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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
BLOOMSBURG, Pa, FRIDAY. MARCH 81. 1882.

m,ny times, and finally took from it a
ragged bill which he presented to the
Cossack The roof fell in with a shower
of sparks. The square was as bright as
day.
"A rouble!" cried the Cossack, ,hurling
away his pipe, - rouble for having risked
my life Ia rouble! Ah,accursed dog ]
prefer to return for nothing
He caught the wretched old woman in
his arms, and before any one could guess
his purpose leaped toward the house.
The steps were not yet on fire. He
bounded upon them with his burden and
cast it into the flames. Then, return
ing to the crowd, he shouted:
a rouble Iobber! beast now 90 and
get your mother out for notbingw
The Mortified concourse stood as il
stricken dumb. | sprang into the caleche
and my friend followed.
Away as fast as possible y said | to
the position.
felt that / could endure no more.
The moment the caleche started por-
tion of the front of the house fell for.
ward, separating the soldier from the
square. His tall figure was pictured
upon the incandescent background He
strove to leap through the flames, but, as
he gathered himself to jump, beam
struck him on the head and he tell.
Quick quick!' y cried l to the postil-
ion, prodding him in the back to urge
him on.
He whipped his horses into gallop,
the crowd scattered mechanically,an we
were soon in the open country.
For several nights after we could not
sleep / Philadelphia News Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
Essay on Spring.

Spring is the time for sowing. In the
city women sew shirts at forty five cents
per dozen. In the city, also, the wicked
sow tares and reap tears And everywhere
in the springtime men SOW the wind and
reap the whrwind. Spring is season
much sung about by poets. 1t is season
that moves people-especially about the
first of May.
1t is a season for raising things. The
first thing generally raised in TIE spring
is-the rent. After that comes sIring
radishes and greens.
Insects also come in the spring. The
mosquito consults his ledger and makes
out his bills for summer. Earwigs lay in
fresh supply of legs. Domestic and
household insects resuscitate themselves
and crawl and bite in their little beds.
All nature stirs.
Spring also stirs up the theatrical com
binations and menageries. the trained
beasts and animals of all sorts prepare to
take the road. The tramp dreams of
fresh fields aud pastures new, and lone
farm houses where he may find the
women unprotected making strawberry
shortcake.
Spring comes every year. 1t brings
new clothes to some and new fashions
to all-if they can afford them. Usu-
ally it brings more clothes than people
can afford to buy AMI fashions than
they can afford to follow. Yet spring
brings with it the old clothes people
have worn all last winter and possibly
the winter previous. These can be
turned and dyed and made over, we
will not say into new clothes, but into
the resemblance of the new.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
The Kieffer Pear.

AT the State Fruit Growers Conven-
ton recently held, it was said of the
Kieffer pear, by Mr. Satterthwaite, that
he thought it the most valuable acquisi-
ton that has been made to the fruit list
for a long time. 1t was wonderful
bearer, and with him all the pears, no
matter how much crowded, were perfect
in shape 1t colors beautifully, and keeps
for weeks in moderately cold house.
The flavor is more like the pine apple
than the pear Mr.. Mehan's experience
had been that some are very fine, and
some tasteless, but generally good. The
claim that it was blight proof he thought
was not sustained. AS cooking pear
it was unsurpassed. We think there is
no doubt but that this pear POSSESSES
many valuable qualities, such as early
and productive bearing and beauty OF
appearance. The quality is good, and we
think its cultivation will become general.
-Iribu,le Il EId39ner
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
The Oolonel's Cook.

AT one of the most isolated posts in
Orepon, situated several hundred miles
distant from the settlements, but IN
point of accessibility farther away thah
China, the commanding officer was
cavalry officer who enjoyed the sobriqnet
of "Oid Growler," the only servant that
was ever persuaded TO go to tins place
was nurse, who had become attached
TO an officers family and followed lhtir
fortunes into the mountains. Her recep-
ton soon revealed those of the post
trader. and before she had been there
two weeks. every soldier in the garrison
had proposed, and she finally announced
TO her mistress that she was married
'SGrowler" had no servant but an old sol
dier, who was so broken down that ne
was not of much use for anything else,
who took care of the details OF ms nut
One day the inspector of the department
came and, as was the custom, stopped
with the commanding officer. Inc IN
spector happened to be one OF those gen
tiemen who trouble themselves about lt
tie things at the expense oi matters OF
grave import. lie could tell whether the
pickles at a post commlssary were Soou
or bad, while contractor might stea'
thousands of dollars under his very nose
and escape detection. This observing
gentleman noticed that the man VINO
took care of the hut, cooked aud served
the commandant's meals, was soldier
So he took occasion to say that uhiesS
that soldier was present at the next day
at inspection he should be compelled 10 .
report the aforesaid comm andlng oihcer.
Grower smoked his pipe, ruminated and
said nothing The next morning when
the inspector arose he found his host
still smoking and ruminating They
chatted on various subjects for hall an
hour or so !; then All hour passed by; the
hour for inspection was rapidly ap-
preaching, when the inspector returned
to inquire at what time his host usually
breakfasted. Il beg pardon, said
Growler, Il have had my breakfast so
long ago that l quite forgot about you.
just 60 through there into the kitchen
and you will find a coffee pot and some
coffee in the pantry. made my own
coffee this morning. Just help your
self If you want to black your boots
for inspection, you will find the black
ing and brush under the bench on
the right-hand side. Just help yourself
Dennis has gone back to his com
pany."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
Draining a Panther With a Stone.

