THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA.
OUR ALBANY LETTER.
A OBI5AT HMIKMK OF RIVER
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fipeclul Albany Letter.
The work of Improving the Hudson
Hlver so as to Rive a twelve foot chan
.nel to Troy, which at far as Albany shall
be 400 feet wide, Is now In progress, and
Improved dredging machines are In con
stant operation scooping up the sand
from the bottom of the river and depos
iting It In scows to be towed away anil
deposited behind the dykes. The Inter
national Dredging Company has a con
tract for excavating 3,000,000 yards of
.material from the river bottom. For
he most part this material Is sand and
mud. Hut near Troy there la a rock
bottom to the river, and the work of re
moving this Is comparatively slow, al
though the most Improved machinery Is
employed. In former days rock of this
kind was blown up with dynamite and
afterwards dredged. No dynamite Is
now used. An Improved rook-breaker
takes the place of the powerful explo
sive. This "rock-breaker" Is construct
ed very much like an ordinary plle-drlv-lng
machine, only It Is much larger and
more powerful. An Immense Iron "ham
mer," the outer edges of which are coy-
On the Hudson Iletweeu Alhiviy and Troy,
ered with heavy steel. Is elevated by the
machinery and then allowed to drop In
to the water. It strikes the rock at the
bottom and as tho constant dropping of
the rain wears the solid rock away, so
the constant dropping of this hammer
pulverizes the rock. The dredging Is
then made comparatively easy, but a
different dredge la required from that
Used for sand. The sand dredge em
ploys an Immense scoop shovel, with a
bottom that opens at the will of the
operator. Such a dredge would be worih
.ress for handling rock. The dredge em
ployed for this purpose has an Iron
bucket, which opens like two Immensa
clam shells. On the over edges of this
are steel claws. The shell-like halves of
the bucket are opened and closed by
steam power. When the bucket de
scends Into the water the open mouth
closes upon the pulverized rock. It Is
then elevated and swings around over
the scow. At the proper time a steam
valve Is opened and the load Is quickly
deposited In the scow. The three mil
lion ynrda of material which the con
tractors will remove from the bed of
the river. If plied up In one spot, would
make a deposit 45 feet hUh and a quar
ter of a mile square. The problem of
getting rid of this Immense quantity of
material Is a serious one. In some places
the dykes are being raised with It and
then paved with havy stones. The ef
fect of this Improvement upon river
navigation will be apparent. One pur
pose of the National Government In un
dertaking the work was to make certain,
that the waterway to the Watervllet ar
senal shall always bo ample to permit of
the transporting of the heavy euns
which are now being constructed there.
A Ufa Insurance company with many
millions at risk, and djlnjr what Is
known as an "a.'SfMsment business,"
has Just notified Its members of an In
crease of the assessment rates. Theao
asessmonts are made at Intervals of tiO
days, and the increase called for amounts
to almost 20 per cent, of the premiums
now bjlntf paid. This Increase will bo a
surprise to tha policy holders, but tliero
seems to be no doubt of the necessity
for tha action being taken.
Tha grip has been getting In its dead
ly work during the past few year3, and
all the life Insurance oompanles are feel
ing the Influence of this In Increased
death rates. As this particular com
pany does not collect a large advance
payment and then return the surplus to
the policy holders. Its only course In the
presence of this increased mortality Is
to raise the assessments. Experienced
life Insurance men are commenting upor
Ihe probable effect of this action. N
The J.nsl It .11 (toll,
doubt many members rvlll be dissatisfied
and discontinue their payments But
none who are In poor health will discon
tinue, for such cannot obtain other In
surance. With the good risks dropping
out and the others holding on, wllf not
the mortality continue to Increase even
more rapidly than before?
