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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30
Shorthand in History.
TWO THOUSAND YEARs-A FEW
INTERESTING FACTS.

An illusion in an article of Mr.. Irv-
ings Hamlet to the fact thai the quar-
to 1908 was printed from stolen short
hand report of the tragedy seems to
have provoked question as to the exis.
tence of shorthand reporters at that
day. Why there should be any doubt
OF such matter is surprising
Shorthand, or some method of repre-
senting spoken words as rapidly as ut
tered is almost contemporaneous with
the art of writing itself. Xenophon
(444-354 B. CO. is supposed to have
been the inventor of the Greek system,
which he employed in recording the
memorabilia of Socrates.
"My tongue is the pen OF ready
writer Psalms xiv, y suggests the
practice of shorthand among the Israe-
lites at an early period.
A series of 1,l00 arbitrary signs was
invented and used in Rome by Eunius
$3.50 169 B. c.
Trio, the freeman of Cicero, perfect
ed system for the Romans known as
the Tironian. This was used by Trio
himself to take down and preserve the
great oration of Cato against Caesars
proceedings respecting the Catilnarian
conspiracy as well as Ciceros own ora
tions on the same subject.
So fast was this system that one Of
Martial's epigrams, addressed to a no.
tary, confessed that the tongue was too
slow for the head.
Some lines by the poet Ausonius in
praise of an expert in the same time of
the Emperor Gratian have been trans
lated to read as follows:
o wonderous art though from my lips
The words like pattering hailstones fall
Thine ear hath caught them every one,
Thy nimble pen portrayed them all.
My words no sooner are pronounced
Than on thy tablets they appear
My mind cannot keep equal pace
With thy light fingers swift career.
The history of shorthand in English
dates back to the sixteenth century.
How much earlier it was practiced we
have no means of knowing.
In 1888 Timothy Bright published in
London work entitled "Characterie,
an art of Short, Swift and Secret Writ
ing by Characters"
Two years later Peter Bales publish
ed another work on the same subject
entitled "The Writing Schoomaster,
in Three Parts in the introduction to
one of the parts of which the author
says "Brachygraphy, or the art of
writing as fast as man speaketh treat
ably, may seem difficult, but it is in ef-
feet very easy, containing many com,
modities under few principles, the
shortness whereof is attained by mem
ory, the swiftness by practice, the
sweetness by industry
This was written some ten or doz
en- years before the Shakespeare
Hamlet" was played" Our readers
may take it for granted that in all
time whenever there has been any thing
worth reporting some expert writer oil
industrious Boswell has been on hand
to record the speakers words.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30
Points About Parrots.
HOW TO MAKE THEM TALK AND KEEP
THEN IN HEATH.

"To teach parrot to talk" said
parrot fancier the other day, 'it should
be kept separate from other parrots,
though they often learn from each
other. The way | think best is to
keep it in your bedroom, and every
night before you 60 to bed put cloth
around the cage and say something 10
the bird 1t will ponder over it all
night, and when you take the cloth off
in the morning the parrot will say
what you said the night before. For
example, if you say Good morning
the night before, the parrot will say
Good morning when it sees you the
next morning. After a parrot gets
started talking it picks up lots of
things. You can teach one to talk in
six weeks.
"Parrots naturally would all be cen
tenarians. Bringing them here short
ems their lives TO fifteen or twenty
years on the average. l never knew
one to die of old age. When they are
first brought here many of them die.
Inflammation of the lungs or colds kill
them usually. The oldest one know
of is owned by an Albany family. 1t
is gray African, 100 years old. 1t
has been handed down and treated
with the best of care In Mexico they
often get to be 100. Families hand
them down as heirlooms. and they are
spoken of as our family parrot. Par
rots do not propagate in this climate.
A gray one has been known to hatch
out young ones in Europe, but never
here. Paroquets born in Australia
will propagate here, but not often.
The proper temperature to keep room
with parrots in it is seventy-two de-
grees. | give them tepid water to
drink. 1t might give them cold to
drink hydrant water"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

Money never made man happy
yet, nor will it; there is nothing in its
nature TO produce happiness; the more
a man has the more he wants instead
of its filing vacuum it makes one; il
it satisfies one want it doubles and
trebles that want another way.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

