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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
f WHY SHE BECAME AN ACTRE88.
to. Ilddonn' Motksr a Wldaw, foreed to
Taap Lodger aa Mean of Hap port.
Here is a a anecdote Mid to have
Imo related by Mr. Scott Siddon ber
Wttt many years Ago, when a friend
Wkad what had Implied ber to go up
as the atoge. In the early sixties sbe
m living with her mother, the wld
m of an Indian ollleer, In a Ken side vil
lage. They were very poor, their
lodgings were uiore than bumble, ami
n girl wan anxiously wondering bow
he could contribute to the support of
fitt little family. The problem was n
bard one, for In those days the
"pbore" of women was smaller than
w, and their opportunities to make
uoocy were not numerous. Mean
while ber Immediate duty was to try
ft make the shabby rooms plensant and
nmellke. While engaged in this task
the discovered that an old chiffonier
which stood In one corner of the sitting
room had only three legs. Tbe mlss
to fourth member bad been replaced
by a onimpWl-up newspaper, which,
lodging from Its dusty condition, had
Dot been disturbed for many years.
Kery Slddons removed the paper,
ftxmd that It waa a very old copy of
Baa Annual Keglster, and on glancing
arer it found a long article detailing
Bk triumph of her greatgrandmother
In some long-forgotten play. The girl
decided that this was a "lending," and
Mt once resolved to seek fame and for
tune a an actress. Being beautiful
and Intelligent, she soon obtained a
nance to test ber histrionic abilities,
and won enough of success to raise
ber mother and herself to what, com
ared with her previous state, seemed
almost like wealth. New York Times.
A BEAUTY'S FACE ON A BANKNOTE.
lM Blabs, a Uandaoms Actrsu, OlTsn
this Distinction.
Tbe proverbial repute for gallantry
which the Hungarians have enjoyed
Bkiough tbe centuries Is being demon
rtmted with a vengeance these days by
the Austro-Hungflrian States Bank of
Budapest. Its ultra-gallant director
Baa Induced the Government to permit
ttte engraving of vignettes of the lead
big soubrettes and chanteuses of the
sountry on Its thousand gulden notes.
Director Gustav Kautz Is an ardent
otary of the histrionic art, and adores
toe celebrated Hungarian prima donna,
Mine. Lulse Hliilm. Her radiant coun
tenance, which, despite her advancing
gears, Is still ravlshingly beautiful, has
been selected as the first to be en
jraved on the thousand gulden notes of
WOT, which have already been Issued.
There Is no doubt that the scheme will
tbLTease the circulation of the bank
oteg, as all the scions of nobility and
all the dudes and dandles of the Slavic
aaetropolis will be anxious to be able to
boast of the iiosseHKlon of one or more
at these notes, for lime. Blaha, who
baa personified nearly all the great
dramatic conceptions of Hungarian
nUywrlghts, Is perhaps the most popu
lar woman of the thrifty kingdom,
he Is accustomed to homnge In the
Qperlatlve, but this excels any eulo
gies ever bestowed upon her. In fact,
be Incident stands alone In history.
lew York Journal.
Vlotorla'a Reward to Musical Art lata.
When a singer has been commanded
Windsor her Majesty does not, as a
die, send a check as a return for the
Bteasure she has enjoyed. Instead, she
Ibrwards gome useful or pretty gift.
Mine. Albani is frequently tbe recip
ient of books, Jewels, framed photo
graphs, Scotch plaids, shawls, &c,
and M. Jean de Keeske, Johannes
Wolff and Signor Toste are all pos
Sfjsora of costly pins, bestowed on
ttem by the sovereign. When Mmo.
Fattl last appeared at Windsor she re
ahred a very beautiful diamond and
sapphire brooch, and when Mme. An
toinette Sterling sang before tbe
Queen she was presented with an ex
4taite silver tea service, upon which
tbia amiable lady of quaint remarks
la avid to have exclaimed: "I havepro
idd for her Majesty's aesthetic, and
aba provides for my temporal enjoy-
London Figaro.
