THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. 9M WALTER 6C0TT'6 FIRST BRIEF. OmW Hit Bast rH'iwii tha Inil A4 lca of barglar. Kr VT alter Soott had hl share of eaftMM esperte-newi In the mxue cob action shortly after being called to tbe bar. tils flrt nppeornnce aa emin art la a criminal court wu at J"dburjrh AMfseti in 175V5, when be auccewfully dafaodcd a vet. Tan poacUor. "You're a lucky swumlrpir Scott whispered to Ma client when the Terdlct waa ptvisn. "Phi Just o' your mind," returnel the tatter, "and Ml tend you a tnauklo (surely, a ltutv) the morn, man." Lockhart, who narrates the Incident, antts to add whether the "maukln" duty frac-hfd Scott but no doubt it did. Qa another occasion Scott was It crrimful in his defence of a house tmakcr, but the culprit, grateful for Ma counsel's exertions, gnve blm, lu Bra of the orthodox fee, which he was unable to pay, this piece of advice, to t&t value of which he, the housebreak V tould professional ly attest: First. ' to Liive a large watchdog out of but to keep a little yelping ter- star within; and secondly, to put no troat In nice, clever, elmcrack locks. bat to pin bis faith to a huge old heavy j aw with a rusty key. Scott lone re-, imaibrvd this Incident and thirty ; jam later, at a Judges' dinner at Jed barg, he rvculled It In this Impromptu rteynie: Yatpior trrtr. rutty ky. . VValtr Scott's beat Jttdart fee. Uhh Candle. Ie Caondlans make trn roost de Iftrhtfcl cream candles of maple supsr. mm and butternuts. Xett a pound of new maple sugar with a cup of thin cream and boil the ; ayrup to a crvamy ball, but not until It j "Ycks." When the syrup has reached ! Sfe pruper state, scatter butternut ker Data evenly over sheets of buttered tin : and pour on Just enough of the syrup ; to cover them. Crease the sheets of I candy itito small squares and break (Sem a;-art when the caudy has be- cold. I flow to Sarva Macaroni. Macaroni a?rved la the Italian style means simply boiled macaroni over which a highly-seasoned brown gravy la poured, grated cheese being sent round with the dish. The gravy it nicest made by cutting up In two-inch places some lean. Juicy beef from the sand and simmering In a little water into which a fried onion is put. Strain and thicken, add'ng half a dozen bopped mushrooms. A Vw English Tire. A. new tire which attracted great at tention at tbe recent bicycle shows In England is likely to be on the market bare before long. This tire has no toner air tube, but Is a single tube, which opens so that It may be repaired from the inside. It Is almost Identical wtth the outer cover of an ordinary clincher tire, except that one of the adges laps Inside the other one, tbe air Bpcaslng them together and keeping it rtooner. Dog Remembered It Well. George F. Barton, who died at Creeo's Hotel on November 1, leaves a 930,000 estate and provides In his will (bat his executors shall "find a good lame for my dog 'Cay,' pay his board and at his death place bis body In a box and have him properly buried." Tne- residue of his property Is left to nalatives. Philadelphia Ledger. AH Kindt of Dog. A. New Breed Dog Fancier Yes, ilium, I have all kinds of dogs here, la there any particular breed you wish? Old Lady (who reads tbe papers) On. anything that's fashionable, lanme see an ocean greyhound. New Ibrfc Weekly. Knew Where Ha Wu A little four-year-old occupying ac pper berth In the steamship cabin Eeued in the middle of the night mother asked him if he knew be was. "Tourse I do." he re- Had. "I'm In the top drawer." Sew York Sun. . , How It Happened 'Gripsack haa got his appetite back -How did he do Itr "Got caught In a washout, and the aadro&d had to pay his board for a "Chicago Tribune. A Cigarette Holder. "Hear about that American young wman paying a million dollars for a agarette botder?" "Get out!" -Fact. I belive It also had a title r auithlug. Cincinnati Enquirer. The Eaaeara of Caution. Schymner's awfully afraid ol "Is her "Yea. He nerer writes a lettei without first boiling the Ink." Chica CP Kecord. Two Birds and On Stone. An impressionable Paris banker, the owner of Immense riches, died of griel n bearing that he had lost everything lathe world except $20,000. Ills pa up ar brother on Inheriting that sum froa bin died of Joy. An Awkward Predicament. Father: "What, sir, you want to di honor my name on the stage?" Sod: "I will take an assumed name." father: "Then, If you succeed, rt ble to know bow jx-ople are to kuot rm your father." In Braatt, at tbe funeral of an uninar led woman, the mourning color It scarlet. The ooCid, thu hearse, tu kmppluf tf( the horses, and tbe liver at Ut drftvr are all scarlet. FIEE IS8UBAN0E. Owing to a variety of