THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. THEATRICAL GOSSIP. GRAND OPERA GROWING IN FAVOR IN THIS COUNTRY. American An Taking Kindly to Clnaalcal Mutlo 'Which at One Time Met With In difference Nordlea 8ayi the Salaries ol Sincere Are Higher Here Thau Abroml. M. Cnstplmary'8 latest apponranoe In a new part was In the m-ont produc tion, of "Siegfried," when he sang fot the first time ou any stage tho role of Fafnor, the dragon. He sang then In German for the first time In his life, and was greatly elated at his victory over the ililllcult text of the part. Fol lowing the lend of liin friends, the de Kes.kes, lie had recently become an ardeut admirer of the works of Wag ner, and he enjoyed his performance of the growling dragon with the spir its of a lKy. In the "character" parts of grand opern he was eminently suc cessful, and his lancalro In "Carmen" ranked as one of the brightest buffo performances on the stage. M. CASTLEMARY. fWho died on the staire of the Motropolltnn Opera Housi'.l Castclmary was born In France and was well educated. It was reported that he came of a noble family, and had the right to the title of Count, which he declined to use. In early years he took the operatic stage, and became passionately attached to his profession. He first becnine known In America In 1871), when he appeared in French opern In New Orleans. Ills next engagement was in Hooth's Thea tre. In 188(5 he took a company to Santiago, Chile, where he lost lOO.OOOf. at the Theatre Nacionnle. Ills greatest success was in the chnracter of Meph istopheles, in "Faust." He rting nnd acted the part with great success all over the country. He made it a rollick ing, humorous part, and to such a per formance, it niny be reninrked, he was especially adapted.! Speaking of grand opera abroad and in the United States, in n recent in terview, Mine, Nordiea said: The as sertion thnt salaries are the same on the Continent as In the United States Is not correct. It is a fact that in London an artist may be paid the same per night as he Is in New York, but nothing additional goes with it. He gets no percentage on the gross receipts or anything of that kind. MME. NORDICA. In Taris he may receive as mnny francs per night as he gets dollars In New York, but the difference Is readily perceivable. At the same time the demands upon .... artist are greater in New York and all over the United States than on the Continent. In Europe three or four operas will be selected for the season and these only will be given. In New York n nightly change of bill is de manded, with a matinee. It Is true that the season Is longer on this side of the water than on the oth er, and herein lies the value to the ar tist who comes here from Europe. He has the opportunity of mnklng more money than on the Coutinent, although at the same time it is true that his ex penses are much greater here. In this way it may be said the great salaries paid here are In a measure equalized by the smaller salaries paid in Europe. I may, perhaps, be permitted to give you nn Instance. If I am singing in Loudon, a shilling will pay my cub fare from my hotel to tho opera house. In New York, say I am stopping at the Snvoy, 1 pay ?5 for a carriage to and from the Metropolitan Opera House. Everything else is in proportion. You cannot wonder, then, why opera tic sularies are higher In tho United States than in Europe. There are long distances to travel, frequent rehears als because of the more extensive re pertoire, and more work to be done In every way. One is also expected to be proficient In three languages. There is a greater number of performances, and tho participants are continuously at work. The Mncrwuly Institute In London, was started in a small way some twen ty years ago by Courthorpe Todd, who opened a clubroom for poor actresses, In the- nope of saving some of them from the privations und dangers to which they are often exposed. His plans prospered, and the place was en largod, till tho house now called the Maoready Institute was built, Rose Fanchon. FASHI0N8 FANCIES. Large Hate Still Larger, but Ilrlme Penall) Narrow at the Hack. The Princess dress Is very populai (h Far Is, and many handsome gowns ol velvet and silk for weddings and otliet dressy occasions are cut In this style Wide ribbons, plaited chiffon, lace, and flowers In great profusion will constitute the main feature of hal trimming, and black hats will be very popular, despite the fact thnt brilliant color characterizes the finish of straw hats. fx Lightness seems to havenbeon tht main effect of the designers In hati this season, and It can be a boon to all womankind if the milliners do not off set tills by loading the hats with trim ming. Japanese rush and Japanese straw lwlp out the variety in light weight effects, and ranama hats will be much worn for cycling. The fancy for one-sided effects on bodices has extended