- HE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURC. . . ..
TJIE HOUSE CllAPLALN
Rev. Henry N. Couden and His Stir- !
ring Public Career.
Lot! III MIkM While Sri-tln n a
Offender of I lie I n Inn A firm ard
Btiialleil for I lie Xlnlmrr ntiii
Won Socrni,
Five or nix years npo the relations be
twt'i'i) Kngland nnd the L'nitt-d .StnU-fi
were strained over the Vmrzurlan af
fair, and It seemed as if only a fpnrk
were needed to Ignite the Humes of war.
J 5 it t the country whs slow to understand
lie humiliation of the diplomatic de
feat that Kngland was preparing for im,
and eofifjren w as pretendiiifr not to see
how far lOiiyland was kr"'"!i in her ag
gressions. One inornini.' Dr. Cotiden entered the
chamber just on the stroke of the clock
and was taken to his station below the
desk of the speaker. He was nervous,
for he had not been lonp in the house,
and he was not fpiite certain of his
ground. Hut he began with apparent
confidence, nnd, speaking distinctly,
prayed long and earnestly for peace be
tween the two nations.
He prayed for tjod's blessing upon
the congress and the speaker of the
house of representatives. Then, as he
Beared the end of the prayer, he raised
his voice so that it could be heard in
every corner of the vast hall.
"Heavenly Father," he said, "let
peace reign throughout our borders,
yet mny we be quick to resent an Insult
to this our nation!"
To-tiny Dr. Gulden's home life, says)
the I'hiludelphia Saturday Kvening
Post, is as full of quiet nnd sweetness
as his younger days were of hardship
and vicissitude.
His reading Is done by Mrs. Couden,
who keeps him In touch with the doings
of the world, nnd rends aloud the books
which he uses In preparing his sermons
and other writings. She is his lost
sense reg-ained.
At the outbreak of the civil war Dr.
Couden was a boy of 17, overflowing
with life nnd spirits, nnd anient in his
patriotism. So, when President Lin-
REV. HENRY N. COUDEN.
(The Blind Chaplain of the House of Rep
resentatives.) coin issued his call for 73,000 men for
three months, young Couden was
among the first to present himself for
enlistment.
Before the three months had expired
he had enlisted again in the Sixth Ohio
Infantry for a period of three years. He
fought in the battles of Laurel Hill nnd
In the skirmishes at Cnrrick's Ford and
Green Brier. He was in the battle of
Shiloh and Perrysville. But it was after
his transfer to the Mississippi marine
brigade that the engagement in which
he was wounded took place. It was
there that the light failed him forever.
Young Couden become blind Imme
diately, and he says that he felt then
that he would never see again. When
the doctor came to examine him the
young sufferer heard that his case was
hopeless.
"Will I see, doctor V" he asked an
iously.
The doctor smiled Badly; "If you're a
good boy, you 11 set after you die! lie
answered.
When young Couden went back to his
home in Cincinnati he began themnnu
facture of brooms, and afterword the
selling of confectionery. But he Boon
determined to study for the ministry
This he did In a seven-year course at the
institution for the blind nt Colum
bus, O.
Nrwroe In I'ortn Illco.
Dr. II. K. Carroll, of I'lainllcld, N. J
the president's special commissioner to
examine Into the political mid social
conditions in Porto Itico, was much lin
pressed by the high character of the
negro population there. The most ca
pable builders, carpenters, bricklayers,
masons, printers, plumbers and arti
sans generally are negroes, he said
They mingle with the white workmen
on terms of perfect equality, and, so far
as Dr. Carroll could find, there is no
color line. When he held public hear
ings In the different towns on the U
land to get at public sentiment, repre
sentatives of the artisans' guilds or
gremlos came before him. More than
half of the delegates selected by the
gremlos to meet hi in were negroes.- He
found them, he says, practical and
liaru-heacleU thinkers.
Commercial I'lunt In I'.nrope.
It Is interesting to know that 4,200
species of plants are gathered and use
for commercial purposes In Europe. Of
these 420 have a perfume that is pleas
ing, nnd enter largely into the manufac
ture of scents nnd soaps. There nre
more species of white flowers gathered
than of any other eolor 1,124 in all.
Moibroonii as a Medicine.
Mushroom juice, is a sure cure
against snake, poison, according to an
'eminent scientist., He has found that
all mushrooms possess a substance
which acta ns aa antitoxin against ser-pents.
immense eleva:
T Be Krected at rt Superior at
Cost ntlmaeI at Two Mil.
lion Dollar.
