THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA.
1 MIS II II
"The Greatest Thing; in the
World." It Never Fails.
CONTINUOUS SACRIFICE
"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Rulea the World"-Sublimest Acts
of Heroism, Patience, Courage and
Endurance Performed Under This
Guiding Hand.
A few month ago a piny wan an
nounced, and Its mysterious title re
sulted In endless discussion and con
ierture. The name of the play was
The Greatest Thing in the World."
"Wliat can It he?" was asked every
where. "Whnr. Is the greatest thine
in the world?" New Inventions wero
discussed, great achievements were
talked about, and wiseacres decided
that it was some Feat scientific dis
covery which had taken plaee or was
t possibility of the near future.
And then I lie i1ay was seen, and
some wnt away more mystified than
ver. But the majority knew that
the theme of the play a woman's
struggles and sacrifices for her chil
drenthe divine mother love. was.
and Is, the greatest thing In the world!
And. strnnge to say, although none
bad guessed the right explanation of
the title, no one denied the litness of
It. or the truth of this broad asser
tion. A man will Jestingly repeat the old
snylnp "The hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world" but deep
down in his own heart be knows, and
la even willing to acknowledge, that
It Is true. The greatest deeds of his
tory's pages can be traced almost di
recily to the hand that ricks the cra
dle. The sublimest acts of heroism,
ont'encp. courage and endurance, have
been performed under the leadership
of this culding hand.
But why po back to history's pnes?
In the poorest and humblest homes',
everywhere around and aiiont us. we
see the greatest thine In the world, in
the very essence of Its greatness!
Prom early morn till dewy eve and
far into the night the mother cheer
fully toils for her lit'le ons. In ways
Innumerable she denies herself, sacri
fices her own comforts and pleasures
for the children. In troubles, real or
Imaginary, with true and unerring In
stinct, the little one calls for mother.
And mother never fails Mm!
If a man forget his mother, surely
heaven will forpet him. She has
watched him through his various
staees of Infancy; during his Illness,
when life has been despaired of. she
has hovered over him like a guardian
angel; day and night she has nursed
slra. forgetful of self, thinking only
if him. strengthening him with her
itrength, and over and over again glv
njj Mm of her very life!
And then the man marries, and she
who has plven him her life and her
deathless love Is nccorded second
plnre in his affections. Pops she then
murmur and chafe and allow lealousy
to poison her breast? No! Her lore
Is of a divine, unselfish kind. She
pks his happiness, first and fore
most. She wants the woman who has
usurped her place to be to him all that
Bho has been. This desire is often the
keynote of domestic disturbances, and
doubtless out of It has ar'sen the
"mother-in-law" feud. There Is no
lore like a mother's love, and her In
nocent Interference Is lorn of her
verwhelming desire to secure the
comfort and happiness of her child.
Not until she Is assured of It is she
supremely content.
A mother's love and continued sacri
fices are, I fear, taken too much ns
a matter of course to be properly ap
preciated. Children are not always
grateful, dutiful and loving as they
should be. For example, I know of a
poor, helpless, feeble old woman, who
was recently taken to a poorhouse. It
was her particular wish to be taken
there that she might not be a burden
to her son. lie was only too glad to
comply with her request, for while
mother had been able to work she
had been a welcome addition to his
home; now thaf she was infirm nnfl
ailing and no longer of practical use,
he did not wish to be burdened with
her.
And yet the deepest dyed villain has
a white spot, a tender vein, for his
mother. He has his moment of Intro
Rpection which Is invariably followed
by self pity, and then he thinks of a
lonely grave and wonders what his
life would have been had she lived
and her guiding hand continued to
point upward.
Or, If his mother be alive In a dis
tant land, he thinks of her shattered
confidence, her head bowed with
shame, but her undying love still hop
ing and praying for better things, and
he cannot help the pangs of remorse
that, like huge ocean waves, sweep
ver him. However, bad he may be
the holy word "mother" contains his
all of love, reverence, religion.
There Is one human sentiment that
Is and ever will be steadfast and un
changeable ns the "Rock of Ages." It
is the rweetest, most tender, most
abiding of all affections a mother's
love. New York News.
A Woman's Club Successful.
The Kmplro Club, of London, a sort
of in ernatlonal women's organization,
Is very successful. It is a sort of gen
eral rendezvous or open house, into
wblch visiting ladles from other parts
f the world can drop and be sure of
renewing old acquaintance with their
Kugllxh friends. It Is chiefly haunted
by visitors from the British colonies
and from the United States. Mr.
