In the "Business Directory" column, one
dollar per year for each line.
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BIoomsburg Official Directory.

bloomsbury Banking Iompany-John A. Funston,
Presidsn II. II. Gro Z, Cashier.
Frs NG iJnal Bauk-C harlcs K. Paxton, resident
j. =. Tustiu, Cashier.
columbia Coun Mu ual Saving Fund and Loan
As5och' ion-E. II. Ii L., Presden c. W. Miller,
Secretary.
Bl1omsburg building and Saving Fund Association
WIN. Peacock, Prcsidont,J Il. NOhisDn, Secretary.
Bloomsbury Nu ual saving Fund AsSuClU iOn-J.
j. BrOMer, I'rcsIden Z. q. narlllcN, Score airy.
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1t is said that when girl is born in Indi-
ana the unhappy father begins to save mon-
ey to buy piano.
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A professor who recently tried to mesmer-
ize bull by gazing fixedly at the ferocious
beast, has just recovered from the effects of
his involuntary aerial navigation, and has
quite lost faith in the power Of the human
eye over brutes.
=. ,nree-y ycar-old boy asked his mother to
let him have his building bricks to play with,
but she told her darling that it was Sunday
and therefore not proper for him to have
them.
"But, mamma, I'll build church"
He got the bricks.
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"You look as fine as hired girl" is now
about the highest compliment that can be
paid a young lady in the rural districts
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When FIJI Islander marries, the first
thing he does upon beginning to keep house
is to eat his mother-in-law. As conserva-
tor of peace the process perhaps is efiectual,
and it is also valuable as a measure of econ
omy when marketing is dear.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. ]. p Tus in, (SupplyJ
sunday S2rVlc2S-l T.! a m. and 81 p. m.
Sunda SCHOOL, a. in.
PRAYER Mectng-Every "Wednesday evening at 81
Sea S free. The public are nvl ed to attend.
ST. MATTHEW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Minis Cr-Rcv. j. NCCrOn.
Sunday Services-lOh a. IN. and G% p. IN.
Pra cr Nee ng-Eycry Wednesday evening at G}5
clock.
Seats free. Nopews rented. All are welcome.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
MinlS'er-Rev. stuart MITCHELL
Sunday SeViCeS-lOk a. hi. and Gi5 y. m.
sunday SchOol-9 Il. NJ.
PRAYER Nee ing-Every Wednesday evening al GH
Sea free. No pcws rented Strangers welcome.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Presiding Elder-Icy N. $. buckingham.
sunday Scrylces-ldA and G5 p. m.
Snda, school! p: m.
Bible ClasS-Evcr, Monday evening AZ 6L o'clock
Young Mems FRA er Nee ing-Eycry Tuesday
General Prayer Meeting Every Thursday evening
o'clock.
REFORMED CHURCH.
Corner of Third and Iron streets.
PastOr-Ilev. r. +. lIOnmeier.
Rcsidence-East street, near Forks Hotel.
Sunday ScrVlCeS-lOL Il. H. and " D. IN.
Sunda, Schools Il. IN.
Prayer Mccting-SHturday, p. IN.
Al are invited There Is always room.
Services every sunday afternoon at O'Clock at
dcller's church, Madison township.
ST. rAULS CHURCH.
RectOr-Rcv. John Hewitt.
SundIu ScrviCeS-l J.. Il. M, GT D. m.
sunday SChOOl-9 H. IN.
First sunday In the month, Holy Communion.
Services preparatory to Communion on Friday
evening before the st Sunday In each month.
PewS rented; but everybody welcome.
Persons desiring TO consult the Rector religious
MAJ tcrS VIII lind him at the parsonage on Rock
street.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Presiding Elder-RCv. 4. l.. Reeser.
Mmi,ter-Rcv j. ~ Irvine.
sunday Scryice-3 p. M, in the Iron Street Church.
lrI er Meeting-Eycry sabbath at 2p. IN.
All are invited. All are welcome.
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Miscellaneous.
4 DRAMATIC STORY.

The manner in Which an Injured Man
Settled Accounts with the Desperadoes.
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OF eyery descrlptlon BON plain and tancy.

OF every description bOtn PAIN anu INHUy'
Portable Top Buggics, open Buggies, Plain and
Fancy Platform Spring Wagons all OF the latest style
and made OF good material and fully warranted
not be undcrsold. | claim that make the best wag-
ons for the least money
also do painting trimming and repair old work
at the shortest notice. old springs welded and war
ranted to stand or no pay. l Will exchange porta-
BILE top buggy for any kind OF lumber, such as her
lock, pine ash, linn hickory and poplar 10 bedelNei
ed at my shop by the first OF February, 1873 IRON
dale orders taken and Mckelyy, Neal COS for re-
pairii rs cash. a. ). CROSSLEl.
Oct & 1875.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

one inch, twelve lines orits equivalent in Nonpa-
ell type one or two Insertions, S,tt; thee inser-