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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11

The following letters are advertised
June 9, 1896: Miss Minerva A. Bloom,
Mrs. Stella Greasy, Harvey G. Gardner
Mr.. w. M. Jones, Mr.. George KrumD,
Mr., Harvey Mausteller, Mr.. B. C.
Shafer, Mr.. w. c. Stephens, Mr.. A.
II. Snyder. Will be sent to the dead
letter Office June 20, 1896.
JAMES II. MERCER, P. M.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-11
THE BANQUET TO THE GLASS
OF '96.

The third annual banquet of the
High School Alumni was held at the
Exchange Hotel last Friday evening.
Through the kindness of Bryfogle
Bros. and Mr.. Samuel Purse the
parlors and diningrooms were taste
fully decorated with flowers and
blooming plants and the whole pre-
sented beautiful appearance.
The party commenced congregat-
ing about eight O'Clock, and at nine,
it was discovered that seventy-eight
persons were present to share in the
festivities of the occasion. The time
from that on until ten o'clock was
spent in social conversation when it
was announced that all things we're
in readiness for the banquet, and the
assemblage marched into the banquet
hall and arranged themselves around
the table which had. been tastefully set
and arranged. After all had done ample
justice to the repast, the chairs were
pushed back, and upon the signal be-
ing given by Mr.. w. E. Rinker, the
Master Of Ceremonies, all were in
attention in a minute. He did not
succeed in making a very elaborate
speech, not because he had not suffi-
cient literary ability but because he
had eaten too much. He succeeded
however in calling upon Miss Jessie
Ent, Of the class of 'oa, and President
of the Alumni Association, who res
ponded to the toast "Our Alumni" :"
She heartily welcomed the class of 90
into the Association.
Miss Eura Williams and Miss Anna
Savage sang a duet that was very
sweet and won hearty applause. The
Master of Ceremonies then called on
Mr.. Josiah Johnson of 'o6, who ably
responded. Miss Mae Evans gave a
recitation in her own pleasant and
effective manner. Charles Kesty of
SO, Harry Barton of ga, and Martha
Brugler of 'o5, in very neat and appro-
pirate toasts lauded their respective
| classes.
After these, the directors were call
ed on in the order of their length of
service on the school board from the
Oldest member down. Messrs. Brown,
Townsend, Garrison, Bittenbender
and Little made brief, spicy speeches.
Mr.. Garrison especially showed him
self a skillful punster. After few
words by Principal Sterner and Pro
fessor Mauser, the program was clos
ed by all singing "God be with you
till we meet again." The guests then
returned to the parlor and a few
minutes thereafter began to adjourn
thus closing the most delightful and
best banquet the High School Alumni
ever held.
THE MENU.
Roast Beef, Roast Chicken
Boiled Ham, Boiled Tongue,
Saratoga Chips,
Lobster Salad, Picked Cabbage
Pickles, Olives, Chow Chow,
Candy,
Chocolate Cake, Cocoanut Cake
> Lady Fingers, Kisses,
Strawberry Ice Cream,
Tea, Coffee, Fruit, Nuts
Banquet Waters, Cheese.
There was a little inconvenience
caused by the electric lights goinG
out, but we are informed that this
was no fault of the Electric Ligh
Company, as during the repairs tc
the hotel the wires had been only
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attained in various directions This
theory is that n man with strong will
is positive. ] mean to say that his
lie principal, will. mentality. or what
ever YOU choose to call il. exudes from
his person. and flows from his eyes and
ears and other organs. like the long
tongues of fame that we see mounting
up from high chimneys at night. But
in the case of a man with weak will. or
OF n hypnotized subject these flames.
or outward visible signs OF the inner
fire. are SO weak as 10 barely leave the
surface of the body
SO. too. | may contend that the will
of the hypnotizer and the will OF the
subject 10 be hypnotized struggle to-
gether. The stronger flame beats back
the weaker; what was at first defeat
becomes finally a complete surrender.
and the flames Of the hypnotizer's will
find their way TO the very brain ccnters
OF the hypnotized subject.
:. Millington Miller. NJ ID.
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SEEN In DARK ROOMS
S. N. Miller Describes the Phenomena
Of the Hypnotic Trance.
LIGHT FROM ORGANISMS
IL Eliminates the Face and Flows
From the Finger Tips-Feel-
ing Without Touching-A
Theory Advanced.

