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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Washington is busying itself with
preparing for an elaborate inaugtira-
tion. All the preparations are made
with the idea of excelling any other
similar ceremony, and those who con-
template witnessing the event will be
fully repaid for coming here. This
winters changeable weather has made
many skeptical as to what sort of day
will dawn on March 4. 1t seems that
even Major Mckinley is fearful of a
bad day. for this week, while discuss
ing the probabilities, he said that he
had been told preparations were being
made to give him the most magnificent
Inauguration that has ever been wit
messed at the capital. and" continued
the President-elect, II suppose we will
have the worst weather that was ever
witnessed in Washington"
Strengthening the spanish Navy.
The Naval Intelligence Office has re-
ceived information Of the purchase by
Spain of the armored cruiser Giuseppi
Garibaldi H.. laid down for the ltal-
ian Government at Genoa. Under the
terms of the contract Italy is to COM
plete the vessel and deliver her early
in February. A contract has also been
made by Spain with the same firm for
the construction of a new vessel of the
same type, to be named the Pedro Ara
gon, and to be delivered in Spanish
waters within one year. These arm
Ored cruisers are of the same class as
the Argentine vessel Jose Garibaldi,
but instead of having eight cylindrical
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04
Daughters of Our Presidents.
THE OLDEST PRESIDED AT THE WHITE
HOUSE OVER HALF A CENTURY AGO.

In an exceedingly interesting article
in the February LadieS' Home /on,nal
it is recalled that there are eight sur.
viving daughters of Presidents of the
United States, in addition to the
three of President and Mrs. Cleve-
land, Mrs. Letitia Tyler Semple is
the eldest of the group and Mrs.
Philip Pendleton cambridge is the
next. The former is the daughter of
President Tyler, and is living in the
Louise Home, Washington, d. C.
Mrs. cambridge is the daughter of
President Taylor, and presided at
most Of the White House functions
during her fathers occupancy-a little
over year; she lives in Winchester,
Virginia. The onlysurviving daughter
of President Johnson, Mrs. Martha
Johnson Patterson, lives in the old
Johnson homestead at Greenville,
Tennessee. Mrs. Ellen w. Grant
Sartoris, the only daughter of Presi-
dent Grant, is now living in this
country-since the death of her hus-
band-in Washington, ID. c. The
only daughter of President Hayes,
Miss Fanny Hayes, passes much Of
the winter in travel, and spends her
summer at the Hayes homestead in
Fremont, Ohio. Mrs. Mary Garfield
Stanley-Brown, the ''little Mollie" of
the Garfield family, lives in Washing
ton during the winter and at the old
family homestead in Ohio in the sum-
mer. The only daughter of President
Arthur, Miss Ellen Herndon Arthur,
lives in Albany, New York, with an
aunt, and spends much time in travel.
Mrs. Mary Harrison Mckee, the only
daughter of President Harrison, lives
at Saratoga, New York, and the
Cleveland children, of course, are at
home in the White House.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04
A Quick Retort.

clergyman and one of his elderly
parishioners were walking home from
church one icy day last winter, when
the old gentleman slipped and fell fiat
on his back. The minister, looking at
him moment, and being assured that
he was not hurt, said to him.
James, sinners stand on slippery
places"
The old gentleman looked up as If to
assure himself of the fact, and said
Bits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04

ga certain man." says an exchange
"who has been drinking glass Of
cold water before each meal for three
months because his physician said it
would make him thin, met thin man
the other morning who had been try
ing the same plan for six months on
the advice Of another physician who
told him it would make him fat"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04
An Appreciated Favor.

what are we going to do to control
The legislature?" said the president of
the p. ID. & Q. railroad. Every men,
ber rides "A wheel and will not use n
pass"
That's easy" said the general man.
ager. "Give each one of them a per-
init to- check his wheel free"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04

