rrotmioHi cafds,
u Fittrz
ATTOIINICY-AT-LAW,
Omen Front Uoorn, Over Postofflco.
n loomhuuhu, pa.
T It. MAIZE
" ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
OKHqK. ltoora No. 8, Columbian
building.
. HLOOMSIIUIUI, PA.
Jan. totb ib8, tt
TW- U. FUNK,
ATTOIINHT-AT-LAW.
ULOOIfSltTBO, PA
omen in Knt'a llullfllDff.
J OIIN AI. CLAHIC,
AT TOUNEV-AT-LAW
AND
.ItJsTICR OF THE TEAUE.
ULOOUaBOKO, l'i
Ontca over Moyer Bros. Drugstore.
p W.MILLER,
, attoiinkv-at-lAw,
oracola Urower's bulldlng,second floor.room No.l
Bloomsburg, l'a.
f FRANK ZAKR,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Office corner ot Centro and Main Streets. Clark s
winding.
Can be consulted In German.
QEO. E. ELWELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Bloombbdko, Pa.
Ofllcc on second floor, third room ot Col
dmman llulldini, Muln struct, below Ex
change Hotel.
AUL E. WIRT,
Attornoy-at-Law.
Ulllce In Columbian Building, Third Moor.
BLOOMSnURQ, PA.
Jj v, WHITE,
ATTORNE Y-AT- L AW,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
OtHco in i owers' Building, Snd.lloor.
may 1-tf
fl, IH0KR., , If B. WIHTIBSTIIN.
KNOKR WINTERSTEEN,
o lies In 1st National Bank building, second floor,
drat door to tliolott. Corner ot Main and Market
B'.roets Bloomsburg, l'a.
X&Pe-Hsiont and Bounties Colkettd.
P. BILLMEYER,
.DISTRICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
3Ofllco over
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Dcntlcr's shoo store,
apr-:i0.8B.
w
H. RIIAWN.
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW.
Catawlsta, l'a.
ornoo.corner ot TMrd and Main streets
jyjICIIAEL F. EYERLY,
Conveyancer, Collector of Claims.
, AND
LEGAL ADVICE IN THE. SKTTLBMKNT OK
ESTATES, 4a
I-office in Dcntlcr's building with F. P. BUI
mevcr. attorney-at-law, front looms, and rioor
lllooinsburg, Pa. tapr-s-sa.
I yt IlONOltA A. ItOlllUNS.
omce and residence, West First street, Blooms
burg, l'a. bo 'J-
T 11. MrKELVY. M. D..8urgeon and Phj
I .sioian.nortbstdollaln Btreet,bolow Market
rK. J. C. BUTTER,
PnYSICIANHBKQKON, .
Offlco, North Market street,
Bloomsburg, Pi.
riii.
WM.
M. REBER Burgeon and
r Physician,
Offlce corner ot Hock and Market
trcet.
ESTA11LIS1IED 1870.
J J. BROWN.
P1TYSICIAN AND BURGEON.
onice and residence on Third street near Metho
dist church. Diseases otthe eye a specialty,
EXCHANGE HOTEL
W. R. TDBBS. PROPRIETOR
BLOOJiSBUEO.PA.
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.
Largo and convenient samplo rooms. Bath room)
Hot atd cold water; and all modern conveniences,
r F. UARTMAH
BiralSIHTB THl rOLLOWIKO
AMERICAN INBURANCECOMPANIEH
N irtta American of Philadelphia,
Franklin, " "
I'mnsylvanla, " "
York, ot Pennsylvania.
uanover, 01 . x.
u ieens. ot London.
North British, ot London.
Otnco on Maricot streut, No. i, Bloomsburg.
oot. (4. I-
msburg Fire andLifelns. Ageficy.
KSTABL1SIIED ISta.
ill. P. LUTZ
(Successor to Freas Brown)
AOKNT AND llltOKKIt
co'Awit itkrBssiNTin:
Asset b
Stna Fire Ins. Co.. ot Hartford,.. $ ,58,3s8.ai
Hartford ot Hartford , 6,m.w)suir
I-hocnlxof Hartford ,T!8 -mis
sprlogneld of sptlnglleld. s,ow,o3.
Mro Association, I'hlladclphla 4,si8,rsiS
(luardtan of London so,M)8,;21il
I'hconlx, ot London 8,921,SW.4S
LancasUlroof England(l). a branch) l,64J,ll,oo
ItoyalolKfigland " ' 4,853,1M.OO
jautual Benefit Life Ins. Co. of New.
,arK,.JW 41.SI9.W8 83
Lobscs promptly adjusted and paid at this onice.
CURE INSURANT K
JuttHIBTIAN Y. KNArP, BLOOMBBUIWiPA,
IIOMK, OP N. Y.
MKHcftANTS. OP NKWAHK, N. J.
CLINTON, N. Y.
m.I'KOl'LKS'N. Y.
tfjMUBADINU, I'A. , ....,....
(IKltM AN AMKItlOAN IN& PO..NEW Y01IK.
miEKNWIOll lNS.t:0.,NKWV01tK.
JK11SKY CITY FIKK INS. CO., JEHSK1
'rueaOoU)' coaroRATiOHa aio well seasoned b
r,on,iiiHTisTiianil have neter yet bad a
loss Bettled by any court of law. Their assets are
alllnvestodlnsoMD gucuaiTita aro Uablolothe
hazard of riKK only. . ,
Lossos rKOMrrLY and nosFSTi.r adjusted and
oald aa soon as determined by cuaiaruN v.
kmrr, sricuL aoxmt ano Abjustib Bloomsbdru,
Tli people ot Columbia county should patron
lia the. agency whore losses If any are nettled and
pal 1 by one of tner own oliueus.
tSH'OMrTNHSS. KOU1TY, PAIlt UKAUNO.
ijxr a. uouse,
DENTIST,
lViooitsBUito, Columbia Cointy, Pa
all atjrlei ot work done In a superior mannor.work
warranted as represenied. Tisth Kxtravt-
to wiruoor Fain by tho use ot uas, ana
freeot ohargeAbonartinclMteolb
Aralnaertcd. 1
rininnin iinrtnii'ii t ui 1 1 it 1 n it . Main street,
below llarkot. tlvo doors below Klclm'fl
druir store, first lloor.
Jo be open at all houri during the da
Exchange Hotel,
llENJON, I'A.
The undersigned has leased this well-known
liouBe, andls prepared to accommodate the pubUo
with all the conveniences ot a niBt-clasahoteL
tin ami UMl N- W ABK. I'roprlttor.
,1.7. uvt.fi,M..l llUruUh Era,
btnl iwuii tut (tll iiclioi, AdrM m toon.
GET YOUR JOB PRINTING
' DONE at the
NLESS CKILDBIRTH
Bit IlKHjVOO JIoi JO BrHI.BJ.Y.
