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LITTLE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office, CoLOllUAx Building,! fleer, front nw, BLOOMSBURG, PA. QRANT HERRING, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OSes r; K.wilrj' Meat Market, BLOOMSBUKG, PA. H. RHAWN, ATTORKKV-AT-LAVf, Office, corner of Third ana llala Streets, CATAWISSA, PA. J- B. McKELVY, M. D., SURGE'-tH AND PHYSICIAN, Office, Nnb liar Main Street, WVw Market, BLOOMSBURG, PA. D R. . C. ROTTER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office, Nartk Mulct Street, BLOOMSBURG, PA. D R. WM. M. REBER, SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN, Office, comer of Rock and Mulct Streeti, BLOOMSBURG, PA. ft- S. WIN TERSTKEN, W. D. BUCKLEY. Notary Tublic. ''TTNTEUSTEEN & BECKLEY, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Loans secured, Investments made. Real es Itatc taught and sold. Office in First National Bank Building, Dloomsburg, Pa. jTJONORA A. ROBBINS, M. D. OIUco West First St. Special attention Riven to the ' tyo and ear and the tilting ot glasses. J J. BROWN, M. D., Office and Residence, Third Street, West at Muket, near Id. B. Church, BLOOMSBURG, PA. WOffice hours every afternoon and evening. Special attention given to the eye and the fitting glasses. Telcphene connection. D R. J. R. EVANS, TatATUUTT or ClIBOXIC DlSEAUS uadx a Specialty. Office and Residence, Third St., below Muket, BLOOMSBURG, PA. M, J. HESS, D. D. S., Graduate of the Philadelphia DeataJCeUefe, having opened a dental office la LscXAXC't BUILDIMO, eoreer f Mala and Ceatxa rtrtetl, BLOOMSBURG, PA., Ii prepared to receive all patieati reqafriag fr feulotul lerrlcta. ELEOTlIIOlVlBlUTORtUsED. ErBZE, Gas, tin Local As as minus, xdstlatitcrsJ fr tfc palalea txtnctiaa of teeth fiec of cWjs wM artltdaJ teeth an bunted. Au. Wouc QvAJLUrrxso A9 Ruaxaxjrrau. w AINWRIGHT & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS. Teas, Svruh, Corrxz, Sugar, Molassw, Rice, Spices, Bicarb Soda, Eta, Etc. N. E. Comer Second and Arch Stx. PHILADELPHIA, PA. WOrders will receive prompt attention. M. C. SLOAN & BRO., If ANurACTUtxas or Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Sleighs, Platfora Wagons, &c BLOOMSBURG, PA. Firit-ctats work always on band. Repairing acatly dene. 3THcrs reduced to suit the timet. w. H. HOOSE, SURGEON DENTIST, Office, Buton's Building, Main St., bel. Muket, BLOOMSBURG, PA. All styles of work done In a superior manner, and all work warranted u represented. Tiitii Extracted Without Paw, '! the use of Oaa, and free of chuge when artificial teeth art Inserted. W To bo tpea all howl dariegth day, THE COLUMBIAN IS THE BEST. A 0. a, EI.WELL, i K. BlTTEHBENDEn, rrrIetori. Finest Line of and SILVER WATCHES IN THE COUNTY GOLD AT J. I WILLS' JEWELRY . F. Savits. PLUMBER AND GAS FITTER UK. W.Kit IN IIS, MR, PITTING, k Tin Roofing a Specialty. ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON ALL WORK IN HIS LINE. First door 15!o msbur Opera Houbo Tho Bost Burning Oil That Gan bo Mado From Potroloum. It gives a brilliant light. It will not smoke Hie chimneys. It will not char the vick. It lias ii high lire test. It will no( explode. It U pre-eminently a family safety oil. We Challenge Comparison with any other illuminating oil made. Wo Stake our Reputation, ns Refiners, up on the Statement that It U Vhe MeM Ml in Tin: woiti.n. ASK YOUR DEALElt FOR Crown - Acme. :o: ACME OIL COMPANY, ULOOJUSUUUO,. I'A. Home seekers will Had the last of the . Vrnn mibllo dorniln ot airr.e 1'tural and iiou grazing valaealor.it ike tlreat North. T andq ern Ity. In N-rth lukotaand Montana ' IjaUUH Now Towns HO or more alons tho (Iroat Northern Ka'lway I. Inf. uulnen chances. Write f. I. Whitney, st I'aul. Mlnu., for llooka, Mapi, to. Write now. Koittpni on rree (lovernment lanis a- Low Rat03 Ions the (treat Northern ID'. Line ti North Dakota and Montana eel low rates and fine markets (or products. Hunting Fishing Finest resorts In America along Great Norheru Hy. Unotu Minnesota, Da. kotaa and Montana. Boat climate (or health soekera. Montana nrcxluces tho finest Hoses Hor303 Gattlo and Cattle, t ree r.in?es j et In Mouso. Jllllc and iun ltlver Valleys and Sweet ureas tlllla, UnoWVi I In Montana. Free lands, Now Towns. nuaJlU vew Hallways, Now Mines, Low Hates Wealth Liar1 arei of s Bwect orass mils, Milk and Sun ltlver I RVinnn Valleys. .Montana, reached only by the ""uuy Oreat Northern Hallway Lino. The Unrrq Stock Halsers' paradise. "UB Gold Goal I The regions tributary to (Ireat North, ern ltallway lino In Montana produce all the precious and baser metals New towns and railways are being jullt, Go to the Oreat Heaervatlou ot Mon. I Kfille tana and get a good Ireo hom' tead. i Low rates and Kreo Sleepers on Great Rivnr Northern H'y. Uoe. Go now. ivoi Hnrrl n I These have made Montana the ncnest UOrUB Utato per capita In the Union. 