2 NEW YORK LETTER. The Astoria will always be a show place—a place where money will reign and beauty in silk attire dance in regal apartments furnished and decorated by the masters of the arts and the crafts. It will be under the sole man agement of George C. Boldt, who has already made a famous name in con nection with the Waldorf and will be run in conjunction with that hotel. It takes 15,000 employes to run the Astoria-Waldorf. Of these there are 100 mechanics and engineers, 400 waiters, 100 chamber maids and 100 cooks and kitchen work ers. No attempt is made to lodge this regiment of employees In the hotel The girls sleep there, but not one mall quarters In the hotel. JOHN JACOB ASTOR. As everybody knows, the Astoria li the sole property of John Jacob Astor It is the most costly hotel in the world The land, at a fair market valuation the building and the furnishing malci Hs estimated cost about {6,000,000 That is, the hotel must make a cleai profit of {I,OOO a day to pay the bari Interest on the investment. The Wal dorf, owned by William Waldorf Astor cost only two thirds as much. The opening of Delmonico's new res taurant. at Fifth avenue and Forty Fourth street, is an event of more thai local interest. The original Delmonico was a nativi not in fact the only living member o. the world with several of its greates cooks—and was brought to this coun try by Thomas Addis Emmet, who em Great Britain immediate ly a Wl he hanging of his brother lert Emmet. The first establish t of any pretense that bore tin ous name was in the building nou wn as the Stevens House, on iowe. idway. Although the Delmonico: 5 kept pace with the upwarc vth of the city, and have plantec r banner successively at Chamber: et, Fourteenth street, and Twenty h street, certain rules laid down bj founder of the house have beei ily followed by each of his success It is a curious fact, by the way in this family the descent has al s been from uncle to nephew. i old time Delmonico rule forbid: the serving of a meal in a private din ing room to a gentleman and ladj the presence of a third guest no matter if they are known to be mai I and wife. The strictness with whicl this rule is enforced may be inferret from a story which sounds almost in credible, though it is strictly vouchee for. One evening, more than a thirl of a century ago, Mr. and Mrs. Augus Belmont, at that time, perhaps, thi most prominent people in New Yorl society, entered one of the small dinin* rooms in the Fourteenth street restau rant, where they had previously or dered a dinner for four, and sat dowi to await their guests. The latter die not arrive. Finally Mr. Belmont turn d to the waiter with the remark tha he would not wait any longer, and or dered him to serve for two. But thi: Ahe servitor declared was contrary t< orders, and Mr. Delmonico, who wa: appealed to by the amazed banker, sus tained his employee, with the resul that his patrons took their dinner ii the public dining room. It is furthe: recorded that Mr. Belmont witl characteristic sagacity, turned the mat ter to good account, that winter, bj making bets with other gentlemen o: wealth and prominence that they couli not dine alone with their wive 3 in i Delmonico private dining room. CYRUS THORP. IJobt Twenty-two Yearn Old. A case of rather remarkable commer cial honesty has just come to light. Ii 1875 one of Springfield's well-knowi shoe dealers found himself so embar rassed by depreciation in value o stock and the difficulty in collecting nc counts that he failed, and made a coin promise with his creditors of 50 cent: on the dollar. Alter twenty-two years the morchan now considerably over seventy year: old, has settled all these old claims ii full, paying the balance unpaid at tha time, amounting to several thouaaiu doiiara. There was no claim on h:u other than that of his conscience. t A Determined Sohonlnmrui. Scientifically trained schQolnrirms ii ♦hese times are not to be trifled with At Babylon, L. I„ a young taacher un dertook to punish a stout bov pupil While thus engaged, the boy's cide sister, who is larger than the toucher dashed upon the scene, and the twi combined to reverse the order of disci pline. But the schoolraarm seized thi girl's hands, tripped her up, sat on her and then the boy howled for merc-y Evidently there are some things tauglv in a normal course that are not illus trated at the graduating exercises. The mosi exciting game at Klondilc. iwhen the miners play poker witl me for chips. The man who wlr: aty beanc is sure of a meal.