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The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-18
Successful Treatment of Diptheria.

While at Natchez,.. Miss, in the early part of 1865, l was led through my experience with.an ep- idemic then and there prevalent, to aSopt the treatment l now pro- pose to describe. During the epi- demic about 100 cases were suc- cessfully treated il. the manner about to be described. Tor some years subsequent to my return to Illinois, treated all the cases l encountered fifty in number) with complete success by the same means, and l have since treated about -.50 cases, all with the same satisfactory result, except ill two cases where death occurred, the patient being almost moribund when coming under treatment.--- Previous to the adoption of the present mode of treatment my re- suits were by no means as satisfac- tory, the disease proving fatal in at least one third the whole m m- Der of cases. The treatment that has proved so successful in my hands is as follows: The patient is ordered tincture of iodine in ten or twelve doses every heur, well di- luted with water, so long as the lever lasts, subsequently, reducing it 10 sten drops every two and finally every three hours; local ap- plicetion of the drug are made use of at the same time. These latter should be made by the physician him self at least twice a day. For internal use, l give, latterly, the decolorized tincture; bread and starchv articles of diet are at the same time used in abuudanee,- Such is my treatment-Dr. 1T. /, Gauticr, m Medical Rerier.
The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-18

o Boston, city ofmy soul Reg inaid (to his sister, as they walked up Beas sn street) 70, dear, there comes that man l was introduced to at the club. He's descended from the Earl of Coventry on his fathers side, but l can't find out who his mothers great grand fla ther was, so l guess we had better cross over and not sec hln.n
The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-18
Famous Songs.

Foster got fifteen thousand dol lars for writing "Old Folks al HOme."
 Charles Dibden netted several weeks board for writing "Poor Jack" while his publishers made twenty-five thousand dollars out of i it.
 Robert Treat Paine wrote: "ie Sons of Columbia" early in 1900, under the title of"Adams and Lib- erty," and he was paid seven hun dred and fifty dollars for it. rAlherica' was written by the Rev. Samuel Francis Smith in 1882 and it was first sarg in Boston on the fourth of July of that year.
 "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,, was written by Thomas A. Beckett, an English actor, who in 1879 was a teacher cfmusic at Phil adelphia.
 The tune of "John Browns Body" is of Methodist eamp-meet- ing origin. It was adopted to it's rpresent use by an organist in liar yard Church in 1861.
 Crouch the writer of Kathleen Mavourneen," "received twenty y-hve dollars for the production and af- forwards became a begging tramp, while his publisher could have built a brown stone front out ofits sales.
 "The Star Spangled Bannern was written by Scott Francis Key, while watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1874. The song was printed in the Baltimore American eight days after the bat tie under the title of "TLe De- fense of Fort McHenry."
 George P. Morris wrote: "Wood man Spare that Tree" because the purchaser of a friends estate want ed to cut down tree which his grandfather had planted. His friend paid the purchaser ten dol 'ars to spare it. Morris was so touched by the story that he wrote the song.
 John Howard PAyne's "Iiome Sweet Home" was written for an opera. It was first sung in the Covent Garden Theatre, at Lon don, and made big hit. One hun dred thousand copies were sold the first year, and by the end of the second its publishers had cleared 310,OOO from It.
 The anthor of "Maryland, My Maryland," lives at Washington. He writes gossipy letters to the Augusta Chronicle. His name is James R. Randall. and he is a mod est looking, dark complexiOned man of forty. He was very young wffen he wrote that beautiful pO- em.
 "Hail Columbia" was written by Joseph Hopkinson in the sum- mcr of 1797, and it was first called the "President's March," It was always sung when Washington came into the theater, and one of the objects of it's writing was the cultivation of patriotic spirit among the people of the new Re public.-N. Y. Graphic.
The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-18

"Is woman capable of filling an ofliceW asked an exchange. She is. A woman has just been ln- curing after some rejected manu- script in this office, and she filled it completely for the time being Burlington Free PyeS&
The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-18
A fond father presented his four

A fond father presented his four year old boy with trumpet. with which he was greatly infatuated. All day the boy footed away de- lightedly, and at bed time when his grandmother told him to put the trampet down and say his pray CTS. the little fellow said: "Oh, no; I'll tell you what let's do, grandma; you pray and I'll keep on blowing.'
The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-18
RnckIen'S ArMica Salye.

