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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-10-10
IN AND DEMOCRAT BIOOMsBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY PA
Siok Chamber Hints.
BURNING SULPHUR Is DANGEROUS AND 1T
SHOULD NOT BE DONE.

The practice often prevalent, OF
burning sulphur in the sick room or in
the hsbitable rooms of the house dur.
ing the continuance of case oi
diphtheria or other contagious disease
is productive of evil and should never
be allowed. We have often found the
air almost irrespirable from this cause
practiced under the belief that the con.
tinual burning Of a little sulphur
would destroy the germs or poisoning
OF the disease and thereby protect
those of the house hold not already in
fected. This theory is wholly an er.
roneous one. Many experiments have
been made which show that the dene-
ity of sulphur fumes (sulpburous acid)
must be greater than can be tolerated
by human being in order to destroy
the germs of disease.
The air Of the sick room, bad enough
at the best, should be KEEP, as pure as
possible, it should not BE- vtiated by
the fumes OF burning sulphur. The
latter acts as an irritant to the air pas
sages against which the lungs protest,
besides consuming some of the oxygen
OF the air which is 80 necessary to the
support of life, thus doing positive
harm to the patient. Still more, it i'm
pairs the natural powers of resistance
to disease, and thereby indirectly be-
comes an agent to bring about a con-
dition IL is popularity supposed to re-
tard.-From tie Trained Nurse.
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Twenty Three Yeass In The Drug
Business

have been druggist twenty-three
years, and have sold all the paten,
medicines which are known in this
country, and can truthfully say that
have never known a remedy fer Blood
Diseases Of more value than s. S. S.
(Spift g Specific) Mr.. A, a customer,
was troubled with an eruption of the
skin on the back of his hands, aud had
10 vain sought relief of the best local
medical talent, also of some of the
most noted physicians in New York,
aud as last resort spent some months
in Paris, France, under treatment OF
the physicians there, and had secured
only temporary relief. After all this
treatment he was finally cured, sound
and well, by Swift's Specific.
Another customer, Mr.. B.. had suffered
for many years with Blood Poison,
and thought he had been cured by
mercurial treatment, but the disease re.
turned, accompanied by Rhe umatism
of bad type. A dozen small bottles
of s. s. S. made perfect and lasting
cure.
w. H. DEAswAP, Old Fort, N. G.
Treatise on Blood and skin diseases mailed free.
SWIFT SPEClFtC Co., Atlanta, Ga
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DUDES GENTLE REBUKE TO TWO oBsTREPR-
RoUs COWBOYS.

boot and shoe drummer of this city.
away up in the T. p. A. ana good fellow
all around and veraciously known all over
the wide West, quite soulfully told this
among the last stories of a number relsted a
by travelling men last night at the Midland
Hotel; ~ wae," said he, "a short time ago
out in little town in Nebraska, where you
could without Imagination look over the
imaginary line dividing Nebraska and
Wyoming, and see acres upon acres OF the
new sister. was at the station of about
the dullest little sun-dried town l ever
was in, waiting for the train, late, as usual
some two or three hours.
"This little town was on branch road
| I'll not name it, for there's chiel among
us taking notes and he'll prent 'em,' as
expect to go back there again. There
were two other commercial men waiting
| as was, One wss dudish-looking sort
of fellow, got up with a sash and the
| other unities. He sst down in the shadow
OF the shed that served Tor depot, and
opening small grip pulled out book and
began reading, reading and reading intent
ly, 30 intently that he sprawled himself
along the length or width OF the platform
Two buckskin. .pantalooned cowboys on
pinto ponies rode down to the depot and,
lettering their ponies, came under the roof
of the shed They began in short time
nudging each other jocularly, and finally
one got up and walked over towards the
dude and accidently stumbled over his
feet The cowboy apologized sarcastically
and the dude like Toots, said: Ips OF no
consequence
Then the cowboy again performed his
accidental act and an apology was made
and accepted quite naively. Returning to
his comrade there was quite an hilarious
pow-wow by The cowboys and then the
second one started out for his share OF the
fun. Emboldened by the two trips of his
comrsde over the dudes patent,leather In.
closed feet, the cowboy disdained to STUN
BILE over them, but came down with both
feet square on the shins OF the dude dress.
ed reader. Excuse me- Certainly was
answered, but with the reply the dude
pulled an apple from his pocket, and toss.
ing 1t into the air, drew revolver from
his grip, and shooting, split the apple
squarely in two.
He threw up another apple and perform.
ed the same act, aud then turning to the
two cowboys who had clustered together
themselves and four big reyolyers strapped
to 'em the dude, pointing his revolver a,
the cowboys, said; Il am a little ON the
shoot myself and II you fellows don't leave
very soon I'll divide you two fellows like |
did the apples, or I'll break up your part.
nership' The cowboys had the discretion
of the King of France, who marched TO-.
600 men rp hill and down again when he
saw the enemy on the other side, and,
sneskingly seeking their ponies, mounted
them and rode away. The dude,' said the
relator, and the story he AYERS Is true, 'be.
longs TO one OF Kansas City's shooting
clubs. = R@sU Gy Globe.
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Photographing A Protest