—Chi k Journal. CURRENT COMMENT. Dr. Parkhurst says of the New York election: "My vocabulary is no match for" the Ignominy of the situation." Speaker Reed says if the deficit does not end when the Dingley law begins to operate under normal conditions thi Republicans will enact legislatioi which which provide additional rev enue. Keely has dropped his motor to wort on a flying machine propelled by whai he calls the neutralization of gravity by "sympathetic outreach." The nami suggests a skillful touch for stock subscriptions. It is discovered that since McKlnley has been President 179 negroes havi been appointed to office, and there has been a serious protest made agains' only one of them. The race questioi cannot be either so prominent or sc virulent as agitators would have u> believe. Switzerland's scheme of making in surance against sickness compulsory on people of limited means is an in stance of far-reaching paternalism 01 the part of the Government, but "then is thrift in It. The people who ari thus obliged to provide for their owi of Ticino, the Italian canton of Switz erland —a province that has furnishec this, however, to the effect that he was public expense. Ex-President Harrison, like ex-Pres Ident Cleveland, has withdrawn from polltlfc, and is giving his whole atten tion to private business and domestii affairs. So long as they shall adheri to their present policy—from whict they give no signs of deviating—bott will retain and increase the respeci and confidence with which their fellow countrymen now regard them. It is no new thing for the Baldwit Locomotive Works to receive orders from foreign countries, but it is a littli remarkable that calls for their engines should come from such widely separa ted localities as Finland, Japan, Bra zil and Canada about the same time It looks as if American engines were successful against the competition o) all the world. But when shall we be able to note a similar demand foi American-built ships? The Hartford Times announces by authority that Mark Twain has paio all his debts by money which he has earned during the last two years "This success," it adds, "shows whai Mr. Clemens can do when he feels thai he must. His actual earnings since hi went abroad amount to {82,000, oi which about {20,000 has been receivec for lecturing, and the remainder has been paid to him for his writings. Hi has now the comfortable prospects oi a very large income from his books during the remainder of his life, and the certainty that his family will be well provided for. The new line of steamers from Port land, Oregon, to Japan and China, which is to run under the auspices oi the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, will not be so imposing in character as its Canadian Pacific rival nor will it be backed by so substantial a subsidy, but it Is a beginning which may lead to greater things. The open ing trade of the Pacific is likely to re quire several lines of steamers in thi near future. Milwaukee's use of its flreboats foi fighting fire at a distance from thi river front is attracting attention in other cities with navigable waters Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo have adopted the system and Boston is pre paring to do something with it. In Milwaukee the idea was born of neces sity, the first suggestion being for a pipe line from the river to an isolated manufactory In a section where th water mains had not penetrated. The pipe was laid and the first test with a fireboat at the river end showed a com plete success. Since then lines have been laid to cover a great part of the business district of the city. The fact that the Governments of the United States, Russia and Japan have deemed it best to raise the status ol the members of the Behrlng Sea Con ference from that of mere delegates tc the high rank of envoys extraordinary indicates that the treaty completed by them Is of the first Importance, and binds all those of the signatory Powers to enforce It, if possible. From anoth er point of view It may be regarded as a strong diplomatic hint to Great Bri tain and Canada that, although they may not he signatory to the treaty, they would do well to observe its pro visions if they wish to avoid trouble. There is some reason in Pierre Lor illard'e sweeping denunciation of oui fluctuating politics, but he discredits ] himself when he says that London 1 financers would not invest in America ! if they were offered 20 per cent, inter- i est — "and it is all due to the unset-1 tied condition of our politics." There are many millions of English money i invested in this country, and there are indications of many more millions to I come, but there is no doubt that i-f we | could adopt one settled political ifei-; cy and stick to It there would be risk in American investments, wheth er for Americans or Engll3hmeo a> ~j^ THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA WASHINGTON NOTES. With the return of Congress comes the lobby. There are ' always claims before Congress and claimants waiting for Congress to favorably act upon support in case of illness will not have to be supported in the hospitals at them. There are always bills before servatism, fought for twenty years to supposed to do so. But it is just as difficult to classify the lobbyist as it Is to classify any other profession or business. The lobby is not an un mixed evil. The romances about the Washington lobby are like other ro mances, a few grains of fact going a long way and doing great service in sustaining the fabric -Of fiction. These romances have at times done much to prejudice the people who never see Congress in session, and give them ex aggerated ideas of the corruption that gathers beneath the dome of the Na tional capltol. There