JK 'BlrTENBiuDEB. "Jrilori.
kl Hun! Men I!
D S flDRjjS $ CO.
llKAIIQUAItTKItS t'Olt
Slcinwsiy,
&OllllBB
Krsuiicli &llucli
Fischer,
Emerson,
Pease
AND TUB CF.f.F.URATKD
Wilcox & White Organs.
HTPlanna uncl nml Renalrcil liv com.
potent workmen.
Semi for Catalogues.
21 WEST THIRD ST.,
Willianmport, Pa.
novii.trr-iy.
M. C. SLOAli & BRQ.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Manufacturers ot
CARRIAGES BUDDIES. PHAETONS.
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS &C
First-class work always on hand.
REPAIRING NBA U, Y D ONK.
Pricet reduced to tuil the timet.
Business men who have tried It And It crentlv
to their advantage to havo Account Hooks made
to orucr, to suit tneir special noeaa. Every sina
ui iiiauK iiuok, wuu nr wiuiouiprinieu ucuuiiigii,
Check Hooks and Ruled Blanks I make In the best
manner at honest prices.
Unexcelled facilities for
Numbering, Kylclfng, Perforating, ppnchlnl
stamping. Work tor county and burotigu.i
capcclally solicited. Miscellaneous Hook 111
punching. anu
Miscellaneous Hook Binding
M taMiii iikirntlnes buntilled.
ot the highest class.
Estimates and particulars cheerfully furnished.
J, W. RAEDER,
7 and 0 iMaikct St.L
WILKES-BARRE.
Bcpl(i-lyebr6.
Sp
AT
Tilil Coloreil
Clteviois
in
arid 4-Buttori
CUTAWAY
SUITS,
WITH LOW CUT VESTS.
Fine Dark lilue and Black
Worsteds, Corkscrew, Broad
wale Diagonal and Block Worst
ed in Sacks and Cutaways, and
HANDSOME
a special leader
at 85. OO
Very Pretty Children's
SUITS
(Plain or pleated
and belled
toll IF.
m
dark and ligh 1
PRINCE ALBERTS
ill ail ana lines.
NICE LIGHT SPITING
Sailor Suits
with Bluo and Gray, also,
KIL1
SUITS
with Pleated Skirt
Children
for smaller
INSURANCE AGENCY OF
J. II. MAIZE,
Oitlco 2nd lloor Columbian nulldlng,
BI.OOMSBUUG, PA.
LIFE.
rlorlhwistern Masor.lo Aid I Asswhitltin, mem
J..IHK ram m la-net ciarleall.05l.ew.il. in
""av'ae "w U Accident of Uartford.
FIRE.
...T , X.. VnrV IS.3g.flSl.S3
NUrerJwljt5ndon and Olobe
if London, the largest lu tte world, and thelm.
L0W1BERGS
SACK
OVERCOATS
AT
A uimif snare et the business Is respectfully
aollclltU and satisfaction guaranteed.
j, II, MAIZE, Agent,
June t, 1KB. U.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., Fill DAY, AUGUST 10,
THE BEST BURNING OIL THAT CAN
BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM.
It gives a brilliant light.
It will not Ktnoku lliet'iilmneys.
It will not char tho wick.
It lias a high Urn test.
It will not explodo.
It Is pre-eminently n family safety oil.
WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON
With any other Illuminating oil mado.
We Stake Our Reputation,
As refiners, upon l ho statement that it w
THE BEST OIL
IN THIS WORLD.
Ask your dealer for
CROWK ACME.
DOT1LLE JE mm.
Trado for Bloomsburg and Vicinity Supplied by
MOYER BROS.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
sep!-ly.
CLOTHING! CLOTHING I
W. BERTSCH,
THE MERCHANT TAILOR.
OK EVERY DESCRIPTION.
butts tn ml 0 to order nt phot t notice
anil a fit alwajs guaranteed or no pale.
Call and examine, tlio largibt and best
aeleoteil nttick of gootlH ever Hliown m
Uoltimlua county.
Btore next door to First Nntlonnl litink,
MAIN STREET,
BJoomsbnrjj Ji.
Thl3lnstlititlonls a hleli trrado Husinosa Col
loirc plvlnif Instruction in every department of
business t'Uucauon. in auuiiion to mo rciruiar
liiipinfRH courso It inakpa a sneclaltv of l'liono-
crupliy, Typiwrltliif, 'leleraphy, nml orniimen.
in 1 r iiinaiiaiiin. im inuuiiuiLt ivuiuii' ui iiiu
nminrrci.Li luursn is us Dricucai una racier.
Nearlevery set of books has l?cn taken from
IlrMt'Clnsfi business eatnullanments, ami a laree
proportion ot tho course In book. ki-eping Is mauo
up from our system of nctual nusmesH practice,
uiisurDasscd In the HClcntltlc application to mod
ern business rnetliodH. A lamer proportion ot our
graduates regularly obtain nrbt-clitss positions
man irom any omcr conuuereiai coiifire in mo
state Year begins Aujf. su, UBs For circulars
address v. u UKAN, I'rtucipaL
July 37 st Kingaion, ra.
to riH.T.i:j:; r c(i-.Dii;tEii:,
- ('(tllPKi't I.rlff I':.. i-r cir-w-
ctil-irtt. TUobtst inUc!i(,'iKst
silt - In In Amenm. Aiiual
vOlm iii,ttriterc'ut tw, P lnr
S B'nua ha1 In o.tutT V Uoa.
Crada-ioanBs,.t.lt.)p"!. tt. riai.Mi ,lU iiiuv.
1 JiAKiv CO 1 Jilt Hi i-f-iiriritu.
auff 3-d-4t.
nrrra Itl'VOI.VHIt
Send stnmp for nrlcoll.st
U U IN Q to JOHNS ION .t bON,
lLisouri;, renii.
mis 3-dlt.
Hay Ff.vor Catap?r H
(.1 nn ittlltiliuCL tun-
Itun of (It? lining mem
lyanp tiT the nusit'lls,
leav-dncts unit Ihronl
The mr il illscimr inis
uavniiHintra uith a
burning soldi! lion.
nwr ore ri'crr
mximns or sneeiing.
jreipient iiiicah oj
immm'iie.wait'Hf una
Itijlanten eye.
Try llle Cure,
ELY'S
HAY-FEVER
A particle Is applied Into each nostril and Is
agreeable, l'rlco 60 cents at Druggists ; by mall,
registered, tn cts. ELY lilloTllElts, 66 warren
Btreet, new lorK. augu-a-iu
J.R. SMITH & CO.
LIMITED.
MILTON, Pa.
Dkai.kus in
PIANOS
By tho followltjg well known makers;
Chickcrinjj,
Iviiabe,
Wcbcr,
Ilallct & Davis.
Can also furnish any of the
cheaiier makes at manufacturers
prices. Do not buy a piano be
fore getting our prices.
