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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-06
Schooling Mt Twenty Dollars y Year.

However moderate the expenses of q
student of the present time may be they
can hardly reach the extremely modest
sum which sufiiced for Jean Marmontel,
a French poet, during the reign of Louis
XIV. for q years schooling. In his
Memoirs" he speaks of his school life
as follows:
l was lodged, as was the custom of
the school, with five other scholars at
the house Of an honest mechanic.
My provisions for week consisted
Of large loaf Of rye bread, little
cheese, piece of bacon and two or three
pounds of beef. My mother had added
to them dozen apples.
This was the weekly provision of the
best fed scholar of the school. The mis-
tress of the house cooked for us, and for
her trouble, her fire, her lamp, her beds,
her houseroom, including even the vege-
tables of her little garden which she used
for our soup, each of us gave her twelve
pence halfpenny month.
Reckoning everything except my
clothes, l cost my father between four
and five pounds year. This was much
to him and an expense of which l was
very anxious to see him relieved.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-06
GRAINS OF GOLD.

There is no pride like that OF beg.
gar grown rich.--Mothe
The man that looks at everything
through money never sees far.
1t is the struggle and not the attain
ment that measures character.
There is no better excess in the world
than the excess Of gratitude.
BE silent where reason is not regarded
and truth is distasteful.-T. Fuller.
Some women go to church to study
the texts, and some to study the tex
lures.
The great secret of success in life is
to be ready when the opportunity comes.
Beaconsheld.
Harsh counsels have no effect; they
are like hammers which are always re-
pulsed by the anvil.
We erected the idol Self and not
only wish others to worship it, but we
worship it ourselves.
All true work is sacred In all work,
were it but true hand labor, there is
something of divineness.
Ones self-satisfaction is an untaxed
kind Of property, which it is very un-
pleasant to find deprecated.
AS we must render an account Of
every idle word, so must we likewise of
our idle silence. e.-Cranmer
Perhaps all men can not be success
full, but every one can make up his mind
that he will deserve to be.
Mo,, Sc payar NJ ,,,hoN,,,, os ,rLa,, Ia
hates his brother, and never so happy
rs when he loves him. I.
The road to ambition is too narrow
for friendship, too crooked for love, too
rugged for honesty and too dark for
science.
Friends are as companions on a jour
ney, who ought to aid each other to
persevcre in the road to happy life. -
Pythagoras.
As there are no blessings which may
not be perverted into evils, so there are
no trials which may not be converted
into blessings.
Enforced companionship without con-
geniality is one Of the miseries Of life,
and by no means one of the least com.
mon miseries either.
All the precepts of the divine law are
linked together. Negligence in one
single point may lead to the destruc-
tion of all.-St. John Chrysostom.
Duty rounds the whole of life, from
our entrance into it until our exit from
it-duty to superiors, duty to interiors,
duty to equals-duty to man and duty
to God.-Smiles.
To-day's privileges .can not be en-
ioyed nor to-day's duties discharged to-
morrow. Tomorrow may never come.
If it does come it will bring its own
privileges and duties-privileges made
less and duties made greater by to-day's
neglect.
Looking 10 others for our standard Of
happiness is q sure way to be miserable.
Our business is with our own hearts
and our own motives. And you can not
borrow time. There is no interest ac-
cumulating on the days as we pass them
by. Every night the account is closed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-06
CALIFORNIA HERMlTS.
Men Passing Their Lives in Idle Solitude
on tho NionntaM Tops.


