THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA
SINGING AND ACTING.
T Ml hla torn: who bravely rnng -That
they who try and try again
tell triumph over chance and fata
tad take their places, soon or lnt,
along the favored on of men.
t. ml con and, full of hope,
I kuriied forth to cheer him where,
rownd with success, he Mood nlone
found him nigged and unknown, 1
And beard him (ay he didn't care.
. rmS another'a cheerful iotiR,
Who bade the world tak heart and ping,
v.ho aanir of clouds that roll away,
ad of "a glorious coming day,"
And joys that high endeavors bring.
! tarried forth to gaze on him
And pay a tribute to his worth;
' found a cot who stupidly
Aoked up through bloodshot eyes at me,
Who where he lay dollied the earth.
M my song be a feeble one
If I own live a manly part-
latter a piping voice and strong
'ban sing the sweetest, bravest song,
And have a vulgar weakling's heart.
a. E. Kiser. In Chicago Kecord-Hcrald.
HCHKH0tWHKHOHOO00i0K5
iHer First Case.
By Lynn Roby Meeklna.
H'liprrlKhted bj Dally Story Pal). Co.)
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'I
JIAYK always held," Htild the
jmlye, quietly, "thut there
hould be great liberality in eross-
xaniinnl iotiH. T!y liberality I do not
lean latitude any more than by lib
rty I mean license, but a wise ranpe
t liberty that will develop not only
he special facts nnd circumstances,
ut In a way reproduce the very at
losphere of the incident or event,
"or you know, my daughter, yon
tay pet all the facts ami mill not
ave the truth. Any blunderhead at
iw can adduce the facts, but, it takes
he artist the real touch of gen i tig
-to brinjr out the truth. I remem
er In the Mustnere ease that I but
io, I want to see if you can do it.
will be Mrs. Malaprop's Cerberus,
hrce gentlemen nt once witness,
idpe and jury."
That will be 14," she replied,
ajmly.
"Well, 14 gentlemen nt once, then,
.a finite of the fact that the average
"SHE WAS SITTING ON A LOW
CHAIR."
Yiry had just about enough combined
Itelligenee for one ordinary per-
on."
She was sitting on a low chuir, a
tnd of ottoman, with her hands
olded across her knees. More than
year before she had returned from
ollege, bringing honors, a live inter
t in affairs and splendid health,
ler father, the distinguished jurist
ho had ascended to the bench after
making a fortune in the practice of
'tis profession in which his leadership
.as admitted by his entire state,
"md expressed some surprise when
nbe said she wanted to study law,
'ut it wim all arranged in a day
:,nd she had proven not only an apt
'Kit an enthusiastic pupil. She looked
.bout ns much like an attorney as
'ortia. She was tall, graceful and
lenutiful, with light hair that was
orever trying to escape its re
traints, and with the kind of blue
yes that see opportunities and find
nt the best ways of encompassing
. hem.
It must be confessed that the
xamination or cross-examination
jhich followed wns somewhat out
f the usual order. The attor
ey, through Judge Matthew Stake,
rdered witness Matthew Stake to
,'ive to the jury of 1U Mat
' hew Stakes nn account of his life.
Vitness Stake did so in clenn-cut
ingmige and in a pleasant, unruf
ed voice. Witness Stake said the
ollowing Wednesday would be his
"fty-eighth birthday; he was born
f a good family in straightened eir
umst nnccs; he got his first eduea
lon by home study; he afterwards
might the district, school; he worked
lis way along and managed to gain
dmission to the bar by supporting
timself by any kind of respectable
mploynient that enme to hand; his
leginning in law was unpropitious,
nd he had a long struggle, but sue
ess finally come; he made a eoni
.'ortable fortune and was elected to
he bench by both parties; j es, he
vas married and he had one child,
t daughter all this very solemnly,
vith numerous details snugly fitted
.nto the testimony.
After Witness Stake had finished
Mb recital. Judge Stake turned him
lver to the nttorney for the cross
examination. "I understand," she said, "that
those were the days of racing and
card playing and other kinds of swift
sport and fast living. Of course, in
your humble circumstances, you did
not indulge In any of these things?"
