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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06
Death Of A Celebrated Goose.

Some time ago we published an ac-
count of the death of the war eagle
"Old Abe" This was truly a remark
able bird, and while America was aston.
ished with what delight the eagle
sought the battle field, England was
still more confounded at the attachment
goose had formed for an Uhlar reg
iment. The following from the Lon
don Telegraph gives in detail the &C.
count
"From Stuttgart the death is report
ed of goose we'll known to naturalists
all over the world This eccentric ami
NAL, when still gosling, abandoned
its flock, dismissed all recollections of
its infancy, repudiated the conventio-
nal views and habits of geese, and bold
ly marching into the barracks of an
Uhlan regiment, stationed itself one
fine day next to the sentry box. Touch
ed by this prediction for the corps,
the Uhlans erected shed for the goose
and for twenty-three years neither
threats nor persuasions have been able
to separate the martial bird from its
adopted regiment any great length of
time. 1t has at different times chang
ed quarters with the corps from Esshn-
gen to Ulm, thence Ludwigsburg, and
back again to Tim. ...
| When the Uhlans went to fight for
their country the forsaken and desolute
goose took up for tie time with a bat
talon of infantry but no sooner did
the first Uhlaus re-enter the town thar
the goose marched up to meet them
and returned with them to her old quar-
tiers. She has now been stuffed, and il
TO be seen in glass case on the gate'
of the barracks at Stuttgart" "
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06
Let's See What's Your Name2

In nine cases out of ten when man
has to ask that question he would rath-
er see his last cent roll down crack
than do it, but it is asked every day in
banks and other business places
printing offices. A man who runs an
account comes into bank or other
business place, and the cashier smiles,
and says: "Well, old fellow, how are
you I" and holds out his hand for a
shake The man has done business
there often, and the cashier knows him
like book. But pretty soon the man
asks to have something done which re-
quires a knowledge of his name on the
part of the cashier, and the latter sud
denly finds that he's stuck The cold
chills begin to run down his back and
he feels as though he would like to be
alone minute so he could kick him
self. He would know the name if he
were to see it, and he begins to go
through the books in hope of coming
across but it eludes him every time,
and finally in desperation, he turns
around with sheepish look in his face,
and says; Lets see-whaJs your
name :" Ever afterward there is a GER
tain degree of coldness between those
two men, But some business men are
sharp. When they get stuck on name
they will ask the customer to "please
spell it," at the same time remarking
that they believe it is not correct on
the books, If the man happens tC
spell "S-m it'll" the questioner feels
bad, but that don't often happen. 9th
er business men will say boldly: "You,
name has slipped my memory" Brown
comes the reply, "Oh | know, !
mean your first name" and by this
subterfuge a great deal of paiu anC
worry and bad feeling is avoided
Printers have their own time will
names. They carry several Thousand
on their books, and most subscribers
expect to be recognized They know
the editor, and it doesn't strike then
that its hardly possible for him to know
all of them. He does know their ia
ces well enough, perhaps, and he trie
, TO think of their names, but the effor
is usually fruitless. The subscriber, as
rule, says, Il wish to pay my subscril
tion.' If he adds flames Graham
Summerhill," the editor feels like gi,
ing him the paper free for year, f..
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06
How Rich and Yet How Poor.

