PROFESSIONAL CARDS, a u pmrz ATTORNEY-AT.L AW, . Office Front Room,;Ovor roatoffice. IlLOOMSUUllU, PA. T II. MAIZE , , ; ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office. Room No. - S,t iColumbiAn building. ; . BLOOAISBUIM. PA. jan.S0thlSS8,tL t- U.FUNK, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. BlooiissuroPa Offlco In Xnt's Building. J OHN M. OLAKK, ATTOltN E Y-AT-LAW -' AMD JUSTICE OP THE PEACE. i BLoonsBOna, Pi onice over Moyor Bros. Drug Store. W. MILLER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Oflloeln Brower'sbult'dlngjaecondfloor.room No.l Bloomsburg, Pa. r FRANK ZARR, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Bloomsburg, Pa. Office cornor ot contre ana Main Streets; Clark a Building. , - Can bo consulted In German. QEO. E.( ELWELL " ATTORNEY-AT-LAWi Bloombbdi:o, Pa. J nnin nn First floor, front room of Cot HulUUnc. Main Btreot, below Ex change Hotel. pAUL E. WIRT, Attornoy-at-Law. offlco in Columbian BntLDiNO, Tblrd Door. BLOOMSBURG, PA. TT V. WHITE, AT - OENBY-AT-LAW, B L 0 0 M S B U R 0 , PA. Offlco In -.towers' Building, Znd.floor. may 1-tf B KNORB. t" W1NTSKSTMH, KNORR & WINTERSTEEN, Attorneys-at-La-w. omoe lu lsl National Bank building, second 'floor. nrat door to tbe left. Comoro! Main and Market stroots Bloomsburg, Va. t ttyPetutont and Eouttiiee Collected. FP. BILLMEYEH, ' (lilSTJIIGT ATTORNEY.) " ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. iJiTOfllco over Bloomsburg, Pa. Dcntlcr'B Bboo Btore, upr-30.80. w II. RHAWN. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Catawlssa, Fa. omoo.oorner ot Third ana Main Btreem. jypOHAEL F. EYERLY, , Conveyancer, Collector of Claims. ' And LEGAL ADVICE IN TDK SETTLEMENT 07 ESTATES. SO. I Offlco In Dcntlcr'B UuUdlng wltb F. P. BUI meyer, . attorney-st-law, .front room 2nd . floor Bloomsburg. Par - tapr-9-8. D K. U0N01U A. 110BBINS. Office and residence. West First street. Blooms burg, ttUj f T- B. McKELVY, M. D.,Burgeon and'Phy .olelan.nortUBldoMaln atreet.below Market rR. i. 0. RUTTER, PHYSICIAN SBDKQEON, omce. North Market street, Bloomsburg, ra vm) wur m nu-.TlTCn Burecon and IjPhyalnlan. Offlce corner of Rock and Markot ESTABLISHED 1870. j- B. BROWN. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Offlco and resldenco on Third- street near Metho dist church. Diseases ot the eyo a speoiaity. J 0. REIFdNYDER, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. omce with Dr. WllUta In Mrs. Bnt'a bnlldlng EXCHANGE HOTEL, W. R. TDBBS, PROPRLETUK BL00MSBUE3.PA. OPPOSITB COURT HOUSE. Largo and convenient Bample rooms. Bath room hot and cold water) and all modern conveniences, T F. HARTMAN A RBFBX3XHTB TD 70L10WWO AMERICAN INBURACOMPANIES North American ot Phlladelpnfa.t "vt Franklin, "la i Pennsylvania, " " ' - A York, of Pennsylvania. Hanover, ot N. Y. Queens, of London. OBoo on Markot Strest, No. No 5, Bloomsburg; ooi. i- KSTACUSUED 1S65. HI. P. LUTZ ( Successor to Freos Brown) AGENT AND BUUH.KK Coupinies hephesented: Assets I jo.na wirA ina f'ft. . ftf TTflrtford... ft fl.B28.3s8.97 I Hartford ot Hartford ""Si!:??!!-?! Phoetlxof Hartford...... .... MJSS?' Bpringrield of Sprliigneld, j.ow.Doa U8 FlreHSOCiatlon, Philadelphia.,,,.. .5l,WJ Guardian of London - so.wa.smi Phmnlx, of London tJ,l4,HH.49 Lancashire of England(U. S. branch) 1,,195 oo Royal of England " " i.bm.wh.uu i rk. M" J.1- 1 41,ST9.Sa8 83 Lossesproraptiy adjusted and paid at this ofllce. piRE INSURANCE CHRISTIAN V. KNAPP, BLOOMSBURG, PA, HOME, OF N, X. MERCflANTS', OP NEWARK, N. J. CLINTON, N.Y, PEOPLES' N. Y. HKiniNO. PA. GERMAN AMERICANIN8. CO..NEWYOHK. n,irwMWlf;il INH. r.n. NKWYOliK. JERSEY CITY FIRE INS. CO., JERSEY CITY, N. J. These old cokfobationb are well seasoned by AffR nnn vtrk TutiTtii And have never vet had a l nan aAttiA.1 hv nnv cnurt of law. Their asseta are all invested In solid sucdbities are Uablototbe uaiara or rina oniy. Losses tkomptlt and hohxbtlt adjusted and rfiald as soon as determined by Cdkistiik r. KNirr, srscuL aueht amd adjusteb Blooiisbcko, ThnnAnniaof Columbia county should patron. lie the asencv where losses if any are settled and pall by one of ther own citizens. PROMPTNESS. EQUITY. FAIR DEALING, ry n. iioubk, DENTIST, Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pa All styles otworkdonelna superior manner.work warranted as representea. nnu jtact- id wituoct I'iif by the use oi oas, ana roe oi cnargewnenarunciaiveeia arelnsertod, Offlco In Barton's building, Main street, below Market, 11 vo doors below Klclm'e drug store, flrst floor. 7o be open at all Jiouri during the da NQT.a.ir Exchange Hotel, BENTON, PA. The underslgnfd baa leased this well-known .bouse, and Is prepared to accommcdate tbe public wltb all the conveniences of a mut-clats hotel. SltoajW 1IJ.VF1 lU'AKK, Proprietor, SUBSCRIBE FOR THE t'OLUWBIAN 3. E. EIiWELL. , . J KiBITTENBENDES, jr'pritori, J. R..SMITH&CO. LIMITED, MILTON, Pa., D.ALRP.8 IN PIANOS (fly the following well knowrtrnaker -l Chickerlng, . Knabe, Weber, Hallet ft- Davis. Can also furriiSlif anv of the cheaper malce atfnianufacturers ijnuca. xp noi'Duy a piano oe b'ro getting 6urpjlices. . 'W.o. Catalogue and Price Lists 1 On application. 