.o.
Cataoguo and Price Lists
On application.
Hepw--w.tf.
Help Wanted!
Wanted at once a responsible
party of jjood address to
represent
A NEW WORK,
HON. TIIOS. E. HILL, Autbor of
IlillV Manual of Rocial and Biibiutm
Forms'.
in
Bloomsburg and Colubia County
An excellent oppoilunily lo seotiro a pcod
position and lIAIvli .MOMlil. Bale!
(an bo mado on the Installment
I'lan when desired. Address
for terms and particulars,
Co.
!
103 State St:, CHICAGO, ILL.
July ti-4w,
ffinn 4-a C3fnA MONTH can be mado
0)11) U 10 iJJUU working lor us. Ageutspre
l,?rZA nhn run turnlsh their own horses and glvo
1 heir whole time to the business. Spare moments
may be profitably cmploied also. X few vacan
cies in 'towns and cities. B. F. Johksoh & Co.
, jfjoS Main tit., lUchmond, Va. June u-r-4t.
Um CITY ESTATES.
PROPERTIES TIED UP IN THE HANDS
OF TRUSTEES.
Tendency nf Large Ei-tutri In the City of
liotitoii Life und Indhlilimlity of rrop
erty Why It In So Frequently Held
" In Trmt."
Tlio early part of tho Century, from
1812 down to 1849, waa tlio era when
many of tlio later nillllopalres wcro either
younir men Just beginning at tho lower
rounds of fortune's ladder, or had ascend
od the first most dllllcult steps of the
samo, and began to tco tho prospect of in
dependence within satlstactory reach.
Some wero of Iloston origin, but ninny of
theso mon had started out of homos of
largo famlltos on somo New England hill
side, or lu tho small towns whero progress
was Just begluiilng to change tho pnmlt
lvo ordcrof things to mora modern motliods
and conditions. Sturdy and rugged, In
ured to hard labor, aud early taught
economy In tho school of actual experi
ence ; with a fair amount of schooling,
such as It was and tt was good and
thorough us far as it went and a light
heart and scanty wardrobe, theso boys
went out In tho world to book their fort
une. Many of thorn found It lu Iloston,
whero from tho humblest capacities they
roso to ho heads of morcantllo, manu
facturing aud other enterprises of a char
acter and extent that wore simply sur
prising. Thoy hficamo simply activo
Instruments In the development of the
business and rosourccx of tho country
when tho railway system began to uiako
available tholr wonderful extent and
riches.
To this clnss of adventurous, Industri
ous and successful men of affairs came
riches and possessions of various kinds,
among them being real estato in tho best
business and residential sections of tho
growing city. Somo, more clear headed
than others, went moro largely Into tho
acquisition of real estato, Judging that,
with tho Inevitable large lucreasu in jop
nliition, lund must become very vuluable.
Evonts justified their Judgment. Somo
of theso men returned to their early
homos for wives, but tho majority of
them obtutnud helpmeets from among the
families of their now homes. Children
wcro born to them, for lu those days It
had not becomo unfashionable to have fam
ilies, and ' lu cases largu ones at that.
Theso children had tn ho educated in a
way superior to that of their parents,
and In tho course of this process acquired
now tastes and habits, fho sons, espe
cially, must havo u college courso, with
all that that often means to tho sous of
rich meu who havo largo expectations.
Of course it was not uloue the sons of
mon who had comu to lloatnn to seek a
fortuno that tilled the colleges. Tho
early liostonlans wero also thrifty and
money making, und raised largo fuuilliea,
and loft extensive estates. Many of their
eons, as well as those of tho former, In
herited enough of tho paternal ouergy
and ambition to impel them to go Into
tltcir father's counting rooms, and bo-
Cnmo. Ill turn, irri'ftt imrrlintila nr mnii.
1 ufnctnrers; and it Is to the credit of
somo of theso families that even up to
tho present day their representatives are
to bo found lu conspicuous positions
cither in trude or la the learucd profes
sions. But it often happened that whero the
sous of wealthy parents settled down to
trade tho grandsons did not, und lu time
wo Ihid old familiar names ftidlng out from
tho activities or our city, to bo replaced
by new ones. It is, perhaps, a fact that
tho majority of the sons of our wealthy
people are little heard of after college
graduation. Muuy of thorn huvo a dis
taste for trade; many chooi-e professions
whero they only loiter among workers,
having no" real incentive), lacking ambi
tion, to work; while others become mere
educated nobodies, with a strong tendency
tollvo extravagantly, and' spend all tho
money they can command. The fathers of
those drones, noting their unwilling
ness or ineuiaeity for business affairs,
will not leavo thorn the control of
property which they do not know how to
miinugn,i and, therefore, in their wills,
leave their pioperty In tho trust of men
or corporate bodies In whom they have
confidence, for tho benefit of these heirs,
with, perhaps, loverslonto their children,
Tho Incomes derived support theso men,
and, If they marry, their families. In good
Stylo. Iu somo cases theso legatees, tiav
ing scholaily or artistic tastes, go abroad,
live mid bring Up families of un-American
children in England or on tlio continent of
of Kuropo. Cases of this kind are not lu-
irequeut.
iliou thorn is tliu mutter of sex: lu
descent, and us daughters constitute
about ono-hulf the total of the children of
rich people, their provlslou Is quite an
important ractor lu tlio creation of
trust properties. Daughters of rich men
aro much bought after uy dashing but ad
venturous wife hunters. Experience has
shown that to dower a wlfo In her own
control on marriage is to practically give
her fortune to her husband, How to
guard tills property for her own benefit,
aud for that of her children, Is the con
sideration of tho prudent father. In his
will, therefore, lie leaves the uauglitors
eharo of ids property lu trust for her ben
efit, or lor mat of nor ciiuurcn, wuu tlio
right of reversion to tho latter In tho event
of her death, tho husband to havo'no con
trol of tho same, und tho income to be
Said directly to her or to her children unci-
reversion. Uut even this careful
method was found defective Where tho
husband was unscrupulous and avaricious.
and tho reversion to minor children en
abled him to obtain control of the prop,
crty as their natural guardian lu the event
of his wife's death, cases occurred whore
death was hastened by cruelty and 111
usago on his part. To offset this, a con
siderable proportion of tho property was
lu some cases left so that the wlfo could
dispose by will of the same, though not
otherwise dlsposo of It during her life.
There have been cases of trust and con
fidence iu bons-lu-lJiv, whero tho latter
havo nobly cajriod out tho wishes of tho
testator; but tho temptation for a husband
to administer tho property of his wlfo for
his own benefit Is nftou so great as to be
apparently Irresistible. Ho can appropri
ate tho Income to his own uses, perhaps
squander It, and when tho time for. tho
return of his accounts to tho probato
court arrives he cau obtain tho necessary
vouchers from his wlfo, though ho may
not havo given her 5 per cent, of tho in
come. If she oblocts, ho will say to her
that ho has lost tho money lu speculation,
and If sho docs not sign the will ho will
bo a ruined man, aivd forover disgraced in
tho oyes of tho world. To save him from
disgrace, therefore, sho yields and lives
tho life of u martyr. Cases crop out from
tlmo to time which show that, no matter
how carefully tho Interests of daughters
may be guarded, events will occur to
nontrallzo tho designs and desires of the
testator. Boston llerald.
