2 PRIZE SYSTEM SHOULD GO. •Tin* Navy Hnj an Unfair Advantage Over the Army, Iu the rapid and decisive victory ever Spain in the war for Cuba there is glory euoujjli to go all round, and the veterans of the battles on both laud and sea are sure of the Nation's eternal gratitude. Hut in the substan tial fruits of the victory there Is a cer tain disproportion between the navy aud army which seems incongruous, absurd and unfair. For instance, by reason of the fact that the lleet under Admiral Sampson's command cap titled, without resistance of any sort, a number of unarmed Spanish mer chant vessels, and iu the Santiago light killed a certain number of Span ish seamen, the Admiral will get over •10,000 in cash when peace is declared, s his share of the spoil, while all the it her oltieers and sailors will receive i substautital share of the prize money, iu addition to their regular pay. Admiral Dewey, for killing a c-ertatin number of Spanish sailors at .<lOO a head in the battle of Manila, will get about <9.000, and all his men will get their proper share for the killing. Less than a dozen men in the American Navy were killed or wound ed. They were comfortable in their roomy quarters, they were far re moved from fevers auil miasma, well fed and well tended, and. as events showed, were never in any great dan ger. Hut Gen. Shafter. Gen. Wheeler and ' the men who braved the fevers of San tiago and tlie withering lire of the Spanish sharpshooters at El Coney aud San Juan make no money out of tlie war. Even the gunboats in San tiago Hay. surrendered to Miles and Shafter. but claimed at first by Samp son as his lawful prizes, yielded no prize money to either army officers or soldiers. Many of tlie latter are buried iu Cuban soil. Others died on the way home or in the hospitals on their arrival North. Others, weak, fever-stricken and wasted, are still fighting for life and health. The sur vivors get, or will get some day, $l6 a month, or $64 for tlielr four months' campaign, together with their board. Is there not something wrong in tlie prize money and bounty system which causes this absurd disproportion be tween army and navy rewards? It is true that It Ims been largely a naval war, aud the oftteers and men of tlie navy have come out of It covered with glo-r. Nothing "was further from their thoughts In the fierce fighting at Manila and Santiago than the fact that every Spaniard killed was $lOO In their pockets. But the whole prize and bounty system smacks of piracy and medievalism. It has no place In the naval code of any civilized aud Christian nation. It ought to go, to gether witli the system of naval pro motions, which, in honoring one brnve officer and increasing his emolument, degrades and fines other officers just as ltrnve, whose only fault was that to them was not offered the opportun ity which presented itself to and was improved by their more fortunate fel low otlieer. ROBERT BROWNING'S LOVE STORY. His llsvotlon mid Kt-vorenen for Ills Wife ltstktl I.lke a Tale from Fiction, "Wherever Mrs. Browning trod, whatever she touched became en dowed with the saereilness of lie! presence," writes Clifford Howard, of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Brown ing. in the "Ladies Home Journal." "When Mr. Browning returned with her on a visit to England, after an absence of several years, he repaired to the little church in which they had been married, and there, at the en trance, he reverently kneeled and kissed tlie paving-stones upon which she, the light of his being, had stepped. And in after years, when the light had gone from his life, he sought this sacred spot on tlie 12tli of each September, and in tlie dusk of the evening shadows passers-by might have seen a white-haired man kneel ing for a moment as if in prayer be fore the doorway of the dark and si lent church. Yet little would they have thought to recognize in this man the poet Browning, he whose mystical writings had led the world to regard him as a man of austere nature. "Not once in all the years of their married life was Browning absent from his wife n single day. At home or on their occasional journeys lie was ever with her, ready to protect her aud to wait upon her. Often ill aud unable to leave her room, he nursed her with tlie tenderness of a woman, cheering her In her conval escence with stories anil songs oi reading to her for hours at a time, as he oft had done iu the days before their marriage. It was in his touch ing thoughtfulness—in Ills little acts of loving