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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-05-18
A MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

The first annual musical festival OF
the Williamsport Oratorio Society,
assisted by the Boston Festival Or
chestra of forty two players, will be
held in the Wiliamsport Opera House
on Friday, May 25th. There will be a
grand concert in the afternoon at 2, 80,
and the Oratorio of Elijah in the
evening. Arrangements are being
made for party to go from here.
For particulars see w. II. Slate.
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Rheumatism Cured in a Day

Rheumatism Cured in a Day
"Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia, radically cures in I to 3
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the di-
sease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits, IS cts Sold
by c. a, Klein, Druggist, Blooms
burg, II-Io Sm.
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A Boston Fire.

On the afternoon of the 18th inst,
Boston was swept by fire extending
over about twelve acres of ground.
1t was started on the base bali grounds
by some little boys who playfully
kindled little fire in some shavings.
Though $500 people were on the
grounds at the time, yet somehow the
fire was not put out punctually in the
beginning. The little blaze started
for amusement by the little boys and
regarded indifferently by the sportful
spectators more interested in base
ball, became matter Of serious con
Germ when it was too late to subdue OF
control it. The loss is variously esti
mated at from $500, 900 to S., 900, goo
Instead of whipping into good be-
haviour in public schools, as we wei
remember was once the custom,
prizes are now frequently offered by
teachers, and with better effect upor
many pupils than the whip. This toe
frequently carried the fight among
parents too apt to side with theil
children whether discipline prevailed
in school or not Accordingly, foi
whispering least during his term as a
teacher at New Columbus, Mr.. Frank
Bowman has awarded Leroy Jamisor
prize of handsome Writ pen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-05-18

Gidding & Co. are selling immense
quantities of all wool mems suits at
$8.4S.
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The Best Medicine.

j. o. WILSON, Contractor and
Builder, Sulphur Springs, Texas,
thus speaks of Ayers Pills:
Ayers Pills are the best medicine I
ever tried; and, in my judgment, no
better general remedy could be devised.
1 have used them in my family and
recommended them to my friends and
employees for more than twenty years.
To my certain knowledge, many cases
OF the following complaints have been
completely and
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-05-18
Permanently Cured

by the use of Ayers Pills alone: Third
day chills, dumb ague, bilious fever,
sick headache, rheumatism, flux, dys.
pepsia, constipation, and hard colds.
know that a moderate use OF Ayers
Pills, continued for few days or weeks,
as the nature of the complaint required,
would be found an absolute cure for the
disorders | have named above"
81 have been selling medicine for
eight years, and / can safely say that
Ayers Pills give better satisfaction
than any other Pill ever sold."-J. j.
Perry, Spottsylvania c. H., Va.
AYERS PILLS
Prepared by DR.. J. c. Aver s. Co., Lowell, Mass.
Every Dose Effective
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-05-18

Boys a to ~ wool combination
suits, pants and coat, Sa.as. Gid
ding & Co.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

A Ill KINDS OF BLANKS FOR JUSTICES
n and oossTABLBs at the COLUMBIAN OF
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for Infants and Children.

"Castoris is 50 well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me.' H. A. ARCHER, NJ L.,
Ill So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-28

