PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
a u rmrz
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Oman Front Hoom, Over Postoflloo.
BLOOMBBUHO, PA.
T 11. MAIZE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Okfiob. Room No. 2, Coluiiman
building.
BLOOMSUUHO, PA.
Jan. wth less, tt '
TVT U. FUNIC,
ATTOIINKY-AT-LAW.
omco In lint's Building. """"'Btiao.rA
J OIIN II. OLAltK, "
A'l 'TOliN E Y-AT-L AW
AMD
JUsTlOB OF THEPEAOE.
Bloomsidko, l'l
Office OTer Moyor DrosDrug Store!
c
W. MILLER,
ATTOHNKV-AT-LAW,
Offlceln Drawer's bulldlng.aocondfloor.room No.l
Moomaburg, Fa.
B,
FRANK ZARR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
BloomBburg, Pa.
Office corner or Centre and Slain streets. Clark a
Building.
Can bo oonsultod In Oorman,
G
EO. E. ELWELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BLooMeuuita, Pa.
Office on second floor, third room of Col
ombian Building, Main street, below Ex.
chaago Hotel.
JAUL,E. TORT,
Attorney-at-Law.
O ffloe in Colcvbian LeiLDiua, Third floor.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
H.
V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BLOOMSBURQ, PA.
Offlco in i-iowcrs' Building, 2nd. floor,
may 1-tf
, ik6b.' l. b. wixtibstiih.
KNORR & WINTERSTEfiN,
Attorneys-nt-Law.
oraoe In 1st National Dank building, second floor,
Drat door to the left, corner ot Main' and Market
streets Bloomsburg, Pa. ac ' " M '
tig-foment and BoutUict Oolleeled.
P. BILLMEYEH,
JDJUTJtlGT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
sHTOfllco over Dcntler's
Bloomsuurg, Pa.
shoo store,
apr-80.80.
w
H. R11AWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlsaa, Fa,
moe.oorner ot Third and Main streets
M
ICIIAEL F. EYEKLY,
Conveyancer, Collector of Claims.
AND
LEGAL ADVICE IN TUB. SETTLEMENT OF
ESTATES, &0.
nr-Offlco In rentier's building -with F. P. Bill
merer, attorney-at-law, front rooms, zna noor
UloomBOurg, Pa.
apr-8-8.
D
It. 1IONORA A. BOBBINS.
Office and residence, West First street, Blooms
burg, Pa. nows 68 ly.
B. McKELVY, M. D.,Surgeon and Phy
. slclan, north side Main streei.below Market
D
R. J. 0. RUTTER. .
P)I VSIOJAN ftSUgiQJCON,
Otnoe, North Market street,
Bloomsburg, Pa
DR. WM.
Physician,
tjeot..
M. REBER Burgeon and
omce oorner ot Bock and , Market
E8TABUSHED 1370.
J J. BROWN.
,EHYBIOIAN AND, BURGEON.
Office and rcsldenco on Third street near Metho
dist church. Diseases ot tho eye a specialty.
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TDBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOJiSBUBO.PA.
oppositboourt nonsn.
Largo and convcnlenrsamplo rooms. Bath roorai
hot and cold water; ana au modern conTenleneeai
B.
F. HARTMAN
BBFBSSIKTS TBI FOLLOWIKQ
AMERICAN INBU,RANCE:COMFANIEB
"North American of Philadelphia.
Franklin, " "
Pennsylvania; " "
York, otPennsylvanla.
DanoTer, ct N. Y.
Queens, ot London.
Dorth British, ot London.
Otnoe on Market Street, No, e, Bloomsburg.
oct.sa. l-
ESTABLISHED ISM.
m. p. LUTZ
(Successor to Freas Brown)
AGENT AND BHOKEU
COUriMIIS BKPBKHBNTJtOJ
ABsets
StnaFlr9lns,Co of Hartford,.,
J ,68,!fcS.I
R.!!s.ao'i.!ff
Hertford or liaruoraj .....
thin 1 Irarllnrtl .IJ8'll9 IS
Hprlngneld of Sprlnclleid. s,oi.(a98
:tir
nro AHBociauou, ruuaucipuia..
riuardian of London..
SO,K)3,823.71
6,841,56.141
l,4i,1t 00
4,853, VH.OO
41,379,928 33
Phcanli, ot London
Lancashlreot England(U. s. branch)
Hoyal of England " "
Mutual lienem Life Ins. Co. of New-
ant, u.j,.
Losses promptly adjusted and paid at this onice.
'JraBINBUlUlJCE
CHRISTIAN Y, KNAPP, BLOOMSBniMl.PA.
HOME, OF N. Y.
MKltCIIANTS', OF NEWARK, N. J.
t'UNTON, N. Y.
PEOPLES' N. Y.
'uKiS'an'aMEHICAN INS. C0..NEW YOltK.
OHEEN WICII INS. CO., NEW YOHK.
JEHSEV CITY F111B INS. CO., JERSEY
CITY, N. J. ,.
r These old coHroBATioNB are well seasoned bj
un nnii wmz txstkd and have never yet had a
loss settled by any court of law. Their assets are
11 invested In solid sbcdbitibs are liable to the
.hazard of rms only. ,
Losses fBOMPTLr and oonxstlt adjusted and
vi aid as soon as determined by Cubibtiah r.
KNArr, ancui. AaixT and adjestbb Bloobsbcbo,
J"a.
The people of Columbia county Bhould patron,
tie the agenoy where losses It any are settled and
call Dy one or tner own cuueus. .
PROMPTNESS. EOU1TY. FAIK DEALINQ.
u. nouBE,
DENTIST,
BlflDMBBBRO.COLCJlBIA COUNTY,, Pa
Allatyleaot work doneln a superior manner.work
warrantoa on reurcsuiiicu. n.m atut
id without Pun by the use otaaB, and
free of charge when artltlclalteeth
are Inserted.
Offlco In Barton'sibulldlng, Main street,
UciUW ilinriii:, "w uuuo uuun fcv."
drug store, first floor.
lo be open at all hourt during the da
,nov as -it
Exchange Hotel,
1IENTON, IA.
The underelgned lias leased this well-known
'house, and la prepared to accommodate the publlo
with all the conveniences of a BrewiaBS hotel.
