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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-01-12
FORKS.

There will be prize contest soon
in Zion church. Extensive prepara
tions are being made to have an inter
esting time. The competitors are bus
lily engaged preparing their declama-
tons. This is laudable and rebounds
to the development of the young and
entertainment of the public.
The cemetery could be beautihed
with shade and ornamental trees grow.
ing here upon the hillsides..
f. M. Laubach is fast gaining prom
inence as pump maker. Orders from
a distance are coming in for pumps.
HIS work is well received, as he never
makes failuree. His press squeezed
out 400 barrels of cider this fall.
Oh that our supervisor would at
tempt to fix the bridge spanning the
Fishingcreek near Amerman's store.
1t looks like relic of past ages. Holes
in the weatherboards big enough to
pass first class funeral or a 4th of
July procession. And we suppose the
railroad station will never be moved
to suit the convenience of the public
down to the road that leads to Jones
town.
Measles Is becoming quite prevalent
among the children.
There is always a recognized leader
in every community. Mrs. Jam, Am
erman is head and front in every en-
terprize for the public good. Her
hand is visible in Zion church matters
of any interest. Miss Grace Amer
man has been indulging in fine skating
upon the mill race of f. M. Laubach's.
Prof Peeler of Asbury is successful
in obtaining pensions.
Singing talent is no better than at
Forks and Asbuiy.
]. B. Delong, of Orangeville, during
the past season, has met with fine sue
cess in furnishing the public with
stoves. He has a large assortment,
His emporium is we'll stocked with
everything of this sort and he has the
business qualities to drive the business.
Landlord Shaeffer, Orangeville, is
running good hotel he understands
the business.
Wesley Bowman and son Henry,
have been supplying the markets of
Baltimore and Philadelphia with the
best of buckwheat flour. A clean mill,
floors well swept, make good i'm
preston upon the customer and the
public. This mill is in apple pie or
der every day in the week.
Lawrence jenkins of Elk Grove, is
visiting his grandparents at Forks.
Mr. Zaner Is coming on finely since
the removal Of cancer.
B. F. Edgar who has been one of
our county Commissioners during the
past three years, retires from the Of
fee with credit has properly repre-
sented the interests of the county.
This is good advertisement of his
integrity and qualifications as a pub
lie Office holder
The G. A. r. at Orangeville and
vicinity will have public installation
Of officers the forthcoming Saturday
night a week. Oyster supper from a
in the afternoon till 7. The public
are cordially invited to attend. They
cannot patronize anything more worthy
than the old veterans who surrendered
their lives that their country might
live.
Messrs Edgar and Smith will re.
sumo the distillery business in the
near future. Mr.. Edgar has rented
out his farm to parties for cultivation.
Miss Edgar, a daughter, is running
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-01-12
Ayers Cherry Pectoral
Prepared by DR.. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Promptto act, sure to cure

pensioned when acting for their own
benefit and pleasure. The practice
finally eliminated in the case Of Harri-
son which is oxerruled and made to
conform to the rule which had been in
force for years under all priCr admin
istrations.
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Cured by Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
Mrs. p. ID. HALL, 217 Genessee St.,
Lockport, N. Y, says:
! cover thirty years ago, remember
hearing my father describe the wonder
full curative effects Of Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. During q recent attack of La
Grippe, which assumed the form OF a
catarrh, soreness of the lungs, accom-
panied by an aggravating cough,
used various remedies and prescriptions.
While some Of these medicines partially
alleviated the coughing during the day,
none of them afforded me any relief from
that spasmodic action of the lungs which
would seize me the moment attempted
to lie down at night. After ten or twelve
such nights, / was
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-01-12
No better aid to Digestion.

