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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17

John Sherman, John G.. Carlisle and those
other statesmen at Washington? Why. would
be d little toad in D. big puddle.
Well. out here I'm a big toad in a little puddle.
and can tell you I'd l. sight rather be
a big toad in a little puddle than little toad In
a big puddle, and 1 am going to stay in Mon
tana.
THE FISHING GROUNDS OF THE NORTHWEST.
In travelling over the Northern Pacific rail-
road l passed through some Of the greatest
hunting and fishing grounds Of this country.
Nearly all the states Of the great northwest are
full Of game. and there is scarcely station
west OF Minnesota in which the hunter or the
fisherman cannot find good sport. The noun
tains filed with trout streams and 1t ID as
easy to catch brook trout in Montana as it is to
hook catfish in the mud lakes of Ohio. The
higher up you get the better the trout seem to
b.. and Yellowstone Park is just filed with
good trou. streams. The Yellowstone river
from Livingston to it's source in the mountains
of the park is said to be the finest trout stream
on the American continent. Its waters are
clear and cold. and its trout are large
and gamey. Yellowstone lake, which is the
source of this river, Il just about a mile and a
half above the sea, and 1t swarms with trout.
There are lots of fine trout in Oregon. and the
Cascade mountains of Washington are filled with
trout streams. Around about Quite and Helena
there is good hunting and fishing, and you
don't have to go far away from civilization to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17
A Sermon Heard for Eighty sITles.

From the Boston Globe
The Rev. George \. Howard. ID. D., of Lowell,
whom l met in this city the other evening. had
a unique experience two years ago, when ne was
q delegate from this state 10 the national con-
vention of the Sons Of Veterans New England
sent large delegation to Minneapolis. The
delegates travelled in two special cars and made
q very jolly party. Sunday found the party on
the road. and it was suggested by some one hat
it would be a proper thing TO hold some Kind Of
a religious service. The matter was brought 10
Mr.. Howard's notice, and he Immediately ar-
proved of it. An eXtemporaneous choir was
organized. and one OF the musicians 81 the
party took his station at the piano in one Of the
cars. The occupants of the other cars were
notified OF what was about TO take place, and
by the time that everything was in readiness
the car that had been chosen as a chapel was
filed TO the doors. The train hands and even
the porters took their places among the rest
The service was an interesting one. and Mr..
Howard preached an eloquent sermon. From
the time that he began TO speak till the time
he had finished the train had made a run OF
over eighty miles. From that day TO the
present Mr.. Howard has claimed 10 be the only
living clergyman who has preached sermon
that was heard for eighty miles. and his friends
are fond Of referring TO him as the ''chani 'ion
long distance preacher OF America"
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BROKE UP A SETTING HEN.
A Bucolic Myth Dissipated in . Connect
cut Thunder Storm.

A Bucolic Myth Dissipated in . COnnecti-
cut Thunder Storm.
Mansfield Special to New York Sun.
1t is a bucolic adage Of immemorial antiquity
in the land Of steady habits that nothing on
earth can "break up setting hen," ordinarily
resolute except DEATH bu. the hoary maxim
has just been successfully impugned in this
hill-upholstered town-in fact, controyerted
and rebuttcd. A thunderbolt did the butting
and rebutting. and it was one Of the long,
dizzy. kinky, twisted, weirdly colored bolts
that have been extremely fashionable in Con-
necticut for the past three months.
The term to break up q sitting hen is under
stood in the nutmeg state to mean to impover-
ish her animal economy OF the logged. heredi-
tary, instructive predetermination inherent in
every hen ''to set" ard the lightning did just
that for the Mansfield hen. The hen has no
further desire to sit or set.
II all happened one night. and very quickly.
Squire Seymour Durham owns the hen the
lightning broke no. which has since been
waddling and wabbling about on her two
blstercd and game legs. with all the fluffy
weathers scorched from her starboard side well
aft.
The thunderbclt didn't exactly hit tho hen
she was small game for bolt OF its caliber,
loaded with twenty or thirty thousand voltage
vironment. scooped her nest bodily from under
her, including one dozen Cochin-China eggs.
which it stirred up into nasty batter ant
cooked into mn omelet that was lib. rally plaited
with the timothy grass of the nest. Then i
carried the composition to a distant part OF tn'
hen house and hung it up on picket of the
paling 1t was in the electric cooking process
tina. hen had her feet blistered. was touched vi
aft IN painful way and inocuated with a preg
nant lesson on the futility and peril OF trying
to do any more sitting in Connecticut until I
change Of lightning is ordered for this terri
tory.
There was quite lot Of fowls in Seymour
Dunhams hen house on the night of the phe
nomenon. and, though the setting hen un
questionably caught the gist OF the thunder
bolt fairly and squarelv. nevertheless, In get
ting at it's principal game, the lightning
| knocked nearly two dozen hens and the fami
rooster of their perch on the center pole OF tn
| COTE scorched the pole, portions of which !
chnrred, and plowed a channel in the ground
ninging showers OF mud against the walls of tn
| hennery. Mr. Dunham's hen house is not man
| feet distant from his dwelling, but the irea
bolt did no damage to his other property.
| The fact is, be is really glad now that tn
| bolt came, for he had tried every reasOnabl
| method in vain to inculcate the lesson that tn
lightning instilled into the old hen so tho'
ouehly in about an eighth Of n second. More
over the electrical shot not ONLY broke up tn
sitting hen, but exploded the old bucolic myt
to the effect that lightning won't touch feather
or any thing that wears them.
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From the London Daily News.

