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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-24
How 10 Treat Children.

A word about nervous children.
Never scold them nor snake fun" OF
them. They suffer enough without
your threats or sarcasm. Pretend not
to see their awkwardness when in COM
pany nor their grimaces when alone.
A case was reported the other day of a
boy of ten years who, on being vexed,
and often without any apparent pro.
vocation, will clench his hands and
make the most frightful contortions of
the muscles OF his face and head till
his poor mother fears he is idiotic. By
no means. He is the brightest boy in
his class at school, fond of reading and
of natural history, but he is of high
lv nervous temperament, and has not
been taught to coutrol the little wires,
80 to speak, on which be is strung.
There is no single case. There are
thousands of children who give way to
their nerves in similar fashion. Talk
to them about these curious little fell
lows that should be their servants, not
their masters. Never whip them. The
man or woman who whips nervous
child is on a level with brutes that
have no reason. Encourage them.
Help them. Be patient with them.
They are the making OF our future
successful men and women, for they
will work hard &C whatever they un-
dertake. Brace up your own nerves
first and tnen bs indulgent toward the
caners Of your over-nervous children.
Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-24

l talked with the engineer as came
down, AMI he told that the storm in
Dakota was the 6rcest ever known.
He had seen several OF the train hands
as they came into st. Paul, and they
gave terrible account of the state Of
affairs. All freight trains had been
abandoned. as il was utterly impossible
to find men to man them. 1t Is hard
ia see how any one could stand the ex-
posure to which the freight brakeman
are now subjected The brakes must
be put on constantly, which involves
crawling along the narrow footboard
on top of the cars, which are coated
with ice and snow and exceedingly
slippery. With the wind blowing at
fifty miles an hour, and the train but.
ting its way through the snow, it is i'm
possible for the brakeman to maintain
an upright position, and they are OBJ.
liged to crawl from car to car on their
hands and knees, handle the cold iron,
with the thermometer 40 degrees be-
low zero, and remain exposed TO the
storm for hours, as they never have
time to go to the caboose. The men
have no shelter beyond what they can
find by clinging to the ladders between
the cars, and suffer fearfully. The en-
gineer told me that dozens of men had
frozen their hands and feet and that
finally several crews had refused to
work longer and had taken shelter in
the caboose. II is well known fact
in the northwest that scarcely freight
brakeman works more than . year, as
the experience of one winter is such as
to make them prefer anything to re
peating it.-.&. Louis Post Dispatch.
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If a goose weighs ten pounds and
half its own weight, what is the
weight of the goosei
How many days Will it take to cut
up piece of cloth fifty yards long,
one yard being cut off every daya
A snail climbing up post twenty
feet high asoeuds five feet every day
and slips down four feet every night.
How long will the snail take to reach
the tops
A wise man having window one
yard wide and one yard high enlarged
his window to twice its former size,
yet it was still yard high and yard
wide. How did he do it?
A man walks around a pole on the
top of which is monkey. As the
man moves the monkey turns around
the pole SO as to still keep face to face
with the man. When the man has
gone round the pole, has he gone round
the monkey or not?
Which, at any given moment, il
moving forward faster, the top or the
bottom of buggy wheell
Sisters and brothers have I none,
yet that mans father is my fathers
son" was spoken before a portrait
What relation was the speaker to the
original of the portrait
A train starts daily from Philadel
phia to San Francisco, aud one daily
from San Francisco to Philadelphia
the journey lasting seven days. If you
take the train to San Francisco, how
many will You meeti
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-24

AN Quo SEXTON VINO CLAIMS TO HAVE
coNvERsEp WITH THE DEPARTED.

