THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. INDIAaNS AT THE HATH. Rod Lion Who Use Steu.m and Enjoy a Cold Tliinge. KUplosl.n of tlie Theory Ttmt All Tmllitti Are Plrt.r nnrt Ahhnr Ulirr-Columhut Klvir Tril- Ilovc the Turkish t)--trm la a I'rliultlvc Way. Indlr.tis 1 wash. That Is somo of tbtfiu do. It is .-v curious fact that tlio Columbia rhvr Indians believe as thoroughly in the cfllcacy of tlio hot air bn'.li nr. 1 tlio sudden Immorslnn of the body afterward In cold water as the Turks or the most advanced believ ers in the Russian and Turkish boths do. To tli" man who knows only the ill-smellinj;. ill-conditioned Dipper, Apache or Tiuto this will come as a revelation. The Columbia river Indian, says the Chicago Tribune, is a clean individual, lie may not have the toilet articles and clean linen of civilization, but his pores are open, his .skin is clear and free from spot or blemish, and he Is generally a healthy person. Ills step is lighthis head erect, his eye clear, and form wiry, and he probably owes it as much to his hot baths as to the delightful climate in which he lives. These baths the rir.utilla. the Wcnatchec, Yakima and all the other tribes of the Colum bia basin have used always, or so far back iu the past that not even the faint est traditions of the tribes tell of their commencement. They take them reg ularly, once or twiee weekly, and al ways prescribe and use them for sick ness, although their ignorance of the various dl.Hrr.scs, and their practice of always taking the, "bath" as a, cure for any dincHs with which they may be attacked h:is caused many Fcrlous and fatal mist ikes in the past by which scores of lives have Ixn-n lost. Repeat ed fata'.iti 's, however, teach them no lessons. It maybe, rheumatism or it may be smnilpox; it makes no differ ence to tli The "bath." or, us tho few white set tlers on tli.- river call it, "Injun sweat house," is dimply a hole three feet in diumeter and eiijht feet lonrr. dujr hori zontally iu tho sloping1 bank of the river. It is usual to di them from thirty-live to forty feet above low water, :h, river i.'vrcrally riws during- June v.vA July from thirty to forty feet, and ::'.-h'Hif,'h hijrh water lasts but ten days to three weeks, yet there would be little 1,-ft of the "bath" if the flood had a ch.aue at it. Tho bottom, or floor, is lin.-d with smooth fiat stones, and the walls ure hardened us much as possible by the builder lyintf on hia back on the bottom and pounding them with a roci: resembling a pestle. After a few hatha the walls become as well baked un.! as hard as brick, and will not only r v.i.n the heat for hours, but will stand a wonderful amount of pres sure and weight from above. Tho method of tuking a bath is as simple n.s i... "bath" itself. Filling tho hole with dry wood it is set nfire and In a few i.dautes is burning fiercely. When the wood has burned out the em bers:. raked from tho hole and the b:.th i. re::dy. Diverting himself of all his el. .thin? tho Indian takes an old blanket and, saturating it thoroughly in the river, : luvads it out on the stones of tiie luta and crawls in feet first. The instant the wet blanket touches the hot stone the hole is filled with steam in which tho bather disappears. For several minutes nothing is visible but cloudr, (,; steam pouring out of the hole; but 1'fter a time that clears away, and within, yet close to tho entrance, cii.i be soon '.he steaming face of the "bath's" oiupant. As the hole cools olT the Tnd!:;n crawls farther in, and so the majority of tho "bucks" remain in all night, lie fore morning they are weil i .ick to ihe extreme end of the ex cavation. To witn- -s a "buck" emerge from his bath i:i the morning one would thiiih it ; !,c I.ut ctfort of a dying man. Too w ak t wall: or even stand and hardly tiK. to crawl, ho manages to tlov. lv dm ,-his body from tho hole to the bunl:. down which ho creeps or rolls to th water's edge. Then the transform iti. n takes place. If he is able to -:..nu he will wude in until the water 1:, up to his knees, when in he rolls or idunes. In an instant he is v.p ugrdn. --.Ti.'.ly waving his arms and beating hi. J..c:t, and then he plunges iu ufjaiii, i ), utcdly, until he has dis appeared ocvei'ul times under the icy water, for the Columbia river ia ice cold, winter or summer, receiving its supply in the summer from th j suow clad peak-, of its; headwaters. 