2 THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. 'tAOmiWJU Wfc,S. CURRENT COMMENT. I Ten years after the United States of America came Into existence, the Con Twslonal library bad Its beginning. Congress was about to wore from Philadelphia. The scat of govern ment was to be transferred on two loops to the District of f!rkliitnliln The rreldent has found a refuge from the office-seekers, but It it only available on Sunday. They will fol low him to the church door, but not Inside. A prominent citizen of Boston re- There was a fine collection of town lot 2 tha h wnt to the inauguration uui not much else In Washington, so an ald not a single Intoxicated long as they remained in Philadelphia, , Person during all the time he was in wo Senators and Kepresuntntlves ! Washington. But twill Hm 0t the 1,0&anlnn library. the absence of such vlsl.m may be due ! n- them are very many perleotly ro of the JSfi !,to T",der the ne"U ' to Pnoa, condition, omission or In- ' -PtM glrto. who have chosen tie mr umruinuiel . il urmult ln carter oi a dot uuuu in vraw w uwv o.uuo to buy books, and nrdow.1 I LONDON'S B R MAIDS. th Bailoeaa at Hsbad:Hanttfig Carrtod on With That of Srln(f Drink. Under th title, "Feminine Types in London," Jesse Francis Sheppard gives in the Nouvelle Revue an account of the London bar maids. "They are recruited," he ays, "am ong the burgeolsie as well as among the lower classes. Some ox the most Interesting types can foe found In the tiara or public houses of the West End, close to the fashionable theatres. Am- Gauglit UEiilo ing in E3ord (Morado jjooin set apart for them in the Capitol. lt evident that strong pressure The grandfather of the present Ambus- will be brought to bear upon President toeLJ nhttrd 72 0U0f the co,mult- I McKi"l t alter the rules governing tee which cnrr ed nut th rviui... ! .... mug Two vnr !.. n . ! "JC "wni civil service so as to . v.15.t in7ivj rrv a librarian at $2 a day to take care of th books, but stipulated that the pay was for only such time as he was ac tually nt work. The early appropria tions for tlx? library were fino a year. It took fourteen years to get together 3.000 books. Then came the British, under Jen. Hons, entering Wnhlng ton in 1S14. They burial tlie Om.ltot uuu me imrary went up In names. The oy 'be Chicago Council, and now next year Congress made nnotlior start awaits the Mayor's action, llmltlnir IlV lM1trlln tilt. .l. n ir .1 . . ....... " ,u, ,r !pm,v). in isril : 00 feet. Tl. limit. .,... .1 , ...... v uiiuui iiic IMfmUil, I ordinance is 153 feet. throw open to the spoils-seekers cer- tain olllces brought within the provi sions of the merit system during the term of President Cleveland. Important movements are in pro gress in New York and Chicago for the regulation of the height of build ings. An ordinance has boon of In ISM iue j.u,rary of Congress, as it is official ly known, had grown to about. 50.000 volumes. A lire on Christmas Pay de stroyed 35.000 books ami part of the Capitol. I-'rom 20,000 volumes in 18.-.2 the library has reached its present col lection of 800,000, and now takes pos session of the finest library building In the world, which cost $i.000,000, and was nine years in course of construc tion. A public building covering a block of ground and without a dark vruer Is something novel In architecture. Yet that is what the new library is. Such a result Is made jmsslble by 1,800 win dows and by an arrangement of courts within the exterior rim of halls. The ,e"um " is 111 the very centre, but a flood of light pours in on the cloud iest day. It is under the golden dome. It Is an eight-sided room, with the ele vated desk of the librarinn in the ecu tre, and all of the apparatus for com niuuicatlug with assistants around aud beneath. The desks for readers are In circles facing the librarian. The dis tance across this octagonal room is 100 feet. Itotunda Is a better descrip tion than room, for the celling Is the vuimt u interior or the dome. Opening Into the rotunda on the eight sides are alcoves, where encyclo