The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, December 01, 1898, Page 2, Image 2
2 ; PAUL MORPHY AND THE DEVIL How the Great Chen* I'layer Defeated lilt Satanic Majenty. On reading tin' notes in the July number on Paul Murphy's visit to Philadelphia, I am reminded of an incident in connection witli ills visit to Richmond, Va„ about the same time, which was related to tue some years ago by Rev. Mr. 11. of that city. I do not remember ever to have seen it in print. Mr. Morphy was Mr. ll.'s guest while in the city, and on his ar rival was at once attracted by a paint ing over the mantel, which was a tine copy of a celebrated painting repre senting a game of chess between a young man and the devil, the stake being the young man's soul. The artist had most graphically de leted the point in the game where i was apparently the young man's Jove, ami he seemed just to realize he fact that he had lost the game, he agony of despair being shown in every line of his features, and atti tude, wliile the devil, from the oppo site side of the table, gloated over him with fiendish delight. The posi tion of the game appeared utterly hopeless for the young man, and Mr. H. said he had often set it up and studied it with his chess friends, aud all agreed that the young man's game was certainly lost. Mr. Morphy walked up to the pict ure and studied it for several min utes, when dually, turning to Mr. H„ he said: "I can win the game for the young man." Mr. H. was. of course, astonished, and said: "It is impossible!" Mr. Morphy replied: "Get out the men and board and let us look at it." The position was set up. and in a few rapid moves lie demonstrated a complete win for the young man, and the devil was checkmated. Rev. Mr. H. was wont to apply the evident and beautiful moral, which I leave to each one of your readers to think over. It. Munford in American Chess Magazine. PROFITS FROM STREET PLAYING. Conni<l>rh'e Amount * of Mnn? y Gathered by Strolling Itnllann. When an Italian "goes , broke," which isn't very often by the way, he does not run to the selectmen with a long tale of poverty and woe, neither does he land at the poor house and settle down for the rest of his days. Not at all. The unfortunate son of the land of sunny skies, penniless though he may be. always has three good stand-bys. which will put him on his feet and turn the tide his wiry—ba nanas. peanuts and pianos. There are six street pianos in daily use in New Ilaveii. Four of these nre owned by an Italian saloon keeper on Union street and the others by the individuals who operate them. The first mentioned rents pianos to his countrymen, who call for them every morning and return them at night. The men who drag the piano about the streets all day divide their receipts with the owner every evening on re turning. When the money taken in during the day is less than $5, the trip is considered poor. On the other hand, receipts average about $0 or $7 per day, and sometimes go as high as $9 or Sib. Routes where this harvest is gathered are carefully watched, ami kept as secret as possible from com petitors in the field. One of these pianos costs $250 in New York, and they are made most substantially in order to stand the wear and tear of street service. The owners each year contract for n new "barrel" of tunes, ten In number, which is supplied by the dealer at a cost of $55. So. following the original Investment, tills is the only yearly ex pense.—New Haven Register. HAS THE MAKING OF A FINANCIER. lie Aereuled His Uncle** Offer aiul I'itrhcil In on Hln Own Hook. A certain wealthy man has set his nephew up in business three times, but the young man lacks something essential to success in the mercantile line and failed with each effort When he came with the fourth request for financial backing, the uncle demurred. "You must learn to lean on your self," he said. "I can't carry you all your life. It would he an unklnduess in me to keep supplying you with money to carry on enterprises that in variably end iu assignment. I'll tell you what I'll do. You owe a good deal as the result of that last failure. 'Pitch in on your own hook and go it alone till you pay those debts off. When you've done that I'll give you a check for all the amount due. Such an experience would do you more good than all the money I could give you now." Three months later the nephew walked in with every claim receipted in full, and the uncle was delighted as he gave the promised check. "That's something like it now, and I warrant you feel all the bettor for the hard training. How did you mannge, Tom?" ' "Borrowed the money, uncle." Now the old gentleman is telling about that there is the making of a great financier in his nephew. The Czar of Itunfil:. at Home. Alexander 111., the late Czar of Rus sia. was said to he an autocrat, even in the bosom of Ids family. Nicholas 11., however, is the very re verse. lie regards his consort as a good comrade, aud when, in urgent cases. Ministers seek an audience late in the evening, he is Invariably to be found In her company, chatting and laughing without restraint. The Czar is generally occupied at his desk, while the Czarina busies herself wills embroidery work. Immediately a Minister enters she rises as if to re lire, bul more often than otherwise the Czar Informs her that she is not one too many.