THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
HOUSTON'S GENEROSITY.
Ma lh Fatuous Traan Triitd
Mho
Who llihl Nettled on Mil I,n1.
Many nre th stories told of Sam
Houston, tie Bret president, and after
wards the first representative from
Texas. There was a stretch of coun
try near Qulncy, 111., known as the
"Indian tract." Sam Houston had ti
tle to a ureat deal of it, a real estate
fact which it would seem many of
the earlier settlers of that region
a careless pioneer brood were una
ware of. One of them came to Rich
ardson, Representative to Congress at
that time from the Qulncy district,
and asked him if he knew Snm Hous
ton. Richardson said he did, where
upon his constituent confided to him
that he had inadvertently settled on,
one hundred and sixty acres of Hous
ton's land, and that every dollar he
was worth stood in the barns, house,
fences and other improvements on the
land. He had Just learned, after llv
dng there eight years, that Houston,
bad title to It. and that he did not.
He wanted Richardson to see the con
queror! of Mexico, and make the best
terms he could. As It stood, he waa
absolutely at Houston's mercy.
Richardson, on his return to Con
gress, met Houston, and told him the
6tory.
"And now, Houston," said Rlchnrd
eon, "the qut?stion is, what will you
take and eive this friend of mine a
quit-claim deed to that one hundred
and sixty acres?"
"What sort of a man is this con
stituent of yours who has blundered
'pon my land?" asked Houston.
"(Sood, nuare, honest man," replied
Richardson.
"When I turn him off my land,"
eald Houston, hopefully, "I reckon he
and his family will be beggars."
"Utterly ruined," responded Rich
ardson. Houston thought a moment. "What's
this farm worth now?" he asked,
"Improvements and all, about six
thousand dollars."
"What was the bare one hundred
and sixty acres worth when your fel
low went on It?"
"About five dollars per acre; eight
Srundred dollars in all."
"Good fellow, this man of yours,
(Richardson ?"
, "Best in the world."
"Tell him to send me eight hundred
dollars and I'll make him a deed."
In the course of time on came the
eight hundred dollars in a New York;
draft. Richardson sought Houston,
,who promptly made a deed, and hand
ed it to Richardson. Then he took the
draft, and, after he had looked at it
a moment, turned !t over and endors
ed it.
"You say. Richardson, this man of
yours is a good fellow?"
"First-class man every way," re
sponded Richardson.
"Send him back this draft," said
Houston, "and tell him Sam Hous
ton's changed his mind. What can
lie buy a good young horse for In that
country, as good a saddle horse as you
bave out there?"
"Two hundred dollars ought to do
It," said Richardson.
"Well then." said Houston, "you
jrive him back the draft and lell him
to buy a fii fl-ciass saddle horse, about
four yeai-.s ld. and keep him for me.
When Cii:i7rr?3 adjourns I'll go home
with you. and when I get my visit out,
I'll take the iiorse and ride him down
to Texas."
Richardson complied with this new
arrangement, and the man in Illinois
received back his draft and bought a
saddle horse. Just before adjourn
ment Houston came over to Richard-
con.
"That follow
cut In Illinois,
good man?"
that's got my horse
you say, Is a tiptop
"One of the b?st men in my district,"
replied Richardson.
"Well." Bald Houston, with a slfrh,
"I would have liked first-rate to see
Mm and also my horse. But I've got
to go straight to Texas, as affairs
turn out. I'll toll you what to do,
however, when you get home. Go
ever and see this man for me, and say
to him to .id the horse and do what
he please with the money. And, by
the way, Itl ii.irdson, I wish you'd
write me and t e! 1 me if it was a good
torse or not."
Th curioiH can rend the copy of
Sar.i Houston's deed to the one hun
dred pnd sixty acres In the record of
the Quincy land office.
nomp -VTith the Children.
"Chauncpy Depew advised fellowv
diners recently to join with their
children in their play and romp with
them if they would enjoy life," said a
younsr ratner recently.
"Well, 1 took his acivloe," lie rnn
tined, "but I find that my little boy
cf 3 years can stand a good deal more
than I can.
"He led n a merry dance this
morning playing hide and seek all
over the house. When, after an hour,
3 told him we had had enough of that
he proposed something else, and so
on. until I was on the point of col-
lapse.
"It is all right to romp with your
children, but ycu should get Into train
ing first. It h harder than chopping
wood, football or any other form of
athletic exercise with which I am ac
quainted." New York Journal.
