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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
Result of Practice.

Perhaps, says the Sanitary Plumber,
the highest compliment that can be
paid mechanic is to say that he per-
forms difficult work with ease but IL
adds that, whatever the work, ease in
doing it comes only as a result Of long
labor that the uninitiated know moth
In about. All OF which is true and
scientifc-the deepest practical truth
and the highest practical science. The
man who thinks habltually when he
does not have to think and works hab-
itually when he is not Obliged to work
Is either a genius already or Is making
himself one as fast as It can be done.
Not Lover of Discipline.
The Chinese sailor Is not a lover Of
discipline. He prefers perfect free
dom, especially when the question OF
leave is concerned. When Capt. Lang
had charge of the Chinese Navy he
discovered this weakness, and 1t gave
him a considerable amount Of trouble.
He found ordinary methods Of enforc-
ing regularity utterly useless. officers
and men alike showed total indif-
ference to his orders where leave Of
absence was concerned.
Following the example of the EN-
peror Of Germany, he determined on
series Of surprise visits, and on one
Of these occasions he found that many
Of the officers and men were on shore
without leave. Determining to enforce
discipline at any cost, he ordered all
the delnQuents to be placed under ar
rest when they returned. This was
too much for the easy-go!ng China
man. That night every man jumped
overheard and went home, utterly dis
,usted with the service
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
HeNanpe of the Inhians.

That reminds me Of buffalo" q"
said Augustus Bramedagee, former
member of Congress, as he took q
packet of cough drops from the train
boy. Whenever l see sugar or candy
/ think of Indians and buffaloes.
Il suppose you won't guess why.
Well. if you ever took a trip on the
western part of the Canadian Pacific
Railway you would. You travel for
hundreds of miles, and all you see in
the way of freight are piles of white
bones standing by the side Of the track
awaiting transportation.
They are bones OF buffaloes long
since dead, and the Indians collect
them from the plains and take them
to the track. There is a fellow in
St. Louis who pays them something
for them, one dollar a ton, think,
delivered at the track side.
THE bones are used in sugar re-
fining. | believe buffalo bones are
better than any other kind for that
purpose. OF course the redskins some
times try to ring in other bones, per
haps those of human beings.
"It is a strange thing" said the for
mer member of Congress, as he chew
ed on cough drop that the noble
savage, who owes his determination
to the whites, should be able to get
such a poetic revenge. The Ameri-
can people are said to owe many of
their troubles to candy and sweet
things and there are those redskins
out on the Canadian Pacific Road in
dustrlously collecting bones and doing
their best to get even by encouraging
the production of candy"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
CURRENT COMMENT.


Baltimore has 24,000 Poles. -
Japan has 131 national banks.
The Car receives $25, 900 a day.
England imports Tasmanan applea
Transval has 10000 gold miners.
Emperor Williams train cost $780,
900.
Shears is the name of Missouri
barber.
European armies cost $4,000, 900, 900
year.
Europe uses 5,625, 900 tons of salt
annually
A Swedish mine has been worked
SEQ years.
London has thirty people whose itts
comes are over 100000 year.
The negro exhibit at the coming At
lanta exposition will cost $4,000.
A license is required in England to
sell ginger beer after 10 o'clock at
night.
He who would sell cigarettes In
Excelsior Springs must pay license
of $780,
Milwaukee is really a foreign city,
only 13 per cent. Of its population be-
ing native born of American parent
age.
Michigan capitalists, headed by Con-
gresham Linton, have bought 300.-
600 acres of Florida land to form a
colony.
Japanese workmen wear, both on
their caps and on their backs, an in
scrption stating their business and the
name of their employers.
France produces about SOS,000 tons
of finished iron a year. The ore for
1t Is largely drawn from Algeria,
Spain, Elba and Sardinia.
1t is estimated that S1,0O0,000 worth
of butter could be made from the
whey produced annually In the manu-
facture of cheese in New York State
alone.
The sources of platinum supply are
the Ural Mountains, Brazil. Peru,
Spain, Borneo and Ceylon. The speci-
fic gravity of platinum is 255 while
gold is 1875.
The tramways, omnihuses and un-
derground railways in and around
London within n radius of five miles
carry each year, It is claimed, about
453, 900, 900 passengers
J. L. Hand, of Pelham, Ga, Is
known as the watermelon king. He
plants several thousand acres of seed
every spring and in the summer sea-
son ships hundreds of carloads Of
melons north.
An automatic restaurant has just
been opened in Berlin, where by drop
ping coins in a slot the dishes are sent
up on a tray; rolls, wine and coffee
are now served, and more elaborate
dishes are to follow.
Fans, umbrellas, kites. spectacles,
gongs, bank notes, postage stamps,
are all the invention of the Chinese.
Hanway was the first to introduce the
umbrella into England, and he bor-
rowed the idea from China,
In German experiments copper has
been found to prolong the existence OF
leaves on potato vines and increase the
number and size of the tubers. A
per cent. solution OF sulphate of cop.
per in lime water was sprinkled on
the plants.
The wooden mills at Gera, in the
German principality of Reuss, are
working day and night to fill Amer
lean orders for cloth. Many English
exporters have also sent orders there
Altogether there is great preparation
for the next winter season.
The shipping of all nations is of the
approximate value of S1,100,000, 900
while the 10000 locomotives at work
rnnreSent a yalne nf | 000 600 600 The
railways give employment to 2,394,OOt
people, while shipping employees only
705 900
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
Potatoes for Market.

