6 THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURC. STRAHGEB THA.I TIOTION. ! When the oll New York hotel was dosed there tail been a free distribu tion of old Bibles pUuctl in the guest rooms years before by the Bible society. It occurred then to Johnie Farrall, who had managed the cafe for ten years, that it would be a graceful act to have the staff of the hotel put their autographs in the books and present them to the patrons and guests as souvenirs. So the front pages were duly signed, and as each patron took his farewell drink he was presented with one of the volumes. Johnie took one of the Bibles home witn mm, ana nis wite in examining the book discovered in a pocket in the back cover a mamage certificate, which stated that on a certain day in March. iSoo, Annie Gorman, of .Danville, Va, was married to Ralph Preston, of Richmond, Va., by the Rev. D. Deams, of the church of the Strangers of this city. The young couple had eloped. The romantic incident had made an impression on the hotel people, ana farraii uettnmncu to write to Ralph Preston and tell him of his find. This he did, but received no reply. Last summer omr of the New York dailies referral in a paragraph to the giving away 01 uie ttiuies as a piece o sacrilege, by some strange fate a copy of their paper has recently reacnea me notice ot Airs. Preston, She in a thoughtless moment while a bride at the oid hotel had placed her certificate oi marriage in the Bible in her room and had forgotten all about it. Some difference arose between her and her young husband while on l a . weir European tour ana they sepa- raiea. wmie at a smal villaee in Switzciland he was seized with a fatal illness, and in only a few months the young bride found herself a widow. She returned to Richmond only to fund that the Preston family would not recognize the marriage. She had no proof, as both her husband and the clergyman were dead, and has born this humiliation in silence ever since. When she saw the paragraph aoout tne Uioles the remembrance came like a flaFh of the disposition she had made of the certificate and with the doubtful hope of finding it she came to New York and called on John Farrall, and was put in Dosses sion of the precious document, which not only insures her proper parttcipa tion in her husband s large estate. but restores her honorable position in society. Mrs. Preston ottered a liberal re ward to John for what he had done in the matter, but he refused all re compense, feeling amply repaid by we pieasant results. WEIGHTS OP FARM PRODUCE. Wheat and potatoes, each 60 pounds ; corn and rye, 56 pounds ; onions, 52 pounds ; barley and buck wheat, 48 pound ; all kinds of meal, except oat meal, 50 pound 5 oats, 3a pounds. A bushel of wheat weighs 60 pounds in all the states except Conn . ecticut, where the legal weight is 56 pounds, though it is presumable that . custom makes 60 pounds the standard there as elsewhere. Rye weighs 56 pounds in all the states except Illinois, where 54 pounds make a legal bushel. Corn in New York must weigh 58 pounds to be legal weight ; in Missouri, 5a pounds; 56 pounds in all other states. Oats in Canada must weigh 34 pounds ; in Iowa, 35 pounds ; in New Jersey, 30 pounds j in Connecticut, 38 pounds, and in all the other states. 32 pounds. Barley weighs 47 pounds in Pennsylvania ; 44 pounds in Illinois ; 46 in Vermont, and 48 pounds in all the other states. Buckwheat varies in legal weight in different states, from 40 pounds in Illinois to 50 pounds in Indiana, and 53 pounds in Iowa and Kentucky. In New Jersey and Ohio clover seed must weigh 4 pounds per bushel ; in other states and Canada, 60 pounds. Timothy seed must weigh 44 pounds in New York ; 48 pounds in Canada ; in other states 45 pounds, except Ohio, where the legal weight is 42 pounds. Flaxseed weighs 55 pounds in New York and New Jersey, and 56 pounds in other states where it is sold by weight. Hemp seed weighs 44 pounds 1 blue grass and orchard grass each 14 pounds, and red top 10 pounds. The discussion of suicide originat ing with Ingersoll has been followed by an epidemic of self-destruction. The clergy quite widely have taken up the discussion. We cannot help think ing that Ingersoll receives too much attention entirely. His theology is too vague and shadowy to make his opin ions of any consequence to anybody beside himself, and the discussion of his views advertises the man and gives Ifim an importance quite out of keep ing with his merits. From Ingersoll s standpoint there is no sin. He admits nothing, denit;s everything that does not square with his limited experience, and is an agnostic " for revenue on ly." Let him uoie.