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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

1t is the minds wealth that makes the
lovers body rich. Two bosoms with sin
gle thought discharged themselves Of that
thought as follows: "Aramnta, petW
"What, Charles, dear?" "What dreadful
cows, lovayp "Eh, sweetie?' "I said,
what dreadful cowsr darlingw ooh, diu
you, my own?' eyes, ducky.'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

"Mrs. Henry" said John to his wife the
other morning, "ir you give me Christmas
present this year, please arrange it so that
the bill won't come in till the next month
It's just as well to keep up the illusion Tor Il
short time
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

A TOUGH SroRY.-Two old ploughmen
down east were once telling tough stories Of
their exploits in breaking up new ground.
"Up to Dixmont," said one, "twenty-seyen
years ago this spring, l was ploughing in
stump ground with a team of nine pair of
cattle for Sol. Cunningham we were going
along, making not very smooth work among
rocks and stumps. Well, one day the point
of the plough struck against sunk stump
four feet through, split it square across the
heart, and | was following the plough
through, when the thought passed through
my mind that the pesky stump might snap
together and pinch my toes,so just crippled
the plough handles firm, swung my ieet
up out O the way, and the stump sprung
back and catched the slack of my pantaloons
That brought every thing up standing. Well,
l tghtened my hold, and Sim Swithin, he
and Sol was drivin', they spoke to the cattle,
and we snaked that stump right out by the
roots, and it had awful long ones" "it must
have been strainin' on your suspenders, said
the other. 'My wife knit them," was the
reply.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

Jcrrold's wit was of the keenest and most
transparent character, like all true wit Tor
genuine wit is the same all the world over
wit gives you nod in passing,b but withhu-
NOR you areat home. you must be on the alert
for wit; it flashes and is gone. Take walk
upon an empty stomach" said the doctor to
sydney Smith. Upon whose,'' asked the
dean. That is wit. So is Tom Hoods des-
cripton Of fellow whose folly constitutes
his own monument:
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

A musical amateur writes to ask il tho Old
English song, "A Single Smile" furnished
the theme of Wagner's "Lonegrin." lie is
the individual who thought "With Nerdurc
Clad" was the same as wearing o the
ErppnD
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17
Humorous.

A deaf man has just subscribed $40, 900 for
a railroad that IL to run through his farm.
lie is tired Of having to go twenty miles
whenever he wants to wall; on track.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

Equal proportions of urentine, linsC ed
oil and vinegar. thoroughly applied and then
rubbcd with flannel make an excellent fur
aiture yarnish.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17
$1,000 PROFIT on Sl00

Invested In stock Privileges IN Wall street. Books
and circulars telling, "tiUw It's done" sent fTte.
Address bAxrER Co, Bankers, II Wall ST., New
York,
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17

G = TO $50 per day. Agents wanted. All
,DO classes OF working people Of both sexes young
al Old, make more money at work for US In Tho
localities, during their spare moments, or all the
time, than at anN thing else We Oner employment
that viii pay handsomely every hours work
once. Don't delay. NOW Is the time, Don't look
Tor work business elsewhere, until you have learn
Jan. lb1b-lY.
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RELIABLE EVIDENCE.

II strikes at the ro.t o. disease by purifying tht
blood restoring the llyHr Nud kd1cyS TO healthy ac
tion, iuvlgUiOting the nervous Do stem.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17
OFFICE.

The Columbian Printing Estab-
lishment is amply supplied with
the necessary Presses, Types and
other material for executing all
kinds Of Printing at low rates and
in the most expeditions and salts
factory manner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-12-17
n AND DEMOCRAT BLOCNsrURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
Mystery Solved.