!Jmay671 1 IMPEL DHAKE, I-roprletor,
PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH
HnJ .Uniii. MAKKlt HEM. OO ,Boi M uirlq,N,Y,
PERSIAN OLOOM.CiKCcarlitloiiii.
tlll.r.BUn(luruJ liloml.l. Krtdlcator known,
&ad sump for trial paokojio, AaoraM m abore,
nov25D.Cooy(
GET YOUR JOB PRINTING
DONE AT THE
COLUMDIAN OFFICE
9. E. ELWELL, 1 . . ,
K BITTENBENDER, f1 "Fa
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
NATIONAL.
TOIt PRKSIDKNT.
GUO KR CLEVELAND,
of Nuw York.
KOlt VICE P11ESIDENT,
ALLEN G.TIlUIiaiAN,
of Ohio.
STATE.
POIt JUDOE OK SUPBWIE COUKT,
J. IJ. AIcCOLLUM,
of Siisquclianna County.
COUNTY.
von coNoiti:s.
CHARLES R. 1SUCKALEW,
Subject to decision of Congressional
Conference.
FOIt PRESIDENT JUDOE Or TUP.
JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
E. R. IKELER,
20tli
'Oil DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
FRANK P. H1LLMEYER ESQ.
01 Bloomsburg.
FOR SHERIFF,
JOHN B. CASEY
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
JAMES T. FOX,
WILLIAM KRICKBAUM.
FOR JURY COMMISSIONER,
GEORGE W. MILLER.
FOR CORONER,
DAVID W.ELSOH.
EMULSION
OF PURE COD LIVER OIL
&SS HYPOPHOSPHITES
Almost aa Palatablo.as Milk.
So dlagnlttd that It can h taken.
dlcsaUd, i and aHlmtlattd by th moit
icmltlvi stomach, when the plain oil
cannot ba tolcrnted and by the com.
blnatloa of th oil with the hypophoa.
phltea la much more efficacious,
Eemukable u Huh prodnttr.
Ptnous gain rapidly while Uklag lt,
SCOTT'S EMULSION is acknowlodgedby
Physicians to be the Finest and Best prepa
ration in tho world for the relief and core ot
CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA.
OENER.L DEBILITY, WASTINQ
DISEASES, EMACIATION, ' ,
COLDS and CHRONIC COUGHS.
The great remtdy or Consumptian, and
Wasting in Childrtn. Sold by all Druggistt.
sept SS-'ss-ly
FITTT 'nOZZAHS or'
LIPEtSCHOLARSHIP
PALMS'
BUSINESS COLLEGE
1700 ChMtnut St., Phllida.
t'oalctona for 1-rndilntrH.
Time required 3 to-1 iiioh.
The BEST Equipped. lint
Conns or StoJj. UMt lit'
(rjthlng. ll'riltw Circukrt,
dltalT
HINDERCORN8.
TtiS only rjrt Cur for (Torn, fltop all pain. Conrct
omfortlothafeet. 15a ai UranrUU. llisooi4Co.,H.Y.
'Ihc best of all remedies for
Inward Pains. Colic. Indiees-
tion, Exhaustion and alt Stom
ach and Dowel troubles. AUo i
th most effective cure fori
Cotighe, Col J, llronchitis and I
affections of the breathing 1
organs. It promote refreshing 1
sleep, Improves the appoilte, '
overcome nervous prostration,
n,1 nivfai n a-war 1 1 fat H n A tl rem' til
tothe weak and aged. 50c, and $1.00, at Drsguisti
aept.U-iV4t.
aHATEFUL COMFOKT1NG.
EPP'S COCOA.
UHEAKFABT.
nv a thorouoli knowledge ot tbo natural laws
which govern the operations of digestion and
nutrition, and by a careful application of the nno
properties ot well-selected cocoa, Mr. Kiipshas
provided our breaktost tables v. 1th a delicately
flavored beverage which may save us many heavy
doctors' bills. It Is by the Judicious use ot such
articles of diet that a constitution may be gradual
ly built up until strong enough to resist every ten
dency'o dl-ease. Hundreds ot subtle maladies
are floating around us ready to attack wherever
thero Is a eak point. We may escape many a
fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with
Jure blooa una a properly nounsneu irame.,r-t ait
prrfre Gazette. Made simply with boiling water
or milk, sold only In ball pound tins, by Urocera,
labelled thus :
JAMES EPPS S CO., Homoeopathic Chemists,
To Advertisers
A list, nf 1fl nmvmariers divided Into STATES
ANI SECTIONS will be sent on appllcaUon
VTIV1? 1
To those who want their advertising to oav. we
can offer no better medium for thorough and ef.
lecuve work man the various seraiona oi our b
LSCT LOCAL LIST. OEO. P. 1(0 WELX 4: CO.,
newspaper Aavernsmg nureau.
sept l4-r-4t
3 spruce street, Now York.
FITS!
When I eay Cure I do not mean meraly to
stop them for a time, anil then havo them re
turn again. 1 muan A UAD1CAL CUUU.
1 have mado the disease of
FITS, EPILEPSY or
FALLING SICKNESS,
A lifelong etudy. I wabiunt my remedy to
Cuuk tho worst cases, llecauao othera havo
failed la no reason (or not now receiving acuro.
bend at once for a treatise and a FbekIiottlu
of my lNrAI.LlRl.i3 HEUEuy. Olive Kxprota
and Post Offlco. It coels you nothing for a
trial, and It will cure you. Address
H.O.BOOT.NI.C, l83PfAiilST..NtwY0
B0ptiS8-'6-lr
Clothing! clothing!
-:o:-
G. W. BERTSCH,
THE MKUUHANT TAII.OK.
Qents' Furnishing ::::,E I Caps
OF KVEHY DESCRIPTION.
Suits nmilo to order at nhort notice
and a (it always gnarnntoud or no sale.
Call and exnmino the largest mid best
soit'ctod stock ol goods ever shown in
Columbia, county.
Btoru next door to First National Dank,
MMN STREET,
BloomHlmr Pa.
