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Killed by a Powder Explosion.

AKRON, O., June 16-A day or two ago the
foundation under brick powder magazine,
northeast of the city, gave way, wrecking the
building so that the powder was being removed.
This evening boy named Woods recklessly
threw a light into the place, causing an ex-
Peck, aged fifteen, was instantly killed nothing
being found but the SCARED trunk and skull.
Several other lads passing near were hurt
none seriouslV
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Hendricks,s claim ON His Parity.

WAsHINGTON, June 16.-"Why is it," said an
old politician to-day, that no mention is made
of Hendricks for first place on the ticket? If
Tilden was wronged surely Hendricks was in
the same boat with him. Yet in all the talk of
the coming ticket have not heard his name
mentioned. Hendricks and Bayard would make
good ticket, don't you think 500"
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RESIGNATION of NJ. G. Norton.

WINoNA, Mimi, June 16-M. G. Norton, of
this city, elected at Chicago a member of the ma
tional Republican committee for Minnesota, has
sent his resignation to the State central commit
tee. 1t is thought the commission will appoint
ex-CIOVernor Davis
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Apnortioning the spoils.

LAREDO, Texas, June 16-It is now stated
upon the authority of one who ought to know,
that the breach between Generals Diaz and
Trevino has been settled and a satisfactory
agreement reached. By the terms of the agree
ment, it is said, General Trevino will be made
Secretary of War upon the accession of Diaz to
the presidency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-17

OTTAWA, June l6-An application has been
made from Kentucky to the department of GUS
toms for permission to bring whisky into Cana
da and thence to New York as ex warehouse
from this country. The ostensible object was
to enable shippers to pay duties in New York
instead of Kentucky. The application was re-
fused.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-17
Blaine and Logan Club at Metamora.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
BRooKv1LLE, June 16.-The Republicans of
Metamora township met 1t their town hall on
Saturday evening and organized a Blaine and
Logan club The meeting was large and there
was plenty of enthusiasm manifested
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-17
New York Democracy HOpelessly Di-
vided on Cleveland and Flower.
Bayard Thought To Be Killed by the DiscOv-
cry of an Old Speech Advocating Pay
ment for Slaves Set Free.
Tammany Agents Actively at Work to
Secure the Defeat of Cleveland.

Why Certain Indiana Democrats Are Anxious
that Mcdonald Be NOminated-SenatOrs
Logan and Hale Call on Mr.. Blaine.
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judgments to the amount of about 1925, 900
were entered up yesterday against the firm of o.
u. Bogart & Co., bankers and brokers, New
York, who recently failed. Among the larger
reditors are Mary S. Stockwell, $42, 900, and
Nary II. Burnham, $4,000.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-09-05

voris taken up by the pulp aud makes
a delicious combination Only epicures
know of this wrinkle and we therefore
have fem of the doctorcd species on
sale. You can get toothscm me dish by
plugging melon, injecting a little fine
claret, restoring the plug and allowing
the wine TO be taken up by the frnit.
But, beware, the combination is as Sc
ductive as Roman punch.
"Any new ways of preparing the
melon for table y
"Woll, I've been eating melons for
forty years and | still prefer 'em plain.
Some of my customers, however, like
EN- mixed. One of my best boarding
house customers has watermelon salad
every Sunday in the season. She pre-
pares 1t she says, just as she does let.
tuce--cuts the red part of the melon
up into bits aud adds pepper, salt, vim
egar and oil. 1t ought to make em
sick, but she does say her boarders just
fight for it. Another family that |
know of pour molasses on their melons.
A good many people, believe, always
add squeeze Of lemon to the fruit. A
Boston family that deal with me are
always particular TO have their melons
firm and just ripe and don't haggle
about price when they find 'em to suit.
They have tho melons cut into little
strips and eat 'em with cold baked
beans. But, as | said before, for my
part like EN-, plain"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-09-05
Potting Plants.

