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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
Wax Ears for Women.


Just off the Bowery in New York is
a unique sign, "David Dobson, Ears
and Noses Repaired" Mr., Dobson,
small man with red beard and a rose
of like hue, said to reporter for the
New York Morning Journal Last
week beautiful lady drove to the door
in fine carriage and came quickly up
the stairs. Her head was wrapped
around with silk cloth, and when she
discarded it | found that her left ear
was cut off near the base. 1t had been
done several days before and was hard
ly healed, | took the plaster cast OF
her other ear and made one to order
just like it. The lady paid me several
visits, and was delighted when the
work was done. The false ear was
delicately painted to resemble the nat
ural one, and was then fastened on by
spring to the shreds still remaining.
1t can be taken off at night and easily
fastened. She paid me 5000 for the
ear and she could afford it. The lady
would not tell me how she met with
such an accident, but her maid inform
ed that her mistress was Jealous of her
husband, well known physician, and
while eavesdropping at the door of his
study, where he was attending pa
tient, the door was suddenly opened
and her ear was jammed TO jelly No
body not in the secret would believe il
to see her now
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12

Whatever virtues cond nsed milk
may have had as diet for babies, it
does not seem to be u satisfactory sub
stitute for milk from The COW. A moth.
er who believes thai her baby came
near starving on it wishes other moth
era TO be very careful aud not limit any
child's diet to il exclusively.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12

A correspondent believes the free
dom of his large herd of SWINE from
cholera is due to his habit of raking up
the accumulation of corn.cbbs in the
yards, setting them on fire, and as soon
as they are on fire, putting ii out by
sprinkling with water The hogs eat
The charrcd cobs greedily,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12

IF the harness be thrown over
dranght horse, or the saddle be placed
on the back of rider, he may be led
out of buring stable as easily as ON
ordinary occasions, Should there be
time to substitute the bride for the
halter, the act of rescue will be more
easy
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12

The man who was scared by sud-
den noise SO that be jumped three feet
off the ground, remarked, as be came
down, that that was the first start in
life he had ever had
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12

OF what kind of fruit do the rapids
above Niagara Falls remind us ? Wild
curle epts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-12-12

Female students are to be allowed to
compete for positions as surgeons in
the Paris hospitals,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
Office Holding Doesn't Ray.

The close observer of American po-
lltical life must be sadly impressed by
the many men whose financial down.
fall is directly traceable to their par.
ticipation in public life. There is
scarcely county that does not furnish
more than one man who entered public
life in good circumstances and with
bright prospects and who have become
financial wrecks. Probably more than
a majority of the men who enter public
lie meet with this fate and go down
TO their graves in poverty.
These wrecks are not confined to the
men who have lost their moral chalao-
ter ard become mere bummers, either.
Honest, upright men who have MANI
tained their personal integrity have
found that participation in public life
has brought in its train poverty and
personal privation. Ex-Governor Bish-
op, of Ohio, who was wealthy bust
ness man at the time of his election, is
now travelling with a sample case as an
ordinary salesman. The neglect #
his business rendered unavoidable by
attention to his public duties led to re-
verses which swamped him and COM
PEELED him in his old age to seek his
livelihood by the uncertain and precar-
ious methods of the commercial travel
Ter.
The general tendency of participa-
ton in American public life is in this
direction. The decayed political bum
mer, who once knew better days, is
sadly familiar sight in this country,
and the class of which Governor Bish-
op is notable example is also far too
numerous Indeed, it is the common
est thing in the world to hear men
who have participated in public affairs
declare that they were compelled to
leave official life because they could
not afford to stay in it. The small
salaries paid to legislators, Congress
men and other officials and the con,
stantly increasing expense Of political
campaigns are deterring many of our
ablest men from entering public life
at all and reducing to poverty many
who do enter. This is not pleasant
truth for the American citizen to con-
template, but it is the truth, neverthe
less.--PhiIa Tines.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21

