THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. EOOD CAUSES FLAME Threatening Conditions Pre vail at Richmond, Va. TYO HUNDRED FAMILIES HOMELESS, Vfte Jntnra River Htm Risen to With in tcvrn Feet of firent Freshet f 18TT Clty'a (Inn Sup ply Cat Oft. 'RICHMOND, Va., Jan. l.-KIood. Ore and general excitement prevail In Richmond. Tim w liter in the James liver has rliwi to twenty-throe nnd n bait feet, within four feet of the level of the greHt freshet of IS"". Lower Haln street and n greater pnrt of Ful ton, the extreme custom seetlon of the City, are Hooded. When the freshet was nenr Its lioinht, fire caused liy the water eoniliiK lu contuet with the lime broke out in the plant of Warner, Moore Sl Co., millers and ifeed supply men. The property is situated on the creeks of the Hooded district, nnd nt one time It seemed Inevitable that It would be destroyed, but u change (if wind and the splendid work of the lire department averted that. Tip hose was carried over u line of partially mjbmcrKcd coal car and buoyed on rnfts made of small bonis. The lire men fought the ilumes staudlni; up to their waists In water. The lire was confined lo the biiildi'i' in whith It farted. It Is estimated that the occupants of some "ltd small houses on this and the Manchester sides of the river have been vacated temporarily. The pas works nre partially under water and the gas supply cut off. This condition seriously cripples the newspapers, as ' the tnetal for their linotype machines Is heated by gas. All are working lamps. The Incoming; southern trains bad to run through several feet of wa ter. Bridges nre reported gone In va rious sections of the state, and traffic is greatly interfered with. i 1,1 re Stork Lost In Floods. MONTOOMEllY, Ala.. .Ian. l.-Tal- ' tsssee, where the great daru of the Montgomery Water company Is locat ed, is still cut off from all communica tion. The Tallapoosa river, which sep-. rates It from Montgomery, Is a raging torrent, and all efforts to cross the stream have failed. Reports from the territory below the dam indicate that mnch live stock was drowned. There was no loss to crops, as they had been gathered. One of the state farms was In the path of the flood, and the super ' Ibtendent reports that many hogs and cattle were drowned. The branch line f railroad connecting Tallassee with the main line of the Western Railroad nf Alabama Is washed out, and trains ftre not running. Tennessee River Very IllKh. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Jan. 1. The Tennessee river reached a stage of forty feet here last night and Is still riHing. According to prediction, It will continue to rise slowly and may reach forty-two feet here. Several factories to low ground here were compelled to shot down yesterday, and working people in the more exposed lowlands were compelled to move out of their houses. Some damage was done by the flooding of base'ments. The river Is falling at and above Kingston, Tenn., and Is rising at all points below Chattanooga. Damns at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31. Ths rain which fell almost Incessantly for nearly two days resulted In a danger ous freshet In the Schuylkill river, and the water of that stream Is 1514 feet aliovo uormal. All of the big Industrial plants along the Schuylkill at Mana jruuk and Norristown, near here, are ' flooded, and work has been suspeuded. i Miller Named For Comptroller. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 31.-Oovemor Odell has appointed Nathan L. Miller nf Cortland county as state comptroller to fill the vacancy caused by the reslg aatlon of Erastus C. Knight of Buf falo. Ha also appointed (1. D. B. Has brouck of Ulster county as a Judge of the court of claims to succeed Jolfn F. Parkhurst of Bath, resigned. Nathan Miller Is a prominent attorney of Cortland, Cortland county, lie Is chair man of the Republican general commit eo of Unit county and was a candidate .'or a court of claims judgeship. Conld Not Change tl la Color. BUFFALO. Dec. 31.-.Iohn Jackson, negro bellboy, formerly employed at -he Genesee hotel, drank carbolic acid ind died In great agony. Jai-kaon was in love with a white woman and hug been taking an electrical treatment In an endeavor to change the color of his skin. Disappointed In the results of the treatment, Jackson killed himself. ew York I'ostollice Make Itecord. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Postmaster Van Cott announces that for the first line in the history of the postofflce the ecelpts for the year exceeded $H),(HK), 'KMl. The amount for the year was $11, 120,814.01, showing atl Increase of fl,. 151, 174.32 over the receipts of HMO. t'hls Is the greatest Increase ou record. Obrrlln W'ion Hovkefeller Prise, j CLEVELAND, O., Jan. l.-By the mrrow margin of u few hours the rustees of Oberlln college have raised tho sum of $300,01X1 necessary to tie .ure the conditional offer of $1'(H),0U0 from John I). Rockefeller, made a year igo. Tho oiler was to expire on Jun. I, 1002. ; ' tilfla For Employees. j NEW YORK, Jan. l.-Edward Kemp. 1 ho millionaire druggist, by bis will, Just tiled for probate, bequeathed $50, 000 to employees who have been la bis firm for live years or lunger. DEATH OF SENATOR SEWELL. Mew Jtaraer Loses On ot Bier Fere moat Clttaeas. CAMDEN, N. J., Dec. I8.-Unltd States Senator William J. flewell, who died at bis borne here yesterday, had suffered from diabetes, complicated with stomach and heart trouble, for over two years, but his condition was not considered serious until about a year ago. His constant attention to the duties devolving upon him in bis offi cial eajinclty resulted In 1809 In a col lapse. General William J. Sewell wis born In Ireland in 1835 and came to this country In early boyhood. When four teen years old he entered a commission house, but soon shipped lu the mer chant marine service, making two voy ages to China. He became second mate of a clipper ship before giving up the sea and re-engaging in business. Mr. Sewell went to Chicago, where he engaged In the banking business, with but partial success, remaining there until the .outbreak of the war, when he again came east. He became a captain In the Fifth New Jersey regi ment, which wa being mustered In, and left for the front. He participated with conspicuous courage In all the en gagements in which his regiment took part, including the battle of Spottsyl vanla in May, 1S04. General Sewell was elected to the United States senate In 1S81, succeed ing Theodore F. Randolph. He gave way to a Democrat six years later. In IS! 13, however, he re-entered the sen ate, taking the place of John R. Mc Pherson. At the beginning of the pres ent year he was ro-elecO'd for a full term of sis years. CAPTAIN LEARY DEAD. First (inifrnnr of tilintn and Fnmom Fcr Samoan Incident. BOSTON. Dec. 28. Captain Richard P. Iary, U. S. N., formerly governor of Guam, died at the United States Marine hospital at Chelsea, where his brother-in-law. Dr. J. Fairfax Irwin, is the surgeon in charge. Denth was due to heart disease, from which the captain hod suffered sines his return from Guam. The body will be taken to Annapolis, where it will be given a naval burial. Captain Leary was held In high re gard by his fellow sailors because of the nerve he showed In the presence of two German warships In the harbor of Apia, Samoa, during the stirring times which wound up In the tremen dous hurricane that wiped out the Ger man and Amerlcau navies In those wa ters in 1889. The Mlaaonrl Launched. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 28. Members of the president's cabinet, with their families, and several bureau chiefs of the navy department were here as guests of the Newport News Ship building and Drydock company to at tend the launching of the battleship Missouri, which took place at 11 o'clock today. A large number of senators, members of the house and others were j present, including Senator Francis M. Cockrcll of Missouri and his daughter, Miss Marion Cockrcll, who acted as sponsor at the launching. The Mis souri Is a sister ship of the Ohio and the Maine. Her contract price was $2,? 883,000. Her keel was laid Feb. 7, 1900, and on the latest construction report she la set down as 51 per cent com pleted. Pardoned by Governor Savasre. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 1. Governor Savage has granted an unconditional pardon to Joseph S. Bartley, former state treasurer, who five years ago was sentenced to twenty years In the peni tentiary on conviction of having em bezzled $210,000 of state funds. The pardon went into effect from the mo ment it was delivered to Mrs. Bartley by the governor's private secretary. It was presented to Warden Davis at the penitentiary a half hour later, and lat er, with his family and lawyer, Bartley was brought In a carriage to his home In the city. To Releaae Captive Indiana. I GUTHRIE, Okla., Dec. 31. General Frank Armstrong, as agent of the war department, Is at Fort Sill, Okla., mak ing arrangements for the release of Chief Geronlmo and the 208 Arizona Apache Indians who are held by the government as prisoners of war. They were captured by General Lawton twelve years ago after a 3,000 mils campaign. They will be allotted land by the government. Lived 107 Yeara. OGDENSBURG. N. Y., Jun. 1.