A good wny to get nn idea of the size
of the enormous grain elevator, con
tracts for which were let at West Su
perior, is to compare it with the Ma
sonic temple at Chicago. The dimen
sions of the two buihVngs nrc as ful-
Masonic New
T r,r'';- elevator.
HMirht t 1 hi t Si'i fret
WlJ'h 17.' f. et fot
1'ipth U3 feet li f eet
While the temple is "i feet higher,
the elevator is more than twice as wide
IMMENSE STRUCTURE.
(Chicago Masonic Temple Dwarfed by a
Uraln Elevator.)
nnd Is also somewhat deeper. If It was
cut down to the same ground dimen
sions as the Masonic temple and raised
corresponding In height it would tower
up lis feet further into the air.
Nor does even this comparison do the
new structure justice, for about the
central elevator, the dimensions of
which are here given, nre to be grouped
connecting 30 steel storage tanks, each
of which will be '0 feet in dinim ternnd
05 feet in height. Kach of them will
have a storage capacity of over 1,000,000
bushels of wheat.
The total capacity of the elevator will
be 0,500,000 bushels, which is 2,500,000
greater than that of the largest elevator
now in existence.
The central structure will be a clear
ing elevator, with a capacity of 3,000,000
bushels, and will be the first cleaning
elevator built of steel, over 2,000,000
pounds being used in Its construction.
The total cost is estimated at $2,000,-
000, the contract for the foundation,
just let, amounting to $85,000. It is an
enterprise of the Great Northern rail
road and its president, James J. 11111.
Mr. Hill, says the Chicago Tribune,
would only have to build C5 elevators of
the same size to handle, nt the same
time, the total grain crop of the United
States.
JUDGE BARTLETT TRIPP.
Representative of the I'nlted States
on the New Tripartite Samoan
, Commission.
The president has selected Bartlett
Tripp, of South Dakota, formerly min
ister to Austria, as the United States
representative on the Samoan joint
commission. Mr. Tripp is a leading law
yer of Yankton, S. D. He wns one of the
pioneer settlers of the territory of Da
kota, and has been intimately associ
ated with its progress and of the states
which succeeded it. His chief inter
ests now, however, lie with the state
of South Dakota. During Mr. Cleve
land's first term he appointed Mr. Tripp
chief justice of the supreme court of
Dakota.
Mr. Tripp wns conspicuous ns a demo
crat in the movement for the division of
the territory when statehood wus to be
JUDGE BARTLETT TRIPI'.
(American Representative on the Samoan
Commission.)
given to It, nnd his earnest support of
the movement took away its partisan
character and made the consummation
of the plun possible. When Mr. Clove
land wns elected to u second term Mr,
Tripp's name was prominently men
tioned when the cabinet was being
,made up, but Inter he was sent as mill
ister to AiiKtrla-IIungury, a position
he filled with honor.
Mr, Tripp lutely nttrncJed the atten
tion of the public by his open letter to
the leaders of the democratic party In
his state renouncing silver and dcclar
lug himself a firm believer In the gold
standard.
No Longer Fashionable.
Chrysanthemums ore going out of
.fashion in England. One society for
raising the flowers, after having hnd
ten prosperous years, hns been obliged
to wind up its affairs owing to the bud
business of the lust two years.
Pernvlaa Quicksilver Mine.
There in a quicksilver mine In Peru
.170 fathoms in circumference and 480
feet deep. In tiiis profound abyss are
streets, squares and a chupel, where re
llglous worsjiip Is held.
n fc'vJ&ttl we"V ' I
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PAY OF 1M1EACHEKS.
Not Many, Receive Over Ten Thou
sand Dollars Per Year.
Dr. Illrscli, tbe t'nmon Chlena-o
Ha I. M, In the First Hank, with a
Salary of !.-. (Mill and a Klf-teen-Vcar
t nnlrart.
In offering Dr. Emil G. Hirsch $15,000
a year for 15 years to remain ns its pas
tor, Sinai congregation, of Chicago,
will pay him as large a salary ns Is re
ceived by any clergyman in the United
States. It Is the same us Is paid Bishop
Potter, of New York, who, however,
hnsa rectory furnished, heated and light
ed free of cost, nnd Is provided with a
privnte secretary. The late Rev. Dr.
