6 fjUEER AUTOMATONS. ■SAMPLES FROM THE DAVB OF DiCOALUS TO THE PRESENT. . A Wooden Venn. Thet Walked and a ■feaaen Man That Talked—A Wonderful Mechanical Dnck—The Greatest of All She Fraudulent Aatometons. There are few things moro attractivo to the generality of men 9t more calou toted to excite their wonder and admira tion than a dexterously and mysteriously wmtrived automaton. There is, indoed, something almost uncanny In the sight d a figure made by men's hands acting Uke a creature of flesh and blood, and this nncanniuesa is one of themo6t sub tle of fascinations. Henoe the silver of the curious readily finds its way into the pockets of men ingenious enough to invent suoh marvels. This passion for the automaton is oer toinly no new thing. One meets it in almost the earliest books, sometimes veiled in myth, sometimes more direct ly stated. Vulcan, it will be remem tared, made automatic tripods for the pads of Olympns stools which ad vanced of their own aocord to the ban meting table and so retired when the anst was over. Aristotle tells us that the human au tomata which Daedalus made wore so native that it was necessary to keep them tethered for fear they would run nwny. The same philosopher describes • wooden Venus who walked about and fit res also the sooret of the phenomenon. She was filled with qnioksilver—a some what crude device. Albertns Magnus is •edited with having made a brazen man who talked and St. Thomas Aqai nan with having pounded It to pieces with a olub, suspecting it to be a work d satan. Some marvelous feats of mechanism are credited to John Muller, otherwise known as Regiomontanus, who flourished in the fifteenth century, and in dealing with him we perhaps touch firmer ground. One was au iron fly which flow around a table, another • wooden eagle whioh went out to meet Emperor Maximilian on his entry of Nuremberg on June 7, 1470, and re tailed with him to the oity gatea Whether dne or not to the stimulus given by Lonis XTV, the seventeenth and eighteenth oenturies were in France times of great antomatio activity. In feed, tbo first named oentury marks the beginning of the really historical era of automata. In the eighteenth century lived Mr. Vaucanson, perhaps the moßt wonderful of all makers of automata ■d the creator of the famous duck which first appeared before the public to 1741. The dnck was Vancanson's masterpiece and oompleted n reputation already made wide by his mechanical fiato player and an antomatio musician which not only blew upon the flageolet, but also kept time to it on a tambourine. The bird was of life size, and not only was It outwardly an exact imitation to •feather of a real dnck, bnt its internal anatomy was absolutely true to life. So, indeed, were its movements, for it ■•ram, dived, walked, quacked, ate, drank and by an ingenious device even aaemed to digest its food. This automaton disappeared after its inventor's death, bnt turned np again in 1840 in a garret in Berlin and was purchased by a George Tiets, who took tour years to put it in proper working order again. At the end of this time it was exhibited in a room in the Palais Royal, Paris, where Mr. Hondin, the celebrated ooujuror, saw it, and, indeed, •flex-ward, when something happened to one of its wings, took charge of and repaired it No doubt it is still in ex istence. Of moro modern automata this is scarcely the place to speak, for they ere private secrets. Let ns confine onr eelvea to merely mentioning Mr. Mas helyne's "Psycho" and "Zoo." Like most things, automata have not always been what they seemed. Of many frauds upon the wonder loving public perhaps the completest was that of the famous antomatio chess player of Mr. Kompeleu, whioh was exhibited all over Enrope at the end of the last awl ui j and afterward in America. It WM the figure of a life sized Turk Heat ed behind a largo box, the top of whioh wee marked in the middle for chess, torior to the automaton's meeting an opponent the front of the box was open ad end skeptical lookers on were shown au arrangement of strings, pulleys and splinders. After this they were allowed to examine the interior of the figure, whioh was hoilow. Then Mr. Kempe to wound up his Turk with a key, and to was ready to play, which it did by moving the pieces with its left hand and giving three nods for check to king and two for chock to queen. All the noted oheas players of Europe succumb ed to