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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-09-20
WIDOWS APPRAISEMENTS.

The following Widows Apprasements will be
presented 70 the Orphans Court OF Columbia
county on Monday, September %, 1895, and con-
flrmed nisi, and unless exceptions are filed
within four days thereafter, will be confirmed
absolute.
Harry Fink, est Locnst twp, Personality,
$50; Realty, $3.50. .00-$233 so.
Joseph X. King, est. Benton boro., Personality
SX3 90: Realty, $E.00-S300.00.
j. B. Benscoter est Benton twp, Personality,
5000, Realty, $3.50 00-S3O0.00.
j. n. Bower, est. Briarcreek twp, Personally,
$267.00
atty, $64.35.
Jacob Longenberger, est. Roarlngcreek twp,
Personally, $2iS5
Bowman Crawford, Benton twp, Personality,
S9O.25.
A. j. Evans, est. Bloomsbury twp, Person
atty, S3i.l5; Realty, 265.S5-s30000
William L. Lutz, est. Sugarloaf twp, Person.
atty, 500 IS; Realty, s2O9.S5-s300.00.
G. NJ. QUICK,
CLERKS ONCE, Clerk o. @.
Bloomsbury, Pa, Aug. 81. 1895.
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CHARM OF THE "AuTocRAT."
Doe 60 It's Wholcsomc spirits and It's
Sunny Sngacity.

Doe Go Its Wholcsomc spirits and It's
Sunny sagacity.
Then. when Holmes was AS years old
an aSt az wh,ch most men have stiffened
themselves iato habits. ne showed the
freshness OF his talen, by writing one Of
tha WIGS. nd witdest prose books in
the t'nvlisl language. The Atlantic
Monthly w.-s established In the fall OF
1881 and BUNell made II a condition OF
his acting as editor thai, Dr. Holmes
should be contributor. Therefore il
was THAI Vie first number of the new
magazine contained the opening pages
OF the "Au:ocrN of the Breakfast
Table" which every reader followed
with delighc month a6ter month. until at
last the book was completed and pub
Gshsi by Itself In the fall of 1858. Since
then f Is rather as writer of prose
than as a writer OF verse that DR..
Holmes has been most highly esteemed.
The "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table"
Is = most original book; not that 1t is es-
peeillly original In form, for II Is not en-
t.rcly unlike the Spectator of Addison
and Steele, wherein we have a group of
chAr1 cters described, and wherein their
sayings and doings are duly recorded.
in the American book the group Of char
eONfiS Httss etl luc carry i1OIHAIlB InSil,
AMI )ne of them-Ghe Autocfae himself
doe, most Of the talking. The other fig
ures are llghtly sketched--some of them
are merely suggested; and even at the
very end there Is but the thlnnest thread
of a story. The real originality Of DR..
Holmes's work Is in the frank simplicity
and slncerry Of the Au.ocrats talk He
seemed rather TO be chatting with him
self than convers!ng with others and no
such talk had YET fallen from any Amer
lean Nps-none so cheerful with humor,
so Laden with thought, so mellow with
knowledge, 50 ripe with experience. The
reader Is borne along by the current OF
It. unresisrlng, smiling often, laughing
sometimes and absorbing always. even
II uncohsclously, high and broad
Thoughts about life.
SO ample a store Of humor-and Of
good humor-had DR.. Holmes, so well
filled a reservoir OF sense and OF COM
mon sense. that he had an abundance Of
material for other volumes like the
"Autocrat." In 1860 he published the
Professor at the Breakfass Table" and
IN 1872 the Pos. ut the Breakfast Ta-
BILE" Though these two volumes have
40; all the freshness OF the first one,
they are inferior ONLY to ": they have
che same wholesome spirit the same
sunny saga aoety And these are the quail
tiles which Characterize also his last
volume OF prose, over the Tea-Cups,"
issued in 1890. when he was 81 years
old. In all these books there Is the
precious flavor of actual conversation,
the table-talk OF broad, llboaai
thoughtful man fun of fancy and
aboundlng in humor.-Prof. Brander
Mathews in 81. Nicholas.
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The Red Sea Mlrnrle.

