THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. L0CATI5Q A CABLE BREAK. JL Delicate Itmlromenl Whlrh Rrtltwtl With totalling Acrurnry. Hie jrrent telegraph companies that ep&n the 'continent and radiate to ev ry ciwia-road village employ thou nandu of linemen to repair btmks in U9 wire, which are of frequeut occur rence. r this country telegraph lines lure rather poorly constructed, outside of largo cities, and any severe storm will prostrate poles and lirenk the wlree, and then the lineman la sent out. .iWhen there Is a break on a land linfl, it Is easily located. Suppose there arc ton stations, from A to J Inclusive. A endeavors to signal 11 and gets no re sponse. So he calls up U, C, 1), and so on, until he reaches F. and beyond thni the wire Is dead. Kvldently the brcali Is between V and G; a lineman is or dered out from K, who rides or walks along the line until he finds and re pairs the break. IJut how can a break be located in the ocean cables, where there. n"o only two stations, otie at each end, and dis tant from each other thousands of miles? That Is really e;tslrr than send ing out a man to look for it, ns on land lines. - Ieeply burled aa these cables arc be neath the trackless level of the ocean's surface, the exact path In which each of them lies is well known by series Of chart Indications which were made tit the time of their ooiiKtntction. l!y means of computations based upon these sources of information, a cap tain can guide, his vessel to any spot klong the line In mid-ocean, where nc guide-posts but the lights of heaven exist, and know of a certainty that he 13 within a very short distance of n point directly over the cable hundreds Ol fathom below. Now, then, when communication is broken between Cape Ann and Ireland let us cay, the operator attaches a gal vanometer to the cable. This delicate Instrument will tell him in the npace Of a very fw seconds at what spot in thft hundreds of miles length of cable down among the dark recesses of the ocean's bed the accident to the v.-lre bag occurred. The nenteness of the in strument lies ;lmply in its ability to register with unfailing accuracy ttie amount of rtKistance the unbroken Wire gives. In other words, the operator know that when the wire Is unbroken the galvanometer will Indicate 1000 as the teelstance. For xample if then the resistance is 500, the break must be halt the distance between stations. The process, including as it does a knowledge of the lze of the wire and some other details, requires a little cal culation, but the principle is as above. If there should be two breaks, he, of course, can give information re garding the first one. only, since the lectric connection is stopped there. If the operator at tie outer end should make a similar test of his un broken portion, and it should be found upon comparing the two results, through some other perfect .cable, that they did not supplement each other's distances, then it would bts evident that there were at least two breaks at & known distance from each other. Such inetancea havo not occurred, however. Rlmrkn litis Excellent Fitting. John Chinaman's taste for blrd's nest scup and roast dog is a matter for common laughter or disgust am ongst U3, but a good many white peo ple cat dishes almost equally elngulor, and very wisely, too, as thoso who havo tasted these dishc-3 aver. Squirrels are sometimes eaten with great relish in the rural districts of England, and very frequently so in the Western Sla.tes of America, whilst the cat-fish and the dog-fish (hideous looking creatures), and especially their heads, are regarded as delicacies by the white people who live near the waters in which they abound. Hut to thousands of white people Bharks' fins are especially palatable, and make the most delicious soup. The fins chosen ere the top ones and the ono on tho' unJer-slde whilst the slc'o fins are rejected as being too full of oil. As littla of the flesrh of tho Bhark as possible is cut off with the fins used, these latter being steeped for three hours In salt water, and then converted into soup, which all who have tasted it declare to be most ap Qetizing. I' StrnriRft KftVct of nivlnff. (An Austrian pearl diver, in recount ing hi3 experiences, says that one of the Btrango effects of diving is the In variable bad temper felt while work ing; at tho bottom of the sea; and, as this usually passes away as soon as the surface is reached it may bo supposed to he due to the pressure of air inside the dress affecting the lungs and through them the brain. A diver often becomes so angry at some imaginary wrong-doing on tho part of those in the boat above that he gives tho sig nal to be pulled up, "with the Inten tion of knocking the heads off the en tire crew," only to forget what he came up for when the surface la reached. 