THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FA. Braver Than Achilles. THIS DAK6TA MAN WHO WAS NOT t'lttoilr-1-.NK1) AT a cyclonic. From Uio Dakota licit A well-known rcslilont of Sioux Falls wns out driving in tlio country one day lint wi'tk. Wliilo coiniiij bock anil wlion about four mile from tho oitv ft heavy wind camo up. To tho well known resident it looked oyolon ieli, and ho drovo up to the first lioueo. Ho went In nnd found tlirco or four Indies, who wero nlono In tho houso and Homowhnt frightened. "Thero 1r no danger, ladies; nodang or, I assure you. Simply a straight wind no oyolouo. Keep cool. By tho way or is thero a cellar under tho house!" "Yes, sir." 'Ural that is good. No danger, though, as I said. Pray kcop calm and It will bo over directly. Where whero did you say tho collar door wast" "Over thero in the corner." "Ah, yes; thanks, this ono. Yes, I'll open it might as well bo open as shut, you know. Thero will bo no need of going down, howovcr. Simply a littlo limtider uliower accompanied by vind. "We're not very much frightened. "Of courso not that's right neith or am 1." Jiikt then tho liouso be-'an to shako and thu limb of a treo scratch' cd against the window. "Don t bo at all luarmcd, ladies; you keep right still Good collar, 1 supposot" ho added, r.cenna down. "Yes." Hero a board blow .off tho fenco and slapned against the sido of tho bongo, "I'm going down a moment, ladies don't bo frightened; tho liouso is safe,' and ho shot down tho stairs, slipped ou a LroKen step toward tno bottom and landed in a box of eggs. "Stay rignt whero you am, lames, he shout ed from tho collar: "it is about all over now." Just then the wind blow open the otits'do collar door and an empty barrel rolled down. "Great oh, nothing, nothing at all!" howled tho man as ho leaped over to tho othor sido of tho cell; "try and bo I hope?" "Oh, no; not muoh." "That's right keep up your courage iuuivh uro uauuuy so uasuy irigmun cd. Say," as ho tried to die tho sand, which was blowing in, out of his oypa ana stepped in a crock ol butter "say, would one of yon mind going around anil shutting that outside doorl "VVo will when it stops blowing littlo." Then an empty box tipped ovor and rolled down tho stairway, tho wind roared louder than oyer and thero was a sharp clap of thunder. "Bo calm, ladies; try and be calm for your own sake! Oh, Great heav ens, it's going, it's goincl" he groaned as ho crouched in one corner in a box of glass fruit jars ard thought he saw mo corner of tho houso raise a littlo. 'Ob, good Lord, I'm lost it's going surcl Keep cool, ladies, thero is no danger! For heavon's sake see that corner flop up! Bo calm, ladies; sim ply a little flurry of tho wind! Ob, id give a thousand dollars to bo out of this!" and ho dug his feet into the box and broke two jars of strawberries. " Lry and bear up, ladies! it will soon bo ovor! Oh, if I over get out alive I'll leave this blasted country! Good graoious! ladies, when are you going to shut tho door! Be oalm! but shut that door." "Mollie has gone out to shut it now tho wind is ail over," replied ono of tho ladies. "Yes, it's all over, I know," replied the man, cautiously coming to tho foot of tho stairs; "I told you it soon would be. You see, thofo was no reason to bocomo so alarmed. But you ladies always will," he added, as he carao on up and peered out of the cor ner of a window. "I don't doubt that you would have been still more scared if I had not happened along and made you understand thero was really no danger." It Priehtened Her. Old man (reading report of baao ball gamo) "Thoy got onto Clarkson early in tho gamo and pounded him all over tho field. He succf eded in striking out two men, after a hot grounder had gone through isurns, and a man been given a life on Orst, and thon tho visitors wielded the willow in earnest and knocked tho unfortunate twirler clean out of the box." Old lady "Don't read any more of mat nght, please, Josian. it s too dreadful. Dear me 1 Dear mo t Whero could the constable have been T And they call this a Christian country. unicago urtoune. An innocent-looking boy, with a big bundle, in ban Francisco, plucked t flashy man by the coat-tail and asked "in, sir can you tell mo whero i can hnd this man!" The bundle was mark cd "Collect bal. on mdse., SI." The flashy man replied: "Why, certainly, that's nie, sonny. Its meant for mo. I li o right over there." "But there's a dollar to collect." "To be sure, Hero aro two halves. Now run back The flashy man turned tho corner, got i i . i . um in n ecciuufu quarter, ana openea tho package. It contained a faded old sheep s wool door mat.wrapped careful ly arouna some hay inclosed in grain packing, tho wliolo douo up with busi nots-liko precision. Tho original of a long lost letter, wholly written by Gen. Washineton. has recently been found in tho "State raner department of the (Jity Hal! at Newport, It. I. It was written in acknowledgement of an address from tho citizens ot Newport, whero Yasli lngton arrived for tho second and laBt time in 1700, a year after his inaugura tion as president. Tho document is of considerable historic value and of great local interest, more particulary as it has hitherto escaped tho notice of the biographers of Washington. It is written on both sides of two quarto paces of the largest letter paper of tho period, being altogether in tho distinct and readable chirography of tho Preei- icm. Quito an awkward accident took pluco tho other day in tho "Wild West" snow traveling with a circus down in Iowa. J ho ling-master was standing on a box explaining to tho audience that the buffalo was a wild ono cantur cd