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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-14
SHERIFFS SALE.
EyBRT, Attorney.

BY virtue or writ OF Fl. Fa. issued out OF the
Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia County,
Pennsylvania, and to me directed, will be ex-
Bloomsbury, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 1894,
at o'clock p. m, the following:
All that certain lot piece or parcel OF land
situate, lying and being in Benton, in the town
ship OF Benton, In the County OF Columbia, and
State OF Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows, VIZ Beginning at corner by the
public road up Fishingcreek, corner OF lot No.
81, thence by said road north twenty-eight and
quarter degrees east three rods to a corner by
an alley, thence by said alley south slxty-one
and three-quarters degrees east thirteen and
four-tenths rods TO a corner at an alley, thence
by said alley south twenty-eight and one-quar-
ter degi ees west three percheS TO corner OF
the northeast corner OF lot No. 81 thence by
said lot north sixty-one and three-quarters de-
grees west thirteen and fourteenth rods to the
place OF beginning, containing
FORTY SQUARE PERCHES
OF land, strict measure, dt being lot number
thirty -eght (3S) In the north part OF Benton,
laid out by Richard Stiles In 1870 on which is
erected two-story
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
stable and other outbulldings.
Seized taken into execution at the suit OF A.
P. Kester VS.. George W. Hirleman, and to be
sold as the property OF George W. Hirleman.
JOHN MoUREY, sheriff.
WlNTERsTEES, Attorney.
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CHRISTIAN. F. KNAPP,
FIRE INSURANCE,
BLOOMSBURY. PA. D

Home, OF N. y; Mercharts of Newsrk,
N. j.; Clinton, N. Y; Peoples, NY; Read
ing, Ia ; German American lns. Co., New
York; Greenwich Insurance CO., New York:
Jersey City Fire Ins. Co., Jersey City, N. Il.
These old corporations are well Sc soned
by age and fire tested, and have never vt
had loss settled by any court of law. Their
assets are all invested in solid securities. and
liable to the hazard of FIRE only.
Losses promptly and honestly adjusted and
paid as soon as determined, by Christian r.
Knapp Special Agent and Adjuster, Blooms.
barg, Pa.
The people of Columbia county should
Patfonl2e the agency where losses, if any,
citizens.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-14
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue OF a writ OF Levar Faclas issued
out OF the Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia
County, Pennsylvania, and to me directed, Will
be exposed to public sale at the Court House,
Bloomsbury, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER "a, 1894,
at o'clock p. m, the following
All that certain tract Of land situate In the
township OF Mount Pleasant, In the County OF
Columbia, State OF Pennsylvania, bounded and
described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a
stone In line OF land OF heirs OF Samuel seibert
deceased, and running thence by the same
south i've degrees east forty-two and eight
tenths perches to a stone, thence south twenty
three degrees west thirty perches to a stone,
thence by land OF John Hoffman, south two
degrees east tifty-four perches TO stone, thence
by lands OF Howard Grimes, John X Mordan
and william Oman north forty-two degrees
west one hundred forty-elght and two-tenths
perches TO a stone, thence by land OF Thomas
c. Oman, north seventy-two and one-half de-
grees east forty perches TO a stone, thence
south forty-six and quarter degrees east
seventeen and three-tenths perches to stone,
thence north siXty-six and three-quarter de-
grees east thirty-one and two-tenths perches
to a stone, and thence north elghty-six and
three-quarter degrees east twenty-five and
eight-tenths perches to the place OF beginning
containing
40 ACRES AND 90 PERCHES,
strict measure together with the hereditaments
ana appurtenances.
Seized, taken into execution at the suit OF
Henry +. Oman, Executor OF the last VIII and
testament of George oman, deceased, now to
the use Jf Ienry T. oman and A. b. White VS..
David oman, and to be sold as the property Of
David Oman.
JOHN MOUREY. Sheriff.
EyBRT, Attorney.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-09-14
40 ACRES AND 54 PERCHES


Tract No. {. All that certain real estate sit
uate In the Township OF Madison, aforesaid
bounded by lands OF Amanda Watson, deceased
other lands OF John Swisher, lands OF Abraham
Broadt's heirs, from which It is separated by a
public road and other containing
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-10-25

he is at a disadvantage in every position
in life. When a young man who has
lost good name makes an honest effort
to recover it, he finds his way upward
a hard one although he may possess
many friends; still friends are often
powerless in their effort to win conf
dence for one who has proved himself
unworthy of it in the past. Then 1t IS
that the young man is likely to realize
as never before, "that a good name IS
rather to be chosen than great riches,
even as a worldly investment, because
it is so hard to get on without good
name, or to regain it when once sur
rendered. Every young man who has
that possession ought to count it above
price, and to have care lest he lose it
"THE EXILE
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-10-25
A GOOD NAME.