HI. Wr-ik.
His last hour had come.
His dearest friend, who had watcn
d him growing weaker day by aay,
at by the bedside, bowed down with
grief.
"I am readv to go," the dying man
whimpered, weakly, as bis comrade
wiped the death-damp from his pallid
brow.
"My work is done. I have finish
ed "
The other bent to catch the last
faint words.
" colorlng that meerschaum
pipe."'
The Sick Man and the Thratre Hat.
Doctor Tako a stated amount of
exercise daily.
Patient Will It bo enough If I walk
twice around my wife's theatre hat
every day?
Doctor You'd better not risk over
exerting yourself at first. Begin wltbj
once and Increase the laps as you feel
able.
THE FARM GARDEN.
It Value I'nderaatlmated In Many Cuel
hf Fatmra.
The garden on the farm is an Im
portant matter, yet there are thous
ands of farmers who do not have gar
dens. They deprive themselves of
luxuries which thoy could ensily
grow, and go to the country store to
purchase fruits and vegetables that
are sent from the cities. The farmer
looks upon the garden as costly, the
work required to produce the fruits
and vegetables being more than he is
willing to bestow. Tho strawberries,
raspberries, currants, gooseberries,
early peas, radishes, kale, asparagus,
onions, celery, beets, melons and other
garden products, which provide a va
riety for the table, are no Inducement
to the farmer who makes wheat, corn,
potatoes and hay his main crops.
There are farmers, however, who
know the value of gardens, but the
farmers as a class produce but a limit
ed variety and are satisfied to either
buy or limit themselves to the same
fare in summer that they subslt upon
during the winter, which Is not con
ducive to health or pleasure.
Garden implements, such as the hoe,
rake, spade and spading fork, are now
being superseded. Seeds can be sown,
with a small drill, and the wheel hoe
and hand cultivator will keep the
weeds and grass down. The proper
plan for a garden on the farm Is to
grow everything in long rows, using
tho horse hoe for cultivation. By this
method there is a saving of labor, butt
more space Is required and more man
ure must be used than when the area
is smaller and the hand tools used.
Seed sowing and covering, which was
formerly a very tedious operation, cam
be quickly done with a seed drill. It
Is simply a matter of pushing the drill
at a slow walk, and the entire work ofi
planting a large parden can be done la
n day. The main work is In plowing
the land and harrowing the soil fine,
so as to form a seed bed fit to receive:
the finest seeds and properly cover
them.
While the farmer may possibly be
able to purchase some vegetables as
cheap as he can produce them, yet he
can never have them as fresh and
wholesome as he can grow them.
There is a difference in the flavor of
fruit picked ripe and carried to the
table and that picked partially green
and transported a long distance to
market. The same may he claimed
of vegetables, both early and late.
When grown on the farm they are
never stale, and a selection can be
made of the best and choicest. The
value of the articles produced In a
garden is greater in proportion to cost
than the stable crops, and it does not
pay the farmer to grow the cheaper
articles and purchase the dearest. He
should apply his labor where It will
give him the greatest return for the
outlay, and he cannot do this to bet
ter advantage than to cultivate a well
stocked garden.
THE EMBDfcM GOOSE.
A Popular Market Variety, That
hm
Mood the Tent of l'.xperleiire.
The Bremen Goose, better known,
perhaps, as the Kmbilem, was origin
ally imported from Bremen, and has
been raised as a distinct breed In
America since 1821. Its distinguish
ing colors are an unmixed white
plumage, with handsome yellow bill,
legs and feet, and tho iris of tho eye
has a peculiar blue tint in all well
bred birds. A full blood specimen
will weigh twenty pounds or more.
It furnishes nearly twice as many
feathers as tho common barnyard
Tl,e Embdom Goose.
goose, and will cet and hatch with
rather more ccr?a.lnty and success. As
a table fowl, Its Hush In fi'ee from dry
ness, and exhibits a juclness and ten
derness akin to that cf a wild fowl,
rind Rhrlnks but slightly In cooking.
It Is considered one of tho beet of
fowls for the market or table. The
isre.mon arrives at maturity when 2V
yi-Hi-s old. It has a tender constita
t'on n:il I'euuiivs Kfiod care; Ls a fair
f3i-ncrr. but does rot bear confinement!
well. It Is a poor mother, and lays
only twenty eggs a year on an aver
aK' lUi chief merit Is In Its feathers
and Libia qualities.
town ami Calvet.
