I Jb Vlie dolumb&n. lumsian, Consolidated. ' Ismr.l Weekly, every ftiAny .llornlna, nt ni.ooMsnui!o1coLmiiitAco.,r. M nMf T ...... 1 1 -' f"" hi i v...i i u snusuriucrsoui, Ol the conn. ty tin terms nro strictly in advance. lif.No piper discontinued except nt thooctlon pi the publishers, until nil arrearages nro paid, but lonir cout lined ere. lis win nm i,n.7i 't""u,uui All pipers sont put of the stato or to distant post S7.,c.0' I,,,,t bo ix " (f In advance, unless a rcsDon. I , . h', X" ' "'""ics to pay TOR PuTnTTNG. Tlie-loti Printing .Department of tho Colombian I very com. eic. It contains t hn inivH.Hll .,.,.... nun - vim u-Mjr uiiica mat runs lob PROFESSIONAL CARDS, j" E. WALhKU, ' ATTOUNBY-AT-IjAW, ...... Moomsburg, Pa omco over 1st. National Dank. XT U. PUNIC, ' AT T 0 1 1 N E Y-AT-L AW . Uloomsbbro, Pa, O lice la Jot's llulldlns, J OHM M. CLAIUC, ATTOKN U Y-AT AW, AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. llLOOM.SBCKO, l'A. O lice over Mover Bros. Prug store, p V MILIiEB, Al'TOHNRY-AT-LAW omco In Brower'abul'.dlng.seoondBoor.room No.l Mooinnburg, l'a. ' ATTORN KY-AT-L AW. Bloomslmrg, l'n. omco corner of Centre and Main streets. Clarl i Building. Can bo consulted In German1. f EO. E. EL-WELL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, lJi.oo.isnuno, I'a. OIUcii on First Uoor. front room of Col UMUIA.N Uiilldlni:, Main street, below Ex. cli.mgo Hotel. VUL E. WIKT, Attorney -at-Law. omco In Colombian Ucildino, ltoom No. J, second door. ULOOJ1SI1UKG, I'A. B. KN0KH. L. B. WINTHB8T8 IN. KNOKK & WINTERS TEEN, A ttoriioy s-nt-Law. omce In 1st National Uank building, Becond floor, llrstdoor to tho ! tt Corner ot Main and Markt streets Hlooinsburg, IM. t&f Pennons and Iiaur.:ics Collected. J II. MAIZE, ATTORN FY AT-LAW Jfflco In .Maize's uulldlig over Ulllmcyer's grocery. JOHN C. YOCU.M U. E- OKY2K. YOCUM & GEYER, Attornos's-at-Law. CATAWISSA, I'A. (Office front Hilt of roomB on second floor of JshwsItkm building.) IWCAN IIL CONi-l LTKII IN Oi:ii.MAN.al jlembers otMiarpmd Alleman's Lawyers -nd linker's linecioiy mu u.o American Mercantile and colle lion Association. 111 give prompt and carelul attention lo collection ol claims In any part ol the United Mates or Canada, ns well as to all other professional business entrusted to tLcia K. OSWALD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Jackson Iiuildlng, llooms 4 and C. BEKWICK.PA "y. II. RHAWN. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. catawlssa, ra, omce.cornorof Third and Malnbtreets. npy V. WHIT ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Offlcu in Browcrs' Building, 2nd lloor. map 1-tf BMITU, Attorncy-nt Law,Bcrwick. Pa. Cnn be Consulted in German. ALSO FIH8T-01.A89 FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IlKl'IiESESTEn. isrOQlcc first door below the post olllce. MISCELLANEOUS B. McKELVY, M. D.,8urgeon and 1'hy . slclan, north side Main atroet.bolow MarBvi A. T,. PltlTZ. AllnriiHv.al.Law. Oflicf . in Colombian Building, p M. DRINKER, GUN & LOCKSMITH Sjiving Machtnesand Machlncfy of all kinls re p area, orxm Uovuj iiulld ig, liloouibburg, Fi. D R. J, C. BUTTER, PHYSICIAN SHOKUEON, Omco, North Market street, . Hloomsbuii;', t TvR. W.M. M. REIJER, SurKCOn and I Jl'hyslclau. omce corner of Kock aud Maikit treet. JR. EVAN'S M D., Burgeon and .I'hyslJian, ojlc? im Itesldence on Third street. iMRE INSUKANi rniUSTIAN F SNAI f, ULOOMSllUlIO.rA. HOME, OV N. Y. MBUCHANTS', OF NEWARK, N. J. l' LINTON, N. V. J'KOl'LES' N. Y. UEAUI.NO, I'A. These i.i cobi'okatioks aro well seasoned bj atfe and fiiik tested and havo never (t had a loss seuwi by any court of law. Their luisets arc all invested In solid secobitibs are liable to the liazaid of nuEouly. losses ruaunLV and noNEsn.v adjusted and paid aa soon as determined by ciibistian f. liNArr, BrECItl.AOENTANUADJrsrERlilOOMSSOKO, l'a. Tho people of Columbia county should patron, lie the agency where loss's If any are nettled and paid by one of ther own citizens. v PIIOMITNKSS. EQUITY, KAIH DEALING. 1 F. HARTMAN ' RKrBKSKNTU TUB rOLLOWINO AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANlEr SS'octh American of Philadelphia. Franklin, " " 'Penaaylvanla, " " i'ork.of l'annsylvanla. Ulanover, of s. Y. Queens, of London. North Urlttsh, of London, omco on U irkot direct, No, s, Illoomsbi'rg. oct. 84, 1" SCUANTON HOUSE. ON TUB EUUOI'EAN I'LAM. Viotoi1 Knoh, Proprietor. ltoftina aw heated by steam, well ventilated and Alegiuitly uiul.tht'O. Finest liar and Lunch Coun ter lu lcliy. Jleala to ordor at all hours Ladles and nenta ireslauraut furnished with all delicacies of the reason. Location near I). L.& W, it. it. Depot, Bcranton, d'a. Mar w-tt KXCITANGE HOTEL, W. R. TDBBS, PR0PRIET01 BL00MSEUI1O, PA, OrPOSlTKtXlUUT IIOlTHB, iLa rgeeand convenient sample rooms. Hath rooms tot ana cold water, and nil modern coqtciunux 3. zl. iLWBLL a Catarrh ELY'S ream Balm IS WORTH $ 1,000 TO AM' SIA! Wcman or Child Hl'ITKniSO I'ltOM CATARRH. -A. E. nkwjun, (iralmg, Mich. HAY-FEVER A n.Htleleld annlliil Into e.ich nostril and U agreeable to us hend for circular. lilceS' cts. uy iiiuii nr ni. uriugws. .i.i iH.ur HHiiS, druggists. Oucgo, N. Y, mar 6, 4v. AiNwmuiiT uu., WHO L ESAL i: OR 0 CEltS, Philadelphia TEAS, 8HUPS, C0l'iFit,!,D()Al(, JIOLAtH h nlCB, STICKS, BICARB SODA, AC., AC. N. S. Corner bi-cond acd Arch Btre"ts. tv orders will receive prenmt atteet'on COURSEN, CLEMOKS & CO. Limited, Importers and Wholesale Dealersin Crockery. 01aswnre, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Window Glass, and l'lated-ware. The M) candle-power martli eleclrlo lamp. 1 he celebrated Pinafore Burner. Bird Ca,,es, Fruit Jara. 432 Lackawanna Avenue. SONANT ON, la. may My w . 11 house, -DENTIST,- Bloomsiidiio, Columbia County, Pa All styles of work done In a superior manner, work warranted aa renresented Tbkth Extmai r d wimoor 1'ain by the use ol (las, anr trenof charge a hen lytlflctal teeth trelnsprtPd Ofllco over Klelm'a Drug Store. lo be hh-t, a' all hours during the 'nt Nov 31 .ly James. Reilly, PROPRIETOR OF Barber Shop I U Room. At the old stand, under tho Exchange Hotel, BLOOMSBURG, PA. it C. SLOAN & BRO., RLOOMSBURO, PA. Manufacturers of CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C. First-class work always on hand. It EPA IRINO XEA TL Y DONE. Prices reduced to tuit the timet. BLOOMiBURajLAiilNGllLL Tho undersigned having put his PJanlnp Ml on Kallroad street. In (lrst-ciass condition, 18 pre pared to do all kinds of work In his line. FRAMES, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS. MOULDINGS, FLOORING, Etc. furnisuea at reasonable prices All lumber used Is well seasoned and none but skilled workmen are employed. ESTIMATES TOE BUILDINGS urnlsned ou implication, plans and specinca oua j.