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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
The Vanity of wealth.

A symposium composed of the opin-
ions of nine millionaires of the country
on the question whether wealth brings
happiness is published in the NewYorlS
World, and gives the answer unani-
mously in the negative. Russell Sage,
George NJ Pullman, j. w. Mackay,
Russell Alger, Gov. Morton, Jay Cooke
and Austin Corbin all agree that the
rich man is more oppressed by the
cares of his possessions than made hap
py by the pleasures he can buy. Mr..
Carnegie is the one man of the nine
who is able to construct a theory that
accords with his practice; for while he
regards his wealth as the measure of
industrial achievement he declares that
it is only by using the accumulations
iof his fortune for the benefit of others
that the rich man can get any pleasure
out of them for himself. Yet the other
eight, who tell piteous stories of the
care, worry and annoyance of the rich
man, will continue to pursue wealth TO
the end of their lives--some Of them by
means which, IL the result were to sc.
cure single dollars instead of hundreds
of thousands, would be called by very
Iuncomplimentary Anglo-Saxon terms.
The sincerity of their opinion can be
tried by the single and unerring test,
that, If they wish to get rid of their
unhappiness, they can very easily make
over their wealth to public purposes.
They recognize the emptiness of wealth
in theory, but in practice, like too largo
a share of the world, they make II the
sumnum bonum at which all existence
is aimed. But we must credit all the
millionaire contemners of riches with
at least a theoretic recognition of the
truth. 1t is undoubtedly the fact that
pursuit of wealth, simply for wealth's
sake, is one of the most sordid and
empty vanities of the life which, we
are assured by the preacher, is all
vanity.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15

THE Philadelphia Inquirer makes
good point when 1t says: In these days
OF fads in woman's dress and the praise
which is being lsvished upon them, It
is pleasant to have to record a real and
an honorable victory for the plain, old
fashioned skirt 1t was only q few
days ago that young woman, who
was walking along . railroad. saw that
obstrustions had lodged ON the tracks
from burning freight house adjoin.
ing. She knew that . passenger train
was almost due, and so she went lit
tie way ahead, took of her skirt and
tagged the train. Now what could she
have done If she had been . now woman
clad in bloomers2
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
An Additional Virtue.

Each day adds some new virtues TO
the long list of those already credited
to the pneumatic. The latest of these
is that the wheels of bicycle being
lencircled by a band of India rubber
and dry air-which is a perfect insu-
lator-the rider is completely insulated
from the earth and consequently i'm
pervious TO the attacks Of the electric
fluid. Thus, day by day it becomes
more and more fact that life without
a pneumatic tire Is neither safe nor
worth having. Anyone who suffers
from nervousness during thunder
shower has now only to go into barn
or the cellar and seat himself upon the
saddle of pneumatic-tired bicycle to
be perfectly safe from lightning stroke.
As the chances Of a man on a bicycle
being struck by lightning have been
calculated to be about one in
a billion, the Wheel adds there will, of
course, be some pessimists who will
deny that this newly-discovered virtue
of the pneumatic as lightning insu-
lator amounts to very much.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
Where Postage Stamps are Made.

AS you lick a postage stamp pre-
paratory to placing it on your envel-
ope, do you ever think that the paper
stamp was manufactured at Lock
Haven, PAP A writer in the Gyi,
says, "Uncle Sam has long since rec
ognized the fine product of the Lock
Haven paper mill, and as a conse-
quence buys his postage stamp paper
in car load lots" We gave Uncle
Sam credit with being a good Judge
of paper from the long experience he
has had, but we can't agree with him
when he says the Lock Haven paper
in the postage stamps is good. 1t is
very poor quality of paper indeed.
So poor that the paper will tear before
the perforating gives way. The article
continues: "The paper is manufac-
tured into sheets several feet square.
with the letters ~. S. P. S. water
marked all through the sheet, so that
when they are perforated each stamp
will have one of these watered letters
on it, which is invisible after the
sheets are gummed, except to the ex-
pert eye of the Government officials,
who can by this distinguishing mark
very readily detect counterfeit stamps.
The utmost care must be exercised in
boxing and shipping the paper, and
should the least abrasion be made in
mailing or otherwise the officials at
Washington will condemn it."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
Bicycle Profits.

