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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15
Lincoln and jeff Davis.

Malcolm Townsend has pointed out
condolences of events in the lives OF
Lincoln and Jeff Davis. Both were
born in Kentucky-Lincoln in 1909,
Davis in 1903. Both removed from
their native state in childhood, DAVIS
going to the southwest, Lincoln to
the northwest. In the Black Hawk
war Davis was a second lieutenant OF
regulars, Lincoln captain OF volun,
teers. Both began their political
careers at the same period, Io44'
Davis beng presidential elector fol
Polk, Lincoln presidential electo1
for Henry Clay. Both were electee
to congress at about the same time
Davis in IS45, Lincoln in !S4o
Lastly, in the same year and almos
the same day, they were called upoll
to preside over the destinies OF thel
respective governments, DAVIS a
president of the Confederate states
Feb. 8, 1861, and Lincoln as presl
dent of the United States, March
1861.-Meao York Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15
THE BIGGEST CAMERA.

Made to Prove the Authenticity of the
Fair signature.
The largest camera in the world has
been constructed for the purpose OF
throwing up the signature on the Fair
will in San Francisco, so that Judge
and Jury may determine by Il minute
examination of it's letters whether or
not the document disposing of millions
of dollars is a forgery. The camera
has been made by Theodore kytka, a
handwriting expert Of San Francisco.
He was employed to investigate the
pencil will the day on which it was
filed.
Relieving it to be a forgery, Charles
Eair's attorneys, Knight & Haggerty
decided to take every possible means
| to establish Kytka's theory. So they
| built this camera.
| With It an exact reproduction OF any
writing can be made, magnified 3'ooo
times. This means that a letter one
twentieth Of an inch in height can be
accurately pictured fifteen feet tall III
this way, photographing one minute
section after another, the pencil vii
could be reproduced so that each page
would be 5000 feet wide and 5,loo rec
long. -
Mr.. Kytkas studio was not iarg
enough for this giant camera. In con
sequence it has been built in wv
rooms. The telescope part, when l
made up of twelve sections, or bellows
each supplied with little side-door ell
trance. is twenty-five feet long whe
extended to it's full capacity. Thls
E connected by black rubber cloth VIII
: an adjoining room used as oar
v room.-New York Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15
Time For Serious Thoughts.

Make time for serious thoughts. Let
no day pass without some memory or
solemn things. Each morning as you
rise remind yourselves that God spake
these words and said" Each evening
as YOU lie down to rest let Gods an
re,s close the door Of your heart on
thoughts of purity and peace. The soul
mat has never lived face to face with
aternity is a vulgar soul. The life that
has never learnt the high law OF holi-
ness is a ruined and wasted life.-F'
w. Farrar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15
MCKINLEY TO HIS FRIENDS.
His Address Upon His Departure from
Canton to Washington.

Canton to WasningtOns
Standing upon the platform OF the
rear coach of his train President-elect
Mckinley on the morning OF his de-
parture for Washington, addressed the
thousands who had gathered to wish
him farewell in these words
my Neighbors and Friends and Eel
low Citizens-On the eve Of departure
to the seat of government, soon TO as
sumo the duties Of an arduous respon-
sibility, as great as can devolve upon
my man, nothing could give me greater
pleasure than this farewell greeting
this evidence of your friendship and
sympathy, your good will, and, l am
| sure, the prayers of all the people with
whom I have lived so long, and whose
confidence and esteem are dearer To
me than any other earthly honors.
"To all Of US the future Is a sealed
book; but II can, by official act, or
administration, or utterance In any
degree add to the prosperity OF our be-
loved country and the comfort and we'll
being of our splendid citizenship,
will devote the best and most unself1sh
efforts of my life. The assumption ol
the Chief Magistracy is of such grave
importance that partisanship cannon
blind the judgment or accept any othel
consideration but for the public gooe
of all to every party and every section
with this thought uppermost in m!
mind, reluctantly take leave OF m.
friends and my neighbors, cherishin
u in my heart the sweetest memories o
o my old home-my home now, and,
q trust. my home hereafter, so long as
l. live. l thank you and bid you a.
1t good-by."
n OF hymns his favorite is that OF
e Methodist composition:
y There is Wilderness in Gods mercy
st Like the Wilderness of the sea;
There's kindness in his justice,
y Which is more than Liberty.
W For the love of God is broader
ld Than the measure of mans mind,
al And the heart of the Eternal
Ismost wonderfully kind.
II our love were but more simple
do We should take Him at His word;
a And our lives would be all sunshine
,-,, In the sweetness of our Lord.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15
The Greek Revolution.

