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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
FACTS ABOUT OUR COINAGE,
Money Making Began in This Country
Two Hundred and Eighty. Four Years Ago.

The earliest coinage of America
was made in 1912 for the Virginia
company at Somer's islands, now call
ed the Bermudas. In I64s the as
sembly of Virginia provided by law
for the coinage of copper pieces, but
the law was not carried into effect.
The earliest regular colonial coinage
was in Massachusetts, in pursuance
of an order of the general court, pass
ed May 81, I652. The coins, Ia
pence, 6-pence, and spence pieces,
were soon aftcrward put into circua-
ton. There was a Massachusetts,
2-penny piece. One variety of the
Massachusetts coinage had what is
termed ga pine tree" another ga
willow" and the third "an oak"
The first coinage of that colony was
the spine tree shilling" of 1850 1;
the a-penny and I-penny pieces were
coined in 1862. In 1885 the con-
gress of the confederation adopted
the plan presented by Thomas Jeffer-
son for the national coinage, and in
1876 decided upon the names and
characters of the coins. In 1887 a
contract was made with James Jarvis
for 800 Of the copper coins authoriz-
ed by congress. These were coined
at New Haven and bore the date of
1887. In 1892 a code OF laws was
enacted for the established and regu-
lation of the mint, which was estab-
lished in 1898. The first issue of
cents from the mint in Philadelphia
was in 1898. The regular issue of
the half-dlme was in 1894, but half
dime styled the "Martha Washing
ton was coined in 1892 as an expert
mental or pattern piece. The FIRST
issue of silver dollars was in 1904,
and of dimes in 1906. The first
golden coinage in eagles and half
eagles was in 1795.-M Y. Dispatch.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
Old Heroes of the War.
First Defenders Will Once More Journey
TO Washington.

The First Defenders of Pennsyl-
vania, an organization composed of
the five companies of troops that first
reached Washington at the beginning
of the Civil War, set out last week
for Washington over the same route
they took thirty-five years ago. The
Ringgold Artillery, of Reading: Allen
Infantry, of Allentown Washington
Artillerists and National Light In
fantry, of Pottsville, will rendezvous at
Reading and 20 to Harrisburg, where
they will be met by the Logan Guards
of Lewistown. They will have a
reception here by the Governor.
In the original five companies there
were $50 members, but only 1870 of
them are now alive, and about 100
are expected to be present on the
march
While in Washington they will call
upon the President and will go down
to Mount Vernon to eat a shad din
ner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16

in a few hours.
10. Remember that the middle of
the road should always be little high
er than the sides, so that rain may
run into the side cutters at once.
II. Never allow the water tables,
cutters and bitches to clog up, but
keep them clear the whole year
through.
Every roadmaster and supervisor
should cut these rules out and paste
them in his everyday hat. To make
a good road is one thing and to keep
it in good repair is quite another thing
The finest roads in Europe are the
result of a splendid repair system,
where every defect is promptly cor
rected before it has time to cause
serious damage to the highway.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16

Tired people are tired because they
have exhausted their strength. The
only way for them to get strong is to
eat proper food.
But eating is not all. Strength
comes from food, after digestion. Di-
gestion is made easy with Shaker
Digestive Cordial.
People who get too tired, die. Life
is strength. Food is the maker Of
strength. Food is not food until il
is digested.
Tired, pale, thin, exhausted, sick
sufferers from indigestion, can be
cured by the use Of Shaker Digestive
Cordial.
1t will revive their spent energies,
refresh and invigorate them, create
new courage, endurance and strength,
all by helping their stomachs to diges,
their food.
1t aids nature, and this is the best
of it. 1t gives immediate relief and,
with perseverance, permanently cures.
Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10
cents.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
A Notable Woman.

