0 THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSfiURG. - PA. AN ANGEL UNAWARES. Om TM Oreanlon. at LMt, the Inenrnne Aaent Wtl Wtlfomnl. An liwurnnce agent, alhott a umful ml at Uuk- attrnctiTe pricn. la not J way a wvlovtn riot tor, any tbo lrtavft Fm lrw. 1 m pwple, lrVl. h 1a a dMl bore. One of CM eiaa ovrn a hanriaomc residence, mad even the thought of an agent prcmkc Ma Ire. One evening recent ly bo waa enjoying trl otiuni cum dig, mHwn a man wnlkv1 In on Mm rory anrorptnonlotisly. The vMtnr was a trrtaJ trnTiKT to him, and before L had titiH- to throw an Jnkatand at him or to ak him to alt down he began calmly and in a moat uulnea-llke aoe to talk. "Have you any toaurancv oq this bonao?" wld he. Well. Mr. Otium-rum-dlg. waa afire to a minute. "What do you mean. tr." he atornv !, "by Ifl-eiiktng Into my houae, air. In ttita nmaner lreoklnt; Into my houae, with your InforiMl luminance boKtnt? It la no cotvxni of yuura, air, whether tlrii honae le iuauretl or tin. Get out, or I'll throw you out." The Tlsitor waa a calm aa a May Dmlnn, "It la no concern of mine, whnt w," he replied, "but I thought " "Tou hare no right to think about What dooau't concern you, air." inter rupted the bonne owner. "I want no Insurance awnta forcing themxelvea npon me, air." "I understand that perfectly, and I ana no insurance agunt I waa merely I prwalng your bouw, and I observed I that it waa on fire in the rear, and it ! occurred to me that if you had uo In surance on it, perhaps you did not .wWfc It to burn down." Taafa what tins Visitor said, but Mr. Oflum oum dlR. didn't hear It all: be had gon- to tiie fire, and the visitor mnllod and fallowed hlin. Hibernation of ftnallft. It ia believed that all ahell-beorlnp fcmd molluska either hibernate or aeOvate acfnrding to conditions of climate. Moat of the enuils close the aperture with a membranous or cor iaceous covering, consisting of lime and mucus, which la called an epl phragm. W. O. BInncy hns thus des cribed the operation: "The animal being withdrawn into the shell, the collar te brought to a level with the Biwrvure ana a quantity or mucus If poured out and covens it. A small i quantity f air is Uh-o emitted fruin the rewplratmry foramen, which de tacbw the mucua from the surface of the collar and project It In a convex form like a bubble. At the same mo ment the nuiina! retreat farther into the abell. leaving a vacuum lietween taelf and the membrane, which lg comwquwUy pressed back by the ex ternal air to a level with the aper ture or eveu farther, so n to form B CODCaVe Slll-fnx. vhom nttar w coming dewlccated and hard. It ro maioa fixed. These operations are nearly slmultnneoua, and occupy but en instant." Aa the winter advances Che ann.ll withdraw Wrr tr. abutting Itself out by other epi- phraems. like a retreating army cov-. Ka trout by breastworks aa It ' retreats, until sometime It has made no leaa than half a doaen, one wlth'.n 1 the other. With the tmails such as oum. Qiat inhabit moist wooded dis tricts, this protecting wall in thin and nearly transparent, wMle In those of arid regions it is thicker nnd often ' calcareous. Some of the large helices of aouth Europe eecrete a aomewhat ahelly eplphragm reaembling the coat-! Ing of a turtle's egg, convex external ly, with the edge turned In and rough ly cemented to the aperture of the 1 hell. In this condition, if Tiot resiis citaied by moisture, the 6nails will remain alive for an Indefinite period. t-utniHu- science Monthly. Vtet at Cotton-aeed Oil. Cotton oil ranks next to sperm oil and above lard oil for illuminating purposes, and it may be burned In any lamp used for either. Mixed with petroleum. It Increases the freedom of burning, but this requires a change in the wick. Aa a lubricating oil