1'lenty era. Now Is tho time. Ainnifiho Great Northern Hallway Lino in Montana are (roe ranches and pasturage, mines ot precious metals. Iron and coil, and new cities and towns. Now Is ) our chance. Young Man Surrounded by a line agricultural and grailng country, close to mines of pre. clous metals. Iron and coal, possessing a water power unwjualed In America, It la Montana's mdustral centre. Groat Falls Tl.n vnllova nt Hod. MOUSO. MlSWUrl I Milk and sunltlversretcaed byOreat Northern Hy. Lino. Half raw oicur-1 slonsH'Dt. 0, 13. and uct, 14, 1BW. i G. N. R. L, " write r. i. wuiihu, ou m-uu, D R. I.C.BREECE, TIIYSICIAN & SURGEON. W OrTice over Mover Ilros. Drug Store, KesiJence West Main Street. lie BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER STORE Tndigestion IS not only n distressing complaint, of Itself, but, by causing the blood to become depraved and the system en fecbled, Is the parent of Innumerable maladies. That Ayor'g Snrsnpnrllln la the best cure for Indigestion, even when complicated with Liver Complaint, Is proved by tho following testimony from Mrs. Joseph Lake, of Brockway Centre, Mich.: "Liver complaint and Indigestion made my Ufo a burden and came near ending my existence. For more than four years I suffered untold agony, was reduced almost to a skeleton, and hardly bad strength to drag myself nbout. All kinds of food distressed me, and only the most delicate could bo digested at all. Within the time mentioned several physicians treatod mo without giving re lief. Nothing that I took seemed to do any permanent good until I commenced the uso of Ayer's Sarsaparllla, which ban produced wonderful results. Soon after commencing to tako tho Sarsapa. rllla I could see an Improvement in my condition. My nppetlto began to return and with It camo tho ability to digest all the food taken, my strength im proved each day, anil after a few months of faithful nttcntlon to your directions, I found myself a well woman, able to attend to all household duties. The medicine has given mo a new lease of life." Ayer's Sarsaparllla rnirAniD nr Dr. J. C. Aye? & Co., Lowell, Matt. Frlcrtl; ill bottle,, tS. Worth $S tottl. B T. HARTMAN KXflXSIHTS THE rOt.LOWINO AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES . Nortt American, of Philadelphia, Franklin, " Pennsylvania, York, of Penasylvmit, Hannrtr, of New York, SUMns, of London, orth British, c London. Ornc on Market Street, ibcve Main, No. 5. BLOOMS11URG. I'A. (Successor to Freas Brown.) AGENT AND UKOKER, Bloohsburo Fire & Life Ins. Agency, (Established in 1865.) COMPANIES REPRESENTED ! Ace itt Btna Fire Ins. Co. of Hartfoid, if.),5j8,i8s!o7 nariioia, 01 lutllora 5, 2ss.boo.97 Phctni, of Hartford, 4 77 8 4C9.1t Springfield, of Sprirgfied, 3.099,903.9s Fire Associa'.ion, Pliilldelphia,... 4,512,78.29 Guardian, of London, 20,003,323.71 fhoenix, of London 6,924,563.48 Lancashire of Enf.t(U.S. Branch) 1,642,105.0c Royal of England. " " 4,853.564.00 MuL Ben. Lf.In.Co.Neuark,Nj41, 379, 228.33 Losses promptly adjusted and paid at this office, BLOOMSBUKG, I'A. J H. MAIZE, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, Office, Second Floor, Columbian Building, BLOOMSBUKG, PA. Liverpool, London, and Globe, largest in the World, and perfectly reliable. Assets. Imperial, of London, $9,658,479.00. Continental of New York 5,239,981.28 American of Philadelphia 2,401,956,11 Niagara, of New York, 2,260,479. Si jXCHANGE HOTELS V. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR, Orrosin Court House. BLOOMSBURG, TA. Large and convenient sample rooms. Bath rooms, hot .and cold water ; and all modem conveniences. J" B. WILLIAMS, AUOTIONKEH. ULOOMSIimtU, PA. Heil Estate Bought and Sold. Pirtie loilrin to buy Uorwi mil wagon roulil dc well to call on tho above. J. S. GAHUISON M. 1). HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, t&- OIUco over I. W. Uartraan & 8 111' store, rcilileucQ N. E. corner Centrtj ard Fourth streets. J-R. J. T. FOX, Dentist. All the latest appliances for manufacturing, treating, filling and etracling teeth. All styles of work warranted as represented. OITic e on Main Street, near East. 5.16-iy, QHRISTIAN K tNAPP. FIRE INSURANCE, BLOOMSBURG. Home of N. V. 1 1 Y. 1 Merchants l Newark, N. , 1 Clinton, N. Y. 1 Peoples' N V. 1 Reading, a. 1 German Amrrtuo Ins, Co., New York. J Greenwich tn.urancc C., New York Jersey City Fire Ins. Co., Jersey Cliy. N. J. The old cotporatioos arc well seasoned by a(; jiiJ naa nitlti and hae never yei had a loss letlled by sny court of law. Their assets ut alllnvesled la kOiin itcvairiis, are Italic to the ha au vl tus on'y Losses a urn.v and ItiiMJiLV adjusted ;iihist. and paid txn l delviit.tLd, y CI IAN F KNAPP, H'Ut. A.sr ano Ad. IVITfl, Pl.oo . ' a Jke prole i-Ti.l n Vi :ouniy ahoald pat ruutic IM aj'OkV h. rt ot '41, if any, arc set' ded and j aid 17 r. uf tier own tltiicus. AN IMPRESSION. A cypross dark against tho blue, I That deepens np to such a lain As never painter dared and drew! A lnarhle ahaft that ftanJa nlono AIioto a wreck of sculptured stone With irray-gTtn aloea overfrrown! A hill side scored with hollow veins Thronirh age long wah of summer rains As purple as nlth vintage staloa: And rocks that while tho hours run Bhow all the jewels, one. by one, , For paMlmo of the summer sun) A crecont sail upon the sea 60 calm and fair and rippta free You wonder storms can ever be; A shore with deop Indented Imys, And o'or the Rltamliur waterways A glimpse of Islands in tho haze; A face bronzed dark to red and gold With mountain eyes that eem to hold The freshness of tho world of old; A shepherd's crook, a coat of fleece, A grazing flock the sense of peace, Tho long sweet ellenoa-thU U Oreecet Rcnncll Rodd. Indefensible Injustice, About ono-flfth of nil males In Massa chusetts nvorngo less than $1 per day, Tho females working; at this low scale of wages comprise 72.01 per cent, of nil tho workers. No intelligent render will fall to rcnllzo what this fnct inonns. As tha scale of wages rises the number of fe males enjoy