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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-25
The Changes of Words.

1oro aeo when a certain article
made of sturgecns' bladders came ln.o
use in England, it was known ny i
Dntcb name. "huizenblas' ls'
"sturppon bladder" The term was
meaningless one to English ears, anu
hv some means or other, was trans,
sormed into the word which we all
know, "isinglass, ~, .ho+
The change was precisevly IKE that
which in some quarters, has turned
"aenaragus" into "sparrowg grass.
In the same manner that old Woru
"barfrv" which meant simply watch.
tower. was transformed into 'bellry.
IT became the custom to hang pelis IN
such towers, and, by common cohseh''
a change of spelling followed.
What is the derivation OF the Woru
"steel-yard?" Most readers would re-
nlv. without hesitation, that 1t must
have been invented as the name OF
certain familiar instrument 1or Welsh,
inp-an instrument made OF steel ana
about three feet in length. In point OF
fact. however, the word meant, IN the
beginning, nothing but the yard, OF
court in London, where the contlnenta
traders sold their steel. In this yaru
of course, there was some kind OF pai
ance for weighing the metal-as steel
| yard balance.
Language is full of such cases. 'biinu
fold" has nothing to do with the act Q
folding something over the eyes, pu
| Is "blindfelled," or struck blind. 'bu'
terry" has not connection with butter
but is, or was, "blottlery"-a plac
for bottles.
A "blunderbuss" was not an awkwar
or inefficient weapon, but, on the con
trary, was so terrible as to be called
"donderbus''-that is to say, "thul
der-box," or "thunder-barrel."
The advance in the art Of war is ha
pily-or unhapily-typified by the ia
that weapon, one so terrible, has b
come an object of ridicule. Will Il
. world ever find our present Ironcla
and mortars nothing but things tolaut
at? 49,
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Romance of q Millionaire.

A San Francisco item in the New
York Tribune reads: When Charles
Main, the capitalist, was very Ill, Just
before his death, his oldest friends
were amazed to find that he had no le-
gal right to the name which he bore
for nearly fifty years in California. He
had changed his real name when he
first came here because of fancied
prejudice against Hebrews. This week
a contest over the will of Jacob n. Da-
Wis, who accumulated fortune Of $2,-
100000 in this city, reveals that his
real name was Dediker, and that he
dropped 1t when he left Philadelphia,
in 1S49, because he had been bound as
apprentice to a tradesman, and he fear
ed the consequences OF his violation
of the contract. His sisters children
contest the will, which left all thil
property to the two nieces Of his de-
ceased wife. whom he had practically
adopted as his children. Il-..
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.motbered laugh. When the matcn was
ligbtad nothing could be detected-no
one was there. ,,r
Again the Major called upon the mys,
+erious somebody to come forth, ana
agoin a voice was heard saying, HOW
can | trust you now
The Major was angry. and his com
nanions alarmed. and after trying IN
ioir to trace the point whence the voice
proceeded, he exclaimed:
"Well we'll put out the light again;
onlv come quickly, and make an end
of this bother. so saying he puV o''
the light again.
Grating sound was heard then the tail-
ing of some heavy body ana tne neA'
instant a man was visible stanulng III
the middle of the vault with a ualh
lantern in his hand. OF course, ne mao
come from somewhere, but the puzAle
was-how? A ghost could not navy
entered more mysteriously'
The man soon spoke for himself; ana
the directors, who were still at loss
TO explain his presence there, llsteheo
in astonishment. 1t appeared that ne
was moor man. and obtained precar-
IONS living in a strange way. When the
tide is low. it is the custom OF Ger
tain class of people, unknown to rehn-
ed society. to enter the sewers 10 scar ch
for any articles of value which may
have been washed down into them. II
/ 10 n very dangerous task, ana, OF courAe
] revolting in the extreme. but they not
infrequently find very precious Things
hidden in the filth. This man was one
of those strange adventurers.
One night he had discovered an open
ing leading to some place above. Ther'
was a large square stone, which mt
found could be easily raised. lie lis
tened for some time, and, hndlng al
was silent, lifted up the stone WlUhou
much difficulty and found, alter SOM
little investigation by the llght OF hN
lantern. that he was in the strong room
of a bank These mon, ike MINERS cai
readily determine the exact spot o
ground under which they are; ana d
soon had a clue to the whole mystery
He told his wife, who was a woman q
superior education to his own, on III
whole affair; and he then wrote, as W
have seen, to the directors.
Down in the sewer he was able I
hear all their movements as wen "s
above ground, and thus was not ON
able to know their plans, but TO lruS
trate them, and of course could watc
his time to remove the small put va
uable box, to leave the letters Oh ~
, table. and to appear so mysleliouSiy
: No one had thought of looking to II
stone pavement, which was suPpoo.
, 70 he solid and immovaible, as it VIZ
, known that there were no vaults peio'
o altbouph the iron walls and doors ID
a been carefully tested. The mystel
o was now cleared up, and the man w
= we'll ewarded.-Answers.
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OUR NATIVE BIRDS.
Organization of the Pennsylvania Audu-
hon society.