the fignre's superior strategy, and He skill so impressed the Empress Cath ine II of Russia that she wished to buy it and was with difficulty persuad ed by Mr. Kempelen to give up the idea. It was not for years that the secret was diaOovered; bnt, like most secrets, it leaked ont at last. The real chess play er wee a Mr. Wronsky, a Polish ex-oap toln, both of whose legs had been am putated at the trunk in oonsequence of •wound from a cannon ball. While the %ectators wore examining the box Vronaky was in the Turk's body, and whta they turned to inspeot that an in ptnioet mechanism slid him back into the box. To the fact that Wronsky was ■ aheet player of consummate skill the wide feme of the automaton, whioh he atetatly controlled, is to be attributed. After this disclosure Mr. Kempelen's •stoats ton naturally enough ceased to moire mankind to wonder.—New York Cut. Strict Sunday Laws. Swlßemnnde on the Baltio has strict Sunday lews. Shipmasters who enter toe port am fined heavily by the town authorities if they have their ships washed or painted on Sunday or church holidays. As foreigners are not ac quainted with the German church cal endar th 7 are frequently caught. VICTOR EMMANUEL AS A HUSBAND Strange Relation* with Hie Wife of thi "Re Oalantnome"—ADouble Life. A curious account of Victor Emman uel's married life, taken from the Au toblograpLy of Oen. Morozzo della Roc ca, who died recently as Senlor-Qener al In tne Italian army, la printed by thi London Dally News. "The wedding took place In April 1842, and magnificent festivals were in stltuted on the occasion by Charlei Albert. The Incomparable klndnesi and sweetnese of Marie Adelaide did i great deal to soften the manners of thi court. As soon as he had made the ac qualntance of his wife Victor Emman uel loved her ardently, and the affec tion he bore her continued tender until the end. But she could not fill the lift of her husband, who was entirely de prived of mental occupation, for Carle Alberto never permitted his children U shure In the least In state affairs. Sc Victor Emmanuel still kept hU bach elor habits, and after his marriage hat still more liberty than before. He cre ated a life of his own to recompensi himself for the monotony of that im posed upon him In the royal palacs. Hi hunted and shot In the mountains ant In the marshes, undertook length) rides and walks, and was away from home not only all the morning, bul very often during entire days. In thi palace Victor Emannuel was the Crowi Prince, a loving husband, a respectful son; no sooner away from the housi than his natural lnstinots and repress ed tastes burst out violently, and hi became a species of mousquetalre o; the sixteenth century, of whom he hat the physical type and wore a similar costume. But he had nothing of thi rudeness of manners and vulgar pas sions given by Dumas to his heroes Though Victor Emmanuel was by nc means proud or haughty, but rathei familiar with the persons In his ser vice, he was most Jealous of his per sonal dignity and would not have com promised It in the least degree. Hli heart—and thlß Is true, though It ma) appear strange—was entirely devotee to Maria Adelaide. He entertained foi her a respectful and passionate admlra tlon, placed In her unbounded confi dence, and his tenderness toward hei was such that he had none to spare foi other people, not even for the woman who during many years was the com panion of his life, the mother of hit children, and to whom, finally, he wai united in a morganatic marriage. Hi reserved for Maria Adelaide the best 01 himself without pretending to be othei than he was. He had no secrets front her, and only avoided giving her de tails which might have proved incon venient for her chaste ears. Maria Ad elalde, however, knew a great deal which she not only condoned but Jus tified, a mystery of supreme lndulgenci and kindness which Is not easy to un derstand or even Imagine by any oni who was not, like myself, placed be tween the double existences of Victoi Emmanuel—that In the palace and thai without. The only person who had thi right of condemning him abstalneo from doing so, and I dare to say thai she did well." PROHETIC. Nelson's Desire to Figure In sa Fine a Pic ture as the ''Death of Wolf." Benjamin West's picture of thi "Death of Nelson" Is closely connected with an anecdote of the great sailor says the Youth's Companion. Just be fore he went to