paedias, books of reference, diction aries, aud works for which there ore al most continuous use will be kept. These alcoves are on the level of the floor. Headers will be allowed to go Into them and consult such books as they may need. Sitting on his high Perch In the centre of the rotunda, the librarian or his immediate representa tive occupies a position much like tho lookout's In a modern penitentlnry. He not only has every occupant of tho rending room under his eyes, but lie cau see in every one of the alcoves, Which are open to the public. Theso reierence alcoves will bo the only parts of the library containing books to (which readers will have direct access. I rom the eight corners of the rotun da, between the pairs of nJcnvim 1.1 . .u massive marble columns which support the golden dome. They are of u;per anu richer colored marble than that which forms the walls. Forty u.uuvo me noor a spacious gallery encircles the rotunda. From iiiia Itors who como on sightseeing bont .wui iook aown upon the practical op cratlon of the library. Only thos tv.r. eons who wish to read or to consult books will mako use of the main floor 01 we roiumin. All others must go to the gallery. In this way the librarian expects 10 make the reading room a Place for study without Interruption, although he will have from 250 to 300 readers under kls supervision when tho ui is run. on the edge of the gal lery are perched sixteen bronze fig u..j. On one side of the rotunda, ni. most on a level with the gallery. Is a marble clock, six feet across the face. From tho vantage of the gallery tho win gain a comprehensive idea of the workings of the library. Look ing down, he will see the applicant for a dook come into the rotunda by way of a curtained aisle, and mnke khown bis request 011 a slip of paper at tho greai central Uek. He will follow the movement or tho attendant' to a tele phone so nicely adjusted that a whis per will convey the order. Turning about and looking through tho heavy plate glass Into the book stack, he will uw iue attendants on one of the nine floors receiving the messages at thu othw end of the telephone. He will boo me attendant go to one of the book cells, take down the volume wanted, mm urop k in a little iron box on thu endless chain. Iteturulng his attention to tno centre of tho rotunda, the vis ltor will presently have the satlsfao Inn f ..I .1.. . ...mu i wuniTi Yinj; iue uox come up from beneath the floor in the rear of the librarian's desk, and deposit thu uwik mere lor ttie Inteudlng reader. J itwetm the utilities aud the artistic magnificence of the seeno the visitor may well bo lost In admiration. Be low will ito tho busy scene of the . brary In use. Around above are thu richly tinted marble columns and walls extending upward to the inte rior of tho dome. "The book capacity of the parts ol the library finished off," said Mr. Kpof ford, "is about 1,800,000 volumes. It ell of tho space of eacn floor not at present used was to be fitted up foi the storago of books, the buildina would hold 4,500,000 books. More over, posterity may build book slacks In the spacious courts to contain 2. 000,000 more without nuy violence tc the uses or architectural symmetry oi Yellow journalism is having rather a hard run at present, being thrown out of clubs and libraries right and left, Willi scaut ceremony or iolito ness, in fact, with none at all. Tho directors of theso Institutions unite with an Immense and growing num ber of other people in considering its conduct as contrary to morals and public policy, it is apparent that It must mend Its ways or Its swaggering rhetoricians will Boon bo barking to empty benches. a living, and, especially u they are . preuy, to get a chance to catch a rich husband. "A public house, situated at the an gle of one of the principal thorough fares, Is both a gilded palace and a mine of gold. It exercises a etrangt fascination upon the poor country Ibumpktns who have Just enough to pa; for a drink; but the dude coming out oi a theatre, the country greenhorn, the fashionable