THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA.
i
.SEW YORK LETTER.
Mror Pttvmr iwffltly celebrated bin
wreaUrth birthday. He dou't look It
With the exception of aa Pccwloeal
attack of rheumatic pout. Hie Ilonor
m tmnt and TlgoKnift aa a man of
fifty. "No on who has ctct occupied
tn flW of Mayor of ttkia city." ald
I (la Honor to me, "has bad aa much
flu out of It aa 1 have bnd. I think
Vr bwn about as Jolly a mail as the
metropolis has bnd for its executive, t
tmM iwt take the office again, but
triwn my term exi'tree I'll go bl'k to
tile boy down tn the- dry goods dis
trict and get Into baroeva again In my
mercantile bulne.M
The Mayor vrs born In s log cabin
at LondrnTlUe, O., on March 22, 1S27.
UQa father died when he was thirteen
yaara old and then he etarted to innke
his way In the world. He worked by
day ami atndled at night. Be was em
ployed In a dry goods ctotv at Mans
field for ooTeral year and in lS-VJ he
cwme to New York, bringing his moth
er with htm. Speaking of ber the
Mayor once said:
HATPR STROSO.
"Tew men have Iven blessed with
aneh a mother. I owe all I hare and
am to bor." She died a few years ago
at the ap? of ninety-fonr years.
Mayor Strong has accumulated a
targe iirtmie. lie Is interested flnnn
dally in many institutions, and at the
tbne of his election to the Mayoralty
ft was the presUlent of the Central
SaHonal Bank. He has always been
a Bepubllcan, and k talked of as a
candidate of the Greater New York,
Dtwithstandlng his own assurance
to the contrary.
"A male baby, about four weeks old
was found last ciht near the Fifth
avenue entrance to Central Tark by a
wonted policeman, who took the in
fant to Bellerue Hospital There was
athtug found on the clothing that
wonU ?ire any clew to the identity of
th baby, and he was sent to the In
fants' Home, on naudall's Island.
Such items aa the above are f re
cently seen In the columns of the
sewspapera, aikl the question natural
by eugxets Itself What becomes of
Vaese foundlings, deserted and cast
adrift on the world? The answer Is
Staple. This great city becomes
sponsor, provider and parent. Each
tear three thousand children under twe
tears old are cared for by New York
dty and Its various charities. Accord
tag to the records an average of one
tandred and twenty of them are found
acb year by the police where they
aave been abandoned. They are found
doorsteps. In hallways, in ash cans.
j stairways, in the parks. In cars and
In all sorts of places where they can
he deposited without Immedrate ob
servation. These are the veritable
feaadllng'S Infant from a few hours
to a few days old. actually abandoned
to their fate, and who must be found
ea after their abandonment, if life
w kept tn their little bodies.
Besides these, there are about two
thoasand Infants of very tender age
abandoned eTery year by their par
xts to the mercy of the city and the
various charitable societies organized
to care for them, who are often taken
tty the mother, and frequently by other
jeraons Interested, to the various
faoadUng Institutions, and there left
to their helplessness to be provided for
ay eharity.
This little army of foundlings appear
to be oq the Increase from year to
year, and the number of Instance of
tfce crime of Infanticide Is at the same
rtsae apparently decrvasLn. Charitable
gawvteioa for the care of the baby
eften saves the unnatural mother of
tfce crime of murder.
When a policeman, on his rounds
Bads a bit of humanity, with a linger
lac spark of life In it body, hidden In
aaaae out of the way corner, be at ooce
mU to Bellevue Hospital axj notifies
tfce Pepartinent of Charities. That
iecaniuL.t. if no one claims the babe,
tives it a name, which U written on a
card, together with its sex. presumed
eg and facts In relation to iu finding.
With this card about iu nevk or fast
sord to its arm. the little charge is
pt to Randall' Island, and becomes
aa Inmate of the Infants' Hospital,
where It Is expected to stay until two
lears old.
The great work of the care and dis
tribution of these rule unfortunate Is
June by the foundling hospitals. TTivm
ifcew the children usually when about
three- years old are sect, through
agreement of adoption, all over the
toad, many reaching the farms of the
Far West.
The result Is f nmoeutly learned frora
the children themselves, who write to
their alma mater and state the post-
they have reached In business
social standing. 1 saw a number
af snch letters tru farmers. hwy-.
aalalsters in fact, from members of
almost all honorable vocation many
wcoapaoied by photographs thai
showed character and intelligence.
