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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
The Answering of Letters.

Time was when men and women
took letter writing very seriously, and
sat down to the cesk as il to an i'm
portant task. The scrawls of the
modern girl; her hasty dashing off Of
an epistle to eaten post her dozen
notes scribbled in hot haste and illeg-
ible penmanship, sealed with sprawl
ing wax, and dismissed with sigh of
relief, would have filled a young wo-
man of Jane Austin's day with un-
ieigned horror. Apart from the stilted
style, affected by persons who had the
courtllness OF their period and its
leisure, without the Unborn grace oi
the raeOntenr who is of no period, but
belongs to all time, the epistolary re.
mains of the last century and of still
earlier centuries, possess an interes,
which we shall vainly seek in the an
nails of our own day when we come
to search for them in letters. Cow
per, Madame de Sevigne, Mary Nit
ford, the ladies of the Hare family
Mrs. Browning in yesterday jus
past, and others, whose memoirs form
part of our literary wealth, are gooc
examples of the perfect tter.-Har
Per'S BaSar
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
A Surnri~esI lprber.

Wearing wigs has not gone ont of
style by any means, said a New Or
leans barber who has an eye for the od-
dities Of the trade. 1.-THE only reason
why we don't notice so many of them
is that they are made a great deal bet
ter than they used to be. Why, even
the BARRIERS get fooled now and then.
"The other day gentleman came
into the shop to get shaved. The barber
finished the job without noticing any
thing unusual. and as he laid aside the
razor he sprung the usual chestnut Il
notice n good deal of Gandruif is aC-
CumulltinY on your scalp, he said,
'anl If you don't look ont you'll begin
to get bald. That seemed to tickle the
customer and he grinned from ear to
ear. 'Oh, guess I've got hair enough
TO last for awhileI says he, still grin
ming. You have plenty now, says the
barber, but with all that dandruff it
will soon commence to thin ont Better
let me give you nice shampoo.
"As he spoke he ran his hands through
the gentleman hair and gave it two or
three hard rubs, and, upon my word
the whole thing came off just as if he
had been scalped. The poor man yelled
murder, and the barber stood there para
lyzed, holding the wig in his hands and
his eyes sticking ont like hat pegs. He
told me afterward he was never so
scared in his life. Since then he hasn t
said a word about dandruff. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
Summer Tours to the North.
Two Tours 10 Canada via Pennsylvania Rail.
rond.

For the Summer of 1896 the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has arrang-
ed to run two personally conducted
tours to Canada and Northern New
York.
The first tour, leaving July az, in
cludes Niagara Falls, Toronto, Thous-
and Islands, Rapids OF the St. Law
renee, Quebec, Lake St. John, The
Saguenay, Montreal, Au Sable Chasm,
Lakes Champlain and George, Sara
toga, and Highlands of the Hudson,
occupying seventeen days. Round
trip rate, $I25.
The second tour, leaving August 2
covers the same territory with the ex-
ception of Lake St. John and the Sag
uenay, and occupies fourteen days.
Round-trip rate, Sroo,
Each tour will be in charge of one
Of the company's tourist agents, assist
ed by an experienced lady as chaperon
whose especial charge will be unescort
ed ladies'.
The rate covers railway and boat
fare for the entire round trip, parlor
car seats, meals en- route, hotel enter
tainment, transfer charges, and carri
age hire.
For detailed itinerary, tickets, o.
any additional information, address
Tourist Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, Ir96 Broadway, New York
500 Fulton Street, Brooklyn; IS,
Broad Street, Newark, N. ]; or Geo
w. Boyd, Assistant General Passeng
er Agent, Broad Street Station, Phila
delphia. 10 1T
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
GOTHAM'S INFAMOUS CAFES.
Glance Mt the Interior of u NOto-
rious One That Was Raided
by the Police.

