NEW YORK LETTER. ' The horseless cnrrlngp the kind perated by electric power Is no loiijter considered a frenk In this city. It Is now In practical use. A few yenrs from now It Is possible that a horse will attract as much attention In this city s did the first electric carriage. Even livery atablo keepers admit that the torse must go. A concern which has begun the mnn nfacture of these vehicles on a lnrpc cale lias established headquarters in this city. It Is as yet only In Its In fancy, and has only about a dozen ve hicles on exhibition at its salesrooms. Whcse arrived from Philadelphia where the factory is situated, nlxmt iwo weeks ago- Since then they have been operated about the streets and have been Inspected by mom tiers of the Board of Aldermen. It Is the desire of the Hoard to bo thoroughly convinced as to their safe ty before voting on a resolution which iins been Introduced In the Board giv ing the Mayor power to HceDse electric .vehicles the same as those drawn by fcorses, and allowing cabmen who may In future abandon the old style of ve hicles for the more modern to charge fares for rides in the latter. This will necessitate the passing of a special ordinance. AN ELECTRIC SUnTtF.Y. There Is a motor vehicle which, on September 11, 1800, made a live mile run nt the Nnrragnnsett Pnrk races, In Providence, It. I., in eleven minutes and twenty-seven seconds. The aver age time per mile was two minutes seventeen seconds, and it covered the distance nt the rate of a little more than twenty-six miles an hour, estab lishing a record for motor vehicles. The hansoms and surreys in use are fitted with two one nnd one-half horse power motors, both attached to the front axle, one to each wheel, nnd driven independently. The coupe Is furnished with two two-horse power motors. After fifteen minutes' prac tice, say the manufacturers, a man Who has never seen one before can , operate one. They are fitted with pneu matic tires. The cost of the vehicles SvUl not 1k much more than the price of a horse and an old style carriage Kind the charging of the batteries will lie Inexpensive. The Greater New York Commission,' having completed the business for Which it was created nnd eut the charter to Albany, met in the private office of Mayor Strong and for mally declared itself out of existence ly adjourning without date. ! The members of the commission present at the final meeting were Gen. ETrney, chairman; Gen. Stewart L. ISVoodford, Mayors Strong, Wurster and Gleason, and ex-Mayor Thomas F. IGllroy, William C. DeYVitt, Silas B. Dutcher and George M. Pinney, Jr. ' Some time was spent in making the fixxal audit of the bills for printing, stenography, and typewriting and fclerk hire, which aggregated 1(21,088. gi. This is well within the appropria tfion of $25,000 allowed by the Legisla ture last year. The Commissioners served without pay. New methods In the Instruction of theological students seem to be In fa ror at the Yale , divinity school. The prcfessor of sociology brought a lot of the students to New York last week to observe social conditions In that city o that Wiey might have an object les ion In life. The young men were taken, not to the homes of the rich and the powerful, but into the tenement jhouse regions, where men and women live huddled together so closely that jthey cannot raise their eyes on the arth, for fear of stumbling and being trampled under foot by the crowd. It (Is there that many of the social prob lems must be solved becauso It Is In ithose regions that the skein of life is (tangled. The men who are to be the religious teachers the next genera ition cannot know ioo ninth of life, they cannot see too deeply Into its sor rows or Into its hardships, for It is (Only when they realize the nature of the task before them that they can go about it with Intelligence. There Is ,too much theoretical preaching and too much elaboration of dogma and too Biuch apology for preaching at all and itoo little attempt to apply the funda mental teachings pf Christianity to everyday life. There Is talk about Jonah and the whale, while the widow and the fatherless nre oppressed. There Is debate on the possibility of ,t'i Immaculate conception, while chil dren nre homeless and hungry. There Is assertion of the credibility nnd au thenticity of the Scriptures, while dls nonesty In private and public life goes lUnrehuked. If the Yale Instructors .cos convince their studuuts that Chris tianity Is a living foivo by bringing them to Now Yol k they will succeed in an undertaking wl.leh is worth while. Cyhus Tiioiip. rt iimi Hi rm. Scene An Irish cabin. Put Is 111. Doctor lias Just culled. "Well. Pat, have you taken the box of pills I sent you?" "Yes. sir-be Jubers, I have! But I don't feel auy better. Maybe the lid. hasn't come off yet!" Tld-Blts. CURRENT COMMENT. rnrllng one's name In the middle Is not a common American custom, but parting It one elded or In two places Is worse. The man who Is mimed It. W. John n. Pope could afford to drop a few of his Initials or