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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-05-05
Heavy Betting.

When Philadelphia club men tire of
the monotony of club parties and smok-
ing-rooms they occasionally seek the Sc
clusion of popular hotel, not a mile
from the Union League, and indulge in
quiet game of draw-poker. A few
nights ago such a game was in progress
in which the Philadelphia Social Art and
Union League Clubs were represented.
After an hour or so of play, with scarce
ly enough difference in fortune to warm
up the players, a Jackpot was made,
which was not broken until four or five
deals had swelled it to handsome pro-
portions. Young Thomas A. Scott, the
millionaire son of the late President Tom
Scott, of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
finding three queens, threw in twenty
dollar gold piece with great confidence.
John Tucker examined his hand and
found a pair of jacks and the ten, nine
and seven of diamonds, one of his jacks
being also of that suit, with the alterna-
tive of drawing to his four-fush. Mr..
Tucker remarked that it would cost $50
to play and posted the cash. All the
players threw up their hands except Mr..
Scott, who merely saw the raise. Mr..
Scott drew one card and got his fourth
queen. Mr.. Tucker split his jacks, and
drawing to his four-fush, took in the
eight of diamonds, making his hand a
straight flush. Mr.. Scott casually re-
marked that his hand was worth 81, 900
and put that amount in the pot. "My
hand is worth $3,000," said Mr.. Tucker,
in tone whose nervousness caused Mr..
Scott to think that an attempt to bluff
wasin progress. "Five thousand MORE"
Mr.. Scott said. Fifteen thousand
MORE" Mr.. Tucker retorted. Mr.. SCOTS
confidence in his queens was undimin-
ished, and he chuckled to himself to
think what snap Tucker had got him.
himself into. Thirty thousand more''
was the net result of Mr.. Scott's brief
self-consultation. Mr.. Tucker paused,
ran his eyes over his hand to see whether
it was all right, and apparently went
into mental computation of his bank
accounts. 81 CALL" he said, throwing
in an 0 U to balance the pot. -Four
queens" said Mr.. Scott, spreading out
the hand on the table and making move
as if to rake in the stakes, "Not so
fast, if you please-a straight flush,"
said Mr.. Tucker Mr.. Scott's face fell,
and Mr.. Tucker pocketed his winning,
something over $4,000, on that hand.
philadelphia Special TO Chicago Times.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-05-05
At Sea.


One does not seem really to have got
out of doors till he goes to sea. On the
land he is shut in by the hills, or the for
ests, or more or less housed by the sharp
lines of his horizon. But at sea he finds
the roof taken off, the walls taken down;
he is no longer in the hollow of the
earth's hand, but upon its naked back,
with nothing between him and the i'm
mensities. He is in the great cosmic
Out-of-doors, as much so as if voyaging
to the moon or to Mars. An astronOmic
solitude and vacuity surrounds him; his
only guides and landmarks are stellar;
the earth has disappeared; the horizon
has gone; he has only the sky and its
orbs left; this cold, vitreous, blue-black
liquid through which the ship plows is
not water, but some denser form of the
cosmic ether. He can now see the curve
of the sphere which the hills hid from
him; he can study astronomy under i'm
proved conditions. If he was being
borne through the interplanetary spaces
on an immense. shield his impressions
would not perhaps be much different
He would find the same vacuity, the
same blank or negative space, the same
empty, indefinite, oppressive out-of-
doors.
For it must be admitted that voyage
at sea is more impressive to the imagi-
nation than to the actual sense. The
world is left behind; all standards Of
size, of magnitude, of distance, are
vanished; there is no size, no form, no
perspective; the universe has dwindled
to little circle of crumpled water, that
journeys with you day after day. and to
which you seem bound by some enchant-
ment. The sky becomes a shallow,
close-fitting dome, or else pail of cloud
that seems ready to descend upon you.
You cannot see or realize the vast and
vacant surrounding; there is nothing to
define it or set it off. Three thousand
miles of ocean space are less impressive
than three miles bounded by rugged
mountain walls. Indeed, the grandeur
of form, of magnitude, of distance,
of proportion, etc., are only upon
shore. A voyage across the Atlantic is
ten-day sail through vacancy. There
Is no sensible progress; you pass no fixed
points. Is it the steamer that is moving,
or is it the seap or is it all q dance and
illusion of the troubled brainp Yester-
day, to-day and tomorrow, you are in
the same parenthesis of nowhere. The
three hundred or more miles the ship
daily makes is ideal, not real. Every
night the stars dance and reel in the same
place amid the rigging; every morning
the sun comes up from behind the same
wave, and staggers slowly across the
sinister sky. The eye becomes a-hunger
for form. for permanent lines, for a
horizon wall to lift up and keep off the
sky, and give it a sense of room. One
understands why sailors become an i'm
aginative and superstitious race; it is the
reaction from this narrow horizon in
which they are put-this ring of fate
surrounds and Expresses them. They
escape by invoking the aid of the super
natural. In the sea itself there is far less
to stimulate the imagination than in the
varied forms. and colors of the land.
How cold, how merciless, how elemental
1t looks!-John Burroughs, in the Cent
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-05-05

