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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-05-12
Why Women Know More than Men,


Timblethrope came home rather late
the other night with FIVE hundred dol
lars, more or less, in his vest pocket
Before he went down stairs he recol-
lected that there ought to be n good
deal of money in the lower right hand
pocket OF his vest, and he felt there to
discover if it was all right. 1t was all
wrong, however, fer il was not there.
During the night it had mysterously
disappeared, and this filled him with
dismay; for he had large note to
meet that day, "PrYhaps," he said to
himself, for he had not yet informed
Mrs.. Timblethrope OF his loss, perhaps
it has dropped upon the floor" He
therefore searched every nook and cor
ner of his chamber, but the missing
treasure was not to be found, and Tim
bletrol made his way to the next story
below, where his mournful face at once
attracc | the attention of his wife.
What is the matter with Won, limo,
thy she gas ell, care you i'll"
YES, he replied, 81 have lost my
appetite"
as that all :" she continued in re-.
lieved tone that was not untinged with
asperity.
"No, FIVE hundred dollars has gone
with il" thundered Timblethrope, who
could contain himself no longer.
"Oh, you must have it in your pock
cts somewhere" answered his wife ;
have you looked in them all :"
Only in one where put it; why
should ! turn all my garments inside
out p
Mrs, Timblethorpe approached him,
and insisted upon feeling in his vest
pockets, and he was 100 detected tc
resist. Finally, from the upper left
hand vest pocket she drew forth, with
a triumphant air, the missing roll OF
bills 1t was pocket he only uset
for the reception of cigars, and h,
could not account for the presence o.
the money there Mrs Timblethrope
however could, though she said moth
ing for after extracting a fifty dolla
from the pile some time before, sh'
had, quite naturally, placed the money
in the wrong pocket,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-05-12
RATzs OF AovesT's're.

Yearly advertisements payable quarterly. Tran
silent Advertisements must be paidtor DeiOrc lhscr-
cd except where parties have accounts
Legal advertisements two dollars per Inch for
three insertions, and at that rate for additional
Insertions without reference TO length.
Executors, Administrators, and AUDITOR ; nouces
Three dollars. Must Dc paid TOT When insei'cu
transient or local notices, ten cents line, regu-
lar advertisements hau rates.
Cards I'm tho "Business Directory column, one
dollar per year for each line.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-05-12
STEAM FITTING.

| am now ready to make esti-
mates and take contracts for heat
ing private houses and public
buildings by steam or hot water
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
NEWS AND NOTES.

Oliver Morrell, lad not quite 10 years
old, was arrested at Omaha for robbing the
postoflice. He was in the employ of the
Daily Republican, aud had charge of the
taking Of the early edition to the postofice
lie has been stealing letters from the out
going mail for six or seven weeks.
A telegraph operator at Clyde, Texas,
died on the 18th He had been there but
two weeks. This morning he telegrsphed
Train Dispatcher Perkins 81 am going up
the hill; send doctor with switch engine y
Perkins inquired whats the matter p
The answer came back, 81 am dying send
docter" The switch engine was sent NJ
with DR.. West, but the man was dead before
he arrived.
There is a genuine case of leprosy on th {
outskirts Of Little Rock. The victim is
negro, named Elijah Turner. His skin il
changing from black to murky white, anC
the flesh is dropping of in spots from th'
body. His suffering is severe, and death i
only a question of time.
d. J. Price, Of Bay View, Wis, who wa
Postmaster for six years, and a mem Der o
the Legislature of 1881, tried to kill hi
wife, and, not being successful, shot himself
Served himself right.
At a meeting of the cattle kings of Texa
at Gainesville, $25,OOO,OOO of capital wa
represented.
The Massachusetts, House defeated th
bill allowing women to vote for Presidents
electors.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
The Chinese Question.

