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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20
Pottlng Plant1.

The cool nights remind the florist that
the time has already arrived for potting
house plants that have been given the
freedom of the garden during the sum-
mer. OF course the essential thing is to
have good soil. While the several plants
have preference in the matter of diet,
geraniums, fuchsias, pinks and other ia
vorite easily cultivated plants thrive in
soil formed one half of well decayed leaf
mold, one fourth rich garden soil, one
fourth sand. Bake the earth to destroy
any animal life it may contain. See that
the exterior of the pot is perfectly clean,
then cover the bottom with pebbles or
bits of earthen ware TO the depth of two
inches, unless the pot is quite small,
when a smaller quantity will answer.
We have found layer of hens drop
pings upon the drainage n desirable stra-
tum to promote healthy growth. Scat
ter the prepared soil upon this, then re-
move the plant to its new quarters and
press the soil well about the roots. Fill
the pot to the neck of the plant, leaving
sufficient room for watering. Set the re.
potted plants in shaded place and wa
ter them moderately. A good rule to
| adopt in transferring to q larger pot is to
select one that will contain the smaller.
While attending to house plants don't
neglect the hanging pot. 1t repays a
hundred fold all the labor necessary to
insure a green drapery if not gay bios
SONS the winter through, and incon-
veniences nobody dy,-Exchange.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

The sports of the angular Saxons do
not square with the rounded ways of
the Castilians and their followers in
Spanish America. The natives of those
countries had neither bulls nor chickens
to fight on the coming of Europeans,
but they took to the bun ring and the
cockpit like ducks to water. These
sports are patronized there by all classes
and ranks of people. Even the Napoleon
Of the west, Santa Anna, to overcome
whom in Texas was the work Of man
born to no common destiny, beguiled the
tedium of his exile by keeping a cockpit
in Havana. The benighted people of
Mexico know nothing Of and care moth
ing for the Marquis of Queensberry rules,
and offered no encouragement to the
scheme when El Paso wanted to get up
an exhibition of the noble art of batter
ing the human countenance into a.ielly.
Neither do the people Of Texas affect it;
but some one whose name should 20
sounding down the ages engineered a
law through the last legislature to legal
| ize the practice. Who was it and who
voted for it?-Dallas News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

1t is almost incredible that Simon Col
Inns, of Marietta, who has been blind for
twenty-seven years, is an expert carpet
weaver, makes and prints paper flower
sacks in colors, doing the printing on
Washington hand press and with a per-
feet register, but The Marietta Times
vouches for that. have known him for
seven or eight years and have seen him
frequently ON the streets of his town,
cane in hand, walking rapidly, making
all the ins and outs, going down into a
basement or up stairs to business office,
never making mistake and never being
hurt.
A year ago he made canoe from his
own design, and the same boat won a
race in the regatta upon the Susquehanna
at Columbia. He is the patentee of a
brush handle, makes fishing nets and
cane seated chairs.
His latest triumph is the mastery of
the typewriter. He bought one some
months ago and is now able to operate it
quickly and correctly. He is said to be
an expert euchre player, but cannot
vouch for that, though it is scarcely more
notable than many things already men.
toned which have known him to do
Philadelphia Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20
Aninnn Innvna.

In the section Of the Paris exhibition
devoted TO the Historic du Theatre there
Is q collection of wax models Of feet Of
noted ballet dancers.
Queen Victoria's recent visit to Wales
brings out the statistics that during her
reign Of over half century twelve days
only have been spent in Ireland.
In q cowboys tournament at Auga
Fria, A. t., John Lane roped and tied
three steers in $40 minutes, this being
the best time ever made I'm Arizona.
John Merrill beat the record also by rop-
ing and tying single steer in little
over half a minute.
Mrs. Kendall explains why she and her
husband have always acted together by
the statement that ii was because Of o
vow made TO her father. Mrs. Kendal's
father, when his daughter wanted TO
marry an actor, insisted that they should
always act together.
Preparations are already being made
in several German university towns to
celebrate next year the three-hundredth
anniversary Of the invention of the mi
croscope. Zachnrias Jansen, Of Middle
burg, put together the first microscope
In 1880.
There have just been published official
figures showing that during the past
four years there have been 1,24O,007
marriages in Japan, and 1853, ,5s7 couples
divorced.
The largest sailing vessel in the world
is said to be the new ship Liverpool,
which is Of the following dimensions:
Length, 1888 feet; breadth, AZ feet 10
inches depth, 20 feet inches, with q
dead weight carrying capacity of 5000
tons, $500 tons net register.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20
peath IN the Grnne seed.