1 ho liirt-'Ht l't1vei-tty. The biggest uuivcr.si:y in tho worlo ts at Cairo, Kgypt a country which Is not mentioned ati:',l in the statistics und it lias eleven thousand students. They come from every part of the .Mo hammedan world, and they study Mus sulman law, history, theology and other branches r.(cdc-d to confirm theni In the faith of Mohammed. Thy sit on the floor of an enormous court and study alcud, and tho Western vlsitoi who calls on them during study iTouro thinks that he haj iiu'k the original site of the Tower of Uabel, and tint the confused of tongue haven't stoj-pt-d talking yet. Tim Oi!y Wntii.l n. The oily character of the me.hrdon fa familiar; It Is caught for its oil. which is tried out iu factorlss. Men y naut'ii ii mi in in use purse nets, w.nci A ore tarred to nreserve them. To krp iT their hands from sticking to the tai-rei;" nets they rub them on a freshly caught menhaden, handling It something as they would a cake of soap. Ho otiy is tho menhaden that tho simple pres sure thus applied is enough to bring through the scales oil sutlielunt for tho IT WAS THS WICKED "POLLT, Patrick Thonrht It W the Veto ot nit Rll ami Uot Klled at It. An amusing scene occurred In a qulot ttptown street last night. A young Irishman who is courting a rosy-cheeked servant in one of the houses In the thoroughfare called about his usual time In tho evening. Just as he open ed the Iron gate leading into the bast mcnt yard he heard a voice say: "Hul lo, Pat!" "Hullo, yourself," replied Tat. "Hullo, Fat." said tho strange voice again. Tat gazed oil around him, but could pee nobody, and once again he heard the voice say, "Hullo, Fat." "Is that all you can Bay, 'Hullo, Fat!' Whcro tho devil are you, anyhow?" answered Fat. "Fat, you're a fool," said tho voice. "liegorra, you're a liar, whoever ye be," shouted Fat, as ho looked blindly around for his Insullcr. "Fat, you fool," again uttered the voice. "I'm no fool, whoever ye are," called out. Fat, wild with anger, "an' if yej will show yerself I'll prove it to ycz." "Foolish Fat," came the reply, ac companied by a hoarse chuckle. Fat wna furious and thoughts of his rival, McCarthy, immediately came In his mind. "Show yerself, McCarthy, only show yemdf. McCarthy, an' I'll punch in the fare of ycz. 1 will! 1 will!" he shouted, us lie danced up and down. "Fat, you fool! Fat, you fool! ho, ho, ho! ha, ha!" shouted Fat's tor mcnter. Uy this time Pat's coat and waist coat lay on t lie ground and he had his plceve3 rolled up to his elbows and was tearing around like a hen on a hot jvriddle. There's no telling what would have happened, as it was nearly the time for the policeman mi the beat tc pas that way, when the basement doot oitrncd and 1'at's sweetheart came out. On seeing Fat she uttered a little scream und exclaimed: "Are you crazy, Pat? An' what has came into you the night? Fut your clothes on, man." "You spalpeen, Pat! Foolish Pat! Ho, ho! ha, ha! Go home, Fat," said the mysterious voice out of tho dark ness. "Do yez hear the blackguard? Oh, II I can lay me hands on him!" foamed Pnt, as ho continued his war dance. "Ah, you musn't mind that, Pat," said his sweetheart. "You're a donkey, surely, to be minding tho talk of that crazy bird upstairs. Why, It's only one of tho young men's parrots which they brought home with them from over the sea. It's an lllmannered bird, and do swear dreadfully. Mistress won't have, it In the house, so the boys hang up the cage out of the window of their room up-stalrs. "You're a great gawk, Pat, to be minding the likes of a poor, simple minded bird Uke that." Fat became elowly appeased, and a he put on his coat he said: "I don't mind what a hulrd gays, Molly, but bo gorra, I thought it was that sneak Mc Carthy hiding furninst ther stoop." New York Tribune. '5 Ami let We UJame tUo Cuuki. - Mr. Simple Will Estella do her own cooking, now that she has graduated from cooking school? Mrs. Dimple Oh my, no! She in tends to write a cookbook. Hud to Have It. A nice young man out on Walnut Hills called on a Bice young lady and spent the evening recently. When he arrived there was not a cloud In the sky, so he carried no umbrella, anil wore neither goloshes nor mackintosh. At ten o'clock, when he arose to go, It was raining pitchforks and grind stones. "My, my, my!" said the nice young lady, "If you. go out In this storm you will catch your death of cold." "I'm afraid I might," was the tremb ling answer. "Well, I'll tell you what stay all night; you can have Tom's room, as he is visiting uncle and aunt up in the country. Yes, occupy Tom's room. ICxcuse me a minute, and I'll just run up and see If it's in order." The young lady fled gracefully up- Btairs to see If any tidying was neces Eary. In five minutes she came down to announce that the room was In readiness, but no Charles was in sight. In a very few momenta, however, he appeared, dripping wet and out ol breath from running, raid with a bun dle in a newspaper under his arm. The nice young lady greeted him with: "Why, Charles, where have you been "Been home after my night shirt," . was hla reply," as he hung his hat up to drip. Cincinnati Enquirer. A l-it'ita Alnrtn. Mrs. De Fink I'll never enter that rtcre again, never. I never was bc i.i.ralttd In my life. I thought I'd die mortification, Mr. Do Fink (hotly) What! Insult ed? Who was It? Tell me quick ami I'll i Ch, you can't do anything, my dear, it was a woman who insulted rac n 1 .lc3woman. Bhe Insisted on Rhowlug me 'cheap' things and 'bargains.' " C.!r. Do P. BubuldeB.) New York Weekly. 