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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-25
"'stranger this ha,nt no time I, ar

"'Stranger, this haint no time Z ar
gerl Open tn door,
II put my hand on the door and pre-
pared to slide my body along with IT, L
had hoped to find 1t locked, but unfor-
tunately 1t was not. When l gave 1t a
preliminary shake, IL ratified easily, and
| could see that there was going to be
no trouble in opening the door.
Il turned toward the interior of the
car for one last remonstrance. Say, /
haven't got anything to do with this
thing. I'm just up here from Houston
to go to the sale
But the fellow howled again: 'Stran-
ger er you maxim damn fool "a me?
BY the
Hold on said l. I'll open the door
Il got all prepared, and then turned
my head. Are you ready?'
" Let 'er gor
He was standing back In the car. l
could see the dull CLINT of the revolvers
In each hand.
Let 'er gor he said again.
II braced myself, and put one hand
out to reach the end Of the door, then
with groan, / pulled. The door slid
open, and fell on my hands and knees
In the end Of the car.
Hell, said the fellow. 1 turned my
head. There was nothing to be seen but
blue sky and green prairie, and the Mt
tie group of yellow board shanties with
a red auction flag and crowd Of peo-
pie in front Of one of them.
THE fellow swore and flung himself
out Of the car. He went prowling off to-
ward the crowd with his guns held
barrels down and with his nervous fin.
gers on the triggers. l followed him at
respectable distance.
''As he came near to them he began
to walk like a cat on wet pavements,
lifting each leg away up. Where is he?
Where Is tn white livered skunk what
slammed the door on me? Where Is
he? Where is he? Let i'm show his
self! He dassent! What Is he? Where
is hep
"He went among them, believing in
his bull fashion, and not a man moved.
Where's all these galoots what was
goin t. shoot at me? Where be they?
Let 'em come! Let 'em show their
selves! Let 'em come al me! Oh, there's
them here as has got guns hangin' to
'em, but let 'em pull 'em! Let 'em pull
'em onct! Jest let 'em tap 'em with
their fingers, an I'll drive a stove-hole
through every last one their low-
down hidesl Lessee a man pull a gun!
Lessee! An lessee tn man what slam
med tn door on me. Let i'm produce
hissel, tn - and he cursed this un-
known individual in language that was
like black smoke. ...
But the men with guns remained ST.
lent and grave. The crowd for the most
part gave him room enough to pitch a
circus tent. When the train left he was
still roaring around after the man who
had slammed the door"
And so they didn't kill him after all, -
said some one at the end of the narra-
tive
"Oh, yes; they got him that night
said the Major I'm a saloon some-
where. They got him all right -
Stephen Crane.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-25

pigeons are homogeneous" said
raiser of those birds for market to
New York Sun writer, land the female
lays but two eggs. One of these is al
ways the egg from which a male is
hatched, and the other encloses the fu-
ture female. If by any accident COCK
pigeon loses its mate, or a hen pigeon
becomes widowed, the sympathies or
the entire cote go out to the afflicted
brother or sister. If 1t should so happen
that cock should lose his mate and a
hen hers, so that they are both mate
less at the same time, the afflicted pair
soon forget their griefs in a new life
partnership, and all is serene.
But If there is a widower in the cote,
and no convenient widow for him to
take to mate, or If there is widow for
whom no widower pigeon Is on hand.
something must be done to fill the va
cancy. Upon the first hen pigeon to
nest after the vacancy occurs falls the
important duty. II she hasn't hatched
her eggs yet, she promptly dumps one
of the two out of the nest. She never
makes a mistake in evicting the right
one. If a widow Is to be provided for,
the hen throws out the egg containing
her future daughter. If a widower Is
pining for a mate, she disposes OF the
son egg. If she has Matched her egg
when q demand is made for her sacri-
fee. she ceases feeding the youngster
who will be superfluous and starVes 1t
to death. Pigeons grow fast and SQUAD
hood over the lone product of that nest
becomes mate to the bereaved member
of the flock"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-25