and unsolicited attention that his love for her was most truly shown. About Preclons Stones. A remarkable fact has beon dis covered. The colors of precious stones arc not permanent In the light. To give a chemical and physical expla nation of this is difficult; for, al tbougn chemical reunions in solid bod ies have been proved, one would not presume them to occur in the exceed ingly hard minerals concerned. A ruby, which Imd been left for two years in a light show window, was found to be considerably lighter after tills time had elapsed than a stone, previously of exactly the same color, which hail been kept in the dark. Sim ilar results were observed with em eralds and sapphires. Still more has ty than with these valuable colored gems la the action of light on the less expensive stones. Garnet and tojm; differ Iu that the former becomes dim and dull, while the latter only turns lighter. BRAZIL'S COMMERCE. The Average American Overlooks the Op portunities That Lie al Ills Threshold. While seeking in the Ear East for consumers of his surplus products of farm and factory, the average Ameri can overlooks the opportunities open to his enterprise and sagacity iu a continent which lies, comparatively speaking, at the threshold of his fac tory and the gateway of his farm. At the same time, he fails utterly to real ize that the United States the chief consumer of South American products is paying, byway of exchange, a vast tribute to Europe, not merly on what is taken from her nearest and most natural market for her own products, but on all she sells there. If intelli gently utilized, not only would the semi-home markets of South America save to the American consumer what he now pays in exchange to liix more enterprising European competitor, who has forestalled him in the explor ation and development of the vast re sources of the southern republics, hut they would in time turn the over whelmingly adverse balance of trade to the credit of the United States. To-day the leading commercial e'.tv of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, with a pop ulation of nearly 750.000 souls, con tains but one strictly American mer cantile house supported by any con siderable amount of capital. In tlie entire republic, with a population of 16.000.000. only two such houses exist. The American colony, registered, num bers probably 1.500. embracing a few coffee buyers, agents only, farmers, clerks, mechanics, dentists, ami other professional men scattered over the country; while the British, French, German, I'ortugese and Spanish colo nies number respectively, in the order named, many thousand inhabitants, representing hundreds of millions of dollars placed in mercantile, banking, mining, transportation, anil other pur suits. which yield remunerative divi dends. It Is obvious that a large number of energetic anil Intelligent Americans engaged in Industrial pursuits in Bra zil would have an enormous Influence iu developing the natural resources, and, consequently, in increasing the purchasing power of tne country. HOW MICA IS OBTAINED. The Pruo... Is M.m-i-llmml hi tho l'oelry of Mining. The mica trade is controlled practi cally by three or four large concerns In New York. Chicago anil Boston. These houses have an agent who buys for casli whatever mica is brought In by the miners. They control the mar ket anil fix the prices to he paid to the miner, as well as the prices for which It Is sold in the markets. Mk-a, it need hardly lie said, is a very valuable, almost precious, min eral, as those who are obliged to buy a small strip for their stove doors will testify. A package worth hundreds of dollars can be carried iu a basket slung over Hie arm. or in a pair of sad dlebags on horseback. When prepared for the market the solid block, as taken from the mine, is split into, sheets. These are cut into squares or rectan gles of almost every possible size, from 2x2 inches up to Bxlo inches, and sometimes even larger. There are no less than IS," regular sizes kept iu stock by dealers. The mining of mica is tlie poetry of mining. It is impossible to conceive of a more exciting and fascinating employment. The vein of mica-bear ing quartz, lying between rocks of different formation, has been found. The cap rock lias been blasted away. Little "nigger-heads"—small lumps of crumbling mica mixed with slate and other rock—are growing plentiful. The rock is carefully examined liy tlie ex perienced minor, and nil indications are that mica will soon be found. A blast is