Mr.. Holmes, the veteran sexton of
the Washington Cemetery, has during
the past few years lain hundreds Of
bodies in their last resting place and
made scores of removals, some of the
removals having been dead quarter
of century OF more. In conversa-
tion ho was asked II he had not met
with many strange and mysterious oc-
currences.
III must confess that l have" was
his reply, "and, although | am by no
means Spiritualist, l believe that the
spirits of the dead often visit this world
and bring with them characteristics by
which the living can recognize them or
realize their presence, and I am firmly
Of the opinion that il | would allow
myself to do 30 could hold CONVEX
sation with the dead. OF all places on
this earth where serious and strange
meditations force themselves upon one,
the cemetery of the dead, where hun.
dreds of your friends and acquaintan-
ces are sleeping their last sleep, has no
equal. often stroll out through the
cemetery at night, where l indulge in
solemn meditation.
81 can recall an incident that hap.
pened a. few months ago while l was
moving the grass from the grave of q
very intimate friend of mine who has
been dead several years. A peculiar
feeling OF desire suddenly came over
me that would like to talk with my
friend, and suddenly l heard voice
that was as natural as could be. l
recognized in an instant that it was the
voice of my long departed friend
speaking to me. We conversed with
each other quite while, each asking
and answering questions. The ques-
tions that were put to me were intelli-
gent, and the answers invariably con-
veyed the intelligence sought.
"Among the questions asked by me
was the following: Are you at peacei'
And the answer came back in clear,
distinct voice, 4 am There was no
one near but myself, and the voice
could not have been that of living
being.
Mr.. Holmes said that he had never
before related this incident, not even
to his family. As he is not of an ex-
citable disposition, and perfectly re-
liable in every respect, the statement
OF Mr.. Holmes will be read with in
terest = Washington G. H. (Ohio)
Dispatch to The Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-24

81 spose you fellers amt got no pa.
per you want me TO sign an beat me
out o. some money :" said Dakots
farmer near whose house we camp,d
one night.
"No," / replied
IL told the old woman you didn't
look hardly sharp enough to be in that
style O. business" replied the observ.
ing agriculturist.
"Have you been troubled much with
those kind of shsrpers 7" | aeked.
"Well. l appear to be doin' my share
o. s'portin' them. THERE'S a churn over
In the corner that cost me $5O-,hey
got me to order dozen Of EN- when
l thought was signin' 'greement to
tell the neighbors what good churn
! waA. Igt 800 hay rake ont to
the barn on the same plan. Then |
had TO pay for eight lightnin' rods on
my house, when thought only sign.
ed for one. Mother man ct dnnpr
here, gave me quarter Tor it, and
signed receipt that turned to b-
ch. ok for $50 on my bank accom-, t.
Mother got d lockin' feller said he as
collectin' authograps q prominent men,
and showed mine onto blank piece
O. paper, which he went and filed It
out as bill o SAFE for my best boss,
and led the critter off,
"Then / made three hoss ev'n
that th"ught up all myself one night.
an about month after had to give
feller $l5 because he said he got pat.
ent on it 10 years ago. i got a drive
we'll in the back yard that have been
paying $25 on bout twice a year
There are two notes at the bank fm
me to pay now that l signed when l
slapped my n1me onto some recommen-
dations of mowin' machine and which
the feller cut in two and made notes
of. Then yesterday another cuss came
along with per,ition to the Legisla, ur'
agin high taxes, and socked my name
onto it, and now I'm waiting to see
whether it'll turn out mortgage on
the farm or only common note. I'm
mighty glad you fellers amt got no
scheme, because I'd be sure to 20 into
it."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-24

From the Detroit Free Press.
"They ain mine, and I'm going to
take 'em to police hsadqparters, said
farmer on the market yesterday, az
he bundled up several articles of cloth.
ing.
Find 'em on the road 7" asked one
of the Hlen ne had been talking with.
"No, sir. Found 'em right in front
of my stable door the other morning.
There's pair of mittens, a cap, an old
Handkerchief, plug of tobacco and a
uecktie.
"How did they get there 2"
"Well, l fgger that tramp opened
the door and walked in to find lodg-
ing-place. I keep the door unlocked,
but never go in by it. turned the
old mare around last fall with her heels
within two feet of the door,"
sand what 7"
"Well about the time that tramp
stepped in she let go with both feet.
One foot hit him just little below the
belt and the other under the chin. 1t
was nine feet from the door to the spot
where he lit. There was evidence that
he paved around for a spell, got up
and fell into wagon-box, got up again
aud fell out, and then he made a bee
line across the meadow for the section
line road. He didn't come back for
his duds, and Ill just leave 'em where
they'll be safe when his mem ory re-
turns and he wants en-"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-24
The Good Old Times.