At the breaking out of the war Of the re-
bellion in 1861, General Wilcs whose por-
trait adorns our page, was Captain and own
er of the then well-known river steamboat
Charley Potwin," plying between Zanes.
vile and Parkersburg, but he Immediately
disposed of his boat and became enrolled as
lieutenant in the 18th Ohio Infantry. At
the battle of Fort Donelson, on February 16,
1862, Lieutenant Wiles was promoted from
lieutenant TO lieutcnantcolonel, for brave
and meritorious conduct on the field" and
at the age Of thirty.siX General Wiles was
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04
HUMPHREY

Notnlng mas ever been produced to
equal or compare with Humphreys
Witch Hazel Oil as a CURATIVE and
HEALING APPLICATION. 1t has been
used 40 years and always affords relief
and always gives satisfaction.
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1t Cures TORN, Cut and Lacerated
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1t Cures BoIIs, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, Old
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1t Cures INFLAMED or CAKED BREASTS
and Sore Nipples. 1t is invaluable.
1t Cures SALT RHEUM, letters, Scurfy
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blsters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and Bunons,
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings of Insects.
Three Sizes, a5c., soc. and sI.oo.
Sold by Druggists sent postpaid receiptof price.
HUMPHREYS MED. CO., II william St., New York.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04

e II shall hold him in sweet remem-
oernnce," said the potentate Of
Bwkplo.
lie could hardly have done other
wise. Even at home the young mis-
'lonary had been spoken of as one Of
excellent taste.-Cincinnatl Enquirer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04
Only His Due.

Mr.. Carver-Now, frens, who shell |
give re fust helpin' oh dis turkey-hu?
Mr.. Cutter-I lows de gentleman on
nah lef' should receibe dat honah as
he wuz de las to leabe de hen house,
an de doctah's statistics goes to show
Nat he receibed de mos shot.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04

French tea gowns and their American
reproductions are not to be despised.
But the girl who really cares for com.
fort and likes it with dash of pic.
turesqueness is apt to award the palm
to the Japanese gown. There is moth
ing so easy, nothing in which the law
individual may loll with quite the same
sense Of committing no crime against
ribbons and laces, and yet there are
very few things SO pretty.
The gown is particularly fetching il
made in the crinkled Japanese crepe. 1t
may then be of dark blue and white, of
white figured in blue, gold, rose, or
green. 1t should be lined with plain
china silk. The loose sleeves that fall
back from tho arms should be of the
plain silk.
Sometimes figured silks are used.
China silks, splashed with big chrysan
themums in pale, aesthetic colors, lined
with plain silks, make up charmingy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04

"Well," said the absent-minded and
new arrival in Hades, as, he mopped
his perspirlng brow, there's some
hing to be thankful for down here,
anyway, Folks won't always be yell
ng at me to shut the door."-Baltlmore
News
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04

colonel of his regiment, and while with Sher.
man, was gazetted brigadier-general.
The General lives the greater part of his
time. in 1lalstead, Kansas, though he is
much in Windsor New York, in both Of
which places he has business interests that
require his presence.
Some few years ago General Wiles was at
tackled by illness, which came very near
proving fatal. Typhoid fever, followed by
iniammatory rheumatism and then par
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04

From February Ist the merchants
of Williamsport will close their stores
every night except Saturday at 6
o'clock.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04
The Whole Story

OF the great sales attained and great
cures accomplished by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is quickly told, 1t purfes
and enriches the blood, tones the
stomach and gives strength and vigor.
Disease cannot enter the system
fortified by the rich, red blood which
comes by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Pills cure nausea, sick
headache, indigestion, biliousness.
All druggists. asc.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04
NEW YORK LETTER.

The number Of cabin passengers who
arrived at this port from Europe last
year was 96227, of whom 1919 ar
rived by the Cunard Line, which made
total of 81 trips; 16,S59 on the Am
erlcan Line, with 81 trips, and 12,173
by the Hamburg-Amerlcan Line, with
a total Of 100 trips. The total arrivals
Of steerage passengers were 252,350,
of whom the North German Lloyd car
ried 3S,034, or more than any of the
other lines. The American Line landed
1880.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04
Fine PHOTO
GRAPHS and
CRAYONS at
McKillip Bros,
Bloomsbury.
The best are
the cheapest.
THE MARKETS.

