HOW TRAMPS TRAVEL.
ObsrrvittliHiK of a Writer Who Joined (lit
Vnuiiliori'1 I'mti'mlty.
TIip Novi-iiilitT tVntiiry oontnlns n
oni(.io nrtli'V entitled "Trump n with
Trump," lii-int; the record of the ue
timl ml ventures of n youii;,' Ann rieni
who (lisnulci'd hi ui'lf ns n tiiinip iitul
took to tho road. The following U an
extract from the article:
Of the State In the western district,
I think that Illinois, Iowa. W'.w otisin,
Minnesota and n part of (,'al fm iiia are
the best for tramps. Illinois Is thought
especially well of ly vagabonds lie
cause of Its "good" railroads. The Illi
nois Central, for Instance, Is known
tho conntry over ns the best for n
Journey .South, and 1' have known
tramps to travel from New York city
to ('ltleauo and go South by this line
rather than start front New York di
rect for New Or en tin. The ('., 11. &
Q. is also a jjrent "snap;" In fact, so
much so that, when I was on the road,
It was called "the bums' Hue." In Ne
braska, where the Q. becomes the 11.
& M. It., the lines nre more tlfrhtly
drawn, and It behooves n roadster to
take the tmeks If he Is anxious to
make pood time.
Truck rid Inn ts necessary almost
everywhere west of the Mississippi.
Of course one can "fool around" freight
trains, but he Is liable to bo knocked
off when the train Is at full speed, and
unless this occurs on the desert, or
where the Rrouud Is rather soft. It may
prove dangerous. I once attempted to
ride a "freiKht" on the Southern Tn
cltlc Komi, and It was the hardest ex
perience I ever encountered. I hung
on to the side of a cattle car lu order
to keep out of the brakemaus way,
but ho eventually found me and or
dered nit? to get up on top. There I
was made to turn my pockets Inside
out to convince him that I had no
money. Beliitf anjtered that I could
not give him a dime, he said: "Well,
hit the gravel! I can't carry you on
this tralu." I told him that I would
never lilt the gravel unless he stopped
the train. "You won't, eh?" he said;
"well, now, we'll see." So he chased
me over his train for about fifteen min
utes. I dodged here and there, and
found that I was quite able to elude
him ns long ns he alone followed me;
but soon the "Con." appeared, and then
the chase began In earnest. They final
ly pressed so near that I was com
pelled to climb down the side of a cat
tle ear. They tantalized mo by spit
ting nnd swearing. Finally the "Con."
climbed down also, nnd stepped ou my
fingers, so I had to let go. Fortunate
ly, the train was slackening Its speed
Just then 1 really think the engineer
had a hand lu the matter, for he Is
usually a good fellow nnd I got off
safely enough. But I had to "drill"
twenty miles that nfternoon without a
bite to eat or a drink of water. In the
far West nfter that experience I al
ways made use of the trucks.
The usual time for Eastern and West
ern tramps to start South Is In Octo
ber. During this month large squads
of vagabonds will be found travelling
towards "Orleans." I once was on nu
Illinois Central freight train when seventy-three
tramps were fellow-passengers,
nnd nearly every one was bound
for either Florida or Louisiana.
A Theorist Who Failed.
Thero recently died In New Jersey,
nt the age of seventy-three, a theorist
who had spent all ltis fortune, which
at one time was considerable, nnd nil
his life In a vain attempt to solve the
problem of extracting the silver which
Ilea In solution In the sea from the salt
water which holds It. He lived down
on the coast in a cottage which he
built years ago, nnd on every side were
constructed sluices, runways, washes
and the various appliances with which
lie was experimenting. The interior of
tlie cottage resembled the apartments
of a medieval alchemist rather than
that of a nineteenth century house by
the sea. It was fitted with retorts,
phials, crucibles, and In the corner was
a diminutive furnace. Some ten years
ago he was joined In his labors by a
young woman about eighteen. She at
tended him up to the day of his burial,
but since that time k'.io has disappeared
and no trace of her can be found. The
cottage is dilapidated, and no heirs
have claimed It, nor has any paper
been found to Indicate the name or
origin of Its strange occupants. Phila
delphia Kecord.