1 Kutfrri'il liy ( omptirlHon. She I fear your love Is growing cold. 1 Ho Not a bit. It only seegis cold In contrast with the weather. Indian-' HAD BEE" CJI 1HE CARS BEFORE. A Utile Story or lluinptloni Old Man nnil a Meek Conductor. He got on at Schenectady. He wai la n black broadcloth suit and a dus ty beaver hat. Ho put his canvas-covered handbag Into the rack and opened a newspaper. He gave the conductor his ticket aud settled himself In his seat. Then an idea which ho seemed to have forgotten evidently came back to him suddenly. He tok the bag down from the rack and drew out o neatly folded gray alpaca ulster, a pair of brown cotton gloves, and a black silk traveling cap. Somebody evident ly had prepared him for tho Journey, and determined that he should lack no material aid to enjoying himself or looking Just as well as anybody he saw on tho car. He got Into the clothes, put on hit epectnclcs, and began to read his news paper. Hut a change In the direction ot the train brought him under the at tention of n particularly zealous ray of sunshine. He fidgeted in his seat and pulled down the blind. Then he looked about the car for another seat. The only one empty was at the tippei end, so he tuok down the canvas hand bag and the beaver hat and emigrated to tho seat on tho shady side of the car. The only trace of him left In the scat he bad vacated was tho slip ol paper given him by the conductor when he took tip his ticket. When the conductor came through tho car ngnln he found the old man sound asleep, with 'the newspaper ov er his face. The cap, the gloves, the ulster, and the spectacles had changed his appearance, so he was aroused aud syked for hfs ticket. "I gave you my ticket," the old fel low snapped out, "Just after I got on." Then ho put the newspaper over his face. "Put your check? Where's your check?" tho conductor asked. "I haven't got any check, and I don't want any," the old man said af ter he had drawn the paper up partly from over his face. "I don't know anything about a check. I bought a ticket, ond when I got on tho train you asked mo for it. I gave it to you, and that settles it. Besides, I m sleepy." The conductor had entirely failed tc recognize the old man in his new dress. The newspaper was over his face again and no ticket was forthcom ing. The conductor touched him. "Where've you been sitting before?" tho conductor asked. "In the first seat from the other end," came from behind the newspaper again. "Hut don't ask me if it's still there or not. I don't'know and I don'l care." "It was only for your own conven ience that I gave you the check," said the conductor, "so I wouldn't have to ask you if you had your ticket every time I passed through the car." This time the newspaper came down, and the old man's eyes snapped at th conductor. "Never you mind my convenience," he said. "I never asked you to look out for that, and the ticket didn't say anything about It. I can look out for my own convenience. I haven't been down to New York before since Gen. Grant's funeral, but I know that when you buy your ticket and give it to the conductor there's nothing else to do. I'm uot under compulsion to take a check from you, and I'm damned if 1 will." The conductor didn't answer, and didn't want to. Ho had won an unus ual victory. He had the sympathy ol the passengers In a discussion with one of them over a ticket, and ha felt that was triumph enough. So he smil ed while the old man slept behind his newspaper. The conductor did not even take the satisfaction of asking him at every Btation for his ticket. He allowed him to sleep quietly. How Ho Won Ilia Case. Charles O'Conor and James W. Ger ard were once opposed to each other In an Important trial. When Mr. O'Conor produced his first witness, Mr. Gerard rose and said: "Mr. O'Conor, what do you propose to show by this witness?" Mr. O'Conor told what he wished to prove. "It is useless to waste the time ot the court and Jury in proving that," said the other; "I admit it." Mr. O'Conor then called his next witness, and the same question and answer were repeated. "I admit it," said Mr. Gerard; "don't let us waste time." Another witness began, and