eatise on Blood and skin diseases mailed free
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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nurses Immediately take charge of them
see that they are properly bathed and
dressed, and then they go down to
breakfast, which is served at half-past
seven o'clock. 1t is an unpretentious
meal, with plenty of fresh milk, eggs,
oatmeal, and bit of steak or chop
that will add strength to their physi-
qe and color to their cheeks. After
breakfast there is an hour of study.
There is something for these little ones
to do at all times during the day. They
go through their studies systematically
and then, about half-past nine, are
taken out for a walk They are allow
ed to romp in the streets and in the
parks to their hearts content. AT
eleven o'clock they are brought home,
and light luncheon of milk and bread
is served, after which there are more
studies-either French, German or
drawing-snd then another breathing
spell-it may be horseback riding, or a
drive out through the Park and along
the country roads. Back they all
come about four o'clock, and there ID
another hour of study, and then they
are through for the day. They are al
lowed to do just as they please until
tea time, when, after their meal, they
spend pleasant hour or so with their
fathers and mothers aud others who
may drop in to call. Promptly at
eight o'clock they are all in bed to
sleep soundly, and get up the next
morning and go through the same pro-
gramme. So it is not strange that all
the children of the Vanderbilt family
are further in advance of their little
friends in the matter of education.
For they study, study, study all the
time. They are all fond of music and
most of them can play on the piano.
The girls are learning to play on the
harp, and the boys are famous among
their friends as violinists, and banjo
players. If you we're to see these
children on the street, you would not
fora moment suspect that they were
other than children of parents in Or
dinary circumstances. They make no
display at elaborate dress. The eldest
of Cornelius Vanderbilt's daughters is
dressed plainly In little, pretty Oh cap
dresses without any braid or orna-
mentation. She wears snug-itting
cloth jackets. and the little cap that
sits gracefully on her head, could be
for a couple of dollars.
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AN NOTORIOUS FOURTH.
ERROR OF THE POPULAR BELIEF THAI
THE DATE Is INDEPENDENCE DAY.

