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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
GRAVITY CLOCK.
sory-one Little Weighted Balls arc Em.
pioSed to Operat tho Clock.

sorty-one Lit,ic Weighted Balls are Em.
pioyed to Operat tho Clock.
A New York jeweler exhibits one OF
the much-taiked-about gravity clocks.
The dial and the clock case are entire
iy OF glass, showing the whole mechan-
ism OF it's most interesting features.
Ia appearance, the clock suggests q
finely finished model of a machine or
hosting apparatus. rather than timo-
piece. The d.al Ia secured to an up
right brass "a structure by round
aneroid barometer, which suggests tho
familiar steam gauge. Around the dial
is larage iy-wheel. with sockets; and
10 the left OF the fy-wheel Is an endless
bucket-chatn lift. constructed on the
principles Of q grain elevator. with n
thermometer on the post of the lift.
suggesting steam valve. Fcrty-ono
little weighted balls. each about tho
size OF large pea, are employed to op-
crate the clock: they are drawn up on
the bucket-chaln. and dropped at inter-
walls OF minute into a conduit over
rho iy-wheel. from which they roll in
to he sockets Of the wheel. The wheel
carries twenty-one Of the balls at one
wheel. Tho power thus produced
swings the pendulum and governs tnr
sands on the dial. The wheel carries
the balls about third OF the way
around; and then thoy drop into an
othHr conduit, triple incline. which
Ant.'y lands them at the foot OF the
elevator again. where the endless chain
gathers them up for another swing
around the Circuit"
Some fac mathematical work has
hNen requisite Tor this clock, as every
thing about 1t depends upon the most
exact calculation. The balls must be
all ot exactly the same weight. and the
rtOMentum OF each must be the same;
for, II any one of them were to lose 3
fraction OF a second in descending the
incline, 1t would miss it's proper
socket on the lit and stop the clock.
Each OF the little spheres travels two
hundred and nine teet and five inches
every day, and in the course of year
makes Il journey Of ever fourteen miles
u t1ey were to travel in RELAYS, they
would make record close To six hun
ofCd miles within year. OF course
me ploplem OF perpetual motion has
| not been solved, so there must be a
II dden mechanism. The clock is
| mounted upon Brazilian onyx base,
inside OF which is a regular clock move
ment, which does not run the clock
! proper, but merely operates the ele.
| Vator. A clock movement Is employed
| fer this part because of the necessity
Icr accuracy, It supplies the power and
| also controls II. SO that the chain es-
c4peS with precision once every minute
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
Poetry VS. Geography.

Kipling's latest poem, "White
Horses" has called forth some divert
ng criticism. Here. for instance, Is
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Shieh says:
The poet sets forth, in ornamental
language, and exults over, as, nelhg d
Briton, 1t Is perfectly natural ana prop
Gthat he should exult, Great britain
seoyraphicaf isolation, and. incldehtal-
and inferentially, Great Britain's ma
val supremacy. Now these two charac-
'eristlcs of Great Britain are perfectly
well known, undisputed commonplace
lacts. They are set forth in every ge-
osraphy and in every encyclopedia:
Treat Britain Is an island, BODY OF
ahd entirely surrounded by water
sfeat Britain has the most powerful
navy in the world. From which 1t fol-
%ws that Great Britain Is safer from
nvasion than any other country.
NOW, what possible difference does II
Iake whether these facts are set forth
~ ths above prosaic manner or In the
0nowing poetical manner?"
rerhaps II would be difficult to make
suhe critics understand the difference
SSSlween geography and poetry, but
Spnhg might somewhat enlighten the
SsU.nester paper by suggesting that one
snsuhction between poetry and geog
Sapny is his ability to get 81 a WORD
poetry.-Louisyille COurier-Jourpal
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Vaccination laws are not enforced
in England. AT Norwich, with pop
ulation of over 100000 the vaccina-
ton officers fees amounted to about
$40; he receives SO cents for each
case.
1t is proposed to erect tablet in
honor of Prof. Ginseppi Sanarelli, the
discoverer of the microbe Of yellow
tever, at the University Of Vienna, of
which he is an alumnus.
Three Italian physicians, Drs. Lus.
tig, Galeotti and Malenchini, have
returned from Bombay with a preven-
tive serum tor the plague which they
assert is superior to DIR. Yersin's. 1t
is not intended to cure but to prevent
the disease, is more easily prepared
than Yersin's, is free from bacteria,
dry and harmless to man and beast.
1t is introduced by injection in small
doses mixed with sterilized water,
producing slight rash, which disap-
pears in twenty.four hours. The doc
tors tried it on their own persons.
To the ingenuity of Frenchman,
Paul Giffard, is attributed "miracle
gun," repeating rife, which requires
no gun powder. The projecting force
is liquihed air, obtained under pres.
sure at a temperature of hundreds of
degrees below zero, thus representing
an enormous expansive power. This
rifle is much lighter in weight than the
ordinary one and the steel cartridge,
nine inches long and as thick as ones
thumb, contains 900 bullets, which
may be discharged as quickly or slow
ly as one likes. There is no smoke
no flash and only a sharp and low re
port. AS soon as one cartridge Is
empty another can be screwed on in
stantly, 500 shots costing but Al cents
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
Freaks of Nature.

