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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
Couldn't Draw His Money.

The conversation turned upon early
struggles in life. All of them had had
hard times, but each of them had mai
aged to start bank account in his first
days of earning money and to add to it
from time to time.
And the only time in my life, said
one of them, that l had money and yet
did not have it, was when L had worked
long enough and hard enough to feel
that l was justified in making what to
me was considerable of an investment
Years before this l had begun modest
little account in the - savings bank.
When first made my deposits they
were not big and they were not frequent,
but 1 kept on making them month by
month and year by year, and at last they
began to count for something. When
the time came to make my investment,
found that L should have to go to my
first savings bank. l marched down
and presented myself at the window L
hadn't been there for long time.
had added to my face beard, and l
was as far from being the boy who had
formerly been there as a man well could
be. The first thing L was asked to do
was to write my signature. / wrote it
as l had learned to write it in the recent
years, with slap dash rush. The teller
looked at me scrutinizingly and then
asked me to write it again. dashed
off another. He went off second and
came back with a little deprecating
smile.
1.-THE signatures are not the same
he said, regarding me intently.
"'I'm the same
"'How do I know that p he said,
with his provoking smile
"'You don't expect, do you, that I'd
write the same hand now that l wrote
when 1 was fourteen years old and
made my first deposit p impatiently
asked
"'No,' said he.
"'Well, I'm in a hurry for that
money said curtly. I've got to use
it right away, and I'd like 1t right
away
"'I'm very sure, he said, that you
are the man, from the story you tell
but how do know it l can't let
man have money when do not kno,
him, and when his signature does no
agree with the one we have
"'WEat must do, then !? asked.
"You must be identified
"'But haven't time
"You will have to make it or else
sign like your old signature. Your old
one is good deal better than the one
you write now,' with another smile.
But had to hurry out and find
some one who could identify me before
I could draw the money had deposited.
When 1 had drawn it my boyish sigma
ture was shown to me. 1t was round
and clear, but little trembling, and
when I looked at it for the first time in
many years, rush Of memories came
over me, and I recalled how had felt
on the first day that had ever gone
into bank to open an account for my
self"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
Campaign Song for 1909.


Hurrah for Grover Cleveland, the patriot and
He's honored by Democracy. his name is all
the rage;
He's lover Of his country, his party and his
home;
His honesty is loudly praised wherever you
may roam.
But we cant hurrah for Benny, with his grand
papa's hat,
Nor can we shout for "Blacklaw" Reid, the man
they call the rat"
III tell what we'll do If you'll promise not 70
tattle-
we'll give one yelp for Warner and the Chero-
kee cattle.
We have another hero, of the name Of Steven
He's in this presidential race which recently
begun; ...- .
II Reid thinks he con beat him 'tis time now
TO begin It,
For he'll find before November that he is not
''in it,"
Protection" is a humbug, as all honest people
1t has made the rich richer, but the poor man,
where Is hs2
sorrowfully living in his tent or lonely howell,
Praying to God for work with his mattock and
his shovel.
The Dcx,ossatic platform guarantees to every
man
Better times, more money and is opposed 70
every clan.
II places ev'ry race, sv'ry color on lsve.
And does not say you are saint or l shall be
aAevil.
1t knows no north. no south, no east, nor tho
great thriving west;
Its principles will always live in every honest
breast;
The Union for every one, be he rich, poor,
great or snail,
h the watchword for the party and is gsArAn-
teed TO ALL
We have no use for force bilk," "lfcKinley
bills" high taxes,
Nor any other "steal." !" dear FRIENDS, that calls
for "grinding azos;"
But we want an honest, truthful, grand admin
tstration,
In every department Of this glorious young
nation.
And now, my fellow citizens. I'll bid you all
good night;
Believing that democracy will surely win ths
fight;
know it win If we ar. true to Grover and
reform"
And then on March the 9Th Wen shout, "Our
country's safe from harm"'
.-~-.-----Kansas City Tmss:
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
The paper AUe.

