HINTS FOR CTCLERS. Home Suggestions Regarding the fare of the Wheel. The tnnst common rnimo for the "buckling" of steel rlmn and the crack ing of wooden ones In loose spoki'S, Ppokcs become loose without apparent cause. Steel and wood may be never so well treated In manufacture, but they cannot be made entirely Insensible to natural laws. The best of material In a wheel -will shrink and expand under changes of weather. Again, steel spokes even those made of hardest piano wire and "cold swaged," which means drawn out from the center and, buttened, will stretch, and will with usage wear Into wood rims where thev are fastened When these things happen and spokes are slack of their proper tension a wheel Is out of true. After the recent changes of weather every rider should go over his spokes, testing their tension with his ringers. A good way Is to snap them a you would harp strings, and notice whether they give notes of the same key, or nearly the same. Especially Is such attention required on the part of those who keep their machines In a warm room at home and let them stand In disuse for weeks at a tlma. Truing up a wheel by tightening the spokes Is a piece of flno work, which, as a rule, should be given to a master hand. For those of mechanical bent, who are willing to give the care and patience, and prefer doing It themselves. It Is advised that they proceed very slowly. After drawing up the spoke, which seams necessary, by turning the nipple at the rim, try the wheel again, and so go on, retesting the wheel after tightening each spoke that Is Indicated by the pencil markings. Tighten very little at a time. Usually a half or three Ouarter turn of the nipple la about all It is safe to give. The nipples ot ioni! wheels are made with flat sides, oi Phoulders, so that a small wrench or a pair of pliers can be used for tightening. Where this Is not the case, a clamp or "key" specially made to fit the nipple can be bought of the maker. Something that Is not taught In Slcycle schools, and which comparatively few riders have learned to use, Is the ankle motion. It la employed by keep ing only the toes and ball of the foot on the pedal, bending the foot at the in step with every revolution, and follow ing the pedal around, so as to keep a constant pressure on It. The pressure will not be even in every position, but It should be sufficient to help lift the pedal through Us backward motion from the bottom to the top of Its periphery. By using this ankle motion the muscles in the calves will get more exercise, and the muscles of the thighs will be re lieved. A pump that wheezes and does not work properly has a washer on the pis ton that is dried up or worn out. Un screw the top of the pump, and put enough oil on the leather washer to swell It. It pays to invest In a foot pump for home use, but on the road the small hand pumps are most convenient. Experienced repairers say that the majority of the Jobs brought to them can be attributed to the fact that the owner has been riding with tires not pioperly Inflated. A heavy rider should have much more air In his tires than a lighter man, because the former causes them to flatten more when riding. Tires pumped very hard are less likely to puncture than those which present a broad, soft surface of contact with the ground, because of being only partially Inflated. In wet weather, cyclists Bhould have much more care wher they ride than in dry weather. Rubber cuts much easier when wet, and rainy day punctures are plentiful. New York Times. Remarkable Cane. An interesting fact which will Illustrate how money travels, was re lated to a Cataract representative a few days since. Some seventeen years ago, Mr. R. A. Shuyler, at present amployed on the local -customs force received In change a half-dozen bright new Canadian half dollars. Just previous to the time Mr. Schuyler had had made a steel stamp bearing his name and to test It, staraptd on each of the coins the word "Schuy ler." Of course he never expected to see any one of them again, and he gradually disposed of them until the last left his possession. After that Mr. Schuyler entirely forgot the occur rence, but it was called to his mind some five years ago by Mr. Frank La wson, who at the time was running