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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
Home For Williamsport.

Williamsport is to have another in
dustrial institution, to be known as
the Boys Industrial Home, and is to
be connected with the Girls Industrial
Home, ON East Third street. For
some time past T. P. S. Wilson, of
the Girls Industrial Home and the
City Mission, and several charitable
persons of that city, have had the
plan for the new home under con-
sideration.
The new home will be erected in
the vicinity of the Girls Home and
will cost $4,000. 1t will accommodate
from twenty-five to one hundred boys.
The City Mission Board is at the
head of the movement. The present
plan is to turn the new home into
toy factory.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
One Corporation Allowed to Go $6,5OO,,
600 Short on Debt to the Govern
ment.

The administrations dealing with
the Kansas Pacific, having agreed to
settle thirteen million debt for half
that sum, is regarded as a great vic
tory for the jobbers and the corpora
ton. AT the last moment, after hav-
ing stood out for full payment, the
attorney general telegraphed from
Washington to accept the halfpay
proposition. The effect of this is
seen in the advance of Kansas Pacific
bonds from below par in ten days to
IFS. There is prospect of an inter
esting talk over this in Congress dur
ing the week. The close alliance of
Mckinley with the corporation inter.
est Is seen IN almost everything that
he does in which government fnan-
cial interests are involved against
those of the great corporations that
elected him. Gratitude is certainly
one of the majors virtues, but the
people suffer. There has never been
a President in our history who has
made such bold dash for renomi-
nation by favoring certain great fnan-
cial interests. He believes in protec-
tlon of that kind.-/iktS6A,g Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24

Potatoes, native to Peru, were dis
covered by the Spaniards in the neigh
borhood of Quito, where they were cul-
ttvated by the natives. Condor
monk, first introduced them into Spain.
whence they passed into Italy and
thence to Belgium. Humboldt says
that they were cultivated in all the,
parts of the continent, from Chilli to
New Grenada, but not in Mexico. In
1885 potatoes were taken from North
Carolina and Virginia, on the return of
the colonists sent out by Sir Walter
Raleigh. and were first cultivated on
his estate near Cork. The sweet pota-
toes. natives of the West Indies, were
given to Columbus by the natives OF
Cuba, they were introduced into Eng
land by Sir Francis Drake, who wrote
Of them in praise, but forgot to send
instruction to eat only the root. The
gardener of Queen Elizabeth planted
them, and ate some of the tops. Being
disgusted by the taste, he pulled up his
crop, made a fire of the pile, was at
trac:ed by the pleasant odor Of the
burning tubers, picked up a root, ate it,
and, beng pleased with the taste, con-
ttnued the cultivation and intr oduced
then to the notice Of others.-Lippin-
colts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
ECHO OF THE PASSION PLAY
wonderful Realism of James O. NeilI's
Mako Up.


Mako Up.
Fifteen years ago." said an old
Cleveland playgoer, James O'Neill and
William Seymour were both members
of the famous stock organization at
Baldwin's theatre, San Francisco. 1t
was during the third year OF Mr.. o.
Neills stay as leading man at the Bald
win that he appeared as Christ in Salmf
Morse's "Possion Play" Seymour who
played the part of the inspired mes
senger,' talked the other day about the
performance, which was the only time
the Oberammergau spectacle was imi-
tated in this country. He said:
"Tom Mcguire was manager at the
Baldwin at the time and requested
O'Neill to play the part of Christ. AT
first O'Neill refused, although, accord
ing to the terms OF lie contract, he was
compelled to play any part assigned
him by the management. O'Neill heard,
however, that Salmi Morse's play had
been approved by Bishop Allemani CT
the Catholic church of California, and
then consented to impersonate the
character. ONeill was known among
the members of the company as good
fellow and one willing to take and
give" in the war of jests and jokes.
On the evening of the first performance
of the Passion Play" l approached
O'Neill as he came out of his dressing
room for the first act to crack joke
with him. The joke died on my lips
I thought I stood in the presence Of our
Savior, so perfect was O'Neill's make
up. Everybody, even the rough stage
hands, passed him in silence paying a
forced tribute to the holiness of his ap-
pearance. Really, to O'Neill, that per-
formance was not acting, 1t was devO-
ton. He spoke the lines with all due
reverence to their sacred meaning, and
the whole performance was in the ma
ture of a great biblical lesson. Rough
miners in the audience were seen to fall
on their knees and pray, while the
women were unable to restrain their
tears. 1t was surely the most impress
sive stage representation l ever took
part in or witnessed. On the day after
the tenth performance the whole conn
pany was arrested and brought before
a magistrate. O'Neill was fined $50
while the IL apostles were fined only S.
apiece, that being in the mind of the
magistrate, the difference between
Shiist anu MS uIciples. Alter lHe play
was taken off in San Francisco, Mr..
Stetson decided to produce it in New
York at Booths theatre. But the senti-
ment of the pulpit and press were
against it, and the production was
abandoned. After the production in
San Francisco, O'Neill exchanged pic
lures with Mayer, the German actor
who played the part in Oberammergau,
and 1t was hardly possible to tell who
was O'Neill and who was Mayer. so
much did both resemble the picture
with which We are all familiar. The
only authentic picture of the whole
performance is, believe, the oil paint
ing owned by Mr.. O'Neill, which rep
resents himself and the company in the
scene of the Lords Supper ''-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
Quite n Difference.