bon Society.
Tse Pennsylvania Audubon Society, |
now forming, has just completed i,s
arrangement of organization, ana ac-
cordingly publishes a circular explain
ing the nature and object OF the as
socation.
The purpose of the Pennsylvania Au-
dubon Society is to discourage the puS
ing and wearing for ornament lhe
feathers of any wild bird, and In othor
ways to protect our native plros. rev
persons realize that the fashion Oh
wearing feathers necessitates tne
slaughter of thousands upon thousahus
of wild birds, and has already result
cd in the practical extermination OF
several species in many localities, anu
n vast deoSoaee in the numbers OF oth-
ers. The Y'fdubon Society particular
lv calls attention to and earnestly pro
tests the use of the aigrette, and lhe
heads and wings of terms, which are
now seen so frequently in millinery.
| To supply the demand for the aigrette
the egret and snowy heron, from whlch
| thew are obtained, are shot down on
their nesting grounds, the plumes are
| nlucked from the dead and dying blrus,
| and the carcasses cast aside. while the
voung birds are left to starve to deatn
in their nests, since the mother pro
can no longer return to feed the htIie
brood.
Those berons have already been prac-
tically exterminated in Florida. anu t,ie
plume hunter still pursues ana siaush-
ters them in more remote countries
The delicate little terms have Deen
nearly exterminated in the same way
on the New Jersey coast, and many ol
our smaller birds, the charm OF tne
rural districts and the inVaiuapie
friends of the farmer have also sunel'
ed-all to serve this fad OF fashlon
The only way to prevent this ruthless
slaughter is to discourage the Iasniol
now in vogue and to lessen the defnahe
for the birds. This can easily De ac
complished by refusing to purchase I'M
feathers of wild birds; for If a maJorit'
of our ladies would cease TO us
lMigrettes the slaughter OF the heroni
would stop at once. The feathers
2 the ostrich may be worn, as these bird
\ are farmed and the feathers remoVe'
without injury to them. There Is ais
u no objection to the use OF 1eathers Q
: chickens. pigeons or other domesuca'
=; cd birds which are bred and raised 10
u the use of man. In behalf OF the VIII
u birds the society appeals to all human
e and Intelligent people to join the Sc
VI ciety and use their influence LOT VI
s. protection Of our birds.
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A MEAN MAN.
Nc would Not obey Her Command to
Commit Suicide.