Attention his been called to the In
creasing mortality among members of
the Q. A. R. Very few of these men are
now under B0 or 55 years of age, and
most of them are much older. The
reoords show that ths imMuberahlp of the
army In this Bute is slowly but steadily
decreasing. A r years ajfo It was
about 45.0il. It is .no- but a littl" over
37,000. During the past six months more
than 600 members have answered the
last roll-call. This Is a much larger num
ber than have died In any previous half
year, even when the membership waa
much larger. Some politicians have
teen arguing that this Indicates the de
cline in the political influence of the Ct.
A. ft. But suoa reasoning 1 tiirt aouud.
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Thu thinnin.r rsnRs ot the veterans wrt
Increase for them the respect and love l
sll loyal citizens; and besides, there are
thousands of sons and daughters of vet.
crans whi ar now In active life and
wh ise Influence is augmenting that of
th'lr fathers.
Ther. are m.my Indications that thera
Is a sjhool book war on hand in this
Stat. The American Hook Company,
cf N'-.w York, Is probably the greatest
c -norn of the kind In th oountry, but
It Ins a lively rival In Glnn & Co., of
Hoston. Ths former company has had
nearly s omplete control of the school
book business, but the Boston concern
has b.vn pushing their publications by
an army of agents.
It is olalmed that the hand of the
school book publisher was shown In tha
law passed by the last legislature pro
viding more stringent rules for the study
of the effects of alcohol and narcotics In
connection with text books upon physiol
ogy. The law prescribes that text book
on physiology used In the puhllo sehooll
shall contain a certain percentage of In
struction upon the aforesaid subjects.
The law seemed so worthy that doubtless
no member of the Legislature suspected
that there was anything behind It. The
l.i w, however, was vigorously opposed
by State Superintendent Skinner, and It
Is now being criticized severely by many
teachers and others Interested In educa
tion. The bone of controversy Ilea In
the fact that none of the text books on
rhyslology now In use answer the de
mands of the law, and hence the neces
sity Is placed upon all sahool districts of
purchasing new text books upon physiol
ogy. The field of controvery opens a
very nice question as to what particular
new text book fulfills the requirements
of the law. Many friends of education
are concerned, because the effect may
be to throw out text books now highly
approved In favor of those of less re
pute, besides placing a new burden up
on the taxpayers.
H. F. n, COB. ,
Labor Strikes III France.
According to statistics Just Issued
there were 391 strikes In France In the
year 1894, In which 54.576 workmen par
ticipated, and by which 4,468 were
thrown out of work. Altogether 1.062,
4S0 working days were lost. In 1893 the
number of strikes was 634, Involving
170,11!3 persons; In 1892 there were 2(1,
and In 1891, 267. Wage questions caused
65 per cent, of the strikes of 1894. The
strikers were victorious In 21 per cent, of
the strikes, which concerned 25 per cent,
of the strikers; 33 per cent, were partly
successful, and 4.H4 per cent, were fail
ures. There were 101 appeals taken bo
fore the arbitrators appointed under the
new arbitration law, 93 of which were
made after strikes had been declared and
eight before work had been stopped. The
appeals by the workmen numbered 51,
employers appealed four times, and em
ployer and employees twice, while the
Judge having Jurisdiction Intervened 44
times. The masters refused to arbitrate
In 24 cases, and the workmen in 16. The
employees In two Instances yielded after
arbitration was refused, not having stop
ped work, a strike was declared once,
21 strikes were continued, and five ended
In the defeat of the employees, who gave
up their demands. Of 22 strikes begun
or continued after arbitration was re
fused, six succeeded, seven ended In
compromises, and nine were defeated.
In 61 other troubles 65 conciliation coun
cils were constituted, two of which were
nevded for one strike.
ItevtvMl uf Out C'urfrw.
A revival of the curfew custom, which
was originated In Kngland by William
the Conqueror, Is noted In Minnesota,
North Dakota and South Dakota. This
revival affects all persons under 16 years
of age, and was first started ITt Stlil
wator, Minn., In the winter of 1894-5.
