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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-06-19

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What is

Castora Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and children. contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. It is harmless substitute
for Paregorc, Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
It Is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years BY
Millions Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and aays
fevershness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd
cures Diarrhea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, constipation and fauency.
Castora assimates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep Gas.
toria is the Children's Mothers
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Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill.
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. @. G. Osooop,
Lowell, Mas.
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"Castoria Is the best remedy for children OF
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest Of their children, and use castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DR.. ]. F. KIScHKIoE,
Conway, Ark.
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Castoria.

CaStOr1a.
"Castoria Is no we'll adapted to children that
recommend II as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
II. A. ARCHIE, II. D.,
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly OF their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castorie
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPrNsARy,
Yoston, Mass
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
urray Street, New York City.
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two sounds'to let them 60 again; three
sounds 10 the signal 20 back the train;
four sounds call In the hagman who
has been sent out 10 warn approaching
trains; and five sounds Is warning TO
men on top OF freight ears that the train
is approaching covered bridge or tun-
mol.
When train Is approaching road.
crossing the engines gives one long and
two short sounds. while succession OF
short sounds OF the whistle Is signal OF
danger.
A light swung over the head is sig
nal TO go ahead, when swung across OF
ut right angles with the track Is Sig
nal to back up, and wien moved up and
down Is signal TO stop.
With all these details TO bear In mind,
with tho many other duties deyolying
upon the men in whose hands the safety
OF trains and human life is placed. 1t Is
indeed marvel that accidents are not
OF more frequent occurrence and the sac.
rifice Of life greater.
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Great Age OF Familiar sayings.

After all, the newest authors are
the oldest. In this new edition ("Fa-
miliar Quotations. we have familiar
sayings traced away back to Greece
ndnrc'Ur rrrpay inquiries III UrIIs etrItIOfi.
He was Brahmin, and he lived sew
eral centuries before Christ. Writing
in some early dialect OF Sanscrit, he
deliberately, and with the most hor-
rible heather depravity, stole some
of the best sayings of Herrick, Shak-
speare, Butler, Cibber, and others.
He was bold enough to appropriate
such modern sayings as What is bred
in the bone will come out of the flesh, 4"
Possession is the strongest tenure of
the law" and so on. Hesiod, who
wrote in the seventh century before
Christ, was another of those antique
plagiarists. Theognis, Eschylus,
Sophocles, Euripides, Plautus, Ter
ence, and many others, were great
suppliers Of modern familiar quota
tions. Every time you say "hence
these tears" "the flower of youth, >"
Il do not care one straw" with pres
ence Of mind" or any one of several
other things equally familiar, you are
simply quoting Terence, who died l59
years before Christ. ALI the way
through he is as modern as Mr.. How
ellis. Here is one of his sayings, and
after it is quoted nothing more need
be said: I'm fine, nothing is said now
that has not been said before. "-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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the main track, it is the duty of the con-
ductoI to Immediately station men at
not less than a thousand yards-that is,
100 rails length-distant, in both direc-
tiOns. These men carry red flag by
day and red light by night, and two
torpedoes must be fastened to the rail
on the engineer side Of the track, one
at 1000 yards from the obstruction and
the other fifty yards beyond it These
tOrpedoes are not removed, although the
fiagman is called in and proceeds with
ms train, but are Tort as a warning TO
the engineer of the first train that passes
over them, whose duty IL is to ascertain
the object of their presence and proceed
slowly until satisfied that all danger Is
passed. In cases of uncertainty every
employee of a rail<oad company is in
structed to take the safe side The
watchword is security " Let every
man protect his own train and engine,
and each section hand and station agent
his track and swift hes, and accidents
from carelessness will never occur.
But not in train crews, section men
and station agents are tho responsible
ties OF safety in railroad travelling alone
vested. AT many stations where the
agent himself does not manipulate the
electric current which tells of the move.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-26

