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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-11-02
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XI, NO. 43
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. XIII, NO. 81

The emergency admitted of no delay. The
young man, clutching the yard near the
end, hung by it second, to make sure he
was in line with the Hindoo beneath,
then, Just as the dirk was about TO descend,
he let go of the spar with long, wild cry
tnat pierced every corner of the ship, and
down he went, cleaving through the air with
terrific velocity.
There was a whirling, rushing sound, then
loud thud, as the heavy boot-hees of the
falling body crashed upon the head of the
dusky native ere he could use his knife,
dashing him from the rail into the sea, and
killing him instantly.
The watch had heard the warning cry of
the lieutenant; and ere the other natives
could recover from their surprise, caused by
the occurrence which had so suddenly aud
unexpectedly broken upon them, the decks
we're alive with the whole crew upon which
the gang of robbers beat n hasty retreat.
Meanwhile Bell Upton had been so be-
wildered by that sudden, fearful cry she had
heard, and the subsequent splash of the two
bodies falling into the water, that, not till
boat WAS lowered, and the lieutenant, who
had been struggling in the sea, was brought
aboard and in the cabin, to explain, in
faint voice, how he had saved her life, did
she clearly comprehend all that had taken
| place.
Then she threw herself down by the pros
trate form of her lover, and hung over him
in agony, fearing that he was fatally injur-
ed. Soon, however, the ships doctor gave
cheering information to the contrary.
The young man had sustained a fearful
shock from his contact with the Hindoo's
body ; but, as that body had offered little re-
sistance to his downward progress when he
struck tin fact, as it had been simply
driven before him into the sea-his lower
limbs, although partially paralyzed for the
time, were not broken.
He had, however, fallen dangerously near
the rail ; roll of the ship to the other side,
ere he let go of the topsail yard to descend,
would have caused him to fall from the
| bulwarks, when, of course he would have
been killed.
"Never before" said the doctor, "did
hear of such daring performance"
Gay !" exclaimed Major Upton, with ad-
mration and gratitude. "God bless him
Here Bell, he shall have you, girl, for he
has well earned you !"
He put both hands of his daughter, who
had clasped her lovers neck, in the lieuten.
ants and turned his head to hide few tears
on his bronzed cheek.
Immediately after the young man hat
been brought aboard, an off-shore breezt
sprang up, enabling the captain to heaC
seaward.
In due time the vessel reached her hom,
port, when the lieutenant, who by this tim,
had fully recovered from the effects of hi
fall, claimed his beautiful and willing bride
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AT THY GRAVE.

