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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01

A Weak-Kneed Recruit, who Knew n
Remedy for Cowardice.
Just before the battle of Antietam
five recruits came down for my COM
pany, said an old veteran. There
were no bounty jumpers at that stage
of the war, although the courage and
patriotism of some of the recruits
could not be vouched for. One of the
five new men was named Danforth "A
farmers son, fresh from the cornfelds.
AS we took up our line of march to
meet Lee, this young fellow came to
me and said
"See here, sergeant, l guess I've
made a mistake"
How soT' l inquired.
81 hain't got no sand allus
thought | had, but when l come down
here and see what war is, l find l
hain't got the pluck of rabbit"
That's bad"
80 tbs; but it's jest the way l feel"
the young farmer responded soberly.
We're goin' to hav a fight by n by,
an l know what'll happen. l shall
bolt as sure as preachin'."
Then you'll be a coward and dis
graced forever"
IL know 1t, an / don't want to do
you can help me-"
What can l do for your
wal, If / can git mad I'll BE all
right an fogit I'm scarf Now, If
you'll keep your eye on me. an as
soon as we git within five miles %
Lees army give me stout kick, I'll
guess I'll stand It."
After some further talk l promised
Danforth to give him a kicking If he
showed signs Of running away. We
were in Hooker's corps, and as we
moved against jackson Danforth
came up to me:
Sergeant, kick me, or l shall rum"
he exclaimed. 81 haven't got sand
enough TO see a chicken die"
We were moving through the tim
Der. and | stepped behind nim and
lifted" him as hard as | could.
He shot aside, and when next saw
him we We're at n fence on the edge
of cornteld. The firing was hot, and
men were falling on all sides. l had
Just fired from rest on the top rail
when Danforth came up, faced the
other way. and said:
More kicks, sergeant. My sand is
going"
l kicked him again with good deal
of vigor. Just then we got the order
TO advance, and he was the first man
over the fence. Half an hour later
we We're driven back. considerably
disorganized, and as l reached the
fence l came across Danforth again.
He had a Confederate captain by the
collar, and was carrying the officers
sword in his hand. As he saw me
he called out;
sand is all right, sergeant. No
more kicks. AS soon as l take this
chap to the rear I'm going back to
collar old Stonewall Jackson himself,
or die tryingv'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
BROKEN DOWN

BR OXEN DO WN
by disease is the natural result if
you allow your liver to become in
active, your blood impure, and your
system run down.
The germs of Consumption, Grip,
or Malaria, wait for this time of
weakness-this is their opportunity.
If you rouse the liver to activity,
so it will throw off these germs,
purify the blood so there will be no
weak spots build up healthy soeight
where there is falling off, you will
rest secure from disease, for you'll
be germ-proof
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery does this as nothing else can.
That's the reason it can be guaran-
teed. In convalescence from pneu-
monia, feyers, or other wasting dis
eases, it's an appetizing, restorative
tonic to build up needed flesh and
strength.
For all diseases of the liver or
blood if discovery" fails to benefit
or cure, you have your money back.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
A Story OF jackson.

"As an illustrate of 'Stonewall'
Jackson's belief III the matter of alb
solute obedience to the letter of an
order" said a Confederate veteran to
the Louisville CourierJournal, 81 have
heard a story told of Gen. Stonewall
Jackson during the Mexican war. He
was then a lieutenant of artillery
commanding a section composed of
two guns. In a certain action he was
ordered TO occupy a certain position
and open fire upon the enemy. His
two guns were started for the place
which was very exposed, and before
reaching it he saw that he could not
remain there ten minutes without los.
ing every horse and man he had. Al
the same time he saw that by NOV.
ing some 300 yards away his fire
would be more effective. But his or.
ders to open fire must be obeyed, so
reaching the designated position, the
two guns were fired. Then they were
limbered up and moved to the new
position, and fire was opened in ear
nest and with effect"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
GOT EVEN AT LAST.
A One-Legged Veteran who Got Even
with a Corporation.

