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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04
Give the Young man q Chance.

1t has become somewhat common prac-
tice among elderly men both within and
without the professions, to cavil at and rid-
cule the attempts and abilities of those who
are just starting thei r professional career.
Many a family would sooner do without q
physician at all, than call in young prac
titioner even when the case is not serious
one The ambitious young man fresh from
the most modern and complete schools is left
to pine and fret himself awav in disappoint
ment ,idleness and poverty, while the old man
whose sight is perhaps failing, whose mem
ory is beginning to loose its power, and who
is welded immovably to the method and
treatment of his youth, is growing rich upon
the blind, partial credulity of his patrons.
of course, other things being equal, an ex
perienced physician, lawyer or teacher is
preferable to one who is just beginning. hut
what is to be done when the old men die of
or become incapactated And besides it is
no credit due to unappled knowledge
There is an unconquerable antipathy in some
minds to anything that smacks of school o.
of books. This has its ORIGIN, in the nstu
raj repugnance which every one feels to thos,
conceifed vain, empty boosters, whose soil
stock in the trade is a college diploma an,
an unlimited amount of "cheek" but no
all graduates nor even the majority of then
are Of this class Most young men VIII
emerge from the walls of college, be
scholastic or medical, are fully aware of thei
inexperience and short coming. and are a
ready as any one could wish, to cry down val
pettlioging and empty quackery. But ther
is class of well meaning but unthnkinI
people who persist in chasing these two tc
gether and judging them sll by those WI
make the most noise, utterly forgetting thi
they thereby d, an irreparable injury to thoi
who deserve well, and one which will ult
mately rebound to their own injury. VIII
we would urge is ''Give the young man
chance" and if they make mistakes, be mo
ready to say that they cannot but be expe
ted and shc nd be overlooked on account
inexperience rather than look upon them
an irremediable evil The Germans hay,
' proverb, Through experience one becoul
> WISE" and it is true in any vocation of Ii
! and if We cannot give the young man wisdt
let us at least enable him to obtain it for hi
self by giving him opportunities Tor c
perience.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04
CamerOns Plan.
now HE PROPOSES TO SECURE CONTROL OF
THE CONVENTION.

The Grant managers are being closely
watched just now at every point. The reg
ular Washington correspondent of the
Tribune telegraphs as follows
1t is known here that the Grant leaders
have arranged the following plan for con-
| trolling the Chicago convention: OF course
Senator Cameron, when he calls the conven-
ton together. will be obliged to nomin-
ate for tempory chairman whosoever the
National committee selects; but it will be
arranged to have some leading Grant man
for the place. On that there will have to be
vote by the convention, and an attempt
will be made to enforce the unit rule when
the vote is taken. Naturally some delegates
from Pennsylvania, New York and other
states will insist on voting differently from
the majority of their delegates from those
states but Senator Cameron, who will be
in the chair, will decide that the unit rule is
binding upon all delegations representing
States in which it was adopted. Ifthe anti
Grant men appeal from the decision, and q
vote is taken upon the appeal, Senator Cam
eron will decide again that the unit rule
must be enforced in this vote also. The
Grant men have been talking about this
programme freely snd assert, with the
greatest apparent confidence, that by the
help of Senator Cameron and the unit rule
they will not only get temporary chair
man, but also that when it comes to the
choice of permanent chairman they will Sc
cure him likewise by the same kind of
| tactics.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04
Timely Caution.
perience.

Genuine Hop Bitters are put up in square
paneled, amber colored bottles with white
label on one side printed in black letters, and
green hop cluster, aud on the other side
yellow paper with red letters; revenue stamp
over the cork. This is the only form H.
which genuine Hop Bitters are put up, and
the sole right to make, sell and use them
is grained to the Hop Bitters Mfg Co o.
Rochester n y, aud Toronto, Olt,, by pat,
ents, copyright and trademark. All oiheI,
put up in any other way or by any one els.
claiming to be like ito pretending to con
tain hops, by whatever names they are call
ed, are bogus and unfit for use, aud only pu
up to sell and cheat the people on the credi
and popularity of Hop Bitter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04