Greece's active championship of
the cause ofthe Cretan revolutionists,
in the face of the opposition of the
combined powers of Europe, recalls
that plucky little nations fierce strug-
gle for her own independence from
Turkish rule during the early portion
of the present century. Indeed, as
Prince George started for Cretan
waters the other day with his fotilla
of torpedo-boats, almost the last
words Prime. Minister Delyannls said
| to him were:
"May the spirit of the great Cana.
ris hover over your Highness and
your brave men. inspiring you to
maintain nobly the traditions of the
Hellenic navy!"
Here is probably what Delyannic
had in mind: The Greece of to-day
lacks the larger vessels of war fully
as much as did the Greece of 1890
but at that earlier period she possess
ed formidable weapon in the dread
full freship, and under Canarsis's lea(
the enemys naval power was almos
destroyed by this primitive method o
attack. The fire-ship of the past ha
been supplanted by the torpedo-boa
of the present, an engine of war cal
ing into play almost the same quail
ties as its predecessor-pluck, skill
dash, and rapidity in handling. An
Delyannis was therefore anticipatin
that the deeds of the early part of tn
century would be repeated at its clos
in a mode of warfare for which h
Q cQuntrymen are both by nature ar
temperament eminently fitted.
3 The story of Greeces struggle f
n independence both by land and st
% has formed the subject of many W
.e umes of prose and verse.-Ha,pe'
" Round Table.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15
A Knowing Dog.

A St. Bernard dog which lives near
Boston proves great comfort to a
widow to whom he does not belong.
Dogs usually confne their care to
their own households, but this one,
recognizing the unprotected state OF
the widow, who lives alone, extends
his services to her house. She IS
afraid of tramps who pass her house
on the way to Boston. The farmer
who owns the dog, therefore, when he
sees a suspicious character coming up
the road says to his dog:
Jack, go over to Mrs. HIS and sit
on her piazza till the tramp gets BY
Whereupon the dog runs over to
Mrs. H S, posts himself at the door
and if the tramp comes up the wall
steps forward and growls at him. A
the dog is big one and rather tor
bidding, though he has never bee
known to bite any one, the tramp i
90 cases out of 100 remembers tina
it is gettirg late, and that he hasn
any time to fool away along the roa(
When he is we'll out of sight, the do
returns home.
The do carries his gallantry to tn
same lady to such an extent th'
when she is visiting his masters hous
of an evening he always accompanl'
her home to the door of her house,
Me7g York Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15
STRAY PARAGRAPHS.
Coal bills will be lighter.

Coal bills will be lighter.
A swell aftair--the mumps.
Spring fever germs are breeding
This month is the last for the oyster.
A moving tale-"Could'nt pay the
rent.
Tramps are seldom seen at water
ing places. .,,, .
back their own words.
The boy who is kept in school these
days, strange to say is put out -.
The merchant may dictate 10 Ms
employees, but his stenographer always
takes him down. :.
The Republican factional fight II
Columbia County demonstrates tina
young bloods can cause lot OF un
easiness, even though they don't WIN
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15

a higher professional plane, his ability
as lawyer and experience in the
patent branch especially fitting him
for the task, and that after it has sue
ceeded he will be- promoted to a
higher place.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15

Who can fail to take advantage of
this offer. Send 10 cents to us for a
generous trial size or ask your drug
Cist. Ask for Ely's Cream Balm, the
most positive catarrh cure. Full size
50 cents.
ELY BROS, Sc Warren ST., N. Y.
City.
| suffered from catarrh of the worst
kind ever since boy, and l never
hoped for cure, but Ely's Cream Balm
seems to do even that. Many ac
ouaintances have used it with excel
lent results. Ostrum, as War
rem Ave-, Chicago, III.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15
The Loaf Was Condensed.

