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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
CHAIRMAN JONES' WARNING.
Head Of the National Democratic Committee
Serves Notice on Corporations Which
Coerce Their Employees That They
Will be Prosecuted.

The following appeal and warning
addressed "to the American people
has been given out last week by
Chairman Jones on behalf of the
national Democratic committee.
ain view of the fact that the great
corporations, with scarcely an excep-
ton, and many of the large employers
of labor in the United States are en-
gagged in a concerted effort to coerce
their employees into voting at the ap-
preaching election against their own
convictions, | deem il my duty to
call upon all those who believe in the
supremacy of the law and the un
trammeled freedom of the individual
in the right of exercising the ballot,
to use their utmost effort to prevent
the success Of this most fragrant act
of lawlessness, for if the conspiracy
succeeds government by corporations
will have succeeded government by
the people.
"The corporations which thus ap-
peal to force and fraud strike at the
very foundations of republican gov
ernment and the lovers of free insti-
tutions must arouse themselves TO
save the country from its great peril.
Especially should the worklngmen
assert their manhood rights. If they
vote their convictions and in accord
ance with their interests, the Demo
cratic ticket is certain of election,
and in that case the employing corpo-
rations will have no desire to embark
upon a policy Of punishment.
"In the contest that is raging the
salvation Of the workingman lies in
the assertion at the polls of his rights
as free and independent American
citizen. The perpetuation of this
attempted outrage upon free suffrage
will work its own cure. An indignant
people, jealous of their rights, will de
mand that the legislatures, state and
national, shall proceed at once by
rigorous measures to prevent the
possibility of a repetition of such at
tempts hereafter.
"The national committee, backed
by the full power of the Democratic
organization in every state in the
Union, pledges itself that every
scoundrel, whether public officer or
private citizen, who is detected in any
violation Of the law shall be vigorous
ly prosecuted and sent TO the peniten-
tiary if possible.
JAMES K. JONES,
chairman National Democratic
Committee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
SOLD HIS WIFE FOR A PIPE.
Peculia Ma i'a' Transaction, 10 Which
the Woman Objects.

A peculiar transaction in wives
took place in Wilkes Barre Township,
last week. There was quite crowd
in Joseph Rothstein's saloon. Stanley
Maklinsky excited the envy of his
friends by showing them a fine new
pipe, for which he said he paid 81.
William Krokinosky wanted the pipe
and as noue of the crowd had any
money, he with others offered to trade
things for it, He offered pair of
boots, his breast in the Empire mine
or Davy safety lamp, but none OF
these things tempted Maklnsky.
Krokinosky finally said : " Well, if
you give me the pipe l will give you
my Wife" Maklinsky agreed to this
and the following paper was drawn
up -
sell my wife to Stanley Maxim
sky for pipe. l will have nothing
to do with her again. He can do
what he likes with her."
Each man signed this, and Krokin-
osky agreed to deliver the wife ne: t
day. Mrs. Maklinsky,who is somewhat
more Americanized than her husband.
objected vigorously to the proposed
plan, and told him that she could
have him arrested if he married
another woman. Maklinsky, finding
that a second wife would be danger
Gus and embarrassing encumbrance,
searched about for chance to trade
her off. 1t was not long before he
met George Kopchinski, a young
miner. The latter readily agreed to
pay $40 for the woman, and paid S.
down and promised the balance in
monthly instalments.
He was not to get a wife so easlv,
however. That afternoon when he
went to Maklinsky's house the wife
refused to recognize the validity OF
the sale, and said she would not &c
! with him. Kopchinski showed hej
the paper he had received from heI
husband, and argued that the sale
was proper, and she was legally hi!
wife, but she would not see it in that
way, Kopchinsky says unless tn,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29

An Austrian pearl diver, in recount
ing his experiences, says that one Of
the strange effects of diving is the in
variable bad temper felt while work.
ing at the bottom OF the sea; and, as
this usually passes away as soon as the
surface is reached it may be supposed
20 be due to the pressure of air inside
The dress affecting the lungs and
through them the brain. A diver often
becomes so angry at some imaginary
wrong-doing on the part of those in
the boat above that he gives the sig
nal to be pulled up, with the inten-
tion of knocking the heads off the en-
tire crew." only to forget what he
came up for when the surface is
reached
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29

We live in country of which the
principal scourge IS stomach trouble.
1t is more widespread than any
other disease, and, very nearly, more
dangerous.
One thing that makes it so danger
GUS is that it is SO little understood.
If it were better understood, it
would be more feared, more easily
cured, less universal than It is now.
So, those who wish to be cured,
take Shaker Digestive Cordial, be-
cause it goes to the root of the trouble
as no other medicine does. The
pure, harmless, curative herbs and
plants, of which it is composed, are
what render it SO certain and, at the
same time, so gentle cure.
1t helps and strengthens the sto-
mach, purlfes and tones up the sys.
TEN.
Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to
81 90 per bottle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
Tho Oily Nieni,adcn.