-du ired by an experienced draughtsman Cai.VRL.ES I1RVG, ItlooiiiHburu, I'll ORH AMEUTA L IRON FENCES OF CAST CR WROUGHT IRON. Suitable for Yards, Cemetery Lots and Public Grounds. :: The following shows the Picket Oothlc, one ot the sei eral beautiful slj les ot Fence manufactured by tho undersigned. For Beauty and Dui ability they arounsurpass ed. Met up by experienced handa and warranted to give satlslactlon. Price mid specimens of other le Hinna sent to any address. Aili Tress BLOOMSBURG PA. .May 4-tf Five cold and Two 8llvor Medal, Awarded in 1895 at the Expoiltionn ol New Orleans and Louisville, und tho In. ventious Exposition of London. The superiority of Cornlino over horn or whalebouo 1ms now been demonstrated by,9erflvo yews' experience. It Is more durable, innio pliable, nioro comfortable, and never brtW, Avoid cheupItiiUoJJpnsinadoof varloui Idndaot cord. None nio ccnulno unless "Du. 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We advUn Batonnt. enlablluy free otclunfe, and w uuko do charge no rvmr nere, to the rostmaster, the Supt. of Money o-der Dlv , aud to oniclals of the I'. B. Patent Ofllco. Fur circular, ailvliiit. Iprni. und rcfereurca to actual clients In your own state or t'ounty, wilteto t:. A. SNOW & CO., Opposite patent onice, waidilDgtou, 1) c and-tf .Vtii.pipcr AilitrtMug Uurau,l0 Nprurt M,,N,Y TACK WILL ATE AND ljefJ" CURE Iff It 1 if Mif 'It f it ft BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY. MARCH 5. THE FACK IN THE MIRHOlt. On New Year's Eve In Hussla they placs two mirrors opposite each othe', and toward midnight, Juit ai the new year la coming In to supplant the old, tho girl, unattended by any one, Roes Into tho room whore tho mir rors liai'e Ixvii nri-angcd and looks into one. Should she l dndJucd lo get married that year, klie tt 111 seo thero tho face of her huv bnnd. Kvglieiila Almaiulrovna was Just 18 years old. Sli" una litliu of figure, with a snowy whlto complexion and large, lustrous black eyes, that ch-inged with overy thought which pawed through her mind nnd overy foellni; that toirhed her heart. OnoNew Year's Eve found her sitting alone in her father's study. Her parents had gone to si'iid the day with n lioyar's family In n neighlifirlng village several miles dis tant, nml tlu'y ere not exncted hack for several hours. A light snow had iwen falling during tho day, nml though tho clouds had somewhat lifted, tho sky was still oicrcnst, tut the twilight reflerteil from tho snow mada It light enough to ttUtlnguUh objects that weru not ury far distant. A big pilo of logs was burning cheerfully In tho fireplace lu tho study where tho girl snt. For nearly half an hour she gazed nt the flames as though trying to rend the mute language of tho flejy lingers. Then an Idea struck her, for she went out and soon retured carrying a largo looking-glass which she plami on tho table opio-lto the mirror that w as fastened against the wall. Then sha sat down and looked long and eagerly Into tho glass that reflected the mirror liehind lier. Suddenly she grew jale, but not a musclo of her fneo moved. In tho reflection of tho largo mirror she saw the face of a num. He had fierce, cruel eyes, nnd wore a largo bushy red liearil. Her'oyes and those of tho appari tion met, nnd tho next moment the appari tion had vanished. For n second Evghonia seomed to bo riveted to tho st w hero she sat. She had not ex pected to seo any image In the glass, and sho knew that that faco was not nn appari tion, but a real, llvo man, evidently n roblier, and that ho had opened tho trap door lending to the cellar. Sho neither fainted nor screamed. All tho men servants wero out of the house, but sho was a bravo girl, a soldier's daughter, for her father had fought in the Crimen and her grandfather had measured sworila with the French lnvnders. Sho seized her father's sword that hung against the wail and drew it from tho seali bard. Sword in hand sha opened thu trap door, listened Intently, ami then softly stole down the stairs. Thero was no one in the cellar, nnd she legan to think that tho face she had seen was merely the ci-eatnro of her own imagination, when sho noticed that the iron bars of one of the windows had been removed. Khe stationed herself near it. Soon she could hear tho tread of men in the snow. Tho tramping sounds enmo close up to the window, and then she heard some one whisper. "Here, this way." Then a big, rod hand seized the sill as though its owner w as Just going to climb up. The very next moment Evghenia hacked away nt it n ith tho sword with all tier might. She felt tho keen blade cutting into the bones, and this was followed by a howl of pain and muttered curses, and then the footsteps hurried away. Evghenia remained on guard behind the window, expecting anothor attempt by tha robbers, Until tho merry jinglo of sleigh bells told her that her parents wero returning. The robbers wero traced by their foot prints in the snow to the edge of tho forest, where they had mounted their horses and escaped. With the approach of summer a dashing cavalry officer, accompanied by two body servants, arrived in tho village and staid over for several days to rest. He was tall, well built, and sported an Immense mustache that looked formidable under a pair of stern eyes. He was MaJ. Ivan Michailich Norov, n cav alry officer from the Caucasus, who had fre quently met the wild Circassian tribes, and had had his right hand disabled by a sabro cut in an engagement He had resigned from tho army, and, after traveling for soma time, he was going to attend to his ostatei in province of Smolensk. Ha bore letters of Introduction from several old army friends of Alexander Vasilovitch Sokolov, and was at once Invited to make the' Sokolov man 6iotl his home during his sojourn. Tho few days which Maj. Norov expecUsl to spend at Semenov were prolonged to weeks. Ho had a fair