The milking qualities of cows are
always Injured by allowing them to
suckle their calves. It Is not necessary
to allow this, even when the calf is to
be fattened. Skim milk, if fed alwayd
at the warmth of new milk, and en
riched by old-proce3 llnseed-oil meal,
cooked and stirred In It, will take the
place of new milk. It will be no more
trouble than to milk the cow by hand,
and it will bo bettor for the cow than
to lot tho calf suckle ber. The gain
the first wok on the oil meal may not
be bo much as by suckling the cdw,
but as the calf grows older the oil
meal and skim-milk ration will hav
the advantage.
Fcvil nml Mrm,
The fiu.'t A feud influencing flavor
and finality of moat applies especially
to sheep. It la undoubtedly true that
an extouslvo grower of celery fed hl
lambs during tne winter the roots and
clippings, aa he prepared his vege
table for the market, and gave their
flesh a peculiar and delicious flavor.
The fortunate stockman who will
be the special envy of their less far
tuna to neighbors, two and three years
hence, will be the owners of good
sized flocka of wool and mutton sheep,
and from present Indications they will
be noon too numerous to detract from
the high and honorable dlstlnaUoflk
THE TENDERLOIN DISTRICT.
A Onee Sotert Section f w Vnrk, nut
Now Me name.
The original tenderloin precinct in
the annals of the police department of
New York was the K'.ghth. the station
house of which was in Prince street
and Is now In Macdougal street. Its
boundaries are Canal street, Houston
street, Broadway, and the North Riv
er, it was a great resort for thieves,
crooks, and disorderly persons, and
furnished the largest amount of police
business. In 1870, when the Eighth
Precinct was at thi height of its do
plorable prominence, the arrests were
6.500 In a year, against 2,600 In the
Twenty-Ninth Precinct, the present
Tenderloin. The captain best known
in connection with the Eighth waa
Charles McDonald, better known a
"Lightning Charley." He was ap
pointed in 1870, and gained his title
from service In the Thirty-Fifth Sta
tion. With the growth of the city further
up town, the moving away of the big
hotels and the encroachments of stores
and warehouses in the Eighth Pre
cinct, the Fifteenth, or Mercer Street
Precinct, became the Tenderloin. Its
reign was brief. The Twenty-Ninth
(now the Nineteenth) Precinct, the
present Tenderloin, extends from
Fourteenth to Forty-Second street, and
the western boundary Is Seventh ave
nue. It takes in both sides of Broad
way and has a larger number of ho
tels than any other precinct in the
city.
The part that gave It its unsavory
reputation lies between Sixth and
Seventh avenues and Twenty-Third
and Thirty-Fourth streets. At one
time both sides of Sixth avenue were
largely taken up with concert saloons,
and among these in the Tenderloin
were the Buckingham, the Star and
Garter, the Cremorne, the Empire, the
Bans Soucl. the Argyle and the Hay-
market. Sixth avenue between Twen
ty-Third and Thirty-Fourth streets
at that time was as much crowded
by night as Broadway is now by day.
Arrests were many and strangers vis
iting New York came to this neigh
borhood as one of the sights of the
town.
At present the Tenderloin is a name
chiefly. Most of the establishments
which gave it a national if not inter
national Ill-repute have either moved
away or have been closed for good.
The side streets between Sixth and
Seventh avenues and Twenty-Fifth
and Twenty-Sixth streets are mostly
occupied by members of the French
colony. It is in the heart of the re
gion of tables d'hote. Twenty-Seventh
Street, notorious in old Tenderloin
days, is now occupied chiefly by color
ed residents. Thirty-First and Thirty
Second streets are given over to bus
iness uses. Thirty-First street Is
mostly occupied by German tenants.
A new church has been built there
within two years, Sixth avenue Is now
as quiet at midnight is any other
New York thoroughfare up town de
cidedly more so than Third or Eighth
avenues. The number of arrests in
the Nineteenth Precinct last year was
4,253, while in the Fifteenth (Mercer
street) the arrests were -1,840. The
Eighth Precinct, tho Tenderloin of
other days, had a tol of 1,900 prison
ers, of whom 1.020 were men, mostly
for minor offenses. New York Sun.
A Suaplclout Uncle.
"Kitty, what brings that young
chuckle-hend of a Spoouamore to this
house so often?"
