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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-07-25
Heligoland.

Germanys new acquisition in the
North sea is mile long aud one-third
of mile wida. In size it is not
great acquisition, and will become less
as time goes on, for the action of wind
and waves is fast wiping out Heligo-
land. It's whole population, English
official residents and all, does not ex-
ceed 1000.
The native inhabitants of Heligo-
land are among the most interesting
people of modeIn times. They are
Frisians, a Germanic race who have
kept their blood almost pure from
classic times to the present. They are
large lunged, healthy, strong, slow,
handsome, too, and of more than aver
age size. They live to be very old, so
or 90 being no unusual age with them.
The ancient Tristan language is here
preserved in its greatest purity, and it
resembles the old Anglo Saxon more
than any other tongue. Still the
Heligolanders speak German also and
| often Danish.
The men are fishermen and seamen,
leaving the women to do all the agri-
cultural work, which is not heavy,
since vegetables are the main crop.
Small as the island is there are num-
erous flocks of sheep, which are kept
over winter by feeding them on fish.
The encyclopedia says so.
An ornithologist who has studied
and painted birds of the miniature is
land says lie has found there birds
from every part of the globe, eveh
from Australia and South Africa,
They had been driven to this rocky
refuge by storms.
Although the island has belonged to
England since 1907, German is the
language taught in the schools, but
the Heligolanders seem sublimely in
different to whether they belong to
England, Germany or nobody. They
have had succession of owners, in.
cluding Danes, Germans and English,
but through all they have remalSed
the same, aud kept their lives simple
and honest and their old heathenish
Frisian blood pure, They are beyond
all the fierce excitements of modern
life, political and otherwise. That ii
why they. live so long and are sc
, healthy and good looking, They viii
allow no gambling on their little is
land, though large revenues would ac
crue to them thereby. Heligoland i
a paradise for the tired citizen of tn
: world.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-07-25
The Great Ant-Eater.
1T Is A HIDEoUs ANIMALAND DANGEROUS
To PROVOKE.

1t is most uncauny-looking Great
ure; its curious looking head, with
small eyes aud ears, and extraordinary
long snout endingin diminutive mouth
ITS great fore limbs armed with enor-
NOUS claws, which it carries folded in
upon its plains, and its huge, bushy tail
giving it an odd appearance of being
all out of proportion. This odd ap-
pearance, indeed no doubt gave rise to
the extraordinary stories tfat were
told Of it by the earlier travellers aud
writers-such, for example, as that WIS
in the habit of climbing trees in search
of its food, story which aroused the
wrath Of the late Charles Waterton.
who attacked both the story and its
authors with his usual ferceness. This
author also strongly objected to "the
remark that the long visage of this
most singular quairuped is out of
proportion and unsightly," stating that
he considered it 20 be quite in unison
With the rest of the body, and admir-
ably adapted to the support Of life;"
adding. "What could the ant-besr do
without its tremendous claws and
cylinder-shaped snont, so tough as to
enable it to perforate huge nests of
ants, which in certain districts of South
America appear more like the roofs of
Chinese temples than the work and
habitauons of insignificant little in.
sectsl"
The ant-eater's method of obtaining Q
its food is said to be as follows: Hav,
ing torn open an ant hill with Its
powerful claws it draws its enormous
long, flexible tongue, which is covered
with a glutinous saliva, over the
masses of insects which rush out in de
fense of their home, with the result
that numbers of them adhere to it and
are thus drawn into the animals moutl
and b quickly is this opperation re
peated that we are assured that tn,
tongue is put out and drawn in agair
. covered with the insects twice in sec
oni. Quaint DR.. Brookes describe,
the process as follows: "He Uhe ant
, eater lives upon ants, and when h
|, has found out one of their nests h
y opens the upper part of it with hi
> claws that he may have room to put il
), his snout and tongue. This is besmear
ed with Shiny liquor and is 500
: covered with ants, which, when h
finds, he draws it into his mouth an
swallows them. He repeats this prac'
ice as long as there are any remainin!
or at least as long as they will run int
the SAME snare. When he is hungr
. again he will go in quest of anothe
. nest" The tongue is wonderful OF
. gan, much longer than the head, roun
! and capable of beng projected sixtee
- or eighteen inches; in appearance it
= very much like an enormous worn
- when at rest it is bent back ward in tn
70 mouth, or, as DR. Brooks has it, "he
obliged to bend part of it back whe
= ;, he keeps it within his mouth, for it
- long enough to hold it without tn
y artifice" When the animal at the ZC
a is fed this curious tongue is most II
~ ticeable, sweeping round the pan
~ which the food is contained in a mo
~ extraordinary Enthusiastically Il
" Uieto.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-07-25