The best snlyc in the world for Cuts, Bruis es, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum F evor Sores Tctter, Chappod Hands, Chilbloins, Corns and all Skin Eruption, and positively cures Piles, or no poy required. It is guaranteed to give perfect sati -faction, or money retHnd- ed. Price 25 cents per bottle For sale by Moneref X Bro.
The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-18

Foster got fifteen thousand dol lars for writing "Old Folks at HOme.'
The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-18

An exchange, speaking of a cor tain poetess, says she makes good jellies as well as good poetry. We suggest that the poets generally go into the jelly making business and thsour andibutions will find favor Y things tewsraperS.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06
The Crops and Trade.

Whatever evil this spring may have
brought TO stock gamblers, the farmers
have good reason to be content with it,
so far as the promise of their crops is
concerned.
The weather has been generally fav.
orable TO agriculture, and throughout
the country the ea,ly indications as to
the harvest are all cheering In the
Northwestern States tn. present out
look for the spring wheat Is more than
usually encouraging. Moreover, the
acreage under cultivation has been in
creased, and unless drawbacks occur
during the next month, an exceptionally
large crop is expected. Elsewhere
wheat is looking finely, and, with some
exceptions in Texas, the outlook for
cotton is encouraging.
If the crops turn ou. az we'll as they
now promise, it is reasonable to expect
that by next autumn we may begin to
see the revival of trade for which we
have been SO long waiting. Whether
prices on the stock market have or have
not declined to their lowest level, it can
hardly be doubted that those of mer.
chandise are dragging OH the bottom,
and that the general conditions of bust
ness now favor the coming revival.
There is no imitation there, but the
shrinkage has already taken place.
Nor has the Wall street disturbance
seriously affected general trade, which
may be depressed, but cannot be called
unhealthy. Failures do not Increase,
and merchants continue to do hand
to-mouth business, which is safe and
reasonably profitable in the aggregate.
The bottom prices now prevailing
will help the recovery when it comes,
and a great harvest may start demand
next fail which will usher in the pros
porous times to come. Even now, de-
spite a declining stock market, decreas.
ed exports, and three years of steady
shrinkage, the condition of trade is far
from being as gloomy as merchants ac-
customed TO the great profits of former
periods are wont to think it.
We look for an active and fairly
profitable trade this autumn, and expect
that with the beginning of the next
year the skies will be so unmistakably
bright that even hypochondriacs will
be compelled to rejoice.-N Y Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06
G. A. R. AGAINST GRANTS PENSION.

The Coleman Asbury Post of Ohio
forwarded to the House of Representa-
tives, the other day, the following pre-
amble and resolutions, which its MEM
bers had just adopted:
Whereas, The Senate of the United
States has passed resolution to place
Gen. u. S. Grant on the retired list of
the army, with full rank and pay of
General of the Army:
And soAereas, The said Gen. Grant
has been highly honored by the people
of the United States, insomuch that he
has been twice elected to the honored
position of President of the United
States, for which services as President
Gen. Grant received the magnificent
sum Of 100000; m
And soIereas, The wealthy and gen.
erously disposed citizens of the cities
of New York and Philadelphia have
subscribed and placed in trust further
magnificent sum of $250.000 for the
said Gen. Grant, from which he receives
an annual income of over $4,000;
And aohereas, The said Gen. Grant
retired from the army of his own free
will, and in perfect soundness of body
and health therefore be it
ResoIued, That we hereby offer our
remonstrance against the passage of
said bill, and condemn the action of
each and every Senator who voted for
it, be he Democrat or Republican.
The motive which urged these ex-
soldiers of the State in which Gen.
Grant was born to take this action ap.
pears from a subsequent resolution,
that the passage of the bill would be
an "outrage upon the memory of those
gallant comrades who fell in the front,
and whose widows are to-day eking out
miserable existence on the beggarly
sum OF $S per month, and upon his
ruined and crippled comrades whose
small pensions are no just compensation
for the loss they have sustained The
project is also declared to be an outrage
upon all those thousands of soldiers
"who, through the exposure incident to
camp and army life, received disabling
and permanent injuries to health and
happiness and are now drawing pen
sioDs ranging from two to six dollars a
month for disabilities, and the many
thousands who, having ''iike Gen.
Grant returned home sound in body
and health are "too patriotic to ask
for or even expect pension" Not
content with this spacial remonstrance
agaiest the proposed retirement of Gen.
Grant, Coleman Asbury Post also pass
ed general resolution in regard to
army retirements. 1t declared that
"the whole system of the retirement of
army officers of sound body and health
is pernioious and detestable,' and "por-
tentous of monarchy, and the entering
wedge for the ultimate overthrow of
those principles for which our revolu.
tionary fathers fought"
How far these views may be shared
by other members of the Grand Army
does not appear, as the Colemsn-Asbury
resolutions only profess to give the
opinions of members of that post. That
repeated attempts, however, have been
made in Congress of late years to ex-
tend the retired list of the army beyond
its legitimate functions cannot be ques-
toned. II must inevitably create a
prejudice against the retired list to di-
vert it from its original aud proper pur-
pose.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06

