G HATE TOO NOTICED IT. A Robin ll learning to Walk Ho Longer llopi. ' Of course you all know the robin. (Whether you live la city or country, ft Is the only bird, except perhaps the Intruding house sparrow, thnt Is ure to come Into your yard, If you havo one, or Into the nearest park or garden, If you have but a square rod of lawn, tM la almost certain to find It out soon er or Inter and V visit 11 In search of tutu-worms. Often enough you have seen him there, and have bidden him krp himself to the worms and wel come. But as you watched him gliding over the lawn, I wonder If you have notic ed that the fine fellow has a thought beyond his hunting, and that, even while he works, he is endeavoring to perfect himself In a new accomplish ment? Perhaps you have not thought of It, yet It really seems to be so. Tlio red-breast Is learning to walk! For generations unnumbered his an cestors have taught that hopping is the proper and dignified gait for a bird, and even now his first cousins, the wood thrush and the veery and the hermit thrush, are uncompromising hoppers. But Sir Robin, having left the ancestral halls that is to say, the woodlands; having taken it upon him self to be the progressive member of a. Tory conservative family; having come into the gardens and orchards where worms are most abundant; hav ing laid aside the traditional russet garb of the renowned thrush family and donned a trim business suit in keeping: with his character, Is quite ready to accept any other change, eith er of costume or of custom, that seems likely to redound to his advantage. One morning, when I had gone to the park for a stroll, there suddenly Bitted before me a robin whose whole manner and bearing seemed to Bay. "Watch me!" He alighted on the ground Just ahead, gave his wings and Ull a flirt, and. seeing that my eyes were upon him, he started forward and actually ran perhaps thirty steps with out a suspicion of a hop. Then ho looked up at me with an expression that seemed to say, "Thought we couldn't do it, did you? Well, what do you think now?" and took another run longer than the first. I applauded the feat as It deserved, and assured the fine fellow that his feat should be heralded to the world. I feel bound to add that even this ad vanced student of the art of walking paid very little attention to worms while he was making his feet work In dependently. He certainly walked fat better than I had supposed It possible for any robin to do, and his accom plishment Justifies the prediction that the time Is not very distant when ev ery robin will do a "square heel and toe" without difficulty. If this statement sounds Improbable, go for a walk and watch Master Kobln yourself; but It would be folly to pre dict how long It may be before his old ichool cousins, the wood thrush, the Teery and others, will even attempt to follow his example. Our Animal Friends. Canonization of Knntn Zita. Santa Zita, who resided for the greater portion of her life in Genoa, Italy, has been canonized. She was a rery pious churchwoman, but always ery domesticated. She remained longer than usual at church one day, and quite forgot that there were to be a number of people at the house that day for dinner. On awakening she hurried forth from the sacred edifice in a way which was far Indeed from ber wont, but, on reaching the kitchen, what was her surprise and delight to Bnd a party of cherub celestials busy preparing the meal. She did not inter fere, but was at first not unwilling to accept the praise which was lavished an her culinary success. She soon re pented, however, and told the world the truth about the spiritual and mi raculous help she bad received, and It sras agreed on all aides that she de served to be canonized. Accordingly she became Santa Zita, A ISerninn rennnt l'netea. Johanna Ambroslus, the German peasant poet, whose works have been sompared to all that is classic in Ger man literature, says a writer In the Philadelphia Press, was the second child of a workingman, and, as her pother was an invalid, Johanna and her sister, while yet more children, were compelled to do all the housework for the family. At twenty she became the wife of a young peasant named Volght, and a son and a daughter were born to her. In the midst of all this, and whilo absolutely deprived of all literary aids, she persevered in her writing, till her poetry demanded the attention of the finest minds of Ger many. Now that opportunity is given her in which to enjoy Leasing, Schiller nd Goethe, she speaks of the long, profitless period of her womanhood as "those twelve dumb years." In Gorgeous Headgear. It seems to me that the hat fnust be iome part of evpry horse's wardrobe, fudging by the effects the recently trop leal weather had upon these poor crea tures. Numberless ca.