Copyrighted. 1896. by the Associated
Press.
Put man of the temperament called
sensitive" in a dark room. Then put
in a cat, or a bird, or some parts of
flowers in the same room. The man will
see strange things after he has been
in that dark room for n few hours; for
the cat. or bird. or flowers will become
visible TO him in the darkness. At first
they will appear as a gray cloud on a
black background: then he will see
some lighter spots and finally each
object will become more and more so
as time passes.
Go into the dark room yourself with
such a sensitive" man. and sit there
quietly for several hours. Finally your
companion will begin to see you. Your
hands, for example. will at first appear
TO him as a gray smoke, then each fin
ger will shine with its own light. He
will see a luminous protuberance at the
end of each finger sometimes as long
as the finger Itself.
When the first surprise is past, ask
your sensitive" man to detail exactly
what he has seen. He win tell you that
the colors OF the lights are not the same
on all parts of your body; that your
right hand shows a blue light, and your
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no magnetic relation with him. In
other words the action of the magnet
alone will be felt in the water
by the subject. We must conclude that
the nervous sensitiveness OF BIS flesh
had been carried further than the sur
face OF his body. and communicated TO
objects saturated and impregnated by
his luminous efiluvia:' also that the
sensitiveness of those objects remained
in them for a while, even when remov-
ed to a certain distance from BIS efiiu-
via. THE water" says de Rochas,
loads itself with sensitiveness as cal
cium does with light, and the energy
received radiates from it till ii has re-
turned all il has received; in other
words. till il is spent or emptied.
The extent Of the luminous atmos-
phere around Il and the force of the
luminous flames which flow from his
nose. and eyes. and mouth. and ears,
appear different to a at different
stages. depending upon the depth of
the hypnotic sleep into which B has
plunged. When the sleep is light his
surrounding luminous atmosphere is
very faint and shallow: but when he is
thoroughly hypnotized his luminous at
mosphere is intense, and extends far
away from him.
The colonel immersed a small wax
statute of a man i'm this life" of Il
that was surrounding his body, and
found that when he pricked this stat
ue with a pin. concealed from BIS eyes
b could locate exactly the pin pricks
on his own body. and would eXclaim:
Your are pricking my arm" or You
are pricking my face with a pin" The
colonel could not find that this sensi-
tiveness of y extended more than Is
or 20 feet from his body except in ex-
traordinary cases.
This so-called ''exteriorization" and
transfer of a mans sense of feeling TO
inanimate objects has wonderful
bearing on the subject of contagion in
disease. Still another bearing of the
same discovery was illustrated by Col
onel de Rochas in an experiment with
n magnetiZed metallic crown. This mag
netized crown had been originally used
for the treatment of a patient in one
of the hospitals. When subsequently
placed upon the head of a healthy sub
ject in the state of hypnotic lethargy.
this subject showed every symptom of
the disease from which the patient who
originally wore the crown suffered. In
other words, the luminous efiiuvia" of
the sick patient had so permeated the
crown that when IL was placed on the
head of a well man. and the man hyp-
Noticed, he caught the disease from the
crown.
These Investigations appear to be
proof positive of a theory of my own,
which l have been led to form results
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left hand a yellow-reddish light. He
will insist that there is the same diff
ference in color between the luminous
effiuvia" Of your feet. He will state that
the right side of your body and face is
blush and darker than the left side,
which is yellow-reddish and much
lighter.
Ii has been known for some time that
under similar conditions i'm n dark room
magnet emits blue light at it's north
pole. and a yellow-reddish light at it's
south pole. The strength of this light
varies according to the power of the
magnet and the sensitiveness of the
eyes of the subject. II may be one or
three feet in diameter. and appears like
fiery flood intermingled with sparks.
Hypnotism subjects frequently speak OF
this efiluvia from the poles of a mag
net. That their very sensitive retinae
do not see these phenomena has been
demonstrated beyond shadow of
doubt by such eminent and reliable au-
thorities as Alfred Russell Wallace,
keichenbach, Deleuze, Despine, Char
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pignon, Luys and finally by the great
Charcot himself
NJ. \. de Rochas. the director Of the
'Ecole Polytechnique.' in Paris. has
quite recently published the results Of
his own personal experiments. showing
that these luminous efIiuvia" are real
and objective. and not imaginary.
Colonel de Rochas has sypnotized. at
different stages two different subjects
at the same time and in the same room.
Let US call them \ and Il. a reported
that he could see a luminous or phos-
phorescent coating on BIS body. lie
could see besides that BIS mouth. eyes
ears, nostrils. and finger ends were
emitting a fiame-like light, blue on one
side Of the body. and yellow-reddish on
the other. Those opening, seemed TO
ac; like escapes" for these flames.
which were distinct from the coating OF
the skin.
\ glass Of water was put within the
radius OF BIS luminous efiuvia" as de-
scribed by A, who could see how far
reported that the water itself had be-
come luminous, and that IL remained
so for a long while. even o. removed TO
the other end Of B's ehluVia
BIS sens'uyeness OF the skin was
made To disappear by the hypnotic pro-
cess; but any touch or puucture of a
pin or needle on the outside edge OF the
phosphorescent or luminous coating
perceived by As eyes was Immediately
perceived by 3. His body did not feel
the prick Of "a needle. but the outer
edge Of his luminous elliuvia" several
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-26
DIAMONDS ARE DIAMONDS.
Even IL They Have Been Painted to Hide
heir Inferior Color.