an elevator on the Canadian side of the river. One day Mr. Lawson asked Mr. Schuyler It he had ever stamped his name on a Canadian half dollar, mentioning the date, and the tatter's mind at once re verted to the occasion some twelve years before. Lawson then told him he had that day recelvad from an Kngltsh man a half-dollar bearing the mark "Schuyler." The Englishman had re ceived it at Liverpool and Mr. Lawson valued It so highly as a curiosity that be refused to sell It to the former pos sessor whose name It bore. Mr. Schuyler thought no more of the marked money until some days ago, when he wag quite surprised to And among the money paid In at the custom house a half-dollar bearing his name and without a doubt one of those mark ed by him. This he received and now prizes it very highly. Niagara Falls Cataract. Electricity for Women, A new electrlo device for women's use is an artistic little heater by which crimping Irons and curling tongs may be heated without the dangers that often result from using kerosene or alco holic lamps. Electricity 1b also soon to displace the hot water. The means employed will be a flexible wrap of silk thtt can be applied to any part of the body and heated at once with a current of electricity to any temperature desired. Instead of the hot water and steam Turkish baths, we are to have a down comforter charged with electrlo heat, ' and a Turkish towel charged In the same way, with which to dry the hair after It has been washed. In any house where electric lights are r.td these conveniences are available. Inside of each is an arrangement ot xtremely flexible wires that will con form to any folds given the material In vhlch they are placed. They are con nected by a silk-covered wire, also flex. Jble, at the end of which there Is a metallic plug to make (iectrlo contact with tho lights In the room. There Is nald not to be the slightest possibility if receiving a shock or of fire from their i.ne, as all tho details have buen caro fully worked out. New York PoU A SMART WOMAN. flow Che Frightened A way n IVrslstent Tramp, hlle a woman of New Brunswick was alone In her houso recently. tramp knocked Insolently at the door and demanded refreshments. x m looKing ror work," lie said, "an i want someining to eat at once or there will be some trouble." "I have fed three bltf, strong fellow like you to-dny, and I think that I BufTlclent," she answered. wen, 11 you uon t give me some thing I will stay here all day," and the iiouo coolly sat on the stoop. The lady got an alarm clock and wound It up. Then she went Into the front room where her voice could be heard by the tramp. Causing the alarm to ring, she shouted: Hello, central! Give me police star lion, please." The tramp was all attention. Then lie heard the following counterfeit con versation: is this the police station? Please send an officer to my house at once, There Is a tramp here who refuses to leave the yard. What? Yes; he ought to ne in prison. All right." " The tramp started for the street In double quick time. Jewelers' Keview, Gen. Custer's t heck. The tragic death of Gen. Custer and his gallant men at the hands of the Sioux Indians in the massacre of Lit tle lflg Horn was recalled the -other day at liismarck, N. D., says a recent din patch from that town, by the forward ing to Mrs. Custer of a check for $1,500 drawn to the order of Gen. George A. Custer, in 1876. The check is dated June 25, and Is signed by IJ. L. Smith at that time assistant paymaster of the army. It was on June 25, 1S76, that the massacre took place. The check Is still unpaid, and soiled and tattered though it be, constitutes a valid claim against the government for the amount repre sented on 4t3 face, which was no doubt intended as part payment of Gen. Cus tors salary as an officer of the United States army. here the chock has been all these years no one knows, least of all Michael Francis, who found It In the street at Bismarck, last February, and who has retained It In his possession until now. When Francis picked up the bit of pa- per it was almost as legible as when It was drawn, but three heavy creases in It showed that It had been worn through. The pnrts were Joined togeth er by narrow strips of paper pasted on the back, and