There is a species Of singing scorpion
found in the bottoms of the Western Texas.
Immediately after the birth of her young, the
female places them in the basket-shaped re-
ceptacle on her back, where they at once
attach themselves and begin sucking her
blood OF course, the mother soon succumbs
to this unfilisl treatment, and begins to droop.
The young ones are by this time sufficiently
nourished to demand more substantial food,
and they kill their mother and devour her.
Should one of the young ones become de-
tached from the living nest, it is at once kill
ed and ieasted upon by the mother, Thus
it seems that, while the female willingly sac
rifces her lite for her off spring, yet she does
not hesitate to kill them should they be so
| devoid of instinct as to refuse to remain
where she places them after birth. While
this i. going on the female patient stands
around evidently 'hossing the job
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04
Killed at her Wedding.

In the midst of the great events of the
war such <Sincdents as the following were
comparatively unnoticed and left to be long
afterward related in print. Miss Annie Pick
ems, the daughter of the Governor of South
Carolina, was to be married on April %,
1868, in Charleston to Lieutenant Andrew
De Rochelle. The wedding party we're as
sembled in the Pickens residence, and the
clergyman was asking the bride if she was
ready, when a she'll from a Union gun in the
harbor broke into the room and burst. Nine
persons were hurt, but Miss Pickens wounds
proved mortal. She bore the pain with won
derful fortitude, and was unmoyed when in
formed she had only an hour or two to live.
De Rochelle said that he would like to have
her to die his wife, and the poor girl smiled
in assent. The guests remember the scene
as far more pitiful than they can describe.
| The bride lay on a so'a, her white dress dab
| bed in blood aud her hair disheveled, while
her pallid face was so wrung with agony that
her efforts to smile became futile. The GER
emony was hurriedly performed though the
brides yes, was in faint labored whisper,
and her lips hardly moved in response to heI
husbands kiss She died imme diately after
| wards
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04
4 can't tell exactly, but within week

4 can't tell exactly, but within a week
And your
1T is uncertain. May be not for months
He looked at me strangely, what are
you so embittered against Mr.. Leigh tina,
you are willing to exile yourself on his &C
COUNT
l was full of wrath and CONSERVATION.
Had l not forbidden him to mention hat
name in my presence?
Just then we reached the station; people
began to hurry past us; l turned to leave
him without a word.
'StayV he continued in low voice. / have
not told you my name yet. Can you
guess it?'
What did he mean? l raised my eyes,
slowly scanned his face, and faint concep-
tion of the truth dawned upon me.
Yes, the hero of the curls, the genial
travelling companion, was
Horace Leigh exclaimed he, laughing,
the man from whom you thought to flee,
but with whom you have run away
Although covered with cor fusion, could
not resist the contsgion OF his merrimeni.
Can you guess the sequel? Had we met
under other circumstances we might
have hated each other; as it was, we did the
opposite.
The explanation that gave Aunt Martha,
however, of the causes that led to my visit
was jumbled up sadly. But she welcomed
me cordially and was very much disappoint-
ed when soon after my arrival, a letter ar
rived, demanding my immediate return
home. twas in answer to one l had sent.
But if mother had known that Horace Leigh
was in Townley, she would have borne my
absence with more equanimtv.
| told her of it afterward; for of course
he found it very convenient to accom-
pany me home. / more than half suspected
that his business was as much ruse as my
trip, and that he was only glad to seize on
the slightest pretext for getting away from
me; for the will found no more favor in his
eyes than in mine; so great were our pref
udces that if we had not become acquaint-
ed ncognito the barrier that separated us
would never have been crossed.
My unxpected trip created quite little
commotion at home; but verything was for.
COTTON when returned safe and sound un.
der the escort of Mr.. Leigh.
One word as to the party. I wore the
peach. .blossomed silk and a new set Of
curls, and looked like princess, mamma
said. And some one else endorsed her yer
dict, adding, But you didn't the first time
we met
flushed with modification.
Such chase as your bewitching eyes lee
me after those curls,' added he. and yet yot
scarcely rewarded me with look. 'Twasu
exactly love at first sight and he laughed
'but something like it, for when met yor
the next morning, my heart gave littl,
throb of exultation, and
80 did not mine, interrupted I.
'Oh, you were vexed at first, and shy ant
embarrassed; but l finally broke through
your reserve and caught glimpses of ,
charming, womanly nature, and-wbat il
the use of repeating the rest? You all un
derstand by this time that not only Mrs
Leigh and mamma, but all concerned are re
conciled to Uncle Johns will
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04

