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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

Leigh Hunt, Superintendent of
Schools in Des Moines, has adopted a
plan of giving practical instruction in
earning and saving money. In the
first place he encouraged all the chill
dren to open bank accounts, and to
learn how to do business at a bank
Boys with rich fathers, boys with poor
fathers, and boys without fathers or
mothers were melted TO earn money in
honest and manly ways. They black
boots, deliver papers, shovel snow from
sidewalks, and carry in coal. Not a
few are learning trades during odd
hours, and many have tools which they
work with at home. Those who are
doing mechanical work that requires
considerable skill meet and compare
the articles they have made. There is
a friendly rivalry TO see who will have
the largest bank account and furnish
the best specimens Of handiwork. The
work out of school is said to have a
good effect on the work done in school.
The boys are getting a reputation for
thrift, skill, and economy as well as for
scholarship.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02
Township Institute.
Mr.. PLEASANT. FRR. Is. 1888.

Mr. PLEASANT, Feb Is, 1888.
The schools of Mt. Pleasant township
met at Kitchens church TO hold their
annual Township Institute
The institute was called to order by the
Comfy Superintendent j. S. Grimes
The opening exercises consisted Of sing
ing by Kitchens school and the repeating
of the Lords Prayer in concert.
The exercises for the day consisted of es-
says, recitations, dialogues, motion songs
and music Also contests in reading,
spelling and accuracy and dispatch in num-
Der. Six of the seven schools were repre-
sented.
Three pupils were chosen from each
| school as contestants and committees OF
three were appointed by the superintendent
| to decide the contests.
The committees made the following re.
ports; In reading, Kitchens school as a
school did the best, but there was one
| representative from each of the otheI
schools did as well. In spelling Kitchens
school stood first.
In accuracy and dispatch in number the
| superintendent decided that one of the pu-
pills from Hartsel's school did the best
The following topic was given for gen.
eral discussion; "1he needed improve.
ments in our Public Schools"
Sylvester Kitchen stated that higher sal
aries was one of the great needs in Mt
Pleasant township. II people expect ar
average teacher they must pay an average
price. The teachers Of this township re-
ceive five or six dollars less than the aver
age salary throughout the county. He also
said that Mt Pleasant was receiving more
from its teachers than it was paying for.
Several of its teachers are teaching theil
first terms and are doing good work. II
will be impossible to hold these teachers
another year unless the salary is raised.
Good teachers, like every one else will go
| where they can get the most money.
L. P. Kline said that one Of the great
| needs was more active interest shown by
| directors and parents. They should visit
the schools more frequently converse with
the teacher and thus give aid and encour.
agement A deeper interest would then be
felt by every one and much good would be
the result.
The superintendent then gave advice to
parents in regard to furnishing all necessary
books for their children; not only text
books but reference books of all kinds es-
pecially encyclopedias.
r. A. KEsrRR,
Secretary.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

A Boston woman, the daughter of a
once wealthy man, beng reduced to
the necessity of providing for her own
wants, resolved to manufacture pickles
and preserves for the market She
told her friends, and they promised to
become customers. She found no diff
Guilty in selling all she could make with
her own hands. The next year she en-
larged the business, and the third she
expanded it still further, her condi
mcnts having by this time acquired a
reputation in the market Now she is
making a net profit of about $4,000 a
year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02
Soldiers Orphan Schools.
SENATOR COKE THINKS THE sUBJECT
OUGHT TO BE INVESTIGATED.

Hon. Eckley b. Coke in the senate
offered the following preamble and
resolution few days ago.
WHEREAS, When any child whose
father is living is admitted to the sol
diers' orphan schools during the life
time of the father it is necessary that
the latter should be in destitute cir
cumstances and unable to afford the
child proper support and that he should
make affidavit to this fact ; and aohere
as 1t is reported that children have
been admitted whose fathers are not
destitute in the ordinary sense of the
word; therefore be it
Resoloed, That if the house concur,
a committee to be composed of three
senators and five members CT the
house with power to send Tor persons
and papers, be appointed to inyesti'
gate the subject and to report as soou
as possible ii the rumors are true, and
if so what should be done.
Senator Coke spoke in favor of the
resolutions after which they wer,
adopted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

