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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1892-01-28
F. r. LEROUx, Redacteur en- chef.

u Lorsque.nos deux officers p1
rent SO reconna1tre, ills 6taient a
Q fond dun ravin, au milieu de blel
u s6s ct de morris, avec, au-dessu
e d'eux, une pluie de bales ct d
mitrallle, qui allait tomber plu
}. loin, en- faisant de larges trou6e
dams les masses franchises de1A re
foul6es.
Didier await eu son cheval tu
3 sous lui; tout contusionn6, il We
matt de SO relever ct s'appuyait 81
3 chancelant contre un quarter d.
roche.
Els tn bless6? cria Ellie, e1
, sautant q terre ct en- courrant
lul.
II repondlt n6gativement.
Les deux officers regarderent
alors autour d'eux ct current vite
fait de constater quill leur 6tait i'm.
possible de sortir de CO trou autre.
ment que prisonniers, q moins que
la mort ne v1nt les y atteindre.
Nous sommes perdus, murmu.
ra D1dier dun accent d'lndiferen-
ce ct de resignation.
Alors, Ellie le Wit s'asseoir sur le
sol, enfoncer SO main sous son uni
forme q la place du occur, en- tirer
une lettre d6cachet6e, la d6ployer,
la lire ct, apres lavoir lue, Penn
brasser f6vreusement; mordu d 'un
brusque soupcon, il fit un pas en-
avant ct NIT la main sur p6paule
de son camarade en- disant:
Ellie ia done 6crit?
-Pou1quoi ne m'6crirait-elle
pas?... Ne Susie pas son compa.
gnon d'enfance?
Naturellement sombre, le visage
d'Elie s'6tait assombri davantage;
tres froid en- apparence, mais Fame
tortur6e ct rageuse, IL reprit aveo
ironie:
Que to dit-elle?.. Sans dou-
te... ellie t'annonce que c'est toi
qu'elle choisit pour 6poux :. Sans
doute, ellie te recommande de me
le taire!
-Tu es foul protesta Didier, en-
froissant la lettre entire ses doigts
-Jure-moi done sur phonneur
que je me trompe. :. Tu vols, tn
noses pas!. Je vivais confiant,
sur la fol dune treve, ct vous vous
entendiez pour me tromper. AL.
Ions, 6nissons en- prends ton sa-
bre!
I'm duel!. >. N'a-t-elle pas de-
clare qu'elle n'6pouselait jamsis
celui de nous qui aurait tue Pau
tre?
LIE survivant pourra lui taire
la ver1t6 ct METRE la mort du vain
Gu au oompte dune bale ennemie
90. En- garde te dis-je!. II
faut que run de nous ne sorte pes
d'ici.
Ne vois.tu pas que nous ne
sortirons nj Fun nj lautre. 90.
-Bshl que salt on?. .Tu es 81
heureux!.. Oui on non, vas tn te |
defendre?
-Cest done toi qui pauras YOU
lul s'6cria Dldier, en- go redress
SAINT.
lis fondirent Fun sur pautre ct
crolserent le. Ter.
Mais soudain une Glamour de
d6tresse ct de fureur 6olata sur
leur tete: sous une grele de proJec
tiles, un peloton de cavaliers Ian
c6s q fond de train, d6gringolait
dams le ravin, hommes ct chevaux
confondus, avec un formidable
cliquetis d'armes.
.Atteint par le choc de oette ava
lanche humane, Ellie roula sans
connaissance sur un tas de cada-
vres, tandis qu'une bale, frappant
Didier au front, l6tendait raide
mort q cote de son cheval.
Nv
Celui-ci a v6cu. ii 6pous6
Nine Renee. Bien que son cpur
appart1nt au mort, ellie n'osa SO re
\ =
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1892-01-28
RIVAUX.

