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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-17

The Press is authority for the
statement that the Russian man-of-
war "Massager" may shortly be ex-
pected here, with her captain COM
missioned to dissuade His Majesty
from selling the kingdom to the
United States, or, if he is bound to
sell out, to induce him to give Rus
sia the refusal. This intimation is
based upon an article copied from a
Russian by French paper, and the
cause of Russia's action is the
rumor that went round the world re-
garding Mr.. Daggett's mission from
His Majesty to Washington.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-17
FOR SALE.

EANNING'S ISLAND GUANO in
Il quantities to snit Apply to the
PACIFIC NAVIGATION co.
1O3 Tyr
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30
American Carriages Abroad.

There is a steady demand for car
riages to be exported to South Ameri-
can States, the West Indies and South
Africa. Every carriage is made on an
order from the purchaser. Only
wealthy government officials or mine
or plantation owners are able to buy
carriages in America. The demand
comes mostly from the West Indies
and from the Pacific shore of South
America.
Carriages sent to South America are
usually large, four-wheeled family con
veyances, covered to keep off the
scorching rays of the sun. The top
and sides of the cover are of heavy
white waterproof cloth, forming part
of the carriage top. Carriages sent to
South America are made as heavy and
strong as possible because of the con
dition of the mountain roads, They
are so rough that IA carriage like those
which are trundled around Central
Park would be knocked to pieces.
The first cost of carriage in New
York city is only small part of its
cost when it reaches its purchaser.
From manufactory in this city recent
ly a carriage which cost $500 was sent
to Bogota, South America. On land
ing it at the coast town the carriage
was taken apart as much as possible
and each piece was packed on the back
of an Indian. Thence there was long
and tedious journey up the mountains.
The final cost to the purchaser was not
less than 81 500
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30
Dangers of Breathing Through the
Mouth.

A paper recently read before the
Canada Medical association in Mon
treal treats of the causes, serious con
sequences, prevention and cure, of what
the writer terms buccal breathing-in
plain English and more correctly,
breathing through the mouth. As it
is the fate of all hobby riders, sooner
or later, his hobby has run away with
him, and he undoubtedly exaggerates
the serious consequences of the habit
against which he inveighs. Neverthe-
less enough remains, after making due
allowance for his enthusiasm, to war
rant both the public and the medical
profession in paying more attention to
the subject than is usually done. Ath-
letes, professional trainers, hunters,
mountaineers, all physically strong
and perfect men, habitually breathe
through the nostrils. One may breathe
mephitic gases or the smoke of burn
ing building for short time through
the nose if the lips be kept tightly
closed, when he would quickly snffo-
cate if he attempted to breathe through
the open mouth. The function or sense
of smell, which is commonly consider
ed the chief end of mans nose, is
really a very subsidiary part of its bust
ness. Through the nose the air is puri-
fed, tempered and moistened before
it reaches the sensitive larynx and
lungs. Foreign and irritating particles
are arrested in their passage through
the nasal cavities the temperature Of
the air is raised to that of the body,
while it is moistened by the secretions
of the membrane which lines it laby-
rinths and of the glands which it
lodges.
The dust which loads citys atmos-
phere-flth in an impalpable powder
finds ready access to the upper portion
OF the air tubes and gullet through the
mouth, but is almost entirely deposited
on the moist mucus surfaces of the
winding, shell-like nasal passages in
proper breathing. The usual effect of
the first mouthful of cold air in a sharp
winter atmosphere is to provoke a
cough and prompt closure of the lips
to guard the sensitive structures of the
larnyx and vicinity, and there are few
who have not awakened in the morn.
ing with dry, harsh tongue, throat and
palate when from any cause nasal re-
spiration has been impeded during
sleep, the secretion of the mouth being
neither suitable nor sufficient. 10 keen
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30
Blaine's Consistency.

