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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-05
Champion In His Glass.

Cincinnati has the champion absent minded
man. A gentleman living in the suburbs
went in store on Walnut street to make a
few purchases. The only light In the store
was a candle standing on the counter near the
money drawer. After making his purchases
he handed the proprietor a bill, and after re.
turpips SNim the change tho proprietor
walked to tins rear OF the store to arrange
something, when sulienly he was left in the
dark. He started towdl Z ue e"untAr a"A
cropping around it, found, not the candle, hut
the change 1t struck him then that prob
ably the man, In fit OF absent mindedness
had taken the candle instead of his change
He started out after him, saw that he had the
bundle in one hand and tho candle In the
other After apologizing for the mistake the
stranger took his change and gave back the
candle e-Chicago Times
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-05

Although the Raman emperors, Claudius,
Caligula, Commodus and Caracalla, ex-
nausted the possibilities of vice, they were
surpassed in infamy by the unspealable de-
pravities Elagabaus, who was beheaded ON
tile 10th Of March, 2l2, Born in Emasa in
eO4 he was appointed high priest Of the Syro-
Phenician sun god Elagabal, on which ac-
count he laid aside his own name of Varius
Ayltus Bassianus. He was proclaimed en-
peror by the soldiers, with whose aid his
rival, Macrinus, was defeated in 2ls After
sreign Of three years and nine months. his
vices provoked rebellion, which cost him
bis life. Philadelphia Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-05
A Merciful ,ylatlge.

One of the keenest things ever said on the
bench is attributed to Judge Walton, of
Georgia. While holding term of the su-
preme court at Augusta he sentenced man
to seven years in prison for grave crime.
The prisoners counsel asked for mitigation
of the sentence on the ground that the pris-
oner's health was very poor.
'Your honor" said he, II am satisfied that
my client cannot live out half that term, and
bog of you to change the sentence"
"Well, under those circumstances" said
the judge, ~ will change the sentence.
will make it for life instead Of seven years I"
The prisoner chose to abide by the original
sentence, which the judge permitted him to
elect-Chicago Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-05
WILLIAM H d MT
BLooMsBURG, PENN'A.,
AGENT FOR THE
KEYSTONE DYNAMITE POWDER CO.

manufacturers OF the celebrated Keystone Dyna
mite This explosive is giving universal satistac
tion Quotations cheerfully given. tAug is1
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-25
New Diphtheria Cure.

In new antiseptic termed creolln,
a product of coal tar obtained in Ger
many by patent process, humanity
seems destained to find measurable
protection against the dread diph-
iberia. A leading physician OF Ger
many has by repeated experiments
demonstrated that it is an extremely
powerful germicide which even in
large doses is entirely harmless to
man. Thus far in the treatment OF
diphtheria adults only have had the
benefit OF the powerful germicides
used by physicians in combating the
disease, because the medicine could be
used as gargle only on account OF its
higly poisonous nature, and children
could not be depended upon to use
the medicine without swallowing it..
With creolin there will be no fear OF
injury. and its free use by chill
dren may be the means OF saving
many lives.
A Louisville physician who has used
creolin in the treatment of diphtheria
expresses himself as satisfied that the
new antiseptic is preventative as
well as cure of the disease. In a let
ter upon the subject to the Scientific
American, he says: "When diphtheria
prevails, no child's toilet should be
considered complete until the upper
passages have been thoroughly douched
with some suitable anti-septic, and in
the long list of such agents | know OF
none that fulflls the requirements SO
well as creolin."
The germ theory of the causation of
disease makes cure dependent upon the
action of medicine on the attacking
germs, and the greatest desideratum
has been the discovery of germicide
that will not injure the delicate inter-
ma parts of the human economy. If
creolin will kill the germs of diphtheria
without harming a patient it may not
be too much to hope that the same an
tiseptic may be also of value in the
treatment of typhoid fever, cholera,
yellow fever, etc.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-25

from the crop. But in many cases Is
will be- much better 20 let the plants
grow and mature seed rather than to
pasture down. Under average condi-
tons the seeds ought to be about one
half the crop, and if this is done it,
will be quite an item to secure a good,
growth 50 as to have as large u yield
as possible. Cutting late lessons the
chances of securing either good Sec
ond crop OF hay or a profitable crop OF
seed; while there is in reality no grain
that will make up for this additional
risk, saying nothing of the better
quality OF the hay secured.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-25
IN AN OLD oHuRCHYARo.

