Which Un Yon Buy I I MTion I was young, for Snnday'8 fount, ' We to )ive potatoes , And rlilrkon flxlntm,ben And boots. And with them, oft tomatoos. f But yeaterriay ft frourmand! (fray, t A pig from hrnd to fnt toes, Informed me that of veRctdlilos, r Ho much rcforred toinattoos. For other folks I wouldn't rare, AHbonKh my words were not thoso They propor deemed; but sho I love She always says tomottoes. To fail In anglit that site expects Intolerable the thought grows, i I trembling say: "Now, glvo me, please, Tomate toiuatt tomottoes." Brooklyn Life. , Bh Saw tllm OAT. Down in Texas, several years kro, a middle aged man was convicted of horse stealing in a regular court and sent to the penitentiary for a long term. lie was duly sentenced and the sheriff fixed a day upon which he should be taken to the State prison. , Tho day arrived and the official, with a string of convicts handcuffed together, was at the station waiting for the train. While the group sat In tho depot a little old woman in black, with a face in which the fingors of sorrow had pinched great furrows, appeared at the door. She looked at the string of prisoners intently thon a light of recognition came into hoi face. She stepped over to the group of unfortunates and laid her hand on the arm of a big, coarse follow with a heavy, red mustache. The man turned and looked at the little woman, "Mother!" he exclaimed. That was all. Big tears came into hir eyes. They did not stay there, but crowded one another out to chase down the rough face, red Dow with shame. They ran into the big mustache and off at the ends of it. Then he recovered himself. The little woman was not crying people sometimes get beyond that. "What are you doing here?" the big man sobbed. " I came, my son, " said the little woman with the furrows in her face, "to see you off." "To to see me off?" The man was dazed. "Yes, Henry. When you were such a little boy that you had never been out of the home yard alone I went to the gate with you the first day you ever went to the store by yourself. I watched you the threo block of the distance until your chubby feet carried you into the little country store that your father kept. Then when you were 6 and started for school, I went to the gate with you again, and told you how to act in the school room. You went away on a visit when you were 10, and I went to the depot with you and your uncle, then. And I kissed you good by before the cars started. " How the tears were flowing from that big man's eyes 1 "Yes," and the little woman sighed a bit. "Then you got to be 10 and wanted to go off to St. Louis. It was hard to part with you, but we did it your father and I and I went to the little depot with you again and kissed you again. You remember, don't you ?" The other prisoners were interested, now, and the sheriff himself was taking in every word. "Then you were married, Henry. I went to see you bound by law and Ood to that sweet, dear Mary who is now w "Pon't don't don't, "almost shrieked the big man. "Yes," the little woman went on, un heedingly, "and now you are going away again, and I must kiss you. The train is coming, Henry; kiss your old mother. " The sheriff had not moved. Ordinarily he would have told the man to hurry on. But he waited now. The big man bowed and tried to hide his manacled hands. "Kiss me, Henry," the old lady re peated. The head moved lower, and the big red mustache almost covered the little face with the furrows in it. Then the gang started for the train. As the cars began to move out, the lit tle woman stood on the platform. She caught a glimpse of her big son through the car window. She waved a little black bordered handkerchief at him. "Goodby, Henry," she called out fee bly, and then, through force of the habit formed when she sent her little son to school, she murmured : . " Be be a good boy. " f One of that gang of prisoners told me afterward that the little scene in the do pot was a greater punishment to each man there than his respective