Mr.. Blaine soon forgets his ante
election pledges of devotion to Ameri-
can industry and contempt for Eng
land and the English, He is to have
his picture hung, at the expense of the
government, i'll the State Department,
in company with the pictures of the
others who have been incumbents OF
that Office. As is customary, the selec-
tion of the artist who is to paint the
picture, has been left TO himself, and he
has just chosen for the perfor-
nance of that task one, Mr., Archer, a
genuine John Bull, who has only been
in this country few months, and who
is still subject of the Queen of Great
Britain, Mr.. Archer is said to be a
very clever gentleman and can probab
ly paint an excellent picture. But
there are any number of American ar
lists who are equally clever gentlemen
and who can paint quite excellent
pictures, and under such circumstances
if Mr.. Blaine, were a man who cared
anything for consistency, he would
nave seen that one of them got the con
tract.
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THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT BLOOMSBURY COLUMBIA

these words not to neglect the slightest
symptoms of kidney difficulty. Ger
tain agony and probable death will be
the sure result Of such neglect, and no
one can afford to hazard such chances.
am aware that such an unqualified
statement as this, coming from me,
known as l am throughout the entire
land as a practitioner aud lecturer, will
arouse the surprise and possible ami
mostly of the medical profession and
astonish all with whom am acquaint-
ed but | make the foregoing state
ments based upon facts which I am
prepared to produce and truths which
| can substantiate to the letter The
welfare of those who may possibly be
sufferers such as | was, is an ample in
ducement for me to take the step
have, and if can successfully warn
others from the dangerous path in
which once walked, / am willing to
endure all professional and personal
consequence.
J. b. HENION, M. d.
Rochester, N, Y, Dec 80.
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"The local paper says Whitelaw
Reid, sis the best read paper in the
world. All the city papers cannot sup
ply the place of the home paper. No
other contains the marriages and
deaths, to say nothing of divorces and
births. No other relates the scandals
happening before the doors of the
townspeople no other paper gives the
time for the next ball, picnic, or polit-
ical meeting; no other Publishes the
roll of honor of the public school no
other discnsses the affairs of the town
and county, or gives in detail the local
news, which cannot be obtained from
any other source. Everybody reads
it, and that is why the little local
paper is the best read paper in the
world"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30
Gambled Into Slavery.
J. b. HENION, NJ. d

There are ten kinds of legalized
gambolng in Siam, and so absorbed
do the Siamese become in gaming that
when their money and personal effects
are gone they will stake their own
bodies on the turn of the game, going
into voluntary slavery if they lose. In
this event before he is permitted to
leave the place, the gambler must sur
render himself, in fee simple to his
owner, who procures from the Amphor
Distric, Judge) san kromatan decd
in which, among other stipulations, he
binds himself to render such services
as may be required until the pecuniary
obligation is discharged. The owner
may also exact interest on the amount
of Indebtedness at the rate of fifteen
per cent. per annum, but no more, as
this is the highest rate the king per-
mits his subjects to charge. If a great
er sum is demanded, and the fact can
be established by acceptable testimony
in a native court, the debt is Cancelled
and the slave becomes free. Ii for
any reason he becomes dissatisfied
with his owner, or master, which is of
ten the ease, he may secure another one
by transferring the deed, without ask
ing the consent of the owner, provided
the redemption or stalking over" (as
the Siamese express the transaction) is
made in pursuance of law. If he can
prove to the satisfaction of the district
Judge that his wife possesses the requi-
site amount, he may apply to the court
for an order compelling her to pay the
debt and thus redeem him from servi-
tude; but, inasmuch as the government
is not supposed to encourage gambling
with wife's money, the law requires
that the assignment of the san kromalan
shall be made to the wife so that,
when possessed of this formidable do
cument, with the official scale duty at
tached, she becomes the absolute and
bona fide owner of her husband by an
indisputable title which nothing but a
royal decree can possibly annul.- The
Current.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