:. En- 1870, la soci6t6 parisien
ne comptait une jeune veuve, rich
4 miracle ct, pour parler ainsi gu
les contes de fees, belle CONNIE /
jour: nous pappellerons, 81 vous /
voulez bien, Nine Renee.
Libre, sans enfants, vite conso
lee de la mort dun mari 6pous'
par raison plus que par amour
ellie 6tait devenue )e point de mir'
dune bonne douzaine de cher
cheurs de dots ct l'objet de comp6
titions ardentes; au Bois, au thea
tire, au bal, partout oa. apres deu,
ann6es du plus severe deuil, or
commencait q la rencontrer, c'6talt
avec une escorte d'adorateurs
qu'elle tenait d'ailleurs 4 distance
moins pr6occup6e de les d6coura.
ger que soucieuse de justifier 90
reputation de femme impeccable.
Entire ses servants declares sc
trouvait un jeune officer de hus.
sards, lie capitaine Didier, fills uni,
que dun banquier de Paris, qui,
sur tous ses rivaux poss6dait ce
double avantage d'etre lie, depuis
lenfance, avec Nine Renee, Ia
quelle 6tait par consequent fix6e
sur ses m6rltes, ct d'etre assure
dams l'avenir dune fortune au
moins egale q la slenne, ce qui ne
permettalt pas de suspecter son
reimbursement.
S6duisant, dune heureuse natu-
re, ouverte ct gale, bien apparent6,
c'est lui qui, de paveu de tous, to-
matt la tote dams ce steeple. chase
d d'amoureux.
Mais VOLTA qu'un jour cette 81
tuatiop SO modifia, ct so modifa
par So faute.
Ne s'avisa-t-il pas de presenter
4 son annie un de ses camsrades
De regiment, un tres brilliant gen.
tilhomme, le capitaine Ellie, jeune
CONNIE lui, richie CONNIE lui, un
beau type de passionn6 silencleux
ct t6n6breux, un de ces conqu6-
rants de ceurs don't les femmes
raffolent!
Sous de froids dehors, il cachalt
une anne brtllante, ct devint pour
Didier un rival d'autant plus re.
doutable que CO dernier ne sen
Btait pas d6fi6. Quand il s'aper-
put du peril gull await lui-meme
cree, c'6tait trop tard pour le con-
jurer: Ii ne put que oonstater que,
maintenant, lis 6taient deux de-
want la place, avec les memes chan.
,es de sen emparer.
"Deux coqs vivalent en- paix:
ane poule survint ct VOLTA la guer-
re- allum6e." Cette histoire est
Eieille CONNIE le monde. On la
vit recommencer.
Ce fut un soir chez Nine Re-
nee.
Un pen grls6e par les homma-
ges don't ellie 6tsit robjet de la
part de ces deux hommes qu'elle
await defnitivement distingu6s en-
tre tous, la jeune femme dit tout q
coup, en- soulignant dun joli rire
son langage:
-rachez done de vous enten.
Dire, messieurs; puisque je ne peux
vous 6pouser tous deux, que Fun
de vous Sc retire ct m'6pargne
('embarras de choisir.
S6rieuse on non, cette parole
provocatr1ce aui constituait un en-
envers Fun d'eux, sans
qu'lls pussent deviner envers le-
ouel, cut des efets soudains ct ter.
ribles.
A Didier qui, jusqu'a ce mo-
ment, s'6tait cru le pr6fere, ellie
apprenait quill s'6tait tromp6 ct
await I'm rival, tanlis qu'elle reve-
lait 3 celui-ci que ses affalres
6taient en- meilleure vote quill
n'ent os6 lesp6rer.
La violence de leurs sentiments
r6ciproques 6clata des qu'ils SO
trouvArent seuls:
-Tu lui avais done dit que tn
l'aima1s? demanda Didier.
-N'4tait-ce pas mon droit? Pou-
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Oelui-ci v6cu. II 6pous6
Nine Renee. Bien que son cmur
appart1nt au mort, ellie n'osa SO re
fuser au valiant soldat qui TAI.
matt ct don't ellie await Gu la l6gA-
ret6 d'enoourager les esp6rances.
Mais le souvenir de pautre ma
pu s'effacer de SO m6moire; IL y
est meme devenu poignant autant
qu'inoubllable depuis le jour oa
son mari commit rimprudence de
lui raoonter les circumstances qui
pr6c6derent le tr6pas de Didier.
Ellie plant co dernier; ellie Ia
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1892-01-28

