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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-21
w. A. Daane Club.

The William a. Deane Club of the Forty
fourth Assembly District was organized
last evening at 1902 Dupont street with
lbs members, as follows: President,
Thomas Dewitt; v1ce-president, Frank Val
lero; treasurer, Peter Costa; secretary,
James Cuneo; executive committee, George
Hayes, J. Demartini, n. Arata, P. Mua-
limo, Sal Bercutti, D. Rossi +. Leveroni.
The club indorsed Joseph Merani for the
Assem- bly,. Speeches were made by Joseph
Merani, Greg Vallero, D. NJ usante and f..
Leyeroni
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-21
sicns of Bettar rime.

The movement in the interest of home In
dustries has been productive of splended re-
suits in one direction at least. The local shoe
business has increased wonderfully. At the
meeting of the Shoemakers' Union last night
busy night as well as day filing large local
orders
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-21
Tainted salmon se,zed

Chief Food Inspector Dockery and Chief
Market INSPECTOR Davis, of the Board of
Health, condemned 10000 pounds of salted
salmon on the Pacihc-street wharf yesterday.
The fish came from Alaska and had probably
been packed after becoming stale, as it was
palpably unfit for food. The man who pur-
chased it-B. Stern-did not return for his
goods, and 1t will be sent to the fertilizing
works today.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-21
Afro-AmerIcan League.

The Afro-American League held rous-
ing meeting last evening at California
Hall, $40 Bush street. Great enthusiasm
was manifested whenever McKinley's
lame was mentioned. The meeting was
addressed in short speeches by Captain G.
l. Taylor, Messrs. Henderson, Benehost
ind Martin and Mrs. Bailey.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-21

and Iowa and follow. Bryan to Lake Supe-
rior, and at st. Ignace, Mich, l take a
special car and follow him to the end.
have no doubt of Bryan's defeat. He will
not carry Wyoming, Nebraska, nor Iowa,
Illinois, Michigan nor Indiana"
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-21
In the Thirty-Fourth,

There will be meeting OF Republicans
in VOLTS Hall, Ocean View, this evening.
Good music and prominent speakers will
be the features of the programme.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-21
Brvsn,s Chanoes Fad,ng

A letter received yesterday from Colonel
John P. Irish contains the following para
Iraph: Next week return to Illinois
, 1896-03-05
STARCH EXPORTS.

During the year ending June 80.
1894, we exported 22.SSS. OlG pounds of
American-made starch. In August,
1894, the Wilson-Gorman tariff came
into effect; during the fiscal year that
ended June 80, 1895, our exports OF
starch fell to H. s ,995 pounds. This
is a decrease of 11,O99, O21 pounds.
According to me idiots theory,
which is that commerce is a game of
swapping jack knives for bean blowers
Europe ought to buy more starch from
us when We buy more cotton goods
from it. But the eternal fact is against
the idiots theory. Under the Wilson
German tariff the quantity of imported
cottons has increased wonderfully, but
the European manufacturer of them
has not increased his purchases of
American starch to stiffen them. He
has bought more starch from his own
countrymen with the increased money
that he has received from u ountry
men, TO whom he has sold his goods
Inter Ocean.
, 1896-03-05
4 SICK SAVAGE.
Robert Louis Stevenson Tells OF The Delu
s!Uus of One of His Servants.

