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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
BOSTON FOR A PATTERN.
Courtesy shown Absent-Mindrd Pas
scngcrs Mt "a Railroad
station.

man sat in the Reading terminal
the other day, says the Philadelphia
Record, so wrapped up in n Boston
newspaper that he let his train slip oif
without him. When he found that he
would have to wait two more hours he
seemed annoyed, but, notwithstanding
his annoyance, he was kind enough TO
explain in n loud voice TO a couple Of
uniformed officials how they ought TO
run things at the terminal.
You ought to do MS we Go in Eos
ton," he said. At the stations there the
names of the cities and towns all over
the country that the trains run to are
printed in big letters on the wall, and
the seats for the waiting passengers are
grouped around these names. Suppose
/ want to go to Washington. l run my
name I'm after l sit down near it in
Washington seat. Then when n train
is ready the enunciator. ms we call him
in Boston, don't know what you call
him here-goes quietly to the people
who are in that trains seat, touches
them on TIE shoulder and murmurs in
a polite way: Your train, sir Your
train, madam. Gate H. Now. that's the
way to do it. No shouting, no confu-
sion, no trains escaping without their
passengers. That's how we manage
things in Boston"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
SIXTY-FIVE SNAKES.
Chnt Number of Young Ones swsi-
lowed by n Thirty-Inch Moth
er WriggIcr.

Prof. w. II. Gaar, superintendent of
the schools at New Lisbon, small town
in Indiana, made remarkable discov-
cry in natural history few days ago.
Prof. Ganr is naturalist of recognized
standing and has many specimens of
rare animals and plants preserved in
his Museum, but the specimen snake
Just secured is the most interesting and
curious of all this collection, reports q
local exchange.
Prof. Gaar tells the story of his cap
ture and his statement is corroborated
by Frederick Dryer and John Boyer,
farmers, who witnessed the capture.
Following is Prof. Gaar's story: THE
other day at my nursery killed n slate
colored snake about 80 inches long, of
q variety unknown to me. Near the
neck Of the snake the skin was appar-
emily broken, and through this aper-
ture, which was natural orifce, was
surprised to see small snake wrigglc
out, followed by four others. I enlarged
the orifce and discovered duct or
canal extending the entire length OF the
snake. In this duct were co more little
snakes, making in all 65 snakes that
were contained in the duct or canal.
The sun was shining hot and the little
fellows snapped and bit viciously, but
they all died in short time.
"The canal which contained the
snakes must have been the regular ALI
mentary canal, as there was no other
canal or passage in the body to serve
the purposes of assimilation. This
canal was full of little snakes its entire
length, and each little wriggler was In
closed in an individual filmv sack"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
EXECUTORS SALE
-OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.

The undersigned, executors OF the estate OF
John Zaner, late OF Fishingcreek township,
Columbia County, Pennsylvania, deceased, will
expose to public sale, on the premises, In said
township, on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER II, 1899,
at ten o'clock a. m, the following described
real estate viz: Bounded on the north by Fish
ingcreek, east and south by land formerly j. NJ.
Dewitt, and west by land OF Daniel Whitenight,
containing
I7S ACRES
and thirty-seven perches OF land, less the right
OF way OF b. q s. Railroad, on which are erected
2 SETS OF FARM BUILDINGS.
Late the homestead OF said John Zaner. The
land is mostly level, in high state OF cultiva-
ton. Zaner's station is located on the tract.
Suitable place for the selling OF coal Well
watered, good farm for raising and sale OF stock
The old turnpike runs through the tract, along
which the buildings are erected.
TERMS OF SALE Twenty per cent. at strik-
ing down OF the property twenty per cent.
January /, 1900, at which time possession will
be given. -
WIN. CHRlSMAN, ExpoUroRs.
LLOYD ZANER,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
DOG IN A DIVORCE COURT.
A Sharp-Sccnted bloodhound at
Bucharest Picks Up n BIT OF
: Damaging Evidence.

