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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07
UNNATURAL SHOWERS.

Tradition tells many stories of showers
which were not showers of rain. 1t is stated
by an old writer that in Lapland and in Fin
land, about century ago mice of particu-
lar kind were known to fall from the sky
and that such an event was sure to be follow
ed by good year for foxes. A shower of
frogs fell near Toulouse in 1904. A prodig-
ious number of black insects, about one inch
in length, descended in snow STORM in PAX
rolf, Russia in 1927. On one occasion in
Norway, the peasants were astonished at
finding shower of rats peltng down on
their heads. Showers of fishes have been nu-
merous. AT Sanstead, in Kent, in 1866, a
pasture field was found one morning plenti-
fully covered with fish, although there is
neither sea. nor river, lake nor fish pond
near. In several other places these showers
of fish have occurred and can generally be
explained by well understood causes. Strong
wind blown from sea or river; a water spout
licking up the fish out of the water; whirl.
wind sending them hither aud thither all
these are ineligible.
The rat shower in Norway was an extra
ordinary one thousands of rats were taking
their annual excursion from hilly region tt
the lowlands, when a whirlwind took then
up aud deposited them in a field at some dis
tance doubtless much to the astonishmen
of such of the rats as came down alive. Nat
uralists have proved that the showers of bloot
are connected with some phenomena of in
sect life. i;
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07

The plague now ravaging parts of Russia
is not new to that country. and the epipem-
ic of this year recalls to the people the hor-
rors from which Russia suffered century
ago (1770). Those were days of trial for
Russia from the south were pressing the
formidable masses of Cossacs and peasants
under Pugatcheff, who shook the Czardom
and terrified the serfholders while inside
the empire was an enemy even more formid-
able, the plague. The people became reck-
less and cared for nothing but their lives |;
They fed from the cities and villages hid
themselves in the woods and there died
from starvation as well as from the epidem-
ic, Moscow, the heart of Russia, was in a
state of anarchy, and there seemed to be no
ruler but the plague. The victims died by
hundreds in their houses, and the streets
were strewn with dead bodies. There we're
not enough undertakers, and money could
not procure the needed service, and it was
at last necessary to employ prisoners who
were promised pardon. The criminals wen,
to work and put the dead into wagons which
they drove to their places of interment but
they often seized the dying, who uttered
their pitiful cries in vain, and many persons
were buried alive. In those days children
were afraid of their parents and parents o
their children everybody suspect, every
body else, and many perished from neglec
and starvation. These are the experien-
ces of the last century now recalled il
Russia.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07
FORGETTING.


What blessed thing it is that we can for
get To-day's troubles look large, but .
week hence they will be forgotten and bur-
led ont of sight. Says one writer, If you
would keep book and daily put down the
things that worry YOU, and see what becomes
of them, it would be a benefit to you. You
let a thing worry you just as you allow
fly to settleon you and plague and you lose
your temper-or rather get it I; for when
men are surchsrged with temper they are
said to have lost it ; and you justify your
selves for being thrown off your balance by
causes which you do net trace out.
But if you wish to see what threw you OF
your balance before breakfast, and put IL
down in little book, and follow it up and
follow it out, and ascertain what becomes of
it, you will see what a fool you were in the
matter. The art Of forgetting is blessed
art, but the art Of overcoming is quite ss i'm
portant. And if we should take time to
write down the origin, progress and ont.
come of few of our troubles it would make
us so ashamed of the fuss we make over
them, that we should be glad to drop such
things and bury them at once In eternal
forgetfulness. Life is too short to be worn
out in petty worries, frettings, hatred and
vexations.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07
CHRISTIAN COURTESY.

There is thing that we call high breed
ing or courtesy its name proclaims that it
is the manners of the conrt and it is suppos-
ed to belong exclusively to persons highly
born. There is another thing we call
Christian courtesy; the difference between
the two is that high breeding gracefully in
sists upon its own rights Christian courte-
sy gracefully remembers the rights OF others
in the narrow limiten sense of the word gen.
tleman can only be applicable to persons
born in a certain class and gentle is only the
old English word 'genteel,' but in the larger
higher meaning it belongs to those who are
gentle in character not in blood and just as
gentle has been corrupted into 'genteeP
so the words gentleman courtesy polite.
ness have come to be considered the exclu.
slse property of one class
The spirit of Christ does really what
high breeding only does outwardly. A high
bred man never forgets himself, controls his
temper, does nothing in excess, is urbane,
digniied, and that even to persons whom he
is inwardly ours ing in his heart, or wish
ing far away. But Christian is what the
world seems to be. Love gives him a deli
cate tact which never offends, because it j,
full of sympathy. 1t discerns afar off what
would hurt fastidious feelings, feels witt
others, aud is ever on the watch 60 antici
pate their thoughts And hence the onl!
true refnement-that which lies not on thu
surface, but goes down into the character
comes from Christian love.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07