lies tns California aarkssx Coal u 8zstisa
Esiuuhs - aimed rnz<n cheaper tax7 "a
Mssh.agtan. IN e1e CT two q TIE m1aes Us
wsxsx l. S4rsiy average 3 50 q caY. s1el1s1ss
Of hoard. II TIE neg las goes tafo s1ecs yeG
Ioek Sar SosM ln tse BEs1sa C14Hz5A&
Goa nlaes EEL ss n tAs lnass- markets
The foslowinx IS an extract from letter
received by re from gentleman who -
largely interested n the coal Business n
San Francisco:
% cozls A. ne fanctioa of suca laws q 70 DO
sne greatest s1os &C tEe Ussses. lss Os srs4yxe
TIA ea2I trasse 81 California Ea1 sscrs ssAa
wsstse- the great public Viii reap aaE EaAssFaaa
s1vsztsgE
Tae America es1l producer ca The Atlantic
seaocar1 protests against any rceGeEloa n 9 u'y,
becsHss the NoFA scotia mines VII csst1rn rs
us1s IN TIE great consuming eSassrs oi New
Englxad
Th. American miner on the Pacific coast co.,
tends fo- chance 70 see2 bis pFe<s7t rrzie n
California a<alast minsrs in Brstish Columbia,
but the same Kind of practical reasoning apple
abe II the East does net ~ The peculiar eoEci-
tlous here Il nay De said In prophecy y. a. u
fae present duty De snnulls1 tue NEST Of the :
ce5fs viii e. into the pockets 81 TIE Br1usn
miner sn1 shipoxnsr. theoretically II saoGIc
70 20 the California consumer. Practically II
Sill not
A proof Of this win ststs that on January
/, 1894 the Australian miners announced a de-
cline OF / shilling free board snips at their
whXrver- Immedisteiy the shapownsrs m&ae
advance % sailing tn frslghfs 70 Ca u osnis
and resped tia whole bens6t from the drop IN
price.
Great Britain and her colonies are the
foreign countries that will derive most
benefit from free coal. and while tins bill
contenplates the admission OF Canadian
coal TO the destruction of our own mining
interests. Canada charges duty OF go
cents per short ten, equal to 81 cents on
the long ton on coal mined in the United
States
Free coal or any material decrease in
the present rate of duty, will mean an in
crease Of 50 per cent in the output from
the mines of British Columbia, and cor
responding decrease or total suspension In
the mines OF the state Of Washington
Prosperity and happiness north of the
forty-ninth parallel under = foreign flag.
and poverty snd strife TO those who live
beneath the Stars and Stripes south OF IL
THE EFFECT OF FREE COAL
As further explanation as to the effects
OF the present bin on the coal interests of
the state OF Washington, l will here intro
duce a copy OF a letter handed to me by
the president of the Seattle Coal and Iron
Company, one of the largest producers of
coal in the state:
SEATTLE COAL AND IsoS COMPANY,
SEATTLE. " ash, Jan. >, 1884.
Dear Sir: In answer 10 your request for IN.
formation and statistics In regard 10 the effect
that free coal would have upon our coal indus
Try, world report:
As you probably have access 20 the govern
ment reports, will only call your attention 10
the coal produced from the mines In the stats
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Ths wasAing.ca easis Eos having this al
vzrtsg-. tassr freight rates are Ered, .nd y as
eeeC Aecesszrr 20 reduce The pzscs .. h1s Sos. -
sas lowest paint 70 evercose tas AZ an,sss.
have re.zcea TIA frSiShs rstss On return car
goes % ys<y low figure
may ssy here sha; the Pacific coast a.
present enjoys Sae 6eneIlt OF chsrserlhs
vessels al very los rates for wheat trans
porsaticr. In fact. tina. section has gen
orally enjoyed low rates for saip charters
The writer goes on 20 say:
III once tie competition Of the coast (zs 10
coal - removed. IL viii Be eus nstsraa that
frelga ~ e2Grges VII be increased sa1 result n
the aetHsl tncres-e OF The price OF coai II TIE
Ealsforulz market 50 that. wnile me renewal ..
TIE rzfl1 VIII est q red Ucslou IN the price Oh
eoal &c the caaforniz market f0T a tine, sun as
sooa the Washington mines have been forced
10 close down foreign COSTS viii be able TO IN
crease tnsir price, as VIII Be censaded by nor
On tns waose, the pro1uct OF the Washington
S1ines seems 10 act a. controlling annaeaee La
the California market. and II oacs th4f inna-
enee 10 removed tie ontare market VIII De n the
control OF outside parties
Most cf The eoal in the state Of Warrington Is
mined from long. steso slopes sna TX once the
allowed 20 fill with water. IL is hardly 20 be ex-
pecsed that the owners VIII ever again so to tie
expense OF p9lp1ng out the water II order 70
resume operations fon7s very truly,
HARRY P TALcoTr,
Secoad Vice President
GIN. J. r. BRYAxr
President, 20 Broadway, New YORK
EXHIBIT A.
Rssctre raiue OF coos gse9 sa San Francisco Cal.
fer sseamL
Relative monetary values dcduced from Seat
tie coal al 800 par gross toa-from page loo
"The Coal Miners OF the Western Coast OF the
United states" By ". A Goodyear.
Experiments az Spring Valley scater rorssL
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Puget sound. that great inland sea hitch,
taken IN connection with the waters Of
the Gulf of Georgia, Washington sound
and the Straits OF Fuca, ali going under
the general name Of Puges sound. affords
deep, nayig.hae sea water on 20i6 miles
Of shore harbor lines IN the state OF WASH
ington- / have those figures officially
from the navy department. There Is no
bar to cross 10 enter from the Pacific
ocean, and there are no rocks or shoals IN
these waters. Think Of ii This is unique
IL the geography OF the giooe. VINO can
doubt that this is the seat of great future
empire of trsdes Three great transcon-
tinental railroad lines already have their
termini there, and . fourth has its traffic
connection.
During the year 1892 the mills Of Wash
ington actually marketed long lumber IS
follows:
Coast shipments to California. %. esq
50 ieet. board measure, valued a. say
$500. 600: rail shipments 20 Eastern
points. 8 10 car loads. loo. So. 90 feet,
board measure. valued st say 81 ,0oo. 600;
making q total of domestic shipments
Ssi. Bid. 52S feet, board measure. valued 81
S., 10000
The total foreign shipments during 1892
amounted TO io5 o02. 9l0 feet valued in
round numbers at $4,000, making the
total shipments from Washington TO all
points outside of the state 40. SIS. 223 feet,
board measure, valued at 81. 100000 in
round numbers
The amount and value CT local trade I
am unable to determine, bat il must
amount to many millions of feet probably
loo. 600. 600 of feet would closely approx
mate its total
During the year from December l, 1892
70 December |, 1893. the mills located on
Puget sound engaged in the export trade
have shipped to foreign ports by water the
following amount OF their products:
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Mr.. SQuire--A glance NJ this table will
show that while coal miners in West Viz