Major-General Tulloch has Just pub
lished in London report which sub
Stimulates the Biblical story that the
Jews escaped across the Red Sea dry
shod. Major Tulloch for the
last year has been making government
tai surveys for Great Britain in that
part Of Egypt where the Hebrew chill
dren accomplished thelrfamous journey.
In his published statement the Major
General says that in the spring of this
year ne was engaged In surveying the
borders of Lake Menzaleh. on the Red
sea. On oIe occasion a sudden and vio-
lent wind storm arose, the force OF
which was SO prodiglous as 10 carry ev-
erythng before It. Including incidentally
the water OF the lake. In few hours
the whole body OF water had been alb
Quoted and nought remained save ves-
sells, mud and sand. The vessels moored
In the lake We're stranded high and dry,
with no water In sight. This Is possibly
what occurred in the days of Moses. II
gives new interest to that famous his-
tory wherein Is set fort the triumphant
h.ght of the captlves dry-shod through
the way of the waters, whose returning
Hood destroyed their oppressors. An ex-
animation OF the various routes over one
or another of which the fleeing Hebrews
took their way has demonstrated the
fact that in many places they could
have managed to cross the sea under
favorable natural conditions. As re-
suit of this, Christians now believe that
the escape through the waters. was by
miraculous Intervention from God, work
ing through natural intermediate Gauges
The skeptic, on the other hand, admits
the escape, but denies the provldentlal
Intervention.
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CHARTER NOTICE.

In The Court or Common Pleas for Columbia
County.
Notice is hereby given that an application
Will be made TO the said court, or the President
Judge thereof, on Saturday, the Fifth day OF
october A. D., 1895, at 10 o'clock a. m, under
the corporation act 1874, and supplements
thereto by G.. w. Mifiiin, j. w. Mffiln, j. l..
Wolverton, II. Kittera Van Dyke and c. w.
Miller, for the chaI ter OF an intended corpora.
tion TO be called the Violet Hin Cemetery Com
pany, the character and object OF which is the
maintenance OF public cemetery at Violet
HILL in the Town OF Bloomsbury, Columbia
county, Pennsylvania, and for these purposes
10 have, possess and enjoy all the rights, bene-
hts and privileges conferred by the said act
and It's supplements.
C. w. MILLER,
9-l3-4t.' Solicitor
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A Minister'S Experience With Heart
Disease,

Rev. l.. w. Showers, Elderton, Pa:
For many years my greatest enemy
has been organic heart disease. From
uneaslness about the heart, with pal.
pitatlon, it bad developed into thump-
ing, huttering, and choking sensations.
Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gave
instant relief A few bottles have nd
me OF almost every symptom of heart
disease. 1t is wonder worker" Sold
by VIM. ,. Rlshton. 6-Is.Iy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-09-20
NOTICE.

To the Stockholders OF the bloomsbury Lttero,7
institute ana STATE Normal school.
You are hereby notified that the Board Of
trustees nave authorized the calling In OF all
Certificates OF Capital stock heretofore issued
and the issuing of new certificates for the
same; and you are therefore requested to pre-
sent at the once OF the Secretary OF the Board
all certificates you may now hold in exchange
for the new Issue. When certificates have not
heretofore been Issued TO the stockholders they
VIII also be given upon satisfactory proof OF
the right to the same.
JOHN NJ. CLARK,
S-l5-2t, Secretary.
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NOTICE.

To the holders of the Bonds OF the Blooms
burg Literary Institute and the state Normal
School secured by first mortgage dated Sept.
l., 1865, and TO the holders OF the coupon bonds
or the State Normal School.
Notice Is hereby given that the interest on
the former bonds up to September !, 1895, and
al the coupons due on the latter Will be paid
on presentation OF the same to the Treasurer at
his office in Bloomsbury at any time before
october !, 1885. II bonds and coupons are not
presented by october !, 1895, the interest Will
be deraulted and applied TO other purposes.
ii. j. CLARK,
sept. h. 9o. Treasurer.
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VIEWERS NOTICE.
TO THE PUBLIC GENERALLY

~ LHE t-CBLfC bENEhALL1.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
viewers appointed by the Court OF Common
Pleas OF Columbia county, TO view the premises
affected by reason OF the grading and changing
OF grade OF West street, Ia the Town OF Blooms.
burg, said county, between Fourth and Fifth
streets, and to estimate and TO determine the
damages, II any, for property taken, injured or
destroyed, together with the benefits accruing
TO such property, II any; Will meet to perform
the duties OF their appointment at the north
west corner OF Fifth and West streets In said
Town, on Tuesday, the 18th day or September,
A. d., 1895, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, when
and where all parties Interested may appear
and be heard, II they think proper
GEO. W. MIFFLIN,
LOUIS BERNHARD,
ELIJAH CROWLEY,
9-6-2t. Viewers.
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Persons to Travel.