THE DATE is INDEPENDENCE DAY.
On October 80, 1889, a monument
was unveiled at Dover, Delaware, in
honor of Caesar Rodney, one of Della.
wares representatives in the Continen.
tai Congress The Grafton on that
occasion was delivered by Mr.. Bayard,
Secretary OF State in President Cleve
lands Cabinet In the course of his
speech Mr.. Bayard read a letter writ.
ten by Thomas MoKean to Caesar
Agustus Rodney, dated August 22
1918, which contained the following
paragraph about Independence Day:
"Now that l am on this subject
will tell you some truths not general
ly known. In the printed public Jour.
mails Of Congress for 1776, volume 2
it would appear that the Declaration
of Independence was signed Oh the
4th of July by the members whose
names are there inserted; but the fact
10 not SO. For no persons signed it on
that d ay nor for many days after,
and among the names subscribed one
was against it-Mr. Read-and seven
were not in Congress on that day,
namely: Messrs. Morris, Rush, Clymer,
Smith, Taylor and Ross, of Pennsyl-
vania, and Mr.. Thornton, of New
Hampshire; nor were the six gentle.
menslast named at that time members.
The five for Pennsylvania were ap.
pointed delegates by the convention of
that State on the goth of July, and
Mr.. Thornton entered Congress for the
first time on the 4th of November fol.
lowing
Secretary Bayard was not the first
man to tell the country that the Fourth
of July had been burning powder and
shooting cannons under false pretenses,
for Judge Chamberlain, of Boston, ex-
posed the Fourth's false charms sew
eral years before. The Judges in
vestigations lead us to re- write the his
tory OF those eventfnl days as 70 lows:
On the I'd day of July, 1776, the
Continental Congress at Philadelphia
decided that the Colonies were big
boys now. and entitled to set mp in
business for themselves. So a com.
mittee was appointed to write this an
nonncement on coffee -colored paper, in
dim ink, and to add thereto few re.
remarks about the King of England
calculated to put him in a cheerful
frame of mind.
This declaration was read two days
later, on the 4th, and the members
liked it very well, but did not sign it,
and it is this ommission which makes
the dayia pretender as national ami
Yersary. On the 10th of July Con.
gress decided to have the document
written little more distinctly, and on
parchment, and to have it signed by
every member, but it was not until
August 2 that the most of the dele
gates were ready to attach their sig
natures, and thereby resolve to hang
together in order to avoid hanging
separately in case King George should
resent their writing in such a familiar
way.-Sa,ata Claus.
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Malaria.

Literally means bad air. Poisonous
germs arising from low, marshy land,
or from decaying vegetable matter, are
breathed into the Lungs, taken up by
the blood, aud unless the vital fluid is
purified by the use of good medicine
like Hoods Sarsaparilla, the unfortun-
ate victim is soon overpowered. Even
in the more advanced cases, where the
terrible fever prevails, this successful
medicine has effected remarkable cures
Those who are exposed to malarial or
other poisons should keep the blood
pure by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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Pennsylvania Railroad.
Philadelphia & Erie r. r. Divis
ion, and Northern Central
Railway.
TINE" TABLE.
In eject MAY H. 1890. Trains leave sunpury
EASTWAR