Is man essentially social animalp The
scientists say 80. But in the mountains
of California there are almost enough
men who for years have led a life of ut
ter solitude TO disprovo the generaliza-
ton. These mountain hcrmits can be
found scattered through the Sierras and
the coast range from one end Of the state
to the other. They are particularly nu-
merous through this region, centering
about the Yosemite valley and extend
ing far back into the high Sierras. Some
of them were once guides in the valley,
others have been miners, and some
again seem to have taken up the life of
solitude simply because they like it.
To this class belongs old p. Il. Gibson
-"Old Gib," as he is generally called
who lives on q mountain ranch. He Is
seventyfive years old, but is possessed Of
as much physical strength and endurance
as the average man Of half his age. He
came thirty years ago from Tennessee,
where he left wife and large family
of children. One of his sons came TO see
him recently and tried to induce him to
visit his former home, but "Old Glib"
steadfastly refused to leave his little
ranch and solitary cabin. He has never
seen railroad, and the stage drivers
from the nearest station try their utmost
to persuade him to go to town and at
least look Mt train of cars. But his in
variable answer il: "Do you think I'm
going down there to be blowed up by
one of them there blamed engines2 Not
much"
Nearly all the men who live this life
of solitude very long get bit queer in
the head, and "Old Glib is no exception
to the rule. He has a rigmarole descrip-
ton of himself which declares that he is
"thc best man in the United States or
adjoining territories, either directly or
indirectly, financially, commercially, &C.
! Realistically or unchurchified." The old
man is hard worker, and when he Is
not busy on his ranch he is working
energetically making "shakes"-that Is,
clapboards split and sawed by hand from
big pine trees.
Old man Lambert, who has a cabin in
the high Sierras some thirty miles back
of the Yosemite is another Of the noun
tain hermits. He has neither ranch nor
mining claim, but lives by what he
shoots and by an occasional few dollars
earned from camping parties. He has
lived alone in that same spot for years
and years, and will in all likelihood stay
there until he dies. There are months
at a time that he does not see another
human being. A party Of campers one
summer found him making huge stone
wall that seemed to have no purpose
whatever. In surprise they asked him
what he was piling up those stones for.
Why" he said, "a mans got to do
something, up here alone, or he'll go
wrong, sure. Cor. Augusta ga. Chron-
ic1a
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-06
SCIENTIFIC BREvITlES.

Professor Pickering reports the dis. |
covery of forty small lakes in Mars.
Experience in electrical welding shows
thai the metal is strengthened at the
point of Welding.
Some recent Investigators claim that
the sweetness and fragrance of the very
hest butter is due to a certain benei.
cent species of bacteria.
Aluminium sheets will make much
more durable and satisfactory roofing
than sheet copper, now generally used
in valuable buildings.
It is said that on an average one op-
Grafton per day is made in New York
for the removal of the vermiform ap.
pendix, the worm-like termination of
the big intestine.
Chlorine gas, decomposed from sea
water by means of electrical machines,
is employed for disinfecting the hold,
store room, ETC., of vessels of the Italian
navy.
The zinc -tannin process of preparing
wood to resist decay is proving a great
success, 1t hardens the wood and
makes it much more useful, especially
when used for railroad ties.
The new explosive, ammonite, by the
use of electric firing and careful tamp.
ing, does away with flames, and, is in
consequence, being introduced in mines
where the gases exist in explosive pro.
portions.
The Investigations of English and
German experts are such as to lead
them to limit the life of iron bridges
to seventy-five years, and in many in.
stances shorter period of use makes
them unsafe.
If it were possible to cut sections out
of the side of soap bubbles and then by
some delicate contrivance handle the
pieces, there would be required 80, 900,
900 films laid one upon another to make
a pile one inch in height.
Among the most remarkable inven
tions at the paper exhibit at Berlin wal
set of paper teeth made by Lube'
dentist in 1873. They have been il
constant use for more than thirteel
years, and show absolutely no wea
! whatever.
1t has been found that bicyclists VIII
ride to excess are afflicted with ca
tarrhal laryngitis. Mouth breathing
and the rapidity and pressure wit
which large quantities of air are force,
into the larynx are said to be the cause
! Prim, chemical expert, has deter
mined by scientific investigation tina
the air of London is purest at abou
thirty or forty feet from the ground
lower than that the dust is encountered
and higher than that the smoke fror
the chimneys reaches.
Experiments are being tried in Gei
many in making horseshoes of mater
ial the chief constituent Of which
paper. 1t is said to fit the hoof bette
than the iron shoe, to be imperviou
to water, and to grow rough under use
so as to become safeguard agains
slipping.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-06
NcNer Roads CriticlsIaA

Mr.. Santley, the eminent baritone, de-
clares that since 1861 he has rarely read
a criticism that has been passed upon his
singing. In that year he was taken
severely to task for performance at the
birmingham festival, and the remarks Of
the caustic critic so affected him that he
determined to read no more criticisms.
If other performers, distinguished and
not distinguished, would follow this ex-
ample, what heartburnings would be
saved!-London Tit-Bits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-06
Kings Daughters in Turkey.