Travellers on the continent of Europe
who are unacquainted with the luxury
of American railroads are enthusiastic in
admiration of the new through trains of
sleeping and dining-room cars, which
carry passengers from Paris to Rome in
two days without change.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-05-05

"A story comes from Canton, China,
of woman who, to punish female
slave who had stolen some food, cut q
slice from the girls thigh and made her
cook and eat it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-20

started about o'clock with wadding or
fishing suits, separating to fish the various
streams and returning about 9 O'Clock to
compare notes, and size of fish and relate
incidents of the various trips. Then to
supper-and such suppers-such bread
and butter, and trout, and chicken. The
meals are grand in themselves, but the air
and the days sport gives an appetite which
could relish less dainty meal. Mrs. Cole
was voted by all splendid hostess and
received praise for everything placed on
the table. After supper one after another
succumbed to sleep (and gnats) on the
porch, and left for bed, but not to sleep.
Fish stories and laughter kept the entire
party awake until tired nature asserted
herself and then such noises, and the in.
tcrrogation, "who snored? ?" At o'clock
Rev. Kinter or Rev. Evans aroused the
rest with difficulty, when the previous
days sport was repeated.
A more enjoyable fishing excursion was
rarely held. Everything was calculated tc
elevate the spirits of all and the very noun.
tains seemed to invite freedom, and which
so netimcs rcvcrberatcd the yclls or salutcs
to the returning fishermen. Those who
were unable to join. the party this year vii
leave no ordinary obstacle prevent them
from accompanying next year, -HdrrjSJW!
Independent
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Artificial Fuel.

L. f. Louiseau's process for making
artificial fuel from coal dust, which is in
successful operation in Philadelphia, is
briefly described as follows in the Scien-
tific American
The coal dust is fed into hoppers, to-
gether with about eight per cent of Btu
minous slack, from which it passes through
series of four cylindrical revolving
drums, in which it is thoroughly dried,
From these it is carried to a receptacle
situated near the press, The dust, still at
a temperature of about l40 degrees fahrcn-
het is then thrown into the mixing ap-
paratus in which it is thoroughly stirred
| by revolving shafts with blades, while the
proper quantity Of pitch and coal tar is
| added from reservoir in which it is main
| tanned at temperature of lS0 degrees by
steam heat. The pitch is mixed with q
certain quantity of coal tar to give it the
proper toughness. When thorougly mixed
with the melted pitch, the mass is plastic
and can readily be moulded into any de
sired shape. 1t is then carried to the
press, where it is delivered between rolls
having moulds upon their surfaces, from
which the egg g.shaped Jumps are dlscharg
ed. When discharged from the press, thu
Jumps are quite hot and have to be cooled
by jets Of water
As thus prepared, the fuel is compac
and very hard Formerly clay was use,
AS cementing material, but now no in
oombustble or 'ush-produclng material Il
required. The fuel is said to be even su
perior to the natural coal and this opinion
is borne out by an analysis.
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A dispatch from Wlliamsport says that
the heaviest robbery ever committed in
that section occurred in Montoursville, on
Saturday morning, The victim was Will
liam Weaver, ssa merchant of that place,
and his loss exceeds $4,000. An entrance
to his store was effected with tools pro-
cured from furniture factory near by
and the burglars went to work to blow the
safe open with powder which they sue
ceeded in doing without causing any
alarm, They then appropriated the most
valuable contents, which consisted OF
bonds of the Catawissa Railroad Company,
amounting to $4,000, and about $4,000 OF
United States registered bonds, money
notes, mortgages, checks and other secu
rites. There were checks to the amount
of $500 that had been paid to Mr.. Weaver
toward the capital stock of the new furni
ture company, of which he was the treas
urer.
One of these checks was from George w
Lcntz, of Williamsport, for $500. Th'
cash taken amounted to about 5000, o
which one-half belonged to William Moltz
his son.in-aw, and the other half to tn
furniture company. Two men, one o
large size and the other IA small man wear
| ing Burnside whiskers and presenting
stoop-shouldered appearance, were noticed
the evening before, moving about in tn
vicinity of the store and acting in Il sus
picious manner. They were probably tn
thieves and as train passed throug
| Montoursville soon after three o'clock i
the morning for Philadelphia, it is SUP
posed that they boarded it with their plur
| Jnr
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NIimiin Items,
A very heavy rain fell on Sunday.

