THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
;, in in
Everything Depends on the
Bride's Outfit.
DAY OF "BENEDICTION"
Parent' Negotiations Her Poste
Ions Carefully Examined by the
Gnoom'a Family If Everything Is
Not In Order Contract Is Broken
Off-Youth of Both.
The only unmarried servant wo had
'i the establishment during my thvoo
nrs' residence In Ituatda wn my
liRinliermald, Knrha a nice, pretty,
d ohllglnR peasant plrl, who h:ul
;n with me for alvuit two years, l'nr
oine time I had observed that she
. -emrd discontented, and on one oe
'Mslon, asking lier whv she was not so
Bay as usual, she rep'ied that she wns
nearly eighteen year old and not yet
married. I had quite foreotien the
olreumstance, when one night late,
hearing n tre.-it disturbance down In
the servants' offlees, I went to see
what was the matter. As I entered
Mie servants' room all was confusion,
hoxes were being1 opened, bundle
rnnsached. dresses measured, boot
thrown about, under linen Inspected,
heads counted (the ltusslan costume Is
never worn without as nianv as six ti
eight rows nf !iru!s round the thro.itl,
Bt.ocklnRS examined, hed linen animad
verted upon, jewelry valued, poloshes
felt, and fur mantles tried on.
This scene that I had been witness
lnir wns neither more nor less than a
preliminary before marlrajre. The
Mu'(lv H'l peasant silting there wns
the father of the ynuna fellow who
hail Just Kone i.ut, and he hud cono
up from the eoun:ry to find a wife for
his son. lie had heard of this your!;;
woman from a traveling peddler who
went every three months to Muscow
to replenish his pack, and who Knew
Tin T the girls by name who were In
Wirt of husbands. On the strength
of this Information from her needier
the old peasant, itlie father of the
father of the bridegroom elect), his
and son had come to judjfe for
t'.fT"elven as to the eligibility of
J." ha's u'onds and chrttels: but, if
they had found any article or articles
wanting to the bride's trousseau, there
would have been no marriage. livery
thing depended upon the bride's
clothes; but all was there, even to the
17i4 roubles of the hard-earned savings
of the peasant girl. So she was to be
married! and she considered herself
fortunate In having a husband given
her; not that she liked him. for she
'ad only seen him for the first time
''-it day. lie and his father, the old
-isant, lived far away In the eoun-
nr; hut ns the spring was coming on,
nd the old father would want some-
idy besides his own wife to help
repare the earth for the seed to be
sown, the best thing was to yet a wlfo
for his son. and thus secure the help of
another pair of hands during seed
time without the expenso of extra
ges.
l-'rlday came, the day' of "Benedic
tion." Macha -went about her work as
usual; she neither seemed anxjous
nor nervous. As she had been a good
servant, we were all going to honor
her by appearing at the ceremony. At
alwut 7 p. m. a small table covered
with a white clo'.h was arranged In
one corner of our large family dining
room, two or three Images of saints,
ornamented with llowers and precious
stones, were placed on the table, to
gether with a large, round sort of
bread or cuke which wns to play no
mean part in the ceremony. A few
minutes later the 6te of the priest
were heard on the marble staircase,
together with the heavier tread of the
peasants' feet, and In another moment
the room was full of the bride's
friends, arrayed In the most gorgeous
chintz dresses, and of the bride
groom's mates, dressed In the usual
outdoor black leather "pelisse," lined
with sheepskin. After every one was
arranged In place a slight stir and
bustle were heard, and, the crowd
making way, the future bride came
sailing In beautifully attired in a salmon-colored
silk and tulle dress, lent
her by her mistress. She passed awk
wardly up the aisle and took her place
before the effigies of saints, or
"Images," as they are called, and im
mediately after her future husband
(who semed half frightened) slipped
from the crowd, followed by his father,
nd took up his position on the right
side of the bride. Then the ceremony
of "Renedietion" commenced: It lasted
about forty minutes, the priest read
ing and chanting, together with his
clerk, many psalms and prayers,
while the future man and wife contin
ually bowed themselves to the ground,
touching the floor with their fore
heads. Then the round cake or bread
was put Into their hands by the priest,
and It was kissed by the recipients,
afterward by the bridegroom's father,
and then again by the bride's mother,
father or friends. The "Henedictlon"
"being over, nothing now remained to
take place hut the "marriage" cere
mony, which was arranged for the fol
lowing Sunday at the church.
