PROFESSIONAL CARDS.! 1 " " "
u mm
ATTORN KY AT-L AW,
Oihok l'Vont Room, Oror IVstoffico.
BLOUMbllUllO, t'A.
J II. maizmT1
ATroUNKY.AT.LAW,
INSURANCE nd itKAl. EiTATE AQKNT,
Opkick. -It om N... 2, Coi.miuiAN
blilliliii);
iiijimisnuau. pa:
Jan.SOtnin-S.it.
U FUNK,
ATTORN. I'-AT-LAW.
r.n, , .,.t.. n,,M.. tlu.nvs.r.s.pa
J "II. N NL CUAlil
AVIOKNEY-AT-LAW
Jt jTK'W UF 'I II E PEACE.
IlLKOStaUaO, Pa
uniee nter MoyerDros, urugMiora.
j"V Mil l.Kf:,
ArrOHNKY.AT-I.AW
onlteta Brower'a bul!aing,setondnoor,room Nu.
llloornaburg, Pa.
D FKANK ZAltR,
ATTO I IN 15 Y-AT-L A W.
Moomsburg, Pa.
onice corner at Centre ana Main Ktreetrfciarl 4
miiiawg.
Cad be consulted In Herman
(V
1 EO. K. KIAVKtX
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
DMIOMSHUIHI, I At j
OIUcc on second tlonr, third roora'ot Cot,
nuutAN lliiildlni?, M.iln street, below K
change Hotel.
J.J V. WHITK,
ATTORNEY-AT- LAW,
B LUO MS B U R Q , PA.
iOfflce In Witts' Building, 2nd floor,
inny l-tr
j.VV I NTE HAT E EN ,
A ttornoy -tvfLaw
AND
NOTARY I'UIILIO.
Ortlco In 1st National Hank bulldUiir. sucond Boor
Drat door lo the left. Corner 01 Mam 'iuil Market
troeis uioomrc urg, pa.
tQrJ'envniii and BouKtiei Volltehd.
WLLMKYEli,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
iHTOIllce over Dcntlcr's slioe. stoic,
Bloomsburg, Pa. upr-UO.86.
y7iC uu awn?
ATTOUN K Y - AT-L A W .
Cut aw bus. Pa
Oftre.enrnrrof Third and MalnStreeta
johekt it. little,
ATTO 1 J NK Y-AT-L A V,
ULOOMHlll'KO, I'A.
tw-om;c, Columbian llnltdlnsr, i&econd Ooci,
front roo d.
Q.ltANr UEUIUNoi
AT I'OUNUY-A I'-LA.W,
HLOOMSUUItU, PA.
Offlcn ov r lUwtlas's Moat Market.
D
It. nONOIU A. HOUUINS.
omce and residence. West First street, lUooms-
bate, Pa. - novec 88 ly.
JB. McKELVY, M. D.,8urgeon and Pl.y
.tlolan, north stdo Main street.bolov.- Market
D
B. J. 0. BUTTER,
PHYSICIAN 8UKUH0N,
Omco, North Market atreot,
HK ODlfiturt, l a
rvll. WM. M. IiKBElt Surgeon and
lyPnTitclan. omce corner of Hock and Market
treat.
J.
j. uhown.
o.Tlee ami resldeneo Srd street, west of Mnike',
near M. u cnuicb.
Ofllc hours every afternoon and evening. ' S c
CUl attention given to thti eje and tbe tilting of
glass's. Telephoro c.hiucllon.
J-lt J. IK EVANS.
Tieutiuiiiil if Chriiiiiti Disoa-ifii mftdi; a
SPECIALTY.
Ofllf.', Third StnH,
15 i.'uiiisnriui I'a
.1 1 1 EmS, d. n.y.,
rfiitnale or (bo I'blladelnhla lvni al C'olloire
JJavlns opened a ueniai onicein
LOCKAHIVS UUIMHNO,
turner of Main and centre blieelB,
BI.OOMSHURG, PA.,
1 prepared to receive all patients requli Dg pro.
eiwloual servlcea.
ETilKIt, 0$, AND LOCAL ANAEST11CTICS
admlnh'ored tortlie painless extrai tion of tietli
free ofcliarge wben artltlcUl teutu are Inserted.
ALL W01IK OUAHANTEEB A8 IIKI'Ithl-hVlEI).
octao-iy.
jr II. U0U8K,
DENTIST,
lil OOMS11I ltd, C'dl III1A t'lll.NTV, l':i
jjlityletof wortcdoneln 1 a'liierlorinar.ner.work
lrarranreaas ropntauotea 1 khh ftTt-T-lu'witnocr
PAlHby tbe use 01 (las. and
free of charge wben trtlrlrlaltmtib
arolnaurtt'd.
Otllciiln llurlon'a liullilinir. Mntu street
below Market, live doors In-low Kklm'n
dray atari', rtrst llnor.
In he oprti nt fill Aouri i!uriwj Iht -1n
Novx-U
JO KTlTAlFrMAN
' iiriiimti tdi rcLLOwinii
AMEIUOAN INBUUAKCr.rOJU'ANIEH
North Araorlean of I'hll&dCJpbU.
Fnumiin, "
Pennsylvania, " " 1
Tork, of Pennsylvania. ,
Hanover, of N. V. 1
Querns, nf London.
North llntlab, of London.
omce on Market Htrest, No. I, Ifloonubug.
not 14, 1-
FSTABLisnri) iMa
JM. 1. IjXVVX
(iireor to Kreas Uronn)
AdENTANU UKoKElt,
C'ourANics KcrHistMTtn:
Asuets
stna Plrolns.ro., of Hartford,,, iv.issssw
Uartford of llanford s,irvi.Gou ut
ILoeilxoi iiaitloid ,7;hwjis
rrlnelJ 01 Kpiii.fnid. toiwuoiu)
Pile A'.vlullou, I'blladclpbla .12,T-J.
I'.irnlan ot Lor.don , SO.-HA'i.mTl
I i'iM, 01 luidon oyj4.Mi.i4
1 a vnir-'fir Knelano(C. f. brni cb) l,Mi ins 00
l.jya'.nt F.nirlai.d " ' , ,S,i4.00
Mutual wmm urn Ins. Co. of New.
ark, N .1 4l,37v,?8 33
Uwaes promptly edjmted and paid at Ibis oruce.
