THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
NHW YORK LETTER.
01 the innny Interesting facta that
can lie told about the old Arcado
ImlldlDg at No. 71 Broadway, noon to
razed la favor of an up-to-date
y-scraper, the most peculiar, per
haps, la that the hlntory of the build
ing is familiar to fewer people than
that of any other ancient landmark
to the city. All Wall street, praetl
cally, passes throURh It six days In the
week, and nUnit all the thousands of
bankers, brokers, upeeulntors and
dorks, who walk through the building
on tholr way to and from the finan
cial district, can tell you about it la
that HtiH.scll Pnse haa his otllce there,
and. not a few years ago the famous
bomb explosion occurred. The two
most noted characters who have occu
pied ofllcos In the Arcade are Russell
Sk and Jny (lould. Mr. Sage, when
ba leaves for tils new quarters In tha
Bank of Commerce building next
aranth, will have ben a tenant for
more than 15 years. Mr. Sage was the
originator of a line of business which
grw to great proportions In Wall
atreet, lie Instituted the "privilege
RUSSELL SAGE.
ystem," by which brokers and traders
la Becuritles who had small means
were enabled to test their judgment
by large operations, and at the same
time protect themselves from heavy
loss, lie sold "puts" and "calls,"
"Spreads" and "straddles," with the
result that dealings on the Stock Ex
change greatly increased. As is fre
quently the case, the Inventor profits
Uttle, and Mr. Sage lost several mil
lions of dollars In the privilege busi
ness mid that, too, In a half week.
It was toward the end of May, 1SD4.
Mr. Sage had sold puts upon thou
sands and thousands of shares of
stock. The market suddenly became
weak, prices dropped away, and a
panic was threatened.
It should be borne in mind that
"privileges" are contracts not enfoiv
able by law. It Is also borne in mind
now that Russell Sage never went
back on his word. For three days he
at with pen In hand and, amidst the
incitement, when over 200 brokers
were clamoring to get Into his pres
ence, signed check after check upon
the Importers' and Traders Rank, un
til he had used up several books and
had seen, so It was estimated at the
ttaie, J4.000.000 of his fortune melt
away like b now flakes in the sun.
It was on December 4, 1801, a Fri
day, and, to bo exact, 12:30 o'clock, for
Secretary Menzle's watch stopped at
that moment, when the crank, Nor
eross, who wanted over fl.OUO.OOO of
Mr. Sage's money, threw toe bomb
that killed himself and injured Mr.
Sage and others and blew the office
Into kindling wood. That event was of
too recent date to need a reminder of
, the details and the discovery of the
would-be assassin through the medium
of a clothes button which was picked
up In the building. Everybody In the
building was shaken up and seared
Mt of considerable growth.
When some outside barbarian ac
cuse New Yorkers of lack of civic
pride, the loyal Got ha mite usually
points to Madison Square Garden and
the Metropolitan Opera House as evi
dence to the contrary. "Here," he has
been wont to explain with true Knick
erbocker pride, "are two magnificent
monuments to public spirit. Bothi
these splendid structures have been
built and maintained at a loss by men
who dedicated them to the service and
amusement of their fellow-citizens."
Bat there Is a limit to good nature.
Ttie stockholders of the Madison
Square Garden Company think that
they are satisfied with the experience
they, have gained, and are quite will
ing now to have someone else shoul
Jer the load. So they decided. Any
mterprislng agriculturist who wishes
to try his hand at this sort of garden
ug can get the site at a burgaiu, and
itave the famous bronze Diana, that
moves with every wind on the latest
ttyle of ball-bearing axis, thrown in.
The Garden was evolved out of the
old Harlem Railroad depot, and as
sumed its present shape in lS'JO. It Is
the largest building in the country en
tirely devoted to purimses of amuse
ment. The arena holds 11,000 pimple,
the theatre 1.200 and the assembly hall
t.200 more. It has been the scene of
many notable events, social, political
and sportiug. The hope Is that some
multl-mllliouaire, or a syndicate of
them, may come forward and buy In
the building, and either continue It In
its present form, or remodel It, so that,
while preserving Its essential feature,
additions may bo mado that will ren
der the property, in a measure, a
profitable Investment.
Cvnus Thorp.
Gnuil I'lnos fur Cut.
There Is a special cat church In
Floreuce. the church in which so
many Medici are buried. The clois
ters of San Lorenzo are reserved for
homeless cats, whether they eomo
there by themselves or nro brought by
people who want to dispose of them,
fiexr York Journal
TAflMANY IN SADDLE,
HOPES TO RECOVER NEW YORK
FROM THE REFORMERS.
The Tiger U Versatile, unit Among OHipi
Things Expects Reaction tn Set In In
Its favor as It bid In 1804 -Wherlp
Within Wheels.
