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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09
Tricks on the Tracks.
DANGERS FROM WHICH ENGINEERS SAVE
THE PURLIC AND THEMSELVES.
The Raillcdy Reyie,o.

me hutNcUy heOtelC.
One who is accustomed to railway
travelling can scarcely realize how
much lie is dependent for safety upon
the engineer. Added to the responsi.
bility of their station, engineers are
also In constant danger of accidents
caused by the tricks of jealous rivals.
This rivalry, it is said, sometimes
prompts to the doing of utterly mean
tricks. A Nickle Plate engineer after
his very first trip was laid off because
he had "cut OUT all the bearings of
his engine. He was re-instated, how
ever, after he proved that some rival
had filled his oiling can with emery.
Another new engineer was suspended
for burning out the fues of his boiler.
Through grief at the loss of his position
he died, and then a conscience-stricken
rival confessed that he had put oil in
the tank so that it foamed and showed
water at the top gauge, when in reality
there was scacely quart in the boil
or
These intense jealousies, together
with the terrible anxiety incident to
their work, has terrible straining eff
ect on the nerve, and statistics tell us
that, though Locomotive Engineers
may look strong and vigorous, they
are not AT all healthy class. Elk.
Chief Engineer a. S. Hampton, India
napolis, Ind, DIV. 143) was one of
those apparently hearty men, but he
says: "The anxiety, strain and jolt
ing came near finishing me-" His
sutferings localized in catarrh of the
bladder, but he used Warmers safe
cure faithfully for twenty weeks and
now exclaims, 81 am we'll man." T.
S. Ingraham, of Cleveland, Ohio, assis-
tant Chief engineer, and other promin.
ent members are emphatic in its
praise.
The Locomotive Engineers Brother
hood has 1900 members and 24O
divisions. Its headquarters is in
Cleveland, Ohio, where Chief Engin-
eer Arthur for twenty years has exer
cised almost dictorial sway. 1t was
organized in August, 1868, by the en-
ployees of the Michigan Central. 1t
has given nearly two million of dollars
to the widows and orphans of deceas-
ed members.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

The grounds of the Pennsylvania
State Agricultural Society, at German
town Junction, Philadelphia, were
opened to the public on the 23d, and
the exhibition is the best ever held
under the auspices. The space for
display has been largely increased, the
Accommodations of all kinds improved,
and arrangements made for special ex-
hibitions and races that are sure to be
attractive. The departments are all
filled, and exhibits both from home
and abroad form collection of unsur-
passed excellence. The live stock de-
partment is particularly notable, as it
contains some of the most famous
horses Unidentified with the American
turf. Entries for the races promise
fine sport, and the dog show has rep
resentatives of the choicest breeds of
the world. The display of flowers and
fruits is larger than ever before
and the ladies departments unusually
attractive.
The Novelties Exhibition is well
under way. The large buildings are
filled with all descriptions of machines,
novel exhibitions of innumerable kinds,
and special displays of curious and in
teresting objects. No better opportun-
ity to study the progress of industrial
science and mechanics could be enjoy
ed, nor does any other exhibition afford
so much that is interesting and instruc-
tive to the general visitor. After
moons and evenings are elivened by
fine music.
For the benefit of visitors to The two
attractions the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company are selling excursion tickets
at rednced rates Especial trains are
also being run froln different portions
of their territory, Tor particulars OF
which the public are advised to con-
suit the advertising bills and the
agents of the company. ....
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09
Bob Toombs Dying.
THE UNRECoNsTRUCTED CONFEDERATE
SLOWLY PASSING AWAY.


General Bob Tombs is dying at his
home in Washington, Georgia. His
mind is seriously affected and absolute.
ly void as regard certain topics. His
Imagination carries him back twenty
years, and he cannot be convinced that
he is at home, but he believes himself
to be in either New York, Richmond,
Montgomery, or Boston, or else travel
ing the old court circuit of his district
which he covered forty years ago.
He makes eloquent arguments be
fore visionary bars, and during the
week entered into an elaborate dis
course to prove that West Virginia
was responsible for her share of Vir-
ginia's bonded debt. He sometimes
imagines himself in the army. lie
awoke one night during the present
week and asked to be raised from his
bed, as "the enemy were coming He
then relied his charge at Antietam and
asked to be laid down again, as "the
fight had finished.
He has asked the question several
times, "Who is it that is taking the
trouble to move his furniture all over
the United States, as he finds the same
furniture in his room in every town in
which he stops" He knows his con-
dition and wants to die. He wanted
to die ever since his wife passed away
three years ago. His physicians have
given up all hope and say that his
death may be looked for at any time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09
Suing Colonel M'Olure.
EDITOR COON OF wILKEs-BARRE, SEEKS
REVENGE FOR ILILEGED LIBEL.

