THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA.
'CHEN A WOMAN FEELS OLDl
hi Wh Her Gronlat Orindiol
I First Pays Her Kara on
tha Car.
. Mr. Jones and Mrs. Smith met on nn
Illinois Central suburban train, home
ward bound from A morning of shop
ping. Mrs. Jones is 35 and n mother;
- Mrs. Smith 63 and a grandmother, says
lb Chicago Inter Ocenn.
My dear Mrs. Smith," said Airs.
Jones, "how well you nre looking. I
declare, you are the youngest-looking
woman for your age I know. It seems
lb at you have taken off several years
awy time I meet you. Have you dis
covered the magic fountnin?"
"My dear," replied Mrs. Smith, "you
mean well and I'm obliged to you, but
1 feel an old, old woman to-day."
"Why do you emphasize to-day?"
"Well, it's this way: I stur'tcd to
tome down town this morning feeling
as gay as a girl of 20. At the station
I wet my grandson. He's only 13, but
he's as big as some men. I suppose the
sight of him should have sobered me
and made me realize what a landmark
I am, but it didn't. And I kept on feel
ing young and frisky until the con
ductor came along."
"What on earth did the conductor
have to do with it?"
"Why, that boy pulled out his com
mutation ticket, handed it to the con
ductor, and said, as a matter of course:
Two.' Goodness knows I felt old
enough when my eldest son paid my
fare for the first time, but when a
woman gets so aged that her grandson
pays her fare she's ancient, sure
enough."
BANES HAVE USE FOR MONEY.
Way In Which Dla Financial Institu
tion! Manas to Pay Dividend!
to Shareholders.
Many people wonder how banks use
II the money deposited in them and
bow they manage to pay interest there
on and yet come out at the end of the
year with a big profit on the business,
aays the New York Telegram.
What they do is trade with the money.
To the depositor they pay between one
and two per cent., but the money they
lend brings them in three, five, six,
seven, and even eight per cent.
For instance, they give loans on all
sorts of securities, such as railway de
bentures, government stock, public
company shares, dock warrants, bills
mt lading, etc
They also lend money on the se
curity of houses and land, but not to
a great extent, as repayments are
slow.
When a couple of substantial business
men or farmers or professional men
back a bill the bank often lends without
any security at all; but now and again
they have heavy and ruinous losses on
these loans.
All banks, however, have large sums
at money constantly lying Idle, for they
must keep sufficient cash at the various
branches to pay checks, and even to be
more or less prepared for panics. Still,
the difference between the one or two
per cent, they pay and the three or
eight they receive on millions of dol
lars leaves them an immense profit on
the year's business.
THE CUBAN GOLD MYTH.
There Is Nothing- on the
Which May Be Dignified
the Name Mine.
Inland
by
If we listen to the voice of the charm
er or go to the books on Cuba for our
information we shall find that the min
eral resources of this island include
gold, silver, mercury, lead, antimony,
copper, chrome, iron, manganese, pitch,
bitumen and even coal; but when we
tome to look for practical metallic re
sults commensurate with these varied
mineral resources we shall be disap
pointed, says the Engineering Maga
sine. t
The gold fiction is the most time hon
ored, for the original Spanish settlers
expected to find rich gold mines in
Cuba. According to their historian
much gold was taken from this island
st the beginning of the conquest, but
it seems probable that most of this was
taken from the chiefs or caciques of the
Indians and very little from the ground.
tl Vfagero Universal, Madrid, 1797,
iays: "Some of this metal (gold) is
Htill found at Ilolguin." Whenever the
existence of gold in Cuba Is discussed
this "mine", at Ilolguin is invariably
brought forward. It is true that some
work has been done at this point a nil
A little gold has been extracted, but
there has never been any systematic ex
)loration, and there is nothing there
which may be dignified with the namij
oi a mine.
Sheey-Shearlnar by Machinery.