A CoURrLY JoKE-This occurred in
the Pittsburgh license court; Did you
ever have retail license7' "My son.
in-law had" "What does your son-in-
law 10 nowV "Hes an undertaken"
Attorney Cohen-"That's a good bust
ness Judge Ewing-"lt will be il
we license all these applicants"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-07-25

"Why, Mister Singer, has dey turn
ed you off down at de hotel whar
you's bin woIkin7'
x-Waiter-"Not zaotly, 1t comes
bout dis way. You Sec dey tod me
dey didn't hab no furder use fur me
after dis mornin', aud | iist got mad
and quit"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-07-25

Mr. Crisscross-P me the butter,
please.
Miss Featherbone - With all my
heart.
Mr., Criscross - Only the butter,
please.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-07-25
What II Does.
Hoods Sarsaparilla

Hoods Sarsaparilla
1. Purifies the blood.
2. Creates an appetite.
3. Strengthens the nerves.
!. Makes the weak strong.
5. Oyeroomes that tired feeling,
6, Cures scrofula, salt rheum, etc,
7. lnvigorates the kidneys and liver.
s. Relieves headache, Indigestion,
dyspepsia.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12
Care of the Sick.

In severe cases of bowel and stomach
trouble it is often difficult to find food that
can be retained in the stomach long enough
to nourish the patient or tina, does not act
Us All irrtunt. Now, there is something
called mutton cllstard which is both heal
ing and nourishing. 1t has been used in
critical cases with the most gratifying re-
suits. The materials of which ii is made
are one quart of milk. two ounces of NUT
ton >uet, Il stick ofcinnamon about five
inches long, and one tablespoonful of flour.
The suct must he from the kidneys, sweet
and Tree from all tough membrane. Shred
j, very tine and put it in the double boiler,
with the cinnamon and milk, rcsclying
no vcvcr, gill of the cold milk. Cook Tor
one hour, and then strain. Return tn the
double boiler and place on the fire. Now
mix the cold milk with the flour. and stir
into the hot mixture. Cook for ten min
he will willingly take, say half pint every
four or five hours. Keep the patient warm
and quiet
One other point in the care ofthe sick
When one is suffering from neuralgia inthc
head, put him in Il warm bed. Make
brick very hot and cover it with several
thickncsses of flannel. Fold u coarse thick
brick ON this and wet thoroughly with rum.
Rest the most painful part OF the head or
face on the brick and throw blanket over
the patient, covering the head. Keep COW
cred in this way until the pain ceases.
When the blanket is removed, wipe the
moisture from the head, face and neck and
then battle in alcohol or rum, to prevent
the taking of u cold.
Another remedy is to make salt very hot
Ivy stirring it over tho fire in trying-pa
Then pour it into bag. which should be Sc
curely tied. Have the patient lie down and
cover him well. Place the bag of hot salt
on that part ol the head or ace where the
pain is located. The saltwil retain the heat
a long time. This method is much easier
than the first, but it will not relieve one so
quickly no, so Observation-Disclosures Parloa,
in Housewife.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12
Quick Wit.

Andrew Lang says OF Americans
that they are "almost too good
company" and that their enlivening
effect upon the objected Britons"
with whom they are thrown is often
very startling. Even amongst our
most animated countrymen. how
ever, conversation is not made such
n distinct art as it was with the Eng
lish wits n century ago.
Few people nowadays make them
selves masters of repartee, and when
n man does practice turns and quips
OF speech we are likely to listen to his
utterances. One such professional
talker was reproducing n Young lady
at IL party because, as lie declared,
she had promised to go out to sup
per with him rather than with tho
gentleman who was actually ut her
side.
Very WELL" said he tragically, 81
say no more now, but after supper
MIR. A-and shall meet for mortal
combat"
Now you're silly" said the pout-
ing beauty.
NO, Pm not silly; Pm scylla, was
the quick reply. "And Mr.A-
is Charybdis. Take your choice!"
On the same night, just as he was
leaving the house and preparing to
step into his cab. another friend also
emerged.
Halo. j." said the latter, II
didn't know you were round"
''ies, was the answer. Pm round,
and now Pm going to roll home"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12