For the COLUMBIAN.
"They have easy times now to what
they had when | was boy" is the
observation that the aged man is want
to repeat on every warrantable occasion
to the young of the present. 1t may
be so of the young blood of to-day,
who kicks up the dust with the money
his father made. aDd whose grandfath.
er pioneered it in some of the frontier
sections of the country, but there are
enough exceptions to the octogenarian's
observations to question 1t as the rule.
The grandsires who now thrust their
fingers through their silvery locks
while they call up the struggles of their
younger days had but few and mex
pensive needs. They cleared the for
ests, built their homes and fed and
clothed their families, had appetites for
what they h I'd to eat, went weary to
bed, slept and were refreshed, and
have lived to ripe old age. Barring
the tendency to dissipation, in the
present day it is harder life the mod
ern young man must face. Society
has changed, and what was then
luxury Is now regarded as the common.
est necessity of life The young man
who ventures to take partner for life
must think well before he launches
himself upon the sea of matrimony, for
while there are instances of "love in
cottage" there is feeling in the heart
OF the average maid who mar,ies, that
her lord should at once or very shortly
give her home that her neighbors
would not regard particularly modest.
The young man is not disposed to be
behind his fellows in point of show
and comfort, and his energy is spent
with reckless prodigality to secure the
end. Life is lived at a break neck
pace, and it is not alone the dissipated
ones that drop out by the way, but
mel of steady habits, except as they
are driven by necessity to exert them
selves beyond their strength, and of
these there are thousands go yearly to
their graves. There are fewer grand
fathers now than in the long ago, the
race quickens, the grip on longevity
loosens, and the aged may better prate
of the sunshine side of their youthful
years. j. f.. s.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-24

We have received from the Athlo.
phoros Co, l12 Wall St., New York.
copy of their beautiful picture,
"Moorish Maid" used in advertising
she A.blophoros remedies. The picture
is very handsome and worthy of a
place in any parlor. Copies may be
obtained direct from the Company by
sending SIX cents in stamps to pay the
postage. The picture would readily
sell iu the art stores for fifty cents, and
the company are receiving many thou
sand orders at this merely nominal
price.
1t is pleasure to note that the sale
of the Athlophoros remedies is con-
stantly and steadily increasing, as
must always be the case with every
remedy that is the best of its kind. and
this is the position occupied by each Of
the Athlophorus remedies. Athlophor
os conquers rheumatism Athlophoros
Pills are necessity In every household
while the new Athlophoros Plasters are
novel in the fact as expressed by lead.
ing chemist, mo other house would:eveI
have thought of making so good a
plaster when poor, Cheap plasters are
so common"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-24
Killed by Bedbuss.

A remarkable case Of the death of q
woman was reported recently from
Franklin township, Beaver county, Pa.
The death occurred while the woman
was suffering with violent attack of
headache, to which she had been sub
ject for nearly three years. For the
past three years she had been living in
an old house which was badly infested
with bedbugs. Shortly after moving
into it she began to be troubled with
strange type of headache, which SEEM
ed to increase in violence with each re-
turning attack until at times she was
rendered unconscious by the severe
pains which she often described as re-
sembling heavy weight or pressure
on the top of her head. The strange
nature of the case and his inability to
render relief aroused the attending
physicians curiosity, and with the con-
sent Of the bereaved husband he cut
open the skull after the woman's DEATH
He found firmly lodged on the top of
the brain in clotted mass, large
number of bed bugs How they got
there battles all who have heard of the
case. The doctor has placed his strange
find in alcohol and has sent an account
OF the case to medical school in New
York.
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A Pass Which Cost Too Much.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
~ thought it was economy" said a
man very mournfully the other day,
'.for she was bent on seeing the State,
and l thought it would save railroad
fares, but she is simply running me
since she got free pass all over the
place. You see, did some little ser.
vice to the railroad people and 1 hap
peped to mention that my wife was
goirg down South.
"'Here you are, said the railroad
man. we owe you something. Here
are free passes for the State for your
Wife
II took the blamed things home and
gave them to her. They began t.
burn her pocket book right away
Next morning she said: i guess III
90 to San Jose on my free passes.
All right said, it won't cost me any
thing No. she said; isn't it Lowell,
not to have to pay any farei .Beauti
full said /. Now, dear, / want you
to give me $25. l really must bu,
some clnthes to 90 to San Jose in.
Twenty. tive dollars?' Yes. You
wouldn't like your wife travelling with
out any style, would you7' 'Well,' !
said, is it quite necessary for you 10
go to San JOSEF No; but might ar
well. don't need to pay anything on
the train Aud at the first brake that
free pass cost me $25. Well, she
started off to San Jose and she con-
cluded she would 60 on the broad
gauge road. When the conductor
came along she pulled out her pass.
1t was the narrow gauge road pass.
She had to pay her fare. When she
started to come back she concluded
she'd take the narrow gauge to San
Francisco, and she forgot she bad q
narrow gauge pass and bought her
tickets Yes, the free pass Ia very
economical thing for woman"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-24