The fihecp-sheuring experiment that
is being tried in Sycamore, 111., is prov
ing successful, says the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. A gasoline engine of
four horse-power runB ten clippers
which shear on an average 1,000 sheep
a day. One of the advantages of the
-uxperimcnt is tlmt about half a pound
more wool is realized from each sheep,
The test will bo given to 15,000 sheep,
The sheep are sheared, the wool tied
and packed In large sacks holding sev
iral hundred pounds each and ready
far shipment at once. The success met
with in this experiment will revolu
lionize the sheep-shearing business.
New York's Police.
The New York police department on
Murch 1 had a total membership of 7,204
officers and men, of whom 91 were in
the bicycle squad, 60 in the tenement
house squad, 164 were detectives, 83
were in the sanitary corps, and nlu
were detailed for service in the house
of detention. There were also 33 police
matrons.
Rash Work on Siberian Railway
It is expected that the Siberian rail
way will be completed to Irkutsk 1
febmary, 1000.
BLOOD AND TOMATOES.
Snppnaed Tragedy That Proved to
De a Perfectly Harmless
' Affair.
Unusual excitement disturbed the
quiet of a Philadelphia residence one
recent Sunday evening, resulting in the
hurried visits of a policeman and two
doctors to the house. Just as the man
of the house and his wife reached the
front step on the way home from
church the door was hurriedly thrown
open and out rushed the cook, who
called for "help!'" When she saw her
mistress she declared between sobs that
the kitchen range had exploded and
that her cousin had been killed. The
mistress ran into the kitchen after
sending her husband for the doctors
and found the place covered with ashes
and a young mnn apparently half-dead
lying in a chair In front of the range.
His head and face were apparently cov
ered with Wood, but it was soon discov
ered that he was still olive, as he said
he was only stunned. The housewife
immediately set to work to wash the
man s head and fnee to prepare him
for the doctors, but she was moved
to merriment when she found that the
supposed blood was only tomato juice.
truth the cousin was not injured
nil. The explanation was that the
cook had placed a can of tomatoes un-
er the grate to melt the sealing on
the lid and that the explosion, which
scattered the ashes and tomatoes, fol
lowed the expansion of the frozen liquid
the can. hen the policeman and
octors arrived they were told the
story and joined in the laugh, which
was on the cook and her cousin.
LUCREZIA BORGIA.
The Prevailing Conception of the
Historic Poisoner's Character
la False,
"All her contemporaries agree in
describing her as singularly attractive,
with a sweet joyousncss and charm
quite peculiar to herself," says "The
History of the Popes," by Dr. Ilenry
Pastor. " 'She is of middle height and
graceful in form, writes Uicolo Ca
gnolo of Parma; 'her face is rather long,
the nose well cut, hair golden, eyes of
no special color, her mouth rather
large, the teeth brilliantly white, her
neck is slender and fair, the bust ad
mirably proportioned. She is always
gay and smiling.' Other narrators spe-
ially praise her long golden hair.
"Unfortunately, we have no trust
worthy portrait of this remarkable
woman; at the same time we can gather
Xroni some medals which were struck
at Ferrara during her stay there, a fair
notion of her features. The best of
those me'dals, designed npparently by
iinppino uppl, snows now1 false the
prevailing conception of this woman's
character, woven out of partisanship
and calumny, has been. The little head.
with its delicate features, is rather
charming than beautiful, the expres-
on is maidenly, almost childish, the
abundant hair flows down over the
shoulders, the large eyes have a far-off
look. The character of the face is soft.
rresolute and gentle; there is no trace
of strong passions and rather It denotes
a weak and passive nature, incapable of
self-determination."
A PARISIAN EGG FORGER.
Many of His False Production! Are
Purchased for Scientific
Collections.
