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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
Ice Cream and Ginger Cakes.
DEATH QUICKLY FOLLOWS A SINGULAR
WAGER,

On Monday night of last week in
the village store, at Rockland, near
Coatesyille, Chester county, Frank
Raft, aged Is, suddenly dropped dead
lie was known far and wide as young
man, who, on several occasions, had
eaten various articles quickly on a
wager. Some one in the company OF
young men challenged him to eat a
plate OF ice cream on time. If he sue.
ceeded in swallowing the plate Of
frozen cream in one and half inmates
he was not to pay for it. The cream
was brought out and the crowd stood
around watching the feat. In less than
the stipulated time the ice cream had
disappeared and the young man
thought he could still further lower his
record, 1t was noticed that he looked
dazed just after the cream had been
swallowed. Then he offered to wager
that he could eat three large ginger
cakes in minute and a half. This
was promptly taken and the cakes
brought on. The gourmand squared
himself and began eating and swallow,
ing. Two cakes quickly disappeared
and the third was nearly disposed OF
when the eater suddenly stopped, hi.
eyes closed, hands dropped to his side
aud he fell TO the store floor stone
dead.
His body was carried home, from
where he had come but half hour be
fore in the best OF health.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
Things Worth Knowing.

To learn to think and act for your
self.
10 respect gray hairs, especially our
own.
To waste nothing, neither money,
time nor talent.
If you have place of business to be
found there when wanted.
To bear little trials patiently that
you may learn how to bear great ones.
To be self reliant and not take too
much advice, but rather depend on
yourself
To keep alive in your breast that
little spark of celestial fire called con-
science
To learn to say no it will be of
more service TO you than to be able to
read Latin.
To do all the good you can in the
world and make as little noise about it
as possible.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

}. ii. Mercer wishes to make an
assertion, which he Can back with 8
positive guarantee. 1t is all abou,
Ackers Blood Elixir. He claims fol
1t superior merits over all other remed
les OF its kind, and guarantees for it 8
positive and sure cure for Rheumatism
Syphilis, and all blood disorders, i,
frees the skin from spots and disease
and leaves the complexion clear
Ask him about it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

Noted lawyer-You already have three
lawyers, sir, and the estate you are after IL
only worth 100000.
Expectant heir-I have studied law, Just
been admitted to the bar, and want TO be the
other lawyer myself.
But what's your objectl
Why, you see, in case of success I will be
entitled to share.--Omaha World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

Over one million boxes of Acker's
Dyspepsia Tablets sold in the past
twelve months, purely upon their
merits. Why suffer with Chronic Con.
stipation, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, Heartburn, and Female
troubles, when j. Ii. Mercer offers
you relief aud positive cure in the
Dyspepsia Tablets. He sells them on
a guarantee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
He Was Too Busy,

Mrs Wiggers-Dear, dear, I'm most dead,
but I'll have to go chop some wood.
Mrs. Miggers-Chop wood, indeed; why
don't your husband do thatl
"Oh, he never has time to do anything. He
writes in his study an hour every day aud has
to rest after that"
"Humphl What's he writingr
"Another book on the labor promblem. -
Omaha World
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

There are scores of persons who are
suffering from some form of blood dis
order or skin disease, such as Scrofula,
Bolls, etc, etc. After a practical test,
j.: ii. Mercer asserts that Acker's Blood
Elixir will certainly cure all such dis
eases, including Syphilis and Rheum,
atism. It's not patent nostrum, but O
scientific preparation, he guarantees it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
An Old Tale Retold.

The small boy, with complacent mien,
AT twilight eats the apple green.
The doctor pours at midnight dim
Jamaica ginger into him.
He VOWS while in the colie's pswer
No more green apples he'd devour.
Next day, recovered from the pain,
He bankers for the fruit again.
-CharlestOwn Enterpr1ss.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

The actor down to the footlights strobe,
And his strides they We're immense,
And from his parted lips there flowed
A strain Of eloquencs
What made the actors head to spin,
And his sight to leave him theref
Twas the blaze of the plumbers diamond pin.
Who sat in an orchestra chair
-Boston Couriar
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
InpOssible!

Once there was maid whose beauty
Put to shame the choicest art;
Yet she'd shirk no household duty,
And she even had heart
She was fair of form and feature,
Diamonds paled beneath her glance
Yet this handsome, dazzling creature
Used to mend her brothers pants.
Merchant Traveller.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
RATEs OF ADvsRTIsIHe.

