THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
BROSB THE EOTTLE.
Au A.-Mr-nt Stved the Drr.e; Tlorh From
Coiki -unrnrra r it Wniuler. '
Th'? i tiMUfily or comedy, according
to th, liRlit In which ymi view It.
n.,f o' thi r ;-.ir"loti,:,. of a rlriirf fiore
!n A:lm: ?.. not lor..? ig drug c".cr
:n A sin-tll c;:y. There were anvi drug
cli-rks in the afJiv u the time, They dl
v;doJ the time, answi i InR the calls at
night and pet:: ? nhJi'r hours In the
da;,-, and the other .loini? l-nn hours.
"One nisrh:." tid tie Atlanta man,
"I tvaa In my room over the drug store.
I couldn't ik-ep, somehow, and I tossed
ah u: on my bod until I decided to pass
th? time reading. After a blt I heard
n. undone come In tha drug store below
1 h.irj my partner get Up and wait on
v oU.':rwrn In a few minutes I heard
th- cti.:omer n out and everything was.
(l-j.ei aain. Hut quiet only for a short
tim?.
"rre.aently I heard my colleague be
low n-aiking a'ooit unfa.iily, and I could
tel! by l'.v re.'voiu way in which he walk
e.l about 'tlix: something was 'the matter.
I -.vent don-n and found the young man
walking up and dnwn the floor, great
beads or perspiration standing out on hl
Jjrv.v and asrony written all over his face.
' 'I don't know what on earth 'to do,
he broke out in absolute despair, 1 mado
a mistake with that prescription. I was
so sieepy I did not know but s.invehow I
kept thinking after the boy left that I had
made a mistake, and 1 went to the ar
esnicand found that sure enough I'd put
enough arsenic In that prescription to
kill three men. For Ood s sake. If you
ithink of anything that can ba done, tell
me quick.'
"His face was drawn and white ami
his mind was at a terrible tension.
'Ppeak, speak, for Ood's sake, for t'he boy
was in a hurry and the man's already
taken tt, I'm afraid.'
" 'Wh?re does he live?' I asked.
' "His (face fell and an expression of ter
ror came over it. He dropped into a
chair. I
" 'I don't know,' he gasped.
' "I sat down facing him and for what
rscmed an hour we sait there looking at
i ach othfr, not ("peaking a word. What
jiassed through our minds no human
words can tell. We saw the dreadful ef
fect of Phe mistake death, disgrace to us,
ruin to the establishment, criminal charga
and forever afterwards the frightful
knowledge of having been criminally
mreless. Black pictures filled our minds.
Jt was an awful moment.
"We started at every Kttle sound. Wa
listened for the cry of the family of this
B'.ek one. We couH see the patient writh
ing in the throes of death death brought
on by a terrible, a criminal, an lnexeus
v. mistake. The cold sweat stood out
all over us.
"There came a sound ou'tside. We lis
tened intently. There was a knock on the
floor. We both sprang to our feet. I
TU'hed to the door.
"A small boy stood there crying. Ha
2kU t'r.e remnants of some broken pieces
of gliss In his hands. He threw his arm
over his eyes and cried as if his hetart
w JUld break.
" 'Oh, mister, please, sir please Sir,' he
blubbered. 'I couldn't help It. I stumped
my toe and boo hoo! fell down, and
boo hoo! broke the bottle.'
"We both seized him in our arms. My
companion gave him the sort of an era
bra?e that one gives to his sweetheart
after a year's separation and w wept on
Ws neck. The way we set that boy up
before letting him go ought to have, set
a pri-mium on breaking bottles among tho
small boys of tha: town." Atlanta Constitution.
A Tomato Soup Oo.tuin.
This Is tha simple story of a can of to
ma:oes bought In good faith by the nicest
little woman that any-body ever knew,
who has quite recently taken upon hr
rolr the care and guidance of a great
man, who poses around town as her hus
band, but who Is really her adoptJ child.