the edges were some what soiled, as though the paper had at one time been dropped In the mud. No endorsement appears upon the back of the check and the face shows the mark of no cancellation stamp. demonstrating that the check has never been presented for payment. The check was, no doubt, forwarded to the north west before the news of the Custer mas sacre reached Washington. Had It reached those In charge of the dead soldier's effects It would have been sent back at once In order that one payable to the heirs could have been sent In Its place. It has evidently been under shelter somewhere, and tho chances are that it was lost last Feb ruary and swept out Into the street where It was found by Mr. Francis. Women as Mugnpts. "You don't believe these stories about women being human magnets, do you?" Ijora asked. "Some of them are mighty attrac tive." David said, looking at her keen ly. Dora blushed. "I don't mean that," she said; "I mean their doing such great things lilting half a dozen men and all those tricks. Do you believe it?" "Well, I don't know," David reflec tively answered; "I saw a woman to dayshe wasn't more than five feet Mich, and slight at that I saw her Just lift a finger It was right In the street, crowds of people around her she raised h( r finger and and " "Well, for pity takes, what?" ex claimed Dora, Impatiently, "Don't be eo long about It." "1 don't go bo far as to say she had electrical powers," David pursued, calmly; "I won't undertake to explain what It was, but this much I can vouch for, for I saw It with my own eyes the moment she raised that little finger it had a dainty pink nail on It a heavily loaded street car that was pas lng came to an Instant Btop." But Dora, with heightened color, de clared that If ever another woman lived, who was married to so mean a man,' all she had got to say was that she pitied her. New York Recorder. 1. Just as a Favor. The man who knows It all had been talking, and in his superior way had settled every question that had come up until the quiet little man was moved to speak. "Will you grant me one little favor?" he asked humbly, as became a man who realized that he waa addressing one who knew It all. "Certainly," replied the other. "What is it?" "Well, will you kindly permit mo to know something about one or two sub jects In which I am personally inter ested If I will concede all the knowl edge of everything else to you?" And after that there was a lull In the conversation that seemed to indicate that permission had been given. Chi cago Post. A Query About llralns, . ' An Irishman was at work at a stone quarry, pulling up loads of broken roc:c out of a shaft with a windlass. The windlass was exposed to the sun, and the labor was very hard, but the man had on his head a straw hat from Which the crown had been torn. "Look here," said the visitor to the Irishman, "aren't you afraid the sun will Injure your brain?" Pat paused In his work, and looked steadily and wonderlngly at his ques tioner. "Brain!" said he. "Me brains is It? 'An' do ye think that af I had any brains I'd be turnln' this windlass?" This Will rieaite the New Woman. He The serpent knew what a wo man was when he entered the Garden of Eden. She Yes, he knew woman and man, too. You remember the story, I see. He Of course. She Yes. He tempted Eve through hrr reason; she tempted Adam throaKh his stomach. New York Weekly. THE COLUMBIAN, Tliosa Who Are Always With Ds, r ' vntc more tne cities, ereat and small, and the country townships am districts luve on their hands those who must be subsisted on charily, inenuniDcr is not diminishing, bu rather increasing, from year to year, vii, Dom inose who must give in charily and those who must be eup ported, will have to be provided for as may De tl.e present winter. The ever increasing number of these unfortunates and the ever in creasing burden they entail on a com munity win De apt to commend to charity authorities next spring tiie plan inaugurated by Mayor Pingrce of Detroit namely, that of asking property owners to donate vacan cuy iois on wnicn men and women who nave no means ot support can plant gardens and raise vegetables Jor sale or ior their own use, as they may choose. In Detroit, in New York city and elsewhere this