- ~ N''
Poor Mist Fulo-you remember the
thin boy, do yuU uDt:-had Il desperate
attack If Influenza, and he was in a
great taking. You would not like to be
very sick i'll some savage place i'll the
islands and have only tho savages tc
doctor you: Well, that was just the
way he felt. 1T is all very well,' he
thought, ''to lot these childish white
people doctor Il sore foot or a ~toOthache,
but this is seriOus-I might die of this!
For goodness sake, let me get away i'll
to a drafty native house where l can lie
in cold gravel, eat green bananas and
havo a real grown up, tattOoed man to
raise spirits and say charms over me.
a day or two we kept him quiet and
got him much better. Then he said he
must go He had had his back broken
i'll his own island, he said. 1t had come
broken again, and he must go away to "A
native house and have it mended. Con
found your back, " said we. Lie down
in your bed" At last one day his fever
was quite gone, and he could give his
mind to the broken back entirely. He
lay in the hall. | was in the room
.'l
alone. All morning and noon | heard
him roaring like a bull calf, so that the
floor shook with il. 1t was plainly num-
bug. 1t had tho humbugging sound Of
a bad child crying, and about 2 of the
afternoon we were worn out and told him
he might go. on h Sct. He was i'll some
kind of a white wrapping, with ii great
white turbun on his head. as pale rs
clay, and walked leaning on a stick.
But, oh, he wa u glad boy to get away
from these foolish, savage, childish
white people and get his broken back
put right by somebody with some sense.
He nearly died that night, and little
wonder, but he has now got better
again, and long may it last!
All the others were quite good, trust
ed us wholly, and staid to be cured
where they were. But then he was quite
right if yon look at it from his point of
view. for, though we may be very clev-
er, we do not set up to cure broken backs.
If n man has his back broken, we white
people can do nothing at all but bury
him. And was he not wise, since that
was his complaint, to go to folks who
could do more?-Robert Louis Steven
sons Letters to a Boy i'll st. Mich
olas.
, 1896-03-05
OUR ERRATIC CONTEMPORARY

The unreliable and erratic Boone
rang failed dismally in its reply to Mr..
NJ. n. Grant last night. The editor is
getting in water which is too deep. In
his effusion he says that the sheriff has
probably been touched by this paper
for a few hundred. His mind is prob
ably fondly reverting to the good old
democratic days OF 1892, when the
Boomerang notes to the number Of
about a dozen for 5000 each were ped
died around among democratic candi-
dates. The boys bit on the snap and
it cost them the face of the note in
every case.
Even after the de"ocrats got into
office they were rather sorry for it, be-
II of the inoTdinate gall and blood
sucking proclivities Z: the organ of the
democratic gang. Not only did it hold
up the people by excessive charges for
county printing. but it levied regular
assessments upon democratic office
holders and made them pay too.
Their newspaper assessments proved
to be higher than their campaign ex-
penses, and before their official terms
expired they became very tired of the
extortion of this modern Little Old
Man of the Sea" One o~fice-holder, for
instance, who received less than $500
per annum was held up for $25 per
month to help keep the Boomerang
afiOat.
, 1896-03-05
BURIED GOLD IN RIVER-BEDS.

A new mining device which is at
tracing attention in California, and is
sure to attract more, is on the princi-
pie of the coffer-dam, or c~aisson, saws
the Argonaut. 1t is designed to work
the river-beds. The plan of the ordi-
nary coffer-dam has necessarily often
suggested itself to miners, but the
limited space that could be reached has
not encouraged experiment. The new
affair is not stationary, but can be
shifted from M spot to another by the
simple process of floating. The inven-
ton was recently exhibited before a
body of mining engineers in this city.
The device is THUG described:
1T is in the form of a tower, with a
square hollow in the centre, which is
for a sort Of elevator. The tower is
supported by a float or raft intended
to rest On the surface of the water.
After the float has been anchored, the
tower Is allowed to sink to the bottom.
Next the elevator compartment is
forced down to a resting-place within
seven feet Of the bottom. and by means
Of force-pumps all the water below it is
driven out, allowing ample space for
to explore the ground. The
are provided with a separate
passage to and from this space. which
, 1896-03-05

One would naturally suppose that a
newspaper would at least give a cor
rect report of a public meeting, but
the Boomerang warps everything to
suit the narrow mind Of its editor with
the hope of political advantage. In
its report of the city council proceed
ing. it says Mr.. Gray made a motion to
adjourn as 500 as Mr.. OFT appeared on
the scene. The fact is Mr.. Gray never
made a motion to adjourn at all. 1t
says "Hertzog, Pennington and Clark
sat still and sawed wood" Mr.. Hert-
zog was not in the building when Mr.,
OFT presented his bill.
, 1896-03-05

