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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-11-13

All the real estate OF charles and Frederick
Smith situate on Front street In the town OF Cat
awissa, county OF Columbia, and state OF Penn
sylvania, bounded and described as follows to-
wit: on the east by Front street, thence running
along said street sixty and half feet to lot
owned by John Boyer, on said Front street, on the
west by lot OF Jacob Fisher, on the north by lot
OF Helwig, on the south by lot of John Boyer,
running along the same SO feet to land OF Fisher,
whereon are erected large frame dwelling house
and stable
Seized, taken In execution, at the suit OF Philip
II. Miller, assigned to Il. Frank zarr VS.. Charles
Smith and Frederick Smith and to be sold as the
property OF Charles Smith and Frederick Smith,
Zarr, Atty. FL Fa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-11-13
NOTICE TO TAX COLLECTORS.

In pursuance OF an order OF the Orphans Court
OF Columbia county, Pa the undersigned trustees
appointed by said Court, will sell at public sale on
the premises on
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1855.
THE WATER SCANDAL.

The late war upon the water Of the Po-
tomac River appears to have been an
altogether unprovoked and senscless piece
of business; and yet as affecting the repu
tation of Washington abroad, il is a really
serious affair.
An impression prevails all over the
country which it will take some time to
wear of that the water here is not only
unfit to drink, but positively unwhole-
some and deleterious. Such an idea at
this particular time, when there Is more
or less apprehension in the public mind
about cholera and typhoid, is well calcu-
lated to keep people away from Washing
ton during the summer and seriously i'm
jure all branches of business.
HThat one of the healthiest cities on the
continent, with its excellent water supply,
should be treated in this way is as out
rageous as it is undeserved; and, although
il may be too much to ask fthe responsible
perpetrators of the mischief that they pro-
ceed with penitent diligence to repair the
damage they have done, no pains should
be spared ON the part of citizens generally
to correct in the most public manner pos
sble the sensational misrepresentation
that have been so widely circulated and eX-
plain the motives which gave them birth.
1t will be time enough for scare when
the Government of the United States,
through General Newton, announces that
there is occasion for any.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
MIR. BAYARD ABUSED.

There are vandals in all ages and i'm all
countries. Some people cannot visit Mt.
Vernon without cutting the glass knobs
from the antique bureau. Armies of visit
ors insist on scribbling their names over
the polished surface of Washington's
Monument, and there would be nothing
left of the Corcoran Art Gallery, if guests
were not deprived of canes and umbrellas
at the door. Anything and everything
which stands forth pre-eminently clean or
symmetrical, or harmonious seems to
invite the malice and the envy of power
full few.
From the moment Mr.. Bayard consented
to enter the Cabinet he became target
for partisan'abuse, which has increased in
virulence proportionately with the ap-
pointment of straighout Democrats to of
flee. Perhaps if he had retained Minister
Lowell at the Court of st. James, and sug
gested George William Curtis as Minister
10 France, his treatment at the hands o
certain newspapers might have been diff
ferent. But because he has dared to con
strue the results of the last election as
notice that the victors were victorious, and
has stood boldly forward as the champion
of Democracy, he has attracted the aim Of
the mud-throwers.
The newspapers have not dealt fairly
with Secretary Bayard. They seem to
have forgotten their own powerful sense
of justice and decency and determined to
vent their disgruntlements on one of the
ablest members Of the Administration. 1t
is time for our friends, the correspondents
to call halt and vindicate themselves.
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A CASE FOR ARBITRATION.

The attitude of the iron masters and
workmen at Pittsburg is well-calculated to
interest the people of Pennsylvania, and
of adjoining States. The Amalgamated
Association proposed to accept a reduction
of ten per cent. The masters We're not
satisfied with this, but demanded other
concessions which the association could
not yield. Now there are grave appre-
tensions that general strike will be in
augurated on the first of June, and if the
mills close down nearly 100,000men will be
thrown out of employment,
The terrible consequences of forcing this
vast army of workmen into idleness, with
all the miseries and privations that must
accompany such a movement, ought to
call forth the best efforts of influential
citizens to effect compromise. Arbitra-
ton ought to be practicable and should in
tervene promptly to prevent the threat
ened calamity. Neither the iron masters
nor the worllmen can afford such strike
as seems likely to ensue,
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AN APOsTATE,s Plea.

