THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. jAHTD TO LYNCH TBI MURDERER. a Wu a, Newspaper Man, lint the Crowd Were Aminos to Hung HI in. tpfaln Leos was n walking aloni Xtrkt street the other day holding t ark complcvioned young man of sin ister countenance by the arm. I'copl tnraeri and glanced back, wondering I: I 4tie captain had captured anot her clan aerous criminal. The captain was talk nil In a loud and angry tone and ges tJcluating violently. He was heard tf r: "Ton cold-blooded murderer, you' TO put you where you won't make any more trouble. I've got a rope around four neck already." 8everal people heard It and turned tc ftallow the couple, staring curiously at the prisoner. "If you make a move," roared thf csptAln, "1 11 blow the top of your heafl off." The prisoner looked decidedly un ootBfortable. "We were a long time getting you Dot now that we have landed you yot can commence getting yourself read tor a necktie party." "Lynch him!" yelled gome one In tin great crowd that had surrounded thi couple. "Hang the murderer!" yelled half e doeen voices: and several of the fore most impelled by those behind, rushei jpon them. "Stand back there! What's the mat ter with you?" demanded the capLaln. "Hang him!" they shouted, as thej sHsed the dark young man. "What do you want to hang hln torr "He's a murderer." "Oh, o and attend to your own busl sens! He's a newspaper man, and 1 was Just telling him what I said to De vine, "the Chicken,' when I capture him twenty-flve or thirty years ago." Saa Francisco Tost. Successful. Mr. Goodman My little man. when : wu your age I didn't smoke the wcj you do. Slobsy I'll bet yer didn't. Why, derf ain't a kid In de ward dat kin inhale Dke rue. Rlillenloasly Effeminate. "I understand that there le a revolt among the young woman," said a col lege president. "There Is," replied the professor lr mathematics. "What seems to be the trouble?' asked the president "They refuse absolutely to wear th university cap and gown." "Refuse to wear the cap and gown!' exclaimed the president In astonish ment. "Well. I don't understand that thej kawe any particular objection to the can, but they positively refuse to pul on the gown." "Do they give any reason?" "Oh, yes; they say It hi too effemi nate and entirely out of date. Beaidea It -hides their bloomers, and is really atily fit for men to wear." Chicago rribune. Taken From I If. ffcere was a man who bought a wheel, Be bought it for his wife, And through the streets this man would reel, m-risk'.ng of his life; ; last so his wife could learn to ride, 'With swift and agile bounds, B galloped onward by her side She weighed two hundred pounds. 9t course he couldn't keep the pace, t And soon he traveled hence; tBa love a tandem now doth grace Her second hub hae sense. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Why Ha Protested. "It' very wrong of you people to atac those gongs after 10 o'clock at algbt," said the man who lives on a aastd transit car line. "Why you don't mean to say thai rm go to bed at 10 o'clock," said the MBductor. "K no. I can't say that I da Birt wkan I don't, I'm particularly anxloui Oat my wife shouldn't be awakened." Washington Star.. u. ' n, i. Fuhllc-atton. "Know all women by these pre exits." began a sagacious attorney ox a public proclamation. "Know all men. &c," corrected I (fellow lawyer. "That's all right," explained the 3rst. "If the women know it, the men will soon hear of it." Washington Evening Times. .. .. Tha tlrart First. "I notice that you eat the heart ot year watermelon first." said the theor ist. "That is all wrong. You ought to save it up till the last." "H'm," said the other man; "according to youi theory, a man oughtn't to begin thi honeymoon until he had been married ten. or twelve years." ,J; Nanette's DIHIcultT. I First Coat Why, Nanette! whafi the matter? ; 6econd Goat Appendicitis, William -First Goat Stovepipe? Second Goat No; art posters. New ' Tork Press. Importance. Ferry How did you get that blacl y? Hargreavea Got knocked down by s confounded scorcher. "Was he on his wheel?" Claclnnat1 thiauir&r. . . , f , - . ,' A QUEER DISCOVERT. Live Oats Found On Hundred Feet Dae) In the Earth. A neet of live bats was found 10 feet underground In Snowshoe Uulch near Cottage Grove. In Oregon, the oth er day. This is considered a most re markable discovery, and those whi have visited the place and seen the anl mals are at loss to account for it. John Dlnman and Andrew WIlsoi have been developing a claim in thi gulch by running a tunnel to reach ta vern. The tunnel runs obliquely, am a few days ago, when a depth of 15i feet had been reached, the rock begai to assume a different condition. I sounded