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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-07-21
The English Sparrow.
"What sort of a bird is this T.

"Wbat sort of bird is thisf'
"This is an English sparrow. He
cannot carry off lamb, like the eagle,
nor is he provided with teeth and
claws like the tiger, but be leaves his
mark all the same"
How did he get here7'
"a philanthropist brought him over
from England"
"What is phianthropist7'
"He is cross between lunatic and
an idiot"
"What did he want to bring the
sparrows to America forf
because he hated the country and
wanted revenge. 1t wasn't enough
for him that we have small .pox, yellow
fever, cholera, droughts, floods, cy-
clones and forest fires and grass hopper
plaques"
"What are the chief merits of the
sparrowi"
His beautiful voice and lovable
nature. His song is 30 much sweeter
than file rasping over cast-iron, that
people have died after hearing it"
How does he employ his time ."
''ln screaming, fighting and voting
carly and often"
"Where does he build his hest 2"
'In the cornices of houses. If he
could have the use of 1000 trees rent
free he would turn up his nose at the
offer. He couldn't damage tree any,
but be can make it necessary to paint
| house every month"
"Of what is his nest composedi'
"Of everything he can handle ex-
cept old oyster cans and empty beer
bottles" .....
"Does the hard-hearted citizen ever
destroy those Dests!'
,'He does. When his family
clothes line, or cross bar, or long
handled shovel is missing he pulls
down nest and RECEIVERS the lost
| article"
"What does the poor sparrow do
then7'
"He rebuilds."
"Can he be discoursged?'
"1f his nest was pulled down $4,000
or 10000 times he might commence to
feel down hearted. but those who have
routed him out 500 or 600 times have
not seen him even change counte
nance
"What other birds does he agree
withi' .... ......
"The buzzard and polecat. He is
too proud to take up with every stran-
ger who comes along. He has driven
away our robins and bluebirds and
larks and chickadees, and even the
hens are looking for another opening
"Would il be wicked to kill one OF
these sparrows|
lawfully wicked. The philanthro.
pists would raise such howl that the
killer would have to skip the country
Besides, you cant shoot EN-, they won,
be poisoned, and no one ever trapped
one. A man out in Ohio thinks 4
blow with barn door might fetch 'em
but it is rs yet an untried experiment.
That is all for this time. Let us
now lay away our books aud sit on the
steps and lisen to the ravishing melody
of the sparrow's evening song.-De
troit Free Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-07-21
The Men of the Country.

According to n table compiled at the
Census Bureau there were l3,S30,349
males of twenty-one years of age and
over in the United States in 1880.
That total was made up of S,270-
5lS white native, 3,072,4S7 white
foreign, and 1,4s7,344 colored men.
among the colored were included
Chinese, japanese, and Indians, but
of course the vast majority were of
African blood. Something above n
quarter of the males of voting age
were, therefore, foreign born, aud
about oue-ninth were colored. For
eign aud colored together made up
nearly one. third of the total.
1t must be borne in mind, however,
that very considerable part of the
foreign born were not qualified to vote,
not having yet been naturalized. And
this proportion must have been large
in 1880, for during that year nearly
half million immigrants arrived in
the United States, greater number
than in any previous year, 1878 alone
excepted. But perhaps it would be
safe to say that about one-iifth of the
voting population of the Union were
of foreign birth, against something like
a tenth Of African descent, and about
two-thirds of native whites
About nine-tenths of the negroes
were in the Southern States, but of
the more than three million foreign
born men, less than three hundred and
fifty thousand were found there, aud
of these all but about seventy thousand
were in the States of Missouri, Texas,
Maryland, Kentucky, and Louisiana
The foreign-born men actually ex-
ceeded the native in the States of
Minnesota, Nevada, aud Wisconsin,
and in the territories of Utah and Da
kota. With the help of its Chinese
population, almost wholly men, Cali
fornia had l27,347 foreign to 135,209
native. In New York the foreign
were 536,59S, against S52,094 native,
while Illinois had 1889 foreign and
505,272 native, and Massachusetts 10
900 foreign and 326,002 native.
In 1880, when the total male popu-
lation of twenty one and over was
l3,S30,349, the whole number of votes
cast at the Presidential election was
9,204,428. In the first total, however,
are included Chinese, Indians, and I'M
naturalized foreigners not qualified TO
vote
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POETICAL.
AS THE WIND BLOWS.