The oily character of the monhaden
Is familiar; it is caught for its oil,
which is tried out in factories. Mem,
haden fishermen use purse nets, whicl 1
are tarred to preserve them. TO kCe !
their hands from sticking to the tarreG
nets they rub them on a freshly caught
menhaden, handling it something as
they would cake of soap. So oily Is
the menhaden that the simple pres
sure thus applied is enough to bring
through the scales oil sufficient for the
purpose. G..,o
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
The LnrC"st InlNcr.Itv.

The biggest university in the worlo
is at Cairo, Egypt-a country which is
not mentioned at all in the statistics
and it has eleven thousand students.
They come from every part of the Mo-
hammedan world, and they study Mus
sulman law, history, theology and
other branches needed to confirm them
in the faith Of Mohammed. They sit
ON the floor of an enormous court and
study aloud, and the Western visitor
who calls on them during study hours
thinks that he has struck the original
site of the Tower Of Babel, and that
the confused of tongue haven't stopped
talking yet.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
IT WAS THE WICKED POLLY"
Patrick Thought 1t Was the voioo OF HIS
Rival and Got Ried at IT.

An amusing scene occurred in quiet
uptown street last night. A young
Irishman who Is courting a rosy-cheek.
ed servant in one of the houses in the
thoroughfare called about his usual
time in the evening. Just as he open
ed the iron gate leading into the bast-
ment yard he heard a voice say: HUI
10, Patw
"Hullo, yourself" replied Pat.
"Hullo, Pat" said the strange voice
again.
Pat gazed all around him, but could
see nobody and once again he heard
the voice say, "Hullo, Pat"
rs that all you can say, 'Hullo, Pat!
Where the devil are you, anyhow
answered Pat.
Pat, you're a fool" said the voice.
"Begorra, you're a liar, whoever ye
be-" shouted Pat as he looked blindly
around for his insulter.
pat, you fool" again uttered the
voice.
I'm no fool, whoever ye are" called
out Pat, wild with anger, "an' If yea
will show yerself I'll prove it to yez."
Foolish Pat" came the reply, ac-
companied by a hoarse chuckle.
Pat was furious and thoughts of his
rival, Mccarthy, Immediately came In
his mind.
SHOW yerself, Mccarthy, only show
yerself. Mccarthy, an I'll punch in the
face of yez. | will! l will" he shouted,
as he danced up and down.
Pat, you fool! Pat, you fool! no,
no, ho! ha, haw shouted Pats tor
menter.
BY this time Pats coat and waist
coat lay on the ground and he had his
sleeves rolled up to his elbows and was
tearing around like a hen on hot
griddle. There's no telling what would
have happened, as 1t was nearly the
time for the policeman on the beat to
pass that way, when the basement door
opened and Pats sweetheart came out,
On seeing Pat she uttered a little
scream and exclaimed: Are you
crazy, Pat? An what has came into
you the night? Put your clothes on,
man."
"You spalpeen, Pat! Foolish Pat!
Ho, ho! ha, ha! Go home, Pat" said
the mysterious voice out of the dark
ness.
do yez hear the blackguard? Oh II
Pat, as he continued his war dance.
"Ah, you mustn't mind that, Pat, !"
said his sweetheart. You're donkey,
surely. to be minding the talk of that
crazy bird upstairs. Why, it's only one
Of the young mems parrots which they
brought home with them from over
the sea. It's an illmannered bird, and
do swear dreadfully. Mistress won't
have it in the house, so the boys hang
up the cage out of the window of their
room upstairs.
You're a great gawk, Pat, to be
minding the likes of a poor, simple
minded bird like that"
Pat became slowly appeased, and as
he put on his coat he said: Il don't
mind what a buird says, Molly, but be-
gorra, l thought it was that sneak Nc
Carthy hiding furninst ther stoop."-
New York Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
LOCATING A CABLE BREAK.
n Delicate Instrument Which Registers
with Unfailing Accuracy.

