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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-08-15
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-08-15

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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-08-15

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
HUncle Ikehn Last Spree.

Uncle Ike" as they called him in
Mantezuma, has always been queer
character. Years ago, as the story
goes, he lived up in the edge of Taylor
County, and every Saturday would
come to town to get drunk and have
rousing time with the boys The old
man finally decided to emgrate to
Texas, where he remained several years
and then returned to his old place.
The old man looked sad and detected
when he was told that since his depart
ure Montezuma had become civilized
enough to have sidewalks and the tele-
graph. He could not believe it till he
went to town and saw 1t with his own
eyes, and when he realized the truth
the old man wept like a child.
He hunted up the mayor and told him
he was 60 years old and had no hope
of living through the winter He had
come to town expecting to get drunk,
ride his old mule through saloons, and
do considerable shooting and yelling,
and it saddened the mayors heart to
be obliged to tell him that any such
conduct would result in his arrest.
Tears We're falling down his aged
cheeks as he asked official permission
to ride through just one saloon and
shoot six holes in the mirror behind the
bar. When the mayor had to refuse
it he begged to be allowed to gallop up
and down the street and shoot at glass
insulators on the telegraph poles. His
honor couldn't canction that, either, but
after discussing the matter he made
compromise with him. 1t was agreed
that he might stand on the public
square and utter dozen d-time hoots
and then go and get drunk, but there
was to be no riding or shooting.
Old Ike selected o'clock In the even
Ing as his hour, and the city marshal
was on hand to count his boots. The
first three brought everybody into the
street and the next three started half
the population out of town. The last
one was grand wind-up, which Jared
the shingles on the roofs, and when he
got through the old man felt himself
ten years younger An hour later he
was blind drunk, and, by the mayors
direction, he was laid away on bed
of shavings in carpenter shop
The mayor didn't deny that 1t was
against the ordinance, and he certainly
had no legal authority to permit It;
but he wanted to make old Ike happy
once more, and he was willing to take
the sponsibility.-Atlanta Constitu
tion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
Raising Of Horses,

The price of horses has oflate been
so reduced that farmers are discour-
aged in horse raising. The low prices
now prevailing are due to want of
demand on account of the electric car
system, which has been so generally
established throughout the cities and
some parts of the country for rapid
transportation. This is, no doubt in
some part, the cause of the weak
demand for horses in the markes.
There is, however, another cause,
which will be found in overproduction.
A few years ago the horse craze, as it
may be called, prevailed among farm
ers, and there was scarcely anyone
who was not breeding either frst-class
roadsters or blooded drivers.
For these, for a few years, first-class
prices were obtained, and the demand,
which was at the time a ficticious one,
produced sort of boom in horsenesh,
with an over. supply, and now there
are too many for the market, which
has for the time been somewhat di-
minished by the electric car lines.
But good horses are always desiable,
and will in the near future bring bet
ter prices than now. Farmers will
understand what they need, and for a
while, perhaps, the supply will be
short of the demand, but the price
will again settle to fair compensation
for the trouble and risk in raising
good horses. Good family horsse
will always be in demand in the cities
and in prosperous villages. Cars may
carry men to business, and women to
their shopping, but there is demand,
in hours not spent in business, for a
carriage horse to supply the need felt
by every well-to-do family that they
may have restful airing in the parks
and in the suburbs ofthe city. Farmers
would do we'll to turn their attention
to raising horses to supply this want.
Horses should be raised of the best
blood, not for the turf, but for the
carriage, and as much care should be
taken in the training for this purpose,
as is necessary to produce good con
ditioned, quiet, trusty horses suited to
driving through all the hustle and
noises of the city.
This will require time and care in
the trainer, but such horses will always
have good sale, and can be profit
able raised.
Give us good family horses and the
demand will be sufficient to pay the
producer good proft.-Farm Ne7oS
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
NO PERSONALITIES.
And Yet the Campaign Maintained n
Certain Liveiincss.