In indianapolis, boy who worked
In bicycle factory was charged with
stealing from time to time, pieces, un-
til he had all the parts of a bicycle,
from which he built a wheel for his
own use. He was arrested by the
proprietors of the establishment on
the charge of grand larceny. To sus-
tain that charge in Indiana it must be
proven that the property was of the
value of twenty dollars. The lawyers
who defended the boy showed by the
evidence of the manufacturers them
selves that it cost but SIS to put upon
the market an $50 bicycle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15

IT is ridiculous commentary on the
movement of the bicycle bloomers to
reflect that skirts are worn by all who
swim, while SO many who ride wheels
provided with skirt guards insist that
they must wear bloomers. Plenty Of
women bicyclers who do not wear
boomers at these beaches declare that
they would wear them if they could be
certain that they would not have to
get off their wheels. They do not
want to be seen on foot in trousers.
The sight of those women who walk
and lounge about in boomers, off their
wheels, does more to prevent the gen.
,eral adoption Of bloomers for bicycle
riding than anything else. And here
is another grain for reflection tho
nicer the place the fewer the bloomers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Ry virtue of a writ Of tevari Facias ISSUED oub
of the Court Of Common Pleas OF Columbia
county, Pa, and to me directed there VIII oe
exposed to public sale at the Court House, In
Bloomsbury, on
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1895,
at o'clock, p. M, all that certain piece or par
eel of land situate In the Town Of Bloomsbury,
county Of columbia, commonwealth OF PENN
sylvanla, and bounded and described as follows
on the south OF Third street OF said town. on
the east by lot Of Sarah A. Petriken, on the
north by Pine .alley, and on the west by an
alley, being nifty feet in front.along said Third
street, and forty feet in width in the rear, and
two hundree and six feet, be the same more or
less In depth, being part of the premises which
were decreed by the orphans Court of Colum-
bla county to Sarah A. Petrken, In partition OF
her father Daniel Snyder, Sr., late of the Town
of Bloomsbury, deceased, whereon are erected a
large
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
harm and other outbuidlngs
Seized, taken into execution at the suit OF
Cosmopolitan Building and Loan Association
VS. Mary N. Krug and Charles Krug, and to be
sold as the property of Mary NJ. Krug and
Charles Krug.
MAZE, Atty. j. B. MCHENRV,
Sheriff.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15

THERE Is an old colored woman In
Madison, Ga, who Is SO devoted to her
kinfolk that she named her only daugh-
ter after them all. Here Is the name:
Matilda Ann Elizabeth Polly Dolly Ad-
line Catherine Alemontine Martin
Boubieroe Kilpeperson Peacock jim
pather varills Jane Indiana Francis
Betsy Meedom Freedom Mary Middle
brooks Williams. Her nickname In Sis.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15

A JURY composed of one-half women
and one-half men Ia to decide tho
suit OF man against woman In Lam
caster, KY. for breach of promise of
narrisge- That settles the case for
tho woman and no mistake. And when
bat jury retires TO deliberate the
ohances are 1t will be mixed jury with
% vengeance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15

In many country places there arc BIZ
cycle newsdealers who ride from house
to house delivering the papers. Where
the routes are long and the deliveries
few, tho buyers Of the papers have 10
pay good price for them. The bicycle
Is entering very largely into all the
avenues of commerce and its utility in
business life is becoming more apparent
each year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
shrinkage of Products.

Wheat, from the time it is threshed
says an exchange, will shrink two
quarts to a bushel, or six per cent. in
SIX months. One hundred bushels of
corn husked in November will shrink
to eighty in March. Potatoes will
not shrink thirty-three per cent. of
value from October to June.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue OF writ OF FL Fa., issued out OF
the Court OF Common Pleas of Columbia Coun-
ty, and TO me directed, there Will be exposed
to public sale, at the Court House, in Blooms
burg. Pa, on
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15

Japan has received its first payment
on Chinese indemnity, four million
pounds which was paid last week by
the Bank Of England.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
AUDITORS NOTICE.

Estate or Gedrhart B. Hess.
The undersigned an auditor. appointed by
the Orphans Court OF Columbia county, TO
make distribution OF said estate, will sit at his
ONCE In Benton, on Tuesday, November 10,
1895, at 10 o'clock a. m, when and where ali
persons having claims against said estate must
appear and prove the same or be debarred from
coming In on said fund.
W. ii. MAGILL,
lV-25-4t. Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
RULE ON HEIRS.