formed that the train had been unavoId-
ably delayed. Then he asked whether
the west bound should proceed or await
the arrival of the overdue train.
The answer he got was, ~Just come
on, and he at once started the train on
its way.
What the operator had intended to say
was, "Just gone on" referring to the
east bound train. But it was too late
He discovered his mistake Immediately
and telegraphed for the station agent at
the half way depot to hold his train.
The reply was that il had Just pulled
out. About two miles from the junction
there is sharp curve In the road, and
Immediately beyond this bridge, which
crosses deep river. The trains met on
this bridge with scarcely moments
warning. There was terrific crash, and
the two trains, a mass OF twisted iron
and splnters, toppled over into the wa
ter. There were some 500 passengers on
board the two trains, but not one was
saved. The OPERATOR knew what the In
evitable result of his error would be
while yet the two trains with their hui
man freight, unconscious OF the fate
which awaited them, were rushing on
to their destruction. The effect OF this
upon his mind was so great that ere the
accident had happened he rushed from
his Office and was not found until the
following day, and then with his mind
permanently derangcd. This calamity
was due to the simple error of one word,
and goes TO show how great coDse-
quences may follow little acts OF negli-
gence or inattention.
Another collision VOL thy of mention
took ace on the Batavia branch Of the
New York Central and Hudson River
Road At the time it occurred there
had been some very heavy snowstorms,
aud the line between Batavia and
Canandaigua was blocked in several
places. An engine came up from Cam
andaigua, got very near Batavia ard
was in drift The engine was pushing
snow-plow, constructed something
like an inclined apron, extending fifteen
feet or thereabout from the front end
of the engine. and was attached to work
train, with men to go east TO help open
the road 1t got short distance from
Batavia station and was working
through the drift when train from the
opposite direction met ii and the engine
ran up on the snow pillow, The plow be-
ing very strong sustained the weight,
and the engine continued TO move for
ward until it mounted fairly on the top
of the other. This accident also oc-
Cured through the agent mistaking his
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-26
A blind releg, aph Operator.

A friend of mine, who is a tele-
graph operator, tells me story of a
fellow-operator in a small Connecti-
cut town with whom he had been
working on the same wire for some
time. "One day last week." ne says,
Il was piled up with business, and
was feeling rather cranky, and 1 just
soaked him for all was worth. He
never broke and gave o. X. for the
message, and / started in to work
with another Office on the same line,
when this fellow called me Chat is,
he broke in on my sending) and want
ed me TO repeat the message that l
had but a few moments before sent
him.
swell, repeated 1t, and when
got through he said: you will please
excuse me, but wrote the first mes
sage on the back OF blank, and the
boy couldn't read IL (there 3 printing
on the backs OF the blanks); IN try
and be more careful in the future 1
thought it rather queer that an opc-
rator would write message on the
back of blank, so asked him how
he came to do that, and he said:
why, don't you know? I'm blind I
found that he was really blind. He
takes his messages on with q pen, but
employs a boy to read the messages to
him that are TO be sent. He does as
good work as any of his fellow-operat-
ors. Boston News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-26

in railroad accidents. often passenger
coach will become almost completely in
cased by the one next to il, while the re
mainder OF the train is comparatively
but tile injured.
The derailments OF trains are occa-
stoned by variety of causes, among
which l. the open switch, the spreading
or the warplng of the rails and by OBJ
structions that may be accidentally or
purpossly placed upon the rails. OF
these the former is by far the commonest
cause, but as an open switch is invariably
indicated by q signal OF some Kind. such
as the a m OF semaphore by day and a
red light by night the casualty Is fire.
quently traced TO the negligence OF the
engineer.
Next to tho air brakes I'm prevent ting
accidents a proper understanding and
prompt service OF signaling is considered
as the most important Signaling by
torpeGoes, already referred to, is both
effectual and simple in many cases, but
II is with the manipulation of colored
flags and lights that trainmen must make
themselves familiar in order to secure
the proper protection OF life and prop.
erty. The following code Of signals will
not be without interest:
A green flag displayed at station by
day or a green light at night tolls the
engineer that orders arc awaiting him
and he must bring his train to a stop.
Special trains carry two green flags
by day or two green lights by night on
the front OF the engine
A red flag or red light or the explosion
OF torpedo denotes danger ahead If,
however, such signal is placed just
outside the rails IL denotes that the track
Is out OF order and speed must be re-
duceu to six miles at hour, but IL placed
within the rails II shows that the track
is impossible AMI the train must be
brought TO a stop.
Two red signals on an engine show
that another'train Is following and has
the same rights as tho train carrying
the signal. but X the signals be white
instead OF red it shows that the train
following will keep ten minutes behind
all regular passenger or freight trains
One sound OF tho locomotive whistle
tells the brakemen to apply the brakes;
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-26
satisfaction.

A little afI.ir in which Incledon,
the once famous singer, was involved,
shows that there is more than one
way of settling what is called an "af-
fair of honor"
Incledon had never fought duel,
and he never intended to fight one,
but he was an unsophisticated man,
and said and did great many queer
things out of sheer simplicity.
On one occasion some remarks Of
his gave offense to man with whom
the singer happened to fall into COM
pany, and the offended gentleman re-
solved to have satisfaction" for his
wrongs Accordingly he hunted up
Incledon the next afternoon, finding
him at dinner in noted hotel.
"Mr. Incledon," said the waiter, "a
gentleman wishes to see you, sir"
"Show him up, them" said the
"Sir," said the visitor, entering the
room in a towering passion, 'you have
been making free with my name in a
very improper manner, and I've come
to demand satisfaction.
After some parleylng, lnclenOn rose,
and striking graceful attitude in
the center of the room began to sing
"Black-eyed Susan" in his most de-
lightful style. When he had finished
the song, he said, coolly:
"There, sir, that has given COM
plete satisfaction to several thousand
people, and if you want anything
more, I've only to say you're the most
unreasonable fellow l ever met!"
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PtolemaIc Africa.

