IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Vxhllarntln run Mudeof lt nino Wtert In tnro' (Ireat Laraturjr. As summer approaches In there any thing which pictures Itself to ono's mind in more roseate colors or in a more chnrminff manner than bathing son-bsthlnif. No doubt those wli i hare spent a month at the shore en I fjleefnlly indulged in all the rollicki.i,? ports, who have immersed theinsch c t In America's briny waves, nro lotiffintf for another plunge, another fray time on the sands, and, perhaps, too, nn other shot of the kodak at aome unsus pecting group, who blush in unfeigned embarrassment when the picture is afterward produced within the stately walls of t ho winter drawing-rooms. But those who have been fortunate enough to glide from Italy's pictur esque shores into the warm blue waters of the .Mediterranean and float luxu riously in the salty sea among ;i per fect school of hHppy bathers will never forget it. Never! Venice, Naples, Capri, Amnlfl! It makes one's eyes glisten at the very thought of it To Italy's splendid title, "The Land of Poetry and Song," might also be added "The Lund of ltaths," were it not that the second name to some fastidious minds would detract from the beauty of the first. The ancient Uomans, borrowing as they did all the worthily imi table customs from their (Jreek and Egyptian neighbors, found the baths especially suited to their luxurious tastes and carried them to a degree of excellence which had never been attained, making them not only of immense benefit in a sani tary way, but establishing them us a favorite rendezvous for people of cul ture and taleut as well as for the poorer classes, who also enjoyed the privilege of their own compartments. Look at the baths of Diocletian, which are estimated to have accommodated no less than eighteen thousand people at one time. And those of Curacallar at Rome. What wonderful ruins of a still more wonderful structure. In these walls bathing became a science. Cold baths, tepid baths, hot baths, oil baths, sun baths every kind of bath! Why simply to visit the place was a rest and recreation. Statuary and paintings lent beauty on nil sides. Music charmed. Orators and poets en tertained. What beauty in the remaining walls of the l'ompeiian baths. The freSooes are as bright and beautiful as if they were done but yesterday, and the mar ble carvings and pavements which es caped the fury of the burning moun tain have softened in color almost to an Ivory. One object of especial beauty attracts the eye of the visitor, and that is a graceful bronze vase which stands, as it stood then, in the center of one of the women's apartments. This vase,, wide and shallow, is perhaps fifteen or twenty feet in circumference, and must have been used as a shower bath, in which it is easy to fancy some fair lone reclining. In the villa or public gar don of Naples there is another vase similar to this one but much larger, which was also found in these baths and which now serves for a fountain and the accommodation of a family of most impertinent ducks typical Ital ian ducks, which take all they can get. especially from the foreigners, without offering the slightest entertainment in return, but perhaps it is more espe cially the foreigners who feed them. Then the baths of Nero. Around the coast on the charming picturesque road leading from I'ozzurli to Uaia one alights from the little carozzella anil clambers up to a enve cut in Hie side of the mountain, wherein is a spring heated to a high temperature in its JiubtciTaiieuji channels by veins of vo'.- canic life which abound near Vesuvius. Thibspot suited well t.ie cuinfort-loviiig Nero, who made of it a favorite resort and caused the rough stone couches to bit placed there, which still r.'-.n'n. ! One roads little of sn batliiu? i:' hosc days. Every Roman colony thought to construct its baths as it thought of raising its temples. Hut now all Italy turns its face to its nat ural advantages, and with one accord cries as early as May: "Let us to the bob!" Not all the establishments art as convenient and as well constructed as the Lido at Venice and those of Posi lippo at Naples, but they are all on the same general plan. Every place open to the use of the public is provided with a pavilion where people congre gate to discuss the latest topics, or to devour with eager ears the latest gos sip, while there is always music, from morning till night, if only one of those harassing "tirganetto" or portablo pi anos, which grind incessantly and seem always to be playing "Santa Lu cia" or "Jiidla Napoli" and vary som-j-tunes with the "Trovatore.'' On either side of the pavilion are t'i "cameritii" or