The great fire in 1872 in Boston,
burned over sixty acres, and entailed
4 loss of sixty million dollars, or a mil
lion an acre. The great fire in London
in 1866 swept over four hundred and
thirty-six acres, and destroyed property
to the amount of thirty-five million dol
lars, or eighty thousand dollars an
acre. In the latter case the fire ragged
in the dwelling section as well as the
mercantile, still the comparison affords
an idea of the increase in values in
modern cities. A fire covering the
came territory in Boston to-day as was
burned twenty-five years ago. would
cost one hundred million dollars at the
minimum. On the two and one-half
acres burned over in April, 1893, the
loss was three million five hundred
thousand dollars.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
Poor Little Town.

Some people are as modest about
their place Of abode as others are vain
of theirs.
An Irishwoman from the country was
wandering about in a lost way in a.
great railway station; presently she
ventured to approach gentleman and
to say to him:
"Ah now, sorr-would ye have the
goodness to tell me which is me train p"
But where are you going ma'am?"
the man asked.
"An' sure, now, why should be tell
in We that, sorr? Sure ye wouldn't
know no betther where I'm goin'-the
poor little bit of town that 1t is, sorr.
that the likes Of you niver heard of in
I'll your life!'-Northern Ensign. -.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24

Everybody knew Mr.. Hastings, Just
as everybody knew Mr.. Smith, but the
Two men were of different report. Mr..
Smith was known for the hand that
helps and the word that cheers as no
other man in the neighborhood; while
for grabbed Ill nature and closeness
that rivalled the clinging of the bark
unto the tree, Mr.. Hastings bore the
palm. In fact, the only neighbor he
had anything to do with was Mr..
Smith; but then Mr.. Smith would have
been on friendly terms with any son of
Xantippe who had happened to live
next door.
1t CHANGED one day that Mr.. Smith
needed certain kind of auger that he
didn't have. He knew, however, that
Neighbor Hastings had the very thing
he wanted. so he went over and asked
to borrow it.
Now, 1t was a new auger and was
carefully cherished in buckskin bag
In the most secret compartment Of Mr..
Hastings's tool chest, and to consign
that glittering sharpness even to the.
careful hand of his best beloved neigh
Dor was more than he could do. He
wouldn't lend it.
Mr.. Smith went home with twinkle
in his eye and no malice in his soul and
waited.
A few days later Mr.. Hastings had
occasion to go to a town ten miles
away. and the matter was urgent. His
old mare had gone lame, so he went to
his accomm odating neighbor in his diff
ticulty.
"A horse you want?" said Mr.. Smith.
while the twinkle in his eye was
strangely suggestive of the tool of
ranking memory
you'd better ride your auger."
But Mr.. Hastings got the horse
Chicago Chonicle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
How Big n State Missouri Is.

