6 THE COLUHBIAN, HOLIDAY EDITION.
REGISTER YOUR MAIL
TRIAL OF A SLOT MACHINE WHICH
MAKES THIS POSSIBLE.
of Them Now Rood for Ituilnesa-
AMooh anient Whteh Bejeot Light Colni
. letters Trnnafrrred to tbo I'nstman'i
Xtftsr Without Hla Touching Them.
ThB latest development of the slot
machine Is an Invention designed to
sake every person his own registered
lattar clerk and to facilitate the for
warding of registered mall. The use
C three machines' has bean sanctioned
fty the Postmaster-General, and under
bta orders they arc to have a six
weeks' trial in New Tork. What may
Happen after that la conjecture merely,
tat the assumption of the Inventor ol
Oa machine is that if Its work is sat
isfactory, it will be adopted as a regu
ate adjunct to the Post Office system.
While the machine) are being put
t their special teat an agent of the
start Office is to be In constant attend-
at each. He will explain tha
rking of the machine to the public
. aee that no one tampers with the
The charge for registering a letter la
esmts In addition to the regular let
ter postage. The machine makes the
rnrnma charge, assuming that a single
Veent stamp Is sufficient for the regu
lar postage. Under the law a letter
prepaid by one 2-cent stamp must be
torwarded and any extra postage col
lected at the other and.
To work the machine you drop a
affver United States dime Into a spout
at the upper tight hand side. A square
on cover files ud automatically and
lereals a roll of white paper. Opposite
oartaln linea you write the name and
address of the person to whom your
letter is to be sent and your own name
and address. At the right hand upper
and of the machine Is a small lever.
Tou press this back and the letter slot
ka front opens and into this you drop
jour letter. Then you seise the handle
f a big crank at the right and force it
back until a bell rings. As you do this
tb Iron cover closes and locks over
tbo writing tablet. Now you draw for
ward the big lever until a bell rings.
As you do this a duplicate of your wtU
rag. on a separate Blip of paper, Is slip
ped out of the machine at the left
hand side and upon this paper is im
lrtnted also the Post Office date marks,
the serial number of the letter and the
signature of the Postmaster. This is
jonr receipt. Your original writing re
ralns in the box until the letters are
amoved, and then It goes' with them.
At the same time that your receipt Is
printed the letter Is dated.
The next thing Is to get the letter to
tte Post Office without giving the let
tat carrier a chance to tamper with
either the letters or the originals of the
receipts. The box has a hopper bot
tom so constructed that H can be
pened only when tbe mall bag is at
tached to It. The mail bag can't be
apened, either, except !n conjunction
wkh the hopper or at the Post Office.
TImj strip on which are written the
ames and addresses drops into the
bag with the letters.
The dimes fall into a brass cylinder
lit the order in which they are dropped
Into the machine, and the postman, If
be finds a bad one, can tell at once,
by running the mover In order, which
letter it belongs to. Such a letter will
be held and Its sender notified to pay
tlie postage In good coin and get his
bad coin back.
Aside from this, the machine la con
atructed to throw out bad coins, if they
are under weight. When the coin first
drops into the slot it goes Into a delic
ate balance where It is weighed. If It
, i0 too much worn to be current the
stale rejects it, and instead of passing
Into the machine and starting the post
ing operations, the coin drops out of a
bole in the front of the machine and
(alls on the floor.
The inventor says he has spent three
jeare in perfecting the machine. New
Tork Sun.
FOODS PRESERVED IN TIN.
etBkorbltatit Prices Dsmauisd When First
Intruduued In Friiiice.
The process of preserving foods in
tin Is of older origin than may be sup
posed. It was in 1841 that John Colin
ef Nancy, France, began the business
walch Is now of magnitude. In 1841
a ruart of turtle soup In tin put up by
Colin cost $3.75; a small box of sar
dines, $1.25; an entire truffled salmon,
18; a beef tongue, $2; a Toulouse duck
trained, $9. Vegetables were propor
tionately dear. Colin carried his sys
tem much farther than is attempted at
tae present day. He sold in tin an en
tire sucking pig, for which he charged
112.60; an entire turkey for $7.50, six
peunds of roast lamb for $4.25, an en
tire pheasant for $12.50. He had also
preserved butter In tin. for whkh ho
asked 75 cents a pound. New York I
ann.
NEWS FROM KLONDIKE.
Editor to P.eoortor Well. T liv,'i
seen anything of those thirty-two cr- !
rior pise m you took with yuo. j
t. No, 1 tut 'e.ti. I
LINCOLN'S TOMR
ITS PRESENT CONDITION A DISGRACE
TO ILLINOIS.