ing them grows steadily less. Of ft total of 7,257 workers receiving $20 n week and over, only 208 nre females. The figures simply show that in tho em ployments in which tho very lowest wages are paid women constitute over 70 per cent, of tho workers, whllo in tho employments where ns high ns $20 a week are paid they constitute hardly over 8 per cent. In addition to nil this is the humiliating fact that in tho saino occupations, stand ing side by side with men, tho females aro paid loss wages for tho same workj or, what amounts to tho samo thing, a woman of 20 years or upward is mado to work side by sido with a boy of 10 at the same wages. Women aro compelled, then, to fill most of tho cheap places, and paid less wages for tho samo work at that. Wo have no hesitation in saying that this is 1111 indefensible injustico, nnd one so gross as to eliame civilization. Why do legislators sit passively under such discriminations of sex in tho matter of work and wages? Simply because they know that the women carry no votes, nnd that inero sentiment, however jnst, can neither seat nor unseat a poli tician. But it will not always be thus. Boston Globe. An Odd Ulrd Thnt Likes Flailing. ' Away up ou tho mountain Bido, where tho numerous streams find their way through deep, dark canons down to the pulsobeat of old ocean, is tho natural summer home of tho water ousel, tho strangest of all Btrango birds. You sel dom seo moro than one of them nt a time. They aro of a dark blue color, and aro easily recognized by a peculiar, quick, jerking motion, which thoy never seem to tiro of. And as they flit from rock to rock they aro continually bob bing up and down, performing such a polite little courtesy as would causa you to smile to see It. Owing to their peculiar habits and tho isolated spots they select to build their neste no ono but the most ardent sports men and naturalists succeeds in finding them. Hence a water ousel's nest, with two of their eggs in it, has a commercial value among nest collectors of $23. Thoy always build their nests just back of some waterfall or under some overhang ing bank, whero they havo to go through or under the water to get to it. Another strange habit of this bird is the deliberate' manner in which they ap pear to commit suicido. They will start slowly, very slowly, to wado right down into the water until thoy disappear from view, but if tho water is clear and you havo a sharp eye you can still seo their little dark forms clinging to the bottom in search of their morning repast, which consists of periwinkles. Tacoma Led ger. Coating for 1'lAster Casts. Hitherto in the galvanic coating of plaster casts there has been a difficulty in stopping the pores of the surface so effectuully as to prevent the galvanio bath penetrating into tho interior of tho plaster and there producing first crystal-1 llzation and then disintegration. This obstacle appears to havo been overcome by the discovery that saturation in tan not only closes up the pores of the plas ter, but adds very considerably to its strength. Specimens so prepared havo been covered with copper one millimeter thick, a thickness which is not only suf ficient to resist atmospheric influences, but which enables the surface to be fur-' ther worked up and finished by hand J The prico of a cast coated with coppor is' said to be ono-flfth of tho cost of a copper casting. New York Commercial Adver tiser. Deaaert Kvery Other Dny. "I think you may send mo a quart of huckleberries," said tho landlady to tho marketman, as she looked about for bar gains in wilted eggplant. "Have you many boarders, ma'aml" he asked mildly, "Nine." "Isn't a quart of berries rather rather light for nine?" he ventured. "Not with me," sho snapped. "Four of my boarders don't eat huckleberries for breakfast and five don't eat bananas, so I alternate and ketch half either way." New York Tribune. A Jloaton ISpltuuh. Iu nn out-of-the-way corner of a Bos ton graveyard stands a brown board showing the marks of age and neglect. It bears tho inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Ebeu Harvey, who departed this life suddenly and unexpectedly by a cow Idoking him on tho Hth of Septem ber, 1853. Well done, thou good and faithful servant." Chicago Times. "I have heard some admirable ad dresses before the agricultural society," says President Northen, of Augusta, Qa., "but a dozen colte on exhibition at the state fair is a better lecture than I have ever heard on stock, and a bale of fina hay is a finer lecture for grass growing." astiw to -nat readies. "The art of eating a peach" Is, it ap pears, ono of the questions of the day. According to one authority on tho oti quette of the dinner table a peach should be picked with the fork, quartered, peeled and eaten piecemeal. But as bo much manipulation would evidently leave all the juice of the fruit on the plate this method, to be palatable, re quires the courage of the young lady in the story who, at her first appearance nt a dinner party, raised her dessert plate with her two hands and calmly drank the sweet juice of the nectarines. Tho French rule of eating peaches will, there fore, bo accepted with muoh favor, and that rule is. "DV mnnlrn n r,li. . dents." PaU Mall Budget. Kuby light for photographio purposes, b spite of all that haa been said in favor o orange green, continues to hold IU own in the dark room, although many who use it complain of Its effect on their eyea, A remedy for this has boon