this cprlng, aud that if it wero not lor tho men stationed around outsid tho ring It would cliargo up the seats and clean out tho whole crowd, when tno wild ana dangerous animal camo up and began to chew his coat-tail. Ho got down una stopped talking, and a man had to tako an ear of corn and trot oil ahead of tho buffalo before it emiM bo got into a run. It often happi iih that tho man who cannot hear thu call to duty when it is Mm id in thundering tours will catch thu lowed whitpcr when it conveys an invitation to have a drink. A profitable calling Tho doctor's. Women at Auctions, "If woman has n, weakness," rcmark- od an old auctioneer, "it is for attend ing auction sales of household furni ture. Advcrtiso nsalo of furniluro in somo dwelling house, and as sura as your lii'o you will sco it orowded with young, old, nnd middiu-aged women on tho day of tho sale. Such an an nouncement will bring them out In all kinds of weather, and (o sco them swarming about tho houso after tho auctioneer would bo a raro sight for people unused to such things. Thoy will enter tho liouso an hour or two bo- foro tho -time eel for the auction, pro vided thoy can get in, and spend tho time examining ovcry articlo of furni- turo in tho houso, from cellar to roof, not oven forgotting tho pots or pans or othor culinary appurtenances. Thoy will examine tho pictures on tho walls, It thero should bo any, criticise tnci artistic merit, and turn up their noses when they learn that thoy havo been lauding cheap ohromos unto tho skies under tho mistaken impression mat thev wero masterpieces. When tho auctioneer mounts a tablo or chair to open tho ball, which is usually dotio bv Miming his cano. tho ladles rush toward him from all sections of tho building. Thev are looking for bar gains and proposo to got them. With this determination in mind thoy ex- amino or size up what they want, do cido what thoy aro going to pay for it, and then wait until tho auctioneer reaches it. If it should bo a picoe of Brussels carpet in good condition thero is bound to bo somo spirited bidding, as fifty per cent, of the women attond tho auctions ostensibly to buy carpetB. Fivo or bix or roaybo a dozen ladies will be watching a carpot and waiting to get it cheap, and then got mad when thoy see others determined to get the samo article. When this is tho oaso tho auctioneer feels in a good humor, as he ib bound to get a good price for it when the bidding becomes lively. Brio-a-brao for parlor orna mentation is something else sought for nt every sale. The young ladies bid for these ornaments and generally pay a good price, although they stnko bar gains at times. It is amusing to at tend an auotion whore there is spirited bidding. The ladies arc bound to be come excited and many of them deter mined, cost what it may, to get the ar ticlo they are seeking. Mrs. B. will bid 50 cents a yard for a piece of carpet, whereupon Mrs. D. will go her better at 55, Mrs. ii. will then shako her glovo at Mrs. D., and in a defiant man nor offer GO, and soon until thoy become mad enough to bito each other. Of course, the auctioneer likes this rival ry, because it is always productive of good prices and high commission, l ne fun commences when a misunderstand ing arises between two fair bidders, The auctioneer may not hear one of them bid and knock down the articlo to tho other bidder, and tho result is a matter anything but pleasant for tho luckless seller. Let a man go to an auction sale of household furniture and I'll warrant that ho will learn some thing new about the fair sex." Mis souri Republican. A Snake Swallows a Big. From theMarshallvllle (On.) Times. Jasper Bryan, living out on tho river east ot town, relates a remarkablo in cident between a pig of his and a rattlesnake. A fine sow and pigs used to go in tho river swamp, and frequent ly the sow would appear for her slops with ono pig short, whioh so worried friend Bryan that ho mustered his forces and went in search of the cause of tho absence of tho pig. He had not been in the swamp long beforo he was startled by the peculiar sound of tho rattles, and upon investigation found that a snako had swallowed a pig, but the littlo grunter, not being satisfied with the confinement, had actually kicked its feet through tho belly of tho snako and was walking about trying to find its way out of tho woods, with its head still inclosed in the lower part of tho snake's body. Tho snako was promptly killed and found to contain sixteen rattles. Tho pig was carried home and is doing well. Poison in Hat-Sweat Bands- The dangers which lio concealed in our food and in our drink are not the only ones whioh threatens us moderns with ultimate extinction. Our wear ing apparel also shares in conveying the poison. Tho latest source of trou ble in the swept bands of our hats, as pointed out in the American Grocer, by Joseph F. Geisler, official chemist to the New York Mercantile Exohango and ohomist to tho New York Dairy Commission. It seems that the im mediate source of peril is the presence of lead compounds used as coloring matters. The chemist referred to found in his own case that bo was suf fering from severe aud peculiar head aches, but did know of tho presence of lead until the hat was accidently ex posed to an atmosphere containing sulphuretted hydrogen, when tho band became disoolored. White lead and litharge aro fre quently used in connection with boiled oil to give leather a high and glossy finish. While tho use of lead in tho sweat-bands of hats is nothing very recont it is a matter not generally known, and still less would its injur ious charaotor bo suspected. Some sweat-bands contain