The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, December 15, 1898, Page 2, Image 2
2 NO MAN INDISPENSABLE. A Limit to tli Yaluo of Kvou iho Valu able Man** Services. "It's a mistake for a man to think he's indispensable," said Mr. Nozzleby, "for no man is. Men are valuable, and tliey may easily make them selves very valuable, but when a man comes to think the busi ness can't get along without him, or can't get along as well as it does, which amounts to the same thing, why, lie's wrong, that's all. More thau one man lias found that out when ae has set his valuation too high. And it is very probable that when he be gan to dwell on ills own value his value in reality began to decline; it is certain that one of the tilings that contributed most to increase his value was his forgetfulness of himself. "As a matter of fact a man's inter ests, if he is really a superior man, up to a certain point, and that a high point, too. will take care of them selves, or rather other people will take care of tliem if he will sup ply the motive. There is a fixed low price for the run of people of average ability, but none for the man of really superior ability, that Is, if he Is a 100 per cent, man, which is to say not only of high ability but perfect forgetful ness of self and absolute devotion to business. Any break or flaw or lack in these qualities anywhere knocks a man's value down wonderfully. Noth ing less than the whole will do. but that will command a price anywhere and everywhere. - "Still no man is indispensnble; it isn't in the nature of things that he should lie. No matter who dies, the world keeps on turning just the same, and It would be just the same with the business if you should go out of it."— New York Sun. JOKE HABIT IRRESISTABLE. TIUs Man Simply Had in Slatii Light of the >lo*r ScrloiiH of ThingM. "The coolest man 1 ever knew," be gan the drummer from Milwaukee, "was not a soldier at all, aud very likely would have run like a scared sheep if ever he had been under fire. For all that, he never let anything sur prise him. He seemed to make it the chief object of his life to crack a joke on every occasion that other people thought serious. He was the ordinary city knockabout—called himself a real estate dealer, I believe, though 1 doubt If he ever sold a foot of land in his life. "Well, one day John Jimson—that was his name—dropped dead in his office. At least, lie seemed to be dead. The doctor called it heart disease and made out the death certificate accord ingly. We all went to his funeral for he was liked by everybody, and a good many commented on the nutural, smiling expression of the corpse. "Just as the undertaker was alxiut to close the coffin the corpse raised its head slightly and lld very faintly but smiling and distinct: "One moment, please.' "You can bet there was a great sen sation and a scurrying to get him out of the coffin when wo realized that he had only been in a trance. As we lifted him up be smiled again very cheerfully and whispered: '1 was only going to suggest, Mr. Undertaker, that you ought to send yotir bill to the doc tor who granted a death certificate and not to my poor family.' " —Buffalo Express. SHE ROUNDSUPHOBOES. A Woman Wlin la ttti Kxport in Penmad- Ing Tram pa to Work. Mrs. 8. J. Atwood calls herself the "Hobo Hustler of the West," and there is )>osslhly no other woman In the world who holds a similar position. Her business Is to gather up all the Idle laborers she can find uud put them to work on the Union Pacific Railroad in Colorado, Wyoming and other West ern sections. She litis been employed by the Union Pacific In this capacity for the past twelve years, and the company finds her services indispen sable. Mrs. Atwood has been in the busi ness so long that she says she can tell by looking at n man whether or not he will make a good hand. When she sees one who suits iter taste she approaches him without hesitation and asks him how ho would like the posi tion she has to offer. It only requires the work of about a minute for the terms to be arranged, and the man is escorted to some corner where others she has engaged have been congre gated. Mrs. Atwood has no place she calls her home, but she usually makes Den ver her headquarters. Most of her time is spent between Denver and Portland, Ore. The "hobo hustler" is a little wo man agout 30 years of age. She lias short curly hair that is as black as night. She walks with an agile step and always has a pleasing smile for even the toughest hobo.