There the ceremony was somewhat
long, in fact, so much that the bride's
cousin was unable to continue holding
the wreath over her head throughout
the whole ceremony; ho was relieved
by another peasnnt, who took kindly
to the task, and who was heard to
mutter: "The bride is a bonnie lass,
I'd R-ive six years to have her!" After
the ceremony all the party adjourned
to a publle house or "Traktlr," whera
thoy made us Jolly as they possibly
could with live or six quarts of "vod
ka" for tho men, and ns many quarts
of kvass, or what the French call
I.lmonada den cocoons, for the wo-
COLONIAL AFFAIRS.
(oniirrM Will !! AUp1 o Crnl l
Now llriiiirliiirnt to 'Cuke
Cliiiruo if 'Mieni.
Another effort will bo made durlr.g
the coming sssslon to induce congrnis to'
create a colonial department with a sec
retary at Its head who will be a member
of the president's cabinet.
Those who are engineering the move
ment will call It the department of In
sular affairs, and try to have Col. Clnr
ence IS. Edwards, at present the head of
the liuuiiar bureau cf tho war tepart-
ment. made the first secretary.
Senator Koraker has announced his
purpose to Introduce a hill creating such
a depart ment. Col. Kd wards Is an Ohloan.
At present the insular bureau has a force
of 100 clerks. That Is the chief argu
ment In favor of the creation of the new
department. As the colonel conducts the
affairs of this lnircau he exercises al-
WTJV 5-A
COI.. C. K. KDWARDS.
(Head of the Iivpu'.ar lHirenu of the War
Depurtment.)
most as much authority as the average
member of the cabinet, which is another
argument for the creation of the new
position.
The name "Insular department" has
been agreed upon by Senator Foraker
and others Interested, as being the least
objectionable, but It is not proposed to
confine the authority of the department
to the administration of affairs of the
Insular part of the national domain. The
Idea is to Include Alaska In the sphore
of activities of the department, notwith
standing It has a territorial form of gov
ernment. MGR. MERRY DEL VAL.
Former Apontollc Delegate to Canada
Appointed rnpul Secretnry
nf State.
The pope has appointed Mgr. Mer
ry del Val, the former apostolic dele
gate to Canada, to be papal secretary
of state. Tho announcement of this
appointment was made In a letter pre
sented by the pope to Mgr. Merry del
Val. The nomination, however, will
not be made officially until the next
j consistory, when the monslgnor will
del Val has long engaged the confi
dence of the pope, and It was made
known last August that he would be
tho first cardinal created by Plus X.
He was also a great favorite with Leo
XIII, for whom he acted as private
secretary.
Mgr. del Val Is 37 years old and Is a
descendant of one of Spain's noblest
families. His mother was an English
woman and he was born In England,
receiving his early education from the
Jesuit fathers in Stonyhurst college.
His higher education was received in
the Academy of Nobles in Rome. Ho
was ordained to the priesthood soon
MOIt. MEnilY DHL VAL.
(Hecently Appolnud Secretary of tit at by
l'oot V'.ut X.)
after the appointment of his father aa
Spanish ambassador to the Vatican,
and was almost immediately made pri
vate secretary to I'ope Leo. While
delegate to Canada ne settled the
troublesome school question there. He
has been acting as secretary of state
since the office waa vacated by Car
dinal Rampolla.
llWcover Honey In Kkull.
Thomas Sumner, of Hed Hock, Pa.,
and his two sons felled a tree on a timber
tract at Hickory Grove. The tree seemed
alive at the top, but dead and hollow at
the base. After the trunk had fallen
one of the boys began sawing It Into
sections. Suddenly his saw struck a
hard Impenetrable substance. The log
was split and to Sumners surprise the
skeleton of a large-sized bear fell from
the cavity. With It came a swarm of
bees which had built their nest In the
bears skull, where tbey had stored sev
eral pounds of honey. It Is supposed
that years ago the bear crawled into the
tree to steal honey which the bees were
making In the hollow trunk, and, bein-,'
unable to extricate itself, slowly surved
to death.
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BIG GUN
HUNTING
tCopyrtRht. 1!U, by C. Tt. Lwls
"It was in l;i that 1 reached St.
