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The advocate., 1896-05-20
SCARCITY OF MONEY.
A NOn-Partlsan Statement Of the Currency
Situation.

N8GlOnal organ or Gn0 L. ", ". f. IN
q personal interview the information
is obtained that this editorial is the re-
suit of much consideration by many of
the most conservative members; that
this question has been under con-
siderstIon for more than a year and
the official data at hand Is 80 cOnVinc-
ing that it is useless to attempt to
claim that the present monetary con-
ditiOns are not working great injury to
the order. In part, Editor M. F.
DoWd said:
"The present monetary condition
has been a great injury to our order.
The official data received at this Office
show that we lost in 1898, 1886 mem
bers by suspension for nOn-psyment of
dues, and in 1894 the number dropped
was 48,339, a total of 85,225 for the
two years, and 1t is believed thst the
official reports for 1895 when completed
will show nearly as many suspensions
90 in the years 1884 combined. In
1893 we initiated 72,8O7, while in 1894
we initiated 63, ,845, a decrease Of nearly
5000 We have about 100000 mem
bers in the United States and Terri
tories.
ayes, they are all voters. Before
man can become an Odd Fellow he Is
required to sign contract which is
binding alike upon himself and the
order, hence 1t is necessary that he
should be 2l years of age. When the
situation Is properly understood be-
lieve the American people will demand
free coinage of silver at the ratio Of l6
to /.
"The SOuUeniy does not handle po-
lltiCsl questions, /. e., from a partisan
standpoint, nor is the question Of
finance q partisan question in any
sense of the word. 1t Is, however, a
question that greatly affects the great
order of Odd Fellows. This is great
benevolent institution, and anything
that retsrds the progress Of the order
Is a subject entitled to the fullest con
sideration. A contraction of onr cur
rencY makes money dear and thus
increases the burden of our members
II the purchasing power Of money be
comes great the price of labor and the
products Of labor become less vslu
able hence, If the purchasing power
of the American dollar is twice al
great under the gold standard as 4
would be under the freee coinage O.
both gold and silver at the ratio Of II
to l, then 1t will be twice as hard TO
the members to psy their qusrterl,
dues under the present gold STANDARD
as It would be under the free coinsg
Of both gold and silver, 1t is slst
twice as hard for those outside Of tn
order to pay the price of admission
When we look over the reports of tn
various jurisdictions and see the thou
sands of brothers who are bein
suspended from the benefits of tn
order by their inability to pay thei
dues, 1t is simply appalling. The Orde
now pays out for relief about 315 mi
lion dollars annually. If the presen
conditions continue it is only matte
Of time when there will have to b
made a sliding scale; this sliding seal
will be to decrease the number of do
e.. A. ,oIioe 80 -, bo.o n .,
The advocate., 1896-05-20
just the Thing for Irrigation.

The accompanying cut represents
the popular Weber Gasoline Engine,
manufactured In Kansas City, Mo.
The ADVOCATE representative spent
considerable time looking over the fac.
tory operated by this company at 4O9-
lib Southwest boulevard. 1t employs
at present thirty-fiVe WOrkmen In the
different departments, and, having
their own foundry and machine shops,
are running their plant fourteen hours
per day. 1t has no hesltsncy in guar
snteeing every part of its work. It
uses the best pig-iron only, no scrap
iron being put In any part of It's cast
ings. The crank shafts are made from
q solid piece of steel, overcoming the
possibility of weak point In this very
important part Of an engine. There is
no bending of square corners to
weaken the shaft.
The cylinder-boring machine was
made on special order by Bennett &
Miles, Pittsburg, Pa, for the Weber
factory, and Is a model Of perfection.
The valve chambers are placed in q
machine and not removed until COM
pleted. 1t requires the use of FIVE
different tools in their construction.
The advocate., 1896-05-20

These tools are supplied by the
use of levers.
The largest engine constructed
by this company is fifty.horse
power. 1t has put In two Of these
engines on a one base plate, how
ever, making l00-hOrse power.
They test all of their engines
under full load perfect brake
test for three days before ship
ment.
The engine furnishing the
power for the factory is one Of
their own building, running
lsthes, rsdisl drills, common
drills, valve chamber machines,
crank shaft lathes, etc., at cost
Of not to exceed 81 per day. The
company has $4,000 invested In
tools and machinery. Taking the
factory as q whole 1t is complete
in all its departments and equip
ped to do first.class work. Their
engines are simple in construc.
ticn, built for strength and durs.
bility, and well calculated for irri-
eating purposes.
The company has shipped to
the following points the last 30
8: Two to New Orleans, one to
as, Mimi; Sparta, Wis; Rusin, La;
ker, o.; Howard, S. D.; Minnesp-
Minn.; Abilene, Kss.; Dskin, N.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
A Shark Among the Menhaden.