more of the lead compound thui others, and also in dif ferent combinations, rendering some more injurious than othors. While in some hats tho lead may bo sufficiently protected by an extra iimsh so as to render it under the circumstances physiologically inert, this is not always tho case. Tho principal ill cffecUi resulting from tho wearing of audi a hat would noticed during tho first fow wooks that tho hat is worn, and boforo tho sweat band is rooro or less protected by tho accumulation of grease from tho hair and prespiration. It is prob ably owing to tho fact that such sweat bands are worn with apparent impun ity in most cases, and that any ill ef fects in tho beginning aro possibly as signed to othor causes, aud their true sourco never suspected. Tho evil uf- teots aro tnereloro more readilv observ cd on wearing now hats. i ho publication ot this need not causo any undtio feeling of alarm, for hats with leaden Bweat-bands havo been worn for years, and aro daily worn without any complaint boing mado. It must bo boruo in mind, however, that any ill effects from tho source would seldom bo traced to tliolr truf causo when tho lattor is not under sua. nioion, and is, therefore, roadily over looked. Mr. Geisler confidently believes that close observation will show that tho injurious effects of leaden sweat-bands (usually ot a high metro ana patent leather appearance) and moro far reach ing than is generally supposed. Too use of lead compounds for tho above purpose aro at best unsanitary, and should bo prohibited. Horso Meat In Fatia. now tiik populaub oathkio m ani OA ltlltl;3 OPP AN lINI.UCKir CIIISVAL. I was told that a dead horso was not by any means a dead loss in 1'nrN. and 1 accepted this statement as thu only reasotiablo explanation 1 could discover of tho really destructive ciuolty with which ouo constantly sees these poor animals treated. I wu directed to shops whero vianilc tic cicval Is frank ly sold. I went to a restaurant whero I was assured that this delicacy would infallibly bo served up to inn for beef steak, and it was. But still I was mi- ablo to grasp tho idea of tho horse as an established faot in food a coveted articlo of diet until ono night when I had ocular proof of tho supplementary careor of usefulness upon whioh this faithful servant of man only enters when no has toiled his last weary courso over tho slippery pavements of tho capital of Europe. We had been wandering away from tho great thoroughfare. (If you aro in search ot characteristic glimpses of Parisian lifo you will do well to keep nway from tho Bois, tho great boulov- ards, and tho Lights, whuro tho tourist is suro to bo with you, nrmcd with his littlo red "Baedeker" and skipping briskly from point, to point, sipping in lorm ition lrom tlio culaloguo and Uio guide book.) Wo had turned off from tho line du Temple into n street so narrow that wo seemed to have dropped into t orack between tho tall, grim, smoke blackened old houses that loomed on either sido. This "crack" was endow ed with alleged sidewalks. They were about bttocn inches wido aud looked liko an indefinitely protracted doorstep, No mortal but tho thin man of a muse um could possibly walk on them. VVo eschewed them and trotted coutontedly through the middle or tho Btrcot with the rest ot the populace Tho small shops along tho way were alight and so were tho lamps, al though overhead the tops ot tho high houses and tno quaint, irregular roots, with their nicturcsnuo chimuev-pots. wero still flushed with a suusot light tho color of the pink anemones from Nice that wero piled up ou so many of tho flower barrows along tho boule vards. Wo passed tho venders of ?narrons rotis, who nppear to grow in tho angles of walls, bo surely do you find them established there, with their littlo smoking furnaces and bag of shining chestnuts. Wo glanced at tho stall of tho woman who stands all day frying potatoes to a warm, brown Crispins. At tho ovenlng hour sho has many customers, men, women and children. Wo stopped to watch them, but direct ly perceived that a littlo further along tho street quite a crowd had gathered, and wo hastened to add ourselves to tho multitude Reaching the edge of tho motley throng, wo climbed upon a bonch standing in front of a lavoir and look ed over the heads of tho people. After an, it, was only a poor horse dropped dead in his tracks no uncommon sight. I stepped down and turned to go, but Skotchem clutched my sleovo js i j uur.'i ,i t , , . . uuu cneu, an, i got oaCK into position and looked. Sovoral men wero tugging at tho beast ; dragging him on to a largo cart a sort of ani mal ambulance. Tho wagon he had lately drawn stood by, with empty harness. Presently thoy had him in place, on his back, with his hoofs kick ing at heaven. Then a sturdy, red-cheeked, black- eyed follow, picturesquo in tho lamp light and tho blaze of a torch fixed at tho tail of the cart, appeared on tho scene. A brown woollen cap was pushed far back on his head, tho sleeves of his blno blouso wero rolled to his shoulders. Ho jumped upon the gray caroass and stood grasping ono of tho stiffening legs. Ho smiled at the eager-looking crowd, and his whito teeth shone in tho torch-glare. I caught also the gleam of a lon& blight knifo in his hand. Ho fell into a sort of nu address-over-Cfesar's-body attitude. "Is ho going to deliver an oration on tho virtues and vicissitudes of tho defunct beast, or ia ho about to hold a clinic in the street !" I turned with a smilo and this Ques tion to Skctohem, who was too busy with penoil and paper to heed me, and I felt tho smilo withering on my lips as tho meaning of this extraordinary spectacle dawned