IVASllliNUTOiN AUiivr
It la fortmmte for tho jmwc flnd
comfort of a now rromiilciit ilmt tlm
custom of retaining wrtaln oinidoypa
f the Kxccutlve Mansion from admin
(titration to ailmlulatratlou in an cstiib
II shod one. Many of the stuff at the
White IIouso have been tbi-r for
yeurs, some of them dating their ternm
of service back to General (Sraiit'i
first AdmlnlHtratlon. It In only the
personal servants who are chunked,
and some of these have grown old In
their places.
W. L. I'rttden, the assistant fmti'
tarv, and Colonel William II. Cro..
the executive elurk, with three or f-nir
of the clerks tinder them, have juissi-d
more than a quarter of a century at
i the President's house, and to their ex
ecutive ability and deep knowledge of
nfTiilrs are due the smoothing with
which Its machinery la run. When
ch.inse In Presidents occurs, their l-uu
pxpfrleiice Is of Incalculable value,
and during the first few months nf :in
Bdtnliilstrntlou as well, when liot'.i tin;
President and his secretary are unac
customed to the work.
mm&$&
OS mil I'lMiE'W"'''0
SECRETARY SHERMAN'S RESIDENCE. .
In the official household Mr. l'ruden
and C!olotiel Crook rank next to the
President's secretary, and are his ex
ecutive officers. Mr. 1'ruden lins
charge of the numerous hills, and is
the President's messenger to Congress.
Colonel Crook Is the paymaster of the
house and looks after the illes; but be
sides their roBtlne duties they are Inrth
looked upon as oracles in olllclal mat
ters, and are consulted on all dilllcult
questions.
There were at the capital during In
auguration week the daughters of
three Presidents: Mrs. Semide, the
daughter of President Tyler; Mrs.
Sartoris, the daughter of President
Grant, and Mrs. Stanley-Hrown, Pres
ident Garfield's- only daughter. There
was also present Mrs. Harriet Lano
Johnston, the uiece of President Bu
chanan, who, lxth while her uncle was
Minister to the Court of St. James and
while he was Chief Executive, presid
ed over his household with dignity and
grace.
Presideut McKluley has had some
trniulug lu the business of seeing men
and women who called upon hi m to
'pay ttielr respects," but ho la just
now finding out for the first time what
it Is to be asked to listen to the Impor
tunities of those who seek ofUce. The
office seekers are losing no time. They
were at the White House In shoals on
Friday morning, aiid at times they con
tributed to the crush ou the stairway
from the main floor to the President's
office on the floor above. While th de
partments are still In need of new As
sistant Secretaries, and the chances of
appointment are open the patriot who
Is pnepared to give up lucrative prl
.vatc business la order to be able to
serve his country in Washington will
bo very buoyant. The pretexts with
which some of the men of this class
refer to their search are entertaining
because they are so old. while the
makers of them congratulate them
selves that they are new aud original.
Cue Nw York man, who would not be
quite satisfied with anything less than
an Assistant Secretary's place, tells
those who speak to him about his am
bition that he does not care much for
ofllce holding for tho sake of the fame
or the emoluments of tho office. 'I
bave a great admiration for the Pres
ident," he says, "conceived when ho
was lu Oougress. I know that ho will
have a task quite herculean. A Re
publican win do nothing more useful
or patriotic than to relieve the Pres
ident of some of his labor by sharing
It. I am willing and auxlous to be a
burdeu bearer." But this gentleman,
who Is a lawyer, whose experience
ought to have made him a valued ad
viser, seeks to bo a burden bearer at
a salary of $4.00 or -,B00 a year.
Tin-re are no would-be "burden bear
ers" who have announced that they
would prefer to rake places without
salary than bo disappointed In becom
ing helpful to President McKluley.
