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The herald., 1893-05-09

The people of our fair capital have
been given q series of exhibition Of the
powers and eapacitiea Of this
still too httlo known force. Dr Il. L.
Flint Of Now York, an educated and
conscientious physician and ono Of
family of great physicians, is giving
nightly proferts of this mysterious force
in our midst, and while to tho casual OBJ
server the humorous and ludicrous
phases Of the exhibitions are the attract
i've features, yet to many thoughtful
minds there is o deep and profound sig
nihcance in 1t.
Chemical an@sthesia is held to be the
greatest discovery Of all the ages, and
yet here is subtle force that does for
many people not only oil that chloro-
form can do in lulling pain and Danish
ing horror and fear, but does more, for it
can hanish disease in at least some of ITS
forms without putting the patient in
peril. 1t can mako its votary sing q
happy ronndefay while tho surgeon is
severing his mangled members TO save
life. 1t can convert all pain into a beau
tiful dream of happiness and eliminate
the inhammatory process that makes re-
covery problematic in SO many cases.
Among the odic phenomena produced
by DIR. Flintis one which makes tho blood
run cold in all sensitive and sympathetic
spectators. In his daughter, q beautiful
and delicate girl of 10, he induces cata-
lepsy, a state which so stimulates death
that in India people in thatcondition are
buried for many days and thon return to
active life as If they had only slept a
night, and while in this condition, with
every muscle in the body rigid and hard
as sole leather, she is laid across two
chairs placed under her head and feet,
and largo limestone rock weighing 800
pounds is laid upon her chest and abdo-
men, where it is broken into fragments
with a heavy sledge hammer by some
powerful man who is selected by and
from the audience.
From private demonstration of this
phenomenon made in my own Office,
without any chance for collusion or de-
ception. and every possible opportunity
! could desire to test the genuineness of
the demonstration, l can only say am
more than ever profoundly impressed
with the wonder and majesty Of the ere
ative fiat that gave us the odylic force
DR.. II. w. Roby in Kansas Farmer.
The herald., 1893-05-09
w1,v SNOW Falls In rralses.

Snow falls to the earth in flakes be-
cause it is water soiidiied in starlike
crystals, each snowflake being usually
made up Of several crystals, which are
excessively light on account of the large
quantity of air among the frozen parti-
cles The snow crystals arise from the
slow passage of the water vapor of
clouds, when the temperature falls be-
low freezing point, into the solid condi-
ton, the fairylike Transformation taking
place by the molecule or slnaltess indie
pendent particles of the water grouping
themselves with the utmost mathemat-
ical regularity around different centers.
Each crystal Of snow, as of anything
else. is therefore more or less perfect
geometrical solid. The most complete
snow CRYSTALS are formed in q clear at
mosphere, where there is nothing tore
tard the gradual process of crystalliza-
ton or molecular construction. Rain,
on the other hand, being a liquid, falls in
drops. London Tit-Bits.
The herald., 1893-05-09
A Pathetic BanIkrupt.


There are few things in real life more
pathetic than the speech of Mr. Munro,
who three years ago was worth $500, 900,
and was prime minister Of Victoria. At
temperance meeting in Melbourne he
is reported to have said: "I came to Mel
bourne over 80 years ago with hardly a
penny in my pocket. I worked hard as
a workingman, andreceived every honor
which free state could confer on any
of its citizens, Until at last I had the
highest position in tho land. Now
stand before you, OF years of age, with
out Shilling in my pocket. For the
first time in my bic, through liabilities
which I undertook, newer expecting to
be called upon to meet them, am un-
ableto pay 20 shilIings in-the pound. p
st. James, Gazette.
The herald., 1893-05-09
How Some New Varieties MAY
Be Obtained
Farmers n the