Hall, of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church, of New York, during the last
yeurs of his life received the largest
salary ever paid to a clergyman in the
Lnited States, which was $20,000 a
year, with a manse. Mr. Becchcr re
ceived $20,000, without the manse. Dr.
Hall's proper salary was $15,000, and
$5,000 udditionul was contributed by
Jlobert Bonner uiul two other wealthy
members of the congregation. II is suc
cessor, Mr. Conncll, . who comes from
Kegent's Park Presbyterian church, of
London, Is offered $10,000 nnd a resi
dence. Thnt is the salary paid to Dr.
Gregory, dean of St. Paul's cathedral,
and Dr. Bradley, dean of Westminster
nbbcy, London. Dean Farrar receives
$7,000 a year. The hierarchy of the
Church of England enjoy enormous sal
aries, which nre necessary to main
tain the large establishments required
of them. The archbishop of Canterbury
receives $00,000 a year, but he needs
every cent of it to meet his social nnd
ecclesiastical obligations nt Lambeth
paluce, the home of the pilmate of the
Church of England. The salary of tho
archbishop of York nnd that of the nrch-
ilshnp of London is $5O,C0O n yeur. The
archbishop of Ireland receives $12,500.
The other bishops of the Church of Eng
land nrc paid from 2,000 to 5,000
a year. 1 he average pny of n vicar in
England is $:i,500 outside the lurge
cities. In the cities the salary varice
DR. EMIL O. HIRSCH.
(Rabbi of the Slnal Congregation at Chi
cago.)
nccording to the wealth of the parish.
from $2,500 to $10,000.
The Episcopalianslund Presbyterians,
says the Chicago KecorU, pay lurgcr
salaries than any other denominations,
but the pulpits most envied jn tho
United States are those of the collegiate
Reformed Dutch church, of New York
city. There nre seven or eight churches
of that denomination under the same
management nnd supported from an
endowment thut is exceedingly rich.
Its income is next to that of Trinity
church, and amounts to several hundred
thousand dollars a year. The pastors
of the collegiate churches are puld $10,-
00 for life and are allowed to retire
from active pastoral work when they
reach the uge of 05 years.
Trinity parish Is the richest in the
world, and has an Income of about $300,-
000 from buildings and other invest
ments. It supports Ave or six churches,
several schools, hospitals and other
charitable institutions nnd pays the
manager of its business a salary of $10,-
000 a year. The rector of Trinity church
receives $12,500. The same salary is
paid .by St. Thomas' and St. Bartholo
mew s. I wns Informed by good author
ity that five clergymen In New York
city received the salary of $10,000 a
yeur. J he average pay of a clergy
man in New York city, excepting the
pastors of mission churches, is proba
bly $0,000.
The editorial profession is not bo well
paid. There are probably 10 editors
in New York, not proprietors of news
papers, who receive $10,000 a year or
over. The .lournul nnd World huve four
each, the Herald two, the Times, Post,
nnd Brooklyn Englo one ench. The
highest editorial salary pnid In the
United States is $15,000.
Editorial writers of recognized nbll
ity, city editors, news editors nnd twin-
aging editors on the lurge dally pa
pers are paid from $5,000 to $7,500 a
year.
A few physicians In New York make
very large fees. There nre two or fliree
specialists whose Incomes will exceed
$50,000 u year, perhaps ten mako $25,.
000, nnd perhnps 15 make from $15,000
to $20,000. Ten thousand dollars a yenr
is considered n Inrge practice.
Hello Fe.ncr In Auatrnlln,
In Austral la they nre utilizing the
wire fences to estublish telephonlu
communicntion between stations six or
eight miles npnrt. The Instruments nre
connected to the wire strnnds, thus in
suring n "metallic circuit" at no extra
expense, for the fences are agricultural
necessities and n trendy in place. There
is no difficulty, it Is said, iii conversing
with a station fully eight miles (lis
taut through telephones connected as
described. Several stations are bo
'joined.
This Is a I.o rfcre Tree,
The largest tree In tho eastern hem
lsphcre, it not in the world, is a mon
ster chestnut standing at the foot of
Mount Ifelbn. The clrcsmfeienee of the
main trunk at CO feet from, the ground
is sis leet. -
A NOTED EDUCATOR.
Mr. Helen I.nrlnar t.renfell, State
Superintendent of Politic In
traction fur Colorado.