The insurance papers are making
merry over the destruction by fire Of a
fre- proof construction company's
plant in a certain town. AS matter
OF fact 1t is said that self-same town
can furnish still more surprising para
dozens in the matter of fires. Some
years ago a mill dam-built of planks
burned out, q railroad water tank
was destroyed the same way, and the
fire engine house burned down, one OF
the engine horses perishing in the
aames. But this Is not circumstance
10 the eastern cotton mill that took
fire from the tail race, the only place
in the MILL the superintendent had
said, where he had omitted to place an
automatic sprinkler OIL on the stream
which had backed up the tail race ig-
nited and the mill had a narrow es-
cape. Wind Forms and fires do some
funny things when nobody is looking.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
ARMoUR's REGULARITY.
.rhat Means watch from the Old Man
and Cant Get There too Quick"

.r,at Means q watch from the Old Man
md I can't Get There too Quick"
philip d. Armour. the great Chicago
nork packer, has one peculiarly that
q altogether agreeable to his employees.
lie has weakness for making valu-
shle presents at an opportune moment.
For the last ten years whenever he has
found 1t necessary to call one Of his
CONSERVATIVES from some distant
polnt to the homo Office at Chicago he
has always made it practice to begin
,he conference with him at 7 o'clock, In
his Office at the stock yards. This Is
MIR. Armours hour for going to work.
After the interview Mr.. Armour
looks his visitor over carefully and in
suires whether or not he happens to
save the time with him. II the en-
n,oye replies that he does not carry
a watch he Is promptly presented with
al order on a leading Chicago jeweler.
with instructions to have the time
piece engraved as gift from Philip ID.
Armour to whatever his name may be.
II the fortunate one Is possessed Of O
watch he is instructed to get new
suit OF clothes or brand new over
coat. For the first few years this plan
was allowed to proceed on the lines
laid down by Mr.. Armour, but Of late
those OF his men who prefer watches to
oyercoats have managed to leave their
tmepieces at home when they have
been summoned to a conference.
II is stated as a fact that in no in
stance has the millionaire packer ne
elected to bestow an expensive gift on
those OF his employees whom he has
called to Chicago on business. The
watch preference among his men has
come to be very noticeable, and Mr.. Ar
mours custom Is so generally known
among Armour men that call to Chi
cago generally brings out the remark:
"That means watch from the old
man. and can't get there too quick"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
Ind to Allow for II Senm.

When Andrew D. White. now the
United States ambassador at Berlin,
was our minister to Germany, nearly
twenty years ago, he received some
queer letters from Americans, asking
for his influence in their behalf in court
circles.
Perhaps the funniest OF all was a
very mandatory epistle from an old
lady living in the West, who inclosed
in her letter four pices Of white linen,
each some six inches square.
I'VE are going to give a fair in our
church" she wrote, "and am making
an autograph quilt. | want you to get
ne the autographs OF the emperor, the
empress. the crown prince and Bis
marck, and tell them to be very careful
not to write too near the edge of the
squares az a seam has to be allowed
Cor putting them Together"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
Pennsylvania Railroad Company Will
Issue Clerical Orders for 1898.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany announces that the issue OF
clerical orders will be continued for
1898 on the same lines as in effect at
present.
Application blanks may be obtain.
ed OF ticket agents, and same should
reach the General Office by Decem-
Der 20, SO that orders may be mailed
December 81 to clergymen entitled
to receive them. Orders will be issu-
ed only on individual application OF
clergymen, to be made on blanks
furnished by the Company and certi-
fed to by one of its agents.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16