gina were paid on an average OF sls0 per
day, We paid our miners NJ the rate OF
s. 70 per day.
THE Jap coal MINERS OF CANADA.
Coal is one of the chief resources OF the
state of Washington. Biologists estimate
It's coal area at i,ooo.oo0 acres Although
the discovery OF coal was made in 1853,
very little mining was done until aiterssths
close of the war Of the rebellion. Then,
encouraged by the import tax on foreign
coal, capital va. invested, labor empioyed,
railroads we're built 20 the sea, and the
mines we're practically developed. In 1867,
lo,O0o tons were mined: IN 1s5T, i5o.OQo
tons; In isST. 500. 600 tons, and in 1892 the
product reached lei3 AZ tons. The num-
Der OF men employed in the mines was
2 SEA Besides these miners, large num-
Der of other men are engaged In the trans
portation, shipping, distribution and sale
of coal. Including those dependent upon
these men, and Others directly interested
ia the trade. IL IL q reasonable estimate 10
make that 10000 people In the State Of
Warrington live today upon the interests
involved ia the operation OF coal mines.
These interests could be vastly increased
and would be, If instead of Abolishing or
lowering the present import duty, il
should be restored TO the old ngurs OF 81 .
per ton. Our chief competitors In this
business are ia British Columbis, Cauada's
Pacific province. Their mines are az the
waters edge, and have no railroad charge
Tor transportation 20 the ship. Oar mines
are from fifteen 10 loo miles from tide
water. Feqairlng long and expensive hAul..
They employ large number. OF Chinese
and japanese. Our mines are operated by
the highrxt-priced cossiers in the world.
such advantages as these overcome the
duty OF IS cents, aud enable the Canadians
10 successfully compete with as IN cur
principal market California. The follow
lus statistics OF the coal consumption Of
thai state for the years lS92 and issi3 prove
that in spite OF the import duty foreigners
enjoyed the larger portion of the trade,
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,rv. Hov. which are among the most
trnpcvtaus agricultural protucss os the
STATE were gader TIE provisions OF tie
bill As PASSED By TIA house. s1hfect 70 q
reduction in duty Of from Is csnts per
pouad 10 cents and by the senate CON-
foreign growers By reauctton to % Per
cenI 81 valoren-
wisAin TIE past few years thousands Of
pyuna tree. have been planted, and this
fruit promised 10 becoEs an Important
source Of revenue TO oar aZFicaltarlsts;
bat {. - proposed 20 xii this industry BY
admitting foreign prunss at a rate OF duty
Which wEli not represent one-had Of the
present rate Ia fact 80 far as nv state -
9ncerne1 sc are lsst naked AID defense
less to orr snenses."
rEE COAL rxpUsTHY ~ PERIL
Tbs report Of the majority Of the CON-
rrsftfee on wavs and means contains ths
following paragraph:
The exassiux duty OF : ceass ton % estursi-
Eoas eoal eza Eos Dc justified either pro
tectavs % revenue Getty. Ths izp0rtatscrs
sfts tsls esuntry are too srsiI % ada ma
te-isliy 70 oHF revenue, wallis no oue CO.. tsn-s
that tie coss Of mining 10 higher In tie nsted
states n 81 in tss countries that nigat sesk cur
msrksS
This statement shows either gross ignor-
snce Of the condition OF tbis great industry
on the Pacific coast, or disregard for the
truth. SO far as the state OF Washington
10 concerned. the present rate of duty is
absolutely justified IS o protective meas
ure and the cost o. mining Is higher, and
the miners have been paid higher wages
than those that prevail in the foreign
countries with which we have 20 compete,
or tina, have been paid 20 coal miners in
any other state Of this Union. IS viii be
proved from the extract OF the census of
1890 which / ask the secretary 10 read:
The presiding officer chr. Shoup in the
chairl The secretary viii read as re-
qussled.
The secretary proceeded 10 read the
table. bur before concluding was inter-
rupted by
Mr.. AIlea-Before the secretary reads
further, I should like 20 call the attention
of the senator from Washington To the
item which speaks OF the miners of Ne
brsska Do I understand the senator TO
state that thers IS any mining In the state
OF Nebraska?
Mr.. Squlre-The figures OF this table are
from the official reports made by the CEN
sus bureau. Kansas and Nebraska are
classed together in one line.
Mr.. Ailen-I desire TO state to the SEN
stof from Washington that there Is no
mining Of any kind In the state Of Ne
braska, and there never has been. There
has never been hole dug for mining pur-
poses in that state as big as your fist.
The secretary resumed and concluded
the reading OF the table. which is IS
follows:
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CALIFORNIA Will EUT ToREieS COAX
IL enuFely safe to say. and the state
meat sIB bs borne ogt hY uaprsl uGiced
experiences, that ths abolition Of the pres
ert duty viii shut the California market
against the miners Of Warrington and
cad 10 a further absorption Of the coal
tonnage BY ~. mines Of British ColaU-
hia An elimination Of ths statistics Tor
the last six wears Niil shog thai the sup
niv 81 domestic CoNls imported into CALI
fornia has decreased ever 80 per cent
during she sane period thar % she Hr'tlsa
Cogumhsa mines has increased near 70
Per cent. while that from distant foreign
minez shnNs no material increase.
wEhs product Of British Columbia mines
j. largely carried In chsapiy SUls and
cheArlv operated British steamers, and,
therefore. tae cost e fVslghtzEe - less
thza from The American Puget SQUAD coal
ports. that use AsaFrsc@R ssiitag vessels
ana mege costly steamers. and these causes
have cpersfc1 90 dtEtAish ths California
saos1y iram nortasrn American coal
esids. ana the Ebolst}on 81 the urssent
auty FnAy nnisA ths struggle. No sane
saAa can seriously dispute taSt tssEe . tie
greatest dagger.
The fo.loWtnE sxtracl fron a Bsitisa Co
iamais nesspapeE $aoas hcw mach oar
Canadian nelxh noTs appreciate TIE effarts
% ths Democratic party - the aste2
States In theiE hehssf.
kBS eains an aeFe txRses So sanra tA&n &oakla
ttesH Prod ugts1E saeuE4 go sHeas Hzsa It's pfl-
fzase1 txEs4 eslk Exs1 sta tas usseznS 4atY q
> eNaas ssa, hf$tlsa soAA FsAssesA4S zaz0Fo-
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gems. who are ihreasened'with ds.,..
ruin Sy this bill. and have the 80
rions Of their laoorsous lifetime ~ -
protest most so!ennIy against III. -
and uncalied-for onslaught on Ia, q
ests.
| would call attention further !. a.
that the value and 6esirsbilisv "a -
lands belonging 20 the state and -
government IN the state ef W..e.1s
viii Do materially lesscned by 49,
the duty on lumber.
The herald., 1894-11-18
That spiritua, seanoe.