1t Is stated on what appears to be
good authority that in one of the parks
in the Spanish capital city of Madrid a
magnificent ring hangs by silken
cord about the neck of the statue OF
the Maid of Almodma, the patron saint
of Madrid. This ring, though set with
diamonds and pearls, Is nevertheless
entirely unguarded. The police pay no
attention to It, nor Is there any thief,
however daring, would venture to ap-
propriate 1t to his own use; and when
the history of the ring is considered, it
ds hardly to be wondered at that q
superstftious people prefer to give it a
wide berth. According TO the story that
is told of it, the ring was made for
King Alfonso XII, the father of the
present boy King Of Spain. Alfonso
presented 1t to his cousin Merceds on
the day of their bctrothal. How short
her married life was all know; and on
her death the King presented the ring
to his grandmother, Queen Christina.
Shortly afterwards Queen Christina
died, and the King gave the ring to his
sister, the Infanta del Pillar, who died
within the month following. The ring
was then given to the youngest daugh-
Ter VI Tic LUZ uc VhOHipSioiSi' III iSS'
than three months she died, and AL
fonso, by this time fearing that there
was some unlucky omen connected
with the bauble, put 1t away in his
own treasure box. In less than year
the King himself died, and it was deem
ed best to put the ring away from all
the living. Hence it was hung about
the neck of the bronze effigy Of the
Maid of Almodma, where it appears to
be as safe as though surrounded by a
Gordon of police. - Harper's Round
Table
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-25
A LOVE SONG.

O'er the meadow hower-pied.
Lightly, fieeting breezes spring; IN
by the winding river side, ~
Soft the lissome sedges sing 4
A quaint love-lilt fancy, y
| Always known to queer old Pam
! Since the reeds to grow began,
= Hear 1t, sweet, my Nancyl
Above us all the arching sky
Stretches wide its spring-ude blue;
Swiftly darting birds go by,
Singing blithely, gayly, too,
This quaint love-lilt fancy, -.....
! Ever cherished since of old s...
/ In their little hearts of gold. w.,
Hear IL, sweet, my Nancy! -
Pretty one, now 1t is spring, g.,
In the carol of the bird -.
In the flowers blossoming,
In the 1.-the, green sedges heard
Lo! the quaint love-lilt fancy,
That my heart. dear sings to you,
: With unfaltering cadence true;
Hear IT, sweet, my Nancyl
ELLEN Brainerd Peck In Home Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-25
FoNpLIYG A TARANTUJA.
It Is Best to be Sure That the Tarantuls
Knows You.


"The tarantulas pine in confinement
remai ked an amateur spider collector
refuse to spin or eat and seldom live
long. A centipede or scorpion, on the
other hand, commits rlicide when II
sees no chance OF getting free
Commits suicide" l asked, "why,
how?"
"By inoculatng its body with Its own
poison. I have seen it do 1t time ana
time again. The csntipede carries pol
son in two little teeth, besides the sack
in each Of his many feet. He bites his
body savagely when he wants to XIII
himself, just as man would plunge
a dagger into his he2rt"
"And how does the scorpion Kill him.
self?"
His poison lies in the end of his tail
He turns his tail up over his back, and
jabs 1t In sharply; in few seconds ne
is dead"
(which do you think the most inter-
esting, tarantulas or centipedes?" l
inquired of this practical student or
natural history.
"Tarantulas" he replied. "They have
better dispositions and are much more
intelligent than their cousins, the CEN
tipedes."
do you think they learn to know
people?"
"Do II Well, I'll show you Look
here, Browney."
The little slide down to Browney's
hatch was pulled back and the fuzzy,
round-bodied king Of spiders crawled
out on the promenade ground of hard
board in front of his dwelling.
Here's a piece of pear for you,
Browney," said the master.
Does he like pears?"
"Only the Juice. He sucks the juice
OF raw beef occasionally, too, but he
vastly prefers a good, fat grasshopper
II he can get him"
Browney examined the piece of pear
critically with his feeler and pressed 1t
as II to extract the juice. but he did
not seem hungry. The master then took
up the astr-shaped creature In his fing-
ers and felt separately every one or
the fatal little legs.
you see he is not hostile to me. Now
let my brother attempt to play with
him."
A curley-headed young man of twen-
ty or thereabouts drew near and called
to the tarantula coaxingly.
Browney instantly hunched himself
up and retracted in a pet, showing
plainly his dislike.
when he was free and very busy
one day l watched him unwind yards
and yards of spun thread and float
down on veritable ladder of 1t to a
Granny half way down the rocky sur
face of a steep bluff. There he captur-
ed a juicy beetle. He drags his prey
after him by folding 1t in his threads
and htching it to those pegs on his
back. His eyes are in the top Of his
head"
But tarantulas are deadly poison p
Yes; but they use their poison as a
defense. They have enemies to guard
against just as other creatures. Their
poison is carried In little sack in the
last section of each foot and in the
little sharp claw at the extremity, that
is also hollow. They also have two
teeth that are venomou.s
II have observed that they tend their
young until they are four weeks old.
After that they deliberately run away
from them and leave them to look af-
ter themselves. This plan teaches them
self-reiance."-St Louis Star.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-25
1t Is AS Cheap
AS 1t Is Good /:
The Price of THE PATRIOT has
Been Made to- Fit the Times.
It's One Cent a Day or 81
When Paid By the Year.

