THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA.
LOVER'S LAKE.
E$t of blu-th aiane that thrill, ,
Whlprrlnirs of the old, old tale, . "
Moonlight ullVrlng distant hlll 5
With ttg dreamy, filmy veil; "
rffwn the relh our nlow feet treti't,
Our shadows with the mnples blend,
In our hearts the same refrain
'Aa. -e roam through Lover's Lano,
Tver's lane Is lined with trees. U
Btalelv mnples, elm and oak, ' . i i.
'And the network of their leaves
O'er the pathway spreads a cloak!
But now and then a truant ray v'
Of saury ninonlUht finds Its way .!'.
Into the bower of Cupid's gain,
'Ad sees strnnge things In Lover's Lane.
In' quaint old town a maid I knew,
An artless, falr-harlred maid was she!
those coral lips and those eyes of blue,
Sweet was the spell 'e cast o'er me;
In'the dreamy nlshta of summer weather
Roamed we through the lane together,
Hearts throbhlng fond'y the old refrain
fo- the song of the thrushes In Lover's
Lane.
Birieet thoso days of the long ago, "
.When we strayed through the leafy
aisle.
Our hearts as light as the wanton flow
Of the music of birds without guile
Twas long ago; but the eyes of blue,
Ad. the silken hair, soft as the dew.
Are as sweet to-day as when we twain
Roamed together In Lover's Lane.
WHAT HAPPENED.
Aunt Patty awoke early- with the
bright April morning, feeling sure
something was going to happen. She
had heard High Top Calvin, the king
of the flock, crow nine times at mid
night; and Lympathy Limp, the lame
White pullet, was cackling before sun
rise. As the moments passed, and Aunl
Patty begun putting on the garments
that lay bo smooth and orderly on the
high-backed chair, she felt surer and
surer her convictions would come true.
She put one stocking on wrong Bide out,
the right shoe on the left foot, and
skipped three holes in lacing her stays.
She tried twice to put both arms into
one sleeve of her dress and buttoned It
by leaving two holes at the top with
no buttons, and two buttons at the
bottom with no holes. She could still
her reasoning no longer, but said, aloud,
"Patty Prentice, are you a fool?"
' Just at she had got the refractory
buttons into place, there came a pro
longed knock at the little porch door
below. "Oh, dear me!" she said, "what'
poming now ? Somebody must be dead."
Her thoughts and tongue ran swiftly
as she tried to untie the nightcap
strings that in her hurry had got into
a bard knot. "P'raps It's Deacon Hop
kia's wife. Belinda Johnson said last
night, the doctor said she couldn't pull
through; or may be it's Martha James's
husband's mother; she's- awful feeble.
Or what If It should be Jo Backus's
boy, Jim. He always throws a stone
at Sancho every time he passes here,
jfSancho is her ikar, companionable cat.)
Tbey say Jim's likely to get killed any.
tlrue."
Aunt Patty had conquered the strings,
arid hung the cap on the bedpost. She
started down the naiTOw stairs, still
thinking of Sancho's persecutor, and
repeating, "The Lord gave, and the
Lord taketh away; blessed be the name
of the Lord." She crossed the little,
low kitchen, and reaching the porch,
mtved aside from the door the long
iwoodbox, with Its pile of tin pans.
! Aunt Patty had not the protection of
fi roan In the house, "but tin pans could
uifake as much noise as a man, any
itlrue," she said, "and perhaps were as
gucd In protecting."
She slid back the little bolt, turned
the wooden button, asking, in an anx
10440 voice: h
j ''What is it? What is it?" '
' "Mover wants you to come rite over,
'Aunt Fatty," a childish voice says.
"She's got unapected company. Don't
etfrp to get any bweakfast. I ain't had
mfae, never."
"Unspected company, unepected com
pany," repeats Aunt Patty. "I wonder
If the day will ever come when I am not
at the beck and call of everybody's un
spected company and plled-up mending
ba.sket." But she reaches down,
smooths the tangled hair, and kindly
ea-e:
"Well, you come in, Johnnie, and you
cstn eat some doughnuts while I'm get
ting ready."
Her doughnuts are known to every
crfjtd In the village; they are a gener
ous kind, or, as the children say, "not
all hole." It Is a bright gleam of sun
stone in her lonely life that children
loi-e her, and many childish sorrows
ar(Q wrongs are soothed by her ready
sympathy and the contents of the never
erdpty tin box in the little square cup-txjpj-d.