Ilutlerlllc.' Wlngi.
Fixed electrical currents have been dl
covered to exist in tbo wings of butter-
files, the r detection requiring an exceed
Ingly sensitive galvanometer. These cur
rents havo been thought to bear ft very
strong relationship to tho disposition ol
tho coloring pigments of the wings, for by
tho aid ot clectrlo currents marked
changes can bo brought about iu their
color and modo ot arrungoiueut. Globe-
Democrat. ...
mere are oai i,F4r'jrB prtiiliitn
Berlin. Fifty-four are otJlclal papers, 7b
political, ICJSliavo to do with lltoraturo,
clouce and art, 217 are commercial and
BO religious. Now Yorlc Buu.
Dig Watermelons.
Watcrmolons wolghlug from fifty to
olirhtv nonnds aro often Bold In tho San
Francisco markots, aud one exhibited last
fall weighed 110 pounds.
Tho loss in transporting cattle across
tho ocean was lu ltjbU U7 per cent. It lias
been reduced to 11 per ceut.
411 UV UlllbUU UldbV lB .W4ViillUI.Q l
used COS times, tho tolcgrupu IM times
T.. , I. 1 T.. I . -.1 Ci.i 4n1&,...Ab .
la a minute.
SHOPPING IN MOROCCO.
A Call Upou tlio ltiiftlinw of 1'er An Anc
tlolirerii jltcttuiilA.
Tho next day a rail was mado unon tho
basuaw 01 rcz, wnom 1 round in tn
of admlnlsteilng lustlco In thocoun
of his alaco. '1 ho old gentleman 1
clover looking Arab, gotten up mosl
bashaw of Fez, whom I found in tho net
courtyard
was a
most Im
posingly in a long halk aud pink Moorish
slippers. Ho received mo most cordially,
and when ho found thnt I was waiting for
the letter from tho sultan his hospitality
know no bounds, and ho Insisted upon
my sitting nt his right sldo whllo ho
meted out sentencos and punishments to
tho malefactors brought beforo lilni.
When ho found I hail never Been a man
bastinadoed his delight was almost piti
ful, aud I am afraid if I hail stayed every
man In Fez would have been put to tho
bastinado beforo tho day was out, so anx
ious was ho to bo hospitable and show mo
all that was of Interest In tho town.
Aftor seelnir a counlo of noor chan9
thrown down and whipped just severely
enough to mako a man glad ho was not In
their place, tho'slght lost Interest for mo,
and 1 asked permission to rotlro, which
was readily granted, und as tho bashaw
found I was planning to mako some pur
chases In Fez ho sent for his major domd.
Instructing lilm to seo that tho merchants
of Fez did not take advantage of tho
whito man who was tho sultan's friend.
Thov did not tako advantngo. and if I
over get cash enough together I utu going
to senn lor mat loor negiecieu Arab and
make him my shopper lu general, for his
style would make a sensation on Wash
ington street and add a comfortablo sum
to my Incomo. Tho shops of Fez aro lit
tlo dog houses dug out of tho thick Avails,
the floor of tho shop being about breast
uiga, aia the shopkeeper sits upon tho
floor lu the midst of his goods, some of
which aro plied upon tho shelves over his
head, but all throo walls within touch of
his Lund, so confined Is tho space. When
rou approucn ins snop, noes ho jump to
ids feet with an eager bow and a reouest
ns ti what ho can show you? Not ho. Ho
does not attempt to stitlo tho yawn that
unjoluts his fueo, and If hols near enough
to tho wall ha leans agalust It und closes
his eyes In pure weariness.
11 you asK mm lor something from tho
shelf abovo his reach, ho links lu reply,
without opening his eves. If there Is not
something on tho noor, within reach,
wmcu you cau buy Just as well. If not,
ho yawns again, calls upou the saints to
burn your grandmother or grandfather,
and reaching up, grusps a cord hung
abovo his head and pulls himself to his
feet, ouo or tills for my buyer. Ho
cached in, took what ho wanted asked
its prlco. nut down about half what was
asked, put the purchase under his cloak,
leaving a string of howls and Arab oaths
bohlua him. Only 0110 man was bold
enough to jump out of his shop and run
alter us, una to mm the servant 01 tho
bashaw administered a good box on tlio
ear, Baying tho purehaso was for the sul
tan's friuud by tho order of the bashaw,
and If to6 merchant did not return to Ids
kennel, ho would havo him bastinadoed
beforo night.
this ipoKMl to mo so much Hko high-
way robbery that I remonstrated, but
Jacob said It was custom and all right and
ino usual way 01 uoing; out 1 uavo an
Idea thero was something Irregulur about
it aftor all, for I noticed there was con
sldorublo oxcltemeut wherever wo tarried.
Then wo went to tho markets where all
tho goods are sold by auction. The auc
tioneer, who could LHt told by Ills lack of
clothes, would tuko a nleeo of lrooils from
any of the shopkeepers and start out to
sell It upon commission. Holding It us
high aloft as ho could ho would shout
some bid and start upon the run around
tho market. When ho passed unv one
who wished to examiuo It, ho would drop
It Into tholr bauds, allow themtoexamlno
It, tako their bid. If they mode any, start
again upon his run, shouting tho price
like a madman, until he hail made throo
circuits of tho market, nftor which ho
would turn it over to tho highest bidder.
Cor. Boston Transcript.
How Curd Avo Marked.
'How do you mark a card?" said a
Graphlo man to Charley Mosster as he
stood on Fourteenth street aud Sixth avo
nue'Iobt night watching tho world as it
passeu.
"Easy enough." was his answer. "Wo
do it iu the bamo way that the blind man
reads by tho sense of feeling. Beforo
wo cau read these cards they must bo put
lu shape. This Is douo with a ring which
Is worn on tho most convenient finger.
On tho Inside of tho ring I mean tho
part under tho finger Is a llttlo steol
spur, not sharp enough to penetrate tho
Curds and make a hole, which would bo
detected, but a slight Indentation, ro
sembllug a pimple, on the back of the
card, hut so small that with close obser
vation it would not bo noticed.