Jennie Smith has been telling the Green
street Methodist congregation of Philadel-
phia, that she was cured of a chronic spi-
nal disease by miracle. She was bedrid-
den for sixteen years. A few months age, /,
when She was in the Homeopathic Hospital,
she asked DIR. John Q. Morgan to pray with
her, as she felt that she was going to sit up.
He did so, and in few minutes afterward
she sat dp in her chair. This was after all
trials to bolster her up by means Of pillows
and hands had failed. From this time she
began to have strong belief that she would
be able to walk again, aud at length she
appointed certain time for miraculous
cure. Some of her friends were invited. To
others she wrote asking them to offer up spe-
eifc prayer on her behalf on that day. AT.
ter waiting until nearly midnight, she asked
two persons present TO take her by the arms
as she felt that the time had come. They
complied, and with barely any effort on theil
part, she rose to her feet aud walked. Since
that time she has had complete use of mel
legs. DR.. Morgan declares the truth of he
| story. ..
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07

Yes indeed it's true for me and here's
how it came about Poor Mary Neil's hus-
banda carpenter like ourselves and an old
comrsde-has been sick all winter, and de-
parted this life last Tuesday. What with
the grief and being left on the wide world
With her FIVE orphans, and no one to earn a
bit Of soup for them. the craytber is fairly
out of her mind stupid from the crying
and the fret, for what does she do poor wo-
man, but send the wrong measure for the
coffin, aud when it came home II was ever
so much too short Barney Neil was a tall
man. nigh six feet VIC reckoned him. He
couldn't be got into it do what they would,
aud the poor crather hadn't what would buy
another. Where would she get it after the
long sickness himself had, and with five
childher to feed and clothe So, your hon
or, all that's in it is to cut the legs off him.
Me and my comrade here is going to do it
for ::the desoate woman. Well just take
'em off at the knee joints and lay 'em along
side him in the coffin. think, sir, now that
I've told you our job, you'll say it'sthe quar-
est you ever heard of,
'Oh cried the gentleman, such thing
must not be done. It's impossible. How
much would a new coffin cost p
The carpenter named the sum which was
Immediately produced and bestowed on him
with ipjunctio to invest forthwith in the
necessary purchase,
The business, however, took an unexpecl-
ed turn. Mr.. Plunket, on his return home,
related his matutinal adventure to his fam-
ly at breakfast, the future Chancellor, then
young barrister, being at the table. Be-
fore the me al was ended the carpenters made
their appearance, and with many apologies,
rendered back the coin they had received.
He who had been spokesman in the morning
explained that on seeing the gentleman in
advance of them on the road, he had, for a
lark made bet with his companion he
would obtain the money, which having won
his wager he now refunded.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES.

The Euglisbmau seems never to be able to
escape the influence of his surrounding.
Though he occupies a part of every conti-
nent, his methods are seldom continental.
This is apty illustrated in his railroad build
| lag. His island Is small and densely popu-
lated, his roads short, and the traffic heavy.
Naturally the roads are of the best. Every
valley is spauned by viaducts or bridges, ev-
cry hill pierced with deep cuts or costly
tunnels The early railroad hen had an i'm
preston that a railroad must be Ms nearly
straight as possible, and as level as labor
and money could make it. Later English
builders followed these ideas closely and.
the final result is magnificent iu every sense.
The roads are the best known, and make 6t
ways for the splendid engines designed to
run upon them. But all this is insular.
/ When the Englishman tried continental
railroading, as in Canada and Australia, he
built on iusular plans. and the result has not
been wholly happy.
1t Is to the American we must turn TO learn
what are the requirements of the modern
| railway, and to get some suggestion of its
| future. More than this the moment
the English locomotive is taken from
| It's island line it exhibits defects and GER
tain want of pliablity that completely uu-
fit it for a continental railway. But If the
English road and the English engine are
the best in the world, why are they not the
best for the world ? Simply because they
do not pay. There can be no higher reason
than this. Anything that does not. paw IL
useless, because 1t does not meet human
want, The excuse of the railroad and its
train Is that it moves men aud things cheap
ly The cost of any operation is the meas
ure of its value to human beings, and If the
road does not pay, of what good is 1t Now
a railway to be cheap, must follow the face
of the country. That is, the line must go up
and down hill, pass around abrupt curves,
according to the lay of the land, and with.
out much attempt at a straight line or level
bed. It il upon this idea that American
railroads have been built, and all continent
tai lines are likely to be built in the future.
If a railroad can thus follow the face of the
country, it will not cost so much, there being
no high bridges, deep cuts aud tunnels. OF
course there is limit in this direction, and
even the American engine cannot climb up
the side Of house, or turn right angle in
its own length; but within certain broad
limits it may be said that the future loco
motive must follow lines that run up hill
and down dale, and get round very remark.
able corners.
This being the case, what of the English
locomotive? Can it travel in safety over
crooked lines that wander in astonishing
freedom over hill and dale through all the
sinuous line of winding river valley :
There is no need to say it ought, or II may,
for it never did. 1t has been tried again and
again, and at the end of it all the engine 10
in the ditch, and the unhappy stockholders
are clamoring for American engines, or At
; least engines built on American plaiis.
Charles Barnard, in Harper's Mdgdsine Jor
, March.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07

