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The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21
WIZARD EDISON SAYS
WE WILL ALL SOON BE FLYING.

Thomas A. Edison says that within
ten years aerial navigation will be an ac-
complished fact, and that there is nothing
TO prevent US travelling through the air
lust above the treetops at a speed ranging
from 70 to 100 miles an hour.
He has accomplished so many wonder
full things which could not be believed un-
til they were seen in practical operation
that the public is willing to believe that
be can do anything, no matter how start
ling the proposition.
at is hard to say what is the right prin-
ciple. The machine, whatever form it
takes, will have TO rise by its own power
and not by balloon power ip any form.
ANY method employing gas for fotation
is not practical. The whole problem will
be solved when we can get one-horsepower
for every five pounds in weight of the fly
ing machine.
''You know he said, a reminiscent
smile lighting up his features, "that l
made lot of experiments along that line
once Yes, put machine on a pair OF
finely adjusted scales. There were fans
and motor and all that sort of thing at
tached / weighed the whole outfit and
and other contrivances, and by watching
the scales ascertained Just how much
those fans would lift with a certain num-
Der of revolutions. That was fun.
$50 many Of the experimenters and the
orists have got such good results that it
is hard to determine which is the right
line. Some one is going to find that, of
course, and have walkover. The thing
is TO strike the right principle
''Do you really believe it possible TO in
vent flying machine that can be put in
practical, everyday use; that will sup
plant present transportation facilities and
WELD revenue that would make it an as
sured success from a commercial point OF
view?" was the next question.
81 certainly do" answered Mr.. Edison
without hesitation. II believe L could do
it myself if | had the time to spare.
must try that again sometime.
tHave you yet seen anything which you
think EN- bodies the right principe?'
Il have seen only what has been pub
lished on the subject from time to time,
said Mr.. Edison, ''and in those pubica-
tions have not discovered what l consider
the right principle. There is one man,
however, who is devoting considerable
time and attention to that biect in whom
] have the greatest confidence. He is Pro-
fessor Langley OF the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition in Washington. Ny confidence in
him arises from the fact that he is man
of rare scientific attainments and fine ex-
perimenter. | have not seen the results of
his experiments published"
"Do you think the motive power for the
f1ying- machine will be electncity?' Mr..
Edison was asked.
''N-o," answered the wizard, slowly. II
rather think that gun-cotton or some
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21

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THE COMRADES.

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

quiet little romance, of which only
those most interested are supposed as
yet to know has grown from the fertile
Agricultural Department. Once upon
time there was pretty girl in far
eff Western State. Hard times pressed
heavily upon her home, and broke the
cheerful spirit of her father and mother.
With the brave thought to earn suffi-
cient money to lift a mortgage from the
small farm, the young girl came to
Washington, and, after many rebuffs
and dlsappointments, secured position
m the seed division of the Agricultural
Department. Quietly and faithfully
she did her daily duty, saving much
more of her salary than she spent, and
dreaming of time when the savings
would be enough to Tighten the mort
gage, and the dear old hearts at home.
When the seed division was abolished
her hopes sank very low. She wrote a
letter to the newly-elected Congressman
OF her home district, and asked him to
aid her with his influence in obtaining
government position. She had never
seen the Congressman. She imagined
him to be benevolent, Peffer-like old
gentleman, with fatherly disposition.
He happened to receive her letter as
ne was starting for Washington on ante
Congressional business, and he an
swered it in person. He was neither
old nor Peffer-like; he was young and
good-looking and susceptible. His busi-
ness In Washington heightened itself,
out unaccountably. The pretty girl
has gone home now, but this winter
there is going to be happy young
bride in a modest little home on Capt.
tol Hill. ill.-Washington Star
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
Wide Tire Law.

