CREDULITY OF MAN. TWO GOOD STORIES ILLUSTRATING A BROKER'S THEORY. Bams Men Will Relieve Almost Anything Without Logical Investigation If Some oody They Happen to Know Appears to Be In Karnrnt. They wandered from subject to sub- jectin a listless way over their coffee and cigars, as men often do when they bare enjoyed a good dinner, until the broker got on his favorite hobby the crage man s credulity. His companion, a lawyer, disagreed with him, and that t once started thom on a lively nrgr Jnont. After a few minutes of general owcussion the broker said: "Well, I'll give you an instance. It is pretty good story anyhow, and per fectly true, almost incredible as it seems. In the town whero I was born there lives an old river captain named Stewart, who is a great practical joker. The proprie tor of one of tho two hotels in the place a rather pompous and conceited old man. Stewart walked into the offlco of the hotel one day a few years ago, and drawing out a one dollar bank note asked the proprietor if he could change an Ievcn dollar bill. The old follow said and took the bill, which, sure enough, had tho number eleven in tho earners, and just glancing at it handed the amount In change to Stewart. "The joker had added another figure in ink to the numbers on the bill, and as tho proprietor did not like to acknowl edge that he had never seen an eleven dollar bill before he had only glanced at It casually before putting it in the drawer. Stewart walked out of the ho tel and told all the men he met about the Joke. "About fifteen minutes after Stewart went away a man walked in and said to the proprietor: 'Mr. Kennedy, I understand that you have an eleven dollar bill here. May I took at It? I never saw one.' "Kennedy produced It, and the man Barreled over it for several minutes. Before he got through examining it an other man walked in and asked to see the bill, and then another and another. Finally Kennedy's curiosity became ex cited, and he thought he would see what the bill really looked like. He saw at enco how it had been 'fixed,' and his face was a study. The boys shouted with laughter, and the old fellow had to acknowledge that the cigars were on him, and ho set them up like a man." "Hum! that was funny," commented the lawyer. "Well, here's another instance," said the broker. "Stewart went to a picnic one day with some men, and one of them lad on a brand new hat he had just bought in tho city. It was an almost white derby, and it at once attracted Stewart's attention. "'Well,' ho said, going up to the Ttmng man, 'you've got one of those new nats, have you? Let's look at it? "The fellow took it off with some show f pride and handed it over for inspec tion. I saw one of them hats the other iay in the city,' said Stewart to the lit tle group of men who had gathered around him, 'and I hod half a mind to get it, but as I was in a hurry I didn't stop. They are something entirely now. They don't burn, you know. I'd like to have that hat. What'll you take for it? 'I don't want to sell it,' answered the owner, grinning with pleasuro at being tho object of bo much attention. 'I didn't know it was fireproof though. Are you sure about it?' " Oh, yes,' replied Stewart confident ly. Sell it to me and I'll show you.' " 'No, if you're sure I'll try it myself.' And the young countryman walked over to a wood fire, followed by the crowd of men who had been gaping with wonder at the reported qualities of the new hnt. " 'How will I put it in? he asked Stew art, who stood near by with a look of in tense interest on his face. 44 Oh, chuck it right in. It can't hurt it, replied the joker. "So the innocent victim threw his hat into the fire, which of course made short work of it. The man's face was con vulsed with rage and astonishment, and bis temper was not improved when the crowd of men burst into a roar. He looked around for Stewart, but that gentlemun had discreetly disappeared." "Oh. come off! Go and tell that to the marines as your 'experience.' You can't make ine believe such fairy sto ries," said his auditor. "Those stories are perfectly straight; I knew the men myself." New York Tribune. I'lceas of Conscience. Professor rainier, of Harvard, discuss ing the teaching of morals in the public schools, says that excess of conscience has desolated New England liko a scourge. Conscientiousness becomes a moral disease and takes the place in the spiritual life of nervous prostration in the physicul life. People who are always fingering their motives, and unwhole somely preoccupied with directing their acts, lose spontaneity, sense of propor tion. Bat what is more important to human