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. ...
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