When one hears Of the museum freaks
who swallow jack knives, rusty iron
nails and pieces of glass without sustain
ing any injury to their digestive organs,
it seems impossible TO believe that the
swallowing Of IA mere seed of grape
could place a man ut the very threshold
of death. Yet such is the fate of young
William Walton, of No. s53 Eighth ave
nue..
A few days ago he was taken sick
after eating some grapes An abscess
arose on his side, which, on investiga-
tion, proved TO be the result of the seed
Of a grape having lodged in tho vermi-
form appendix. A surgical operation
became necessary, and the young man
now lies In a precarious condition and
little hopes are entertained of his recOv-
cry. The case Is very rare one aud
has attracted much professional interest.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20
A coLoRsD RoMULUs.
Capture OF q Child That Was Stolen and
Reared by n Wolf.

Reared by n Wolf
Some twenty months ago q woman
living on the banks of the Brazos missed
her months old baby from the pallet
where she had left it lying during an
absence of few minutes. Search was
made for the infant, but no trace of it
could be discovered, and the whole affair
was wrapped in profound mystery until
few days ago. A party Of gentlemen
were riding through somewhat unfre-
quented portion Of the thick woods that
border the river, when they were start
led by seeing a strange object run across
the road. Thinking at first sight that
1t was wild animal, several of the
party were about TO fire on it, when the
one who had been nearest to it called to
them not to shoot, but to ride it down
instead. This was done with difficulty,
for the underbrush was thick, but at last
the creature was overtaken in a dense
copse 1t was half running, half leap
ing, first on all fours and then nearly
upright.
The gentlemen dismounted and at
tempted to lay hands upon it, but chat
tering frightfully and savagely biting
and scratching, it broke away from them.
They could see that it had human face,
though the brown body was covered
with long, tangled hair, and the nails of
the feet and hands 80 long and curved as
to be claws. 1t ran with incredible
swiftness, getting over fallen trees and
dense masses of creepers at rate that
obliged its pursuers to exert themselves
TO the utmost to keep it in view. 1t fin
ally ran into an immense oak tree that
lay uprooted In the ground, and the
hollow trunk of which formed u yawn-
Ing cavern. By the dint of poking in
the tree with sticks the party succeeded
in driving out an old wolf which imme-
diately took to Its heels. 1t was not pur-
sued, as it was not the object sought.
This, too, was finally dislodged and las
soed with lariat made of hides. 1t
bit and scratched 80 fiercely that it was
thought advisable not to approach it, as
1t was half dragged, half led home with
the lariat about its neck, bowling and
yelping like wolf.
The fact of the negro womans child
having disappeared was well known to
all, and it was decided that this must be
the child. The old wolf had evidently
stolen it and for some reason adopted it
as its own. The mother declared that
this conjecture was correct, claiming
that her child had had malformation
of one ear, which peculiarity was found
in the monster. 1t is kept tied up in her
cabin, suffering no one to lay hands
upon 1t, and is fed on raw meat, as it
refuses to touch any other food. The
woman has hopes that she may yet re-
awaken the human in it, but in the
meantime she is reaping harvest from
the crowds who come daily from all
parts of the country to inspect the
strange creature.-Sandy Point (Tex)
Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

Joseph Brown has reason to congrat-
ulate himself upon his sons One of
them is baseball player of some note,
and that alone in these days of the great
American games rage should be glory
enough but another son, Joseph Brown,
Jr., is developing as a hero. Young
Joseph goes for a vacation every sum
mer TO Camp Lake, Wis, and while
there year ago he saved the lives of
two people whose boat had become up
set. At the same place again this sea
son, and only about two weeks ago, the
young man saved three lives. A small
party had come over TO Camp Lake from
Kenosha and went for u sail upon the
lake. There We're five Of them and the
boat was capsized. Young Brown
CHANGED TO witness the accident and at
once secured small boat and pulled 10
the rescue, assisted by a lad named
Frank Yaw. With much pluck and
coolness Brown managed TO save three
Of the party. Two of them had gone
down, but being an expert swimmer he
plunged into the water and did not give
up his search until he recovered the
bodies Of the two who were drowned.
The young man In his modesty makes
very light of his acts, but if it is going
TO be regular thing for him TO save q
drowning party year after year, he will
not be able to hide his light under a
buahel Chicaao Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