A certain well-known inhabitant Of
Bucharest is the director of manufac-
tory which, being situated on the out
skirts of the city, he goes to early each
morning, returning late In the after
noon.
The director was some few years ago
married TO the daughter of "A rich mer-
chant. He also possesses splendid
bloodhound, which had become very
clever in finding and bringing any lost
object of his master or mistress.
Little did the director, when teaching
his dog the trick, fancy to what pur-
pose he was doing it.
Among his intimate friends he reck-
oned certain banker, and visiting him
one afternoon, accompanied by his dog,
he noticed it sniff around the waste
paper basket and then bring out from
among the scraps of paper green silk
handkerchief, which seemed strangely
familiar to him. He seized it and pock-
eted it, without the banker noticing,
and soon after took his leave.
The lady was packed off to her par
ents and proceedings for divorce COM
menced She ultimately confessed to
having given the handkerchief us a
memento, which the banker had thrown
into his waste paper basket to be found
by the intelligent bloodhound.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
THE DOUBLE EAGLE
A 1t Appears In the Arms of Russia
and Austria Is of Ancient
Origin.

The eagle, as an emblem Of authority,
is so old that it would he impossible to
clearly trace its origin. 1t is found
upon the most ancient sculptures that
have yet been discovered, and was no
doubt one of the very oldest of the
totems, or tribe signs. The early Per-
sian empire appears to be the first
which adopted it as an imperial em-
blem. Among the Greeks the eagle was
the emblem of Jove. The Romans also
adopted the eagle rs their standard,
and so it became the token of Roman do
minion. When Constantine became en-
peror he adopted the double-headed
eagle as the insignia of his authority
over east and west. When the German
empire came into being in the twelfth
century this emblem was revived as be-
ing that of the Holy Roman empire, and
Rudolph of l!npsburg adopted it as his
imperial arms. 1t appeared the Rus
sian imperial arms in the sixteenth CEN
tury, when Car Ivan Bnsilovitch mar
ried Princess Sophia, niece of the eley-
enth Constantine, and the last of the
Byzantine emperors.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
TO RECLAIM THE LAND.
Dikes Are Proposed In Plan TO
Render Submerged California
Estates Profitable.

Application of the Dutch method of
dilting has resulted in the reclamation
of about 10000 acres of low-lying
ground in the basin of the Sacramento
river, California, below the city of Sac
ramento, while work is in progress to
protect 10000 more acres from the In
cursions of the last IS or 16 years. About
100000 acres are yet to be drained in
the Sacramento bottoms and a less area
in the lowlands of the valley of the San
joaquin. Attempts at diking made over
90 years ago failed because the sur
face soils and the peat used in con-
structing the dikes could not Withstand
the wearing effect of the rivers current.
Much money was wasted and the dis
beartened workers abandoned the en-
terprisc. The newcomers on the ground
dug deeper than their predecessors and
found bed of potter's clay, which,
when hcaped up in levees, is baked by
the sun to almost the consistency Of
pottery. The accumulated water with
in the dikes is discharged into the river
by pumps. A system of irrigation Of
the higher portion of the reclaimed
lands is provided, and the apparent con-
tradiction Is presented of the draining
and the irrigation at one time of the
same body of land. For n depth of two
feet the land is n mat of decayed tule
stems, and, with control of the water,
the former swamps have been made the
most productive lands in the state.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
CAR-RIDING MAKES HER SAD.
IL ~ Because Mothers III-Trent
Their Small Boys by Pulling
Them About.

81 am always made sorry when ride
in the cars, through the shopping dis
trictS particularly" says The Chicago
Chronicle of Il woman, "to see the way
mothers iIl-trcat small boys. 1t is an
ethical cruelty, but quite as disastrous
as physical i'll treatment might be, it
seems to me. / see poor little fellows
Of seven and eight, nice little men, who
would be manly If they were allowed
to be, pulled around in the cars, out of
the cars, pushed into that seat and out
of it into another as il they were so
many little dummies.
"They usually are very nearly that,
fo. seven or eight years of such push
ing and pulling are enough to take
all the spirit out of n small boy un-
less he has unusual vigor of character.
\ boy of that age ought to be begin
ming to look ont for his mother and
finding seats for her. Occasionally u
sensible mother, who treats her boy like
a human being, is to be found, and it is
pleasure to see the two together. The
boy who is dragged around like little
mun during the early part of his life
is apt to come to himself after n time
II he is not entirely ruined and then
he goes to an opposite extreme, is rude
and self-asserting while he is trying
to establish an equilibrium, and the
mother can't imagine what the trouble
ie ~
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
KANE OLD PLANTS
Some That Have Disappeared fer
Centuries Have Been Revived
by Chance.