When Elizabeth Cady Stanton was
eleven years old her only brother died.
Although his daughters were dear to
him, Judge Cady had greater feeling
of pride and hope in his boy. As he
sat by his dead, little Elizabeth crept
into the room and getting up on his
knee laid her head against his beating
heart and waited till he spoke. Pres
emily he said, "Oh, my daughter,
wish you were boyW Throwing her
arms around his neck she said, 81
will try to do all my brother did"
And she kept her word; she studied,
she won prizes in Greek, and stood
at the head of her classes in the
pcademy, expecting to fillhe brothers
alace in her fathers heart. The father,
watching her, at last told her that she
should have been boy, thinking that
would be compliment enough. Then
it was that she realized that the world
at that day did not look upon talent
or merit FER Sc, but asked whether it
was found in a boy or girl; and she
rebelled at that injustice, and has
never ceased doing so.
Until she was fifteen she was a
faithful student at the academy, being
the only girl in class Of boys in
mathematics and languages. She
spent many of her leisure hours in
her fathers office, and here she used
to hear the old Scotch women narrate
their woes for their husbands had
brought from the old world the feudal
ideas of women and property. She
used to beg her father to help them,
and he would take down the book
and show her the laws. The students
in the office, seeing her discomfort,
would point out the worst of these
laws, till she would cry with grief and
modification.
She began reading these laws for
herself, marking each one as she read,
and thus increased her adherence of
their injustice. Her father told her
that when she was grown up she
could go down to Albany, tell the
legislators about the sufferings of
these Scotch women, get them to pass
new laws, and then these would be
dead. He told her this as he would
have told fairy-tale and yet he
foreshadowed the dream of her life
and outlined that which to her, later,
seemed her line of duty. Many years
after, when his fairy-tale had become
a real truth, he was the greatest op-
poser to her public career. Many
women can stand for principle wnen
the men of the family help to hold
up their hands, but few have bravery
enough to fight out the principle in
their own homes.-From "Notable
Women," in DemOreSfS Magazine
Ifo, AbriL
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
We're Thankful It's No Worse.

A medical journal seriously states
that when milk is drawn from the COW
by clean method, cooled rapidly,
and delivered within twelve hours, it
only contains 100, 900 bacteria to the
cubic centimeter compared with mill
ions under other circumstances. This
reminds us of good woman, who
was once told that the authorities of
her church had, in revising the creed,
decided to lower the sentence of the
condemned from eternity to a period
of only 1000, 900 years in hell. "Bless
my SOUL" she exclaimed, show thank
full we should be-"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
KEEPING ROADS GOOD.
;ivenieen Rules Recommended by an
English Association.

The Road Improvement Associa-
ion, of London, England, recently
issued a circular containing II rules
or the guidance of roadmasters in
Keeping macadam and telford roads
in proper repair, as follows
/. Never allow a hollow, rut or a
puddle to remain on a road, but fill it
up at once with chips from the stone
heap.
2. Always use chips for patching
and for all repairs during the summer
season.
3. Never put fresh stones on the
road if, by cross-picking and thor
ough use of the rake, the surface can
be made smooth, and kept at the
proper strength and section.
4. Remember that the rake is the
most useful tool in your collection,
and it should be kept at hand the
whole year round.
S. DO not spead large patches of
stone over the whole width of the road,
but coat the middle or horse track
first, and when this has worn in coat
each of the sides in turn.
6. In moderately dry weather and
on hard roads always pick up the old
surface in ridges six inches apart, and
remove all large and projecting stones
before applying new coating.
7. Never spread stones more than
one stone deep, but add a second lay
er when the first has worn in, if one
coat be not enough.
8. Never shoot stones upon the
road and crack them where they lie,
or smooth surface will be out of the
question.
9. Never put stone upon the road
for repairing purposes that will not
freely pass in every direction through
a two-inch ring, and remember that
smaller stones should be used for
patching and for all slight repairs.
10. Recollect that hard stones
should be broken to finer guage than
soft, but that the two-inch guage is the
largest that should be used under any
circumstances where no steam roller
Is employed.
II. Never be without your ring
guage remember Macadam's advice,
that any stone you can not easily put
into your mouth shoul' be broken
smaller.
IL. Use chips, if possible, for bind
ing newly-laid stones together, and
remember that road sweepings, horse
droppings, soda or grass and other
rubbish, when used for this purpose,
will ruin the best road ever construct
cd.
I3. Remember that water-worn or
rounded stones should never be used
upon steep gradients, or they will fail
tn bind together
IA. Never allow dust or mud to lie
On the surface of the roads, for either
of these will double the cost of main
tenance.
Is. Recollect that dust becomes
mud at the first shower, and that mud
forms wet blanket which will keep
the road in filthy condition for weeks
at time, instead of allowing it to dry
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
A False Diagnosis.