-Maintenant que tn lie sails, tn
dois loyalement te retirer.
Me retirerl C'est trop tard. Je
suis amoureux. -. !. amoureux au
point de tuer quiconque oserait me
la disputer!
Meme celui qu'elle to prefere.
rait?
.-Surtout celul-lA!
-Parles-tu s6rieusement?
-Regarde moi, aidier: al je
Pair de plaisanter
I'm de nous deux est done de
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-30
Tha One-Cent Coin.

Few OF the present generations have
any knowledge how the present one
cent piece came into circulation. Prior
to the civil war the coin which repre-
sented one cent weighed exactly half an
ounce. There were plenty in circula-
tion for the population at that time.
But when the war broke out it seemed
rs if, coins of all denominations had
been swallowed up. Tokens of various
kinds We're made first OF cardboard
then of metal.
A small coin about the size of the
present one-cent piece was produced,
having upon it various devices such as
Not one-cent, -" Good enough for de-
fence, ""Cur country forever" From
six hundred to one thousand varieties
of these tokens We're made and issued.
As they were taken to represent q
cent by everybody, those who had cop
per enough on hand, and could make
or procure moulds or dies, realized a
good profit from the making and i,su-
ing of these tokens. The size lul
weight were convenient, and the Uni O..
,.
We're better pleased with the smaier
piece, although comparatively valuclcss,
than with the one-half ounce coin.
As the object was to keep the sub.
sidiary coins in the country, and as the
people were content to use the smu iier
pieces, the experiment was tried in rno
issue of the turkey buzzard' mixed
nickel cent. They were larger, thicker,
and heavier than the present cent, ani
did not please as well as the toheu hid
pleased. After trying two or three is
sues Of the nickel coin, some with tao
Indians head, the United States Goy-
ernment decided upon the present sty 10
OF coin.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-30

The first regular train service in this
country commenced ON the Liverpool
and Manchester Railway on Friday,
September II, 1880, two days after the
opening of the line. 1t was not on
very ambitious scale; three trains each
way on week days and two on Sundays
We're deemed quite sufficient. The nov
city of the thing, however, at first, and
very soon its proved safety and efiici-
ency, led at once to much larger traf-
tic than had been anticipated, and as
the company could obtain rolling
stock the service was increased. For
time the people who had ventured to
risk their lives by the new mode of con-
veyance We're the objects of admiration
for their courage or of contempt for
their fUolhardiness; but one by one the
coaches had to be taken off the road
and everybody went by rail.
The time occupied in the journey was
at first more than two hours, and often
less, the distance being thirty one miles
but even this rate was too fast for some
people, for gentleman, writing about
six weeks after the opening of the line,
says the speed was too great to be
plea ant and caused him to feel some-
what eidLy. The travelling was not
very comfortable undoubtedly; the
coaches were at first only coupled with
chains, as wagons are now, so that they
jerked the unfortunate passengers
nearly of their seats at starting and
clashed violently against each other
when the driver put on his brake.
When fairly in motion, if the speed was
any but the slowest the very short
wheel base produced pitching action
so trying that if the journey had not
been a short one it would have seriously
affected the popularity of the railway
as means of passenger transit. Corn
hill Magazine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-30
HOBGOBLlNS A BLESSING.
Infants Whose Days are Haunted by G,anto
and Bears.