I
The Art of Spelling.
Some person of inquiring mind has
ilgurcd It out that bad spelling is sim
ply a defect of eyesight. According to
his rotion the man or woman who had
perfect eyesight when learning to read
grasped the correct position of every
letter and so learned to spell faultless
ly. The nearsighted child, on the other
hand, could only grasp the idea con
veyed by each word and riot Its com
ponent pnrts. This Is Ingenious, but
not strictly correct. If it were, the
blind child would be unable to spell at
all, while the denf mute, whose eye
sight Is ubnormally sharp, should never
make un orthogrnpl.lc mistake. Both
of these suppositious nre fnlie, ns every
one knows. The man who Is unable
to spell will have to find some better
excuse than this, as the defect will
..till le charged to loose mental habits
and want of method lu educated minds,
and to'positive Ignorance In others.
Kansas City Times,
Antlquiti'luii TrvitHiireH,
Recent excavations near Bologna
have unearthed nnclent tombs contain
ing many pottery vases and a wealth
of bronzes plus, knives, razors, horse
bits, buckets and boxes. The most un
common find Is a small chariot of
bronze, which has been mounted In the
museum of Bologna. In the Etruscan
lumuliis of I'letrera other excavators
have found stores of cups called buc
cherl, one of which has .ones of uul
ninls stamped on Its sides. Some nre
covered with gold leaf. Tarts of two
exquisite gold bracelets with pendants
of human heads and figures In em
bossed gold leaf are In this find, to
gether with a necklace of seventy hol
low bends, ribbed and with thirty gold
pendants In the shape of busts of wo
men with breast plates attached.
These nnd other objects will be placed
in the museum at Florence.
Thuy were Kuther Small.
The young men were showing, with
n good deal of pride, the results of their
T fishing expedition.
P "Mr. Brooxtpn," snid a young wo-
tunn, "fish go In schools, do they not'"
"I believe so; but "why do you usUV
"Because If they do I am willing to
wager a box of glovea that you have
broken up an infant class." Washing
ton butx. .
A RIVAL FOR NEW ENGLANP.
Cmlll-ili Cull lia Caught In llclirlng Ron nt
n UimmI Profit.
The New Kngland cod llshlng Indus
try I tli real i tied with competition oil
tin- I'acllte coast, l'ried llsli Is already
b' i:ig shlpp' d by the carload over a
'r.iiiscntitliictiinl railroad to New York,
mil thence M the West Indian uli.l
i ."ouiii American uiniKcia. a rotiuciion
of !d per cent. In rates has made this
enterprise profitable. A I'liget Sound
packer of the fish, being asked what
were the prospects of taking nwny the
market from New Kngland, said: "Cod
can be caught In Behring Sen, brought
to the Sound, nnd dried or cured for
one cent a pound less than on the New
lig'atid coast, and nt the present
rates we can compete with the New
Kngland fisheries right In their own
territory. So far this yenr I have ship
ped two carloads, twenty tons, of dried
cod to New York, where they nre sold
to brokers for shipment to the West
Indies and South America, nnd the
business can be done nt n good profit.
1 have had n schooner In Behring Son,
tills Hummer catching cod. nnd havo
put up 150 tons so far. Dried fish nre
the only kind suitable for hot coun
tries, and they nre put up In drums or
casks holding from 2."0 to 41)0 pounds.
Cured tlsh nre sold almost entirely In
the I'nited States. We should be nble
lo work up a market In Hawaii and
Australia, for there are no cod south
of the equator, nlso on the west coast
of South America. As fast ns the fish
are en tight they are cleaned nnd salted
on board the ship nnd stowed nwny
until there Is n full cargo. Then they
are brought to the drying nnd curing
works, dried In the sun nnd tied up lu
bundles for shipment. The pickle
cured lish are soaked In tauks of brine
for n month or so. 1 have been using
Carman Island salt from the Gulf of
California, as It Is the best on the
coast nnd dmn not discolor the fish.