SCOTT'S
50
I CURE
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5,
(M
Tii
"What is it they put in Ivory SoAr, Doctor, to obtain its healing
qualities?"-
"No special ingredient is used. It is simply because the Ivokv
is as nearly pure as it is possible to make soap. Any soap that is
' as pure as the Ivory will be equally as healing in its effect, but the
difficulty is to find a soap so pure. The profession recommend this
non-irritating soap pimply io cfeanse the wound, then nature does the
rest. You can readily appreciate what the effect would be if your
neck had been washed with an impure and adulterated soap. Avoid
colored and highly perfumed soap, for the coloring and perfume arc
so often used to disguise something the ,soap should not contain."
A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many white soaps, each represented to be "just as good as the 1 Ivory ' "
they ARE NOT, but like, all counterfejtSj Iack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of
fba froninna. Alf fnr ''lurtru" rt!m a'nH Inciet linnn (Tpttlnir it.
Ivory" Soap and
Copyright 1886, by
FilL
SPECIALTIES
AT
lowenberg's.
HANDSOME
FALL
OVERCOATS
FOR
$5,00.
Call and see the
FALL STYLES
Just Received
-AT-
LOWENBERG'S
LOTHING
I TORE,
lStooiiB.sSsir,
Pa.
ltiiainpRn mpn who have tried It find It greatly
to their advantage to havo Account nooks made
to order, to suit their special needi Every kind
ot lilank Hook, with or without printed headings,
hMir itnnkn And ltulpd lilanka 1 make In the best
manner at honest prices. Unexcelled facilities for
Numbering, Eyletfng, Perloratlng, 1-uncblng and
Ntamplng. W ork for county and borough ofllces
especially solicited. Mlsvellaneous nook Blndtni
ot the highest class. Missing magazines suppne
Estimates and particulars cheerfully furnished.
J, W, RAE0ER,
7 and 9 ilarket St.,
WILKES-BARRE.
Bcplt-lj'cibro.
Missing magazines Bupplled.
M. C. SL0AH"& BRO.
HLpOMSnURQ, PA.
Manufacturera ot
CARRIAGES BUDDIES, PHETN8
SLEIGHS, PLAirORM WADNS &C
Pint -class work always on hand,
REPAIRING NEA 1L YD0NJL.
Men reduced lo init the timer.
Insist upon getting it.
Procter fc Gamble.
BOWI ACIMJE
THE BEST BURNING OIL THAT CAN
BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM.
It gives a brilliant light.
It will not smoke the chlmncyB.
It win not char tho wick.
It has a high 11 ro test.
It win not explode.
It Is pre-eminently a family safety oil.
WE HALLENGE COMPARISON
With any other Illuminating oll'made.
We Stake Our Reputation,
As refiners, upon tho statement that It Is
THE BEST OIL
IN THE WORLD.
Ask ycur dealer for
CROWN ACME.
Trade for llloom&burg and Vicinity Supplied by
MOYER BROS..
IMooinsburg, Pa.
sepny.
ELY'S CatarrH
Cream Balm'
Clonuses the natal
passages, nllays pain
and ln(lamraatlon, I
licnls the sores, re
stores the senses ol
taste and smell.
thy the n in: HAY-FEVER
A panicle Is applied Into each nostril and la
agreeable. Price so cents at Druggists ; by mall,
registered, 10 eta. ELY BlloTllfcHS, 66 Warren
Stieet, Hew york. sept28-d-.
This Institution la a high erode Iluslness Col
letro, giving instruction In ever' department of
Dullness raucuiiuu. iji iiuuuiuu iu iiia ir-Kuiar
bu.slne&s course It makes a specialty of Phono,
graphy, Typewriting, Telegraphy, and ornamen-,
tal IVninanshlp. Tno prominent feature of tho
Commercial Course is Its practical character
NearKeiery set of books has been taken from
llrst. class business establishments, and a large
proportion ot tho course In book-keeping Is 'made
iiiihumassed in the scientific application to mod
ern business methods. A larger proportion of our
graduates regularly ooiain nr&i-ciass positions
than from any other commercial college in the
state. Year begins Aug. si), US. For circulars
address W. L. 13 KAN, Principal.
July S" St Kingston, Pa.
("TTVO ItKVOI.VIIKK. fiend stamp for nrlco list
U U IN O to JOIINBION & bON, IHtsburg, Pcnn.
septsi-d-lt.
Cures Liver Complaint, Illlious Affec
lAXADORi
tions, liOSS Ol
Appetite, bicK
llcudache.Sick
Stomach. Qid-
A V A Vinn dlness.Costlvo-
I and all delicato Fomalo Com-
plaints. Sold everywhere. Prlco25 cents.
DREXEtEDLOGNE
Fragrant! Lasting!
The Leading Perfume for the Toilet and
Handkerchief.
Bold by all doalors. Prico 25 eta.
Salvation Oil
Price only 35 eta, Sold by alldruggUti.
Will relieve Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
SMllmgs,BruisBi,Lumbao,Sprains,
Headache, Toothache, Sores, Burns,
Wounds, Cuts, Scalds, Backache,
Frostbites, Chapped Hands and Face,
Dour, or an bodil pain or ailment.
n u cut t CHOC'S PIUOS, Tin Grant tobacco A'
tntnr tiMn.-ffiet io en. t mi urw? ,iu.
GHINESK ODDITIES.
THE, .EXCITEMENT CAUSED BY THE
ADVENT OF A FOREIGNER,
WMchlng tho Pale Faced Traveler ut
'Hla MeM-Ilm&rka of tho Almond
jltycxt nyatondara ltotels And Eating
lloiiHCS Hcdi and iramltum,
I called thorn good humored, but a
atrangor would not think so, If ho saw
thorn for tho, first tlmo. On tho contrary,
the' state of things; Booms to bo borderlno;
on a riot. Tho amount of energy that
lloa latent in a Chinaman, waiting to bo
developed and manifested by a discussion
of cash, Is 'simply Incalculable. As wo,
coolly retard this throng of half dressed,
yollow 'colored people, wo seo chanco ac
quaintances who havo run against ono
auothor for half nn hour, screaming their
loudest, with 'distorted countenances and
violent gesticulations, apparently threat
ening Immcdlato death to those who differ
from thorn. It seems Incredible that tho
subject Is of no more Importance than
whothcr a sack of potatoes or basket of
fish Bhall be half a farthing moro or less.
Imagine our coming Budaenly Into such
a crowd lu a short sorgo jacket and big
sua hat, under whloh la a pale faco and
board. If tho place Is ono where foreign
ers aro occasionally eoen, they will look
up, say "Hwan-kul" (foreign ghost), and
after a iew moments resume their em
ployment as though vre were not thero.
