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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
Also a Church Dignitary.

1t is but little known that in addition
being defender of the faith" by
virtue of her position of sovereign,
queen Victoria is also the Oldest dig
nitary of the church by virtue of her po-
iition Of prebendary of st. David's
cathedral, Llandaff.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

''Bought my life for. 10 cents" This was
one mans way Of putting it when he had
been pronounced incurablc from chronic
dyspepsia. at was a living death 10 Ee
until | tried Dr. Won STAINS Pineapple Tab.
lets-,hanks TO them to-day am wcll-ant
/ tell my friends bought my life for ter
cents"-IS in a box-they'rc good for any
and every form Of stomach trouble-saie 10
use and convenient to carry with you.
Sold by {. A. Klein, 100
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving all i'm.
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
scarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

WANTED-SEVERAI. PERSONS FOR
District Office Managers in this State to rep
resent me in their own and surrounding
counties. Willing TO pay yearly 5000, pay
able weekly. Desirable employment with
unusual opportunities. References ex-
changed. Enclos self-addressed stamped
envelope. S. A. Eark, $40 Caxton Building,
Chicago. I2.2II6t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

There is a class of people who are injured
10y the use of coffee. Recently there has
been placed in all the grocery stores new
preparation called GRAINO, made of pure
grains, that takes the place of coffee. TIE
most delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and but few can tell it from coffee
1t does not cost over 1 as much. Children
may drink it with great benefit. I5c. and s5e
per package. Try it. Ask for GRAlN-O-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

Take one of DR.. Agnew's Liver Pills attet
dinner, it will promote digestion and over
come any evil effects of too hearty eating
Safe, prompt, effective, painless and pleas
ant. This effective little pill is supplantins
all the old school nauseous purgatives. 40
doses, ioc.
Sold by G. A. Klein. 90
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

Musical cranks are just ,hel people who
most strongly object TO the class of music
that is produced by means of crank,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
Lost Human Muscles.

There are many muscles in the hui
lost through ages of disuse.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

Truth, says the old adagc, lies at the bot
tom of the well. That sounds all right, but
why should truth lie under any circum-
stances
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

A CERTAIN CURE FOR CHILBLAINs.-
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease, a
powder l, cures cnilblains, frostbtes,
damp, sweating, swollen feet. At all drug
gists and shoe stores, I5c. Sample FREE
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, New
York. III dat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

The chap who buys his girl many roses
at this time of year has TO give dollars fer
scents.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

CArARRH AND COLDS RELIEVED IN 10 TO
90 MINUTES One short puff of the breath
through the blower, supplied with each bot
tie of DR.. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder, diff
fuses this powder over the surface of the
nasal passages Painless and delightful to
use. 1t relieves instantly, and permanently
cures catarrh, hay fever, colds, headache,
sore throat, tonsiltis and deafness soc
Sold by &. A. Kleim OF
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

WANTED - RELIABLE MAN ZOE
Manager of branch Office | wish to open in
this vicinity. Good opening for an ener-
getic sober man. Kindly mention this pa
per when writing. A. T. MORRIS,
Cincinnati, o.
Illustrated catalogue, &C. postage. (6tIt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

Many man who can't even write his own
name makes his mark in the world.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

1t doesn't follow that an unsuccessful aa-
thor should be poor. He ought to have
plenty in his own write.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

Thermometers are about as low as they Will
be this winter, and yet you don't see any ON
the bargain counters.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
Horse Power of Engines.


An ordinary railway engine is equiva'
lent in strength to about 900 horses.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

The egotist may have an impediment in
his speech, but never in his Is.
ITCHING, BURNING SKIN DISEASES CURED
FOR 3sc.-Dr. Agnew's Ointment relieves
in one day, and cures letter, salt rheum,
scald head, eczema, barber's itch, ulcers,
bloiches and all eruptions of the skin 1t
is SCOT hing and quieting and acts like magic
in the cure OF all baby humors. 3Sc.
Sold by c. A. Klein. OF
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

"When a man discovers that his friends
are not ,rumps," says the Manayupk Philos-
opher, 'Its time for him to discard them"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

JRLL.O, the new dessert, pleases all the
family. Four navors Lemon, orange,
raspberry and strawberry. AT your grccers-
ioc Try it to-day. ala 4td
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

The average man is content with day OF
on his birthday, but most women like to take
n wear off,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

The clock-maker is never in a hurry. He
always has plenty of time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

The owner of quarry should have ne
difficulty in raising the rocks.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
Comes to grief--the undertaken.

MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE SICKLY.-
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Children's
Home, New York, Break up Colds in "a
hours, cure Feverlshness. Headache, Stom.
ach Troubles Teething Disorders, and Des.
troy Worms. At all druggists, 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted,
Leroy, n. Y. IIS 4td
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

He-"Be on your guard, for | propose to
steal your heart" She--''Not II steel 1t
first"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
Cod coffee makes a man hot.

HEART DISEASE RELIEVED IN 30 Min.
urEs. DR.. Agnew's Cure for the Heart
gives perfect relief in all cases of organic or
sympathetic heart disease in 30 minutes, and
speedily effects 4 cure. II is peerless rem
edy for palpiIation, sholtness of breath,
smothering spells, pain in left site e, and all
symptoms ot diseased heart, One dose
conyinces.
Sold by c. A. Klein. o6
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

An ounce of prevention is often worth a
pound on the piano.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

The installment dealer seems 10 be firm
believer in trusts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
IF YOU HAVE PAIN IN YOUR BAOK,

LET us give YOU piece Of advice: Pain in
the back is an almost infalible sign Of Kid.
ney disease a surer sign is the condition OF
your urine, II you have pain in the back
then look to the condition OF your urine. IL
is easily done. Take glass tumbler ana
I'll it with urine, after ii has stood ~ hours;
il it has sediment, II it is milky or cloudy,
if it is pale or dscolored, stringy or ropy,
your Kidneys aud Bladder are IN danger
ou, condition and need immediate attention.,
or the consequences may prove fatal.
DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
is the one medicine that really cures all dis.
eases OF the Kidneys, Liver, Bladder and
Blood, Rheumatism, Dyspt psia and Chrome
Constipation and corrects the bad ELECTS oil
whiskcy and beer on the system. 1t is won
derful how il makes that pain in the back
disappear, how it relieves the desire to
utinate often, especially at night, and drives
away that scalding pain in passing water and
in remarkably short time makes you well
and strong. Dr. David kennedy's favorite
Remedy is sold at all drug stores for 800
bottle. or six bottles for $500
If you would like to try this wonderful
medicine you can do so absolutely free
Send your full name and address to the DR..
DAVID KENNEDY CORPORATION,
Rondout, N. Y, when free trial bottle, to-
geiher with pamphlet of valuable medical
advice. will be sent you by mail postpaid,
providing you mention the Columbian
when you write. The publishers of this
paper guarantee the occurrences OF this
| liberal offer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
AN ELASTIC CURRENCY.
THE PLAN SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS-
BY HON. JOSEPH c. SIBLEY.

A Proposition That would Enable
of Bankers i'm Times of Financial
Distrust.
The currency bill introduced in con-
gress by Hon. Joseph c. Sibley de-
serves the careful consideration of our
national lawmakers, and all who are
interested in stability of prices and pre-
vention of financial panics, injurious
ly affecting as they do, all Legitimate
interests The bill provides that any
holder of government bonds may de-
posit them with the United States
treasurer, and receive therefor so per
cent of their face value in treasury
notes of the same debt paying power
as now granted to the notes issued by
national banks. During the period OF
deposit the interest on the bonds shall
cease, or be covered into the United
States treasury. Upon the surrender
of the certificate of deposit, together
with payment of treasury notes equal
in amount to the sum advanced, the
bonds may again be converted to the
use of their lawful owner. The merits
of such a'measure briefly are as fol-
lows
IT AFFORDS ELASTICITY.
It provides for a currency that would
automatically expand and contract ac-
cording to the demands of business.
Within tho last few weeks money has
loaned in New York as high as 1S6 per
cent. During the panic of 1898 money
could not be borrowed with govern
ment bonds as security. Under the pro-
visions of the bill introduced by Mr..
Sibley in time Of financial distress the
currency could be expanded, if neces-
sary, more than $40O,00O,0O0. The
reason for naming so per cent of the
face value of the bonds is that the
government shall not he put regularly
in the business of loaning money, but
merely to lend its power to prevent eX-
cessive rates of interest or financial
disaster. When money is worth more
in the open market than the interest
on so per cont of the face value of the
bonds, money would flow out into cir
! culation. When the interest upon 80
| per cent was worth less than the in
terest upon the face of the bonds, the
I currency would flow back into the
! treasury and the bonds be withdrawn
! Mr.. Sibley's statement being that both
! scarcity of money and redundancy
/ of money may possess danger, the scar
| city hindering business and paralyzine
/ industries, while a too redundant cur
rency might provoke speculation ano
| oyortra6ipp which would in the enc
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
How Are Your Kidneys

Cooks are often afflicted with boils.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.

Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever.
l0c 25c. II G. @. G. fail, druggists refund money.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

If you examine the giggling girl closely
you will generally find that she has gold
tooth, through which floats her silvery
laughter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
PITY THE POOR BANKS.

The only objection that has yet been
made is to the effect that the banks are
in business to loan money and derive
their profits therefrom, and should not
be subjected to competition through
loans made by the government. In
reply to this objection Mr.. Sibleyl
urges that under the new currency bill
which has recently passed the house
bankers are enabled to issue money up
to the full face value of their bonds, at
the same fine receiving interest upon
the bonds so deposited. and to give to
the holder of bonds the privilege OF
losing his interest, and drawing 60, rs
or 80 per cent of the face value of his
bonds does not subject the bank to
any unfair competition, and that the
bankers themselves, under stress OF
financial circumstances, might be great
beneficiaries, which would enable them
to convert their securities into cash
during the prevalence of panic, which
| would make a run upon their resources.
Mr.. Sibley urges that under the pro-
visions Of law such as this there
could not again occur great financial
revulsion, and that the advantages
would not be centered IN New York or
| in any great CITY, but would benefit
locally, throughout the entire United
States, the community where there
might be scarcity of money whicn
would force rates abnormally high and
threaten to create panic. Secretary
Gage declares that the worst character
istic of our financial system is it's
rigjdity, and Mr. Sibley's plan certainly
wo,ld overcome this to considerable
extent at least.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

Senator Hoars resolutions are CIV
ing the imperialists more worry than
they can stand, and with one accord
they are trying to find relief by declar-
ing they are in favor of them but are
opposed to their enforcement.-San
Francisco Call.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
To Cure Constipation Forever.

Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. I0c or CSC.
II c. O. Z. fail TO cure. druggists refund money.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

Dr. Hobbs sparngus pills cure nll kidney Ills sam
pie free Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or n. Y
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

Now 1t Is said that Mark Hanna will
be chairman of the Republican nation
al committee after all. The admins
tration has evidently recovered from
its fear that the presence of the high
brahmin of trusts on the committee
would be dangerous.-Bo Traveller
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

The charge that Mckinley and his
official advisers are under the thumb
of the money trust can be proved, II
the charges are pressed home and the
facts are forced into the light by de-
termined and persistent action OF the
Democratic members of congress-
Kansas City Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08

The amount of the appropriations fol
purposes other than usual government
expenditure introduced during the firs
IL days of the present session OF con
gress reached $280,845, ,366. or at tn
rate of nearly $24, 100000 per day.
Philadelphia Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
Don't Tobacco Spit aud Smoke Your life Away

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
,etic. full OF life, nerve and vlgor, take No'To'
3ac, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or 81. Cure gunran-
;ecd Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New YORK.
The times., 1900-04-01

IN a weird sort Of dirty splendor to be
found nowhere else in the world. Though
he dusky damsels Seemed black mermaids
as they stood amid the fish and. by neat
turn OF their sharp knives cleared out the
cntraiis ard decapitated them, yet when
trade was slack and night came on they
hastened TO the shadows Of the porth OF
FishtoWn and, retiring TO their booth7'
came out resplendent in varied hnery
The American flag dress was the vogue
at one time. A starry waist and striped
skirt made many Of the fish cutters god
desses Of liberty for the nonce. 1t was
work by day and revelry by night
The morals of the place were so bad thft
the city council forbade youths under six
teen from going into the wicked town.
In the forties however. Mayor George 7.
Wise determined TO rid the fish wharves.
which are the property Of the corporation.
from the hOrdes Of idle and vicious whites
and negroes which infested them. The clay
houses were cleared Of their occupants and
a yigiaut police secured deceucy ana or
der. so the evil fame which had attended
the town for half a century was replaced
by a reputation for business. and all things
became new. In late years the city has
sold OF a portion Of FishtOwn for manu-
factories a fire has swept of the old build
ugs much OF the fish trade has been trans
terred to Washiugtou's river front. ana
now few frames and a hundred or so pe0-
pie engaged in handling fish are all that
remain Of the once notable feud and
drunkpu FishtoWn
The times., 1900-04-01