one or the most important outdoor
occupations, in relation to eyesight and
20 public safety, as Is now universally
tum tied, Is that Of the railway service.
The same Importance. It seems. in Sc
curing accuracy IN this field by sc.entif-
ic tests is now gwen in England to
those employed in the mercantile ma
riNe service. The value and necessity
OF this may he Judged from a recent
parliamentary relort on the tests for
from vision and for color ignorance.
In 1896, 5,O5l persons were examined IN
iorm vision, and thirty-four failed; |;
5.0l7 were examined in color vision,
and tfty-One failed. The number of
officers already in possession Of certifi-
Gates. who. on being examined in 1896.
failed to pass the sight tests. was
twelye--One master. Ave mates and two
second mates failing in the color vis-
ION. and one mate and three second
1Iates failing in the form vision. To
candidates who fail in color vision an
appeal to special examiners is allowed
while to those who fail in form vision
another trial after three months is al
lowed. The result OF the re-eXamina-
items during the period covered by the
report is given thus: OF the ninety
three candidates who failed in color
vision in 1S94-95, seven were examined
on appeal in 1896. one being passed and
six rejected; Of the tifty-six candidates
who failed in color vision in 1896.
twelve were examined on appeal In
1896, FIVE passing and seven being re-
jected; while Of 103 candidates in form
vision who failed in 1S94-95, live were
passed next year, two also passing SUBJ
sequently of the thirty-six who failed
IN form vision in 1896.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16

1t is now said that woman's hair
is becoming more beautiful in color
every year, and is also growing thicker
and tonger. This is said to be due
to the small light bonnets tina. women
wear. Certain it is that dir and sun
shine improve the color and texture
of the hair. Sun bleacnes the hair,
and Venetian beauties always dried
their ruddy locks IN the sun, thereby
getting that tint SO much admired
called Venetian red. OF course, sun
shine will not bleach dark hair, but it
gives deeper color to all kinds OF
tresses.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
Gigantic Steel Wire and Nail Trust
Forming.
The Capital Invested in the Proposed Pool
Will Exceed S60,0OO,000.

Representatives of the steel wire
and nail manufacturing firms of the
United States, who have for months
been negotiating to form a steel wire
and nail pool, are nearing conclus-
ion of their work.
1t is said that about twenty of the
largest steel wire and nail manufactur-
ers will enter the pool and that the
capital invested will exceed 500, ,ooo,-
900.
The legal formalities for forming
the pool will probably not be COM
pleted until after the holidays. Al
ready many of the small wire and nail
concerns throughout the country have
been brought out and negotiations are
pending for the purchase of others.
According to Judge Gary, of Chicago,
T. H. Tenbrouck and others interest
ed the combine will not result in rails
ing the prices to the purchasers OF
wire and nails, but will enable the
manufacturers to operate the plants
upon a more economical basis.
The only meeting in connection
with the combine held last week was
that of the directors of the Illinois
steel company. The business Of the
meeting was such as usually comes
before the men who are interested in
the company. II was admitted, how
ever, that discussions of the proposed
wire and nail pooi took up great
portion of the session.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
Horse Scented Danger.
Sudden Sinking Of Wagon Road Into a
Mine.

Jacob Wagner, a prominent citizen
of Hazleton, narrowly escaped being
swallowed up by a nine cave-in on
the highways on Friday. He was div.
ing along the road near Harleigh
when his horses hoof suddenly pierced
the surface, causing the animal tc
turn aside. As it did so the roadbed
went down 80 feet.
Had the cave-in occurred five
minutes later a loaded trolley cal
would have gone down with it. Wag
ner and his team had just cleared the
spot when the earth went down.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16

"Yes," sigh the editor of the Brook
lvn Eagle, sit is vain to preach against
the use Of cooling liquids in hot wealth
pr. but one may still advise moderation,
never drink when you are heated; nev-
er drink when you are thinking; never
drink when you are exercising; never
drink when you are thirsty. Where is is
the Office boy with the Ice waterT
This is the size of it exactly. -, -''
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
ELECTION NOTICE.