found In the introduction of npauoof ground glow Urwoeu the eyes and the ruby. A CLEVER THICK EXPOSED. High Priced Suits That Are Mule to Show nml Not to Tie Sold. I havo noticed in tho windows of a cortaiu ready mado clotlilng establish ment that advertises liberally and well, nnd works tho bargain sale rackot upon ft pcale of fairness well out of tho beaten rut, upon soveral occasions ono or moro overcoats or suits of clothes made up in distinctly custom made material, and finished with nil tho laborious caro that is bestowod upon tho high class mado to order garment. I havo out of curiosity frequently gone into this storo on ruth days to noto tho quullty of tho goods offered for tho money, and It must bo said that the prices quoted were gencr nlly nway down lwlow tho rock bottom cost of manufacture. Insido tho storo I encounter several moro of theBo handsomely made Biilts. I oven went so far upon ono occasion as to try on ono of tho coats thereof, but it did not fit, nnd tho obliging clerk in formed mo that they wero all sold out of my size. Tho price quoted was $12, and as a matter of fact such a suit could not havo been manufactured for doublo thnt sum. Tho sizo was a Binall one 34 chest, and while I lingered for further Information n small nnd slender man camo along looking over the counters. Ho picked up tho flno suit nnd I awaited developments, no asked tho prico, felt tho cloth nnd tried it on. The man was of it peculiar shape), nnd to tho horror of tho clerk it fitted him oxactly. "Let mo show you something else." "No," was the decisive answer; "I will tako this," and the twelve dollars was counted out. When he left tho storo withh is prizo there was "wailing nnd gnashing of teeth." "Could yon not seo ho was a bad shape and it might fit him?" queried tho mim ager. "Well, I thought they were mado," answered tho clerk, "so that they wouldn't fit anybody." Tho tecret was out. And a clever catch trado devico it is. I remember distinctly tho seraphic smilo of the little lop sided man as ho strode out of the door in that, on him, porfect fitting gray cassiraero ten strike Tho decoy suit that will not fit anybody is tho latest trick of tho trade, and its projector is certainly a genius in his way. Clothier and Furnisher. Two Ingenious I'aupers Cuuglit. Sympathetic spectators gathered ono afternoon around a young man who fell down in front of tho Louvre in what ap peared to bo nn epileptic seizure. Ono of the bystamlers stepped forward and proposed to carry the invalid to a chemist's shop not fnr off, and onother offered to assist. Tho ono who spoko first took up tho epileptic's hat, and throwing sixpence into it said to tho crowd, "I nm a poor man myself, but if each ono of you did as I do this un fortunate creaturo would have some thing to help to relievo his sufferings." Impelled by this generous example tho crowd showered coppers and small silver into tho hat until over ten shillings was collected. Great was their astonishment when two constables walked up and seized both the benevolent originator of tho alms collection and tho epileptic suffer er. The latter, as soon as he opened his eyes and saw the policeman, forgot that ho was an invalid and attempted to es cape They were both taken to the lock up, and were identified as two well known lazy mendicants, nnnicd Carnet and Desmarets. Thoy had enacted tho samo dodgo successfully in the Rue Saint Honoro during the forenoon, tho epilep tic and his colleaguo on that occasion fleecing tho charitable to the extent of 8s. The chemist's assistant who re lieved tho pretended sufferer in tho Ituo Saint Honoro happened to pass tho Lonvro while Ids second performance was going on. Suspecting n fraud, ho told the police. Hence their arrest. Paris Cor. London Telegraph. lloneat. No man can pursue an honest policy for a long course of years without gain ing a reputation mora to bo valued than great richos. It does ono good, heart and soul, to remember that there aro men who aro like pillars of firo by night to more wavering consciences, men who can reject a bribo with, the haughtiness duo nn insult. Tho late W. H. Y. nack ett, of Portsmouth, was an exception ally honest man, ono of thoso lawyera who, like Abraham Lincoln, would not undertake a case which did not seem to him a just one, and wherever ho was known his influence over a jury was naturally great. One day, after tho termination of a certain case, Mr. Hackott met an old farmor who had been one of the jury, and who felt that too much time had been consumed in reaching n verdict. "The fact is, squire," he said, "we shouldn't ha' been so long a-givin' you that case, but somehow or other there happenod to be a couple o' men ou there who didn't know you at aU. Waal, tho rest of us, we just told 'era what kind of a man wo knowed Squire Hackett to be. An' wo kind of insisted upon it that wo could depend oxactly on what you said. An' so, after that, we all came round together." Youth's Companion. Glad tu See the Cenaus Man. Ono happy census enumerator has been heard of. He had three towns iu Baker county for his field of operations. Ho says he expected to be well treated, but such unbounded hospitality ns met him everywhere was a complete surprise. He bought a poor horse to commence with, and at tho closo of his work tho horso was fat, and it cost him only ten cents for hlimelf and animal for the month he was at work. When he went into a settlement the neighbors wero all called In, Thus