dressing-rooms one bide reserved for ladies, the other for gen tlemen. Tlie.se "canurini" uro the roughest kind of little wooden boxes, carpeted with a mat of braided straw, and furnished with four rude chairs foi the four persons each is supposed to accommodate. Then there are the steps leading to the water. The fee for the use of each room is one franc fifty (or thirty cents), including the linen sheets, the price never varying whether there be one or four persons together. Once in the water and presto! change! all the reserved etiquette of the Italian drawing room vanishes. Then and then only does liberty exist, and the pretty little signorinas, as well as the hand some signoras, in the very simplest kiud of bathing costume (generally dark blue with a littfle white braid), transformed into veritable water nymphs, swim off with all the grace and alacrity of a fish, never fearing, never tiring, just as if they had been born to it And there Is no end to romance. Fancy a boat full of hand some young officers towing a trail of pretty, bright-eyed girls to somo quiet, picturesque spot where all Indulge in a jolly little luncheon. It doesn't seem so very much, does it? And yet when one recalls that these same young offi cers may never have dared address the young ladies on land, or If they havo bad the good fortune to do so It wu only under the watchful eyo of tho omnipresent chapemne, then wo real i:w what it really means. Then there nro the quieter plncea lllce the placid blue waters of Sorren to, nwny d-m-n under the high walls of r ick, wli.) i o: ,i may ii mt and gna up it, tin! !,.: uti fill vi;,n an. I fragrant o.-in.To pi dcis. And .ipid, wheiv l ho v- nid'jrful illn.' (irotto is ;r,'e to all who cm swhn there, white tho hurried Vvwicr Inevitably lulls a victim to tho merciless boatmen who shake their hands in one's faco and demand "la tiirilt'u," which never fails to exceed the feu regularly established. Yes, tho sea is a blessing to the Ital ians, open to all and appreciated as well by poor as by rich. Indeed ono finds himself wondering what would become of tho lower classes, the Nea politans for instance, if it were not for tho wise provision of nature. They are said to be constitutionally opposed to tho use of water in winter on the grounds that it means certain death by cold, but in summer they fairly live in the summer they fairly live in the sea, and the little street urchins frolic about and dive for the pennies of tho "forestierl" without even tho incum brance of a bathing costume. So much for baths, past and present, tho one frequented perhaps too much, the other of necessity too' little. Now it remains for all to take up a move ment slrendy set on foot in Chicago to establish bnths within the reach of all, thereby bettering the conditions of all and removing one of the chief causes of disease. Chicago Times. STRATEGY OF BIG REPTILES. Mnkltvt linltlilt Think Tholr Open .Jw an Avpiiiio of Kncnpe. In addition to possessing many won derful trails that distinguish them from tho other members of the big family of snakes at the 1'hiladelphia zoological garden, tho two pythons, have recently developed some now wrinkles which they must have brought over from India. While vis itors to the garden were marveling at tho recent luncheon the reptiles made of their skins, tho pythons regained their pristine freshness and recovered from the state of lethargy into which they fall when tho skin transition takes place. Tho reptiles were given their first hearty meal, and the man ner in which they got their meal is novel, and shows that some of the cus toms of their native country still cling to them. A dozen rabbits were put in the large case and immediately there was a scurrying. The snakes did their part and tho rabbits moro than ex hibited their agility. As soon as the big python got a chance ho grabbed one of the animals by the nape of the neck, threw it in the air and caught it when it came down with a half hitch he hud taken in his body. This per formance was repeated several times and linaly when all the bones had been broken the python swallowed tho rabbit, ears, legs and all. In tho mean time, out of deference evidently to his companion, the small python lay quiet. He watched the rabbit, however, and his eyes sparkled like diamonds in the anticipation of tho feed. Having swal lowed tho rabbit, the big python re peated his performance until eight of tho twelve rabbits remained. Ho moved about lazily and tried to catch another rabbit, but tho animals he had swallowed made his movements neces sarily slow and finally he gave up the job and lay on the floor with part of his body concealed by the foliage. His