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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-23

c. G. Marris selling nice sugar for 8
cents,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-23

Ladies and gents underwear very cheap
at G. G.. Marrs
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Boots, boots, shoes, shoes, at +. ID.
Dentlcr's. Good goods at lowest prices.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-23

The stock of overcoats for little boys new
neat, and nice; call and see them at Low
enbergs.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-23

Fur collars, ornaments and trimmings, at
LutZ & Sloan's.
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Wool and cotton hannels all prices at
G. G. Marr's.
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Pictures, frames, window cornlces, a
Cadmah's.
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Centre Notes.

Paper bags, all sizes, square and satchel
bottom, at the COLUMBIAN store.
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See Clark's advertisement in another col.
IN,
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When you come to Bloomsbury call at
w. j. Kendig's, where you are sure to
get bargains.
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20 AG,hs ES,
more or less on which are erected
A House, Baru

and necessary out buildings
TERMS OF sALE.-Ten per cent OF one fourth
OF the purchase money shall be paid at the strik-
Ing down OF the property, one-lourth less the ten
per cent. ut the confirmation absolute and the re.
naming three-fourths In one year from conhrma-
tion nisl with interest from that date.
HENRY i. OMAN,
oct PC Executor
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For SALE.-A steam engine nearly new
six horse power. Inquire at this office.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-23

C. G.. Marr is selling the Victor coffee
the best and has nice cards.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-23

Boots of all kinds at w. j. Kendig's,
Evans building.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-23

Fedora -Fcdora-Fedora-
The hat of the season at Lowenberg's.
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RHEUM SYRUP co, Plymouth Rohes"t NJ y
FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS Price Bottle Bottles for $500
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-23

For good cheap furniture, go to Cad
mans
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$4,000 VERSUS $l.50.

No. IA Magnolia Avenue, Wilkes-Barre,
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Try c. G. Marr's syrup. 1t is the best in
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-11-23

Gents fine shoes at w. ]. Kendigs.
Ladies' coats and cloths to make up, at
LutZ d SlOaus.
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WILL woNdRRs EVER CEASE

gist.
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JUMBO.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-05-24
AN ADVENTURE IN NATAL.

When / first went into the country
near the Bay of Natal, things were yery
iliferent from what they are now; there
were not nearly SO many Caflres in the
country, and there We're no white men
except our own party of s. Mensch.' -
tame was in plenty; bucks and Glands
were on the hills where Pieternaritz-
nurg now stands; elephants browsed AT
Eusdorrs; hippopotami swarmed alone
me banks of the Umganie and in tbe
oea-Cow Lake, and many a monster
winch has now sought more secure
ietreats was then to be seen in the neiph-
oorhood of the bay.
!, puIlt myself beehive-shaped hut
llAe one of the Caffres, on the omen
ground near the Umbilo. and cultivated
ilttie piece of ground near it. but hay-
ing q span of five oxen and a wagon 7
y, alu not care to remain quiet in one spot.
70 trek and to shoot and trek aoain was
,;,l Ml'at always liked. Those men who
slke being shut up in your houses or
roMhs scarcely know what it is to
i've i've Give me a fine open plain, good
nurse under me, fifty miles of turf all
iuand Y, and then feel free.
Well, | had lived about three weeks
n,i nslf The Umbilo when my Hottentot
Eiaehe came one dav to me in great
,hilght and told me that he had seen ..tbe
biggest snake that ever was; that il had
olossed the Umbilo River and had en-
sniered some long reeds about a half
nllie from my hut. He said that the
snake $ head was ON one side while the
- ~ was on the other side Of
ne Gmbilo. Now, this river is not verv
saoau, .s., but what the man told me were
sL. aae the snake must have been over.
sn sa'r.y feet in length. knew that a
peele sh oi Demonstration was to be found
sooat sa". here, for / had shot one sixteen
lion .sJe long as ] was coming from the old
eolony TO the bay.
~ sllu not trouble myself to look after
n;,h NJ hslake, for there was large swamp
s,.h .si, long reeds extending for more than
,v;,h 'lllie along the banks of this river
sssa s.sa cover enough to conceal FIVE hun,
afed snakes. t A'e noii-
a0out month after Plaehe 5 inter-
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Amt Sukey's Dream.