A young man does not always find 1t
easy to get on in this world without ed
ucation or family influence, personal
friends, property or health; but ne
will find, in the long run, that 1t IS lar
easier for him to make his way among
men without any or all of those advan-
tages than to make substantial progress
in the world without the reputa-
ton of a good character. Charac-
ter stands for something, in spite
of it's frequent slightings. Men VINO
themselves lack good character,
appreciate and value it in others. A
band of robbers would want an honest
treasurer. The young man whose WORD
cannot be believed, whose honesty Is
not above suspicion, and whose personal
life is not what it ought to be, is MOI
the young man that the business worlo
has openings for. He may have healCf
and wealth and position, and host o.
friends, but if he is without charactel
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-10-25
"WHY AM I HERE?"
A Failure to Answer NO the Cause OF
Mans Downfall.

During the last six months the above
question has presented itself to my
mind, | think at least not less than
hundred times day. In cell and shop,
in the yard and in the dining room,
and even in the chapel, l am sorry to
say, has this terse, cold question ever
confronted me. Even when all nature
rested in blissful sleep, it gave me
no peace, but haunted my feverlsh
thoughts, tormenting my vexed spirit
like a demon from the internal shades.
have no doubt, but great num-
Der of my immediate neighbors have
experienced something of the same
state of mind. They have all certainly
at one time or other heard the stern
cry of this grim and ghostly bird; "why
am here?" l have tried to sOOthe him
with thousand plausible answers, but
in vain. He is hard fellow to salts
fy. and it is of no use trying to evad'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-10-25
IS THE OUTSIDE WORLD PREJU
DICED AGAINST THE
EX-PRISONER?

was present, few weeks ago, in
country town, not far from Concord, at
the simple burial services of young
man, when these words were spoken by
the minister:
"There is not one of us present this
afternoon who would not call the young
man who lies here, in his last sleep,
our dear friend There is not one of
us. who had learnt to know him init
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-10-25
A WISE JUDGE.
Suspended Sentences of the Greates'
Value in Saving the Boy.

A Kansas judge recently sentenced
youth convicted of petty theft, to at
tend the public school for six months;
and in an editorial, certain paper takes
sides against the judge with the argu-
ment, that it is converting our schools
into penal institutions; and that honest
scholars would cease to attend school
where anyone who had violated the law
would become an associate; and recon-
mends that the state Of Kansas erect a
reformatOry.
It is not the intention of the writer
to enter into discussion OF all the
phases of prison life, but from an ex-
perience of fifteen years feel that l
can enlighten this editor somewhat up
on the effect a reformatory has upon
the majority of young boys who are so
unfortunate as to be compelled to enter
one. This editor must admit. that 1t
would be cruel to sentence any young
boy for trivial offence, to solitary con-
finement: therefore, let us consider the
social conditions with which the boy
who is not at heart criminal must of ne
cessity be surrounded, without thought
of the disgrace and humiliation that fol-
lows one who has, "dOne time" SO
called. With perhaps no criminal pro-
pensities he is thrown into contact, and
compelled to associate with, for months,
sometimes years, the vicious and wholly
corrupt boys and men, and what ne
does not now know of crime he is speed
lily taught by those who do. They LOSE
no time in instilling into his youthful
and gullible mind all the tricks OF thu
criminal. Why it is like throwing
healthy man into pest house; llk'
washing clean linen in dirty water. Llv
ingston, Americas great prison reform
er. says: "Every association OF Grim
inals will, to greater or less degree
corrupt, never reform" In all place
of detention you will find men and boy
skilled in crime; who have made Grim
a profession; and they are looked up tt
in a manner, by the less experienced
Ninety per cent of these professional
were educated through the assoclatlor
formed at reformatories and jails
Should some of these clever write
and theorists see the many young sou
pass through the iron gate OF prise
that the writer has; see the happy you
whose only fault perhaps, was love
mischief, separated from all those bles
ed influences of even the humple
home; the ennobling associations al
comradeship of the better bred, and t
thousand winds of heaven which breat
through the home, to be released, nlne'
nine times out of one hundred, hal
ened criminal, they would be willing
devise some other method OF reform
ton. Most young men and boys DIR
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-10-25