Through one of the most infamous
of the cafes a Leslie's Weekly writer
went recently, just after the police had
raided it with axes. The entire ground
floor was a drinking hell of tawdry ele-
gance. On the second floor was gam
bling room reached by devious pas
sages through heavily barred gates.
The upper floors were loding-rooms of
almost unimaginable dinginess and
squalor. Throughout the entire estab-
lishment was series of signal bells,
peep holes, falling bars and special
locks, and ready exit was given by no
less than four specially constructed and
supposedly secret passages. The
rickcty old tenement had been made
into a veritable labyrinth of pseudo
mysterious precautions against the po-
lice. When the police did come the
warning was given by man stationed
in the street for that purpose-called
appropriately enough a lighthouse"
the signal bells changed, the bars fell,
the special locks slid into place, eyes
blinked at the peep holes and at the last
moment the aroused inmates scurried
| through the secret passages into the
arms of the officers who were waiting
| for them there. That cafe went out OF
| existence, but others are still doing a
cautious business.
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Eeecher's Wise Advice.

The advice once given to his son
by Henry Ward Beecher is deserving
OF high consideration. 1t was as fol-
lows:
You must not go into debt. Avoid
debt as you would the devil. Make
it a fundamental rule: No debt-cash
or nothing.
Make few promises. Religiously
observe the smallest promise. A man
who means to keep his promises can
not afford to make many.
Be scrupulously careful in all state
ments. Aim at accuracy and perfec!
frankness, no guesswork-elther moth
ing or absolute truth.
When working for others sink your
self cut Of sight; seek their interest
Make yourself necessary to those who
employ you by industry, fidelity and
scrupulous integrity. Selhshness is
fatal.
Hold yourself responsible for a
higher standard than anybody expects
of you. Keep your own standard
high. Never excuse yourself to your
self. Never pity yourself. BE hare
master to yourself, be lenient to every
body else.
Concentrate your forces on you
own business: do not turn off. Be
constant, steadfast, preserving.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
Reduced Rates to indianapolis
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Epwor,h
League International Convention.

On account of the Epworth League
international Convention, to be held
at Indianapolis, Ind, July 20 to a3,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell excursion tickets from points
on its line, to Indianapolis, at rate of
single fare for the round trip.
Tickets will be sold on July IS and
Io, and will be good to return until
July "a, inclusive, except that by de-
posting ticket with the Joint Agent
at Indiapolis before July "a, and the
payment of fifty cents, the return
limit may be extended to leave In
dianapolis not later than August 20,
1899.
For specific rates and conditions
apply to slcket agents. 7-I3-2t
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or 25c
II c. q. ~ fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Niagara Falls Excursions.
Low Rate Vacation Trips via Pennsylvania
Railroad.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has selected the follwlng dates
Tor its popular :en-day excursions to
Niagara Falls from Philadelphia, Bal
timore, and Washington: July 27,
August 10 and "a, September 7 and
81, and October S and 70. An ex-
perlenced tourist agent and chaperon
will accompany each excursion.
Excursion Tickets, good for return
passage on any regular train, exclusive
of limited express trains, within ten
days, will be sold at $1,000 from
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
and all points on the Delaware Div
ision; $TI,25 from Atlantic City; Sc. 90
from Lancaster; $S so from Altoona
and Harrisburg; $50 from Sunbury
and Wilkesbarre; $5.75 from William
sport; and at proportionate rates from
other points. A stopover will be al
lowed at Buffalo, Rochester, Canaan
| daigua, and Watkins within the limit
returning.
A special train of Pullman parlol
cars and day coaches will be run with
each excursion. An extra charge vii
be made for parlor car seats.
Tickets for side trip to the Thous
and Islands alexandra Bay will be
sold from Rochester in connection
with excursions of July 27, August Ie
and "a, September 7 and Fl, good tc
return to Rochester or to Canandaigu;
via Syracuse within five days, at rat'
of $3.50.
Tickets for a side trip to Toronto
will be sold at Niagara Falls for $I.o'
on July 20, August IL, and 26, ant
September 20. In connection wit
excursion of September 7, tickets wi
be sold to Toronto and return at re
duced rates, account Toronto Fair.
For time of connecting trains an
further information apply to neares
ticket agent, or address Geo. w. Boyc
Assistant General Passenger Agent
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
TO st
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
how Nebraska Regiments Charge.