may have been a time when money played an import ant part in legislation, and it may be more or less potent now, but one will look in vain about the capital for a lobbyist who carries a checkbook with him or has rolls of greenbacks bulging out his pockets, ready to Influence Con gressmen. He will also look In vain for the fascinatingly beautiful woman who captures legislators with her smile and hypnotizes them into voting as she wishes. These are creatures of fiction. The lobby is made up of very different people. And the men and women who make up the lobby are more often victims than those looking for victims. The coarse and vulgar purchaser of votes found in fiction and on the^ stage does not resemble in the least the ex- Senator who walks past the doorkeep er and takes a seat on one of the sofas in the rear of the Senate chamber. Once a United States Senator, always a free admission to the Senate cham ber, the most exclusive place in the whole United States. No man, howev er popular, who is not a Senator, a Con gressman, or a member of the Supreme court may enter the Senate chamber when the Senate Is In session. The ex- Senator always retains that right. He carries it into private life with him, and when he comes to Washington he walks past the doorkeeper just as he did when a member of the Senate. There are a good many ex-Senators in the United States. A number of them live in Washington. They are lobby ists. The name does not jar on their nerves. They are engaged to promote ceitain proposed legislation, and they regard it no more dishonorable or un dignified than they would the profes sion of the law and the employment of counsel for corporations or individuals. A tariff bill brings out many such members of the lobby. They repre sent special interests and are paid to present the demands and needs of those interests. It is honorable and often necessary. They act as counsel for such interests and show why they need a high tariff or no tariff. A minister of the gospel may be a member of the lobby. In fact there are often ministers in the lobby watch ing the legislation which interests them or their churches. They are not corrupt lobbyists who would purchase votes, but their services may be paid for by the • churches or schools that are seeking appropriations, and they employ the same means that other members of the lobby employ who have never been known except as politi cians. They argue, plead the cause of the church and morality, use personal influence, and ask for votes on the ground of friendship if they cannot make it appear that the bill is one which should be passed on the grounds of exact justice, and in accord with po litical policies. They will even en courage "log-rolling," which is held up by theoretical moralists as one of the evils of modern legislative assemblies. They will ask their friends to pool is sues with others who are not active friends and help along another bill in which they have no interest, providing this will help tht bill wanted. influence and church influ ence may go hand in hand in the lob by, and they often do. One of the most interesting of the Southern war claims is that of the book agents of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. When Buell's army entered Nashville in 1862 the great publishing house of the church was seized. The property was libelled for confiscation. While the question of confiscation was before the court the army made use of the plant. The paper designed for tracts was used to print quartermaster's blanks, and the bindery turned out regimental rolls instead of Bibles. The church wanted something like {300,000 for the damage done, and presented ev idence to show that it was loyal dur ing the war. Several war claims com mittees of Congress favored paying the claim, but it has not been paid, for Congress has not made the appropria tion. This claim brings ministers of that church, bishops and other church officials to the lobby to work for the appropriation. There are many such claims still before Congress, and they bring to each session of Congress the clerical lobbyists to mingle and be classed with all others who appeal to Uncle Sam for redress of wrongs or the enactment of laws that will help some cause. They may be the leaven to save the lump, hut they all go in together and are so classed as part of the lobby. SENATOR. N. P. Willis was usually the life of the company he happened to be in. His repartee at Mrs. Gales's dinner in Washington is famous. Mrs. Gales wrote on a card to her niece at the other end of the table: "Don't flirt so with Nat Willis." She was herself talking vivaciously to a Mr. Campbell. Willis wrote the niece's reply: Poem 4 lines. || /Qandy cathartic ll as* so * i ! TTTtfT V (ITTRPJUITfIIPn to care any cane or constipation. Casoarets nre the Menl I.aia-X UoUiiUltSilil UUflaflriilifiUtlTe. nerererlp or *ripe,hut cause rnnynnturnlrPßnlts. Snm-Z ( pie end booklet free. Ad. RTRUIiINfi RCNKHY t'O.. fhiraso. Montreal. fan., or New Tork. 217.J " A good tale will bear telling twice." Use Sapolio! Use SAPPHO STOVE NAPTHA, the Cheapest and Fuel on the market. With