4
In eject MAYii, 1890. Trains leave sunpury
RAsrwAR
$40 a. m, Sea Shore Express daily excep
sunday, for Harrisburg and ndlntermediates stations
so 2. M, connecting at Phitadeiphia for ali ses
hGTe Roass ,nnrongh passenger coach &c
a;siss a;Ss esSsg, sssssns sunday and
sAs 3 M S%Sssh,ngton, sis F. M farior Sai
through to Philadelphia and Baltimore. 0'"0n''
,os ~ r':,ur ?: m;Rea0yo ~ Accommodation daily
ing At Philadeiphia 4.a5 a M New YORK 7ib a, m.
Pai,ia PPaii,Tlinore, 5i5 3 m Washington $50 a. m
phia and New York Phadelphia psssengers Sc csn
1s0 maEfe Mail DAILY for harrisburg and
$50 a. m. New York, $40 a. m; Through Tullman
sleeping cars and passenger coaches TO Philsdei-
ESQ a. m.-southsrn Express daily tor Harris.
ouIg and intermediate stations arriving at Balti-
through Pullman seeping cars to Baltimore or ana and
washington, and through passenger coaches to
Baltimore. w
WESTWARD.
5.ioa. m:-Erie Mail daily, for Erie ami a
yer, Bunalo lad Niagara Falls, with through Pull
nan Pais 70 oars and passenger coaches to Erie and
9.5s-News Express (datly, for Lock Haven
and intermediate stations.
Lag ?. m.-Niagara Express daily except SUM-
.,ly 1or Kane, Cana 1a1gua and intermediate sta
lions, hester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls with
throqgh passenger coaches to Kane and Rochester
$50 p m. Fast Line daily except Sunday,for Re
noyo Watkins and Intermediate stations. with
M WS@5po 70 ssppsss ana ay WATKINS ms
Wiiliamsport and intermediate stations.
THROUGH TRAINS FOR sUNBlRY FROM TBR
EAST AND SOUTH.
News Express leaves New York, 12.l5 night
rsliadeiphla 4.30 u. "a: Baltimore, 40 a. IN. Har.
q. m. "
o,, Niagara Express Leaves New York;. 30 a. IN i,
Lnore 800 a. m. daily except Sunday arriving at
sPShnIIe9fy PhIIs i42 1, With through Paror car from
Philadelphia and baltimore N-
Fast Line leaves New YORK 500 q. m. Phlladei-
nnr 2nla, '!f9 a; "a Washlngton 10 50 o. M. Baltl-
oossSss nom Fn!ad5phs aud EEn ssltEimores passenger
n. Philadelphia As p. m Washington $50 D. n.
Baltimore al 4as p. IN. daily arriving at Sunbury
Erie Mail leaves New York 500 D. m. phtlade,
more RGlr, - ?; M 11 WS1shinstSn 1890 p M Balt
A. m NTH PulSau .fryag siasg,ss sS scneury $40
Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore and
passenger coaches from Philadelphia and BaIti.
sUHBuRY, mAZLEr1N a wII.KRsBARRE
RAiLRoAD AND NORTH AND WEsT
BRANCH RAILWAY.
iDaiiy except sunday)
WnkesDarre Mall leaves Sunbury 1000 a. m
1910 p. in.
Express East leaves sunbury 5.s5 o. NJ, arriving
sunbgFy Mali leaves WI iReaSarre Il Il M m. arriV Ri
Espess Vest ssE leaves @ sanSusS saT1s LES
wing at bioom Ferry 4So .. H.. suDbury SEQ p. m
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Wikesbarre mail leaves Sunbury 1000 A. m ar
1910 am. -
Sunday accommodation leaves Wilkes-Bar so |
1880 .. N - ~ ''N
ChAS. r. PUGH, j. r. WOOD
Seh' Manager Gen. Passenger AgL
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The Vanderbilt Children.
now THEY ARE EDUCATED AND TRAINEr

HV" IHEi ME EDUUAIED AND TRAINED.
Although all the members of the
Vanderbilt family entertain ON a mag.
nihclent scale, says writer in the
Ladies' Home Journal for October
they never permit their children to re-
main up late at night, are extremely
careful in their education, and, in a
word, are fitting them for life as well
as any mother or father could do. II
is one OF the rules in all the houses of
the Vanderbilts, that the children shall
90 to bed early and rise early. The
little boys ahd girls are up before
seven o'clock in the morning. Their
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Just as Good"

Say some dealers who try to sell sub
stitute preparation when a customer
calls for Hoods Sarsaparills Do not
allow such false statements as this in
duce you to buy what you do not want.
Remember that the only reason for
making it is that few cents more
profit will be made on the substitute.
Insist upon having the best medicine
Hoods Sa;saparilla. 1t is Peculiar to
Itself.
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STATIONS.
SOUTH,

, connections at Rupert with Philadelphia &
Heading Railroad for 1amanend. Tamaqua, Will
lamsport, sunbury, Pottsvllle, etc. At Northum-
periand with 2. & z. Div. p. r. X. for Harrisburg
LOCK haven, Emporium, warren, Cory, and Erie,
". Z. HALSTEAD Gen. Man,
pton ISa
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11

