THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. HOW THE INDIANS VOTE. Thr- Are Very IH-llbt-i-ntp nnd Thru Have n 5!iiiiIi- Mrtliml. The (.'blckiisaw Indiana rust their rote differently from the way the jwhlte lnuu does It. They meet the day before 1 ho election, mid none but Chickasnws by blood la allowed to vote. No while man or Intermarried citizens huve the rl;bt of suffrage. They go off to themselves find have a powwov. They deelde for whom they will vote lifter considering tho matter for twenty-four hours. The iiolllnjf place Is quite unlike that of the white man. There is a great sheet of paper, white, yellow or brown is the case may be, about three feet qunre. I'poti this Bhcct of paper are vast number of cross lines, regularly -.led olf with a pencil. Then down !0 side of tho sheet of paper are iced the names of all candidates for :lleo, beginning with the catulidutcs ;r governor and running on down to ircclnct oHlccrs. At the top of the Kheet are tho number of blunk spaces thot will be required for the names of the voters. Tho Judges of election sit by and puss on those entitled to vote, and there is a certainty that no illegal Votes arc east. The Indian is thoroughly deliberate, lie takes his time when it conies to voting. He proceeds to the polling place, looks carefully over the poll sheet, and if he is ready to cast his ballot he calls out ills name, and the clerk records it on the sheet. Then tho clerk reads off the names of tho can didates for governor. The voter delib erates awhile, culls out the name of tho candidate for whom he desires to vote, his vote is recorded, and tho names of the candidates for the next olllce are called out, und so on through the list, till all tho olllccs represented are voted for. Thus it Is that every voter knows exactly how every other voter has cast ., his ballot, and there are no remarks, no suggestions and no quarrels over differences of opinion. POSTAL STATISTICS. Tho number of pieces of matter of all kinds mailed increased from 500,000 in 1700 to 7,424,1)0,321) in 11)01. The first year's issue of postal cards, 1873, numbered 31,094,000, while in 1001 050,014,800 were issued. In 1805 money orders to the amount of $1,300,122 were issued, while in 1001 the total amounted to $274,540,007. In 1S53, tho year in which stamped envelopes were first issued, 5,000,000 were used, while in 1901 tho total was 772,830,000. The registry system was started in 1855, and in that year tho registered pieces numbered 020,322. In 1901 they numbered 20,814,501. From June 30, 1847, to June 30, 1R51, i,003,200 postage stumps were issued, .vhilu in the single year 1901 4,321), 273,000 stumps were used by the peo ple of the United Stutes. In 1780 there were only seventy-five postollices established, the length of the post routes being 2,275 miles and tho gross revenue of the department being only $7,510. The expenditures .were $7,500. There were in 1001 70,504 postofflces In operation, 511,808 miles of post routes, 400,140,050 miles of mail serv ice performed. The gross revenues of the department were $111,031,103, the expenditures $115,030,007. The Old Lady nnd the Ineabator. All old ludy visiting an exhibition went to see some incubators which were on show and, complaining of the expense of keeping fowls, said that If they were cheaper she would buy an egg hatching machine. After she had asked various questions the gentleman In attendance proceeded to show her the drawers in which were deposited the eggs in different stuges. On theso the old lady looked in astonishment. "Whatl" she exclaimed indignantly. "Do you use eggs?" "Certainly," was the attendant's astonished answer. "Well," said she, "I consider it a per fect swindle to pick tho pockets of honest, hardworking folks by selling them those frauds! Why, anybody can hatch chickens with eggs! I can do It myself!" London Globe. MarTelona Medicine. A patent medicine vender in a coun try village was dilating to a crowd upon the wonderful efficiency of his Iron bitters. "Why," said he, "Steve Jenkins had only taken the bitters one week when he was shoved into the prison for mur der, and what does Steve do hut open a vein In his arm and take iron enough out of his blood to make a crowbar, with which be pried the doors open and let himself out. Fact!" I.neky. "No use o' tulkin'," said Mr. Erastus Plukley, "dut brother o' mlno is a mighty lucky man. He alius bus mon ey." "But you must remember that ho Is much more industrious than you are. He Isn't at all afraid of work." "Dat's Jes do point. He were lucky in beln' born