THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA-
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1908.
THE LfXfltY OP THE MCIl.r
The Curious and Wonderful Story
Ik-hind n lull of Fare.
For any one who has Imagina
tion there Is a curious and wonder
ful story behind a "luxurious" bill
of fare. Let us begin with the
wines; and let us assume that they
are genuine, for one can usually
havo the authentic thing by paying
the price for it. The wines on a
richly decked table really represent
the work of hundreds of French
peasants, with their wives and chil
dren, who, In the midst of a lovely
country, rise early and toll late, with
loving and tender care, watching
over the growth and ripening of the
fruit of what Is one of the most
beautiful and decorative plants In
the world. Millions of these thrifty,
simple people depend for their well
being and comfort on the constant
demand for wines, and for the best
and purest, and therefore the most
expensive wines. The rich do not
compel these people to work, na
ture compels them to work. What
the rich do is to Influence the direc
tion In which way they shall work,
and to bring within their reach all
kinds of commodities In exchange
for their work.
So other things on the same table
represent the well-being, thj family
comfort, of shepherds In th hills,
perhaps, of our own West, or of
Wales or Scotland; or the wealth
of fishermen on the rivers of Maine,
cr along our New England coasts;
or, again, the earnings of the hun
ters along the fringes of the sea
marshes, or among the woods and
hills, or on the prairie; vigorous,
adventurous men, with a warm love
Of every changing aspect of natural
beauty, who are thus able to lead
half wild lives under the fair dome
of heaven. It li just the putting In
motion of a huge army of folk, scat
tered over widespread regions, car
rying out exacting taskt, that makes
the cost of an expensive banquet:
and the rich man is simply the fac
tor, determining In which of a score
of directions a constant stream of
resources shall flow, bring the power
to work and recompense for work, to
a varied army of good people all
orer the world.
The basis of the thing Is that the
richest man In the world cannot
rpend a penny except by paying
aome one for something. Harper's
Weekly.
The Sun From a Tlnlloon.
At the height of to miles the sun
ahines with a fierce Intensity un
known below where the dust and the
denser air scatter the rays which,
thus diffused, lost their intensity
while Illuminating every nook and
comer of our houses.
At heights exceeding five miles,
this diffused light Is mostly gone
and the sun shines a glowing ball,
harpiy outlined In a sky of which
the bluo is so dark as to closely ap
proach blackness. At the outer lim
its of the atmosphere the sun would
appear a brilliant star of massive
size among other tars; and if one
stepped from Its rays into shadow he
would enter Egyptian darkness.
At the height of a mile and a half
we found it necessary to shelter our
faces to prevent sunburn, although
the air around us was but little
warmer than that of the previous
night, being about 45 degrees. As
the afternoon wore on and the bal
loon began to cool and sink, we were
obliged to throw out much sand,
casting It away a scoopful at a time,
and Just after sunset it was necessary
to empty two oi three bags at once.
Atlantic.
Dow t Tell It
Don't tell anybody your age. It's
nobody's business. If you look
younger than you are, well and good ;
get the benefit of It. If you look
older than you are nobody will be
lieve what you say about it, no don't
tell them anything. Age la a sub
ject that frightens most of us, and
only disagreeable people discuss It
anyway. Philosophers try to com
fort us by pointing out that there are
men and women who are born old,
and others who are young to the end,
and boys and girls at 70. Still,
the girl of 70, It she has the courage
of her years, has hitherto been
obliged to declare herself "old."
Light has come now, however, and
septuagenarians . need only declare
that they are "75 years young"
that is, If they feel it necessary to
explain at all. But between twenty
and eighty, It is Just as well to keep
off the subject altogether. There
are lots of things to talk about that
are more interesting and profitable
than ages.
On a Whaler.
The cutting in and trying out of the
blubber Is a prosy Job, and nasty Is
no name for it. All hands strip
down to a shirt, a pair of overalls
rolled up to the knees showing a pair
of bare shins and sockless feet in
large brogans, and in we go grease
from head to foot day and night
until the whale Is all cut safely and
on board. If we tarried bad weather
would no doubt deprive us of our
poll.
