A Triwlpn t'nlon CoUnpp. If there wiw any spot on tho globe where lalxrr anions had things nil their ewn way that spot was Australia. Workingtnen of all grades were so banded together that it was thought they conld effect a revolution of government and society if they so willed. They had the tight hour labor day, and laborers re ceived their own prices. In the sheep nislng and agricnltnral districts not anoogh workingmen ooold be obtained to fid the demand. In brief, here if any wbere labor had opportunity to measure Itself with capital and come oil best. The utter collapse of the great labr strike of last fall, however, proves that when labor, even as capital itself, be comes unjust or tyrannous in the pnblio Judgment, then trades unions themselves most fail. Mr. H. H. Champion, writing fai the Nineteenth Century of the fail ure of the Australian strike, says it fell through because those who engaged in it were an army of lions led by asses. The trades unions were down so fine that there was even a sheep shearers' or ganization. When sheep owners vent tttred to employ shearers who did not belong to this organization tho federated unions determined to boycott non-union wool Men of the maritime unions were ordered not to convey away any wool that had not the union stamp npon the bales. Nest the members of a ship of ficers' organization wanted higher pay, and tho seamen and dock laborers were therefore ordered not to work any more till the demand was granted. The net work extended throughout Australia, and the maritime trade of all the porta was stopped. If ships could not bo load ed or unloaded, of course the coal sup ply of cities that received their fuel by water was cut off. Gas stokers refused to handle non-union coal, and at length Melbourne itself was left almost un limited for two nights. Then capital rose in indignation and took things into its own hands. Em ployers bonded themselves together with oaths as strong as those in vogue among the workingmen's unions. Tho cup of wrath was full when the unions at tempted to destroy tho wool crop of 1890 by refusing to let it be sheared. The wool crop was worth $100,000,000. The capitalists organized with a defense fund of $2,000,000. They had besides a steady income annually of $400,000. The trades unions all together had no such money as this. Well, men must live, so must women and children. In this case the longest purse was thor oughly convinced thaWt had right on its side, nud made a more spirited fight for that reason. The end was that the strike of all the trades unions in Australia col lapsed utterly, and the long purse won. Electricity' Limitations. It is a time worn story that just about the time steam was adapted to the pro pulsion of ocean ships the eminent phys icist, Dr, Lardner, wrote an elaborate and learned treatise to prove that steam could never by any possibility drive a vessel across the ocean. Perhaps that will be the fate of a scientific writer of our own time who has published lately his reasons why electricity can never be used as the motive power for long dis tance railroads. It will be well adapted to street rail ways, because here it will be cheaper than horse power. The power stations and dynamos necessary to utilize it can be near enough together to make it an easy matter to keep the electrical ears running. But when it comes to long distance lines tho case ia wholly differ ent. At intervals of every few miles it will be necessaay to erect costly power stations and dynamos. These munt be of such a character as to develop many hundred times the power required to op erate street railways. They would there fore be vastly more expensive than the jteam locomotive engines at present in use. The railroad companies of the pres nt day are not flinging millions abroad A