tfHE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURO, PA. LIQUID CANST. k INtrt of Iti Mnatetaa Cc platad. For the benefit of those who visit tbi porcelain works at Sevres the sulci explains to some extent the processes Among other things he shows how th Aetteate cups are made. He holds is bis hand a mold. Alls It from a tank ol porcelain mixture as one would fill a gtam with Ire water from a cooler holds it for a moment or two and then poor out the mixture from the mold The solution is a saturated one, that li to say. a given quantity of the liquid cannot contain any more of the solid naa Is actually In It. But the mold being porous It withdraws some of th liquid from the mixture, and a portion of the solid part, having loot the watei that belongs to it, is deposited In a thin layer along the surface of the toold. This Is the cup and after a num ber of strengthening processes it be comes the delicate, egg shell porcelain la much the same way the candy drops are made. The liquid is a satu rated solution and will not dissolve any more sugar, just as your coffee In th morning will not dissolve the fourth lamp of sugar that you put into It, but disintegrating it, deposits it at the bot tom of the cup. The sweet mixture it poured into molds of absorbent mate rial, starch, for example, which at onct berfns to absorb the water. That part of the sugar that has been robbed of its water is deposited against the mold. Just as the porcelain Is, and the result is the liquid drop, which it is to be regretted has sometimes a lit tle liquor added to it for flavoring. Th liquid that Is confined within the drop has already all the sugar it can possi bly hold, bring saturated, so It cannot ittack the suKr walls that confine It. The whole process is a simple and in '.ereetlng experiment in absorption, al though probably not one In a thousand C those who hare tasted the candy lave had any idea of the method of ill Manufacture. Philadelphia Times. A Dollar Well Spent. Prof. Mendenhall, of the Unite States Coast Survey, and a scientist ol world-wide reputation, discovered hit special mental bent in a curious way." He was the son of a farmer in "B Western village. One day, when he was about fourteen years old, a man from another township bought a cow of his father, who, not wishing to be troubled with delivering the animal himself, said: "My son, I will give you a dollar tc drive that cow to X for me." "How far Is It?" asked the boy. "Twenty-five miles by the road you would have to take." The distance was long, but the dollai fooked big. A bargain was struck on the spot, and the next morning, before daylight, the farmer's son started on his journey. He reached his destination by night, very- tired, but, before going to bed, he happened to notice in a corner of the sitting-room of the house in which be was to lodge, a well-worn copy ol Euclid. A glance inside of the book fmctnatcri the youngster, who sat most of the night, in spite of his day's tramp poring over the angles and arcs, sinee and tangents. He resolved he must have that book. The next morning he said to the master of the house: "What will you take for your Eu clid r The man reflected a moment, and then, said he would sell the book for n dollar. Down went young Mendenhall's hand into his pocket; out came the dollar which he had so hardly earned, and the next minute he was the owner ol the book, which he carried tenderly under his arm as he trudged home. That was the opening suggestion of a eareer in science, of which any man might be proud. Golden Days. ICalnjr Day. Sir John Millals once said of Scotlan (hat It is like a pebble in which all the best colors are brought out by the rain. Two persons were comparing notes re cently of the most vivid pictures they remembered of country scenes and both, said that the pleasantest picture they had in mind was of a rainy day. "I shall never forget," said one, "the glistening leaves in the vegetable gar den back of the house. I can see the brown wet earth and the varying shades of green to-day just as .plainly as when I watched them disconsolately from the window. Even then I thought them beautiful." "And I." said the other, "remember the pelting of rain upon the dusty road and upon the sand and have always before me the black waves crested as I have never seen them in any but Cabanel's pictures ris ing against a gray sky which only a Turner could paint." It is Alice Cary who speaks of the pictures which hang on memory's wall. Be sure you get a rainy day sketch for that wall this summer. It may be framed by a hotel r farm bouse window and the price of it may be a disappointment, but it will be a treasure for the coming years. Spine of the Child. It girls are taught to sit properly apon a chair with an ordinary straight back, they can rest their spines per fectly upon the bars behind them, without any suspicion of lolling, even at meal times. Often a mother will say, "I always make my children sit apright," and when we see the ugly forms, with their shoulders gradually rounding forward, we wonder if she has seen a picture of the human spine, and if she realizes how easily it can become wearied and out of shape through small bad habits. Let the growing children walk up rightly, the foot turned out