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The Senate Committee on Elections
having decided not to reopen the
DUPONT case, no objection was made
to the swearing in of Senator Kenney,
when his credentials were presented
although Senator Chandler took adj
vantage OF the occasion to state his be-
lief that the seat belonged rightfully
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Senator Sherman has announced his
intention to endeavor to get the Sem
ate TO take up the Arbitration treaty
for consideration at once, but there
are several reasons which make it
doubtful v neither the Senate will dur
ing the present session devote enough
time to the treaty TO dispose of it. The
session is rapidly drawing 80 close.
and besides the appropriation bills
there are q number OF other lmpor-
tant measures upon which the Senat
ought to act. In addition there is a
growing opposition to the treaty
among the silver Senators.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-22
Frozen Sausages Scared Him.

McNab was the hero Of a hair
breadth escape. 1t was in Canada,
where McNab, brawny Scotchman,
was a colporteur. He was riding
through forest unarmed. He had a
package of Bibles on one side of his
saddle, and on the other a string Of
frozen sausages, which were to be
thawed and cooked for his breakfast.
A highwayman stopped McNab's re-
Elections and his progress at the same
time. The Scotchman was frightened.
He had little money in his boot, and
he leaned over to remove the boot
and satisfy the demand of the robber.
His hand struck against the frozen
sausages. He bethought himself of
these. Perhaps they would be ac-
cepted instead Of money. He broke
one of them in two, and was about to
offer half of it to the highwayman,
when suddenly he found himself alone,
and heard the clatter OF a horses
rapidly retreating hoofs. The robber
had mistaken the cracking of the
sausage for the cooking of pistol,
and had fled.-A,gonant.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-22
Spider and Music.

AT recent rehearsal of the Apollo
Male quartette, of Coldwater, Mich,
a large spider came slowly down his
silken thread to about the height OF
the singers shoulders, where he hung
suspended for a few minutes, then
began to move up and down IN front
of the music rack.
The second tenor, who was leading
the air, soon noticed that the move
ments Of the spider corresponded with
the variations of his voice, up and
down the scale, and in perfect time.
They. then began a series of expert
ments, and found that the spider
would ascend or descend about foot
for every octave, and though the
melody was carried ever so lightly,
and the bassos thundered in their
heaviest tones, the insect could not
be deceived, but always followed the
leading part accurately and with the
precision of directors baton.
All kinds of songs, from "Down in
the Cornfeld" to "The Bridge" were
sung to test the ability of this wonder
full little being, and each time he came
out of the conflict not beat behind.
At last the four voices struck terri
Bile discord and instantly the spider
scurried up his improvised metronome
and disappeared in the chimney
Rtts6nrg Dispatch.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-22
TOPICS OF INTEREST.

Golden shoes are worn by a Shet.
and pony belonging to the Shah of
Persia. This expenslvely -shod animal
6 only 121a inches high.
japanese officers who fought in the
ate war against China have petitioned
heir Government to erect a monument
o the memory Of the horses that fell
n battle.
A Kansas City doctor who was look.
ng for a crazy patient whom he was
o lock up in an insane asylum, found
he lunatic serving on a jury In the
Circuit Court.
A canary owned by a Baltimore mu-
,ican is said to sing, at signal from
him given on the violin, the "Popaga.
lo' from Mozart's "Magic Flute" He
has had the bird two years.
A giant sewing machine has been fin.
shed at Leeds, England. The ma
thine, which is to be used for attach
ng cotton betting, weighs five and a
quarter tons.
1t is believed that some Of the camels
imported in 1853 to run wild in Ari-
iona are still in existence. Indians oc-
,asionally report having seen some.
md lately the International Boundary
Commission saw two with their spy.
classes on the Mexican border.
Old age has made an end Of blood.
hound known as Old King, at Butte,
Mont. The dog was owned by "Uncle
Dick" Sultan, with whose "Uncle
Toms Cabin" company the animal had
travelled all over the world. 1t was
20 thoroughly trained that If any one
began to recite the lines Of the play it
would 60 through its part.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-22
Reduced Bates to New York via Pennsyl
vania Railroad, Account Dedication
of Grant Monument.