The act of Legislature, approved on
the 25th of June last, encouraging the
use of wide tires on wagons upon the
public highways of the common
wealth has aroused wide interest in
the farmers and the department of
is now flooded with COM
munications upon the subject. 1t was
enacted that all persons who used
draft wagons on the public highways
not less than four inches in width for
hauling loads of not less than 1000
pounds should for each gear after the
passage of the act receive a rebate of
one quarter of their assessed highway
tax. The act is also retroactive for
one year. Evidently the farmers of
this state are almost unanimous in
their determination to get that rebate.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
THE POPULAR LOAN.

The popularity of the popular loan
was fully demonstrated Wedne sday
morning of last week when the Gov
ernment sought to borrow one hun
dred million dollars for thirty years at
four per cent. The people, in re-
sponse, have offered to loan the Gov
ernment six hundred million dollars
at less than four per cent. The sue
cessful bidders will probably realize
on their offerings an average Of SO
per cent. Bids were received from
all parts of the country, and there is
certainty that nearly the whole one
hundred million of bonds will be sold
to home bidders, and we'll distributed.
No doubt there may be failure-as
no advance payments were required
on the part of some SUBSCRIBERS to
meet the payments of gold at the
dates fixed by the Treasury; but there
can be no question Of the complete
success of the loan, nor that the peo-
pie are ready and willing to respond
to the needs of the Government.
This magnificent over-subscription
cannot but have a beneficial effect
upon business at home, and upon the
credit of the United States in foreign
countries. Had our own people
shown doubt of the Governments
good faith, there would have been
reason for discouragement on the part
of foreign investors. The bonds hav-
ing been sold at premium of eleven
million dollars on the issue, it is fair
notice that, whatever outsiders may
think, our own countrymen do not
doubt that thirty years hence they
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
Reading Railroad Association.

The statement of the Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad Relief Associa-
tlon for the month of January, 1896,
shows payments of benefits aggregat-
ing $I6,57o,4S on account OF
deaths, $6,o24,aS on account of ac-
cident disablements, $5.s54oo and
sick dlsablements, 4IoI,ao Ia
death claims were paid, 4 occurring
from accident and 8 from natural
causes. The total number of new
cases reported during the month
was 1886.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
A RECORD BREAKER.
A Locomotive Which Has Run a Quarter
Million Miles.

Locomotive No. aIo6, which has
made a record in passenger service
between Remove and Harrisburg via
Williamsport was run into the ma
chine shop at the former place Tues
day afternoon for general repairs.
This locomotive was turned out Of
the Altoona shops in July 1893, and
has run total Of $4,000 miles, with
out having to be put in the shops
once for repairs. This continuous
service has excited the admiring COM
ment of railroad men everywhere.
After undergoing treatment at the
hands of Removes skillfull mechanics,
it will resume its work on the Phila-
delphia and Erie and Northern Cen.
trail railroads.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

will get gold dollars for the gold dol,
lars they lend. One such demonstra-
ton takes all the wind out of the sails
of the cheap money demagogues and
silver mine representatives in Con.
gress, who have done what they could
to discredit the effort of the Admins.
tration TO maintain the public credit
and keep every dollar that jingles in
the pocket of labor or in the till Of
the counting house at par with gold.
Secretary Carlisle may well rub his
hands and say: "When the people
are appealed to they will properly
respond"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
Or. DAVID KENNEDYS
FAV0RITE REMEDY

Although disheartened, on July /, 1903, he
bought bottle of it, and within a month
had experienced beneficial results, and be.
fore he had finished the third bottle, the
gravel was completely dissolved and his
sufrerings at an end.
Mr.. Neill feels that he owes lasting debt
of gratitude to DR.. Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy and for disorders of the bladder
and urinary organs, says sit will effect
cure if one be possible"
Favorite Remedy is prescribed with un-
failing success for rheumatism, dyspepsia
and nerve troubles in which it has cured
many that were considered beyond the aid
of medicine. All druggists, 81.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
We Don't Vote for Presidents.