A similar business might be worked up
in shipping smoked halibut East. Glou
cester, Mass., now controls the trade,
but lish are more abundant on this
coast and ctyi be caught and smoked
more cheaply."
U':
Honor to a 'blo Sire.
If the words of the scoffer who said
"The first citizen of Kentucky Is a
horse" were wholly true, the flags on
our public buildings would be at half
mast to-day. For Longfellow Is dead.
The news will set many men to
dreaming. They will recall the days
of more than t.veuty yenrs ago, when
uncouth John Harper's big brown colt
was the pride of the W est. They will
remember how the rising fame of a
younger rival caused Longfellow's
owner to break his resolve that the
victor over the greatest racers of the
East should run no more, and will see
with memory's eyes the car travelling
from Kentucky to the seaboard bear
ing the legend, "Longfellow goes to
meet his friend Harry Bassett." The
famous race brought defeat to Long
fellow, but with It such glory as no
other horse ever gained from victory.
llie superb courage he showed when.
crippled past nil remedy, he raced to
the end nnd nlmost won, mny explain
the love for the thoroughbred that lies
deep lu the heart of every true Ken-
tuckian.
That love beyond a doubt exists. It
may not be movinl by the pigmy strug
gles of to-day. But let giants like
Longfellow meet lu battle and once
more nerves will tingle, nnd across
the blue grass will ring out cheers that
come from the very soul. The days of
Longfellow weie the brightest of
American racing. The turf and trick
ery were not then correlative terms.
Honor ns well as money was the aim.
Longfellow, in nil his races, won less
than undeveloped colts now receive
for a few seconds scamper, but no
gained what none of these can do
fame that will not die ns long as horses
nnd men exist. To his descendants be
has Imparted his own great qualities,
and there was not much exaggeration
lu the paraphrase praising him as
first as n race horse, first as a sire,
nnd first In the hearts of his country
men. "
Let no one ridicule Kentucklans for
honoring a horse, ltemember that ho
once stood for Kentucky against all
comers. Nor will he be forgotten now
that the third sin of old John Har
per's monument will be filled, and un
der the blue grass three will He to
getherHarper, Ten Brouck and Long
fellow. Courier-Journal.
Ittlirhllil' ColonlM In Palentlne.
Baron Edmond de Rothschild, whose
presence nt Constantinople has been
of material advantage to his colonists
In Palestine, has bought a large tract
of pasture land, the personal property
of the Sultan, near the Jordan. lie In
tends to found there a large Jewish
colony. Life nnd property in that re
gion have been much moro secure with
in the last fifteen years than formerly
owing to the Important military sta
tion established there by the govern
ment, which lias also constructed a
bridge over the Jordan to facilitate
communication between Jerusalem nnd
the valleys on the other side of that
river, whence the Holy City obtains
most of its cereals. An Iron bridge Is
now being built near Saroua, on tho
road from Jaffa to Sliechoni, nnd the
road between the former town nnd
Jerusalem has been Improved.
This Shopper.
"There Is a thinker over there," said
n dry goods clerk the other day, ns he
pointed to a comfortable and tleshy
looklng matron who was watching an
other clerk Juggle boxes down from a
shelf. "I hope sho will not come over
here, for I know what It will mean."
Squibs, who wus not particularly Im
pressed with the customer's nppenrnuco
as an Intellectual looking woman, ven
tured to ask what a thinker was.
"Why," replied the clerk, smiling,
"she's one of those women who, unfor
tunately, aro frequent visitors, nnd
who, ufter we have shown thein every
conceivable pattern we've got, end by
saying, '1 guess I'll think It over before
deciding.' I ulways feel like (elllng
them to guess again, for I know what
that means it means that It is a ten
to one shot that she don't want tho
goods. I don't mind working for my
salary, but I hate to take gymnastic
exercise for these people, nnd 1 always
steer clear of thinners." Philadelphia
Call.
A Noble End.
"My friend," said tho solemn old gen
tleman, "to what end has your life
work been directed?"
"To the head end," murmured tho
bnrber, nud then silonco fairly poured.
It didn't merely reign. Indianapolis
journal.
TEN MILES ABOVE EARTH.
