THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL m;o-summe matters in AND OUT OF CONGRESS. In Qna.tlon of Premium m War Vr-arla-Thc Jllanoapclla-Pormllat rmimra nf th Prilrtrtil-DIoa"rorniot m thm Tariff Qnt Ion -Gorman and Hill. gpoelal WitblDftoa Latlar. The nciioftil trial trip of tb rruWr MiaaMpolU. vri:" it h.n nf-for.l-l itrvat tifctlon to nvjr ofli-c-n. r.ii--1 a question as to tbe policy of xtriuif th poii premium t!it have h'thTto Ihvu a part of alt coutraots far tb ctDtructku of our new war h!p. Tho Minneapolis earn--1 premiums amo'jnUng to J412.CM). Tills a lure? sura to py, and yet we liave In tbe MinntiHlis tbe fatt worship in ta worM. Tb quuatiun is whft'jr we cvulJ jsi-cuiv tin? iJ without 1'iyiim t!i pr-miunia. Th rirxt rcrfs J.H n" V'!iM N inlUt tin t vvr..wtit iritis thf iu-t!a. Tii.) MiiiCeaiWi If a triple ikTvw proW'eJ iT'-t. iatnll to bo a ccmiiH-n-e d-stroyt-r. aul 1 a duplicate nf the 'niis-r 'v!'!:ulii:i. wliicii bc-M tho iwrl f-r j?cl until the late trial of th M;nnnp"''- TLe corrected t;':ie for tl,.- latter .. I over a tiny nule our w 23.73 knots ier hour. Ov.-r "in- in:V t-f the course her pl averac-'J alxv; tw-aty-tire kun. The value f nuch a vessel to ot:r naval strenirth as a nation I limply Inestimable. It Is sufe to say thdt n- a-rent commercial rxwer will wish to attack us so loue a we nulM swb vessels. Tbe XI!nn"HHl!5 cuM overtake cr'l enpture any merchant vessel aJi'..tt, '.tu'l'i'liu;.' the great At lantic "irreyh Mind." She could d to The oi'inTii'r of Kncland r any otlier ii'i-n what the AI.iImui d!d f"r our o.rTini.'p-" .I'iriiirf the civil war. S!ie 1 al.- a ti-T'iMnc ship. II-r displace ment is T.;Ch ton: Indleated b"rse power, alnjut 21.iXXi; leLCth, 41 fet-t; The M.nraaro'l. beam. Tj-S feet; draught. .'4 feet Her coal supply will be fully 2,f00 tons, with which she can neam 13,j0 utiles without recualing. although her theor etical erasing range is 2'i.iXiO miles. Her battery will be one eight-Inch and two six-lucb breech loading rifles, eight four-Inch rapid lire gun, and twelve six-pounder rap'd tire gum. It can be safely said that. If the Po pulist can get the upper hand In the Dext Congress, an effort will be made to censure President Cleveland for hU action in sending troops into Illinois to protect mail trains and tbe property of railroads In the bauds of United States receiver. Tbe President teenis. however, to have earned tbe praise of both tbe old parties. Both ho owe of Congress have passed resolutions com mending his action, the only opposition coming from rhe Populists. As a mat ter at constitutional law, there doe not seem to be the leait doubt as to the right of the President's position in the minds of Democratic and Republi can lawyers. But our Populist states men are very much provoked. They look upon "eastern capital'' as the (Treat evil of the time, and there never was before such a change to take the railroad magnates by tbe throat and x act term as wis afforded at Chicago before the Federal troops arrived. The whole queation present many line point of law. and is pretty certain to be- brought before the Supreme Court for final decision as to some of the problems Involved. That the conference committees of the Senate and House should disagree on 'certain lteaxs of the tariff schedule w&a a foregone conclusion. This ac tion doe not necessarily involve a loss Of the bill, as conference commltte" frequently disagree. The debate in rhe, conference committee has develop ed Uie fact that Senator Gorman, of Maryland. Is tbe bead and front of tbe iH-mocratlc opposition to the WJluoa bill, as it passed tbe nouse. It is pretty clearly understood that the Maryland Senators desire a bill to pax, and be has expressed himself during tbe past week as predicting that a tariff bill will be adopted by the mid dle of August Tbe