WANTED.-Severa faithful gentle
men and ladies to travel for establish
ed house.
SALARY $4,000. AND EXPENSES.
Position permanent if suited also
increase. State reference and en-
close self-addressed stamped envelope.
THE NATIONAL,
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1916
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CHRISTIAN F. KNAPP.
FIRE INSURANCE,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.

~ Home, OF N. y; Merchants of Newark.
N. j.; Clinton, N. Y; Peoples, N. "; Read.
ing, fa ; German American Ins. Co., New
forki Greenwich Insurance Co., New York,
Jersey City Fire lns. Co., Jersey City, N. ].
These old corporations are well seasoned
by age and fire tested, and have never vet
had loss settled by any court of law. Their
assets are all invested in solid securities, ara
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, Bloomr.
burg, Pa.
The. people of Columbia county should
Patronlze the agency where losses, if snv.
citizens.
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o ACRES OF LAND,
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue OF a writ OF Alias III. Fa., issued out
OF the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia
county, Pennsylvania, and to me directed, viii
be exposed to public sale. at the Court House,
In Bloomsbury, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1895,
at o'clock p. M, all OF the interest OF the de-
fendant, Phoebe E. Hulme, including her dover
interest and arrearages OF same In the follow
Ing real estate, to-wit: All that certain piece
or parcel OF land situate in the township OF
Benton, county OF Columbia, and state OF Penn
sylvania, bounded and described as follows,
to-wit: Bounded on the north, south and west
by lands or w. L. Cole, and on east by lands OF
John Smith, containing
9 ACRES,
more or less, whereon are erected two dwell
ings, grist mill and water power, barn and
other outbuildings.
Seized, taken into execution at the suit OF
Margaret Jones VS.. Phoebe K. Hulme, and to
be sold as the property or Phoebe f. Hume
j. b. McHENRY, Sheriff.
X. X. LITTLE, Atty.
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The auditor appointed by the Court to audit,
settle and adjust the first and final account OF
Charles Gibbons, Executor OF Samuel Yost, de-
ceased, and TO report distribution OF the balance
In the hands OF the accountant, will meet the
pointment, on Tuesday, september 10, 1895, at
10 o'clock a. M, at his o1ce In the Town OF
bloomsbury, when and where all parties In In
terest must present and prove their claims, or
be debarred from participating In the distribu-
tion OF said fund
Aug. l6, '95. A. n, YOST,
Auditor
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AUDITORS NOTICE.

In the Orphans Court or Columbia County. Is
state or Samuel YOst, deceased. SS0' account
or Charles Gibbons, Erecut0r.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
bloomsbury, Pa.
Aug. u, 1895.

By virtue or writ OF FL Fa. issued out OF the
Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia county
and to me directed, there will be exposed To
public sale at the Court House in Bloomsbury,
Pa, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1895,
at o'clock p. m, all that certain lot or piece
OF land situate In Mt. Pleasant township, Col
umbia county, and state OF Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, to-wit: on
the north by land OF John X. Thomas, on the
east by land of L. p. Kline, on the south by
land OF Jacob Kester and on the west by lands
OF John L. Harp and Aaron Kester, containing
9 ACRES OF LAND,
more or less, whereon is erected a new barn.
Seized, taken into execution at the suit OF
Barker, Rose and Gray vs.. w. II. Manning & Co f,
and to be sold as the property OF W. II. Man.
ming. J. b McHENRY,
WHITE & YosT, Attys. Sheriff.
Aug %, 1885,
New-York tribune., 1895-06-16
yUr LAW iND THE PRI/ERING.