SEpAttA DEMOCRAT: II is well under
stood that the Eastern monopolists are in.
Auencing the President against the move
ment TO arrest Chinese immigration. As
usual. the selfish statesmen Of the New Eng
land States are eager to sacrifice all other
interests % the interests Of their own local
ity They talk Of the revenue derived from
Chinese importation; yet authentic statis-
tics show that or over SO 100000 importa-
tions from China during the last fiscal year,
only about S3,900,OO0 paid a tariff duty,
while the expectations to China amounted
to only S5,3i7,2Sl nearly $l,O0O,0OO OF
which went into the pockets Of manufacture
ers Of Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and
Connecticut. The balance OF trade is, there
fore, against the United States TO tn,
amount Of nearly Sl6,OOO.000. That is
our people generally pay annually thai
much more to the Chinese than the Chimes,
purchase of the New England States. Blu
is II likely the Chinese would interrupt
commercial intercourse so largely prodtabl,
to them merely because we refuse 70 degrade
American labor to the level Of Chinese Ia
bort 1t Is not within the bounds Of proba
bility. II they did, however, is it not Ger
tain that the labor Of the country would b,
benefited to an extent to greatly compen-
safe us for the few dollars comparativel,
the rich manufacturers Of Massachusetts,
Rhode Island aud Connecticut would lose
Our treaty with China authorizes the Uni
ted States TO regulate ,ho migration from
that country. II it continues to be thu
regulated, it IS only question Of time whel
labor will become generally degraded an
the seeds Of rottenness be deeply PLANTED
throughout the body polite.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
GATHERED FRAGMEN

1t takes a clever man to conceal from
others what he doesn't know.
What costume ought to remind lady Of
her washerwom7 Why, her IaCn dress, to
be sure.
A young lady being asked by rich bach
elor, ''If not yourself, who would you rather
be ?" replied, yours truly"
One clap of thunder will sour milk, and
it can never be sweetened again. So human
confidence suddenly destroyed, can never be
regained.
The adage, "a little knowledge is dan
gerous thing" is very dangerous adage.
If knowledge is true, do not believe it 70
be other than valuable possession, no
matter how infnitesimaI in quantity. In
deed if little knowledge be dangerous
who Is there safe among US us?-Huxley.
Kind words kind words / love them 50
They fall like fakes of silent snow,
Which tremble downward in the night,
And leave dark fields at day aybreak-white
Cowardiee asks, Is it safe? Expedienc,
asks, Is it polite Vanity asks, Is it popu
lar2 But conscience asks, is it right ?
Every idea, from the moment Of its emer
! gence, begins to gather material force, an
after a little while makes itself known
| Emerson.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Putting on Mourning.

The custom Of putting on mourning"
for the dead has been obsolete in England
for some years among the higher classes,
and IS gradually becoming 50 here. There
is no reason why it should not BE- It often
entails expense upon families that can i'll
afford il, is costly, unbecoming, aud un-
healthfuL Not one woman in a thousand
looks well in it. / have seen a beautiful
woman look piguant in a widows cap, but
the recollection that her attractiveness was
born Of the grave, that she was making
capital from esrpse arOGnd whose neck her
arms had often chung. turned admiration
into another feeling. It's advocates insist
that it IS ''a mark Of respect" But would
not "respect" be shown quite as well By
withdrawing from public gaze, instead Of
invi5ing il, al such a time7 The fact that
/ the most intense care il taken that this
"mark Of respect shall always Be IN the
! styIe Of highest fashion somewhat staggers
/ the conviction that sorrow alone fills our
hearts. even in the first agony Of bereaVe-
ment. We 'sbury our dead out Of sight"
but not in the sbOmiBztiOn Of Grape and
bombaziue. We lay them away in white
robes and with the sOft benison Of flowers,
/ for We woLId have the last look liBger with
Us an ever pleasant memory, and in white
robes We hope to meet them again beyond
the starsn Il Is time that this Haunted
advertisement Of sorrOE, this compulsory
demand for street sympathy, this senselesE
obtrusion Of gboul-iike caste should take
It's place with the fashion of drowning
witches. and of the belief that Gehenna is
paved with the skulls Of unbaptized infants.
i philadelphia Item
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Cotton Factories.
New Orleans States. ]