A one-Legged Veteran who Got Even
With a Corporation.
One time there was one-legged
man who lived in Kittanning, Pa, and
who had a fairly comfortably situated
married sister across the river in VIII
liamsburg. He had lived along the
rivers of Pennsylvania all his life
and had worked at the modest but
honorable occupation of shoemaker
and every Sunday evening he had
passed over the bridge to visit his sis
ter.
In Pennsylvania many of the
bridges are toll bridges, and even foot
passengers are required to contribute
at least two cents every time they
cross. This shoemaker had observed
that a large number of men in the
humber walks of life wore one leg
instead of two, as was the case in
other States. Indeed, he was quite
consoled with his loss by the reflec-
ton that peg-legged men were quite
the fashion.
One evening he started across the
bridge as usual, and when he came
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
WILD FLOWERS.

An inappropriate motto-"No flow-
ers."
The "on to Washington" cry of
Coxey's army scarcely recalled the
stirring days of 1851.
When that expected European war
breaks out the way to stop 1t will be
TO apply TO Uncle Sam for a dynamite
gun.
Ruth-"Why is battle called an
engagement Paul-"Well, sup
pose because 1t so often precedes a
surrender" No cards.
In these "piping times of peace"
about the only heroic opening for the
ordinary American citizen is to try to
discover the North Pole.
Weary Willy-"Dey say Grant was
lazy before de war" Ragsy-"Dat's
why l joined de Coxey army. Dere's
no tellin' what war will do for us fel-
lers."
Stubbs-"Say, Fatty, l see that Miss
Maude Banks says the women are
ready to take up arms in the next
war" Fatty-"Well, that's all right;
my arms are ready"
The women orators should let up on
the men little on Decoration Day.
at least. After ALL the manhood of
the nation stood the test in the STIR
ring days when the nation was in
peril.
Boggs-"The old vets are going
fast" Vet-"Well, there's one salts
faction; we won't be forgotten. A
hundred years from now they'll use
our old Springhelds and crutches for
bric-a-brac"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
BuIlet-Proof Goats. !. S

The armies of Germany are soon
10 be supplied with bullet-proof coats
Perhaps war will get back to the
condition it occupied before the in,
vention of gunpowder. The middle
age armor was so perfected as TO be
impervlous to sword, arrow or spear
At Milan, where the best armor was
made. two armies fought from nine
o'clock In the morning urth -four
O'clock in the afternoon, and not a
knight was either killed or wounded
The inventor of the new bullet-proof
coat is Heinrich Dove, of Westphalia
He has worn the coat while seven
shots We're fred at him from mod
ern rife. Perhaps the next war will
have no killed or wounded.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
A Genuine Hero,

Admiral Benham, recently retired.
was a type of the modest hero OF
whom the late war furnished thous-
ands whose names are unknown. After
that little affair at Rio Janeiro, he
would not say that his squadron could
have whipped the entire Brazilian in
surgent fleets and forts combined, but
considering that the gunners in the
latter hardly~ever came within SOC
yards of their mark, he said he
thought he would have stood IA good
fighting chance. AS matter of fact,
it was dollars to tin tags that the
Brazilians would have been silenced
in five minutes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01

to the toll takers lodge in the centre
ne stumped over the roadway, drop
ped his little fee and went on.
Funny thing" he mused. II never
paid my toll yet but | had to walk
across the roadway to the toll-taker.
My path always seems to be on the
wrong side of the bridge. should
think now and then a toll-takers office
should be on my side of the bridge"
But he went on, visited his sister
and started back. On the return trip
he met another peg-legged man going
over to kittanning and the two walk
ed together. When they came to the
lodge the shoemaker fished up two
pennies and started across the dusty
ROADWAY.
Where you going" asked the other
peg-legged man, halting and looking
curiously at his companion.
Going to pay toll"
why, you don't have to-"
"WhatT'
"You don't have to. One-legged
veterans don't have to pay toll in
Pennsylvania. Ihe law eIempts
them. 1t is only able-bodied men who
pay toll"
The veteran reflected that for years
he had paid toll as he passed the
bridge He knew that the toll-keeper
had deliberately assisted in the fraud
ulent collection of tolls.
"All right" he said, 81 will do my
best to get even"
And that veteran makes it a relig-
ious observance to walk across that
toll bridge at least once a day each
year. On holidays, he walks across
it two or three times
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
NEIGHBoRHoOD NEWS.
Interesting Items From Various Points IN
the County, Reported by Our staff Of
Correspondents.
EAST BENTON.