education, and, though bis manners were not always very polished, tlds was ac counted for by his long camp life and wild associations in the Caucasus. One day lie asked for the hand of Evghenia, and, after 11 consultation between thu parents and the young lady, it was given him. The w eliding was celebrated ivith great pomp. As the fall approached JlaJ. Norov became impatient to go home. He aUo received a number of messages urging him to return, and his servants complained that they were growing homesick. So several wagons were loaded with furniture, and the major and his happy joung wife startwl on their journey to his home. After two days' travel Evghenia askwl her husband why the party kept going further into tho depths of thu forest nnd did not tako tho road that was moat froiuented by travelers. Ho made some joking reply w hich seemed to sat isfy her. On the third day, in the afternoon, she heard a shrill w hlstlo coming from tho thickest part of the forest, audit was promptly 1 ei.iondel to by one of tho servants. Evghenia felt ashamed to show her fear. Then another whUtle, and another, to which the servants responded. Evghenia asked her husband w hat it all meant. "Oh, nothing, nothing," ho replied. "Don't be afraid. Am I not with you I" She looked into his face. His expression was changed. Those eyes looked fierco and cruel. She hail seen them before, long ago, but where I Then sho remembered. Tha next moment a dozen men sprang out of the wood Into tho rnad and loudly cheered the Qajor as their ntainan or chief. Their num bers swelled to nearly thirty as desperate looking cutthrouts as ever roamed through a Russian forest. After greeting their ataman and their fellow-robbers, who had been act ing as his servants, the members of tho band turned their attention to Evghenia. "Ah, ha, bariua." they cried tauntingly, "so we have got )ountlast. You would cut oft our ataman's hand, would you) You thought you hail married a major nnd a land owner. Yes, we are all majors and land owners, for we own all this forest, and there is no one to dbputo our title. We'll give you a dose of your own metUcine." So saying on of the foremast robbers roughly ordered her to get out of tho car riage. She looked at her husband and bitterly upbraided him. "Even if you are a robber," sho said, "re member I am your wife, and you are tha chief and should not allow your men to In sult roe." The ataman looked troubled and seemed to lelent, but the robbers quickly caught his meaning and shouted to him: "ltemember your oath to bring this woman here to take vengeance on. She is no moro your w tfo than she is ours, and if you interfere we will make it worse for you than for her." Tha atair.n thought that by gaining thus he could save his wife. So in a quick, military tone he gave the order to march homo, Ths travcLr a-'- of the carriage, which, with the wagon., mysteriously disappeared t the forest. V. gheiila woi dragged, rather than Iot , and uller an hour's travel thejiarty iu,ted !i"Jir a mound which did not differ in appcAraniv innu many other mounds that Uey had juismsI, A skillfully contrived atii in Hie mound, which was completely uouceuled from view by bushes and trees, led to a sparlom room or cavo which communl oated with of er nnd smaller apartments. A largo pile of logi burned brightly In tho isiuter, mid ull around were piles of goods, ornaments, nnd provisions, wbilu guns, tHorils, daggers mid axes hung against tha walls. Into this place Evghenia was dragged. Several men of the gang bound htT handsund feet. Then the robbers sat down around the Cru and begun to talk over their ad ventures, seasoning their stories w itlt copious draughts from'iiliarnlof vodka. Thelauh ter bucmu liouterous and the talk moro san. gulnary ami fiercer as they recounted their bloody deeds. Suddenly a peculiar signal was heard out side, and all stnrtod, Tho signal was re peated, and robliurd sprang to their arms. The watchers had seen a rich caravan ap proaching, The robbers iu-.hil out, seem lugly forgetting their captlie. Ahout ill e mlnutm ufter their departure Evghenia heard 11 gentle plco und saw an old man looking kindly at her. "I. like you. am u cautive bare," he wild "They captured me as I was traveling through tho forest with somo merchandise, and were going to murder me, hut as I begged bard for my life they changed their minds and de cided to make me their watchman. But I'll try to do whatever I can for you and help you to escapo. Here, toko this knife, and cut the ropes that bind you." The old man kicked toward her a knife which, with much effort, she managed to get hold of and cut the cords. "Hun for your life, Matushka, llttlo mother," the old man Implored 1 "do not stop; here death is certain. Ilun wherever you can, and as far as you can. You may yot escaiw, nnd If you get to a place of safety pray for my soul, for these robbers may yet kill me before long." Evghenia made her way out as well as she could and ran. Every minute sha would tumble over a log or stump, and now thorns' would tear her clothing and scratch her face nnd body. Weary and footsore and bleeding she kept on and on. Then she beard faint sounds in the distance and the baying of bloodhounds. Nearer and nearer came the sounds. At last sho came up with a moujik who was driving a cartload of hay. She told him her story and begged him to take her along. The moujik looked grave. If tho robbers found her Willi him they would surely kill him, he said. They were tho terror of all that jvart of tho county. "However," he added, "I can not leave you thus; I'll take the risk," Then, hastily dismounting, ho threw down a num ber of bales of hay and told her to get in nnd He down. She did so and then tho moujik piled up the other bundles ovor her and, after tying them down, he again mounted his seat, lighted a pipe, and drove nlong as though nothing had happened. In about an hour he was overtaken by half a dozen rough-looking men, who ordered him to halt. He recog nized them as robbers and immediately relnet in his horses. "Where is tiiat woman w ho passed along here!" asked one of the men. "God bo with you," replied the moujik, feigning intense astonishment; "tills is no plnco for women. You will not llnd any wo men within twenty versts." "Stop up your throat," cried tho first speaker: "you have