FIELDING ON BUSINESS. He Glvos a Pew Tips Approprlata to tho Hard Times. Why Fhonld Man lie Toor t'nlM 1: Inainta on Itelny llonfat. Vhn Uainra I.Ike Thn (an lie l'layed Any InyT Ioopthiobt, I8H4. I talte a deep Interest In business. It possesses for tne that fascination whleh always attaches to tho mysteri ous unknown. Personally I Imvcn't business sense enough to He to a tailor. When I fret a publisher's cheek I tell my wife the hI.o of It; and, In fact, there's no hope for mo In a business way. But though destitute of that happy faculty which makes some men rich, while, by a curious coincidence, those bout them are poor, I con appreclato t in others. Nobody is quicker than I am to recognize that faculty, and keep put of the way of It. For Instance, I tvns In a publisher's private ofilce the Other day when an elderly man with tangled black hair and a loosely folded cotton umbrella ran to the door. He fvas closely pursued by a long-legged pfliee boy, but the race Is not always to the swift. The elderly man effected an entrance. 1 "My dear fellow," said the elderly man to the publisher, "lend me one hundred thousand dollars." That was his pleasant way of start ing the conversation. Of course he did not really need the money. lie simply iesired to attract attention. The pub lisher felt in his vest pocket. He did not find tho sum mentioned, but tucked the corner of a dollar bill fur ther down, so that it would not show. Meanwhile the elderly man continued: "I've just got hold of a rare book." v "One that the author got paid for?" t suggested. "Rare, very rare. Dictionary of lit srary dialect. Think of the difllculty of compiling the work. Nobody ever heard of these dialects except the au thors, and most of them have starved to death. So, as the thing is practic ally out of print, it can't be duplicated ever in this world. It will be very use ful to you in your business, if the fash-' EXCELLENT VKNT1LATIOX. Ion for that sort of thing comes round again. I'll sell It to you for a dollar because I'm just a little short to-day." Well, it looked reasonable, and the publisher went down into that vest pocket He came up, with that dollar, and the elderly man quickly retired. Then the publisher detained me with honeyed words till lunch time. Ho had a pretty good business head, too, and, as the dollar happened to be the only one he had, he invited me to lunch, and I settled tho bill. Hut tho point is, that when wo emerged from the building where the publisher's of fice is located, we found a man on tho edge of the curb selling books. Ho had only one work but his barrow was full of copies. It was the Dialect Diction ary, and he was selling it for five cents. The elderly man had bought a copy on his way in. Now, that's what I call business nil around, for when I had got a little wine into the publisher 1 sold him a story of sea bathing on tho Jersey coast, though it was then past the middle of December, and when ho hud sobered up he simply changed the scene to the Sandwich islands, robbed my characters of half tho little cloth ing I had bestowed upon them, and made a good thing out of the story. The public paid for the dictionary, the lunch and the btory, and why shouldn't it? If tips like the above can help peo ple along in these hard times, I Kay that it's a man's duty to give them. I get hold of lots of ti.osc games here in New York, and I'm too charitable to keep them to myself. Sme of theia are played on me and others come to me In the night watches. There's no time so good for thinking of business. Nothing in thin world can make a man feel so mean as lying awake ut night. I'va been kept awake by a told lately. Speaking of that cold reminds me of another business schema which I dis covered recently. When times are dull it's the man of a single trade who suf fers. The man who sellsi firewood and fans is busy the year round. Well, I went to see a doctor about this cold. He asked mo where I was Jiving, and 1 told him tho truth, for I really meant to pay his bill, liut I couldn't see how tho question properly bore upon the state of my health. - Then ho asked mo how many rooms I had In my flat. "One room, one closet, two cuddles and a niche," I replied; "but what has that got to do with " "What rent do you pay?" ho in quired. "Forty dollars a month." "It's too much." "I agree with you; but as to the state of my health " "Look here," ho 6aid. "you'll never be well in such a place as that. No.v you just come with me u round to the corner of Ashbamd avenue and Mnd.l street, and I'll show yousoino fluta tV.r.i. will make your eyes stick out." ffi He clapped on hi:i hut; gr.tbh l :n by tho nrm. n:id lun ri d i:w iy. wo r:.v.chod tlio Hats, we f.r.ltid l'i:itt!lt workmen had not yet put in tho il i rs and windows. Tho plastering on the walls wns not dry, and dl.ln't r-:"'m to be making u iy re:irtoii:i.'