La Grippe is confounded by many
persons with a severe attack of catarrh,
which in some respects resembles the
former. These individuals suffer
severely with pain about the forehead,
eyes and ears, with soreness in throat
and stoppage Of the nasal passages,
and in fact, are incapacitated for work
of any kind for days at time. These
are catarrhal sufferers. Ely's Cream
Balm has been used with the best
results in such cases. The remedy
will give instant relief
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
$4,000 Damages Against Preacher.

Miss Hannah Julia Selby has been
given verdict by the jury in common
pleas court for $4,000 in her suit
against Rev. Robert f. Hill, for
breach of promise of marriage. The
plaintiffs home is at Oakleigh, Her
monhill, Snaresbrook, England. Rev.
Hill was formerly pastor of the First
Baptist church at Ashtabula, but re-
signed by reason of this trouble and
married a young lady, whose home
was in this county. He has recently
been in charge of church at Racine,
this state.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
Put a Fortune in the Plate,

One of the largest Easter collections
ever realized in New York city was
taken on Sunday in the Calvary Prot
estant Episcopal church, at Twenty
first street and Fourth avenue. The
plate collection, which was for the
benefit of the endowment fund,
amounted to $4,000. Previous to
this, however, a check for $40,
and one for $50 had. been received,
making total offering for Easter of
$62,o5o.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
Keep Out Husbands Pockets.

Mrs. John Fawcett went to closet
last week to take some change out OF
her husbands coat pocket. She had
just inserted her hand when she was
stricken with paralysis and her hand
became helpless. She raised the other
to remove the first hand, when that,
too, lost its power, and she collapsed.
Mrs. Fawcett is only 70 years old.
She was married last December, and
was a bride in big Salvation Army
wedding.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
Nail Works to Resume.

Notice has been posted at the nail
works of the F. & G.. Brooks Iron
Company, stating that the works will
be ready to resume in full on Monday
morning, April IS. The puddlers
will be paid $a.75 per ton, the price
to take effect on that date. The
puddle department has been idle for
twelve weeks, the men having refused
to work for less than $2.75 per ton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-04-16
Great results demand bold strokes.


Amazing thousands who look us Tor It, Unless "" sell twice
Absolutely True That's wbv
Prices Just one=haf-to double the sales.
We it's Improbable We've
and decided, with Spring beginning,
Break away from and dried methods by Selling for Half Price,
Whatever clothes for Spring. Whatever clothes
this
Finest Overcoats worth next October
Finest Black Suits worth $3oO0 to-day sell for $500
Spring Suits worth $I2oo go for 5000; $S75 $43S
Spring Overcoas worth $2 100 5000; $3.50 $375
Boys Suits ought bring $500, $500 $500
Mems Trousers by thousands at just half
of Clothing the cloth and
Notwithstanding the prices, we're paying
SAME As EVER Railroad Fare purchases of moderate
amount, usual
+ Sixth and Market SITS. WANAMAKER & BROWN
Twelfth and Market sts WIN. II. WANAMAKER
PHILADELPHIA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23
LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC.
Trouble with Negroes--Troops Or
Jered Ouf-Radical Claims.

NEW ORLEANS. April "a serious
state Of affairs prevails in St Johns
parish. A mob of 500 negroes have organ
lzed to steal the ballot-boxes. and are
fully armed The whites are In the
minority there and many Of them have
sent their families TO New Orleans for
safety. Appeals have come TO the Gov
ernor for troops. but as the Sheriff is a
negro the Governor was In doubt as
10 whether he should put soldiers under
him. IL was finally decided. however. TO
send troops TO attempt TO quell the
troubles. The Louisiana Field Artillery
left on q specisl train al 2 o'clock this
a afternoon. The Pharr people are claim
,rg the election. and are trying to steal
come OF the negro parishes, like st.
Iohn.s. In which they have a majority OF
hacks. and in which they control af
fairs.
Indications now point TO the fact that
Governor Foster Will have the city by
oo majority, and the returns from a
sa rs,a number Of parishes In the country
,,,s,cate that Governor Foster DemocraD
49, majority of 1000. The Democrats
~, control beth houses OF the Legisla-
,n,s They Will have small majority
~ su' the senate, and a considerable majority
In the House.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23
numoREp INJURY TO PRESIDENT.
Accident to Mr.. Clevciand's Car
rInge-NobOdy Hurt.