upon mo. I had seen enough. I slipped down and sat on tho benoh as tho poopIo pressed-forward, literally clamoring to bo served from this impromptu butch er's shop with various cuts of viande de cheval. Undoubtedly tho creature had died from tho samo ultimato causo as did Jennie Wren in the nursery rhyme, but what disorders or disasters had led to this fatal condition none of tho eager purchasers of his still warm flesh seemed to fcol in tho least concerned about Juma Hayes Peuov in N. Y. World. Tobacco ia the White House. Mr Cleveland ia developing a lovo for cigars which has nlrqarly oaught tho attention of thu newspaper paia grapher. Thero is som thing about .tn : n.!.. it- .. i i.."t. . i4u iii buu uiiuu uuiibu mm in iy ami ingtou whioh poems to stimulate the coooothrs fumandi, although Mr. Hayes was not affected by it. But ho was proof against this and other "wanities." Tho tasto grows cultured, too, in tho Whito House atmosphore, acd Mr. Clevoland is said to havo discarded the "two for a quarter" variety for a muoh costlier articlo. Gen. Grant was able to gratify his loro for the weod at little or no tax upon his $50,000 a year. So many of his friends wero desirous of making hira presents and his fondness for cigars was so universally known that tho express companies wero kept buBy dolivering boxes of the choicest brands. I know of ono gilt to him of a box of 100 whioh cost tlio donor $1-15 so at least, tho lattor told me. I thought this was about tho highest price over paid for such goods, but tho gentleman assured mo that he had him self smoked cigars which had coBtSl.75 a piece. Ho bad done so accidentally howevor, for it was far from his dig. position to bo so extravagant. Tho gift to Gen, Grant oamo about in this way : My informant, a merchant of means, was about to visit the General in camp during tho closing days of tho war and thought a box of lino cigars would bo appreciated as a delica'.o courtesy. Accordingly, he called upon a cigar dealer near bis residonco and requested him to get the best box of cigars within reach. It was a timo when gold was over 200. and tho cus tom duties woro very heavy, Tho paekago was duly delivered to him in a day or two and with it a bill for Sl-15. Astonished ut tho prio he went to the cigar dealer, who said that tho bill was corroct. True Christian charity goes further down than tho heart It reaches tho pocket. Masses of Lurid Lava visit to tiii: ACTivn volcano in BONOltV. Tho Now York JfcraUVs correspond cut at El Paso tolegraphs that ho hai recently reltn ncd lrom tho scono thu only activo volcano in North America, 'ilio trni was one of extra ordinary hardship," accomplished in tho face of obstacles of which thu entire absence of any road, an and desert o over 100 miles across and tho blazing sun of a tropic zono wero conspicious features. Tho volcano lies twolvo miles from Bavispe in tho Stato of Sonora in tho oxtiumo Northwestern corner of tho Moxluan republic. A rough cstlmato will place tho dis tance from El Paso at 400 miles. Tho nigged and desolate nature of tho country; tho infrequency of its springs and tho almost deadly heat that exists thero nine months out ol the twelve has effeotually kept out tho American prospector, nlthough tho mountains aro iuii ot goiu ana oven tho hardy JUoxt can has largely left it to its primal soli tilde. Here and thero aro scattering villages, ot which JJavispe is a typo. Tlio town lies southwest of Casas Grandcs and is a heterogeneous colleo tion of ndobo shanties and "jackals,' nan under nnd halt abovo tho grouni and roofed with brush. It contains about 2,500 people Thoy aro so mis crably poor and livo in a condition of 1. !.. 1 M - i 1 , . . mien iiiufiicnu.iuio squaior anu perpet ual misery, that their lot compares un favorably with tho wandering coyote, ineir nearest neighbor. After n journey of eight days tho explorers reached tho vicinity of IJa vispc, but n little prior to this thoy had tho first intimation of oosmio disturb ance in the shape of a fluttering tremor ot tno earth, these shocks, which wero slight and undulating, increased in frcquenoy as thoy drew near tho town, until scarcely an hour elapsed without a repetition of thom. "Wo came in a sight of Bavispo at about 10 o clock in tho morning, says tho cor respondent, "and the first thing that met our sight was a huddled encamp ment oi several tiuudred peoplo on tho broad mesa that flanks tho town. Ba vispo itself may be spoken of in tho past tense it no longer exists. Ou tho 1st of May, just at tho gray of dawn, tho villagers wero awakened by a sickening shudder of tho earth, fol- lomed by a quick tremor that reduced half of the abodes of the place to ruins. Creeping out from tho wreck of their dwellings thoy sought safety on the luvei ground, whero a sort of encamp ment was lormcd, and thenco in timo tho entiro villago has migrated. Since that morning of desolation and terror thero has been no day unaccompanied by an earthquake. Sometimes it has been so violent aa to loosen masses of rock and open largo fissures in the mountain side, and sometimes it is an almost imperceptible vibration, but never has it entirely ceased, and tho superstitious Mexicans havo given themselves up to tho apathy of despair. uur appoarance, which in other tunas would have convulsed the villago with excitement, scarcely attracted at tention. A few half-naked men nnd haggard women straggled out of their touts of brush to meet us, but many merely glanced from their open door ways and made no sign. Many have gono toward tho south, but tho bulk of tho peoplo are too poor to undertake a journoy, which, without resources, means death, and