2 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. IF I KNEW. If t knew the boi where tne smiles are kept, No matter bow larje tha ker Or strong the holt, I would try so hard 'TwuuM open, I know, for me. Then over tha land and the sea, broadcast, I'd eoatter tha smile to play. That the children'! faces might hold them fast For many and many a day. If I knew a box that was large enough 1 To hold all the frown 1 meet, I would Ilka to gather them, every one. From nursery, school and street: Then folding and holding, I'd pack them In, And, turning the monster key, I'd hire a giant to drop the box To tha depth of the deep, d ep ea. Boston Transcript. A LOVER'S JEALOUSY. "Robert," said Mr. Vyse, slowly, gazing fixedly at the youiift eb-rk, "I have no doubt that It Is you who have roblwd rue." The hot blood flooded Robert Ac laud's nwrk and face as he took la the full meaning of the words. "I swear to you, sir," he cried pas Blonately, "that you wrong me I wear It by uiy soul!" "I w ish I could believe you. Robert," Mr. Vyse replied, "for I like you; but. unfortunately, appearances are too much against you. What, may 1 ask, .were you doing at five o'clock yester day evening in my private room? You Lad no rlht or business there." "Nor was I," returned the young fel low proudly, drawing himself up to his lull height. "I've never been in this room In uiy life except when you have tent uie. Has any one told you that I iWas here last evenlug, sir?" "Yes, Robert. Your comrado, Rich ard Starkie, assured me of It not ten minutes ago." "Richard Starkie!" exclaimed Ac land, In great wonderment. "Why, he must lm mad. What can have pos sessed him to tell so wicked a false hood? We have always been good friends, he and I. Why should he thus trv to ruin me, I wonder? The words, the tone, were tiiose of j an innocent man, air. ye ut-guu iu waver Iu his opinion ns to Acland s guilt. "Robert," he said more -kindly, "will you swear to me before God that you are Innocent?" Raising aloft his right hand, he said: "I call the God before whose Judg ment throne we both shall one day stolid to witness that I am guiltless," he declared solemnly. "Surely, sir, you will believe me now?" Mr. Vyse held out his hand. "Yes, Robert, I believe you," he said, "and I beg your pardon for having doubted you. But what Starkle's mo tive in traducing you has been I am at a loss to understand." "So am I, sir," answered Acland. "His conduct la quite incomprehensi ble." "Well, Robert," wound up the old gentleman, as he dismissed his clerk, "you must promise me one thing that you will treat Starkie Just the same as if nothing unusual had ocurred. It Is my wish."' I "I will try, sir. But it will be a hard task," Acland replied as he quitted the room. Left alone, Mr. Vyse, a hale, active man of sixty-five, lay back In his chair nnd gave himself up to thought. But the more he puzzled over the disap pearance of his cash box the farther he seemed from a solution of the mys tery. It was gone, but by whose hand it was dillicult to say. Of course the news thnt their em ployer had been robbed ran like wild lire through tho small community. It was Richard Starkie who first made public the 111 news, for no official Inti mation of It waa given, but to his fel low workers ho dare not try to Incrimi nate young Acland, for Acland was a favorite with his colleagues, and Star kie knew well that any remark sug gestive of his guilt would be received In stony silence the silence of sheer disbelief. That evening Bob Acland went to Bee Elsie Venner, the girl of his heart. There was no actual engagement be tween thuin, but Elsie understood quite well that Bob was only waiting for a rise of salary before asking her to be bis wife. He had Intended to tell her nothing about what had occurred at the office during the day, but the quick-witted girl soon saw that some thing waa amiss, and taxed him with it, and after a little hesitation on his part and a little pressing on hers the whole story came out. "I cannot think, darling," finished Bob, "wbnt has induced Starkie to do It." "Shall I tell you?" said Elsie de murely. "You?" "Yes, I. I can, you know," And then she proceeded to relate how Richard Starkie had a few days before asked her to marry him, and, on her refusal, flown Into a violent rage, not only hailug anathemas on her head, but also on Bob. "And you believe he hns attempted to lay the theft at my door to blacken uiy character In your eyes? What a scoundrel the fellow must be!" "If you had seen the look on his face when