6 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. VACATION DAYS. SOME ARE LEARNING TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM. Tk Delightful Month of September Va cation Habit Growing on Our I'eojilo Bow llrave Amur Iran Women Unit Sawad the Cubau Child. The wise mail chooses the month ot September in which to take his vaca tkm. and the fool goes in Auguat. Of the truth of this remark there can tM but little dispute, but the man who takes both August and Soptember it perhaps the wisest of all. The people who most enjoy their summer outing have cJme to see that September is the month in which to get the tno.it out of a vacation, and those who can afford it, linger longer at tholr seaside and. mountain homes. Ten years ago, September 1st was regarded as the day tor the home-coming of the absent city talk. Now It Is only one of the days at for their returning, for hundreds who have been at the seashore or oth er resorts, are now going into the Cots kills and not a few are invading the Adlrondacks. Surely there is no more acceptable time for a vacation than this delightful month of September. The heat ot turn mer is past, and the air is cool and Invigorating, thus giving a new zest to sports and new energy to the hun ter or the tourist as they climb the mountain and commune with nature. The Catekill mountain resorts reap their richest harvests in September It the weather is seasonable. And Saratoga, too, never holds so many attractions for some people as !n September. Of course the loud people wha follow the races, the people who come to show their fine clothes and turnouts, are not here now. But there are hundreds of refined and Intelligent people who are among the most pleas ant and companionable persons one can meet, who will remain until Octo ber, and gain more In health and strength than others have lost by their pleasure seeking amidst the heat and discomforts o( August. It has been given out officially that the President was bo charmed with Point Bluff, that he and his party have promised to return there next year. This Is gratifying to the managers of the hotel, who are certain to reap a rich harvest from this announcement. Thte hotel has attracted much more at tention than any other in the country this year, and it is all on account of the presence of the plain and dignified Chief Magistrate of the Nation. It Is really a little singular that the Ameri can people pay so much attention to the doings of the President, especial ly when he is on his annual outing. Kor four years we have had the paper competing with each other to see which could tell the largest fish story respect ing the luck of Grover Cleveland. It has been said that everything printed about the President Is read with (be keenest Interest, and that especially all that concerns his Invalid wife Is highly prized. In spite of the cry of hard times it Is Try evident that most of the sum mer resorts have done a good business this year, and some of them have made considerable money. The vacation habit is growing upon the American people, and it is well that such Is the case. If any people need vacations, it ia those who live amidst the strain and The Pace That Kills. excitement of our modern city life, which consumes so much energy an J vital force that seasons of rest be come absolutely necessary. The trou ble Is, however, that vacations do not by any means bring rest. There is many a man, and woman too, now re turning to town whose vacation has brought only a ceaseless round ot pleasurable excitement. But It has, at least, been a change, has enabled them to get out ot the ruts in which their lives were running. As people become more sensible they will gradually learn how to take vacations that are restful and recuperative and which will, in reality, fortify one for the hard work of the coming winter. Some have already learned the art of thus preparing for the strain upon their constitutions. These are philosophers and are to be envied. But even the fashionable summer resorts, with their continual whirl ot excitement, their competition in dress and display, all ot which absorb so much of time, and both mental and physical energy are infinitely better for the jaded business man and woman of society than no vacation at all, because the change of air scenes and surround ings has diverted the mind and shifted the strain for the time at least, to othor quarters. It a person walking up hill turns around when tired and walks backward, he will become partially rested, because the backward step brings Into use a different set of mus cles and relieves the strain on others. And so, if we must "keep moving," even in our "recreations," perhaps some portions ot our physical and men tal composition may enjoy a brief re spite and thus some benefit accrue. But how muck better it might be, lfrcasting aside both care and the love of dis play, our weary jaded city folk could sit down in the cooling shadows ot a quiet farm-yard and rest both the body and the ml.nd. A gentleman who returned to town the other day, said that he believed hs had gotten the value of the money he expended for bis vacation, In com pressed energy of body and mind. He