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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
The Old New York Debtors Prison.
When the war was ended the Pro.

When the war was ended the Pro.
vost reverted to more legitimate uses
again, but un,er regulations which
sent al the common criminals to the
Bridewell, and made the New Jail
merely place Of geuteel detention for
prisoners for debt those thriGtless (or,
possibly, over.thrifty) persons who
were for dancing through the world at
the charges of anybody whom they
could induce to pay their piper, and
whose simple concept of economical
finance was never to pay piper, or
anybody else, for themselves. That
this class were represented over.lber-
ally in the New York of a hundred
years ago might be inferred from the
fact that between January sd and De-
cember sd of the year 1888 no less
than II62 debtors were sent to prison;
in other words-the population then
being about 25,ooo-one citizen in
every twenty, or thereabouts, went to
Jail for debt. Fortunately for the rep
utation Of the New Workers of this last
century, however, these figures
which find in petition addressed
by the Association for the Relief of
Distressed Debtors to the General
Assembly--are misleading when taken
without their qualifying context. The
purport of the petition was to exhibit
the injury done to the community by
Hthe cop6nap,ant of Jah,o.. g.. 80. Iii
sums" and its major premise was the
fact that of the 1902 commitments
specified no less than 7I6 were "for
sums recoverable before a Justice of
the peace, and many of these under
twenty shillings" Very reasonably,
therefore, the memorialists urge that
tie confinement Of debtors for such
slight cause inures greatly to the injury
OF the community: "as thereby the
certain profit which would arise to
society from the labour of the debtor
is sacrificed, for an indefinite time, tc
the precarious prospect of recovering
a debt which the creditor, in most in
stances, has improvidently suffered to
be contracted, and which very often
does not amount to one-fourth of the
value the public would derive from the
labour of the debtor during the time
of mis- conference.-the of which, save
the delightful and also astute saddling
of the responsibility for the debt upon
the "improvident' creditor, is very
much what Solon had to say upon the
same subject rather more than two
thousand years earlier in the history OF
the world. .-Harper'S Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
A New View of the Handy Man.
HE is A HELP RATHER THAN A HIM.
DERANCE TO THE MECHANIC.

The 'handy man" is a,godsend to
the plumber, the carpenter the build
cr, the paper-hanger and several others,
With a view to saving expenses he
buys tool chest and proceeds to tink-
er with everything that is out of shape,
When door hangs badly he takes it
off the hinges and tries to plane or saw
a piece off the bottom. He is certain
to spoil the wood work and very
frequently breaks the hinges in putting
them back. 1t is not at all an easy
thing for one man to hang a door any
how, and it i3 practically impossible
for an amateur to do it at all. When
the handy man finds some of his wall
paper knocked off he hunts up one of
the fragments that were left and pastes
it over, producing a result so hideous
that his wife generally sends for paper
hanger and has the whole room done
over again. The same man commences
to build shed or back fence, and find
ing that he has got everything out of
plumb and that the corners won't come
right he sends for carpenter and has
to pay him for tearing everything down
besides doing the work.-&. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
FORCE OF CHARACTER.
That Was What the Man with the jag
Showed TO the Conductor.

That Was What the Man WIN the jug
showed TO the Conductor.
A tall, thin man, with n faded brown
overcoat. an ornate jag and tattOoed
star on his left hand, got on n o'clock
car on Sunday morning, says the BUT
falo Express. He wavered around in
the aisle until somebody made room
for him, and thereafter he spent most
of his time In strolling his pointed chin
and smiling affably at the other passen-
gers.
The conductor came along and held
out his hand. The man with the Jag
fumbled around in his vest pocket and
produced dime. The conductor gave
him Canadian five-cent silver piece
for change. The man with the jag
held it between n thumb and finger and
eyed it suspciously. Here" he said,
thickly, II don't wan thash."
Neither do l." said the conductor,
and with this he passed along.
The man with the jag stroked his
chin a couple of times and beamed
around the car.
"waitll he go's back" he said; "I'll
fx'im.'
The conductor came back. The man
with the Jag stopped him and held out
the Objectionable coin. Here" he said
again, II don't wan thash."
whats the matter with itT inquired
the conductor.
II don't wan thash," repeated the
man with the jag, doggedly.
The conductor took the coin and
counted out five pennies to the man.
How will that fix you outY' he in
quired.
The man with a Jag stroked his chin
again and continued his smiling. He
fairly beamed on everybody. Then he
said loudly: "Thash way { fix 1t.
Thash only way. Forsh charactr. I
jush say shing an sticksh t 1t, and 1t
comsh my way. IF theresh more men
like me in thish country wouldn be so
much monkey bishnesh. Forsh char
act'r, thash wha' vitorish."
And, with his five pennies clasped
tightly in his hand, he went contentedly
to sleep.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
LAMP WIOKs OF CLAY.
THEY GIVE MUCH BRIGHTER LIGHT
THAN THOSE OF COTTON.