WASHINGTON. April 22.-Shortly after
dark this evening disturbing rumor was
circulated to the effect that while Presi-
dent Cleveland was driving to his Wood
ley residence, after leaving the Exective
Mansion this evening" his carriage came
into collision with cable-car, and that
the President had been thrown out and
had received serious injuries. Inquiries
were numerous from all directions, but In
a little time information was obtained
from officials closely associated with the
President that the only foundation Tor
the wIdely-spread story was that as the
Presidents carriage was being driven
along Q street. near the outskirts OF the
citv. one OF the horses stumbled and fell,
causing the other horse also to lose his
footing. The animals kicked vigorously
broke one OF the lamps of the carriage
and also broke the dashboard and rup-
tured the harness. The President did not
Immediately alIght. as the coachman was
quickly on the ground and disentangled
the animals from the Victoria.
At this juncture Hon. Gardiner c. Huo-
bard. who was driving along the road see
ing the plight the President was in, stop
ned and courteously rendered his carriage
20 the President. who accepted seat IN
q and was conveyed home in TIME for
dinner. The coachman repaired the
broken harness. and soon followed the
President to Woodley.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23
FOR FREE SILVER.
Alabama Democrats Adopt RssoIutIa,s
Decidedly 10 Such Eject.
ACTION As TO oLnvELAxD.
The Pre.ident'. Foreign Policy En-.
dor1ea-Hi' Financial Ideas DI.ap-
rrovsa-De'esas'on to chicago .
init.


MONTGOMERY, ALA. Aprii z.-when
the Democratic convention met this MORN
ing majority and minority reports on
platform were presented. The majority
report was an uneQuivoeaI declaration for
free silver, the minority sniorssnr cseve-
land and his administrations policy. ana
declaring against free coinage rho
minority report was tabled by a vote OF
SSl to l7s. The majority report was
adopted
The delegation to the national conyen-
ton was instructed to vote as a uu,t
ON all questions.
RESOLUTIONS were adopted approving
President CIeveland's foreign policy. and
expressing gratitude for hin appointments.
out disapprovIng his financial policy.
At i:So o'clock Joseph +. Johnston was
nominated for Governor by a vote Of
356 to i4s.
otner nominations than the one for
Goyernor were: @. w. Ellis. Treasurer.
J. II. jackson, Secretary OF State: w 81
White Auditor; j. o. Turner. Superin-
tendent of Education; w. c. F1tts. Aftor-
Sto-s ~. +. tulNer, Commissioners
of Agriculture
For Electors-at-Large-s w. John and
j. w. A. Sanford.
For Delsgates-at-Larqe from STATE to
National Convention-A II. Keller, A. D.
Lane, j. III. Bankhead, and J. b. Knox.
The districts all elected free silver men.
except the First and Sixth, but as thew
are bound by instructions, they will have
to vote with the majority. Adjourned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23
o,ro,ina Confederate Reunion.

CHARLESTON, s. c., April 22-It Is
Estimated that there are between three
and four thousand visiting veterans In the
cItv tonight, attending the annual re-
union OF the South Carolina Division.
Iinited Confederate Veterans. now In pro-
cross here. The visitors were given q
luncheon at the German Artillery Hall
this morning, and this afternoon they
we're taken for trip around the harbor
in a fleet OF excursion steamers. Tonight
the annual convention was formally OPEN
IA welcoming addresses were delivered
NV MAYOR Smith and Mr. w. Fl. Welch,
~ the Young Mems Business League. and
a response was made by General C. /.
walker, commanding ;he South Carolina
Division.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23
SITUATION IN CUBA.
Information Gratifying to Friends
of the Insurgents.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. April p
Several members of the House Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs have had an in
formal conference on the subject of the
situation in Cuba with a gentleman who
has Just returned from Habana The
information placed before the members
of the committee was Of nature graft
fying to those who hope to see Cuba
free. Several months OF observation OF
the progress OF the resolution had con-
WINGED the committees informant that
the insurgents are I'm a fair way OF win
ming; that they practically have undis-
puted possession of a large portion OF the
island. and are winning nearly all the
genuine battles that are fought. The
spanish forces were represented as being
on the defensive practically. in the cities
and towns, with 5000 remaining along
the trocha awaiting an attack. The few
troops that are available for aggressive
onarafious seem to be unable to cope
with the constantly'growing insurgent
forces.
the rainy season Is due, and little Is ex-
pected OF the Spanish troops after that
time.
The gentleman said that all talk Of
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23
Lynchburgers Here To-Day.