The time for potting plants
that have been set out through
the summer is now at hand. A writer
in the Nee England Farmer gives
some suggestions on this subject that
may be Of benefit to our readers. He
says that in cultivating plants in pots,
it is important to manage in such a
manner rs to secure the full benefit of
the soil contained in the pot. In Or
der to do this, it is necessary to put
the young plant in small pot at first.
The roots extend horizontally till they
reach the sides of the pot, and then
ramify along the sides, but do not turn
back to permeate the soil in lthe centre
of the pot. This is an importat point
to bear in mind in managing pot plants
In order to have the earth in the pot
well filed with roots from centre to
circumference, place In small pot
first. When the roots have filled the
outer layer of soil with their fibres,
then change to a pot slightly larger in
size, fill the additional space around
the ball of earth with good soil and al
low the roots to fully occupy that
space. Thus the plant can be changed
from one pot to another, gradually in
creasing the size, and thus secure the
complete occupancy of the soil by
roots. In regard to this method
writer says: /: The system of potting
is one of the essential parts of green
house culture, and wherein occurs
great difference between amateur and
professional growers. The amaleur is
apt to overpot, that is, to- shift his
plant from small pot into a large one
thinking that the more soil he furnish
es the greater will be the luxuriance of
growth. The professional usually shifts
his plant from one pot to another but
little larger, well knowing that the
luxuriance of growth must come not
so much from the quantity of soil fur
nished az from the amount occupied.
The most superficial observer must
have noticed the network of roots in
contact with the sides of the pot, and
the comparative occupancy of the in
terror areas, and the difficulty found in
practice of turning back their roots so
as to have complete soil occupancy. If
now these strata of earth be added sue
cessively to the circumference of these
matted roots, more soil will be occupied
than if the same amount of earth had
been added in one thick stratum.
Plants usually bloom best after the
roots have well filled the earth and be-
come little cramped or bound by the
mass of them.
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New Things In Watermelons.
FLAVoRED WITH VANILLA AND LEMON,
MADE INTO SALADS AND EATEN
WITH BEANS

There's no fear of a watermelon fam
Inc this season. said dealer at Arcl
street wharf recently, as he gazed
upon pile of the luscious, green-ooat
ed fruit. They are coming In by the
boat load. They come mostly from
Jersey and Maryland just now. Early
IN the season they come from az
lar south as Georgia and Florida
They range in price from two dollars
to fifteen dollars a hundred"
"Where do the go mostly 2"
''To hotels and house to summer.
resort hotels in particular, a few are
bought for private families. But they
cant be relied upon to make an every
day trade. The poor people buy them
a good deal on Saturdays for Sunday
dinners. Young people buy them for
what they call Watermelon parties.
After they eat out the red part they
enjoy themselves by banging the rinds
on one another's heads. A good many
times they supplement the rinds with
their fists. The boarding house and
hotel trade is pretty steady one. You
see, twenty cents worth of melon will
make big show and go great way
as desert.
"Any new varieties this year 2'
"Well, we have the vanilla and the
lemon-tlayored watermelon. They are
got by injecting the vanilla flavor or
inserting bit of lemon into the stem
while the melon is growing. The ia
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-09-05
Men and Mules Run Mad.
AN EPIDEMIC OF uYDROPHoBIA ON AN
ALABAMA PLANTATION.