snob, and the frequenter ol tine music .halls are always to be found there. It Is among these that the bat maids hunt for a husband. If there lt one class of London eooiety more stu pid tihan another lt Is that one which Includes the frequenters of the publl houses. With a pipe In his mouth and a glass of beer or whiskey In front oi him, the young Englishman, dressed in fashionable style, with a slight and elc gant figure and regular features, re mains standing for more than an houi paying pretty little compliments to one or several of these ladles. "The (barmaid Judges her customers by the out of their clothes. If you want to attract her attention you must pre sent yourself with a silk that and a handsome cane in your hand, and a suit out in the latest fashion. The high hat Is de rlgueur. Without that tihere Is no possible chance of success. "It was. not witihout difficulty that 1 managed to get an interview with one of these young ladles, whoso intcili Clung to film Vhlioa Commercial Travelar In tho Ula West, Notwithstanding all Efforts to Gat Rid of It. Hot Springs of Arkansas, of no Avail. Mr. Wrillnm Clement, ct Frepport, 1111 roi, ia a wnll-lcnottn commpruiul traveler, and rrpreifiilj the large Cliirnuo limine 01 l!fd, WeUk A Lange. In hia early life Mr. Clement migrated to thi breezy yrvrt and lie came a cowboy in Colorado. After doing a inuoli at cow punching a he dcird, he turned liln attention to mining, the exposure from wmcn aud mi 1 1 to on tlie plain under mined a once itron constitution, and rheu matism, lirer and kidnoy trouble and dropsy made their unwelcome appnimnee. Tbe Hot HpriHg of Arkansu wero viiitcd In the hope of relief, but he win uimippouu cd, and no he took up hit resilience in Illi nois, and obtained employment a a drum mer fur a liiri;o houa in ('hicujro that liu.t long iiince gone out of hinineai. rhrsMuns were consulted both at home and while 011 tli mint Mrit-li mil. lu..niiiarit !....... ... it... .... "MM VM 'l t MM!... ITIIVll, 'f f,U dnetors, forIr. Clement grew worse instead of bettor, and consluutly liad to lay up for works ut a time. It was then that tlie suftnrrr conceived the idea of trying Dr. Williams' 1'ink Tills fur I'ale People, and did so. "I thought," Mr. Clement f'u to the re porter, "that fifty cent.t would not be much expenditure, so I bonsht a box of the pilla and begun taking tlicni according to direc tions. " I did not have ninny days to wait before I found a marked Improvement in my condi tion, so I kept 011 wiih tho treatment. First my kidneys began to do their work thorough- From the ChronMt, Chttmeo, RU ly and welL and 'all bloat left me. Then th Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. THE MARKEliT BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. mil raici,. COai.CTID WIIKLT. rheumatism and pain in tho region of tlie heart went, my liver is cured, ami 1 may ear 1 am as well as ever I was. if I had only known of Dr. Williams' 1'ink Tills t few years before, I ahouid be a food many thou sand dollars richer." As usual, when such testimonial are re ceived at tho otiic. of Pr. Williams' Medi cine Co.. thvv are sent for verification to thn leading tirugrista or the vicinity or other I'OrK, wnoie, per pound persons In good staurlitig. 'lha above was I Ref nuarter ner r,l not 'an exception, notwithstanding Mr. Clem- ?.." quan?r Per pound, . . . cnt'a exeolleHt reputation, and the returned I VVheat per bushel. statements uiado tu tho reporter were strictly I p true. lK)e An analysis of Pr. Williams' rink Tills Wheat flour Tier bid . londensed form I tt, t Butter per lb $ Eggs per dozen , Lard per lb ...!" iiani per pound. shows that they contain, in a condi .to .08 .It .c6 .07 1 00 So 480 m I tt... 1 x all the elements necessti ry to give new life and ' ' " ion.. ...I2tO$M nervus. They arc an unluilmg siiecilic for such dlscn-.es as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dunce, sciatica, ncurakdii, rheumatism, nervous headache, tho after ellects of la grippe, palpitation of thn heart, pale mid eiillow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female, and all diseases resulting from vitiated humors in tho blood. Tink Tills nru sold by nil dealers, or will be sent post Mild on receint of nrien Sil el-ma n itox, or six imixcs (I Turnips Onions Sweet potatoes per peck laiiow per id Shoulder " Side meat Vinegar, per qt .28 5 .Co .30 4i .c8 .c6 .07 es for f '.'