The Richmond lads will return home
this morning from Roanoke. and will
meet the Lynchburg boys at West-End
Park this afternoon. The Blueb!rds,
though they have suffered one defeat In
Roanoke, have played great ball, and they
will come back in high favor with the
cranks. The league is much faster than
II was last year, and the teams are
much more evenly matched, and there Is,
therefore, much more interest in the do
ings of the clubs.
The Lynchburg team has been winning
right along. and the only game they have
lost was forfeited by them. They will
no doubt, put up strong game this
afternoon, and the probabilities are that
the cranlxs will be out in full force.
The Petersburg team is pulling up In
the race now, and seems 10 be composed
of wonderful hitters, judging from the
stick work In yesterdays game with Nor
folk
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23

ROANOKE, VA, April 22.--tSpecial)-
The Mountaineers took the last game oil
the series from the Biuebirds this after
noon by superior playing. Lipp was
steady and effective, except In the sixth,
while Woodruff was an easy mark
throughout the game. Boss Grove played
an unusually brilliant game in left, sew
eral Of his seven chances being difiicult
running catches that would usually have
been good for two bases.
Richmond's fielding was not OF the
usual order. but their errors were not es-
pecially costly. Up to the sixth the
Mountaineers seemed to have a walk
over, but the visitors jumped on TO Lipp
for four hits, one a triple, which, with the
failure of McFall to field ball in his ter
ritory, and a bad throw OF Cockman's TO
first, netted six runs, and put the visitors
one run in the lead. In the seventh they
started off bravely, Sweeney leading with
a double, and scoring on Woodruff's triple.
Lipp handled hot one from Kains bat,
and Wrigley was fast enough to put
Groves out at first without permitting
Woodruff to score. A fly TO centre by
Wilson fell into Tate's hands, and Rich
mond's last chance to score was gone.
BEGAN 1T EARLY.
The Mountaineers began the fun early,
and kept 1t up late. Cockman cracked out
the first ball that crossed the plate for
single, stole second. and scored on two
base hit by Boss Grove, who, in turn,
crossed the home plate on a double by
Williams. In the fourth a single by
Gouchnaur. a triple by Tull, single by
McFall, and a double by Lipp brought in
three runs. In the sixth four singles.
base on balls, and errors by kain and
Wells. resulted in three runs for the
Mountaineers, and gave them the lead
and won the game
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23
THE FARMERS WON.
The CLANS Not in It-Batted Like
FieDds.

PETERSBURG, VA, April 22.-(Spe-
cial)-The Farmers won to-day easily,
as at no stage Of the game were the
CLANS In 1t. The Farmers batted like
fiends. and If Schmidt had been kept
in the box there is no telling how many
runs they would have made, as the
Farmers were knocking the ball all over
the field. Schmidt was relieved by Red
ding in the fourth ipuing, and Jared lit
tie better. Kitson was in the box for
the Farmers, and he pitched good game,
only being hit hard In one inning.
The game abounded In brilliant plays,
the fielding OF Brodie and Kelly being
almost phenomenal. The double plays
by Dundon, Sholta. and Stanhope In the
second inning, and the double play by
Stanhope in the eighth were the features
of the game. The score:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23

The cubans accepting such reforms as
Spain Is willing 10 grant was idle; that
the Cubans were convinced that they had
the best of the situation. and were sure
10 gain their Independence. But, in ,ne
interest OF humanity, they hoped tne
United States would recognize them -
belligerents, as that would stop the Kilt
ing of unarmed people. and the cxecu-
ton OF prisoners OF war. X would also
enable the Cubans TO purchase ana ~,
out expeditions. and would conduce 70
bringing about an earlier ending OF the
war.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-23
A PircHERs' RATTLE.
In which Lynehburg Makes Ports
mouth Very Sad.

NORFOLK, VA. April 22-(Special)-
The large crowd at Portsmouth Park
this afternoon witnessed pitchers game.
In which Boylan outpointed Leach, and
won. The Lynchburg man was In fine
shape, and had the Changers under alb
solute control. Lynchburg played In
good form, and their team work was up
10 date. Their battery was not brilliant.
but OF the run-getting kind, and their
hits were made when most needed.
Portsmouth. on the other hand. was
"hacked" when the game commenced.
and never regained confidence. Leach
was not as strong as usual. and the sup-