industrious." Washing ton Star. Ilia Early Promlae. "Does my boy," inquired the parent, "seem to have a natural bent in any one direction?" "Yes, sir," said the teacher; "he gives every Indication of being a captain of Industry some day. He gets the other boys to do all his work for hliu." Chi cago Tribune. Teraatlle. Mrs. BJones Your husband, I hear, is quite versatile. Mrs. Browu-Smythft Versatile la no name for it. Why, he can actually stay out late every night in the week and not give the same excuse twice. PUUudulphla Itecord. Anlmnl Snpvratltlona. There are uinny animals that the m (Perstitlous consider It unlucky to kill. Among them may be mentioned a lady bird, n martin, a robin, n stork and a .money spider, while to kill a wren means that you will break n bone be fore the year Is out. Many animals are also supposed to herald death, and su perstitions In this direction ure so nu merous that only a few run lie men tioned here. The most commonly known is the clicking or tapping of the beetle called n death watch, which is reckoned ns an omen of death to some one in the house. The howling of a dog at night near a house Is supposed to predict the death of a sick inmate, us also the setting of a white pigeon on a house bodes death to some one in tho house, while, again, nn old saying among the superstitious runs, "No person con die ou a bed or pillow containing tho feathers of a white pigeon." That the gnawing of furniture by rnts presages death is also a common superstition. To meet certain animals is considered lucky, while to meet oth ers Is the reverse. For instance, to meet a sow with a litter of pigs is very lucky, but it is unlucky if a sow crosses a traveler's path. To meet a weasel is lucky, but should a hare run across tho road in front of you it augurs bad fortune. Panned the Bottle Too QnloMy. Will Low, the painter, told a Btory of the Latin quarter days of Robert Louis Stevenson. Low and Stevenson were great friends In their youth. Their J friendship indeed continued up to the time of the writer's death. "IiOuls," said tho artist, "was no less diplomatic than brave. lie could be fiery, and ho could also be gracious and pacific. One night, I remember, we sat In a garden In Montmartre. Tho red wine had been flowing pretty free ly, and one of our party got heated and aggressive. "Finally some one said a thing that this lighting chap disliked. As soon as the words were spoken ho grabbed up a bottle and hurled It nt the other's head. It was a strong, true shot and would have hit the mark hud not Ste venson sprung to his feet and caught the missile. "'Tut, tut, George,' he said to tho thrower; 'tut, tut. If the bottle is passed so quickly, none of us will be able to stand out the evening." New York Tribune. Reason to Be Happy. What Is the use of being at odds with the world? What is the use of being blue and despondent? The world is full of trials for us all has plenty of trouble and worry to hand out even to the best of us from time to time. But there would be no need for men and women we could nil be babes If there were no great life problems to solve, no burdens to bear, no sorrows to live down. These are tho balance wheels of life. They are the trials we have to face In order to strengthen us nnd broaden us to tho opportunities and tho real happiness thut riches do not command nor poverty bur. New York Mail and Express. The Holler W arn In Doubt, The recent St. Andrew's dinners, ac cording to the Westminster Gazette, have been noteworthy for the profu sion of Scotch stories, which In several fuses fairly set tho tables In a rour. Some of them huve an ancient ring, but there is one that Is perhaps not generally known. A doctor was at tending a dangerous case where a Scotch butler was engaged. Ou culling In the forenoon be said to Donald, "I hope your master's temperature Is much lower today than It was last night." "I'm no' sae very sure aboot that," replied the butler, "for he dee'd this morning." An Authority. ' Peter McArthur was once talking With a friend when ho quoted another man as a financial authority. His I friend disputed the right of the person quoted to be considered an expert. Mr. I McArthur Insisted that the man had a right to speak like an oracle. "What Is your definition of an au thority?" asked his friend. "My idea of an authority," retorted Mr. McArthur, "Is a person who bluffs beyond my limit." Strained Relatlona. It took place in a dairy. ' The dairyman was pouringr largo quantities of milk through a fine wire ! netting. ! There were microbes in tho milk. Other microbes by the hundred