j. G. Coon, editor and proprietor Of
the Wilkes Barre Ne,os. Dealer, has be-
gun proceedings in criminal and civil
libel suits against Colonel A. X. Nc
Clure, editor of the Philadelphia Times.
The article complained of appeared in
the Times of Thursday, May 81, as a
dispatch from Washington relating to
the visit of Coon and some friends to
the capitol in relation to the post-Office
appointment at Wilkesbarre In the
dispatch it was stated that Coon had
served term 10 Jail for conspiracy
and perjury.
The Times says that at the urgent
request of Mr.. Coon no further allusion
was made by it to his record. 1t then
gives synopsis of the record as it
stands in Luzerne county, and promises
Mr. Coon that speedy trial will be
given him. We are of the opinion
that the Coon will be treed before he
gets through with these lawsuits. The
Times is a tough one to tackle on a
libel suit.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

No other medicine known so effectually purrcs
'he ~ p!99d 99s OF desp-seated diseases.
curative effects.
,,d na + Is purely Vegetable Preparation, made
from the native herbs anc roots of California tho
medicinal properties Of which are extracted there.
from without the use OF Alcohol.
,.iln it removes % the cause of disease. and the
IL is the great BIood Purifier and Life
giving Principle; Gentle Purgatiye and Tonic; a
Never before in the history of the world has medicine
been compounded possessing the power of VINEoAR
bITTERs In healing the sick of every disease man is
The Alternative. Aperient, Diaphoreic. Car
mlnatlve' Nutritious, Laxative. Sedative, Counter
Tonic properties OF VINEGAR BITTERs exceed those
OF any other medicine in the world.
NO person can take the BITTERs according to
directions and remain long unwell provided their
bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other
means and the vital organs wasted beyond the point
Bilious, Remittent, Intermittent and Ma
iarial Feyers are prevalent throughout the United
states particularly in the valleys of our great rivers
and their vast tributaries during the Simmer and
autumn, especially during seasons Of unusual heat
These Fevers arc invariably accompanIed bv
extensive arrangements of tho stomach, liver and
bowels. In their treatment. u purgative, exerting
powerful influence upon these organs, Is absolutely
There is no cathartic for the purpose eaual
10 DI; D. WALKEns VINEGAR BIrTgns, as 1t will
speedily remove the dark-cOlored vscd matter with
which the bowels are loaded, at the came tno stmu-
lailng the secretions Of the liver, and generally
restoring the healthy functions Of the digestlye
organs. e0''''
~ forsify % the body against disease by purifying
can take hold OF a system thus forcarmed 'P''AS
lnvigorntes the stomach and stimu-
blood OF all impurities, impartinp life and yaor to
the Frame and CARRYING of without the eid ~
Calome or other minerals ali poisonons s Stor S or
from the system IL IL easy OF admnistra rafion
prompt in action and certain In its results '
Dyspepsia or Ind igestiOn. Headache Pain
In the Shoulders Coughs, Tightness OF the chest
Pneumonia, Dizziness Bad Taste In the Monih'
Bilious Attacks, Palpitation OF the Heart, and n
hundred other painful symptoms, are ut once re-
neved by VINEGAR BITTEas
For iammatoTy and Chronic Rheuma.
tlsm, Gout, Neuralgia Diseases OF the Blood Liver
Kidneys and Bladder, the Bitters have no euual
In these, as in all constitutional Diseases, WALKnRs
VINEGAR BITrERs has shown its great curative
cases '' '''''''"'o anu iH''a''aoio
Mechanical DIseases.-persons engaped IN
Paints and Minerals such as plumbers Isyna.
settlers, Gold. heaters, and Miners, they advance
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09
~ Prevent Mould on jellies.