1t is necessary TO hope, though hope
should be always deluded for hope it.
self is happiness, and its Illustrations,
however frequent, are yet less dreadful
than its extinction.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

In his article on shiloh which will
appear in the February Century, Gen
eral Grant describes the anxious night
after the first day of that battle.
He says; "The rain fell in torrents,
aud our troops were exposed to the
storm without shelter, / made my
headquarters under a tree few hun
dred yards from the river bank. My
ankle was so much swollen from the
fall of my horse the Friday night pre-
ceding, and the bruise was painful,
that could get no rest. The drench-
ing rain would have precluded the pos
sbiity of sleep, without this addition
al cause. Some time after midnight.
growing restive under the storm and
the continuous pain, ] moved back to
the log house on the bank. This had
been taken as hospital, and all night
wounded men were being brought in,
their wounds dressed, leg or an arm
amputaled, as the case might require,
and everything being done TO save life
or alleviate suffering, The sight was
more uncomfortable than encountering
the rebel fire, and ! returned to my
tree in the rain
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

Black lace dresses are made up for
brunettes of jetted net in combination
with black satin and pale yellow vel
vet and elaborate graniture of yellow
roses.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

The newest and prettiest of brides-
maids bonnets are of white uncut vel
vet, with a putting of cream satin
around the edges and a wreath of white
carnations.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30
Picking up Driftwood.

One of the most interesting sights
on the lower Mississippi is the system
of utilizing driftwood. A small saw
mill is erected on steamboat and this
vessel goes up and down the river and
into each bayou picking up the valua-
BILE logs and at once converting them
into marketable lumber, which sell at
the river towns or even deliver at a
planters wharf. Now and then one
may see the black and brown saw mill
boat moored to the bank, with fifty or
a hundred logs lashed alongside, and
stream of fragrant yellow sawdust
swirlng into the turbid current. The
red shirted negroes slowly pull in log
and start it up the inclined plane to
the whirling steel teeth that rasp it
into planks with one long sweep and
sound; others pile up the lumber beside
the engine until the deck is loaded.
Then the boat is united and moves
slowly down stream with its attendant
raft of logs. 1t is said that the only
danger to be apprehended is in finding
spikes or nails in float. wood, which
break the saws and cause serious acci-
dents ; but all suspicious looking logs
are carefully scruti nized before use.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

MIsrREss.-"Mercy, Bridget! what's
the matter with the water 7 This did
not como out of the filter, did 2"
Bridget-"Indade it did, num-
'That's strange I'm afraid you
have not cleaned it lately
81 did this very morning, mum, and
such lot of stuff as | found in it,
sure. Why, mum, there was most a
peck of dirt, num-"
'Dear me What kind of dirt p
'Gravel and charcoal, mum"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

Pale tinted brocades velvets are in
favor for making costly wraps.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

Seven-pound sage hens are killed in
Nevada.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30

I r. EVANS, NJ. D., Surgeon and
u .Physic an, ,Ofice and Residence on Third
street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-30
w II HOUSE,
DENTIST
BLooMsBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.

all styles OF work done In a superior manner, work
warranted as represented. TKETH EXTRACT
KID WITHOUT PAIN by the use OF Gas, and
free OF charge when artificial teeth
are inserted.
Office in Columbian building, end floor.
10 be open at all hours during the dag
Nov. 25-ly
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-13

