THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. AN OBSTINATE DONKEY, i Would Not Stir Unlit tho Polioo Were CaUod Out. A Entlr rintmin Wn Itrqnlrpcl to Place the I'larlil llittat In thn Van It Win Supposed to I'llll-Tlie Frornmlon to the Pound. Every donkey mny have lils Any In the same manner as may a dojr. A Parisian "XimHv" a week or so titfo en joyed a red-letter experience In a man ner thoroughly satisfactory to himself. Lonff wearied' of the tyranny of mas ters, he found a remedy that ho was not slow to nvail himself of. Heavily laden one morning and belabored con stantly with a largo cudgel, he found himself In one of tho market places of theeapital, temptingly neartoa finedis rlav of carrots. His master's back was turned for a moment, and. stepping forward, he plunged his nose in among the savory morsels. There was a wild shriek an instant later from a fat-faced dame, the pro prietress of the little market stand, and as she belabored the beast across the nose with sturdy Brm she kept up a constant cry of: "Mon Dleu! Jinn Dleu!" Interspersed with frantic calls for the police. A soldierly gendarme soon tut in hla appearanco and con ducted donkey, cart and owner, acconv panled by a gaping crowd, through tho streets to the nearest commissariat or police station. Vociferously did the swart peddler protest, and as It came out in the ex aminatlon that the fault was not really his. but was due to tho greed of the in nocent-appearing donkey, ho (the ped dler) was finally freed, and with auger swelling in his heart went to rejoin his Least of burden. It was a very pleasant place, that courtyard where the donkey had been left while the case was being decided, well shaded with the greenest of trees and a tempting bit of herbage within easy reach. Tho donkey knew a good thing when ho saw It. Such a place wns a vast contrast to the hot and glaring Taris street. Ho sniffed twice. thrice, contentedly, put one car down and the other up wickedly as his mas ter came near and assumed an attitude of complete contentedness and noncha lance. The peddler jumped up to the seat of .the cart, shook the reins out and PAXTON WAS VICTORIOUS. Lively EspT?cno of ft Cnllfornla Rnnrhe with it ItuMil C'o;.ole. llavid I'nxton, who resides on a moun tain alH'.it six miles northwest, of Ukluh, had a very narrow escape from being bitten by .1 mad coyote the other afternoon. Ho was returning from San Francisco to his mountain home, about six o'clock in tho evening, when the adventure occurred. While pass ing through a deep redwood canyon ho wos startled by the howling of acoynto in tho woods a few yards from tho wagon road, l'axton stopped his team In order to obtain a view of the animal, asitisararo occurrence for a coyoto to openly approach a human being dur ing tho dny time. A moment there after a coyoto rushed Irom tho under- BE PULLED TI1R 0PE WITH STRENGTH. II1S IN growth and sprang from tho overhang' ing bank directly into the wagon. For tunately tho bed of tho wagon was empty at tho time, and the seat was a high one, standing several feet above the wagon bed. A single, glance at the Infuriated am mal convinced l'axton that it was af flicted with some form of hydrophobia. It was foaming at the mouth and gave every evidence of madness. As soon as It reached tho bed of tho wagon tho coyote began a lurious assault upon l'axton, who in tho meantime had sprung upon the seat nnd was thus temporarily out of the nnimal's reach. A Mexican riata was lying upon tho jacket box of the wagon, and Paxton, being otherwise unarmed, determined to secure it and use it as a weapon of offense. After considerable difficulty he succeeded in reaching it, the coyoto in the meantime keeping up tho assault and endeavoring to climb upon tho wagon seat. It required considerable maneuvering to throw the noose over the coyote's head, but l'axton finally succeeded in doing so; but even then ho was far from safe,, as ho had not yet determined on what disposition to make of the animal. lie solved the problem by passing the riata through a ring on tho brake bar, and then, spring ing Worn the wagon, he pulled the ropo with all his strength until he succeeded in choking the rabid animal to death. American Mistreated In China. J. II. Hendry, who has reached Ta coma from China, where he has trav eled for ninny years, traveled overland from Shanghai to Foo-Chow last year with two Englishmen. They were subjected to repented in dignities. Several times they were com pelled to demand an audience of Chi nese officials to obtain information as to routes. Tho common Chinese hooted them