If, however, foreigners aro almost un
known In those ports, wo know.porfoctly
well that wo shall havo no peace 'oiedpt
uoh as wo can securo by means of a Utuo
maneuvering. Bomotlmcs the landlord
appears pleased to receive us, but now
and thou ho scorns to think wo tako up
too much room, with tho crowd who stand
round to look at us. It Is very entertain
ing to observe how excited Bitch a crowd
often becomes by tho advent of a for
eigner, and howr rapidly tho news spreads
to neighboring houses that a ''forolfrn
ghost has arrived. Mine host stands
and threatens torrlblo things, which ho
has not the smallest Intention of carrying
into execution. For half an hour ho will
shout and cestlculato, entreatlncr tho un
tutored herd to remember tho proprieties
and not crowd In so much upon tho for
eign gentleman.
A FOnEIONT.lt AT HIS MEAL.
Tho point of greatest Interest Is always
reached when tho travolor begins his meal.
lfc has carried with him all ho wants with
tho exception of rlco, potatoes, hot water
and ono or.two other things. Tho laying
out of plates, knives and forks is a great
mystery. Much questioning goes on as
to tho way of using thom. Thoy beg to
know tho reason why we prefer to employ
a man to carry all our apparatus for din
ner, instead of using their bowls and
chop sticks. Tho spoon and fork, appar
ently mado of solid Bllvor, greatly aston
ishes them, and tho traveler Is ready
enough to own that thoy are not silver at
ail. Vhcn wo lift our food to our mouth,
many hands move in a similar way, as
they say quietly to ono another, '.'Look!
IIo is doing llko this I" Standing bo
closely around our small tablo that wo
feel inconvenienced, wo entreat them to
give us breathing room whllo wo dino, and
afterward we will talk to them. Many
voices break forth with ploasuro at our
speaking to them. "The foreigner
speaks our words," says ono; "Yes, lot
him eat," Bays another; "Stand back, you
man without propriety," says a third,
whoso zeal for cood manners Is ovidently
due only to his desire to Bccuro a front
place.
At such a time one is almost always
quostlonod In tho same way. Tho most
trivial and ridiculous questions aro askod.
Tho Inquiries they mnko of a foreigner aro
such as thoy commonly mako among
themselves. How far la it to your an
cestral homo? Aro your vencrablo pardnts
living? How many sons havo you? 'Was
your linen mado iu China or in England?
IIow do you get It bo white? How aro
marriages arrangod among tho foreign
children? 'What.ls your income?"
A little mild bantor la much appreciated
by tho crowd, but brings out a moro rapid
fusillade of questions. In tho country
places about Amoy I havo been asked very
frequently, "Whero is the country whero
the peoplo havo ono leg ono arm? ono
eyo? and whero thore aro only women?
Havo you seen theso lands?" What tho
origin of theso notions Is it is hard to Bay.
Perhaps somo Chinese Baron Munchausen
or Dean Swift wroto a burlesquo book of
travels, which has In tho course of tlmo
been accepted as authentic by a peoplo
who havo for so many centuries stayed at
home.
( INNS OK THE GREAT ROADS.
In China overy traveler carries his bed
ding with him; In tho daytlmo it helps to
ack tho cart, or Is laid, by way of sad
lo. upon the ass. Tho travolor may
count himself fortunate If ho can find lu
somo Mutual Prosperity or Heavenly
Union hostel a tolerable room in which to
rest. On tho great roads, and tho recog
nized stages, tho inns aro protty buto to
be decent, but elsowhero they aro often
wretched.
In those of tho better sort thero Is cen-
orally an eating houso or tea shop on ono
sldo of tuo large uoor leaaiiur into tno
yard. Tho shop faces tho street, and Is
connected, witn tno cook nouso ana pri
vate r6oms of tho landlord. At this end,
too, aro tho rooms occupied by tho carters
and others. Passlna- tnrouirh tho irreat
door, tho visitor finds himself lu a largo
unpaved yard with buildings all round It.
On one Bldo are, perhaps, six or eight
guest rooms, little boxes about twelve
feet squaro, with paper In placo of glass
for windows, doors which do not fit, and
through the openings of which wind and
dnsttiud their way.
A very rlcKoty oiu onair ana an equally
decrepit tablo aro tho only furniture, the
bed being simply a brick or mud plat
form filling nearly half tho little room
and raised about two feet from tho floor.
Underneath it Is a flue. Into which, in
cold w-eather, dry grass or other fuol is
flushed and fired, tho heat and smoke pass
ng in a zigzag Una just under tho sur
faco of tho couch, and finally escaping up
a vent in tho wall. Other fireplace thero
la none; and If, as often happens, the
chimney should bo foul tho warmed bed
U but a noor compensation for smarting
eyes ana partial suffocation. But thoro
are other rooms sometimes at tho top of
tho yard, audit is always an object to se
curo thom, as they aro a trlflo larger and
cloaner and probably lu better repair.
Tho charges aro moderate, from 100 to
S00 cash per night about 25 cents with
extras for food and gratuities to Bervants.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Tho Cfferta of Novel Heading.
The mischief of voracious novel read
ing is really much more llko tho mischief
of dram drinking than appears at first
eight. It tends to make all other literary
nourishment intolerable, just as dram
drinking tends to mako all trno food in
tolerable, and to Bupersodo food by drink.
Tho voracious novel reader of today, as
wo havo said, rojocts Scott, becauso Scott's
novels contain so much good food that It
is not mere story telling. Tho genuine
novel reader do tests what ho calls tame
stories, stories iu which tho lntorcst Is
not exaggerated and piled up ten times as
high as the Interests of ordinary llfo. He
wuntB always to bo feeling a thrill of ex
citement running through his nerves, al
ways to bo living in imagination through
tho concentrated essenco of the perils of a
hundred adventurous lives, Instead of
tolling calmly through the ordinary hopes
and fears of ono.