He needs direction and piloting:. Not
knowing the manners and customs of wo
mankind, George remarked the other
day one of the reasons for calling him
George Is that that is hi name that
when he was a boy the folks used to have
a most marvelous kind of tomato soup,
which ht did not believe could be du
plicated by ithe resources of his house
hold under its present direction. This
put Mrs. George on her nettle, her peo
ple having a reputation for cooking which
they cherished. Mrs. George was, unfor
tunately for her, the family pet. Every
body used to call her all kinds of ridicu
lous names, and refuse to take her se
riously, and so she was never thoroughly
grounded in the art of making soup.
But then anybody could and can make
soup by the light of nature. You can
buy canned soup for 15 cents in any gro
cery, that needs nothing but heating to be
satisfactory to the average palate. Mr3.
George had been told this by somebody,
and set out to get some of It. She bought
a can, brought it hom, and cooked it
with her own fair hands.
It appears that 'there are certain mis
guided tomatoes that have strongly de
veloped anarchistic tendencies, and It
was 15 centr worth of the social revolt
that Mrs. George brought home, rather
than quelled and quieted tomato soup, as
she had purposed. Her grocer had mis
taken her order and had given her a can
that had been In stock for some time,
awaiting a bride. She put the whole
package just as It came into the boiling
water, and in less time than It takes to
tell It, that kitchen was frescoed with to
matoes after a fashion that would be tho
despair of an impressionist artist. There
were red vegetables over everything, In
cluding Mrs. George. Ceiling, walls and
bride just dripped with esculent sub
stance and hot water, and there was no
one there to wipe her spoiled gown, or to
permit himself to be cried upon. Of
course, she wasn't hurt, or this story
could not be Cold, because she is too
sweet a little housewife to have insult
added to Injury; but she was very mad,
and -the more she considered her petti
coat the madder she became. Of course.
It was George's fault that stood out Ilka
a door knob she didn't want any toma
to soup. It was George's appetite that
bad cried out for (hat luxury, not hers.
But she said nothing except this, when
George returned home: "Say George,
when your mother made that tomato
aoup you were telling about this morning,
did she wear a mackintosh around the
bouse, or just carry an umbrella?" ChU
cjj Herald.
Bmflelent Rea.nn.
Mrs. Wick wire I really must hav a
pair of new bloomers.
Mr. Wlckwlre Wat Is the matter
with the ones you have?
Mrs. Wlckwlre They hardly have the
right to be called bloomers any moral
4hey are too seedy. Indianapolis Jour
nal. - ' . .
CUVER SWINDLE.
Tndnrrd a Jleri hant to Indorse n I'hecJl
for 111m by a I'rrullnr Nort of KenMming.
"One of tha cleverest HwinJiing
?ohenies I ever heard of was successful
ly worked right here In this city," said
District Attorney It.irtie.a tho other day,
as the lawyers In the Whiteman case sat
talking fsether while they waited for
the ver.lict of fie Jury.
"The case was brought to my office, but
try as we would we could find no charge
that would tit tha case and upon which
'there was any chanee of securing a con
viction. The principal was a bright
young man, and he dropped into one ot
the large Jewelry houses one day and
afked to see some diamonds.
"Ha seamed particularly pleased with
a pair cf big solitaire, but the price, $7!0,
toeme 1 too much for him. 'It's my wife's
b!r;hdiy to-morrow,' he said, "and I
haven't $750 now. Of course, I'm a
sit anger, and I supposo yju couldn't
trust me?' '
Th salesman said ho thought not. '
"The would-be purchaser still fingered
the stones, and then, as if struck by a
bright idea, he mentioned the name of
prominent capitalist and asked the cleric
if he knew the man. The clerk said yes.
The man mentioned had an account at
the store.
" 'I'll tell you what I'll do, then.' salj
the buyer. 'He gave me this check a
day or two ago, and I'll Indorse It over;
to you in payment for these diamonds.'
The check was for $1,000, and after
some consultation with the heads of tha
firm it was decided to aecept tho trade,
and the stranger departed with his Jew
els. "Heeomlng suspicious, however, tho
Jeweller took the check to the man who
was supposed to have msde it, and he
at once denounced it as a forgery. Then
a hunt was commenced for the stranger,
and when found the check was handed to
him and the diamonds were demanded
from him.