' this we caunot see, but wo can feel
It, aud the location is the cipher to tho
denomination of the card. Of course wo
havo to see aud handle ho cards beforo we
thoy can be 'marked,' but as wo cau handle
irom live to teu cams each deal, it does
not take loug to have all tho Important
cards jmuctured. Heading cards marked
In this way Is easy to mo. I have 0110 sys
tem as to tho location of marks, and It Is
lust as simple as tolling tho same by tho
location of the hands of a clock In the
absenco of tho regular dial figures. Sharp
players mako their punctures so slight
that they cannot bo dotected by tho ordi
nary sense of fooling.
llio reading is then dono with the ball
of tho thumb from which the outer cuticle
has been removed by acid. Tho mother
skin Is very tender, and readily responds
wuou n comes in contact wuu tlio "marK."
Greeks of this class can be detocted by
watching the thumb of tho right hand In
dealing. If it has a sliding motion up and
down the cards then you can bet two to
one that tho dealer has got a book for tho
blind to read." Now Vork Graphic.
Xutlonal Habits of Hiiiectortitlon.
Tho streets of Paris aro a nuro delight
to mo for many reasons, but chiefly be
causo thoy are so clean. Why caunot our
streots at homo, tho streets of Pittsburg,
New York, Philadelphia and Boston, be
cloan, too? Certainly there Is enough
money spent ou them to insure it I But so
long as ouo thing is permitted in our
American thoroughfares, which Is punish
able with arrest and finohere, just so long
will our avenues and cross streets, our
pavements, ayo, even our train cars and
ferryboats, bo disgusting and dirty, un
seemly and a constant reproach. I allude
to tho national habit of expectoration, tho
national dlsgraco, for It Is to my mind
nothing less. Wero 1 to see a man, whom
I had previously adored, indulging In this
habit In my presenco In street, piazza,
house or car, 1 should not adore him any
longer, that Is all; and hero It Is followed
promptly by arrest, bo consequently tho
streets are (other means being not only
paid for hut used), the streets of Paris aro
what ours aro not fit to walk In. "Mlbs
Marigold" In Pittsburg Bulletin.
The author of "On Bluo Water" glyes
some curious observations upon tho man
ner in which wo recover poseslou of
our senses whenever wo at awakened.
Ho thinks that It is tho sense which Is
most violently assailed that is first to
woko up. lie says;
"1 know no placo whero a man has so
many opportunities for obeorving tho
phenomena attending tho awakening from
sleep as ou board ship, where half the
people are awakened from sound sloop at
least three times a day.
"Often the bright light of my cabin
lamp, just lighted, has been vislblo to mo
aomo seconds beforo I could hear or un
derstand that I was being called to gvt
un. I huvo often called a man, and re
ceived an answsr which led ma to believe
that ho was wide awake, though ho was
unconscious of havluir answered at all.
Yon may even bold a long and animated
conversation wuu somo meu atoigui oeiis
without waklug them up." Youth's Com
panion, ArtUtlo Droit Deilgnlng.
There are three sisters In Poughkeepsle
who have set up an establishment In
artistic dress deilgnlng. Thoy Btudy tholr
customer and make her look as well as
she can In colors and fabrics that aro
. BulWd to hsr. New York Press.
1888.
Invention of tti. Honey Eitrctor.
A foreign paper notlcos the death at
V'onlco, Italy, of Maj. Von Ilruschkft, the
Inventor of tho honey oxtractor, Ho was
a retired Austrian officer, aud tho Inven
tion of tho honoy oxtractor occurred In
this way: His apiary was in Italy, and
one day when ho was In his apiary his llt
tlo boy camo thoro. Tho boy had a email
tlu pall tied to a string, which ho was
swinging in a clrolo, holding tho end of
tho string In his hand. Tli'o indulgent
fathor gavo the youth a small plcco of
comb filled with honey, putting It Into
tho llttlo pall. Tho boy nftor awhllo be
gan to swing tho pall again as beforo,
with tho honey lu it. A few moments
after ho liecamo tired of that amusement
and put tho pall down to talk to Ids
father, who took It up, and, by chance,
noticed that tho honoy had loft tho comb
and settled down into tho pall, leaving
tho comb perfectly clean that had been on
tbo outside of tho clrclo wheu tho boy
was swinging It around. Tho major won
dered at the circumstance ond turning
the comb over bado tlio boy swing it
again, when, to his great astonishment,
tlio other Bldo of tho comb also became
perfectly clean, all tho honey being ox
tractod and lying at the bottom of the
pall.
During tho following night Maj. Von
Hruschkn, after going to bed, commenced
to think the circumstance over. On the
morrow ho commenced a scries of experi
ments which resultod In his giving to tho
world tho first honoy oxtractor, which, by
whirling, something like his son whirled
that llttlo Un pall, gave him tho pnre
liquid honoy, extracted by centrifugal
forco, leaving tbo honey comb entirely
free from the liquid sweot, which ho gave
again to tho beos to fill, allowing him the
pure honoy for making wine, mead, and
methcglin or honey cakes, as desired,
without employing tho troublosomo and
primitive method In uso up to that
tlmo of mashing up tho combs containing
tho honoy, pollen, and sometimes brood,
too, to lot tho honey drain through tho
cloth In which It was placed, giving what
was formerly known as "strained honey."
Chicago Times.
Th Langiingo of OraMlioppers.
Theso grasshoppers, as If aware that
their boauty resided in their wlugs, riso
lu the air to slug. The noise is mado by
rubbing tho upper edge of tho true wings
agalust the under surface of the w'ing
covors. I have ofton watched them whllo
lu this aerial position, and wondered If
the song was always a love call. If be
huvlor means anything among grasshop
pers thoy have at times, especially late
In tho season, other business aside from
lovo making. Many times I have ob
served one of these creatures mount up
a few feet abovo tho ground, calling, call
ing, until sometimes half a dozen or
more would congregato beneath him,
when ho would drop down In their midst
and touch tho head of each as If consult
ing about somo gravo matter) then tho
llttlo flock would dlsporso and tho musi
cian, or orator, or whatever ho was,
would go to another place and call another
crowd, and after tho harangue ho would
again alight and communicate with each
Individual. As far as I could se6 thoro
was no love making connected with this
affair.
Entomologists who havo made the
bruins of Insects a study tell us tlint the
orthoptera, especially tho grasshoppers,
liuve u guou uuvciopuieut 01 urtuu, out, uui
equal to tho ants, or to the social bees
and wasps.
Another class of grasshoppers remain
ou tho ground to play. Theso are tho
violinists among tno musicians; tlioy uso
their hind legs for bows, which thoy draw
across strings situated In tho wing covers.
Tho Itocky mountain locust (Coloptenus
spretus) belongs to this class. And hero
Is an lnstanco where an Insect oeasos to
bo Insignificant and becomes a great and
mighty power in tho land, compelling the
government to supply men and moans to
try and thwart tho vast armies that sweep
over soctlous of the west, dovourlug all
vegetation before them. Mary Treat in
the Chautauquan.
Tlio Delights of Sumruer.
Summer Is the season of growth and
physical prosperity for everything, an
lmato or inanimato, except man in tho
four season climates, and oven there somo
exceptions prove what tho rulo might bo.
