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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-08-20
FOR THE LADIES.

Prof Maria Mitchell, of Vassar, has Just been
celebrating her 9th birthday anniversary Lynn,
Mass.
In Garfield County there are 737 single men
and only 6S unmarried woman. The GIenwood
Echo says: We want girls in Garfield County
blondes, brunetS, TALL short, fat lean, jolly girls
girls who can ride in carriages, play the piano,
make crazy quilts, sew, wash iron, and cook for
us. We are 669 girls short here and we want all
the girls to know it it."-Deauer (CoJ.) Tribune.
- Here is a novel in a nutshell with touch of
romance interesting to everybody and moral par
tieuarly cut out for ry-goods statesmen Cincinnati
Is the scene OF the little love story and the fair
woman in the case was once betrothed to a young
man who is at the head of a white-goods depart
ment in big store 1t appears that there was q
lovers quarrel and that the woman Tilted the man,
adding to his agony by going over to his old-time
rival The youth thus rejected recalling the philo-
sophical lines,
There swims goose so gray, but soon or late
She finds some honest gander for a mate"
applied them partly to one of his own sex and be-
gan to forget that he had played the Romeo But
and his former sweetheart decided. with true femi-
nine use of logic. that because she had tossed him
aside she owed him a grudge. So one day last
week she startled him by appearing at his counter
aud announcing that she wished to buy her bridal
outfit then and there Dreadfuily conscious of her
pretty self she fitted from point to point buying
the best OF everything and plenty of it. The lorn
lover meanwhile was an object of pity to those
around, though he did not add to the climax by
dying the spot, for he stood it out and sold to
his sweetheart the very gown in which she was to
be married to another man.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has opened q new
cabmens shelter in Piecadilly.
"A little girl described nervousness as " Just
being in q hurry all over."-Os,oego Palladium.
- Miss Cleveland will entertain but little during
her vacation, proposing to devote the season to
hard rest and only the most congeniai reading. A
Washington lady offers it as her opinion that Miss
Cleveland has grown thinner since she moved to
the Capital. -'r-~-0 re- - --'-sS I-r
Queen Victoria has just lost her favorite dog.
This proves cOnclusively that the Queen can't
whistle.-Pretzers Weekly.
There have been fewer weddings this year. it
Is said, than the Oldest inhabiant remembers, and
he thinks the rosebud garden of girls needs sadly
thinning out. Perhaps if the hard times are ever
again soft times and business and Wall street
riages will pick up again. great deal depends
on little of everything.
II would rather marry yellow dog than
you," wrote stockton (Cal) girl to her lover, in
of their tiffs. and he has filed the letter as an
exhibit in the suit for breach of PROMISE in which
she is plaintiff and he defendant
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kept pace with our progress in other fields of

kept pace with our progress in other fields of
labor.
A very common scheme for the diffusion of
counterfeit money is the sending of " conf
Dental" letters to persons who it is thought
prices ranging from % to 80 cents on the dollar.
Most of the stuff advertised in this way is of
the poorest quality. The foolish buyer, whose
cnpidity has not been appealed to in vain, finds
himself the possessor Of something absolutely
worthless. even as counterfeit 1t is scarcely
possible to pass it, and if the person under
takes it the chances are that he viii plump
himself into the penitentiary. And yet so
avaricions, and so gullible withal, is the aver
age man,-so eager is he to grasp at anything
that gives him chance to make money easily
that very large amounts of this wretched stuff
are
SENT OUT TO THE GUDGEoNs
every year. 1t really does little harm, for it
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Fortunate for George.

Do I love George" unused Clara softly, cor
is it simply a sisters affection that / feel
Tor"
Just then Bobby burst noisiiy into the room
and interrupted her sweet meditations.
Get out of her, you little brat!" she shouted,
and seiziag him by the arm she shot him
through the door.
"Ah, no." she sighed, as she resumed her
interrupted train of thought, "ny love for
George is not sisters lovo. 1t is sweeter,
purer, higher and holier
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-08-20
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

