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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

Joseph Duquenue and his step
mother, Mrs. Sophia Duquenne, both.
residents of Cotfeen, were united in
marriage the other evening at Hills
boro, Ill The bride is ten years older
than her former stepson and present
husband %SVtI atI84&6 gC2
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

>, CALAMITY is a mans true touchstone.-
Beaumont and Fletcher.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

1BELtEvE in great men, but not in demi-
gods.-Bovee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

THE mothers heart is the child's school
room.-Beecher.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

OUR possessions are wholly in our per-
forman ces.-Simms.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

THE charities that soothe and heal ana
bless are scattered at the feet of man like
flowers. Wordsworth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

HAPPINESS is a rare cosmetic.-G. J. w.
Melville
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

THERE are follies as catching as conta-
yious s.-Rochefoucauld.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

Iii sure the hardest science to forget
Pope.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

IDEAL beauty is fugitive never located.
Mime. Sevigne.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

How IS THIs!-"A friend in need is
friend indeed"
That certainly seems funny.
For instance: How could friend in need
Advance fellow money!
IN V HaroIG
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

1t is claimed that gilt-edge butter
cannot be made from the milk of cows
that are teG largely upon cotton seed
meal Z ~ ( - j
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

A. aeLoeKi with eits b6aaer6us Cembosvel.
ments Of dead and braSsy it's pertzor, solemn
dul4Eess Of unieatiop, LL.artib VIA .
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

THE miserable are sacrcd.-seneca.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-07-02

HUMoR is wit and love.-Thacleay.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
ACCEPTS HIS coUNTaYs CALL.
wfliam II. Hale Consents to be n Candi
date for Constable.

date for Constable.
William II. Hale, the Brooklyn law
yss. was recently honored by the Re-
publicans of the Sixth Ward by being
uominated for Constable.
Mr.. Hale was deeply moved by this
hnuching manifestation of regard on the
part of his Republican neighbors, and
issued a letter of acceptance which does
full and complete justice to the event.
n Ia in part as follows:
''The paltry Office of constable is GER
tninly one which should never seek.
rhs friends and associates of my youth
have reached the pinnacles of power
and influence in the Republican party.
from the time when that party was or
gnnized l have been q Republican.
Nearly forty years ago, as schoolboy
% Albany, we had so-called young
American Senate, and our President
was Charles E. Smith, afterward United
States Minister to Russia. AS class
mates we were graduated together at
the Albany Academy. Afterward, at
Union College, my class included War
nsr Miller, Mr.. Thayer, late United
atstes Minister to Holland; William H.
McElroy, late of the editorial staff Of
ths New York Tribune; Charles E. Pat
larson, late Speaker of the Assembly,
and Neil Gilmour, late Superintendent
of Instruction. Still later, at Yale, l
was graduated in the same class with
the nlustrious and lamented William
Walter Phelps. whose recent untimely
dsath cut short brilliant career which
might we'll have eliminated in the Pres
idsntial chair. You will recognize
Presidential timber also in the names OF
Warner Miller and Charles Z. Smith.
h seems l have had more classmates
who have attained conspicuous politi-
cal eminence than any one else in
America ever had.
Were l therefore to leave private
HE, duty to myself and to my country
would impel me to seek some higher
skation among my peers. Yet the diff
entity of the task assigned me is itself
an inspiration. To win even the lowest
ward office in this ward, which / think
nsver elected Republican to any Office,
II herculean undertaking, and there
fore that the party may succeed l will
take the nomination which you sponta-
neously offer me.
j feel that my course in these matters
has been such as to deserve we'll of the
Republic. 1t will crafty me much If
the result shall show that my friends
snd neighbors, among whom my daily
life is passed, shall testify their ap.
proval of my unrequited labors on be-
half of good government in a wider
sphere by giving me the simple testi-
monial of their suffrages for the insig-
nificant Office to which have been nom
pafed."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Utility of the Telephone.

