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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-11

Pdit vi tne Town commonly known as
Rabb Town which embraces the part
OF the built up portion of the town
lying between Fifth street on the
north, Ca,harine street on the west.
and easterly and southerly to the
limits of the built up portion of the
town.
They hereby tender their services
as firemen, to be selected out of and
from the petitioners hereto, and pray
your Honorable body to furnish for
the use of town suitable fire apparatus
for the protection of property gener-
ally throughout the town, and especi-
ally for the owners of property in the
section of the town above referred to.
On Motion of Corey and Supplee
the prayer of the petitioners is grant
ed and the chairman of the Fire Com.
mlttee is authorized to rent a suitable
place to house the truck, &c.
c. G.. Barkley, attorney, presented
a petition signed by members of the
Silk Mill, Woolen Mill, Keystone and
Desk Works firms, asking that an adj
dltional fire plug be put in on West
street near the first two named mills.
This brought forth a lengthy discus.
sion as it was contended by some that
inasmuch as the plants, Especially
the Silk MilD are exempt from taxa
tlon, they are by agreement required
to put in two plugs at their own ex-
pense, which has not been done IN
the case Of the Silk Milk. Finally
Rishton moved that the prayer of the
petitioners be granted. After waiting
some little time and no one seconding
the motion President Kocher referred
the matter to the Committee on Fire
and Water.
Building permits were granted to
First National Bank for brick ~addi-
tion, and TO J. N. Webb for a frame
house on corner West and Fouth
streets.
c. NJ Hess stated that about two
years ago residents of Leonard street
were notified to put down their pave
ments, and that all had complied ex-
cept VIM. Lemon, and that the town
failed to put IN necessary crossing
there. Referred 20 Street Commits
sioner.
Bills were presented and Secretary
directed to issue orders for same as
follows:
O. B. Melick, cement work,
crossings. S 81 o5
M. Oil, stone and work,
crossings. gs........u... IS a.
Gas Co. for gas Town Hall. I3 40
Harman & Hassert, crossing
plates and smlthing... aI g
c. M. Hess, hauling and
WOrK.. .............. IS
Water Co. for water. :. 90 S4
G. T.. Elwell, printing ..... 81 IS
Greasy & Wells, lumber. :. s 27
Bloomsburg DAILY, printing I6 90
Ad1erhiser and Chronicle,
printing. g............" "a 50
E. ]. Brown, IS weeks
sprlnkllng .......... IS so
G. B. Martin, smithing. 80. S 81
Lock Haven Clay Works,
for pipe. 49,. IS %
Clearfeld Clay Work Co.,
for brick. .,... Ss IT
n
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-11-11

Fred Ikeler, car fare and
board New York, Phila.
and Sunbury. 80" 80 S
H. +. Rice, scraping Main
street II o
A. Shultz, Chief Police. -. 40 o
G.. F. Quick, Secretary -. IS o
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
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LIEUTENANT PEARY.
He VIII Reach the Pole or Lose His
Life Trying.

He VIII Reach the Pole or Lose His
Life Trying.
Philadelphia, September 24.--Lieutenant
Penry stated this morning that what he
considered the most important discovery
was the finding OF the relies of the Gree
ley expedition. These were found on Cape
Cabin, but he said ne would not describe
them for the present He had succeeded
IN establishing headquarters and base
OF supplies In Greenland preparatory to
his new expedition next spring. Lieutenant
peary said:
in addition to securing the me.eorite
laid the plans for next years expedition
and when / leave again, which VIII be
about the end OF next July, it will he 10
remain until | reach the pole or lose my
life in the attempt IL 1t takes Ave years
Next summer | shall take my seeaoi up
to Sherard Osborne f'jord and maze that
place my base OF supplies.
"On the last trip | made arrangements
with the Arctic Highlande-s, tiite Of
Issquimaux, consisting OF 20 men. women
and children known as The moa; rYrthurly
tribe of human beings on earth, to put In
| this winter obtaining bear, seal md deer
skins for our clothing. and "a securing all
| the walrus meat they can iol dog food.
| have singled out eight young men of the
| tribe, with their wives sanoes, dogs,
sledges and tents to accompany nc 10 Sher-
ard Osborne Ford which Is about 800
miles further north than their crescent
abode
MY party will consist OF a surgeon. yps-
sibly another white man aud myself. he
rest win be Esquimiu lux. the latter know
| how to drive dogs, they can go hungry and
| know how TO get food.
THE conditions Under which | slsIl
make the coming expedition are OF the
most satisfactory character. The 40 erican
| Geographical society has assured si5D,eoo
| to me, all expenses, ana nave been gwen
q years leave OF absence I'LL prot ably
buy a new ship for next year. though we
may use the Hope again. hrs. feary Will
| not accompany me.
| II am quite sure shall succeed In
reaching the pole. Nansen got within geo
| miles OF it. but Andrce did not have ore
| chance ia 1000 when he started 20 drift
| over the pole. | do not think Anirec viii
| accomplish anything and may have lost his
| life long before this IN his a;ten3t.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
assasssessssse
-RAVELERS
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
OF AMERICA
OF AMERICA.