rot ton weed Is uek3, because It Is naif way between the drying aud the non drying. For the same reason it can not be used for paints, for wood fill ing, or for leather dressing. It has some use aa a substitute for vaseline and similar products. The oil enters into the production of laundry and fancy soaps for woolen mills. The American sardines, properly known as young shad and herring, are put up with this oil, and the mse of it ex tends so far that noarly all the real sardine of Europe ace now treated In the same way. Tho oil forms on emulsion In medicine and a substitute for ood liver oil. On tho market the crude oil la known aa either prime, or off quality, or cooking. There are also the white summer, the yellow winter, and the white winter! All these, except the crude, bring an aver age of about fifty cents a gallon In the ,vhols.ie market ATter the oil has left The seeds, they become food for stock iu tho shape of oil cake, while the ashes from the hulls make a fertilizer for root crops. ropular Science Monthly. Old Time F.xtraimrnnca. Ko manv comnlalnts n n. in.in - . ..,vjj .l , the extravaiMnco of nineteenth cen- tury women, and its deterrent effect ' upon marriageable young iin-u, that! it Is Interesting to read of a certain ' Miaa Phraser's gown, made In the ! year lfi", which cost $1,070, and of ! which It Is thus recorded: "It frights ! rur ,arr rcroope, who Is much In love with her, saying his estate will scarce maintain her in cliches." Every story repeats Itself In time. There Is noth ing new under the sun; but not for ceuturles has there been made a gown ko resplendent aa that worn bv the Medk-ls ain-o. whereon were embroi dered 3.to iearls and 2,0(10 diamond. And what belle In the last evele ha, been arrayed so resplendent ly as Madame le Montespan, who wore p.r a great court festival "a pown of j.'.-,M on gold, brohlered In gold, bordered with gold, aud over that gold irlez stitched with a gold thread, which makes the most divine stuff that ha ever iK'i'ii Imagined?" How f'nnltl it ! Mario. The Publls-luT You say you are a-pli-ing to he a realistic novelist, nnd report things ns tbey are? The Anther -Yea, certainly. Tho. Publisher Then what do you mean by paying "the. bcuutlful Boston luwibw! gave nor guests a warm re ception ?' ' Chicago Record. GURRENT CURIOS. Indians believe that mirage are caused by evil spirits. The correct medical name for the "grippe" is Myxoldoedetna. The first sawmill in Minnesota was built in at Hie Falls of St. An thony. Now there are 3.'W mills, em ploying T7.472 men. The largest iihnrks ever seen on tho rncltlc Coast was recently caught at Monterey. CaL It is forty feet in length, and weighs several thousand pound. OthVials of the Smithsonian Institu tion Ikivc discovered evidences which lead tlm to Iwlleve that the mound builders were the progenitors of the modern Indians. Some cigar makers moisten f!io ends of cigars with saliva, to make the wrapper adhere. It 1 asserted that disease Is thus spread, especially the germ of consumption. The houie of the Hebrews was nltoiit the siae vf New Hampshire, that of the Creeks was not as large ns Maine, and that of the Itomans was smaller than Montana. The American Bible Society no long er supplies Bibles to hotels, as has lHen the custom. The gift scemd to le little appreciated, and the volumes were defaced and neglected. They have a new evangelist In Bal timore. He was formerly a drummer, and, oddly enough, his name Is Fife. He ought to be able to make a noise (n the word, remarks the Christlau Ttegister. The skull of a man who has died from delirium tremens contains an alcoholic gas. A small opening In the skull, soon nfttT death, permits this gas to escape, nnd It can be Ignited, and burns with a bluish