is equivalent to u diving-bell. 1t makes
no difference how long the workmen
are under water, as the pumps furnish
them with pure air. The material they
gather is carried up by a suction-purnp.
the nozzle Of which is in the bell. The
whole thing is made OF iron, provided
with a telephone and electric lights.
1t is simply a portable shaft which can
be 0oated and sent down ut will"
II is needless to say that if this de-
vice shall be found to work in practice.
the claim made for it. that 1t will do
more for river mining in this state
than millions of dollars already spent IL
will be justified.
II is the belief of all old miners that
the rtyer-beds Of California are rich
in gold, and this belief is we'll ground
ed. To get ut these beds great works.
from the earliest days up to the pres
ent. have been undertaken. Bands of
miners were won to build immense
wiug-dams for the diversion of the wa
tiers of a stream in order to lay bare the
bed. More recently, companies with
vast capital have done the same thing
by other methods. one foreign corpora
ton running a great tunnel at a cost of
over two millions of dollars to turn the
Feather river. Much rich ground was
found, but, for reasons which led to a
dispute concerning the management.
the enterprise was only a partial suc-
cess. No doubt exists that could the
r~iver-beds be rendered easily and
cheaply accessible, colossal returns
would be the result. The fruits of
placer mining, which amazed the world
in the sos insure this. 1t was when he
came to the river and could not with
his wing-dam send its waters through
a new course that the early miner was
stayed. The gold is all there yet.
If this new invention supplies a
means of reaching the w~ater-covered
stores OF wealth, the portable shaft
will be a ready prospector of ground
which hitherto it has cost tremendous
sums of money to examine. and will
give access to ground that there has
been no way of getting to at all. And
there does not seem any reason, in the
Inventions principle, why it should
not be successful. 1t is but a varia-
ton on a very old engineering device
as applied to the building of founda-
tons for bridges and similar struct-
ures in water. If the approval given it
by the mining men to whom it was ex-
hibited shall be confirmed by actual
experiment, there will, naturally. be nc
want of capital to multiply the Gals
sons. and the rivers of the state will
shortly be again alive with miners. but
not miners OF the old pattern. The in
Vention comes at a good time. Men
with money are ready to put it into
mining enterprises of reasonable
promise, and whatever will increase
the gold output of California is sure OF
a welcome.
, 1896-03-05

Alphonso MIL, king of Spain, will
be 10 years old on the 18th of next
May. If care is not taken by his rul-
ers there will be a pyrotcchniC dis
play on his birthdey. with Uncle Sam
at the trigger.
, 1896-03-05

The breaking up of the winter is
the signal for the breaking up of the
system. Nature is opening up the
pores and throwing Off refuse. De
Wits Sarsaparilla is Of unqnestlon-
able assistance in this operation.
Chas. n. Settele.
, 1896-03-05
THURSDAY. MARCH >. 1886.

The republicans of Sheridan have
placed a strong ticket in the field for
the city election. Tuc election will
occur on the 10th of March.
, 1896-03-05

1t not only is so, 1T must be so,
One Minute Cough Cure acts quickly,
and that's what makes it go. Chas.
n. Settele
, 1896-03-05
REPUBLICAN BOOK COUPON.

This coupon, accompanied by
10 cents, will entItle the holder
to three of ths choice books N
he Useful and Popular Books"
Series, advertised elsewhere in
this paper, Orders received by
mail and books sent postage
free. Order by number.
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-02
STUDENTS LECTURE COURSE.

The lecture course at the Normal
School will open on January 9th, with
Miss Anna Buckbee's lecture on
" Cuba and the Cubans.' This will
prove especially 4iatsrsstipg. at this
time, when the Cubans are fighting to
Zee themselves from the Spanish yoke.
The second number Of the course is
Leland T. Powers. January 10th, to
be followed by Rev Anna III. Shaw
on the a7th, and Howard Wilbur
Ennis on February 3rd.
The Boston Ideal Banjo. Mandolin
and Guitar Club was engaged for
January end, but for some reason
they were recalled by the bureau. II
they cannot be secured for latter
date, another company of equally
high merit will give the fifth number
OF the course at date to be announc
ed. Course tickets are now on sale.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-02
The New Industrial South,

