THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOO..ISBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, JULY It, 108.
WTIEUK IK1 THn OLD PIANOS GO
Iht In, Win n They Oct So Olil Veto
Cnn't Wve Thrtn Anny.
What becomes of all (bo old
rtatiosT Any piano dealer will tak
your old piano when yon want a new
one Hnd will allow a substantial
erd:t on It even If It Is of another
maie. From time to time the dual
cm announce sales of used pianos.
All dealers have large stocks of them
on hand constantly. One piano
firm has on exhibition an old fash
loned square piano which was made
at leaat half a century ago. The
ptnno bears a placard to the effect
thHt any one who will tay the cartas-
may have It for the asking. No
otif has accepted the offer. Suppose
ro one ever takes that plnno off the
hands of the dealers who want to
t?ei rid of It. What will the deal
ers do with It? Obviously with
rents as high as they are It wouldn't
pay to store a piano you can't give
away. 80 the question remains.:
v bat. In che itst stag of undeaira
ti'llty, becomes of all the old plaooi?
N Y. S.in.
Filling M.-iny Wanes.
One of the most useful trees In
the world Is a species of palm which
Rrows in Brazil. It might safely be
railed a vegetable emporium, for It
yields everytulng from medicine to
rattle food. From the roots Is ob
tained a very valuable medicine
which Is used for purifying the blood
in springtime. Its timber takes very
high polish, and Is much sought
after by cabinet makers for fine
work. The sap becomes wine or
vinecar, according to the treatment
tt receives. From the sap, starch
and sugar are also obtained. The
fruit of the tree Is given to cattle
for food; the nut, around :o powder,
makes a good substitute for coffee,
and the pith becomes bottle corks.
Bird That Fight Windows.
"The mating season of the birds
approaches," said a nature student,
"and, if you live In a good bird coun
try yojr windows will kill off many
a mate. Male birds In the mating
season become extraordinarily bold
and fierce. Houses have no terrors
for thorn. Approaching, they see
their own reflections In the glass of
the windows, and mistaking these
images for rl7al males, they dirt In
imitably upon the g!a.ss, M fall
back stunned, or bleeding, or hroken
wtnged. I have a south window that
I can always rely on in the spring to
SUl me two birds a week. 1 grill them
CD toast."
Avoided the Danger.
It was -a wise young man who
caused 'before he answered the wid
ow who asked him to guess her age.
'You must have some idea about it,"
she said, with what was intended for
xa arch cidewlse glance.
"I have several ideas," he admit
ted with a. smile. "The only trou
ble Is that I hesitate whether to
make you ten years younger on ac
counts o your looks or ten years
lder on account of your brains.'"
Then utile the widow smiled and
olusbed, he took & graceful but
pedy leave. Youth's Companion.
Not That Kind of a Talker.
"On one occasion wben In Con
gress," said James F. Banks of Bos
on. "Geo. Benjamin Butler arose In
a Is place and Intimated that the
member who oocupled the floor was
transgressing the limits of debate.
"Why, General, said the member
reproachfully, "you divided your
:lme with me."
" '1 know I did,' rejoined Butler
grimly, "but I didn't divide eternity
vlth you.' "
A Bequest Refused.
The French Academy refused the
J20.000 bequeathe J to it by Mile.
Louise H. Leclere, to be used, ac--ordlng
to the terms In her will; "In
alKlng the moral tone of France."
The Academy holds the acceptance of
.his fund would be tantamount to ad
mitting the opinion of the testratrlx,
ho regarded ner native country as
..Ink of iniquity.
Why Indeed.
One old member of the New York
oar. who has long been in touch with
,'Ourt methods titirj pioceedtngs. says
.ie wonders why a rertlllcato of good
character is required before a man
is admitted to practice.
Where Grafter Live.
The guides on the Washington
. rubberneck automobiles take treat
pleasure In pointing out the Grafton
.lotel and informing the panseugera
,hat a great many politicians atop
. there.
Diamonds From Crater.
A South African diamond mine or
'9lpe" la the crater of an extinct vol
icano and the dlamoudiferous ground
lorma the niltog of that crater.
The World Do Move.
Whan McCornuck built his first
Hundred reapers la 1845 ho paid
cenU for bolts. To-day 60 bolU
ma&o for a ce.ui.
OASTOnr a .
Assti tU -lhl KM ou Always Bought
aifSKw
CHILDREN TO ATD THE 1URD4.
A School Army F.nllMlng to Save
the duardlan of Cropn.
Oi the millions of school children
in thU country final hope of averting
the extinction of the valuable Insect
ivorous birds has been rested.