The Lancet says that the pain of neuralgia head
ache experienced by women is generally located
in one or more branches of the second cervieal
nerve, very commonly those terminating in the
scalp at the oceiput The nerves of the scalp are
irritated by the hair being drawn tightly back and
put the strain, not a whole, in which the
strain would be spread over a large of the
face but by small bundles of hair which pulled
back and held in place by hairpins. Relief is often
consciously experienced result of removing the
hairpins but this has only temporary and partial
effect. The injury done is lasting in its conse-
quences. The present style of dressing hair should
be discontinued, as it probably in part, acc runts
for the extreme prevalence of neuralgia headache.
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CANCER OF THE TONGUE.
A Case Resembling that of Ge

A Case Resembling that of Gen. Grant.
Some ten years ago had scroflous sore on nv right
hand which gave great trouble, and under the old
time treatment healed up, but it had only been driven
into the system by the OF potash and mercury and in
March lSs 1t broke out in throat and concentrated
In what some of the doctors called eating through
my cheek destroying the roof of my mouth and upper
lip, then attacked nay tongue palate and lower Ip de-
stroying the palate and under lip entirely half my
tongue eating out to the top of my le cheek bone and
up TO the left eye could not eat any solid food
suhsised on liquids and my tongue was far gone
could not talk Such was my wretched helpless cOndi-
ton the first of last October SS4 when my friends COM
menced giving Swifs Specific. In less than month
the eating places stopped and healing commenced and
the fearful aperture in my cheek has been closed and
firmly knitted together process of under lip Is
progressing finely and the tongue which almost de-
sroyed is being recovered and il that nature Is
supplying new tongue can talk 80 that my friends
can readily understand and also solid food
again. If any doubt these facts would them to
Hon. John H Traylor senator this district and
TO Dr.. I. 8. Bradheid, of LaGrange, Ga.
MRS. MARY l. CONFER.
LaGrange, Ga, May "A, 1885.
Treatise Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3. Atlanta. Ga
N Y. 157 ". 23d St.,
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A Heroic Rescue.
Tgu,1~a.-hN N..

Mrs. John Renfroe heard her geese making a
noise in lime sink, and ran to their relief.
When she got to them she saw an alligator
after a goose in the water. just as the goose
reached the bank the alligator caught the goose
by the tail, and the heroic woman caught the
goose by the neck and jerked her out of the
alligator's mouth. The goose yet lives, but
Mrs. Renfroe's husband killed the alligator and
found him five and one-half feet long
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Death Rid Of Its Terror.

WELL" said lawyer, as he entered his con-
demned clients cell, ''good news at last"
"a reprieve?" exclaimed the prisoner,
eagerly.
No, not reprieve, but your uncle has died
and left you $4,000, and now you can meet your
fate with the satisfying feeling that the noble
efforts of your lawyer in your behalf will not
20 unrewarded"
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The Jndge's Idea.

A lawyer addressing jury on case proved
by strong eircumstantial evidence, repeated
often that ninety nine guilty mon should
escape rather than that one innocent man
should suffer-" The Judge, in charging tho
jury. told them the ninety nine guilty had
long since escaped"
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We have made speciality since 1877 OF giving A
Premiums to those who get up clubs purchase Tea and
6ee in large quantities. Dinner ard Tea Sets Cold Band
S S1tre,re de- Teas OF all kinds from 20 IS cents
per pound We do very large lea and Coffee bus ness
besides sending out from so 90 CLUB ORDERS each
day. SILVER-PLATED CASTERS as Premiums with
81 and so orders. WHITE TEA SETS with 40 orders
DECORATEDT SETS with SIS. GOLD BA or MOSS
ROSE SETS. of a pieces, DINNER SETS of Il2
pieces with $50 orders, and host of other premiums
Send us postal and mention this publication and we will
send you ILLUSTRATED PRICEAND PREMIUM LIST
Freight charges average - cents per 100 lbs GREAT
LONDON TEA co., S0f Washington st. Boston Mas
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-06
Victoria and the Old Woman,

