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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-27
Given Up for Dead,
LIFE TELLING HIS STRANGE
EXPERIENCE.

Last week there transpircd at the
Centre township ore banks, near New
port, Pa, most remarkable event,
which is closely allied to the supernat-
ural
On Monday morning John Wisholm,
the father of one of the numerous fam
lilies of Swedes living in the neighbor-
hood of the ore mines, was taken sud
denly i'll and before physician could
be summoned was apparently dead.
The form of the deceased was cold and
rigid, the lower jaw fallen and the
ashy psllor of death on the face. With
the demonstrativeness of their nation
the family gave loud expression to
their grief The eldest sou in particu-
lar was more demonstrative and incon-
solable than any of the others. He call
ed on his father with heartrending Ia
mentations to come back aud with diff
iculty was prevented from prostrating
himself upon the corpse.
Hoping to comfort the griefstricken
family by spiritual consolation the re-
sident clergyman remained with them
until 2 o'clock in the afternoon AT
this time, when the minister was about
to leave, the son, who seemed to take
the death 10 much to heart, was seized
with another paroxysm of grief more
violent than any preceding it. He
threw himself on the body of his faith
er, embraced him and piteously i'm
plored him to speak once more and not
to leave him without recognition. As
if the agonized voice had penetrated
the silence of the other world the lips
of the dead man moved, the eyes open
ed with sad, reproachful look on the
weeping son and in the ell-known
voice came distinctly these words: "Oh,
why did you call me back?"
As soon as the awe stricken group
could regain their composure after the
appalling sense they Immediately ad
miuistered restOratives TO the patient
when the minister lett him, very weak
but still alive. On the following day
re related to the minister his experienc,
to the time when he was apparently
called to life. He said he first felt
sinking sensation, knew everything
that transpired in the room, but could
not speak then all was a blank. Hi
next recollection was of being in {
dense darkness, through which he wa,
led by two invisible forms, moving a
if floating-notbing above or below
At last it appeared to grow lighter anC
growing brighter every moment h
: finally observed two shining, beautifu
forms on either side of him, He ex
perienced feeling of perfect peac
and well-being and heard the mos
soothing and delightful music. Tn
feeling of rest and freedom from pail
seemed to be disturbed by a voice il
pain calling him. He felt a thrill o
l regret, then all became black an,
opening his eyes he found his son an,
family crying and calling on him t
8 come back.
Mr.. Wisholm lived until next morn
: ing and then died, as his family sir
y cerely believe, second time. Whethe
4 the man was in a syncope, from whic
+ the lamentations of his family arouse
8 him, none can answer One thinl
q however, is certain-that for the spac
l. of nearly twenty-four hours, so far q
l. the observations of the DOCTOR tn
minister and the family We're COZ
d cerned and so far as outward indies
II tions are guide, the man was dead.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-27
Lots Of People Say,
"OH MY
BACK"
NIachinlsf md HuildeH.

Machiuist and Builder.
~ have been troubled years with kidney and
bladder difficulty. After using four bottles OF
HuNT's kidney and Liverl REMEDY have been
completely cured. d."--william c. Clark, Mason and
Builder, Auburn, Y.
"Heslth is better than wealth" y"
Machinist.
Mr. George Karg, Machinlst, 1i3S Ridge Ave-,
Philadelphia, Pa, says my disease startedwhen
] was quite young lad by having weak kidneys;
Lverl REMEDY, and solemnly proclaim, u feel
like n new man."
GOOD counsel has no price, obey It,"
Mechanic.
Mr. Henry Williams, Mechanic, East Bridge
port Conn, says:-"About two months ago /
caught heavy cold, which settled in my kidneys.
got bottle of HUNTS kidney and Liverl
REMEDY and with the fret dose began to get well" :"
Light suppers makes long lives"
Railroad Man.
Frank B. Lee, office N. Y. c. & II. r. r. Little
Falls, N. Y. June 8, 1888, snys: my father 62
years old had severe kidney and bladder disease
for 20 years, urnation causing acnte pain. The
weakness was great he was obliged to wear q
rubber bag. Twelve bottles Of HUNTS Kidney
remarkable. We cheerfully recommend it."
'Deeds are better than words"
HUNTS kidney and Liver1 REMEDY has stood
the test of time. 1t has been before the public for
twenty years, and has cured every year thousands
of people suffering from various diseases OF the
Kidneys and Liver, and kindred disorders who had
failed get relief from doctors and who expected
never to be cured. Thousands Of testimonials
from such persons attest its value Send for BOOK
= "Alls we'll that ends we'll"
Sold by all druggists. Price sl.25.
HUNTS REMEDY CO., Providence, R. L
" N. CRITTENTON, General Agent, n. Y.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-27