Omaha wife-"Well my dear, my
new dress has been sent home, those
Paris shoes are perfect beauties, my
new bonnet came yesterday, and as I
have not had a chance to wear my
0ew seal skin sacque yet, think we
had better go to the theatre" Hus-
band-"All right, my dear. Get me
q needle aud thread and piece Of cloth
so can patch up this elbow. Omaha
World
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Rumford Yeast Powder.
Marion Harland.

the well-known authority on cooking,
says: 81 commend the baking prepa-
rations of Prof. Morsford to the house
keepers of America. They deserve as
honorable place in the store. room
and kitchen as does his Acid Phosphate
in the family medicine chest"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-24
ELMIRA sEwspApERs BURNED OUT.

ELMIRA NEWSPAPERS BURNED OUT.
The entire building of the Elmira
advertiser was burned Wednesday
night of last week. Nothing was saved
but few files. The bindry, compos-
ing room and editorial employees all
had narrow escapes. The Sunday
Isdings Office, next door south OF the
Advertiser, was also totally destroyed.
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STATIONS.

Connections at Rupert with PhIladeIphia 1
Reading railroad for Tamanend, Tamaqua, VIII
Transport. sunbury, Pottsvile, etc. At Northum.
berland with p. & K. Div. p r. r. for Harris burg
Lock Haven Emporium, Warren, Cory and Erie.
v. y. HALSTEAD, Gen. Man.,
Scranton, Pa
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Pennsylvania Railroad.
-Hxl-
Philadelphia & Erie r. r. Divis.
ion, and Northern Central
Railway.
--AxNl
TIME TABLE.

In enect FEB. ,sss sS;v TT Trains leave sunOury
sunday, for Harrisburg and intermediate
arriving at Philadelphia si6p. m. New York,
m cSnnsosins as fhsaeiphls sor a sss
shore notnts Through passenger coach to
daily except sunday, for harrisburg and insefms-
diate stations, arriving at Phi adeilh is
p Nsw Washington i9S5e 'ss n rslloT Sss
to SnS coaches
70 mMRepnya Ah1 AconmmnSsf,on naS ma,,v
ing At Phiadelphia 4.s5 a. %. New York lib a. N.
Sleeping Car seoommodations &C can be I secured n al
Harrisburg for Philadelphia and New York. on SUM-
Sszs sssp Ss s Ss ma
passengers can remainin sleeper undisturbed until
40 q; m..Erle Mail daily except Monday,
a,-sing at Pbiiadeiphia s.s5 a. m. New YORK,
a. $ rhush PaSsn sleeping % s run
this train TO Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton and through passenger coachesto philade.
WESTWARD.
6ioa. m.-Erie Mail daily except sunday 70
qua ard intermediate stations, Rochester, Buffa-
10 and Niagara Falls with through Pullman Pal
ace cars and passenger coaches TO Erie and Roch-
sssaNews Express daily except sunday, foI
9Sk = Haven ana intermealate stations tadiSl .
u for Kane and intermediate stations and Can
4 laigua and principal Intermediate stations,
through passenger ooaohes 90 Kane and Rochester
and Parlor car TO Wiliiamsport.
noSo V and intsr%ediase stations and Rmira was
kins and intermediate stations, with through pas
senger coaches 70 Renoyo and an Watkins. 60.
diate statiop~
THROUGH TRAINS FOR sUNBlRY FROM THE
EAST AND SOUTH.
Sunday mail leaves Philadelphia 4ao q. m
Harrisburg 7.40 arriving at Slnbury $50 a. IN. with
through sleeping car from PhiiadelPhia to VIII
News Express leaves Philadelphia $50 a. m.
Ha.,rI,s6uag su SiS q; M daily except Sunday
Philadelphia TAO a. m BaitiSore m issxs aiy
S4oash Faro9 car om
and through passenger coaches from Philsdei-
Fast Line leaves New York 600 a. m. PhiladeI.
more, iO.4o Z. NJ daily except sunday arriving a.
cOacSes from Phsaeipnia and HE Bs1i%ordp passenger
Erie Mall leaves New YORK 600p. NJ. PhiladeI.
RSs oIs dss ssssSg aSs v sas ass
81 sanSqIy srs olo ;1om a. M MN through Pullman
Philadelphia.
sUNBuRY, HAzLETON a. WII.KRsBARRR
kAfLROAD AND NORTH AND WEST
BIZ ANGH RA LWAY.
Daily except sunaay.)
Wilkesbarre Mall leaves sunbary s4 q. "a.
arriving at Bloom Ferry lo$S q. m, Wilkos-b barre
.aen p. In. ..
Express East leaves sunbury b.sb p. m, arriving
at Bloom Ferry 626 p. m, Wilkes barre 7b5 o. n
sunbury Mail leaves WI lkesbarre 20 m. arriy-
Ing AZ Bloom Ferry lis9 g. m, sunbury i2.b p. m
Express West leaves Wiikes-barreS0o 0o p. m. ar
irving at Bloom Ferry 4.as .. m. sunbury as7pm
SUNDAY ONLY.
sunday mail leaves sunbury s:25 a. m, arriving
~ BLOOM Ferry lp:le o. a.. W.lkearBarie liza am.
P m, arriving At Bloom Ferry, sss p. m, sunpury,
osa.kaSsgs' 0sa. fsissnsss Agent
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A meteoric stone weighing 42A
pounds, and resembling iron in appear.
ance has been found on Honey creek,
near Tifan, 0.
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A little ammonia on cotton inserted
in the cavity Of an aching tooth often
affords instant relief.
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PHILANTHRoPIC BLAINE.

