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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07
TWO STORIES.


When Nine. Sontag began her must
cal career she was Kissed off the stage
at Vienna by the friends of her rival,
Amelia Steininger, who had already
begun to decline through her dissipa-
ton. Years passed on, and one day
Nine. Sontag, in her glory, was riding
through the streets of Berlin when she
saw little child leading a blind wo-
man, and she said: ''Come here, my
little child, come here. Who is that
you are leading by the hand" And
the little child replied: ''That's my
mother; that's Amelia Steininger. She
used to be great singer, but she lost
her voice, and she cried SO much about
it that she lost her eyesight." ''Give
my love to her." said Nine. Sontag,
land tell her an old acquaintance will
call on her this afternoon.
The next week in Berlin a vast as
semblage gathered at a benefit for that
poor blind woman, and. it was said that
Nine. Sontag sang that night as she
had never sung before. And she took
a skilled oculist, who in vain tried to
give eyesight to the poor blind woman.
Until the day of Amelia Steininger's
death Nine Sontag took care of her, and
her daughter after her. That was what
tie queen of song did for her enemy.
But, oh, hear a more thrilling story
still. Blind immortal, poor and lost,
thou who, when the world and Christ
were rivals for thy heart, didst hiss thy
lord away-Christ comes now to give
thee sight, to give thee home, to give
thee heaven. With more than a Son
tags generosity he comes now to meet
your need. With more than a Sontags
music he comes to plead for thy deliv-
erance
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07
Hero are neonle who saw st saw

Here are people who say, 81 saw a
Christian brother die, and he tri-
umphed." And some one else, II saw
Christian sister die, and she tri-
umphed" Some one else will say, sI
saw a Christian daughter die, and she
triumphed. Come, all We who have
seen the last moments of a Christian,
and give testimony in this cause on
trial Uncover your heads, put your
hand on the old family Bible from
which they used to read the promises,
and promise in the presence of high
heaven that you will tell the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth
With what you have seen with your
own eyes, and from what you have
heard with your own ears, is there
power in this Gospel to give calmness
and triumph in the last exigency? The
response comes from all sides, from
young and old and middle aged: 1--WE
are witnesses"
MILLIONS OF WITNESSES.
You see, my friends, I have not put
before you today an abstraction, or
chimera, or anything like guesswork
present you affidavits of the best men
and women, living and dead. Two
witnesses in court will establish fact.
Here are not two Witnesses but thou
sands of witnesses-on earth millions
of witnesses, and in heaven a great
multitude of witnesses that no man can
number, testifying that there is power
in this religion to convert the SOUL to
give comfort in trouble and to afford
composure in the last hour. If ten
men should come to you when you are
sick with appalling sickness and say
they had the same sickness, and took
certain medicine and it cured them, you
would probably take it.
Now, suppose ten other men should
come up and say, 1--WE don't believe
there is anything in that medicine"
'Well," I say, ''have you ever tried
itT' mo, never tried it, but don't
believe there is anything in it," Of
course you discredit their testimony.
The skeptic may come and say, There
is no power in your religion" ''Have
you ever tried itT' 'No, no." '"Then,
avaunt!" Let me take the testimony
of the millions of souls that have been
converted to God, and comforted in
trial, and solaced in the last hour. We
will take their testimony as they cry,
eve are witnesses"
Some time ago Professor Henry, of
Washington, discovered new star, and
the tidings spread by submarine tele-
graph, and all the observatories of
Europe were watching for that new
star Oh, nearer, looking out through
the darkness of thy soul today, canst
thou see bright light beaming on thee9
'FWhere2" you say; "where? How can
1 find it?' Look along by the line of
the cross of the Son of God. Do you
not see it trembling with all tenderness
and beaming with all hope? 1t is the
Star of Bethlehem.
Deep horror then my vitals frOze,
Death struck, ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly star arose
1t the Star of Bethlehem.
Oh, nearer, get your eye on it. 1t Is
easier for you now to become Christian
than it is to stay away from Christ and
heaven.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07

