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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-01-01
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Estate OF Mary Ricketts,, deceased, late or Orange
township.
Notice is hereby given that letters testament
airy on the estate Of Mary Ricketts,, late OF
Orange township, deceased, have been granted
to ]. ID. Henrie and r. s. Henrie, to whom all
persons indebted 10 said estate are requested
to make peymeut, and those having claims or
demands will make known the same without
delay. j. d. HENRlE,
HERRING, +. s. HENRIE,
Atty. Executors.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

The regular annual meeting OF the sharehold-
ers OF "The Farmers National Bank OF Bloc ms
burg" for the election OF a board OF directors
ors room of the bank on Tuesday January. 12,
1892, between the hours OF two and four O'Clock
p. m.
12l1-it FRANK KELLER, Cashier.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate or Elias s. Fritz, late OF SugarlooJ ttcp,
Il deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters OF admins
tration on the estate OF Elias s. Fritz, late OF
Sugarloaf twp. col. Co Pa, deceased, have been
granted to the Undersigned administrator TO
whom all persons indebted to said estate are
requested 70 make payments. and those having
claims Or demands WIN make known the same
without delay TO
A. l.. FRITz, 4. y: thuTI,
Atty. Administrator.
l2ls-6w.s ~
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SHERIFPS SALE.

BY virtue OF a writ OF Al. Fl. Fa. issued out OF
the Court of Common Pleas OF Columbia County
Pa. and TO me directed there will be sold at the
Court House Bloomsbury, Pa. on
SATURDAY JANUARY 2, 1892.
at 10 O'clock a. m. the following real estate to
wit; All that certain piece or parcel OF land
situate In Fishingcreek township Columbia
County Pa. Bounded and described as follows
to wit. On the north by land OF John Sutton on
the east by Fishingcreek, on the south by land
OF T. II. Edgar and on the west by public road
containing liS town lots more or less whcreon
are erected q
DWELLING HOUSE, BARN
and out buildings
Seized taken into execution at the suit OF z.
L. Kile VS.. C. j. Ash and TO be sold as the prop
erty of C. j. Ash.
FRITZ, JOHN D. CASEY,
Atty Sheriff.
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Happy and content is home with "The Ro-
chester; lamp with the light of the morning.
Catalogues, write Rochester Lamp Co., ,NewYorl.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-01-01

Dentists say that is physical impossi.
5ility to set diamonds in teeth
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pEFoRE AND AFTER uaE. ache, Waketut
ness Lost Manhood, Lassitude, ell drains and loss
Of power in either sex, caused by ovcr-exetion or
indscretion, which ultimately lead 70 In
hrmity Consumption and Insanity. Price, ts.oo
package With every SIS order we give . written
;'Stss: sSs. 50 fsS, fsSF; Il s'1SS ssas E %
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.


ary on the estate OF John Rhinard, late OF Fish
ingcreek township, Col. Co., Pa, deceased. have
been granted to Moses McIienry, saltwater, to
whom oil persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment, and those having
claims or demands will make known tho same
without delay. MOSES McHENRY,
12-l8-3w.' Executor,
saltwater p. q.
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A lamp chin.
ney is a small
thing, (however
importantly and it
is strange adealer
will SO belittle
himself as to sub
cti%,1to On it1,itn
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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. c. OsoooD,
Lowell Mass.
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HARpER's PERIODICALS.

Postage Free to all subscribers IN us United
states, Condda, ana Mertc0.
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g. aOST MANHOOD!