-ts of sudden Ill ness, which was bad both for the ani mals themselves and for the people who were riding or driving them, were brought to light last week. Some horses were actually seen In the park wearing hats which were of a Salva tion Army bonnet tyj-a of pattprn. One of the humorous papers suggested that this new fashion would renuH In unheaTu-of extravagances In flower and ostrich plumes, and that horses would soon tike such an interest in their own headgear that they would Insist upon stopping to look In at ali the more fascinating milliners' win dows. London Lady. frlnrraa Mmitl l nrvi IMrrrai liHiin Princess Maud Is entitled to consid eration from the point of view of tht great tobacco trade, according to re port, because she Is an expert carvei In meerschaum. In tho German lrn guftga, which all the members of het house tpeak so well, she would be called u Breiistliulrt-chslerin. Het cousin, tho German Emperor, has a very fine plpo on which was carved by the princess the figure of a warrior. To her husband she gave a meer schaum with a Uiialaii sailor engraved Kon tho bowl. , , ; , One Day's Experience. It was on an electric car, bound from Harvard square to Boston. He was a susceptible Harvard student, she as pretty a girl as you could wish to see. He wore an immaculate white scarf and was arrayed like a lily of the field. She had brown eyes that extended back to her soul, and she knew how to use them. She left the car at the central gate of the Common, and he sighed and watched her through the car window until she was out of sight. An hour latei he was strolling through West street viewing the shop pers with a critical eye. Suddenly, from the mysterious interior of a dry goods store, a bundle in her hand, her cheeks flushed with the ardor of the chase, she came forth fairer than be fore, and underneath the immaculate scarf he felt a joyous commotion. At i o'clock he was at the Adams House, and, as in duty bound, made a cursory examination of the ladies' dining room. He had inspected scarcely half the tables when his heart stopped and his eye was rivited. Just underneath a mirror she sat, divested of her wraps and nothing short of ravishing. 'It is fate," said he, and stared at her until there was danger of the head waiter calling the police. At 4 o'clock he was hurrying up Tremont street in the overture of a threatening rainstorm, bound for Park square. In front of the Tremont theatre he thought of his immaculate scarf and fine raiment and sought shelter in a doorway. Another moment and the world around him grew misty. She stood beside him, her skirts in hand and despair m her face, without mackin tosh to shield her from the rain. J He glanced at her a moment, rolled up his twelve dollar trousers and de parted on a run. A few doors down the street was a furnishing store. He dashed into it. "Give me an umbrella, quick," he saul. "Here is one," said the clerk ; "$4.50, genuine natural wood and" ' Hang the wood," said he. He dived into his pocket. A two dollar bill, two ones and forty-five cents in change. 'Call it $4.45. It's all I've got." "All right," said the clerk. He threw down the money and rushed back to the doorway. She was gone. Then he raised his umbrella and started to walk to Cambridge. Bos ton Herald. The Game They Played. "Saw a funny thing on a train out of New York not long ago," said the drummer, fixing himself comfortably for story telling. "What was it?" asked a Cleveland man. "A couple of card sharps sat across the aisle from me and time hung heavily on their hands, for there wasn't a man aboard they could work, and they were disconsolate. After awhile they began to play with each other, but they quit pretty soon and relapsed into their former condition of dis couragement. They saw that I had been watching them, and after a few minutes I called across and asked why they didn't keep on with their game. " It ain't no good,' said the one next the aisle gruffly." " 'Why not f ' I inquired. 'You're both good players.' " " 'That's it, pardner,' he explained with a short laugh ; ' both of us hold the same hands every deal.' " De troit Free Press. Here is a diamond, here a piece of charcoal. Both carbon ; yet between them stands the mightiest of magi cians Nature. The food on your table, and your own body; elementally the same ; yet between the two stands the digestion, the arbiter of growth or decline, life or death. We cannot make a diamond ; we cannot make flesh, blood and bone. No. But by means of the Shaker Di gestive Cordial we can enable the stomach to digest food which would otherwise fermend and poison the system. In all forms of dyspepsia and incipient consumption, with weak ness, loss of flesh, thin blood, nervous prostration the Cordial is the success ful remedy. Taken with food it re lieves at once. It nourishes, and assists nature to nourish. A trial bot tle enough to show its merit 10 cents. Laxol is the best medicine for children. I)nrhir tup.immon !t in I . wv.vav , vv.'ll,l,l V I1VJ IV 111 place of Castor Oil. The champion hunter and trapper of central Pennsylvania is John P. Swoope, of Alexandria, Huntingdon county, who devotes his entire time to the exciting sport. And well he may, for if reports are true, he makes quite a nice thing out of it at