Witness Stake was startled, and
did not answer, and an appeal was
made to the Judge Stake that the
ury needed the information, ".01
. . cfe I I
eourse," she said, aweetly, "if the an
swer would tend to degrade or In
rr'uninate the witness, he need not
BMwer."
Hie witness relented nnd replied:
"I did."
"In how many of these forms of
well recreation did you partici
pate?" "I do not remember to have missed
lny of them."
"Were you in debt?"
No answer,
"I repeat the question: Were yon
In debt?"
"Yes."
"How often?"
No answer.
"I repeat the question: how often?
That Is, how often before yoursuecesa
came?"
"Always."
"How deep?"
'Tause.
"How deep?"
"Head over heels."
"Was it during this period of chron
ic insolvency that you were married,
or afterward?"
"It was during the former era."
"Is it not true that your present
wife married you despite the pro
test of her father, who thought your
future too uncertain, ond did you not
marry her knowing that he disap
proved? If so, why did you do it?"
"Itecause I loved her."
"And what is still more important,
why did sho consent to such a mar
riage?" "Ilecause she had faith in me."
"Vou spoke of your success in your
profession. Please state for theben
rfit of the jury at what time this
success began?"
"After she became my wife and
when I settled down."
The attorney was well satisfied with
the work thus far, but nevertheless
she pushed it further nnd brought out
the incidents nnd the ntmosphcre of
Witness Stake's career, putting flesh
and life upon the skeleton of his
formal testimony how hard and yet
how sweet the first struggles of the
parly married days, how glorious the
coming of success and how love had
blazed a way through all the hardships.
Then she trespassed upon her priv
ileges, nnd, to the astonishment and
partly to the consternation of the
judge nnd the jury, asked a few ques
tions which seemed entirely irrele
rnnt. "Do you know a person named Arn
old Clark?"
"I do."
"Tell what you know of his charac
ter in this community nnd of his stand
ing nt the. bar."
The witness demurred, but the at
torney appenlpd to the judge, and
after a somewhat heated nrgument, in
which the witness and the judge and
the jury showed considerable con
fusion and agitation, the question was
allowed.
"I should sny that he has the charac
ter of the average young man of his
rircumstanees, which are not as pros
perous as they might be, and that his
standing at the bar would be better
if " here the witness pnusef1.
"If what? Continue, please."
"Well, if "
Tint before he could find the evnsions
he wanted she clapped her hands in
noisy glee, nnd supplied the words he
desired to avoid, the words she intend
ed should fit the void: "If somebody
of the opposite sex had faith in him
nnd he would settle down," and before
Witness Stake knew what washappen
ing, and before Judge Stake could in
terfere, and before the jury of Stakes
could grasp ther meaning of it all the
fledging attorne' was hugging the
witness, the judge ond the jury nnd
calling oil sorts of nice names that
were sworn to with kisses.
It happened a moment later that a
tall young man a little taller than
the tall young woman ushered a
motherly-looking lady into the room
nnd blushed deeply as he said: "Judge,
I have nlwnys tried to follow your pro
fessional advice, especially in aiming
at the highest possible court first. I
J lJ ll l
IS? WHAT, PLEASE."
have plead my cuse, and Mrs. Stake has
decided in my favor. I hope, hir,
that"
"Oh, never mind him," said the young
woman. "The case has been tried in
his court, too, nnd I have won. liy the'
way, judge, did I do it? Did 1 get the
atmosphere?"
The judge took it kindly, but he nl
wnys held that the court would have
ruled differently if the jury had not
token the cose out of his hands, ond he
never failed to charge that the way
the jury had been Influenced was very
unfair and extremely unprofessional.
Indeed, he said, the whole proceeding
was distinctly irregular, even if it did
hasten the ringing of the wedding
bells.
An Eating Problem,
If the prince can eat bis share of
all tfce banquets, say the Chicago
Tribune, he must have kept himself
on a low diet a month or two before
be cwao over.
- tt1 14 Q
COLONEL KEfT VOW.
now Gen. Wilson Cured a Bibulous
Fellow Officer.
