THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURd, PA. THE BUSY AMERICAN I1KE ROMANCES OF MINES. THE WAIt ON HATS. DEVELOPING THE AlOl HOW THE SLIM ONES CAX BB MADE KOUND AX1 I'llETTY. The Proper Exercise to Develop Mtis clou in Forennns, Fingers and Hand Whlrh will do Much to Benatlfy Them. There Is really no excuse for hav ing thin and scrawny arni3, unless one has a natural deformity, for thin ness of the fore and upper arms ma; le overcome by exercise and mas i.ige. .'a making thin arms round exer c .'p. Is the best treatment for proper '. elopment of the muscles, an'd re . : ta In roundness and strength, and aiiot fall to benefit the entire sys- :n unless carried to the extremes. 'I tills there Is no) the least danger, tor no normal exercire will bring ab normal development. What It will do, however, Is to strengthen cords as well as muscles, and as this proper growth of structure goes on under the skin the covering or outside takes on shapeliness and grace. This change, however, does not come In a week, nor ;n a month, but If the effort Is made persistently and Intelligently the desired object la bound to be achieved. In treating the forearm finger wcrk will be beneficial. For this the sleeves should be rolled up to leave the arms free, and the hands are then closed tightly, curving the fingers under well into the palm. This done, the person tries to hold the fingers tighter, to squeeze them in, as it were, at the same time pressing the thumb tightly over the fingers. If the band Is held fist up, the squeezing will show directly to the centre of the forearm, where roundness Is needed. There Is no danger of doing this exercise too much t i- too often, and at first a woman whoso arms are not strong will be ..bilged to stop the movement after a moment. With repetition the squeezing becomes less painful to the muscles and will not hurt as strength Is acquired. Pulling of any kind It desirable for shaping the arms. As long at the article which Is grasped Is so firm as not to give, the strain on the . arms becomes developing. The dif ficulty, howe.er, lies in finding the stationery object. For this purpose a bath tub would be available, for a woman could grasp the edge firmly and then pull wtth all ner strength. Car. must bo given to this work that It ta the arms and not the flngera which do the pulling, for the natural tsllnation is to let the hands do all v exercise. .iftlng any weight sufficiently xvy to require what strength one i Is the best treatment for the up . .' armB. Any kind of housework .'i perfect salted to'thls although the lact is slighted by the Inexperienced. Sweeping is one of the best exercise for making the arms pretty, the grasp of the broom being reinforced by the stroking motion necessary to accumulate dust on the floor. Gar dening is helpful; so Is hammering, although in the latter the hammer should be more thai; ordinarily heavy. HOME COO ING. Boston Brown Bread. Mix 1 cup yellow corn meal, 1 cup giiham flour, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 1 cup rye meal and two teaspoons bak ing powder well together; then add 4-2 cup of molasses,, then 1 well beaten eg$ into when put 1 pint of milk. Mix thoroughly to form a bat ter. Pour Into well greased moulds and steam four hours. Appls Sauce Cake. One cup apple sauce, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup raisins, 1-2 cup butter melted, 1 teaspoonful of soda put lqto the apple sauce, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1-2 teaspoon cloves, 1-2 teaspoon nutmeg, pinch of salt, 1 3-4 cupa flour. Frost with orange frosting: 1 cup powda.ed sugar, 2 tablespoon of milk, 1 teaspoon of orange flavor ing. Baked Codfish and Egg. Make some rich creamed codfish, using about 3-4 pound ct fish. Have 4 eggs boiled bard and chopped fine.' Put in a baking dish alternate layers if creamed fish and egg, having fish for bottom and top layers. Sprinkle grated cheese thickly over the top and bake half an hour. Potato Biscuit. 