Mistress-Did you ask TOT miik
bread?
Domestic Yes. mum.
"What a miserable little ioaf they
gave your ,.,o, mum
"Yes, mum; it's my opinion mum,
.ho+ that baker is usin' condinsed
milk dublin World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15
DEAFNESS OF Ia YEARS STANDING

DEAFNESS OF Ia YEARS STANDING.
-Protracted Catarrh produces deaf
ness in many cases, Capt. Ben. Con,
nor. of Toronto, Canada, was deaf
for 70 wears from Catarrh, all treat
ments failed to relieve. DR.. Agnews
Catarrhal Powder gave him relief IN
On. day, and in very short while the
deafness left him entirely. 1t VIII 40
as much for you.
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15

No mystery about it. When the
Shakers offered some time ago to
give away bottle of their Digestive
Cordial to any one who might call at
their New York Office, there was a
great rush and great many people
thought they were crazy.
Subsequent events proved it to have
been very clever advertising trans
actions, for although they gave away
thousands of bottles, it was IN the enc
profitable nearly every one that tooE
free bottle came back for more ane
paid for it with pleasure, saying they
had derived better results from It's us'
than from any other medicine the
had ever used.
There is nothing so uniformly sue
cessful in the treatment OF stomach
troubles as the Shaker Digestive Coi
dial, and what is better than ALL
relieves at once.
Laxol, the new form OF Castor y
is so palatable that children lick III
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15

COULDN'T ESTIMATE ITS VALUE =
DR.. Agnews Cure for the Heat never
fails. 1t relieves in 80 minutes, 1t
cures 1t is beacon light to lead
you back to health. w. II. Mussel-
man, of G.. A. r. Weissport, Pa, says
.Two bottles of DIR. Agnew's Cure
for the Heart entirely cured me OF
palpitation and smothering spells. lt'
value cannot be estimated. l fee
a new man."
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15

Send for a copy of Tasker's Beautiful
Song .sGone Forever. The very latest.
Pronounced by critics to be the prett'-
est cong ever written. Price 20 cts. AT
music stores or sen. upon receipt Oh
price by DavidJ. Tasker, Bloomsbury
Pa. "'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15
No GRIPPE

When you take Hoods Pills. The big, oid-fash-
ioned, sugar-coated pills, which tear you all 10
pieces, are not in 1t with Hoods. Easy 10 take
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15

Laxol, the new form of Castor VI
is so palatable that children lick th'
spoon clean.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15

psaSipg Raiiroad FOR Tamanend, Tamaaua
Wiliia5sport, W1a sunnury, Pottsville, etc AZ; AZ
North cumberland with p. E. DIV. 7. N. aT a1i
Harri, burg, Lock Eaven, Emporium "H'oA
CORY and Erie.
Scranton, Pa.
Evening journal., 1897-06-25
stncIr 10 Vlctorin.

In the crowd of applicants for nat
uralization papers recently IN Jersey
CITY was an Englishman, says the New
York Times. A blank was given 10 him
and he was told to sign it. "I'il read II
first" said the applicant "See here"
said he. a moment later. This paper
SAYS that renounce my allegiance to
the queen OF Great Britain and Ireland
forever. Can't the word forever be
stricken out?" "There is only one
FORM" said the clerk. IF yon don't ap-
prove of ii you needn't sign il, but you
csnt become an American citizen nm
less you do" swell. ] won't sign IL. |
don't mind renouncing my allegiance
TO the queen while l remain in America.
but suppose was to go home and say
I'd foresworn the queen forever. what
would my friends think Of me? No, SIR.
I'll not sign such paper as that
Evening journal., 1897-06-25
wHERE LANo IS cHEAP.
Two Eanared Acres Were Forced Up
on a Man.


Two Bandred Acres Were Forced Up
on Man.
A large weather map hangs in the SEN
ate chamber in Washington, and SEN
ators gather before it in tie morning
studying the conditions for the day.
Many a good story is there told regard
ing the climate of different localities.
To Senator Kyle, of South Dakots. the
New York Sun accredits such a story.
Dakota weather is so bad. Senator
Kyle is reported as saying. that farmers
are often very glad to get rid OF their
land. One of my neighbors saw u
stranger leading a COW along one day.
The two men began TO talk, and soon a
trade was made. the farmer Offering
the stranger 200 acres of land for the
COW.
When the stranger. who could not
read, took the deed to Aberdeen TO be re-
corded, he found it to call for 400 acres
Instead of 600. He went back to the
farmer, eNpostulated. and tried to get
the deed changed. But the farmer
held out Nothing the stranger could
say or do would move the farmer, and
the stranger was forced to take the
800 acres.
Evening journal., 1897-06-25
The cAMEL.s EXPERIENCE.
rhis ship OF the Desert Looked Woe
f.tu FOR "a Nine

