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SHERIFF'S SALES.

By virtue OF sundry writs issued out OF the
Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia county and
to me directed will be exposed to public sale at the
Court House, In Bloomsbury, on
Monday, Sept. 2Sth, 1885,
at O'Clock, p m., all that certain messuage and
lot OF ground situate in the village OF Centrevile
Columbia county, and State OF Pennsylvania
bounded and described as follows, to-wit: on the
north by public road running from Bloomsbury
10 Berwick, on the east by public road leading
TO q ferry across the Susquehanna river, on the
west by lot OF Wesley Price being lot No. z In tn
plot OF said village, and on the south by an alley.
The said lot being marked on the plot OF said vii
lage No. s. being seyenty-nlne feet and six inches
In front, and one hundred and seventy-nine feet
and six inches In depth. Whereon are erected a
large two-story frame building used as a hotel, inn
or tavern, with out buildings, stable or barn, a
well OF water with pump.
Seized, taken in execution at the suit OF H. b.
Low VS. John S. Mann, and to be sold as the prop
erty OF John s. Mann.
lkeler Herring, attys. yend Ex.
ALSO.
All that certain messuage or tract of land situate
Ia the township OF Benton, county of Columbia
and state OF Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows, to-wlt: on the north by lands of Val
entne Meyers on the east and south by lands of
Alfred Rantz and on the west by public road lead
ing from saltwater TO Benton, containing three
and one-third acres whereon are erected a two
story plank house and other outbulldings.
Seized, taken into execution at the suits OF D..
McHenrys use, and b. f. Kinneys use VS. wm. A.
Coleman ana TO be sold as the property OF VIM, A.
Coleman.
Litte's Attys.
knorr Wintersteen atty'T, AL III. Ia.
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~ In city or country, with banking facilities,
AA-who may be embarrassed or deslrous OF oh.
tanning temporary accommodation on their paper,
dential Box 25l7, New York. Sept,-f.it-d
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III ACRES

and 1A perches, strict measure. ON which
erected good
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By virtue OF sundry writs issued out OF the
Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia county and
to me directed will be exposed to public sale at the
Court House, In Bloomsbury, on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-09
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

THE trade of the procurer is not Of modern origin,
but has always been confined TO the lowest and most
immoral classes 1t has been known that here and
there nobleman dissolute but it had not been
supposed before that English nobility, boasting its
honors and Haunting its crests rotten with vice
1t was known that it idle, lazy, useless extrava
gant-a collection CT parasites living upon the hard
toll OF the people, and brutal and cruel i'll its treatment
OF its underngs; but it was not supposed to be
gagged in the practice of those beasty forms of immor
atty and in that inhuman, infamous traffic which is
usually accredited to the slums and open houses Of
prostitution.-Chcag Tribune
PUBLIC carriers who habituallv abuse their privi-
eges who deny the public the convenience for which
they have paid who persist in packing their to
the verge of suffocation who encourage permit in
science on the part of their employees Who in short
treat the people their lawful prey rather than
their fellow citizens, to be found elsewhere than
III Chicago. Such corporations and in fact all cor
poratons, are dependent upon public opinion for pro-
lection quite as much upon the laws. In Ameri
can city no mayor can do much toward suppressing
strike which has popular approval and therefore, ID
Is perhaps worth the while of directors and stock
holders in all such concerns to recognize the sound
policy of maintaining good relations with the pablo.
New York Tribune.
IN all departments of life and activity we find men
IN the lead who have passed the boundary beyond
which lies approximation according to the notions of
young people. And in these modern DAYS more than
in the past age has the advantage. The average Of
human life is lengthenng, and it must lengthen to
requirements of civilization that all the time grows
more complex. At middle age a man is only boy
now, respects his mastery of the knowledge and
experience which are requisite to a werounded char
acter and thoroughly trained intellect He has only
begun to learn what he must know to fit him for COM
mand Therefore say to the young fellows who
think they getting old because they gray hairs
in their heads Husband your strength, guard your
health keep up your muscle, inform your minds, be-
cause you approaching the time when you may do
really good work.-New York Sun.