Judicial interpretations Of the law are "l''"
bcwildcrlng 10 persons who, having never o''h
raised 10 the bench or even admitted u" the p'I'
are compelled to make their way through Inc
world by the light Of reason In proceedings
before Judge Gaynor in Brooklyn me sea
SIDE Athletic club through It's counS'i aSA''
for 4 mandalnus compelling Mayor Schcrcn To
roucw the clubs theatrical license. III order
that the prize fighting arranged Tor iiiiIn'
come off according 10 programme. postpone
mon, WAS finally agreed upon. with The uni'r
standing that the Corporation Counsel should be-
nrcpored 10 Justify the Mayors action. But
while for this reason Judge Gaynor did not
grant the nandamls he was understood 10 say
,h,, there WAS no way in which the civil aulhor
,i,. c,,ld legally prevent the sOcallc1 boxing
matches AT Coney Island. THE only thing they
can do" he added 'is TO let them take place.
"iudicr them aftcrward. ana collect 500" penalty
IL should think II the affair down there Is to De-
"on innocent one that the authorities would not
"ohioct 10 IT," similar view was confidently
nrcscn,cd by the clubs lawyer, who declared
that the police had no right to Interfere TO pre-
vent valuations Of the law, but should wait until
the law had been violated The application oil
that doctrinc would doubtless hc very helpful
and agreeable 10 burSlifS, ln'Iu'I'l~ anu ''"''
malefactors, including those OF The Concy Island
rriz.riug and If the doctrine Is sound In law,
the community certainly ought 10 be officially
instructed 10 that effect rs soon as possible.
Judge Gaynor's supposltion that III the affair
down there Is To be an innocent one, the aii-
thoritcs ought not to object TO II Il quite reason
able. II happens TO be the fact, however, that
affairs down there are considerably less inno-
cent than Judge Gaynor Is. notwithstanding the
affidavit chccrfuy submitted by the president
of the Seaside Athletic club asserting that no
prizclglr had ever taken place under lis happy
auspices and hospiablc roof. The club Il al
WAYS careful TO call the affairs down there
boxing exhibitions. and 1t Is equally careful that
these exhibitions shall be Of such Il quality rs
70 furnish the bloodthrsty rufans who assemble
10 witness them no excuse for tearing down the
building in revenge for Il poor show. The ponce
Of Brooklyn are not nearly so innocent as
Judge ,;aynor Captain Clayton has no doubt
about the character Of The affairs down there
He has described them accurately tn his sm
pcriors, and upon his report Mayor Schlcrcn
based his refusal 10 renew the license of IN or
ganlzation which derives a large revenue from
violating the intention Of the law. II may De
judicially determined. Of course that the Mayor
has no right to put an end TO this atrocious out
rage and blistcring disgrace. II this should
prove TO be the case. II Will merely SHOW as VIZ
New-York tribune., 1895-06-16
SUNDAY, JUNE 16. 1S9j.
THIRTY PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Foreign-I-ord Rosebery, in speech at Clerk
enwen confessed that the defeat Of the Liberals
was near a: hand: the Unionists carried bye
election in Inverness-shire. == A great naval
demonstration against Turkey is said to be ia
vored by the English Government =" Berlin
bankers, having probed the diplomacy OF Russia
in negotiating the Chinese loan declare that Ger
many has been duped: they sigh for bismarck
- The American Liner st. Louis left South
ampton yesterday for NewYork. - The Cor
rell men who will compete in the coming race at
Henley have been selected
Domestic-The Governor signed the Additional
Temperance instruction bill and other important
measures. and left Albany intending to have a
short vacation. - The Manhattan state Hos
pital bill failed to become a law. 80 Colonel
J. T. Van CIeef and John L. Kuser two OF eight
persons indicted for crimes against the State al
Trenton, gave bail - \ remarkable test OF
armor-piercing projectiles took place at the Ind
ian Head proving grounds, near Washington.
- woman and her grandson were killed by
a trolley-car in williamsport. Penn == The
Nayy Department detailed three revenue cutters
to prevent the Importation of yellow fever from
Cuba.
CITY and Suburban-The Suburban Handicap
at Sheepshead Bay was Won by Lazzarone; other
winners: The Butterflies Monaco, Handspring,
Hastings and Long Beach - The annual meet
Of the New-York State Division l. A w. was
opened at the new track at Manhattan Beach.
- William Starr Henry, son OF Charles W.
Henry. of Brooklyn who was wanted by the po-
lice on suspicion Of having killed his father, gave
himself up: he denied having murdered his father
New-York was defeated at baseball by Gin
cinnati by a score of 16 to 2; Brooklyn defeated
Louisville by a score OF 10 to 8. - The New
York Athletic Club had it's annual games at
Travers Island. Stocks moved irregularly
with small net changes
The Weather.-Forecast for to-day: Showers;
slightly cooler. Temperature yesterday: Lowest,
Il degrees; highest, & degrees.
New-York tribune., 1895-06-16

