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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-10
An Opium Joint.

A luxurious opium joint has recently
been started in New York. The entire
second floor has been fitted up in
Oriental style. Chinese ornaments
adorning the walls and Chinese liant
erns hanging from the ceiling. Every
night the richly carpeted floor is strewn
with groups oiNmen and women lying
down indiscriminately together, having
among them tin walters on which the
implements of opium smoking are
placed. There they lie for hours at a
time, sucking the deadly drug into
their lungs through long bamboo
pipe. No person, unless he be a
smoker OF introduced by smoker, can
enter the joint. At the entrance an
electric button is EMBEDDED in an OBJ,
scure corner, not noticeable except by
sharp observer This button is con
nected with bell in the interior, and
the door is answered by smooth faced,
boyish youth, whose pale face indicates
very plainly that he is victim of the
vicious habit,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-10

The people of Louisville, Ky, are
divided over the question of the proper
pronunciation of the city's name, They
cannot decide whether they live in
Lewisville or Leweyville. II might be
suggested that, as the latter part of the
name is French, consistency would
make the first part also foreign, OF
Loui.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-10

A custom similar to that of the
American Arbor day prevails in India;
where it is deemed an act of great
religious merit either to plant tree or
dig well. In fact many rich Hindoos
have in the expectation of making a
short cut to Paradise, spent large sums
of money in planting trees and making
wells to provide both refIeshment and
shade to weary travellers and pill
grims.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-10
SELECT STORY.
THAT BOY.

HOW HE lNGRATIATED HIMSELF iNro
FARMER GRANGER's CONFIDENCE
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-10

N. CRIrrESTON. n. y, General Agent,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-10

Springfield, Mass, will be 25O years
old on May 25, 1856, according to the
first recorded meeting of VIM. Pynchon
and his little band of settlers on the
banks of the Connecticut river.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-07-10

1t has been suggested, though we be-
lieve the matter is far from being salts
factorily settled, that exposure to light
makes potatoes bitter.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-08-29
ROSES A.D NECTAR.
The sweet Exchanges Over the Prons
Gate.

Heaven bless the girl at the front
gate with peach bloom on her cheeks
and love light in her eyes. The girl at
the front gate can never grow old to
those who have been there with her.
Years may come and 60, but the sweet
music OF the low voics at the front gate
will not be stilled, and the memory OF
the cherry lips we kissed at the front
gate will ever remain az bright spot
IN the remembrance of the past. What
If the old gate does sag and it's hinges
rattle, and il IN refuse to hold it
shut? What If the posts are shaky and
some of the pickets gone! We love the
dear old relic still. We love it for the
sake OF the girl who used to stand out
there by it with roses on her cheeks
aud nectar on her lips. We have stood
at that gate aud counted the stars, and
bid good by, aud then counted the stars
again. How many times of night was
goodby said? How many times did
lips meet over that dear old gate? The
old gate knowsy but it will never tell.
1t may have counted the kisses, but we
never did. and we are snres that the
girl with the peach. blossom cheeks
never did.
And what of the girl of the peach.
blossom cheeks? All, me! She mar
ried another. She forgot her vows at
|she old gate, az some girls viii, and
married richer and handsomer man.
And then? Well we went off to another
front gate, where there were other
peach bloom cheeks and other lips as
sweet, and just as many stars to connt
And as we linger at the old front gate.
we picture for ourselves like trysting
spot, which Joseph will soon call his
own. 8I
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-08-29
$500 REWARD

The above reward viii be paid 70 the arrest
and con,i"tien of any party or parties found
guilty OF steadng, killing, or running of, alter.
ng brands or marks OF any live stock, belong.
ny to any momber OF tho Nevada Live Stock
Association.
Z. W. CRUTcHER, President.
r. W. LEwis Secretary
Winnemueca, April ~ 1854 Il
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-08-29

FRENCH BUCKS FOR SALE.

n The undersigned will have for sale,
M&IM from August nth, at Cunning hams
HH2X Stables, one hundred extra fine
1A's~sS French Bucks. Sheep owners are
invited to call and see the Sheep.
au7tf JOHN MUESON.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-08-29

Mr.. John Thiel. VIII esbarre, Pa, write,
II have suffered from Salt kheum for owe
eight years, at times so bad tha. ! could no
attend to nv business Z r weeks at time
Three boxes OF CurIc a. and four bottles Q
RksoLvsEr have entirely cured me OF thi
dreadful disease"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-08-29
co A L !