Some 25 years ago, when the scoriae
(or slag) produced by the ancient
Greeks in working the silver mines of
Lawimur, near Athens, was removed, in
order to be reworked by more efficient
modern appliances, the seeds of a kind
of poppy of the genus Glancinon, which
bad lain underneath the Stag in dor
mant condition for at least 500 years,
sprang up again all over the uncovered
ground. Unknown in modern times,
this plant was described in the first cen
tury of our era by Dioscorides and
Pliny, and had disappeared from the
face of the globe for ) or 20 centuries.
The fact that these seeds should have
retained their vitality so long seems
very extraordinary, but there are other
instances quite us remarkable. For in
stance, raspberry seeds found in 1888
in an ancient tumulus in a coffin buried
80 feet below the surface, and believed.
TO have been there since the second cen
tury, were successfully planted. And
in another case seeds of the Poly
gonum Conyolvulus, dug up from the
bottom of sand pit, where they were
believed to have been buried for 1000
years, were still vigorous and produced
healthy plants.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue of writ OF Fleri Facas, issued
out OF the Court OF Common Pleas OF columbia
County, Pennsylvania, and to me directed,
there will be exposed to public sale, at the
Court House, In Bloomsbury, county and state
aforesaid, on
SATURDAY, OCT. 2f, 1900,
at o'clock p m, the following described real
estate. to wit: All that certain house and lot
OF ground, situate In the village OF Minlnvllle,
Township OF Minlln, County OF Columbio, and
state OF Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows, TO wit: on the north by Third
street OF said village, on the east by lot OF An
ME ii. Bastuscheck, on the south by Fourth
street. and on the west by an alley, being two
hundred and thirty-one feet deep along said
alley, s.xty-two feet front along said Fourth
street, and ty-four feet back along said Third
street, upon which is erected a two-story
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE
and outbulldngs.
All that certain tract OF land, situate in said
Mii1i!n township, county and state Aforesaid,
bounded and described as Follows, to wit Be-
ginning at chestnut oak corner, OF land or
Peter Heller; thence south nine and one-fourth
degrees east sXJy-two and two-tenths perches
to a stone along Peter Hetler's line; thence by
land OF Samuel Snyder south seventy and one
half degrees west thirty-nine and six-tenths
perches to stone; thence north nine and one
fourth degrees west sixty perches to stone ;
thence north sixty-nine and three-fourths de-
grees east forty-one perches along the line OF
william f. and Samuel Keler's land, to the
place OF beginning, containing
IA ACRES
and 26 perches whereon is good stand OF grow
ing timber
Seized, taken In execution, at the suit OF
George K. Greasy VS.. stephen Greasy, and to be
| sold as the property OF stephen Greasy.
w. w. BLACK,
HERRING, Atty. SHERIFF.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

That is fine melon you have there, I'm.
Gle Rufus. Where die you get it Dey am
a strange rumance connected tuh dat watah
million, sab. wah comm by Brudder Kat
kin's patch when see dis yere milyun, near
de fence. My ole heaht did 60 out mighty
TO dat miyun, sah, but fought oh de tex,
which say, Thou shalt not steal, an | dun
tol de debil tub git round behin me. Den
Sumfn whispeh tub me de Bible wohds
Bear ye one annudder's buhdens, an | am,
sab
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

AWFUL EXPERIENCE WITH HEART Dis
EASE That pr. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart works like magic, and cures as proven
by the testimony of Nlr. l.. J Law, Toronto,
Can. /: 81 was so sorely troubled with heart
disease that | was uuabe for Is months to
lie down in bed lest | smother. After taking
one dose of DIR. Agnew's Heart Cure, re.
tired and slept soundly. used one bottle
and the trouble has not returned"
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

DIME VS.. Doctor. people have
spent fortunes seeking to repair the inroads
of disease which have had origin In the SIM
plest of beginnings-food fermentation and
indigestion--a dlsordered stomach-,he mon.
ey's gone--the physician has failed to cure
but DR. Won STAINS Pineapple Tablets have
proved the little "specralits" in thousand
cases-and box of is of them have made
n cure-cost just 10 cents. 10
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

Snow, stop crying Tottie," said Brook-
lyn mother to her little girl, who had been
quarreling with her brother; "I'm sure Ben
ME will take back all the mean things he
said" .'Yes, he'll take 'em back" was the
sobbing reply, ''so'S he'll just have 'em ready
to use over again"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
If everyone knew
The superior quality
OF Hoods Pills,