Waves the soft grass at my feet;
Dost thou feel me near thee, sweet?
Though the earth upon thy face
Holds thee close from my embrace,
Yet my spirit thine can reach.
Needs betwixt US twain no speech,
For the same soul lives in each
Now meet no tender eyes
Seeking mine, in soft surmise
At some broken utterance faint,
Smile quick Frightening, sigh half spent
Yet in some sweet hours gone by,
No responding eye to eye
Needed we, for sympathy.
Love, seem TO see thee stand
Silent in a shndowy land,
With look upon thy face
As If even in that dim place
Distant voices smote thine ears,
Memories OF vanished years,
Or faint echoes OF these tears.
Yet, would not have It thus.
Then would be most plteous
Our divided lives, If thou
An imperfect bliss shouldst know
Sweet my suffering, If to thee
Death has brought the faculty
or entire felicity.
Rather would weep In vain,
That thou canst not share my pain,
Deem that Lethean waters roll
Softly DER thy separate soul,
Know that a divided bliss
Makes thee careless OF my kiss,
Than that thou shOuldst feel distress.
Hush hear q low sweet sound
AS of music stealing round.
Forms thy hand the thrilling chords
Into more than spoken words
Al It's but the gathering breeze
Whispering TO the budding trees,
Or the song or early bees.
Love, where art thou? Canst thou not
Hear me, or is all forgot
Seest thou not these burning tears?
Can my words not reach thine ears?
Or betwixt my soul and thine
Has some mystery divine
Sealed a separating line?
Is It thus then after ath,
Old things none remembereth 90.
Is the spirit henceforth clear
OF the life It gathered hereG
WIN our noblest l0ngings seem
Like some dlsremembered dream
Hark the rainy wind blows loud.
Scuds above the hurrying cloud
flushed is all the song of bees
Angry murmers OF the trees
Herald tempests. silent yet
Sleepest thou-nor tear. nor fret
Troubles thee. Can forget
-AH the Year Round.
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A Boy of five years was playing railtosd''
with his sister Of two and half years.
Drawing her upon q footstool he imagined
himself both the engine and conductor.
After initiating the putting noise of steam +,
he stopped and called out New York." and
in moment after Patterson" and then
philadelphia. His knowledge of towns
was now exhausted, and at the next place
he cried Heaven" His little sister said
eagerly, Top, des I'll dit out here"
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The careless cuss rusheth through the
darkness toward the door, and stubbeth his
cigar against the panel thereof; whereas the
prudent man cautiously paweth on each side
of the open door and knocketh his store
teeth into the bottomless pit of his stomach
by coming into sudden contact with the
doors edge Er.
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An aged colored individual stepped into
store and asked how the thermometer
stood. "a hundred and forty.nine degrees
below zero % replied one of the clerks. as
dat faxS" exclaimed the old man; "den
l've lost two dollars. | just made bet it
war hundred an ffty."
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Out in Oregan man has to take out
license, which costs him five dollars year.
permitting saloon keepers and others to sell
him drinks And when mans wife takes
his license in the morning and hides it, he
has TO 80 dry as a bone all day.
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ATTORNEYS BLANKS.
Precipe for Summons.
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cents apiece, or si.75 per hundred.
Petition for appointment Of Guardian.
" Citation
Rule to take Dispositions.
Narr in Debt. with Confession,
g Assumpsit.
Mechanics Lien.
4 cents each or $3.50 per hundred.
Petition for sale OF Real Estate s cents each.
JUSTICES BLANKS.
Subppnas summons, Warrants, Executions, 30 10
25 cents each.
Leases NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. cents eacn
Parchment DEEDS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is
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COnStaDleS cents eacn
Mortgage ana Bond. IL -
| All KINGS OF Notes.. -
Receipts, Notes, School Orders, Poor Orders, store
orders, neatly bound, constantly on hand, or made
TO order on short notice.
| We are prepared TO do neater job work than any
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An Automatic Horse.
CURIOUS INVENTION BY A BOSTON MAN
NEW METHOD OF LoCoMoIIoN.

According to the Boston Traveller, Mr.. J.
II. Nolan, whose ingenuity and success as
an inventor has already secured him high
standing in the mechanical world, has just
invented a novel means oflocomotion, which
is in the form of ain automatic or self-pro-
pelling horse, the locomotion being produc-
ed by the weight OF the rider and the weight
which is carried. "The '"horse" and its ap.
piances are models of mechanical simplici-
ty, and any amount of speed required can
be secured, in TACT It can be made to go a
a mile faster than the fastest trotting horse
of the day. A small "horse," capable of
carrying u man ten or twelve miles per hour
can be built at from Sl5 to 50. The "horse'
can carry considerable weight in addition to
the rider The person sits in position as
he would upon the live animal, with the
feet in stirrups aud reins in hands. in which
position he can govern the speed and guide
the "horse" at will. There was an exhlbi-
ton made with one Of these "horses" recen-
tly, in hail in Boston, and although the
room was small and unfayorable for either
speed or ease of locomation, a boy weighing
sixty pounds propelled the horse at from
six TO seven miles an hour with the utmost
ease. The experiment thoroughly establish
ed the partical value OF the invention.
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VEGETINE
WILL CURE
SCROFULA.
Scrof,llous Humor

