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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

he baby. I love you very much and
ope you will not forget poor little
Jimmy who lives at Hope Cottage.
For individuality and expression of
sweet, wonanly nature, the follow
.ng letter, written by an eleven-year-
Did girl, could hardly be surpassed
My Dear Santa Claus
/ have been counting up the weeks
o Christmas and am longing for the
lime to come. You have put something
n my stocking lots of times so please
Dear Santa Claus, remember me
lgain. Last year | wanted dear lit
lie baby real live one you know but
suppose it was too cold, and besides
[ did not write to you as | am doing
aow, so it did not come. Please bring
me one this year, n little girl if you
can. | have saved money enough to
buy cradle and l can get plenty of
aannclctte to keep it warm. AS ba-
Jies are so expensive I will not ask for
anything else for myself. Please
bring chooky pig for my little Glenn
ant. He will be nearly two years old
then. Goodbye dear Daddy Christ
mas, with my best love, hoping you
will not forget little Gertie
psf you really do manage TO
bring the baby, please not forget the
feeding bottle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

During the revolution little Ameri.
can orvateer stole up on British
line OF battle shir in fog, mistakinS
her for an East India merchant. and
ordered her 10 strike. When the seven,
ty-four ran out her guns aud threaten
ed TO blow her puny assailant out OF
the water, the Yankee skipper step
ped to the gangway, and, taking off
his hat, said politely: "Oh very well.
sir; if you won't surrender, l will"-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

WOMAN, WHY You have sallow
skin, plmples, eruptions, discolora-
tions. Why resort to cosmetics and
powders to hide the effects d? DR.. Ag-
news Liver Pills regulate the system
and restore to the cheek the health
full rosy bloom and peach blush of
youth. From one to two pills dose,
will clarity and purify the complexion
in short oider. 1oc. for forty doses.
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

THOSE WORRYING PLEs.-.One ap-
plication OF DIR. Agnew's Ointment
will give you comfort. Applied every
night for three to six nights and cure
is effected in the most stubborn cases
of blind, bleeding, or itching piles.
DR.. Agnew's Ointment cures eczema
and all itching and burning skin dis
eases. 1t acts like magic. IS cents.
Sold by &. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

DR.. Won STAINS PINEAPPLE TAB-
LETs.-A gentle tonic that increases
the gastric juices, regulates the bow
els, assists nature in digesting the
food, which gives the nutriment that
makes good, rich blood and nerve
force, builds up the broken walls that
disease has bonlbarded, forces the en-
emies of health to capitulate and sue
for a truce. 80
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22
Some Foolish PeonIe

Allow cough to run until it gets be-
yond the reach of medicine. They
often say, "oh, it will wear away" but
in most cases it will wear them away.
Could they be induced to try the sue
cessful medicine called Kemp's Balsam
which is sold on positive guarantee
to cure, they would Immediately see
the excellent effect after taking the
first dose. Price IS and soc. TRIAL
SIZE FREE. At all druggists. I2,Sd4t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22
ACCIDENTS WILL HAppEN.-Tohl

ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN.-.John
Brown, G.. A. r, veteran, of 244o
Marshall St, Philadelphia, says: "By
a mere accident | came across DIR.
Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. | was a
great sufferer from that dread malady
-catarrh. This wonderful remedy
effected a speedy and permanent cure,
and have been SO thankful that |
am willing to spend much time in
spreading the good news."-77.
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

hole in 1t at the top for you to put the
things in. Plese bring me n dolls
pram. If it is too big to put in my
stocking plese tie it outside where 1
can see it. Dear Santa Claus l do
like butter scotch. Plese not forget to
bring some, also some nuts and or
lnges. My teacher tells me you will
look at my face to see If l have beea
rood. l am norty sometimes but plese
don't forget me, and bring a horse for
my little Tommy and a squeak cat for
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

The Hazleton Sentinel says the
farmers around Conyngham feel like
hiking themselves for not selling their
potatoes some weeks ago when they
were worth from 50 to 90 cents a
bushel. They hoped that potatoes
would advance with the coming of
cold weather and so held on to them.
But, owing to the heavy shipments
from the West, potatoes dropped to
SIS and 90 cents with no prospect of
any very substantial advance, and now
the farmers who held their crops are
mourning. Potatoes were not more
than half a crop this year and to only
get sixty cents bushel is rather tough
on the farmers who are compelled to
make the best of everything to make
the two ends meet these times.
You SHOULD What Hoods
Sarsaparila has power to do for those
who have impure and Impoverished
blood. 1t makes the blood rich and
pure, and cures scrofula, salt rheum,
dyspepsia, catarrh, rheumatism nerv-
BUSINESS. If you are troubled with
any allment caused or promoted by
impure blood, take Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla at once,
HooD's PILLS are prompt end
efficient, easy to take, easy to operate.
An editor of a Western Kansas pa
per who blows about his success as a
collector, says that he picked up a
Winchester rifle one day recently and
started down the street to deliver it
to Its owner. His delinquent sub
scribers, however, got it into their
heads that he was on the war path,
and every one he met insisted on pay
ing what they owed him. One man
wiped out debt of ten years stand
ing. On his return to the office he
found a load of hay, fifteen bushels of
potatoes, and a load of wood and a
barrel of turnips that had been
brought in by delinquents.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

HEART SKEPTICS ARE CONVINCED
IN 80 MINUTEs.-Dr. Agnew's Cure
for the Heart gives relief in 80 min
uteS in most acute cases of heart dis
ease. One dose is all that is needed
to convince the most skeptical.
Thousands of lives have been saved
through its timely use. 1t is one of
the wonders of modern medical sci
ence.-76.
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

"You haven't changed much since I
saw you last"
You mistake. When you saw me
last | was Il Populist, and anti-expan-
sionist and a free silverite. l am now
n gold standard Republican expansion
ist.''
'It's on me. Whatll you drink"
"I've quit drinking, o."-Chicago
Tribune.
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They Need Sympathy.

"Yes," said the young man, literary
work is very fatiguing."
Il should Imagine So" replied Miss
Cayenne. "When I realize that some
authors have to keep their minds on
the stuff they write I feel positively
sorry for th0nn." n."--Washinston Star.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

A good way to close the old year is
to square up that newspaper subscrip-
ton. We are pretty busy just now,
but can always take time to write re-
ceipts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

Husband-"I'd like to be able to
live my past life over again" "
Wife-"I am surprised at you
Tohn. Haven't you blundered
enough as it is ?"-She forgot that
he married her.-LyS.
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UncOntrollable.

"Poor Alice had to give up her bicy-
lie riding. She just could not learn"
"And why notI"
''ijhe was so used to driving a horse
hat she kept jerking at the handle
cars all the time as if they We're Il
Iair OF reins." s."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

Two hundred tons of Christmas
presents have been sent to the
$4,000 soldiers in the PHILIPPINES.
1t won't be an old fashioned Christ
mas for the boys in blue down in the
tropics, and Santa Claus will have
no use for a sled.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-12-22

LET Me SAY l have used Ely's
Cream Balm for catarrh and can thor
oughly recommend it for what it
claims. Very truly, (Rev.) H. w.
Halfway, Elizabeth, N. ].
TRIED Ely,s Cream Balm, and to
all5appearances am cured of catarrh.
The terrible headaches from which l
long suffered are gone.-W. J. Hitch
cock, late Major u. S. Vol. and A. A..
Gen, Buffalo N. Y.
A 1oc. trial size of Ely's Cream
Balm will be mailed. Kept by drug.
gists. ELY BROTHERS, Sc WARREN
ST., N. Y.
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visitor-what kind of a man is your

feighbOr, Mr.. Fllnt!
Farmer Hornbeak-Wa'al, for one
hing, he is so stingy that he won't
1T bicyclists fill their tires with air
rom his farm.-Puck.
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Sold by c. A. Klein.
Methodists of Nescopec ale erectln,

Methodists of Nescopec ale erecting
a parsonage at cost of $1,000 Rev.
Wormer, six footer, who is to occupy
it, works around the building like a
common laborer. He helped to exca-
vate for the foundation, gathered
stones for the wall and helped lay
them, lathed the rooms and carried the
hod, There are very few ministers
who would hustle the way Rev.
Wormer did.-Hazelton Sentinel
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-14
WOULD TAKE RELIEF SHIP.

Captain Lodge Cotton of Philadelphia Of
fers His Services Without Pay.
Should the citizens Of Philadelphia
or elsewhere desire to send an expedi-
ton with relief stores to the army in
Yading Cuba they can secure without
cost an able commander in Captain
Lodge Cotton. Captain Cotton stated re-
Gently that be is satisfied that before
many days elapse Santiago de Cuba and
Guantanamo must fall into the hands
Of the United States troops.
For many q year he traded to Cuba,
commanding large and fast steamers,
and TO him every channel is an open
book. Indeed he needs no chart or pilot
to enter any port on the island, while
his knowledge of the country and CHI
mate makes his advice worthy of observ-
ing. He says that the country around
Santiago and Guantanamo and the cities
themselves have by this time exhausted
their food supply and that the troops
will have hard fighting before they sue
coed in their enterprise, and that they
will be In want of many thing not
considered much of a luxury at home.
Eyes" he said the other night, 81
would willingly take out an expedition,
and believe it will be necessary for the
government or the people to send some
thing of the sort. I know the country
we'll, and 1 feel sure that there will be
much for relief expedition to do If a
couple of battles are fought. ''-Phiia
delphia Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-14

"Nine-tenths of our surroundings are
superfuous, said the observant man.
1.-THE government feeds its soldiers and
sailors On so cents a day. Just think Of
that! AS for household goods, let me
tell you There is man who does odd
Jobs around our house, and the other
day no informed my wife that he was
going to move and gave her his new adj
dress.
"About 8 o'clock I was strolling
along the street when I met my man
and his wife and their 14-year-old boy.
The man had clock under his right
arm. picture in his left hand and
roll of bedclothing strapped on his
back. His wife carried large basket
filed with crcckery and small roll of
carpet The boy brought up the rear
with two chairs and dishpan. Hotter
ed on the corner, and presently they
came along with more chairs, collec-
lion of pots and pans, and the man car
ried table On his head. The third load
comprised another basket, probably con-
tanning kitchen utensils, more chairs,
broom, oil can, baby's chair and bag
of flour. The man told my wife that he
had to borrow q pushcart to move his
stove and bedstead.
"Now, just think Of thatl One hun
bred dollars would certainly cover the
cost of that outfit; and three people
lived on it. Doesn't it make you realize
the hollowness of 1ife?"-Philadelp
Press.
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Wilkes Buttons.

Wilkes had the courage which does
not always accompany a sarcastic
tongue, for be fought two duels and
was nearly killed in one of them, and
when challenged On third occasion he
behaved himself, On tho authority Of
Croker, who was certainly no admirer Of
bis, "like a man of temper and honor. !"
His most serious encounter was with
Mr.. Martin, and Wilkes was only saved
by two buttons diverting the bullet.
One Of his admirers procured these pre-
cious relics and put them in case with
the following inscription, '"These two
simple yet invaluable buttons, under
Providence, preserved the life Of my be-
loved and honest friend John Wilkes in
a duel fought with Mr.. Martin on the
10th of November, 1868, when true
courage and humanity distinguished
him in manner scarcely known in for
mer ages
His invincible bravery, as well in the
field as in the glorious assertion Of the
liberty of the subject, will deliver him
down an unparalleled example Of pub
lie virtue to all future generations. "
Wilkes would probably have said to
this, as the Duke OF Wellington to the
obsequious gentleman who escorted him
across Piccadilly, Dent be DID
fool, sir !''-Cornhill Magazine
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Fascinating Mary Smart.

It would seem indeed as if years only
added to the charm of certain remarka-
BILE women. Mary Stuart was Al at the
time she was beheaded, yet she used
her irresistible powers of fascination
through all DER imprisonments and up
to the very last act of the tragedy.
Froude, it is true, insists on certain IN
romantic details, such as the wearing
of & wig by the queen on the day of ex
ecution, but what are wigs when
weighed in the balance with immortal
fascination? 1t was true that Mary was
no special favorite with her own sex,
nor does she nowadays inspire any dis
interested enthusiasm among women.
No; Mary Stuart was "a mans woln-
an" both during her life and ever since
her death. The army Of her masculine
admirers is legion, and the books that
they have written in her cause form a
literature in themselves. The queen Of
Scots died yeung and fascinating at II,
and she will always remain the type Of
eternally irresistible womanhood.-
change.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-14
WHAT ONE SHELL DID.
Course Taken by the One Which Strucl
the Baltimore at Manila.

the Baltimore at Manila.
The most curious incident which oc-
CURED during the battle Of Manila, &C.
cording to the reports, was the course
taken by the shell which struck the
Baltimore, and which zigzagged in all
directions, finally dismounting a inch
gun Captain n. M, Dyer, in his Off
cial report, thus describes the incident ::
"The Baltimore was struck five times
with small prOJecuies, al OF WHICH,
with one exception, exploded Or broke
up. The most serious hit, happily at
tended with no serious injury to any
officer Or man, came from AZ inch
steel projectile which entered the ships
side forward CT the starboard gangway.
about foot above the line Of tho main
deck. Tt passed through the hammock
netting, downward through the deck
planks and steel deck, bending and
cracking deck beam in wardroom state
room No. 5, then glanced upward
through the after engine room, over
against the after cylinder Of No. 6
inch gun (port), carrying away lug and
starting several shield bolts, and put
ting the gun out Of commission, defect
ed to the starboard side, striking ven
tilator ladder and dropping on deck.
''In its passage it struck a box Of
8 FOUNDER ammunition Of tho fourth
division, exploding several charges, and
wounded Lieutenant Kellogg, Ensign
Irwin and six men of the guns crew
none very seriously. This gun was got
ready for use by the afternoon Of May
2, Ensign N. E. Irwin devoting inteln-
gent personal efforts to the accomplish
ment of the work. New York Herald.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-14

COMMISSION R'S OFFICE,
" Staunton, Va, June Is, lo9S.
C. A. Koiner, Trustee
J. C. Thorn ct ais.
All persons interested in the above styled
chancery cause will TAKE NOTICE, thaJ IN pur-
suance of DEGREES Of the Circuit court OF Au-
gusta county entered in said cause shall a1
my Office in Staunton, Va, on
Monday, August LIST, 1898,
proceed to take, state and settle the following
accounts
lst. OF the assets, real and personal. that
passed to the Trustee, q. A. Koiner, by assign
ment deed of date Aug. 20, 1894, executed by
j, G. Thorn.
to the real estate conveyed by said assign
ment and its annual rental and fee simple
value.
Trustee. r,
are fully and correctly set forth in said deed
of assignment.
9Th. Whether the debts mentioned in the Ind
class in said deed in favor of Mrs. Emma v.
Thorn are voluntary debts made by the grant
or. ], c. Thom, without consideration or were
otherwise made or mentioned IN SAID GrusI
deed to hinder, delay OF defraud the creditors
Of said grantor.
tributed.
nth. What fee Chas. Curry is entitled to re-
ceiye for professional services in this cause.
8th OF the questions raised by the petitions
of Hoge a. Hutchinson and others in this
cause.
9Th Any other matters, etc.
H. E r. NELSON,
Commissioner in Chancery.
Chas. Curry, W. A. Pratt, R. W. Crowder, A.
G. Braxton, p. q.
june 24ts
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-14
TOWN OF GUANTANAMO.
A Charming Little City, Once the Resi-
dence of Aristocratio Planters.

A Charming Little City, Once the Resi-
dence of Aristocratio Planters.
The town Of Guantanamo is one Of
the most charming little cities in Cuba
The coast country particularly is noted
for its beautiful groves Of lime and lem
on trees. The heights were once the
fayorite place for the residences Of aris-
tocratio sugar and coffee planters from
the middle and eastern regions, where
all the wealthiest sugar estates are stu
ated. 1t was Cuban Newport or Bar
Harbor The capetals or coffee planta-
tons Of Cuba-and there are many Of
them-are all located in the hills look
ing down upon the placid waters of
Guantanamo bay. Coffee bushes are
planted in the shade of other and larger
trees, and the lemon and lime trees
grow 25 or 80 feet high, thus furnish
ing the perfect shade the coffee bush
needs, and are beautifully ornamental
trees, besides producing great quantities
of the finest fruit, which has CONNER
cial value per acre far exceeding oranges
Mr.. William H. Stewart Of the great
sugar refining firm of r. L. s. William
H. Stewart of New York, the owner Of
the sugar plantation La Carolina, the
finest place on the southern side Of the
island except Don Tomas Terry's estate.
owned a charming italian villa on
point just opposite and below Guanta
namo He had an avenue running up
from the seaside to his residence nearly
a mile in length, laid down in shells
and shaded on either side by growth
of lime and lemon trees for the entire
distance. Don Emilio de Rivas, another
very rich sugar and coffee planter, own
ed a superb old mansion on the heights
Just above and to the southwark Of
Guantanamo in which were 800 acres Of
coffee bushes, shaded and covered by
groves of lemon trees. His annual in
como from fruit and coffee grown here
averaged for over ten years from $685.
900 to $40, 900 in gold.
The eastern end Of Cuba is one Of the
finest regions for coffee culture in the
world, particularly that portion of the
island from Santiago to Guantanamo,
and Cape Maysi and Baracoa, over on
the northern side. If Americans ever
possess Cuba, its ores, fruits and health
full climate and fine mineral springs
will make 1t one Of the richest countries
in the world-St. Louis Globe Demo
GRAFT
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-14
He Found the Firebug.

