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CAPTURE OF A VETERAN.
% the Commander In Chief of Hla Head
quarters.
**Bay, mister, have you seen a moan
Itokiu little cuss with a blue suit an
brass buttons on hangin raoun here this
wwk?" said a tall woman to the clerk
at a Lewiston hotel Friday.
"Don't know that I have. How mean
does he look?" was the reply.
"He perteuds to bo a vitran," con
tinued the woman regarding tho clerk
aver her glasses, "an ginrally about
Grand Army time he disappears from
hia wife's bed an board an goes off an
licks the hull sonthi I want to soohim.
I want him to come home."
Up the corridors came the sound of
laughter.
A party of veterans were telling tulos
of war.
A familiar voice smote npon tho air.
The woman's lips closed tightly.
"I tell you, comrades, I jes' enjoyed
that air fight at Chaucellorsville more'n
I did the hull durned muss from fus to
las'. You see, Gin'rul Jackson wnsoif on
to our lef' a-trampin like tho very devil
to outflank the Union lines. That air
raarnin my cap'u bo sez to mo, sez he,
'Jake, you take a detachment o' five
nan an go aout an see what Stonewall's
doinl Ef you suspect—ef you suspect,'
sez he—' that there's any kind o' sneakin
r beatiu aroun tho bush goin on, you
jes' lay low an kyboot for the Union
lines.' 'Well, sez I'"—
Just then a woman shoved through
• . - w<g and liuked her arm in his.
'irds died on his lips. The light
of his eyes. A spasm passed
countenance that left it n sickly
_ the color of the hide of a sour
" über.
abez," said the woman, "bo you
a "'y sn sß' iu ? What made you tako
VG a ' r * IOSS au drive here to this
A A. R. spree? Hev you been a-driuk
in'? Hev you been a-forgettin of your
ooni ll>atl dnieut not to lie? Did you tell
these gentlemen that as fur as you got
to war was to Augusta, an thet you
ant so feared ovor there thet you was
sick for three weeks? Giu'rul Jackson!
You little lyin thing you! Did you tell
the Grand Army men that you was
drafted an thet they couldn't find you
far six weeks where you was a-hidiu in
tho woods?
"Come home, .Tabez—tho caows and
the pigs need you."
And the little old man in tho blno
onatldWrttf up into the woman's face
with a gray, misty, tearful look in his
ayes. The glad light that had been in
them was gone. His little hit of glory
was at an end.
Poor old fellow—after all!—Lewistcn
:■ (Me.) Journal.
BONAPARTE'S DAUGHTER.
The PrlncoHS Charlotte Spent Many Happy
Months In America.
"Queen Julio never joined her hus
band, Joseph Bonaparte, the fugitive
king of Spain, in this country," writes
William Perrino in Tho Ladies' Home
Journal, "but lute in 121 their daugh
ter, the vivacious young Princess Char
lotto, determined to console her father
in his oxilo. She arrived at Philadel
phia in the ship Ruth and Mary, coin-
L manded by Captain Mickle. Tho ship's
A. wharf was covered with a crowd anx
■> ions to see her. Only 19 years old, cf
highly animated temperament and de
lighted at tho ending of tho 10 days'
voyage, tho young girl was in an ecstasy
of pleasure. She waved her fur bonnet
at the persons on the wharf with such
careless delight that it fell from her
hands ovbr tho ship's rail and into tho
river. In her transport of enthusiasm
she snatched Captain Micklo's hat from
his head, gayly placed it on licr own
and saluted her admirers anew.
"Joseph was highly pleased with
*Gha£lotto, whom ho had not seen since
* waftJ, mid tried to give her as
much compensation us liajsould for the
pleasures of the continental lifo she had
left behind. Ke took her to Long Branch
and Saratoga, but ho soon discovered
that her chief tasto was for painting.
At tho old gallery of the Academy of
Fino Arts in Philadelphia were exhibit
ed several studies and landscapes from
her brnsh." *
Coal Fortnalion.
It will be remarked that tho deposits
rfanthracito are found in very moun
tainous regions. The difference between
thia hard and what are called tho soft
coals was explained to mo by the late
Professor William B. Rogers. When
the contraction of tho earth's surface
took place by which the mountain re
gions of Pennsylvania und a fow other
parts of the carboniferous series were
t formed, these mountains were thrown
np, turned over and twisted in such a
manner as to cause the rantcrinls of
vegetable origin of which coal is formed
to become coked, or partly coked, under
extremo pressure. It is due to that pres
sure and accompanying heat that tho
anthracite coals aro hard and virtually
flee from bitnmeu; while, unuor other
conditions, tho bituminous or scmibitu
minous coals aro solt and moro friable,
containing mure bituminous element.