Charmlsg story Told About the Gal
lant Soldier Who M ill Rrpre
aent the Army nt King; Kd
i ward's Coronation,
When the late Charles A. Dann wa
assistant secretary of war he was com
missioned to go to the front nnd, in
trmiofflcial letters, to give his impres
sions of the officers of (Jront's nrmy
for the purpose of nssisting I'resident
Lincoln and Secretary Stanton in
forming their judgment of military
leaders.
Of Gen. James II. Wilson, one of the
commissioners appointed President
Koosevelt to represent the United
States nt the coronation of King Ed
ward, Mr. Dana wrote, under date of
Cairo, 111., July 13, ISfi.1:
Lieut. Col. Wilson, Inspector general. Is
a captnln of engineers In the regulnr nrmy.
and has rendered valuable services In that
capacity. . . . He has remarkable tal
ents and uncommon executive power, and
will be henrd from hereafter.
"(icn. Wilson abundantly fulfilled
that prediction," said lirig. Gen. John
F. Weston, commissary general of the
nrmy, "I had the honor," continued
Gen. Weston, "to serve on Gen. Wil
son's staff during his famous cavalry
campaign. In the opinion of his men
nnd in the estimate of Grant himself,
Gen. Wilson was a remarkably bril
liant soldier, (icn. Wilson wns very
young when made a cavalry command
er. In fact, he was but 27 years of
ngo when he assisted in the final tri
umphs of the war."
An officer in the war department at
Washington, in the Philadelphia Sat
urday Kvening Post, tells of nn inci
dent in which the youth nnd the still
more youthful appearance of Gen. Wil
son during the civil war almost led a
distinguished cvloni 1 to send in his
resignation. "It is nn interesting bit
of unwritten history," said the officer
who relates the story.
"Shortly after Grant had put Gen.
Wilson in clinrce of a large force of
cavalry and vt Hie his brilliant exploits
were being heralded throughout the
country, ("id. was transferred
front the army of the Potomac and as
signed to duly under Gen. Wilson. The
GEN. JAMES H. WILSON.
(Will Represent Our Army at King Ed
ward's Coronation.)
coionei Knew a numoer or mison s 01-
tieers personally and was popular '
among them, lie was 11 stern and brave I
soldier on the battlefield, but in social
hours was something of a P.ohemian. ;
On the night of his orrival at Gen. Wil
.. . 1, .. 1 ....... ....
b'ij n t,miijj 111c ruriui nan iciujiw-
rarily absent and the colonel and his
old friends celebrated their reunion.
"The next morning the eolonel'went
to the general's headquarters to report
for duty. It was in August, and the
general, in white duck, entirely divest
ed of military emblems, was keeping
cool in a hummock where he was dili
gently studying a topographical mnp.
Somehow the colonel, who hnd never
met Wilson, got it into his head that
this youth was a newspaper corre
spondent and. so believing he did not
hesitate to address him familiarly, say
ing that he hnd arrived only the night
before nnd had, he feared, tarried too
long at the wassail bowl.
" 'I understand,' added the colonel,
'that Gen. Wilson is very strict about
thnt sort of thing.' ,
" 'The general, replied Gen. Wilson,
suppressing his amusement over the
colonel's unwitting confession, 'seeks
to impress his officers with the neces
sity of keeping their faculties clear for
possible emergencies ut any hour.'
'"Do you think,' persisted the hap
less colonel, 'thnt my appearance
would betray me?'
"'Only to the practiced eye,' re
sponded the general, 'but I should ad
vise you to walk around a little while
before reporting.'
"The colonel took his ndvioe and
after awhile returned. When he dis
covered that the youth he had seen In
the hammock was in reality the dash
ing cavalry leader, the colonel was in
a worse condil ion than he had been the
night before, but theeneral put him
at his ease after exactingn pledge that
he would not drink again, except on a
physician's order, while the war
lasted."
The vow was rigidly kept. !
Por Country fur Deadliest.
Debtors in Siarn, when three
months in arrears, can be seized by
the creditor and compelled to work
out their indebtedness. Should a
debtor run away, hi father, his wife
r his children may be held in slavery
sntil the debt is canceled.