very heavy ram Tell on Sunday
Miss Lizzie Bitter, of Bloomsbury, paid
"A visit to the Lutheran Sunday school of
this place of which she was formerly a
member. Also favoring the Sunday school
with an excellent address.
VIM. UT met with serious accident a
few days since, having n runaway on his
way home from Mahanoy City, receiving
painful bruises.
John Schweppcnheiser of lIazleton, is
assisting the farmers in putting away the
crops.
Jerrc Lannan of Mahanoy City, was at
this place on business on Friday last.
Mrs. Bennett of Pittston, is the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Som, of Hetlcrville.
D.. +. Smoyer, the enterprising butcher
of Mountain Grove has been through
these parts several times the past month
buying droves of cattle and sheep.
The Johnston reaper has taken the lead
in our township this harvest.
Harvest hands receive $1.50 per day,
and board. No wonder that few weeks
ago we saw them leaning over the fences
of grain fields and singing 'In this wheat
by and by"
S. NJ. Heller, agent for farming imple.
ments, drove to Conyngham on business
on Monday.
Mrs j. j. Brown has returned from her
trip to IIackettstown, n. j.
Miss Kimberly, of New York is visiting
Samuel Snyder and other relatives of this
place, Milton and New Jersey.
John Brown will cut oats this week and
wheat next. PINAFoRE.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-20

Subscribe for the COLUMBIAN and you
may learn the topics of the day.
Y. Y, H. still holds the reins of secrecy,
Boys Try some more.
Railroad excitement is still booming in
this locality, Why don't the people come
to the front aud say what they will do and
if favorable it win be but short time ill
we will have the pleasure of hearing the
sound of the shrill whistle of the locOmo
tives.
DR.. A. o, Megargle anticipates a trip to
the mountain trout fishing next week. Doc
don't forget your friends on your return, as
we will anXiously wait.
Our town has been very quiet for tho
past week but we think we can look foi
good times again. We certainly can as sool
as our farmers get through harvesting.
We noticed L, IL, Ent, cx-Shcrilr, on on
streets last week, An Investigation proycC
he was on railroad business.
We are glad too see Jessie Fisher ON thu
streets again with her bruises all healed.
Mr., John Stoddarl and Mrs. Lydia Went
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-07-20
Paris Green on POTATOES.
DOES IT HURT THE SOIL?
EpITORs CoIuMBIAN

EplTORs CoIuMBIAN
In your paper OF
9th. inst, you state that several farmers
had informed you that their crops were
poor raised upon land where Paris green
had been previously used upon potatoes,
| think the poor crop was traceablc to
other cause than Paris green. With your
permission | give II statement OF two and
one-fourth acres (2D for three years
1881, manured on light sod, plowcd under,
and in every third row dropped potatoes {;
1t was n very dry season, bugs plenty,
used Paris green plcntifully three times
during the season, and dug about four
hundred bushels of potatoes October 2
| sowcd five bushels Of wheat, broadcast,
cultivated in with four hundred pounds Of
Diamond Soluble Bone per acre, In 1892,
/ harvested sevcnty-cight bushels of wheat
and in 1888 from the same plot of ground
| cut eight two-horsc loads of clover hay.
For II number of years | have used Paris
green freely on pot,tocs, and my subsequent
crops Of wheat and grass have been good
In my opinion anything that would effect
a crop one, two or three years after using,
would certainly affect the potato crop used
upon. Yours,
Catawissa, Pa. f. NJ. TEwKsBuRy.
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Meeting of the Democratic county
Committee.

