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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-06-27

attain . speed OF twenty miles an
hour and can keep IL up for half q
day.
The blessing Of Palestine is a small
falcon, O. hawk, which destroys the
field mice. Were the hawks ex-
terminated the human population
would be obliged to abandon the
country.
The common housefy is often
literally devoured by parasites, and
It has been proved that these para
sites are also infested with minute
creatures that threaten their de-
struction.
In the mountains of Sweden, Nor
way and Lapland all vegetation
would be destroyed by the Norway
rats were it not for tho white foxes
that make special game of tho
rodents.
The horn Of the rhinoceros doca
not grow from the bone, but is a
mere excrescence of the skin like
hair and nails. 1t can be separated
from the skin by the use of a sharp
knife.
The chameleon's eye are situated
in bone sockets projecting from the
head. By the continuance the ami
NAL can see in any direction without
the slightest motion save of the eye.
The habit of turning around three
or four times before lying down has
survived in the domestic dog from
his savage ancestry. 1t then served
to break down the grass and make a
bed.
Were it not for the multitude OF
storks that throng to Egypt every
winter, there would be no living In
the country, for after every inunda-
ton frogs appear in most incredible
numbers.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-06-27
CURIOUS ANIMAL TRAITS.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
Cats and several other animals
have a false eyelid, which can be
drawn ove the eyeball, either to
cleanse it or to protect it from too
strong a light.
The muscles OF a pig's snout are
exceedingly powerful for their size,
and thus enable the animal to turn up
very hard ground with the utmost
ease
A bat nnds its way about without
the assistance Of its eyes. A blinded
bat will avoid wires and distractions
as d~exterously as though it could see
perfectly.
When falling, al out of a tree or
down a steep d%eclevity, bears will
roll themselves into a close resem-
blance to a huge furry ball, and thus
escape without injury.
The mole is not blind, as many
persons suppose. Its eye is hardly
larger than a pinhead, and is care.
fully protected from dust and dirt
by means of enclosing hairs.
No parental care ever falls to the
lot of a single member of the insect
tribe. In general the eggs of al
insect are destined to be Matched
long after the parents are dead.
The elephant is commonly sup
posed to he a GLOW, clumsy animal,
but, when excited or fri ;htencd, can
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-06-27

luNldu animal
Sir Clement took the card, which
trembled in his fingers.
So they were at Basic.
He was glad to know their where
abouts; still it was a shock to learn
that Lady Marcia and Elvira had
been in direct communication with
these dreaded people.
ave tried to persuade them to
come here" went on Lady Marcia,
''by telling them we were sure it
was just the place for an invalid,
but they were 30 bent on Switzerland
that we could not move them."
How thankful Sir Clement was
that they were immovable, who shall
say, still it was no pleasing matter
for contemplation that these intimate
friends OF his wife's might any day
receive a communication from the
only man who could shed that light
on his past life which must inevitably
ruin him in the eyes of everyone for
whose opinion he cared.
Above all with Lady Gertrude.
Thus thinking of her he threw Mr.
Singleton's card back to Lady Marcia
and asked:
"How do you think my Gertie is
looking-better or worse than you
expected?"
Lady Marcia, with her usual blunt
ness, answered straight forwardiy-
"Worse. If you don't take care,
Clement, she will slip through your
fingers. l can't think what on earth
it is that has worried her into this
condition-but I suppose y o u
know?"
sis she worried2"
"Come, come, man, don't pretend
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-06-27
PATS JURY DUTY.
From Household Words.

From Household Words.
Says Bridget to Pat:
"And how do you loike bein' on
jury, PATTI"
Says Pat:
"It's somewhat coninin'.n
eyes," added Bridget, sand it's
hard wurruk, too"
"Wel," says Pat, "It's sisy
enough deciding which soide II
right when only one Of thim's
oirish, but when they're both
Oirlsh, bedad, it's the very divil."
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-06-27

his story will not be published in book .nrm. -oopyrighted. 1894, by Jean Middhmassl
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
A White Squall.

