G THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. FONTIIILL CASTLE. BUILT BY EDWIN FORREST, THE WELL KNOWN TRAGEDIAN. Ma Wlf did not Look forward to Lead teC the Quiet Life that Bar fluiband Beatred. Tha Beautiful tlome Mroughl HapplneM Tilth It Completion. 'A half-hour' sail up the river from Nw York brings the tourist In View of the battleuiented keep and tower of Foothill, rlnlift above the trwtops on th tunirult of Mount St. Vincent. The caatle Is built of stone In Imitation of the Norman-Gathlc structures of thn Middle Ages, and lacks but the moat and the drawbridge to present a per feet picture of au Old feudal strong hold. In all other respects It Is the moot complete reproduction of a me diaeval castle that can be found la this country. Fonthlll vtob erected by Edwin For mat, the great tragedian, when he was la the cenlth of his fame, and was In tended for the happy retreat of his de clining years. It was destined, how ever, to be Intimately associated with tftaj domestic tragedy that broke up bia home and embittered the lost days of his life. The story of his famous divorce suit Is too well known to bear report lou, but it Is not so well known that the lucldunts which led up to It Wis developed while he was engnged in laying out his extensive grounds and building his beautiful Normnn aatle at Fonthlll. While absorbed In thla work he occupied a handsome atone cottage that la still standing on the grounds, and was, to a certain ex tant, living apart from his wife. It Is said that she did not look with favor upon lur husband's plans for the (Uture. She was of a lively, social dis position, fond of entertaining the many friends she drew around her by her charms, while Mr. Forrest was quiet and reserved, caring little for bone company outside of a few Inti mate friends and his own immediate household. The Idea of spending her remaining days shut up within tlio stone walls of a feudal castle, with no other company than her husband, was altogether distasteful to Mrs. Forrest's imagination; so she passed the greater part of her time In New Ywk, keeping open house, while Mr. Forrest staid at Font bill, busy with landscape gardeu era and arclUtects. At lust the cmrtle was finished, and prfiparations were completed for mov ing Into It, when the discovery came that led to the rulu of their happiness. Defeated la his divorce suit, Mr. For rest was too much chagrined to con template living a solitary life In a au home around which his fancy bad weaved so many dreams of domestic bliss. He determined to port with his estate, and the Sisters of Charity of the Roman Catholic faith having of fered him $100,000 for it, he trans ferred the land, with all the buildings upon It, to their ownership. It Is said that Mr. Forrest never passed a night, to the home he hnd planned with so much solicitude and care. But the story does not end here; it has a tragic sequel. George Jamlesou, an actor, w ho wna held by many to be responsible for the domestic Infelicities of the Forrests, met with a horrible death many years afterward under the very walls of the. castle that had been built by the man he is said to have wronged. He was walking down the tracks of the Hud son Kiver Ilallroiid one night to taken train at the ML St. Vincent station for New York, when he was struck by the engine of an express and instantly killed. Fonthlll Oastle Is at present occupied by an aged prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. The Right Rev. Mgr. Bernard O'Reilly, rrothonotnry ApoKtolle of the Papal Court, the au thor of the Lives of Topes I'lua IX. and Leo XIII., and of other scholarly works, is spending the evening of his days In this quiet, beautiful retreat Leslie's Weekly. Reaaone for the Senator's 1I11U. Senator Forney, of the Kansas State Seaate, has a young daughter who tells why her father Introduced so many freak bills In the Senate. "Whenever pa ran up against any thing he didn't llko," she says, "he would come homo and write a bill against It There is one of his rail road bills, for Instance. We drove to town to church one night, and there , was a freight train on the crostslug, .ind it kept us there for twenty min utes. It annoyed pa dreadfully, and be went home and wrote that bill to prohibit trains from obstructing cross ings more than five mluutes. Then, one night, somebody stole all our chickens. The next day pa wrote his chicken bill. But you will notice that the bill doesn't protect ducks. It says 'except ducks.' Pa don't like ducks. And lie said If anybody wanted to steal them it was all rlght-the ducks was punishment enough. Whenever