About 20 cities In Minnesota have cur
few ordinances. St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Duluth, and other large cities, have
not countenanced the revival of the
ancient custom, as not being In accord
with the spirit of the times. In South
Dakota half a dosen towns have adopted
the custom, and ll is thought that by
January, 1SH6, every town In North and
So'Kh Dakota will put It Into effect. Th
new id.-a meets with enthusiasm among
tho foreign-born Inhabitants, chiefly
Scandinavians, but Is not viewed with
favor by Americans, who consider It un
constitutional, un-American and unpro
gresslve. The various ordinances pre
scribe the ringing of the hour, which ll
9 o'clock In some towns and 10 o'clock
In others. In some towns the church
bells are rung, and In all the town bell
warns the police to clear the streets of
the minors affected. No boy or girl can
escape arrest by reason of deafness or
the assertion that the warning bell was
not heard. It Is thought that the cua.
torn will have a good effect on the com.
inunlty and make good citizens of bad
children.
Glunt Cum From l'ern.
Samples of corn of a giant species have
been obtained from Peru by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. The grains are
four times the size of those of ordinary
maize, and Secretary Morton believes
that tho plant may be turned to most
valuable account In this oountry. It is
very prolific, and bears ears of huge
dimensions. The species Is quite distinct
from any known in North America, and
the name, "Ze-a emylacea," has been
given to It. All of our corn comes un
dor tho hpad of "zea mals." Prof. E. L.
Pturtevant Is now making a study of
this remarkable Peruvian cereal, with a
view to finding out how it may be culti
vated most advantageously.
The RTilns are extraordinarily starchy,
oven for corn; hence the name "amy
lacea." Already ten distinct varieties of
the species have been ascertained. One
of them would probably be excellent for
canning, Inasmuch as It contains an un
usual percentage of sugar. It has been
named amylaee saccharata." Un
doubtedly the species Is derived from
tha same source as tho maizo of the
United States. All known varieties of
this cereal, It Is believed, came original
ly from the "Zea tunlcaU," or "clothed"
corn, which still grows wild In Mexico.
Kach grain on an ear of this primitive
maize is Inclosed In a little husk. Wash
ington Correspondence Iloston Tran
script. Tim bilk l'mtii .it.
The silk petticoat has become an arti
cle of artistic elegant, madu of rich bro
cades and moire silk and trimmed with
Ucc-ooveied rullles and flounoes of chif
fon, and Is almost as Important an Item
of dress as th gown which Is worn over
It. A very dainty nklrt Is made of black
and white striped silk, with a flounce, of
yellow satin at the bottom, over which
Is a plaited silk muslin ruffle edged with
narrow black guipure and headed with
black Insertion and a ruche of muslin.
White satin and white chiffon are the
lda) combination for 4 bridal petticoat
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
port list roi.i ricH or interest
TO POLITICIAN.
Tlio Views of Senator Peffer-Ierllne of
8I1yt Agitation -Another Washington
Tr.igeily-Soeret Service Uetectlves Dis
cover a Noted Onng of Counterfeiters,
Hueclul Washington Letter.
The nosltlon of the Populist party Is
exciting much anxiety In the breasts of
tmmoruua tui;t clans at the present time.
Apparently the free silver leaders have
been counting too readily upon the ad
hesion of the Populists to any political
schemes they might originate. Senator
Peffer has thrown a dose of very cold
water upon the new Silver party by de
claring that the Populist party will not
munis with the s lver tes nor accept
their leadership. While the Kansas Sen
ator has boen an uncompromising aavo
raio of the free and unlimited coinage of
both gold and silver at the ratio or 16 to
1. yet he does not believe that a party
imti ha hullt un nr liernMuated wholly
on the financial Idea, and the Populists
have a number of rather socialistic
schemes which are quite as dear to them
as free silver. In fact. Senator Peffer,
who msy be looked upon as the leader
of the Populists, has no hesitation In
saying that he does not believe that the
silver question will be the dominant is
sue next year.