Paul lie Loando, on the African coast,"
said tl sailor to me the other day, "and
when 1 had been there for n couple of
weeks a Hrltlsh survey steamer came
In to fill tip her crew. She hail been
surveying up the('on',r ) and was bound
south to the (Sreat fish rlvi. The
steamer carried forty men all told and
was outfitted with two 11 pounder
and plenty of small anus. She had
lost live men up the Con'o by fever,
and when. I offered myself I was nt
once taken.
"We were n week working up to the
forks of the (ireat Orange river, and
then the fun began. The (Ireat Fish,
for about It'll miles above the forks, Is
about ns wide as the Hudson, with a
depth of from four to seven fathom.
There never was nn hour In the day
that we couldn't see elephants, lions
or rhinoceroses along the shores.
"We had been steaming slowly up
ftream for alwiut ten days before the
river narrowed to about half Its for
mer width, and then we began to have
trouble with the natives. They hail
no firearms, but tbey could hurl lances
or shoot arrows from the banks to the
steamer, anil we bail to be on the
dodge all the time. Our D-pounilers
were kept loaded, and now and then
when the black fellows got too iliv 'ng
we sent n shell whizzing among the
thickets and scared them half to death.
"One day, when the fringe of forest
along the right .bank suddenly ended
nnd gave place to a long stretch of
grassy plain. ve came to anchor, and
three of the survey men lauded to
stir up n big rhinoceros who could be
seen standing under a tree half a mile
hack from the water. They were young
fellows and full of daring, and I beard
the captain caution them when they
left the slcamer.
"We could see all that subsequently
took place. The old rhino had never
seen a steamer before, but he wasn't
n bit curious. If be hud ever f-c n
hunters before he had no fear of them.
He Just stood there in the shad.', bows
on to us, and didn't tivuble to I'gure
out what might hnp;!.ti. The threw
men separated on laiuiiu.: to i et In
the rear of the big beast and cut off
his escape, but he wasn't thinking of
running away, lie let two of the men
creep up till within range, and It seem
ed to us as; If we heard the thud of
their bullets when they struck against
his thick hide. They were ounce bul
lets, driven by big charges of powder,
but they might ns well have been fired
against n stone wall. The rhino gave
a start ns they struck him, and then
down went his head and up went his
tall, nml he charged at the man who
was creeping head on.
"The surveyors had made a mess
of the thing, and there wns bound to
bo n calamity. They had taken the
rhino for n noodle head, whereas he
knew his business to a dot. The man
nt whom he charged bad no cover ex
cept here and there a bush. I don't
know .whether he should have run to
the right or left or stood still, but
what he did do was to Hlng down his
gun nnd make back for the river. He
had pretty near half a mile to go. and
he was a good sprinter, but that rhino
had a full head of sail on him.
"He came on like n ship running
before n hurricane, nnd about ten rods
from the bnnk he overtook the tleelng
man nnd tossed him ten feet Into the
air. As the body came down he caught
It and tossed It again and then Hung
It about In n way that could have left
no life In It Kfter a few minutes.
"The other chaps plucklly ran down
and fired two bullets apiece into the
beast, but when he charged them they
made u bolt for and climbed the tree
under which he had been standing nt
first. When he found them beyond
his reach the rhino began running
about In n circle, and It wns then
that we cleared away one of the
0 pounders and opened fire on him. As
he was on the move the first two shells
didn't even throw dirt on him, but
the third struck him fair amidships
and exploded.
"Another boat was sent ashore, and
1 was one of those who landed from It
We found the surveyor dead and with
every bone broken, and ns for the
rhino ho was a sight to see.
"Two tilghts after that and twenty
miles above we anchored In midstream
for the night. It was a bright moon
light night, and up to midnight thing
passed off very quietly. Then a troop
of elephants came down to the shore to
drink. It was In my watch, and I
counted fourteen big fellows and twe
kids. They were Just opposite us and
not over forty rods away, but were not
at all alarmed by our presence.
"After drinking and splashing around
for awhile, two big bulls got Into a
row. I couldn't make out tho cause of
It, but they hadn't been scrapping ovei
two minutes when the rest of the herd
Joined in, and there was a row to bent
tlie band. Some of the officers brought
their rifles on deck nnil opened fire,
nnd the captain ordered us to raise a
shout, but the elephants had got theli
mad up and couldn't be frightened off
by popguns. Then we were ordered to
slow a O-pounder around to bear on
the mob. It wns loaded with a per
cussion shell, and the target wns too
big to be missed nt that short distance.