Everybody talks of VIM. II. Wander
bilt as very rich man, but few can
form any idea how wealthy he is. I'm
doubtedly he is the richest man in the
world to day. His income is estimated
at ten millions of dollars year, which
gives him at the rate of twenty dollars
minute. His actual wealth is thought
to be not less than 5000, 100000. Mon
ey comes to him so easy that ii he
should give you ten minutes hearing
he is richer at the close of the inter
view by 5000 than when it begun. In
taking a minute to direct a letter
his money has earned for him $40. In
the enjoyment of thirty minutes lunch
he is better of by 5000. LII he fingers
at the dining table an hour he has
pocketed $1,000. Should he spend
three hours at the opera he departs just
$4,000 richer. A nap of twenty min
utes increases his wealth S400. Ii he
gives forty minutes to his barber he
knows that he has been getting credit
ed with $500. Every time he breathes
he makes dollar. A wink is worth
to him somewhere in the neighborhood
of fifty cents. A days income repre-
sents the average pay OF ninety-six
miners for years employment Just
thing of it. .i. #..f
An exchange speaks as above OF the
great wealth of Mr.. Vanderbilt. 1t Is
no doubt true, but, with all his wealth,
the New York nabob is actually poor
man. lie is only rich in dollars and
cents and what money can buy, much
of which is but the qualification OF
vulgar taste. In many respects he is
no richer than the man who digs out
coal from the mine or drives cart
through the street. With all his wealth,
he cannot purchase a single ray of sun
shine that does not belong to the poor
est man. The beggar breathes the same
air as the millionaire. Vanderbilt, with
his money, can buy stocks, and houses
and lands, and pictures, and make
great parties, where the vulgar rich ex-
hibit their diamonds and their ''purple
and linen,' but he cannot purchase
health, nor happiness, nor keep away
pain a single moment. The great pos
sessions of Mr. Vanderbilt do not raise
him above the humblest man in most
of the essentials happiness, and his
surplusage of wealth is rather burden
than otherwise We do not under es-
innate the Importance of wealth, nor
the good that money may, and very
often does do; but it is not, by any
means, all that is worth living for
in this world. 1t brings its responsible
lities and its troubles, and very fire..
quently, is positive evil to its posses
sor. If those who strive so hard to be
come rich would but consider that hap
piness, useful life, and the respect OF
J their fellows do not depend upon it, il
| would moderate their desire to clay W
treasu res in this world.-Doylesto'c'
| /)pDlOpr0f
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06

We cannot conquer fate and neces-
sity, but We can yield to them in such
"a way as to be greater than if we
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06
Relics OF the Stone Age,

The sandstone quarry at Carson,
Nevada, Is proving rich field for
archeologists. In addition to the gi-
ant human footprints 1S4 inches in
length and of corresponding width,
there have been fonnd the teeth of the
saber toothed tiger, the horse, the tusk
and jaw of the mastodon and horses
jaw. But the most interesting find
lately made was tomb near the Need
les, on the line of the Atlantic and Pa
citic road, at the depth of l73 feet from
the surface. In it were found huge
skeleton in a sitting position, with its
knees drawn up to its head and clasp.
ed in a bony embrace with its fleshless
arms, AT its feet were several large
bowls, originally made of reddish clay,
but hardened by the lapse of ages into
a substance, resembling flint. A tnb-
let was inserted in the wall at its head,
bearing long inscription in hero.
glyphics and covered with rude imita-
tions of some extinct species of crea-
lures, half animal, half reptile. A num-
Der of implements of warfare were also
found, Among them a stone axe, the
handle and head being of stone, while
the edge was formed of iron of great
hardness, mortised into flint. The re-
mains of petrified forest were passed
through before the tomb was reached.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06

"The Black Hand" in Paris means
secret order of agitators and assassins.
In this country it means spade
flush.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06

For Dyspepsia
G ostive encss,
Sick Headache,
G hronic Dlar-
rhwa, Jaundice,
Impurity of the
Blood, Fever and
! )Ague, Malaria,
and all Diseases
caused by De-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06

Kind-hearted editors now allow con-
tributors to the waste-paper basket
to write on both sides of the paper.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06

The youth who gets shaved by q
barber for the first time doesn't know
whether to feel tickled or ashamed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06

70 BmGHrEN THE CARPET. Aft er
the dust has been thoroughly beaten out
OF carpets and they ae tackled down
again they can be Enlightened very
much by scattering corn-meal mixed
with coarse salt over them, and then
sweeping it all off. Mix the salt and
meal in equal proportion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06

PRESSED VEAL-Take three pounds
of veal chopped fine, two pounds of
fresh, lean, raw pork also chopped fine,
three eggs, piece of butter the size of
an egg, pepper and salt well bake
two hours, Whom cold slice i. thin, 1t
is like pressed meat, and is very nice.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-06

A peach tree with blood red leaves
has been presented TO the Corinth
Tenn, Sub SOiier and Democrat 1t
is stated that the first tree of this
variety grew on the battleieldof Baker
Greek, on the spot saturated with the
blood of General Tilghman.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07
Some Famous Storms.