start the day right by reading the right kind
OF newspaper. THE PATRIOT is the right
kind. 1t is the only complete morning news
paper that reaches Central Pennsylvania
at an early hour OF the day. 1t is one OF the
foremost Democratic newspapers in the State
and the only one printed at the State Capital
the official and political centre OF the Common
wealth.
THE PATRIOT makes a speciality OF depart
ment news and gives more each day than all
entertaining and substantial family reading.
IL has (copyriyhted) daily "hints for hors,- =
Keepers new menu for every day. and rash-
ion department, through which the latest pat
terms are supplied to PATRIOT READERS,
Pennsylvania politics will be of extraordinary
interest from this time on. The State Capital
Will be the centre OF exciting news.
THE PATRIOT has exclusive opportunities
for securing advance news OF semi-public
character.
Special attention is given base ball and
cycling events, with detailed reports OF nation
al league games.
DAILY, every week day morning in the year,
SO year
WEEKLY, Tuesday evening or each week, 81
a year.
THE DAILY issue will be sent from now un-
TIL after the election, by mail only, on receipt
OF 81.
THE WEEKLY will be sent from now on un-
I'll after the election, by mall only on receipt
OF % cents.
THE PATRIOT is the best Advertising me-
Philadelphia. 1t has cent word want column.
Harrisburg, Pa.
or apply to J. w. MOVER, ACT,
6-25-5U. Bloomsbury, Pa
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-25
A Long bridge.

There is scheme of uniting Ceylon
with India by railway across Falk's
Straits. 1t will necestate bridge OF
proportions hitherto undreamt of since
1t will have to be forty-one miles in
length The engineering difficulties are
not so formidable as would at first
sight appear, for. although the map
shows a formidable breadth of sea be-
tween the mainland and Ceylon, the
railway can be made to traverse It on
a series of stepping-stones formed by
the rocks and shoals known as Adams
bridge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-25
ORPHANS COURT SALE

ESTATE oFADAM WHITM0YER, DECD.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans
Court of Columbia County, the undersigned
will expose to public sale on the premises in
Pine township, Columbia County, Penna., on
SATURDAY, JUNE a7, 1896,
at 10 o'clock a. M, all that certain piece,
parcel or tract Of land situate in said town
ship, bounded and described as follows, to-
wit. On the north by lands Of II. S. War
ner, on the east by the public road leading
from Pine summit to Millville, on the south
by lands of Thomas McGarvey and Isaac
Yount, and on the west by lands of William
Houghton, containing about
TWENTY.ONE ACRES,
and twenty-seven perches more or less,
whereon are erected plank
DWELLING HOUSE,
frame barn and other outbulldings. A good
orchard with fruit of all kinds. A well of
never failing water at the door. About six.
teen acres of the above is cleared and under
a good state of cultivation, and the balance
is wood land.
TRIMS OF SALE.-Ten per cent of one
fourth the purchase money to be paid at the
striking down Of the property, one fourth
less the ten per cent. at the confirmation
nisi, and the balance in one year there
after, with interest from the confirmation
nisi. Deferred payments to be secured by
bond and mortgage.
WILLIAM d. WHITMOYER,
Administrator of Adam Whitmoyer, decd,
Hughesville, Pa.
N. U. FUNK, Atty.
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AUDITORS NOTICE.
c. II. CA MPBELL,
Administrator,

Estate Of Ddutd V0nhor7l, deceased
The undersigned auditor appointed by the
Orphans Court OF Columbia county TO pass up
on exceptions ana make distribution or the
balance in the hands or C. H. Sands, executor,
eciu SIT at his Office IN Bloomsbury, on Friday,
June 26th, 1896, at ten o'clock m. TO perform
The duties or his appointments lChen and lChere
al persons Interested must appear ana L1'0pe
their claims or be debaiTed JI'Om any share in
said r,tnd
GEO Il. ELWELL,
6-4-iL Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-25
CHRISTIAN F. KNAPP,
FIRE INSURANCE,
DT nTrn~ -

