The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-11-21
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The separation Of the Church from the
State is being agitated in Switzerland. The
most popular proposition Is one which pro-
vides that 40 one shall be taxed to support
a church which he does not attend.
What's the matter, JohnT ola big
boil.' We'll, why don't you take DIR. Lind.
sey's Blood Searcher, and be cured 2
"A Mail contractor in the West employs
thirty wild Indians to carry the mails. They
fo low no roads, but strike across plains and
deserts and travel night and day, as no
white man could.
For several months past there has not
been drop of water in the Rio Grande riv-
er for distance of 500 miles, and there is
great suffering among the people of that
district in consequence.
AT the laying Of the foundation stone
of new chapel in England. some ardent
revvalists, after depositng in the stone
Bible, the coins of the realm and all that
sort Of thing added a sheet of tin foil where
upon was pbonographically printed Hold
the Fort in Mr. Sankey's own voice.
- The pastor of the Presbyterian church
at North Leith, Scotland, is charged with
attempting by underhand means to intro
duce instrumental music into the service,
and 479 members of the church have petit
toned Presbytery against such an innova-
tiou of their ancient ussges
"A Chinaman 10 Paris committed sui
eide be cause his tormentors bad cut off his
queue. He fastened the cherished braid
with pins to the place where it ought to
grow, and jumped into the river.
A Paris newspaper relates that Carroll,
the serpent tamer, has been lately crushed
to death by python, and that an American
immed lately bought the serpent for its
weight in gold. The account does not say
| what he is going to do with it.
A writer in the Galveston News express.
| es the opinion that river of petroleum is
| flowing through the subterranean cavities of
Texas. 1t takes its rise on the carboniferous
| strata north of the Colorado River, and may
be traced at various points on its course to
the Gulf of Mexico by oil appearing on the
surface of springs, streams and lakes, while
at what is known as Oil Bay, 'on the Gulf,
the water is so covered with oil that the
waves have no effect
What every one says must be true,'
that DIR. Sellers Cough Syrup has no equal
for coughs and colds. Try it. Price 25.
A few months since there was sudden
disappearance of one NJ. Chambon resi-
dent of a town in France. There was no
suspicion as to the cause, but favorite cat
which followed its master around made fire.
qpent visits to neighboring house. The
occupants were watched aud arrested, and
the pocketbook of the dead man, whose body
was subsequently, found was. in theif posses
sion.
To regulate the liver, stomach, and bow
els use only "Sellers' Liver Pills" Take
no other. 25c. box. All druggists sell
them.
IL "A new temperance moveWent has been
organized in Great Britain. 1t takes the
form of joint stock company, with capi-
tai of s. O00, 900 in shares of So each. 1t
proposes to open temperance houses all
, over the kingdom. The Archbishop of Can
, terbury heads the list in the prospectus of
the enterprise.
Jerry Tullis died in Cincinnati, leav.
ing an estate worth $4,000, 900. He had
been a miserlv unsocial old man, and 40
far as was generally known, q bachelor
He willed all his property to j. F. Floyd
g his chum and neighbor. His three sister.
threatened to contest and Floyd 'quieted
them by compromise. Now, America Red
t mond, a mulatto woman noted in Cincinnati
!. ii for her beauty, sued as the widow OF
= Tullis, and presents what appears to be con-
elusive proof of a relationship amounting ir
law to marriage.
Bishop Merriman began the delivery o
II a sermon in the Episcopal cathedral at Gra
hamtown, Africa. Dean Williams immed
;. lately began to preach in a louder voic' ,ant
the Bishop was forced t. retire. An eccles
y iastical court sentenced the Dean to
= months suspension, for the interference, blu
Il har a.,h. al, .,aL
d continued his usual service, and was sus
% tained by his congregation.
IT The Sandemanians are a peculiIr relig
ious people of Danbury, Conn. They hav
no pastor or sermons but in their churcl
is a circular table. around which they sit
on Sunday and discuss scriptural texts.
1t "A new mode of collecting money is be
st ing tried in Germany, A small apparatu,
er with wires, gives the bees an electric shock
). and they fail to the bottom of the hive, r,
:. naming motionless for several hours.
h. Have used DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup an
Ii pronounce it the best medicine in use.
1e case OF consumption here was cured by i
use We cheeffully recommend it to a
sufferers.-Jeffress Roberts & Co., Sout
Boston, Va, November II, 1875.
In the midst of the performance of q
nc extravaganza at q Boston theatra an o.
!. m m riser in the parquet and says that he
ty displeased with his seat, as he is unable
hear well. One Of the actors invites him
sit in a chair on the stage VIII ich he doe
er aud finally takes a ludicrous part in Il
en- acting. 1t is not until near the close of Il
piece that the audience sees that he is
member OF the company.
oa "A new forgo plant has lately been intr
W duced into Egypt, which, when mow'
down, grows again at the rate of foot
Is four days. 1t is a denizen of Mexico, al
or is called there the Teosinte, its botanic
- name being EchIead ururians. 1t is rio
ed in saccharine matter and highly nutrition
Whenever Its cultivation has been tried
MT the south of Europe, it has been successft
~ and is worth experimenting upon in mo
u northerly latitudes.