head lay directly under a bunch of leaves, and he was evidently preparing for a coup d'etat that would net him :noru rabbits. The onlookers were not disappointed, for presently the big python oponed his mouth and the cavity looked for all the world like a hole in the case. One of the rabbits thought it was an avenue of escape and made a bolt head long into tho capacious maw. Tho jaws closed, there was a peculiar more 4a'nt of tho snalie's body and there .vas ono less rabbit in the cage. The smaller python full In with the ideas of his companion at once and ho, too, slid into a corner and opened his mouth. Seeing their companion had apparently made his escape and that there was another cavity open to them another of the rabbits dived into tho mouth of the small snnko. He had not been gorged like his big brother and ho soon dispatched tho rabbit and came up smiling for another go. Meantime the large snako had recovered and was prepared for another nice fat rabbit. Ho opened his maw and gave a vicious hiss that startled the small snake as well as the rabbits and there was addi tional agitation all around. Tho small snake had evidently been trained in this service, for ho immediately began to move about the cage, gathering the rabbits in a circle made with his body. Meantime tho big snake had not moved, and his mouth was as wide open as a clam's at hih water. The small snake must have sulked in a fashion peculiar to his family, for the larger one closed his jaws with a snup that sounded like a pistol shot, and his forked tongue darted forth in an alarming manner, and a sharp, hissing sound started the rabbits on a steeple chase around the cage over tho small snake's body. For a minute all was quiet, the small snake evidently turning tho matter over in his mind and coming to the conclusion that he was not to get any more rabbits. Then ho began to form a circle about tho rabbits and formed a corral around them with his body. Then he raised his head above and bnck of the frightened rabbits and tho big snako, with its face opening ready, winked his eyes in anticipation. Ono after the other the four rabbits were forced to lump down the big python's throat, ui.tll there was no room for more. Then and only then did a smile of joy settle over the big reptile's coun tenance, as he calmly closed his mouth and went off into a dose. The smaller reptile, seeing his chance at last, quickly dispatched the other rabbits and he, too, want off into a corner and composed himself for a long rest Philadelphia Press. Men are more liable than women to insanity, but die sooner after be coming Insuno. FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS. Itakod Squash. Pare the squash, remove tho seeds and steam until it Is tender; mnsh it, season with butter, pepper and nalt ond add one-half p'nt of bread or cracker crumbs. Stir I 'its well mid put it in a greased baling i'.'.sH end b:ro one l.onr. Tlio half ; int of bread crumbs i snl'lcient f : orrj medium-sized sounsli. Prairie Parmer. Sponge Drops. Two eggs thor onghly beaten, two cups of sugar, one half cup of butter, ono cup of sweet milk, three tor.spoons hen ping full of baking powder, lemon or vanilla to suit tuste; add ilour to make little thicker than cake, cream the eggs and sugar add the butter and beat rapidly, then add the milk, stirring all together, then the flour with tho baking powder, stir until thick enough to drop from a spoon. Home. "Little Pigs in ltlankets." They make a delicious flish for entertain ments, nnd are made as follows: Tnko nice breakfast bacon, trim olT the rind and ragged edges, and slice ns thin as possible. Ho careful to keep the lean streaks whole, as they represent the borders on the blankets, Next, take large oysters and lay one on the bord erless end of each blanket; fold tho border ends over the oysters, making both edges of tho blankets meet, and pin together with wooden toothpicks, llroil in butter and servo hot Farm and Fireside. English Muffins. Dissolve one-half cake of yeast in one quart of tepid water, one teaspoonful of salt, and enough flour to mako a thin butter. Let it stand all night Early next morning beat the batter well; set in a warm place, and let it rise, ltiiko on a griddlo, turning only once. Simple as this recipe sounds, it requires expe rience to tell tho right consistency of the batter, and just the right heat at which to cook theso muffins of our grandmothers. They will present rather a shapeless appcaruuee, as they are dropped from a spoon, but they should be crisp, light, and without a suspicion of toughness. If well made they are delicious. Hood Housekeep ing. Coffee Ice Cream (Delicious). Two cups of