Senator Peffer declares that It la a
mistake to suppose that the Populist
party Is decreasing In strength. He has
evidently noted the fact that the silver
movement Is losing strength both In the
South and West, while It has never been
able to secure a respectable foothold In
the Northwest or East. Ho frankly de
clares that manufacturing Industry has
Improved, that crops promise large re-
Senator Peffer, of Kansas.
turns, and that the business outlook Is
cheerful. He plainly sees In this situ
ation a prospect that the people will not
take very kindly to financial agitation
this fall.
The Kansas Senator la really a shrewd
politician. He has kept rather In the
background of lata, but has been watch
ing thr situation, and as a result he Is
satisfied thit the free silver movement
has no vitality that will Justify Its
claims to success as a national Issue.
He Is quoted as saying that the Interest
In the subject Is now on the wane, and
thit we will probably have no silver
pr. rty In the field this year.
Senator pe.f-tr has some peoullar
views. He believes that It Is one of the
missions of the Populls; party to roform
the currency, but h Is rather In favor of
plenty of money than c-f silver money
rx.'iusively. On t'le tariff question he is
non-committal, but Is Inclined to think
that McK!nly and protection will be the
i.-nie on th Republican side. He thinks
President Cleveland desires a third term,
and has ths strongest Individual follow
ln of any man In the Democratic party,
but he rates Gorman as the strong
est Democrat before the country. It Is
at Wst wirthy of note that he believes
th country to be -upon a rising tide of
I r.'Sp.-rlty.
The National Capital his always been
noted for iu tragedies. I far, as Am.
bn.-'sador llayard Is reported to havo
lately said In England, that we are rath
er a turbulent people, and disposed to
tal'e liw In our own hands. The latest
Waehlngton tragedy was the shooting to
death of Krnest Green, a small colored
boy, by Miss Elizabeth Flagler, daugh-
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Wll!tam E. Brnosna".'
ter of Gen. Flagler, Chief of Ordnance
of the United States Army. To the nov
elist looking for new developments of
the curious phases of modern life, this
case pivisnts some novel features.
It appears that Gen. Flagler and wife
vnr In Canada, leaving an only daugh
ter at home In charge of the family resi
dence in this city. Miss Flagler, as Is
natural with the daughter of a soldier,
is accustomed to the us of firearms, and
possessed a pistol of her own. Among
the trees In the front yard of the Flagler
residence Is a pear tree. It Is needless
to say that this tree, with its load of
ripened fruit, was an object of envy to
every boy In the neighborhood, white or
colored. As a matter of fact, they made
Miss Flagler's life miserable by raids
upon the choice pears. On the morning
of the tragedy Miss Flagler heard a rust,
ling In the branches of the pear tree, and
the dog barked. She divined at once that
the boys were at the fruit, and. In pur
suance of a prevlousl formed plan, she
rushed to u bureau that contained her
pistol and, securing It, fired It hastily
out of the window. The bullst sped true
end straight to where twelve-year-old
Ernest Gren, the colored lad, was hid
ing behind the hedjte, frightened by the
barking of the do'. He fell mortally
wounded, and (lied shortly after being
brought Into the Fli'ler house.
The coroner's Jury promptly acquitted
Miss Flagler. There Is Indeed not tha
lightest rsason In trie world to suppose
ffiat she Intended to commit homicide,
Mo doubt the pistol waa tired simply ti
a Id
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srire t)i bty ofT. Tet It M fired In th
uirsctlnn of tiie ground and not In th
uir, anl ai Miss Flagler Is a praotl4
in a i k.voman, albeit somewhat short
.'lifhted. It Is ea.'y to Imagine a cas
'. lit re the question of animus and pur
;.ne would prove Very serious In th
hinds of a good lawyer. Indeed, as tha
basis of a plot for a modern novel. It pre
sents a number of very interesting fea
tures. Ther has bean no little excite
ment, but the supposition that the ool
orcd residents of the District would
r,nl;e an Issue of th matter has proved
unfounded. Indeed, there aeums to hav
been sympathy on all sides for the young
The FliwW Ite.ldi'oi'e.