sea for the laßt timt he was present at a dinner, during which he sat between the artist and Sli William Hamilton. Nelson was expressing to Hamilton his regret that he had not, In his youtb acquired some taste for art, and somi discrimination In Judging it. "But," said he, turning to West "there Is one picture whose power I dc feel. I never pass a shop where youi 'Death of Wolfe' is in the windoe without being stopped by it." West made some gracious answer tc the compliment, and Nelson went on "Why have you painted no more like It?" "Because, my lord," West replied "there are no more subjects." "Ah!" said the sailor, I didn't think of that." "But, my lord," continued West, "1 am afraid your lntrepedlty will yel furnish me with another such scene; and If It should, I shall certainly avail myself of It." "Will you?" said Nelson. "Will you Mr. Wqst? Then I hope I shall die It the next battle!" A few days later he sailed, hli strangely expressed aspiration was re alized, and the scene lives upon can vas. Controlled by Colored People. There Is a hospital for colored peo pie in Savannah which Is wholly sup ported by the colored people. Con nected with It Is a training school foi colored nurses, and a number of well trained sick-bed attendants have beet taught there. The management of thi hospital has never called upon thi white citixens for aid, but has been supported solely by the colored peo pie. The Cau.o of Confusion. "Isn't It strange the way people make mountains out of mole hills?" "Oh, I don't know; when you aren'l big enough to see over them then Isn't much difference."—New York World. | It Is recorded that once Senator Ma son propounded a query to Senatoi Morgan. "How long could you talk," asked Mason, "on a subject of which you knew absolutely nothing?" "Well," answered Morgan with o smile, "If it was a matter about which I knew absolutely nothing, I do not think I could talk more than two days." —Washington Post. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLOR& Simple Method of Seourln. Very Pleeeln| Kfr.et. A recent American Invention prom ises to make tho coloring ot photo graphs a very simple matter, even foi the amateur, and no great artistic tal ent Is necessary. By the process known as the "Kalos art," ordinary prints may be made considerably more attractive at small cost and with nc great expenditure ot time. All that la necessary Is a box ot "Kalos colors," a dish ot clean water and a camel's-haii brush and sponge. These colors art transparent, and the shades and lights of the photograph show through. Any desired tints may be secured by mixing or diluting with water. To color any print apply the shades with the brush and wash the surface of the picture with a wet sponge, so that all super fluous color may be romoved. Thla prevents running and Insures a more even distribution of the colors. Rinse the brush or the sponge In clean water, after using each color, sponge the whole picture after the coloring Is fin ished. It Is better to make the colore a trifle stronger than Is desired In or der to allow for a slight fading In the mounting process. The picture should then be allowed to dry thoroughly, sc that the colors may become firmly fixed before mounting. These colored prints may be mounted on cards or transferred to glass, in Imitation ol porcelain paintings. The miniature may be set in pearl or gold for lockets, brooches, sleeve buttons, watch charms &c. This process Is warranted to work on photographs of a gelatinous nature and gives excellent results on platinum prints. Collodion prints may be col ored by first giving them a gelatinous surface. This may be done by adding one-quarter ounce of water to one ounce of sheet gelatine, and the mix ture heated until the gelatine Is thor oughly dissolved; then, with a wide, soft brush, apply the dissolved gelatine to the film side of the print, giving It a smooth, even surface. Heat It gen tly over a lighted lamp until dry.