got her In that hay and we are going to search." The moujik thought that his last hour had come, but did not lose his presence of mind. "If you are going to throw this hay all over the road you will please help mo to load it up again and not let a poor man do all the work himself," lie said. Even tho robbers smiled at tho request as they began pulling down the hay. Bundle after bundle was thrown down, the moujik calmly lurched on his seat and remarking "Did I not tell you that thero Is no woman hero!" One largo bundle covered Evghenia, and the robbers became impatient, and called out to tho driver: "Hero, little father, get down aud put back your hay, n a have no time," and they hurried away. The moujik put back the hay and drove on. lie drove slowly so as not to reach his village before nightfall, for ho did not want any one to know that ho had brought in a fugitive from the robbers. Ho entered his cottage first and w arnod his family not to tell any one of tho young lady's an-ival, for he was afraid of tho revenge of the robbers. When all was prepared he led Evghenia hi, and the good housewife soon prepared her a comfort able supper. The arrangements for taking her home were soon completed. In due time they arrived at Evghenia's native village and drove up to the Sokolov mansion. They entered with some w ares, aud after half an hour the moujik como out alone. After calling at several other houses ho continued on his travels. Two mouths passed but no one in the vil lage had heard of Evghenia's return. Sev eral strangers called and made many in quiries about the bayar and bis family, and then Maj. Norov was seen driving up to the house. He was ushered in by Sokolov and his wife, who asked him for news from their daughter. "Oh, she is in good health and sends her love to you," ho replied, with a feeling of re lief, for he had concluded that she hail died and that they knew nothing about her. He added that she would have come on, too, but thought tho journey too long. He then proceeded to make himself at home, and, after some time, a knock was heard at the door, and several gendarmes walked in and seized the robber chief. Ho made a desperate resistance, but was soon overpowered, and then Evghenia was let! in. Then they dragged him out and put him to death. It was afterward found that al though tho dead ataman was never a major yet he hal belonged to a good family and hail lieen 11 lieutenant in the Caucasus. He was, however, a gambler and negligent in duty. For some gross violation of army rules ho bid been degraded to tho ranks in the very company where ho commanded. He then deserted and joined a band of robbers, and after killing the ataman was elected his successor. As for the moujik who brought Evghenia home, he was presented with a large farm, and the old watchman in the robbers' den, he, too, was rescued, and became a watchman in the Sokolov mansion. Adapted from New York Times. Tile New Keporter's Idea of It. An applicant for a reportoriol position on one of the Chicago daily japers was put on trial. His first assignment was lo cover a fire which had been turned in from the ex treme south side, in the vicinity of Thirty ninth street and Cottage Orove avenue. The new rcirter came in about midnight, and turning to tho local copy reader said: "That's a pretty big lire." "Well," remarked the copy reader, "write it up at once." "Write tt up!" exclaimed the new man, "Why, what's the use I Everybody on the south side was down then and saw it." lioneer Press "Cas ual Listener." The Aslor library, New York, contain! 231,4(10 volumes, exclusive of pamphlets, and tad last year a dally average of 2.T reader, in Danger from Vioa Oralis. I find a statement going the rounds of the press that the frozen oranges recently sent north from Florida are poisonous. It is stated that the oil from the rind has penetrated the pulp during the process of thawing and a poisonous lungus has develied in the pulp. The llrst part of the statement is true, the latter false, The volatile oil in thawed oranges does jienutrate the juice of the pulp and makes it bitter. It lias the effect of ex coriating the mouth, tongue, and lips, but no moro so than the oil of -any orange. It Is not poisonous, except In large quantities, larger than any one person would get out ot a dqzeu oranges. Their is no fungoid growth in thawed oranges or any other, for' I do not find any such organism in any of the frozen and thawed fruit I have examined under the ml croscoie. If any person has been made seriously 111 by eating such oranges It lias been caused by the coldness of the pulp, taken In large quantities into the stomach. If a frozen orange is slowly thawed at u tomiwra ture two or three degrees above the freezing point the pulp remains sw eet and w holesome, E. M. Hale, M. I), lu Inter Ocean. liu Mure Africau C'uu.ts to Seize. The scramble of tho European jiowers for long strips of Africa's coasts is practically at an end, owing to the sudden exhaustion of the supply. Africa has 10,T0u miles of sea coast, and thirteen months ago thero still re mained of it about 3,C0U miles that foreign governments could appropriate If they thought the game was worth the candle. Last year they cut off fresh strlj of this unajn propriated coast to add to their other African iossossIous, and Iho fragments that now r inaln, If ploood together, would hardly roach from New York harbor to Cape Ilatteras; and as they are utterly worthless, or are claimed by very ill-natured and pugnacious savages, we are not likely to hear of any new protectorates ulong the shores of the Dark Continent. New York Hun. .4. Wide Field for Adteutlirer. South Africa offers a wide field for adven turers. The news from Capo Town is that a new republlu has been founded In territory north of Ihynaroland. A number of daring men have "purchased" a province from the natives, and have called thu land the republlu of Uptngtoula, to which l.urojx'uns desirous of free- settlements are invited. It is said that building und cultivation aro already making rapid progress. Brooklyn Eagle. One Way to Collect Ilia Salary. A negro preacher In .Georgia puts a definite amount of his salary debt on each, member of the congregation, and V hon they liavo no I money he makes them work on his farm vutll they pay olf the debt, Chicago Herald. 