31ft together 2 cups of flour, 1 spoou salt and 3 teaspoons of baking powder; rub In three tablespoons of lard or butter; then add 2 cupa of trashed potatoes; lastly about t oupa of milk. Mix as ordinary blsoulta and roll rather thin and bake In a quick over. Not for the Poor Man. The girl who doesn't take care o her clothes is no wife for the poor man; she needs some one who oaa g.ve her an unlimited dress allow ance ai d a maid to look after her, says Home Chat. There Is another point. If It la too much trouble to take oare of her clothes before, It will be too much trouble to take care of her house keeping stores after marriage, with '.be result that a large part of them rr wasted. Woman's Idea of an Angel. A man's idea of an angel la a wom an who doesn't talk about ber neigh burg. A woman's Idea of a male an gel Is a man who doe not talk about himself. His Honey Soils for Enough io Vaj Interest on the Public Debt. The value of 125,000,000 placed on the annual output of honey puts this farm crop only slightly bi;hind raw cane sugar, which had a valua tion at the refineries of $28,000,000. Comparisons with the output of the sixty-four beet-sugar factories, which have a capacity of 4 9,500 tons of beats dally, may seem odious, Yet the product of this coddled and fos tered Industry $45,000,000 whs less than double of that of the busy hlvo communities. The boo in cffecJt, pays tho Interest on the public debt $24,310,32(i. Shnll not the Insect which Napoleon ninde an Imperial emblem have some state recognition such as Massachu setts elves to the codfish in Its legis lative halls? As a .matter of fact, the products of tho New England fisheries which hnvo been the subject of treaties and International conven tions, and occasionally raised the spectre of war, amount in value to oniy half the bee's product. At least tho bee deserves a share In 'he natlcnal affection which Is lavished on the hen. This Indus trious worker maintained Its reputa tion during the year by glvirg poul try products a value of $600,000,000, exceeding that of the wheat crop. That the dairy products counted for more than any crop except corn tes tifies to the Importance of another of the humbler farm Industries. Tho great proportions to which the lesser agricultural products have grown, the orchards with their minor Item or 1,754,927 barrels of elder, the $113,000,000 worth of miscel laneous vegetables, the 5,000.000 tons of cottonseed, once plantation vaste. but now furnishing the equiv alent In value of seven 20,000-ton battleships, make a nature wonder story of never-falling interest. Holo In the Watch Key. "The queerest patent." said the at torney. "Well, tin queerest patent I know of. was the patent of a hole. "An old farmer out St. Louis way, patented a hole, and what Is more, he made a lot of money on it. Now, though, it Isn't worth the paper it Is written on. "The farmer one morning in the (Mm past went to wind his big silver turnip and found the key stuck full of dirt. He tried to dig the dirt out with a pin. No go. " "Consarn ye," he said, 'I'll fix ye.' "And he Grilled a hole In the key, r.nd with a single breath blew oul every bit of the dirt. "He patenteu that hole. He built a factory, bought millions of keys and made holes for them His plant turned out 27,500 holes a day. "In fact, all the world used the farmer's watch keys, which were the enly kind that would keep clean, and the old fellow got rich. "That of course, was in . the dim past. The holo factory is only run ning on half time now, for few per sons to-day use any but the stem winding or keyless watch." Malaria and Degeneration. A bold and interesting generaliza tion concerning the vast effects which malaria may have produced on the history of great and famous na tions and people has recently appeared in England in the form of a book by W. H. 3. Jones, supplemented vith an intro duction by M3jor Ronald Ross. It is suggested that the mosquito has been largely responsible for the de cline of certain nations, aa, for in stance, Greece, In the character of whose peoples historians have re corded a great change during the fourth century before the Christian era. Major Ross's Investigations suggest that malaria may have been introduced into Greece at that time. The conclusion is also drawn that malaria did not exist In Italy much before 200 0. C, and the suggestion is made that Hannibal's army intro duced it. "Malaria," says Mr. Jones, "made the Greek weak and ineffic ient; it turned the