Lee Roy Bender, son Of F. p. Ben.
der of Bendertown. met with a sad ac-
cident at the HUM Station Just below
Benton last Friday. While unloading
timber (ties and telegraph poles) for
shipment, he was struck by pole and
his right leg was broken in three places
below the knee. the bones protruding
IN one place through the skin. He was
Immediately taken home, distance
OF FIVE or six miles from place of ac-
cident, and DR.. Carey of Benton was
summoned and taken along. DR..
Davidson of Cambria was also sum-
moned and assisted in the setting of
the broken bones. This unfortunate
young man has the sympathy of the
entire community and all hope for his
speedy and safe recovery.
The late rains did not fall in tor
rents at this place in consequence of
which the small streams though high
did not over flow their banks.
The wheat, from present appear.
ances promises an unusually large
crop; but there are evidences that
the fly is in the wheat, and if this is so
to any great extent, the yield will be
very light. 1t is now just beginning
to mead and it also begins to trinkle.
AT this writing there are good signs
of fair weather. After a weeks delay
on account of rain the farmers, not
having planted their corn yet, may
feel some anxiety in getting their corn
In out of season. Don't worry. 1t is
better to plant corn on the first of
June than on the first of May. Expert
ence has taught us this.
And now it appears that the fight
is on for the various positions to be
filled as candidates are booming up
In every quarter. 1t is onething TO be
a candidate, 1t is another to be nomi-
mated. and it is still another thing to
be elected. But in Columbia County
a nomination is equivalent to an elect
ion.
The supervisors are busily engaged
in putting the highways in repairs.
There is some talk Of levying seven
mills road tax. How is that for high ?
Miss Phebe A. Perry, daughter of
J. W. Perry of Elk Grove, in company
with Miss Mary A. Tubbs of the same
place, spent a week visiting in this
neighborhood few weeks ago. Miss
Perry was complaining i'll while here.
and we have since learned that two of
Mr.. Perry's children are down with
typhoid fever. Miss Perry is lady
like and accomplished young woman,
and makes friends wherever she goes.
We are sorry to learn of her illness
and hope for her speedy recovery.
We fear that the new tariff will
only be riddle like the famous old
chimney which vas patch upon
patch with hole in the middle"
]. c. Tubbs and wife of Elk Grove,
paid us visit last Saturday night.
A. ]. Crawford had stone bee last
Monday afternoon.
Prof. Walter Casterline opened a
select school at Cambria last Monday
week ago.
The women are a pest for fact.
But what miserable world it would
be without this pest which is the glory
of men.
Space is infinite, hence we will not
attempt to occupy more.
- -
Giddinu 81 Co for clothinn
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01

Dogs are being trained for service
in connection with all European
armies. This Is revival of very
ancient custom, whence was derived
the phrase. dogs of war" The mod
ern war dogs, however, will be used
only as sentinels and to carry aid to
the wounded They are taught TO
enemy or on discovering a wounded
soldier.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
Gliding & Co. for clothing.

Rheumatism Cured in a Day.
"Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia, radio tally cures in I to 3
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the di-
sease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits, IS cts Sold
by c. A. Klein, Druggist, Blooms
burg. 1910 .Sm.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01

nR. SAGE'S Catarrh Rem
- edy will cure the worst
Chronic Catarrh in the Head
perfectly and permanently.
Fifty cents, by all dealers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
Married.

On the 18th inst, at the Reformed
parsonage in Orangevllle, by Rev. A.
Houtz, Mr.. Albert Z. Stiner, of
Weatherly, Pa, and Miss Eliza Beish-
line, of Bendertown.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
At the Camp Fire.

'What was the hardest thing you
got hold of during the warp
Hard tack And your
"A Georgia cracker"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
Gliding & Co. for clothing.
RANDOM REMARKS.
thoughts on Various Topics by Casua
Observer.