"The other day." a fisherman said,
''I read about the bluefish charging the
menhaden and driving them ashore.
Did you ever see the bluefish charge a
school of menhaden at sea? That Is
something worth seeing, too The blue
fish throw their lines forward until
they almost surround the menhaden,
and they attack them flank and rear.
The menhaden fairly make the water
boil in their efforts to escape, while all
around the enemy is at them tearing
relentlessly.
s'Into all this commotion comes a
great shark; It's picnic for the shark,
q school of menhaden all herded up
for Its benefit It swims leisurely into
the midst of them, opens its mouth, and
takes in half a dozen menhaden at a
Eulp. It swims around and bites out
half dozen more from the school; 1t
Eorges itself without effort.
But the menhaden are not nearly as
much disturbed by the presence Of the
monster swimming about among them
as they are by the charging bluefish
The shark takes half a dozen fish OF
more at a bite, while the bluefish only
nites a piece out Of a single fish; but
there is only one shark, while there
may be thousands Of bluefish, plungine
and tearing necessarily, and killing ane
manning at every stroke.
"The sharks a brute, but under such
circumstances the menhaden has less
of fear than 1t has of contempt fol
him"-New York Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
si3
Misplaced Zeal.

Zeal" remarked a member of the
Society of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution the other day, "is some-
times misplaced. I've been urging a
friend whose family l know to be an
old revolutionary one to become a
Daughter. She has never shown any
enthusiasm about joining and her con-
servatism had simply the effect to in
crease my desire that she should. So
when one day recently l found myself
Unexpectedly tete-a-tete with her for a
trip to Philadelphia, l renewed my at
tach with bold move, AS the train
was leaving Jersey City l said In my
most engaging manner: Now, my dear
Mrs. S., have you at my mercy for
full two hours. Before we reach Phila-
delphia you must have promised me
that you will come into the Daughters.
warn you that you may as well yield
first as last, for yield you must. We
want you very much Mrs. S. smiled
rather peculiarly. Are you sure you
viii want me- she said, quietly, when
tell you that my most prominent revo-
llutionary ancestor was Benedict Ar
noldT New York Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
Jenny Lind Sang for Him.

Edward V. Eccles, the veteran musi-
clan, who died at his home on North
Thirteenth street recently, was fond Of
telling this anecdote of his youth: 1T
was about the beginning of the war"
ne inveriably began. II was then a
clerk In a large music publishing house
on Chestnut street. One day a we'll
dressed, quiet little woman entered the
store and asked me to show her some
music of classical nature. We struck
up quite a conversation, in the course
of which l asked her If she had heard
the great Jenny Lind. who was then
the talk of the town. She laughed and
said: oh, yes; have heard her. Have
your l told her that hadn't had that
pleasure, and that 1 had very little
prospects of hearing her, the price of
admission was so high. She laughed
again, and then she handed me a song
she had picked out, and asked me to
play the accompaniment for her while
she tried it. She sang so beautifully
that / played like one in a dream.
When she had finished she thanked
me, and, with rare smile, she said
You cannot say now that you have
never heard Jenny Lind! She thanked
me again, and left me dumfounded.
Philadelphia Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
The Teacher Taught.