the county's expense, as for instance : During the ten ana one hall months of the present ! year of noxious animals alone Mr. j Swoope has killed 939 foxes, 13 wild : cats and 1,29c minks, on which he . received a bounty of $1,087.50. THE COLUMBIAN, Why Trade Doesn't Boom. Some disappointment is expressed in trade circles that the activity which followed quick on the heels of the election has not been maintained, and the disappointed are asking why the good times promised as a result of Mo Kinley's election have not been reali zed. Both the disappointment and the inquiry are based upon a partial view of the business situation and fail to convince those with a compre hensive grasp of the facts that there is any real cause for disappointment. When the election was held, the fall wholesale and jobbing season was already over. The retailers throughout the country had already purchased the stocks, meagre though they were, they thought were actually necessary. They are not likely to purchase heavily until they lay in stock for the spring trade. The disappointed jobbers and wholesalers are those who have not taken -into account the fact that when one season of usual activity in trade is past, general activity cannot be ex pected until the next trade season is reached. The election fell between two of these seasons. There has been a general revival of production, however, and many long idle manufactories are now running full time to produce the goods that will be wanted for the spring trade. Those who are complaining of dull trade in their own particular staples have bst sight of the fact that be tween the manufactory and the con sumer a considerable period must elapse at the best and that factories may be busier than ever before ' and goods still move slowly in jobbers' hands. 1 he resumption of the factor ies, however, gives the workingmen money to purchase with and benefits the local retail trade. With the ad vent of the spring demand the goods now being turned out in the factories will begin to move to their final desti nation for distribution to the con sumers. The goods will be wanted and the consumers will have monev to nav for them. This has been a year of bounti ful crops and of good prices, and the money which has been paid and is still to be paid for the country's wheat. cotton, corn and other agricultural staples is certain to find its way into the avenues of trade and quicken business into healthy activity in the near future. Those who are com plaining of dull business have expect ed too much and made too little allowance for the time required for goods to reach consumers and realize returns m money to pay for the manu facture and distribution of more goods. The disappointed should make due allowance for the season and the time necessary for goods to pass from factory, and cultivate the grace of patience. The farmer who plants his corn doesn't dig it up the next day to see if it has begun to grow. He waits till it does grow. Trade is in some degree a process of planting and waiting, and experienced tradesmen will do the necessary waiting in pati ence and with good humor. Phila. Times. William Henry Ott, alias "Mustang Bill," says that he used Ayer's Hair Vigor for nearly five years, and owes to it his splendid hair, of which he is justly proud. Mr. Ott has ridden the plains for twenty-five years, and is well known in Wyoming and the North west. The True Moral Standard The moral motive arises not by contemplation of the gratification given by a certain line of conduct to God or by recollection of superimpos ed pleasures, secular or supernatural, present or future, or by any reference to the social habits or conventions with which the said line of conJuct may or may not accord. Such moral motive has nothing to do with obedience to the revealed will of God, or with the extraneous conceptions of heaven and hell, or with punishment or reward from earthly rulers, or with the favor or disfavor of public opinion. It arises from Ihe vived ideal repre sentation of the relation between ac tion and life. The compulsion of morality therefore is inner and not outer compulsion, its authority inner and not outer authority, its restraints those arising from the connection of cause and effect, its sanctions natural, not supernatural, essential and not fortuitous. The foundations of the moral code thus belong to the very nature of sentient life itself, and its dictates therefore possess a validity, a reach, a significance, a sacredness, to which no others can conceivably lay claim. The fastest time ever made over ' west from Philadelphia to Harrisburg was marie last week by T. Jeff. Gill- j man, engineer of limited express. The train ran the distance of 107 miles in one hour and filty four minutes, nv eluding two stops. The first machine for the mann , laciure 01 cotton was invented m 1 786. It was designed to card, rove j ana spm the raw cotton into thread BLOOMSBURG, PA. i 11 Hi LONG CUT LONDON COUPON' "3! 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