Tus GRsu sscasr OF THIS woNpERFuL
SUCCESS OF VEGETINE.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18

the witness reminded Beecher that he
had revoked the demand he made upon
him, and promised Beecher that he
would not assist Bowen in his efforts to
prosecute Beecher At the close of the
narrative the witness waited moment,
and noticed that Beecher's neck and face
were blood-red. Iilton went to the door,
unlocked it, and said, "You are free to
CO." Beecher appeared not to hear him,
and sat as if in dream. Tilton repeated
it, and Beecher arose and walked to the
door, but came back and asked, "May [
go for the last time and see Elizabeth 90
Hilton said "No, then eyes," and said
to Beecher, ''Do not chide her. IF you
smite her with word, I will smite you
in tenfold degree. I did not smite you
when [ had the power, for my wife's
sake, but if you chide her with word, I
will smite your name before the world. "
Beecher put both hands to his head, and
said cit is all out, all OUT
Beecher went down stairs with his
hands to his head, and Moulton was at
the foot, and he asked Moulton if be had
seen Elizabeth's confession, and Moulton
answered eyes" Beecher said, .'This
will kill me-. % Moulton and he there
upon went into the parlor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
Domestic Badinage in Texas.

Last evening at the Phoenix Hotel a
gentleman and his wife were sitting to-
gether, the gentleman cleaning one of
his revolvers, from which the cylinder
had been taken, which was loaded. The
other gun lying on the table in front was
empty. The wife, in a playful way,
took up the empty pistol and said:
Suppose [ shoot" he said, eyes" She
laid the gun down, and, while doing
some of her little sewing business, the
husband had cleaned his first gun, at
tached the cylinder, and had taken up
the ether. The lady again took what
she supposed she had used before, and
pleasantly remarked, 81 make you my
mark. He, not thinking Of the pistol
being loaded, said, "Make me your
mark and fire." She did fire, and the
explosion made her faint at once IF he
had not been placed in a certain position,
the ball would have gone through his
heart. Being in aside position and lean
ing over, the ball struck the lower part
of his vest and glanced away.-Dallas
CO,1l771 ercinL
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18

MOulton.
THE MOST REMARKABLE WITNESS THAT
EVER APPEARED IN COURT.
from the CHICAGO Jo1,rna1


THE MOST REMARKABLE WITNESS THAT
EVER APPEARED IN COURT.
from the Chicago Journal
Frank Mouiton has at last stepped
down from the witness-chair, and Brook
Ign has another cause of Boosting. That
city not onl y has the most eloquent
preacher In the world, but the most re-
markable witness that ever appeared be-
fore a bar OF justice. For eleven days
he stood the fire and cross-fre of very
imposing array of counsel, and not a
wound did he receive. And what is the
upshot of all his testimony? First, Mr..
Beecher admitted to him that he had had
sexual intercourse with Mrs. Tilton.
Second, it was agreed with all tae parties
that what could not be cured must be
endured, and, if possible, kept from the
public. Third, Mr.. Moulton undertook
to keep Mr.. Tilton from making a fuss
also to make those who approached him
on the subject and had not been let into
the secret believe that Beecher was inno-
cent He admitted that he lied whenever
that seemed necessary to the success of the
coverup policy. To some few persons the
whole truth was told without reserve,
notably Mr.. Moulton's partners, Franklin
Woodruff and James P. Robinson.
Fourth, Moulton received from Beecher
81, 800 during the period of his mutual
friendship, part of which was spent for
Bessie Turner's education, and part-the
greater part-was "fed out" to TiIton
and the Golden Age, Tilton having no
knowledge of where it came from, it
being known that he would have declined
the money had he known that it came
from Beecher. Among the minor points
of the testimony was the fact that General
Butler wrote Moulton's two statements
before the investigating committee of
last summer, and that General Tracy is
acting as Beechers counsel after having
pledged his professional honor not to do
so. It should be stated, perhaps, that
the only piece of documentary evidence
adduced, in addition to the letters which
had become public prior to the trial, was
the original of the letter of resignation
Mr.. Beecher offered to send to his church.
A great part of the time on Moulton's
examination was consumed in verifying
and reading the correspondence intrusted
to him as the mutual friend.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
Sl1earnlan.

lCor Chicago Tribune.]
The absence of the Beechers and of
Mrs. Tilton was the result, I fancy of a
solemn council of war held on Sunday.
at which Evarts presided. The injurious
effect of their presence upon the Jury
seems to have struck everybody but
Shearman, who revels in the sort of
theater display which surrounds a man
on trial for murder with his weeping
wife and children. Mr.. Beecher's palpa-
BILE anxiety, the feverish interest he took
in the smallest contention between coun-
sci, the terrible indications of mental
distress which hung their crimson on his
cheeks-all these things produced i'm
pressions the very reverse of those de-
sired by the crafty little lawyer who is
mainly responsible for the equivocations
of this trial-who never comes to the
surface except to emphasize a technical
point or a discrepancy in debate or
punctuation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
The Parties to the Suit.
THEIR CHARACTERS ANALYzED, CRITICISED
From the Chicago Tribune.1