BLOOMSBUR6 MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY. RETAIL pRrols.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-02-04

I-2I-3t.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
Personal AND POLITICAL.


Gov. ATKINSON, of West Virginia, is
n candidate for United States senator
The Louisville Ky.) Courier-J ournal
stated on the 18th that Mr.. J. X.
Sovereign resigned as general master
workman of the Knights Of Labor in
order that he might push his candi-
dacy for president of the United States
in 1900 and to that end he was assigned
TO the position Of field worker"
THE Oklahoma Press association held
a meeting at IIennessey on the 18th
and passed resolutions favoring maxi
ing oklahoma AID the Indian territory
INTO a state at once.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has his annual
message to congress well under way
and little remains to be done To IL ex-
sept such minor changes as may be
suggested by events that may happen
before the beginning of the session.
THRoUGH Gen. Gomez the Cuban
patriots have absolutely rejected the
Spanish offers of autonomy for the is
land and official information TO that
.ffect has been sent TO President Nc
Kinley. IL came In the form of n
proclamation, which recites the strug-
giles of the Cuban people TO secure in
dependence and says that under no
circumstances will the Cuban patriots
be satisfied to end the war until Spain
has abandoned their country
Ex-SECRETARy john w. FOSTER has
been designated by the president as
special plenipotentiary to treat with
Canada concerning all matters of dis
pute now pending between the two
governments.
The government at Washington on
the 10th signed the new postal treaty
adopted by the recent universal postal
congress. 1t takes effect January /,
1899.
IT was reported that Speaker
Thomas H. Reed may resign from con-
gress at the end of the coming session
and leave Maine and become n resident
of New York. so as TO secure the back
ing of the delegation of the Empire
state for the republican nomination
for the presidency in 1900.
A SPECIAL to the Chicago Tribune
from Washington on the 18th said that
Attorney General McKenna's appoint
ment as associate justice of the SUI
preme conrt To succeed Justice Field
has been formally decided upon by the
president and heartily approved by
the cabinet
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-25

Dear Agatha: / have chance to go
with Fowler to Chicago with carload of
horses. Must start at once and be gone a
week. Harkness Is coming In the morning
to see about Mamie. Tell him he can have
her for Sl25. He will pay you. Take the
money and go to Orley. you can get your
new clothes after you get there. Stay as
long as you like and enjoy yourself. I'll get
along nicely. and II Fowler makes me a
good offer l will go directly to the lumber
camps for the winter. Ever yours.
EUGENE"
"Sold Nanniel" Agatha gasped. "Eu-
gene gone for week and 1 am to tell
Hardness that he can have Nannie!"
Mamie was a beautiful black colt
Agatha knew how proud her husband
was of the intelligent animals beauty
and grace. She had often heard him de.
clare that money could not buy her
And Harkness was noted for his cruelty
, the last person into whose hands Eu.
gene would be willing to place Mamie
Then that mention of the lumber
camps and the hints that he might not
return. What did 1t all mean? Was II
because of her words that morning tha,
he was trying so hard to secure money
When the hired man, who lived in the
tenant house, brought in the milk
Agatha learned that Eugene had made
arrangements in case he did not come
J back.
HE asked me il Margie and me woule
sleep here" Tom concluded. said i
would only be few days as you wa:
goin' away. Margie, she'll take the
milk then"
Instead of sleeping that night
Agatha Clair thought. One result o.
her thinking was that when Harknesi
came in the morning she told him h,
could not have Mamie.
II hardly expected Gene would par
with her." the man said, good-humored
IN. would another ten be any induce
ment"
Agatha shook her brown head de
cidedly. Nothing you can offer vii
induce us to let Mamie CO."
Fowler was TO return Thanksgiving
morning. Would Eugene come will
him, or would he go north? There wa
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-25