term of imprisonment. Detroit Free Press. f In th. Eyes of Yonth. It is told of Bishop Doane, of Albany, that while dining recently at the houso of one of his friends he was pleased to observe that he was the object of marked attention from the small sou of his host, whose eyes were riveted upon him. After dinner the bishop approached the boy and said : "Well, my young friend, you seem to be interested in me. Do you find that I am nil right?" "Yes, sir," returned the boy, with a glance at the bishop's kueebreeches, "you're all right; but, say, won't your nunuma let you wear pants yet?" The Cow, Teacher (to Mickey) Now, Mickey, you read the lesson to me first and then toll me, with the book closed, what you read. " Mickey (reading) See the cow. Can the cow run? Yes, the cow can run. Can the cow run as swiftly as tho horse ? No, the horse runs swifter thun the cow. (Closing up his book to tell what he has read). Get onto de cow, Kin hor jig sUps run? Be'cher'life sho kiu run. Kin de cow do up de horse a ruuniu'? Nuw, de cow ain't iu it wid de horse. Life. Proof Positive. Little Tommy Mamma, papa hnsbeen drinking. Mother What makes you think so? Tommy Ho suid you wore an uugel, -I. LARGEST OF WHALES. Ilelng a Rare and Ilaer Story as Told by Jack Sliibad. Boys An' did yer ever see a whale? Old Timer A whale, is it? Why, when I was in the Mediterranean, iu '65, aboard the Whopper, our lookout criod land ahead! an' sure enough right over on our larboard side there was nn island as no oue ever seed afore, an' which our skipper said warn't down on none o' his charts. We hore to right in the eye of a bitiu' wind au' six of us was sent out in the skipper's gig to make observations. We made direck for the island an' landed an' wandered about for an entire mornin' without diskiverin no signs o' hanimal life or wogetation. We got chilled through an' purceeded to build a fire which we had scarcely lighted when the island begun to squirm an' to sink as if by magio. To make a long story short what we took for an island was a whale; I guess he couldn't stand the hot fire in the small of his back, so he sank to the bottom of the ocean. We all escaped ex- ceplin our cox n, poor Tommy Bilge ; he fell into the hole the fire made in the whale's back an' was drownded. (Con temptuously) Have I seen whales? Life. Jedge Wtiim'i Political Proverbs. When a man that wants oftls never gits office, it make his patriotism kinder sag down in the middle. Big haystacks and lots iu the medder is best stumps to make campane speeches from. The American Eagel is most backbone nnd feathers. Tnrin' down the Stars and Stripes is a durned risky business. Uncle Sam ain't honin' fer a fite, but ho has fit enuf to kno how. The man that can raise a family, and won't raise a family ain't fitten to be a pattriot. The Goddes of Liberty don't wear pants. Bein' honest in politicks has its draw backs. Some law makin is less respectable than some law breakin'. Most statesmen git smaller as you git closer to them. Takin it by and largo, the farmer is the lungs and vitals of the country. Lee and Wise at Appomattox. Colonel Charles Mitchell, who was ad jutant general on General Lee's staff, tells an interesting little story of General Wise and the surrender at Appomattox In the Norristown Times. Wise came riding down the road furi ously to where General Lee and his staff were grouped. He was splashed with mud from head to heels. There were great splotches of mud dried and caked npon his face. Addressing General Lee, he asked, in a theatrical voice : "Is it true, General Lee, that you have surrendered?" "Yes, General Wise, it is true." "I wish, then, to ask you one question. What is going to become of my brigade. General Lee, and what is going to bo come of me ?" General Lee looked at the splashed warrior for a full minute and then said calmly and in a low tone: "General Wise, go and wash your face. " Great Fan In Kansas. The Kansas newspapers are having a sort of harvest festival. It has