A lamp wick has been invented
which is made entirely of clay, and
claimed to give IS per cent. more
light than the cotton wick, says the
House Furnishing Review. 1t is made
capillary by incorporating with the
clay, while in plastic state, filaments
of unspun vegetable fiber which are
burned out in the process of baking.
The object is to provide an indestruct-
ible wick, which shall possess all the
advantageous qualities of an ordinary
cotton or fiber wick and which shall,
in addition, last an indefinite time
without renewal or necessity of trim
ming or care. When the clay is baked
the vegetable fiber is burned out leav,
ing capillary tubes running Longitude
nally through the wick, through which
the oil from the lamp will be raised 70
the flame by capillary attraction. Ow-
ing to the perfect combustion of the
wick, the flame is perfectly white in
character devoid of odor and smoke
less. 1t is found, through a practical
test, that oil is volatilized by the use
of this wick and the vapor is consum-
ed, thus giving the above results.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
A Queenly Head

can never rest on body frail from
disease any more than the lovely lily
ctn grow in the sterile soil. When
Consumption fastens its hold upon a
victim, the whole physical structure
commences its decay. At such a
period, before the disease is too far
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medic.
al Discovery will arrest and cure 1t.
SO certain is this, that an offer is made
to refund the money paid for it when
a failure can be found under the con-
dition of a fair trial.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
The Germans as Wood Engravers.

The Germans are the best wood en- .
gravers. Not that they have any
special skill or dexterity that cannot
be acquired by man of any other
nationality, but they have an infinite
amount of patience, and in wood en-
craving patience is demanded quite
as much as dexterity. 1t is no small
matter to sit down before a block of
wood knowing that weeks must pass
before you can finish picture begun
on it, but the Germans have this pa
tience, and this is one reason of their
success. SO. Louis Globe Demo-
crdt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

The Breath of a chronic catarrh
patient is often so offensive that he
becomes an object of disgust. After a
time liberation sets in, the spongy
bones are attacked, and frequently
destroyed A constant source of dis
comfort is the dripping o.; the purul-
ent secretions into the throat, some
times producing inveterate bronchitis,
which is usually the exciting cause of
pulmonary disease The brilliant results
by its use for years past properly des-
ignate Elys Cream Balm as by far the
best and only cure. Call upon your
druggist for it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
l60 Worlds Fair Photos for 81.

These beautiful pictures are now
ready for delivery in ten complete
parts-I6 pictures comprising each
part and the whole set can be secur-
ed by the payment of One Dollar,
sent 70 Geo. H. Heafford, General
Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway, Chicago, ILL.,, and
the portfolios of pictures will be sent,
free of expense, by mail to subscribers.
Remittances should be made by
draft, money order, or registered let.
ter. 32-3t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
Now She is We'll,

"My wife was troubled with stomach,
liver and kidney disease and nothing
would help her but Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. She took two bottles and now
she is well and has good appetite.
My boy was troubled with headaches
and stomach difficulty and he has
taken Hoods Vegetable Pills, which
we think are the best"
NATHANIEL BENSING, Cross Kill Mill
Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

Rheumatism Cured in a Day
"Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia, radically cures in I to 8
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious, 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the dl-
sease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits, IS cts. Sold
by C. A. Klein, Druggist, Blooms
burg. II-Io-S Sm.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
A Cav LotharlO.

Johnnie Masher-I have only known
you for half an hour and yet | love
you more than words can tell. There
is nothing l wouldn't do 70 gain your
love.
Yes; but how do you know that 1
am not Il married woman?' asked the
lady.
us that so? Then perhaps you have
an unmarried sister to whom you might
Introduce me."-reXas Siftings.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
An Infant Phennmnnnn

Fond Mother-Big? Do you think
sof Why, we think he is rather small
FOR his age. Talk? oh, yes he talks;
but he hasn't said anything remark
able-yet.
Visitors dogether)-What wonder
full child.--Judge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
One ON the Gas NInn.

The gas man called on the dentist to
have a tooth extracted.
'Do you want to take gasy" asked
the d. ID. s.
How much will it requireT'
"Oh, don't worry abov that; I'm not
going to measure with the meter you
use on me."-Detroit Free Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

"March to search" is the old adage.
1t searches out any weakness OF the
system, resulting from impure blood.
Those who use Ayers Sarsaparlla find
March no more searching or even disa
greeable than any other month. This
medicine is wonderful invigorator.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

A lot of new notes of the sharpest
kind have just been printed and are
for sale at this Office. Also common
receipts, estate receipts, and collec-
tors receipts, neatly bound in books
of IS, 50 and 100. tt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
Did She Saw No?