A curious account is giver, by a Paris
correspondent of the discovery of an
egg forger, whose false productions are
purchased for scientific collections and
by amateurs, says the Lincoln Daily
Xews. The man was very clever. A
visitor saw him make a penguin egg
that could not be distinguished from
the real one that served him for a model,
lie made the shell of plaster of paris
burnt and glazed. The egg was intend
ed for a man who furnished eggs for n
foreign scientific collection. These imi
tations are not difficult, for among the
real eggs of most species there are so
many varieties that even the most
practiced expert could not distinguish
all of them. The eggs of the common
fly-catcher are very cheap. By chem
ical treatment they acquire a b.ulih
green shining color, and are then sold
at a very high prve as the eggs of the
hiin-xnii. i rom common duck fitwnr.
fabricated the efrjrs of a falcon, for
which 50 or 60 francs are nniil. Tim
duck eggs for this purpose are given a
suver-green color. IMgeon and wood
pigeon eggs are also transformed Into
rarer products of middle-sizPfl I,!-,!
Nightingales' eggs nre difficult to pro
cure and ure therefore very dear. Thcv
are Imitated by coloring larks' eggs
iron. 1110 eeff forcer n fnr n l.
time an assistant in a natural-history
muacuiu iii wic provinces.
Prophetic.
The Taris papers are telling an in
teresting story of a newly-elected mem
ber of the French senate. M. Bassinet,
like many of his colleagues, is a self
made mun, and began life as u journey
man maaon. In that capacity he was
employed to renovate the sculptural fa
cade of the Luxembourg palace, when
the architect, noting his skill and In
dustry, said to him by way of encour
agement: "Why, you couldn't lie mak
ing a better job of it if it were wour
own house." The young workman
Biniled, and is said to have answered:
"One never knows what the future may
bring forth." He had at the time no
political aspirations, but all the same
he now sits as senator In the building
he helped to adorn.
A Young Eseontlva.
Earl Beauchamp is one of the young
est men who have in recent years been
appointed to a colonial governorship;
lie is not quite 27 years of uge.
Ever Notice Itt
The stars on the United States coin
age ere six-pointed, while the United
States flag carries five-pointed stars.
Another Hew Swindle.
The 'travelling crayon portrait
agents have sprung a new gag upon
the
innocent and unsuspecting
householders in this vicinity, which,
in a majority of cases, has worked
to perfection. The agent carries
with him a box, containing a num
ber of envelopes, which, he says,
contains blanks and numbers. The
scheme is carried on much in the
nature of a lottery. The fakir in
forms his victims that there are but
few numbers in the lot, and requests
the person to draw an envelope.
Of course, every draw contains a
number, and the lucky (?) person
is informed that they are entitled
to a crayon portrait absolutely free
of all charge. The balance of the
scheme is identical with former
ones. The portrait will not be
given unless an extortionate price
is paid for a frame. The original
pictures are never returned, and the
agents leave for pastures new.
The Two-Cent Stamp Issue
During the year 1898 the United
States bureau of engraving ' and
printing issued 2,500,000,000 of the
common red two-cent stamps,
enough to go almost twice around
the earth. Stacked one upon an
other, they would pile up 1 50 miles
beyond the atmosphere, equal in
weight to two of our big locomo
tives and would make a blanket to
keep the frost off the city of Wash
ington. If these stamps worked in
relays, each taking the letters as
far as allowed by the postal regula
tions, the letter would be carried to
the most remote star.
Will Cost $400 a Mile
It is estimated by an exchange
that the bicycle side paths to
be erected in the various counties of
Pennsylvania will cost $400 a mile,
which, would mean an annual ex
penditure of $5,000 to construct
twelve and a half miles of a path in
a country. The paths are expected
to be raised twelve to eighteen
inches above the road level. The
minimum width must be three feet
and the maximum six feet.
A Seedless Orange.
Not content with having produced
a hybrid orange that is likely to
thrive in a comparatively northern
climate, the United States depart
ment of agriculture is now engaged
in evoluting an orange that shall be
seedless, and whose peel will come
away as readily as the skin of &
banana. This, too, it is said, will
be able to withstand considerable
degree of frost.
Mast Attend Sessions.