The wind blows north, the wind blows south.
The wind blows east and west;
No matter how the free wind blows,
Some ship will find II best:
Some one out on the wide, wide sea
Shouts with happy air,
"Hol shipmates, no set all the sails,
The wind is blowing fair !"
One ship sails out into the east,
Another to the west;
one has to struggle ilerce and hard,
BY winds aud waves oppressed
Under bare nasts, tossed TO and fro,
BY rain and salt spray wet
The other flies before the gale
with all her white sails set
40 wind, o wind, why dost thou blow,
And out to ocean roar,
When would steer my little bark
Toward some pleasant shore
What honor will 1t be to thee
II down beneath the wave
Ny simple craft and I shall find
cold, forgotten grave7
40 foolish one, why wilt thou steer
Against the mighty galef
There are ten thousand ships afoat,
Beside thy tiny sail.
II thou would float DER pleasant seas,
oppose my will no more;
When blow shoreward, then do thou
Sail also to the shore.
"Yet II thy VIII with mine must strive,
Do then the best thou can;
Against all my might set all thy skill,
And fight me like man.
stand by the wheel, steer steadily,
Keep watch above, below;
Such hearts Will make the ports they seek,
No matter what wind blows"
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July,

July was originally the fifth month
of the Roman year, In the Albion
calendar it had complement of
twenty six days Julius Caesar in
creased it to thirty-one days, because
he felt a personal interest in it being
his natal month. After the name of
Caesar, Marc Antony gave it the name
of July, in honor of Caesars family
name, the month being selected for
this distinction, because it is the hot
test of the year, the sun being then
most poteut, whereby it was denoted
that julius was the Emperor of the
world.
Our Saxon ancestors called July
Hey Mondth, because it was the
month for making hay, July is assum-
ed all over the northern hemispheres to
be the warmest month of the year,
Notwithstanding the sun has then
commenced his course of secession
from the tropic of cancer, which is
owing to the accumulating effect of
! the heat, while the sun is still so long
above the horizon.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-07-21

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restorted to health by Browns Iron
Bitters. A true tonic.
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Il
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BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY.
GERM AN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
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UNION INSURANCE COMPANY.
Tnese OLD CORPORATIONS are well seasoned BY
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% the hazard OF FIRE only
,acLoaaes rRohpTLY and aosssrLr adjusted ana
RxAtfp rHciAL AGENT AND AD'usrsn BLOOMS
rStpscple Of Columbia county should patron
ixe the agency where losses II any are settled
and raid ey one OF their own citizens.
PkOMP1NRsS, EQUITY, FAIR DEALIN0.
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A HEAVY SWELL,

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writes "Your Thomas Eclectric Oi,
cured badly swelled neck and sore
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one application also removed the pain
from very sore toe; my wife's foot
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that she could not walk about the
house; she applied the Oil, and in
twenty,four hours was entirely cured. "
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My sop, you ask who or what no.
body ia. Well, my dear young man, a
nobody is a prominent woman's hus-
band.-Oa City Derrick.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13
Ohio Editors.

The Ohio Editorial Association
met in Dayton last week. The
main object seemed to be to get
ahead of Vennor by lodging the
cold snap" They did but little
business, and struck" for the sun
ny South. The Marietta Register s
report says:
"Thls morning they left, about
175 strong, for Chattanooga, the
guests of the Cincinnati Southern.
Tomorrow, by invitation of Hon.
Joseph e. Brown, President of the
Western and Atlantic, they will 20
to Atlanta, and Saturday they will
pass fIom Atlanta to Savannah
over the Central Railroad of Geor-
gia by invita- lion of Mr.. Geo. A.
Whitehead, Gen. Pass. Agent
From Savannah the party will go
to jacksonville, Florida, over the
Savannah, Florida and Weston, at
the invitation of James L. Taylor,
Esq, Gen. Pass. Agent"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13
NUMBER 43.
COLLISION.
Four Men Killed and E'our
Wounded.