In speech made last week before
the Liberal Club of Buffalo, N. Y,
Mr.. Carol ID. Wright, United States
Labor Commissioner, gave some facts
and figures as to the progress of in
dustry in the South. He showed that
this advance has not been confined to
any one direction, but is evident
along many lines. The production Of
cotton in the South, he said, is double
what it was before the war; in twenty
years the manufacture OF pig iron has
increased 1000 per cent, the railroad
mileage is I5o per cent. greater now
than in 1880, and the passenger traffic
500 per cent. greater, and the freight
tons moved nearly 400 per cent. larger.
Since 1880 the Southern railroads
have more than doubled their earn
ings, the banking capital has increased
in like proportion, and the money
spent in the support of schools has
also been doubled.
These are only few of the salient
facts as to the industrial growth of
the South. That there is a promising
field for development there, is known
to every one who has studied the
subject. There are vast coal fields
and iron mines in the Southern States.
One strip of territory alone, stretching
from Pennsylvania in a southwesterly
direction to Alabama, is estimated by
Mr.. Wright to contain "forty times
the amount of coal accessible to
economical production and distribu-
ton that was contained in the coal
fields of Great Britain before a pick
was struck" In addition to these
are the best cotton lands in the world
and water power almost unlimited.
With these conditions present it does
not need the gift of prophecy to fore
see a great industrial future for the
South. The only drawback in the
past has been an unwillingness or an
inability to supply the conditions
necessary to take advantage of these
resources.
The two things lacking in the South
in the past have been settled state
of society and people with the in
dustrial spirit. There is evidence
that the South is at last thoroughly
awakened to the enormous price i
has paid for indulging in lynching anC
mob law, and that it is beginning tC
see the need cf tolerance in opinion
and action within the limits of law
The whole Southern newspaper pres
is speaking out decidedly against thC
crime oflynching, and demanding tha
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-02
Christmas at st. Paul's Sunday School.

On Thursday evening December
10th, the Episcopal Sunday School
held its Christmas exercises. At the
hour appointed, 6:3o, storm
of wind and rain prevailed, but not
withstanding this the Parish House
was we'll filled. The exercises con-
sisted of the singing of carols, an ad-
dress by the Rector, and presentation
of gifts. The latter consisted of pretty
toys for the schildren, games, knives,
books, &c, for the older scholars, and
a box of candy for everybody. A very
pretty Christmas tree lighted with
tapers, stood in the chancel. Superin-
tendent w. P. Meigs had charge of
the preparations and they were very
successfully carried out. Deforest
Hummer, the organist of the school,
presided at the instrument, and led in
the musical parts.
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vigorous measures be taken to stop
such outrages. The action of the
South Carolina Constitutional Con-
vention in taxing the county where 4
lynching occurs and in disqualifying
the Sheriff will probably be followed
by nearly all the Southern States.
The Attorney General of Mississippi
will recommend the Legislature of
that State to enact law that county
be taxed $4,000 for every lynching
occurring within its borders; that Off
GERS charged with the custody Of the
lynched prisoners be held liable for
damages, and that men taking part in
a lynching be disfranchised.
If such vigorous measures be taken
against lynching, mob violence in the
South will soon be abolished, and
more settled condition of society will
follow. The prospect of an improved
state of affairs in the South is already
having its effect. Western newspa-
pers are noting disposition among
people to move southwark and take
up the cheap lands so abundant in
that neighborhood. Large colonies
are said to be going from Iowa, Wis
consin, Kansas, Nebraska, South Da-
kota and other States in that section,
the prospective emigration from some
localities being so large as to threaten
serious inroad on the population.
This emigration, if carried out, will
supply the industrial spirit needed
and it may be influential enough to
revolutionize the political condition
of some Southern States.
This prospective development of
the South will be welcomed by the
North, for it must react benefcially
upon this neighborhood and the whole
country. The South will then be no
longer clog upon the progress of
the nation, as it has been for gener-
alton. AS Mr.. Carol d. Wright says,
GAS the productive power of the
Southern States increases and comes
nearer to that of the Northern work
ers, the consumption OF the products
of the Northern mills and establish
ments increases proportionately and
comparatively in a greater degree
than the relative increase of products
IN the South. AS the consuming
power of the common laborer in the
Southern States is enchanced, the
products of all parts of the country
will find reader market. Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-02
AN ANNUAL DINNER