The Money to Ilnlld tho Mnniimonl Con
trlbuted by tbo Feople, and the Trual
Given In Charge of the City of SprliiR
fiold A Sorry Spertncle.;
Lincoln's tomb Is a monument of dis
grace to Illinois. A spirit of tasteful
pride Is fast making Springfield one ol
the most beautiful of State capitals
The magnificent building which housei
the government was In the days of ap
proaching completion described as a
palace In a cornfield. Since then the
city surrounding has been Improved
to worthiness of the setting. With
paved streets, wall shaded, a look ol
general thrift In the business centei
and long vistas of pretty homes In
well-kept grounds, It now corresponds
to a noble Capitol whlcb baa no su
perior in massive symmetry and In
convenient adaptation to its purposes,
and Is exceeded In liberal expenditure
by only one other building of the kind,
that at Albany. Springfield is an hon
or to the State. But In strange con
trast to all else that commands ad
miration la the condition of the tomb.
Illinois assumed a sacred trust when
the question of the disposition of tha
remains of the martyred President was
settled. That trust has not been kept
A correspondent of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat, writing from Springfield,
says that the friends of Lincoln feel tha
neglect keenly. They are anxious to
eee publlo sentiment aroused and th
Legislature reminded of Its duty. Thera
is neither defense nor explanation ol
the neglect. When the custodian openi
the grated doors and takes the visitor!
into first the crypt and then the me
morial chamber, his introductorj
words are regretful. In the crypt tha
plaster baa fallen from the arched
roof, and, more than that, gaping crev
ices have opened In the brick masonry
A little more of this inattention and
the roof will cave down upon the Boot
under which, covered by concrete, are
the caskets of President and Mrs. Lin
coln. On the other side of the burial crypl
the memorial room Is In scarcely bet
ter condition. With every rain the wa
ter comes through, the vaulted roof. It
has blackened and stained colling and
walls. It has made a great blotch ol
the once bright colors of the coat ol
arms. Prevailing dampness has mil
dewed and rusted the none too numer
ous relics. In this chamber are kept
the surveying Instruments Lincoln aa
a young man used, the gun which fail
ed to save the life of his grandfather
in Kenutcky when an Indian crept up
on him at work on his farm, the great
book in wblch every child In the public
schools of Philadelphia wrote his oi
her name attached to the expression ol
serrow at the time of death. The stone
tablet which the Romans sent from tha
walls of the Eternal City to commem
orate emancipation, likening the act ol
Lincoln to that of one of the early
Emperors who freed the slaves. Is In
the chamber. The bronze bust of Wil
liam the Silent, who also died by as
sassination, has a place. The walls are
covered with the memorials forwarded
from all parts of the country. For such
a collection of historical value tha
State Is not manifesting sufficient care
to keep the rain out.
The tomb cost $270,000. This money
the most of It, was raised by voluntary
contributions. Large sums came from
the troops in the field, single companies
contributing several hundred dollars. It
Is llttlo enough that Illinois should
maintain the granite pile in a state of
tolerable repair. On the outside the
cement has dropped from between tho
courses, and many of tho blocks are out
of line. Even the approaching walk la
cracked and broken and uneven.
One might suppose that with such a
number of visitors to the tomb there
would bet no difficulty In reaching It.
Yet the car line by which the mile and
more of distance from the business cen
ter is made does not run to the place,
but stops In a park where refreshments
stands, a dancing pavilion and tho
usual inducements to local patronage
are conspicuous. From the end of the
track a cinder path winds down the
hiil. There a dusty road is crossed. A
gate admits to the cemetery. By a
walk up the valley past the stone vault
where the body was at first deposited,
the way Is over the slope where more
people stood on that day when the na
tion mourned than have ever been
gathered In tha Illinois capital city
since. The tomb, square and squat, a
hollow stone tower rising from 'the
center, la on the crest of a gentle slope
with a resarvatlon of nine or ton acros
of sward and trees about it. On one
side stands a neat stone house, tha
abode of the custodian. The grounds
are well kept. The site Is beautiful.
Only the condition of the tomb prompts
the feeling of regret. Lincoln bolongad
to the nation. His resting place should
have been the nation's care, If hla
State can be so forgetful.
Flvo Arab Muxlina.
Never tell all you know; for he wbo
tells everything he knows often tells
more than he knows.
Never attempt all you can do; for he
who attempts everything he can do
often attempts more than he can do.
Never believe all you hear; for he
who believes all that he hoars often
believes more than he hoars.
Never lay out all you can afford; for
he who lays out everything he can
afford lays out more than he can af
ford. Never decide upon ull you may see;
for he who decides upon all that he
sees often decides on more than ha
sees. Christian Work.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE FIELD.
