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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-25

The result Of the festival in the old
Presbyterian church on Saturday night
for the benefit OF the ball club, was
about SIS clear profits. 1t it had
been clear, warm night, the receipts
would have been larger.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-25
Kelley at Elmira.

Alfred Kelley, who is we'll known to
Bloomsburg theatre goers, is to open
permanent theatre at Elmira, on Car.
roll street. Vaudeville and opera en-
tertalnments are the attractions offer
ed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-25

Mr.. Utt was not the republican ma
chine candidate for county commits
sioner, and many members of that
party are rejoicing over the smashing
of the slate of the bosses.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-25

An infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
c. Greasy died on Tuesday night,
aged three weeks.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-25

The Evangelical Sunday School had
a picnic at Oak Grove on Wednesday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-25

The public schools will open next
Monday.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13

leaders and what dynaStle> Of
kings ruled when these great pyra-
mids were erected, may all be an
swcr,d The prehistoric civilization
Of which these ruins are the visible
trace reached its highest point in
Central America. where are found its
most remarkable remains. In the
last fifty years the ruins of over 700
cities have been identified as SUCH
and as each, Judging from the indi-
cations. possessed population of
from 5,oGO to 20 600. the density with
which these regions were peoplcd
must have taSked even the Incredible
fertility Of tropical soil. Until
lately these cities were unknown,
most of them being located in forests
almost impossible to penetrate, in
Tested with poisonous insects and
reptiles. and rendered doubly pcrilous
Ly the malarial diseases which al
most Invariably attack unacclimatcd
strangers. In such district of Hon
duras are found the ruins Of CDpan,
once d great city, but ruin even in
the time of Cortez. who passed With.
a few miles, but heard nothing of it.
The palace of Copan is a gigantic ruin.
900 by 1000 feet in extent, with a
wall - feet thick at the base. con-
posed of enormous stones brought by
unknown means from quarry two
miles distant. Close b. the palace
is the temple, built upon Il walled
terrace GA feet north and south bl
500 from east to west and rising oycl
100 feet above the river which flow.
by one of its sides. Over 1000, 00t
cubic feet of stone were employed ir
the construction Of this great monu
ment. while idols and altars, col
umns and sculptured stones innum
cradle are to be found on every hand
The time is coming when oul
knowledge of the mysterious builder:
will probably be greatly increased
and one Of the most pulling qucs
tion> in American archaeology vii
then be solved.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13
places Of Worship

In Colorado and Arizona. the great
canyon, cut by the rivers through the
mountains and deserts. were once the
homes OF prosperous tribes whose
numbers may lie III !gci from the ex-
tent Of the ruins which once com
posed Their habitations. Further
south are the Iuehlos, great COM
muncs in which, under a common
roof ant, sheltered by common wall,
many families lived together under a
primitive form Of government. The
mound builders and cliff dweiers
disappeared. leaving only the traces
of their existence to arouse interest
and awaken speculation in the minds
OF historian and antiluarian: but the
PucllOs, in decadcncc, We still have
with us.
Further south, in Mexico. Central
America, and Peru. the destructive
hand of the Spanard was not able
to oblii crate the striking evidences of
a former civilization, Everywhere in
these countries are to he found the
remains of mounds built for purposes
Of religion. of temples. Of palaces of
roads, constructed with the incest re-
gaId to the pcculiariics Of the eli
mate: Of irrigatng canals which con-
vcrtcd wide tracts of sterile sand
t. blooming gardens: Of cities which
once contained their thousands Of iE-
habitaHis. The Sraniard> took for
granted that the temples which they
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13