During the deep snow Oscar Mitchell
went out hunting in the stamping bottom,
lying between Wards Cove and Morri-
sons Knob. He saw the track of some
animal, followed it some distance and
found that it went into cave; he built u
pen over the cave, setting his trap.
Visiting it two mornings afterward, the
trap still set, he saw no signs of the
animal, but the third morning he went
to his trap without any weapons. He
walked up to within fifteen or twenty
steps of the cave, saw the trap had
caught the animal by the hind foot, and
with its fore feet had torn the pen down
and was lying quietly behind the rubbish
it saw him, and raising up on its hind
feet for fight tit looked four or five
feet high, Mitchell stood hesitating for
moment what to do, but gathering two
flint rocks (the animal stood stilD, he
threw one with ali his strength and
struck the animal on the forehead, break
ing his skull, killing it instantly; and
walking up to see what it was, found
that it was a panther. 7aze'oeH VA
Letter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
A Glimpse of the Splendid Past.

Five hundred years before the birth
of Christ there was city in Italy
called Sybaris. 1t was magnificent
place, and the wealth and luxury of its
inhabitants was so great that the name
Sybarte exists to this day az pseudon.
YIN of devotee of sensual pleasure. 1t
was at one time so populous, that it
could send 100000 men into the field,
yet its annals are lost and its great men
unknown. All the information we
learn about it is the fact of its great
ness, and that its ruins are to day under
the bed of river in southern Italy 1t
seems there was quarrel amongst the
rulers of this mighty city, and the dis
contented joined with their enemies, the
Crotonites, who succeeded in capturing
Sybaris, drove out its inhabitants, and,
to make its ruin complete, changed the
course of river so that it swept over
the remains of the once mighty mum
cipality. To-day the ruins are covered
| by n bed of slime and earth from six
teen to twenty feet deep, and soon the
work of bringing the remains to light
will be undertaken. 1t is believed tha'
the memorials of very distant past viii
be brought to light equal to, if not ex
ceeding in interest, those of Pompeii
We live after all in very old world
Mighty nations tiourished, aud prosper
Gus cities gathered wealth To them
selves long before history begun TO keel
its records. In these days of the mar
velou' applications of science TO on
daily life, il is well to remember tn
might of the past, in order that W
should not become too conscious of IN
Isplendor of the age we live in-Demo'
ests MOnthty.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
ODD ITEMS.

The Boston Post can't see any object
in walking with n girl unless you can put
your arm around her, and millions of fe-
male voices are crying out over the land.
''Neither can we - Detroit Free Press.
Why don't you help stop the noise?-
Boston Post.
Il tell you,' continued Pingrey,
"Brown isn't fit for the place. In fact
don't know of a place that he is calcu-
lated to fill" don't be Incorporate in
your remarks, Pingrey," said Fogg, you
forget his stomach.
Miss Araminta Gushington speaks of
the ''solemn season of loaned. She never
could bring herself to say Lent. It's so
painfully vulgar, you know Boston
Transcript.
At a trial of a new fire alarm escape
in New York last Saturday, no one was
killed. 1t is the first time an accident OF
this kind has occurred Noristown
Herald.
What cigarettes are made of is no
longer interesting. "What cigarettes
are not made of would be much
briefer article-tobacco --[ New Haven
Register.
DIR. Holland once said that 1.-The great
est blessing that young man can enjoy
is poverty" Still, it is one of those
blessings that brighten as they take
their flight. - Lowell Citizen.
The most popular book agent lives in
Philadelphia When snubbed he gets
mad and Immediately goes off saying,
all never speak to You again. = Phil
adelphia News.
Steam, powder and burglars blow
things up, but the burglar is the only
one who makes by it, lie makes shoes
in the penitentiary if he gets caught,
Salem Sunbeam.
A candidate for the Office of Auditor
of Public Accounts was suddenly called
upon for a speech. On rising, he com
menced: "Fellow citizens, you have
called on me for few remarks have
none to make have no prepared speech.
Indeed, am no speaker only want to
be an auditor
A member of fashionable congrega-
ton called at a music store and inquired,
"IIaye you the notes of piece called
= The song of Solomon" adding, "Our
, pastor referred to it yesterday as an ex,
+ quisite gem, and my wife would like tc
learn to play it.
At German ball. Lieutenant 'Dic
you not tell me that your father has al
estate in Silesial' Young lady--"Ies
and two in Pomerania' Lieutenant -
' "And can You still doubt my love"
n A young Oil City lady who recentl
visited New York relates how she stop
C ped at a "palatial hotel and went up an
down stairs in 'cultivator,
= why do you hide, Johnny p sal
Que boy to another, IL hide TO save m
9 hide, replied the other, as he hicd ava
10 a secret spot.
Il "A man who detected piece OF ban
"a in his sausage visited the butchers she
To know what had become of the rest
the dog The butcher was so atfect'
ID that he could give him only part
the tale. l-Louisville Courier'Joumal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
The Deaoon's Nip.
Docs your father know ?"