ScrOfulous Humor,
vegetine will eradicate from the system every
ahs oi crorna and scrSfu3us gmor i has per-
VINO mad been long and painful sufferers.
Cancer, Cancerous Humor,
Ger and Cancerous Humor challenges the most pro-
found attention OF the medical faculty, many Of
whom are prescribing vegetlne to their patients.
Canker.
vegetine has never failed to cure the most infexl-
BILE case OF Canker.
Mercurial Diseases.
The yegetine meets with wonderful success in
the cure OF this class Of diseases.
Salt Rheum.
Tetter, salt Rheum scald Head, &C., viii certainly
yield to the great alerative effects OF vegetine.
Erysipelas.
vegetine has never failed to cure the most invete-
rate case Of Erysipeas.
Pimples and Humors on the
Face.
Reason should teach us that blotchy, rough or
plmpled skin depends entirely upon an internal
defect. Vegetinc is the great blood purifier.
Tumors, Ulcers or Old Sores
Are caused by an impure state of the blood Cleanse
!
plants Will disappear.
Catarrh
For this complaint the only substa ntal beueHt can
be otained through the blood. vegetne is the great
blood purifier.
nstipation.
vegetine does not act as cathartic to debtate
the bowels, but cleanses all the organs. enabling
each TO perform the functions devolving uoon them
Piles.
vegetne has restored thousands to health who
| have been long and painful. Sufferers
Dyspepsia.
II vegottne is taken regularly, according to dlrec
tons, acer ain and speedy cure Will follow its use
Faintness at the Stomach
vegetne is not a stimulating bItters which ere.
ates fictitious appetite but gentle tonic which
assists nature to restore tie stomach to hea thy
action.
Female Weakness.
vegetine acts directly upon the causes of thes
complaints. IL invigorates and strengthens th'
whole system, acts upon the secretive organs an'
allays Inflammation.
General Debility.
| In this complaint the good efIcts of the vegetn
| are realized immediate' after commencing to taxi
| Vegetine acts directly upon the blood
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The man has been found who could DO
all the business he wanted to-yithout ad-
vertising, and has been compelled 10 adyer-
tise at last lie lives in Florida, and his
advertisement is h eaded "Sherif's Sale"
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80 you like your second wife better than
the first" "Yes, he said, enthusiastically;
"she always puts enough starch in my shirts
to save me the trouble Of scratching my
back"
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
BAPTIST CMuKCH.

CHURCH DIRECTORY.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. ]. p. Tus in, (Suppy.)
sunday Services i = "a III and 81 p. m.
river Meeting Every "wednesday evening at SO
SaS free. The public are inyl ed to attend.
ST. MATTHEW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Jinister-Rev. j. vcCron.
sunday Services-l04 a. IN. and 6k p. IN.
sunday school ga m.
FRA er Nee ing-Every wednesday evening a 6h
seats free. Nopews ren ed. All are welcome.
PREsBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Minis er-Rev. Stuar Nj hell.
sunday Scryices-i0h a III. ana 90 p. IN.
pra er Nee ing Every Wednesda evening a 6jq
sea @ 5 free. no pews rented, Strangers welcome.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL curBcH.
residing Elier-Hev. n =. Buckin ham
dlniS er-Rev. VI. l.. ,myser.
sunday Seryices-- q. ana 6q p. III.
5l5ii ',i class Ever Monday evening 81 O'Clock
Young lens Pra er Nee ng-Ever Tuesday
General prayer Meeting Every Thursday evening
O'Clock.
REFORMED CHURCH.
Corner of Third and Iron streets.
tastor-Rev @. ID. Gurley.
Resi1ence-Central Hotel
sunday Services-lOH a. IN. and p. m.
Sunda, Schpol--9 a. IN.
prayer Meetlng-SatuTdav, p. IN.
All are invited There is always room
ST. PAUL's CHURCH.
. ctor- Rev l.. Zahncr.
Sundd ServlCes-l = Il. m, ~ p. m.
sunday Schools a. IN.
First Sur lay In the month, Holy Communion.
Services preparatory to Communion on Friday
lvening before the st sunday In each month.
Pews rented but everybody welcome.
EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
Presiding Elder-Rev. A. l.. Reescr
Mini .ter-Rev j. A. Irvine.
sunday Services p. m, In the Iron street Church
Pra er Meeting Every sabbath at p III.
AID are invited. All are welcome.
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
Meets I'm 1.-THE little Brick Church on the hill,"-
known rs the Welsh Baptist ChurCh-on ROCK street
east Of Iron . -
Regular meeting for worship, every Lords day al
seats free and the public are cordially invited tc
Atlenl.
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VEGETINE

