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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-11-21
BLOOMSBURY, PA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 81 1890


popular neart.
at proved to be an unfortunate one,
for it seemed so easy to grow the Zinfan-
del that everybody planted vineyards.
When they began to bear they bore with
vengeance. The markets became
choked with grapes, and prices went
down to disastrous figures. 1t became
apparent that the Zinfandel was an in
ferior grape after all, and to cap the cli-
max the phylloxera came down on the
Hungarian importation and bore it away,
vineyard after vineyard.
mo new vineyards were replanted
with the Zinfandel, and the vine is be-
ing replaced with the choicest and hardi-
est varieties Of wine grapes from the fa-
nous districts Of Europe. including Cab
ernet Sauvignon, Carbanet Franc, NAL
book, Tarnat, Merlot and st. Laurent
grapes from the Bordeaux districts;
Mataros grapes from Palos; Selnillons
and Sauvignons from Sauterne; Pinot
and Petite Sirrah grapes from the Bur
gundy districts; Johannisbergers, Ira
miners and Franken Rieslings from the
storied Rhine; Chasselos grapes from
Alsace-Lorraine, and the rich Burgers
from Moselle. 1t is from these grapes
that the wines of California are pressed.
1.-THE famous Challose and Folle
Blanche, cognac grapes, are also largely
grown, the wine from them being made
into brandy. Then there are the rich
Spanish Muscats and the favorite Hun
garian table grape, the Flaming Tokay.
In no other vine region in the world are
all these splendid grapes found growing
side by side, and they make of California
the wonderland of the vine.
California has the largest vineyard
in the world and the most extensive wine
cellar. The vineyard is in Tehama
county, on Senator Leland Stanford's
famous $4,000 acre farm. It contains
1000 acres.
Among the curiosities of the Califor-
mia grape region is vineyard that may
well be called the smallest in the world
as regards the number of vines, for it
has but one vine. That is most re-
markable one, however, for its branches
extend over n space of $4,000 feet, the
cane being foot in diameter. This ex-
traordinary vine is over seventy years old,
and was grown from an old mission cut
ting by Mexican woman. 1t has borne
grapes every year since it was two years
old, and is good now they claim for six
tons of grapes year. l was told that
clusters weighing seven pounds had been
picked from this ancient relic of the
mission days.
1.-The phylloxera, which during the
past few years played great havoc with
California vineyards, is being gradually
but surely overcome. The inferior
varieties of grapes upon which the pest
feeds are being rooted out, and the
chnice foreign varieties, which are sub
grafting on native wild varieties, known
as resistant vines, or vines which the
phylloxera does not affect."-New York
Sun.
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bles, each with accommodation for eighty
guests seated vis-a-vis. Every chair had
Its occupant, while there were hundreds
more who, finding it impossible to gain
place on the main floor, were content to
view the proceedings from the gallery.
The Coming of the Guests.
1t was shortly after O'Clock when the
cheering from the large crowd which had
gathered on the outside announced the ar.
rival of the distinguished guests, and when
the ex-senator, arm in arm with President
John j. Lentz, of the Thurman club, ap.
peared on the scene closely followed by ex.
President Cleveland and Senator Joseph
Mcdonald, the cheering was hearty and
prolonged. Mr.. Thurman sat on the righ
OF the president, his son, Allen w, being
next TO him, and then in succession Sen.
ator Mcdonald, Don M. Dickinson, w. G.
p. Breckinridge, Gen, Thomas Ewing,
Governor Boyd. To the left of the chah
were seated Grover Cleveland, Gen. II. A
Harrison and Bishop John A Watterson,
Daniel Lamont, Governor Jackson and
Senator Carlisle. Nearly two hours were
occupied in discussing the elaborate menu.
1t was after 10 O'Clock when President
Lentz raped for order, and in few we'll
chosen words, proposed the toast of "Om
Guest" Mr.. Thurman, on rising to re
spond, was greeted with uproarious ap
plause which lasted several moments
Silence having been restored, he spoke as
follows;
MIR. Thurman's Speech.
lam not here tonight to make an elaborate
speech am here to express In a few sentences
my heartfelt appreciation Of the honor you have
SO kindly seen fit TO do me; to thank with my
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-11-21
Walt whitman's Humor.