EUFAULA, Ala, Aug. 2s.-The peo-
pie in this neighborhood are in state
of tremendous excitement over the
wholesale spread of hyprophobia on
the plantation of Punch Doughtie. DR..
E. b. Johnson has Just returned from
MIR. Doughtie's plantation, where he
had been summoned. He found thirty
two persons suffering with disease
which he at once pronounced hydro
phoba in mild form. All the suffer-
ers were negroes. Three of them are
desperately sick, one being in the
throes of delirium, and 30 low that the
Doctor says he is liable to die at any
moment
More than three weeks ago a hog
bitten by dog died on Mr. Doughties
plantation and the carcass was given to
the negroes to be converted into soap
grease. Instead of utilizing it for this
purpose thirty-two negroes on the
place and in the neighborhood ate tho
flesh of the hog.
Mr.. Doughtie says that on July 25th
one of his dogs went mad and bit
mule and several hogs. On August
18th the first hog died, and was eaten
by the negroes. Two more died on
August 18th, one on August 22nd and
one on August 9th, and all were eaten
except the last, when the partakers of
the poisoned flesh became sick. The
mule exhibited signs of madness on the
nineteenth day after being bitten.
Eleven days after the first hog was
eaten ten of the negroes were taken
sick. Two days ago another dog was
discovered to be mad, and was killed
after having bitten mule. Another
dog on the lot is now housed, and will
be experimental with for cure. The
dog that bit the mule and hogs disap-
peared, and the whole neighborhood is
in terror lest ne went among cattle and
hogs throughout the belt before dying
A dozen of the thirty-two eaters Of
the affected hogs are seriously sick,
and the developments among the others
are awaited with the greatest interest
Dr. Johnson, an able physician, says
that it is a terrible case and that he
fears the worst He says that it would
not surprise him if the greater number
of the thirty-two persons should die.
A few days ago Mr.. Doughtie rode
out, at the request of a field hand, to
inspect the condition of one of his
mules, which was acting strangely. On
reaching the pasture where a dozen
mules were, the animal Mr. Douphtie
was riding neighed, which attracted
the attention of the other animals, and
the sick one particularly, which imme-
diately rushed on the mule aud rider,
and seized the saddle of the animal
with bis teeth. Mr.. Doughtie dis
mounted and succeeded in loosening
the mad mules hold, but no sooner
was this done than the infuriated beast
turned upon his owner, who fled for
his life, pursued by the mule. There
was desperate race of quarter of a
mile through underground, and Mr..
Doughtie only saved himself by dodg-
ing around saplings. A small stretch
of clearing intervened between the
woods aud the house, and the terrified
man took a life-and-death chance on
making it. Before leaving the woods
the mule had bitten out piece of Mr..
Doughtie's coat, and while maneu-
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vring around the tree, the animal bit
himself savdgely in several places,
tearing out mouthful of flesh each
time. The race for tho house was a
close one, and just as Mr.. Doughtie
reached the top of the fence the mule
overlook him on dead run, but IN
stead OF reaching his victim struck his
head against fence post in wild
rush and was knocked senseless. The
mule was afterward killed by Mr..
Doughtie.
1t is now reported that the whole
herd of mules is affected. Many of
them have leaped the fences and will,
doubtless, spread the disease among
other animals in the neighborhood.
The community is at loss how to ar.
rest the disease.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-09-05
The Cultivation Of Ounces.

Within few years the raising of
ounces has become more popular, and
we notice that far more attention is
paid in cultivating them. Formerly it
was the fashion, at least in this section
OF Pennsylvania, to Set out the trees,
frequently in grass, or allow grass to
grow thickly around them, and then
let them fare the best they could. The
result is that, after bearing few knot
ty specimens for few years, the bot
tom OF the stem is riddled with the
worm and the tree gradually dies with
1t, and he at once declares that ounce
raising won't do in this section. The
truth, however is. that ounces can be
grown here as well as apples or pears,
and with quite as little trouble. The
treo takes up little room, and can be
placed in almost any out of the way
corner, but kept clear of underground
and the ground stirred up occasionally.
In fact they should have about the
same treatment as dwarf pears. The
worm must of course be sought for two
or three times year, pursued in their
runs with piece of wire; or cut out
with strong sharp pointed knife, and
the place we'll dosed with salt, as well
as the surface of the ground nearly to
the extent of the branches. The lives
OF trees, properly cared for, may last
from ten to fifteen years but our own
practice has been, when one planting
OF trees should show signs of decay, to
set out another, in order that by the
time the first runs out its usefulness,
the other will have come fully into
bearing. The ounce tree is an early
bearer, and, when covered with large,
smooth golden specimens, is a beanti-
full sight. 1t is true the fruit it not of
any considerable value, as it can be
used only for preserving in some fash.
ion still, it sells freely in market, and
commands good paying price.-Ger.
n'amtoacn Telegraph.
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Found-The key to the trunk of an
elephant. A hair from the head of a
river A dozen feathers plucked from
the swings of the wind" A drop of
blood from the heart of a stone. The
diary of the "man in the moon" A
boot from the foot of mountain. The
owners are requested to call, prove
property, pay expenses, and take them
away.
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Drug clerk to difiident young lady
"Wish to get something y Young
lady, muttering-M really believe I've
forgotten what / came for. Clerk,
who catches the last words-"Cam.
phor how much, please p
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James ii. Mercer guarantees posi-
tive relief for any cough, cold, Group,
or lung complaint by using Acker's
English Remedy, or will refund the
money.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-09-05

Ask James III. Mercer about Acker's
Blood Elixir, the only preparation
guaranteed to cleanse the blood and
remove all chronic diseases.
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James II, Mercer wishes il known
that he guarantees Acker's Dyspepsia
Tablets to be the best remedy for in.
digestion ever made, they always re-
ieve headache.
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"Two's company and threes crowd"
applies particularly to a newly married
man, his wife and his wife's mother.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-09-05