Tho farmer sweats freely whllo hoeing In
bis coruuold, but, with his straw hat, snlt
of light joans and bare foot ho foels tho
samo grateful exhilaration as tho veg
etating shoots which spring up greenly
about him. Tho pores of his skin aro
opon for every passing brcozo, and tho
wot drops which soak Into his light
clothing aro not an expense account upon
his physical bank.
A similar regulation of clothing prevails
In hot climates. The Hindoo who works
all day In the rice fields Is not subject to
sunst roues. Australians, uuuans and
Mexicans live easily during six months of
hot weather, because they know how to
adapt themselves to climatic conditions
as fatal as pestilences In the cities of this
part of tho globo during somo weeks of
tho summer. The Greeks, lu tho days
when Athens was great, when Porlcles or
Alclblades ruled and Socrates, Plato, Zeno
or Pythagoras wero llvlug tldnkers. did
not suffer from heat In their robes of
snowy linen. And tho Romans of tho
heroic ago, wueu virgu sang, Licero talKou
and Caisar lod armies to victory, thought
summer a delightful season of happiness
and comfort.
Tlio same possibilities exist for men of
today, if thoy will only clothe themselvos
sensibly and diet reasonably. Now York
tTess.
A Fourth of July Tula.
It was Fourth of July. Ho had been
Inhaling a good deal of powder smoke.
So ho tald. It was not liquor; he said
the fumes of tho firecrackers had gone to
his hoad. Thoy had not bereft him of
reason. Ho know ho had a wlfo and fam
ily, Whon a man gots to his fullest ca
pacity of inebriation, whon ho has for
gotten whero ho lives, who is with him,
whothor It Is Tuesday or Saturday, or
what his name is, ho will still rcmembor
that his wlfo has to, bo reckoned with,
lie know that thoro was trouble ahead,
and ho was thinking of all sorts of mieer
oxcuses for his condition as ho wandered
to and fro looking for a hack to tako'him
home. At last ho came across a dingy
looking machlno standing In solitary dig
nity at tho cornor of a quiet street, tlo
was not so far gono that ho could not di
rect tho driver whero to tako him, It
was somo way out in tho suburbs. Tho
hack drove along, and as ho bumped from
bock to f rout lu tho usual erratic; way ono
does In a hack, ho triod hard to mako up
his mind what ho would say to his wife
when ho got homo.
There camo a very lively bumb that put
an ond to his musing, for whon ho camo
dowu he fouud tho bottom had fallen out
of tho hack aud tho Boat had como to
fteccs, so ho could only grasp hold of tho
wo doors aud run with tbo machine. Hq
yelled at tho driver, but tho driver was
deaf, and for half a mile he had to move
as fast as his legs would go. Ho did not
neod any oxcuso when he got homo. Ho
was sober; so terribly sober that ho had
forgottou ho had hod anything to drink at
all. Ho was mad well, mad Is a mild
word but ho was knocked speechless
whon tho hackman, after looking rurnostly
Into tho hark, Instead of offering an
nuio apology, turned on him aud said!
'Say, what In thunder havo you dono
with tho bottom of mv hack?"
And whenovor his wlfo wants anything
sho asks him in tlio blandest tonoi
"John, what did you do with tho bot
tom of that hack?" Sau Fl icisco Chron
icle "Undertones."
Londou Time.' I'roof Ueudlng.
Tho art of proof reading, which exists
in a very crudo Btate in this country, has
been brought to a high dogrea of perfec
tion by Tho London Times. Flvo years
ago Lord Wlnchelsea made a bet that hu
would find thirty misprints lu six num
bers of The Times. Tho stakes wero
5U0 and $50 additional for evory blunder
additional, moro or less. Six numbers
woro taken at random, and three mis
prints were discovered. lxrd Wiucheliea
lost nearly f, J.00O. New Orleans Times-Democrat,
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XX1I.N031
UOLUMBIA DBMOUItAT, VOL Ml, r-0 1U
LIGHT LITERATURE.
EFFECT8 OF THE CONTINUED CON
SUMPTION OF TRASHY STORIES.
A Vuhtiigton IUporter Trim Into the
the Soereti of tbo Cheap Hook Trade.
The Novel Reading Ilublt mid Ha Ito
ults Cheap' Libraries.
Persons very fond of reading, but with
llttlo spare tlmo to Indulge their taste, who
visit a narrow shop near ono of tho de
partments, aro apt to como away with a
eovcro attack of the blues. Tho sholves,
counters, and even tho floor of tho shop
aro chock full of pretty nearly all tho wis
dom of tho anctouts and wit of tho mod
erns, dono up lu elegant but handily
pockotablo paper bound packages, which
sell at from ten to twenty cents each. Tho
shop, In fact, Is a sort of headquarters for
tho cheap libraries now so numerous, and
which aro said to be doing great damago
to tho more pretentious branches of tho
book trade.
Hero, for $5, a careful person can pur
chase a library moro extensive and better
than was ever owned by muuy a man
whom tho world calls great and wise.
History, biography, poetry, philosophy,
scienco, literature and romanco are min
gled In bewildering confusion aud pro
fusion. A glanco nt tho .titles of tho
famous works piled ou ulielf aud counter
fills ono with despair of over being nblo to
read them all, so numorous are thoy; and
yet thoy aro so cheap that a person with
tho reading habit fools ashamed not to
buy an armful and rush off to his deu to
dovour them at oneo.
"Wo havo sovoral customors who read
two and three books a day," tho proprie
tor said to an inquisitive reporter. "Ono
man in particular used to como in regu
larly ovcry other or third day and carry
oft each time from six to eight volumes.
Ho didn't appear particular about what
ho read, but took them just as thoy camo.
Ho kept It up week after week, too. lie
had a placo In tho iutorior department,
but'wus discharged not long ago."
Tlio proplotor dldn'flntlmato that thero
was any connection between the man's
reading habits aud tho loss of his position,
but It struck r.ho reporter that there
might bo.
A HOOK A DAY.
"There are plenty of people who aver
age a book a day, month In and month
out," tho proprietor continued. "These
people aro mostly novel readers, of course.
It gets to bo a passion with them, like
anything else, ana they glvo all their
spare tlmo to It. If thoy Can't get hold
of a uow story as soon as thoy nave fin
ished tho old ono they don't know what
to do with themselves and are miserable
llko a tippler whoso rations havo been
cut off or a morphine eater who can't get
tho drug."
"Do you notice much difference In the
class of stories preferred by men and wo
men?" tho reporter asked.
"No, I can t say tlmt I do. The women
don't seem to bo especially fond of lovo
stories. In fact, somo women who como
hero won't read lovo stories or novels
written by women. They prefer tho do
tectlve stories and mysteries of Du Bols
golioy and Onrbnrlsu and Zola's hlglily
flavored stuff. O. W. M. Reynolds' son
sutlumil romances used to have a big salo,
but they aren't in as much demand as
they wero."