flam?. The tyno-s.tring machine Is respon sible for a good many startling state ments. When one reads that "John Blank, while a man of great wraith was nevertheless n hyxniopsetl man." one feels that though it may 1k ht fectly true, it ought not to be said, under the circumstances. The following, if not true. Is well founded, says the London Ulolo. A French priest who was passionately addicted to card-playing is said by a writer In the Paris Temps to have Inadvertently remarked, Instead of "O "iord. who holdest in Thy hand the hearts of kings." "O Lord, who bold est in Thy hand the king of hearts." A late scientific authority states that by saturating a bullet with vaseline, Its flight may be easily followed with the eye from the time It leaves the muzzle of the ritle until it strikes the target. The course of the flight Is marked by a beautiful ring of smoke, caused by the vaseline being ignited on leaving the muzzle of the gun. This smoke ring will remain suspenled lu the air for some little time after the bullet strikes, if the day is not too windy. JEDGE WAXEM'S PROVERBS. Taxes is nessesary evils. The money power la mity nl a major ity all the time. What a statesman don't kno Is some time wuth knoin'. Evry now and then Goddess uv Lib erty wonders what she Is here fer. Thars mlty little uv the purltv In polliticks that don't need dislufectln. A party platform has got to be something moron a campaue docker meat. Mity flew candidates kno what they cant do till they hav trido It two cr three times. Polliticks ain't lejislnshun. but Its glttin so that lejlslashun Is mity nl till polliticks. Ther ain't no way uv tellln how many votes thar is to a gallon uv licker tell the Jugs emty. The more parliamentary rules a Congressman knos the less likely he is to tend to the bizuns he was ltctcd. It takes a good menny shocks uv fodder aud sum purty hi haystacks to make a statesman as U u ' states man. Taint thory the peepel wants lii money matters, its coudlshtius that warontcd not to swag down in tho middle. Ef the American eagel cood tawk, he'd be likely to git mlty nl perfano when he seen iiow sum things wnz golu on. A statesman's hart may b In tho right place, but his mouth gits almity fer uwuy frum hedquurters evry now and then. Becus a farmer has to fasten his gal luses with a nale he has an idee that ho kin help himself by sitting Into politicks. A man kin 1k a polliticlan. nnd he kin be honest, but he hain't got no time to spalr ef he trize to be both at the same time. When a man wants to go into poll ticks, ho ain't ast ef heze a pattrlot, but hovy much money he kin put up fer campane pcrposes. Thars a lot uv good boss sense goin to waste in the halls uv congress be cause thar alut enny buddy around that seems to kno how to yuse it. Tho country wood be full uv monu ments blern church steaples ef evry statesman had as big a one ns ho thinks he ought to have. Detroit Free Press. The diferents betwenn a pile uv congresmau's spoaches a year old and a bale uv bay uv the same age Is that tho balrt uv liny has got sum nourish ment in it TOOTS FROM THE RAM'S HORN The same opportunity never knocks nt any door twice. Tho man who will say a mean thing will sooner or later do one. The man who goes to school to h!s mistakes will have a good teacher. To be contented with what we have Is about the same as to own the earth. If you know what laws have to be p.i.ssed to restrain a man you kuo.v ihe man. As soon ns some people get a little money they prove by the way they u?:i' It that they shouldn't have it. No one can gat out of life more th.iu he puts In. and wlt he loves to tio will bo his life's work. True riches do not consist In 'tho things the world can give, but In the; o it cannot take iroru ua. . IN AN UPPER