room was arranged as music room. where
daily concerts were given by blind mu-
sicians The other room was filed with
exhibits OF books maps and music and all
sorts Of handicraf, done by the blind-kin-
dergarten. woodworking, clay-modeling
typewritine. fancy work sewing by hand
and machine chair Gaming and broom and
mattress making.
Thus The work of educating he blind and
extending 10 them the best and surest help
was auspiciously begun. The home OF the
Aid Association contains books printed in
the raised characters as well as maps and
charts. but i, is found that labor is the
most efficient means for making the blind
forget their afliction That toll which
makes rest and recreation sweet TO those
gifted with sight is provided for the sight
less and they are given "a purpose in life.
i would perhaps be desirable addition
20 the life of these afflicted ones to pro
yidcs for them means for learning the ar
OF music and furnishing them instruments
which. in their leisure moments. would al
ford them uever-ending delight The eN-
ouisite susceptibility Of the blind 10 this
most beautiful art cannot be overestimatec
and its soothing and refreshing influence
would furnish the most ennobiing mean:
OF recreation.
The times., 1900-04-01

ing to do something which will rescue them
from pauperism-
The story Of the founding Of the Aid
Association is thus described by Mrs. Hunt
in her last annual report:
"On December 8 1897. about thirty per
sons met In the parlor of Mrs John Rus
sell Young 1888 @ Street. and discussed
the advsability of beginning work among
the blind people of the District Of COlum-
bia. Organization was decided upon. Per
manent officers were elected. The title Of
the Aid Association for the Blind Of the
District Of Columbia vas adopted. the
work TO be uun-sectarian. On February
Il an officer for the Association was opened
al 1601 q Street and kept there until
June J. when IL was transferred FOR the
summer 10 Teuleytown. the country home
of the corresponding secretary. During
the frs three and half months 2'' calls
were received at the office from the blind
and those interested in the Association.
About forty applications were received for
aid Of various kinds. Two cases being es-
pecially urgent in demands for immediate
relief the applicants were allotted rooms
and their expenses paid by the Association
AT the semi annual meetings the names
OF he generous friends who had given ai@
were read and gratitude expressed From
the School Of the Blind at Columbus Ohio,
and from several individual friends mum
ber OF books u the different types Moon,
T Embossed New York Point etc.-were re-
ceived as q beginning Of a circulating
library These hooks we're. in June. ErI-
ciousiy received az the Library Of Con-
gress to be held for the Association ard
1 loaned from the pavilion for the blind TO
any readers desiring them. In connection
( with the National Education Convention.
] H.TH i'm TIf1g q I" b.
municatiCns were sent to the thirty seven
/ schools for the blind in the United States.
and pamphlets specially relating to De
psrymeut rs. y. z. a.. sent individually -
/ Az instructors of the blind in these va
! rious schools This Department l6 en-
/ braced the blind. the deaf and the men
! tally deficient Two large rooms on the
/ first floor OF the Franklin school building
I were given 10 the Aid Association. one
The times., 1900-04-01
FISHTOWN'S OLDHN DAYS
4 Piscatorial Mart Before the Cap
itaI was Founded.
tuirue Old Place Noted for Its In
tIu~try ny Day mud RcNeling When
Nrrhitecturc-Dus Nernaids OF
the Potomac Fifty Years Ago.

The fishing seasons of the Potomac River
autodate The foundations of the Capital
OF the United States. When Capt. John
smith came into the Potomac the oars o.
the boats. passing through schools OF hsn,
would kill scores of them as they struck
the waters. Washington and Mason were
the owners OF fishing shores and carried
ON the business The Alexandria fish wharf
became. early in this century the main
landing place Of the Potomac fisheries
Scores OF wagons from all the counties Of
This neighborhood even as far as the Blue
Ridge. were driven in during March. April
and early May to secure the supplies OF
herring. which was the food fish Of the
slaves on the plantations. Even as late as
1850 the coming in Of wagons continued,
and this pen picture Of Fishtown at that
time is made by an old newspaper man
who was familiar with its sights and scenes
for many years. The change which. early
in March came over the northeast corner
of the old city was as great as that which
visits the fields and forests when the magic
of spring replaces snow with green grass
and covers the naked limbs Of the trees
with luxurant foliage.