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my brother was dying. I had been watching a. his
bedside and was thoroughly tired out and mindweary
| CHANGED to sit down at the organ in the room and
theFe the noble words before me- did not rise
from my seat until I had composed themusic."
MRS MARGARET j. PRESTON. the poet and Pro-
Vencal scholar and sistern-law Of ''Stonewa" Jack
son. IS slowly becoming blind. owing to some nalsdy
OF the eyes at her home in Lexington where she has
long been the center of delightful and cultivated cir
cIe Philip Bourke Marston, the poet who is entirely
oLnu' maintains correspondence by the aid OF q
typewriter with Paul Hayne, the South Carolina
poet and it Is the of Mrs Heyne TO write long
letters to Mrs. Preston in which are transcribed GER
tain interesting literary passages from Mr. Marstons
letters, which were indted with this end in view.
SIR STAFFORD NoRTHcoTEs change of name to
Earl OF iddeseigh, village in Devon, with about six
hundred persons will not be marked as that of Mr.
MAIDSTONE would have been ha; he accepted peer
age. Mr. Gladstones refusal was wise one Other
greatcommoners are better remembered by the names
of early days than the titles of advanced years The
merest tyco in political history regards the name of
William Pitt with greater interest than the title of
Earl of Chatham. 1t is easier to speak of Dsrael by
this than to refer to him as Earl of Beaconsfed
though no doubt the change harmonized with the am
bition and love of pomp and splendor of the dead
leader of the Tory party.
CORRESPONDENT writes to tho London Paper
makers Circular: Il recently saw some paper which
had been printed long ago as 1853 and was sur
prlSed with its excellent quality. imagined that pa
pers wee made at the present day in every way supe
rior to those made long ago. but sftera particular
inspection of the leaves of these books I
have been good deal staggered in my opinion I
found the paper made about four hundred years ago
in the most perfect condition, strong flexible. of
peary white color, aud on looking through it's seen
water mark beautiful for its cleanliness and delicacy
The paper is White as can be desired and has, as
already stated pearly surface such as is not seen
The question is, will modern handmade pa
per stand the test of age of 400 years with equal
resuts} think not. There always is used more or
less chloride of lime Cor bleaching the fibre to white
color 1t has been proved that the influence exercised
by this agent exists after the pulp made into paper
however thoroughly it may be supposed to have been
washed out. The action of this chemical is TO make
the paper get hard and brittle with age"
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ton. There are but very few officers of any
Importance that have not been removed, and
all the new appointees are Democrats It is
announced that in one department, that of
Justice, every one of the Republicans have
been removed, and the whole department is
now manned by Democrats. We are not OBJ
jecting to this; we are Directing to the can't
ing hypocrisy and lying that is being carried
on respecting civil-service reform, while it is
notorious that no attention whatever is paid
to the letter or spirit of the law The open,
frank unquestioned course of Mr.. Hendricks
is infinitely more honorable and praiseworthy
than the cowardly, sneaking, contemplate
methods pursued by the high officers of the
administration, the while the words of their
mouths belle the work of their hands.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

SIR JAMES BACON next month will complete his
ffteen-years term as English Vcechancellor, and,
though eighty seven years old, says he will not retire
on pension
ARCHDEACON FARRAR. better known however as
Canon Farrar, in this country, will visit the United
States in September. lie is expected to make some
addresses prohibition of which he is an advocate
ONE of the present devices of the liquor sellers of
Baltimore to demonstrate anew that "prohibtion
does not prohibit is the loading cocoanuts with
whisky, and selling them at fancy prices in the prohi
bition districts Of Georgia"
GOVERNOR ALGER of Michigan and his staff hav.
ing arrived home sober from the Grand Army reunion
at Portland, Me-. the Governors secretary accounts
for it by saying that the party succeeded in escaping
all the temptations incident prohibition commun-
ity."