If Ptolemy's map Of northeastern
Africa is to be relied upon-which has
been doubted-modern travellers in
the eastern equatorial regions have
merely rediscovered what was in some
way made known to the Alexandria
geographer two thousand years ago.
To test the accuracy of Ptolemy, DR..
ii. Schlichter has constructed two
maps-one from Ptolemic data only,
and the other showing the latest
knowledge. "A careful comparison,
with allowance for early defects,
shows many striking condolences.
Most of the places on the east coast
marked by PtOlemy are readily iden-
titled with places well known to-day;
while in the interior, Ptolemy's East
ern Nile lake proves to be the Vic
toria Nyanza. the Western Nile lake
to be Lake Albert or Lake Albert Ed
ward, the eastern end Of the Noun
tains of the Moon comedies with a
point little south of Mount Kenia
and the western end with Ruwenzori,
and the confluence of the two rivers
forming the Nile agrees with the
place where the Somerset Nile flows
into Lake Albert.
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AGED INDIAN CHIEFS.


Notable Figures Among Tribes OF Oregon
that VIII soon Pass Away.
1t Is interesting to talk with civil
lied Indians and learn from them
what they may know OF the present
and past conditions of their race,
says the Salem Statesman. Speaking
of the prevalence Of consumption
among the Indians on the klamath
agency calls to mind that few more
years will find these Indians nearly
all in their graves.
Henry Jackson, of Klamath, as
signed a very plausible reason for
their decline. He says their food is
now different from that OF the wild
Indian and their habits Of life are
very changed. Formerly they roamed
at will, clad scantily with rough skins
or naked, just as fancy suited them.
Now they are clothed and housed and
often removed to different climes and
the changes OF temperature at once
make themselves felt and attack the
lungs. Mr.. Jackson talked freely OF
the old Indian chiefs.
OCOuC1lH, unc ldSU Culcl VI Iile
Modocs and one of the leaders in the
Modoc war, is still living. He is weak
and stone blind and must be consid-
erably over hundred years of age.
"Choctaw," the last commander OF
the Snakes, surrendered his life and
passed on to the happy hunting
grounds only three weeks ago. He
also was blind and was hundred OF
more years Of age.
"Allen David" who used to be a
great chief among the Klamatbs, is
still living, although at an advanced
age. The light has gone out Of his
eyes and he has to depend on his peo'
pie for food and care. The tribe re-
lations are all broken up, and from
Mr.. Jackson's words it is seen that
very soon the last of the original
chiefs will have passed to that bourne
whence no traveller returns. AL
though not disappearing with the
buffalo, as it was years ago said they
would do, the American Indian will
not be far behind the beast of the
prairie in passing from view.
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0,570, 800, no miles. Taking these fig
ures upon which to base the chances Of
being killed, person might have gone
over 81, 200, 900 miles of country before
meeting his death. an operation which
would occupy no less IA period than 1874
years, travelling day and night at a
speed of thirty miles an hour.
When trains weighing 4t0 tons are
seen moving at rate of sixty miles an
hour, with the people upon 1T confident
of their safety, nor thinking. Of Dpght,
space, the mechanical details and the
disciplined intelligence which enable il
to do so may be the better understood
If the writer who said of John Fries.
sons locomotive in 1926, which weighed
but two and ha tons and travelled at
maximum speed Of thirty miles an hour
for only short distance, that it was
the most wonderful exhibition OF human
daring and human skill the world ha /
ever seen, could look to-day upon the
achievements of railroading, he would
doubtless think that he didn't know
much of what he was talking after all.
But sixty miles an hour is not the
highest rate OF speed attained by trains
of 400 tons. The extreme speed of sew
enty miles IN hour, or ITO feet per sec-
OIus HdS OttH ItdCntu HOTe L01n OnGe.
This extraordinary energy has been com
puted to be nearly twice as great as a
2,00O-polnd shot fired from a 1OO-ton
gun. 1t may be of interest in this con-
nection to point out that the speed OF a
train may easily be determined by pas
sengers curious enough TO know at what
rate they are travelling, by counting the
number of rails over which they pass
by careful listening this can be detected,
the number OF miles per hour being :
most exactly the same as the number OF
rails passed In twenty seconds.
With trains running at such remark.
able speed IL can be readily understood
how necessary IL is for every mind con-
nected with great railroad system to
be conferred upon the work allotted to IL
and every hand to be unfailing in the
performance of its duties. The safety
of train entirely depends upon this
condition Of things, for there are but
few devices I'm use on railroads that are
solely safety appliances Everything or
nearly everything used has mechanical
or economicvalue. aud II IL perchaice
or intent 'onally promotes safety Part
only of its duty Is ! erformed.
This il illustrated in the use OF the
brake. It's invention and application
was lot inc SOLO purpose OF stopping the
tran at stations for purely bus ness pur.
poses But elcrtheles' IL performs an
important part in the prevention OF ar
cidents which threaten from countless
car SIS. When the speed attained wa
less than that at which trains are run
to-day the old screw and foot brake were
found sufficient for all practical pur-
poses, but as the regular velocity OF
trains was increased it Of course became
necessary to adopt a more quickly acting
means to bring them TO a standstill,
hence the Introduction OF the automatic
airbrake
AS showing the great advantage OF the
airbrake over handbrakes series OF
experiments were MADE few years age
with train OF fifty cars on a 3.00O-mie
run. Tho train was about one. third oil
q mile long, and from speed Of forty
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-26