At about four o'clock, p M, last
Thursday, the Way Freight going
East collided with Passenger Train
No 4, going West, at Stretch Neck
Tunnel, two miles from QUINN
mont. The collision occurred in
sharp curve, which prevented the
engineers from seeing the danger,
and the engines struck before any
steps could be taken to prevent it.
The following is list Of the killed:
John j. Madden Of Huntington,
Engineer on the Passenger train.
w. G. Cooper of Huntington, Fire.
man on the Passenger train. Hem
ry Ancarrowj of Hinton, engineer
on the freight train. Patrick Cohen
of Hinton, fireman on the freight
train.
The wounded are as follows:
Burton Thomson of Hunting
ton, Conductor on the Passenger
train, seriously hurt Mr. Kennedy,
Pullman Car Conductor; the news
boy, the porter and Baggage Master
Dickinson Mr. c. II. Howett, brake
man on the passenger train, and
the brakeman on the freight train,
are the only train men who escsp-
ed injury. passengers were hurt.
Both engines, two passenger cars
and several freight cars were broken
to pieces.
The bodies of Messrs. Madden
and Cooper and three Of the wound
ed men were brought to this city
early Friday morning.
The accident has cast a gloom over
this city and many are the express
ions of sympathy for the families of
the killed and wounded. Hunting-
ton Republican.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13

EsCAPED.-The Mountain Herald
says: FLETCHER p. Jones, under
arrest fol horse-stealing, gave his
guard the slip and escaped at Hin
ton, few days ago"
GLAD.-We are glad to note that
Prof Purinton's little girl is con-
sidered out of Morganto,on
Post.
SPLENDIDLY.--Rev. Henry G.
Blayney returned last Sabbath eve
ming with his son Freddie, who re-
Gently had a surgical operation per-
formed upon his leg. He is getting
along splendidly, as he deserves
for being so heroic on the occasion.
-RaUensaoo0d NelcS
KILLED ON A BR1DGE.-A Miss
Kirby, living near Waynesboro,
Va, was overtaken on a bridge by
a train near her home and instant
ly killed, on Tuesday evening last.
Mountain Herald
THAT BEAR.-The Ravenswood
NelcS tells us it has the foot of q
400 pound bear, shot recently by
Perry Coe, formerly of Jackson,
while with a hunting party in the
Yew Mountains in Greenbrier coun-
| ty. The Neaos don't say whether it
expects to hibernate and suck
nourishment from this paw till
Spring time comes gentle Annie"
after the manner of bruin.
THE CATTLE SwINDLE YARN.-A
little while ago a story went the
rounds of our exchanges about cat
tie men in Richie county being
swindled out of thousands by some
rogues giving them bogus checks
in payment for their cattle. We
didn't swallow the yarn and didn't
ask ourreaders to. Now, the pa
pers are explaining and saying it
was all a hoax. -
ApoPLExY.-Mr r. H. Talbot, a
well known farmer of Monroe coun-
ty, o., living opposite Sistersville,
died suddenly of apoplexy on the
! 4th inst.
A NovELTY.-We get the novel
fact from the Star that they actu-
ally have a man, one Isaac Leisure,
in the Tyler county jail for beating
one Jessie Cotfield. This is some
thing new and startling for old pro-
hibition Tyler, but it is all explain
ed when the Star tells US that
Leasure went out of the county
and "took in" the bad whisky that
caused the trouble.
COSTLY DRUNK-A Wayne coun-
ty merchant by the name of New
man started to Cincinnati last
week to buy goods, got drunk on
the boat, and was relieved of 81, 700
cash by sharpers.-Putmam Demo-
crdt.
AN OLD TowN.-Martinsburg is
one of the thirty-one towns that
were established west of the Blue
Ridge, before the present century.
Seventeen were in the month of
October, among them being Mar
tinsburg, in 1878. 1t was named
after Col T. F. Martins. B. Ga
zette.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13
Beer in Berlin-Where they Get
Beer Glasses.