Reels C"ngrrS~ Not Wi,h"u> :: Parallel.
S3S, ,4n4. $3.50 more than the Fiftv-first or
Reed Congress. although the Republi-
can Senate cut down the Democratic
House appropriations Sl77,95l. This
Eif y-seconl Congress also au-
thorized contracts based on future rev.
enue to the amount of s5S, ,52G, ,62l.
The attempt TO eva,le the responsible
itv, hv alleging tina. the Flfty-second
Congress was compelled to do it on ac-
count of legislation of the Fiftv-tirst
l. Congress. is transparent, because, If
| onci Congress can bind Il succeeding
Congress. it can bind. twenty success
sors. and reform would he an m,.ossi-
| hlli'v. The excessive apl ronriations
i of the Reed Congress were illegal.
Tue very fact that the appropriations
| of the Eittysccond Congress exceeded
| those of the Fiftv-tirst by S39, 900, 900
| utterly demolishcs the cowartily sub
tcrfuge. 1t may he of interest to note
| that the Cleveland administration
! 1854 Sst collected SJl, ,035, ,6S2 less
| whisky and tobacco tax than Arthnr's,
llSSo 81, and Sll5, $50, 324 less than
| Harrison's, 1883 81. This Is rrima
| farie evidence that the whisky and to-
| bacco men somehow stood in with the
| Cleveland administration and saved
about S1Oo. 900. 900 by the transaction.
II is known of al! men that the whiskv v
combines were all enthusiastic Clcre-
land men and subscribed Literally al
ways to his campaign fund. In short
| the whole thing smacks of a we'll de-
| fined crllusioa between Cleveland
hackers and the whisky coml;1e. -
| Mercury.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13

over it is not required rs circulating
medium since it is used very little in
that capacity Now como Italy,
France, Austria and Russia desirous to
purchase this gold Il. its full market
value and even a little more, giving in
exchange things that are of use and
productive value. II citizen of Mars
were to come among us aud he told of
this situation, he would probably con-
gratulate us on the ability to exchange
a commodity that seems to he of no use
for production or consumption. for
other commodities that are of use. He
would probably reason that if We cx-
changed all Of it in that way we should
be the w"altl,ier for it. And yet as a
matter of fact, here is great country
that never was weaIthier in all tho
things tina. go to make life comfortable
and enjoyable, that has rarely been as
prosperous as now, trembling with APP
prehcnsion because this idle yellow
metal is leaving us in exchange for all
di.;onal wealth. Does it not, on the
face of it, seem ridiculous? And real
~ may not the man from Mars he
righi? Let's think it over.-The
Voice
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13

How many people, asks the Boston
Transcript, have heard the verb to
strawn (Nermont) or to STRAIN (Nan-
tuckct. meaning to wander about
aimlcssly? Could the phrase Il don t
guess it's So" be properly attributed
to a genuine Yankee, speaking the
rustic speech?
A Yankee says Il reckon" only less
often than he says Il guess" Is this
as ancient use with him as Il
guess" or did lie somehow pick it up
from the Southcrners?
Are doughnuts called simballs else
where than in Weymouth, bingham
and a few other towns in southwest
crn Massachusetts,?
How far west or north must one
90 before doughnut becomes nut
cake" and how much further west
before it becomes "friedcake?"
What is the origin of the former
New England term, now almost oh.
soletc. of "dodunk" for Il stupid, sim
pie person? The word is often found
in Mr.. Rowland +. Robinson's Yer.
mont which, by the way, arc
the best Vermont dialect yet put ir
nrint
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13