What Butler Cost,

AS / am in an inquiriDg mood this
week towards my Republican friends,
l would like to further ask them If
they think the employment of Gen.
Butler as an agent iD the campaign
has paid' Is it now their opinion that
the 100000 and more that he has re-
ceived from them has been well in
vested! You will see / have increas-
ed the amount considerably from what
it was as stated in a previous letter.
The original bargain was for S50,000
Gen. Butler, with his accustomed quib-
bling smartness, says this was not
made on board the Tallapoosa. /
never said that it was My informa-
ton was to the effect that Mr. w. E.
Chandler came to Portsmouth on
board the Tallapoosa to make it. That
he did make it, / have evidence which
| do not doubt. My informant now
tells me that $4,000 did not prove to
be enough. 1t cost Butler a great deal
of money to organize his faction and
provide it with funds with which to
operate all over the States of New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey, In
diana and Michigan, TO say nothing of
Massachusetts,. When the S50,000
gave out he went right on, putting in
more money until the amount expend-
ell ran up to $4,000. Mr.. Parsons
was correct when he said that part of
th. was paid in checks on the New
York bank with which the Republican
National Committee did business. But
the money came hard towards the last
The sum realized from the famous and
now historical Jay Gould banquet in
New York on the eve of the election
was partly used to pay up Buffers ar
rears. One of his followers asks if
this can be true, when Butler was
really helping Cleveland rather than
Blaine, in Michigan. 1t was a mis-
take to go into the State, and Butler
80 wrote, while he was there, to the
Republican managers, suggesting that
he had better come on to some place
where he could be more useful. The
outlay does not seem to have been ju-
dicious in any point of view. Candor
compels me to say that it is not even
sure that it saved the vote of Massa-
chusetts to Mr.. Blaine. AS regards
the local ticket, this subsidy to Butler
was complete failure. Mr.. Henry
Cabot Lodges friends are attributing
his defeat to the Butler alliance to
which it led. | cant find one case iu
which the Republicans soiled them
selves by nominating Butler candidates
where ignominious failure did not at
tend them Ienpleton in Boston
Herald
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
Red Clouds Speech.

Red Cloud, the well-known Sioux
chief, visited the government school
for Indians at Carlisle, Pa, and ad-
dressed the scholars in his own Ian.
guage. A prize of three dollars was
offered for the best translation of this
speech. We give portion of the sue.
cesstul report, made by Luther Stand
ing Bear
"Iou seem like my grandchildren /;
and now | went pass through the shops
and saw what you can be done. saw
the shoemaker, harness-maker, tailor,
carpenter, timer, blacksmiths, and they
all doing well. Here you see | wear
boots which is you make it. | was
surprise that the blacksmith doing very
good. Also the girls can washing
clothes and sewing Also | went pass
through the school rooms and | saw
some of you can write very fast, and
read, and was glad, Now, this is the
thing what We send you here for, to
learn white mems way. There is two
roads, one is good and one is what we
call devil road, Another thing is,
you know, if who do nothing, Just put
his hand on his back and lie down, SC
any dime not come to in his pocket it.
self, so you must do something with
your hands. Now you must not home
sick any but you must try to be good
and happier"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
A Night of Peril.

Says the Leeds (Eng.) Murcury A
strange story of an escape was recent.
ly told us. A collier lad, going across
heath returning from his "turn' one
evening suddenly slipped into a hole,
but by some means managed to grasp
the edge, and so held on by his fingers
to this treacherous but only safeguard.
The evening passed into the dusk, star
after star came out, but no moon
hour after hour dragged on, and still
the hapless miner gripped the edge of
the shaft over which he hung with the
tenacity of despair. At last dawn
broke slowly, then gray light stole over
the heath, breaking through the morn
ings mists, when he saw party of
mates passing at a distance. lie called
loudly for help. Guided by the voice
they came. Still more nervously did
he cling-in few moments he might
be safe. Then, as two strong arms
grasp each of his wrists firmly, he ven
lures to look down the dreadful depths.
One glance is enough that one look
tells him that bis feet are within four
inches of the bottom. 1t is to be fear
ed that in his orisons the collier lad
was not as thankful to Providence as
he should have been
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
A Wonderful Clock.