The lady who asks for preventive
for mould on jelies will find that it
will be kept away by following this
rule {: Pour pure, melted mutton tai
low on the top of the jelly, or parafine
will answer this same purpose. Paper
dipped in any kind of spirits. or mois-
tened on one side with the white of an
egg will also keep mould away. Jel-
lies should not be kept in damp
place"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

There are scores of persons who are
suffering from some form of blood dis
order or skin disease, such as Scrofula,
Boils, etc, etc. After practical test,
j. Ii. Mercer asserts that Ackers Blood
Elixir will certainly cure all such dis
eases, including Syphilis and Rheuma-
tism. 1t is net patent nostrum, but a
scientific preparation, he guarantees it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

Over one million boxes of Ackers
Dyspepsia Tablets sold in the past
twelve months, purely upon their
merits. Why suffer with Chronic Con
stipation, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, Heartburn, and Female
Troubles, when J. II. Mercer offers
you relief and positive cure in the
Dyspepsia Tablets. He sells them on
q guarantee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

"How many people, inquired Buff
falo philosopher, "begin reading their
daily newspaper at the beginning 2
The result excited considerable discus.
sion. The result of a comparison Of
ideas and experiences on the subject
was that quite as many people opened
their dailies and began at the middle
of the last page as there were readers
who started at the beginning of page.
Said participant in the discussion I;
"It you observe a dozen men who take
up newspapers you will hardly find two
who begin 20 read at the same place.
Go into restaurant, hotel office, or
a club room, and make few notes on
the methods of newspaper perusal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

In the last volume issued by the
Geological Survey is an account of a
fiery eruption from one of the mud vol
canoes on Cheduba Island. A body
of flame 600 feet in circumference is
said to have at one time reached an elc-
vation OF 2,4OO feet, petroleum being
the cause
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

Several cases of poisoning by the
fumes of nitric acid have occurred at
Bonne and Halle, and have excited con-
siderable interest. In one instance a
girl who was carrying along the street
a metal vessel of nitric acid inhaled the
yapor and died of asphyxia in twelve
hours afterward. In another instance
a young chemist, who had been work.
ing for some hours with furning nitric
acid, was gradually poisoned, and his
recovery was very tedious.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

After thorough test j. Fl. Mercer
most positively asserts that Acker's
English Remedy is the best medicine
for Asthma, Group, Coughs, Whoop.
ing Cough, and all Lung Troubles that
can be found. Ask him about it, foI
he fully guarantees it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

Very simple cakes, if one has muffin
rings, are rye mullins, Two cups of
rye flour, one half cup of inolasses, one
cup of flour, one egg. Salt to taste +;
add little soda or prepared yeast
bake quickly in muffin rings.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

There is a movement among the
prominent educators of Northampton,
Carbon and Monroe c'unties for the
establishment of State Normal in the
Fourth district, which is composed, in
addition TO the counties named, of
Luzerne, Pike and Wayne counties.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

MOTHERS, why viii you continue 10 suffer and
struggle 10 bear up under your afllotlOns, when n
lev packages OF Dr. kilmer's COM PLErE FEMAL
hEhEDf Is warranted TO cure you. Ask your
druggist for II. g..
lFlOu have Urethra, Irritati on, Inflammation
or liberation, or Cdtarrh OF the B'adder-Dr. XII
mers sWANP-ROOf VIII sou ndly heal you. ASK
your drug gist Tor IT, sbc., 81.
lF YOU can't lie on side or havo 10 be bolstered
up IN bed, or have been over-hented by SunStroke
or other cause DIR. Kilmer's OCEAN WEED ls
your only remedy. DIR uggists sell II. 81.
III YOUR children have Group or whooplng
Cough-Dr klmers ISDI AN CONSUMP1IONOI1,
VIII give quick rolief. Ask your druggist for t.
CSC, soc, 81.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09
What Changes Have Been Made.

BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE CHANGES
MADE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE BY
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
Washington Dispatch In the New York Star.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-09

W. F. HALSTEAD, Supt.
Superintendent's ofIlce, Scranton. Feb lst,tsa
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-08-27
Whara Woman Gamble.