twist the John In front of the rest of them. English statesmen hiss English sail ors and their own government. Right enough, too. The firing of English shells Into a camp of Christians who are struggling to free themselves from a Moslem power that Is hated by all Europe was a shameful performance, for which no excuses are possible. After denouncing the politicians for a season or two the ropulists havo proved themselves to be the most op pressive politicians their states were ever, burdened with. In Kansas It is said that they have multiplied place holders until they can hardly get around the offices, and they are all as keen for a dollar as If they had voted for honest money Instead of silver. It Is an exhibition that will decrease the popularity of Populism If there Is any lopularlty left. One may be a pauper and yet have pride. Since 111 Wang was admitted to the almshouse In Flat bush there have been grumblings. The guests of the Institution said that the social tone of the place was lowered by having a Chinaman In it, and some of them felt po badly about It that they went to board elsewhere. So It Is kind of Wnug's fellow countrymen to form a fund for his removal and mainte nance, and the almshouse will once again become a select resort. Some kinds of men may be more willing than heretofore to serve on a Jury. Down in Kentucky a Juryman learned so much about counterfeiting from the testimony In a case that he bellied to try. that he became a coun terfeiter himself and might hnve made money In the usual sense of that term, If the inevitable had not happened to him. And now his neighbors will sit upon him. The new Journalism does not make It necessary to go to court In these parts to study modes of crime. The X rays burn, though you do not feel them nt the time. One victim of the exhibition of the cathode ray ap paratus In Baltimore has almost lost the use of his hand for a while. The skin has reddened nnd peeled, the arm Is swollen and hot, the bones have be come painful nnd are thickened at the Joints, the nails are fulling out and movement is difficult. It Is to be known, 'however, that he let the light through his flesh for four hours a day for three weeks, nnd his case is no in ducement to stop the use of the rays for medical and surgical purposes. The Court of Appeals of Now York has made a decision in a breach of promise case which seems to extend considerably the legal limitations of flirtation. Formerly, the opinion of the Court says, the rule was that uu engagement could be Inferred from cir cumstances. Under this rule mero "keeping company," If continued long enough and assiduously enough, might Imply a betrothal and afford a basis for a suit for breach of promise, But it appears that this is changed by the statutory permission to the parties to testify, and that now a specific con. tract must be "expressed or disclosed," It has passed Into a proverb that the pursuit of the almighty dollar Is the Chief occupation of the American citi zen. Then, why Is he so keen In the pursuit of unremuneratlve public of fice? All the wires that converge at Canton are throbbing with appeals for place. Petitions for appointment to Consulships and Postniastershlps und Oollectorships are going round, . and possessors of actual or supposed Influ ence with the next Administration are every day Importuned tor "Indorse ments." Literally hundreds of thous ands of cnpable Americans are hoping nud praying and begging for offices that will not in four years yield them as large a money return as nn ener getic business or professional man with fair opportunities ought to earn in one. The proverb about the almighty dollar inuHt be at fault. Cyclins is not good for everybody, and If abused U good for nobody. With lu the Inst two years people of all ages have rushed Into cycling In the most haphazard way. They hare regarded neither age nor previous habits nor their physical condition. Small won der then that many have found 'evil rather than good come from an exer cise which Inevitably demands a heavy expenditure both of nervous at.d mus cular force. Trobably just the same outcry would have arisen If the same clats had suddenly taken to running or rowing or mountain climbing with out any previous preparation. It Is easy to preach moderation, but it must be remembered that moderation Is a term varying with the individual, and every one finds for himself how much lie cuu do. There Is no need to make a bicycle a very wheel of Ixlon, especi ally with a "safety," for It Is easy to get off and equally easy to remount; therefore the cry "You must go on or you will fall" teems to us to Ignore the fact that we are reasonable animal. THE COLUMBIAN. 