"a white sduall, did I ever see one?
J should say | had" said an old sailor
In the barge Office at New York I'VE
were between here and the West Indies!
ard it was as fair a day as you ever
put eyes on. / was at the wheel, and
we were bowling along under q pretty
sailing breeze. There wasn't a cloud
to be seen, unless little white vapor
far off could be called a cloud All of
q sudden the captain came up out OF
his cabin.
"'Get all the light sails off her as
quick as you cam he shouted to the
mate 'Clew up the royals and topgal-
liant sails, and bear a hand lively, boys
"'What's the matter with the old man
now?' said the sailors, as they looked
around the horizon and saw nothing
but sunshine and the clear sky,
Nevertheless, all hands turned to
getting in the light sails The captain
took the wheel and sent me to assist.
OF course we all thought it was piece
of foollshness, but we worked with a
will because the captain told us to.
"Well we had no sooner got those
sails in than. it struck. Right out OF
the clear sky came an awful gale. II
tore our great mainsail and other sails
| TO ribbons quicker than a flash. II
| came butt end to- as the sailors say
"How did the captain know it was
looming? Why, he was in his cabin an6
| happened to see his glass go down sud
| denly. That meant something, and hi
| hustled on deck. A good captalr
| watches his barometer as cat watches
a mouse"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
Tie RURAL JOURNALIST.

now the country editor by the ne.
cesSitles Of his environment, is under
sacred Obligations to his subscribers to
give them the best oI which he is in
'elIeciualIy capable. In a farming
community he Is a guide, PHILOSOPHER
and Trend quite as much as, if not
more than, the preacher. He. more
than any one else, is enabled TO keen
IN touch with the outside world. The
new Impressions and standards of the
world at large, its great movements
and tIreless energies, the words and
deeds Of its great men. its thoughts.
problems, reforms, and inventions, and
all It's multifarous human interests.
come to the editors desk day by day
and week by week through the medi-
um OF the exchange list, however re-
mote he may be from the nerve.
centres of the nation. To study these
things and to interpret them in their
true meaning, as he understands it,
should be his duty and his privilege
In a community where books are
scarce and social and intellectual in.
tercourse limited, and where in many
households the county weekly is prac-
ticaIly the only reading.matter, he
could be, though too often to day he
is not, relatively as important a public
servant as the editor Of Il metropolitan
paper of enormous circulation. ] know
several country editors who stand to-.
ward their subscribers in exactly this
relation, cultivated, conscientious,
high minded men, who are proud of
their work, and who strive to make
their papers welcome visitors and
powers for the right. admit that Of
this class there are few to day COM
pared with the number of them who
belonged to a previous generation.
This is due, | believe, 10 the tendency
of men Of capital, Individually or in
cliques, to own newspapers purely as
investments, or for political ends, or
Z" to help boom the town" They hire
cheap labor, lack a broad, we'll defin-
ed public policy, and place in editor
ial charge man who writes what is
expedient rather than what he be-
lieves.-Oliyer McKee, IN January
Ltppinc0HS.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
Whsn to Read the Bible,

If YOU are down with the blues,
read the twenty-seventh Psalm.
If ,ou feel lonesome and unprotect'
ed read the ninety first Psalm.
If you are all out of sorts read the
twelfth chapter of Hebrews.
If people pelt you with hard words
read the fifteenth chapter OF John.
If you don't know where to look
for the months rent read the thirty
seventh Psalm,
If there is a silly sensation about
the heart read the third chapter oI
Revelations.
If you are getting discouraged
about your work, read Psalm CAAAl
and Galatians VI. 7. 9.
Ifyou find yourself losing confidence
in meu read the thirteenth chapter o.
first Corinthians.
If the stovepipc has fallen dowI
and the cook gene off in pet, pu
up the pipe and wash your hands, anl
then read the third chapter OF Johh
The old Homestead.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
READlNG
II = RAILRO&D SYSTEM
In effect May, IL, 1898.
In enect May, IL, 1895.
TRAINS LEAVE BLooMsDURG