There are seven gambling places in
the city into which none but females are
admitted says New York letter to the
Philadelphia Nescs.- All of them are op-
Grated by men, whose wives or mistresses
assist them in receiving their patrons.
There may be many more, but these
seven / know Of One on Fourteenth
street is back of very fashionable mo
diste's store, run by Hugh Simmons and
Helen Davenport. This is patronized by
the middle class. Another on Lexing-
ton avenue, not far from Twenty-sixth
street, is a very quiet game, presided
over by Phil Bloodgood and his wife,
and SO on down to one in Thompson
street, which is for the lowest class. The
most aristocratic one is on Sixth avenue,
above Thirty-ffth street. run in the in
terest of Jennie Perkins and Norah
Brooks, who own the one for gentlemen
on West Thirty fourth street. Even
young misses scarcely seventeen years of
age are welcomed here. The game is
only played in the daytime. Hardly
two years ago the wife of prominent
civil lawyer, whose Office is in Wall
street, and who lived in comfort and
luxury on Madison avenue, near Forty
first street, became so infatuated with
this game that after pawning all her
jewelry and rich garments during the
absence of her husband, who was argu-
ing the case in the supreme court in
Washington, sent her baby and her nurse
to her sisters, at White Plains, to spend
the day, and then deliberately sold all
her houshold furniture to play. She lost,
confessed to her husband, who attempt
ed to regain the money from Mrs. Per
kiins, but she was obstinate, consulted
firm of criminal lawyers on
centre street, anu 1vsllc IL, ,se,,-t,sgcto hps7
band, fearful of a n'blie -AAuai' uioPpeo
lie nlat,.l. This is not an isolated case.
Before the surrogate not long ago a
ontested will case was being tried, a
laughter being the contestor, and evi-
ence was adduced showing that she had
ost nearly Sc, in this and other
ames in two years, and her father,
moving it, had simply left in trust for
Ter use during lifetime sum Of money,
he interest of which was to be paid to
Ter every month.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-08-27

hands wanting, but be has left without
getting new hands, and he'll be sorry for
it. LittIeton has cowboy with both
legs gone below the knee from freezing.
He was fitted out here, and now rides
his mustang just al well as ever III is
surprising to see how quickly aman viii
learn to walk, even where there is On
amputation above both knees.
In New York Or Chicago Denver
man WIN pay $3.50 to 5000 for leg,
while here in town their cost is 500;
only, the price i the same whether the
Tex is of above or below the knee. An
arm above the elbow costs $75: below,
$40. The cost 10 the manufacturer is,
for leg, not over $25; for an arm, about
SIS. So yon zee there u a tremendous
profit, just ike the poor druggists who
buy acetic acid in large lots fortwo cents
per pound and sell it here for fifteen
cents an ounce y
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-08-27
General Grants Reticsnce.

He was never a secretive man until the
positions Of responsibility in which he
was placed compelled him to be chary of
giving expression to his opinions. He
then learned the force of the philoso-
piers maxim that the unspoken word is
sword in the scabbard, while the
spoken word is a sword in the hands Of
ones enemy.
In the field there were constant Wis
itors in camp ready to circulate any in
timations of the commanders move
ments, at the risk of having such val
liable information reach the enemy; in
the White House, every encouraging ex-
preston to an applicant for favors was
apt to be tortured into a promise, and
the President naturally became guarded
in his intercourse with general visitors.
When questioned beyond the bounds Of
propriety, his lips closed like a vice, and
the obtruding party was left to supply
all the subsequent conversation. These
circumstances proclaimed him man
who studied to be uncommunicative,
and gave him a reputation for reserve
which could not fairly be attributed to
him. He was called the american
Sphynx" and ''Ulysses the Silent" and
he was popularity supposed to move
about with sealed lips.
When accompanying him through New
England the summer after the close of
the war, it was soon seen that the stor-
les of his reticence had preceded him.
The trip was the first Of those grand ova-
tions with which he was always greeted
by the people through whose communi-
ties he Travelled. The train stopped for
few minutes at small town in Maine,
and the people, as usual, took the OPP
portunity of extending a greeting and
delivering their words of welcome. As
the general stood in the doorway Of the
rear car, tall, gaunt looking woman
elbowed her way through the crowd till
she got near the platform. Here she
stopped, and put on pair of spectacles
with glasses in them that looked about,
as big as the lenses in large telescopes,
and taking good look at the general,
said, gasping for breath as she spoke,
s'Well, I've come down hyere a-runnin'
right on the clean jump, nigh on to tew
mile, just to git look at the man that
lets the women do all the talkin'.n ~
General Horace Porter, in Hayper's.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-08-27
Fishinu by a Hen.