society is their tendency to be come bores, whose virtues are worse than their vices. A better rule of conduct is that of a person who says, "I've made reasonably sure that my instincts are all right, so I let my nets take care of them selves." New York Evening Sun. A Hhrowd Holiness Mun. First Manager Somo prima donnas want the earth. Second Manager That is so. I once engaged ono who demanded all the re ceipts of the house, but still I mado money. "How did you make out to do that?" "I married her when tho season was over." Texas Sittings. I nnil llecullection. She You haven't brought mo u box of candy since we were married. He Yes, but think of the tons I brought you before we wero marriod. New York Weekly, THE FLY EATING PLANT. A Cnrlons Operation of a Vegetable De vouring Animal t.lle. One species of the droseahas its leave rounded, while the other has them elon gated, but both alike havo them reddish in color and covered with short hairs oi filaments. At the end of each of these hairs there is nn enlarged gland which secretes a tiny drop of what appears to bo harmless dew. Harmless, however, the liquid is not, for to most insects, osjhv cially small files, tho drosca is a most insidiously baited trap. Tho liqtiJJ is in reality a sweet, sticky substance, mid if the very smallest fly does but touch it ever so lightly it sticks there and dies. Tho manner in which the plant after ward actually digests tho bodies of thi rties it entraps is interesting in tho ex tretne. Within a short time of tho capture of a fly so excessively sensitive are the glands all the filaments growing around the one which has made the capture com mence to bend inward, covering the luckless insect until it is securely within the grasp of the relentless plant. Each gland then pours out upon the body a digestive liquid, not altogether unlike the gastric juice of animals, and in the course of a day or two the fly in com pletcly digested, the nutritive parts have been wholly absorbed by tho plant and the filaments have lcnt back to their original position, ready to mako another capture upon the first opportunity. If, however, tho substance caught by the leaf is of an indigestible nature. such as a grain of sand or a piece of stick blown by the winds on to the glands, the leaf docs not remain closed more than a few hours. The number of insects thus caught must be very great The plants themselves are very abun dant in most upland bogs. Each plant has five or six leaves, and as many as thirteen dead flics have been found on a single loaf. Curiously enough, Darwin, whose re searches into the subject were of a most exhaustive and interesting nature, found that the leaves on his plants were killed when he gave them a surfeit of cheese and raw meat. The excessively sensi tive nature of tho glands almost sur passes conception. Darwin found that tho absorption of only the l-20,000,000th part of a grain of phosphate of ammo nia or thereabout was sufficient to cause the filament bearing the gland to bend toward the center of the loaf. Good Words. Good Advice on the Subject of II a U. Some one has said that not one man in a dozen knows how to wear a dress coat, and it is quite as true that a large num ber of individuals do not have any idea how to wear a hat. One man con wear his hat at the back of his hutA anil InnV well dressed, whilo another having his nai in tnat position would look as though he wero recovering from a protracted round of dissipation. It is just the same with the other positions, on the top of the head, on either side or drawn over the forehead. It is knowing how to wmr a hat which makes it look well, and the knowledge often enables the poor man to look moro drossy in a cheap hat than his richer neighbor in a ranch more cost ly one. The time the knowledge is a iwvino- one is when buvine a hat. A irood huIm. man will take care that n customer gets a nat tnat will nt him when worn in the position which is most becoming to that individual, but unless this in taken mm of by either purchaser or salesman there win do mue satisfaction from the pur chase and the hat will tirobablv blew of? at the smallest provocation. A but that fits and is worn riirht seldom h.n nfr no matter how high tho wind may bo. au xouis uiooe-uemocrat. Living In Chambers. Within late Tears a new stvleof house keeping has come in. It is a step fur ther than the "flat." Besides it is much more swell to live in "chambers" than to live in a fiat. It is just the thing for young married people. They take a suite of two or three rooms and bath. There is no kitchen. Thov furnish thn rooms to please themselves, and