"NEHVITE@"
(Piver's Frenc h
Nerve r cmedy,)is
sold with a Written
Gaarantes to cure
all Nervous disca..
es, ouch as Weak
Memory. Loes Of
Brain Power, Ne:.
vousness,,H,ead,,
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"Castoria Is tho 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 Costoria in
stead of the variousquack nostrunis 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"
DIR. J. II. KIScHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
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America. They are most numerous in
mountainous countries, their center OF
abundance being among the Northern
Andes, between the parallel OF 10 de-
grees north and south OF the Equator.
The great focus of this feathered fam
lily Is in ECUADOR, where more than one
hundred species are found, over half OF
them being peculiar TO that country.
Colombia has about one hundred species,
and Peru and Bolivia together have
ninety-six known species. In the
United States only seventeen species
exist, the Valley OF the Mississippi and
ell tho States east OF that river possess
ing only single kind of humming- bird.
The geographical distribution of hum
ming-birds Is very interesting, some
species having widely extended range,
while others are confined TO single
mountain peaks or valleys. One or up
OF them frequents the darkest and most
retired parts OF the forests of Brazil,
from which fact they have come TO be
known as the Hcrmits.
The nests OF humming birds arc
among the most beautiful examples of
avian architecture. They are usually
made very compact, most of them cup
shaped or turban- shaped, the materials
composing them being chiefly plant
down, interviewer with and strength
encd by spiders webs. and often orna-
mented by an external mosaic OF small
tichens.
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Rebuked.

He was new Strect-car conductor
running his third or fourth trip, and
he felt very smart in his new suit
and inclined to make the most OF
the authority vested in him as con-
ductor of that car He was young
and highly susceptible to the blan-
dishments of couple Of pretty shop
girls who were disposed toward a
Irritation. In the middle Of the car
sat a stout, elderly colored woman
who suddenly reached up TO the bell
rope and gave it sharp jerk.
"Will you have the kindness to let
that bell rope alone, MADAME" said
the conductor sharply.
"Will yo' hab de kin'ness den to
tend to yo' bizness, sab, so dat lady
kin git off'n de car when she desire
to, sab, without the trouble Of ring
in de bell her own SELF? La, chile,
l was erlive TO yo' was baum en- l tell
yo' yo got heap ter Farm yit bout
how to treat de ladies. lse rid in
boss cabs TO yo' ebah glib up yo' nus
sim bottle an l know jess what yo
jewties are en- if yo' cayn' tend to
em yo' ownse'f Use willin' ter hep
yo' out a little. Goodbye, boy. i
gifts off hcah. Free Press.
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Wonders of Physica, Energy.

The physical energy Of force some
times exerted by the human body has
long been known to. be Of the most
astounding nature, but no one, prior
to the tabulations made by DR..
Bucheister in 1890, ever took the
trouble to put that eXcrted force be-
fore the people in figures that could
be understood. The doctor "supposes"
things in this way: Suppose noun
taineer weighing l6S pounds is max
ing the ascent Of peak 1000 feet
high. To begin with, he must cX-
pend an amount of physical force
equal to that found by multiplying
his weight by the height to be as
cended. In the case assumed, a
weight Of 1913 pounds, multiplied by
a heighth of 1000 feet, equals 49,
900 foot-pounds; or, in other words,
1,176, 600 pounds have to be lifted one
foot. But this is not all. The con-
fractions Of the muscles Of the heart
have to be taken into account, which
is represented by four fOot-pOunds Of
work with each contraction, the pull
Stations Of an adult heart being about
seventy-two per minute; in ascending
heights it is much greater. But as
Stunning 100 beats Of the pulse per
minute, for simplicity of calculation,
this would give 400 foot-pounds per
minute, or $4,000 foot-pounds per
hour, or 100, 900 foot-pounds for the
five hours supposed to be required
for ascending the 1000 feet. For ex.
pansiOn and contraction Of the chest
and other muscles further item Of
30, 900 foot-pounds must be added.
Thus we find the total work per-
formed during the five hours Of noun.
tain-climbing to be equal to 1896
600 foot-pounds, not counting other
forces exerted, which DR.. Chichester
says will run the grand total up to
1,3S0,000 foot-pounds. = st. Louis
Republic.
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are annually sent to London and Paris.
The Indians readily learn the art
of skinning and preserving them,
and, because OF the exceptional
profits to be got by this industry, they
often traverse great distances to pro-
cure the birds. Residents of many parts
OF Brazil employ their slaves in collect
ing and preparing them for European
markets, and great numbers are ship
ped from Rio Janeiro, Bahia, and Per-
nambuco. Inmates Of the converts are
supplied with many OF the most richly
colored species for the manufacture Of
artificial feather flowers. Myriads of
hummers are also used by the natives
OF Mexico in making the wonderful
feather pictures for which the descend
ants of the Aztecs are famous, plumes
of different colors being employed in
place of pigments.
American Birds.
The humming- birds constitute the
most remarkable feature of the bird life
of the New World. They have no repre-
sentatives in any other part OF the
earth. About $50 distinct species are
now known, while others are being
brought to light with almost every fresh
collection made in Mexico, Central
America, or the higher lands of South
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CHINESE PIRATES.
A Yankee shippers Adventure on the
Canton Coast.