From the London Daily News.
A curious decree of the conventionals Roger
Ducos and Lacoste has been brought to light at
Lille 1t was to grant an aid OF 400f. to q
female infant named Mercier Of the parish Of
Qucsnoy, in French Flanders, who was born
with mark on her left side over her heart e1-
actly resembling cap of liberty. The decree
says: "This phenomenon proves not only that
nature chooses to stamp with her seal this reign
of liberty, but it attests the attachment Of the
mother of the infant to the republic. In con-
siderstion of the child coming into the world
bearing over her heart the sacred sign OF lib
erty we grant the mother. for her. tho sum of
400f. 20 aid in rearing her honestly in repub-
lican principles"
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With More or Less Pertinency.

From the Rams Horn.
The poorest man is not the one who has the
least. but the one who wants the most.
People who borrow trouble never have to 60
far to find it.
There are spots on the sun and yet some
people expect . twelve-year. old boy to be
perfect.
How we all admire the wisdom Of those who
come to us for advice.
If happiness in this life is your object don't
try too hard to get rich.
The lean pig is the one that squeals the most.
Let the Pathfinder make note.
The man who does wrong suffers, but those
who love him suffer more.
More religion can be lost by staying ava!
from prayer meeting on a rainy night than can
be gained on a clear Sunday.
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You imagine them crude, and you look upon
their people as semi-barbarians. The truth Is,
the center Of real culture today is in the west,
and the best element Of true Americanism Is
west Of the Alleghenies. The old method OF
chopping out q town with the AZ and the hand
saw has long since passed away. The new cities
which are growing up here today carry with
them the best Of sanitary regulations and
modern street improvements Tacoma Is hardly
Six years old, but it has asphalt streets which
are as good as those Of Washington. and some
BY electricity. Seattle has cable cars and
electric cars which run faster and better than
any have ever seen in Boston, and the San
Francisco cables are the wonder Of the world
They cut mountains down to mole hills with
their iron grip, and have made what were once
worthless sand hills so valuable as residence
sites that they may be called mounds Of gold.
WHERE ROLLS THE OREGON.
One Of the best cities Of the Pacific slope is
Portland, Ore. It is full Of wealth and bust
meas and it is growing like a green bay tree. 1t
IL . center Of great intellectual culture as well
- Of business grit, anc il boasts, / am told,
more millionaires in proportion to its popula-
ton than any other town in the country. 1t is
spreading out on both sides Of the Willamette
river and it already has population Of about
$4,000. Its banks are noted for their stability
and they represent o business Of $40 900 900 a
year, while the wholesale and jobbing trade OF
The city foots up more than one hundred mil
Hon. Portland looks more like an eastern than
IRE Wide and well pared and its business men
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A Gallant Tramp.

From the Yankee Blade
Mrs. Strongmind-"Why don't you so to
work."
Tramp-"Please. mum, made a solemn vow
twenty years ago that I'd never do another
stroke OF work TIL women was paid tn Same
wages men,"
Gets a trifle.
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WEDDING BELLS.
The Month in Which Most Mar
riages Take Place.
MED AFTER JU n o /.
Why June Is Considered a Propitious Time
for Contracting Marital Ailiances-Ancient
Sayings to Lucky and Unlucky Days
for the Wedding Ceremony.
''Hear the mellow wedding bells.
Galdap halls ~

ARDLY HAVE THE
joyous Easter anthems
died away on the lily
perfumed air when
bride roses and the
wedding march step
forth for favor. There
is a lot of superstition
about wedding months
and wedding days, we'd
ding skies and wedding
gowns, all old world
ideas, INDUCED in from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17
Modern Housekeeping.

