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Teutonic Calm on a state Occasion.

Governor Thomas 7. Crittenden,
who succeeded Phelps in the exeeu-
tive chair, was inaugurated in Jan
uary, 1881, with more ceremony and
frills than any other Gov srnor since
the war. There were military and
bands galore, and special trainloads OF
people came from Kansas City and st.
Louis to witness the pageant. The
military features were in charge OF
Captain Hawley, of St. Louis, who was
grand marshal of the day. Brock
meyer, who as Lieutenant. Governor,
was presiding over the Senate, was
loll,ng back in his chair on the P1csi-
dents stand, smoking cob pipe and
awaiting notice of the time for tho
Senate to proceed to the hall OF the
House of Representatives, where the
two bodies in joint session were to re.
ceive the new Governor, and the
Inauguration would be consummated.
The Senate lobby was crowded and
the Senators were in their seats, on
the tiptoe of expectancy, for martial
strains could be heard on the outside.
At this junctnrc figure IN a glitter
ing and brilliant unifoim pushed
through the crowd and marched half
way up the aisle. 1t was Marshal of
the Day Hawley. Drawing his sword
he made military salute, and POM
pously announced:
"Mr. President, the Governor of
Missouri and his staff now ap.
proaches."
i Without removing his pipe from his
mouth, Brockmeyer replied:
"Vell, let him coon; dot is what
we ore here for"
When the laugh had subsidized the
Senate proceeded to the House and
the Inauguration was completed.-
Kansas City Times.
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A Mint in the Sea.

In this gold seeking age, says the
London Lancet, the announcement
that sea water contains q fairly uni.
form, though small, quantity OF gold
is sure to attract the interest OF specu'
lators. This will be so especially when
they learn that there exists IN sofu.
tion in sea water many millions of tons
of gold. Such would appear to Ie the
case, according to Professor Liver
sedge, the Professor of Chemistry IN
Sydney University. Ina very remark
able and exhaustive series of expert.
ments which he has made there is con.
siderable evidence in favor of gold
being present in sea water off the New
South Wales coast in the proportion
of about half to one grain per ton, or,
in round numbers, from l3O to 26O
tons of gold per cubic mile. This, OF
course, means an enormous amount
for the whole Of the ocean, the cubic
contents of which are put down ap-
proximately at 400, QUO, 900 cubic miles,
and ii the gold be uniformly present
at the rate of one grain per ton, the
total amount would be over 100, ,OOO,-
900 tons of gold. If only loadstone
for gold could be found which would
attract gold and separate it from its
solution, doubtless very important
stimulus would be given to the divi-
dend earning capacity of our ocean
liners. Thus, in addition to carrying
passengers and cargo, they would plow
the deep to reap rich harvest each
passage by hanging dredger astern,
which at the end of the voyage would
be relieved of its auriferous and valu-
able collection. We fear, however,
that the precious metal will not be re.
covered from the sea as easily as this,
considering its strong affinity for the
salts of sea water. Otherwise, gold
would soon cease to be rare metal,
and this fact would also place bimetal-
l;sm IN q very serious position. These
observations are not without some
bearing on medicine, since recently
the value of gold salts in therapeutics
has been recognized, and it cannot be
doubted that the cheapening Of gold
would lead to their appliances being
extended in this direction. Apart
from these considerations, Professor
investigation is an i'm
portant contribution to the chemistry
and probably geology of the subject.
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INVENTIONS OF WOMEN.

If you send seventy.fve cents to the
Patent Office at Washington with the
request that it forward you list of
the women inventors to whom patents
have been granted by the United
States Government, you will receive
two square dove :colored pamphlets
containing the information that You
wish in duly authorized form. The
first pamphlet covers all the patents
that have been granted to women up
to July l, 1888. The second pamphlet
is an appendix extending from the
latter date until the present. The
patents are arranged in chronological
order. Each page 1s divided into four
lengthwise columns, headed as follows: /:
Number of patent, name and address
of patentee, title OF invention, and
date when patent WAS issued. In this
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The Ground Breathes.

