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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23

One of the incidents of the career of
the dashing young hero was his trip
with the Wlnslow to join the squadron
at Key West in February last. The
boat had scarcely lost sight of New
port when 1t ran into the teeth of one
Of the most terrific gales experienced
for years. The torpedo boats are not
good sea boats, and the Winslow was
just out of the builders hands and
without having been thoroughly tested.
The navy department was in the great
est apprehension for her safety, when
she turned up at Delaware Breakwa-
ter
1t appeared that in the height of the
gale, when the ablest seamanship was
required to keep the little torpedo boat
above the water, Lieutenant Bernadou
had discovered two poor fellows adrift
on one Of the big garbage scows blown
away from New York, without food or
water. Regardless of the great risk
to himself and his little boat, by adroit
handling of the craft he managed to
rescue the men and bring them to the
Breakwater.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23

Stripped of branches the trees were
quickly cut into two-foot lengths and
the bark taken off. Then the wood
was thrown into the grinder and in a
Iiffy the huge stones were crushing and
mashing it into pulp. In an hour or
so the poplars were in shape to be
sucked up into the machine for refin-
ng and extracting the water.
This done, it was passed into the
fourdriner,' and by the hour of nine
o'clock the paper you now have in your
hand had come from the machinery,
clean and ready for use.
"A Times man was at hand with a
wagon, and into the vehicle was placed
:he roll necessary for the edition, and
by 1920 1t was in the press room ready
to be printed upon.
"The balance of the work necessary
to turn out the newspaper is too we'll
snown to need description, but suffice
It to say that in eight and one-half
hours the living poplar trees were cut
down, made into paper and ready for
delivery"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23

| The story has 1t that Blanco was Sc
verely wounded in the thigh.
According to the rumor, which was
started by a Cuban, Saliva was a guard
in General Blanco's palace. Salva's
brother had been shot by order of GEN
eral Blanco for alleged treason. Saliva
planned revenge, and as Blanco was
emerging from the palace with his staff
| shot him. Officers who tried to cut
down Saliva, 1T is said, were prevented
from doing so by Salva's comrades
among the volunteers. The wouldbe
assassin Is said to be in Moro.
The story goes that the news of the
| attempted assassination spread rapidly
over the city and long before nightfall
| its inhabitants were in a state of up
| roar. The volunteers, sympathizing
with their dead comrade and his i'm
prisoned brother. fomerted the confu-
sion and paraded the streets, shouting
Down with Blanc0l Long live Wey-
ler!" and shouting loudly for the recall
of Weyler to Havana.
Places of business were closed and
the peaceful residents vacated them
and their houses and took refuge in the
country.
The position in which General Blan-
co now finds himself is a doubly serl-
ous one. The volunteers are wildly ex-
cited over his action ana are bitter in
their condemnation Of him, and espec-
tally loud in their demands for the re-
turn of General weyler.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23
tolLItPlNe AFFAIRS A PUZZLE.
What Shall Ise Done With tho Philip
pines When They Are Conquered.


Washington, June 22.-The recent
turn in affairs which puts Aguinaldo
In the position of a cat watching a
mouse in narrow hole is embarrass-
ing to our government, on the theory
that we intend to follow up our vic
tory at Manila by the reduction of the
whole Philippine group. Already, be-
fore we have actually taken possession
of the principal city on the principal
island, our statesmen at the capital are
announcing their policies and plans for
disposing of the entire Philippine sys-
TEN. On one hand Is heard the dis
cussion of whether we can hold the is
lands as security for the payment of
a heavy war indemnity from Spain.
But what would this mean? That IL
Spain We're to tender the money we
demanded we should have to surren-
der the islands. Meanwhile, IL the in
surgents had overcome the Spaniards,
should we be compelled to suppress
the insurrection before turning the is
lands over to their former owner?
The prompt arrival of reinforcements
for Rear Admiral Dewey may solve a
part of the difficulty, for If Augusti is
able to hold the insurgents at bay till
a sufficient force of United States
troops is at hand to enable him to sur
render to us instead of to the rebels, the
general belief here is that he will do
so, and his recent hopeless and for
lorn reports of the situation indicate
this intent.
We should then take possession Of
Manila, and constructively of the whole
Philippine group, establish a military
government and await further events,
the insurgents being given their choice
between submitting to our authority
peacefully or by. compulsion.
All this explains the anxiety of the
Washington authorities to hasten the
Merritt expedition in every possible
manner, even at the expense of draw
ing away some of the men and mate
rial really needed for operations
against Cuba AMI Porto Rico.
The fact that we are taking such pre-
cautions to prevent the embarrass-
ments incident to a complete mastery
of the situation at Manila before our
policy for the future Is definitely form
ed does not absolutely indicate what
that policy will be. AS things look
now, We may leave the other islands in
the group to their fate and hold Luzon
as our own territory. thus satisfying
the cravings of the annexation element
in the Senate with the least possible
concession from the life long policy Of
our republic. This is evidently the
purpose which is now taking shape In
the mind of the president.
1t has been suggested that the Phil
ippine islanls, II taken as a whole by
us, might be handed over to the insur-
gents for the establishment of a re-
public, under an agreement that they
should pay for their possession by CIV
ing us their surplus taxes and customs
receipts after paying the expenses of
local government. Whatever may be
thought of this plan later, the admin
istratlon Is not in the mood for con-
siderng 1t seriously now.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23

