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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-15

A Tennessee Judge has decided
that progressive euchre is gambling.
In his chnrge to the grand jury he
said
''Not only is gambling carried on in
regular gambling resorts, but people of
high standing and responsibility gam
BILE They may not put down money,
but they set an example Tor Others in
playing for prizes and rewards. In
these progressive euchre games these
persons p ay for fine pictures or gold
headed canes. Examples are set that
are a violation of the law, and it is
Just as demoralizing as common gam
bling. A conviction of one man of
the higher class is better, as an ex-
ample, than the conviction OF only
ordinary people for common gamb-
ling"
Somebody else evidently won the
gold headed cane.
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-15
SCHOOL BOARD.

A special meeting of the school
board was held Friday evening Of last
week to consider the question Of pro-
viding room for the increased atten-
dance. After much discussion it was
resolved to furnish an additional room
in the High School, and employ
another teacher. The committee on
buildings and grounds were directed
to procure furniture. A number Of
applications having been received
from teachers vote was taken result
ing in the selection Of Mary Sheep.
1t was further resolved to transfer
Miss Ada Rinker to the new room to
be furnished, to promote Miss Wilson
to the room occupied by Miss Rinker,
and place Miss Sheep in charge of the
room vacated by Miss Wilson at Fifth
street. These changes to be made
with the beginning Of the new month,
Monday, September asth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-15

An excellent shoe polish is made
with cosmoline and lamp black Equal
parts of each. 1t can be applied to
the shoes with a piece of cloth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-09-15

Hay is selling at Bloomsburg for
sixteen dollars ton, and at higher
rate in other parts Of the county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26

companion at night to sing Of the stars
in heaven. The man whom she will choose
must also be young, handsome and well
grave with her"
Hon. William f. Cocy buffalo Bid denies
the reports that he IS TO he the Republican
candidate for Governor of Nebraska. ''I
can't give up $4,000 a year for 60 Co., said
he even II It does carry with IL the honor
Of being Governor of Nebraska.
There will be plenty of novelties at Cali
fornia's midwinter fair One of considerable
interest will be veritabe lake of quick
silver. Cannon balls sledge hammers. rocks
and other heavy articles will be placed be-
side the lake and visitors will be privileged
TO sail these strange craft in the silver sea.
Another exhibit is 70 be house OF pine
boards 15G feet long. The house will be of
that length. and not a cross crack will be
seen in it's sides. The Ferris wheel and
Eiffel tower are TO be outdone BY figure
of Justice $50 feet high. holding in her hand
scales with a cross beam SEQ feet long. In
each scale fifty people may be seated and
raised, by dipping the scales, to a height
of 2SS feet.
l cherish for my fellowman a hatred most
sincere.
Had the might I'd doom him without SYM
pathy or fear;
There's but one way for me to show just
what my feelings are
car.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26
MONEY FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.

It must be evident to those who give
consideration to the matter that the COM
mittees soliciting money in aid of the UNI
employed in this city will not obtain as
much as will be needed unless some action
is taken to reach the mass of people who
contributions, or small contributions to be
made in installments. There are hundreds
of people who would gladly give s. or SO if
the payment could be made in installments
of so cents or a dollar week. but they
cannot subscribe either of these amounts
and pay them at one time. Such collection
will involve an amount of work which the
committees cannot undertake. and many
who would make small contributions cam
not go to the headquarters Of the commit
tee to make small payments. Already
formally talked over the matter, and one
of them, an employer of labor. suggested
that member be employed to canvass it's
membership for such signers as would
special committee given amount each
week. 1t is probable that the subject will
come up at the next meeting for action.
The committee might divide the city into
small districts and have them canvassed
by responsible men or women, who will
solicit subscriptions and provide for the
weekly collection OF money. The commit
tee may have a plan of its own to reach
those who are willing to exercise self-de-
NAL in order that they may contribute
something to relieve the distress.
1t is important that we all understand
at this time that every dollar that can be
raised will be needed. and that there will
be untold suffering unless all who can
spare a few dollars through positive self
denial respond to the call.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26

