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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

Amsterdam, so interesting TO the
student of art, is a wonder of delight
to any visitor by reason of its extraor-
dinary construction. The whole town
is built upon what was once a marsh,
or, worse, than that, sea, and is a
vast marvel of massive water works,
dams, embankments and buttresses,
built of very heavy stone above, but
resting upon millions of piles below.
Piles are, in fact. the support of the
whole town, for the upper soil, most of
which has been brought in from dis
tant places, is composed Of sandy loan,
which affords no firm support. Am
sterdam, is, in fact, city upon stills.
the stills being piles from fifteen to
twenty feet long, upon which the
buildings stand, as it were, in the air.
You easily recognize the character of
the foundation when you look at the
houses in The older part of the town.
Here building is leaning forward in
such ticklish way that YOU wonder at
the foolhardiness of the people who
are sitting in the windows and thus
adding to the weight of the downward
side and you feel safer to pass it on
the other side of the way. There an
other has settled sdewise, and leans,
as if weariPd, 90 its neigbbor, and a
third has started back ward, as if at
tempting to save itself from the gen.
eral crash into the street, which seems
likely to come at any moment. A
fourth seems trying to look around the
corner into the next street, as If tired
with forever staring at the canal, and
the general effect is like looking into
the racks of scenery in the wings of a
theatre, where everything has fallen
up against everything else, or as if an
earthquake shock had lately occurred,
and another and severer one was
momrntarily expected.
You see this thing in nearly every
town in Holland, but more plainly
in Amsterdam than elsewhere, because
of the greater height of the buildings.
No doubt in the course of time, Amster-
dam will have to be taken down piece
inthI, 'ui illSHcu WIN lCW lOuuuduitic,
aud set up again, but the patient Dutch
who built it will have the virtue to re-
build it if necessary, and defy the hu-
mid soil, the percolation of water and
the endless threat of the sea to the end
of time. The courage of the Holland
engineer impresses me more and more
profoundly with every day spend in
this hollow country, and ! am fully
convinced that if they seriously attempt
to carry out their present project to
put dam over the Zuyder Zee and
pump its waters into the ocean they
will easily succeed, A people that
added The bottom of the lake of Haar
lem to their cultivated lands by stead
lily pumping for three mortal years, a
little sea, whereon shipwrecks had hap
pened and naval battles had been
fought, can find the greater work of
draing the Zuyder Zee to be only a
question Of longer time, Making
farms out of seas, cities out of swamps,
mainland out of Islands, changing ge-
ography and bringing distant people
to be neighbors are very easy matters
with these slow and earnest Dutchmen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

child still loves her father
81 am here. father" Susie said; and
| stole softly away as John claspcd his
child in his arms. Albert was in the
dning-room with Johnnie, and l was
chatting still with him, when I heard
John calling
"Fred Fred J.
| hurried to the room to find him
struggling to rise, Susie vainly trying
to calm him.
II want my child !" he cried deliri.
ously, "you promised me my child ?"
saw at a glance that the agitation
of the evening had brought back the
wandering mind, of which he had told
me. Albert ana | released Susie, who
left us quickly.
Some finer instint than we possessed
guided her, for she returned with John.
uie, and whispering him to be very good
and kiss grandpapa, she put him III her
/ fathers arms. In second his excite
ment was gone and he fondled the cur.
/ ly head, while Johnnie obediently
pressed his lips upon the withered
cheek. So, in little lime, they fell
asleep, Johnnie nestled in the feeble
arms, and the withered face dropping
upon the golden curls. We watched
them silently, till we saw a shadow
pass over Johns face, and change
settle there that comes but once in
! life.
Gently Albert lifted the sleeping
! child, and carried him to the nursery,
while Susie and | sat beside the arm
chair.
"Uncle Fred," she whispered, "Al.
bert will go for a doctor. But may
@aken him Let him speak to me
once more !!
Even as she spoke John opened his
eyes. All the wild look was gone
from them as he groped moment till
Susie put her hands in his. Then 9
heavenly smile came upon the wasted
lips, aud he said softly, tenderly:
"Susie, my own little child, Susie"
And with the name on his lips johns
spirit went to seek an eternal asylum
in which there will be no more power
ty, pain or blindness.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
Don't Wear Tight Shoes.