In some other parts of the earth's sur
face where coal is fouud tho so called
brown ooals and lignites havo not been
subjected to tbo measure of heat under
pressuro sufficient to convert them into
true coal.—Edward Atkinson in Cen
tury.
Where the Ticket Went.
In an elevated station on a rainy day,
just before reaching tho ticket chopper's
box, a woman dropped her ticket. It dis
appeared as oompictcly as though tho
bad never had it. She looked around on
the floor, but it was nowhere to be seen.
It was very strange.
"Look in your umbrella," said tho
ticket chopper. Who carried an umbrella,
which was closed, but not rolled up.
She turned it with the handle, end down
and tbo ticket dropped out on the floor.
She smiled as she picked it up and put
-t in the box. Tho ticket chopper said
vothing. Ho had soon this huppou be
iae.—New York Sun.
ORIGIN OF THE BICYCLE.
It May He Traced as Far Hack as the
Seventeenth Century.
In St. Nicholas Frank H. Yizetolly
has told "The Story of the Wheel,"
tracing the evolution of the bicycle.
Mr. Vizetelly says:
It has been often said that "to traco
the origin of the bicycle wo must go
back to the beginning of tho century,"
and as this has not been denied it is
probably truo. I shall try to show that
tho bicycle grew from experiments in
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,
and that the celerifere, first inventod in
IC9O, was the earliest form of the
"safety" of today. The first attempts
to ride wheels date back as far as the
fifteenth century. True, tho machines
then made wore crude, clumsy and im
perfect, yet they deserve mention, for
they were a distinct step in the history
of the wheel. The first of theso was a
heavy carriage driven by means of ropes
attached to and wound round its axle
tree. To the other end of the ropes a
polo was tied, and this pole was used
as a lever in front of the vehicle, and
by this means it was slowly drawn for
ward.
Little was done in the century fol
lowing, yet in tho "Memoirs of Henry
Fetherstono" it is told that a Jesuit
missionary named Ricius, who was
travoling down tho Ganges, having
missed a boat that plied at regular in
tervals between points he was to visit
in his journey, made up for lost timo
by building a small carriage propelled
by levers. Because so few details aro
told, the truth of tho author's account
has been doubted or discredited by
many.
In one of England's older churches —
St. Giles' at Stoke Pogis—is a window
of stained glass on which may bo seen
a chorob astride of a hobby horse, or
wooden "wheel." At the sides, in sep
arate panels, as if to fix the dato of the
design, stand two young men attired in
Puritan dress, ouo playing the violin,
the other, with hands in his pockets,
smoking a pipe. Is it from this design
that the first thought of the hobby
horse of other days was taken?
Before the Royal Academy of Sciences,
in 1693, Ozauam read a paper describ
ing a vehicle driven by the pedaling <>f
a footman, who stood in a box behind
and rested his hands on a bar lovcl with
his chin attached to the back of an
awning above the rider in the convey
ance. This may prove that Fether
stone's account was not untrue. Oza
nam's vehicle was followed by another,
built on a somewhat similar plan, by
an Englishman named Ovenden about
1761, for a description of tho machine
then appeared in The Universal Maga
zine. The vehicle was said to he "tho
best that has hitherto been invented."
The distance covered "with ease" by
this rudo vehicle is stated to have been
six miles an hour; with a "peculiar
exertion," nine or ten miles. The steer
ing was dono with a pair of reins.
IN THE FOCUS.
Is This the lieaKon Our Actors Like tho
Center of the Stage?
Perhaps the fondness of certain actors
today for the center of the stage is a
survival from the time when no other
position was adequately lighted. In tho
early days of this century, before the
introduction of gas, the footlights con
sisted of half a dozen or moro oil lamps,
and the point where their rays converg
ed was very properly known as tho "fo
cus." Here all important passages of
tho piece had to be delivered, since else
where tho accompanying play of feature
was not assuredly visible. It is told
that when one of Keau's admirers com
plimented him at supper aftor a per
formance of "Othello," saying that in
tho great scene with lago he almost
thought tho tragedian would strangle
the villain, Kean answered: "Confound
the fellow. He was trying to get me
out of tho focus." Under tho electric
light the face of the aotor can now be
seen clearly in the most, remote corner
of the stage.—"The Conventions of the
Drama," by Brander Matthews, in
Soribner'a.
The Silk Cotton Tree.
The most remarkable tree on the island
of New Providonco is without question
a specimen of tho silk cotton (Bombax
ceiba) situated near tho poutoftice and
prison. Growing from its trunk are
half a dozen buttresslike extensions, as
if to make a flrm footing for its great
spread of branches of 116 feet. A little
boy to whom I showed a photograph
of it expressed its appearance very well
when ho said tho spaces between the
buttresses would make flue horse stalls.