Gazelle leaned languidly on the per-
humed pillows. and petulantly kicked
nor red morocco slipper across the
1oor.
GIVE me a cigarette, Count she
said, peevishly.
Cert" yawned the handsome young
noble Count Neverdysky, as he twist
ID the ends of his luxuriant blonde
mustache. -,
The fair young thing knocked the Sill
yer case from his hand and laughed
gpitefully.
81 don't like that kind. want Saur
sorrels. Commodores are too cheap,
and they don't make me sick, sue
said. ,
you are hard to please frau
lien" sighed the Count; and a loon
If ineffable sadness came over MS
face.
"However." he continued, 81 always
carry at least three kinds. Have one
of these" ,,-
Cazelle took the diminutive cylin-
ler and lighted 1t deftly on her golu
red hair. -.
"Why are you blue?" she said, look
lng coyly at the Count. and conceal-
ng a fathom yawn behind her peJeW-
sled hand. 1T is who should perish
from discomfort and sadness. Here
am. the prettiest and the worst or the
Badeson sisters. | am a Dane, ana
melancholy one at that. / am Deauti
/ rul. am | not? / have face the sign
If which would disarrange the Straus
burg timepiece. / sing like gazeil'
md dance like a bird. l should b'
.ich, Heinrich. cheri, yet | can haroi!
support myself in luxury.
"The faulen is pessimistic, com
nented the Count. In his easy drawi
"Heinrichs" exclaimed the fair diva
&c she leaned to her feet and clappe'
,er tendril hands, II want to ask
arge-sized favor of you. Dare l? ID
,ct saw No or l shall never speaI
/ 20 you again..
"Fraulein has but to command,
, said the young nobleman, Dowlng yer
low.
WELL it's this way" murmured IN
: ,air young thing, and plunged INTO
yeritabe torrent of words. you al
blue. Heinrich; you know you are. 70
night JUST as well commit sulclo
! Now, you know you are going to do
= Why not say so that W
= .ook your life for me? Ju
cave a note on your table Defol
. YOU shatter your skull had almo
= said before you blow out your praln
. shall be awfully obliged. / shall
', ,esieged by reporters, and weait
- - 'ame, and press notices will be min
y You will do it, won't you. Heinrich
!" Ugh! you are so handsome. Kiss me
Count Neverdysky brushed his mu
.ache over the carmined lips and sa
again: You have but to command.
He closed the door after him a.
lie vent out into the night. That W
20 ,wo years ago. He is now conducti
is barber shop near Herald square
IS, New York Herald.
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a Corn-Shelling Match.

The tar-heel conventionist OF North
Carolina knows a thing or two besides
malxiry constitutions. He can beat all
,reation shelling corn. The other even
ng a stroMing pedler had a newly pat
ented corn-sheller hawking 1t about
Raleigh. and was showing crowd on
he street how fast it could shell, when
al old member from the mountains
walked up. dressed in blue jean, and
cob pipe in his mouth, and said to the
Dedler:
II can beat the thing shelling corn
myself. ,,,,
well, SIR" said the pedler, III
give YOU a machine for nothing II you
10 it."
Good as wheat" says the conven-
ZIONIST. and he searched over the pile
for a red cob, made boy take 1t to
fire and burn it little, and then
suuaring himself on the sidewalk, he
seized the red cob with a regular ole
plantation grip in one hand, while hi
held the ear of corn between both leg.
with the other. and waited for the wor'
go" from a little man in the crowd
who held the watch to time them.
"Go! said the fellow, and at it the,
went.
But the little pedler was so excited 1
the start that his shelter got checked
| and while he was scuffiing to unchok
| it. the old member coolly got up, an
pitching his half-shelled ear into th
pile, said to the pedler.
Il ain't.got the time to shell again!
that thing mister; it would make N
slow-motioned for life" and he steppt
away lively. the crowd shouting al
the pedler mad.
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Different causes lead to mans vol
nntarily changing his name. said a
lawyer: 81 have had three cases recent
ly where clients wanted their names
doctored. One petitioner was a COM
mercial, a Mr.. Wintringham, l think.
On the road and among his customers
and friends he was known os Smith
sy." This nickname he had carierd so
long that when he visited a town he
had always entered his name on the ho-
tel register as Smith. Letters sent to
him as Wintringham were frequently
not delivered, and finally, as matter
of convenience as well as a matter OF
business, he had his name legally
changed from Wintringham to Smith.
On the other hand, John Smith fre-
quently tires of his name. There was
one very irate old John Smith who fig
ured as a petitioner not long ago: Ht
was in the clothing business, and hit
most active competitor was his son
John Smith, who had clothing estab
ushment next door. Father and sol
had quarrelled, and the estrangemen
between them had been Of long stand
ing. The young man neglected business
got into debt, and the baliffs were OF
dered to enter his place. The officer
swooped down ON the wrong Joh
Smiths shop. The old man was absen
his clerks were paralyzed, and whe
the venerable proprietor APPEARED an
pounded on the front door for admit
tance he saw by the bin posted prom
inently in the window that the balif1
had possession. He had his nan
changed, and the following day h
petition was Aled. He IL now Jot
Saunders.
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Paid For.

"Mrs. Cumrox's children seem to be
yery fond of their school," remarked
one woman.
What makes you think so?"
"They are always speaking of their
dear teacher
"Oh Mr.. Cumrox insists on that. He
says that. considering how much he
pays for extra tuition, it's only proper.
--Washington Star.
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No More Trouble.