For New York, Philadelphia, Reading Potts
Vile, Tamaqua, weekdays tl.55 q. rn.
For Nilliamsport, weekdays, 1876 a. M, S-25 p
For Danville and Milton, weekdays, 7.s5 a. M,
For catewisso weekdays 7.a5, ii.55 a. M, 1870,
For Rupert weekdaysT8b, 1853 a. M, 1890, saS
For baltimore, washington and the weot via
g. g o. X. r., through trains leave Reading Ter
minal Philadelphia, 32O 7,55, Il.25 Q. m, St6
7.27, .. m. SUNDAYS 800 7.55 i1.96 q. m,
Chestnut street station, weekdays, l.s5, b9l.
s % p. m. sundays, i.35, s2S p. IN.
TRAINS FOR BLOUMsBURG
Leave New York via Philadelphia 500 a
m, and via Easton a.i0 a. m,
Leave Philadelphia 1000 q. m.
Leave Reading 1870 a. 10.
Leave Potl sville l2.30 p. N.
Leave Tamaqua I 30 q, n..
Leave williafnsport weekdays 10 10 N, 4.s0 p.
m.
Leave Catawissa weekdays, 700, $40 a. m. 1.sO,
Leave Rupert, weekdays, 7.Os, s.27. a. M, 12.oC
l.U, 3.36, 6.23.
FORATLANTIC CITY.
leave Philadelphia Chestnut street wharf
and South street wharf for Atlantic CITY.
WEEK-DAYs-Express 300, a. M, 200, 400
800, p. m. Accommodation, 500 a. M, 4.3O, 63l
p. m. -
dalton, 3 90 a. m. ana 4.a5 p. m.
Returning. leave Atlantic City, depot, corner
Atlantic and Arkansas Avenues.
WEEK-DAYs-Bxpress, 80, 90, a. m. 5O
$50, p. m. Accommodation, $50, Sl5 a. m. d.ei
sunday-Bxpress, 400, 7.sO p. m. Accommo
datioD, 7.15 a. M, 4.l5 p. IN.
Parlor Cars on all Express trains.
Ia. swEIGARD. c. @. HANCOCK,
Gen1 superintendent. Genl Pass. Ag
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27

"whot strikes you most about bi
eycling?"
The earth, as general thing
Town Topics.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
Penn'a Canal Tonnage.

During the season just closed, there
was shipped from Nanticoke over the
pennsviyania Canal aIo,344 tons oil
coal. and from Shickshinny 1862 tons
of coal and culm. This is the lowest
tonnage of any year, the lowest pre-. W ;.
vious wear being 1894, when 22a'4o5
tons were shipped. During 1895 at
Beach Haven Office r3,S35'5o,o pounuS
Of other cargo were recorded among
vb;ch railroad ties and potatoes were
the chief articles.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
Drank too Much Tea.

A seamstress in Williamsport is
seriously ill from the effects of drink
ing too much tea. The San says
that the woman is slave to tea
drinking and has drank as high as
fifteen to twenty cups a day. She
formerly was addicted to the coffee
habit, but was compelled to give it
up. She then began using tea to the
same extent and is now in serious
condition.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
The Belle and the burglar.

little did l think"
The bold, bad burglar gazed at her
earnestly
me line of tradel"
The female he addressed recoiled. '
"Slr, you are mistaken! Thls"-her
anger overcame her fears-"is merely
a complexion mask"
The midnight marauder smiled. 4
"Ah"
He conjured her to silence with his
sinister aspect.
Dat puts another face on it,"
Satisfying himself that all of her en-
Cagement rings We're the real stuff, he
swiped the lot-Puck.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
Figure 3 and 1896.

