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a COINCIDENCE.
Peculiar Combination of Events Re.
lated by Andrew Lang.

Peculiar Combination of Events Re-
lated by Andrew Lang.
AS to 1.-The long arm of coincidence
it may be as long as is necessary.
Nothing is impossible to coincidence.
An instance of my own experience,
said Andrew Lang, convinces me Of
this fact. l had been reading a foolish
book, "Out of the Hurry Burly," and
some Of the rhymes ran in my head.
They began:
Bury Bartholomew out in the woods
In beautiful hole in the ground
In the afternoon l drove with a par
ty of friends, and we took the refresh
ment of tea at house where there
were several other guests, all unknown
to me even by name. AS two of these
lived at place on our homeward
route, they accompanied us in our We
hicle. AS we passed a wood on a hill
side one of these anonymous strangers
said to me, '"This is the burial place of
the Murrays Of Glendhubreac." I alb.
sently and automatically replied:
Bury Bartholomew out in the woods
In beautiful hole in the ground.
A kind Of chill blight settled on the
party, though one of them tactfully
asked me what poet 1 was quoting.
When we had set down our two
strangers at their own home I was
asked whether knew the name Of the
gentleman on whom had expended
my poetical quotation? OF course did
not know, and Of course his surname
was Bartholomew, while, as he seemed
In bad health, my citation had an air
Of brutal appropriateness. Thus does
fortune banter u.s. for Bartholomew
"a a most unusual name In Scotland.
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nEREaHi1APs the crisis in DAME, Daniel
just after his admission to the
bar when he was offered a
court clerkship. At that time he was
very poor and had shown little of the
wonderful oratorical ability which aft
erward distinguished him. The tender
Of such place was therefore sore
temptation. Webster. however. decid-
ed not to take it. stating that he in
tended to say things himself. not SIM
ply write things that other people said.
He began practicing in a small New
Hampshire town and remained citi.
zen of that state many years before
Re was finally discovered" and in.
duced to locate in Boston. When Web.
ster first tried to speak. he failed and
burst into tears. This was while he
was still in school. So shy was he that
he could scarcely arise to recite. It
took will power and perseverance to
overcome such defect. and 1t was only
the fact that he felt his own great pow
ers that finally enabled him to succeed.
Even after he had overcome his
timidity the battle was only half won.
His first efforts were ornate and high
sounding. but contained little sub
stance One local critic said they were
''full of emptiness" Webster heard
Of the criticism, and it cut him. but
he had enough common sense to recOg-
nize the justice Of the structure and to
profit by it. He resolved never again
to indulge in mere oratory for it's own
sake and to speak only when he had
something to say.
As a boy on the farm Webster did
not like to work. but when he got into
his own field he was on occasions a
prodigious worker. When in school,
he was given a hundred lines of Vir-
gil to memorize All night he worked
and, when called upon to repeat what
he had learned, not only did so. but
asked leave to give another hundred,
then still another hundred, after which
he stated that he was ready to repeat
500 more.
With the modern Demosthenes"
personal appearance was more thas
half the battle.
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GRETNA GREEN IN BELFRY.