French experimenters hove lately
brought out interesting facts ABOUT
the circulation of air in the soil. 1t
appears that considerable oxygen is
absorbed by the roots of plants, and
the supply of this oxygen is main
tanned by air penetrating through the
minute interstices Of tue soil. When
the ground is covered with water, or
when the molecules, or grams, OF soil
are dissolved in water and packed into
an impermeable mass, then air cannot
circulate below the surface, and vege-
tation suffers. The experiments re-
ferred to show that lime or salt in the
soil solidify the earth molecules and
prevent their being dissolved and
packed by the action of water hence
the importance of lime in keeping the
ground open and permeable Tor the
circulation of both air and rainwater.
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v1CToR1A's LONG REIGN.

The Queen has not only outreigned
all the sovereigns of Europe who were
on the throne when she succeeded, but
she has seen the end of sixteen relgns
which began after hers. She has been
contemporary with FIVE sovereigns in
Prussia, four in Russia, and two in
Austria. In the case of France,
she has seen the reign Of Louis
Philippe, the republic of 1s4s, the
empire, and the republic OF
1870. In the internal affairs of Eng
land she has witnessed little less than
q revolution. When she came to the
throne there were virtually no rail
ways. Now there is hardly village
without q station within three or four
or four miles of it. But perhaps the
greatest change of all is in the condl-
ton of the people. Sixty years ago
the man with Ell a week was excep-
tionally fortunate. Now FL week is
getting to be regarded as the normal
rate of wages. And yet sixty years
ago the purchasing power OF Fl for d
man who drank tea and smoked was
about half what it is now. We have
dwelt elsewhere upon the Queens posi-
tion in her own dominions, and will
only say here that without question
she is the most striking figure in the
whole English speaking world. No
Queen in history has ever won so great
IN amount of love and respect.-Lon-
don Spectator.
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FREAK OF PARIS DANES.

The last new craze in Paris is said
to be the wearing of lighted lantern
as personal ornament. The fashion
originated with speculative manu-
facturer, whose ''petites lapternes"
were bought by tens of thousands at
the fair at Neuilly.
The lantern is very small and neat,
and made in a Gothic form after an
ancient model. 1t is only of tin, but
is sufficiently solid, has well-ftted
glass plates, is about the size of wal.
nut, burns for some hours and is sold
at the price of six sous. Almost every.
body who returned from the Neuilly
Fair to Paris, as correspondent tells
us, looked as if he were outwardly
symbolizlng the midsummer saint,
John the Baptist, "a burning and a
shining light" The men and boys
had the little lanterns in their hats
and the ladies carried them in their
bouquets. San Francisco Chronicle.
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Remarkable Indian Curi0.

August Krapf, of Saginaw Township,
Michigan, has the most remarkable In
ian curio found in his vicinity in a
aumber of years. 1t is of hardened
,opper and supposed to be weapon
umilar in use to javelin. 1t is about
Two feet long, an inch in diameter in
the center, tapered to point at both
ends, and has the appearance of hav-
Ing been pounded into shape. 1t
weighs nearly five pounds. Mr.. Krapf
turned it up while plowing piece OF
oew land.-Boston Transcript.
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NEWEST OUTDOOR FAD FOR GIRLS.

TimiiitY must no longer be fash
ionable affection, for one of the very
latest social fads demands bravery of
decided sort. Milking the COW is
the latest pose assumed by young
women, and it is one that requires q
good deal in the way of background.
In the first place the hostess must
have good sized country estate, with
spacious lawns. Then she must give
lawn fete for charity, in which the
chief and drawing attraction is the
spectacle of young women milking
COWS in the middle of the lawn. Play
ing pastoral is rather dangerous for
the young women and rather discern
ing to the COWS, but it is profitable
and future open air bazsars cannot
afford to dispense with it.
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The POpc's Court.

An Italian paper says that the court
OF Pope Leo XIII. comprises 1000 per-
sons. There are twenty Wallets, 100
house prelates, ITO privy chamber
lains, six chamberlains, 800 extra
honorary chamberlains, 130 super
numerary chamberlains, thirty officers
of the noble guard and sixty guards.
men, fourteen officers of the Swiss
Guard and police guard, seven honor
ary chaplalns, twenty private secre-
taries, ten stewards and masters of the
horse and sixty doorkeepers.
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CASTOR OIL A HAIR TONIC.