to the back n well as the front, and evening gown do not escape this mode altogether' yet It can hnrdly become popular, since It In so many cases Interferes with the graceful outline of the figure, Lapping one side of the back, Just a little jmst the middle, in a cluster of small plaits, Is the most successful method of accomplishing this end, nnd the dressmaker will tell you that it it a very becoming style. Large hats nre even larger than they were In the fall, and the crowns nre medium broad nnd medium la height. The brim Is usually narrower at the back than at tho front, but some shapes widen nt the sides where the brim turns up, nnd others turn p nl the back, with plumes underneath the brim. There nre fluted brims In every shape imaginable, but the old sailor shape in the new light braids bids fait to head the list of popular hats. GOSSIP OF THE WHEEL. After numerous experiments, n cor respondent has found that cottonseed oil, in the proportion of forty to sixty per cent, of kerosene, produces as nearly perfect n light for cycles as It possible. She "Oh, Jack! Do you know Mr. (ilbsou punctuated his tire yester day?" He "You mean punctured, my dear." She "Well, nnyway, he came to a full stop." Sketch. The paternal character of the French government is amusingly exem plified in one of the rules of the HI- cycle Touring Club, of France, which, of course, bear the stamp nnd seal of the Minister of the Interior. No wom an, either French or foreign, can be come a member, or tour, unless furn ished with a declaration, notorlnlly witnessed nnd signed by her father or husband, to the effect that she has per mission. In Vienna nil bleycle-rldors, before obtaining permission to ride In the public streets, nre required to pass nil examination. They have to ride be tween boards laid on the floor without touching the sides or edges of them. At the word of command they must be able to dismount either right, left, or backward; nnd until the rider passes this examination satisfactorily a license to ride on the public high way is refused him. Frequently a wheelman finds the tire of his bicycle deflated, and imme diately begins to look for a puncture. A hole in the tire is not always the source of the trouble, however, as the leak may come from a defective valve. An ensy way to test this Is to fill a wine glnss or narrow tumbler with water, then turning tho wheel so thnt the valve is at the highest point, place the rim of the glnss against the wheel so that the mouth of the valve stem Is covered by the water. A leak, how ever slight, will make Itself manifest by the bubbles appearing on tho top of the water. The cause of the trouble may often be removed by working the plunger Inside the valve stem up and down n few times with the point of the cap or with a lead pencil. Inflating or deflating a tire several times will also frequently cure a leaky valve. If neither of these remedies has the de sired effect, the case is one for the re pair man to attend to. John Anderson, My Jo. An old man, 79 ye:trit of rnco, a id jiU wife, five years youiiKur, In nn En glish Institution for tho Hnwl, re. cently requested the authorities to kit them luivo u tandem bicycle, as 1 1 1 1' y felt tliv ii 1 of exorcise. Dally paper. John Anderson, my Jo, John, Pin thinking much of lute T lint we are rather alow, John, And not quite "up to date." The other clrls i.U wheel, Jiilin, While I ufitot do go, I quite neglected feel, John, Joint Anderson, my Jo. What though we're seventy five, John, We're Hound of wind and llinh, And really might to strive, John, To keep up "in the wlra." A tandem we should share, John, If wt. would Htand a show. And bloomers I shall wear, John, John Anderson, my Jo, John Anderson, ray Jo, John, You must not say me nay. New women are the "go," John, Bo all the Dapers say. And I've made up my mind, John, That I'll Just let 'em know The old ones are n't behind, John. John Anderson, my Jo, v Jog Lincoln, THE WAR WIDOW. Why '"Mta Mary" Bad Cease to Remem ber the Straggle of 1-ong Ago. "What a dear little old maid!" said tho Northern visitor, as the charming Southerner tripped down the garden WlUk, prim little skirts gently stirred by the autumn breeze, shawl natly folded over shoulders which had the slope of the true Virginia aristocrat, dark hair banded beneath the close little bonnet an Ideal type of spin sterhood. Everyone laughed. "Miss Mary an old maid? Why. she's the fiercest wai widow in ths whole Shenandoah Val ley. Sho 'bit a Union soldier's arm clean through to the bone once. You must gel her to tell you the story, It's very Interesting." The story was In teresting decidedly so. "You see," said Mary, tending down to pik an Invisible thread from ths spotless rag carpet rug, "you see, there had been a good deal of trouble all along the valley because certain of our people were said to be giving signals by means of lights In the