Their gentle, easy
Action, their prompt effect upon
The torpid liver and inactive bowels,
1t would he only short time when
They would be used to the exclusion
OF every other kind. Hoods Pills
Are the only pills to take
With Hoods Sarsaparilla,
The One True Blood Purife-.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

Avoid all drying inhalants and use that
which cleanses and heals the membrane.
Ely's Cream Balm is such remedy and
cures catarrh easily and pleasantly. Cold in
the head vanishes quickly. Price, so cents,
at druggists, or by mail
Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking, and
to great extent loss of hearing BY the
use of Ely's Cream Balm dropping of mucus
has ceased, voice and hearing have greatly
improved.-J w. Davidson, Att'y-At-Law,
Monmouth, III.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
BE SURE.

Be sure you need medicine before you
take it, but having once found out that you
need it-lose no time in getting the best. If
it's for the kidneys, liver, bladder or blood,
rheumatism, dyspepsia, or for chronic con.
stipation, the best is DR.. David kcnncdy's
Favorte Remedy, and a very simple way to
find out if you need it, is to put some fine
in a glass tumbler and let 1t stand "a hours;
if it then has a sediment, or a milky, cloudy
appearance; II it is ropy or stringy, pale or
discolored, you do not need physician to
tell you that you should take Favorite Rem.
edy at once. 1t speedily cures such danger
Gus symptoms as pain in the back, frequent
desire to uiinate, especially at night, burn
ing, scalding pain in passing water, the
staining of linen by your urine, and all the
unpleasant and dangerous effects produced on
the system by the use OF whiskey and beer.
All reliable druggists sell DR.. David Kenne.
dy's Favorite Remedy at STooa bottle, or
8 bottles for $500.
BY special and particular arrangement
with the manufacturers, our readers can try
this grand medicine absolutely free. BY
simply sending your full name and postoitlce
address to the DIR. DAVID KENNEDY
CORPORATION, Rondout, n. V, men
toning the COLUMBIAN, when a trial bottle
of Favorite Remedy, together with pamph'
let Of valuable medical advice, will be sent
you by mail postpaid.
The publishers Of this paper guarantee the
penuineness Of this liberal offer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

The following is going the rounds Of the
press. We cannot vouch for its correctness (:
"Farmer Johnson, of Sherman, Susquehanna
county, while entering his corn barn was at
tackled by horde of rats. He seized Whit
hetree and terrible battle ensued, lasting
half an hour. Johnson was the victor, but
was badly bitten. lie killed seventy-nine
rats ~
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

To RAISE $50, 600, ooo. A meeting of the
twentieth commission of the Central Penn
sylvania Methodist Conference was held re.
Gently in Grace Church, Harrisburg, at
which plans for raising portion of the $40,
oco, 600 to be contributed by MethodIsts over
the world for general purposes as a twenti-
eth century offering was developed
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

PILL DosED.-With nauseous, big purg-
ers, prejudice people against pills generally.
DIR. Agnew's Liver Pills are revolutionizng
the pill demand. They're so pleasant and
easy to take. The doses are small and SO is
the price-Io cents for 40 doses. Bilious
ress, sick headache, constipation dispelled.
Work like charm.
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

Small Tommy had the toothache one day
and his mother, after examining it, said it
was hollow and must be pulled. A few days
later the mother complained of a headache
al guess its hollow" said Tommy. "You
ought to get it pulled"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

PILES CURED IN 3 to e NIGHTs.-One
application gives reliet. DIR. Agnew's Oint-
ment is boon for itching piles, or blind,
bleeding piles. 1t relieves quickly and per-
manently. In skin eruptions it stands with
out rival. Thousands of testimonials If
you want evidence. IS cents. s
Sold by G.. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

Is CATARRH YOUR LIFE's CLOUD ?-Em.
inent nose and throat specialists in daily
practice highly recommend DR., Agnew's
Catarrhal Powder as safe, sure, permanent,
painless and harmless, in all cases Of cold in
The head, tonsiltis, hoarsenesS and catarrh.
1t gives relief in ten minutes, and banishes
the disease like magic. 7
Sold by G. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