The undersigned has received the Agency OF
the Pleasant Valley (tItah) Goal COr,spa-
nav. The Coal furnisl ed from this company's
mines is OF superior quality to any ,ver
brought 20 Winnemueea, and will be delivered
20 any part of town At the lowest rate, and in
any quantity.
Leave your orders at the FASHION STABLE
and they will receive prompt attention.
ALEX. WISE
wlnnemueea, February 2l, 1885. II
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-08-29

TIRED AND ACaaNG MUSCLES.
Crying through countless nerves for rest and
relief
- ~ Like mama 70 the child rem of
uHSS Israel 10 the CUTICURA PLASTER To
I VyF the tired, ovcrworked. and aching
Y5S muscle Do not deny yourself the
/ E Wz1Acomiort afforded by this new, origi-
KzSIzN3nal and speedy antitlote to- pain
and Inflammation. Al druggists. Csc; five for
vi 90 Mailed free. POrTsR DRUG AKe CHgxi-
CAL Co. Boston.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-08-29

Sold by al Druggists. Price: CuricURA, soc;
kEsoLvENr, $l00; SOAP, 25 cents. Prepared by
the Potter Drug and Chemical Co., BOs.
ten, Mass. H
DE FIFTY the Complexion and
DINA ~ Skin by using the CUTIcuaA
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-08-29
ECZ E MA
And Every Species OF Itching
and Burning Diseases Cured
by Cuticura.

ECZEMA, or alt. Rheum, W tn iss astonish-
~ ing itching and burning, instantly relieved
by warm ba b with CuiicUkt soar, and
Cure. This repeated daily, with two or thre )
doses OF CUTcURA RRsoLvEvr, the new Blood
Purifier, to keep the bio ID cool the perspira-
ticn pure and unirritati"g. The bowels open, the
liver and Kidneys active, will speed ~ cure
Eczem., letter, hingw worm, Psoriasis. Lichen,
rruritus, scall Head, Dandrun, ami every 'spe
cies OF Itching, Scaly and pimply Humors OF
the Scalp aud Skin. when the best physicians
and all known remedies fail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
SIXTY DAYS OF DEMOCRATIC RULE.

SIXTY DAYS OF DEMOCRATIC RULE.
In the business world sixty days, with the
customary three days of grace, give long enough
time TO learn what kind of stuff man Is made
of. MIR. Cleveland and his Administration have
had sixty DAYS and three days of grace and
little more in which to make an impress upon
the country for good or i'll. The first fruits are
ripe; but the country reaching up to pluck the
luscious product that was promised finds IN Its
grasp only Dead Sea apples. The great journals
of New England that Numbered for Dir. Cleve-
land last fall are whispering small volumes OF
anathemas over the Chases, the Pillsburys, the
Troups and the Higginses. The Democratic
organs everywhere are putting in queries about
postoffices and collectorships. In the boundless
West and downtrodden South only one theme
absorbs their attention-the distribution OF the
loaves and fishes. The statesmen OF the party
are holding their hats at the White House en-
trance for crumbs of executive favor The
Vice President creeps around the Departments
at Washington like needy suppicant.
The days and the nights of the Adminstra-
ton are given over to the distribution OF Offices,
to the reward of men for party service, to the
manipulation of the public patronage so that
the party may retain power. Bossism Is re-
stored in all the States The cloak OF civil
Service Reform is pinned up on the White
House gate, but through the gaping rents IN 1t
| may be seen trusty public servants discharged
as alleged Soffensive partisans," while the
Democratic political hacks and mountebanks
who replace them are bedecSed as reforming
saints laundering politician from the whip
ping-pOs State heads the Cabinet. A machine
politician leads and manipulates it, Ex-Con-
federates, unpardoned and unreDentant rebels,
| and virulent COpperheads are selected for I'M
portant foreign missions.
These are the impressions caused by the first
sixty days of Democratic rule. The policies of
| government that a new Administration might
be expected to enter upon and advocate are still
in the dim distant future. Tie impress OF
the President on the country is wholly,
| and solely connected with the dispcnsatiOn OF
the spoils of political victory. An inquiry as to
the principles or policies or public views of the
| President or his Administration meets with
blank response. There are no principles, no
policies, no public views-only spOils. The
Office of President is degraded beyond COM
parison, the public business is weakly admins
| tered, and is falling away from the great
principles which were followed under Republi-
can rule with honor, ability and integrity. The
spectacle is not pleasant. But when the people
| fully understand whittier the country is drift
ing, they can be trusted to apply the remedy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21