n Delicate INSTRUMENT which Registers
with Unfaiiing Accuracy.
Z The great telegraph companies that
span the continent and radiate to ev-
cry cross road village employ thou
sands of linemen to repair breaks in
the wire, which are of frequent occur
renee. III this country telegraph lines
are rather poorly constructed, outside
Of large cities, and any severe storm
will PROSTATE poles and break the
wires, and then the lineman is sent
out.
-+iWhen there is a break on a land line
it is easily located. Suppose there are
ten stations, from A to inclusive. a
endeavprs to signal III and gets no re-
sponse. SO he calls up B, c, d, and sc
on, until he reaches f. and beyond that
the wire is dead. Evidently the break
is between f and G.; a lineman is or.
dered out from f, who rides or walks
along the line until he finds and re-
pairs the break.
But how can a break be located in
the ocean cables. where there are only
two stations, one at each end, and dis
tant from each other thousands of
miles? That is really easier than send.
ing out man to look for it, ms on land
lines.
= Deeply buried as these cables are be-
meath the trackless level of the ocean S
surface, the exact path in which each
of them lies is well known by series
of chart indications which were made
at the time of their construction. BY
means of computations based upon
these sources of information, a cap
tain can guide his vessel to any spot
along the line in mid-ocean, where nc
guide-posts but the lights of heaven
exist, and know of a certainty that he
Is within a very short distance of a
point directly over the cable hundreds
of fathoms below.
Now, then, when communication is
broken between Cape Ann and Ireland
let us say, the operator attaches a gal
vanometer to the cable. This delicate
instrument will tell him in the space
of a very few seconds at what spot in
the hundreds of miles length of cable
down among the dark recesses of the
oceans bed the accident to the wire
has occurred. The acuteness of the in
strument lies simply in its ability to
register with ,unfailing accuracy the
wire gives.
In other words, the operator knows
that when the wire is unbroken the
galvanometer Will indicate 1000 as the
resistance. For rexample-if then the
resistance is 800, the break must be
half the distance between stations.
The process, including as it does .
knowledge of the size of the wire and
some other details, requires little cal.
culation, but the principle is as above.
If there should be two breaks, he,
of course, can give information re-
garding the first one only, since the
electric connection is stopped there.
If the operator at the outer end
should make a similar test of his un-
broken portion, and it should be found
upon comparing the two results,
through some other perfect cable, that
they did not supplement each others
distances, then it would be evident
that there were at least two breaks at
a. known distance from each other.
Such instances have not occurred,
however.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
Secret Photographiug

One OF the most ingenious methods
in the world for photographing per-
sons and keeping them in ignorance
of the fact is that of the Bank OF
France. The bank has a hidden
studio in gallery behind the cashiers
desk, SO that at signal from one of
the bank employees any suspected Gus
toner will instantly have his picture
taken without his own knowledge.
The camera has also become very
useful in the detection of frauds a
word or figure that to the eye seemed
completely erased being clearly pro-
duced in photographs of the docu.
ment that had been tampered with.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
How Is This Offer r7

On receipt of ten cents, cash or
stamps, a generous sample will be
mailed of the most popular Catarrh
and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream
Balm) sufficient to demonstrate its
great merit. Full size soc.
ELY BROTHERS,
SO Warren ST., New York City
A friend advised me to try Ely's
Cream Balm and after using it six
weeks | believe myself cured of ca
tarrh. 1t is a most valuable remedy
Joseph Stewart, GA Grand Avenue
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
A False Alarm.

Mrs. De Pink-I'll never enter that
store again, never. | never was sc
iasulted in my life. l thought Ia die
u modification.
Mr. De Pink (hotly)-What! Insult
cd? Who was it? Tell me quick and
I'll
"Gh, you can't do anything, my dear.
Il was q woman who insulted me-a
lllcswoman. She insisted on showing
ne cheap things and bargains
CAR. De p. subsides.)-New York
Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29

Cne day, as Pat halted at the top OF
the river bank, man famous for his
inQuis.Jive mind stopped and asked;
ROW long have you hauled water for
the village, lay good MANI"
Tin years, sor," was the ready an
swer.
"Ah! How many loads do you take
IN q Gay?'
From tin to fifteen, sor."
"hh, yes Now, | have a problem
for YOU How much water at this rate
have you hauled in ALL sir?"
Pat promptly jerked his thumb back.
ward toward the river and replied: "Al
the wather yez don't see there now,
sor."-Christian Advocate. y. }Af,-ss
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29

Sullivan county has always stood by
Columbia in district nominations for
Congress and state senate, swhen the
nominees have been residents of this
county. Now that Sullivan has a
candidate for congress for the first
time, let Columbia stand shoulder to
shoulder with her, and roll up a good
big majority for Alphonsus Walsh.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29

She--I fear your love is growing
cold.
He-Not a bit. 1t only seems cold
in contrast with the weather.-Indian-
apolis Journal. .s., 54r,a,;
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
Blood Is Life.