The law officers of Lackawanna
county started in with great flourish
a week or two ago to prosecute the fif.
teen hundred of two thousand partici-
pants in a brutal prize.fght. The
Judge issued his instructions to the
District Attorney to let no guilty man
escape. The District Attorney. it is
said, at once hired detectives to collect
evidence against those present and by
the stir that was made it might have
been supposed that the Lackawanna
Jail would be packed like sardine box
with the prominent citizens who were
to be sent up if they did not pay the
fine imposed by law. Had all the fines
been collected there would have been
enough money to run the Lackawanna
county government for several years
without any taxation of property.
Great things were promised at first, but
the scheme was too big. First, the
Judge weakened and suggested that
perhaps it would be just as we'll to in
dict the principals and not disturb the
two thousand spectators. The outcome
of the whole thing was that the grand
jury failed to indict even the two prin-
cipals because they could not secure
sufficient testimony, although the Judge
said there were persons before the
grand jury who could have given all
the information necessary to secure an
indictment. In view OF this fact, Judge
Handley's remark that justice is slow
seems eminently appropriate, 'ut when
he adds that it is sure the lovers of jus
tice will hope that justice everywhere
does not have to depend upon the sort
of officers that attend prize-6shts and
cannot be made TO testify to the facts
in court.-Phika Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06
ITEMS.

The wheat crop for this year is esti
mated at over 5OO,OOO,OOO bushels, or
an increase of 5O,OOO,0OO bushels over
the average yield for the past five years.
1t is the surplus of our products-l us
never forget-that make us richer, mul-
tiplies the comforts of life, and adds to
the rewards of labor.
The case of K. S. Steltz, of Philadel.
phia, against the borough of Girard-
vile, was on trial in the Schuylkill
county court all last week. Saturday
the jury brought in verdict in favor
of Steltz for $500 damages. In De-
cember, 1881, Steltz's wife fell into
ditch in Girardville, and received an
injury which rendered her cripple for
life. Steltz sued the borough for S1O,-
900 damages.
The people of Louisville, who were
able to make and sustain an exposition
last year with credit, will repeat the
experiment this summer The second
display will be open to the public Au-
gust l6 and continue until October 25.
With their experience they naturally
hope it will be an improvement over
the first attempt. The railway facii
ties are good and they have an enter
prlslng and active people as constitu-
ents. With these advantages and care
tul, economical management, there is
every reason to believe that the man
ayers will command continued sue
cess.
The following states will hold cleo
tons previous to the election of No
vember: Alabama votes on August 4
Tor Governor and State officers, Ten.
nessee follows on August :, Arkansas
on September !, and Vermont one day
later. Then comes the more significant
because more doubtful, election in
Maine on September s, with the inter-
esting incidental vote on constitutional
prohibition of the liquor traffic, which
the States statutes have so conspicuous
~ failed to suppress. Georgia will
elect Governor on October /. On
October IA the Ohio and West Virginia
elections occur. The political interest of
the series eliminating in Ohio, where
twenty-one Congressman will be chos-
en-.
| The anthracite coal producers are de.
voting good deal of attention to in.
creasing the trade in their staple a,
the South. The mildness of the eli
mate and the poverty which followed
.he close of the war seemed to preclude
the possibility of much demand fol
the Pennsylvania staple, but increasing
prosperity and the persistent efforts OF
the coal producers are having some eff
feet in this direction. The quantity
sold last year in the South only aggre
gated about four per cent. of the tota
production, but even this small modi
cum is not to be disregarded, especial
ly as the most of it can be shipped dur
ing the early months of the year wher
the demand is light from other quar-
tiers. The coal for the South is nearly
all for domestic use and and the trad,
is chiefly confined to the seabord cities
As the wealth of the interior increases
however, the demand from the interior
towns is growing
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06

