BUILDING BLOCKS. Ot' lrTi Wh. thy htilld t'mlr Mockr HIi'itM -..n H id Atnbr tok fit t"f-hr Lull. ling block; Phnffl- (h '-n l old nl grnjr Anilir l" kn little child, " -But t.ieth-r nt tlmt pmy A$ r.nl "nrh Hi rcnHlcl, An f !'h .viu.nth tlc trio Build thrlr cutlt Ulr to 1 ' I ( "Whra I erow to br tnnn" i Bo the nn'i prttl rn , I ha!l billl'l rtie n. With a Bt'a.T brnl nd frriina. Ilr irftr vine "III trow. Tner a will-r mr. ohnll Maud; Aril the ?r utiRll I " hlh Foia win oa'ler by anil hyl' i Shmili ShT'ti nnoth: "Yon. I know, Thus 1 bailled. Inn "! IIer a gut anl thn a wall, !Ir a window. thT" a d'xir, , , n-r mpl. won.lrnin tali, HNIne ertr more and more: 1 Pit the yer have levelled low What I budded long ago!" th"T giip at their play. Heedle'na ..f the fleeting day. Ori penl; nf thut Uona Attn, Where hi dead hnpea burle-1 11; One with chubby rbeeka nitlow, l'rattleth "f the I5y and Ry. fide bv able twin rantlea grow Uy-and-By and Uong-Agu: 1 Isg-JLtn anl By and By- Ah. what renra a-tween them lie! Yet. oh. rftii.!lre. gaunt and gray, Hr what graee art thou engulfed Tb:it thou Kbarext In the play of th.it little llaplng child? OiiHren rw.th. they build their bloekt Fhnftle.fih'K.n and AmlxT-IOcka. Eugene Field, In Ladlea' Hume Journal. HIS WIFE WAS WASTEFUL If Mr. Jotwphtis r.tngrew thought he had ont? 8;-lnl tulss.on In life, it was to guard Mrs. Jixnhus I'angrew from the sin of extravagance. To hrtir hi froqut-nt admonitions on domostlc wasti-fulueM one would have BUMiwl that Mr. I'aunrew was the moat prodigal of housewives, when In reality she was one who conducted her housewifery with a wise economy. "Jane," Mr. raagrew would say, "it's the little drlhtillng waste In the house that keeps numt folkf poor. A woman will let a fortune leak out of a man's pocket, mid he never knows where it s gone, by In-trig wasteful with the little i things. Jane, do be keerfol and sarin ' In your houwwork. Coming Into the kitchen one day ho spied a bar of soap lying In a basin of water, which his wife had accidentally dropped there a minute before. While bathing her hands one of the little children fell from a chair, and ' hastening to its icae the soap she was using slipped from her hands and fell into the water. It was while Mrs. ran grew was comforting the child that Mr. Pangrew came Into the room and saw the soap. "Good gracious, Jane" he animated ly exclaimed, "see that cake of sap meltln' away In that water. What do you mean by such extravagance' "The soup dropped into the water when I ran to pick Rosy up. and I couldn't stop to take It out," replied the wife. 'Why couldn't you?" he asked, abruptly. "Rosy wouldn't a died in that second. It's Jest such wasteful ness that keeps us always so hard up. It's enough to discourage any man to know that what he's workin' so hard fer is being wasted by his wife's keer lessness." If occasionally a Ion f of bread was burned, cecnawl taring the loss of the crust, Mr. Pangrew would reproach his wife as earnestly as though the loss Involved their flnaj ;ial ruin. When his wife would remind him that some arncie or. rooa was out ne wouiu ex claim: "Well, I never saw things give out as they do In this honee. I'm Jest al ways a-burin'. It didn't use to be so In my father's family. My mother was keerful and made things last," "How can I make things last?" his wife would say. "We have a large family, and how can they last?" "Well, I saw some rice out on the ground the other day that had been thrown out to the chickens. Talk of Uein' economical and feeding chickens on rice at ten cents a pound." "It was a little rice that stuck to the bottom of the kettle In cooking and wasn't fit to eat," the annoyed wife rejoined. "I never waste any food that is lit to eat" "Well, that's Just where the point lies,1' persisted her husband. "If you was keerful In cooking there wouldn't be any such waste In the food." "I can't see to the life of me how you monagw to use so much coal In that kitchen," be would say. "I know I could do the work there and not use half as ranch." Many a time after heaping such re proaches on his wife Mr. Pangrew would go to town and spend half a dollar for cigars. But that was not wastefulness, O no. Sho had lecome so worn out and dis gusted with it that the very mention of the word "economy" would produce a feeling of nausea through her physi cal being, the same as conies to xiiiie people at the recollection of swullow ing pills or taking castor oil. One summer morning this good lady liar.iened to go lu the barn and found her husband on the floor surrounded by what soemed to be bUshels of old luur.ess. "What are you doing?" she asked. "My w.