BY e with Of The leading seed houses of world THE
o the epaperby
induded) valuable FREE SEEDS are
XII, The
than he ON / i made
smayav sof
on1yre have in
haveth t the and 5ceno on
large
but omake
following
"A
firm and wetTh hecol S very beautiful
MusKMEIoNA large melOn prolific thick
SIBERIAN CucUMBERvery ear inches
keepr; r cook ands
United Agriculture
of o the
the Knwanebenet
more racd
Of a
The herald., 1893-05-09

laid aside, the cat walks graveIy TO it
and takes his seat ON the paper. As soon
as another is laid aside, he leaves the
first and sits down on the second. Some
times, to try him, his master lays down
on different parts Of the table sheets in
rapid succession. But ''Powhatan"-th the
cat remains seated, Hhrewdly supposing
that to be fun, not business. When work
begins anew, the cat seats himself ON the
last paper laid down and waits for an
other. Thus he shows that he watches
his masters work, and perhaps thinks it
his duty to keep the paper from blowing
away.-St. Nicholas.
The herald., 1893-05-09
How one Caso was Lost.

An old New Hampshire man tells me
this story of lawyer who prevented
Mr.. Pierce from winning one case. The
latter had fairly opened his plea and
was beginning to wax eloquently psthet-
ic when the opposing counsel spoke up,
just loud enough to be heard by the jury
and the members of tho bar, "Oh, Frank
is beginning to pump for water againr'
1t Is needless to say that he got no water
from the jurynen's eyes on tina ea
and lost the case.--Boston Globe
The herald., 1893-05-09
nintma,,ts srn,n whn1aa.

Sperrnaceti, which is often used in
ternally in catarrh and other affections,
as well as in the form of ointments for
wounds and excavations of the skin, is
obtained from the head of a monster
of the whale kind which abounds in the
south seas, while the highly esteemed
ambergris is only a condition Of disease
in the same animal London Tit-Bits.
The herald., 1893-05-09
pisguated wien ohicken nnisIng.

A Frenchman living in this city has
been an enthusiastic poultrymar, but
this season finds him disgusted with the
business. Meeting a friend the other day,
he said: "You know dat Schoohin pullet
wat buy some day las week? she's
rooster; she crow like every ting dis
morning. l cut his head off and have
her for my supper next Sunday morn
ing. ."-Springield Graphic.
The herald., 1893-05-09
Daneing Tn Ancient Reagi,

In ancient religion dancing cal
one Of the chief acts Of worship.
gious professions went with song -d
dance TO the Egyptian temples, and Plato
said that all dancing ought to be thus
an act of religion.--Popular Sciencs
Monthly. -....tss..-.-.=.-s...---.....--
The herald., 1893-05-09

aim OF finding continuity IN. progressive
development have been without result.
There exists no ,proatttlrropos, no man
monkey, and the connecting link" re-
mains q phantom. Rudolph
Virchow's Lecture
The herald., 1893-05-09
AM "omca Cnt,, worth 11arlng.

A parsonage cat whose favorite seat is
on the study table has found new use
for himself. He watches his master $
pen and occasionally, when the writer lis
tired, takes the holder in his mouth. But
his real usefulness is to act as a, paper
weight When q. sheet ais sfiniahed and
The herald., 1893-05-09
An Italian woman,s Earrings.

Some persons profess to be able to
guess approximately from what part OF
Italy woman comes by the length OF
her earrings. Italian earrings lengthen
as one goes southward, and IN the ex-
treme south of Italy the earrings OF the
women reach almost to the shoulders. =
EXCHANGE
The herald., 1893-05-09

A manifest bit Of wisdom is to refrain
from criticism of food. The sauce may
not be quite piquant enough, the salad
may be wilted, but in the name OF de-
cency say nothing about it in either case.
The herald., 1893-05-09

edwith
ounr m
LoNerDNe LETTUCE shape this variety resembles the White Seeded
but
variety Its crisp and delicious
thing timber claims; grows dyest land
the honha foot almost
brilliant cardinal red
the
round
The herald., 1893-05-09

Ody1ic Force--Its Relation TO sTca1nnrism,
Magnetism and Hyrnotism---An Entiina-
tion of What This Eoroe May Mean In
Surgical Operations.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22
DIRECTORS MEETING.