present condition involves another Jangle between the aggressive and conservative forces of the Democracy on this great question, tut one or tbe other of them must sooner or later give way. It seems practically Impossible for Congress to adjourn without adopting a new re venue measure. The postponement of action will not prove acceptable to the country, but each faction Is conviuced of success by a little more holding out. Tbe fact that President Cleveland has " Seaatoi German. ffisttnctly sided with the House side of tbe controversy Indicate that tbe new bill ranst follow the lines of the. Wilson bill or suffer defeat I'rlends of Senator Hill believe that Ma opportunity has come through the disagreement of tbe conference com mittee. Many are of opinion that tbe mtute New York Senator has not yet 'uily show a his hand on the tariff luestion, and that be baa a surprise In itore- when the opportunity offers. It t a curious fact that Hill bus wan ie4 to occupy so independent a posi tion In this OotitreM, sod to nav com roandd the admiration of Republicans so gcaeially. But nobody believes - rfei "mm' senator mil that be bns given up his amlVtlon to be the u xt Democratic candidate for Pr!l'nt. lience the Interest in his present view on the tariff. TOWNSEND. Crainp'a Shlp-tard. In the r,.ntury Allert Franklla Mat thews d.cribes "The Kvolution d a Ifcitrlefibip." mainly with reference to tbe building of tbe Indiana, tbe most formidable engine of war lu the world. It Is worth while to Uxk about a place that prl'jexs such a monster, Le says. The Cramp shipyard has nearly a qimrter of a mHe of water fr-ct Along this fMiitage are h:js in vari ous stag- of constructloa. some n the stocks ard some in tbe water. Il lustrating almost every step in the building of a vessel Here, near the ntrance to the yard, is an acre or more of punching machine, enormous coutrivam-e that, as they close their Jaws, with their uuguinly t-etU bi'e out holvs for rivets in tii" plt.- nnl fr.itai-s as easily as a farmer's wife tikes out tlx core of an apple. Over there Is a steel checker -loard frame tit to which big pins are set In a curve. Against the pins stalwart sledge sw:ut:rs. half naked, bend the cherry red frames ami plates, as they are slid out of the furnace Into the baics thy must assume for use in the ves sels. H-re is a great row of bhcU-t-niith forges. Over there Is a building where a dozen monster boilers arw In construc tion, and where a traveling cane lifts and moves them as easily as a hotel porter doe big trunks. Here are big ship engines, some pet up and some taken down. Here are foundries whore manganese bronze screws are cast, and where brass and Iron are fashioned Into a thousand forms. Here is the great mold-loft where every lim in the rhlp Is laid down, and from which wooden counterparts of tbe vessel are made before the steel construction be gins. Here are the wood-working shops, the gun factory, the grv-at store hotise. and there Is the floating der rick that can pick up a 70-ron boiler, move it W feet, rift it high In rhe air, and place it In a ship In thirty minutes, with as careful an adjustment as a watchmaker uses in fitting a movement in Its place. And here are 5,000 men employed in various capacities machinists, wood workers, molders and perhaps cuvd norieeable of all. riveters in sets of three, one man to hold a big sledge against the red-hot rivet, and two. one right-handed worker and the other left banded, to pound it until it beoom a part of the ship. So the work goes on until after about two years tbe ship that existed only In specifications be comes a living thing. New Bonding Material. A new building material, called com poboard. is thus described by tbe Northwestern Lumberman: It is made of one-elghth-lnch strips of wood, from three-quarters to one and one quarter inches