THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA. TEE PROOF READER. 'Abov th printing prtMM frets ami Jars, In a high room near the sky and stars. .Where earnest thought and patience rule alone, Unerring-, sits the power behind tho throne. Not the turned s escape hi watchful ye. Nor false Greek accent which Is lurking ntKh; The phrase mlspelled, misplaced or mis applied. Thene are his prejr, and many a fult beside. .When the great statesman's ardent speech, which rings And stirs the blood of commoners and king;. Come to the proofroom, filled with er ror thick. He sets it right before the types can click. The poet's verse of mingled dew nnd fire. The preacher's word which lifts the soul up higher, 'Anon he deles that and queries this; . The setting; of the Jewel, It Is his! When punctuation It victims wild. He who rrads proof alone Is calm and mild; He knows the use of every dash and dot. lie takes the proofs and conquers on the srot. Well Is he named "corrector of tho press:'1 Through him uluue the author llnda re dress. Though types may pi, compositors rebel, With him to make the copy all Is well. Tes, the proof reaJer's art shall still be known. Alert. Intent, the power behind the throne; Nor think his hidden fame or fortuno hard; For him the doing Is Its reward! Eleanor V. V. fcates, In the Troofsheot. 'S LOVE LETTER. "So you won't marry Hawkins Jes pup?" said Squire Berpamot, knitting; his black brows together until they formed an ominous arch on his fore head, and nearly frightened his daug:h eer out of her senses. But Mary stood bravely to her guns. "No, father," said she. "Oh, how can you ask me when you know I don't love him and never can?" "Never rs a long word." "Yes, father, I know It is, but In deed, Indeed. I mean It." "Oh, you do!" said the squire, In slow and measured tones. "Now let me tell you this: It Isn't that you don't HITS Jeseup, but that you've been' goosey enough to fall In love with that young: idiot, George Lake!" Mary reddened. . T . "Papa!" t "There's no use mincing matters," said the Irate squire. "An artist, In deed! Why doesn't he go Into white washing and kalsominlng and earn his living?" "But, father " "Don't try to argue with me, miss!" eald the old man, sternly. "I'll have none of It, and so I tell you! If George Lake cornea Into, my house, he'll be put out of It pretty quick! And eo you may tell him." So saying the squire strode out of the house in a rsge. Mary looked nf:e- him with s.ft, sor rowful eyes. She was a d-llcate, oval Xaced girl with light brown hair and straight features, as unlike the rotund and positive squire as possible. But tui she laid down th Iron with which she was "doing up" her father ( shirt the squire would have thought It a sin to employ b laundress while his daughter enjoyed her ordinary health ehe leaned against the window where the arrowy sunburns came In through the tremulous veil of heart-shaped morning-glory leaves and drew from toer pocket a note written In a utrong masculine hand: "My Dearest Mary. I love you. Will you promise to be my wife despite all opposition? Will you tell me so with your own lip? Yours till death. "GFORGR." How her eyes glittered as she read and re-read the simple lines, pressing them finally to her red Hps. "I do love him, and I will bo his wife!" she murmured. "And I will tell him so the first opportunity I get. Or.ly papa!" A momentary cloud stole over her serene brow at this, but It was transient. "I don't believe in elope ments," fixing her eyes on the paper In her hand. "I never did. But if my father persist In opposing our mar riage, I will go out Into the world with George." Just as this revolutionary thought passed through her mind the door ' creaked on Its hinges. A heavy, well known footstep sounded on the thresh old. "It's father!" cried Mary. In her fright our poor little heroine could not find her pocket In the multi tudinous folds of her dress. For a sec ond sh was In imminent danger of de tection; then she hurriedly trust the Incendiary document Into the yawning mouth of a paper-bag of seed-corn itvhlch hung by the window. The next minute Squire Bergamot was in the room. "Mary," said he, "go up-stalrs to tho left hand corner of my middle bureau drawer and get me a clan handker chief." ' Mary went out with a dubious glance at the nail on which hung the bag of corn. When she returned the room was empty, and her fathr wn Just climb ing up Into his lumber-box wagon near the picket fence. "Bring It out hsre,"' said the squire. "I'm going over to Miss Polly Pepper's to get my empty cider cask. She might have had the sense to return It!'