pa, sat down to write a bill we always knew that something had happened to him." New York Tribune. Vie of Burdock In Japan. A Japanese correspondent of Garden and Forest says that tho burdock, which the Jnpanese call "gobo," is a valuable food In Japan. The tender shoots are boiled with beans, tho roots are put In soup, and the young leaves are eaten as greens. The plant has been cultivated for centuries, and the annual v-uiue of the crop Is about $400,000. This will be very surprising to American farmers, who look ou tho burdock as a "pesky weed." New York Tribune, Lndy Shopper I want to get some thing suitable for a boy of ten years. Salesman Slipper counter down the second aisle; turn to your right. Bos ton Transcript. COLORED PEOPLE IN EUROPE. I i i. i. nr.... Treated with Mora Consideration Then Than In This Country. "One of the objections raised agalnsl the proposed admission of a colored ca det to the Naval Academy has amused me," said a New Yorker who passe every summer abroad. "It has been said that a colored officer In the navy would subject his fellow officers to humiliation In foreign ports. As a mat ter of fact, the color line Is not drawn In England and In France ns It Is here. At the English Inn where I stayed foi a month last summer a colored man, really a black fellow, was seated be side me at the table. When the cut of beef was served It was offered to this colored man first, and then It was served to me. Now, I am a Southerner by birth, and I went to the pivprietoi of the hotel and objected. He told me If I didn't like It I might go., He said that he made no distinction In color. 1 changed my seat and remained, for the hotel was really a good one. Later In Parts I went to the opera one night and snw In a box two well-dressed white women accompanied by three ne groes. It was a respectable jmrty, and during the evening several of the oth er occupants of boxes dropped In to shake hands with the colored men. Such a spectacle In New York would Interrupt the opera. As a mntter of fact, these colored men were men of means and good social standing in Paris. I am not saying that colored men should be admitted to the Naval Academy, but I do say that If they be come officers they will meet with more consideration In England and France than they will In this country." New York Sun. Forgot to Wear Troueert. A certain noble lord, who shall be nameless, during his Journey north on a political mission, changed his cos tume for a full Highland "rig-out" in tending it as a delicate compliment to the land of the kilt. But when he looked nt himself in the glass he found that the tailor had cut his kilt too short; so he made up his uilnd to put on evening dress. He changed his upper garments and then sat down for a few mo ments to study his speech. This set him to sleep. He awoke with a start only to find himself runniug into the station. Forgetting what happened, he thrust on his hat, and appeared at the window bowing, and this was how he was dressed: He hnd a full Highland costume as far as his waist; above were a white shirt and swallow-tailed coat, and the entire edifice was crowned with a chimney-pot hat upon which he sat down without noticing It His lord ship's horror when he stepped upon the platform and felt the keen wind cutting his bare legs changed to abso lute agony when his valet appeared, scrambling out of the carriage with a pair of trousers in his hands, waving them wildly and exclaiming: "My lord, my lord, you've forgotten these." London Telegraph. A Methodical Maid. The anecdote of the woman whose husband asked her to hide the latch key under the door-mat so that he might And It on his return nt night, and who, to make things doubly sure, stuck a card back of the bell plate, ou which was written so that It could bo easily seen In the lamplight, "The lateh-key is under the mat" was prob ably a mere fabrication. Nevertheless, a lady told a story of her maid at dinner the other evening, very much like one. The mistress was stopping at a hotel, and expecting to be out late, told the maid not to wait, but to leave the key of her trunk and Jewel box In the pocket of one of her gowns hanging 'up in the closet (deem ing that a safe place), and that she would put away her things herself. On her return she found a placard pinned on heir cushion on which was written: "I have left the keys of the trunk and Jewel box In the pocket of your green walking dress, which Is hanging up In the closet" The Privilege of Feera, There Is a curious case In Fortes cue's Itejwrts relating to the privileges of peers, In which the bailiff