We are only just beginning to realize
the full merits of the telephone. The
inhabitants of the little Massachusetts,
town of Melrose seem to be somewhat
IN. advance of the rest of the world in
knowing how to get the most out of the
instrument.
In Melrose, the telephone exchange is
for the villagers most effective bureau
Of information. If the doctor is want
cd, the central" is rung up aud asked
TO find out where he is and to intercept
him and give the required instructions
should he happen to be going his rounds.
Ii the butcher or the baker is wanted
for the purpose of receiving orders,
central is requested to let him know by
the next person passing that way.
If clock runs down, and the time of
the day is wanted, central is applied to
and tells what tits, with the greatest
good nature. In fact, far from being
annoyed at, or intolerant of these calls
the operator takes them as a matter of
course, and is only too glad to be able
to make the wheels of the little com.
munity run 50 smoothly. The case is
interesting as suggesting an entirely
new and important development of the
telephone,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
A New Gown Saved Her Life.

Clothes, since Eve set the fashion,
have been so tremendously important in
human affairs, anyway, that / believe
that consideration of them consumes
more of the worlds time than any other
one subject. They make people do the
oldest things, too. met woman the
other day whose presence Of mind was
snce the means of saving ever so many
lives. 1t happened in little North
western town in hall where an anna
teur company was giving some sort of a
performance-you know how they do in
little towns. There was smell of
amoke and somebody cried "Firep
There was an instant panic. The wo-
man l speak of was at the piano. She
half rose to go, but, dropping back to
her seat, began to plsy-fancy 1.-THE
Patrol Comique" as loud as she could,
calling out to everybody that there was
no danger. OF course she checked the
panic. l asked her about it the other
day.
'How did you feelH" I asked.
'My dear" said she, 81 thought of
the stairs we'd have to go down. saw
fshould be dragged with the crowd.
Then suddenly remembered a brand
naw dress / was wearing. I simply
well, began to play to save the dress,
and / saved it. t."-Washington Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27

lief. Ne wss tsH taken 10 Fsst Lfayep-
worth, but With ~ better sucesss. while
at the latter place he wal examined BY the
Board Of Meaitl Eramfnus, who ptopouno-
sbas,s 81 his case :. as, hGss;, H., oE sg bin ths,
always be hGplcss.
Since then he has spent thousands of dol
lars, but has neyor been abb tb get any re.
lief and he felt thss he wopld always be
compelled 10 drag himself about with the
aid of crutches -Four years ago he was taken
worse, was not able to get about even with
the aid of erutches. n wss then that hope
died, for the parslysis had attacked his
hitherto good right arm ss we'll and left him
indeed helpless, beipg scarcely able to feed
himself and wholly dependent on others
He remained in ibis condition until little
more than year ago, when he wns induced
by hearing of former friend whose case was
similar to hts own, who had been to New
York for treatment, but who had been told
by the doctors there that there was no help
for him, 70 try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, This friend, upon his return
home had bis attention called to an adver.
tisement Of Dr. WilHsns' Medicine Co.'s
Pink Pills, nod was ipduced to try them
with the result that he was cured Mr.
Weaver had tried 50 mary different medi.
money, but as there Is always hope while
there Is lift, determined p sive Pink Pills"
a trial. He did 50, spd was astonished to
lind before he had taken one box that he
was better. This was Ia June. 1894. that he
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
RULES DURING LENT.
The Following will be Observed by Catholics
In the Different Dioceses.

According to the general dicipline
of the church and the special faculties
granted by the Holy Father,
Leo XIII, the first of Lent, Ash
Wednesday, falls on Feb. Io.
I. All the faithful, who have COM
pleted their twenty-hrst year, are
bound to observe the fast of Lent,
unless dispensed for legitimate reas-
ons.
2. One meal day is allowed ex.
cept on Sunday
8. This meal is to be taken at noon.
4. On those days on which per
mission is granted to eat meat, both
meat and fish are not to be used at
the same meal, even by way of con-
diment.
S. A collation. or partial meal is
allowed in the evening. The general
practice Of pious Christians limits its
quantity to the fourth part of an ordi-
nary meal.
6. Bread, butter, cheese, fruit of all
kinds, salads, vegetables and fish are
permitted at the collation.. Milk and
eggs are also permitted.
7. Custom has made it lawful to
drink in the morning some warm
liquid, such as tea or coffee or thin
chocolate made with water.
8. Necessity and custom have au-
thorized the use of lard instead of
butter in preparing fish, vegetables etc.
9. The following persons are not
bound to observe the fast, viz: All
under twenty-one years of age, the
sick, pregnant women and those Civ
ing suck to infants, those who are
obliged to do hard work, and all who,
through weakness, cannot fast without
injury to their health.
10. By dispensation the use of flesh
meat will be allowed any time on
Sundays and once a day on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
excepting on the second Saturday in
Lent and Holy Saturday.
II. Persons exempted from the
obligations of fasting by age or labor
ious occupation, are permitted the use
of meat at any meal on those days on
which its use is granted by dispensa-
ton.
IL. Those who may have any
reasonable doubt as to their ability to
fast and abstain should seek the advice
of their pastor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Fortunes In Bonds.
A Poor Clerk and Boy Who Have Made
Money.