And Yet the Campaign Maintained
Certain Livelincss.
"To what am indebted for the honor
of this call?"
1t was Mrs Mary Ellen Ricketts, who
smoke She held in her hand the card
of Mrs Samantha Jenkinson, which had
lust been laid on her desk by the office
girl. for the card was followed almost
instantly by the entrance of the person
whose name IL bore.
There was really no necessity for the
use of the card, either, for the two had
frequently met.
Mrs. Ricketts, was the candidate for
Congress on the Republican ticket,
while Mrs. Jenkinson was the Demo-
cratic nominee. Under the circum-
stances it was natural for her to be
surprised at receiving a call from her
opponent
Il came to see you on a small matter
Of business" replied the visitor.
Pray proceed"
'T have learned. from good author
ity, that your managers are bent upon
n campaign of personalities, and that
they intend to give to the press certain
slanderous gossip about me, intended
to injure my candidacy"
The speaker paused, and Mrs. Rick
etts said, interrogatively:
"wen?"
WELL" echoed Mrs. Jenkinson, 1--WE
must keep personalities out of the cam
paign."
..WS "ws must, must must wei" X -
Mrs. Ricketts, sneered.
Mrs. Jenkinson waXed wroth.
. Look here. Mary Ellen Ricketts,"
she exclaimed, don't you dare to turn
up your snub-nose at me, now"
Samantha Jenkinson," retorted Mrs.
Ricketts,, my nose Is not a snub, and
don't you dare to presume to dictate
what my managers shall or shall not
do in this campaign"
Wen see about that, Mary Ellen
Ricketts, you were engaged to my hus-
band in your young days, n good many
years ago."
I'm not nearly as old as you, I'd
have you know"
you are!"
I'm not, you insulting thing!'
y, You arep'
I'm not!"
n 1--WE will pass that point, but want
to say that when 1 married my hus-
band all your love-letters were still
in his possession, and have them
now"
You spiteful thingp'
MANY a good laugh I've had over
them. What a perfect goose you
werev'
81 just hate you, so therep'
"And l merely wish to add that on
the very first publication of a person.
ality about me in your newspaper or
eans l shall print in the Daily Bugle
every single one of your mushy, lac.Sa-
daisical epistles. Do you understand"
The two women glared at each other
a half-minute, and then Mrs. Samantha
Jenkinson withdrew, leaving Mrs. Mary
Ellen Ricketts, deep in thought.
The campaign was conducted without
any sonalities.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
" Nothing venture, nothing have"

Rev. Johu Reid, Jr, of Great Falls,
Mon, recommended Elys Cream
Balm to me. l can emphasize his
statement. g" 1t is possible cure for
catarrh if used as directed Rev.
Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central
Pres. Church, Helena, Mont.
1t is the medicine above all others
for catarrh, and is worth its weight in
gold. l can nse Ely's Cream Balm
with safety and it does all that is
claimed for it.-B. w. Sperry, Hart
ford Conn.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

1t is reported that an eight-foo
vein of good coal has been found on
the Stevens tract of land, above Elk
Grove. We are informed that parties
are endeavoring to lease the land, but
that the owners refuse unless a clause
is inserted binding the lessees to de-
velop the mine and continue opera
tions from the date of leasing. Ifthe
report of finding such vein of coal
there is true, Elk Grove and Emmons
will yet become lively, booming towns.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
CHRISTIAN F. KNAPP,
FIRE INSURANCE,
BLOOMSBURG. PA.

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These old corporations are well seasr,,- 4
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assets are all invested in solid securities. aud
liable to the hazard of fire only.
Losses promptly and honestly adjusted .ua
paid as soon as determined, by Christisa ,
Knapp, Special Agent and Adjuster, Bloc
burg, Pa.
The people of Columbia county shoa 4
Patronlze the agency where losses, II uS
citizens.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
Asking Too Much.

''I admit" she said, that women look
like perfect frights in boomers, and
can't understand it. If you'd only tell
me how to avoid 1t I'd be only too glad
To-"
Loosen your belt" interrupted her
brother.
What! Why no, one would know
what little bit of a waist 1 had If ]
did that"
Cant help 1t. That's the only way
well, l won't do 1t. 1 don't want to
be a man bad enough for all that
Chicago Evening Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

Isn't it strange that some people
must always be late. 1t matters not
to those whether they disturb church
congr egation or an opera house audi
ence SO long as they can make them
selves the center of all eyes by coming
in one half hour after the services or
the performance have commenced.
It's about time such people get move
on.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
Doing Him Justice.