For some years the question Of
utilizing cuim and waste in coal min
ing has been more or less experiment.
ed upon, though with rather small
success But recent report of COM
mission having the matter under con-
sideration, the chairman being Hon.
Eckley &. Coke, says that all waste
may be proftably utilized. The report
says, "Wilh the aid of specially
constructed stoker and fan. blast, not
only can the dirt heretofore thrown
away be utilized, but in steam pro.
duction, better results have beeh OBJ
tanned by it, and at fifty per cent
less in cost. " Thus our mountains
of culm are apt to be used, and strik-
ers can strike if they wish.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01

And II rests upon q lonely grave, and slab
without name;
1t fingers there and the grasses wave and their
blades are turned TO fame,
And they fash their swords as though TO save the
neglected spot from shame
And birds come circllng about, and bring
memorial songs so rre
That all the aisles of the forest ring, and the
gloomy place grows fair;
And the birds light on the slab and sing OF the
soldier sleeping there.
Frank H. Sweet
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURY, PA.
FOR SALE.

Desirable vacant lots and = number Of good
houses and lots in Bloomsbury, Pa The best
business stand In Bloomsbury. A very desira-
sle property containing l9 acres and first class
buildings with good will in a business worth
oi20O TO $500 per year at Willow Grove.
Haven, Alarge number OF farms In Columbia
county, one IN Luzerne County, one In Nirginia
Two Country store stands In Columbia Count.
planning mill, dry dock and lumber yard and
sheds In Beach Haven, Pa. Also 10 acres of
rood farm land at same place, by NJ. p. LUTZ
= son, Insurance and Real Estate Agents,
BLOOMSBJJRG, PA. II.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01

The Moody Campaign in the
Wyoming coal fields has already
opened in Wilkes Barre. Overflow
meetings are of frequent occurrence.
Mr.. Moody will hold service in the
Armory on May aoth. Meetings will
be held simultaneously at Wilkes Barre
and West Pittston. A tent seating
5000 people will be used for out door
meetings in pleasant weather.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01

AS if to put inactivity to shame in
Bloomsburg even the fountain now
spurts water. Though its little weak,
we admit, still ii spurts 10 the mem
ory of its donor, Mr.. Stroup.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01

al have fought against the ad-
mission Of Utah." said Kate Field
recently, but it is useless for in a
few days it will be State. Among
the young set polygamy is not coun-
tenanced, bur the older folks un-
qnestionably believe in that doctrine. J."
The Coxey movement Kate declares
is nothing in itself, but it is sign of
the times boil on the body polite
showing its disordered system" That's
enough to make Coxey mad at Katie.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
SPECIAL NOTICES.

4 IL KINDS OF BLANKS FOR JUSTICES
"A and ooHsTABLEs at the COLUMBIAN Of
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-06-01
DECORATION.
A RACY WAR STORY.

A wcak-Kneed Recruit, who Knew n
Remedy for Cowardice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-07
A Smuggling Scheme.

Passing through Hudson street with
friend, L CHANGED to pass the establish
ment of firm of folders and repack-
ers' of dry goods. Before the door were
a hundred or more little bales of goods,
bearing odd markings, but showing that
they were destined for a firm in Texas,
doing business in a town near the Mex
lean line.
do you know" asked my compan-
ion, why those goods are put up in
such small packages?"
Upon replying in the negative he con-
tinued: "They are to be Struggled across
the Mexican line. The goods are pur-
chased in their original packages and
delivered here. The wooden boxes are
discarded, and the goods subjected to
hydraulic pressure and baled. Each
bale contains about 80 pieces, or half the
number of an ordinary dry goods case.
THE goods are then shipped to Tex
as, and all marks removed. When all
is arranged, some night the little bales
are slung across the backs of mules,
two bales to each animal, and with an
armed escort the train proceeds over the
border to some distributing point in
Mexico, where the goods are sold to Mex
lean traders at good profit.
''Smuggling in this manner is quite
extensively carried on between this
country and Mexico, the United States
getting in return for its dry goods,
which are the most easily handled, cheap
Mexican coffee and cigars. New York
Herald
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-07
TRAINING BOTH HANDS ALIKE.
NO Good Reason Yet Advanced WHY 1,
should Not BE Dome