What made her so composed2 Nat
ural courage? mo" you say; ''moth-
er was very nervous; when the carriage
inclined to the side of the road she
would cry out; she was always rather
weakly" What, then, gave her com
posure? Was it because she did not
care much for you and the pang of
parting was not create ooh" you say,
''she showered upon US wealth of af
lection; no mother ever loved her chill
dren more than mother loved US; she
showed it by the way she nursed us
when we were sick, and she toiled for
us until her strength gave out" What,
then, was it that gave her composure
in the last hour? Do not hide it. Be
frank and let me know s'Oh," YOU
say, 1T was because she was SO good :;
she made the Lord her portion, and
she had faith that she would go straight
TO glory and that we should all meet
her at last at the foot of the throne
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-07-07

are thousands of people in this assem-
blage today who are no more what they
once were than a waterlily is night
chado, or morning lark is vulture,
Or day is night.
Now, if l should demand that all
those people here present who have felt
the converting power of religion should
rise, SO far from being ashamed they
would spring to their feet with more
alacrity than they ever sprang to the
dance, the tears mingling with their
exhilarations as they cried: I'VE are
witnesses" And if they tried to sing
the old Gospel hymn they would break
down with emotion by the time they
got to the second line:
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The Queen Pays All Expenses.

Tie Queens last Free Trip to Europe
having excited such universal interest, the
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person sending them the largest list of Eng
lish words constructed from letters con-
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05
NEWS NOTES.

John Kohn, tax collector OF West Hale
ton is missing. He is short 800 In his
accounts.
A wholesale system Of defrauding farm
ers has come to light near Pittsburg. A
man named W. ID. King represents him,
self as agent for the Pennsylvania Insur
ance Company. He gets an initiation fee
OF $25 and disappears.
Judge Stanley Woodward has been re-
nominated by the Democrats of Luzerne.
Mrs. Wuchter is still fasting, and hal
now been 1853 days without food.
While walking in the eastern part of Al
toona recently at an early hour, Samue
France was brutally assaulted by thre,
footpads, and robbed of large sum o
money. In the struggle his tongue wa
almost torn from its roots, and he wa
unable TO speak when found. His recov
cry is doubtful.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05
PennsyIvania Canal.
LITTLE HOPE THAT IT WILL BE UsRD MUCH
LONGER.

HARRISBURG, Sept. 2.-For the past ten
years the Pennsylvania Canal company
has been steadily decluining until now
there seems but little hope that the opera
tions over the canal will continue many
years longer. For some years past the
only part of the canal. with trihing excep
tions, which has produced any net earn
ings, or has earned the cost of its annual
maintenance, has been what is called "the
main line," extending from Nanticoke to
Columbia, a distance Of 144 miles, which
has continued to transport such coal as
could not from time to time, find car or
other facilities by railroad, and the in
creasing facilities and diminishing rates Of
the several railroad lines, there seems little
probability of any increase in the canal
tonnage. In 1889 many Of the divisions
| were, to great extent, destroyed by the
| unprecedented freshets Of that date. The
Juniata division from Newton Hamilton
| dam to Rope Ferry, distance Of ffty.six
miles, was entirely destroyed. The West
Branch division was destroyed to con-
Il
Loyalsock, was mostly obliterated. The
Western division was destroyed, in the
Eastern division damage was also done, but
restored at cost of $35,294 SO. The
| West Branch division was also restored at
a cost of s72, ,s46.6l as far west as Muncy
Dam, but all the portion west Of Loyal
sock has been abandoned. The company
favors the abandoning and selling of all
the canal but the main line. But, even if
these parts Of the canal, which can no
longer earn their cost Of maintenance
should be abandoned and sold, there 10 at
present new and serious obstacle to real
izing net earnings, even on the main line,
This is due to a sudden advance made
during the past year In it's tolls on snthra.
cite destined for tidewater by the Susque
hanna Canal company, which is, in
effect, prohibitory. This has induced the
Susquehanna Coal company, which is sub
} stsntially the only remaining anthracite
canal shipper, to make new arrangement
for all the rail transportation OF its Who'll,
product, so far as destined for tidewster
which will probably curtail consider
ably the canal shipments to tidewatel
in future, even II practicable tolls should
be agreed on.
In their report the company says tina
all the available money and credit hav,
been exhausted in the repairs Of the East
ern and lower West Branch divisions an,
the lower part Of the Juniata division. /
: has been found impossible to borrow an,
considerable funds in view OF the heav,
mortgage liens now existing on the proper
ty, the annual interest on which large
a exceeded the earning capacity Of the CON
+ pany, even before the damage of this year
r and 1t will be impossible to complete tn
!. repairs, until more funds or increase
earnings can be procured OF made avail
!. able.
. The only repairs made this year alon
6 the entire line was the building OF a COT
station at Harrisburg.
1t thus appears that the future prospec,
II of the canal are not very encouraging an
|, that not many years will elapse before tn
! Pennsylvania canal will become a thing
the past.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05
All kinds of school supplies at MERGERS