Herbert Chamberlain Is president and
among the prominent members are
the Marchioness of Londonderry, the
Oountes of Jersey and l4idy Stanley
Clarke. lixchange.
Career of n I'ptin) Ivnnlnn Mioirn IT l
Affliction Dlil .Not l,rrn III.
! Ilualnra Ability.
Francis B. KaufTman, aged 41, one
of the mo.it expert blind business men
in eastern Pennsylvania, bus Jiwt tfieu
at his home at. Leesport, Va.
He lost his sight 20 years ago In a
stone quarry explosion. Then he
went Into the lime-burning and cattle
business.
As a cattle buyer he had no superior.
In buying oxen he ran his hands over
the animals and with remarkable dex
terity and good Judgment could select
25 head from a big drove and secure
some of the very best In the lot.
When out on a collecting tour ho
frequently brought in very large sums
of money. Each batch of money he
collocted he kept separate. To his
partner at home he handed the re
ceipts, batch by batch, and asked how
much was in that package.
When told the amount he would
promptly say: "Mr. paid that,"
or "That is from Mr. ." He was
always correct. He could make change
In silver coins, but necessarily for
the paper money denominations he
had to rely on the statements made by
his customers.
He knew lime by the feel of it, and
was as successful at that branch of
Ms business as at cattle buying.
ALARM CLOCK LIFTS PILLOW.
I'nlqne Mrrhnnlam. Contrived forth
Convenience of People Denf
and Dnuib.
W. E. Shaw, of Brooklln'e, Mass., gave
an "electrical party" recently, the fea
ture of which was the exhibition of an
electric clock for blind deaf mutes. Mr.
Shaw is deaf and dumb and he was as
sisted In demonstrating the workings of
his Invention by Tommy Stringer, blind,
deaf and dumb, who is making great
progress In the sciences.
The clock cot only tells the time, but
alarms the sleeper by agitating a lever
which is connected by a string to a pil
low, causing the pillow to move up and
down, the vibrations being communicat
ed to the sleeper by a touch. A circuit
is closed, by which an electric current Is
sent through a small Incandescent lamp
In front of a parabolic mirror, the rays
of which are thrown Into the face of the
sleeper. It releases a spring connected
with a hammer, which falls upon a ful
minating cap, the loud explosion ot
which at close quarters is perceptible to
a deaf person.
It also gives notice of the entrance of
burglars by any of the above methods,
by means of connection by a wire with
the doors and windows. It gives indi
cation of fire by electric thermostats
placed anywhere on the premises.
PELLET IN HIS EYE.
rntlent Probably Didn't Know It
Wasn't llnrt In Taklnif
It Ont.
William Akey, who lives at WI1
llamstown Station, Mass., had a shot
removed from one of his eyes by Dr.
J. B. Hull, after it had been there
for more than three years. The pellet
was removed without much trouble or
pain, and the sight has not been In
jured in the least.
The boy is seven years old, and the
shot entered his eye when he was four.
He complained a little when he re
ceived the injury, but his parents knew
nothing of the accident then, and so
nothing was done about It A small
air rifle was the cause, the boy hav
ing been engaged at play with two
others when the stray shot struck him.
It pained for the instant, but the eye
soon became normal In appearance.
It was not until recently that it was
found there was something In it. Dr.
Hull was consulted, and he soon found
the shot under the eyelid, quite se
curely lodged, as the membrane had
grown about it. The physician says
be does not believe the boy knew the
shot was in his eye, for, if it had
pained him, he does not think William
could have stood it uncomplainingly
for three years.
BIG TRADE IN ANTIQUITIES.
Italian Government In Greatly Con
cerned Over the Clandestine
llualneaa.
The Italian government is greatly
concerned over the clandestine exporta
tion of statuary and antiquities to Eng
land and the United States. Although
there Is a law Inflicting heavy penalties
on thore who attempt to dispose of an
tiquities In foreign countries, the trade
)u these articles continues brisk. Only
a few days ago the cable signaled the
arrival of a large quantity of statuary
in New York m.A Ltobton, which Is to
be set up in the garden of a fashionable
dame In Newport. It has come to the
knowledge of the authorities that a
large association of thieves is robbing
many of the museums and monuments
of their prized sculptures. Recently
Baron Kanzler, secretary of the arch
aeological commission In Rome, bad to
denounce to the Roman police the con
tinuous ttwfts of historical articles from
the catacombs. Three persons were ar
rested the other day while coming from
the catacombs of St. Ippolito, to which
they had forced an entrance.
Classified.
A man In Louisville had a barrel of
snails sent him' from Italy recently,
but the custom house officials held
them up because they could find no
duty to levy on snails and It did not
seem right to let them in for nothing.