FIUH InSUJIACK AGENCV OF
J. IF. MAIZE,
OlllccSnd tlaorColumlilan llulldltig,
III.OO.MSHirUO, IA.
Liverpool London and (llobc, largeat In tbe world.
AHSKTS.
IMPKItlAL nf Lnudo, I ,o.vi,47y 00
CONTINENTAL of New ork, 5,.1H,''1.3
AUEitlUAN of Philadelphia, t'.',4U',VM.II
NIAtlAK of New York, t;',JO,47U.tl4
une 1, isHS, tr.
Exchange Hotel,
UK.vro.v, PA.
Theuideriliin-d bit leaMd' tbts wMLknown
bouse, aud Is prfred to amowmodu the puollo
wlUt ail ino coavoitlouiea u a araUtUs baiet.
UEUUltL UUAKB, PrBcHr,
4&
l.B.BLWELL, .
1 Z BITTENBENDSB, f rUlelO"-
4 '
AFTER EXERCISE.
When men and maidens seek the sport
' They find around the tennis court,
Or when upon the diamond field
Their bats the champion players wield,
When walks, or rides, or bending oars, -Bring
perspiration from the pores,
Then people all should bear in mind
The best and purest soap to find,
For after some such exercise
The system most in danger lies, '
Absorbing then both swift and sure
The poisons found in soaps impure,
And those who keep for face and hands
Or general use as time demands,
The Ivory Soap, need have no fear
From exercise throughout the year.
A WORD OF WARNING.
'Tncr: sro many while soaps, each represented to be "just as good as the 'Iwry'l"
' they ARE'NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable dualities of
li.e-genuine. Ask for " Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it.
'.op)rL;ht 18SC, by Procter A. (Jaiable.
PLASTCR.
6 TOR $1.00
or mailed for price.
,Nr Philadelphia. ' A
P .CvtRVWHcac llfP
i lies bTa. m. r
r
Admlu K&tS cliulfici youtxr tnt?n and tyi tt any time ( Ctt them tat Builoeti, iny Coltetrc,rolytechntc
School, for Wt Point or AnnaiwtK. Advaaced cltiiei In Phyikf. Ciiemlstry. Survryini;. F.lextric! or
ClTil Eni
tludenti
BvlatmtaP.CUKlci.Matheroaiki.ctc. One of ttie bnt
ituacau ixara wild me rrincipai. icachcrtan men ana eraauaiesoi nrsi-cius oiigr,
' athletic), etc. Crnatiasium Special oinwrtualtles for apt students te advance rapidly, l'rlrate tutoiine and apecUIdrU) for back
ward boys ratroni or ttmtfni inly wtleit any studi. or a Dittlneii, College. l'rf pa raiory. hlectrkal.or CI11-t.Brlneerinr
tiKitui. Jieiy room has la It a iteam radiatur and li completely
etc., e(c. More fully MtjtJtcd i-h auiiaratys than any oilier Collejje-fcttinf school. Media Academy affords every bom
c..irrt.ihlMr.ledih:4 i.t. ami th Uittniulitf. Mied prices cover every eiiose. Noeiaminations for admUiion. Nt
Uluirated catalcue un (u to un adlrns SWlTlllN C. SHORTLiDCE, A.B., A.M. (Harvard Graduate), ttinctpcJ
aud fropiicttM, XUdia, I a. ClmUii al tliit uiBi.c,
CLOTHING
CLOTHING
Cr. W. EE1TSCH,
TIIK MERCHANT TAH.OH.
bis' Furnishing C::::,E:i: I
OF KVKKV OKSCUIPTION.
Siiiim tiindt to (inter nt tdioit notice
ami a tilalwayti gnaraiitrcd .r no Hale.
CiH and uxnimiui the liirpeKt uui bcot
ulfcli'd atock of ijoodi. uvor shown in
Coliiinliiri county.
I'lO'c next door to First National Hunk
MAIN STUKET.
Bloontpilitiriy Pa.
KXCHANQE HOTEL.
v7 R TDBBS, PROPRIETOR
ELOOVSSUSO, FA.
OPPOHITKtlOIIltT I10UHK.
Law tnjoiavojleal Hfnple roami. II Uh room
botiat lilt wit'ir; m til milirj Jiuaaae
J.. R. SMITH & CO
LIMITED.
MlXTON, Pa.
IlKALEItS IN
PIANOS,
Uy tbe followini; wcUknown makers: '
Cliickerinu')
Ivuabe,
Weber,
Ilallet. & llavis. ,
Can iiIho fiirnirih nny of llie
cheaper maker) nt tniiiiiitiictiii'era
prices. Do not buy a pinno be
fore getting our prices.
-Cata'cguo and Price Lists
Oti application.
)t.p.n.
GET YOUK JOU PRINTING
-DONE AT THE
OLl'MUJAN Ol'KICK
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BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1889.
FDCSH HOPS, HCMLOCKIGUM AND
PINE BALSAM COMIINED
Spread od white muilin.
thc Popular
3 RELIASLE
Apply oaa now for
Bokoeb. Bldtvob0. BhemuAtlBm.
XldneTWMknMSi Tender Luna a.
Bore cnest, suit Mosoies. Femla
It enrti erery ton of Pais. Ache, or Wellness,
&nd quickly, too.
3 X mm
1 r
Lock for tipnnture HOP PLASTER CO.,
PnornitTOflt. BOSTON, m Vie genuine good.
J Qr'
eaulioed and 6et rpMt;cd SchooU.
Fin hulldlnrat dm
double
furnlihed,
Grounds (ten acres) for foot-bal
drill
baMhall,
AiNwmoitv &co..
VHOLES&tE GROCERS.
I'llll.lDKI.IMIU,
I'A
KVS. it t I'M '! I "S 1 4TIVI MILVSS'-
itniK, i"iuns, nioAi:n.iot), kth , kto.
N. B. Homer K.entM old Arehsts
istirtteia win rw,pWfl prompt atfni ,o
KOW AOWE
THE.BEST BURNINQ OIL THAT CAN
BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM.
It gives a brilliant llu'ht.
li will not smoke ihec.Umueya,
It win not char the wlclc.