For many years it has been the
custom of Hon. Joshua w. Comfy of
Danvllle, to gather number of his
friends about him once a year, during
the holidays, and give them a game
dinner. The event this year took
place on Friday, December 27th, at
three o'clock p. IN. at the Montour
House. There were present Hon. c.
R. Buckalew, Col. J. G.. Freez., Hon.
+. X. Ikeler, and the writer, of
Bloomsbury; Judge Metzgar, II. c.
Parsons Esq, Addison Candor Esq,
of Williamsport Hon. w. Rookie
feller, Geo. P. Hill Esq, Hon. S. P.
Wolverton, Judge Savidge, James
Packer of Sunbury; Hon. J. C..
Bucher, of Lewisburg w. J. Baldy
Esq, Jas. Scarlet Esq, L. S. Gear
hart Esq, of DanvIlle, and three
nephews of Mr.. Comfy. After a
pleasant hour spent at Mr.. Comly's
office, the party went to the hotel
where an elegant dinner was served
The menu embraced Blue Point oys-
tiers, terrapin, vepison, pheasant, quail
on toast, chicken salad, vegetables,
ice cream, cake, nuts and fruit. Every.
thing was cooked TO a turn, and nice
ly served.
Mr.. Comfy, in his day one of
Pennsylvanla's ablest lawyers, is past
eighty five years Of age, and is still
hale and hearty, and his many friends
hope that he may be spared for many
years to come.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-02
Now for a Good Supper.

"Aunt Jemima and her assistants
in their quaint old plantation costumes
will have a most delightful chicken
and griddle cake supper ready to
serve in St. PauPs Parish House this
Thursday evening from five to nine
o'clock The cakes will be made of
the famous Aunt Jemima Griddle
Cake Flour" than which there is
none more palatable or healthy. The
coffee will be of private brand of
most excellent Java, and the dainty
relishes will be second to none.
The price will be but 25c. which is
only made possible because most OF
the articles used are contributed to
advertise their excellence. This will
be rare treat, so please come and
bring your families and friends.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-02
A OUTFIT SUNDAY,
The Sabbath Observance Society Begins a
Reform in Wilkes Barre.

The Sabbath Observance Society
began the keeping of Sunday &C.
cording to the idea of Rev. DR.. Dony,
the prime mover. AS result, the
day was one ofthe quietest ever known.
AS far as can be learned every
saloon in this city was closed, front
door and side. No cigar stores we're
open and some of the drug stores
were closed during part of the day.
The milk men and others having
articles to deliver got through their
work as soon as possible.
There was talk of preventing milk
men and bakers making deliveries on
Sunday, but many members of the
society were opposed to this, and no
definite understanding has been
reached.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-01-02
FARMERS INSTITUTES.

The following circular has been
issued:
HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 80, 1895.
Dear Sir:-Your attention is invited
to the notice just issued by the De
partment of Agriculture for a series
of Farmers Institutes for your coun-
ty. You are specially invited to be
present and participate in the exer-
cises, and are urged to make the in
stitute known to your friends and
neighbors, so that they also may ar
range to attend.
Some of the most successful far
mers and scientific teachers of Agri-
culture in this and other States have
been secured at considerable expense
to address these meetings.
Some Of the following subjects will
be discussed: Dairying, fruit grow
ing, soiling, fertilizers, market garden
ing &c. Opportunity will also be
given to ask questions. Come and
hear what they'have to say.
Do not forget the dates and places,
at Berwick, Jan. 18th and 18th, and
at Catawissa, Jan. 18th and 10Th,
1896.
John HAMILTON,
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture,
Harrisburg, Pa.
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WILL l.. CRIsT,
GEO. f. ELwELL
broken by drawing
Frosty Valley Sunday School.

The Union Sunday School of the
Frosty Valley NJ. +. Church rendered
a very interesting and impressive
Christmas service, on Wednesday
evening, Christmas night which was
highly enjoyed by large audience
The evening was pleasant one and
the church was so crowded, that many
were unable to secure seats The
service opened at 7 o'clock with the
old hymn, familiar to all, While
Shepherds watched their focks by
night" followed by responsive read
ing and prayer. Throughout, the
program was very deep and impressive,
consisting of hymns, carols and reci-
tations carefully selected and suitable
for the occasion, making a clear mean,
ing of Christmas.
Five little ones of the infant class,
who sang motion hymn, entitled,
"The Little Ones of Bethlehem
carried off the honors. The church
was handsomely decorated with ever
green's, stars, chains etc, festooned
throughout the room. After the
closing hymn all returned to their
homes with thankful hearts, feeling
they had spent very pleasant evening