"Haven't tho cheap libraries hurt tho
sensational story papers' u great deal?" the
reporter Inquired.
"Well, not as much as I thought thoy
were going to at first," tUo gentleman
said. "I expected tho storypapers would
bo entirely driven out of tho field by tho
cheap librarlos, but I hardly think their
sales havo fallen ns much as 25 per ceut.
Tlio papers havo to koop booming them
selves all tho tlmo, though, or they lose
ground badly. They aren't tho bonanzas
thoy used tuba. Tho nswsdealors wouldn't
bo very sorry If tho story papers wero
driven out of tho field altogether. Tho
margin of profit on thorn Is very small,
and tho worst of It is th'o people Who buy
them aro of tho' 'chargd-lt-and-I'll-pay-you-uext-tlmo'
class. Now, If they fall
to pay ouco It knocks tho profit off a good
many papers."
"The people who read tho story papers,
then, aro of a different class from" those
who buy tho cheap library novels?"
FALSI: AND FOOLISH IDCAS.
"Yes, as a rulo, they aro. The poople
who read theso novels aud serial stones
get falso and foolish Ideas of life. This
Is especially truo of tho conflrmod story
faper readers. Thoy are tho worst of all.
can tell ono of them almost as quickly
as I sot eyes on her for tho story paper
readers aro gouerally women. They havo
a would bo grand and romantic air about
thorn, uso big words and theatrical ex
pressions, and try to imitato generally in
meir manner tno niguiy wrought charac
ters they read aboutm tho serials. Girls
brought up from the ttmo they aro fifteen
or sixteen on this sort of reading aren't
satisfied with a man unless ho Is like tho
heroes of their stories, and they aro apt
to wait a good whllo boforo thoy find one
who seems to promise to como to what
tney can tneir 'ideal. Ana then, 11 they
do got married, lu ninety-nine casos out
of a hundred, they soon discover that tho
promises wero all laiso; mat tney haven t
married their hero at all, but only an
ordinary, common place man, with not
enough of tho story paper 'ideal' to him
to supply a paragraph lu one of tho sloppy
seriuis.
"Those ncoplo with the storv naoer
habit," tho speaker continued, "seem
hardly able to control their impatience
from week to week for tho succeeding in
stallments of tho romances. Many of
them mako a practice of coming hero aliotit
uio time tney kuow tno papers arrive and
waiting until thoy can got them; and If
they should happen to bo late, and all tlio
papers are sold out wheu they get hero,
then thero Is a row."
"How many of tho cheap libraries aro
there now iu existence?" tho reporter
asked.
"Oh, probably fifty all told," tho dealer
answered, "and new ones aro starting up
overy week, The trudo has got to bo
something immense. Many of the libra
ries aro published Irregularly, sending out
a volume oneo or tn lee u month, Thero
are about a dozen which come out regu
larly from ono to three times a week. A
couple of tho leading ones for a whllo
published a number every day, but they
seemed to havo exhausted tho supply of
uncopyrlghted aud forojgn navels and
other available books, and now send out
three numbers a week.
"Wo have an arrangement which makes
the cheap libraries cheaper still, tho
speaker continued, "Wo buy back books
which aro not damaged In reading at half
price, so that even people who read eight
or ten books a week are In no danger of
bankrupting themselves by Indulging In
this form of dissipation. It Isn't an ex.
penslvo vice nowadays, at least In its Im.
mediate consequences." Washington
Star,
CofTee Among tho Arubs.
Tho great event of tho visit Is tlio
coffee. Tho host has a kind of brazen
shovel brought, hi which ho roasts tho
beans; then 110 takos a pestlo aud mortur
of tho oak of Bashan, and with hls'bwn
hands ho pounds It to powder, making
the hard oak ring forth n song of web
como to tho guest. Many of theso
postles and mortars are heirlooms, and
ore richly ornamentod and beautifully
black and polished by ago aud Ubo; such
was tho ono in question, Having drunk
coffeo (for tho honored guest tho cup Is
filled throo times),, you aro qulto safe In
tho bauds of tho most murderous.
Bo far do thoy carry this superstition
that a man who had tnurdiml another
fled to tho dead man's father, and beforo
110 Know what had happened drauk coffee.
Presently frlouds camo in. aud. as thev
wero relating tbo nows to the bereaved
fathor, recognized tho murderer crouched
besldo tho lire. Thoy Instantly demauded
vengcauce. "No," said tho father, "It
cannot bo; ho has druiik coffeo, aud has
thus becomo to mo us my son." Uad ho
not drunk ooffoo tho father would nevor
navo rusted until lie had dyed his hands
lu his blood As It was. it la said ho
furthor gave htm his daughter to wife.
tjiav journal 01 iiiauop iiauninglon,
OUTLIVED.
t
I ofwu hoar It ilnn now, tlio namo
Tfmtimee had Kir my Inmost soul to thrfjl,
To klutlleall my fucn with sitdileu Uaidv,
And ull my heartwllh secret rapture fill.
I llnten calmly In It, wondering
Vbcra vanHinl tliey-tluwe old tlm hopW
And fears
That wwd to blanch my cheek, or swiftly brine
Ilefore my sight A blinding mint of toini.
I meet th eyes nowi tranquil, unooncemd,
Whern once a slnglo f rlghtonod gktnr I tol
Thowi eyes that long ago a pathway burned
Into tho Innor tvmple of my soul.
I hear tho old, familiar voice, unmoved,
Whoso faintest tone m minrla In that day)
No quickened pulj proclaims thrfrolco beloved,
My quirt heart koi steadfast on tier way.
Ko blttoraees, no shadow of regret
Oumcsup to mar iny peace lth secret doubtl
I would not live the past again, nor yet
Hu quite coutcnt to have it blotted out.
Won mom'ry, hovering near tho far off grave
Of our young love, calls hock, across tliA waato.
That all she finds Is mid and lifeless save
Tho few ilo mourning flowers hermit has
placed.
Bleep on, tliou short IKcl lovo; thy gravo Udivpj
Thy life was bitter, but thy rest Is suomj
Though o'er thy burial placo none pau90 to weep,
It is approached by none save ungliod feet.
A lliigg)' Wear and Tear.
"How much do you suppose It costs,"
asked the eccentric statistician, "to pay
for wear and tear on a buggy?"
Ho asked tho question to answer it, of
courso, and replied: "It takes two cents
a mllo. Thnt has been figured out by
owners of carriage works, and that Is the
lowest figure. Two cents a mllo for a
huggy driven nt a trot, noxt como heavy
wagons with loads n fraction higher, and
buggies liehlnd spiwly horses aro higher
still. About throo cents a mllo is the
highest, and tho wear mid tear on all
kinds of vehicles run between two and
throo cents a mllo, tho kind of paring,
whether It is sheet or stono, having con
siderable to do with It." "Man About
Town" in Buffalo News.