Walt Whitman is popularly thought
to have no sense of humor, but one day
young man dropped in upon him at his
humble home in Camden, N. j., intro
duced himself as a poet, and begged to
be allowed permission TO read selections
from bundle of manuscripts which he
carried. mo, thank you" said Whit
man, courteously but firmly, 81 have
been paralyzed twice, San Francisco
Argonaut
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HIS DAY IS DONE.
The Old Roman Takes Leave of
Public Life
AT SEVENTY SEVEN YEARS.
Grover Cleveland's Warm Tribute TO
Thurman and Democracy.

Celebration of the seventy-seventh Ami
versary Of Ohio's Distinguished States
man at His Home I'm Columbus--He
Announces His Permanent Retirement
from the Political Arena in the Pres
ence of Score of Famous Men-Over
1000 Guests at the Banquet in the
Fourteenth Regiment Armory--speeches
by Ex-President Cleveland, Don NJ.
Dickinson, Gen. Thomas Ewing. Hon
VIC. p. Breokinridge and Many Others.
COLUMBUS, o., Nov. v.14-Ex-Senator Allen
g. Thurman last night announced his alb
solute and unequivocal withdrawal from
public life. The occasion selected by the
venerable statesman for this declaration
was the banquet rendered to him by the
political club which bears his name in
honor of the seventy y-seventh anniversary
of his birth. 1t was toward the close of an
address, delivered at times with consider
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A friends little 4-year-old daughter
went to Sunday school few Sundays
ago, and was very mnch impressed by
the exercises. She remembered bits OF
some of the hymns, and for some days
never tired of singing them over and
over again. She was trifle irregular in
some of her Zines, however; one well
known hymn she began;
There's land that is fairer by day,
And by faith We may SEQ il adre
Her father, who is Wall street man.
but a good churchman withal, hopes
she is mistaken. New York Star.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-11-21
How a Hypoerlte Got Cotton Hand.

One Of our Fork farmers was so anx-
ioB to get his cotton picked that after
riding around the neighborhood several
times hunting hands without success no
went 10 a negro camp meeting and APP
pealed to them in many ways, but with
out success. At last he went up 10 be
prayed for, put nickel in the mission
AIRY box, and afterward got plenty Of
paekers.-orangeburg (S. O. Enterprise.
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my arm belief OF
their duration this continent and their gradual
but certain extension over other and larger por.
tions Of the globe l hope that 1t is not presump-
uous In me 10 say thatII think that have some OF
the necessary qualifications Of witness on this
subject Short as my life has been In compari
son with the lives OF nations, IL has been long
enough for me to sec my native Land, under free
institutions, increase in population more than
seven fold; in wealth in far, very far, greater
degree; In extent Of territory more than double
Its area; In general well being aud prosperity Of
its people and In their educational advantages
and religious privileges without arrival IN the
world while 10 gnihcent works Of iutAraAJ i'm.
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FditoriaI coar,asv.

Editor Ito Miss Oldgirl, aged about
f'rty)-Your work shows promise, mad
an but do you know that good literary
wof6 is seldom done by woman until
she is 80 or s5l Several years hence you
viii be able TO write available articles.
Miss Oldgirl (as she leaves esl-That was
the most delightful man ever met
West Shore.
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To LubrIcnte His Words.