Mouths of Soma .tilniala.
Tbe largest mouth, proportioned to
Ibe atae of tbe animal. Is that of the
bog. Tbe mouth of the leech is a pow
aflat Backer, which wtll sustain many
llama Its weight. The tongue of the
and the frog la prehensile. By
of it these anluala seiao and
bald their prey. The mouth of the
lobular is small, and be must tear bis
food to pieces with, his claws before
be can devour It Tbe mouth of tbe
aetopua Is In tbe center of his body
la provided with a beak closely
abllng that of a parv.t. The
teeth f fish, like the teeth of most aul
mLs, are not fastened to the bone,
but ate held in sockets.
An Achievement Explained.
He was a little eurty-balretj, rosy
ahaakad mem bur of a boy cbolr. He
bad been having some trouble with a
high note, but on this occasion sang it
awt with a clearness and vigor which
orniiaed and delighted all his fam
ily. That wua splendid," said tbe l-adr
f tb choir. "You have been taking
any advice aud practising."
"No, I haven't practised It"
"I doot understand bow else you ac
auattplMbed it"
"'Wall. Ill tell you. Just before I
aauM to that noto I shut my eyes and
uMMae believe I was at a ball game and
aaw Cartwrlght steal a buae." Wash
ington. Star.
Win Frveaatlon.
"You little rapBcalMon! What you
tone wlv do milk?"
"An ah wanted t' burry, mammy,
w' so'a I wouldu't spill de milk ah
frank If"
WES THAT WEIGH A TON.
tfeabjr Pal la In tha HiMt of Making
and Rating Thrro.
This country has long been pleased
to consldeT Itwlf the land of pies. But,
is a matter of fact, a certain region of
tbe English county of Yorkshire pro
Juees pies beside which no American
?le would dure to make Its appearance
for very shame.
Denby Dale periodically make pies
weighing a ton and upward. There
was a pie last summer which weighed
nly fifteen hundredweight.
The last Denby Dale pie was made,
looked, carved and distributed ouly last
summer, In celebration of the Jubilee of
the repeal of the Corn laws. The
meats of which It wos composed
ivelglied nearly fifteen hundredweight.
Half a ton of steel plates went to form
the dish In which It was lmked, and the
Sour for the crust added an equal
weight. The oven that received this
burden of nearly two tons measured
thirteen feet In length by nine feet In
width and two feet In depth. When
alcely browned, the giant pie, gnyly
lecked with flowers and guarded by
mounted police, wb drawn In proces
sion by fourteen horses to the place of
feasting.
Here, at a fixed hour, It was solemn
ly carved with a knife close uion three
feet long and a fork of proportionate
ize, and served on commemoration
plates to all persons who paid for the
privilege of thus tasting It. Tbe eda
;lous crowd numbered thousnnds, and
few returned from the scone of festiv
ity without a souvenir.
That was the sixth big pie to delight
the epicures of Denby Dale. The first,
which dates back more than a hundred
rears, was Intended to mark the thank
fulness of the Inhabitants for the re
covery of George III. from mental de
rangement Nearly thirty years elapsed
before another event occurred worthy
jf such signal regard. This was the
battle of Waterloo. The oldest inhab
itant cannot recall the Waterloo pie,
but It was, no doubt, a famous affair,
for, when another generation had come
to maturity, it found a pattern for the
great pie of '40, by which Denby Dale
testified satisfaction at the repeal of
the Corn laws. New York Journal.
LUCK OF A BRIDESMAID.
tie Caught the lirldn'a Ilonqitet and IMa
ooTorcd a Profitable Occupation.
Under ordinary circumstances, paint
ing flowers in water colors Isn't a
ource of Immense profit Neverthe
less, there Is a girl In Boston who Is
reaping a rich harvest from it It nil
began in this way. The young artist
was one of the bridesmaids at the wed
ding of a wealthy friend; and was the
lucky one who caught the bride's bou
quet when It was thrown to tbe maids.