Asu A MONTH and BOARD for three live you ng
WA NJ n or Ladies' In each county. Address p.
WV w, ZIEGLER CO., Philadelphia
Wv Feb 6.aw
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Cooking a Girl,
THH HORRIBLE FEAST PREPARED Br
NEW ZEALAND CIuEFTAIN

From tho Popular Science Monthly ]
Earle, who wrote a very readable,
intelligent and but little known &C
count of the Maoris vety early in the
present century, speaks Of the gentle
manners and kindly ways of New
Zealand chief whom he afterwards
discovered to be an inveterate cannibal.
He relates that he visited the place
where was cooking the body of
young slave girl that his friend had
killed for the purpose. The head was
severed from the body the four quar-
ters with the principal bones removed,
were compressed and packed into a
small oven in the ground, and covered
with earth. 1t was case of unjusti-
fable cannibalism. No revenge was
gratifed by the deed, and no excuse
could be made that the body was eaten
to perfect their triumph. Earle says
that he learned that the flesh takes
many hours to cook, that it is very
tough if not thoroughly cooked, but
that it pulls in pieces like bit OF blot
ting-paper ii well done. He continues
that the victim was handsome,
pleasantlooking girl of sixteen, and
one that he used frequently to see
about the pah. To quote his own
words
"While listening to this frightful de-
tail we felt sick almost to faintng. We
left Atoi (the chief who had killed the
girD and again strolled towards the
spot where this disgusting feast was
cooking. Not native was now near
it, hot steam kept occasionally burst
ing from the smothered mass, and the
same dog that we had seen take the
head of the girl now crept beneath the
bushes and sneaked toward the village;
to add to the goomliness of the whole
large hawk rose heavily from the
very spot where the poor victim had
been cut in pieces. My friend and l
sat gazing in this melancholy place !;
it was lowering, gusty day, and the
moaning of the wind through the
bushes as it swept round the hill on
which we were seemed in unison with
our feelings
Earle goes on TO relate now he ana
three other compatriots whom he sum-
moned from the beach for the purpose,
with the Englishmans usual impertln-
ent interference and intolerance of Gus
toms differing from his own, determin-
ed to frustrate Atoi's intention. They
together visited the hill where the
flesh was cooking, and, destroying the
oven, buried the remains in the earth.
They found the heart put on one side
, for the special delectation of their con-
stsnt friend and companion, Atoi.
Earle was afterwards good humoredly
told by the chief that their interference
had been of no avail, as they had found
the grave where the flesh had been
buried and opened it soon after he and
his friends had left, and finished cook
irg it and eat it all.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-27

FRIESD.-"I should think you would
know the prices of all your drugs by
this time
Druggist-"Why, l do, Of course"
Then how does it happen that af-
ter you filled that prescription for that
gentleman you spent such time look
ing over that book before you could
tell him the price You were trying
to find out the cost of the drugs, weren't
you''
"Oh, no. was look over a com
mercial directory to find how much he
could afford to pay
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-27

Don't forget three little words-'If
you please" Life is made up not of
great sacrifices or duties, but of little
things, of which smiles and kindness
and small obligations given habitually
are what win and preserve the heart
and secure comfort.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-27

81 think said gentleman to his
fooIman, II have been moderate good
master to you, John" 'Very moder-
ate, sir said John.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-27

Good nature is the very air of a good
mind, the sign of large and prosper
GUS soul, and the peculiar soil 10 which
virtue prospsrs.
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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
A Pleasant Superstition.