deleft me," replied the girl, "you would think, as I do, thut he Is capable of anything." Next day Bob Acland repented to ' Mr.. Vyse the conversation he had held with Elsie Venner. Meanwhile Richard Starkie was In very unhappy frame of mind. He had Just sufficient manhood left to be able to appreciate the unutterable currish ness of bis own conduct. But thut did not tend ti make him sorry for what he had done. No, It rather embittered htm still more against his rival. A mania for gambling, Inherited from his father, who had betted away a large estate during his life, dying only just In time to save himself from actual starvation, had In the first Instance made him short of money. In order to retrlere his position h bet still more heavily, and again lost 111 luck pursued him from day to day, till ot last, unable to meet the demands made upon him, exposure stared bin) In tb face, and exposure, he knew, meant prompt dismissal from Mr. VyseV service. In this dilemma he stole the cash-box, and It was only , when gloating over its contents that ', the Idea of saddling Acland with the theft occurred to him. j It was Mr. Vyse's custom to go for a j walk, unless the day was very wet, be- tween the hours of twelve and one. ; He usually went down the high road straight out of the town for a mile, re- turning home over the fields and . through a small plantation. A few days after the loss of the cash-box he took the accustomed path. Pot, his : favorite dog, hnlf pointer, linlf re- j trlever, accompanied him. In the mid- i die of the plantation Pot suddenly sniffed the air, then bounded In among the brushwood and pointed. "Pot! Pot!" called his master. "Here j good dog. come bnck!" Rut Pot had evidently found some- thing and refused to be shouted off. : Mr. Vyse made his way to where the dog was standing, t'p sprang a fine j rabbit and dashed away, Pot In hot 1 pursuit. But Mr. Vyse heeded neither rabbit nor dog. His gaze was riveted on the place from which the rabbit had Jumped. Thus for a moment or two he stood, then, with a peculiar smile on his face, he wheeled round and walked briskly home. Some three days Inter Richard Star kie was summoned to his chiefs pres ence. He went, trembling, fearing he knew not what. "Starkie," said Mr. Vyse, "you have been in my employ longer than any other of my clerks; therefore I think it only right to make you my spokesman to them. I wish you, then, to tell them on my behalf that I attribute the dis appearance of my cash-box to none of them; that I am quite convinced of their Innocence." uieuaru startle paiea snguuy Had his scheme to ruin young Acland failed miserably after all? It seemed so. But he replied with apparent frank ness, "I am very pleased to hear that Rob ert Acland has cleared himself, sir." "He has done so most completely," rejoined Mr. Vyse. "I have a very high opinion of Acland, Starkie." "So have I, sir," he returned glibly, while he Inwardly cursed the man of whom he spoke thus laudingly. "It has caused me great pain to think that he could possibly be a thief." "Is It possible that this man Is Inno cent after all?" wondered Mr. Vyse. "If not, his hypocrisy Is simply as tounding. But I shall soon know the truth." "Just one thing more," continued Mr. Vyse, looking straight Into his clerk's eyes, which met his own unflinchingly, "und this is for your ear alone, Star kie. In the theft of my cash-box I've sustained a far greater loss than any one but myself is aware of. It Is a box of peculiar construction In fact, It had false bottom, and In that false bot tom, Starkie, there were notes to the value of seven hundred pounds. I had placed them there only two days before I was robbed." "Of course, you have the numbers, sir?" "Why, yes, I have the numbers, Star kie, but an expert thief nnd I Imagine from the coolness and audacity of the robbery that I have been the victim of one finds no difficulty Iu changing stolen itper. He knows where to take It and obtain a good price." When Richard Starkie went back to his old colleagues to give them their employer's message, his breast was torn by two emotions baffled spite and greed of further gold. I will destroy him yet" he thought of Bob Acland. "He's escaped me for a while, but It shall not be for long. Elsie Venner shall never be his wife." 