had engaged board at a farm bouse two miles from apost-omce( and bad walk- ed to and from the village once each day for exercise. He had eaten heart ily of the good things the farm afford ed, and had simply stretched himself In the shade and rested. For his four weeks' outing he had paid $25, and to save this he had not been compelled to put off a dozen collectors as his partner had, and whom .he must now go home to face after a two weeks' Btay at five times the cost at Saratoga. The good women of America, at their summer homes, have had their hearts deeply moved iby the recital of the wrongs inflicted upon the beautiful young Cuban girl, Miss Clffneros, by the Spanish authorities In Havana. Undoubtedly some of the more sensa tional newspapers have over stated some phases of the case, but the un varnished truth points to one of the blackest stories In the history of the unfortunate Island. More than 40,000 American women have signed the pe tition to the Queen Regent, for tho re lease of Miss Clsneros. General Weyler has denied that the sentence of ban ishment for twenty years demanded by the prosecution has been actually pass ed upon the young lady, but the essen tial fact remains uncontradicted, vis.: That a Spanish officer was found at midnight in the young lady's room, and her cries brought the assistance of neighbors, who seined and bound the Miss Clsneros' Cuban Home. officer, who was afterwards rescued by his soldiers. The evidence seems to point to the fact that to relieve him self from disgrace, he made charges against Miss Clsneros of having enticed him to her home for the purpose ot having him assassinated. This charge is completely refuted by the fact that Col. Berrlz was in the hands of Miss Clsneros friends for more than two hours, and was entirely unharmed. The story of the incarceration of the beautiful girl In the prison for fallen women Is fresh in the minds of all. There she was detained with scarcely the necessities of life, and compelled to associate with the lowest creatures in the city. These facts are fully es tabllshPd by the testimony of several Cuban ladles who were In prison with her, and who have since been liberated and are now in New York city. The in terest which the American ladles have taken in the case has already born fruit, for instructions were telegraphed from the Queen to give the young lady proper care, and to treat her as a distinguished prisoner. She has since been removed from the prison and placed In a convent. There is no longer the slightest fear of the cruel sentence being put into execution, but there is every reason to believe that It would have been, had It not been for the all-powerful appeal of the women of America. With that ap peal is now coupled the demand that Miss Clsneros be sent to America, and permittod to live among tho women whose efforts have rescued her from a living death. P. C, RICHARDSON. Vueer Exchange or Counterfeit C'olnt. The police of Paris receatly discov ered a regularly organised market place for the Bale ot spurious coins of France. It was extensively patronized by waiters, w ho lay in a supply of the false coins to work them off on tour ists. The large stock of false coins seized were found to be ot a quality superior to that generally uttered by counterfeiters. The idea seemed to be to safely insure small profits. For Instance a lot of five franc pieces were found to have an almost bullion value of three francs each. They were sold to the waiter customers for four francs each, thus allowing the dishonest pur chaser a clear profit of one franc. Fewpeople" look closely at a franc piece, and a very bad imitation can be successfully uttered in four cases out of five. The average price paid at this ex change for franc pieces was twenty five centimes or two and a half cents. European continental waiters are past masters In the art of passing counter feit or demonetized coins, foreigners being their victims. Wera Thejrf A good story Is being told about the appointment of a postmaster in North western Ohio. It appears that there were a number of aspirants for the place, and when the announcement was made to him that a German was sure to secure tie plum, every person was anxious to be in line and congrat ulate him on bis success. One of the ccmjrratulators was a man who was noted for being blunt, and asking ques tions from the shoulder, so to speak. After the usual form had been gone through with he blurted out. "Why, v no person had any Idea that you were a candidate, to say nothing about expecting you to get the place. What kind of a pull did you have?" "I vlll dell you," said the German. "You see, I used to go to school vld da congressman and ve vere chumps." Most of the people of the town agreed with the German, but that didn't interfere with his getting the place and drawing a nice salary for lour years. Columbus Dispatch. The (leoffruphlcal Globe at ParU. The proposed mammoth geographical globe to be constructed for the Paris exposition of 1900, according to the plan at present contemplated, will be not less than 150 metres in diameter, while that of the Exposition of 1889 was only about forty-two feet In di ameter, one-millionth