"We are in the habit of speaking of
the Presidential election as taking
place on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in every fourth year, but
in fact no vote is given for President
and Vice President at that time at
all" writes ex-President Harrison in
February LadieS' Home Journal
"The names of the party nominees
for President and Vice President are
printed on the ballots, but in fact no
voter votes or can vote for them.
He votes for certain men whose names
are on the ticket as electors; and,
by the act of February 8, 1887, these
men assemble in each state at the
Capital on the second Monday of
January and vote for President and
Vice-President. These votes from
each state are sealed and sent in dup
licate to the President of the United
States Senate, one copy by mail and
the other by special messenger. So
that, in fact, our President is elected
on the second Monday of January in
every fourth year, though we are not
IN doubt as to who is to be chosen,
because the electors are morally bound
by the nomination in convention" +"
Should an elector fail to vote for the
nominee of his pprty, General Har-
nson AYERS, he will become an object
of general execration, and in times of
very high excitement might be the
subject of lynching.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

The Democratic State Committee
fixed Wednesday, April 20, as the
time, and Allentown as the place, for
the holding of the State Convention
for the nomination of candidates for
Presidential electors, two Congress
men-at-large and delegates to the
National Democratic Convention.
A resolution was unanimously
adopted, recommending that the
Democracy of Pennsylvania present
to the Democratic National Conven-
ton the name of Ex-Governor Robert
E. Pattison as that of strong and
available candidate for the presidency.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
A Woman's Burdens

are lightened when she turns to the right
medicine. If her existence is made gloomy
by the chronic weaknesses, delicate derange'
ments, and painful disorders that aftiict her
sex, she will find relief and emancipation
from her troubles in DIR. Pierce's Fayorie
Prescription. If she's overworked, nervous
or run down." she has new life and
strength after using this remarkable remedy,
It's a powerful invigoratng tonic and
nervine which was discovered and used By
an eminent physician for many years, in all
cases of " female complaints " and weak
nesses. For young girls just entering w,
manhood for women at the critical
e" change of life !" in bearing down sensa'
tions, periodical pains, liberation, inAamma'
tion, and every kindred ailment, it effects
perfect and permanent cures.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
GRAVEL CURED.

A healthier, heartier, happier man than
John J. Neill, of 2437 North Eighth street,
Philadelphia, could not be found in days
search. The fact that he is still alive is
constant wonder to his friends.
In the fall of 1850 he began to suffer
indescribable miseries from stone in the
bladder. Consulting an eminent physician
in Philadelphia, he was told that a surgical
operation was necessary. So much did he
dread the result, for if unsuccessful it meant
death, that he put off the evil day as long
as possible While in this frame of mind
he heard of
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
Our Disappearing Orchards.

1t don't take much of trip over
almost any part of this county to con.
vince one that it will not be many
years, unless there is a change in
methods on our farms, until there will
be practically no fruit to be found
within the county either for home con-
sumption or for the market. Take
what road you will leading from Belle
fonte, and travel it to the county line,
and you will find ten orchards neglect
ed, going to waste and dying, to every
one that you will see that is cared for
or thrifty looking. While you will
pass scores of old orchards that have
passed their prime, brushy half dead
and showing every evidence of the
most wanton neglect, you will scarcely
find a new one started, in days
travel. The principal reason for this
condition Of affairs is to be found,
possibly, in the fact that until within
very few years, almost the entire at.
tention of our farmers has been given
to raising wheat, corn and cattle. But
what seems strange to us is, that now
when wheat is down to figure that
don't pay for growing 1t, and with lit
tie prospect of better prices for years
to come-when corn and cattle both
can be brought from the west and
sold here at price less than our
farmers can raise them-that those
owning lands do not look ahead to
some other line of products, and get
away from competition with the
cheap lands of the west, that have
brought the prices of wheat and corn
and cattle to the low hgvres that
rules to-day.
Our fathers who originally settled
the rich farm lands Of this county,
were wiser than are we. The numer-
GUS old orchards that dot our valleys
or are to be seen along the hill.sides,
is evidence of their wisdom and fore.
sight. If their wheat crops failed
they had fruit crop to fall back up.
on. If coin was short they had ap-
Piles to market; so that they had
something to rely upon, and the result
was they prospered to an extent that
the farmer of to day would be happy
to equal.
Had those who followed them
cared tor the apple orchards they
planted; had they started new ones
when the old ones began to fail, they
would to-day have fruit crops that
would far surpass in profits the other
product of the farm, and would leave
them as independent as they were
while growing wheat, before the cheap
and productive wheat lands of the
west were put to this use.
There will never be the time when
the fruit that can be raised in this
section will have the competition,
that our wheat and corn and cattle
have to meet. The fruit sections of
this country are small compared to
the wheat and corn sections. We are
near the large sea board cities where
there is always market for every
kind of fruit that can be raised, pro-
vided it is properly gathered and
while We may be wrong, we predict
that the man who gets his old or
chard into good bearing condition, or
plants new one, and then carefully
gathers and markets his fruit, will for
many years to come reap a larger pro-
fit from a single acre of apple orchard,
than from ten acres planted to either
wheat or Beletonte Watch
mann.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
English Tea.