No state of mind can bo moro unwholo
some, because none Is moro calculated to
divert the onergles from the tort of qulot
tasks to which they should bo habitually
applied, and to keep thom stretchod on
tho tenter hooks of expectation, waiting
lor a son oi Btraiu wiucn is never nicely
to occur, and if it did occur, would cer
tainly not find a man's enorgles any the
better prepared for it for having boen
worn out previously with a long series of
imaginary excitements. Tho habit of
dram drinking, it Is said, leads to fatty
.degeneration of tho heart, i, c, cxcesslvo
fattening round tho heart, and weak
notion of tho heart in consequence.
Bo, too, the habit of exciting novel
tuidloiir l&d to tally . degenara
1888
lion o? tho literary niuidT 1. C.,' to" an
unhealthy and npasmodio action of tho
Imagination, and a general weakening of
tho power of entering thoroughly Into tho
solid Interests of real life. So far as wo
know, tho only effective cure for this
habit of literary dram drinking a euro
not always forthcoming Is a moral shock
of Bonio kind which exposes tho hollow
ncss of all theso unreal Interests, and
makes thom appear as artificial and melo
dramatic as they actually aro. That,
however, is a euro which Is an extremely
painful ono, almost cruel in Its disillusion
izing power. Loudon Spectator.
Tho C'nro of Domestic Anlmnls.
The family cat la regarded with far
greater respect In England than America.
Every householder InNow York, when ho
packs Lff for tho summer, leaves tho cat
to llvo in tho stroots. Tho conscquenco
Is that during tho hot weather tho cats of
tho Emplro city cry aloud and shout; .thoy
wall In anguish to tho earless moon In
moans "most tnuslcall, most melancholic"
They mako night hideous for callous
hearted man, who Ignores their affection
and rejects their companionship. Among
cranks, commend mo to tho animal loving
crank. IIo la a bit weak headed at times,
but sof tness of heart Is qulto compatlblo
with strongnoss of mind. Whether tho
Baroness Burdott-Coutts was cranky or
not as a connoisseur lu husbandry sho
shows admlrahlo judgment In tho caro of
animals. And her caro for thom when
they ceaso from ago or malady to bo ser
viceable beasts of burden entitles her to
publlo homago. At nolly Lodgo, her
beautiful suburban homo at nighgate, sho
keeps her worn out horses, donkeys,
cattlo, dogs, cats and other pets in well
tendod pasturos and stables until thoy
dlo. And she visits them with the re
gularity of a doctor, sparing nothing that
can glvo thom comfort. Others hero and
thero do tho eamo.
I havo soon podlgroo cattlo with famous
names and records living in luxury to
grand old ago, and I havo also seen poor
folks' broken down horses and pets kept
In country quarters at an expense they
could but IU afford. "Tho merciful man
is merciful to his beast." What of Now
Yorkers and their cats? If thoy sneor at
tho baro Idea of imitating tho cxamplo of
thoso who havo established a homo for
cats In London, lot them do something
better. For a very small foo tho Lon
doner who locks up houso to go a-hollday
making con havo his cat properly cared
for until tho family return. This Is com
mon humanity and common senso. If tho
wealthy Now York houseo-wner cannot
afford to keep his cat all tho year round,
ho should linvo it VliJcd rather than
cruelly subject It to tho horrors of Now
York street llfo. Now York Cor. Qlobe
Domocrat. I'eople of New Ilrunswlck.
They aro a eplondld peoplo hero. There
is a certain dignity about overy ono of
them far moro striking than with any
English in England. And what is better,
they are truly kind hearted and pollto. I
used to know, a quarter of a century ago,
somo of thoso grand old nudsou Bay com
pany's factors; nnd fine fellows they wero
bravo, cultured, chivalrous, gentlo and
good, but with a roaring sort of way with
them that suggested tho entrancing Man
ltoban Indian summer with a lurklnv
howling blizzard element beneath. Theso
aro llko them. Climate has had to do
with it; truo culture of brain and brawn,
more. They aro near enough to the states'
to bo emulative; far enough from Eng
land to abhor Incivility.
They and all New Brunswick folk
aro less pretentious than we; more toler
ant than others of their nationality. In
all that makes soclologio distinction,
these pooplo aro Immeasurably hotter
than Englishmen, and Infinitely less tno
tlmo Bcrvcrs and snobs than somo Ameri
cans. I should eay they had got- further
awar from tho England wo profess to
condemn than many of us whoso cheeks
should ilamo for our cockney aplnffs; that
they were, In moderation, level headed
noss, clean culture, and in tho freedom
from fevorlsh ambitions and vanities, far
in ndsonco of most of our communities;
that they possessed tho best of Old
WorKVoquIpoiso and conservatism, and of
Now World virility; and that if by any
good fortuno of diplomacy or war their
country should becomo our country, wo
would Becuro a flno bit of possession
and as odmlrnblo a class of people as are
now within our farthest boundaries,
Edgax L. Wakeman's Letter.
A Non-Trannfcrablo ltallroad Ticket,
A young railroad man of Atlanta has
come to the front witn an invention lu
tho way of a ticket that will bring hlra
fame and an enviable bank account. It
Is simply this:' Tho purchaser of an iron
clad ticKot Is not to bo required to wrlto
his namo or mako any formal declaration
as to his intention in regard to tno ticiiet.
Nothing of tho kind. Tho agent who
Bells tho loir rate round trip points his
little camera at yon while ho gives you
your ohango. It'reoords the imago of the
purchaser la on Instant. The agent pulls
out the slido, rubs Ms chemical Bponga
over tho sensitized paper and there you
aro. in tno upper icit liana corner of tno
ticket he pastes that picture, puts it in
unaer a stamp mat cmuosses uio oarces,
and unless you can find somebody that
looks enough llko you to risk tho chance
of a return on ycur image tho ticket will
carry tho original purchaser and nobody
else. Atlanta Constitution.
nlcycles for English Soldiers.
Tho blcyclo force that has been organ
ized In connection with tho English vol
unteers recently hod its second field ma
neuvers, tho first having been held at
Easter. Rainy and disagreeable weather
embarrassed tho troops on each of theso
datos, but tho result of tho turnout has
been very satisfactory. On tho recent
trials the men covered about 100 miles in
forty-eight hours, fighting, scouting and
camping by tho way. There wore seven
teen officers ond soventy-soven men out,
mado up of representatives of a number
of tho loading volunteor regiments.
Tho fbrco was divided Into two bodies,
ono retreating and tho other following it.