convenience of rapid transit. There
two or three suburbs that will be con-
nected ere long with the city by electric
lines, but everything cannot he done in a
few months. Indeed. the expansion OF the
electric system, under the present manage
ment, has exceeded the expectations Of all
those who can take ways and means into
candid consideration. In connection with
this rapid extension the motives of the
company have nothing to do. 1t cannot
gain that which it has not in the way of
franchises by expanding money under its
present charter. Furthermore, the present
managers have kept their hands out of
local politics, which is a great gain. OF
course, there will be people who will find
fault because a car is not waiting when
they reach corner, or because between
$50 and $50 p. m, when thousands of
people desire to reach their homes, there
are not sufficient cars to give them seat.
To these 1t may be said that similar con-
ditions exist in every other city which has
q business section. At certain hoars the
cars will be crowded, and il would require
more money than any company has to
spend to furnish cars sufficient TO accommo-
date patrons for single trip and remain
unused the rest of the day. 1t is well to
be reasonable
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26
PREACHERS IN A BOX CAR.
An Enraged Engineer Gave Them q
Rough Ride on n New Road.
Lewiston AIe

A party of sedate Maine clergymen, who
recently went over the new Bangor and
Aroostock line from Brownville to the
West branch, had little experience in
end for a time. They were slowed away
on the construction train at Brownville
on the top of a lot of pressed hay in a
box car, and spread out their blankets on
the bales expecting TO have very COM
Portable ride. Just before starting north
ward from Brownville an alteration
arose between the conductor anG engineer,
and for few moments the air was 6ul-
phurous.
Then the ride began The engineer, a
and when he opened the throttle he did
T. in no half-hearted uncertain way. OFF
sped the train over the rough and uneven
road-bed, not yet made ready for trials Of
speed, Faster and faster she went. the
cars lurching and pitching up and down
and from side 10 side in a manner that
suggested momentary derailment and ever
lasting smash. The trees beside the road
flew by like streaks of lightning. The
hay bales bounced about and bumped each
clerical party reeled and jostled like tfpSy
fellows on a spree.
They hung ol for dear life to keep from
breaking their neckS or from getting
crushed. Those who have tried 1t know
that the inside of a box car does not af-
ford many points of vantage for one TO
steady himself, and really all the min
listers could do was to thump each other
whenever occasion offered:
The entire run 10 North Twin station was
made at an average not far short of a
mile a minute and ii was with a. sigh of
relief that they alighted from the train
1t pleases them now TO say that the en-
gineer was reported to Superintendent
he had endangered any more lives or the
property of the company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26
SIiREDS AND PATCHES.

1t doesn't take eight quarts to make a
peck of trouble.-Philadelphi Record
The Cleveland star OF destiny has begun
to wane and no mistake.-Philadelph
Press
The administration is about due for an
other Observation-Disclosures Democrat and
Chronicle.
You can't be sure that contentment is
better than riches until you have both.
Lynn Item.
It's when a man says what he doesn't
mean to that he says what he means-El-
mira Gazette.
There will be no throne in Liliuokalani's
stocking this Christmas.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Patience is a good thing. If man has
enough Of it he can starve to death.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Professor Wilson should have made his
bill raise more revenues and less brim-
stole.-Detroit Journal.
In these times an ex-President is more
to be envied than a real live President
Syracuse Courier Dem.)
You cannot teach a fool any sense, but
you can cripple him so that he will be
practically harmless. News.
No girl ever learns much at school after
she begins to press in her books the flow
ers the boys gave her-GalveSton News.
pen to a man is to go contrary to his
wifes wishes and then fail.-Atchison
Globe.
Speaking Of hard times, the man who
has a job az small wages probably finds
but little change in the situation.-Buffalo
Courier.
Young Lady-Ohi oh! oh! I never in the
world could climb into that upper berth
Porter-Just imagine it's tally-ho coach,
ma anL-Life.
If order is really heavens first law, there
plenty of men earth who would
feel sadly out OF place in heaVen--Somer-
vile Journal.
We take it that Hon. James b. Weaver,
Of Iowa, will be willing to accept some
sort Of presidential nomination in 1896
Washington Post.
The man attending a. balloon ought to be
a poor man. No matter how much you
want to bet he is willing TO take you up.
-YonkerS Statesman
The New York Evening Post is raising a
fund for the relief Of the unemployed. Ev-
cry Democratic newspaper should follow
it's eXample.-KinSston Freeman
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26
TyndnlI's Religion.
Springfield Republican