It has been noted that Tan mi an .v.
with characteristic energy, bit :il
ready begun Its campaign for the Miv
orality of Greater New York, and b
unfolding a plan of attack mi tiie Ur
formers, who hope for four yearr
more to keep control of the city r
cued from Tammany three years n;r
The organization has entered uixm
the campaign with almost ns much
confidence In victory as It felt In
1SD2, when it had no opposition ex
cept the feeble fight put up by the de
bilitated Republican' machine. It is
of Interest to understand upon what
this confidence Is bused. It Is based
upou the belief that a "reaction" is
due. Signs of this reaction have been
sliown in the town elections through
out the state. It Is almost impossible
to bent Tammany twice In succcssloa.
Even after Its crushing defeat lu
N!4, Tamumuy won In the local elec
tion the following year; and last No
vember, In spite of the big Sound
Money Democratic revolt, it rolled up
l.'lTi.OOO votes for Rryan. It has al
ways been difficult to arouse the citi
zens of New York to a supremo ef
fort for reform city administration,
and after having aroused them once,
It seems Impossible to get them to
make another such effort in the next
Mayoralty election. It is true that
the recently organized "Citizen's
t'lilou" exhibits a gratifying deter
mination on the part of the Munici
pal Reformers to make an early start
this year, but there are special rea
sons, to be explained, why Tammany
believes this movement will not lrnvo
the force and momentum of the Com
mittee of Seventy campaign of 1S9-1.
In other words, its leaders believe
that the political pendulum Is swing
ing Irs way this year, and thnt it will
reap the benefit of all the discontent,
the various petty hardships, and the
personal disappointments resulting
from the Strong Administration. In a
local election few people have the
courage and public spirit to rise su
perior to their private Interests. Even
though the administration, as. a
whole, may have lionefited the city, if
It lias hurt any personal Interest, that
personal interest will work and vote
against It, independent of any other
consideration. And the Strong Ad
ministration has tread upon the toes
of many small personal Interests,
which, in the aggregate, represent a
small army of discontent and enmity.
If there Is any one achievement of the
administration which may be called,
without exception, signally success
ful, It has been in the cleaning of
streets. In fact, even If Tammany
elects the next Mayor, it will either
retain Colonel Waring In office or
maintain his methods. But, never
theless, Colonel Waring has undoubt
edly lost many votes for reform at the
coming election. Every grocer, baker
and small merchant who formerly
stabled his truck in the street, but
who has been obliged by Colonel War
ing to store it elsewhere In order to
clear the streets of encumbrances, will
probably vote against "reform," and i
their name Is legion. The city ns a
whole is benefited by this change
worked by the Commissioner, but
thousands of small merchants are suf
fering In pocket because they can no
longer use the streets as storage places
for their private property.. In some
of the other departments It must be
confessed that reform has been a fail
ure. There have been scandals In the
Fire Department, and the condition of
things lu the l'olice Department is
such that even Mayor Strong himself
says that Is "a shame and a dis
grace." Moreover, the Strong Ad
ministration has resulted In an in
crease in taxes, with no decrease In
rate of property assessments. As
Strong la a Republican, such acts of
the Republican party In the state as
have caused discontent and Injury
will be used by Tammany to Its ad
vantage in a fight against any com
bination that may be formed against
it in the city election. Thus, every
person who has been Injured by the
Raines law, it is claimed, will vote for
Tammany. Moreover, there are a
number of leading men who have
taken part In the non-partisan or bi
partisan movements for municipal re
form who are beginning to be con
vinced that after all that has been
said or done,-there can be no really
effective city government except
through parties, and that non-par-tlsanship
is a dream. Ex-Mayor
Grace, who aided materially In elect
ing Strong, has expressed himself
plainly to this effect. It Is significant
in tills connection that the new char
ter has been drafted on the principle
of party government. It may be
asked why, if there Is any basis of re
ality In Tammany's confidence of vic
tory lu the Greater New York elec
tion, Senator I'latt should be so de
termined to create the Greater New
York. Some of the Republicans up the
state have been asking this quest Ion,
and doubting the wisdom of pussun
the charter. Hut Senator I'latt may
hold to Edward Iauterbach's ex
pressed view that the reaction against
"reform" in municipal government
will not sot In favor of Tammany, but
In favor of the Republican machine
organization. Besides, the charter
has been so constructed that even If
Tammany should elect its candidate
for Mavor, the Republicans would be.
pretty certain to obtain an important
mluorlty representation lu the Munici
pal Assembly and perhaps control of
one or two of tbo boroaghs. l'hlludel
pula Ledger.
CHILD STUDY.
