THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUBO. PA, 8 THE COLUMBIAN. ULOO..ISHURG, PA. THURSDAY, DHCKMHffU 20, r PArrn ma with itAxoiTn. Twelve Httgn Can Ho Carried With Ono II and. In the nrar future the ttj-to-dftte grocer, bfifccr, pt, will bo handing Roods to his customers In the noTel paper jag shown below, the recent Inventl-r of a M1pnourl man. This bag la similar In . ehapa and ntze to the unual paper bag, excoyt that tio BlilcH and the bottom are fold ablo. The eldos of the bog are per forated ttfir the top. When the bag Ik tint t'i ' i erffirutlon will form two hbii'it adiptnd to receive a loop of BU".!),;: havlrg the ends tied. Wlien t 'V '- vim -m HANDLE ON CAO. the bag la flllvd the string forma n handle by which the bng can bo carried. The lor.Kth of tho etriii forming the handle Is sufficient to permit the bai to bo fully open el fo the iiiwrUoa or removal of t'.w content.?. Th: b.ir la, of conrso, 10 lnforeerl r.nd Kirougthencd at the per forate,' .. ;arjKwo of prevail ing tprir'. r. of th. Bides of tho 1) by the .!o:'!'- hindle. It will b obv.::.i : .! . ,. person er.ulu r (.. Uy "tirry a clozr-.i such bass filled 1f : ' "- V.'V. one hand, w'.icr 3 --lt!i r:!bnry b.i the carry ing tiii.ii. !ty would be limited. SIXI'Li: 1HAMOXD TESTS. Unwary uwi.Ltk-ckcin IIuvo liv:ix L Cvlvcd by Stoae Fakers. "Thoic a:c U:v persons," remark ed a Jeweller, "who are able to pur chase a i.'lai.iond on the strfifth of their ov.u knowledge and .js-rva-tion and without placing implicit confided :M In the man wfio Belln thy tone. U Id u fact thai even prvn brokers have often buen taken lr. Dy Jewelry I porcl.nis stone fu!.e; a. "Although It takes many years of. actual i !Hi'rv;.tIon and osperleju-.i tieXore 01. c cau become a diamond ex pert, tin. re are a few simple teu which will considerably aid a buy er of diamonds. Ono test la to prick a needlu in.Jc- through a card uui look at the hole through the dojci- ful BtOIlO. "If tho latter Is spurious two holes will be cccii, but If It Is a diamond , only one- ho!e will bo vlsih'o. Every imitation stone which resembles a diamond glres a doablo reflection, hllo ti-ii diamond's refraction Is single. "This tj a ilelicnte test, 'because U g difficult to sue even a sharp and leCned object through a diamond. The single refraction of the diamond also allows ono to determine an un - certain stone. "If the linger Is placed boh! rid it .i. Mid viewed through the stone with .. 1 watchmaker's glass, the grain of ihe skin will be plainly seen If the .t-itone Is not a diamond . Dut If it la diamond the grain of the skin will ,aot be distinguished at all. "A diamond In solid settings may Se identified In the same manner. If genuine the setting at the back can not be discerned, but If it Is a phony tone the foil or setting will be stu. "There is no acid which has any perceptible effect upon a genuine Uaejond. Hydrofluoric acid, If iropped on a stone mado of glass, will corrode It, but will not affect a vllamond oue wuy or the other. A trained eye can see the hardness In n diamond, whereas the Imitations appear soft to the vision of the e perts." and gpnerdlv played out, when I com. menced to i,: o Dr. David Kennedy's Fa vorite Efinoiiy," writes S. I. Young, of Hirnm, Ohio, "For years I bavo sutlcred with inflamm!'! ion mul conxtant pain in tho bladder uml Ui.lui-yii, and have gradually Ijrown worse aud expoctud at any timo that WflHing urino by : uUire's effort would cense, tliesides I h:.v 1 1 llit umatio pain iu every nusclo and join', and have suffered in iansely, but I must sny I havo not in five years felt as we" il do now. liavo im proved daily ciuce I legaa the nso of Or.Da'fid Kennedy's FAVORITE REMEDY bout week ago I gave a man afflicted with bladder trrmMo, gomo Favorite Item dy, and to-day bo said: That is a great iDedicine; 1 am better already,' and be lrove oiyht miles to got a bottle of it." Ton may have u free damplo bottle of Dr. David ennedy'n 1'uvorite Kcuicdyi the Rreat Kldnny, Urer and UIKd uieiilclua, aud a buokltit conlaininn .lalnable medical advice ty aimply writing totlie Dr. !avid Keuuudy' bona, Jtondout, N. Y. Meutluo Ciip(er, LarebiiUleifi.Og, AH rtnigglaU. m ' Br SO Years Old General Debility Iay In and day out there Is that feeling of weakness that makes a burden of Itself. Food does not strengthen. Sleep