The world las seen Its Iron Age and
its Brazen Age, but this is the Age OF
Paper. We are making SO many things
OF paper that 1t will soon be true that
without paper there is nothing made.
We live in paper houses, wear paper
clothing and sit on paper cushions in
paper cars, rolling on paper wheels II
W. lived in Bergen, Norway, we could 60
on Sundays to paper church. We do q
paper business over paper counters, buy
ing paper goods, paying for them with
paper money, and deal in paper stocks on
paper margins. We row races in paper
boats for paper prizes. We go to paper
theatcrs. where paper actors play to pa
per audiences. AS the age develops, the
coming man will become more deeply
enmeshed In the paper net. He will awake
in the morning and creep from under the
paper clothing of his paper bed and put
on his paper dressing gown and his pa.
per slippers. He will walk over paper
carpets. down paper stairs and, seating
limself in paper chair, will read the
paper news in tue morning paper. A pa
per bell will call him 10 his breakfast,
cooked in paper oven. served on paper
dishes, laid on paper cloth on n paper
table. He will wipe his lips with pa
per napkin and. having put on his parer
shoes, paper hat and paper coat, and
then taking his paper stick (he has the
choice Of two descriptions already, he
will walk on a paper pave ment or ride In
paper carriage to his paper Office. He
will organize paper enterprises and make
paper profits He will sail the ocean on
paper steamships and navigate the air in
paper balloons. He will smoke q paper
cigar or paper tobacco In paper pipe,
lighted with paper match. He will
write with paper pencil, whittle paper
sticks with paper knife, 60 fishing
viii, paper fishing rod, a paper line and
paper hook, and put his catch in a pa
per basket. He will go shooting with II
paper gun, loaded with paper cartridges,
aud will defend his country in paper
forts with paper cannon aud paper bombs-
Having lived his paper life and achieved
a paper fame and paper wealth, he will
retire to paper leisure and die in paper
peace. There will be paper funeral, at
which the mourners, dressed in paper
Grape, will wipe their eyes with paper
handkerchiefs, and the preacher will
preach In paper pulpit. He will lie in
paper coffin; elsewhere in this paper it
will be seen that he has chance OF do
ing % already II he is u paper--we mean
pauper. He will be wrapped in paper
shroud, his name will be engraved on O
paper plate, and paper hearse. adorned
with paper plumes, will carry him TO a
paper.lined grave, over which will be
raised paper monument.-The Paper
Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
Yo~keS Thvlh.

TIE Maine man vhO oaa not tusu his
hand 10 another searse OF profit when
one Anih hia is sc~rcs article. An en-
gravss and ssrvs of o@At1ns nYuts, n
hs ralsy Aayv OF hsfss shipbuflMns,
now rsside.s of KittsrZ, Auatsg his oc.
cupatioa gene ~ scSpOs Of figure
hsads foS vessels, b eagsvs< ie making
idols and sraven fnssgss for me kAthsnl
ns has hrop order &at w6 svagaev
most Of hs tiae fm ovsr two yeas,
from . missionary iust Nturned from
Cs,stsa ~ y tlsAs ouaan3. SAk sss-
sionsry, BY tho vsy, 10 evidently some
thing oi YanAse hinself. -HenHsheo
journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
How She Managed 1t.

A young couple in Lancashire vii
lage had been courting for several years.
One day the young man said to the
young woman:
"Sal, Gamma marry thee" ,-...r. ,.,a,.s.,
"How's that ?" she asked.
"Tve changed my mind, said he. .
well, I'll tell You what Well do"
she said. If folks know that it's thee
as has given me up, 1 shanna be able to
get another chap, but if they think 1
have given thee up, then l can easy get
another chap. So Wen have banns
published, and whAn the wedding day
comes the psrssa will say to thee, wilt
thou have this woman to be thy welded
wife 2 and thou must say, 4 will, and
when he says to me, Wilt thou have
this man to be thy welded husband p /
shall say i Wilma"
The wedding day came, and the min.
lister said to the man:
"Wilt thou have this woman to be
thy welded wife ?"
Il will, answered the nan.
Then tho parson said to the wo.
man:
wilt thsu have this nan to be thy
welded husband p
Il will, she said.
why, you said you would say i
Wilma, the yssng nan said furiously.
Il know that, but I've changed NV
mind since tAn," answered the young
woman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
Fall Styles.