The adjourned meeting of the school
directors of Columbia county was held
in the High School building, Blooms
burg, on Saturday, Dec. 10Th, to hear
the report of committee appointed to
investigate the rumors concerning the
moral character of County Superinten-
dent w. C. Johnston. The meeting
was called for one o'clock, but in the
absence Of the secretary the body was
not called to order until fifteen min.
utes of two, when Geo. c. Fenster-
macher, Of Berwick, was selected as
secretary pro TEN. The minutes and
list of townships with names of direc-
tors being in possession of secretary,
who was yet absent, County Superin-
tendent Johnston offered list which
he had, and by permission called the
roll. The responses showed 81 out of
I6S to be present, being but little
over one third OF the number of direc-
tors. Immediately upon call of the
roll the president, DR.. F. w. Redeker,
of Scott tow ship, announced the pur-
pose of the meeting and called for the
report of the committee. The report
was read by DR.. Vance, of Mt. Pleas
ant township, and stated that the COM
mittee had before them voluntary wit
nesses-that they had no power to
subpoena any one, but that the evi-
dence obtained, copy of which was
attached to the report, was sufficient
to justify the current rumors, and they
recommended that the report, together
with the evidence be submitted to
State Superintendent DR.. Schaffer for
consideration. Immediately upon TAX
ing his seat motion was made and
duly seconded that the report be
adopted. A lively discussion then en-
sued with c. c. Evans, Esq, and J.
w. Kurtz, of Berwick, and M. G. Nc
Collum, of Espy, defending Superin-
tendent Johnston, while J. c. Brown
and ]. r. Townsend, of Bloomsbury,
and DIR. A. B. McCrea, of Berwick,
stood firm for the adoption of the
report. The subject of reading the
evidence obtained was the theme for
much debate, one of the committee
objecting 10 its being read he, how
ever, waived his objection and DR..
Vance read the evidence entire. After
little more war Of words, a motion
was made that yea and nay vote be
taken. Mr.. Fenstermacher, who was
appointed secretary pro TEN, was asked
to read the list from the memorandum
of Supt. Johnston, and Secretary G.. Y.
Mourey tailed the vote, which resulted
in &c for adoption of the report, and
Al for rejection. The report being
rejected motion was made that the
committee be discharged. when the
meeting adjourned until the next an
nual session.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22
BRIEF MENTION.
About People You Know.

r. r. Little Esq, went to Phila-
delphia on Tuesday, on business.
Miss Helen Harman, of Norristown,
is visiting her relatives here.
Mr.. Z. c. Wells is able to be out
again, after an illness of several months.
Mrs. c. Watson McKelvy spent
several days in Philadelphia this week.
DR.. and Mrs. G. Stuart Kirby, OF
Mauch Chunk, came up on Monday
to visit their relatives here.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Mr.. Ira Brown and Miss Laura
Brockway, on December 26th.
Domer Geisinger of Espy, an en-
ployee of this Office, is laid up with
the grip this week. His place is
filled by Edward Corell.
John r. Sharpless Esq, intends to
locate in Hazleton to practice law.
William Maglll ESQ.,, young lawyer
OF Danvlllc expects TO open an ONCE
in Bloomsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. l.. Appleman, Of
Welliversville, have issued invitations
for the wedding Of their daughter,
Fannie Udella, to Mr.. w. Ernest Utt,
on New Years Day.
Col. A. D. Seely, of Berwick, was
in town on Monday. He is men,
Der Of Governor Pattison's staff, an
earnest democrat, and a good fellow
all around.
Oscar Alexander has purchased the
]. B. Robson property at the corner
of Third and West streets. He will
make some improvements and occupy
it as home.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22