-.rk barmsB Is nil giving out," he replied, "and I'm trying to patch It up with some or these old straps. "Why, you haven't had that harness very long, have you?" she Inquired. "About live or six years," he replied. "You bought it for good harness, dMu't you?" she p.'-relstcd in inquiring. "Yes, it was a urt-cl;iss work har ness. I paid $27, for it." "Why, soe how dry and cracked it U," said his wife, examining it more closely. "Don't you ever oil it?" "Ye-e-s." "How many tlrres have you oiled It since you had it?" contlnuul the in quisitive woman. "O, I don't know two or three times, I guess," replied the economical num. "V wonder It's wearing out," snld ?. "My father used to say that i k ""1 harness would last fifteen years .f given good care. He made It a rule to oil his harness every time it got wet; and oiled it every few months any way." "Of course a harness will last longer with such care," Mr. Pangrew replied. "Hut I'm always so Irosy I don't have time to oil mine." A few days after, glancing out of the window, Mrs. Pangrew aw htT hus band driving out of the fluid with the harvester. When he drove up she "Have you been harvesting? I didn't luiow the grata was rips." "No, I'm Just bringing the harvester up to got It ready wnitn answer. "WVre wi lf?M she Inquired. "In the rI.l." ho nnswer-d. "You in't mean to s.ny the hamst er tins been in the field all winter, l- joti?' "Yes. it Iipo." h replkd. "I 1,-ft it 'ln-r.- veil, n 1 .t tlm gil List s.tis 'li Mul 1 Inter '.-I to bring it up r.:r -i it in..: r i-eve:-. but I was so rushed i fori: t iiIkw! it." I'ln .fiitin :t!en tho h-irveMor wtt 1 to be rusted and Injured by the long exposure that repairs to the amount t.f f IK had to be purchased. Mrs. Pangrew's opportunity had come. "Josnplms." she jaid, "for fifteen years I have listened to your everlast ing n.ncging on the subject of economy. It nH'inn t. me the burden of your talk sliiet we were married has been In ad iiioiiisliiiiif me agiiast wastefulness. "An 1 I hive never wasted In the whole of my married life as much as you've paid out In rejuiirs upon tills in. o Line, which is Just the result of your neglect to take care of It. "The harness you were mending the .Mier day is Jnt about ruined from roinrli usage and the want of oiling. "I've been keeping my eyes open of late, and I believe there's Ji) wasted on the f.irni under your management "here there Is tl wasted in the house. "And I've cotue to this conclusion, that the time you spent guarding me from extravagance and giving me need less lectures had better be spent In keeping thing from going to waste In rhe farm matters under yonr care. ".Now. I want to make n treaty with j you dating from this hour; I never j want to le-ar another word on my ex- J travnganee while I live. You will have i your hands full if you prevent waste l In the farm matters that cotne within your own ilu:i i Mr. Pnugrew made? not a word of re ply. He h.-i 1 Kith sense And Justice enotich to s.- the tru'h In th matter, and aeecptKl It by keeping the treaty lnviil.ue. Whnt tM to Make Taper. ran?r can N ma c out of almost anything that n N pounded to pulp. Over fifty kinds of birk are employed, while old sacking or bagging makes a good article. Paper U made out of banana skins, from bean stalks, pea vines, cocoanut fibre, clover and timo thy hay. straw, fresh-water weeds, sea weds and more than 100 different kinds of grass. Taper has been made from hair, fur and wool, from asbestos, which furnishes an article Indestructi ble by Cre; from hop plants, from husks of any and every kind of grain. Leaves make a good strong paper, while the husks and stems of Indian corn have also been tried, and almost every kind of moss oan be made into paper. There are p" tents for making paper from suwdiut and shavings, from thistles and thistledown, from to bacco stalks and tanbark. It Is said that there are over two thousand pat ents In this country covering the manu facture or paper. o matter what the substance, the process Is substantially me same; tne material is ground to a pulp, then spread thinly over a frame and allowed to dry, the subsequent treatment depending on the kind of paper to be made. St, Louis Exchange. Artificial Eye. A prominent manufacturer of arti ficial eyes has unbui lened himself on what he considers a grievance. He says that the public, and therefore op ticians, win no longer pay the price for a good and well-made article, and that the market Is In-iug fl'ioded with "cheap romgn ruomsn. Ho alleges that the cheap eyes crack after very few weeks' wir. Pursuing the subject further, we are Informed that summer time is the best season for the sale of arti ficial eyes. People are at that time of the year more particular as to their appearance, nnd discover more rendiry that the artificial eye Is beginning to lose Its pristine perfection. Another point Is that there are many people walking about whose outward appear ance suggests that they are In full pos session of both visual organs, but have not even one. "I have fitusl," said the manufacturer, "ucor.