does not refresh. It Is bnrd to do, hard to boar, what should be easy, vitality Is on the ebb, and the whole system sutlers. For this condition take Hood's Sarsaparllla It vitalizes the blood and gives vigor and tone to all the organs and functions. In usual liquid form or In chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1. Zt'XI IXDIAJi COkX IUVNTKK. rrluiitlvo Implement Still In Use by Ketl Men of the Ronthmt. The Zuul Indians of New Mcxfoo are a self-supporting people who re tain many of the Interesting custotrm of prehistoric ancestors. Th accom panying drawing represents the Im plement which they use for plnntlng corn. It la bown from a piece of hard cedar and Is practically a wood en spado, tho projecting horizontal piece near tho bao being for the foot of tho digger to press upon. In early spring, when the oak leaves are the size of squirrels' ears, the Zoni far mer fills a basket with seed oorn of p.. nvry colors as Jot'e;)h's coat; and Blinglnx It rnd his corn planter ae ro.:; Ma burro's l;'oV, he mounts the jatient little be.-.ft himself and goeo oo.t on tho plain to his ly O'jni troand, which may be Ui'i-y aiikd iru-a his homo. MoIb tiT.i' iii that arid land lies deep, so he fi'i.it 1'i.ise Willi Bis wooden planter u much tiesper hole than mi Kni'tern fernier would t'lnk of m:ikin. Then ho ai(i;.:j inui It a few Rrtlnu of corn, draws the sandy lonm carcfnlly ovur thc.ii v. :th U.o Hade of the pii.iHtr, ar.d proceeds to dls anotticr hoio nix of ci-ht feet away. And so on until the seed is all planted. r.Ionster an-.! Hauler. Dr. Janieu B. Cuilltt, of Loulsvlil, writes of a, Gila monster and a rat-tle-rfiiake: "A two years' residence in Arizona made mo quite familiar with both of theso roptl'ep; for a good part of the tlmo I had one of the former tied to the Ion of my office table by a string. Iu bis native habitat the monster is credited with being tho enemy of tho rattloiinake, and Is said to kill him. "Chancing to havo both reptiles on hand at the same time, I put them In a lnrg box together ,and awaited results. "The rattler colled In one .end of the box; the monster would wad dle up to him, root under his colls with ills nose and finally nip down on a coll near the tall. "Thti rattler would then spring to the other end of the ,boz and recoiL After this hud happened a number of times the monster finally suc ceeded In seizing tho miako by the neck just back of the head. "He htld a firm grip until the snake was choken to death. The nioubtor sickened and dlod a couple of days afterward. On removing his Ci'U I found two punctured wounds on his back, evidently the result of the snake's having struck hJm once." Chicago News. Mushruoin Mxpcrts. There are more than 1,000 edible species of the mui-hroom. Once la a while you come ucrosx an luedl blo one, and there is trouble In your "stomjack." In the good Old Itoruan days the noble could not offer a higher compliment to a friend than to present him with a few pounds of fresh mushrooms from his garden. Gold and silver ornaments were as nothing; even diamond were com mon trash; but tho muuhroom was the offering of the gods. This state ment Is historical. CULXrlXTIXU RYM 8TOXE9. Host ?f tho Genuine Specimens found In the Frovlncc of Astrakhan, The collection of eye stones is a dy!n;i Industry. In New York the principal sources of supply are sail ors who touch tho Ualtlc Sea, and, At might be Imagined, the supply Is areoarHotw. Eye stones are analogous In some rospects to bezoars, as they are u concentration fonnd In the stomach of the European srawflsh. Moat of tho genuine eye stones, crab's eyes, erahstonen 9t taptllt tamrorum, are procured in the province of Astrak han In European Rnssta. There appear to be some confus ion regarding the nature of the eye Ft ono, for soma authoritl speak of It as a concentration In the stomach of a certain crab and others as of a preullar abell formation which Is separated from the crab at the time it eheds It shell. The so-raltad crab's eyes are found fully developed at the end of tho summer, n the erabs begin to shed tbetr shells. It la noted that thore concentrations ure absorbed Into the stomach of the crab during the shed ding siafon and there pulverised and absorbed, the dissolved calcareous rubfltftnoe being used, It Is suppoeed, for the formation of a new shell. When theee calcsreoos shells are not normally developed and absorbed If Is observed that the shedding procetw ta Interrupted and the erab dice an oerly death. A TjrrhTiTe fTUtorlcal CTtnir. A most nnlqne, historical ehalr Is In the Independence hall at Philadel phia, Ta., It was manufactured In 1838 hy 'William Snider by order of tho commissioners of Kensington. Tho chair ! composed of the follow ing rare relics: 1st. A portion of Christopher Col umbuB' house which was built Dear the city of flan Domingo In the year 14SG. This was the flrnt house built in America by European hands. 