That was stirring scene at Edinburgh,
where DR.. Adam Stuart Muir stood before
the old Scotch Presbyterians and declared
his faith in the Catholic Church. DR..
Muir was among the ablest of the Free
Church divines. He had been accused of
'popish practices" and general apostasy,
and was about to be dismissed from the
General Assembly of the Free Church of
Scotland Against his dismissal he had
entered an earnest appeal. His accusers
sat there and listened to his plea with sad
ness, but they ill-concealed their admira-
tion for his logic and his power. The
address went on. In smooth and polished
language, in delivery that swept con
cord of sweet sounds far across the crags
and peaks of Grampia the orator touched
for the last time the tender heart-chorI3
of the Free Church members Who had
loved him as father.
In clear and laundering tones, amid
the death-like Stiffness Of the assembly
the great preacher cried out: II hear the
voice of the Almighty spoken now. And
what did he say? II the Free Church
srasped in her nerveless, withered, blood
less fingers vague negation against the
teaching Of the Holy Catholic Church,
then would the Divine Master withdraw
from her presence"
Then his voice sank 10 one oftenderness,
and, az If he felt the night-breezes of
Judea 'On his brow he repeated the
words Of Cardinal Newmans hymn,
"Lead, kindly light and taking an ivory
cmciGx from his pocket, held it out with
his right hand.
The assembly could restrain itself no
longer. In one great cry of 'ShameP
they met their apostate brothers dramatic
appeal, and hissed him into momentary
silence. Then he added: The time will
come when shall die With this emblem
Of even your faith upon my BOSOM" And
hewent out from amidst his people as a
stranger TO them.
No such dramatic scene has been wit
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Hmgo,s Strange Belier.

Victor Hugo was always convinced that
he would meet all his friends in future
world. He was equally sure that he had
always existed from the antediluvian
times when the Creator placed him on
earth. He believed that he would exist
forever, inasmuch as he felt in his soul
thousands of hymns, dramas and poems
that had never found expression. When
the atheists would say to him, "The proof
that you will not exist in the future is that
you did not exist in the past" Hugo
would answer: "Who told you did not
exist in the past centuries? You will say
that is the legend of the ages. The poet
has written: Life is fairy tale twice
written He might have said a thousand
times written. There is not an agein which
/ cannot find my spirit You do not be-
lieve in the doctrine ofsurviving PERSONAL
tiles for the reason that you do not recol-
lect your anterior existence. But how can
the recollection of vanished ages remain
imprinted on your memory when you do
not remember a thousand and one scenes
and events of your present life? Since
1902 there have been ten Victor Hugos in
me. Do you think that can recall all
their actions and all their thoughts? The
tomb is dark, and when | shall have
passed the tomb to emerge into light once
more all these Victor Hugos will bealmost
wholly strangers to me, but it will always
be the same sou. - Paris Figaro
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THE TROUBLE WITH THE GIRLS.
A Scarcity of Young Men at the National
Capital.

"What are society's perils for young
womenY l just asked society girl,
and she said: "1n Washington, lack of
men," For girls this is true, There are
plenty of men IN Washington. Perhaps
in no city in the United States is society
worth so much while as in Washington, be-
cause so many distinguished men gather
there. In no party do you fail to see
groups any one member of which would
be considered worth making feast for in
other cities But the distinguished men
of Washington scarcely come at an earlier
period than their early middle life. They
are in Washington because they have al
ready won more or less eminence. They
are past the uncertainty, the hesitancy,
the unreality of life, and are bent on def
mite pursuits. The young men, the natural
mates for the girls, are in other cities and
districts, practicing law, learning to edit
| newspapers, cantering over cattle ranches,
preaching sermons to young women, and
| probably making poor fist of it, eXplor-
ing mines, earning money, winning fame.
BY and by they will come to Washington,
but in that day our girls will not be girls
any more. A very few of these young
men are in Washington, but very few,
hardly enough to go round. Consequently
n girl who goes into society encounters the
peril of not finding many stimulating
minds among her younger comrades
IGail Hamilton.
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IL Bent Gas all HOLLOW,

Uncle Davy was giving the boys some adj
vice in their love-inaking affairs, says the
Merchant Trdrcllcr, and one Of them
asked him how the young people did
when he was sparkling. "rhem was great
times, boys" he said in reply. 1--WE didn't
have no gas nor kerosene. We done our
sparkin' by plain tallow dip but most
frequently just by the. freight Fire
light is warinin' boys, and hickers just
enough to make girls eyes shine. Its
mighty soft and purity, too, and kinder III
a way none of your gaslights knows any
thing about, Sometimes the fire shined
up little too powerful in places, and the
young man would git up without sayin'
anything and put a shovelfull ofashes on it.
Then he would cuddle up to the girl in the
shadows, and she would cuddle some, too,
and it really didn't seem like there was
anything elsein the whole big round earth
to be wished for. Purity soon the fire would
git obstreperous again, and the little
flames would twinkle in and out, as if
they wanted to see what was goin' on, or
had seen and was laughin and winkin'
about it and havin some fnn, too, and the
young fellow would reach for the shovel
and the ashes and cover the bright blazes
all up. And ometimes-remembe now
only somctimcs-the girl would get up and
put ashes on, and then-well boys when
the bluebirds came in the spring, and the
fishin' worms crawled out of the ground
and the boys set on the green banks of the
little creek Waltin' for Il bite, and the
iohnny-jump-up nestled in the sunny
places, there was n weddin' in the old house,
and when the winter came again they sat
by their own fire, and the shovel and
ashes was out of job"
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PEOPLE IN GENERAL,