Newburry Register.
Blaine-The luxury of one day ia
the necessity of the next. Let the
laborer have his chew and cigar at the
lowest price.
Sewing Woman.--But what about
the tax on my needle and thread and
(shivering) why can't have an untax-
ed shawl?
Blaiue.-Don't mention it, my good
woman. You must be protected against
the pauper labor of Europe
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BIAN AND DEMOCRAT BLOOMsBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY PAL
REMNANTS.

People grumble because the number
1883 10 hard to write, but they should
console themselves by thinking Of what
they would have TO put down If the
Arabic figures had never been invented,
and we used only the Ronsu notation.
Think Of writing MDGOCLxXXvlII.
---Er.
VALENTINES DAY A CENTURY 400.
st. Louis critic.
A young lady away back In the sew
enteenth century, In q letter to q friend,
writes: "Last Friday was Valentines
Day, and the night before l got FIVE
bay leaves and pinned four of them to
the four corners of my pillow and the
fifth to the middle, and then, Il l
dreamed of my sweetheart, Betty said
that we should be married before the
year was out. But to make it more
sure l boiled an egg hard and took oat
the yolk and filed 1t with salt, and be-
fore went to bed ate it, shell and all
without drinking or speaking after it.
We also wrote our lovers names upon
bits of paper and rolled them up in
clay and put them into water, and the
first that rose up was to be our valen-
tine. Would you think itf Mr..
Blossom was TO be my man. Ilay
abed and shut my eyes all the morning
till be came to our house, for l would
not see another man before him for oil
the world"
oh, guilt that In unrelieved horror outweghs,
All the crimes that have blackened Times
centuried course,
Can be charged to che nend who frst started the
craze
OF the red-headsd girl and the nearby white
horse.
--Bosfon BudOel
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DEATH OF PETROLEUM v. NAsBY.

David Ross Locke, "Petroleum v.
Nasby," died Wednesday morning
Feb. 18th at his home In Toledo, o.,
after suffering for many months with
Brights Disease. He was editor aud
proprietor Of the Toledo Blade. His
letters published in that paper made
him famous not only 10 America but
in England. Mr.. Locke lectured in all
the Northern States, generally on
political topics. His eloquent and i'm.
pressive manner on the platform and
his rich voice made him a great favor
ite with audiences.
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/ ST. Do you know that you can
have a good, snowy and service
able pair of pants made for $3,OOi
: And that to your own measure, and
sent by mail to your very door I
. ND. If you want 25 samples of
olotb, a fine linen tape measure, a
= full set of measurement blanks
~ and a lot of other valuable intor.
nation free
D. Send 6 cents in stamps to the
n N. Y. Standard Pants Co., of sc
z University Place, N. Y. City and
Yyou will lie surprised. The com
Npany are distributing 500 pairs
this month and you may be one of
the lucky ones.
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Found in the Snow.

THE BARN DOOR OPENED RIGHT INTO THE
HEELS OF THE OLD MARE.