I men. write It In to this page. We n,s here
| 70 help out the boys and will always be
found doing our part.
| How about that transfer and livery
stable committeef Are we to have ore? Ii
nor, what committee assumes coat-tl of
pus lines and livery stables? IL 70 better
! 70 nave mere committees and less duties
and have them attended TO than to have
one committee overburdened.
The letters sent out some time since 10
iexas oaily papers asking K they dtw:red
| news concerning the n. p. A. were en-
sWered m the affirmative by all except the
austin Statesman. which did not do rs tue
nonor OF even reply. We judge by this
That they do not care to publish ness con-
corning our organization.
Nhe hotel committee should be turnished
| Win typewriter letters, enclosed in
stamped envelopes, with blanks ..r reples.
which should be sent to every hotel In the
state, and an earnest, honest effort made To
get speedy Improvement in the sanitary
conditions of hotels as we'll as heater toilet
| rooms.
good suggestion from 4 travcnnp MS n
anent the quarantine RESTRICT Jas, is tat
| you get health certificate before YOU STA ri
on your trip and then have cacn depot
| agent at towns you stop put the imprint
| OF his stamp on 1t, with date. This will
| probably save YOU many 'ncoayeniances
and show exactly where you have been
and Will at the same time give the date.
have not beard of a single hotel man
In the State of Texas who has baen an
preached In regard to the sanitary co ldi-
ton OF his hotel, or who has raoeiv.d n
single line In regard therc,o from The hotel
committee. The travelling man ari every
other patron Of hotels demand clean, nice
closets, with the necessary convenicncee
IL is necessary to our nedlth aud We pay a
sufficient price TO get 1t.
| Every travelling mans EXPENSES are cut
| uown to minimum, cons luently they
| can not in this day and time afford 20 nay
| 50 cents round trip or a bus for snort
| distance in these small towns J.v the
| time travelling man makes two or three
towns in day-pays round trip bus In
each town, pays for extra fires in the win
ter pays for baths, pays fer shine, t,rs
the waiter, sets EN- UP to his customer,
pays his hotel BILL pays his laundry, Jays
for transfer of baggage. pays for Toy car-
rying sample case pays for sample roJn,
pays For daily papers, pays fer char cars,
pays railroad fare, pays for livery teafns
for team trips, pays for board 70. driver
pays for feed for horses, pays ferriage at
rivers. pays for lunch on long dInts and
pays for 10000 things which would cnuse
the average firm to have a ut. should he
charge 1t on the expense accOunt--it is
nothing but right that these exorbitant
bus charges should cease. Twenly-tN e
should be the round trip price in all these
towns and by united effort we will ret it.
Kick for 1t, boys, and you will get it.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26

do this that for tho past three weeks or
more no has been adopting system OF
not charging ono cent for any service
whatever that no renders a patient, hut
Just the nero actual cost 70 him OF the
medicine which he furnishes for cure. He
does this to show and to prove to NIL that
he can do Just what he claims TO do,
cure the most stubborn and complicated
cases. Not that all such cases that Apply
TO him for free treatment can be cured
during the time specified for free treat
nent. He does not wish to be so under
stood. But In that time those who take
treatment from him can be convinced. nn-
der tho rational and systematic course
which he .pursucs, that They have a, last
and that the latest and best means known
10 medical science is used for thoir cure.
and n they arc not entirely cured In the
short time allowed for free treatment. he
proves TO them beyond any doubt that IL
does not require weeks and months to
become Mt least much better as In the
hands OF some doctors, but they begin the
Journey TO hoalth at once and commence
10 feel the effects OF his magical treat
mcnt almost from the first day. Ii Is
then only question OF q short time for -
complete and radical cure. IL Is Cor this
reason he has adopted the course which
ne has been following for the past three
weeks or more, ami Will contlnne 20 follow
until October l. He does not ask to be
taken on faith.
DIR. Maclsey treats all forms OF chronic
diseases OF men ana women. Specialties.
SatarM, Deafness. Asthma, Lung Dis
eases. Rheumatism, Malaria. Liver and
stomach Troubles, kidney Urinary Blood
and Nervous Disorders and Diseases OF
Women.
Patients living at u distance cured. un-
der my system of mail treatment, at
homo. Write for symptom blanks II you
can not call.
Dr. Macisey wishes II to be universally
understood that he tx IN no sense q trav,
cling doctor who has come TO Houston
TO remain but a short time. He has come
here to permanently locate and remain.
DIR, ]. l.. MACKEy,
Rooms and .. Telephone Building, cor
ner Fannr street and Prairie avenue,
Houston, Texas. Office hours. to IL
n. M, to and 10 3 %, m Sundays,
10 a. IN, to | d. IN,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26