a little, nd every muscle of it used; shoulders back and head erect; straight without being stiff; gprlngy in step, without anything approaching to a jerk. Sit firmly and sensibly, according to the needs of the body. Lie flat upon the floor if they are tired, rather than hud dled up iu an cat-y chair; and they will fc-row up into rosy cheeked, strong, merry and graceful young men and women, giving pleasure, whatever their tacee be like, to all who look at them. fioiusr off. "Papa, where are we going this suuw Jier?" "I don't know, Willie. Off some where." "Off, eh?" said Willie. L.ike firecrackers?" A VACATION HINT FOR BOTS. tome Fuggeitlooi for Voting Ineeet Col Irctnr. Many of the wideawake youngsters who are planning to spend their vaca tion in the country will find special fascination in making a collection ol Insects. Now is the time to study up the subject of preserving these treas ured specimens. One who is interest ed in natural history, and has been especially successful in preserving in sects for his fine collection, claims that there is no varnish nor other preparation of this sort which will pre serve the insects by being placed upon them. Certainly to varnish moths or lepldoptera would injure them, and beetles would not be kept from falling apart because of this application. In the first place, in collecting in sects it Is a good plan to kill them with eyanide potassium, prepared by mixing it with plaster of Paris and water, in wide-mouthed bottles kept tightly corked, except when placing Insects in them. The fumes of the cyanide of potassium will quickly kill the Insect, and this also helps to preserve it from the attacks of museum peats. After the Insect Is killed, it it is fleshy, like a large-bodied moth, for in stance, take a pair of pointed scissors, cut open the under side of the body, holding the slight cut open with a pair of Jewelers' pincers, and with a second pair of pincers take out the contents of the body. Then fill the body with cotton, made the right size and rolled In hellebore and a little arsenic. The hellebore tends to dry the body and helps the arsenic to preserve it Very large beetles may be prepared in the same way, closing the upper cut made In the body and letting it dry. The only way to keep insects from falling apart Is to put them In tight boxes or cases that will keep out the museum pests the anthrenus museor um and dermestes lardarlus as they are called. The larva of the dermestes eat Into the bodies of the specimens, doing their destructive work out of sight. After they are through there is nothing left but a thin shell; and soon the head will fall off, the wings will follow and the specimens become worthless, A One collection should be kept inclosed In tight cases to save it, as it will cer tainly be destroyed If the least chance is given to these pests to reach it. With these precautions a collection should be carefully examined as often ! as once a month in cold weather and twice a month in warm weather. It pinned in each case, which has been dipped in creosote as a help to pre serve the collection. It should be remembered that sev eral of the preparations mentioned are poisons, and the boys who are interest ing themselves in studying insects and their habits of life, while making a collection of native specimens, should be allowed only to collect and arrange his specimens, while some one older should attend to this work of preserv ing them. After all, the trouble and time required for the work (by the mother or older sister, or the one most interested in giving the boys a "royal good time" during the summer outing) will be very slight In proportion to the pleasure given to the enthusiastic col lector in thus taking an interest in bis treasured specimens; and much danger from the use of the poisons by the In experienced boy will be avoided. Ev ery mother should keep herself posted in the studies and pastimes that prove of special Interest to her wideawake son, and even if the outing prepara tions j-equlre a great deal of time, it will pay to study up this subject of in sect collection and preservation for the boy who is interested in natural his tory. A Child'. Game. The Chinese Tea Table All the chil dren must form a circle and choose the names of articles used upon the tea table. "Tea" begins. She turns round rapidly, saying "I turn Tea, who turns Sugar?" Little Cora, who is Sugar, then be gins to turn around, saying "I turn Sugar, who turns Milk?" Margaret I turn Milk, who turns Cream? Bella I turn Cream, who turns Hot Water? Mabel, whose name Is Hot Water, forgets to turn, and pays a forfeit. Mabel I turn Hot Water, who turns Bally Lunn? Dorothy I do, who turns Muffins? "A forfeit, Dorothy; you must say the exact words." Charley I turn Muffins, who turns Crumpets? " Sidney I turn Crumpets, who turns Cake? Harold I turn Cake; and now we are all turning round like teetotums! When may we stop? Ada Not till I say "take away the Tea." So the revolving tea table articles continue to whirl around for some sec onds till Ada claps her hands and cries: "Take away the Tea," when they all Bit in their chairs again. This game may be played by any number of little girls and boys, and after turning twice in one direction turn in the opposite