-A1-mon Streeter of Rensselaer Fulls, the oldest man In St. Lawrence county, is dead, uged 107 years. He wus a life long Democrat uud is survived by a large family. New York Markata. FLOUR Stats and western Inaotlve, but firmly litdd; Minnssota patents, W.HV14.15; winter straights, $3.tO'u3.K; winter extras, fS.WSi 3.ia; winter patents, $.1.75jj.4. WHEAT Opened easy with cables, ral lied on strength In the northwest and to ward noon weakened again through heavy realizing sales; March, 87 H-ltc; May, tti ll-lii&7'-c. It YE Steady ; state, 70371c., c. 1. f., New York, car lots; No. i western, 7&Vc., f. o. b., alost. CORN Advanced for nwhtle on locsl covering; and then weakened toward mid day with wheat; May, 70 7-ltW("T(jc. OAT Quiet nnd barely steady; track, white, state, MQu'VvC. ; truck, white, west ern, iA'aZVteC. l'ORK Firm; mess, $lC.50ff 17.50; family, 17.6'i'(i 18. J.AKIJ Easy; prime weatern steam, ltur.c. H UTTER Steady; state dairy, 15'Q23c.; creumery, lGf25o. CHKEBK Quiet; state, full crenm, larjje, fall made, fancy, lOfilO'c. ; stute, full creum, small, fall mitdu, fancy, 11H U'ic. ; late made, best, lurgu, b'o. ; late mmle, best, small, f0ai04c KGOH Steady; state and Pennsylvania, 20c; western, ut mark, 23'ij29c. SPOAK Raw steady: fair refining. 8Mo.; centrifugal. M test, 8o. ; refined steudy; cruKlied, 6.2f,c. : powdered, -t.n6e. Ti'Hl'KN'I'INK-Steady at SHfrMHc HOL,ASSK8-Qulet; New Orleai.a, S7 42u. KICK Quiet; domestic, OC'.ic. ; Japan, tViiu'fco. V ALLOW Firm; city, c.j country, 6 60. II AY Stead; shipping, KK6Io.; good to choice, WjiUioc,- . RESCUED BY A BASS. How Mr. Blogwater Was Towed Ashore by a Fish. 'Angler Fortunatelr Geta Hold of a Lively Illaek Baaa Joat When Us Had toarladed That All Wat t p with Him. ! "ou may call black bass wormy nnd say they are not fit for white nicn to cat," Mr. Uingwnter was say ing, earnestly, to a Bangtir (Me.) Times man, "but just the same 1 wunt you to understand that they are about the gamiest fish that swims, and if it hadn't been for one of them 1 should not be here smoking' ciga rettes to-day. Hereafter I'll stand by the black bass nnd all their short comings. It happened this way: "One afternoon early in the week I got the craze and drove out to I'usliaw on a little fishing trip all by my lonesome. 1 hail Any fish basket and my tomato can full of worms and nn old rod which I picked up somewhere about the house, and I made up my mind if there was any fun lo be pot ten out of bass fishing 1 would get it. 1 chartered an old flat-bottomed punt, the cleanest ono which I could discover In the vicin ity, and then I started out. I rowed like one of the Pennsylvania oarsmen at Henley until 1 came over nenr the point of Dollar island, and then I let down the nnehor and began to fish. "It was but the work of two or three minutes to pr my rod togeth er, bait the hook with a worm and throw it ovcrlMinrd. After that I waited. 1 happened to have brought a little pocket edition of Kipling with me, nnd for the next ten min utes 1 wns deep in the story of the Oudsbys. As 1 was in the midst of the most exciting part I pot a bite. "I don't suppose that there is need to say anything further in thUconnec tion. I played that bass with the hand of a master, and some five minutes later he was flopping and gasping for breath in the stern sheets. As I took SEIZED BY A HUGE BASS. the base toff the hook and flung bim In the bottom of the boat I made a disa greeable discovery. My punt was leak ing badly and there wm already quite Ihree inches of water in the bottom. Moreover, it was pouring in with greater rapid'uty every minute. It was only a question of time before the craft would be swamped. As I can't swim a stroke it didn't strike me thut the situation was a particularly pleas amt one. "I decided to 4oss my ldne in once more for luck, anyway, and the hook had no more thun disappeared beneath the surface when it was (eized by a huge bass, who started out toward 6hore, pulling like a mogul locomotive. The water was risingrapidly and I was getting" desperate, when I happened to realise that here was my chance. I quickly made one end of the line fast to a