For Tho Post.
am not member OF the Travellers
Protective Association, but since my name
appeared in one OF your recent Sunday is
sues among the names OF sevrNal angels OF
commerce who no doubt do. beg the use
of little space In your Travellers Pro
tective Association news to explain TO my
unknown friend and adviser, THE Young
Lady, exactly how things are and my
intention or desire to do good. Time. pres
emit:
Alone sit in my room tonight,
With a dead sure feeling of pain,
My fingers bleeding from sowing,
And / have got TO sew again.
] have a shirt that is sight
One button where there should be three;
1t Is ripped wide open up the back,
And 1t Just won't stay on me.
have tried to fix 1t with pins;
have tried to fix It with glue;
Don't any one try likewise, however,
For II certainly will not do.
I had to call on a surgeon
To get the pins picked out OF my back i:
The glue got to running like water,
And my clothes are now stuck to rack,
Socks all worn at the heels and toes,
And ! never tried to darn:
] have forty sizes Of sewing thread,
But they say ] must use yarn.
Readers. am single man.
And never intend to we'd
But IN give my life for q pretty little
wife
That can handle needle and thread.
Yours apologetically,
Lucy Won Hinton.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
II. II. A. NOTES.


r. L. Allen made a flying visit to his
|nlly at Port Lavaca last Sunday
?. ]. Burgess. representing the Huston
Pug company, took PLUNGE at Fort La
~ Friday.
10 President Dieclmann: How ABOUT
va hotel committee? Why don't You sur
Aeu up2 Let them Know what they are
lss for.
The Houston representatives Of Wholesale
oNry aud provision houses are travelirg
last that a card table is UNNECESSARY
Y! all report good business.
The chairman of the press committee
e0ld like to hear from the chairnen OF
various committees, which were asKeu
communications. Only one has re-
pnded so far.
Z D. Carson made his initial trip 20
Lavaca Thursday. Initial only .nas-
20 as 1t refers to the Port, ~ MT. mi
Is hong and favoraply knowa On Inc
= in Texas.
ne New Orleans travelling mea are an
wing UP waiting for a good, heavy FRO. !.
me present time they would IKE 10
lcipate IN nice game OF SNOWFALL pet
'han anything in the world.
WI the secretaries OF the diifereat pests
.se send full report o. eacn Deeilns
sne chairman of the press tonir zee
ny VIII take great pleasure in giving II 70
ae Texas dailles promptly.
mere have been a great many travelling
N ~ iald up with the dengne this summer
ssn Antonio. This city IL G fayorlie
49, Nr the travelling man, but that fptn,
antonio river don't do thing tt
m
NJ ~ travelling men are much pleased Wit
~, houston Post train to BeauIncnt--.
- them to work the town and ge
~. % Houston the same day. II the,
prSs 10 the same thing at Huntsville tie.
ad be happy.
- press committee has commanica
~ ut publication from the relief c1m
which they are holding un ii Il e.
skn.ahr rom the other committees, so as Z
all of them together at enc tim
S Texas dailies.
Suteemen should either discharg
s devolying upon them or ste
10 let others be appointed who vii
uincient interest In the T. p. A
ss. 70 matters appertaining 70 thei
promptly and effectively.
~ have any grievAacss OF II 80
give especial comme idation 10
'AvoD being r,alAro6 tsavGin
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
Getting Back Lost Customer..