The most astonishing thing / ever
heard of in the way of a timepiece is a
clock described by Hindu raiah as
belonging to a native princess of Up
per India, and jealously guarded as the
rarest treasure of her luxurious palace.
In front of the clocks disk was a gong,
swung upon poles and near it was
pile of artificial human limbs. The
pile was made up of the full number of
parts for twelve perfect bodies, but all
lay heaped together in seeming confus.
ion.
Whenever the hands of the clock in
dicated the hour of one, out from the
pile crawled just the number of parts
needed to form the frame of one man,
part joining itself to part with quick
metallic click; and, when completed,
the figure sprang up, seized small
mallet, and walking up to the gong,
struck one blow that sent the sound
pealing Though every room and corri-
dor of that stately castle, When two
o'clock came, two men arose and did
likewise; and SO through all the hours
of the day, the number of figures being
the same as the number of the hour,
till at noon aud midnight, the entire
heap sprang up, and, marching to the
gong, struck one after another, each
his blow, making twelve in all, and
then fell TO pieces again,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
Earthquakes in Mars,

There must needs be rivers in Mars,
since the clouds, which often cover
whole continents, must pour down en-
ormous quantities of rain, aud this rain
fall must find a course for itself along
the Martial valleys to the sea, Indeed,
we can have no doubt that Mars has
been the scene of volcanic disturbances
like those to which our own mountains,
hill, valleys and ravines owe their ori-
gin, The very existence of continents
and oceans implies an unevenness of
surface which can only be explained as
the effects of subterranean forces. Vol
canoes must exist, then, in Mars nor
can its inhabitants be wholly safe from
such earthquake throes as we expert
ence, 1t may be questioned, indeed,
whether subterranean forces in Mars
are not relatively far more intense than
in our own earth, the materials of
which the planet is formed being not
only less massive in themselves, but
also held down by a gravity much less
effective.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
A Dog Story.

He would ride one of the carriage
horses when taken out to exercise, sit
ting on his back like a monkey or bear,
the coachman riding the other. How
well | remember it, as if it were but
yesterday-those two noble bay horses,
Peer and Andrew, walking slowly
along the road with their dissimilar
riders. The horses took kindly to
their dog groom, for they loved him
and he loved them, so that this equino-
canine affection was ludicrously touch
ing. They spent their lives together
they and the coachman. They were
rarely separated, for he went with the
coachman when he walked or rode,
and ran after the carriage when he
drove. And now comes the tragic
part of my story.
1t happened one summer day that
my father and mother went to the me-
tropolis-a rare event with them-and
took the carriage and horses. The dog
my father would not taSe; so he was
locked into the stable when they left
and and brother alone of the fam
lily remained behind
When Nelson was liberated, some
hour or SO after the party was gone, he
was in state of great distress and
perplexity. He rushed about in every
direction seeking his companions in
vain. lie did not howl or whine, but
bore his grief in silence.
AT last he went into the coachman's
bedroom, and, poking out a pair of his
cid shoes from under his bed, lay down
beside them, expecting, no doubt, that
the man would return and look for his
shoes. From this spot he rarely NOV
ed. After time he refused all food,
and moped about sad and stupid, so
that 1t was most affecting to look at
him. No one ventured to soothe or
caress him, for we began to fear that
he might be falling into a state of mel
ancholy madness, and that it would
not be safe TO meddle with him. All
we could do was to leave food and
water near him. And so he went on
day by day, moping and pining, and
growing weaker and weaker, till he
scarcely stirred from the room.
1t was nearly week later, as well
as remember, when my father and
mother returned, late in the evening.
The sound of the carriage wheels and
the tramp of the horses, as they enter
ed tho stable-yard, was audible enough,
and reached the ears of poor Nelson.
lie rose, staggered into the yard, and
over to the coachman, who had come
down from the coach-box. Then, lick
ing his hand as the man stopped down
to caress him, he uttered a faint cry
and fell down at his feet. He was
dead !-CasselTs Family Magazine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
He Was no Good.