1t is to be regretted, in the interest of
scientific observation, that a more care
full record has not been kept of the real
ly great storms that have from time to
time devastated wide areas of the earth's
surface. AS it is, the literature of the
subject is both extensive and interesting,
but the most graphic chroniclers were
unfortunately those in whom the faculty
Of imagination was stronger than that of
observation, and who were only too apt
to find or to force remarkable incidents
and coincidents. 1t was not possible for
a great man to die without some fatter-
ing CONFUSION of nature accompanying
or preluding the event, and it is to be
feared that the chroniclers of old time
had the bad habit of modern travellers by
sea, who never experienced a hurricane
that is not a most terrible one, nor sea
waves that do not run at least mountains
high. Some of the early storms recorded
in England would be voted picayune
affairs in the present time; for instance,
that of 944, which destroyed fifteen hun
dred houses in London; that of October
5, 1901, which prevailed in several parts
of England, topping over five hundred
houses in the metropolis. Two of these
early storms are said to have exerted no
little influence upon the course of Eng
lish history-that of 1915, in which
Hugh de Beauvais and the reinforce
mentsfor Johnagainst the barons persisted,
and that Of 1889, which SO mauled the
army Of Edward III. on the march by
Charities as to compel the King to agree
to a peace. Both of the Queens of Rich
ard II. brought notable tempests in their
train when they crossed the channel in
1882 and 1896, and the spirit of Oliver
Cromwell passed away, on his 'lucky
day." the Sd of September, 165S-the
anniversary of his great victories at Dun
bar and Worcester-in the midst of a
hurricane whose fury wa felt far beyond
the boundaries of the British islands.
The storm Of Nov. 1927, 1903, was, how
ever, by far the most furious that ever
ravaged England. This was the tempest
familiar to all readers of Addison, who
made his fortune by the allusion to MARI
borough. Not one vestige was left of the
old Eddystone lighthouse, devised by the
clever but eccentric Winstanley, who
persisted in the structure. In the single
Of Kent 1000 trees were uproot-
ed, and 5000 lives were lost by the floods
in the valleys of the Thames and Severn
and the blowing out to sea and upon the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07

prepares them to yield obedience to In
telligent instruction. It is the intellect.
or mind of man, hat holds dominion
over the brute creation. Reason teaches
the enlightened mind, necessity governs
the barbarian, but animal instinct pro-
tects their race and preserves them from
extinction.
1t is the custom of some horse trainers
to blindfold the wild colt, use him rough
~, strap up his fore leg, and throw him
down the first handling, and, to close the
exercise, hitch him firmly to a post, leave
him fastened for some time, sweating
with nervous excitement, and trembling
with fear. At length, some friend comes
to the rescue, Is off the blinds, and
unshackles him - IN the whipping post.
The colt will follow his newly.made
friend with the submission of the dog,
because he has soothed HMM his troubles,
and comforted him in his distress, by
bringing him out of darkness into
light. This is an example of sympathy
and confidence in the protection of a ben
efactor. The habit of shying on the
road is one of the most perple1ing vices
OF young horses. Thishabitis sometimes
hereditary. In a few cases it results
from imperfect vision, and often it is ac-
quired by the culpable negligence of in
competent drivers. When the colt shows
the disposition to shy, the driver com
mences a sever castigation with the
whip. He has the preposterous idea Of
whipping terror out of the dumb brute.
when he only arouses the animal passions,
and the colt plunges with desperate vic.
lence to get away from the punishment,
endangering the safety of the vehicle and
the life of its inmates. When this
abused, terror-stricken colt sees another
object of fear, he makes some desperate
moye to protect himself from oppression.
1t Is this worse than foolish punishment
that confirms the habit of shying. No
whip ever removed terror OF put conf
dence into a horse. 1t requires gentle
ness and persuation to break up this per-
nicious habit. Let the horse stop and
look at the object he fears; encourage
him with cool persuasion, and he will
gradually approach and finally pass the
object, without being seriously alarmed.
This treatment, with time and patience,
will cure the habit of shying.
AHe CoAV, Wuen ursJ IaKen> 10 the SHOE
ing shop, requires the most gentle and
soothing treatment. Whatever habits
he acquires, good OF bad, in his first in
PRODUCTION to the blacksmith, will be
long retained. Rough handling will
create the habit of resistance. If the
tongs are used for instruction, and passion
substituted for reason, there is danger of
acquiring the vicious habit Of kicking in
self-defense, to keep all beyond shoeing
distance. This is a most destructive pro-
pensity, and one that cannot be brought
into subsection, except by some act of
Kindness, to restore confidence in the
sheer. Some smiths are rank poison to a
horse. When the colt sours on one of
these bipeds, he had better be changed
to another shoer.-Nationaz Live Stock
Journal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07
Breaking Colts.