houses at night to the Confederate troops In the Blue Rldgo heights. Sheridan was en camped all around us, and he had Is sued an order that any house Bhowlng a light after dark should be burned to the ground. It was a regular eurtfow." "What did you do?" murmured her hearer sympathetically. Miss Gary's laugh was a delightful thing to hear. No one would have sus pooted her of misfortune, and certain ly t'ot of the tragic experience of war. "OX It wasn't pleasant, but, we all stumbled into .bed in the dartt those who didn't go to sleep with tho chick ens. Well, one night, Just at mid night, a messenger rode up to our door with a note for me. It was a note from one of my relatives, telling me that my favorite aunt was dying. Of course. I had to have a light for the purpose. I went up Into the garret and lighted Just one little candle" ah, MIbs Mary, what meant that odd plram In your keen, dark eyes at the recollection? "but it was seen, nnd early tho next morning a regiment of soldiers filed Into the yard marched tip on to the gallery and into the kitchen and proceeded to turn the kitchen siove upside down, and set fire to the house. My father expostulated with the captain, showed the letter about my aunt, told him my mother was old sr.d feeble and liable to die from the Bhcok It did kill her. Nothing avail ed; the hotwe was ablaze in a dozen places, and ithe soldiers began ran sacking everything. "I rushed frantically up stairs and down, trying to secure the most valu able things, our money we hadn't much and the silver and Jewelry. My two children were asleep on the third door, taking their morning nap, when the excitement began; my little girl of J years and my baby boy. My first thought, of course, had been for them, md the negro nurse was directed to take them to a place of safety. "I could see her in the distance, my little girl running about, so I took It for granted they were all right. But suddenly I had an inspiration you know thlng3 are told you Just as though a 6plrit spoke I was dragging i small trunk out when the voice it was nothing less said, 'Go to your ihlldren.' "I dropped the trunk, ran down to :he quarters; there was the nurse, there was my little girl, but there was no baby. 'Law, Miss Mary,' said the stu pid black creature, wringing her hands and crying, 'he was so heavy I could n't done tote 'em bofe.' "I never stopped. I fairly flew back to the house; the nursery floor was al ready In flames. On the stairs a big. burly soldier barred the way, I trie to dodge past, but he caught me by the elbows I'm not very 'big, you know and held me out at arm's length. "I couldn't stop to argue; time was precious. I Just ducked my head down, bit at the fleshy part of his wrist and let my teeth meet. He dropped me with an oath. I scampered past and caught up my baby just in time. The (bed clothes were on fire." A flash of the old bitterness and storm stirred Miss Mary's mobile fea tures for the moment; then she leaned (back, with her own musically South ern ripple of laughter. "Well, well, those days are past, and my 'baby's a father, and I'm a grandmother, and you, my dear, were Invited to eat Sally Lunn and drink tea, which Is a heap more polite than telling tales against the Yankees. Let's go and have our supper." New York Tribune. Ills Awful Break. "Horatius!" said the professor's wife, "I don't believe you're heard a word that I've said, and 'here I've been talk in for half an hour!" "Well." said the pondering professor, "who would 'believe it? You seem Just as fresh as when you started." And it took him a week to square himself. Cleveland Leader. A Holiday Inrlilent. Wife I think I will surprise you with the purchase of a watch to wear Christmas. Husband It will be an acceptable trift. and I shall wrnr It with nlunmini Wffe Oh. but the one I should buy would be a lady's watch, suitable for me to carry. BoBton Budgot. il'l Art. "Did vou not know." askrwl tha onnrt "that such a poor copy of a genuine out would surely be detected?" The counterfeiter tossed his hair back from hla hlne-velnarl hmw "I sought," he haughtily answered, an aruetic ratner man a nnanclal sue cess." Detroit Tribune. We Was IMschararad. Police Magistrate I would not Hks to think, prisoner, that you attempted suicide. Yet witnesses testify they saw you on the pier a minute before the accident. But why did you go off Tanikley Jsh the ol' story hie I b iuse i man x Know i wasn mo loaded. Buffalo Times. What Ild Ha Mean T "I cooked the dinner myself, lovo," remarked Mrs. Shingles when the meal had reached ths dessert stage. "It was not necessary to tell me tnat dear," replied Mr. Shingles. Pittsburg 4. Vitus sin qui shed Vhct Cured Little Stanley Nichol of Chorea. From Iht Republican-Journal, Offdtniburff, Tf. T. A letter was latelv received at the office of the JiepubHron-,mmai from Hammond te the elleot that the eure of an extraordinary