Smyrna, Turkey, has an active circle
Of Kings Daughters engaged in the prac-
hcal charitable work for which this or
Ter is noted By sewing, embroidering,
scrubbing floors, blackening shoes, or
any work for which money would be
paid, they have distributed rice and coal
among the poor, visited the sick, edu-
Gated children, provided medicines, paid
rents and done other similar acts Of
charity. On holidays they divide into
committees for the purpose of decorating
the rooms where poor families live and
providing small remembrances for the
children.-New York Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-01-06
Artificial Thunder.

A miniature thunder factory has been
constructed for the science and art de-
partment at South Kensington, England,
with plates seven feet in diameter, which,
it is believed, would give sparks thirty
inches long, but no Leyden jars have
been found to stand its charge, all being
pierced by the enormous tension.-New
York Telegram.
Evening journal., 1893-02-20
CITY NEWS lN eRlEE.

Frank Steinki formerly Of this city, died
in Philadelphia, yesterday.
-Dennis Carr, OF the Second ward, has de-
clared his intention to become a Democratic
candidate for Council.
The Mavtha Washington supper to be
given by Ladies Mite Society Of kingswood
NJ. Il. Church will be on Wednesday night.
"A boxing entertainment was Civ in the
Academy of Music saturday evening. There
were several interesting bouts principally by
amateurs of this city.
Street car traffic was delayed about
thrifty minutes this morning by the breaking
Of a southbund wire on a arket street be
ween Second and Third.
For the week ending at noon on Saturday
% deaths were recorded at the Health Office
G. impaired with 81 for the same period last
| ear; IS births and Is marriages.
The transfer Of the house, $50 East
/ Eleventh street. from Jonathan r. Mecheu
/ and wife 10 Charles Il. Mechem was recorded
i at the Surveying Department this morning.
Mrs. Rev. William II. Bancroft, formerl!
| OF this city, died in Chester, on eaturday, o
| pneumonia. Her remains will be brought q
| this city tomorrow for burial in tho VII
mington and Brandywine Cemetery.
One hundred and Eve young men at
tended and enjoyed the gospel meeting Of th'
| Young Mems Christian Ass citation YESTERDAY
after oon. Adam Murman. Of Harrisburg
spoke on Christian Independence"
Evening journal., 1893-02-20
THE ISLAND CONTRACT AWARDED

The Work OF Digging Away Smiths and
Windmill Islands Said to Have Been
Allotted.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 20.-There seems
to be no doubt now that the American
Dredging Company, of this city, has been
awarded the contract for the removal Of
the Delaware river islands. It was re
ported late Saturday night from Wash.
ington that Secretary of War Elkins had
decided on giving it to the American
Company, but on account of the lateness
of the hour it had been decided not to
make the formal announcement until
to day. II such is the case it will be in
ccordance with the recommended ations Of
Major Raymond, the engineer in charge
of the work here. The lowest bidders
were Connolly & Co but after an inves
tigation Major Raymond did not coll
slider them capable of properly fulfilling
the contract should il be awarded TO them
and so notified the department at Wash
ington
Besides this protests against the firm
were sent in by a number of Senators
and others ana documentary evidence in
a case in Canada, where the Connollys are
said not to have appeared in very good
| light, was also turned over for the Secre-
tary of War to peruse.
The parties directly interested in the
contract in this city were still in the
dark yesterday, having heard nothing
beyond what was printed in the daily
papers. Louis Y. Schermerhorn, the
president Of the American Dredging Com.
pany, aud who was assistant engineer OF
the navy for sixteen years prior to two
years ago, was seen at his home in West
Philadelphia and when informed of the
report that it was pretty well
established that his company
had received the contract. said
"Well, if it's so it is certainly good
news l haven't heard anything authori
tative as yet. Our counsel at Washing
ton Mr. Carman, mailed me a letter a.
o'clock yesterday afternoon, in which
he said that ali the papers relating to tn,
matter had been removed from the desl
of the chief clerk of the War Depart
ment and turned over to the secretar,
before he had written me. He added
that it was understood that the contfac
would be awarded last night. / hav
not received any word to day and prob
dDAN M0n q nnNAA Anb AAAnQulNNAAANnN Z
made tomorrow
"In case you have been awarded tn
contract when can you begin work." wa
asked
1--WE would start not later than Marc
We could be ready then, am sure.
"What is the size of your plant, an
is it in this cityG'
1--WE have seven dredges over in Cam
den, two at Baltimore and one at MOI
5 folk. We have thirty-seven scows a
together Some of them are here and tn
, balance are at Baltimore The ones q
the latter point could be brought her
in twenty. four hours through the cant
3 If the ice we're out of it.
7 Major Raymond was also seen at b
2 house in Germantown but he could M
! verify the report, not having receive
any advices from Washington durin
the day"
Evening journal., 1893-02-20
SONS OF REVOLUTION CELEBRATE
Annual Service Held Yesterday In st
Pauls Chapel, New York.