The World OF Fashion has been as
hr of late in consequence Of the re-
wal of what is called the 'Directoire
styles, for which much popularity is
predicted this Autumn. The Direc-
toire being that period of French his
tory which proceeded the coronation
Of Napoleon I, and of his wife, lose
phlne, leads naturally to the Empire
and Josephine styles, concerning
which there is also great deal of in
terest manifested. Another favorite
variation will be the Recamier cos
tune, taking its appellation from the
famous lady Of that name, who is
doubly celebrated for her beauty and
her friendship with Nine. de Stael.
The oid-time balloon sleeve, another
"reminiscences of that epoch, will be
much in vogue this Fall. Many peo-
pie use the expressions Directaire,
Empire, Recansier without fully
realizing what these terms signify, and
are consequently apt to err in their
endeavor to adopt the latest novelties.
A careful perusal of first. class Fash
ION Magazine like La Mode de Paris,
Paris Album of Fashion or La
Couturiere will furnish a satisfactory
explanation Of the differences between
these historical costumes. These
Journals not only illustrate all modifi-
cations of these sundry styles, but al.
SO give full length descriptions of the
materials to be used with appropriate
trimmings, and reproduce as well the
latest novelties in millinery and hat
ornaments. The most practical way
OF obtaining this information is to
subscribe for these Journals La
Node de Paris and Paris Al6,m
OF OF Fashion are $3.50 per year each.
They are the most artistic Fashion
Magazines published. La Coutur-
'ere is fine home journal for $500
and La Mode is only $Iso per year.
Another important fact to remember
Is that the three former publications
contain each month lesson on some
popular garment with valuable practi-
cal suggestions. You can generally
get single copies from your newsdea-
Ter, but do not allow him to give you
some other journal for one of these.
You can get them if you write to the
publishers, Messrs. A. Mcdowell q
Co., Vest r4th Street, New York.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
OIL on TROUBLED WATERS.
II Was Thought = Miracle When Fivst
Tried l.1OO Years AGO.

Tried l.1OO Years Ago.
The idea contained in the expression
pouring oil on troubled waters" has
been traced so far back rs Pliny Ca. D.
2379), who speaks In his Natural His.
tory Of tho results Of pouring oil on q
stormy sea. Mr.. David NJ. Stone, of the
New York journal of Commerce, found
All interesting account of the phenomenon
in Bede's Ecclesiastical History" Cbook
3, chapter 15) written in Latin more than
1,1OO years ago-from 7l6 to 731 A. ID.
"The venerable Bede Is speaking Of
Bishop Aidan, who was permitted to
work Miracles" he says: "A priest
called Vita (Utta) was sent into Kent 10
fetch EanAede, King Edwine's daughter
who was to be married 10 King Osw IRA.
He was to go by land but return by
water. Before I've departed Vita visited
the bishop and besought his prayers for a
prosperous journey. The bishop blessed
him aud predicting for his return great
tempest and contrary wind that should
rise suddenly gave him pot Of OIL say.
ing:
"'Remember thatyo cast into the sea
this oyle that l give you, and anon. the
winds being laied, comfortable fayer
weather shall ensue on the sea, which
shall send you againe with as pleasant a
passage as you have wished
The tempest came as predicted, the
sailors essayed to cast 'ancar' in vain, the
water began to fill the ship, and nothing
but present death was looked for At
the near approach of death came the
thought OF the bishop and the pot of OIL
Taking itin his hand the priest cast the
oil into the sea, when, ms If by magic, it
became quiet and calm. and the ship
was delivered. boston Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
THE DISPARITY IN THE LIMBS.
This Explains why People Lost Walk in q
Circle.