It has a hlgbnre test.
It will not explode.
It Is pre-eminently a family safety oil.
WE CHALLENGE COliPARI JON
With any otber Illuminating oil nuilo.
We Stake Our Reputation,
AsrennTB, upon the statement that It Is
THE BEST OIL
IN THE WORLD.
Ask jour dealer for
T.
UANVILT.E, PA.
Trade for liloorusburg and Vicinity Buppllod by
HIOYER BROS.,
Hluomsburg, Pa.
IMPOETANT'!
"Ilavlni; donntrmaeMln the Uulle.1 htatot for
retniour reputaiiin and raiponalblllty li.fwiab
llnbed. We want threii mn In i our vlelnl'r to
represent 13, to whieit excluilve territory will be
Ktven. Ilandaon e outnt free. Ha'iry and ex.(
K'W Pld eokly. I'ri'vlouiBiperl-noo iiQt r.
quired Write at once for termi. Hardy atook B
aiwcliltv. r
.1IAV JIltllTIIHItK, Numerjinen, Itochester.N.Y,
M!6-d-iin. ' "
TO . ADYKRTIHERS.,
A IW of Inoo newcptieni divided. Into STATKS
ANl),(rtKUTIPNt) will b ent on applleatlon-
Toh(wowhowanttrelradvertl.Hlneto pav, we
can offer no utter medium for thorough ' and ef.
focilvowork thir. tbe various becttona ot our
Haltrt l.eal I.I.I.
0150. i. nwi:i.i, & at.,
Newspaper advertising iiureau.
JO spruce street, flew York,
Jtrlyie.r4t
FIRMS
Moll Climate, and
I joca lion In I Ih, Hauth
lTAUMCIIA. ciaiemont Va.
td4t.
TOM BLINKER'S BABY.
THE STORY OF A FALL, AND
0RMATI0N IN REAL LIFE.
REF-
rhe I.I to of n S-Vear-Old Dnlltne the
Price uf a Man'. Iteil.mptlon Tlie I.lttle
llonnil of Karth oil Cronn 1 1 1 1 1 The
Neat Collage of the Olil Time Tinn.
' Tom Dllnkcr was ono of tho "boy8,"
and there nru many In thU city who
would know him nhould li is right name
lo given. Ho mado good wages, spent
his money freely and uiu) a halo fellow
well met with every one.
When ho nud Mary ttood before tho
altar In tho little) churwtiand linked their
Uvea together tunny wero tho compll
mcnta thoy received, for Indeed they
were a fine couple. Their friends con
gratulated them aud tho future looked
bright. And when tho llrst llttlo prnt
tier camo tho nemo of their happiness
4wmed to have lieen reached.
But Tom's old habits clung to him,
ttnd cro many years hnd gono ho began
to neglect his home. Often ho would
come homo luto ut night under tho Influ
ncti of ltcjuor. Thu money ho earned
passed over tho bur of tho baloon, and tho
roses faded from Mary's cheeks. Thc
stars loft her eyes; her fnco became
pinched, and deep lines of Borrow chased
away tho dimples. Stilt she did not com
plain, and Tom did not soo what grrnt
changes wero going 011 In Ids ' home.
From ono houso to another they moved.
The little homo on which Tom on his
wedding day had mado tho first payment
was gone, and at last his midnight reel
carried him to a miserable, hovel in which
a heart broken woman and children ex
isted. tub angel's wisa.
Tom had reached tho bottom. So low
had ho descended that be would scrub
out saloons that ho might get the dregs
of nlcoboliu stimulants. lie was Bum
mer Blinker now with a rum colored
noso and eyes bleared and bloodshot.
Many times ho Inhabited the "drunk
room" at tho station house, and when he
was brought in tho desk sergeant would
say, "Hello, Blinker ; you hero again?
Why don't you braco up and bo some
ono? You used to bo a pretty good kind
of a fellow."
Tom would only mumblo and drop
down into a corner to sleep. In po
lice court ho was a "chronic" and was
fined tlmo and timo ngain.
Ono cold and dismal night, when tho
snow was on tho ground and all nature
was ico clad, Tom was in a low barroom
naleep. Some cruel jokers had painted
his swollen face with lamp black ru-d
wero haing rare sjiort with tho drunken
man. When ho nwoko and realized his
condition ho became angry, and tho re
sult was that ho was badly beaten and
thrown out of door. Then he daggered
homeward. That night whilo tho lather
was at tho barroom 2-year-old baby
Mary, whoso eyes and dimples wero llko
mother's us,od to lie, was taken suddenly
ill with that night dread of all uiothei-H
tho croup, and in a few hours Us little
lifo was ended. Whilo tho mother bent
over tho form of her child nud bathed
its face with her tears, Tom staggered in
and threw himself on to a chair, uith a
besotted oath; then, as sleep overcame
him, ho fell to tho floor, whero br lay
till morning with Mary's faded and torn
shawl under his head for a pillow.
All night long tho mother sat beside
her dead and sent her prayers heaven
ward. When morning's light appeared,
aud Tom, benumbed with cold anil par
tially sobered, saw lib dead child and re
alized that ho had not been near to tvipo
tho death damp from its brow, or help it
battle for life, then an old feeling, be
coiuo new, camu to him. Down on bis
knees, with his faco buried in tho tat
tered bed clothing, ho sobbed as only
great strong men can sob, and Mary, the,
wreck of long ago, placed her wasted
arm alxiut his neck, and with her wim
face against his, unmindful of tho lamp
black, tho fumes of vile liquor, mingled
her tears with his. But nopromi.es of
reformation did Tom make.
Kind neighbors furnished a llttlo coffin,
and when Tom, trembling in every 11 tub
from dissipation, dropped hot, burning
tears on tliu little faco upturned, and
with his shaking hand caressed the tiny
white bands peacefully crossed 011 tho
bosom of white, people wondered "if
this will lie u lcson to him." Tho fu
neral was unpretentious. Every clod
that fell 011 tho collln struck a blow on
Tom's heart. For two day's Tom re
mained at home, and on tho third, when
ho started away, ho took his wife in his
arms mid kUsod her as ho did in times
gone by. And when ho returned Mary
listened for his step, oh, so anxiously,
and, when sho heard it, thanked God it
was tliu step of a sober man.
