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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
TIMELY TOPICS

J. c. Jackie X Sons. 1875 Bank street, are offering mems $3.50 patent leather shoes for S29S. Just for q week only. Read their ad.
 There will be q special sale of misses and children's cloaks and dresses at Currans' tomorrow. ..--
 If you want the best there is in un- derwear see the stock at Jones X Nor gan's. None better made.
 Full line of Lopg Island shell goods in stock at the City Fish market. Free delivery.
 Read Castles specials for tonight and tomorrow. Stock moves so fast that it is always fresh.
 This is the season of fancy hand kerchiefs. always acceptable gifts Turnbull has made an enormous pur- chase.
 Hamilton will have a fine stock of chickens and turkeys at the lowest prices for tomorrow. Readleston x Woerg imported lager beer on draught at T. F, Guests. About half of the ladies of Water bury buy their dress goods at Miller & Peck's. but they can accommodate the other half
 For gold or silver watches. diamonds
  Unson. Iewelrv company's stock. | The F. w. Dains company will nut up your paper for 121Gc a roll. Best work guaranteed l Visit the nrt department at Reid X Hughes's. Yale and Harvard souvenirs. 1 Leather and glass materials. Somethino unusual in the bargains lthe Outlet Clothing connnanv offer for l lto-porrow Regular S3 hat for s14T The slinner. king has nnioaded at Dodee's. It will pay you to take look i in It this stock.
 Rrawnie cameras only S1 at Ziglafz- kf- Nsnr'vs r-H they show -ou how to use them. Pictures framed.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
BA%DANNA EVENING.

Audience Entertained With Slave Songs and Plantation Folk Lore. The bandanna evening of slave songs and plantation folklore given under the auspices of the Young Women'S Friendly league iH LeavenWorth hall last night was q pronounced success and the 200 or more persons Who were present hope to see it repeated here at no distant date. The negro impersOna- tions of Jeannette Robinson Murphy of Lexington Ky. were true to nature and delighted the audience. Many of the songs rendered hy this charming woman. as we'll as quaint anecdotes related came to. her direct from q black nurse who watched over her in the time of her childhood ill old Ken lucky. Several local colored people attended the entertainment and all were well pleased with the program. The following program was render ed:
 (al-Survival of African Music in
 A,3erica-
 1D-Folk Tale.-..Nora' and de Ham,
 :..a:'.
 (cl-Aunt Dinah's Lullaby. Folk Tale.-"How Brer' Turkey Bug gard Became Bald
 (ay-Weird Chant.-''Sea ob Glass;
 Rey 15.2D
 O)-SIoanin' Spirituals.-'I'rodiga
 Son and "Hidin' Place" 0sa.
 90 lD
 s.AIam' Susan and Her Traditions "How Uncle Jeter Churns the Better Grooming Lullaby-'1 Done Done What Yer Tole Me Ter Dol"
 Kindergarten Song-"Ron I'm an CT Roll I'm. Babyr'
 ..J.s Solry 'fO' Bits" Anecdote of a negro funeral.
 How the Palms of Negroes Hands BecoE2e White.
 (al New York sermon-''Tower ob Bahel."
 (bD Florida sermon-"Gold and Sil- yer"
 "Gwad Bless Dem Yankees, DeyIl Set Me Free
 4 feature of the evenings enter tainment was the display of gaily colored bandannas that .ornamented the four corners of the hall. Several of these had been made into sofa pill lows. After the completion of the program there was a bandanna sale.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
ADJOURNED TOWNMEETING.
School Question Settled By Dividing
 the District.