EDITOR HERALD: In the Sunday
HERALD of November 10th. among the
church notices, found the following:
"Petersilea psychical research meet.
ings, Caledonia hall, 1191a Spring
street, Sunday evenings at s. Rev. AR
thur Howton, celebrated medium. Full
form materializations in gsslight; 25
cents"
Although many times deceived by
similar announcements of humbug per-
formances, the idea OF "iull form ma.
teriaizations in gaslight" was attract
i've, and being at the meeting and ap-
parensly under the direction of Mr.. Pc.
tersilea, whom had heard highly com
mended as honest and reliable, it
caught me and many others by itB ep-
parent plsusibility.
bad often witnessed so-caled ma
terializations in little lees than Egyptian
darkness, whore ''spirits," white fohed
and phosphorescently Illuminated,
emerged from cabinets; but to witness
materializations in public hall, by gas
light. would seem to be a much more
satisfactory performance.
At the appointed hour the hall was
we'll filed. the audience doubtless being
mainly drawn, as / had been, by the
naturalization announcement.
Mrs. Petersilea gathered in the quar-
ters and Mr.. Petersilea conducted the
exercises. He took the rostrum and
The herald., 1894-11-18

and Double Standard mines, respective
". A dam site, water right and mill
site nave been secured and IL is an ex-
cellent location for the successful work.
ing OF the mine. 1t Is a blind lead that
was covered and was discovered by Fl rat
hnding rich float, which was followed
up. and three cuts were run across the
lead, 100 feet apart. Each OF these was
very rich and about the same quality of
rock. The rock IL a species OF quartz
and parties who are capable OF judging
say it 10 the richest they have ever seen.
ID. F. Hawkes., speaking OF the dis.
covery, said: 1--WE are going right to
work to develop it-building roads, etc.
We have road nearly built now."
Specimens OF the rock brought in show
remarkable richness. Probably there
was never rock discovered in Southern
California that was any richer or as rich
as that is. The lead is about two feet
thick and the quantity Of ore that can
be obtained is apparently immense.
The mine is owned by a company com.
posed Of Messrs. Bruschi & Begols OF
San Diego and Eyster & MoComas Of
this place, besides the two Hawkes.
brothers. The last of this week d. f.
Hawkes. will leave for the new mines
and will pave the way for the company
to begin operations. 1t certainly looks
as though the discovery will prove
good thing.
The herald., 1894-11-18
Santa Maria's Gold.