At frequent Intervals the retreating force
made stands at bridges and other eligible
points of defense, and tho pursuers wero
compelled to halt, dismount, Bend out a
skirmish line and perform all the other
preliminaries of attack, aa though lu
active war. It waa found that two or
tlireo men left behind by the retreating
body could make a show of force at a
brldgo that-would greatly delay tho ad
vance of a pursuing force, and then could
mount and swiftly ride away under cover
of a hedgo and escape to tho main body.
This ability to fight and run away with
greater facility than tho ordinary infan
tryman is ono of tho chief points urged
by tho bloyclers In favor of tho new
"arm." It la said that scouting and ro
connolterlng nartlcs mountod unoii blev
cles could do much more effective work
without risk of capture than men on foot.
In these maneuvers, althauch tho re
treating force numbered but throe officers
ana twelve men, they suocooded in delay.
lngtho pursuers bo that it took them
three hours to cover a distance easily
made In less than two when no obstacles
are interposod. Throo of tho retreating
force dallied too long at a bridge, and
were ridden down and captured by a do.
tachment of tho enemy. There were no
other losses. Tho chief difficulty exixirl
enced waa duo to tho number of parallel
roads occasionally converging that ran
through the country traTorsod. Tho ro
treating nartv had to kum scouts con
stantly ahead picking up the lay of thai
land and bringing in reports, to pro
tect thomBolvou from tho danger
of being Hanked on soma of those
roads and cut off entirely at a con
verging point. In a country with one
gooa main roaa ana but few side roads
tho suooeas or a blcyclo corps in obstruct
ing tho passage of an enemy would bo
much greater. Bloyclcs havo not yot been
Introduced in tho British regular army,
but If their success among tho volunteer
continues, it Is expected that a similar
corps will bo organized In each regular
rvguueni. rnew rora nun.
The stern of a departing ferryboat Is
more polite than that of other boat. U
THE COLUMBIAN, VOl . XXII.NO 39
UOLTJMHIA DBMOORAT, VOl LI1, NO S7 '
THE CONFEDERATE PRESS.
HOW SOUTHERN PAPERS WERf
PRINTED IN WAR TIMES.
pcam ty of Taper and Taper Mailing M a
terlAla Straits of Publishers of ltmilcs
nnd Sheet Muslo Botiff Hooks, Trrt
Kind Tftmplett Kow Korela.
Bide by sldo with tho reports of battles'
and tho records of peaco commissions,
congresses and legislatures, tho 'blurred .
columns of tho Confederate press were
wofit to .teem with domostlo recipes for
cheap dishes, directions for raising nnd
utilizing various vegetablo pAiducts, in,
Btructlons for making much of Httlo In
matters pertaining to overy phnso of
household llfo. Hard by a list of dead
and woundod would stand a rcclpo for
tanning dog skins for gloves; wliilo tho
paragraphs just succeeding tho closing
column of tho description of a naval en
gngomont off Hampton roads wero direc
tions for tho use of boncsot as n Bubstl
tuto for qulnlno.
Tho Journals of that day wero printed
usually upon tho poorest paper, made of
straw and cotton rags, and so brittle that
tho slightest touch mutilated It. Tho
ink, llko tho paper, was of tho cheapest
and commonest, and left Its Impression,
not only on tho faco of tho sheet, but on
tho hands no loss than on tho mind of tho
reader. Few fonts of now typo found
their way Into the Confederacy during
tho war, and at the end of four years tho
facilities for printing had como to a low
ebb. It was no uncommon thing for
publishers to lssuo half sheets In lieu of a
completo paper, with scarcely an apology
to subscribers for tho curtailment of their
literary and nows rations. It was gen
erally understood that tide hay pencd only
through 'stem necessity, and not from
any disposition on tho part of the news
paper men to glvo less than an equivalent
for tho subscription prlco.
Somotlmes tho Journal which on yester
day appeared in all tho glory of a six
column page was today cut down to a
four column half .sheet, or publication
was suspended with tho announcement
that the stock fit materials had been ex
hausted, and that as soon ns tho offlco
could bo replenished publication would bo
resumed. Eagerly as tho rough sheets
wero.looked for and closely aa ,thoy were
read, n diminution of matter In them, or
a failure to appear, caused only passing
comment or dissatisfaction. Men's minds
wero so filled with the thousand things
that each day brought forth about them,
there wore bo many rumors in tho air, and
nows flow bo rapidly oven without news
paper aid, as to cause them not too greatly
to miss that which today has come to bo
ono of tho veriest necessities of American
llfo a dally Journal full of all tho doings
of all the world.
Sometimes ovon tho coarse straw paper
failed tho publishing fraternity whon an
edition was absolutely Imperative, yet In
such emergency tho luventlvo talentnover
deserted them. It was considered a won
derful Journalistic feat on tho part of Its
publishers for Tho Vlckburg Cltlzon, dur
ing tho slego of that city, to mako Its ap
pearanco, when all other resources had
failed, upon wall paper.
Publish crs of books and sheet muslo oc
cupied a scarcely less helpless condition
than tho nowspaper peoplo. Their solo
grounds of superiority consisted in tho
fact that tho demands upon them were
not so urgent. Tho girl who sang to her
soldier lover tho popular songs of that
time, "Lorena," 'iWhen This Cruel War
Is Over," "Tho Standard Bearer," or
"Harp of the 6outh,''iwhlch wero all duly
advertised "at tho retail prlco of $1 per
shoot; tho trado supplied, howovor, at half
off , with an. additional discount where 100
of ono pi ccoaroordored,"dld not experience
that immcdlato and Insistent need of tho
song and its muslo which men and wo
men aliko felt for tho nowspaper that
would tell them where tho last battlo had
been fought, which army had been vic
torious, wno naa been promoted and who
had fallen. Tho fateful colftmn might
contain ovll or good report of bouio dear
ono, .and Its coming was full of interest
and apprehension. Yet tho Bhect music,
printed llko tho newspapers, In tho rough
est style, upon tho commonest paper,
with now and then a caricatured litho
graphic likeness of BOmo Confederate gen
eral on tho tltlo page, continued to bo
sola ana sung, oven tnougn its prlco ran
from $1 to $2 per sheet.