An Unknown Matrimonial Law.
Somctlmos I think that thero must be
somo kind of unknown law that regulate!
tho niarrlago question, over which man-,
kind has no control. It frequently hap
pens that tlio licenses on a particular day
will nearly all bo taken out by persona
llvlug lu a particular scctlou of tho city
In tho northern, southern, eastern, western
or central portions, as tho circumstances
may Bo. A few days ago nearly every
Hconso, and thero wero quite a number,
were taken out by persons residing In the
northwestern section of tho city. I have
noticed this peculiarity to occur with con
siderable regularity, and I havo never
beau able to account for It. Marriage
License Clerk in Olobo-Domocrat.
Curlou. Cuhtoni In Panama..
Ono of the most enrious customs that
attract th attention of strangers tn
Punama is to seo the native women walk
ing along tho street smoking long, slen
der cigars In much tho fashion that men
do here. It Is tlio custom of tlio women
therft to gather lu tlui public markets aB
early as sunrise to gossip and talk over
nllairs whllo enjoying their morning
smoke. As there aro few uowspapors in
Panama, and a proportionately small
number of readers, tho markot Is the
place whero tho news of tho town is to bo
learned. New York Evening World.
A Horrible I'oaalblllty.
Editor I seo tho clorks In dry goods
and grocery stores are forming nn early
closing movomont. Wrlto a stlrying odl
torlal standing up for tho clerks ana de
nouncing their heartless, grasping, em
ployers. Assistant I notice thai a similar move
ment has also been started by tbo poorly
paid and overworked bartenders.
"Eh? Wlm I Guess you'd hotter writ
on tho tariff today." Omaha World.
Huge I'lnn for Water finpply.
Tho stupendous plan for supplying
tho city of Liverpool with water involves
tho removal of a whole Welsh vllldgo, in
cluding woods, cottages, churches, etc,
this Immcnso space to bo devoted to a reser
voir four and ono-half miles long by half a
mile to a mllo broad, and eighty f oet deep.
Thero aro to bo three lluea of pipe,, each
sixty-eight miles long, with filterfno; beds
and secondary reservoirs, and tho cost of
tho aqueduct alono is estimated at 415,
000,000. New York Sun.
Soiiinanibullit'ii Good Fortune.
The danger of somnambulism is well
known, A writor lu The Century tells of
a pleco of good fortuno coming from the
habit. A young lady, troublod and anx-'
ious about a prize for which Bho was to
compote, Involving tho writing of an,
essay, arose from her bed In sleep and
wroto a paper upon a suojeci nponiwnicn
sho had not Intended to wrlto when
nwako, and this essay secured for her the
prizu Chicago liurald.
Tho Iw' Delaya.
Quibble Aw, Grotlus, how aro von
getting on with tho cuso of Von Abbatolr,
who ohopped his wlfo's head off?
Coko Poorlv. lKiorlv I had finished ar.
gnlng tho beventh appeal yesterday when
when tho nows reached mo that tie had
died a natural death lu jail. It s useless
for legal taleut to contend against tlin no.
coutrio forces of uatuio, Life,
The DUagresable Side.
'Don't you find tho life of a tramn
very disagreoable?" asked the farmor's
wire.
Oh no, rejoined tho wanderers "It
ain't half so dliagieeablo as tho poople I
meet. I dout mind tho lifo so much as I
do the dogs and tho things I git to eat."
Harper's Bazar.
"Mall Hag University."
Tho Chautauaua llterarv and sclentlfia
circle, which Is sometimes called the
mail bag university, expects- to havo a
very successful season, ft has moro than
50,000 regular students in overy part of
tho country. Now York Trlbuuq
At a certain period of tho year Now
York, always reminds -mo of a baker's
oven, with the fires well fed. This period
is uuw uuuiu upou us. uiero nas Deen
enough sunlight during the past oonplo
of weeks to get thw town wcli heated,
and It will not cool again until tbo season
changes. It will not be much hotter, for
the sutlicleut reason Unit it cannot bo.
Only an exceptionally torrid sun can add to
tho enervating heat that Is radiated by
miles of house's, whoso sunny walls
scorch the hund, and of streets whoso
pavements exhalo tho culorlo of furnace
doors. By day the town scuds up a shim
mer of heat Into tho air Aftor dark it
still retains Us suffocating temperature.
every ureezo tijat wows tuvougii tlio
streets Is wilted out of all freshness lu its
passago, and In order to get a breath that
Is hot Btale, you have tc climb upon your
roof, and you aro lu luck if tho roof is a
high ouo.
Tho parks by day and night aro Ilka
tropical juuglea. Even In Central park
you saunter as 11 m tno caienoarlum or a
Turkish bath, for whatever air docs
wan'dor around Its winding ways Is
exhunstod by Its Journey through tho
city. The experienced New Yorker who
stays In town for the summer continues
to exist by keeping indoors as much w
possible, alleviating the temperature with
closed blinds and plenty of ice water. I
liave been In tropical cities iu midsummer,
whero tho heat was not a great or oppres
sive as It is at tho samo season here. 'Al
fred Trumblo lu Pittsburg Bulletin.
Not u llumaue ItltUs
It was promised for tho new Lcbel
(French) repuat'tug rlflo that It was
huniauo, either killing outright Tir disa
bling, but not torturiugwlth the frightful
wounds mado by singlo flrers of largo cali
ber, und indeed, bo far as known, tho
magazluo guns as woll. Recent experi
ments, however, have shown that (lie 8
millimeter Ibel magazine gun is no moro
humane than that of 11 mlHlinotor caliber.
Tho experiments wcro conducted by
Cant. Jarlcot, his men firing into dead
bodies and at live animals at distances of
206, -100, 000, 1,000, 1,400, 1,000 and 3.000
meters, and tho result, us sUnimod up by
Dr. Delormo, aro that tho orifice made by
tho entrance of tho eight milllmetor ball
Is smaller than that of its going out, tho
samo vorylng from four to six mllllmo
tors, according to tho velocity of the hnj.
lets tho power of tho new Btoel projec
tile being greater than that of Its prede
cessor, tne bones offering less resistance,
aud thero being consequently loss deflec
tion of tho bullets. Tlio hope that tho
bouos would havo a "clear" fracture, with
llttlo of tho splintering which Is 10 pain
ful, has not benu realized. On the con
trary, tho bono Is torn "shivered" would
perhaps more nearly express what Dr.
U'lormo says In the artlclo he writes on
"Chirurgle do Ouorre. " And yet ho says
that tho effects of tha new jIMe, as used
at present, are trlfllnff compared to what
thoy will bo when tuo uow explosives,
melinite, roburlto, etc., are used, Beltn
tlflo American,
COLUMBIA OFFICE