loose, or hollow, in that par tioular spot, and the partners knev that they were nearing what in miner" parlance is called "a change." Their "holes" were nearly loadci when this discovery was made, bu they continued loading, and then wen to the surface and touched off th charge. Upon their retuTn they ex pected to find a vein uncovered, or, a least a rock of different charade from that through which they wer running. But quite a different mntter attract ed their attention when they went bac! to the end of the tunnel, and the clr cumstance has been the wonder of th entire country ever since. It has ere ated an immense amount of discussion scientific and otherwise, but no cer tain explanation has yet been adduced Instead of finding ore for any par ticular change in the rock, they fount the tunnel full of bats. The cause o the peculiar sound that indicated i change of ground was a small cave, am into this their last shots broke and ou of which came the bats. How the bat got into the cave Is the problem, am what sustained them there? The poln Is about 100 feet below the surface, ant there Is apparently no opening o means of Ingress or exit. The bats when caught and taken out to the day light, appeared to be without eyes ant able to By but little way. In fact, thel wings were but t eagerly developed The first thing that attracted the men'i attention upon thr return to the tun nel was the peculiar odor, which, not wlthstanuTng the amount of gas fron the exploded powder, was quite percep tible and disagreeable. The only solution of the strange oc currence that has yet been offered Hoj In the fact that the rock is of metamor phlc and aqueous origin, and, being ir the Cascade range, is of recent occur rence. The rock is a closely bedde shale, and at the time of the geologica distrubance that put it Into its preset position the bats had their nests then nc! became Incased as they were found It would eem. too. that the bats mus be of that nature that becomes dorman and able to retain life without food An effort was made to save some O' them alive but they rapidly succumhet to the sunlight and fresh air. Sai Francisco Call. A Ranchman's Luck. A story is told about a panther tha was trapped by Luke Anderson, wh has a small ranch In the Smut Creek Valley of the Big Horn Mountain Smut Creek is a small stream aboui five miles long, flowing through th ranch from a series of springs uj among the mountains. Near one o: these springs Luke set his trap, a big iteel affair weighing seventeen pounds and usually used for big bears. Luke thought that panthers wen stealing his sheep and that they livec somewhere among the thickets abou' the headwater of the creek. He wen1 to the trap on four successive days but found that nothing had disturbec it. He skipped the fifth day. On the sixth day, when he approach ed the trap from down stream be hearc a groaning sound and the rustling o: leaves. He peered over a rock at th place he had set this trap. The place had been disturbed some what. Every small bush within five yards was torn up by the roots. A dead rotten log that had served as a sid of the trap pen was torn and scatter ed about in fragments. The ground itself had been ripped up and plowec clear to the bed rock two feet beneath No trap nor beast was in sight. Luke looked about quickly. He could heai the groans, and they sounded uncom fortably close. On the far side of the rock behind which he was Luke saw the tips of th ears of an animal. Luke slid out ol that quickly. He backed away with rifle cocked and made a detour of sev eral rods. Then, to his surprise, he saw not one, but two panthers. One ol ot the two bad its leg in the trap. The other was beside It, licking down the trapped one's neck tenderly, as an old cat licks a kitten. The wounded on was groaning. Luke shot the untrapped one anl then killed the other. He found thai the trapped animal was a male, witt an ugly face. The other was a sleek coated female. The Plucky Hluejay. My raspberry patch la flftj feet square, surrounded by a win fence. So many birds make their homt in the wooded rooms within ten feel that it Is necesary to protect this patci by netting, which is supported by wirei 6trung overhead. The net hangs ovei the sides of the fence three or four feet Occasionally a bird gets inside, espec ially the blue Jay. We catch them and let them eo unharmed. Yesterday mj man and myself were near and saw i blue Jay In there with a ripe raspberrj in his bill, fluttering against the net Mv man went inside and chased hln: from one side to another three times end finnally got his bands on him al where the fence rail and the net met but the bird managed the slip through his hands down between the net anc