-s of people with two glass eyes." The Innocent decep tion Is the more successfully carried out owing to the fact that the blind, from force of habit, no doubt, look, or uppear to look, one full In the face when talking. London Daily News. Old-School Ktiquette. The "Rule of Civility," published In li'h'iT, Is not without Interest, as the following quotations show: "It Is unhandsome among ladles, or In any other serious company, to throw off one's coat, to puil off one's peruke, to clean one's nails, to tie one's garter, to change one's shoes If they pinch, to call for one's slippers to be at ease, to sing between the teeth or to drum with one's lingers. It Is too Juvenile nnd light when In the company of ladies to play with them, toss or tum ble them, to force awny their hoods, fans or cuffs." "In eating." the writer cautions his readers, "observe that your hands be clean. Dip not yo ir fingers In the foods nor lick them when you have done eating. If you have occasion to sueesse or cough, hold your napkin be fore your face. Drink not with your mouth full nor tie wiped, nor until you are forced to brc;.thr In the glass." Do Pearl lu-proiluc-e Tlielr Kind? The pearl hunters of Borneo and ad jacent Islands have n peculiar super stition. When they open shells In search of pearls, they take every ninth find, whether it be large or small, and put It Into n bottle with a dead man's finger. These are kept and are known fts "seed pearls," or "breeding pearls," tho natives of the Islands mentioned firmly believing thst they have the powers of reproducing their kind. For every pearl put int.) the phial, two grains of rice are thrown in for the pearls to "feed" upon. Some of the white gem hunters of Romeo bellere In the superstition as firmly ns the na tives do. It Is sidd tlmt nearly every hut along the coast has Its "dead flnegr" bottle with from nine to ten times that nurabur of "seed pearls," the decaying digit nnd the rice care fully stowed away among them. Don't Blum tUe ftlrla. There has been a deal of worrying about the fact that the young women of tills country prefer single to mar ried life, but perhaps the dear girls aro not so much to blumo after nil. Thwv are 3.U 0,000 men over thirty years of age In the United States who bavr never married, and as man proposr the preference of so many man foi bachelor life has much to do with tht number of single women. Radius toi Herald. THE STOCK YARD. An old stockman says that shocp that fire put i-n fresh clover or rape. speclnlly If it be damp, often bis oi .. b!o.iiiil. If is good pmctice to nllo ile-m short stays nt first while ill i f-xlilcr is dry. , The tne of kerosene: on animals. In .-.'r t de-jtroy lice, is a severe method, as It is Irritating to the skin. The proper luodo Is to mix one part kerosene with four part9 of llnsisil or tiny cheap oil. It Is well to get Into the habit of vul ueing all kinds of cow food by the pound or ton, not by the bushel. Then we can the more readily mi'ko com parisons when considering what kind of feed to buy or sell. Endeavoring to keep too ninny nnl mals where they can not Ik made com fortable for room Is one of the b-jiks on the farm. It Is more profitable to adapt the stock to the farm thau to attempt to adapt the farm to the stock. When the time of growing an animal Is reiluoxl the ot is reduced al.. The brel that will grow rap'.d'y and save a month or a yir. compared with other stock, is so much ah-a t nnd the profits will be corresponding ly larger. Everyone who deals with the bull In any way should b constantly on his guard. The bull cannot be dejxmded upon. He Is treacherous as w,U as dangerous, and Is even more likely to attack his best friend than he Is to a!l his worst enemy. American Fanner. While It must be admitted that In stock raising a great deal depends upon the feed and the care, at the Mine time It Is a fact that some stock An not respond to the bt of care sufficiently to be profitable. Have a g.od class of stock In the first place and then give them first-class treat ment Skim milk as food for young stock differs from whole milk