"Wasnt Charley Green up TO your
house last night? ?" asked one young
lady of another, during the hottest OF
the hot weather
Eyes"
GLOW pleasant that was. think he
is just too nice for any use.
"Well, l don't was the snappy re-
ply.
"Why not p
90, because he's no good"
whats the matter with him p
"Why don't you think, after he had
been there about half an hour, he asked
Fanny and me to take stroll with
him, and of course we thought 1t meant
ice. cream, for it was lovely ice.cream
night, aud we were just boiling, and
we went out only too quick"
"And didn't you get it e.
SECT it He walked us six or eight
squares, and then said it would be such
fun to get weighed, and he took us into
grocery store and we got weighed,
and that's all we did get. Now, what
do you think of that kind of a man'"- -
Merchant Irdoeller
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
Sam Patoh's Last Jump.

Sam Patch was born in Rhode Is
land in 1907. He had been at sea, but
became tired of that life, and went to
work in cotton mill at Patterson, n.
s., where he developed passion for
jumping. and twice leaped from
bridge into the Passaic river distance
of ninety feet. He made tour of the
country, making several hazardous
leaps. In 1929 he went to Niagara
and jumped from the shelving rock
midway between the summit of Goat
Island and the water. He then came
to Rochester, and in the presence of
his friend Cochrane alone, jumped the
upper falls Soon afterward he per-
formed the feat again in the presence
of great crowd. His third attempt
was made November 13, and papers of
the previous day contained the follow
ing notice Higher yet Sans last
jump. Some things can be doneas well
as others, There is no mistake in
Sam Patch. OF the truth of this no
will endeavor to show the good people
of Rochester and vicinity next Friday.
November 18th, at 2 o'clock u. NJ,
Being determined to astonish the ma
tives of the West before he returns to
the Jerseys, he will have a scaffold
twenty five feet in height erected on
the bridge of the Genesee Falls, in this
village, from which he will fearlessly
leap into the abyss below, distance
of l55 feet. Sans bear, at o'clock
precisely, will make the same jump
and follow his master. Moreover,
Sam hopes that all the good people
who attend this astonishing exhibition
will contribute something toward re-
munerating him for the seemingly haz-
ardous experiment" There were great
crowds present, excursions having been
arranged from all points in the vicini,
ty. Sam was not a drunkard, and he
was not drunk that day. He took a
single glass of whiskey just before he
made the leap. His address to the
crowd as he stood looking down on the
foamiug water more than a hundred
feet below him was as follows: "Na-
poleon was a great man and a great
General. He conquered armies and
nations, but he couldn't jump the Gen
essee Falls. Wellington was q great
man and great soldier. He conquer
ed Napoleon, but he couldn't Jump
Genesee Falls. That was left for me
to do and can do it at will" His de,
scent was irregular, and before he
struck the water the people were sure
that he gone TO his death. 1t is said
that one of the spectators bit off the
end of his thumb in the excitement of
the moment. 1t was declared by some
that Sam had eluded the observation
of the crowd and escaped alive. Occa-
slonal rumors of his appearance in 9TH
er places were circulated, but all doubts
were settled when on the 18th of the
following March his body was found
frozen in cake of ice at the mouth of
the river. He now lies in little Gem
etery at Charlotte.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
ty-strct attention given TO heating by steam.
Boarding Stab1e.-