SO one OF Englands sweetest spots,
A little old gray church l found
Around il lies-dear restful ground
GODS garden with its sacred plots.
With myriad arms the ivy holds
Its time-worn walls in { ose embrace,
So memory sometimes keeps face
Half yelled in tender misty folds.
With sleepy twitter and with song
The tower, bird haunted, is alive;
In leafy seas they dip and dive,
Those tiny warblers all day long.
Like sentinels grown boar with age,
The crumbllhg headstones guard the
graves
That softly swell-green voceless waves,
That will not break though tempe.ts rage.
"Concerning them that are asleep"
In this sweet hamlet of the dead,
In broken sentences l read
The record those old tablets keep.
Each told its tale, for hath not Grief
"A voice whose echoes never die!
Adown the ages, Rachel's cry,
Still rings DER some God garnered sheaf.
Mine eyes, Re'er prodigal of tears,
Did I'LL with such as seemed 10 rise
And drown the glory of the skies,
Ger those who'd slept two hundred years
Chambers Journal
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-25
Farm Notes.

Study 10 feed the plant, not TO make
the soil rich, if profit is the object.
Farmers should never overlook the
fact that the object Of agriculture is to
make crops grow, rather than TO en-
rich the soil.
After each rain the ground should
be cultivated lightly in order TO pre-
vent evaporation OF moisture. The
loose dirt serves as covering and
shields the earth from the direct
effects Of drying winds and the heat of
the sun.
Weeds make excellent green ma
nure il turned under. A rank growth
of weeds indicates fertile land, but
such land can be exhausted by remov-
ing weeds as well as by removing "a
regular crop. 1t will pay, therefore,
TO turn the weeds under and let them
rot in the gronud.
Very green material should not be
stored in the silo. Let the seed-hends
form, and cut the plants when the
seeds are about TO turn. Corn fodder
for ensilage is usually cut just when
the ears are glazed. If cut ,rlier it is
not as nutritious and is not 50 we'll
, adapted for keeping.
Every weed that sprouts is a seed
less TO come up. If the weed is cut.
down it is destroyed. BY constantly
cutting them down the most obstinate
field of weeds can be destroyed. 1t re-
quires work and time to DO so, but
there will be less work TO perform after
the field is cleaned Of the weeds anoth-
err season.
The better the preparation Of the soil
the less seed will be required. Many
| failures in the seed are not due so
much to lack of vitality in the seed as
! to the unfavorable condition of the
ground. 1t is always q matter of
] chance termination when seed is
! broadcasted and left TO be covered by the
washing of the rain, and the harder
and firmer the seed-bed the greater the
difficulty in securing a crop from the
seed. Pulverize the soil. harrow it
down as fine as possible and then brush
the seed in.
The great fear OF farmers in getting
hay into the barn Is that it will be too
green, and heat in the NOW. This is
more especially true where hay has
been cured mainly, rs hay should be,
in the cock. After it has lain in cock
one or two days they will open and eX-
pose il TO the sun several hours. This
is not only unnecessary but injurious.
We never knew hay left in cock TWEEN
ty.four hours that could injure in the
NOV, if got in without rain. The
dried pieces of the grass have pre-
sentative effect, very different from
the moisture left on hay by rains. Az
ter being wet the outside moisture
must be thoroughly dried out, but it is
better to do it with as little exposure
to the sun as possible. More hay is
injured by bleaching and sunburning
than by rotting.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-25
Hints to HouseIkeepers.