Sometimes we think a man has o
level head just because he isn't above
Cur level.-Somerville Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

The Annual Meeting Of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Association held in the Associations Building, corner
Broadway Duane St. New York City, Wednesday, Jan
uary 22nd and attended by large and representative
gathering Of policy holders who listened with keen interest
the mastery Annual Report of President Burnham.
Many policy holders evidently regarded this favorable
opportunity face face the chief executive officer
of the Association President Frederick Burnham, the
whose grasp life Insurance. whose keen executive ability and
strong individuality have enabled him take the work laid
down in death by the founder of the institution the late Ed
ward Harper and make of the administration of his office of
President not echo copy OF that of his predecessor but
piece of finished work. characteristic of of independent
Association position attained in the length of
time by any life insurance organization in the world 1t is
rare indeed that great institution like this passe without
check its prosperity through change the executive chief
is indeed that chief like the late Mr. Harper finds
so able successor President Burnham.
The record of the year 1895 speaks for ITSELF and shows the
following gratifying results
The GROSS ASSETS have increased during the year
from S., 536 1889 to $5661, ,707,S2
The NET SURPLUS over liabilities shows YET GAIN
for the year of 32943 and O932
The INCOME from all sources shows gain for the year
of $631 ,541 81 and amounts to $5,575,2S1.56.
DEATH CLAIMS to the amount of $4 4OS40 80 were
paid during the year, increase the previous year of
81 O1356O91
The BUSINESS IN FORCE shows gain for the year
of $15, ,293 265 and amounts to S30S, ,659,31.
Counting three hundred working days in the year the
daily average income for 1895 S1SS427 the daily average
payments for death claims 2 and the daily average
gain in business in force within fraction of $4,000
f FUNp @ % % % G'H @ concerning the O
Il. ID. AUD WIG, Slpty
ss Downing Block, ERIE, PA.
-"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
A new line of samples of illuminat

ed cards, programs, folders, dance
programs, opening announcement
cards, ball tickets, calendars, menu
cards, wedding invitations, gilt and
bevel edged cards, just received at
this office. Persons desiring anything
in this line are invited to call and
inspect them, and get prices. No
trouble to show goods, even if you do
not buy. tt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
The Rural sanctum sanctorium

Tommy Oatcake-Them new city
boarders of ourn is awful swells.
Willie Peastraw-Is that SO?
Tommy Oatcake-Yep. They cut uI
and fly around in the parlor, and don't
seem a bit afraid-just like they was
used to such things always.-Truth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

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Private blood and skin diseases speedily
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Nervous debility and sexual disorders
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-31
OF FRAGILE BEAUTY.
Our Grandmother We're Not An Wa
unAo HNon Tnld.


The young woman OF tlg present
generation who ventures - have
headache or NERVES" is immediately
confronted hy indignant critics with
hcr grandmother. II the grandmother
is living the fact of her continued cN-
istcugc Is made 10 tell, and I'd she sleeps
with her fathers her grardchild is con-
Iunted with her ghost. the ghost is on.
doWCd with as many cNcclloucies rs
those with whom Betsy TIotwoud en-
lowed the niece who never Was born.
And ms poor David Coppcrfeld was re
preached with the virtues OF his mag
mary sister, so the granddaughter OF
the period as rcproachcd with tht ghost
~ perfection OF her grandmother. who
never had headache at least accord
ing to trad ion-but who. ou the con
trafy. was model OF physical perfoc-
ton. When IL comes to the testimony
of those who saw the grandmother
i'm flesh that is another story"
Able Robin, chaplain ia Bochambcau's
army during the revolution, wrote OF
American women in 1852: They are
tail and well-proportioned. their feat
urcs are generally regular, their com
pleNions are generally fair ard without
color. At 90 years of age tho women
have 40 longer the freshness of youth.
Al IS or 40 they are vrinl,led and de
crcpii"
And Cheyalicr Louis Felix de Bear
your, after praising the beauty OF
the American women 10 the skies, says;
AT the age OF % their form changes,
and al 30 the whole of their charms
have disappeared" These Observers
were not mere hasty travellers, but had
lived here for years, and their verdict
is that the women Of nearly 100 years
ago showed "A fragile beauty and early
decline which this end Of The century
damScl, with her athletic record and
her prolonged youth, would scorn.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-31
eANk CLERK euNCOEp.
Gave Two Dollars to lie Accused of
Bicycle stealing.