The fashionable coifure for young
women and girls is waved at the sides,
where it droops little. Small combs
hold these waves in place. The coil
at the back is placed rather high.
Castor oil, pure and simple, is said to
be an excellent tonic for the hair, used
once q month.
1t ia applied with a small, fine
sponge, which is dipped in the oil and
rubbed on the scalp, the hair being
parted with the fngers.-New York
Recorder.
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Ancient Work In Iron.

The use of iron in architecture is
not so new as people are accustomtd d
to think. At Delhi. India, is forged
iron column sixty feet high. 1t is six.
teen inches in diameter at the base,
and twelve inches at the top. Its
weight is estimated at about seventeen
tons. From records extant ii ls rea.
aonably certain that it was already in
existence 900 years B. @.
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FACE COVERINGS.

Wells yet are long, loose, full at the
back, over the hair. New ones are of
white or black chiffon, with an inch
rufae of the same material around the
lower edge and ends. White or black
tulle over pink is often seen now.
But careful women refrain from ap.
pearing in such mystical face cover
ings when in ordinary toilet.
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That joyful Feeling

With the exhilarating sense ofrenewed health
md strength and internal cleanliness. which
the few who have not progressed beyond
he old-time medicines and the cheap substi =
ntes sometimes offered but never accepted by
be well-informed.
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WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA.

The women workers in the colonies
are now turning their attention to
many new occupations. A few have
taken up farm lands; some are consid-
ering market gardening and others are
insti tituting silk-growing and silAworm-
raising as home industries.
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SHORT TRAINS FOR MATRoNs.

The return of short trains is immi-
nent. They will be used chiefly by
married women for indoor wear and
ceremonious visits, while younger wo-
men, even for these purposes, will
still cling to skirts that clear the
ground.
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Ch ron ic

Catarrh cannot be cured by local appiica-
hons. It is constitutional disease, and re-
uuires a constitutional remedy like Hoods
sarsaparilla, which, working through the
blood, eradicates the impurity which causes
md promotes the disease, and soon effects
permanent cure. At the same time Hoods
Sarsaparilla builds up the whole system and
makes YOU feel renewed in strength.
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oobbtns' Floating Borax Soap contains al tho
good properties of Dotbins Electric, combined
with those of the best floating soap. No chapped
hands where this soap is used. Same price % adul
teratsd soaps without Bora1. Bed wrapper.
The furnaces at Sheffield, Ala, are said to
be turning OUT about 2v0 tons OF iron daily.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.
II you want to quit tobacco using easily ana
forever, regain lost manhood, be made well,
fake So-To-Rac, the wonder-worker that
makes weak men strong. Many gain ten
pounds in ten days. Over 100000 cured; Buy
Eo-To-B Bac from your own druggist, Under
tree. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago
Or New York.
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WOMAN AS A DRUMMER.

Miss Rose Kellogg, for the past two
years resident of Spokane, WASH,
has decided to become lady travel
ing man, and she is now on the road
for one of hew York's largest music
stores.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
don. aliays pain. cures wind collie. 25c a bottle
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Happy Hunting Grounds of tho South.

The. Southern Railway, Piedmont Air
The Happy III Hunting G Grounds Of fGin the % South.
L is a very valuable book and contains great
leal ofintormation for sportsmen contemnlat.
ng q visit to Southern States In search Of
don to General Eastern Office, Tl Broadway.
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=
weighed .;s pounds year ago. am now
q mere skeleton. From your little book I
think my trouble is p-ofuse menstruation.
Ny symptoms are etc.
Our doctor (my uncle) tells father that am
In consumption, and wants to take me TO
Florida Please help me- Tell me what to do,
and tell me quickly. am engaged to be mar
ried in September. Shall live to see the
davf ass LUCY E. w.
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WHEN bilious or coStive, eat q Cascaret,
candy cathartc. cure guaranteed. 10c., 25c.
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Piso's Cure Is the medicine to break up
lhildren's Coughs and Colds.--Mrs. N. G..
BrHNr, Spraeue, Wash, March 8, 1894
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.,at.rrh canxat ba Cured

