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
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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. ,