6ept3-r8Ctf.; re'asy & Wells' BLOOMSBURG, PA. Wo keep on hand a largo and well as sorted stock of all kinds of lumber, Southern Yellow Pine Michigan Shingles, tyilliamsport Lath, Fencing", Flooring, &c. A. full stock of West. Branch Mouldings, Doors, Sash Blinds, Villdow r mu'MV and Door J rameS. Estimates and prices quoted cheerfully. Lumber delivered by wagon or rail Prices positively lowest in tlfe market. p , nprissm Business men wbo have tried it And It crcatlv to tlielr advantago to havo, Account Books mado to order, to Suit their special needa. Every kind ot Blank Book, with or witnout printed headings, Checfc Books and Kuled Blanks 1 make in the beet manner ac nonesi prices, uuexccuea iacimics ror Numbering, Eyleting, perforating, runcmng and stamping. eaDOclally Work for county a i borough, ofllces especially solicited. .Miscellaneous Book Binding ot the highest class. UD1 Estimates and particulars cnocrtully furnished. J. W. RAEDER, ' 7 and 9 Market St., WILKES-BARRE. sepie-lycfibro. ALBUMS, Scrap, pnoToaitArn, autoguapii and i ui iug and Book Store, Evans' Block. a jariro ana comnieie line j. u. A LL THE FINEST EXTRACTS COLOGNE V. sachets, Pomades, lla)r Dyes and Bay Rum nt. .T If lpw.r'ia llriiff. .nil llnnL' LfnrA Pvona, Block, opposite BpUcopal Church. ' ALL PROl'niETAltV AND PATENT MEDICINES at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book store, oppo- ttiuj ivpxacuyui yuurcu BOOKS, STATIONERY AND WALl, PAPER, A fine stock at Mercer's Drue and Book store. opposite episcopal uuurcn, iiioomsourg, ra. CASTILLE, TOILET AND MEDICATED SOAPS, a full line at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book Store, Upper Main meet. COMBS OF ALL KINDS, WELL SELECTED, AND at very low prices at J. 11. Jlercer's Drug and Book store, tblrd door'abovo Iron street; Blooms burg, Pa, - ? c: ONDENSED MILK, COXL'S, NELSON'S AND 1 Cooper's Gelatine. Tapioca. Saee. Arrow Hoot and all tho prepared foods for children and ln- vaitus ai juercer's urug ana iiook More, nrsi, aoor aDove uess' boot, ana snoe store, uioomgDurg, i'a. C1ANART, HEMP, RAPE, MILLET, MAW AND ; Mixed Seed for the birds, at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book Store, flrst door below Creasy'a uruccry ciure. ttiine writdjo PAPERS. BY BOX, LOOSE OR I i jn Tablet form, at J. II. Mercer's Drug and i imam, pwre, uiuuuiauurK, l a. H.TURSING BOTTLES. NIPPLES. RUBBER RJ'l 1 ties. Teething Rings and all requisites ut ibe Nursery that will contribute to the 0! ntBs, at j. u. Mercer's urugauu iiook moi doonj above Evans & Eyer's Clothing Store. (HYSICIANb' PRESCRIPTIONS AND FAMILY receipts carefully prepared at all hours Mercer's Drug and Book store, Bloomsburg, Pa. rpOILET AND INFANT POWDERS, ROUGE, I I Cosmetic and cold and silver Diamond Duat- at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book store, No 68 Main WALL PAPER-MANY KINDS AND MANY prices at Mercer's Druir and Book sine. uppubiie Apiacuptu uuurwu, uiuomuuu, ru. SAMPLE TREATMENT Tl-0o I 'aia.rrH Ucmallenoutm to con. rTes i vince. u. s, LiuiiKKBicn s to., its uroaa hl. Newarlc. N. .T.- mHre.h-m.rtr.. PAINLESS CKILDBIRTB f AvAj.iiri.iniiLi. iLVPrjf iajr inouii mow. Bond lUmp, IMKElt UKM.00 .Bos 104 ltutTo,N.V. O ERSIAN BLOOM, Sett Ccaplixioa Ba- m ttUr, Hklu Oars sad lilauUh Krtdlcator known Snd stamp tor trial paoLags,' AddrewiMsboT. novS5u.ccol7, PENNEY GOODS A SPECIALTY. LUMBER Alexander Bros. I Co,, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANDIES, FRUITS AND NUTS. BOLK 10IXT8 rOK P. V. ADAMS tc CO., FINE CUT CHEWING TOBACCO Sole agents of tbo fol lowing urauus ui Cigars. HENRY CLAY, LONDRES, NORMAL, INDIAN PRINCK8S, SAMSON, SILVER ASB. SOLE HENRY MAJLuLABDS EECANDiES: FRESH, EVERY VEEK. Bloomsburg, Pa. Have re'c6ived for tho Spring trade, Velvets, Body Brussel and Ingrains,bmyrna and Cocoa Rugs, Cocoa Mattings, and a nice line of Canton Mattings. Feb. 10, 1&S8, tins. BLOOMSBURG, JPA,, FRIDAY, MAT 18,188. . . 'I unhesitatingly add my testimony to tho great ben- " ofits to bo derived from Sim mons Liver Regulator. I was afflicted for several years with disordered liver, which resulted in a sovoro attack of Jaundice. I bad good medi cal attendance, but it failed to restoro mo to the enjoy ment of my former health. I then tried tho most re nowned physicians of Louis ville, ICy., but all to no pur pose, whereupon I was in duced to try Simmons Liver Regulator. I found immedi ate benefit from its use, and it ultimately restored mo to tho full enjoyment of health." A. II. Shirley, Richmond, Ky, . . ."I most cheerfully re commend it.to all who suffer from bilious attacks or any dieeaso caused by a disar ranged state of tho liver." . . ( . W. R. Burnarp, Kansas City, Mo. OTOWI ACME THE BEST BURNING OIL THAT CAN BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM. It elves a brilliant light. ft will not smoke the chimneys. It win not char the wick. ltbasa blghflre test. It win not explode. It Is pre-eminently a family safety OIL WE CHALLENGE OMPAEISON' With any other Illuminating oil mado. We Stake Our Reputtion, As reflnTS, upon tho statement that It 13 ' THE BEST OIL IN THE WORLD. Ask your dealer for CROWN ACME. niNTJl MM Trade for Bloomsburg and Vicinity Supplied by MOYER. BROS., Bloomsburg, Pa. sepj-ly. CLOTHING ! CLOTHING -:o:- G. W. BERTSCH, THE' MERCHANT TAILOR: Furnishing ood.;H&ts & Caps OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, SnitR mndo to order at sboit notice and afitalwavs cuafanteed or no sale, Call and examine the largest and best selected stock of goods ever shown in Columbia county., r BtorcHncxt' door to First National Bank, MAIN STREET, Bloomsburg; Pa. FOR STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS CAN. BE PUT ON BY ANY PEIISON. '' THOUSANDS OF BOLLS SOLD ANNUALLY, ' 1XJH BUILDINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. BEND IFOR NEW CIRCULAR, CONTAINING. PRICE LIST'ANP REFERENCES. AGENTS WANTED. M. EHRET, JR. & CO. SOLE MAIJUVACmmER9, 423 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA- aprll may i sept. ' $65 i A MONTH and BOARD for 8 bright oung men oriaaieam eucu uumny, m.iriJit. .AIY OKDER FOR FESTIVAL will bo SUPPLIED WITH TILE LOWEST i Market K::; as follows: ORANGES, LEMONS; bananas; PEANUTS, ENGLISH WALNUTS AGENTS FOR CREAM NUTS, ALMONDS, POP CORN BALLS. a largo stock of consisting in part of Brussels, Tapestry r " " ,,JTHE BUNOO GAME. 1 METHODS EXPLAINED nt CAPTAIN WILLIAMS, OK NEW YORK. It is hard to say whore the word "bunco" was born. Its flret apjlear nnoa to my knowlodgo was in tho early part of tho sovonties, when it was add ed to'tho list of such spotting words, so-called, as faro, keno, lolo and tbo like. At tho outlet ll was tho equiva lent of "confidence operation," but after a brief wbilo It beoatno limited to ex press thdso .transactions in wuioh a Bwindler Bccures money or valuables from a viotlm who willingly parts witn his ptoporty in tbo hope ot securing a pretended reward of ludicrously enor mous proportions. Tbo success of tho flrst "dteorct" and "haud-Bhakcr'' upon tbo ignorant nhd credulous brought milators into tho business. Ihese tried their hands upon mon whom tho original workers would never have ap proached and found to their surprise that education and knowledge of tile wi.rld did not protect their possessors. They continued in thir experimenting until, having lmricoed Charles Francis Adams, tho late Commodoro Garrison, Oscar Wilde, tbo distinguished apostle of (esthetic culture, and oilier mon oi prominence in various fields, thoy con cluded that every man was capable of being robbed in this manner, provided, of course, that tbo richt operator and right mode, of attack were employed, the bunco Men. Nearly all tho famous bunco men are well dressed, mild mannered, quiet speaking and companionable fellows, Many of them would be ornaments to parlor, and most would bo popular and thrivintr business men if their tal ents were honestly and properly ap plied. "Hungry Joe," who is now do ing servico for tbo State in Sing Sing, would pass muster in many of our club. "Kid Miller," until his last fracas, in which his face was seriouply diBfiKured, iniuht bo and probably has been mistaken tor it theological student, Harrv Ashton, who victimized Com modore Garrison, looks like a prosper ous Wall Btroct broker, and talks, as well as two-thirds of that fraternity. "Cigaretto Harry," or Harry Desmond. or Jienry Uressner, who is serving term in II19 milfalo I'cnitenliary, re sembles alawyer or a politician ot tho better type. Will llawiey cultivates literaturo in his leisure hours and shows considerable ability as 'a newspaper man. frequently when in bad luck or when desiious of getting a reference as to character, ho has worked for tho daily press, and always done creditable work, big Uess is a typioal young iicbrew salesman of the better class. "Easy Aichiu'' apts tho gilded youth who follow the anise bag at Rockaway and makes, it must bo admitted, a very clever imitation. "Sheeny Doc'' is tbo typical physician ot a, tew years stand ing, and it is said, did actually study .1 snoit time in some medical institution VARIETIES OF THE GAME. Like every other art, tho bunco of to day has innumerable variations. The comtnontst foim that comes to the notice of tho police is as follows : Mr. Smith, a well to-do farmer or trades man, comes to New Yoik from his native town, Smithville. Ho carries with him a well-filled wallet, which, being distrustful of hotel clerks and hotel safes, ho carries in aorao iuide pocket. Near tho Brooklyn bridge, the Central Park plaza, Madison or Union Square, he is accosted by a pleasant-mannered man who shakes his hand violently and says in tho most friendly fashion : "Bi own, dear boy, bow are you 1" Mr. Smith draws himself up and re plies : "You've mado a mistake, young man. I'm not Brown. My nainn is 1 Smith Enhrnini Smith of Smithville. Smith county, Pa." This is all the "hand shaker' wants tho man's namo and address. Fre quently, in fact, generally, thfso aro not given as fhort and pat as in tho interview described, frequently he half suspects the friendly stranger and a brii-f talk is needful to securo tbo desired information. Wheu it U given the accomplice joins the bunco man, who is not far away, and who has at this momert in his hand a small bank ers' directory, which contains a list of all the banks in tbe Union by Slates, the names of their president,! secretary, cashier and sometimes other informa tion. As tho