lnCO prison CIlc uISU C1ulO, AOo OOOe'0o
they are especially bad, but rather from
evil associations, neglected training, or,
in the exuberance of youthful spirit,
thew are led to the commission of some
offence real or technical against the
law; this experience is not to be gained
by statistics but from daily study OF
human nature. A sense of disgrace is
the greatest factor in keeping men and
boys out of penal institutions. A noted
Judge in England has for years made
practice of suspending sentences, and
binding the offender for a year with
some farmer or manufacturer, and much
good has been accomplished by this
method. Industry has been lnculcated;
the innocent loved one has not been
disgraced or punished; he has been COM
pensated for his labor; prison assocla-
tions and humiliations have been obvl-
ated. Our Kansas judge must be COM
mended for his new departure. The
sentence works no hardship on the
guilty, or innocent, and keeps the loved
ones together, where home influences
can be exerted to save the youth. Sus-
pended sentences to the head of FAM
ily would in many instances prove OF
inestimable benefit; it would bring
the lesson sharply home to the offender
that he has duty to perform towards
society, and the state; it would encour-
age industry, and would be neither
punishment nor cruelty but lesson in
fair dealing, and would prove as i'm
pressive for reformatory purposes as
any enforced penal servitude. 1t is
we'll established fact that large part
of the offenders against the law might be
much better dealt with without the In
tervention of prisons. The example OF
Belgium, and France, demonstrates, this
fact, These countries have what Il
known as the conditional condemnation
for malefactors. In Belgium, convict
ed person is released from court upol
q giving surety to perform certain obliga
tions: if not able to give this surety n
T is permitted to labor at his calling, un
: der a certain surveillance until tn
y court is assured of his reformation
q when he is discharged. This who'll
- eliminates the evil of criminal assOcla
r tions. A similar practice has been
~ use in France for the past twenty years
:, AS a reformatory agent it prevent
"a that degradation Of imprisonmer
" which involves the loss of shame S
.. fatal to man. Through sentences
# this description the young man is kel
l. among the influences of the pure, tt
" good and the ambitious, instead OF b.
o. ing surrounded by all that is degrad'n
,d It also ceases to int1ict unnecessdl
c punishment on the innocent, acts as
,v preventative to cl ime, and inculcates
10 lesson in honesty of incalculable valu
4. The problem of the reformation
90 the confirmed, or hardened criminal
nj has, and will for years be questit
bo for the deepest thinkers to solve; b
| think the Kansas judge has taken
ko step in the right direction to save t
iy- boy. CREOLE
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-10-25
HOME INFLUENCES.
They are but Transitory and Rarely Ever
Leave the Fireside.