The best results of fiction for tho
young are to he found in the enrich
ment of the imagination, not in the cul-
tivation of the moral faculties nnd tho
genuine nursery literature is so clearly
Imaginative that no healthy minded
child mistakes such moral lessons as
may be drawn from it, For my part. L
should rather trust the morals of tho
young to the most improbable nursery
tales than to the lifelike, hateful nara
tives or real life in which the daughter
in-law is set against her mother-in-l law.
Is it worse for an impressionable
youth to contemplate the ingenious de-
prayity of the wicked uncle in The
Babes in tho Wood" than to imbibe
from the latest most improved fiction
the iusidious poison which makes him
critical of his own parents disciplinary
methods with him, says an article in the
atlantic, because they differ from those
OF an ideally charming mamma in a
story book ?
10 draw upon my own recollections,
my childhood was haunted by bears.
They were not bears out of books, SO far
as | can remember, but childish for
mula for the dark unknown which is
apt to frighten every little stranger who
comes alone into this great world of
ours.
Many an hour have l lain awake in
on ecstasy of trembling lest the sonor-
Gus breathing of the sister asleep at my
side shoald be loud enough to rouse
the dire beasts from their lurking
places. Yet those hours did not "em-
bitter my infancy" nor do they now in
retrospect cause me poignant grief.
What does shame mo is the remem-
brance of other hours of that same Pc
riod when ] was trying to adjust my
emotions and actions to an agreement
with those of the particular heroine out
OF fiction who happened to be my near.
est acquaintance at the time.
am aware that there is another side
to this subject. There are ignorant
nursery-maids capable of cmbitteriag
any infancy by their manner of intro
ducing hCbgoblins to it; but so long as
there is mother love in the world there
will be mothers wise and eloquent
enough to act as the guides and inter-
prefers of childhood in its excursions
into Fairyland, and children who will
rejoice to their latest day in the goodly
heritage they possess in the realm which
is ruled by an aristocracy of Red Riding
Hood and her peers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-30
EDUCATIONAL.

Harvard gives away SS7, 900 annually
in aid of its students.
Yale freshmen and Cornell freshmen
have given up their annual rush at their
respective colleges.
The Detroit Board of Education has
shut out all teachers from the public
schools who are not graduates of the
schools.
Lincoln University. the colored col
lege at Lincoln, Chester county, Penn,
has reopened with $50 students en-
rolled.
Colorado College is overcrowded with
students. Its present freshman class
contains double the number of last
years freshman class.
Coeducation has attained to such
remarkable degree of popularity in
Maine that two married couples have
entered Colby University.
In the Board schools" of Dundee,
Scotland, which are similar to our pub
lie schools, instruction in swimming is
part of the curriculum.
The University of Wisconsin has or
ganized university extension depart
ment under Lyman p. Powell, formerly
of Johns Hopkins University.
Columbia College accounts for the
decrease of numbers noticeable in the
class of '96, in the Arts Department, by
the fact that the standard OF scholar
ship has raised.
In the early wears of Yale Collere.
and until 1867, the names of the gradu-
ates were arranged not alphabetically,
but in the order of the social rank OF
the families to which they belonged.
The movement against the employ
ment of married women as teachers in
the public schools has extended to
Chicago. That city employs $500
teachers, 95 per cent. of whom are
women, and 400 or 500 Of these are
married.
The New York Board of Education
has taken cautious step toward the
introduction of the Froebel system by
making an appropriation of S26. 900
for kindergarten classes in the primary
schools of that city.
Throughout all Spanish America no
young man is considered thoroughly
educated until he can speak at least two
languages beside his own. In Chile,
French and German are universally
learned, and it is now becoming tho
fashion to study English,
Physical Director Stagg wna5
they call him-has decided that the
students in the Chicago University
shall kick football three times week
for exercise-at least, the young men.
The young ladies walk an hour, and
take fifteen minutes exercise in the
gymnasium. Y. Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-30
RHEUMATISM PREVALENT,
Caused by the Sudden Changes OF
Temperature.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUND RELIEF