'Docs your father know"
ale does not. Thank Heaven that
sorrow was spared him.
The crickets chirped under the flag.
stones and the warm south wind came
in soft puffs over the meadows, bearing
upon its bosom the scent of the red
topped clover and the OK eyed daisies as
Rupert Redingote and Aphrodite Nc
Guire stood by the path that led from
the farm to the village of Roussillon,
Macoupin county, They were TO be
married in the fall, these two--in the
merry hard cider and corn -husking time
and, although scarce three months
upon her pulsing lips the solemn
passed since Rupert had pressed
betrotbal kiss Aphrodite trusted him
with perfect faith that was almost sub
lime in its passionate intensity.
$50 the old man didn't hear about my
getting full!' said Rupert.
mo-" was the girls resp onse, rs with
little, happy, takeit-away- for ten cents
sob she laid her gum-filled cheek upon
Rupert's breast and twined her dimpled
arms about his neck-"if any one had
told him it would have been cold day
for you
"You are singing on the right key
now, Apbrodite," was Rupert's reply.
"If the terrible fact had come to his
knowledge he would part us forever.
His position as deacon in the church
would not allow him to overlook the
fault, even should his stern, Puritan
nature relent. No, darling, we must
not let him know of this sin of mine. "
As Rupert spoke buggy was seen
coming rapidly up the lane, and as it
reached the gate the horse stopped sud
denly and the man in the vehicle came
out over the animals head and fell with
dull, sickening thud into hot-bed.
The deacon had been taking nip him
self Chicago Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
A Cattle Kings Hundred Thousand Acres.

The ranches of Cattle King Powers,
all making up a river frontage of eigh,
teen miles and including a number of
very productive meadows, are situated
on the south side of the Arkansas, and
all are under fence. Directly opposite
these, beginning at Fort Lyon and
reaching down the river a distance of
twenty-five miles and extending back
far enough to include an expanse of. 80,
600 acres, is another pasture under fence,
:he titles for which are in the same
name. Here then are fully forty miles
of water front and 100000 acres OF
pasture under fence, all owned by one
man. The fencing on these rancho:
will sum up over 100 miles. Norhward
to and even beyond the Kansas Pacific
and southwark to CimarroH and beyond
into the Pan Handle of Texas, graz,
his cattle, more than 10000 in number
Las Animas Letter in Denver Re
publican,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
Diphtheria.

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
THE SELFISH OYSTER.

There once was selfish old oyster,
who lived like a monk In a clolster,
Safely housed In his shell,
Like the monk In his cell,
Though the blvalves apartment was noister
Anchored tight In the mud OF the bay
This lazy old party did stay.
Nor cared he TO roam
Very far from his home;
For exertlon, he thought, did not pay.
And you will be wondering, think,
what he did for his victuals and drink.
Well the ys,er was sly.
And when young crabs came by,
lie would catch them as quick as a wink.
Then In him the poor crabs had to stay,
TIL In time they had melted away.
So the Oyster got filter,
And the crabs-but no matter
For crabs have no souls, people say.
sand Ohio !" said the oyster, said he:
"What a lucky old party be-
Like king in his pride
wait here, and the tide
Every day brings my living to me-"
But there came u grim Star-fsh, who spied,
our friend lying fiat on his side;
For the greedy old sinner
Had Just had his dinner,
And now could not run had he tried.
With a spring TO the oyster he came,
And he threw his five arms round the same
He shut off his breath,
And he squeezed him TO death.
Then he ate him, nor felt any shame.
The point OF this story, my dears,
just 'as plain as pikestaif" appe RS.
But please give attention,
While briefly mention
The moral again, for your ears.
Don't be greedy and live but TO eat,
Caring only for bread and for meat;
Nor selfishly dwell
All alone in your SHE'LL
Don't be oysters, 10 short, repeat.
But you'll find 1t much better for you
To be kind, and unselhsh, and true;
Then you'll not lack friend
Your case to defend,
When Star-fish rolls into you view.
GeOr1e j. Webster 81. Nicholas for April
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31

A full font of japanese type compri-
ses 10000 characters, and when com
positor gets twenty-five or thirty wrong
letters in word, and the proof reader
overlooks them, they are scarcely everno
ticed by the reader, The printers case
is distributed all around big room, and
when he is at work, running from one
box TO another, he looks like an Ameri-
can base ball player making a home run.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
The Eminent Physician, j. Marion

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31
SELECT STORY.
THE JEWEsS OF ROUDNIA.