Having recently leased the Ex-
change Hotel Stable, / am now run
nlng it as a boarding, exchange and
Hotel stable. | can offer owners the
very best accommodation for their
horses. My loose boxes and single
stalls for boarders are large and in
good condition, my prices reasonable.
| shall always buy a good horse when
the price is suitable, and intend to
keep such on hand for sale, either sin
gle drivers or matched pairs. Persons
in distant parts of the country can
send their horses to be prepared for the
market. The drives are good in all di-
rections from my stable door, so that
those coming here with fine horses
needing daily exercise can have the
advantage of the best roads to jog
them upon. The Exchange Hotel Sta
BILE is so situated as to exclude objec-
tionable persons, who not unfrequent-
ly interfere with sales. ! shall be
pleased to communicate with any gen
tlemen from the country who may be
coming to this place with horses for
sale. BY permission | refer you to w.
r. Tubbs, Proprietor of Exchange Ho-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21

st. John-"Ah, my dear, you can't
make such miuce pies as my mother
used to make, Hers We're delicious,
so digestible, and made people feel so
good
Mrs. St. John-'Why, l have her
recipe, and make them precisely the
same way"
"Oh there must be some mistake;
something left out, perhaps"
80 there is | forgot to tell you"
81 thought 30, my dear; you see !
am right, as usual, BY ,he way, what
ingredient was it you omitted :"
THE brandy"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21

1t is the crushed grape that gives
out blood-red wine 1t is the suffer
ing soul that breathes the sweetest
melodies.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-21
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
~ that an application VIII be made to the Gov
crnor or the State OF Pennsylvania 90 the Twenty
ninth day OF November, 1884, under the Act OF AS
sembiy OF the commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
entitled "An act to provide for the Incorporation
and regulation of certain corporations" approved
April 80, 1914, and the supplements thereto, for
the charter OF an intended corporation TO be called
PHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA" the
character and object OF which isto erect construct
and maintain telegraph and telephone lines, and
do general telegraphic and telephone business
between Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and other
points In the state OF pennsylvania, as set forth In
said application, and for these purposes to have,
possess and enjoy all the rights benefits and priv
ileges OF the said Act OF Assembly and the supple
mentS thereto. The names OF the subscribers TO
said charter are j. Il. Kingsley, Thomas B. Dooit-
tie, Samuel B. lluey, Josiah r. Adams, and Fran
els +. Bucher.
SAMUEL b. HUEY, Solicitor,
81 SO South Third street, Philadelphia.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-05-15
More AgitatioonrI.a

Afte the defeat Of the Morrison bill, it
was earnestly hoped that Democratic tariff
tinkering would cease for while, at least,
and that business would have Some relief
from the constant apprehe nsiofl of peril
with which it has been threatened by the
majority in Congress, Already this agita-
ton has cost the country tens Of millions
Of dollars, but Democratic capacity for
mischief seems not yet to have been ex-
hausted. Last Monday, Mr.. Hewitt in!
troduced another tariff, bill even more OBJ
jectionable, if possible, than that SC, lately
defeated. It provides, among other things,
for the abolition Of all duties on ores, coal,
salt, and raw material generally, i'm fact,
almost everything in which the South had
an interest promoted by the tariff. Itpro-
Vides, too, for the reduction of the tax on
fruit brandy from 80 cents to 10 cents per
gallon, and of the tax on tobacco from s
cents to 6.6 cents per pound. .f, Iarl--
3 There is no danger of such bill passing,
but it's introduction Shows what the DEM
ocratic party would do if it had the power.
and will serve to Increase the uneasiness
which is now felt throughout the channels
of trade and which SO seriously affects all
classes of industry. 1t win require years
Of prosperity to recover from the de-
preston and loss occasioned by this Con-
gress. The compromising good will come,
however, in an awakening Of the people to
the consciousness that commitment of
the national government to the Democratic
party is but to invite financial disaster and
industrial ruin.