Zulu youth cannot marry girl until
he has Wiped all her brothers and given her
father fall, if demanded, in addition. This
makes II courtshp more exciting than choco-
late caramels and gum drops but the Zulu
maiden who has four brothers, weighing 18O
pounds each, AN measuring so inches around
the waist, generally dies an old maid, while
the girl whose brothers are weak and sickly
and whose father is looking at the roots of
the daisies, is over run with proposals. 1t is
queer custom, and if it were in vogue in
this country, a girl who was the only child
and half orphan on her fathers side, would
be at a premium.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04
STRANGE BUT WONDERFULLY TRUE


STRANGE BUT WONDERFULLY TRUE.
When DR. Briggs with conscious pride.
And earnest zeal his mind applied.
The science deem to omen wide.
or soothing and of healing.
H. .ooh ~ ,7onr srhstorces Lrown
IIu Ide toon ,',d ~ i,,aI' hnoi' o. LII aroar
,nl na' ,"os' "ou'a oon,nnsod hy stiii alone
AII W SUI .'ip',s oo prnion poIson,
MS hi''"0uio"' D"'"
lormented with buhloi' corn OF bruise,
Thousands OF sufferers heard the news,
The remedy 'haV meets the views
Is " brlggs Puuion Dal9ail.
Sold by Z. A. Klein, bloomsourg' "a
A Word TO the Vase. Try DIR. Josiah
Briggs Catarrh specifics on following condi-
tions: We will pay 500 for case they will
not cure; 500 for their equal as a cure; 5000
if anything poisonous is found in them and
81 900 if in any respect they are different
from representation. Sold by Q. A. Klein,
| Blooms burg, Pa.
From d Celebrated IhySlcian OF Harris
| burg, Pa. DR.. Josiah Brgg, Dear Sir:
| Some four months since lady applied to me
| for something to relieve the PAIN oi trouble
| some buniOn and iestered corn, and having
heard your BuniOn Balsam highly spoken
Of, | directed her to call on your agent j. ii.
| DOntI, anu SCt vs. S"o W." ~, "nH w"
| informs me the cure is complete, she having
suffered no pain after The first application
Believing Briggs Bunion BaISam of great
value to those who suffer from corns, bun
ions, &c, | unbesitatingly recommend it tC
the people OF the country SOLD by Z
A. Klein, Bloomsbury, Pa
Cdtdrrh that tOdthS0me disease, that scourg'
of humanity, which destroys mi Ions Of peo
Pile annually, is speedily and radically cure6
with Dr. Josiah Briggs Catarrh Specifics
Sold by Q. A. Klein, Bloomsburg, Pa,
Mr. ASo " Sloan, Of Trenton, ~ D. say,
would pay 500 for one bottle OF Iamaracl
Liver and Kidney Remedy, if ] could no
get it without, 1t has cured me OF grave
and inflammation Of the PROSTATE gland
weak back and general debility. Sold by I
A. Klein, BloomsbnIg, Pa
| DR., Josiah Brlg9s Ba"ton BaISdm Is tn
climax of medical science, the only discoY
cry on earth that Will radically and perma
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; torments, whose throbbing pains aud VI
slightly protrusionII Is source OF untold mi
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04

In active pursuit of pleasure or gain, the
inestimable blessing of health is often for
gotten until disease is firmly seated, and the
fact only realized by great bodily end mem
tai suffering. The Liver is the vulnerable
point in most persons, and the disarrange-
ment ofthe organ involves almost the whole
system; hence the reason why under the
Liver disease there is enumerated snch
number of Affections, and we claim the Sim
mons Liver Regulator to be a remedy for
them all
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04
POetical.
If WE KNEW.