TRANSLATED FROM TIE FRENCH OF HENRY
GREyILLE BY GEORGE d. cox.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-03-31

A Boston man says his fur-trimmed
oyercoat is TOO utterly otter.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-01-13
THE GREAT EHai!sa REh4zgY

Tsa Eevcr-f5tl-rg Cure for Nervous D-1ll4tF. K-FaTl-, ed Vitality. >el-Illl Nee r. ss SgeEsL4--r-L Lost siaB- liioaC, I'm vJ.-lcy, Tz--,y-.- and al f-- t--f- -ie -eel.s of Self-Alu7e, !oui'I..l Io1ies, As e-crls-S iu ll1-I-r- yc-Ts, >-cd s5 i1-s cf E.c4Cry, Las 4C-&a, Nocturnal EMlE- sion, Aversion tJ soc.eC., Dl:na sss Cf Vl5sgu, Noise
 in tir. EelL: tre vlta. lGll
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-01-13
A. E. NINTiT,, M. B.. II KearAey Street, San Francisco, Cal,

Dr. MintIe's kindn$y Remedy Ncphr.-ti cum, cures al Kidney zaa 3ailer COnF-ail.ts, Con orrhoa, Gleet, Leucorrhoa For sale by all druggists 4l bottle eix bottles for s5
 Dr. Mintie's DA. ieiiun Pills, are tha bet aui cheapest Dyspepsia and Bilious in the market. For ale bv all druggisss. S@tdSstf
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-01-13
BDAT.
Democrat office

Board met at 10 4. U. All present. Min utes of two meetings read and approved. Boarl took uP bills that were laid over the day before. Bill of I. ". Simmons of S30.35 was a1ditel and allowed.
 Bll of ". r. Day of 500, for post 1nortem examination oi Albert Stevens, was audited and allowed for 3435O. BI of '. K Ainsworth for S235 was audited and allowed Tor e2I0.
 Iflof A. K. Smith was taken up and the question shall the bill pass, put and car r.ei, Rodonburg and Meyers voting aye, and Cline, n5y.
 Bili of Erolesicks < H.n was laid over.
 BIZ If Arizona Publishing c. of $500, fir regairs, was dsalloweI.
 B.l ,s e. Lincoln for S-5 was disalloaeI
 B.ll of Geo. c. Wsddsll of 232 for jurors certificate was audited and allowed.
 Bll of r. ". Blake for .l2 for jurors cer- tise.-, Was audited and allowed
 Rep,f. Of 4 J. NcPhee, Justice of the Pe-cs oi Tiptop, was read ana laid over to await payment by him of fines collected.
 Report of c. ". Hull, Justice of the Peace, Verde, was read all accepted, and his bill of s5O0 allowed
 \ letter from ~ C. Dawes, relative 10 bill of W. E. Day, rejected. by the Board, was read and filed.
 4 petition for the appointment of Richard Dekuhn as overseer of Road District Nc II, was reaG and laid over.
 Final report of W. W. Nichols, overseer of Road District No. II, was read and his bill of s34 allowed.
 Report of John Duke for 3rd quarter, 1881, overseer Road District No. 13, was read and accepted, and bill of SIS allowed.
 Report of John Moore, Road District No. 1. for 3rd quarter, 1881, was examined and SlOO was allowed on his account.
 Report of R. J. Atkinson, overseer Road District No. ?. for 3rd quarter, 1881, was examined and accepted, and his bill of Sl1O audited and allowed.
 Report of D. C. Stevens, everseer Road District No. c., for 3rd quarter. 1881, ex- amincdand accepted, and bill of s172 allowed
 Board adjourned
The weekly Arizona miner., 1882-01-13

Wm. Nulyernon, the efficient deputy slrrid' of Yavapai county. returned this morning from Pinal, having in custody John Burke. whose capture we have here -of,-e chr5uie,eL Burke, crime was the
 lso-,-. oi a roor defenseless Swede, out ,n -h. \. ? railroad. because the latter r,i1.aj to It Linn have twenty dollars. lir. Nulrernon las been in -lis section for several weeks, or a look oa- t.r .ae fugitive. auI the ss-cess of ll- mission is matter for coumatulation. il. ,a.-s .or Prescott to-morrow with .i- r.i~0nrr. Gazette.