A letter from Warsaw, n. Y, says;
Probably one of the greatest of suffer
ers, and from peculiar cause, is Ad-
am Piatf, a well known resident of
that town. Three years ago he was
drawn as a juryman, and wore to
ceurt, at Bath, new pair OF boots for
the first time. They were too small
for him, and although they gave him
intense pain he kept them on all of
one day. When he removed his boots
at night he found no relief from the
pain, and was unable to sleep. Du-
ring the night his feet, legs, hands,
arms and body began to swell, and his
suiferings became so great that he was
obliged to summon aid, and was re-
moved to his home as soon as possible.
From that day to this the pain has
never left him for an instant His
joints are enlarged greatly, while his
/ toes, feet, and hands are greatly swol-
/ len to three times their natural size.
The flesh on some portions of his body
is shrunken and withered. He is en-,
sirely helpless, and c9nnot leave his
chair without help, AID has to be fed
like child, Alr Piafl's sufferings are
at times terrible TO witness, and he
prays Tor death.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13
How Capt, Kidd Was Hanged,

The thrice-repeated failure of the
hangman deputed to execute John Lee,
the Ecglish convict, will remind many
readers of the parallel catastrophe that
marked the end of Kidd the notorious
pirate of William HIS time. When the
Captain was hanged, at Execution
dock, the rope broke, and he came to
the ground still alive, but second at,
tempt proved more successful A still
more striking occurrence of the same
kind took place in Russia during the
present century, within the memory of
many men still living. When Rylaieff,
the celebrated poet and conspirator Of
the last generation, was sentenced to
death by the Car Nicholas in company
with Postal, the composer of the ia
nous waltz, and Others of equal note,
he insisted on dying first, in order to
encourage his comrades by the undaunt,
ed bearing, But the rope broke, and
the officer in command, who was his
personal friend, stayed the proceedings
till he could make one more effort to
obtain a pardon. "Dld he say any
thing when ne iell?' asked Nicholas, on
hearing the story. "He said" answer.
ed the officer reluctantly, shat it seem
ed the Russian government could moi
even hang a man properly" $50 back
then, roared the czar, "and show hin
that il can y
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RATgs OF ADvsRTIsINc

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Le,ral advertisements two dollars per inch for
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Insertions without reference 10 length.
Executors, Administrators, and dAuditor'snotic"
three dollars. Must be paid for when Inserted.
transient or Local notices, ten cents line, regw
lar advertisements hall rates
Cards in the business Directory column, one
dollar year for each line.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

A grease spot can be taken out of a
carpet by applying a warm buckwheat
batter aud the batter can be taken out
by cutting hole in the carpet where
the batter was applied.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

swell, my young gentleman, and
how would you like your hair cut p
"Oh, Ike papa's, please with little
round hole az the top.N
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

An English dairyman says he keeps
a kicking COW quiet at milking time by
simply placing just over her loins a
cloth wet with cold water
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

The increasing number of Jewish
undergraduates is much remarked at
Oxford.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

I K. EVANS, Nj. D., Surgeon and
d Physician, \Ufce and Residence on Ihlra
street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-03-13

DR. VIM. NJ. REBER, Surgeon and
i physician. U1ice corner of ROCK and Market
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MISCELLANEOUS.

A L. FRITZ, Auorney-at Law. Once
n In COLUMBIAN building,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-08-14
AN OLD.TIME SCHOOL MASTER.