COLUMBIA COUNTY, SIS.
The commonwealth OF Pennsylvania TO Hulda
Hummer, widow, Elk Grove, Pa, John j. Hum
mer, Dunkers, Lackawanna Co., Pa, Catharine
T. savage, Parsons, Kansas, William Hummer,
Beliefonte, Pa, Sarah M. Manning, Fairmount
Springs, Luzerne Co, Pa, Geo. b. Hummer,
Elk Grove, Pa, Harry Wolf, Edward L. Evans,
guardian OF Hattie Wolf and Nathan Wolf, PLY.
John d. Hummer, deceased, and to ali other er
persons interested, Greeting: You and each Of
you are hereby cited to be and appear before
the Judges OF our Orphans Court at an Or
phans' Court TO be held at Bloomsbury on the
lst Monday OF December next, then and there
10 accept or refuse to take the real estate OF
SAID John ID. Hummer, deceased, at the apprais-
ed valuation put upon II by the inquest, duly
awarded by the said Court, and returned by
sold. And hereof fail not
Witness the Honorable K. r. Ikeler, President
OF our said Court, at Bloomsbury, the third day
OF october, A. ID. 1898
,,o. GIN. QUICK,
ii-o-4u' Clerk o. O.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15

1t is estimated that there are enroll
ed in the public schools of Pennsyl-
vania this season I,o75,ooo pupils.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
MONDAY, DECEMBER ID, 1895,

at . o'clock p M, all that piece, parcel, and
tract OF land, situate in Madison township,
county of Columbia, and state OF Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows to wit: Be-
ginning at post, in the public road, on line OF
land OF Susan Miller, thence along land OF
Jacob Shoemaker north three-and-a-half de-
grees east one hundred and forty-two perches
TO post thence north eighty-six-and-a-half
degrees west one hundred and thirty-two
perches to a post, on line OF land OF William
Rabb, thence south th-ee-and-a-half degrees
west seventy and four-tenths perches to a post,
thence south eighty-six-and.a-hal degrees east
forty-nine and six-tenths perches to post,
thence south three-and-a-half degrees west
one hundred and sixty perches to apost, thence
south eighty-seven-and-a degrees east for
ty-six and three-tenths perches to a post,
thence north two degrees east seventy-four
and eight-tenths perches TO a point In the
centre OF pubic road, thence north six.and-a-
half degrees east six perches to point in road,
thence north seventy-f1ve degrees east forty
and six-tenths perches to a point in said pub
lie road, the place OF beginning, containing
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-12-26
aDry up &C haul OF. :, ia the oap.

DRY up and haul off. said the cap
tain
"One moment, " interposei the con-
sui, with a rapid glance at the slight
trouble in the young girls face. Turn
ing to the father, he went on, "Will
you allow me to offer You and your
daughter seat in my boat?"
1t was an unlocked for and tempting
proposal The boatman was lazily lying
on his oars, secure in self righteousness
and the conscious possession of the only
available boat to shore; on the other
hand, the smart gig Of the consul, with
its four oars, was not only a providen-
tial escape from difficulty, but even
to some extent quasioficial indorse-
ment of his contention Yet he hest
tated.
It'll be costin ye no more, - he said
interrogatively, glancing at the consul's
boat crew, or yen be askin me fair
propcrtion?''
81 will be the gentleman own
boat, said the girl, with certain shy
assurance, land he'll be paying his
boatmen by the day.
The consul hastened to explain that
their passage would involve no addi-
tional expense to anybody and added
tactfully that he was glad TO enable
them to oppose extortion.
AYE, but it's preencipel, !" said the
father proudly, "and I'm pleased, sir,
to see ye recognize it. .
He proceeded to help his daughter in
to the boat without any further leave
taking of the passenger, to the consuIs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-12-26
TO CONSERVATIVES.

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-12-26
Winter Tourist Rates via The North West
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Florida, Texas. Mexico, New Mexico.
Arkansas, North Carolina. South
Carolina, Tennessee and ALBANY.
For tickets and full information apply
to Agents Chicago & North Western
R'y.
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The Irish standard., 1895-05-11
A Perilous Adventure.