NO Good Reason Yet Advanced WHY 1t
should Not Be Done.
In one of his essays in "a book en-
titled -" Brushwood, the late James Il.
Fields wrote: "lf were boy again,
| think would learn TO use INV left hand
Just as freely as my right one. so that
If anything happened to lame either of
them the other would be all ready 10
write and handle things Just as freely
as If nothing had occurred" And un-
soubtedly great many of us would
learn to use both hands alike if we had
our lives TO live over again. OF all the
young women who came under my in
struction while in charge of the School
or Domestic Economy of the Iowa Ag-
rlcultural college, not more than one in
twenty-five could sweep properly. The
ratio In tins respect of those who came
under my instruction at Purdue univer-
slty was about the same. And as far
as my observation extends this ratio
will hold in regard TO women generally.
AS rule, women, old and young, do
not know how TO handle broom. Their
right hands only have been trained.
Their left hands have been neglected.
When women takes hold of a broom
1T is with the right hand near the top
of the handle and the left hand toward
the corn, and instead of changing and
reversing them as occasion demands
she always keeps them iii the same POI
sltion. Whether she sweeps to the right
or TO the left, the position of her hands
remains unchanged. And her body is
contorted and her muscles strained in
the performance of an operation that
would exercise these organs harmonious
ly, II the hands were SO trained that
they could be used at will and were
changed as demanded by the changes in
the position of the sweeper.
L refer to women sweeping merely TO
illustrate my point The same can be
said concerning the training of the
hands In numerous other branches of
women's work that it is unnecessary to
mention, and so far as the use of the
left hand Is concerned men are in no
better condition than women. Men and
women are in this respect MANNED and
handicapped alike. Why should such
state of things exist? Why, in this
age of manual training, should we over
look and neglect the education of the
left hand and continue to train the
right hand at the expense of the left?
No physician or psychologist has ever
given sensible reason for so doing,
and we seem to adhere to the custom
merely because it has been carried down
TO us by our ancestors. Miller
Monthly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-07
SAMOAN AFFAIRS.
Tamasse's Son iLeading a Move
ment Against MalietOa. ~

New YORK, Feb. 22.-The Her
AIDS special from Washington
saws: More trouble is brewing in
Samoa. According to official ad-
vices recently received here the
son of Tamasse, one of the former
kings of Samoa, is leading a move
ment against Malietoa. He is said
to have a large following of natives
who are rebellious, not so much
against the immediate rulers as
as against the tripartite govern
ment which controls affairs on the
islands. When Mataafa and his
adherents surrendered last fall, and
were transferred to one of the ISL
ands of the Marshall group, it was
hoped there would be no further
trouble in Samoa.
1t is very confident affairs on the
islands will run along smoothly
and peacefully until some other
form of government prevails. Ne
gotiations are now N progress be-
tween the United States, Great
Britain and Germany for modifi-
cation of the Berlin treaty, but 1t
is not known what the proposed
changes are. President Cleveland
took occasion in his annual mes
sage to note his disapproval of the
existing tripartite. Great Britain
and Germany are likewise dissatis-
fled, and would probably like
change as much as this Government
and the unfortunate natives are
even more anxious for another form
of government than any other par
ties concerned.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-07
Americas Only Frost1ess Belt.

What is supposed to be the only frost
less belt in the United States lies be-
tween the city of Los Angeles and the
Pacific ocean. 1t traverses the foothills
of the Cahuenga range and has an ele-
walton of between 900 and 400 feet. In
breadth it is perhaps three miles. The
waters of the Pacific are visible from
it, and the proximity of the ocean has
of course something to do with Danish
ing frosts. During the winter season
this tract produces tomatoes. peas,
beans and other tender vegeta bles, and
here the lemon fourishes, tree that is
peculiarly susceptible to cold. Tropical
trees may be also cultivated with sue
cess, and in connection with this fact it
is interesting to know that part of the
favored territory has been acquired by
Los Angeles for park purposes, and it
IS only aquestion of time when the city
will have the unique distinction of pos
sessing the only tropical park in the
United States. Strange to say, only
the midway region of the Cahuenga
range is free from frost, the lower part
of the valley being occasionally visited.
New York Evening Post.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-07
AID FOR THE WIDOW.
The Waikiki Police Force Make a
Timely Donation.

The Wailuku police force has
come to the aid of the widow of the
late Officer Kauhane. They have
subscribed $24 in all. The other
islands are yet to be heard from.
With the Governments allowance
and the ADVERTISER and Stars
subscription lists, the widow has
no danger of want staring her in
the face. The following is the Wal
luku police subscription: