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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
Boston's Clerical Romany.

William Dean Howells and other en-
fnent Bostonians are given as author
ity for the statement that there is in
the capital of Massachusetts a certain
clergyman of widespread fame, who,
unknown to the world at large, is
Romany. Every summer this reverend
gentleman cannot resist joining some
gypsy band and roaming from place to
place as his kindred have done since
within the memory of man. Little do
the good mans congregation dream
that, while they picture him as Sc
dately journeying abroad, he is sitting
beside gypsy camp fires and ehattering
the wild Romany tongue, to all intents
and purposes vagrant. But, as Mr..
Howell's pointed out, none ever heard
1t said that this preacher preached any
the worse for his wild, free life over
road and prairie. Indeed, the increased
vfgor and eloquence of his sermons
Immediately after each successive an
nual vacation have long been matters
Of comment in Boston. ."-Washington
Star
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
ANTIPATHY AMONG ANIMALS.
Different Species of Beasts Entertain q
Dislike for Each Other.

Different Species of Beasts Entertain q
Dislike for Each Other.
The likes and dislikes of animals are
unaccountable. Some horses take a
violent prejudice against certain men,
even though they are treated kindly
and though the mans moral character
Is fair. Between the cat and dog there
Is a violent antipathy, which, however,
is not infrequently displayed by NUT
ual respect, and even affection in ex-
ceptional cases. The elephant, hates
dogs and rats. Cows dislike dogs, and
so do sheep, and, what seems stranger,
are particularly partial to bears. On
the other hand, horses loathe and de-
test camels and refuse to be decently
civil to them after long acquaintance.
They even hate the place where cam
els have been, which seems to be car
rying race prejudice to an extreme.
Hartford Courant.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13

Ruskin's view Of the bicycle were ex-
pressed several years ago in a letter
published, which has recently been
brought to public attention, and con-
tains the following:
II not only object, but am quite pre-
pared to spend all my best bad lang
uage' in reprobation of BIZ, tri- and A.,
g., g. or 7-cycles and every other con-
trivance and invention for suppressed
ing human feet on Gods ground.
ITO walk, to run, to leap and to
dance are the virtues of the human
body; and neither to stride on stills,
wriggle on wheels, ror dangle on
ropes, and nothing in the training of
the human mind with the body will
ever supersede the appointed Gods ways
Of slow walking and hard working"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
BOGUS RAW OYSTERS.
When Seasoned Said Not to be Distiu-
euished from the Real Bioalve.

when Seasoned Said Not to be Distin-
guished from the Real Bioalve.
The municipal authorities of Paris
arc engaged in the suppression of an
altogether novel form of food adultera-
don which is assuming phenomenal
proportions. Real oysters are expen-
aive in Paris. and so, with the object
Of suiting slender purses, artificial oys-
ters on the half shell have been in
vented, which are sold at 20 cents a
dozen, and they are so cleverly made
and look so nice and fresh that, once
lemon Juice or vinegar has been added,
they cannot be distinguished from the
real article, especially when white
wine is taken in connection Herewith.
The only genuine thing about these
oysters is the shell, the manufacturers
buying secondhand shells at small
cost, and fastening the spurious oyster
In place with a tasteless paste. The
municipal laboratory has not yet pro-
claimed the ingredients of which these
bogus oysters are composed, but has
announced that they are of harm
ful character.-New York Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
Sherman Teased His Physician.

Once when Gen. Sherman had been
under the care of a physician for some
time, he said:
Doctor, don't seem to be getting
any better, for all your medicine.
"Well General" replied the doctor,
loosely, perhaps you had better take
Shakespeare's advice, and throw ply
sic to the dogs"
'T would, DOCTOR" replied the sick
man, as he turned his head on the pill
low-"I would, but there are number
of valuable dogs in this neighborhood."
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
GARRETT P. SERvISS.

his lectures are replete with photo
graphic reproductions o; the heavenly
bodies, made with the largest of mod
ern instruments. "a Ride with
Comet" transports the awed listener
through fields of astronomical splen-
dor. Mr.. Serviss is equally fascinating
when leading his audience over tour
of the planet on which we live. All
the points of interest in Europe under
the charms of his camera and the be-
witching allurements of his narrative
style, come out with the clearness of
n MONDAY landscape
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
Another Theory About the Fly

Three times science has revised it's
explanation Of how fly crawls on the
ceiling or a window-pane. Originally
the fly was said to have air pumps on
its feet, but this was disproved when
the insect ran up the side of an ex-
hausted glass receiver. 1t was as
serted next that the fy's feet exuded a
gum, but now the discovery is an
nounced that a tiny drop of water in
stead of gum, combined with capillary
attraction, affords the true answer to
the problem. In other words, the
tickling sensations of fly are impart-
ed by sort of moist brush on its feet.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
AND THE BLOW ALMosT--M-
For 1t Meant Twenty Years of Labor
Thrown Away.

Thrown Away.
Representative Eddy of Minnesota,
is n man who makes friend of his
pipe. tits his companion when alone. He
dreams over it. philosophizes over it,
and it Is a sort of condiment to aid in
the digestion of the books he reads.
For twenty years or more he has had
one favorite meerschaum pipe. 1t has
been his pride and the comfort of his
quiet hours. 1t was beautiful and ex-
pensive pipe when he got it, and year
after year a deeper richness Of color
came upon 1t, until it came to be just
about as perfect in every respect as a
meerschaum can be. A short time ago
the amber stem got broken.
Mr.. Eddy took 1t to foreigner who
has shop on a side street in this city
and who was recommended as a re-
pairer of broken novelties. The next
day the mender of novelties appeared
with the pipe carefully done up in a
cloth.
"Ah," he said, II dona a beautiful
repair. 1t is, ah, so beautiful lika
new" and as he unwound. the cloth a
proud smile played across his dark
face. Then he held the pipe up to its
owners eyes. A new amber replaced
the broken stem and the pipe was
white and new looking.
at was, oh, so dirty. I thought l
cleana it. With alcohol and sandpa-
per, very fine sandpaper, I cleana it
beautifully"
The pipe had been carefully sandpa-
pered-very carefully sandpapered.
Washington Star.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
Garrett p. Servlss.

It is safe to say that no American
lecturer now before the public has a
more decided magnetism in manner
president of the department of astron-
omy in Brooklyn Institute. His
warmth of enthusiasm, breadth of
knowledge, glow of coloring in descrip-
ton, raise the auditor into the realm of
poetic feeling. In his chosen field he
conveys vivid idea of the vast ex-
panse of interstellar space, of the
grouping of the nebulae, colored and
double stars, and the Milky Way. All
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
EDISON, JR., WIZARD.
SON OF THE FAMOUS ELECTRICIAN
TO SHIFT FOR HIMSELF.

Ho is Twenty-Five Years Old, and Many
Men of Twice His Age Have Learned In
the Last Few Months to Watch Him
with Much Interest.
Thomas A. Edison has need to look
to his laurels. His son and namesake,
sent forth from the shelter of the pa
ternal roof and beyond the influence
of paternal guidance, expects to make
things warm for his father in the line
of electrical research and invention.
Thomas A. Edison, Jr., is something
of wizard" himself. He is twenty
one years old, and many men of twice
his age have learned in the last few
months to watch him with much inter-
est.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
SHERIFFS SALE.

By virtue OF writ of Levari Facias, isued
out of the Court of Common Pleas OF Columbia
county, Pa, and to me directed, there Will be
exposed to public sale at the Court House, in
Bloomsbury, on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1898,
at o'clock In the afternoon; all that certain
lot or piece of land situate in East Bloomsbury,
columbia county, and State Of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Be-
ginning at stone corner Of Canal street and
lot of Matthias Kindt, and running thence along
said lot northwardly one hundred and sixty feet,
more or less, to Ridge alley; thence along said
alley easGwardly forty feet to lot OF NJ. Kindt
aforesaid, and thence along said lot southwark
ly one hundred and sixty feet, more or less, to
the place Of beginning. 1t being the same
premises which George Barreter and Caroline
Barreter by deed dated November 10, 1886, and
recorded in the Office for the recording of deeds,
&C., in and for Columbia county, in Deed Book,
No. al, pages S71, &C., granted and conveyed un-
to Charles q. Kesty, party hereto, on which is
erected atwo-story
DWELLING HOUSE,
and outbuilding
Seized, taken into execution at the suit of
Fannie Eckroth vs. Charles q. Kesty and Tillle
L. Kesty, his wife, and to be sold as the proper
ty OF Charles C. Kesty and Tillie f. Kesty, his
wife,
BARKLxY, Atty. WV. BLACK,
Sheriff.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
Something Remarkable.

Kansas Villager-We claim to have
the queerest town in the State.
Eastern visitor-In what respect?
It appears to me to be just like hun
dreds of towns back East in its ways.
Exactly. That's what makes it
so aueer-for Kansas" s."-Indianapolis
Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
What Everybody Knows,

Or ought to know, is that health and
even life itself depends upon the con-
dition of the blood. Feeding, as it
does, all the organs of the body, it
must be rich and pure in order to give
proper nourishment. Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla makes the blood pure, rich and
nourishing, and IN this way strengthens
the nerves, creates an appetite, tones
the stomach and builds up the health.
Hoods Sarsaparilla wards off colds,
pneumonia and fevers, which are pre-
valent at this time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
DWELLING HOUSE,
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Estate or Elias McHe,rv, late or Benton Borough,
deceased.
Notice Is hereby Dipen that letters teStdnlentdiV
on the estate or Elias McHt 7rD, late or Benton
Borough, Columbia County, Pa, deceased, hare
been granted 10 M. r. McHenrU, to i1hO1n all per-
sons indebted TO said estate are requested TO make
payment. d,td those hdUtng claims or demands
.ofu make bpotcn the same Ssuhcat detay.
Fritz, ATTY. M. r. McHenTb
l-6-Gss ELPC1ttOr.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13

Last year the United States pro-
duced 15,465, 900 bushels of buck
wheat, most of which was consumed
at home. There are according to
test about 1900 cakes in one bushel,
making a total of 7o,ooo,ooo, 900
cakes in the whole crop.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
AUDITORS NOTICE.

Exceptions TO acknowledgment Of sherifrs
deed by b. w. Jury, Cosmopolitan Building and
Loan Association vs.. Emma Neyhard ct al
In the Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia
County.
The undersigned auditor, appointed by said
Court TO pass upon said exceptions and make
distribution OF the fund arising from the Sher-
interested for hearing and the performance OF
his duties, at his Office In the Town or Blooms
burg, on Friday, the 2Sth day OF January, 1895,
at 10 O'clock in the forenoon at which time ana
place all parties intere sted are required TO pre-
sent their claims, or be forever debarred from
coming in upon the said rund
CHARLES G. BARKLEY,
1-4-'9s st. Awftor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
The Boy from the Family Flat.

Teacher-Willie, that is not the way
to spell emperor" You should not
end the word with an "e-r." If you
will notice. all titles denoting power
and greatness-at least most of them
END with "o-r."
Willie-Oh, see! Just like 'jani-
tnr."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
Capacity Gets There.

What is business capacity, Uncle
Bill?"
Business capacity is having sense
enough to go to the back door when
people won't answer a ring at the
front door."-Chicago Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
Possibilities.

Pere-You're a naughty boy, Tom
my.
Tommy-Well, I'm not half so
naughty as could be.-New York
World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
RULE ON HEIRS.
Estate OF Latina Stout, deceased.

To Fanny Rider, Shickshinny, Pa, Sarah Stout,
Sometimes called Lula Evans, New York City,
of said Lavina Stout, deceased, and to all other
persons Interested, Greeting: You and each OF
You are hereby cited to be and appear before
Bloomsbury, on the first Monday OF February
next, then and there to accept or reruse to take
the real estate OF said Lavina Stout, deceased.
at the appraised valuation put upon It by IN
quest, duly awarded by the said Court, and re-
turned by the Sheriff, or show cause why ft
shall not be sold w. w. BLACK,
Sheriff,
1-6-4t ,Sherins ONCE, Bloomsbury, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
A Quencher.

"Yes," he said, when l was young,
I was eagerly sought after"
"What reward was offered?" asked
the sweet, young girl.-New York
Journal,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
Perhnps They Do.

Smith-"What's this trough of the
sea- we read about?"
Jones-"Oh, guess that is what the
ocean greyhounds drink out of."-Chi-
cago News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
A New Sort,

Weary Wauker-What do you con-
slider the fiercest cross of dog, Dusty?
Dusty Beers--One between you an
de fence!--New York Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
A Distinction.

. Stranger-"Are you the religious ed
itor?"
The Editor-"I cannot tell a lie. I
am only the editor of the religious de-
partment." indianapolis Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-13
Old But True.

Bills-It is so late that l am almost
afraid to ask the landlady for break
fast.
Mills-Keep your nerve; none but
the brave deserves the fare.-Cornell
Widow.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-16
NOTICE TO
NON RESIDENT
DEFENDANTS

You and each OF you will take notice
that ON April 10Th. 1898, the under
signed filed his petition in tie District
court OF Lancaster county, Nebrat ka,
against you "a defendants, by which
petition, the undersigned seeks to fore
close certain mortgage executed by
the eaid M. Susan Cummings, and hus-
band. to c. L. Boggs, and assigned to
this plaintiff; said mortgage being given
upon lot nine 81, in block t8) OF Kim
ney's o Street addition to the city OF
Lincoln, in said county, to secure the
payment OF one certain promissory note
and interest coupon. dated May 1st,
1890. for the sum Of One THOUSAND
Dollars ~ ,OC0) with interest at 10 PEI
cent. from date, due May lat. 1892; that
there is now due upon eaid note and
mortgage the sum Of One Thousand
Dollars $1,000 With interest at 10 per
cent. from May LIST, 1890; plaintiff prsys
for decree that said defendants be re-
quired to pay said sum. or that said
premises be sold to satisfy the same.
Service on said unknown heirs and dew.
isees is made hereby under order and
direction Of said District Court, given
by order in said cause, on the 18th day
Of June. 1885, You are required to
answer said petition on or before the Sth
day OF August. 1893.
Dated June 18th. 1898.
FREDERICK WoHLENBERG.
Plaintiff
BY FIELD & Brown,
His Attorneys.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-16
BY THE WAY, HOW ABOUT THAT
SUMNER TRIP?

Which way are you going this year?
We want a word with you on the sub
ject. You know its our business to help
you out in plans for railroad or steam
ship trip and We are lsays glad to do
60. But We need your assurance to
start with. just tell US where you want
to go and we will furnish you with plans
and specifications in the shape Of routes,
rates. time schedules. luxury OF equip
ment. etc, etc.
Remember that this year we are more
in the passenger business than ever. II
you doubt this statement please 90 to
the corner of Ninth and S street and
view our superb new passenger station,
finely appointed and designed for the
convenience and comfort Of Elkhcrn-
Northwestern line passengers, and then
when ready TO go forth, east, south or
west, call on
A. S. FIELDING.
City Ticket Agent. III So. Tenth st.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-16
BY FIELD 4 Brown,
His Attorneys.
First publication July 9.l3

First publication July 81
10 re Estate Of In the County
Amelia Ii. Howell, Court Of Lancaster
deceased. County. Nebraska.
The State Of Nebraska, to Adele G..
Harley, Alice l.. Ford and Dora A.
Perry and to any other persons interest
ed 10 said matter
Take notice. that petition signed by
j. II. Harley, praying said court to
grant letters OF administration Of said
estate to Adele G. Harlev hse been fled
10 said court; that the same is set for
hearing on the first day Of August, 1898,
at 10 o'clock q. M, and that if YOU do
not then appear and contest, said Court
may grant administration OF the said es
tate to Adele G. Harley. N1,ice Of this
proceeding shall be published thre,
weeks successfully in the COURIER prior
to said hearing.
Witness my hand aud the zeal Of
said court this 5th day OF July, A. ID.
1898.
3. T. COCHRAN,
County Judge
By DUDLEY COCHRAN
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-16
ear to sooths him when he moaned. II

ear to sOOtha him when he moaned. IL
they had only gone! Anton walked
resileesly back and forth across the
room from the bed TO the window IL
they could only 60 vet! But it was too
late Carl was dying. Outside the
wind was bowling louder and the sound
made Anton shudder. The wind would
howl like this tomorrow ano the next
day when they would put Carl out I'M
der the dry prairie grass. And it would
howl like this the day after when Anton
would be alone in the house. 1t would
howl like this when he would ride away
to the east. But Carl would not be
with him. The wind would howl over
Carl's grave when Anton was in Ger
many. Unless Carl got well. He might
get well yet.
Anton stood at the window. The
little clock behind him licked on
toward twelve. The wind rose higher
and became steady blast. The clouds
stood for long. long time listening at
first to Carl's moaning. then thinking Of
the old times when he had gone with
Carl to school; when he had played with
Gail up in the garnet; when they had
hunted together in the woods. Finally
he reused himself. Carl was not
groaning now; he was only breathing
steadily.
Anton half turned back TO the bed
side still looking out of the window. lie
saw in the increasing light the corn
fields white aud desolate. the long lice
OF black plum bush up the ravine from
the canon. the cottonwood branches
swsying up and down between him and
the sand hills, the long. low shadow
where the praries stretched away to the
south.
As he looked the clouds broke slightly
and through the rift the full moon sent
a CLEAN. faint and yellow. upon the
earth. Anton's heart gave a painful
throb. The storm was passing over.
He stepped again to the bed where
Carl lay motionless just as he had lain
for days and days. But the face had
lost it's ghastiy look. Anton put out his
fingers and touched gently the white
cheek. 1t was moist-moist not with
the cold damp that had been there at
times before, in the night, but with a
warm moisture like that on the face Of a
sleeping child.
Anton stood erect. He no longer
doubted or feared. He threw back his
head with swift prayer and then he
thought OF his mother.
when you get well. Carl" be whis-
pered intensely and bent low over the
quiet face on the pillow. when you get
well Carl, we can 90 home"
ANNIE PREY
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-16
Fifteen Hours to Chicago.