who ar rested a lord was forced by the court to kneel down and ask his pardon, though he alleged that be had acted by mistake; for that his lordship had a dirty shirt, a worn-out suit of clothes and ouly sixpence in bis pocket so that he could not believe that he was a poor, and arrested him through luud vertunce. Green Bag. Klectrlolty in Mine. Electrical signaling has been adopt ed lu many 111 lues for maintaining communication between the top and bottom of the shaft. Tho battery is placed in the engine hoimo, welch. In addition, generates in some cases enough power for the haulage signal lug under ground. Single strokes of the bell are used, as they are more dlstluct than the trembling bell. St. Louis (Hobo-Democrat. Called uo Xaniei. Officer: "How is this, Murphy? Tho sergeant complains that you called him names." I'rlvate Murphy: 'Tluzo, sir, I never called him ony names at all. All I snld was, 'Sergeant says I, 'some of us ought to be In a menugeiie." " A Gallery Indorsement. "I alwuys like to boo that senator get up to make a speech," said tho drowsy looking man. "Ho isn't very Interesting." "No. When Uo Is on his feet I'm al ways sure that my nap will not be dis turbed by an outburst of jipplauue." Washington Star. i oinuiumia in vuo nator Cats, which have an intense dislike of wet, swim well, carrying the head high. Their distaste for aquatics does not extend to the larger cats. Tigers are fond of bathing, swim fast, and, in the case of the " river tigers " of the Sunderbunds and the tigers near the coast of the straits of Ma lacca are constantly noticed in the water. Whether the trained Egypt ian cats which were used to take waterfowl in the reed beds by the Nile ever swam when stalking them docs not appear from the ancient pictures. But the extent to which the dog voluntarily becomes aquatic en titles some breeds to be considered amphibious. A dog belonging to a waterman living near one of the Thames ferries has been known to continue swimming out in the stream for an hour without coming to land. It did this for amusement on a fine Sunday morning. Another riverside dog was taught to dive and fetch up stones thrown in which sank to the bottom. This dog would pick out stones from the bot tom of a bucket of water, selecting one which it had been shown before from a number of others. It had so far become amphibious that it could use its eyes under water. In France otter hound puppies are introduced to their aquatic life by settling their kettle of soup in a pond or stream so that they must go in deep to feed. Soon they become as fast swimmers on the surface as the otter itself, though the physical advantages of submarine motion give the otter the advantage when it is below the sur face. London Spectator. "Not JJxaotly Eight-'" Thousands of people are in this condition. They are not sick and yet they are by no means well. A single bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla would do them a world of good. It, would tone the stomach, create an appetite, purify and enrich the blood and give wonderful vigor and vitality. Now is the time to take it. Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick head ache, indigestion, biUdusncss. All druggists. 25c. "Big Dipper" Stars Are Suns Mary Proctor, the astronomist, says in Popular Astronomy that the seven stars in "Big Dipper" are in reality seven splendid suns, probably very much larger than our sun, . and glow ing with intense lustre. Iron sodium, magnesium and other well known elements exist in the atmosphere of these stars, and these massive globes, raging with fiery heat, rush through the depths of space with inconceiva ble speed. Five of the stars are re ceding from us at the rate of seventeen miles per second, the other two are traveling in an opposite direction. It is certain that these two do not be long to the same system as do the other five. Thirty-six thousand years hence the seven stars of the Great Dipper will have dissolved partnership and its appearance will have changed. The handle of the dipper will be bent and its rim out of place, for the reason that five stars will have drifted in one direction and two in another. There are stars traveling in family parties, colonies of stars of a friendly tendency drifting together, others less friendly drifting apart. Despite the fact that each star thus urging its way through space is an enormous mass glowing vapor, yet the most perfect order and harmony prevails in the star-depths. Sufferers from physical and nervous debility find great relief in the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Far