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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-27

Aoores Revealed Remedy win give yea
strength.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-27

Umbrellas. just in. Chester cleary.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-27

The Financial Chronicle, the Philadelphia
Ledger, the Springfield Eepubtfcdn and the New
YORK Times have all figured on the census re-
turns and arc agreed that about two million
of population, or total about equal to the
state Of Massachusetts,. must have escaped the
enumrators. Like claims we're made by Mime
apolis and ST. Paul, but the recount worked the
other way
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-01-24
Woman of the Bahamas.

Hopetown women-I write it with
due reverence-are peculiar: They
are beautiful, and yet they are not
beautiful. The climate in this quar- or
of the globe is made for love, lazinass
and what Catullus summoned up in
the word "voluptas." There is gold
en- glow in the atmosphere, dreamy
tropic mellowness which rounds the
angular unrest of life to a luxurious
philosophy. Climate conditions tend
to the production of rare quality of
female beauty But female beauty is
complex affair. In the higher men, al
activities-those which illuminate the
face and give it vivacity and piquancy
the Hopetown girl is wanting. The
same lack of cultivation is marked in
her face which is observed in orie; tai
beauties. Her face can set the heart
of healthy uian to working like a re-
spiration pump. But their liquid dep
tbs are lighted by no spiritual fl e.
Theirs is a physical loveliness; and the
same is true of her large tremulous
mouth and her ripe, carnation lips.
Heriform is that of Juno rather than
of Venus, and her hands and feet are
of liberal dimensions. The Hopetown
woman up to the age of IL or ~ is a
little girl, and either plays with her
numerous brothers in Parliamentary
lane, the one street of the village, or
wades among the natural oyster beds
in the harbor in search of pearls. A
short twelvemonth Of the tropic sun.
shine then'does wonders, and the little
maid is changed into maturing wo-
man. The fashionable age for mar
riage is l3 and IA for a woman and II
and Is for the man, though it is not N
the least uncommon for a woman to
marry year or two earlier than the
age mentioned From IA to 18 he,
beauty is an inspiration. At 30 she i,
becoming passe, AT 25 she is middle
aged aud at 80 an old woman. AT 81
sine ia hatchet- faced, toottless ha ,,
smoking villainous clay pipe and in
dulging in surreptitious nips of a fiery
liquor distilled in Cuba from suaa
cane and sold at low rates In the BAHIA
mag, known to the Spanish as aguad
lente and to the Bamahese as "hoggod
ems. ~ Y Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-01-24

A WONDERFUL STORY RELATED BY A
TRUTHFUL KANSAS EDITOR.

Large deposits of ice, imbedded IN
earth and covered with moss, have
been discovered in Idaho. The ice
will be mined aud shipped TO Western
cities. IL is not known whether the
deposits are relics of the glacial age or
the CONCEALED breath Of frontier liar.
The above item has been gong the
rounds of the newspapers for some
time, and indeed IL reads very like
"the congealed breath Of the frontier
liar;" but, remarks the editor of the
Atchlson (Kan.) Patriot, we beg to
say that forty years since we were
travelling in Idaho during the month
of August. The weather was hot,
and there had been no rain for some
time, so that the grass was very dry.
One afternoon we passed around
spur of mountain, bringing TO our view
a basin.shaped plane of apparently
some thousands Of acres in extent.
This was covered with greener grass
than we had met with for more than a
month. Our mules seemed pleased
with the prospect of square meal, so
to speak, and leaving the "trail" we
moved toward the ceuter of the mea-
dow where the grass was tallest.
When thirty or forty miles from the
trail the ground began to give under
the mules feet, aud so soft was it we
began to think there was no bottom.
Turning about we found more solid
place, and dismounting we made an
A sod of earth and
grass roots, varying in thickness from
six to twenty inches, was spread on a
sheet of ice about eight inches thick at
The point we examined. The ice was
On what seemed to be great lake, the
depth or extent of which we had no
opportunity of investigating. We
mined some of the ice, however, and
tlled our water tank with it. This we
assure our readers, is true story, al
5hough we admit it reads more like
'the congealed breath of frontier
lar than the writings OF a truthful
editor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-01-24
The Diamonds Origin.
A SUBJECT WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN SET
TLEE BY SCIENTISTS.