causes, such as demoralization of business, political and social unrest, disturbances of fi nances, and others too numerous to mention, a popular outcry has arisen against trusts and corporations of all kinds which seems to have spread over the whole country. It is not the purpose of this article to defend com binations and trusts, which are avow edly injurious to the public interests, but to direct attention to the injustice of classing them with Fire Insurance Companies, the aim of which is to benefit the people. As a starting point in our investiga tion, the question should be asked, "What is the Fire Insurance Com pany ?' It is an 'aggregation of individuals who subscribe their money and unite for the two-fold purpose of protecting the community from undue loss by fire, and securing for themselves a fair return for their investment. If the objects be truly stated, it would seem mere justice to inquire to what extent these companies have fulfilled t'teir two-fold purpose. As to the protection of the people, we need only refer to the great fires of 1866 in Portland, 1871 in Chicago, and 1872 in Boston, on account of which the insurance companies paid $ioo,ooo,qoo, which, practically, sav ed the inhabitants from bankruptcy, and in the additional fact that in the twenty years which have elapsed since that time the enormous sum of $1,370,000,000 has been disbursed by these much-abused corporations for the protection of their fellow citizens. In an indirect way, they have en couraged and urged the improvement of building laws, as may be seen by a comparison of the cities and towns of twenty-five years ago with those now existing. They have encouraged the formation of paid fire departments, and have urged the improvement of the water facilities. They have cheer fully borne the grievous burdens laid on them through onerous and unjust laws. They have paid the heavy taxes required ot them by the States of the Union as good citizens. They have made their bricks without straw, but still the opposition continues without abatement Reasonable and thinking men would say that if such be the purpose of these corporations, and such their record, every encouragement should be extended to them to unite together for the purposes of establishing and maintaining proper and reasonable rates of premium, and that in place of obnoxious laws there should be gener ous support extended to them in their business, which is, at best, an uncer tain one. To the question, " Have they suc ceeded in securing a fair return for the capital invested ?" the answer is, undoubtedly, "No." The companies which have failed or retired since i860 number 827, with assets of $192,000,000, which is a large sum to be withdrawn from the business. The average profit to the surviving companies has been 3 per cent, for a very long period, or 3 J cents on every dollar, and if it were possible to obtain the statistics of the 827 com panies wnich have gone out of busi ness, instead of the paltry 3 J per cent gain there would undoubtedly have been a large percentage of loss. We cannot do better than quotj from the very able report of Mr. James R. WaddilL late superintend ent of the insurance department of the State of Missouri. He writes as follows : " The early months of my adminis tration were unfolding revelations of the magnitude, the vastness, of the interests involved in what is common ly termed 'Insurance business.' I am of the opinion that there is no busi ness or science of such large and vital moment to all the people about which so littie is known or understood, even by the intelligent and educated. Out side cf insurance circles, insurance as a science or business is a terra incognita. Many business men do not even read their policies ; many legislators intelligent men and in formed men in the general affairs of life come to the State Capital to dis charge their legislative duties with the idea that an insurance company is simply a corporation, and, therefore, an enemy to the people, to be fought and legislated against They seem totally oblivious to the fact that hun dreds oi their constituents are looking to these corporations for indemnity in case of loss by fire in fact, are de pendent upon them in such an emer gency to replace the shelter and homes for their families : that many of their merchant and business con stituents have indemnity on their mer chandise and other property in these corporations, and in many cases are saved by them from bankruptcy in the event of fire loss ; that hundreds of others of their constituents have their hope and stay in this class of corpor ations, and have made provision in them, as the breadwinners of their families, to feed and