dividends, as is well known, and the natter of the added expense would offer n insuperable objection. There is another equally great. It is ell known that electric currents are kittle cattle to drive." No method has is yet been invented to make even an iectric light burn steadily five consecu ive minutes ut n time. If the electric node of propulsion were lulopted there rould be frequent "stoppages of the en- ire traffic for periods varying from five ainutes to several hours." In case of tog distance railway trains the public uld not put up with this one day. The abjection, however, only shows that elec rical transmission of power litis not yet teen perfected. Finally the writer in question reminds lis readers of a' universal mistake in the popular mind in regard to electricity. It t not, as is supposed, a source of un united power in and of it3elf. It is sorely a manifestation of energy, a con lenient way of applying power previous f produced. Tho radiant energy of the an stored up in coal is transformed into pwer through the steam engine. That pwer is merely transmitted along the iectrio wire to tho point whura it is atilizcd. What was the greatest single ao t of jenovoUmce evi.v performed? Probably he signing of a document in Paris by 3aron Ilirsch, in which without any fuss it all he conveyed to trustees $3,400,000 tor the relief of tho persecuted Jews iu Jtaaria. All he said about it was: "I yrafer arranging this matter in my life time to letting it wait till after my Will there be fanners enongh in the United States senate next year to make that body on the whole any better look ing than it is now? William R Sinythe congratulated the Nebraska irrigating convention on the j fact that wentern Nebraska had ceased to pray for rain and gone to digging ditches. A Chicago critic objects to the dra matic art of a certain actress because she "has no message to the soul." Dear, dearl And Chicago butchers forty hogs a minute! The attention of educators and of those who make school laws is called to a new statute in Michigan. This hygi enio law prohibits children suffering with chronic catarrh or consumption from attending the public schools. In the interest of public health this law, recognising the scientific germ theory of disease and contagion, is to be com mended. Somebody has solemnly suggested that tho perfect newspaper ought to bo en dowed, in order that it might have money enongh to get as editors "men who will make ideally pure, wholesome and able newspapers." Great Scott! Would you add the newspapers to the awfully heavily, stupid old endowed in stitutions of the country? If so, then you ought at the same time to pay tho public for reading them, for it won't read them any other way. A newspaper that cannot earn its own living and pay dividends besides ought to die, and that quickly. Besides, let us whisper this in your ear. Oh, solemn and heavy old theorist! The newspaper of the day re flects exactly the public that makes it, and is at all times just as "ideally puro" as it dares to be. Every newspaper ed itor prefers to be honest and toll the truth and puncture shams and cant, so far as tho community will allow it. The Agricultural Department. The lecturer of the national grange comes to the defense of the United States department of agriculture in gal lant style. lie reminds cavilers of the benefits this department has conferred on American farmers and stock raisers, and enumerates Borne of them as follows: First It ban At&mpcd oat ploaro-pneumonla among our cattlo, and by wise leirinuition it naked of congress is compelling foreign nations to admit that onr beef is healthy, nud, there fore, forces them to remove their "restric tions" and opens np oar markets abroad. The same system of iruipection Is doing and will con tinue to do tho same for