- He stowed the handkerchief Into his pocket, and was Juut seizing the reins .when Mary ran out. , "Father, that bag it corn " "It's all right I promised some to Miss Pepper, and this Is already shell ed," said the equlre. "But, father!" gasped poor Mary, "let me tie It up first." "Nonsense!" said .he squire. "I Just folded over the top. end It'll go as snug a a thief In it mill, right a top of my bags of meal." Away he rattled n.er the stony road an he spoke, nnd poor Mary ran back into the kitchen, to cry herself Into a second N'lobe. "Oh, ir.y leller. my letter," sobbed she; "why wa I such an idiot as to put it In there!" '1'Ptr, a gaunt spinster, . . .... .. . of a very uncertain and a retir certain Infirmity of temper, opened tlx bag of seed corn m the squire drove off. "Might a-brought It before." Bald shf. "It wb promised to me lat fall. I do despise these folks that are always putting off things. Mercy upon usl What Is this?" and she drew out the note.' "Some recipe that that shlftles Mary's tucked away here, to get It out of the way. No It ain't. It's a love let terand to me! 'My dearest Mary!' and signed 'George' George Washing ton Bergamot, that's his name. Well, 1 do declare! Ain't he far gone? 'All opposition.' I s'pose he means Mary and my two brothers In-law, that think; a woman over forty hain't no business to marry! nut I'll see them further nfore I'll let them overturn my matri monial prospects see If I don't! 'Tell him with my own Hp.' Of course I will! I'll go right over there at once. Delays Is dangerous and If be really Is In such a hurry " Miss Polly's fingers trembled as she took her little rork-screwy curls out of their papers and pinned on a freeh col lar, tied by a blue ribbon. "Blue's the color of love," said she to herself, with a simper, "and It was) so romantic of my dear aeorge to think of proposing In a bag of seed corn!" The squire was at his supper when Miss repper walked In, flushed with her long expedition on foot. "Set down and have a bltP, won't 5'iu?" said the squire. "Mary, fetch Miss repper a clean plate." Miss Pepper took advantage of the momentary absence of her step-daughter-elect to proceed directly to busi ness. "George," cried she almost hysteri cally. "I am yours!" "mi?" said the squire. "For ever and ever!" said Miss Pep per, flinging herself on the collar of his coat. "Are you crazy?" said the squire, Jumping up from the table. "You asked me to be your wife," said Miss Polly, meltlngly. "I didn't!" said the squire. "Then what does this letter mean, eh?" demanded Miss Polly. "It's a9 clear a declaration of love as ever waa writ. And good ground to sue on." The squire stared at the sheet of pa per as Miss Pepper waved It trium phantly over his head. "But I didn't write It," gasped he. "Then who did?" demanded Mkw repper. Just at this moment, Mary, entering with fresh tea and a olean plate, caught Bight of the letter. "It's mine!" she cried, with a sudden dyeing of the cheek and glitter of the eyes. "My letter! How dared you read) it, Miss Pepper?" "I got it out of the bag of seed corn," protested the spinster. "And I put It there for safe keep ing," blushlngly acknowledged Mary. "Who wrote it?" sternly demanded the squire. And Mary confessed. i, . "George Lake, papa." Miss Pepper went home, crying liearttly with mortified pride and dis appointed expectations. And the squire came to the conclusion that true love would have Its way in spite of all dis senting parents. "Papa," said Mary, "may I have George?" "I don't care," said the squire. ' And that. In his case, passed for an affirmation. But the squire remains a widower still, and Miss Pepper's chances grow "smaller by degrees and teautlfully less." Great Men Wear Armor. From 18S5 to the time of his death, the late czar of )tula, Alexander III. never appeared outside his bedroom and study without a fine steel suit of mall, which would protect hl9 body, back and front, between his collar-bone and his loins, from the dagger of the ih sassln. Excepting his valet and his wife, nobody had seen his suit of mall, as It was worn between the under clothes and uniform, but the czar'a unwillingness to go even to a cabinet council without It was an open secret In all the courts of Europe. Bismarck at one time wore such a coat, as did also, Stambouloff and Crispl. The Italian premier. Indeed, as we have before noted, still wears, for protection from the assassin's bul let or knife, a light shirt of mail of double thickness over the heart. None of these men, however, resorted to such precaution until repeated attmpta at assassination had been made. True It la that "uneasy lies the. head that wears a crown." Nicholas II. of Russia has waited for no such attempt on his life. Ever since the last arrests of Nihilists students at Odessa he has worn a shirt of nickel and steel, onerous as the garment must be to a man of bis Inferior physique and lethargic habits. Still stranger stories of his fear and caution have penttrated the walls of the Imperial pa'.ace and gained credence among the people of his capital. Although no dag ger has been laid on his pillow to un nerve him, and no warning of death' has been put under his dinner plata to plague him, the czar never visits h'.i dinner table or bed without the company of it trusted attendant. At every door of the dining-room and bed chamber stands a Cossack guard day u:id night, and from every dish that Is served at the Imperial table a special watcher in the court kitchen must eat a mounthfui before It Is served, to pre vent any chance of poisoning. Phila delphia Telegraph. Well-Fulil t uropaan Kolera. Italy can have 10,000 men slaughtered !.i Abyssinia and sMll pay her king $2 COO.OOO a year, hlle the price of r.iHtaroiil is going rteadlly down. The civil Hut of the German emperor Is about f4. 