New York Herald St. James Ga
zette recalls PLEASANTLY the oft told
story OF the wooden image in Sene.
From all the country round young
girls pay a visit to the image for the
purpose of sticking a pin into it. It is
pretty we'll decayed by this time, and
how many thousands of pins have
been hopefully and yet fearfully driven
into it no man can tell. If the wooden
image had been a living man he
would have died long ago Of his many
wounds.
Those pins mean marriage; hence
the earnestness with which they are
contributed. They must be driven
we'll into the wood, for if they fall out
the betrothal will prove a failure. If
they stay, however, the marriage will
take place within year. It must also
be a strong pin, for if it bends in the
driving the husband will be hunch-
back or cripple.
We may laugh if we will, but if a
wooden image of that sort were set up
in this country, it would probably
have all the pins it wanted, and some
to spare. It is a foolish superstition,
doubtless, but young girls like to be on
the safe side In such matters.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
Kerosene as an Insecticide.

Kerosene and crude petroleum are
gaining favor among fruit growers as
excellent and cheap Either
the crude or refined oil may be used,
but in all cases it should be employed
IN an emulsion made with soap and
water. The proper proportion OF the
material is: Kerosene, two gallons;
common soap, one-half pound, and
water, one gallon. Thesoap and water
should be boiling hot and the kerosene
added; then churn the mixture until it
forms an emulsion OF about the con-
sistency Of cream. When it is applied
to the infested plants, dilute with cold
water, varying the strength according
to the species of the insects to be de-
stroyed. Thesoft-skinned species, like
the mealy bugs and aphides, will be de-
stroyed by using one part Of the emul-
sionto twenty or thirty parts ofwater;
but when it is applied to the bark lice
or scaleinsect, it may bediluted about
ten or fifteen times. Kerosene emul-
sions are the best known insecticides
for the various minute pests affecting
the orange and lemon.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
A Wife's Predicament.

A certain lady suspected that her
husband was in the habit Of kissing
the cook, pretty German girl by the
by, and resolved to detect him in the
act. After watching four days she
hazard him come in one evening and
gently pass through into the kitchen.
Now, Katie was out that evening and
the kitchen was dark. Burning with
jealousy the wife took some. matches
in her hands, and hastily placing her
shawl over her head as Katie often
did, she entered the kitchen by the
back door, and was almost ediate-
" seized and embraced and kissed IN
the most ardent manner. With her
heart almost bursting with rage and
jealousy the injured wife prepared to
administer a terrible rebuke to- her
faithless spouse. Tearing herself from
his embrace she struck a match and
stood face to face with Katie's leau.one
ofthe factory boys, Her husband says
his wife has never treated nnn SO well
sineet the first month they we're married
as she has for tbs past week. -Hous-
ton Age.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
FARM AND HOU SEHOLD.
The ChiIdren'sO utinx.

Philadelphia Ledger.
Kindness to children should not he
made obstrusive or burdensome. The
child on it's holiday, orinits every day
half hour or whole hour of recreation.
desires nothing more than to be left
free to pursue its own pleasure in its
own way. In thefollowing of its own
devices innocent, of course) and the
atrempt to carry out it's own plans
childhood is happy just SO much in
reference as will save children from
doing themselves harm is necessary.
Anything further than that mars their
sport. If they are attempting littleim-
possibilities in their play, let them
alone to find it out themselves. And
if they are making long circuit to eff
feet what may be accomplished by a
short cut, let them try the excursion
uninterrupted. The superior wis
DOM of fathers and uncles takes a
considerable quantum of the poetry
out OF children's play The man in the
play who shouts 'sAlone l did it!!' ex-
presses what every little fellow ofeither
sex desires to be able to cry. And if
"Alone ] did it, can not be said by
them, "Alone did not do it, is near
ly as satisfactory They are satisfied
with their own experiments, and do
not desire that their kind advisers
should deprive them of the unalioyed
pleasure of self-assertion.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
To staryo or Not to starve.