Il once had an adventure with pl-
rates on the coast Of Canton" said
Captain Ben Archie, retired ship
master. Il was outward bound from
Boston in the Sarah Lee, and was
carrying an assorted cargo Of consid-
cradle value. i lost two men on the
trip out, five very sick, and the six
left were scarce sufficient to work
the ship, much less to fight for her.
We we're working along slowly one
day against a light head wind, when
three junks, well loaded with villain
Gus looking freebooters bore down
upon us. Their appearance did not
worry me much, as we had two brass
siX-pOunders aboard, and / had loaded
them myself, and loaded them for
bear. Besides, the men all had side
arms, and / had double-barreled
ducking gun loaded with bucksbot.
| waited until the foremost junk was
within four hundred yards, when L
trained the bow gun upon its crowded
decks and applied the match. To
my surprise it would not fire. ran
III
and found that the powder was soak
ing wet. l hurried to the other gun
and found it in the same condition.
We had shipped coolie cook few
days before, and he had spiked my
battery with cup Of water. /
caught him just as he was about TO
leap overboaod for swim to the
i'm nj n i'm Of hn
ordered him to remain there under
pain Of death. l disposed my six
men around the decks to repel board
ers, and when tho foremost Junk was
within fifty yards l swept it's deck
with my big doubled-barrelled duck
gun. A bombshell dropped into the
pulsating heart Of a colored camp
meeting would not create such a
panic. The junks all fell off. The
pirates manuvercd. gesticulated and
yelled for an hour; then they tried it
again, all three keeping close to-
gether. / divided the barrels te-
tween two OF them, and they again
fell off with shrieking and jabber-
ing that would have shamed pande-
iiOiiiuui' NY diN hOO dCtbNh dtS dih,
but kept along with U.s. They were
evidently waiting for nightfall, when
they would make concerted attack
under cover of darkness. / tell you
it was not pleasant outlook. Just
Us the sun was going down a British
man-ofwar hove in sight. l was
never much in love with the union
jack, but l tell you 1 was never so
glad to see anything in my life. She
came down with the wind, with every
thread Of canvass drawing and the
junks took to their heels. They did
not start soon enough. After q short
squirt the Britisher opened with her
bow chasers. 1t required only one
volley. Then she sailed square
through the wreckage and water
swarming with tawny bodies, and
kept on her course, leaving the
wretched buccaneers TO feed the
sharks. Globe Democrat.
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Took Up His Bed and walked.

The praises OF the hammock have
been sung in almost every tongue
and in nearly every cline, but it has
been reserved for young naval APP
prentice to make Of himself wan
dering advocate Of its many comforts
and advantages.
He happened in at q noted resort
IN the Orange Mountains, when the
mercury in the thermometer was
cOquetting with the century mark
and asked for accommodations. The
clerk informed him that the Louise
was even then overcrowded and said,
Il haven't bed to give you, if you
paid me double rates.
"Bed! Bed! | don't want any bed"
returned the young tar, Il carry my
bed with me. All | want is my sup
per and place to wash up in the
.lorning. How much?" The clerk
quoted IA price which was paid and
the naval apprentice disappeared into
the dining room, his bundle remain
ing in chair under the clock just
where he put it.
After supper he sauntered forth
and spent couple Of hours lounging
about the grounds, smoking, mean
while, queer-looking but decidedly
fragrant pipe. Then he gathered up
his bundle from the chair under the
clock aud disappeared, and was seen
no more until something after mid
night, when every one else in the
house was wandering about in the
ARREST of costumes, vainly searching
for slight breath Of fresh air. Then
he was found sleeping swectly and
comfortably in hammock swung
from the limb Of fruit tree over a
carriage pathway behind the house.
He had noted the weather vane
carefully, taken his bearings as it
were and decided upon this spot
for his nights rest. 1t was about
which the breeze had access, and
soon dozens Of weary sleepless people
surrounded him and expressed their
envy IN such a loud voice that he
awoke. Instantly dozen offers were
made for the hammock, but he re-
fused TO part with it. 81 always car
ry it," he said "and am therefore
never at loss for the means of en-
joying a good nights rest. If l find
one place too hot, l simply hunt out
another whether it be indoors or out,
and il there is any breeze stirring /
manage eventually TO find out and
enjoy it,"
The next day dozens Of people were
seen writing to New York trades
zen, and nearly every envelope bore
ie line, "Dealer in hammocks, etc. I"
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Limits of Natural Vision.