'Toor old buffer" his mind revert ing to the man whose presence he had just left "you little guessed that In making a confidant of me you were telling the thief how to further enrich himself I Well, five hundred quids will come In very handy Just now, and, I suppose, the commission would not be more than two hundred pounds. Mark by's getting very restive for his money and I could pny him and still have a nice little balance In hand. You're In luck's way. Pick, my boy. Fortune favors you." Bending down amid the bramble and brushwood which formed the under growth of a small plantation, groping among tho briars and the grass, Rich' nrd Starkie was searching for the cash-box. I know I flung It somewhere here," he muttered fiercely. "Where can the thing be? Ah," and his band at last alighted on some metal, "here you are! I was just beginning to think that jad Ish fortune had served me a scurvy trick. Well," clasping the box to his bosom, "you've been a good friend to me, and I'll treat you as lightly as pos Bible. Come, let's away merciful pow ers, what's that?" Four stalwart arms had seized him from behind nnd were holding him with a vise-like grip, and, before he knew what was really taking place, he felt the cold steel on bis wrists and re nllzed that he was a prisoner, a de tected thief who had blindly fallen Into a skilfully laid trap. Tld-B Its. He Named the Male. "I reckons," snld the old colored man "dat I better change de name o dat mule," "It doesn't make much differ ence what you call a mule, does It?" "No. But I likes ter bab It sometbln' proprlate. Did you ebber nyau tell 'bout subcurastances oher which you bad no control?" "Yes." "Well, dat'a whut I'm g winter call Mm; 'Subcum stances f 'Washington Star. SIBERIAN PRISONERS. Tho lltia.lan Government Is Often Jn.tf fled In Billing Its Bnhject. Thore Is a popular Idea that the wastes of Siberia are peopled with men who have been unjustly exiled, from Russia, and that the criminal is really as difficult to find as the traditional needle In the bundle of hay. l'acts, however, do not sulwtantlnte this the ory nay more than they do In the large majority of popular Impressions. A great sensation was created two or three years ago, by the finding of seven Russian exiles or prisoners who had made their eneaie from Slleria. They were In an open boat In the Pa cific, and were taken to San Francisco, where they been me the objects of pop ular commiseration, as well ns the text for the denouncing of the Russian methods of dealing with political of fenders. The Callfornlans. ever rendy with sympathy, gave them clothes, nnd found them work to do. It now ap pears that during the Interval that has elapsed between their arrival In San Francisco and now, they have every one been punished by tho lnw of the land. The last of the party has been sentenced to twenty years' Im prisonment for burglary, while one of his comrades was hung for two mur ders which he bad committed. Investigations which have been made show that every one of these men had been sent to Siberia for rea sons which would have earned him a corresponding period of exile from the haunts of his fellow-men. If not abso lute deportation from the country. In any other part of the world. TALK THAT WAS NOT CHEAP. Long-Distance Telephones Rather Expen sive Luxuries. A Rochester manufacturer dropped Into a long-distance telephone office yesterday afternoon nnd told tho young woman In charge thnt he wished to talk to New York. Thereupon he was promptly connected and at once proceeded to talk. He talked quite a little while. Then he had an after thought and talked again. Then the man In New York thought of some thing and the Rochester man talked some more. Outside the booth two men were pacing the floor, one of whom wished to have his canal boats lying In the slips at Buffalo painted, and the other was anxious to reach the head of the great salt industry of Syracuse. They paced with more or less patience while the Rochester man talked. At last the door opened and the talker emerged. "How much do I owe?" he asked of the girl In charge. "Are you aware," she said, "that you have been in the booth for some time?" "Oh, yes," he said. "I suppose your regular charge for New York Is three dollars and a half?" "Yes," she said In a buslncss-llke way, "three dollars and fifty cents for five minutes. Your bill Is twenty-five dollars and ninety cents." Rochester Pemocrat and Chronicle. 