"This is pretty stout butter" de-
clared Mr.. Newly with a frown that
was deep for a man who had been mar
ried but month.
Don't scold dearie," urged his pretty
little wife. "Itll not occur again. l
have bought a churn and ordered but
termilk to be delivered regularly.
Hereafter we'll have sweet, fresh but
er"-Detroit Free Press.
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For Feather Heds.

An unusual way of treating feather
bed is as follows: Place 1t upon plaz-
"a roof, If one is at hand, or, II not
upon several boards, so as to raise II
from the ground. Leave 1t exposed 10
the drenching rain until 1t is thorough
ly soaked, then turn the bed several
times. Dry it in the sun, turning nrst
one side and then the other. When
one side is perfectly dry, beat 1t up
with sticks until perfectly light, and SO
on, until the bed is in perfect condi-
tiOu.
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Had Good Reasons. A

"Hardbake," said the gehtleman's
friend, II am surprised to hear from
good authority that you, a freeIborn
American, are in the habit of looking
up to the titled foreign son-in-law OF
yours" =,
"If you knowed how high he come, >
said Mr.. Hardbake, with sigh, you'd
see that there wasn't no other way to
look at him. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Comforting.

"Say, Elsie. look around the street
corner again and see II August isn't
coming yet"
mo. don't Sc him; but don't be
worried-the people are looking more
and more Ike him every minute"-
Tligeude Blaetter. .A--.4.-J
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Genuine.

Genuine.
Hairdresser-Yes; pride myself on the
esct that all the false hair l sell is thor.
Uughly genuine.
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SUNDRY EXPENSES.

6l59 ca
The undersigned auditors OF the Bloom foor
District. having ex4 x4mlned the foregoing ac-
counts of the District for the year 1896 md
them correct as above set forth, and so approve
them.
BOYD TRESCOTT.)
o. NJ. HESS,
/. A. DEWITT, Auditors.
j. L. WHITE
PETER II. FREEZE
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28
CATTLE THIEVES WORK.
Several Head Belonging to a
Rich Prairie Farmer We're il
Driven Off. #

Three head oi young cattle were
stolen from the farm Of VIM. Baker.
in the town Of Plerz Sunday night,
and although dillixent search has
been made the thieves have not as
vet been apprehended. The persons
who took the cattle evidently
figured that the owner would not
come to the conclusion that they
were stolen until several days had
elapsed, and by that time they
would either have the cattle out OF
the country or disposed Oi In some
manner that the owner could not
find them. In this they were mis-
taken, for the owner discovered his
loss Monday morning and followed
the animals tracks to a point near
Ora veiville, and the direction IN
which they were travelling indicated
that they were going toward Brain
erd.
The matter was reported to
Sheriff Rider, who Immediately tele-
gra thed to points in all directions
to have them apprehended. Mr..
Rider went to Brainerd Monday,
and there learned that three men
had arrived there with q large herd
Monday afternoon. Mr.. Rider i'm
mediately telegra phed for Baker to
come up to look over the herd and
see II his missing animals were In 1t.
Baker did not 20 to Brainerd until
Tuesday afternoon, and as Sheriff
Rider could not wait, he instructed
the Brainerd authorities to keep
track OF the herd until Baker arrived
and Mr.. Rider returned home. For
some reason. probably because ne
did not want to make any push to
do so, Baker did not see the herd
and returned home this morning
without finding his cattle. 1t Is not
certain that his cattle were in the
herd, but it ia very probable that
they were, and II he mas lost them he
can only blame himself. for the Of
f1cers did everything they could to
assist him. Had he gone up Mon
day night, when summoned, Sheriff
Rider would have found the herd,
and II his cattle had been in it they
would have been returned to him.
But he chose rather tn wait twenty
four hours and allow the men to get |
still farther away. The cattemen,
it ia said, were headed for Dakota
with their stock. 1t la probable |
that nothing more will be done in
the matter as Baker seems afraid |
that the expense of recovering the
cattle will be more than they are
worth. w." 80
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

The newly organized counties
of Cass and Beltrami are having a
very serious time on the start. In
Cass county the county auditor
selected is resident of the seven.
teen towns that Crow Wing at.
tempted to attach two years ago.
The Grow "W1ng county auditor
claims the man appointed by Cass
county is not resident Of Cass
county, and so refuses to turn the
books over to him. All the rest
of the Cass county officers have
received their records from Crow
Wing county. Then there is
trouble in Beltrami over all the
Offices. Three commissioners
were appointed, and two of them
promptly qualified, and the third
failed to do so until after the other
two had appointed the officers of
the county. Now the officers of
Becker county, to which Be]tram1
had been attached, refuse to turn
the records over to any Of the
new county's officers, on the
ground that they were not proper
" appointed. In each county
there is rivalry for the location of
the county seat.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28
A NEW GRAIN DESTROYER.