On Monday the following important
Legislative work was done at Harris
burg: In the senate an act for the pre-
vention of advertisements of lottery
schemes and providing punishment,
(Which is imprisonment for two years,
and a fine not exceeding $1,000, pass
ed second reading. In the house the
joint resolution requesting senators and
members in congress to support the
proposed amendment to the constitu
tion of the United States, declaring
that the right of suffrage should not be
denied, on accounti of sex, passed by
vote of 70 to 76.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

That Sentinel, published at Laporte,
in an article upon the resources of Sulli-
van county, says their mighty forests
of hemlock, which have heretofore
stood untouched, are now bending be-
meath the woodsman's axe, and hun.
dreds of mills are being erected to work
the timber into lumber. Only recently
millionaire lumberman, who has bought
large hemlock tracts in the county, said
that the future of Sullivan as the cen
tire of the hemlock trade was recog-
nized fact. He said that prominent
official of the Delaware and Hudson
aud Boston and Albany roads had told
him that all the roads leading to New
York recognized the fact that they
must look to Sullivan county for their
hemlock lumber. The Binghampton
and Williamsport railroad is to be
built this year and the Williamsport
aud North Branch will be at least, par
TALLY finished. This road will afford
an outlet for much valuable material,
one of the most important of which is
the hard woods so much used in the
manufacture of furniture. A new coal
mine has been opened a few miles from
Laporte and will be worked in a short
time. 1t is said to be valuable one
with heavy vein of good coal Mr.
Laurer, an expert metallurgist, declares
that the county is rich in copper and
IRON, and that company has been or
ganized to mine and smelt the former
metal, ard that as soon as the new
railroad is built that the iron ore will
form a lucrative source of business. 1t
is also believed that oil underlies a por.
tion of the county. A brilliant future
is in store for Sullivan, and the curtain
will rise just as soon as the railroads
are built.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02
AND DEMOCRAT BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.
Gov PattlsOn Proposes Another Reform,


As has been the custom for many
years the public institutions of the state,
through their representatives, have been
appearing before the legislature with
demands for appropriations to meet de-
ficits. These demands have been more
than usually importunate at this session
and are the cause of extended inquiry
To such an extent has the practice OBJ
tanned that Governor Pattison has been
led to give the matter a close examina
tion. lie finds the evil exists in the APP
propriations being drawn in advance,
institutions entitled TO 100000 secur-
ing 100000 the first three months, and
at the end coming out with accounts
showing a slight or extensive deficit as
the case may be- The matter has been
referred to Attorney General Cassidy
for adyisement, and circular of in-
struction to the various institutions in
terested will be issued in few days.
The contents of the circular directs at.
tention to the repeated overdrawing of
accounts and characterizes the same as
not only conducive to irregular and bad
housekeeping but as the violation of a
principle no business firm or successful
establishment would permit. The in
stitutions are informed in plain words
that money cannot be drawn until due
and will not be paid until due. Whilst
the state $ willing and ever ready to
deal reasonably and fairly with the APP
peals for aid from institutions over
which it has control, the circular states
it is not intended that appropriations
shall be drawn beyond the sum appro-
priated by the legislature, in anticipa.
ton of the deficit being made good by
special grant of money on future ap.
plication. The circular states further
that by a careful adherence to the rule
of drawing moneys only as they become
due the institutions affected will be no
better off than they are under their
present practices. AS far as known
twenty institutions have steadily fgur-
ed among the deficits for years. The
Western House of Refuge at Allegheny,
and House of Refuge, Philadelphia,
are down on the official black list as
leading in the business. 1t is thought
that the saving to the state will amount
to upwards of half million dollars
Er.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

The proposition made by republican,
members Of the House to order printed
10000 extra copies of Smulls Hand
book to be distributed by Senators and
Representatives among their constitu-
ents. was properly defeated by Demo
cratic votes. The people do not care
to pay for books that are to be handed
out to political favorites simply as re-
ward for party services, and the Demo
cratic members have shown that they
mean reform when they talk it, by vo-
ting against the measure.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