Miss DE Gimp Cooking through the
samples of a drummer for a material
house-What do you carry this little
oil can for?
Drummer i wear that under my
tongue when tackle rough customer.
Jewellers Weekly.
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whole soul my neigh.
bors, my fellow citi
zens Of Ohio and the
distinguished gentle.
men from 9th Ell
states for their marb
Of friendship and es
TEEN. l am here al
the age Of n to re
peat my testimony
so often given, Of my
on Il d en- C G in the
oeneficient effects Of
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share of the glory
which has been shed
upon the American
name and character,
by one whose career
and example cannot
be pre-empted and
whose renown can.
not be limited in
ownership to the
IL e / & h b ors and
friends of any local
ity. We C on I g S |
every exclusive pre-.
tension to his fame
and greatness, be
cause he is a neigh.
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feeling, the vast audience could no longer
restrain itself; every man arose to his feet,
aapkins were waved, and there went forth
cheer after cheer which might have been
heard like the reverberation of cannon for
blocks away. And amid the enthusiasm
the statesman who had practically said
good-by sank into his seat,
A Banquet for "a King.
The banquet itself was magnificent
affair Nothing like it has ever before
been attempted in the Buckeye state. The
Fourteenth regiment armory had been
transformed into fairyland. The rafters
Of its ceiling and its whitewashed walls
we're hidden from view by thousands of
yards of bright colored bunting and silken
flags and banners innumerable Around
the floor, rising tier above tier, were the
choicest products of the hot house, while
above all lowered majestic palms and fra
grant exotics. The orchestra was hidden
from view in mass of foliage, in turn
surrounded with curtain of smilax. At
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tense. 1t seemed
as though every
one of the thou.
sand or more upon
whom the words
h a d fallen felt
that he had lost a
friend. Then as,
with ire m blin g
voice, the speaker
went on to say
that he felt that
he had been sum-
GENTLY honored by
his party, there
WAS q reyersiOn of
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-11-21

Lam not here tonight TO make an elaborate
speech am here to express in few sentences
my heartfelt appreciation of the honor you have
SO kindly seen ft TO do me; to thank with my
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-11-21

provemeut, its wonderru agriculture, It's great
mines and manufactures, and Its marvellous means
Of communication, the creations OF science and
skill, surpass anything before known by the hui
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-25
The Star Mizar.

Every observer Of the heavens who
knows by name some ofthe bright
est stars is familiar witlthe consteI-
lation called the Great Dipper, visi-
bic in the northern sky through the
whole night and throughout the
year. 1t consists Of seven stars,
Jour in the bowl and three in the
handle. An interesting discovery
has been made by Professor Picker
ing, of the Harvard university OBJ
serYatory, concerning one of the
stars Of this beautiful group.
Mizar is the name Of the star. It
is the middle star in the handle, is of
the second magnitude, and has at
tracted much attention eyer since
men began to study the stars, be-
cause even to the naked eye it is
double. Tt has companion, Alcor,
plainly visible to observers endowed
with good visual power. Alcor is of
the fifth magnitude, and is about II
minutes distant from Mizar. The
tiny star seems to be growing bright
er, for the Arabia considered it
a severe naked eye test, and it is
now comparatively easy to detect.
The telescope shows plainly that
Mizar is a double star, it's compo-
nents being ofthe third and fifth mag
nitudes, the one a brilliant white, the
other a pale emerald The marvel
Gus discovery is now made that the
larger star OF the pair is also double,
the two stars that compose it being
SO close together that the telescope
cannot separate them.-1outh's
Companion.
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He Kept Perfectly Calm.
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
A customer was in shoe shop the
other day to get a small Job of re-
pairing done, and pretty soon the
building was Jared by a fall in the
room above. The man started up
but the shoemaker explained:
"Doan' be afraid. Dot vhas only
der baby falling off der bedt. My
wife looks oudt for him.
Ten minutes later there was anaw-
full racket on the back stairs, and the
man jumped again.
''Oh, you needn't be scared" said
the shoemaker. ''Dot vhas only my
son Shon falling down der back
shtairs into der yard. My wife Will
look oudt for him.
The job had just been finished, and
the customer was putting on his
shoe, when there was a jar which
started the plaster, and he was forced
to eXclaim:
Great Scots! but what is it this
time?''
ooh, dot vhas only my wife falling
down in a fit. You need't run AWAY.
Some of der neighbors Will come in
und make her all right!''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-25
The Sense of Smell.