our pork and bog products. Second It imported the little paraslto that has destroyed the cottony scale lusect that was killing the orange and lemon trees of Califor nia, and that was destroying millions of dol lars of capital invested in groves, and has stim ulated new planting of hundreds of thousands of trees, and mllions of dollars will bo the an nual reward to farmers on this count. , Third Its investigations, covering several years and the most patient and pcrFtstent labor, into the "peach yellows," that is threat ening another great industry in several states, whero millions of dollars are again at stake, already give promise of success. Fourth Through the department of agri culture came the Instructions and formulas of spraying out fruit trees and vines to save them from Insects, blights, mildew, scabs, rot, etc. It was worth millions of dollars to the grape crop this year, and has raised the hopes of thousands of despondent graje growers, and the careful orchardist can now gitther his apples and pears, beautiful in form and color, and no longer marred by rust and Insects. Educating Americans. Foreign scientific men note particular ly the want of thoroughness in American education. The truth is we have had so much to do in America and so short a period in which to do it that we have not had time for thorough preparation in either scientific or mechanical work. The foreigner says that while we ore wonderfully talented naturally we fail when we go to undertake things requir ing mechanical or scientific skill from want of preparation, partly in book knowledge, partly in manual training. The charge cannot be put aside either as wholly coming from foreign jealousy. In England what is called the exten sion of university education has been de vised to meet the wants of persons who cannot attend school, but who have some leisure to study at home. In America the Chautauqua system of instruction meets the same need to a certain extent. But the Chautauqua system does make specialists. The question is, Why cannot onr uni versities and colleges prepare a system by which earnest students may study at home under the direction of professors in each branch and get a good education in special branches? Nobody ought to work with his hands till he is so tired that ho can do nothing but sink into slumber like, an ox. The Almighty never meant it. The farm boy, the factory worker, the mechanic's apprentice ought to carry along with his manual work at least one branch of literary or scientific study, lie should think carefully over what he would best like to do in tho world, and theu select a course of study that will lead up to it. It v;u thus that Dr. Schliemann learned languages and ancient history: thus ho prepared to be lie groat ex plorer rind iirchaaologlst. While nn errand boy in a wholesale store he pre pared for future greatness and wealth. Our universities mid higher schools do not begin to do the good they ought. They uve not in touch at all with tho whole people. They Might to extend their work far beyond their own walls, or.;ht to do their part toward supplying tho defective education which persons forced out to wrcbtle with material things ut nn early ago wevo obliged to put up with. On tho other hand, it should Ijo borne iu mind by nil men and womcu that anybody, ut nny ago, cau 1 . learn anytning he Beta his heart on, Of the Best German Make. From FHpgrntlf Illirttrr. Stranger, entering a loan office, in which lie notices he is the only cus tomer. "The people here must lie nrettv well to do. Nobody making use of me estanusnmcnt. "Just the contrary," answered the attendant; "they've nothing left they can pawn." Student. "Goodness gracious, what lucky men these millionaires arel Just think of the money they can bor row. "You call that a hard