Tout was ruissed from tho bar loom,
from tho iiolicu station, from the poll -e
court. He quit diiuking aud went to
work. (Jo to ono of tho largest factories
in tho city. Pass among tho whirring
wheels aud ringing hammers. Scoithat
tall, braid shouldered man with it cheery
face, begrimed not with lamp black, but
with tho result of honest labor! That's
Tom Blinker.
When the whittle sounds ho takes oil
Ids apvon, buttons his stout coat about
I1I111 mid with u brisk swinging walk and
a cheery wliistlo starts for home. Fol
low 1dm to a neat little cottage and
watch the picturo that tho light throws
upon tho curtains at tho window, Sco u
happy wife, in tidy attiro throw her arms
around Ids neck and kiss away tho dirt
of tho factory. Sco happy children
clamoring to - kiss papa. See thetu at
their evening woal and then if Tom
does go out after. 6upper Mary and tho
children go along. Tho neat cottage
Isn't Tom's yet, but it will be some day,
for ho is tho old tlmo Tom, sober, hard
working aud honest.
Out in Crown Hill is a llttlo mound of
earth that Tom and Mary visit every
Sunday. On this mound in summer tho
flowerj over bloom, aud winter's fletco
galu that rends tho oak and shakes tho
ovcrgreens sinks to a low sweet and ten
der lullaby as it passes over the spot
where rest tlio remains of Blinker's baby,
Indianapolis News.
On th Kir York Elevated.
It has been said by jiooplo of superficial
observation that thojuipulslvo, excitable
man -on, tho platform near tlie middle of
the, car, just as tho train la coming to a
stop;who Is jumping back and forth, un
certain which door, to run for, Is tho most
miserable .man 1 In thssworld, but hois
uiottilhu, most- truly wretolicd is the one
i-'w.ho lias, put, his ticket in lib pocket and
."ih-ppiicd ixt dollar- andninetyfivo cents'
. wmtUof change Inntlio silent, lmmn a
. bio chopper Ivorwblchi never. gives iiji
i. its -victims. Now York Tribune.
i. Uu WiMM'i thetAulbor.
lord' William ,Pouletvwaa. said to bo
.tha-author of a pamphlet called "Tho
Ai'Snako .In. tho Grass." A gentleman,
abujed la it, eent ldin a challenge. Lord
William protested hit innocence, but tho
geutleiuauili!sted upon a denial under
jhUliand, Lord William took up n pen
and began; "ThU Is too ttartefy thut the
bock killed the snak" "Oh, my lordl"
eald tht gentleman, "I am satUfletl.
Your lordship has already convinced me
you did uot write tha book." &u Fran
cIaoo Argonaut.
Mr. It. M. Stanley'a Early Yean.
A correspondent of Tho Western Mall,
writing from St. Asaph, furnishes some
further Interesting particulars of tho
early years of Mr. II. M. Stanloy. When
young Rowlands as Stanley was, of
roursc, known beforo ho was adopted by
tho gentleman who took him toAmerica
attended tho St. Asnph Union school,
tho Bchoolmnstcr had so high an opinion
of him that ho used to puthlm In chargo
of the schoolboys during his absence.
Tho Imy was qulto equal to tbo task of
maintaining discipline. He would allow
no ono to question his authority. Itather
than to suffer nny ono to take liberties
with him ho would give tho boys a
thrashing all round, nnd this ho used to
do so eifcctually that no boy was found
j bold enough to dlsputo his authority.
Tho boy was particularly fond of geogra
phy and arithmetic, and seemed never so
happy as when, pointer in hand, he was
allowed to ramble at his own sweet will
over tho face of tho map. Ho seemed to
his fellow pupils to have tho latitude aud
longitudo of each place at his .lingers'
ends. Ho was aUo a good penman, and
on this account was often selected by tho
porter to enter tho names of visitors in a
book kept for that purpose, and at times
he was even Invited Into the clerk's of
fice to help with tho nccotints.
"T. L. I,." says that having search
ed tho liooks at tho workhouso In order
to llnd if there are any traces of Stanley
there, ho discovered among tho entries
tho name of John Rowlands some eight
times. Tho llrst entry Is that of his ad
mission to the houso, which took place
on Feb. 20, 18-17. Ho is entered as lie
longing to the parish of Denbigh, and as
having been born in 1811 (thin date, by
tho way, tallies exactly with Dr. Pierce's
account). Ills namo next occurs In the
lists of Inmates for tho years 1851-00.
Provlous to this no ll.tt of names for
each year was mado out; only tho name's
of those who were admitted or discharg
ed during tho year wero registered. Tho
last entry is dated May 13, 18.10, and is
tho timo when ho dually left tho work
house. Ho is there reported to have
"gono to his undo at tho national school,
Holywell." Other books, such as tho re
porter's report book and tho clerk's ac
count books, may throw additional light
upon tho early days of Stanley. Pall
Mall Gazette.
llaugcr in Celluloid.
Umbrella and cane handles, collars,
oulTs. and scores of other articles of con
venience, utility and oven elegance,
manufactured from celluloid, nruin daily
use by largo numbers of the cople.
The question is asked, "May they lie
safely used" Celluloid is mado from
gun cotton, tho powerful and violent ex
plosive comjiound. Gun cotton is mado
by saturating absorbent jujier with a
mixture of two parts of nitrio acid and
llvo parts of sulphurio acid. The ccllu
loo of tho paper, derived from tho cel
lular tissuo of tho cotton in common use,
U changed by tho combination and be
comes gun cotton. To make celluloid,
tho excess of acid is washed out by the
free uso of water, nnd by pressure "carc
fully applied. After tho removal of till
uncombined acid, it is reduced to a ho
mogeneous pulpy mass, strained until it
becomes nearly dry, and is then mixed
with about one-third of its weight of
gum camphor?