IdE1tf CdARACIERS ANALYZED, CRITICISED
AND COMPARED.
From the Chicago Tribune.]
Both are men of stalwart frame, of
splendid physique, of enthusiastic tenn
permanent, and Of large capacity for SEN
suous enjoyment. Both are men of
social dispositions, engaging manners,
and magnetic natures. Both are largely
gifted with imagination. and humor
Both are orators. Both are lovers of
art, and delight in natural beauty.
Both have great energy of character and
ambition. Both have sought to be re-
formers. Both, after a sort, are re-
ligious.
But in many things they differ besides
their inequality of age-their disparity
here being some fifteen years. Beecher
has vast appetite for books, but he has
read at random, trusting to his genius to
asslmilate what was wanted for his pur-
pose, and using freely all agreeable in
tellectual stimulants in preparation for
his professional work. He is quick in
his mental movements and sympathies,
with wonderful readiness of utterance in
eVAASONAOOO3
his dlscourses in mental pictures, and
depends upon his great command of Ian
guage to give them suitable dress and
vitality. So he produces a good deal
without reflection, and often his written
and spoken efforts lack an elaboration
essential for elegance, and singleness of
aim and grace of handling that show
high culture and perfect mastery of the
material in hand. But he was wonder
ful aptness in seeing what will touch our
natures lmpressively, and at times he re-
veals fine freshness of pictorial power
In description. His humor is genial and
contagious, and bubbles up along with
his gravest thought. He is not strong
est in deliberative essay or voluminous
story, but in his oratory, which is always
interesting, frequently persuasive, and
sometimes artful to high degree.
Hilton has great intellectual vigor, care
full training as literary artist, deep SYM
pathy with the graceful and impressive
aspects of life, an inquisitive mental
vision that peers on many sides with skep-
teal chances, promptness to act in a
generous cause, boldness of utterance,
and very resolute will. With certain
air of grandeur offensive to some, he is
still affable and easy of approach. His
wit Is often more playful than severe. He
writes with ease and energy, and has
proven himself, in his late controversy, q |
master both of rhetoric and logic. His |
temperament is naturally sunny, and as a
companion ne can be exceedingly fasci-
Mating Though symDathiZinp with the |
softer side of life, he is not effeminate
preferring to praise, he still is swift to
condemn where he thinks humanity is
wronged and he can WELD a pen as
caustic as it is keen. In conversation he
is never indicate. But with his versal-
ity, his culture, his creative power, his
courage in the advocacy of opinion, his
interest in questions of public moment,
he has a highly-romantic quality of mind
which has impaired his reputation for
He affects situations. Some,
who know him best, accuse him of |.
Sc o+ipor -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
MOLLY MOGG.

fan the year 1926 Gay the poet, in conjunction
With Pope and Swift composed ballad on MISS
Nary Mogg, which appeared IN Mastz JouTnd. aug.
II. The production was written IN very droH Veln
which tickled the ear of the public and created a
treat sensation at the time. Miss Mogg was the
ianghter of an inkeeper at Nottingham, and was
oossessed of remarkable beauty. In this drol COM
ooSion the wits seemed to have found almost every
,bxne That would match the name of their heroine
The schoolboy delights in a play-day,
The schoolmasters joy is to fog,
The milkmaid's delight is in May-day,
But mine is in sweet Molly Mogg.
Will-o-wisp leads the traveller a-gadding
Through ditch and through quagmire and bog,
No light can e'er set me a-padding
But the eyes of my sweet Molly Mogg.
For guineas in other mems breeches
Your gamesters will palm and will cog;
But envy them none of their riches,
So palm my sweet Molly Mogg.
The hart that's half wounded in ranging,
1t here and there leaps like frog;
But my heart can never be changing,
It's SO fixed on my sweet Molly Mogg.
know that by wits It's recited
That women at best are a clog,
But I'm not so easily frightened
From loving my sweet Molly Mogg.
A letter when 1 am inditing,
Comes Cupid and gives me jog,
And fill all my paper and writing
OF nothing but sweet Molly Nogg.
I feel I'm in love to distraction,
Is My senses are lost in fog,
And in nothing find satisfaction
But in thoughts Of my sweet Molly Mogg.
If would not give up the three Graces,
1 wish were hanged like dog,
And at court all the drawing-room faces,
For glance at my sweet Molly Mogg.
For those faces want nature and spirit,
And seem as cut out of log;
june Venus, and Pallas' merit
Unite in my sweet Molly Mogg.
Were Virgil alive with his PhiIlis,
And writing another Eclogue,
Both his Phillis and fair Amaryllis
He'd give for my sweet Molly Mogg.
When she smiles on each guest like her liquor,
Then jealousy sets me agog;
To be sure she's bit for the vicar,
And so shall lose Molly NIogg.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
Advent of TiItOn.
<AutCAG Ox AIlGOne
From the Cincinnati Commercial |