it you can run a Vapor Stove for one-hall cent per hour. Give us a call and be convinced. W. O. Holmes, Bloomsburg, Pa. Eshleman & Wolf, L. E. Wharey, W. F. Hartman, " McCLURE'S MAGAZINE FOR THE COMING YEAR. Some Notable Features: CHAS A DANA'S These reminiscences contain more unpublished war history than any other book except the Government publications. Mr Dana was TiKMTNISrFNPFS Intimately associated with Lincoln, Stanton, Grant, Sherman, ana ° the other great men of the Civil War. He had the eonttdence of the President and Ills great War Secretary, and he was sent on many private missions to make Im portant Invest lgatloas In the army. Lincoln called him "TheKges of the Government at the front." Everywhere through these memoirs are bits of Secret History and Fresh Itecnllections of Great Men. These Ilemlnlscences win be Illustrated with many Rare and Unpublished it'or Photographs from the Government collection, which now contains ovijrß,ooo negatives of almost priceless value. The Christmas MCCLUHB'S contained a complete short Storii RUDYARD KIPLING by ltudyard Kipling entitled "THKTOMB or His ANCKSTORS," tno tale of a clouded Tiger, an officer In the Indian army, and STORTES & POEMS a rebellious tribe. We have In hand also a -Vein r.allad. a powerful, grim, moving song of War Ships. It will he superbly Illustrated. Mr. Kipling will be a frequent contributor. ANTHONV HOPE'S "Rupert of Hentzau," the sequel to "The Prisoner of Zenda." iiiwi.e ° In splendid Invention, In characters, In dramatic situations, It, NEW 7FIJIIA NOV FT Is the noblest and most stirring novel that Anthouy Hope has ' ever written. Rudyard Kipling, Robert Barr, William Allen White, Jan Ala- SHORT STORIES BY elaren, Octave Thanet, Stephen Crane, and many others, the best story writers In the world, will contribute to McCLUltli'S dur- GREAT AUTHORS lng the coming year. FOISON'S I ATFST Edison's Wonderful Invention. The result of eight years'con stantlabor. Mountains ground to dust and the Iron ore extracted AGHTFVFMFNT by magnetism. The Fastest snip. An article by the inventor and constructor of "Turblnla," a vessel that can make the speed of an express train. Making a Great Telescope, by the most competent authority living. Lord Kelvin, a character sketch and sunstan je of a conversation with this eminent scientist on unsolved prob lems of science. Drawn from fifteen years' personal experience as a brakeman, Are- THE RAILROAD man and engineer, by Herbert 11. Hamblin. It Is a narrative or taorfc, adventure, hazards, accidents and escapes, and Is as vivid and dra- MAN S LIFE matlc as a piece of Helton. THF CUSTER The account of this terrible tight, written down by llamlln Garland ° ns It came from the lips of Tico Mouns, an old Indian chief who was a par- MASSACR.fi tlclpant in It, Its houses, streets, means of travel, water supply, safeguards of life and NEW YORK health, sports and pleasures—the conditions of life of the perfected city of the next century, by Col. Georgo K. Waring, Jr., Commissioner of the Street- en en Cleaning Department of New York. 'o MARK TWAIN Mark Twain contributes an article In bis old manner, describing his voyage trorn India to South Africa. The Illustrations are by A. B. Frost and Peter Xeweli, and are as droll and humorous as the article Itself. Andree : His Balloon and his Expedition, from materials furnished by ADVFNTURF the brother of Mr. Sfrlngberg, Andree's companion. Seen lledlnein Unex plored Asia, a story of remarkable adventure and endurance. Landor in Thibet. Ills own story. He was captured, tortured and tlnally escaped to India. Jackson in the Far Xorth. Tbo famous explorer writes of the years he lived In regions far north of the boundaries of human habitation. NANSEN The great Arctic explorer has written an article on the possibilities of reaching the North Pole; on the methods that the next expedition should adopt, and the Important sclentlilc knowledge to be gained by an expedition; concerning the climate, the ocean currents, deoths and temperature of the water, etc. This knowledge will be of the greatest value to science. The best artists and Illustrators are making pictures for MC- TT T TTRTR ATIONS CLUKK'S MAGAZINE. A. B. Frost, Peter Seu-ell, C. D Gibson, Howard 1 Pl/le, Kenyan Cox, C. K. Linsun, IP. V. Stevens, Alfred tire/man, and others. FREE The November number will be given free with new subscriptions. This number contains the opening chapters of Duna's licmlnlsccnces. Mark Twain's Voyage From India to South Africa, the account or Edison's great invention, and a mass of Interesting matter and Illustrations. Be sure to ante lor it In mitxcrltamif. IO cts. a Copy. SI.OO a Year. The S. S. McCLURE CO., 200 East 25th Street, New York. Stories by the Way. The time for swearing off is here. This beautiful custom of stifling the bad habits dates back so far that no one knows when it originated. It is such a delightful thing for a man, when he rises from his downy couch on the first morning of the year, to tell him self that hereafter he will swear no more at his wife, will take her to church every Sunday morning, will bring in the wood and