\ great MANY attempts have been
made in this and other states to get
legislation that will prevent double
taxa ion. 1t is a question that las
bothered great many people. To
frame a law that will compel every
man to pay tax on All he owns, and at
the same time making sure that no
one is taxed on what he is in deb.
for, is no easy matter. During the
Thirty general assembly bill
was intro luced in the House which
provided tor the exemption of NOR
gagged property not TO exceed $1,000
for any one person. TIE object was
to prevent double taxation of prop
| ertv and to relieve the mortgager who
pays tax both ON what he owns anl
on what he owes. 1t was argued that
such law would be taken advantage
of by unscrupulous men, who would
mortgage to that extent for the pnr-
pose of getting $1,000 of property ex
| s1opt from taxation. The bill failed
| to pass. not because the intention of
| the author of the bill was not good,
| hut because it was believed that the
method proposed world aot have the
desired effect.
In California they have a law for
taxing mortgaged real estate that is
said to give satisfaction. \ man, for
instance. buys 5000 piece of prop
ertv and pays $500 cash for it aud
/ gives mortageg on .he property for
| the remaining $1,000. Wenh the tax
| assessor comes around he assesses the
property regardless of the mortga
The holder of the property pays Il tax
on the pro. ertv as assessed. but when
he comes to pay the interest on the
mortgage, or rart of the principal, as
the ease may be, the holder of the
| mortgage is under legal obligation to
deduct from the amount due him one
half of the amount of that Shown lv
the tax receipt. The assessor is not
supposed to know who holds the mort
| gage. and does no! need to know. He
assesses the property wherever he finds
il and the law enables the holder Of
tie property to get justice when he
comes 10 settle with the persons who
own part of the property, as shown by
the mortgage.
| We call attention to California's
method of assessment and taxation 10
give a hint to Legislators of o;her
states who are seriously seeking a
remedy for double taxation. 1t is the
poor man-the man least able to pay
taxes-who has TO pay tax on what he
owns, and also on what he owes, while
the money lender who holds the mort
gage, if he is unscrupulous, can secrete
his money and noes and escape taxa
tion. Some member Of the legislature
has an opportunity to win the esteem
of the masses by introducing and push
ing through bill that will effcctualiy
remedy the evils of unjust taxation
Journal of Agriculture.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13

The railroad debt loaned t. them
by the government; j. G., the Pacific
roads. was about :Gl, l,623.jl2 at six per
cent. interest, which was to run thirty
years and upon the consideration Of
this advance the railroads were to pay
the government certain percentage
of their net earnings Congress also
gave them 26,0W, 900 acres of land,
from which thcy realized $3a, 40. .33l. Il
with S26.u54.270 worth vet unsolI.
\ total land grant of s65. .353, 4S3. Il.
Say nothing of this vast territory of
land. the rinciple and interest on the
loan amounts to about Sl1S. 8S4, $50
which is due in 1898 With no per-
centases }aiI as the watercd stock
! more than a.e that MP. and they are
going to ask for an extension on this
Indebtedness for ninetv-nine years a:
l. per cent. Let them pay their
mortgages the same as the poor man.
| or surrender the road to the govern
| ment. Chicago Sentinel.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13
nothing about them or their builders.

nothing about them Or their builders.
The character of the pyramids.
most OF which were evidently con-
structed for religious purposes. is very
diverse. Some. like the pyramids of
the sun and moon in Mexico. are
simply mounds of earth. closely re-
sembling the huge pile which formerly
rose in the north central part of this
city. Others are mounds. similar in
character. bat having at the top
temple more or less Ornate and cX-
ten>iye. the elevated plateau which
formed the summit evidently fur
nishing an assembling place where
the worShiper> might greet the ris-
ing sun. Still others. while prcscTv-
ing the pyramidal form. were pyra
mid> only in shape. being terraced
with successivcly rctreating stories,
each providing suites Of chambers.
which were. doubtless, appropriated
to the priests and servants of the
temple. One such structure in Cen
tral America. considerably exceeding
| 10 feet in height. consists of seven
stories the various tcrra"cn =. ms OF
which must have furnished accom-
mOiatiOn> for host Of attendants.
Grand even in its ruins. when the
giant strurture was in perfect repair
and the long stairways leading to the
summit were crowded with ascending
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13
WINTER WHEAT CROP.
Varying Conditions Reported from Elev