New Orleans States
Capital invested in cotton factories here
will pay from five to fifteen per cent. more
than in the East or in England, and for
these among other reasons:
l. The moisture in our climate is an ad-
vantage which has to be overcome in the
East, by artificial means.
> The compression of cotton for distant
shipment Injuries the staple and hence our
factories can produce a better article OF
goods.
8. The freight and insurance to distant
localities are saved.
4. The mildness of our climate and the
| fertility of our soil renders living cheaper foI
operatives
5. Profits made by middle men and many
other costs and commissions are saved by
the manufacture and sale of the goods here
Those are but few of the advantage
we possess over the East. And, indeed. i
must be evident to any one, that, possess
ing the labor and capital, our cotton grown
at our own doors can be more cheaply man
ufactured here than at points many hun
dreds of miles distant. This has been showl
to be true by the experience of South Car
olina, Georgia, Alabama and North Carroll
ma, where the cotton factories have yielde,
enormous profits and established the grea
fact that the cities OF the South which grow
the cotton, are the proper seats for its man
uiacture.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
FASHION NOTES.

New pokes. poke downward in the fore
head.
Ivory white is the fashionable shade of
white.
Puffs or ruches are more stylish than
plaitings for edging dress skirts.
Gloves are to have twelve buttons no
more, no less.
The chief fancy at present in dress goods
Is for all kinds of Scotch plaid fabrics.
Woolen goods are manufactured as light as
gauze, with wide stripes divided in checks.
They make beautiful dresses for slight fig
ures.
A Paris writer in the Young Ladies' Jour
nal says: The great rage this spring i,
fceLJe Our lace-makers have been making
very thick lace, in much raised patterns,
somewhat resembling guipure. Il is thi,
style of lace which is called fceiis The
outlines are worked in thick round thread
of pale buff color. 1t is now lbe riva
Of the rich embroidery in raised work over
tulle or other materials, the patterns o
which are not very different in style. Thi
kind of trimming is put on plain, and vii
therefore do away good deal with th'
draperies of our costumes. Most of the new
spring bonnets are trimmed with fcelie
The handsomest silk embroidered and
bead embroidered designs are seen in appli
que bands, to be sewed on as trimmings o
the handsomest silk costumes. They are
so admirably executed that they look as i
worked on the material. They sell at higl
4 prices.
Among the newest dress goods are Louis.
Inc grantees glacees, which, when the suit
are well made, are stylish and novel il
effect. Louisine is fine quality of armur
in two blended shades, of which complet
! toilettes are to be composed. Louisine la
| body and is soft suit of it is most neces
sary for general use.
Flowers are again to be used on bOnnets
They form close bunches and garlands will
all kinds of leaves and man
shades of flowers. Leghorn capelines an
large directoire hats are covered with fall
or velvet ribbon bows, with a number
handsome roses falling over them. Feather
are also used. The newest straws are riC
"a kind of Panama. which is bright an
silvery, and "Bamboula," a coarse strar
forming large, smooth ribs. The laces EN-
ployed by modistes are ecru and twine-co
ored Spanish laces, twine laces, black an
white blondes, and silk laces. The shade I
predominant this year will be twine color.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
The Meeting in Groenvillo in June

The Board of Mississippi Levee Commits
sioners met IN Greenville a few days since
to cons sider the interests of the overfowed
section, which it is their duty to protect
aud guard, and among other things done
by them was the issuing of an address to
the citizens of Tunica, Quitman, Coahoma,
Sunfower, Lefore and Tallahatchie coun-
ties, and to those citizens residing in that
part of DeSot0, Pamela, Holmes, Carroll and
Yazoo counties, where lands are subject to
overflow from the Mississippi waters, show
ing the necessity of a Levee district being
formed of all the above named counties, for
common protection by common combination.
They recommended that a convention be
held at Greenville, on Monday, June 10Th,
A. D., 1882, for the purpose of considering
the question alluded to, and agreeing, if
possible, upon such terms of taxation and
representation as may be deemed just and
proper, aud the necessities of the case re-
quire. YazOo county is asked to join in the
movement, and we believe it would be to
her interest 10 so do, and to that end her
Board of Supervisors should select two
delegates to attend the convention aforesaid,
and there to represent her interests,-Yazoo
| Herald.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
A Struggle for Bread.