The limits OF vision vary with ele.
walton, conditions of the atmosphere,
intensity Of illumination, and other
modifying elements in different cases.
On a clear day an object one foot
above level plain may be seen at a
distance Of 1.31 miles; one 10 feet
high, 4.15 miles, one 20 feet high, 5.SG
miles; one 100 feet high, 1871 miles; one
a mile high, as the top Of a mountain,
%. % miles. This allows seven inches
or to be exact, $40 inches-for the
curvature Of the earth, and assumes
that the size and illuminations OF
the object are sufficient to produce
an image. Five miles may be taken
as the extreme limit at which man
is visible on fat plain TO an OBJ
server on the same level.
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TO pigments, but it is now known that
they are attributable To the structure OF
the feathers. Each feather, when mi
nutely inspected, exhibits myriads of lit
tie facets so disposed as to present so
many angles to the incidence OF light,
which Is thus diffracted or broken up
into vivid rainbow tintS. In most
species the gorgeous coloration rs pecu-
liar to the males, the females being, as
a rule, devoid of refulgent hues and or
namental plumes. In only one species,
found in Jamaica, is the female more
beautiful than the male. The co!ors are
variously distributed in different species.
Some, instead of having luminous
throats, have the halo Of radiance trans
ferred to their crowns, which are blue,
violet, red. or green. Frequently there
is spot Of glittering emerald green on
the forehead. But no description in
words can give a notion OF the vivid
beauties of the humming-bir which
fits from flower TO flower
While richest roses. thou Eh in crimson dressed
Shrink from the splendor or his gorgeous
breast,
What heavenly tints in mingling radiance fly:
Each rapid movement brings different dye;
Like scales of FURNISHED gold they dazzling
show
Now sink to shade now like furnace gov.
Nature, having provided the hum
mingb birds with such brilliant plumage.
did not give them voice for song, and
the notes they utter amount to nothing
more than a warbling twitter, which the
males produce during the pairing sea-
son. They have remarkably large
breastbOnes, for the attachment OF thu
powerful wing muscles. 1t is reckoneG
that their wings Vibrate as fast as 50i
times in minute. SO great an eXer.
else OF muscular force as is involved by
such rapid movements calls for an am
pie supply OF blood, and this is provided
for by heart Of unusual size. The
actual flying speed OF the humming- bird
Is less than the ordinary observer might
suspect, for the small size Of the Great
ure adds to the seeming rapidity of its
flight, just as the little pulling tug ap-
pears to move faster than the ferryboat,
though it really does not do so.
So far as the coloraiion of the head
Is concerned, no other hummng- bird
equals the ruby andtopaz. 1t is the
species OF which the greatest number
are exported from South America to
Europe, for tho purpose OF adjoining
hats and bonnets, for the manufacture
Of artificial flowers, etc. Hummning-
birds were great favorltes of the
ancient Mexicans. They used the
feathers for their superb mantles in
the time OF Montozuma, and in en-
broidering the pictures so much ex-
tolled by Cortez. Their name signi-
fles, in tho Indian language. sun
beams" and thor feathers are still
worn by the Indian women as decora-
tons for the ears. Apoet once said:
Art thou bird, bee, or butterfly
Each and all three-a bird in shape am
A bee collecting sweets from bloom to bloom,
A butterfly in brilliancy OF plume
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nlulets.