Intrrt-ni lug KxrlimnU at the ItlgtiMt
Point ft llaloon Ever ltoHi liril.
One of the most Interesting exper!
tnent with balloons that has ever ! n
undertaken was that of Messrs. II r
nute and Bes.-iucon ot Paris-Yauglr.in!.
They HtifcciiUil In sending a Imllo. ,i
to the unprecedented elevation of 1U,-
o xi metres, or about 10 miles. Thero
were no people In the balloon, but It
cnrrled a variety of self-registering In
struments designed to record the tem
perature, the atmospheric pressure,
etc. The little balloon wns started on
Its lofty trip nbout noon, when the air
wns reinnrknbly still nnd clear. It
rose rapidly, nnd in three-quarters of
nu hour had attained nn elevation of
10 miles, nt which height It remained
for several hours.
It was there subjected to nn atmos
pheric pressure only about one-eighth
as great ns Hint nt the surface of the
earth, nnd M. Ilermlte explains Its
floating for so long a time nt ft con
stant height by supposing that the tem
perature does not vnry sensibly with
the elevation of the floating body after
tho latter has attained nn altitude
where seven eighths of the atmospher
ic pressure Is lacking and where thero
remains no trace of water vnpor.
But towards 6 o'clock, when, with
the decline of day. the temperature be
gan rapidly to fall, the balloon started
bnck towards the earth, arriving with
ft gentle motion which did not disturb
the Instruments It cnrrled, nt 7:11 nt
Chnnvres, near Paris-Vauglrard, from
which It had started.
The balloon was visible with n. tele
scope during the entire time. It shone
like the planet Venus seen by day.
By means of n micrometer attached to
an astronomical telescope the apparent
diameter of the balloon could cosily
hnvo been measured, nnd this would
have furnished a means of calculating
Its altitude Independent of the record
of the barometer which It carried.
The barometer and thermometer were
furnished with automatic pens driven
by clockwork, by means of which d'a
grams of the chnnges of pressure and
temperature that the balloon experi
enced were obtnlned. At the height
of nbout 7 miles the thermometer
marked a temperature of K degrees
Fahrenheit below icro. Then the Ink
In the registering pens of both the
thermometer nud the barometer be
came froeen and the records were In
terrupted. But, as the balloon continued to rise,
the Ink thawed ugnln, nnd at ihe ten
nille level the automatic records were
renewed. The temperature registered
there was only nbout (1 degrees below
zero. The Increase of temperature Is
ascribed to the effect of the unclouded
sun heating the air In the basket that
contained the instruments. The low
est record of the barometer was 103
millimetres, or a trifle more than four
inches.
M. Hermlte cnlls nttentlon to the
fact that the density of the nlr at the
height of ten miles, where the balloon
remained during most of the nfternoon,
Is less than that existing upon the
plains of the moon, on the assumption
that the atmospheric density on the
moon is proportional to the force of
gravity at the surface of that orb.
If this Is correct, then the instru
ments would have behaved about tho
same If M. Hermlte hnd been able to
place them on the moon as they did
when he sent them only ten miles
above the en rth. Youth's Compaulon.
A nig African Diamond.
Big dlnmonds from South Africa
have long ceased to be nn interesting
Item of news. But the very biggest of
nil still claims a note. It has been
found at Jagersfonteln, "Hunter's
Spring," nnd It weighs 070 carats. We
mny say confidently that this Is the
largest diamond of which Indisputable
record Is preserve. Both tho ICohl
noor nnd the Pitt are said to have
been bigger In the rough. Tradition
declares, Indeed, that the former weigh
ed 1,833 carats, but since that tradition
refers to the date of the Mnhabnarata,
say 3000 B. C, Its value depends main
ly In faith. The first categorical state
ment about It Is the reference of Ak
bar In his autobiography. He observes
that the stone weighed 144 carats
when he possessed it nn obvious er
ror, seeing that it weighed 180 when
surrendered to her Majesty. How
ever, experts admit that the Kohluoor
could not have been less than 1,000
carats when found, If of perfect shape,
ns Is alleged. The South African tro
phy comes near It But no such rav
ing joy and marvel as convulsed the
realm of Golconda In heroic times broke
the quiet of Jogersfontein. The Under
himself, If an old hand, would gladly
havo taken half the weight In stones
of a reasonable size. What on earth
can you do In these days with a dia
mond as big as a duck's egg? You
cannot even exhibit It with a fair
profit, for the cost of Insurance more
than balances the very qualified en
thusiasm of tho public. Saving tho
chance of finding a demented million
aire to buy, It will be wisest to cut tho
monster Into pieces. London Stnudard.