There is considera' le excitement in
Saratoga County over the discovery, in
the town of Galway, of what is consid-
cred valuable oil well. George Isa-
bel, a farmer, residing in the northern
part of the town last fall dug a well
near his barn, to obtain water for his
stock. The cattle refused to drink the
water. An examination showed an
oily substance floating on it, which
burned, smelled and looked like kero
sene. A sample was sent to Saratoga
to be tested. 1t was pronounced to be
petroleum. The sample burns readily,
with clear, strong flame, and has a
faint but decided odor of kerosene, and
is nearly colorless. 1t is much heavier
oil than any sold at the stores 1t
does not resemble crude petroleum, but
looks like refined kerosene. The well
is said to be forty-two feet in depth.
A bucket of water contains about 33
per cent of oil
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

The Augustinian Society of Law
renee, Mass. a savings institution con-
nected with st. Mary's Catholic church,
has collapsed, and nearly half million
dollars lost to the depositors. The
cause of failure is attributed to bad in.
vestments of money - not drawing
enough interest, and the building of a
new church at cost of 100000. II
is thought by careful management the
society would be able to pay off the in
debtedness to the creditors in about ten
years. The loss is severe because i,
falls upon servant girls, laborers, and
mill operators who were the deposi
tors.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

John w. Forster, Of Indiana, has
been nominated for minister to Spain,
with reference to questions pending be
tween that country and the United
States. Mr. Foster is a man Of much
experience, having served as minister
to Mexico and ST. Petersburg. He ha:
been practising law for some time in
Washington.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02
HERE ar LAST.
After Long aad Weary Waiting Relief is Brought
70 those who Need IL.

After Long lad Weary Waiting Rellefis Brought
70 those who Need It,
swell, Pat" said an orange county Physician
TO a complaining Irish patient some years ayo
"for that pain 10 your chest you had better 10
this minute OF anything better. And ny the way,
added the doctor turning to a friend, III wish
somebody would invent a real good paster-some
thing actually helpful for such Cases as Pats
Maybe they VIII sometim,, when Its too late FOL
me to use it"
When BENSON'S CAPClNE POROUS PLASTER
was placed on the market about ten years ago the
doctors hope became fact Because OF the rare
medicinal virtues inherent In II. Its rapid action
and sure results, the Capcine Is fast displaciDg
the slJw-acting plasters OF former days, for ali
directions 10 which pasi er is ever applicable.
Price % cents. In the middle OF the genuine is
cut the word CAPCINE
seabury 4 Johusjn, Chemists, New York.
feO s8-iw d
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

The London Times prints the following
palpably imaginary story OF ga certain
Irish NJ. r." who had been describing his
travels in the Far West and the virgin
forests" there "What is the virgin for
est ?" asked an auditor, 'Phwat is vair-
gin forest is it ye whant to know? A vair-
gin forest, sorr, is one phwere the hand o.
man has never set fut, bedad N
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

The Sunlight Company, with capi.
tai of S5,000,00O, formed to operate
improved devices and systems for light
ing by electricity and transmitting cleo
trio power in various parts of the coun-
try, was incorporated at Albany on
Saturday, February "a.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02
A UDITOR'S NOTICE.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM BARBER, DECEASED.

ESTATE OF WILLIAM BARBER. DECEASED.
The undersigned auditor has been appo point-
ed to distrlblt balance In the hands OF
Conrad kreamer, administrator d. b. n. C. t. a.,
AS shown by his fnal account. to and among the
parties entitled thereto, will sit at his office In
Bloomsbury, on Friday, March 23d, 1888. at ten
o'clol a. nl.. when and where all parties inter-
ested will attend and present their claims or be
debarred from any share OF said fund
C.B. BROCKWAY,
Mar Auditor
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02
A DMINSTRAToRs NOTICE.

ESTATE or WILLIAM ivRY, LATE or HEMToCK TOWN.
SUR. COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa, DECEASED.
Letters OF administration I'm the estate OF WI.
liam lVey. late OF Hemlock township, Columbia
county, Pa, deceased, have been granted by the
Register OF said county to Ann Ivey and Edward
lvey, administrators. All pers ms having claims
against said deceden are requested 20 present
Them for settlement and thOs Indebted to the
estate TO make payment TO the undersigned ad-
mii istrat0rs without delay.
ANN lvEY,
EDWARD lvEY,
feb Administrators
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02
Mar 2
A UDITOR'S NOTICE.