made. The rook and debris are cleared away, and there in the bottom Is a block of the precious stuff, n ragged corner showing itself black anil glittering in the white quartz In which it is imbedded. With tlie tips of the fingers the miner gently and affectionately brushes away the dirt and small stones which partly covers It. Its thickness is carefully noted, its position in the rock is learnedly discussed, and many a speculation in dulged in as to its size and quality. The hole is quickly drilled, the small blast is made, just loosening the rock, and all eagerly crowd around as one of the men with his pick pulls away the broken stone. There it lies, a black, glittering mass, nine or ten inches across its face, three or four inches thick, and irregular In shape, as all blocks of mica are. A good sized block, and, If solid and of a per fect cleavage, will be worth several dollars. The excitement is not allayed, however, and will not be until the block Is split open and we know how it looks on the inside. It is a very bad thing to split open a block at the mine, and contrary to all rules, for there Is danger that tlie fine, polished faces will be scratched. —Goodey's Maga zine. Tlin I sh>i 1 Proves*. Wheeler—l wonder what lins be come of Walker; I haven't seen him for a week. Ryder—l saw his wife yesterday. She said he was learning to ride a wheel. Wheeler—How's he getting along? Ryder—On crutches, I believe.—Chi cago News. A New Kind of Trolley. Who would have thought ten years ago that the following little conversa tion would occur In 1898? "Mania, Mama," said four-year-ol! Dotty, as a tJrcd pair of horses lazily dragged u street car ulong an unfa miliar avenue, "there's a new kind of twollie car as have to have horses."— Electrical Review. u u THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PV I HE CAPTAIN'S ECONMOICAL WIFE. Toppled tho Other Wny ami I'ut the Hone In PIMCO In n Massachusetts seaport town there Is a retired sea captaiu who piakes a frequent boast that he has the "smartest woman along shore." New instances of her enterprise are constantly coming to notice. The last one refers to an exploit by which she saved herself a doctor's bill. The cap tain tells the story with great relish. "She's getting pretty heavy," he be gins, "and now and again she'll miss her footing. Well, not many months ago she missed It on our stairs and fell all in a heap down three steps ou to her side. "When I got to her, she said, Just ns brisk as usual: "Don't ask me If I've hurt myself, Cap'n, for of course I have. 1 reckon I've unjolnted n bone In my left leg. falling on It. Now don't try to pull me up. Let me scramble round a minute, and you go for the doctor.' "Well, the doctor's our next neigh bor, so It didn't take long to get him. lie looked her over, and said there was a bone somewhcrcs round her left hip that was out of kilter. "At that mother rose right up on her feet and toppled over the opposite way from what she'd fallen downstairs, aud we heard a kind of a crack. "She looked up at the doctor with her mouth kind of whitish, but the same old twinkle in her eyes, and she says: 'I believe I've set that hone my self, doctor,' and she had!"— Youth's Companion. FRIENDLY WITH THE DOGS. The lUt. Knew Their Proteetnut and Wouldn't Kat Without Them. A gentleman who lived some years since in Iteufrewshire was accustom ed, after his shooting excursions, to feed his flogs in their keuiiols, 'ho food being placed i:i a long trough. On one occasion, when he laid attend ed to them as usual, lie looked into the kennel through a hole iu the door, aud was somewhat astonished, not at perceiving a number of rats there, but at seeing them in the trough, qui etly and fearlessly partaking of t',lo bread and milk with the dogs, which seemed to pay no attention to them whatever. He was determined to de stroy the rats and the next day lio placed the trough In such a position that a gun pointed through the hole would rake It from one end to tho other. At the usual hour the food was placed as a lure, and the dogs were kept out, but the plan did not succeed. The plotter against the rnts could ob serve the head of one of them—old aud sagacious—peering out at hole af ter hole, and from under the manger for the purpose of recounoitrelug, but none of them descended. Having wai ted to no purpose for half #ll hour he let in the dogs, and in a few minutes the rats were again feeding in perfect harmony. They seemed to be aware that their safety was connected ivith the