G THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. NOTES AND COMMENT. SOME IDEA OF THE MAGNITUDE OF RAILROAD OPERATIONS. Th Cnnt In llummi Llvei ll Alan Grcnt The .!ciillil New Trulm ol the Initial HuiWoit ltmiil A Itcinnrkntilfl Munlcret I.lcut. I'l-ury'ii K.aqnlmnnx. The party ot Esquimaux which Lieut Peary brought hpre from thrlr Arctic homes, have all been taken 111 und the doctors hnve had hard work to eave them from pneumonia. So long as they were permitted to occupy the damp, cold basement of the Museum of Nat ural History In New York, and to He on the cold stones about the door way they found life endurable. Hut when the steam heat was turned on, and tht place was made comfortable for ordi nary mortals, their troubles began, and In a few days they were all sent to a hospital to receive the most skillful treatment possible. It Is evident that the transportation question '.tt to play a very Important! part in the future legislation of the country. The railroads are complain ing of the extremely low rate at which they are compelled to transport freight, out a stactition has figured out that wo nay the different transportation lines $800,000,000 a year, which, he says, means that out of an average annua) income of $300 a year, every head of a family pay $G0 for freight alone. But perhaps some one will observe that the American people do not, by any means, pay the freight earnings of the country. There 1b an enormous ship ment to foreign coutrleB of products' which have been freighted thousands of miles by the railroads, and thesq freight charges are ultimately paid by the consumers in those foreign coun tries, and thus some millions of dol lars conies here to furnish employment toe our people. The number of men employed by the railroads alone is 826 620, which Is an army larger than any taut a very few generals every com manded. The capital Invested exreed? ten billions, and the fonded Indebted ness Is more than half that amount Ftve hudred and twelve mSlllons of passengers have been carried on tha railro;i !.- during the past year, and nearly 'MKiO.OUO of tons of freight. The !e of the story Is found in fhe fai .t to operate the roads no Iohs thi.n 1.861 employes were killed and 29,9t;i were Injured. These figures Indicate an alarming Increase In the number of of persona killed and injur ed, and call for an immediate remedy to be applied. The number of persons other than employes and passengers killed was 4.40G and the number injur ed 5.815. These include trespassers, of whom 3.811 were killed and 4,4ti8 were Injured. The number of passengers carried for one passenger killed was 2, 827,471 and the number of passenirers Injured was 178, 1S2. For every 441 mer employed on railways one wna killed and for every 28 men employed one was injured. Of trainmen one out ct each 152 was Hilled and one out of each ten was Injured. All these and other Interesting sta tls'ics have teen lurnbhr-d by thy Inter etate commission and they throw a flood of light upon the great transpor tation problem. Speaking of the railroads reminds us of the new Lake Shore limited train ot the Central-Hudson road which has Just been put. on, and which is un doubtedly the finest train in the world It Is composed of seven Wagnet cars and is complete in every de tail supposed to Insure comfort to trav elers. The furnishings are magnifi cent, and the train in its entliity is the handsomest running In the world to day. The Ameer, buffet smoking car, Is composed of a main smoking room and private smoking room; altso buffet for serving cigars and wines; barber shop; bnth room and baggage compart merit. The main smoking room is fin ished In Circassian walnut, richly carved, having a book-case at one end. The private smoking room Is entirely of mahogany. The ceilings ar? finish ed In Pierre Cartan. The barber fhni and bath room are entirely of inalios- Lieut. Pearya Er.qulnjaux. any, colonial design. The drapings of the car are heavy silk valour of differ ent design. The baggage room ot this car contains a ihl.ty-hi.'rBQ power West inghouse engine and dynamo, which furnishes electric light to the entire train. The dining car is composed of three compartments, separated from each other by heavily carved partitions and eilk velour portieres. The car is of English oak, and the ceilings are of Pierre Cartan, and of very ancient de sign. The plan of decoration is Italian renaissance. The drawing room car, Pinzon, is a large parlor filled with re volving chairs; a buffet for light lunch es; a reading room. The most of this car la of satin wood, covered with gold mouldings and ornaments. The