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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
THE FOE OF FRAUDS.



Shown BY the Former.
As stump advocate Mr. Blaine fares
no better In the west than In the east His
unfortunate allusion to trusts at Portland
is appropriately supplemented by his dis.
cussion Of pensions at Detroit. In much
bitterness Of spirit he finds fault with the
president for vetoing private pension bills
while there Is surplus In the United
States treasury. From the tone and tenor
Of his complaint the logical inference Is
that II he we're in Mr.. Clevelands place
the measures would have received official
sanction. In other words, he would have
signed the bills regardless of the illegality
of the claims they embodied. Than this
avowal no better illustration could be
given of the broad distinction between the
methods of Mr. Blaine and Mr.. Cleveland
In public life. No pretense Is offered by
the partisan critics of the president that
any deserving applicant for pension has
ever been deprived Of his or her rights by
executive action. Mr.. Clevelands vetoes
have been directed not at those who were
entitled to relief, but at the cormorants,
cover of patriotism, attempt to swindle the
government and despoil honest pension
ers. If there is any ground on which the
present administration can challenge criti-
cism In preference to another 1t Is the rec
ord on pensions. During little more than
three years in Office President Cleveland
has signed more pension bills than were
signed by any of his predecessors, and
within fraction of as many as were ap-
proved by all of them put together. To
his untiring industry and faithful de-
votion to duty are attributable the detec-
tion and exposure of the fraudulent claim
ants whose appeals for relief have been
rejected. Because Mr.. Cleveland carried
into the presidency the conscientious re-
gard for his official obligations that dis
tinguished him in the governorship of the
empire state he has stood steadfast as
the uncompromising foe Of pension thieves
and all other thieves alike. 1t Is by
reason of Mr.. Cleveland's rugged honesty
and resolute courage and of Mr. Blaine's
lack Of these qualities that the former is
in the White House and the latter is on
the partisan stump. The American people
with unerring instinct have not failed to
mark the difference between the upright
public servant and the brilliant but un-
scrupulous demagogue.-Bro Eagle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
rickwickian Hatred.

Charitably passing the point of pro-
priety in Blaine's speech in Canada, where
he addressed himself ingenuously to the
subject of annexation, 1t may be noted
that wherever this jealous hater of the
British shows himself in the Dominion he
is greeted with exulting admirers and
guns that strive to go off faster.
If these ovations were the sequence of
a trip by Cleveland, the 'lover of Eng
land" the agent of English mills" the
well known candidate of the Golden
club, the affair would give less trouble
to the befogged spectator of events. A
colonial serenade TO Cleveland would
agree with Republican doctrine. but to
see Canadians running down the railroad
track after Blaine, and yelling their
loyal heads off in honor of one who has
sworn by all the mackerel of Newbury-
port to have the last gout of their base
blood-this must be chapter from
"Pickwick. Where are Snodgrass and
the rest2-Chicago Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
The Man of Renl Enrce.

Contrary to general belief, then, the
man of real force is never bully, is
never arbitrary or unjust is never pas
sionate, though he may be, and generally
is, aggressive, and may, as occasion re-
quires, give exhibitions of temper that is,
nevertheless, kept In perfect control.
Force Of character brings with It self re-
lance and an imperturbable manner.
just as the really courageous man re-
mains cool in the presence of danger, the
self reliant man keeps his temper under
provocation because he feels confidence In
himself The coward grows excited and
loud mouthed to conceal his real feelings.
The arbitrary man, accustomed to force
his views upon others, loses confidence in
and control of himself when he fails to
make his usual impression. 1t is at such
a moment that real force of character be-
gins to tell; 1t is then that the self con-
tanned and self respecting man dictates
his terms and asserts his power. .-Belti-
more Sun
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26