II is said that the Queen is most
considerate visitor, always being pleas
ed with whatever is done for hers but
sometimes, from her fondness for going
about in the country, especially in
Scotland, with almoat no special atten-
dant, awkward or amusing incidents
occur. On one occasion, while staying
at the house of a Scotch nobleman, she
was walking about the park with only
the Princess Beatrice, and, encounter
ing an old woman, entered into conver-
sation with her The dame asked her
almost at once whether she had seen
Her Majesty, and on the Queens reply
ing, "Yes, see her every morning be-
fore breakfast" the old woman in
quired eagerly, "Oh, but is she as good
as she looks in the prints | used to see
of her when | was younger = The
Queen laughed, and replied that Her
Majesty was rather flattered in her pic
lures and the woman again urged
her to say what she looked like.
"Well,' said the Queen, still much
amused, 'she and are said to look so
much alike you would hardly know us
apart swell, you are not so very
ill-favored yourself was the danes
considerate answer, which so entertain
ed Her Majesty that she bade the wo-
man come to the castle that afternoon,
promising her she should not only see
but speak to the Queen herself.
The sequel may be imagined.
Dressed in her very best the old
Scotch woman presented herself at the
Castle R at the appointed time,
was conducted through endless CORR
doris, and up and down, toa room in
which, soon after she entered, the
Queen appeared "Eh so you are
here too! y the old woman exclaimed /;
but almost Immediately it was made
known to her in whose presence she
was standing. AS may be inferred the
visit resulted in much profit to the
good woman, and considerable amuse-
ment to the Queen and Princess Bea-
trice.-HUper's Bazdr.
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Boarding Stable

Having recently leased the Ex-
change Hotel Stable, am now run
ming it as a boarding, exchange and
Hotel stable. l can offer owners the
very best accommodation for their
horses. My loose boxes and single
stalls for boarders are large and in
good condition, my prices reasonable.
l shall always buy good horse when
the price is suitable, and intend to
keep such on hand for sale, either sim
gle drivers or matched pairs. Persons
in distant parts of the country can
send their horses to be prepared for the
market. The drives are good in all di-
rections from my stable door, 80 that
those coming here with fine horses
needing daily exercise can have the
advantage of the best roads to jog
them upon. The Exchange Hotel Sta
BILE is so situated as to exclude objec-
tionable persons, who not unfrequent-
ly interfere with sales shall be
pleased to communicate with any gen
tlemen from the country who may be
coming to this place with horses for
sale. BY permission | refer you to w.
r. Tubbs, Proprietor of Exchange Ho-
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ments in view of the commction which
the publicity of Dr. Henion's article
has caused and TO meet the protesta-
tions which have been made. The
doctor was cured tour years ago and
is 'oeU and attending to his professional
duties to-day. The standing Of DIR.
Henion, Mr.. Warner and DIR. Latti
more in the community is beyond
question and the statements they make,
cannot for a moment be doubted. DIR
lIenion's experience shows that Bright's
disease of the kidneys is one of the
most deceptive and dangerous of all
diseases, that it is exceedingly common,
and that it can be cured.
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Notes on Poultry.

The question of the profitableness of
poultry-raising is constant theme of
discussion among farmers and others.
1t has been sufficiently demonstrated
that poultry-raising does pay when it
is carried on under the same relative
conditions that are considered neces-
sary to ensure success in other pursuits.
Skill, care, foresight, judicious manage
ment-these are needed no less in rails
ing of poultry than in the prosecution
of any other branch of business.
The winter is a good time to consi-
der this matter, and arrange plans for
the coming season. If fowls be kept
for eggs it is essential to success that
every winter the stock be replaced
with pullets hatched early in the spring.
BY no other means can eggs at this
season be relied upon, and the poultry
keeper must remember that it is the
winter which determines whether he
will gain or lose by his stock.
With those who raise chickens for
the early markets the time will soon be
at hand for attending to sitting hens.
1t has generally been found that the
best layers are the worst sitters. There
should be separate apartment for
broodiug hens where they may not be
annoyed by other members of the flock,
and where every provision should be
made for their feeding and comfort
and security. There should be pro
perly arranged method for protecting
the young chicks as soon as they are
hatched and until the whole brood is
strong enough to go into the coop with
the hen.
Sometimes a hen will desert her
eggs, and circumstance which may oc-
casionally be traced to an uncomfort.
able condition of the skin, caused by
vermIn or want Of cleanliness and
this affords a strong reason for keep
ing the hen house clean and giving the
flock the means of purifying their
feathers.
With proper provision of food at
hand, warmth, h,quiet,and dryness,a good
Matching hen will give little trouble. 1t
is a good plan to ''set' two or more
hens at the same time, so that in event
of only some half-dozen chickens from
each nest, two broods can be taken
charge of by one hen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-06
In the Hands Of q Mob.
A TRAIN wRECKER TORTURED AND THEN
SHOT rO DEATH.