He Knew a Safe Man.
A prominent Methodist clergyman,
who now resides in San Francisco,
tells this Incident, which occurred In
a Pullman sleeper while riding through
Iowa. As the train passed over the
State line into Iowa a seal was put on
the liquor sideboard 'n the buffet, nnd
the clergyman, wlshl ig to tout the en
forcement of the prohibition Rnv, call
ed the porter nnd nsked him if he could
get a little whiskey.
"Oh, yes, sail," said the porter.
"And how about a little wine?" quer
ied the minister.
"1 think I can fix you, sah," was tho
prompt and whispered reply.
"But," continued tho reverend gen
tleman, "how about ' prohibition In
Iowa?"
"Oh," said the porter, with a know
ing wink, "we always pick our men,
sah." San Francisco Argonaut.
MlMlnterprutecl.
It was ot an afternoon tea and ho
was young ns wns shown by tho fact
of his attending such ft function. He
kept glancing nervously at her from
tluio to time, and hovered nbout her
continually marks of favor which she
thought she could Interpret. Several
times It wns evident that ho wished to
speak to her, but the other guests In
terrupted him. Finally, when she wns
nbout to go, he rushed up to her, color
ing violently. She graciously helped
hlni out.
"Is there something ym wish to say
to me?" she murmured.
"Yes yes. I hope you'll pnrdon my
saying II but you have a streak of
mustard ou your cheek."
That Macbing Cough
if allowed to run, will destroy the lining to
Throat and Lungs, weaken the system and
invite the Consumption Germ.
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod-liver Oil, with hypophosphites of lime
and soda, builds up the system, overcomes
Chronic Coughs and Colds, and strengthens
the Lungs. Physicians, the world over, endorse
it.
SCOTT'S EMULSION It th most nourishing: food known to
sclsncs. It Is Cod-liver Oil rendered palatable and easy to assimilate,
Prepared by Boott Sown, N.V. Druaslata sell It.
B. K. SiiARri.ESs, Pres.
N. U.
BLOOMSBURG
LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
Capital Stock, $30,0O0.
Plotted piopcity is in the
town. It includes also part of
equal in ucsiraonuy ior residence purposes.
CHOICE LOTS are offered at values that will be doubled
in a short time.
No such opportunity can be
Lots secured on SMALL
Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap
plication.
Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, SrIch
Agent, or any member ot the Uoaril of Directors
BOARD OF DIKKCTOKS.
B. F. SiiAnrLEss;
C. W. JNel A. G.
UR. II. W. iUClvEYKOLDS,
.
ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
DEALERS IN
Cigars,. Tobacco. Candies, Fruits and Huts
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week.
IF'x-TsriT-sr Goods a Sis:E:cT-&.rr"z
SOLE AGENTS FOR
F .F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco
Sole agents for tuc
Hoar Clay, Londres, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver Acb
Bloomsburg Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CARPET, IHLATTBIVO,
or Mj CliOTII,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. H. BIOWUM'S-
2nd Door aoove Court House.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
"He that works easily works Suc
cessfully." 'Tis very easy to
Clean House with
APOLD
THE POSITIVE CURE.
S ELY IUiOTUEKS, CS Wnrren BU, tew York. Price 60 CU.I
Fine PHOTO
GRAPHS and
CRAYONS at;
McKillip Bros.,
Bloomsburg.
The best are
the cheapest.
rnn7tn axle
GREASE
BEST IV THE WORLD.