IL all it takes il you leave Lincoln on
the Burlington's new fast train at 11:l9
p. M. any day. No change Of cars. En-
tire train Of Pullman sleepers and free
reclining chair cars runs solid TO Chi
cAgo union depot. Call at B & NJ depot
or city Office, cor. D and 10th streets for
berths, tickets and full information.
GEO. w. BoNNELL, C.P.&T.A.
Subecribe for TUE COrRvrp Al , v.o,
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-16

COLORADO
FOR THE
SUMNER

Two solid ves.ibule trains daily.
Leaving Lincoln at 6:l0 p. m and 30
am. Arriving in DeGver at 100 a. no.
and l 30 D. Nd. and always on time.
Il. x Nj. depot cor. eth and p stS.
City Ticket office cor 10th and D
streets.
G.. W. BONNELL. @. p. & ia.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-16
ON A CLAIM.


rie and swept down the canon: 1t
grsppled with the old cottonwood trees
where they spread their roots in the sal.
low network to hold the crumbline clay
along the csnon's edge. 1t was evening
and the daylight fiickered as the wind
rose higher. Clouds creeping along the
hills Stuffed out the flame In the west.
The brown praries lay shivering at
last in the darkness. The long grasses
in the slough huddled close whispering
Of the coming storm and the winter it
would usher in. The angry vino lashed
the whisper into mnffled groan. Un-
affected as yet by the wind, rose thin
column OF white smoke from the Chin
ney OF Anton Christiauson' 9 claim shan
~, and even when the wind did bend
the column of smoke and whirl it away,
within the house there was a quiet that
could not be disturbed, the dread quiet
of Inconsistencies that might soon be
the quiet Of death.
The wind could not disturb the repose
Of The dark front r. ON nor, indt ed.
the CHEEKY / omliness Oh the little back
kitchen. Here there was lire in the
small cracked cook stove. The light
beamed out from the open door in front.
from the holes in the lids and the ragged
joints in the pipe. The brightness was
reflected from The white washed walls,
from the yellow painted chairs ard
from the white pine table. The dishes
in the open cupboard shone red. A little
looking glass by the door threw down
the light into the polished tin pans On
the box below.
Only one place in the room showed
black. the door that stood open into the
front room. Here, reused from his
watching by the sound OF the storm,
stooa Anton Christensen, tall and pale
and heavy eyed; but the light from tie
stove, falling on his face. lit it up with
faint glow. He rested his hand weakly
against the door. But be siOoo only
moment His quick car heard behind
him soft moan and he turned back
where Carl, his brother. was dying. IL
was typhoid fever the doctor had said
though Anton had not remembered the
strange word. 1t WAS fever: that was
all he cared. His sister had died of fever
when she wac little. Carl, too. had had
q fever in Germany, iopg weeks and
weeks, and their mother had cared for
him. Now Carl was here 10 America.
Their mother was in Germany. The
ocean lay between her and them. Aud
tonight Carl was dying, the doctor and
the other people had said so. But Anton
did not believe it. He had sent the PEG
pie all away that he might be alone witt
Carl il he should die. But be would
not die. Anton knew it. The fire would
not burn as it did tonight il Carl were
dying. The clock on the little shelf
above Carts bed would not TICK so
peacefully if Carl were dying. The
rooms VT re warm; the world was quiet.
Carl would not die.
So Anton had thought in the early
evening and faint smile bad come to
his eyes. But, as he had smiled. the
first gust of the storm had swept down
the canon. Anton's eyes hal widened
aud be had listened fearfully. 1t was
the wiz ter coming. 1t would storm
and the wind would creep freezing 10
around the doors and windows. The
house would tremble in the night and
the cottonwood trees beside the house