Sir Edwin Arnold, in the volume OF
autobiography which he has just pub
lished, tells the unique story of how.
as master of the Birmingham Gram
mar School, he was caned by one of the
boys.
The class was engaged on Cicero.
Some disorder occurred near the mas
ter's chair, and, selling the cane, he
gave a nasty cut upon the too tempt
ing back of one youth, who seemed to
be the offender" "If you please, SIR
said the boy, squirming. Il did moth
ing. 1t was Scudamore that kicked me
in the stomach, underneath the desk"
The statement was true. Scudamore
had demanded from his neighbor, quite
illegitimately, the explanation of an
obscure passage, and, not being attend
ed to, had taken this much too emphatic
means of enforcing attention. Having
called the class up, Arnold said to the
doubly wronged boy, who was still
rubbing the place: 1T is / who am
most to blame for having dealt you an
undeserved blow. Take that cane and
give it back to me as hard as you got
it," mo, sir" the lad answered, 4
can't do that" The whole great school
room was now listening, masters and
all. Arnold insisted: Jones, you must
obey me; and If you disobey, l am
sorry to say l shall make you write
out that page of Cicero three times
staying in to do It,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11

= Curious Point.

At a recent meeting in London of the
British Ornithologists' Club interest
centred in a collection Of 300 cuckoo
eggs which was exhibited by one Of the
members, and ever since then the Eng
lish papers have been discussing the
habits and powers of that somewhat
disreputable bird with much energy. 1t
has long been known that the eggs of
British cuckoos are curiously varied as
to their markings, no two of them be-
ing alike, and the difference is often so
great that 1t is hard to believe that
both of two contrasted specimens were
Laid by birds belonging to the same
species. 1t has also been noticed that
every cuckoo egg resembled more or
hess closely the other eggs in the nest
where 1t was found. This has been
held to indicate that somehow or other
the acuckoo has acquired the remark
able power of determining beforehand
of what color and marking an egg
must be to escape detection by the
birds selected by her as foster parents
for her children and of producing
counterfeit of the required kind.
Now another and simpler explanation
has been made by one of the many men
who are studying the problem. Ha
nays that the cuckoo does not lay her
egg in the nests of other birds, but
somewhere else-any old place will do
and only after she and her mate have
carefully inspected it and decided what
other birds eggs it most resembles do
they begin to consider the question Of
where to put it for incubation. If the
egg looks like a hedge sparrow's egg,
they look about for a hedge sparrow S
nest and there they carry 1t; If the re-
semblance is to the egg of finch, then
upon a finch, and not a hedge sparrow,
Is imposed the task of rearing the inter-
loper. At the meeting referred to this
theory was seriously considered, and
its probability was generally admitted.
Fortunately, the American cuckoos
are honest birds and have homes of
their own. The Brittshers, therefore,
can be left, without our aid, to struggle
with the mystery.-New York Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
eULLIBLE ENGLISH EDITORS.
9usbish with which Their American
Correspondence Load Them.


The English will never understand
ne Americans so long as they permit
themselves to swallow all the stories
that are told to them concerning Amer
ican customs and habits 1t Is SAID 10
he the easiest thing in the world Tor
shrewd American writer to unload INTO
the columns of English papers, and at
space rates, articles which purport 10
descrihe life in this country. SO long
a. the Americans are made to appear
eccentric the English editors are Will
Ing to pay for these articles. Some OF
this newspaper rot" Is so absolutely
without foundation that 1t Is no won
der the English have such odd IDEAS
concerning us. For instance, the Lon
don Daily News, which is supposed 10
he ms well informed as any of the Lon
aon journals, recently published
sJyew York letter" of which the fol-
lowing extract is a fair example; The
young men of New York lead the way,
m far as the States are concerned, in
Injurious and costly underwear and
linen of the finest Kind, elaborated with
embroideries. A dozen silk night shirts
were comprised in a recent purchase'
Zach was of a different tint OF hello
srope, rose violet, pistachio. primrose,
forget -me-not blue, topaz and daffodll
yellow, and the embroideries were for
al Roses in natural colors Of flowers
and leaf were depicted with the needle
on one, pansies on another. violets on
a third, and so on throughout the en-
tire range. The price Of these garments
was six guineas apiece. The pocket
handkerchiefs usually bought by a
youthful millionaire average guinea
each. The texture is so fine and soft
chat the whole eXpanse can be crushed
together into the size of walnut. The
initials or monogram are embroidered
In the most exquisite stitchery, sur
rounded by leaves and flowers. such
purchasers buy their sleeping suits In
sets of fifteen, never using the same
for two consecutive nights. The cost
Of each suit avera ges from four guineas
co six, so that the well furnished ward
robe is an item that means money
This extravaganza is supposed to be In
dicative OF refinement by those whose
purpose 1t suits to profess that they
think so."-Troy Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
Hood Health