1886. WHAT CHINAMEN KAT. ! ALL THE KINGDOMS OF NATURE RAN. 8ACKED TO PROVIDE FOOD. A Long: List of Culinary Vs;ta,bles Catalofrue of Fruits Ileveras;et Fltli, Flesh anil Fowl Insects anil Other Miscellaneous Articles flereals. Tho proiortlon of animal food consumed Is probably smaller among the Chluoso than other nations In the same latitude. Ilice In the south, maize, millet and wheat in the north, furnish the cereal food. The first Is emphatically tho staff of life, and is con sidered indispensable all over the land. It Is thoroughly cooked without forming a pasty mass, as is too often the case with us. Tho diet is sufficiently varied, wholesome and well cooked. Much vegetable oil is used in Its preparation, which makes it unpalatable, as a rule, to Europeans until accustomed to it. Italian millet or canary seed furnishes a' large amount of nutritious cereal food in the north. The Hour Is yellow and sweet, and might w ith advantage le Imported into this country, and hi our diet, alternated with oaUneal. Tho Chinese have a long list of cullnnry vegetables, and much of their agriculture consists in rearing them. More than twenty different sorts of peas and beans are culti vated, and occupy the largest part of tho kitchen garden. Soy, used as a universal condiment instead of butter and jam, is made from beans. Bean curd takes the place of cheese, gypsum being employed to precipitate the casein of the beans. Tho consumption of cabbage, cress and cruciferous plants is enor mous. Garlic, onions, leeks and others of this class are eaten hy all classes, detected upon all persons, and smelt In all rooms where they are eating or cooking. The variety of cucur bitaceous plants extends to nearly twenty that are cultivated among garden Vegetables. Wuter chestnuts are extensively consumed. Tho sweet potato Is the most common tuber. The Irish potato is not eaten except on the borders of Mongolia. It is considered a food only lit for famine jierlods. FMJITS AND NUTS IKA AND SPIRITS. The catalogue of fruits Is indeed formida ble. Grapes ore plentiful in tho north, and are preserved all tho year round. Among common nuts are the chestnut, walnut, and ground nut Tho llrst and last are largely eaten. Tho former, roasted or used as meal in soups, forms a valuable and nourishing food. The jujube Is largely grown, and eaten In dumplings, etc. Preserved fruits nro com mon. Uinger, loftus roots, bamboo shoots, nnd even the common jwtato and other vege tables aro thus prepared for export as well as domestic use. The Chinese have no butter, milk, or cheese. They have no cattle except for agri cultural purposes, which has made them com jiaratlvely dear, and therefore meat from this source has fallen Into disuse except among tho Mongols and Mnnchus. The European Is dissatisfied with a meal with neither bread, butter, nor milk, and he is disgusted w ith the oily and alliaceous stews set before him. The Chinese would be equally shocked at the cbeeao we sometimes eat, which can almost walk. Women's milk is sold on the streets hi some cities for the sustenance of infants and oldjieople, It being believed peculiarly nour ishing to aged persons. The common beverage la tea. Our sitting down to a tea meal seems strange to them, and they can not understand our spoiling the beverage by making it so strong, black, and adding sugar and milk. Tea Is never in dulged in as a meal it is a constant restora tive beverage .during the day taken very weak and hardly allowed any time to infuse. Hot wuter is largely drank, and the good ef fects of this custom are worthy of a trial by us. Tho mouth is rinsed with hot water or tea after each meal. Cold water is seldom drank. Cold liquids of any kind aro not con sidered whalosome. Tho peopld boll all their water, and this renders them careless and in dependent as to its source. Coffee, chocolate, and cocoa are unknown, as are also beer, cider, porter, wine, brandy, etc. They have a coarse fiery spirit called samsboo, distilled from sorghum, and a mild wine fermented from rice, which Is drank hot. Tho badness, want of fragrance, and auclty of kinds of spirituous liquors have hod something to do In keeping them sober. KLKSB-ETATINt HSU AND INSECTS. Tho Chinese eat a larger variety of meats than the people of other countries, and at the same time very little land is appropriated to rearing animals for food. Beef is oidy eaten, when it can be had, by the very lowest classes. No respectable person eats so useful anil sacred an animal. Buddhistic prejudice against killing has had a powerful effect in restraining the flesh-eating propensities of tho people. Mutton, except in the extreme north, bordering on the lofty gross plateau of Mon golia, Is dear and poor. There Is a large Mo hammedan population In tho north. The flesh of the buffalo and goat are still less used. Pork is the principal meat consumed, and surpasses all others, and no meat can be raised so eco nomically. The Chinese aro perfectly omnivorous with respect to acquatic production. Hero nothing comes amiss. All waters aro vexed with their fisheries. Every possible way of catching and rearing fish is practiced. Fish are usually sold alive in tubs in thu streets, so as to guarantee their 1 freshness. All sort of crabs, prawns and shrimps are very largely eaten, either fresh or simply dried hi the sun. Both salt and fresh water shell-flsh are abundant There is much insect food consumed, such as locusts, grosshopjiers, grubs, and silk woruis. We con not mention all the dilfereut things the people eat, the products of earth, air, and sea. Thu gelatinous birds' nests aro well known. Shark's fins and fish maws are boiled Into gelatinous soups that are both nourishing and palatable, and ditferent ports of animals are sought after as delicacies. To sum up, let us generalize by saying that the everyday ordinary food of the Chinese Is plum, simple, light, non-stimulating, and cheap. The juople are mest frugal and economical, making use of substances which would meet with culinary contempt In our country. A poor man In Glasgow would starve on the food which kixi a iwor China man and his family, All thu kingdoms ot nature have been ransacked to provide food for this remarkable people. Everything that lives and grows from the animal and vegetable world Is laid under