What the Federal Government, the
State Legislatures, and even the
granges, women's clubs or national
commercial organizations have failed
to accomplish completely, the Na
tional Association of Audubon socle
ties have announced will be now glv.
en to the children of the land to
bring about To organize every body
of pupils from the largest New York
public school to the most remote dis
trict school or the Pacific coast, Into
a general movement for housing,
feeding and protecting the wild birds
that save the country's crops In ihe
obje't of the Audubon workers.
General headquarters for this new
campaign are being established in the
offices of the National AssocialtoD of
Audubon Societies, at No. 141
Broadway, Now York. Already the
organization is In touch with thous
ands 01' teachers and girls' and boys'
cl-ibs throughout the country, to
which It has regularly sent literature
on bird guarding and care. With
these as nucleus, the children ar to
pusL the light until the members of
each school In every neighborhood
are enlisted in the work of building
bird houses and "restaurants" to sus
tain the sadly thinned ranks of 'he
feathered army 01 Insect destroy
ers. Special ammunition In the form
of printed directions and suggestions
for making bird shelters and "lunch
counters'' Is being prepared for every
boy and girl who will write and ask
for It.
Old kettles, boxes, or milk, 'o
mato and kerosene cans, are being
used by the children aa emergency
bird shelters. Elaborate houses, rus
tic Imitations of hollow limbs, and
neatly furnisned apartments are also
being planned. All must be made
cat-proof, and should face to the
south or west If possible. The feath
ered pair who will seek quarters for
rearing their families In the spring
will be particular in their tastes. If
they find no promising spot for a
heme in any locality, they will pass
on and leaves its fields and gardens
at the mercy of the insects. The
children are urged to the Immediate
but ling of houses for this season's
bird families, because seasoned and
weather-beaten structures most
quickly tempt the birds when spring
moving day comes.
Ornithologists declare that the
march of civilization has robbed mil
lions of useful, ao well as sightly and
tuneful, birds of their old-time facili
ties for home making. Sheltering
tree trunks are being laid low every
year over hundreds of acres. The
old-fashioned structures, where birds
might flock under open eaves, are be
ing replaced by modern roofs that
shut out bird life. Whole races, like
the chimney swifts, are being de
prived of their shelter In the big,
old-style chlmnles.
S ich conditions, combined with lax
laws for spring shooting and pot
hunting, may drive the valuable In
sent eaters to extinction. It will be
the children's work to house the
evicted birds at the time when they
not only rear their young, but eat
most copiously of the Insect crop-destroyers.
"The children .are now the great
factor In this economic movement,"
said William Dutcher, president of
the National Association of Audubon
Socle cits. "Not only their patriotism
but the self-interest of every one of
t.er parents Is ;the motive for pre
venting the extinction of the beauti
ful and highly vauable birds of this
cou-'.ry. We are calling on Con
gr8 , the State Legislatures, and on
every adult body -.to help; but I be
lieve the work of the school children
will accomplish more than than all
the other methods comblced. t is
a fine chance for every boy and girl
to do something for his village, State,
and he country at large, and I know
they will not negleot to do their
part 'Save the birds' Is the motto
and rallying cry."
Music in Mexico.
According to the American consul
at Monterey Mexico everybody In
that sunny land has a love of music,
: ya "Musical America." The com
mon laborer who works all day pav
ing the str-eets, may be found In the
evening taking r. leading part In an
orchestra playing classic music. It
Is a poor house, Indeed, that has not
some sort of a musical Instrument
Co '.ton goods, nails, steel rails, and
various others articles or commerce
are manufactured In Monterey, but
as yet the consml Is quoted as saying,
that nobody has ever made a guitar
there, except, perhaps, Borne lone
genius who manufactured one for his
own uso. Guitars and mandolins are
almost exclusively Imported from the
United States, thougv some come
from France and Spain. Germany Is
supposed to be the home of the vio
lin tui'. nearly all these Instruments
used In this part of Mexico, come
frcm that country, though an lnsig
nlucant number come from the Unit
ed States. In pianos, of which quite
a .umber are sold there, the United
bta:-s has the best of the trade, the
balance going to Germany. Ia or
gans the United States Is practically
unrivaled In this country, very fw
of theea instruments In any grade
coming from Europe. But there Is
one general class of Instruments In
which the United States might do a
good business, but as yet does practi
cally none, and that la the Instru
ments which go to the furnishing of
a brass bniJ,.WftBhJngtpnJfrlL
SPIDER HAS HIS USE.
He's the Enemy of the Cockroach. anj
Nabs Him When he Can.
It Is too bad so mnny people are
prejudiced against spiders, said the
man who always finds out curious
things. "If they could stand it to
have spiders around they would soon
get rid of cockroaches. In the spider
the cockroach has an enemy that pur.
sues hfin with more malevolence Uian
does the cleanly housewife. And not
only Is this hatred moro deep-rooted,
it la more deadly. All things con.
slilered the cockroach shows mighty
Utile respect for the human race.