Chinamen lit Factories,
In San Frauoihco 670 Chinamen are
employed in factories, making un
derwear for wftmen and children,
(iirls are totully uuublu to compete
with them.
GOOD LIVING
Quite often result In bad health, because
what is termed "good living" is usually
the gratification of the palate without
reference to the outrides of the body.
When the good liver is a business man
mi rises irotn a
full meal to plunge
at once into work
requiring mental
effort the result ia
almost sure to bt
disastrous, because
digestion draws
upon the same
nervous forces
which are em
ployed in thought,
in time the stom
ach becomes dis
eased, the pro
cesses of digestion
and nutrition are
Imperfectly per
formed and there
is a physical
breakdown.
Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery cures
diseases of the
stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition. It
eliminates the effete poisonous matter
which originates in the system as a con
sequence of imperfect digestion. It gives
sound health to the whole body.
"I with to nv to the world that Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medlcn'l Discovery hm proved a great
MeMing to me." writes Mrs. Kllen E. Bncon, of
nhuieahury. Franklin Co., Mm, "I'riiir to
Reptrmbrr, 1R97. I had doctored for my stoniarh
trouble for several years, going through a course
of treatment without any real benefit. In
Septcmlwr, S)6, I had very sick spells and grew
worse; could eat but little. 1 commenced in
September. iHg7, to take Dr. Pierce's medicine,
and in a short time I could eat and work. I
have gained twenty founds in two months.
Frer. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt
of stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send 21 one-cent stamps for the book in
paper covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth
bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Reduced Bates to Denver, Colorado
Springs, aud Fueblo-
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Lien
nial Convention, International Sunday
school Association.
On account of the Triennial Con
vention of the International Sunday
schooi Association, to be held at
Denver, Col , June 26 to July 2, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell excursion tickets to Denver, Col
orado Springs, or Pueblo, C01 , from
all stations on its lines, at rate of
single fare for the round trip. Tickets
will be sold and good going on June
21 to 23, and will be good to return
leaving Denver, Colorado Springs, or
Pueblo not later than August 31.
Tickets must be validated for return
passage by Joint Agent at any of tne
above-mentioned points, for which
service a fee of 25 cents will be
charged.
For specific rates and conditions,
apply to ticket agents. it.
Cost cf Martinique Horror to Papers.
The public has no conception at all
what the Martinique disaster is cost
ing the news papers. The average
man pays little attention to the
"special cable " lines and reads the
stirring news without a thought to
the cost of it. When it is known
that cable messages from Fort de
France cost $2.15 a word and urgent
messages $6.45 for every word, some
conception can be had of the cost of
covering this calamity. But this is
not all. There are the tugs, the
special men and the photographers.
All this mounts into the thousands,
but, after all, the big papers in New
York and Philadelphia feel that it is
worth it, and no expense has been
spared to get this immense story.
To Enlighten Voters-
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Griest is preparing to advertise for the
information of the voter at the coming
election two proposed amendments to
the State Constitution. One amends
section 10 of article 21, and provides
that a discharge of a jury for failure
to agree or other necessary cause
shall not work acquittal. The other
amends section 7 of article 3 by re
quiring that special or local laws being
introduced into the legislature must
first be submitted to a popular 'vote
in the locality interested, tnd adopted
by a majority of the voters. If they
are adopted at the next election they
must again pass the legislature, and
again be submitted to the people at
the election in November 1903.
Huckleberry Crop Doomed.
Adam Cook, one of the largest deal
ers in huckleberries in the region says
the crop is doomed, and consequently
he is very much dejected. Two weeks
ago the bushes were loaded down with
choice berries, but the frost of last
week nipped them badly and today
they are all withered. The crop from
present indications will be very light.
Ilazleton Standard.
Leases, 3c each, 30c a dozen.
Notices to quit, 10c a doien. For
sale at this office. tf.