Leave the Fireside.
Our learned friend and brother whose
excellent article on this subject appears
in former issueis apparently biased
in favor of the home. He states that
bows whole future life is shaped and
moulded by home influences. This
might have been so in our grandfathers
days and may be so now in few lso-
lated cases, but as rule we dontthlnk
it will hold good for the present gen.
Grafton. We have found home lnf1u-
ences as sevanescent as friendship and as
transient as love. Why not give III
tie credit to prison influence and re-
formatories. AS rule the home is
kind of stopping place where the boy
and girl are sheltered, clothed and fed,
until the boy is able to take care OF him.
self and the girl finds some one to take
care of her. When the parents 40 this
for their children and pay their taxes
they think they have done their whole
duty. They think it is the states duty
to educate them and the church's duty
to instruct them in morals. They are
either ignorant or Indifferent to the
future welfare of their children. My
experience teaches me that many par
ents look upon their children as bill
of expense to be rid of as soon as
possible. There is no question but that
} the treatment which many children re-
: ceive from their parents tends to repel
rather than attract. How many fathers
take their sons aside daily, and show
them the danger of drinking, gambling
: and bad company? How many mothers
: tell their daughters in a kind loving
3 way of the great perils that lie before
: them and exhort them to shun ever
D the appearance Of evil? Probabl.
about one in ten would be fair average
The reason for this is obvious. You'll
is the time for rgayety, and gay compan,,
n is what parents object to if they deslr
p to save their children from ruin. Thi
It sets the children in constant rebellion
y against parental authority. Childre
" do not see any harm in gay company
}, they don't think it will lead them
It ruin; the consequences are, that in te
l. wears after the children have left tn
parental roof they are so changed
tastes and habits that the home is Ell
tirely forgotten. Perhaps one or MOI
il of them are in state prison. 1t is tf
d. company a boy keeps after leavin
al home that determines his future cha
1e acter for good or evil. Hereditary il
ar fluence is powerful factor in the TO
10 nation of character, but home int1
n, ences are transitory and cut but sms
ss figure in determining child's futul
% CREMONA.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-10-25
Vol. VIII 12.
WHAT DOES 1T MATTER.

II matters little whereI was born,
Or if my parents were rich or poor;
Whether they shrank at the cold World,s scorn'
OR walked in the pride OF wealth secure;
But whether live an honest man,
And hold my integrity firm in my Gluten,
/ tell you, brother, plain as am,
1t matters much!
1t matters little how long l stay
In world of sorrow, sin and care,
Whether in youth am called away,
or live till my bones and pate are bare;
But whether do the best can
To soften the weight of adversity's touch,
On the faded cheek of my fellow man.
1t matters much!
1t matters little where be my grave,
On the land or on the sea,
By purling brook or meath stormy wave,
1t matters little or naught to me;
But whether the angel Death comes down
And marks my brow with his loving touch
AS one that shall wear the victOr's crown
1t matters much!
From the Swedish.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-10-25

cuses, sophistical explanations and
long lamentations, because he shuts
down on you with his tormenting
"wby" before you get half through.
Do not tell him that you could not
help it, because you were born in sin
and bred in crime, or that you inner
tied such an amount of evil propen-
sites, that you could not control them.
It is all bosh and nonsense! No man
was ever born for the sole purpose of
occupying a felon's cell and wearing
stripes. No matter where you were
born, or under what circumstances you
were bred, you were once the innocent
darling on the knees of fond mother,
or a tender nurse, whose only wish was
to see you prosper in all that was good,
and then be blessing not only to her,
but to all the world wherein you moved;
and although you may have been bred
in very hotbed of crime, you must
acknowledge that in your deepest lg-
norance you knew enough to distin-
guish between right and wrong.
Then, "why am here?" Do not say
that all the world is bad, and society
is made up of nothing but thieves,
rascals and hypocrites; or that you had
bad luck, that you were selected to be
made an example Oft was case OF
malice and revenge, or that you were
. not treated fairly, or that justice IN
your case was everything else but
blind. True, the world is not as
good a world as it might be; but 1t
, is by far not half as bad as some people
+ are irving to make it. And how dc
e YOU know that all people are bad
: By personal acquaintance and observ
f alton of their acts and deeds? In thai
s case your world is very small one
s and even in this little circle what dc
n YOU know about the secret Thoughts
j. of the busy brain and the many goo(
n things found down in the bottom O.
J. the heart of your fellow beings.
e Throw your smoked glasses away
l. and you will discover that there ar
e millions of good people in the worl
\ vet who have not kneeled at the alta
y of Mammon.
a. Malice, revenge, unfair Treatment
n injustice hardly; such excuses are to
s. thin. and ought not to be uttered b
is men who have passed the meridian
1T life.
20 Confounded thought: "Why am
Of here?' The answer was softly Will
pt pered by the breeze as it came rustlln
le through the golden leaves, late or
e. autumn evening, gently passing witt
g. out pass between the solid bars int
ry my lonely cell, it sighed:
, 1.-The cause of all your woe
" Is only this; you did not know
How and when to answer NO!'
,e. Blessed be that evening breeze! a
of relieved at last of the tormenting in
is. and his persistent questions. b
on after this, the one thing will stu|
ut first and last and all the time is, he
and when to say that little word n
he with capital n, and ring to it tn
shall leave no. room for further arg
mentation. OMEGA
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-09-27
Keep Well Informed.