Yearly advertisements payable quarterly. Tran.
silent Advertisements must be paid for before n
serted except where parties have accounts.
Legal advertisements two dollars per inch ivf
three Insertions and at that rate for additional
insertions without reference to length.
Executors Administrators and Auditors no
tices three dollars.
Transient or Local notices. ten cents line, reg
ular advertisements half rates.
Cards in the business Directory" column, on
dollar year for each line,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

Swinging In the Lane.
Lover like, they had a quarrel,
Ger some trihing thing,
And the maiden with pout
Gave him back his ring.
He in anger swore he'd leave her,
Never to return again,
And he left that heartless maiden
Swinging in the lane.
He then went to fertile Texas,
Where the cowboys boss;
As he had no nag to ride
Stole from them horse.
But the vigilants they caught him,
Caught him with his gain,
And they left that reckless lover
Swinging in the lane. Judge
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
His Suspiciop. We're AIlavad.

His Suspicious We're AIlaysd.
Customer Ito chemists assistant)-What do
you charge for arsenici
c. A. suspiciouslyl do you want IL
fori
Customer-I am French confectioner.
c. A. Csuspicions allayed)--Ob, beg par
don; thought perhaps you wanted to take it
yourself.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
He Had Taken the Commercial Cour.s.

He Had Taken the Commercial Course"
An Austin merchant, as personal favor,
took the son of wealthy gentleman into his
office to learn the business, giving him the
cash book to keep.
"Does the cash account balance?' asked the
merchant, at the end of the first day
20, yes, splenddly. There are even $40 or
$50 too muchn
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

The Milk I'm the Cocoanut.
Guest very much pleased)-I say, landlord,
this chicken salad is immense
Landlord Csadly)-Yes, it's the genuine ar
ticle. No veal about that salad.
Guest-Why is that,
Landlord-Well, just now, you see, chicken
Is cheaper than veal-New York Sun,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
TonsorIal Item.

Tonsorial Item.
An elderly gentleman, on whose head only
few lonesome hairs fingered, entered drug
store and said to the clerk:
II want to buy hair brush"
AFor your own user
"Yesn
"What's the matter with tooth brushp--
Texas Siftings
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
A Painfi Ignorance.

fainfA Ignorance.
Tennyson is going to write a poem on
American beauty. What does he know
about American bsautyi He never saw an
American girl jump three-rail fence with a
bunch OF golden rod in each hand, sprigs OF
clematis streaming from her hair her cheeks
glowing with the ruddy flush of health and
Der mouth stained with huckleberries,-
townsville Breeze
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
The Schoolboy's Song,

Teigh hol
To school we go.
Our play spell having ended,
Wen get a chance
To have our pants
And other clothes meaded.
-Dansville Breeze,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

The New Yorks are called the giants"
AT the playing of base ball.
But the only reason for IL
Is: They cannot play at ALL It'd Bits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

he SiuptTout.
The girl OF fashion ne'er goes out
With Algernon alone.
Whene'er they wish to stir about,
She calls chaperons.
Yet where this obstacle 10 bliss
Is utterly unknown,
Tts more than likely that the Misa
VIII COLL chap 'er own.
Merchant Travsles
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
Tragedy of the Melon Patch

Tragedy of the Melon Patch.
There was gate, there was latch, ~
1t led into a melon patch.
There were two fine young coored men
Who thought that patch de Lawd did send.
There was q gun, there were two Triggers.
Two reports and two dead niggers.
Texas Siftinga
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01
He Stands Alone.

"Are you in favor Of direct or indirect tax
ationp
"Im in favor Of none at ALL am the only
man whose position on the tariff can be un-
derstood. Texas Siftings.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

sss sas In presents given away, SEND u
DIl0 IlIlll cents postage and by mall you
Pa@SEass @ s9T S goods SSa n GI SGge @Cfs
hat Will at once bring you In money faster than
ANYTHING else In America, All about the 100000
| I'M nrescnts with each box. Agents wanted ey.
eryYhere OF either sex, OF all ages, for all the
time or spare time only, 20 work for us at their
own homes. Fortunes for all workers absolutely
and Maine, ldecl8 %.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

Also the Chestnut BELL
OF the bruise-producing skating rinks
The country is bereft,
But the orange peel with its curious kinks
We still have left. Merchant Traveller.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-10-01

A correspondent wishes TO ask how editors
spend their leisure hours. They spend them
In working.-New Haven News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-03
THE RAILROAD STRIKE.
Complications as to the Method of
Arbitration Have Arisen.
The strikers Are Not in Any Particular
Hurry to Go to Work.