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
On a wet rainy day not long ago,
in a town not far from here, a little
eight-year-olil boy was found sitting on
a door-step during school hours. He
was poorly and thinly clad. Investiga
tion showed he was one of four young
motherless children. His father was
gone all day at his work but even
ings baked bread, and performed
other necessary household duties. It
seems that that child had been sent
home from school to get a shoestring.
There was no way of getting it before
night and so the child had to wait.
Had his teacher studied the child's
home conditions ? Certainly not, if
the case has been correctly represent
ed to me. What right even had she
to banish the child while she knew
nothing either of conditions or possi
bilities? This is, of course, an exag
gerated case, but our school life is
very dependent on two things, ideas
and habits. "Young children get both
largely from their home environment.
The incident referred to shows how
completely this was overlooked by the
teacher. Shall we ignore those con
ditions as revealed by the home or
shall we make a definite and careful
study of them for the light thiown on
the child's stock of habits and ideas ?
I have no doubt of your answer.
Many an inexplicable psychological
problem has found its simple solution
in the home environment of the child.
And how study this ? Each case ac
cording to its peculiarities. Have
they books, or no books ? Are their
parents living or not living ? Do they
play with older or younger children
than themselves ? Are they rich or
poor ; petted or unnoticed ? All of
these and a hundred other things
should certainly be known by each
teacher it she is to do her best for her
pupils.
It has been found to be of the great
est value to study the child's home
surroundings as regards books m some
detail. In my opinion a period a week
may well be spent in discussing what
the children are reading outside of
school and in directing the same.
Here is a child that does not
enunciate properly. We must examine
the home conditions. We may learn
that the child is of foreign parentage
or that he has been petted and thus
fallen into bad habits. Much more
attention should be given to such a
child than the one whose environment
is more favorable. You may not al
ways be thanked for your attempt to
break up the baby-talk even of a ten-year-old
child, but the effort is a
worthy one and remonstrances will
not be numerous. In one case, in a
school of this state, the attempt was
met by the mother s objection that
she did not wish the child made self
conscious. In a case of bad enunciation we
have this duty before us. We shouid
pick out a list of words covering al
most all the sounds and common com
binations of them in our language.
we should then ask the child to re
peat after us each one of these. Check
off those the child mispronounces and
then begin systematic work in teach
ing correct and clear enunciation. A
little girl whom I tested in this way
could not pronounce the combination
a-r in the first ten or twelve words I
gave her. At last I found one where
she pronounced it correctly and then
only by the most careful work could I
get her so that she could pronounce
it correctly in the other words. Noth
ing could be done for the child except
by careful study of her by herself in
dividually. There are in the ordinary school
room certain seats which subject the
occupants to peculiar physical dis
comforts. Such are seats near the
stove or radiator or in draughts of
either hot or cold air or where the
light is peculiar. The bodily effects
of fatigue caused perhaps by too many
home duties or duties of other kinds
before school or late at night may be
the secret of our inability to reach
some children. That we should study
to counteract or remove these un
fortunate physical conditions is a
truism. And yet are we doing it ?
The scientific study of fatigue has
produced a slight reaction against
that line of investigation and has
caused the remark that "both we and
the children have to get tired some
times." True as it is we know per
fectly well that we should find out
what children tire most easily and if
possible the reason. It may be the
first sign of some insidious disease.
We know, too, that the clearness of
the ideas given is very dependent on
the child's condition of fatigue and,
moreover, that it is possible for us so
to vary our work as to reduce that to
a minimum and so produce the most
favorable conditions for clear think
ing. The best test for fatigue that I
know and one which is also valuable
as a test for nervousness is the simple
command to the children to rise and
stretch out their arms and hands at
full length in the same plane as the
body and as high as the shoulder.
Notice the quivering or twitching
fingers and you have an indication as
I to the fatigued or nervous children of
r t .i t ,i. .
your ciass, mougn mere may pe some
few whom you have not discovered.
Try them before and after school and
see if you can trace any effect of the
day's work upon them. I have noticed
even a decided difference between
tests made before and after a single
severe mental exercise.
"THE LITTLE WOODEN HOUSE."
McKlnloy'i Homo In Canton Will Be Kopt In
Good Condition.
The thousands of pilgrims who
visited Canton during the past ten
months will have a lasting interest in
the home of the Republican candidate
and its future. They will be interest
ed to know that "the little wooden
house" on McKinley hill is to pass
from its present occupant into good
hands.