thwart, and, seizing1 the oars, I helped my frienl, the bass, with all the strength that wis in me. At last we reached the beach and safety. "The bass who so fortunately took my bait i.s still swimming about In the clear, oool depths )f Pushaw. I de cided that one good turn deserved an other, and I carefully removed the hook and tossed him back." When Mr. Bingwater finished an awful hush fell upon the party and for several minutes no one spoke. "Why didn't you bail the boatcout?" asked little Freddie finally. Spectator Have fonie Rlslits, Among the fenits of a wild man on ex hibition in Wichita, Kan., the pro gramme stated that he would eat chunks of raw liver, lie failed to do this, and the spectators wrecked the tent. A learned police justice upheld the act, stating that when people pay giood money to see a man pat raw liver they have the right to see him eat raw livef or know the reason why. Belfast is Ireland's richest and most popu lous city. On Jellies presorves and pickles, spread thin coating of PURE REFINED PARAFFINS Will kp them absolutely moisture bd4 acid proof. i'ureltdutilttrMtUiielialm Ubeful lu a dozen other way about Ilia buiuti. Vull duration In acli package. Hold everywhere, STANDARD OIL CO. 1 tisnnss mn ' mtmmn mm II. THE COUNTRY PAPER- Amid the pile of papers, Thst swamp my desk each dsy, Aad drive me weak with clipping . And filing itufl away, Comes once a week on Thumdny The quaint old eight-page sheet That's printed up in i'elhani, A drowsy county teat. You see, 'twas up in I'elhnm That first I taw the light, And well, my heart grows softer And I feel my eyes thine bright; Right reverent my touch is, It spreads the columns wide, The local's what I'm seeking The patcnud inside. Ah, here it is I "The County," And "Jottings," "Local News" You le.irn whose traded horses And who have rented pews; It tells about the school house Where we used to sit nnd dream, A-watching dust specks dancing In the sunlight's shifty beam. The sturdy names of boyhood Come tumbling through our thought, Of Tom and Uiick and I'utscy Mow we loved nnd how we fought I The friends when years gnrw graver, Called no licyornl our ken. In the type-lines of the paper They Jive and speak ngi'n. Oh, toilers in life's workshops, Are nut iho-e droain niists sweet, Winch mummy casts alxmt us When past and present meet ? And so, I love that piper V 'mm the village in ihc hills For the old life that it wakens, Kor the weariness it siills, - -Nathaniel S. OKis, in Rochester Tost. TRIAL LIST For Woek Beginning February 10, 1902. Jacob Gilbert vs. Moses Strainer. Wm. II. Lambert & Co. vs. Simon Kaup. W M. and J. L. liarnuuiv vs. t;-n DreiSvh. The Trustees of the State llosnital for the Insane, nt Danville, I'a . vs The Over. seers of the Poor of Conyngham and Cen tralis. J. H. Ro.iison vs. U. II. Katns. U. V. Campbell and Klmira J. C. Walker. Harry llarman nnd Martha llarinan. his wife, to use of said wife, vs. The Pennsyl vania Canal Co. Nelson C. ll.it tman vs. Frank W. ISoone. James tiilmore vs. Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Joseph Judge nnd Mary ludce. hv lohn I. Judge, their guardian and next fiitnd, vs. L. V. Coal Co. F. E. Miller vs. Borough of lierwick. Henry llintcrlitcr vs. Daniel Derr and Clinton Derr. Ktnanuel Mauser vs. J. W. Kelchner. Simon Ycdinsky vs. Charles J. Fisher and M. Walenk. Simon Hons, executor and trustee, et al., vs. i. II. & W. K. K. Co. and the l enna. R. R. Co., lessee. Georee Farver vs. American Car and Foundry Co. Calvin Pardee & Co. vs. Theo. F. Conner. 1. M. Thornton vs. Frank lkeler and Fred Ikelet, executors ul L. R. lkeler, dee'd. w. ll. Shawn vs. f. II. Shuman. C. A. Small vs same. Lilite Atherholt and John Atherholt vs. Charles Hughes. Wm. J. .uhuer vs. the Twp. of Roar'ck. 11. V, llouck vs. Main, beaver and Black Creek Mutual Fire and Storm Ins. Co. Jesse Hess vs. Ira R. Suihff. Charles 11. Noelling vs. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. George W. ISoyer vs. American Car and Foundry Co. Henry A. Held vs. Fishingcreek Twp. Theo. F. Conner vs. J. Lloyd Dillon. W. H. Neyhard vs. Koro of Orangeville. Thomas Mooney vs. L. V. Coal Co. Same vs. Same. Nothing seems lncking in the New Year number of lire Ladies' ilome Journal to make it the most complete issue of that periodical yet published. In every way it is singularly attractive. Cardinal Gibbous and RuJyard Kipling lead the list of contribu tors, the one with a strong arraignment of the "new woman;" the other with the true story of how he brought up a baby lion on a hoitlel We are told "How Uncle Sam Guards His Millions," and how to have a comfortable home and a garden for $6000. There is a wealth of good fiction. "The Wisdom ot the Dove," a clever story by Lil ian Brooks; the second part of "The Rus sells in Chicago," and the conoluding chap, lers of both "A Gentleman of the Blue Grass" and "Christine," are sll in this number. Mr. Bok presents an absolutely unanswerable editorial against the "cram ming" system in the education cf childr n, which is as unique as it is convincing. Will Bradley shows the dining room of "his house," there is a page of brief stories, an ecdotes and poems, and many receipts for home-made candies nnd a sweet touch. All of the regular editorial departments are un usually interesting, especially that of fash ions, which is enlarged to eight pages under the editorship of Virginia Louis Ralston. The illustrations are superb. The cover is by Blendon R, Campbell, a new artist; there are two pages of beautiful photographic views "Along Country Roads," and the sec ond pait of the Journal's picture s'ory of "What a Girl Does at College," showing the athletic side. By the Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia. One dollar a year; ten cents a copy. The produce merchant cannot corner the egg maiket without getting the lay of the land. "Worth it's weight in gold " say sufferers from catarrh, of Lly's Cream Balm. A trial size costs 10 cents. Full size so cents. Sold bv druggis s or mailed by Klv Bros., 56 Warren Street, New York, Albert Lea, Minn., March m, 1901. Messks. Ely Bros, s I suffered from a severe cold in the head, and was about dead from want of sleep. I used your Cream Balm nnd woke up with a clear head and cold almost gone. I would not take five dollars for my bottle of Cream" Balm if I could not get another. S. K. I.anmiai.k. A barrel of gasoline confined in a cellar has twice the explosive force of a barrel of gunpowder. A Certain Cukk for Chii.ui.mss. Shake into your -hot s Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures chilblains, fiost biles, damp, sweating, swo'len feet. At all drug gists and shoe stores, 25c. 1 2 4td The ash man may not be particularly mel ancholy, but he is often in the dumps. OADTOniA. Besxiths 8 Kind Yuu Have Always Cougfl Ion't Snskk. Sneezing, snuffling, ex cessive blowing of nose, congested air pas tnces. watering of eyes and all the other d i agreeable symptoms attendant upon colds in the head, influents, catarrh, hay fever and similar diseases are instantly Imnished by the use of Clark s Antiseptic Cream. One appli cation gives relief in the worst cases In len seconds snd permanently cures' in a very short time. Ths greatest discovery ever made. Sold under a guarantee. Large tube postpaid for 2c. Agents wanted everywhere to introduce this remedy, Bic inducements offered Write today for a sample (stamps taken) and terms. Cl.ARK CltRMlCAI. Co., IJ-IJ-4L Blairsville, I'a. Doctored Nine Years for Tetter. Mr. fames Gasinn, merchant, of Wilkes bane, I'a., writes: "For nine years I have been disfigured with Tetter on my hands 1 nd face. At last I have found a cure in Dr. Agnew's fintment. It helped me from llic lirst application, ana now 1 am per manently cured." f8. Sold by C. A. Kleim. It takes a wise man to get others finan' cially intrrested in a fool scheme. Some Foolish pKori.R allow a cough to run until it gets beyond the reach of medi cine. They oficn say, "Oh, it will wear away," lint in most cases it will wear them away. Could they be induced to try the siiecesstui medicine called Kemp's Halsam, wtiicli is sold on a positive guarantee to cure, they would immediately see the excellent ef fect after taking the firt dose Pike, 25 and 50c. Tiial sic, fiee. At all druggists. A friend in need is a friend who usually wants to borrow a liver. i'K. Y't.st, w s lAI AKKIIAI. I'OWDER lias proved a blessing lo ninny a "man before the pubic" in cases of hoarseness, bad throat, tonsilitis nnd ca'arrli. Some nf ihe most recent evidence of its efficacy comes fiom a well-known nctor, whose home is in New Wk Cit,'. He says: " Ihavo never found anything to emial this remedy for qnicK renei. " 50 cents 69. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Superstitious people consider it a bad break to ciack a looking glass. Many School Chii.ukkn Ark Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powdeis for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nunc in Children's Ilome, iework. ISreak un colds in 2J hours, cute feveri-huess, headache, stom ach troubles, teething disorders, nnd de stroy worms. At all druggists, 25c. ham pie mailed FREE. Address Allen S Olm sted, I.eKoy, N. V. 1 2 td. When a man wants to stoD smokiriir let him buy his wife some new curtains. Cout.nN'r Estimate its Value! Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart never fails. It relieves in 30 minutes, it cures. It is a beacon-light to lead you back to health. v. u. Musselman. G. A. R., Weissport, Pa., says: "Two bottles of Dr. Airnew's Cure for the Heart entirely cured me of palpitation and smothering spel s Its value cannot be estimated." 70. Sold by C. A. Kleim. RAILROAD NOTES. LACKAWANNA RAILROAD. New Sumeer Book The Lackawanna Railroad is about 10 issue a Summer Book for the coming sea-on, in which each town along the line will oe attractively wriiten up For the information of those desiring summer homes it "has been decided to ndmit a limited number of advertisements of ho tels and boarding houses, and these adver tisements will be placed immediately follow ing the reading matter relative to the town in which they are located. The demand for such advertisements has been so great that the Company has decided to modify the policy established a year ago and permit a brief number to appear. It is believed that the change will be a gratifying one to those who are anxious to secure some of the increasing patronage along the line. 1 ne local ncner, agent has been supplied with specimen pages from this book, show ing rates for advertising and other details in connection with it. Conies of these mav be obtained upon application. Mutter for in sertion in the new book must be sent either to the General Passenger Agent or left with the local ticket agent on or before the first day of February. 1 he local ticket agent will be glad to an swer any inquiries. ij m &HAUUAKD AIR LINE RY. CHANGES. FLORIDA AND METROPOLITAN LIMITED. I eaves Philadelphia 3 20 p. m Baltimore 5.45 P. rn.. and Washington f.on n m . daily, and arrives Jacksonville 3.50 p. in., connecting for points on Florida East Coast as far as New Smyrna. Through sleeping cars to Atlanta, Jacksonville and Tampa, connecting with steamers for Cuba via Miami or Port Tampa. 1 lirough sleeuinc cars to Pinehurst Tues. days, Thursdays and Saturdays, commencing jjcLciiiucr 3, ecepi passengers in cars leav ing Saturdays will arrive I'inehurst via elec. trie road from Southern Pines. CAFK DIN1NQ CAR SERVICE To Florida and Atlanta on Florida nnd Metropolitan Limited, which is an entirely new feature. SKAUOARD FAST MAIL Leaves Philadelphia 7 20 a. m., Baltimore 9.34 a. m., and Washington 11.01 a. m daily, and arrives Jacksonville 9.05 a. m., Atlanta 8 50 a. ni., connecting nt Jackson ville for all Florida East Coast points and Cuba, via Miami, and for Tampa, Talla- nasse, and all other interior Florida. Sea- hoard iaat Mail avoids an unseasonable hour of arrival in Atlanta Through coaches to Jacksonville on both trains. STOP OVER l'RlVII.KCES At Pinehurst. Southern Pines. Camilrn Columbia and Savannah on winter toutist tickets not offered via anv other line, rmnd either via Richmond or Portsmouth over Sea board Au Line Railway. Mll.EAOS TICKETS. Good from Washington and between nil points on Seaboard Air Line, including Flor Ida, are on sale at $25.00 for each thousand miles, good one year from dale ot sale. These alfird many privileges and cheap rales This is the shortest, quickest and best line 10 Florida, which thu season is more at tractive than ever, as never before in the history of the State has the orange crop ..ecu su iurge and me many other fruit growing industries so far developed. For all information call 011 Ticket A"ent, or address Jos. E. Miller, 1 'assenger Agent, 836 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, l a. Jno U. Duval, Pa-senger Agent, 201 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. W. II. Doll, General Agent, I'assenger Department, Washington, D. C. 411a 36 Spring openings In pockctbooks are in ev idence all the year round. ' OASTOBLIA. Bears ths 1 111 Kind You Have Always Bought Unole 8am'a Greatest Secret. Ths Paptr on Which Osr Money Notts srs Printed it Jealously Guarded Irsm Pulp ( Prett. If there is any secret which Uncle Sam jealously guards it is the process of manufacturing the fibre paper upon which his money notes are printed. He pays a Massachusetts firm forty three cents a pound