From 1885 to 1890 he was superinterf
dent of the Naval Academy, and in 1889
he was a delegate from the United
States to the International Maritime
Conference held at Washington.
He was promoted to the rank of cap-
tain in 1889, and the next year he was
placed in command of the cruiser San
Francisco. In July, 1892, he was in
spector of ordnance at the navy yard,
Washington, and the next year ne was
made chief of the bureau of ordnance.
He held that position until the Iowa
was ready to be commissioned, when
he was detailed to that battleship.
When the fleet was sent down to Ha-
vana Captain Sampson was placed in
| cruiser New Pork. At the outbreak Of
the war he was made acting rear adj
miral by President Mckinley.
Socially, Admiral Sampson is great
favorite. He is a slightly built man
and his shoulders trifie rounded. His
hair and beard are gray, his eyes blue,
set deep beneath strongly marked
brows. He is affable, but a man of few
words. Nothing disturbs the evenness
Of his temper; he is quick to grasp a
situation and resourceful in an emer-
gency.
Admiral Sampson has been married
:wice. He has four daughters by his
irst marriage. They are Mrs. Roy c.
Smith, wife of Lieutenant Smith of the
United States navy; Mrs. jackson, wife
! IF Ensign r. H. Jackson, United States
navy, and Miss Mamie and Miss Olive
Sampson. His second wife was Miss
Burling of Canandaigua, and there are
:wo sons by this marriage, Ralph, ten
years old. and Harold. eight years old.
"A. F. Aldridge in New York Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23
ADMIRAL SAMPSON.
SON OF A FARM LABORER-AN INSAT-
LIABLE THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE.

he Owes Much of His Success to His Early
MISUNDERSTANDING the Civil War the
ship He WAS Commanding Was Blown
Up In Charleston Harbor,
Acting Rear Admiral William T.
Sampson owes his position in the navy
10 his own individual efforts, and not
to any influence. He has worked hard
for all his honors and we'll deserves
them. He is the son of poor parents,
had to divide his time, when a boy,
between work and study, and in the
face of seemingly insurmountable diff
ficulties he has, by close application to
his duties and to study, risen to his
present high rank. He was born in
Palmyrna, N. Y, February s, 1910. His
father was q farm laborer and could
mot afford to let his son devote much
time to his school books. Young
Sampson was not willing to do so, even
had his father been disposed to permit
him. to spend his time as other boys
did. When old enough he went to
school, but the conditions were such
that he needs must find time, too, to do
the chores. cut and pile wood, and do
much other hard work known to far
mers' boys.
He pluckily kept hard at work with
his books, however, and Principal Far
mer of the Classical Union School took
q great liking to the boy and helped
him in his studies. The young man
had an Unsuitable thirst for informa-
ton. and despite the fact that hS had
less time to devote to it than many of
the other boys in the school, he soon
distanced them in the race for knowl-
edge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23
BRAVE AS THE BURNING DECK BOY.
Young officer Stops to Light q Pipe at q
Critical Moment.