"He denied taat the eMc was a for
gery; said there was ame mistake some
where, and that he would see It all right,
but as the Jewellers were becoming anx
ious he finally proposed that he give back
the diamonds and they should return tha
check.
"The diamonds were brought, and
after being examined under a magnify
ing glass, were found to be the same ones
soli the day before. The check was given
back, but as the jewellers turned to go
the stranger pointed out 'that the check
was useless to him with his Indorsement
to them on the back, unless they reln
dorsed It to him. This they did, and de
parted. No sooner had they gone than the hold
er of the check went down to their bank,
and, on the Jewelry firm's indorsement,
collected the face value of the check.
"It was not a forgery," concluded Mr,
Barnes, "for we had no evidence to show!
that; it was not obtaining goods under
false pretences for the diamonds were
given back to the firm, and tt was not
obtaining money under false pretences,
because the note as Indorsed back
again. ' '
"We could not hold him on any charge,
and he went free, while the firm paid the
amount of the cheek," San Francisco
Call.
Couldn't Roslst.
Gertie How would you refuse an offer
of marriage?
Mertie I wouldn't.
A Financier,
He was a very little fellow, but al
bright as a dollar, as pretty as a Cupid,
with more of a regard for personal ap
pearance than the god of love, and
lived In the suburbs. He had been sav
ing up his pennies, nickels, and dimes
with the understanding that , on his
birthday he should be permitted to go
to town to spend his money Just as he
might see fit. The day came, and with
his aunt he visited the city and spent
the entire day away from home. When
he returned In the evening his father
asked him if he had enjoyed himself.
His nonchalant reply was: "Yes,
sir."
"Did you spend all your money?"
was asked suggestively.
"Yes, sir." 1
, "What did you buy?" queried tha
parent.
"B'nanaa."
"You don't mean to tell me you spent
all your money for bananas?"
"Yes, sir." '
"Good heavens, child, why did you
throw away all your money on bana
nas? Surely you . ild not eat all you
bought with thut $2.
"No, sir I dess boughted 'em all day,
an' T did eated two of 'em. Den I had
lots o' fun sklnnln' the others an
throwln' 'em at dogs." Indianapolis
Sentinel.
T at Office Boy.
In the office of one of the most schol
arly lawyers is a sign attached to a roll
top desk which seems to throw discredit
upon the education of the attorney In
question, as follows:
"Please don't throw papers on this
hear desk."
"Please put the telefone book where H
belong, It don't belong on those prem
ises. .
"Please don't bother me.
"Please get out qulckeren you coma
In." v
It Is needless to say that the desk wa
the property of the offlce boy.
A'
Tha Inelrl out lisrgaln,
Watts I hear you are going to send
your wife to th country for her health,
rotts Yes, I have to. She hasn't had
a well day since the dry-goods store
took to selling patent medicines at bar
gain rates. Indianapolis Journal.
' Bass, who has just returned from the
mountains, says that at his hotel they
were always sure of one thing at every,
meal namely, flies. ... , I .- j
; TESTS OP FARM MAPEK:Z3.
tnti lvnllng Kxprrtrnrnts Willi Draughts
of Agricultural Imiilrnie nln.
r.ul'.etins No. 4 and No. 7 of the T'tah
tixpTiment Station contain Intoreriln?
i -suits from tests of draught of farm
jons, plows, mowing machine and
barvo.ys, ns measured by a self-record-l::g
dynamometer.
The conclusions as stated in these bul
letins arc as follows:
That colters add to draught of plows
by some 15 per cent. That trucks or
wheels under the end of the plaw beam
decrea.-p draught by about 14 per cent.,
add uniformity to the furrow and lessen
tho work of the plowman.
When the traces are npt In line with
the draught of the plow the draught Is
Increased.
Lengthening the hltoh sllirhtly de
creased the draught. A share badly
sha-pened Increased the draupht 36 per
cf.-.t. over a new share, A dull share
drew harder than a sharp one, but not
as hard as a badly sharpened share.
Draught decreases with the depth and
with the width per square Inch of soil.