Home, of N. Y; Merchants of Newark.
N. j.; Clinton, N. Y; Peoples, NY; Read.
ing, Pa German American Ins. CO., New
York; Greenwich Insurance Co., New York,
Jersey City Fire lns. Co., Jersey City, N. ].
These old corporations are we'll seasoned
by age, and hre tested, and have never yes
had loss settled by any court of law. Their
assets are all invested in solid securities, and
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 Adjaster, BIoomr.
burg Pa.
The people of Columbia county should
patronize the agency where losses, if any,
are settled and paid by one OF their own
citizens.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-25
Wanted Peace and Quiet.

"You didn't take that middle fiat
which you liked so well7"
NO" at't
Rent too high?"
"Oh, mol found that the woman up
stairs kept some Angora cats and that
the man In the lower fiat was raising
pue dogsl"-Chicago Record. -.--- 49,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-03
A MARVELLOUS EXHIBITION.
The Automatic Swiss VilIagc on
Lackawanua Ayeuup.

Without doubt the largest. most won
derful and interesting collection of au-
tomato works ever on exhibition i'm this
vicinity is now open to the public at
400 and 402 Lackawanna avenue,
and attracting large numbers of people.
You have never seen such a puzzling
piece of mechanism as this, and .you
will be astonished that such work is
possible to come from the mind and
hands of one man.
The principal feature is Bergman's
celebrated Swiss Village so perfect
and life like in diverse movements, so
ingenious in construction and so COM
plicated in mechanical devices that WIS.,
itors look and study with wonder and
astonishment at the results of human
genius and patience.
Professor Bergman's cabinet collec-
tion, representing an ancient and mod
ern life, scenery and character. are
spectacles Of the highest and grandest
type of artistic mechanism.
The works are explained to the spec
tators by a special lecturer. 1t is quite
impossible for us to give a comprehen-
sive description of these wonders to our
readers. but we hope that all will avail
themselves of the opportunity present.
ed before it leaves Scranton. Re-
member it will be here only few days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-03

since his very abrupt departure several
months ago.
Davis, ii will be remembered, was ar
rested for pointing firearms and threat
ening to shoot man with whom ne
had some trouble In the Conway house.
When his case came up for trial he sent
word TO his attorney that he was sick
in the Moses Taylor hospital and could
not attend. A certificate setting forth
that Robert Davis was patient at the
hospital induced court to allow a post
ponement of the trial.
When, however, an investigation
proved that it was Robert Davis. faith
er of the notorious Bob who was at
the hospital. the court officials Were
very much exercised and proposed to
make it warm for the deceiver. Davis
evidently got word of the courts dis
covery and skipped out. leaving his
hondsman to settle for his absence.
Since his departure he has become the
father of twins who, with their mother.
"A young South Side girl, are now at the
Hillside Home.
Davis was committed to the county
Jail and when called to trial will have
three charges to answer, pointing fire
arms. jumping bail and one preferred
by the young woman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-03
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.
II Will BE Opened bv Faculty OF St.
Thomas College.

1t has been deemed expedient by the
Faculty VI st. Thomas College to open
a preparatory department in connec-
Iion with the commercial and classi-
cal departments TO secure uniformity
of grading in the upper classes, as it
has been found almost impossible to do
SO when these are recruited from un-
graded preparatory schools.
The evening classes conducted by
the Xavier brothers have increased be-
yond all expectations. The facilities ac-
corded by the faculty have already
been doubled. and still there is promise
of much larger attendance.
The lectures in logic and metaphysics
for his term by Father MacC!Oldricli
begin on Wednesday next, Oct. I, and
v III DE continued on Wednesday and
Friday evenings from to s. The course
this term begins with logic. and will
be followed by lectures in ethics and
psychology. The final lectures of the
term will be given up to Il comparative
analysis of the Catholic and modern
nationalist theories OH the great scien-
tiiic questions.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-03
SALTPETRE FOR SALTS.
Professor White Says the Mistake Of a
Druggist Has Permanently Injured
His Health ard Wants Damages.