The greatest of these Institutions tn
this city Is la the New York Pound
aac Hospital, at Slaty-eighth street
ia4 Third avenue, a Koaan Catholic
afgaAiaatioa. which, t-ever. does not
atscnniUute. Ctm Tuoar.
THE 1897 BICYCLE.
Wfcll Apparently I'nrhftogtd, ths
Whwl It Much Finer Creation.
The 1S7 bicycle, while showing no
marked departure from Its prrdeces
sors In mechanical principles and gen
oral appearance, marks a great ad
vanceuicnt In simillclty of coustruc
tlon. combined with lightness and
strength. In fact, the changes in those
direi-tious ore more marked than those
during any one year since the wheel
has been generally adopted as a velit
clc.
The wheel, like other Inventions, be
gan a complicated and cumbersome
thing. Now the minimum of weight
with the maximum of strength and
speed is apparently very nearly ap
proached.
We notice, first. In the 17 models,
the Increased use of nickel steel of the
five per cent grade, which, weight for
weight, has aUut ten times the endur
ance of twenty-five per cent carbon
steel. This shows the possibility of the
reduction In weight, and. Is evidenced
by an examination of the tubing of the
new wheels. This tubing Is lighter and
larger, while In-lug on the safe side of
the breaking point.
Then we notice the saving In weight,
the Increase of strength and the addi
tion of grace by the adoption of flush
Jotnts. This Is a marked Improvement
In the new wheels.
Another very notable feature of the
new wheels is a reduction In the num
ber of pieces. This is seen In every
portlou of the wheel, and has the re
sult of dispensing with many nuts.
AX OBJECT LTSSOX.
bolts, screws and clamps. It Is partic
ularly noticeable in the cranks and
axles. Instead of five pieces, some of
the new wheels have only two. That
is. the axle and cranks are In two
pieces, which, when put In place, are
Joined in the centre. Beside the other
advantages referred to, this allows of
a more narrow tread, thus bringing the
feet of the rider nearer together, add
ing to muscular power, and contribut
ing to grace.
Then there Is a new axle and cranks
of only one piece -a single forging to
which the sprocket wheel Is fastened
by beeng slipped over a permanent leg,
which bears all the strain and leaves
the holding sorew to simply keep the
sprocket in position.
There Is also a new adjustable chain.
Into wMch links can be Inserted at
will, without tools and without delay.
This is accomplished by the use of a
slotted Huk. with the centre of the
openl Off sufSciently large to allow it to
be slivped off or on Its holding rivets.
By this form of link the annoyance of
delay through broken chains can be
avoided.
There is also shown a new chain ad
justment, easily and accurately opera
ted by means of a thumb screw that
adjusts the chain evenly on both sides
and allows of any desired tension.
Then there Is noticeable Improve
ment In the protection of all bearlnjs
from dost. This Is particularly to be
seen In the axles, where an Inner brass
tube, fitted with felt washers at it
ends, keeps la the oil and excludes the
dust. This not only keeps down the
friction, bet. for the same reason, aids
to the lift of the machine.
Many wheels also show an Increase
in the size of the balls, the standard,
live-sixteenths of an Inch, being In
creased to three-eighths of an Inch.
These large balls wear better and cut
less.
There are also valuable features con
tained the proviaxm for oiling, clean
ing and flushing the bearings without
disturbing the adjustment or removing
any of the parts of the leartngs. A
screw In the sprocket fiange er crank
axle, permits the application of oil di
rectly on the balls, the same result be
ing effected on the opposite bearing by
means of an oil hole In the adjusting
cone. The forms of oiling device differ
in various meJtes, but in all the tm
proveoieat is la the direction of ease
and comfort without the necessity of
removing parts.
The Cral Babeon.
So far as speed Is concerned the dog.
t course, has the advantage, but for
ieeuness of sent, for the Instinct of
Ending edible plants and hidden water,
md as a sentinel acalnst every kind of
ianger. the baboon is unequalled.
I.e Yaillant. an African traveller,
;ivs an account of a tame baboon
which accompanied him on some of his
ioureeys. -By his cries." he says, "he
ilways warned us of the approach of
m enemy before my dogs discovered iu
The drxrs were so accustomed to h!s
voice that they used to go to sleep, and
I was at first vexed with them for de
ertins their duties. When he one
Had piven the alarm, they would stop
to watch for the signal, and on the
least motion of his eyes, or the shaking
i his head. I have seea them ail rush
forward to the qatrter where his
looks were directed. New York Jcr
laL
She: "My face I my fortaae."