clothe and shel ter their dear ones after they themsel ves are dead and gone j and that therefore scores of thousands of the constituents of tbe State legislators are interested in the solvency and stability of these corporations. Many legislators seem to forget, or not to know, that every unnecessary burden involving the interests of these cor porations is a divided burden among their policy-holders in the State ; that the hindrances and expenses that they put in the way of insurance compan ies increase the cost of insurance to their Missouri policy-holders. " These things I call to the atten tion of men who represent the people of Missouri in the Stats legislature, in order that they may reflect on this subject of insurance corporations from a different point of view from that which many of them have seemed to act in the past and that they my look to the other side of the question, which many seem never to have con sidered. Millions of dollars are paid annually to the citizens of Missouri by the varied and different c'asses of in surance companies doing business in this State. They pay also in taxes and fees to the State of Missouri fully a quarter of a million of dollars every year. I hereiore, while I am keenly alive as any citizen of the State in re quiring of insurance companies that they shall strictly comply with our laws, and deal with absolute justice to our citizens, it behooves men who have to do with legislatures and make laws, to look deeper into the interests involved, and note how closely allied and identified are the interests of these insurance corporations with the interests of our own citizens. The want of thought anl investigation along these lines (and I have thrown out these thoughts and suggestions with the hope of inducing investiga tion) is one of the fruitful sources 01 the many crude, ill-digested and disaster-threatening measures that are in troduced into our legislature involving insurance interests." Troubled Several Years. "I was a trreat sufferer with salt rheum on my limbs. It had troubled me for several years. I was so that I could hardly do any work and I ob tained a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla. After 1 had taken two bottles of this medicine I was comrjletelv cured." Oliver L. C. Edes, 2108 E. Somerset St, Philadelphia. Hood's Pills are the favorite cathar tic and liver medicine. Harmless, reliable, sure. A rAM0U3 HOSTESS. Frail Emma Hollenshamer, Who Keeps an Alpine Hotel. Was a Friend of Longfellow. Frau Emma Hollenshamer. known to fame in the international touristic and Alpine climbing world as Emma dAutncne, has just celebrated the eightieth anniversary of her birth at her winter hotel (Hotel Munchen) at Meran in south Tyrol. "And who is Frau Emma?'' the uninitiated are pardoned for asking. Well, she is the hostess of the gasthaus or inn at Nie derdorf in the Pusterthal, where dur ing the summer months crowds of travelers congregate, bound for the Dolomites or bent on exDlorinz the savage beauties of nature lying up the Ampezzo valley and the Alpine pros pects ahead of Cortina. To her Ensr- lish and American guests the good old soul was always particularly par tial, and she numbered among her distinguished friends the poet Lone- fellow, the historian Howitt, with Mary, his wife, and Sir Humphry Davy. Once upon a time a New Yorker, desirinz rooms at her inn. yet ignorant of its name, directed his letter to "fcmma d Autriche with no further address, and it reached her. Of this letter the octozenarian hostess is proud beyond measure, confirming as it does her world-wide popularity. If a small bottle of Shaker Diges tive Cordial does you no good, don't buy a large one. Prove all things ; hold fast that which is good." It's not good fcr everybody, only for the thin, pale, sick, weak and weary. For those who are starving for want of digested food. For those who cannot get fat or strong, because their stomachs do not work as they ought to. These are the people, millions of them, whom Shaker Digestive Cor dial will cure. Food makes strength, muscle, brain, blood, energy alter it is diges ed. If not digested, it will do you no good at ail. Shaker Digestive Cordial helps your stomach to digest your food and cures indigestion permanently. When you've tried a small bottle, you can tell. Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10 eents. CHICAGO DSIH&IHQ LbSS BEER, A Difference of 175,000 Barrels Already This Year. For the first five months of thts year 175,000 barrels less of beer were consumed than in the same ner- a iod last year. The number of saloons is 6 co less than a vear a'o. These a 0 O facts a ere brought out at the annual convention of the several liquor dealers' organizations in Chicago. THE SNUTf TAD- Fashionable Young Men In Washington Indulge In the Habit. a "Ilfirst noticed the beginning of this snuff taking fad here in Washing ton about a year ago," said a tobacco dealer to a Washington Star reporter. "I had heard several months previous ly that the thing had broken out in London, and then in New York, but I did not take much stock in the re ports. But when a procession of young fellows with nothing to do but to keep from thinking began to stroll in here and ask for all sorts of snuffs that I had never even heard of to set me to thinking. I was unable to fill their orders, for I only had in stock a small quantity of the ordinary Scotch snuff that is once in awhile called for by old persons. The daily demands for different kinds of snuffs continued unabated for some time before I finally sent for some snuff catalogues. I was astonished to find that nearly 200 different varieties are manu factured, ranging in price from 80 cents a pound to $20 a pound. When I began to nil my snuff customers orders, they came here in scores, .and I now do almost as big a business in snuff and snuff boxes as I do in cigars. All of my snuff customers, except the old men and women who have had the habit of taking snuff all their lives, are young men who go a good deal into society, and as always seems to be the case when people of the modern world adopt an old habit, many of them carry the snuff taking practice to extremes, and use such great quan tities of it as to injure their health, although these tell me that they feel themselves powerless to throttle the habit they entered into so lightly. Used witn a moderate degree of dis cretion, snuff does not hurt a man, but when it is used to excess it throws the victim into a sort ot lassitude that makes him always look tired of life." Washington Star. Personally-Conducted Tours via Penn sylvania Eailroad- That the public have come to recog nize the fact that the best and most convenient method of pleasure travel is that presented by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company s personally-con ducted tours, is evidenced by the in creasing popularity of these tours. L nder this system the lowest rates are obtained, for both transportation and hotel accommodation. An experi enced tourist agent and chaperon ac company each tour to look after the comfort of the passenger. The following tours have been ar ranged for the season of 1897 : To the north (including Watkins Glen. Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands, Montreal, Quebec, Au Sable Chasm, Lakes Champlain and George, Sara toga, and a daylight ride down through the Highlands of the Hudson), July 27 and August 17. Rate, $100 for the round trip from New York, Phila delphia, Baltimore, and Washington, covering all expenses of a two weeks' trip. To Yellowstone Park on a special train of Pullman sleeping, compart ment, and observation cars and dining car, allowing eight days in "Wonder land," September 2. Rate, $235 from New York, Philadelphia, Balti more, and Washington ; $230 from Pittsburg. To Niagara Falls, excursion tickets good to return within ten days will be sold on July 22, August 5 and 19, September 4 and 16, at rate of $10 from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. These tickets include transportation only, and will permit of stop over within limit at Buffalo, Rochester, and Watkins on the return trip. I a.'r (an.liu tmtre f"v f atlocrmrrv Luray Caverns, Natural Bridge, vir ginia Hot Springs, Richmond, and Washington, September 28 and Octo ber 12. Rate, $6? from New York, $63 from Philadelphia. New Ealing on Pensions. Assistant Secretary Davis, of the Interior Department, has rendered a decision that will affect many claims for pensions. He reversed the action of the Pension Office m the case of Catharine Geronzin (a" widow of a soldier in the Ohio Infantry), which rejected the claim for pension because there was no proof of the death of the soldier. Geronzin left home in July, 1866, since which time nothing had been heard from him. The Assistant Secre tary holds that further inquiry should be made concerning the man, and if nothing is thereby developed throw ing additional light on the case, death may be presumed under the act of March 13, 1806, making seven years absence from home, without intelli gence of his existence, sufficient for a presumption of death. Not many business houses in these United States can boast ot fifty years' standing. The business of Dr. T. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., whose in comparable Sarsaparilla is known and used everywhere, has passed its. half. . centennial and was never so vigorous I as at present. .A perfect tyat t the alrhft rtr ef tTCllffice ta mnfactiir." 