Jlieso materiaU.nro mixed as uniform
ly as pbssiblo by careful manipulation
with wooden instruments, and then by
grinding. Tho pulp which is turned out
by grinding is spread out and reduced to
slabs of various thicknesses and rolled
between steam heated rollers, and then
becomes moderately elastio In strips of
medium hickness. In this form it is
worked up into tho various articles
whiclj are offered for sale and use. Al
though gun cotton Is easily lnanufact
lUred, itmanufucturo for experiment or
for general uso is not recommended; and,
although celluloid articles may Ijo safely
used with ordinary care, a lionfire of
such articles for amusement is not rec
ommended. No injuries from such use?
have been reported. A word to tho wise,
however, sufllcos. American Analvst.
The Sill of L)lng.
Tho emperor of Russia, when upon n
tour of inspection in tho provinces,
passed tho night in tho simple hut of the
toll taker. Beforo retiring ho wns
pleased, as tho head of tho church, to
see, (ho old man take up his Bible and
ijMid, a chapter. "Do you read often,
uiyson?",bo!iskcd, "Yes, your majes
ty, every day." "How much of the
Biblo have you read, my son?" "Dur
ing tho past year tho Old Testament and
part of Matthew, your majesty.'"
Thinking to reward him, the czar
placed 500 rubles between tho leaves of
tho Book of Mark on the following morn
ing, unknown to tho toll keeper, whom
ho bado farowell, Several months
passed away nnd tho emperor returned
upon a second tour, to tho toll taker's
hut. Taking the Biblo In his hands he
wan surprised to llnd tho fiOO rubles in
tact. Again interrogating tho toll keep
er us to his dlligcnco In reading ho re
ceived an afilrmatlvo answer nnd, the
statement that ho had finished tho chap
ters of Luke,
"Lying, my son, Is a great sin," re
plied his majesty; "give me the Bible
till I see." Opeuing the book he xiintcd
to tho monoy, which the man had not
seen. "Thou hast not sought the king
dom of God, my son. As punishment,
thou shalt also lose thy earthly reward."
And ho placed tho rubles in his pocket,
to distribute nftcrward amongtho neigh
boring lioor. London Standard.
Never Nrulled lu Life.
A most remarkable case was brought
to light by the coroner recently during
an Inquest on tho body of an 18-year-old
girl who died Thursday night in a ono
room shanty which served as a homo for
a widow and her six children. Josephine
Grabski, tho dead girl, who was tho eld
est of the family, had never walked a
stop in her life, sho had never r.eeu tho
light of day, never heard tho enund of
voices, novcr uttered an intelligible sylla
bloslncn tho day of her birth and was
novcr known to smile.
Sho ato what was given her, rejecting
nothing, nud never making a slgu that
sho dcalrod more. Tho only feeling that
this seml-inanimato creature over bo
trajed was when a flower would lio
placed in her hand. At tho timo of her
death her body -was no larger than thut
of an ordinary 10-year-old child. All
her limbs wero in proportion, but her
knees were drawn up so that sho had
nover been ahlo to walk. What sur
prised tho family and tho neighbors most
was tlie fcuillo 011 tho faco of tho dead
girl. Her counteunnco looked liko that
of a beautiful nngel In sweet reposo, and
mo nps were partcn 111 a heavenly smile,
though sho had never smiled in her lifo.
Chicago Herald.
The Sparrow and tha Alligator,
An alligator and tin English sparrow
wero seen to engage in a battlo near
Darien, Fla., tho other day, Tho 'gator
provoked the tight by snapping at tho
dim, which in turn llew furiously at Its
ugly antagonist, aiming with precision
at tho saurian's pyes. Tho 'gator finally
gave up tho contest and sought safety
from tho t narrow's attack by lddlng it
aif wider water Detroit Frco Press.
VERBAL CUIUOSLTIES.
FRANK
TER
STAUFFER'S
THE ORIGIN
RESEARCH AF
OF WORDS.
3Imiy KiiirriMlon. That Bound Aukunrd
anil Ileduiulaiit Hod a Sensible Ueclii
uliig Word. That Have lleen Tnl.tetl
Yet Ketnlli Their tlrlgliml Slgnlflrnnoe.
Tho origin of some words Is as peculiar
as the subsequent dellcctlon of their
meaning Is interesting. Tho word tarlll
had aqucer origin. A promontory called
Tarifa, lu southern Spain, juts Into the
Straits of Gibraltar and commands the
entrance Into tho Mediterranean sea.
Tho ancient Moors built n fortress upon
it nnd levied n duty on the merchandise
carried by tho passing ships. This tax
was called "tarifa," which was finally
shortened to tarlll. Another word with
n queer origin is tho word stoker. In
old Kngllsh "stelk" means to "shut,
and "stokn" to "shut up." Chaucer says:
"Then luulst thou the gntu stoke" (shut).
The man on tho engine who puts the
coal Into the furnace, and then "stokes"
the door, becomes a "stoker," or shut-up-er!
A COMSION SALUTATION.
The annual fair In tho Isle of Fly was
called St. Audrey's fair, and much ordi
nary but Bhowy lace was sold to tho
country lasses. St. Audrey's laco soon
becamo proverbial, and from that cause
tiiudry, a corruption of St. Audrey, was
established as a common expression to
denote not only cheap laco, but nny other
part of female dress which was more
gaudy in appearance than warranted by
Its quality or value. Wo now spell (tho
word "tawdry" and Uso It in tho &imo
sense.
Tho salutation, "How do you do?"
soinuU liko an awkward and redundant
sentence, and yet its origin was a Bensi
bio one. Dow In old English, pro
nounced do, moans "to bo able," "to
thrive," "to prosper." It should not
suggest redundancy, for it is equivalent
to saying, "How do jou thrive?" "How
do you prosper?" Tho colloquialism,
"Ho Is a do-less (dow-lcss) fellow," hail
tho samo origin, and means one who Is
too weak or shiftless to prosper.
When, as Americans, wo use tho word
cute In tho sense of "clever" or "sharp,"
v.o keep within tho legitimate, which
cannot bo said when we uso it instead of
pretty. "Ain't it cute?-' has been adopt
ed by tho fair sex to an exasperating ex
tent. When wo hear aspeakcrsay "slst
ren" (sisters) wo consider him lacking in
education. It is as legitimate a word as
"brethren," and both words dato back to
tho timo of Chaucer, who called the
fates "the fatal slstreu."
ItlOHT TO SAY "ANYWHEN."