inc a fair basis for comparison the total polling
of the two great parties has been 3ol9Gl. against
only $50 4GS In 1892. That Is gain OF l2,i's'
vo,es since the general election: indicating no
lis,,essness on the part of the people. In the
rp,,cd States we do not as n rule. in 'off year,
and sneciaI elections. keep the figures up to those
of Presidential years or anywhere near ii. But
T., creat Britain there seems 10 be no of year
There NAV be- at any time dissolution ana ap-
,,ool I, ,hc country The entire electorate Is
,horoforc kent constantly on guard. and the
Marty machinery ready for a general election at
any time.
rhe gains in these by-ecctions have. however,
been chiefly on one side That is the CONSERVE
five or rnonsf side. In the list OF thir'y-seVeh
contests TO which we have REFERRED llDcral "i
Radical gains are recorded In only sixteen. !"
the other twcnly-one there were actual losses
for that party The Unionsts. on the DINER
hand made gains in no less than thirtyone. ana
suffered loss in only SIX. Moreover. In four oi
the six in which the l'nionists lost votes the Rad
icals also lost: and of the sixteen III when 'iic
Radicals gained the Inonists also gained III
all but two Nor are the totals less signiiicah''
In 1892 in these thirty constituencics 'hc
Gladstonians had ma ajorty OF Mn me p!-
elections have transformed that into lniohiSl
majority of 443 That Is a 'nlonist gam oi
SSH in thirty seven constituencies. giving thcH
n net gain Of four seats in the House of 'oi'-
mons. Should the same ratio hold good through
ont the Kingdom at the next general clcru"h
the I'nionists would literally sweep the couh-
try and return to Westminster with an over
whclmng majority. or course, by-cicc'i"lS 'i'
notoriously untrustworthy as grounds Tor proP'
ccv. Yet such a showing as the above cannot
lightly be passed by. Taken with the preSei''
dcmoraliZcd state Of the Government party anu
with the probable circumstances "f the lhpe"''
ing dissolution il must be regarded rs OMNIBUS
of the result Of the next general cicctloh
New-York tribune., 1895-06-16
"RTNNING EMPTIINGS."

The Roscbery Government drifts steadily
toward dissolution Week by week lis small
ma iority grows smaller. single figure now
being sufficient TO number it. Day by day sup
port OF 1t grows more perfunctory It's follow
ers cannot be kept in their places AT ST. Ste
phens. to listen 10 speeches in which there is
no hear; and TO participate in business which Is
forcdooincd 10 be frutlcss. Even Sir William
Harcourt the ablcst leader in the party since
the Old Parliamentary Hands retirement. is
unable to arouse sembance Of enthusiasm.
Apparently there is no prospect of a fight at the
finish Of the Government challenging It's foes
on some bold measure. and making appeal 70
the country IN heroic fashion. II will run on
In it's present lfeess fashion until II finally col
lapses through sheer exhaustion. There is 4
homey. old-fashioned Yankee phrase which de-
scribes exactly its present occupation and con-
diton. 1t is running cmptyings
There is, in the mean time. no lack Of political
interest throughout the nation. By-clccions
are vigorously contested. The full vote is usual
ly brought out. Almost invariably the total poll
ing II heavier than II was at the last general
election. In list Of thirty-seven by elections
In which there have been party contests afford
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against which no argument can prevaii. 1heo'
,,os ,ho, mon have held about 1t have become
ohsoIetc. the path Of history Is strewn with
them. Dogmas that they have drawn out Oh II, or
injected into IT, may finally die OF atrophy wien
,ho mood for them has ceased; for no dogma can
hocome accented unless 1t answers Tor the tilne
=, ,o.st somo nsniratiOn in the human heart.
Rut hack of the ephemeral dogma lies Chris
uo,,tr i,so,f whether we like it or not, potent
ord tremendous fact inseparably bound up with
Tho nroprcss Of the race in the past and with all
It's hopes in the future. If man needs rehsioh
NJ ALL and no one can question that, what o'hcr
ro,iyion can begin to be compared with chris
,ionitv IN odoDtability to human needs! What
o,hor rclirion has shown itself responsive to
,h,t which Is hest and noblest in human char
actcr? While the tlleologians are s'rl'ihs' anu
ofton striving in vain. TO prove this or tha'
thcory or doctrine their eyes are ofteh pi'hueu
70 the fact that Christianity itself needs not 10 DE
,rovod While they are busy trying to defend
somo marvellous story in its records. they reck
no. .hot mon who reject such marvels are pro-
foundlv affected by the far greater marvel OF the
rise. growth and dominance OF Christianity. we
have no disposition to minimize the Influences
hostile TO certain dOgmatic aspects or Chrlsuah
,,v that are at work in the world to-day ana
r.hicb doubtless. will work themselves TO some
so,rt;on PIT in spite Of these influences. II Is
a fact that at no period in its history has essen
tial Christianity been more potent 'hah II Is w
day: and at no time have thinking. hones'nhnu
cd men been more willing to receive It's message
and frame their lives according to its laws.