—New York Herald. NEW STYLES IN LINGERIE- Muslin Petticoats Cut After tlie l'ntterns of the Cutest IJress Skirts. The woman has yet to be born who has not a fondness for dainty, fresh, beautiful lingerie, inul it is therefore natural that this phase of fashion should interest and fascinate all wo mankind. English nainsook is the fnbrlc most in use for line underwear. The nightgown of the immediate fu ture is gored and trained aud most elaborately trimmed. This season the short-walsted effect Is much sought In night dresses, and laces and embroideries are inserted bayadere fashion. The fichu is n feature of the newest night-dress, nnd is a most beeoiulug part of iL f * / The chemise has again come Into use. Formerly this garment was worn next to the skin under the corset, but it is now more frequently worn over the corset, doing duty as a corset cover and short skirt. The most highly ap proved design Is rather short—falling just low euough to hide the drawers. Most of the newest models are made to draw In behind at the waist lino with a ribbon, so that they lit the fig ure as snugly aud smoothly as a fitted corset cover. Drawers are liy no means so wide as they were last season. Very few um brella drawers are shown, this design having been greatly modified. They J J A are narrower, and fit very snugly and plainly about lite hips, having no gath ers at all in front and on sides, and as few as possible in the back. Both the very short and the long muslin petticoats, arc cut after the newest dress-skirt patterns, aud their fit is fuullltys. Their tops are sheath sliaped, aud they fit hack aud frout around the top without a gather or pleat or even so much as a pucker. It goes without saying that they flare de cidedly at the bottom, and ou the loug petticoats three lace-edged graduated •ruffles are made to fall over one an other, and are set on an attached lace edged flounce, which makes four fluffy ruffles about the feet. While the matinee more properly be longs to neglige dress, the average wo man thinks of it in conuection with her lingerie. A most useful one Is the Geisha dressing sack illustrated. This is made of fine French fiauncl in delicate pinks and tans, and is lined with pale pink India silk. Another good model is a matinee of white allmtross with a square, horizontally tucked yoke back nnd front. Heavy lace of the shade known us age yellow almost hides each tuck. The sleeves and skirt are tucked vertically, a style most becom ing to stout figures. By the way. very desirable nightdresses for steamer or sleeping-car wear are made of alba tross in all colers, aud fine flannel gowns made after the most approved styles, except not quite so elaborate as to trimming, are considered desira ble. —i. h'E COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. HOW CHINESE BUTLERB BORROW. A (iuPHt Ht ii Dinner Party May Recognise llin Own Property on the Table. Chinese butlers have a way, when their own supplies fall short, of bor rowing from the neighbors. At least this was a very common custom twen ty-live years ago. ami goods changed hands over the garden wall with as tonishing celerity, the butlers, mean time. keeping a strict account. An American lady residing In China writes thus iu the Atlantic: At the first large dinner party to which I was invited—l went as a bride —I found myself eating with my own brand new knives, forks ami spoons. I stared at them very hard; there could lie no mistake, for I could see the fresh monograms. I was dreadfully distressed, but did not dare to say anything. When I reached home I told my husband, rath er tremblingly, for I was quite sure that they had been stolen. To my amazement he gdy laughed ami said: "Oh. you will get used to that soon, and when you have too many guests you will find that, instead of asking you to get more supplies, the butler will Just borrow your neighbor's and always make up the deficiency." Ami so it proved. I can well re member once, when my husband had asked eight guests In to dinner only half an hour before the usual time (one for each of the delicious first spring snipe lie had shot), that there appeared later, a splendid roast leg of mutton as one of our courses. Now I knew we had 110 mutton for earlier iu the