BERTH. Connplenon ASTsntr of nln Kim H th Root ml Pullman. "Why do I prefer an upper berth to a lower In a sleeping car?" repented the drummer, as lie counted out and swallowed six pellets without explain ing whether they were for his liver or lungs. "Yes. why?" queried the man who was felicitating liluwelf on having se cured lower No. ?, says the Detroit Free Prews. "Well, there are various reasons. When 1 first began to travel, tifteen years ago, the wheel of a car on a train insslng us flew off and killed a man In lower No. . The dinp over him never got a scratch. Iater on. a fellow threw n rock nt the cnr. and It entered the window of lower No. 4 and broke the sleeper's thigh. Man over him uever even woke up. Again, a cnr I was on ran over a lot of dynamite. Man In lower No. 7 was blown up with the floor nnd killed, but the one over Mill didn't eveu know that anything had happen!. Once more, a man In a lower berth can le easily rolrtn'd, while one In an upper Is seldom troubled. Ijnst, but not least ' "What?" was asked as he paused. "I always undress, same ns at a hotel. There's no telling when an ac cident may come. In case the car goes off, the upper lerth Is apt to close up. and you are thus secure from the gaze of the vulgar public until the porter can put up a tent alongside the track and get your clothes there and help you to dress. Modesty Is my chief reason, but as nil you fellows broke your necks o get lower berths, of course I can't expect you tj under stand or appreciate It." "My huslxind is so unsymiathetic," said the young wife, ns she adjusted the uew hat. "He doos not understand me at all." "You are lucky," replied the milliner, who knew a thing or two. "That's half the charm of a woman her hus band's inability to understand what she Is going to do next. I find all my best customers have such husbands." He Liked Soma Thing Iletter. "Some of the backwoods districts In Wisconsin send very peculiar men to the Leahilature," said the Hon. T. C. Isbell, of that State, ns he chatted with acquaintances In the corridor of the Lindell. "I remember one of them Who was particularly a curiosity. He had uever seen a town us large as Madison in his Hfe, and the State House waa a constant revelation to Mm. On the opening day of the Leg islature a page brought in a 1 Kit tie of ink and a bottle of mucilage for each desk. The latter was a curiosity to the backwoodsman. 'M-u-c' 'muck,' '1,' '1.' '1-a-g-e' 'lage.' he spoiled out 'muck llage.' 'What's that fur? calling to his sontmate. To eat.' was the sen tentious reply. Norhing further was noticed of the new legislator until tho next morning, when lie called the iiage, aud. handing Mm the empty bottle said '(lit me some more. I like some things better, but It's kinder sweet. It's too sticky, though. Hev to drink a heap of water to git It all swallered, but I rockon I kin git along with Jt. Don't seem to be nothln' else to eat here, 'thout goin' d'ur back to the boardiu' house, an' not much thar.' " St. Louis Globo-Demoernt. Kll Views on PkliU. A boy In the Wichita schools has been suspended for reading the fol lowing essay on pants: "Pants are made for men, nnd not men for pants. Pants are like molas ses; rhey are thinner In hot weather and thicker in cold. The man in the moon chuuges his pants during the eclipse. Don't you go to the pantry for pants, you might be mistaken. "Men are often mistaken In pants. Such mistakes make breeches of prom ise. "There has been much discussion ns to whether pants Is singular or plural. Sioms to us when men wear pants they ure plural, and when they don't wear pants it Is singular. "Men go on a tear In pants, and its all right; but when the pants go on a tear It is all wrong." Union Printer. Suapicloualy Familiar. Police