No better aid to digestion,
No better cure for dyspepsia,
Nothing more reliable for biliousness
and constipation than DeWitt's Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills.
w. S. Rishton, Druggist.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-01-12

The condor scars higher than any
other known species Of bird, spending
nine tenths of his life floating about at
height of over three miles.
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a WOMAN',S HEAD


is level and her judgment good when
she puts her faith in Dr.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. There is no
beauty without good health. No
body expects to become really beau
tiful from the use of complexion
heautifers. Bright eyes, clear skin
and rosy cheeks, follow moderate
exercise, fresh air, good food, and
the judicious use of the "Pre-
scription."
All women require a tonic and
lnervine at some period of their lives.
Whether suffering from nervousness,
dizziness, faintness, displacement,
catarrhal inflammation of the lining
membranes, bearing-down sensations,
or general debility, the "Prescrip-
tion" reaches the origin of the
trouble and corects it. Gaara,a-
tsed to benefit, or the money is
returned.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-01-12

Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers
is a popular preparation in one bottle,
and colors evenly a brown or black.
Any person can easily apply it at
home.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-01-12

The oldest tree now extant is proba
bly, the baobab of Africa, alias the
sour gourd of cream of tartar tree of
Australia, which is known to be at
least 5000 years old.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

DoARDERS wANTED-GooD ACCoMMO-
I'D dations for boarders at 4i7 Iron street,
bloomsbury. Gentlemen preferred. Mrs. Z.
Jacoby. 12-29-3t-
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Married..

On the 4th inst, at the Reformed
parsonage in Orangevllle, by Rev. A.
Houtz, Mr. Harry S. Berlin, of Espy,
and Miss Kate Wilson, of Jerseytown.
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Death.

Died on Dec. ao, in Fishingcreek
township, Mr.. Samuel Yoft, age SS
year, 6 months and 10 days.
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ID UPTURE POSITIVELY CURED FOR IN.
II formation address ID. Il. WHITENIGHT,
Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., Pa. 5-5-1y.
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DOoMS FOR YOUNG MEN.-M. NJ. PHILLIPS
HI has very desirable furnished rooms for
sax young men. Bath room adjoining, for use
ofoccupants OF the rooms. Call and examine.
b-lq-tf
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If you're suffering from
Catarrh, the proprietors
OF Doctor Sage's Catarrh
Remedy ask you to try
thejr medicine. Then, II
you can't be cured, they'll
pay you $500 in cash.
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A LII KINDS OF BLANKS FOR JUSTICES
"A and coNsTABLEs at the COLUMBIAN Of
NICE. tf.
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oNearly in Despair,

and had about decided to sit up all night
in my easy chair, and procure what
sleep could in that way. 1t then oc-
CURED to me that had bottle OF
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. 1 took a
spoonful of this preparation in little
water, and was able to lie down without
coughing. In a few moments, 1 fell
asleep, and awoke in the morning
greatly refreshed and feeling much
better. took teaspoonful of the Pee
toral every night for week, then grad
ually decreased the dose, and in two
weeks my cough was cured"
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for Infants and Children.

"Castoria isso well adapted to children that
recommend It as superior to any prescription
known to me-" IL A. ARCHER, NJ d.,
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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"E WANT A CORRESPONDENT IN THIS
w place. A bright intelligent, energetic
young man can make from SIS TO 500 per
month. Address GOLDEN ERA, az West 50th
street, New York City.
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badges. WE ARE PREPARED TO SHOW
ID samples OF metal, cellulOid, woven and
ribbon badges for all kinds of orders and So
cieties, and can lave them made to order on
snort notice. see samples and get prices.
Address The COLUMBIAN, bloomsbury. Pa.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19
Notice by Publication.
First published April 5, 1891.

First published April 5. 1924.
THE STATE OF KANSAS To Nichols, Shepard
& Co., The St. John Marsh Co., Morton B
Hull, Assignee of The st. John & Marsh Co.. The
Minneapolis Harvester Co., and C. Aultman &
Co., Greeting:
You and each of you are hereby notified that
have been sued in the District Court of Barton
County, Kansas, in action wherein The Farm
land Mortgage and Debenture Company is plaintiff
and John Armstrong, Susan Armstrong. D, c. Luse
Nichols, Shepard Co., The st, John s. Marsh Co.
Morton B. Hull, Assignee of The st. John s Marsh
Co., The Minneapolis Harvester Co.. and c. AuIt
man & Co. are defendants, and that You must an
the petitOa fled by plaintiff in said cause on
before the 18th day of May, 1884, said petition
will be taken as true and a judgment rendered &C
cerdiDgy in said action against you for the fore
closure OF certain mortgages executed by said John
and Susan Armstrong, upon the following described
real property, situated in the County of Barton and
State of Kansas to-Sit: The Southeast quarter of
section No. five 20, township nineteen Q9l, South
OF range twelve 2), west of 9Th P M, and for the
sale of said premises pay the debt secured by said
mortgage, amounting to Sl67G.5S, and IL per cent
interest from February s. 1898: and forever barring
and foreclosing you from all right, title interest
and claim in to said premises any part thereof
WILLIAM OSMOND; Attorney for Plaintiff
[sEALl Attest: r. A. CHARLES, Clerk. "a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19
The Farmers Problem.