WANTED SEVERAL BRIGHT AND
HONEST persons to represent us as mana.
gers in this and close by couEties. Salary
5000 year and expenses. Straight, bona
fde, no more, no less salary. Position per-
manent. Our references, any bank, in any
town. 1t is mainly office work conducted at
home. Reference. Enclose addressed
stamped envelope. The DOMINION Com.
rANY, Dept. 8, Chicago. 9-cS.I6t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
letic. full OF life. nerve and vigor take No-To
Sac, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran'
iced. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

Gloves for German Army officers.
German army officers are ordered by
imperial decree to wear reddish-brown
dogsl,in gloves during the maneuvers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

OPTtoNAL.-"Do you have to ask your
wife for money!" ia tered the little man
with the hunted looked in his eyes. "Not
on your lifev replied the large, brusque
man; "but rather than go without | some
times do"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

How Are Your KidneysS
Dr. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney ills Sam.
Pile free. Add sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or N. Y.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

A bump Of destructiona railroad collis-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
CHRISTIAN +. KNAPP,
FIRE INSURANCE,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.

Home, of N. Y; Merchants of Newark,
N. J.; Clinton, N. Y; Peoples, N. "; Read
ing, Pa German American lns. Co., New
York; Greenwich Insurance Co., New York,
Jersey City Fire Ins. Co., Jersey City, N, Y,
These old corporations are we'll seasoned
by age and fire tested, and have never ~
had loss settled by any court of law. Their
assets are all invested in solid securities, anS
liable to the hazard of fire only.
Losses promptly and honestly adjusted ana
paid as soon as determined, by Christian ,,
Knapp, Special Agent and Adjuster, Blooas
burg, Pa.
The people of Columbia county shouIe
patronize the agency where losses, il any,
are settled and paid by one of their ows
citizens.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05

Q a = TO RI a.
Bears the The Kind " Have Always Bought
signature :; ~ &Hzzzzs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-01
'.Let Me see Where Shall Go Next?"

PEELED by the effects Of the good govern
ment we have permitted 10 establish hero.
II viii be the foremost duty OF American
officials to understand and sympathize
with the Filipnos themselves"
Yesterday before General Otis has is
sued the order directing General Lawtou
10 return to Angat, the troops OF his COM
mand encountered the rebels in a circle Of
hills outside of San Rafael, about 1--WE
miles northwest of AnEat dispensing Them
after an hours lighting. The Americans
had three wounded. a thousand armed
Filipinos fell back as the Americans adj
Isnced. The villagers met General Law
ton offering him provisions They dare
not fee into the mountain country on the
east because of the rohber tribes there
and on the west are the troops of General
Macarthur.
Messrs Carrick and Holmes, AmeFieans,-
who had been running sugar mill at
Calumpit and whose fate had caused some
anxiety, have sent word 10 Manila that
they are safe with Mr.. Higgins. manager
of the ManilaD agupan railway at Be-
yongbang
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-01
AMERICAN EXPORTS.
Highest Point Reached in All Lines
OF Manufacturers.


Washington, April SO.-American manu-
facturers made their highest record in
foreign markets last mouth. The figures
of the March expectations, which the treas
ury department bureau OF statistics issued
this month earlier than on any previous
occasion. show that the March exporta-
items OF manufactures were s36,625,733 or
more than rs per cent in excess of any
preceding month and so per cent more
than in February, 1893. In March last
year the expectations of manufactures
were S2S214,45O, In March. 1887. s25, s7b,-
SCI, and in March, 1896, S19.125,795. On
only two occasions, March and December
1885 have the exports OF single month
ever reached f2S.O00,00c
Prior to 1897 exports Of manufactures
never averaged in any month as much as
mAicn dollars for each business day; in
Ave months Of 1898 they averaged mil
lion dollars for each business day and in
March, 1888, s1,s00,000 for each business
day.
The increase In the exports OF mand-
features is apparent in nearly all dimes or
agricultural Implements, the March, 1893,
exports We're S2.379,7s4. against H,4To,397
In March OF the preceding year Exports
Of COTTON cloths increased from $1,000, 657
yaros in March 1898, 20 i5,266S59 yards
in Marchs 1899 The experts 10 Caiua
alone were %. iss, 5as yards against 1895
s7i yards in March Of Iast year lnsiru-
meuts for scientific purposes. including
telegraph, telephone cite, Increased from
s2so,ols in March. 1895 TO s4sf,fee In
March. 1872, thus chewing an increase Of
more than 400 per cent
Buildersl hardware increased - PER-
fp ma M