Smell is the most acute by far OF
the five human senses. Take an
ounce of musk-most powerful of
scents-and leaveit where the atmos-
phere is still, open on a table, for a
year. At the end of that time, hay-
ing for full twelve months rendered
odorous the whole air in it's neighbor :
hood, the most delicate scales can
not detect that it has lost particle
in weight. Yet the smell has been
infinitely distributed microscopic
portions of the musk floating off and
exciting impressions upon the nerve
papill9 under the delicate lining of
the nasal passages: for this is what
smell means. The sense has grown
mostrudimentary in human beings
through want of necessity for its use
under civilized conditions, but it is
highly probable that the cave men
had it quite as we'll developed as the
sharpest nosed beasts.-New York
Telegram.
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pository for Revolutionary relics. II
was also proposed to repair and take
care of the tomb and to build monu-
mcnt upon the village green to him
whom Washington always addressed as
Brother Jonathan" But the move
ment didn't boom. Although there
were several towy meetings and several
votes taken on tile subject, the result, so
far as the town was concerned, was O
failure. 1t would have cost Lebanon a
few dollars every year, the frugal farm
ers said, and Lebanon, they didn't think
could afford such an extravagant luxury
The patriotic promoters of the scheme
didn't propose to let their beautiful town
be branded SO ANONYMOUSLY, however,
and they formed local historic society
and vowed to carry their project
through. Eighteen hundred and ninety
was to see their dream consummated.
In that year, which would mark the 106th
anniversary of the death of Jonathan
Trumbull, it was proposed to bring the
noble work to browning close by ded-
icating it grandly. But even the en-
thusiasm of the society has oozed away,
or at least it has every appearance Of
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-25
AphOriSn1S.

Call no man happy says Scion
still he is dead.'' Call no man I'M
happy" Socrates added, "till he is
married.
If ever religion were destroyed by
reason it would be restored by emo
ton.
We more frequently think people
beautiful because we love them than
love them because we think them
beautiful. The heart is not critical.
We can sometimes forget without
and owe a grudge though
we cannot reminder why.
1t is foolish to give our affections
to children, for Others may forsake
us, but they must.
When woman, according to Nj.
Paul Bourget, has lost every rag of
character she still clings fondly to
an antimacassar.-Lo ngman's Mag.
zine.
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PATRIOTS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Their Memory and Their Homes Uncare,
For and Unh onored.

Il b i s IS
A Lebanon, Conn, letter to the N. Y.
Sun, says the little old war Office, where
Gov. Jonathan Trumbull and his Coun.
ciEof Safety held scores of secret ses-
.sions during those times of trial from
which the military and naval forces
were directed, has fallen into unappre-
ciative hands, and is now occupied as a
tenement house; while the famous
Trumbull tomb, where probably lie the
ashes OF more OF tho illustrious dead
than in any other in tie State,is neglect
ed and fast crumbling away.
Several years ago movement was
started by one or two of Lebanon s
patriotic sons looking toward the pur-
cbuse by the town of the little old war
Office, to be kept as curiosity and re,
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WHERE WASHINGTON AND HIS OFFICERS
STOPPED.
having dried up. No granite shaft yet
rears its Ionic head above the trees that
skirt the village green. aud the chances
are good that none ever will.
The little conical shaped burying
ground. where so many sacred ashes
rest, is just outside the village 1t is an
ancient acre. Moss covered stones of
unknown age and obliteratcd names lie
tnmbled down in regular rows. Wet,
low lands bound the round mound. The
only dry way of entering is from the
roadway. A single tree, tall and slim,
grows from the summit like lonely
flagstaff A luxurious growth of thick
clover hides the majority of the tum-
Dled-down tombstones that once marked
the earthen beds of the dead The
stones, upon which the crude lettering is
still leglble, tell of interments two CEN
turtles ago The Trumbull tomb is on
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-25
The Price of His Handwriting

The Price of His Handwriting
One of the wittiest and most popu
lar of American writer's tells of his
elation in the budding days of his
authorship when he saw his name in
o long list of Autographs Of dis
tinguished men for SALE displayedin
q shop window. Entering with an
air of Indifference, he, asked, "How
do you sell Blanks autographs
naming himself.
q 1.-TWO for three cents, SIR" was the
prompt reply.
II left the shop" he says, ga sad
der and wiser man. If they had said
a cent apiece Icould have borne it.
But two for three, Ikea rotten ba-
nanal From that hour | adjured
popular applause. - Youths Com
paniOn.
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THE TRUafBULL TOME.