In her "Guide to Methods of Insect
Life Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod, CON
sulting etomologist TO the Royal Agri
cultural Society, divides the insect
enemies of the farm into three orders,
which are subdivided and classified in
a manner readily understood by nom
scientific readers. OF wireworms she
says "The p-jacks, or click beet
les, do little if any harm in the beetle
state, but in the grub state--tbat is,
what we know as wireworms-the
mischief and loss they cause to the
country are beyond calculation. The
wireworms will feed on the roots Of al
most all farm crops excepting mustard,
and live for five years before hey
cease eating to turn to chrysalids and
thence to click beetles. They are
commonly of yellowish color,
and take their name from their great
likeness to a short, thick piece of flat
tened wire. The click beetles are of
many kinds, and commonly about a
quarter to half an inch long and about
third of that in breadth, and of a
brownish color, and take their name
from their power of regaining their
position when laid on their backs by a
sudden jerk or skip into the air, accom-
panied by click. The female beetles
lays her eggs on, or little below, the
surface of the ground amongst LEAKAGE
and roots, and especially in such places
as grass meadows or clover leys, where
the surface is undisturbed for time,
possibly for years, and consequently
the ground below swarms with wire
worms of all ages. When the pastures
are broken up these tough-skinned
grubs are in no way hurt, but remain
in the ground ready to feed on each
succeeding crop that is put in until the
time for their change comes p.
To prevent egg-laying the ground
should be made as unsuitable as it can
be for the purpose. 1t is advised to
feed down the grass as bare as possible
[fold] theep on it, gradually moving
the hurdles forward so that every part
of the field may be thoroughly trodden.
The sheep in this case are fed with
turnips and other regular feeding
stuffs, and the amount of liquid and
other manure thus worked into the
land thoroughly prevents the field being
inviting for eggs to be laid on it and de-
stroys any that might be upon the sur
face.'
From this it would appear that
ploughing the land in the fall would
favor the increase of wireworms, since
the loose soil would afford suitable
place of refuge for them. Miss Orme.
rod has this in mind when she says
at is advised to plough in good
time in autumn, and work the land
well so as to get it in good order and
consolidated, and, either by burning
rotting, or whatever means may be
preferred, prevent it being kept open
and full of harbors for wireworms
stubble and roots. cabbage stalks or
bean-haulm, and all such matters are
wireworm helpers"
Barnyard manure is often found to
harbor wireworms but thoroughly
sailing it will destroy the pest.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30
SPEED OF THE ARAB HoRsE-.The 4

SPEED OF THE ARAB HORSE. The pop.
ular notion about the speed of the Arab
courser is, l think, erroneous. Grea,
speed is not his strong point the
chances are that on any ordinary race
course the best Arab in the world
would be beaten by a second-rate Eng
lish race horse. These Arabs were
not, of course, first-rate specimens of
the race, but they were certainly not
bad ones. A fortnight or SO after.
ward, when l was at Tebessa, the com
mandant showed me an English thor.
oughbred, which, he said, had easily
run away from every Arab he had
ever tried him against But what was
far more remarkable about this horse
was that once acclimatized and accus
toned to the hard life and hard fare
of the Arab horses he quite equaled
them in hardness and endurance, al
had been proved in the course of many
expeditions and tours of inspection
among the tribes of the district.-Lon
don SOciety.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

All the newly imported evening
wraps are marked by magnificent
combination of colorings, many of the
most expensive models being decidedly
Eastern in design and finish.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30


With every disease imaginable for the
last three years. Our
Druggists, T. j. Anderson, recommend
ing
"Hop Bitters" to me,
| used two bottles
am entirely cured, and heartily recon.
mend Hop Bitters to every one. j. ID. Wal.
ker, Buckner, Mo.
| write this as
Token of the great appreciation | have
of your Hop
Bitters, | was affilcted
With iuaammatory rheumatism II!
Fornearly
Seven years, and no medicine seemed to
do me any
Good i!
Until tried two bottles of your Hop
Bitters, and to my surprise am as well to-
day as ever was. hope
you may have abundant success"
I'm this great and'
Valuable medicine
Anyone wishing to know more
about my cure
Can learn by addressing me, f. M.
Williams, 11O3 10Th street, Washington,
DC.
Remedy the best remedy in existence
For Indigestion, kidney
Compliant
"And nervous debility. have just"
Returned
From the south in fruitless search for
health, and find that your Bitters are doing
me more
Good
Than anything else
month ago was extremely
"Emaciated |! :"
And scarcely able to walk. Now am
Gaining strength and
"Flesh !"
And hardly a day passes but what l am
complimented on my improved appear.
ance, and it is all due 10 Hop
Bitters j. Wickliffe jackson,
- Witminuton, DEL
es-N None genuine without bunch OF green
Hops on the white label Shun all the vile, poi
vpr IN hat parn
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