Pastors Attachment to His Apart
0ents In Chicago Church Tower.
A Gretna Green at the pinnacle Of
vertical fat" with roof garden attach
ment for lovers, balmy breezes and per
petual moonlight, will be henceforth
operated in the belfry and other floors
Of the tower of the First Congregation
al church Of South Chicago by the pas.
tor, the Rev. George A. Bird, says thu
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Since the recent secret wedding there
Of eighteen-year-old Lydia Nusbaum to
Robert Gray has shown how bridal
couple can elude even the most vigilant
rice and old shoe throwers the preacher
has determined to make the most Of
bis peculiar abode and will use it as
the headquarters for those who seek
to initiate that happy couple.
II built this church tower for many
reasons" said the Rev. Mr.. Bird the
other night to a visitor. II believe In
making things attractive for those who
contemplate marriage. have noticed
that church towers are usually useless
and chiefly occupied by dust, owls and
rats. That is not In keeping with my
ideas. / built this as a memorial to
my departed wife. have it arranged
like q fat. The only difference is that
one room is above the other instead Of
being horizontally arranged. 1t is
vertical fat
Marriages are made In heaven, they
say, and this Is as close to it as we can
get until Santos-Dumont perfects safe
airships.
mo, there is nothing irregular about
a marriage in steeple. Why should
there be? 1t is part and parcel Of the
sacred structure The two staircases
are handy. The couples can come up
on one side single and go down on
the other side married. Thus there is
no confusion or unnecessary splitting
Of rice"
The Rev Mr.. Bird has installed
telephone and when the weather per-
mits the roof garden will be in full op-
erDtion.
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w. OBERT FUIION>S parents were
so poor that the future invento.
~ had scarcely any education,
barely learning how to read and
write. His father died when Robert
was three years old, and at an early
age the boy was apprenticed to q
Philadelphia jeweler. In addition to
his work in the shop. young Fulton
applied himself to portrait and land
scape painting and showed such talent
that he was enabled to keep his wild
owed mother and in four years bought
farm on which he placed her. He
then went to London to prosecute the
study of his art as a painter. So
strong a bent had he for science, how
ever, that in his odd hours he studied
mechanics and engineering. Finally
attracting the attention Of the Duke
Of Bridgewater, who was then inter
ssted in an extensive canal scheme,
Fulton was induced by that gentleman
to give up painting altogether and to
devote himself to civil engineering and
invention.
In the next few years Fulton invent
ed an incline plane for supplanting ca
nal locks, mill for saving and polish
ing marble, a machine for spinning
fax and another for making ropes.
He also wrote a book on navigating
canals and another on the application
of steam to navigation. At about this
time he attracted the notice of Edward
F. Livingston, United States minister
at Paris. In response to an invitation
Fulton went to that city, where he
soon invented a submarine boat. which
he vainly tried to have adopted by the
French, British and American govern
ments. After his failure in this at
tempt he returned to his dream of
steam navigation and invented a small
boat which successfully navigated the
Seine. Livingston was so interested
that he advanced money to Fulton to
come to America and build steam
boat for the Hudson. The result was
the Clermont, from whose first trip
between New York and Albany dates
the beginning of a new era in the
water transportation Of the world.
The Clermont marked the high tide
Of Fulton's success. He was forty-two
years old at the time and lived only
eight years longer, having been worn
out by the incessant toll of his earlier
life. He had lived long enough. how
ever. to become one of the immortals.
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TWO MINUTE SKETCHES
Daniel Webster.

By j. Fl. EDGE r TON.
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IUO MINUTE SKETCHES
Robert Fulton.

By j. n. EDGE r T o ".
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~ ERHAPS the crisis in Daniel
~ Webster's career was reached
just after his admission to the
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them. My wife was not there. asked
for her eagerly.
ttShe went upstairs TO Il window. ]
don't think she knew what she was
doing" !
1 rushed up the staircase, and there
in a room on sofa lay the object of
my search in dead faint 1 sprinkled
her, and when Sic came to she threw
her arms around my neck in a par
c1ysm Of tears.
81 saw you rum" she said, "and men
III the opposite window saw me and
you. They OWNED what it all meant
and fired at the soldiers. Thank heav
eni'' - =
1t was the next day before Ozenhoff
reached us, and meanwhile we expect
ed every hour that the soldiers would
be REINFORCED and go through the
street. killing every citizen in it. Oxen
hoff brought dozen armed men, and
with great difficulty, we got out Of our
Oerilous position.
When 1 tell this story after dinner
and refer to my wife's courage In go.
ing to Russia and cowardice while
there, she says:
''Not at ALL If hadn't signaled the
men opposite, you would not be here
now
Perhaps she is right
EUGENE HOLMES BURT.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-01-10