In the general mind. perhaps nothing
has become so firmly settled as the notion
that Tyndall was a materialist From his
Belfast address, so called, in which ne de-
clarss that protoplasm held 1.-THE promise
and potency OF all life" il was deduced
that he admitted no spiritual element, and
this reinforced the impression OF review
article he had before written, in which he
had commended a letter addressed TO him
SELF and proposing that the efficacy OF
prayer be tested by making one ward of a
hospital the special object of prayers Of the
faithful for q term Of years, and compar-
ing Its rate OF mortality year by year with
the rates Of other wards during the same
time. The effect of this article, which APP
peared in 1872, was such that when the Uni
veTSity of oxford, in June, 1873. conferred
upon Professor Tyndall the honorary de-
gree of d. c. l., DR.. Huertley. Margaret
professor of divinity, protested on the
ground that Tyndall had "sign6lized himself
by working against and denying the credi-
bility OF miracles and the efficacy OF prayer.
thus cortravening the whole tenor Of that
book, which. with its open page inscribed
'Dominus illuminate mea-' the university
still bears IS her device. and therefore still
processes 10 acknowledge as aer guide" IL
is assuredly true that Professor Tyndalls
bent had seemed until lately altogether ma
terialistic: but IL is TO be observed that in
one or his later utterances he. like many
another man Of science. had felt compelled
20 say that there was a point in the history
OF man where the keen eye of science failed
and wEere the entrance OF the spirit seemed
manifest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26
WILL THE PRESIDENT BE GEN.
SIRED.

One of the first things that will engage
the attention of Congress when 1t reas-
sembles after the holidays will be the con-
sideration Of the Hawaiian question Mr..
Cleveland's message confessing the failure
of my plans and turning the whole sub
ject over to Congress has made it do
nestle question. Annexation is no longer
live issue; the question is whether Con-
gress will approve or censure the Presi-
dents treatment OF the subject The indi-
cuckoo act and adopt the resolution of
Chairman McCreary. OF the committee on
foreign affairs. censuring Minister Stevens
and by implication approving the Presi-
dents course. but the action of the Sem
ate may not be so favorable. In that body
the resolution Of Senator Morgan. chairman
of the committee on foreign relations, calls
for a thorough investigation Of the whole
subject, and it is believed that Senator
Morgan will conduct the investigation in
a patriotic and impartial spirit and with
OOh dtS PAC|O4iCSANSI uIpOSe VI illuOlSiII5
or embarrassing the course of the admin
istration. The Washington Star, an indie
pendent and usually weIl-informed paper.
says:
1t is understood that Mr.. Cleveland Is
greatly dissatisfied with the course that
Mr.. Morgan has followed in the Senate.
and is apprehensive lest some action un-
favorable to the administration come from
tho inNnctfpq fiOn MIR Cleveland IN
is said. regards it dsloyalty and even i'm
pertinence on the part OF Democrats TO
make any investigation of this matter. He
is said 70 regard with great disfavor and
suspicion the course followed by Senator
Morgan. fearing that it will amount TO an
attack on the administration
This shows the temper Of a usurper Mr..
Cleveland is always prating about his devo-
ton to the Constitution and his supreme
regard for the rights of the people. and
yet when the Senate proposes to exercise
it's constitutional right of investigating his
treatment OF the Hawaiian question he
CONSTITUTES it as an attack on the admins
tration.
If Mr. Cleveland escapes a vote OF CEN
sure he will owe it to Minister Willis, who
wisely refrained from going as far as the
administration expected him to go in re-
storing the deposed Queen. But so far as
the constitutional or moral aspect Of the
case is concerned it makes no difference
whether my plans succeeded or not. If
the deposed Queen had been restored Con-
gress would undoubtedly have censured
the President. Why should it not censure
him IL it appears that he tried to restore
plans would have made him amenable to
censure their failure ought not to save
him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26