st. Nicholas
A hundred and fifty years ago,
among the German settlers of Penn
sylvania, there was a remarkable
Old schOolmaster, whose name was
Christopher Dock. For three days
he taught school at little place
called Skippacg, and then for the
next three days he taught at
Stafford.
Whenever one Of his younger
scholars succeeded in learning his
a Be, the good Christopher Dock
required the father Of his pupil to
giYe his son a penny, and also his
mother to cook two eggs for him as
treat in honor of his diligence
To poor children in a new country
these were fine rewards. At va
rions other points in his progress,
an Industrious child in one Of Dock $
schools received penny from his
flthcr and two eggs cooked from
his mother. All this time he was
not counted member Of the school
but only as on probation. The day
on which a boy or girl began to
read was the great day. If the pu-
nil had been diligcnt in spelling
the master on the morning after
the first reading day, would give a
ticket carefully written or illnmln
ated with his own hand. This
read: Industrious one penny
This showed that the scholar was
now really received into the school
There were no clocks or watches
the children came to school one
after another, taking their places
near the master who sat writing
They spent their time reading on
of the Testament until all wer'
there. But every one who succeed
ed in reading his verse without
mistake stopped reading and cam'
and sat at the writing table to write
The poor fellow who remained las
on the bench was called a laz,
scholar.
The funniest of Docks reward
was that he gave to those VIII
made no mistakes in their lessons
lie marked a large o with chalk o
the hand of the perfect scholar
Fancy what a time boys and girl
must have had trying to go HON
without rubbing out this D.
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TASTE IN OOONS.

Ladies do not buy Odors at ran
dom, for Their use has become dis
tinguishing feature of their toilet.
why inst think of 1t. What would
be your impression of awell dressed
woman redolent with the fumes OF
natchouli. You would think her
a woman Of loud tastes, if not a fast
one, and YOU would be correct. II
is impossible to locate Il lady's So
cial position by means OF ones OIL
factories, for a lady Of delicate and
refined tastes will use II delicate
odor in perfuming herself One OF
the most fashionable perfumes now
used by ladies in New York'S best
social circles is one of very faint
but sweet odor. Those perinmers
and chemists who have the special
trade from Fifth avenue aud ada
cent fashionable streets sell this
perfnme most exclusively. Next to
il however, are ranked those made
from two iavorite spring ilo~erS'
The distinguishing chara 'tcr'stlc
of the perfume which makes 1t So
popular with society women is an
extremely delicate odor or combl'
nation Of odcrs, which produces
upon the senses a feeling of delight
such as is experienced by inhallne
fine odors waited from Il garden lnl
of flowers. The perfume il a bou
met; that is u mixture of man,
different floral extracts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-08-14
The Heat in India.

The excessive dryness OF the air,
sometimes the humidity being as
low as eight degrees out of a pos
sible 100 degrees, makes it feel like
the blast of a furnace it heats
any lrOnwOrk in the shade till you
can hardly bear your hand on it,
and it heats the bath towels till
they make me gasp as ] dry my
face! Everything possible is done
to keep our house cool. 1t Is al
most hcrmetically closed and only
thrown open during the coolest
hours Of the night. Bnt though IN
this way we kept it down to ninety
two degrees in the day, we cannot
get it cooler even at night; and
| that is what makes it 50 wearing
that you never get any respite IRON
the heat. The deaths from heat
apoplexy have been many; but
that IS the case every year. N
the great railway stations they
have collins in readiness for the
dead bodies which are sure to be
found daily in the trains, dead moi
from sun heat but from sheer all
heat. Ny head often feels as if L
we're being fried, and all night lont
| | keep it and my pillow well soppeC
with cold water. We are having
punkah rugged mp out of doors,
and mean to dine and 81
out of doors at night, as tn
temperature is always some de
grees lower then in the open NJ
than in the honse. You, thinking
of hot English summer night
will think how delightfully."- coo
and pleasant it must be; bnt | ca
assure you it is only mitigatln
misery; the thermometer stands
, 100 degrees.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-08-14
SHENANDOAH HERALD
ADVERTISING RATES.
THE CATS NINE LIVES.
PopnIar Science Monthly.