fuse TO be caught with any such chan. Iney
declare bluntly that Mr.. RandalPs alleged con-
version is blndn that he wants votes, ana also
wants to please the President, and that ne Will
be found as strongly opposed to any real reform
as ever.
This pitifully childish verbal trickery Is quite
approprate for a set of men who have spent
mouths in cheating the people by pretending
that revision " and Greform did not mean
free trade or revenue only" Mr.. Randall
gives them dose of their own medicine, that is
all. He WHIP pleases can claim to be a " re-
former if he means to- change only the phrase
ology of the tariff, but not the rate of any duty
therein. lie can also claim, if he pleases, to be
anxious for revision" if he hopes only to raise
the duties on wool. Without 1.-THE OF the dis
honest and deceptive use of phrases which the
professional "reformers " have so long en-
ployed as a cloak for their intentions, he can
declare that he is rs anxious for reform ana
revision as any of them, and has opposed
both hitherto only because he believes Demo-
cratic Administration and no other should be
trusted to carry revision into effect. 1t Mr.
Randall finds his Democratic associates suifl-
GENTLY guible, and the free traders sufficiently
rampant, he will get his party completely en-
tangled in the thickets and jungles OF tarlf
controversy, so that it shall become impera-
lively necessary in due time to call on HIM TO
save the party from self-destructiOn.
The defeat of Mr.. Morrison sends him back to
the House. not more in love than before, prob
ably. with the Democrats who have beaten him.
If he does not quickly seize the chance given
by Mr.. Randall. and make tariff reform the
ruling question for the next two years, nc must
be very long-suflering and amiabIe person.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
PROSPECT or An indian VAR

The latest news from Canada looks rather
serious. The intelligence that the Indians
have gone on the warpath In the North is rem
dered more significant by the fact that they
have attacked the Hudson Bay Company IS
posts. The policy of that corporation has al
ways been to keep on good terms with the In
dams. Their business of trapping an 4 hunting
being carried on in the widest regions, where
it would be impossible for them to hold their
ground IL the Indians were hostile, and their
custom being to store large quantities of
petres in distant posts without any protection
but the friendship of the surrounding tribes,
this course has been necessary. SO carefully
has 1t been pursued that the company's posts
have always hitherto been respected even in
times Of war, and the attacks said to have been
made upon them. therefore, indicate desperate
determination on the part of the Indians.
There are several thousand of these Indians
in the Northern provinces, and their subuga-
ton, owing as much to the nature of the coun-
try as to their prowess, will be slow and diff
cult. 1t is true that they cannot do as much
mischief as the Northwestern tribes are capable
of, simply because the region they inhabit is
less thickly settled. They can, however. para
lyze the Hudson Bay Company, and they may
do damage to the Canadian Pacific Railway by
raids if they are not headed of quickly 1t
looks as if they had concluded that general
rising of all the Dominion Indians was about to
take place, and their action is liable to encour-
age Poundmaker add Big Bear to hold out
longer. Altogether, the prospect of protracted
Indian war, in spite of the collapse of the half
breed rebellion, is strong and it is probable
that this fresh embarrassment will strain the
powers of the Government, already heavily
burdened by the recent war preparations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
MR.. RANDALDS CONVERSION