The future conduct of the colt depends
much upon gentle training in his first
lessons of subsection. Whatever vices
colts contract, through carelessness or in
competency of the breaker, will last as
long as they live. 1t behooves the trainer
to be IN his guard against these evil
properties that may destroy their future
usefulness. In order to avoid the break
ers that have wrecked the fond hopes of
many sanguine breeders, by destroying
their favorite colts by brutal treatment,
great care should be exercised in select
ing a competent trainer, with an even
temper and good judgment.
The breaker should start out on an APP
proved system of enlightened horse train
ing, that has generally proved successful
in subduing wild colts. He should first
bit the wild youth, to supple his neck and
control the head, till he becomes bridle-
wise. 1t would be prudent. in order to
avoid frightening the uncultivated youth
into desperate runs to clear himself from
the vehicle, to put him in single harness,
without a load, and drive him with the
lines till he becomes thoroughly accus-a
toned to the use of the harness, and will
be guided to the right and left, stop and
go forward at the wordo f command, and,
in fact learn all that a horse is required
to know before he is hitched to a vehicle.
It is good policy to hitch the unbroken
colt, for the first time, with a well-broken,
steady horse, and he will soon learn from
imitation to draw or hold back with his
trusty companion. When broken in
double harness he will be nearly broken
i'll single harness, for it is only q repeti-
ton of his experience. Brutal drivers
have ruined many promising colts by
using too much force. They punish them
for disobedience, before they have taught
them to work. It is simply to crafty
their owndestructive passions, without an
honorable motive or useful end. 1t has a
most pernicious influence. The colt
fights back, to protect himself from OPP
preston; and being more powerful than
his feeble driver, triumphs over his perse-
cutor. The first act Of INSTRUMENTATION
is followed by another battle with the
whip, from which the dumb brute, from
the instinct of self-preservation, uses
superior force to ward off this brutal
Frequent combats establish
in the colt the habits Of vice. Force has
caused the natural, kind disposition tore
volt against the inhuman scourges of OPP
preston, and to resist harsh treatment.
Kindness will produce kindness from
sympathy, the same as the cause produces
the effect. It is through kindness that
all wild animals are tanned and subdued.
1t softens the animal ~propensilies, and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07

"Go ahead" was the answer returned.
lnen h messages which had been put
On ene New York cylinders came flying
Its coming FAST" said New York.
wake her spin," was Mr.. Schribner's
oroer to the man at the receiving crank.
Things did spin for thirty seconds, and
then the number of words were counted.
Twelve hundred and thirty-fye was the
Jumper or at the rate of twenty-four
hundred and seventy per minute. The
copy, a piece OF which was given the re-
porter, was perfectly legible and plain.
Experlmentswith the Graysystem we've
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07
A Senate Pages Joke.