Tails ship OF the Desert Looked Woe
ful for "A Time.
A large camel which was landed at
Hoboken a few days ago from the Bre-
men line steamer Dresden had an ex-
perienee which probably never before
fell to the lot of a ship Of the desert, -
says the New York Press.
He made the voyage in a large box.
and as there wasn't room enough in it
for any self-respecting animal the
camel sat down in sheer disgust. lie
sat that way for days and days while
the ship rolled and made all sorts of
heavy weather. When the detected ami
NAL was finally landed and tried to
stand up he couldn't use his rear props
at all. They had become paralyzed with
thei( long stay in a cramped position.
The camel wasn't any good, IL seemed
and, as a big price had been paid for
him, there was q general lamentation.
Such a picture of woe was never seen
in Hoboken.
At last a genius suggested a radical
cure. The camel, by his advice, was
placed in a sling and hoisted up until
his toes touched the ground. lie pad
died the air for spell with his fore
legs, and finally the rear props came to
life and joined in the exercise. They
lowered him to the floor and, after he
had tested his rear legs somewhat GIN
gerly. he was as good as new. But he
doesn't sit down any more. Once was
enough for him.
Evening journal., 1897-06-25
PesTlsERous BUFFALO eNArs.
North Carolina Man Tells of inter-
esting Experiences with Them.

A North Carolina Man Tells of Inter
esting Experiences with Them.
John W. Rusk. of Belport. n. c..
writes 10 the New York Sun regarding
the buffalo gnat:
Il think that, as native of North
Carolina would say, the entomologists
have not met up with the gnat in ques-
bon; possibly it is not distributed over
a large area Of the country. / met the
gnats several years ago in Arkansas. on
the bottom lands of the St. Francis
river, and think they were the greatest
day pest ever saw. In shape they re-
sembe the buffalo somewhat; hence the
name. They do not bite or sting their
victims. They have a disagreeable hab-
it of flying from the ground and strilS-
ing one in the face. But the chief
trouble is that they crawl into the
mouth, nostrils and the ears and deposit
their eggs, which hatch in u very short
time. The larvae eat away the mem
branes, causing death to large numbers
of stock of all kinds, and of many game
animals.
The planters ON the St. Francis set
old logs afire in the woods for smoke to
protect stock, which will eagerly rush
TO the smudge and stand il it TO get rid
of the pest.
ION one occasion was lIindling a fire
to keep off gnats, when a large buck
deer came rushing TO the smoke and
stood in it, not needing my presence. In
few minutes a flock OF wild turkeys
and also four or five wild hogs came for
protection. It is not an uncommon
sight to see a mule before the plow,
trudging along with bucket contain
ing smudge, hanging from its nose
over the smoke as much as possible. The
| gnat cannot stand smoke"
Evening journal., 1897-06-25
A pUcK.sHooTER,s PARApIsE.
The Marshes of st. Clair. Raleigh ana
Dover Plains.

The Marshes of st. Clair, Raleigh nnd
Dover Plains.
As we neared Jeanette's creek the
food deepened until the ditch was lost
and we could paddle at will in any di-
rection, says Outing. The great plain
looked like n lake of muddy water, and
for Is miles in one direction only tops
of tall dead rushes and an occasional
stunted shrub hinted that the expanse
was dusty dry during summer.
To the sportsman that drowned level
presented a picture which will never
be duplicated on this continent. Only
the famous English fens. in their best
days, ever riyaled the marshes of St.
Clair and Raleigh and Dover Plains.
In every direction were floating, OF fy-
ing, huge RATS of wild fowl-hundreds
of thousands of them being in sight at
once. Mallard, black duck, pintail. red
head, bluebill, widgeon. wood duck.
blue and green-winged teal. bufiiehead.
Tuddy duck. merganser, golden eye.
coot and grebe comprised the bulk OF
that feathered host. but several COM
paratively rarer varieties would be no
ticed during days shooting.
Geese in thousands. mostly big Can
adas, with perhaps an occasional brant
and snow goose, swept landward and
lakeward at the birth and death of each
day
Evening journal., 1897-06-25
wooED BUT NOT WON.
How Young Lochinvnr Shattered His
FOndcst Dream.