contribution. Cor. Glasgow Herald. Troubles of a Muilo Composer. A composer of music whose halo did not fit on that particular day said to a friend: "To compose a piece ot music is a serious affair, it a musical Idea comes into your head, you won't happen to have any paper handy, and if you have any paper you will find it hard to find a publisher, aud even If you secure a publisher he may fall to pay you anything for your trouble, and besides, very few will buy your piece, and If anyone should buy it be would not know bow to play it, and la all probability if be played It he would net like it" Exchange. The Three Malt latare.tlur Men. Mr. SahiUbury, in The Academy, is au. thority for the sUteuent that the three most Interesting mea la England, described in "Mustard Leaves," are) Lord Tennyson, Mr, Ijiboucherc, and Mr, Justin McCarthy. .'inning Auolli-r United statei. Another 1'nlted States seems to lie in slow process of fni uiatlon dawn In southern antl. poilos, The Australian colonies of Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, Fiji and (Queensland, have formed a federation, and tho federal legHatuiv is In sessiou in New South Wales, New Zealand ami South Aus tralia declined to unite their fortunes witli this second British confederation. Chicago Herald. One Volume Hatter Hian 'three. An Eugllsh novelLst, in protesting agaiust that ieculiarly British institution, the three volume novel, cites the case of that most poj). ular book, "Loma Doone." It was a dead weight in the threo-voluuie form, and It was at what seemed a great risk that it was at length brought out in one volume to become immediately a success. Chicago Tribune. A Class of West Feint liraduatee. The class of graduate which will leave West Point at the uext commencement is de clared to lie the largest lu number and high est in efficiency ever graduated from the in stitution. There ale evnty.t.Ight memberi ot the do, Wealth, is a steep bill which the fathal fUmbs slowly, and which the son often tum bles down precipitately. Dr. O. W Holme. THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XX.MO COLUMBIA tlBMOdllATi VOL. ti NO 1 10 DANGEROUS CLASSES. SOME OF THE DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF NEGLECT AND POVERTY Young; Humane of Tw York The Oreal Mutri of the Ileetltiite aud Criminal Inherited TendeueUe Uvr of Mature! Selection Hopeful Outlook. The "dangerous classes" of New York are mainly American born, but the children of various classes of Immigrants. They are ai Ignorant as London flashmen or coster mongers. They are far more brutal than tho jieasantry from' whom they descend, 1 and they ure much banded together in asso ciations. Tlioy nro enfants perdue, grown up to young manhood. They are ready for any olTense or crime, however degraded or 1 bloody, Tho young ruffians of New York are the , products of accident, Ignorance and vice. Among 2,0)0,000 eople, such as compose thu imputation of this city and its suburbs, thero I wiil ulways bo n great numlier of misfortunes ; fathers die and leave their children unpro- i id'jil for; parents drink and abua their little ones, and they float aivay on the currents of IHO .lien, M.-JIIIIU.IIQI. VI B.UfJiniUV, B UIHD j uui, iij iirgit.,r nun 111-11 Uabllll'lll, ll ll BUIIB from home. Thousands are the children of jioor foreigners, who have permitted them to grow up without school, education or religion. All thu neglect and bad education and evil examplo of a poor class tend to form others, who, as they mature, swell the ranks of ruffians aud criminals. So, nt length, a great multitude of Ignorant, untrained, passionate, irreligious boys and young men are formed, who become tho "dangerous class" of our city. Tlir. DESTITUTE, MISERABLE AND CRIMINAL. There ore thousands on thousands in New York who have no assignable home, and "flit" from attic to attio nnd cellar to cellar; there are other thousands more or le.s connected with criminal' enterprises, nnd still other tens of thousands, jioor, hard-preased, anil dejiending for daily bread on the day's earnings, swarming In tenement houses, w ho lehold the gilded rowanU of toil all nhout them, but they are never permitted to touch them. All these great masses of destitute, miserable and criminal persons believe that for ages tho rich have bad all tho good things of life, while to them have been left tho evil things. Capital to them is the tyrant. Let but law lift its hand from them for a season, or let the civilizing inlluenco of American lifo fall to reach them, nnd, If tho opportunity of fered, we should see an explosion from this class which might leave this citv in ashes and blood. Of the number of the distinctively home less and vagrant youth in New York, it Is difficult to speak with precision. I should lo Inclined to estimate It, after longoliservntion, as fluctuating each year between oO.OW and 75,000. But to these, as they mature, must be added, lu composition of the dangerous classes, all thoso who are professionally criminal, anil who have homes nnd lodging places. Add again to these, jiortions of that vast and Ignorant multitude, who, in pros perous times, just keep their heads utiove water, who are pressed down by poverty or mLsfortunc, and who look with envy and greed at tho signs of wealth and luxury all around them, while they themselves have nothing but hardship, penury and unceasing drudgory, A most powerful and continual source of crime with the young is inheritance the transmitted tendencies and qualities of their parents, or of several generations of ances tors. It Is well known to those familiar with the criminal Classen that certain appetites or habits, it Indulged abnormally and exces sively through two or more generations come to have an almost Irresistible force, and no doubt modify tho brain so as to constitute nn almost insane condition. This is ieclnlly true of tho apjietite for liquor and of the animal pa.ssiqns anil sometimes of the peculiar weakness, djiendenca and laziness which make confirmed paupers. AN ENCOURAOINO STATE Or TiftNOS. I have wutched great numbers of de gradivi families in New York, and exceed ingly few of them have transmitted new generations of pauirs, criminals or vng runts. Tho causes of this encouraging stato of things uro not obscure. Tho action ot the greit law of "natural selection," in