winter? Why, I remember when it was so cold the polar bear in the zoo broke out of his cage, tore his way into the snake house, and when caught was found there with one of the biggest boas 'round his neck !" "If I wasn't a girl," said she," I think I'd like to be a lieutenant of huzzars " "Why, that's unnecessary, fraulcin," replied the young soldier gallantly ; "you're sufficiently irresistible as it is." it- i it . . i , j- -i rvan, proicsicu ms lamer, "youu have to stop this spending business. You act as though you were the son i-'i a iiiiiiiunuii c. "And are you, returned that young man, "going to hold me responsible that I am not ?" The family is just about sitting down to the midday meal, and some of little Frank's especially favorite dishes are already on the board. At that moment a letter is brought an nouncing the death of an aunt. "Papa," suggested the lad, appre hensively, "instead of crying over it now, don't you think we'd better eat dinner first?'' No Matter How Hard any druggist tries to sell you his own cough medicine, remember he does it because he makes more money on it. Insist on having Kemps Balsam for the throat or lungs, for there is no cough remedy so pure and none so quick to break up a cold. For in fluenza, soreness of the throat and tickling irritation with constant cough, Kemp s I3alsam is an immediate cure. Large bottles 50c and $1. At all druggists. rF.OTECTED INDUSTRY I j- ovt of tho mow. You'll (! T" uj cU :L i f 1 M fr. m wet tret, TT .tl'pr, vLr shoos cn't est wat;you '"T'-t iLiit MO li&Tft ;Ci4!fsa6iEBlacking a ! "in, -n! wit can't go through. L C I fiTtl """MP-iMrr -nd war ont, Ynt a ' ,IW r .hirn in t vnnhod clenn ; --rf tb I'.lw ft rrriu Muffin ruch a Iuiiiit. Via t '1 1 rn 1 mlny i f (ti.ni obtain it, m. 1 ; ; i fnvTvii" i Uilc tv .Mod. Un , rrvr. CM".-' fiANfiOLPIi, VxJlAdBlpklft, , i - i on m..i Uowr Ttmhiny Storm, CLOTHING! CLOTHING 1 C. W. BERTSCH, THE MERCHANT TAILOR. GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. HATS AND CAPS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Suits made to order at short notice and fit always guaranteed or no sale. Call and examine the largest and best selected stock of goods ever shown in Columbia County. Store next door to First National Bank. MAIN STREET, RloomwDwrsT) Ti. 100 PICTURES FOR $1.00. SO EON TON FII0TC3BAFIIS $100. CABINET PSOTOaBAPES 00c to i 01 psrSczsn- WH MARK A BHWUI.TV Ol' COI'VINU ULII lMCl'l'Hi:, ' "We guarantee all work to give satisfaction. Pictures taken in cloudy weather as well as in clear. Cal! and see and you will find we do as we. advertise. I II. A.KKMPi Photo Aiitisst, I ni,OOHHBlKC, PA. TO Jfow is ilic OVERCOATS, OVERCOATS, AND ALL KINDS OK WINTEE - WEAB CLOTHING, CLOTHING 1'OK at what they cost wholesale. We have a large lot of "WIITTER GOODS and waul fo sell flieiii li ours Itcspcct fully 9 I. MAIEM, Mellialilc Clothier HIHooiiisbiirg, Pa. Finest Tailoring and Perfect Fitting Garments Made to Order "Seeing is Believin There are lamps and . lamps,, but the lamp of all others is "The Rochester." Its light is softer than the elec tric light, brighter than gas light, more cheer ful than either. There are 2,000 artistic varie eties, and half a million sold yearly tells the story of its worth. Look for (hit imp "Tht Rocmsrt," and uk lor lha written guarantee, f tn( i,mp (5, hasn't the itrnaln Kochester, and the style you want, lend In us fur illustrated price-list, and we wdl send you any kmp by express. UOCIIESTEB. LAMP CO 49 Park Place, Mew Yerk. Uamtnetisrsn, and tolt Omtrt fHocluMtrPaUmt, Z Laruttt Lamp Bton tn th World. TEXAS FARM LANDS At present Ydltmtlnn will moko man rlrh during tho year l.MH. The most conservative utlmil the truth ot this assertion. It Is now known that the finest wheat land In the we.