were sitting on the edge of the crock and ; guyly looking on. Their relations were being strained. j Baltimore American. Selenee to the Reacue. Housekeeper Has any way been dis covered to kill tho pests that destroy carpets? Great Scientist Yes, madam. Take up the carpets, hang them on a line and beat them with a heavy stick. "Will thut kill tho Insects?" ' "Yes, madam, If you hit them." ' After the Fact. i What a pity It Is that our learned anthropologists never discover that a man bus criminal eyes, mouth, ears and uoso until after ho has committed a murder! Oh, science, how many frauds are perpetrated in thy helpless name! New York Press. Palnleaa Polling;. Sufferer Do you pull teeth without pain? Dentist Well, not always. I sprain ed my wrist last time I pulled a tooth, , and it hurts me yet occasionally. It makes some men prouder to be the friend of a rich man tiun It makes oth er men to be rich. A Terrible Wenpon. I The weapon common to every part of Hindustan, so ns to deserve tlio nnnie of the national arm, Is the "Ua tnr." This is a broad, two edged dag ger, the hilt of which is formed some thing like an II, the hand grasping the crossbar, which Is- generally double, while the side bars extend on each side of the wrist. Pome katars are made with five blades, which unite into one, but by squeezing together the crossbars di verge like tho fingers of a hand whed tho thrust has been given. Other ka tars are made in sets of two or even three, of diminishing sizes, tho blades of the larger being hollow and forming sheaths for the smaller. Some of the southern Indian katars, Cnown as "death givers," are immense weapons, nearly two Xeet long In tho blade, and the hilts are a mass of fantastic scroll work and mythological motsters, the cobra with expanded hood figuring largely. There is also the "blch'hwa," or scorpion's sting, a doubly curved dagger; the "khanjnr," a larger form of the snmo, and the "peshkaba," or bunting knife. Hut none of these elab orate weapons lias about it the terri bly "businesslike" look of the Khyber knife (eh'hura), with its pouderous sin gle edged, tapering blade and plain Ivory hilt Chambers' Journal. Eye Exerelne. An exercise which, if perseveringly practiced, will grently strengthen tho eyes nnd which has entirely restored many cases of impaired vision, so that spectacles und eyeglasses were dis carded, Is to turn the eyes upward and downwurd alternately, as far as possi ble, twenty times, says a writer In the New York Herald. Don't pause In the upward glance. Tho motion is Inces sant, but not hastened. Next turn tho eyes to right and to left, repeating as before. Turn them to the upper left corner and the obverse, or diagonally that is, to lower right corner. Hepeat. Turn them to the upper right corner and its obverse. Repeat. Conclude tho exercise with rolling the eyes around, first to tho right, then to the left, in tho extreme limit of the muscular ex tension, being careful, however, not to strain the muscles. If the exercise is repeated at conven ience several times (luring tho day, It will soon strengthen the muscles. Admitted on One Qneatlon. Fatriek Henry Cowen, a prominent Saratoga lawyer, was fond of relating the story of his admission to the bar. Tho committee met at Ballston, nnd young Cowen was the only candidate. A member of the committee remnrked: "I think a single question will deter mine the legal qunliflcutlons of tho enndidate. Young man, can you name the best brand of champagne?" "I cun," responded Cowen, "but for fenr that your honors may suspect I nin in error I will forward to each of you a sample that will vindicate my Judg ment." That satisfied the committee, and Cowen was admitted. He kept his promise. Squeaking- ftabda. Singing sands are found in many parts of the United States, but squeuk lng sands oro not so common. The sing ing sand emits a musical sound only when dry nnd loses this property on being dampened. The squeaking sand, on the other hand, Is silent when dry and squeaks best and loudest when moistened. The sound It gives forth is by no means loud, but somewhat re sembles the squeaking of an armchair. It sounds when rubbed between tho fingers or when placed In a Bmall bag and violently struck, but the cause of the sound is a mystery. Finland. Finland Is larger than England, Ire land, Scotland and the Netherlands combined. It has its own constitution, which was framed In 1772. This in strument was modified and changed when, In 1800, the grnnd duchy was ceded to the emperor of Russia, but It still provides for a national parliament, In