public road. east by Ferry road, south
by an alley, west oy land of George
Sponsler.
Ellen Rooney. residence Centralia
borough. Restaurant. situate in the
second ward or said borough, bounded
north by P. +. Burke estate, east by
an alley. south by Martin Walsh and
west by Locust avenue.
S. ID. Rimby. residence Madison
township. Hotel. situate in the VII
lage of Jerseytown, bounded north by
+. F. Johnson, east by public road
leading to Millville, south by public
road leading to White Hall and west
by Geo. S. Lee.
Dennis Rowan, residence Conyng-
ham township. Restaurant, situate
on the east side of Main street in the
village of Byrnesville. said township.
bounded north by Mrs. Conrey, east
by an alley, south by Catharine Brad
ley and west by Main street aforesaid.
William Rush. residence Blooms
burg. Bother. situate on the rear end
Of lot belonging to Mrs. Lille M.
Taylor, bounded north by lot of p. b.
Heddens. east by Iron street, south by
Ridge alley, on the west by Miller
alley.
Daniel Roach, residence Conyngham
township. Hotel, situate at Aristes
in said township, on the road leading
from Numidia to Ashland and adjoin-
ing lands of James Kostenbauder and
the Lehigh Coal Company, and known
as the Mountain Hotel.
Clayton T. Reitmeyer, residence
Pine township. Hotel, situate at
Pine Summit. Pine township bounded
on the east by public road. north by
public road, west by John Reece,
south by land of Reece ct al.
George W. Remley, residence Light
Street. Hotel. situate in the village
of Light Street, bounded north by
public road east by E. d. Hagenbuch.
south by Peter Zeigler. west by public
road leading from Light Street to
Bloomsbury.
Monroe Rape. residence Catawissa
borough. Bother. situate on Mill
street in said borough, bounded north
by Mrs. Henry Shane, east by an
alley. west by Mary Walter.
G. F. Sponenberg. residence West
Berwick. Hotel, situate in the bor-
ough of West Berwick. bounded north
by Wesley Petit, east by an alley,
west by LaSalle street. south by lot
of II. S. Williams and numbered 532
LaSalle street.
Stegmaier Brewing Co., residence
WilkesBarrre. Wholesale, situate on
the south side of Seventh street,
bloomsbury, bounded south by an
alley west by Thomas Sullivan, north
by Seventh street, east by u. l.. and
W. Railroad
Hiram A. Shaffer, residence
orangeville borough. Hotel, situate
on Main street insaid borough, bound
ed north by Calvin Herring and an
alley, east by Main street, south by
Rebecca Megargell, west by Mill
street, and known as the Hickman
House.
Gehrad Snyder, residence Blooms
burg. Hotel, situate on Second street
OF said town, bounded on the south,
east and west by an alley. and on the
north by Second street, and known as
the Exchange Hotel.
Edward Schenke, residence Berwick
borough. Hotel, situate on the cor
ner OF West Front and Oak streets in
said borough aud bounded north by
Matthias Frantz, on the south by Oak
street and numbered 1913 w. Front st.
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residences Rra'creek township.
Hotel. situate in Foundryville, said
township, bounde I on northeast and
south by land of d. G.. Klinetob, and
on the west by road leading from Ber-
wick to Jamestown.
G. II. Morton. residence Berw ick
borough. Hotel. situate on corner
of Front and Market streets. bounded
north. by Front street. east by Market
street, south by an alley. west by
land of Chas, Haas. Known as Hotel
Morton.
Nathan Neswender. residence
Conyngham township. Hotel. situate
in said township on the west side OF
the main public road leading from
Numidia to Aristes.
William Ney. residence Beaver
township. Hotel, situate in said
township. bounded east by Sherman
Heller. west, by Daniel Ramer, north
by John Hunsin ger. south by public
road.
Patrick O'Reilly, residence Cen
tralia borough. Restaurant, situate
in the second ward of said borough,
bounded north by an alley. south by
Railroad street. east by an alley,
west by vacant lot.
Johanna O'Connor, residence Gen.
tralio hornuuh uotal ,;t,,oto a.. 49,
first ward of said borough, ON the
west side of Locust avenue, bounded
north by Albert Ball. east by Locust
avenue, south by Michael O'Connor,
west by an alley.
John j. O'Donnell, residence Cen
tralia. Restaurant, situate in first
ward, Of Centralia on corner of Locust
avenue and an alley.
j. W. Perry. residence Sugarloaf
township. Hotel, situate in the vii
lage of Elk Grove, said township.
bounded east by Elijah Hess, north by
Hummer and Yorks. west by public
road leaoing from Central to Laporte,
south by other lands Of said Perry.
and known as the Elk Grove House.
The Pennsy lvania Central Brewing
Co., residence Hazleton. Bottlers,
situate in West Berwick, corner Third
avenue and Warren street, bounded
north by S. B. and X. R. R., east by
Warren street, south by Third avenue,
west by land of Berwick Land I'm
provement Co.
John Pavlowsky, residence Briar
Creek township. Hotel situate in
said township. bounded east by Sixth
avenue. north by M. Luska, west by
an alley, south by PAUL. Nurcik. Lot
No. 1904.
Benjamin Pennypacker, residence
Mifflin township. Hotel, situate on
the north side of Third street in the
village of Mifilinville in said town.
ship, bounded south by Third street,
east by George Zimmerman, north by
Second street, west by lot of William
Goodhart.
! ScIlTdl bIGWlUR 20.
John Arnold department, residenc,
Hazelton. Wholesale, situate in Wes
Berwick, corner Third avenue anc
Warren street, bounded on north by
S. b. and b. R. r., east by Warrrel
street, south by Third avenue, west
by land of Berwick Land Improvement
Co.
Alexander Pryzemieniecky residenc,
Centralia. second ward. Restaurant
situate in second ward Of Centralia
bounded north by Catharlne Britt
east by an alley, south by Owen Cain
west by Locust avenue.
Edgar Rishe, residence Cente
township. Hotel, situate on the soutl
side of public road leading from
Bloomsbury to Berwick in the villag,
of Centerville, bounded north ,.by sal,
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LICENSE APPLICATIONS.