Of resurrected persous there Is a
goodly number. They will vex the
President greatly, for, having once
lield ofllce, and having had the expe
rience required in obtaining It, they
are more artful than the tyro. The
Minister u bioad who seeks reappoint
ment to his old ost ami who brings
recomuinudatiousfroiu the nation to
which he was accredited is at once
too proud and diplomatically indiscreet,
for the State I)epnrtment docs not like
TLey are apt to be taken as Indicating
that i in- ,i. lUL-u-r i....-, ui,
' own popularity too strictly.
Sksatou.
A "recent visitor to the drawing
rooms of royalty and tho Kugllsh aris
tocracy" reports that the book most
to-be seen there is Mrs. Ella Wheeler
Wilcox's poems.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Bam Jones's price for fighting the
devil Is $2,000 per month. When we
consider the time Sam has been en
gaged in the business and the fact that
the devil Is still doing business at the
old stand, it would seem that his
charges are rather steep.
Pittsburg Is to bave Illuminating
tas at 50 cent jer thousand feet, and
tin) men who will supply It are not In
the business for Its hygienic advan
tages, cither. They are eccentric
enough to believe that a profit of 20
or 30 per ceut on their investment
will warrant them In going Into tho
enterprise.
Two more convicts In Auburn have
gone Insane through the Idleness en
forced fa them by tho labor unions,
and may therefore become permanent
charges ou tho public. Take these
prisoners out and set them to werk on
the roads. Then something will be
got out of them, and the labor unions
as well as other people will be the bet
ter off.
When the Kansas legislature com
pletes the task of giving "statutory
force" to the Ten Commandments, It
should go ahead and promote public
health by passing a law to make ill
ness a penal offense. 15y the same to
ken it might improve the general wel
fare by enacting a bill to make
drought a misdemeanor and a thun
der storm a breach of the peace.
Some of Chicago's experimental
philanthropists pniose that all va
cant lots in that city shall be turned
over to the poor for the cultivation of
beans. Tlic bean Idea Is merely a va
rlatlon of the Piugree potato scheme.
It Is worth trying, however, and If It
brings the bean pots of the East into
closer relationship with the mess
pork of the West, It will develop into
a solid Institution.
Secretary of State Palmer of New
York has completed his report to the
Legislature showing the crimlual sta
tistics of the state, as reported to him
by the clerks of sixty counties. Tho
report, which Is purely statistical,
shows, so far as recorded, convictions
for crime which prove that the people
of this state are growing better, aud
that crime is ou tho decrease, as com
pared with tho record made In 1805.
To one who loves the study of na
tions the evolution of national charac
ter and the shifting of he world's
controllng Influences, surely Spain
to-day must open a field unexampled
in modern times for tragic interest.
Long removed from friction with
either tho constructive or destructive
politics of Europe, blessed In natural
resources and rich In tradition, she
has continued steadily a victim of her
self, rather than of her enemies.
Experts estimate that 73 per ceut of
the silks now worn by American wom
en are manufactured In this coun
try. If this Is correct. It indicates an
enormous expansion of what Is every
where regarded as one of the most
difficult aud exacting of all textile In
dustries. It has taken Infinite care
and expense to establish American
silks In public favor, but the fact that
it has been done is a positive triumph
for the methods employed lu the man
ufacture and treatment of those fab
rics In this country.
More thau 3,000,000 persons in the
famine-stricken districts of India are
new subsisting on public and private
charity, aud this nuiubttr will probab
ly be Increased to 5,000,000 before the
leglunlng of June. The relief ren
dered by tho government Is Inade
quate, but It is draining the resources
of tho country so completely that a
loug period of Industrial and and busi
ness depression must necessarily eu
sue after the present distress has
passed away. Tho combined effects
of famine and plague will be to brlug
upon India the severest and most pro
tracted Interval of financial hardship
she has ever experienced.
Tho Brooklyn Eagle, Democratic,
says: When Gen. Stewart L. Wood
ford said lu Wushlugtou yesterday
that he txdieved that the appointment
of Mr. llllss would be satisfactory to
Republicans of all shades lu this state,
he justified the confidence which Ids
friends have lu his ability to do and
say the right Uilng at the right time,
If Gen. Woodford had been unable to
recognize the merit of a rival, and had
not had sufficient self -control to speak
courteously of that rival lu the hour
of his success, ho would have been uu
llt for tho ofllce to which lie aspired.