Walking plows gave slightly less
draught than sulky plows with rider.
Pulky plows drew easier down hill, but
nuch harder up hill than walking plows.
A ehar? straight on Its land side and bot
tom took land well and gave a slight
decrease of draught. A loss of draught
was found In a sulky plow when Its ad
justment to take land was made from
the polo.
A wagon with fellies 114 Inches wide
drew on moist, but close, blue grass
sward 41.6 per cent, harder than wheels
with fellies 3 Inches wide. On a dirt
road, slightly moist, tho narrow tires
drew 12.7 per cent, heavier than the
wide tires.
Draught on plank road Is one-flftleth
of the load, and not one-seventh of tha
draught on a dirt road In Its ordinary
condition after a rain.
A load over the hind wheels drew 10
per cent, easier than over the front
wheels.
Lowering the reach, or the coupling
pole, on the hind wheels decreased
draught; wagons draw easier when tho
traction has an upward Incline, and
harder when horses are hitched to tho
end of the pole.
Loose burrs reduced draught 4.5 per
cent.
An old mowing machine repaired drewi
easier than a new one.
The draught was 8.7 per cent, greater
for a well-sharpened sickle than for ono
more nicely sharpened.
A pitman box set tight gave less
draught than one ret quite loosely.
When cutter bar Is not near rl?;ht line
with pitman rod the draught is in
creased. When guards are out of line the
draught 13 Increased.
When cutter bar Inclines upward
draught is decreased.
When the sections of tho sickle do not
strike In the centra of the guards the
draught Is Increa-sed.
The draught was decreased ten pounds
by the driver walking.
A lo3 of force was observed when the
wheel at the end of cutter bar failed to
work well.
Mutton and Woo,
In a very careful and thoughtful arti
cle written by Henry Stewart he discuss
es in the Sheep Breeder the production
of muBton vs. wool:
"As fashions change, the supplies for
the manufacturers must change with
them, and thus It is that the shepherd
should be in clo.se touch with the wool
manufacturers, who use his product. Tho
woolen manufacturers of England,
which sustain several large towns, spe
cially devoted to this Industry, are sup
plied from all the world, the English
shepherds producing but a small part
of their raw material. This is unavoid
able, because the climate and the meth
ods of farming are not suited to the
product of the finest wool. So it is thait
the sheep's purpose In living In England
Is to yield the best mutton and the
fleece is a secondary object.
"As the laws of business are based on
tho same exigencies in all countries, the
rapid growth of the United States will
soon bring us Into the same predicament,
which must be met by the same con
ditions of the wool growing Industry, so
that we may expect that American shep
herds will soon be producing mutton
more than wool, and our wool will be
such as Is grown on the best mutton
sheep. The special wool bearer Is not
the product of a highly civilized com
munity, for a pastoral life does not ad
mit of this, but it Is carried on (n a sort
of semi-wild condition of life, as has
been the case on our Western plains
rather than of farms. Farming calls
for quite different conditions of life, and
It must In time happen that the majority
of our flocks will be kept on farms, and
not on the far-away ranches, where wool
growing must be the prime object of tha
shepherd.
"Now, the wool grower wants sheep
that will produce the staple at the low
est cost, the farmer wants the wool and
the mutton, and as he cannot hope to
compete on favorable term with the
special wool grower, he must go In for
mutton sheep, and thus produce the
coarser fleeces of the large sheep or the
cross breeds. Crons-breedlng has always
been the most profitable part of the busi
ness of the shepherd, and the English
farmers, who are proverbially success
ful producers of mutton, are noted the
world over for the profit they make from
their flocks. The majority of farms In
that country are managed on this basis,
and the rotation of their crops Is chosen
especially that the sheep may have a
good pasture on the young clover, and
a plentiful crop of roots which are either
consumed In the land for the sake of
manure, dropped and spread In the best
possible manner, or for feeding the fat
tening sheep through the winter. It Is
thus that tho English sheop outnumber
the Inhabitants of England, whlla we
cannot show more than half this propor
tion." Rattlftnnoke Antedot.