One who passes by the Old South
church these summer days will see
curious sight. The English ivy which
has been slowly creeping over the front
of the church through the last decade
now holds in its grasp the old structure
where Benjamin Franklin was baptized
and "the tea party" was organized. Inch
by inch its tendrils have felt their way
along its walls, until now the growth has
even dared to attempt to hide from view
the big, broad slab that marks the "dese-
Grafton" by the British. The little vine,
planted by American hands and fed with
American sunlight and rain, has basely
tried to cover up the tablet that marks
the rude acts of the English soldiery, 1t
seems n case where the proper authori-
ties can interfere with much needed JUS
tice on the presumptuous, overreaching
plant.-Boston Advertiser.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20


Messrs. Henderson, of Glasgow, have
contracted to build for Messrs. Bordes &
Son, Paris and Bordeaux, a five masted
sailing ship. 1t is to be the largest in
the world. Barclay, Curle & Co., Of
Glasgow, have also contracted with the
same firm to build a four masted ship
capable of carrying 5000 tons,-London
Telegraph,
Probably the greatest case OF museum
fright on record was discovered at the
| Grand museum yesterday, The house
was crowded at the time and the curtain
just about TO be drawn for the illusion,
when hubbub was heard in the corner
where the wax figures of the four men
who were recently hanged in the Tombs
| are curtained Off. The attention Of the
audience was centered Immediately on
| two excited persons, a mulattO man
| and a black woman, who were struggling
| tiercely-he tugging, she screaming
Lecturer Smith soon quieted them and
then the reason of the excitement was
discovered, 1t appears that the negro
Lewis Is placed just where n draft from
tho window occasionally shakes the in
animate figure, and rs one arm is point
ed upward the shaking has the effect of
| giving very threatening appearance to
the arm. Thus it was that when the
colored visitors looked up at it all their
superstition came back TO them and they
cried out in alright, thinking that Lewis
adretuned 10 life.-New York Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

DIR. G. NJ. Collins, of Upton, Ind, re
ports to The Medical Record pair of fe,
male twins united at the center or me.
dian line of the trunk as one body, which,
however, develops perfect sets of distinct
members and organs for two. Each
child has a separate circulation and or.
ganism. One will sleep while the other
is awake, The bowels and kidneys per.
form their functions independently, The
spinal column is straight. The children
are bright and lively, have fine heads OF
hair and fine features, are well formed
and at this writing have every appear.
ance of living, At birth their weight
was twelve and one-half pounds, and
they were twenty-five and one-halt
inches in length
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20
Strange Disturbance of Nature.

Four miles southeast of Villanow, Ca,
on the west slope Of Johns Mountain, ON
lot 241, owned by William Roper, oc-
CURED over two months ago a strange
disturbance of nature. 1t was confined
to strip of land running east and west
and being 25O yards in length and be-
tween 80 and 90 yards in width. On
that limited area the ground shows the
mark Of some mighty convulsion,
Stumps were forced asunder, rocks were
split and huge roots torn in twain. Fis-
sures run in every direction. Accom-
panying the disturbance was an evident
upheaval. As it passed, at the east end
the ground settled back below the origi-
nal level, while at the west end it was
left raised. Atlanta Constitution.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

Col. Olcott is said to have created
veritable furore in his recent Buddhistic
tour through Japan. At first some of
the Buddhist priests gave him the cold
shoulder. Then he began to excite pop
ular interest which was intensified as
he went through the larger provincial
towns. At Nagoya, large commercial
town between Toxic and Kioto, he had
audiences at each lecture of about 1000
people, and it is said that the widest
applause everywhere greets his declara-
tions that the closest relationship exists
between the stable progress of the nation
and the maintenance of true Buddhism.
The Buddhists who control his tour, see
ing the effect he is producing, are hur-
rying him about, 30 that he is delivering
orations and lectures in three or four
different places in the same day. He
does not speak word of japanese, and
his lectures are therefore delivered in
English and translated on the platform
by an interpreter, sentence by sentence,
as he goes along. Yet he arouses great
enthusiasm. Not only the common peo-
pie hear him, but also the high officials.
In many of the large towns through
which he passed special meetings We're
held at times suitable to officials, at
which they were alone present.-Home
Journal
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