The limited nature of the human senses,
whereby we may fail to perceive an all per-
vading second universe has been greatly
emphasized by the progress of science since
Isaac Taylor reasoned from il in his "Physi-
cal Theory of Another Life half century
ago. Improvement in spectroscopy and pho
Biography show that invisible rays extend as
far beyond the violet end of the spectrum as
the length Of the spectrum itself, and indeed
must continue until the vibrations "become
infinitely rapid and infinitely small.n Some
of these ultra rays can be made visible by in
terposing a substance that lessons their re-
Tranquility.
Professor Stokes, the physicist, found that
when tube filled with solution of quinine
sulphate was moved along the spectrum, ION
arriving nearly at the violet extremity a
ghostlike gleam of pale blue light shot across
the tub; it did not cease until the tube
had been moved far beyond the violet ex-
tremity of the spectrum visible on the
screen" The wave lengths of the spectrum
sun rays have been measured, and we per-
ceive only those that are from about one
| forty to one sixty thousandth of an inch; to
all others we nse blind. So of sound; the
human ear, practically, hears only those
| sounds that come from forty to 1000 vibra-
| tions of the air per second, though the pos
| sible limit has been traced to near 40 900. The
| microphone reveals new range of notes, and
| it is conceivable that this instrument, in con-
| nection with sympathetic and Esc:lcnio
| vibrations, may bring down to audibil. y still
| higher sources of sound. 1t is not & =. !GLle
| that any construction of mortal eye ..I c;.I'
| could disclose the supernal; but it j. certain
| that there is very much visible that we don't
know how to discern.-The Forum.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
Nevada Minor. DYED Green.

A contract has been let on tho Martin
White mine, at Ward, New. and work is
TO be resumed forthwith. A queer phe-
nomenon is connected with tho working
of the Martin White ore. The ore Is very
base, and IL is necessary to roast the
whole OF IL. During the roasting process
no deleterious or disagreeable fumes arc
observable, yet the hair and the boards Of
all the men engaged about the works are
soon dyed bright and permanent green.
Even the eyebrows Of the workmen are as
green as grass. In scores Of Nevada
mines ores of various kinds are smelted
and roasted, but at none of them is either
the hair or boards of the workmen
changed from their natural hue. IL is said
there Is less arsenic In the ore of the Mar
tin White than In that Of many other
mines. Old smelters say arsenic has no
such effect ON the hair, and all declare
that the emerald hue impaired to the hair
is due to the presence of some unknown
and mysterious metal or mineral White,
light and sandy boards and hair take
grass green, whereas black or dark brown
hair is dyed deep bottle green. The hair
is not injured by its change of color. 1t
retains its original softness and strength.
Territorial ENTERPRISE,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26

The seaworthiness of the monitors has
been thoroughly tested The old Monad-
mock rounded Cape Horn in 1856 and be-
haved admirably in the long seas of the
Pacific ocean. Soon after the civil war
the old Miantonomoh made cruise TO
Europe, encountering heavy weather.
The seas would come over bow and stern
four feet deep at times, but pass off
quickly without even preventing the use
of her guns. She rolled but degrees,
while the two ships accompanying her
rolled 20 to 80 degrees. In the report of
this cruise by Assistant Secretary Fox we
find: "a vessel which attacks monitor
in a seaway must approach very close to
have any chance of hitting such low
hull; and even then the monitor is half
the time covered up with three or four
feet of water, protecting herself and dis
turbing her opponents fire. American
Ma1aZina
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
No More Sectionalism,

Every onelwho earnestly desires to see
united country. and who deplores the
means so often resorted to in order to re-
vive sectional strife. may take courage
from the visit of the Philadelphia Brigade
association to Virginia, and the hearty
welcome which has been extended to its
members by brave men who once encoun-
tered them in the shock of battle. The
harmonious shouts that rang yesterday
through fredericksburg are so many as.
surances that the days of hate and bitter
ness between north and south have passed
away forever.-Philadelphia Record.
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Gilbert Mt IA RahenrsnI

w, S. Gilbert, the librettist, is tall
man, with gray hair and close cut whis.
kers' lie Is great stage manager. At
q rehearsal of one of his operas he devotes
his whole energies to having everything
go oil as he thinks it should He never
smiles, even when whole chorus Is
laughing at the quaint conceits of his
verses. Though extremely dignifed, he
does not hesitate TO go through the drollest
eontortions of body or the most free and
easy dance step TO illustrate his ideas 10
York World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
The savage Way.
HOW THE INDIAN TREATS AN INJURY-oLD
TINE METHODS.