- J'jcehivujc. . For every c;-.sc of Catarrh which they cannot cuie, the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy agree to jay $?oo in cash. You're cured by its mild, soothing, cleansing, and healing properties, or you're paid. MONSTER REDWOOD TREES. They Compos a Most Remarkable Timber Belt. One of the most remarkable timber belts in the world stands in Humboldt and Mendocino counties. California. It embraces 4,. 25 square miles, con taining 132,000,000,000 feet of timber. with the aid of the microscope scien tists have found the age of some of these trees to be nearly 3,000 years. Some of the fallen trees have re mained where they fell for 800 to 1,000 years, so it is estimated, with scarcely any deterioration of the wood. Eastern tourists in California know but little of these redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens). They usually see the few mammoth redwoods of Calaveras (Sequoia gigantea) and go home and tell their friends about this disappear ing tribe of giants. The lumber red woods of Humboldt are less talked about, yet one of its trees will yield 100,000 feet of boards, and fill a freight train with logs. Felling these trees, which are 150 to 250 feet high, is a fine art acquired only by the most expert chopper. He must have excellent judgment as to the "Mean" of the tree, and other peculiarities which may affect the direction of its fall. He drives a stake 100 or 150 feet from the base of the tree, and prepares a level bed in a direct line from base to stake, and on that line the tree must fall. An axekerf is then made on the side where the tree is to fall. The apex of the obtuse triangle made by this kerf points exactly to the distant stake. The tree is cut one-third through with the ax. On the other side of the tree, opposite the axekerf, a saw kerf is started. I his is done by bonne two holes horizontally and driving in wood en pins on which the 12 to 20 foot saw rests until the kerf is sufficiently deep to steady the saw. Broad, thin iron wedges are driven in after the saw to prevent the doomed tree from pinching it. At each end of this saw " ears " are bolted on, which can be removed and the saw withdrawn in case of trouble. Wedges are made to tollow the saw until the wood dividing the saw kerf from the axekerf is nar rowed to a width where wedees can be made to force the tree, with all its great weight, to lean in the direction in which it is to fall. The tree is toppled over, and so exact is the choppers work and calcu lation that almost invariably the fall ing trunk drives the stake aimed at when operations were begun. Any error in the fall of the tree is likely to cause the tree to break and cost the lumberman more than the chop per's wages for the month $125. These virgin forests are so densely timbered that, if cleared at once, there would not be room enough on the ground for the trunks. "Peelers" follow the choppers. With long steel bars, flattened at one end, they pry off the thick bark and burn it. Then comes the cross cut saw man, who cuts the tree into logs. These are transported to the saw mills by rail, cut into boards and shipped to market. Redwood is so free from resinous matter that it will not burn readily. When fired it chars. The immunity from fire of towns built of ledwood lumber is remarkable. Large confla grations are unknown. This lumber shrinks so very little that it is used by builders in a green state. The beauty of the wood for finishing work is marked, as it frequently has a curly face and also a bird's eye grain. This redwood promises to be a popular wood in the eastern states. The New York Tribune remarks : There is a good deal of talk in certain quarters, mainly from people who think themselves wise above what is written and who take keen delight in their half knowledge, adverse to the use of the bicycle by women. The charge that it is immodest for women to ride the bicycle is not deserving of serious attention. A modest woman is as modest on a wheel as in a drawing-room, and even if she wears what are classed as " bloomers " her cos tume is not as deserving of notice as the bathing suits which women wear unchallenged at all our seaside resovts. The question whether bicycle riding f injurious to women's health is a most important one ; the answer can only be given as the result of experi ence. Undoubtedly harm has been uone Dy excessive riding ; but so it may be caused by too much walking or rowing. The general testimony seems to be that the use of the bicycle in moderation is beneficial to women, and in some cases the results have been found exceedingly pood. Exer cise on the wheel is so exhilarating that beginners are doubtless often tempted to ride too much. Against this they should be warned ; but the bicycle rightly employed will in all probability promote health and hap piness. The Conditions Diffarent. Husband (with newspaper) When I'm at home, you are forever