only In Its proportion of fat The nitrogen nnd mineral matter remains. Milk Is skimmed In order to remove the fat (cream I, and when fed to pigs or calves it should have some substance added to it wldch restores the fat, and for this purpose? linseed meal has ln-en used satisfactorily, and when the sklui milk is fed It should 1? lukewarm, or about the temperature of milk when It has Just Ix-en drawn from the udder. Stnmbllug IIore. The Pittsburg "Stockman" says: "Some good horses are addicted to stumbling while walking or moving in a siow trot. A well-versed veteri narian states that there are two causes that would tend to produce this faulty action: One a general weakness in the muscular system, such as would be noticed In a tired horse; the other a weakness of the exterior muscles of the leg. brought alwut by carrying too much weight on the toe. To effect a euro, he adds, lighten the weight of each front shoe about four ounces; have the toe of the shoe made of steel Instead of iron. It will wear longer, have It rounded off about the same as It would be when one-third worn out In order to prevent tripping, allow one week's rest; have the legs showered for a few minutes at a time with cold water through a hose, in order to cre ate a spray; then rub dry briskly, from the chest down to the foot. Give walking exercise da"y this week, for altout an hour, twice a day. When you cotPiience driving again omit the slow jog either walk or send him along at a sharp trot for a mile or two, then walk away, but do not speed for dt least several weeks. Hy this means tho habit of stumbling from either of the above causes will be pretty well overcome." Don't Flavor flatter Too Math. It Is too true that unless we adopt tho improvements of the day nnd look carefully after our Interests, we shall be left In the background ns to quality and profit But why is It that western creamery butter brings n better price? We are told that It Is because of Its uniformity of quality. The butter is made from day to day, from week to week under the same conditions, ami always free from anything that would Impart unpleasant, flavors. Milk set In a farmer's kitchen or In any place where It will absorb unpleasant odors from cooking vegetables, from tobacco smoke or from clothing fully charged with the odor of the stables, cannot make butter free from unpleasant fla vor. We complain of low prices re ceived when we ourselves are to blame. The flavor of the butter la af fected by the feed of tho cows. We lay the blame at the door of the dairy woman, when he who feeds the cows is responsible. Hitter Milk. Bitter Ilk Is a matter of frequent oc currence every fall and winter, or soon after the cows nre of! from grazing. It Is caused, first, by bitter herbs in the hay such ns May weed, rag weed John's wort, etc. nnd also by the uso of too much over-ripe food, such us straw, corn stover, or late-cut hay, It never occurs when cows nre fed on good feed, nud nre thriving, or even holding their own. and are kept com fortably warm. It enn le u voided, first, by correcting the error in feed ing and exijure; and. secondly, by scalding the milk wheii it Is lirt drawn, by setting It In pans over a kettle of boiling water till the skin which forms on its top is well wrin kled, nnd then setting It nwny to cool for the cream to rise. This treatment will drive out the cause of the bitter ilavor nud Improve the butter and uuike It easy to churn. A Hand Word for Toil. Toads, neeordluif to I'rof. Mihs, live almost eutlrely uhju Kings, caterpil lars, bi't-ilcs iunI other iiiKrits, uiuklujj tlu-ir rounds at uiylit, wln n the fann er la nuleep and tho birds, too and the lusects are supposed to bo having their own way, Freueh farmers un derstand these facts so well that the purchase tondu, nt so much n dozen uud tarn them loose. l'nlt tlie Switllnwi Anions liineetlvo'i.U8 birds the swal low Is worthy of great encourap1 nii'iit. An examination of tin sioiii :iclis of eighteen h wallows killed at different seasnus of the year showed that they contained nn average of -iu i undigested Insects each, and n i a sin gle grain of corn (of nny kludt, or the least particle of fruit or u trace of nny vegetable. must have proper nourishment during growth, or they will not develop uniformly. They find the food they need in Scott's Emulsion There is Cod-liver Oil for healthy flesh and hy pophosphites of lime and soda for bone material. Physicians, the world over, endorse it. Thin Children aro not known among those who take SCOTT'S EMUL SION. Babies grow fat and chubby on it, and are good natured because they are well. Prepared by Scott & Bowne, N. Y. Druggists sell It ' 1". Ska si it it, ins. N. U.I i LOOMSBUR LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY Capital Stock $30 OOO. Plotted property is in the coming InK-ine.