maglstrate-Thls ain't the furst toinie you've been arristcd fur belli" droonk. Prisoner It's injoostice yee do me, y'r anncr. Magistrate Molrnl phwut ye say! OI 've seen your face scores av to'imes; an' lately, too. Prisoner Plaze. y'r anner. Ol'm the new bai'tluder at Mickev Doolan's. Puck. It waa Too Great. "I'll not stand your abuse any longer, sir," thundered an irate Judge, who had lioeu violently criticised In Ms rulings By a Junior counsel. "You ere fined fifty dollars for contempt of court." "If you wont to fine me for It," was the attorney's reply, "fifty dollars won't come anywhere neur covering It Town Topics. ' Where Prejudice Lay. An old negro being on trlul. bis law yer challenged a number of tho Jury who. his client said, had a prejudice cg'ilnst hi in. "Are there any more Jurymen who have a prejudice against you'" Inquir ed the lawyer. "No. sah, de Jury am nil right, but I want to chullengo de Judge." Tho Green Bag. Ilia Duties unit Hera. Brooks So you're married at last, Newfoit. my lioy. Well, how do you and your wife get ulong? Does she lay down the law? Newton Yes. btrt I have to lay down t hi; carpets. Town Topics. I Hurilly What He Wanted. "Do you like it? "Like It, Harry? Why. It's the finest engagement rintf I ever wore." For- gci-Me-Not. SHOES. THE SHOE and DRY GOODS STORE OF BLOOMSBURG. Years of experience and Spot Cash put my good in the Store at moderate cost. Small expenses aud modern margin of profits gives you low prices for 'Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions of all kinds, Table and Floor Oil Cloths, Groceries, fcc. Re member we are headquarters for Shoes, and he have every thing in the Shoe line from the cheapest to the best. Come and see us and we will save you money. W. H. MOORE. Corner Main and Ikon Srs. HER E THEY ARE THREE OF THE No. 1 6. Buckeye Cultivator - Erjto Ms Riding tti Walking. No. 1 7. Buckeye Cultivator-Spring Tooth " No. 3, One-half Buckeye Cultivator - Walking. There is a combination hard to beat We sell the best binder twine this season at the best prices. Don't buy your twine until you see our prices. 3D. "W KITCHEISr, DR. E. GREWER, The Philadelphia Specialist, And lit associated staff of English and Herman Hi.vMcluus, will be at the Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg, Pa., FRIDAY, JULY 20, '94, (ONE BAY ONLY IS EACH MONTH,) Where they may be consulted. The Doctor Is a L'rudUHte or the I nlversltj of rennttylvania, formerly demonstrator of physiology and sur eery at tu Medlco-chlrurvleal Colleire. of Philadelphia, lie Is rIho an honorary mciuber of the Medlco-Chlrurgli'al Association, and was physician ami sunc'iin-in-cuit-i of t lie most n"ted American ana fiermaii hospitals comes highly Indorsed by the leadlnif professors of i'hlladelplila aud New York Ills muny years of hospital experten.ee en ables this eminent physician and Burgeon to correctly diagnose and treat all deformities and diseases wllh t lie most Muttering success, aud his hih standing lit the state will not allow him to accept any Incurable case. LOST MAN HOC D RESTORED, Weakness of Young Men Cured. If you have been given up by your physician, cull upon tliu doctor und be examined, lie cures the worst coses of Nervous Debility. Hcrofulu, Old Mires, Catarrb, Plies, Keu;ale Weakness, Affections of the Ear, Eye, Nose und Throut, Asthma, Deafness, Tumors, Unncum. and Cripples ot every description. Consultation In English und German tree, which shall be couMUcivd sacred and strictly conUdeutlal. Nokthki'.x lloxt Office: TKM I l.li COURT BVII.DINO, 311 Spruce Strwt, SC2AHT0N, PA. OhMC Bouks: a a, m. to p. ni. dally Sunday, t a. in. to -i p. m. b-lMy. ELECTRIC TELEPHONE Pnlri ontrii'tit. no rnt. no rurally. AdrtM I to City. Viltiurtt or (lountry. Slfti