1 WASHINGTON NOTES. Every one remembers the horrible weather on the days of the last two In augurations, but with pleasure the beautiful day on which President Cleve land first took the oath of office. It must be confessed that the record of March 4 In Washington Is not a good one, for aa far back as Lincoln's time the day was wet and disagreeable. Gen. Grant was Inaugurated for the first time on a gloomy day, when tho rain fell heavily, although it did not Inter fere with the parade. On March 4, 1873, when Gen. Grant took oath of office the second time, the thermometer stood near tero, and It was the coldest Inaugural day In the history of the country. In the morning It was only four degree above zero, ind In midday It had risen only to 16. Hundreds of those who participated in the rwd we nearly frozen, and many resulted. The Inaugural hall tfcu tay was held In a tempo rary rtM)'Ba, which was not heated, and the Indies and gentlemen attending wore their wraps and hats. Those who attended will remember how the sup per was frozen solid, and how coffee was served In blocks of Ice, and also how the assemblage had to leave the ball long before midnight on account of the cold. President Hayes was Inaugurated on a rainy day, although It cleared up be fore the President took the oath of of fice. The crowds that assembled to witness the Induction Into office of James A- Garfield were obliged to wade through snow and slush, although the day was mild, a circumstance, however, which only helped to make the walk ing more disagreeable. The day for the first Inauguration of President Cleveland stands out as a model one In the long record, for It was clear and warm and beautiful, In direct contrast with the terrible weather Which greet ed Benjamin Harrison when he was In augurated. The rain on that day fell In torrents and every one was drenched who braved the storm. At the last in augural on March 4, 1893, the day was almost as bad, although It was snow Instead of rain which greeted the in augural ceremonies. The ground was covered with several inches of snow and slush, and the fiercest kind of a snowstorm raged until the very mo ment when the President appeared on the east portico of the Capitol to take the oath of office. With this record it can be understood how dependent on the weather are the glories and beauty of the inaugural day ceremonies. One of the most interesting and quaint figures at the inaugural cere mony waa Mr. McKinley's aged mother, now completing her 87th year. Mrs. McKlnley wore in the even ing a costume of black satin and a white point lace cap. She was a very pleasing and picturesque figure. The bodice of her costume was mode after the style of Louis- XVI., being round cut and filled in with white chiffon, drawn diagonally across the front A black satin ruching filled In with point lace finishes the neck and borders the soft, white chlfl'on front Black folds of the satin extend from waist to end of the basque In front, while the back of the barque is made slightly full. The town which the President's wife wore waa of a rich duchess dead white satin of tho most costly texture, with real laoes, which are most apropos. In addition to the lace garnitures, her gown la further enhanced with pearl embroidery, the yoke and sleeves be tas entirely of point lace. As Mrs, McKlnley never wears decol lete costumes, the bodice of the silver brocade dress has a Medici collar of pleated mousseline de sole, fully twelve inches wide and edged with a narrow point lace about half aa inch in width. This ruohlng stands up very high, and in the back reaches almost to the top of the hair, curving with considerable flare, and extends to above the ears narrowing down in the front part of the neck. A stock collar holds it in place. A magnificent pattern of duchess point lace extends from neck to bottom of basque in front and ends below the waist line in artistic, tabs about six Inches in length. A unique girdle, studded with tiny pearls, forming a butterfly effect in front, extends around the waist and half way up the back. The lace Is fin ished with a narrow garniture of pearl embroidery down each side of the (ront. The long sleeves, slightly puffed, have falls of pleating of the mousseline de sole (two rows), and are finished with a narrow lace edge, Each pleating pf the mousseline de sole is twelve Inches in width, and falls gracefully over the shouldors, giving a smart ef fect. The skirt is made very full about the feet, with stylish flare, and is fin ished at the bottom with a narrow pleating of the mousseline do sole, edged with the lace. The entire gown Is lined with pink taffeta. Mrs. McKinley's opera cloak is of brocaded satin, showing a white flower design on a groundwork of pale, deli cate heliotrope, end is lined with heavy white velour with a satin figure. It is made with a long cape reaching nearly to the bottom of the dress, and a short overcape covering only the shoulders, both capes being finished at the edge with white Alaska fox, headed with heavy gold lace four Inches in width. To be eutirely frank with your read ers I have to admit that the description of the gown worn by Mrs. McKlnley is the one given out by the tnodiste who made it, and no credit in that line U due Senator. The following toast was pronounced at a firemen's dluner, and was re ceived with great applause: "Tho