Appeals Will be heard at the Commlssioners' Of
nee In Bloomsburg on the 11th day OF June A. D.
1884, between the hours of . q. m. and d. M,
where you can attend II you think proper.
May 16, 1884, WIN. KRAMER,
Mercantile Appraiser.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06
A AUDITOR'S NOTICE.

I'm THE ESTATE OF ALEX CoLLHY DgoKAsRD.
The undersigned auditor appointed by the or.
phans' Court OF Columbia county 10 distribute the
OF Alex Colley deceased, VIII SIT at his Ofice In
bloomsbury, ON Friday the 27th day OF June A. ID.
where all parties interested In said estate must
appear and present their clains and those Indebted
TO he same TO make payment TO the undersigned
without delay.
c.. PEACOCK,
June Ia Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06

Up to the time of going to press,
Thursday afternoon, no nominations
have been made by the republican con
vention John b. Henderson, of Mis-.
souri,, was made permanent chairman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06

The Philadelphia Record, followed
by the other city dailies, is making Wig
orous and just warfare on the anthra-
cite coal monopolists and transportation
companies, who have run up the price
of coal from $3.50 to $4 ton before
and during the early years of the war
to $3.50 at this time The tax is an
onerous one and its severity falls upon
the poor, and to maintain such prices,
by Diminishing the supply, coal monop-
olists have just ordered suspension of
mining for half the month of June.
The high prices discriminate not only
against the householders, but the man
ufacturers of the eastern part of the
state, and the worst of this is that the
anthracite is sold cheaper to rival
interests outside the state than to Phil
adelphia manufacturers. The danger
Gus power of monopoly was never more
dangerously or injuriously exercised
than it is now being exercised by this
conscienceless coal monopoly-Er. H
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06
Powell CLAYTON Of Arkansas. wb

Powell Clayton of Arkansas, who
was selected by the National Committee
for temporary chairman of the Repuo-
licsn Convention at Chicago, was de-
feated when bis name was brought be-
fore the Convention, by A votes. John
r. Lynch, colored man of Mississippi
was elected temporary chairman. 1t
has been the general custom for the
National Committee to select the chair
man and the convention ratify it, bnt
the departure from this custom this
time was brought about partly by
friends of President Arthur, and also
with view Of capturing the colored
votes at the November election.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06
CANDIDATES.

All persons whose names are announced as can
didates in this column, are expected TO abide by
the action OF the Democratic county convention,
TO Dc held on Tuesday, August ieth 1884
rhe price for announcing names In this column
Is $500 for any onice, and must be paid positively
In advance,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-06
AND DEMOCRAT BLOOMSBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY. pa.
MERCANTILE APpRAIsEMENT.

list Of Dealers in Columbia County
hereby certify that the following list of dealers
taken, returned and classified by me In accordance
with the several Acts OF Assembly In and for the
year 1881, Is correct TO the best ofmy knowledge
and belief
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-02
The New taste in India.