and would render no assistance. On two occasions tho mandarins re fused them an audience because they would not kneel to them. In other cases tho officials, after offering them tea and pipes, would nsk them to leave as soon as possible. "Americans have no idea of tho hatred of foreigners preva lent among Chinese," said Mr. Hendry. "Even their dogs howl at European garb. In Foo-Chow placards wero posted during my residence there of f wring one hundred dollars reward for the head of each foreigner taken into the city. It is my firm opinion that missionaries accomplish very little in China. They court danger by going into the interior and should confine their work to treaty ports, where they have some protection." In the Midst of Alarms. Patents for alarms are in great va riety in the patent office in 'Washing ton. One of them is Bet off by escap ing gas, another Is designed as a safe' guard for the unsophisticated visitor in the otty hotels. Ills effort to blow out the gas tilts a delicately-balanced elec trode, closing the circuit and giving no tice in the office of the hotel. An alarm in the office of a cemetery gives notice of an attempt to rob a grave. There are Beveral devices for connecting rail way tracks with wires so that no train can enter a block whllo another train is on it. One of these stops the enter ing locomotive, shuts off its steam au tomatically and spills sand on the track. A new application of electricity is for a jail cell, the walls of which are composed wholly of bars, giving as much light and ventilation as possible The bars are of hollow pipes, carrying heat in winter, and are connected with a battery. It the prisoner saws through one of them tho circuit is broken and an alarm sounds. BLISTERED Brooklyn HER FEET. to Keep JUB. DONKEY PLUNGED HIS N08K AMONG TUB CAHROT8. screamed the French equivalent of :"G'lang!" But the donkey did not stir. He might have been in Asia Minor for all the attention ho paid to Ills perspiring and disgusted master, 'G'langl" again shouted the peddler, and he rained blow after blow upon the donkey's back. Not one Inch did the donkey move forward, ne raised one forefoot lazily, as if toying with the situation, and put it back daintily, ; Blow after blow came down upon his back. But the donkey was used to that. Louder and louder grew tho cries of the now furious peddler. A gendarme came out to find what the trouble was. That the entire police Station might not be distracted from their duties for the day, he called a se' lect delegation of his brother officers, aqd with masterly activity and strength they picked the donkey up bodily and carried him into the street outside. Once without, the peddler renewed his objurgations and his blows. The situation grew still more serious. The donkey seemed to have confirmed his resolution that he would not move Whacks, kicks and screaming were alike in vain. A crowd of vagrants, children and sharp-voiced women gathered around and made harsh remarks to the unfor tunate peddler. That little man, al ready distracted, became raving and talked back. Finally, in despair, the donkey still remaining calmly in the (exact spot where he had been Bet by the gendarmes, the peddler fled, toss' ing his arms in the air and uttering a wild shriek, leaving behind him ob durate donkey, cart and cargo. : In the inldbt of all the turmoil the ' donkey remained unmoved, reflecting, . The crowd swelled until the narrow wtreet became almost Impassable. Ex rtreme measures were rendered neces 'sary. An entire platoon of police .marched out and unhitched tho donkey from the cart. They dispersed the crowd to left and right, and then a 'dozen or more, seizing the placid don key at all available points, pushing, pulling and hauling, placed him in tho cart and trundled the whole outfit off to the pound. Bu a Teat for Flogging. : A Clncinnatlan, known as John Bye Bye, was found in the woods near Cov ington, Ky., undergoing a severe thrafahlng on his naked back at the hands of some boys armed with thorny switches. He exonerated the boys of all blame, saying that he had hired them to flog him. God had told him, he said, that" as often as he could stand it he must submit to fifty-lash floggings to expiate the sins that his father had committed in flogging his slaves. Koaie years ago ho vra sent to the workhousa for having himself strapped to a floor and floggod. Man re Fly Taper III Wife at Home. "I put blisters on her feet, judge, to keep her in the house, but even then she went out," said John Woods, 01 Eagle street, in- court while appearing against his wife, Catharine, whom