gen eral plan of decoration Is Louio XVI. The sleeping cars are composed of ten sections and two staterooms, wnnn looms and 'buffet. These are finished In the eame magnificent stylo as the drawing room cars. The company 1m four trains; seven cars In each, all of which are aa near as possible of the ame design as those previously da Ob''1 ' ' mmmm ncrlbed. The cars are the finest money can possibly produce. Theso trains commenced running regularly on No vember 3rd. The combined cost of the trains was $800,000, and they will run regularly between New York and Chi cago, making the trip In 21 hours. It will be very gratifying to all rail road men to know that the Interstate commission ha decided to take hold of the matter of railroad accidents with a firm hand, and that the laws which have been passed for the protection of life and limb will be vigorously en forced. One of these laws requires all freight trains to bo equipped with au tomatic couplers and a sufficient num ber on each train to be equipped with automatic brakes to enable the speed to be controlled by the engineer at ull times. The time limit for making theso changes was placed at January 1st, 1898. The near aproach of that day finds the majority of railroads eith er unwilling or unable to meet the re quirements of the law. Statistics in the hands of the Interstate commission show that somi? of the railroads have compiled with the new law. The Ilos ton and Albany, the New York Central and Hudson Itlver and three other rail roads have equipped all their freight cars with automatic couplers, and from fifty to seventy-five per cent, of their cars are fitted with train brakes. This (peaks well for this efficiency of theso roads. Among the forty-five other roads that have sent In reports to the commission, the percentage of cars equipped with automatic couplers var ies from eleven per cent, on the Nor folk to ninety-four per cent, on the Chicago and Northwestern. Many companies are asking for an extension of time and assign various reasons for their requests. The question of safety equipment is one between the profits of the com panies and the safety of the employes. One section of the law gives the em ploye remedy where safety appliances mm t : iw contuse if." ; m The Incubator. are not in use "by relieving him of the risk which he is held to assume un der the common law and would give h.m the same right to recover as an outblder." If the petitions of the rail roads are granted, the commission will take away from the employe this im portant remedy and scarcely be JustifU able, even In the ca:-:e of such roads aa are In financial straits; but in the case of many of the wealthy roads, it would be a positive shame. The Indian Territory has furnished a chapter In criminal history which re:idj very strangely to civilized people. Wal la Tomaka, an Indian, was convicted of murder in the Hint decree fur killing his uncle, who was a deputy sheriff, and who attempted to quiet a disturb ance In which Walla was taking part. After his convictiun he ap;aled his case to the Supreme Council, and in the meantime was released on his per sonal parole, according to the custom of the tribe, lie employed the time while his case was rending in the coun cil in traveling about the coutury with the Indian ball team of which he wac a member. The team played In many Western towns, and everywhere Wal'a carried off the honors. He was easily the most dextruuj and enthusiastic member of the team, and won favoi with the audience by h's good humor. He evinced absolutely no concern as tc his fate, although ho knew the chances were feu to one that the ' Supreme Council would affirm the verdict of tha court that condemned him. Asked if he was not" afraid to die, and If ho was not tempted to take advantage of his parole to escape, Walla renjled: "Walla Tonaka no coward. JtV'iil be there when time cornea." When we read of an almost untutaied savage, moved to serenely face death in obedience to a decision of his peei-3, when every opportunity was afforded him to escape, we are lead to ask if civilization has really Improved the sense of honor of our race, or if It has enabled Its subjects to face the su preme ordeal with more of fortitude than this man possessed. It may be said that the Indian was lacking in those finer feelings which make punish ment of any kind less endurable to the clzlllzed man. But If this be really true, how shall we account for that high sense of honor which restrained him from oven contemplating escape from a punishment which he knew was to end his mortal career. It Is with nc purpose to frame an argument against