have of course their own latchkey, just as if it were a flat. The houso has an offion down stairs a Brood deal liko a hotel. Here mail, etc. , is received. A reception room is nrovidod down staira. w1m guests wait whilo their cards are brought to you. Tho suites are all sunnlied with Vinlla A ring brings a boy, as at a hotel. You can get ice water or stationery as at a hotel. You can have them "rinir a mm. senger" or send a telegram. A cafe down stairs supplies meals as you want them. Tho house sunnlios chambermaid servic if you want it. A more complete way or living who could conceive? Wash ington Post. Sprang from II an tern. Traditions and folklore iimnno- thm people of mountainous Kentucky are evanescent and vary widely in different localities. It anneara that th nam ilrt are sprang in part from tho early hunt ers wno came into tho mountains when game was abundaut, Bport unfailing and livinir ehoan. Aunnir them nnw am still hunters, who know tho haunts of bear and deer, needing no dogs. Even yet they prefer wild meat even "pos sum" and "coon" and groundhog to any other. "Blue Grass Region of Ken tucky." A Tender Heart. Little Johnny I guess I'll iret rid of that dog I found. Ho's too much of a tighter. He's always hurtin other dogs. Fond Mother My littlo cherub does not like to see tho poor dogs hurt, I know. Littlo Johnny No'm, 'causo some of the other dogs is owned by bigger boys man i am. uooajsows. KtlrrliiE Him Up. Hutibnnd My physician tolls me I must have a complete change of scene. I don't know but I'll have to run over to Europe. Wife That tsn t necesnary. dear: iust take a day off and help me on my shop ping. Cloak Review. Great Reduction in Winter Goods. A big mt m prices off Winter obds that must be cleared mit to make way for our Large Spring purchases. Call audi be convinced tliat you cam buy a Win ter OYEICOAT or SUIT for less monk ey than ever before. For tlie next 3 days we will show yon genuine B Jl. IR, C3- .A. 1 3ST s. Our Line is smaller than it ivas, although there is still a, lare Stock to select from. Don't miss the opportunity to secure a BARGAIN from the old OLD RELIABLE CLOTHING HOUSE of D. LOWENBERG. THE "MAN WHO SMILES." "There is a man in our town" He's not so wondrous wise, But in selecting goods for sale, The BEST he always buys. He has a line of IMPLEMENTS With which no fault is found, But through the Country far and wide. Their praises still resound. Farm wagons of the "Keystone" make ; The finest grade on Earth One glance at which will serve to show Their undisputed worth. GRAIN, BARK, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND REPAIRS. BLOOMSBURG, PA. RELIABLE Comes to the front with the LARGEST ASSORTMENT AND MAKING AND FITTING .OF THE.-. BScst, the newest t&tscl Most Stylish, Lowest in Price ; sm3 to prove Satisfaction is obib' 13 ml envoi The best value for Money is to buy your Clothing, Hats, Shirts, Neckwear, Trunks and Valises of Corner oi Main and Centre Streets, BLOOMSBURG, PA. miExeEL&BD mmmmQ made TO QRBEE. Largest Clothing and Hat House iri' Columbia and Montour Counties D. W. MIT MEN. SEEDS, FLOUR FEED, BALED HAY, Etc. CLOTlfll M D Binders, Mowers, Drills and Rakes ; Farm tools of every sort, A list of which would be too long, So we must cut it short. The Farmer's GRAIN he buys for CASH, For CASH, his Buckwheat Flour; And the highest Market Price he pays That lies within his power Are you acquainted with this man ? His trade extends for miles, He always tries to please his friends ; He is "THE MAN WHO SMILES." 9 AT DOUSE Learned Mu Disagree. V That even honest doctors maysom.Jf time" disagree is nn evident fact, and , ' literature as in medicine thero aro ti aides to a shield. When Professor 15. ft Palmer was teaching oriental lnngnftK at Cnmbridgo university, England, h, received a note, badly written and In' correctly sitelled, asking if he couli' "read the inclosed document." ; Tlie document proved to be a pn;- ; written in Persian, and presented 'tit difficulty whatever to the professor, wht ' sent it buck, saying that it was a wnt rant or ticket for certain goods, settinu forth in tho name of Allah the quanti ty, quality and make of tho stuff. A day or two afterward another lette? camo from the same correspondent. It contained a ten pound note and Uic ' words: f , DitAn Sin-itnomy for oM CnmbridRel Thli was what tho Oxford chap said It was. l "This" proved to be a copy of tho "Ox- ford chap's" translation. $ "This very curious and most Interest. in document," ho wrotfl, "appears to bs a copy of an ancient Persian inscription, probably taken from a tomb or a trium phal column. It