4 detailed report in the Farmers Re-
view covering eleven States shows that
there has been little Improvement in
the condition of winter wheat since the
last report. The present condition in
Illinois is not even fair. Most of the
reports run from fair 20 poor. In some
counties the late sown whcatis found to
be killed and will! have to be rlowed up.
On clay lands especially the damage in
some counties has lcfn great. In
other counties the late sown wheat
sproutcd after the advent of winter and
such fields were KILLED by the later
severe weather. In niiana the general
condition is fair. The wheat that got a
good start last fall is generally doing
we'll. Some of the fields that were be-
licyed damaged are reviving, but
slowly on account OF the cold nights.
Much of the VIII, at on the low lands has
hccI, DANA ,od by excessive wet. Ohio
reports show the condition to be much
better than ether OF the twD States
mentioned. The condition varies from
fair to good The early wheat is LOOK
ing we'll, but late is not SO promising.
in many counties the stand is very
good and without any disaster will make
q fine crop In Michigan the condition
varies greatly, some reporting very good
and some very loor prospects. The
general condition is fair. Con siderable
damage has resulted from freezing. In
some counties the c,op is still covered
with snow, and condition cannot be de-
tcrmined. In Kentucky tho general
condition is only fair. Much of the
wheat was frozen cut. in Missouri most
of the correspondents report fair. Afew
| report poor and a few good. Some
! wheat has been frozen out, and the
fields look dead. while other fields look
we'll. Conditions in Kansas are little
better than in Missouri. The or p needs
rain badly. In Nebra ka the general
| condition is good. but in most counties
there has cen as yet little growth. 4
| few counties report the condition as
| LAT. In Iowa and conSin the con-
dition is reported as fair to good. In
| Wisconsin many of the was at fields are
| still covered with snow. Reports from
| Mime ota are too meager to sumnar-
! ize The outlook for fruit is generally
| goo1. The trees rircned their wood
| well in the fail. and the buds are well
| develope !. The condition at present is
! reported at from fair to good from all
! the States covered hy our report OF win
| ter wheat \ few counties in Illinois
! and Michig gan report the outlook poor.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13

In the state of Massachusetts,, Cen
sus Bulletin No. 81. rerorts that there
are 23l 2I3 farms, l025l of which are
free from cncumhrances, 2.oo2 are
cncumhercd by mortgages, which
leaves l5S.9 500 farms cultivated by
tenants. BY counting the moe gagged
farms as tenants. which in fact they
are We see that there are nearly five
tenant farmers to one free holder, and
this. too. in the land that made hun
drcds of millions ont of the war. and in
state that has more wealth than any
other two states in the union. Little
by little the statements made by re
formers are being substantiated from
the months of those wLo recently
$ outlv denied it. and asserted that the
farmers were rfosperlng.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13
Carlisle and Currency.

Reports from Washington state that
Secretary Carlisle has arranged plan
for a l,anking system. which he pro-
poses to urge upon the country
through Congress ut the next session.
The outlines Of the plan are not given
very distinctly. The principle features
however, appear TO be provisions tor
the issue OF state bank currency. undcr
virtual control of the national govern
ment. and the permanent Suspension
of both silver purchase and silver
coinage by til" treasury. As lndlcat-
ed by the information a. hand the
secretary's plan for regulating state
bank issues is to have the banks chart
the issues basel upon securities whose
sutiiciency is to be determined by tn:
national government.
Sucl. plan, if adopted. would re-
suit in the same thing az would follow
ii the present national banking law
We're amended by giving the national
banks the right to deposit other sccur.
tiles than government bonds or money
as basis for circulation, and Is there
fore merely an extension 1.-THE present
national bank act in that one partlcu-
lar. All the objections therefore.
which may be urged against the
present law will obtain equally against
the one now said TO be favored by
Secretary Carlisle, with another very
strong one aided. that is, it will h,
impossible to keep the security rs good
as that now required, AMI hence there
| will always be danger of loss, either to
the state or national government
whichever is required to make such
guarantee, tl.en the liability to loss i
with the. holder of the notes. Th.
| attempted appeal to gticklers for estate
lights" which is evidently intended
- he made by allowing the proposed
banks to he chartered lv the states
| Hepe:atclv, while continuing the power
20 prevent them from gti:,c into actua
business in the hands s.: the nationa
government. by giving it power to pas;
finally upon the security offered as :
| basis for circulation seems vel,
clumsy, and can har ilv have rlucl
effect, especially against the strong
! objection which we have suggested.
! The same objections which are now
so strongly urged against a further de
probation of the price of silver bullio,
| would still remain under this enlarged
banking scheme, II it should foolisll,
be adopted bv Congress. These Oh
."ctions are based upG;s the we'll as
certainel fact tha. the price III foreigl
markets of all orr agricultural ok
ports and these form "hout seven
| tentls OF our annual csH1rts. beside
what are exported in the form of man
nfactured articles, which makes nearl,
another tenth-is regulated by th'
price of silver bullion, and there i
certainly no reason why this countr,
should desire 10 lower the ,>-ire Of tl
products with which tl.. interest an,
principal of American securities hel,
abroad. must he pail. Yet ii Mr.. Car
isles scheme wcreIadoptrl that is pre-
| .'isnlv what we woull be doing. Boz
he changes proposed, If correctly re
ported, are very objectionable. NOR
so than the present arrangement.
The financial disease with whir
the country is now afflicted is bad
very bad. hut DIR. Carlislt's propose
remedy is worse.-Farmer, Tribune
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13
How the World Wavs