An Australian farmer who was re-
Gently burned cut On large scale, be-
ing certain that his grass had been felo-
niously ignited offered e25 reward for
the discovery Of the perpetrator and
employed crackers at great expense.
After cursCry examination they decid-
ed that woman had made the tracks,
and when they had unearthed the shoe
that made them it was found to belong
to the farmers 17-year-old daughter,
who, when questioned, admitted that
she had started the fire "because she
loved to sec the people excited and the
water carts hurrying about" The farm
er is now called upon to pay the Gao re-
ward and another e25 expenses in con-
nection with the crackers.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-14
A Long One.

A man we'll known In State street
circles found himself in front of what
he supposed was his Back Bay residence
late one evening recently. He had a
great many dollars worth Of wine I'M
der his waistcoat and could not gain
entrance through the medium Of his
latchkey. Becoming enraged, in a
drunken fashion, he kicked the door,
broke the glass and used language that
is unfit for publication. Finally the
door was opened and the owner Of the
house, who is athletic and irascible.
proceeded to kick the State street fnan-
cier into the middle of the street.
"Wazzer you-hic-mean-hic?' in
quired the assaulted party Indignantly
as he sat upon the curbstone and held
his throbbing brow with both hands.
"And what do you mean by trying to
break into my house?' inquired the
other map.-
ur-hic-house!" exclaimed the
State street man in bewilderment.
"How-hic-long-hash you lived
hic-here?''
"For four years, " was the answer.
"Holy smoke-hic!" exclaimed the
fnancier. "Have I-hic-been drunk
hic-as long as that?''-Boston Tray
e1ar
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a Shrewd SDrn,ise.

The professor, who by the way was
Of Irish extraction, was presiding over
the class in English literature.
"What are tho meaning and deriva-
ton Of tho word 'impadiment?' -
impeachment from the Latin pc
des,' meaning feet is something in
the way; literally in the way of the
feet. >"
Every we'll. Some one give me SEN
tence using the word correctly"
HE had an impairment in his
speech.
"That, +" quickly retorted the profess
or, with the fash on his face which al
ways heralded his wit, "must have
been the man who never opened his
mouth without putting his foot in it. "
-Pearson's Weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-07-14

COMMISSION R'S OFFICE,
" Staunton, Va, June 9th, 1898.
Ida F. Early, etc,
VS..
W. d. Clark'S Heirs, ct ais.
All persons interested in the above styled
chancery cause will Take Notice, that In pur-
suance of two DEGREES of the circuit court of
Augusta county, entered In said cause, / shall
at my office in Staunton, Va, on
Saturday, july 80, 1898,
proceed to take, state and settle the following
accounts:
Ist OF the land fund in this cause, who are
the heirs at law of w. ID. Clarke, decd, ana
the share due each;
End. The transactions of Peter Driver and
G. E. Early, administrators of W. ID. Clark.
deceased;
3rd. What is a fair and reasonable fee for
counsel for conducting this litigation;
4th. What lands VIM. d. Clark died seized
and possessed Of: the nature and condition of
the title thereto, and The liens, if any, binding
thereon in the order of their priority;
9Th. Any other matters, etc.
r. f. X. NELSON,
Commissioner in Chancery.
W. H. Laudes, p. q. Jun 3O-4t
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H. J. Whigham, the newspapers coz
respondent recently released from Caha-,
has, says 900 guns have been mounted
in the defenses Of Havana since the war
began. There can be no famine there
for six months, and the so, 900 soldiers
are in excellent physical condition and
eager to fight.
A single female frog will produce
1000 eggs at time. Frogs subsist on
Insects and are themselves devoured by
variety Of other animals.