..tO flbev urn I Hripri nnnios IV. ' ' neversoldiiibulkorliythc lmi) by address- n-j,,,, S mg it. u iiimuis' ileaieiue Couipau-, Bciic-I . .., pium - 1 1 1 - Cow Hides per lb ucctiuly, N. Y. gonce was equal to her beauty At first SomGthinj? fnr thp PhilHrPn from R tn RO Voiar-c Steer I was astonished at finding bo much in- a " "w w" ' ' -.www Calf Skin. tUd present edifice. 6NATOK. So goldoin does a mnu live up to his Ideal, or a commonwealth to its moral profwudonH. that tlie couirrattilations of tlie t'ouiitry are due to the State of ! -Nevada. t'nnulutnnnr !,- ..i .... I nine nefi up Its center of gravity, anchored to the utmost limit of public debasement. Having legalized prize fighting and thus dulled the public sentiment and tlm Inivo n . 1 . , ... "i ,rij- uuiur since on tuls subject, Nevada proixises now by nd- uitionai lesislation to confer a most nattering testimonial of Its regard un u uie successful brute In tho Cor- uett-I' Itzslmmons combnt o . owreuiry Mierman. It Is roiortor has been laying down the law about American rights In Cuba in a style that ehugrlus Minister De Lome. He is said to have told the Spanish Min ister that Americans arrested In Cuba must have a fair triul, according to tlie terms of our treaty with Spain, uuu tnnt fcpalu must abandon the dis- uucuon sue now makes between American and English suspects, whereupon De Lome is reported to nave said that he might as well en iiome. his home government cen sures him for yielding too much to tho American demands, and the Ameri can Administration demands still more. When Edison invented the phono graph, which reproduces the human voice, it was considered the greatest tclllgence in an English girl: but 1 learned that she was Irish, and that ex plained tihe mystery. Her father was dead and her mother was left without resources. So she was determined to coma to London and look for a hus band, foy posing behind a bar In Piccadilly. " 'I was .hardly more than three days I invention of t1i .im nnr1 cn if in here, she said with an amiable and Tusf think imnmnnf. TTi,m'o roguish air, 'when I understood why it VJ, JlDk ,a moment Human was that so many pretty English glrl5 ?lces bands Of music, songs of all don't gat (husbands, when they arc kinds, speeches and lectures by great beautiful they are generally stupid. Statesmen reproduced bv these rm When tihey are intelligent they are cold chines masculine, and ugly. Englishmen trav- , el a great deal and meet in their ramb- V ny are not phonographs in every lings through the world very many household ? They cost too much S40 arttl art, t lv nrvmAn nwA .1.-... .1 n . .. . . t9tnA ' lur preny giris wno uoai Know now to chat with them.' " 'But in this mixture that come here to drink and distinguish the others? she said boldly; '.by their figure, by ... , uc -cuopnone IS run by clock-work Anv their clothes, and by their complexion, child can operate it. One record TOes with pipIt For the mnst riant hv tail n-i mnnU:i. -, va wiiu eacil r w -vj a v vuia uuu i ii.ici.Li 1 1 1-r rvi rg T-rir- thin, dressed in the latest fashion, and have a complexion more or less bronz ed. This last trait is the surest slen.' THE LATEST TALKINC MACHINE. We have solved the problem. An Echophone will be shipped you (ex- chat,' I said 'how do you Press cnarees to be mid hv tlif r,irr.i-,oc nA ;the men of it world from "Leslie's Weekly " every week fo7 one year, for u.. ,i a, ,i '""iaik(iuiv iuw nrice nr sex on ypcmiu u. une record goes with es machine; extra records 50 cents each. The ph pgraph and graphophone cylinders can be us in this machine on- If the talking machine is not wA is Sheep pelts Shelled corn per bus Corn meal, cwt.... Bran, .... Chop .... Mi(ifllinp - b" Chickens per lb new " oM luriceys Oecse Ducks .13 .31 .05 .80 .75 .50 1.50 . 