Mss MAssI, the actress, wife Of
Frederick de Rcilevillc, dieI at New
York.
CLEVELAND Democrats elect their
Mayor. The CITY Council is Rerub-
licau.
PROF. ERNEST HALsrEp, OF the Indi-
ana Normal School at Columbus, is
missing.
THE bodies of four tramps were found
in the ruins OF Il b ,rn burned at May
wood, \. J.
Mrs. FRANK FITZGERALD, wife of
Surrogate Fitzgerald, Of New York, died
of pneumonia.
PETITION for rehearinS in the Chi
cago lake front case was overruled by
the Supreme Court.
CITY TREASURER STRONG, Of Grand
Island, Neb. confesses a $4,000 short
age in his accounts.
JoSErH JEFFrRScN Will rebuild his
Euzzard's Bay cottage, Crows Nest,
which was destroyed by fire.
SECRETARY SAITH does not expect
tia the Cherokee Strip will be opened
to settlemen, before July l next.
\. JACKSON HYATT. a cousin of the
late Samuel ]. Randall, died in New
Yo.k, agel GG. He was lawyer.
A sHASrY in which two Italians were
slcepin, burned near Scranton. Pa,
and the men We're burned to death.
LUBIN A>TELL, a print r, perished in
a fire al San Francis %, which destroy cd
a row Of frame tenement buildings.
HFBER CARVER, aged Is. was killed
near Elwood, Ind. by the explosion oi
{. gun he ha ma 10 from piece Of gas
pipe.
COL. f. W. FOSTER, Indian Agent al
Yank:on Agcncr. S. d., returned to his
home and found his wife sitting dead il
Il chair.
ITALY, following the cx xample of En-.
gland and France, will raise its lcga
ton at Washington t. the dignity OF az
embassy.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has appointed
Oliver p. Tucker, of Co .ington, Deputy
Comptroller of the Currency, vict
Nixon, resigned.
Ten or twelve buildings burned a
Point Arena, Cal. Gus Graves and ar
unknown man were killed in jumping
from W ndOwS.
A NEGRO desperado named Charles
Morgan was lynched by Il mob of hi,
color at Graham. Va. Morgan murdered
a law abiding negro.
A. i. SUTTON, under arrest at Louis
Vile io- forging whisky certificates, has
made an assignm mt. He places hi:
liabilities at S600,000.
CHARLES NORTON and Stella Jones
bo, h colored, were arrested at Manitou
Colo, for sealing $3.50 from J. A
Petri, of Phillipsburg, n. j.
THE British barkentine Maggie
Thompson, from Sagua. for the Della
ware breakwater. sixiy-two days out
and the Portuguese bark Fara, from
Philadelphia Tor Fara, Portugal. IL:
days out, are probably los. with al
/ hands, numbering twenty-six men.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-04-13
Want True Men.

We would state most emPhatically
for the information of the public gen
orally that We have got very little con-
tidence in man who goes into the
Populiss movement merely for tie sake
of some official position. Such a man
is curse to the movement and the
cause would be better without him
than with him. We want no Robe
spheres. Marats or Dantons who made
the French revolution a reign of
terror, nor do we want any Benedic:
Arnolls. We want men like Lafayette
and Washington, whose patriotism led
them to lay their lives, their. fortunes
and their sacred honor as sacrifice
upon the altar Of their country.-A
lance Signal, Texas.