gone so far up to date: When Alliance orators talk about Kan sas starving to death, every individual potato winks its eye. State Journal. And every stalk of corn pricks up its ears. Wichita Eagle. And every cabbage nods his head. Lawrence Journal. And every beet gets red in the face. Clay Center Times. And every squash crooks its neck. Clyde Argus. And every onion grows stronger. Clifton Review, And every fruit tree groans under its load. Minneapolis Commercial. And every field of wheat is shocked. Leavenworth Times. The Rev. Mr. Sam Jones's Style. "Some of you ore here to-night just to listen to what Sam Jones has got to say about this town. You are scared to open your mouths on the streets, you little puppies! I'd call you dogs, but you are too little. Your town is mado up of pusillanimous cowards. Tho stato of tilings here shows that, God helping mo, I'll put a stop to this. We will form a law and order party, and we'll see the law enforced here, or blood will be spilt and the ground torn up for two miles around. Here, I am going to give Home nn ailing. Now if you have anything to tell me, don't say it to ma and then don't want it to bo known that you told me. You blab eyed fool, don't be such a coward. " From a recent sermon. A Victim of Exact Language. New Clerk (to old clerk) Didn't you tell me that time went on in this estab lishment during vacation? Old Clerk Yes. New Clerk Well, they've docked me for tho two weeks I was away. Old Clerk That's nil right. I didn't say that salaries went on, did I?" No Profit There. Superintendent How is this, Murphy? Ten cents all you took in on your round trip? Conductor Yes, sir. I struck an orphan asylum picnio, They went down and back with me, and every one of 'cm, savin the woman iu charge, was under ago. Harper's Bazar. BLAINE, HE WITHDRAWS, He Will Not De a Candidate for the Presidency. FORMAL LETTER TO THAT EFFECT. Mr. Blaine Writes to Chairman Clark eon that His Name Will Not go Be' fore the Republican Convention for the Nomination ?Io Reason Given. Wasuisotok, Feb. 8. James O. Blaine has for tho second time de clined to be a candidate for the pres idency of the tJnlted States. This time, as when be wrote his first letter of declination to Chairman Jones, from Floronoe, Italy in the spring of 1888, he declines in the face of what many Republicans and more Demo crats believe to be an almost oertaln nomination by the Ropublloan Con vention. Mr. Blaine's letter to Chairman Clarkson of the Republican National Committee was written Saturday. It was made publio last night. It reads : "Washikotok, D. C, Feb. 6, 189X "Hon. J. 8. Clarkson, Chairman of the National Republloan Commit tee: " Mr Deab Sib I am not a candi date for the preidenoy, and my name will not go before the National Con--entlon for the nomination. I make this announcement in due season, " To those who have tenderod me their support, I owe slneere thanks, and am most grateful for their confl denoe. They will, I am sure, make an earnest effort In the approaohlng contest, which is rendered specially important by reason of the Industrial and fihanolal policies ot the govern ment being at stake. "The popular decision on these Is sues Is of great moment, and will be ot tar-reaohing consequence. Very sincerely yours, Signed "James O. Blaise." DEATH OF SIR MORELL MACKENZIE. The Eminent English Ph-elcian Vie tlm of Influenxa. London, Feb. 4. Sir Morell Mac kenzie died here at 10 o'clock last night of syncope, consequent upon an attack ot Influenza. Sir Morell Mackenzie, M. . (Lon don), was born at Leytonsnone, Es sex, in 1837, and educated at the Lon don Hospital Medical College, Paris and Vienna. He founded the Hospital for Dis eases of the Throat, Golden Square, in 1863, and In the same year obtained the Jacksonian prise from the Royal College of Surgeons for his essay on diseases of the larynx. Dr. Morell Mackenzie was la at tendance on the late German Emperor Frederick during bis last illness. In recognition of his servioes to her