A writer offers the following remedy
for earache, which, he says, after re-
peated trials, never fails to afford in
slant relief: Olive oil, one ounce
chloroform, one dram. Mix and shake
together, then pour twenty-five OF
thirty drops into the ear, and close il
with piece of raw cotton to exclude
the air and retain the mixture.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

A bird upon the wing may carry a
seed that shall add new species to
the vegetable family of continent
and just so a word, a thought, from a
living soul, may have results immeas
urable.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

AT twenty it is easy enough to see
how fortunes can be mad e; at fifty it is
still easier TO see how you have not
made one.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

Jas II. Mercer distinctly states that
Ackers English Remedy has and does
cure contracted consumption. Ask for
circular An entirely new medicine,
guaranteed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

1t Is said that the re are 10000 roller
skating rinks in the United States lie,
your boy begin the study of surgery at
once.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

A plain, genteel dress is more ad
mired, and obtains more credit, than
lace and embroidery, in the eyes of the
iudicious and sensible.
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JAS. II. Mercer states that indiges-
ton prepares every one for disease, but
guarantees Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets
TO cnre all forms of indigestion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

1t is good sign to see the color Of
health upon u mans face, but not to
see it all concentrated in his nose.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

Ask James III. Mercer about Acker's
Blood Elixir, the only preparation
guaranteed to cleanse the blood and
remove all chronic diseases.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

"What is laughter7' asks a philoso-
pher. 1t is the sound you hear when
your hat blows off.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

A Kansas paper in a review of the
last year remarked that it was notable
for the number of weddings and other
casualties.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

Don't you fret if you cannot get into
society The oyster is often present at
a supper when he would perhaps prefer
to be at home in his bed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30
Boarding Stab1e.-

Having recently leased the Ex-
change Hotel Stable, / am now run
ming it as boarding, exchange and
Hotel stable. 1 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.
l shall always buy 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 he 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. l 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 l refer you to w.
r. Tubbs, Proprietor of Exchange He
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

Virtue is bass drum which men
often pound to hide the discords Of
t leir own character.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

Three billion wooden toothpicks are
made every year in this country. No
wonder so many people can afford to
eat them.
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BLooMsBuRG, Pa, Dec. 8, 1884

Vandergrit Mfq. Co. Z:
Camden Mears, Agent have been in
the laundry business constantly during the
past ten years, and have tried very many
different kinds of family washing ma
chimes, one of which is the New Improved
Western Washer, sold by you, and cheer,
for my work that l have ever tried. 1t
gives perfect satisfaction, and would not
part with it for double the amount / paid
for it if could not procure another one.
Any person wishing to see it in operation
can do SO, by calling at my laundry
Yours Respectfully,
G. II. BRowN,
Proprietor Bloomsburg Laudry, Dent.
ler's rev block, Main Street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

Men are Ike wagons-they rattle
prodigiously when there is nothing in
them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

A small puffed shoulder piece, cross
ed by cords of jet or braid and fringed
with jet, appears at the top of the
sleeve in some new mantles.
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sUNBUHY, HAZLETON IL WII.KEsBARRE
RAILROAD AND NORTH AND WEST
BRANCH RA IVyAY.
d DBILADELRHAAND AND READING ROAD