There is a suspicion in the minds of the free
traders that Mr.. Randalrs conversion to the
gospel of tariff reform is not a genuine one.
Congressman Townshend of Illinois, Senator
Kenna, and Senator Ransom, are quoted as
saying, with suspicious coincidence of language,
that it had always been Mr.. Randall's idea of
tariff revision that it should be accomplished
under Democratic Administration 1t is not
necessary to tell any of these gentlemen that
this is a tricky evasion that it excludes any
statement of the principles which should govern
revision when made. But the free-trade Mug
wumps, as becomes men who are professors in
the art Of reforming tariffs and other things, re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
APPEAL FOR A WORTHY CHARITY.

TO he EdttOr OF TIE Tribune.
SIR: We beg leave to call the attention OF
the public through your columns to the present. condition
OF the treasury OF the NewY0rk Association for mprov-
ing the Condition of the Poor We last year received
from the Excise Fund S6000 which enabled to carry
on our summer work. but the law provides thai
$lO00 900 OF this fund shall be appropriated for police
pensions deprived OF this resource Owing TO tae
peculiar position occupy as general relief associa-
tion the requests help by churches many societies.
and individuals persons in whom they ara
interested very numerous, and although we cheer
fully do what satisfy these claims yet the in
evitabe result is empty treasury unless the public AZ
large realize the Importance Of keeping II full
In order that they DO so we would call atentionto
the fact that the principal point We aim at In our WORK
is tho prevention OF families being broken up.
This do through the agency OF competent ystors
who carefully examine into the merits OF each case anu
by udieiously applied relief and by causing the sanitary
condition OF their homes to be improved often success
keeping the breadwnners out OF the hosplta OF poo
house and the bread eaters out OF the asylum or
tory. Whilst highly approaching the good worx nAs
many of these institutions do. yet we cannot hep ieens
that ALL they the sad necessities OF our lmPe
feet civilization and that the noblest charity OF III
that which makes the poor independent OF charity w
trust that this appeal to the largehearted citizens W
New York will not be In vain.
The Board OF Managers OF the Association for npfo'
ing the Condition OF the Poor. -.
70 Fourta-ape., May IL. 1883.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

VTurn the rascals Quit" We mean those rascals who
repored the cash in tho Treasury be two cents Short
thereby casting unmerited oboquy the late Republ
can Administrations but have since found the two cents
on the floor where they dropped during the count
Such rsscas are two centsess for any Turn them
out.
A Milwaukee boy has swallowed trade dollar. When
he thinks of the discount he will wish he had made IL
legal.tendor dollaI.-l New Orleans Picayuno.
The grangers OF the Ohio Valley say that that region
great OF wheat production in this country
and laugh tho claims Of Dakota to scOrn.
The pocketnlfe industry In Western Connecticut Is
greatly depressed. Not single knife is made to-day In
Naugntuck, where four factories were running few
years ago. Extreme dnness IA reported In southing
ton and Reynoldss Bridge the makers have been
out long many OF extreme poverty
and said exist among them. The works OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
THE LEAP FROM TIE BRIDGE.

Odlum's fate is not the most melancholy
feature of so foolhardy feat as his leap from
the Bridge. The gravest miscaculation made
by him and his associates was in suppOsing that
either success or failure would have any mean
ing. If he had survived the terrible shock and
received the congratulations of all the sporting
men of the town, he would only have proved
that the next man with as cool head and as
overmastering passion for notoriety would be
able to repeat the exploit. Success would only
have demonstrated that fall from great
height into water is not necessarily fatal. II the
body remains erect and the feet are kept down.
ward and close together. This was already
known from the experiences of Sam Patch and
large circle of imitators, and also from we'll
authenticated cases of accidental falls OF sea-
men from the mastheads of vessels. Odlums
success would only have tended to cheaper the
exploit still further by reducing the risks and
convincing the next rival that 1t could easily
and safely be attempted, If there were anything
to be gained by it. His failure, on the other
hand, is as meaningless as his success would
have been. His death is not a conclusive proof
that the next man will meet the same doom.
Captain Webb found grave in the whirlpool
at Niagara, but professional swimmers are not
convinced that the passage of that angry vortex
is impracticable. His admirers have already
agreed that he did not choose the best course,
or that he was accidentally dashed against
rock and stunned; and in all probability his
fate will not deter some rival swimmer from re-
peating the venture In like manner, Odlum
will not be the last man to leap from the Bridge
into the East River.
curious confirmation of this view of this
painful episode is found in Odlum's own COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
VINO IS GEORGE = n LOTHROPf