One of that greatest tier of states
reaching from East to West across the
country, beginning with New York and
Pennsylvania, with Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois following in order, is the state
Of Missouri. In the scale of population
Missouri is fifth in the Union In area
1t much exceeds any of the states nam
ed, the number of square miles stand
ing in this order: Missouri, 69,415;
Illinois, 56,650; New York, 1910;
Pennsylvania. 1926; Ohio, 41,O60, and
Indiana, 36,350. The most lordly rivers
Of the continent are geographically part
of Missouri. The farms of this state
ere productive on vast scale, it's min
erals are immensely valuable and its
manufacturing industries are develop
ing in every direction.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
Clouds You Can't See.

Did you ever realize that rain-clouds
are sometimes quite invisible? When
the sky above is bluest and clearest
great masses Of rainy vapor may yet
be passing over. This is proved by the
clouds you may notice round high
peaks in mountainous countries. You
will often on a clear day see the crest
of lofty mountain enveloped in q
mist like the smoke of volcano.
The fact Of the matter is that the
rain-cloud Is invisible until it is cooled
beyond certain point. 1t is not until
1t strikes the cold rocks or SHOWS of
the mountain that 1t Is chilled suffic-
iertly to make 1t visible. Thus, noun
tain peaks are the best kind of barom-
eters, for they announce to the dwell
ers In the valleys beneath when the
atmosphere Is getting saturated and
rain may be xpected-Answers
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
EXPLORERS IN THE PACIFIC.
Spanish Ships Cruised for Years But
Discovered Nothing,

Spanish Ships Cruised for Years But
discovered Nothing,
The first European explorer who
looked down upon the broad waters of
the Pacific saw them stretched away
calm and unruffled into the apparently
endless distance of the south, and it
was from this circumstance that the
greatest of the oceans got the two
names by which 1t has ever since been
known, of the Pacific and the South
sea. We can fancy what visions of
wonders hidden behind that vale of sea
mist must have floated before the i'm
agination of Balboa on that peak in
Darien when he fell upon his knees and
thanked God that 1t had fallen to his
lot to make the great discovery. 1t is
easy to suppose that his imagination
pictured new continents rising out of
the vast eXpanse of ocean containing
empires greater than Cortez found in
Mexico and treasures more rich than
were ever dreamed of by the Incas of
Peru and whatever these might be they
were all the inheritance of Spain. But
whatever those dreams may have been,
1t is certain they were doomed to dis
appointment. In the first century that
followed the discovery of the greaA
ocean indeed, good many of the ad-
Venturous ships of Spain sailed the
waters of the South sea, but their eff
forts ended in failure for the most part;
the reports they brought back from
their voyages were for the most part
OF sea-nothing but sea. One or two,
indeed, discovered and landed upon
Islands. but not one ever reached the
shores of the only continent that lay
hidden in the unknown waters of the
South sea.
1t is easy to understand their expert
ence when we look at map of that
part of the world. for We shall find
that line drawn around the pole 10
degrees south Of the equator would pass
through more than 10000 miles of
ocean and less than 1000 of land.
south of this line the only large pieces
OF land are the south point of Africa
and the narrowest part of South Amer
lea and the island continent of Austral-
la. Except the island of Madagascar,
there is no land of any considerable
extent in all the great expansetof the
Indian ocean, and the still more vast
extent of the south Pacific is only dot
ted here and there by groups of BEAU
tl1ul but widely scattered islands, love-
Y In form and lavishly endowed with
marvellous variety of natural produc-
tons, but so diminutive in size that
they must be sought with all the ad-
Vantages OF modern science in the vast
wilderness Of ocean by which they arc
'urrounded.-Harpers Round Table.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
The Twentieth Century.

There has been considerable news
paper discussion as to when the 2oth
century will begin. The New York
SIN settles the question with the fol-
lowing illustration: "The goth cen
tury will begin at midnight, December
81, 1900, January I, 1901. If you
had 1000 silver dollars to place In
piles containing 100 each, your first
pie would end with the number 100 /;
your second pile would begin with Io1
and end with 200, and your 2oth pile
would begin with 1901 and end with
1000. 1t is the same way with CEN
turies."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24

To give you an opportunity of test
ing the great merit of Ely's Cream
Balm, the most reliable cure for ca
tarrh and cold in the head, generous
10 cent trial size can be had of your
druggist or we mail it for 10 cents.
Full size SO cents.
ELY BROS, Sc Warren St., N. Y.
City.
1t is the medicine above all others
for catarrh, and is worth its weight in
gold. l can use Ely's Cream Balm
with safety and it does all that is claim
ed for it.-B. w. Sperry, Hartford,
Conn.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24

The first trial trips on the electric
rack railway up the Corner Grat, near
Zermatt, were recently carried out in
the presence of the inspectors of the
Swiss Railway department. The sec
ton completed has length of 1000
meters and gradient of twelve per
cent. The tests were satisfactory, both
the ascent and descent being effected
without the slightest difficulty, the
motors holding the locomotive per-
fectly to its proper upeed. Starting on
the maximum gradient with a fully
loaded train was also effected with
great facility.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
A puZZIer.