It Is very evident thnt, ns women are
being tried in positions of public trust !
and responsibility, thuy are not found i
wanting; on the contrary, they nre
found to possess ability, judgment
and a conscientious devotion to duty
which makes them invaluable In many
public positions heretofore considered
ns belonging entirely to man. Espe
cially is this true in matters pertaining
to education.
After nn experience of fcvcral years
with a woman us superintendent of
J.'
MRS. HELEN I,. Git EN I ELL.
(Superintendent of Public Instruction for
Cokirtuio.) ,
public instruction, Colorado hns ngain
elected u woman to that poMtioii, with
the uuuiiimous vote of ull parties. .No
more ilattcring recognition of woman's
titucss und ability in guiding the ed
ucational interests of a state could be
given than the unanimous choice of
a woman, irrespective gf party u Hi na
tions. Mrs. Helen Lorlng Grenfcll, the pres
ent incumbent, is u beautiful, cultured
and earnest woman, who will give a
great impetus to education In Colorado.
She is a home-loving, domestic woman,
whose personal happiness would be best
consulted by remaining quietly at
home, but having no children she feels
it her duty to respond when the office
seeks her.
Mrs. Grenfcll is a descendent of the
old Puritan families of White and
Thatcher, her father being one of the
Lorings of Boston. While she was born
in Valparaiso, Chili, she was brought
up in Colorado, where most of her edu
cation was received. She uttended the
Albany normal school, as preparation
for teaching, in which work she was en
gaged for eight years previous to her
marriage to Mr. Edwin I. Grenfcll.
She was chosen superintendent ot
schools in Gilpin county in ', and
when the time for election next came,
she wns nominated upon every one of
the four political tickets in the field.
Her success in administering to the
schools of Gilpin county attracted so
much attention thut the nomination for
state superintendent of public instruc
tion was offered her by the unanimous
choice of all parties on the fusion ticket
last full. Mrs. Grenfell has always been
a firm republican, nnd whilo not a poli
tician in tho sense usually attached to
that word, has evinced so much clear
judgment, sound sense and unswaver-
ing Integrity ujon all questions that
her opinions and advice aro Invariably
sought.
A TERRIBLE REPTILE.
Carious Case of Abnormal Develop
ment la a Rattlesnake lleyorted
from Texas.
The photograph which we present
herewith was sent to the Scientific
American by Dr. It. Mengcr, of Snn An
tonio, Tex., nnd is a lifelike represen
tution of the hend of the much dreuded
ruttlesnuke, the Crotalus horridus. The
original reptile was a very large rat-
tlesnuke und wns killed. by a friend of
Dr. Monger in the hills of.llelotes, about
TERRIBI,K TO BEHOLD.
(Abnormal Development of a Texas Rat
tlesnuke's Fang.)
IS miles northwest of San Antonio. The
rattles and the head of this snake were
presented to him tind he nrenared tin
fangs, etc., to show their relution to the
poison gmnos. inu neau was suppliea
with four fangs, two full grown und
two others neur them in the front re
glon of tho upper jaw. The exposure
wns taken by lamplight. The fuct of
the snake having four fangs is inter
estlng. In ull ruttlesnukes there are
besides the poison funcs. rudlmentarv
fangs which, upon the loss of the old
lanirs, develop ana sunnlv their nlnce
In this case, however, the development
has been abnormal, and the second pair
or langs novo developed before any loss
oi uie old fangs has been sustained.
Mars la a I.onar War Off.
Tho largest telescope in existence
does not muko the plunct Mars appear
any uigger tnun tlie moon does through
un opera glass.
Tbe llesnlt of Accident.
It la said Arabs first mndo butter
nicy were carrying milk in skins on
the bncks of camels, and the steady
jogging cnuruccl the tlukl into butter.
V.
Tho Kind You llavo Always lloiight, nmt which lins been
in use for over 30 years, lias bomo tho signature of
- r""1 lias been made under his per
y'ZA r KO,,al supervision slneo its Infancy
utrv. Allow no one to deceive you in thin.
All Counterfeits, Imitations nnd Substitutes arc but Ex
periments that trifle with nnd endanger the health of
Infants nnd Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a substitute for Cnstor Oil, Paregoric, Drops
mid Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless nnd Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ngo is its guarantee. It destroys 'Worms
nnd allays Pevcrlslmess. It cures Diarrluva nnd "Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
mid Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Itowels, giving healthy nnd natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea-Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
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Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC CrftTAUM COMMflV, TT MUMMAV TICCT, NSW VONN OfTT.