1t was during the campaign along
the Railway that the duty of charging
the enemy fell on Nebraska. They
occupied the extreme right of the line,
and as the enemy invariably moved off,
before our advance, from our front TO
our right, Nebraska had hard fighting
every day, even when the rest OF Gen.
eral McArthur's division found little
resiste nee. 1t came TO such a pass
that the mere appearance of Colonel
Stotsenburg was the signal for
charge.
When Colonel Stotsenburg crossed
the field towards his men they rose
from that ditch with a shout. For
hours they had lain under the scorch-
ing sun, exposed more or less ID the
enemy's fire, without answering. Many
wounded had already been taken
back There came their Colonel.
He would lead them to victory, as he
had always done. Nebraska with a
wild cheer started forward. They had
gone some distance before General
Hale realized what they were doing.
"Why," he exclaimed, "they a.e not
coming back; they are going forward,
stop them! Stop them!'
w'll try" SAID Maj. Mulford, "but
when they once get started they are
hard to stop"
When the Maj. reached the Ne
braska line, however, 1t was so near
the insurgent trenches that he realized
the folly Of bringing it back over that
open field, and instead o. delivering
General Hale's order he joined IN the
charge.
Colonel Stotsenburg had to run to
get up with his regiment. When he
reached them the first enthusiasm oI
the charge had worn off. He shook
them into form, and the little com
panies now went ahead by rushes-
alternate companies kneeling to fire
while the others ran forward. The
insurgents made an effort to STOP
them. Every Mauser from the trench.
es empted its contents across the
open field. AS the American line ad-
vanced the Utah guns had to stoT
firing. With good marksmen in those
trenches, the position could not have
been taken by infantry on a dlrec
charge. Gradually the firing from the
trenches grew less and less, showing
that the insurgents were retreating
and at last the first American crossed
the trenches. 1t was another victor,
for Nebraska, but dearly paid for
When the losses for the day were
counted, it was found that seven wer'
killed and forty four wounded. Near
ly all of this loss was from the trool
of the Fourth Cavalry and the Neb
raska regiment. Greatest loss Of all
Colonel Stotsenburg was shot through
the heart two hundred yards from tn,
| insurgent earth-works.-John F. Bass
in Harper's Weekl.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
The Largest Trees In the World.

The largest tree in the world is to be
seen at Mascali, near the foot Of
Mount Etna, and it is called 'the Chest
nut Tree of Hundred Horses Its
name rose from the report that Queen
Jane of Aragon, with her principal no.
bility, took refuge from violent storm
under its branches. The trunk is 204
feet in circumference, The largest tree
in the United States, it is said, stands
near Bear creek, on the north fork of
the Tule river, in California. 1t meas
ures 140 feet in circumference. The
giant redwood tree In Nevada is 110
feet in circumference Ladies Home
Journal
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
william Blacks Disturbed Dip.

There fingers in Oban legend to the
effect that one hot day William Black,
the novelist, went to quiet place out
of sight to swim. He undressed in re-
mote part of the rocks. When he was
in the water, a woman, deeply immers-
ed in blue volume which was 1.-The
Princess of Thule" came and sat un-
Willingly near his clothes. The swim
mer, tired with his exercise, was anx-
ious to return to his garments, but the
lady on shore was far too engrossed
with the fortunes of Princess Sheila to
heed the coughing intimations of his
presence. Presently matters came to a
crisis. A sportsman passed along the
rocks and discerned Mr.. Black dark
head bobbing above the waves. He took
il for seal and was taking a deadly
aim when Mr.. Black jumped up in the
water and implored: Don't fire. I'm
human man"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
FLOWERS FOR OLD STAMPS.
How the Women of st. Marks Epis-
copni Church in Chicago Get
Altar Decorations.