—Kansas City World. Origin of Chinese Opium Smoking. Although opium lias existed as a medicine in China for over a thou sand years, the curse of opium smok ing has only been known on any con siderable settle for less than one hun dred and fifty years, aud then it spread from the coast inland, the import steadily increasing, first in the hands of the Portuguese, but from 1773 In the hands of the British. This view of the matter supports the ordinary anti-opium contention, which is that opium is almost Invariably spoken of as Yang-yen--l. e., "foreign smoke (or tobacco)," and not by Its Chinese name and that the habit of opium smoking, with all Its attendant evils, came from across the seas and was introduced by foreigners.—Contemporary Review. COL. HAY'S LAWSUIT. Cl).i New Si-rreuiry ni* Suite I'l-liti 11 u About Luko Miimneo. Jrkti !!:•ti.e r:cw Secretary of Plate, is t!v leading plaintiff in an itn porinnt case, the facts in which are now being ascertained by a referee ap- P ted by the New Hampshire Su premo Court T.i ally associated with Mr. llay are Professors John I). Qitaekcnhusli at.il William A. Dunning, of Now lurk. Colonel W. S. B. Hopkins of Worcester, Mass., and others. 'I lies" gentlemen have built summer homos on the shores of Lake Sunapee, the most beautiful jewel In New Hampshire's girdle of lacustrine gems. So far as variety of scenery, vigor of climate and ease of access are con cerned, tills lake is an Ideal summer resort, and every succeeding year finds Its charms more widely known aud more warmly praised. But for land owners upon Its shores there is one black cloud in Sttnapee's blue sky. By an old grant of the New Hampshire Legislature a corporation known as the Sunapee Dam Co. was given power to regulate the flow of the lake through its principal outlet. Sugar River. This stream furnishes water jiower for several large manu factories and the Sunapee Dam Com pany keeps the water in the lake at a convenient height for that purpose. The result is that the summer resi dents, whose hoathouses, wharves and grounds line the lake shore, find their property submerged for a part of the time, and, again, separated from tue water's edge by a stretch of unsightly beach. In fact, the corporation has caused so much complaint that the Inhabit ants around the lake frequently trans pose the first two words of the com pany's title, in referring to It. Other means of redressing their grieances having been tried and found wanting, the summer residents decid ed to take their case Into court. Its decision will establish an important legal principle as to the riparian rights throughout New Hampshire, and per haps in other states as well. The distinguished gentlemen named as plaintiffs think they have Invested sufficient money on the shores of this New Hampshire lake to be justified la expecting to draw dividends of undis turbed enjoyment. Secretary Hay's villa Is commodious, comfortable and sultpfl to Its sur roundings, though it would not look out of place if transported to Newport or Bar Harbor. Twenty-five miles across the country, at Holderness, is the summer home of John G. Nicolay, who was Colonel Hay's co-worker on the monumental life of Lincoln. A little colony of musical, literary and theatrical personages make Suna pee their home of a summer sensou. It has had, however, no Whlttier to sing its charms and no persistent rail road advertising to bring it into na tional notice and popularity. In the minds of Col. Hay and his companion plaintiffs, this freedom from publicity is one of the lake's chief charms. Try It nnd See, A man ID a light check suit stopped at the corner and looked intently up ward. His gaze appeared to be directed at the roof of a tall building directly op posite. Two men stopped and began to look In the same direction. A moment later several others join ed them. Business men hurrying along the road on the way to their offices were seized with like curiosity, and stopped short to gaze with the others. "What's the matter?" "What is it?" "What's the excitement?" These questions flew from lip to lip, hut nobody seemed able to answer. "Move on, there!" exclaimed a police man. "What are you blocking up the road for?" But the crowd was too big to be dispersed by a single policeman. "I say," asked the officer, forcing his way to the centre of the throng, and grabbing the man in the light check suit, "what are you all looking at?" "I'm not looking at anything," re plied the other, without lowering his head. "I've a stiff neck, and I al ways carry my head this way. I stop ped to rest a minute. I don't know what these chumps are doing here." And the crowd melted silently away. IlnttleMhliiN anil