The Right OF Author. 20 Quarry for New
Names in Poetry.
The average novel, the outsider
gathers, is a better-paying concern
than the average poem, says the st.
James Budget. And that, no doubt,
is why there is so much more fuss
about proprietary rights In the titles
OF novels. If you feel so inclined you
may go on singing and sonneteering
@To Della" and ITO Chloe" TO your
hearts content, but IL you desire 10
romance about some mot impossible
she" you Will be we'll advised TO avoid
putting "She" upon your title-page.
Yet there is a decorum in these mat
tiers.
And personally one is inclined to
think that Edward Jay was unwise to
write "The Worst of 1t" over his lines
in Lippincott's Magazine. The
phrase was all the worlds one. Now
you shall hardly hear it uttered in
the most different context without a
wave OF reminiscence of the passion
ate self-abandonment of the guilty
husband of the wife in Browning's
poem. And the worst of it is that
Mr.. Jays subject seems to be the
same. =
The right OF novelists, on the other
hand, to quarry for titles in the
demensne of poetry is we'll established
by custom. Any novelist may take
proud Maisie's" name in vain or de.
grade "Airy Fairy Lillian" into some
Easy Breezy Caroline" in three vol
umes of prose travesty. Mr.. Jay is
well entitled-by custom-to write
thrilling shilling book and call it
"Mesmerism," or a novel of Bostonian
introspection and call it LIE Byron de
Nos Jours," or an erotic study after
Mr.. Saltus and call it "A Light
WCman." Poets have been known to
protest, but they are Little old
fashioned up on Parnassus. When,
in her habitation, the loyal Primrose
Dame Is asked If she has read "Endy-
mion" she naturally answers: "Yes."
But 1t is Keats poem that the title
denotes in the republic of letters still.
Mr.. Stevenson stole the title of one
OF his volumes of verse from Ben JON
sons underwood, and a very pretty
title it is. Mr.. Stevenson acknowl-
edge the theft in the handsomest
manner:
or all my verse. like not a single line;
But like my title. for IL Is not mine.
That title from better man i stole
All, how much better had stol'n the whole;
because, of course, there is no copy
right in Ben Jonson. 1t is to be
feared that but few of Mr.. Steven
sons readers were much bothered by
"reminiscences of Rare Ben.
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The great value, therefore, OF the air
brake in stopping train before imp nd
ing danger cannot be adequately gagged.
But, apart from the mere mechanical
devices used, OF which the air.brake Is
By far the most important, the system
of working and the discipline exerci. ed
in the successful operation OF a road are
an interesting study in itself The car
dinal principle to be observed in pre-
venting accidents is never to allow a
train to be ahead OF time. The obvious
reasons of this are manifold, and the
imperative instructions given to en-
ployes of railroad companies in this con-
nection show its Importance. The en-
gineer, despite the fact that the train is
under the control OF the conductor, Is in
no case considered bamelcss if unneces-
sary risk is n by leaving station CT
pass ng any point ahead of the scheduled
time
In case of accident or stoppage upon
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most abbreviated form. With the
exception of four years, when he was
official court reporter in the Eighth
Judicial district in Michigan, he has
lived in Chicago, and to-day is the
most admired man in his profession.
He is a court reporter whom no law
yer, no matter how passionately
quick he may speak, no matter how
irregular or unusual the language he
utters, can disconcert, for his hand is
facile enough to cope with any tongue
and his mind runs parallel with the
brightest.