Phoenix Gazette: Eureka mining dis
trict, on the Santa Maria river. in the
southwestern corner of Yavspai county.
this territory, bids fair to become one OF
the best gold producing camps ever
opened in Arizona. The ore is strictly
free milling and in large veins, carrying
from two to eight feet OF quartz that
runs from $40 to several hundred dol
lars per ton in gold. The gold thus far
extracted by the arrastre process 10 from
600 to OIL fine, which shows conclusive
ly that there is no base metal in the
ore.
The best developed mines are the San.
Ia Maria. Waters and Purple Rose
groups. The former 10 owned by Thos.
O. Bowe, who has several hundred feet
OF development on the Santa Maria
mines. 1t shows continuous pay
chute some 1900 feet in length. and
from two to six feet in width. The en-
tire body of ore thus far exposed shows
an average Of $l2 per ton in free milling
quartz.
The Waters mine, owned by Abendorf
& Co., OF New York, shows a large body
of free milling ore. 1t is reportsd that
10sstamp mill will soon be built and
put in operation on this property.
James L. Howell ia the lucky owner
Of the Purple Rose group, consisting OF
five claims. The ore is an amethyst.
colored quartz, resem bliug the ore of
the famous Independence mine, in
Cripple creek, Colo. The veins show
up from three to eight feet wide. and
run from $40 to $50 per ton.
Messrs. Scott. Kalbaugh & Go. have
made several locations in the immedi-
ate neighborhood of the Purple Rose
group. The most promising among
them is the Satellite. At depth of six
feet is shown . vein OF quartz four feet
in width which discloses plenty OF free
gold. Assays prove it to be worth from
$40 to $500 in gold per ton. The owners
are now taking out ore and sacking it.
expecting to have carload to ship
9OOn.
The herald., 1894-11-18
Rnb.rts' Gold Minos.

The gold mines on Fred Roberts place
are developing better every day, says the
Escondido Advocate, and Gleason and
Hof have discarded their old mill and
will receive in few days fine five stamp
mill, and as soon as it is put in running
order the mill will be worked to its
greatest capacity. Enough develop
ment work on the mine has already
been done to keep the mill going for six
months. Mr.. Gleason showed ten
ounces OF the precious metal last week
that had been secured from a clean up
after four and half days. run, even
with their present crude machinery, and
it Ia anticipated that with an i'm proved
plant the mine will clean up as much in
one day as it now does in run of five
days.
The herald., 1894-11-18
Two Rioh Gold Leads.

Messrs. d. F. and E. Hawkes. re-
turned few days ago from the back
country, where they have been on a
prospecting tour for some time past.
says the National City Record. They
report the discovery ON the 9th OF Sep-
tember OF what promises to be 1 gold
mine OF phenomenal yield. The new
mine is about half mile from the east
end OF Pine valley and is just at the foot
OF the mountains. Two locations have
been made OF about 1000 feet each, and
those have been named the Free C-i--sa