We wonder if some long sighted
member of our Legislature, after
reading the extract below, won't OPP
pose the Amendment this winter,
on the ground that prohibition is
contagious, and if adopted in West
Virginia, might eventually spread
to Germany, and so cut off the de-
mand for beer glasses, and thus Sc
riously damage the glass industry
of Wheeling?
The Scientific american says:
The large breweries that sur
round Berlin sell considerable
quantity of beer on draught, each
brewery being provided with a
large garden or saloon, not unlike
Lion Park, at Northumberland
tenth street and Ninth Avenue, in
this city. On Sundays and holt
days, a great concourse of people,
many Of them whole families, as
semble there to quaff the national
beverage fresh from the rock cellars.
Of course it requires large num-
Der of beer glasses (SeideD to sup
ply them. The Moabit brewery
uses 1000 glasses; an export
brewery there, 22,50O; the Union,
Friedrichshain, New World, and.
Spandauer Book, each use 1900,
while 10000 are used in the "Zel-
ten" Beer is also sold at the 700
logical Garden, where $4,000 Scider
are in use. About Is, 900 more are
in use at the large breweries on the
south side Of Berlin, where the Tiv-
oil Society, Hasenhaide, and Book
breweries are situated This total
of 100000 glasses does not include
smaller establishments like Belle
Alliance, Walhalla, and hundreds
of other gardens, hence the total
number used annually is estimated
says the Americanisher Bierbrauer,
at 5, 100000, or four glasses to each
man, woman and child. What may
seem more surprising to our read
ers is that 10 per cent of the glasses
used in Berlin are imported from
this country, mostly from Wheel
ing, West Virginia. Many of the
other glasses are Limitation Amer
ican," and come from Schlesia, the
rest from the Rhein. About one
third of the whole number pass
through the hands of a single house
in Berlin.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13
NEWS CULLINES,

MAINE SoLID.-Out Of its polite
al confusion Maine sends solid
Republican delegation to Congress.
Mr.. Blaine ought to be satisfied,
anyhow.
THE RAILROADS DID rT.-Robeson
says the Pennsylvania r. r. Co.
caused his defeat, and as soon as
his present term in Congress ex-
pires he is going to get out of rotten
politics, or worGS to that effect.
VoTEs AGAIN, - Monongalia
countians will vote again on the
railroad proposition on December
Both, this time on the question of
subscribing $4,000 to the w. Va.
& P. R. r., 100000 to the Blacks
vile & Morgantown narrow guage
and SIS, ZOO to the /. V. & NJ. r. r.
Three at time does well for one
county.
President Arthur's first message
was generally well received by all
parties, and Congress seems to be
in a better humor for business than
usual.
SUNDAY IN New York. Last
Sunday the new law requiring
Sunday observance went into force,
and New York City had the quiz
etest Sabbath it has enjoyed for
generations. The Jews, who had
kept Saturday and done business
on Sunday have appealed to the
courts.
LARGE AUDIENCE. The Marietta
Register says:
"Miss Edwards spoke on temper
ance to a large audience, at the
Congregational Church, Sunday"
TEMPERANCE IN MARIETTA
Miss Edwards has been at work or
ganizing the forces. Speaking of
this the Register says:
at is proposed to engage suitable
rooms and establish reading room
and circulating library, also a Chill
dren's' Temperance Union
LAUNcHED,-Streeker & Co.'S boat
was successfully launced on Satur-
day. She was removed to Mariet-
ia on Tuesday to receive her upper
rigging. She goes now to Harris &
Sons for her cabin.-Marietto Reg
lster.
+, BooMING-The Dryden lot on
the corner Of Capitol and Washing
ton streets, Charleston, was recent
ly sold, and brought over six thous-
and dollars. McClurg of the steam
er Boone, and Major Anderson of
Wheeling were the purchasers
KanaDhd Gazette.
School HOUSE BURNED.--The
public school house just above VIM.
Ferguson's was burned last Friday
night The cause of the fire is
unknown Wayne Advocote
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13