la diestheir eyes kindle the only flamo ugulust which there la no Insurance!" BLOOMSBURG. PA. THE VERGE OF Th9 Wear and Tear hcisfent Salesman Very Often From Uu Pre, 3. TT. Wham, whe- Htm In mite No. 20 In tin) Hmly block, corner of Payne and Wilson Avenues, Cleveland, Ohio, had auflerccl for months from ncrroui prostration ami ex treniB nrrvounM. Itis norvoua system had become undermined by irregular habit and lie u reduced to the verge of total prostrntiou. Mr. Whann is no longer n travelling salesman, that occupation was fraueht with too much danger to liis health, and he abandoned It. At present he is con nected with the Mahoning Coal Company, and lias charge of n mine three miles distant from Alliance, Ohio, and there ha spends most of his time. ''Travelling salesmen bars to put np with great many inconveniences when tliey are cn the road," suid Mr. Whnnn, " Meals, sleep nnd rest, are often irregular, nnd these causes nnsettio one's nerves, 1 was rapidly approaching a poiut where 1 would become nervous wreck unless I employed extreme mcaMtros. I found it almost impossible to read or write fur a period lonper tliati a few minutes. I would pick up a newspaper witli tlio intention of glancing over the news of the day. ' In five or ten minutes 1 would have to lay the paper aside and get up una' walk around to quiet my nerves. It was the nmo when 1 did any writing. I could write for a few minutes and then hnvo to give it up, as my hands would become shaky nnd my whole body and mind in a quiver. "This nervousness brought on sever head aches; it also brought a loss of sleep, all of which combined to gradually break down my health. I became ruu duwu and lost my ap Something for the Children from 6 to 60 Years. When Edison invented the graph, which reproduces the voice, it was considered the greatest invention of the age and so it was. Just think a moment: Ifuman voices, bands of music, songs of all kinds, speeches and lectures by great statesmen reproduced by these ma chines. Why are not phonographs in every household ? They cost too much $40 to $200. We have solved the problem. An Echophone will be shipped you (ex press charges to be paid by the purchaser), and " Leslies Weekly " every week for one year, for the remarkably low price of $8.00 The Echophone is run by clock-work. Any child can operate it. One record goes with each machine : extra records so cents each. The tihon- ograpli and graphophone cylinders can be used ilT in this machine. If the talking machine is not perfectly satisfactory, we will refund you your money. " Leslie's Weekly " is considered the best and most popular illustrated weekly in America. Its subscription price is 4.00 per year, and the Echophone $10.00. Now you woncier now we can sell both tor $8.00. We will tell you. We want 250,000 subscribers to "Leslie's Weekly." We believe that we will get them this wav. Those who advertise with us when we publish that number of papers will pay for our loss now. Therefore, the nuiuuti ui luaw.uics win uc uuvsueu -rirsi come, nrst served. LESLIE'S WEEKLY, IIO Fifth Avenue, New York City. A GREAT MAGAZINE OFFER. tom FOR 1 The regular subscript cription price of esl't Magazine." Library," Pictures" ! $3.30. "Demorest "Judge' "Funny "OEM OR EST'S MACAZIN E" In by tar the bost family mairazlne published- there t nnnn of our monthlies In which the beautiful and the n.ffil. niit.H! n??2 Presented as In Demorm'sT There li In fwu no publ cation fTr tending to a similar scope and purpose which can nnmnir iliti. fi S-iiiD".?"i?? PJ tains a Tree pattern coupon. 41 lllnrr'o 1 iBnw)in. .1.1-. v v w 9 blrMn I iiiuutui; juuKit.lue OI run, Jl UPd with lllllfttrfltlnna In no l mfflolrlw't'1 wu Bnd humot- totoimTSZ FU N N Y PI CTU R ES " is another humorous ancVsecT thBam'U,nM han48melr "eii up. You should not miss this Cut here and return Coupon properly filled out.. Demorest Publishing Co., For the enclosed $2.00 Please send Demorest s Family Magazln e. Judge's Library (a magazine of fun) and, Funny Pictures for onyear per , our offer.8 A'amf Pos(-ojlce Date., H-18-3t. Questions for Young Men. If you have any ambition to bear yourself well, to succeed in life in all ways as well as in the financial way, which is commonly understood when "success" is mentioned, you must be comj aware of the fact that you can not live any kind of life you may like lor years and still have the highest character. It is the little incidents from day to day which make a man's character, and perhaps the strongest of all these little incidents are those which concern the treatment of women and girls by men and boys. The habit of being constantly with women sometimes cultivates the habit of pay ing little attention to them, of not recollecting that they are to be treated with never-failing courtesy. This is but a step in the direction leading to such incidents as one sees in Europe, where young brothers sit about the house in their uniforms paid tor by their sister's sewing or teaching, and Ism A TOTAL COLLAPSE. to the Life of a Travelling Results Seriously. Cleveland, Ohio. petite nnd performed my duties with no heart whatever. My friends recommended one medicine or another, and one oi'thein suggest ed Dr. Williams' l'lnk Pills for Pale People. 