A pretty way of serving eggs for tea
is to cut bread into square pieces and
toast. Take eggs out of the shell,
keeping the yolks whole. Beat the
whites to stiff froth. Lay the beaten
white around nicely on the toast, drop
yolks in center of white ring, and put
in hot oven to bake few minutes.
When taken out of the oven, pour a
little melted butter over the toast.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
Here's a Chance for Inventors.

A bill has been introduced in con.
gress authorizing the payment OF
$Ioo, 900 to any person who shall,
prior to 1901, construct an apparatus,
weighing at least 400 pounds, that
will safely navigate the air at speed
Of not less than thirty miles an hour,
and capable of carrying passengers
and freight.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

The first step in the enforcement
of the compulsory education law will
be taken this spring, when borough
and township assessors must enroll all
children between 8 and I3. These
lists will eventually reach the school
teachers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
You Gan Believe

The testimonials published in behalf
of Hoods Sarsaparilla. They are
written by honest people, who have
actually found in THAR own expert
ence that Hoods Sarsaparlla purifes
the blood, creates an appetite,
strengthens the system and absolutely
and permanently cures all diseases
caused by impure or deficient blood.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

Rural school children are disap-
pointed to know that there will not be
any more holidays during the remain
der Of the school term. Washingtons
birthday, February 22, falls on Satw'
day this year, as does Memorial day
and the Fourth of July.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20
Does Anybody Believe This?

Young girls believe too much; mar
ried ~-omen believe too little.-Atchi-
son ss-,be,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

NO one knows what command he has
OF the English language until he treads
on banana skin.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

There isn't enough Christian unity in
the world to make Satan feel at all anx-
ious.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

Notwithstanding the very
low prices the rule is still
in force to pay Railroad
fare-0n very moderate
purchases.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

Leases, with judgment and exemp-
tion clause, for sale at this Office in
small or large quantities.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-20

Hoods Pills for the liver and
bowels, act promptly, easily and
effectively.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-11