He: -I am sorry. I eoulj never
marry a woman whose fortsia was
i3 settled on herself.'- f
Oredit Tor Farmers-
We have lately given some account
of the operation of agricultural bank
in Europe, which have done very
much for the farming class by making
it possible for it to secure loans on
such security as tarmeis can offer.
The farmer is especially in need of
credit, for the interval must always be
considerable between the preparation
of the soil and the harvesting of the
crop. He must spend money a long
time before he can get any back. As
to most of his products, he maybe
said to be carrying on a business
where the stock is turned over but
once a year. Furthermore, as a crop
matures all over the country at the
same season, and generally within a
period of a few weeks, it is particular
ly important to the farmer that he
should not be compelled to realize
on his harvests immediately. He
would break the market if he were
obliged to sell all his crops as soon as
gathered, and yet he must sell a good
deal, for he has been under expense
for months without any income.
While the farmer mere than almost
any other producer needs credit, he
cannot generally offc; commercial
security, and real estate is not a good
security for ordinary banks of dis
count to take, and 'it is unlawful for
our rational banks to accept it The
result is that the farmer is usually
compelled to sell his produce at an
unpropitious time or to get credit of
merchants and private bankers lor
which usurious rates are obtained. In
this country there has been practical!)
no effort to supply this need for ari-!
cultural credits, although the brokers
and private bankers and factors who
have made a practice ot lending to
farmers have made a gTeat deal of
money out of it, for the absence of
competition enables them to get a
hih rate for money, and the farmer
pretty generally pays his debts.
It is singular that in our own coun
try no effort has been made to afford
agriculture in general the capital it
needs for the improving of land and
for carrying on farm operations dur
ing the long intervals between the
annual marketing of crops. The
changed conditions of the times make
it imperative that farming must be
conducted upon more scientific prin
ciples so as to get out of the land
more than it has heretofore produced.
and that necessity leaves no alterna
tive but either to afford the farmer
enlarged credit facilities or to leave
the present landholders to be rrozen
out by insolvency, with the result of
transferring this industry to a class
possessing ampler means and able to
cultivate larjer farms upc4 improved
methods. jeurnjlef CtiHment and
My Scighbor Told Me
About Hood's Sarsaraxilla and ad
vised me to try it This is the kind of
advertising which gives Hood's Sarsa
parilla the largest sales in the world.
rnend teds ir.end tnat Hood's Sir-
saparilla cures ; that it gives strength,
health, vitality and vigor, and whole
neighborhoods use it as a family medi
cine. Hood's Pills act easily and rroasDt-
ly on the liver and bowels. Cure sick
headache.
Bif Timber Deal
Congrssjsias Kslp Purchases 26.000 Acres
el Valuable lands.
Congressman Monroe H. Kub has
just completed negotiations by which
ht hrm, M. H. Kulp 3: Co., secure
possession of one of the larzest and
most valuable tracts of virgin timber
land in Pennsvlvania. "
The deals have already been closed
by which they secure a tract of 6,-
ooo acres, several miles northwest of
Lewisburg, and extending bacs to the
White Deer Mountains. This Land is
covered with the best veUow and
white pine and cak forests now stand
ing in this section, and it will require
about fifteen years to cu and prepare
its supply for market.
Congressman Ku p s firm now has
surveyors at wort stakirg out a rail
road Une into the depths cf the forests,
and has three routes under considera
tion with Lewisburg, West Milton and
New Columbia as their ternunol
points. The railroad iron and several
locomotives that will te used to haul
the cut timber to the terminal point
have already been ordered and the
work of grading this private railroad,
that will extend a distance of twelve
or tuteen niues, wul be under sit
within the next month.
Several sawmills w-JI be pit in
operation without delay, and aboc't
ioo men w& b employed
This timber tract lies near the point
of intersection of Union, CLintoo,
Center and Lycoming Counties, aid
for many years past has teen a favor
ed hunting and trout-rLhin resoct.
Toe treat favor in which Ave?"
1 are neid au over Me world Los ; fc-iu. appLeanoo. g'.vts quick
teen well earned. Tney are easy and , "lief ; three nights wJl cure most
even pleasant to take, ani for a"l . eases ; six nirits wi2 cure most stsb
cooplaints of the stotnach, liver, and ! torn cases. The best and surest cure
t. I t " m C. - TV
oowcis, axe me sore-it and most
thorough medicine ia p harmov.
Every dose effective.