Such conduct as this conserves civil
ization. It makes It easy for men to
work together Cor the general good,
because It shows that rho general
good Is what we care for more thau
for personal advancement. Wo aro
headed In tho right direction, and tho
time will soon come when men can
strive for ofllce without believing that
the other man is a villain. Difference
of opinion does not Involve moral ob
llqutly, nor does tho availability of a
man for a certalu oflleo prove that
other men would not fill the office Just
as well.
THE COLUMBIAN,
THE VEST NfiWEST WOMAN.
The Obtervod of All at She Painted a
Sign on a Theater Wall.
" Hullv cee. but she's pot her nerve
with her !"
A volley of chafT and comment was
bandied to and fro over that inter
section of Broadway and Seventh
avenue known as Longacre the other
afternoon. The cause ? Only a
woman painting a sign, but the sign
was well up on the wall of Czar Oscar
Hammerstein's Olympia.
It told of joys to come for the
patrons of vaudeville when the chaste
humor of " Silly's Dinner " shall have
yielded place to the classic features
of " Mrs. Radley Barton's Ball or,
Greater New York." May be it was
the subtitle that caught the crowd.
Anyhow the broad expance of street
was lined hour after hour with curious
spectators.
The woman was young and by no
means ill looking. On the lofty pin
nacle formed by a staging with a pro
tecting canvas she worked as placidly
and indifferently as it secluded in a
studio and the crowd was miles away.
Curves, flourishes and ornamental
designs ol all kinds grew under her
brush and elicited favorable comment
from the gamins and newsboys. But
she worked heedlessly on.
She was New York's latest new
woman. ATcio York Journal.
What use is there in eating when
food does you no good in fact, when
it does you more harm than good, for
such is the case if it is not digested ?
If you have a loathing for food there
is no use of lorcing it down, for it will
not be digested. You must restore
the digestive organs to their natural
strength and cause the food to be di
gested, when an appetite will come,
an 1 with it a relish for food.
The tired, languid feeling will give
place to vigor and energy j then you
will put flesh on your bones and be
come strong. The Shaker Digestive
Cordial as made by the Mount Leba
non Shakers contains food already di
gested and is a digester of foods as
well. Its action is prompt and us
effects permanent.
Doctors prescribe Laxol because it
has all the virtues of Castor Oil and
is palatable.
A Revolutionary Soldier's Children.
There are now living m this State
five children of Colonel Gasaway
Watkins, who served as an oflicer of
the Maryland line throughout the
revolutionary war. They are John
S. Watkins, who represented Howard
County in the Maryland Senate, no
tably in 1 86 1 during the session at
T-" 1 1 . - . . .
rreaencK ; Mrs. Caroline Watkins.
widow ; Mrs. Margaret Gassaway
Warfield, widow of Albert G. War
field ; Mrs. Albina Clarke, widow of
William Clarke, all of Howard County,
and Mrs. Priscilla Kenlv. wife of
George T. Kenly, of Baltimore city.
they are all hale and hearty and can
recount manv interesting reminis
cences of the revolutionary war as
toiu to tnem Dy their heroic lather,
who lived to see all his children
grown. Baltimore Sun.
Costs io Cents But worth a dol
lar a vial This is the testimony of
hundreds who use Dr. Agnew's Liver
Pills They are so sure, so pure, so
pleasant and easy acting. The de
mand for this popular Liver Regula
tor is so great it is taxing the makers
to keep up with it.
Sold by C. A. Kleim.
An Aid to Find One's Hat.
We have all seen men standing in
perplexity before the hat stand
distractedly into a hat, trying it on,
anu men replacing it on the hook
with a murmur of " No, this is not
mine," and repeating the operation
helplessly until the familiar covering
was fonnd. Black felt hats do look
very much alike, so to enable the
owner to distinguish hi s own at a
glance some clever person has invent-
eu a stiver nat piate.