Cralacra. "There are not many men outside the Navy who thoroughly understand the difference between a 'battleship' and a 'cruiser,'" said a naval captain to the writer. "The battleship Is a fighting ma chlne. pure and simple, and speed and coal-carrying capacity are sacrificed to guns and armour. Ont-ualf of the weight of the average battleship con sists of the ship herself, three-tenths of armour and guns, and only two tenths of engines and coal. She can steam, without re-coaling, an average distance of 7,000 miles. "The cruiser is built on quite differ ent lines. Fully half her entire weight Is made up of propelling machinery and coal; her average rate of steaming is about twenty knots an hour, and she can, if necessary, steam round the world wttnout re-roanng. "The average battleship In the pres ent war is roughly 350 ft. long, 70ft. wide, and 43ft. deep. She weighs 11,- 000 tons, carries about forty-five guns, ranging from the 13in. gun, with lis projectile weighing half a ton, to the Catling, with its tiny bullets, three of which barely weigh an ounce. She car ries steel armour varying from 4in. to 18tn. In thickness, has a crew of 500 men, and can steam fifteen knots an hour." Do not always commence a conver sation by allusion to the weather. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. AT THE ELYSEE. Its Tragedies and Its ltnmunces of th I't Hccnllfil. During the last twenty-five years six presidents of the French republic have made the Elysee I'alace their temporary home, and of these M. Fe lix Faure. the son of humble working upholsterers, and in every sense of the word a self-made man, has proved himself to be not ouly the most suit able for the post, but also the most popular personality of them all. In theory, if not In fact, M. and Madame Faure are entirely "kept" by the state—that is to say, they are lodged rent free and may consider as their own the produce of the splendid kitchen gnrdens and conservatories kept up nt Versailles and Fontaine bleaii. The president has the right of shooting and hunting In the state for ests and woods, and from them the Elysee Is also supplied with wood and charcoal. The lighting of the palace, whether by oil. gas, or electricity. Is also provided, and a laundry is kept up and managed quite independently of the president's official income for the use of the Klysee. But the kitchens, which are In some ways the most important department of the palace, are entirely maintained by Monsieur or rather Madame Faure. There is a chef and under him four head cooks, and when a ball or ban quet Is about to be given from thirty to forty extra scullions make their appearance. Madame Faure only pat ronizes the best I'aris or rather French firms. Fortunately for the president, however, the Paris senson for receptions and general entertain ing only lasts some Uve or six months of each year. The president finds It Impossible to restrict himself to fewer than twelve horses, although the keep of only three is allowed by the state. The Parisian public are very good judges of outward show and state, and on certain occasions, notably the day of the Grand Prix. M. Faure's equipage and horses have to run the gauntlet of thousands of critical sightseers. There is room and to spare at the Elysee, and each president has. to a certain extent, altered the arrange ments made by tils predecessor. M. Faure, being a practical tnan of busi ness. has made his study on the ground floor, close to the splendid re ception rooms where Madame la I'residente receives on official occa sions. The president's study is a large, pleasant room, furnished with a view to work rather than play, but it has the beautiful ceiling and stately furniture to be found In most old French chateaux. When conferring with his ministers, and those other persons whose business procures them an audience with the president In his study, M. Faure sits at the big writing , table at which he does all his official writing. The official residence of the French president Is situated in one of the pleasantest quarters of Paris, and the beautiful old house, for It can only be called a palace by courtesy, fills up a considerable space between the Fau bourg St. Honore and the Champs Elysees. History has been made and unmade in the Elysee. It was there that Napoleon I signed his abdication in favor of the King of Rome after Waterloo, and a few weeks later the emperor's study became the business room of the Duke of Wellington. When the allies left Paris the Elysee Bourbon, as It was then called, was re stored to the crown and wns occupied by the heir of Louis