make a fire for her to cook the tripe, will stop smoking, will "chew the rag" less—(also less tobacco) and will not shoot off his mouth when it is not his shot. There are many more bad habits that might be mentioned but these are the principal ones. Uatarrk is a Disease Which requires a constitutional reme dy. It cannot be cured by local ap plications. Hood's Sarsaparilla is wonderfully successful in curing ca tarrh because it eradicates from the blood the scrofulous taints which cause it. Sufferers with catarrn find a cure in Hood's Sarsaparilla, even after other remedies utterly fail. Hood's Pills are prompt, efficient, always reliable, easy to take, easy to operate. Corbett and Sullivan each met his Waterloo after declaring that he had retired permanently from the ring and then entering it again for one more victory. This has *>een the history of nearly every champion prizefighter on the list. However mighty he was, if he continued in the ring after win ning a great fight, he found a man who was mightier. Will Fitzsimmons chapter ? A New "Gibson Girl " A new "Gibson girl," drawn by the famous society artist, C. D. Gibson, will make her debut in print as the cover design for the February Ladies' Home Journal. The new "girl" is the artist's own little daughter, who, at one year of age, will be shown as drawn by her clever father. The legend under the picture is "My Valentine." Who can fail to take advantage of this offer. Send 10 cents to us for a generous trial size or ask your drug gist. Ask for Ely's Cream Balm, the most positive catarrh cure. Full size 50 cents. ELY BROS., 56 Warren St., N. Y. City. I suffered from catarrh of the worst kind ever since a boy, and I never hoped for cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even that. Many acquaint ances have used it with excellent re sults.—Oscar Ostrum, 45 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111. Many of the Republican newspapers in different parts of the State are urging John Wanamaker for the nomi nation of Governor. The understand ing among Mr. Wanamaker's friends is that be will not be a candidate for that nomination, but he may conclude to enter the contest for United States Senator. LIFE'S A BURDEN —If the stomach is not right. Is there Nausea ? Is there Constipation ? Is the Tongue Coated? Are you Light Headed ? Do you have Sick Headaches ? Any and all of these denote Stomach and Liver Dis order. Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills act quickly and will cure most stubborn aud chronic cases. 40 in a vial for 10 cents.—6B. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Fine -PHOTO GRAPHS and. CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. J. E. KEIFER, Successor to E. A. EAWLINGS, —DEALER IN— All Kinds of Meat. Beef, Yeal, Lamb, Mutton, Pork, Hams, Bacon, Tongues, Bologna, &c. Free Delivery to all parts of tiie town. CENTRE STREET, BLOOMSBURC, PA. IQTTelephone connection. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. COBBICTIP WIIILT. HXTAIL FBICBS Batter per lb $ .22 Eggs per dozen .22 Lard per lb. 07 Ham per pound .10 Pork, whole, per pound .06 Beef, quarter, per pound,.., .07 Wheat per bushel 1 00 Oats " " 30 Rye " " .50 Wheat flour per bbl 5.00 Hay per ton 12 to sl4 Potatoes per bushel, new,,... .80 Turnips " " .25 Onions " " 100 Sweet potatoes per peck .35 Tallow per lb .05 Shoulder " " .08 Side meat " " .08 Vinegar, per qt .05 Dried apples per lb .05 Dried cherries, pitted .12 Raspberries .is Cow Hides per lb ,j| Steer " " " 05 Calf Skin . .80 Sheep pelts .75 Shelled corn per bus .50 Corn meal, cwt 1.50 Bran, " ,85 Chop " .go Middlings " .85 Chickens per lb new .08 'old 08 Turkeys " " 12J Geese " " .14 Ducks " " .06 COAL. No. 6, delivered a. 60 " 4 and s " 3 83 " 6 at yard 3.3s " 4 and s at yard 3.60 The Leading Conservatory ofAmarlca^— CARL FABLTBN, Director. rounded in 1833 by t? 't>U information. W. HALS, General Managee. NEW DINING ROOriS. A LARGE and well furnished dining room has been opened bv Tjinnv MlDllin onthe second floor of his AUKAflll, re s . taurant. Meals will he served at the regular dining hours for 25c. and they can also be obtained at any time. The table will be sup pliecLwith the delicacies of the season and the service will be flrst-class. Entrance by deer between Restaurant aid Ualfaiera's grocery store. Belladonna Drlves ; ; TOUCHES 'mMa I I; TH ■ "PATENTS^ Caveats and Trade Marks obtained, and aU Patent business conducted tor MODERATE FEES. OUK OFFICE IS OPPOSITE THE U. 8. PAT ENT OFFICE. We have no nub-agencies, at business direct, hence can transact patent busi ncss in less ttme and at Less Cost than tlioee re mote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo, with descrip tlon. We advise If patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent Is secured A book, "How to Obtain Patents," with refer ences to actual clients in your State, County, o town sent free. Address C. A. SNOW & CO,, Washington, U. C. (Opposite U. S Patent Ofnoe.) EXCHANGE HOTEL, G. House* PA. Large and rooms. Bath rooms, hot all mod era conveniences l
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