his labor was very much lightened, and not a man even hesitated in nnswering a single question. Florida Letter. The poet Swinburne is a little man with a big head, which is fringed with auburn hair. Ho is quick and nervous in Ids movements and n very brilliant talker. Ho is a bachelor. John L. Sullivan haa a sense of humor Suite unknown to himself. Ho used in ie most solemn manner to introduce his little old father to strangers as "the only man on Ood's earth who over linked iua.' The Hottest Keglon. ' Careful observations and comparisons made by Bcientifio Americans prove that tho hottest region on the earth is on the southwestern coast of Persia, whore Per sia borders the gulf of the same name. For forty consecutive days in the montlis of July and AugUBt the ther mometer has been known not to fall lower than 100 degs. night or day, and to often run up as high ns 128 degs. in the afternoon. At Bahrin, in tho center of the torrid part of the torrid belt, us though it were nature's Intention to make tha region as unbearable as possible, no water can bo obtained from digging wells 100, 200 or even 500 feet doep, yet a comparative ly numerous population contrive to live there, thanks to copious springs which break forth from tho liottom of the gulf, more than a inila from shore. flt. Louis aiobo-Denuxsrsvt. 26, 1890. GREAT MEN'S ILLUSIONS. DEAN SWIFT SAID ALL MEN A FIE MAD IN SOME DEGREE. Evidences Which Go to ProTe the Trulh of Ills Saying Poets, riilloiher. Soldiers and Ilefortners Who Saw Spooks ami Were Inrllteneeit by Them, It has been said or sung that all men are moro or less insane, differing only in degree. Certainly those who nre consid ered snuo in which category tho gontlo reader is included aro liable to halluci nations, and it depends upon tho extent to which wo give way before, and bellovo in, tho illusions of the brain, whether we walk abroad with our follies or are placed In n padded room. Byron often received visits from a Bpccter, but ho know it to bo n creation of tho imagination. Popo saw an arm np parcntly come through the wall, and made inquiries after its owner. Gootho states that ho ono day saw the exact counterpart of himself coming toward him. Ben Jonson spent tho watches of tho night an interested spectator of a crowd of Tartars, Turks nnd Itomnn Catholics, who roso up and fought round his nnn chair till sunrise Dr. Jonson heard his mother call his namo in a clear voice, though sho was at tho time in an other city. And Sir Joshua Reynolds, leaving his houso, thought tho lamps wore trees and tho men nnd women bushes agitated by the breeze VISIONS AITCARED. Nicolal was alarmed at the appearance of a dead body which vanished and enmo again at intervals. This was followed' by human faces, which camo into the room, and after gazing upon him for n whilo. departed. None of his friends was among tho faces he saw. After enjoying a silent acquaintance with his visitors for Bomo weeks, they began to speak, and ho describes thoir conversa tion as brief and agreeable. Such visi itors would cause many to loso their reason, but Nicolai knew thoy were but tho effects of indigestion. Bostock, the physiologist, saw similar figures and faces, nnd nf tcr recovering from a momentary surprise, he Bet him self to study tho habits nnd customs of his curious visitors. This ho had amplo op portunity to do, as thoy remained with him three days and nights. There was ono human face constantly before him for twenty-four hours, tho features and headgear ns distinct as those of a living person, yot having no resemblance to any one ho had ever known. Finally tho phantom disappeared, to make way for troops of littlo human figures, which disported themselves like fanticcini for his entertainment. The reason, says Connolly, that Nico lai and Bostock did not become hopeless ly insane was because thoy never beliovod in tho reality of the visions. Tho effects of tho illusions of BOtne men have been felt in history. Religions have been founded on tho words of men supposed to have been inspired, but who were merely suffering from a form of madness which medical ecienco calls "ecstacy." Oliver Cromwell, lyiug sleepless on his couch, saw tho curtains open and a gigan tic woman appear, who told him ho would become tho greatest man in Eng land. In 1800 Gen. Rnpp, having important news, entered the emperor's apartment unannounced, and found the great war rior in a rapt nttitude, gazing at the ceil ing. Tho general mado an intentional poise, whereupon Napoleon seized his arm and said excitedly, "Look up there!" Ho looked and saw nothing. "Why," said the emperor, "do you not seo it? It is my star; it is before you beaming; it has uover deserted me. I seo it on every great occurrence urging mo onward; it is an unfailing omen of success." SI'lltlTS that issrirtED. Some men havo been Inspired to per severe iu their life's work by self con jured illusion. Loyola, lying wounded during tho siego of Pampeluna, saw the Virgin, who encouraged him to proso cuto his mission. Benvennto Cellini, im prisoned nt Rome, resolved to freo him self by self destruction, but was deterred by tho apparition of a young woman of wondrous beauty, whoso reproaches turned him from his purpose. This spirit returned and consoled liim on other occasions when he was low spirit ed. Descartes was followed by an in visible person whose voice he heard urg ing him to continue his researches after trutli. Many have fondly clung to