wide, placed betwwu two sheets of heavy strawhoard. and united under heavy pressure with a string cement The process of manu facture is peculiar. Into the machine that molds tbe board are run two sheets of tbe strawboard from rolls, one from above and one from below u table onto which are fed from a feed ing device the nrrips of wood. A roller running in a tank of the liquid cement rolls upon tbe inner surface of tbe sheets tf strawboard, and the three layers of material run together be tween rolls and into a hydraulic press capable of exerting a pressure of 120 tons to the square inch. Ten feet of the board is stopped automatically for a few seconds in tbe press, then run out upon a table fitted with cut-off saws, where it is sawed to the de sired length. It is then run upon trucks, placed in the dry kiln, and when taken out is trimmed to forty- eight inches In width. The etreugfh of tbe board as com pared with its weight is marvelous The end of an eighteen-foot board can be brought together without breaking or warping it No conditions can warp it Tbe new omce building of the C A. Smith Lumber Company is sheeted within with this material Wall pa per is put upon tie board, and tbe finish is as fine as upon any pisstereu wall. The strong points claimed for tbe board are. It is not more expen sive than first class plastering. It forms an absolutely air-tight .wall It stiffens a building much more than any coat of mortar and lath can. It Is quickly put on, and produces no damp ness, thus causing no swelling and shrinking of floors and casings. It Is light, tbus avoiding the dragging down of the bouse frame, the consequent cracking "of walls and tbe wurping of door frames. It forms a soHder. clean er, warmer, drier wall at no juore ex pense than is Involved in the old way. rraMrvMi Barneaa. A sporting paper gives direction for "preserving harness : ' Preserved harness may be consider ed very palatable by those wlo like that sort of thing, but we don't want a bit in our mouth. Ixmdon Answers. Bablaa la taa sreapla. Rev. Mr. Job, of North Mtddleboro. Mass., has fitted np in tbe steeple of bis church a play room, in wbicu tables are taken care of by volunteer nurses while tbe mothers attend di vine service. His Art. Mrs. Dlx "Whom do you consider the best actor In romantic roles r Mrs. Hicks "II y husband. Some times his art deceives even me. New York World. 'OUR ALBANY LETTER A BIO OCCASION FOR THE OCD FELLOWS- Dedication of rVaallfal Tumpta al Albany Th C'onatltatlonal Convention A Setback lor Woman ftaffrafa Stat OOrtli Bar a Good Tlaa. Special Albany Letter. The Albany Odd Fellows had a m. triors ble demonstration this week, the occasion being the laying of the corner stone of the new temple In this city. The visitiug members of the fraternity owned Fhe city during their prewoce here. The new temple Is located cor ner of Howard and ldg streets, and. when completed, will be a splendid Odd Fellow TVnipV edifice. It will have a frnt on Iolg street of 137 feet and f ft--t on How ard street The i-levatlou is three stories and a basement The -xt r!or will bo of Albany pressed brick, with brwn stone and terra cett.i trim mings. A riblHMl r'f will complete the building. The iut. rior fitting will In- in native woods. Tbe stm. ture will be heated with tteim aad lighted by ehvtricity. The main lodge room a on the second floor, the entrance Ixlng oa I.l 2ntreot. Commodious ante-rx.uis are attached. Tbe third fioor will be devoted to working and committee rnis. and will have a fine pallor. In tbe basement will bo a ban-i'iet ball. -lOsOrt feet together with kitchen, boiler and storage rooms. Tbe first tt-xr will contain a concert ball 3-'xsi f.vt In size, with a large stage and dressing stage and dressing rooms. The exercises accompanying the in ception of this noble temple of the Al bany Odd