TINE METHODS.
The savage is tmphatically the child of
nature. He lives close to nature. his only
education is gained in natures school.
When the Indian receives an injury, he
does not seek cure in mineral poisons,
but. binds oD the simple leaf, admins
| ters the herbal tea, and, with natures aid,
| comes natural recovery.
Our rugged ancestors, who pierced the
| wilderness, built their uncouth but COM
! Portable Log Cabins and started the clear
| ings IN the woods, which in time became
the broad, fertile fields of the modern
| farmer found in roots and herbs that Law
| close at hand natures potent remedies for
| all their common ailments, 1t was only in
very serious cases they sent for old Sad
| dle-bags" with his physic, which quite as
often killed as cured.
| Latter day society has wandered too far
away from nature, in every way, for its
own good. Our grandfathers and grand
mothers lived wholesomer, purer, better,
healthier, more natural lives than we do.
Their minds were not filed with noxious
isms, nor their bodies saturated with poi
sonous drugs.
Is 1t not time to make change, to re-
turn to the simple vegetable preparations
of our grandmothers, which contained the
power and potency of nature as remedicrl
agents, and in all the ordinary ailments
were eff1cacious, at least harmless?
The proprietors of Warmers Log Cabin
remedies have thought so, and have put on
the market number of these pure vege-
table preparations, made from formulas Sc
cured after patient searching into the an
nails OF the past, so that those who want
them need not be without them.
Among these Log Cabin remedies will
be found Log Cabin sarsaparllla," >" for the
blood; LOG Cabin hops and buchu rene.
dy," tonic and stomach remedy; "Lop
Cabin cough and consumption remedy
Log Cabin hair tonic" for strengthening
and renewing the hair; "Log Cabin ex
tract" for both external and internal appli
cationi LOG Cabin liver pills. Log Cab
in rose cream" an old hut effective remedy
for cattarrh, and "Log Cabin plasters.
All these remedies are carefully prepared
from recipes which were found, after Ion,
investigation, to have been those most sue
cessfully used by our grandmothers Of 'ys
olden time" They are the simple, vegeta
BILE, eiiicacious remedies OF Log Cabir
days.
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First Fiddle to Somehodx.

In the grand orchestra Of life everybody
is anxious to play first fiddle. Nay, almost
everybody does play It; for although the
hrst fiddle absolute may take precedence
OF all the rest. yet every second fiddle is
first fiddle to somebody. As "heas have
smaller tleas to bite EN-, and SO on ad in.
hnitum," so every man who tickles a su-
perior has an inferior to tickle him. If it
were not for this pleasant arrangement
we should have no social harmony, and it
Is onl y when this system OF relations Is
disturbed that we experience discords and
crashes.-New York Ledger.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
The Cnndidate on I.ahnr.

The Indianapolis Journal has taken
new tack in the controversy over the
question whether Mr. Harrison ever said
that dollar day was enough for
workingman. Now that a reputable citi-
zen offers to swear to the truth of the
story The Journal modifes its original
proposition and announces its willingness
to give reward of $1,000 provided a
Democratic judge and Democratic jury,
following the usual legal methods, will
decide that the accusation Is proved.
Perhaps The Journal has been reading
The New York Tribune. Not long ago
western Democrat offered to forfeit
$4,000 II three Republican judges of the
supreme court of Wisconsin would declare
President Cleveland's message free trade
document. The Tribune grew savagely
sarcastic over the suggestion. 1t called
the western Democrat humbug, because
it said that everybody must know that no
judge would drag his position into politics
in the way proposed. Perhaps The Jour
nal, taking hint from its New York
leader, adopted plan that it thought
would be safe.
Meanwhile it may be of interest to re-
produce the affidavit which has called out
the latest signs of activity from Mr.. Har-
risons organ, and to mention tho fact
ayers to arrest the signer for perjury has
not yet been fulfilled;
STATE OF INDIANA, ss
MARION COUNTY. o.
John G. Schwartz, being duly sworn,
testifes, under oath, that he was en-
ployed by the Cleveland Columbus, ,Cincin-
natl and Indianapolis railway in July, 1877;
that he went on q strike on the day that
the strike took place, on or about July 10,
1877 for an increase Of wages; that he
was present at the conference meeting
in the old council chamber, held dur
ing the period that said strike lasted,
where Benjamin Harrison, Albert G.
Porter and other prominent citizens
spoke with reference to the strike. That
he heard Benjamin Harrison say that they
(the strikers) were lawbreakers, and as
such were not entitled to any sympathy
whatever from the public; that the said
Benjamin Harrison NOW a presidential
candidate) further said that the men
ought to return to their work; that the
railroads could not afford to pay higher
wages; that the wages were enough, and
that 81 per day was enough for any work
ingman; that he himself could live on that
amount. And that Benjamin Harrison
further said that If tls men did not re-
turn to work the militia should be brought
into service and the men forced to return
to work. JOHN G. SCHWARTZ.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
25th day Of September, 1888.
JOSH 7. TANNING, Notary Public.
San Francisco Examiner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
THE LESSON oF The LEAVES.