THE TBOZEN BREEZE.
A Strang Phenomenon Observes br i
Lover ol Nature.
Did you ever see a frozen breeze ?
You micht have seen one if you had
aone with me into the country one
winter morning, savs the Country.
This was the way it came to be
frozen : All nicht lonsr the air had
been laden with mist Over the ficlJs,
in the hollows all through the woods,
even on top of the hills, the fog hung
heavily. All that time the wind blew
steadily, but not fiercely, from some
northern quarter.
At nightfall the mercury !l below
the freezing point, so that this mist,
as it Gritted through the trees, was
frozen upon their branches and twigs.
The elms, the oaks and the other leaf
less trees took their :ce coating quite
evenly, but the thick, impenetrable
masses of the needless of the pine
trees were covered noticeably only up
on the sides toward the north or
northwest, from which the wind came.
The strong, steady breeze bent the
branches to leeward while it was icing
them, and when the wind came down
in the morning they remained just
there, leaning to the southward, iced
and frozen to immovability, but look
ing just as if the wind were still stead
ily blowing.
Even in tne afternoon, when t':e
rain began to fall and the wind came
from quite another quarter, that
north wind of the night before still
remained white and frozen over the
piny woods, the pale, rigid corpse of a
thing once keenly alive.
A course of Hoods Sarsaparilla
taien now will build up the system
and prevent serious illness later on.
Get only Hood s.
Why We Are Right Handed.
Primitive man, being naturally an
aggressive animal, defended himself
against wild beasts with his fists and
noils. He fought for his food and his
womankind, which his enemies were
always trying to take from him. The
first movement on being attacked is
to endeavor to protect the most ex
posed and vulnerable part of the
body. For the boxer and the fighter
the heart is undoubtedly the most
vulnerable place. A hard blow in
that region may easily kill a man, and
consequently primitive man used the
right hand to fight with and the left
to protect the heart and to ward off
the blows directed to that region.
When, therefore, arms of offense and
defense were introduced and replaced
teeth and fists, it was the right hand
that wielded the sword and lance,
while the left held the shield and
buckler before the region of the hea rt.
The enormous difference between
the use cf the right and the left hand
in our present civilization has this
very simple origin. In the first place,
the superiority ot the right over the
left hand was only brought into evi
dence during a combat, but it soon
spread and became- universal Since 1
the introduction of lethal weapons
the right hand became naturally ac
custome 1 to the manipulation ot the
lance, the sword and the knife, and
the nerves of the right side soon be
came more flexible and more under
the control of the will than the
muscles of the left side. Xtw iWi
LeJ;r.
No small objection which young
foils had to the old-time spring-medicines
was their nauseousness. In our
day, this objection is iemoved and
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the most powerful
and popular of blood-purifiers, is as
pleasant to the palate as a cordial.
Ltovills. AjtIui-
The Danville Insane Asylum re
port for the fiscal year ending Septem
ber 3 a, 1S96, has been sent out. The
total number of patients admitted
since the be-ginning of the hospital is
4.3;t J,77t males and a.toa
teraa.es. cmoer ot patients
charged .Restored, 475 males,
dis-
3J9
595
fe-
iema.es ; improved,
fitnalei; stationary,
females; died, 664
4t4 moles,
705 males,
males, ijj
ma-ca; not icsane, i. ice ratio of
deaths to oil admitted was 23.94 per
cent of male, 16 j 3 per cent of fe
males ; total, 20 64 per cent.
Tfce fiaazscia! condition of the Insti
tution Sept. 33, 1396, was as follows :
Asi:s Di tyS-ate fJr mainten
ance, Sii.559 -5 ; de by State for
land, $3,500 ; due by poor districts,
Su.369.7a; due by private parents,
$2,071.75; dje by iadiviiais for
prodactf F-arc.'-.aied. $4" 96 ; $3?,
605.53. Liabilities Due treasurer,
5r,347 "3 ; acrcunts parable. $374.
14; tocA $t,7Ji J; balance, $36,-
Eliei.cs i Pais, Itching Vizts
Dr. Agne's Ointment cures Piles m
aa
form Itching E'.eedig and
, 7 sli ercpv.cns.
1 ceati.
j Sitd ty C. A. Klein.
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Important Notice!
The only genuine "Baker's Chocolate,"
celebrated for more than a century as a de
licious, nutritious, and flesh-forming bever
age, is put up in Blue Wrappers and Yel
low Labels. Be sure that the Yellow
Label and our Trade-Mark are on every
package.
WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd, Dorchester, Mass.
ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
DEALERS IN
Cigars, Totacco, Candies, Fruits and Nuts
SOLI AGISTS TOR
Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week.
j?2.tT2T"2 OOOI33 A SPECIALTY.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco
Sole agents for the
Hasiy Clay, Lssirss, Mortal, hdiaa Prizsoss, Samson, Silver Ash
Bloomsburg Pa.
PridejJ how a-nd
For the finest and best stoves, tinware, roofincr. enrmtlnrr
.
and general job work, go to W.
uuuuujj uy aicain, iiui dll ur lltJl Wdicr in a saiisiaC-
tory manner. Sanitary Plumbing a specialty.
I have the exclusive control of the Thatcher strnm W
water and hot air heaters for
1 1 1 . 1 1
eagea 10 oe tne Dest neater on the market. All work guaranteed.
IRON STREET.
SHOES
We buy right and sell right.
OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON THIS FACT.
Honest trading has won us hosts
w e are selling good shoes, so good you ought to see
them. Drop in and we will make it pay you.
Conges Ino.v axd Maix Sts.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED. OF
CARPET, MATTING,
or OIL CLOTH,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. M. BIOWIE'S
2nd Door above Conrt House.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
How tie Greeks Sleep,
Fastidious Peopl Find No Conveniences at
the Hotels.
Ia Greece tne hotels of the intrinr
follow on general t)f-the Italian.
There IS CO Common Slttin-rrwim
says the AtUntu JjntAv. Vh
should there be ? There is no office,
oat tea: does not seem to interfere
with the presentation of bills. The
ground door is given up to a cafe or
restaurant, if the innkeeper goes into
that kind of business. Very often,
howefer, the master of the AdoIIo has
on!y rooms to let. The sleeping
apartments on the floor above are
often approached by ia outside stair-
way, ana, as is 10 De expected m a
southern clime, they are scantily fur
nished. Overrurnishing is a vice any
where. Under a southern skv it is a
crime of which the Greeks are not
guilty.
Tnere is usaa"T a mirror. tSnnA
that tribute to humin vanity is some
times locking, and. Lke the TurV
solitary Turkish towel bears no brother
near nis tirone. 1 ne bedstead is in
variabty of iron. As in primitive
L nited btates within my memorv,
sins'.e rooms are rare. Twcl thr-i
four, five beds are put in one room
or Strang a.ong the corridors. A fas
tidious cersoa wh.-w r?ir4 .-
a room alone has to pay for all the
beds therein. In some places special
charges ore made for sleeping in the
da time, and there is a fixed rate for
sleeping on the floor.
Nor a Quarter But just 10 cents,
and 43 doses in a vial of Dr. Agnew's
Liver Pills. No pain, pleasure in
every dose little, but awfully good.
Cure sick headache, constipation, lil.
iousness, nausea, sallowness.
Sold by C. A. Kleiin.
following brand ot Clgara
Gfaod Wofk.
r - - - j J
V. Watts, on Iron street
this territory, which is acknowl-
m ...
W. W. WATTS,
Blootnsbnrgy Pa.
SHOES
of customers but we want more.
W. H. fioore.
Then ii a Class of People
Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed ia all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with
out distress, and but few can tell it
from coffee. It does not cost over
as much. Children may drink it wita
treat benefit. tcn and -rf rvr
package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN 0
Her Hidden Treasure Gone
Mrs. DougHer Died Leaving $3000 m Gft!
Buriee-Probably Stole.
There was grim disappointment at
Wilkesbarre, on Saturday, when heirs
of the late Mrs. Margaret Dougher
failed to find $3000 in gold hidden
under the cellar steps of her home
On her death bed, after executing her
will, she confided to James Harring
ton her secret concerning the buried
gold.
Though the diggers searched vigor
ously Saturday, they found no gold.
They think either that Mrs. Dougher,
in her suflerings, forgot where she had
hidden the treasure; that she had
changed its locality and forgotten
about the change, or that certain
parties learned aiout the burial of the
money in the clor, and, after the
recent burning accident, which result
ed ia Mrs. Dougher's death, carried
it away.
By the provisions of Mrs. Dougher's
will this gold was to have been divided
between her husband and brothers.
Her three houses were willed to her
husband. 1
Do not wear impermeable aa
tight-fitting hats that constrict tte
blood-vessels of the scalp. Use Half
Hair Renewer occasionally, andyo
will not be bald.
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