Circle.
The fact that people lost on desert
or in forest invariably walk in a circle
is due to slight inequality of the legs.
Careful measurements Of series OF
skeletons have shown that only 10 per
cent. had the lower limbs equal in length,
35 per cent had the right limb longer
than the left, while in 55 per cent. the
left leg was the longer. The result Of
one limb being longer than the other
will naturally be that a person will un-
consciously take longer step with the
longer limb, and consequently will
trend to the right or left, according as
the left or right leg is the longer, un-
less the tendency to deviation is cor
rected by the eye.
The left leg being more frequently
the longer, as evinced by the measure
ment of the skeleton, the inclinat i)n
should take place more frequently to the
right than to the left, and this conc, u
sion is quite borne out by the observations
made on number of persons when walk
ing blindfold. Further, on measurements
of the arms it is found that in 72 2
cent. the right arm is longer than t.,
left, while in "a per cent. the left arr
is the longer-showing that consids
able majority Of persons are rigl,
handed and left legged The inequality
in the length of limbs is not confined to
any particular sex or race, but seems to
be universal in all respects. ts.--Peterson's
Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
Down, Down, Down!

Down with the robber tariff in the
east,
Down with the robber tariff in the
north!
Down with the robber tariff in the
west!
Down with the robber tariff in the
south!
Down with the thieving duties at the
custom houses; down with the swim
ding reciprocity treaties; down with the
cant about the wage earners; down
with the fraud that taxes make wealth;
down with all the fallacies of protec-
tion!-Louisville Courier Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
DOLLARS OFF.

When you Va7at u suit
of clothes, u ne1O hat,
gloves, neck1Ue0r and
Sents' fWrhis1ling goods,
you should look for the
DI0ce zOhere you can get
1ztst zOh0t you Want, In
the latest styles, at reas-
enable prices. II fen DOL
lars off is alWays an OBJ
7ect, and 1 am nOU max
ing up spring and sum
mer suits from II large
assortment OF goods, TO
suit all customers, at
prices as lou as are con-
siStent zOith good Work.
Good fits guaranteed.
The latest th1nS in Strn1U
hats are nozU here. LIGHT
as q feather. II beaUti-
fUL lime of necbWe0r,
and summer shirts. Ac-
cUrate measures taken
for silk hats.
Next door to First Nu-
tionnL Bank. Bertsch.
The Tailor, BlooMs6urS
Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
GRATEFUL L:-CoMFoRTING.
EPPS'S COCOA
BREAKFAST.'

"By thorough knowledge OF the natural laws
which govern the operations OF digestion ANA
nutrition, and by careful application OF the
has provided our breakfast tables with a DELI
cately favored beverage which may save us
many heavy doctors bills. II is by the judicious
may be gradually built up until strong enough
to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds
OF subtle maladies are fioatling around us ready
to attack wherever there is weak point @
may escape many fatal shaft by keeping our
selves well fortified with pure blood and prop-
erly nourished frame."-CipU SeI'pfCe Gazetfe
only In half pound tins, by grocers, labelled
thus
,JAMEe EpPS 4 CO., Homeopathic
Chemists, London, England.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07

Cleveland Understands the Propriettes.
We are glad to see that ex-President
Cleveland positively denies published
statements that he is to make campaign
speeches within the next two months IN
various parts Of the country. So far
from accepting such invitations, he has
felt obliged to decline them all, and
does not contemplate making any polit-
ical trips during the campaign. This Is
greatly to his credit, for, to say the
least, it is very undigniGed for presi-
Dental candidate to take the stump in
his own behalf.-Albany Times Union.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07
.,,,,oi, Farms at the Worlds Fair.