II we knew the woe and neartache
Waiting for us do wn the road,
II our lips could taste the wormwood,
II our backs could feel the load
Would we waste the day in wishing
For time that ne'er can be?
Would we wait with such impatience
For our ships TO come fIom sea?
II we knew the baby fingers,
Pressed against the W indow pane,
Would be cold and stiI tomorrow
Never trouble US again
Would the bright eyes Of our darling
Catch the frown unon our brown
Would the print of rosy fingers
Vex us then as they do now?
All these quiet, ice-cod fingers,
How they point our memories back
To the basty words and actions,
strewn along our backward track!
How these little hands remind us,
AS in snowy grace they lie.
Not to scatter thorns but roses,
For our reaping by and by.
Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweet-voced bi rd has flown;
Strange that we should slight the violet
TIL the lovely flowers have gone,
Strange that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one-half so fair,
As when winters snowy pjuions
Shake the white down In the air.
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away,
Never blossomed In such beauty
As adOrns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words Tat freight our memory
with their beautiful perfume,
Come tc us with sweetest accents
Through the portals of the tomb.
Let us gather mp the sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses
Casting out the thorn and chatI;
Let us ind our sweetest comfort
10 the blessings of to-day,
With ths patient hand removing
All the briars from our way
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04

Dropped Lttters-
"Let to-monos take care Of TO- morrow
Leave things of the future to fate.
What's the use to anticipate sorrow?
Lilies troubles come never too late,
If to hope over much be an error,
ris one that the wise have preferred
And how often have hearts been in terror
OF evils-that never occurred
Defintions.-l. At, ate, bate. .. Or, ore,
sore. 8. Par, pare, spare. 4. Mar, mart,
smart. o. Po, pot, spot. 6, Pen, pend,
spend. ri, pin, spin.
Metagrom,-Apart part, trap, ant, rat, at.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04

'Dashawsy' all!opium preparations and
give only DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup to the Ba-
bies. 1t is the only remedy which contains
no opistes and is reliable.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04

DIR. Lindsy's Blood Searcher,' by purify
ing the system, soilens the skin and beau
titles the complexion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04

Nip your cough in the bud. said Hor-
ace Greeley, by taking 'Dr. Sellers Cough
Syrup. Lose no time in getting bottle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04
Answers TO Last Puzzles.

Numerical Enigmd.-"This is the last
EARTH"
Double AcTosfic.-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04
Dauchy & Cos. Advt's.

Hn A \ MONTH guaranteed. sl2 n day
VHHEHu at home made by the industrious
AHEHu Capital not required ce Will start
"a AvHOHH you, Men, women, boys and girls
hbN Ill 9E make money faster at work for us
than at any thing else. The work Is
light and pleasant, aud such as anyone can go
right at. Those who are wise who see this notice
Will send us their addresses at once and see for
themselves Costly OUTFIT and terms free. Now is the
time. Those already at work are laying up large
sums of money. Address TRUE q CO.. Augusta,
Maine. oct 3, 'ig-ly
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04

Charms strike the sight, but merit, like
Days Kidney Pad, wins the soul.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-06-04

Price 500. Sold by all Druggists.
April l6 'S0-ly.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-08
Mr.. Ruskin has just written a paper

Mr.. Ruskin has ust written a paper
Astounding in startling and sometimes
paradOxical views, clothed in his mi.
mitable abundant and poetic style.
Dickens, Balzac Sue, are taken as
types of men of genius, who have
been compelled to pander to the false
taste of their contemporaries: Scott,
who is cited in contrast, Mr.. Ruskin
maintains, never fell into sensational.
ism until his brain was broken down
by illness and overwOrk. Ruskin
strongly objects to the the incubation
by the existing generation of fctiOnists
of the principle that marriage is the
most important part of the existence
of men and women, and love the only
reward to be proposed to their virtue
or exertion. In SCOTS novels. he OBJ
serves, marriage is always thought of
as a constituent of the happiness of
life, but not as its only interest, still
less as its only him.
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A PLEA FOR HARMONY.