As for the amount of food to be eat
en- in excessively warm weather there
is no rule further than to say persons
Of well-developed physique need not
fear any limitation of diet for time
which does not tell on the strength,
and is approved by appetite. Never
eat too much; never 60 hungry. For
people disinclined to eat meat
nothing is so relished orstrengthens so
much as the rich beef tea, or rather
gravy, prepared from tho beef jelly
sold by frst-class grocers. A tea
spoonful of this jelly dissolved by
pouring q cup Of boiling water on t.,
and drank when cool, will give as
much strength as three-fourths
of q pound OF boiled beefsteak.
Flavor with parsley, and add spoon
-fnl of crushed ice, and you have de.
slicious tipple. Nervous people and
-sanguine ones should adopt IN these
torsid days q diet Of eggs, fish, soups
and s. lads. with frlit. rhiseoois tie
blood and leaves the strength to sup.
!sply the nerves, instead of taxing them
to digest heavy preparations, Lynn
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
Take Care of Baby's Milk.

Babyhood.
Too much emphasis cannot be gwen
to the injunction to keep milk sweet in
hot weather. The infants natural
nourishment needs almost as much
care in summer as does the consumer
of it. The best method of keeping it
unchanged, and therefore wholesome,
is to set it in clean, cold refrigerator
as soon as it comes into the house.
When it is needed, take the pitcher or
cup into which it is to bepoured tothe
refrigerator, not the milk-pan into the
kitchen. Nurses generally neglect this
precaution. The pan is often left in
the heated outer air for five, ten, fif-
teen minutes, thus causing the milk to
turn In the country, where ice is
not readily obtainable; a really good
cellar, a spring house, Or dairy
throug h which runs: "a. living stream Of
water is the next best thing to a re-
frigerator. If. none of these are at
hand, pour the milk intended for the
baby into a clean stone jug, cork it Sc
curely, tie oiled silk over the stopper,
and suspend the vessel in the we'll.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
Summer Beds and Bedrooms.

How many will glance at the title OF
this and think, well, the writer cannot
tell me anything about that but what
| know already. But l think there
may be some that donot know ofhow
much Importance sunlight is in their
rooms and on their beds. l know
most people have sometimes in their
lives slept on beds and in rooms that
had a queer, musty smell. Ihave, and
| have made it a point not to- have
such beds around in my house since l
have had a house. How few
sun their beds! Now stop and
think back. Do you sun your bed once
q week, or do you open your win
dows and let sunlight in your bed
rooms? l make it my first act, after
all have gotten out of bed at morning,
to raise the sash, throw back the
blinds and let the blessed, sweet sun
shine in the room. You never smell
anything musty there. OF course
don't do the same on mornings when
it is damp and rainy.
/ think if every housekeeper realized
the Importance of this matter in re-
gard to the health of their families,
know they would be more careful to
let in the sun. Some think that air is
enough, and let their sashes up and
keep the blinds closed all the time.
But think the sun ought to be let in
as much as possible. If you sleep on
q feather bed, sun it at least two or
three times week. I was told by a
housekeeper once that the hot sun on
afeather-bed would draw all the life out
of the feathers, but / find it just there
verse.
If everybody would be more careful
about this summing of bedrooms, and
other rooms, too, there would be ever
so many cases less of fever, etc. This
is especially true of towns. So many
in town think that if they open their
blinds and doors and let in sun and air
and health, that it will not be citifed.
Go in the country and you will be more
than likely to see the difference in the
looks of the doors and windows. You
invariably find them open / was
raised on a farm, and remember well
my thoughts of this matter when got
old enough to notice it when going in
to towns. It struck my childish mind
that the houses must be very dull and
lonesome. Since grown, l havenoticed
it more, and if | live to be an old, old
woman I shall always let in plenty of
sun and air, and know that I let in
health by doing so.-Home Compan-
ion.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
RxYerience ana Incisent,