then outside of the fence and galnec his liberty. All this time he hung ont( the berry and flew away with' it. Thai certainly Is a good illustration of bird cluck. Median's Monthly. Pennsylvania Mouutaln Tea', Under this name the leaves of one ot the golden rods, solidago odoro, art in vwy common use as tea by famillei of the (lerman race in the Interior oi I'ennsylvania. Men gather the leavei In the summer time, and many are eaid to make a good living at the work They peddle the plant in the wintei tinKJ. ... ... . . HEW PRECIOUS STOIfB DISCOVERED. Jewel Comes From Meilcand Was Fount by Edward J. Smith. A new and remarkable seml-preclou stone has been discovered by Edwart J. Smith, a Chicago diamond expert It is not yet known whether or not th stones will be found In sufficient quan tlty to place them on the market. ADou a year ago an opal miner In Mexlo sent a handful of peculiar, rough lit tie stones to Mr. Smith for examlna tlon. In the rough Borne of them look ed like little snail shells and some Ilk. tiny rosettes, varying In size from I very small pea to a small hickory nut Most of them approached more or lesi a half sphere in shape. The roundel part was generally of the nippearance o clear quartz, while In the centre of thi flat side there was a prettiily colore little nodule. The substance of tht stone seemed to 'be laid In strata ovei this little colored kernel. A number of the stones were pollshet at once, and it was found they madi most beautiful settings for rings, scar pins, and other Jewelry. The uppe: side was given a smooth polished sur face, through which the imbedded fo dule distinctly showed. In most casei the nodule was of dusky red color. Ii some of the stones the eye-like renin was not well defined, but the colorlni matter was clouded across the ertlr- stone. The vast majority of the stonei however, bore such a remarkable re semblance to an eye that It gave riS" to the name "Cyslips," with whicl name the stone has been christened George F. Kunze. the New York miner nloglst who made the collection whlc) H. N. Higinbotham presented to th Field Museum, said that since Mi Smith had discovered the stone It w right that he should name It, so Ml Smith gave it the appropriate name o Cyclops. Last summer Mr. Smith iook in stone to Europe, and the experts then said that no stone like it had ever be fore been known. It was highly prals ed and at once classed as a gem flttei to set in any kind of Jewelry. Thi stone approaches the opal in value, ant will no doubt prove a popular stone l enough of them should ever be foun to make them find a place In the mar ket. This point is as yet entirely prob lematical. Because of the rarity or in Cyclops Mr. Smith does not yet can to make known the name of the mlnei who found the first ones or the loca tion of the mine where they were firs cracked out of the rocks by the search er after opals. The substance composing the Cyclopi is chalcedony in an entirely new ar rangement, dissimilar to any form li which it has ever before been found. An extraordinary Tippler. "I have seen the statement that m man could drink half a gallon o brandy a day for more than a verj short time." said John L. Smith, o Linden, Va., at Wlllard's, "but there li a man living in the town I reside it who has never missed drinking tha' much brandy In a day for twenty years His name Is John Hudnall, and he owm brandy distillery near Linden. H has used liquor as a beverage sine early youth, and for the past twentj years has consumed half a gallon o: brandy a day. He is not an Inebriatt by any means, not becoming Intoxicat ed by the brandy. He is hale and hearty and stands well in the com munity where he lives as a buslnesi man. No explanation can be given o' his remarkable power of withstanding the effects of liquor, but no one whf knows him doubts the statement as t his having drank the amount I havt said. It has not impaired his digestloi In the slightest degree, as it is usual!) claimed it will do. The statements go ing the rounds as to the amount ot brandy that can be used as a beveragi by a man require revision." Washlnjr 'on Star. Fond ot Their Priest. According to the remarkable story which comes from the village of Santa Marina, In Abruzzl, It Is not alont the Anglican curate who boasts of be ing loved "beyond all other men" by the ladies of the parish to which he le sttached. The priest of the village named appears to have been able, with out the adventitious aid of any quail Icatlon for matrimony, to similarly en dear himself to his fair parishioners. whose attachment was so strong that, rhen their spiritual director was transferred to another sphere of duty, they went even to the length of resist ing his