There are delicate desserts which are
used for dinners, and are equally suitable
to serve with cake in the evening. Fancy
iellies, Bavarian creams, ice creams and
water ices come under this head. A Ba
varian cream requires rich cream which
can be beaten stiff, gelatine and pre-
served or fresh fruit, or coffee or choco-
late. The most delicious Bavarian creams
are those favored with fruit. A strawberry
cream is made of pint bottle of preserved
strawberries strained so as to remove
the seeds, half box of gelatine which
has been soaked in cold water for two
hours and melted in half-cup of boiling
water and strained into the strawberries.
A quart of whipped cream should be
ready measured after whipping, and the
worker should begin at once stirring the
strawberries and gelatine, which should
be set in dish of cracked ice. Themo-
ment the galatine begins to show signs of
forming, which is as soon as it begins to
grow thick, add the cream carefully and
continue stirring them together till thick;
then pour in form. The gelatine and
strawberry juice must be Just thick
enough when added to the cream to unite
with it without making it watery, but
not thick enough to separate from the
cream. This is the point where many
cooks are careless, and fail to make the
Bavarian creams smooth and perfect. A
pineapple trife is nice evening dish to
serve with delicate cake. Chop a ripe,
sweet pineapple in small piece and add
two cups of sugar to it; set it away and
soak package of gelatine in cold water
for two hours. At the end of this time
pour a cup of boiling water over the
gelatine and stir it till it is melted. Add
it to the pineapple with the juice of a
lemon, and stir the mixture on the ice till
it begins to be quick thick. Beat to a
stiff froth the whites of six eggs and add
them to the pineapple, which should be
quite thick, almost firm and moulded by
this time; beat the whole till it is creamy,
and serve with sweet whipped cream or
delicate soft custard.
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or heaven. Are the. here that am
missing this morning2 =, u posr waiting
maid your hearts sorrow poured in no hui
man ear, lonely and sad how glad YOU will
be when Christ shall disband all your sor.
rows and crown you queen unto God and
the Lamb foreverl o, aged men and women.
led by His love and warmed by His grace
Tor three-score-y ears-and-tenl will not your
decrePitude change for the leap of hart
when you come to look lace to fare upon
d Hlm whom. having not seen, you Lover o,
tnat will be the Good Shep-
nerd, not out in the night and watch
ing TO keep of the wolves, but with the
lambs reclining on the sun lit hill. That will
be the Captain of our salvation, not amid the
roar, and crash, and boom of battle, but
amid His eisbanded troops keeping victorious
tesnvIty. That will be the Bridegroom Of the
church coming from afar, the bride leaning
upon His arm while He looks down into beT
face and says: Behold, thou art fair. nv
loyei Behold, thou art fair.n
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Snakes in the Land Of the skr.

A thrilling experience was ths5 Of 8
young Asheville q. c. physician while
hunting Wild turkeys recently. With gun
in hand he had occasion 10 get over a
large fallen tree-trunk. Crouching down
in the bushes in order TO keep out Of sight
Of the turkeys. he carefully put his left
leg over the log to get astride of It. The
moment his legwas over he felt a sting in
the calf Of It and hastily drew II back,
drawing with il q big rsttler, fangs firmly
imbedded in the sensitive flesh. Here was
a situation 70 make a man slightly ner-
vous- In the dense woods, far from eaanp.
with dose of snake poison in ones sys-
TEN, would worry even an old hunter.
The young man acted quickly and SEN
sibly. Killing the reptile, he stabbed the
wound made by the fangs with bis hunt
ing knife. Over and over again the keen
knife did its work until the blood flowed
freely. Above the knee tight bandaee
made Of a twisted handkerchief prevented
blood from returning to the heart. The
wounded man then fred his repeating
rife alarming his comrades, who carried
hun miles TO camp. Here whiskey was
freely administered. The next day It was
evident that these heroic measures were
elective. As soon as possible the patient
was carried home and eventually recoy-l
cred, although the wounds made by the
snake and knife were e year in healing [
A cavity was left in the leg extending 70 I
the bone
Frequently the mounfaineers eapture
rattlers alive. A long stick with a sim.
moose o. stout tFine answers as a tra5
The snake is induced TO strike ana he
moose Is slipped over its head and drawn
taut. Then his snakeship can rattle and
strike TO his hearts content. The sound
Of rattle has a basiness-lise tore II #
Every woodsman knows it uuielx ss
wink, and respects ii. A snake aIwavs
rattles before he strikes, unless distur5s5
while asleep. Then the snake bites w;,b
out an introduction. The snskes srs
brave. They rest in exposed places where
they can see all about them. When tbsv
strike they do not turn aad nun. but re-
coil nearly one-half their length and win !
wait their chance for another attach
Unless disturbed they do bot seel, a fiohf
-lie.o York Tribune.
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Continental Trottinr.