— Philadelphia Record. CAR STEALING AS A FINE ART. Omaha Claim, to Have the Moat Kxp.il Borrower. When the traffic of a railroad Is lim ited only by the number of cars It can get possession of the means of securing those cars are overlooked and only ths end is considered. Thus it comes that in railroad circles it is rather an hon or than a dishonor to be an expert cai thief. Stealing a freight car Is no mort regarded as a crime In railroad circles than Is stealing a base in baseball games. The most successful superintendent of a car service is he who can, when his own supply of cars runs short, reach out and steal from other roads enough cars to meet the demand. To be sure, the theft is not a permanent one, as the cars are bound to be returned to the company that owns them some day. But when several roads are lying In wait to grab the same string of empty cars the one that succeeds In capturing it make 3 a borrowing that is pretty close approach to a theft. This pro cedure, however, is regarded as legiti mate railroading under the conditions now existing in Nebraska, where the business of a railroad depends prac tically altogether on its ability to rusb empty cars to the stations where there are thousands of bushels of grain awaiting shipment. In this respect it Is generally con ceded that Omaha has the most expert superintendent of car service In the business. His is a western railroad, and a pretty big one. Just as soon as a string of empty ears come across the big bridge between here and Council Bluffs they are seized by this smooth borrower of cars, rushed out on his line filled with grain and returned here to be delivered to the railroad east of the river to whom the cars belong. That railroad cannot object very strenuous ly since It thoreby receives the haul on the grain from here to Chicago, but It may be greatly embarrassed quite often when it thinks It has twenty or thirty empty cars In the Omaha yard and plans to send them west on some othet line, only to later discover that they have been grabbed and hustled out on the western line that boasts of having the smoothest car superintendent In the United States.—Omaha Bee. Servants of Olden Times. Servants were servants away back in 1566, Just as varied, In fact, as the wo man who bossed them, and both were much as they are in this end of the century year. Servants were fined In those days for each trivial offence. A penny was thought enough to fine a servant who left open a door that should have been closed, and the same fine did service for missing family prayers, or leaving the beds of the house unmade later than 8 o'clock in the morning. The cook might have s beau, but she had to pay a fine every time ho came, of 1 penny. If such rules were enforced now, madam would find herself without "lady help" in short order. Five Is the great sacred Chinese number. There are five virtues, five colors (yellow, white, green, red and black), five household gods, five plan ets (Saturn, Venus. Jifpiter, Mars, Mer cury), five ranks of nobility, five tastes, five cardinal points (the middle, east, west, south and north respectively), and five tones. In one consignment, recently, a feather dealer In London received 6,000 birds of paradise, 360,000 birds of vari ous kinds from the Bast Indies and 400,000 humming birds. In three months another dealer Imported 356,- 308 birds from the East Indies. QUAiNT ANJ) CURIOUS. Infant schools began in New Lanark, Scotland, in 1815; in England not till 1818. To improve her complexion, a young lady in Worcester, England, was in the habit of eating about two wax candles every week. Chinese brides of high station fre quently do not see their husbands un til the red veils dre lifted at the marri age ceremony. The long tails of the Shah of Per sia's horses are dyed crimson for six inches at their tips—a jealously guard ed privilege of the ruler and his sons. In order to raise church funds, a Georgia minister charged admission to an entertainment where the con testants engaged in a ginger cake eat ing competition. Detectives detailed to look after professional shoplifters always look to see if their suspects are wearing gloves. A professional, it is declared, never works with gloves on. Alderman Backer, of Brooklyn, is a philanthropist—also a real estate deal er. He has offered to the first family that is blessed with twins in his dis trict a house, rent free, as long as they want to occupy it. To the first family that registers triplets he offers to give a house and lot. It was not until 1878 that the manu facture of hairpins began in the United States. Previous to that time those used in this country were brought from England to France. Now the trade is such a large one that it takes 50,000 packages, each containing twenty-four pins, to supply the whole sale demand daily in New York alone. The tint of