With local applications, as they Cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh L. blood or
constitutional disease, AMI In order 10 cure
it you must take internal remedies. Hati,s
Caturrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di-
rectly on the p,ood nnd mucous surface. Hairs
Catarrh Cure Is not q quack medicine. II was
prescribed by or OF the best ply sicians in ihis
country for year,, and is regular prescription.
II is composed OF the best tonics known, c1m-
6ined with the best blood purifiers, acting di.
rectly on the mucous surfaces, The perIece
combination Of the two ingredients IL wnat
pI oduces such wonderful results In curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials, free,
e. J. CHENEY g. Co.. Props, Toledo. q.
Sold BY Druggists. price 7tc.
Halls Family Pills are the uest. ..,
F1Tsstopped fre and permanently cured. No
fits after first days use OF DR.. KLlNE's GREAT.
NERvEREsToRER.F Free Sc trial bottle and treat
ise. Send to DR.. Kline, @ Arch St., Phila., Pa,
JUST try 10c. box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator over made.
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CAscARErs stimulate liver, kidneys and bow
ais. Never sicken. weaken or grippe. lOc.
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Hafflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Tholnp.
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle
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HER HAPPY DAY.
a CHARMING STORY OF MEDICINE
AND MARRIAGE.

Two Open Letters From Chicago Girl
-Hou Happiness Came to Her.
Among the tens Of thousands OF
women who apply to Mrs. Pinkham for
advice and are cured, are many who
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Chicago, June 10Th, 'es.
Nv dear Mrs. Pinkhaia:-

This is happy day. am we'll and gaining
weight daily, but shall continue the treatment
and Vegetable Compound during the summer,
as you suggest Uncle knows nothing about
what you have done for me, because it would
make things very unpleasant in the family. /
would like to give you testin! onial to pu blish,
but father would not allow it. l
shall be married in September, and as we go
TO Boston, will call upon you. How can
prove my gratitudel
JI-EV = w
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JUST try 10c. box Of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator over made.
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Just such cases as the above leak out
in women's circ>es, and that is why the
confidence of the women of America is
bestowed upon Mrs. Pinkham.
Why are not physicians more candid
with women when suffering from such
ailments?
Women want the truth. and If they
cannot get it from their doctor, WILL
seek it elsewhere.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURY. PA.
Reading IL September
Both Companies Show Small Surplus
tor the Month.

The September statements Of the
operations Of the Philadelphia and
Reading r. r. and Coal and Iron
companies have just been issued.
The gross receipts Of the railroad
were s1.SoG,S55 and the profits in
operating sS76,7So. Net receipts
Of Sa7,621 from other sources make
the profits for the month S9I44oI.
Total charges Of sS76,295 deducted
from the profits leave a surplus for the
month Of S5S,Io5. The deficit of
the fiscal year to date is S1,15o.So9,
an increase Of S799,775. as compared
with the deficit for the same period
last year. The surplus for the month
IS S6e, ,3o6 less than the surplus of
September, 1895.
The gross receipts for the coal and
iron company were S2,17I411 and
the profits for the month were SIo5,-
ga. Fixed charges Of S95,ooo de-
Quoted from the profits leaves a sur
plus of SIo,672. In September, 1895,
there was a deficit of S5oI, ,6e4. The
total deficit Of the fiscal year to date
is sI,aIS,71o, decrease Of S48o,75a
as compared with the deficit for the
corresponding period last year.
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The Latest Query.

Should wedding trips be abolish
ed 2" is the latest query agitating
feminine readers of a London news
paper, and it seems almost as un-
answerable as L" Is marriage a fail
ure 7" A man with five sisters-in-law,
however, stands up for the good old
custom and says he likes having his
back showered with rice and an eye
shut up with an old slipper, and if he
should be married a dozen times
the Turk-he'd have 4 wedding jour
ney, every one. All the brides in the
kingdom, too, are replying in little
dove-like COOS to the editors cynical
question therefore it is presumed
the wedding trip will not be abolished
while bridegrooms have any money
to go honeymooning with and the
brides believe in rushing into print
on the tender subject.
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MICRAEL PBRNAN SLEEPS FOR
YEARS,
Said to Have Been Totally Unconscious
Of His Surroundings Since July,
1888.
a SUDDEN AFFLicTloN.
Since His Sleep His Vile and Three Child.
ren Have Died. But He Is Not Aware
OF the Fact.