Ex-MINIsTER LOWELL delivered an ora
ton at Cambridge, England, yesterday, on
occasion of the unvciling of bust to the
roet Gray.
POSTMASTER VEAzEY of Baltimore had a
conference with Commissioner Dorman
j. Eaton i'm regard to appointments in the
postoflice of that city.
Mn. SUNSET Cox is not always so econo-
mcal of his words as when he wrote his
late letter of resignation. He simply
said: III hereby resign the office of Repre-
sentative in Congress from the Eighth
Congressional district in New York"
NJ. NJ. BRIGHT, young surveyor at San
Antonio, Tex, has recently "found" q
tract of about 1000 acres of land that had
been lost in that vast State. Various sur
veys had failed to include this tract, and
as il lays along q wooded creek, the dis
covery makes the finder rich man.
Mr.. MCLANE, the new American Min
lister to Paris, speaks French like native.
Ex-UMTED STATES MINISTER MoRroN
and Mrs. Morton will sail from Havre for
the United States, June 20, by the steamer
Normandie.
INGERsoLLs latest lecture is "What is
Blasphemy2n If 1ngersoll can't tell, the
other fellows might as well give it up
Philadelphia Press.
Mr.. RUSSELL SAGE is so rich that he was
able to drop $s,0OO,00O in Wall street last
year and scarcely miss it.
THE PERSONAL ESTATE of the late Mrs.
Frank A. Vanderbilt of New York is
valued at about 81, 100000.
AMONG THOSE who called upon Secretary
Manning in New York yesterday were
ex-Mayor Edward Cooper, ex-Commis-
soner Hubert o. Thompson, Congressman
elect Merriman and Edward Kearney.
THE KING OF GREECE has conferred upon
DIR. Morris II. Henry of New York the
gold cross of the. Royal Order of the Sa.
viour for services in the cause of science.
SENATOR WARNER MILLER, Professor
Fred Mather, United States Commissioner
of Fisheries, and about dozen other
well known anglers, will start for Lake
Wilmot, Hamilton County, n. Y, on a
fishing excursion as the guests of o. b.
Manning of that county.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27

AcAsE of sporadic cholera is reported at
the Presbyterian Hospital in Philodel-
phia, but the patient got well and there is
no occasion to. be alarmed Sporadic
cholera is liable to occur most anywhere
during the hot weather, especially when
ovcr-ripc cucumbers are in style. We
knew of a man once who had it from eat
ing prodigous supper of cabbage and
buttcrmilk. Copious rations of green ap-
pies sometimes produce the same results
but out in the country, instead of calling
it sporadic cholera and soaring the vicin-
age into an epidemic of stomach-ache, the
people know it as cholera morbus or
plain "gripes." And it is not contagious
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
Too Large Game.

An old chap from Lehigh Valley was
talking finance to some of the newsboys
around the Grand Central Depot the other
day. Said he:
"Whenever go to q hoss race bet on
all the hosses, instead Of one. When /
speculate foller the same line o. policy.
] kinder put leetle cash into wheat, and
q leetle more into pork, and few dollars
into stocks, and few more into sumthm
else, and if git busted on one Pm sure to
bust somebody on another"
"Boysl' he continued in fatherly way,
this loadin' a cannon an shoodn' fur
ELEPHANTS is takin' a powerful many
chances. If you hit EN- It's big game, but
if they git away the sheriff leyys on the
gun. Better load for smaller game, an
calkerlate on knockin' over rabbit if yc
miss deer Wall Street News.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
Statistics of Bible Making.