All the colored lottery players in the
city were highly excited over little oc-
currence recently. An old negro woman,
known as .'Aunt Sukey,n who lives in a
shanty on the river side, between Seventh
and Eighth Streets. happened to dream
that bank in which she had 81 100 de-
posted was broken into by burglars and
her money stolen. The news 50 excited
her thatshe rose in hersleep and started
TO walk to the bank. She woke up, how
ever, before she had gone more than a
few squares, and was SO overjoyed to
find it was only dream that she told
it to several of her acquaintance. The
news spread rapidly all over the CITY,
and the lottery players, who are guided
mainly by dreams and omens, com
menced playing on that number in
nearly every lottery Office in town. 1t
is not on record that they realized any
thing, but the run on it viii probably be
kept up for several days. LosttsUille
Courier. Journal.
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Tive Singers.

General Joe Wilson and Colonel
Clifton Bell met in Colonel Tom Mul.
| queens Boudoir yesterday and ex-
changed the compliments of the season.
Each was stepping higher than blind
horse.
''Good morning, Colonel Bell" said
General Wilson; chow is your daughter
this morning?n
''Pretty well, thank you,'' replied
Colonel Bell; ''she had slight attack
last night, but she rallied towards
morning, and when I left the house an
hour or two ago she was playing the
piano as clipper and natural-like as
ever"
II am glad to hear it, said General
| Wilson, and, by the way, I would be
very much pleased to have your daugh-
ter call upon my daughter and practice
duets with her. We have a fine eollec-
ton of Chopin's Etudes and Mendels-
sohn's Songs Without Words. Has
your daughter decided talent for
music?''
Il think she has, answered Colonel
Bell. '1n fact, feel safe in positively
| asserting that she has. Her penohant
for vocal music is very marked. IhaYe
lain awake at night on numerous occa-
sions to hear her sing, and to me her
voice is the sweetest [ ever heard.
''My daughter, too, has a beautiful
voice, said General Wilson. With the
advantages [ contemplate giving her
she will make great cantatrice There
can be nothing finer than her upper
register at two o'clock in the morning
when she executes an aria about her
bottle of warm milk.
!" All, - said Colonel Bell, with an in
credulous smile, ''you should hear nv
daughter warble and trill on the G cleft,
one time and three motions. when there
is pin sticking her.
'tThese girls are wonderful beings. y
observed General Wilson, philosophi-
cally.
They are, indeed, = replied Colonel
Bell.
g Are you ever harrassed,' inquired
General Wilson, " by the fear that your
daughters head is going to fail off?
Frequently, when / am holding and ca
ressing my Josephine, her head rolls
about in q manner that inspires me with
a dread lest it fall off its neck.
That doesn't bother me so much, '
said Colonel Bell, g as the complexion
which my daughter has. So far from
inheriting the clear, fair complexion of
her parents, she has a dreadfully red
skin, and looks as if she had acquired,
even at her tender age, habits of intem-
perance. 1t worries me good deal =
go, that'll be all right in time. ex-
planned General Wilson; they're all that
way at first. They bleach them out as
they get older. Ny daughter used to
be so, but she's as fair as lily now
6 ! am greatly relieved to hear you
speak so encouragingly.a said Colonel
Bell. 7" The truth is [ know very little
about girls; my daughter is only about
a week old,
g Is that allr' exclaimed General
Wilson. Why, you have heap to
learn yet. My daughter will be year
old next September. Detroit Free
Press.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