In view of his very slender means and very large
family, with prospect of wealth. Sir Stafford North
cotes acceptance of earldom has excited much
prise. 1t is without precedent to confer upon any but
Prime Minister higher rank than Viscounty. Sir
Stafford has about $25, 900 year.
EXSECRETARY LINCOLN, who was thirty-eight
years old when he entered President Garfelds Cabi-
net, full, closely trimmed beard until few
weeks since, when he had it removed and he is now
said not to look day twenty-five. He has re-
entered his former law partnership and old Office in
Chicago.
SCENE in public Office: Clerk-''Your name,
pleased" 'tJohn Smith" "Occupaton?r "Dry.goods
| me reliant" "Resdence7" 1904 Beacon street"
Clerk TURNS to the next gentleman and asks)-Nam
please2' Michael kilshaughnessy." Occupation"
Member of the Common Council" And your saloon
is located where?"
GENERAL GRANT reads, or has read to him. all the
New York papers. The news from Mt. McGregor is
remark that he desires to learn how he PASSED the
night and in what condition he ought to End himself
getting up" He is very sensitive to the reports
of the correspondents. Hopeful comment cheers him.
and gloomy story from the cottage depresses him.
Nevertheless he has his newspapers as regularly as
his medicine.
! THE prayer are Endorsed by the London Ian
Get high medical authority, which looks upon them
miracles but purely the effect of the mind
upon the body it being the faith that heals and not
the outside object of the faith. 1t even ex
tends the area of healing beyond the province of
functional disease says that there many cases in
every practice which might be cured by faith and is
thankful for the mistaken zeal of those who, being
weak minded themselves make dupes of other weak
minded folk to their advantage"
| In a recent conversation with Sir Arthur Sullivan
his song, The Lost Chord" was mentioned and the
gifted musician told the circumstances attending it's
| composition as follows: II had long admired the
| words. and had made up my mind to set them to
music. One night was in the room next to which
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places.

A GREAT deal of truth is often condensed
correspondent writes from Washington that
''there is more talk here about the postoffices
than anything eise " it means a good deal.
The Democratic party is writing its autobiog-
raphy on each days history, and it is thus far
an unbroken record Of spoils hunting. The
campaign was fought with the tacit under
standing that the fruits of victory were
to be promptly divided among the
faithful. The vice-presidential candidate
based his plea for support OF this promise. He
carried comfort wherever he went. Not less
than fifty thousand federal officials must 90, and
their places filed at once by Democrats" This
was his rallying cry and it was not without its
expected inspirting effect. The Democratic
candidates were elected, and already the
;pecious promises Of decent respect for the
civil-seIvice rules have been trampled on by
the Democratic rabble, and brought undercon
tempt by the President and his chosen advisers.
The canaille have swept over and through the
departments in a grand rush for place. A
few rebuifs have been ostentatiously paraded,
but the clamor continues, giving the lie to
the claim that anything like an honest re-
form of the civil service is contemplated.
"There is more talk in Washington about the
postoffices than anything else" The
soul of Democracy is intent on be-
ing fed. Affairs of state, the business
Of the departments, the efficiency of
public service, all give way to greed. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-09

GENERAL GRANTS preface to his volumes
on the rebellion is charac teristic of the man
manly, sincere, yet simple admission of the
truth as he saw it. His explanation of the
circumstances compelling the work is in
genuous, and it's unstudied candor will COM
pei confidence in the sincerity of all he says
His evident reverence for an overruling Prov
Hence is creditable to his honest nature. By
strange sequence of causes and effects, the
world owes to the rascality of one man an
Invaluable history from the pen of another
man known and revered in all lands.