The president enjoys the society OF
literary men.
MIR. Danlala, II is rumorcd, contem.
plates applying Tor divorce from
Bcruhardt.
Should Justice Colcridgc's married
lite turn out unhappily he can grant
himself II divorce
EN-Goyernor Dillingham; Of YER
mont fell down a stairway last week
breaking leg. lie j. ST year, old
Angelo, the murderer of General
Prm. is now in spain, and il i, feared
he Is plotting ali attempt on the life of
KING Alfonso.
The Buffalo Advertiser estimate.
Colonel lngersull's fortune AT S3oooDo
ana says he has made half of this am
% his inddel lectures.
The substitution Of General Rubrrts
Tor General stewart ~ commander in
chlct Of the Indian armN Is possibl, a
a concession to the lingo element nf
the conservative party, since IA, is
known to bc in favor of doing some
Afghan lighting he has the oppor-
tunity
The monument to the ilIustrious
plilanthropist, Peter Cooper has
never been completed How soon we
llluStrious philanthropists are forgot
ten
Li-lt, the pianist, settles the Able"
question 10y ,aying that hc never was
a priest. having only taken minor or
der, which are sometimes accorded to
lay men.
Bcecher has received hundred diff
lercnt letters threatening assa>s ination
tut lac keeps right on FORMULATING
new doctrines and docs not lose a mo.
incnt', sleep.
snow two feet deep was found last
week Toy bennington, VI, man under
sawdu>t near hi, mill Vermont. il
viii hc remembered, is the home OF
senator Edmud,
John Everett NlilHis. who is nearly
seven I ct tall and stand, highest
among the Lundon artists. i, now AT
work ON the third portrait of ". T.
Gladstone he has painted this year.
The Prince of Wales goes to more
balls and dances more than any mar.
rird nnn of his time of life in London
Indeed, There l. scarcely any bachelor
over forty who does so much in thi,
linr
Colonel Fred Grant will not write ,
biography of hi, father, because Ia,
realizes that the public want the gen
ral1i'S book and not his He tcch
that If hc should Writca book it woul,
fall Hat lie iecl-Iight
On the rendering of the verdict O
guilty, Ricl, the Canadian rebel. mad,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-13

Will then come back to
TINS country with her Gill.
dren for the purpose of odu
eating and bringing them up as Amer.
lcans. II was the wish " General
Grant that the children should be- So
educated. Besides this. Mrs. ~artoris
isanNiou- to be with her mother for
some time. at least Mrs. Gtant wish
es to have her children about her,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-13
COMMERCIAL.

GALVESTON. Angus, o. Tho following ls
comparative statement VI cotton receipts az
the principal markets t1 lay ami the same date
last year.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-13
Remedies

tIN .rlDkFf'S plAEEli'EA
I'll \ n r. mu 'hoiciH M'Nturc
- tn.,. u.p.-nry ,ochcrk the Wors
ply ,l,..urty orNpN riice scents per
.ouar, and Third streets.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-13

cry HaItktI~.

Wool QHenaaunoh"srd.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-13

Nhv is death Ike the letter b 4. thC end
ot lli. which often comes tno soon when YOU
neglect too hrCh iiHrhurH with pr Bigger
Hurklcl.rry Cordial Al " D.. fuckers Drug
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
President Clevelaud,s Dead Love.

Washington Correspondence Philadelphia Times
There is dim, snadewy fear among the fair
sex at the capital that the ythical Buffalo lady
whom rumor has betrothed to Mr. Cleveland
may turn up at any time and carry off the prize
but there is the best authority for stating thar
the fear is groundless. The only woman tbat
the President ever loved has been dead for mora
than twenty years. The most authentic reports
have it that while quite young man. teach
ing school in western New York village
he met and loved young girl not yef
seventeen. They were engaged. but the nov
erty of both parties prevented the marriage.
The young teacher made ap his mind to 20
to Ohio for the purpose of providing home for
his betrothed, and was on the point of starting
for the West when she fell sick and in less than
a week was carried to her last resting place.
There are no absolute proofs Of the truth of the
story. The President has never mentioned the
matter to his nearest friends ard the only source
OF information is town gossip, handed down with
perhaps the usual variations and additions
Whether the President has remained single out
of romantic fidelity to the memory of his youth
full love- or whether bachelor life is best suited
to his nclnations, Is. of course, matter Of CON
lecture These who know him best say that he
is too we'll fixed in old ways to change at this
late day, and that no bride will be mistress of
the White House while he Is its occupant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
Consolation in Bereavement.

IT.
over the death of Mrs Thomas Morgan, an old
resident, which occurred in Chicago under Pc
culiar circumstances. Thomas Morgan died
about two years ago, leaving widow and step
son, William Walton, twenty-five years old.
Morgan left about $40, 600 invested in real estate
About two months ago a young man named
Stephen bowling came to South Chicago, and
last Friday, it is said. he and Mrs Morgan were
married by Roman Catholic priest at Chicago.
Mrs. Morgans death occurred Monday, and yes
as custodian, Of all the widows property in
South Chicago, acting under orders from BOWL
ing. Bowling had not announced the death of
Mrs. Morgan to her son. young Walton. DR..
Tabor, who attended the deceased Monday,
says: Bowling was very anxious to get mar
RED because he said he had registered tie
widow at the hotel as his wife and that they
were not then married" He added that Mrs.
Bowling was suffering from hernia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
THE WINANS DIVORCE SUIT.
Letters Showing Mrs. 0'Keefe Had Compro-
missed with Winans Fourteen Years Ago.