he. charged with being an habitual drunk ard, says the Brooklyn Eagle. After tho examination Mr. Woods de scribed how he blistered his wife's feet to a reporter. "I told my wife," he said, "that she would have to stay in the house if she would not Stop drink ing. I was willing to care for her in the house, but I didn t want her to be found Intoxicated on the streets and cause me a good deal more trouble than if she stayed in the house. Sho insisted upon going out. I tried to have her stay in by doing everything I . could think of. Finally the idea of blistering her feet came into my head. I heard of it twenty years ago as being used to keep people in bed when the doctor or their folks didn't want them to walk around. High and lofty jumpers have become so common nowadays that Sam Patch, if he wero to reappear in one of his phenomenal performances, would fall altogether to attract notablo attention, Of courso accidents and loss of life are often the result of the foolhardy at tempts at long-distance jumping, but this fact does not seem to abate in the least the feverish desire for notoriety on the part of adventurous persons in this particular field of competition. In the remote western states some re' markable exploits in this line have been recorded. In one esse certain bicyclists leaped from a high railway bridge into the river below, just by way of diver sion, there being no spectators to stlm ulate them by their applause; but as a rule, exhibitions of this character have a mercenary motive, and would not be given if it were not for tho pecuniary profit they are expected to yield. The Young Men's Christian associa tion of San Francisco has Bent the fol lowing petition to the city board of su pervlsors: "Wo, the undersigned citl zens of this city and county, pray to the honorable board of supervisors to enact and enforce that it be unlawful for ladies to wear bloomers or knicker bockers, or any attire unbecoming the fair sox. We consider the above wear ing apparel and we believe all good Christians will uphold us in our theory a perpetual menace to the good mor als of this city. We have consulted eminent physicians, and they all agree that it is unhealthy for ladies to ride bicycles. Furthermore, we have great compassion for the fair sex. Hoping our prayer will be received and special attention be given by your honorable body," etc Thkbe Is a good deal of information given to the world that is quite unasked for. A curious statistician has put him self to the trouble of counting the number of steps he took in walking during the whole year. The number he finds to have been 0,700,100, or an average of 20,740 steps a day. Going still further into the details, he de clares that over 000,000 of these steps were taken In going up and down Btairs. The learned gentleman neg lects to state, however, what benefit he or hla fellow creatures will derive from these careful computations. I PUT A PLASTER ON HIS WIFE'S FEET. I bought a couple of fly-papers in a drug store. When I returned from the store my wife was lying on the bed in toxicated. I slipped off her shoes and stockings and put a piaster on each of her feet without arousing her. Not many minutes later I removed the plas ters. The soles of her foet were cov ered with blisters. A few hours after ward she got up and walked around as usual and then went out. It's impossi ble to keep that woman in the house." They Dlllike the Do. Caged lions and tigers, pumas and jaguars take no notice of the men and women passing in front of them, but let a dog be brought anywhere near the cage ana tney show taetr savage nature at once and spring up, glaring ut savagely. ' . A Veteran Teacher.. A schoolma'am in Masslllon, 0,4 who who has been teaching the rising gen eratlon ever since the year 1845, was recently given a pension of 1350 per year by the board oz education. Crown Acme, Tho best burning oil that can bo madofrom petro leum. It gives a brilliant light. It will not imoke the chimneys, it will not clmr the wlclc. It has a high fire test. It will not explode. It Is pre-emincnlly 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 flie Best Oil IMTHKWOHLD. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR. Crown - Acme -:o: PLUG t4- i l he arg Good est piece, or troJacco ever sold for 10 cents) "Where dirt gathers, waste rules. Great saving results from the use of SAPOLIO B. F. Sharpless, Pres. N. U. Funk, Sec C. II. Campbell, Treas. ICBLOOMSBURCO LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. Capital Stock, $30,000. Plotted property is in the coming business centre of the town. It includes also part of the factory district, and has no equal in desirability for residence purposes. CHOICE LOTS are offered at values that will be doubled in a short 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. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. 8. Woods, Sales Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. L , THE HIM REF1KIK CO., BLOOMSBURG STATION, BLOOM SlilTG, TA THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. CORRICTID WI1ILT. TAIL FBI0f. ! Butter per lb $ .a a Eggs per dozen .16 , Lard per lb it J Ham per pound 12I Pork, whole, per pound .00 Beef, quarter, per pound, . .. 07 to .10 Wheat per bushel .80 Oats " " 45 Rye " " ' 65 Wheat flour per bbl 3.85 Hay per ton 8.00 Potatoes per bushel, .40 Turnips " " las Onions " 1.00 Sweet potatoes per peck 85 to .30 Tallow per lb 4 J Shoulder " " 11 Side meat" 10 Vinegar, per qt .07 Dried apples per lb .05 Dried cherries, pitted la Raspberries .14 Cow Hides per lb .3 Steer " " " o$ CalfSkin 80 Sheep pelts .75 Shelled corn per bus .75 Corn meal, cwt a.oo Bran, " 1.20 Chop " i.2$ Middlings " 1.35 Chickens per lb new ,u " " "old 10 Turkeys " " 15 Geese " " .10 Ducks " " 10 COAL. No. 6, delivered a. 40 " 4 and 5 " 3.50 " 6 at yard 1.15 " 4 and 5 at yard. 3.15 A phominent (reologlttt, who has been looking1 into tho formation of the bed of the Ohio river, forty-three miles be low Pittsburgh, says the old river bed is three hundred feet above the present water level, and he find, there stones of Canadian trranite, whose nearest home now is on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario. In the glacial gravel he came across a rough arrow head, which he attributes to the glacial period, per haps three hundred thousand years ago. Owing to the scarcity of hay the farmer In Kllea, Mich., are cutting peppermint plants. Experiments have indicated that they give better results than timothy hay whun fed to stock. Growers of peppermint have realized over one hundred thousand dollar this season from the oiL B. F. Sharpless; J. C. W. Neal, A. G. Briggs, ""T)r. H. W. McReynolds, Dillon. De. I. W. Willits, N. Li. Funk. II-IO- A tobacco famine ia imminent in the United States. This will be joyous news to the women who abhor the nasty weed, .1 Do your walls need papering ? If so, call on WaiUurtSMlate,' Exchange Hotel Bldg., and see for what a small amount you can have it done. Our stock is the largest and most careful! y selected in town. The prices suit the hard times. William H. Slate, BOOKS, STATIONERY AND WALL FAfER. -o re Always brings crowds of people to the town, and J. G. Wells, the leading jeweler, has purchased a large stock of extra fine watches. His purchases in cut glass and silver, ware were very large, ah of which will be sold at reasonable prices. E. A. RAWLINGS. DIALER IN All Kinds of Meat. Beef, Veal, Lamb, Mutton, Pork, Hams, Bacon, Tongues, Bologna, &c. Free Delivery j to all parts of the town. CENTRE STREET, BLOOMSBURC, PA. aFTelephone connection. v? COPYRIGHTS. 'Special Attention to tho fitting el Eye. Nitl fa. COPYRIGHTS. CAW I OBTAIN A PATENT f Far prompt answer end an bonest opinion, writ, to MINNA- :.. who bat bad nearly fifty !' xperienoe In th. p. tent business. Oomtuunice. tlons strictly oonlldanllal. A llandkouk of lo formation oooonrnlnt; Patents and bow to ob tain them tent free. Alto catalogue at maohin leal and aolentlno book, wot free. Patenu takea turuuuli Muua A Co. TMairt peoial notice Id the HcleutlHo Anierlran, and tout are broujrht widely before the public with, out otwt to the InTentor. Tula ulondid pauer. tasued weekly, elegantly llln.trated. baa by fur ttie lameat circulation of any aoiuntlfto work in the world. 6$ a year, tiample copies sent free. Bulldlua BdttibO, monthly, pjiU a year, ttlngle eoplea, 'H centa. Krery number contain beau tiful plates. In colors, and photottrapha of Dew bouses, with plana, enabling builders to show the latent neslims and secure oontreota. Address . JiUMN i CO ft JEW VOKK, aul BuoAUWaT. All silverware hand en graving free of charge. 1 "Alarm clocks 65 cents. Repairing promptly done by competent workmen. J. G. Wells, THE LEADING JEWELER, Main Street, Next to Poll office. AOKNDORPH'S PATINT MOTIONAL Steel Ceilings and Side Wall Finish. For Churches and Residence. Catalogue, Ple"J"l? eatluwu. on application to the Bole Manuntoturera, Tun mi itoi mrm en. WJ'rJii Also maker of LUjhtnln.. t ire and Btorm i w ttteel Koofln aad 8ldln. Ut circulars. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE COLUMBIAN
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