for it, and this firm docs its work under the surveill ance of a Government agent. The paper is manufactured of the finest Tag?, cleaned, boiled and mashed into pulp. As it is rolled into thin sheets silk threads are introduced into it by a secret process. These are the dis tinguishing marks making imitation of the paper well nigh impossible. The sheets of paper, already counted twice and placed in uniform packages at the paper null, are stored in a Treas ury vault and issued to the Bureau of Kngraving and Printing as wanted. Helbre leaving the Treasury they are counted three times more, and the receiving ollkial at the bureau must receipt for them. Then the bundles are unwrapped and the sheets are counted twenty-eight times by a corps of women. This is to insure that each, printer gets the recorded number no more, no less. If one sheet of this precious paper be lost the entire force ot men and women having access to the room where the misplacement has occurred are kept in, like so many school-children, to find it. F.acli sheet is issued from the vault for the printing of a definite amount of money upon it. If Ihe lost sheet were in tended to ultimately represent fouc thousand dollars' worth of notes the group of employees to whom the res ponsibility of its misplacement has been traced must make good that amount if they cannot locate it with in a reasonable time. The most ex pensive loss which has thus occurred was of a blank sheet issued for the printing of eighty dollars upon its face. John Elkreth Watkins, Jr., in the January Ladies' Home Journal. Farmers and Labor. Good Wagot in Towns ars Steadily Drawlmj Men From Rural Work. Despite the gradual and steadv in crease of farm wages, the list twelve months have been marked by a serious shortage of farm help. From all sec tions ol the state the complaint is the same. Various causes have been assigned for the condition. Among them is the fact that other branches of labor require much shorter hours and pay better wages. Another rea son assigned is the fact that farm hands are isolated and cannot meet together during the evening as can laborers in other industries. It has been claimed also that the character of labor required since agri cultural implements of all kinds have been introduced is of a higher grade and should have better wanes. Some farmers are looking sideways at the question ot Chinese exclusion and wonder if the entrance of this class of laborers might not solve the difficulty, wnicn promises to become more seri ous each year. The claim is made that at the present price of farm rjro. ducts it is one of the questions to pay nigner wages, but the fact seems to be evident that wages must advance until more are induced to work unon farms. Officials of the state department of agriculture say the demand for scien tific farmers in Pennsylvania far ex ceed tne supply. Lducated farmers, capable of taking care ot large farms and estates and conducting them nn the latest improved methods of farm ing, command salaries ranging from 9S to 1 25 a month. Harrisburr Patriot. Be Wants Advice Brother Newell, of the Tin Keriew, has been approached Dy a young man, a farmer, who is seeking advice, in regard to the proper length 01 time to stay when he calls on his best girl. We do not like to tar.kl this sort of a problem, says the editor. f. - 1 .T . or tubes inner so much. It all de pends upon ciicumstances. If a case is in the preliminary stage and the young man is simply reconnoitering, he should leave before the old folks go to bed, unless they are of the S o'clock breed, but if he is a goner, time doesn't count, and its all right for him to tarry until the hour the Turk awoke. A hint from the young lady herself should always be received in the spirit in wjiich it is offered, and if she yawns it is better to find some excuse for an early departure. Of course he should be as economical ot fuel and lights during these protracted sessions as possible, and he probably will be, without this suggestion. 40 Gems, ic Cents. Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills cure all troubles arising from torpor of the liver. Easy and quick, banish Sick Headache, purify ths blood and eradicate all impurities from the system. The demand is big. The Pills are little, etsy to take pleasant results, no pain. 40 in a vial 10 cents, or xoo pills sects. n Sold by C. A. Kleim. ,1 )::. i ! v.! 1 n 1 s ) 1 V9 1 V t' 1 .1 I A rs l
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