The home is owned by Mrs. George
II. Harter, from whom Major Mc
Kinley leased it last spring, and it will
pass into the hands of Captain Kuhn
of the Hurford House, which in itself
has attained a national reputation
during the campaign. Captain Kuhn
has been a near neighbor and ardent
admirer of Major McKinley for many
years. His father, who is now a resi
dent of Washington city, but came
out to Canton to vote for Major Mc
Kinley last fall, has voted for Major
McKinley for every office he ever
held from the time he was elected
prosecutor of Stark county in 1869,
during the 14 years he represented
the Canton district in congress, both
his terms in the governorship and
finally for president of the United
States.
Captain Kuhn therefore has a pe
culiar personal interest in "the little
wooden house."
To thousands of persons who have
trooped in and out of the Hurford
House it will be a pleasure to know
that the ambitious young hotel mana
ger is to live for the next year at least
in the McKinley home and that so
far as possible its memories will be
sacredly treasured by its new occu
pant. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Not Exactly Eight."
Thousands of people are in this
condition. They are not sick and yet
they are by no means well. A single
bottle of Hood s Sarsaparilla would
do them a world of good. It would
tone the stomach, create an appetite,
purify and enrich the blood and give
wonderful vigor and vitality. Now is
the time to take it.
Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick head
ache, indigestion, biliousness. All
druggists. 25c.
CHURCH AND STATE.
Mr. Howard Evans gives, in the
Contemporary Review." some of the
religious statistics of England and
wales, .Reckoning the population at
30,000,000, he deducts 2,000,000 for
Roman Catholics. Tews and others
who are not included among the Pro
testant Christians, leaving 28,000,000
who may be roughly said to be divided
between the Church of England and
the Nonconformist denominations.
With these figures of to-dav are given
the figures of former years, but not to
tne extent which might be desired.
In 1801 the Church of England
provided 4.280.881 sittings, and all
other denominations 881,240 sittings.
in 1051 tne uiurch of England pro
vided ;.'ll7.ai sittings, and all other
denominations 4,894,648. In 1896
tne unurch of England provided
6,718,288 and ten Protestant denomi
nations 7,610,003. It is probable
that in 1801 and in 1851 the mem
bers of these several bodies hold
about the same proportion as i.ow to
the number of sittings. At the pre
sent time it is estimated that the
Church of England has 1.778.1
communicants and the leading Non
conformist denominations 1,807,723 ;
01 Sunday school teachers the Church
of England has 20c? 06. all other de
nominations 373,685 i of Sunday
school scholars the Church of Eng
land has 2,229,813, other denomina
tions 3,103,285.
These figures are of special mo
ment as indicating the influence of
establishment upon the denomination
established the figures are of special
significance when they are compared
with similar statistics which micht he
gathered in this country. The Epis
copal cnurch in America, unhindered
by any alliance with the State, ad.
vanced within the last half centur
prooaDiy with greater rapidity than
almost any other Protestant denomi
nation in the number of its Churches.
of its oishops, of its clergy, of its com
municants, of us hospitals, orphan
ages, colleges, theological seminaries.
in its missions at home and abroad
and in the moneys raised for denomi
national objects, while in England its
absolute growth has been verv slight.
and, in proportion to other denomi
nations, it has lost ground.
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For the finest and best stoves, tinware, roofinp;, spouting
and general job work, go to W. W. Watts, on Iron street.
Buildings heated by steam, hot air or hot water in a satisfac
tory manner. Sanitary Plumbing a specialty.
I have the exclusive control of the Thatcher steam, hot
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OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ONTHIS FACT.
Honest trading has won us hosts of customers but we want more.
We are selling good shoes, so good you ought to see
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IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
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op OIL IiOTII,
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BASE BALL NOTES-
The Phillies are down south limber
ing up and getting in trim for the open
ing of the season which will occur
April 16.
The game is bound to have a great
financial year in 1897. Nearly every
city is making great preparations,
and all are expecting bigger crowds
than former years have ever known.
Louisville will make a better show
ing this season, and it is hardly likely
that the close of the year wi'l find
them in their accustomed last posi
tion. The Phillies new pitcher Fifield,
showed up in good form in the first
game, which was played down South
last week, he held this opponents
down to 8 hits.
"Success is the reward of merit"'
not of assumption. Popular apprecia
tion is what tells in the long run. For
fifty years, people have been using
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and to-day it is
the blood purifier most in favor with
the public. Ayer's Sarsaparilla cures.
July, 1896, saysi
"These badly prepared cocoas are the ones
that people 'get tired' of, something that rarely
I happens if a properly prepared cocoa, such as
Whted Hakk.u & Company's, Is used. It is at
once a delightful food and nourishing drink,
and it would be well for humanity if there were
more of it consumed and less tea or coffee."
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Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in alt
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with
out distress, and but few can tell it
from coffee. It does not cost over f
as much. Children may drink it witli
great benefit. iscts. and ascts. pe
clackage. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-0
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