Aunt Patty Is soon ready, for she is
ihk a precise old maid .who must leave
everything at an exact angle. She
often says "there are old maids from
cbjpice, and old maids from compulsion,
aril I am sort of betwixt and between.'1
Bit many of the village people remem
ber the lover of Aunt Patty's girlhood1,
arid often over the teacups has the pre
d&tlon been given: "They'll both get
tired of living alone, and make it all
urt. You see If they don't.'
' Johnnie feeds the hens, while Aunt
Pftty Puts Sanoho's breakfast under
till' doorstep, with the always added
admonition, "Now, Sancho, if you see
JiCn Backus coming, you run right un
der the hen-house," She closes tha
gate, and stops to look at the lilac
bush, and thinks of the purple plumes
so: closely hidden in those bright green
bitds. "How kind Nature Is to all life
enjTusted to its caie," she Bays, aloud;
"aid it never makes a mistake." She
trrfnks how sweetly the birds sing, and
h&v much of life there is In thla bright
spring morning. She finds herself soft.
ly pinging:
"Jf it were always Slay, sweetheart,
If It were always May."
of nearly fifty years. But she
cainot close her eyes to the swelling
btfys and sweet awakening that shows
at every step along the roadside. They
crpss the narrow bridge, and Johnnie,
gipwlng Impatient, runs ahead and
Let's hurry now, Aunt Patty, for
mnjjer is waltln ."
She follows Johnnie Into the houae
through the long entry, and stops just
atft'the sitting room door, to leave her
bginet and shawl. She hears the child's
vdj:
71 didn't tell, I did t tell. Now, Un-
el I John, div me the candy.
Mrs. Hastings mu her at the door,
arty says, in a glad voice:
( Uncje John has come back, Aunt
P&ity, and w want you here fur a good,
day."
t?ho hears another voice speak her
name, she feels a warm hand take hers,
and like one In a sleep she enters tha
rom. She hears the questions and re
plies, but all sound far away only
Juhnnie's happy voice seems real.
"You ain't got to do noflln to-day,
Aur.t fatty; not sew, nor mend, nor
noifln. Mover said so didn't she, Un
cle John?"
"Unlffw she will mend a broken life,"
he slowly answers.
"I dess she can," says Johnnie, ' for
my wocklng hoss dot his tall bowked
otf, and she stuckt it on Jlst as good as
ever."
Aunt Patty takes the mending basket,
thankful for ouce to busy herself with
its contents.
So the quiet spring day goes on.
Neighbors drop in to see the wanderer.
Talk of travels, Western lite, and many
changing scenes, she hears, but her
own heart is treading the path that
thirty years have made. Many pictures
were dim and almost forgotten, but to
day the fires of memory are all lighted,
and every image Is shown in truthful
outline. The hasty words, the parting,
the waiting and uncertainty, and then
the lonely years.
The sunbeams have just failed to en
ter the west window as Aunt Patty
folds the laBt garm nt, and puts the
needles and thimble into the work-bag.
She speaks of Sam ho and the hens
needing their supper, nd hurriedly puts
on the bonnet and shawl.
A tall form waits at the door, and to
gether they walk down the path, across
the narrow bridge, and along the coun
try road. They talk but little. Each
heart Is asking and answering Its own
questions. They enter the yard; she
closes the low gate, and turning to the
road, they stand and look at the pic
ture. There Is the frsh, green meadow
below with the wlnd.ng river, the blue
hill beyond, and all softened with the
lights of the spring suneet. She sees It
all to-night with a girl's clear eyes of
years ago. He speaks her name; she
turns to see him standing with head
bowed and hands clasped.
"Patty." he says: "Patty, will you re
peat the words you tald here at the gate
thirty years ago: 'You are all to blame,
John Hastings. I will never marry
you,' and leave the never out?"
Her face shows a started look that
changes to a tender smile, and softly
she answered:
'I will leave the never out." And
that is what happened. Rachel B. Mac-
Mullln.
The OOlce-Saeklng- Ilorde.