A little boy read in Sunday school
paper the story of a missionary hav-
ing been eaten by cannibals. Papa"
he asked, will the missionary go to
heaven?"
Yes. y son." replied the father.
"And will the cannibals go there,
too?" qVeried the youthful student.
NO" was the reply.
After thinking the matter over for
come time the little fellow exclaimed:
well, don't see how the missionary
can go to heaven If the cannibals don't,
when he's inside the cannibals. Troy
Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
A Few Useful Hints

Here are some new things we
ought to know: That chloride Of
lime spread around wherever rats
frequent will abolish them. That
teaspoonful of vinegar put into the
water in which tough meat or fowl is
to be boiled will make them lender.
That in cutting warm bread or cake
warm knife should be used. That
perfect rest may be had by spreading
a small sheet on the floor and lying
flat down so that every muscle may
relax. That by changing your seat
frequently when sewing you will avoid
extreme WEAKNESS. That damp cloth
will Iemove dust from furniture far
better than dry duster. That a solu4
tion of copperas should be frequently
poured through all drain pipes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
A Good Remedy for Boils.

81 never knew what boil was until
recently have been afflicted with a
number of these dissgreeable erup-
tlons. | began taking Hoods Sarsa.
parllla and in a short time it purified
my blood and the boils entirely dis.
appeared and l have not had anv
trouble with them since" CLARENCE
HERTZ, Hazleton, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
Three specimens of the rare white

Three specimens of the rare white
partridge (Perdix cinerea) were
recently exhibited at meeting of the
Linnaean society, in London. Allvere
shot early in October by Leonard
Lush of Worcestershire, while hunt
ing in the Berwyn mountains, in Wales
A remarkable fact was that of covey
Of nine birds scared up by the hunter
all but four were albions, the rest
being of the normal color.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24

SCEPTIcs TURN BELIEVERS AND ARE
CURED.-"When 1 read that DR.. Ag=
news Catarrhal Powder could relieVe
Catarrh in 10 minutes l was far from
being convinced. tried lt-a sinsle-
puff through the blower afforded ID
slant relief, stopped pain over the
eyes and clearsed the nasal passages.
To-day I am free from catarrh," B. L.
Eagan's (Easton, Pa,) experience
has been that of thousands of Others
and may be yours.-Io.
Sold by c. A. KLEIN.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
A Resolution Worth Keeping.

The one New Year resolution which
ought to be kept above al others is the
one which pledges its maker to pay his
debts. If every American would in the
current week pay off as much Of his in
debtedness as it is possible for him to
pay, times would speedily become so
good that calamity bowling would ex-
pire from sheer shame.-Scranton Tri-
bune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
AL Her Fect.

William Tell-She's had many q
young man at her feet.
Miss Spyte-Of course, when she buys
a new pair of shcas.-Yonkers States.
man. ''--~'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24

Col. Boleybug is one of the luckiest
men l know. He was in railroad ac-
cident last week and had the good
fortune to lose his right arm," said
Gilhooly to Pete Amsterdam.
DO you call 1t good luck for man
to lose his right arm?" asked Pete.
"Yes, Boleybug is left-handed."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24
Heart Spasn,s
RR. AGMEW'S
Curo ToT the Heart q
Wonderful Life-Sayor.