The Oneida community replies in its or.
gan, the American Socialist, to the charges
OF the Syracuse clergy. with a challenge to
cite single case of immoral action grow
ing out of the influence of the Community
The following argument is put forward !:
The worst enemies of the immunity admit
as DIR. Mears did at the Conference, that its
members are sincere and honest. The charge
is that they are fanatical and mistO ken. Does
their record prove this? The Community
takes care of its own, and throws off no
wrecks such as are constantly falling from Or
dinary society. 1t has furnished no paupers,
no criminals, no abandoned women, no ne.
elected children. Is it not, then, working
out valuable experiment p The Commu.
nifty defes legal prosecution, on the ground
that it deies no law.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07

Baron R., was one of the most decorous
of a brother who was a perpetual thorn in
his side. When at school hewas set sum
to do by his teacher. Alter an undue de-
lay he presented himself before the desk
and held up the slate upon the Corner of
which was pile of coppers.
What is the meaning Of all this, sir, said
the master. e.,
'OhH cried the youth, T'm very sorry sir,
but really1 can't help it. All the morning
l've been working at the sum. Over and
over again I've tried, but in spite of all
can do it won't come right So have made
up the difference in half pence, and there it
is ON the slate.
The originality of the device disarmed the
wrath of the pedagogue, and young r, was
| dismissed with his coppers to his place.
Here, however, is one of the best kind
told of Mr.- Plunket, taking an early walk
was overtaken by two respectable looking
men, carpenters by trade, each carrying the
implements of his craft.
Good morning, my friends said the ole
gentleman you're early afvot. Going on 1
job, Ell p
Good morrow, kindly sir yes we are
and quare one, too. The qusrest and mos
out of the way you ever heard of. I'll b.
bound, sthough you have lived long in tb
world and heard and read of many thing
Oh, you'll never guess it, your Honor, so
may as well tell you at once. We're. .goin
to cut the legs OF dead man.
What cried his hearer, aghast5 yo
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-03-07
Select Story.
IN THE GLOAMING.

'You are the best judge of your own heart,
but do not think your future promises
much happiness as the wife of Godfrey Hill
Remember who and what he is"
These were the words over which Alice
Hill pondered as she walked slowly through
the grove at Bellows Falls. 1t was her ia
vori.e walk, when she wished for solitude
though it lay at some distance from her
home, the stately house that crowned an in
cline stretch of ground overlooking the vii
lage.
Remember who and what he is
Mrs. Hill had said these words very slow
ly, and with due emphasis only few hours
before, when Alice had road to her letter,
in which Godfrey Hill had asked her to be
his wife.
Who was he, then He was the second
cousin of Alice, a man of about twenty sew
en-, who had been brought up by his grand
father in the house upon Bellows Height,
and had supposed his inheritance of house
and fortune assured.
Alice and her widowed mother had never
entered the stately house while old Mr.. Hill
lived, but had supported themselves by keep
ing school for young children, after God
frey's cousin, Alice's father, had died.
1t had never crossed their widest imagi-
nation that the old gentleman at Bellows
Falls would remember them by even a tri-
fling legacy, and they were inclined to
think they were the victim of practical
joke, when they received the lawyers letter
informing them that Alice was the heires:
of the entire estate Of John Hill, OF Bellows
Falls.
1t was like dream, to come to the plen'
did home, to know there was to be no more
weary struggles for daily bread, to wander
through magnificent rooms and extensive
grounds with the deliciously novel sensatido
of ownership.
And it must be confessed that Alice a
first thought but little of the dispossesseC
heir.
| But he introduced himself soon as cous
in, and visited the house as a welcom,
guest.
| For, in answer to the second clause o
Mrs. Hills question, what was he? Alic,
could have answered truly that he was tn,
most fascinating man she had ever seen.
And Alice Hill, though a. bread WHINE
in the busy world, had moved IN good so
ciety, having aristocratic family connection
both on her fathers and mothers side.
She was no novice to be won by a merel.
courtly manner, but she had never met
man whose intellect was so broad, who's
courtesy was so winning whose face was 81
handsome as were those of Godfrey Hill.