which the four estutes the nobles, the clergy, the burghers and the peas antsare represented, and names as the head of the state the Grand Duke of Finland, who Is tho czar. Ancient Clove Etiquette. Woodstock and Worcester leather gloves are of ancient celebrity. In the middle ages the giving of a glove was a ceremony of Investiture in bestow ing lands and dignities. In England, In the reign of Edward II., the depriva tion of gloves was a ceremony of degradation. The Importation of for eign gloves Into England was not per mitted until 1825. Took No Chancea. Ete (after being promptly accepted) Why dldu't you say "No" at first and keep me In suspense for awhile? I un derstand thut Is the way women gen erally do. She Well, I tried that once, and and "And what?" "Ho didn't usk mo the second time." Obeylnyr Ordera. A mistress told her maid, Betsy, that I she muBt not olways do things on her own responsibility, but first ask per mission. Tho next day Betsy walked Into tho parlor nnd said politely: "Pleuse, madam, the cat Is busy eat ing up tho duck in the pantry; must I drive her awuy or not?" Ileal Talent. Mrs. Bruce Itenlly, Mr. Hamilton's acting is the greatest I ever saw. Mrs. Scott It's good In Its way, but you should see my Johnny when he Is simulating a stay-away-from-school heudache! Exchange. When the pessimist gets to heaven, his first move will be to look about for the tire escapes. Saturday Evening Tost. FILIPINO FUNERALS. ; rietnreaqne for the ntch and P i thetle For the Poor. ! One of the most striking things to be 1 seen on the streets of Manila Is a Fili pino funeral. If the deceased was wealthy and had hosts of friends, the funeral will lie headed by n band play ing selections from comic operas. The body of tho deceased follows in a hearse covered with black cloth ar ranged In a grewsome design and drawn by six black ponies, each be decked with headgear of long black feathers. The hearse will be followed by men on foot wearing knickerbock ers and cocked hats, nnd after them follow innumerable vehicles of every description. If the body is to be in terred, the gravedlggers will precede the band, with their tools over their shoulders. Most Filipino funerals, however, are more pathetic. The father of a few weeks old baby will trot out to the cemetery entirely alone, with the little white cotlln balanced well on his head, and If a man hud not the price of a vehicle his remains will be curried out on bamboo poles by four Chinamen, and the coffin will bo one that has seen service before. I Tho natives have different ways of I burial. Some bodies ure put into the : ground, while the larger majority are placed in niches In the wall of the cemetery. A slab cemented Into the opening of the niche contains a brief biography of the deceased. Some Snrvlvala of Fnalilon. Man Is unquestionably a highly ra tional being. Still, if yon travel and observe, from the mouth of tho Danube to the Golden Gate you will find most men wearing a coat with a useless col lar marked with a useless V shaped slash and decorated with two useless buttons ut tho small of the back and one or two more useless buttons at the cuffs. The collar, tho slash and the buttons are there iu answer to no rational need. It is not n common cli mate nor a common racial need of pro tection against climate that they repre sent, but a common civilization whose form and ritual they mutely confess. Over this entire area those who aspire to be of the Brahman caste deck their j heads for wedding, funeral and feast . with a black cylindrical covering, sult ' ed, so far as we can discern, neither to avert the weapon of the adversary or the dart of the rain nor to provide a scat whereon man may sit nnd rest himself. And us for the women con tained within this same area we behold thut the amplitude of the sleeve, the disposition of the belt and the outline of the skirt all obey the rise und fall of one resistless tide which neither moon nor seasons control. Benjamin Ide Wheeler In Atlantic. The Certainty of Fate. The Mohammedans huve a fable which they repeat to illustrate the cer tainty of fute. The Philadelphia Times quotes it us having been told by Mr. Kobert Karr, the celebrated novelist. A sultan was once asked by his fa vorite, the grand vizier, for permission to leave nt once for Smyrna, although a brilliant court fete was then in prog ress. Upon beii'g nskod his reason for such hnste the vizier replied: "Because I Just saw the angel of death yonder in the crowd. He looked nt mo so earnestly that I know he bus come for me. I wish to escape him." "Go! Go at