better than any stimulant, its effect is not transient and superficial, but .deep and perma nent. It builds up the system by purifying nd enriching the blood. The Sun's Temperature, Estimates of the sun's temperature have ranged from 18,000,000 degrees down to 3,000 degrees F. At the Moscow observatory Professor Cer aski has repeated the old experiment of measuring the heat of direct sun light at the focus of a mirror, the mirror in this case being very accur ately made and hiving a focal length of about 39 inches. The result was 3,500 degrees C. (6,300 degrees F.), showing only that the solar tempera ture is greater than this. A measure ment of the heat reflected from an arc lamp was then made, the tempera ture in the focus of the mirror prov ing to be only 100 degrees to 105 de grees C, although the arc itself was known to have a temperature of very nearly 3,500 degrees. From this it is argued that the temperature of the sun must be very much more than 3,500 degrees, while it is believed that this method may lead to an ac; curate estimate. Salt Rheum Cured Quick. Dr. Agnew's Ointment Cures Salt Rheum, and all itching or burning skin dis eases in a day. One application give3 almost instant relief. For Itching, Blind, or Bleeding Piles it stands with out a peer. Cures in three to six nights. 35 cents. . Sold by C. A. Kluiin. RAISING WRECKS. II li Now Done By Meant of Waterproof Bags and an Air Pump. A new lormxf an old method of raising wrecks has been invented by a Frenchman. His apparatus is a number of waterproof bags made in the shape of huge cylinderf or pipes, long tubes, which connect these bags with a powerful air pump and some stout pieces of canvas and chains. The air pumps, which are exception ally powerful, are carried in the stern ot stanch ocean going tugl. The diver first patches with canvas the holes of the sunken ship, and then opens all the hatches. He next makes fast to the hull a large number of airtight, cylindrical bags, which are bound with chains along the keel along either side. As the bags fill with air under the influence of the pressure from above, they raise the hull, which heels over and eventually rests on the bottom upside down. Then, through the large main pipes, which have been made fast inside the hull, is forced a powerful and steady current of air, which gradually takes the place of the water, until the hull becomes so light that it rises to the surface. Hood's Sarsaparilla is known to be an honest medicine, and it actually cures when all others fail. Take it now. Practice In Diphtheria. The results of the practice of vari ous Paris physicians with their diph theritic patients have been made to appear in a published summary of much interest. According to this, tannin, applied locally, seems to have been moderately successful, while salicylic acid and salicylate of soda are stated to have tailed entirely. Carbolic camphor that is, camphor 23, alcohol 1, carbolic acid 9 ap plied either pure or with oil of al monds, operated quite favorably. Cu bebs and copaiba were administered to a slight extent, also tincture of eucalyptus, but not so as to form a criterion. Chlorate of potash proved by far the most successful remedy, as it was also the most extensively ad ministered. Its action is believed by some to be due in part to the oxygen with which it supplies the blood, and which, it is assumed, the diphtherial bacteria have abstracted. Some other physicians, however, are of the opin ion that the success should be attri buted rather to its local effects. People with hair that is con tinually falling out, or those that are bald, can stop the falling, and get a good growth of hair by using Hall s Hair Renewer, The Pathology of Chilblains. An eminent medical man is author ity for the statement that chilblains are often caused by the condition of the blood, and that they are curable by proper treatment. He says that the blood is deficient in those quali ties that cause coagulation. Children are much more subject to chilblains than crown persons from this cause. It is also said that a similar condition exists in people who are subject to serious nosebleed. Those who are subject to malaria are found to have blood in a similar condition. In fact, it is stated that it is possible, even on the western coast of Africa, for patients, after severe attacks of ma larial fever, to suffer from chilblains, As to the treatment, it is necessary to increase the coagulability of the blood, and among other remedies re commended are calcium chloride am careful abstaining from acids, alcohol or excessive quantities of fluid ot