Amy man may do a casual act of
good nature, but a.continuation of them
shows it is part of their tempera.
ment.
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Education begins the gentleman, but
reading, good company and reflection
must finish him.
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Ahha week at home $500 outrt free ray ab-
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Dec 2l-iy
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Speer's P. ]. Brandy.
uNFERMRNrED GRAPE JUICE.

| Is a wine OF superior Character and partakes OF
| the rich qualities OF the grape from which 1t is
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them. On the 18th he ought to have
ordered them. Yet so completely I'M
equal to his duties does he appear to
have been that no bridges were ordered
and that vast army, in the terror and
tumult Of a retreat made in presence of
a maddened and triumphant foe, was
limited toone ordinary bridge. Napo-
leon gave an order to unite the eastern
arch and fire it as soon as the French
army should have completed its cross
ing. He himself Immediately passed
over. BY and by a terrific explosion
vas heard. Through somebody's blum.
der the mine had been fired premature.
ly, thousands Of French soldiers were
blown into the dir and 10000 who
formed the rear guard were left to the
mercies OF an Infatuated enemy. The
battle of the Nations, as these bat
ties are called, were ended. Napoleon
was conquered and ruined, His fall is
imputable, first to his bad statesman
ship, which had the effect to unite Eu-
rope against him; secondly to the bad
generalship of his later career. and
thirdly to the deep and almost universal
dissatisfaction with which he came to
be regarded by the French people
| st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
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Gamblers Wives at Watering
Places.

Long Branch Letter to San Francisco Call -
Gamblers wives were less snowy this
than other seasons at Long Branch, a
fact due to the lack of fresh victims to
the husbends' gaming bats. The ups
and downs of o gamblers life show
more readily 10 his wife's personal
adornment than any other way. AS a
rule, when the gambler goes under his
wife's diamonds are Immediately pawn
ed then follows her driving establish
ment, if she has any; finally her valu-
able furs and silverware, and not un-
frequently her best silk or velvet dress
es, the parting with all of which she
stands bravely, hopeful of a Forthcoming
streak of luck to ~replenish her jewel
case, wardrobe and house to q more gor-
geous extent than before. Gamblers
wives are usually very pretty, stylish
women, some CT whom are cultured per-
sons, who avoid all reference to the
pursuits of their ambitious spouses, in
company or on any occasion, while 9TH
ers seem to glory in Boosting of their
husbands winnings. The wife of a very
successful gambler from Arkansas, reg.
istered at the Ocean house here, is q
very handsome brunette, thoroughly re.
fined in ann and appearance. She
wear no fashy jewelry nor carries .
prize canine, vet she has proven herself
a genuine lady and won the respect of
all who formed her agreeable acquaint-
anee. I asked heroine day if she did
not regret her husbands calling. where
upon she smilingly replied! mo; ali
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A Judges Plain Talk at nsillbanh.

MHDANK, Dak., Special, Dec. 9.-In the
Filth district court, now in session here
Claus M. Stegemann, twenty-four years old,
pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing
$40 from the agent OF the Chicago. MIL
waukee d St 2 railway mt Andoyer on
the 4th inst claiming in extenuation that
for q long time past he had been receiving
letters from Germany beseeching him to re-
turn home and visit his aged parents before
they died, and that, not being able to collect
funds due him, he was led to take the
money. Judge Seward Smith, in passing
sentence, (Which was that the prisoner be
confined at hard labor for two years in the
penitentiary at sioux Falls), said in sub
stance that, though he did not believe in
v.sltlng the sins of the whole community
upan the prisoner, it was time something
were done to check the epidemic of crime
raging in this vicinity; that gambling house
keepers could not be brought to Justice; re-
iigious camp-meetings wefe broken up by
powdies seeking to rob an inoffcnsive
drunken man whom the people present at
the camp-meeting were endeavortng to pro-
tect. aud the perpetrators of these outroges
upon the Jaw could act with impunity, with
no fear that they would be held to account
for their uHluwfu1 ami wicked conduct; half
the city of Milbank burned by jncendiaries,
and crime In general running riot; that IN
example must be made, and the people given
to understand that the courts will not per-
nit this wholesale lawlessness to go I'M
noticed. Frank Hughes, formerly q saloon
keeper of this place, was tried on the charge
of selling intoxicating liquors without Q
license. and ndguilty.