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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
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We offer One Hundred Dollars re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & co, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last IS years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and hnan-
cially able to carry out any Obligations
made by their firm.
WEST & TRAUx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
WALDING, KiNNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
1861 mo.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.

SOCRATES was tried and put TO death
for disbelief in the national religion.
THE average cost of criminal prose-
cutions in England at present is R33
each.
THE Romans had q jury system, the
Jury being drawn from the roll of citi-
! zens. 4
THERE are over 5000 assassinations
or attempts at murder every year in
Italy.
OVER Gs per cent. Of the whole num-
bcr of English criminals are unable TO
read.
CAPITAL punishment was abolished
in Switzerland in 1874 and restored in
1879.
IN 1881 there were 1876 convictions for
murder in France and but four execu-
tions.
CurLDLEss and unmarried men form
IS per cent. of all the criminals of
France.
HANGING in chains was abolished,
with many other cruel punishments,l
in 1884.
ITALY has the greatest proportion of
criminals, 5,14O, to the million of pop
ulation.
IRELAND has the least proportion of
criminals to the million of popula-
ton $50.
In 1881 the British parliament passed
an act furnishing poisoners by boiling.
to death.
UNTIL 1886 an English murderer was
hanged on the second day after his
conviction.
ONLY per cent. of the murderers of
this country have received higherl
education.
NINE women were legally executed
for murder in England in the ten years
ending 1883.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

appraisers.
These amounts, together with the
interest and penalties just recovered
IN the Supreme Court cases, amount
ing to over 10000 another 10000
In process OF recovery from the news.
paper publishers, tolelher with a num-
Der OF other important recoveries like.
ly TO be had, will Z, very far toward
making up the loss of the State caus.
ed by Bardsleys defalcation, and when
the cases are all concluded and the
accounts squared the Commonwealth
will be found to have been not very
large loser.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
Sidewalks and Citizens.

An important case was decided in
the Huntingdon county courts las,
week: The borough Of Huntingdon
last year mailed letter to Rev. ID.
NJ. Foster, of Williamsport, Presiding
Elder of that district, notifying him
that he was required by ordinance to
lay a brick pavement in front of his
three lots on Miffiin street, Hunting
don, within a specified time. Mr..
Foster neglected to lay the pavement,
and the borough accordingly laid it
for him and filed municipal lien for
the cost of the same and issued scire
facias. The Defendant alleged that
he had never received the mailed
notice, and the Plaintiff held that he
must have received it, as the letter
was never heard of again. The Court,
much to the surprise of the attorneys
on both sides, instructed the jury to
find for the Defendant, on the ground
that the borough officers had not noti-
fed him of their intention to pass an
ordinance compelling him to lay brick
pavement agreeably to the acts of AS
sembly, and therefore, it mattered not
whether their subsequent notice to the
Defendant was legally served or not.
The borough will probably appeal to
the Supreme Court.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Six points, out Of many, where DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are better
than other pills:
I. They're the smallest, and easiest
to take-little sugar-coated granules
that every child takes rapidly.
2. They're perfectly easy in their
action-no gripping, no disturbance.
3. Their effects lasts. There's no
reaction afterward. They regulate Or
cleanse the system, according to size
of dose.
4. They're the cheapest, for they're
guaranteed to give satisfaction, OIL
your money is returned. You pay
only for the good you get.
S. Put up in glass-are always
fresh.
g.. They cure Constipation, Indi-
eestion, Bilious Attacks, Sick or Bill
GUS Headaches, and all arrangements
Of the liver, stomach and bowels.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
Two Different Gases,