The Idea occurred to her that It would
be a graceful thing to make a sketch of
the bouquet and give It to the bride;
and being clever with her brush and
having a keen sense of artistic possi
bilities, she succeeded in combining
the rather stiff bouquet, a fan, a pol
ished table, and a shimmering pale
I green scarf Into a delicious bit of color
and sentiment
The bride was In ecstacles. So were
ber friends. Soon one of the brides
maids needed bridesmaids of her own.
It wasn't tbe artist, In spite of ber luck
In catching the bouquet. This bride
refused to be happy unles she, too,
could nave a sketch of her bridal bou
quet. The artist charged a good price
this time, and, to ber surprise, found
herself the originator of a social fad.
She became as much a part of a swell
wedding as the caterer, florist, or
bridegroomt Being gifted with a share
of the wisdom of the serpent she saw
that the thing was too good to last, and
that the opportunity must be improved
while It did last, so she boldly put ber
prices up to a most extravagant figure.
That only set the seal upon her popu
larity, and made her still more neces
sary to a wedding. She momentarily
expects the frost to strike her, but
meanwhile, she gathers her harvest of
shekels and sings hymns of praise to
the ancient and honorable liuttitutiun
of matrimony. New York Sun,
A Conaln by Adrpt'on.
A correspondent of the Bookman
suggests an Incident about Irving that
Is novel and Interesting: That Irving
waa a friend of the Knickerbockers of
Scbaghtlcoke Is well known, but not
I think, the reason why he adopted
himself Into the family. While Har
mon Knickerbocker, who was pre
sumably upon intimate terms with
Irving, was a member of congress, he
had occasion to present Irving to
President Madison, and in so doing
facetiously introduced htm as Ida
"cousln-german, Diedrich Knicker
bocker, from old Hchaghtlcokw." Irving
was rather taken aback, but tbe so
briquet so took his fancy that he made
use of It as a pen name when he
wrote his famous history of New
York, In which, he refers several times
to bis "cousin tho congressman."
Monkey aa an Imitator.
At Cheltenham, England, there Uvea
a retired Admiral and his wife, who
have a favorite monkey. One day re
cently tbe lady, bearing a strange
noise in tbe dttnlng room, looked In to
see what It was. Tbe sight which met
her eyes was a ludicrous one. Seated
in the armchair, with the Admiral's
smoking cap on bis bead, and the Ad
miral's spectacles ou his nose, waa the
monkey, and In bis hand was tbe opon
newspaper, which ho shook aud pat
ted, whllo ho Jabbered and ' gesticu
lated with great emphasis at tho cat,
which lay blinking on tho hearth rug.
It was a oiever and carefully studied
Imitation of the testy old Admiral's
tone and manner when reading to bis
wife some passage frstu tbe newspa
per which uxtdtod his wrath or Indlg
Rag pickur worth $100,000
"LOOKING BA0KW4RD" PARTIES.
lust the Entortainmtnt for a Summer Frolic.
There is no form of summer enter
tainment equal to a "backwards"
party for genuine fun and ceaseless
merriment.
It may be held in the parlor and on
the verandas where there are restrict
ed pounds around the house, and the
parlor floor or a platform made on the
law.i serves for dancing, though the
grass, il closely mown, is as good a
place as any.
As this is the day of Colonial so
cieties and renewed interest in ye
long ago, the "backwards" party will
have an extensive vogue this season
in country house entertainment, ow
ing its popularity to this spirit of the
times.
The dresses are made in any
quaint style one lancies, of flowered
chintz, calico, lawn, dimity or white
goods. The "backwards" party mem
be.., must wear simp'e rustic gowns,
not fine si":s and brocades, because
with them they don sunbonnets,
whether the party be held in the
afternoon or evening, and the man
ner of wearing these gives the reason
for the party's name, as all the girls
must put their bonnets on backward.