accomplice reaches tho worker he says. "Pennsylvania. Smith vilh", Smith county," and togdher thev run down the entry. It usually rends as follows : Smitbvillo First National Jnbi . Jagg!, president i William A. Snow, secretary ; John I'orter, cashier. Sinitn county doun i'lggsnap, presi dent and Hi-crctary. Tbo bunco man trained to this work needs not to writo tboo entries down to remember them. He runs them over twice and, can recall thrm to tho letter nt any tinip'unt,il,tho job is oyer. MAKING ACQUAINTANCE. Ho approaches tho victim, who has moved leisurely along in the meantime, pleasantly bows as ho roaches him,' cougns stigntiy and says: "Why, good morning, Mr. Smith. It is a plcasuro to meet you in Now York. How are 'your folks and how is my unolo Jaboz Jaggs !" Ho may vary this according to his man. Ho may address him as 'Squire, Judge, Colonel, Major and Captain, lie is pretty certain to nso military titlu if upon Smith's person he has seen a Grand Array button badge, or other insignia. Ho may uso tho judicial titlu it ttio victim iooks as it no had over been a Justico of tho Penoe, Court Clerk, Constable or other oflioial For to all such the words 'Squiro and Judge bayo a strangely sweet and fascinating sound, It makes but liltlo differcuco, what words aro used. Those which aro employed are pleasantly put mid make Smith believe at tho outset that here is someone who knows him and hia and who is glad to see him in tho cri'at wilderness whero ho is already lonely and unhappy. Thero may bo some mistake, however. So, smil.ng at .his now-found acquaintance, ho slowly drawls out s "I reckon youVo got tbo best of me, my friend. 1 can t place you to savo my durned old oycsV Tho victory is half won. Tho bunco in a second has seen that tho man is clad to meet an acquaintance, and what Is more important, that ho does not suspe ct. Ho adds heartily : "Well I wouldn't bo surprised. 1 haven't been there now for three years, and tho last time I was I only stayed a week. I'm Cliarlio Jaggs, son of Ed-' ward, who 1 the brother of Jaboz, tho president ,pf your First Nntional Bank. I met you last talking ono day on somo 1 , i - tA . . t. loan or otuer unguium, iu onuw, uiu secretary. How aro all your folks V This nlnoty-iiine limes out ot a hun. drcd moro than satisfies Smith. In all probability ho has a slight acquaint anceship and ft profound awo for Jaggs, tho local millionaire. Snow ho knows better from having had slight financial operations with litni. As n rcshlt ho ls delighted ,nt being regarded in JNow lork as tbo friend ot n man wno nas ntimato relations with tho Treasury at Washington and tho Stock Exchange in Wall street. He unbosoms himself to tho. batikoi'fl nephow, and for a dreary.quartcr of an hour tolls tho in terminable talo of measles among his children, pip in tho chicken?, dry rot in (ho potatoes, bis daughter s engage ment to his neichbor s son,' and all the other details of bucolio life. THE Sl'JDER AND THE FLY. Tho next.step is to further impress Smith as well as to ploaso him. Tho bunco mail takes his, victim to tho bar of some first-class hotel, whero mer chants, politicians and prominent men congregate. A popular delusion is that it is a low saloon or dark groggety. It nover is, except by thrjjeast skillul "crooks." Up to the bar they- go. If Smith .uses intoxicants so much tho worec for him. As they stand near tbe cleaniinc crystal ahd silver tho banker's nephow points out tho celeb rities: Confidence onco gained, the operator begins the second act of tho drama. This is to tako his prey to tho place whero onO or more colleagues are awaiting his arrival, and where tho actual swindlo ii perpetrated. The scheme, employod in Uiu transaction varies infinitely. aomcttiiHS it is the Louisiana lottery, somotimcs a pol'107 shop ; it may bo tho wheel of fortune, keno, sweat, "green goods, ' dice, poker, euchre, cribbage, whist, roulette, rouge et noir, "rolling tho log," thrco card monte, thimble-rigging, "the envelope game, or heaven knows what not.- Ul tho men who aro swindled not more than ono' in fivo report their less to the police, and of these no two tell tho samo etory alike. Tho common est trick is for tho buncoist to givo hU colleagues m tho oflico a lottery ticket for which ho is supposed to have paid S25 and to receive $250 cash in return. Ho counts it methodically whilo tho victim sympathizes in delight at his friend's good fortune. Tho cashier announces . that tho special weekly drawing will be held in fifteen' minutes and that $500 will, in every probability, win $5,000 in good money. Trio stranger accepts or hesitates, uen erally he has only S200 or $300 about his person. I ho bunco man comes to his help. IIo will tako a half risk and divido tho profits. Tho interest bought, the drawing occurs, anil tbo selections wins nothing or a small sum IJut always comes within an ace of hitting tho capital prize. At this point tho victim "souri"," to uso, a- slang phrase, and otti 11 "squeals, ' to uso a'j other. Sometimes hn credulity is so great that ho coutiuues playing until baukrupt. If when ho perceives that ho is being robbed he shows tho white feather, be is either beaten or scared into a silent or hasty night, in