That shell went through one elephant
from port to starboard without burst
ing, but It struck a big bone In the next
and exploded and killed two others and
wounded three. The dead ones lay
right there In tho water next morning,
while the wounded ones had dragged
themselves up the bunk and were lying
down. We landed to look them over,
and, flndltiB tbeui badly hurt, they
WCI'M not nnf nt tliolt mluorv n-ltli
lets from tho rifles." M. QUAD.
THE QUALITY OF GENIUS.
Its rrarllrnl Altxnrnllnn of a Man's
II m I I nrnltli-a.
To be a great lawyer Is Incompatible
With being a great poet. Nevertheless,
Shakespeare was fond of showing lib
little legal knowledge, and ltacon has
written seme verse. There have been
writers of eminen.'e, like Walter Scott
nnd Thackeray, who were lawyers by
profession, but tbey must have made
law quite subordinate to literature, al
though some of thi'iu, like Walter
Scott, have got money by following the
law. Hoffman, the iinlbor of "The I'ot
of (loUr and other Imaginative stories,
was n man of genius, who was also n
Judge or a magistrate. I think, howev
er, that his legal duties sat lightly on
him. His connection with the law
seems somewhat similar to that of
Walter Scott. It was neither absorb
ing nor permanent. Politicians turn
to literature. Literary men, like Cha
teaubriand and I jiinartine, have held
high places as politicians, but they
never were real statesmen, nnd 1
should not call them men of great
genius. A man of net Ion may be great
In more fields of nctlon than one.
Julius Ca'sar and Napoleon Itonapnrte
were statesmen and generals, but they
were not mid could not be poets,
though .lulius Cii'sar was u writer.
Among the ancient ! recks and later
Spaniards and Portuguese we find
poet who weit' soldiers and even gen
erals. They, however, were not wholly
military. Only a part, and sometimes
n small part, of their lives was spent
In service. Horace's experience of war
was very short, and. although he was
a military tribune, he was not n ills
tlng;iislied soldier. A mall may be
excellent in more ways than one, but
he cannot be a man of genius in two
different ways. A few instances, such
lis that of Sheridan, might be given
which seem to be exceptions to the
rule. 1 doubt whether tbey are so.
The same Inclination made Sheridan
nn orator and a writer of comedy.--Notes
and Queries.
STEPS THAT BETRAY.
Steps that are quick are Indicative of
energy and agitation.
Tiptoe walking betrays surprise, cu
riosity, discretion or mystery.
Turned In toes are often found with
preoccupied, absent minded persons.
The miser's walk Is represented as
stooping, noiseless, with short, nerv
ous, anxious steps.
The proud step Is slow and measured.
The toes are conspicuously turned out,
the legs straightened.
Slow steps, whether long or short,
suggest n gentle or rellcctive state of
mind, ns the case may be.
The direction of the steps wavering
uud following every changing impulse
of the mind Inevitably betrays uncer
tainty, hesitation and indecision.
Obstinate people who In argument
rely more on muscularity than on In
tellectual power rest the foot llatly and
firmly on the ground, walking heavily
nnd slowly, and stand with the legs
firmly planted far apart.
Ilux Olllce Supemtlilon.
A newspaper man was the second In
line tit the box olllce of one of the popu
lar theaters on the opening night. The
first man asked for four seats, and
when he started to pay for them the
man In the Ikx office said:
"Oh, that's all right. There's no
charge at all for those seats."
The man looked surprised, thauked
the ticket manipulator and went on.
Then the newspaper mnn had his turn,
and he said:
'Tlease satisfy Impertinent curiosity
nnd tell me why you wouldn't take
that man's money."
"Well," said the treasurer, "I expect
yon didn't notice that that man was
I cross eyed. If I had sold him the first
I tickets wo wouldn't have had a bit of
i luck through the whole engagement."
New York Times.
Wanp'i Method of Attack.
Belt ill his "Naturalist In Nicarngun"
draws nttentlon to the methods of ut
tack used by "different species of wasps.
