PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
I FRITZ,
ATTOnNTY-AT-LAW,
Office Front lloom, over PostolHoe,
I1LOOMSI1URG, PA.
J
H. MAIZE,
ATTORN'F.YiAT-LAW.
INtV&AKUK AKU WlAt. ESTATE ,
OrriCE Uoom No. 2, Colum juh Baiidlnfc
llt.OOMSDUKG, FA.
N
U. FUNK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office In EntN Builcling, near Court Itotuc,
M.OOM IlUltG, I'A.
J
OHK M. CLARK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
AND
JUSTICE OF THE N'.ACE,
Office over Mover Ilro'i. Drug Start,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Q W. MILLER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office in Brotver'a building, 2d floor, noaNe I.
BLOOMSBUKG, PA.
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FRANK ZARR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office cor. Centre & Main SU.,Clark's bulHlnfc
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
W Can be consulted la German.
QEO. E. ELWELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office, Second floor, Columbian Bolliiag,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
H,
V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office in Wirt's Building, 2nd floor, Main St
BLOOMSBURG. PA.
P P. BILLMEYKR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
(DISTRICT ATTORNEY,)
Office over Dentlrr'i Shoe store. Front room,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
JOBERT R. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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."