If it is proper to say "anyhow" iond
"anywhere," why is it not proper to say
"any when?" Tho others merely survived
it, for Mackay quotes the expression, "I
v ill talk tho matter over with you nny
where and anywhen." "Craft" and
"cunning" at ono time stood for "skill"
and "ability." The word "botch," ap
plied to a bad workman or his work, is
from tho word "bauch," meaning indif
ferent. 'Tutting tho cart before tho
horse," a common expression for begin
ning to do a thing at tho wrong end,
was In uso as early as 15113, and llrst ap
peared In tho Greek of Luclen, nearly
1,700 years ago.
"Vamose," a slang expression which
came into uso after tho Mexican war, is
the Spanish vamos, "let us go." To
"bully," meanlug to worry or torment
In a swaggering manner, is said to have
been derived from the noisy way in
which drovers tako bullocks to market.
BogU3 is a corruption of Borgese, tho
name of n man who at ono timo flooded
the west and southwest with counterfeit
money. Bother Is said to havo been
first used by a sergeant, who cried out
to two incessant talkers, ono at each car,
"Don't both ear mo."
Canteen is one of tho fow words in tho
English language which passed inton
foreign tongue and was afterwards taken
back In' a modified form. Tho Saxon
called It a "tiucan," but tho Gaul, as Is
wont, placed the noun before the adjec
tive, and pronounced tho i as e, thus
rendering it canteen. It became n French
military term, and the English Incorpo
rated It among their military terms. The
changes that havo occurred in tho Eng
lish language are remarkable. Going
back to tho timo of Queen Elizabeth, wo
can readily note them. In tha timo of
Chaucer and Gower, littlo more than 600
years ago, the dialect has a half foreign
look, while as early as tho days of King
Alfred it is unintelligible without tho
aid of u glossary. Frank S. Stauffer in
Detroit Freo Press,
lie Heard About III. Grave.
'Do you know my grave was dug in
this town duiiug the war for me to be
buried In?" said a gentleman In our ofllce
last Thursday.
"No, sir; we never met you before."
"Well, it was. My name Is Crane,
and I was sergeant in company G, Ono
Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana
reglmeut. I was sick nigh unto death
In a hospital lu Marietta, aud heard tho
doctor say to a man who entered tho
room: 'How many graves are you having
dug? 'Threo,' was tha resjwnse. 'Well,
dig one about a foot longer than tlie
usual length, for that tall sergeant will
be dead by morning;' and tho instruc
tions wero carried out, but you see I did
not All that gravo."
"No, you don't look like a resurrected
corpse."
"Tho reason I didn't die was I got bet
ter the next morning nnd ato raspberry
jam, determined not to fill a grave that
was dug beforo I died." Marietta (Ga.)
Journal.
Dlffervuee lu Egg..
In form and general aspect tho differ
once among birds' eggs Is endless. Some
ore elongated, somo aro spherical, somo
are dull on the surface, somo aro polished,
somo nre dark and others gray or whlto,
others very bright. Tho shapo of eggs
offers tis much diversity as their blzo and
weight. They may bo thrown, however,
into bix ditrcrent or typical forms tho
cylindrical, tho oval, the spherical, tho
ovicular, oviconlcal and tho elliptic. The
ovlculnr form of eggs belongs to tho Pas
serai and Galllaco), U10 ovctd to tho ra
pacious birds und tho ralmipedes, tho
conical to tho wading birds and some
Palmipedes, the short to some game and
many stilted birds and tho spherical to
nocturnal birds of proy aud the kingfisher
If a farmer has a Hock of 100 hens they
produce In egg shells about 137 louuds of
chalk annually; and yet not a jiound of
tho substance, or perhaps not even an
ounce, exists nround tbo farm liouto
within tho circuit of their feeding
grounds, Tho materials of their manu
facture are found in tho food consumed
and In thu sand, pebble stones, brick
dust, bits of bones, etc.. which hens and
other birds oro continually picking from
the earth. Tho instinct Is keen for these
apiiarontly innutritions and refractory
substances, and they aro devoured with
as eager a relish as tho cereal grains 01
Insects. If hens aro confined to barns or
outbuildings It is obvious that tho egg
firoduclug machinery cannot bo kept
ong in action unless the materials for
tho shell aro supplied in auiplo ubun.
danotj PopuUir Science;
THK COLUMBIAN, VOL XXIII.NOat
OOLUMUIA UKMOOUAT, VOL.LIIl, NO IS
AN INTELLIGENT MALTESE.
It, llrought 'Lily from tho .Meeting,
, trat
IU OdSprlnc Wr. a Failure.
Over at tho West End there lives a col
ored family which Is noted for possess
ing a breed of cats which It Boems to
havo a monopoly of remarkably intelli
gent animals they aro. If not always
sleek and handsome. Npt long ago a
lady on Beacon Hill who was In noed of
a servant, and to whom a .daughter of
this colored household had .been recom
mended, called ono evening nt tho llttlo
house up an alloy whero tho peoplo lived.
A stout black woman came to tho door.
"Does Eliz& Orangeblossom llvo here?"
tho lady asked.
"Yes, she do, ma'am) but sho ain't in
jes' dia minute," sold tha stout colored
woman. "But cf you'll step in I'll sen'
out artcr her."
Sho led tho way in and seated tho lttdy
In tho living room of tho Louse. There
wero several cats present, ono of whjch,
a scrawny but alert looking Maltese. 1th
green eyes, rubbed up amiably and in
quiringly against the visitor's dress.
"You come 'way from dar, you
Malty I" exclaimed tho colored woman
to the cat. '.'You hyah me? Now you
go ober t' de oliu'ch and git 'Llzy, and
bring her home. You go fetch 'Lizyl"
he repeated, holding the door .open.
Tho cot, after sidling and wavering on
tho threshold a moment, as cats always
do In order not to appear too obedient,
disappeared through the door.
"Will will the cat bring your daugh
ter?" tho lady asked In astonishment
"Laws bless yo, ma'am, you wait, on'
soe," said tho colored woman.
Somo minutes went by, and the lady
began to think that tho mission was qulto
a failure, when tho door opened and a
strapping colored girl camo in with' tho
Maltese cat at her heels. The girluul
hardly got in wben she broke out;
"Mammy, did you send dat 'ar. Malty
' to fetch me?"