One church congregation in Chicago
collects $4,000 cancelled postage stamps
every week, and / 300, ,OO0 in year. This
is ST. Marks Episcopal church, corner
Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-siXth
street. These stamps are scld to a flor
ist for eight cents thousand, and in re-
turn he furnishes flowers for the altar
every Sunday. For long time the COM
mittee of ladies in charge Of the church
decoration were dismayed at the scant
appropriation for the purchase of flow
crs. At last one of them hit upon the
plan of selling old postage stamps. En-
thusiasm was communicated to the
Sunday school pupils. They visited Of
fees of vestrymen and prominent
church members downtown and got
them 10 save the postage stamps on
their correspondence. Ladies of the
church began to carry on correspond
ence with long-neglected friends for
the sake of accumulating Cancelled
postage stamps, and the habit is now
fixed, says the Inter Ocean.
why, I'd as soon think of throw
ing away car fare as to waste old post
age stamps" said one.
The stamps at first were counted, but
now an arrangement has been made
with the florist TO take them by weight.
1t Is said that they are purchased by
foreign paper mills. Owing to the fine
quality of the material used by Uncle
Sam for stamps they make over into an
excellent brand Of paper.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13

Clara ION the wrong side of 30)-I
am sure don't know what he sees in
her.
Cholly-Well, they say love is blind.
Blind Nonsense l never
saw man in love yet who did not see
ten times as much in his sweetheart as
l could. Harlem Life.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
sic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
2urites from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
md that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,--beauty for ten cents All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, Zoe, 25c, SOC.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
Snved.

"Spare mel" pleaded the trembling
captive, falling upon his knees.
Every well, replied the cannibal.
with grin. ~ will save You for my
Sunday dinner. New York Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13

She" He said he would do any
ting in the world l wanted him ter"
He "An' what did yer tell him ?"
She GO l tole him to go Chase him
self"
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Mining Shares for Sale.

Why look for investments when you
can find good mining shares to invest
in? There is no business enterprise or
investment that has made such large
fortunes for the investor as have the
mining shares of the Northwest.
We are now offering 10000 shares of
the Zenith Gold Mining company of
Mammoth, Madison county, Mont, at
so cents per share. This company owns
10 full claims and they have an excel
lent showing. Some of the ores assay
as high as $6S1.00 in gold, rs per cent.
copper and So ounces in silver per ton.
This stock is good investment. We
also offer $4,000 shares of the Admiral
Dewey Gold Mining company's shares
of Republic camp. Wash. at I cents
per share. This company owns four
full claims and has an excellent show
ing. The ledge is over 40 feet wide
W. H. Nichols, mining broker No. L
West Broadway, Butte, Mont. p O.
boy 455
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Dentist Rinehart's ad. Page 10.
NEWEST WORD IN FLANDERS.
Euphonious Term by Which Horseless
..... Carriage Is Known.

From the New York Herald.
Some new words have necessarily
been added to the English language
carriage, and the vocabularies of other
tongues have also naturally been
similarly enriched in all countries
where such carriages have become pop
ular.
With few exceptions all these words
are technical and their true signih-
canoe is only understood by the cleo
bers of the Flemish academy of Anvers
recently determined to frame a word
which would be readily Ineligible to
all who understood the language of
Flanders and who had ever seen
horseless carriage, and the result was
that after much deep thought they
framed the following word:
lrijtuig."
This euphonous word signifies "a
carriage which works by means of pc
troleum, which travels fast, which has
no horses and which is not run on
rails" That is, from one point of
view. a fine example of multum impair
vo, but it may be questioned whether
one extraordinarily long word is prefer
able ITO half a dozen short words. The
Flemish people, however, think differ
emily. and the academicians of AnVers
have been highly complimented by
them on their linguistic skill as seen in
this unique word.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-20

corder, was called and asked to identity
the notarial commission of j. {. CAL
braith, who acknowledged the sigma
ture of the defendant to his affidavit.
The prosecution closed and Mr.. Camp
bell filed motion to dismiss on these
grounds: That it has not been shown
that the part of the affidavit allie ed
to be false was material to the issue in
the action when the same was used
In his argument Mr.. Campbell held
that it was not material whether Judge
Clancy was in II. L. Franks place or
where he was, SO long as he was not at
tempting to hear the motion to dis
charge the receiver. as it was to show
he was not, that the affidavit was
sworn to and submitted to the supreme
court and for no other purpose.
Mr.. Kelly, for the prosecution, took
the opposite view and held that even
though the purpose of the affidavit was
to show Judge Clancy was failing to
perform his official functions, if any
material allegation in the affidavit was
false, the defendant was guilty of per-
jury.
Mr. Corbett took the position that the
imputation of the affidavit was that
Judge Clancy and Major MaGinnis
We're not in H. l.. Franks place for a
proper purpose. and therefore the allie
cation in this respect was material, and
the allegation being false, the defend
ant was guilty of perjury.
After Mr.. Campbell's reply the motion
was overruled and the court made an
order binding the defendant over to
the district court in bonds of 81 .000 the
original bond being continued in force
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-20
A CASE OF P0OOLEC|DE
Two Men Who Would Like tc
Meet the Woman.
PUSHED THE JOKE ALONG
A Three Cornered Chunk of Rock Re-
vealed the Plot of the Drama,
and Now Cigars Are Being
Passed Around.