In December last a train was wreck
ed at Purvis Station, about one hun
dred miles from New Orleans, and two
men killed. Detectives proceeded to
the shanty of Jordan Parker, few
yards above where the wreck occurred.
They found the old man at home and
placed him under arrest, charging him
with wrecking the train. Parker was
lodged in Jail, but was taken out by a
mob. Parker's sou, ten years of age,
said the father was guilty.
The confession of the boy appeared
to whct the appetite of the mob for
more of the horrible details of the
wreck and they determined to make
Parker himself confess. The boy was
told to bid his father farewell, as he
would never more see him again in
life. The boy walked up to the bound
aud helpless man, and shaking his
hand, said "good bye and then was
enacted scene too horrible to describe
and one which the famed tortures of
the Spanish Inquisition only rivalled,
but did not excel. The stove in the
caboose was heated, and to compel
Parker to confess his crime they seated
him on this. He yelled for mercy, but
none was accorded him; but confess be
would not. Then. it is said, poker
was heated to a red heat, and with
this his captors sought by inhicting
tortures to open his lips, but without
avail. They thrust the glowing iron
into his side, they drew it across his
shrivelled hand, the skin burned to a
crisp, while the flesh sized and crept,
but only screams of agony followed,
and few words issued from the thin,
dry, parched lips, but they were pro-
testations of innocence or prayers for
the mercy which he himself had not
known or shown.
| Parker was then made fast to tree,
a rope having been passed around the
tree, also encircling his neck; another
turn was taken around his body, under
the arms and another around his legs
A fly leaf was torn from a receipt
book, and on this was written in lead
pencil the words: "This is the train.
wrecker who wrecked the train on Dec
22. Tried by Judge Lynch and sen
fenced to death. This should be eau
tion to all other train-wreckers.' This
was pinned to the doomed mans breast
and, these preparations having beer
completed, Parker was informed that
he had but two minutes to live and
that he had better make good use Of
them. The old man glanced at the
crowd, but his lips refused to utter {
prayer. One of the crowd ordered
him to pray, but he glanced defisntly
at them, and while his eyes were still
| fixed upon them the two minutes ex
pired. Suddenly a volley was heard
which re-echoed through the woods
and then thirty-tive shotguns aud re
volvers were emptied into the body O.
Parker. The old man quivered, hi.
head fell to his left side, his knee'
bent under him and all was over, deatl
having followed almost instantly upor
the firing. The party continued to tir'
into the corpse, putting over hundred
bullets, buckshot aud small shot into
the lifeless body, and the sentence o
the inexorable judge, whose officer
they were, had been carried out. Tn,
body was left tied to the tree and tt,
party separated. Parker was sixty
five.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-06

A humane blacksmith in Nevada has
built cart with the axles bent so that
the horse is directly under it, sheltered
from sun and wind, The driver sits in
front, and other passengers sidewise on
seats running lengthwise over the
horses back. There is, of course, a
steering apparatus, and also an ar
rangement, with wide band under
the horse, so that in going down hill
the animal can be lifted bodily off it,
feet and given rest while the whole outfit
''coasts. And the lifting machine
comes into use il the horse tries to run
away, as the turn of a crank leaves him
working his legs in the air to no pur-
pose whatever.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-06

Jas. II. Mercer distinctly states that
Acker's English Remedy has and does
cure contracted consumption. Ask for
circular. An entirely new medicine,
guaranteed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-06
DKILADELPHA AND READING ROAD

ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENG Eff
TRAINS,
Nov. l6 1884
TRAIHs LEAVE RUPERT AS FoLLows(suH
ExOEPTrD.
For New York, Philadelphia, Reading Pottsv.i
Tamaoua, &C., 1857 o. M
For Catawlasa, II 81 a. m. 6.l3 and 9 80 p. N
For Williamsport, 656 l0.i5 q. Ii. ana 4.oH y. Z
For Lewisburg and sunbury, 400 p. m.
TRAINS Foa RUPERT LEAVE As soJLown, t-. s1-sy
zXoaPrED.l
Leave New York, VIA Tamaqua S 45 !. ~. AID
via. Bound Brook Route ',45 l.. IN.
Leave Philadelphia, $50 a. III.
Leave Reading, II, 80 a, m., F0gtay.llo. 1' 35 "a
and Tamaqua, l,4) p. III.
Leave Catawissa, $50 1880 a, IN. aUC 3abI.n.
Leave Williamsport, 9,tOa.m, 4.05 ana $40 y. u.
Leave Sunbury L 10 p. IN.
Lewisburg 4.43 p In.
Passengers TO and from Phia ie,pnla so throuh
without change Of cars.
j. E. WOOTTEN,
c. G. HANCOCK,
General Passenger ana Ticket Agent.
Jan, TO- lNSl-tf.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-06