Oh thou who dearest on thy thoughtful face
The wearied calm that follows after grief,
See how the autumn guides each loosened leaf
To sure repose in It's own sheltered place.
All, not forever whirl they in the race
OF wild forlornness round the gathered sheaf,
Or, hurryng onward in rapture brief,
Spin DER the moorlands into trackless spacei
Some hollow captures each; some sheltering wall
Arrests the wanderer on its aimless way;
The autumn's pensve beauty needs them all,
And winter finds them warm, though sere and
gray
They nurse young blossoms for the springs
sweet call,
And shield new leaflets for the burst of May.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26

A correspondent writes to ask if we can
give him the gist of the political situation
In a nutshell, Yes; and we don't need q
cocoanut shell, either-an ordinary filbert
shell will serve our purpose. Thepeople Of
this country have fixed habit Of letting
well enough alone. Grover Cleveland
has handled public affairs in way salts
factory to the business men and the work.
ingmen OF the country. They propose to
years more. There you have the whole
story.-New York Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
Something New in Leather.

Persons on the outlook for odd things
ifrthe way Of foot gear have something
new In leather in what is called by the
trade Kordofan This is really horse hide,
a small part of the skin from the rump OF
each animal being available for the shoes.
1t Is said to be pleasant to wear. and to
last forever or thereabouts. The supply
comes from the wild horses Of South
America and from the zebra and quaggia
Of Asia. The demand is not yet SO ex-
tensive as to threaten the determination
Of those species. New York Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
The Rebel Bonds.

The English syndicate of Confederate
bondholders (Which includes Mortons .
London partners) will read with great In
terest the letter of acceptance" promul-
gated by the late director of the Cana
dian Pacific. These Englishmen are so
ignorant of American affairs that they do
not know he is accepting nothing but an
opportunity to be bled FOR the benefit of
the boys.-St. Louis Republic.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
Couldn,t Shut Him I'm.

1t looks as If Blaine regarded the Re-
publican campaign this year as his own
private trust, with which neither national
nor state committees have any right to
interfere. They wanted TO cut him down
to two speeches in Indiana-for the good
of the party Of course-but they quickly
discovered that IT is one thing to propose
and another to dispose of the matchless
leader. He will talk just as much as he
wants to.-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
He Did Not Want to Know 1t.

Is it possible that Mr.. Blaine doesn't
know that Secretary John Sherman had
more public money deposited in single
national bank in New York, when he was
at the head of the treasury, than Secre-
tary Fairchild now has deposited in all
the national banks in the country2-Bos-
ton Herald
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The Proxy Candidate on '.rrusts. -

Candidate Harrison differs from Mr..
Blaine on the subject of trusts. He knows
better than to openly adopt the Blaine
idea that the people are powerless against
the trusts. But then the people VIII not
forget that Harrison is only vicarious
candidate, and If elected would be simply
a proxy president Blaine, defender OF
the trusts, will not be elected by proxy
Boston Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
Toe True. Too Trina.