And good appetite go hand in hand.
With the loss of appetite, the system
cannot long sustain itself Thus the
Notifications of good health are broken
down and the system is liable to at
tacks of disease. 1t is in such cases
that the medicinal powers of Hoods
Sarsaparilla are clearly shown. Thou
sands who have taken Hoods Sarsa-
parilla testify to its great merits as a
purifier Of the blood, its powers to
restore and sharpen the appetite and
promote healthy action of the dlges-
tive organs. Thus it is, not what we
say but what Hoods Sarsaparilla does
that tells the story and constitutes
the strongest recommendation that
can be urged for any medicine. Why
not take Hoods Sarsaparilla now7
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
HoNORING GENERALS MEADE AND
HANCOCK.
Equestrian Statues Of the Heroes Unveiled at
Gettysburg.

The equestrian statue erected by
the state of Pennsylvania in honor of
of the memory of General George
Gordon Meade, commanding the
Army of the Potomac, was unveiled
in the presence of large number Of
distinguished military officers and
civilians. The ceremonies opened
with music, followed by prayer.
Master George Gordon Meade,
grandson of the dead hero, unveiled
the statue. AS the drapery fell from
the statue, lgnt battery c, Third
United States artillery, fired salute.
Dedicatory exercises were then con-
Quoted by George G.. Meade, Post
No. 1, department Pennsylvania G.
A. r. The statue was then formally
delivered to the governor of the COM
monweath by Brevet Brigadier Gen
eral J. p. S. Goblin, of the commission
which had charge of the erection Of
the statue. Governor Daniel H.
Hastings, of Pennsylvania, received
the statue on behalf of the common
wealth. Upon the conclusion of the
governors remarks, Brevet Major
General David McMutrie Gregg, who
commanded the second cavalry divis.
ion at Gettysburg, was introduced as
the orator of the day. The exercises
closed with music.
The exercises were held at the
site of the monument just in the rear
of the Bloody Angle. Chaplain
Stevens, of Meade Post No. I, G.. A.
r., made the invocation. When the
flags fell from the statue great shout
went up from the crowd that ceased
only with the roar of the cannon sa-
lutte. AT the conclusion of General
Gregg's Grafton, Major General Miles,
Brigadier General Brooke and sculp-
tor Bush Brown made snort addresses.
Late the same day the equestrian
statue in honor of Major General
Winheld Scott Hancock, commanding
the second army corps, was unveiled
with ceremonies similar to those Of
the morning. Brevet Brigadier Gen
eral Henry H. Bingham, who was on
General Hancock's staff at Gettysburg
delivered the Grafton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
Oensure for the New Woman.

The following is an extract from
paper on Missions read before the
Christian Endeavor society of the
First M. E. church on Sunday evening:
Furthermore it is the mission Of
every Christian Endeavorer to protect
the home. That means the annihila-
on of the "new" woman craze. The
true woman advocates liberal edu-
cation, believes that modesty and re-
finement are invaluable womanly
qualities and seeks to shape her chill.
dren's lives by the influence of a
mothers love and a model home"
"The "new" woman spends half her
time attending clubs and lodges and
the other half wearing bloomers and
fighting for female suffrage. She
would not invite social criticism by
carrying her own baby in her arms,
but lugs long cared Spaniel through
the streets all day. The qualities
that George Washington's mother
thought womanly are undergoing
reformation. Domestic inclinatlons
are at discount, and spare time only
is devoted to maternal duties. Rather
than instruct and mould her daughter
into noble woman; rather than rear
her boy under love and tender infu-
ence that might qualify him to some
day save a nation, she wastes her
time and energy in the discharge of
social functions and the abuse of gov
ermental laws"
The home is next to the nation and
the woman who neglects her home is
little less traitor than the man who
sells his nation. The womanly woman
can't find time to run for Congress.
Providence has given her a sacred
mission which she dare not thwart."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
ANOTHER LINCOLN STORY.
About Boy and Gingerbread. but 1t IL
iustrated the Point.