FOndcst Dream.
Gerald Massinghani, like young Loch-
invar, had come out of the west, says the
Cleveland Leader. His father had maGs
S11,0OO,000 in the shingle business and
the family moved in the best circles.
But Priscilla Boylston did not look
upon wealth as the only earthly bless
ing. Early in life she had acquired q
fine case OF compound astigmatism and
now, in the flush of glorious woman
hood, her friends could point with pride
to the fact that nothing less than IS
horse power lenses would do her bit
Of good.
The young man held her little hand in
his and sighed seven times in rapid s.c-
cession.
They were lovers.
At last in trembling tones he said;
priscilla. do you realize how happy
you make me? Your very presence is
a species of intoxication. Your smiles
lift me above the earth and its sordid
affairs Your voice is as the sweetest
music in my ears Each and every word
that you utter"
But she suddenly drew back as II he
had struck her with a baseball bat. She
seemd dazed for an instant. She passed
her hands across her brow as il to brush
away some binding substance. Then
she cried out:
"Am l dreaming, or is this horrible
reality? Gerald, have you been talking
to me?"
"Why, yes, darling" he replied. look
ing at her in wild-eyed amazement.
Then begin again where interrupt
ed you" she said.
Each and every word that you"
But with a wild yell Of terror she fed
and the tender romance was ended.
Evening journal., 1897-06-25
Cannot uenr IndIan,. suit.

New York. June 25.-Supreme Court
Justice Wilmot M. Smith has decided
that he was disqualified to hear the suit
of the Montauk Indians against the
Long Island railroad. The Indians want
TO reclaim 5000 acres Of land at Mon
taulS peninsula which the Long Island
railroad claims to own. Twenty years
ago Judge Smith was counsel for the
Indians i'm the celebrated partition suit
Of Grinnell versus Baker, when the rights
of the Indians were determined. This
has led to his disqualification, the court
says The case win probably be tried
before Supreme Court Justice Maddox.
Evening journal., 1897-06-25
Yaie's oratorical Competltlon.

New Haven, June 25.-The COMPETE
tion for the De Forest prize medal for
public speaking. which IS the opening Of
Yale's commencement took place in Bat
tell chapel and was won by Alexander
Wheeler OF Bridgeport. Conn His sub
ject was The Prometheus OF H1schylus
and the Prometheus of Shelley" The
participants were the six men who won
the Townsend premiums this spring FOR
excellence In English composition, and
included William II. II. Hewitt, New
Haven: william Stone Hubbelf, .Jr,
Buffalo. Walter Durham Makepeace,
Springfield Mass; Nathan Aver Smith
New Haven. and Henry Hotchkiss
rownsend New Haven President
Dwight presided
Evening journal., 1897-06-25
Wand Lnnd Grants.

Albany. June Applications have
been pending some time before the state
land board for grants of land under
water on C0ney island, on the ocean
side and Gravosend bay side. and En-
gineer and Surveyor Adams. a member
Of the board has reported that he op-
posed tha grants On the ocean side. but
would favor thcm on the Gravesend bay
side. The board tabled the whole mat
ter until its meeting one month hence.
Evening journal., 1897-06-25
A PARIS FIRE RUMOR
i;azsar Disaster May Have Been
the Work of Anarchists.
SAID 10 HAVE FLED TO AMERICA.
reveral Persons, 1t Is Asserted, Are I'm
der Arrest In Paris as knowing About
the Matter Information Is Re
fused at Washington.

Chicago. June 25.-The Post Of this
city says:
According to a story which has reach
ed Chicago from Paris Via Washington,
the terrible holocaust which wiped out
over 100 lives at the French capital on
May 4 was the work of anarchists
thirsting for revenge on the upper
classes of France. 1t is claimed that,
while the official inquiry into the cir
cumstsnoes surrounding the catasEro-
pine threw little light on the cause OF
the fire. the secret service department
is working on a clew that points to an
anarchstic conspiracy Of stupendous
magnitude.
1t is said the Paris detectives not
only have satisfied themselves that an
archlsts were at the bottom Of the aw-
full crime but that the leaders who
planned 1t fed to America as soon as
they had seen with what frightful sue
cess il had been executed.
1t is also asserted that several per-
sons are under arrest in Paris on the
suspicion of knowing more about the
affair than they care to tell.
A member of the French legation al
Washington is said to be authority foi
the story.