"Co'bo I did."
"Wal' now, I'm tired 0' havln' dat, cat
follerln' me up wherever I go. Seems
llko I can't go nowhero but you send her
after, met Dere I wus in do pra'r meet
in' stttin' quiet in do pew llstenin' to.
Matildy Johnson relatln' her 'eperlences
wld grace, an' all 't onco in walks da cat
right up do aisle, and begins mewln'.and
yowllln' at de pew doot Oh, dey wus all
lookin' and laughln' and nothln' f er me
ter do, o'co'sc, but ter went right out. I
hopo ye'll 'scuse mo, ma'am, but I reckon
you wouldn't like ter bo fotched home
way f'oin do pra'r meetin' by a little,
screochln' Maltese cat, neither!"
Tho visitor could not help inwardly
reckouiug that she wouldn't. But her
admiration for tho cat, was so great that
she made a point afterward to getoneof
her kittens. The animal, however,, was
a great disappointment. Not tlini be
seemed to be lacking particularly In in
telligence ho was intelligent'enough, on
tho contrary, to get himself lodged 1 and
fed and petted without rendering any
return whatsoever. Ho sits in tho win
dow pretty nearly tho entire day, watch
ing the panorama on the street with evi
dent interest, and never appearing to
dream for a, moment that ho has any
social duties. Listener in Boston Tran
script, Encourages Prevarication.
Something new in the telephone line
has developed in France. A man called
up President Carnot's ministers byitele
phonoand denounced them in a uiost
-vigorous and treasonable way. Ho was
arrested, but the French courts held, that
Insults offered over a telephouo wire ore
not penal offenses. This shows I that
criminal laws do not keep pace with
new inventions. It is so the world over.
Men lie over the telephone every .day.
They telephone home that business will
keep them down town and that tthcy
cannnot be homo to dinner, and may be
detained late at night. There is no re
dress for wives in such cases excopt to
dress for dinner and dine without hus
bands. Business transactions are carried
on by telephone. A man has mado a
bad bargain and does not wish to stand
by it. Ho says ho did not telephone and
you cannot swear to tho voice that came
In tho buzz. No witness heard what he
said. Tho law has provided against ob-
sceno matter sent by mall. Telegraph
companies rule out cuss words. But a
man talking to you by telephone may
abuso you as if you were a pickpocket.
You cannot smash his jaw and you must
stand It. New Orleans Picayune.
HUtook the neadlog.
Gilllflower isn't much ot a scholar, and
tho other night when he was reading to
his old fashioned wife .out of a newspa
per, lia camo across on item about some
woman having charge of twenty-five
kindergartens. Tho last 11 being a littlo
blurred ho read it, "twenty-five kinder
garters."
"Law-sakest" exclaimed tho old lady,
us sho snatched off her spectacles in as
tonishment, "twcnty-ilve kind er gar
ters! No wonder thero's so many butted
peoplo and rcpytasheus nowadays. Why,
when I was a gal we used to knit
'em, or use a string, and if wo wanted
something right Iiandsome we'd get the
selvidgo off the cloth when tho boys got
a pair of trousers made out o' store cloth.
Now every body must havo 'lastics. Tweu-ty-fio
kind o' garters. An', of course,
other things to match! This is what Sa
rah Togy and Nary Gansott Peer's doin'
for us."
Then sho replaced her specs and went
on with her knitting. Texas Sittings.
Some Hud Proverb.
A contributor to The Frelslnnlge Zel
tung has collected from all tho foremost
nations of tho world a heap of "proverbs
of men concerning women." It appears
from them that tho southern peoplo.who
count themselves the most chivalrous
nnd gallant toward tho ladles, aro moro
oourso and Insulting lu their proverbs
than tho colder northerners. Although
tho Germans, tho Scandinavians and tho
English aro not complimentary to wo
men In their proverbs, they aro "rarely
brutal."
Tho Frenchman says: "A man who
has a wifo has a plague." "A man mado
of straw Is worth doublo as much as a
woman made of gold." Tho Spaniard
says: "A woman's advice is nover of any
uso, but unless you follow it sho will rail
at you as u fool." "Bo on your guard
against a bad woman, but do not put
your trust In a good woman." "There
is only 0110 lmd woman, but every hus
band believes ho possesses her," Tha
Italians sayi "If a man loses bis wife and
a farthing, he has only lost a farthing."
Tho chief fallings of the sex, according
to a whole host ot English and German
proverbs, are changeabloness aud talka
tiveness, the former ot which Is equally
true 01 men anil tno latter not disagreea
ble to meu in tho Latin nations.
The chargo that "Women's minds and
April winds often cluvngo," and the state
ment that "A woman's strength Ilea In
ner tongue," nppear to bo accepted In
various readings throughout northern
Europe, Tho specimen of a Yankee
proverb Is characteristic! "Women can
keep a secret, but It takes a big crowd of
them to doit." Tho Chinese say that
"A woman a tonguo U her sword," but
"hi. usver UU it grow rutty." Now
ziWKtmn,
REST.
Iet us rest uurnelvcs a blr.
Worry! ware your hand to It
Klu your finger tlpn; and amlls
, H farewell Tittle while. ( i j
Weary of U10 weary way
We have come from yesteaday,
Let us fret us not. Instead, '
Of the weary way ah ead.
Let ur paiuo and catch our breath
On the hither aids of death,
Wbllo wo soa tho tender shoots
Of the (troMcA-not tha roots.
. -Whilo we yet look down not up
To neck out tha buttercup .
od tho dal.y, whero tiny wave
O'er tbe green homo ot tha grave.
Let us launch us moothiy on
LUUee billows of tbe Uwn,
And drift out acroM the main
pf oUrcMldW) dreams Again.
Voyajra off, beneath tha trees,
O'er, the fHd's enchanted seaa
Where the lilies are our nils
And our seagulls, nightingales.
Where no wilder ttorm aliall beat
Than tha wind that wares tha wheat.
And no tempests burst above
Tlie old laugh, wo used to love.
Lorn all trouble gain release
Languor and exceeding peace,
OuUing Idly o'er the vast.
Calm mid-ocean of. the pait.
Let us rest ourselves a bit, 1
Worry I ware your hand to It
Klaa your finger tips and smile
It farowell a little while.