000,000 a year, besides large revenues from vast estates belonging to tt.e royal family. The czar of all the Uusslas owns In fee simple 1,000, (00 square miles of cultivated land, 6!.d enjuys an Income of 112,000,000. The l;ir,jr of fipaln, little Alfonso XIII. If he is of a savins disposition, will be one of the richest sovereigns In Europe . a he comes of age. The state al 1 j. i hint 11.400,000 a year, with an ad ditional t'luo.ooo for family expenses. Y.'e are said to be the richest nation on tarih, yet our prebldent's salary Is rr'.y jro.fino a year. It was only $25,000 fr iiu 17 to 1873 Grant's second term. Of rouric, there are some presidents r.:ii worth to the country anything like fX'-PO a year. The service of others pro of Incalculable value. New York i ess. THAT SUBMARINE BOAT. Naval Men are Skeptical About tha Success of tha Baltimore. The New York people who are in terested in the submarine boat now building for the navy in Baltimore wisn to know whether the navy de partment will authorize the construc tion of another craft of like type. This does not seem probable, although the matter depends entirely upon the results obtained with the boat now under way. Most naval officers have little faith in this type of war craft. The builders must, under their con tract, demonstrate to the government the reliability of the new boat. They must operate it in all the numerous ways called for tinder the specifica tions, and if they are able to do all that is required of them and ever come o the surface again, there will prob ably be established a degree of con fidence in the boat which does not at present exist. The foreicn submarine boats are operated without much ac cident, and there is no reason theoretically why the American rrnft. an admitted!' superior boat of its type, should not be a success. Whether it will have the tactical val ue claimed for it bv the inventor to. mains to be seen. It is reasonable, however, to suppose that a boat navi gating under water, out of sight of an enemy, would be capable of doing more powerful boat the movements of which were known to the anta gonist. The latest naval appropriation act allows the secretary of the navy to have built two more submarine boats if the Baltimore proves satisfactory. If it shall succeed in meeting all the requirements, which are numerous and severe, the battle fleet will have an important ally. Xao York Sun. NIAGARA FALLS. Low Rate Excursions via Pennsylvania Railroad. No matter how vivid the imagina tion, it would be hard to give any ad equate description of Niagara Falls. It is one of the grandest and most awe-inspiring examples of Nature's wonderful works. One must see the falls to fully appreciate their grandeur. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany's ten day excursions present the most advantagrous method of witness ing this wonderful sight ; the rates are low, and the accommodations first class in every particular. The excursions will leave Philadel phia, Baltimore and Washington on July 23, August 6 and 20, and Sep tember 5 and 1 7. An experienced tourist agent and chaperon accompany each excursion. Excursion tickets, good for return passage on any regular train, exclusive of limited express trains, within ten days, will be sold at $10 from Phila delphia, Baltimore and Washington, and at proportionate rates from other points. A stop-over will be allowed at Watkins and Rochester in either direction and at Buffalo returning. A special train of Pullman parlor cars and day coaches will be run with each excursion. For further information apply to nearest ticket agent, or address Tour ist agent, Room 411, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, Silver did not play an important part in our mineral production last year, probably because silver mining did not pay. Our total mineral pro duction, counting in petroleum, stone, coal, etc., amounted in 1895 to $582, 000,000. Of this sum only $31,900, 000 came from silver ore. The gold obtained from American mines amounted to $47,000,000. There $38,600,000 worth of copper mined, so that the value ot the silver product fell $6,700,000 below that of the cop per our mines produced. Constipation Causes fully half the sickness In the world. It retains the digested food too long iu the bowels and produces biliousness, torpid liver, Indl- KIoocK gestlon, bad taste, coated nBt sj sj tongue, sick headache, in- I I I omnia, etc. Hood's Pills 111 S cure constipation and all Us results, easily and thoroughly. 26c. All druggists. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. The ouly Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. $1.00 Outfit Fres to Aerents With Oold lladtfo for 10 flays. Other sell them we give tliein away, "Lit of .McKtnley aut Hoburl," by Murat HulHtead. Introduction by Chuuuccy M. Depew. Agents muk $ a dy. We pay freight. Largest commissions. Note prizes offered. $5 lu gold each wuc selling 100 bool:s; f agent selling most; 1.5 iiexi lar gest; $10 1 lilrU. Kend us your orders. 8KEL A CO., Wi Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa . r-t'-ll.-d Printed Signs- The following cards signs are kept on hand at this office : "Keep off the Grass," This property for rent, Inquire of -," This property for sale, Inquire of ,'' "For Sale " Any card sign printed to order on shoit notice. tf. Candidates can secure their cards at this office on short notice and at reasonable rates. a tf. B. F. Sharpus, Frc. N. U. CBLOOMSBURCD LAND IMPBOVEMEHT COMPAHY. Capital Stock, $30,000. - riottcd property 13 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. Lota 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 B. F. Siiarpless; C. W. Neal, A. G. Dr. II. w. McReynolds, ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Nuts SOLK AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. Goods a. Specialty, SOLK AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams &h. Co's Fine Sole agents for the Hanry Clay, Londros, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver A3 Bloomsburg Pa. fice Iow Kr,d Gfcod Wcrfk. 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 guaran teed. W. W. WATTS, IRON STREET. SHOES We buy right and sell right. OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON THIS FACT. Honest trading has won us hosts of customers but we want more. We are selling good shoes, so good you ought to see them. Drop in and we will make it pay you. Co?vNE3 Irom and Main Sts. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, JJlATTircO, or OIL CLOTII, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT ' W. IE. BEOWEM 2nd Door above Court House. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. I Wheresoever you feel soreness or pain put 8 Johnbok'b Belladonna Plaster. Ba From bruises or sprains to rheu matism it covers every case. It is like the touch of a soft, warm hand ou an aching forehead. In flammation subsides beneath it. No other so sure and quick. Look s5 for the lied Crot on the fuoe cloth. JOHNSON 3HNSON ft JOHNSON. I Manufacturing ChemiaU, New York. V BnSS Grocers can tell you why those who buy Seellq's Vrepcouiing back for It. Strange though how long it tnl(M people to try a new thing. FARMERS . 1. T v" Mndr,Uked on evory .0 uu airing. nvvvrWPanout. Tllnua. MIDI HKlly Willi In u town. O0111I proim. tauil. TIE t l.. Bat ui tuililU, .. when M f used as an admixture to lordinary cof- fee makes a lenciousrnk " liw'"ii iii mil 7-tMtil. Funk, Sec, C. II. Campbell, Trsas Board of Directors. DIRECTORS. T. L' Dillox. Briogs, Dr. I. W. Wimw, N. Ll. Funk. Cut Chewing Tobacco following brands of Cigars- Blootnsburg Pa. SHOES W. H. floore. Something New ! Fred Kumer'a improved Ar tificial Stone lavement. 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 HARDWARE, TO Evans' XBlocl:, Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros, Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. THE MAltKETS. BLOOMSBURO MARKETS. CORMCTID WISELY. (ITAIL THICIS. Butter per lb $ ,16 Eggs per dozen .14 Lard per lb , .j0 Ham per pound ,n Pork, whole, per pound ...... ,06 Beef, quarter, per pound , . , . .07 Wheat per bushel .90 Oats " 28 Re " " 50 Wheat flour per bbl. 4.00 Hay per ton 1 2 to $14 Potatoes per bushel, .20 Potatoes, per bushel, new. . . .Co Turnips " " 5 Onions " " ,40 Sweet potatoes per peck 25 to .30 Tallow per lb 4 Shoulder " " 1$ Side meat" " 10 Vinegar, per qt 07 Dried apples per lb 05 Dried cherries, pitted 10 Raspberries tIJ Cow Hides per lb. . .1 Steer ' CalfSkin 8o Sheep pelts , Shelled corn per bus .50 Corn meal, cwt j0o Bran, 100 Chop " ,.00 Middlings " 1.00 Chickens per lb new ,r " "old 12 Turkeys " " i9l Geese " " Ducks " " 08 COAL. No. 6, delivered a. 40 " 4 and s " 3.50 " 6 at yard , a.a$ " 4 and s at yard. 3.15 Bring tho B&Mes. INSTANTANEOUS PROCESS USED. Slrictly first-class guaranteed photographs, crayons and copys at reasonable price. We use exclusively the Col I ol ion Anstotype pa pers, thus securing greater beauty of finish and permanency of results. CAPWELL, MARKET SQUARE GALLERY. Over Hartman's Store. EXCHANGE HOTEL, G. Snyijek, Proprietor, (Opposite the Court House'' BLOOMSBURG, PA. Large and convenient sample rooms. Bath rooms, hot and cold water, and all modern conveniences Not one part-but every part of HIRES Rootbecr tends toward making it ine penect temperance and healthgiving drink. iJ,,, r Ttit rhuin R. Him Co., Poiiiui.ipiit. r w bwiviw. 0vi .T.r wu.r. 5-dMt. d The Leading Conservator, of America AtL I AILTIN, lUKtor. Founded la IWtby Tonrjee. for Prospectta giving full information. Frank W. Hals, General Manager. GET YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE MAIN and IRONISTS..
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