2d. A portion of tho great elm tre under which the treaty between William Tenn and the Indians wan lonnod. Tbe Fenn treaty was to continue nnbroken "whilo tho rivers tin.! creokii ran, and whilo tho aim, rioo:i and stars endured." 2d. A portion' of oak Joi.st ta'rn froivi a hoinio which was once t!;o Lr-ne of William Fenn. 1th. A portion of the cu.no ;i!,.n 1 t'---r --.tr HISTORICAL CHAIR, from tho seat of a chair once owned by William Fenn. Eth. A portion of the laBt of a number of walnut treea which graced tV.vj yard r.bout the old state house. The last of thene trees was cut down !:. IRIS. Cth. A lock of hair taken from the bead of Chief Justice Marshall, plac ed In the center of the chair and protected hy a glass cover. 7th. A portion of the U. S. frigate "Constitution." 8th. A portion of the. groat ship "Pennsylvania" which was built in. Philadelphia and launched In the year 1S37, ' 9th. Tho thirteen stars on the chslr represent the thlrten original states and are made from the above listed relics. Harrtsrm Made Oond His Promise. Dr. J. N. MeCormaek of Bowling Green, Ky., In conversation with Drs firayton Potter and other physician told a little story of the late Gen eral Ilenjamln Harrison "During the civil war," said the doctor, "Col onel Harrison fcr he was then Col onel was for a time in command at bowling Oreen. Many soldiers wer sick, and ho appropriated the hotel of the place, the Mitchell House, for use aa a hospital. Mr. Mitchell murmured somewhat, but had to give way to military necessity, Col onel HD-i'rlnon assuring him that r-.a should be paid for the use of the houso, even though Harrison should have to pay out of his own pocket. The war ended and the yearB weut on Mr. Mitchell was well to do and prcpentad no claim. Finally, when Harrison boenme President of the United States, Mr. Mitchell conclud ed to send his bill directly to the I'tcsldent. Ho did so, and President Harrison sent blm his cjieck for the rnrinov." 37SVSPENHI SENSIBLE, USEFUL GIFTS lor'ttic HOLIDAYS Attractively racked in Handsome Single Pair Boxes Thar contain nor ftad tottar rubbw than Any other mtk. hftvo fold-rili noo-nutlng metal ptru hd ttrunff eurd OQdl Uit Mnnufe r through. Til Dow back trot action permit mad comfort no mtttac wht poiltloo h boai nj miuui. THET OUTWEAI THBEB ORDINARY KINDS. WHICH MEANS TIIREB TIMES IUE SEBV1CB OP USUAL AO CENT SUITS i am imui r iujn ruin jib LB tDiHdrmtdi lor Ma, yoalb or bo In Light. tNT or Ettr Ui WlhU, litr Loni (No lair. Cu.ll Thay make Inazpaaalva ill la avsry man, youth or boy will dladly racalve HEWES & POTTER. Dapi. , 87 Llaaola Straat, Bo.lo.. Haaa. Our n(nl Boix Do Boimon Oon in Ca milled for 10. poitai. InrlractlT boo!!, bljl. at Bow to Dru Oorrctlj," lr II run auction thll publlcstlon 1214 HOW THE SOUTH nA3 wox. Gnmll Cities Have (.'rown Into Munif fnctui'liiK C'entem. Commercially, tho growth of tin (touth Bince thu war has been nurve !us. Small titles have grown Into Hiw.t manufacturing centers, studd kfi with bnlldlngs that wonld rlrfti thnre of New York. Look at Atlanta, Jncksonvlllo, Mui.ipliis to mention a scattered few compare them with their Wealth titid sl.o of a few years ago; tell. If you can, how far their growth any t'ot po. Theso are tho old cities. New ones have been springing rip since the war and developing Into rloii commercial centers. The railroad has played no smif! ptivt In this development, bat un',eus Iho country had contnlned tho pro Uih.o and the resources, the railroads would have been apt to leave 11 alone. Whore, not bo many years a;?i there were only a few miles of rallo aud a service which mado a trii South au uncomfortable proposition, now stretch thousands of miles of road, on which oue can find tho bef passenger service. In spite of