Itewoartngqualltlesnrs unrarpaasnd, Bctunllv
eutlaitlnff two boxea of eny other tirnnd. Nu(
flucud by bant. UT U EX 'l 11 V Ci EN I II N E.
FOR SALE BY DEAI.ER8 GENERALLY, tyf
2-24' i yr.
FunkScc."
(J. it. Cami-ukm Trcas.
comii'g business centre of the
the factory district, ami lion uo
had elsewhere to make money.
MONTHLY PAYMENTS-
J. L. Dillon.
Briggs, Dr. I. W. Willits,
JN. U. FUNK.
5 12 tf
following brands of Clgara-
13
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YEAR
FOR THE IHDUSTRIGUS.
If vuu wunt work that iili-uaiil unci prolitr.lile,
una uyuurukliVM lwimi.litin.-li . li t Uui h n.i n
u:mI noiiii u liow to turn llm.i tt..-,.oo .i i iia io
l,l0 irr year without liuvinii htm r-tiir
t'HTiliiCU,Uliil ttU lliah till' l'UI hlMllt III III IlKll
tliiy cuu umk thai iiuiouiil. Nuthinii ilillicull lo
hum or th.u rruuiun much tunc ',v uork la
mv, h. ulthy, hii.1 honorable, unit can bcuoiif dur
lia iliiyliiiiif or i veiilni,', rilil in jmirowii I. .ml
iiy, whi-ri-vi-r you live. 'J li rvxiilt or it few
lioiirx' work often eiimiln n wi4-k' wiiii. .
V Imvi- Itmiiht Ihoinmuih; of both inti iiml nil
hkch, iiml ninny liuvo luiil (oiiiiiliitiona ll.m will
uri'lv lirlnj ihrm rlchm Koine of the Kiimile-l
men In thi country owe their eucccf a In life la
tlm mart given them while in our employ ji nr
nieo. Yon, riwler, iniiv lo n wi ll; try It Vim
cannot fail. No cnpilal neci UMirv. We fit vn-i i ut
W illi oiiietliliin thin ii new, nollil, anil core. A
bonk brimful of advice ia In e to till Help vour
"'' I'y wrlihiR for it to day i.ot to morrow.
Uclnyt arc costly.
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Box 420,
AUGUSTA. MAINE.
3Look Mere !
Do you Mant Yi
Do you waul tin
Do you want n
Do you wantnnv kind
of n 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 J
3. Ssltzer's.
Ware-rooms, Main' Street be
low Market.
THE MARKETS.
BLOOMSBURG MARKETS.
;OOKRICT1D WIIILT. BITA1L KICIS.
Butter per lb $
.22
.22
.14
14
to .08
to .08
So
.80
4.00
18.00
.70
aS
1. 00
to .35
.10
.08
.14
.08
OS
IS
.13
03
hggs per dozen
Lard per lb... ,
Ham per pound.
Pork, whole, per pound 07
Beef, quarter, per pound, . . . 06
v neat per DusheL
Oats " "
Rye " "
Wheat flour per bbl
Hay per ton
Potatoes per bushel
Turnips " .',
Onions " "
Sweet potatoes per peck 25
Cranberries per qt
Tallow per lb
Shoulder "
Side meat " "
Vinegar, per qt
IJned apples per lb
Dried cherries, pitted
Raspberries
Cow Hides per lb
Steer "
S
5
Calf Skin 40
Sheep pelts ,
to
.90
.70
2.00
i.S
'5
1.25
.10
.12
.10
.10
Shelled corn per bus
Corn meal, cwt
Bran, "
Choo "
Middlings "
Chickens per lb
Turkeys " ,
Geese " " . . . .
Ducks " M
Coal.
No. 6, delivered
2.50
3 5"
2.25
3 S
" 4 and s "
" 6aat y ard
" 4 and 5 at yard
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
CiMnu And bvautifiui tho half.
PruuiuUif a luxuriant growth.
Never Fails to Boatora Oraj
Hair to lta YoutMul Color.
Cututf walp diM'c A hair faUuif.
i(.-,niHlWnat DnuTlif
J.V I'urkor'n Uumor Tunlo. ll cure. tl. ..i.t l ""'1!
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