II defeated In the Senate, as there is rea-
son to believe that 1t can be, industry will
start up az once and the present troubles
will disappear like a summer cloud.
IN view OF such facts, the Journal repeats
that the Wilson bill must be fought 1t
should be fought in Indiana as 1t is being
fought in the manufacturing towns in the
East-by wage-earners joining in signing
petitions and sending them to some reliable
Senator who is not enlisted in the free
trade raid upon the industries of the coun-
try. If petitions with the names of ten or
twenty thousand wage-earners should be
sent from Indiana to Senator Sherman,
of Ohio. or Senator Aldrich, of Rhode ISL
and. they would have an influence upon
the Senate that would help to turn the
tide. There need be no particular organiza-
ton to secure thousands of petitions. Any
man who realizes the Importance of this
work, as does the Journal, can get sheet
Of cap paper and write the following, or
something like it, and circulate it for sig
natures:
To the United States Senate: We, the
undersigned wage-earners, retailers and
earnestly protest against the enactment of
the Wilson bin or any similar measure.
If the readers of the Journal throughout
Indiana will write and circulate such petit
tons during the next three weeks, ten.
fifteen even twenty thousand signers
might be obtained. dozen men could be
found in any considerable community who
would give a little time to circulating such
petitions. IL any such petitions should be
sent to the Journal, they will be forwarded
to a Senator who will present them. If
numerous, they already are in New York
and New England, there is good reason
to believe that, because of them, the
expression of the people, the Wilson bill will
be rejected in the Senate. 1t is worth the
effort
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26

y London cablegram says that somebody
recently discovered an uncut copy of the
original sixpenny pamphlet edition OF Gray's
Elegy printed by the author in 1751, which
was sold Wednesday for $3.50. The possiblli-
ties Of old garrets and secondhand book
stores in London are SO great that one can
believe almost anything in the way of al
legged chance discoveries, and yet the in
genuity of modern counterfeiters is so great
that we should want very strong proof of
the genuineneSs of such a find as that de-
scribed. If genuine, however, it ought TO
be worth almost any sum to a collector
who had the money to buy it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

To young man asking for his opinion,
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes recently enume-
rated as the best three books 1.-The Bible,
Shakspeare's plays and a good dictionary,
say, Worcester or Webster.
One OF the most acute sufferers by the
Ardamont murder case is the well-known
English novelist Helen Mather. She is a
sister of young Windsor Hambrough
mother. and was much attached to her i'll
fateO nephew.
Some one who has been accommodating In
formation. making guesses, or both, re-
ports that about thousand theatrical COM
panies travel the country every year: that
they play, seven times e:s 90 week for forty Tort
100000 a year. He estimates The number OF
travelling performers at 1000 and thinks
that as many more persons are permanently
erSDIoYed i'm the theaters in which the tray
cling companies appear.
For the first time record a Hebrew has
been gazetted officer 70 one OF the cracl;
highland regiments Of Queen Victoria s
army. These regiments, notwithstanding
their Scotch origin end dress, are nowadays
composed mainly of Englishnen, WelshTnen
and Irish-nen. But this is the first time
that they have had on their rosters high
lander of the chosen race, which, prior 70
the present reign. was barred from holding
commissions In the army and navy, and
even from membership of Parliament.
In 1880 a farmer. John A. Gratwold. liv-
ing near Middletown. o., gave employment
to a stranger who said he was political ex-
lie from Germany. and gave his name as
Frey. He worked for Gratwoid several
months, and at the breaking out Of the wal
mad not heard from him since the war until
Tuesday last when he received a letter
from NJ. Frey, President-elect OF Sw3tZer-
land. recalling the incidents OF his life on
the farm in America and OF the war and
telling of his success in Switzerland.
Word has been sent TO the courts OF
Europe that the Shah OF Persia intends 20
visit Berlin, st. Petersburg, Paris and Wen
ma next spring. He will start on his journey
in May or June and will remain in Europe
several months. The rulers whom he is 10
honor are in an unhappy state OF mind
already on account of the proposed visit.
No living sovereign, in all probability, IS 4
more unwelcome guest than the Shah, but
his cousins IN Europe are obliged TO receive
him with all the honors due TO his rank.
Entertaining him is more expensive than
entertaining any other monarch. His reti-
nue. is almost q legion.
Another inconte3table proof of the rapid
advance OF the japanese in the civilization
OF the west is the following advertisement.
which appeared in a Toxic paper recently:
"A young lady wishes TO get married. She
IS very beautiful, has rosy face, which
Is surrounded by dark curly hair. Her eye
brows show the form of the half moon and
the mouth Is small and pretty. She is also
very rich well read enough to admire the
flowers in the daytime at the side OF a life
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26