'Villi a bound tho "buck" is out on the bank, a new man; like a wildcat he springs ri the hillside to tho "bath," reaches in and picking up his blanket wraps it lm- und him and with step as light and f,.riu as erect us an athlete in training, hurries away to his tepee for breuklnsl. Tho taking of his bath is part of his training, and almost of his religion. From ciii ly youth ho Is accustomed to it, and he practices it to his old age. AVinter or summer, whether it be hot or cold, he takes it. While tho squaws do not indulge as frequently or remain in as long as tho "bucks," they are re quired by the customs of their people to regularly go to the bathhouse und receive its benefits. They usually do not remain in longer than half an hour, or, perhaps, an hour at tho longost, and are not required to take the plunge afterward, usuully .contenting themselves with dipping their blankets in tho water and then passing it ever their bodies uutil they become sv.tti clently cool to walk up to tho tviHv to bleep or cat. Correctly Informed. A lady who has recently returned from u Mediterranean trip says that as the hhip was leaving the harbor of Athens a well-dressed lady passenger approached the captain, who was pac ing the deck, and, pointing to tho dis tant hill covered with r , asked: "What is that white -.tuff on the hills, captain?" "That is snow, madam," answered the captain. "Now is it really?" remarked the lady. "I thought so, but a gentleman Just told me it was Greece." SWITCHES AND FALSE FRONTS. Hoc Ilunmn Hair I. Prepared In Purl. for Lipnrt and Home From on industrial ami artistic point of view, savs the Annates Iudustnellcs, Furls Is the center of tho Hn lr.nna facturo of prepared human hair. Of course, tho reference hero U to woman's hair, for man's hnlr Is worthies for any industrial purpof.o. Asldo from tho hounes that manufacture exclusive- ly for tho export trade, tho city nvmv bem about two thousand hairdressers and fivo thousand workmen, about half of whom are engaged in tho munufaC' ture properly so ealled. The source of supply of the hair may be divided into three categories. The hair of the first category is furnished by foreign coun tries, India and China blng the largest suppliers. This hair is exclu sively black and gray, and eomes in boxes, carefully packed. In addition to these countries, Italy, Spain, tier- many and Russia supply small quautl ties. Tho hoir from India and China undergoes quite a lengthy preparation. It is first matched, sorted and combed, and then immersed in a solution of soft soap and carbonate of soda, in order to scour it. Upon coming from this bath it is united root end to root end and formed into locks that ure tied near tho roots. It yet remains to render the bilr thin nnd flexible. To this effect it is first placed in earthen pans filled with chlorureted water und water mixed with hydrochloric acid, which renders it thin and decolorizes it. Then it is Immersed in a solution of soft soap and chlorate of potash, in order to render it less brittle. Final ly, u definite color nnd shade are given it. A light or blonde shade is obtained with oxygenated water or a saturated solution of carbonate of potash. To (lye It black it is boiled for a few hours in a bath prepared with a decojtion of nutgalls or Catnpeachy wood, in which sulphate of iron is dissolved and into which u little sumac is put, in order to give it n luster and remove tho bluish tint peculiar to tho hair of tho dead. Finally, it is bleached by immersing it in several baths of oxygenated water to whbh a few drops of ammonia have been added. Thus prepared, the Cldnese or Hindoo hair is sold to the hair drecsers, who work it to their fancy, mid afterward soil it at more or less moderate prices. The finest hair, forming the seiond category, is that of France, nnd comprises a variety of shades exceeding a hundred. The most beautiful is furnished by Limousin, Brittany, Xormandy and llenuce. Some lots are derived from young ladles' boarding schools and from convents. All thin is collected by traveling men called cutters, who make their circuit toward spring, and visit the villages to gather their crop. In some localities of Urittany and Auvcrgne, on certain market days, the damsels who desire to sell their head of hair get up on a cable, undo their hair and allow it to fall over thoir shoulders. An auction soon begins, and every lot, us soon as cut, is delivered to tho highest bidder for spot cash. This product does not pass into the bath, but la simply combed and then scoured with buckwheat flour. Finally, tho third category comprises hair (which, it must be confessed, is classed among the most esteemed) de rived from the sorting of combings col lected by rag-pickers, who stuff it into bags just as they And it, soiled by dust, felted by water, and adhering to the sweepings of houses, and sell it to small manufacturers, who undertake to utilize it. TURKEY'S MUSCULAR RULER. Abdul Humid Firmly ConrUivcd That Ho Is Dcmlnod to Itclgu Forty Tear. The seventeenth onnlversury of tho accession of tho sultan of Turkey to tho throne has recently been celebrated in Constantinople. Abdul Hamid is said to bo a man of great muscular strength, and it is assertod by tho Now York Tribune that, although small and slight of build, he is powerful enough to over come tho strongest of his janissaries in a trial of personal strength. Ho owes this to his regularity of life, tho ob servance of tho laws of health and his pushlon for gymnastics, lie is devoted to carjientry, and his palace is furnished with a workshop in which there are umriy artisans, whose work is directed by the sultan himself. A considerable proportion of tho furniture of the royal residence has been mode from his do sign:;, an l in many cases executed by l'dmsulf. Abdul Humid has a firm con viction that ho will reign for forty years, and this belief has banished all fi:ur of diseuse and dangur from his mind. llo, howevur, dreads the cholera, because a dervish onco proph esied that ho would die of cholera morbus. This has been a source of greet benefit to his subjects, as every eft'ort is made to prevent the spread of cholera, owing to tho sultan's desire to escape being attacked by it. HE WAS ON TIME. Although He Uad to Make Ilia Toilet Id the Street Car. Ono morning recently, says the St. Louis Itepublic, as a Washington ave nuo car came dashing cityward with its customary freight of folks on duty's errand bound, the passengers within were surprised at tho sight of a young man rushing from a house, bounding across tho street and boarding the car, with his hat, vest, coat and collar in his hand. lie was a flno-looking fellow, and, as far as one might judgo by appearances, evidently a clerk employed in somo one of tho big btores. Onoe sufely landed on tho car, he laid his coat, hat and vest on the seat, while he buttoned on the collar and whipped the tie Into place. Then he drew from the pocket of tho vest ho had just donned a comb euso and mirror, and leisurely proceed ed to fix his hair and mustache. This finished, ho drew on his ooot, placed his hat upon his head, and, with a quick survey of his person, a few sweeps of tho hand to carry away any lint that might have stuck upon hi trousers, he glanced about the car wliri an air of absolute oneonoem. lie ihUi 4ttued ftadon Ujof.lojhffi J MASKED btrOtlfc MAHrtiAJ. A feminine Tnlllng V.'lilrh ! Often the C'manc o l'U:.;-lMipi..,l .Mi,?nry. There Is no doubt that a great deal of the unhnpplncss of married life arises from tho fact that when a ruin Is courting a il l ho only sees her "at her best," both as regards temper, looks and everything obip. After mar riage ho is rudely disillusioned und vaguely wonders whether this snappy young woman with untidy hair and perhaps a shino on her noss can bo the swcet-tMn pored, faultlessly-dressed, lovely Angelina of a few months a;ro. Yes, young mnn, says the New York Advertiser, she is Angelina right enough, only she has, so to s.ny, thrown off her mask, now she has "got you," and appears in her truo solors, which are not quite of so fas cinating a hue as those that daz.-.led your lovesick eyes In the courting period. It Is nearly every girl's am bition to get married. She lays her self out to do so, and any little artifice that will enhance her natural charms she has no hesitation in using, .she dresses for effect, she poses for effect, she talks for effect, In fact, during this stage of her life she Is acting for every woman is more or less of on actress and it must be confessed that, generally speaking, bho acts her part very well. After all, it Is only natural that sho should try to appear at her best and endeavor to captivate mankind, for marriage is tho be-all and end-all of a society girl's existence. The worst of it is that she cannot keep this up after marriage. It would bo too great a strain both physically and mentally. As it is, heaven only knows what she goes through during the anxious time when sho is angling for a fish, especial ly if It be a gold fish. She molds her self to his likes and dislikes, nnd out rages hor own