so have camped with in sight of the wreck of their homes in muto and pathetic helplessness. Tho mortality which attended this disaster must have been great, but it was al most impossible to draw any of them into conversation ami quito so to ob tain any accurate information. Over twenty sunken places on tho Mesa marked recent graves and as many more dead are probably lying in tho luins. "From Bavispo wo had our first sight of our objeotivo point tho volcano. A pennant ot smoke trailed by tho wind irom a low, square-topped peak to tho southwest, defined its location, whilb a dull and muttering roar, almost mccs sant, told that the forces of naturo wero at work. Tho voloano lies about twelvo miles from tho site of tho tho town, but ovor such an extraordinarily broken tract of country that wo realized at onco that it would requiro a two day's journey to reach it, and pushed straight ahead, without delay. Tho phenomena which wo had observed at iSavispe in creased in vol u mo as we approached tho mountain. We followed tbo dry bed of a stream which at somo forgot ten period had worn a causeway through tho granite. It was broken by fissures of recont origin, running from north to south and in somo cases four or five feet broad and of unknown ilopth. Springing from ono of these. about four miles out, wo encountered a geyser rivalling any of those m tho XT-.! 1 TJ--1- t. . . l i iiuuuiiui i na, is uiu centre oi a circular basin, with sides of sand and mud, and about forty feet in diameter, At intervals of fifteen minutes an im mense stream of boiling water leaps up to a height of sixty feet. The Mexi cans say three other geysers exist in tho sounthwist, but wo were unable to investigate tho si atemt nt. When r.ur party came within lour or fivo miles of tho volcano we realized that it would bo impracticable to approach it in a direct lino. A river of lava, pouring iiuwii uiu minimum nine somo weeks .1 t. . -i- . ago, and not yet cool, barred tho way. So wo turnod to tho south and began i no ascent oi an adjacent peak to ob mm u new jium us Buyuriur eievauon "A spectacle of tremendous convul sion mot our view. Below us, at a dis tance ot throe-fourths ol a mile, was tho rcd-lippod mouth of a living volca no, ucretoioro no ono has approached within ono-fourth of that distanco. The crator forms a rudo oval, depress ed at tho noithern sido nnd rising in a series of ragged peaks at thu South. a. Biiung winu mowing nortuward favored our view, for it swept awav tho sraoko and steam of tho eruption aim ion too actual mouth comparative ly oloar. It is a lurid funnel, incessant ly changing in huo from tho inconcciv. able heat which must exist in its midst. Tho bottom was veiled by a blinding mist, but up tho sides played bright bands of crimson, varying into green and blue, with that incandescent shift ing of color that ono observes in whito hot steel. At intervals tho lambent tiurfaco quivered and an upheaval of fiery matter, or what seemed to bo Biich, gave tho crater tbo appearanoo of a lake of liquid ilame. During our first view ol it there was uo eruption in tho common acceptance of tho term, that is to say nothing was thrown out, but tho vabt oauldrou Foeiucd seething and boiling to its t dges. At tho far side, whero tho deposition existed, thero were plain evidencoj of a largo cap Icrmed Ly tho egrewj of tho lava. La'cr on wo wero enabled to trace tho oourso of this molten rivor. It hud poured straight downward over a steep declivity for about an eighth of a mile, where, checkod by a gulch of gigantio proportions, it had sworved to tho North in tho direction of tho mesa! on whlch was Bavispo. About two miles N in lli bflho crater tho stream stopped and spread itself over consider ablo area, whore it has cooled iii wild formation. Tho clovatlon on which wo stood wai separated from tho vol oanlo peak by a. chasm, yet thero was a continuous humming vibration of tho solid rook under our foot, nnd'tho air was filled with a grinding noise. Tho tablo land from which wo obtained our view sweeps eastward v. 1th a gcntlo ourvo and nt a diBlanoe of a milo wo found a favorablo camping plaoo. From there, ut about dusk on the sec ond day, wo had a fine view of a short but violent eruption. As our purposo was simply to obtain definilo assuranco that a voloano really did exist, wo mado preparations for our return on tho day following. Tho trip back to Bavispo was unaccompanied by special incident. 'lThn imrf.v frnm n Afnvtnn. ' " uuvl.l.ltVI IIUIII II.IiAlUIII prospector nani"d Alvaiez, who lived in (lin IT.,!).,,! C,. I t yearn, and speaks English fluently, an account of tho extraordinary changes tho convulsion has wrought in tho topo grapby of tho country. When ho went to Bavispo April last a ragged Rtilir nf tlin rnnrrn whinh nnur n,,n..nru extending Northward from tho crater vas not yisiuio, out nuiden by an elc- trees. On tho morning succeeding tho irsi iremcuuous snook ho was amazed to hnd the woods had disappeared and their nlaco tliM seel inn nf ilu i-o ,,., Tho placo intervening had becomo a depression across a portion of which 1 1 1 n i . wu nau piiaseu. mis accounted lor tho fissures and chasms which had so impeded our progress. For two days followillgthis unhnavnl tlin nlim-lra Ulnm violent nnd nrnntinnllv nrintiminita Baok of tho rango whioh so suddenly anu mysteriously mado its appearanoo ig another Rtilir nf A limit, t.fin ant nn heighth and dimensions, but not viaiblo irom uavispo. uunng ono ot tho most violent shocks this range was lifted up ward into plain view, tlio front of mm sinking and the two granite monsters sea swerving up and down a half doz en times. Tlin nennln