Annual Service Held Yesterday I'm ST.
Paul's Chapel, New York.
NEW York, Feb. 20.-The third
annual service of the Sons of the Revolu-
ton in the state Of New York was held
in st. Paul's Chapel. yesterday, to cele-
brate the one hundred and sixty FIRST
anniversary of the birth of Washington.
Delegates from societies in New York,
Pennsylvania, the District OF Columbia,
New Jersey, Georgia, Iowa, Massachu
setts and Maryland were present Rep
resentatives from the Society of the
Colonial wsrs also attended. The
church was decorated with American
flags and copies of the flags carried by
the Continental troops and the Bourbon
flag carried by French troops during the
Revolution.
The special services, which were
authorized by Bishop Potter and arranged
by DR.. Daniel c. Weston. General Chap
lain of the Sons of the Revolution, were
conducted by DR. Morgan Dix, rector of
Trinity Parish, assisted by DR.. James S.
Stone, of Philadelphia. The sermon
was preached by DR.. Stone
Evening journal., 1893-02-20
PART OF A TOWN BURNED DOWN.

Inhabitants of AN Alaskan Settlement
Driven From Their Homes by Fire
Which Destroyed One-Quarter OF the
Community.
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb 20.-A letter
has been received from New Metakanta,
Alaska, a settlement known as Father
Dunkan Mission" giving particulars of
a fire there February z, by which twenty
eight houses were destroyed, in two
hours The people are suffering for
want of clothing and shelter. The FIRE
destroyed about a quarter of the town,
entailing loss of $1,000
Requests for aid have resulted in $S00
being subscribed in this city so far, and
more will be forthcoming
Evening journal., 1893-02-20
PORT DEPOSIT UNDER WATER.

The susquehanna Again Floods the
Town-Italians Narrowly Escape Death.
An Ice blockade on the Tracks.
A special dispatch from Port Deposit
dated yesterday says "The water was
eight feet on the main street this morn
ing. The whole lower part of the town
was flooded last night and rything
movable was washed away, including
large quantities Of lumber which was
caught in the ice jam near the bridges
below.
mo lives were lost, but lot Of
Italians near Rock Run had narrow
escape. The water rose so fast that they
took to the roofs Of their one story frame
houses. Huge cakes of ice piled against
the little buildings and the frail sup.
ports soon began TO give way. Men in
boats rescued the Italians from their
perilous position.
For several miles the railroad tracks
are covered with masses of ice ten feet
high Tonight furious northwesterly
storm is raging and the river is still on
the rise. "
Owing to the condition Of the wires no
later particulars could be obtained this
morning.
Evening journal., 1893-02-20
MORE PAY OR STRIKE.

Chicago switchmen and Their Employees
Warning over Wages.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-Switchmen employed
by the Belt line made a move Saturday
which may result in strike involving
all the lines coming into Chicago. They
demand an increase in wages amounting
to about 33 per cent and gave General
Manager Thomas three days to consider
the matter.
At a meeting Of General Managers
association a resolution was adopted
pledging every Chicago road to grant nc
increase of wages under any circum-
stances.
Evening journal., 1893-02-20
COMMENT ON GLADSTONES BILL.