NEW YORK, March 29-The spirit of exul-
tatlon which filled the hearts of the Execu.
tive Board of the Knights of Labor this
morning soon changed to grave anxiety.
When VIM o, Mcdowell called at Goulds
Office at $3.50 o'clock this morning he
was not so favorably impressed with his
reception as he was with the reception
accorded him at Mr.. Gould's house Sun
day. Mr.. Gould gave Mcdowell to under
stand that there had been misconception
OF his telegram to Mr.. Hoxie, which was
sent Sunday night. Mr. Mcdowell at
once returned to the Astor House and con
ferred with the General Executive Board
and two of the members at once returned
with Mcdowell to Mr.. Goulds office. The
conference then was short, and an ad jourN-
ment was had until 3o'clock this afternoon,
the hope being entertained that at that
hour Mr.. Powderly might be well enough
to attend. At 820 o'clock, however,
Messrs Turner and Mcdowell entered
Jay Gould's office without Mr.. Pow
derly. About o'clock the conference
ended Subsequent inquiry at Mr.. Goulds
Office was answered by the following
statement, of which Mr. Gould was the
author Mr., Powderly has evidently mis-
understood the meaning of the telegram
that was sent on Sunday night to Mr.
Hoxie "Our position is that this
strike has been in n condition for arbi
tration all the time We nave had
an agreement with the wOrkmen for some
time that all differences were to have been
submitted for arbitration before any strike
should be resorted to- Manager Hoxie has
this matter in hand. He Las full control
and the matter must be settled with him
We are just where we were before Sundays
conference GouId and powderly viii
have another conference tomorrow.
ST. LouIs, March 29.-Tbe strikers hNv.
received no specific instructions as yet in
regard to resuming work, but they say
that it will be impossible for them to re,
turn before Wednesday morning While
| the executive board was in session tonight
a telegram was received from Pow1erly
| saying that complications as to the methods
of arbitration had arisen and that apotber
conference would be held tomorrow. The
board adjourned without ordering ths men
to work and they will not be until further
| instructions are received from New York.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-03
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

A Canadian recently wrote to the
President asking how much it would
cost to take out a license to sell wash
ine-machine,- Washington Post.
-Bortie (on the way to the station)
Mamma. | want to Snecze. Mann
"Bertie, we're very late now,
You'll have to wait until you get on
the cars Tit Bits.
You are a regular dude, rudely
observed the Young man to an eNpen-
siyely dressed stranger in the theater
lobby the other night. Wrong, my
friend, replied the stranger politely,
II make dudes. I'm tailor. ~. !.
GrdpLic.
-lIarkins (to traveler)- 80, yes.
we have some very wealthy people
here. and several monopoli,ts. OF the
latter. think Richards. the hour-mill
man is about the wcalthiest. y Trav-
elrr-''I do dete>t these grinding mo-
nopolistS. '-Jm3qe,
AT the club, twelve m.-"Ah.
Chappie, glad to see you. | say, could
YOU lend me ten dollars? want to go
! out for bit of breakfast Certainly,
dear bow: but YOU had better take fifteen
| dollarS Won may want a cigar, YOU
know" - Rambler.
-Burlinoton Girls are of decidedly
bn.ines.-like turn of mind. MAY |
aspire to your hand?' asked dude of
one of our pretticst girls the other day.
"You may have the refusal of it for an
indefinite period" was the prompt re-
nly-Bnriington Free Press.
~ Cbicago man wants all docs OBJ
IL, 'l".s"a -, 49,, % ,"an 80 tha oar,h
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-03
A Kentucky Minister While In tho Pnlpit
Receives the Tidlngs OF the Lynch
Ing Of Ills Son,

LOUISVILLE KY, March W.-A pitiab.e
sight was seen by large congregation IN
church near Smyrna post office in this
county, when the Rev. Downey Blair, OF
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was
engaged in preaching his Sunday sermon.
few days ago the telegra. h bore dis
patch from some point in Kansas to the
newspapers over the country con
tanning AN account of the slaughter
of his family by John B air, and
the subsequent hanging of Blair by the
inturiated citizens, The particulars We're
briefly told at the time, but Mr.. Blair lives
in secluded quarter and had never heard
of the occurrence. 1t appears that he had
son Johp IN Kansas whom he supposed
was living quietly with his family and
prospecting fine Y. While engaged on his
sermon Sunday messenger boy arrived at
the church, and rushing up to the pulpit at
tracted the minister's attention by waving
sealed envelop at HIM The minister
stopped short in his discourse, read the
message, AMI then fell to the floor. as if he
had been 'ot. The widest excitement
prevailed the congregation. Members
carried the minister to fresh air, and when
he was revived it was learned that the ms.
sive contained news that the John Blair
mentioned in the dispatches from Kansas
was the Rev Mr.. Blan's son.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-03
THE RlOTlNG IN BELGIUM.


CHARLEROI, March 29-This city to-day
Is vast military camp, from which flying
columns are operating in all directions. 1t
is believed now that the worst is over The
Government has authorized the peaceable
inhabitants of the city to arm themselves
and to use every means in their power
to defend their domiciles. There
is more confident feeling. The
civilian patrols and the troops are over
mastering the rioters The miners in the
Flenn and Borinage districts have gone
out on strike and have destroyed the res
idence of the mine manager by dynamite.
In these districts there have already been
several conflicts between the strikers and
the troops, and many have been killed on
both sides Reinforcements have been sent
to the scene from Mones.
PARIS, March 29-The Belgian Republi-
can League of Paris has called a meeting
of the Belgian workingmen of France to
assist their brethren in Belgium
Moss, March 90 Three hundred strikers
made an attack on the Mariemont colliery
to-day and were fired upon by troops. The
number of killed and wounded is fourteen,
CHARLrRoI, March 29-The strikers
stopped work at the Resax collicrieS to-
dav. They were thrice ordered to diSperse,
but refused to do so and began to throw
stones at the troops The latter fired upon
the rioters, killing and woundiug seven
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-03

NEw YORK, March ?6, The 1obacco Leaf
in It's issue tomorrow morning, will say;
The noticeable feature for the week is the
announcement of the requirements for the
French reggie. On the 9th of June France
will award contract for 3OO0OOO kilo-
grammes Maryland tobacco, and ON the
10th of June for 5000 0l0 kilogrammes Ken
lucky, and 100000 kilogrammes Virginia.
There will be no call for Ohio leaf, as dur
ing the past two or three years that vari-
ETY. could not be purchased at what were
deemed reasonable prices
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-03
SLICK PRISONERS.


LrAvENwoRTH, KAs,, March 80 There
was considerable excitement in the neigh
borhood of the Kansas State Pcnitentiary
last evening, when it was discovered that d
number Of counterfeiter, mods had been
in use for some time by "A couple of
convicts, the latter having successfully
made a number of bogus CONS. A
quantity of the latter, representing, per,
haus. So, was found in the cell
of one of the convicts, The molds were ac
cidentally discovered in the drying room
of the laundry where the two conyicts
were employed. Whenexamined they said
that they had been assisted bv some of the
guards, who procured materials for them
ami got rid Of the spurious coins. They
named two of the guards who have beer
suspended from duty, pending an investi
CATION but it is generally thought the
guards are innocent. The counterteitinl
had gone on for several weeks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-03
A LONG TALK.



YOUNGSTOWN, o., March 3OA test was
made Yesterday of new long g-distance
telephone transmtter, the invention of
Dr. Rose, of Palmyra O. A telegraph
wire was used running to Freeport, ILL.,,
with a return loop on other polls, making
the d tance SIS miles One transmitter
was placed in the office of the Rose Electric
Company and the other in the laboratory,
two blocks away. The faimteSt whisper
was heard distinctly over the long line.
1t is entirely unlike the Blake transmitter
in action and principle, and Dr. Rose
claim, that with his device conversation
can be clearly carried on by persons 1000
miles apart. The test was made in the
presence of prominent capitalists who have
organized a company here to manufacture
it, Next Sunday it will be given "A severe
test overa wire running to New York, then
to Chicago and back here.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-03
PERSONAL AND lMPERSONAl' l.