Captain Chester, author of 1880 and
Under and an authority upon turf mat
ters, tells me that trotting is fast grow
ing in favor on the other side of the
water
''On the other side, " he said, ENG
land, France, Germany and Austria have
all taken it up, especially the three lat.
ter, and in France an American driver,
even Of mediocre ability, can make a
handsome living. Only the other day
man cflled on me, who Is by no means a
first-clsss man with the ribbons. He
went over to Paris about year ago, and
told ME that what chiefly amused him
was tho get-up of the drivers. Their get
up is topboots, with jockey jacket and
cap of most fantastic design. They carry
no whip, but a miniature club. The rules
Of trotiing ever there, he told me, are
vastly different TO ours. There a horse is
disqualified according to the number of
times lie breaks. Instead, as over here,
of bringing the horse back to the gait
with the reins, the French driver rises in
his numbering cart and belabors his steed
with the club until he or she returns to
the troii. An American is always scooped
up by the owners of trotters over there,
and car get as much work to do as he
pleases. Their tracks are On the grass,
and the course often four miles; in fact,
that is the favorite distance. In trotting
races they handicap the horses by dis
lance allowances, exactly the same as
how'd ~, v.ooac a,,,r,- ,,,,,,
''Is there much of demand for trot-
tiers by the foreign markets."
Eyes, much more so than is generally
known. The continental countries of
Europe pay extraordinary prices for our
best stark hnE fhe Snnfh American Re-
publics, especially the Argentine, give
even better prices. In South America
there are now many ranches breeding
trotting stock, and they don't seem to
care what price they pay US for sires and
dams
"Do you think Maud SIS record of
:0s4 Is likely to be soon beatenqo
''Yes, 1 do. think Sunol viii break
It next year"
@But sunol is only four years old, NJ
iaid, ''and Maud S. was nearly nine
when she made her wonderful record"
s'That is SO, +" he replied. II have
zen a horse do the half mile in one min
it, The surroundings were all that
iould be desired and the track down
nil one. It showed, however, that the
'aee was there if only you could keep up |
be stamina Of the animal. Sunol is
lownhill mare. She stands three inches
higher at the hind quarters than at the
githers, and is to me the very epitome
II trotter, and may perhaps realize our
lrean Of two minutes mile. "
s'Do you know what Mr.. Bonner gave
or Sunola"
mo, do not, but he has said be-
ween forty and fifty thousand dollars,
md I expect it was S45, 600"
.tWhat induced Governor Stanford to
art with the mareln
Not money, you may be sure. His
,reat ambition Is TO breed the best trot-
er, aud he and Mr.. Bonner have had
iigerent ideas on the subject. When
iIr. Bonner made an offer for Sunol, it
vas an knoEledgment that the Cover
Tor had won. and, besides, Mr.. Bonner's
ambition IS to own the fastest trotter, no
natter where it comes from, and he
would be the first man to bow to the sue
,ess Of 8 friend. n-Nsso York Star.