Pursuant to q call of the Chairman, the
Democratic Standing Committee met at
the Exchange Hotel last Saturday, 14th
inst.
The following persons represented their
respective districts
Bloom, ast,-R. Buckingham.
Bloom, west,-T. j. Vanderslce.
Beaver, Jesse Rittenhouse.
Berwick, j. w. Deittrick.
Brarcreek, DR.. j. l. Adams.
Benton, n,-Jamcs X. Weirman.
Centre, Stephen Pohc.
Fishingcrcck, Louis Crcvcling
Greenwood, &C. NJ. Blaker.
Hemlocll, jacob MARTY.
Jackson,-J. w. Kitchen.
Locust, Il. Geagcr
Madison &C. ii. Fruit.
Montour,--A. O. Stongc.
Orange, %. A. Megargcll.
Roaringcrcck, james Knittlc.
Scott ast,-John Waters.
Sugarloaf, j. d. Colder.
In the absence of the secretary, c. II,
Fruit was appointed secretary pro. ten.
The following named gentlemen were
elected delegates to the State convention {:
John J. McHenry, of Benton.
S. p. Hanley, of Berwick.
d. Lowenberg, of Bloomsbury.
j. G. Yocum, of Catawissa
Mr.. Waters introduced resolution re-
,l,; ,,l
make statement of the receipts and dis
bursements of the campaign of last fall
T. j. Vandcrslice supported the resolution
with few remarks, whereupon the chair
man took the floor and spoke at some
length concerning the conduct of Wander
slice and some others in circulating the
report that the funds placed in the hands
of the chairman had been misappropria-
ted, and asked that the resolution, which
indicated that the accounts of the chair
man required Investigation, be laid on the
floor, and at the same time asked any and
all of the committeeman to call at his
Office Eand examine his accounts, which
show that the chairman was compelled to
use COnSlucraDle Ol HIS own lncHuS lo
meet expenses of the campaign. On mo-
ton the resolution was laid on the table,
and vote of thanks was rendered Mr..
Buckingham for the able and satisfactory
manner in which he discharged his duties
as chairman.
The chairman then appointed Dr. O. A.
Megargell, Louis Creyeling and Jas. *.
Weirman committee to report an appor-
tionment of delegates according to the
vote for Governor in 1882. After Il short
recess the committee reported an appor-
tionmcnt which was unanimously adopted
by the committee, and which was placed
in the hands of the chairman to be pub
lished in his call for the next county con-
vention.
Gen. c. NJ. Blaker introduced number
of resolutions, which after some discussion
were rejected.
The chairman closed the meeting with a
few remarks in which he extended his
hearty thanks to the committee for theil
efficient services in the late campaign, and
for the uniform courtesy and respect they
had shown him upon all occasions.
G. ii. FRUIT,
Secretary, pro tenn.
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IN AND DEMOCRAT, BIoOMsBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa

of Phla. Pa, who has been visiting DR.. A.
L. Stoddard and wife for the past two
| weeks left for theirs shome last Tuesday.
j. w. Moslclcr will leave here for Get
| tysburg about the isl of August. Rumor
says on his return he will he accompanied
with Mrs. NJ -. John, the boys will
scrcnadc you
Mr. W. Y. Conucr died last Sunday
morning and was buried Tucsd " morning.
The family has the sympIthy of the com
munity in this their bereavement
Maj. Din of FlccAlrt academy Pa de.
livcrcd II very able lroalrc in the Union
church last Friday evening hiS subject was .
"Thc Battle of Gc,tyshurg.n Mai is an
able alkcr and gave perfect satisfaction
to- the entire audience.
The pen IS more migh' ,lln the sword.
That fact can easily be- observed by read
ing the very lengthy communication Of re-
porter, alias Browny, in the last issue of
the Republican. If it were only to bc wurnG-
ed by the fiery darts af the able writer hen
could easily bear my misfortune, hut TO
be slaughtered by one sling of the pen
must admit is simply immense.
Oh Niblo, Niblo who art thou?
N.Y.
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Trout Fishing.
A PLEASANT EXCURSION FROM DAUPHlN AND
COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
Secretary, pro tenn.