It might have been for that. party sent
out by the Northern Pacific Railroad in
the summer of 1894 to climb Mount Ran
Ter. A climb up Mount Washington only
5000 feet above the sea, or up Pixies Peak
IN a railroad. is not much of an :lndertak-
ing compared with climbing on foot with
provisions and bedding on ones back
over ice and snow for nearly three miles
vertically. Roped together SO that if one
man falls the others may hold him, one
slip at places may bring death to all of
them. But Judging from the published
account Of this successful achievement
the party were well repaid when they
finally stood upon the icy dome of this
grand mountain, with the clouds more
than mile below them.
It was a tremendous struggle to reach
that point, but the view Of Natures wild
magnificence," from the height Of be-
tween 1000 and $4,000 feet above the sea,
seems to have well repaid the five men
who .'got there" One night was passed
on the rocks and in ar ice cave at an ele-
walton Of more than II, 900 feet above sea
level.
The account Of this adventure is pub
lished In beautiful pamphlet. and Mr.
Chas.S. Fee, the Gen'l Pass. Agent of the
Northern Pacific at st. Paul, Mimi, will
send it to any address upon receipt aof six
cents in stamps.
The Irish standard., 1895-05-11
Upper AIRY.

On April 9Th, the nnagisterial ingquir.
into the murder of the woman, Bridge!
Cleary, near Fethard, which has come
to be known as the "Tipperary witch
burning case" was concluded before
Col. Evanson, r. NJ; Col. RIAL, D. L..
and Mr.. T. C. Grubb, J. r., when all Of
the nine prisoners in custody, including
the husband and father of the deceased
woman were returned for trial to the
next asstzes to be held for the South
Riding Of Tipperary:
A sad accident, resulting in the death
of Mr.. Michael Carroll, Of Ballincara, oc.
CURED on April 9th. When in the act
of getting up off a sea, in the Kitchen o.
his own house, he lost his balance, and
falling backwards, his head came ds,wn
heavily on the tagged floor. DR.. Powell!
Nenagh, who had been sent for, ON c,;-
aiming Mr.. Carroll found that he had
sustained fracture Of the base Of the
skull, and that, despite the resources Of
medical skill, his recovery was hopeless
Deceased retained Consciousness up tt
a short time before his death. r.
At the meeting of the Nenagh Board OF
Guardians, the retiring honorary officers
Mr.. r. J. O'Brien, NJ. P, chairman; Mr.
Thos. Bourke, overwhelmingly; and Mr.
T. O'Br:en, deputy vice-chairman, all
staunch acknowledgements unanimous
ly reelected. =.
The Irish standard., 1895-05-11
A COPPER LION.

One would think, in farce comedy,
genius for titles had exhausted itself,
considering the bright and original cap
tons invented by IIoyt and his fellow
play makers; brit now comes man who
,dubs his hotch- potch "The Copper Lion"
The chances are that, the public will find
that the copper lion has very little to do
with it, but tits different with the Iron
Horse. Whatever "The Copper Lion"
may be- 1.-THE iron Horse is shown to
good advantage on the St. Paul and Du-
luth railroad, or Duluth Short Line, as
it is popularity known. This line pro-
vides the most available route between
st. Paul. Minneapolis, Duluth, West Su-
perior, Saltwater and other important
points, with branch lines running else
where. One always finds the latest and
most luxurious equipment on the Duluth
Short Line. which runs fast trains over
smooth roadbed at convenient hours be-
tween the handsomest terminals in the
West. These are points which have
.Iaade the Duluth Short Line SO popular,
inasmuch as the patron Of today is the
patron Of the future. Ticket agents will
always. be glad to furnish circulars,
maps sor Information, or they will be
forwarded upon application to W. A.
Russell, General Passenger Agent, St.
Paul, MINI.
The Irish standard., 1895-05-11
Irrigation Farming.

This is simply another name for easy
farming. Expending given amount OF
labor on a small area gives large crops
as the result. It is almost play farming
Indeed in many cases a mans children
attend to the irregating for him. They
have their play and 1t is really work for
the father. There is something attrac-
tive in the idea. = v
Then too 1t means absolute independ-
ence from rain and drought. Rain does
not, drown out crops one year and the
drought dry them up the next. There is
fascination in guiding the little rivulets
Of water over the small farm so that each
spot receives. the requisite. amount of
moisture. One spot must not receive too
much nor another too little. One of the
strong points Of irrigation is that it pro.
duces conc ntration Of labor on a limited
area and therefore secures thorough Gull
tivation Of the ground.
Send four cents in stamps to Chas. S.
Fee, Gen'l Pass. Agent Northern Pacific
Railroad, St. Paul. Mimi, and he will
send you pamphlet on irregation.