The period has been reached in the
history of this country when producers
in every industry must figure on close
margins of profit. 1t is thus the more
necessary that every farmer who ex-
poets to prosper in his business, avail
himself of all the aid and information
obtainable. And there is nothing more
useful in this line than a subscription
to a first-class and practical agricul-
tural journal like the ''old reliabIe''
Kansas Farmer, Is to 20 page farm
journal which was established in Kan
sas in 1868. 1t ranks above most of
the journals of its class, and no enter
prising farmer can afford to deprive
himself or family of it. Every issue
has information worth the price of a
years subscription. 1t only costs S1.OO
per year. Send at once to Kansas
Farmer Co., Topeka, Kansas, for free
sample copy and supplement of premi-
ums, benefit offers, ETC., and then call
at this Office and subscribe for THE
DEMOCRAT and the Kansas Farmer
both papers for one year for only 81 %.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19
A Postal Anomaly.

Here's a business pointer" re-
marked Photographic supply man,
pointing to an apparatus for taking
pictures at night. SIT came from
California by mail. Yes, by mail, 5" he
repeated, noting the hearers express
sion of surprise 1T weighs 35
pounds, and the postage-first class
amounted to exactIyS10 SO, requir-
ing one So stamp, one 81 stamp, one
81 stamp, one 50-cent stamp, one 30
cent stamp, two of the Scent de-
nomination and one 10-cent special
delivery.
Now, here's where the business
end comes in. Those big denomina-
ton stamps are seldom used, and are
consequently scarce. Hence they
bring good prices from collectors.
The cancelled stamps on that
package bring US Sc, thereby reduc-
ing the postage to 81 90, over 81 less
than the cost of the expressage.
Pretty clever idea that, don't you
think? When the express companies
get on to it, perhaps they'll reduce
their rates. "-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19
Perique Makes a Stiff Smoke.

The tobacco merchant was show
ing US yard" of perique tobacco.
mo man can smoke perique
straight, u said he, ''and those who
know it best use about one-eighth
perique and the rest other tobacco.
I well remember the first that I ever
smoked My friends put up the trick
on me, and when I came to my
self l had the pipe with me,
but I didn't know where I had
been. Later had four pounds of it
sent me from New Orleans as heavy
as roped molasses. I filed a pipe
with it and covered it with dry ashes
and laid it away for friend of mine
who never bought a pipeful of to-
bacco in his life, and who always was
smoking in my store. He came in,
and how his eyes glistened at sight
of the full pipe! He lit it and sat
down In five minutes it fell from
his hands, his head went back, and
he had passed away. He slept over
two hours and I got afraid. We
couldn't wake him, and it was fully
four hours before he came to him
self. He never smoked my pipe
again"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.


Continued from last week.
Peter G. Unruh, Liberty township
related $50 valuation OF 1892, and
$50 val. of 1898 on n. e. / of n. E. /
16-20-14.
Report of Co. Treas. examining
Com. approved and filed.
W. w. Keys, Homestead tp. related
$40 P. P. valuation account of double
assessment.
John Harris rebated $50 valuation,
tax of 1898 account of excessive assess
ment and loss of house.
G. L. Townsend related $21 valua-
ton tax of 1898, account OF erroneous
assessment of corn, Union township.
All matters in controversy concern
ing the Redwing road. between the
county and the Mo. P. r. r. were set
tied by mutual consent.
nmatter of request of E. n. Ford for
rebate of taxes on S. e. of sec. $40 IL
after due consideration board declined
the rebate asked.
Bonds of 81. j. Klein. abstracter,
Henry Ohlmeier, constable, Franklin
Stoneley, J. P, Louis Miller tip. treas
urer, approved.
D. J. Jennison rebated $72 valua-
ton, tax of 1898, account of erroneous
assessment of gram.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19