birds' eggs, especially the light colors, are apt to lade, on exposure in museums to too great sun light. This is the case with tne green-, ish blue eggs, as those of the murre. By experiment the darker colored eggs of olive brown or chocolate hue have been found to undergo little change. Bloomsburg, Pa., Dec. 27, 1897. — I was crippled with rheumatism, and took many different medicines with out obtaining any benefit. I saw a testimonial of a cure ot rheumatism by Hood's Sarsaparilla, and began taking this medicine Before I had finished the second bottle I began to improve, and when I had taken five bottles I was as nimble as ever and have not been afflicted with rheumatism since. Mrs. C. W. McCaslin, 219 Seventh St. Hood's Pills are the only pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Easy and yet efficient. Lippincott's Magazine for February, 1808. The complete novel in the Febru ary issue of Lippincott's is "A Troop er Galahad," by Captain Charles King. It contains some close and vivid sketches of character and life at an army post in the southwest : the warlike excitement is furnished by a prolonged pursuit of a dangerous band of outlaws. "His Last Appearance," by Jean Wright, and "A Litertary Success," by Willis Irwin, are very brief tales. "Outwitting a Grizzly" is one of William Thomson's true stories of western adventure in old tipnes—as far back as 1850. R. G. Robinson, who is an author ity on his chosen subject, supplies some information upon Florida, "The Land of the Winter Cucumber." Fakirs, adventurers, and swindlers of various kinds are the theme of Dora E. W. Spratt, in "How they Live on Nothing a Year." "The Poetry of Shelter" is one of Dr. Charles C. Abbott's very best nature-papers. Robert Timsol, in "Back from Altruria," sets forth some of the attractions and drawbacks of Mr. Bellamy's millennial state. Samuel M. Warns writes briefly of "Odors," William Trowbridge Lam ed of "Insomnia," Ellen Duvall of "Opportunity," and M. A. De Wolfe Howe of "The Other Side of Let ters." The third paper of Dr. Theo dore F. Wolfe's series, "Some Liter ary Shrines of Manhattan," deals with "The Latin Quarter and its Environs." Thee are complete by Carrie Blake Morgan and Clarence Urmy. CATARRH sibject 3 Thii dread malady lurks behind the most In cipient head colds, and whan tho seeds of dlsesso are sown stasia away the beauty bloom and mukan Ufa pleasures a drudgery. DR. AGKEW'S CATARRHAL POWDER will sure the Incipient cold and the most stub born and cbronio Catarrh cases. 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By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias, lsued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county, Pa., and to me directed, there will bo exposed to public sale at the Court HOUBO, In Bloomsburg, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1898, at z o'clock In the afternoon, all that certain lot or piece of land situate In East Bloomsburg, Columbia county, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Be. ginning at a stone corner of Canal street and lot of Mathlas Kindt, and running tbence along said lot northwardly one hundred and sixty feet, more or less, to Ridge alley; thence along said alley eastwardly forty feet to lot of M. Kindt aforesaid, and thence along said lot southward ly one hundred and sixty feet, more or less, to the place of beginning, it being the same premises which George Barreter and Caroline Barreter by deed dated November 19. 1889, and recorded In tbe olllce lor the recording of deeds, Sc., In and tor Columbia county, in Deed Book, No. 41, pages 371, &c., granted and conveyed un to Charles C. Kesty, party hereto, on which Is erected a two-atory DWELLING HOUSE, and outbuilding. Seized, taken into execution at the suit of Fannie Kckroth vs. Charles C. Kesty and TUlle E. Kesty, his wife, and to be sold as the proper ty of Charles C. Kesty and TUlle E. Kesty, his wife. Bahklsy, Atty. W. W. BLACK, Sheriff. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Ellas McUenry, late of Benton Borough, deceased. yotice is herelty given that letters testamentary on the estate of Ettas McHt nry, late of Benton Borough, Columbia County, Pa., deceased, hare been granted to M. T, McUenry. to whom all per sons indebted to said estate are requested to nuike payment, and those having claims or demands will make known the same without delay. Fritz, Atty. M. T. McUenry, 1-