A large audience greeted Mr.. Frank
Mayo on his first appearance in our city
last evening. We had never seen the play
before, and we may now say we have
rarely been better pleased or entertained
than by the faultless presentation. Mr..
Mayo links so completely his own identity
in the noble character of "Crockett" that
one becomes unconscious Of the surround.
ings, and is impressed with the reality Of
of the scene and persons. Nothing more
natural, graceful, and freer from gush oi
rant have we ever seen on the stage thai
Mayo's "Crockett;" aud, indeed we may
say that 80 faithful portraiture OF
chivalrous, pure, and noble character If
equal to ermon-Sdpannoh (Ga.) Ners.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05

Mrs. Conill of Milton is visiting her SIS
ter Mrs. f. M. Leader.
Miss Ella A. Fox will return to Philadel-
delphia on Saturday.
Chas. w. McKelvy Jr. has taken charge
of the books at l. W...McKelVy's store.
CT. Knapp, who has been sick for
several weeks, is able to be out again.
Miss Maud Runyan has been engaged as
organist at the Episcopal church.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. e. Writ spent Sunday
in Hazleton.
John II. Aikmau has resigned as clerk
to the School Furnishing Company. j. f..
Peacock has been appointed in his stead.
Mrs. G. A. Knorr and youngest son, OF
Cleveland, Ohio, visited her father Jacob
Dieffenbach, during the past week,
Prof. c. p. Zaner of Columbus, Ohio,
visited his parents Mr.. and Mrs. job n
Zaner, lat Zaners this week
Col. and Mrs. j. G.. Freeze are at Ganog a
Lake. The Colonel goes there annually to
avoid hay fever,
Surgeon General Grier and son, of Wash
ington, D. c. are the guests of Rev. |. M.
Patterson.
William B. Given Esq, Editor of the
Columbia Herald was in town on Monday.
He is member Of the bar, add was here
on legal business.
Fred keller delivered an address before
the summer Normal school at Muncy last
week Thursday. His speech is highly
spoken of.
MIR. Earnest N. Perrin of New York has
Joined his family here, where they have
been spending the summer with Mrs. Per-
rims parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Voris, returned to Belle
fonte on Tuesday. Mrs. Voris has been
at her fathers, l.. Bernhard, all summer,
and Mr. Voris has been here couple oil
weeks.
Miss Rose Slckler of Wyoming county,
graduate OF the Normal School in the class
of 1890, starts on Saturday for San Fran
cisco, and will sail on the 10th for Nankin,
China, where she will engage in mission
ary work. Miss Sickler is very bright
young lady, and has written some excellent
poems which have been published in
pamphlet form.
Simpson e. Ferree has located at Mimi
eapolis, Mimi. and is engag ed in the prac
ticelof law. Henry s. Mead is his partner
and their office is at 765 Temple court
Mr.. Ferree is son of Prof. Ferree, form
erly OF the Normal, and was admitted u
the bar in this county, Ikeler " Herring
being his preceptors, He is young mai
of ability, and we wish him abundant sue
cess.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05
Taking erect MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1899.
oprrrrr ,pprry
SALES.