Professor James n. White, of Arch
bald, is plaintiff in treSpass SUIT put
on trial yesterday before Judge Ed
wards. Druggist Anthony Kinback OF
the same town, is defendant. Hon. John
p. Kelley and Joseph O'Brien are at
torneys for the former, and eN-Judge
Ward. George 5. Horn, and c. c. Bal
lentine are attorneys for the latter.
The professor is well known through
out Lackawanna county. He takes a
prominent part in educational matters
and has achieved a wide circle of ac-
QuaintanceS.
On May 90. 1894 he was on his way
home from school in the afternoon and
he dropped into Kinback's drug store
for some Epson salts. He went home
and had his wife prepare dose for him
to take. 1t nearly burned the stomach
out of him. The mucous membrane
was almost destroyed. and the result
is that his digestive organs are inn
paired. his health is very poor, since
then. he says. and altogether he al
leGeS that he has been damaged to the
extent of $4,000.
Epson salts would not do that to
him. He had an analysis of the con-
tents of the package made and found
that il contained saltpetre instead OF
salts. Mrs. White was called as a wit
ness. and she detailed the fact that her
husband came home from school that
day and had the medicine prepared.
She described the pain which he suf-
fared.
Dr. Van Doren. of Archibald. DIR. Bur-
nett and DR.. Wehlau. of his city were
witnesses ior the plaintiff. The former
attended him Immediately after he
drank the supposed physic. He came to
Dr.. Burnetts office some time later for
treatment and was treated for an acute
dyspepsia and disorganized condi-
ton of the stomach. DR.. Wehlau was
on the stand as an expert to tell the
effect of potassium poisoning. The
other doctors gave testimony on this
point. and they all agreed that dose
of saltpetre taken in mistake for COM
mon salts would work havoc with II
PERSONS insides. ana one having such
an eXperince should consider himself
i'm great luck that death was not the
result.
The professors son, Martin, and John
Gilga Hon, Il tcamSter, We're sworn tn
prove that Mr.. kinback owned the
drug store. Th" young man bought sew
eral articles there before May %. 1874,
and Mr.. Gilgallon swore that he hauled
coal for him. The plaintiff was called
To- testify whether he had ever bought
anyt hing else there and said he had. Il
bottle VI cod liver oil. The defense Will
open today and court will convene al
$50. II will be- claimed that MIR. White
got just what he called for, that he
may have wanted salts and thought
he said salts. but actually put The petre
after il by mistake. and that he is to
blame himself. and not the druggist.
In the suit over the repairs OH a
boiler between Fred Mursch and Burke
a., lat f..N A
Mursch in the sum of $262 was render
ed. In the suit Of the Pictorial League,
of New York, against Jewe!er T..
Schimpff. of Lackawanna avenue, the
jury returned verdict for the de-
tenHanl.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-03
DEATH OF HENRY CANAVAN.
liz Was II Former Member Of the
City's Police Force.

Henry fanaNan. once Il member o1
the city police force died ut his home
on FarvicW avenue at o'clock yeSter-
day morning. He died from the effects
oi Il scalding received ut the South
Steel works six weeks ago. He had been
al the Moses Taylor Hospital until the
last two weeks. He is survived by a
vii" and tive children, Rose, Charles.
Kate, John and Marguerite. The fun
craI announcement will be made later
Mr.. Canavan was born in HOuesdale
but came to Scranton and located on
the West Side when boy. He enlisted
in Company /. Forty-siXth regiment.
Pennsylvania Volunteers and served
with credit during the war. reinlistng
twice. He was appointed a police pa
t,"lnian during the first term of Mayor
Iu' !-rly. He served thirteen years un-
der Mayors Powderly, Beamish and
Ripple.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-03
lamps As Ornaments.

Did you ever consider that pretty
Princess Lamp on side table, Piano
Lamp on the floor, or a handsome Ban.
quct Lamp, shedding its light through
delicately tinted silk lack and chiffon
shades, are elegant parlor ornaments,
more effective in decorating and fur.
nishing than the carpet, the wall pa
per or the furniture?
So much so even when gas is burned.
The lamp has its place. See them
here in all the beauty of finish Of
Royal Sevres, Royal Bonn, Dresden
in Artistic Delft, French Fiance
rich gold with etched and decorated
globes, and you'll have the key to many
a handsomely furnished home.
Remember the date and be sure to
come.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-03
TWO
WATCHES

Last August to overcome
the midsummer dullness in
the watch business, we offered
two special values in watches
for one week only. We sold
them out before the week was
over and was obliged to disap-
point a number of would-be
purchasers. We have Just
succeeded i'll getting another
lot of them and we've decided
to put IS of them on sale at
the same price. Here they are