From ssThe Other Gne-,'
We won't say anything about our
three inch rain last week, but it was
.sHunky Dora. -
Charlie Gano and Farley Willis at
tended the Christian church last Sun
day night.
The following are the city officers
that have been appointed and con-
drmed: Henry Lindas, city clerk;
Geo. Gano, treasurer; E. B. Miller,
marshal.
The K. P. boys viii give their play at
St. John, Thursday, 18TH. We think
ST. John should consider herself very
fortunate in having so good troupe
visit their city.
Mrs. Flanagan and Nellie, mother
and sister of Mrs. F. T. Belt, expect
to leave for their home in Illinois on
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Neal, of Larned, was In Pawnee
Rock Tuesday getting up music class.
Rev. Stewart, of Hoisington, is con-
Quoting the meeting at the Christian
church, the present week. Quite an
interest is being taken in the services.
R. McDougal has been identifying
his place by planting out trees. Who'll
be the next?
DR.. w. A. Bartel has his shingle out.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19
a TIR1p ENGINE.
The Molecular Theory as an Expla-
nation of a Curious Phenomenon.

The Molecular Theory as an ExpIa-
nation of a Curious Phenomenon.
I'VE often hear engineers say that
said Reynold Chase, of Louisville,
to reporter for the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. 81 never realized ex-
actly what they meant or how much
truth there was in the practical as
pect of the question until one of the
three engines in the large electric
power house in our city absolutely
refused to work, although it was
identical in every respect with the
other two, which worked perfectly.
The expert engineer who had put up
the engines under guarantee, after
trying repeatedly to make the ILL
tempered engine start, suggested
that it be left alone for few days,
when-he was quite certain-it
would quit being contrary, and work
like a charm. Hes proved per-
fectly correct, and now all three
engines are working uniformly
well. Mechanical engineers have
most interesting explanation
of this apparent absurdity of
moods and whims of inanimate
objects. They attribute the tired
feeling which locomotives and tools
are known to exhibit on certain &C.
casious to molecular action, holding
that th&constant vibration and pos
sible extremes of heat and cold in
terfere with measurements, not suf-
ficient to be appreciated by any
measuring instruments now in use,
but just enough to upset the most
careful calculations of the designers.
Resting machine or tool for short
time allows the necessary recontrac-
ton or reexpansion to take place,
and the article is good as new. In
electrical machinery, concerning
which there is a great difference OF
opinion and a great deal yet to be
learned, atmospheric and other con-
ditions easily account for any diff
Guilty that may arise, but in steam
machinery, which is much better
understood, the molecular theory
seems to be the only solution of the
problem.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19
How Russian Peasants Live.

Under the same roof which shelters
the family, the cattle and other denb
zens of the barnyard are also housed,
a continuous roof of thatch usually ex
tending over both house and yard. The
relations between the stOckyard and
house are so intimate that at times,
when the weather is particularly severe,
or a sucking calf may be ailing, it is
brought into the house to share the
only apartment with the family. The
rear part of the house is partially occu-
pied by a large stove in which a fire
burns continuously for eight months
of the year. The stove is arranged
somewhat like bakers oven. The
fire is lit in the morning, and after
two or three hours, when the wood is
reduced to Goals, the flue- pl ate, or
damper, is shut; the brick walls" being
very thick, the oven remains warm
until the next day when the fire is lit
again.
This. stove serves every purpose of
the household, even supplying comfort
able sleeping quarters on top for the
old people, who cannot stand the cold
so we'll as the younger folks. The rest
of the family pack themselves away at
bedtime in gallery which runs across
the rear of the apartment, above the
stove, the children occupying one end
the seniors the other. In some sections
an Innovation has been made by insert
ing board partitians in the balcony &,
thus giving more privacy to the sleep
Iing-quarters of the dlfferant members
of the family. On Saturday, all the
members of the family crawl into the
oven in turn and have a good wash,
using little home made wooden tub,
andda bundle of birch twigs. An
abundant supply of the latter is
gathered during the spring, while the
leaves of the birch are green and
fragrant.
The furniture of the house is usually
very meager, consisting of home made
benches and tables, and variety of
articles which have found their way
there from the homes of Weather
Ineighbors. In the corner opposite the
door you find, inyaribly, a corner cab
net filled with holy images, often COW
cred with silver and pearls. A few
tapers which have served at the wed
ding of the hostess at church, couple
of palm branches, and a towel sre
usually there also; and a tiny lamp with
olive-oil, lit only on the eve of holy
day, or in case of sickness or storm,
hangs before the holy image.-From
Russian Home Industries;" Demo
rests Magazine for May.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoFia.
Group and Whoopingcough.