4. Walter BREAKFAST COCOA 5 u. Absolutely Pure Delicious Nutritious. i i Costs Less than One Cent a Cup. j? Be aura that e ft the DORCHESTER, MASS.K genuine article, made at ....By.... 1 WALTER BAKER CO. Ltd. 14, Established t3 lew ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Totacco, Candies, Fruits and Nuts SOLI AGENTS FOR Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. 2?.it-: Oooz5s S:ciXjT--. SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Bole agents tor tbe following brands of Cigars- Uar.tnr P?niT In'rs? Mortal Tni'lTi PW-poce Ra.rrR.irt Silver JUV Bloomsburg Pa. fVicef Ljow knd For the finest and best stoves, tinware, roofing, spoutin? and general job work, go to Buildings heated by steam, hot air or hot water in a satisfac tory manner. Sanitary Plumbing a specialty. I have the exclusive control of the Thatcher steam, hot water and hot air heaters ior this territory, which is acknowl edged to be the best heater 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 We are selling good shoes, so good you ought to see them. Drop in and we will make it pay you. ConirEii Iron and Main Sts. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, fllATTIISG, or OIL CLOTH, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. Mm BBOWll'S 2nd Door above Court IIousc A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. THE PEOPESSIONS- The kingdoms of Norway and Sweden have 219 professors. The teachers in the public schools of France number 136,800. There are 10,800 teachers in the diminutive kingdom of Belgium. The dental colleges graduate every year 2 1 per cent of their students, or one-fifth of the whole number. In all classes ot engineers, civil, mechanical, electrical and mining, there are 43,115 men and 127 women. In the district schools ot this country the birch is industriously and success fully wielded by 245,230 women, aid ed and abetted by 96,581 men. When the eleventh census was taken, 1,235 ladies and 87,060 gentle men were exercising the functions and performing the duties of the pulpit. The proportion of clergy to the popu lation is over 1 to 1,000. In China, government appointments are determined by the literary attain ments of the applicants, and numer ous instances are known of men spend ing many years in preparing for the government examination. Just try a 10c. box of Cascarets. the finest liver and bowel regulator ever mace. 4-'-iy Vera Mention. Farm Journal calls attention to the fact that in New Jersey men who use wide tire wagons are given a rebate of $1 per wheel per annum on their taxes. Farming on vacant lots within the Greater New York has proved a success. Last year at Cornell university i was lound that frequent surface till age with weeder and cultivator in- creasea ne potato crop Doth by ton Baker & Co.'s ft Good Wofk. V. W. Watts, on Iron street. W. W. WATTS, Bloomsburg, Pa. lo-s-'.r SHOES of customers but we want more. W. H. floore. serving moisture and rendering the plant food of the soil itself more available. As a rule it does not pay to grow kaffir corn where Indian corn does well. The fifty-seventh annual New York state fair will be held at Syracuse on Aug. 23-28. Alfalfa is a most excellent soiling plant, but is not prized highly for pastures in the north. Hand picking of the mature insects and destruction of the egg clusters seem a tedious way of combating tne squash stink bug, but it is the surest method, says Professor Slingerland. Never Worry Take them and go about your business they do their work whilst you are doing yours. Df Agnew's Liver Pills are system reno vators, blood purifiers, and builders ; every gland and tissue in the who.e anatomy is benefited and stimulated in the use of them. 40 doses in a viw 10 cents. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Shake Into You Shoes. Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart ing feet and instantly takes the( sting out of corns and bunions. I greatest comfort discovery of the age Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight fiturg or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and W tired, aching feet. Try it TO D Sold by all druggists and shoe stores By mail for 25c. in stamps. Tn package FREE. Address, Allen ! Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. 6-10 4 Send for a copyof Taskers Beautiful Song "Gone Forever". The very latest Pronounced by critics to be the pre'"' est song ever written. Price aocts. A music stores ,or sen: upon receipt 01 price by David J. Tasker, Bloomsbug. Pa. tf.
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