The annual election by the stockholders OF
the Farmers National Bank, OF Bloomsbury,
suing year, will be held at the Bank on Tuesday,
January llth, 1898, between the hours OF two
and four o'clock in the a .ternoon.
A. II. BLOOM,
l2-9-4t. Cashier.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16

When bilious or costive, eat Cas-
caret, candy catharic, cure guaranteed
Ioc, csc. ALI
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
FIFTY CENTS

=. :. for the Camera. with complete
outfit for pho.ographing and develop
ing. Send today for full particulars
regarding this remarkable offer, as it
is extremely limited. The Camera is
thoroughly high grade and first class in
every respect, fitted with all modern
improvements, and is guaranteed as
represented. Address :.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
CHRISTIAN F. KNAPP.

FIRE INSURANCE,
BLOOMSBURY, PA.
Home, of N. Y; Merchants of Nevssk.
N. j.; Clinton, N. y; Peoples, NY; Read.
ing, Pa German American Ins. CO., Nsv
York; Greenwich Insurance Co., New Yori,
Jersey City Fire Ins. Co., Jersey City, N. !.
These old corporations are we'll seasoned
,py age and hre tested, and have never ~
mad loss settled by any court of law. Theis
nssets are all invested in solid securities, snA
liable to the hazard of fire only.
Losses promptly and honestly adjusted and
paid as soon as determined, by Christian r,
Knapp, Special Agent and Adjuster, Bloo.e.
burg, Pa.
The people of Columbia county should
patronlze the agency where losses, if snv.
are settled and paid by one of their OWE
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
Camera Department,
The New York Ledger,
Ledger Building, N. 2. City.

Should send at once for special pre-
hOVS MUM list. just issued. Watches,
- Printing Presses, Csl
Air Rifles and many Valuable ar 4 HTuS
ticles are TO be GIVEN AWAY.
NEW YORK LEDGER, Ledger Bldg, New York.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
CAM ERAS.

At a merely nominal price, the New
YORK LEDGER is making one Of the
most remarkable Camera offers of the
season. They are sending out an i'm
mense number of cameras to all parts
of the United States. 1t is in reality
but. >.
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01

II remember Mckinley" says one
of his oldest friends, quoted in the
st. Louis Globe Democrat, Gas q
man with his share of impul.iveness.
The time was when he gave way as
other men do under strain or provo
cation. Do you want to know what
wrought the change? For twenty
five years this man has stood between
his wife and all that might give her
the slightest worry. No matter what
the load he was bearing. he has never
failed to wear into her presence .
smiling face. Whatever emotions
might be surging underneath. he has
appeared calm and placid on the sur
face. This frail being owes her life
to his shielding care. Sef-conrol
was born of that twenty-five years OF
There you have the whole
explanation Of what 10 90 admirable
in McKinley's character.
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01

engaged in framing the tariff meas
ure. Nearly all Of the countries
which have made protests of this
sort cave themselves protective
tariffs, many of them very high, and
against none of these have the
United States ever made any com
plant or protest. While they have
protested vigorously against dis
elimination made with reference to
products of the United States alone
and not applied also to similar pro
ducts of other nations, they have
made no complaint of the general
tariff systems or the high protective
rates which other countries levy upon
articles which we may happen to
offer for sale, and it is not likely
that these protests from other coun
tries will have any weight with the
trainers of this bill.
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01

It has not yet been decided by
Santa Fe officials whether or not the
engines and trains on that road will
be lighted by electricity. The off :
Gals are, however, now considering
the idea of making the change from
kerosene to electricity. For more
than a month the Santa Fe has been
experimenting with electricity in
lighting both the trains and head
lights of the engines. The expert
ment was tried in one chair car and
an engine. These experiments have
proved a success. Not only has
plenty of light been furnished. but it
has been furnished much cheaper.
This last reason may result in the
Santa Fe making the change. It
would entail the expenditure of sew
eral thousands of dollars to remove
the kerosene lamps and place storage
batteries in the cars to furnish the
power for incandescent lights. The
officials of the Santa Fe are figuring
on the cost of replacing the kerosene
lamps and If it II found IN econom-
ical move the change win be made. -
Newton Republican. =
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01