Is Frepartu by
H. r. STEW EMS. Boston.
Vegetine is sold by all Druggists.
nov
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In this complaint the good efTcts Of the Vegetint
are realized immediatel' after commencing to take
II as debility denotes deficiency Of the blood, and
Negetine acts directly upon the blood.
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important to Lawy ers

Justices of the Peace, Constables, Executors, Ad
mnistrators, Guardian, Township officers, and busi
ness men generally.
We have on hand large assortment or lega
blanks for the use OF Attorneys, Justices and Con
stables blanks OF all kinds Note and Receipt book
for Administrators &C.
| y RIrE
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MISCELLANEOUS.

n NJ. DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH.
Sewing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re-
paired. OPERA HOUSE Building, bloomsbury, Pa.
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ALBERT HARTMAN
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vegetine will eradicate from the system every
tant Of scrofnla and scrofulous Humor IL has per
manenily cured thousands In Boston and vicinity
VINO had been long and painful sufferers
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THOMAS b. HARTMAN.
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Female Weakness

Negetine is not stimulating btters which ere.
ates Il fictitious appetite but gentle tonic which
assists nature TO restore tie stomach to hea thy
action.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-30

A RECENT experience of well-known
commercial traveller named Jordan is re-
lated for q fact, and Jordan il practical
Joker and seldom allows himself to be
trapped in q Joke. But hotel clerk did
it for him one night in q small town
where the only hotel was crowded. He
gave Jordan room with another man who
had already gone to bed. The drummer
was shown 70 the room. There was q
light dimly burning on the table. His
roommate and bed fellow was asleep and
there was no use in waking him; so J0r-
dan quietly disrobed anc crawled into bed.
Presently q young couple, male and fe-
male, came into the room and seating
themselves in . corner commenced billing
and cooling and making desperate love.
Apparently they did mot notice the occu-
pants Of the bed. The kissing and inter-
vals Of sweet talk had gone on some time,
and Jordan thought he'd quietly wake
his bedfellow to enjoy the fun with him.
He nudged the sleeper softly but he did
not stir. He shook him-n0 response.
Well, TIE bed fellow was cold corpse,
and soon - Jordan was convinced Of thie
he sprang out Of bed and stood bolt up.
right on the floor. Now the lovers knew
Of the corpse, and they had evidently
taken refuge in that room to make love
under It's protection. They never dreamed
Of disturbance or interruption. But,
thinking the corpse had risen, they ran
screaming and shuddering from the room
to the clerks Office, and Jordan aftel
them. They were surprise party to the
clerk, who scored joke on Jordan. But
Jordan had . joke on the lovers, and the
funeral took place next day. Jordan did
not atoend. He got speedily out Of town
st. Lowis Rspsblieon.
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Tabby's Curiosity Satisfied.