- centra of the town. It includes al.o part of the factory district, ami has no equal in desirability for residence purposes. unuLLl'j LAJ1S are ollereu in a short time. No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to make money. Lots eecured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS Maps of the town and cf plotted property furnished on ap plication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. AVoods, Sdes Agent, or any member of the IJoard of Directors. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. C. F. Shahpless; C. W. iE.iL A. O. Baico. De. I. W. Willits. .Dr.. ll. w. McKeyxolds, n. U. FUNK. 5-116 mos. ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IX Cigars, Totacco, Candies, Fruits and Huts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. 3F:E.t-727"E' Goods SFEriAXuTT, SOLE AGENTS FOR F.F. Adams & Co's Fine Sole agents tor the Haaiy Clay, Lonires, Normal, Indian Princecs, Samson, Silver Asb Bloomsburg Pa. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, rtlATTIIVG, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT 2nd Door acove Court IIouFe. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. "He that works easily works Suc cessfully." 'Tis very easy to Clean House with SAPOLIO THE POSITIVE CURI !EXY URWHEHS. 68 Wirren EWKewTork. Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. GKT YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE , COLUMBTW OFFICE. liiMrcn nk, Sec, C. H. Cami i f lu Tr:a at va'ues that will te doubled J. L. Dillon. Cut Chewing Tobacco following brands ot Cigars- 60CU.I A YEAR FOB THE IKOUSTfilOUS. If vou wmit work thai 1 iil':ant unit tmil't; !,!n. 3-;n( u uur addii iiumetiut-h . Vc it It i.u u uiKi women liow lu earu lium te..Ot) ir to kit f, 1)0(1 per yfitr ithttut linwny i.ul pitwoi xjJt-rii nco, uini tin nt-li tin t't!tli" iu nt ttt w.m li !:.- c.ia n uke tiiut uuumnt. Sodam tutl.t iil; m I urn or tli.tt rct'uiriK Kituti tim l i.t- Uurk Ifc f ii. UfuUliy , uiil hotioiiiblt', nud can bi tmiit i.i-r !.) U.iii' or v etiiiiL's, rk'lit m yowr un n ! . ..I iiv, wherever yn liv. '1 h remll of u i w liour.'i woi k oftew (ii:iU R week wirer, Wo live t:i'iitt tluurtiilh tt I'utli ii xi niii.! n U, :i tifl many have I'iiU luitilittiiii i!.rtt v. il un-Jv liru ihuii rictu s Some l Ihe cut: rl' iwea In 1I1U eiiiintryoMP tttoir mcm lu li:e l tlio ilitrt plven them whlli" in our ni Joy ) : R2. Vou, reH.ler. mav veil; 1 1 v it " . c.uinot I'm I. No r 'pi-nl n n s at v. We l'. oit wnli mmi tlihi tlt-u it) new. -:!. I, tti.' h - r . , bnak brilllftii of ftilvico i4lee i, II i .ni 'ii lV vri:nt' (or U la J wot t i.iuii jy ittaj t nit costly. E. C. ALLETJI & CO-, Box 420, AUGUSTA, MAINE. t WWA E. R'JLWvd' Iook Merc ! Do you vnnt t Do you want tiu Do you want a Do you Avaut nnv Kind of a MUSICAL, IN STRU31UNT? Do you want SHEET MUSIC? If ko. Jo not send vour mon ey away from home, but deal with a reliable dealer rigbt here, who will make things right, u there is anything wrong. For anvthinir in this line 4 O the place to go is to J 3 BnltzeT9So Ware-rooms, MainrStrec-r be low Market. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. ZcOBBICTfS WIIILT. BBTAIL FBICIS. Batter per lb $ ,aj hggs per dozen 22 Lard per lb , .14 Ham per pound .14 Pork, whole, per pound 07 to .08 Beef, quarter, per pound .... 06 to .08 Wheat per bushel .85 Oats " " 50 Rye " " 80 Wheat flour per bbl 4.00 Hay per ton 18.00 Potatoes per bushel .70 Turnips " .75 Onions " " 1.00 Sweet potatoes per peck 25 to .35 Cranberries per qt .10 Tallow per lb .08 Shoulder " " il Side meat " " .14 Vinegar, per qt 08 Dried apples per lb .05 Dried cherries, pitted .15 Raspberries .is Cow Hides per lb .03 Steer " 05 CalfSkin .40 to .53 Sheep pelts .90 Shelled corn per bus .70 Corn meal, cwt 2.00 Bran, . " ,.25 Chop ' i.2j Middlings " 1.25 Chickens per lb .10 Turkeys " "... .12 Geese " " 10 Ducks " " 10 Coal. No. 6, delivered 2.50 " 4 and s " 3 So " 6 at yard 2.25 " 4 and 5 at yard 3.25 PARKER'S UAID DAI GAM v.'. '.IS Oloaiik-i and bf'tnii U. hir. 1 Mhvuf FtilU to Keitoro Qraj iluir to lt Youthful Color. HI.. ..., ftl I " 1 k'uvkvv'tt " -ftflr tl h WtWirv.! MM- f.;. LiTti '''"'"y. lnJiiiertlon, l'.m,T.k InHiiie.JOtU. HINDERCORNS. Th only nn cure for Comi. Milt uluu. Iw. hi Uiuamt, ut liliCUX k CO., N. X'. 1 s su-it. a ....
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