way, so as not to become dizzy. Exchange, Water for Your Pets. When you rush In so thirsty that yoa can hardly wait to draw a glass of water remember that your dog and cat may be suffering in just the same way. so look at their bowl. If well cared for they will not drink water on which the dust has settled or which has growjj tepid from standing in a hot room. Let tbem have a bowl of pure, eold water several times a day. The experiment was tried last summer of giving a pet dog water that bad been slightly iced. He had more sense than his human friend, however, and declined drinking until the liquid had changed to the natural temperature. tut Vour Hire!. Case birds, especially parrots, often Injure themselves by biting and nulling ! at their tall feathers. A correspondent of a foreign paper offers the lnforma- ion that this habit may be overcome by suspending an old ribbon or neck j tie lu the cage close to the perch. She ; says that a string of old spools will ' give the bird much pleasure, observa I tion leading her to believe that the bit ing comes from what would be called in human beings nervousness arising from laelt of something to do. , He My dear, some of those people behind us ate making remarks about your hat. She Isn't it on straight? Brooklyn Life. Friend What did you find the most difficult thing when you wrote your first verses? Poet To find some one who would let me read them to him. Fllegende Blaetter. "Waiter, I hope this steak Isn't a piece of tho bull from the bull fight yesterday?" "No, Senor, I think It Is a piece of the horse from the bull fight yesterday." Truth. Physician You must avoid all men tal exertion. Patient But, doctor, 1 must finish a society novel upon which I am working. Physician Oh, I gueBg that will be all right. Commercial Ad vertiser. . Mrs. Sharpley Then, perhaps, you are familiar with the old saw? Patle What old saw, ma'am? Mrs. Sbapeley "The one behind the woodhouse door." But he was gone. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Manager That leading comedian of ours seems to be getting a swelled head. Assistant They do, sometimes. Manager If he keeps on he'll begin to think he's more important than the cooling apparatus. Puck. More Repartee. "You can't keep a good man down," said the proverb-loving boarder. "Not," said the type writer boarder, "unless he has a seat In the car. Then you can't get him up." Cincinnati Enquirer. "Do you ride a wheel?" asked the eldest of the doctors on the Insanity Commission. "Yep," answered the subject. "What make?" "I never no ticed." The verdict was unanimous dementia, Cincinnati Enquirer. Petle Pushalong Yoa know tho proverb, ma'am, "Sh that glveth to the poor an' unfortnnlt lendeth t the Lord." Mrs. Sharpley You are a lover of proverbs, I see. Petle Yes, ma'am. I -wuz brought up on 'em, Mrs. Wlckwlre I suppose, ltko most of your class, you think that tlje- world Is all wrong. Dismal Dawson Yes'm, While they was makln' it, it would have been Jlet as easy as not to make all the roads run down hill. Indian apolis Journal. The famous baseball pitcher had walked the floor with the youngest of his family for an hour or so. "Mary," said he, "if the manager saw me now I bet I'd get soaked wlUv ft fine." "Why?" asked his wit. aAMpily. "I don't seem to have any eontsal ol the bawl at all, I don't." Cincinnati in quirer. Sherlock Holme at the Thon'., J- "Hello!" - r- "Hello!" " The law clerk was In communication! with the typewriter in another office. "Ah, you have red hair," b remark ed. "How In the world can you tell that?" "A white horse has Just passed. Your hair Is not very red, though." , "How can you tell?" "The horse Is not very white." "For the land's sake!" "And you once lived In the agricul tural districts." "Y-e-s, I did once; but how did you know that?" "By your exclamation, 'for the land's sake!' " "You are from the country, too," she declared. "Yes; how did you know that?" "By the way you rang that telephone bell. You thought you were still turn ing a grindstone." "Never turned a grindstone in my life." "Then it was a feed-cutter, a coffee mill, a corn sheller, or a ider press. It's all one. And you have whiskers no, it may be the wind whistling through the telegraph wires I hear. Good-by." San Francisco Post. Uettlng Denprrate. Mrs. Scribbler What shall I order for dinner to-day, Ephralm? Mr. Scribbler (thoughtfully) Soft Bhell crabs, cucumbers, terrapin, lalf a dozen lobsters, sauerkraut, tripe, char lotte russe, pickled pigs' feet, caviare, spaghetti, olives, Philadelphia scrapple, Chinese mooncakes, salt pork to try, some pickled onions, frozen pudding, and some cherries and milk. Mrs. Scribble Mercy! Do you want to commit suicide? Mr. Scribbler No; but I am going to write a poem like Stephen Crane's to night, or die in the attempt. Somer ville Journal. Selling a Hat. Miss Passee (aged forty) I wish to see a hat French Milliner For yourself, miss? Miss Pasnee Yts. , French Milliner Marie, run down Btalrs and get me ze hat for ze ladies between eighteen and twenty-five years. Tid-BlU. HI. Principles. "You're for fres silver, I see," re marked Branson, as he turned over his salary to the affable hold-up. "Yes," responded the highwayman; "I'm for free silver where there's no protection." And