Even IL They Have Been Painted - Hide
heir Inferior CoIor.
Washington Dispatch to the Syracuse
Courier.
a woman who says she is Mrs. Z. A.
Roberts and that she owns 500 900
worth of real estate in Syracuse, has
been under arrest here for painting
diamonds and endeavoring to negotiate
a large loan on the strength of the de-
ception. She is good looking tall and
slender, and wears tailor-made gowns
and a seal skin cloak.
She advertised in a local paper that
n well-to-do widow i'm need of ready
money was willing to pay a bonus Of
$50 for thirty-day loan of 5000 and
guarantee good security. The manager
of local loan company answered the
advertisement. and Mrs. Roberts called
upon him.
Il have come to you" she said, Ito
consummate a $500 loan. / am a Wild
ow and have 10000 worth of real estate
i'm Syracuse, n. Y, but ! am i'm need
of 5000 ready money, and viii give you
my note for thirty days
And how about the security you
have to offer?" suggested Mr.. Evans.
Certainly answered the widow. I'm
order TO avoid delay l brought the Sc
curity for the loan with me. See, these
are worth twice the amount ! want"
She drew from her purse two big
white diamonds. one was set i'm
stud and the other i'm pin. The man
ager tested the stones and failed to
find even the suggestion of a flaw. He
told the woman to call on Monday, and
she could have the money. Before GO
ing Mrs. Roberts said:
Il will seal the diamonds in this en-
velope and endorse IL with your name
Now they will not he removed from
that envelope until you receive them.
! viii call at . O'Clock on Monday morn
ing"
The manager got his first intimation
that something was wrong when he
started to locate the rich widow in
need of ready money. She had told him
that she was living at 1927 5 street.
Northwest He found that there was
no such number. At this stage of his
investigation he decided to ask the aid
of the police.
Central Office Detectives Horne and
Weldon were assigned To the case.
They discovered that Mrs. Roberts was
living under cover. Acting under the
instructions OF the detectives the man
agcr perfected his arrangements for
the reception Of Mrs. Roberts. She
called at IL o'clock.
These are the diamonds" she said.
handing the manager the sealed envel-
ope.
these receipts" he said Il will be
back i'm a moment with the money"
He took the diamonds into "A rear
room and plunged the gems into bath
Of acid. when he came out Of the back
room ne was very nervous, but he
managed TO disguise his true feelings
until the detectives had entered i'm re-
Spouse to his signal.
What's the matter?" queried Mrs.
Roberts. Has anything happened TO
my diamonds"
Yes" he said. they have turned
from white TO yellow. They are paint
ed stones"
Mrs. Roberts took her arrest quietly.
You have no case against me-" she
said: You will find that they are
real diamonds. and IL is no crime TO
raise as much money as you can on
real diamonds"
sure enough. an expert declared the
diamonds To be genuine. although
worth but comparatively little, and
Mrs. Roberts was released.
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TELEGRAPHIC FEATS.