The origin of the diamond has been
fruitful topic for speculation among
scientists; hence many contradictory
theories have been advanced and ar
gued with some show of reason; but,
all that has been said and written upon
the subject, we are still left pretty
much in the dark. Some of the theor-
les are very ingenious and interesting,
though the amount of truth they EN-
body remains to be proved. 1t has
been suggested that the vapors of car
bon during the coal period may have
been condensed and crystalized into
the diamond, and again, the itasolu-
mite, generally regarded as the matrix,
was saturated with petroleum, which
collecting in nodules, formed the gem
by gradual crystalzation,
Newton believed it to have been a
coagulated unctuous substance OF veg
etable origin, and was sustained In the
theory by many eminent philosophers,
including Sir ID. Brewster, who be-
leved the diamond was opce mass of
gum, derived from a certain species OF
wood, and that it subsequently assum-
ed a crystalline form. Dana and
others advance the opinion that it may
have been produced by the slow de
composition of vegetable material, and
even from animal matter. Burton
says it is younger than gold, ami sug
gests the possibility that it may still
be in process of formation, with capa
city Of growth. Specimens of tn,
diamond have been found TO inclos
particles of gold, an evidence, h'
thinks, that its formation was NOR,
recent than that of the precious metal
The theory that the diamond wa
formed Immediately from carbon b,
the action of heat is opposed by an
other maintaining that it could no
have been predicted in this way
otherwise 1t would have been consun
ed. But the advocates of this vie,
were not quite on their guard agaios
a surprise, for some quick witted OF
ponent has found by experiment. ths
the diamold will sustain great hes
without combustion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-01-24

MIR. Raseredge Say, Toopher, of
whom do you get these cigarsI
Mr.. Foopher Kevorter (greatly de-
lighted),-Oh, of a Spaniard uptown.
I'll give you his name and address, if
you like.
Mr. Raseredge (thoughtfully)-Oh,
no, l don't think you need do that. If
you'll just tell me what ward he lives
in, or even his election district, think
that will be all | want,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-01-24

A pleasing article on 'Shelley's
Welsh Haunts,' by @. II. Herford, ap-
pears in the February number of LIP.
PINoorr's MAGAZINE. This same num-
ber Q 'ntains striking story by M. III.
Catherwood, the author of "The Ro-
nance of Dollard,' entitled ''The Blue
and Col 4 Man Child" This is a study
of apeculiar character, an effeminate but
somewhat cultivated young man who
is much fondled by an indulgent but
ungramatical mother. He is surround
ed by rough and uneducsted people,
and their contempt for both the man
ohilds culture and effeminacy is very
amusingly described. There is touch
of pathos in the story which gives an
added charm.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-01-24

Last year the vessels launched in
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
approach very closely to I.272,OO0
tons. The Clyde heads the list with
a total tonnage of 335,2Ol tons. Next
comes the Tyne, with 2Sl,7l0 tons.
The Wear is third on the list, with
2l7,336 tons, Then the Tees, with
ll0,436 tons. The shipbuilding yards
in Belfast have launched tonnage to
the amount of $4,000. In the previous
year there were at the same time ves-
tells on hand having total of 2s3,S0l
| sons,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-01-24

Mr.. Stoxanibonds-"I understand,
Quicklyrich, that you have sent your
son to college. Do you intend to give
him liberal educationin
Mr.. Quicklyrioh-"Yes sir, l dol
He has $500 month, and If you
know of any one VINO is giving his
son more liberal education than that,
! am prepared TO make it thousand" /"
-Burlington Free Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-01-24

Mr.. Sounds (oracularly).-No, my
son, tomorrow never comes.
Johnny.-Then, Pa, how is Fourth,
erjuly goin' to get hereY-Pstc6
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-01-24
CHRISTIAN +. KNAPP.
FIRE INSURANCE,
BLOOMSBURY.