with a Bland smile he walked into darkness. Puck. A Matter of Making Cp. The wife of his bosom had bought for him Just the loveliest made-up tie, And be only escaped from wearing the thing By many a made-up lie. Indianapolis Journal. Thiit Waa the Cnue of It. "A Bicvcle Face " The Philosophical Cynic paused to observe one. " Illustrates forcibly the saying that 'there's a wheel within a wheel.' " How She Tuned Love. "A common noun is 'Love, " she said; At least till Jack asks Popper; Then, to parse It, I should say "It certainly Is proper." - , - An Imlnnatlan. Fanny Westslde In baldness a sign of Intellectuality? Era Quoy (head like an egg) In some cases, Miss Westslde. With me it's a sign I didn't marry my first love. ' THE HEW CABINET OFFICER. David R. Francis, Who Will Bo Secre lary of Ins Interior For a Short Timt. David Roland Francis, the new secretary of the Interior, is an ex governor of Missouri, and has several times before been mentioned as a possible cabinet member. . He has been for more than ten years a promi nent figure in Missouri politics. Mr. Francis is a Kentuckian by birth and is not quite 46 years old. At the age of 15 years he removed to St. Louis and was educated at Wash ington University in St. Louis. After being graduated he returned to Ken tucky, and for a short time studied law, but as his funds were low he ac cepted an offer from his uncle, then the head of a large commission house in St. Louis, and returned to that city to work as a shipping clerk. He de veloped so much business ability that he soon became a partner in the firm, and a few years later branched out for himself in the same business. His success in commercial life was phenomenal. He operated largely in wheat, and in a few years had amass ed a fortune of $750,000, which, by the way, it is said, he has since then almost doubled. He was successive ly elected director, vice president and president of the Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis. It was not until he had reached a high position in the commercial world and had become a millionaire that Mr. Francis turned his attention to politics. He was first elected as a delegate to the Democratic conven tion of 1884 which nominated Grover Cleveland. The next spring he was elected mayor of St. Louis, which office he filled for three years. As mayor he was noted for his vetoes of franchise bills and for his generally vigorous policy. It was while he was still mayor that he was elected gov ernor. During his term of office he entertained "lavishly, and Jefferson City enjoyed the gayest social seasons which it had ever known. At the time he was the youngest governor in the country. . Ever since '1884 Mr. Francis has been a strong personal friend of Presi dent Cleveland. During the latter's first term Mr. Francis was mentioned as a probable cabinet member, but he was not chosen because of political complications. When President Cleve land came to make up .his second cabinet, the name of Mr. Francis was again on the list. When Mr. Bissell resigned, it was thought that Francis would succeed him, but the time for him to enter the cabinet did not come until Hoke Smith's resignation. Sec retary Francis will have six months to serve. According to a celebrated anato mist there are upwards of 5,000,000 little elands in the human st.imach These glands pour out the digestive juices which dissolve or digest the food. Indigestion is want of iuice. weakness of elands. tppA nf hflr tr O 7 w . . v restore the health of these organs. The best and most natural help is that civen bv Shaker Digestive Cnr. dial. Natural, because it supplies the materials needed by the glands to prepare the digestive juices. Because 11 sircngmens ana invigorates the glands and the stomach, until they are able to do their work alone. Shaker Dieestive Cordial mrM indi gestion certainly and permanently. 11 uoes so Dy natural means, and therein lies the secret of its wonderful and unvaried success. At drutreists. rjnee 10 rint tn $1.00 per bottle. Medicinal Foods. Celery is invaluable as a food for those suffering from any form of rheu matism, for diseases of the nerves anrl nervous dyspepsia. Lettuce for those sunering irom insomnia. Watercress is a remedy for scurvy. Onions are almost the best nervine known. No medicine is so useful in cases of nervous prostration, and there is nothing else that will so quickly re lieve and tone up a worn-out system. Onions are useful in ail cases of coughs, colds and influenza ; in con sumption, insomnia, hydrophobia, scurvy, gravel and kindred liver com plaints. Eaten every other day they soon have a clearing and whitening effect on the complexion. Spinach is useful to those with gravel. Asparagus is used to induce perspiration. Cor rots for sufferers from asthma. Tur nips for nervous disorders and for scurvy. Raw beef proves of great benefit to persons of frail constitution and to those suffering from consump tion. It is chopped fine, seasoned with salt and heated by placing it in a dish of hot water. It assimilates rapidly, and affords the best nourish ment. Eggs contain a large amount of nutriment in a compact, quicly available form. Beaten ud raw with sugar they are used to clear and strengthen the voice. With snmr and lemon juice the beaten white of egg is to relieve hoarseness. Honey is wholesome, strengthening, cleans ing, healing and nourishing. The Columbian will be sent from now until after the election for 35 cents. Subscribe for it. 1 "h Bridccs ro "Baflle AxM bridge a man over many" a tight, place when his pocket book is lean. A 5-cent piece of "Battle Ax" will last about as long as a JQ?ent,piece of other, good tobaccos. Tjuir thing of getting double value for your money fs a great help. Try it and Qunpney. "He that works easily works success fully." 