AN Illinois school teacher offers
packages of flower seeds as premiums
on good behavior and scholarship.
Two students Of Columbia College,
Robert Mahan and Charles M. Smith,
had arranged to fight a duel, but the
former and two others were arrested
upon starting for the place of meeting.
The mission Of the American Pres
byterian Board in Japan, reports the
following statistics: Present adult men,
bership of its churches, 98S; additions
during the year, 224; malemissionaries,
10; female missionaries, II; stations,
four; organized churches, Is; ordsined
preachers and pastors, FIVE.
The annual report of the Superin-
tendent of the New York City Public
Schools for the year 1882 gives the,
number of schools as 298; teachers,
1914; pupils, SO, ,231. The new course
of study removes the geographical text
book from the lower grades, and brings
the globe and outline maps into greater
prominence. United States history is
occasionally substituted for the regular
reader in many classes.
Clubs are trumps. Even the breth.
rem of the churches are forming them
selves into clubs. The Congregational
lists of this city and vicinity have already
organized club. and now the Presby-
terian brethren are about to follow suit.
A closer personal acquaintance is the
chief object. If the devil and all his
minions could be driven out of Chicago
by means of these clubs, what good
thing they would be- Chicago Stand
ard
AN Alabama preacher read the,
hymns, offered prayer and read the
scripture lesson, but when the time for
the delivery of the sermon arrived he
folded his hands upon the pulpit and
remained motionless for half an hour.
The congregation sang three hymns to
remove the uncomfortable feeling which
prevailed, but the preacher stirred not
His reason had taken instantaneous
flight.
The Rev. A. ID. Mayo has been de-
livering series of notable lectures at
the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, on
1.-The New Education in the South. =
In the last of these he said that Nash
vile, Tenn, leads all the cities in edu-
cation south of the Ohio, and that Mary
land leads all the States. During the
last year the Southern States have spent
$15, 200, ,000for all kinds of schools, more
than $12, ,000, 900 Of which wasfor public
dsfhools. Thisyea they win spend more
Slan ever.
"A Scotch minister, forgetting his
spectacles, could not read the hymn, SO
he. said: MY eyes are dim; / cannot
see. The precentor Immediately sang,
My eyes are deem; caw-noot see. III
The minister explained, ''I spoke of my
infirmity." This was sung as the second
line. The minister pleaded: II merely
said my eyes were dirn. These words
were sung, and he sat down, saying: 81
did not mean to sing q hymn. :" When
this line was sung the services closed
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-05-24
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A paper heads a column Of per-
s0nals Men and Things which GER
tainly is not very gallant or gentle-a
manly way of referring to the othersex,
When man says he believes the
whole world to be made up of knaves
it is generally because he has been In
the business himself and doesn't want
it known.-N. r. Herald %
s' is the bowling of dog always
followed by death?' asked a little girl
OF her father. Not always, my dear;
sometimes the man that shoots at the
dog misses him. was the parents re.
ply.
PA, is it right to call man born
in Poland q Pole?n ''Of course, my
child" "Well, then, If man is born
in Holland, is he HoleP'' Tut! tutl
I'll answer no more of your silly queSs
tions.n a
Deaths by violence average owes
40, 1000 year in Russia, there being ara
average of ten murders a day About
1850 are frozen to death every wear.
And yet with all these advantages Rus
sian newspapers are stupid. Bostoys
Post.
W Ahb uO YOU WEdEF III
quired the halter. Well, +" replied the
member of Congress, who sometimes
told the truth when not interested in any
bill that was being passed, last night
| wore seven and ar. eight but | was up
all night with the boys and this morn
ing my head feels as though it would
require bat about as large as an UNI
brella.n
Hand but not heart: ssI,hat
daughter of Squire Finch is mighty
pert-looking little fairy. isn't shegs'
YOU'RE right she is!'' II understand
she's in the market, too. - ~Verv
likely, although I've got the refusal Of
her. ? ''You havep'T 20 yes! / was
around there last evening, soliciting her
hand and heart She gave me the first
with emphasis, but the refusal got on
the balance was equally convincing"
A prudent housewife informed her
husband one night that she wanted q
small rug, and that he must buy it be-.
cause she didn't look fit to 90 out.
But on no account, said she, must
you pay more than two dollars for s
rug worth three dollars; andif you don't
find 1t in one place go to another.
''AH right, said the good man, @rll
take half day off tomorrow. The
following morning he notified his en-
pIoyer that he wanted half day of,
because there was sickness in the family,
hoping by means Of the falsehood that
his wages would not be docked. He
excused himself to himself for the lie,
saying, 'If don't get that rug there
viii be serious sickness in the family
He succeeded in obtaining the desired
article for $l.99. and on the following
Saturday his employer deducted two
dollars from his earnings
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and escaped from the hut. Then I be-
gan to examine how had Jared in the
fight. To my surprise found that few
deep scratches near the ankle and bite
near the wrist, neither of which was
of very great Importance, were all the
wounds which l had sustained. For
some days afterwards, however, suf-
fered a great deal of pain in my legs,
where the snake had pressed me.
do not think that / should have es-
capped to tell the tale if / had not found
the assegai, as the boa, although unwil-
ling to attack you in the open country,
Is pugnacious enough when shut up with
you in small hut only eight feet in d.
ameter.
We soon hauled the snake from the
hut, when my Hottentot arrived and
found it to measure twenty-eight feet in
length and nearly foot in diameter in
the thickest part. The Hottentot thought
it must be that which he had seen, as
its markings appeared the same It was
evident that the floods had driven the
snake from its usual concealment in the
reeds and the animal finding a warm
hut, in which were blankets and the re-
mains of fire, had taken up its posi-
ton without ceremony, and had been
probably much irritated at my sudden
intrusion upon him. I never wish to
have such another battle, for although
should not be afraid of the result, still
the thoughts which come upon us after
wards are not pleasant. Man has an
instructive horror of serpents, and when
| dreamed, for many night afterwards,
it was usually about a snake, or some
other horrid reptile, which had hold of
me-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-05-24