re gard to the human race, is always toward tcnqieranre ami irtue. That is, vice and extreme indulgence weaken tho physical jiowers and undermine the i-otistltution; they Impair the faculties by whicli man struggles' with adverse conditions and gets beyond tho roncli of iiiTty and want Th vicious and sensual and drunken die earlier, or tiiey havo fowerchildien, or their children are carried off by disease more f reqiu-ntly, or they themselves nrj unable to resist or prevent poverty and liiiTering. Ai 11 cniisequenco, in the lowest i'Iasw, the more fwlf-oontrolled and virtuous tend constantly to survive and to prevail in "the strangles for existence" over tho vicious and uugoverihsl, mid to transmit their pro gn'iy, Tlij natural drift among tho poor is towards virtuo. Probably no vicious organi zation with very extreme and abnormal tendencies is transmitted lioyond tho fourth generation ; It ends in Insanity or cretinism or the w II Jest crime. The result is then, with the worst-endowed fninili'K, that the " geinmules," or latent forces of hundreds of virtuous, or at least, not vicious generations, lie hid In their con stitutions. The Immediate influences of parents or grandparents are, of course, the strongest in inheritance; but these may be overcome, nnd the latent tendencies, to good, coming down from 1 emote ancestors, be aroused and develops!. Thus Is explained the extraordinary im provement of the children of crime nnd jiov erty in our industrial schools; and tho reforms and happy changes een in the boys and girls of our dangerous classes when placed in kind western homes. Thu change of circumstances, the improved food, the daily moral and mental Influences, the effects of regular lalwr and discipline, and, above all, the power ef re ligion, awaken these hidden tendencies to good, lioth those eoming from many genera tions of comparative virtue and those in herent in the soul, while they control and weaken and cause to be forgotten thoso dis eased apiet!ts or extreme passions which theso unfortunate creatures inherit directly, and substitute a higher moral sense for the low moral instincts which they obtain from their parenU. Joe Howard In Boston Globe, Currall's Oplulou of Lord llyriill. When Lord Byron publihejbi.isentlmeiita! "Farewell" after his separation from his wife. the matter was a subject of much after-dinner comment Citrran's opinion was once nj H'aled to, "I protest," said he, "I do not un derstand this kind of whimpering. Hero is a man who first weeps over his wife, and then wipes his eyes with the public." Boston Budget. Hltilon Cameron Hate uud Hearty, Eighty-seven years old, Simon Cameron it hale and hearty, never troubled with dyspep 1I.1 or rheumatism, and almost as olsjcrvant of political affairs, as ever, New York Tribune. Evening funeral are becoming tuhlonable In New York. To I'lielllliil Mulrl, Loudliig, A board of officer, at the Springfield, .Mass., armory ore im eatigatlng now juodeli uf cartridge Ikjxos, designed to facilitate quick loading. One model presented has a string attached ut one end which jiussus oier thieu sidu. of the box. It Is held In x).itiou simply by the jiaper posted over It. A light pull tears this cover and opens tile end, when the cartridge can drop Into the slido unhampered. Chicago Herald. r.slure. of the Colonial Inhibition. Among the features of the colonial exhibition In Loudon uext summer will be aquarium tanks containing as many of the fishes and ma rine productions ut tho colonies ai can bo brought ullveto England. Turtle will be kept In one tank, aud their com erslon into soup be. comos a matter ot publiouUarvation and sale. Cincinnati Enquirer, The Proper Way tu Say II, It Is not tony In New York to say Wnt Sixth street or East Tenth street, but you must suy "Sixth street west" or "Tenth street east," or bo marked dowii as a greeny. Never run when walking will ans-ver Uie same purpose it is a useless wv.1 of tiuaa -1 Detroit Kr Pivee. 1jbs op DVErvpsiNq lw a tv 1 ll 9M M Au Ir 1 Inch I t! I !J I w a ) sco 4to rr,o g I Ml S () 8 SI 4 01 4 7i V M 13 HO 3 ' 3 00 T fl W) 6(K1 A CO 10(1) 1S(K1 4" S DO 3 60 4 CO TOD SOT 13 III 111 110 Vtcl SI M tUI 8 M M 14 CO CI Oil 5 COl 560 700 00 MOO ItPO SO fO 40 CO fcolumn 8 00 13 00 IS 00 IS 00 SO U0 40 09 U I B Yearly rdvemsements payable quarterly. Trsii. slent advertisements must lw paid for before In. sorted except where panics have accounts. Legal advertisements two dollars rer Inch for three Insertions, and at that rato for additional Insertions without rctrrenco to length. Executors, Administrator's, and Auditor's no tlces three dollars. Transient or Local notices, ten cents a line. reir. I ular advertisements half rates. I CartH In the "lliislness Mrectory" column, on dollar a J ear for each tine. WAIT. ' out thou nut wait for me, O hurrying years, Till I go back ami gather up the past, Though 'tis but to shed upon Its grave my tears, That eien now are falling thick ami fast! Let me go bnck and bind the ripened sheaves ' That I left wasting In the harvest field. My night of need has come; these jioor, dead leaves Are all I have my sustenance to yield. I.et mo go tiack and from dimmed eyes the tears I,ct mo them wipe till they nro clear nnd dry. Why did I leave them there in other yearsi Methlnks I thought I ne'er should mourn or cry. Let mo go back with sad, repentant hands Gather the unkind words my Hps have said, And bid mo walk the yeans though on scorch ing sands, But say to me their sting is lost and dead. I-t nil my fnlr days die, but thorns I marred With selfishness uud sin I humbly ask To have them back, unwouuded and un scnrml, To live them better, this to bo my task. Canst thou not wait, but now, O hurrying years, E'en whilo I lay nt thy swift-going feet Atonement for the post, of prayers and tears, That In my cup ot ruo shall lw some sweet! The shivering vines cling closer to tho walls, Around the house the wind creeps with a ' cry, Aud v bile tho midnight snow weaves cmel 1 Mills, I and my soul nro waiting the reply. S. B. McMnnus in Tho Current. TOBACCO IN THE SCHOOL-ROOM. Observation nf u Slate Superintendent ot School Mental and Moral Itegult. At a recent meeting of the State Teachers' association of Iown, one of tha ablest ami most successful of Iho FUiierintendents of schools in that state