day the cook had been bewailing the m*'-arrival ol' the Shanghai steamer, by which it always clime. Turning to the gentleman on mv left 1 asked, "IMd your steamer come from Shanghai to-day ?" "Yes; why?" I looked down to the other end of the table, where my husband was carving the unexpected treasure trove with very evident enjoyment. "Well, ours did not," said I, "and yet—" He caught sight of the mutton. "Oh!" he laughed. "1 suppose that is mine. No doubt yours will come tomorrow and probably be much better; so 1 shall be the gainer this time, and enjoy It all tfio more." Queun Victoria'* lfavuna Cl|rrii. Queen Victoria lias a great dislike of smoking and will not tolerate the use of tobacco in her immediate neigh borhood. And yet the cigar bill for her guests Is a very heavy one. The principal item is l the brand of the finest Havana cigars, which are specially made for her anil sent to Windsor iu glass tulves hermetically sealed. Queen Victoria's cigars could not be had even In Cuba at wholesale prices under a dollar apiece. The men who make them receive thirty cents for each cigar, and none but the oldest and most sklltui work men are entrusted with their manufac ture. At this rate they can earn quite a small fortune, for three hundred el gars a day can be turned out by the most expert. How l'i?on4 Arc Protected. Carrier pigeons in China aP; nro teeted from birds of prey by a little apparatus consisting of thin bamltoo tubes fastened to the birds' lxxlles with thread pass si beneath the wings. As the pigeon Hies along the action of the air through the tubes produces a shrill whistling sound, which keeps birds of prey at a lVspectfui distance. If it were not for the salts in the ocean, the whole sea would soon be come a mass of corruption, owing to the decay of the organic matter it con tains. WIT AND HUMOR. "My son," said the London business man, "I must again caution you to live within your means." "Has anybody been sending you my bills?" "Not yet. Hut yen have been seen saying 'howdydo' to two Dukes anil nn Earl."—Washington Star. "Why, sir," said the geologist, "the ground you walk on was oiiee under water." "Well," replied the friend, who is nothing if not patriotic, "it simply goes to show you can't hold America down."—Washington Star. "I am always grateful to my parents for the musical education they gave me," said Willie WlshJngton. "But you never sing." "No. Thanks to my thoughtful par ents, I know enough about music not to try."—Washington Star. "Ethel coaxed Hurry to quit send ing her flowers and candy and save money for a tandem." "Well?" "Just when lie had enough saved he got engaged to another girl."—Chicago Itecord. .Tones (leaving for Europe)— When I'm In Koine I'll do as the ltomans do. Smith—lndeed you won't. You'll do as the Americans do—pay twice as much for everything as anyone else would.—Puck. "We are in danger," said one Span ish statesman, "of sinking into obliv ion; of being almost forgotten by the rest of the world." "Never!" replied the other, proudly. "We still have our debts."—Washing ton Star. Freddie—Mamma, don't you wish It would rain diamonds? Mrs. Rich—No. dear. If It should, people with money couldn't afford to wear them.—Jeweler's Weekly. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been iu use for over fJO years, has borne the signature of and has been made under liis per ( , sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in tills. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex periments that trillo with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Props and Soothing Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Fcverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Tito Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS yj Bears the Signature of _ The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMNNV, TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. STOVE NAP 7 HA, the Cheapest and Best Fuel on the market. 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 8c Wolf, " L. E. Wharey, W. f. Hartman, " The Easton Argus is authority for the statement that several hundred Free Masons in the Lehigh Valley have been outlawed by the Masonic Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and that the lodges to which the alleged Masons belong are said to have been organized at South Bethlehem, Allen town, Mauch Chunk and Hazleton. The Argus further states that the clandestine lodges have been black listed throughout the United States, and that none of theit members will be recognized by the craft as Masons. The tabood lodges are claimed to be conferring the three first or basic de grees of Free Masonry at prices vary ing from $3 to $5, whereas in the Easton and other legitimate lodges the firsf three degrees cost upward of