Young officer Stops to Light q Pipe at
Critical Moment.
Hes cool 'un," Is the way the SOL
diers in a certain English regiment de-
scribe one oftheir officers. The circum.
stances which gave this officer his rep
utation Is related by Rudyard Kipling.
He writes:
A very young officer. who had gone
almost straight from school to the ar
my, and thence to India, was leading
his company through a rocky pass on
returning from a scouting expedition.
They were beset by the enemy, who
fired at them from behind rocks, and
the men were growing very unsteady.
Those in the rear began to be impa-
tient, and shouted to the men in front.
Hurry up! What are you waiting for
there?"
The young officer answered quite
.oolly: Hold on a minute! I'm light
ing my pipe!"
And he struck a match and lit II.
There was a roar of laughter, and q
soldier called out, well, since you're
so pressin', think I'll have a pipe my
SELF And he. too, struck a match
and began to smoke. This bit of fun
steadied the men, and they came
through in good order.-westminste
Magazine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23
ACHIEVEMENT OF A BIG FEAT.
News Issue Printed on Paper Made from
Trees FeIled the Same. Day.


The Stroudsbury, Pa, Daily Times
accomplished a surprising feat short
lime ago by getting out an issue print
ID on paper made that day from two
.rees chopped down the same morning.
This may at first seem an astounding
assertion, but the following description
from the paper itself will prove that
such thing can be done:
1T was just on the hour OF seven
o'clock when workmen of the Minsi
Pulp and Paper Mills walked to the
:ree, which stood in all its freshness,
short distance from the works, with
sharp axes in their hands.
Arrived at the spot they soon struck
death blow to the poplar and in
'ew minutes the tree lay PROSTATE on
he ground. Horses were at hand and
hey were fastened to the trunk and
pore 1t to the mill. Two trees were
necessary to secure the amount of pa
Der for our extra edition.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23

Mr. Farmer enlisted the interest of
W. H. Southwick of Palmyrna. and
Congressman E. B. Morgan in young
Sampson, with the result that Mr..
Morgan offered to appoint him to the
Naval Academy when there was a va
eancy. When the proposition was
made Principal Farmer decided to
make a special effort to bring the boy
through with flying colors, and he Of
Jared to give his pupil some special in
sfruction to fit him for the Annapolis
examination. The result was that he.
had the necessary books and worked
hard over them. When the examination;
was held young SIMPSONS percentage
was higher than that of any other ap-
plicant for the nomination.
William Sampson entered the Naval
Academy in 1857, and was graduated
first in his class three years later. His
first cruise was made in the frigate
Potomac in 1861, and during that year
he was promoted master. In 1862 he.
was commissioned a lieutenant, and
was detailed to the practice ship John
Adams, on which he remained until
the end of 1863, when he went back to
the academy. After that he got his
first taste of war and distinguished
himself highly. He was detailed to the
ironclad Patapsco in 1864. The Pataps-
CO was one of the vessels on the South
Atlantic blockading squadron. On Jan
uary 15. 1867 Lieutenant Sampson was
executive officer of the Patapsco, and
he was ordered by the admiral of the
neet to enter Charleston harbor and
remove or destroy all submarine mines
and torpedoes with which the city was
protected from invasion. This was an
exceedingly difficult and dangerous
task, as for several days the Confed-
crates had devoted all their time and
labor to stocking the water with these
explosives In order to repel any ad-
vance.
As soon as the ironclad entered the
harbor she was met with rain of
bullets from the sharpshooters on the
forts. Several of the men on the Pa
tapsco were struck, and Lieutenant,
Sampson, who was on the bridge, see
ing his men falling all around him.
ordered them below while he remained
a. target for the rebel rifles. The men
had scarcely obeyed the order when.
there vas big explosion, and the IRON
clad YVES hurled out of the water. She
had been blown up by a mine Then
the vessel sank. and several of the
crew went down with her. Lieutenant
Sampson was blown about 100 feet, but
he was rescued with about twenty-five
of his men.
After this he was detailed to the Col
orado, the flagship of the European
station, and while on that vessel he was
commissioned a lieutenant commander.
He was attached to the Naval Acad-
F. eny from 1868 to 1871, and was on the
Congress in 1923 In 1874 he was made
commander and his first vessel there
after was the Alert, which he con<lan-
ded for two years. Then for two years
he was at the Naval Academy, and
from 1879 to 1882 he commanded the
Swatara on the Asiatic station The
two years following he was stationed at
the Naval Observatory, and during
that time was a member of the Inter.
national Prime Meridian and Time
Conference. He had charge of the tor
pedo station in 1856, and was a mem.
her of the Board on Fortifcations and
Other Defences at the same time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23