The Pennsylvania school law
provides that a school director who
shall neglect to attend any two reg
ular sessions unless detained by
sickness or prevented by absence
from the district, the directors pres
ent shall have power to declare his
seat in the board vacant, and to ap
point another in his stead.
Here's a preacher for you! When
Dr. Croughton of Atlanta denounc
ed the lynching of Sam Hose he was
threatened with injury, and now he
has preached another sermon in
which he states: "I want to say
that I am not afraid of every howl
ing devil in Georgia and in hell. I
am master of my pulpit and if you
don't like it you may go out. And,
furthermore, if I am to be boycotted
because I stand up for the maj'estv
of the law in Georgia, let it come."
Hero's a chance for some of our
bright active boys. Uncle Sam is
asking for a number of them between
the ages of eighteen aud twenty five
to enter the revenue marine service
as cadets. The cadets receive upon
entrance .500 per year and rations,
and at the end of two years they are
appointed second lieutenants in the
revenue marine service. A letter
addressed to the civil service com
mission win give all tlie necessary
lnlormation.
Our trainmen, hereabouts, it isn't
likely, will ever be called upon to
comply with an order like the follow
ing which has just been issued by
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
All trainmen must keep them
selves perfectly cleau. and excludes
loud neckties, tan shoes, and button
hole bouquets, and requires clean
collars, carefully brushed clothes
and shining black shoes.
It- is a strange fact that when a
strong, healthy man whose ordinary
tone of voice can be heard on the
street a half a block distant, gets on
the witness stand in court, he grows
so weak and debilitated that he can
scarcely be heard by the court and
jury. At almost every term of court
many witnesses have to be asked to
speak louder.
It has become quite a fad in some
localities to furnish free lunches at
vendues. Wherever the new pract
ice is observed large crowds are the
result.
Topics of the Day.
The leading article of the Tune
Demoresfs about "Puff-Balls" is a re
markably interesting account of the
not generally known characteristics of
nis very common tungus. 1 hat it has
nedicinal Qualities, and that it serves
occasionally as an excellent breakfast
for the camper who has strayed away
irom the commissary department, are
among the many interesting facts set
forth. An excellent collection of
photographs of the various puff-balls
nome are given.
This is but one of several collect
ions of pictures in this number which
are 01 rare interest.
The illustrations for "In the Land
the Leatherstocking Tales." cive
Of
an extended glimpse of that beautiful
country made famous by Fenimore
Cooper's tin tiling stories.
tfoth pathetic and humorous is the
page of pen and ink sketches by the
late Michael Ancelo Woolf. There is
also a sympathetically told biography
of this Noted Artist and Picturesque
Man oy Kate Jordan, who had the
good fortune to number Mr. Woolf
among her friends.
An important feature to women.
which appears for the first time in this
number of Demoresfs, is the "Paris
fashion Supplement." a full-Dace cos
tume designed in Paris especially for
Demoresfs Magazine.
Other fashion features worth con
sidering in this number are the nase
of hats, beautifully illustrated, and the
most recent edicts as to style in
mourning. The latter article is bv a
well-known New York society woman.
Among the variety of good fiction
in this number of Demoresfs is a
briskly told dialogue bv Margaret Sut
ton Briscoe. Besides the amount of
literary matter furnished, equal to that
of any purely literary magazine, Demo
resfs furnishes this issue over half a
hundred new Paris fashion designs.
Railroad Changes Hands.
A syndicate composed of S. D.
Townsend, of Philadelphia, and other
capitalists, has purchased the William-
sport and North Branch Railroad.
The deal was announced to the stock
holders at the annual meeting at
Hunhesville. The road forms the
connecting link between the Lehigh
Valley at Satterheld and Reading at
Hall's Station. B. J. Welsh, the for
mer superintendent, has been elected
president.
Try Allen's Foot-Ease -A pow.
der to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen,
nervous and hot, and get tired easily.
If you have smarting feet or tight
shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. It cools
the feet and makes walking easy.