Tho pods which grow on the treo con
tain a soft, silky material which the
natives sometimes use for stuffing pil
lows. There aro moro of these trees, but
none so largo or old as this one, and we
heard no estimate of its age. It is a
near relative of tho monkey tamarind.
Between this bombax and tho library
is an avenue of Spanish laurel, a mem
ber of tho fig family—untidy and inele
gant trees, with a growth of roots hang
ing from their branches which never
reach the ground. Ail these trees bear
fruit, but the figs are small and unfit
for oating.—E. G. Cummiugs in Popu
lar Science Monthly.
It Killed Him.
"I should fancy the laundry husinoss
was about as easy as auy to start."
" What makes you think so?"
"Ail yon have to do is to lay in a
supply of 6taroh."
"Yes."
"Well, that'll starch you all right."
Three days after tbero was a burial.
—London Tit-Bits.
Woman'* Woe.
It was torriblo. The tempest bent the
sea into a horrid fury, the waves were
mountain high and they swept over the
frail craft oeaselessly. s
"My flesh creeps I" he crijuw/t V
"My complexion runs!" shrieked toie.
For it is the lot of woajou to suffer
nost.—Detroit Journal. V' ■
THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA.
6 ARM AN KESFB HIS PLAOE.
Nanticoko Statesman Elected State Chair,
man Without Opposition.
The next State Democratic conven
tion will be held in Altoona, June 29.
This was settled at a meeting in Har
risbtirg of the State committee. John
M. Gartrun of Nanticoke was re
elected chairman without opposition.
The meeting was held behind closed
doors and lasted (our hours. The
Philadelphia contest was referred to
a sub-committee after a lively skir
mish. The committee reported un
animously in favor of the Gordon-
Delahunty committee as against the
friends of city chairman Thomas J.
Ryan, and the report was adopted by
a vote of 58 to 12. The Ryan peo
ple gave notice that they will carry
the contest into Philadelphia courts.
The Union county contest was de
cided in favor of B. O. Brown, whose
seat was contested by Thomas C.
Barber. Resolutions were adopted
reaffirming the principles of the Chi
cago and Reading platforms, congrat
ulating Bryan for his "masterly leader
ship" in support of the principles of a
"glorious cause," ratifying the action
of the Reading convention in electing
Col. Guffey of Pittsburg, on the nat
ional committee in place of William
F. Harrity, of Philadelphia, and urg
ing the national committee to recog
nize Col. Guffey at once; expressing
sorrow at tiie death of the heroes of
the Maine disaster, criticizing the
national administration for "peace at
any price vacillation, and for failure
to make demand for reparation for
loss sustained by the country by reas
on of the destruction of the battle
ship;" endorsing the action of the
Democratic senators and congressmen
in their efforts to obtain recognition
of the Republic of < luba ; deprecating
President McKinley's delay in execu
ting the decrees of Congress in the
Spanish-American controversy; de
manding a vigorous prosecution of
the war if Spain refuses to evacuate
Cuba, condemning the existing cor
ruption and extravagance, urging all
citizens regardless of politics to aid in
driving from public service those who
have degraded and coirupted it.
Lippincott's Mugasina For May, 1898.
The complete novel in the May
issue of I.ippincotfs is "The Uncall
ed," by the colored poet, Paul Laur
ence Dunbar. Though understood to
be his first essay in extended fiction,
it is an extremely strong and thor
oughly readable story. The scene is
laid mainly in a small Ohio town ;
the hero is a youth of the humblest
origin, who is forced into the ministry
and works his way out of it.
"No. 87,617 Colt," by George
Brydges Rodney, recounts the experi
ences of a small party of Americans
in Cuba during a former insurrection.
Theodore Gallagher describes one
phase of a very wild Western town in
"The Election at Cayote." Both are
stirring tales.
"Woman's Work and Wages" are
discussed by Eleanor Whiting, who
claims that matrimony is the most ap
propriate and profitable business for
women in general, and that they had
better net attempt direct wage-earn
ing. This highly conservative position
she defends by an array of facts and
arguments.
Dr. Charles C. Abbott has a brief
paper on "Blunders in Bird-Nesting,"
meaning those of the birds. James
Weir, Jr., writes on "The Faculty of
Computing in Animals," and William
S. Walsh inquires, "Do Animals
Drink ?" He replies that they do,
on some occasions, and become in
toxicated like their betters.
The ways of "The Indian Afoot,"
and his extraordinary abilities as a
pedestrian, are set forth by William
Trowbridge Lamed. By "The Sacred
Flowei" Marvin Dana means the
Rose. "Peop!e-in-Law" form the
subject of a little essay by Alan Cam
eron.