hammer ing at that piano, or else your tongue is running like a trip hammer. It wasn't so before we were married. Wife No, it wasn't. Before we were married you held my hands so I couldn't play and kept my lips so busy thut I couldn't talk. Xtio York Weekly. lWt Deceive or Frighten Children. There oucht to be a law and nennltv attached to the crime of rearing children bv decention. To prtwt and demand integrity and veracity from them after we have lied to them to frighten them into obedience is some thing unparalled. The idea that they must ten the truth after we have de ceived them and ruined the hanninesa of their childhood years is preposter ous, v-rueity to animals has a penalty ; cruelty to children ha a rwnaltv hut the cruelty exercised toward children oy parents, relatives ana nurses has no penalty this side the grave. The child is taught that this fair world is pandemonium, ghosts goblins, bears, lions and tigers are lurking in the darkness, and fight ready to devour the child. In the garret, in the cellar, in the pantry, in the bed room everywhere monsters, and all to enforce obedience and make cowards of the children. We know it all by experience. Our childhood years were darkened and blighted by the lies told us by older sisters and brothers and others. We were afraid to go to bed and covered ourself up in the middle of the bed thinking ourself safe as the ostrich with his head in a sand bank. Mothers and nurses don't lie to your children to enforce obedience, and then expect of them innocence and truth. Be truthful yourself and then demand the same of your child ren. There are no ghosts and goblins here. This is Kosmos, a beautiful world as the Greeks called it. The sun shines as grandly as when he first opened his burning eye upon Cre ation's dark domain, as when his rays first fell among the bowers of Eden. The flowers are just as fragrant and beautiful as those that bloomed in Paradise. The mountains are as grand, the rivers as grand and the valleys as lovely perhaps as they were when God spoke them into being. Man's heart only has fallen, and per consequence, he earns his bread by the sweat of his brow. The heavens above us gleaming with the con stellations of the dark blue canopy ot God are the wrong .side then what must the right side be ? Nay verily teach your children that there are no demons and goblins lurking in the shrouds of night. Do not blight their childhood years and make cowards of them. There is a far better way of training them in the way they should go. E. J. B. ' Nothing Venture, Nothing Have." Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mon., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement: " It is a positive cure for catarrh if used as directed." Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mon. It is the medicine above all others for catarrh, and is worth its weight in gold. I can use Ely's Cream Balm with safety and it does all that is claimed for it. B. W. Sperry, Hart ford, Conn. All the talk in the world will not convince vou so quickly as one trial of I)e Witt's Witch Hazel Salve for Scalds, Burns, Bruises, Skin Affections and Piles. W. S. Rishton, Druggist, tf. DR. E. GREWER, The Philadelphia Specialist, And. his associated stair or English and German Fhyslcluns, are now permanently located at OLD POST-OFFICE BLD1, Scranton, Pa. ThePoetnrls a gradual of the Vnlversltj nf Pennsylvania, formerly demonstrator ot physiology and surgery at the Sledluo-Clilnirg-lcul College, of Mifluuelphta. tiis neei:inii-s are cnronic Nervous, bkln, Heart,, Womb and Blood diseases. DISEASKS OF THE NEKVOVJS SYSTEM. Tio symptoms of wutcli are dizziness, lack of oontldenee, sexuul weakness In men and women bull rlblng In throat, spots rloutlnir before the eyes, loss of memory, unable to concentrate the mind on one subject, easily startled when suddenly spoken to, and dull, distressed mind, whleti unllis them for perlorinlns the actual duties of life, making happiness Impossible distressing the acilon ot the heart, causluir flush of hat, depression of spirit, evil fore boding, cowanlli, fear, dreams, melancholy, tire easy of company, feeling as tired In t he morning as when retlilng, luck ot energy, nervousness, trembling, coufuslon of thought depression, constipation, weakness of Uie limbs etc. Those so afrected should consult us lin. mediately and be restored to perfect health. LOST MANHOOD RESTORED, Weakness of Young Men Cured. If you have been given up by your physician, call upon the doctor and be examined, lie cures tlio worst easfS ot Nervous Debility. Scrofula, Old Kores, I'aturrh, piles, Female Weakness, Affections of the Kar, Kye, Nose and Throat, Asthma. Dmfness, Tumors, Cunucis aud lJilnplesof every Uegerlptlou. Consnlliiliou In English and (lermau free, which