Getting Back Lost Customers.
Hardware and Stoves Reporter.
A dealer sometimes loses sight OF his
customers. He does not know what has
become OF them. but 1t perfectly well aware
that they have ceased to favor him with
their orders. and that their absence means
a falling off In busfness unless others
equally valuble have taken their place.
Then why not try to bring them backl
They may have left the neighborhood, but
unless this Is known as fact they are
still worth searching for. They have gone
TO a competitor--a fact which hurts both
tha pride and the pocketbook They may
be brought back by the exercise OF little
patient eudeavor, and even = they have left
the whole world forever they may not
know how we'll the merchants former
customer was pleased with his goods, II
never pays 10 lose a customer. even II q
| fitting substitute is found. The substitute
would probably have come along anyway
| and as no increase in trade results, there
mas been a step backward, since any busl-
ness that stands still has practically made
| a recession. Hunting out old customers
and regafnng their trade is even better
| than finding new ones. as in the formel
case the merchant knows their wants anc
personal peculiarities and has bettei
chance for pleasing them.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
THE ONE THING NEEDFUL.

d-eyed drummer stepped within
certain merchants store;
drummer hummed little air,
nd looked the wareroom Ger.
softly set his grip aside,
nd quickly checked joke,
all was still as chilly death,
sound the stiffness woke.
saw there, standing half asleep.
he clerks on either side,
| far within the office rail
be merchants form he spied;
put his full-yard smile in place,
md sailed up the store;
bod morning, sir" he gayly said,
You're looking just as yore!"
merchant lifted up his head,
Ind sour his visage was.
Dung man, you'll pardon me- he said,
This is my busy hour!
bills to pay, and moneys tight,
And trade is very poor;
~ want to sell, but shan't buy,
" that you may be sure!"
u stock Is we'll supplied with goods,
Ny clerks are all in place.
neigh ors do a rushing trade,
But I'm not in the race!
course you don't expect that
will order what won't sell;
hat is there, pray, that I've not got3
Not even you can tell"
y drummer glanced along the stock,
Twas full as it could hold;
Dear SIR he said, "I'd hate to have
You think me over bold;
ut there's one vital thing you lack
To prove you great and wise
And that?" the merchant eager cried,
The nerve to ADVERTISED"
Il. Leinad in Farm Implements News.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
You Don't Know the Man.

Rev. Homer Wilson Of Fort Worth has
gone East 10 lecture under the auspices OF
the Travellers Protective Association. He
is chaplain of the Texas association "hen
a preacher is used to make sucee ssful
lecturer. it generally spoils the preacher.
There Is something about the lecture plat
form that makes a preacher more mer-
cenary than spiritual. -Brownwood San
r. IL evident that the writer Of the above
naraeraph doesn't know the man re u
writing about II lecturing pas sp,iea a.,
" =, snoiI every preacher In the lard
The srest trouble with most praaaaSs Y
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
THELAST FIVE DAYS

DR. SNACKEy's FREE SERVICES
WHICH INCLUDES CONSULTATION,
A. THOROUGH EXAMINATION AND
ADVICE WITHOUT ONE CENT OF
COST TO ANY ONE EXCEPTING THE
ACTUAL WHOLESALE COST OF THE
MEDICINE, WHICH HE FURNISHES
1SoR A CURE TO THOSE WHO TAKE
TREATMENT EXPIRES OCTOBER 4.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26

retired sea captain sixty years Of age, well known
70 the reputable citizens Of New Haven suffered from
an overworked and digestive apparatus. He
had no faith patent medicines for dyspepsia
but was induced by friend to try Ripans Tabules
This he did with but little hope Of benefit. After try
inc them for some time he said the friend who had
directed his attention them: Those Ripans Iabules
were so effective from the start that amazed at
the result They are wizards. All the dyspepc misery
endured by me since becoming landlubber has dis
appeared take one every night now and feel much
r.iuvenated by their that sometimes think could
climb ships rigging we'll did thirty years ago."
M @s s. sssP: - I = :
ss s :s e: ss aE'A
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
v.rroNAL oFr1cERs-lss7-ss.