in vj y 1 tioim, nop, morn una orarw. tirMtwit uouvru littnoM anil lrit ncller on ei-rth. unt make from ftft (oftno ir an. Out in a rHrtidnncs manna ft Mlto)l t!.f X ?.niwhr, finy riintiica. OouplsM. raady (or t'u II u un slii im J. i'u he i'it up hy ry one, M I II never ont of ofivr, no rti lirtnir, Uktw a hfe 1 ; liir.P. V'nrrnntvl. A tnuncy oinr. Writ y. p. Harrlbcn A Co., Ciei k 10, Colurn&uw, 0. SPECULATION. The Eo3gsn Conumissicn Co., BROKERS, 218 rU'Ktnut btreetr Mit'.e.delplita, Pa., offers spivml t.icllltles-so truii-m m siix'kh, homiis AND UKAIN, lU laP,'" 0' HIUlll (linilllw fill' I'Uhll or on iii.ir-it.s 'A "lie ' r eeM. or nionf. N'lul tor our puiiiplilcl " It'Hr to Wcula(c.' J-HI--U. THOMAS GORREY Plans and Estimates on all kinds of buildings. Repairing and carpenter work promptly attended lo. k!sr in Builder's Suppb. Inside Hrrdwood finishes a specialty. Persons of limited means w! o desire to build can pay pari and secure balance by mortgage. PATENTS Caveats and Trado Marks obtained, and at Patent business conducted for JloDEUAla OCK OFFICE IS OPPOSITE THE V. S. PAT. we uave no suiMigc nclcs, all business direct, hence can transact patent busl ness In less time and at Less Cost tliuu thoaa ro mote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo, with descrlu tlon. We advise If patentable or not. tree o charge. Our fee not due till patent Is secured A book, "How toobtaln Palents," with refer, ences to actual clients In your State.County. or town, sent free. Address " r. A. KNOW CO., Washtn?ton, U. 0 lOpposlte U. et Patent omce.) EL?.... Catarrh Cleans the BrVV Nasal I'assaL'es. OoVfj Alia Inll Ileal Kestores the Sense of Taste and smell. tbt the ohee-H W-iEEVE R A particle Is applied Into each noRtnl nnd Is ai!i-eeable. Price jo cents nt liruKvlsts; bv mall rei'lsiered, 60 cts. ELY BKOTUUKS, M Warren ot., N . . CANT I OBTAIN A PATENT For 'onw' aniwer and an honest opinion. wme to Il I NN V ('l..nbo haw bd ncurll (Kit thiu-s ylnence In the patent buiinew. Couoiuinuo. JifSVh'?? ""J""""". Pnleols nd boi to i,b taluthBDi sentfreu. A Ito a catalogue ot moohao Putenu takon ibroiiBb Jlunn ft Co. receive J iroht, wldo1" be"'rtha piihttc with. SSn.rt'S.JSi"1". lllU)r! T1)' aulendid r.i or, issued weekly. eleKaotly illnelruted. hu hi lax tui wjrw;J',J.?er Sample ooMfli sent free. -.ii1""1.'."? Hdltiun. monthly. 3.5ua year, blngle eoDloj, a5 etnts. Brery number contains bt "u tifid piste, in oolor. and pbotogrupLs of now P?"4?! "!,n ftn. enabliiw kuildura 10 anew thu MVNLi 4 CO. Mw Yowk, 3 Bhoauwat. C0FYRIGHTS.V on West St. between and and 3rd, are now ptepared to do all kinds of Mens Suits, Ladies' Dresses and Coats, Shawls, and every description of wearing apparel. Also, we do scouring, cleaning and press ing of goods that do not need dyeing, and make them clean and sweet as new. Goods sent by express should be addressed Ei:::;::: Steam h Mi F WEST J. R. Smith & Co. LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., Br the following well-knqwn makers: Chlckcringf, Enabc, Weber, Hallct & Davis. Can also furnish, any of the cheaper makes at manufact urers' prices. Do not buy u piano before getting our prices. .o. Catalans and Pries Lists On application. rha Best Burning Oil That Caa te Uado Frciui Pelrcleur.. It gives a brilliant light. It will not smoke the chimneys. It will cot char the wick. It has a high fire test. It will net explode. It U jire-cmineiitly a family safe')' oil. We Challenge Comparison with any other illuminating oil nude. We stake our Reputation, p.s Refiners upon the statement that it is Tli d Best Oil in TiiH wrmi.n. ASK VOfK DKAiJiK FUlv. Crown - Acme BLOOMSBURG STATION, ' ' ' ' liLOOMSDUKO, l'A PAMOS,
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