sprung Mt the back of the doctor, and
wound their coils around him. twinin,
strong strands of ,aw-hidc rope about his
arms, legs and body. Bound as in frame
OF elastic STEEL from which there was no
escape, their victim was thrown, face down
ward upon he sand
BE quick. Pedillo! the time is flying
Gomez. bring the corpse trestlc from the
chapel"
In Il moment II wooden frame with legs,
and stretched across With q bed of light
wire, which had been used to carry the
mortal remains of the pirates--and the
poor women, too, beside thcm-:o their
last resting places was brought from the
little church. Then the bound victim was
laid on it, face upward; again the hide
thongs were placed in numerous plaits I'M
til the body was l,shed firmly to the trestlc.
place it OH the edge of that rcck there with
his head toward the cocoa nut tree. take
we'll np to the trunk. There, that will do.
/ myself will perform the last act of polite
ness
Saving this. the pirate wilened the moose
of the cord. and slipping it over the doc
tors head, he placed the knot cnrciullyun-
der his left ear. The victim gave no groan
or sigh, and his dark luminous eyes We're
fixed on the blue SKY above him in heaven.
Monsieur lc docteur. said Captain
Brand, MS he hurric,lly looked at his watch
and raised his hat, Il have but one word of
caution to give you; If YOU struggle YOU
will have Your neck broken before YOU are
stung to death. Talk rs much MS you like:
but as Eabctte isn long way of and hard of
hearing, doubtif she comes to your as
sstnnce. Adicu,"
The rctreating figures went leaping to-
ward the inlet. and. as they rushed through
the sheds, theyapplied torch TO the com
buStlblc materials deposited there, and then
srrang on towards the Tigers Trap 4
few minutes aftcrwnrl the doctor turned
his eyes i'll that direction and saw the sails
of the brgantinc slceted home and run ,p
like magic; and taking the last breath Of
the sea breeze on her1rnrtcr the stern fast
was cast off, and she slipped easily out of
the gorge like channel. Still rs those dark,
stern eyes watched the rcccding hull Of
the schooner, Sudden jar shook the isl
and, heavy column of white smoke rose
from below the crag like wnter-spou., and,
spreading out like palm-t tree, came down
i'll Il dciuge of timber. stones, and dust,
while sheets of livid flame leapcd out from
the gloom and an awful peal, in dull,
heavy, booming roar that shook the crlg to
its lGase. announced the ruin of the pirate S
den. Attic same time the red fire gleam-
ed i'll titsnl flashes from the sheds, and
rapidly making Roadway. nil Mt once broke
forth in wild contligmtion. till the whole
nest WAS wrapped i'll flames The shock
ofthc explosion and the fires killed the
wind, and Il lnrid pail of smoke and cinders
hung like gloomy canopy over tho island
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12

Cremated in Burning Brandy.
A shocking incident occurred the
other afternoon in Paris. An APP
prentice baker was carrying IL jar
containing about six gallons OF
brandy on his shoulder up Il dark
staircase where a jet Of gas is gener-
ally burning. On the second land
ing he missed his foot and stumbled
against the wall. The jar broke, the
liquor came in contact with the gas
and in a moment the unfortunate
Iad was enveloped in flames of burn.
ing spirit. His heartrending cries
brought the tenents out but the heat
was so great that they could not get
near him for some time, and he died
before their eyes in intense suffering.
When the police and the doctors ar
rived they found nothing but IL body
completely calcined. and it took
them some time to prevent the burn
ing brandy setting fire to the wood
work on the whole house.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12
He Got Easilv.