sugar and the yolks of four eggs beaten together thoroughly. Pour over the mixture a pint of boiling milk, and stir the whole for two or three min utes. Put the basin containing this custard on a hot part of tho stove and sontinue stirring, but do not let it boil. Take the custard off tho fire, add to it a pint of sweet cream, stir again, and throw in two large tablospoonfuls of fresh ground Mocha coffee. Heat the mixture thoroughly over the fire for about three minutes, then cover tho cream closely, so that the coffee can infuse through it for about an hour. At the end of this time it should be thoroughly cold. Strain it through a napkin and freeze. Boston Budget. Pot Roast Heef. Put tho roast into a pot with water enough to come to the top of the meat Put in salt and pep per and set over a hot fire and boil long enough to cook the meat perfectly tender. When the meat is tender take the top off tho pot and let the water boil low so tho grease will fry in the pot and brown a little. Watch care fully and don't let it burn. When slightly brown pour enough boiling water into tho pot to make gravy and thicken with flour which has been smoothly mixed with a little cold water. Now put tho top on the pot and set it where it will simmer for ten or fifteen minutes. It is uow ready to take up. I think this is nicer and easier than cooking in the oven. De troit Free Press. LATEST IN WOMEN'S HATS. l'erfet.'tljr Mat Ulnkit of Kelt Whhli Aro Twitted Into Kant antic Bhnpr. Manufacturers are low busy in mak ing perfectly flat hats for women. They are mere disks of felt, which the milliners twist and bend into fantastic forms. Crowns which are mere rings of felt or other material are sewed oa the under side of the felt plaques, sometimes in tho center, but oftener at the side or rear of the center. The felt disks aro fifteen inches in diame ter, and aro only slightly stiffened. The demand is exceedingly brisk just now, and six or seven Newurk firms aro making them. Many patents have been obtained upon this simple flat disk of felt und the process of making it. Tho most important patent is one for splitting the plaques and cementing the pieces together. There is a great advantage in this, not only because it enables them to make hats of two different colors, over and under, but it makes a disk of greater durability and stiffness for the weight of fur used. Heretofore all fur h:ita have been formed by blowing tho fur upon u per forated cone ami shrinking them with steam or hot cloths. In making tho fiat plaques most of tho manufacturers have been blowing them upon low cones and flattening them in the sizing process. Ono firm devised a process for blowing the disks Hat and in a con tinuous strip, and have made a sizing machine for working the Mat mu'.criul. T-hey have also mac'iines for pouncing and finishing tho plaques. Soma Of tho flat hats exhibited in the milliners' windows are dreams of beauty with gorgeous blending of color upon tho napped upper surfuca and creamy felt below. Others have a broad border of furry nap, or are full brush hats. A few have low crowns, built up by hydraulic pressure, but tho dictim from Paris is that tho crown must be on tho under side, und hatters aro now making shallow crowns of felt to bo sewed on. Somo of the French plaques aro so limp that they can be formed into tarns and beef eaters, while others are made much stlffer, and will bo supplemented with milliners' wire Bewed under the rim. The American plaques are superior to the imported in every respect, and fcre preferred by the milliners. N. Y. Times. "Have you had a good season?" asked a tourist "Naw," replied the seaside landlord, "Even the mosqui toes have nearly starved to doatb," Washington Star. 17. L. DOUCLAG 03 SHOE noTVip. Do you weir them? When next It need try pair. Beat In tho world. 500r"v!3.00 2.50 M M.r,2.00 2.25 P 1.75 If you want I An DRESS SHOE, mad In the latMl ifyloi, don't pay $6 to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00 or $5 Shoo. They fit to cuttom made and look and l wear at well. If you w. Mo economize Is your footwear, do to by purchasing W. I, Douglai Shoet. Name and price stamped on the bottom, look for It when you buy, W. L. DOUGLAS, llrorkton, Man. Sold by F. 1). lvntlcr, lllnninsliiirv'. Win. lliwrt, Rsny, , II. N. A.J- K. Wlille, Hiicklinrn, I A. M. Hewitt, Ornngovllle. i, K. Nunrmlrr, Mine Hldtfe. ,1.11. tleline, .lei sej iown, rn. T-7-IV months. IV F. Sharplesr, Pres. N. U. Fi BLOOMSBURGiO LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY Capital Stock $30,000. Plotted properly is in the coming business centre of the town. It includes also jtwt of the factory district, und has no equal in desirability for residence purposes. CHOICE LOTS are ollered at values that will be doubled in a short time. No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to make money. Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS- Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap plication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Sales Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. B. F. Siiarplkss; C. W. Nkal A. G. Briggs, Drt. II. W. McRkynolds, ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Huts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. IPtNTisr-r Goons a SrEoiALTY, SOLE AGENTS r'OR F'.F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco ; Sole agents for tbe following brands or figure- Honry Clay, Loadrcs, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver Ash Bloomsburg Pa. IF YOU ARE IN NEEDOF CARPET, NlATTirco, 'or OIL CJLOTII, YOU WILL" FIND A NICE LINE AT W. H. BIOWIE'S 2nd Door aoove Court House. A large lot of Window Curtains in stoct. Shoes for a family cost more than any other article. Mv experience of over L'O years in handling shoes enables mo to select my stock in such a manner as to give you the most om fort and service for the least money. Come and see me and I will save you moupy on your shoes. My line of Dry Goods, Notions, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Groceries, &c, are complete. W. 'The Best is, aye, the cheapest." Avoid Imitations and Substi tutes for 1 v y THE POSITIVE CURE. SLT fiIt0TiiJUSW Wnoklt.MewToik. FthwlOetaJ IJ M II U - II. . If viii wii.it work tlml In lrnnnt unci pmliln Itlo, ttt lei u vour iuIiIm . iiiiMit iliulelv. N c twicli tut II iiii:I u.iiim n how lo t ai ii hum iVA.ihi in r lint In IM.Ooo per .si wnlmiii I.10111' liii'l imvii'ii, I i li'lll'.c, lll'icl llll Ul-ll till' l lllpl'i. Ill, III Ml tVllll ll tliev urn innke Hint liiuminl. Nntnli.ii ilillirim to Ii hi ii or th.it rtiiiilrie iiiik Ii time The ork la i'iiHt , hi'iillliy.uiiil lionnniMi', nul onn lii nono lur Inx'il'n lin i- trnlnirK, rl"ht In vimriin ii hu nt it v . iv'unnii inn Hie. 11m re. ii 1 1 nt n lew Imitri' work 'often eqimU it trm-h's wiir". We leu r tiini.lil lliiiiimi.i of li itli rexea nmlril nirr, i, ii.l iirmv teef. tiiil foimilnttoite ti,..t rill mirelv In it- th'Ti tlrtio Mum ol Ilie .umiiP' t men l'i Ihi. roiiiili y own llieli fiiiri w In tile tn th utint elvcii tlirin white In our employ ymrn net. on, re.iiler, nuiv tin n well' trv It Von ennnot f:nl. No rnpiliil nereinry Wrfil vointol Willi f'Mnetblntr Moil I. ticww, solid, anil 'i e. A hook In lmliil of mil ire it dee in nil II. In vnur Hell liv wrltli'i! lor ll lo.ilny not to morrow. Dvhyi are coily. E. C. AS. LEW & CO., Box 420, AUCUSTA, !V!AINE. nk, See, C. II. Cami'Iikix, Trea . J. L. Dillon. Dr. I. W. Willits, N. U. FUNK. 5-1 2- 6 111 os. H. MOORE. JLiOoR JHiere! Do you Hunt a 0r 0? Do oit want an J Do you want n Do you want anv kind of a MUSICAL IN STRUMENT? Do you want SHEET MUSIC? If so, do not send your mon ey away from home, but deal with a reliable dealer right here, who will make things right, if there is anything wrong. For anything in this line the place to go is to 3. Ware-rooms, Main Street bc low Market. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSUURG MARKETS. COHKKCTIO WIIELT. HKTAIL PR1CK8. Butter per lb .28 Eggs per dozen .24 Lard per lb , .14 Ham per pound .15 Pork, whole, per pound 07 to .06 Beef, quarter, per pound . 06 to .08 Wheat per bushel .85 Oats " 50 Rye " " 80 Wheat flour per bbl 4.00 Hay per ton 1O.00 Potatoes per bushel .65 Turnips " .25 Onions " " 1.00 Sweet potatoes per peck 25 to .33 Cranberries per qt ,11 Tallow per lb. .08 Shoulder " " 14 Side meat " " .14 Vinegar, per qt .08 Dried apples per lb .05 Dried cherries, pitted .18 Raspberries . .18 Cow Hides 7er lb .03 Steer " 05 Calf Skin 40 to .50 Sheep pelts .90 Shelled corn per bus .65 Corn meal, cwt 2.00 Bran, " 1.25 Chop " 1.25 Middlings " 1.25 Chickens per lb.. .10 Turkeys " " 14 Geese ' " 10 Ducks " .10 Coal. No. 6, delivered 3.50 4 and s " 3.50 " 6 at yard 2.25 " 4 and 5 at yard 3.25 PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Ctauwtw aud beautify th hir. Pruiiiutua a luiumut (fruwth. Mevar FJ1 to Re at on Gray Hair to If Youthful Color. Cujim Klp filtratci hair faUlmtf. J"c,andHmat IrugiU e. an Jgl Th Consumptive and Feeble ad m wh Jtullor from ttvLatirtniJ licai liuultf um Parker (linear 'onlohItoiiacthwomOoui(a, Wa Uiup. ffebllttr.ln ifuMioa lfeatalt wakuM, KUeuiuatuui auu 1 aia. oc $ I HINDCRCQRNS. Tha oaJy turt cure for Core. mii auau. Ma4 waljjg vaay. UcU, at Druggi 13-0-4U cV
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