|.a1eak -. ......s.......s
Ioseph Wallerstein. Richmond. Va.
...ry and Treasurer ..............
l.. T. LaBeaume, st. Louis
vice President .................
w. M. Cassety, Nashville. Tenn.
~ Vice President .................
Il. Il. Hart, Denver. Colo
~ vice President .................
.......J. M. Glaspell. Iowa
~ vice President ..............
II. Nj. Hodgkiss, Connecticut
X vice President .........,.........
August Elmer, Louisiana
sTfoNAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
q Kirschoff communist. Louis, Mo.
- Wickard ..,...........St Louis, Mo.
W Robyne, ..............St. Louis, Mo.
q muffin .............T erre Haute, Ind.
70 Jones ............ Louisville, Ky.
~ Aldrich ................P Peoria, Ill.
SsIpMEN NATIONAL COMMITTEES.
Lrrcad M. e. Phalan, Chicago, Ill.
"a Ben Hoffman. Lafayette. Ind.
sIlatiye. j. s. HARDWOOD, Richmond, Va.
j. M. Benish. Houston, Texas.
:rioyment Geo. w. Smith. st. Louis, Mo.
CHAPLAIN.
Homer T. Wilson. Fort Worth, Texas
ATTORNEY.
III T. Kent .............St. Louis. Mo.
SURGEON.
q. Williamson, NJ. Dust. Louis, Mo.
NATIONAL decentralization ALP, Union
I'll Building. St. Louis, Mo.
~ ninth annual convention meets in
Ssha, Neb.
FATE OFFICERS. TEXAS. 1s97-ss.
'uldent. .Alf Dieckmann. San Antonio
III Vice President........
............. Howard Peak. Fort worth
bond Vice President....................
,,............. A. Hoover. Corsicana
Ia Vice President .................
.................. H. ]. Hardy. Houston
3cretary- r....................
Malcolm Graham. Austin.
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN.
Railroads Albert p. Foute, Fort Worth.
Press--C. S. e. Holland, Houston.
Boldt, Houston.
II. McNulty, San An
hio
Hotel-Charles X. We'll. Waco.
tmployment-W. N. Stroud. Dallas.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
PSt CD. w. Michaux, Houston.
Post D-A. F. Deckman. San Antonio.
Post E-Charles Mangold, Dallas.
Post F-Joseph G. Booth, Austin; F. NJ.
kndell. Austin: H. NJ. Finch, Austin.
Post CIV. ]. Hughes, Galveston.
Post H--Thomas f. Farmer, Waco.
Pmt flames Clarity. Corsicana.
Post J--B. B. Gateley. Fort Worth.
POST ks. G. Bennett. Gainesville.
Post Ll-Dan NJ. Lasker, LAGRANGE.
tNaplain-Rev. Homer T. Wilson, Fort
nth.
|uorney-J. L. Peeler, Austin.
Mission Surgeon-Dr. N. o. Preinzie,
Antonio.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26

their intense spirituality. II Is such .
controlling element with them that they
can not condescend to mix with common
people like you and l, and herein lles the
popularity OF Mr.. Wilson and his great
power Cor doing good.
Were every preacher to teach and act
his faith as Rev. Homer r. Wilson docs,
soon would dawn the day when Christian
ity as solver OF the social question would
be seriously considered.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
[ON DAILY Posn SUNDAY MORNING.. SEPTEMBER 60 1887

use II there. means something brilliant and
striking. and those things are as plain as
the nose on your face.
Just the same. they are for rleiEhing
purposes. grinned the merchant. with his
numb up 70 his very plain nose. aud
hurried on to the train"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-23
The Future Of Greece.

What is to be the future of Greece,
the ancient land of art and song. and
heroic deeds? Modern Greece is not
the Greece of old;
'Tis Greece but living Greece no more,
and yet, in the early part of this CEN
fury and again near its close this ma,
ton has shown a valor in the face of
despotic oppression that has challenged
the admiration of the world Now it is
flumiliated and crushed; what of its
future?
The fate of Greece involves a problem
that looms UP big behind the pre-
liminary one of the dispossession of
Turkey from Thessaly, The case is
anomalous, for here we have a nation
beaten TO it's knees by a strong power
yet unable to ask for whole hearted
assistance because of its own con-
temptuous treatment of its only pos
sibe saviors-a nation not strong
enough to bear the burden it has in
vited, but too important to - left TO its
fate-a nation apparently without
resiliency,yet possibly capable Of future
growth. Poor, rotten internally, mis-
chievous, but bad as ii is, standing in
the place of Christian civilization in the
long war with eastern barbarisn,,
Greece has become the great burden Of
International diplomacy in. Europe.
Il. j. Dillon discusses the question in
the July Contemporary Review with
remarkable fairness and close insight
He gives us a better understanding of
the causes of the ignolninious over
throw than we have been able to CLEAN
| pondents. Never was a. nation so gro
tesquely unprepared for war as Greece
when the gauge was delivered amid til.
applause of the mob. Long years OF
| corruption, childish dishonesty. thrift.
less change, had left the country who'll,
| impotent to resist invasion. The weak.
ness of the army was no more than the
/ reflection of the rcttenness of the civil
service. the parliament. the courts, III,
whole fabric of government. lit is
nation of Outrageous Republicans o
otiiceholdcrs. of orators, of boosters, o
debt repudiaters. The story of tn.
futile, circular. fly-iike movements D