One Of the gifted intellects that pre-.
side over the destinies Of the Republican
party In the Hoosier state POLITICALLY re-
marks, apropos of the Plumed Knights
western stumping tour; MIR. Blaine is q
gorgeous political humming bird and un.
derstands the art of extracting sweets
wherever he goes; but he will find worry
little honey In Indiana this trip"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
He VIII Do 1t Again,

Blaine is in Indiana to stump the state
for James G, Blaine. This is as 1t should
be. 1t must not be forgotten that Blaine
stumped Indiana In 1884 for the same
person that he is stumping it for now,
the result Of which was Indiana gave a
Democratic plurality of 0,512.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
A Baseless Hope.

Able editors have suddenly broken out
with the enthusiastic announcement that
Speaker Carlisle is to be beaten for con-
gress this fall by MIR. Hamilton, who has
been nominated by the Republicans. 1t
gives them occupation that keeps them
out of political mischief and has no effect
on anybody else.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
Singing and Swearing. Too.

The Republicans are trying to mako
this singing campaign. The reason is
the same as that which sets the small boy
TO whistling as he passes the graveyard
the nervous fear that something awful Is
going TO happen.-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
Wise Son of n Crafty Father.

Senator Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
wisely says that sometimes too much
talking in politics does great deal of
harm" He has noticed that when, in the
course of much talking, Messrs Blaine
and Harrison accidentally allow a truth to
escape them, they can never recapture it
afterwards.-S Louis Republic.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26

in them. Warmers Log Cabin Sarsa-
parilla and "rippecanoe" Stomach
Tonic, made by Warner of Safe Cure
fame, are reproductions of the best of
the old time remedies, with which the
pioneers of America maintained their
rugged health.
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A Simple Arrangement.

Caller-I wish to see the lady of the
house.
Bridget-Yis, sor; Dim her.
''Are you the head Of the housef''
"Yis, sor."
"Um-er-you are q servant here, arc
you notf"
"Yis. sor, but Oi'm the boss all the
same, sor. Yez see, it's this way. The
master nominates his wife fur the Teddy
of the house, but she puts me In tho
kitchen ter run the house. It's loike
polytics, sor. She's Harrison, but Dim
Blaine. e."-Philadelphia Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26

The British consul at Hokodade states
that the Ainos-who are remarkable
tribe of small, hairy people, originally
living by hunting and fishing--have been
in great straits since the occupation Of
their fishing grounds by the Japanese in
1869. Since 1882 efforts have been made
to relieve their distress and to teach them
farming, and In 1886 about 800 acres were
cultivated by them. In their chief home,
in the Island of Yesso, the Amos are esti-
mated to number $4,000 individuals, with
5000 houses, They are supposed to be
gradually disappearing. Tray
oil
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a Sisters Right.

She-George, dear, l don't quite like the
way you go on with Ethel White. And
she is as familiar as a sister would be.
He--Yes, darling, that relationship was
established last June at Saratoga.-New
York Sun,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26

The Republican senate wants free
whisky for the arts. This is In the line
of the Republican drug store whisky for
medicine in Iowa and Kansas. II all
whisky needed for artistic and industrial
purposes is to be free, no whisky will be
needed except for artistic and Industrial
purposes.-St. Louis Republic.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26

Mr., Harrison and the Republican mana
gers tried to cancel nearly all Of Mr..
Blaine's stump engagements in Indiana.
Mr.. Blaine never could get fair trial"
In that state.--Chicago Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26

Mr.. Blaine should have learned reason.
ableness and patriotism from Chauncey
NJ Depew. Tho latter magnetic man de-
nounced as absurd the idea that one half
his fellow citizens were bent upon ruin.
ing American industries and degrading
American labor. But Mr.. Blaine told his
Detroit audience that England seeks en-.
trance into this market, and the Demo.
cratic party, following the lead Of Presi.
dent Cleveland, is doing all 1t can to
destroy our home market and give large
share of it to nations beyond the sea. Z"
Mr.. Blaine seems to have lost his grip
New York World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-10-26
TabOOed by the Czor

Any book of poems which has the word
'tyrant" in it cannot pass the Russian
frontier. The czar thinks it direct hit at
him. An English book was lately tabooed
because 1t had the sentence, Gods free
air. All the air in Russia belongs to
royalty. Detroit Free Press.