Fellows, which in a large degree will be representative of the order throughout the State, wer of a very interesting character. Tbe gath ering represented the largest body of Odd Fellows that ever asst-mbied la the State. Fully 0.O0O members of the order were present some 2.000 of them representing tbe fifteen lodges, two encampments and one uniformed lodge of this city. The exorcises were con ducted under the auspice of District Deputy Grand Master Sonford. The attendance of ootablc of the order was very large. Members of tbe Consf.tutloaal Con vention are showing some sensitive ness to the tcritlcism of the press re garding the dilatoriness of their work. The committees are said to be pretty well advanced with their work, and the convention will soou settle down to business. Contrary to expectation, the sub-committee on suffrage voted to report an amendment in favor of granting the ballot to women. The report recommended that the amend ment be submitted as a separate proposition. The report was rertlly in the nature or a compnmlse. The majority of the committee are op ptised to tbe proposed amendment, awl they have been encouraged by the ladies w ho are opposed to laying down their privileges In order to secure their Opposed to Suffrage. , """ rights. The report of tbe sub-committee was voted down by the whole com mittee. Tbe only proposition likely to be submitted to tbe convention is that giving women the right to veto at school elections. The convention has rejected the amendtneots favoring a change in tbe present Jury system. Tbe action no doubt indicates tbe conservative char acter of the convention. Gov. Flower and bis associate State officers, with other prominent officials, were tbe guests this week of State Treasurer Colvln, who took them on a trip to Lake George and Glen Falls. They enjoyed a cruise on tbe lake, dined at tbe Sagamore, saw the sights from the top of a tally-ho coach, and bad a general good time. There is nothing like political good feeling In midsum mer. X. T. CAIX. Stnokalaaa FwSr Affoetod by CoM. It has been shown in the course of some recent experiments, which have tieen made by tbe Archduke Wilbeim tbe inspector of tbe Austrian artillery, that the combustible properties of smokeless powder are greatly reduced by such a fall in temperature as is usual In Austria during a somewhat severe winter. Of thirty-eight charges with smokeless powder, which has been artificially refrigerated, twenty six failed, though only two out of 120 failed when tbe shots were fired at a normally mild temperature. Inven tion. Foond la tan Boantltul Seine. Here is a tell-tale array of facts and figures. Tbe following are a few of the "articles found in tbo Seine dur ing tbe year 18i3: Of dogs there were 7,it,'i; of cats, 3,307; rats, K.loS; fowls, 1.T20; various other hi wis, 3.042; rabbits, 1.200; young pigs, 7Ku; calves. 7; borons. 4; horses, 3; sbocp, 10; monkeys, 13; serpents, 0. There are as many moo angels as tbere axu women aagel. - ELKHART CARNAGE la to aotd to eearanera for 1 year. Mrtna thvm tba dtMiteri prnfli. Wa are tha OISet ti Iiret mtnufactorer in Arnr traceiiioa V.litcli-. and llarneH ihit wr-hlp with prtril in aramin befora anr money I paid. Wa P't fro'iiht r ih waya 1 f net imfii vrr. Warrant f ir 1 rear. Way pay aa arrnilH) to VA to mer t r yon r Wnte y jnr on order. Banna free. Wa lata all nak f damage in ""'""''WMOLHALl PRICtS. Spring WltOtt, 3I tO SSO. viaraMfrd umumII furfctt- av Surreys, SOS toSlOO um aa U for ie to ua. Top Buggiee, Sjy.SO, Mt"Mfora. pnntona.SSS to IOO. rerm Wagona, Wagonattee. Milk Wagona, Delivery Wafrona- "oad Carta. aicriLia res ai nuaui " (UiLaati. $11.00 Ho. oV-4. Top Buary. S44.UU S VJLL H . - xi. it, J(o. I, r rra AidrtM W. B. PR Ito.tr. S arret UaraMa. land's IV II l 4 Off Jey LS a "Where dirt gathers, waste rules. Great saving