sterner Roman in to a bloodthirsty brute atra bills made Its victims mad." The moral seems to be that nations like Indi viduals, should beware of mosqui toes. Fruit and Sugar for Horses. Grain is not the only fruit on which the horse thrives. In Egypt the Khedive's best mares are fed largely on curranU, and these ani mals are noted for thoir enduranco and speed. Figs, during the fig harvest, form the food of the horses of Smyrna; they turn to It from oats or bay. The green tops of the sugar cane are fed to the horses of the West Indies, and for long weeks In many parts of Canada windfall apples form the horse's only food. In Tasmania peaches and in Arabia dates take the placa of the usual hay and oats, corn and bran. A Successful Marriage. An old farmer was once asked the question, "Is marriage a failure?" and his reply was, "My missus minds the house, tends the children, milks the cows, feeds the poultry, looks af ter the pigs, make; the bread, churns the butter and other odd Jobs, and all for nothing a week, and what could be cheaper than that? No, marriage isn't a .failure down my way." A New Word. The latest expression in the word crop of 108 is "notel." It was first used In Cincinnati and means a per son who has no telephone. Discovery of the Rich Coolgnrdle Unsuccessful Prospector's Find. In the history of gold digging and gold finding many a romantic story 1. to be found. Few of these sto ries, however, possess more Interest than that of how the famous Cool gardle mines, in Western Australia were discovered in 18 i 2 mines which hare since yielded millions of pounds of gold. Luck played a Treat ;art. In the discovery but It was the reward of perseverance. In April, 1892, two Victorian min ers r.amed Bayley and Ford struck out for the northeast of Australia, but after traversing 250 miles they lost their horses and had to turn uack. Equipped with fresh horses trey started again on what proved t- be a long, tedious and futlla Jour ney, for once more they were forced to turn bark thlg time for want of water. The third attempt won them fame and fortune. First that found that which to them was more prerlous thnn gold namely, water. They four.d a natural well, known to the scattered I tribes of that far away country as "Coolgardle." Pitching their camp beside the well they turned their horss out to feed and started pros pecting the country around. Ford picked up a half oui.ee nugget an.l before nlsht they l.ad gathered In over twenty ounces of gold. Two ir three wenkj more surfaco pros I.ectlng was rewarded with over two hundred ounces. By this time food supplies had given out, so.koeplng their own council regarding the'.r dis coveries, they returned to civiliza tion, laid in ; fresh stock of provis ions, and hastened back to their El Dorado. Within a few days of their re turn they happened upon the reef that made Coolgardle Beginning with a "slug" weighing 50 ounces, they picked out from a cap of that reef in a few hours upwards of 500 ounceg of gold. Bayley carrying 654 ounces of gold, Journeyed back to the nearest mining town, exhibit ed his find to the mining warden, put in a claim for the lease of the land on which this marvelous dis covery haa been made and hurried off to :he field aaln with a party that numbered 150 men, besides roaches and horses and all the para phernalia of prospecting and camp ing In their wake In course ot time came gold seekers in hundreds and thousands. From Bayley and lord's mine there wls taken in the first nine years of its history 134, 000 ounces of gold, valued at 530, 000. . Almost as sensational as Coolgar dle were the Londonderry and Wealth of Nations ' flnde" The Londonderry was discovered by a party oi unsuccessful prospectors on their way back to Coolgardle. Two of them picked up some rich gold bearing specimens. After a brief search the outcrop of a reef was exposed, from which In the course of a few days they took out from 4,000 to 5,000 ounces of gold. From the cap of the Wealth of Nations reef gold to the value of 20,000 pounds was securtd In a few days Tit-Bits. Harvest Time In Kansas. Those unfortunate people who have never enjoyed the tiospltallty dispensed by a Kansas farmer's household during harvest time have yet to learn