At the beginning of every administra
tion Washington fills up with persons
who desire some office either In the
States, In the departments or In the
foreign service, writes ex-President
Harrison In discussing "The Presiden
tial Office." Many of these persons
have a limited purse, and as the days
pass on this Is exhausted, and impa
tience and ill temper come in. Many of
these persona are deserving and well-
fitted to fill the ofllces they desire. But
it Is impossible to find places for all the
destrvlug, and the position of the Pres
ident is full of trial. The suspense and
uncertainty that the office-seeker suf
fers Is Illustrated by the case of a man
from my own State who thought he
had good reason to expect an appoint
ment fiom President GarSeld. After he
had been weeks at Washington and had
brought to bear all the influence he
could command, I met him one day on
the street and asked Kim how he was
getting along. His answer was, "Very
well, very well, but there Is nothing
focal yet." It was wonderfully expres
sive, and has remained In my memory
as a type of the state of uncertainty
which accompanies office-seeking.
"Nothing focal yet," but a hope that is
hard to kill.
There are few offices at Washington
the salaries of which enable the Incum
b.?nt to save any money, and the aver
age experience of those holding places
in the departments, I am sure, is if
they would express it, that private busl
nesa offers better returns and gives a
better chance for advancement. Ladp.s
Home Journal.
Charcoal From Leather,
The manufacture of charcoal of an
important commercial value, from com
mon leather waste or scrap, that Is, as
charcoal produced from leather has
been found to be of such peculiar value
In certain processes of tempering, a plan
has been brought forward for utilizing
the waste leather which accumulates In
shoe shops, etc., by converting It Into
charcoal. The plant for manufac
turlng this kind of charcoal consists es
sentially of a metal retort, something
like those for the production of illumi
nating gaa, and the cost of such an
equipment Is calculated not to much ex
ceed $200, while one man unaided can
easily operate the whole. The shrink
age of the leather scrap in thus beconv
ing charcoal Is said to be not more than
BO per cent.
rhotography and tha North Pole,
Prof. Dyche, of Kansas, who is plan
ning an expedition to discover the North
Pole, says that he will, in case of suo
eer. prove the reality of his discovery
by means of photography. "I will take
a bullet and suspend It from a string,"
he says. "That bullet will cast a shad
ow. I will photograph that shadow of
the bullet through the day. Now, down
here In this latitude the shadow of that
bullet made by the sun would In a day
travel In, or describe an ecllpBe. Now,
when w? reach the North Pole the
shadow of that bullet will describe
perfect circle. This will, of course, be
photographed. Of course it will only be
ni-cesary to photograph and bring back
to the world an arc, or piece of the cir-
I'alialng In Tar.
According to the Journal dee Usines
n (iuz, colors excellently adapted to the
cheaper kinds of painting can be made
by employing coal-tar instead of oil as
a vchl.'le. Coal-tar paints cover a larg
er surface by one-fourth than an equal
vvlsht of oil-colors, require no varnish
lnt', ai.d dry very quickly. They may
he applied on fresh pluster, damp walls,
c:u nt, wood, or metal, and moreover,
r.otK dinlnfocting properties, due to
the carbolic acid they contain.
A New Zealand Spider,
There Is a spldr In New Zealand
t'.uLt throws colls out of its web around
Ye head of ita prey until the wretched
vh.tlm is first blinded and then choked
In many unfrequented' dark nooks ol
lbs bush you come across most perfect
tki'lt'tons of small birds caught in tbes
terUWe soflres. . .... .,,,
8TR0NQER THAN SANDOV,
Cincinnati Believes She has the Strongest
Man in the World.
Cincinnati claims to have the
strongest man in the world, Sandow
not excepted. His name is Henry
lloltgrewe, and lie holds not only the
gold medal of the state of Ohio for
heavy lifting, but also the Sandow
gold medal for feats of strength.
Sandow gave the latter to him a few
months ago with the direction to de
fend it against all comers, and he is
now prepared to defend it against
Sandow himself. He is 33 years of
age and was born in Osnabruck,
Prussia. He came to Cincinnati 12
years ago,
He is
about 5 feet 6 inches in
His chest expansion is an
height.
inch more than
Sandow's, and he
more around the
measures an inch
muscles of the arm. He can lift dead
weights with one hand that other
strong men cannot lift . with two.
One of his feats is to lift a dumbbell
weighing 305 pounds with one hand
and put it aoove his head, then to let
one man of 150 pounds to hang to
each end. He takes a 200 pound
dumbbell, puts it straight over his
head with one hand and lies down
upon his back and rises again without
letting the weight touch the floor.