IA theory has been started with regard the
the face Women who for have been careful of their
pexons would never any wash the face soap
said roughen and the skin. Now, that Ivory
Soap has been invented this idea is exploded and weknown
physician the metropolitan profession recommends his
tents freely every day. herng the skin we'll He
that but the beneficial results will be effected by this
method of improving the skin.
He hods-wth considerable pausibty-ta the pores of the
face become much cgged by and dirt the hands
other portion of the body And soap considered
purifier in the BATH needs be felt equally the face By
abundant regular herng the facial he claims
kept Clean free from the coggng matter that produces unghy
bakhead, acne, pmpe and pure, healthy fresh and brighter
complexion the resultant Not mncg he that the
trouble with aow, pay skins is that from
years end years end they have really clean face
Brw
A WORD OF WARNING.
There many white represented be good the Ivory
they ARE NOT like all ert peculiar remarkable qualities Of
the genuine. Ask for Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it.
ss by Proctor q Gmh
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

But why should / dwell beside the
Bosphorus when did not know the Bos.
phorus of my own country? What was
Bagdad to me, when l had Bismarck
(Dak.) TO see? What was Jerusalem,
when had not visited Huron? What
was the falls of Switzerland, when /
must help to harness the falls of Spo-
kane? So made my salaam to the sui
tan. Iwish you had seen my final bow
to him. had not met all his family.
He has 400 wives, but found him a
genial fellow, and very kind to Ameri-
cans. So came home, and here am.
From Recent Speech.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20
Rushing in Where the Angels stav On,

81 have joke" said the breezy young
man, seating himself on the table of the
able editor, "on the pies at the railroad
restaurant in your town, and she's
corker, too; it's a thoroughbred, and good
for wad in the city, but I'll leave it
with you for nothing" Reads-"A red
headed pie in tho (This is the same
young man who went before the hang
ing by lightning commission in this state
and declared that he once sustained, by
the breaking of a wire above his head,
shock of 1900 ohms and an alternating
current of repeating volts that lasted all
the way down stairs on high tension
circuit; his mind, he said, remained clear
during the entire shock or succession of
shocks, and he remembered distinctly
hearing the editor say, with what seemed
to him great deal of irrelevqnce under
the circumstances, "Ill teach you, young
man! I'll let you know that own q
half interest in that restaurant and mar
ried the cook last kr)-Robert. J..
Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

DIR. BRAND, a distinguished young
French physician attached to the hospi-
tai at Nillejuif, is reported to have
effected some wonderful cures of con.
sumption by means of the cold air cure,
which consists mainly in gradually ac-
customing the patients to exposure until
they are able TO sleep out in the open
air, regardless of the weather. -Ex-
ehange.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

Professor Elihu Thompson has per.
fected an invention by which the rails OF
street or steam railways may be welded
together by electricity after being placed
in position. A dynamo propels over tn
tracks an electric welding machine
which YIELDS the rails into one continuous
line after 1t passes over them, 1t is pro
posed to have at every one hundred feet
break, TO allow for expansion. Amy
kind of rails can thus be welded. Once
a Week.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

Growing the finest cotton, corn and
fruit in the state are our specialties,
pretty women and chivalrous men is a
happy side issue with US, and putting up
good houses, discussing the hogs and
dogs and preparing TO receive a heavy
immigration this fall are pastime resorts
with Tyler this hot and sleepy weather.
Hog or no hog, dog or no dog, we have
a move on us-we have.-Tyler Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

Italians are not very strong in domes-
tic ties. OF $4,000 Italians that landed
in Castle Garden last year "a 900 were
males. The emigration of females from
Italy is smaller than from any other
country, averaging but 13 per cent. of
the whole number who landed. From
Germany the percentage is 40; from Ire
land, 45,-Boston Budget.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

The number of applicants for fruit dis
tiiieries in the state of Georgia is report
ed by the collector to be unprecedented.
Indications are that there will be in OPP
emtion this year the largest number of
fruit distilleries ever known in Georgia
The increase is attributed to the recent
act of congress, putting those distilleries
on the same footing with grain distil.
leries in reference to the payment Of the
tax, extending the time from fouI
months to three years. The outlook lie
that there will be very large amount Of
Georgia fruit brandy ON the market for
some time.-New York Telegram.
An amazing system of carrying little
children as passengers seems to have
been in practice hitherto upon the Rus
sian railways. The Russian ministry of
the interior has just issued an ordinance
to all railway officials prohibiting the
further packing of small children Qit-
orally 'sucklingsO in baskets, TO the
number of eight in basket %, and for
warding them to the founding houses
in the great towns as hand luggage"
This abuse, says the ministry in the cir
cular, is no longer TO be tolerated, since
1t involves a serious injury to the health
Of the children, and is also an attempt
to evade the regulations for the carriage
Of passengers by rail. In Russia "in-
fants must be paid fcr."-Boston Bud
get
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-09-20