than love or money in the home Agatha
had realized the bitterness of the bread
Of dependence.
The cozy farmhouse, shared with the
quiet man who had won her love, had
seemed haven of peace. Used all her
life to the hustle of a city and TO home
crowded with gay young life, Agatha
began, after time, to long for change.
just now letter from her cousins, tell
ing of concerts, lectures and parties,
made the uneventful winter stretching
before her look very dreary.
She sat toying with her spoon until
her husband had finished his break
fast Then she looked up, a coaxing
light in her soft, gray eyes.
"Why can't we go, Eugene?
"Can't afford it," he replied, little
ungraciously, for her persistence an
noyed him. Besides, the railroad fare
there'd be lot Of new clothes wanted
and"
"Clothes!" Agatha was angry now
Really, didn't suppose you knew that
woman ever had to have clothes. I've
seen nothing since ] was your wife to
show any such knowledge on your part
I'm tired of this scrimping and saving
and stngnating."
There was a pause. Husband and
wife confronted each other, both with
flushed faces and hurried breath.
"And I'm" he began, hotly. Then
moved by some memory, he stopped
A moment later he cried out: "Ah
Agatha, never dreamed that you fell
that way! 1t cost so much for us t
start, and the crops have been poor.
thought you understood" and break
ing off abruptly he strobe out through
the kitchen on his way TO the barn.
As the heroine of a nineteenth cen
tury story. Agatha should have sa
down and burst into tears. But ther,
was little Of the heroic about her. Sh,
was only an ordinary woman who's
temper was aroused, although not Il
such an extent that she could entirel,
forget the usual chord of pain in he
husbands voice. However, she wen
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-25

no way of communicating with him.
There was nothing Agatha could do.
Nay. there was one thing-she could
pray. Sometimes she would fall upon
her knees and 'assail Heaven with
prayers that were demands Again the
peace that had filed her heart when
child at her mothers side came to her.
and she trustingly asked thnt Eugene
might come home to find different
wife from the one whose discomfort haG
driven him away.
Thanksgiving came. The sky was
gray and lowering. while the east wind
brought, ever and anon. gust of snow.
The train would reach the village u
mile away at II. Before that time
Agatha's arrangements were complet-
ed. In the oven n turkey was brown
ing. vegetables stood in readiness for
the stove. The table was bright I'm it's
best array of linen. china and silver.
There were quivering molds of amber
| Jelly, dish of oranges garnished with
green leaves. and at Eugene's plate. a
cluster of pink carnations.
The whole house was bright and cozy.
| Agatha. In the gray dress with scarlet
trimmings that Eugene liked so well.
was watching ut the window.
| Everything was done. Think as best
she could there was not one task re-
naming undone with which she could
busy herself. Nothing to do but watch
that dreary road which wound around
the hill.
If he did not come-Agatha's breath
came In short, quick gasps. She had
said she had nothing to be tha nkful for.
All. could she go back to that day she
would ask no choicer boon of Heaven.
Hark! the train was whistling at the
station. 1t would not be long now
She resolutely turned away from her
watch. making n tour of the house and
keeping away from the window for ten
minutes.
He was not yet In sight.
But why give these details? Those
who have kept a like vigil will under
stand, and to no others can words tel
the story. When the clock chimed l2
Agatha threw herself on the lounge and
the tears had their own way.
Not coming back" she cried. 20
EugeneI How can live without you!'
She did not hear the slow step on the
porch. AT the opening of the door she
raised her head.
'Eugene Thank God, Eugene!"
He did not understand. but he took
her in his arms and there she sobbco
out the whole story.
But your visit to Orley-" he hest
tated a little over the words, you bet
ter go, Agatha, now we have the money
II is dull here for you"
Her hand was laid softly on his lips
I'VE haven't the money. did not lie
Mamie go. | knew you loved her ant
was only parting with her to CRAFTY
my foolish whims. AS to its being dull
you are here. dear. | am so glad to bt
with you once more. ] know. for tn,
first time in my life. what Thanksgiv
ing really means!"-Hope Daring. il
Good Housekeeping.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-25
A THANKSGIVING EPISODE.
Much Good Cheer for n Very Lone
some Man.