War songs and war music wero tho or
der of tho day, and tho soldiers In tho
camps and tho small boys In ragged jack
ets snouteu wiin an equal zest;
The despot's heel U on thy ahoro I
or
Farewell forever to tho Btar spangled banner!
from diminutivo naner covered books of
martial ballads. Tho Httlo' song books
cost anywhere from two and a half to
llvo Confederate dollars, and their con
tents, with a few notable exceptions,
wero as uiodlocro as the paper on which
they were printed. Tho sentiment was
thoro, nevertheless, and this was cared
for by tho singers moro than tho music or
tho lyrical or literary excellence of the
songs.
1 he missionary and religious publish
ing houses nover ceasod their praise
worthy labor of printing tracts and
Samphlcts for distribution among the Boi
lers, but publications of a moro ambi
tious or secular standard wero very few.
wow and then some adventurous firm in
Richmond or Charleston or Now' Orleans
would issuo a badly printed edition of a
now novel, reproduced from a copy smug-
gieu in "inrougn me lines or Drought uy
tho blockade runners from Nassau, Still,
even "John Halifax, Gentleman," and "Los
Mlserables," which first appeared in tho
south in this way and this dress, lost
much of their attractiveness lu tholr Con
federate garb of inferior Ink, bad typo
and worse paper. A. C. Gordon In The
Century.
Flshlns: for Husbands.
Recently thero was a gathering of
young married couples In Loulsvlllo, and
the conversation turned on tho manner In
which tho wives had secured their hus
bands. Ono had paved tho way to tho
altar by making a faco at tho rated one
becauso sho thought he had stared at her
Impudently. Ho admired her mettle, and
Bought an introduction. Another made
tho acquaintance of the man who is now
her husband by accidentally sousing him
with a pan of dishwater, which she tossed
out of tho kitchen window Into an alley
lust in time to catch him as ho was pass
lug. Tho ono that was, howover,-voted
to ba the most novel was tho experience
of a young man connected with the mn
nlolpal government. The latter was in
the habit of passing, un his way home,
the residence of the young lady who is
now his better half, and ono evcnkig, out
of a spirit of mischief, sho "accidentally
on purposo" turned tho hose on him. lie
faced about, blushed violently, and stam
mered a "thank you" In response to her
roguish smile, and from that moment he
know ho was fated. Chicago Herald.
A Sister's Ufght.
She George, doar, I don't qulto llko tho
way you go on with Ethel White. And
sho la as familiar as a sister would bo.
Hoei-Yes, darling, that relationship was
established last June at Saratoga. Now
York Sun,
Horhes of the World.
Considering tho very Important roles
which cavalry and artillery play In the
art of modfcrn warfare it is an interesting
fnot'to know tho total rmmlMrnf nnlnmu
whloh tho leading countries of tbo world
can throw into tho field of battle. It is
equally interesting to Jtaow that tho stat
Isttmn, in formulating his tables places
tlto'Unlted States In second place. Tho
following is tho list, according to the lato
statistics furnished tho war department
a tvasmngtoni
Russia. 21,670,000 horsos; America,
y,ouv,uuu; tno Argentine itcpubiio, -J.uw,
AAA. ...... i - o kVwi rvn. n n o.n
YyVt nnmrm, u,uwtvwt uuiumuy, o,oju,-
OOOj France. 2.800,000 and 800,000 mules;
England. S.MO.OOO; Canada, 2,021,000;
Spain. 060,000 horses and 2.800.000 mulesi
Italy, 2,000.000; Belgium, 8S3.O00; Don
mark, 810,000; Australia, 801,000; IIol
land, 125.000, and Portugal, 68,000 horses
and 50,000 mules. Now York Mail and
MIDNIOHT. $
IU night's mldglory-Earth, to calm, aa atflf,
On conch of apace Is wrapped In slumbor'a spell (
How soft and pure her bosom's rounded aireA .
'Neath fleecy robns, and placid radiance abed
Trom aljrer orb, like watoher'a lamp, o'er head I
While atarry reglona dimly throng and fill
Her airy chamber, whence all aotmd la fled
Save breath of rising prayor, or whir of wjojra
Aa angela vtewlasa pan, or heavenward amtnga
The guardian vho hath-wrought'th Father's
MIL
Mldolghtand moonlight, alienee, 'tan and Ood
Bubllmeat height Diurnal Tlmo hath trod.
DJward McCarthy In Woman,
'A Fnnerat In Jlrltlsli Honduras.
It was In British Honduras that I first
attended a volorio, or tho ceremony of
watching with a corpse. Tho family
homo consisted of n filnglo,long and nar
row apartment, roundod at each end, with
earthen floor and roof thatched with gunva
leaves. From tho ctobs polos hung a fow
hammocks, and in tho mlddlo if the room,
upon a rndo blor mado of two boards up
hold by casks, lay the doad woman, with
a,WQo Infant clasped In her arms, Tho
faco o( tho : mother, who could not havo
Ixjon moro than 14 years old, was calm
and vcacofdl, but that of tho baby waa
Btrangoly distorted, as if terrified with Ira
brief look on llfo. Fresh flowers were
scattered upon tho scarlet blanket that
partially covered tho still figures; lighted
candlfcs Btood nt tho head and foot, and
near b)"8at the Bisters and parents of tho
dead woman, sllont and Bad, Inquiring
why tho husband and father was not
among tho mourners, I was carelessly In
formed, as 'though It was nothing to causo
remark, that la brobraorta (the poor dear
girl) had nevor been wedded; and as for
tho father qulen sabo? A great crowd
occupied tho house of mourning, laughing
nnd Jesting ns though tho occasion waa
ono of rejoicing rather than sorrow.
Many wero playing cards. Outside, under
a pomegrnnato tree, refreshments were
spread, nnd muslo and uproar resounded
In startling Incongruity with tho dread
mystery of death. Cor. Philadelphia
Record.
Plant a Ixinibanly Poplar.
Professor Asa Gray observed that tho
reason which lies at tho bottom of the
f enoral belief on tho continent of Europo
hat lightning strikes tho Lombardy pop
lar trees In preference to others Is coming
to light. Green herbago and green wood
sappy wood aro excellont conductors
of electricity. A treo is shattered by
lightning only when the dlschargo reaches
tho naked trunk or naked branches, which
are poorer conductors. An old fashioned
Lombardy poplar, by Its height, by its
comploto covering of twigs and small
branches, and their follago, down almost
to tho ground, and by its sappy wood,
makes a capital lightning rod, and a cheap
ono. Happily no ono can patent It and
.bring it round in a wagon nnd insist upon
trying it. To mako It surer tho treo
should stand In moist ground or near
water, for wet ground is a good conductor
and dry Boll a poor ono. It is recom
mended to plant a Lombardy poplar near
the houso and another closo to tho barn.