A bankrupt's lot is not happy
one in China. The broker of a
silk firm inShanghai which had recent
y suspended payment was set upon in
the street by creditors of the firm,
beaten and hung up by the cue so that
his feet swung clear of the ground.
Having been discovered by the police in
that painful situation, he was taken for
protection to the police station, followed
by the creditors, who declared that If
he fell again into their hands they would
bite him to death and eat him after
ward.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-05-24

"A very curious bet has just been
made by two officers belonging to the
Versailles garrison. Rising high above
the Chevreuse road is an aqueduct, the
top of which (two yards in breadth) is
devoid Of any kind of parapet or ba1us-
trade. Some time in the last century
one of the Kings Musketeers performed
the reckless feet of riding along this
very difficult path. Since that date no
one has cared to brave the destiny in a
similar manner. An attempt is, how
ever, now to be made to repeat this mad
performance, though whether it will be
crowned with success is quite another
another matter. The slightest false
move means instant destruction both to
rider and horse.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-05-24

The New Orleans Ptcayune saws
that the history of journalism has al
ways shown that it is impossible for an
administration or any other organ to be
good newspaper
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AN Edinburgh medical journal pro-
nounces badness contagious. This will
furnish another excuse for the young
men 70 stay away from church, Det-oil
Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-05-24

"A single book in the Earl of Ash
burnham's library, known as the al.
bani Missal, an illuminated ancient
MS. has been valued at s50, 900.
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:. How do Won lilo nv d;n s., ;

- How do you like my dinp' said
young Brown, speaking to his most
cherished girl, and referring to anew
cameo scarf pin. 90 said she. :. is
it pin? Inoticed it but / thought it
was bit of salad dropped on your tie,
and | was going to cali your attention
to If.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-05-24

sThe sun is bright. the sky is clear,
The wind blows soft and free;
For that the lardcr runneth low,
60 thou ashore" said she.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-05-19