nf tlin num l,o. lieved tho earth was about to over whelm them, and tho terror that ensued is easier imagined than nVunrihrnl n foro they could fly the Bhock was over. "Alvarez fixes the mortality at thirty eight, exclusive of thoso who been caught and buried in tho ruins, uuu it is u curious circuraHtnnco that somo davs Inter nnvprnl of symptoms identical with that of IT. ... ... BuiMiuKiiuss. ne stated mat at liacarac changes in tho formation of tho country wero reported to havo taken place to tho South, and that all through the in tervening territory old springs had dried up. new ones ntmnnrpn1 ami nnv. sere spurted forth. Without exception iuu wiuer was oouing hot. Mo assur ed us that tho geyser wo encountered was of more recent origin than tho others, and had only been spouting from eight to ten 1 anco was heralded by a orah that was audible at Bavispo. Hero seema to havo been tho centro of the recent ecismic disturbance, tho effects of which were distinctly lelt at El Paso aud as far West as San Dinrrn nnd iNrnrfli lr tho upper confined of California. "Tho party learned that the Yaqui River, which defines tho boundary bo tween Chihuahua nnd Si nora, tompor orily disappears near the coal Gelds of Onaga. a-i a result nf lli turbances. It docs not sink into boils of quicksand, as is frequently tho case with theso Mexican slmm li,,t it I said to flow direet'y into a deep rift uruKt-u hui-ohh us uea nunng tho earth auake. Tho noint nt. u-hini, it re appears is not exactly clear, but eighty or ninety miles to the South tho samo stream is sleepily oroeping towards tho Gulf of California and gives no sign of tho strange subterranean journey it mnlrno In ,ta '..--. -.1 Sabordinato. What a verv martini liml-ino- mm your husband is, Mrs. Ilobson," observ ed a caller. "I saw him in the p trade on the Fourth, and was quito struok with hia Boldierly apui aranco." "Ye," responded Mrs. Ilubson, "tho Colonel looks well in his uniform." "Is ho at home!" "No, baby was fretful, and T inhl him to givo her a turn around tho block in her carriage." Af. Y. Su?i. He sat on a log on tho bank-t nf nn Arkansaw creek, when a traveler cme along and saluted: "uood day. mister. Waiting for a rise!" "That's liibt what I am waitirxr for." was tho reply. "Got a flatboat up stream!" "No, Bir. I'm a government engi neer. Congress has appropriated $48, 000 to improve this river, and I'm waiting for a rise so I can find the stream. How long since you saw any thing of it!" Ipryt,AXtR pari fbf PALMS' BUSINESS COLLEGE ii ckitut ft, riibitipiu, Positions for Oraduates. Time required 3 to 4 moj. The Beat Equipped. Best Course of Btudjr. Boat Ev erything, Write fvr Cireultus, tobemaae. CutthUoutand returalo us. and wo will Bend y.ni rrco, Borao t hi kg ot great value and Importance to VOU. that will start vnil in tntslnrw-4 which Will blintr you In more mnnpv rttrhr. nwnv than anything elan in this world. Any one can do tho work and live at home. Either sex; allutftw. bomethlng new, that just colua money lor all worVers. We will start you; capital not needed. This Is one of the genuine. Important chances or a Uletlm e. Those who are ambitious and enterpris ing will not delay. Orana ouiat freo. Aldross, Txui Co., Auifuata Maine. dec3i-so,iy. 10 EHT A HANDSOME WEDDING. BIRTHDAY Ml HnimAV crfut mi LUBURG Combining a Parlor, Price ik7. - at our ivi.wVri3iV THE ani inn .- . " ' LUBURC MANF'C CO.. for Infante t Zd'dh,'!.0 WC" f "Pf"1 J I Castorta cures fiollo. ConxtlPiUoB I recommend It m superior to any praicripUoa I Smir Stomach. Marrhcea, Uructat in. knowutoina." tt A. AEoaxs, M. D I Wornu, trhw tJu.p, and promote U 1U 8 Oxford Bt, Brooklyn, H. Y. wuKiirlouj medleaUon, Tin Gurriun. Cowamt, 183 Fulton Street, H. T, KASKINE (THE'NEW QUININE.) Gives Good Appetite, Now Strength, Quiut Nerves, Happy Days, Swcot Sleep, A l'OWiMl'Tri TONIC that tlio most Ucllcal c Motnncli will benr. A SPECIFIC FOU MALARIA, KHIirMATISM, NIJUVOUS I'KOSTHATION, unJ nil dorm Dlm-.n i T1IK AlUST KCIKMTIKIC AMI KtVt'USSKUL 11L001) l'UlllI'IKll. Hiinerlor to tuilnlno. .... ?r:lit hi yp.iH I Ind duiab ofue intolerably, nlsnru inyseir ilr-art 11 btoij nt llrur-s. 1 never round n morticing wouh tlv bottle that held It, until I took Kasklno. That was a happy day tor mo. It gavo mo appnito iin-1 strtnutn. I can sleep like a top. I stand oy every word ot this. Thtn. Too:o, Hchiiylervllle, N. Y. lr. JohnO. Hcnrboroiwi. Mini, N, l'., writes: "Iirot malaria In the Moutticrn army, nnd ror a d07cn years aurrered rrutnlts ileblllistlniri-nrcta I was .terribly run down when 1 beard ot Knsklne, thu new IlUlnlne. It lielneil Inn nt. nnee. I uiilnM 8ft pounds. Havo hot lud such uood health In V) jenm. Sirs. Cnrolino Asten. Astern. N. Y.. savs- "Ijist winter I ran dow n no rapidly rrom malaria that I nuuin num. nttiij Hum; in my cnair. I nearu or Kasklne. tint new milntrirt l'dti? ir tlin-n H-wL-a T was well. It caused n KMicrnl getting up of my nature. I think but lor Kasklnn t minnM nnn tin dead. Letters rrom tho above iiersons, giving full do tails, will lie pent on application, Kasklno con betakeu without any special med ical adWco. 11.(0 per bottle. sold by .MOYEK lios., liloorasburir, I'a., or sent by malt on receipt ot price. TIIK KAMilMHO., t! Wntrcii St., New York Ic.UI.tdl) RAILROAD TIME TABZiB MM ELAWAKE, LACKAWANNA AND WKSTEltN 11A1LH0AD. BLOOMSBURG DIVISION. NOUTH. STATIONS. SOUTH, a.m. a.m. p.m. 0 10 9 15 2 05 0 1ft 9 20 2 10 6 20 9 26 2 15 IS 27 0 34 2 22 0 31 u 41 o nn P.m. p.m. a.m 00 12 80 8 M lli 26 8 43 12 22 8 40 13 1ft 8 8.1 12 08 8 37 12 03 8 23 II C8 8 IT 11 M 8 12 11 W 8 OS 11 47 8 08 11 47 8 0.1 11 43 7 E9 11 38 7 St 11 31 7 60 11 30 7 43 11 23 7 80 11 12 7 18 11 00 7 11 10 51 7 05 10 47 IS 10 41 6 51 10 31 6 50 10 31 6 42 10 27 8 36 10 21 80 10 IS 6 25 10 11 S OS 9 50 00 9 49 5 55 8 45 5 40 9 32 p.m. am. 3 30 , 8 C61, 8 il'. 