once!" suid the sultan, who then beckened to the angel and asked why the hitter hud looked so earnestly ut the vizier. "I was wondering," replied the angel of death, "why ho was here, for I have orders to kill him in Smyrna." Sielaon'a Only Defeat. Nelson, like all the greatest com manders on sea or land, made his mis takes and his failures, but there is only one Instance on record of his having been actually defeated in a direct at tack. This occurred at Santa Cruz, in tho Canary islands, on July 24, 1797. Tho place was very strongly fortified, and Nelson, in the face of a fire of fifty guns from tho batteries, attempted to Btorm the town by boats. The attempt was frustrated by the strength of the mole and the nonappearance of a land force which should have co-operated. A hundred nnd fifty men were killed and a hundred wounded on the British side, and Nelson lost his right arm.. Two flags were also captured, and these are still kept In the cathedral of Santa Cruz. The Scotch Sunday. As an Instance of the observance of tho Sabbath in Scotland, an English paper tells of n postman having a route between Stirling and Blulrdrummond. Ho was observed to rldo a bicycle over his six miles on weekdays and to walk the same distance on Sunday, and when asked why he replied that ho was not allowed to use the machine on Sun day. An Investigation followed, and tho postman's explanation proved to be correct. The Poet Turned. Office Boy I told dut poet wot called dnt you wuz out of town. Editor Good! Whut did ho say? Office Boy Ho said ho thought he noticed nn improvement lu do paper. New York Journal. Lnt'ei'tiUu. "He's a queer chap." "Yes. Just now he was saying that nothing was certain In this world but the uncertainty of things, and ' you couldn't b.nk on that." Detroit Free Press. ' Juatlfluble. "Johnson writes that he's Just killed the hero lu his new novel." "Well, he needn't worry over that any Jury will ucqult him!" Atlanta Constitution Tho Kind You llavo Always in uso for over iio years, . . ana lias uocninuuu uihmt um ifv JJSrf7 sonal supervision filneo its infancy. 7ZtfcUM A11vnMKl OHO totlcCClVO SOU ill tlliS. aii -... ...-(vt imitations Experiment that trlilo with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children Expcricnco against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castorla is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, rare- goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic tmhstaiicc. Its ago is its guarantee. 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RISHTON. inn m ans" m. A circular issued by the Post office department says that "the Depart ment looks to the patrons of the Rural Free Delivery service who are receiving the benefits of the service, to use their utmost personal endeav ors, and also to exert their influence with the Road Supervisors, or with those officials who are responsible for the conditions of the highways; to the end that the roads traveled by rural carriers may be always kept opened and in such passable s'lape that the service can be regularly and punctu ally performed." This requirement should not be overlooked at this road making s.-ason of the year. W,!i,nJnn""f'KVERAI' NnrSTKIOUH l'EII. llHl.. I, ' CU" b"lt" 10 tr,iWi IOr ht)UH0 BKlub- IIhI ert nluvuu yxtiiH and with a lurxe canltm io cal upon mammilla and bkwiIb for uo" Msfut and profitable Hub. rum. e Tit ingw u L W unklv cum i sulary of $18 hu1 ull travel k m. p.;us,,8ndhotol bills advanced In ca l, wenk. Experience not enHentlul. Muutlon ref. lUUNAllUNALiSSl Ucarburu Ht.. Cliloairo. 6-7 ltil a-UG Bought, and which has liecu . i i i .. M Ai nas uoruo mo nhhihmiu . . i i.i.. n.tnl .Tiist-as-eood"' nro hut Signature of The Markets. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. CORRECTED WEEKLY. RETAIL PRICES. Butter, per pound c .Q F.ggs, per dozen f6 Lard, per pound.... Ham, per pound .'.'.'."""i? to 16 Beef (quarter), per pound '.6 to 8 Wheat, per bushel , , , Oats, do Rye. d0 :; Flour per bbl to4 4 "y.Pton 16 oo Potatoes, per bushel 7c Turnips, do Tallow, per pound ,' JU Shoulder, do ia Bacon, do ,0 Vinegar, per qt o Dried apples, per pound 05 Cow hides, do ,i Steer do do ."" caif Skm ;;;; S Sheep pelts "" Shelled corn, per bushei'.,.'.'.'.'.!!!!"1' 8o Corn meal, cwt . Bran, cwt ZZ Chop, cwt J MjiaiinRS, cwt ; l Chickens, per pound, new " Turkeys do ..?!.'!::'.::::::::"" l 5 ::::::::::::::: !4 t . coal. Number 6, delivered do 4 and 5 delivered.'.'.'.'.'.".' o 6, at yard do 4 and 5, at yard'".".'.'.'."."'.'.'.".'.' 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