A few days ago Abraham White
was a clerk in Boston who could
count his dollars on his fingers. His
wife had little property in Reading,
Pa, and they raised some money by
mortgage. With this he secured the
option on some gold and bid for the
new bonds, the total being $s,o8o,-
900. He was awarded $1,000, 900
and his wife half of that. He says
he expects to realize between Iao
and I25 on what is left after having
disposed of $500, 1000 at III.
He has been offered $4,000 for
his bargain, but is holding off for
$Ioo,ooo and says if he retains pos
session he is sure to turn $50, 1000
profit. White had nothing to lose
and everything to gain as a specu-
lator had he been caught in a trap.
He took the plunge, and, as he says ::
81 have come out on top. | shall
at once enter the bond brokerage
business and make feature of United
States government bonds"
Whites bold stroke has amazed
old heads and given him a place that
years of solid business life would not
bring to him. He was arrested two
months ago on charge of attempting
to pass worthless check, but after it
was shown he was innocent, he sued
the police officer for false arrest, and
the case is now pending.
A shrewd boy in a down town New
York Office has made $4,000 on an
expenditure of 2 cents. The lad took
advantage of the weaknesses in Secre-
tary Carlisle's bond issue notice, and
now he is wealthy, according to the
small boys standard. When he read
the bond notice, he saw his opportuni-
ty and put in bid for $Iso,ooo of
the bonds at price which insured an
award to him, He sold his right to
receive the bonds for $4,000.
The only expense he incurred was
2 cents for postage stamp to send
his bid to Washington.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
The Locomotive Whistle.

When locomotives were first built
and began to trundle their small loads
up and down the newly and rudely
constructed railways OF England, the
public roads were for the greatest part
crossed at grade, and the engine driv-
er had no way of giving warning of
his approach except by blowing tin
horn. But this, as may be imagined,
was far from being sufficient warning.
One day in the year 1883, SO runs
a story of the origin of the locomotive
whistle, farmer of Thornton was
crossing the railway track on one of
the country roads with load of eggs
and butter. Just as he came upon
the track train approached. The
engine man blew his tin horn Justify,
but the farmer did not hear it. Eighty
dozen of eggs and fifty pounds of but
ter were smashed into an indistinguish-
able and unpleasant mass, and mingled
with the kindling wood to which the
wagon was reduced. The railroad
company had to pay the farmer the
value Of his fifty pounds of butter, his
goo eggs, his horse and his wagon.
1t was regarded as very serious
matter, and straightway a director of
the company went to Acton Grange,
where George Stephenson lived, to
see if he could not invent something
that would give warning more likely
to be heard. Stephenson went to
work, and the next day had a con-
trivance, which, when attached to the
engine boiler and the steam turned
on, gave out shrill discordant sound.
The railway directors, greatly delight
ed, ordered similar contrivances to be
attached to all the locomotives, and
from that day to this the voice of the
locomotive whistle has never been
silent Casters Magazine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
LUXURY FOR OFFICIALS.
Republican Extravaganza Not Checked by
Scarcity Of Funds.