Cures swollen and sweating feet, blis- J
ters and callous spots. Relieves corns
and bunions of all pain and gives rest
and comfort. Try it to day. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores for
25c. Trial package free. Address,
Allen S. Olmstead, LeRoy, N. Y. (11
Tyrone's council having refused to
accept the contract of the Home
Electric Light Company for illuminat
ing the streets of that place, the cur
rent has been shut off and the streets
are now in darkness at night. Tyrone
has been paying $75 per light per year
in the past and they offered a compn
mise on $70 per light to the company,
which was flatly refused.
Give the Children a Drink
called Grain-O. It is a delicious, ap
petizing, nourishing food drink to take
the place of coffee. Sold by all gro
cers and liked by all who have used it
because when properly prepared it
tastes like the finest coffee but is free
from all its injurious properties.
Grain-0 aids digestion and strengthens
the nerves. It is not a stimulant but
a health builder, and children, as well
as adults, can drink it with great bene
fit. Costs about as much as coffee.
15 and 35c. 3 2 4'd
The following are the legal holi
days in Pennsylvania this year:
52 Saturday afternoons! which
equal 26 whole days, New Year's
Day, Election day 111 February,
Lincoln's birthday, Washington's
birthday, Good Friday, Decoration
Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day,
Election day in November, Thanks
giving day, Christmas. Aact to
these holidays 52 Sundays and we
have a total of 90 days, leaving but
275 of the 365 days of the year
which the law recognizes as legal
business days.
In the new pamphlet of postal
laws jut received, a clause in the
chapter defining first class matter
states specifically that all printed
assessments with amounts hand
stamped or written thereon will be
regarded as first class. Formerly
"handstamped" wns regarded as
printed and passed as second class
matter.
Ueuuty la Illood Deep.
Clean blood menns a clean skin. No
beauty without it. CasenreU, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
tirriiiu uu tlie lazv liver and driviim all im
purities from the body. Hegin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satiHiaction guaranteed, we, zoc, ouc
The Secret
of Health
The health of the whole body depends upon the
blood and nerves. Therefore the medicine that
expels impurities from the blood and supplies
the necessary materials for rapidly rebuilding
wasted nerve tissues, reaches the root of many
serious diseases. It is these virtues that have
given
Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills
for Pale People
their wonderful power to concjuer disease.
and caused the miraculous cures that have
startled the scientific world. Thousands of '
cases have demonstrated that this remedy is ah
unfailinr specific for such diseases as locomotor
ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after
effects of the grip, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions,
all forms of weakness either in male or female.
Frank Trifiksr, a prominent farmer, of Versailles, Indiana. Ills
nntiglitrr, Lucy, 1 now fifteen yrsr old ; throe rrsn nirohp l.pgon tllnif.
The roy color In hrr cheek s-nve wsr to a nnlnn, and nhe herame rap
idly thin. An the grew weaker lie became tha victim of nervous prontrstiou.
Moat of the time she wns confined to the bed ana was almost ou tha
verge of going- Into Ht. Vltne' dance.
"Kliiully the doctor told lie to give her f)r. William' Pink Pill fnr
rale People. fld he wan treating a Imtlarcime with them and they were
curing the patient. We hegnn giving the pills at once, and the next day
we could eee arhange for the hotter In her. The doctor told us to keep
giving her t he medicine. We gave her one pill after each meal until ilia
was well. We Iwitan giving her the medicine last Augimt, nnd she took
the taatdose In October, having used otght boxes, ftha linnw entirely well
aud has not been sick a day sine. We think the cure almont miraculous."
Frank TrrktH, Mrs. Frank Tucker.
subscribed ana sworn to before me
H
April 28th, 1897.
Versatlleti'Indlana,
Dr. William' Pink Pill for Pl People r sold by all drugglats or snt, potpaid,
by the Dr. Willi. m Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.,aa Mctlpt of price, ja cents
par box, 6 box, $a.y.
ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO.