departure from among them by physical force. Subordinating all pos sible mutual Jealousies in the face ol i common danger, they "held firmly tc ach other, and the soldiers had to tharge them in order to get him away.' So resolute was their resistance that aot until one of them was killed and several others injured was it possible for the too well-beloved priest to be dragged from their midst and escorted from the village. On the whole, per haps, the slipper-working and church decorating system of expressing femi nine devotion to the clergy, in vogue in this country, is preferable to the more demonstrative methods of Santa Marina. London World. Fnllnp; I'nsstnn. "Yes." said" the charitable lady vls ftor, fussily, as she was being shown over the orphan asylum. "I should like to adopt a little boy, if you have one to spare. I suppose you have, you have so many of them. Now, there is a very pretty one over there in the corner. How about him?" "O, he is not a good little boy at all," replied the Superlntendent.discourag lngly. "He Is always getting into trou ble. Why, he's been marked down twice to-day!" "Marked down, did you say?" said the charitable lady visitor, quickly. "I'll take him." New York Journal. Ureat lMvliiff Feat. , The greatest diving teat ever achiev ed was in moving the cargo of the ship Cape Horn, wrecked oil the coast of South America, when an English diver I named Hooper made seven descents to 1 a depth ot over 200 feet, remaining at , one tlaie 42 minutes under water. An i authority states that the greatest depth to which man has been known to de scend docs not exceed 220 feet, which Is equivalent to a pressure of tfiift $K)und to the square inca. 4 Important Notice ! The only genuine "Baker's Chocolate, celebrated for more than a century as a de licious, nutritious, and ncsh-forming bever age, is put up in Blue Wrappers and Yel low Labels. Be sure that the Yellow Label and our Trade-Mark arc on every package. WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. TRAM-MAS. IIIIIIIHHIIimillllllllllllHIIHIMIIMMIIM Thrift is a good revenue" Great saving results from cleanli ness and APOLIO Tours to Florida. No district in America presents, during the Winter season, so many varied attractions as the state of Flor ida. Besides its delightful climate, which to one escaping from the cold and unhcalthful changes of the North seems almost ethereal, it is pre-eminently a land of sport and pleasure. Along its eleven hundred miles of salt water coast and in its twelve hundred fresh-water lakes are fish of almost every conceivable variety, lrom the migratory tribes common to Northern waters to the tatpon, pompano, and others of a more tropical character. Nowhere in all our broad land can the angler find a greater variety of game or better sport. Here also the most enthusiastic hunter finds satiety. Deer, turkeys, bears, panthers and wild cats roam at large through the more sparsely set tled regions, while birds of all kinds may be found in abundance through out the state. The more novel spart of alligator and manatee hunting may also be indulged in by the more ad venturous tourist. With its matchless climate, its or ange groves, its rivers and lakes, its fishing and hunting, and its extensive forest, Florida presents unrivalled at tractions for the valetudinarian, the lover of nature, the sportsman, and the explorer. To this attractive State the Penn sylvania Railroad Company has ar ranged four personally-conducted tours during the season of 1897, leaving by special train January 26, February 9 and 23, and March 9. The first three tours will admit of a sojourn ol two weeks in this delightful land ; tickets for the fourth tour will be valid to re turn until May 31 by regular trains. Rates for the round trip, $50.00 from New York, $48.00 from Phila delphia, and proportionate rates from other points. For tickets, itineraries, and other information, apply to ticket agents, special booking offices, or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Pas senger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. 