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fapalH lHf0sfA NNNayi waftfi haf
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lha NNla fpHHl NHly flghbth it'l
linz. faai lFMm. ahf NNiffy lNah N
Afih a wv WW o8fffpliy ktpt M
ibs rspsln IVA I'M tiiNHiNB N Anmt
iftNf uufy Pacific aHllei ifNm AAh
pwnelsey AIFHH n iNFf vim nfN
m0nlhf' pfuVi UHf IN bUafl ahh w
ysli8ha n Haief liad Rsh weather
M safWfAl NrtF AlNHi ~ hAgfees
sfai saw NAM smali hshl alien dVenf
n abafts, which tapped ihrif lallt
agsinai ~ bat aiannlbgyi Made =
hafpu1h md apenfed s%eyrfal hui e0nld
haf gFi them m lpafd aloIt mn isp
and hires hours AZ Time IN ihs afief
part a me- craft, md had ~ hR asfafe.
efUu ~ keep Tho sharks sway On
November IN spoke The hafkonNno
Tmplo Birl, irom Tahiti ~ san Fran,
olaep Calculated position Had ~
efaged eighty sit mites pcf day, Ono
day I ran 100 miles December 7 sighted
Egoe Island. Friendly Group Aoyon
days %afierward. In The evening . heavy
SEQ struck The siarhOafd side N The boat
and turned her bottom up. Was thrown
under her, but came up on tho other
side aud managed 10 catch hold " the
rlddor Took od my ollakln and Han
nels Tied my watch and chain Inside
the boaii tied my clothes 10 n forty.
ialhom fope and made y drag After.
ward rlghtod tho vessel, but she went
over again. Before ! had her turned n
second time she driited 10 n point l,l2O
miles from Sandy Cape. Lost two com.
passes aud the ruddcr The coal.oll
got mixed with the bread. and ! could
not cat the latter. Threw II overheard.
A swordllsh struck the boat In the bow
and caused u bad leak. Rugged q
wooden pump and bailed her out. Had
n Christmas dinner Of canned beef and
alcohol. Was about exhausted whom
managed 10 catch n sca-fowl. For sew
eral days fed on flying fish. Finally,
had TO eat barnaclcs on the boats bot
tom. On January 20 had nothing 10
eat. aud considered myself fortunate
when ! sighted the ship Albert Vittery,
and was picked up In latitude " de
grces, longitude l6i degrees west"
Additional accounts state that the Pa
clfic crossed the line on Friday, Sep
tcmbcr 20. in longitude 1856 degrees
west. Tho Vittery took the lone ma
rincr aboard, and landed him nj Mary
borough, Queensland, Latest reports
state that he was taken down with ~
phoid fever soon after his rescue, prob
ably the result Of his exposure.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-05-19
A VALUABLE MEDICINE.


THnnk are no diseases morn ~prvvAlcnL with per,
hsps. the exception Of Consumption. IN this country
than the kidney and liver complaints, and 10 and q
rcinedy that would edcctuAily relieve them has long
teen the aim Of many sfnicfed sufrrr. Whether our
habits a. = rcoplr arc conducive to these dl.cases or
whether thfy may rsnlt from the PECULIARLY Of our
climate. Il h<yond our comprehension. and Il Of iiitlu
value since an efneseious remedy can be had: but Of
one thing rc arr SURF. that the long. sfhicfed public WIN
hall With joy the specific which has again and asain
prostd rs ability 10 efeetualy coto with and eradicate
these disrsses. The mama Of thiz medicine 4 Ifunfr
hsinedy, and h 4 MANUFACTURED BY the Hunts Remedy
Company Of Prosfdcnee. Il isnot often that mention
Of . patent medicine occurs IN thr<r columns. but
shsn eis comes under our noiicc posscszinR such IN.
sountcd meiiis ~ Tia one Of ~hieh We sPezk. We can
not rrfrain from giving Il the credit q deserve. Il
eafys -hen all oshrr remedies fsiL a. Il acts dircfIy on
The kidnsfs liver and bowels. restoring them I'll Il oncr
to healthy action. II Il sure TO eradicate en- diseases
Of The hdne3s Bladder. urinary ouan>-such =
rrsfei ~dizfrfrz. incontin<nee. retention Of the urine.
II haz = wonderful effect on weakness or pain n thc
nj. sides OF iains. and has proved itseif tbs most re-
latte medicine sxfsnt for general debility. female
aiss.sfs disturbed sleep. iuss Of Appetite. ana al
complaints Of Inc urino. rsnliAl organs. IL efncscy
tnessfs OF that dfradfui seourrr sna ~lnsiiIsus as-iroy.
q. briEhf's dlseass Of The kiine,s h.s been rsnark.
spisi sad. " IT. merits rested on is ruccru IN coming
wa that dissasr alone. n veuid b. worthy Of him
fshk - pubic hrnrfarfor. In all di.<z<rs Of Inc liver
!. siisushfrs hssdsehe. dpprp-i.. ssur stomsch
and sos'issnezs-lt quickly Induces that orrsn 10
hsslthr action. and removes the e.s.es a m an<
TINE. hispafris Vegetable N composition. being en-.
nfsif IRE fFom 81 msrsHriai Or missr-l wilson's ana
Fossfssrs frrr sfftaf< - . nmesy for h<zt discs
.na shfen.iisis. w have H<lihsr time nor sp.es 10
Do me i,rdleihe fan i~assissi but Tn pahile can obtain
,aA rafflfnisr N 'hz shsrs Of r>mphirss and elrsulsn
2 ~sdafssihr haai's nrmoif campsny, rrosfaescr.