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Convinced.

Mr.. u. q. King, foreman Of the Lee
tonia Democrat, I.cetonia, Ohio, writes
DR. >. b. HARTMAN, Columbus, OHIO.
Gentlemen: Some time since, had occa-
sion TO doubt the gcnuineness Of most oil
the articles that appear IN different papers
inregard TO your wonderful pERUNA, and
my curiosity was SO great that | deter.
mined to write to one OF the manv people
that claimed to have been cured BY thir
medicine. and accordingly wrote to Mrs
j. w REYNOLDS, OF New Lisbon, this
county, and received the following reply
II received your lcttce this evening, and
in reply would say that PEKuNA, | be-
lieve, saved my lie, and can not recon-
mend it too highly, for all complaints il
is the best medicine in existence. 1t
seems to help you as YOU swallow it
would advise any one suffering from my
complaint to take PERrNA aud be con-
vinced Yours truly, Mrs. !. ". Key.
nolds." Now, that's her card, word for
word, and as am well acquainted with
the lady.I do not believe she would lie
1t is truly wonderful how your medicine
does do good.
James l.. Mooney, Prospect, Ohio.
writes For the past ten years have
been suffering from constipation and
dyspepsia, and all the evil effects that
accompany I ,em. | was treated by
number of DOCTORS all to no effect.
used several patent medicines, winch did
me no good, and about three years ago
was seized with severe nervous trouble,
and was Obliged TO quit farming.
thought my days would soon be over, but
last winter received one OF your pam
phlets called iii. /" Ills oil L.is.n at once
tried eyoar prguNA and q MAvhLtN
They helped me light away. ] used nine
bottles of ParuNAand three OF MASkLtN,
and now | an quite well. and able TO
resume farming also had little child
which was attacked with Il severe cramp
in the stomach, we Thought j. would 20
into spasms. used no ling but PEKuNA-
We gave it an injection OF PERUNA ana
warm water, AMI gave it d teaspooniul Of
the medicine internally every half hour
Ii was relieved in one how, and has not
been bothered since. have also used it
with as good effect in case o.; Group and
colds. know that 1t Is wonderful
medicine, and recommend it to all who
are in poor health. The above statement
am wiling to swear to-
~W. M. Plants, Deep Valley, Greene
county, Pa, writes: Please send me
your book on the Ills of Life | have
used one bottle of PERUSA, and am great
ly benefited"
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be had at the kinds of business for
which each is specially fitted or at
least we'll suited.
Of the colored people it cannot be
said that they have been governed
very largely by any such consider
ations. A knowledge of the facts in
the case make it safe and proper 10
say, they have not. The adjustment
ofthe population before the war was
such rs made them almost wholly
the producing class in the depart
ment of agriculture. After enamel
patton rush into the towns and
cities was made. Many, owing to
the reduction of the urban popula-
ton for service in the war and the
rapid growth of manufacturing in
dustry found ready and profitable
employment, and through fitness,
industry and economy they have
made creditable, and in some instan-
ces remarkable progress. So lar as
this is true, it is source of satisfac-
ton rather than regret, and deserves
praise rather than censure. The
course of such has our approval and
admiration. For we do not wish to
be understood in what we shall say
as being opposed to the settlement
of so many of our people in towns
and cities as can do well. But so
strong is this characteristic prefer
ence for city life that hundreds and
thousands have located there in spite
of wise counsel to do otherwise; and
although long since convinced of the
impossibility of earning anything
like respectable livelihood, they
persist in remaining to drag out
mere existence, while the country
around offers grand opportunity
for prosperous and useful life. Such
course is but the bordering to a
primative and insipid taste against
the dictates of nature, reason, and
wise judgment; and SO far as it's
practice obtains, is radically against
vigorous development and sure pro-
gress.
As it is our purpose to write a
series of articles under the above
caption, we must leave the subject
here to be continued in next issue.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-27
Father and SON Trade Horses.