"Why, Uncle Allen, he comeB to see
me, I suppose."
"What do you know about him?"
"I know he's a very pleasant ugree.
able youn-r man, who belongs to a good
family. Rlwais dressed well, Is la
good circumstances and is well edu
eated and well read."
"What else do you know about
him?"
'I know tbnt he hasn't any of the
habits many young men have. He
doesn't rlrirk. smoke, pamble, attend
prize fights or go into Lad company.
"Does he keep a race horse?"
"Oh, no! I ara fure he doran't."
"Part his hair in the middle?"
"No." ' 1
"Let his little finger nails grow ex
tremely long?"
"No."
"Quote Ibsen?"
"Never."
"Chew gum?"
"Oh, no!" '
"Wear pointed whiskers?"
"He does not." " "
"Carry chocolate craams and cara
mels In his pocket?"
"No."
Still suspicious "He may be all
right, Kitty, but you'd better watch
him. Ml bet $4 he calls his father
'papa.' "Chicago Tribune.
Why It FRlUd.
"No, our onion social was not a suc
cess." "Onion social? What is that?" '
"Why, all of the girls stand up In a.
row, and one of them Is selected to
take a lite out of an onion. Then
the young men pay ten cents a guess
as to who ate the onion."
"Yes."
"And. if he guessea right, he gets to
kiss all the other girls."
"I see."
"And the girl who bit tbe onion kiss
es all the fellows who guess wrong.
And that is where tho row began. All
of the girls wanted to be the onion
girl. More fellows guess wrong than
right, ycu know." Cincinnati Tri
bune. Mmtnril nl fltnlnlaui.
An Indian chief rashly swallowed
a spoonful of mustard, which made
his eyes water. Another chief asked
why he wept. Being ashsmed to
name the tie cause, he replied that
he waa thinking of his son who was
killed In battle. The other chief
then took some mustard, and being
asked In turn why he wept, answered:
"I wep to think that you were not
killed when your son was." Social
Circle of Anecdote.
A CnmmmcUl Trnnaacttou.
Can anybody in the crowd change
100 bill?" 1
" I can." I
"Very well. Qlve me the change
and I'll go out and see If I can borrow
flOO blll'-Llfe, .
ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
DEALERS IX
Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Huts
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week.
I?3L.T?1n"X" 000X33 -A. GlPECIVXTTT.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
F.F. Adams & Co's Fine
Bole agents for the
Haary Clay, Loniros, Normal, Indian Princoss, Samson, Silver Asb
Bloomsburg Pa.
What brings relief from dirt and
?
grease
you
APOLIO
B. F. Sharpless, Tres. N. U. Funk, Sec. C. It. Campbell, 1 reas.
GBLOOMSBURCO
LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
Capital Stock, $30,000.
Plotted property is in the
town. It includes also part ot
equal in desirability for residence
UHUJUE LiUlS are ollered
in a short time.
No such opportunity can be bad elsewhere to make money.
Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS
Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap
plication.
Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods, Sales
Agent, or any member oi tne
BOARD OF
B. F. Sharpless;
C. W. Nel. A. G.
Dr. II. W. McReynolps,
K1UYTUER3.
ov r www..
THE POS
THE SOOTH CENTRAL CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING AND MILLING CO.
(INC'Oltl'OHATED.)
CAPITAL STOCK 52,000,000.
Hliarva $100 each, l-'ull Paid and Kuu.AHiteHHnble.
(Issued In payment for this Compauj's Mines.)
General Offices, 712-713 Kaiional Bank ot Commerco Building, Croadway and Oliver St.
HT, I.OUItt, MO.
TREASURY RESERVE STOCK, $300,000.
In Shares of $1.00 Each, FuiI-Paid rnd Non-Ar.sessalile.
cnticls a Eich Group cf Ten Gold Mines,
GOLD.1
cratfe OnmnanV
Moiti; t?e Co., ATTH'JIUZKI) CAPITAL, 1.00,'IOO), St. Louis.
Tho Minos ara PRODUCERS, and will beWorked for Dividends.
A lliul'ed number of shares of the Comouuy's Si'eusmry MJcU will uow lie sold to Ilist appll-
cault', lu the older received, at the price of
isj CENTS A SHARE.
Certain '0 advauce and yield ten to hundred fold and over, on this price.
WA SMALL JUDICIOUS INVESTMENT OFTEN BRINGS A FORTUNE.