From Truth.
Maud Won Blumer-"Mamma. there's Mrs.
Bingle's carriage at the door, and she evidently
wants to leave something without getting out
Shan't 1 send the servant out to herr"
Mrs. Won Blumer-"No, NV dear. Let her
walk up the front steps. They haven't been
swept today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17

THIN THE PAST
three weeks I have trav-
eled almost the whole
length Of our Pacific
slope. Twisted Tacoma
and Seattle, the future
great seaports OF
the northwest, q
month ago, and now,
amid the orange groves
nearly l.5O0 miles south
ward, I write from the
metropolis Of the South
ern Pacific. the boom
ing town Of Los Angeles.
You people Of the rest
of the United States
cannot understand how
these cities Of the west
spring into bel n g /.
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TALES OF THE PACIFIC
Features of Western Cities From
Seattle to Los Angeles.
RICHEST CITY OF THE WEST

Western Clubs and Club Life-The Big
Western Newspapers and the Money
They Make-CaIifornia's Now Senator -
Iiahing and Hunting in the Northwest.
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paying a net income Of more than ESQ, 900 an
nually. One of the finest buildings in Spokane
il that Of the Rerie,o, which Is such that it
would do credit to Chicago, and the finest bust
ness building in Portland is the immense stone
structure which the Oregonidn has just I'm
ished In San Francisco the tower Of the I'M
calmly Chronicle building overtops everything
else, and here at Los Angeles the Times has
granite building Of its own. and it promises to
prove an inexhaustible gold mine. Nearly ali
the rich newspaper men Of the west started life
poor. The Oregonian built itself slowly into
wealth. DeYoung Of the Chronicle trotted
about for years on his uppers. Roseyater, the
proprietor of the Omaha Bee, was telegraph
operator during the war. and Col Otis OF the
Los Angeles Times was about fifteen years ago
one Of Uncle Sans hired men In the patent
Office in Washington. He resigned his position
and came west When he landed in California
he had only $50 in his pocket. He got an in
terest in the Times on credit, working at first
on a salary of els week. Now he owns ma
ioritv of the stock. and his income is twice that
of the chief justice of the United States.
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An Excellent Way.

From Life.
Jones: "Good morning. Benson How do!e'
find business
BENSON: "Bv judicious aiverts'n9-
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WONDERFUL FOUNDATION.

Speaking of the Times press, it has the most
remarkable Foundation Of any press in the
country. Col. Otis has ransacked the world
for relics and stones to put into it. and it con-
tains every variety Of California rock. from the
quartz of the Red river gold mine to glass lava
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
Los ANGELES. CAL. June 5, 1888.
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AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
A Bureau That Brings Them All
Into Close Relations.
AN INTERNATIONAL UNION
complished-Govern That Are in the
Union Publications That Have Been Is
sued-Benefit to Commerce That is Being
Manifest.
N A LARGE OLD

n A LARGE OLD
fashioned red brick
house on the corner "
Pennsylvania avenue
and Jackson place and
facing Lafayette Square
Is the home Of an unique
organization estab-
lished in this country
in July, 1890. "the
bureau Of the Ameri-
can republics" This
bureau is the outcome
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A VALUABLE LIBRARY.

The front room on the first floor OF the office
Of the bureau is the reception room, where
there are many easy chairs and soft lounges,
and handsome oak table that may be ex-
tended to accommodate a Goodly number of
banoueters when occasion demands. Heavy
cur aims drape the windows and doors, and
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ORIGIN OF THE MAY SUPERSTITION.

Nevertheless the May superstition originated
with the Romans. Ovid says this because
the funeral rites Of the Lennialia were held in
May. The Chinese prohibit, absolutely, all
marrying in Nav. The orientals call May the
love month and devote its thirty-one days to
adiudicating all affairs of the heart so that
when June rolls round with her roses marriages
NAV take place without delay.
When Ovid found fitting mate for his
beloved daughter he consulted the oracle for a
lucky wedding day. The ancients had signs and
talismans for every deed aud endeavor, and
Ovid consequently
" Tried to find
After Junes sacred ides fancy strayed.
| Good to the man and happy to the maid"
This superstition had its origin with Juno, the
| Roman goddess who was queen of heaven. June
was her birth month. She was supposed to
| take a special interest in marriage. and her
name means 1.-THE yoke maker" Her attributes
| or titles were 'Virginalis," or "Ihe Goddess OF
| Virgins and ''Matrona'-"of mothers"
| Through eighteen centuries the pleasant
superstition of Juno'sprotecting care enhances
her birth month, and in June more wedding.
occur than in any other month in the year.
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The canny Scots will not marry in May.