severe ease of flt. Vitus' dance had been Ceded on the Dorion of little Stanley Nichol. the eight-year-old eon of Mrs. Cbarlri Nichol of that village. A rpnnrfai mmm anAnrdlnirl rltanat,!,,! In tli at direction who. after some inquiry, found Airs. XNionors residence nixiut a tnllo outside the village. Mrs. Nichol mtid : " A little oyer a year ago my boy, Stanley Nll'lllll. m-hn is nnw nnltf atirhf v,hm it, I alarmed me one dsy by being tiikeu with n nruiiffe gurgling in his throat. After the firMt the attacks became quite frequent. (Stanley did not eoniplnin or any pain, but said that he con Id not help making the noise. At that time there was a New ork doctor topping in the village who whs a specialist on throat and nasal diseases. I took my son to him and after a careful examination he snid thnt there wns nothinr the mntti.r will. the boy's throat. The gurgling in his opinion was caused ny a nervous contraction of the muscles of the throat. He asked who our fllmilv t,lltuixilll wnm n it mm iA !..., 1. ...... .1.1 Consult with li 1m before he prescribed. "Wiunicy rnpliily grew worse. Iio was ilwavs a sielclv hoe. fin. rlv T tw.it.,. ..1 tliut he was jerking his arm up in a verv peculiar manner. A few tlnvs Inter he seemed to lose eontrol of his fegs, firMt one ami men the oilier would he pulled up and then straightened out strain, lie wns n per feet bundle of nerves and was rapidly losing llll eontrol of himself. Yt'licn online nt tl,.. tabic, or drhikinir. his arm w,nl,l nl1., iuii,,i, lo us to spill wimt he was drinking. Ono Something for the Children from 6 to 60 Years. When Edison invented the graph, which reproduces the human voice, it was considered the greatest invention of the age and so it was. Just think a moment: voices, bands ol music, songs of all kinds, speeches and lectures by great statesmen reproduced by these ma-chines. Why are not phonographs in household ? They cost too much to S200. We have solved the problem. Echophone will be shipped you press charges to be paid by the purchaser), and " Leslie's Weekly " every week for one year, for the remarkably low price of $8.00 I he lchophone is run by child can operate it. One record goes with each machine ; extra records 50 cents each. The phon ograph and graphophone cylinders can be used in this machine. If the talking machine is not perfectly satisfactory, we will refund you your money. "Leslie's Weekly" is considered America, Its subscription price is $4.00 per wonder how we can sell both for $8.00. We to "Leslit's Weekly." We believe that we will get them this way. Those who advertise with us when we publish that number of papers will pay for our loss now. Therefore, the number of machines will be limited "First come, first served." Law as She Is, Lawyer You say you saw the prisoner, my client, commit the mur der ? Remember, you are on your oath. How do you know vou saw him ? Witness I saw him with my own eyes. "Did you have on your spectacles? "I never wear spectacles." "You don't? How do you know you don't need them ? How do you know you don t see incorrectly ? Ans wer that. Did you ever have your eyes examined ?" "Only once. I applied for a posi tion on a railroad, and was refused because I could not tell an olive-green zephyr from a sea-green one." "Ah, hal Gentlemen of the jury, the witness admits that he is color blind, and yet he stood up here and perjured his soul to injure my client, when his own testimony shows he can't tell a white man from a negro." N. Y. Weekly. STRAY PARAGRAPHS. Longer days are coming. March winds are blowing. Led astray a lost pencil. The man who falls from a ten- story building is pretty sure to be dead broke. It doesn't make much difference what the price of onions is, they are usually sold at 1 2 scents a dozen. An exchange says : that a dough nut isn't very big but it takes a lellow with a pretty good appetite to eat the hole of one. A Magical Life Saver is Dr. Ag new's Cure for the Heart. After years of pain and agony with distressing heart disease, it gives relief in thirty minutes. Thos. Petry, of Aylmer, Que., writes : "I had suffered for five years with a severe form of heart dis ease. I was unable to attend to busi ness. The slightest exertion produced fatigue. Dr. Agnew' Cure for the Heart gave me instant relief, four bottles entirely cured me." Sold by C. A. Kleim. Get your job work done at the Columbian office. day he scared me terribly by throwing back his head and rolling his eyes up so that ouiy the white parts showed. I took him to our family physician who prepared some medi cine for him. He took it and commenced to improve. The dose, however, had to be in creased and Stanley rebelled against taking it. It was very disagreeable medicine and I don't blame the boy tor not wishing to take it. "Our physician went to New ork citynn business and while he was away the medicine hecume exhausted nnd we could get no