To extract ink from wood, scour
with sand wet with water and ammon-
in, then rinse with strong saleratus
water.
To clean channels, wash in ammonia
water, or tepid water aud CASTLE soap,
rinse in clear water, squeeze, and
stretch to dry in the shade.
To exterminate moths from trunks
and chests, wash we'll with borax
water, and after drying use benzine.
Air and sun we'll before using.
To broi. beefsteak cut it about u
half-inch thick, and turn once or
twice until cooked through.
Placing a piece OF zinc on the live
Goals in stove or CRATE Is an easy
way to clean sooty chimney.
A good whitewash is made of lime
or calcimime. mixed with water; to q
bucketful of the mixture add cup of
salt and two cups of glue or gum arabic,
dissolved in water.
Willow chairs and baskets can be
cleaned by washing with salt water
and a brush, and drying thoroughly
before using.
When sponge cake becomes dry, cut
it in thin slices and toast.
To remove mildew, rub common
yellow soap on the article, then sift
ST starch on that,rub yell and place in
The best covering for books il made
s-of American leather or glazed lining
The materials can be purchased in
nice, dark colors. They serve double
purpose. as they keep new books in
nice condition, and hide the decayed
looks of others. stitch the flaps
across from point to point to keep
them in place.
Mutton chops should not be broiIed
over as brisk fire as that for steak,
as the fat, when the fire is too hot, will
spatter the Goals, and the chops will
be smoked aud blackened. Pepper and
turn several times When done, Jay
on hot dish and sprinkle with salt.
They require no butter, as they are
sufficiently fat.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-25
Cutting Glover.


Whether grown for hay or for seed,
it is important that the first crop
should be cut reasonably early,
as soon as the first helds begin to turn
brown, says a writer in the Practical
Farmer. If delayed, as is often done,
there is more or less risk that the
weather will not be sufficiently favora-
BILE to induce good growth, and in
consequence the plants failed TO make
a good start to grow again before the
hot, dry weather sets in. A few days
OF hot, dry weather after cutting off
serious by Injuries, If it does not kill out
the clover and in consequence the Sec
ond growth is not as good as it other
wise would be.
While il cut reasonably early and n
good start TO grow is secured so that
the ground is shaded, the plants will
stand considerable drouth and yield "a
better crop of seed or a larger yield OF
hay at the second cutting or to turn
under as a green crop for manuring.
In addition to this there will be less
loss. in handling. II the plants are
allowed to get too ripe there is a larger
loss in h milling. AS the ripened
leaves and stems break off very easily.
So that whenever the heads are in
full bloom, and few are turning brown
they can be cut and cured. Too many
make a mistake in curing clover, and
allow it to get too dry before moving
away or stacking.
There will be less loss in handling
and better quality of feed secured il
clover is not allowed TO get too dry.
When the weather is such that the
clover can be cut, it will pay to get
stored under shelter reasonably early,
and II the weather is bright and warm
clover can be cut in the morning and
be hauled in and slowed away late in
the evening. and make hay of a better
quality than TO allow IL to get too ripe
and then cut, put up in cocks and let
cure two or three days; and 10 should
be an item to secure not only in good
condition but In such manner as to
be able TO have OF the best quality.
Stock then should be kept away from
the clover until after the plants snake
a good start TO grow, as TO turn the
stock in too soon will keep the plants
down so that 1t will be difficult IL not
impossible 10 derive tho full benefit
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-25
With a Reservation.

Mrs. Swizzle, who has been travel
ing in Europe, writes home for Swiz-
zle TO engage a couple OF maidser-
wants against her return. He adj
vertises and finds a promising appli-
cant.
"Swizzler--''Well, fancy you will
do, and b pc you will be a dutiful,
virtuous girl with us.
Promising Applicant (languishing-
ly)-"Well, sor, I'll do my best av
don't have TO see too much of you,
sor."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-25

