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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
He Was lawfully Nice"

In the morning party of st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Milwaukee people, about
100 In all, hired train, went up TO Wind
sor and thence up the Thames in steam
launches. They were a merry crowd.
When the train reached Windsor the
party strolled through the parks sur
rounding the castle, laughing and sing
ing much to the amazement of the simple
villagers and awe stricken attendants.
Half dozen pretty western girls were
romping ahead of the main party at the
foot Of the castle wall when they sud.
denly came upon tall, military looking
young man In riding costume, carrying q
big bunch of primroses and wild flowers.
ooh, what pretty fowersl" cried one of
the misses. Where do you get them,
sir?" she asked, looking inquiringly at the
young man, her face betraying not the
slightest sign of embarrassment.
II picked them over there, said the one
addressed. pointing TO an inclosure with
his riding whip. 'But you couldn't reach
them because that's private property.
Suppose you take these, | can get sorne
more.
He handed over the entire bunch, lifted
his hat politely and walked back for moro
flowers. The girls thought him lawfully
nice, but they didn't know he was Prince
Henry of Battenberg, the queens son-in-
law, who, as matter of duty religiously
picks wild flowers for her majesty every
day.-London Cor. New York Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
Paris and London Compared.

Paris interests me more, or at least en-
tertains me more, than London 1t Is
more foreign, more brilliant in it's shops
and drives and more volatile in its dispo-
sition. The climate, too, Is better, 1t Is
not quite SO warm as the day we sailed,
but tho sky is blue. the sun warm,
breeze blows and all Paris is In the open
air, The fog and smoke that darkened
London, and which make every inhabitant
a smC-.o consumer there are both hap
PLY absent in Paris. Then, again, tho
eating here is infinitely superior, Eng
land Is more ceremonious, more dignifed,
and London is more ponderous. 1t strikes
me as a great physical and intellectual
force. Paris, per contra. is organized to
minister to the eye and ear and passion,
to physical enjoyment In its most suInp-
tuOus and sensuous forms While at the
Metropole gentlemen were expected to
wear dress suits every evening at table
d'hote and to stalls at the theatre, and
ladies to go without bonnets, and as q
rule, 10 dress decollete; in Paris dress
suit or dress open at the throat are ex-
ceptions
There are Americans here at this hotel
by the score, but it is wonderfully quiet
place when contrasted with the Metropole
In London, The comparison is fair, be-
cause each in its own city is regarded as
of the very first rank The Strawberries
here are phenomenally large and of su-
perb favor, and do not have that hard
and insipid core that large American ber-
ries have, Tho lettuce differs in looks
from ours, and is decidedly better. As
you know, the French chef knows how to
blend his OIL vinegar, salt, pepper, etc,
that you cannot detect the special taste
of any one of the ingredients, but where
most toothsome compound flavor re-
suits. For salads and sauces, of course,
everybody knows the French are perfect.
-Geor0e K. Gibson In New York Graphic.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17

Sometimes several fishers form partner.
ship, and start u cooperative business.
They invest in a shallow punt and a regi-
ment of perhaps twenty or more of these
solemn birds sit on perches at either end
of the punt, each having hempen cord
fastened round the throat just below the
pouch to prevent its swallowing any fish
1t may catch. Then, at a given signal, all
the corInorants glide into the water, APP
parently well aware of tho disadvantage
OF soaring the prey,
Their movements below the surface are
very swift and graceful as they dart in
pursuit of fish or an eel, and giving 1t
nip with their strong, hooked beak, swal-
low II, and continue hunting, Sometimes
they do not return to the surface TIL they
have secured several fish, and their
capacious pouch Is quite distended,
and sometimes the tail OF fish protrudes
from their gaping bill. Then they return
TO the surface, and at tho bidding of their
keepers disgorge their prey, one by one,
till the pouch is empty, when they again
receive the signal to dive. When the
birds are tired the strap is removed from
tho throat, and they are rewarded with a
share OF the fish, which they catch as it is
thrown TO them.-Youth's Companion
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
Cleaning Llnon Without snan.

According to LIndustrlo Parisienne,
laundryman in the vicinity of Paris has
discovered a very ingenious method Of
cleaning linen without soap. He uses no
soap or lye, nor chlorine, but replaces
these substances by boiled potatoes, with
which he rubs the linen. This curious
process, It appears, is much superior to
those hitherto employed, and the worst
soiled cotton, linen or silk, cleaned by
this method, are made whittier than they
could be by the use of an alkali Besides,
the method has the advantage that brushes
can be dispensed with and well water be
used.-Frank Ieslies.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
New Cartridge for Mines.