8 18 . ..."-cranton..., ...licllovuo.... ..Taylorvlllo... i Lackawanna.. 8 10, 8 01, ..West rittston.' 0 40 9 47 2 36 .riitston. 7 M 1 ii 7 n Wyoming. . 0 45 9 53 2 41 0 49 tt Go 3 44 0 53 10 00 2 47 6 68 10 05 2 60 6 68 10 05 2 60 7 03 10 102 55 7 07 10 153 00 7 12 10 20 3 05 7 15 10 233 10 V 9.1 1 n . ft o-y ....Atauoy ...Uennetl., .. ..Kingston ... ..Kingston .... 7 4l 7 42,riymouih Juno 7 88 ....l'lymouth.... 1 31 Avondalo. . 7 so .. .Nantlcoko... 7 S3 Hunlock's Creek i ti 7 i2l..shlckshlnny.. 7 37 10 41S 89 7 00'. Hlclt's Ferry.. 7 50 11 11 3 62 6 54 ..Beach Haven.. I 7 57 11 P43 58 0471 uerwicK.,., 8 01 11 134 12 6 41 .Urlarcreok... 8 10 11 204 05 6 38'. .Willow OnHO., 8 14 11 23 4 16 6 31 ...LlmcMdgO... 8 18 11 29 4 20 0 27, Kspy 8 25 11 30 4 27 6 21'...llloom8buri;..,l 8 80 11 444 31 6 16 .... Hupert I 8 86 11 5114 40 6 11 Catawl'a Bridge 8 41 11 65 4 46 SMi. . Danville. .... 8 58 13 13 5 04 s 49 ....Chulabky.... 9 05 12 205 12 5 45!.... Cameron.... 9 08 12 255 17 5 82lNorthumborland 9 25 12 40 5 35 a.m. 1 'a.m. a.m. p.m Superintendent's otuce. scrnnton, Feb.lst,l82 Pennsylvania Railroad. w Philadelphia & Erie R. R. Divis ion, and Northorn Central Railway. Ml TIME TABIE. In effect May 29. 1887. Trains leave sunbury. EAHTWAKI), 9.4s n. ra., Foa Shoro Express (dally except Sunday), tor Ilarrlsbuig and Intermedlatnstatlons, arriving at l'hlladelptilft 3.15 y. m. : New York, 6.20 p.m.: Haltlmore. 3.10 D. m. : WaslUnirtin. 5.60 p. in.. connoL-tlnir at l'liflrjlplnhln far nil Hen. ouure injiiiis. inruuKu passenrer coacn to Philadelphia. l.M p. rn. Day express dally except Sunday),forliairlaBun; and Interme diate stations, arriving at. Philadelphia 6.50 p.m.: New Yoik. 9.35 d. in. : llaltunoro .45 p. in. ; Washington, 7.45 p. ra. l'arlor car through to Philadelphia and passenger coaches 1, ia p. in. iteiiiivo Aruommoaauon (daily Ing at Philadelphia 4.25 a. m. ;Nev- York7.iDa. m. 11 mil 1 immiu uua 1111 luiL-niiuiiiiLiH SLimnnR. nrriv Baltimore, 4.001.111.1 w&Kiungton 0 lift a. m. : Sleeping car accommodation.) can bo secured al days athrough sleef (ngcar will be run; on this train from WtUlamsntto Phltidelnhin-i-iiiinneinhia unrrisuunf ior 1 miuau Dr.iannn Mtw nrir. fin Nnn. passengers can remain I n sleeper undisturbed untl 2.60 a. in Erie Mall (dally except Monday, lcr Harrlyburg and Intermediate stations, ft, Ifflni. fit. PhlMilfllnhln S a m Van. Vn. t tw Ul. 11. So m. ; Haltlmore 8.15 a. m. ; Washington, 9.80 a.m. Through Pullman sleeping cars aro run on this train to Philadelphia, Haltlmore and Washing. lou, uuu luruuKu piueuger coacuea 10 rnuauoi phla and Haltlmore. WESTWARD. 6.10a. m Krln Mr.ll tlnlH- Mi-ont Runnnvi ri Krlo ard all Intermediate ntatlnnn nmi nnnnnni gua ard Intermediate stations, ltochester, Uuffa. loand Niagara Falls, with through milman Pal ace cars and passenger coaches to i:rlo and Roch ester. .53 Sows Express (dally except Sunday) for I fv-lr Tin win n in. In, npm a. lln, a ..., ....... b.-o. v., ,... ttiiiiiiMtutu BVUUUI1B. 12.52 p. m. Niagara Iivpress (dally except Sun i yjforKauo andlnterratdlatOBtatlona nnd Can- anialgua and principal Intermediate stations. ll'Thester. uurraio and Ni.itrnm piia through passenger coaches to Kane and Rochester and Parlor carto Wllllamsport. 5.30 p. m. Fast Lino (dallylexcept Sundayjror Re novo and Intermediate stations, and Elmlra, Wat kins and Intermediate stations, with through pas senger coaches to lienovo and Watklns. 9.20 a. ra. Sunday mall rorRonovo and Interme diate station- THROUGH TRAINS FOItSUNllURY FROM THE OADr AHll bUUTU. ounoay man leaves Philadelphia 4.30 a. m Harrlsburg 7,40 arriving at bunbury 9.20 a. m. with buiuugu Bicvinut, uur Hum miiaaeipnia to wit llamsport. News Express leaves Phlladelnhta sn n. m. Harrlaburg, 9.10 a. m. dally except Sunday arriving at Sunbury 9.53. a. m. nt.., ,.. Niagara Express leaves uiiauG.imin, i.iua.ui.; uuiiiujore 7.3U a. m. dally except Sunday arriving at Sunbury, 12.52 p. m.. with through l'arlor car rrom 1'hiinHf.tnhin and through passenger coacheB rrom PhUodel- yuiu uuu iiaiuuiurc. Fast Line leaves Now York 9.00 a. m. ; rhlladel Phla.11.50 a. m. : Washlnirton. n.ftn n. m .itntti more, 10.45 a. in., (dally except Sunday) arriving at uuuuu.j, i'. in., wiiu luruugu passenger coaches from Philadelphia and Haltlmore. juw .nan luaves ew orn M.uu p. rn. ; Philadel phia, 11.25 p. m. : Washington. 10.00 n. m. imm. moro, 11.20 p. m., (dally cicept.saturday) arriving -' ... t. "... uuu miuuuii 1 unman Sleeping cars from Philadelphia, Washington and Philadelphia. HUNHUIty, II.V.I.hTON A- WlI.ItKHII WIKI! nniiiniiAip rt.i, .WIvLII An WISNT ItlUM II lttil.WAV. (Dally except sun-jay.) Wllkesbarro Mall lcavoa Kunburv n.u q m arriving at Uioora Perry lu,4 a, m., w llkes-barre 13.15 p. in. Wllkes-ll.irro iocom. leaves Sunbury 2.51 11 ra. ar riving ntUloom Ferry. Ul; Wllkes-lUne, tf.uipm. Lxpress East leaves sunbury 5.S5 p. ru., arriving at Bloom Ferry 6.26 p. in., Wllkeb-barro 7.65 p. m bunbury Mall leaves V1 lkcsbarro 10.25 a. m. arrlv. Ingnt llloom Ferry li.Sl a. m.,Kunbury 12.15 p. ra Express West leat ea Wllkes-barre2.50 p. m., ar riving at Uloom Ferry 4.19 p. m.. bunbury Mup.m Catawlssa accom. leaves Ne&copeck 5:05 p m, ar. h UN 11 AY ON I V? P m Sunday mall leaves sunbury 9:35 a. m., arriving at Ulopm Ferry 10.10 a. m.. Wllkcs-Uarre 11:45 a.m. Sunday accommodation loaves Wllkea-Uarre 510 I'so 1 n,"'ub ulw terry, 0.39 p. m,, bunbury, C11AS. K. I'UOII, uen.Managor, J. 