No organ In the human anatomy to-day whose
dl1eases can be more readily detected than those
Of the heart-and medical discovery has made
them amenable to proper treatment. ifyou have
palpitation or futtering, shortness of breath
weak or irregular pulse, swelling of feet or
ankles, pain in the left side, fainting spells drop
sca! tendency, any of these Indicate heart disease
No matter Of how long standing. DR.. Agnew's
Cure for the Heart will oure--its u heart specihc
-acts qu!ekly--acts surely-acts safely
"I was given up to die by physicians and
friends Ono dose of DR.. Agnews Cure
sor the Heart gave LIE ease, and six bottles
cured my case of fifteen years standing"
MRS. ]. L. HELLER, WHiTEwooo,
E.W.T. $
Guarantees re.isSin 60 Eninuzos.
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-24

Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy
to operate. Cure indigestion, head
ache.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-15
Sheridan as an Orator.

After Richard Brisley Sheridan had
made his great speech in Westminster
Hall, asking for the impeachment of
Warren Hastings, Edmund Burke said:
He has this day surprised the thou
sands who hung with rapture on his
accent, by such an array of talents,
such an exhibition of capacity, such
display of powers as are unparalleled
in the annals of oratory; a display that
reflected the highest honor on himself,
luster upon letters, renown upon par
lament, glory upon the country. OF
all species of rhetoric, of every kind of
eloGuence that has been witnessed or
recorded either in ancient or modern
times, whatever the acuteness of the
bar, the dignity of the senate, the SOL
idity of the Judgment seat and the sa-
cred morality of the pulpit, have hith-
erto furnished, nothing has equaled
what we have this day heard. No holy
seer OF religion, no statesman, no ora
tor, no man of any literary description
whatever, has come up, in one instance,
to the pure sentiments of morality; or,
in the other, to that variety of knowl-
edge, force of imagination, propriety
and vivacity of allusion, beauty md
elegance of diction, strength and CO.
piousness of style, pathos and sublim-
ity of conception, to which we this
day listened with ardor and admira,
ton.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-15
naslc Stag on Clay Land.


Experiments conducted in the west Of
England by the Bath and West society
have brought some useful results in
manuring with basic Stag on clay land
to light, after three years. experience,
says Farmer and Stockbreeder Eng).
These are briefly ~ On certain soils,
the full effects of basic Stag are not
apparent until considerable period
has elapsed; but (2) the development
of these effects may be, and probably
is, fastened or retarded by the condi-
ton of the season following the appli-
cation Of the manure; and (3) that it
may perhaps be assumed that the bene-
fetal effects of the Stag are not only
maintained over very considerable
period, but that there is also marked
tendency to increase observable in
these efforts from year to year, such as
would seem to point to a gradual i'm
provement in the general condition Of
growth, and probably also to the pro-
duction of a condition of food-avail-
ability in the soil, which is specially
favorable to the growth of leguminous
plants. The stimulus given to clovers
so far as has been observed, has not
been carried out at the expense of the
ordinary grasses.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-15

earned. It is tho place where the next
years haycrop is to be grown and
should be managed with that idea In
view. To pasture the meadow in the
fall may save some feed that IL worth
saving, but 1t may also leave the
ground so bare that when winter comes
great injury is done to the grass roots
and it may not recover. When one
secs himself short of pasture, either in
midsummer or later in the fall, and the
meadow shows up we'll with consider
able feed on it. there is a great temp
tation to turn the stock on. and there
may be times when it is really the best
thing to do under the circumstances as
they actually exist. It is better. for
instance. than to let the stock suffer
when it is that or nothing. But such
circumstances should not be permitted
to occur. To provide fodder crop in
a corn country is so easy that there is
no necessity for 1t to occur, and the
management of the meadow should be
carried on for the meadows own good
and with an eye single to the largest
possible hay crop.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-12-15
Pastur,ne Meadows.

In the management of meadows there
are too many who seem to think that
they can eat their cake and still have
It and great deal of pasturing is done
that should never be permitted, says
Iowa Homestead. Many think that as
soon as the hay crop is removed it
is good economy to turn on the cattle
and thus make continued use Of the
field on the theory that nothing should
be allowed to go to waste. Many 9th
ers pasture the meadow in the fall to
consume the growth Of grass after re-
covery from the cutting. Economy is
q good thing, and. other things being
equal. lhe will prosper best who per-
mits the least waste. But there Is such
thing as making a saving at too great
expense. and much Of the ,pasturing OF
meadows is Of this class. for It
IL done at the expense Of the
future hay crop. A newly cut meadow
for instance. IL not stubble field from
which . penny saved 10 necessarily