One accustomed to animals and not to
men takes care to crawl down the out
standing hairs to the skin before in
serting Its sting, while others which
live In the midst of human dwellings
fly straight at a man's face. The first
species, true to inherited instinct, when
It nttneks unfamiliar human beings at
taches itself to their hair or their
beards. P.ut there must have been n
time when the second species discov
ered that the face was the vulnerable
part, nnd the discovery was the out
come of the action of brain.
Art Treaanrra.
"I understand you have n number of
art treasures."
"Any number of 'em," answered Mr.
Cumros.
"P.y the way, how would you deflno
an arttreasnre?"
"An art treasure, as nearly as I can
figure it out, is something that Is con
sidered all tho more valuable for being
secondhand gxdg." Washington Star.
Saw Ilia Flnlah.
"Oh, oh," exclaimed Mrs. Naggs,
, "I've bitten off the end of my tongue!"
1 "Well, I certainly feel sorry for my
self," rejoined the heartless Naggs.
"Herenfter there will be no end to
your tongue." Buffalo News.
A Hardware Talk.
"Yes," said the nut to the nail; "it
gare me a terrlblo wrench to part
from him, but I knew It would lie only
a matter of a few days before he
would bolt anyway."
' Sweet Simplicity.
' "Auntie, ought Uertle Wilson to have
smiled so often at me in church?"
"No. denr. Where was be sitting f
"Behiud me."
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Tromolca DiftcslioivChrcrrul
ncss ami nosl.Conl.iins nrillu r
0)Him.Moriliine nor Mineral.
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EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER.
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Alexander Brothers & Co.,
HEALERS IN
Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Confec
tionery and Nuts.
o
Henry Millard's Fine Candies. Fresh Ever "Week.
it Gooes .a. Specialty.
Sole Agents for JUPITER, KING OSCAR, COLUMBIAN
WRITTEN GUARANTEE, Etc. Also F. F. Adams & Co's
Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco.
ALEXANDER BROS. & CO., Bloomaburg, Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
CARPE T, MAT T 1 3,
or OIL CLOTH,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT
W. E. BlEE'S
t Toots aboe Court II nrj.
A large lot of Window Curtains In stocl.
wh JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT.
An almost infallible remedy.
We learn from a no doubt
thoroughly posted exchange that
rural mail carriers are strictly pro
hibited from carrying verbal mes
sages. If a farmer should ask one
of them to tell neighbor Jones to
come down his way, as he wanted
to see him, the carrier could not
lawfully deliver the message. The
proper method would be for the far
mer to write a letter or postal card
to neighbor Jones and have the
carrier deliver it. The reason is
that the goverment wants all the
revenue possible from the postal
service, and desires those who are
benefited by it to pay for the same.
Nm CATARRH
UATAKKH
A". . .aai
la all its stages,
Ely's Cream Balm
vloansog, Bootlips and
Ilea la t lie diseased
membrane. It cures
catarrh and drives
away a cola la the liead
(lulokly.
Crt-atti nalm Is
placed Into tho uos
trlla, spreads over the
membrane and Is ab
sorbed. Kellul Is Im
r7
irtVEft
HAY FEVER
mediate and a cure follows. It Is nut drvinir
not product) sueoztntr. Large size, 60 cents at
Druggists or by mall; Trial size, IU cents by mall.
JtLV UUUTUBK0, SO Warren St., Mew fork.
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The Markets.
BLOOMSBUKO MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY, RETAIL PRICES.
Hutter, per pound $ 36
t-ggs. Ier dozen 31
Lard, per pound 14
llam, per pound 15 to 16
Beef (quarter), per pound 6 to 8
Wheat, per bushel , 1 00
Oats, do , 40
Kye, do 60
Flour per bbl 4.40 to 4 80
Hay, per ton ifc 00
1'otatoes, per bushel 7$
Turnips, do 40
Tallow, per pound 06
Shoulder, do 10
Bacon, do 6
Vinegar, per qt 05
Dried apples, per pound 07
Cow hides, do 3
Steer do do 05
Calf skin So
Sheep pelts 75
Shelled corn, per bushel 7S
Corn meal, cwt a 00
Bran, cwt t , 1 so
Chop, cwt 1 o
Middlings, cwt 1 40
Chickens, spring, per pound , ll
do do old ' 10
Turkeys do 8
Geese, do 1 1
Ducks, do 14
COAL,
Number 6, delivered 5 50
do, 4 and 5 delivered 4 25
do 6, at yard.
du 4 and 5, at yard
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