any case. tho. victim is quickly disposed of, peaceably if possibly, forcibly if need ful. ETIQUETTE OF 11UNCO. It is opposed to the etiquette of bun co to rob a man by force It is also much moro severely punished by tho law. An action of this sort cost Hungry Joe his liberty and his prestige as tbo "first operator in tho land." Tho intended victim foolishly displayed a largo roll of bills in his hand to Joo and his partners after having refused to venture a penny upon any scheme. Joe, hungrier than usual, snatched tho money and ran away, committing rob bery instead of tho swindling ho had contemplated. Another odd teature of tho art is the aversion of tho bunco man to remain long in tbo same place, either "tbo oflico" whero he does business or tbo houso or rooms whero ho resides. It is not fiom fear of tho police, as all or nearly all the worthies aro known by face, name and record to tho force So constant are the changes that it would require a largo volttluo to keep 'heir record. It might bo supposed that tho police would have difficulty in ap prehending ono in cas o ho wero want ed for. seme offense. Tho verv opuo- site, bo-wever, is the fact. Thoy are gregarious in their habits. Nearly every ono knows of tho whereabouts of tho'rest and being aware of tho dif ficulty ot conviction tor buncoing has no Invitation iu giving infoimalion as to a friond pr a pal. .A second mode of placing them arises from lheir con vivial and social habits. They aro de barred lrom good hotels and decent bar rponw on'tho ono.pido and on tho other will not patronize low saloons and cheap groggeries. Thoy tlierofore frequent those upprting houses whsro a man's character has neither valuo nor meaning and whero, their company, on account of thtir extravagance and folly is warmly welcomed. Theo establish ments .are not many in number and aro nil laminar to tho police. VICTIMS OF OPIUM. A third method ot locating them is based on' their singular addiction to tho opium liablt. They aro tho best customers to tho opium joints aud. sinco these were prohibited by law, of tho private opium clubs which are ecu tored throughout tho city. Of the fivo or six hundred affairs of this class it is fair' to assumo that two-third aro maiio up of crooks. It U also fair to assumo that three-fourths ot all tho buuco.meu aro victims of the habit. Hungry Joo and, eapemauy two ansigniucant pouli denoo operators who havo boeh recog. nizod by detective Bergeants in such plabes times numborloss: Harry Ashton, the bnriis Harry Ashton, "Shceney i-ioo, doun raimor and low Martin spend twenty-four hours nt a stretch in "hitting tho pipe j" whilo Cigarette Harry, .Sam Goldstein, Philadelphia Harry, Jim MoViokar have been known to 10 off on a bunk forty-eight and oven soventy-two consecutive hours On this account tho suppression of tho publiO'joints increased detective labor. tt was raucu easier men to Bearon a few loints for an accuted than it is now to visit fifty sporting houses aud a hundred olubin. To tho queBtion that is so often put to tho police, "Why don't you suppress bunc6 and arrest nil btfnco men 1" tho only answer U tho question, uIIow can youdo'ilt" Thoy nro novcr disorder- y in thoir conduct, their victims sel dom complain, and when thoy do com plain usually rail through excitement to identify tho swindler. When an old provision of law is called into play and they nro nrrested as vagrants it certainly is ridiculous to accuso a man of being without visiblo means of sup port who is tho best dressed man in tho court room and who almost, in vnrinbly has moro monoy and inorp vnluablo jowelry about his porson than tho Judge of tho District Attorney, Tho truo remody would bo a statute, whereby any commence operator seon arguments, joining , win Dmig a uus pursuing his businGis who cannot satis- band to time liko a. sight of aomo of factorily proyo that ho is ,onggod in .tho lovo letters ho wrotot boforo mar legitimato business should bo adjiidgod riago." a professional criminal or thiof ' and, I took hor advice and have always lined or imprisoned, in tho discretion of the Magistrate. Until then tho I only thing that can bo dono is for, tho polico to uso their discretion and often club and dnvo theso thieves from pre cinct to precinct and in oycry wleo both interfere with their nefarious trado and call attention to their faces and characters. Exaggerations About Russian Cruelty, 1 had heard only a few days pre viously from an Englishman born in1 ltussia that tho worst of Russian crim inals were put down in ' quicksilver mines in. Siberia, where thev were speedily Ikilled by unhealthy fumes. ijiku many others, I at once believed the story, 4jut little thought I should one day. have the satisfaction of kick-1 ing tho bottom out 0f .1t, by proclaim ing, after crossing tho country myself, iuui, iuuru uru nu suuu miugs id aioenn 1 as quicksilver mines, and, challenging auy, oniLo bring proof that there ever had been. As an instance, however, of the. pertinacity with which a fa'so idea continues to spread, and be bo- licvcd, I may menliqn that after my 1 return 1 was speaking wnn tno editor of a leading Petersburg journal, who ati cu mo, that ,1 was quilo mistaken 111 supposiug