He takes a 250 pound dumbbell, puts
it across his neck and shoulders, bal
ances a man on each end, two others
midway and one in the center, and
walks backward and formard across
the room.
Recently he had built a platform
after the style of Sandow's. It weighs
200 pounds. On this he places his
dumbbells, which weigh 1,600 pounds,
and eight men, who weighed 1,400
pounds, and lifts the whole weight
with his shoulders.
Holtgrewe is a great hero in unpro
fessional circles in Cincinnati, and his
friends have for some time been
urging him to make a public declara
tion of his strength. He is quiet and
unassuming, but leaves Cincinnati
with absolute confidence in his ability
to establish his claim to being the
strongest man in the world. Cincin
nati Commercial Gazette
Indigestive poisons are the bane of
the dyspeptic s hie. When sick, see if
your sickness is caused by indigestive
poisons. If so, take Shaker Digestive
Cordial. This is the only certain way
of beintf permanently cured, because
it is the only way that gets rid of the
poisons. You know that fermented
food is poisonous. You know that
poison is unhealthy. Shaker Digestive
Cordial clears the stomach of fer
menting food, and purifies the blood
and system of indigestive poisons. It
cures indigestion and the diseases that
come of it. Headache, dizziness,
nausea, stomacn-ache, weakness,
flatulence, constipation, loss of ap
petite, irritability, etc. These are a
few of the symptoms, caused by indi
gestive poisons, cured by Shaker Di
gestive Cordial.
At druggists, price 10 cents to $i.oo
per bottle.
Millions of American flags fluttered
to the breeze last Saturday, the
anniversary of the nation's birth,
and in every part of the inhabitable
globe, wherever there is an American
citizen, the Stars and Stripes
proudly waved. The flag celebrated
its one hundred and nineteenth anni
versary on June 14. This is an ex
traordinary flag year. Since March 1
flag factories all over the country
have been running on double time.
The pattern of the flag includes one
new star now for Utah and by an
old law of Congress the star of a new
State can only be added to the flag
on the fourth of July followiug its
admission. These new flags have
been distributed to every Government
building in the nation, to the war
ships, the military posts, and they
first saw the light of day on Saturday
last. The new regulation Govern
ment flag is five feet six inches long
by four feet four inches wide. The
field is two feet six inches long by
two feet four inches M ide.
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Proprietors, Lowell, Mass.
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Tiro only ptlU to tako with llood'n Barsuparllla.
Printed Signs-
The following cards siins are kept
on hand at this office : "Keep off ti e
Grass. This nroneitv for rent. Inamre
of ," This propeity for sale, Inquire
of ," "For Sale " Any can! sign
printed to order on shoit notice. tf.
Candidates can secure their card
at this office on short notice and at
reasonable rates. a tf.
Floods
B. F. Sharplkss, Tres.
N. U.
BLOOMSBURCc?
LAUD IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
Capital Stock, $30,000.
Plnltol nronoifv is in the cominf' business centre of tlie
town. It. inr.lntles also nnrt of
equal in desirability for residence purposes.
CHOICE LOTS are offered at values that will bo doubled
in a fihort time.
No such opportunity can bo had elsewhere to make money.
Lots secured on SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS
Maps of the town and of plotted property furnished on ap
plication.
C!ll unon nr wrttft frt flip fipfrpfnrv. or .1. fi. Woods. Sales
Agent, or any member of the
BOARD OF
B. F. Siiaupless:
C. W. Neal, A. G.
Dr. II. W. McReynolds,
ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
DEALERS IN
Cigars, Tobacco. Candies, Fruits and Huts
SOLK AGENTS FOR
Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh. Every Week.
jPi.'tTXT-s Goods Specialty",
SOLE AGENTS FOR
F. F. Adams & Co's Fine
Sole agents for the
foniy Clay, Londres, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver A3
Bloomsburg Pa.
fVicef Iow Jmd
For the finest and best stoves, tinware, roofinjr, 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, banitary rlumbing a specialty.
I have the exclusive control of the Thatcher steam, hot
water and hot air heaters lor this territory, which is acknowl
edged to be the best heater on the market. All work guaranteed.
IRON STREET.
SHOES
We buy right and sell right.
OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON THIS FACT.