woman placed In such an unfortunate
po.-'.tlon. Thre was certainly no raca
issii" In It, and It Is not probable that
public sentiment will demand any fur
ther punishment than the young wo
mnn must necessarily suffer for her
uct. Hut It Is easy to Imagine a state
of affairs that would Indicate that all
the romance has not passed out of our
moilurn life. The case will be presented
to the grand Jury, but It la hardly likely
to result In an Indictment.
It Is a curious fact that no note, bond
or security of the United States haa
ever been Issued that has not been
counterfeited, fjo say the officials of
the secret service of the Treasury De
parcmont, and the fact seems to have
a bearing upon the theories of those
who believe In tho free and unlimited
Issue of currency of any particular
kind. It Is evident .that If the ques
tion ot a free and unlimited currency
were left to tho uounterfeiters It would
be soon decided. American counterfeit
ers are noted the world over. This
country seems to be a sort of nursery
of new mechanical Ideas, and so the
counterfeiters find the best workshop
here. In a subdued and retloent way
our soli haa long been the horns for
the manufacture of currency for tha
Whola world.
For two years past a gang of coun
terfeiters have been Issuing J500 and
J100 United Stotes gold certificates, and
have flooded Canada with notes of
smaller denominations. This gang haa
Just been unearthed by secret service
detectives in Hoboken, N. J. Among;
the counterfeiters arrested was William
E. Urockway, the most expert operator
of his kind In the world. The plates
captured show that tho gang waa one
of the boldest and most successful that
has ever been unearthed. According
to Chief Hazen, of the secret service,
the paper used by the counterfeiters la
such a close Imitation of the official
paper used by the Government for
notes and bonds thut It seems as if tha
counterfeiters were In possession of a
juantlty of the original. But the paper
Is In fact a counterfeit. The chief of
tho gnng Is supposed to be Dr. O. E.
Dradford, a dentist of New York, who
managed to escape. It Is expected that
he will be soon arrested.
Although Bradford escapd, the Gov
ernment has at last secured Brockway,
y.i'et llu or nod Ailtiint8 Examining Coan
terlWts the most noted counterfeiter In tha
world. Brockway studied electro-chemistry
at Yale, and studied both print
In and engraving. He began his crim
lniil career soon sl'ter the war. Ha
counterfeited the 7-30 bond so cleverly
that $1)0, 000 of the Issue was redeemed
by the Treasury before tho fraud was
discovered. Brockway was arrested
and trli'il In lsJ, and sentenced to
thirty years In prison, but his sentence
was suspended by the United States
Court In consideration of his surren
dering all the plates In his hands, so
dan-eioua to tho credit of the Govern
r.ient wore these plates considered at
the time. He was arrested In 1S83 for
forging Morris and Essex Railroad
bonds, and was sentenced to five yeara
In Sing Sing by Recorder Smyth, of
New York. He served his sentence, and
has since boen a mystery to the detec
tives of the country until his arrest for
the- present crime.
TOWXBEND.
Future of Farming.
Commissioner of Education Harris, at
Washington, In a recent speeoh, stated
that ft.rming li. tha United States must
ijrjJually drift into market gardening;
If he had said that the future American
farmer will follow those lines of farming
rt hlch require the highest degree of skill
and best knowledge, ha would havo
come a little nearer the truth. It la
d jubtful If grain growing will ever again
be profitable, bivjiilso of the competition
that riio Aniorioan f-rmer has In Argen
tine, India, Russia and other oountrles
wh-.-re labor Is cheap. It requires very
little skill to grow wheat. The poor ryot
of India can grow U cheaper than the
liuelilgdnt American farmer, but the
naked Indian cannot make a sample of
butttr that tho Englishman will buy,
Ue cannot produce tha beef and pork
tint will satisfy the appetite of John
Hull; nor does ho understand all the Ina
and outs of fruit growing. The only dif
ference between wheat and butter !
that skill hai been added to the butter,
nd skill always vomm.mds a good price.