result from the use of 'SAPOLIO HE POSITIVE CURE. i-arr-ii !C-Y taOTHOtS, M Vrtrren Bfl told about manure won't raise paying crops. Baugh's manure is all manure. A ton of good manure costs no more than a ton of poor manure. Write for samples and information. BAUGH & SONS COMPANY, Manufacturers of RAW BONE MANURES, 20 South Delaware Avenue, - Philadelphia. I AM NOW A MAN! Chicaco. Oct 6, 199. " I tu ttrrobltxl with vmiMiona ad fmrioooe., and kuwl bm exajsilj for bwtvd yvuv. Lanni th lasrt four 7t I triftd rrT rmndf th&t wm sold AS Ml WAS. and ot do r-ai for any of mf t mob lw until I too CA LTMOS It cared mm wtor4 M ad I mw bsm, ( r ilMd tnm s-m T Uismli Isllm fsjssHs art Ma) Address VON MOHL CO., Sole B. F. Shrpless, Pres. N. U. Fi BLOOMSBUR CD '5, LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY! Capital Stock, $30,0O0. Plotted propertv . i town. It includes also nart of - - J -""'"- cu UiW mu equal m desirability for residence purposes. nui ii5 are ottered in a short time. No such opportnnity can be had elsewhere to make money Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS Maps of the town and of nlotted nronprtv furm'slid phcation. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. 8. Woods, Sales .agem, ur aujr meniDer 01 me BOARD OF B. F. ShAEPLESS: 9 C. W. NEAL, A. G. Db. H. W. McRevnolds, SPECIAL SALE -X. C3-. WELLS', during month of Jul v and August. Eyes examined free of charge at T. O-. WELLS', ' JEWELER AND OPTICIAN, Repairing watches, clocks and jewelery, a specialty. and HARNESS MFG. GO. Ho. 71. 9qitv7s st.alr. ute No. T77, Buad Wasoa. $55 ( J.T r., i, i i . . . a aa. Hame. USniM SADDLES aaS rLT XETS, Klkhart Bteyrl. n.wbela, S timet. mW (W eh wllk .. Sr4 4a. la pnrumatto tlrcr. vrldleM huh w rr .! m I la-aeae tMiaa. trcl tut ins. drop fursn ATT, Sec'y. ELKHART, IND. Bt, hew Tort PriosEOeta.1 Tales Weerilt acnil yoit the mar velous Frrnch preparation CALTHOS free, by atalcd mail, and a lrgal guarantee that Caltuus will STOP iaJeir- " RESTORE i vta. Use it Sf pay if satisfied. American Agents, Cincinnati, O. nk, Sec C. H. Campbell, Tkeas. o vt mc th fprnrv Ai atr'rt anI Imn . at values that will be doubled uoara 01 directors. DIRECTORS. "IT T. Dirrnv m J -.vt,. BrIGOS. Br. I. W. WirriTo- 1). Fcxk. ' 11-19K. of gold and steel glasses at ILook Merc ! Do you want a fi&Ho ? Do you want an Do you want a Do you want anv kind of a MUSICAL IN STRUMENT? Do you want SHEET MUSIC? If so, do not send your mon ey away from home, but 'deal with a reliable dealer right here, who will make things right, if there is anything wrong. For anything in this line the place to go is to 3. Saltzer's- "Ware-rooms, Main Street, be low Market. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBL'KG MARKETS. CORHICTID WIItLV. BITAIL y-BICta. Butter per lb $ .10 Eggs per dozen .18 Lard per lb , 12J Ham per pound .15 Pork, whole, per pound 07 to .o& Beef, quarter, per pound .... 06 to .08 Wheat per bushel 70 Oats " 5$ Rve " " "". .65 Wheat flour per bbl 3 00 Hay per ton 16.00 to 18.00 Potatoes per bushel, old i.eo " new.... 1.1S Turnips " .45 Onions " " 1.00 Sweet potatoes per peck 25 to .40 Tallow per lb .04 Shoulder " " 7.7... .1 Side meat " " 10 Vinegar, per qt ,07 Dried apples per lb 05 Dried cherries, pitted 12 Raspberries ia Cow Hides per lb ot Steer " " 03 Calf Skin 40 to .50 Sheep pelts 60 Shelled corn per bus .60 Corn meal, cwt a.oo Bran, 44 1,00 Chop 1.20 Middlings " 1.10 Chickens per lb .10 Turkeys " " 11 Geese " .10 Ducks " .10 Coal. No. 6, delivered. a.40 44 4 and s " 3.50 44 6 at yard a.f$ 44 4 and s at yard. 3 S - PARKER'S . HAIR 'BALSAM rwoai a lusurt.nt frowta. Falla to inun Oray Hair to it. Youthful Co!-. Cam Kali 4:m. a hair UjuiJ- l.ur.jv lMtotlr, Iadif Mioa, .i,, T.k. ia tint. NIMnrnrrtnua tvu I p ?lr 3 T-IS t.
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