A LOCAL
CATARRH
Disease
A Climatic
Affection
Noi hlnir but. a local
remedy or cliane of
ciluiAle will cure It.
Oct a well-known
.-mcinc
Ely's Cream balm
It Is aulckly Absoib-
ed. Ulves Kelicl at
once. Opens and
cleanses tne Nasal
I'assaifps.
COLD 'N HEAD
Allftrs IntlHiniiiailon
Heals and I'rotects tlie Vembrune. Kenton suit
fcenHPs ot Taste and Smell. No Cocaine. No
Mercury No Inlurlnusdrue. Fall Size 50c : Trial
Size 10c. at UniKKlstg nr t.y mall.
ELY BKOTUEHS, warren St., New yoric
LIVERITA
THC UP-TO-DATE
LITTLE LIVER PILL
CURES
Biliousness
Constipation,
fl
Dyspepsia,
and Liver
Complaint.
SUsVAR COATBD.
100 PILLS
Sold by all drngrtats
25 CTS.
or Bcni uy man.
NtrtlU MeJIcal C., Cklcifl
6c. boxes contains 15 pills. Sold by Mover
Bros., druggists, Blooiasbutg, I'enntt. 4-13-1)9
Quick Communication
Facilitates Business.
U33 tha LOCAL TELEPHONE
and Communicate.
Direct with persons in Berwick, Cata
wissa, Danville, Riverside, Rupert,
Willow Grove, Almedia, Lightstreet,
Lime Rilge, Mifflinville, Millville,
Rohrsbnrg, Nescopeck, Orangeville,
Stillwater and Benton. Also long
distance lines to nearly all the towns
in the different States. Rates reason
able. Local exchange over l'ostoffice.
CENTRAL PENNA. TELEPHONE
& SUPPLY C9.
JOHN KENY0N, Manager
You can save money on Finnos and Or
gans. You will always find the largest
stock, best makes nnd lowest prices,
PIANOS. From $175.00 and Upward.
ORGANS, From $50.00 and Upwards
We sell on the installment plan. 1'ianos
$25.00 down and $10.00 per month. Or",
guns, $10.00 down, $5.00 per month. Lib'
ernl discount for cash. Sheet Music, at one
half price, Musical merchandise of
kinds.
We handle Genuine Singer High Arm'
SEWING MACHINES,
5.00 down nnd $3.00 per month. We also
handle the Demorest Sewing Machine, from
$.9.50 nnd upwards. Sewing Machine
Needles and Oil for all makes of Sewing
Machines. Best makes of
WASH MACHINES,
FROM $4.00 UP TO J.OO.
J. SALTZER.
iW Music Rooms No. 115 West Main
St., below Market, Illoomsburg, Ta. 3ml 1.3
Signature of
Fine PHOTO
GRAPHS and
CRAYONS at
R. B. GROTZ,
Bloomsburg.
The best are
the cheapest.
TID-BITS FOR MA' HONEY!
and tender little juicelets for theechil
dren, ate all right, but papa and "the
boys" want a good, big, juicy steak,
roast or chop when business or school
duties are over, and we can cater to
them all. Our stock of prime meats is
unexcelled for quality, and we send
them home in fine shape.
J. K. KEIFER.
the"markets.
BLOOMSBURG MARKETS.
00BBI0TID WIIKLT. KITAIL rBIOl.
Butter per lb $
Eggs per dozen
Lard per lb ,
Ham per pound ,
Pork, whole, per pound
Beef, quarter, per pound ....
Wheat per bushel
.33
.13
09
.IO
.06
.07
.90
.40
.0
Oats "
Rye " "
Wheat flour per bbl
4.00
Hay per ton o to $
to
Potatoes per bushel
So
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75
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.08
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Turnips " "
Oninns ' 44 "
Sweet potatoes per peck
1 allow per lb, . ,
Shoulder " " . . .
Side meat '"...
Vinegar, perqt
Dried apples per lb
Dried cherries, pitted, ,
Raspberries , . , ,
Cow Hides per lb
steer " "
CalfSkin
Sheep pelts
Shelled corn per bus
Lorn meal, cwt. .
Hran, "
Chon "
Middlings "
Chickens per lb new
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Turkeys " "
Geese " "
Ducks "
COAL.
No. 6, delivered
" 4 and s "
3-85
"6 at yard ,2
" 4 and s at yard 3.60
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