1t is the medium which carries to
every nerve, muscle, organ and fibre
its nourishment and strength. If the
blood is pure, rich and healthy you
will be well; if impure, disease will
soon overtake you. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla has power to keep you in
health by making your blood rich and
pure.
Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy
to operate. Cure indigestion, bilious
ness, 25C.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-29
CA handful of dirt may be house
full of shame Keep your
house clean with
SAPOI 10

woman comes to him he will ap-
peal to to law for aid.
Evening star., 1896-12-22
War Of the Outlaw Tracks in Mary
land.
YALE SENTIMENT As TO A RACE
Saengerbund and Carroll Institute
Bowlers.
HOCKEY AND BASKET BALL

A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
from Elkton, Nd says: The fight between
the Keystone Racing Association with three
tracks at Iron Hill and the Southern Rae
ing Association with a track at Singerly
and one at Barksdale is becoming bitter,
and it now appears that this county will
contain two race meetings at the same time
for at least three months.
The horsemen last week demanded larger
purses at Singerly. They We're told that the
purses would be raised at Barksdale if the
lcsiEess justified. Then came the strike of
horseowners Saturday and the increase of
purses. Barksdale is scheduled to open
January I. Mr.. Burns is president of the
Southern Association.
Now the Keystone Racing Association,
including VIM. Thompson, known as the
Duke of Gloucester. thinks it well to run
Iron Hill on the first of the year. Iron Hill
has three tracks side by side. The law al
laws but thirty-dayS racing, with pool SELL
ing, at any one track in a year and the
three tracks can give ninety days continu-
Gus racing.
The Keystone has a week more of legal
racing time this year. Its races have been
postponed until Friday, SO that they may
continue into next year. Both the associa-
tons are outlaw organizations. that is.
associations not governed by the rules of
the Jockey Club
Evening star., 1896-12-22

Governor Morton refused to pardon on
commute the sentence Of John Y. McKane.
Evening star., 1896-12-22
Editor Dunlop's Case.

Inc supreme Court heard argument YES
'erday afternoon I'm the proceeding of the
government against Joseph r. Dunlop. pub
iisher OF the Chicago Dispatch, charging
MN with sending obscene literature
ihrough the mails. He was sentenced TO
tmprisohment Tor two years and to pay a
fine OF 5000. w. s. Forrest and ex-At-
torney General Garland appeared for Dun
lop, and Attorney General Harmon for the
United states. The court took a recess un-
til January 4.
Evening star., 1896-12-22
The inaugural Fund of 1888.

Mr.. James L. Norris. in conversation with
Star reporter today, expressed much in
dignatioI at the statement given publicity
in the reports of the meeting of the in
augural executive committee to the effect
that the small subscribers to the inaugural
fund four years ago had not received back
the amount of their subscriptions. "As a
matter Of fact" said Mr.. Norris, I'VE not
only refunded to every subscriber whom we
could find the amount of his subscription,
but gave 5000 of the surplus to charity.
We have now money to the credit of that
fund in Riggs Bank. and If there is any one
who did not receive his money back he can
get 1t yet. / do not know who the Mr..
johnson quoted by Mr.. Moses is. There
are six pages of Johnsons in the city d.
rectory, and SO am at loss to know
to which one Of them this statement should
be ascribed. do know that II he never got
his money 1t is because he never applied
for 1t. There were many persons present
at the meeting last night who were mem
bers OF our committee. and am astonished
that they did not at once contradict an as
sertfon like that made by Mr.. Moses"
Isl
Evening star., 1896-12-22
THEY BROKE EVEN.
Saengerbund and Carroll Institute
Each Took a Game.

The Carroll Institute and Saengerbund
bowling teams bowled a set of tenpins in
the alleys of the former last night and each
club won a game. In the first game the
Saengerbund rolled in great form, putting
up score of S26 and winning by a margin
of lO3 pins.
Bruegger rolled in this game without a
break and made the highest score of the
evening-19i. The second game was close,
the CAROLS winning by a margin of only
IL pins. Locraft made the highest score for
his side-171-and an average of 169Ik pins
for the evening. Tony Rice made the diff
cult spare of 6-7-1O.
This Is the last set of games until Janu-
airy \. when the CAROLS will meet the
Washington Athletic Club on the Institute
alleys. The score follows:
Evening star., 1896-12-22
YALE STUDENTS OPPOSED.
Graduates Not Dfsinclined to See
Race With Harvard and Cornell.