1 bought a few boxes nnd followed the direc tions regarding their use. They restored my nerves to their normal nnd natural condition j they drove away the violent headache and in somnia, nud made me fiat like a man w ho en joyed life. I nm nownt tunes troubled with a headache while superintending tho work at the mine, but tho pills quickly and cuectivcly dissipate it." , ilrs. Whann, too. Is very enthusiastic in her prnist of the pills Klio has used them for headache and nervousness, nnd lias re commended them to many of her friends. Dr. Williams' rink Tills for Palo People nro considered nn unfailing specific for sjicli diseases ns locomotor utuxin, purtlul pnrnljsis, Ht. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheuma tism, nervous headache, the after effects of la grippe, palpitation of the henrt, pale and sal low complexions, that tired feeling resulting from nervous prostration ; nil distunes result ing from vitiated humors in tho Mood, such as scrofula, chronio crvsiptlas, etc. They nro also a specific for troubles peeulinr to females, such as suppressions, irregularities, and all forms of Weakness. In uien they etloct a rad ical cure in nil cases arising from menlul worry, overwork, or excesses of whatever nature. Pink I'illsure'sold by nil dealenorwill be sent post paid ou receipt of price, fit) cents it box or six boxes for $'2.,ri0, by addressing Or. NVillinms' Medicine Couipuiiy, tklicuuc tady, N. Y. THE LATEST TALKING MACHINE. phono- human Q-iTi 3$ FOR 1 " ( f J We will tend all three to you tor one year tor $2.00, or 6 mo. for $1 .00 r " """uw win- . . . monthly ; there 1b a laugh In every line of it. no Fifth Avenue. N. Y. State. let these same sisters brincr their simps or coats, or glasses of water, and what not. When we go to Germany and dcc una nor 01 tning, we acquire s contempt for the men nf that r - ------ a iWt They do not begin to equal the vigor, the manliness, the civilization of our American men. And VPt UFA mnet not behold the mote in our brother's eye unless we consider the beam uur own. vve must nm - others unless we can at least say that ui own men nave a clear idea ( their proper course is such a matter. Futhermore, when you are dealing urltV, K tl . i . .a ...... i..c umcr sex it is wise to bear mind that as von trt u.m . . J Oil UIC you buildincr un HmraMo, ; .if If you do not bear in mind the cour tesies 01 an kinds which are woman's due, you cannot retain for any length of time a pride in yourself, a satisfac tion with your behavior, which is com monly called self-respect ( and without selt-respect you will have a hard time of it tn the world. Fine PHOTO- GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. CORRICTID WIIILT. SITAIL fKICIS. Butter per lb $ Eggs per dozen Lard per lb Ham per pound Pork, whole, per pound Beef, quarter, per pound .... Wheat per bushel 1 Oats " " Rye " " Wheat flour per bbl Hay per ton 12 to j rotatoes per bushel, Turnips ' Onions ' Sweet potatoes per peck Tallow per lb Shoulder " " Side meat " " Vinegar, per qt Dried apples per lb Dried cherries, pitted Raspberries Cow Hides per lb Steer 4 CalfSkin Sheep pelts Shelled corn per bus Corn meal, cwt Ttran ...... Chon " ...... 75 & Middlings " Chickens per lb new . . " " " Old. Turkeys " " Geese " " Ducks " " COAL. No. 6, delivered " 4 and s " " 6 at yard " 4 and s at yard.... I he Leadl ng Conservatory of kmxvAJ) Cam, Fabltsn. Director. -'""'rt'TTnv .JIWII v Don Send for Prospectot iklj2; S0j giving full information. - Frank W. Hals, General Manager. NEW DINING ROOflS. A LAKGE nnd well furnished dining room has been opened hv jj inn V AIlDAHn on the second floar of his ahMl AUKAflU, r e i , taurant. Meals will he served nt the regular dining hours for 25c. and they can also be obtained at any time. The table will be sup plied with the delicacies of the season and the service will be first-class. Entrance by dcor between Sustaurant tn Kalfalera's grocery sttra. PATENTS p.CriI?ft,K8 a.n1 Trade Mark obtolhed, and alt FKEsf bU8lueM inducted for MobfiliATi lm"te,?,Sl?IIBTBl TJ. 8. PAT buslnPHHrtit' w uttve.no BUD-agencles, all mote from WaslUniftoi. v w luuo u,oso " h (iV,'M "patentable or not, free of ) ln..MA,R. BALSAM IcitanMt and brauUflet tha hale I ''""'"Ua a" larurUnl growth. SitotftifSl iciri 'if ToutMul Color? a J " Oc.andal iioat Drugim If ffr, Inotfrention ieUuilo&a kind um www wwuiUf IH UMfc MMtl Persons exposed to weather are protected by ITTOUCHES, THE spot: mm mm m. - HS-'-WB FEklALE PILLS. 1 ? 1 ""'"" "! ealo 1 ullor for ur I f7f tiuw tr over l)o,uu ""7' omuiy. invlf-oratai thoM fP"- i I'or bo j. or ti ia4 box . bonl . . .j, n wrwpuer. eauu w ii flainparorpai tlouluraTdaM br I.oel Wanted-An Idea SSS uu uat of (ho hundred tut callous wanted z
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