Ii every progressive Young man
would write ont or paint the above
legend on a board and nail il up
where his eye could fall on it contin-
ually. it would remind him of duty
that he owes to himself aud those de
pendent on him There is nothing
that better fits II man for the position
that he holds, or inSureS his promo
ton faster. than the fact that he is
wpll informed and thoroughly posted,
Will always be pleased TO keep you
posted on prices of any goods in my
line not enumerated below. Patent
HameS soc per pair, common HameS
3Oc per pair, long -handle ShovelS Soc,
long handle solid socket ShovelS 4jc,
fourprong Forks 80 to Soc, Breast
Chains 4Oc per pair, Bait Traces 40c
per pair. Plow Traces Zoe per pair,
Halter Chains 20c, Rope HalterS &c,
Mattocks 45c. Coffee Mills 2jc. Garden
RakeS % to 3jc. WhitewaSh Brushes
to 25c, cOpper-botton TeakettleS
pc, solid copper Teakettles 99c, Tin
Sifters Sc. Coffee Pots : to ljc, Oil
Cans lot Sc. Pot l2c, 4qt lSc; Red
Warrior Axes 6jc. Horse Shoes $3.50
per key of 100 lbs, shingle and fence
Nails - 90 per keg, % lbs. bag Of shot
= 40, No. Steel Traps with chains
u. - per doz. Stra " Knives zoe, Single
tree Clips zoe, per set, Double-tree
Clips zoe per set, Barb Wire 25c per
To-, Door Locks - to soc, CurrycombS
) to zoe, Superior Clothes WrinSers
Sl.7j Black Hawk Corn Shelters - p,
Gate Bolts soc per hundred, Double
action British Bulldog RevolverS $40
Powder 2jc per H., Princess Curling
Irons Sc, Little Duke MuStache Curl
ers DC, pieces handsomely painted
Chamber Sets 12j. Tin Roofing s.
per square, Steel Roofing 81 per
square, House Spouting Sc per fl
Large Barn Spouting 10c per #, Cook
Stoves from IS to $50, CiStern Pumps
81 Corresponding low prices on Oils,
White Lead, Tar, Turpentine, Rims
aud SpokeS, &c, &c.
Returning thanks for the liberal
patronage of the past, hope to merit
a continuance.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-09-27
Household Hints.

Rub the tea kettle, coffee pot, etc,
with paper while hot, and they will
never need securing.
Grained wood should be washed
with cold tea, and then, after being
wiped dry, rubbed with linseed oil.
Put camphor gum with your new
silverware, and it will never tarnish
as long as the gum is there. Never
wash silver in soapsuds as that gives
it white appearance,
Poisons are too numerous to give
remedies in detail. Emetics are usu-
ally given after such as occasion drowsi-
ness or delirium, sweet water, milk or
oil, or whites of eggs copiously, where
there is vomiting orpain in the stomach.
Camphor is said to be an antidote for
strvchnine saturated solution.
1t will be well to cover the shelves
with oil-cloth after they are thorough
" scrubbed and dried. This Will not
have to be renewed, like the paper,
every time it becomes spotted or
greasy. 1t is easily wiped off, and
retains its fresh appearance long
time. papers are used they should
be changed often, and plain edge
turned neatly down over the shelf will
look quite as well as the cut or pinled
edges and Will be less troublesome.
Javelle water, used for removing
stains from linen, = easily made at
home at a fourth of the price charged
by the druggists. 1t consists Of wash
inc soda and water and chloride Of
lime-a pound Of soda to a gallon Of
water and pound OF lime. Sur the
soda into the water and boil 10 min
utes, then add the chloride of lime.
When the fluid has settled pour of as
much as is clear, and put in bottles,
label and cork tightly 1t should
only be used when stains will not
Weld to hot or cold water, and should
be thoroughly rinsed out after using.
Many laundresses are 50 prone to
quick and easy ways in washing and
whitening whatever they wash that
their methods will bear frequent IN
yestigation, and it is well not to tempt
them by leaving anything except plen-
ty of water, good soap, and perhaps
borax IN their way.