1t has been proposed to do away with
the use Of explosives in mines where there
use Is attended with danger, and substi-
tute the lately invented cartridge, one
portion of which is filled with mixture
of finely divided zinc and zinc oxide,
which collects in the condensers Of the
zinc retort. while the other part is filed
with diluted sulphuric acid. According
to the requirements in this case the cart
ridge Is put in it's intended place and then,
by suitable mechanism, the acid is allowed
to flow into the zinc, hydrogen is then
evolved, and by its expansive force tho
or violent explosion.-Chicago Herald
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17

London Truth IS I'm a state Of mind be.
cause novelists will never refer TO hand
pure and simple; 1t always must be a
"gloved hand" or an "ungloved hand. !"
Truth says, and intimates that the noxt
thing In order Is to find the boys of fiction
bathing with "unshod feet" aud PLAYING
football with "shod" ones, while the dv.
ing heroine IN the last chapter NAV be OK.
pected TO turn her lovely, unbonneted
head on the snowy pillow" and the hero 10
walk down Pail Mall with his intellectual
head magnihcently hated. New York
Sun
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
blinded by tho blizzard.

a singular effect of gale of ice and
snow in the northwest during cold wave
last winter was TO freeze the eyes shut
and then form an ice mask over the face.
The wind would drive the fine, hard snow
into the eyes, causing them to water.
The snow would mix with the water, be-
tween the eyelids, and the cold wind
would at once bind the lids together by
an ico band. The repeated removal OF
this would inAame the eyeballs SO that
film would form, obscuring the sight.
After this film formed, the presence Of
the ice was a relief to the Inflammation.
The eyes would soon be frozen so close
that nothing but steady artificial heat
would relieve them.-Boston Budget.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
During the sieee of Paris.

A recent exhibition of French carica-
lures and comic drawings brought to the
public eye once more the evidences of the
fact that Partisan gayety was not to be
suppressed even by the terrible siege that
the capital went through from the Ger
man army. One of these caricatures,
published during the siege, was made to
represent fashion plate various elegant
ladies and gentlemen were pictured going
about wrapped in mattresses, and under
meath the picture was the legend; Fash.
ions for the bombardment season." Most
of these pleasantries of the siege turned
upon the scarcity of food--a grim subject
which seemed particularly Inspiring to
the caricaturist of the time. A servant
asks his master; "Shall put the horses
In the carriage today, or In the baroucheH'
HIM, says the master, signing, "you
may put them in the oven, pleased" Not
unlike this Is another caricature repre-.
senting a servant making the familiar an
nouncement to his mistress: 1.-THE horses
are ready, madame" What "Yes,
madame-they are on the tablet" Such
pleasantries seem scarcely to have been a
laughing matter to the people who went
through those fearful scenes, but the
Parisians must laugh at something, and
these pictures prove that they could not
think Of stopping their gayety on account
Of such passing incident as a siege and
a famine. Argonaut.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
Cheating "a Poor Machine.

"Dis is de kline er thing ! weighs my
friends wild. Lemme sho' yo, and going
inside after the crowd had dispersed Ise
stepped up on the scales and dropped the
nickel In the slot holding on to the string.
Instantly the hand flew around to the 40
pound mark, and, looking up, the porter
% Then he pulled led the I thread a and oUt sO cam.
the nickel, Winding It up. he replaced
walked of. chuckllng TO himself; "Dis
bigger wuz bon great, ,"-Savannah News,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17

A mechanical scarecrow has been in.
vented. Tho new invention represents a
man of "sportsmanlike" appearance
standing with gun in hand ready to fire
ut the first intruder. The arm holding
the gun Is made to move by clocbwork.
which is inclosed in strong iron box at
Its feet, and at a proper elevation it fires
q shot louder than an ordinary gun. After
the report the arm lowers. The mechan-
ism can be regulated at the owners pleas
ure by regulator like clock, and only
requires to be wound up once day
Public Opinion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17

The average weight Of the brain of man
apparently bears definite relation TO tho
climate a higher brain weight being found
in cold han in warm countries. In pro-
portion 70 their stature, the Lapps have
the largest heads in Europe, the Nor
wegiaus next; then comes the Swedes,
Danes, Germans, French and Italians,
In the Arab The head is found 20 be smaller
than In any Of these, while in the faT north
there exists a people known as Chsgatshes
who possess remarkably large heads. -
Globe-Democrat
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
A Cnrinns Phennmennn-

Gentleman-Is that the dog you've al.
ways had, Aunt Dinah2
Aunt Dinah-Yes. sahj no am dc sef-
sarge dawg, When we fust got him he
wax bright yaller, but me an Rastus
am very da'k completed, sab, an he has
been wifi us so long, dat OBJ late yeahs dat
yaller hue Is kinder turnin' into or rusty
black But he am dc same dawg.-The
EDoch
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
Chapter In Locust Lore.

Omaha Boy-oh, Pap, here's q 17.year
locust, an it's got w on it's wings. Aunt
Jane says that means war.
Pap-There won't be any war In this
country except a political war. guess
the w stands for ''wrangle."
Maybe so. Grandma says 1t isn't w,
though, She says it's an NJ upside down. Z"
"All the same. If It's an NJ it stands
for mud. Omaha World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
Lnhcled ms rrenoh nrnnhr.

As the annual local consumption In
Franco Of brandy is 12,00o,0 900 gallons,
and the yearly product only $4,000, 900
gallons, American lovers of eau de vie are
wondering what the stuff is which comes
across the Atlantic labeled as French
brandy. Scientific experts say that most
of 1t is cheap German spirits, favored
with eunningly devised extracts and COR
dials. Chicago Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
HEAVEN AND EARTH.

There arc no shadows where there IL no sun;
There ~ no beauty where there is no shade;
And all things IN two lines Of glory run.
Darkness and light ebon and gold nlsid.
God comes among us through the shrouds Of air;
And his dim track Is like the silyery wake
Left by yon pinnscc on the mountain lake
Fading and reappearing hero and there
Tho lamps and wells through heav'n and earth
that move,
Go In and out, ns Jealous OF their light,
Like sailing stars upon misty night.
Denth Is the shade Of coming night; and love
Yearns for her dear ones ip the holy tomb,
Because bright things ore better seen IN giooni
F. w. Faber.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
Tho Amende Honorable.

"Whatl Kittie going to marry that old
man Jones just for his money! What will
poor Ted do, after having squandered his
salary in taking her driving all summer2"
oh that's all right, the livery man
hasn't been paid yet, and Jones promised
Ted last night TO settle the bill himself" :"
--Harpers Bazaar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17

Paris proposes to have workmen's ten
ement houses after the Peabody plan, and
the first stone of the first souse was re.
Gently laid. The building will have seven
stories, and be divided into homes of two
rooms and kitchen, and the yearly rent
Of suite on any floor will be $50.-New
York Sun
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
Lsalonsx of rrlendshin.

Our very best friends have tincture
of jealousy even In their friendship; and
when they hear us praised by others will
asc,ibe 1t to sinister and interested mo-
tives II they cen.-Colton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
India's Marriage Customs.

formed. The bride aud groom hereafter
must have attained the ages of IA and 10
respectively. The families win not spend
30 much on festivities. Chicago Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17
Popuiation of Australia.

The increase Of population in Australia
by no means as large as England % Would
like to see II, The total population IL
8,540, 7e5. Chicago Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-08-17

The only way for young man to get
married comfortably ON 5000 year is to
throw himself on the generosity OF his
father-if law.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-07-04

By virtue 0f the above appointment. the under
gued Auditor hereby gives notice that ne viii
H.et 20 attend 20 his duties az his Office I'm SON
erset, Pa on Tuesday. the oath DAY Of July. ISIS
al clock ,. m. when and where all parties In
terested can attend If they think proper
ju4. l. G. COLBORN Auditor
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-07-04
Killed wife and Brother.

LOUISVILLE, KY. June ga letter TO the
Associated Press from Harlan, KY, says
that on Saturday Marion Stewart shot and
killed his wife and his brother at their home
near that place. Marion Stewart, John Stew
art, Tip Osborne and JET Hall were playing
cards, when dispute arose over some points
in the game. All had been drinking and the
dispute grew into a wrangle and blows pass
ed. Marion then drew navy revolver and
shot John through the brain. He turned TO
ran, followed by Stewart. Mrs. Stewart in
terfered and got bullet in the temple. Os-
borne by this time had escaped and Stewart
turned his attention TO Hall. Hall got away,
but came back half an hour later, when
Stewart again tired to kill him, but Hall
again escaped
Seeing his wife lying dead outside the
door and his brother in dying condition
inside Stewart turned 20 mis- eldest daughter,
a girl fourteen years old and said: Good
bye do the best you can for the children.
and started mp the mountain side The child
carried the dead mother into the house and
found that her fathers brother was rapidly
dying. Mrs. Stewart leaves seven children.
the oldest fourteen years of age, and the
youngest a babe nursing. John Stewart
leaves a widow and small family No at
tempt at arrest have been made, although
Tip Osborne has sworn vengeance against
Stewart for killing his mother.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-07-04
Hogs and Cattle Dying.

NEW ORLEANS, June 29.-Some weeks ago
a species of consumption broke ont among
the hogs in ST. Tammany and Deighboring
parishes of the State The disease became 50
severe in some sections not hog was left
within radius Of twenty miles They ate
ravenously, but wasted away until they were
unable to stand, and died of sheer exhaus-
ton. produced apparently by tuberculosis
Soon afterward another, or the same disease
under different form, broke out among the
cattle in the same neighborhood.
The animals were attacked by local swell
ing, paralysis, and ''staggers, ending in
death. There was some difference in opin-
ion as TO the cause of this disease, but the
farmers who have Investigated the matter
have come to the conclusion that the cattle
were made sick by the bites Of insects that
fed upon the careasses of the dead hogs
Wherever they bit the cattle swellings were
raised and local poison soon developed.
which communicated TO different portions of
the bodies of the animals, producing death
The disease is proving very destructive in st.
Tammany.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-07-04

Mr.. Ned" johnson, the Somerset House
chet, showed US a Tippecanoe button Sat
urday evening that he has carried in his
pocket since ISi0 The button is made of
silver and is in as good state Of preserva-
ton as though fresh from the coiner's
mould. On one side i the likeness of Gen
eral Harrison. with the date Of the battle
Of Tippecanoe, and on the other the log
cabin, with the date Of the Generals birth.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-07-04
Paint Items.

Hurrah for the Fourth
Quite number of our young folks are go-
ing to commemorate the Fourth. The boom
of cannon should be striking feature to our
memories, that the Fourth of July is the
anniversary of our independence, and the
whole Nation has hallowed il.
The farmers OF Paint township are just
about done sowing their buckwheat, and it
generally yields a bountiful crop to the
farmers of this section of the county. This
edible grain is more largely grown every
year. Lots of buckwheat cakes for ''SambO'
and Judy for the coming winter.
Mr. Daniel Hoffman will erect new
dwelling house ON his premises during the
summer Mr. Hiram 6eiser has the con-
tract for the carpenter work. Hiram under
stands his work and he does ii right, too.
Messrs. Ephraim Wissinger and Tobias
Gindlesperger have just completed the stone
work for Jerry Reams barn. 1t is one Of
the best and finest structures in Cambria,
County. Any person desiring to have first
class stone wall put up, would do well to
call upon the above named gentlemen TO do
the work.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-07-04
The Tieke. preases Confluence.

Mr. Editor The Chicago Convention plac-
ed in the field ticket that for Republicans
is pleasant TO contemplate The nomination
of General benjamin Harrison. of Indiana,
and Hon. Levi z. Morton. of New York,
meets theuniversal approval Of Republicans
Their nomipation was not an accident or
even an afferthought. but the mstured will
of the Convention, honestly expressed. Long
before the Convention convened the name
of General Harrison was so prominently and
so fayorably before the people. that il was
being said that he was bound to be either the
first or second man on the ticket. The tick
ct will certainly command the respect, con-
fdence and support of ali the Republican
voters
The nomination of Harrison and Morton
takes the State of Indiana out of the list of
doubtful states and places 1t surely and safe
ly in the Republican column. When Indi-
ana goes Republican, New Jersey follows
suit. With Indiana and New Jersey in the
Republican column, the Stale of New York
could not reverse the result but with Mr..
Morton on the ticket that state is more like
ly TO be Republican than Democratic. Blaine
lost the state by only few votes, and they
were not cast for Cleveland. Taking into
consideration the tariff issue and the excep-
tionally good ticket the Republicans have
in the field there is no reason why we should
not win this fall. Somerset county will give
1890 Republican majority. and Pennsylvan-
ia 10000. Y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-07-04
Mt. Moriah Items.
A REPUBLICAN.

Wm. Daniels, the apiarian, has been con-
fined to his house for The past twelve weeks,
unable to walk the result OF a badly sprained
ankle.
Nancy Zimmerman. who had been 80 very
i'll from paralysis, from which she was not
expected to recover, is able TO walk around
again. -
Samuel Lohr has very sore foot, which
has disabled him from work for the past six
weeks or more The injury was caused by
his being tramped onIby a large steer.
The Miller cheese factory, one of the finest
and best in the county, which made more
cheese than any other factory during the ,irst
two years. was not run last year for want of
patronage. Last week it was torn down and
the material Is now being hauled to somer-
set. 10 be used in the construction Of several
houses 1t was large building. and con-
tained some fine lumber E
Joseph Crist, the sewing machine and or
gan man, sold one Of his wagons last week,
and now offers another one for sale. This
looks as if Joe was going TO quit the trade
and the gossips have il that within the next
two months be will change his life-which
means, we suppose, that Joe intends taking
unto hinnselfa wife
OCCASIONAL.