SATURDAY, SEPT 6.-John II. Davis and
Priscilla Troy, Administrator of the estate
of Charles b. Troy will sell So acres of
land in Beaver township. Sale will COM
mence at 10 o'clock.
For SALE-Dwelling houses in Blooms
burg, Orangeville, Espy and Rupert Pa.
Farms in Pennsylvania, Kansas and Vir-
ginia. Vacant lots in Bloomsbury. Store
properties. Grist mills and other property
by M. p. Lutz, Insurance and Real Estate
Agent, Bloomsbury, Pa.
For SALR.--House and lot In Rupert,
lot 100 K 140 IT. Two story, house, with
nine rooms. Bay windows, Out
kitchen, ice and coal house, good stable,
chicken aud pig pen. CHOICE fruit, ever
green trees, good water, Two railroads,
Twelve trains day each way, to Blooms
burg, fare SC round trip. Low taxes. A
great bargain, il taken soou.
= M. P. Lutz, Insurance & Real Est. Agt'
For SALH.-Fine building lot, Main st.,
near Normal School. Apply to
G. w. KRITER.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05

The management of the Columbia Coun
ty Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechan-
ical Association are making special ef'
fort TO have their next Fair to be held al
bloomsbury, Pa, October 10th, 18th, l7th
and 18th, the largest and best ever held by
the Society. The premium list has been
revised aud the premiums on many ar
tices increased The purses for the racer
are the largest ever offered and from pres
ent indications this will be an attractive
feature this fall. A fireman's contest OF
Thursday is open to all organizations o
iremen who desire to compete. This II
an additional attraction.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05
Pensions! Veterans! !
The Disability Pension Bill

Act of June 81, 1890 grants pensions to
all ex-soldiers and sailors who served 90
days or more in the Army or Navy during
the rebellion, and were honorably discharg-
ed, and who are now suffering from any
permanent, mental or physical disability
contracted stree the war or during the war
whether from disease, injuries or effects OF
old age, at the rate Of from SO to $12 per
month, according to the degree of his dis.
ability for the performance OF labor requir-
ing the exertion OF physical strength ;
provided the disability is not due to yici-
GUS habits. This pension is not restricted
to the veterans who have TO make their
living by hard labor, but is equally due to
professional men or clerks, provided they
have an existing disability which would
prevent the continuous exercise OF the
physical strength of an able-bodied man.
Those who have applied under the gen.
eral laws and who are unable to prove up
| the pending claim can apply for aud Sc
| cure this pension and then continue the
prosecution of the former claim aud secure
| their ar cars.
II YOU are now drawing small pension,
| say % or 81 per month, you can take this
pension instead, ard il you have an appli
cation on file for increase or additiona
pension for new disabilities you can cou
II
drawing the new pension, or you can fil'
an original claim for disability contract
ed in the service while drawing pension
under this new act.
Widows, children, and dependent moth
ers and fathers are entitled under this &C
and can suspend the prosecution of any
pending claim, and take this pension, AM
afterwards complete the prior claim ant
get arrears.
Having been duly appointed an Agen
according to the rules and regulations o
the Department of the Interior in the pros
ecution of such claims and having had sue
cess in q number Of cases l am always pre-
pared to give information and assist claim
ants, and will assure them success il the
are able to establish the facts as require
by law.
Those interested should call soon an
claim their reward,
! GEORGE w. STERNER,
Nor IN Marie 81.
7-1S-6m. Bloomsburs Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05

The new Town Hall will be dedicated
with appropriate ceremonies on Thursday
afternoon. All business places In town
will be closed from 10 to 9 o'clock. The
program published two weeks ago will be
followed with the exception of the follow
ing changes: G. g. Barkley, Esq. will
speak on the Law, in place of Judge FL
well who is confined to his house by illness
DR.. j. ]. Brown on Medicine, Ri place OF
DIR. ]. B. KcKelvy; L. s. Wintersteen Esq
on The Manufacturers, In place Of William
Neal who is absent, and j. NJ. Hover, on
The Mechanics in place OF X. II. Ringler
The Sons of Veterans, G. A. r. and tn.
fire companies and the two bands will par
ticlpate in the parade.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05
Hold IL to the Light,

The man who tells you confidently just
what will cure your cold is prescribing
kemp's Balssm this year. In the prepara-
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and colds no expense is spared to combin q
only the best and purest ingredients. Hold
bottle of Kemp's Balsam to the light and
look through it; notice the bright, clear
look; then compare with other remedies
Price 50c and 81.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05
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