DEALERS IN
Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Huts
SOLE AGENTS FOR
' Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week.
I?.tTT"2 Goods j. Si'Ecija.aiiTTZ".
SOLE AGENTS FOR
F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobticco
Sole agents tor the following brands of Cigars
Henry Clay, Loadres, Normal, Indian Frincess, Samson, Silver Asfc
Bloomsburg Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CARPET, MATTOG,
or OIL CLOTH,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
. W. M. BEO WEI'S'
2nd Door above Conrt Ilonsc
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
When you want to look on the
bright side of things, use
SAPOLIO
No-To-Bao for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco batilt cure, mnkes wealt
men strong, biood pure. 60c, (1. All druggists.
The wages at all the limestone
quarries north of Reading have been
advanced to $1.25 a day. Several
months ago the quarrymen received
but qo cents. Wages have advanced
in every industry in that vicinity.
Supreme Court Sustains tne Foot-a3e
Trade-mark.
Tustice Lauehin. in SuDreme Conri.
Mf CJ 7 "1
Buffalo, has ordered a nermanent in.
- t
junction, with costs, and a full account-
-.. . 1-,
ing 01 saies, 10 issue against raul is.
Hudson, the manufactures nf th fnnt
powder called "Dr. Clark's Foot Pow
der," and also against a retail dealer
in Brooklyn, restraining them Irom
maKing or seams? tne nr. Clark s root
Powder, which ia declared, in the de-
cision of the Court, an imitation and
infringement of "Foot-Ease," the pow
der to shake into your shoes for tired
aching feet, now so largely advertised
and sold all over the countrv. Allen
S. Olmestead, of LeRoy, N. Y. is the
owner of the trade-mark "Foot-Ease,"
and he is the first individual who ever
advertised a foot powder extensively
over the country. He will send a sam
ple free to anyone who writes
him for it. The decision in this case
upholds his trade-mark and renders all
parties liable who fraudently attempt
to profit by the extensive "Foot-Ease
advertising, in placing upon the mark
et a 6purious and similar appearing
preparation, labeled and put up In
envelopes and boxes like Foot-Ease.
Similar suits will be brought against
others who are now infringing on the
Foot-Ease trade-mark and common
law rights.
TORIA,
Basra th
Basra tha j l"9 MM) YOU Haw Always
iiw King You Haw Always Bougft
5
in . 1
this 2tb day of April, lMff.
von Johnson, JutHet of tht Part.
From Ihttitpublican, VtrtaUlu, Ind.
Edurate Tour Uowel With Cuacaret.
.nCa'2dy f att"",ttc. cure constipation forever
10c. 25c. If C. C. C. full, druBKlsii refund mWjt
' A boy accompanied his father to
; church last night, and when the coi
j lection was taken up the youngster
closely watched the performance.
When the collectors made their returns
the boy said to his father: "Halt of
them got in for nothing!"Atchisoa
Globe.
A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT
Ely's cream balm has completetf
cured me of catarrh when everything
else failed. Alfred W. Stephens.
Caldwell, Ohio.
Ely's cream balm works like a.
charm; it has cured me of the mosc
obstinate case of cold in the heatV
I would not be without it. Fred'fc
Fries, 283 Hart St., Brooklyn, N. V..'
A ioc. tral size or the 50c. size of
Ely's Cream Balm will be mailed.
Kept by druggists. Ely Brothers, SS
Warren St., New York.
Grain-O Brings Relief To live
coffee drinker. Coffee drinking is s
habit that is universally indulged ia
and almost as universally injurious.
Have you tried Grain-O ? It is al
most like coffee but the effects xre
just the opposite. Coffee upsets tdc
stomach, ruins the digestion, effect
the heart and disturbs the whole nerv
ous system. Grain-O tones up the
stomach, aids digestiion and strength
ens the nerves. 15 and 25c per pack--aSe-
5 5 4td
CASTOR I A
. For Infanti and Children
The Kind You Have Always Bottft
Bears the
Signature of