"Attend 10 your guests yourself, I'M
til they learn to treat a woman with
some courtsey and respect. And
with no neutrality-suspicious. even so
much as bow of farewell--she passed
from the room.
Then men looked at each other in
surprise, then laughed aloud. "Your
wild bird needs tanning, Monsieur
Monprat," said one.
as she scared in reality, oris it only
little bit OF acting, got up for effect,
and certain of leaving an impression
behind--if only for its novelty?" asked
another.
doubtless she is as sorry to go as
we are to lose her." chimed in a third /;
"but she knows the true art of her
seX's business-never to give too much
of their company. To regret is thou
sand times better than to be bored"
my daughter is not accustomed TO So
ciety, gentlemen, interposed the voice
of Leon Monprat. That fact must
plead her excuse"
mo use to tell us that, my good
friend" was the supercilious rejoinder.
"The fact is self-evident. What
made you introduce her here to-
nightP"
at was her own desire, but she is
shy and unused to compliment and
bandinage. fear you alarmed her. y
"She looked quite fierce, laughed
the officer. you must teach her bet
ter manners for the future. A beauti-
full woman is all very we'll, but when
she shows the lions claws, that is a
different matter altogether"
Loon Monprat bit his lip, and an an.
l CRY frown Swallowed his brow. Great
ly as he had wronged this girl, he yet
pitied, and, in his own fashion, loved
her, and he did not care that her
name should be thus lightly and
coarsely spoken OF by such men, tC
whom a woman's reputation was g
thistle-ball with which the wind sport:
on summers day. With the skill Of
one we'll accustomed to fence with the
weapon of speech, he turned off the
conversation to other topics, and short
ly after his guests all left, the colone
alone pausing at the door TO say
meaningly:
''Let your beautiful fury appear
again tomorrow, friend Leon-she in
terests me.
Leon Monprat smiled and promised
but when he was alone his face grew
dark with passion.
Interests him, does she?" he NUT
tered between his teeth; $50 much the
worse for him. If she will play heI
cards as l wish the game is won. Blu
will she?'
The question remained unanswered
for even in his own mind h
knew there were deeds TO which
he could not bend and threat,
with which he could not intimidat,
her. There had been times when
even as he had tortured, he had fear
ed her, and remembering how hi
treachery had tainted her whole life
with its poison, he half pitied her fol-
the fate his own seifshness haC
wrought out.
He stood there long debating in hi
own mind the possibility of carrying
out plan he had formed.
"She has loved" he thought, "anC
fear she does not know. Is there an,
passion on whose weakness car
play?"
And with the baseness of tina
thought there came no pity, for sci
fishness and cowardice ruled this maj
as with a rod OF iron. Yet in his in
most heart he half envied her tina
virtue of fearlessness which he haC
never had, and never could possess.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-25
Time is Money.

New York Editor dropping into the
house OF his assistanD sorry,
JinlSs, but | have been called Off to-
night, and You will have to rush down
to the Office and take my place. Don't
forget to write a vigorous article de-
nouncing the elevated railway as
cormorant corporation, monopolistic
outrage, and metropolitan nuisance,
which ought to be torn TO pieces by "a
long suffering and indignant popu-
lace"
Assistant-"All right Is your car
riage at the door,"
Eyes; but it will take you an hour
TO get down town in carriage and
you have only few moments TO spare.
Take an l. train. New York Weekly.
n -
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-25

Tho new British minister to this country
Is 9 feet inches IN stature. He comes
big h, but we must have him. Puck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-17
TWO FAMOUS OLD MANSIONS
HISTORIC HOMES or THE CAPITAL
Edgeworth and lexington and the Mem
cries Clustering About Them.
TIE ROUSE OF TIE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE
THK INTERESTING CONTENTS OF a FINE OLD
zorsn-THR SPACIOUS HOUSE WHERE xprros
ekLxs DISPENSED HosPrrAIIrY.

Old houses with Q history are always inter-
ssting, especially those connected by associa-
tons with distinguished personages. Edge
wood. the suburban residence Of the late Chief
Justice Chase, is Of national interest The old
mansion Is fully one hundred years Of age and
interesting for that other reason that 1t is still
the home Of the daughter of the chief Justice
she Who shared in his ambitions and lived in .
union Of personal sympathy with her father
such - but few daughters have ever enjoyed.
The mansion sits on high ground, in the
midst of fine old shade trees, some of immense
size and royal beauty, on the verge OF a farm
Of some 55acres, part Of it woodland the rest
Of 1t under cultivation for grazing. The walls
and partitions Of this old house are of solid
brick at least o foot thick. To remodel or
change its interior would make II necessary to
literally pull il to pieces brick by brick. Hap
PLY il IL Of that style of architecture which
never wears out. double house of tine colonial
period, with two large rooms on each side Of q
wide hall A broad flight Of steps, with an an
tique clock on the midway landing in the cor
ner, leads to the upper floors. 1t wears an air
Of great solidIty. and seems to be good for
another century. When the chief justice came
into possession he threw out wing on the east
side-with a veranda to the north, and one on
the south side running across the whole width
the pillars of which are now wound with wood
bine. which hangs In festoons from the cor
nice above
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-17