Notice is hereby given that tie fol-
lowing named persons have filed with
the Clerk of the Quarter Sessions of
Columbia County, their petitions for
license, which will be pres ented to
said court en-
MONDAY JANI1ARY 81 lQO7
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Continued on page 8.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
BOOMING CANON CITY.
Governor suchteI One Of the Speaker
at Big Booster Banquet.

Denver.-A Canon City dispatch
Wednesday night says: The big
Booster banquet given in this city to-
night by the Canon City Merchants
Association was the most enthusiastic
and successful affair OF its kind ever
given in this city.
There were about twenty-five guests
from out of town present, including
Governor Buchtel and high officials Of
the Denver & Rio Grande. Santa Fe
and Florence & Cripple Creek rail.
ways. the Colorado Telephone Com
pany, Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
and capitalists from Philadelphia and
Canon City.
y reception was given In honor OF
Governor Buchtel from 8 to 9 O'Clock in
the parlors of the Strathmore hotel af-
ter which the guests. to the number Of
$50, assembled at the banquet table.
where speeches and toasts occupied
the time until after O'Clock in the
morning. The orators boosted the
great enterprises now being under
taken by this city, including the cleo
trio line to the top of tht Royal Gorge.
great irrigation schemes undertaken
by the officials of the Florence G Grip
pie Creek railway, S. H. Atwater of this
city, the mountain water supply for
the city from Beaver creek. and the
new Denver G Rio Grande depot and
other projects.
Former Gov. James H. Peabody
acted as tonstmaster. The first speaker
was Governor Buchtel. who was in high
spirits and made an eloquent address.
He said that the boosting spirit is ev-
erywhere prevalent in Colorado. that
this state is not only the playground
of the nation, but is the best place to
live in on the continent-the place
where men can make the most money
and where all feel as nowhere else
the touch OF comradeship with the fell
low man. and where one can, like Mr..
Docley, use the top of his voice with
out disturbing the scenery.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
Labor Troubles at Butte.

Butte, Mont-John d. Ryan. manas
ing director OF the Amalgamated Cop
per company, has notified the miners
of the company that if the wage scale
Is raised the mines will be closed.
The vote on the proposition to be
taken by the miners Monday means
everything to the city in business
way and to 10000 men who will be af-
fected by the result.
Acting under instructions from Mar
tin P Virgins, president of the Inter
national Pressmen's Union. now at
Charlestown, Massachusetts,, President
Murphy of the striking pressmen to-
night notified the publishers that his
men were ready to return to work at
the old scale of wages, pending arbitra-
ton of their demand for an increase,
provided the other allied printing
crafts were taken back upon the scale
in effect az the time of the general
lockout.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
BEGIN DRAINAGE TUNNEL.
Big Bore at cripple Creek to Be
Pushed.