E(biLADELRHAAN AND READING ROAD
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER
TRAINS.
Nov. 10, 1884
TRAINS LEAVE RUPERT AS FOLLows(sUNLAY
BxCsPTnD.
For New York, Philadelphia Reading Pottsviu
Tamaqua, &C., II, 81 a. N;
For Catawissa, II 81 a. N. 6. l3 and $50 o. IN.
For WillianspOrt, 6,56 l0.45 a. m. ana s,U6 o. a,
For Lewisourg and Sunbury, 4.O6 p. IN.
TRAINS F0E RUPERT LEAvB AS foLLOss l4p~,,fr
Leave New York, via. Tamaqua s. As A. an ana
via. Bound Brook Route I,45 a. IN.
Leave Philadelphia, $50 a. II.
Leave Reading, l1,o5 a. M, Poutsvule, Il. IS
ana Tamaqua, l ,41 p. m.
Leave Catawissa, $50 1890 d. IL. AM 4.oO E. ~,
Leave Willamsport. s,tOa.m, 4.O5 ana $40 an.
Leave Sunbury .l9p. IN.
LeWisburg 4.43 p. III.
Passengers 10 and from Pnila lei ghia 20 tbruun
ithout change OF cars
J. K. WOoTTEN,
n n u,Ncoon General Manager
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
jan 10, lsSl-tf.
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BLOOMSBURY, Pa, Dec. s, 1884.

Vand9g'U Mfg. ca.
GENTLEMEN When your agent, Mr.. G.
Mears, solicited me to purchase one of
your Western Washing Machines, nothing
but desire to be courteous prompted me
to give one moments attention to 1t, as all
the washing machines had ever seen had
proved utter failures But when your
agent, in commendable spirit of fairness,
offered to sell your machine on its merits,
l could not refuse to give it fair trial. Ii
has now done service in my laundry three
months, and | must say that it is perfect i,
every respect, doing its work thoroughly,
and with it one girl can do the work OF
two, without fatigue. 1t is simply match
less. Very Truly Yours,
l.. A. SHATTUoK, NJ. ID.
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TESTIMONIALS.

TESTIMONIALS.
BLooMsBURG, Pa, Dec. s, 1884.
Vandegih Mfg Co.:
We bought from your agent, Mr. G..
Mears, one of your New Improved West
ern Washers. Have used it for three
weeks and are much pleased with it. 1t
saves labor, washes cleanly, does not wear
out the clothes and works easily. We can
heartily recommend it to everyone who
has washing to do. Respy. Yours,
Mrs. p M. TEATs.
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TRY ONE! And if you are not
satisfied after giving it fair trial re.
turn the machine to our agent, and he
will refund your money.
Tunder0riG Mia IO
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would say that have secured the agency for
the sale OF the above Popular Washing Machine,
American Hand Planters and other manufactures
OF the above firm, for the counties OF Columbia,
Montour, Luzerne and SchuvlIll, and would be
pleased TO deliver and instruct In the use OF the
washer anyone who desires to buy one
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| hci caie SuIe, tut TeIlcuY WHICH
used
Since my recovery | have thorough
ly re-investigated the subject of kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease, anc
the truths developed are astounding
| therefore state, deliberately, and as
| physician, that l believe more than
one-half the deaths sohich occur IN
America are caused 5y Brights dis
ease of the kidneys. This may sound
like rash statement, but | am prepar
ed to fully verify it, Bright's disease
has no distinctive symptoms of its owr
indeed, it often develops without any
pain whatever in the Kidneys or theil
Vicinity,) but has the symptoms Of
nearly every other common complaint
Hundreds of people die daily, whose
burials are authorized by physician
certificate as occurring from "Hear
Disease "Apoplexy," 'Paralysis,
"Spinal Complaint" "Rheumatism,
pneumonia and other complaints
when in reality it is from Bright's dis
ease Of the kidneys. Few physicians
and fewer people, realize the extent o
this disease or its dangerous and insid
uous nature. 1t steals into the system
like thief, manfests its presence if a
all by the commonest symptoms ant
iastens itself upon the constitution
before the victim is aware of it. 1t il
Dearly as hereditary as consumption
and fully as fatal. Entire families, in
heriting it from their ancestors, hav,
died, and yet none of the number knew
or realized the mysterious power which
was removing them. Instead of com
mon symptoms 1t often shows non,
whatever, but brings death suddenly
from convulsions, apoplexy or hear
disease. As one who has suffered an,
knows by bitter experience what h
says, ! implore every one who read