civilization that the thinking man will nsk If, after all, our civilization Is of the highest type, and It It really brings to the human family all the equipment for heroic action which wo have claimed for it. Theboard of Health of New Yorkfinda that ninety-two per cent, of the pre mature births reault In deaths within a week. Professor Alexander Lelon, a middle-need bachelor, hat devoted ten years of hie life toward the per feftln? of an "Incubator," and he now n-sm-ts that eighty per cent, of the chil dren thus born can be saved. The In vention is being tested thoroughly. Tht air that enters the incubator has flrr.t been filtered through huge zinc pipes, and so arranged that there Is abso lutely no deviation of temperature. In this incubator an Infant which weighs but two and three-quarter pounds hai been placed and left to grow and flour li.h, except, when he Is taken out to the wet nurse, who Bits In a roam heat ed to the same temperature as the In cubator so that tho transference Is m:'de without tho possibility of drnuirhts or cold. The development of tho child Is wa'ched with deepest lu tcrcct by the physicians. "If. vll HZ MUSIC AS SHIP FOUNDERED. Dri iU of lfcrnlm In tlia Wrcrk of the Tim lt iinlsi. orf Atnlinl 1'riilnniilii To the brTef announcement from Australia of the wreck of the steamer Tasmania with heavy loss of life, mail advices from New Zealand add stirring particulars. When the steamer left Auckland she had on board thirty-five saloon and thirty-three steerage pas sengcis, including a number booked through from Sydney. The place where the vessel was lost Is off the ex treme northern point of the Mahal peninsula, between Olsborne and Na pier, where flat rocks, awash at high tide, extend seaward a mile from the chore. In dirty weather and on a dark night the steamer, in charge of the third officer, ran nearer Into land thr.n was consistent with safety. The captain, flrnused too late, was unable to avert the danger, and the vessel struck even as the order was given to bring her head out to sea. It Is sat isfactory to know that all on board, passengers nnd crew, exhibited cour age ami common sense. There was no sign of panic, and it was apparently with good Intent, though In apparent bravado, that one man set himself to play the piano in order to keep up the women's spirits. The boats were got out quickly and the transfer, de spite a heavy sea. made without much difficulty. Two hours after striking the steamer went down, liows first, and the boats made the best of their way to shore. The loss of life occur red in landing. The larger boats, con taining nearly all the passengers, came through eafely, but the dingy, In which were eight men, turned turtle in the surf and two of the occupants wero drowned. The chief steward's boat Is also supposed to have capsized, and that Its occupants are drowned. Six bodies were washed ashore and the loss of life altogether Is thirteen, In cluding two men who perished In an attempt to rescue. An old Maori saw the steward's boat trying to effect a landing at How Harbor In a very heavy surf. They appeared to have only one oar pulling and a steer oar. The boat capsized in the surf, and every man swam to the beach. When they touch ed bottom, however, they were swept back. Four hung to the keel of the boat, but were washed off. McN'cllie, who was the only seaman In the car penter's boat, acted very bravely. When the others became exhausted he stuck to the oars, and, single-handed, brought the dingy within two chains of the shore, when it capsized, and he w:;s dashed on the rocks and killed. Dim III llir t'liul'i'll. A mystery in connection with the First Presbyterian church of Syracuse, N. Y., has been cleared up, and as a consequence the members are being subjected to a e.ood deal of joking by their friends. Not long ago It was an nounced that the church was "closed for repairs." but what the natr.reof these repairs was could not be learned un til now. One day it was noticed that clouds of smoke were pouring from tu church windows, and of course some one promptly sent in an alarm to the fire department. The crowd that collected saw the fire chief enter the building, but only to come out again coughing and strangling and order the apparatus back to the engine house. Curious persons who could not under stand why the stateliest church in Sy-i incuse should be allowed to burn un hindered investigated the matter and discovered that fumigation of the was in process. It was given out on short notice that no services would be held in the church on the following Sunday owing to repairs. It. was learned that the only