.il I'.i'nrl in t'int direi lion. It was n di-n'ivim ri i'uy f-rdr.. ;.i? o-.ieof those d iy.v e it vaows p. . pen Hjulni'ly, if m do i e'.irrv a:i ut:ihrci):i, and horizontally, It yon do. "Talk about sanitary conditions," he said. "What d'you think of that for ventilation? ' I was bound to admit that it seemed ample Tho snowfltikes which came in at the front, went clear throu;;h tlia WA1TIM0 FOR TIIK DOCTOR. flat except when they hit mo. With a handkerchief in each bond, I explained to the doctor that, as I had a cold "Como around to Thirteenth and Coffin streets," said he. "Perhaps this doesn't exactly suit you. I'll show you what you want." I followed my medical adviser. We reuched an imposing structure at last, and climbed many stairs. We passed a tenor, a domestic difficulty, a piano, a bull fidddle, a baby and a boiled din ner, and on the seventh floor wo halt ed. Through a scuttle above our heads I could see that tho heavens wero di rectly over us, but, though substan tially ready both in body and spirit, 1 decided to pause before ascending further. "This top flat is vacant," said the doctor, "and you'll liko it. The rent Is forty-seven dollars, but you don't have to pay it the first of the month. You can pay it tho last of the month before, if you want. The landlord is an easy man. What's this? Door locked? Well, well, I'll have to run nrouad to Sharkey street and get the key. Sit right here and wait for me." He left me sitting on the top 6 ten. Tho snow filtered through the scuttle and fell soft and moist around me, while the boiled dinner came up from below and turned the pure snow flakes green around their edges. I was irre sistibly reminded of my own contact with tho world. Tho next thing I remember is sitting in the doctor's office. "As I understand it," ho was saying, 'you've decided to take Thirteenth street flat, and " "Doctor," said I, weakly, "I'll take some of your medicine first, and if that doesn't kill me I'll try one of your uats. l should like a prescription written by the author of 'Called Hack,' and the louder tli3 call the better, for I m pretty well along." Ho wns touched. Ue wrote mo this prescription: Quinmao Sulph. gr. x. Spt.i. Frumenti quan. suf. I'. S. Look at tho flats over the drugstore. You may liko them. "Will you havo these- separately or together?" asked the obsequious drug gist. "What docs tho prescription call for, anyway?" "Whisky and quinine." "Do you mean to say that that medi cated sugar-coated real estate agent IX TIIK WIOWAM. sharped mo five dollars for recommend ing whisky and quinine?" "Hint ir, what ha prescribes." "Well, I won't takes it. I wouldn't touch it if I knew it would euro me. I'm going to take a wigwam sweat." "What's that?" "Why, you All n big pan with New England ruin, and set it cflro. You put a chair over the pan. Then vou drink half a gallon of tho rum, and sit down in tho chair. You hold up a broomstick and your wife builds a tent of blankets around you, making a wigwam a cort of little house, you know." ".speaking of little houses," said he. "I know a niee littlo house around the corner that can be had for " "Whatl are you in it, too? Good day to you, sir." I went home and took tho wigwam weat. When I got too hot inside the wigwam, I stuck my head out between the blankets and related to Maudo tho experiences of the day. Until that moment I had not believed that there was any business in tho doc tor's scheme. Alas, when shall I learn to understand women? No sooner had I spoken of those flats to Maude than she was filled with a desiro to boo them. Tho more I ran them down the better she liked the idea of taking one. Howard Fielding. yips, AN APPETIZING MEAL. Kemlrr Tonr JtlahMi Tempting by Giving Them J'fti Uarnlahlnffa. Much of tho attractiveness of a monl depends upon tho embelli..hmenl of the dishj!., an-.l when wo consider wv economically this can bo done, there W reully no e.vcu.o for liio lack of tot.i;.l IniT details, unless the busy mother mid housekeeper finds her day full of other duties. Ten minutes' supervision of tho dishes before they nro sent to the table) Is all that l( required to add a bit of greenery, a slice of lemon, a golden hearted ring of egg, and see how ap petizing tho simplest meal will become. "Hut in winter," says some one, "green garnishes aro so scarce. There