School Question Settled By Dividing the District.
 Peter B. Reeves presided at the ad- iourned town meeting in City hall last night and Town Clerk Brett kept the minutes The committee appointed at a former meeting to consider ana fe- mort upon the Oronoke school question submitted the following report:
 To the voters of the town of Wa terbury: Your committees have held two meetings, at the second of which William H. Johnson, committeeman Of the Oronoke district, met with us at our request After careful conSidera- ton and investigation of the condition of affairs in this district. we have to report that it seems to be the general desire of the residents of the district that the district should be divided and that this seems to be the only feasible solution of the difficulties existing here We therefore recommend that the Oronoke district be divided into two separate and independent districts by line starting at Sled Haul brook at the junction of the boundary lines of the Oronoke and Town Plot dis tricts and the west line, Of the city of Waterbury: run thence westerly in direct line to a point in the center of the Middlebury road lying 250 feet southerly from the point where the center lines of the Park road and Middlebury roads meet: then due west in direct line to the town line.
 Respectfully submitted.
 r. A. BENHAM,
 A. 1T. WELLS.
 J. H. HARRISON. Dated December <, 1900.
 The report was adopted and vote passed retasasing the old name. Oronoke for that p.srtiOn of the district south of the line and the new district, which K Situated north of the line, to be known as Park Road school district, NO IL
 1l1y street, at Morningside, was ac- E }, = T m q town road.
 - CIT then adtourned
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
TO CONSCRIPT CITIZENS.
All Able Bodied British Subjects Must
 Handle a Rifle.

Johannesburg. Dec Tn pursuance of the reconcentrado policy the author ities here are preparing accommodation on the race course for four thousand people from farms ill the vicinity of the Rand. The Bur@hers will be herd ed in Il laager and will be strict ly watched.
 A notification appears in the Gazette to the effect that all able-hodied Brit ish subjects are liable to be conscript- ed for service in the Rand Rifles.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
NEW STORE, NEW GOODS

Will be open for business Saturday. November 2ith. We will have all the very latest patterns in jewelry and silver ware, pretty diamond rings and pins, watches of every make and design, all the first class move ments; also full line of the New England Watch Co.'S products at prices that.will please you
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
TESTING CUBA'S SOIL.

Seeds and Plants to Be Found Near
 Manila.
 Berkeley Cal. Dec 7.-Under the patronage of the United States Phil ippine commission. an experiment farm will be started about 2G0 miles from Manila. where the growth of seeds and plants from this country will be tested. Professor Bernard Moses. of the con- mission. has written to the University of California, regarding the proposed work and on his suggestion the state institution will send from it's expert ment stations the required seeds and plants. Phelps Whitmarsh will con duct the work of the experiment farm.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
INDIANS GOING INSANE.

A Female s'Divine Healer Has Driven
 Them Religion Crazy.
 Phoenix. Ariz, Dec "A Papage h. dian woman has been brought to the territorial insane asylum here. She became insane several weeks ago over the religious teachings of woman. n so-called ..divine healer.' who lives at Phoenix. and whose teachings have been impressed on the Papage to such an extent that many more of the In dians are partially demented. The In- ,dians have been contributing all their money to the alleged 'healer." It is believed she has emissaries ainong other tribes and the authorities are searching for them.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
On His Way to Washington to Discuss
 Needs of That Country.

o1 His way 10 N aSnlnSton to DISCUSS
 Needs of That Country.
 Seattle. Wash. Dec 1.-The gunboat Wheeling. Captain \. k. Condon. reached port yesterday from her sum mer cruise in Behr.ng Sea. She brought John G. Brady, governor of Alaska. from Sitka.
 Governor Brady. who is on his way to Washington. in discussing the needs of Alaska, said:
 Alaska needs laws which will en- able residents to acquire titles to their homes and lands. In order to do this survey work must be extended.
 T advocate the bestowal of citizen ship upon the natives. They are good people. The EsquimauX of Alaska have been unfairly treated.
 ..Dutch Harbor should be fortified. II is the strategical point of southern Alaska. 1 cannot urge too strongly the need of an Alaskan cable to some point on Puget Sound"
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07

Fancy Art Needlework of Home Manufacture, Hand Painted and Elm broidered in Silk, Chalnois. Bolting Cloth, Linen. Paper. Wood, Leather and Glass Materials.
 Yale and Harvard Souvenirs in Tobacco Bags, Jewel Cases, Glove, Veil. Cravat and Handkerchief Cases. Shaving Paper, Letter and Paper Cases. Portfolios. Daily Books, Novel and Magazine Cases. Travelling Com panion, Pin and Needle Cases, Blot ters, Calendars. Picture Frames, Emery Bags. Court Plaster Cases, Match Scratchers, Whisll Broom Holders. Laundry Lists, Silk Books, Hair Receivers, Fan Holders, String Balls. Pin Cushions. Card Cases, Darn ing Companions, Pin Sachets, Collar and Cuff Holders, Address and Guest Books. Postal Card Holders, Tag Cases
 New line of samples of Photograph Jewelry, in Brooch and Scarf Pins, Cuff Button and Placque Pictures, Gold Filled and Solid Gold Setting.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
ADJOTRN TNTIL MONDAY.