needed repairs were the burn ig of sulphur in large quantities in ev ery part of the edifice. Tho church wis thoroughly over hauled duilntr the summer and the carpets and cunhlons sent to a cleaner. Wlirn they came back they were full ot liens. This fact was communicated tn the trustees, who notified the pas tor. Rev. George 15. Spalding, D. D., thnt no services could be held on Sun day. Where the fleas came from nc one knows. It is known only that the place, was Infested and that the fleas wero active and hunrgy eough to put fi congregation to rout. It is not like ly that there will be very large con gregations for Rome time to come, not withstanding that the fumigation pro cess has been very successful. Ol'illlltlll Sill lit PH. The people ot the Orient salute one nnotber In many queer and nmuslng way3. One of them is called the sa lam, or salaam, which is a very low bow, accompanied by a horizontal movement of the arms toward tho per son saluted until the extended hands meet edge to edge. Another form Is a low bow. with the palm of the right band to the brow. In Persia the sub ject salutes the monarch by throwing himself on the ground and kissing h.s feet. In China, says the Philadelphia Times, an Inferior on horseback, on meting a superior, dismounts and waits until tho superior has passed. In Japan an Inferior removes his san dals when he meets a superior places his right hand In his sleeve, thus cross ing his arms, and rocking himself to nnd fro, cries: "Don't hurt me! Don't hurt me!" They have a very funny. fashion In Slam. When an inferior comes Into the presence of a superior he throws toirnt-elf upon the ground. Then the superior sends one of his attendants forward to see whether the prostrate man has been eating anything or ha3 any offensive odor about him. If ho bo blameless In this respect, tho attend ant raises him from the ground, but If he be guilty, the attendant straightway kicks him out. Some of the Indian tribes have a way of saluting one another by rubbing their noses together. This Is also the form In the Friendly and Society islands, after which each man takes tho other's hand and rubs it upon his own nose and mouth. Tin" Ili-ni I if llyron. "Few are probably aware of the fate of the poet's heart. After his death nt Ml'ii.oluns.h1, in 1S24, bis body was em balmed and tent to England, but the heart wa;i ber;gej and obtained by the Greeks, who inclosed It in a silver case. Four yenrs later, arter tho protracted b!oi;o of Missolonghl, a. sallying party, carryli's the relic with them, cut a way, wi'.h groat sacrifice of life, through the Turkish lines; but the hturt was lost In the marshes." 6TCAMEES FOR ALASKA. Five Staunch Vessols Being Propared to Sail From This Port. EARLY START WILL UK MADE. A Company Headed By Chaslos H. Cramp Se cures Boats of tho American Line lor Service to the Klondike Gold Fields. The States Stcamspiin Company has been formed under the laws of New Jersey, with a capital of $7,000. 000. and with Charles II. ('ramp, head of the Cramp Ship & Engine Huilding Company, as its president. The new company has completed arrangements by which it acquires from the Inter national Navigation Company the five steamers, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana Illinois and Concmaugh, and others nill soon be aided to the fleet. President Cramp said in New York Thursday that these steamers will be sent around to the Pacific coast as soon as possible, and will ply regular ly from San Francisco or Seattle to St. Michael, Alaska. The Ohio is now at the Jersey City docks, but will be taken to the Philadelphia yards within a few days and, together with the four others of the fleet, be fitted out here under hurry orders, and with passengers and freight be dispatched to the Alaskan gold fields, sending the passengers up the river to Dawson City by the first boaty that can make the trip. The Ohio will be the first steamer to sail, and will leave Philadelphia early m December, to be followed by the four others, all leaving by March 1. Passengers and freight will be taken from that city. The Ohio is a steam er of 3400 tons register, and the others of about 3200 tons. The boats will sail down the coast of South America, touching at the principal ports of Brazil, and at Mon tevideo, and go through the Straits of Magellan. They will touch at Val paraiso, Callao and Panama for coal, and then up to San Iiincisco and Seattle, and thence to S. Michaels. To act in conjunction with these steamers a number of light draught vessels are being built as rapidly as possible to make the service up the Yukon River. Mr. Cramp says that the