XVIII. It was occupied first by one and then by an other royal personage till the year IS4B. when the new government as signed it as the official residence of the tben president of the French re public, General Cavalgnac, and by a strange Irony of fate, In the very room where Napoleon I signed his abdica tion, Louis Napoleon, then prince pres ident. waited with his feet on the fen der to hear the result of the coup d'etat which made him emperor. During the third empire, the Elysee Napoleon, as It had then become, was lent to the many sovereigns who vis ited Napoleon 111, and the Empress Eugenie. Although filled with works of art and furnished with some of the finest eighteenth century furniture in existence, the Klysee happily escaped the notice of the Communards, and so was neither sacked nor burnt. When there was a question as to where M. and Madame Thiers should take up their official resideuce, the Elysee was found to be the ouly habi table state property In Paris. GPEAT HABIT, THISI "Hulloa, old man. Bt>en shrimp ing?" "No—no! Been for my ma-ma-tu tlnnl dip. Wouldn't be dip-pip-prlved of It for worlds. It's awfully Invlg glg-oratlng. Gl-glves one the con oush-tlt-tutlon of a li-lon. It would lmo-plp-provo you won-on-derfully." I Agmnaldo's Statement of the Causes of the Insurrection. He gave the following three rea sons for the outbreak of the insur rection : 1. The misdemeanor of the priests. (Spanish, of course.) 2. Spanish laws giving all the liberties to Spanish subjects and re straining the Filipinos in every pos sible way. 3. The occupation of civilian of fices by Spanish officers instead of natives. As an illustration of the first rea son, he told this story: A priest had an eye on the good looking daughter of a native. He put himself in correspondence with the civil guards, whom he bribed, and had the father of the girl ar rested on political charges. He then took possion of the girl, the house, and the fortune of her par ents ; in othe - words, he had them confiscated, and divided the spoils with the civil guards. The priso ger was put on board of a transport and exiled to some Spanish island in the Atlantic where he was put at hard labor, and where he soon after died. Doctors, lawyers, educated men of all descriptions, evm women, have been similarly dealt with, and Aguinaldo asserts that even now Spain holds over 3000 such priso ners. In revenge the insurgents have locked up all the Spanish priests in the country, and hold them for exchange.— Captain IV. A. Harper, in Harper s Weekly. CONDITION IMPROVED.—"I was suffering from catarrh in the head, and was in such a condition that I could hardly be about. I was advised to take Hood's Sarsaparilla and procured a bottle and it did so much good I continued its use until I was entirely cured. I reccomend Hood's Sarsapa rilla to others." P- S. PALM, BRAD FORD, PA. HOOD'S PILLS are the only pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. 25c. ACTORS, SINGERS, TALKERS— Are all more or less subject to Bald Throat, Hoarseness, Tonsilitis and Catarrh. Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder never disappoints. "I can but proclaim Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder a wonder ful medicine for actors, singers, and public speakers Myself and wife have tried everything, but have never found anything to equal this great remedy for quick action ; it certainly is a wonderful worker." —AL. EMMETT FOSTELL, NEW YORK CITY.— 72. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Little Nettie accompanied her parents on a trip across the lake recently, and after being out a short distance she began to get seasick. "How do you feel, Nettie?" asked her mamma. "Oh," was the reply, "I just feel like I wanted to unswallow my breakfast."—Chicago News. GET INSTANT RELIEF FROM PILES. —This most irritating disease relieved in ten minutes by using Dr. Agnew's Ointment, and a cure in from three to six nights. Thousands testify of its goodness. Good for Eczema, Salt Rheum, and all skin diseases. If you are without faith, one application will convince.—35 cents.- 73. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Many People OanDot Drink coffee at night. It spoils their sleep, You can drink Grain O when you please and sleep like a top. For Grain-O does not stimulate ; it nour ishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous persons, young people and children Grain O is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains. Get a pack age from your grocer to day. Try it in place of coffee. 15 and 25c. Sd4t DYING MAN GRASPS AT A STRAW.