The people of southwest Kansas
have been so accustomed to finding
fault with the country for the past few
years that if it does not rain every
day or two they won't raise a crop,
and if they have a few grasshoppers
they are going to take everything.
We have been over nearly all the
county, and if there is any more than
the usual number of grasshoppers
we've failed to notice them. It has
rained on an average of every two
weeks all spring and summer. The
sooner the people get out of this
habit, the sooner the promised wave
of prosperity will reach them Santa
Fe Monitor.
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01

The Medicine Lodge Cresset gives
a chapter in the life of Tom Scates
T. A. Scates, several years ago, spent
Sunday in Jail in this city. He was
chairman of the board of county COM
miasioners Of Stevens county, and
was sent to Jail for refusing to can
vass q lot of fraudulent votes cast at
a county seat election. He is nice
man and would have been at Sunday
school and church had he not been in
Jail. He was released as soon as a
mandate could be received from the
supreme court.
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01

CLIMATE CURE-If you 60 soon enough
to the right climate, say to the Salt River
Valley of Arizona or the New Mexico
health resorts. U0rivaled for the relief
or cure of chronic lung and throat dis
eases. Constant sunshine, dry air,
equable temperature. Descriptive PAM
phlets mailed free. They treat Of alti-
tnde, temperature. humidity, hot springs,
sanatoriums, cost Of living, medical at
tendance, social advantages, etc. Adj
dress w. J. Black, G. p. A., A. T.. & S.
F. Ry., Topeka, Kas.
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01
Reasons Why Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Dlarrh0ea Rem
edy II the Best.

o0y IL the hest.
1. Because it affords almost instant
relief in case of pain in the stomach,
collie and cholera mOrbus.
). Because it is the only remedy that
never fails in the most severe cases Of
dysentery and diarrhOea.
8. Because it is the only remedy that
will cure chronic diarrhOea.
4. Because it is the only remedy that
will prevent bilious collie.
5. Because it is the Only remedy that
will cure epidemical dysentery.
6. Because it is the only remedy that
can always be depended upon in cases Of
cholera infantum.
Z. Because it is the most prompt and
most reliable medicine in use for bowel
complaints.
8. Because it produces no bad results.
Q. Because it is pleasant and safe to
take.
10. Because it has saved the lives of
more people than any other medicine in
the world.
The % and SOC sizes for sale by w. f..
Pine, City Drug Store.
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01
Old PEOPLE.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will find
the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This
medicine does not stimulate and contains
no whiskey nor other intOxicaDt, but
acts as tonic and alternative. 1t acts
mildly on the stomach and bowels,
adding strength and giving tone to the
organs, thereby aiding Nature in the
performance of the functions. Electric
Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestion. Old People find it just ex-
actly what they need. Price fifty cents
and $1.OO per bottle at WI. PINES
Drug Store.
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01

The Mortified shrieks of Senators Vest.
Jones and Mills over the sugar schsd-
ules of the pending tariff bill have given
place to stOlid silence on their part
since the newspapers called public atten-
ton to the fact that during their manipu-
latiOns of the Wilson bill sugar trust
stock advanced 60 per cent, while the
change in its value was but slight under
the consideration of the pending bill.
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01

Mr.. Fred Wellhouse of Leaven-
worth county, Kas., who is president
of the Kansas State Horticultural
Society, is reported as having said
that the Kansas apple crop of this
season would not be SO large as gen
orally expected. Mr.. Wellhouse
even stated that he looked for the
apple crop to be unusually light.
Other fruits will be plentiful, says the
fruit grower. He owns an orchard
of 1000 acres and says he intends to
steadily increase this acreage.
The Globe-republican., 1897-07-01

Senator Vest, having failed by argu-
ment to convince his democratic associ-
ates of error in their support of protec-
ton doctrines, has fallen to making
faces at them. His latest efforts in that
line are an attempt to create merriment
against them by labelling them ''cotton-
tail democrats" species of cheap wit
which is not likely to be effective in a
dignified body like the United States
Senate.