Grow tomatoes in the field upon
wire trellises; plant stout posts every
100 feet and stretch single No. IL
wire forty-six inches from the ground
Every four feet set up a building lath
and secure to the wire by small wire
staple. Plant a tomato plant by each
lath and train to it by keeping of
side shoots and tying with string To-
matoes grown in this way are two or
three weeks earlier, and in some ex-
periments freer from rot than when
grown In the common way.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
This Wouldn't Be Believed ~ Read In
Novel

1hIs Wouldn't Be Believed ~ Read in
Novel,
During the battle of the Wilderness,
says a Western exchange, Henry f.
Lowpenny, a corporal in the Thirty
second Indiana Volunteers. lost his
right arm at the elbow by the explo-
sion Of a shell. His cousin, Bradley
Jamison, ex-State Chancellor of Mis-
souri,, now lives on the scene of the
battle, and recently, when his 15-year-
old son was bird's-nesting, he found
a nest built in skeleton hand in the
fork Of large maple tree. On the
hand was a seal ring, and on taking
his strange find home the ring was at
once recognized as his uncle's. The
latter Is now dead, but the ring has
been sent to his widow, who lives
with a married daughter In Seattle,
Wash.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28

The use of sand as filter for puri-
flying water is being practiced in sew
eral large cities, and the soil has long
been known to filter water, thus re-
moving the solids and retaining them
as plant food Anything that will dis
solve in water, and for that reason
the we'll from which is drawn the wa
ter for the use OF persons and animals
should not be near manure heaps or
drains The driven well is preferred
by many, as it does not catch the sur
face water
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28

TO the level of the ridge OF the main
building. This renders in most cases
a structure of brick quite impractic-
able, hence resort must be had 10 gal
vanized iron attachment that any tin
smith will furnish. (See cut) II
should set down over one course or
layer of bricks. Put it in place some
! still day, first coating with mortar the
tsides of brick TO be covered by the
hood, that a close joint may be had.
If not more than two lengths Of pipe
are added two stays of wire attached
TO the ridge will prove sufficient; If
the distance Is greater, use three stays
which will hold it securely. In build
ing house guard against any trouble
of this kind by having the chimneys
all extend to as near the same hight
rs possible American Agriculturist
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28

Ii the farmer does not get good
prices for his steers and wethers he
should inform himself of the reason.
1t may be that the animals are not fat.
or inferior In quality. But few farm
ers are willing to admit that their
stock is not good, yet every farmer
has his choice between pure breeds
and scrubs, the decision resting upon
him. No farmer can compete In the
market with him who raises only the
best and feeds with the view OF 80
curing the highest PRICES.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28

Few things will raise the ire of the
housewife or kitchen girl quicker than
to be obliged to burn green wood, or
to endure the evils of smoky CHM
ney. But the chimney affair should
be easily disposed Of Most smoky
chimneys are not built to the proper
hight, and 1t Is usually the kitchen
chimney that fails to give a proper
draft to the stove, or discharge the
smoke at the top in a satisfactory.
manner. The revolving patented ap-
pllances to be attached to the top of
chimneys do net always give satisfac-
ton, and to obtain proper draught
the chimney must often be extended
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate OF ReU. VI. POlCerS, late or TIE Borough or
CcHhdiid, deCeOSed.
Notice Is hereby given that letters OF admin
istration on the estate OF Rev NJ. Powers, late
OF the Borough OF Centralia, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned administrator
to whom all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make payment, and those
having claims or demands Will make known
the same without delay to
REV. JOHN j. KOCH,
5-l7-6t. Shamokn, Pa,
Administrator.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
Tho Carental View.