that there wero.no quick-, silver mines iu Liberia. Upon my maintaining the contrary,, ho declared, 1 that he could bring me proof on tbe , spot, which accordingly ho left thq , room to do, but returned begging my ""b """ ."""J. vci iuiuu.1. iiiiuiuiciuin ui Mnioi luuiuuiy uuvu uei'u iuuuu, uu uuuui, I hero and there in Siberia, as at Koly- van: and a released political exile told mo that he heard, many miles distant, lint thero was a small quicksilver mine at Nertchinsk;but too pobr to' bo worth working WhOnj-however, 'HO was do ported to four places in succession' about Nertchinsk, bo heard 'ho'thing moro of tho said "quicksilver" minbj and neither he nor another released exilo who had worked there in tbe silver mines, and whom I questioned,'. perceived, they said,- any .objectionable "iumei." Another-point on which false infor uiation has been spread relates to, the manner prisoners wear their chains, which some, like the; author ,of "Called liack, would havo us believe, is under tneir trousers, jiut this is. purely trousers. Jiut this is. purely a hoax. I have in my possession pairs of Kussiau handcutts and leg chains, and a prison suit which I obtained in Siberia, whero also I saw scores, not to say hundreds, of leg chains. The last consist eaolnof two rings, to bo riveted round tho anklos, and attached, by a chain thiity inches long, which, for convenience in walking,, is suspended in tho middlo by a strip of leather lrom tho wait-t. lsetween the rings and tho prisonei's Bkin thero is worn, first, a coarse woolen stocking, and over that a piece of thick linen cloth; then come tho trousers, over which is bound round tho shin a leather gaiter. How, then, conld theso chains be, worn under the trousers? Tho chains in my possession weigh fivo and a quarter pound", tho handcuffs two; "but of theso latter I should observe that in going across aioena and through us prisons t saw onlv ono man manacled, and he a desperado, who, to tho crimo for which ho was judged, added that of murder in tha prison. Dr. Henry Lansdkll, in Uarjier's Magazine for May. The Tramp and the Lucrative Tnrkey. From tbe Melborno Ago, A lean mid hungry-looking man was roaming round Walgert (N. S. W.)Iast Sunday morning, and wondering whero ho was likelv to tind a dinner, when suddenly ho observed a lutkov hanging under a hotel verandah, and gently disengaging it he lied down tho street. Ho sold it at tho noxt hotel and the landlord hung it under tho vcrnudah. then ho soltly annexed it again and ran around to a boarding louse, wnero tue landlady bought it after somo haggling and hung it under her verandah, It was gono five min utes later, but it turned, up again in a public house at some distance, where llio lnndloid paid for it, and remaik- ing, tiat it was a 'Tome burr-r-d ontoir- cly, attached it to a hook in tho wash houso, Tho-vender fished it out again by means of a long polo with a nail at tho end, and retailed it to a simple minded man who proudly deposited it on a plate in tho sink. A Quarter of an hour later thero was nothing there but the plate. A storekeeper specu lated in tho forl shortly afterwards, and planted it on a high, shelf, aud whon ha wont toMook for it his ro marks woro of au impassioned and lof ty character and then tbo trader made a bco.uno for his starting point, and hung tbo turkey in its old placo uuder tbo original verandah, the owner, who was out hunting for his lost bird, met him as he was coming away, and wrathfully threatened to givo hira into custody, but on his fowl being pointed out to bun he apologisod abjeotly, and gavo tho traduced stranger 5o to say nothing about it. Thero was much wrath, however, in Walgott that day, and mauy citizens who had bought a turkey found themselves reduced to dining on cold ham. Tramp (recognizing a friond): "Is that yersolf, Tooloy! An' what nro ye doin' iu that hole?" Friend; "Don't say a wurnjd, 'tisafinejob-I h&yoi'.tho ieiy tuni runs too summer- notor below hero pays mo fivo dollars a week to live hero, and ho oalls mo 'The Hermit of Scrub Oak Hill.' Tho boorders come nt) hero bo tho drzen to Ink at me, and it's good cigars; I'm smokln' tho wholo day long," r THE COLUMBIAN, VOI. XXII.NOBO COLUMBIA DKMOOHAT, VOI Lit, NO 8 UOWSEB'S LOVE LETTEKS, HIS WIl'K PRODUCES THEM AT THE RIOllT MOMENT ANL' MAKES HIM CQUIRMr "My dear child," said an old ,aunt of mine tho day I wni .marriod, "have you got all your husband slovo letters!" "Of ooaTse.' "And now that you arc married, you will probably burn 'cm." "1 hat s liut what I was going to do.' ",ve!l, don't. . licop em to tbo long est day yoti live." 