The following incident, which &C.
cured in Cincinnati, shows that Gin
,innati women have more ready
money than ready wits: A Mrs. Me.
land, living on Jane Street, was vic.
timized in an original manner one
afternoon. y stranger knocked
at the door about II O'Clock and
told Mrs. Nieland that her son had
been arrested and that $25 was i'm.
mediately necessary as bail money
for him. Without thinking of uncer.
tainty of the mans identity Mrs.
Nieland gave him the money. At 4
O'Clock the son, who was supposed to
have been arrested, came home, and
it was found that there was nothing
whatever in the story except the $2l
for the sharper.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12
Hired Women Bathers,

l learned recently of a new device
on the part of n hotel keeper to draw
trade. Noticing u large crowd col.
lected about a bathing place or
which were situated the bath houses
and pavilion ola very ordinary ho'
tel, journeyed thither to satisfy a
not unreasonable curiosity. The
crowd was engaged in looking at
three young women who had Just
emerged from the water. The women
were fairly handsome, and owned
fine forms, which were somewhat
fully exhibited. One had full bath
ing costume of crimson, the second
wore pale blue and the other wore
white. They displayed no embar-
rassment as they walked along with
n multitude of eyes resting upon
them. The young women, l was
told, were employed by the hotel
keeper for the purpose of attracting
n crowd to his bathing houses and
pavilion. They serve their pur.
pose successfully.-Long BranchCor
Troy Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12
Dlffusive Farming.

The London (Eng) Standard of July 1G
concludes considcratc article on the bad
prospects for English farmers the present
season, as follows:
1t is much to be hoped. therefore, that the
proposals now under consideration By the
Great Eastern Railway company will not
be allowed to drop but will rather be taken
up by others. 1t is only in this direction
that we can look Tor the satisfactory solu-
ton OF an agrarian problem of which the
pressure, if not urgent, is likely to be CON-
tinuons. 1t is Il mistake to suppose that
the race either of small farmers or OF old
fashioned yeomen is extinct. They are to
he found i'll every county in England, but
not upon the scale which is necessary in
order to SATISFY the demands of the agricul-
tural laborers as class. 1t is highly de-
sirablc that their legitimate aspirations
should be recognized; but it would be only
Il cruel kindness in the majority OF instances
to turn them into small corn growing farm.
ers. Let them produce milk and honey,
butter, fruit and vegetables. provide them
with facilities lordisposing of their produce
at reasonable profit, and then we may ex-
pect to see the thorny question of "restor-
ing the vcasantry to the land" settled on
safe foundation, and on sound economical
principles.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12
An transformations Man.

One of the most transformations
men of whom there is any record,
written or unwritten, died lately.
He was on his deathbed, surrounded
by Borrowing friends and relatives,
in n voice weakened by disease, vet
fraught with deep earnestness, he
said:
81 know you are all quite fond Of
me and sorry to see me go, which is
very satisfactory at this time. When
l am slowed away for good and all,
you will probably place a tombstone
or monument to mark the spot
where l am buried. Don't let it be
gaudy or expensive; just something
plain, Above all don't allow any
thing fulsome chiseled on the stone.
In short, let there be no flighty lit.
eraturc. just put on it my name
and the letters s. Y. L. See you
later"
Having received satisfactory
promises that his wishes should be
obeyed to the letter-even the three
letters-this transformations man
turned his face to the wall and mod
estly died.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12
A School Tor Housewiferv-

The domestic laboratory of Mr.
Dwight L. Moody's seminary at
Mortified was organized by Miss
Huntington, of the Wilson Mission
Kitchen Garden in New York, and is
carried on by teachers other train
ing. One hundred girls are here
taught honsewitery and sewing,
cooking, washing, table waiting and
fine laundry work as exact sciences,
and not as makeshift employments.
Mr.. Moody's seminary was founded
for pupils having high aims but
small means, who may by it's means
obtain thorough education at the
lowest cost, with the tacit UNDER
standing that every graduate, both
OF it's acadmic and domestic science
courses. will be moved to teach what
she had learned, either privately or
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bazaar.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12
The Unprogressive Barber,

One of the preplexing problems Of
life, to the man who cannot handle q
razor upon his own face, is the un-
reasonable and aggravating habit
which the average barber has of rub.
bling soap into his victims chin I'LL.
til the skin is in q state of irritation
and the bone aches with the pressure
Of muscular fingers. The barber
says that the process renders the
the hair soft, but Mt this point science
takes the issue with him, and saws
that the skin alone is affected. The
victim groans, changes BARRIERS in
vain, and finally settles down to the
conviction that he must endure this
barbarous massage or let his beard
grow. The process seems to be n
mere tradition, II sort OF trade fetch,
and no amount Of persuasion will in
duce the operator to exchange his
harsh fingers Tor the more gentle
brush, unless the victims form an as
sociation for the protection of the
chin or the amelioration of it's suffer.
inSs.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12
Harrison Not a Wine-BIbber.