An Illustration Of the constant pcs
sibility OIL danger from th.e use OF Pariis
Green with the carelessness of it's "a
tai quality which familiarity begets-
is afforded by two recs,lt experiences
reported from Pennsylvania. At
Freemansburg fifteen persons. and
later at Easton. a whole family, were
poisoned by eating Strawberries. The
sufficient explanation appeared in the
discovery that the iine particles Of the
deadly arsenlte had been carried in
the air from potato fields not far
away ard lodged upon and sheen alb.
s0rbed by" the fruit. ssPrompt medi.
cal aid prevented fatalities The EN-
ployment Of Paris green and London
purple against insects should be dis
couraged, rather than fostered, hy
practical entomologists. Pyrethrnm
the kerosene emulsion, and othe,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09

known agencies ought to serve as sub
.stitntes and search be. continued for
new resources OF destruction COMPARE
lively harmless to human beings.
Meanwhile, it is well to remember that
Mr.. Terry, the potato specialist OF
Ohio, has demonstrated by years OF
successful practice that hand picking
of the Colorado Beetles ( -. only as
elective as, but less expensiys than,
the aperilous stuff SO commonly and
often recklessly, broadcasted to save
the CROP
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09
GYMNASTICS FOR GIRLS.
Breaking Down the Bars of Prejudice II
Favor of Sound Health.
From Cassell's Magazine

Favor OF SOunO 11eAAtAs
From Casselps Magazine.
Side by side with. the immense
strides the intellectual education OF
women has taken in the last quarter
of a century has been a gradual, but
somewhat tardy, recognition OF the
value of systematised physical educa-
cation for growing girls. Prejudice,
however, in spite OF the widespread
extention of knowledge in regard to
the laws OF health, still bars the way
to physical exercise being placed on
anything like sure footing. To
some, gymnastics for girls means
wrenching the arms out of the
sockets by means OF pulleys and
ropes, making the waist unduly
thick and the arms alarmingly muscu-
lar. For some systems ofgymnastics,
and as. regards some people, there
might be truth in these ideas, but with
the application of science to the re-
quirements and capabilities of growing
girls, a safe and altogether admirable
system has, fortunately, been arrived
at. AS it is quite novel-the work OF
lady who has studied all available
systems, and brought energy, practiced
experience, and scientific principles to
bear upon her plans-and, moreover,
about to become more widespread
through the opening OF training col
lege, in which girls who desire to be-
come professors of physical education
may be fitted for their task, our read
ers may welcome some account OF the
system.
1t is founded upon a thorough knowl-
edge of the requirements OF all the
various muscles, the respiratory and
laryngial included. It is to great ex-
tent aconnecting link between dancing
and so-called heavy" gymnastics, and
it bears much the same relation to
both that the Kindergarten system
does to higher education. The
picturesque element has at the same
time been carefully noted; the exercise
dress is pretty and graceful positions
are as much aimed at as the develop
ment Of strength. It differs from SIM
pie calisthenics in that it is much
more elaborate training oflimbs, trunk,
and head as well as hands, fingers, and
! feet; and it differs from ordinary GYM
nastics in that no ladders, ropes, hori-
zontal OF parallel bars, or jumping
horses aroused. Skipping-ropes, balls,
rings, poles, bar-bells, or light clubs,
and dumb-bells are about the only
accessories required.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09

A recent visitor to Whittier's home
at Amesbury says that in general APP
pearance Whittier has changed but
little the lastten years. HE'S slight
" deaf, but his full, dark eyes is as
bright as ever, the tail form lis as
straight, and the mind is as alert. He
does not impress one as an old man.
for his interest in affairs is as great as
IN past years, and his converssation IS
an entertaining.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09

Iphatc people especially should prefer
SUCH lively salads as cress, peppergrass,
horse radish and mustard; these are
natural correctives, and should appear
on the table from March to November,
to be eaten not merely as relishes, but
as beneficial food. People who are
anxious to berid of flesh should not
forget daily allowance of lemons,
lines and tamarinds, and give the cut
direct to vegetables, especially pota-
toes.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-09

The latest device for evading thelaw
in the districts of Georgia where the
sale Of whisky is prohibited, is to fill
cocoanut shells with spirits and sell
them at fancy prices, This is Balti-
more trick, and beats old-fashioned
Striped pig all hollow.