lack of transportation facilities to the Klon dike experienced last spring and sum mer, when all available boats were overcrowded and could not carry a third of the possible passengers and freight, led to the formation of this new company. lie expects, from ap plications already received, that the boats will start from here filled to their full carrying capacity. The Ohio will reach Seattle about the first of February. WISE WORDS- Thine own friend and thy father's friend forsake not. There is pleasure in meeting the eyes of those to whom we have done good. The criminal is not another kind of being ; he is oursc'f in our worst moods. Every great and commanding move ment in the annals of the world is the triumph of enthusiasm. A set of mortals has risen who be lieve that truth is not a printed specu lation but a practical fact. Some women seem to think they ought to be loved, whether they do any ot it themselves or not. Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them. Do good constantly,- patiently and wisely, and you will never have cause to say that life was not worth living. Everywhere and always a man's worth must be gauged to some extent, though only in part, by his domesti city. Men of humor are, in some degree, men of genius ; wits are rarely so, although a man of genius may, amongst other gifts, possess wit. Manhood begins when we have in any way made truce with necessity ; but begin joyfully and hopefully only when we have reconciled ourselves to necessity. Every attempt to make others happy, every sin left behind, every temptation trampled under foot, every step forward in the cause of what is good is a step nearer heaven. The greatest and noblest work in the world and an effect of the great est prudence and cure, is to rear and build up a man and to form and fashion him to piety, justice, temper ance and all kinds of honest and worthy actions. We should ponder the particular characteristics whicii are needed to encounter manfully a'l failures in life, and secure from them whatever bene fit they are capable of bestowing, for these are very different from the ciuali ties which enable a man to ride tri umphantly on the tide of success. Always there is seed being sown silently and unseen, and everywhere there conies sweet flowers without our foresight or labor. We reap what we sow, but nature has love over and above that which justice gives us shadow and blossom and fruits that spring from no planting of ours. khasons Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa. III 3. Because beans of the finest quality are used. 4. Because it Is made by method which preserves unimpaired the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. 5. Because it is the most economical, costing less than me cent a cup. Re ure that you get the frrnuln article made by Wai Ti b ItAKIiR A CO, Ltd., Dorchester, Man, LMabllnlied lyse. v ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DKALEKS IX Cigars, Tobacco. Candies, Fruits and Tiztz SOLK AGFNTS FOR Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Freeh Every Week. SOLE AGENTS VOP F. F. Adams & Cos Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Sole Rconts for tho following tniiids of Cigars- Horny Clay, Londrcs, Normal, Indian Frir.cess, Samson, Silvor Ash Bloomsburg Pa. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CAIIPE T , MAT TING, m. oil- CLOTH, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. IBL BBOWEE'S 'n.l Door ab vo 'virt llnuxc. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. Tee fosse Oomitutu?, Even though the Lattimer deputy slierirt's be convicted as charged, that fact should not militate against the usefulness and desirability of the posse comitatus as against the militia. Neither should it be apprehended that such a conclusion would make greater the difficulty good citizens to serve time of turbulence. of obtaining as deputies in The people of this state are not and intend never to be prepared to relinquish the civil government to the state army. There is quite as much inclination among soldiers to shoot first and parley afterward as there is among intolerant deputy sheriffs. In deed, an oflicer of he militia who has seen a law defying strike not in this state, however pines for permission to the militia to begin shooting as soon as called into service. The posse comitatus are at least supposed not to have such desire. Without the military experience which is likly to make them imagine they are campaigning against an active enemy as soon as they are called into service they are popularly supposed to be less desirous of shooting than the soldiers. And the