Home Of N. Y. Merchants, OF Newark, N.
I; Clinton, N. Y. Peoples N. Y. (; Reading.
Pa. German American fns. Co., New York. |;
Greenwich Insurance Co, New York Jersey
City Fire Ins. Co., Jersey City, N. J.
These old corporations are well seasoned by
age and FIRE TESTED and have never yet had a
loss settled by any court Of law. Their assets
are all invested in SOLID SECURITIES, are liable
to the hazard of FIRE only.
Losses PROMPTLY and HONESTLY adjusted
IAN F. KNAPP, SPECIAL AGENT AND AD-
TUsTER, BLooMsBURG, PA.
Ihe people of Columbia county should pat
ronize the agency where losses, If any, are set.
lied and paid by one of their own citizens.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-09
WEST AND SOUTH.

1T Bakersville. cal. James Herring
ton, n petlifpCging lawyer. was taken
from jail b. masked men and given a
coat at tar and feathers.
NoNtvATIONS for Congress were made
on he Ist - follows: kentucky. Sixth
4 strict. Weldon ONeil (Rep.I. Ohio,
Fourth strict. NJ. X Ciautze dem };
seventh. William T. HAYNES tDem. }
renoIainated. Michigan. First district
John l. Chapman (Dem.). Arkansas,
Second district, Isham r. langley
Union Labor Endorsed by the Repub-
licans.
: 900 new anufacturing enterprises of
AL kinds have been started in the South.
The S-year-old stallion Alcyon, owned
BY Dr. John Wilbur. OF Palmer, Mass
and valued at $4,000. was burned 10
death in a barn near Iowa City, Ia.
The Minnesota Supreme Court has
decided that upper berths of sleeping
cars unsold 10 occupants must remain
closed
AT the election in Georgia on the LIST
the Democrats elected their entire
t;cket. headed by William ]. Northern,
for Governor without opposition. The
constitution vas also amended. author
izing the Legislature 10 pension the
widows OF Confederate veterans pro-
vided they have remained unmarried.
THE deata Of a man known as i. J..
Henderson occurred at the house Of a
Mrs. Pannell, near Birmingham. Ala
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-09

81 have just been mp in Vermont"
said Treasury clerk recently. The
natives have lost none of their cuteness-
the town where ! was stopping has
about forty-fye hundred inhabitants.
One Of the selectmen runs a hardware
store. and two weeks ago his dog was
bitten by neighbor's dog. 1t was a
small enough matter, but see what hap
pened. First be had the neigh boris dog
killed; then be raised the cry that the
dog had been mad and had bitten other
dogs. The selectmen met and ordered
that every dog should be muzzled for
forty days, and the thrifty hardware
man has sold nearly five hundred muz-
zles at one dollar apiece. staid Old
family dogs travel around town with
leather throDgs around their jaws which
never closed on any thing more human
than beef bone. Washington Post
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-09
THE HENNEPlN CANAL.
Work VIII Probsby he Commenced In
the Course of a Few Weeks.

WORK VIII irobsbiy he Commenced In
the Course of Few Weeks.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. - There will
probably not be much delay in com
mencing work on the llennepin canal
ander the $685. 900 appropriation
made for the purpose in the recent
liver and harbor act, unless there
should be some unforeseen OBJ
stacles in the way of procuring titles to
The necessary lands just at present
the War Department is waiting a re-
port from Captain Marshall giving a de-
tailed project of the most desirable work
20 be done under the amount that has
been made available. This is ex-
pected daily at the War Department
and will doubtless be approved without
ielay, as it is the desire of the depart
ment to have this work well under way
BY the time the next river and harbor
bill is prepared, when a larger amount
will be asked for.
After it has been decided how the
present funds shall be spent the next
step taken will be to acquire the legal
titles to such lands as may be neces-
sary. This will be accomplished
through Captain Marshall and the
United States District Attorney for
Northern Illinois, and finally
through the Department of Justice
here. The bulk, ii not all of the work
is to be done by contract. 1t is eX-
pected that all the preliminaries in the
way of acquiring titles, advertising and
making contracts will be arranged in
time to begin tn actual work of con-
itruction during the present year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-09
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE sergeant and corporal who were
sentenced to death in the City of Mex
leo for numbering the commander of the
custom-house guard were shot in view
of the whole garrison.
FLAMES at Sydney, \. 5. W., de-
stro ed the buildings of the City Bank,
the Atheneum Club and many others.
Loss, 81, 500, 900; insurance. ESQ, 900.
A NEGREss whose age was 1875 years
died at Antonio De Los Barios, Cuba.
IN Germ ny storm did great dam
age to property in Berlin and Hamburg,
and in the latter city five persons were
drowned
AT Ma inonge. Que, Mrs. Dostaler.
Mrs. Picne and Mrs. Heroux were struck
by railway engine and killed.
The official statistics show that there
were lisa fresh cases of cholera in
Spain during September and $50 deaths.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic
there have been 4.S71 cases and 2,5le
deaths.
NEAR Tonlcn, France. five persons
were killed and thirty injured by the
bursting of reservoir.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-09
THE PERMANENT HOME.
It Fosters Friendship, Good Citizenship
and Family Happiness.