Wings She is the most uninteresting
girl l have ever met, even though she
is rich. She can't say anything but
'yes" and no"
Stings-Which did she say to you?-
Truth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

At the hotel counter.
Clerk stepping to the speaking tube
as it whistles)-Well what is it?
The agonizlng tones Of Uncle Joshua
troom Il, front)-Send me up bellows.
I've blown on this ere 'lectrlc light till
I'm winded, an it's burnin' yet-Chl-
cdgo Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

A number of athletic young ladies
of Portland, Me, have formed a
walking club. It's members devote
two afternoons week to pedestrian
ism.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

Knox County, ILL.,, is probably the
divorce centre of the United States.
In the last five years the number Of
divorces have averaged one to every
seven marriages.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

Ayers Sarsaparilla is just what you
want for spring medicine superior
to all.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

Ira Krum, of Snyder Hollow, in
the Catskil Mountains, died few
days since, the result of fasting to
make himself light enough to walk on
water.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF ToLEDol ,
LUCAS COUNTY,

LUCAS COUNTY, co.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
f. ]. CHENEY & Co, doing business
in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum Of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case
of CATARRH that cannot be cured by
the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day Of De-
cem5er, A. d., 1886,
- A. w. GLEASON,
}sEAL} Notary Public
~
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
paS- Sold by Druggists, 7sc. I'm.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. csc.

The story is told on Dean Stanley
that he wrote such illegible copy that
the printers charged half a crown a
sheet extra for setting it up.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

Rosalind-Well, Edgar, what did you
wish to say to me?
Edgar-Oh, 1 wished to tell you that
Miss De Smythe is engaged to be mar
ried.
Rosalind (coloring)-What! that in
sipid-looking doll-faced creature en-
gagged! For mercy's sake, who is going
to marry her?
r-Well-er-that isl am.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-03-16

A copy of the original edition of
Izaak Walton's "Angler," printed in
1888, was recently sold for nearly
$1,000 by Cleveland book firm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-03
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

ID. Skinner of Mulhall, has been arrested
on the charge of running girl.
Professor Rice of the Territorial Uni
versity board of regents, has been let out
The Oklahoma Crane crop is almost
ready for the market aud it is said to be
immense.
The town of Perry has been bonded lie
the sum of Sl3, 800. Justice Bierer issued
the papers.
Kingfsher leads in the Thermometer
contest so far this year. 1t was los in the
sh5de there the other day.
Some of the farms along the South
Canadian are covered with four feet of
sand On account of the recent flood.
A wheat straw stack on the farm of
James Bogue Of Downs exploded from
spontaneous combustion last week.
During this lulI it might save time for
the people of Oklahoma to get together
and declare Dennis Flynn elected without
waiting for the election.
Editor Brown of Oklahoma City. has
paid his fue but Burke has not aud has
had TO 90 to jail Burke should stick it
out. Time will vindicate him.
It is reported that another attempt was
made to blow mp Rock Island freight
train with dynamite in Pond Greek Fri
day night. The story is probably fiction.
A young woman insists in swimming in
the Cottonwood at Guthrie right in the
middle OF the day when the business is the
most rushing and the men ought to be at
their stores.
According to the Times-Journal of Ok
lahoma City, if the railroad tie-up had
occurred two weeks earlier Oklahoma
would have been caught in the same boat
as California as regards fruits.
The supreme court holds that the auditor
must issue the warrants for the expense of
taking care of the insane OF Oklahoma,
although the fund be exhausted. the war
rants to be drawn on the general fund.
W. J. Donovan has retired from the
management of the Oklahoma City Press
Gazette. How the newspapers have
changed. Ii does not seem 90 very long
ago that Ham SAWYER was running the
Times and BGrhs aud Brown the Journal
and NcMastsr the Gazette. Now the
whole thing Is jumbled.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-03
SKIS OF KANSAS NEWS.
Glen Mary Farm. June 80. 1894.