people of this state prefer that all lawbreakers, whether. of high or low degree, be arrested if possible, and in case of rioting or de fiance of the lawful authorities that they be not fired upon unless they actually attack the representatives of law. The Lattimer shooters are exe crated because they shot and killed instead of endeavoring to arrest dis turbers of the peace. We believe the posse comitatus can and ought to be made an effective in strument for the preservation of the law. But the manner of its enroll ment and service can be improved. It should not be composed of sympath izers with special interests enrolled and equipped and paid by those spec ial interests. Nor can the highest effectiveness be reached by impress ment. In every county in this state that supplies recruits by voluntary en listment, for the best state Guard in' the Union, there should oe no difficul ty in finding enough patriotic men to volunteer their services as deputy sheriffs and to form a permanent though not continuously .active corps a sort of landwehr ready to serve the county when needed, just as the Guard serves the state. Such a posse would serve the state and humanity, not special interests and prejudices. It would preserve the law and respect life, for it would be more intelligent than the average posse. It would prevent militarism and the repetition of the Lattimer massacre. Ji,v. There is a Class of Peoplo Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The moat delicate stomach receives it with out distress, and tut few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over ai much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15c and 25c per pack age. Try it. Ask for GRAIN O. 1 1-1 i-4td rim USING Because it is absolutely pure. Because it is not nude by the so-called Dutch Process In which chemicals are used. n - i - ittt Grand Jury Ignores Conspiracy Case!. Chief W,tii333 V.'i is?oro IVi's3ing and Cost! An P.it 01 Van Valitariuurg. The grand jury at Kaston, Friday afternoon ignore I the bills in the con spiracy case-s of General Fran!; Reed cr, Lite secretary of the common wealth ; Hon. Webster C. Weiss and Maurice (). Luckenbach and put the costs on Frederick A. Van Valkcn burg, the prosecutor. The charges were conspiracy to commit bribery and to defame the character of ex-Postmastet General Wanamakcr in the legislative cam paign for United States senator in which the latter was defeated by Senator Penrose. The cases went to the grand jury Friday morning but there was some delay on account of witnesses. William A. Winsboro, the man who made the famous affidavit on which the charges were brought, could not be found, anil there was difficulty in securing the attendance of a number of Scranton men, including Congress man Connell. These were eventually located and it was decided to proceed without Winsboro, Prosecutor Van Valkenburg being the principal wit ness. The court instructed the jury be fore they retired on the cases pending anil explained what constituted a con spiracy. Judge Scott also told them to dispose of the costs in case they ignored the bills. The outcome of the case was anticipated by general opinion early in the day. Blekding Piles. Itchiso Piles Dr. Annex's Ointment cures Piles in all its forms' Itching, lileedin' and Llind. One amplication trives iiuick it - o relief ; three nights will cure most cases ; six nights will cure most stub born cases. The best and surest cure for any and all skin eruptions. 35 cents. 35. Sold by C. A. Kleim. The November Meteors. The time is drawing near for the return of the great swarm of meteors that cause d the celebrated "star shower" of 1833, when, for several hours, on the night of November 13. the heavens were filled with nyo sparks as thick as falling snow-flake5-These meteors encounter the earth m its orbit once in about every thirty three years, and they returned in 1866, although the display was not as well seen as in 1833. They are due again in 1 899, but for several years before, and after the arrival of the swarm meteors are unusually visible, and one of these forerunning showers is expected to make its appearance the present year. According to tw opinion of Mr. Denning, the e.ng" authority on meteors, the '"fallji'S stars" should be looked lor in this country just before sunrise on Novem ber 14, and a watch should alsd be kept for them on the mornings of the 15th and 1 6th. Our readers should make a note of this and keep the dates in mind. To miss seeing a "shower of stars" is to nv'ss one of " grandest sights in the world.- tAange. J
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