Chenille is an important element in
the trimmings Of the season. There are
fiat trimmings for dresses and fringes
for mantles.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-06

Ask James III. Mercer about Acker's
Blood Elixir, the only preparation
guaranteed to cleanse the blood and
remove all chronic diseases.
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Jas. II. Mercer states that indiges-
tion prepares every one for disease, but
guarantees Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets
to cure all forms of indigestion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-06

1t has been remarked that some men
give according to their means, and
some according to their meanness.
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n AND DEMOCRAT, BT ToOMsBtjRG COLUMBIA COUNTY. PA.
Words OF Warning aud Comfort.

words OF warning aud Comfort.
III you are suffering from pooi health or
languishlng on a bed OF sickness take cheer
fyou are simply aing or II you feel
weak and dlspirited,
without clearly know
ing why, Hop Bltters
viii surely cure you
II you arc minister, and
have overtaxed yourself with your
pastoral duties, or q mother, worn out
with care and work, or q man Of business or
labor, weakened by the strain OF your everyday
duties, or man OF letters toiing over your mid
night work, Hop Btters will most surely strength
en- you,
III you are suffering from over-cating or
drinking, any indiscreton or dissipation,
or are young and growing too fast, as is
often the case,
"Or II you are IN the workshop, on the
farm, at the desk, anywhere, and feel
that your system needs cleansing, ton
ing, or stimulating, without intoxicat-
ing, Il you are old,
blood thin and impure pulse
feeble, nerves unsteady, faculties
wa ing, Hop Bitters Is what you need to
give you new life, health, and vlgor."
tS yVu uEc coSliNci UT uySptptlC Ut SuntI-
ing from any other OF the numerous dis
eases the tomach or bowels, 1t is your
own fault II you remain Ill. II
you are wasting away with any form
OF Kidney disease stop tempting death this
moment, and turn for azure to Hop Bitters.
II you are sick with that terrible sick
ness Nervousness, you will find balm
in Gilead" in Hop Bitters.
If you are frequentcr, or a resident, Of
"a miasmatic district, barricade your sys-
TEN against the scourge OF all countries
Malaria, Epidemic Bilious and inter-
--mittent Fevers by the use OF Hop Bitters
II yor have rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad
breath, Hop Btters will give you fair skin, rich
blood, tn sweetest breath and health. $500 will
be paid for n case they will not cure or help.
LApY's WISH.
''Oh, how do with my skin was as clear and
soft as yours" sad a lady TO her friend. ''You
can easily make II so answered the friend. How?'
inquired the first lady
'By us ng Hop Bitters that makes pure rich
bood and blooming hea th 1t did 1t for me as you
observe.
None genuine without bunch of green.
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, pot
sonous stun with "nop" or "Hops" in their name
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$54S6 O1
We. the undersigned auditors OF the townships
comprising the Bloom Poor District met at the
Poor House on Monday, Jan 12th, 1855.
Examined the accounts OF the Treasurer and Di-
rectors from Jan 7th 1884 to Jan 12th 1885, and the
vouchers for the same ana find them correct as set
forth above.
ROBT. s. HOWELL. Scott !
ADAM UTT, Greenwood Auditors.
+. d. DENTLER, Bloom
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w. A. HartZel,
nov7-Sm' BIOomsburg, Pa.

A NNUAL STATEMENT
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Amt. outstanding orders Jan. !, 1ss4,,.,s II 80
Z" orders sued from Jan. Z, 1884, to
Jan. IL, 1885, inclusive, ...........,... 4s6 OF
IS 563 81 |
Amt. orders redeemed. ............... ss $50 80 |
out standing Jan. IL, lSS5,.......,.. 0s3 OF |
IS 563 81 |
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In enlct NOV. 18th, 1884. Trains leave sun
bury.