that of the earth. Again, the difference between the two, as explained and illustrated in La Re vue, shows the features of tho contem plated structure to be far more won derful than those of the former. It is to contain upon its five Interior floors representations of all the various coun tries In the world. That Is, the visitor Is to be transported by electric rail ways from one country to another In such a manner that, In traversing the interior of this huge globe he will prac tically visit every part of the earth. tfHE 1UCII KLONDIKE. THE MAD RUSH OF GOLD SEEKERS CONTINUES. Iu Spite of Repeated Warning tha Trnlld Are Crowded Fours That tli Fond Sup ply Will lall-L'ntold Wealth In tha l toitll orthlulid. The excitement and the rush for the gold fields continues with unabated force. There is not the least doubt of the enormous extent and the value of the gold fields of Alaska. Every re turning steamer brings information which not only confirms all the pre vious flattering reports, but goes far 'beyond all that has been heretofore told. One of the vessels which reached Se attle last week brought but a compara tively small cargo of gold as reported. There were thirteen miners, and the amount which they were understood to have was $250,000. But the real truth is, that no one can tell Just how much gold is brought back by the Individu als, for many of them are not commu nicative when it comes to talking of the exact amount of the precious metal which they are transporting. This last steamer did not bring so much gold as It was supposed It would, because it left St. Michael's before the arrival of the Yukon river steamer, which is knowu to have on board sixty miners from the Klondike fields, each of whom has a rich bag of gold. Some of the miners are becoming alarmed for the safety ot the Portland on its next trip, when it will bring back perhaps two or three millions ot the precious metal. It has been arranged to have a revenue cutter accompany her as a precaution ary measure. But rich as is the field, the magnitude of the undertaking of going to the gold fields, and the dangers that environ the gold seekers, are fearful to contemplate unless all the returning miners greatly exaggerate the conditions that exist. Of the thirteen who JuBt returned to Seattle, nearly every one declared that he was prompted to do so because of the fear that the supply ot food would give out. When the Excelsior arrived at St, Michael with a hundred and thirty odd gold seekers and the miners heard that the Cleveland would bring 150 more, they talked strongly then. They said that too many persons were going in. and that supplies could not posaibly hold out during the winter. After leav ing Dutch Haroor the partial extent ot the rush dawned upon them. "My God!" said one man, what are they thinking of? Are they crazy?" There will be terrible, horrible times on the Yukon next winter. Starvation will stare them in tha face long before 6prtng. "From my own personal investiga tion at St. Mk'haei," writes a corres pondent, "I am convinced that the miners do not speak too strongly. The steamship company is doing its utmost to get supplies up the river, and wore It possible to do so would have food for all. But It labors under dis advantages which cannot be appel ated until seen. A serious mistake was made by one company in carrying up too much liquor on the last trip or two of the boats. The miners want food, not liquor. Last year, with 1.G00 per sons on the river and facilities for transportation very little under those ji this season, there was a serious shortage. This year these same 1,500 settlers must have supplies, and they, with those who went in last spring, making j total ot probably five thou- Panning Out k Rich Find. sand not counting those of the last rush will require every pound that can possibly be taken In. "I doubt if five thousand pounds will be taken up the river this season. This docs not mean five thousand pounds of food by any means. Perhaps the lar ger half -will be food, but hardware, stores, liquors, clothing, blankets, etc., will figure up nearly one-half. Rogard Ing the situation over the various pass es, these miners, each and every one of whom has gone in over the trail, say that It is an utter impossibility to trnnsport enough supplies over that route at this season of the year. "In warning the people to wait until tprlng I simply act for the miners, who speak in the name of humanity. There Is gold In the Yukon country plenty ot it but to seek It this season under these circumstances is no less than sheer madness. It is even more; It is criminal to those who already are in the country." There was some concern felt at St. Michael for the safety of the river steamer Waare which was fifteen days over dun. Tho boat has been overwork, ed this summer, and her machinery is out ot repair. The steamer, which is loaded with an immense pile of gold dutit, la now said to be laid up for re pairs near Circle City. .. , The first serious misfortune for the Klondike and Yukon miners this sea eon came in the shape of forest fires. Bince the thaw In the spring there has been practically no rain and the coun try has