WHO rs GEORGE y. " LOTHROPf
If George Y. n. LOthrop, the newly appointed
Minister to Russia is not the lawyer of that name
who received censure of the severest sort from
the New York Court of Appeals in 1865, he
will doubtless make all possible haste TO make
that fact clear. after he has read the article
which we publish in another column this morn
ing If he is the lawyer whose cOnduc. was
so sharply condemned. it would be interesting
to know II. after this disclosure, President
Cleveland and Secretary Bayard consider him
fit person to represent the United States
abroad. If so, the United States Senate will
doubtless consider the case with care.
The words of indignant denuncation and all
the facts of the case may be found in the official
record of the New York Reports. In the Ian
guage of Judge Potter, delivering the opinion
which was adopted as the decision of the Court
of Appeals Mr.. Lothrop was held guilty OF
fraudulent concealment." He is held to have
deliberately deceived the Michigan Board of
State Auditors as to n claim brought by the
Phoenix Bank of New York, against the State
of Michigan. The bank had made n settlement
of the claim, but Mr.. Lothrop not only kept
back this fact from the auditors, but he express
ly stated that the bank had never been repaid n
dollar Here are Judge Potter's scorchng words
in regard to Mr.. Lothrop's course: "The facts
found by the Judge establish a case of active
designed and intended fraud on the part of
" the Defendants Later Judge Potter declares
that aactive, premeditated fraud " was clearly
b1ishadU
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-21
PERSONAL
most Of it.


The suit recently brought by Madame Christine
Nilsson against the family OF her late husband, NJ.
Rouzeaud was for the recovery of $i4s00, which sum
she had loaned him and his relatives his heirs at law
had inherited his death II she wins the suit she will
make present Of the money to the married sister OF NJ
Rouzead her sole motive In bringing being to prevent
the enjoyment OF her late husbands estate by those
members OF his family who him To enter into
disastrous specuatiOns that destroyed his nina AND
his life.
The name Of the Rev. Dr. Leroy Sunderland who died
last week ut Hyde Park, Boston, age eighty-two
years. Is unfamiliar to many Of the present generation
But forty years ago he one Of the estknown writers
and lecturers of the day. He gained honorable distnc
ton as an early and Waverlng foe OF the twin relics
or barbarism," slavery and Mormonism, speaking and
writing against them every possible occasion. He
was also studious Investigator OF mesmerismfOr the
Introduction OF which term into general use he was re-
sponsible-and alleged spiritualst phenomena, when
then were coming into conspicuous notice. and he
the author among many other works, or several treat
ises Oh psychology and kindred themes His wife and
one daughter survive him.
Mrs. James Lodge, of Boston. gave reception
last week In compliment to Miss Murfree, the
author who IA still in Boston, waiting mpatlently for
the warmer days suitable for taking her abode at the
seashore. distinguished company Of literary and
social people was present
George H. Moore. LII d. the antiquarian and historian
of the Lenox Library in New-YOrk. read paper
last week before the monthly meeting Of the Bos-
tonlan Society relating the Old Boston State House.
giving the results OF researches into the records OF the
past. repete with material which has never before
appeared.
Tho James Page Library Association, probably the
Oldest Democratic body in Philadelphia, has elected
President Cleveland an honorary member.
The Rev. Reuen OF the Harvard Church. Boston will
on Saturday sail FOR visit OF three months to England,
during which he will preach several times In London
During June his pulpit will be filled by Professor Tucker
OF Andover and during July by the Rev. l. t. Chamber
lain OF Brooklyn.