their illu sions, and thongh reasonable in most tilings have at least been distinctly mad in one. Tasso firmly believed that he had a familiar genius, whose great de light and chief recreation was to con verse with him. His friend, J, B. Man go, tried to jiersuade him of this illusion, whoreupon tho poet offered to introduco his unbelieving friend to tho spirit. But though ho often heard Tasso in conver sation with the imaginary being, it never mado itself visiblo to other eyes. Few believe that Luther actually held a warm discussion with an important personage from the other world, yet that he believed it himself wo have his word, and ho has even left on record some ac count of tho dispute, from which it would appear that his opponent is not so wily as we have been led to believe. At any rate ho could not wind himself argu lnentatlvcly round tho sturdy priest. Ravaillac, while chanting the "Mis erere" and "Do Profundis," fondly bo lieved that the sounds he emitted wero of the nature and had the full effect of a trumpet. Count Emmanuel Swedenborg believed that he had the privilege of in terviewing persons in tho spirit world. Jean Eugelbrecht was under a similar impression. Zimmerman was for some timo in constant fear of nn imaginary enemy, whom he expected to nrrivo nt any moment, break into and wreck his dwelling. London Standard. Leuwenhock by means of microscopes observed spiders no bigger than a grain of sand, which spun threads so fine tliat it took 4,000 of them to equal in magni tude a single hair. Tho fly spider it is known lays an egg as largo as itself. If a tramp is found in Iown ho is ar rested and put to hard work. Thus the treatment is at once reformatory and pu nitive. If Iowa perseveres she will get her roads kept in repair and make good progress with her public works. Wom en will not be afraid to walk ulong coun try roads or remain alono in farm houses. In tho definition of tho Iowa law a tramp is any malo person over 10 who, physi cally ahlo to work, is found wandering from place to placo begging or without vieiblo means of support. If any tramp wants to reform and becorao a respocta olo member of society, and has not tho backbouo to do it himself, lot him go to Iowa, Tho youngest editor in Boston five years ago (perhaps at presont) was Daniel 8. Knovrltou, who in June, 1883, bought tho moribund Sunday Times and entered it in competition with four established "society" weeklies. Today it leads all but ono of theo In circulation and, like iU vaergtftlu manager, Leeyt moving. VOL. 25, NO 39 FATE COULD NOT HARM. The reeling of Security nf a Man Whoae T.lf W Insured for 040. They aro tearing down old houses all over the city to make room for the more modern linnse. Whilo thoso houses nro being demolished there is usually a class of people who crowd around, eagor to pick up tho stray pieces of wood which como in their direction. Colored peoplo generally predominate In tills class, and many a family is thus supplied with fuel. Whllo tearing down a houso in the northwest section of the city re cently tho workmen were very much bothered by theso "wood hustlers," as they term them. Tho "wood hustlers" la this caso were composed, with but ono exception, of small negroes. This exception was nn old negro who had ono leg shorter than tho other, nnd was nearly bent doublo, but whether with ago or not no ono know. Ho looked as If ho had worked hard all his lifo. but appearances aro de ceitful. Tho workmen locaino so incensed at tho "wood hustlers" that thoy drove them all nway excepting the old man. After a whllo tho old man bocamo more bold, and endangered himself in trying to get pieces of wood. Ono of tho work inon spoko to him nbout it, telling him he would Imj hurt if ho persisted in get ting in tho way. Tho old man mumbled out something, but paid no attention to the warning. Finally he got closo to tho wall and stooped to pick up a piece of beam. Just as ho was stooping a brick foil in front of him, and ho narrowly escaped being hit. Seeing this a workman yelled: "Look out, olo man, or youll be killed." "I doan't karo," replied tho old man, and he coutinuod to confiscate nil tho wood that camo withlnhls reach. Again ho barely escaped being hit with another brick, and again the workman shouted: "I dono tolo yor onst to git away from dero. Tho fust thing you know you won't know nothing." "I doan't kare," reiterated tho old man, looking around for more wood, and, seeing somo in tho Interior of the build ing, ho went for it. Ho had hardly passed the door when a heavy beam fell In tho placo he had just vacated, envel oping hlni in a cloud of dust. Several workmen, thinking that the heavy beam hod pinioned tho old man to the ground, jumped down to render all tho assist ance possible Imagine their surprise when, on reaching tho placo, they found the old man gathering tho wood as un concernedly as though nothing had hap pened. Tho workmen wore speech esa for a whilo and then one Bald: "Look a' har, olo man, youll have to git out o' this. We don't care 'bout lo8in' timo orcarryin'yer korpua through tho street." Tho old man looked contemptuously at the speaker, and then said In a don't-glvo-a-continental tone: "G'way, niggers; I don't core. I jist had my life 'surod fo' forty dollars." Washington Post. Discoloration or the Skin. Between tho cuticle tho epidermis, that is, or scarfskin and tho true skin is a layer of cells which secrete from the blood a dark coloring matter. The