The uncertainty caused by the threaten
ing attitude Of the Democratic party
towards the tariff bill is affecting all bust
ness interests. One would scarcely think
that the fire insurance business would be
much affected. but leading managers say II
is to an alarming degree. They say that
fire insurance requires for its prosperity a
healthy condition of the interests which pay
II tribute and that when these are de-
pressed the insurance business suffers ac-
cordingly. The closing Of so many manu-
featuring establishments in all parts OF the
country has reduced the amount Of insur-
ance business to such an extent as almost
10 prove fatal to some companies, while
the idleness of millions of worlSmen has re-
duced the receipts of merchants so that
they are cutting down their insurance The
general stagnation of business has rem
dered it almost impossible to make coIlec-
tions. and altogether the companies are in
hard lines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26
FIGHT THE WILSON BILL.

The Wilson bill is a bill TO fight, and
ow has filled the land with distrust and dis
tress. AS the months pass the situation be-
comes more and more deplorable. Every
week the army of the unemployed increas-
es. Now and then a factory resumes, but
five close while one opens its doors. Tens
of thousands of employers are retaining
time or wages. in hope of better times.
Thousands OF these employers. so often
denounced as heartless. will not dismiss
certain men so long as they are able to
retain them. But these men cannot do
this always or for months.
Republican papers. unlike Democratic.
have not advertised distress until it was
real and positive. Now it is admitted on
all sides. For instance. here is the free
trade New York Evening Post declaring
the urgency of existing need. in the fol-
lowing language:
We must to-day do what we have never
had occasion To do before. call attention
TO the appalling distress which prevails
among tde unemployed poor OF this city.
Thousands on thousands OF persons who
have always hitherto earned a decent live
lihood, are sinking down into blank desti-
tuition from which recovery, with broken
health and spirits, will be difficult
The remedy, sure and simple. is the de-
feat OF the Wilson bill. If it is passed.
in time industry will partially revive. but
wages must be cut and trade contracted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-26
Hardly american"
Boston Journal.

There has been wild enthusiasm in a GER
tain musical circle in New York over the
fact that we have at last an American"
symphony, the work of DR.. Dvorak, who
ii will be remembered. was imported into
this country by Mrs. Thurber and at con-
siderable expense. 1t is or this account the
more painful to observe that other musi-
clans question this "Americanism." and
claim that the tunes are as much Celtic or
Bohemian as negro. More than this, there
Is a fierce debate as to whether a burlesque
of Yankee Doodle was introduced i'm the
symphony by accident or with deliberate
malice. In this connection the remark Of
the Musical Courier of pertinency:
''Dvoraks is an American symphony: is II?
Themes from negro melodies; composed by
a Bohemian; conducted by n Hungarian and
played by Germans in hall built by a
Scotchman. About one-third of the audi
ence were Americans, and so were the
critics. All the rest of it was anything but
Americans