At the oxford Universitys own paper
mill, which is situated at Wolvercote, near
Oxford, 375 tons of rags have been con-
sumed in making $50 tons of paper for
this issue of the Revised Version, 1t
would cover two and quarter square
miles. 1t would go round the world in n
strip of six inches wide, or say if the
pages were laid open one after another, it
would go round the world. The sheets
piled in reams as they leave the mill
would make column ten times the
height of St. Paul's, or folded into books
before binding at least one hundred times
the height. The copies, which are being
prepared by the Oxford University Press
alone, would, if piled fiat one upon
another, make column more than four
teen miles high or 80 times the height Of
the Monument. If piled end on end they
would reach seventy-four miles high or
1913 times the height of the Monument.
1t is hardly possible to give an idea Of the
number Of goats and sheep whose skins
have beer required for binding the copies,
but ii has been calculated that 1850 goat
skins have been used in binding the copies
which will be presented by the American
committee of revision on the 2lst instant.
L Pail Mall Gazette.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
AllnIInM SALES.


CHANCERY SALE.
BY virtue Of decree of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia passed May 30,
1886, in equity cause 0,136, will sell at pub
lie auction, in front Of the premises, on FRI
DAY, May 30, 1885, at 4 O'Clock p. M, the fol
lowing described premises and all the interest
therein of the parties to said cause, to wit .
Part of lot 9 in square 16B beginning Mt a
point on the south line of said lot, % feet west
wardly from the southeast corner thereof run
ming thence westwardly with Pennsylvania
avenue "a feet, thence northwardly ~ feet 3
inches to public alley, thence oastwarlly to
the northwest line of Il. w. Bates land, thence
with said Bates west line to the place of be-
ginning.
Terms of sale: Onethird cash, of which S100
must be paid when the property is struck of,
and the balance In three equal payments In
one, two and three years respectively, with in
terest; deferred payments TO be secured by
deed Of trust on the premises sold. All con
veyancing and recording to be at the cost of the
purchaser .
LEWIS b. PARKER,
my2O-7t Trustee.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27

NORWOOD INSTITUTE, 1912 AND 1214
IN 14th ST., near 14thst. Circle. Select Board
ing School for young ladiee. Session 'S5'S6
opens September 80, 1886. Early application
necessary, as number OF boarders Will be
limited.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
EDUCATIONAL

YNHE HOWE BUSINESS SCHOOL, GIT SEV-
il enth street n. W., short, condensed course
In practical bookkeeping, rapid penmanship
and English branches at moderate rates OF
tuition. Morning, afternoon and night ees
sions. Civil-Service preparation speciality.
Shorthand, Elocution and Mathematics by o
special teacher.
ap30-f !. II. BRYANT, Principal.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27

messed in religious circles in hundred
years, and it will long be memorable in
ccclesiastic history.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27

WE have heard n great deal about the poetry
of motion, and have seen more charming illus
tratons of 1t in the Kiralfy ballets.-( Republ-
can.
That must have been in the early days
of the Republic, when Kiralfy's ballet was
sixty or seventy years younger than it is
now and had fewer grandchildren to take
care of
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
SPECIAL NOTICES.


vlfg1rS, S,HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF THE
R~tHSa POTOMAC, q. A. II.
COMMITTEE ON MEMORIAL SERVICE,
TO he Pu5iic. We respectfully solicit con.
tributions of flowers to be used on Memorial
Day IN DECORATING the graves Of our comrades
eeeG at Mas Masone TSp Sps PonSO1s oR and W. s so
the 29th and until 9 a. m of the 3Oth instant.
Any friends who desire us to call for flowers
on OF those days will please send their address to
ii. ii. SMITH, at Masonic Temple,
G.. II. INGRAM,
my27-2t Oh. Com. on Dec. and Grounds.
vaEw=s WE, THE UNDERSIGNED BANKS
1sssxs and Bankers of Washington city,
hereby agree to close our respective places of
business las far as practicable) on SATURDAY,
the 30tb inst. Decoration Day. Persons hav;;
ing paper due that date are requested to attend
TO the same the day previous:
Thos. G, Pearsall, Cashier Citizens National
Bank of Washington CITY,
:, Benz, p, snyder President National Savings
Geo. ii. B. White, Cashier National Metro
politan Bank.
Bateman & Co, by John e. Beall Cashier.
Towers Il Green.
Corson q Mccartney
Crane, Paris & Co.
Jacob Rich.
Lewis johnson and Co.
Chas, s. Bradley, Cashier National Bank of
the Republic. ID. c.
j. A. Ruff. Cashier Central National Bank.
G. a. James, Cashier Bank of washington.
II. G. Swain, Cashier Second National Bank.
VIM. Mayse & Co.
Bell g. Go.
W. Laird, jr., Cashier Farmers & Mechanics
National Bank, Georgetown, ID. g. my26&2S
HES@sB. IL. sTINEMETz y son,
h~sSa 1887 Pcnna. ave,
AGENTS FOR
"BNoX'S' N. Y. HATS,
"YOUMAN'S" N. Y. HATS,
Latest in
DRESS CASHMERE AND DERBY HATS,
MACKINAW AND OTHER STRAW HATS.
Boys and Children's Straw Hats.
Large stock Of fine silk Umbrellas for Ladies
and Gentlemen
s1S Furs received on storage. my26-tf
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my15.2taw,4w Postmaster General.
DRoPosAL FOR CONSTRUCTING SCHOOL
Il BUILDING,

DROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTING SCHOOL
J. BUILDING.
OFFICE OF THE ENGINEER COMMISSIONER,
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 10, 1885.
by direction of the Board of Commissioners,
sealed proposals will be received at this Office
until 10 O'Clock m, on Thursday, May %,
1885, for constructing school buildings and
stair halls on each side of the Stevens School
Building, on Twenty-frst street, between X
and i streets northwest
Blank forms of proposal and specifications,
together with all necessary information, can
be obtained at the Office of the Inspector of
Buildings of ID. C., and bids upon these forms
alone will be considered.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
G. LYDECKER,
Major of Engineers u. $. A.,
my2O-6t Eng'r Commissioner d. g.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
A Soft Answer.

what is am epistle?n asked q Sunday
school teacher of her class "The wife OF an
apostle, replied young hopeful.-[ Christian
al Work
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
ny2o.7t
Personal.


~ A. BEST e co. HAVE REMOVED FROM
W 61S 9th st. to 1920 T. st. n. W. Selling
out below cost to close out business. my27 7-3t+
ssEoRsYTH, YOU BUY BETTER ARTICLES
II for the Forsyth Cafe than most of our
hotels How in the world can you serve u
meal for 10 centsi" said prominent merchant.
Come and see for yourself; Dis 10th st. my23.tf
nRAWING AND PAINTING-THE BEST
painting is at the National Academy of Fine
Arts, cor. 18th st. and N. Y ave-; all commenc-
ing Immediately will be received at half-price;
children's saturday class $40 per year; classes
after 4 o'clock for those In the Departments
myOO-1mN
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27

ENGLISH influence at the Vatican does
not appear to be supreme. The Irish
people wanted DIR. William Walsh ap-
pointed Archbishop of Dublin. The Eng
lish sent an Ambassador to the Pope in
behalf of another. But DR.. Walsh was
appointed and the people of Ireland are
correspondingly happy.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
MONEY TO LOAN.
BUSINESS CHANCES.

A RARE oPPoRTUNITY-S65O CASH WILL
"A buy an interest in good-paying ready
money business. The money Is needed for
enlarging operations. Closest investigation
courted For particulars apply to w. ii. Main
& Co.. real estate dealers, st. Charles Hotel.
my25-3t*
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27

THE pink and pretty New Orleans States
recently referred to the decaying mental
powers of Tennyson. Last Sunday it
apoogized at considerable length and
startled its readers by printing some of
Tennyson's poems. This should teach
the editor not to speak lightly of orthog
raphy till lie has read the dictionary.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
LOST AND FOUND.

OST-A BRACELET; OPEN LOOP, TWIST
- ed gold wire; valued as gift. The finder
will be rewarded by returning to 1913 st. H.
W., where the mate can be seen. my25-3t#
G1l REWARD-LOST SATURDAY, 10TH
eDIO inst, on Pa ave-, near 9th St, lady's
huntingcase gold watch and chain with
medal, ON which is engraved owners name.
Above reward for their return to 800 st. NV.
my21-3t*
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27

THE Canadian Government should es-
tablish an embassy of deputy marshals in
old Poundmakcr's Court. He is hardly in
position to make treaties.
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

EOR RENT-SEWING MACHINES 81 PER
y week or S3 per month: New American
No Z, New Domestic, New Singer, New Auto
matte and other standard machines, at Auer-
bachs, 1th ST. rny216t
The Washington critic., 1885-05-27
PROPOSALS.
DRorosALs FOR STATIONERY.
PosroFrror DEPARTMENT,

PosToFFIcE DEPARTMENT.,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May IL, 1885.
Sealed proposals will be received at this De-
partment until IL O'Clock m. on Wednesday,
June "a, 1885, for furnishing Stationery for
the use of First and Second Glass Postofices
for one year from July 1, 1885.
S BlanE i0s OF pp0pGS;ais showing the Items
with circular relating thereto viii be fur
nished on application to this Department.
Proposals should be addressed to the First
Assistant Postmaster-General, and indorsed
Proposals for Stationery
The Postmaster-General reserve the right
to reject any or all bids.
WIN. r. Villas,
my15-2taw,iw Postmaster General.