Joseph T. Favinger, of LawrenceVille,
East Coventry township, is the owner Of
a Plymouth Rock hen which is possessed
of the peculiar trait Of seeking in the
water for portion Of its livelihood.
Pigeon creek empties into the Schuylkill
river at Mr.. Favinger's machine shops,
just after furnishing the power for that
industry, and before doing so flows over
a shallow, pebbly bottomed bed in
which numerous minnows are at all times
to be seen. Lately the hen referred to,
which probably first discovered the spot
in seeking place for water, has gotten
in the habit of visiting this place daily
and spending some time in wading
about the shallow water and catching
live minnows, which, as it catches them
in its bill, carries them to shore and
after pecking them until they make no
more movements swallow them whole.
The hens method of catching the fish is
to 90 in among school of small fish
and drive them toward spot where the
water is SO shallow that they are scarcely
able to swim, when it will plunge in
among them and is almost certain Of
capturing one at each effort. Vest
chester penny Village Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-08-27
A TcO Successful Ruse.

Telling fbs IS sure to get man into
trouble, especially when the object is to
deceive your best girl-or her mother.
AS an illustration, the following, from
the Council Bluffs NonpareiL, will serve:
There is a young man in this city,
good looking young fellow, who has a
sweetheart out in the country few
miles, and he spends two evenings every
week in her society. A few nights ago
he stayed to the usual hour, and as he
passed out the front door he discovered
that it was cloudy and dark. He did
not =alish the idea Of driving alone
through the gloomy night ana ms
about good deal to get an invitation to
remain, but it was not forthcoming. But
the young man was equal to the emerg-
ency. Going down the steps he artfulIy
contrived to slip and fall gently to the
ground. Thereupon he set upa tremen-
dous groaning. The ruse worked admi-
rably. The girl screamed, the men
folks jumped out of bed and carried the
young man tenderly into the house. His
horse was put up, and he was assisted to
undress and deposited in the spare
chamber. He had hardly began to
chuckle over the success of the strata
gem when the girls mother put in an APP
pearancc, armed with a mustard plaster
a foot square and of ten-horse drawing
power. This she Immediately proceeded
to clap on the small Of the young mans
back, where he had incautiously located
the damage to his frame. For two NOR
tai hours that woman sat by the bed, and
was not satisfied till she beheld with her
own eye blister an inch deep. The
young man is now reformed liar.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-08-27
SINGLE cory FIYI GEMS
NUMBER d.
FUN


Mlscry-a girl with q new dress On ana
40 place to go.- Marathon Independent
The Finnish language ought to be
taught at all bcarding-schoolH. Pica-
gspss-
Women dentists are gaining ground
in German, saysa Boston paper. Achers
Of it, no doubt. .-LossB Oourisr.
More than $50, 900, 600 is invested in
telephones in the United States, and yet
some people say talk is cheap Derrick.
"A dentist in Western city ii named
Leggo As usual thing, however he
will not do 30 until it is out.-Boston
Post
Perhaps nothing has more Of ten
dency to Sour the milk Of human kind
ness than snoring man in q sleeping
car Chicago Ledger.
A feIon is bad thing to have, but
there is one good point about it. It is
always on hand when you want it-and
when you don't. Teras SJtings.
There is a Chinese laundryman in Cali
fornia who has no chin, which leads us
to remark that we wish our washerwoman
we're afflicted in similar way. She has
too much chin altogether. -Lo,0eJ Citi-
zen.
There are times in o mans life wher
the whole sky seems rose colored, and
this old, dull world paradise. One Of
these is when he has discovered quar-
ter in the lining of his old vest. Boston
Post.
81 rather marry a yaller dog than
you, wrote California girl to suitor.
She afterward reconsidered her detcrmi-
nation and married him. He now wishes
he had taken her at her word.-NeOO
York Graphic.
Boots are seldom worn in the evening
and undressed kid is the favorite ma
terial for slippers, says fashion jour
nal. 1t may be added that slippers are
not favorite material with the un-
dressed kid.-The Hatchet.