There has been some controversy among
the various temperance organizations over
the question as to whether President Har-
risom was Il nc-bibbcr. Some of the dis
putants have stated that the quantity of
wines consumed in the White House was
disgraceiul. In order to get Mt the true in
wardness of the matter Mrs. Ellen J. Phin-
ncy. president OF the Non-I artison Nations
nj ": c. I. T., recently addressed letter
to Mrs. Lydia III. Tilton, president of the
District OF Columbia branch of the union,
asking her to furnish the bottom iacts.
Mrs Tilton has replied that while it is
true that wine has been furnished ut state
dinners by the present admins ration, and
by every other except during that of Hayes,
il is also true that very few official homes
during this administration furnished wine,
and even when it is furnished the example
u. the Harrisons, Wananakers. Windows,
Millcrs. Proctors Illusions, Hepburns, Dor
cllc.ters, Fosters, Morgans and many 9TH
cr, have restraining influence Scarcely
any d the men selected by President Harri-
son as his advisers ever take wine Blaine
is now n total abstaincr. President Harri-
son and Mrs. Harrison never under any cir
cumstances anywhere take wine. Never
since the days OF Mrs Hayes has so little
wine been taken Mt public official receptions
in Washington as during the present ad
mniStration."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-12

Well, now, my Henri, you are weak and
sick. my poor little boy! but listen to me:
yes, feel your little hands on my eyes.
Well, bite upon that cord that goes across
my throat. Bite till it snaps asunder! I
am nearly choking, little one, but don't
cry"
True!t the stripes Of raw hide, which had
partially slackened in the ruin that had
washed the body of the victim, now began
to tanten again in the sultiy heat Of the
morning, lay half hidden in tho swollen
throat, stomach, and limbs Of the tortured
sufferer.
Ienri's sharp little teeth fastened upon
the strand, biting and gna wing, until finally
1t was severed, and the doctor gave great
sigh of relief.
blessings on YOU, my poor boy!" he
murmured, painfully. 'Now bite away on
the strands which bind the arm. There!
Don't! don't hurry! rest alittle. my child!
All, it is well!'
Again those sharp little teeth off mouse
had gnawed through a net which bound the
lion hearted man: the ends of the raw hide
drew hack and twisted into spiral curls and
the right arm, though numb and four times
its original size, was free.
Thanks DO to God for all his mercies!"
exclaimed the doctor, as with difficulty he
rlisei his released arm to his face and
pushed back the swollen lids from his closed
eyes-"and to YOU, my little friend for
saving this wretched life!"
Waiting u few moments to recover his
strength. the doctor made IL mighty effort.
and some of the coils whose strands had
been cut by those little teeth yielded and
gradually nnrove, so as to leave the upper
part of his body free. Then, while the child
was once more cutting the lashngs of his
feet, he himself unfastened the knots of
his left arm, and by vigorous effort he
tore the net from off him and sat upright.
Clnspng his numbed aud swollen hands
together, lie turned his face and almost
sigh;lcss eyes to heaven.
May this awful trial serve rs partial
forgiveness of my sins and make me bet
ter mani"
lie paused and laid his heavy arms
around the child, while warm and grateful
tears trckled down his cheeks. Slowly.
and like y drunken man, his feet sought the
sand, and then, weak. trembling, and faint,
he staggered along the path-the boy trip
ping lightly before him-till he fell OK.
hausted OH the floor of the chapel.
'Water, my Henri! water!"
The child scooped it out from the stone
bowl with his tiny hands and sprinkled il
on his friends face.
"There, that will suffice, my brave boy!
Lay yonr cheek to Miner
What a sight it was. That dark, swollen.
powerful frame lying on the coral pavement.
and the innocent child Ikea ,iew-drop ON
the leaf ola red tropical flower. nesting
close hcside him.
TO BE CoNrISrED.