'Jiutwhyr' "Beoause they will bo stronger woa- pons than all your tears, pleadings or ecn giau 1 uta. un several occasions havo used Ihem to bring Mr. Bowser do - n ott bis high horso, and tho tact that thoy bother his peace of mind is proved by the fact that bo hns several times hunted tho bonso over in my ab sence in hopes to lay .hands on llicni. bometbinir went wrong nt tho olhco the other day and ho oamo homo can tankerous. Ho held in until bo got to tho supper table, and then broke out with: "Got any namo for theso things hero?'' "Yos, dear. Thoy aro' called bis cuit." , " Well tho' man who calls 'era fit to eat ohght to ba shot 1 - Mrs. Bowser, why is it I can never cot anvtbinc decent to eat in my own house?" "Why, Mr. liowserl No one could take moro pains than wo do. In order .that tho biscuit might be extra good I wuut out ana mauo mem my son. MHuraphl" "Thero .was a time, Mr. Bowser, when you raved over my cooking." ".woveri 1 knew.lrom tho day l- set eyts on yon wadinn aoross a mud pud dlo that you ,conld never cook You .can sing very well; as well as somo bad actresses but yon can't cook." "And if Ii will prove that you once. hungorea for my oooking you will '!l will give you fifty dollars cash hand.- j,i After supper I ,went up-stairs and brought down several letters. Mr. Bowser had got his nose' fnto,a maga- zmo ana wanted tne matter dropped, 0ut 1 read to him tbe lollowing ,ox- tracts! .iAnri T thniirrht. rlarllno-. w'hiW oat. : .w niaht. hn nrnnrt T i,Anf,l f,r. Auor'-onnp HUini'nna rwit wilcn wo had a borne of our own. The thought of those biscuits alone .makes, me hungry, liood bye, my pet. "Who wrote 'thatt" sternly demand ed Mr. Bowser. "You did." '"When?" "Throo months before our marriage." "Ncverl" "But hero's" tho letter dated and signed." "It is a base forgery,- and tho forger must bowaro! How could J have prais- e(j vour oookiogr ""You also" u-ied to praise my singing, jr Bowser " '(Never!" ".Ohj.but you did. Lot mo read: "And, prqeious pet, of .mine, let me again thank you, lor that boautmu song, "Tho Lover's Farewell!" and the exquisite manner in wbicb you render ed, it. It drew tears ifrom my eves, and I was not ashamed of them. You have one of the purest, clearest voices I ever heard". "Who wrote' that?" he gasped. "You did." "Mrs. Bowsor don't carry this thing too far! lhero is a limit beyond which you muat not go!1' "Well, horo it n, in your own writ ing and over your own signature. Once in awlrlo you fling out a hint that 1 am very dull. -There was a tirao whon you thought diitorcnt. "Ijook out, Mrs. liowserl" "Yes, you did! You oyen thought me tho smarter of tho two.' "W-what! Am I awake or dream ing!" "Wide awake, Mr. liowser. i,otmo read you an oxtract froai this exhibit marked 'A : "I don't see why you should go back to Vassar. Pew young ladies aro more accomplished or better edu cated. All your friends, myself includ ed, give in to you on the matter of grammar in particular. Hope to see you as usual next Sunday, my dear littlo honoysuokle." Mc. liowser Bat and looked at me liko one terrified. "And, sir, you often fling out about the size of my feet. I admit that ihpy nre as largo again as I should have or dered from a dealer, although I wear No. 3's with a great deal of comfort. Let mo say, however, that your mother wears o s, your three sisters 5 s and the two girls you kept company with be fore wo' met wear full-size 6's with broad toes." "Mrs. Bowser, do you suppose I will stand such insults in my own house! he shouted as he sprang up. "Are facts and troths insults? I have beeu reading from your letters." "Nover! Never! If 1 over wrote such stuff I was crazy!'' "lint hero is iyour sienatnro. You remember 'you used to want mo tOBign my letters "Rose-bud," and you signed yours "Uak i.eaf. "I never did! No power on earth can convince mo that 1 was such a fool as that!" "Well, perhaps you will remember this eentenco. You wrote it a few months beforo our marriago. Listen: "Oh, my Rosebud, but tho heart of Oak Leaf was made a thousand times ightor bv tbo receipt ot your loving lnoto yesterday. If thoso delicious littlo missives should ceaso coming I should pitio and die." "And you claim I wrote tbaM" ho asked in a 6trango voice. 'ui course, ion can t go back on your own writing, can you?'1 "You assert that thoso are my letters, do youT "Certainly." "And that I called you fond names and wanted to die tor vour "That's about tho bizq of it, Mr. Bowser. You wrote mo sovcral times that you were as muoh my slavo as if I had bought you. I think you would have jumped into a well any time I asked you. Mr. Bowser put on his overcoat and hat, drew ou his gloves, nnd then kis sed the baby and Bald: "Good-bye, darlingl if you never boo popa. again ri.nicniber that ho loved i vou." Ho wnit oft without so much m a look nt me, but about midnight caino homo very softly and crept into bed, and tho next day went on his usual hrint after that pilo of lovo lultf rs Detroit Free J'res. Tho Surgeon's Joke, Somo men aro ablo to joko In llio midst of most fearful oircumstanors. Colonel Bell, an English soldier, telU tho following story of nn incidont which, ho says, ooourcd during a' battlo of Ihn Peninsular War. When tho battlo began tho surgeon of a certain regiment wag in his propor place, at tho rear of tho men. He had deposited his instruments under a trco and crept along in tho rear of llio troops until ho saw the mon begining to fall. Then ho ran back ns fast as lio could to bring up his mulo and ap paratus. Doctors woro at that tinio cOckrd hats and feathers, and wero not to be easily distinguished, at a distance, .from the general staff. As ho went at lull speed niong ono sido of a hedgo ft general officer, with his aido-de-carap, camo galloping up tho other way. "There's an officer running away," cried tlio former. "Stop liimj hallo, sir, where are you goingl" No answer. Both officers whcclod their horses. 