a rather clever trick was played on &
bank clerk the other day in Paris. A
cyclist accOsted him outside stor,
and begged him 10 look after his hi.
cycle while he went in TO buy some
thing. The clerk consented and the
stranger was about 10 go in when he
hesitated and said that as the other
was "a stranger 10 him he thought It
would be well If he gave him ten francs
as a guarantee of his honesty. The
unsuspccting clerk handed him tn
sum at once, and the stranger, after
promising 10 stand him a drink when
he returned. left him After the clerk
had waited about half am hour another
cyclist came up. and, Selling him by
the throat, called him a thief. Both
We're arrested. and AT the station it was
learned that the second cyclist was the
real owner of the machine. which hal
been stolen from him a few moments
before it had been intrus,ea 10 the
clerk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-31
PAST AND PRESENT ATHLETICS.
Some OF the stories of Grecian Heroes
FrobsOiN a little Exaggerated.

Ncdo not know with any scientific ac
curacy what the Greek athlete, actual
ly did, what weights they hurled. az
what pace they ran, how high they
ieapt. or what were the heights
weights or ages Of those who sought
The Wrcath,. There are some lies. we
believe, recorded, but they are too clear
u lies. NOBODY. for instance. says the
SDcctptor, ever jumped forward - feet
any more than he jumped 800 feet We
know of some feats Of endurance which
the athletes performed as soldiers. vs."
know that they were 1.-THE and slight
and wel-formed, and we know tha,
they thought each other physically
matches among mankind. and that Is
nearly all that we do know.
II is extremely probable that if The
old victorS In the Games could bee made
TO live again for day we houId find
thar the English and American athletes
heatthcm With certain case, for north
ernor- are stronger than souiherucrs.
and equally lithe and well-traincd Tho
Greek may have had more endurance.
as some su,agc- have still and Japanese
coolies, but even that is doubtful for
the Creek, thought swimming across
the Holes ont a wonderful feat. and an
EngJi~hman. Capt. Webb. performed
one at least l3timce as notcvorthy1vith-
cut dangerous exhaustion He swan
from Dover 10 c. lai~.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-31

4 good story is told of how Daniel
O'ConueIl received the grateful bless
ing of am Irishnan. During the course
OF his circuit i'm Ireland he was able 10
secure the liberation of young son Of
Erin who had been charged with some
offcnse or other. On second turn
around the country O'Connel again
saved the lrishman from the arm Of
law. The prisoner, Overwhelmingly
grateful wen up TO the advocate, shook
him by the hand and. in the fullncss of
his heart, exclaimed: and may the
Lord save We TO defend me always. Mr..
O'COnurIl"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-07-31
OF POLITICAL IMPORTANCE.


AN'I'l" INT ease Oh opuiaIt ION IN Germany
Seed OF an Outlet.
The rapid increase of population in
Germany, due. il j. believed, 10 the in
crease OF manufactures, is becoming of
political Importance. says the Spccta-
tor. According TO the corrected return
OF the census, taken on December .,
le9j. the empire now contains 52.2l4,-
SOB inhabitants, while France contains
only 39.Oo0,o0O. The Germans. more
over, add at least 100000 TO their
number every ten years, while the
French may be said not to increase at
all. ~ both countries train every
available man. the German army must
always be greater than the French. and
in another generation VIII be greater
by more than third. again. IL is
doubtful whether Germany. which is
naturally a far poorer country than
France. can long sustain it, population.
which must, therefore. either cmipratc
in increasing numbers or burst out in
some direction into lands less over
full II is believed TO Doe clear per-
ceptiou Of thcse facts whichmakcss some
ruling men iu Germany SO eager for
dependency into which Gcrmans
might swarm. They would not swarm
even If they GOT one The idea Of the
German em grant is 10 escape official
dom, not 10 replace himself under IL i'm
country beyond the seas.