The peculiarly of the date Of 1896
is lis involved connection with the
digit 8. AS that number is regarded
by those who hold superstitious belief
as proverbially lucky one, from its
association with certain Biblical events,
it is to be hoped that the coming an
nual cycle may prove this one particu-
lar theory to be true, and that Janu,
ary will usher in an auspicious sea.
son of material and financial pros
perity,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27

Poisons engendered by food fern
enting in dyspeptic stomach are the
direct cause of rheumatism, gout,
bronchitis, liver and kidney complaints
asthma, pneumonia and many nervous
ailments.
These results are prevented by the
use of the Shaker Digestive Cordial,
a remedy discovered and prepared by
the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, N.
Y. 1t is in itself food and has
power to digest other food taken aoith
10. Thus it rests the diseased stomach
and finally masters the worst cases of
dyspepsia. 1t acts promptly and
fresh strength and increase of weight
soon follows. The first dose, taken
Immediately after eating, abates the
pain and distress so dreaded by dys-
peptics. Trial bottles enough to
prove its merit-Io cents.
Laxol is the best medicine for child.
rem. Doctors recommend it in place
of Castor Oil.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
Report OF The State Treasurer.
Summary Of the Receipts and Payments
iorthe Year Eniing November 30
Comparisons With Last Year.

AT the State Treasury a summary
of the receipts and payments for the
fiscal year ending November 20, has
just been completed. The total re-
ceipts were $rr,746,4tI.1o, as against
SIa,3a2,734s7 last year. There was
transferred TO the sinking fund S,6o,-
37r.so, leaving $rt,3S6,o3o 80 for the
general expenses of the commonwealth.
Among the more important items in
the summary of receipts are the fol
lowing: Tax on corporation stock
and limited partnerships, $,,s3z84o..
s, decrease from 1894 Of about
$Ioo, 900 tax on gross receipts of
corporations, S59S,54S.61, a decrease
OF over $4,000. as compared with
last year tax on bank stock, SsG4,-
o74.27, an increase of about S.. 900 ;
foreign insurance companies, tax on
premiums, $sI3,6I6.Io, an increase
Of over $4,000 tax on municipal
loans, $I5S,S4o.So, a decrease of over
100000 this year tax on loans of
corporations, $S22, 2,3SI.76, decrease
Of nearly $4,000 tax on personal
property (three fourths to be returned
to the counties) $a,3o7,o36.32, a de
crease of about $50, 900 tax on col.
lateral inheritances, $I,ooG,oos .os, an
increase of $4,000 in round figures
mercantile licenses, $532,a9a, Il de-
crease Of $1,000 bonus on charters,
$a4I,7So So, an increase of nearly
$50, 900. Other items in a compari-
son with last year ran in about the
same proportion, some gaining and
others losing.
In the list of payments the chief
items arc the following Senate,
$I6s,6IS.I2, an increase of over
$3.50, 900 as compared with 1894
owing to the session of the LegiSla-
ture House of Representatives,
$4a4, 4,5o5.I5, a jump of over $500, 900,
for the same reason; judiciary, $594,-
sIo.77, an increase of more than
$4,000; public printing and binding,
$24S,o46 Al, at least 100000 more
than last year; Legislative Record,
$50, I6I.1o, a biennial extra public
grounds and buildings, S2aS,556. So,
as against S646,I76.I5. last year ;
commissions for the erection for Ger
tain state buildings, S446,I14. go hos
pitals and asylums for the insane,
5000, $50 90, decrease of about
SI6o, 900 penitentiaries, s1a1, $4,000
decrease Of over $40, 1000; reforma
tories, $24o, o,26o,6S, an increase of
about $40, 900 charitable institutions,
SI,o54, ,2o4 &c, an increase of more
than $4,000; state tax on personal
property returned to counties, SI,575,
oIo 10, an increase of over $500, 900
common schools, S6,II7,26I.5o, ar
increase of nearly $3.50, 900 /; soldiers
orphans schools, $a25,6SS.oI, de
crease OF about $40, 900; Nationa
Guard, $37S,5o1.a3, decrease O
over $4,000 Department OF Agrl
culture, SI4,S6S.57, a new item thi
year. The total payments from TIT
general fund were $I3,4oa,9 10000
and from the sinking fund $s7S.73S.
S4. During the year $5,567.34, wa
paid on the state debt. There is bu
$1,000 of the 1874 loan still out
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
Among the bills introduced in the