the kitchen and laundry. These back rooms
are in an Il, with sheds and stables just be-
yond them. The visitor then crosses an open
court yard, upon which the many sleeping
rooms in the right wing of the old mansion
open. An inner hall divides the wing into bed
chambers. In the front is very large room
that was known as Mrs. Gales ROOM" and
in front of it another drawing room. There
are twelve rooms below and fifteen on the
upper floor. Just now the old place is occupied
as summer boarding house, but it stands in
the way of the extension of the city, and soon
nothing will be left of this old landmark,
which has occupied the ground for the greater
part Of q century.
THE DRAWING ROOM
to the left as you enter has an inscription ON .
window pane. evidently scratched with dia-
mond ring, bearing date Of Sunday, January.
1884" In this room il Q round bay window
looking west that gives q very cheerful air to
the place. A wide wooden cornice divides the
ceiling from the wall with a futed line of
beauty. while q centerpiecs of stucco orna-
ments the ceiling. The papering is coming on
and the paint long since disappeared under the
touches OF thrifty houaewifery. Still the old
white frame houses Of the last century deserve
repairs" rather than demolition, for they have
kind Of rambling beauty about them that the
modern house, al bay-windowed, beporched
balconied aud lowered. often lacks-the beauty
of simplicity and comfort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-17
DIR. BOWERS A FREE MAN.
End Of q Remarkable California Grim.
inal Case.

DR.. J. Milton Bowers was convicted in San
Francisco, CAL, in 1886, Of poisoning his wife
in order to obtain insurance on her life amount
ing to $17, 900 and was sentenced to be hanged.
He took an appeal to the supreme court Of tile
state, and on October 20, 1887, before that tri-
bunal had rendered decision, the dead body
of Henry Benhayon, brother Of Bowers wife,
was found in a room in that city. letter was
found purporting to be the confession Of Ben
hayon, that he and not DR.. Bowers was the
cause Of his sisters death. Circumstances led
to the suspicion that the confession was forged
and that Benhayon was murdered, John A.
Dimming being the latter's murderer, but he
was acquitted. A book agent was arrested on
suspicion. The supreme court afterward
granted Bowers q new trial. Yesterday before
Judge Wallace the district attorney moved for
dismissal Of the case on the ground that not
enough evidence could be secured to convict.
The Judge accordingly dismissed the case and
Bowers vas discharged from custody after hsv-
ing been imprisoned in the county Jail for over
three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-17

-ren floor to ceiling. Upon them are the many
$500 that people of culture who travel are
CONSTANTLY picking up, such as vases, quaint
Jugs or Chinese idols.
The justice loved TO relax his mind with
friendly contest over the chess board and here
IN the little table, with its top turned down be-
slde the wall His great leather-covered easy
chair stands beside the square center table,
and another with capacious seat and wide arms
that he loved to rest in--for his daughter Kate
wrought the strip OF embroidery that runs
down the back and over the seat On little
reading stand is a much worn Bible which he
consulted often for guidance, that was pre-
scented 10 him by the Young Mems Bible Society
OF Cincinnati. Ohio, 1S4i." when he was a rising
young lawyer of that city. This, with Grand
pas chairs, are the most precious mementoes
In the room"
Over cabinet with glass and pottery stands
the bust Of Abraham Lincoln. Late books and
magazines are on the center table. for this is
the veritable living room. Here Mrs. Chase's
family congregate around the open wood ire
Of cool evenings or rainy days.
Ny girlish guide said, The brends are always
laid ready to light"
THE DINING ROOM.
Added to the mansion by the late chief JUS
tice is the eastern wing. ihwhich 10 the great
high square dining room. large enough TO ac-
commodate q hundred or more guests. In this
noply proportioned room are gathered many