Marry in May,
Rue for aye"
their rhyme runs-the ancents rhvmed every
thing. For this strange superstition Sir Walter
Scott is good authority. He says: 1.-The Scot
fish people. even of the better rank avoid mar
riage IN the month OF May, which general sea-
son of flowers and breezes might in other
respects appear peculiarly favorable for
that purpose" The Inflated Queen Mary mar
ried Boutwell, in May. The superstit;ous Scots
say that she cast an "evil eye upon all mar
riages made in that month. and an old Scotch
maxim says, ut is only bad women who marry
in Nav"
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II the day be foul
That the bride gangs hams.
Alack and alace.
But she'd lived her lane!
If the day be fair
That the bride gangs hame,
Bath pleasure and peace
Before her are game"
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Children Cry for
Pitchers Castorla.
REGISTERS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all legatees. credi
| lots and other persons interested In the estate,
or the respective decedents and minors that the
Following Administrations executors guardians
accounts have been filed In the ofiice OF the
Register OF columbia county, and Will be pre-
sented FOR confirmation and allowance in the
orphans Court to be held in Bloomsbury, Mon.
day. ''
Breisch Executor OF Rebecca Breiscn, late OF
Main township, Columbia county. deceased.
No. 9. The first account OF II. II. Grotz and
christian Klein. Executors OF the estate OF rs
ther Ann stroup late OF Bloomsbury, Columbia
county, +, ma, deceased.
No. 8. First account Of II. II. Grotz and Chris
tian Klein, executors OF David Stroup, late OF
Bloomsbury, Columbia county, deceased.
No. T. First and final account OF Matilda
hughes and 4. +. Smith, Executors OF Douglass
hughes, late OF Bloomsbury, Columbia county
deceased.
NO. 5. First and final account OF Alonzo j.
suit, Executor, OF Daniel Suit, late OF Berwick,
Columbia county, deceased.
No. g. First account OF John G. Freeze Admin
lstrator de bonis non cumtestamemJo an.
neXo OF Ell Barton, late OF Bloomsbury, Colum.
bia county, deceased.
No. z. First and final account OF Jefferson
Fritz Surviving Administrator OF the estate OF
Samuel Fritz, late OF Sugarloaf township Col.
umbla county, deceased.
No g. First and flnal account OF Joseph and
Harmon c. Kline, Executors OF John Kline, late
OF fishing creek township, Columbia county, de-
ceased,
No. 3. First and final account OF Samuel Work.
helser Executor OF Peter WOrkheiser, late OF
Hemlock township, Columbia county, deceased.
No. 10. The account OF Jacob Gerard, Admin
istrator OF Sarah A. Gerard, late OF Scott town.
ship, Columbia county, deceased.
NO. II. First and final account OF VIM. p.
lkeler, Administrator OF Johnson H. Ikeler late
OF Greenwood township, Columbia county, de-
ceased.
No. II. The account OF Issac S. Kuhn, Guard.
an or Berton +. Marcley, minor child OF the Rev.
Marcley, late OF bloomsbury, deceased, as filed
by Mrs. susan Kuhn and j. q. Wells, Executors
OF Isaac 5. Kuhn, deceased.
No. l3. First and final account OF W. B. Kline
Administrator OF A. j. Kline, late OF Fishing
creek township, Columbia county, deceased.
G. II. CAMPBELL,
Register.
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The children's health must not be
neglected. Cold in the head causes
catarrh. Ely's Cream Balm cures at
once. 1t is perfectly safe and is easily
applied into the nostrils. The worst
cases yielding TO it. Price soc.
One of my children had very bad
discharge from he- nose. Two phy.
sicians prescribed, but without benefit.
We tried Ely's Cream Balm, and
much to our surprise, there was a
marked improvement. We continued
using the balm and in a short time the
discharge was cured.-O. A. Gary,
Corning, N. Y.
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By vote Of Ia3 to 4S the Fari
compulsory education bill passed in
the House of Representatives. Other
bills passed were the bill prohibiting
the employment Of aliens and the bill
establishing medical council and
three State Boards of Medical Ex.
aminers.
The work of rescuing the three
miners en'ombed in the Laurel Hill
mine, near Hazleton, is progressing
slowly, as the workings are choked up
with debris and water. 1t is said that
two mine laborers are missing and
may also be in the wrecked mine.
A convention was held in Harris
burg of temperance people interested
in the passage of the Agnew local
option bill on Wednesday.
~
Fierce mountain fires are raging
near South Bethlehem, Hollldaysbure.
New Bloomfield and other parts Of the
State.
Ex Secretary Bayard has been ap-
pointed Minister to England.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the following ac-
counts have been filed In the Orphans Court
OF Columbia county, and will be presented to
the said Court on the first Monday OF May, A.
ID. 1893 and confirmed nlsi, and unless eXcep-
tiOns are filed within four days thereafter, Will
be confirmed absolute.
!. The account OF William +. Crawford, Trus-
tee or the estate OF Mary Crawford, late OF Mt.
Pleasant township, deceased.
T. First account OF George w. suplee, Testa-
mentary Trustee OF the estate OF william j.
Allen, late OF Madison township deceased.
Clerks ONCE, G.M. QUICK,
Bloomsbury, Pa. April /, 1893. Clerk o. G.
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TO
Farmers
and the
PUBLIC
in
General.