shall be considered sacred and slrlctly oniilldoritlnl. CoiiHiillatlous true and strictly sacred and Omoe hours from U a. m. to 9 p m. Sunday 9 to a. Enclose nve D-eent Rtamp! for symptom blanks and my book called "New Life." J will pay one thousand dollars In gold to anyone wnom l cannot oure or Ei'l LKHTIU v". i i j.m a ill run. ikii:.uhf,wi:r, Ol.l) l'O.HT-oFFJC'B Hi;iU)IN(i, s-'W-ly- borauton, J'a, Suits, $5 and $6.75 Overcoats, S5 and $6 Not Tariff, Not Hard Times .We've a stronger reason still for selling Settlement on account of the death of one of our firm and sale of all the Clothing and Cloth in our stock. Men's All-Wool Overcoats for $5 and $6 Men's All-Wool Overcoats for $7.50 and $10 We never knew the selling prices of these until now to be less than double our prices. Men's All-Wool Suits. $5 and $6.75 worth $10 and $12 Men's All-Wool Suits, $5 and $6.75 worth $10 and $12 Fine Suits worth $16 for $10: $28 Suits now $20 We must sell the goods that's the one great fatt that turns every dollar's worth of our Clothing now into two dollars worth to the purchaser. When we're through with this sale we'll reckon with prices under the new conditions. The expense of Coming to the City: Buy a moderate amount of our Clothing and Railroad expense costs you nothing. We pay that. WANAMAKER & BROWN SIXTH 05 MARKET MLLB ! We arc agents tor THE BUCKEYE, THE FARMERS' FAVORITE ami THE RICHMOND CHAMP B Off GRAIN MULLS. A trio with which, we are not afraid to meet all competition. Look at them before you buy a drill. The price is right. We have also the celebrated . OIIVf( 4 Cfillf) SI0W& You need but to see them in use to be convinced that they are all we claim for them. ID. "W. KITCHE1T, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS. BLOOMSBURG, ELY'S CatarrH CREAM BALM; is quickly absorbed Cleans the Nasal Passages, Allays Pain and Inflammation, Heals the Sores. Restores the Sense of Taste and smell. WivrrvrBiJSi IT WILL CITEE jflJf -EEVER A particle la applied into each nontnl and u agreeabln. Price 50 cents at Druggists; nv mall n-aisiertKl, tto eta. ELY BKOTllEliS, M Warren St. i M i ? COPYRIGHTS. fi CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT Por Rrompt answor and an honest opinion, write to I U N N 4r :.. who have bud nearly tlfiy rear.' experience In the patent buslneea, Communtfa. tlonsstriotly confidential. A llandbuuli of In. formation oonoornina Talents and bow to ob. tain toem tent free. Also a catalogue ot machan leal and solentlflo book. Kent free. Patent taken through Munn A Co. TeoelT pooiul notloelntbe HrlrntWlc Amerlrnn. and thus are brought widely before the public with, out cost to the Inventor. This splendid paper. Issued weekly, elegantly tlluetrutod, bas by far the largest circulation of any aoientmo work in the world. 83 a year. Cample covins sent free. Building BdlUon. monthly, 12.60 a year. Single Copies, 'i$ oeubb Krery luomhur contains beau tiful plates, in colors, and photographs of now bouses, witb plana, enabling Widen to show lb lalost designs and eeoure contracts. Address MUNN i CO. NawYOHK, 301 BuoAbWAT. Cure Dlarrhia, Dyucntury anil DyHjirpaia. anc icive healthy action tp tbe entire system. INDIAN vrpf j I C 7-13-tI-N. & C. A Year's Clothing for $10 A Year's Clothing for $12.75 BMJLLS 1 J. R. Smith & Co. LIMITED, MIITON, Pa., PIAW0 By tbe following well-known makers : Cliickcring, Knnbe, "Weber, Hallct & Davit. Can also furniali any of the cheaper makes at manufact urers' prices. Do not buy a piano Before getting our prices. Catalogue and Price lists ' On application. rMNxmmmLs j',rft'c '. uw.j, rvinii. iau..., ui A UnuiUt tor OtU.uMf. JKmDaS mimd Brand in Itrd an ihtU wMIUuV'Uy lioio. MM 1U. blii. ritboa. Til. y In na!iul fcf iiarlleiilai., kMUiuonitfc, Mil " IfoUtif SW CadlM." Mar, l Man V .. AT SSaiL 10,000 T.tUiuoaUla uvn m " I "'- . "taliisj I'ti -u - Ml WAJ PHILADELPHIA BULLS i Pciuia. rhe Bost Burning Oil That Can ba Mado From Petroleum. It gives a brilliant light. It will not smoke the chimneys. It will not char the wick. It has a high fire test. It will nut explode. It is pre-eminently a family safety oil. We Challenge Comparison with any other illuminating oil made. We stake our Reputation, as Refiners upon the statement that it is The Best Oil in Tin; woui.u. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR. Crown - Acme Tiis ',i::ti! E:o?;:. LOOMSEURG STATION, BLOOMsnuK-r;. ta A iifw, rt hlite ani w.fo 11 liof furi,rcp' ynvt..l,LAn"eir',.fca-yuf ' atratioo. New iummI by otor Sti.ti'tf ludlea nnathly. lnl'.rtc' 'I'"" oivuui.. Ilea are of tm!utt!ifijt ipwr. ii iMr tu. or UhU hoi II. tiaiad III plain arapper. rVii l ? stump. rorparttmikii.. .M ty I ASSOCIATION, Chicago, III. 6oW by W. 8. KISllTO.N.
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