thU. however, the facilities fall short of the demands of tho expanding Indus tries of tho South. Last winter many shippers were delayed for day because they coul 1 not art cars or having cars, could ;iot find trains enough to carry their tro dncta. Speak to auy southern rail road man, and he will likely toll you that be Is at bis wits' and. The railroads are doing a great tfeal to meet this constantly Increas ing demand. Some of them art doiible-tracking their roads. They are ordering new engtnos, more cars. But all this takes time. Freight ac cumulates. And tn many sections the South of to-day sn flora from Its very wealth. The comparison socially, too, Is Just as Interesting. Although the beforo-thc-war days of the lnre plantations worked by slaves cannot be revived, the social life of the Fouth Is again distinctive somewhat more democratlo ready to welcome worth thowu In any houorable cause, but otlll clinging to Its pride of fam lly, conterlng itself, whero It met years nao, railing with the soelj) life of the North, as that of tho Nortii mlxoa with It. Metropolitan Ma:;a r.lno. Cement Euii&riuii. Tho nse of cement Is now tlrnly establlshod lu thu conilru"tiuu ol buildings for domestic and commer cial purposes. Tho economies r.i' this material are more than niarif.-it and Its solidity in hardly to be ipucc tlored, although It Las b-en In cn:r. mou use but u comparatively ftc.v years. Thero aro any number ef Muck-forming machines on the mar ket and up to a short time a.t;o t,?ie::e machines were limited to tho fe:inuti(j!i of blocks of different kin-Is. The variety of design lias been limited to the imitation of the different kind:) of stone commonly used iu architecture. The difiep'tit cuta, shapes am! finishes followed, but recently there hau bean a domand for something more than thla, and one or two firms have undertaken to produce moulds for tho forma tion of pillars, caps, baluster posts and similar dotdsns. Theso molds are now to be had by thosu engaging In the business of making cement blocks, and v,ith their ui;o, It is possible to construct a building cf cry plc?.w!ng lines. Heretofore this has been rather dlfTlcnlt with the limitations of the square block, al though some architects have secured some very Interesting effects by the exercise of some Ingenuity In the construction of such block shapes as wore available. DON'T KILL ALI. CP THF.W. America has ever been a nntlon of trappers and huntera. and few wild animals hnve escaped. Tho praetlep of extermination has been a national regret with respect to morn than one sort of animal. Recently 100.000 acres has been art aside In Oklahoma for e public park where flip hlson may en joy some cf h!n nntlvn freedom. Pre serves In Maine, New York and acver nl of the western Rtntn are caving for deer and elk, but many of the smal ler wild nnlm-'ls like the beaver, which would add much to the plcVar eFquenens of our lakes and wonrM if left unharmed, pro now killed wher ever seen. P(iilrrels have come to he prntec?,':! by public sentiment even In th" lnreiRt of our cities and mcriv a park or cn'leg cninpun Is enlivened by the swift antics of thrse little ani mals. St. Paul Pioneer Prcr.. IN BORROWED LIVERY, "It often happens," pnld Uncle RTv en, "dat a mnn wants credit for beln' truthful nn' outskoken, when be Is simply lndulpln' a desire to do dlna greeable." Washington Star. 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Address Judge Company 225 Fourth Avenue 3-21 I! W. L. Douglas AND Packard Shoes are worn by more men than any other shoes made. Come in and let us Fit You With a Pair W. H. MOORE, Corner Main and Iron Sis., BLOOMSDURG, PA. Visiting cards and Wedding invi tations at the Columbian office, tf Furs, evar 're' llAWTMAiN & )ON and Nuts. n H .' .. a 0 ' e3 ) c) f) ) t ) ? ft) OF Curtain: I c New York Our Pianos 1 are the leaders. Our lines in clude the following makes : Chas. M. Stieffk Henry F. Miller, Brewer & Prvor, Kouler & Camphei.l, and Radel. o IN ORGANS we handle the Estev, Miller.II.Leur & Co., AND BOWLUV. I This Store has the agency for ' SJVGiA' JUG II ARM SE W- ING MACHINES and VICTOR TALKING j MA CHINES. j WASH MACHINES Helby, 1900, Queen, Key stone, Majestic. J.SALTZER, Music Rooms No. 105 West Main Street, Below Market. BLOOMSDURG, TA "V i 4 J
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