NOW IM THE TIM K TO llt'Y. The Mock Will bo lifted, and price advance rapidly. Tim Coin-
pany's consolidated mines have very lai'e Ore
reuuee me company ore 10 uuiuon.
TUK OCT ITT of ComTiaiiy's Mine will
demonstrated by Uepons and Statements on
application.
Address application for shares to Tteamirer Houtli Central Coiixolulaicd Cold
MlimiK a ml nitliuiic Co., jim & 71 M National Mault of Commerce lilclir..
HI. I.uuln, Mo.
Wmm w,Tlt Y0U ? i
0 M
W-Ah -Antidote txRvDuu.nes5.
TRY" IT
ANDiEEYOUHSTORE
vlTtl'CUSTOMERS.
Cut Chewing Tobacco
following brands of Cigars-
Why don't
know ?
coming business centre of the
the iactory district, and has no
purposes.
at values that will De douuieti
uoard 01 jjirectors.
DIRECTORS.
J. L Dillox.
Brigos, Dr. I. w. Willits,
N. U. Funk.
11-19-
ilTIVE CURE.
1M
t'arren BU New York. Price 60 cts.1
I -yrKr son
Owjrhi'o couuty, Iduho; a district which has produced
OVER 810,000.000,00.
CFt'lCEUS AND D1KKCTOHS.
Pkksiiip.nt f'r.l. V. II. Brothers, I'npltnlWt nnrt Ileal Estate Ownr:
Mill ot W. li. lirniliem A o.. Hooters, -t. Louis.
Vicb l'KKs'T I'npt. J. A. Ware, ltnllrotid font rail or, St. I.ouK
2d " Win. V. W'tM iiso, 1'reslduilt Uuurautto Louu uud Mort-
St. I.ouls.
1 Kkcrktakv win. Tine, ot Wm. Tlrre ,tr Sons, ami Tlrre Coal 10 , SI.
I.ouls : uI.ho 1'res't I'll nee Arthur Mlnlnir 10.. tiold Mines.
Ass'T Skc'y K. A. W'i'i'usc, L'a3liler Uuuruutee Loan and Mortgage
Co., St. Louis.
Victor Nu.sluin, Merchant Tailor. Cleveland Ohio.
.1. II. UliO'.cles, of Hhiurtos, Kenney a 8penc;e, Hartford City, led.
Three oilier Directors ruxlde a', tin) Mines.
Titmsi KEliANI) T KAN mf Kit AO KMT The Guarantee I.oau and
Kesorveu. J t la desired to erect a stamp .Mill, to
be Increased to tho DIV'inUN'I) r.ASI. aa fully
tile. Complete Keporls and statements sent ou
Wn want several (food agents. Will pav LAKUE
CASU COMMISSIONS uud some Stock, ou which
DIVIDENDS will be GUARANTEED.
DULL & I
Look IScrc !
Do you want a
PiSKo ?
Do yott vvtmt mi
Do you want u
0ewirMkdlii)e?
Do you want nn v kind
of u MUSICAL IN
STRUMENT?
Do you want SHEET
MUSIC?
If so, do not send your mon
ey away from home, but deal
with a reliable dealer rieht
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.
CORRKCTID WIIILT. RETAIL rBICIS.
Butter per lb $ ,jo
tggs per dozen .14
Lard per lb , 12
Ham per pound 12
Pork, whole, per pound .06
Beef, quarter, per pound . 07 to .10
Wheat per bushel .80
Oat3 " 45
Rye " " .65
Wheat flour per bbl 3.60
Hay per ton 12.00 to 14 00
Potatoes per bushel, .75
Turnips " " .25
Onions " " 1.00
bweet potatoes per peck 25 to .30
Tallow per lb
Ai
Shoulder " "
Side meat " "
Vinegar, per qt ,
Dried apples per lb . .
Dried cherries, pitted
Raspberries
Cow Hides per lb. . .
Steer '...
CaUSkin
Sheep pelts
Shelled corn per bus .
Corn meal, cwt
.11
.10
.07
.05
.12
.14
3i
OS
.80
15
75
a 00
1.20
1 20
.12
.22
S
.10
.10
Bran, '
Chor "
Middlings "
Chickens per lb new . .
" " " old.
Turkeys " "
Geese " "
Ducks " "
CoiL.
No. 6, delivered
3.40
" 4 and s " rso
" 6 at yard 2.25
" 4 and 5 at yard 3 25
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