Rheumatism is more prevalent borc
than ever before. 0'o
When this disease fastens upon nm IN.
dividual with its soreness and no;a
swelling the joints, rendering him hcInlcs,
in his movements. and shattering his uso'
funcss. he is indeed an object of pitv
The slight pain in the back. pain or stiff.
ness of the joints or muscles, is a warniny
indication of mn Impoverished conditio55
of the blood, low state of health, and IL
not attended to at once, means rhe,.
matism.
rheumatism can now be relieved md
cured
Since the introduction Of Favorito Rom.
cdy. Ivy DR.. David Kennedy, of Rordout
n. Y, there has been fewer sufferers
than ever before.
Favorite Remedy drives out rheumatic
poison from the blood, restores the circu.
la;ion, strengthens the nerve vowcr.
The best proof Of its value is the good
II has done.
CO., wae adiictcd with innammatory rhcuma.
ii'm ,or hfteen years; writes Mr. f =. Toyer, Of
east Nassau, N Y. so severe that / was Sim,
posed I, be cripple for life. Under physiciana
irLtnen' grew worse. Dr. Kenncdy'S Fayor.
tc comedy helped me from the time / FIRST isod
d, uu entirely cured me. Have felt no trace OF
The beautiful daughter of Mr.. James
We F'rland, of DeMoines, Ia u, was help
'e.s for months with sciaic rheumatism.
N5cr few doses Of DIR. Kennedy's Fav.
rite Remedy, she began to grow better,
pp'iiie impro we'd, slept well, and con.
ilding its use, was cured.
"l w1S confined TO nv he'd with Rheumatism
''.tr ay heart, wr ties MI. C. L. Seaycr, Of Dir.
lu-htn, Conn, and used DR. Kennedy Is Favor.
.' i'u'dv but short while before il L,uvc tho
nrnuatism ont of my system"
Mr. G. Lansing of Troy. n. Y, had
'hrdmatiSm so bad that he had TO be
rned over in bed. After using DIR.
tenledy's FaYorite Remedy but short
while was restored to health.
What reason then for suffering with
rheumatism or neuralgia. This medicine
will help you if given trial.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-30
M. Pos, Card pe.ervc. Another.

A wife who knew the aversion of her
husband to letter writing said to him,
as he was about leaving home for the
continent Now, John, as neither L nor
the children can accompany you, you
must be ears and eyes for us and drop
us q postal card telling us everything of
interest you may see and hear Don't
forget, will your
The husband promised and took his
departure. The next morning his WIFI
received post card containing the fol-
lowing: Dear wife. j reached Dover
all right. Yours af. -
Though somewhat disappointed, sho
excused tho brevity of the communica-
ton on the ground that her husband
was doubtless pressed for time. Two
days later, however, another card ar.
rived bearing the startling announce
mcut: "ilore ! am in Paris. Yours
ever" Still later came another: II
am indeed in Paris. Yours, -"
The wife swallowed her disappoint-
mont, and, being good at retaliation,
seized her pen and wrote: Dear Hus-
band The children and / are in Brix-
ton. Yours.
A few days later she wrote again;
I'VE are still in Brixton.
In her next communication she grew
a little more enthusiastic. She wrote:
Dear Husband: Here we are in
Brixton. l repeat it, sir. We arc in
BmXton.
"P. S.-We are indeed.
In due time her husband reached
home, and fearing, perhaps, that his
poor wife was afflicted with somo sort
of dementia, hastened to ask the mean
ing of her strange messages. For an
swer she slipped into his hand his own
three postal cards
What is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander, she said
1t is to be hoped that John proiited
by the lesson.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-30