ESTATE OF ESTHER BARBER, DECEASED.
The undersigned auditor has been appointed to
distribute balance In the hands OF Conrad Krea-
mer, administrator d. b. n. g. {, a.. as shown by
his final account to and among the parties en-
titled thereto viii sit at his ofice in Bloomsburg,
on Saturday, March oath, 1884, at 10 O'Clock a. M,
when and where all parties interested will at
tend and present their claims or be debarred
from any share OF said fund.
C.. b. BROCKWAY,
Mare Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

ESTATE OF WILLIAM DANIELS, DECEAsED.
The undersigned auditor having been appointed
TO distribute funds In hands Of /. w. McKelvy'
administrator, to and among parties entitled
thereto will sit at the office or Geo. L. Elwen in
Bloomsburg, on Friday, April 9Th, 1883, at 10
O'Clock a. m, to perform the duties OF his Office.
when and where all persons having claims against
SAID estate, must present them, or be debarred
from any share OF said fund.
w. l.. EYERLY,
iar2 Auditor
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02
Free! Cards and Chromos

We Will send free by mail sample set OF our
large German, French and American Chrome
Cards. on tinted and gold grounds with price
list OF over 21J different dssigns, on receipt OF
stamp for postage. We will also send free by
mail as samples, ten OF our beautiful Chromos,
on receipt OF ten cents TO pay for packing ana post
age; also enclose confidential p ice list OF our
large oil nhromos. Agents wanted Address f.
GLEASON & Co., 10 sum ner Street, Boston Mass.
Feb. 23d, 4w. d.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

The Democratic State Committee has
selected Harrisburg as the place for
holding the State Convention next Au-
gust.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

Hon. James Gamble of Wiliamsport
died last week Thursday, He was
President Judge of Lycoming county
for one term, aud was an able jurist
and upright man.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

The bill fixing the term of members
of council of boroughs to three years
and empowering councils to fill vacan-
cies, has passed the Senate finally.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

Jumbo has gained fifteen hundred
pounds siuce his arrival in America.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS
AS Purity and Wholcsomcness Baking
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June % made careful analytical Royal Baking Powder
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02

You can keep your hair abundant
and glossy, and retain its youthful col
or, with Parker's Hair Balsam.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02
feb 0
A DMlNISTRATORS NOTICE.

ESTATE OF ANN ?. EVANS, LATE OF THE BOROUGH os
BERWICK, DECEASED.
Letters OF ADMINISTRATION In the estate Of Ann
7. Evans late Of the borough Ct Berwick, de-
ceased have been granted by the Register of said
county To the Undersigned administrator. All
persons having claims against I'D decedent, arr
requested u present hem 1or settlement, and
those iude ted the estate to make payne mt
TO the undersgnep administrator without delay.
C. II. Jackson. j. W. EVANS,
Atty. Administrator.
Feb 10 de bonis non
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-03-02
A UDITOR'S NOTICE.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM DANIELS. DECEASED.

Mare
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-05
LELAND stanford.

Western journals report that the last
news from Europe represents the condition
Of Leland Stanford - most precarious,
the physicians thinking he has an incur
able spinal disease, and that Mrs. Stanford
has ! disease Of the eyes which necessitates
her remaining continually in q darkened
room. They are both quite old people.
and all their gold, says the Salt Lake Tri-
bune, can not buy them respite from suf-
fering, or keep back the signals Of the APP
proach Of that specter which stalks without
ceremony alike into the palace Of the rich
and the huts Of the poor. The career Of
the Central Pacific Railroad Company,
except In force and energy. gives no idea
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-05
-TELEGRAPnIC BREvITlES.