It gives you a fnnny sensation
at first to get into a deckful of blub
ber, with the slimy stuff around your
exposed cuticle, and oil squashing
out of your shoes at every step. But
I am getting used to that now, and
i-JwlJlke a veteran. Forest
'A Good Name at Home"
"Is a tower of strength abroad" and the
excellent reputation of C. I, Hood Co. and
their remedies In the city of Lowell, where
they are best known, Inspires confidence
the world over, not only In the medicines
but In anything their proprietors say
about them. "If Made by Hood It's Good."
"I believe Hood's (tftinaparllta the best all
round family medicine known today." Mas.
a. I). Farlit, 6U Wilder St, Lowell. Mats.
"I recommend Hood's Saniaparllla to any
one." John B. Durrr, 14 Auburn Street.
Lowell, Mass.
"I am a stron and healthy woman today,
from taking- Hood' Samaparilla, which I
keep In the honse for all the family." Mas.
Fannie Balch, 108 Leverett St, Lowell. Mass.
"1 consider Hood's Sarxapaiilla the bent
blood-purlfler In the world." Mas. Jinnii
E. Carlton, US Liberty St, Lowell, Mass.
Hood's Sarsaparllla Is sold everywhere.
In the usual liquid, or In tablet form called
Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar. Pre
pared only by C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
A WOLF-8 FEAR OF IBOIf.
So Caatloua Are They Few Bver Get
Caught la a Trap.
In the early day wolves were com.
paratlvely unauspldoua, and It was
easy to trap or poison them. Then
knowledge, a new comprehension
of the modern dangers, seemed to
spread among the wolvea. They
learned how to detect and defy the
traps and poison, and in some way
the knowledge was passed from one
to another, till all wolves were fully
possessed of the information. How
this is done It not easy to say. It
la easier to prove that it is done.
Few wolves ever get Into a trap,
fewer still get Into a trap and out
again, and thus they learn that a
steel trap is a thing to be feared.
And yet all wolves have tie know
ledge, as every trapper knows, and
since they could not get it at first
hand, they muRt have got It second
hand that is, the Information was
communicated to them by others of
their kind.
It is well known among hunters
that a piece of Iron is enough to
protect any carcass from the wolves.
It a deer or antelope has been shot
and is to be left out overnight, all
that Is needed for its protection Is
an old horseshoe, a spur, or even
any part of the hunter's dress. No
wolf will go near such suspicious
looking or human tainted things.
They will starve rather than ap
proach the carcass to guarded.
With poison, a similar change has
come about. Strychnine was con
sidered lnfalllable when first it was
introduced. It did vast destruction
for a time; then the wolves seemed
to discover the danger of that par
ticular smell and would no longer
take the poisoned bait aa I know
from numberless experience.
It Is thoroughy well known among
cattlemen now that the only chance
of poisoning wolvea Is In the late
summer and early autumn, when
the young are beginning to run with
the mother. She cannot watch over
all of them the whole time, and
there is a chance of some of them
finding the bait and taking It before
they have been taught to let that
sort of smell-thing alone.
The result is that wolves are on
the Increase. They have been. In
deed, since the late 80's. They
havo returned to many of their old
hunting grounds In the cattle coun
tries, and each year they seem to be
more numerous and more widely
spread, thanks to their mastery of
the new problems forced upon them
by civilization. American Magazine.
Strange Dishes
Lion's flesh la said to furnish a
very good meal. Tiger meat is not
o palatable; for it Is tough and
sinewy. In. India, nevertheless, It Is
esteemed, because there is a super
stition that It Imparts to the eater
some of the strength and cunning
that characterises the animal. This
notion is not, of course, held by ta
followers of Brahma and Buddha,
whose religion forbids the eatiug of
flesh.
k There appears to be considerable
difference of opinion among author!,
ties on the subjelt as to the merits
of elephant's flesh as an article of
diet. By some It is considered a
dainty; but here Is the authority of
at least one European against It.