presence of the dogs. Slang Puzzled Him. Edouard Itcmenyi, the great violin ist, who recently died, used to say that some of the hardest studying ho ever did in his life began after nu ex perience he had in Detroit. "On my first tour of this country," he delighted in telling, "I worked un ceasingly to acquire a knowledge of the language and got on fairly well. Hut the slang that I found so preva lent bafiled me more than anything else. I gave a performance in De troit one night and met with a recep tion that warmed my heart toward her people. Among other tilings, this appeared in one of f the papers next morning: "Here an ugly, little, bow legged chap, whose clothes hung loose ly about his ungainly person, waddled to the footlights. But, sakes alive! how he did play the fiddle!' "Now, I couldn't make out what that 'sakes alive' meant, so I timidly ap proached a gentlemanly citizen, told him of my inability to grasp the mean ing of the slang, and asked him if the expression was Intended to be com plimentary. "He kindly read It and replied: 'Well, I should snicker.' "I was more bewildered than ever, and from that time on made the study of slaug one of my chief occupations." —Detroit Free Press. WIT AND HUMOR. "Did she break down when you told her you were going abroad?" "Naw. I think she felt like doing one, though."—lndianapolis Journal. "I spent $lOO on my silver wedding present to my wife." "What is it?" "I don't know; she hasn't got through exchanging it yet."—Chicago Record. "Mike," said Plodding Pete, "how is It dat some o' dese people kiu work day after day an' never seem to feel it?" "Well," replied Meandering Mike, re flectively, "1 s'pose dey is started In young an' gets to be Imuiunes."— Washington Star. "Do yoa understand wonteu?" "Yes, I understand them well enough to know that I can't understand them at all."—Chicago Record. "nark! Somebody is playing a de lightful bit from Wagner." "Oh, no; that's only James slioveL ling coal In the cellar." "You called on Miss Spritely the other evening? Didn't you find her charming in conversation?" "I found her charming In monologue. We didn't succeed In holding any con versation."—Chicago Tribune. 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With it you can run a Vapor Stove for one-hall cent per hour. Give us a call and be convinced. W. O. Holmes, Bloomsburg, Pa. Eshleman & Wolf, L. E. Wharey, " W. F. Hartman, " Two Midilletoivn girls were so anx ious to accompany their soldier lovers that they boarded the train ol the sec ond Tennessee recently, and being furnished with uniforms, steped into the toilet room, emerging therefrom two handsome young soldiers. When the tram reached Harrisourg an officer boarded it and arrested the girls. One was I.ulu Kaufftnan and the other Liz zie Jones; aged 16 and 17 years respectively. The girls cried bitterlv and insisted that they loved their sold ier boys and desired to go with them. ABOUT CATARRH.—It is caused by a cold or succession of colds, combine with impure blood. Its symptoms are pain in the head, discharge front the nose,ringing noises in the ears. It is cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla which purifies and enr,cites the blood, soothes and rebuilds the tissues and relieves all the disagreeable sensations. The Manna of the Jews- The manna of the Jews is a lichen (Linchen escutentus, sive Canona escu lenta). The Saharan nomads and the inhabitants of South Algeria call it Oussehl-Ard (excrement of the earth). It occurs in lumps the size of a pea. The inside resembles a white farina. It must be gathered early, for the rays of the sun soon wither it, but it can be kept well in closed vessels. "MY LIFE DESPAIRED OF."—These are words of Mrs. Wm, Burton, of Dartmore, Ont., after doctors had per scribed and she had taken every known heart remedy. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gave relief in almost shorter time than it takes to tell it—it worked a wonderful cure in a case of long standing and to day she says: "I am a well woman." Dr. Agnew's cure for the Heart has no case recorded against it where it did not give relief in 30 minutes.—s6. Sold by C. A. Kleim. IT WILL SURPRISE You—TRY IT. It is the medicine above all other for catarrh and is worth its weight in gold. Ely's Cream 'Balm does all that is claimed for it.—B. W. SPERRV, HARTFORD, CONN. MY SON was afflicted with catarrh. He used Ely's Cream Balm and the disagreeable catarrh left hint.