system has been so successful that it will doubt less be more and more widely adopt ed. Some charitable aid is needed in the beginning to carry out the idea successfully, such as buying seeds and tools, but this expense is not great and can easily be" met by appro priation from the public charity fund Une of the best results of the sys tern is that it very quickly draws the dividing line between the poor who will work and those who will not Among those who raised garden veee tables on the lots donated bv William Steinway on Long Island last summer were numbers of men who had been once well to do, some of them btina couege graduates. j'Jx. - Tried to Abduct Bun. More About Soloman Dirk, of Pins Town ship. --Ho is Now In Jersey. By a forced drive from Trevorton to Shamokin Solomon Dirk was placed on the Reading 5 o'clock morning tram ana taken to Newton, IS. j , a day or two ago. A preUy and faithful young niece, Miss Susan Dirk, ac companied the persecuted old man, who has not been able ta walk a step since the battle of SDOttslvania. at which time he fell to the ground with a rebel bullet in his body, and was a few minutes later run over by a cavalry horse, which broke the soldier's back. Since then he received $7"; a montn pension and owing to alleged cruel treatment by his wife and family, ne lett them in Columbia county to end his days in Trevorton. Numerous times since the family tried to take him back and control some of the property, but he managed to stay where he was until news of a well- planned plot to abduct him reached his ears, when he foiled the con spirators by making the sudden flight o Jersey. bunbury Item. The Tirst Days of the World. When geology took up the world's history, in early Archaian days, three hundred millions of years had already passed since the molten rocks of the sun like earth had formed from the condensing nebulas. The cooling of the exterior had gone torward with remarkable slow ness, but at last it was hard, solid rock : the thick, heavy vapors had begun to condense, and waters, hot and acid, covered the world, or at least its greater part. Over the continental region the sea was more or less shallow, and the breaking and grinding of the ocean's bed laid the nucleus for future land. . A triangular island slowly appear ed above the waste of waters, in what is now the Hudson's Bay region ; there appeared, too, a narrow strip which in centuries to come was to be the Highlands of the Hudson ; there was also a coast line in the broad area covering the Rockies j small Islands dotted the great northern seas where Norway and Sweden now stand As time passed, the waters slowly became cooler, and at last life, lowly life, appeared in some structureless plants and animals. A warm and equable climate cover ed the land, and a clouded sky tempered the rays of the sun ; but the rocks were yet bare, and no sounds filled the air save those of a lifeless and voiceless nature, the surging of the waters and raging of the tempest. But a gradual change was taking place ; the seas adjoining these primordial islands became shallower ; corals and sea-lilies filled the bays ; mollusks and crustaceans had begun, and for ages mollusk life reigned supreme in this embryo world Harvey li. liaahore, in February LippincQtt'a. It is one of the beautiful compen sations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without thereby helping himself. asy to Take asy to Operate Are features peculiar to flood's Pills. Small In size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. As one man said: "Vou never know you have taken a pill till It is all TJrtk over." 2flo. 0. 