NEW YORK, May 22-The Ross B. Winans
divorce suit was continued to-day. In the
cross examination of Alice OKeefe who
seeks the divorce, lawyer Choate said severely:
Look at this receipt for ST, 500. dated Oct
27, 1871, signed by Mrs. Saalield, and tell
me did you receive this amount from Mr..
Winans, and if so, what was it forP
1.-THE amount was for expenses contracted
by me IN New York and elsewhere" answered
Mrs. OKeefe while she drummed a tattoo on
the referees table, keeping time with her
dainty little foot Mr. Choate offered the
receipt in advance, as tending to show
that the relations between Winans and the
plaintiff were not those of husband and wife.
going to show that this sum was
part of an amount paid to the
plaintiff in settlement of all claims against
the fair witness to the genuneness of certain
letters claimed to have been written by her
to William Schley, who acted as the
agent of both parties in a negotiation
which had for its object the renuncia-
ton by her of all demands against
Winans, in consideration of $50, 900 being paid
over to her. The letters were written in or
about the month of October, 1871, and were in
troduced in evidence, to prove that Mrs. OKeefe
had, through Schley, already compromised her
claim on Winans by accepting the amount
named
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
General and Personal.

WASHINGTON, May 22-Hon. S. S. Cox, re-
Gently appointed United States minister to
Turkey, qualified at the Department of State to-
day. He will leave New York for his new post
of duty about june II
The Otoe Indian delegation had an interview
with Assistant Secretary Muldrow. to day. in
regard to agency affairs They made a request
that their annuities be paid to them. instead of
goods that were not suitable for their purposes
The Assistant Secretary promised to examine
the matter and consult with Commissioner At
kins upon the subject
Miss Cleveland, who has been visiting friendsin
New York for some days past, returned to
Washington to-day. 1t is understood that Miss
Cleveland, while in New York, placed the manu-
script of book in the hands of publisher. who
will soon issue it. The name of the publisher
and the title of the book have not yet been az
nouneed
The President to-day appointed the following
collectors of internal revenue: VIM I. Bishop,
for the First district of Ohio; Ira Ellis for the
First district of California
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

No deaths occurred at Plymouth yesterday,
and no new cases were reported.
The Governor of Pennsylvania has appro we'd
the bill prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
imitation butter
The Apaches killed two men at Eagle Creek,
A. T., on Tuesday night. They also killed four
miners at Alma, on the Frisco river.
In saloon brawl. at Elizabeth. Pa, Thursday
| night Fred Godstrohn killed young negro
named Isaac Cox. The murderer was arrested.
The Pennsylvania Senate yesterday passed to
the second reading the House bill apprepriating
So 600 to establish temporary hospital at Ply
mouth.
call for the formation of THE Union for the
Improvement of the Canals of the State of New
York"
/ Mrs. A T. Stewart has signed an agreement
| to pay $l5, 600 annually for the institutions
Gently transferred by her to the corporation of
Garden City.
Louis Francis, the Frenchman who MUIR
dered his wife, in New York, and attempted to
| throw her body into the river, has been held for
| trial, without ball.
Oil men from Oil City have leased over 1000
acres of territory near Greensboro, Pa, border
ing the old Dunkard oil field, and will put
down test well at once
Goodwin Jackson was hanged at Clarendon,
Ark, yesterday, for the murder of Sandy Red
mond last November The murderer and his
victim were both coored.
| 1t was rumored in New York last night that
Frank Livingston. acrobat, had jumped
from the Brooklyn bridge, in imitation
of Odlum, and had met like fate.
Confederate Decoration Day was observed at
Norfolk Va, yesterday, and the graves of both
federal and confederate dead were profusely
decorated. A heavy rain prevented the forming
of the procession.
Last Tuesday, jeff. Rogers, of Sikeston, Mo-,
duarre1ed with his brother, shot and mortally
wounded him, and fed. On Thursday an officer
found him near Essex and, as he resisted arrest,
shot and killed him.
At a meeting of the live stock exporters, at
Montreal yesterday, it was resolved that the
proposed reduction in size of stalls upon steam
ers, as agreed upon between the agents and the
government inspector, would prove detrimental
to the interests of exporters.
Annie E. Culver, colored, of Philadelphia who
pleaded guilty to the charge of killing her recrs-
ant lover, and submitted the facts to the court,
SO that the judge might fix the grade of guilt
has been adjudged guilty of murder in the first
degree.
The jury in the case Of Rowan, clerk of the
court of Allegheny county, Pa suit to re-
cover fees illegally obtained by him-found in
favor of the county for s2s, 52O.96 This finding
is subject to the decision of the court on points
Of law reserved Rowan had been tried on a
criminal charge, and acquitted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
A LANDSLIDE
Which Threatens Great Damage to the P.
Ft. W. & G. Road, and Other Property.