It Fosters Friendship, Good Citizenship
and FANNY Happiness.
There is but one preventive for
arearv worldliness and lack of poesy
and of that delicate, misty vail of in
nocence which ought 20 inclOse the
heart of youth. and that is the influence
of a permanent home. Let John and
Julia. long before they have reached
their teens, each have plot of earth
for roses and radishes, too, If they will
In tending roots and shrubs they will
learn, as in no other way. the canons
of both beauty and botany. While thus
engaged. no cosmetic will the girl need,
no gymnasium the hoy. Exercise in
the fresh air, the love of nature, the
classification of flowers, minerals and
stars will impart mental tone as we'll as
physical vigor. Like Carlyle, they viii
learn to value real things and not tn
shows of things"
Then, too, the permanent home fos-
tiers friendships that will continue dur
ing this life and beyond it, good citizen
ship, a sense OF responsi bility, and
neighborhood kindliness. Without it
there can be little development in all
that gives charm, individuality and
local atmosphere.
To wrench the tap-roCt of affection
from the soil in which it tbrives, not
even the communist raises a hand 1t
is his desire that all shall have part in
its allotment
In conclusion let me urge that the
wife and mother be male, il home
can be had. its inalienable owner.
Begin with a tbree-room cottage II
must be, not in the city, but beneath
sheltering trees and the broad blue sky.
Husband, save the dollar you would
spend in foolish indulgence, to 60 toward
making it free from debt. Work with
her to secure the roof over your heads
and the soil under your feet With the
venerable Whittier you viii then agree,
sit is a great thing TO own little bit
of the Lords earth up TO the heavens"
A man feels the better for IT,
Help your chosen one to realize the
full dignity of householder. not
pensioner Though she bring you only
a bravo heart and willing hands yet, If
she be a true helpmeet. she deserves to
own the inalie nable hOme--Ilester NJ
Poole, in ChautauCu an
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-09
HORROR AT DUBUQUE.
Residence Destroyed by Fire. "a Mother
and Three Children Perfshfnp

anu ihrre Ghtidren ferlsl1fng.
DUBUQUE, Ia, Oct 6.-At 4 o'clock
Sunday n orning the residence of ex.
Policeman John McBee. No. 1868 Iowa
street. was discovered on fire. A neigh.
Dor ran across and tried to arouse
the family. While knocking at the door
the window in the upper story crashed
and Mr.. McBee fell to the ground,
and for a few moments he was sense
less. When he recovered he began cry
ing that his family was upstairs The
ire steamer arriving. the flames were
quickly extinguish.d and the
bremen entered At the top OF the
landing the mother and three children
we're found and quickly removed. Mrs
McBee and the eldest daughter, Rosa,
aged IS, were dead. The youngest
laughter, Bertha, 10 years, and Charlie,
years old, were still alive. The boy
lied in tae afternoon. The girl is still
living, but can not recover. McBee
Is too dazed to give a connected ac-
count. 1t is gathered that he
iwoke nearly suffocated. He reused
his wife and they CROPPED in
The smoke and darkness until
McBee struck the window, through
which he leaped or fell. The mother
was with him, but remembering her
children, went back to save them.
When found the family were in group
with their arms about each others
neck. The building is small two
story frame. Death vas caused chiefly
by sufiocation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-09

A few years ago, riding up town in a
Madison avenue car, / was seated OPP
posite the gentleman who is best re-
membe as Josh Billings The rear
platform was SOM what crowded, and in
the course of our ride one of the pas
sengers stepped off and on several times,
in order to assist the lady passengers.
Finally, when the car was Just comfort
ably filed, and the courteous gentle
man had taken his seat inside, Josh
Billings, seeirg an opportunity for a
joke, beckono to e conductor, and
pointing to the stran~er. said:
Don't you charge for every ride on
this care"
''Yes, SIR" answered he.
"Well, I've seen that fellow get on
this car six times and you have col
lected only one fare from him. "-Har-
pers Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-09
THE MAINE VICTORY.
How 1t Is Explained by the HowIers of
the Democratic Press.