This is how an old gentleman prov
ed to his son that he was not so old
as his father. The father had bought
a "door yard horse" good-looking
enough, but worthless asa roadster,
He wanted to get rid of him, and so
one day he put brad in the end of
his whip and started for his sons.
As he drove into his sons door
yard he stuck the brad into the horse,
knocked off his hat with his own hand,
came up to the door flying and appar-
emily out of breath. The son step
ped to the door. Father, what have
you got there?r he asked. 1 have
got the devil, and | wish somebody
had him he has pulled my arms out
of the sockets, He is worth 81 900
to any man if he can drive him, but /
have got to be too old to drive such
a horse as that. Alter the old man
had been rubbed with liniment, and
before he went off, his son offered to
swap nice $500 horse for the pull
Ter and to give 500 boot. The old
gentleman traded, had some more
liniment rubbed on his shoulders,
and drove away. Three weeks later
the father visited his son again. The
father said to his son: Glow do you
like your new horse, George?" "Fath-
er, how could you lie to me as you
did ?" did you know you were not
so old as your father, George y" 81
never want to be if have got to lie
as you did! Don't you want some
more liniment?'
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-27

exponent and disseminator of the
true intellectual rays which are to
pierce the thick veil ofilliteracy and
illumine the darkest corner of the
uncultured mind? Do you see to it
that your pupils, looking up to you
as their great guide and worthy ex-
ample, are enabled TO drink in
draughts from the great fountain of
precept and example,? You are
placed in charge of so many little
germs TO mould and fashion into so
many giant independencies to be
capable of locomotion and autono.
my. These little germs are to be
transplanted when required in an
other part ofthe universe. You will
not be guiltless if through neglect or
carelessness you dwarf or warp one
Of these germs until it is unfit for
the masters use. Oil then, let us all,
parent, teacher and pupil, come close
together, resolving to work harmon
iously together for the promotion of
the greatest good to the greatest
number.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-27
Tastes of Great Men.

The Housewife.
DIR. Parr confessed his love of hot
boiled Holsters, with profusion of
shrimp sauce.
Pope says:
"one loves the pheasant's wing, and one
leg;
The vulgar boil, the learned roast an egg"
Dryden said that chine of honest
bacon pleased his appetite more than
all the marrow buildings.
Sir Isaac Newton, when writing
his "Principia,' lived on a scanty al
lowance of bread and water and
vegetable diet.
DR.. johnson was partial to honey
clouted cream, and all his lifetime
had voracious attachment for leg
of mutton.
DR.. Paley, having been out fishing
for whole day, was asked on his re-
turned if he had met with good
sport. "Oh yes," he answered, II
have caught no fish, but l have made
a sermon"
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Easily Avoided.

nj. and Nine. Prudhomme find
their new rooms illheated by the fur
mace, and decided to buy a stove to
keep them warm
M Prudhomme reflects
"Stoves are sometimes dangerous.
We must be careful not to run any
risk of asphyxiating ourselves by coal
gas"
He reflects some more:
"Ahl that's easily avoided. We
will never light it,"
He smiled at his cleverness, and
buys it.--Fre,ach Fun.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-27

VERY REMARKABLE RECOVERY -
Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester,
Mich, writes: MY wife has been al
most helpless for five years, so helpless
thatshe could not turn over In bed
alone. She used two Bottles of Elec-
trio Bitters, and is SO much improved,
that she is able now to do her own
work.
Electric Bitters will do all that is
claimed for them. Hundreds Of testi
moniaIs attest their great curative pow
ers. Only fifty cents a bottle at E. q
Williams % Bros.
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A Starting Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. johnson, of Huron, Oak, writes
that his wife bad been troubled with acute
Bronchitis for many years, and that all rem
edies tried gave no permanent relief, until
he procured bottle Of Dr. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs, and Colds
which had a magical effect, and produced a
permanent cure. 1t is'guaranteed to cure all
Diseases of Throat, Lungs, or Bronchial
Tubes.
Trial Bottles Free at e. G. Williams q
Bros. Drug Store. Large Size $l.O0.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-27

In recent sermon to women on
marriage, Rev. DIR. Talmage said !:
'If you find q man who has never
made any mistake, who is perfect,
who is immaculate, don't marry him.
1t would be a swindle for you to do
it. Why, you would united yourself
to perfection, and you are not fit to
be married to an angel. There are
no perfect men. had two financial
transactions with two perfect men,
and they woefully cheated me-"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-27
They Took Seats.