Washington. Dee Tt was decided to-day that when the senate adjourned thiS afternoon. it would be until Mon day. Mir Gallagher presented tele- gram sent to the president of the sen ate from the Southern Industrial con vention in favor of the shipping sub Sidy bill.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
ANNOUNCEMENT PREMATURE.

San Francisco. Dec 1.--Frof Wheeler of the University of California states that the announcement that Prof W. w. Campbell has been chosen to sue cead the late Prof James E. keeler $ director of the Lick observatory was premature No definite action has yet been taken.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
WHOLE FAMILY POISONED.
Believed That Poisoned Tea Was Sold
 to Them

Paterson. N. J.. Dec Mrs William C. Cock and her four children all be came seriously ill here last night after partaking of supper. and il is believed that they were poisoned by tea which had been purchased yesterday. To- day the mother and oldest daughter were said to be out of danger, but the younger members of the family were still in a Drecarious condition. The tea will be subjected to q chemical eX- aminatf ton.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07

Cape Town. Dec lowing to the attempts of sympathiZerS to communi- cate with the Boer prisoners at Green Point camp. Maxim guns have been placed in position on the surrounding heights, in readiness for disturbance
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
GROWTH OF TRAFFIC.
Large Cotton Shipments For the Orien
 tal Trade.

l
 Portland. Ore. Dec "A special tO the Oregonian from New Orleans. La. says: The Oregon Railroad and NaVi- gation Co is arranging to handle cotton on through bills of lading from New Orleans. from Portland and it's own line of steamships to the Orient. Traffic Manager Campbell of the com pany arrived here yesterday from Portland for the purpose of looking over the situation and mapping out a plan. It is proposed to establish an office i'll New Orleans and from there send travelling agents through the cot ton country to secure thH business. which Mir Campbell thinks will be large in volume. II has only been q short while ago that the shipment of cotton to Japan and China from New Orleans began. but tie growth in the traffic has been phenomenal and re- gently d large number of Japanese cot ton buyers came here and arranged for largely increased supplies. Mir Camp bell is in close touch with the Oriental trade and says that q wonderful activ- ity will develop just as soon as the present Chinese troubles are settled. He expects 10 be ready to handle large cotton shipments from New Orleans through the Portland terminal within sixty or ninety days.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
LoNpoN's BOARD oFeTRADE...

London. Dec 1.-The statement of the board of trade for the month of November shows increases of $J.4eS. 600 In imports and 252, 100 in exports.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
BOARD OF FINANCE
Met and Received the Report of Treas
 Grer G. A. Gibson.


 The board of finance met last night. there being present Mayor kilduff. Comptroller Russell. Commissioner Lord and City Clerk Ryan. The re- port of Treasurer George A. Gibson for the month of November was re- ceived and read as follows: To balance on hand Noyeln-
 Der l. 1900 ........... $131 .03OG2 To W. F. ThOms, collector.
 sewer assessments ...... 1889 To w. F. Thoms. collector,
 street assessments ...... 121.3o To w. E. Thoms. collector,
 city taxes. list 1899 ..... 421.G0 To w. E. Thoms, collector.
 water rents, Nov. 1900 .. JO,OOO.OO To w. E. Thoms. collector
 per NJ. J. Ryan, street
 opening permits o6.oO To w. E. Thoms. collector,
 per NJ. J. Ryan ..... 6I.S4 To John J. Fitzgerald. clerk 104.oS To w. C. kleinecke, sale of
 horse -.D.oo To Manufacturers National
 bank. interest on monthly
 balance ......... 3l.oo Total S1S2. .OO0.11 By sundry city orders ..... oS,i96.l2 By interest on water bonds. third series, due July l.
 1900 loo.oo ByintereSt on Center school
 district bonds due No
 vnmber 1900 " 2O2O.OO Total SGO91G.12 Balance on hand December
 l, 19UO .......-........ HlZl oo-'9o
 G. \. GIBSON.
 City Treasurer. The report was accepted and or dered on file.
 John w. Burns. treasurer Of the sinking fund of the Center school dlS- trict. submitted report showing the balance on hand. January l. 1900. t3 be S4O.Ga2S so. The interest for the wear amounts to SS40.31. making total of $41.413.11. The money is de- posted in different banks in the state. C0mptroller Russell reported that Ill his opinion S1O.00O of the school bonds issued ill 1877 will be due next wear. The comptroller also stated that i'll looking over the records of the Center school district he is unable to hnu where the bond issue of S2tO.OOO Was spent No provision has been made to meet tine &1O.WJO which is said to Tall due the coming year. and this item. simple as il may appear. will nave 10 be provided for. no matter where the mouey comes from.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
on hand December