How 1t Is Explained by the HowIers of
the Democratic Press.
The Democratic papers are getting
their second wind after the Maine cleo
tion. Before it, they were confidently
predicting Republican disaster. or the
election of the Republican ticket by
reduced majority. Especially did they
insist that in Reeds district the people
would ''rebuke" the Speaker by their
votes. Now they are full of explana-
tions as to why the thing turned out SO
differently. Up to date the following
reasons for the tremendous Republican
majorities all over the Pine Tree State
have been assigned:
Democratic apathy.
Republican corruption
The fact that the Maine Democrats had very
little money.
The fact that the Maine Republicans had no
end Of money
Slipshod Democratic organizations.
Thorough Republican organization.
No Democratic stump-spe aking 10 speak of.
Exceptionally vigorous and brilliant stump
speaking on the Republican side.
The ign, rance and venality Of the naturalized
French Canadian voters.
The wholesale Acknowledgement Of lawful
voters-which being trans ated means the
exclusion from the polls OF Biddefofl Of few
hundred unnaturalized aliens, in compliance
with the decision OF q court, having lawful iuf
isdiction of the matter. that their pretended
naturalization papers were Illegal and worth
less.
The State price OF the Maine folks in Tom
Reed as a parsonage OF National distinction.
Speaker Of tie House, and possible President
The able editors ought to get together
and unite on one lie to he assigned as
the reason. Even Democrat can see
that so many different explanations
don't explain at all.-Toledo (0.) Blade.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-09
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Why doesn't the Democratic press
call for the resignation of Cal Brice
from the Senate and from the chairman
ship of the Democratic National Com
mittee, since he is precisely as much
"a branded criminal" as Matt Quey?-
Sioux City journal.
Since the adoption of the pro-
tective policy in 1861 by the Republic
ans the added accumulation of wealth
in the United States counts up at the
rate of $3.50. 600 an hour. So. 900, 900 day
and s., 100, OOU, geo a year. There is no
parallel to this record.
Democrats argue as though every
dollar of revenue paid to the Govern
ment by duties on imports was stolen
from the people. The money goes into
the public Treasury for public use. The
Government is not our enemy, but Dem
ocrats seem to think that it is.
rEThe mugwumps hate him, the
Democrats fear and respect him. That
is the kind of hroad-gauge. level-headed
man and Republican James ). Clarkson
is Iowa is proud of him, and gratified
to know that he viii remain a citizen
among us.-Chariton Qa.) Patriot.
EY-"Thomas b. Reed, formerly of
Maine, but now of the United States,'
is the way the Indiana Republican
State convention addresses che Speaker
of the House. 1t may be added also
that this is about the way the matter
strikes the average citizen of the coun-
try.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
IL,
that he will be indicated in the Sec
ond Arkansas district, but the fact that
they have just given an anti-Democratic
majority of about 300 is not calculated
to encourage him in that low view Of
their intelligence and self-respect-
Still. by the assassination of the oppo-
sition candidate. he may get his vindi
cation.-Ch Chicago Journal.
rEThere has been an increase of
only II. 325 in the population Of the
State of Maine in the last ten years,
but if there are any future Blaines or
Reeds among the number the common
wealth will not need TO regret the
smallness of the total increase. Two
such men give a State more prestige
than half million mediocre persons
ever could.-ClevelaEd Leader.
.S-That the Republicans of the
country have entertained the highest
admiration for Thomas Il. Reed as a
man and a Republican. goes without
saying; and that they are rejoiced at
the overwhelming renewal of confidence
given him by the people of the first
Congressional district of Maine, finds
tumultuous expression from Portland,
Me. TO Portland. Ore--Albany IN. "
Iourual