The Late Lieutenant swift Il Rcmrm-
brred for His DsS eraus Operating Work.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
First Lieutenant Swift Of the Ninth
cavalry. United STATES army. COM
mitted suicide at Fort Robinson. Ncb.
on Thursday morning. by shooting
himself through the heart; He had
been post exchange and acting COM
missary officer. During the past week
he had been relieved Of both duties and
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feet away from the skin, had acquired
this constituencies lost by the body.
And here appears a wonderful fact.
The water i'm the tumbler removed TO
the end of the room had acquired that
same sensitiveness. If you pinch the
water with your finger or touch IL with
a pin b will scream that you pinch or
prick him. But b will not feel the ac-
ton IL performed by a person who has
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-26

Diseased blood. constipation and kid
ney. liver and bowel troubles arc cured
by karl's Clover Root Tea.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22
CAN'T INDICT A NATION.


And the Cuban Flag Still Flies High.
st. Louis, Dec. 21.-Senor Auuabel-
la and other Cuban sympathizers have
taken counsel of Estrada Palma. in
New York, by telegraph and carried
out the plans of the big mass meet
ing Saturday night. City Comptroll-
er Isaac NJ. Sturgeon, chairman of the
Cuban relief committee, received an
official notification that the course
pursued by the committee has cOnsti-
tued a violation of the neutrality
laws.
Mr. Sturgeon had this to say in re-
ply: There is no danger that myself
and my friends will violate the neu-
trality or any other laws of this coun,
try. The people of our whole nation,
from Alaska to the southern coast of
Florida, are with the people of Cuba,
and if occasion should require that
President Cleveland call for volunteers
for a war with Spain, million men
would at once respond, We are only
doing that which congress is doing,
and the district attorneys, If they pro,
pose to indict all sympathiZers, will
have to indict the whole country"
Meantime the Cuban flag still flies
| from a pole fixed to q lamp post al
| Ninth and Olive streets and subscrip.
tons to the relief fund are liberal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22

The death Of Maceo has not caused
a break in the movement Of the Cuban
insurgents in their advance upon the
enemy. Information from the thea
ter of operations in Pinar Del Rio is
to the effect thdt General Ruiz Rivera
is CALAMITY pushing the battle and
that the Spanish wounded are arriv-
ing at Artemisa by scores. This indi-
Gates that the mantle Of the great
prophet of Cuban liberty has not fall
lAn onunworthy shoulders and that the
departed Elijah has left behind him
his\Elisha- If only the Cubans of all
clashes will rally heartily and united
ly arRund Rivera there will be no
break\in the line of Cuban resistance
to Spanish conquest.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22
TUESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1896.

There is no doubt that the over
whelming opinion in both houses of
the American congress is that the time
has apparently come when it will be
proper to intervene in the affairs Of
Cuba, at least to the extent of friend
ly Intervention to prevent the contin-
ued cruelties that mark the progress
of the Spanish arms in the islands
AS to any Intervention just now that
will provoke a war with Spain, that
is to be avoided if possible, but there
are considerations of humanity that
override considerations of loss or gain.
None the less, the defenceless condi-
ton of our long sea coast line and the
ease with which destruction could be
visited upon the ports that are with
out harbor works may well cause our
legislators at Washington to make
their way sure. As to the ultimate
results of Intervention, there is but
one opinion. That the United States
would prefer the settlement of this
Cuban monstrosity without bringing
on war with Spain is not to the dis
credit of the humanity Of our nation
al congress.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22

The PHILIPPINE islands are the thea
ter of more atrocities than is Cuba.
The Spaniards in that remoter region
are not deferred by the fear of public
execration that restraints them some
what in Cuba, and cold blooded MUIR
der of all who do not accept the Span
ish yoke without murmur is the
rule, rather than the exception. De-
spite the most revolving crHelties
practiced with the aim of lettering
the revolution from gaining ground
it does so daily. Spain is forcing ev-
cry soldier that it is possible for hel
TO conscript to the suppression of thai
revolt, but it assumes larger proper
lions daily and threatens to wipe ou
Spanish rule there.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22