'Stop, sir," criod tho surperior ono, "Givo an account of yourself and your namo." "No, no," shouted tho doctor.' "I'm off; seen plenty of fighting for ono dav." Tho officer was furious and pushed on alter tho lugitive, top sun renco still between them. "Givo your name, sir." "Oh, never mindiny naracjevcrvbody knows me. Look out for yourself. Your life's not worth a penny. Go to the front and ho killed, if VOU like. Everybody's being killed there but mo'.'" speaking over his shoulders and run- 11111. UKU tUU WII1U. Oil ho went until ho reached his ap paratus, whicli he proceeded to load upon tho mnlo and ordered hie' assist ant ,to move with it to tho' front., Then ho dashed back in tho direction from whioh ho had come and the offi cers realized that thoy had been sold. Another Great Eaft- James Leary, tho owner of the f.v raons log raft that went to pieces some; timorigo, is busy npon another ono -of oven greater magnitude than tho first, which was so nnfortunatc. The pre sent intention is to build not oxpctly si raft, but more properly a gigantic, solid ship, composed of logs bound to gether by chains and spikes,- bat in tho shape of a manageable vessel. Tho huge affair is now in course of construction at Finger Board, on tho Bay of Fuoday, and will not be ready for launching until late in Juno' or early lfi July, the poriod of highest tides in that .vicinity. Tho huge log ship will bo 700 tfot long, 140 teet longer than tho other raft, and will havo' six lofty masts, square rigged, like'those of a ship, and carrying sail, which will bo used as an auxiliary power to tho tow boat. In the mass 30,000 logs will bo' included and tho cost of tho whole is estimated at from 55,000 to SdO.000. South American Mosquitoes Somo ludicrous stories aro told about adventures with tho mosquitoes. I havo boen solemnly assured that very ften when they havo attacked a boat anl dr'ven its oaptiin and ciow below, thoy have broken tbo windows of tbo cabin by plunging in swarms, against them, and have attempted to burst in doors. Although this may bo some thing of anioxiggeration, it is never theless true that frequently horses and cattle, after tho most frightful sulter ings, havo died from morquito-bites on board tho vessels. Not long ago a hird of valuablo cattle were being ta ken from tho United States to a ranch upon the Magdelena River, and be came so desprate under tho attacks of the mosquitoes that they broko from their stalls, lumped into tho water, anil all were drowned. Eassengers intend ing to make tho voyago usually pro vide themselves with protection in tho shape of mofqnito-bafs, bead. nets and thick gloves, and when on deck nio. compelled to tie their sleeves arouml their wrists ane thoir pintaloons around their ankles. Vm. Jilroy,in The American Magazine for May. An Actor Dies Oa The Stage. (Nogales Despatcb toSan Francisco Examiner. A singular and dramatio death cc- cured a few evenings t-iuco in tho littlo town of Arandas, Mexico, during tho presentation of a drama entith d "Dos- puos de la Mucrte ' or " Alter ueatn.' During the second act, and a few min utes boforo one of tho actprs was to feign death, Aracloto Ccntreras leilto the'floor of tho stage, exclaiming "Idie! I die!' --the exact w ords ho was,to uso later on. The balanco of the com pany, believing he had anticipated his part, called to him to keep quiet, as it was not yet tnno to teign death, as ho made no reply, thoy lifted him up and made the startling ilisrovory that ho was dead. When this fact was an nounced intonso excitement prevailed in tbo audience, and people rushed from tho placo pell-moll, tramping over each other in their efforts to roach tbe streot. The Distance Covered by a Waltz. (From America.) Tlr. Edward Scott, in bis "Dancing and Dancers," makes the loilowirg es timates of tbo distanco actually waltz. ed ovr in an evening by a lello of the ballroom; "Do you, 'my fair and fragile reader, think you would go six times round a mr d-rato-sizod ballroom, say, making a circuit of eighty yards during a waltz? Yes; at lea9t, even allowing for rest. That, then, is -ISO ynrds, if you went in a line. But you aro turning nearly all tho time, say on an average, onco in each yatd of on ward progress, and tho circumference of a circle is rather more than throe times its diameter, which will bring ea'h waltz to oyer lliree-quaUcrs of a milo, or, at least, fourteen miles for the eightoen-waltzes. Size of the Human Heart. From tbe London Standard. Tho masculine heart weighs moro and is larger Ihau that poi-sessed by the fair Bex. A hoart, it would ap pear, glows raoBt quickly during tho first and second years ot life, aud be tween tbo second and seventh years is doublo in size. Until after tbo fifteenth birthday tho heart tlill grows a little, In childhoed tho male and fe male heart are tho same Hze; but after manhood tho masculine he ait developed much moio than the female, nd ei:ds by being two square iuthes larger than the latter, One iu a faint should bo laid fiat ru his buck; then loot u his clothes and let him alone.
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