read n pajier on "The effect of tho tobacco habit on school w ork," in whicli he presented conclusions which may seem extreme and fanatical to tobacco lovers, hut which exjierit need teachers are forced tu accept u.s plain stutunients ot fact. Boys that began the habit at uu early age ho has uni formly observed to become- jiermanently stunted, mentally and physically, and espe cially that their reasoning jwwers are ob scured, their memory treacherous and zeal for study altogether lacking. Indigestion, im paired taste, defective eyesight, dull hearing, nervous affections and diseases of the heart nmong the pupils under his care lie has been nble to trace, ill a surprising proportion of cases, to an inveterate usu of tobacco, often unknown to uirints and home friends. "In many instances boys who had lieen dol ing admirably 111 their studies showed n marked falling off In zeal, mental grasp and general suocoss lu scholarship, n change al most invariably traceable to the formation ot the tobacco habit. The mental fuculticti of a boy under the iiitlucnco of the narcotic seem to bo in a stiqior, ami since tho will jiower is simultaneously stupefied and weakened it avails little to try mid arouse the dormant energies or to interest the fogged desire. "The moral results of the habit at this early ago aro no lews serious. Pupils under its in tluence are apt to isvomo constant subjects for discipline nt homo and at school. Hoys that were usually even temurixl and easily governed after liegiimlug the uso of tobacco become decidedly the reverse. When in such cases, by the inlluenco of parents and teach ers, the habit bos Iweu abandoned, the nor mal character lias invariably been resumed. But to secure its abandonment is always a most difficult task, since one of its worst characteristics is a loss of self-resiwct and of regard for par ents nnd real friends. All the evil re sults mentioned do not, of course, appear con currently in each and every isjy that uses tobacco; but tho benumbing nnd befogging effect iqwn tho intellect is nearly or quite uni versal." Boston Traveler. The ringer Used aa nn Primer. People who are fastidious about tho perfec tion of their correspondence carefully scruteh with u steel, or rub out with a rablier eraser, a word when they inscribe a wrong syllable. I havo noticed hundreds of men w ho write great deal ruli out words, and even whale lines, while the ink was fresh, and theu write over tho place first written ujiou. "I never iws mi eraser of uny kind," said u cabinet ofiher a few days ugo, sieuking of this habit "It takes too long. If I don't want to cross out tho word or words, I rub it or them out with my linger. It is quick and effective, und one scarcely notices tho bloteli afterward. I believe the habit is an English one. I Ventura you will find few blotters or erasers about the desks of old officers In the deiiartmeiibs, o- old statesmen in congress. No, tho linger is good enough lor me." Washington Cor. Baltimore American. lirtall Merchants anil Their Uud llrlil.. The retail merchant of to est New Y01 k ill e getting ready to try a new plan of disusing of bad del its. They will co -operate to have bill auction, ami account, which they have not been able tu collect w ill li sold lo the, highest bidder. There are a goal lnnny)ie. pie who do not )uiy their debts who would iy them if they knew that their names and lia bUitles were to Iiecome public proierty In thu event of 11011 payment, and a linn enforce ment of tho western New York method would probably very soon render uu actual auction unnecessary. There ought to lie i presuiuti tion in favor of publicity in el ery case of willful attempt to depiive 11 creditor of that which U justly due him, and nobody will ol joct to the plan who uiys or houixtly intends la pay ids debts. So It may even bo adopted outside of w isdcni New York. Philadelphia Times. A scene Peculiar to Alaska. A scene "culiar to Alaska was an incident of one of the mornings of last week. Three spacious canoes tilled with natives formed a line of tugs towing a raft of timber across the harbor fronting the town. The canoe next to thu raft had 11 motive xwer of sixteen "iujines,"the next one lu lino bail twelvejiiul tho loading one had eight, liesides an Ameri can ensign Hying from a staff erected in tha Isiw. While the entire force were paddling for keejis their paddles kept stroke with a loud chant, wild nnd weird, which seemed to 1 a comiwund ot "Old Hundred," "John. Brown's Body," and "Whoop-Vr-Up Eliza Jane." A select jsirtlon of Sitka's population witucMwd tho show, while tho raft was being; moved along at a rate of fully three mile an hour. Sitka Alasknua, Kneinles as Vuluable Friends. I consider that my enemies are equally as valuable to mo as my friends, since they old as much in making 11 man of me. It is my enemies who keep uie, on my guard; it is ray friends who throw ineolt my guard. My friends nivrpt mo without due exainbiation of in- personal merits, but my enemies force mo to ruo by the sheer force of my Intellect and manhood, A man who has no enemies lacka cliaracter and strength, and a man who has unemien and is uf raid of them, lacks cour age and manhood. A. H. Isler lu Arkansaw Traveler. Memoly of u Young Alllciiu, Dr. Moffat relats that lifter profiling- a sermon on "Eternity" to some Africans he heard a siniple-looklug young nvsa rejwat it all over again to n group of natives with un common precision, tho very gestures being reprodu'sed. On tilling him that he had dou more than the original preacher could do lt'leat the sorniosi verbatim the savage, touched his forehead and Mildi "When 1. hear unytUing gnut It remains there,". Contemporary lleview. The Orlh-luur un Old Cllslulu. The notion ot ono heat driving out another gave riao to tho old-fashioned custom ot placing n burned Jut nour the fire to drlvei out thu lire; a iiractlco certainly not without lieuetlt, noting 011 the same principal as the application nt tuiaa-ntlne and other stimulauts. to recent burns. This was one of the many Instances of honii-ojiathlo dectrine hi old times. Dr Bui liiiell, A "sewing iiioeblue, which is held In thw hand and worked like a pair of scisser, la madent Bridge)rt, Conn., the factory im. blovliis tevtuty sUve Decide. r
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