Denver.-A special to the News from
Colorado Springs says:
Dirt is flying on the new Cripple
Creek drainage tunnel. The tunnel
boa,d held IA meeting in Colorado
Springs Thursday, at which the follow
inS resolution was presented:
Resolved. that work be started at
once to build the intermediate tunnel
from Its portal to the Vindicator
mine"
President S. S. Bernard then an
bounced to the other members OF the
board that work on the big bore was
actually begun yesterday. when he ar
ranged to have the assessment work
for this year done on the tunnel claim.
Instructions were issued by the COM
mittee to-day to continue this work.
and the tunnel will now be rushed to
completion.
Approximately 100000 has been act
ually subscribed to the project, which
will construct the tunnel to what Is
known as the contact, from which
point 1t Is the intention to continue 1t
to the eastern end of the camp. The
additional work will entail an expendi-
ture of as much money, but as this has
been practically pledged, President
Bernard expresses the opinion that the
bore will be built as originally planned.
and that at least $S25, 900 will be spent.
While that amount has been pledged.
the original pledges were allowed to
lapse. which explains the decision OF
few days ago to raise half of the money
and build the tunnel as far as the con-
tact and then arrange to extend 1t TO
the Vindicator mine.
or the money pledged, $750,O00 has
h1yt m
panies, $4,000 by the railroads. and
$25, 900 by the mills and smelters. The
railroads have actually subscribed $685.
900, the remainder being part OF the
contingent fund OF $450.O00, to be paid
in later for extending the tunnel from
the contact.
A committee composed of President
Bernard, Frank G. Peck and F. f. Cas-
tello was appointed to-day and in
structed to purchase machinery and
superintend the operations from now
on A cash assessment OF $4,000 was
made on the subscribers to the project
at to-day's meeting, which insures
Ihe beginning of the work on a scale
that will warrant the confidence OF the
public In the enterprise. This assess
ment represents one-tenth of the $780,
900 which has been raiscu to date.
The impression that the tunnel Is to
be constructed only as far as the con-
tact is erroneous" continued Presi-
dent Bernard. while the money we
have actually raised will only continue
1t to that point. believe the pledges
of $75O,O0O made by the mine owners
several months ago will be fulfilled to
the dollar. We are now securing re-
newai of these pledges and expect to
make up the deficit that will enable us
| to extend the tunnel from the point OF
contact to the eastern end OF the camp
Ms originally MANNED"
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
cUeANs LIKE COCK FIGHTING.
Appeal to the Governor to Permit the
Sport,

Havana.-A procession. headed by
ex-senator Monteagudo and composed
OF 500 horsemen, many carriages and
bands OF music. paraded the streets
this afternoon. A halt was made in
front of the palace, where the bands
played patriotic airs amid much cheer
ing.
Governor Magoon, in response to
cries of Long live Governor Magoon.'
reviewed the gathering from balcony
of the palace. and afterward received
committee which presented him q
petition. signed by many thousands OF
persons in Havana and other cities,
requesting the abrogation of u military
order of General Leonard Wood pro-
hiblting cock fighting. Governor Ma
COON promised to give the matter his
careful consideration, after which the
gathering dispersed.
The city was decorated to-day and
salutes were fred In honor OF the ami
versary of the commencement of the
revolution OF 1895. Being Sunday, the
principal celebration will be held to-
morrow, which has been declared a
legal holiday.
At the church of Santa Cristo to-day
the Rev. w. A. Jones, president of the
Augustine college here, was conse-
Grated bishop of Porto Rico by Mgr.
Aversa, the apostolic delegate, who
was assisted by Mgr. Blanca, arch.
bishop of New Orleans. and the bishops
of Havana and Cienfugues. Governor
Magoon and the members OF the diplO.
matte corps were present at the ceIe'
mony.
The Springfield herald., 1907-03-01
A sERIo-coMlc WAR.
Contest Begun Between Central Amer
lean States.

City of Mexico.-Dr. Baltarazar Es-
tupariani, minister to Mexico from Sal
vador and Honduras, tonight received
the following vague message from the
Honduran government:
Nicaragua forces have invaded
Honduras. Frierce battle ensued."
When the battle was fought, where
the encounter took place, and what
was the ultimate result of the reported
struggle is left to conjecture.
This is the first word the minister
has received from Honduras for sew
eral days, although he has sent several
cablegrams of inquiry.
Details of the battle are hourly ex-
pected.
New York, Feb. 24-The Associated
Press to-day received the following dis
patch:
"Managua, Nicaragua. Saturday,
Feb 23, $50 p. m.-We went to war
because Honduras forces attacked our
small garrison on the frontier, looting.
burning and killing. We demanded
satisfaction and 1t was denied; we
agreed to accept whatever decision the
arbitration court might render, but
Pre- sident Bonilla of Honduras dis
solved the court by withdrawing the
Honduran arbitrator.
Nicaragua has triumphed in four
combats over the Honduran forces
without suffering one defeat. Our
forces are to-day in the territory of
Honduras.
"ZELAYA,
president of Nicaragua"