CHARLES KAISER, who has the only
hive Offices in town, SAYS that when he
first got his swarm his old cats curiosity
was much excited in regard to the doings
of the little insects. the like of which she
had never before seen. At first she
watched their comings and goings at a
distance. She then flattened herself upon
the ground, and crept along toward the
hive, with tail horizontal and quivering.
It was clearly evident that she thought
the bees some new kind of game. Finally
she took up position at the entrance to
the hive, and when bee came in or start
ed out, made dab at it with her paws.
This went ON for a time without attracting
the special attention of the inhabitants of
the hive. Presently, however, "old
Tabby" struck and crushed bee on the
edge of the opening to the hive. The
smell of the crushed bee alarmed and en-
ragged the whole swarm. Bees by the
score poured forth and darted into the
fur of the astonished cat. Tabby rolled
herself in the grass, splitting, sputtering,
biting, clawing and squalling as cat never
squalled before. She appeared a mere
ball of fur ana bees as she rolled and
tumbled about. She was at length hauled
away from the hive with garden rake.
at the cost of several severe stings to her
rescuer. Even after she had been taken
to distant part of the grounds the bees
stuck in Tabby's fur, and about once in
two minutes che would utter an unearthly
yowl' and bounce full yard in the air.
On coming down she would try to scratch
an ear, when sting on the back would
cause her to turn succession of back
somersarlts and keep up q running fire
of squalls. Like parrot that was left
alone with the monkey, cid Tabby had a
dreadful time. Two or three days after
the adventure Tabby was caught by her
owner, who took her by the neck and
threw her down near the beehive. No
sooner did she strike the ground than she
gave fearful squall, and at single
bound reached the top Of fence full six
feet in height. There she cluug for a
moment, with tail as big as rolling pin,
when with another bound and squall she
was out of sight, and did not again put in
an appearance for over week -Tirgini0
Citt (Nev.) Enterprise.
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INSURANCE

from Chicago Tribune, Aug. II, fs77.l
4 Very Thorough and Satisfa Glory
Examination Of the American Fire.
Insurance Company.
The press of late has tecmed with news Of
the slaughter Of fnsuranc companies by the
different departments having in charge that
particular class of our mOneyeo institutions,
both fire and life. One company after an
other that has heretofore been considered
sound md reliable, when put into she cru
cible, and their assets melted down into
solid, pure metal, subjected to the severe
tests OF business depression, hard ZINES and
ehrinkage OF values, has been forced to retire
from business. The different Insurance de
partments seem almost to vie with each othe,
a. to which can bring down the most game
For some days past the Hon. w. 8. Relfe.
superintendent and A. +. Harvey, Ac,uary,
Of the Missouri Insurance Department, Will
Maj. r. NJ. Woods, Chi Clerk Of the Illinois
Insurance Department, have been examining
the American Insurance Company, Of this
city: We have before us copy of the report
OF their examination, which extended from
July y to July 81. The valuations of the
real-estate mortgages we're made by the
Hon. George NJ. Bogue and 8. e. Miner,
Esq, and gsve the present actual value in
cash OF all property valued. The abstracts
and other evidences Of title were carefully ex.
amined by the Hon. E. B. Sherman. attorney,
and 10 loans were admitted unless titles were
substantially good. Everything was put ON
present cash basis, and no item admitted 40
an asset except at its actual cash value. The
examiners show the Company to have q net
cash surplus, beyond capital, Of sos, 972 IS,
besides installment notes and other assets
not counted or admitted as cash to the amount
Of 81 ,690, "a.
We are pleased at the result of this exam.
nation, the more so that IL has been so
searching and thorough. The American In.
eurance Company is an institution of which
the citizens OF Chicago may well feel proud,
and Its policy holders, of whom there are some
$4,000, may congratulate Themselves on
being insured In sound, reN .dle company.
The position attaired by the Company ca
be attributed to two causes: Careful and
economical manag. meut and ite judicious
selecsion of risks-its business being cor.
tined solely to farm property, detached pri.
vate dwellings, and barls and their co to- Is,
churches and school-houses, writing no
risks In large Ct les or upon m. rcantile or
bu.iness property of any kiNd. The officers
aud Directors of he American may well feel
gratified at the result Of the examination.