The struggle of five thousand operatives
against 81, SOC, 900 of capital still goes on
at Lawrence struggle begun by girls who
were Joined by other workwomen and work
men, who had been treated to a like bitter
dose. The women who struck first did so as
individuals, having no organization which
could order them TO strike. Nevertheless,
when, without any such protective organi-
zatiOn, they chose a committee of mill
hands, who selected a delegation of three
messengers, not of strikers, nor of employee:
of any sort, but the mayor of Lawrence
the cashier of one bank, and a director O
another, to visit the treasurer and plead
with him for justice, he turned back thi:
embassy to the local superintendents 81
being the proper officials TO deal with
These superintendents, fulfilling their par
in the arrangement, refused to treat viii
any body but their own work people Fl
nally, when the latter sent a Committee o
their own. they received the harsh terms o
unconditional sursendeT-H0rk at the re
duced wages, or the shutting down of tn.
mills.-NeH York Sun.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
A Sad Story.
Globe-Democrat.] ]

OIODe-OcnOcfatJ
LITTLE Rock, ARK-A gentleman from
Washington, Ark, gave the Globe Demo-
crat correspondent to-day an item which
illustrates only too clearly the ups and
downs OF life. A few years since one of the
most beautiful girls in Union County,
South Arkansas, was Miss Fannie Sledge.
Her parents were wealthy and she moved
in the best circles, the cynosure of all be
holders She had many admirers, but for
some reason refused all offers of marriage.
With the lapse Of years came sad changes,
which swept away friends, fortune and
everything almost that makes life desirable.
The reverses following so swiftly on the heels
of prosperity preyed on the young girls
mind, plunging her into the deepest melan-
choly To add to her troubles, it is said
that she had accepted as her betrothed hus-
band man who, on hearing that her mind
was likely to be affected, refused to marry
| her, and cruelty deserted her without even
a farewell word. This last blow was too
much, and reason fell from its throne. To-
day Fannie Sledge is confined in the Hemp
stead County Poor House, chained to the
/ wall, raving maniac. And this is the fate
of girl who, few years ago, was the envj
and admiration of all who knew her.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Important Railroad Case.
Columbus Index

Columbus Index.
The Georgia Railroad and Banking Com
pany last week filed bill of injunction in
the Superior Court of Atlanta restraining
the Railroad Commission from the enforce
ment of two its circulars so far as they apply
to the Georgia railroad and its branches.
The bill recites that the rates fixed by the
Commission conflicts with certain privi-
leges guaranteed the Georgia road by its
charter, and that thus far the road has SUBJ
mitted to the reductions made by the Com
mission under protest and not because it
believed them right and Just. The bill
prays the Court to declare the act of the
Legislature creating the Commission null
and void, and to perpetually enjoin saii
Commission from regulating freight and
passenger charges on the Georgia road A
temporary injunction was granted, and tn,
ca Sc vii be heard on the 10th of the presen
month. Itpromises to be an interesting case
in that it viii bring about a decision O
many points in regard to the claim which
has been set up that States have the righ
to regulate railway charges.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Senator Ben Hilps suferings.
Washington letter to the Atlanta Constit
ton.

Washington letter to the Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The announcement in to-day's papers
that Senator Hill is assured permanent
cure suggests the suffering he has undergone.
The extent of the cutting to which he has
been subjected is not realized by the public.
Four ii mes has he been under the knife.
One-third of his tongue has been taken cut
the entire left floor of his mouth-the
glands in the left side of his neck. He said
that if he had to chose between death and the
suffering he had endured from the cutting,
he would unhesitatingly take death-were
| it not his duty to live and endure. The last
operation was the most severe and proba-
| bly, successful. When he was put under
ether for it, it was intended to only take
out a small lump that had hardened on the
| gland in his neck After he was insensible
it was determined to adopt the heroic treat
ment and take out the gland. He was kept
under the knife two hours, the gland cut
out, and the knife sent in clear to the new
flesh that had filled the place of the first
operation. When Mr.. Hill awoke he was
terribly exhausted, and shocked at the hole
cut in his neck. The gashes had been neat
ly sewed up. For seven days he could not
move his lips, and lived on liquid food.
After this, he improved until intiamma
tion developed along the wound. Ther
came the most critical period ofhis sickness
The entire opening of the wound being
closed the pus accumulated and pressed
, against his throat. He was seized will
fever and could hardly speak. At last tn
tension became so great that the woun,
burst inside his mouth. This gave him re
lief, and he went to Philadelphia. He wa
put under the knife again, and the QUITE
edge of the wound slit open so that it Nigh
; heal from the bottom. This it is doin
, finely, and without Inflammation. No trac
ofthe disease can be found, and the hone
of his permanent cure were never 50 strong
He says he will not submit to the knit
again, and his surgeons think there will b
no need.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
risdictiOn Of the Federal Courts.
q xAssrse's rnorosED AAEsp4Esr.
go Advertiser.l