There IS hardly a city in the United
States I'M which the local interest in
Cuban affairs is not growing to alb
sorb public attention to the exclusion
of almost everything else. This grow
ing sentiment in favor of interven-
ton in Cuban affairs must have its
indirect influence upon congress, not
to mention the direct effect that petit
lions and resolutions from every quar-
ter of the national domain must of
themselves necessarily exert. Against
such a flood of national feeling it is
not possible that congress will long
remain without action.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22

The farther south the fire of Cuban
sympathy RACES the hotter it is.
Among the gulf states the demonstra-
tons against Spain are of no doubt
full character and the flag of that
country has been burned on more
than one occasion. The people are
ripe for Intervention, Cleveland or no
Cleveland, congress or no congress.
All this smoke indicates that fire will
break out.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22
ELECTRIC BITTERS.

Electric Bitters is a medicine suit
ed for. any season, but perhaps more
generally needed when the languid,
exhausted feeling prevails, when the
liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need of a tonic and Alternative Is felt.
A prompt use of this medicine has Of
ten ayerted long and perhaps fatal
bilious fevers. No medicine will act
more surely in counteracting and free
ing the system fro the malarial poison.
Headache, Indigestion, Constipation,
Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. Soc.
and $1.O0 bottles at +. Kalteyer <
Sons drug store. j
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22
Fine Job Printing g. osy Lowest ,a4 rates fss, sHs s
BRYAN COMES HIGH.
His manager Wants $500 For One
Little Talk.

His manager Wants $500 For One
Little Talk.
Albany, N. Y, Dec. 21.-Wm. Jen-
nings Bryan wants guarantee of
$500 to lecture in Albany.
Messrs. ]. r. Nangle and John NJ.
Munro, two prominent men here,
thought it would be an excellent
scheme, financially, to bring Mr. Bry-
an to Albany, under the auspices of
the Grand Army of the Republic of
Albany county. A letter under date
of Nov. 10 was mailed to Mr.. Bryan's
manager, asking for terms and orher
information. In the reply it was
stated:
1--WE will book Mr.. Bryan on the fol-
lowing terms: That we receive rs per
cent of the gross receipts, with a
guarantee that our share would not
be less than $780,"
Messrs. Nangle and Munro have Civ
en- up the project as they could not
see where the G.. A. r would come In
if Mr.. Bryan's manager wanted such
a large guarantee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22

Cardinal Satollil reiterates his good
opinion of the church in America, and
particularly of the Jesuit Fathers
whose devotion and earnestness and
self sacrifice he lauds. He is quite
a COMPLIMENTARY to the press of this
country as well. He terms it the
Fourth power. A little low down in
the scale for the most influential Of
all the powers of this continent, save
that of the CAB.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22
GRAND OPERA HOUSE THURS
' DAY AND FRIDAY.

Wilton Lackaye will soon appear
here in his new play, 'Dr. Belgraff."
Hypnotism is the pivot on which the
action of the play swings, but mes
meric power is Illustrated in differ
ent light than has yet been shown on
the stage. The story is strong and
forceful, and Mr.. Lackaye's role is
said to afford him ample opportuni-
ty to display his wonderful powers
of characterization. Marie VAIN
wright has been engaged as his lead
ing lady.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22

Do you know the quickest way to
cure sprain or bruise, burn or
scald? Such injuries are very COM
mon and cured quickly II properly
treated. Mr.. ]. M. Amerman. Of
Forks P. o.. Colubia County. Pa.,says:
81 have never found anything to COM
pare with Chamberlain's Pain Balm
for sprains, bruises and burns. We
have used 1t in our family for several
years and feel that we cannot do with
out it." For sale at 25 and 80 cents
per bottle by all druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22
LOST ON RACE TRACKS.
Accounts of the Newport Postmaster
Short.

SuOEIs
Cincinnati, Dec. 21.-Postoffice in
spectors Leathermanand Holmes, who
have been examining the books of
POstrmastre J. c. Hetsch, of Newport.
Ky, report shortage in his accounts
with the government of between five
and six thousand dollars. Hetsch has
disappeared and his whereabouts are
unknown. He was leading citizen
of Newport being president Of the
Newport Printing aud Newspaper
company, publishers of the Kentucky
state Journal, and prominent member
of the German Methodist Episcopal
church. Hetsch is frequenter of
the local race track, and is said to
have been liberal better.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-22
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