The Bloomsburg & Sullivan r. r.
Co. will issue a new time table in
effect January Ist, 1894. 1t would be
we'll for patrons OF the railroad to care
fully note the same, as some very rad
ical changes from present time table
will be made. We understand the
early morning train from Jamison City
and the late evening train from Blooms
burg for Jamison City will be discon-
tinued. Train now leaving Blooms.
burg at S:3s a. m. will after Jan. I, "a
leave at 7;a5 a. m. for Jamison City
returning leave Jamison City at 9:Io
a. M, arrive at Bloomsburg Io:4o a.
M, making connections both with ID.
L. & w. train for Scranton and P. &
r. train for Philadelphia. Train now
leaving at a:s5 p. m. for Jamison City
will after Jan. I, 1894, leave at 4:Io
D. m. This will be the last evening
train north. Train now leaving Jami-
son City at S p. m. will leave at 6
D m.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22

by the county to be free at the sum of
$4,000, we authorize and approve of
the issuing Of bonds according to the
prayer Of the petitioners as to time of
coming due and rate Of interest and
to the extent of forty thousand dol.
lars in denominations of not less than
one hundred dollars ($roo) nor more
than one thousand dollars and the
money derived from the issue, sale and
negotiation of said bonds shall first be
applied by the said commissioners to
the payment and discharge of the debt
now due and owing to the stock hold
ers OF said Catawissa bridge, and the
balance of the said forty thousand dol
lars allowed and to be derived as
aforesaid shall be applied by the coun.
ty commissioners solely and exclusively
to the payment of the funded debt Of
twenty thousand dollars as shown by
the certified statement of the county
commissioners hereto attached.
Neither the Court, the county com
missioners nor the two together pos.
sess the power to authorize the using
Of valid bonds for the defraying of or.
dinary current expenses or for the pay.
ment OF debts contracted therefor.
The bonds issued under the order
shall not be sold at less than their par
value. In making this order we do
not wish it to be understood that we
will be unfavorable to the issuing Of
proper amount OF bonds for the cree.
ton of county bridge across the Sus.
quehanna river at Hendershott's ferry,
at the proper time, but believing that
the amount herein approved will re-
lieve the county officials from their
present financial embarrassment so
that they can appropriate and apply
the incoming money due from collec.
tors to the payment Of current ex.
penses and be for the best interests OF
all concerned, the foregoing order for
the issue of bonds to the extent of
forty thousand dollars is made and ap-
proved. BY THE Court.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22
Y. N. O. A. NOTES.

Next Sunday afternoon w. H.
Brooke will conduct Christmas song
service in Association Hall. The SER
vice will be pleasing one, the music
lively and the talks short and bright.
The ladies auxiliary will tender a
reception to the young men of Blooms
burg on New Years day. Light re
freshments will be served from l to s
p. m. In the evening ]. c. Hitchner,
the "Mark Twain of the Wyoming
Valley, will give his humorous lecture,
"Tid- Bits" A programme Of music
has been provided for the afternoon
and evening. Don't fail to he.r Mr..
Hitchner, admission free. Read the
following from the Scranton Times !:
"rhroop is still laughing. The reason
is our humorist friend, Joseph Hitch
ner, delivered his humorous lecture.
"Tid Bits" there last evening. Joe's
labors have met with reward wherever
he has gone to speak. He gets his
audience laughing at the beginning,
and if you would not laugh at his talk
which you have to-you will at the
way in which he delivers it. "rid Bits"
is composed of humorous stories,
which make you laugh at the ridicu-
lousness of them, jokes, and with now
and then a piece Of good advice. His
description of the life Of young mar
ried couple is extremely funny, and if
all newly married couples would follow
out his advice there would be no scan
dalous divorce cases. Mr.. Hitchner
has all his life been engaged IN the
cracker misunderstanding Hitchner's
cream crackers, and cracking jokes.
We are proud Of Joe, and have just
reason to be, for the way he made his
audience laugh at Throop was enough
to convince anyone that there was fun
in "Tid- Bits" And if anyone doubts
it, Just hear him once. We have heard
him two or three times and want to
hear him some more. Mr. Hitchper
has gained an enviable reputation as a
humorist, and we are beginning to feel
jealous of our neighboring towns be-
cause he will not deliver his lecture
here. 1t ever he does we will guaran
tee him full house"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22

Greasy & Wells have purchased a
tract of timber land in Jackson twp.
from Tram Derr. 1t contains 600
acres and is covered with pine and
oak. The price paid is $4,000. They
have also purchased large tract this
side of Northumberland, and another
at Eyers Grove. Mills will be located
on these tracts, and it will take many
years TO cut all the timber.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22