This is a strip of the precious metal
about two inches long, more or less
ornamented,' and with a space in the
middle where the name can be en
graved. It has two sharp points at
either end, one set pivoted in a very
ingenious way, by means of which it
can be fastened to the leather lining
of the hat, and easily removed when
it is necessary to transfer it to a new
one Harper's Bazar.
asy to Take
asy to Operate
Aro features peculiar to Hood's Pills. Small in
size, tasteless, ufUclout, thorough. As one man
sulil: " You never know you
huvu taken u pill till it is all
over." alio. C. I. Hood & Co.,
Proprietors. Lowell. Mass.
Pills
The only pills to take with Uood'i i BaraaparHla.
SUBSCRIBE FOR
THE COLUMBIAN
BLOOMSBURG. PA.
COULD NOT UT THE HOST PPTIHG OiSHES.
Many Days Without any Food at All-Cen Eat Four
Squaro Meals a Day Kcw-TIn Cause
of tho change.
From theLeailtr,
Tor thfl restoration ef an appetite wlili-li
has bred Impaired or lost through sickness,
no remedy can compare in eftVetlvenesswilh
Dr. Williams' Pink Tills for l'ale I'cople.
This statement is substantiated by the expe
rience and declarations of men and women
with whom these pills have become a tfotisc
hidd mcdieino. Among the many who eau
offer testimuny to this particular properly of
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is Oorffe Mnrshull,
Jr., who Hires at Xo. 1!) Norwich Street,
Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Marshall is a news
Kent on tho Lake Shore and Micliiifim
Southern Railroad, and his territory extends
from Cleveland to Toledo. I,ike thousands
of others who owe their health and vior to
Dr. Williams' Pink Pill, Mr. Marshall
never hesitates to sing Hieir praises. In his
rase it was neeessary to use only a few boxes
of tiie pills to restore him to the full pons
ion of bodily health. His digestive) organs
had become ill most useless through n Ion;
and serious 'illness, but in a mirprisiir-ty
brief period, through tho agency nf tins
wonderful medicine, they wero capable of
again performing their functions in n regu
lar and perfectly satisfactory manner. In
narrating his experience with tliein Mr. Mar
hull said:
" Last uprins; I was taken fick with inflam
matory rheumatism, and my entire system
was affected. To reliuvo tho Rurt'crinir it
was necessary to paint me with iodine.
After three months treatment I became con
valescent, but tho attack hud supped my
strength and left me extremely weak and
feeble. I could scarcely iitlun urinor a leg.
This wes-knuss permeated my entire system,
and applied us well to my stomneh and di
gestive apparatus ns to my limbs. I soon
discovered that I bad lost uiy appetite almost
Something for the Children from 6 to 60 Years.
ECTIOPIIONIE.
When Edism invented the phono
graph, which reproduces the human
voice, it was considered the greatest
invention of the age and so it was.
Just think a moment: Human
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 S200.
We have solved the problem.
icnopnone will be snipped vou
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
The Echophone is run by clock-work. Any
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 the best and most popular illustrated weekly in
America. Its subscription price is ?4.oo per year, and the Echophone $ 10.00. Now vou
wonder how we can sell both for S.oo. We will tell you. We want 250,000 subscribers
to "Leshc s cekly. We believe that we will get them this way. Those who advertise
wun us wnen we puunsn tnnt numlier of papers will pay for our loss now
number of machines will be limned "First come, first served."
LESLIE'S
IIO Fifth
A GREAT MAGAZINE OFFER.
FOR
1
The regular subscription price of
"Demorost'i Magazine."
"Judge's. Library,"
"Funny Pictures" it $3.30.
"FUNNY PICTURES " Is another Humorous monthly j there is a laugu in every line ot it,
toSSStfT1 are ottea up. You should not misTth.s
Cut liore and return
uemorest Publishing Co., no Fifth Avenue. N. Y.