black races havo this feature most fully developed, but even tho lightest are not wholly destitute of it. Its complete nbsence characterizes tho albino, giving us occasionally a chalk white negro, tho hair, of course, partici pating in tho defect. As this pigment is also wanting in tho albino's choroid coat of the eyo normally a dark back ground for the retina, nnd essential to clear vision ho is nearly blind except at night. There is often a local absence of pig ment, causing whlto patches on tho limbs and different parts of the body. Bach a patch ou tho head may give riso to a solitary white lock amid a full head of dark hair. Somo parts of the skin ore naturally darker than tho rest, and the darker color may extend far beyond the usual limit and still bo purely physiological, but dark colored spots often appear on tho body as a result of some diseased condition or of exciting causes. Tho simplest and commonest of such spots aro known ns frecklos. Their re mote causo is a peculiarly sensitive skin; their direct cause is the light and heat of tho sun. Persons with fair Bkin and hair aro most subject to them. Tho pig mont, which in others is uniformly dis tributed, seems to gather into small rounded spots. Youth's Companion. Badly Crippled. A party of Americans, including threo or four boys and girls, were not long ago visiting an ancient church in a French provincial city. An aged beadle showed them tho objocts of Interest. "WhOSO nortrait is this?" nslr.nl nnn r,f tho girls, Indicating an ancient canvas upon wnicu mo loco ana form of a man in armor could barely bo mado out. "That," said the beadle, after stopping to tako a pinch of Bnuff, "is tho celebrat ed Grand Duke Anatole, tho founder of tho church." "Was he n great 6oldierr "Yes; but he had the misfortune to loso a leg or an arm in every battlo in which he took part." "How many battles did he take part inf" asked one of tho boys. The beadle, who was oxpectlng a snoeze, looked skyward n minute, then snoozed violently, usod his handker chief, nnd answered: "Twenty-four!" Youth's Companion. A Sagacious Collie. On Saturday forenoon, while a gentle man was being driven in his private car riage past the Cross, Paisley, a little girl ran in front of tho horse and would in evitably have been seriously injured but for the sagacity of a large collie dog which was running behind the carriage and saw tho danger. The animal seized the child's dress and actually swung the littlo ono round about In his efforts to extricate her from hor perilous position. She was knocked down, but was not much hurt. Poll Mall Gazette. Au Interesting Iteunlon. A family reunion was held at Lancas ter, Mass., Aug. 10 which was 6omowhat remarkable Mr, and Mrs, John W. Barnes wero married there in May, 1835, and havo been blossod with eight chil dren, four girls nnd four boys. The en tiro family wero gathered under tho parental roof on the above date for the first time in olghtecn years. Instances of fifty-five years of married life, with out a break in so largo n numlter of chil dren, aro certainly very rare, ainl tho Barnes family of Lancaster ought to bo desirable risks for Ufo insurance com panies. Tho average ago of tho whole family was found to bo 60.8 yean, rang ing from 83 to 85, and tho nverago weight was 107.8 pounds, ranging from 2231 pounds (tho weight of tho baby) to 120 pounds, tho weight of the oldest child. llobtou Journal. Tho Journalist mokes this very signifi cant comment ou tho now city editor of Tho Now York Ilerulds "Hoick teems to enjoy iu a marked degreo tho confidence and ittteem of tho commodore. Whom tlkj gods lovo tile young." New York's Slower Market. Now York is soon to havo what almost every European city lias a market for cut flowers that ladles tnay visit with out seeing or mooting with anything that is disagreeable Tho Idea of having a general flower market nt Union square lias by no moans boon abandonod, still tho project is at a stand still for tho present, nud no active steps will bo taken in tho matter for somo montlis yet. In tho meantimo tho Market Florists' asso ciation of Now York is making arrnngo tnents for a temporary market for cut flowers, which will bo situated noar Union square, and which will bo opened early in September. Hithorto tho markot for cnt flowers has boon Bltuntod ot tho foot of Thirty fourth street, East river. No woman would caro to visit tho neighborhood, and it was unattractive in every sense. In Paris It is quite tho proper thing to form parties to visit tho flowor "market in tho early morning. For obvious reasons parties of that kind aro not formod in Now York. The regular flower markot nt tho foot of Ca nal street and North river nnd tho cut flowor markot at Thirty-fourth street aro not attractlvo early in tho morning or lato at night. Tho beauty of tho flowers is more than offset by tho lack of beauty in their surroundings, Now York Mall and Express. Some Old llrle Knglnecrs. There nro sevouteen members of tho Port Jcrvis Lodge of tho Brotherhood of Locomotivo Engineers who havo been omployod on tho Erie railroad for peri ods of from twenty-flvo to thirty-flvo consocutivo years, tho nvernge term of service being within n fraction of thirty years. Tho oldest iu continuous service aro II. L. Carlough and 8. A. Ronk, both of whom began running on the road Jan. 1, 1855. Tho oldest iu actual longth of servlco Is Benjamin Uoffner, who entered the employ of the company as an engineer in 1848, but