The sun rises and sets, day succeeds
day, month succeeds month, and year
succeeds year, but to Michael Fernan.
lying asleep in his little farm house
home, at Shamokin to-day is as yes
terday and the flight of time is un-
needed. His children died but he
does not know it. The devoted wife
who had been so constant in her care
Of him succumbed to the strain. but
he sleeps on unconscious of his loss.
Before his long sleep Michael Fer
nan was employed as a watchman at
the Nicholson tunnel on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad,
two miles above Factoryville. He
was robust and healthy. One morn
ing in July, 1888, Fernan returned
from his nights work and complained
Of being very sleepy. He threw him
self across the bed while his wife pre-
pared breakfast. Finding it impossi-
bic to arouse him, but thinking the
sleep would do him as much good as
breakfast, she left him undisturbed.
When dinner was ready one of the
children was sent to awaken him, but
the father could not be aroused. Mrs.
Fernan thought nothing more of it
until toward evening. Then she went
to the bedroom and found her hus-
band stretched across the bed and
still sleeping. She tried to arouse
him, but her effort was unsuccessful.
Physicians were called in, but Mr..
Fernan still slept. Consultations were
held and electric shocks and ice-cold
water baths were tried, but all to no
purpose. Nothing seemed to disturb
that deep and unbroken sleep.
Days, weeks and months passed
and each morning and evening Mrs.
Fenan, after propping her husband
with pillow, fed him as one would
feed a child.
Two years ago Mrs. Fernan died
and three children have also passed
over the dark border since. 1t has
now become necessary to md another
home for the sleeper and with this
end in view a medical commission ap-
pointed by the courts has adjudgeG
him a lunatic. This was done in
order to gain his admission to an
asylum and, as it is likely that an
operation will be at once performed,
Fernan may be awakened 20 realiza-
ton of his great loss in the death of
his faithful wife and children. He is
now about IS years OF age and his
face is full, round, decidedly flushed.
Doctors disagree as to the cause of
his long sleep, but the theory that it
is dropsical affection, causing
pressure of water on the brain, seems
probable.
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Try Grain-0! Try Grain-0!

Ask your Grocer to day TO show you
a package of G RAIN 0, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
Children may drink it without injury
as well as an adult. All who try 1t,
like it. GRAIN o has that rich seal
brown Of Mocha or Java, but it is made
FROM pure grains, and the most deli
cate stomach receives it without dis.
uess. I the price OF coffee. IS and
IS cts. per package. Sod by all
grocers.
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All Married on the Thirteenth.

Three women, all of whom were
married on the 18th, have been
granted divorces at Carbondale
The first was Frances A. Rees, di.
vorced from her husband, Benjamin
F. Reese, on the ground Of cruelty
They were married August 13. 1877,
The second, Josephine Bean, was
separated from her husband, Clinton
Bean, for desertion. They were mar
ried December IS, 1850. Elizabeth
Sayre obtained a divorce from Arthur
B. Sayre because OF cruel treatment.
Their marriage took place Janu-
ary I3, I889.-Er.
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For Sale.

A desirable house and lot. Corner
lot about so SO feet, beautiful To-
cation, all modern Improvements; will
be sold at once Cheap for cash. or
part down aud balance to suit the
purchaser; or part in exchange fer
other property,
For further Information call on S. d.
Neyhar'. RJid.ag. Loan and Real
Estate Agent, over Fast National
Bank, L. .oomsburg, II. IIIsu.
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A Desirable Business Place For Sale.

The large three story brick store
building lately occupied by J. R.
Schuyler & Co., as hardware store
for sale on reasonable terms by J. H.
Maize Esq, Attorney. Office Lock
ard building corner Main and Centre
streets. If.