11. WOOD, (ien. Passenger Agent Idlmrr, fimokliiK, Itirllnlnu- or Iiir.11.1 OO w;d.HP-.bf,n.?j.tfiuiPi -n'PKiion - vnm or the itutld. "re. and Ketulled w wuuiuiruo momlon carriages, 145 N. 8th St.. Phn,i b - - - ,.Mvn.B ia. October S3 S6Syrs. and Children. win fl BKH I'ENNY 0001)3 A SPECIALTY. BOM AfllNTH ron Alexander Bros. & Go., WHOLESALE DKALKHS IN CIGARS, TOBACCO, CAWD7.E115, FRUITS AND' NUTS. SOLE AOKNIB KOll I1ENRT MAlLIiAEDS MOAN DIES. tfi'tr-sii nviiitv k!:k. BloomsburR, Fsi. K. P. ADAMS k CO., FINE CUT CHEWING TOBACCO Bolo agents ot tho fal lowing brands or cigars., HKNKY CLAY, LONDliEJ, NOI1MAI, INDIAN PlllNUESS, SAMSON, MIIA'KH ASH. PERRINE'S rUHH BAULKY 1)1 sTH.l.rn (rom select rd llarley Volt and gti irnuli cd to be cliorulf illy rurs niid lKprreinlnJuilousollsand cidsolun i;otityit..d in ,, .rutin m irHT rit i? ttpeclally adapted to m-iMins ieiililng n s Imu law g toiite t ou ,ut) l , bclni? greatly benentted by ltsiibc. Hi commended by leullm, rlmlclMis i uniiirt ? KeVvlne. Tnr.lc and Alterative. For t ertutnptlr t a ImiUlinulc 1H:,0 rum: iUhlky malt wiiiskhy insures a telumor viRor to tlio tun, n, UKtJ,V riipctlte. nilchand abundant blood nnd H-cifuti d IIckIi aim muteum ' 4uc. a HI nular t mild and gentlo In i iTccu l))f peprla, llHllgefctlon nrd nil w u,g M exreptlonat rowers ot endurance. Ak 1 ipur warm iliticglat or gtucr torlor la-lllllNir.SI'l'HKHAllLKY MALT WHISM.Y levies llioinerglc ortn:.nrn out Ith excessive bodily ormciilnleirort and acts cs n saregunia ogntn: t xpo,iiro lu wet and ilgorous weather, ltwlll drive all malarlt us dlwascs lioin llieKjfctfm. Hard worlerB or cery ocatlon and persons whom a sedentary Urn renders prone io Dyspepsia nnd In i-errtne'sruro llarley Sff?n:''.''ll'l'm'Mi Mali Whiskey a powerful InvigornntH Uio Bnalyslsns It appears by the l.nf and helper indigestion. rmililNH'H Hbel on ccr botlle! Iliavu cau-roliy arJ 1H UK 1IAHLKY MALT WHltdtKY gjlyzcd tlio 11ili JiAULKY .Malt MiiiB without unduly stimulating the kid- Cur.v made by it. & J. S rvrrlngandfitinl ii'js lnenases their ilagglng activity, g.t entlicly freo from fnitl oll.furfuroi D counteract tho errectB of ratlguo, has-Hmctals nnd nclds and Is absolute!)! tens convalescent e and lsn wliolesomoRpure." Siewd, Oitnlln rMur Slater, nnd piompt diuretic. Watch thu label 1 Atlmauate qr the UnlrertUles or Munich B fffi Kono genuine unless bcannginc fcigna-'iwimu riuuurit vure Forsaiooy an druggist and grocers throughout tho united States and can ad as. 37 NORTH FRONT ST 38 ECONOMY TTHJK PRACTICAL QUESTION OF THE MOUK. EVERY THING THAT IS NEW AND STYLISH FOR TIE U CAN BE BOUGHT CM1APIE THAI IY11. A Large and CLOTHING, JUST RECEIVED. ALSO A LAUGE AND SKLHCT LINK OF Call and be Convinced that you have the WEST Hfllf OF THE LATEST STYLE, BEST QUALITY, AND AT & ' The Lowest Possible Prices -AT THE IEooaaisIBsrg, Pa, DEALER IN WINES AND LIQUORS AND JOBBER IN CIGARS. BLOOMSBURG PA. f IIIST PREMIUU, tlrunil I-i lir JJe.lnI, 1'MrU, 1H7H. ArtyourOruccrfurlt. Win. Irf.T.loipcl,51(r, aa North Front btrwt. HllLAWiLl'llIA, I'A. lunl-so-iy.aprltc. WILKES-BAEHB City Btdsli Factory MANDfAOTUHEII OF ALL KINDS OF BRUSHES. No. 3 North Canal St., Near L. V. It. It. Depot, John H. Derby, PHOl'UIETOH.' irm call on ileule oekB. r-avu your onlera. foctl lv - - $25,000.00 IN GOLD! WILL HE PAID FOU ARBUCKLES' COFFEE WRAPPERS. 1 Premium, $1,000.00 2 Premiums, 6500.00 each 6 Premiums, 6290.00 " 25 Premiums, 8100,00 " 100 Premiums, 680,00 " 200 Premiums, 620,00 " 1,000 Premiums, 610,00 " For full particulars and dlreotloni tu Circu lar la CTtry pound ot AuvcilxC Cojrat marl.rly ANY (HUliiti von riisnvAL will bo SUPI'LlllDWlTH TIII) I.OAYKST as follows: OIJANOKS, I'KMONS, HANAIsAH, - 1CNGL1KII ' WALNUTS! CHKAM NUTS ALMONDS, ' 101 COIW HAIJ.S. riiALT WHISKEY. NORTH WATER ST., PHILA FOU SALE 11Y UltUaOISTS AMD ALL DEALERS. Jan 5m J Varied Stock of QW IT111N O. SnOllTUDOE-S ACADKJIV, Q flit YOUNG MEN AND HOYS, MEDIA. I'A. IS miles from Philadelphia. Fixed pilco covers every expcirae, even books, 4o. Noexlra cliaicia. Jso iDcldt-rital expenses. No examination tor ml-?t15aln- Twelvo experienced teachers, all men, and all graduates. Special oppormnlllca forapl btudeuts to advanco rapidly, bpeclal di 111 lor dull and hackward boys. Patrons or students may w ie.'ii?n'r,l;tu?lca or chooso the regular Kuillali, K-l-entinc, Uuslnesa, Claiilcal or civil KnKlneerlng i'P"?- students mted at Media Academy aio ?Ja Ilarrnrrl. Vale, Princeton and leu other colleges and polytechnic schools. 10 sludenls sent to college In I8k3, la-in isw, 10 In 18M, loin ISru. , SfduMlng class every searlu tlio eom f'al department. A Physical and Chemical Laooratory, (lyranaslum and Hall wound. 'M . u.lu ""rary in ibsu 1'liysicai apparatus fm,od ,n lsi?- MMla Uaa seven churches and a intoxicating drinks. Fornowr lllustinled clicuur Snoi tiV ToV"11.01?41 Bua I'rorrlctor. bWITlUN c. Working Classes Atteution. Wo aro now prepared to furnish all clashes vfllh f-uiployment at homo, tho wliolo ot the time, or 'I' iLeJr, eP' momenta Uuslneas new, light and P ontahle. l-ersonsot either bex eatlly earn Iron; ?.,.cnt8t.0,',t,u Vr evening, nnd a nronoillonul f.SP by ?eYot"iS all Uiclr timo to tlio Wines. Lois and girls earn nearly as much as men. 1 hat ail who bee this may bend their addicts, and icrt tho business, we make this onor. To such as aro nOt WOll b!LltRni!l Wn will nna rinllnrtn TlllV i?,r.ihe. tfoubloof writing, full particulars an in itf0? Address cuouuu Stinson & Co., Por rn CD g rcS Wm, E, Warner, Dealer in Surgical Justrumeata, Truaaes, if imi Uii COAL KXCIIANUU UUILDIKU, 0 apm-ems. Be,lAII0!'' V t.0TlV3J.ly