Popular Science Monthly.
OF the cat it is commonly said
that It has nine lives. BY this
saying nothing very definite is
meant beyond the opinion that un-
der various kinds of death the cat
lives much longer than other ami
mails that have TO be killed 10y yiO-
lent means. When any question
il asked of the police or OF other
persons who have to take the lives
of lower animals, they tell you,
without exception, according to my
experience, that the cat is the most
difficult to destroy OF all domestic
animals. and that it endures accl-
dental blows and falls with an i'm
puniiy that is quite a distinguish
ing characteristic.
The general impression conveyed
in these views is strictly correct up
to a certain and well.marked de-
gree. By the lethal death, the
value of the life Of the cat is found
to be. at the least, three times the
worth of the dog. In all the cases
have seen in which the exactest
comparisons were made, the cat
outlived the dog. A cat aud dog
Of the same ages being placed III q
lethal chamber, the cat may, with
perfect certainty, be predicted 10
outlive the dog. The lethal cham
ber being large enough to hold
both the cat and the dog, the yapor
inhaled by the animals being the
same. with every other condition
identical, this result, as an ex'
detrimental truth, may be accepted
without cavll.
The differences, always well
marked, are sometimes much long
or than would be credible in the
absence of the evidence. have
once seen a cat, falling asleep IN a
lethal chamber in the same period
as a dog, remain breathing, liter
ally. nine times longer, for the dog
died within five minutes, and the
cat not only continued to breathe,
in profoundest sleep, for iorty'hve
minutes, but would have been re-
coyerable By simple removal from
the vapor into fresh air If II haa
been removed while yet one act oil
breathing continued. This. how
ever, was exceptional, because the
cat in the same lethal atmosphere
as the dog does not, as a rule, live
more than thrice as long;i i. e., II
: the dog ceases to breathe IN foul
minutes, the cat will cease in IRON
ten to twelve minutes after falling
asleep.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-08-14
No Knot in the End.

OF all the vexations and worries
The small ones, / mean, that life brings
To a woman-iust half Of them coming
From impish, inanimate things.
Suoh as, presto, away flies button,
Or OH goes an only pins head
| think that the worst is the finding
No knot in the end Of the thread.
Yon have carefully taken some stitches,
Yonr work tightly held in its place,
When your needle, released on a sudden
From its bonds, leaves scratch on your
face.
Then again you must make beginning,
Which yon do with words best left un-
said,
But an angel could scarce keep her temper
With no knot in the end Of the thread.
Still there's way to get rid of this bother
A way that is pleasant and light,
And twill serve as a rule for yOar lif
work
Be sure when you start TO start r ght,
And then as you go on youn md nat
Bright smiles will await yOn IOs tead
Of the frowning and fretiings that com
with
No knot in the end Of the 10 read.
-MGrgarei RB5sAg an the Bd-a'
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Compensation.
BY WILLIAM HAUGHToN.

There's never a briar or thorn that grows
But bears in It's bosom the berry OF rose ;
And never a ruin O'ershadowed with gloom,
But shelters some ivy or beautiful DlOOIn'
'Tis the gorge in the mountain,
The rent in the hill,
Where flashes the fountain
Or sparkles the rill
And never a tempest, though wild IL may
beat,
But leaves the blue heavens more tehoeriy
sweet.
There's never a blemish Of body or mind
But near it some trace Of the angel youi
find,
And not a bereavement Of trial or loss,
But points to crown at the end OF the
cross.
There's never sorrow
And never pain,
But brings on the morrow
Some blessing or gain.
And mercy, Withholding the boon that we
Repays US blessing for all she denies.
How strangely IS mingled the good with
the guile
No life is perfected, not utterly vile;
And down mid the dust and the darkness
of years
Sweet melody sleeps, TO be wakened by
tears,
The gift we inherit,
The wealth We achieve,
May hide some demerit,
Some canker may leave.
You will find through the world wherever
you 90,
There's a pro for your con and con for
your pro.
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An Ideal Realized.

1t many be taken as q sign ofthe
times and the beginning of a reac-
ton in the cry for educating the
masses, when a lady can advertise
for a servant woman and receive
two replies from New England
girls of excellent mental attain
ments. One of these girls told
this lady she longed for a quiet
home, and was prepared to work
hard to keep a roof over her head
She was refined and well educated,
coming from an excellent family in
Maine; she had tried to earn a
living by teaching music and sing
ing in church but the strain on
her nerves to live decently could
not be borne longer, and now she
determined 10 enter the services OF
| a family, and do her duty there in
a self-respecting manner. After
some questioning as to the prlvi
leges to be expected, she replied
thatshe desired employment, but as
she could not associate with other
servants as friends, she claimed
| only the customary day out anC
| to 90 to church Sunday afternoon
| The young lady was immedatel,
engaged, and the good fortune o
the bargain is mutual up to thi
| date. A home rather than servi
tude has been secured, and th
family already feels that it posses
ses a trusty, conscientious friend il
the 'house-maid,' who is a Thorough
lady, though she wears white cal
and apron, and works with perfec
understanding of her many duties
:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-08-14
LOVE MAKES THE WORLD 60 ROUND.