Certain stones, from their magic
properties, have long been used as
amulets in different parts of the
world. In India, the "salagrama"
stone is supposed to possess extraor-
binary qualities. 1t is about the
size Of billiard ball, and is believed
to be found only in the Gandaki, a
river in Nepaul. The lucky possess0e
of this enchanted stone preserves it
in a clean cloth, from which it is fire.
quently taken and bathed and per-
fumed. The water in which it has
been placed acquires a sin-expelling
potency, and is therefore drank and
greatly priced.
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they are obliged to con1uct with great
skill and carefulness, inasmuch as they
themselves run risk OF getting caught
in the webs, and the larger spiders
boldly defend their homes against such
intrusion. The bird will actually enter
the labyrinths of the web in search OF
entangled flies, where sometimes there
Is scarcely room for his little wings to
perform their Office, and the least devil
alton would entangle him in the COM
pick intricacies OF ropes and gnys. On
the approach OF the angry owner, the
robber shoots off like a sunbeam.
1t used TO be supposed that the brill
liant hues of humming- birds were due
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To Oniet the Patient.

A doctor finds it difficult some
times TO secure for the patient the
quiet necessary for his recovery. One
doctor, however, was equal to the
emergency. The fussy, worrying
wife of man who was i'll came ur
as he was leaving the house, asking,
"Oh, Doctor, how is he? How is he
to-day" above everything he must
positively have quiet, so have wri,
ten out prescription here for !;
couple of opium powders" replied
the doctor. "When shall he take
them? When shall give them to
him?" "Iim?" said the doctor; "I've
prescribed them for YOU"
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groovcd where the bones join, while
they increase in size toward the
hinder end Of the complex bone thus
formed. This bony core is invested
by skin also marked by grooves,
which correspond with those at the
functions Of the three bones, and this
skin becomes much thickened and so
forms an incipient, imperfect rattle
OF such young snakes as have not yet
cast their skins. When it is cast,
the skin investing the tail close to
its termination is not cast off, but is
held fast by the enlarged end Of the
bony core before mentioned.
The piece Of skin thus retained be-
comes loose ring in front OF the in
cipient rattle and thus forms first
joint or ring of the future perfect
rattle. The same process is repeated
at each moult, fresh loose ring or
additional joint to the perfect rattle
being thus formed every time the
skin is shed. Thus the perfect rattle
comes ultimately to consist OF num-
Der Of dry, hard, more or less loose
horny rings, and in this way rattle
may consist of as many as twenty-one
co-existing rafting rings. 1t is the
shaking Of these rings by violent
and rapid wagging Of the end of the
snakes tail which produces the cele-
brated rafting sound-a sound which
may be compared to the rafting Of a
number Of peas in rapidly shaken
Daner bap
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Tho RoftIa-

The structure from which the rat
tlesnake takes his name-the rattle
consists mainly OF three or more
solid, horny rings, placed around the
end of the tail. These rings them
selves are merely dense portions of
the general outer skin OF the body
but the rattle has also a solid founda-
tion of bone. For the three last
bones OF the tail become united to-
gether In one solid hole or core,
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Birds of FANCY Feather.

} II Smithsonian IN
sstitution has issued
a monograph full of
fascinating in for
nation about hum =
ming BIRDS. o II Q
reason why these
daintiest OF feath-
cred Gre atur 5 arc
interesting is that
they were unknown
TO tho white man
until Columbus dis
covered t h o II e w
world, the + range
being confined to
VI Ii @ continent of
America.
! 1t is not the nat
'uralist alone who
has found them
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Ills superfiuous Superlative.

She was from Boston-that was
plain-and she was not poor-that
was plain, too.
"Can / borrow money at this bank?'
she inquired of the cashier.
Certainly, madam" he replied
with bow, "if you give proper Sc
curity.
"Ah," she said, in tone that made
the cashier vince, Il didn't know
there was any other kind of security.
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worthy Of attention. The demand for
them is great for ornamental purposes.
Dealers, mostly Frenchmen and Belgi-
ans, have establish I'd themselves in
many cities of South America for the
sole object of buying and exporting
cumming birds. From Santa Fe de
Bogota alone many thousands of skins
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are usually directed at the eyes Of the
enemy. When two or more individuals
OF either sex happen near the same spot
spirited and often violent conflicts are
almost certain to ensue.
While invincible against other birds
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English Harnaids.

1t is estimated that no fewer than
20, 900 girls are employed in the pub
lie houses and drinking bars OF the
United Kingdom.