SSO. Hundreds ot men are alleged to have been induced to join these clandestine Masonic lodges through the low charges asked, men even of prominence, although unworthy appli cants, are also said to have been free ly admitted, and many of these roam the country, always in hard luck and asking Masonic aid. What the hos tile degree of the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge really means to these men may readilly be inferred from the fact that the lodges to which they belong are not working under a warrant or char ter from the Pennsylvania body, and that the legitimate Masons through out the world recognize that body as the only one having lawful jurisitlction in this State. Members of the clan destine lodges will therefore only be met with a cold shoulder. FILLED WITH GRATITUDE.—"I feel grateful tor what Hood's Sarsaparilia has done for me. I suffered a severe attack of rheumatism and was troubled with night sweats. Medicines perscrib cd did not give relief, but Hood's Sar saparilia has cured me I recommed it for these troubles." W. HENRY ZIEST, 2216 COLORADO ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. HOOD'S PILLS cure all liver ills. Easy to take, easy to operate; reliable, sure. 25c. PILES—ITCHING, BLIND AND BLEED ING—CURED in three to six nights. Dr. Agnew's Ointment is peerless in cur ing. One application gives instant re lief. It cures all'itching and irritating skin diseases, Chafing, Eczema, etc 35 cents.—63. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Forgers may not be superstitious as a class; but they evidently be'ieve in signs. OASTORIA. Bears the _A Kind You Have Always Bought A VETERAN'S STORY.— George Lewis, ofShamokin, Pa., writes: I am eighty yeare of age. I have been troubled with Catarrh for fifty years, and in my tune have used a great many catarrh cures, but never had any relief until I used Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. One box cured me complete ly —62. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Mrs. Casey—"Doctor, Oi want yez for to looke at little Patsey's t'roat. It do be sore from schmokin'." Doctor— "Does he smoke incessantly?" Mrs. Casey—"He do not Sureheschmokes cigaroots." A REMEDY for Nasal Catarrh which is drying and exciting to the diseased membrane should be used. Wnat is needed is that which is cleansing, sooth ing, protecting, and healing. Such a remedy is Ely's Cream Balm. To test it a trial size for 10 cents or the large for 50 cents is mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. Drug gists keep it. The Balm when placed into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. A cold in the head vanishes quickly. Tyres—"l thought Wheeler was to get a handicap in the bicycle races." Sprocketts—"No; he was covered with mosquito b.tes, and they put him back to scratch." APOPLEXY.— Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heat 1 is equally as effective in apoplectic symptoms. If you have un pleasant dizziness, lightness or sudden rush of blood to the head, take pre cautions auainst a recurrence. This great remedy will remove the cause. The press of the land has daily a long list of sudden deaths which would not De chronic ed if Dr. Agnew's cure for the Heart were used.—6l. Sold by C A. Kleim. Thbi is a Glass of People Who art injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GR AIN-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 gtd. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at ;R. B. GROTZ, j Bloomsburg. j The best are ■ the cheapest. •A.L.iV COPVKii.i. TID-BITS FOR MA' HONEY! and tender little juicelets tor the chil dren, are all riuht. but papa and "the bovs" 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. E. KF.IFSR. THE MARKETS. BI.OOMSBUKG MARKETS. CORHBCTBD WBKKLY. KKTAIL PKICBB. Butter per lb $ ,20 Eggs per dozen ,24 Lard per lb c 8 Hani per pound .eg l'ork, whole, per pound ,c 6 Beef, quarter, per pound.... .07 Wheat per bushel .80 Oats " " ,35 Rye " " 50 Wheat flour per bbl 4.40 Hay per ton 9 to $lO Potatoes per bushel, .. .70 Turnips " " .25 Onions " " 100 Sweet potatoes per peck .20 Tallow per lb .05 Shoulder " " .09 Side meat " " .08 Vinegar, perqt ,05 Dried apples per lb .05 Dried cherries, pitted .12 Raspberries .xa Cow Hides per lb .3J Steer " " " .05 CalfSkin .80 Sheep pelts ,75 Shelled corn per bus .60 Corn meal, cwt 1.25 Bran, " .95 Chop " .95 Middlings " ,95 Chickens per lb new ,08 " " " old .08 Turkeys " " 12 J Geese " " .14 Ducks " " .08 COAt. No. 6, delivered a. 60 " 4 and 5 " 3.85 " 6 at yard 2.35 " 4 and 5 at yard 3.60 The Leading Consenratory of America^—- — Carl Faulten, Director. Founded i n IM3 by £ pUxr** g'.ving full information. W. H Central Manager. ifl Wg 90999Q9 > i : Cures. 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