12-2441. Choosing a Minister. The parish kirk of Driechton had been rather unfortunate in its minis ters, two of them having gone off in decline within a twelvemonth of their appointment, and now, after hearing a number ot candidates for the vacancy, the members were looking forward with keen interest to the meeting at which the election of the new minister was to take place. "Weel, Marget," asked one female parishioner of an other, as they foregathered on the road one day, "wha are you gaun to vote for ?" "I'm just thinkin I'll vote for none o1 them. I'm no' muckle o' a judge, an it'll be the safest plan," was Marget's sagacious reply. "Toots, woman, if that's the way o't, vote wi' me." "An hoo are you gaun to vote?" "I'm gaun to vote for the man that I think'has the soundest lungs, an '11 no' bother us wi' deein again in a hurry." Scottish American. Did you ever stop to think what indigestion really means ? It means simply that your stomach is tired. If our legs are tired, we ride. The horse and the steam engine do the work. Why not give your stomach a ride ; that is, let something else do its work. Foods can be digested outside of the body. All plants contain di gestive principles which will do this. j The Shaker Digestive Cordial con tains digestive principles and is a preparation designed to rest the sto mach. The Shakers themselves have such unbounded confidence in it that they have placed 10 cent sample bottles on the market, and it is said that even so small a quantity proves beneficial in a vast majority of cases. All druggists keep it. Laxol is the best medicine for child- of Castor Oil. Got His Honey Back- Thirty-three years ago, in the good old State of Pennsylvania, two young people decided to get married by the elopement route, says the Ashland (Ky.) Republican. Living at different po nts, and on account of parental objection, it become necessary that they meet upon neutral ground. So the lovesick swain forwarded to his turtle dove fifty good, sound dollars to enable her to fly to him, but alas for human hopes the young lady's father intercepted the letter and pocketed the money. He likewise intercepted the letters that followed, until the young man, disgusted at the silence of the one he loved, tore her image from his heart and set his cap for another. Years passed both parties to the little romance married and moved frdm the Keystone Stale, the young lady to a far Western State, the young man to Ashland, Ky., where he now draws a salary as an efficient city official. This morn ing the worthy Judge was dumbfound ed to receive a letter from his sweet heart of boyhood days, inclosing a portrait of herself and just think a check for $50. She had at last learned of the part played by her father in separating them and hasten ed to return the money he hypothe cated, and the official well, he got the check cashed. As the name indicates, Hall's Vege table Sicilian Hair Renewer is a renewer of the hair, including its growth, health, youthful color, and beauty. It will please you. How Serpents Sleep, One of the most curious facts with regard to snakes is that their eyes are never closed. Sleeping or waking, alive or dead, they are always wide eyed. If we take a dead snake and examine it closely we shall soon find the reason there are no eyelids. The eye is protected only by a strong scale which forms a part of the epiderman envelope, and is cast off in a piece with that every time the reptile molts. The eye-plate is as clear and trans parent as glass, and allows the most perfect vision, while at the same time (as any close observer of the habits of the snake can easily discover) it is so hard and tough as perfectly to pro tect the delicate organ within from the thorns and twigs among which, in flight from enemies or in pursuit of prey, the reptile so often hurriedly glides. Nature. Two Badly Puzzled Ladies- Vernet, the French painter, was once traveling from Versailles to Paris m the same compartment with two ladies whom he had never seen before, but who were evidently ac quainted with him. They examined him very minutely and commented upon him quite freely. The painter was annoyed and determined to put an end to the persecution. As the train passed through the tunnel of St. Cloud the three travelers were wrap ped in complete darkness. Vernet raised the back of his hand to his mouth and kissed it twice vio lently. On emerging from the ob scurity he found that the ladies had withdrawn their attention from him, and were glaring contemptuously at each other. Presently they arrived at Paris, and Vernet on leaving them said, "sanies, 1 snail De puzzled all my life by the inquiry, which of these two ladies was it that kissed me?" San Francisco Argonaut. Why Attempt to Cure catarrh by the use of so called blood remeJies ? That catarrh is not caused by blood troubles is self evident when you reflect that attacks are always due to sudden climatic changes or exposure, and occur most frequently during the winter and spring, though the blood is as pure then as in sum mer or fall. A remedy which quickly relieves and cures the catarrhal at tacks has been found in Ely's Cream Balm. Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. THE MARKETS. lll.OOMSBURG MARKETS. CORRICTID WIIILT. BITlIb mtCRI. 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