any sort. Increasing the coagulability ot the blood wrought a complete cure in all cases. Neio York Leaner. TEfcE STATE SUMMER SCHOOL. In 1896, under the auspices of the state of New York, a free summer in stitute for New York state teachers was held at Chautauqua. Over 250 availed themselves of this course of instruction. An appropriation was made by the state legislature ; and through arrangements with the Chau tauqua management, all New York state teachers who attended t'.iese courses were exempt from the cate fee at Chautauqua during the three weeks' session of the school. A simi lar appropriation and arrangement has been made for the summer of 1897. The advantages which Chautauqua offers as a summer resort br health, pleasure, instruction and entertain ment are everywhere recognized and with cheap rates and the 30-day priv ilege the attendance during the sea son of '97 is confidently expected to far surpass all previous records. 40 Gems, 10 Cents. Dr. Agnew's Liver Tills cure all iroublesj arising from torpor of the liver. Easy and quick Banish Sick Heailache Purify the blood and eradicate all impurities from the system. The demand is big. The pills are little, easy to take, pleasant results, no pain. 40 in a vial. 10 cents. Sold by C. A. Kleim. ttttttttf UFA HONS Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa. a cup. Be lure that yea gtt the miIm rtlcle made by WALTER BAKER CO. Ltd., Dorcheeter, Mali. BiUblltned 1780. 4eeeeee HMIMI ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco. Candies, Fruits and Nuts SOLS AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. 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After Mrs. Bryant died, in 1866, says Henry D. Sedgwick, Jr., in The Atlantic, Bryant betook himself for consolation to the " Iliad " and the "Odyssey," which he completely translated before December, 1871, at the age of 77. There are few things more touching than this comfort ten derly given by man to man across the gap of 2,500 years. Nothing furn ishes a more eloquent argument of the worth of poetry and of its pro found humanity thao this. The trans lation of Homer is a very personal matter and seems to stir some of those fires in the human breast that burn only in front of its own penates. rope s translation was a success, Cowper's was a success, so were Lord Derby s and Mr. Bryant's. Mr. Lang and his associates, also Professor Palmer, have made excellent transla tions. All these renderings are very differ ent, one from another, and doubtless owe their respective successes to the variety among readers. There is one class of people which has never read the Greek, another that has read and forgotten a third and small class which compares the translation and the original, and there are other per sons still who condemn all translations of Homer without reading them. Bry ant's work is said to be faithful to the original, but the stories of Ilium and of Odysseus feel somewhat ill at ease in English blank verse. The Greek spirit is so different from our spirit, the Greek language is so unlike our language, that almost all translators, and Bryant among them, must rest content with moderate praise. Just try a 10c. box of Cascarets, the finest liver aid bowel regulator ever FOR USING Because it is absolutely rwe. Because It Is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in which chemicals are used. Because beans of the finest quality are used. , Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans. 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Bromides do not suffice of themselves to allay pain, but are very useful when pain is due to increased excitability of the nervous system; the permanent use of antineuralgic agents is to be avoided ; the applica tion of cold for the relief of pain is often useful, esneciallv in affection not deeply seated, and the value of the anode in allavint? nain is not clear. Dr. GoldsrheirW ortinion of counterirritants is that they are among the most useful means in dealing with pain not only in neurasthenical but likewise jn genuine pain. The ques tion of alteration in vascular supply is hypothetical, but venesection, cool or warm applications and other hydroth erapeutic measures are certainly use ful, and the effect mav be in some measure due to suggestion. In regard to massacre and treatment- hv move- a - r ment. he thinl-a tVinf tho value OL passive arid active motion is still much underestimated, and that in some' cases of sciatica and painful joits aucr injuries mere is no oeuer u' made. 4 i-iy, ment,
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