The New York Independent Ia "a
recent issue had very interesting
aud well-written article by Ram
Chundra Bose, the present leading
spirit in the new intellectual and
spiritual revival going on among the
more thoughtful and educated Hin
docs. The object OF this article is 20
show that the English in India arts
founding "A now caste there with all
the bitter, overbearing, arrogant, IN
tolerant, and exclusive feelings that
have uniformly characterized con-
uuering race, and that Ia
doing 80 they are hut following
the course Of those who from the
same busy hive Of population In Cen
trail Asia poured down over India
some ! 900 years ago and established
their supremacy on the plains OF Hin
dostan, by much the same means as
those taken by the c0nquerofs of the
present day These earlier conquer
ors, he says, were originally white.
but in the course OF ages their descend-
ants took on n dusky hue, became
enemiuate and feeble, and - were
easily subdued by the branch Of their
own race which, inyigorated by the
braciug temperature OF Northern
Europe, came down upon those 70
glons from the west as English aud
carried all before them. The writer
holds that never was there u bitterer,
more haugh ty and more intolerant
system OF caste than that which IL be-
ing developed 10 India by the English
residents aud their children. AS
proof and illustration Of this the re.
ception given to the Ilbert bill Is
referred 10, as well rs the scornfully
unjust and c0ntemptuous way lD
which, both publicly and in private,
ali natives who have no English blood
are irented, whether they are Christian
! or not.
we fear there Is a great deal Of truth
I IN what Is thus paid. In the da, >
when Lady Dun Gordon was staying
/ 10 Egypt, that lady remarked In one
! Of her letters that she was always
Rahnmed Of her counirymen whenever
/ the overland mail passed through
/ The officers Of the company, whether
civil or military, were, sine said, u
La class so brusque, oyerbearing,
! ana insolent that she ceased q
! wonder that the natives d
India generally should regard them
4 with dislike almost amounting 4
horror. To very large extent, II i
/ 10 be feared, this was the great causi
| OF tbs outbreak IN 1851, and should
there ever be another fimilar oceur
renee 81 viii have 20 be credited 4
much the same cause. It Is never Il
be forgotten that thourands upon thou
sands Of the Hindoos are becomlnl
thoroughly educated according 10 tbl
European standard, that they are
sharp, subtle, sensitive race, and tina
II Is not possible 10 imagine that sncl
people will always submit 10 thefcorn
ful, Enatieal contempt Of their handful
OF masters, who never lose an oppoftu
Mtg Of showing how wide The gtil
which sepaTa ~ them, how high abov
al tbonghf the ruling race, and hos
low the subject one.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-02

bacllli. They multiply rapidly, soon |
reach their term, and are eupplanted |
by other bacteria. SOin the intestines /
they multiply, set up irritation aud I
diarThu'a and all the typical sYmp |
toms Of the choleraic seizure. Under
normal conditions-in animals AZ least
the bacilli are destroyed in the
stomach, and this harmonizes with
the important part played 10y predis-
position, aud the liability Of those tO be
attacked who are suffering from
gastric or intestinal oatarrh, or who
have overladen the stomach with
undigested food, conditions which
would facilitate the passage of bacilli
unchanged into the intestine. But
the bacillus is limited to the Intestine;
II Is not found in the mesenteric gland
or in the blood. Hnw, then, can II
destroy life? Probably from the pro.
duction OF a poisonous substance such
as is produced by bacteria In putre
! faction. Assuming that the hacilll
produce a specific poison, DR.. Koch
| then proceeded TO explain the phe-
nomena Of cholera
! Discoveries As AFFECTING TREATN
MtNY.
| In conclusion he adverted 60 the
/ SUBJECT OF treatment anu ItNlthheu
those who say that such discoveries do
not enable us to cure the disease better
Than formerly, that national treat
nent of most diseases, and especially
Of infectious diseases, cannot be
adopted until their cause and nature
ARE known. But even yet the diseoy-
cry of the cholera bacillus Is im-
portant, IA furnishing an aid In
diagnosis which would facilitate the
detection Of the first case occurring
in district, and the adop
ton of measures TO prevent spread
Knowing also the nature and properties
of the bacillus,and especially the readi-
ness with which IL i killed by dry ing,
the right direction OF prophy Tactic IL
assured, and the lavish expenditure OF
iisinfeetants checked, 50 that there
will not be a repetition of what hap
pened In the last epidemic, when
millions of gallons were poured into
the cutters a, d sewers without the
slightest need. Even therapeuilcally
the knowledge OF the comma-bacillus
may be OF value. Diagnosis will be
possible IN mild cases, and in the early
stages of the disease when treatment
is of most avail.