l, 1900 ................ .SlZl,o5-.oo G. \. GIBSON.
 l,itN ErHa SurHr.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
WaltS-FO Sale-T TORent

1sO RENT-F,ive rooms. second floor, all inn proVements. John Lawson 73D Baldwin Street. l2-1-tf
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07

I'D RENT--Tenement of four rooms. second A floor sS. J. J. %rinn, I50 South Street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07

By sundry city orders ..... > By interest on water bonds. . third series, due July 1. Byinterest on Center school
 district. bonds due No
 yember. 1900 ..........
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20
A Premium en- Letter Robbing,

1t has always been the policy of
the Postottice Department to keep
actual money out of the unregistered
mails by every device of discourage
ment that ingenuity could invent. To
that end the registry system and the
money order system, both elaborate
devices for making remittances, have
been set in operation.
The purpose of all this precaution
is public one. Its aim is to protect
the mails from disturbance by making
it prohtless for any thief to steal a
letter or mail bag. For without doubt,
when mail bag is stolen vastly more
harm is done than that represented
by the loss of all the money letters it
contains.
Yet just now retail merchants, pub
fishers and others are sending out in
great numbers certain cardboard "coir
receptacles" and inviting their Gus
toners to return them with halt dol
lars, quarters etc, imbedded in their
folds. If success attends their efforts
every mail pouch will become tempt
ing object of plunder, every letter
carrier will have new temptation tC
resist, and all that the department has
done to rid the mails of actual none,
will be undone.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20

sion. Many other products are, how
ever, used for this purpose. There
are shown here cords made of the
same kind of linen that is used for
hne textiles; these are only tor orna.
mental purposes, and wear very Door
ly. Cotton is also utilized in the
same manner Jute gives very unsat-
lsiactory results; the ropes are very
apt to break where they are tied.
Ramle, or China grass, is better, and
is coming into general use. Aloe
hber, obtained from the leaves of the
American aga7e, or century plant, is
popular for the reason that ropes
made therefrom float on water. which
makes them very useful at sea. Es-
parto-grass, phornlum tenax, or New
Zealand flax, product of the banana
tree, and cocoanut fiber are also more
or less utilized in the manufacture OF
Cord are. However, hemp is hoaS
c0Re0arS for this class of work. A
good hawser should not break until
after it has been stretched more than
10 or Ia per cent ofits original length
The great enemy of ropes is moisture;
an attempt is made to obviate its de.
leterlous effects by immersing the
ropes in tar for a certain length o
time before using them. Neverthe
less, a tarred rope subjected to sea
water loses, in three months, 40 pc
cent Of It's power OF resistance.
In one corner of the Exhibit the
manufacture of rope is shown, the
workmen with their cords surrounding
them looking like nothing SO much a.
enormous spiders.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20

A simple servant maid was brought
to hospital suffering from an over,
dose of poison. When questioned
as to her motive for taking it she re-
piled: 81 wasn't feeling we'll so |
went to my mistress's room to get
some medicine from the chest she
kept there. The bottle got was
marked three drops tor an infant,
six for an adult, and teaspoonful for
an emetic.' | knew l wasn't an in
fant, / wasn't sure about an adult, SC
| thought | must be an emetic, and
l took the tablespoonful"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20
Million Fair.