'Vash Your Eyeglasses. Spectacles and eyeglasses are as much benefited by a bath now and. then as people are, said a well known optician. It Is strange how many peo- lo there are who think that their glasses only need an occasional wip ing. Now, the fact Is, glasses require actual baths as frequently as does the ordinary person. The process Is as simple as you want to make It. My plan, however, Is to take the glasses to a wash bowl and give them a good soaking in warm water. Then apply Boap freely and rub It off by the use of a soft tooth or nail brush. After that give them a polish with any of the usu al tooth powders, and then clean them with tissue paper, which Is much bet ter for the purpose than chamois skin or anything else that I know of. The ordinary cleansing Is all right as far aa It goes, but It Is not sufficient Many persons have done great Injury to their eyes by neglecting to properly clean their glasses. I bavo had a num ber of patients come to mo with com plaints about what they called gradual diminution of their eight An examl nation reveaiea tne tact that it was wonderful thnt they could see at all. ror tneir glasses were gummed over and had been fearfully neglected. A little soap and water, to which a few drops of ammonia was added, did the business. . An Antiquary In Error. A famous antiquary an enthusiast In the search for Roman antiquities was traveling through England, when he heard that on a certain hill there was a stile called Caesar's Stile. "Just so," thought the antiquary "Such a road, mentioned In Antoninus, passed near here, and the trndltlonnl name of this confirms me In the opln Ion that there was a camp ou this spot." While he was surveying tho prosiiec a peasant enmo up whom tho autl qnnry addressed: "They cull this Caesar's Stile, do they not" "lies, eur," said the man; "they calls it so arier pore old Bob Caesar, the carnter, I helped him to make It when 1 was a boy." Dirk Oram Couldn't be Pound, Purln? the potty sessions nt D the other day, a great amount of laugh, ter was caused by one of the cases, Oue of the Justices of the Peace rath cr pompously exclaimed: "Let ua have 'decorum' In the court, An officer, a real native of the Emer aid Isle, rushed at once to the door, caning out: "Richard Orum! Richard Omin!" It goes without saying thut "tie coram" was still wanting for a brief period in that court. Answers. A Life A FOND DAUGHTER WAS HIGH TO DEATH, Frank B. Trout Tells a Reporter cf Kow His Daughter's Life Wes Suvsd. All Parents Should ba inter ested In This Narrative. Prom the Bvtning TTtlne; a Bfleleu for his Investigation the rumor thst the life of the daughter of Frank K. Trout, well known in Ietroit, Mich., real e.tate circles, bad been ave1, a reporter called on Mr. Trout at his office. 103 Griswold Avenue. Mr. I rout snowea some hestiancy in civing nis opinion mr publication, but dually slid: "Circum stances and a father's love for his ohild forced me to try Dr. Williams' inn mis lor rale People, but not until me wnoie meaicai Mfevaion Had exnauaieu ineir skim, ai the aire of fourteen we had to tae our daughter from school owing to her health. Before this she had been in the best oi health, happv nd in the best of spirits. She hejrsn to toll away and became pal nnd languid. She was so weak that she would fall down iu a faint every time she tried to walk unsupported. The oest of physicians attended her, but she continued to row weaker and seemed to be gradually fading wsv. " hen she was fifteen she weighed only ninety pounds, and the doctors said It was anirroiri. Several physieians said she might outgrow It, but that it would no doubt ter minute iu consumption. No doctor we hod could help her, and we concluded ourselves, we must lose our eniiu, as sne waa growing weaker evert day. We had tried all the well-known reme dies, aud finally about a year aeo I bought box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and took them home. That day I an reaii oi a oase aoont tne same as my dauht'r's, and decided to give them a rial, though I munt confess 1 did not have much fitith. Before she had taken all oi the first box we noticed a change for the better. She, however, gained strsulth daily ANDY 10 i 25 SO it v r m iTP mini suhh'I 'j i IP.QAT nTPT V rrtlPIIHTPPn to ear snrcsMnf eonlpstln. fssrarrts are IheMesI Laxa ADdUliU 1 lib I U Ufllian 1 LhU tire, never trip or STlne.tmt rsyte essr nslnrsl results, ham. els snd txwkletrree. 1. RTritl.lNfi ItFWVIlT CO.. fnlrarn. Montreal, fun.. nrKewTork. 