For the dedication of the Grant
Monumental Tomb, April ~, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell excursion tickets to New Yori to
the general public from all points on
its line, exclusive of Pittsbure and
Erie proper, on April a6, and from
Altoona and Williamsport and inter-
mediate points, and stations on other
divisions within one hundred and fifty
miles of New York, on April 26, and
for trains reaching New York before
noon on April 81, at rate of single
fare for the round trip (no less rate
than $I.oo), good to return until
April 90, inclusive. Tickets for mill
tary and other organizations in uni
form, numbering twenty five or more,
travelling in a body on one ticket, will
be sold on same dates, from points
not less than twenty-five miles from
New York, at a further reduction.
For specific rates apply to ticket
agents.
The parade on this occasion will be
the grandest military demonstration
since the war. Thousands of veterans,
United States regulars, and State
mllitiamen will be in line.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-22
A Good Bad Dog.

The Indian certainly showed fine
sense of propriety when he named the
bulldog ga good bad dog" The
name fits very WE'LL
Major Peter Roman, agent of the
Flathead Indians in western Montana,
purchased fine blooded and ugly
faced bulldog, not to guard his
pleasant quarters at the Flathead
agency, but to give his Indian wards
new subject for study in the animal
kingdom. The appearance of this
strange quadruped caused as much
excitement among these untutored
sons of the forest as a behemoth of
the paleozoic age would arouse by a
sudden appearance on Main Street.
The chiefs held long consultation
over the characteristics of the animal
and finally decided to call him a
good bad dog" The first adjective
is doubtless caused by certain
Indian sense Of diplomacy to be ex-
ercised in addressing the animal,
while the latter is evidence of the red
mans regard for truth at all times.
AT all events, the name is worth
studying,-HeIena Mon. Mdepenaenk.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-22
DBN0UNOEs HIS SUPERfORS.
A Minister In a Public Address CHARGES That
He Was Disseminated Against.

]. c. Hogan of Scranton, Pa, who
for the past two years has refused to
take his appointment in the Wyoming
conference, of which he was men,
Der, claiming that he was being dis
crlminated against because he was
prohibitionist, but who withdrew
therefrom on Friday last, addressed a
big crowd at the Metropolitan theater.
His first criticism was that the con-
ference failed to make public his
reasons for Withdrawing, intimating
that they were afraid to do so. He
then proceeded to read his reasons.
Among other things he said "The
position and reputation of a faithful
preacher of salvation and righteous
ness cannot be safe in the keeping of
willfully sinful and partisan bishops
and presiding elders"
He alleged that the church was in
completely with the liquor traffic, and
that the vast majority of the bishops,
pastors and voting members of the
Methodist Episcopal church cast their
influence and ballots for the repre-
sentatives of the liquor traffic, show
ing that they were hirelings and not
shepherds.
He said that the conference desir-
ed his parchments. He wanted first
to mark them. He proceeded then to
burn the names of the bishops who
ordained him from the certificates,
saying that he would as soon have the
signature of the meanest rumseller in
the state attached to them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-22
A DOWAGER EMPRESS
MOTHER OF THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN
CLUNG TO THE OLD WAYS.

She Made Concession to Modernism by Us
ing q Landau with Liveried Servants
Her Son Progressive and Ready for
Reforms.
The Empress Dowager Of Japan
whose death is announced, was one OF
the few surviving members of the old
regime In the imperial circle. She had
her separate palaces and courts at
Kioto and Toxic. where the ancient
systems prevailed. She seldom ap
peared at official functions, and had
made but one concession to modern
ways. She used landau, with men
IN livery on the box. She had charge
,f the imperial nurseries, where the
children Of the Emperor by his various
wives are kept until they reach the
ige of or 6. There were rooms set
apart for her at the palace of her son,
out she seldom occupied them. for
she visited but little, and could not
reconcile herself to the change that
had come over land and people. So
ihe passes out OF history, at least for
The Western world, which will proba.
bly, never know more of her than has
been recorded by the American travel
sr. Mrs. Starr.
The great change was no change OF
her making. She had brought up her
son. Mutsu Hito, in the most ortho'
lox and respectable way. At the age
Of 16, when he came to the throne, he
.ould read the Chinese classics, write
poetry, arrange flowers according to
.he laborate system Of the japanese,
md give a tea party with appropriate
ceremony. That was about all; and
The fond mother, no doubt, thought II
was quite enough. The 120 predeces-
,ors Of Mutsu Hito, in the same line.
who had ruled Japan for $500 years,
aad never known more, and most OF
hem had known less. The lad was
worshipped as god, like his fathers
before him; and that sort Of rever.
,nce covers a multitude Of sins in the
object Of alteration. No man might
ook upon his face and live. He was
never allowed to wear the same gar.
nents twice, nor to eat off the same
iish second time, both clothing and
.rockery being destroyed at once.
So things went on until he ventured
% look at the sun without a VEIL liked
t. and thenceforward turned his i'm
oerial countenance on his whole peo-
ole. The new man had come to town.
Changes followed with startling ra-
,idity. Forty-nine superior persons,
with their wives and sisters, were
sent round the world to report on
constitutions. manners, customs, and
education for men and women. The
,oor Dowager Empress must have
stood by, like the mother Of Aladdin,
With her hands in the air; but her as
,onishing boy was not to be gainsaid.
She lived long enough to be about
he only "dowdy" in the court circle,
md to see naughty China on its knees
before her sons throne.-London Daily
News
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-22
Coasting on the Bible.