Today the Fort Riley hay contract is let.
1t amounts to over 5000 year.
Strange to say there is a telephone in the
deaf and dumb asylum in Olathe.
The state Democratic convention begins
in Topeka today if the tie-up will let 1t.
Fred P. Stanton, the first territorial
governor of Kansas, died in Florida last
week.
Mrs. Lease is not going either to Europe
joking.
If tue Kansas farmer made hay while the
sun shines he would have no time to do
anything else.
Out in western Kansas they speak of a
coat of pine juice and swans down. They
mean tar and feathers.
Lyon county, of which Emporia is the
county seat, has increased over 1000 in
population during the past year.
Since he was nominated for associate
Justice il is said that several Populists
have suspected George Clark of being a
lawyer.
One week from today Buchan and Far
mer Funston will 90 1T each other in Law
renee There is no indication yet of a set
Element.
J. I. Skillen of Norwich, has gone vio-
lently insane over female suffrage. He
believes he is woman and initiates all
women he sees.
Furbeck on the Populist state ticket
used to be a Santa Fs conductor. He was
released because of a peculiar and con-
tinued financial policy"
The rule in the oil belt of Kansas is that
when a man doesn't begin to drill six
months after he has leased n farm he shall
pay a penalty of so cents per month an
acre.
Near Garden City the hunters have 3
queer method OF killing English sparrows.
They set up a mirror In vacant lot and
when the sparrows come to look at them
selves, shoot them. Ii is said that sparrows
will spend hours looking at themselves
in a glass
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-03
TIE POOR MANS PARTY.

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
In the fall of 1892 Democratic orators
went through the country proclgiming to
workingmen that they were being robbed
by the operation of the protective policy.
They demonstrated, to theiT own satisfac-
ton at least, that a tariff for revenue only
would usher in an era of prosperity. when
we would be blessed with cheap goods and
high wages. The farmers were promised
high price for all the products OF the
farm and low price for everything which
they were required to purchase.
Not content with arTaying wage-workers
against their employers in all tae manu-
featuring states. they went further here in
Kansas and other western states, where
they reiterated that seDseless cry of the
east robbing the west. The Democratic
party WAS the poor mans party these DEM
agogues asserted, and in states where the
people had sense enough left ID know bet
ter, reform party WAS started whose sole
mission seems to be, TO give aid and assis-
tanee to this poor mans party.
This poor mau's party is now in power,
and has had full control of the government
for almost sixteen months, ana the virus
Of its policy has been made manifest II
has lowered the price OF all the products Of
the farm; il las lowered the wages OF the
few laborers who were fortunate enough
TO retain their places; it has closed our
mines and factories, robbed the capitalist
aud workman alike, and has made 50
many poor men that il eau be truthfully
entitled the poor msu's party.
This poor maH's party Is now, a. il has
BEEN Ia the past, dominated by southern
statesmen WHO long sgo declared that cot
ton i king" These statesmen have had a
foolish sectional hatred OF manufacturers.
aud tie WiIsOa tariff bill wa the culmi-
nation of the hatred which They eater
tanned for the Prosperity Il those who
were engaged IN other occupations besides
raising King Cotton. The thrssge Ue6 &C.
fOrceneHt Of the u ilson bill paralyz-d cor
pors;e aud individual enterprises Banks,
factories, railroads. N. chauicS, farmers
{ uitalIsts. ALI have felt severely The wound
Inflicted on sch by the threatened enforce
ment Of the Wilson bill conceived IA the
fertile womb OF the poor mans par,y.
Cleveland aud prosperity was Jae cry in
o. when enthusiasm took the place Tacz-
ted by reason, aad the object lesson which
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-03
A LITTLE TOO MUCH IDIocY.

The boycott has already proved a
blunder and the American Railway un-
ion will soon be made to realize it. 1t
was a local matter and the fight should
have been confined to fight on the Pull
man company. 1t is mistake to fight
the public for the wrong doing of indI-
viduals or corporations for IN such a
fight the wrong doer takes refuge behind
the public interest Pullman shelters
himself under his railway contracts and
the railways and public in taking care of
themselves also are forced, unwlllIngly,
to take care of Pullman.
The trouble with Debs' boycott is that
il prohibits the innocent from the en-
joyment of their rights not only but
Furnishes its own friends and sympathiz-
ers, forcing them to an offensive atti-
tude, Other men have rights just as
sacred as those of the Pullman
shop men. or as those of the MEM
bers of the American Railway union.
So a sympathetic striker becomes a SYM
pathetic idiot in striking the bread and
and children. The boycott never, since
its origin in DISCONTINUED Ireland, has
righted anyone while it has wronged the
many. A strike is fatal always to the
striker unless he IS so absolutely in the
right that he can command the judg-
ment and sympathy of the disinterested.
As Lincoln said: 'You can fool some of
the people all of the time and all of the
people some Of the time, but you can't
fool all of the people all of the time" as
Debs will learn before next Sunday.
This movement makes a square issue be-
tween the interests Of the whole people
and very small fraction; as between a
local and general interest; as between
the government of the people itself and
a class organization.