If tho ground Is dry the noarer the well
tho battor, except for tho nulsnuco of tho
roots that will get into it. Bos ton Budget.
Ahead of the nine Tlilovos.
"I havo no doubt that tho Jewelers in
tnls city lose $10,000 or $10,000 a year
from jlng thieves," said a John Btrcot
loweler a few days ago. "Tho ring thief
Is usually well dressed nnd respectable in
his appoaranco. Ho calls for sovcral
trays of rings, and whllo he is talking to
tho clerk manngos to steal a ring. Ft is
impossible to refuse to placo a tray of
rings before a customer, so I have hit
upon tho following schemo: Through each
row of rings I run a steel rod; thoso rods
arck attached to on Iron frame, with
hinges at ono end and a lock at tho other.
Whon a customer wishes to look at tho
rings I hand out this rack. When neces
sary, I can tnko off any ring by unlocking
tho frame. This has proved a great
saving. " Now York Sun,
The First Commercial Advertisement.
An English antiquarian has boen delv
ing among old newspaper files and has
discovered what ho says is tho first com
mercial advertisement over printed in a
nowspaper. It appeared In The Morcurlus
Politicus, of London, dated Sept. 80, 1058.
It runs as follows: "That Excollent and
by all Physltians approved China Drink
called by all the Chlneans Teha, by other
Nations Tav alias Too, is sold at tho Sul
tauoss Head Cophee House, in Sweeting's
Rents, by tho Royal Exchange, London."
At tho dato of this advertisement tea had
beri used in England about forty years,
but tho prico was extremely hlghi often
reaching 20 per pound. Chicago Herald.
A New Dross Material.
The invention of o now dress material
promises to glvo rise to a now Industry
of no Insignificant proportions. It is an
artificial silk, which Is Bald to bo an excel
lent imitation of tho natural product and
Is mado of a kind of collodion, to whloh
has been added perchlorido of iron and
tannio acid. Tho process of manufacture
is somewhat long and complicated, and it
remains to bo seen whether tho material
can bo produced cheap enough to competo
with tho work of tho silkworm. Chicago
News.
. i
Oil for Iaibrlcatlnc Purposes.
Tho Italian admiralty havo recently
causod to bo carried, out a number of ex
periments with a view to testing tho
comparative merits of castor oil and of
ollvo oil for lubricating purposes onljoard
ship. From the- results obtained thoy
i . .. i i . .I... i . . , . . J
un v tjivvu uruers mub iiencoiortn ail ex-
cated exclusively with castor oil, while
... i i ,. 1 1 . . i . , - . , ,
iiiuioim una uru iu uo useu ior cyiinacr
and similar lubrication. Scientific Anieri-
"IinctoriiiK OKI Time."
A. STItlKINO PICTURE A REVIVAL OF OlD
T1MB SIMPLICITIES.
Iu one of Harper's Issues Is given a very
fine Illustration of Roberts' celebrated
painting, known as "Doctoring Old Time,"
t represents a typical oiu-timcr, witn nts
bellows, blowing the dust from an ancient
clock, with Its cords and weights carefully
secured. One of tbsse clocks la this gen
eration Is appreciated only as a raro relic.
The suggestive name, "Doctoring uia
Time," brings to our mind another vorslon
ot tue title, useu ior another purpose,
UKl lltno Doctoring."
Wo learn, through a reliable source, that
ono of tho enterprising proprietary medi
cal firms of the country, has been for years
investigating tho formulas and medical
preparations used in the beginning of this
century, anu even teiore, witn a view ot
ascertaining why people In our greatgrand
fathera' time enjoyed a health and physical
vigor bo seldom found in tho present gen
eration, iney now tuinK mey nave secur
ed tho secret of secrets. They Hud that
the prevailing opinion that then existed,
that "Nature has a remedy for every exist
ing disorder." was true, and acting under
this belief, our grandparents used the com
mon hrrb9 and plants. Continual trespass
upon tho forest domain, has made theso
herbs leas abundant and has driven them
further from civilization, until they have
been discarded, as remedial agents be
cause ot the difficulty of obtaining them.
11. II. Warner, proprietor or Warner's
safe euro and founder of the Warner oh,
servatory, Rochester, N. Y., has been
pressing investigations in this direction,
Into the annuls of old family histories, un.
til ho has fccured somo very valuable for
mulas, from which his firm Is now prcpar.
ing medicines, to ho sold by all druggists.
They will, wo learn, bo known under tho
general tltlo of "Warner's Log Cabin Rem
edies." Among these medicines will be a
"sarsaparilla," for tho blood and liver.
'Log Cabin hops and buchu remedy," for
tho stomach, etc., Log Cabin cough and
consumption remedy," "Log Cabin hair
tonic," "Log Cabin extract," for intornal
and external use, ami an old valuable dis
covery for catarrh, called "Log Cabin roso
cream." Among Hie list is also n "Log
Cabin plaster," and a "Log Cabin liver
pill."
From tho number of remedies, It will bo
seen that they do not propose to euro all
diseases with ono preparation. It la be
lieved by many that with these remedies a
new era Is to dawn upon Buffering human.
Uy and that tho close nt tho nineteenth
century will see theso roots and herbs, as
compounded under tho tltlo of Warner's
Log Cabin remedies, as popular ns (hey
wero at its bcginlng. Although they como
In tho form of pioprlttary medicines yet
they will ho nouo tho less welcome, for
suffering humanity has becomo tired of
modern doctoring anil tho public has great
confidence in any remedies put up by tho
firm ot which 11. II. Warner is tho head.
Tho peoplo havo bccome8uspiclous ot tho
effects of doctoring with poisonous drugs.
Few realize the injurious effects following
tho prescriptions of many modern phytl.
clans. These effects of poisonous drugs,
already promiucut, will becomo moro pro
nounced m comlne generations. Tluru-
Iforo wo can cordially with tho old-fashioned
new remedies tho best of success.