Stanley said that he frequently tast
ed elephant's flesh, and that It was
more like soft leather and glue than
anything else with which he could
compare It. Another explorer, how
ever, declares that he cannot imagine
bow an animal so coarse and heavy
as the elephant oould produce such
delicate and tender flesh. All au
thorities agree in commending the
elephant's foot. Even Stanley ad
mitted that baked elephant's foot
was a dish fit for a king.
When an elephant is shot In Af
rica the flesh is cut Into strips and
dried. This Is called biltong. The
foot having been cut off at the knee
Joint, is saved to make a feast. A
bole about three feet deep Is dug la
the earth, and the sides of it are
baked hard with burning wood. Most
of the fagots are then removed, and
the elephant's foot is placed in the
hole, which is filled with earth tight
ly packed. The process Is complet
ed by building a blazing fire on top.
This Is kept burning for three hours.
Thus cooked, the flesh Is like Jelly,
and can be eaten with a spoon. It Is
the greatest delicacy that can be
Sl7tn to a Kafir
OABTOHXA.
Ban th Ihs Kind You Hae Always 3ouM
Tho Marvels of Indian Magic.
A former French Chief Justice In
Chandermagaore, Jacolllot, gives an
account of several curious perform
ances that were displayed for his ben
fit by a yogi named Bovblnda-Swaml
on the terraco of his own house. Be
ing by no means credulous, Jacolllot
took every precaution to prevent de
ception. Fine sand was strewn on
the ground In -rder to make as
even a surface as possible. Jacolllot
was asked to scat hlmelf at a table
upon which were a pencil and paper.
The fakir carefully laid a piece of
wood upon the sand, and announced
that whatever figures Jacolllot might
draw on the paper the piece of wood
would transcribe them precisely up
on the rand. The yogi stretched out
his hand, and the wooden piece im
mediately copied upon the sand the
most complicated and twisted figures
that Jacolllot drew. When the
Frenchman stopped writing the piece
of wood also came to a standstill.
The fakir stood at a distance against
a wall, while Jacolllot laid the paper
and pencil In such a way that the In
dian could not possibly see what ha
aa Inscribing. Harper's Weekly.
( Iminols Maker Is a Mng1clan.
Most everybody uses chamolc and
and everybody Imagines it comes
from the graceful goats of the Swiss
Alps. But It doesn't. It really
halls from the cavernous depths of
tanneries of Peabody, in New Eng
land. Peabody tanners make beau
tiful leathers of sheep pelts. Ttie
chamois maker Is a magician of the
leather trade. To his doors he draws
sheep skins from the great ranches
of Montana, or their possible future
rivals on tha plains of Siberia, the
pampas of Argentine, or the uelds of
Australia. Mary's little lamb mas
querading as brave Swiss chamois,
has a wonderful career.
Ten Tons of Diamonds.
Prodigious diamonds are not so
uncommon as is generally supposed,
says Sir William Crookes In the
North American Review. Diamonds
weighing over an ounce (151. S ca
rats) are not Infrequent at Klmber
ly. I have seen in one parcel of
stones eight perfect ounce cystalB
and one inestimable stone weighing
two ounces. The largest known dia
mond, "the "Culllnan," was found in
the new Premier mine. It weighs
no less than 3,025 carats.
Not Itcally Ambitions.
The average man takes up so
much time talking about his ambi
tion that he has not time to realise,
it. Atcblnson Globe.
WHERE TOURISTS WILL FIND
HUMPHREYS' SPECIFICS
PARIS, 51, rue des retits-Champs.
LONDON, 49 Haymarket.
V IENNA, Stephansplatz, 8.
BRUSSELS, 66 Boulevard deWaterloo
LISBON, rua do Arsenal, 148 & 152.
BARCELONA, Ronda 8. Pedro 80.
MADRID. Calle Tetuan, 3.
ALEXANDRIA.
viivuu a nuiin,
MANILA, 167, Escolta.
RIO DE JANEIRO, 72 Rua de S. Pedro
BUENOS AYRE8, 446, Calle Flrlda.
",J1A" uxr, ualle del Collseo, 3.
At all Drilcr Rfnroa In
Central America, Honolulu, Porto Rico
the West Indies, and in every City,
Town and Hamlet iu the United States
of America.