-ld unit sultnhlo for nil small Bruins and fruits and In many Instances cttou ure In North and West Texas TexnA farmers bare an cnorraoui home market & well as Twh9 Thousand M Ilea of Railroad and Ocian Outlet fnriholr surplus crop. Ilro farmer aro ablo to work out of doors evt'ryduy lu th year, aud utock run on tzrnst from .lanutiry to Junuury. Mftnjr fnrmrni lu K;inHn nnd tn the north-west aro sollltm whtttovcr equity they lmvc In tntir fiirma, buying the cliuup lands of TexitH. And In many tnatnnres elf art the price of the land from their flrt-t yean crop?. The lutont census shows thut few farmers In Texas hare their farms mortal teed, The Txas school fund Is tho .arrest of any commonwealth tn tho world, mrffrotratlnK In cash and lunds some sixty millions of dollars. Btate taxes aro ten ceul ou tho hundred dollars. Wc simply act as Agents in the Sale of Land Consequently (tire the same attention to the Inter est ot tho buyer or Investor as o tho seller. Wo have now for tale good agricultural land for from tUrce totrn doll'in per acre, according to location. Thoe lands will double In value In three years. Wo can Invest money In hk-h prude tlrnt moruiunes for lion-renldents bearing lo er cent. We do not make any course for Corumifrlons from buyernor lenders of money. 11 you wunt a fnrm ora inortfae writo Kurt Worth city prmert7 specialty. Wo refer hy pcruittfKlon to tho l iret National Hank, tho City National Hunk, the M.'rrhams National Hank, all of Kort Worth, and the Kort WorthChuuibtir of Com merce. Correspondence folic Ited. THOMAS J. HURLEY. KBOOTIATOK Mt'XU'IPAL llOMIH, 1'OMMFRriAIi J'Al'Elt, MliUTliAUKH ANi KKAL KKTATi:, Hurley Office Building Forth Worth, Texas, SDr. Grnsvennr's Belkap-sic rvwj'UTft. . IvhMUinrtirtm, near)!, pinrirand ltimni WT A TTT?I KNKKGKTK' MEM mil If A I lij 1 I iiiukf iiiimi'y by tiixiuil.. ' ' m i,i4ix,.H of tint "llest hwlowiuent Fraternity." l'u) t-jn.im a wwk fur Slcktifhx ami AwMrtit, nisi) funeral beni'tlm. I'fiTiu'tly HaTiMiK t'cttlili'iiit'H liuvtt it minvniliT value. Tim must liberal euinmlshlutiH pnlit for unlive work. F.xperlenee an iidvanlaue hut not necessary. For aper conlaliiliiir lull lutortuu tlon, ileseilptlon anil terms, write AMKKICAN l'ltOTKlTIVK I.EAtU'E, No. 1S1 Tnni'nt Street, ItoHton, Mass. 1-lMw. Inimrinl '.lUUIiJEilli SCHIFFMANN'S ASTHMA SHTAIK, nd s our. U th. r.-.ult In .11 aur.l.i. ..... I.,T.T V "K?;.tr 'iaji. HsinplM IKit fo,l wninaaiiii, Bt.Faul. Minn I Time. tncoil.tir a t h.hi(r mif KJflm I Iton.tM In, I r .N i .,m Mink f. r Id-wit T'Ki tititl ii'it inislir txurh. Iuf t imrli jfini i.l klj hw o -ni fn ,:i . I- IU 1av mi ttit- ir(, tta tin. if n nut nn. Itoili Hf, H ir lii ant oTit iirU-, n eonitiirnr ! Iti'ii.r, r'r nir nil vnur iimo.r i'!irr nMiti'ni km i llir nuk. AUUnrM. dtml iy 1 III l- rr Hi-rk?r. trt jon, firndhhtt f.ivtlt'nu. KAHII.Y, M'KVWI V lnnr.1 I" A It I K ll.AKS Mil K. A.t.lr-.. . ,.n. MI.M to., tUUlUMi, Hi..-.. MONEY Irsn m1il onrfTKW litis f work. .. ....7 BnM iip.iiviiuit, vj inon vi iihrr vri, nuirr o)H,Sih1 in thrir own loclili,Mlitrvtr tby lirr. Any on ran do lh tAurk. Kaiv lo Irarn. Yi furnUk crf thlnir W start yn. ho rlak. Ymi cmn dvut your apart mtm'ut, or til your rlm ! th work. 1 hit It tn rntirvly nw ltit.nl hrtn in woadrftit urrtM to 9ry worker. H'rtmirn r nitna; from f ifc to S0 pfrwwli sntl upward, nd mora ttlr lilt If rintrirnM. Wo on funilth you tho om fiovmrnt tnd Ifochjrro KHKK. N mvmrm to tt nUIn horo. Pull Dronastlo I'ttka, X&Ua4cvOa AlUtNTA AaUl THE MEW CO MB Fly Shuttle Rag Carpet LOOM. .Wtwss IV fards as hoar ' Bond for circulars. C. N. NEWCOMB, Davenport, la. tj WE DO CATERING of all kinds. To Tea Parties, Weddings, Lodges, Suppers, etc., and can furnish all the dishes, silverware, etc., when desired. Estimates cheerfully given in all cases on anything. You