Ilia Family m Notable Ono In the History
of the) Country.
Justice Stephen J. Field, came of
New England Revolutionary stock on
both sides, and was the eon of David
Dudley Field, a Congregational clergy
man. Ilia brother Included Cyrus W.
Field, the promoter of the submarlno
cable; David Dudley Field, the dis
tinguished constitutional lawyer;
Henry M. Fiold, a well-known divine
and author; Matthew W. Field, an au
thority In engineering; Jonathan Field,
who was President of the Massachus
etts Senate, and Timothy Field, at lieu
tenant in the United States Navy. Few
families anywhere have been so con
spicuous for ability. Stephen J. Fiold
was born In Haddam, Conn., November
4. 1816, and Is, therefore, 81 years old.
When a child he was taken to Asia
Minor by his brother-in-law, Rev.
Joshua Drewer, and there learned mod
ern Greek, Italian and French. Upon
his return he entered Williams Col
lego and was graduated In 1837 with
the highest honors. He was admitted
to the Bar In 1841, having studied law
in the office of bis brother, David Dud-
M. ..
JUSTICB FIELD, I
After another trip to Europe Stephen
caught tbe gold fever In 1840 and went
to San Francisco by way of Panama,
arriving at the Golden Gate with $10
In his pocket. In three montbs he had
made $25,000 by a deal in real estafs
options, aad In 1850 he was elected to
his first office, that of Alcalde, or May
or, of Marysvllle. His life was fre
quently threatened by swaggering pol
iticians and other bullies, and once ho
narrowly escaped assassination at the
hands of Judge Terry. In 1857 Mr.
Field was elected Judge of the Su
premo Court of California and after
wards became Chief Justice. For his
services as a War Democrat and his
Intimate knowledge of practice and
procedure In Western cases, Judge
Field was appointed to the Federal Su
preme Bench in 18G3 by President Lin
coln. On the first day of December
he served as Associate Justice thirty
four years, six months and ten days.
He lios achieved the distinction of
serving longer on the Supreme Bench
than any of his predecessors, the next
in point of service being Chief Justlco
Marshall, who died In office in 1835,
after a service of thirty-four years, five
months and six days. As Justice Field
says in his letter to his colleagues, an
nouncing formally his retirement, he
has written the decisions in 1042 cases,
of which 365 were prepared while he
was on the Bench In California and 37
are decisions in the Circuit Court.
Debarred by his position from enter
ing actively In politics, Justice Field
was, nevertheless, an attentive spec
tator. In 1876 he was one of the
Democratic representatives on the
Electoral Commission. In the Demo
cratic National Convention of 1880 he
received 654 votes for the Presidential
nomination.
Justice Field is noted for bts knowl
edge of the law, his profound scholar
ship asd his absolute fearlessness. He
possosses a strong Individuality and
has the courage of his convictions. He
has written a sketch of his experiences
In California, which is as interesting
as a romance. While his health has
suffered from his advanced age his In
tellect Is still keen, and, It Is possible,
he may while away the tedium of his
retirement by writing his recollections
of the Supreme Court, particularly
with respect to the great issues which
it dealt with during the war and recon
struction periods.
A SHOT AT BOSTON CULTURE. I
Mrs. Backbny Tell mp, doar, how
did It happen that your new cook loft
you so soon t
Mrs. Beaconhlll Oh, I sent the creat
ure away; she was lorevnr lining tilt'
liitchuu utomiilg to rect her hioioj on. .
Iluiuorlstiacl-.us DluolUr.
CURIOUS FACTS.
The revenue derived from renting
the docks of Liverpool pays for light
ing that city and most of the public
improvements.
Salmon have been seen to ascend
the falls of the Mingan River, Quebec,
by leaping as high as fifteen feet from
break to break in the falls.
Authorities of the Kansas Univer
sity dismissed all the natural history
classes on circus day recently to
enable the students to study the ani
mals. At the marriage of G. L. Bright
well and Mrs. S. J. Hedges, both
residents of Platte county, Mo., a son
of the groom acted as best man and
a son of the bride stood up with her.
An alien is not permitted to ac
quire a title to land in Bermuda,
either by purchase or inheritance If
a woman who owns land there marries
a foreigner, she forfeits her real estate.
The eastern slope of Nicaragua is a
wild and unexplored country, covered
with a dense and almost impassable
virgin forest and inhabited only by a
few scattered bands of wild Indians.
A sunflower plant in Boonvillc, eigh
teen feet in height, and with more than
one hundred blossoms, is that on which
Missourians are basing their claims
that it is the biggest thing of the kind
ever grown anywhere.