The attempt to attach corruption to
the appointment of Mr.. Van Allen to
the Italian mission, in which the Re
publican papers have displayed more
than their usual amount of partisan
zeal and untruthfulness, has turned
out to be contemplate failure.
There is not even a semblance of fact
to support it, and it has been disprov-
ed by the words of men whose asser-
tons carry with them the force of
truth. Since Mr. Whitney's state
ment of the circumstances under
which Mr.. Van Allen made his con.
tributlon to the Democratic campaign
fund last year, clearly disproving the
charge that it was gwen with the un-
derstanding that it would be repaid
by an official appointment, the Re-
publican libelers have considerably
modified the directness of their as
persion, but they still assert that such
liberal campaign aid could not have
been made without an arrangement
for its being rewarded in case of Mr..
Cleveland's election.
They undoubtedly judge Of Mr..
Van Aliens case by that of Mr.. John
Wanamaker, and assign the same mo-
tves for the one appointment as for
the other. Mr.. Wanamaker motor
iously obtained the Postmaster Cen
eralship in consequence of the i'm
mense campaign fund he raised In the
interest of Harrison. There could
not have been any other reason for
his election. When there were many
Republicans prominent as politicians
and party leaders, to any one of whom
the appointment would have been
more suitable and would more natural
ly have gone, the choice of a man in
private life, a storekeeper who had
never before been connected with po-
litical movements, for SO important a
place as the postoffice department,
could be viewed in no other light
than as consideration for his contri-
button to the campaign fund. All the
elements of bargain and sale were
present in the transaction.
But how different are the circum.
stances under which Mr.. Van Allen re-
ceived his appointment. 1t is true
that he contributed literally to the
fund required for the campaign, which
he had right to do but it cannot be
made to appear that men more capa-.
BILE for the position and more conspi-
cuous in the party were set aside to
insure his preference, which would
have indicated that the place was
given him as a consideration for what
he had done pecuniarily. 1t is known
that the Italian mission was offered
by Mr.. Cleveland to others, who de
clined it on account Of the expense it
would entail. Under the circum-
stances what could have been more
graceful and appropriate than for the
President to offer the position to one
who had shown disinterested friendship
for him in the election, and whose
wealth was sufficient for the require
ments of the mission, which poorer
men had declined to encounter for
prudential reasonsl 1t is impossible
to make Wanamaker case out of it.
1t is devoid of the features which
made the appointment of President
Harrison's Postmaster General an evi-
dent purchase Waterman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
why Tic D,dn't Remember.

"Do you remember Miss Smith,
whom we met at the scashore?"
Remember her! Well ! should say
] do. What a beauty she was'
81 saw her the other day and she
couldn't think who you were when J
spoke of you"
"What was her name. did you say"
Smith? Oh, don't know any Smith
girl. thought you said Joncs."-Chi-
caEO Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Don't commit suicide on account
of your ''incurable" blood disease.
The sensible thing for you to do is to
take Ayers Sarsaparilla. If that fails,
why, then-keep on trying, and 1t will
not fail. The trouble is, people &c,
discouraged too soon, "rry, try, try
again"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
An Eye to business.

At Gettysburg.
what are you doing, my good
man?"
"Oh, just burying some biscuit that
my wife made this morning"
"Somc freak of fancy, supposeP'
mo. sir; business. There's going to
be veteran reunion here two months
from now and I've got to have some
genuine 1868 cannon balls to sell.
Judge
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Mrs. Kcedick-O, tell me, Mrs. Gas
kett, how did your poor husband be-
come petrifed?
Mrs. Gaskett (astonished) d)-Petrified
Mrs. Keedicls-Yes; heard my hus-
band say that yours went home last
night in a decidedly rocky condition.
--Rrooklyn Life
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Mamma-You ought to be ashamed,
Larrie, to tease your sister when you
are SO big boy.
Larrie-I always thought was lit
tie boy. mamma?
Mamma-Why do you think that,
Larrie?
Larrie-Because you make me wear
shirt waists, and won't let me put on
uspenders.-Harper's Young People.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
Different Now.

Charlotte TO the caller)-Yes, Mol
ly's just three years older than me.
Molly (who is getting along in years.
-Ah-er-she means that was three
years older than she was when she was
three years younger than she is.-Chi-
cago Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Hungry Higgins-These here gravel
roads is mighty tough on shoes.
Weary Watkins-Yes, that's so; but
where there is good roads the people
has money and where people has
money they amt SO many dogs.-In-
dianapolis journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Jinks-TTo no! no! Nice time you
must have in the country! Carrying
home about cart load of mosquito
netting, l see.
Winks-Oh, we have no mosquitoes
in Jcrseyville, hardly one. This is to
--cr-lscep out butterflies and hum
ming -birds.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Pride in lila Profession,

lie was ragged, and was evidently no
friend of the bnrbcrs, but in spite of II
all there was certain pride in his de-
pertinent as he stepped into the police
court room.
Have you ever been arrested be-
forc?" asked the magistrate, without
looking at him.
"IIave law. no kiddin'! DO look
like an amateur?"-BostonG Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

The funeral was over, and Q few
personal friends were taking dinner
with the bercaved widow.
Wont you have some more Of the
roast beef, Mr.. Smith?" she asked.
"Thanks!" replied Mr.. Smith. II be-
lieve will. The ride to the grave and
back has given me quite an appetite"
Texas Siftings.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
Mr.. spudd Wasting His Time.

mabel, am sorry to sec you treat
young Mr.. Spudd SO scornfully. What
Objectionable feature do you find
about him?"
IAN his features are Objectionable,
mamma, and he can't raise beard to
hide them. Chicago Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Wife-You are just as ugly as you
can be. Before we were married you
used to hold me close in your arms by
the hour.
Husband-Did /? Hum! Well, sup
pose it was to keep you from talking
\. Y. Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
Among Friends.