Sometimes I'm faint and weary
OF this work-day world and lie,
With its endless round OF duties,
And all its cares aud strife,
So tired of unmended stockings
OF buttons that won't stay on,
OF answering uunumbered questions
From Harry, Dick and Tom.
Tired-of planning the dinners,
And furnishing brains for the cook,
With scarce an hour of quiet thought,
And never time for book,
| marvel that we as women
Gave up our girlhOod's life
And took upon rs the worries
That fall to mother and wife,
Till envy each single maiden
With no greater grief or care
Than the cut or ft of dress,
OR the smOOthness of her hair.
But when the days work is over
And stilled each wee hsping tongue,
When quiet reigns which all day long
With childish voices have rung',
And when in the gathering twilight
draw out the easy chair,
feel that this world would be empty
But for loved ones that are there
When | think Of the love that is mine,
That makes my burdens It's own,
I'm grateful for my lot in life
That I'm not a maiden lone.
And so the problem now is solved
My question an answer found,
Twas aver thus and e'er will be,
That love makes the world go ronnd
Hottie T. Terry in Good Housekeeping
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Expericnce ola Young MatrOn.

Do YOU want peep into Bedlam Town?
Then come with me as the day swings down
Into his cradle, whose rockers rim
Some people call the horizon dim.
All the mischief of all the fates
Seems TO center in four little pates
Just an hour before we say:
It's time for bed now, stop your play"
Oh. the racket and noise and roar,
As they prance like a caravan over the
floor,
With never thought Of the head that
aches,
And never a heed to the "Mercy sakes"
And Pity save US /" and Oh, DEAR dear !"
That all but the culprits plainly hear.
A monkey, a parrot, Guinea hen,
Warriors, elephants Indian men,
A Salvation Army, grizzly bear,
Are all at once in the nursery there.
And when the clock in the hall strikes
seven
Il sounds TO us like voice from Heaven
And each Of the elves, IN a warm night
gown,
Marches away out Of Bedlsm Town.
Ella Wheeler- Uilc0r
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-08-14
Death Of Miss Grimes.

Miss Grimes is dead, that good old mai'
We ne'er shall see her more;
She wore her back bair in a braid,
And banged it down before.
She did her best the men to please;
Her manners were refined;
Her dress fit closely round her knees
And pulled way out behind.
She went TO church on Sunday morn
As reg lar as it came;
Her look was solemn and forlOrn;
She walked little lame.
Her voice was gentle, mild and kind,
She had a mammoth brain;
Her northwest eye was nearly blind;
Her teeth were porcelain.
Her laugh was musical and gay;
Her movements full Of grace;
She almost always had her way,
And used to paint her face.
She did not shrink from public gaze,
But never acted rash;
She came to town on Saturdays
To try to make mash.
Her love was beautiful and free,
Her heart ne'er harbOred hate;
She dwelt four miles from Shadagree,
And never learned to skate.
Miss Grimes now rests beneath the sod
Her spirits at repOse;
She was a little lantern-javed,
And had bottle nose.
She lived till she was sixty-three;
Of death she was net afraid,
And everybody said that she
Was a very fine old maid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-08-14
Castor OIL.

One Of the chief uses to which
castor Gl is now put is that OF
dressing and softening leather for
boots. Ii was formerly used for
dosing children whose stomachs
were disOrdered. Aud an awful
dose it was. Now we give suffer
ing children Browns Iron Bitters,
which tones the stomach, regulates
digestion, and imparts strength
to the whole body. Browns IroI
Bitters is iucomparably better thar
castor oil, aud more pleasant Il
take.
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