7S & 1 00 7S 11 11 i 11 11 11 No. 6, delivered COAL. .12 .08 "I .10 .08 .6o 3-8$ "6 at yard , ,i " 4 and s at yard 3.C0 no LBdmajuonjsmiionf 01 America O Cai. Failtin, Director. Z'ffUX IV"' - onSl rBANlOjiJPTing full ink rsrrf2I: tor Protpectra giring full information. Famic W.Hal. Gtnml Manapr. Seeing that I looked astonished, sha perfectly satisfactory, we will refund von vm r L added: 'Nothing can be more simple. "Leslie-. We.-llv , , yer,Una you your money. An Englteh geatlema, if he has a for- America. Its subscrintion J sc?" 'rCl1 "ie best and n,ost PP"r illustrated weekly in tune, passes thrfourths of his time wonder ho SSKm ?d ,he .'I''"e f io.oo now ou nun-rjnfF ani in finAr rvnn.o 1 r ctani snu 1 m n .r c nu leji von. v wiMt .. .. According to tlie statement of Pro- ressor Felix Adler, Miss Frances Wll- lard wants to vote "for the sake of promoting the nationalization of busi ness, the abolition of representative government, the enactment of Drohlb- Itory laws and the free coinage of sil ver, a declaration of principles calcu lated to invito tlie union of persons who In geueral are In violent opposi tion to each other. If she were en dowed with the ballot and eninow- ered to work up a crusade on the lines Indicated, she would soon flud herself at the head of a political sect more curious than useful, pulling all ways, line a newly-yoked pair of Accomack steers. cacn season," the old hymn tells us, "hath Its own disease." But one of the worst complaints of which tho modern social and industrial organ Iziitlou is a victim is common, in omi form or another, to all seasons, pad roads are a perpetual evil. At some times they aro worse than at other times, but they aro alwayB bad. And the curious feature of the case is that those who are neglectfully or wilfully responsible for their badness uso them and have to use them when they aro at their worst, while those others, oul A Great Magazine Offer. 3 FOR Tihe chaps who remain always in Lon don Have a paler and more delicate complexion, and, moreover, the expres sion of their faces Is quite different from that of the others.' "Noticing with what attention I was listening to her, she continued: 'The gentleman that I refer to have nothing elegant about them except their clothes,, for their conversation lacks novelty. How can a man who under stands nothing but 'hunting and cricket Interest an intelligent woman? The conversation that goes on here In the name of wit makes me tired, but these gentlemen are the easiest of all to de ceive. They are great blar children in everything except sport and politics.' " 'But you are always engaged,' I said, 'and it la difficult to sret an onnor. tunlty to ohat with you. You must al ready had several offers of marriarp?' SIL !?in here' The re6ul subscription price of were from very rich sportsmen; but H,.T. V ?HMa9??,ne' riches alone won't do for me. What i i.iude H.bw." am after,' she added laughing, 'is a title. You know I must hava a tltia "At this moment the ula in mia the neighfborlns: theatres waq over m the public house was invaded 'by a crowd of men, more or less stylish The beautiifu! Irish girl kept herself some what aloof, and only served r.untnmr. that had the appearance of gentlemen. "Well, I left London. A few months nrrerwaro. on return ne thom T nint,i fit DM) SVfllflA . , 1 ... n "1U1D mr ueauiuui irlsn Cut here una rt,n n T' aaf was Boue- Another lady Hprnnroci. r..ui: i- ZL uv u v"veny miett out. , --uio uia.i Miss Clara had left to marry tho second own vi a piuuuaenc noDieman. with us when we publ ish that number nf J! 1 1 , y 1 hose ho advertise number of machines will be limned-.