CASTOR I A
For Infant! and Children,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
BOHRSBURO, PA-
We take pleasure in furnishing the
Columiiian a few pointers, lor we know
they will be read by the numerous
readers of the Columiiian. Everybody
knows Rohrsburg is nestled in a
beautiful valley that extends to Mill
ville and beyond. Her people are as
intelligent and enterprising as any
town of its size; two good stores, a
machine shop, two blacksmith shops,
twj doctors, a millinery and mantat
making emporium connected with the
post office, a buggy and carriage vend
er and other enterprises.
On Monday night of last week Rev.
Dr. Hemingway of Bloom., preached
here an able and beautiful sermon in
the Tresbyterian church, and on Tues
day night lectured finely on his trip to
England, Ireland and Scotland two
years ago He will set sail for the old
world soon again. lie is an excellent
pulpit orator.
Geo. Appleman has been selling
some fine buggies lately.
Mr. Ash who has been a great rail
roader and has seen much of our
America is succeeding finely raising
plants and garden vegetables notwith
standing the dry weather.
Dr. Mathers has been burning some
new ground. On Sunday last it was
apprehended that neighboring build
ings and woods would catch tire, but
no damage was done. The Doctor is
busy as a Veterinary Surgeon.
Dr. Follmer is busily engaged with
his patients.
Merchant Potter will not move west,
but will remain selling goods, he has a
good stock on hand. So has Mr. Utt.
Rev. Dr. Evans Presiding Elder
preached an excellent sermon in the
M. E. church on last Sabbath.
"Johnny" Lemon is gathering muck
from a broad ditch on his excellent
farm that will contribute largely to his
farm next season. Johnny" is one
ol the enterprising farmers in this
valley.
Ex-Postmaster Mellick of Blooms
burg paid us a pleasant visit last week.
Oh, for rain, or ruin will follow in
the way of horti and agriculture.
Rhorsburg needs an accommodat
ing hotel keeper.
Glad that Commander Bright is
convalescent.
That smile of Bruce in Utt's store
and his winning ways are justiiht
for the femininity of Rhorsburg.
Rev. Phillips can make a fine suit
of clothes as well as preach a sermon.
He turns out excellent garments.
The large bond house of John G.
McHenry almost completed is worthy
of especial mention. Capable of
holding hundreds of barrels and thous
ands of gallons. Built by his own
model of his own conception with
aisles along the tiers so that any leak
age is readily ascertained; three stories
tor the barrels and 6 tiers to each
story and the barrels to be piled up
ad infinitum. Jno. is one of the
business men of the state.
. George Wall, Stillwater, the anti
quarian and western traveler is busily
engaged in horticulture; has one of
the largest onion patches to be found
this side of the moon, and as clean as
a boiled shirt. The patch is a speci
men of scientific terraculture. George
has its concomitant in the shaps of a
corn patch that shows the utmost care,
of several acres.
Moses McHenry is running a
flourishing dry goods business there.
Dr. Wagner is the popular physi
cian and is busy.
The other store run by A. B. Mc
Henry is doing well.
The woods are luminous with the
laurel and after which comes the rho
dodendron that is still superior.
God does not fix the stars in one
part of the blue immensity, nor does
He furnish the flowers to grow in one
climate only nor at one period of the
seasons. He gives them to bloom in
all climates and in almost every sea
son. So with His blessings. They
are constantly coming to gladden our
lives and uplift us from the corrosions
of care and the thraldom of our mor
tality. A large crowd was disappointed in
not hearing our townsman E. J. Bow
man orate on Memorial night. He
had walked in the morning from Ber
wick to Rhorsburg and became over
heated and fell into the hands of Dr.
Follmer so that he was unable to
speak at night according to arrange
ment. He will speak on the after,
noon of July 4th in a nearby grove.
Those who have heard the oration
privately pronounce it a fine effort.
We.hope this will suffice for explana
tion and that a large attendance will
be on hand on the 4th.
The Diamond Glee Club rendered
fine music on the evening of Memo
rial day. They will play here on
July 4th at the rendering of the
oration.
Charles Johnston is a prosperous
farmer midway between Rhorsburg
and Stillwater.
The old gentleman Appleman has
turned cut an excellent cider press
that will find a ready market if the
apple crop proves profitable the com
ing autumn.
If some people of Rohrsburg were
as tardy being born as going to church
they would be gray and bald headed
by the time they got here.