Honest trading has won us hosts
"We are selling good shoes, bo good you ought to see
them. Drop in and we will make it pay you.
ConNER Iron and Main Sts.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CAIiFET, MATTING,
or Oil, CLOTH,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W.'H. BEOWEE'S
2ai Door above Court IIou&o.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
jOne Lost Day
2 is not much out of a lifetime, but to .
a hlialnosa man if mnv nmnn t Vi . InAB
J of a valuable opportunity. When '
t temporarily crippled with any pain 1
or weakness, for which an active and
effective externa! remedy in needed. I
nothing in so trustworthy as Johnson's
Belladonna Flnster. It touches the (
spot and eives the welcome relief. It ,
Is made to succeed not merely to
sell. Look lor the lied (Jrous on all
the genuine.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON,
Mauufucuuiiig CkumiaU, New York.
Von can blame
yourself Jf you
do n't get real
good co fife e to
drink. Ordinary
coffee ia made de
licious by sddinc
a
package
for Seellg'
little of this
laduii xture to
re heap coffee
makes a delicious1
i drink and saves expense.
WANTED-A MAN
In each couuty lor one year to hire and supertn
tuuil agent $115 a month. Htnmp ntfe, exper
ience and references. Enclose stamp. THE
UVOBAUDUO., 1083 Filbert Street, I'hlluaul.
pUla, Fa. 5-liS-H. d
Funk, Sec, C. H. CAMrnru., Treas
the factory district, and lias no
Board of Directors.
DIRECTORS.
T. L' Dillon.
Brigos, Dr. I. VV. Willits,
N. TJ. Funk.
Cut Chewing Tobacco
following brands of Cigars-
Good Worlc
W. W. WATTS,
Rloomsburg. In.
SHOES
of customers but we want more.
W. H. floore.
Something New !
Fred Kumer's improved Ar
tificial . Stone Pavement. All
kinds of cement work. Prices
low and all work guaranteed.
All orders by mail promptly
attended to.
P. O. Box 374.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Removed !
SCHUYLER'S
HARDWARE,
TO
Evans' 331oclr.
MAIN and IRONISTS.
Fine PHOTO
GRAPHS and
CRAYONS at
McKillip Bros.,
Bloomsburg.
The best are
the cheapest.
THE MARKETS.
BLOOMSBURG MARKETS.
C0RRSCT1D IItLT. IIT11L fBICIS.
Butter per lb ....$
Kggs per dozen
Lard per lb
Ham per pound
Tork, whole, per pound
Beef, quarter, per pound ....
Wheat per bushel
Oat3 " "
Rye " "
Wheat flour per bbl.
Hay per ton 12
Potatoes per bushel,
.16
.14
.10
.13
.06
.07
.90
23
.50
4.00
to $14
.20
.60
Potatoes, per bushel, new. . .
Turnips " "
Onions " "
Sweet potatoes per peck 25
Tallow per lb
Shoulder " "
Side meat " " '
Vinegar, per qt
Dried apples per lb
Dried cherries, pitted
Raspberries ,
Cow Hides per lb
Steer "
CalfSkin
Sheep pelts
Shelled corn per bus
Corn meal, cwt
Bran, "
Chop "
Middlings "
Chickens per lb new
" " "old
Turkeys " "
Geese " "
Ducks " "
.40
to .30
4
.10
.10
,07
.05
.10
.12
3i
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.80
7S
50
2.00
1,00
x.oo
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.12
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COAL.
No. 6, delivered a.40
" 4 and s " 3.50
" 6 at yard a.5
" 4 ana s at yard 3.85
Bring tha Babies.
INSTANTANEOUS PROCESS USED.
Strictly first.class ruaranlred nhntnornnlift.
t, 1 r i '
cravons and conv at reasonable nrices. We
use exclusively the Collolion Anstctype pa
pers, thus securing greater Leauty of finish
anu permanency 01 results. LArtttLl,
MARKET SQUARE GULLERY.
ll-24-ly.
Over Hartman' Store.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
G. Snyder, Proprietor,
(Opposite the Court House
BLOOMSDURO, PA.
Large and convenient sample roomi. Bath
rooms, hot and cold water, and all molein
conveniences
Not one part but every
part of HIRES Rootbeer
tends toward making it
the perfect temperance
ana neaimgiving drink.
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