Senate are the following:
Giving a uniform pension Of $50
persmonth to ali who lost hand or
foot in the late war and of 500 to those
who lost ain entire limb.
DISTINGUISHING any citizen of the
United States who shall solicit or
accept title, patent of nobility or
degree of honor from a foreign nation,
and furnishing this act as crime by
both fine and imprisonment.
Granting a pension of S2oo pei
month to the widow of the late Secre,
tary of State, General w. Q. Gresham
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27
The TURN OF LIFE.
wOIAN,S CRITICAL PERIOD
Contemplated with Less Fear than
OF Cid.

There is no period in woman's earthly
career which she approaches with SO
much anxiety as the change OF life"
Yet during the past twenty years women
have learned much from a woman.
1t is safe TO say that women who pre-
pare themselves for the eventful period
pass through it much easier than in the
past.
There Is but ore course to pursue.
India T.. Pinkhdm's Vegetable Com
pound should be used in time to subdue
the nervous complications, and prepare
the system for the change.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-27

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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-13
fate OF MISSOURI,

STATE OF MISSOURI,
COUSIN or LAFAYETTE
In the CiIcuit Court OF said county in VEGA
ton, June eth, 1875,
The State OF Missouri, al the relation and TO
the use Of Thomas A Catron. Collector OF
the Revenue of Lafayette County, in the
State Of Missouri, Pis,ntif,
Dover Coal Company. and the unknown heirs
OF wm. II. Holmes. deceased. and the UNI
known OF Edward Ray, deceased, j. l..
Holmes, Levi Toibert and George Holmes,
To the said defendants, Dover Coal Company.
aud the unknown heirs OF VIM. II. Holmes,
deceased. ana the unknown heirs OF Edward
RAY, deceased, j. L.. holmes Levi Tolbert and
George Holmes. you are hereby notified that
said plaintiff has commenced q suit against
YOU in said court by pctition, the object aud
ment tor the taxes, interest and costs due on
the following described real estate, situate In
the ounp IT Lafayette and state Of Missouri,
tO-wit: Forty acres, the northeast quarter OF
the northeast quarter Of section number seven
teen, township hfty-one, range twenty-five
said real estate being delinquent for the years
iso1, isS5, lisa, lsa0. lssl, ls92 ana le93, aud that
snid taxes Tor said year., exclusive OF penalty,
interest and costs. amount In the aggregate "a
the sum Of SjlRs, and that the same may DC
declared a lien On said real estate, and that the
same may he sold or 80 much thereof a. may
be necessary To satisfy the Judgment rendered
herein, with interest, fees, penalties, commits
sions and costs.
And YOU are further notified thai unless
yuu appear NJ the next terts Of said court, To
begun aud held at the courthouse, In the city
OF Lexington, in said county, on the 5th day
Of August next. ani on or before the 9TH day
OF said term, u the term shall 80 long con-
tinue, aud ID not, then before the end Ut the
term. and answer sad petiiion, the same will
be taken rs confesscd; aud II Is further
ordered that a copy hereof he published "
the Lexington Weekly lnteiligencer, u Jews
paper published in sand county of Lafayette
Inr four weeks successfully. the last insertion
o. be- at least fifteen days before the com
mencemcnt "f the next term Of this court
A true copy. Attest
&. l.. EWING, clerk.
Ry FRANK Taco, n. 4. G-s.A5t
"a. q. Wallace, Jr, Attorney for Plaintiff.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-07-13
1t SOakS
Into II Flesh

right down through the
fevered parts to where
the inflam is
rooted. That is why
Mustang Liniment
"CureS all aches and
pains of man or beast"
If it evapOrated or re-
manned on the skin it
could not cure. That
is why volatile extracts
fail. Theycan't go down
through the inflamed
parts.