Two narrow slits are cut in the
back of the bonnet to look through,
but none for nose or mouth, as the
back is loose, and admits of breathing
freely under the curtain In this way,
wien the bonnet is tied on, the back
of the wearer's head shows where ber
face is expected to be, and in walking
oi ward and in dancing she seems to
L,e going one way and her head
another, while, in fact, she does not
:evetse her movements at all.
The identity of the girls is lost to a
most mystifying extent, even without
powdering the back hair, for people
must be very much interested in each
Cher to -emember the exact color of
the hair.
It is extremely laughable to see the
couples in a quadrille bowing to each
other, and scarcely less so to watch
the wa'tzers.
It adds greatly to the jollification
for tne men to wear the bonnets, too,
and then the girls are also mystified
about their partners.
The supper is served rather late, as
the bonnets must, of course, come off
'" en, and are not resumed lor the
fev after dances when the mismatch
ed young folks make matters straight
again, vowing they krew each other
all the time, while secretly conscious
that they have been making love to
Maud for Mabel all the evening.
Some make the bonnets to match
their dresses, off the same piece,
while others have a contrast. Sunbon
nets may be bought ready-i.iade at the
large stores for a quarter percale
ones ; but for a backwards party
those made of plain blue, pink or
lavender lawn, with a ruching of the
same around them are coolest and
prettiest.
The idea may be adapted to dress
ing in character to represent notable
Colonial dames of the " backwards"
period ; and whoever proposes this
reversed bonnet frolic at a large sum
mer hotel will be pronounced the
author of the most successful merry
maW.ig of the season.
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Governor Signs New Laws.
Two Reform Measures Receive the Execu
tive's Approval.
Governor Hastings signed concur
rent resolutions on Thursday diiecting
Captain Delaney, Superintendent of
Public Buildings and Grounds, to fur
nish the Speaker of the House, Presi
dent pro tern, of the Senate, Chie
Clerk and Resident Clerk of the
House and the Speaker's clerk with
the desks and chairs used by them
during the late session.
These bills were approved :
Empowering the Burgess and Town
Council of any borough to annex ad
jacent lots or outlots or other tracts of
land on the petition of a majority of
the freehold owners.
Relating to a..i Javits of defense and
authorizing judgment io be entered
for a portion of a claim where there is
msufhcient evidence.
Providing for the incorporation of
associations for receiving and holding
property, real and personal, of and for
unincorporated religious, benevolent,
charitable, educational and missisnary
societies and associations and execut
ing trusts thereof.
Making the proceedings of thi De
partment of Pennsylvania, Grand
Array of the Republic, a part of the
public records of the State.
Authorizing tunuel companies to
charge for sewerage run thiough their
property.
rroviuwg a penalty ot not more
than $too fine or two years' imprison
ment in case of the failure of County
Commissiones to comply with the act
to protect timber lands from fire after
demand made "pnn them by the Com
missioner of Forestry, and providing
lor the Commonwealth bearing part of
the expenses incurred under this act.
To provide a more equitable meth
od of distributing the public school
appropriation.
The reform measures lo prohibit
the payment of any occupation or poll
tax of any elector by any person other
than the elector, and to prohibit the
assessments of and demands for
contributions from the officers and
employes of the State or county.
Creating a State Bureau of Mining
in connection with the Department of
Internal Affairs.
Authorizing the transfer of whole
sale or retail liquor licenses from one
person to another and from one place
to another.
Authorizing the Auditor General to
prescribe the forms and requirements
of vouchers's monthly and quarterly
returns and statements of county offi
cers and institutions receiving State
aid and to appoint expert accountants
to examine such accounts.
Providing for the weighing of coal
as it corners from the miners and be
fore screening.
To protect the lives and limbs of
miners from the danger resulting from
incompetent miners in the anthracite
regions, and to provide for the exami
nation of persons seeking employment
as miners in the anthracite region.