been unusually dry. The lat ter part of June fire started on El Do rado and Bonanzo creeks, and for three weeks the entire district was ablaze. The woods was afire in every direction up and down these creeks. From there the fires went across Hunker and Gold Button creeks, sweeping through the Hillside section and crossing over into the Indian river district, continuing with unabated fury through nearly the whole distance. Several cabins and a quantity of food Is reported destroy ed. At about the time fires were burn ing on the Klondike, others were rag ing In the Stewart river country. The fires in every case resulted from the carelessness of prospectors In going away and leaving their camp fires burning. Large quantities of cut wood was destroyed, while the damage to standing timber has been Immense. All the dry wood was burned, and as a re sult the price of wood at the mines will be fully 100 per cent, higher than last season. The Yukon miners who came back on the Portland without exception esti mate that not less than $10,000,000 will Building a Boat on Lake Llnderman. be taken out of the Klondike district next winter. All this summer the min ers have been getting In shape for the winter's work, and mining will be done on definite and systematic plans, and claims worked to thejr utmost limit. Last winter the work done was little more than prospecting. On all the claims where gold has been found the owners have made every preparation for work. Cabins have been built, wood gathered, sluice boxes made and everything placed In readiness for a start at the first possible moment. As soon as the ground freezes the mining and drifting will begin, and continue without intermission until about May 1. Thi dii t will then be ready to shovel into the boxes, and when the ice breaks the sluice boxes will be In operation. On account of the remarkably rich strikes, work was confined almost en tirely to Bonanza and El Dorado creeks, and the "pups" entering into them. Even on these creeks not more than one-half of these claims were worked. The Hillside claims along the El Dorado and Bonanza creeks are be ing worked for the first time this sum mer. They are sluicing up rich. On one of them as high as $50 a day has been made without the rockers. Near ly all the hill claims are located by men who went in the spring. Hundreds of miners are looking to ward Stewart river, the second longest branch of the Yukon, and hundreds ot prospectors will, undoubtedly be on the banks and bars within a few months. Although the bars ot the main river have been successfully worked for the past ten years, there has been prac tically no prospecting done on the many Important tributaries. The first gold discoveries on the Stewart river were made In 1885 on bars within 100 miles from its mouth. Fully 100 men were working on the river bars In 1886 with good success. Each succeeding season the bars have been worked. The Stewart empties Into the Yukon about seventy miles above or south of the Klondike and ten miles below the White river. M. W. Powers, of Denver, has come back from the Yukon after three years stay, and is one of the lucky ones from the Klondike. He was one of the or iginal discoverers of America Creek, In 1896. When the Klondike strike was made the report reached him at his claim. He went up the river traveling on the Ice. Finding the district all that was claimed for it, he returned to America Creek for his outfit, and on March 3 was back at Bonanza, where he and Joe Goldsmith entered Into a partnership In working a claim. The fourth day after starting work they struck dust yielding $6 to the pan. He located other claims on Skokum Gulch, a tributary of the Bonanza. In forty two days they cleared up $7,000. This pay strike was the coarsest gold found In the district. Prospectors who had weeks before passed over Skokum and considered it worthless, soon be gan to stampede to it, and every foot ot ground was quickly located. Powers and Goldsmith had cleared up $40,000 between March 3 and July 1, and both are now returning, thoroughly satis fied with their luck. M. R. Gowler was a member of a par ty of Canadian mounted police, who went to the Yukon with Captain Con stantlne in 1S95. His term has now ex pired and he comes back as half owner of a claim on Bonanza Creek and in terests in El Dorado and Hunkers Creeks, and brings with him a good share of dust. Not much was done on bis claim last winter, not more than enough to find pay. This winter the claim will bo worked and Gowler ex pects to have a great clean-up in tha spring. He will spend the winter at his home in Winnipeg. "All the members of our force have done well," he said. "Mr. Constantino, our captain, takes an Interest In the welfare of his men, and when the big strike was found he made it possible for all of us to secure Interests in the district and yet in no way affect or abridge the efliciency of the force or Interfere with our duty. Among the number who have gone to Klondike Is Miss Bessie Lasserge, of Tocoma, a young lady of nineteen. She braved the terrible ordeal of the Jour ney in the hope of making money enough to save her mother's home from being sold to satisfy a morteaee. Re. ports from the gold Holds sav that Mis- Lasserge Is panning out eold that nnvJ from $2 to $6 a pan. She has several Offers Of marrlflffB nno l.olricr Iran. . very wealthy miner who will soon bo a millionaire. - ... B. C. CUARLES, -j i. ..., tr.i nt the hlpheit order of excellence In nmnnfni-t. 1.'