They were sitting in the glow of
cracking logs heaped in the great open
fireplace at the club.
why is 1t. Brayton," asked the mem
ber who never hesitates to express his
curiosity, that you never talk and al
ways blush when we're on the subject
of Thanksgiving?
~ presume / might as we'll answer,
but it's in strict confidence, understand.
Before I became member of the COM
pany l was its representative in the far
west where we were placing a number
of engines. You know what a sociab bile
animal am and can imagine how home
sick Il felt on finding myself alone in San
Francisco on Thanksgiving. / knew
no one and would have felt more cheer
full to have been n Robinson Crusoe FOR
the time, for could have interested my
self in scheming to get back to civiliza-
ton.
1T was absolutely necessary that !
have sympathy from some source and l
confided in the hotel clerk, telling him
how miserable I was at being cut off
from all the home pleasures that make
the day so delightful. While he was
condoling with me and promising all
relief within his command ne-looking
young fellow, with a smile to soften a
cynic, stepped forward, lifted his hat
as he begged my pardon, and asked to
speak with me alone.
"'Without meaning to- he began. i
overheard what you said, and our cases
are so identical that / venture to sug-
gest that we do what we may to cheer
each other. Be my guest at genuine
| New England Thanksgiving dinner that
| / will order at the best cafe in the city
I'm MT only alone here, but in the
world, and you will never know how il
is frightened by this touch of fellow
feeling
| Nothing could have touched me more
happily. The meal we ate was one tc
delight an epicure. My cares were ban
ished by good cheer and companion
ship. When it came to cigars, IN,
charming acquaintance did not approx,
of the brand served us and stepped tc
the cigar stand to point out his favor
ties.
II have never seen him since. Aftel
waiting nearly an hour ] paid all tn,
money l had with me on the bill and on,
of the walters was selected to accom-
pany me to my hotel for the balance
When / called for my overcoat, il wa
gone. AS ! stepped from the door po
liceman took me by the arm and gruff
ly asked what had become of my pal
1t took me most Of the night to establish
my standing as an honest man and b,
relieved from custody. Then l wa
thankful and humbly admitted m,
error in thinking that was the smart
est man on the road."-Detroit Ere,
Press.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-25

CAPT. BERNIER, of Quebec. Can, is
organizing an expedition to the north
pole and expects to start on March l
In the steamer Windward from point
the name of which he withholds, but
which is on the north of Siberia. His
crew will consist of seven men, ge-
ologist, a surgeon and five men, or
eight men in all, including himself.
He intends to travel at the rate of six
miles day, making the journey to the
pole in 100 days. His mode of travel
Ing will be with dogs and reindeer,
especially the latter, on account OF
their meat as well as their services in
hauling.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-25

THE United States circuit court of
appeals in st. Louis recently handed
down an opinion that the boycott was
not legal weapon. Judges Sanborn
and Thayer said that men had no
right to form conspiracy to deprive
company Of its rights to manage its
own business, but Judge Caldwell dis
sented from his associates in lengthy
opinion, in which he said: "The only
weapon of defense the laborer can APP
peal to is the strike or boycott or both.
These weapons they have an undoubt-
ed right to use SO long as they use
them in peaceable and orderly man
ner"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-25

A BILL is to be introduced into the
New York legislature for constitu.
tional amendment to be passed and ap-
proved by the United States govern
ment, divorcing 10 counties of the state
and making them into the state OF
Manhattan. The plan proposed is for
the counties of New York, Kings,
Queens, Richmond, Suffolk, Westches.
ter, Orange, Putnam, Columbia, Dutch.
ess, Ulster, Greene, Rockland, Albany
Rensselaer, and part of Schoharie, to
be formed INTO one state with n popu-
iation Of 3, ,902,a2O as compared with
2,6al, 1913 for the remaining A coun'
ties