son-in-law Queen Victoria conferred a knighthood on Dr. Mackenzie In 1888. Shortly before his death the Emperor Frederick conferred a knighthood upon Dr. Maokenzie the Orand Cross of the Hohenaollern Order, with the star of the same order. FORAKER. MEN DOWNCAST. Bheratans Ohio Vellewere stan Wild With Jor. Columbus. O.. Feb. 8. The Blaine letter has made the Sherman faction wild with joy, for to them it means a clear field for President Harrison. The Foraker Republicans who were planning to use Blaine to accomplish the defeat of Harrison in revenge for his part in the reoent Senatorial con test, are downcast, but they argue tnat tne letter la unimportant, is not a positive refusal to run, and that none ot Blaine's friends will desist be cause ot It. Some ot the Foraker men indicato that they may now go to Alger. A WILL IN A SQUIRREL'S NEST. Vonng George Applebee Is Hade a Wealthy Man bjr the Find. New Losdon. Conn., Feb. 4. The will of Abram Mosbcr, a Dark Hollow farmer, who died last summer, leav ing an estnto valued at 175,000, has been found by two hunters in an old hollow tree. It composed part ot the nest of a pair of squirrels that the hunters were after. By the will, George Applebee, a young man who had lived with and took care of Mr. Moser for some years, inherits his property. Eighteen Burned on Train, Bucharest, Feb. 9. A first-class carriage, attached to an express train, bound for Bralla, was burned and eighteen passengers, who were asleep when the fire broke out, perished In the flames, the doors of the carriage being locked. NEW YORK MARKET. Flofb ahd Mkal. Floor n. bbl. Fine, r J.7ra?s.in: .uperrne, .an3.ijw: rxrro, 3.5oa37.5i No. i extra, 3.uaf 4.2V clears, ti.X art.SO: xtraiKhts, 4.Ma4.uu; pateutn, spring, 4.tt5a6.: winter, e.7ta5i city mills, ship ping extras, S4.9ua$5. Kyo flour, bLil. Su perfine, tl.HOatS.lO. Corn meal, V bbl. 2.96a 3.10 tor Western and 3.'i5 for Braudywine. buckwheat flour, l.5n1.75 V 100 lb. Huoab Cut loaf and crunhed, 6n5c: cubes, 4ju4!c: powdered, 4ja4c: granulated, SJa4o.t mould "A," 4ja4Jc: candy ,4A," 41ali0.: con fectioneri",A," 4a4)c: off "A," 4a4Jo.: wuiU extra "C," SJa8 13-ldo.: yellowa, 8Ja3 U-1S. Covpbc Rio. 12al7c: Maracaibo, ISaKo.i Ravanilla, 19iaMJo. : Central America, lHa23jo. : Mexican, lSaMo.: Laguayra, 17a2So.i Java, tit 28o.i Mocha, 25u2f)o. Bcttbb. Kaetern extraa, 811a32o.i Elgin extras. 820.1 Weatern extra., SlaiiJ.i Woaturn Imitation creamery, flrata, 23a'i&o.: Htate dairy half tirlcln tuba, fall ends, extraa, aballoo.i tubi and paila, firita, '22a24c. Chbusb. State factory, full cream, fall make, fancy, UjalJo.i fine, UiUJ. good u prime, lCJallc. Eaoa. Htate and Pennsylvania, per doi., J5o.i Wentern choice, a4a26o.i limed, Htate faucy lTJalSo.i Cauadiau, choice, 17al7)o.i Western, choice, 1717,o. Fotatobb. Iong Island Rose, per bbl. $1.60: Maine Rose, per bbl., 1.87al.50: Michi gan Rose and Hebron. 180 lbs., 1.2Aal.S7i New York State Hose, ISO lbs., tl.2oaSl.S7. Poax. New mess, I10.25usia.o0: old mess .76atl0: extra prime, eu.26aeD.oO, and short clear, S12.60aSl4.6u. tickled shoulders, 4ja5o.i hams, ga)o. Dressed hogs, baSu.i plus, o Debt. 7a7.60 for extra mess, SS.60at8.5l fur packet, tl0atll-6u for family bbl. (SHE ATI MO Blankets Nearly every pattern of fa Horse Blanket is imitated in color and style. In most cases the imitation looks just as good as the genuine, but it hasn't the warp threads, and so lacks strength, and while it sells for only a little less than the genu ine it isn't worth one-half as much. The fact that Horse Bankets arc copied is strong evidence that they are THE STANDARD, and every buyer should see that the trade mark is sewed on the inside of the Blanket. - Five Ml la Best Electrte Extra Test Baker HORSE BLANKETS ARE THE STRONGEST. 