a friend of the Listener has seen a
'unny sight down in Maine. At place
here, which needn't be named, there
ives a small boy named Jonathan
Longfellow, who is third or fourth
cousin of the poet; and he is a great
ooy. too. One day this friend of the
listener was driving past Jonathan's
house and saw the boy engaged at
little distance In sliding dOwnhill on
he slippery crust on something that
was not sled. What could it be?
Evidently the scrutiny of the passer-
5y was observed by the boy, for he
stopped his coasting and called out
imiably: I'm sliding downhill on the
Bibler And 1t was the fact, too. He
lad got the smooth, leather-bound fam
ly Bible, containing the generations
If all the Longfellows, and was coast
ng on it with magnificent success
Boston Transcript.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-22
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS ITEMS.

"A free library is promised Read
ing with 10000 volumes as nucleus.
Lebanon will ask proposals for
building a $4,000 additional water
supply.
Adams and York County grang-
ers oppose the Hamilton road bill as
indicating heavier taxation.
"A company has been organized
at Pittsburg claiming to have discov-
cred the lost art of welding copper.
Editor P. c. Boyle, of Oil City,
has been bequeathed $4,000 by a
widow, whose husband he befriended.
-Wilkes-barre's Mayor last week,
discharged Frederick Brylipg, who
stole bacon for his starving wife and
children.
Rev. John Neher Lewis, Jr., Of
Honesdale, Pa, has been chosen rec
tor and dean ex officio Of Christ
Church Episcopal Cathedral at Lex
ington, KY.
Wyoming Methodist Conference
at Oneonta, N. Y, largely composed
OF Pennsylvanians, was forced to eject
Elder l. w. Wells, OF Chicago, ILL.,,
for violent prohibition address Fri
day evening.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-22
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is pa
ron Of 191 livlngs. the Prince of Wales
q Atwenty-one.
Princess Marie Won Hohenlohe, wife
. the imperial Chancellor of Germany,
uniformed the notable feat Of killing
bear while hunting on her estates In
russia. The Princess is 68 years old.
Mr.. Gladstone Is the owner OF the
arEest iead-pencil In the world. 1t is
he gift Of pencil-maker at Keswick.
md is thirty.nine inches In length. In
,aace Of the customary rubber cap 1t
,as a gold cap. Its distinguished own
= uses 1t for a walking stick.
Phoebe Wood. a young Indian girl,
laughter of Pawnee chief, has re.
entity successfully gone through the
curse for trained nurses In Philadel-
,hia- The other Indian girls, Lily
Wind. of the tribe Of the Ottawas, and
xate Greenod. of the Wyandotte tribe,
ave also gone through this course.
The German Emperor, 1t is said, was
thout the worst-dressed boy in the
schoOl at Cassel, partly because he
xas obliged to wear out all his clothes,
ind partly because he was not quite
70 fond Of dress then as he is at pres.
mt He did not care for the school
,articularly. though he was on very
friendly and democratic terms with
he boys there.
Miss Alice Hughes. of London,
laughter of Edwin Hughes, the great
,srtrait painter, is said to be the most
'uccessful and artistic photographer in
England. She has her gallery in her
ywn beautiful home. and her art In
losing her subjects is said to he ex-
Inisite. She photographs royalty and
Ill London celebrities, and has more
srders than she can attend to. Her
prices are very high, but she is the
busiest and most popular photographer
n London.