repeal of the Sherman law. or by the
adoption of Senator McPherson's re-
solution authorizing the President in
his discretion 20 suspend the pur-
chase of silver bullion, will be the
signal for the music to begin. The
free coinage men say they do not
propose to allow any suspension of
the purchase of bullion, unless a free
coinage bill be passed
Notwithstanding recent extraord-
mary efforts of the republicans to de
feat the will OF tie people, it is the
general belief here, republicans in
cluded, that the democrats will
organize and control the Senate Of
the next Congress.
Both those who oppose and those
who favor the proposed amendment to
the Worlds Fair act, of the last
session, allowing the exposition to be
opened on Sunday, claim to have
poled the House, and both sides
claim to have a majority of votes
pledged. 1t is going to be red hot
fight and four days-1o, to IS, OF
January, inclusive-have been set a
part by the House Exposition com
mittee to hear arguments for and
against the proposed amendment
1t is the impression of experienced
observers of things Congressional that
the amendment will be adopted by a
small margin in both House and
Senate, but there seems to be L doubt
as TO whether Mr.. Harrison will ar
prove.
Strange to say the most Of the
opposition to Senator Vests bill
directing the Postm lster General to
make ten year contract for carry
ing the mails, at existing iltes, with
the proposed Chicago and St. Louis
electric railway, as soon as that COM
pany is ready to guarantee that they
shall be transported at 4 speed OF not
less than 100 miles an hour comes
from those who fear accidents to
travellers at that high rate of speed.
Queer argument, that, for this rushing
age.
1t looks row as though Mr.. Blaine
might set we'll again. For nearly a
week he has improved. HIS family
and friends have grown very hopeful,
and his physicians say rOthing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-30
Deserving Praise.

we desire to say to our citizens,
that for years we have been selling
Dr. Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption, DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric
BItters, and have never handled re.
medes that sell as well, or that have
gwen such universal satisfaction. We
DO not hesitate to guarantee them
every time, and we stand ready to re-
fund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results 90 not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popular
ny purely on their merits. c. A.
Klein Druggist.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-12-30
MEN AND WOMEN.
..Speaker Reed is fifty-three years

g Ex.Speaker Reed is fifty-three years
old.
Editor Glider of the Century has q
salary of $3.50 year
Rider Haggard thinks Egypt the
most interesting and least explored
country in the world.
Sarah Bemhardt has again changed
the color of her hair. She is now a
pronounced brunette.
Herr Polak, Hungarian, now liv-
ing in New York, can talk at the rate of
500 words a minute.
Fanny Davenport has purchased
seaside home at Duxbury, Mass. She
also has n mountain home at Canton,
Penn, and ranch at Santa Monica,
Cal.
NJ. Cabanol, the French portrait
painter, says that Miss Maggie Mitch
ell, tho daughter of the Oregon Sena-
tor, is one of the most beautiful women
over seen in Paris.
S. NJ Inman, tho wealthy Georgia
cottonslealer, has presented his Atlanta
residence to board of women for use
as an orphan asylum. He also gave
$50, 900 to maintain it.
1t is recorded that Generals Long
street and Wade Hampton were the
only Confederate Generals who loaded,
trained and fired cannon during the
War of the Rebellion.
Chief Justice Peters of Maine has
completed the seyentieth year Of his
age and reports himself in excellent
physical condition. lie expects to
keep going for some years yet.
Mrs. Increase Sumner of Starkc,
Bradford county, Fla, raises her own
tea, and has treated her guests to cups
of the home made beverage, which was
pronounced delicious.
Archer VI. Huntington, son of Coils
p. Huntingdon is abroad, accompanied
by his tutor. Mr.. Huntington will re.
main several years abroad, spending
most of the time in Spain.-N. Y.
Times.
Mr.. Gladstone still adheres to his
lifelong habit of rising about $50
daily-an hour that most other great
men of the period would consider un-
conscionably early for getting up. He
and Mrs. Gladstone attend church every
morning.
James S. Gibbons, who died last Oc-
tober at the age OF eighty-three, was
the author of I'VE Are Coming, Fa-
ther Abraham, 100000 More, which
made its appearance in the summer of
1852 and became one of the popular
songs of the war, though it did not
long survive that period
Except himself, but two members of
Oliver Wendell Holmes class at college
still survive. The famous class dinners
at public hotel have been discon-
tinued, but those who remain are still
annually entertained by DR.. Holmes in
his own house. 1t has been sixty-three
years since the graduation exercises of
these three octogenarians.
Roman was wont to say that he was
loved by the four women whose af1ec-
tion he valued above al others-his
mother, his sister, his wife and his
daughter. Il often fancy he said,
"that the Judgments which will be
passed upon us in the Valley Of Jehosa-
phat will be neither more nor less than
those OF women, countersigued by the
Almighty.