Two young Detroiter's who are ac-
quainted with country schoolmas-
ter having school about twelve
miles from the city, were invited out
to spelling school few night since,
and they took horse and buggy and
drove out There was large gath
ering of farmers and an exciting con-
test was looked for. Just previous to
the beginning OF the exercises young
fellow, whose head would have bump
ted six foot mark and whose weight
was about 100 pounds, called one OF
the Detroiters aside and asked:
"Are you two fellers going to
spell?"
Il guese So"
"Purty good at it,"
II think we can down you ALL
"You do, Ell? Now you look here'
I've come here to spell this school
down. My gall is here to see me do
it. / hain't no objections to you
spellin' along till we come to the
word 'catarrh, but after that you can't
drop down any to soon If either
one o. you fellows beat me you had
better have the wings of dove to fly
out o. this, for I'll gin you both the
allfredest licking two dudes ever
got!
They stood up with him until all
the others went down, and then at a
look full of the deepest meaning,
both missed and left him victor.
When he had carried off the honors
he came around and said: "Much
obliged, and I hope you don't feel
hurt. Shouldn't have cared about it,
but Susan had her heart set on it, and
Susad's got eighty acres of land and
a drove Of sheep.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-27

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, OF Newton, la, says
Ky wife has been seriously affected with a
cough for twenty-five years, and this spring
more severely than ever before. She had used
many remedies without relief, and being
urged to try DR.. Kings New Discovery, did
so, with most gratifying results. The first
bottle relieved her very much, and the sec
ond bottle has absolutely cured her She has
not had so good health for thirty years"
Trial Bottles Free at Z. @. Williams h
Bros Drug Store. Large size 81 90.
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81 see they're making railway tracks
of paper, now"
Nothing curious about that. I've
seen tracks made of even softer ma
terial."
"What kind 7"
wagon tracks"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-27

Harry Richardson of rne1o, Ohio,
has been appointed messenger OF the
Supreme Court.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-12-31
ITEMS OE INTEREST.

During the past year CAT duels have been
fought in France.
There are only twenty -four japanese resi-
dents in New York city
Eight million umbrellas are made annu-
ally in the United States.
The official census of Prussia shows popu-
lation Of 2s,3ls, ,45s persons.
It Is estimated that "a, 900 to $1,000 cubic
feet Of rain falls on the surface of the globe
each year.
The famous old steamer Plymouth Rock
was burned off Apple island the other morn
ing for the iron, brass and copper in her
hull
Steffano Merlatti, the young Italian artist
who has undertaken to outdo Succi, says that
his sole object is TO prove that Succis liquid
composition is only mystiiication, and that
Succis stomach is like his own-capable OF
enduring long fast
The French navy of1cials.have been expert
menting at Dunltrk with an invention which,
II it is practical, will render existing navies
useless This invention is nothing less than
man-of-war made Of celuloid, which will
float under all circumstances, and is prac-
tically proof against artillery, since the heav-
lest shot merely imbed themselves in 1t with
dull thud, and do not penetrate.
The consumption Of paper and the volume
OF its manufacture are sometimes taken as
standards of civilization The United States
has ss5 paper mills and l, 100 paper machines;
Germany has 800 mills and e9l machines
France, 400 mills and 525 machines; England
36l mills, 541 machines; Scotland, 20 mills, IS
machines; Ireland, IS mills, l3 machines
Russia, 1873 mills, 1877 machines; Austria, 22C
mills, 27O machines. The average annual
production of paper in all countries is esti
mated at 2, 800, 900 tons.
The following sum- was set the pupils oi
the Leignitzer Madchenschule, who gave il
up, not being quick enough to see the traI
laid for them. From $50 7sS, sS9 take the
number 500 as many times as possible. The
pupils took it for granted that 1t was simply
q subtraction sum. 1t was explained to then
afterward that 4 they had gone on subtract
ing until proper answer was got it woulc
have taken them one year and four months
to doit in, allowing that one can subtrac
the number three times in every minute, an'
working twelve hours day. The prope
way of doing the sum was, of course, simpl,
dividing $50, ,7Ss,ss9 by 629, which equal
l,40O, 800 189-629
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-12-31
RAILROAD MATTERS.