'Tis very easy to clean house with APOLIO GIRLS DUOKAPbEPER. Heroic Measures Adopted by Fair Bathers In a Jersey Stream. Madge and Jennie Hackett, who live in New York, have been spend ing their vacation as the guests of Miss Martha Robbins at her father's farm, in Old Bridge, a village about ten miles from New Brunswick. Young men with leisure are scarce in that vicinity, and the girls have had to amuse themselves as best they might with the aid of Miss Sadie Hickman and Miss Agnes Thayer, who live on adjoining farms. Each of the five girls is about 20 years old. Yesterday morning they held a con ference and debated the question of what they should do to entertain themselves during the day. It was Miss Hickman who suggested that they should take a swim in the brook. " That s a splendid idea," said Miss Robbins, "but what will we do for bathing suits?"' "Oh, we can dig up something. Anything will do. I can take you to a place where the swimming is grand and nobody would ever come near us. There's a thick hedge right down to the edge of the bridge." Upon this assurance the five girls started for the brook, and five minutes after they bad reached the bank there were five splashes and they were en joying the coolness of the water. Having got therh safely into the water, the reporter may now safely disclose the fact that two of them had decided at the last moment to dispense with bathing suits altogether."The attire of the other three was not so complete as the regulations at Asbury raric prescribe, but all of the girls felt perfectly safe in their remoteness from any roads or houses. They dived and ducked and splash ed each other to their hearts' content, and at length, in sheer excess of en joyment, they began singing in the water. This performance came to a sudden stop as the eyes of Miss Hick man were seen to be fixed in mute horror uj)on a point in the hedge along the bank. As the sound of the girls' voices died away there was a rustling in the hedge, then a crash, and a man fell out upon the hede of the stream. "Oh!" cried Miss Hickman. "Oh, oh 1" ejaculated Miss Robbins. "0-o-o-o-h 1" shrieked the other three in chorus. The two whose interest in this turn of affairs was most acute, and whose identity shall not be disclosed in this story, tried to get as far down into the water as possible without getting their heads under. You Over.", The man in the meantime had scrambled to his feet, and stood gazing intently at the shells, which could plainly be seen at the bottom of the clear stream. Whether he had follow ed the girls or had been attracted by their singing is not known, but he had crawled up to a convenient place be hind the hedge, leaned forward, lost his balance, and fallen through. He was recognized by Miss Hickman as her father's farm hand, Samuel C. Eudlong. "Sam," she screamed, "go away from here this minute ! What do you mean by standing there ? Go away, I tell you." Sam's only Tesponse was a com prehensive grin. It was a time for prompt and heroic measures. The five girls got as far away from the bank as possible, and held a whispered consultation. Then there was a sudden and unexpected movement upon the enemy. The three girls, who were not entirely un incumbered, made a dash for the bank. Sara saw that they were after him and started to run, but he stumbled and fell, and before he could rise the three girls had pounced upon him. They pushed, pulled and dragged him to the bank at a distance from the point where the other girls were, and, in spite of his protestations, they took him into deep water and held his head under long enough for the other girls to get out of the water and behind the hedge. Then they gave Sam a breather, but before he could get the water out of his eyes down went his head again. "A-grr-bb-b 1" he remarked as he went under, but no attention w paid to this suggestion. He was kept under water, with brief intervals for breath, until the girls had resumed their clothes. Then the three let him go, and he ran 08 dripping water by the bucketful. When he got to Farmer Hickman s house he went in to change his clothe A couple of minutes later the g'rls began to arrive, and they told Hick man what had happened. Hickman went on the war path lor Budlong. He burst into his room, and, grabbing him, ran him down stairs, half clothed as he was- amJ kicked him out of the house. TMJJj is a vacancy now for a disci ect ur hand on Mr. Hickman's farm. Nut Like Its Parents, Elam Russell, weight 200 l of Plainfield, Ind., is the proinl pP of a 1 o-inch baby, which wc&1 . pound and a half at Its birth, ana the end of three weeks weighed w pounds. Mrs. Russell's weyiu 150 pounds. ,
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