Mr. Ger- ard interrupted: "I admit all you say you are going to prove. Let us hurry along." With a rapidity which almost took O'Conor's breath away, all the facta I which he had accumulated were ac cepted wholesale. There he rested his case, and Gerard, for the defence, call . ed no witnesses, but at once began his ! address to the jury. "Gentlemen of the I Jury," Bald he, "some of you know me I personally. I have no doubt those ol you who are not personally acquainted , with me know me by reputation. Now, gontlemen, you know that if my client had been guilty of any fraud, I should be tho last mn:t on earth to admit It. I should hide it from you, I should cover it up, I should fight, fight and I know how to is'at ; gainst the prooj ot its getting in evidence. If my client had been guilty of fraud, do you think 1 would admit it? No! no! Never! I never! never!" Here ho looked at hie watch. "Gentleman, excuse my brevity, I havo fin engagement to dine to-day, end my time is almost up; I will detain you no longer. Uo won his caee, A (ifif.cl Arittliutlrtj), i Cne d.".y, as Pat halted at tho tcp of the river bank, a man famous for his luquib'.iivo mind, stopped and usked: 'Vow Ions hnvo you hauled water for the village, u.y gend man?" 1 .n ye.'.rs, Kor, waa tae rcr.uy an t'.vcr. "Ah! How many loads do you take In a c'.ay?" ; "Frora tin to fifteen, sor." i "Ah, ye?! Now, I iwve a problem f.-ir you. How much water at U1I3 rate hae you hauled in all, sir?" l'at promptly Jerked hla thumb back ward toward the river and replied: "Ai: the wather yez don t Bee there now. CHAIRMAN JONES' WARNING- Head of the National Democratic Committee Serve Notlco on Corporationi Which Coorco Their Employe! That They Will be Prosecuted. The following appeal and warning atldrcssctl "to the American people-' has been given out last week by Chairman Jones on behalf of the national Democratic committee. In view of the fact that the great corporations, with scarcely an excep tion, and many of the large employers of labor in the United States are en gaged in a concerted effort to coerce their employes into voting at the ap proaching election against their own convictions, I deem it my duly to call upon all those who believe in the supremacy of the law and the tin trammeled freedom of the individual in the right of exorcising the ballot, to use their utmost effort to prevent the success cf this most flagrant act of lawlessness, for if the conspiracy succeeds government by corporations will have succeeded government by the people. "The corporations which thus ap peal to force and fraud strike at the very foundations of republican gov ernment and the lovers of free insti tutions must arouse themselves to save the country from its great peril. Especially should the workingmen assert their manhood rights. If they vote their convictions and in accord ance with their interests, the Demo cratic ticket is certain of election, and in that case the employing corpo rations will have no desire to embark upon a policy of punishment. "In the contest that is raging the salvation of the workingman lies in the assertion at the polls of his rights as a free and independent American citizen. The perpetuation of this attempted outrage upon free suffrage will work its own cure. An indignant people, jealous of their rights, will de mand that the legislatures, state and national, shall proceed at once by rigorous measures to prevent the possibility of a repetition of such at tempts hereafter. "The national committee, backed by the full power of the Democratic organization in every state in the Union, pledges itself that every scoundrel, whether public officer or private citizen, who is detected in any violation of the law shall be vigorous ly prosecuted and sent to the peniten tiary if possible. James K. Jones, "Chairman National Democratic Committee." Blood Is Lifo. It is the medium which carries to every nerve, muscle, organ and fibre its nourishment and strength. If the blood is pure, rich and healthy you will be well : if imrmre. disease will soon overtake you. Hood's Sarsa- parilla has power to keep you in health by making your blood rich and pure. Hood's Pills are easy to take, easy to operate. Cure indigestion, bilious ness, 25 c. SOLD EI3 WIFE TOR A PlPJJ. Peculia- Mt i al Trania'-tija, tj Whis'i th 3 Woman Object. A peculiar transaction in wives took place in AVilkes Barre Township, last week. There was quite a crowd in Joseph Rothstein's saloon. Stanley Makhnsky excited the envy of his friends by showing them a fine new pipe, for which he said he paid $4. William Krokinosky wanled the pipe and as noue of the crowd had any money, he with ethers offered to trade things for it. He offered a pair of boots, his breast in the Empire mine or a Davy safety lamp, but none of these things tempted Makhnsky. Krokinosky finally