1t is reported that President Newell will re-
tire as general manager Of Lake Shore and
take the presidency of c., c., C. and l.
Dakota people do not see any good reason
why the Milwaukee railroad should charge
only three cents a mile in the states all about
and four in Dakota,
A railroad has been incorporated in Illinois
with capital of S10,000,000, to be known as
the Cairo, Kansas and Western Railroad
company of Chicago.
The Richmond and Danvills road, it Is re-
ported, has made proposals to the North
Carolina railroad for renewal Of the lease
of the latter for fifteen years.
Up to Nov 1 the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe company has constructed 3i6 miles
of new road in Kansas under the Chicago,
Kansas and Western charter.
President Wilbur, of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad company, has denied the stories con-
Meeting that corporation with the construc-
ton of a new through line to the west
The Baltimore and Ohio Express has con-
tracted with the Queen and Crescent route to
cover that line on Dec. /. This will give New
Orleans another direct express line to New
York.
Work on the Mexican National railway,
which has been suspended for nearly -four
years, has been resumed. The company has
recently obtained a loan Of s5,ooO,oOo from
English capitalists.
The Chesapeake and Ohio will start, Dea
/, its line of steamers to Liverpool, via New
port News. Passengers as well as frelgh,
will be carried and rates will undoubtedly bt
cut, as they were last winter
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-12-31
LABOR NOTES.

Miners are wanted at Coalburg, Ala TIE
vein is soft coking coal three and one half
feet thick. Price, 55 cents for 1900 pounds.
Mark Walters, an employe of Madison
d. ~ newspaper, claims TO have worked in
more printing offices than any other four
men in the United States.
The plate printers at the bureau Of en-
craving and printing, Washington, have re-
ceived an advance from So to SG25 per 1000
for printing the registered backs of United
States notes.
Mgr. Straneiro, the papal abelgate, has
just sailed for Rome. He has been investi'
eating the knights of Labor and says he
thinks the pope will not oppose them. lie
will publish book on America.
A visitor in Philadelphia is Mr., ]. J. Up
church, formerly Of North Carolina but now
of Bethlehem, Pa, who in 1868 founded
the Ancient Order of United Workmen,
which now numbers more than 10000 work.
men.
1t is observed by The Chicago Mail that
the three stock yard capitalists in that city,
Allerton, Morris and Cudahy, against which
the wrath Of the strikers has been most di-
rected, began their business lives as obscure
and penniless )aborers.
The system Of public lectures by knights
Of Labor will be carried on energetically dur
ing the coming winter. The best speakers
will be engaged, and special efforts will be
made to furnish them with the most valuable
information that can be had.
1t is proposed in the French national as.
sembly to put tax upon the wages of all
foreign workmen in the Paris workshops
Italian and German mechanics crowd the
French factories, and, as they are generally
without families, they are supposed to bt
much better off Than French workmen who
have domestic burdens
Masons and plasterers would do well tC
make note Of hint thrown out by an Eng
hsh architect, who says that the addition o
saccharine matter increases the strength o
mortar, making common lime, with suga
added, as strong as Portland cement. Water
TO which sugar has been added, dissolves four
teen and half times more lime than doe
water without sugar
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-12-31
CREATIONS LOWER ORDERS.