Frank G. Carpenter deals with
"The Book-Loves of Statesmen"-*-/**,
some of them. "The Literature of
Tapan" is briefly discussed by Joslyn
Z. Smith.
The poetry of the number is by
Florence Radcliffe, Grace F. Penny
packer, and Lee Fairchild.
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The President on Saturday issued
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By the President of the United
States:
A PROCLAMATION.
JVAereas, by a joint resolution of
Congress, approved 011 the 20th day
of April, 1898, entitled "Joint reso
lution for the recognition of the in
dependence of the people of Cuba,
demanding that the Government of
Spain relinquish its authority and
government in the island of Cuba,
to withdraw its land and naval forc
es from Cuba and Cuban waters,
and directing tlie President of the
United States to use the land and
naval forces of the United States to
carry these resolutions into effect,"
and
Whereas, by an act of Congress
entitled "An act to provide for tem
porarily increasing the military es
tablishment of the United States in
time of war and for other purposes,"
approved April 22, 1898, the Presi
dent is authorized, in order to raise
a volunteer army, to issue his proc
lamation calling for volunteers to
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States.
Now, therefore, I, William Mc-
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the same to be apportioned as far as
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and Territories and the District of
Columbia, according to population,
and to serve for two years unless
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through the War Department.
11l witness whereof, I have here
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seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done at the city of Washington,
this 23rd day of April, A, D. 1898,
and of the Independence of the
United States the 122 nd.
(Seal) WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
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IORTUNE FOR HIS LOsT LOVE.
Once They Wero Parted By Duty and a
Second Time by Death.
When Mrs. Lucille Morris, of
Omaha, Neb., was a very beautiful
girl in her teens she met young and
handsome Chester E. Allison, of
Sedalia, Mo. It was a case of mutual
love at first sight, but, although Ches
ter wooed and won Lucille's heart,
she would not give her hand. He
died las', fall and left the sweetheart
of love's young dream a fortune of
$130,000.
Relatives in Sedalia tried to break
the will, but the court has just handed
down a decision sustaining it, and so
Mrs. Morris, who is a charming, in
tellectual woman, will pass her remain
ing days in comfort.
Few women have had such a strange
experience. When young Allison came
with the love song on his lips in the
springtime of life Lucille had pledged
her troth to another—Professor L.
Morris. In vain did Chester plead.
The young girl frankly confessed that
she loved him, but her sense of honor
was so high that she would not break
her engagement with the professor.
Allison, under the influence of her
faith and truth, finally acknowledged
that she was right. So they parted
tearfully—she to contract a loveless
marriage, he to deaden the pain in his
heart in the quest for wealth.
Years swept on, and last summer
these two met again at an Eastern
summer resort. She was free. Three
years before a court had broken the
bonds that united her to Protessor
Morris. She was still beautiful. The
gray was in the hair of Aliison and
lines of care seamed his brow, but he
was a manly man, with his heart still
true to Lucille.
Under the trees he toll her again
the old, old store, and it was arranged
that they should be married in the
fall. Before the leaves fell he died.
His last thoughts were of his sweet
heart, and in his will he bequeathed
her, unconditionally, $150,000.
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Here's a New One, Again-
A gang of swindlers are traveling
through the rural districts claiming
authority from the state to examine
wells. They inspect the water through
a microscope and find all kinds of
bacteria, cholera and typhoid germs,
and permit the farmer and his wife to
look through the microscope, where,
of course, they see the menagerie that
always will be found in a drop uf
water. The frightened farmer is ad
vised to apply certain remedies, wnich
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Elizabeth, N. J., Oct. it), 1896.
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adopted the decimal system of weights
and measures. An "imperial commis
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Petersburg to consider the best means
of abandoning the Russian calendar
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parts of the civilized world.
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The Olioir-
An Optional Courso on tho Word "Neither."
The choir was singing a new ar
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"Consider the Lilies." The pure
swe§t voice of the soprano rose clear
ly and distinctly in the solo :
They toi-oi-oi-oil not,
They toil not,
Ny-y-y-ther do they spin.
She paused and the tenor took up
the strain :
Nee-ee-ee-ther do they spin,
They toi-ot-oil not,
They toil not,
Nee-ee-ee-ther do they spin.
The tenor ceased, and the basso, a
solemn, red-haired young man, with a
somewhat worldly looking eye and a
voice like a fog-horn, broke in :
Nay-ay ay-ayther do they spin,
They toi-oi-oi-oil not,
They toil not.
Nay-ay-ay-ayther do they spinf
Then the voices of the three were
lifter up in semi-chorus :
Ny-y-y-ther
Neeee-ther
Nay-ay-ay-they
do they spin.
"Brethren," said the gray-haired,
old fashioned pastor, when the choir
had finished, "we will begin the Ser
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