Willis-Brown says he has horse
for sale.
Wallace-I don't doubt it. ] sold him
one the other day.--Life.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
Cruel Only to Re Kind.

NTUeF Vrffy w fSe
Clara-You are sure that you love
me?
Van Ishe-Perfectly.
Clara-And always will?
Van Ishe-Always.
Clara-lt would be SO hard on you IL
we were divorced then, that must de-
cline you.-Truth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Bunker-Your fancec tells me her
pet dog is dead.
Hill-Yes. He took dinner with me
last night.-Judge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

One word describes it-"perfection.
We refer to De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve, cures obstinate sores, burns,
skin diseases and is we'll known cure
for piles. w. S. Rishton, Druggist.
1o-I4-Iyr.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Gamboge-Did you do any etching
when you were in New Jersey?
Van Dyke-No; but did lots OF itch
ing.-Truth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

If you can afford to be annoyed by
sick headache and constipation, don't
use DeWitt's Little Early Risers for
these little pills will cure them. w.
S. Rishton, Druggist. Io-I4-Iy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20

Nine women were legally executed
for murder in England in the ten
years ending 1888.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
Don Cameron, keep your mouth closed
tight,

tSHe,
Even if you have to pin it,
For every time you open it,
You put your foot right in it;
And do not in the future, pray,
With public questions monkey,
Or people will begin to think
That Don is short for donkey.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
BARDsLEY's sTEALINGs.

THE STATE WILL NOT LOSE BY THE
NEGLIGENCE OF CITY OFFICIALS.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-10-20
The Animal-Well! How do look?
The Man-B-b-b-bully


Disastrous Incredulity.
"It isn't loaded" Smith declares,
While Browns distrust increases;
The latter goes his way In peace,
The former goes in pieces
Puck.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-25
Seeking Safety in a Lions Den.

A serious disturbance occurred on the
Place de Jaude at Clermont Ferrand on
a late Tuesday, evening. A negro tanner
of the American circus named Jackers
quarreled with and stabbed a workman.
He then took to fight, pursued by a
large crowd whose object was to lynch
him. Saved from the crowd by the po-
lice, Jackers took refuge in lions cage
in the circus. The tent was Immediate
ly surrounded by an exasperated multi
tude, who had regular fight with the
police and number of soldiers.
The authorities succeeded with great
difficulty in preventing the rioters from
cutting the ropes holding the scaffold-
Ing of the circus together. After several
hours order was restored and Jackers,
who had been calmly awaiting the end
of the disturbance under the guard Of
his lion Sultan, came out of the cage
and gave himself up to the police.-Lon-
don Public Opinion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-25
Library for a Massachusetts Town.

Erasmus Haston has offered to give to
the town of North Brookield $50, 900
outright for public library building,
or $50, 900 for the same purpose, provided
the town will pay interest on the latter
sum at the rate Of per cent. year
during his life and that of his wife. 1t
was totally unexpected gift and is
highly gratifying to the people of the
town. Most of the people seem to favor
the acceptance Of the latter offer, but a
meeting will soon be called to let the
voters decide. Erasmus Haston, the
donor, is native of Belchertown, born
in 1919.
He was a farmers boy, and worked
his way along until by industry and
economy he accumulated fortune. He
went to North Brookfield early in life
and for a long time worked at shoe
making, afterward at farming, but for
the last few years has not been actively
employed at anything. Quiet and mod.
est, he has never sought public notice or
public Office, but his honorable and up
right dealings with his fellow citizens
have always been recognized.-Spring-
field (Mass.) Republican.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-25

To Examine the Alleged Miracle Window.
The Canton (Minn.) church window
miracle, which has for several months
been the cause of much excitement in
Minnesota and northwestern religious
circles, is to be decided upon by thor
ough scientific examination by Bishop
J. B. Cotter, of Winona, within whose
jurisdiction the so called miracle exists.
Several weeks ago the inhabitants of
the little village of Canton, near Lanes
boro, were startled by the announce
ment that q portrait had by divine
means been imprinted in window Of
the Catholic church there, of which
Father Jones is pastor. The news spread,
and thousands visited the village daily
on foot and in carriages. At first the
apparition appeared to consist of
young and comedy woman with an in
FAINT in arms, and at times dim halo
was discernible about her head. The
story then took the form that this was
a portrait of the Virgin Mary and
Christ, and the crowds of visitors in
creased tenfold. Paralytic cripples and
other afflicted persons came in droves,
ana after glimpse OF the picture
threw away their crutches, exclaiming
that they were cured
The matter finally attracted such
widespread attention that Bishop Cotter
visited the church in company with
Father Coyne, of Lanesboro, and Father
Perrin, of Brownville. The window,
which is in the north gable of the
church, was removed, and the bishop per-
sonally brought it to Winona, where he
will give it thorough examination in
company with other prominent Catholic
clergymen. The bishop is of the opin-
ion that the glass, which shows slight
discoloration, was once a church win
dow, and that an adjacent building al
lowed the light to strike it at an angle
which rendered the figures visible
Chicago Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-25
To Egua1ize Naval Officers Pay.