The Republican State Treasury is
nearly empty, and Philadelphia has
long been denied the $1,000 900 or
so due that city, but scarcity of funds
has not checked the work of caring
for the official ease at the Capitol
Captain Delaney, Superintendent of
Public Grounds and Buildings, reports
that the Lieutenant Governors new
apartments will be about completed
within fortnight. They will be the
handsomest suite on the Hill, and
during sessions of the Legislature will
be used by the Senators as a private
place for consultation or rest. A pri-
vate elevator will connect the Senate
Chamber, which is just beneath it.
The Governors private room has also
been fitted up very handsomely.
Hereafter, for all public receptions
and all entertainments given to the
Legislature, heads of departments,
etc, in fact, for all social functions
save those of purely private nature,
the Executive Mansion will not be
used any more. The large and hand
some apartments of the Governor in
the new building will be used instead.
The large reception-room will be used
as a ballroom. The bills for frescoing
and refurnishing the executive depart
ments and the executive mansion will
be very large.
In the meantime money used for
the current year has been borrowed
from next years appropriation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Thirty Years Hard Luck.
AN OLD SOLDIERS TALn AND rrs
SEQ UnA..
'ood Fortune Comes 20 q Michigan vet-
cram After Wears OF Suffering.

Good Fortune Comes 20 q Michigan vst-
cram After Wears OF Suffering.
From tie Jouynai Detroit Msch
Many a fine opnstitYtion has been oon-
pletely shattered ASm the effects Of exposure
and want Of gste dstiag the late war, and
many q man has carried through life bur
cases is inouraS!> 81 now and ti then m a 'in raSs
exception oeovse md some old soldier
a remedy ySi4 MY away the old trouS.
and makes him d ysunf again.
Mr.. Bennet N. Motler, OF Maybee, Mich,
is ina man "a In teS Pri2s Of h of of fns ghys1y'
vsaa ~ 1ss s%S:, .s s.S S%R1n seERT. ssS S,dl r
the late war.
For nine mopths be was confined IN An
dersonvilie Prison, despipg out in the open
air without covering and very little Sd
until so reduced that his mind was nearly
blank, he was dreadfally crippled with rhsu-
matism and with heart failure to add 10 hs
comfsrt.
For thirty yeprs this rheumatism aud
heart difficulty clsng around him, not con
tervals.
About nine months ago be read of won.
derful cure, Of some gentleman in Csnada, Of
.
to him by friend and he determined 10
try them.
Almost Immediately he began to improve.
He continued taking them until he had ussd
four boxes. II has been over siI months
since he has had any symptom e gather rhee
matism or heart trouble and he believes hs
cure Is due entirely to the wonderful remedy
as he took no other at the same time
mendation," said Mr.. Metler, ''and hope
some of my old comrades will see the siup
and will try them, for know they will b
benefited"
DR.. WilAans' Pink Pills contain, In coz
densed form, al the elements necessary to give
new Life and Richness to the blood and restore
shattered neryS. They are an unhihng sps
cifo tor syoA &iaeasss as locomotor atazis, ps,-
sial parafyas, |. vitus' dance, sciatioa. sel-
rslgiA ShsnYsyn, nervous headache tss
shsr cfect o. Ia grippe, palpitation OF The
heart, pale and saliew oompleIions, all fon.s
Of weakness sjsAex in male or female. Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt Of price, 30 cents box or
six boxes for q 30 (they are never sold in bulk
or BY the 1907, by addressing DR.. William
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
PATTIs0N ENDORSED,
State Democratic Committee Names Him It's
Presidential Candidate.