Rear Admiral Joshua Sands, aged SO, ia
dead.
Bancroft, the historian, celebrated hii
SD birthday Wednesday.
Department employees are leaving Wash
ington for Ohio to vote the Republican
ticket.
W. b. Armstrong was fatally shot by
John and Walter Gilmore at York, Neb.,
Tuesday.
The panorama of Tel-el-Keber was
burned Wednesday at Bellevue Gardens,
Manchester.
Antoine, a Deputy from Alsace in the
Reichstag, has been arrested for high
treason to Germany.
Robert Butcher was killed and one Har.
ris seriously wounded in 3 church q
Comanche, Texas, last Sunday.
Bill Grimes killed . farmer named Will
Smith at Cloverdale, Indiana, on Tuesday,
by hitting him on the head with . rock.
Ex-senator Stewart of Nevada will Join
his wife and daughter at Washington in q
few weeks and remain during the Winter.
Lieut.. E. A. Darlington who commanded
the Greeley Relief Expedition, arrived in
VooAA6SOA MoAuoy oAO ACP0AsSA ~ sAo
Department.
Mrs. Bailey and her daughter, aged 16,
were found dead in . cornheld near Mon
mouth, Illinois. Tuesday. A note stated
that the mother had killed the girl and
then herself with . reaper.
Katie Kingston. . pupil, Was taken Ill
with . shrieking ft in q New York school
Tuesday. Her screams created Q panic
and cry Of FIRE. The engines arrived % the
children we're pouring out Of the building.
None were hurt.
Anna Holmes, an 1s-yesr-old girl, COM
mitted suicide at Terra Haute, Indiana,
Tuesday, by taking arsenic. Her mother,
discovering the deed, licked the froth from
the dying girls mouth and was seriously
poisoned, but she will recover.
D. Carritte created . great sensation at
st. Johns, N. B., last Saturday by abduct-
ing his own wife, to whom he had been
secretly married three years before. The
parents Of the girl, getting knowledge
Of the marriage, attempted to get . divorce,
which compelled the husband to act and
carry bis wife of. 1t Is one Of the chest
family" affairs. s
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-05

Heretofore whom Southern gentlemen
have attacked ono another with deadly
weapons the subject Of dispute has been
either : lady, . debt or > question Of poll.
tics. Recently two highly esteemed cih.
ssns Of Texas varied the monotony Of al
this by fighting about the existence Of Z
God. This was going back to the ass Of
chivalry. whom religion gave plausible pre-
text to any gentleman who felt inclined to
blood-letting or TO waste some Of his own
life current. One Of the parties to the
Texas AFFAIR was killed. the other escaped;
20. - to whether thsrs il . God or not be
Il probably still in the dark. His victim
undoubtedly knows al about il By this
time. For his sake II IL to be hoped he
does not regret that he WAS 20 hasty In his
search for information.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-05

The legal point raised in the cases Of
Hurtado and Ratsn, the Sacramento muir
derers, that they were improperly tried
on Information" and not upon An indict-
mont Of . Grand Jury. and which Il to DO
passed upon by the Supreme Court Of the
United States. il already causing the law
o6ncers Of the State to b careful in the
matter Of criminal trials. The District
Attorney Of San joaquin County. in the
sass Of Tursots, who xsesatly eomnittsd
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-05

THE CLOTH TRADE FAILURES.
The failure Of F. Mayer 4 Co., the largest
Jewish wooden house in New York City,
with liabilities estimated at from 81. 700.-
600 TO $4,000. 900, succeeded by that OF
Levy Bros. 4 Co., with s. 1900. 900 Of liza.
bilities. 80 closely following those Of Sled
enbach. Echwab 4 Co., and Bronner d Co.,
all Jewish firms, has created . great sensa'
ton in the cloth and clothing trades in
Gotham. The cause 10 attributed. ~ WA
the leather failures, and the depression in
the stock market, to over production. In
reviewing the failure the New York Stocl
Report asserts that ''the former grea'
profit from the manufacture Of clothing
had the effect Of stimulating production te
such an extent that the market has been
fairly glutted with goods. There has never
been = period in this city when ready made
clothing could be bought 90 cheaply - to-
day. The clothing trade il now going
through . period Of necessary liquidation
and enforced curtailment. The standing
Of r. Mayer 4 90. wa very high. their
paper being readily negotiated in the best
monsysd circles. Mayer owned the large.
fat houses, the Newport. 6trathmore. In
tsrlaksn and Adelphi. valued at3l, 800. 900.
and sncumbersd only to the extent Of
e180. 900. He also owned other valuable
raal estatA.n