Battle Lake Reylew: What
promised to be big crop of wheat
and oats up to a week ago is now
considered to be in great danger
of total destruction by those who
are now investigating the condi.
ton of grain fields in this vicinity.
Seed twas sown early, and two
weeks ago the green fields made
every body feel good. Everything
looked we'll, and splendid crop
was promised for the season of
1897 up to the middle of last week
when some of the farmers noticed
bare spots in the grain fields, and
upon investigation found that. the
wheat'and oats were dying out.
John Moses reported this to some
of the business men, and they at
once set out to investigate. It
was founds that q small, white
worm, about the size of a common
min and third of an inch in
length, was working at the root of
the grain. No one here has ever
seen anything Of the kind, and
on Monday last few Of the
worms were sent to Prof. Lugger
at Minneapolis. The oats on E.
A. Everet's farm have nearly all
been destroyed and the wheat
fields north from here show that
the pests are there in large mum.
bers. If other sections are suffer-
ing, will Someone please report!
Small boys released about hum
I7rorS rl..no frnsp, fho Ct Do,,l nnn,,l
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

The term of Register Taylor of
the Duluth land Office expires on
June Is, and Senator Culkin of
Wright county will succeed him.
In the St.. Cloud land Office,
Recover McDonald's term ex.
pires Jan. 8, 1898, and Register
Bru ener;'s time is up July 10, 1898.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

Congressman Stevens, of St.
Paul. has been indicted because he
had an overdraft in one of the st.
Paul banks. At the same time the
bank owed him a larger sum than
his Overdraft.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

The wsdispatches from Madrid,
Spain, state that it is the general
impression of the people of that
city that President Mckinley will
not allow the United States senate
to get the United States into
trouble.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

Some of the BARRIERS of St. Paul
are opposed to the barber license
law, and will test it in the courts.
Acc ording to the law all BARRIERS
must take out licenses before July
10, and the fee is 81.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28
Boy Embezzler Arraigned.

BOSTON, May 25.-Albert M. King,
the Boylston National bank messenger
who disappeared last Wednesday with
$50, 900 of the banks money and who
was arrested at Pennington, Me-, last
Saturday, was arraigned in the munic-
ipal court here on the charge Of en-
bezzlement. He pleaded not guilty and
was released in $4,000 bail.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

The tariff bill is now up for con.
sideration in the senate, and that
BODY will devote several weeks to
debate on the different schedules.
The general opinion is that it will
pass the senate before July 1, and
then the many amendments to the
house bill will be considered by a
conference committee.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

Turkey wants Greece to assume
part Of the debt the former owes
to Russia. That will be nice-then
Russia will have ''influence" over
both.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28
HAVE BONDS ON SALE.
Omcers Of the Cuban League Attemptin
to Raise 81, OOO, 900.

to Raise 81, 100000
NBw YORK, May 26.-The Press pub
fishes the following: Officers of the
Cuban league have decided to attempt
the raising of a fund Of 81 zoo, 900 in the
United States, believing that this will
enable the Cubans to establish their in
dependence. The fund is to be raised in
two ways-by donations and by the sale
of gold bonds at 6 per cent, payable 10
years after the "evacuation of Cuba by
the Spanish troops" Already about
go, 900 has been raised toward this fund.
Among those who have purchased bonds
are: John Jacob Astor, $1,000; Ethan
Allen, $1,000, and DR.. Seward Webb,
$4O0. The bonds are issued in denomi-
nations of $1,000, $500, 500 and $50, all
of which are sold for so cents on the
dollar. Bonds of s. and $40 are sold
at par.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28
Going by the Water Route.

Going by the Water Route.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 26.-The lines to
the head of the lakes are carrying the
bulk of the Minneapolis eastbound flour,
which shows that the lake lines are TAX
ing it for very low rates. All of the
lines are in the business. The Eastern
Minnesota is getting more of the trade
than any other line, it's nearest COM
petitor being the St. Paul and Duluth.