the choicest pleasures of gastroraony. To put It briefly the farmer's table Is loaded with the best things to eat that grow on this earth, served "fresh off tho bat," and the mora you eat the better the farmer's wife likes it. Fresh eggs and crisp bacon such as only Kan sas porkers can produce, trie I spring chicken In miUc gravy, with chicken pot 1 les as big as a hat, all the fresh vegetables Just now in full season, flaky pies and berries and cream washing down with foaming pitchers of sweet milk or , butter milk of that delicious iang only to De found in a western country farm house these are but a few of the articles on the bill of fare during the Kansas harvest time No gilded restaurant in the land can equal It, and such a feast cannot ' be found outside of Kansas Kansas City Journal. Catch Trout in Orchards. Game Warden Thomas Mullen ot Ya,klma county, has called the sportsmen of this district together to devise some way of protecting the game fish which are now being slaughtered in thousands by bsing dunped on the orchards and alfafa fields from the Irrigation ditches. The trout and salmon enter the ditches and then turn off into the laterals, finally ending their life In the grass where the water has play ed out and left them. Attorney Ed T ard Parker a few days ago caught a six pound rainbow trout In his pear orchard. Clinton Shannon found several trout In his orchard and numerous others have reported similar finds. Small boys catch long strings of small trout by scoop ing them from the tools with their hands. Game Warden Mullen bays that in some sections of the valley the ranchers who want fish angle for them in the irrigation ditches In preference to the streams, the ditches being more acoessible and the water slower and therefore bet ter. Seatde Intelligencer. It Is computed that the English language is spoken by 350,000,000 I'oople. ' Damage Wrought by American Ko dents Something Astonishing. The United States is now sin fronted with a rat plague which has grown to such proportions that ilio Department of Agriculture has fo.nid it Incumbent to prepare a bulletin setting forth extermination remedies for the benefit of the asailed far mers. In France rats and mlco are responsible for damages to the amount of over $40,000,000 annual ly, this estimate being based in ilov. eminent reports. The rodent Is more destructive than any other knov.n mammalian pest. A single rat v.i!l eat two ounces of corn a day, an.l will destroy and spoil more than It eat. The gravest Indictment ngnl;tt that It Is one of the most dangerous tiled ill ms lor the dissemination if d Lipase. This is due to the purasito with which Its fur Is thickly lnfest.-J. The war against rate, tho ii'.h fiercely waged at the present tliiui, is by no means a series of victories ir mankind, for the rodent Is me of the most fecund pests with which humanity Is ulllicted, and, as a i" sult, there are always new hordej to take the place of the slain. Tii'.y breed from three to six times a year, and the females have their first lit ter when not more than three months old. The average litter numbers ten, but frequently It will aggregate 14 or more. A slight calculation will demon strate precisely what this means are1 how serious the situation has become to farmers and others, for. If three litters of ten each, are produced every year, a single pair if permit ted to breed unchecked and no loses from death was experienced, would in three years have a progeny of tn generations, ' numbering 20,155,39:!; and the eleventh generation due at the beginning of the fourth year, would number of 100,000,000. Thme are absolutely appalling figures and show how necessary some united ae ton aganst the rodent has becomo. But the rat is cunning as well us predatory, and the war of extermina tion seems likely to be along one,; for man may decimate the ranks of the rodents with poison, but the gaps thus made will be filled up by the younger generation, and the con test renewed with new life and vigor. Dust Pun Attachment. In the illustration below Is shown an attachment that can be easily ap plied to an ordinary dust pan for the purpose of serving as a comb to remove threads, hair, etc., from a broom when used in sweeping lust upon