We rim mpen
Owngevi Pa and certainly
lmacne
atlo
Wem head Land Roller
Wood
Machinery Then handle
Hay Rake ench Walking and Riding 9
Lastly wish show the New Deeed Lever Harrow that
yfoure
whereby
times being & has self coupling hinge bolts
draft This VIII
any other goods
WHITE g. CONNER.
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no THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS
OF COLUMBIA COUNTY

GENTLEMEN; In pursuance OF the forty-third
section OF the act or May 8, 1854, you are hereby
house In bloomsbury, on the first Tuesday In
May, 4. d., 1893, at o'clock =. NJ, being the
second day OF the month, and select, piua DoCe,
present, one person OF literary and scientific
requirements, and OF skill and experience ia
tae art or teaching, as County Superintendent
for the three succeeding years and certify the
result 10 the state superintendent at Harris
burg, as required by the thirty ninth and forth
eth fections OF said act.
WILLIAM c. JOHNSTON,
April z, At. Co. Supt OF Dol. county,
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LARGE FRAME HOTEL,

good shed and other outbuildngs.
Seized, taken into execution at the suit OF
The Ashland Saving Fund and Loan Association
va. Michael w. Brennan and Kate L. Brennan
his wife, IN right OF said wife, and to be sold as
the property OF Michael w. Brennan and Kate
L. Brennan, his wife, In right OF said wife,
MARI, Atty. JOHN MOUREY,
Sheriff.
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A Great Bargain.

One of the very best water power
flour and grist mills on big Fishing
creek with COOL buildings, new macbin-
cry, two dwellings, and other out
buildings all in good order, anu nine
acres of land for sale cheap on easy
payments by ]. II. MAIZE,
Insurance and Real Estate Agt.,
33I #. Bloomsbury, Pa.
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PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.

BY virtue OF an order OF the Court of Common
Pleas OF Columbia County, there will be expos
ed to public sale on the premises In the borough
OF Berwick, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 90, 1898,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, the following described lot OF
land: All that certain lot OF land situate on the
south-easterly corner OF Market and Sixth
streets, In the borough OF Berwick In said coun-
ty, bounded and described as follows, to wit /:
Beginning at the North east corner OF Market
and Sixth streets, thence by Sixth street, l44H
feet TO an alley, thence by said alley 6O3l feet
TO lot formerly owned by Daniel Rembach,
thence by said lot 1HH feet, to Market street,
aforesaid, thence by Market street, 6ON feet
to the place OF beginning, being vacant lot.
TERMS OF SALE-One fourth OF purchase
money upon striking down OF the property and
the balance In six months from confirmation
with interest from day OF sale. Purchase money
to remain lien until paid.
EVANS, Atty. CHARLES T. STECK,
4-'-it' Trustee.
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SALE REGISTER.

A free notice is given under this
head, Of all sales for which bills are
printed at this Office. A date can be
fixed now, and bills printed later, and
the notice will stand until the day of
sale.
APRIL aoth.-Charles T. Steck, trus.
tee, will sell valuable real estate in
Berwick at 10 a. m.