PTTsBURG, May The hillside for quar-
ter of a mile along the Fit. Wayne road,
eighteen miles from this city, is sliding at the
rate of four feet an hour. Some ten or
twelve houses and the railroad track itself
are in danger of being pushed into the river be-
fore tomorrow night. The Fort Wayne COM
pany have a Large force of men at work, but so
far they have been unable to arrest the
landslide, and they fear tonight it will
be impossible to do So The
rains Of to-day have loosened the earth still
further and the inmates of the houses are pre-
pairing to leave them for places of safety. The
slide is very deep, not icing merely from the
surface Trees are being moved roots and all,
and threaten demolition to all below
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAGRANGE, May 22.-The ANIMAL commence
ment of the Lagrange High-school was held last
evening in school hall. The hall was packed
with attentive listeners. The class of 'S5 con-
sists of two ladies. The following programme
was rendered: 'Lorellie,' Mary L. Ellison,
German Grafton; 'Te Salute Fusce,s Grace G.
Hewitt Latin grafton; 'Walls Must Have the
Weather-stain Before They Grow the Ivy
Mary L. Ellison; 1.-THE Heel of Achilles Grace
Greenwood Hewitt The exercises were inter-
spersed with excellent music.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
The Kind of a "RefOrmer' He Is.

Milwaukee Sentinel.
A good slory is told at the expense of the
new commissioner Of the national bureau of
labor statistics. He is said to he civil-service
reformer of the first degree Recently an ap-
plicant for position as bureau investigating
agent received card from Mr.. Wright which
read as follows
Dear Sir-What are your po,itics9 How shall I
classify yot it am askeds c. ID. WIGHT
The intelligent craftsman who received this
instantly wrote back:
MY Dear SRI American citizen and re-
serve my right to vote as please"
It would seem as if Mr.. Wright had opened
his mouth and put his foot in it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
ILLINOIS.

Interesting Commencement Exercises of the
Altamont Schools.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ALTAMoNT, May 22.-The Altamont school
closed the present term today. The high school
department gave an entertainment of high
character tonight in the school hail. to an over
crowded house. This afternoon the primary de-
partment, under Miss Maggie Carroll, teacher.
gave an interesting entertainment, as did the In
termediate department, under Miss Lou
Granger, Thursday evening, which was counted
the best of the season. This term has been
highly satisfactory TO all The above named
teachers and l. A. Smothers, principal of the
high school, deserve much credit for the effcien.
management of their school.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
A Good Piece of Work.
Union City Eagle

Our Supreme Court has seldom done better
piece of work than confirming the decision of
the lower court, in the case of the State against
Casper Hedderich, president of the liquor league
of Indianapolis. The court were unanimously
of the opinion that the law requiring saloons to
be closed from III p NJ, until A. NJ, is corstitu.
tional. This ought forever to settle the 'higher
law question in our capital city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-23
A Notorious Rascal Arrested.

MONTREAL, May 22-One of Pinkertons most
trusted men has identified Hall, who was impli-
Gated in recent attempts to pass forged circular
notes, as q member of the notorious
Van Gleesen gang of American forgers, whose
operations have been large and successful. Hall
Is known by the name Of VIM. Marshall, alias
Wilson, alias Frankly Boxer. He is wanted in
Chicago