117, You will realize well who live cleanly," if you use SAPOLSO ASK FOR THE &KKLET ONXlGIiFsAND Ran) CIvKBESrL'QIITmillEWWAKSiyrHySM'E FOR SALE BY THE ATLANTIC REFINING CO. If the care of the hair were made a part of a lady's education, we should not see so many gray heads, and the use of Hall's Hair Renewer would be unnecessary. A Fightirg Quaker. It is possible to trespass too far on the patience of a Quaker. The Friends have been holding a series of revival meetings lately in Ida county, Iowa. Crowds of tough youngsters from Ida Grove and neighboring towns have taken advantage of the occasion to disturb the worshippers by loud talking, profanity and practi cal jokes. The ushers frequently ad monished them, but the youths, pre suming on the peacetul character of their hosts, persistently disregarded these warnings. Friend Sweet, a leading member of the local colony of Quakers, finally took a hand. Several young men openly announced their intention of enjoying themselves as they saw fit when the old man begged them to discontinue their playfulness, but they refused. Thereat Friend SAeet hurled three of the men through the nearest window, defaced "e features of one or two others who undertook to rescue their friends, and sat calmly down to continue his medi tations. Detroit Free Press. Pill-osophy There are pills and pills but Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills at io cents a vial lead in demand. The sale borders on the phenomenal. Sluggish Liver, Constipation, or Ir regular Bowels are the precursors of many physical disorders. These little wonders remove the cause. 40 in a vial for 10 cents. Sold by C. A. Kleim. nrodi AVtrs, Detroit, WeK and looked brighter. Every one noticed the chsn;, nd 1 bought two more boxes for her. " Whc she had taken two boxes she was strong enough to leave her bed, and in less than six months was something like herself. To-day she Is entirely cured, and Is a big, strong, healthy girl, weighing 130 pounds, and has never had a slek day since. "I do not think she uses them now, though I always keep them in the house. My wife and 1 have recommended them to our neighbors, and sent a few to another young girl who sseme to be in the same con dition as my daughter. Had not Dr. Wil liam' Pink Pills saved my daughter's life, I would not recommend there to any one. I know they do all and more than I claimed for them, and I am glad to rreommeud them to the world. I know Ir. Williams' Pink Pilla for Pale People saved my daughter' life, and that is enough for me." F. B. Troft. Subscribed and sworn to before uie this fourth day of March, 1897. ROBEBT E. Hri.L, JR., Xolary PuNie, Wayne Comity, Michigan. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People contain, in a eondensed form, all the ele ments necessary to give new life and rich nes to the blood and res tote shattered nerves. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irrrgulari ties and all forms of weakness. In men they eB'ect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of what ever nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never In looe bulk) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $1.1S0, and may be had of all drng gists, or direct by mail from Dr. Williama Medicine Coiapauy, Schenectady, N. Y. CATHARTIC ALL DRUGGISTS that "They live Farm and Garden Notes. Dairy calves need the foods that m ake milk, not fat. Protect the lambs against being drenched by sudden showers. A well bred calf must be well fed to make a good cow remember that If you have apples on hand do not let them rot feed to the milk cows, Good money can be made in rais ing sheep for mutton as well as for wool. Quality counts. A little linseed meal fed a cow be fore calving will not hurt her any ; or after calving, for that matter. Grease or oil on sitting hens is positively injurious, either on the hen's feathers or body, as the least trace upon the eggs destroys the germs. Study the dispositions of your calves as they grow. Pet and foster the good ones, curb the bad ones, and if too bad better get rid ol the calf as veal or " baby beef. A cow with a mean disposition is no comfort in a dairy. Successful management of the call lies at the foundation of stock raising. ana there must be no slack in atten Hon or -watchfulness. Scouring, the bane of calf rearing, indicates indigc tion, and results from overfeeding, ir regular feeding, giving food too cold or permitting the young animal to get cnuiea or wet. Some people are constantly troubled with pimples and boils, especially about the face and neck. The best remedy is a thorough course of Aver Sarsaparilla, which expels all humors through the proper channels, and so makes the skin become soft, healthy, ana tair. Fine PHOTO- GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. coasicTio wiiilv. sitsil men. 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