— "Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Herrt has done so much for me, that I feel I owe it to suffering humanity to give testimony. For years I had smother ing spells, pains in my left side, and swelled ankles. When I took the first dose of Dr. Agnew's Heart Cure, my friends thought I was dying, it give me almost instant relief, and six bottles entirely cured me." —MRS. F. L. LAUSDEN, SCRANTON, PA.— 71. Sold by C. A. Kleim. "That woman tried to beat me down on the price of quinine." "VVhat did she say?" "She said I ought to make it ten cents cheaper because she had to pay her boy to take it."—Chicago Record. PERSISTENCE CURES.— The most chronic case of Dyspepsia or Indiges tion will succomb to the all-healing power of Dr. Von Stan's Pineapple Tablets. What this wonderful medi cal discovery has done fcr the thous ands of proclaimed hopeless, helpless stomach invalids it can do for you. One Tablet will relieve and persist ence will cure. 35 cents.—7s - by C. A. Kleim. OABTOHIA. Boars the Kind You Have Always Bought Tito Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of /-df tf'd bas been made under his per •sonal supervision since its infancy. '-ecccSUK AJiow no ono to ,i cccjvo you ln this. 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, Drops 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 Diarrluea 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. Tlie Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. - THC CCNTAUW COMPANY. TT MURRAY STRUT, NCW YORK CITY. STOVE NAPTHA, the Cheapest and Best Fuel on the market. With it you can run a Vapor Stove for one-hali cent per hour. Give us a call and be convinced. W. O. Holmes, Bloomsburg, Pa. Eshleman & Wolf, L. E. Wharey, '* W. F. Hartman, *-I—COPYRIOSYTSMT TID-BITS FOR MA' HONEY 1 and tender little juicelets for the chil dren, are all right, 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. E. KF.IFER. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE COLUMBIAN Fifty-Three Saturdays. No doubt it has been noticed by this time that there are fifty-three Sat urdays in the year of our Lord 1898. This is due to the year's beginning on Saturday and winding up on Saturday. This will cause a little confusion among the banking and loan and sav ing institutions before the weekly de positors are made to understand why their deposits were rejected for one Saturday. Fifty-two Saturdays are the maximum number from legal stand points. EXPOSURE to a sudden climatic change produces cold in the head and catarrh is apt to follow. Provided with Ely's Cream Balm you are armed against Nasal Catarrh. Druggists sell it at 50 cents, or Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Streel, New York, will mail the 50c. or IOC. trial size. The Ba'm cures without pain, does not irritaie or cause sneezing. It spreads itself over an irrrtated and angry surface, relieving immediately the painful inflamation, cleanses and cures. Cream Balm quickly cures the cold. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. COKHICTID WSIILT. BITAIL PHIC2S Butter per lb $ ,22 Eggs per dozen .24 Lard per lb 08 Ham per pound .09 Pork, whole, per pound ,06 Beef, quarter, per pound,... .07 Wheat per bushel .80 Oats " " ic Rye " " 50 Wheat flour per bbl 4.40 Hay per ton 9 to $lO Potatoes per bushel .60 Turnips " " .tj Onions " " 100 Sweet potatoes per peck .25 Tallow per lb .05 Shoulder " " .09 Side meat " " .08 Vinegar, per qt ,oj Dried apples per lb .05 Dried cherries, pitted Raspberries ,i Cow Hides per lb Steer " " '• ,oe Calf Skin * .80 Sheep pelts .75 Shelled corn per bus .60 Corn meal, cwt 1.25 Bran, " .qe Chop " .05 Middlings " ,qj Chickens per lb new .08 " "old 08 Turkeys " " (2 J Geese " " Ducks " " .08 COAL. No. 6, delivered a.60 " 4 and s " 3.85 " 6 at yard 2.35 " 4 and 5 at yard 3.60 PATENTS Caveats and Trade Marks obtained, and al Patent business conducted tor MobfiKATB OUlt OFFICE IS OPPOSITE THE U. 8 PAT KNT OFFICE. We have no sub-agencies, si business direct, hence can transact patent bust* ness In less time and at. Less Cost than those n> motetrom Washington. w Send model, drawing or photo, with descrl® Hon. We advise If patentable or not, free of "'l, r 'oooo' OO"nil patent Is secured A book, How to Obtain Patents," with refer ences to actual clients In your State, County o town sent free. Address ' '' 0 C. A. SNOW 8 C 0„ Washington, D. C (Opposite r. 8. Patent Ofllci .> HAIR R BALBAM Bf>&(Tlfttnwi and boautifks the hafr. a luzuriant growth. ~ Falls to Be store Qrnr Ilnlr to Its Youthful Color. arC Vv nlP (l < t" e ou at 11-<4-4Ud. Lry the COL UMBIAN a year.