With the new time table on the B.
& S. R. r. it is expected to have the
railway postal clerk make two instead
of one round trip each day, thus giving
the people much better mail service
than at present. Another good feature
is the Reading connection to and from
Philadelphia and intermediate stations.
In order to accommodate the Millvllle
trade on Saturday it has been arranged
to have a train leave Bloomsbury
Saturdays only at 6:ro a. m. Tor
Orangevllle, returning reach Blooms
burg 7:ss a. m. Aso an evening tram
will leave Bloomsburg for Orangevllle
at 7.,o p. m. Saturdays only, return
ing reach Bloomsbury S'3o p m; These
trains will give the people of Blooms
burg and Millville an opportunity to
visit the respective places and return
the same day.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22
THE LUNaER CASE.

TO THE EDITOR OF The COLUMBIAN:
A false and villainous article was
published in last weeks issue of the
Republican, relating to the recent
case of Commonwealth vs.. the Kline
tobs and Remleys. For tn. sake of
Justice, and in behalf of the Grand
Jury, who only found true bill for
assault, the lowest offence indicta-
bic under the law, and of the traverse
jury, which decided the case, we feel
obliged to make some answer to this
article.
The Republican says, "that the
proof throughout was that these young
men tormented and insulted Miss
Lunger from the church all the way
home" We are shocked at this state
ment. The writer was either ignorant
Of the proof, or willfully and malicious.
ly misrepresented it. OF the five
other young men and women who
were eyewitnesses to the conduct Of
the defendants who were with the
party and were the only disinterested
witnesses to the transaction, all of
them, in their testimony, positively
and unqualihedly contradiced Miss
Lunger, and averred that all that was
said and done by the defendants ap-
peared to be in sport, and was assent
ed to, encouraged and participated in
by her, even to the taking of the arm
OF one Of the defendants who accom-.
panied her to her home. They testi
fed point blank that the treatment Of
Miss Lunger was no worse than that
accorded the other young ladies, and
was absolutely void of abuse, insult or
rudeness.
Moreover, these witnesses were not
called on the part Of the defence, but
their evidence was that of the prose
cution itself. So that to have convict
ed these boys, the jury would have
been compelled to disbelieve five.
sixths Of the commonwealth's own
case, and all the disinterested witness
es. A verdict Of "guilty" could not
have stood according to law.
Evidently the jury did not wish to
pace any costs upon the misguided
and mistaken mother, since they first
returned verdict with the costs even
ly divided between the county and the
defendants. But upon being told by
the Court that such a division of the
costs could not be made under the
law, they again retired, ard after sew
eral hours Of deliberatlon, divided the
costs between the Prosecutrix and de
PENDANTS. For so doing they should
not be censured. Newspaper cores
pondents and editors should be care
full how they criticise and comment
upon the conduct of jurors acting un-
der their oaths and with the sworn in
formation of the facts before them.
And when jurors, as in this case. obey
the obligation of their oaths and rend-
er verdict strictly according to the
evidence, every fair minded man
should, in conformity to law, good
order and fair dealing, scorn and re-
sent their censure. Justice Kisses like
an adder, at the very name of the au-
thor Of this article, which may some
day recoil upon him.
We do not wish to enter into a
newspaper controversy, realizing as we
do the advantages possessed by an
Editor over an individual in disputes
of TINS character but If our state
ments are denied. we challenge pub
licatlon of the evidence mot garbled
parts thereof-and will cheerfully
abide the result.
Very respectfully,
FRED keller,
CHARLES c.. EVANS.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22

Hess Bros. large show windows GER
tainly have on their holiday attire.
One of them is filled with diamonds,
gold watches, sterling silver and fine
iewclry, and the other contains a fine
assortment of plush case goods. A
mechanical figure of a coy little maid
en- calls the attention of people passing
by tapping on the glass.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22

Five per cent will be added to all
unpaid taxes in Hemlock township
after Dec. 81, 1895.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22

Theta Castle, X. G. +. attended
services at the Evangelical church on
Sunday morning last.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-12-22

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