the pan. This device has ben DUST PAN ATTACHMENT. patented by an Iowa man. The at tachment comprises a coil of spring wire having a hook at each end. The coil is of such length that when t.ie hooks are attached to th3 sides of the pan the colls of spring will stand apart far enough to admit the straws of a broom or the bristles of a brush between them. The coils serve the purpose of removing threads, lint or hair from the broom or brush. If tho Just pan becomes worn or broken the attachment Is unhooked and placed on a new pan. In use the pan Is held In the ordinary way. The spring preveents the broom from go- lug too far back upon the pan and will In a way aid in retaining duat or sweepings upon the pan. Euct or lYinclple. Half the confusions of thought In the world, not excepting the world of political discussion, have arisen because men have not stopped to ask thenisel ves whether the issue is one of fact or of principle. "Do I deny the facts or do I dispute the infer ence?" or in legal words, "Ought I to plead or to demur?" Law Jour nal. On Yawning. I have come to the conclusion that if a man yawns, and you don't wa'.t to yawn too, the only way to prevent It is to blow your nose. A man of ny knowledge boasts that he can not a whole railway carriage full of people yawning by merely taking time over It himself. And I bell.ive ho enn, (., H. R. Dabbs, M. D., in Frye s Magazine. Kx-I'ilwtlghter u Preacher. "Kid" Wedge, until recently prlzpli.'inter, has lieen appointed pnstor or the First Presbyterian V. I. t T . . . , I'lluiiM in nuriioiun, jnho. He nava that most' critics ot the ring have never talked with a fighter. fas Tho Kind You Have Always la use for over 30 years, All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-pood" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. I contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic, substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Fcvcrlnliness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS S7 Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. VMS .ffNTAUn M.MN1, MURMAV STarCT. OITV. Where Kels Come Prom. The public Just learns. It Joe not know where eels aie bred, but It seems the problem long ha puzzled biologists. Pantxh marine Investiga tors have completed researches prov ing that so far as the European eel population Is concerned the creatures spawn at a depth of " 5 0 fathoms in the Atlantic Ocean, contiguous to tho British lsleB, and Houthwerft of Kurope. From Innumerable "ggn th' iv appear tiny .arvae called leptccephall, which are transparent, jelly-like, and tbit. having something of the contour of a tall-less herrln,. It Is not known how lrng the pb,;s take to develop the leptocephall. but the lat'er oc cupy six months In transition to fie familiar elvers, which are ab.iut two Inches Ion;:. The - ers then migrate Ir ?ount less swarms to th. chores of West ern teuropo, travlln In column sometimes several yards wile 'mid milt lens. Nothln:; stops tli-Mr progress. If they encounter u shl'i they separate to tho rlht and the left and rejcln In the vessel's wake. They invade every river and water way along the coasts ascending stad small falls, penetrate streams r.nd wrigglo over swamp grounds Into ponds and ditches. K.lglu liutter. Prof. O. K. Huiizlker, head of Dairy Division of Purdue University has the following to say regarding Elgin Putter: "Elgin butter is supposed to come from Eli?In, 111., and It la claimed by butter merchants that butter made in Elgin territory is of superior qual ity, because of more Ideal climatic conditions, better cows, and better pastures. Tho tn th of the matter is that the Elgin region makes but very little butter. That section of the Htate of Illinois in which Elgin la situated Is largely a city mllit sup ply and milk condensing country. A large proportion of all the milk pro duced there ,ces into milk condens ing factories and city milk plants. "Though the consuming public may be Ignorant cf tho fact, it Is nevertheless true that most of the butter wrapped In Ugln wrappers and sold as Elgin butter, has never seen Elgin, III., nor any section of that region. It comes from any creamery cr butter merchant that chooKU'i to use the Elgin wrapper." Sand. Hund