Ny motto is not to misrepresent,
and never to be undersold. | keep
the only regular music store in
Parkersburg, and am the largest
dealer in the State. The line of
Pianos and Organs l sell, are suffi-
cient recommendations for my rep
utation as frst-class Music Dealer
Call at my store on Market street,
opposite the Catholic Church, while
in the city, and see the fine display
of Musical Merchandise; every
thing from Jews harp to an up
right or square Piano. While in
the city ask any frst-class mer-
chant or hotel clerk to direct you
to regular Music Store, and you
will be sure to find me.
G. L. SPENCE.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13

SAD.-We have just received a
sorrowful letter from Huntington
concerning the death of loved citi-
zens by the collision noted in an
other column.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13

Miss Taylor of Wheeling Female
College will be in our city Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. See an
nouncements and hear her address
es.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13

" PRoMIsE.-We have promise of
Wheeling letters regularly hereafter
Good news this for our growing list
of Nail City subscribers.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13

MAINE SoL1D. Out Of its polite
al confusion Maine sends solid
Republican delegation to Congress.
Mr.. Blaine ought to be satisfied,
ANYHOW.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-12-13
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN.
w. VA. NEWS AND NOTES.

ESCAPED. The Mountain Herald
says: FLETCHER p. Jones, under
arrest fol DEMONSTRATING, gave his
guard the slip and escaped at Hin
ton, a few days ago"
Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-27
Price Four Cents.

she has come in all her glory of bud and blossom, what can be more beautiful ?"
 T cannot tell you" replied Rupert. ''You are far too fly for me, dearest, when such matters are to be discussed. But in the dreamy, sensuous days of autumn when the tasseled corn hangs ripe in the shesves, and the leaves have left the blighting touch of the Frost Kings icy breath. I more liable to get there. Mine. as you know, is a sensi- tive, Sedgwick street nature that shrinks from contact with cold and cruel world To me the spring has nsught of joy. The low, mellow note of the new milch COW chasing butchers wagon in which her of- spring uneasily reclines seems to me like the vail of 8 lost soul, and weird fancies crowd my brain as hear at midnight the mournful boot of the owl, fitting like some evil spirit amid the desolate precincts of the village churchyard "
 Tt is your liver, darling" murmured LiI- lian.
 1T sometimes think so," was the reply Ever and anon the thought comes over me like black demon of the night that am of my feed But 1t cannot, must not be. Yet in the autumn all is changed. The soft meg zo-tints of the pumpkin pie fall gratefully on my eye, and all nature laughing in the fruit age of abundant harvest seems joyous and free from care. It is to tell you this that I have come around so early this morn luB-IO tell you LlaI ID me months that are to come, the scorch1ng days of midsummer, when the sun, hanging like ball of molten brass in the sky, will send down it's rays in pitiless fury, you had better get another fel- loT-one Sho will love you dearly as I have done, and whose memory you can ever cher ish with tender gentleness."
 ''But whom shall get?'' asked the girl in agonized tones
 T have thought of this, sweetheart" Ru- pert replied. You can do no better thsI. take George w. Simpson. He loves you dearly. know it, because be has often told me that he doesn't, and George cannot tell the truth"
 T will do as you say" said the girl, chok- ing back SOD that was yelling up from her breakfast. And now good by
 So long, said Rupert, kissing her as he spoke.
 The girl threw her arms around his neck, kissed him with passionate, pump suction kiss. and went into the house
 Rupert walked around the coruer where he met George Simpson
 Did you fix 1t ?' asked George.
 Yes" was the reply.
 Which do get, winter or summer 7"
 Summer"
 ''fou are in luck, as | .ual, old boy. They tell me she can beat the record eating ice cream"
 '-Yes,' said Rupert, but think of the oysters :"
 True" replied George .T had forgotten the oysters"