The English Premier's Home Rule Scheme
Commented on variously by the Lon
don Press-The Elasticity OF Partisan
Criticism.
LONDON, Feb. 2O.-The News this
morning maintains that nearly nine
tenths of the difficulties raised in debate
by the opponents of the Home Rule BILL
have been removed by the publication Of
the text of that measure. The News
discusses the financial clauses of the
measure at great length, pointing out
the immense cost Of the troops and armed
police in Ireland, which will he saved to
the British tax payers if the bill becomes
law.
The Telegraph says that the measure
is even more recklessly perilous to the
peace and safety Of the empire and more
fruitful of difficulty and complication in
details than the bill of 1886.
The Post says the bill is especially
framed to catch by its brilliant vagueness
the vote of all Who might stickle over it
were its lines more precise.
Evening journal., 1893-02-20
MORE REVIVAL SERVICES.

Meetings for the Maintenance OF Re-
ligious Enthusiasm TO Continue This
Week.
The special services held in various
churches last week will be continued
this week.
At Hanover Presbyterian Church there
will be services on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings DIR. James
Roberts Of Darby, Pa, General Secre-
tary J. r. King Of the Y. NJ. c. A. and
others are expected TO assist
At the First Presbyterian Church
services will be held every evening. A
special meeting for men is announced
for Saturday.
At Second Baptist Mission meetings
will also be held every evening. Rev. j.
]. Bullen, OF Crozier Seminary. will preaet
and sing The attendance at the services
last week and last night was large.
Music, both vocal and instrumental
will be the features at all Of these ser
vices.
There were two conversions at Kings
wood NJ f. Church last night and si'
probation members admitted.
Evening journal., 1893-02-20
Reading Directors Meet.
HAMMERING At PREFERRED.

The New York Bears Again viciOusly
Attack Reading Prize stock-Trading
on an Enormous Scale.
NEW YORK, Feb 2O.-11 a. m.-The
excitement over the liquidation in Read
ing shows no sign of immediate abate-
ment at this hour and to this is added a
furry in Northern Pacific preferred,
owing to the opposition developed be.
tween the stockholders committee and
the management by the long delayed re
port sent out late ON Saturday. The
trading in Reading is on the same enor
nous scale, and the decline is equally as
abrupt as on either Of the two previous
days
The price declined rapidly from 36s on
Saturday to 29i, at which point there
was some apparent support developed
and while the volume of business was
not diminished rally to about 30 oc.
Cured New Englandswas equally as
weak, though less prominent in the late
dealings.
Evening journal., 1893-02-20

stables, ever know of charge Of any
kind. or complaint being brought against
me- No, he said 81 appointed you and
was always proud of you Then for
what reason did you vote for my dis.
missalg 4 don't know anything about
the case at all All l knew was what
the mayor told me- You voted just be.
cause the mayor said so, did your He
evaded an affirmative answer.
"a few days after my dismissal, two
of my friends, business men, called on
Mayor Wiley In my behalf. At first he
would not listen to them and arose in a
rage and would say nothing. Finally,
finding they would not be put of in
that manner he quieted down and said
i had IL made up in my mind that
would give Haines three weeks on those
charges, but he made a remark on the
night OF his trial that settled him with me
aud | decided then aud there that be
would be dismissed from the force and
never return Those words were that he
had not gotten the money and expected
from what he understood that he would
never get IT,
'Those-were the words that used To
him aud for them | was dismissed from
/ AN' AhANNf MNAAA AiNt ~ UHNtInNNNA
that If | had been given chance
could have brought witnesses there VIII,
would have proved that the charges
were false
'An officer was appointed in M
place the night I was dismissed and III
went on duty the next night. That 4
something that never happened sine
the commission was created. Some
times when an officer was dismissed
three or four weeks would pass Defor
his successor was appointed.
"What have said is the whole stor
from beginning TO end. The Polio
Commissioners, two only, have not live
up TO the rules and did not give me
chance TO bring witnesses before them
Commissioner Jester voted because th
mayor wanted him TO and the mayor wa
no doubt pressed by the New. Centur
Club. The money over which the troubl
arose has not as yet been paid 10 me.