The meeting of the Democratic
state committee at Harrisburg, Feb.
Ia, was larger than had been expect.
ed, over two-thirds of the committees
being present The Allentown con-
tingent, led by ex state chairman
Marshall Wright, started boom for
their city as the proper place in which
to hold the next state convention,
which is TO convene April 20, and
were so successful that only half
dozen votes were recorded against it
IN the committee meeting. Chairman
Robert Wright was greatly pleased at
the result, and said the Allentown
people would do great things in the
way of providing for the convention
and taking care of the delegates. He
said he expected big and lively con-
vention. National chairman Harrity
took no part in the selection of the
place, but said afterward that he
thought Allentown would suit every
body.
Ihere was not the slightest opposi-
ton to the resolution endorsing Gov.
ernor Pattison for the Presidency,
presented by John Garman, member
of the committee from Luzerne. A
canvass of the committeeman here
previous to their meeting showed
that not only would there be no op-
position to the resolution, but that it
would be cordially accepted. The
following is the text of the resolution.
" ReSoi5e6, That the Democratic
State central committee recommend
that the Democracy of Pennsylvania
present to the Democratic national
convention the name of ex- Governor
Robert Z. Pattison as that of a strong
and available candidate for the Presi-
dency. In character, in ability, in
official experience, in the fearful and
fearless discharges of public duties
Mr.. Pattison is well equipped for the
high Office for which we recommend
him: enjoying to the fullest extent
the confidence of the people, because
of his steadfast adherence to the cause
of good government, his selection as
the standard-bearer of the Demo
cratic party would be met with gener-
Gus and enthusiastic approval. Sound
in Democratic principles, his leader
ship would be such that all true
Democrats might safely follow"
Mr.. Harrity said: SIN my judg-
ment the action of the Democratic
state central committee but reflects
the sentiment of the Democracy of
Pennsylvania. Governor Pattison is
unquestionably the strongest Demo
crat in the State, and has the conf
dence of the people of Pennsylvania,
irrespective of party, to degree be-
yond that of any other Pennsylva-
nian. From what l have heard
since came from Harrisburg there
is not likely to be any opposition to
his endorsement in the coming Demo
cratic State convention. If there
should be opposition, those in the
movement will be found to be a small
minority of the convention. My be.
lief is that Gov. Pattison will be cor
daily endorsed by the Democratic
state convention, and will receive the
loyal support of the Pennsylvania
delegation, to the Democratic national
convention"
AT the State convention at AL
lentown, April 29, there will be nomi-
mated two candidates for congressman
at-large and select 81 presidential
electors and 60 candidates to the
national convention.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
DR.. DAVID KEKNEDYS
FAv0RITE REMEDY

Although disheartened, ON July l, 1904, he
bought bottle of it, and within month
had experienced beneficial results, and be-
fore he had finished the third bottle, the
gravel was completely dissolved and his
sufferings at an end.
Mr.. Neill feels that he owes lasting debt
OF gratitude to DR.. Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy and for disorders of the bladder
and urinary organs, says sit will effect
cure if one be possible"
Favorite Remedy is prescribed with un.
failing success for rheumatism, dyspepsia
and nerve troubles in which il has cured
many that were considered beyond the aid
OF medicine. All druggists, 81.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27

The usual treatment of catarrh It
very unsatisfactory, as thousands can
testify. Proper local treatment IS
positively necessary to success, bu!
many, if not most, of the remedies ii
general use afford but temporary re-
lief. a cure certainly cannot be eS'
pected from snuffs, powders, douche'
and washes. Ely's Cream Balm, which
is so highly commended, is a remedy
that combines the important requisites
OF quick action, specific curative
power, with perfect safety and pleasant
ness to the patient.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
A Trolley at Every Door.

Electric railroads are proving of great
benefit to the farmers in Maine. The
trolley lines run out from the large
cities and towns to villages far removed
from steam railroad communication.
and in several districts arrangements
are being made to run trolley milk
trains, vegetable trains and the like, to
enable the farmers to get their produce
quickly to market. 1t is even proposed
to run trolley coal trains, to supply coal
to small towns that now use only wood
for fuel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27

With many others,
Mr.. Weaver assisted
IN rescuing his less
fertshnte 9 ON pan
ions, end while lih-
ing the wreokage
from the wounded
men, he received an
injury 10 his spine
that rendered his
lower limbs useless,
beside rupturing
himself. He vs2
taken to 81. Louis,
where he received
treatment, bM vM.
oslt aettinp any "A.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
GRAVEL CURED.

A healthier, heartier happier man than
John ]. Neill, of 2437 North Eighth street,
Philadelphia, could not be found in a days
search. The fact that he is still alive is a
constant wonder to his friends.
In the fall of 1850 he began to suffer
indescribable mseries from stone in the
bladder. Consulting an eminent physician
in Philadelphia, he was told that a surgical
operation was necessary. So much did he
dread the result, for if unsuccessful it meant
death, that he put off the evil day as long
as possible While in this frame of mind,
he heard OF
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27

ohhouccu TAX
Ing them. He
wf still skepti.
cal and carefully
Watched him.
self, thinking
that the relief
would only be
temporary. He
continued TO I'm
prove, however,
and aher taking
four boxes stop.
ped for q time.
T he improve
ment WAS anpar.