Mr. Solidman--That young Chump-
ley is so soft you could run a tallow
candle through him,
Mr., Hardsense - Tallow candle!
Humph! You could throw custard
pie tn ough that fellow and not break
1t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28

Marion--Oh, Laura, don't know
what to do, Fred has promised that
he will stop drinking II | marry him,
il don't marry him.--LondOn Sketch
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
CHRISTIAN f. KNAPP,
FIRE INSURANCE,
BLOOMSBURG. PA

Home of N. Y; Merchants of Newark,
~ :; Clinton, N. Y; Peoples, N. "; Read.
ing ia German American Ins. Co., New
ork; Greenwich INSURANCE Co., New York;
Jersey CITY FIRE lns. Co., Jersey City N. j.
These old corporations are well Seasoned
by age and fire tested, and have never ves
had loss settled by any court of law. Their
assets are all invested in solid securities. and
liable to the hazard of fire only.
Losses promptly and honestly adjusted and
paid as soon as determined, by Christian r.
Knapp, Special Agent and Adjuster, Blooms.
burg, Pa.
The people of Columbia county should
Patronize the agency where losses, if any,
are settled and paid by one of their own
citizens.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
AUDITORS NOTICE.
Estate OF Joseph Eck, deceased.

The undersigned, an auditor appointed by the
Orphans Court OF Columbia county, to deter
mine the amount OF recOgni2ance, counsel fee,
make calculation OF amounts due the parties
legally entitled thereto, Will sit at the Office OF
C. G Evans, Esq, I'm Berwick. Pa, on Wednes-
day, June 26th, 1895, when and where all parties
having claims against said estate must appear
and prove the same, or be debaned from COM
ing In on said fund,
FRED KELLER, Auditor.
5-2i-ta
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
AUDITORS NOTICE.
Estate Of Phtaeas smith, deceased.

The undersigned an auditor appointed by the
Orphans Court OF Columbia county TO make
distribution of said estate will sit at his office
in Berwick. on Saturday, July 18th, 1898, at 10
o'clock a. m when and where all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate must appear and
prove the same, or be debared from coming In
on said fund.
c. b. JACKSON,
T-17-it. Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
DIR. A. p, O'MALLEY Y
NOTICEFROM SCHOOL BOARD
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Estate Of A. j. Ego,tS, tate or B,oomSblug, de.
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters testament
tary on the estate OF A. j Evans. late OF
Bloomsbury, deceased, have been granted to
the undersigned executors, to whom all persons
payment, and those having claims or demands
viii make known the same without delay.
ANDREW l.. FRITZ,
FRITZ, ATTY. ANDREW EVANS,
6-li-6t Executors
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28

Following the lead of st. Paul,
MINI, the police of a number of West
ern cities are being mounted on bi-
cycles. The above realistic sketch
shows what may be expected in the
future pursuit Of law-breakers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
Two Thousand People Attend the
Chautauqua at Red Spring..
Special to the News and Observer.

Special to the News and Observer.
RED SPRINGS, N. q, Aug IA.
Two thousand people were present at
the Sunday School Chautauqua meetings
to-day. The sermon was preached last
night by Rev. J. @. Adams, of Wades-
boro His subject was, Mighty Things
and Weak Things"
Judge Eller, of Greensboro, opened
the meeting to-day. s. P, Smith, of
Charlotte, gave an illustration Of teach
ing an adult class, followed
by a general conference on meth
DDS of teaching. Mrs. Tucker, of
Reidsville, read paper Of great power
on visiting. An address was delivered
by Rev. A. NJ. Simms, of Raleigh, on the
'Pastor and Superintendent" Rev. G.
G. Brown, of Sumter, S. c., followed on
the same subject.
This afternoon Rev. L. Johnson, of
Lumberton, delivered an address on
Music from Jail at Phillippi." W. II.
Dodd, of Raleigh, gave his experience in
primary class work. All the sessions
were interspersed with music led by an
Orchestra Of II pieces.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-15
GOING TO HOLD THE STATE.
Tom Settle Thinks the Republicans
will Win Again in '9G.

