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;
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tills rmnor and I'leasa lit lluttri for Hoys
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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