the east side Of the hill. 1t was built
in 1885. 1t was plain sarcophagus sur.
mounted by a plintl supporting a
column of marble. TIE most distinguish
ing thing about it was its big, strong
door, with its prodigious keyhole But
rain and snow, which beat relentlessly
upon the huge blocks of stone, loosened
them in time, aud the entire front
threatened to burst out and reveal the
interior of the sepulchre. 1t was filled
in with earth then, and resembles tomb
no more. Now it is an egg shaped
mound, disgracefully neglected, where
rank grass runs riot and bramblc bushes
crow. A woodchuck has dug a hole in
the mound, and is the only living watch.
er over the State illustr1ous dead. The
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-25
Tipping Among English Women.
Great Britain is the only country

Great Britain is the only country l
have been in where one will frequently
see fine-looking women drinking brandy
and other spirits in the cars and where
the custom is SO prevalent among both
men and women that at each station
and in the cars one will see q sign re-
#questing passengers not to throw bot
ties out OF the windows. las employees
are often injured thereby II this
custom keeps up it Is possible tn ut the
railway companies will have to steel
plate their section hands in order to
preserve their lives from these ombs s..
Cor. Chicago Journal.
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It's Easy to Feed Carp.

On the subject Of carp feeding s. NJ.
Hartford writes: The carp is vegetn-
rian. Feed refuse from the table. or
small potatoes boiled and mashed so
they can eat them. I feed potatoes
boiled and mixed, while hot, with
wheAt bran; corn meal, ground rye.
ETC., In fact. y on can feed them almost
anything that you would u pig or poul-
try, but the feed should be cooked. If
your pond contains an acre and is we'll
stocked with aquatic plunts, the fish
will require very little feed (unless
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-25

overstoclked). Theygrow. in my pond.
from ave to eight incnes long the first
summer and at the end OF the second
3 summer weigh from q pound to q pound
and half Some report much bot
Ter growth. The growth depends
largely upon the temperature of the
water and food supply. They hiber-
nate in winter and therefore require
no food. neither do they grow during
Il that time il.
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Germans In Africa.

An African craze prevails in
Germany. The foreign Office is flood
ed with applications. largely from
army officers. but including all sorts Of
people, asking for government EN-
ployment ia Africa.
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tomb contains the dust of the Governor,
his wife. his Oldest son, Joseph. Com,
missary General under Washington; his
second son.. Jonathan. Jr., Paymnster,
General and Washington 8 private score.
3tary and iaide: de- camp. afterward Sneak.
er of the United States House of Repre-.
sentatlves, and also Governor Of Con.
necticut; his son in law, William
Williams, one of the signers of the De.
claration of Independence, and host OF
other descendants.
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Unjust be matter Of regret to the.
man who likes to. hear himself talk to be
told that he has been talking in his
slcep.- Yonkers Statesman.
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Epoch Pat, you must be older than you
look to be. How long have you been voting?"
.'Iyer since the polls opened this marnins, be
gobs'
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Have a Fish Pond.

y 4
/ There is no reason why every farmer
who has easy access to water should
not have on his place an institution in
which food will grow with scarcely if
any trouble, and food too, moro valu-
able than that which comes out of tho
pork barrel. With tritling outlay at
first most any farmer can construct a
small fish pond, in which he will find
u much more easy to cultivate the
German carp than to raise brood OF
chickens. With such an institution on
his farm he is always sure OF one kind
OF wholesome, nourishing food. One
farmer up in Noble county. Ohio,
recently wrote: Zone of my neighbors
started u pond in May, 1888, and he
informed me the other day that he had
sold over 5000 worth Of fish to stock
ponds and for market. He has two
very large ponds on his farm. In tho
first place, think pond or artificial
lake composed OF black loan soil is
the most suitable for these fish. The
ponds should be fed from living
springs of good pure water. They
ought to have plenty of grass in the
edge Of the water for the spawn to
adhere to. One Of my neigbbors has
pond lilies, which are very beautiful
and attractive
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-25
Crops Love Water.

4 All crops take up a large quantity
OF water An average crop of small
grain takes up and passes through its
leaves, as much water as would make
8 inches in depth over the whole
surface. This is equal to about 600
tons of water per acre in the whole
growing season. But crops grow and
yield to a large extent in proportion
to the amount OF water supplied.
Hence the advantage OF irrigation by
which sufficient water can be supplied
TO the crops to produce a maximum
yield