The pages of the Senate and House are
handsomer and brighter than those of
the Congressional Record. They are,
like all bright boys, fond of a Joke.
Senator Dawes brought on the floor Of
the Senate the other day a very digniied;
old gentleman Of portly demeanor, gray
hair, and a pleasant face. They sat
down together on n of the red leather
sofas near the wall. After they had
talked a while, Dawes returned to his seat
to finish a letter, leaving his stately
friend all alone on the sofa. One of the
brightest of the pages, a smart little Ala
bama boy, hearing the distinguished
looking old gentleman's name, got out
a sheet of official paper and wrote out q
neat note addressed to the Massachusetts,
Senator's friend, in which he remarked
that one of the Senate rules required all
visitors to the floor to make three pro-
found bows to the presiding officer out of
respect to the body. He signed a ticti-
tious name, sealed the note in an official
envelope marked Omitted States Senate"
and hurrying up to the fine-looking old
gentleman IN the red sofa, handed tito
him as though it had been sent by old
David Davis himself. Then he and the.
other pages who where in the secret got
off in a corner and awaited results. The
old gentleman put his gold eyeglasses to
his nose, and slowly and solemnly read
the little note through. He seemed puz-
zled, and for a moment hesitated. Then
he solemnly and slowly arose, and with
great dignity made three low bows
toward the dais where the Vice-President
sits. Old Isaac Bassett, the doorkeeper
Of the Senate and grand custodian of the.
sole surviving Senatorial snuf-box, as we'll
as one of the few men in the United
States who know how every variety Of
princes, potentates, municipalities, and
powers should be treated, was simply hor-
rifed when he learned the cause of the
pages glee. His long white hair threatened
to stand erect as he fastened around TO-
apologize to the distinguished visitor.
The latter was mortified when he realized
how completely he had been taken in,
but his good nature prompted him to beg
Bassett not to be too hard on the bright
little page.-W Washington Cor. PhiMdek~
ph5a Record.
~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07

The Tyler (Tenn.) Independent is
responsible for the following: can ami
NAL resembling a kangaroo vas killed a
few nights since ON the premises OF John
Wagner. We are informed by reliable
authority that the animal was about the
size of a large cat with its front legs meas
uring about four inches in length, and its
hind legs about three feet in length. The
most prominent feature of the animal
was its tail, which measured about nine
feet three inches.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07

Morrison Heady, the deaf-blind poet
of Kentucky, is astonishing the New Or
leans people by defeating their most skill
full chess players. He has q board on
which the men stand fitted into sockets,
and with his hands he feels OF the field,
by the sense of touch alone, watching the
movements of the enemy, forming COM
binations against him, analysing the most
intricate situation, and coming off victo~
rious most of the time.-M 0. Rioayuns.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-07

1t is a fact we'll known that tobacco
poisons the nerve centers and INJURIES the
eyesight, sometimes destroying It entire
ly. The disease of the eye termed am
blyopia is caused by smoking and also by
excessive use of alcohol. This disease II
incurable.-N. Y. Tribune.
Milford chronicle., 1883-06-22

held the next night, and circulars signed
by leading citizens were posted denOunc-
ing Dukes as an assassin. He was
hanged in efigy from telegraph poles
and gas lamps in dozen different places
He was permitted to resign his seat IN
the Legislature.
The coroner's jury gave the following
verdict: We find that said Nicholas
Dukes came to his death from wounds
received from a revolver fired in the
hands of James Mutt, on the corner OF
Main and Pittsburg streets, in Union
town, on the 18th day of June, 1888, at
about the hour of "a O'Clock, Pm.
The Hon. W. II. Playford and Mr..
A. d. Boyd have been retained as coun-
sci for young Mutt, and strong effort
will be made to have the Hon. Charles
L. BOYLE Join these gentleman in the
defence. Mr.. Boyle was waited on by
number Of Dukess friends who asked
him to conduct the prosecution, but he
refused to do so, and it is a question
whether there is a member of the bar IN
Fayette county who will appear against
Mutt. The task will probably fall upon
the District Attorney.
A rumOr became current in the vicin-
ity of Uniontown that Mrs. Mutt had en-
couraged her son to attack and slay
Dukes. G. H. Rush, the leading mer-
chant of UniOntown, and one who is in
a position to know, brands this as ser
ton as a most infamous lie. Mr.. Rush
saws that to his certain knowledge Mrs.
Mutt did everything a loving mother
could do to keep her son from attacking
his fathers murderer, and persistently
urged her boy to give her a solemn
promise that he would not attack Dukes.
1t is said that Dukes met young Mutt on
the street and laughed in his face in a
sueering manner, and thus himself pro-
voled the tragedy.
1t would seem as though Dukes was
afraid of young Mutt, as the latter's ac-
tions in Uniontown were well known.
The boy had obtained pistol and Prae-
ticed with it daily shooting at q mark,
and this action quite alarmed his mother
and sisters.
Dukes's mother is inconsolable over the
death of her son. She says that she
frequently warned him to stay away
from Uniontown, and that he always re-
piled that he was not afraid.