A PLEASANT EXCURSION FROM DAUPHIN AND |
COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
One of the most delightful trout fishing |
excursions of the season left Berwick last |
Monday for the mountains in the eastern
portion of Columbia county. The party
was composed of Rev. w. w. Evans, wife
and two children, of Berwick. Dr. Hugh
Pitcairn, wife and children, of Harrisburg,
Daniel MclIcnry, Esq, wife and son, of
Saltwater, Miss May McIIenry William
Woodin, Esq, and wife, of Berwick, Mrs.
Hanlcy and children, of the same place,
Miss Hancy, Rev. Knter of saltwater,
and the publisher of the Independent. Mr..
Woodin is the founder of the extensive
car works bearing his name at Berwick,
and to whom the town is indebted in no
small degree,
The Harrisburg portion of the party with
the family of Rev. Evans left Berwick
Monday Morning by team for the twenty
| eighth mile to the mountain, and delight
| full drive it was. Crossing the summit OF
the mountain east of Berwick the scenery
|
and valley landscape on cool morning
added zest to the trip. AT saltwater, half
way to the destination, the party halted at
the handsome new residence of Daniel Nc
Henry, one Of the most prominent gentle
men of that section An elegant dinner
was in readiness, to which full justice was
done. From saltwater II comparatively
level country was travelled, until the trout
grounds were reached at the foot or inter
section of three mountains, delightful re-
treat A supper of trout and chicken We're
in waiting when the party settled Tor Il
weeks leisure, Outside of Columbia coun-
ty the place is comparatively little known,
1t is well worth the lengthy drive, The
air is cool and bracing, and the water from
the mountain brooks acts MS a tonic. There
are half dozen streams in which are
rood fishing. In the first three days six
hundred and twenty trout were caught,
some of them II foot long. Nature here
exhibits herself in her grandeur The see
merry cannot be described and do Justice
Following any of the many creeks ol
|
tain, splendid fishing to the expert angler
is found. TO the uninitia,td is opened t'
{ view as he ascends, succession of falls
, six to ten feet high, until he stops in aw'
t before falls thirty, forty and sixty fee
l high miniature Niagaras, having a shee
y descent of the distance indicated. The Wis
a iting party were astonished at the numbe
0 and height of these falls, while the pictur
o esque scenery formed by these large stream
4 dashng down prccipices or rushing owe
smaller ones was calculated to enraptur
y the behoder, The mountains are in thei
g virgin state, the timber being yet uncut
II A railroad is now being surveyed to thi
charming spot which will no doubt max
e it public resort, but as yet is visited onl
< by those who are aware of Its beauty |
d winter rAany deer are shot and occaslona
.r ly bear.
% Each morning the party of iisherme
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One of our western exchanges is glad to
note that out of over twenty thousand
school teachers in this Commonwealth
four hundred were able to save enough
from their salaries to justify them in at
tending this convention. They are to be
congratulated But our sympathies 90
out to the nineteen thousand six hundred
who were not there and who will probably
never be able to attend gathering of this
sort. Their average annual salary being
considerably less than 5000 it could scarce
ly be expected that they would be able to
indulge in vacation visits or embrace op.
portunites to learn something about their
calling from the lips of leading educators.
What shame it is that the men and
women to whom we entrust the education
of our children are so poorly paid. va
Transport Sun & Banner
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Charles Haywood Struttan, better known
to the public as General Tom Thumb,
died at his residence at Middleboro Mass,
on the morning of the 10Th, of apopleSy.
He had been slightly indisposed for few
days, but nothing serious was anticipated.
The deceased was born in Bridgeport,
Conn, January 4, 1888, and was conse-
quently forty-five years old. AT the age
of fourteen he entered the service of p. T.
Barnum, and has been before the public
ever since. He leaves a widow who has
been on the stage with him since their
marriage in 1868.
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Precautions In Bathing.

The London Lancet gives some timely
hints about out-of-door bathing. If the
weather be cold wind, so that the body
may be rapidly cooled at the surface while
undressing, it is not safe to bathc. Under
such conditions the further chill of INNER
sion in cold water will take place at the
moment when the reaction consequent
upon the chill of exposure by undressing
ought to occur and this second chill will
not only delay or altogether prevent the
| reaction, but convert the bath from II mere
stimulant to deprcssant ending in the
abstraction of a large amount of animal
heat and congestion of the internal organs
and nerve centres. The actual tempera-
ture of the water does not affect the qucs.
ton so much rs its relative temperature as
compared with that of the surrounding
air. The aim must be to avoid two chills
first from the water; and to make sure
that the body is in such condition as to
secure such reaction on emerging from
the water, without relying too much on the
possible effect of friction by rubbing 1t
will be obvious, therefore, that both weather
and wind must be carefully considered be-
sore bathing, and that the state of the or.
ganism as regards fatigue and the force of
circulation should be considered not mere
ly as regards the general habit but the
special condition when IA bath is to be ta-
ken. These precautions are cminently
necdful in the case of the young or weak