A novel method of equalizing
the rank and pay of naval officers
is proposed in a bill introduced in
the House by Mr.. O'Neill of Massa-
chusetts. It provides that here
after the rank of active Rear Adj
mirals shall be $1,000 and of
Commodores $4,000, all other
officers to be paid as follows: On
the date of the first commission the
sea pay to be considered as $1400
per year with an annual increase
of 800 for each succeeding year of
service on the active list. The
grade of passed midshipman and
second assistant engineer to be
considered as commissioned grades
until abolished. The limit of pay
to be received is fixed as follows !:
Captain or commander not to ex-
coed $4,000, lieutenant-commander
not to exceed $4,000 and lieutenant
$4,000. The pay of officers on shore
duty to be 10 per cent. less than
that of sea pay and on leave or
waiting orders copper cent. less than
sea pay.-Am. Elk.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-25
TWO Lucky Accidents.

Several colored men were playing
craps ON Grove street the other night,
one of whom was backing the game. A
quarrel arose between the hacker and
one of the players, when the player
drew his pistol and fired. A buttonFon
the vest of the hacker of the game saved
him serious wound and perhaps ibis
life. 1t received the bullet from the
pistol of the enraged man and turned it
aside. His narrow escape madeZ the
hacker mad, and he, too, drew his re-
volver. He cooked it and pulled on. the
trigger. As it fell the chamber OF; the
revolver, filed with cartridges, dropped
to the floor. Thus two current accidents
in succession permitted two narrow es-
capes. No further attempt was made
to shoot.-Hartford Courant.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-25
Where Cholera Ragged Fiercelx,

Nearly three-fourths of all the cases
of cholera in southern Russia, or in:the
region between the Caspian sea and the
Black, have proved fatal. In st. Peters
burg, where better sanitary conditions
exist, over half the cases have proved
fatal. In Hamburg the ratio of. deaths
in cholera cases has been nearly. one.
half, while in northern Germany, in
Belgium and in France it has been
about one-third. About so per cent. of
the cases in Persia are thought to. have
proved fatal. A quarter of a million
Persians are supposed to have persisted
blythe Asiatic cholera this year.-Paris
Letter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-25
The TeIephOfO.

The telephoto is an instrument
by which ships can converse at sea,
officers direct their troops or any
one hold communication at long
distance over unimpeded territory,
as a plain or water surface. The
inventor is G. V. Boughton. The
instrument consists of a series of
wires and electrical apparatus, ope-
rated by keyboard similar to that
of a typewriter. There are 1O6
electric lights operated by the key
board and contained in a shaft
twenty-seven feet long, which may
be taken apart and reduced to COM
pact form. The large number of
lamps is required to regulate the
spaces between the letters in rela-
tive proportions. The lights flash
the characters of the Morse alpha
bet. The dots are represented by
two lamps and the dashes by twelve
lamps. The late experiments were
successful. The lights could be
seen at Buffalo, ten miles out on
the lake.-Am. Elk.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-25
BY AUTHORITY

Mr.. G.. L. Carter was elected a Nom
Der of the Advisory Council in the place OF
T. J. Wilhelm, resigned; and Messrs. G.
n. Cooke, w. F. Allen, II. E. Cooper
and Alexander Young were elected in the
places of Messrs. w. G. Wilder, W. R q.
Castle, L. A. Thurston and G. L. Car
ter, resigned.
The Provisional Government is now
constituted as follows:
EXECUTIVE Council.
S. B. Dole, President of the Provisional
Government of the Hawaiian Islands,
and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
j. A. King, Minister OF the Interior.
p. G. Jones, Minister OF Finance.
w. o. Smith, Attorney-General.
ADVISORY COUNCIL.
w. G.. Ashley, John Emmeluth,
Andrew Brown, Z. d. Tenney,
F. w. McChesney, @. Bolte,
James F. Morgan, w. F. Allen,
Charles M. Cooke, Henry Waterhouse,
s. M. Damon, A. Young,
J A. McCandless, I'll. E. Cooper.
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