James Whlteomb IUlcy In N. O. ricayune.
lagtierreotypea
Daguerreotypes wero costly things at
first. In England, whero tho process
had ,beeu patented by an enterprising
person who s.tole it from Franco, tho
chargo vas 2 guineas ($12.00) for ada
gurreotypo only Cixllin., and 4 guineas
(f2Q,16) for one ttyico that big. In this
country tho prices for tho two sizes wero
at first ?5 nnd $10, but eventually, when
other processes invaded tho field, daguer
reotypes camo down to 25 and DO cents,
at wldch thero surely could havo been
no profit In them. Tho daguerreotype
had to bo very carefully protected from
tho atmosphere, and even then was pop
ularly believed to fade out ero long. It ,
is.howovcr affirmed br Mr. A. Bogardas
and surely nobody has a better right
to speak authoritatively that a prop
erly made daguerreotype would not
f ado .out. It would becomo covered by a
film of tarnish tliat would render tho
picturo qulto Invisible, but that cduld
bo by chemical means so cleaned off that
tho picturo would stand out tut clearly
as when first mado. This ho had ef
fected In pictures that had vanished
from sight fifteen years beforo they wero
put In his hands for treatment.
Imperfect, and limited in its uses as
tho daguerreotype was, it was the parent
of. tbo almost divine art of photography
and tho countless variations upon and
applications of it known today, and
high among tho deathless names upon
fame's roll of tho Immortals, deserves
to stand that of Louis Jacques Maudo
Dacucrre. J. H. Connelly.
The 1B04 Dollar.
"There Is something curious about the
American silver dollar and half dol
lar of 1804," said a numismatist. "Thero
were about 20,000 of tho dollars coined,
but not ono of them ever got Into circu
lation. Two of them aro in well known
coin collections today, however, and
they aro tho most valuable of all Amer
ican co!n3. Why the dollar of 1804 was
never seen lu circulation after lcavinc
tho mint is one of the unsolved govern
ment mysteries. It Is asserted on good
authority that tho two 1804 dollars now
In existence, while having been mado
from tlie original die, were in reality
not coined for many years after that
year, when thoy wero surreptitiously
struck, and, it U supposed, issued to a
person high in authority, from whom
they subsequently passed Into tho collec
tions referred to. Tho half dollar of
1804 Is surrounded by u mystery equally
profound. Thero wero over 150,000 of
tbeso coined, but not ono of these wero
oyer known to bo in circulation. On tho
other hand, but 700 quarter dollars wero
coined in that year; and specimens of
these aro In every collection and numis
matist s shop. Philadelphia Press.
I'll re Air from Coal.
An Englishman is credited with the
discovery of a method of producing pcr-
pectiy pure ur ironi tno combustion of
coal. The process is very simple, and is
described as follows: It consists of a
brick chamber about 0x2x2 feet, built
upon .the ground. At one end Is a feed
chamber, and a fuel chamber, and at tho
other a powerful exhaust and blast fan.
Placed intermediately between tho cham
ber and the fan aro bafflo plates, splitting
plates, 'a standing bridge with perfor
ations at the back, and a hanging bridgo
with perforations at tho front. Thero
aro also several carefully proportioned
Inleta to supply tho exact quantity of air
requisite for perfect combustion. Issu
ing from a fan mouth of twelvo inches
in diameter, comes rushing a column of
hot air, marking on tho pyrometer at its
exit a steady, uniform temperature of
500 degs. Fahrenheit. Not a traco ot
smoko or fume is visible to the eye; not
a taint ot any Itlna Is perceptible to tho
taste or smell. new York Telegram.
Wanted to Unpw About Oops.
Genuine sympathy is a balm that heals
many wounds, but it Is a question if a
certain man who met a friend on tho
street a day or two ago had his grief as
suaged by the expression ot sympathy ho
received. Itoth parties were from a
rural district and it was evident had not
seen each other for a long time. Meet
ing on Clark street, ono of them cried
out: "Why, hello, Joe; I am awful glad
to see you. How are you, anyhow?"
"Ob, I'm all right, personally, but I ain't
feelinc very chipper; I lost my wlte last
week." "No, did you? Say, Joe, how's
crops?" Chicago Herald.
Sell Egg. by Weight, 1
Here is a sceno in a grocery: Two
iarmcrs brought in somo eggs to sell.
Tho ono was evidently proud of his eggs
and proud ol'the birds tli;it laid them.
Ho had a flock of flno Plymouth Rocks,
and the eggs they laid were beauties. A
dozen of them weighed thlrty-nlno
ounces, an average of three and a quarter
ounces each. Tho other fnrmor brought
In his eggs without saying a word, had
nothing to say ot them or tho fowls that
laid them. A dozen ot his eggs weighed
twenty-one ounces, un average of ono
and thrco-quarter ounces each. Both
lota of eggs were carried to tho rear ot
the store by a clerk, counted and each
man got a cent apiece for his eggs. As
ho of tho small eggs passed a bystander
in going out no winked knowingly nnd
said: "That man with the big eggs Is a
fool; Ids hens eat a heap moro .than
mtno, make no more eggs though they
oro bigger but ho geta no moro for
them." 1Now York Mall aud Express. 1
A Keiuedy for Prickly Heat
I havo just discovered that if any per
son subject to prickly heat in summer
will bathe the places lu a weak solution
of saleratus water and dry them with a
soft cloth, and afterwards powder hem
with a powder mado of equal parts of
fullor's earth and rloo flour, they will
havo perfect ease. It should bo dona
night and morning in tho hot weather,
and if a musquito bitea you, dou't try
any herolo remedy, but simply apply a
littlo cold cream, wlilch somehow over
comes the poison and irritation when
nothing elso will. I havo seen children
tliat were nearly wild with tho irritation
of many uiusqulto bites calmed in a mo
ment by tho application of cold cream.
Ollvo Harper.
"I've got a Martha Washington, two
Hancocks and a Oen. Grant," Is tlie way
a local sport announces his possession of
10 in small bllu? by the vignettes on
their faces. Washington Post.
Tabooed by the CiAr.
Any book of poems which has tha word
Vynt ,1a It cannot pass thcjtuaslia
frontier. The czar thinks It a direct hit at