is, however, very in complete. It rends as follows: 'In the ; namo of God. This was erected by natno uncertain in tho year uncertain. It is one thousand four hundred nm seventy-five long and seven hundrcs ' and thirty brond, and it' Here thn manuscript abruptly ends." Youth'i Companion. The Jrweln of Saint. Tlie idea of sanctity usually carries with it a suggestion of poverty, ami it may seem a contradiction to refer to the jewels of ft saint. It boa been customary for painters who oboono for their sub jects saints or martyrs to treat thera with the utmost simplicity. In a ma jority of cases they are depicted as de void of ornament or decoration, and in tho few exceptional instances, as when tho subject of tho picture is a ruler or king, tho gems nro few and purely sym. bolic, being sufficient only to denote the rank of tho individual portrayed. Raphael, who was perhaps the great est painter of religious subjects fco world has known, haa in most of his works ad hered strictly to this rule, but in the head of "St. Cecilia" is to be noticed a de parture from it. A row of pearls, to which are attached three pendants, ornaments htr gown at the neck, and this is her only jewelry. The hair is simply ar ranged and without a jewel of any kind. The single row of gems, themselves ths emblems of chastity, emphasizes the ex quisite simplicity of the face. Jewelers' Weekly. An rnpartlotiable OHudiio. A young woman condemns hersolf in the eyes of good society who 1b observed to enter alono with a young man a place for public refreshment, bo the restaurant or tearoom ever so select. Bred undor other conditions of a society so neces sarily varying as that in our broad America, a stranger visiting New York, for instance, might readily and inno cently make a ini.stuko of this nature, nnd blush at finding horself condemned for it. In the same category of offenses is ranked that of maidens visiting places of public amusement under the escort of young men alone. Many parts of tho south and west al low this to bo done with tho smiling con sent of good rociety, but in eastern cities it is considered a violution of the code of good form, and for tho comfort, if uot tho convenience, of tho girl considering it, had better bo ranked among tho lost privileges upon which social evolution may look back with fond regret. Mrs. Burton Harrison in Lndiua' Hume Jour nal. Mr. KtiK-mon Kucir What lie Wanted. "Those who know Mr. Emerson best," said Miss Louisa M. Alcott, "were as sured thut what seemed tho decline of his faculties in Ids latter years was largely but a seeming. It wan only words he could not command at will. His very forget fulnoss of the names of things would often givo occasion for a flash of his quaint, shrewd wit. I remember once ho started for his usual walk, when a light shower came up, and he returned for his umbrella. "He could not remember tho word um brella, and we, who had not noticed tho shower, had no clew to what ho was searching for. Another wnlking stick was brought him, another hat, a fresh 'kerchief, only to bo refused with that perplexed shake of the head. 'I want,' said ho at last ,'I want that thing that your friends always borrow and never bring back!' Could any one fail to recognize that description?" Boston Transcript. OvercEeroUe. ' Physicians are protesting against the overexercise taken by the slender, high strung people who would better be hold ing on to what littlo flesh they have, whilo it is next to impossible to stir up tho luzy, heavy class to exert themselves enough to relieve thorn of their super fluous bulk. Nature doos not safely guide us in this purticalur. Thin people are moved to lie active and fleshy peoplo to bo lazy. The case calls for use of that brain power that plans and reasons and proves us higher than the monkey. Newport News. III! Lordship's Weight. The present Earl Granville, some years since, when Lord Leveson, swal lowed half a crown during the perform ance of some conjuring trick at a Christmas purty. He was none the worse for tho misadventure, although the family wero somewhat alarmed at first. The late earl, on being asked aft er his son's health, told Lord Rowton that h had gained eleven pounds. "Ah!" replied tho witty peer, "that makes 11 Ss. 6d." London Tit-Bits. Flue Threads. If your nerves wero steady enough to admit handling tho silkworm's threads and you were to take a carpenter's rule and lay such threads side by side until, they covered tho space of an inch, yom would find after completing the task thut you had handled exactly 1,009 threads. St, Louis Republic. I' ft
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