will find our prices as low as any and lower than most. A-1 -Service Always. M. M. PHILLIPS & SON, Proprietors of "PHILLIPS' CAFE." Bloomsburg, Pa. To Burn Natural Gas or any other gas suc- ccssmuy, get a N I AG A R A BURNER. and cr.iov a soft. brilliant, white lifht. The ccrfee- tlon of all gas burn ers. Mado on the tme orinciole as the famous Rochester Lamn. Over n milltnn in use. Ask for it. If the dealer hasn't it, send to us direct, and we w 11 send you a Burner with Ediaon Porce lain Reflector, Chimney and Tripod, complete, on receipt of $2.00. Please state if wanted for natural gas. Send lor circular. iiOCU ESTER. I. A SIP CO., 44 Part Place, Nor Yorh. :m t ' it 1 1 -s. -j I J1JM I ill M i.i .. i .u IL.UIU1CI c 1.. i -i 4ir . ' , 1 r 1 y t.ui!nA c te. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM CiMnn't ard iK-autiiiec t)i halt. Protiiulei s luiuriiint Kri'Ml!i. Wovuk' Fails to lUetoio Orny Jiuir to its Youthful Color. Cujdj trulp i;rnr.i-a it Jialr tuliiiiu. ft"'-,unflf I mat hrn-sjMn lam Weak I.uk.'i, llthilllv, ituliji-ation. Paiii. Tsk. lu limn. dUi-L.! HINPERCORNS. 'i'h. only ,un cur. lor Oums, b'Mif atltuuu. L- ul 1j.u;Iu, or IllsCuX a t'J., V. I 1 Agents Ypy WaatedAIM, TO ZBTJ-Y" I Now is the Time. S3urj!j A T I. A ICt 1 nfl'rtha In hriwY tmrh mil tmn't hitftll)iPMl fM-rMnf 4th f, lie rtll Irani Bllil Wntf.Mllit Wa fifr (natnirliini, will work hu)utrWuJj, iM lu rarn lkrrt IhnuaaM ltllo o fear In llirlruwn lo. atlilpa.M hrvf r lhv lU,l will tlauAjnataw th ltuoil'n or rmlvturiit.l m Ittf h yu ran "am thalomoowU So tnoitr for mruHl. M au. raful at . r.llyan(1 quicAtv h-arnril. i rtrairt hut mi worker trum each dlalrirl urcuuoty. I IiBvr alrrady tnup!it rud provlilM with nifilnvnirnt ImV nurahfr, wh trr maklnpr ovtr SUNMI a vrtroaih. It t S IvMT ml KOl.l l. l ull t'trllrultr FH KK. AddrrM at noxo, K. f. AM,i:.. lloft 40, Au.ualu, MnJm. Pnnr milt f.-rtnnta Tuvr ntn mtoVst Win a. f..r hp, l Aoot I'af. Aurt"H IVJ.. an. I .Itirt. liotltl. 1 oIlMlo. ia vut. llhraardt.iniiawrll. h ratal th Hutnt rim uvtr uaMtth. Tnufsndo mnioisMii nw hi liortit, mhrrw yvu trr. t.n tlnnn trv ratllv tamlns from t lOttlav ADir. Wtthw pa and turi wnu. t an wrk tn aMft ! or all lh iim, lila" mm fr w tra. Ktllarf unknown im lbw KW ami wonrltrfut. PartkuUin tltm. II . II ulleU At w.,llo BUO 1-urtlaud, M ai BOILING WATER OR MILK EPP GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. COCOA LABELLED 1-2 LB. TINS ONLY. A pamphlet of Information and slraului in laws, SUuwinn uow UJ iimain l-atams, cTaia. Ttsdi vuaraa, uopTriRnu, asm vasarMS muni aa uu. S --FOR Horses, Cattle, Sheep & Hoes. Excels any ramady lor tht npld curt of fiwe) Coldi, Cough,, Hide Bound, Yellow Water, Few. Distemper, Sore and Weak Eyet, Lung Few. Cottlvtneit. Blotchee, and all dlfficultlei aria. ing Irom Impuritiei ol the Blood. Will relies ffea.ee at onco. Manuacturtd ij, tht J J0PPA MANUFACTURING CO., LYONS, U. T.J ifOU 8AI K BY JJ. DEAUtHS. PATENTS. Cnvt'tiM nnd Tntcl' Murks obtained, and all Tittt iit, bUHllu-KH uuniluitled lor .UlJj)KA'lJil KKKs. il It OKKK'H IM OI'l'OSITK TIIK I'. 8. I'AT. KNT OKKK'i:. We liavo no HUtMtip-ncli'H, all business UlrtM-l, lit iw c run liitnsiu't ptitful Itusi iii'rh In lcsi Hint" iinil ill Less l'o.il Ihiin lUnsu ix liiiittf from WusMii'jton. Wi nd iiuhIi'I, (IiuwIiik or photo, with ilem'rlp tlou. Wo iidvlso If iiitriifaldii or uot, Iri'tJ of ilimiti'. Ctir f. i-nut due till Kiti'iit. is Ki'riirwl- A book, "How Im l ii :i I ii I'iiIimiH," Willi lvfrr. riircH to iii-t uat illi'iils hi your Mute, county, or town, win frtv. Atldri'HH (.'. A. snow & t'l) WiiHlilntrtiin, U. Ci (Opposlttt V. 8. 1'ulont oniio.) Deeds, single or double acknowl edgements, Co cents a dozen at th Columbian office. tf.
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