Providing the manner in which
damages sustained under the act of
June 26, 1895, relating to the acquir
ing of private property for park pur
poses. Taxing banks and trust companies.
Authorizing County Commissioners
to transfer and cover into the general
fund of counties any money now plac
ed to the credit of any city, borough
or township for taxes uncalled for
during a period of ten years,
a
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Reduced Rates via Pennsylvania Railroad.
For the United Brethren Camp
Meeting at Mt. Gretna, Pa., August
3 to 12, 1897, the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company will sell excursion
tickets from all points on its system
east of Pittsburg and Erie, and west
of and including Philadelphia, to Mt.
Gretna and return at reduced rates.
These tickets will be sold August 1 to
August 1 2 inclusive, good to return
until August 20, 1897, inclusive. For
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He Helped Convict a Murderer.
Death of an Aged Colored Man Recalls a
Crime.
Torbert Ganges, the aged colored
man who hgured prominently in the
arrest of Wallace Burt, the half-breed
Indian murderer of the aged Rightley
couple, in Northampton County, a
couple of years ago, died at the alms
house early Friday morning. Ganges
at the time of Burt s arrest lived on
the outskirts ot Morrisville, and gave
the officers the information that led
to the murderer's arrest in his hiding
place, in the swamp. He was one
who secured a portion of the $1000
reward offered for the arrest and con
viction of the murderer.
About a year ago Ganges was con
victed of stealing chickens, and had
been serving sentence in the county
jail until a few weeks ago, when he
was removed to the almshouse for
treatment, upon the recommendation
of a commission arwointed bv the
Court.
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Republican "Miad dure."
Republicans are straining their eyes
to catch the first grimmer of light from
the dawn of prosperity which they
promised the people if their candidate
for President should be elected. And
now the Kansas City Journal sends
its clarion ringing through the dark
ness announcing that it enn almost
see something. lh;s announcement
is couched in the following vigorous
sentences: " Times never became so
good that an occasional bank doesn't
ji&tf
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We buy right and sell right.
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We are selling good shoes, so good you ought to see
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A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
go under or a business firm fail The
rarity of these happenings at the pres
ent time is substantial evidence that
prosperity is dawning." The millions
of wage workers in the United States
unable to secure anything to do, or
toiling like slaves for starvation wages;
the thirty thousand striking tailors in
the city of New York, doomed to a
life of servitude or a death of horror; '
the farmers all over the land raising
crops that will not pay the expense of
raising ; the merchants whose shelves
are loaded with goods they cannot sell, '
will not see cause for congratulation
in our esteemed contemporary's dis
covery. Another Republican journal
grundly announces that if every man
in the United States would think pros-
perity had returned it would be with
us. This is a brilliant application of 1
the "mind cure" to financial afflictions. !
By all means let us "play we are rich."
What is the use of endeavoring to dis
cover the cause poverty when we can
simply think it out of existence? Isn't I
it about time for Republicans to cease ;
their criticisms of the " vagaries of
Populists " and the "folly of the silver I
craze?" Surely imagination is a much '
less substantial basis for prosperity j
than good, sound silver dollars. Under '
xvcjmuui-uii uuiiuiubirauou me uawn
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and the business men will continue to
do so until gold monopoly is wiped
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Two Tours to the North via Pennsylvam
Railroad.
For the convenience of those who
seek the most attractive way of spend
ing a Summer holiday, the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company has arranged
two delightful tours to the North,
under the personally-conducted tour
ist system, July 27 and August 17
The points included in the itinerary
and the country traversed abound m
nature's beauties. No matter ho
much may be expected, one cannot
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agara Falls, Thousand Islands, Que
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Lakes Champlain and George, Sara
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Each tour will be in charge of one
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The rate of $100 New York,
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seats, meals en route, hotel entailment,
tiansfer charges, carriage hire t"
fact, every item of necessary expense.
For detailed itinerary, tickets, or
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