[ have three chiiden Who are subject
20 Group, and have found that Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy will cure
them quicker than anything else l can
get If you do not believe that this
remedy will cure the Group, do as I
did, try it and you will soon be con-
vincsd r. NJ Chatham, Dewey,
Illinois. Whooping Cough is also
deprived ofall dangerous consequences
when Chamberlain Cough Remedy is
freely given. There is nothing equal
to it for either of these ailments. For
sale by all druggists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19
'HAWAIIANS ON THE HUNT.
Various Methods Employed for En-
sharing and Oispatching Game.

Various Methods Employed for En-
sharing and Dispatching Game.
The natives of Hawaii have few
weapons except the spear and sling,
but in the use of these, says the
Inter Ocean, they become very ex-
pert. The primitive manner of dis
patching wild cattle was by digging
pits into which the animals would
fall, after which they were killed
with spears. An English naturalist
who visited the island many years
ago fell into one of these pits, and
was found gored and trodden to
death by the imprisoned bull which
had thus been ensnared. The cap
ture of wild hogs was also formerly
an exciting sport, and an old resi-
dent gave me an account of chase
which he had witnessed. The hunt
ers are extremely fearless, courage
being a native characteristic, al
though the people are generally
peaceable. My informant stated that
and two or three men set out at
once in pursuit of them. They took
with them a piece of stout rope and
when, finally, one fierce boar was
brought to bay, he turned on the
hunters and rushed at them with a
fierce display of tusks, his mouth
wide open. Two of the men held the
rope taut, the brute ran against it
and they thrust it between his gap
ing jaws, winding it round and round
his snout. This is the native method
of killing hogs to this day. The pig,
it should be stated, is as much a
household pet as the dog and the
cat, which are omnipresent. The
native woman lies down to sleep
with her head pillowed on the pigs
side, the animal furnishing this
bristly pillow slumbering TRANQUILITY
under the load. If they make an ex-
petition to the forests the pig accom-
panies them, and he is frequently as
much part of the impedimenta in
their voyages on the steamer from
island to island as the poi calabash,
from which they are rarely sepa-
rated
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-04-19

If the populist state school board
permitted few unprincipled republi-
can sharpers to palm off some worthless
bonds upon the state and rob the state
of Kansas of some $40, 900, as so boldly
stated by tn Topeka Capital and echoed
all over the state by cooekOo republican
press, we don't see where any honor is
to accrue to the g. o. p. by reason of
the transaction. The state of Kansas
has lost many hundreds of thousands
of dollars through republican missman-
agement, insincere professions and
injurious legislation during the long
undisputed reign of that party. If the
people of Kansas are not weary of the
republican party and it's assumption of
purity and honesty, and its undeniable
record of crookedness, insincerity an d
reliability they may again put it into
power in 1894. If, however, our people
want the good name of the state re-
stored. the prosperity of all busin ess
assured, and the farm lands peopled
with industrious. strong limbed and
enterprising citizens they will vote to
put men in Office who are not actuated
alone by desire TO perpetuate an ism
or group of isms, and such men will
only be found ON the ticket that will be
nominated by the democratic state con-
vention of July 3rd. A trial of both
the republicans and populits has been
given; both have been found wanting in
many essentials of good government
Now is an opportunity to give the
democrats a trial. Let no man who
loves Kansas neglect this opportunity.