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"a'hei me "ho ''"'' We pieaseo "
make the acqualntanc" Of the woman
who buried Fido in the railroad fill
Mouth % yv,uor,,iTe tl,, o4,,o, ao, IL
''' va - w ''''01 ''' i''
the frst place they Want 10 know the
cause of the dogs death and why its
mistress didn't file a certificate of
,aa.,, .o.,, .;+,, 49,, o.tao,,.,,
"e"'h 'o5e''iei WV CAV "''''' 'ie"
to the blue ribbon ina was tied around
his neck Furthermore they would
like to know WHY the d,a wasn't huriad
NEARER tne iioiie y. l'9 i'ou! ming liiia
itS9 HlS'eao VI IT, ",Po9ileu uiiuei
lie peu OF laiiiodl laf from the
scel'es OIL us Soohs "oShoou' aniohs
strangers.
- has peeh ieih''N Wy raaheS
Witnessed the li.e5l'lrH' ana informed
Mayor ioflhey, Alueilliah SINS MAI
s,lal .ufrah ana roi 5"'at ",illa'ils "
me me Ailte mine u na' ne iiau SCI en-;
lhese men soon 'i'aiter sallsiieu
tLeiilsel'eS that II was hot case 81
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sooner had they returned to their posts
OF duty IN the Ailce MN IMAM william
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staole' ana Lohh ih"'l"S' hiaster ne
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scehe. having llealu ~ tile my 9'e1 ."''9
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| crime ought 70 pe nu'S '',t sai. SAM, 'S
| man. Rave you any SuSpI'iul'S
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pest hot TO say 700 "Iu'h even IL oile
bases ms suspicious on VIVA. ne coi-
sldefS aosolute proof vi COURSE l llaN
my opinions IN t,llS mayer 'iie sa'l'e
| d. YOU no uoupt i.oi" A'e'tel vi oii
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saiu 'ath' surrey t'eS Sai' 7@ ~
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Notice, A, o. u. w,

All members of Butte lodge No. 1
and visiting brothers of the A. O. r.
w. are requested to meet at Miners
Union hall on Thursday. April 90 at
l o'clock p. m. to attend the funeral of
our brother, Charles Chamberlain.
J. H. NEGEL M. w.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-20
Nav Festival,

Grand concert and bali for the benefit
of the Butte soldiers at Manila will he
held at the Auditorium Dewey Day.
May list, under the auspices of Louise
lodge No. 8, o. d. H. S. No pains VIII
be spared by the popular lodge to make
this the event of the season.
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DRS. MURRAY g. FfEuHD

Hospital anu 0tices corner Quartz ana
Alaska streets. Butte. Mont. Telephone
30 and 1l6 for Amb Alance.
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soc vinegar 25c; good bread -four
81 80 per 100: : pounds strawberry pre-
serves 75c. Cooks 331 East Park st.
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Pay your subscription to the Ana
conda Standard for one year in advance
and secure the handsome premium,
Paris of To-Day
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Calling Cards.

Call at the Standard Office 81 East
Broadway, and see the latest styles Of
calling cards.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-20
Montana Collateral Bank.

Just opened. 80 South Main stree
Formerly known as Uncle Sans Loan
office. Helena Money loaned on al
kinds of collateral at low rates of in
terest. C. Kara tofsky, proprietor.
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Bar fixtures, show cases and mantels
in stock. Miller, So East Granite.