Edison discovered by experiments
and tests that there is no cure for deal
ness, the Cincinnati Enquirer says, and
then he got married.
General b. +. Butler is lawyer,
SAYS the New York Hcrdld, who reads
the Bible constantly, and in court calls
every pretty girl on the witness-Stand
''my darling.
Mrs. Ochsenrider Of Wells County.
Ind. is ninetv-one years old, and her
fourteen children are all alive, the eld-
est being seventy-one and the youngest
forty-six years old.
Billy Cook, who is ninety years old.
and live, at Spottsylvania, Va, has
taken for his third wife Nellie Jackson
colored woman. twenty-five years
old. Mr.. Cook is also colorei.
1t is mentioned rs curious cir
cumstance that "a picture OF Ienerai
Hancock, which had hung IN Long
| Island hotel since the campaign OF
1880. fell to the floor at the exact time
,f the Generals death.-N. Y. Mdn.
Mr.. Charles Longfellow, son of the
poet, recently submitted to very elap-
| crate tattoo decoration at Yokohama.
He was for more than three months IN
| the hands of the tattooer, who did an
amount Of work on him during that
time that is usually spread out over
period Of three or four years. Boston
J0UrHai,
The son Of the late H. B. Clafiin, OF
Nrg York. i'm obedience to a verbal re-
quest Of his father in his last illness.
has sent a check for twenty thousand
dollars to the American Home Mission
ary Society. This II the second or
third payment of this sort be has made
in executing the wishes Of bis father
not recorded in his will.-N y. IT'6-
me.
1t has often been said that John
Jacob Astor was. sixty years ago the
only citizen of America worth Sl,OOo,-
600. He may have been the onl y New
Yorker then possessed Of such for
tune, but the wealth Of stephen Girard,
of Philadelphia, would at that time
have reached at least S6,OOO,OO0. he
died in 1881, leaving an estate valued
at $4,000, 600 and Astor in lSi8, leav-
inc an estate of $4,000, 600, much OF 1t
, having been accumulated within tif-
| teen or twenty years.-N T. Herdld.
: A nobbv colored wedding came OIL
recently in Philadelphia the groom be-
inc william p. Robinson, coachman for
millionaire W. NJ. Singerly, and the
bride Hattie J, Ramsey, colored belle
with beautiful black eyes and teeth as
white as snow. Zoar Methodist Church.
where the ceremony took place, was
packed. richly dressed ladies, resplend-
rnt in diamonds and sealskins, jostllng
$ against the cheaplyclad servant girl.
+ Fully one-third of the audience was
composed of white people.--Philadet-
phia Press
; Secretary Lamar is surely absent
minded Recently he went to call on
the wife of Representative Blount and
' the ladies of her family at their hotel.
y He sent up his card, but when they
: came down to the rcception-room he
was not there. Late in the evening ms
10 card came up again, and he explained
t TO the ladies that he had wandered
5 away, having completely forgotten
what he had come to the hotel for an'
d that he had sent in his card. After m
q apology and short call the Secretar!
n departed without his hat Washing
10 tan Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-03

GALVESTON March @-An exceedingly
cold norther for this season of the year, ac-
companied by snow, set in last night, and
is still blowing. Dispatches from distant
points in this State show that the cold wave
is fully one thousand miles wide, as it
covers the entire State. 1t is thought the
snow fall extends across the Panhandle
into New Mexico Many thousands of the
sheep in the snow belt have been sheared
during the past two weeks, and the stock
men fear heavy losses. At Sherman and
vicinity it was showing at 5 O'Clock to-
night. and growing colder.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-04-03
Rivers as Cholera Sources.

The Lancet has made up its mind
that rivers have much to do with the
spread of cholera. Paper-makers will be
Interested to know that the severity Of
the last cholera epidemic at Grenada
has been traced to water contamination.
due to paper MILL The rags used at
this mill were washed in the stream
from which Cir, NADIA City draws its
water supply. The rags thus washed
came from Valencia and other cholera
centers. No cholera eases had occurred
in Grenada up to the time when these
rags were imported. Afterward the
cholera spread over the province, fol-
lowing in every case the course of the
infected stream. Only one town thus
situated escaped infection, and this he-
cause its twelve thousand people drank
no river wstsr,--Cer NJ y zlssreA