It looked, says the New York Trib
une, as if the snails would pass the
rest of their l;ves in the custom house,
but the man finally offered to pay
duty on them as wild animals and tho
officials let blm have them.
BADC01W MACH1WK RiSfURMi
Counterfeiting Anpnrntns Una i
Varied Career nnd I'.nile aa a
I Hitching I'oat.
1 In the dooryard of Edwin L. Barker
on the shore of Onota lake, I'lttsflild
Mass., stands an old counterfeiting ma
chine, whose history dates back heyor.t
'revolutionary days, when the manufac
ture of spurious coin was carried ot
In New York and Philadelphia.
No one has the authentic history o
the machine and how long It was usee
for Illegal stamping of spurious rolm
before It lived down its dark recort
by many years pf homi t labor and wai
finally retired from active operations.
The machine was used by a gang ol
New York counterfeiters In about 1770
whee oprratlons attracted the atten
tion of government ofllecrs. The coin
majkers sent tho machine to Philadel
phia in a load of charcoal. The ma
chine was overtaken by the officers anc
the gang was taken back to New York,
where the plates and dies were de
stroyed. During the war of 1812 the machine
was shipped to PIttsfleld, where Lemue'
Pomeroy, who made guns for the gor
ernment, used It to stamp out tin
S-shaped plates which went on the stock
of the flintlock muskets.
The gun factory burned and the ma
chine fell Into the Housatonle river,
where it remained some years. Caleb
Goodrich then bought the machine and
used it for "gumming" the old fash
ioned up and down saws used In sawing
lumber. From there It was taken to the
Plunkett mill and was used for a like
purpose.
About 30 years ago It was purchased
by Its present owner, the administra
tor of Mr. Goodrich's estate. Soon after
the circular saw came into use and there
was no more use for a "gumming" ma
chine. Since that time the machine has
stood in the dooryard of Mr. Parker,
where it has been used as a hitching post
and as a tether post for young cattle.
AUTO PLOW BEATS HORSES.
Kxnerlment Miom Thnt the Motor ll
Iloth Cheap and Kf
fertlve. At the Chlslet Agricultural associa
tion's annual plowing competition the
other day, near Canterbury, England,
the Ivel agricultural motor defeated till
plows drawn by horses.
The motor hauled a three-furrow
plow over the ground with ease and
accuracy, and afterward proved that It
could plow a field of six acres in eight
hours, at a cost of five shillings per
acre, thus not only saving time, but
doing the work 100 per cent, cheaper
than horse-drawn plows.
The motor was also shown to be use
ful to farmers not only for plowing,
but for thrashing, chaff-cutting, reap
ing, mowing, and, in fact, for all work
on which the horse is employed.
"The horse on the farm in the future
will be not a necessity, but a curios
ity," said Mr. Hoffman, the manager
of the Ivel agricultural motor. "Our
motor can do everything for the farm
er that the horse can do, and it does
not want feeding. An occasional
drink of petrol is all that It requires."
SILVER DOLLAR IS A PUZZLE.
Boston Bankers Sulimtt Odd Mintage
to the Experts of the Sub
tree a nry.
Richardson, Hill & Co., bankers, of
Boston, have submitted to the subtreas
ury experts a silver dollar that puzzles
them. Apparently it Is a genuine Issue
of the United States mint, but no one at
the subtreasury ever saw a coin like it.
It is the size and weight of the stand
ard silver dollar, and the obverse side,
with the head of Liberty, Is similar to
the face of the present coin. The re
verse, however, Is unique. Around one
arc of the circles is "United States of
America," with "Deo Est Gloria" in
barely decipherable letters below. In
the lower arc of the circle is the des
ignation "One dollar," with the date
1879. The central design of the reverse
is what makfs the dollar unlike any In
circulation. There Is a small circle In
the center, with these figures: "895.8
S, 4.2 G, 100 C. 25 grams." It probably
Is one of a series of silver dollars which
had been minted, but had not been put
In circulation.
DOGS TO SAVE SOLDIERS.
Plan Pursued on St. Rrrnard in the
Alpa Troves Supreaaful In a Test
In the Italian Arm).
Th? use to which dogs have been put
by the monks of the Hospice of St.
Bernard, in the Alps, In searching for
lost persons and administering most ur
gent aid, in the shape of cordials and
food, has suggested to the Italian armv
the training of dogs to discover the
wounded soldiers and to bring to them
the water and stimulants they may need
after long exroBure In the field.