ego Advertiser.
III. Manning, Of the House Of Represen-
ls1i9es in Congress, has proposed an emend-
rsa7f 10 the Constitution taking from he
....a1Isasf the United States their juTisdie-
81 controversies between citizens ct
nx States This deals with the
s.-ssse II the great pressure ot litiga-
6luu n both the Supreme and the lower fed
eral courts These tribunals are burdened
Hlth cases involving no national issue nor
pFeze1tiHg any question under the laws Of
The United States, but brought in them
simply on the ground OF interstate citizen
ship.
This amendment ought to be adopted
Rlthout delay. The trainers of the Consti-
lutlon never contemplated that the United
States would ever grow to be the great na-
ton Z IS at the present day. If they did
they certainly could not forsee the extent
of the commercial transactions that would
nltimltely spring up between the several
States following the easy and rapid facili-
ties fr transportation afforded by modern
Ingenuity.
The present provision of the Constitu-
ti0n giving jurisdiction to the federal courts
- eases between citizens of different States
ast OILY over-crowds the courts with litiga-
sson, ut it leads to interminable confusion
n exE 5unding the law applicable to cases.
Con gness having finished up the two great
regulating the MormOns and the Chi
Eas9ire, perhaps they will iipd tins
g give Inc affairs of the people little at
teufipIl,. first among which should be Mr..
Aahuiag's court bill and his proposed
amendment to the Constitution.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Interstate Commerce Bills.

There are a number OF bills pending
in Congress 90 prevent oyerrharges and
discrimination ia the transportation Of
passengers and freight on railways and
extending over more than one State.
The Reagan bill, which f,rbids discrim-
nations between persons and places, or
the charging Of moro for q short haul
than for q long haul from the same
starting point; the Henderson bill, for
the creation Of railroad commission,
with fall power 10 investigate and report
but little power 60 act the TOwnshend
bill, aiming at uniform rates; the
McIano bill similar 10 the Henderson
bill, but taking water as well "a rail
rates intouccouut: the Belilhoovcr bill,
like the Henderson BILL the Watson
bill, essentially the same o. thc Reagan
bill the Berry bill. which seeks only
90 regulate and iix passenger fares; the
Ward bin, much like the Henderson
bill aud the UpdegraH bill, which pro
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ing year vacancies snail bo i'i'' ny lh'
appointment of three Commissioners
The Board shall have complete super
vi.i,n over tbnt r,r,i,n or IN, bu.incs.
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win power To- IN " S'h'du'e oI rates
with Wow 90 allowing the companies
To earn six per cent. ON the cost of their
rool, and c,,;,wcrts II ortbor;zo.
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accounts Of railroads and requires th'
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.

WAsHINGToS, April 2O.-The President
sent the following nominations to the Sem
ate to-day; AlphOnse TAFT, of Ohio, to be
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of the United States to Austria
Wm. l. Dayton, Of New Jersey, to be Min
lister Resident Of the United States to Meth
erlands; Nicholas Fish, Of New York, to b
/ Minister Resident to Belgium; John II
/ Frances, of New York. 70 be Charge de-
Affairs to Portugal; J. p Wiekersham, o
Pennsylvania, to be Charge de- Affairs I,
Denmark, and Adam Bsdeau, Of New York
to be Counsel General at Havana.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
Tho Grant Pension Bill.

a Washington telegram says the
passage Of the bill to put Gen. Grant
on the retired list Of the army, has
opened the Aood.gates in the Senate,
and every few days bills to take ex-
officers from civil life and put them on
the retired list are brought forward.
Two bills Of that sort we're passed by
the Senate to-day. The precedent thus
established by the Senate, unless repu
dated by the House, will result in a
large and extravagant expenditure Of
money in the future. The House mus
reject il.