n
iustrated the Point.
Mr.. Lincoln was one Of the rare talk-
ers who could always point mora'
with an adorning tale taken out OF MS
own experience. Everybody mas expert
ences IL he only knows It, MOST OF US
are so much in the habit OF taxing III
wisdom and fun through the prihteu
page of the story as another man tens
Il that we lack the capacity 10 see IL
for ourselves.
The story teller is the man VINO iihus
his own material. An old Southerh
politician was morallzing thus a rev
nights ago and eulogizing the man 'he
South used to dislike:
when Lincoln first came to Wash
ington I went to see him, so preouoiceu
against him beforehand that no man
with less genius could have overcome
1t. left that first interview his friehu.
No man ever came under the charm Oh
Lincoln's personality without respect
ing him, and, II allowed, loving MN
zone day, after we had become fairiy
good friends, 1 told him of my carry
prejudice.
"'Mr. Lincoln said, I had hearu
every mean thing on earth apout you
except one. I never heard tnat you
were too fond of the pleasures OF ire
Mr.. Lincoln sat for a moment stroking
his long cheek thoughtfully. and theh
he drawled out in his peculiar western
voice:
"'That reminds me Of something that
n boy said to me when was about ten
years old
"'Once in a while my mother used to-
get some sorghum and some ginger ana
mix us up a batch of gingerbread IL
wasn't often, and 1t was our biggest
treat.
Zone day l smelled 1t and came into
the house to get my share while u was
hot. 1 found she had baked me three
gingerbread men, and l took them out
under a hickory tree to eat them.
"'There was a family near us that
| was a little poorer than we were, ana
| their boy came along as 1 sat down.
"'"Abe," he said. edging close. "gim-
me a man." -.
"I gave him one. He crammed IL
/ into his mouth at two bites and looked
at me while bit the legs from my
first one.
"'"Abe." he said. gimme that
other'n."
! 81 wanted 1t, but I gave 1t to him.
! and as 1t followed the first one l said:
| "'"You seem to like gingerbread?'
! ""Abe," he said. earnestly. II don't
s'pose there's anybody on this earth
likes gingerbread as well as do" and
drawing sigh that brought up
crumbs. IT don't spose there's anybody
gets less of it," -"
And the old politician said Mr.. Lin
coin looked as though the subject was
! ended.-Burlington Qowa9 Hawkeye.
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81 worder what would be done to
the preacher of a modern fashionable
church with a membership of rich
men, if he should tell his hearers as
plainly as Christ told the young ruler
$50 and sell all that thou hast and
distribute unto the poor, and thou
shalt have treasure in heaven" We
are told this command was not for all
the rich, but just for this one rich
man, because his heart was set on his
great possessions. Find me a rich
man who is not in the same boat and
I will show you a camel ambling
through the eye of a needle. What
preacher to-day dares deliver Christ
message to the world2 How many
are there that it would not cost their
pulpits to do this1 So they go on,
making religion matter for the world
to come and enveloping themselves
with safe platitudes about spirituality,
while they fight the evils that are in
the world with blows that fall light as
feathers. "
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
The FACT that Doctors

frequently advise change of air and
climate to those suffering from Ca
tarrh is proof that catarrh is local
and climatic disease, and not a con-
stitutional affection. Therefore, un-
less you can afford to leave home and
business, you can find the remedy in
Ely's Cream Balm. Applied directly
to the seat of the disease, it effects
instant relief and a satisfactory cure
after short continuance. No mercury
nor injurious drug is contained in the
Balm. SO cents. All druggists.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11

People have to look sharp these
days if they don't want to be run
into by reckless bicycle riders.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-07-09

you as a man of superior teach
ing ability
Miss Fedora Ashcraft has had
superior advantages in the &C
QUESTION of a thorough knovl-
edge OF music. In addition TO
the best advantages Of our
Southern schools she has re
Gently had two years training
in the Cincinnati College of Mu-
sic.
Miss Helen Davidson is well
known in this section Of the
state especially for her pro-
ficiency in Art, aud this depart
ment will be n leading feature of
the school the coming session.
under her skilliul management.
The boarding department will
be refurnished throughout aud
the Young Ladies' Home, will be
all that Is implied in the name.
The expenses at this institution
are remarkably low in eompari.
son with the very high eharac-
ter of the work done. and all in
all, the Abbeville Normal Is
bound TO take rank among the
leading Institutions ofthe State.