The Milton Fair will be held on
October 2, 3, 4 and S and from pres
ent indications will be the best in its
history.
Milton being situated in the midst
of rich agricultural district always
has large exhibit of farm products
and stock-and the increase in prem
iums will bring greater and better ex-
hibits in this line. The Fair manage
ment have re. .claved the speed track
which now is better and faster than
ever before, and the speed program
has been carefully arranged so that
trials for speed will be especially in
teresting-$a, 200 beng offered for
speed alone. Several special attrac-
tions have been arranged for and will
be performed before the Grand Stand.
They include balloon ascensions, per
forming dogs, trained animals, etc
Beside band concerts there will be
manv other unique and special at
fractions. The midway will be un
usually attractive, as will the main ex
hibition building, all the available
space having already been engaged
All railroads will sell excursion tickets
to Milton, Pa, on Oct. IS, at re
duced rates.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20

HOW'S THIS ?-We offer one
hundred dollars reward for any case of
catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY & Co., Proprs.,
Toledo, O..
We, the undersigned, have known
+. ]. Cheney for the last IS years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
In all business transactions and flnan-
cially able to carry out any obligation
made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Drug
sists, Toledo.
WALDrNG, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly apon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Frce 7sc. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls family pills are the best.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20
Gold Ore at Muncy.

Muncy promises to become quite
an important place, says the Hughes
Vile MaiH The oil fever is running
high, but greater still is the excitement
occasioned by the more recent dis
coveries of ore bearing gold, silver,
iron and several of the lesser minerals.
Should all the indications prove cor
rect, somebody is going to realize a
lot of wealth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20

Ruby--Kirby Dawdler is so dull; he
always remembers that he has just
heard something funny, but he never
can remember what il is.
Jacynth--Don't be so hard on him.
| think he does pretty well to remem-
ber that he has heard something funny.
Detroit Free Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20

Judge-IIave you anything to say
before the sentence is passed?
Accuscd-One thing, your honor:
Consider the youth of my attorney.
Remember how hard he tried and show
what consideration you can for him.
n. Y. World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20

Bobby wonder why the tiger
doesn't lie down and go to sleep once
in awhile?
Nurse am sure | don't know,
Bobby.
Bobby-Do you suppose he's afraid
he will turn into a rug if he does?-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20

"now is your husband that was run
over be the shtrate car. yistherdy
mornin'. Mrs. McGinnis?"
"rhc docther ills us TO be prepayered
fer the worsht. Mrs. Ryan
"Och thin. there's no belayvin' thin
ncwspal pers amy more, at all. They
had it in that he was fatally hurted."
Chicago Times-IIerald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20

The Mt Carmel Borough Coun-
ell has adopted an ordinance thai pro-
hibits tented shows of any kind to
Give exhibitions within the corporate
limits of that town. 1t is claimed
that the shows are a nuisance, and IN
many ways a blow to morality
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-09-20

Are run by every
woman who has household cares. 1t is
so easy Just to run out of the warm
house into the fresh air, to pin piece of
lace to the clothes line. 1t is also easy
to take cold in doing so. Then perhaps
comes suppression and kindred evils.
Whenever there is any disturbance of the
normal womanly function DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription may be relied upon
to re establish perfect health. 1t is
strictly temperance medicine, contain
ing no alcohol or whisky, neither opium,
cocaine nor other narcotic.
rSeveral years ago suffered severely from
female weakness, prolapsus and msnorrhagia,
and used Favorite Prescription with splendid
effect" writes Fannie Shelton, OF Washington,
Iowa. oGlad l have not needed II for a few
years past but if should have a return of the
ton l have recommended 1t to a number Of
my lady friends. I always tell them to try a
bottle and If they not benefited by 1t will
pay for the medicine. In every case they have
spoken in praise of it,"
Sick women are invited to consult DIR.
Pierce by letter free. All correspond
ence strictly private and sacredly conf
dental. Address DR.. X. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. PHerce's EavorIfe
Prescription makes weak
w0n1en strong and sick
women WoM