feelings, until the little goldon band on her fingers allows her to breathe freely and declare- that "Though he likes living In the coun try, sho detests it, and does not Intend to live thoro." Mr. Xeuwed Is startled and astonished. This is open rebellion. Yet whun he was courting her sho ap peared such a meek, gentle creature, as to have no wish or will of her own, quite content to follow in his lordship's footsteps. "What, a fcxl I was to get married, " ho mentally exclaims, and then in all probability the bickering begins that renders married life ono long misery. Perhaps it now dawns on Mr. Ken wed that when ho was courting her she wius at her best. A word to men. Whon you aro court ing a girl remember she is at her best in every respect, and that sho cannot possibly always keep up this high standard after marriage; so grasp the fact that you are not going to marry an angel, but n human being with many faults, perhaps as many us you possess yourself. BETTING WOMEN IN ENGLAND. One Section Where They Coniprtae About llulf the Hace Wngi-rvm. A correspondent of the liirrainirham England) Mail says: "I read your paragraph on 'Do women bet?' I should say that instead of being twenty percent, they are at the very least forty five per cent, if not in the actual major ity. In this Immediate district there is a system for collecting bets that beats creation. A bookmaker, who, by the way, is also a ' license holder, employs five -or six men, who, I suppose, go under tho name of clerks, each of whom has a round or diutrict, and every day that is, every racing day these men ca.ll on their respective clients women, of course, whose hus bands aro at work earning money to be thrown away. I know more than ono case whero everything that can bo raked together to pawn for tho pur pose Is done, and the winnings, when they have one, go to tho bookmaker for a royal booze. "What I should like to point out is tlio nflschlof a man who holds a license and is a bookmaker can do in a neigh borhood. He not only incites to gam bling, but also to drink. I myself havo soen scores of women enter ."tho house with papers, and. of course, they must have a drink before they leave. 1'er haps tho public will ask how it is done. Tho house in question is so surrounded by touta that on the approach of a po liceman tho signal 1a given and tho thing stopped till the coast is clear. This Is no prejudiced view of the mat ter, but a real fact, whtah can lie veri fied dally on a walk through this dis trict by anyone with his eyes open. It ia surely time the law stepped in and said to the publican bookmaker; 'Yon shall have no license,.' H LONG-LIVED CARP. One Old Specimen In Fontulnhleau I. Over Three Hundred Yeiirj Old. When the fish commission, some years ago, began to introduce carp into tho streams of this country it is doubtful if they knew what a lasting monument they were building. It is pretty cen- erally known, says the Washington News, that tho sluggish and, to fisher men, despicable denizen of the water is gifted with a tenure of life, barring chance encounter with a hook, a blr black bass with his back up or other vicissitudes of piscatorial exlatenee, which exceeds that of most creutures, but tho actual ago that they do attain under favorable circumstances is ap palling. Thero are very few fishermen who haven t a yarn about somo wilv old trout or boss that has been knowu to frequent tho same iwjoI for many years, but Assistant Secretary of Stuto Hockhill tells of a carp that can givo any of those fish points on how to at tain a long life. Ho says that in a pond at at Fontninbleim there Is, or was when ho was last there, a bar nacled old carp that had been placed in the pond in tho reign of Francis I. As that monarch flourished during the sixteenth century, Mr. Hockhill's carp is considerably moru than threa hun dred years old. To prevent any mis take by future generations tho gvn tub man who occupied tho office of commis sioner of fbsh and fisheries for his royal highness placed a metal tug in the carp's fin, and It ia by this mark that tho fish Is known from tho others iu this littla lake. ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco. Candies, Fruits ana Nuts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Mdillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. !P:E,r?i7-5r 000133 .a. Gpecialtv. SOLE AGENTS FOR F ,F. Adams & Co's Fine Bole agents for the Hi:;: Clay, Loniros, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silvor Ash Bloomsburg Pa. "A handful of dirt may be a house ful of shame." Keep your house clean with SAPOLO B. F. SiiARrLESs, Pres. BLOOMSBUR LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. Capital Stock, $30,000. riotteJ property k in llie lun" . JuiitJiiiueM aiso part 01 "T"1 " "wnwimji iji ifniiiuiiue purposes. CHOICE LOTS are offered at values that will be doubled in a snort time. No such opportunity can be had elsewhere to make money. Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap plication. l Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Sale, vji iiitmuLT ut me jjoarti 01 JJirectors. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. R R SlIARPLEfcSJ T TTLtr ,r A" G x.iv. xi. iuujs.olds, W<e5A TH : POSITIVE CURr. CltUTflERS. 68 Warren 6t, Ne York. ITU SO Cto.l THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING AMD MILLING CO (INC'Olil'Olf ATKD.) CAPITAL STOCK - - - 82,000.000 BliareM! 00 each, I'ull I-afd nnct Nnn-AHHcssnbie. (Issued In payment for this Company's Mines ) General Offices. 712-713 National Bank o( Commerce Building. Broadway and Oliver 51 ST. I.OUIS, Mil. TREASURY RESERVE STOCK. ,on In Shares of .r.oo Each, GOLD, Mor.e cTaZB ASV?r "!:?.r"?5yC"S. cam.-, la the o.Uer rJoeivvi, i at tho price or 12 1 CENTS Certain .0 advance and yield ten to hundred fold !-' cull I Minininon .....!... juu.ujos i.nvtsiMENr MW HTMUTIMETO IH'V. 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L,mK WW (Wmr bJ'loSu' J reSl""'Ut uuf Loaa and Mo,.. i-.Zfal C"S""'r V '""n n.ulvort Victor Nush.iini Merchant Tailor, Cleveland Ohio Ouaraut- u I.oaa and ' Worked for Dividend.. sreamr' " Mk " now be sold to ilral appll- A SHARE. and over, on this price ' ' OFTEN BRINGS A FORTUNE h rv t i. ,i' ... '" ' '""J I he '0111- ,tt3t,ves - It Is desired lo erect a SlmnDMlll. 1.0 ? R,S5SSi.iTiE3S, SMS " 1 .1U. Matiui - al IlauU of Commerce Mlcljt.' I-BU)lNEil),i DULL :? I WITH" Y0U ?j Fbilffi) Book Here ! Do you want a PiSjVo ? Ho oti wait an 21 Do you want a Do you want auv kind of a MUSICAL, IN STRU3IENT? Do you want SIIKET 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 Ware-rooms, Main Street be low Market. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. COBRKCTEP WKBILT. BRTAIL PHil lJ. Butter per lb $ ,20 Eggs per dozen i4 Lard per lb I2i Ham per pound i2j Fork, whole, per pound ,00 Beef, quarter, per pound ... 07 to .10 Wheat per bushel s0 Oats " "4S Rye " " ' l Wheat fiour per bbl .6o May per ton 12.00 to 14.00 Fotatoes per bushel .7 r Turnips " " 2- Onions " " .'. j'q Sweet potatoes rer peck e to !m Tallow per lb 1 Shoulder " " Side meat"" '.. "TO Vinegar, per qt c- Uned apples per lb ,05 Dried cherries, jutted i2 Kispbernes Cow Hides per lb ,1 Steer " ' CalfSkin "s Slieep pelts ,e Shelled corn per bus ,ye Corn meal, cwt a co Bran, , Choo " Middlings " Chickens per lb new ,I3 " " old Turkeys " " Geese " " Uucks " " ' , Coal. No. (, delivered " 4 and 5 " .... " 0 at yard " 4 and 5 at yard.. COPYRIGHTS J?A7 1 OBTA?N A PATENT t For KV'li'L ufsK J? au!? J Uonost upinion. write to m I. n N tk l (.. who have hud nearly tlflv oara" eiperiont-u In the itunt business. Communica- f lrmt,,rnl;tlyS(nm,0tl,., A " ' iS lormatlon concerninR 1'nlenlH una how to !. lam tuym sunt Iruo. AIm) a catalogue ol mocluui. leal anil aeluntlilo books sout fri s. "u"- Patents Ukon tlirouuli Munn ft Co. reoelra jnocial notice in the Wclmielllc AniriPiiTaiHl ,,iu'."'? i'""1 Wol before the public with. put coet to tUe inventor. This aulondlU paper. Issued weekly, elegantly Illustrated, has bT fuJ tha lamest eiruulutioa of Bny soientitto work iu the world. S. a year. Sani.lu coring sent free. Building tdition. monthly, 2.50a yuar. single rK";" imuiyer oontuina Deau. tilul pistes. In colors, und photographs of new louses, with plana, enabling builders to Bhow tha atl'Ht HHl.rnH ami Iuiiim ... .n ..... ....- .- w .ttUMN 4 CO., Nsw VOUK, 301 Bun ad WAT. luummiiuiimiiiiuimianuninmtiiiinnniiniiinmrm Glass! Quick! There's lotRof snnn and vim In thla JliitK.1' ItuoTliKEit. Thero'HluU of iilousure itnd good pOOTBEEWJ llflnug drink, tt torn per- iiioe uruiK, a noiiie- iiiuue uruiK, a drluK tliut dolltihu the old and vomit;- sure and gut the gunulue IRES'Rootbeer I U will pMktst nsksi i iobi. B0I4 sterywliars. . ... 3.40 3 5 . ... 8.25 35 1 i 9 WbfTA fI 0 hires H fyMiiiirftsl THE CHAS. E. HIRES COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. IllUIUIUIUIIUUUUUIIUUIUUUUUIIIIIUIIUUlUUIIIUlllil - a-ut
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