Henry Russell, the composer, was
once singing in public his song,
"There's a Good Time Coming,"
when he was staggered by a gentle
mm arising in 'the audience and
gravely asking, "Won't you oblige us
with the date ?'
Some of the milk wagons in Ant
werp are drawn by dogs. There are,
as a rule, three dogs to each vehicle,
one between the shafts and one on
each side. The driver is usually a
woman in wooden shoes, who walks
beside the wagon.
Charity is to profit from profanity
in Owingsville, Ky., where a society
has been formed whose members, with
the intention of checking their pro
fane tendencies, covenant to pay into
the treasury five cents fur every oath
uttered by them. ESSr.
borne ingenious person has invent
ed a blotting paper towel for the bath.
It consists of a full sheet of blotting
paper, and the bather, stepping out
of his morning tub, has only to array
himself in one of these suits and in a
second he is dry.
An Alabama farmer discovered
recently that one of his cows was not
giving as much milk as formerly, and
he set out to watch her. After she
had laid down in her stall he dis
covered four pigs out of a litter of six
sitting under her enjoying an evening
meal.
Pillory and Lash in School.
Teachers Held for Court for Whipping a
Pupil.
A case of alleged brutality in the
public schools was heard before Alder
man Batzle Friday evening. Eleven-year-o'd
Lehman Gray, a pupil at the
FraDklin Building, testified that be
cause he failed in his arithmetic Fri
day, Principal W. T. Furst directed
Miss Kate E. Walker, his teacher, to
whip him. He further alleges that
while Teachers Ida Boush and Jennie
Page held his arms around an iron
post, Miss Walker inflicted punish
ment that resulted in bruises on his
body.
The four teachers were the defend.
ants before Alderman Batzle and each
was held for trial at Court.
Beware of the Piano Swindler.
Piano swindlers are on the road.
A man representing himself as a
piano agent approaches the farmer
ana asks to place a piano in the
house, agreeing to give the daughter
of the farmer lessons for the nrivileue
of being allowed to take other pupils
mere, as lie gets better acquainted
with the farmer he agrees that if the
farmer sells, three pianos he mav keer
the one in his house as his own. The
agreement is, of course, drawn up in
writing and the piano agent departs.
In a few days another man appears
with a note signed by the farmer.
As might be expected among' musical
people, the piano has made a false
note, and there's discord all around.
leart Spasms
DR. AGKEWS
Ouro for the Heart a
Wonderful Life-Saver.
No organ In the human anatomy to-day whose
diseases can be more readily dteetel tUan tau
of tie heart and medical diooTery has made
them amenable to proper treatment. If vou have
palpitation or fluttering, shortness of breath,
weak or Irregular pul;, swelling of fuel or
ankles, pain In the left side, fainting spells, drop,
sical tendency, any of these Indicate heart disease.
No matter of bow long stant'iiiK. l)r. Agnew't
Cure for the Heart will cure It e a heart speelf.o
' teas quickly acts surely acts safely.
" I yas given up to dlo by physicians nd
friends. One dose of lr. Aruow's Cure
for th Heurt gave me east, and six bnitlis
tnrnd my case of fifteen years' stiindiutf."
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Z Because It is not made by the so-called Dutch Process In
which chemicals are used.
3. Because beans of the finest quality are used.
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THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
. For Christ ma, 18G7, we have a large line of goods suit,
able for gifts to geutlcmcn. It incliulcs
Meerchaum Pipes,
Beautiful designs in great variety.
Meerchaum Cigar Holders, Briarwood Pipes,
Cigars, fine grades, in boxes of
25, 50 and 100.
We also have a large assortment of CONFECTIONERY in nice bora
and in bulk. Sunday Schools preparing for Christmas festivals should get out
prices.
ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
Bloomsburg Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CARPET, 91ATTING,
or OIL CLOTH,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. M. BEOWEE'S
2nd Door above Court IIouoc.
A larfje lot of Window Curtains in stvk.
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THE ADVENTURER5
FOUR FOR
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U a thrilling story of a fight for
treasure concealed in an old
cattle in the mountain, of Wales.
it a stirring narrative of four
companions who have lo
cated a long lott fortune.
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In addition to the three lonj; serial stories, the publication of which will continue during the entire
Fear, there will be thort ttonet of every kind, of which it it only possible to mention a lew titles here.
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tf BTANLKT J. WKYMAX B, J AUKS BARNKS B, JOHN M. BPKARS
The Flunking of Watklna' Clhoat A Great Haul A Creature of Circumstance
B) JOHN KKltDKlrX BANGS t, B0P1IIK BH KTT Bp MORGAN ROBBRTSON
ARTICLES ON SPORT, TRAVEL, ETC.
' Elephant Hunting In Africa
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