said : " Well, if you give me the pipe I will give you my wife." Maklinsky agreed to this and the following paper was drawn up : " I sell my wife to Stanley Maklir sky for a pipe. I will have nothing to do with her again. He can do what he likes with her." Each man signed this, and Krokin osky agreed to deliver the wife ne: t day. Mre. Maklinsky.who is somewhat more Americanized than her husband, objected vigorously to the proposed plan, and told him that she could have him arrested if he married another woman. Maklinsky, finding that a second wife would be a danger ous and embarrassing encumbrance, searched about for a chance to trade her off. It was not long before he met George Kopchinski, a young miner. The latter readily agreed to pay $to for the woman, and paid $3 down and promised the balance in monthly instalments., lie was not to get a wife so easily, however. That afternoon when lie went to Maldinsky's house the wife refused to recognize the validity of the sale, and said she would not go with him. Kopchinski showed her the paper he had received from her husband, and argued that the sale was proper, and she was legally his wife, but she would not see it in that way. Kopchinsky says unless the iT www 1 p!31 i53 AN ELEGANT with each SWEEI CATOI3AL CIGARETTES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A COLLECTION OF BUTTONS WITHOUT COST. "A handful of dirt may be a house ful of shame." Keep your house clean with woman comes to htm he will ap peal to to law for aid. Secret Photographing. One of the most ingenious methods in the world for photographing per sons and keeping them in ignorance of the fact is that of the Bank of France. The bank has a hidden studio in a gallery behind the cashier's desk, so that at a signal from one of the bank employes any suspected cus tomer will instantly have his picture taken without his own knowledge. The camera has also become very useful in the detection of frauds a word or figure that to the eye seemed completely erased being clearly pro duced in photographs of the docu ment that had been tampered with. We live in a country of which the principal scourge is stomach trouble. It is more wide-spread than any other disease, and, very nearly, more dangerous. One thing that makes it so danger ous is that it is so little understood. If it were better understood, it would be more feared, more easily cured, less universal than it is now. So, those who wish to be cured, take Shaker Digestive Cordial, be cause it goes to the root of the trouble as no other medicine does. The pure, harmless, curative herbs and plants, of which it is composed, are what render it so certain and, at the same time, so gentle a cure. It helps and strengthens the sto mach, purifies and tones up the sys tem. Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to $r 00 per bottle. Sullivan county has always stood by Columbia in district nominations for Congress and state senate, .when the nominees have been residents of this count- Now that Sullivan has a candidate for congress for the first time, let Columbia stand shoulder to shoulder with her, and roll up a goou big majority for Alphonsus Walsh. Mow Is This Ofor? On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, a generous sample will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Halm) sufficient to demonstrate its great merit, tun size 50c. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St., New York City. A friend advised me to try Ely's Cream Balm and after using it six weeks I believe myself cured of ca tarrh. It is a most valuable remedy. Joseph Stewart, 624 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. BUTTON EREE piickagc of POLIO FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of Nebraska. TOR VICE-PEESIDENT, ARTHUR SEWALL, of Maine. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. CONOR ES3-AT LRGE, D. C. DEWITT, of Bradford county. J. T. AILMAN, of Juniata county. DEMOCRATIC) COUNTY TICKET. FOR CONGRESS, ALPHONSUS WALSH, of Sullivan county. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, JOHN N. GORDON, of Montour township. WILLIAM KRICKBAUM of Bloomsburg. FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE JAMES T. FOX, of Catawissa. FOR PROTHONOTARV AND CLERK OK THE COURTS, WILLIAM H. HENRIE, of Catawissa Boro. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, G. S. FLECKENSTINE, of Orange Township. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JOHNG. HARMAN, of Bloomsburg. FOR representative, (North Side) Wm. CHRISMAN, of Bloomsburg, WILLIAM T. CREASY, South Side. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, CHARLES B. ENT, of Bloomsburg. FOR COUNTY AUDITOR, W. F. STO FINER, of Bloomsburg BOYD TRESCOTT, of Millville. FOR COUNTY SURVEVOR, CHAS.. H. MOORE, of Bloomsburg. 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