From the Cincinnati Commercially
Tilton at once assembled the witness
chair, took the oath, and settled himself
down for the sickening work of the day.
He looked quite as well as usual, tall to
the height of over six feet, heavy to the
weight of nearly 200 pounds, with his
familiar light complexion and long,
bushy, blonde hair. A short distance in
front sat his woeful faced wife, with a figure
SO slight, petite, and shrunken as to be
in marked contrast with his own. It GER
'tainly was curious spectacle to see this
husband thus confront his wife as her
accuser under the circumstances, and in
the peculiar way in which the thing hap
pened to-day. ALI the half-dozen ladies
In court, all friends of Mrs. Tilton, sat,
atsLn +ha roo+ nf +hn a,ono4o+nrs NTH III on.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
THE GREAT SCANDAL.
Pen-and-Ink Sketches of the Brooklyn
Trial.
Roger A. Pryor's Oratory.
[Cor. Cincinnati Commercial

His voice is shrieking and furious, soft
and gentle. His body is elastic as q
whalebone, and his movements like those
OF cricket; his language was impetuous,
yet far removed from rant. He fiopped
his long, stiff hair with quick jerk of
his head, and was off like shot in o
nervously energetic way, in sentences
that began quietly and ended explosively,
In the tremulous kind of fervor that is
oftener found in the pulpit than at the
bar. Beside these things, his singular
face, fascinating in moments of excite
mont, added to the effect of his words.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18

eyes fixed steadily on him. Mrs. Tilton
wore slight vail, looked straight at him
from the first to the last of his story, and
the reporters say that her face was set in
sternness and anger. These sharp
sighted reporters also saw that Mr..
Beecher's face was covered with won
derment and surprise, while Mrs. Beecher
looked at him freezingly or sneeringly-
especially at his bits of evidence referring
to herself -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18
Siberian EXileS.

Between May and October, 1874, there
were banished to Siberia, Is, 889 persons.
Of thess unfortunates, 1920, being Grim
inals of the worst description, were
sentenced to hard labor, and 1924 had
been expelled from their communities as
obnoxious, drunken, or burdensome.
These exiles were voluntarily accompanied
by 1,O80 women and children over Is
years of age, with 1899 younger chill
dren. Ten years ago the number of
criminals exiled to Siberia in twelve
month was ten times greater than the
above total, which shows either diminu-
ton OF crime Or merciful mitigation of
punishment.
RUSSIA AND GERMANY. Russian
journals are allowed to talk occasionally
OF war and rumors of war. Just now
they are occupying themselves with the
steps Russia would take in case of a
rupture with Germany. The first step,
according to them, would be to defend
Poland against attack, and for this pur-
pose to augment the present garrison of
that province $4,000 men by adding
275, 900 fresh troops to receive the Prus-
slams. Yet the two sovereigns and
,e,.nr..i a.-n fa..-4 hr hns+ <,R f.~;nr,1e
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-15
Bv Frank ID. Hill,
Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent,
HOS Main street.