more. Stanley wns still very bad. About that time I read shout a little girl who had been cured of Ht. Vitus' dance by taking Dr. Williams' Tink Pills. I thought I would try them and procured s box. I followed the directions that came with pills, and gave only half s pill at a dose. I did not see much improve ment and increased the dose to a whole pill. The effect was noticed in a day. Stanley im mediately commenced to fH better ana did not object to taking the pills as he had the other medicine. lie took seven boxes of the rills and to-dav appears to be perfectly well, le discontinued taking them some timeao lie Weighs nearly fifteen pounds more than he did and is strong and hearty. A year au'o we took him nut of school but he is so much better now that he is coin'' to begin again this full." Ir. Williams' Pink Tills contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are sold in boxes (never in loose form, liy the dozen or hundred) nt SO cents a box, or six boxes for $2.fin, and may be had of nil druggists or directly, by mail from Ir. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. THE LATEST TALKING MACHINE. phono - Human mm, every 40 15 mi' V- An (ex- clock-work. Any the bcs.t and most popular illustrated weekly in year, and the Echophone $10.00. Now you will tell you. We want 2;o,ooo subscribers 6 7 W 0 LESLIE'S WEEKLY, IIO Fifth Avenue, New York City. Electricity. The electrical properties of amber were known to the Greeks before the Christian era. Electricity takes its name from the Greek word for amber. Gilbert in i6co was the first to em ploy the terms " electric force " and " electric attractions." In 1748 Franklin's electrical researches had progressed so far that he killed a turkey by the electric spark and roast ed it by an electric jack before a fire kindled by the electric bottle, and in 1752, by means of the kite experi ment, he demonstrated the identity of electricity and lightning. The first magneto electric machine was made at Paris by Pixii in 1832 ; the first telegraph line in the United States was set up between Washington and Baltimore in 18445 the first sub marine cable was laid hetween England and France in 1850. As early as 1802 bir Humphry Davy pro duced an electric light with carbon points on almost the same principle as that now employed. The first electric railway on the continent of Europe was built by Siemens at Ber lin in 1881 5 the first in England was constructed in 1882, and m America the first electric line was built in 1885. Bread and Butter. The newest diet suggested as pro ductive ot longevity is bread and but ter. There is in Hythe, England, a lady who lives entirely on bresd and butter and has done so all her life. She has never tasted meat fish, came. vegetables, jam and only a few kinds of biscuits and sweets. She has never had a day's illness in all her life, and never had recourse to medicine of any description. Her friends have tried in vain to induce her to eat something besides bread and butter, but she con fines herself entirely to the diet on which she has existed for at least 30 years. She is strong and healthy in every respect, healthier, in fact, than a great many people who have lived upon exactly the food that is supposed to make us feel as if illness were a total stranger and almost would be London Letter, Fine PHOTO: GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros, Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. C0BA1CT1D WIICLY. iTiILr!Cl Butter per lb $ 20 .14 .08 .11 .06 .07 1 00 30 .so Eggs per dozen Lard per lb , Ham per pound Pork, whole, per pound Beef, quarter, per pound , . , , heat per bushel Oats " Rye " " Wheat flour per bbl . 80 Hay per ton u to $4 35 S .40 .10 4 08 ,c6 .07 .os .11 .11 3l .os .80 7S So 1.59 75 1 .00 Potatoes per bushel Turnips " Onions " u Sweet potatoes per peck 1 allow per lb..... Shoulder " Side meat " " Vinegar, per qt Dried apples per lb Dried cherries, pitted Raspberries Cow Hides per lb Steer " CalfSkin Sheep pelts Shelled corn per bus Corn meal, cwt Bran, " Chon " 7e & Middlings " .' 75 .10 .08 .10 .c3 2.60 385 3J 360 Chickens per lb new " "old Turkeys " " (eese " " Ducks " " COAL. No. 6, delivered " 4 and 5 " " 6 at yard !!!!.... " 4 and 5 at yard The Leading Conserratori of America rounded la ltttl fay JZZtT?C S. Tourjle. for ProiptctO 7 NKL"'-"ivin ,ul1 infc P?- "FHAWlt W. H ALL fit!,, f ivirc full information. auk W. Hal. Centra! Manaftt. NEW DINING ROOHS. A LARGE and well furnished tlininc room has been opened br ii inn v UTD'tin onlhe second floor of his flUMMJ, r e ,. lauront. Meals will be served at the regular dining hours for 25c. nnd they can also be obtained at any time. The table will be sup plied wilh the delicacies of the season and the service will be flrst-class. Entrance by door betweon Eestaurant an Ualfalera'i grocery store. 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