—J. C. OLMSTEAD, ARCOLA, 111. A toe. trial size or the 50c. size of Ely's Cream Balm will be mailed. Kept by druggists. Ely Brothers, 55 Warren St., N. Y. q yy jQI ip q 2R. I .yy. m Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought ITCHING, BURNING SKIN DISEASES Relieved in a day. Eczema, Salt Rheum, Barbers Itch, and all eruptions of the skin quickly relieved and speed ily cured by Dr. Agnew's Ointment. It will give instant comlort in cases of Itching, Bleeding or Blind Piles, and will cure in from three to six nights. 35 cents.—sB. Sold by C. A. Kleirn. Don't Snub the Little Ones. There are households in which the children are scarcely permitted to speak above their breath. This is not at all right. In the home there should be freedom of speech. Child ren should be encouraged to express in a modest way, their opinions be fore their parents and to come to them for advice and counsel in all their difficulties and dilemirfas. If this course is pursued they will not be likely to take any serious steps in after life without either consult ing the old folks at home 01* apply ing the home standard of propriety to any enterprise they have in view. PILL-AGE—Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills, 10 cents a vial, are planned after the most modern in medical science. They are as great an improvement over the 50 years old stuff as a bicycle is over an ox cart in travel. They never gripe and they never fail.— 40 doses, 10 certs.—s9. Sold by C. A. Kleim. An authority says: A Russian will fight for the empire, a Turk for faith, a Dutchman for play, a Spaniard for jealousy, an Italian for revenge, a Ger man for home, a Frenchman for glory, a Swiss for liberty, a Scotchman for kin, an Englishman for trade, an Irish man for fun, a Yankee for peace and a fool for notning. There is a Olass of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it with out distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over as much. Children may drink it with great benefit, iscts. and 25cts. per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. 11 10 4td. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought I Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at R. B. GROTZ, Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. TTjia. MV&WHri " r • )■"' ! TID-BITS FOR MA' HONEY! : and tender little juicelets for the chil | dren, are all tight, but papa and "the boys" want a good, big, juicy steak, roast or chop when business or school duties are over, and we can cater to them all. Our stock of prime meats is unexcelled for quality, and we send them home in fine shape. J. K. KEIFKR. THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. CORBBOTBD WISELY. BBTAIX. FBICBI. Butter per lb $ ,20 Eggs per dozen .24 Lard per lb c 8 Hani per pound .09 Pork, whole, per pound ,c 6 Beef, quarter, per pound.... .07 Wheat per bushel .80 1 Oats " " 35 Rye " " 50 Wheat flour per btl 4.40 Hay per ton 9 to $lO Potatoes per bushel .70 Turnips " " .*5 Onions " " 100 , Sweet potatoes per peck 20 Tallow per lb .05 J Shoulder " *' .09 | Side meat" " .c 8 Vinegar, per qt .05 Dried apples per lb .05 Dried cherries, pitted .12 Raspberries .it Cow Hides per lb .3 J Steer " " " .05 CalfSkin .80 : Sheep pelts 75 , Shelled corn per bus .60 I Corn meal, cwt 1 25 | Bran, " .95 i Chop " .95 I Middlings " ,95 I Chickens per lb new ,c 8 " " "old 08 Turkeys " " iaj Geese " " .14 Ducks " " .08 COAL. S No. 6, delivered 2.60 I " 4 and 5 " 3.85 I " 6 at yard 2.35 j " 4 and 5 at yard 3.60 The LeadingConsenralori o( America^—"'"o Carl Fabltun, Director. Founded i n 1858 by full information. F*amc W. ll M.n, Oneral Manager. yMOJOillCllßiOiHHHßiiinnk. i ! ! ;; j; Aches I I; :: ' ,ttouches 4 1 it———————————00l PATENTS Caveat A and Trade .Marks obtained, and at Pauoit business conducted for MODERATE Oil It OFFICE IS OPPOSITE Til K U. 8. PAT ENT OFFICE. We have no sub-ageneles, al business direct, hence can transact patent bus!* ness In less time and At. Less Cost than those re mote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo, with deserlp tlon. We advise If patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent Is secured a book, "How to obtain Patents," with refer onces to actual clients In your State, County, o town sent free. Address O. A. SNOW A co„ Washington, 1. C fopposii*. r. 8 Patent Office.) HAIR R BILSAM Clean*™ b-auiil® - WiNover*Fail""to'Bestorii Gray ' (; I{ ' ur 'dlaewe™* Cllr tlilSi n--.M-4t.d. t ____________________________ i Iry the COLUMBIAN a year.
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