If there ever was time when har>
mony should be the watchword of the
Democratic party it is at this auspi,
cious season, when victory is almost in
our grasp. The Pentecostal shower
of good-fellowship that fell upon the
Cincinnati Convention, when the man
had been nominated, IN whom there
was no Suile, every animosity and diff.
ference of opinion was drowned in an
outburst of joy and determination.
The selection of the white plumed war
rior and the noble civilian, Hancock,
as leader of the Democracy, was like
the selection of Saul TO lead the hosts
of Israel-an inspiration, a God-send.
Now that the brethren efNew York
dwell together in unity, we call upon
every Democrat in the state to stand
10 his colOrs. Should Virginia and
Tennessee waver in the column by
reason of their public finances, the
battle is lost, and we must succumb
to another four years of Radical mis-
rule and Radical thraldom. The
State debt question in Tennessee has
been a vexed one, and every attempt
to settle it has signally failed. The
fifty and four compromise was killed
By the stentor voice of the people at
the ballot box never to be resurrected
again. 1t is a thing of the past,
its funeral has been preached, and it
sleeps in the political graveyard, with
out any stone to mark its last resting
place. BIT, singular to state, some of
our over nervous friends, both state
credit and low tax Democrats, still are
haunted by the ghost of the compro>
mise, and are continually indulging
in elimination and recrimination,
while Republican gigglers stand by
and chuckle at them.
Let the State convention at Nash
vile simply adopt the National plat
form of Cincinnati, and all will be
well. The railroad bonds are in liti>
cation, and will doubtless remain
there for several years; therefore,
would it not be wise to let the courts
sift and decide the question as to who
is liable, before the Legislature or the
people make another effort to settle it?
This policy strikes us 'torcibly and fav-
orably, and we feel sure will meet the |
hearty appreciation of the large mas
iority of our people. A fire brand |
will thus be removed from the party |
in Tennessee, and Hancock and Eng. |
lish viii sweep the state by seventy
five thousand majority. In the Ian
guage of the great third.termer, Gen.
Grant, LET us have peace"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-08

The Superintendent of the Census
decides there is no ohje- ton to the
use, by the public school authorities,
of the lists Of names of persons depos>
tied in the County Court Clerks office
by the Census Enumerators, for the
purpose of making therefrom an emu
meration of the scholastic population
of their various districts. School Di-
rectors, by availing'themselves of this
permission, may procure accurate lists
of persons within the school age with
less trouble and at less expense than
would be incurred by separate emu
meratiOn.
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Democratic County COnven-
ton.

The Democratic County Cnnven>
ton was called to order by Col. Glass,
Chairman, in the court house at Tren-
ton, on Monday last. Col. Glass sta
ted the object of the meeting, AMI
then made a stirring appeal for har>
mony il the ranks.
Upon motion, Col. Russell was
made permanent chairman and the
members ofthe county press permanent
secretaries. A call of the civil dis
tricts was made to determine how ma
ny delegates were present. 1t was
unanimously agreed, on account of the
meager representation, that the body
resolved itselfinto a mass meeting.
Mr.. Spl Hill, being recognized by
the chair, read several resolutions, re-
affirming our belief in the cardinal
principles of the Democratic party,
and endorsing the platform and nOmi-
nations of the Cincinnati Convention.
1t was held to be unwise to discuss or
take action upon the State debt ques>
tonic the reason that the railroad
bonds were in litigation and that after
the court had decided the matter it
would then and not till then be pOlit-
ic to attempt a just and equitable set
Element. These resolutions were
passed without a dissenting vote.
A committee composed of one rep
resentative from each civil district was
appointed to select delegates to attend
the Congressional convention to be
held at Humboldt, and the Guberna.
torial convention to be held ut Nash
vile. While the committee was pre-
pairing its report, several Hancock
and English speeches. were made, which
elected great deal of enthusiasm
and applause. The report Of the COM
mittee was next read and approved.
A list of the delegates has not
reached US in time for publication,
but the following gentlemen of the
18th district were appointed, viz: DIR
NJ ID l. Jordan, j w Thomas, 5 H
Hale, Louis J Brooks, S + Rankin
and w NJ Mccall.
A resolution was introduced by Col.
Glass indorsing Gov. Marks admins
tration, and instructing the delegates
of Gibson county to cast their votes
for him at the convention.
This resolution created a warm dis
cussion, and motion to table it was
carried by good majority.
On motion ii committee Of five was
appointed by the chairman to select
County Executive Committee for the
ensuing year.
The business of the convention be.
ing ended, a motion to adjourn was car
ried.