He knows that, although he is smnll,
he Is chock full of Inventive genius,
and he laughingly scorns the futile
attempts of men and women to cir
cumvent and destroy him.
"So long has he been battling for
life ai;nlnnt parls green, fly paper, hot
water, and wire cages, thnt he has
learned to stounter through green
h'lies of poison and wade rivers of
pl'.'p without so much as soiling his
toes, and when It comes to the scald.
Ing hath he swims blithely out and
wriggles his whiskers In derision at
his would.be slayers. But he dares
not treat the spider with such dls.
daln. In fact, he doesn't have a
chance, for the spider outdoes even
the cockroach in cunning, and nabs
him without the least ceremony.
"Still, It would he hardly nd visa,
ble to recommend raising a crop of
spidprs as a sure preventive of cock,
roaches, for In most people's minds
the exterminator lg more objectiona
ble than his victim.''
It was In a country tavern where
a newly arrived commercial traveler
was holding forth.
"I'll bet ray case of samples," he
said, "that I've got the hardest name
of anybody In the room."
An old farmer In the background
shifted his feet to a warmer part of
the stove.
"Ye will, will ye?" he drawled.
"Wa.al, I'll have to take you up. I'll
hct $10 against your samples that my
: anie'll beat yoiirn."
"Done," cried the salesman. "I've
got the hardest name In the country.
It ii Stone."
T'.ie old man expectorated.
"Mine," he said, "Is Harder."
Petroleum Butter.
Ono of the very late by-products
of petroleum is autter. It is far
superior to most of the cheap so-call-td
butter that is sold In corner groc.
eries, and a good deal better than
oleomargarine. I had the experience
of eating some the other da7 with
out knowing what it was and thought
It was excellent. I assume It Is
vaseline prepared in a buttery way.
Nothing simpler or easier. What
next? Will wonders never
cease? If olive oil were made Into
6olid cakes and served as butter It
wo".ld be In great demand us food.
People In general bellevj It Is made
c nly for salads. A few cook vlth It
N. T. TrYQSl.
THE ONLY BIG SHOW
BLOOMSBURO
UNDER THEIR HUGE HAPPY DAYS VAftHFHGOr PAVILIONS,
The FRANK A. R0BBINS
NEW GREATEST ALL FEMURE SHOWS.
Acres of Wn.mals, Acts, Antics and Attractions. Room for Ten Thou
sand to Enjoy r. Thousand Revels.
THE TRIBUNAL OF NATIONS.
A SUPEB-SPLESDID FAGEAXT KEFLEX OF HEROIC HIS
TORY Introducing Upon Sumptuous Triumph, 1 1 Float and NuMi-st Charters, Living
Counterparts of the Greatest Warriors ami l.uli-rsof the I'ast and Present, Martially and
Kejjally Accoulereil and Atrayed in Splendidly Accurate 1'acs.iuiilus uf (lie Arms and Ki-gali
til I'liuir Eras.
THE PAP.AaOY OF ItADlANT, ROMANTIC REALISM.
THU VniiY CREAM OF EARTH'S GREAT CIRCUSES
THE WORLD'S MOST "WONDROUS BAREBACK EQUES
TRIANS, Saddle Sensationalists .Manege .Marvels Revolutions and Revelations in l)ur
inj;, Delicate Riding Th" Handsomest 01 Horses '1 lie wieatest of Artists.
A HOST OF CLOWNS THAT CATE3 TO A RATIOS.
Whose Inimitable Burlesques of Popular dames, Prominent People's V'ads and Fashions
Fools and Follies Make Folks Fall Off thek Seats.
4 Most Surprising Hoists of Many Species.
In Cute, Cunuing and Curious Antics tfj Charm the Children.
Th Animal Stars of All Arenas. A Monster Motley Assemolaqa of Wondrous Wags,
Worth Tbeir Weight In Gold to a Weary Wor d
THE COMING OR ALPHA AND CM EG A,
m DARE-DEVIL RIYALRY ABOVE A YAWNING DEATH TRAP,
Flying Awheel Acros a Ditty Can of Fifty Feet.
THIS JEARSOME MID-AIR FIOHT FO FA"E Which Makes the
Pravest (iasp and Tremble, Which Submerges Applause in Awestruck Admiration, Is
Wonderful Beyond the Power of Words. Prodigious Beyond Photor.iph .r Pencil. An
Cvent of Supernatural Sensaticn.
Grand Free Street Parade at 10 A. M.
' 2 Performances Rain or Shine, Afternoon and Evening.
Inventor of Envelopes.