picion of weakness in the President
message. That is wherein it implied
that any settlement that Venezuela
would accept would be agreeable to Us.
The stern fact is that we nj accept
any settlement that involves the sur
render OF any portion Of territory
rightfully belonging to Venezuela.
We are not picking up any little ma
TONS quarrel, but we are insisting
that the Monroe Doctrine must prevent
any European power from acquiring
additional territory in this hemisphere.
or in any way interfering with the in
dependence and sovereignty OF the
Governments established this side of
the Atlantic.
The duty Of the Commission will be
to examine carefully what boundary
was stipulated in the treaties between
Spain und Holland in the 18th and 18Th
centuries, long before Great Britain
ana Venezuela appeared as parties.
and when this is decided We must in
sist upon that line at any cost. Nene-
zuela simply succeeded to the rights OF
;, Spain. and Great Britain to those OF
Holland. We cannot allow Great Brit
ian to have a square mile more thar
\ Holland had.
! To conclude We can bat hail with de
: light the spontaneous manifestation
of American patriotism. and that ii
the face of the fact that the head o
e the present administration has beel
+ the most severely criticised OF all TIN
Presidents-not excepting Andrew
johnson. AS quick as lightning tn
~heaven-born inspiration Of pure patri
Z otism was made manifest thrOughou
the length and breadth of our grea
a Republic.
Let us draw the mantle OF CHART
oven the querulous gatherings OF a fe'
n political parasites, who seek to dam
y the stand We have taken and attribut
the entire demonstration to politica
|. iingoism. They ought to know bette
e from the essence OF the official CORE!
J. pondence Of Salisbury. ct ais. Shout
l. We have actual war these backbitel
n would never shoulder q musket, but la
= to and eNude their poison
like unto the northern copperhead dn
It ing the late domestic unpleasantnes
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-01-11
THE VENEZUELAN COMMISSION.

L nc cOuiIliSSlOu uppOlAACu W
ti.ate the boundary line dispute in
South America is made up as follows:
David j. Brewer. of Kansas, justice
of the United States supreme court:
Richard H. Alvey. of Maryland, chief
justice OF the our OF appeals. District
OF Columbia: Andrew ID. White. of
New York: Frederick II. Coudert, of
New York, and Daniel G.. Gilman. Of
Maryland.
The Arduous duties entailed in such
an undertaking will require consider
able time, and most likely include eX-
t~ensive field work by a corps of engin-
GERS who must contine their labor to the
tittest seasons demanded in all such
tropical countries. a period Of two
years or more would not be %unreason-
able for such an undertaking, and in
the meantime the economic, political
and diplomatic conditions. will no
doubt bring about changes wherein
England may have the opportunity TO
take water" more gracefully than
during the first heat of diplomatic de-
bate: and On the other hand, the
United States will have time to seri-
ously consider its naval strength and
coast defenses. During any interval
that may occur let us have Il few facts
to record in the scrap book of informa-
ton.
ElaT /. / n mind fhof fh. ION a y .n
of the Monroe Doctrine is much more
than a matter of national sentiment.
Vast commercial relations and the
shaping Of the whole future of South
America are involved.
European countries are ravenOus for
foreign colonies and dependencies.
They are attempting that which they
would not for a moment tolerate with
the United States in any spot on earth
beyond the Americas. They seek a
foot-hold here for political aggrandize'
ment, and more SO to furnish markets
for their manufactures. wealth for theil
business men, and employment for theil
overtiowing population. England's
marvellous success in this way in India
and elsewhere, has set France, Ger
many. Italy and Russia in a fever t
do likewise. Within recent years Rus
STA has annexed territory nearly Al
large as the United States; and il
hungry for more; England has seizet
Egypt and greatly extended her bound
aries in Hindustand and Africa. Franc,
has taken Cochin China, Tonquin
Algiers. Tunis, Madagascar, Dahomey
the Congo Country, and other larg,
slices OF Africa and some islands OF tn,
Pacific: Germany has seized immens
territories in Africa, and some Pacifi
Islands, Italy has largely complete'
the conquest Of the ancient Kingdom
of Abyssinia and has other possess
ions in Africa aggregating SAG, 90
square miles, and having about 700,
600 people. 1t is perhaps needless I
point out the fact that all OF them ar
looking on the dying Turkish Govern
ment with buzzard- like greed, and ar
ready to 60 to war with each other owe
the division Of China.
Central and South America hav
long been temptations to them. BE
tween Mexico and Cape Horn there ar
II Independent countries, mostly weak
torn by internal dissensions, bankruE
in treasury, but rich in territory an
future prospects. The total populatio