That strychnine Is a sure antidote for
the poison of a rattlesmx or snv other
serpent Is announced In a document
published by the United States Govern
ment, through the HmlthifoniHn Insti
tute. The author of the paper is a cele
bra ted expert In snake poisons, Dr. Leon
ard Stejneger. Alcohol, sa this r.a
thurlty, is not an antidote at all, but If
given In small quantities stimulates tho
patient to withstand the poison until an
antidote Is found, while large quantities
hasten the fatal effect of tha poison.
Liquid strychnine Is ta be administered
by hypodermlo Injections, by a physi
cian. .
In Norway a law provides that no
person shall be permitted to cut down
a tree unless he plants three saplings
In Its place.
A
ill fl Iff n Ti
fpR IO
The pot called
because the housewife
didn't use
SAPOLIO
B. F. Sharpless, Pres.
BLOOMSBUR
LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
Capital Stock, $30,000.
Plotted property is in the
town. It includes also cart of
equal in aesiraoiuty lor residence purposes.
unuiUJii UiS are onered
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 memoer ot tne iioard ot Directors.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
B. F. Sharpless:
C. W. Neal, A. G.
UR. tl. VV. JUOKEYNOLDS,
Do your walls need
papering ? If so,
call on
Wfllikm S. glate,
Exchange Hotel Bldo.,
and see for what
a small amount
you can have it
done. Our stock
is the largest and
most carefull y
selected in town.
The prices suit
the hard times.
William H. Slate,
HOOKS,- 8TA TIONER Y ANI
WALL PAVER.
GREAT BIG
PIECE
OF
CENTS
the kettle black
N. U. Funk, Sec. C. H. Campbell, Treas
coming business centre of the
the factorv distrifrt. an i lma nn
at values that will be doubled
J. L Dillon.
Briggs, Dr. I. W. Willits,
Jj. J. FUNK.
11-19-
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.
'Spl Attention to lis fitting
:! Ip with Glasses.
All silverware hand en
graving free of charge.
Alarm clocks, 65 cents.
Repairing promptly done
by competent workmen,
J. Q. Wells,
THE LEADING JEWELER,
Main Street, Next to Pott Ofllce,
drown Acme,
Tho host burning oil that
can be mado from potro
loum. It gives a' brilliant lifiht. It will not
smoke the chimneys, it will not chnr the
wick. It hns a high fire test II will not
evplode. It is ire-mincntly family safety
oil.
We Challenge Comparison with any
other illuminating oil made.
We stake our Reputation, as Refiners
upon the statement that it is
IN TIIK TVOHI.II.
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR.
Crown - Acme
BLOOMSBURG STATION,
BLOOM SBURC, TA
THE MARKETS.
BLOOMSBURG MARKETS.
00RRICTID WIIILT. BITAIL PRICKS.
Butter per lb $ a6
Eggs per dozen ,ao
Lard per lb , I2i
Hani per pound i2i
Pork, whole, per pound .06
Beef, quarter, per pound, . . . 07 to .10
wneat per Dusnei 7
Oats "
Rye " " 6s
Wheat flour per bbl 3.85
Hay per ton 8.00
Potatoes per bushel, ,e
Turnips " " 4j
Onions " " .75
Sweet potatoes per peck 95 to .30
Tallow per lb Al
Shoulder " "
Side meat " " CJ
Vinegar, per qt 0j
Dried apples per lb .05
Dried cherries, pitted n
Kispbemes t.
Cow Hides per lb i
Steer " "
CalfSkin
Sheep pelts 75
Shelled corn per bus ,75
Corn meal, cwt 90o
Br", " utS
Chop If ,5
Middlings " j'ij
Chickens per lb new 1 1
" "old 10
Turkeys " " I5
Geese " " tl
Ducks " " 10
COAL.
No. 6, delivered 40
" 4 and s " 3.50
"6 at yard ,.as
" 4 and s at yard 3.15
E. A. RAWLINGS.
DIALER IN
All Kinds of Meat.
Beef, Veal, Lamb, Mutton,
Pork; Hams, Bacon, Tongues,
Bclogna, &c. Free Delivery
to all parts of the town.
CENTRE STREET,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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