A grand fete out of compliment to
america and Corsica, the latter as the
most formidable claimant to being the
birthplace of Columbus, will be given
on Oct. 12 in Paris for the celebra-
ton of "the seth anniversary of the dis
covery of the New World" There will
be procession of delegates from all the
American states and from the West In
dies.--New York Sun.
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-10-17

'9rieb oa5u, Der BON Der @nabe aus
se9ansen, in linn 9earbeitet, aber ietn
Soften unb !6arren auf @utt ni6t
itDrte, 1a9t %fOl9enbe Mittbeiluns eli
mes 9pmeapitu(ars in &Dln:
yIls i6 meinen @Dmnalial1tubien
in 86ln Obselesen, wobnte elm S9ubz
ma6ermeiiter mir seseniiber, aus
oeiien Seniter Elm blaiier @eiele inn
mer lan9e unb iebnli6ti9 in mein
StaOier5immer biniiberi9aute, etwa
10, als bdtte er lasen m0gen: l46,
mer bod ituoieren un0 nit ben 8iz
6ern bantieren birfte, wie bieler
Stnbentp giele Sabre na6ber, als
mir Der blei9e Snabe ldn9it aus Der
@rinnerun9 entl6wunOen uno i9
ielbit i6on Bfarrer in &6ln mar,
fam emit elm Brielter gu mir, Der
na6Iraste: oh i9 mid bes @%elelen
nod erinnere, Der Dor lan9en Sabren
nit 10 perlangenbem 8lid in iein
Stubier5immer biniiber 9eieben. Der
bin i6 seweien', fubr er fort. .,
mie piel taulenbmal re9te ii6 in mir
Der @uni6: fDnnte1 It bu bod aud
binter jenen 8idern iiben unb emit
Elm 8rielter @pttes uerben! Mein
@unl9 lit erfiiat, @ott lei ewis Sob
unb Sanfr"
Ger jinsere Brieiter mar aOolpb
8olpins, Der ieinen 8unid in @ebet
uno @ebulb pflegte, bis @Ott beutz
lider i'm gum GpoitOlate berufen,
wel6es MIR elm 8rtefter iibernebmen
fonnte, Der aber bas 9anowerf unb
Die i%pciale Srase ni6t bios ans
8i9ern berausitubiert baben muBte.
(Sortiebuns folst.)
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-10-17
Sic eapitaliitiide @rubuetionsweiie.

vSit es 5uldilis, Die @9dee oes
2anoes in 10 raidem Tempo aufsu=
brau6en, Tim in abiebbarer 3eit cine
8iiite SuriidSulaiien, in wel6er I'M
lere @a6fummen bas semubnte 8ruo
nidt mebr werben eiien f6nlien? SIT
es ni6t pielmebr sebuteu, Saus su
balten nit benz S6abe, Der fir lpd=
tere @enerationen nod fru6tbrinseno
iein iOa?" Dieie Srase, nit melder
Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1889-10-17
Gttte
zeitung 81
Stui9 "a %Derfamfen!
Gen ..GaliforuiSd1en Golfs.

Den vGaliformiiGen golfs.
freMn0"', nelder felt 1885 nit eutem
@rfol9e in Gan francisco eri6eint unb
ii6 Der appreciation BON 5 Bii6ofen er.
freut, bin i'd perionliber 8erbdltniiie
bolber @ilens, biqi9 gu perfoufen. Nu.
ber bieier 9ibt es weitli6 pom M%iiiouri.
5luiie feline onbere oeuti6e fotbolii6e
@o6en.3 eitung; bebbalb lit ibr Nrbeits.
felo Elm ansgesei6netes; 9ie Offlce, Der
ct. 8onifatius : Stride 9eseniiber, lit
prd6tig ein9eri6tet; ebenio ldBt Die Nuss
itattun9 oes Seberlocals ni6ts gu rpiins
i6en iibri9. Die 3eitun9 bat aud cine
erobe 8unbi6aft fir SobsNrbeiten. &es
Heftanten wollen ii6 ue9en ndberer Nus
funft nenben an ben @i9entbumer
GarI u. 9oein9,
1870 @oloen Gate 9u. San 6roncisco, Col.