Tli. farmer should turn himself Into A
so:1: of manufacturer, and oonvert his
r.ivc product into a commodity that will
..vmuiand A good price.
VI 2.o,l ttf 8)lltterti.
l'.-;.er:nients hae recently been made
to diddr how far spiders can see, and as
t i-siiU of theja Investigations It has
been t! t-,nn!ne,l thai they have a range
of vision of at least a foot. It Is not al
ways possible to tell, however, whether
xixi lower animal perceive by sight or
hearing, or by thu action which air In
motion has on tholr bodies. Experiments
tend to tho,v that mioe are sensitive to
motions of the air which to human eara
ureate no sound whatever.
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ing, corner of Main and Centre Streets,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.,
Dentistry in all its branches, Work gaaf
anteed as represented. Ether and Gas ad
ministered or electric vibrator and Local
Anaesthetics used for the painless extractkm
of teeth free of charge when artificial teeth
are inserted
Lockard's Building, 2nd floor, Cornet
Main and Centre.
Dr. W. H. HOUSE,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Office, Barton's Building, Jlnln below HUM
BLOOMSBURG, Pa.
All styles of work done in a superior manner,
and all work warranted as represented.
TEETII EXTRACTED WITHOUT PATH,
by the use of Gas, and free of charge wfcfBJ
artificial teeth ore inserted.
w"To be open all hours during the day.
DR. C. S. VAN HORN,
DENTIST.
Office corner of East and Main streets, op
posite Town Hall.
Office hours 8:30 to 12 a. m ; 2 to ? p. m.
BLOOMSBURG, TA.
C. WATSON McKELVY,
FIRE INSURANCE AGENT.
(Successor to B. F. Hartman
Represents twelve of the strongest Cornea,
les In the world, among which are : -
CASH TOTAL 8rBM,DI
... CAPITAL. ABHSTS. OVBa Lt.'
Franklin ot Phlla.. f loo.noo .i,hi8,.wi 11,000,1
Penn'a. I'lilla 4iK.ro ,, m 1 iiasM
Queen, of N. Y. Bon.noo 8,MH,iti5 l,m,m
Westchester, N.T. 81X1,0.0 1.7MW tS
N. America, l'hlla. 8,0Uo,K) 9,730,8 S,S7u5
OFFlC IN I. W. JICKlLVT g 8TOB1.
CLosses promptly adjusted and paid.
M. P. LUTZ & SON,
(SUCCESSORS TO FREAS BROWN)
INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
AGENTS AND BROKERS.
N. W. Corner Main and Centre. Streeta,
Eloomshurg, Pa.
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Represent Seventeen as good Compan.
ies as there are in the World and all
losses promptly adjusted and paid
at their Office.
CHRISTIAN F. KNAPP,
FIRE INSURANCE,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Home, of N. V.; Merchants of Newark,
N. J.j Clinton, N. V. ; Peoples', N.Y.Red.
ing, Pa ; German American Ins. Co., New
York; Greenwich Insurance Co., New York
Jersey City Fire Ins. Co., Jersey City, N. J.
These old corporations are well seatonea
by age and fire tested, and have never yet
had a loss settled by any court of law. Their
assets are all invested in solid securities, and
liable to the hazard of fire only.
Losses promptly and honestly adjusted an4
paid as soon as determined, by Christian F.
Knapp, Special Agent and Adjuster, Blooasra
burR, Ba.
The people of Columbia county should
patronize the agency where losses, if any.
"lira anu paia ny one oi their
citizens.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
Jam us McCloskey Proprietor,
(Opposite the Court House)
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Large and convenient sample moms. Bath
rooms, hot and cold water, and oil modern
conveniences.
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