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children wandering in the park would not be

children wandering in the park would not be
safe from their depredations and to express
such solicitude for the grass in that sacred
Enclosure that an injunction forbidding its
desecr ration was talked Of two days before the
troops arrived. If the animosity expressed
by the city press toward the affair was based
on the ground that it was a private specula-
tive enterprise, why in the name of decency
was not the true reason put forward in the
beginning? Instead of waiting until part of
the troops were actually en- route, why was
the true inwardness of the situation not dis
closed in time to prevent their being victim
lied by their alleged speculative and therefore
wicked managers? Such disclosures, made
honestly and openly, would have been &C
copied in good faith, and no hard feelings
aroused.
AS matter of fact, no words of welcome
were spoken by the newspapers of Philadel-
phia to the militia who had come to Phila-
delphia with belief that the city and State
would manifest friendly and hospitable in
terest, until they were shamed into doing so
by the criticisms Of the Journal and other
papers of the country on their boorishness.
Apologies and attempts to atone for past dis
courtesy were then the order of the day; but
if the troops finally became assured of the
fraternal regard in which they are now
said to be held, they may thank their
home newspapers for having brought about
so desirable consummation. Individually,
the citizens of Philadelphia had, without
doubt, none but the kndliest feelings towards
the military visitors, but owing to the mis-
leading comments Of the local papers their
hospitality was restrained With a few more
lessons on etiquette from the Journal how
ever, it may be hoped even the Press will
-.arn how to treat strangers. In the mean
time the military gatherings of the country
will be held elsewhere.
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In his letter to George William Curtis,
under date of Dec. % last, Mr. Cleveland
said: 'There is class of government positions
which are not within the letter of the civil
service statute, but which are so disconnected
with the policy Of an administration that the
removal therefrom Of present incumbents, in
my opinion, should not be made during the
terms for which they were appointed, solely on
partisan grounds and for the purpose of put
ting in their places those who were in politi-
ical accord with the appointing powers" Ger
tainly postoffice is one of that class of gov
eminent positions. The proper administra-
ton of the affairs of a postoffice does not
require that the incumbent shall be Gin DO
litical accord with the appointing powers"
The reappointment of Mr.. Pearson settled
that question. In the list of appointments
published on Tuesday was that of a new post
master at Memphis vice Smith, suspended
The Memphis Avalanche, the Democratic
paper, says of the removed official: cit is
que the feCrng postmaster, concerning whom
we have had many a jest to say that he has
given Memphis officially rank along with
Cincinnati and New York among the best
managed Offices in the United States This
nothing but frst-rate business capacity could
have accomplished. In addition to the testi-
mony of the regular official reports the
Memphis business public give Mr.. Smith
most fattering testimonial Of their appreca-
ton OF his services. If his successor shall
surpass Mr.. Smiths record he will attain very
close to official perfection" This is the testi-
mony of political enemy, and the question
recurs, did Mr.. Cleveland mean anything
when he wrote Mrc<artis except to utter a
few fine words to tickle dudes?
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REVIEWING the contagious and epidem-
les of the last century in America in the San
itarian, DR.. Beard, of London, O., says that
during the civil war our armies were gener-
ally spared from this class of diseases. This
was extraordinary, with such surroundings as
within the stockade at Andersonville
From March, 1864, until April, 1865, 49,
485 prisoners were received. At one time
there were 5000 inside the PEN A small
stream ran through the inclosure from east to
west; the borders of it were quagmire. The
dead-line was nineteen feet from the inside of
the stockade. Taking out the space occupied
by the quagmire and the ''dead space" there
remained to 80, 900 prisoners seventeen square
feet to the man. A small shed, which was COW
cred hut not inclosed was the only shelter, ex-
cept such tents and earth holes as might
be dug. That these unfortunate thousands
did not fall victims to some sweeping pesti-
lence, seems to set at defiance all known laws
Of health; but while 1862 were carried out
by their comrades for burial, 1852 were re-
ported as having died Of diarrhoa, 1874 of
scurvy, I,648 of dysentery, 1,268 of unknown
causes, 372 of dropsy-a symptom rather than
disease in itself, 229 of typhoid fever, 22l
of pneumonia, 1913 of debility only III of
malarial fevers, 149 Of gunshot wounds, (too
near the dead line) 100 Of pleurisy, and three
or four hundred more of various minor
diseases. just before the war closed 10, 900
Union men were brought to Wilmington, n
c., from rebel prisons. They were carried
by rail, and at night the trains were stopped
and they were corraled until morning.