TRUSTEES SALE OF SPLENDID
Il RES DtSCE AND HOUSEHOLD AND
KITCHEN FURNITURE AT AUCTION.-By
virtue OF deed Of trust executed ny Colonel Al
bert Urdwav and wife 10 The undersigned dated
April IS, 1872. and duly recon ced In Richmond
Chancery Court clerks Office April 20. 1872,
being required so to do by tho benz iiclary therein
secur, Il, We will proceed 10 sell at ruhic aucfion
on the premises. on FRIDAY. June IL, 1878,
commencing 1T 10n O'Clock A. ~. all the HuC 81
HOLD AND KlTt Han FURNITURE contained
in the late residence of ol0nel Albert Ord~ay,
No. sol west Frankiin street, corner Of Laurel
81 Get. consisting OF
3 very superior BLACK WALNUT PARLoR SETS,
BRUSSELS CARPETS. CHANDELIERS.
Splendid BOOK ASE, OIL-rAlSIIHGS,
FXTENSION-TABLtS, CHISA.PhESS,
CHINA aud GLASSWARE. sc.
6 sets OF BLACK WALNUT. OAK AMI MAHOGANY
CHAMBER FCRNITCRE,
Complete assortment VI KITCHEN FURNITURE,
kEFRlGERATOR. &c,
and every article 10 be found In 4 well.furnshcd
house.
loth-on the premises al ) O'Clock +. ~. the va!u.
abe ami attractive HOUSE AMI LOT ut the south
west corner of FranSiin ann Laurel streets.
The house Is three stories ana has men'. with
MansarG roof, and CONTAINS about Twelve rooms,
besides kitcheu amt servants rooms. with M HE
modern improvements, stable. &C.. and built In The
most substantial mannrr by lis pres III owner.
The lot fronts on Frank in street 90 feet, with =
depth OF $50 feet - an alley u !tct wide.
lakes for this year on the real estate 10 be paid
by the purchaser. ,
TERMS: For furniture on all slIms under II 100
cash: over that amount. sixty da.> note "ilh in-
tcrrs: added. with approved tndorser. For real
estate the conditions of The trust require cash but
liberal arrangements can br made on HE Gay of
sale. AhD sMLN'rDDhb,
JOHN Ii. tLAiBpRSf,
10 lIu,'rss,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-15

EDITORIAL kEEPSAKEs.-It is something
eXquisiely nice to be an editor over in Ne
vada, that is if we can believe what the
editor of the Gold Hill Ne,rs says but we
never did put much faith in anything coming
from that quarter. "Sitting here in our
sanctum," says this yeracious ink.sineer,
sour eye musingly falls upon little keep
sake. 1t is but triuket, a useless thing !;
merely the old Dragon revolver we
wrenched from Buffalo Bill when be
came charging in here 10 obliterate
us for writing a police item about him. We
buried him in our little graveyard, back Of
the office, but we can never gaze upon that
little pistol without feelinS of admiration
for his misplaced and unfortunate temerity.
That classicaly moulded limb, picked and
dried, hanging on the wall, is the left shank
of sx-toed Pete, the great Mud Springs des-
peradO, who came to demonstrate with US for
publishing his marriage under the head of
deaths" It was a printers blum
der, not Curse but no matter, we
riddled him with that revolver and
then took off his leg at the hip joint with the
first slash of our trusty little Ratchet. We
should have completed his dismemberment
had he not run away, coward that he was.
His two big brothers, who came for that leg
and revenge, both rest in our little grave
yard back of the office; peace to their ashes.
That jagged and knotty old Feejee war club
in the corner, this diapiduted nose and
broken jaw, as we'll as this bullet which we
still feel eyermore singing away in the int.
risr of our right lung. were left US by old
Blikins, the editor of the Gospel Bugle,
who came on from the East to kill US for con-
Meeting his name with the Beecher scandal
and proving that he was the father of Bessie
Turner as we'll as the bosom friend Of Susan
3. Anthony. Our trusty pistol and little
hatcher did not TAI! US, and he too lies, edi-
tori2sy, in our quiet little graveyard back OF
the office. The elongated scoop-shaped
memento which we Use for waste
basket was once the ear of Fir-
ginia City newspaper reporter. He
would persist in stealing our items, SO
we were obliged to go and cut off his ear
with oar little Ratchet, fallacously thinking
that that would stop him. His head goes
next:n