Washington. By depositing ticket
with Joint Agent on or before July IT
and on payment of SO cents the
return limit may be extended to Au-
gust 81. Tickets for side trips from
Washington to Gettysburg, Richmond,
Old Point Comfort, and Southern bat
tlefelds will be on sale at the ticket
Office of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company in Washington during the
continuance of the Convention.
6-I6-2t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23

Washington. June 22.-The war de-
partment has issued orders to Brig.
General Henry M. Duffield to proceed
with his entire brigade from Camp AL
ger to Fort Monroe. where they will
take transports for Santiago.
The brigade comprises the Ninth
Massa chusetts and Thirty third and
Thirty-fourth Michigan, about 5000
men in ALL
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23

An editor in another town said that
silver buckles on garters were be-
coming fashionable and that he hoped
to see more of them. His wife sued
for divorce and the only woman in
town who had silver buckles on her
garters threatened to cowhide the
editor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23
HERO oF THE WlNsLOW.
Bernadou's Interest In the Little Boat
Because He Was Her Sponsor.

Lieutenant John b. Bernadou. who
was in command of the Winslow In the
fight at Cardenas, has been officially
commended several times for meritori-
Gus work in the naval service, and on
each sleeve of his uniform he wears a
star of the insignia of bravery. He
knows the Winslow well, for he super
intended her building from the day her
keel was laid till she steamed out of
the dock at Baltimore, Md. When the
government accepted the boat he was
placed in command.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23
Astor Battery in California,

Oakland, Cal, June 2L-The Astor
Light Artillery has arrived from New
York. The battery crossed the bay
yesterday and Is located at Camp Mer-
ritt in San Francisco.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23
RUMoRED SHOOTING OF BLANco.
snid to Have Eeen Wounded by a Man
Whose Brother He Had Put to Death.

Washington. D. c., June 22.-There
IS an Uncoafrmed story here of an at
tempted assassination of Captain Cen
erai BlaNco by Mariana Saliva, a young
Cuban member of the volunteer army,
and Of condition of affairs in Havana
bordering OH revolution as a conse-
QIcAce.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-06-23
Convention National Educational Associ
alton, Washington, D. O.
Reduced Rates via Pennsylvania Railroad

For the National Educational As
sociation Convention to be held at
Washington, ID. c., July 7 to 1a, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell excursion tickets from points on
its line to Washington and return at
rate of single fare tor the r0nna TRIP
Plus $500 membership JSe. These
tickets will be sold on, and good 60
ing, July a TO 7, and good to return
leaving Washington July 8 to IS,
when stamped by Joint Agent at
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-04
NO CHILDREN THERE Mow


white House Has Roas Ter sAs Vlsst
Time IN Many AdniaIsaEatieaA
There are 20 children In the white
house now. says . washlngton letter
to the Chicago Inter Ocean. II n the
first standardization slnes that Of Blu
ehanAn where there have not been eAil-
dren In the presidents family. lincoln
had three boys when be came to the
white house. aud the Christmas fss,l-
val was celebrated with enthusiasm In
the good old-fashloned way With .
Santa Claus. Grant had his three boys
and the pretty Nellie 20 maks merry 81
Christmas time. Hayes had eonplsss
domestic household. with romplns boys
and = winsome little girl who has
grown to womanhood and has recently
been spending her honsynoaa Al ns
white house. y here abe was . ehIlA.
Garfield aud Arthur had ehlldrsH 70
celebrate Christmas. aud Cleveland n
the last year % his hrat sdmlnlstSa-
tlon had baby girl 10 make CAristnaa
for. narrlsonh ehlldren were Erovn
10 manhood. but Ne had hls grad
children with him IN the white house.
and nNhy Mckee became . more cese
hralsd character In the child history -
the white house thsn any since TED Lilo.
cOlu. In CleVelAnd's second Admlnlstra.
ilon there were two little girls 10 wei
come Santa ClaaA There are pictures
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-04
PAPER MATCH STICKS
A New Process That bids Fair to he,
ol.ft,.Nr. IN Iuduafrw