DR. HUMPHREYS' MANUAL in
English, German, Spanish, Portuguese
in.u, uiaueu iree. HUMPH
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Ham and Ann Streets, New York.
A Story from Maine.
Last Monday morning when Joe
Dolley's hired man went to the barn
he was surprised to hear the sound
of muslo In the cow stable. He
listened and plain and clear came
the notes of "Old Zip Coon." Think
ing some drunken man was there he
opened the door and went in, but
saw no one. Somewhat frightened,
he looked around and found ' that
the music was coming from the old
cow'n mouth. That was too much,
and he bolted for the house, tell
ing Mrs. Dolley to come to the barn,
as the old cow was bewitched. In
vestigation showed that the little
boy had dropped bis mouth organ in
the stable the day before and the cow
had tried to swallow It, but it had
stuck in her throat and when she
breathed she played "Old Zip Coon.'
Kennebec Journal.
Passed Up.
An Erie woman made a batch of
doughnuts the other day from a new
fangled recipe, supposed to produce
delicious, dainty dreams of para
dise. But instead of the delicious
puffs promised by the cook book, a
good-sized batch of sinkers, was the
result of the experiment. The wom
an had forced herself to believe that
the doughnuts were not wholly bad
and was considerably disappointed,
when, at meal time, the family pass
ed them up. She had quite t lot on
hand, and could well afford to bo
liberal with u.em, so she handed the
dog a couple. He, also, passed them
un. Kansas City Journal.
JERSEYS
Combination and Golden Lad
FOR SALE 2 Cows, 3 Hcifera
and 12 Bulls.
8. E.
NIVIN, Landonburg, Pa.
Trial List for May Term.
SECOND WEEK, MAY II.
IJUie Atherholt vs. Charles
Hughes.
Alfred II. Yetter and George
Yetter vs. Jeremiah Longenberger;
ejectment.
J. W. Adams vs. Wm. Adams;
trespass.
Com.' of Penna. to the use of Zua
B. Guie vs. Daniel Knorr, Tius
Z tnmerman, Ezra Yocum, John L.
Kline and Simon R. Carl; assump
sit. Charles Tritt vs. P. and R. Rail
road Co. ; trespass.
John Mourer vs. P. and R. Rail
way Co.; trespass.
Lena Blass vs. P. and R. Rail
way Co.; trespass.
Catherine Carrvs. Lehigh Valley
Coal Co. ; trespass.
Lydia A. Smith vs. A. C. and F.
Co.; trespass.
Joseph Slusser vs. Pennsylvania
R. R. Co.; trespass.
Johu F. Derr vs. Albert Kelsey;
ejectment.
Wm. II. Hauck vs. Cabin Run
Coal Co. ; trespass.
Samuel Longenberger vs. P. and
R. Railway Co. ; trespass.
Rathbone, Sard Co. vs Berwick
Consolidated. Gas Co.; Assumpsit.
Frederick Smith and Jessie Smith
vs. School District of Franklin
township; appeal for assessment of
damages.
The Fairbanks Co. vs. Berwick
Consolidated Gas Co.; assumpsit.
Columbia County vs. Penna. R.
R. Co.; assumpsit.
Geo. F. Craig vs.. P. andR. Rail
way Co. ; trespass.
Clark II. Hower, Casper A.
Howeretal., heirs and legatees of
Mary Hower, deceased, vs. P. and
R. Railway Co.; trespass.
A. B. Croop vs. Philadelphia
and Reading Railway Co.; tress
pass. Albright Son and Co. vs. Ber
wick Consolidated Gas Co.; as
sumpsit. Goldsmith's Accountants vs. Ber
wick Consolidated Gas Co.; as
sumpsit. Freas C. Kisller, vs. S. B. and
B. R. R, Co.; trespass.
B. H. Dodson vs. O. M. Hess;
assumpsit. v
Katie Cain vs. Conynghara Twp.
School District; assumpsit.
Jacob H. Maust vs. Creary and
Wells; trespass.