Is used at the se:ithor as material for levers to tilt o-i ani ;y wholesale grocers. It Is a!no urt.iul ir. proposing and driving away . red Iters. Sand Is present lc almost every lo cality. It cun be heard on the vuu dovll'e stnr.e di.r'.ng the clog dance, can be tasieil in strawberries, and can be Keen In choice New England farm lnnds, shortly after they have been purchased. Sand Is composed cf a large num ber of Individuals. When the waves come up and washes these ludivld iti.ls about maybe they protest (svlvi knows? human beings do), but iliu wave doesn't cure. The wave would be glad or It, If It knew. S'tna Is often used us a foui. Nation for houses. The people who t,ul'.'l t.ie houses on sand do It because they like to save up for a rainy ,!ay. Sand is also used for scenery in deserts. Indeed, without sar.d, no desert would have any Bcenery at all. Sand sometimes maket storms. When there lg a sand storm, It is hard on the eye. But this Is good for oculists, thus proving that all things have a um. Bought, find which lias been has borne the ftlprnaturo of and hs been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one todeccivo you in this. Signature of Mexican Proverbs. He who never ventures v.iil never cross the sea. There's no gain without pain. Flies cannot enter a close I nio-ith. Hehlnd the cross isAhe dev.l. A cat in gloves will never catch rats. To tho hungry no breaj Is dry. A tuok that Is thut m::icts no scholar. A good laundress washes the siilrt first. No evil will en .tire a Imniiri yeHrs. When the river Is po.--smI. the saint Is forgotten. Pining I, nte and I.i n;. In Sit Alzerunn West's ear y days society of . ":i dined late and Ion:;, snd the a e Lord Clanw .llian once told htri v'. one occasion when hi? rtinel h a IrtMinl'.x villa near Putney and tl. meal did not lu g u ui.til t n piir-K Wiiea liipy rt 'a:;t nrr.sj from the tabic and went to tr.pir loom. Lord tt n william- flung open hJ:t window ntid saw i lie haymakers coming Into tl.e tl "I wonder," he thought, "what time they begin work." and on consultliiK his wntch he found It was 8. ill). Tho haymakers wero roturn ln to their work from their break fabt.. Millions Guarded. Tho value of property guarded bf the London police 1b estimated at 54.6OU.000.000. The worries of u weak mid sick moth er are only begun with the birth of her child. Jiy day her work In constantly Interrupted and ut night her rest is broken hy the wailing tit the peev ish, puny infant. Dr. 1'ieree's Kavorite Prescription makes weuk women strong und sick women well. It lightens all the burdens of maternity, giviin to mothers strength ami vigor, which they impart to their children. Iu about forty years ot practice Dr. Pierce and his HxsociHte stall of physicians have treated ami cured more than half a million sufl'ering women. Kick wom en are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter Iree of cliurge. All correspond ence Is strictly private. Address Dr. it. V. Pierce, Inva'luV Motel and Sur gical Institute. Bullulo. X. Y. Hoax "I see the vegetarians are he ginning to eat Kraws." Joax ' I won der how it is served." Hoax-"A 1 mowed, I suppose." - D Til K HI CUT Till. NO if ,V"U bV Nasal Catarrh. Get Ely's t'lvam Halm at once. Dou't touch the catarrh pow ders and suufts, for they contaiu !0" calne. Ely's Cream Uuliii releases the secretions tliut inlhuue the nasal laa nges and the throat, whereas medicines made with mercury merely dry up the secretions ami leave you no belter th(,u you were. In a word, Ely' Cream 11 Im is a real remedy, not a delusion. All (IrugBistH, f0 cents, or mailed by Ely Brothers, 6H Warren Street, New York. Nell '' en. Indeed, hhe is a very :n- tellectual woman, ller ideas lire iiite in advance ot.the limes." "What iliU'erelice does that Her clothes are away behind." " Hello make? LC'iriecly E!?'s Cream Balm it. i"i!-:H absorbed, w "i.v i Hrlmt nt Unce. it Iu:. ises, soothes uual.j ai'd protect tho diseased mem brans resulting from Catarrh und drives away a Cold in the e Head (juiekly. lie stores the Souses of I til I ' . , Tama unil Kmiill. Vull size 50 otS.i V- gist or by mail. Iu liuuid form, 7 ut Ely BrotUur. BO Wanrer Btrest, Vo" ' wk
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