Graduates Not Disinclined to See n
Race With Harvard and Cornell
From the New York Sun.
1t is said that Yale graduates including
those who have been most prominently
identified with athletics and aquatics at
New Haven, need very little persuasion to
consent to three-cornered race between
Harvard. Cornell and Yale 1t is under
stood. however, that the New Haven under
graduates are the ones who are making the
most serious objections. The easiest way
out of the difficulty appears 10 be to get
the consent of Yale's undergraduates to
three-cornered race at Poughkeepsie. Such
action would be regarded by the college
world and the public as most sportsman
like. and would put at rest the statements
the past has been based upon the fear of
defeat.
Cornell has won high place in American
important races. and the magnificent vic
tory of her eight over Harvard, Pennsyl-
vania and Columbia at Poughkeepsie last
June would seem to make her a worthy foe
of the blue. Both Cornell and Yale have
been defeated at Henley, SO that honors
are even in this respect. Cornell. coached
by Courtney; Yale, tutored by Bob Cook.
and Harvard in the experienced hands of
Coach Lehman, should produce three mag
nifcent crews next year. that a race in
which they should participate would prove
conc luSively the merits of their respective
STYLES of rowing
Evening star., 1896-12-22
Hockey.

The students at Georgetown University
have organized hockey team, the COM
position of which has not as yet been
decided upon. There are candidates enough
to make two teams, and the team to repre-
sent the varsity will be composed of the
pick of these Joseph F. Fleming, the
crack second baseman of the ball team,
has been elected captain. and will place
the men In regular practice Immediately
after the holidays.
Evening star., 1896-12-22

One of the hes: features of our re-
tail business Is the line of skates We
carry. We have always made It a
point to sell the best skates. and we
have but little demand for poor cheap
ones which 1t doesn't pay anybody to
tuy. II you want good skates for
very little come here. A 25c. skate
sharpener with each pair. Good skates
for as low as Soc pair
Wood wheel extension roller skates.
5Oc.
Raymond's extension roller skates,
$125.
Evening star., 1896-12-22
Deafness and aa|ass Head

relieved Inst antly by using the WILSON COMMoN
Si.NsE FAR DRUMS. fThe INVENTOR Mr. Geo HI
WILSON, Will be in Washington at the Willa n
Hotel. Dee. 30 and 81, from 0 A. n. to r III.
and J.. a. TO r. NJ, for the purpose OF SHOWING
and explaining the merit Of the drums to nny one
dcsirnx TO have their own their friends hearing
restored. They absolutely invisible, safe aDj
nlenis, Ask for our i44-page book on deafness.
WILSON EAR DRUM CO.,
1l:2 Broadway. New York. and Louisville, Ky.
dc...22 2eeS ~, Is, 2y-l1
Evening star., 1896-12-22
Charges of CrueIty.

Antaony John. one Of the alleged ill-used
oyster dredgSrs. appeared in the office OF
Sanitary Officer Frank Saturday and made
serious accusations of cruelty against the
oyster captains for whom he had worked.
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1896-12-22
Nine-Pin Tourney Closed.

The nine-pin tourney at the Columbia
Athletic Club closed Saturday evening.
with the third assignment OF the third
series. The score is as follows: Kicker %;
Hunter. n; I. c. Brown. %: Kondrup, -;
Rex 10; Harrington 10; Grant, 10; Francis.
IS: Champion. H.
The total for the tourney is as follows:
Kicker, 20; Hunter, 61-5; Brown, Ga;
Harrington ca; Kondrup. 50: Francis, 80;
Rex, Sc; Sims, 80; Demonet sc; Deyo, So;
T. Fl. Callan. ~; Grant, 81; Champion, 40;
Goodale. 4s; Schneider. 4s; Flynn, 4S: Rice.
As; Kuntz, a; Moore, 45: Stokes, A.; G. C.
Callan. A; Smith. II; Bennett, 10; Haynes,
81; Fisher, :i3.
Ward Not DickerinH With Louisville.
John Montgomery Ward. when seen re-
garding the report from Louisville that DR..
Stuckey Of the Louisville Club had all but
closed negotiations with Ward to assume
charge of the league tailenders next season
said. You may say for me that have no
negotiations pending with DIR. Stuckey @or
the Louisville Club"