. -W-- m S" Walter BREAKFAST COCOA I 1 1 a. ... r Absolutely r tire ikhciuus nutritious Costs Less than One Cent a Cup. Be aura that you get the genuine artlcla, made at &J Eitebllihed j ,lt0- WALTER ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco. Candies, Fruits and Nuts SOLI AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Ca ndies. Fresh Every Week. iPi-iTir Goors Specialty. SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams& Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Sole agents for the following brands of Cigars- Henry Clay, Londros, Normal, Indian Friccoss, Saniccn, Silver Ash Bloomsburg Pa. fridejj Iow kqd Gfaod Wort. For the finest and best stoves, tinware, roofin?, 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 water and hot air heaters for this territory, which is acknowl. edged to be the best heater on the market. All work guaran teed. W. W. WATTS, IRON STREET. Rloocntiburg, Pa. lWMf SHOES We buy right and sell right. OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON THIS FACT. Honest trading has won us hosts of customers but we want more. We are selling good shoes, so good you ought to see them. Drop in and we will make it pay you. Co?.:ier Iron and Main Sts. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, MATTING, or OIL CLOTH, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. M. BlOWEl'S 2nd Door above Court House A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. Feminine Philosophy. One thing certain, we cannot feel grateful enough to the people who turn the plain glaring walls of their houses into "fields of living green" fields that stand on end to accommodate them selves to the space at their disposal. If anything will electrify our end of the centuryness it is to see a man with but one arm and a club foot serenely pedaling his bike along a crowded street, and that right in the face of the able-bodied people who, through lack of courage, keep putting off learning Drives one to revising some of the old saws. In fact : A rolling stone trips the unwary. There are more slips after the cup has reached the lip. It's an ill wind that blows when a girl hasn't on her prettiest boots. A banana peel goeth before a fall. A good name is rather to be chosen than poverty. Marry in haste and get a divorce. A man convinced against his will, when opportunity offers, convinces his convincer that all is vanity. To make up for his blindness, Love was given wings. To err is human ; to go on erring, more so. One Short Pukf Clears the Head. Does your head ache? Have you pains over your eyes ? Is there a constant dropping in the throat ? Is the breath offensive. These are cer tain symptoms of Catarrh. Dr. Ag mjw's Catanhal Powder will cure most stubborn cases in a marvellously short time. If you've had Catarrh a week it's a sure cure. If it's of fifty years standing it's just as effective. Sold by C. A. Klcim. Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys Never sicken, weaken or 4-i-iy anfl bowels, j gripe ioc. ' Baker & Co.'s 4 fi; M. f DORCHESTER. MASS.? ....By.... O BAKER CO. Ltd. IT n.. ' SHOES W. H. floore. An Abundance of Peachei. Fruit Growers in the Cumberland Vallej Profiting By a Large Crop. Prior to 1870 there was but one peach orchard in Franklin county that made shipments of its fruit Since then hundreds of acres have been planted with peaches and the Cumberland valley of Pennsylvania and its extension into Maryland promises to soon become the great peach growing section of the United States. The orchards were first planted op the mountain side but they have gradually extended down into the valley until the acreage under cultivation is very 'arge. It was be lieved from results that the slopes of the western side of the Blue ridge or South mountion were especially adapt ed to successful growing, its soil pro ducing choice fruit of fine flavor, beautifully colored and the trees longer bearers. The profit to the growers induced those away from the mountains to plant orchards and the results have heen highly satisfactory. No finer flavored or more handsome'' colored peaches reach the markets than those grown in the vicinity oj Chambersburg. Notwithstanding the low prices, owing to the large crop next spring will witness the planting of many new orchards. The i ncre is ing demand for choice fruit and the iinnroved facilities for shilling en' Piarges and widens the market, keeping pace with the increased production. What do the Children Driuk? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink ! Grain O ? It is delicious and nourish ing and takes the place of coffee. more Grain O you give the cliiM'" the more health you distribute throng their systems. Grain O U iJ pure grains, and tastes like cli 0 coffee but costs about J the price, a grocers cell it. 15c and 3SC-
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