r.. l,rpest and best section of the
,..cal,ural Depar tment at the great
S%~Ts ST Fair is dev oted, as it should
.' W the exhibition of crop products,
r' rsi;,m1st be source of pride to
a,' y. farmers that Pennsylvania has been
oa' 'o.ssned me- one of the best four locations
! his magnificent building. 1t is in
y. centre Of the building, and one of
Wv wv folr corners formed by the junct-
;@oo @ Of the main avenues leading
,h,orub it from east to west and
aor,b to south. Germany, Great
pr,a,n and Iowa occupy the other
.mners, and thus we are placed in
slo,e relations with three of the great
.st and richest agricultural sections of
,be world. TITS fact should be
,,imulus to our farmers to bestir them
elves and make such an exhibit of
ar crops as will show the world how
really great we are as an agricultural
State when compared with the best
,arcultural sections of the world.
In this most favorable location
will be shown-so far as space of
twenty. one hundred square feet will
nermit-to the finest audience that
has ever assembled in the history of
man. whatever of the best of this
States splendid farm crops our farm
ers may offer, and we trust that in
this exhibit Columbia county will bear
conspicuous part.
The task of aiding the farmers of
this State in assembling and organic.
ing their crop exhibit is one Of the
many which have been placed in the
hands Of Col. John A. Woodward,
Of Centre county, well known through
out the State by reason of his work at
the popluar Farmers Institutes, and
his long service as associate ecitor of
the Farm Journal.
As this season for harvesting corn,
buckwheat, clover seed and the like,
il is favorable time Tor selecting
choice samples of these crops, and
every farmer in the county who feels
that he has something of these or Of
honey, maple syrup or other farm pro-
ducts, which he would like to exhibit
should at once send a card or note to
Col. Woodward at Harrisburg, stating
what it is. He will return prompt
answer with directions as to how to
proceed.
If you wish to see your. farm pro-
ducts represented at the Words Fair,
select dozen Of the choicest ears Of
corn, or quart of clover seed, or
peck Of buckwheat, or alike quantity
Of any of the summer grain, and put
them to cure in the best way, then
notify Col. Woodward. If your samp-
les are approved and accepted you
will be at no expense in the matter,
as the State has provided funds with
which to pay freight and the cost Of
caring for them. None but the very
choicest and best, however, will be
Mediocity can find no
'oom in this great show. We think
We could name a half dozen farmers in
this county who should be represent
ID in this crop exhibit, and hope they
viii promptly write to Col. Woodward
md notify him what they wish to ex-
libit. His address is simple Harris
burg.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07

Every garment we sell is Of our
o,cn manufacture. No other re-
tail clothier in Philadelphia can
truthfully say the same.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-10-07

Experienced planters in the Sor a
now raise the male eetton plant, being
thus enabled to secure the seed without
the lint or cotton.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-07-07
TAX SALES.

pY virtue Of tho Executions to mo
I'D directed by A. p. Crisp, Troasuror
Of oconeG county, I Will SCI, to Tie high
ost bidder, at ii o'ciook on Salesday in
AUGUST, 1902, before tho Court House
door, tho following described property,
tO-Wit: -
Ono tract Of land, in PULASKI Township,
containing three hundred acres, adioih-
ing lands of Henry Dunn, Mary Ellon-
burg and S. p. Dondy. Levied on as tho
property of Henry Roach ut tho suit of
tho State for taxes.
Also, one tract of land in Pulaski
Township, containing three hundred and
twelve acres, adjoining lands of Horny
Dunn, Joah Swafford and William Roach.
Leviod on as tho property of Susan
Mauldin's estate at tho suit Of the State
for taxes.
Also, one tract of land in ,Chattuga
Township, containing fifty acres, adjoin-
ing lands Of w. j.. Dufio and others.
Levied on as tho property of Rov. David
R&,noy at the suit of tho State for taxes.
Also, ono tract of land in T'ugaloo
township, containing *irrGy-iivo uuros,
adjoining lands of A. Himmorman, II. A..
Spencer and j. J. Ramsey. Levied on as
the property of Horny Wilson, p. c., at
tho suit of the State for taxns.
Also, ono tract of land in Tugaloo
Township, containing sixty acres, adj
joining lands of JOab Stewart, II, A.
Spencer and Thoa. ]. Pick ans. Lowed
on as the property OF Julia A. Pickeni
at the suit of tho State for taxes.
Terms of .Sale-Cash. Purchasers t.;
pay for titles. w. w. MOSS,
Sheriff Oconoo County.
July Z, 1892. -.aE