It Is somewl at curious that such
a simple contrivance as the envelope
should be a comparatively modern
Invention. As a matter of fact, It Is
Just a hundred years since a paper j
manufacturer of Brighton i:amcd
Brew ob Invented envelopes for letters
In their present form. Even then It
was some considerable time before
their use became at all general, not,
In fact, until somwhere In the year
1850. Before this date, (as many
who are living now will remember)
a letter, written only on one side,
was folded In two, then In three,
sealed with a wafer or sealing wax,
anj addressed on one of the blank
Ides. The Gaulols.
A Town Without Taxes.
Orson, In Sweden, has no taxes.
During the last thirty years the au
thorities of this place have sold over
one million pounds' worth of trees,
and by means of Judicious replanting
have provided for a similar Income
every thirty or forty years. In con
sequence of this source of commer
cial wealth thtre are no taxes, and
local railways and telephones are
free, at are education and many
other things. TIt-BlU.
A Diving Sponge IHat.
A submarine hs been built h? a
company at Blzerta, France, for
sponge fishing. When sunk It can
travel on a short of wheel along the
bottom of the sea, being worked by
two submarine oars from the Inside.
It collects sponges by means of a me
chanical gripper, and has electrical
searchlights, a telephone, nd a
speaking tubt by w hi ik It can com
municate with a bo n on the sulfate
The BubruAWne han already btcu
down to a depth of 330 feet.
At the Dry Inn.
"No use to ask mc. Colonel," said
the landlord. "I'd like to oblige you,
but yo know as well as I do that
GeorgU Is dry. Howsomever, If you
Etep upstairs while I put cut the
light you may stumble over some
thin' but even If you fall down
stairs and briak your leg mind now
I don't know what done It!" At
lanta Constitution.
Military Schools In U. S.
Of strictly military schools there
are 17b throughout the land. New
York has 32, New Jersey 9, Pennsyl
vania 11, North Carolina 7, Texas 9,
Wisconsin 4, California 9 and Illinois
6.
A ICensonniile . rendition.
"In order to be a regular optim
ist." said Uncle Ebcn, "it's a good
idea to staht out wlf you arrange
ments all made foh, three square
meals a day an' de payment of d
rent" Washington Star.
The Paying Teller Admonished.
The Farmer See here, young
man, none o' your monkey business.
Them ain't the same bills I deposited
here last month. Brooklyn Life.
COMING THIS YEAR
Jy
Alexander Brothers & Co.,
DEALERS IN
Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, and
Confectionery.
o
Tina Candles. Fresh Every Weok.
jPET1T"X" GrOOpS -A. SPECIALTY.
HAVE YOU SMOKED A
ROYAL BUCK or JEWEL CIGAR?
ASK YOUR DEALER TOR THEM.
ALEXANDER BROS. & CO., Bloomsburg, l.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
Carpets, Rugs, Hatting and
Draperies, Oil Cloth and
Window Curtains
You Will Find a Nice Line at
W. B, BEG WEB' 8
BLOOMSBURO, PENN'A.
WHY WE LAUGH.
"A Little Nonsense Now and 7ient
Js Relished by the Wisest Men:'
Judge's Quarterly, $1.00 a year
Judge's Library, $1.00 a year
Sis Hopkins' Hon., $1.00 a year
On receipt of Twenty Cents, we will enter your name
for three months' trial subscription for either of these bright,
witty, and humorous journals, or for One Dollar will add
Leslie's Weekly or Judge for the same period of. tirrr
Address
Judge Company
225 Fourth Avenue New York
3-21
SUSPEND
WILL OUTWEAR THREE
OF THE ORDINARY KINO
More elsitle, non-nilnff pun.
Absolutely unbreakable leftiner
Ourantwa bMt to. mputo mad.
Can Im uat In llffht or bavj w.lfht for
man or jruuth, tttra length Mm. prte.
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If yonrlealr won't mpplyyou
wet will, Hm imid, fur 60 oenU.
Bend for vtliiftbl tr booUft,
' Cornet Drai A SupuuUr ItjrlM."
HEWES & POTTER
LtrjtMt Suipcndcr M&ktrt la thv Worli
1214 lilaMla SU lut.
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 Sts.,
BLOOM SB VRG, PA.
Visiting cards and Wedding invi
tations at the Columbian office, tf 1
I 4
Our Pianos
are the leaders. Our lines in
clude the following makes :
Chas. M. Stieff,
Henry F. Miller,
Brewer & Pryor, Kohler &
Campbell, and Radel.
IN ORGANS we handle the
Estey, Miller.II.Leiir & Co.
AND BOWLUY.
This Store has the agency for
SINGER HIGH ARM SE IV
ING MACHINES and
VICTOR 7ALKING
MA CHINES.
WASH MACHINES
Helby, 1900, Queen, Key
stone, Majestic.
J. SALTZER,
Music Rooms N. 105 West Main
Street, Below Market.
BL O OMSB UR G, rA