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.
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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.
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Box 420,
AUGUSTA, MAINE.
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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
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