Thirty or forty were sometimes found
dead in the corral and an cpl
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THE howl raised by London society against
the awful revelations made by the Pail Mall
Gazette should be directed against the evils
that paper lays bare. When the press, with a
long paddle, stirs up the caldron of iniquity,
the stencil that arises comes from the con-
tents, and not from the stirer. The indigna-
ton should find vent in condemning the
scoundrels who have long traf1icked in the
souls of young girls, and who have
catered for the rich roue and the
titled debauchee. If the mere
unwilling of the scenes is an outrage upon
decency, what must be the character of the
offenses? Ordinarily it is best to say nothing
of such things as cannot readily be suppressed;
but in a case like this, where the sin is whole
sale and has became so emboldened as to en-
list the passive cooperation of the authori-
ties, it is proper to speak, and to speak in such
manner as to arouse the public to proper APP
probation of the enormity of the sin that
threatens London with reputation worse
than that of Babylon.
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REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER says of Gen.
Grant: ''There are some remarkable things
about him. No man ever heard Grant speak
all irreverent word. No man ever heard Gen.
Grant, even in the narration of a story, use
profane language. Never on the battle field,
never in those exigencies where men are pro-
speak word that was not in moderation and
good faith" An apology is necessary in
mentioning the name Of Cleveland in connec-
ton with that of Grant; but the fact that he
holds the Office once filled by the General,
and is also on friendly, not to say intimate,
terms with Beecher, is the excuse. The
Plymouth pastor processes to admire Mr..
Cleveland; but if he dislikes profanity, as he
seems to intimate in his eulogy of Grant,
then his respect for Mr.. Cleveland cannot be
very profound. 1t is but fair to the Presi-
dent to suppose that some of the language
quoted as his is put into his mouth by imma
tire correspondents, who fancy that ex-
pletives add force to conversation; but 50
many trustworthy persons have reported his
words, on numberless occasions, that con
viction of his coarseness in this regard cannot
be avoided. A man with the instincts of q
gentleman would, however addicted to the
habit of profanity, hold that something was
due to the dignity of his Office, and refrain
from improper expressions, out of regard for
his position. That the President of the
United States has no conception of the dig
nifty of his place is proved in many ways; but
no indication is stronger than the fact that he
gives utterance to Incorporate and vulgar
language, not only in 'those exigepcies where
men are provoked" as Mr.. Beecher says, but
on occasions where there is little or no prov
ocation. Everything of this sort which was
said about Mr.. Cleveland before election was
pronounced slanderous, but even the reyer-
end mugwump Of Brooklyn will have to ad-
nit, now, that it was not without foundation
He will not, at all events, ever feel moved to
offer the same tribute to Cleveland that he
has done to Grant.
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INFORMATION from the Soudan is to the
effect that the tenets of the Mahdi's religion
are very strict. If a married man is guilty of
immortality, he is put up to his waist in the
sand and stoned to death If he steals, his
hand is cut off. Singing and lascivious dane
ing, such as used to be in Khartoum, are put
a stop to. Every man must pray five times a
day. In view of the disclosures Of the Pail
Mall Gazette as to wickedness in England, it
would seem to be in the interests Of morality
Cor the Mahdi to move on that island at once,
and enforce his tenets On the sinners in high
r,laceS
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demic like typhus fever sprang up in
the city. This disease followed the moving
columns out into the country, and for over a
month the death rate was about 100 each day,
Of which half were citizens. This was the
only disease of an epidemic nature which at
tackled the prisoners, subjected to every con-
dition which ordinarily invites epidemic dis
eases. It is thought by some that the con-
slant exposure to the open air warded off con-
tagion; certainly there was a marvellous
immunity in the armies from the pest diseases
of large cities.