M. Milett vs H. P. Aurand; as
sumpsit. Sarah Sterner vs. Town of
Bloomsburg; trespass.
John A. Gosch, parent, and Nor
man Gosch by his father and next
friend, John A. Gosch, vs. Le
high Valley R. R. Co.; tresspass.
Samuel Alstetter vs. Beaver
Twp. ; trespass.
Kern Dodge and Charles Day,
trading under the firm name of
Dodge and Day vs. A. C. Sickles;
assumpsit.
Columbia County National Bank
of Benton, Pa., vs. y. D. Beckley,
W. H. Brooke, H. A. M'Killip,
W. B. Cogger, O. W. Cherrington
and J. Lee Harman; assumpsit.
Josephine F. Vought by her fath
er and next friend Isaac M. Vought
vs. the Berwick Electric Light Co.;
trespass.
Isaac M. Vought and Ermina
Vought vs. The Berwick Electric
Light Co.; trespass.
Mary E. McMannim vs. The Le
high Valley Railroad Co.; trespass.
Catawissa Borough Poor District
vs. Columbia County; assumpsit.
ORDINANCE No. 148.
Whereas the Commissioners of Col
umbia County by authority of law are
authorized to erect a monument In
memory of the Holdiers and Bailors of
the late Rebellion;
And Whereas former Councils of
the Town of JUoomsburg have granted,
by resolution, a plot of ground on the
Bnuth side of Market bquare as a site
for said proposed monument:
Therefore be It ordained and enacted
by the Town Council of the Town of
Klooimburg and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same:
Section 1. That a plot of ground,
eighteen feet square, located in Market
Square, on the (South side of Second
! treet, and contiguous thereto, and on
the centreline of Market Street, be and
is hereby granted to tho County of Col
umbia as a site for the erection and
maintenance of a monument in memo
ry of the Soldiers aud Suilora of the lute
Rebellion.
J. H. COLEMAN.
Attent : I'resldeut.
FREEZE QUICK,
Secretary.
Passed March Oth, 1908. 4.30-3t,
CHARTER NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given that an appli
cation will be made to the Governor of
Pennsylvania on Monday. the eighteenth
day of May, joo8, by O. L. McHenry, I.
W. Edgar, John G. McHenry and F. L.
Klase under the act of Assembly, entitled
"An Act to provide for the incorpora
tion and regulation of certain Corpora
tions," approved April atith, 1S74, and
the supplements thereto, for the Charter
of an intended Corporation to be called
"O. D. McHenry Lumber Co." the char
acter and object of which is the manu
facture and sale of lumber, and for these
purposes, to have, possess and enjoy all
the rights, benefits and privileges of said
Act of Assembly and the supplements
thereto.
CLINTON HERRING,
4 3-4t. Solicitor.
Alexander Brothers & Co.,
Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, and
Confectionery.
Pine Candies. Freeh Every Week.
iPEirir-s- aooEo A- Specialty.
HAVE YOU SMOKED A
ROYAL BUCK or JEWEL CIGAR?
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THEM.
ALEXANDER BROS. & CO., Bloonisburp;, Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED
Carpets, Rugs, Hatting and
Draperies, Oil Cloth and
Window Curtains
You Will Find a Nice Line at
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WHY WE LAUGH.
"A Little Nonsense Now .and 7 hen,
Is Relished by the Wisest Men:'
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Sis Hopkins' Hon., $1.00 a year
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BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Visiting cards and Wedding lavi
tations at the Columbian office, tf
DEALERS IN-
OF
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Our Pianos
are the leaders. Our lines in
clude the following makes :
Chas. M. Stieff,
Henry F. Miller,
Brewer & Pryor, Koiilkr s
Campbell, and Radel.
IN ORGANS we handle the
Estey, Miller.H.Lehr & Co.
AND BOWLBY,
This Store has the agency for
SINGER HIGH ARM SE It
ING MACHINES und
VICTOR TALKING
MACHINES.
WASH MACHINES
Helby, 1900, Queen, Key
stone, Majestic,
J. SALTZEtf,
Music Rooms No. 105 West Mm
Street, Below Market.
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