For the enclosed $2.00 please send Demo rest's FimilvMD.i.. ,,,H,.
Library (a marine o, ,un, and, Funny Pi'ctu re. for" & Perm'r ofVe?.86 '
Same.,
Pott-ojloe.
Date.
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MnHvMaWBsT but have sold din tn th w
ui vAiuiiuiuiiun !
lore im .'...
thing warranted
111) litvlu n ..
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"SWHlMMlliI.ifca.00. tut Urns. tri?tr'a .J"'- "-lwlttMmSTuSrr"
ELKHART cajuuacjc uuuX. ifc
Tshe pot called the kettle black
Because the housewife
didn't
A POL I
Otvtlanit, OMo.
as completely ai though I never had one.
I had no desire whatever to pnrtako of any
nourishment, and the natural remit was that
my eouvalescenoe was extremely slow, and
my parent feared Hint I was going to autler
a rolapse or full prey to another ailment on
account of uiv detdlilnffd condition.
"Many day I would not take any nour
ishment, and whenever I did Hie quantity
wiu too insignificant to materially hasten
my improvement. Tempting dishes wero
frepared for mo, but I could not touch them,
begnn to become hioro or less alarmed
did iny parents, and oncdnyniy mother sug
gested tho purchase of some of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for me. They had been recom
mended to her by a neighbor who regarded
tlicm ns nothing short of miraculous, and
dwelt so cntllnrdiistieally on their excellent
qualities that mother was persuaded to try
them. There Is not much more to tell now,
for I don't look like a man who cannot cut
three or four rtitnrc mcnls a day, do I f
"Three boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Tills
fixed me up sound ns n dollar, und they will
do the stiuie for nuynnn else, I nm sure. It
was not lens nfuer I bcnn to use the pills
that I could feel niyH'lf improving. My
strength began to return and s did my ap
petite, and I wuHoti the road iiuain In a short
time. That Is my experience, and I nm glad
to give it for tho benefit of others who may
have lost their nppctitrsMhniimli sickness."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pillscontain alltlieelc
mcn's ntvesmry to give new life and richness
to the Mood an 1 restore shattered nerves.
They are sold in boxes (never in loose form by
the dozen or hundred) at fit) vents a box, or six
boxes for $l!..rl, ami miiv be hud of ell drug
uists or directly by mail from Dr. Williuuis'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
THE LATEST
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FOR
1
We will tend all three to you for
one year lor $2.00, or 6 mo. for $ 1 .00.
Coupon property nilod out.
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Fine PHOTO
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CRAYONS at
McKillip Bros.,
Bloomsbiirg.
The best are
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THE MARKETS.
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Sutter per lb $
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Eggs per dozen
Lard per lb , . . .
Hani per pound
Tork, whole, per pound
Beef, quarter, per pound, . . .
Wheat per bushel
Oats " "
Rye " "
Wheat flour per bbl
Hay per ton... la to
Potatoes per bushel,
Turnips "
Onions "
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Sweet potatoes per peck
Tallow per lb
Shoulder " "
Side meat " . .
Vinegar, per qt. .
Dried apples per lb
Dried cherries, pitted
lspberries
Cow Hides per lb
Steer " "
CalfSkin
Sheep pelts
Shelled corn per bus
Corn meal, cwt
Bran, "
Chou " 75 &
Middlings "
Chickens per lb new
" " "old
Turkeys " "
Geese "
Ducks " "
COAL.
No. 6, delivered
" 4 and s "
" 6 at yard
" 4 and 5 at yard
The Leading Cooserralor j of America
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rounded la 1891 by
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NEW
DINING ROOriS.
A LARGE and well furnished dining room
has been optned by nippy MlDINn onhe
second door of his HAHM AUKAfll;, r e , .
taurant. Meals will be served ot the regular
dining hours for 25c. rml they tan 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 door between Setanrant as
Halfalera's grocery st:re.
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