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.
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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
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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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