A cat, not liking the new home at Grsen-
field, N. s., to which she had been removed,
took her six kittens and walked with them
back to her former home at Milton dis
tance Of sixteen miles.
Levi Leek, Of Correctionville, la. mixed
poison with meal and spread it out forats to
eat. Two cows and a valuable horsetot at
the poison and ate enough of it to killthem.
The rats are doing we'll
A young man in Richfield, IA, was
visited nightly in his dugout by grea num-
bers of centipedes. He stopped playlg his
violin for a night or two, when hisnwel-
come visitors discontinued their visitsHhi. b
had been solely prompted by his night con-
certs.
Near Belleville, Ills, on the 1ndiaapolis
and st. Louis railroad, a railway trn re-
Gently ran down dog. At the next alton
the engineer was astonished to see the ,ipal
crawl out of the ash pan of the engin and
run off unharmed-
A gentlemen in Lynn, Mass, has poem
troubled by English sparrows, which ME q
home on the coping of his house. l at
tempted to keep them away by coverin Of
cloth netting. The next day the little irds
had made nests Of the material and rers
chirping their gratitude to the Furnished
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-12-31

The State Normal School at BloomsourE
will begin the Winter Term on Tuesday
Jan. 4, 1887. Full professional standing is
conferred by the diploma upon those VINO
become teachers. More than d dozen
students now in the leading colleges OF the
country were prepared in this school
Those not wanting to go to college nor !"
become teachers find the Academic course
suited to them. The work OF the schoo
receives strong endorsement from compe
tent Judges who have examined the pupil'
in the east and in the west, The facilities
for doing good work are now 'a pe..ei 'Ta, Rn
ever before. Send for catalogue ~
duced rates are given on the L. " ID; l. !.
& W, aud p. & r. r RS to students nav in
ing cards from Rev. ID. j. Wailer' d"
Principal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-12-31
SOME OLD PEOPLE.

Thomas c. Hance, of Macedon Cent N.
Y, recently celebrated his birthday He
was 104.
Mrs. Alice Tobin, who recently died ar
cade, N. Y, at the good old age Of 100 prs
and months, never wore glasses, and pld
see to thread the finest needle
Robert Shankland, of Washington coty,
Mich, the Oldest Mason in the United Ses,
has Just died. He was born in 1871, anGad
been Mason seventy-five years.
Four generations live in the house of y.
Turcotte, of Lowell, Mass, His dauglr,
aged 6; her mother, aged 80; his mot',
aged So; and her mother, aged 81 years.
Miss Dellie Roe, Of Cooper county, N. ~,
recently attended the marriage Of her git
grandfather. The old gentleman WASP
years old, and his bride, Mrs. Allen, was
A patriotic movement is now set on foo,
Frsnce to give national banquet next "
to persons who have passed a centul
Hopes are entertained that ninety-nine
them can be procured, and NJ. Chevreul v
be asked to preside at the l. -ad of the tai
making up the hundred. Their united a
will thus amount to over 10000 years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-12-31

Owing to the fact that the report OF the
institute proceedings necessarily came In
late and were hastily set up, number OF
typographical errors crept in. The re-
port was carefully prenared, and well made
up by the secretary, Miss Edith Barton,
and any errors that appeared were the
fault of the printer and not of the secre-
tary. d. The balance of the report will ap-
near next week.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-12-31
ART AND ARTISTS.

New York, Boston and Philadelphia each
have a new art magazine this year.
The art collection of the late Baron Roths-
child, which is one of the finest in the world,
was willed to his wife for life
w. C. McGrath, a well known New York
artist who has just returned from Europe,
says that the Paris Salon this year is most
Disappointing.
Mr.. Hamilton, the cartoonist, who is asso-
eiated with Gillian on The Judge, is one OF
the young artists Of the country. He Is only
"a years Of age.
Mr.. Adolpho Enrico Apollonj, of the Royal
Technical Institution and Academy OF Fine
Arts OF Rome has been secured as teacher Of
sculpture and modelling at the New England
Conservatory School Of Fine Arts