Is apt to bo a sameness in this line. What Is ono to do?" Think a moment. Havo you ever livened up some prosalo dish with a leaf or two of crisp, crlnkled-cdged lettuce tho kind furnished us during Jtho cool months? This is a fancy charming enough to please tho most nrtlstlo-mlnded person at tho table. Celery tops, shredded cabbage, curly bits of crests and parsley springs, each in turn, may take their place upon the meat or vegetable dish, and common place viands will gain a festive air. A young housewife, wishing to havo on hand a nleo supply of green gar nishes, fastened to the sill of a kitchen window having a southern exposure two boxes, in ono of which was a luxuriunt bed of pnrsley, while in tho other flourished curled cress. As for vegetables, try turning them into garnishes. Fill in the center of your meat dish with a brown mound of potatoes fried in ribbons, surround this with chops of meat-balls, and scatter hero and there a tender sprig of pars ley. Another appetizing mode is to enfold each chop in a 6mall lettuce leaf. Soups, that would otherwise bo but slightly relished, become favorites when a few squares of crisp brown toust called by tho French "croutons" are added. Knowing your own pantry possibili ties and the contents of your market basket better than any outsider, think up some furnishings yourself with which to embellish your table dulnties, and you will find that no matter how simple are your efforts, they will be rewarded. Golden Days. DRESS FOR CHILDREN. It It Eaallr Made anil Produces a Very Good i: fleet. Miss Minnie Boiler-inarm, who has been an operator and saleswoman in New York for the past six years, has designed a simple dress for dolls, which she thinks mothers may find suitablo for a small child. It is cut in four parts, but may be cut in onl v one piece if time counts more than the slight waste of material, as to busy mothers it sometimes docs. Directions for cutting the dress are ns follows: Measure tho length from neck as long as desired, allowing for hem; slope slightly, and about one fourth from upper portion cut off cor ner for shoulder. Make sleeve portion as full as desired and slopo same as a shoulder. Join as shown In cut. Turn in or faco at neck (which is left per fectly square) aud gather to fit- Added gatherings ure admissablo. St. Louis llepublio. Concerning Vlalttng Cant. Ladies' cards aro governed by the following rules: A married woman In society, especially with daughters, should always use the prefix "Mrs." Widows und maiden ladies often prefer to uso tho simple name without prefix; fashion dictates otherwise. A young lady in society, having passed her first season, should, If the eldest daughter, uso simply, for instanco, "Miss lioth well." If a younger daughter, sho should uso her Christian name In full. In her first season a debutante should ngravo her uamo below t.hut of her brother, her individual ca-d not np praring till the second season. On vis iting with her mother tho nntno of a daughter may be engraved below that of her mother; If separate, her card should always be left with her mother's curd. Tho k.'uuo applies to a plurality of daughters, tho names beiug grouped. f oniH Kite lie ii Meil-urnmcnta. One quart of wheat flour is one pound. One quart of corn meal weighs 13 ounces. One quart of butter, soft, weighs 14 to 10 ounces. Ono quart of brown sugar weighs from a pound to a pound and a quarter, according to dampness. One quart of white sugar weighsono pound. Ten medium tdzed eggs weigh one pound. A tablespoonful of salt in one ounce. Right tablespoou fuls make a gill. Twogillsor 10 table spoonfuls aro half a pint. Sixty drops uro one teaspoonful. Four tablenpoon fuls nro ono wineglassful. Twelve tablespoonfuls are ono teaeupful. Six teen teaspoonfuls, or half a pint, aro one tumblerful. A Ilanclng 1'lncnahlon. To make a pretty and novel hanging pincushion cut two piecesof cardboard tho shape of a largo pansy. Cover them with violet silk and paint one in pansy colors. Lay wadding between, sprink ling it with orris root. Overcast to gether, sew lavender ribbons to the top and stick a halo of small English Bins around the edge. BODY onsumptgon may be avoided. It comes from a germ that takes root and grows only when the System is Weak and Lungs are affected. Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil, with hypophosphites of lime and soda, overcomes all the conditions which make con sumption possible. Physicians, the world over, en endorse it. Coughs, Colds, Weak Lungs and Emaciation pave the way for Consumption. SCOTT'S EMULSION cures them and makes the system strong. Prepared by Scott JL Bowne, N. Y. Drugglt tell It B. F. Sharplkss, Pres. N, U. BLOOMSBURG LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY Capital Stock, $30,0O0. Plotted property U in the town. It includes also part of equal in uesiraminy ior residence purposes. CHOICE LOTid are ottered at values that will be doubled in a short time. No such opportunity can be Lots secured on SMALL Majis of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap- Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Sale? A .,,.., i, c . i. r r i . xvj;v.-ui, Hiijr mcuiuci ui me xuuru oi .uireciors. P0A.RD OF DIRECTORS. 13. F. SiiARrLEss; C. W. Nel A. G. v t r tTt w DR. 11. . MCKEYNOLD.S, ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS 1ST Cigars, Totacco. Candies, Fruits and Nuts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. JPZutxiTz Goods j Specialty. SOLE AGENTS FOR F .F. Adams & Co's Fine Sole agents far the Haary Clay, Loadros, Normal, Indian Princess, Sanson, Silver Ash Bloomsburg Pa. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPE T, MAT T 1T1VO, or OIL, CJLOTII, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. 1EL BMWEE'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 MPOU .ksrJv1 THE POSITIVE CURE. jffilS fcVfa-ift ? -fci ELY tiaTUERS, CO Warren BU, New York. Price 00 cU.Lt22L525. Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. AXLE GREASE FRAZER HEST IN THE WORLD. StgwearlnxqualltlfiaareansurpuHid, ft otu fitly Oiltlastinff two boxes of any otlier brand. No) fleeted by beat. trUl. t Tllfc. HEN UNU FOR SALE BY DEALERH OENEHALLY. tu 2-24-lyr. Funk, Sec." C. II. Campbell, Tna coming business centre of the the factory district, and has uo had elsewhere to make money. MONTHLY PA YMF. NTS- J. L. Dillon. Briggs, Dr. I. V. Willits, JS. U. MJNK. Cut Chewing Tobacco following brands of Cigars A YEAR FOR THE INQ5J8TRI3U8, J f you wuiit work that 1b iU'auut nml tirulitublc, niil uif your uilUu-sH iiiimi-ditin lv. - u.iu.m m iinil woinun Iiuw lu -ui'U liuiu U3.00 r ilin lit tM.OOO r yt-Hr wiilmut Imviuj! Inul pit i ioi.s fxKTimi:o,uml luniUli I he i-iii,!im iiiciii m wluili tui-y ilin muke tltut uiuuuut. Nullilnji ililliculi tn K.tiu or mat riiiuiiis iimcli lime J i.c wi.rk it easy, lit-itli liy . un.l liouorabli', nml can bt uoi.o ihir lu liavtiniu or rveninj;, ri)jlit in your own Ity, whi ri'vcr you live. 11m r.null of u t. w lionrH' work ofimi ',imln u nt'ck'a witi-rn. Nu liuv e launlit tlmusHiiils ol lixtli at-xt-H mil nil iiki i, iinil many liimi lai f.iiimli,m n,,,! Wjj mr. lv brii:j tln'in HcIick Sonic of thv niinri(., iiicn In 1 lii nmiilry owe llieir nmcv-t in I i i C to tlie.iarl jtlvcn them while in our i-ini.loy j "r L'o. ion, ri acler. imiv do n. well; trv it J ih cannot lull. Noniulml ni-ivmiirv. We ill vonoi.t with linmelhiiiK that is new, .,U. tiu.l nf, A book lirlnifnl of ailvlce in (ii (. io nil II. I,,,;,,.r fi ll by wiiiliiK jur it to-Uij - not lo uiorrow. lA-lnya are co.ily. E. C. ALLEM & CO., Box 420, AUGUSTA. MAINE. . tiLook Mere ! Do you want a fl&Ho ? Wo ou want nn 4 Do you want a Do you want an v kind of a MUSICAL, IN STRUMENT? Do you wnnt 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 Saltzer's, Ware-rooms, Main Street bo low Market. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. CORRKCTID WIULT. RETAIL PH1CI8. Baiter per lb g .32 .22 U .14 to .08 to .08 .80 50 .80 3 5 18.00 .70 S 1.00 to -35 .10 .08 .12 .14 .08 S IS .13 .03 .05 to .50 .90 As 2.00 i.S 1. 25 .10 .12 .10 .10 i.ggs per dozen Lard per lb , . . . , Ham per pound Pork, whole, per pound 07 Beef, quarter, per pound. . . . 06 Wheat per bushel Oats " " Rye " " Wheat flour per bbl Hay per ton , rotatoes per bushel Turnips " " Onions " Sweet potatoes per peck 25 Cranberries per qt Tallow per lb Shoulder" " Side meat " " Vinegar, per qt uned apples per lb Dried cherries, pitted Raspberries Cow Hides per lb Steer ' " CalfSkin Sheep pelts 40 Shelled corn per bus Corn meal, cwt Bran, " Chon " Middlings " Chickens per lb Turkeys " " ueese " " Ducks " . ' ' Coal. No. 6, delivered ' a .to " 4 and s 3 So " 6 at yard a.i$ " 4 and S at yard 3.25 . PARKERS m HAIR BALSAM rifang and tu-Niiiiiiu. the hair. 1 roiui.tc . luxiuiant giu1li. Novor Faila to Ue.toro Oray Hair to lta Youlliful Color. Cutu. i-.lp di's.ita k li.ir itUmd. 3"Miml gl 'Mi ut lru??irti Wi'nk 1 , ""r i'cmio. It cm,-. llu l u 1 ri J i. JL ,,"l'"'. l'"l, Tk in time. 40 cU. rilllUCKVURNS. Th. nnlv .ri ro fur Comt. .ion auiwu. IJu. at X.iukiifc , UlaCOX CO.. N. ... 111
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