At the recent maneuvers of the Ital
ian army near Venice several collies,
which have been educated by the offi
cers, wero tried for the purpose of dis
covering hidden soldiers lying suppos
edly wounded In the lean accessible
points of the field, and wonderful sa
gacity was displayed by them in search
ing for the wounded and gently lying
beside them in order to offer the cor
dials they carried In flasks tied around
their necks.
A New Intoxicant.
Experiments made in West Virginia
demonstrate that If a man eats salt
saturated with kerosene he will stag
ger and see double. If it also makes
him shake hands with a lamp post,
says the Chicago Tribune, and insist
upon singing his own words to "Hia
watha" at midnight. West Virginia
will prove a dangerous rival to Kentucky.
TWO YOUNG MINERS.
The Boys Dig Gold la Klondike to
Pay for Schooling.
Waah Ont f 3,000 from the Gravel on
Their Claim nnd Itetnrn to
State to Get an Kiln
cation. On one of the last steamers to leave
Alaska before ice shuts in the territory
for the long winter night, there returned
to the Ftatcs the two youngest gold min
ers who ever came out of the frozen
north probably who ever came out of
any mining region. They have ccme
back to school, and after school they
are going to college on their own earn
ings. Even in the boys' stories there are not
many youngsters who are the equals of
these two for grit, perseverance and
shrewdness. One is 16, the other 14.
Through their Individual efforts they
have famed $2,000 between them in the
Klondike In the last threo years, with
the avowed Intention of acquiring a bet
ter education for themselves than their
parents could afford to give them.
The two are the sons of Edward C
Hcacock, of Grand Forks. Other boys
long to go to the gold fields, or the
plains, or some other adventurous dis
trict. These two saw all of the out
skirts of civilization that they had use
for, and their longing turned toward
college life and good scholarship back
In the stater, where these thlrgs were.
Their parents couldn't afford luxuries
of that sort to their children,' but the
boys lived at home, they were not both
ered with schooling, and they received
permission to do what they could to
ward raising an education fund.
The family was at Skaguay then, ar.d
it was summer time. The boys gathered
berries and sold them. The money they
earned they Invested In a boat and a site
by the river foil a lumber yard.
Then they turned their attention to
the driftwood In the harbor, gathered
that, and sold it. If It was useless for
anything but firewood, they sawed and
.'hopped It and sold it at an Increased
price.
They made $700 In Skaguay In one
way or ar.other. Then the family
moved up to Dawson. The boys made
more money there by collecting lumber
from the Yukon and by picking berries
and selling them.
When their capital had increased a
little they bought a claim on Skookum
gulch. All last winter they were sink
ing holes through the frozen ground,
and there weren't any hardier miners In
the camp.
They continued their work through
the coldest weather, and when the
spring came turned their attention to
washing out the gold from the gravel
they had dug. When they cleaned up
this autumn they had $2,000 and their
mine still to fall back on. Then they
ttarted for the home state they had left
as little boys.
They will go to school at Newberg,
Ore., and next vacation time will go back
to the Klondike to see how they can aug
ment their capital before returning to
school. They are probably the young
est mine proprietors under a school
master's care.
MADNESS EPIDEMIC.
Man? Membera of High Hnnaarlan
Kvbllltr Go Violent!?
Insane.
A singular epidemic of madness seems
to be making its way among the higher
Hungarian nobility and affecting some
families of European notoriety.
Count George Festetlcs. the eldest
son of Count Tassllo Ftstetks and Lady
Mary Douglas-Hamilton, lately com
mitted suicide in a lunatic asylum by
hanging himself. He was only 20 years
old.
Another Hungarian magnate, Count
Szabo of Arad, the owner of nearly 500,
000 acres of land, has had to be confined
as a dangerous lunatic. He had lately
Incurred heavy losses at play, and was
laboring under the Impression that he
could not pay his debts, and that his
creditors were pursuing him night and
day with red-hot Irons to brand him as
a swindler.
A third noble, having large estates
in Transylvania, Count Eutaaby, has
fallen a victim to mania, after a wild
career of dissipation extending over sev
eral years, during which be sold every
stick of furniture in his castle and every
tree on his extensive estates. Now he
regards himself as an incorporation of
various Old Testament personages
sometimes Moses, sometimes Abraham,
but more frequently Solomon.
seek to Uestore Louvre.
A movement is on foot to restore
much of the lost splendor of the
Louvre. Recent excavations In the
garden on the Rue de Rivoll side show
that about a third of the entire pal
ace Is underground. The Soclete des
Vieux de Paris will try to have the
ancient moat and drawbridges re
stored, thus enhancing the majestic
appearance of the palaces and con
tributing to its preservation.
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