1. Hood & Co., IT 111 Proprietors, Lowell, Muss. Tho only pills to tuke wltU Hood's SarsuparUla, BLOOMSBURG, PA. : s s The Cough which Lingers not affected by ordinary cough medicines7 will yield readily to because it gives strength to the throw off the 50c and $1.00. Alt Druggists. ask fOR the bsmn on iight and GIVES "bBEST UGHT IH THE ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits ana Nuts SOLK AGENTS FOR Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. Goods .a. Speoialtt, SOLE AGENTS FOR t .F. Adams & Co's Fine Solo agents for the Haary Clay, Londrcs, Normal, Indian Princoss, Samson, Silver As Bloomsburg Pa. AT And see the largest collection bought before the advance in our early buying. wur iau ana winter unaerwear ana Hosiery is now on our counters at prices never heard of before. Cor.ircn Iron axd Main Sts. You will realize well who live cleanly," if you use APOLSO B. F. Sharpless, Tres. N. U. Funk, Sec C. II. Campbell, Treas. CBLOOMSBURCO LAUD IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. ' Capital Stock, $30,000. Plotted property is in the coming business centre of the town. It includes also part ot equal in desirability for residence (JUUlUJU L.U13 are ottered 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 an- plication. Call upon or write to the Secretary, or J. S. Woods. Sales Agent, or any member of the Board of Directors. BOARD OF . B. F. Sharpless: C. W. Neal, A. C. Dr. II. W. McReynolds, ffPri Iow For the finest and best stoves, tinware, roofing, spouting and general job work, go to W. W. Watts, on Iron street. Buildings heated by steam, hot air or hot water in a satisfac tory manner. Sanitary Plumbing a specialty. I have the exclusive control of the Thatcher steam, hot water and hot air heaters for this territory, which is acknowl edged to be the best heater on the market. All work guaranteed. IRON STREET. because of a run down con dition of the system, and is drrvufsicn. disease. W6WJJ ITAESSSuVTrX SMt Cut Chewina Tobacco following brands of Cigars- 1 W. H. MOORE'S of shoes in the county. All prices. You eet the benefit of W. H. floore. that "they live the tactory district, and has no purposes. at values that will be doubled DIRECTORS. T L Dillon. Briqgs, Dr. I. W. Willits. N. tl. Funk. Good Wofk. W. W. WATTS, lllooinsburg't P; NMC-ly iTTT r 11 ft ii Popular Magazines FPU THE HOME. frrvk 1 FRANK LESLIE'S POPULAR . MONTHLY Contains each Mnnth t Original WattrColnr KnintUplece I 1 28 Quarto T'agc of Kradlng Muttar: 100 New and Hltrh-claia llluntra Hons Mora l.ltrrary Matter and Illustra tions than any other Magailna In Amarlca. 23 cts. $i Year. Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours FOR BOYS AND CURLS. A Urtiflit, rho1pnomn, JnTcnII Monthly. Tully Illustrated. The best writers for young people oonti lhuto to It. 10 cts. ; SI a year. SSKD ALL SUBSCRIPTIonS TO THE COLUMBIAN Bloomsburg, Pa. Ct.t'B RATRS. ThoCOU'MniANand Prank Issue's Popular Monthly one yenr for tanii, or tills rmnor and I'leasa lit lluttri for Hoys and Olrls, for 11.80. Undoubtedly the Best Club Offers I for New lltuMtrated jrtmtum wt. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. 00BBICTID W1IILT. BITAIL PBI0IS. Butter per lb $ Eggs per dozen Lard per lb , Ham per pound Pork, whole, per pound Beef, quarter, per pound, . . . Wheat per busheL 4 4 .10 .12 .06 .07 .65 23 50 Oats " " Rye " Wheat flour per bbl. , . 3. 60 Hay per ton ia to $14 Potatoes per bushel .Q Turnips " " ,aS Onions " 50 Sweet potatoes per peck 25 to .30 1 aiiow per id Shoulder " " Side meat " " 4i .11 .07 .07 OS .10 .12 3, OS .80 75 .60 Vinegar, per qt. . JJned apples per lb. . Dried cherries, pitted Raspberries Cow Hides per lb..., Steer " "'... Calf Skin Sheep pelts Shelled corn per bus. . Corn meal, cwt 2.00 liran, Chop Middlings I.OO I. IO I. IO .08 .IO .IO .IO .08 Chickens per lb new " "old Turkeys " " Geese " " Ducks " " ' " COAL, No. 6, delivered. f.40 35 " 4 and s . " 6 at yard. 2.25 " 4 and 5 at yard 35 E. A. RAWLINGS. DIALER IN All Kinds of Uleat. Beef, Veal, Lamb; Mutton, Pork, Hams, Bacon, Tongues, Bologna, &c. Free Delivery to all parts of the town. CENTRE STREET, m BLOOMSBURG, PA. ftoTTelephone connection. PATENTS Paujnt business conducts for MobKKATi S'l'' PAT- mow from wiuVwftuS. U'08e n tlonD1wi,,vfLaT,,n ?r Plot0' "I1 drlp lion, we advise if niiinniMi.io . : A- 8JJW CO,, Washington, 1. CI (Qppoalte U. 8 Patent omoe.) Bring the Babies. NSTANTANEOUSPROCESS USED. Qit-;,.ii r-... ..1 . ... . v.....,7 .uii-nuss jjiiaiuiiuxu pnotographs, crayons and copvs at reasonable prices We use exclusively the Collolion Anstotype pa pers, thus securing greater beauty of finish and permanency of results. CAPWELI, MARKET SQUARE GALLERY. ' 1-22-iy. Over llortnian's Store. GET YOUR mm JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE
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