100 6A STYLES st prices to suit everybody. If you can't pet them from your dealer, write us. Ask for the Va Book. Yon can pet it without charge. WM. AYRE3 4 SONS. Philadelphia. PHILLIPS.' THE SWEETS OF LIFE. "Sweets to the Sweet" is a- soulful motto. Y ho would be guilty of mix ing bitter with the sweets offered to such charming creatures? Yet that is just what dishonest confectioners do. A specialty at Phillips' is the very best of pure . candies. Sole agency for Tenney's celebrated New ork Confectionery, lhe Bakery is always well-stocked, and the Cafe is always open. M. M PHILLIPS & SON. BLOOMSBURG, PA. KESTY & HOFFMAN, Practical Machinists. We repair Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Threshers, Harvesters. Mowers and all kinds of machinery. WE HANDLK STEAM PIPE FITTINQS, ' VALVES, STEAM GAUGES. And all kinds of Repairs. PIPE CUT TO ORDER. AGENTS FOR Garfield Injector Co., Garfiold Doublo Jet Injector, Automatic and Locomotive Injector. All work done by us is guaranteed to give satisfaction, and all work in our line will be promptly attended to SEOFS - Cth and CENTRE STREETS- SUnKP LANQC 8 CUBCB CIQARET1ES for Ca vntAC tarrhl-Prlu tOOU. At all 4ruggl$ti. ' The t "People's tStore" Will place on sale this day, their first invoice of WMte Booils, Lncos and Embroideries. The nssortmcnt this season surpasses ANYTHING EVER SHOWN in this section of Pennsylvania. YOU ARE RESPECTFULLY INVITED TO EXAMINE OUR LINE BEFORE MAKING YOUR PURCHASKS. Mill and Centre Entrance on 3.S Jewelry and Silverware. feactnate OpUeias. O Eyes examined free of charge, Expert workmen in the Repairing Department. BLOOMSBURG, PA. DEALER IN Foreign and Domestic WINES AND LIQUORS. Bloomsburq. Fa. Easily, quickly and permanently by Dr. Taft'i CTliM fll CUE You will admit after having taken a few doses that It is a t0 I KaliS jiiUE-Ilk specific for that terrible disease. Instead of flying to the door or window, gasping for breath, seeming as if each one would be your last, you have only to take a fesw doses of the ASTHMALENE when the spasm is broken, the breathing becomeseasy, and vou feel as if some angel of mercy had unloosed the iron grasp of the fingers of dtath, that had nearly deprived you of life. IT IS AS HARMLESS AS THE FOOD YOU EAT.2ffA?.?L worst cases ot ASTHMA is the wonder and admiration ot all who have used it. The happiest moment of your life will be when you have used a bottle of DR TAFT'S VjT'"3-VS Pk'fi F N F ani ,ourJ " has red vu of the most distress I Ui C I IHU 1 BS-I lining diseases that ever afflicted thehuman lamilv. FOB BRONCHITIS It surpasses every known remedy. For sale by all druggists. A trial bottle sent free to any one sending P. 0. address who suffers from Astluna. Dr. TAFT EROS. MEDICINE CO., 142 Stato St., Rochester, N V. DR. BAND EN'S ELECTRIC BELT UTtST PATEITS it ff &fl-WITH tLICTRB- T feftJM MAGNETIC IMPIOVEHEIITI. ititx SUSPCMSOKT, Vlil tor vlthoat sad I tin kit WaaHotl miqHIdc froi ovurUktlioD of bralft, arv for eft, ax or lixJIacreliou. sul cihtuatloB, drains, loaiei, perveat 4MI!v, 1pl. )&, Uuuor, rhvuioaltttn, ktduty, liver a ad bladder com IptaluU, lama back, luutb0, eclaliea, eara lll-tieatla, ate, IMa rllrle belt aobtalDa Woaarful I urat over ftlj then, and flrea eurreut thtt It iuttantlj fall by the wearer erw farfelt 96,000,00, aod will tare til of lb above dlae. oa or n pay. Thouaaudt bare been ured by tbli marvelous lurentlon afUf HI other re mediae failed, nd we liva sua drvde oHtatLmoulelt in thi aud every ether aUte. Our powerful Improved M.KrritlC M ftPKShORY ft th frpetait boon ever adered weak mta; HIKK VII HALL IlkLlM. eiU'So'-? !,Bcro" "treaftb lll'AHAKTKKU la nil ta 00 Mil AddreVs ' iilu,lril,l ,Ml'hila. dl tr No. 3 1 9 Broadwayt NEW VOtik, l a. i.UHa at omiB. .o operation or buHinuai V.u 'll'ouaauiln of rurua. Dr. Mayur U lit llotul Punn, lluH(jin(r. J.,nuc,ouJKui.iruuyot wtofc mouth. buiiUlurclrculuu. AUvicuIrio. -:o:- Sis., Danville, Pa. Roth Streets. GET THE BEST. My Plymouth Rocks and Red Caps are great favorites, as is proven by my past success. Kggs of either kind $1.50 per 1 3 or 2.50 per 26, Write for information. V. C. GERMAN, MillvilIefPa. I MM!
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