was off tho road from 1854 to 1853. Mr. Hoffner is still doing duty nt 70 years of ago, and in the thirty eighth year of his work on tho road as enginoer of tho train between Port Jcr vis nnd Otisville. Tho soventeen veterans referred to in tho order of seniority of continuous serv ice nre H. L. Carlough, S. A. Ronk, Charles Frayer, Albort Johnson, David Henderson, William Dooloy, Benjamin Hoffner, Edward Kent, G. H. Cooper, Samuol S. Walker, David "Wilson, J. H. Cookson, A. H. Goodale, E. H. Cox, A. P. Brady, G.'H. Johnson and John Ack ennnn. Middletown (N. Y.) Cor. Now York Times. Tho Wonderful Congo Hirer. For our knowledgo of tho dimensions and navigable lengths of tho Congo, tho largest, nnd, next to tho Nile, tho longest African river, tho world is Indebted al most entirely to Mr. Stanley, its dis coverer, and tho founder of tho groat Freo State within its basin. According to Mr. Stanley tho Congo is moro than 8,000 miles long, nnd in sizo nnd volumo tho second river of tho world, tho first being presumably the Amnzon. Liko tho Nilo, tho Congo has ono stretch of uninterrupted navigation 1,000 miles long between Stanley Pool nnd Stanley Falls. Unfortunately for commerce, however, this magnificent stretch of water is sepa rated from tho sea by a series of insur mountable cataracts that compel n port ago of 235 miles, or two portages of 83 and 60 miles and inany transfers. Tho largest of all African rivers, nnd prob ably tho'most valuablo from a commer cial point of view, moro promptly nnd more emphatically than any of tho others forbids tho upward progress of tho steamer. Thomas Stevens in Scribner's. A Gorgeous Mausoleum. After fivo years' litigation, during which timo tho interest on tho largo sum bequeathed has accumulated, the Amer ican courts havo docided that the gor geous mausoloum on tho hill overlook ing Spa, in memory of au American lady whoso maiden namo was Sarah Strother, is to bo built. Tho edifice in question will bo an exact replica of tho chapel of the Knights of St. John nt Romo, and tho interior will lto composed entirely of white Sicilian inarblo and mosaics. Tho bodies of the Strothers will lio uuder threo tombs in a crypt; tho garden sur rounding tho church is over four acres in extent; a spacious house is to bo erected for the "perpetual guardian," the Englibh chaplain for the time being, and tho wholo is to cost nearly 40,000. Thereat of tho Baroness Fahnenberg's enormous fortune is to .bo dovoted io tho construction of almshouses in Kentucky. London World. Don't. Do not take crackers on n picnic. They are conveniently handled, but are very apt to provoke thirst and fill up tho stomach iu au unsatisfactory way. It is scarcely necessary to ndd n caution against indulging in peanuts or candies on a picnic. Spongo cake and mint drops are recommended If tho picknick ers crave something sweet. The boxes of "square" Chylong ginger or tho long, crystallized "thumbs" are dainties par ticularly acceptable In hot weather, nnd not likely to upset the digestion. If the party is largo it can arrange for the transportation of a block of ice, mapped first in newspaper and with an outer covering of flannel. Philadelphia Led ger. lloja Capture a Thief. A desperate horse thief In Maine, who escaped from jail, has boonapturod by boys. Discovering him they guvo chase and cornered him in a deserted houso, whero one of the lads drew a toy pistol and fired several blank cartridges at him. The fellow then gave himself up. A carriage was obtained, and ho was re turned to jail by tho triumphant young sters. Philadelphia Lodger. Cranberry picking has become so much ou established industry among the Capo Cod children that it is proposed to ar rango tho school terms so that there will bo no session during the cranberry season. A Itaggngo I.iniiiK Machine. Why not? Tho Baratoga trunk has now reached its maximum. It is so big that nothing short of an elephant is equal to the task of handling it easily. Great heaps of theso trunks nro piled mount oln high upon a wngou, nud then the rnilrond baggago handler is exjtected to transfer all to a train carefully, tenderly, as if ho wero handling eggs. Ho does not do it, of courso; ho could not if he were an angel instead of n man, and ho gets nbnsod on nil sides. The baggago Binasher wears out al most ns fsoon ns tho trunks ho is thought to take a fiendish delight In breaking. No mortal man can enduro tho strain of lifting hundreds of lingo, unwieldy trunks day nfter dny, year nfter year, nnd no mortal man ought to bo expected to stand it. Soino sort of lifting machine ought to be riggod to raise trunks from the ground into tho oxpress wagons, nud then to lift them ngnin from tho wagon at the railway station to tho truck that Tarries them aboard tho truin. Tho machine should bo attached to tho wagon itself, nnd need uot weigh much. It would save all tho kick aching, nil tho back breaking, nnd what is moro tho profane language indulged In by the truck men. Likowiso it would save our pretty girls' big trunks, and they could still appear at summer resorts iu all their flowerllko glory. A inachino of this sort ought to bo easy for somo chrewd American to invent. Minister Pheljw is working manfully for tho cause of Ann rican iork in Gor uittuy Ri fi'rriui; l' a riport that lio contemplated rct-itnlng, Mr. Phelps writes home, "I don't want to go out of Berlin till the American hoj cornea in."
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