WASHINGTON, D. O., Aug. 14.-Repre-
sentative Settle, of North Carolina, is at
Chamberlin's. Speaking to a reporter
today of the situation in his State he
said:
"There is getting to be a great deal of
interest in politics. We, the Republi-
cans, are going to hold the State. The
Democrats do not even dare to hope that
they will be able to carry it in '96 "
"How do the North Carolina Republi-
cans stand On the silver question g. was
asked.
"There are a great many silver Re-
pUbicans in the State. The general SEN
timent is in favor of silver, but the Re-
publicans of North Carolina are going
to follow their party, and no one expects
the National party to indorse free silver
The delegation to the National COnven-
ton will be friendly to silver, but will
not do any kicking"
"Whom do they favor for the nOmina-
tion 2"
ga good many Republicans would an
swer, Mckinley, but think a majority
favor Reed, and the delegation will be
for him"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-15
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Mr.. Allison Says 1t Will Be Released
Friday to the Southern.
Special to the News and Observer.
CONCORD. n. O.. Ang. IL

Special to the News and Observer.
CONCORD, N. g., Aug. IA.
The Daily Standard has interviewed
Mr.. J. P. Allison, one of the directors of
the North Carolina Railroad, and pub
fishes this evening a number of reasons
why said road should be released at
once to the Southern, and states from
pretty certain information that the re-
lease will be made at a meeting Of the
directors at Burlington next Friday.
Mr.. r. II. Morrison, a highly re
spected citizen, aged seventy eight years,
while on his way to his daughters, nine
miles in the country, Tuesday evening,
dropped dead within two hundred yards
of his destination. His body was found
this morning by parties en- route to Con-
cord.
Buffers hour and half speech Tues
day evening did not whoop 'em up. The
Pops went home pretty much disgusted.
James Yost, an industrious young man
of the county, took cramp collie yester
day and died in few hours.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-15
7E LARGEST CIRCULATION AMY NGBTM @AB0l8NA DAILY

will extend itself so as to take in all the
toilers Of both town and country"
The Alliance tonight at midnight
adopted ringing resolutions condemning
the proposed lease of the North Carolina
Railroad at this time, and endorsing the
NEWS AND OBSERVER for its fight along
that line. The resolutions were referred
to committee to have published in the
newspapers of the State.
After a long discussion the amend
ment to the constitution allowing AL
Iiances to be formed in cities was de-
feated.
Resolutions were adopted thanking the
people of Gary for their cordial hospital
ity.
1t is said that the location of the Al
lance factory here is now settled. A
move is on foot to bring all the general
offices of the State Alliance to this point
and | hear that a resolution to that
effect was presented last night. But it
is doubtful if this movement will sue
ceed.
DIR. Cyrus Thompson, of Onslow, the
new President, was interviewed to-
night. He said he was for free and I'M
limited coinage of silver, without wait
ing for international agreement; that he
did not believe either the Democrats or
Republicans could be trusted to restore
silver to it's former position; that he
thought the movement to found new
silver party would fail, like other move
ments of the kind.
''Is the Alliance in politics p I asked
him.
Neither more nor less than it has
been since its first organization, was
the reply. ''It has always had for its
object the education of its membership
in the science of economic government,
and of course government is politics,
that is the only way it is in politics.
JOHN WILDER JENKINS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-15
THE CRISIS IN JAPAN
REPORTS OF IMPENDING CABI-
NET CHANGES ARE FREELY
CIRCULATED
LACK OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION

The Chinese Officials Unable to Resist
the Temptation 10 Show Their Spite
Toward Japan--But the Intercourse
Between Americans and japanese
Was Never So FriendIy--AIleged Plot
to Overthrow Hawaiian Government
--TwentY Americans Implicated.
VICTORIA, B. O., Aug. 14.-The steamer
Empress of Japan has arrived with ad-
vices from Yokohama to August 2. Re-
ports of impending cabinet changes are
freely circulated in Toxic, and are
largely credited, although entirely with
out official confirmation.
Chinese officials in Pekin are unable
to resist the temptation to show their
spite toward Japan, and a disagreeable
part Of the new Japanese Enjoys duties
is to call them to account when they be-
come offensive. Tsung Ii Yamen has
twice been obliged to apologize to Mr..
Hayashi for the publication of the obiec-
tionable epitet "Woienn in the official
gazette, and once for the circulation of
memorial to the Emperor in which the
japanese people were spoken of asInsular
barbarians.
At no previous time has intercourse
between Japanese and Americans been
so friendly as now. Officers OF United
States vessels stationed at Yokohama are
constantly receiving hospitable courtesies
from the military and naval authorities
of the Empire, chiefly in commemoration
of the hearty welcome given by the Pc
trel to the japanese soldiers at Ying Kow
last winter. At a banquet offered by
Marshal Nizu to Admiral Carpenter and
his subordinates, the Marshal declared
that the incident would never be for
gotten, but would lastingly remind the
japanese of their Indebtedness to their
friends who stood by them while others
held aloof
Hong Kong newspapers assert that
plot for the violent overthrow Of Ha-
waiian government, has been detected in
that colony. Twenty or more Ameri-
cans are said to be implicated, and four
of the number are accused of
secretly manufacturing dynamite bombs
in a small village near Canton.
1t is alleged that evidence has been dis
covered showing that the government
offices at Honolulu would be destroyed
with these bombs The police of Hong
Kong are diligently inquiring into the
affair, but none Of the suspected party
has been arrested.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-15

tee. When Senator Daniel reported to the
full conference at o'clock the committee
had not authorized the draft of plat
form and none of the members was able
to say when the report would be com
pleted. The proceedings of the commit
tee developed some difference of opinion
as to the line of policy to be recommend
ed but these were not of a sufficiently
radical nature to cause apprehension of
serious delay.
The committee proceedings indicated
that the report, when made, will re-
commend the issuance of an address to
the Democratic party of the country,
urging invery strong terms the mainten
ance of the silver cause in the Demo
cratic ranks, and also outline a plan for
the organization of the silver forces in
the party, with view to
the selection of delegates to
the next National Convention. Their
plan will probably embrace the appoint
ment Of a central committee with a
member from each State and Territory,
who shall in turn select a member from
every county, the latter to have the
power to appoint member for every
voting precinct in his county. The plan
includes provision for national head
quarters, probably at Washington.
Immediately after the adjournment of
the conference for the day, the pro-
gramme and resolution committee was
called together and remained in session
for several hours. At this meeting each
member gave an account of the condi-
tion of the silver movement in
his State and pointed out what
he thought was necessary in
order to strengthen the sentiment
in favor of free coinage. 1t was
decided to regulate the work of the
formation Of a scheme of organization
and the preparation of the platform or
address to the people to a sub committee
of eight of which Senator Daniel, of Vir-
ginia, is chairman. The other members
of the committee are Senator Jones, of
Arkansas; eX Senator Jarvis, of North
Carolina; ex-senator Walsh, of Georgia;
W. H. Hinrichsen, of Illinois; W. J.
Stone, of Missouri; E. W. Carmack, of
Tennessee, and James F. Johnston, of
Alabama
This sub committee assembled during
the evening ana after some hours or con-
sultation practically agreed on the basis
OF report which will be presented to
the full committee and later to the con-
ference during the forenoon Of morrow.
This report will, 1t is understood, recon-
mend the appointment Of a committee to
consist of Senators Harris, Turpie and
Jones, Of Arkansas, and others who
signed the call for the present confer
ence, who are to select Provisional Ma
tional Committee, to consist of one mem
Der from each State, whose duties are to
be similar in scope and authority to those
of the national committees of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties.
The address to the people will be brief
and will declare in unequivocal terms
the attitude of the conference on the
silver question, of free coinage at the
ratio of Is to 1. The present under
standing is that no other subject but
that of finance will be embodied in the
address. A scheme of organization for
practical work in the furtherance of the
silver movement will, it is expected, also
be embodied in the report of the pro-
gramme committee