Millions Tor fertilizers.
Colonel Edg Slyt Pcnniylvania Spend For
tune! Every Year The Beef Supply.
Colonel Thomas J. Edge, former
secretary of agriculture, says the
farmers of Pennsylvania are spending
about $4,750,000 annually for com
mercial festilizers. In this respect
they are only exceeded by the farmers
of Georgia, who expen.led $5,738,820
for fertilizers last year, as against
$4,68s,q2o apent by the farmers of
this state.
"There has not been a time within,
the last thirty or more years,' con
tinued Colonel Edge, "hen it would
not pay to feed good cattle for beef.
It is true that some seasons the profit
was greater than others, but in order
to obtain the profit of the business aa
average must be taken. The better
class of animals, those fit for export
trade, have always commanded good
prices, and will lor many years to
come.
Much has been said and written
about the beef trust increasing the
price of beef, and such may have been
one of the factors which has produced
the increase in prices which we now
meet with, but the fact remains that
good animals have each year lor the
last eight or ten years been becoming
scarcer and scarcer, and are not now
to be had in numbers sufficient to
supply the demands of the market.
This will most likely continue lot
several years, as the supply of cattle
cannot be increased much under two
or three years.''
The Clothes Moths-
The common Clothes Moths Tinea
ptllioiiella am! Tineolo bhelliella are
small moths with pale ochre-yellow
heads and a wing expanse of about
half an inch. In the larval state they
feed upon all kinds of animal products
Woolen goods, carpets furs, feathers,
hair, linings and upholsterings, and
skins of birds and animals. The larva
is worm-like, with a dull whitish head
and the upper part of the next seg
ment of a reddish-brown color. It
remains concealed in a rase made tf
the material on which it feeds and
lined with silk which it spins. Thef
inflict their injury during the summer
months and in houses that are heated
they tlso feed during the winter.
The life history of a Clothes Moth
is as follows: The eggs are laid ia
the early part of the summer on the
fabrics to be eaten and in concealed
places. The larvoe soon hatch and
feed, making their case larger as thef
grow. The winter is passed in the
larval state within the case, and in the
early spring the larva transforms into
a pupa. In the spring, often in May,
the adult moth emerges and lays its
eggs. The small moths that are at
tracted to lights at night are not
clothes moths, as the latter fly mostly
by day and are in dark closets at
night.
With these insects preventatives are
more important than remedies. Ma
terial that would be infested should
be packed away tightly in closed
trunks or boxes with sprigs of cedar,
camphor or naptha balls, and scaled
with strips of paper over the cracks
before the eggs are laid on the labrics
in the spring. If the eggs are laid be
fore the garments are packed they will!
hatch and feed. Tight paper or linen
bags will also keep out the pests and
sealed boxes are not then needed.
When the insects have once ap
peared they can be killed by very
dense fumes of tobacco smoke or pra
tuse odors of spirits of turpentine io
tightly closed rooms for twenty-four
hours. A spray of benzine is als
effective, but after its use rooms must
be aired well before taking a light in
to them.
Helen D. Musser, '03, P. S. C.
(State College, Pa.)
1
New Law Affecting Teachers
After the first Monday of J line no
teacher in this commonwealth sha.l(
receive from a county, city or borouglt
superintendent a certificate as a
teacher who has not a fair knowledge
of orthography, reading, writing, spell
ing, geography, English grammar,
mental and written arithmetic, history
of the United States, the theory of
teaching, civil government, including
state and local, and elementary alge
bra. Nor shall a certificate be given
to teachers who habitually use intoxi
cating drinks or take opium. The
teachers' certificate shall set forth the
studies in which the holders are pro
ficient and the degree of that pro
ficiency. Potato Crop Good
New potatoes are arriving on the
local markets in large quantities aal
are of good size. The prices, how
ever, are high. The local product
will not be received for some time
yet and the dealers say they are un
able to tell at present if the prices of
potatoes will be lower this year than
last. The indications are that a eood
crop will be raised if there is rain i
the near future, as the drought his
not injured their growth as yet.
OAST OXlXu..
Bean the The Kind Vou Have Always Buns
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