New Process That bids Fair TO Rev
OIutIOsIEe an Industry.
1t is predicted that paper is the com
ing material for matches, says Planets
and People. The prospect Of the wood
en- match industry being sPpreciably
affected by a new process for manufae-
turing matches Of paper is held to be
extremely probable, particularly as the
best wood for this purpose Is constantly
growing scarcer and more costly. The
new matches are considerably cheaper
than the wooden product and weigh
much less, which counts for much In
expectation
The sticks of the mAtches consist Of
paper rolled together on the bIas- The
paper is rather strong and porous. and
when immersed In solution Of wax
sticks well together and burns with a
bright smokeiess and Odoriets fame
Strips one-hAlf inch in width are first
drawn through the cunbustible mae.
and then turned by machinery into
long, thin tubes pieces Of the ordinary
length Of wood or wax matches being
cut on automatically by the machine
When the sticks are cut 20 size they
are dipped into phosphorus also BY
machinery. and the dried head easily
ignites by friction on any surface.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-04
DENTISTRY AT SEA
Asd ssnethiaE Also Aboat the FRA
ttcs Of medtolns Anoat

A,a s.u.,hi.. Ala aAo,t N. Pr..-
dc. Of nedIoln. AaoaL
When a sailor on a deep water shin
has a toothache he IL likely to GO TO the
captain. The captain Rivos him some
thing out Of the medicine chest 10 PIT
N his tooth. and IL that doesn't cure Il
perhaps he pulls Il, says the New York
Sun. IL IL a common thing for sailors
10 pull their own teeth. Their method
Il 10 put a string around a tooth and
pull Il; but dental foreeps are carried
on dsep-water ships: on some vessels
fair outdt OF them. A ship captain
- io,- .,rsrF.rr. ..fI that In thu
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-04
THE FIRST PORTRAIT.
Ofa Human BeinE Was Taken IN Pail
adelphla In 1888.

adelphla In 1888.
As a matter OF fact, lie first portrait
OF human being was taken in Phia-
delphia in November, 1889. BY Robert
Cornelius, and was exhibited before the
American Philosophical society. a. is
noted In the minutes Of the society, De-
cember 6. 1859, says the Philadelphia
Times. This Identical portrait Is now
In possession Of the writer. Further, a
studio for "DagusrreoSpe Miniatures"
was established aud was In successful
operation long before either Draper or
Morse claim 10 have made their hrst
successful attempt, Even MorseS
views Of the ~old brick church" were
made long after Joseph Saxton. Of Phil.
adelphia, had made his experimental
exposures from the window % the
United States mint 90 Chestnut street,
the original Of which Is now In posses-
sion Of the Historical society Of Penn
sylvanla These facts aud many more
have been repeatedly set forth upon
the page Of the American Journal Of
Photography aud the Journal Of the
Franklin institute.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-04

n 10 easier 70 crush the hardest stone
known than steel Corundum was
chosen for the stone IN recent expert
ment- A weight OF SIX tons smsshed
the coruDdum. bu; .. tons were required
to crush the steel With load eIplo-
sion the steel Gov into powder, and
sparks are said to have bored mIna;s
holes IN the crushing machine.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-04

grhser IN deciding between overhead
Wircs and underground conductors or
aceumuiator cara
A soon - be has prOuouoesd bis boo
vSio. sic jubso. Berlin win Be provided
with ne largest system Of eieotrical
tramways on the continent The Ber-
lin TramWay company has already CON
pleted lie preparations the lines are
laid and the cars are ready; only the
wires and poles for ecn6octing the cur
rent have to be procured. Everything.
therefore. viii be In full working order
By the SIMMER. The emperor Is Ger
ialnly taking plenty Of time for his de
siEiou. for the plane have been In his
civil cabinet sinco October. and arc still
without bis signature.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-04
EMPEROR ENoINEuR
TIE ssSaaa as.sreb - Decide 60 A
nlsstris Trasway.

TIE Ossaaa ne.areh - Decide 81 N
nlsstpis Tra4way.
To ass at one and Ihs sarns time -
0srnaa emperor aad king Of Prussia
u no AaseSrs. says the Pail Nah Ga
sstts. In addition To the funetloaa nat
urally psstAlslRS 70 his exalted posl,isa
he has 10 solve . terrifying Aau'bss Of
Qusstons that In other soaairiss would
hs reserved for The muaieipal auuhost
iisa Thus the Qass,ioa - 70 The 80
ten Of electric ,ramways TO Be adopted
II nsrlls IL lylHg IN The ksissE's eabiHs,
for dual decialon. The plan 81 the lac,
he's already been approved, but The -
TEN Of conducting ths eurrent has ael
been settled, The emperor has there
fors W Get - Il were. ~ Imperial co.