-Firsl come fi : 7 ' T1,erefor. the LESLIE'S WEEKLY, 110 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 1 FOR 1 "Funny Piclure', is $3.30. Wo will tend all three to you lor one year for $2.00, or 6 mo. lor $1.00. .w,tUmu)i.mi o-.wu Ul. ,ou suouid not miss thi NEW DINING ROOHS. i AJ'AKGE a"d well furnished dining room lias been opened by rr i pny lITDIBn o'ltl" second floor of his QAfinl flUMflU, rej. taurnnt. Meals will ,e served at the regular limine hours for 5e. .n,i th...... .uh. !" edt1 lime The table wi" be SUP" Plied with the delicacies of the season and the service will be flrst-class. Eatranco bv door hetwn Ibiffiinrsnt B Malfalera'g grocery itoro.' "PATENTS Pi, ?..a.n,, Tra(le Mark obtained, and si FKES. bUiilneS8 conducted for MODfiKATI KNT OnNrn? IS OPPOSITE TI1R TJ. 8. PAT nB.id"T.ct' hence can transact patent busl wEJSJJlSi.1" C08t than U0M n ohurra i.TTZ . " ,rw "r uui, in a V.V,r ,ee not du" t"! Patent Is secured nimJVj?,0W0btttlnln"'ti'' WIQ Ktet C. A. 8NOV? CO,, WaHhlngtonJOI (Opposite V. 8 Patent OOlce.) ;h Monkryii hi Miners. of foolish nnd injurious spite against 'According tD the P.evue ScienUflque. whom ti.a i . . ' , f J-Yench mine owner in the Transvaal has some monkeys Infected with the oarmam. she was gone. Another ladv n.mnt . V,7 , . ,ol11u uou rr.??d.! HO Fifth AvPnP M v L.brary anKd S -M i IBM ftlflftf lie. U DnintuM. . PARKER'S UAiB BALSAM CImuum ud UuiUflM tlx bits lttmttUm & lnviirl.nl n.wth. 'r rails to BMtor onyj Cunt lp dlMwi hlr latin Xarne., wuoui iue responsible people iktsIsI in maintaining tho badness of the roads, have to use them for only n short time when they are lu the lensl bud state. Alnbnma displayed wisdom In ox einptlng from taxation for ten years auy new eottou factories established within her borders, and the Urst fruits of it are apparent lu tbe preparations for the institution there of a million dollar plnnt by Eastern capitalists who have recently paid tbe state n visit to look over the ground and lav out their lilau of action. The luteu tion is to mnke liner fabrics than havt hitherto been made in the South, whloh is an iminirtant industrial dt parture for thut section, promising tt help toward the solution of some ol Its most difficult economic and sccla' problems. Alabama legislation, sc hospitable to capital, stands in rathei marked contrast with our own, whlct Date.: PoiUofflce,, 8-18-3t. State. mirsi ior goia. it happened in this way: The mine owner had orie-lnniiv two little monkeys whloh were in the habit of accompanying their master in his visits to the mines. Thev saw fh workmen gathering- the Or A. Ami arrr learned to Imitate them and to distin guish traces of the precious metal They thus bocame of use tn tho!- m pioyer, wno procured twenty-four oth ers, which, having been Initiated into the mysteries of mining hy the two first pioneers, soon became so expert a xu un uue piaces or nve or six men The monkey3 are extremely honest 3ays the veracious correspondent of the Revue, for they have not yet been per verted by their human fellow-workers and never try to appropriate nujsoU ' 17E HAVE HO AGENTS itrtlflolal Ears. The making of artificial ears seema to have reached scientlno perfection within the last decade. Made o' a specially prepared rubber, flesh-olored In the rough, they are painted hv hnH in exact Imitation of the remaining ear i ii .inn li n mrr tinn r MinnMA in many cases boems devised with th, care Sullv " .d" " " " uvvt vt Oi all an artiat's picture. The maker fir At a n uuuureu coiiara apiece tor them. Intention of driving lt away. CM a KW Msa so" direct totha a w lure aula. Every. . J."f wrrantci rliffta, ai . Bs m m - r--M m "aw A. Y M X. l aM av m rilRta aistylMof llan. . - PNyituilafi.w J. " C"D. Cin. Nll(1 i a. - 1 -' 1J ' pay y -i The pot called the kettlelilack Because the housewife didn't use APOLIO or htrt ny kind u a and clTJV.T .1 a Many wno were nuw w auawunKwl Lava nia-awwl luialtlt Uy lu iu f-18-4t.4 -1 Hair-backs weakbacks are relieved by IT TOUCHES THE SPOT. FEMALE PILLS. EW OlMBVtHT.,. Hty MHI.. A uew,iUulio uud anio rilof tui msf tmtlua. Now tuwl t otr OO.UUO oiwana, Bowareaf lmltaloafc ealeij In puitl wrappur. Send' '1 auuBm for particular, (.Mlf !; Mntetl-An Idea 2 HTiJS i"un. C.,ror their ,aw irl Wbo can tliin aome io,h thlug tu
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