gfaturday Qight THE COLUMBIAN. BL00MS8URO. PA Bf f. E. DAVISON Rutland, Vt o o o q a o o o a o o a"o"" TIIK AI.COIIOMC MAGAKA. Nov. 29. us dsn. 28: 1-13.) nrtinkftinrn is not it product of mortorrt llnn-a n men nometlmr-i rinim. ino pirturo nrcHonleil In Isluli i'S Is true to llfo. and must have hern dravn hy an artist who had itood Tare to face with a blear-eyud red-facpd, K'ature-bnttprt'd, foul! nmolllng, mii(l(Ilo-hrnln.'d. Indecent Inebriate. Then, ns now, wln wns a mocker, strong drink wax rasing, and whoaoevor was deceived thereby was not wine. And yt. familiar ax the plcturo upon which this writer looked, and upon which aome look every day i ney live. It nevertheless Is one upon which many to-day look with the In difference of fancied security, or the Impatience of Ignoble selfishness. Tho Itilglit Side. Hoe that young man that one who stands by tho bar. under the light of that flashing chandelier, sur rounded by well-dressed companions, his ear greeted with voluptuous and dreamy music, his eye feasting tho nisi or nis heart as ho gazes upon trio splendidly Indecent colorings of the picture hanging upon the wall. he Is not drunk, his companions are not Intoxicated, no Moated wreck of manhocil Is allowed to darken those doors. He will laugh In your face If you touch his arm, and warn him of the dangers of strong drink. Me will consider you laclilr.s In ordinary politeness it you venture to hint tliut at the last It blteth like a serpent and stlngeth like nn ndd-r. He Is away up strenrn MoMtlir In : gilded li.irgu on a bro-id and peaceful river, in which there Is no tiKn (,f n cur. rent. And yen cannot make lilm be lieve that Xlacara Is only a few miles down that same stream, and the hell ui the whirlpool rripi !s. Th::t is not drunkenness it i.( only th- amiable side of alcoholic exoneration. l'.elinv tl:e 1'iills. I'wl If you want to see the f.ite of countless thousands of such begin ners you need mu go far to Mm it. Tako Jsaiah's arm, take Solomon's ami, or better yet. take a modern policeman's arm and go with him where drunkenness holds Its orgies of lust and blool. Plunge down, down, down iio what Is appropriate, ly called a "Dive," and In the light of the policeman's lantern look at those piles of dirty rags, whereon are lying rather, mother and daugh ter In the etupefactlon of dilnk. Stoop down and look Into those faces. bloated, purple, open of mouth and gashed with wounds, and then stag ger out Into the night to look I.mo other dens where women, or !; cre once women, are shrieking, fighting, blaspheming or pawning their miserable garments for the leverage of hell, and there you will ste drunkenness In all Its horrid re ullty. This Is Niagara Falls, this Is ttie whirlpool of destruction TORNADO IN ARKANSAS KILLS SCORE OR MORE. Sweeps Strip Two Miles Wide mul Heventjr Long llreuks Long Drouth in M:iutlives. St. Ixiuis, Nov. 25. Thu long drouth In this part of the country came to a violent end when tha wind accompanying a ueuvy ram wrought havoc f loin tho coast of Louisiana through Arkansas to the U.urk Mountains In Missouri. From mea gre reports from u i nr.. f ,..,. lu northeastern Arkansas twenty-live persons were killed, llfty were lu Juiud and a number are h,ioi.l i.. n toinauo which swept tnrougn u sec- iiou or country two nilLa wia and seventy mites long. ine lurtu of tin) storm was felt greatest In the vklnltv of iiri Ark., the amull town of cravens, four mi.es went, being eouiDlelolv wi I OUt. Pour BUrsons wnrn till,,, I .l three fatally Injured. Three men, two women and three children m reported missing. At Knoxvllle, Ark., the storm crossed over at thtj mouth of I'lney Creek, demolishing everything in Its path. Twenty per sons were Injured and several are reported killed. Calls for nin-i. clans huve been sent from lian, a small town northeast of Knoxville. Hi-rr was swept, nearly off the map. The country between Knoxvllle and Hair was devastated.. CONPI-SSIiS PLOT TO KILL GRANDFATHER. firandsoii Siyi Two ('limns Tried to J toll mul Then Slew Henil. Vlnelatid. N. J., Nov. 19. Under a pitiless cross-examination by De- t"ctlve Spencer, who arrested him, nineteen-year-old Walter Zeller on fessed that ho was one of three joiing men In a plot to kill his grandfather, William Head, who was beaten and shot to death at his homo here. teller broke down and declare! that ('line Wheeler and Herbert firtfTT, his chums on Hallowe'en !i!::hr, I'M -red the old man's house mi ! attempted to rob him, but were seared away. They planned another cn.r.'nie, and Zellcr says that wliil.j he stool i Mock awav from thu house, his companions got In and struck the old man as he lay asleep. The blow was not heavy enough to lanso death. Read revived while the young men were ransacking the house. Ho stag gered toward them, and Griggs, '." ler says, fired the shot. Griggs and Wheeler have been arrested. RECLUSE WHO DIED IN HUT LEFT $28,956. Seven Cousins to Profit by the "Pov erty" of William Henry Jayne. Hempstead, L. I., Nov. 25. Resi dents of Hempstead were much surprised to learn to-day that 2S, 956.95 was tho amount of the ap- 1 rv Javnt tht prrnntrip mplnua mhn Where did all thes ueonlo romo I uan fminrt riooi ia&t c,tm- i irom: r rom UD the river. Not nnn hut nn M farm In (Ka n k - i - " " icni il I. im of them Jumped In here at first. They at! started In the pleasure boat, on the calm bosom of the peaceful river away up steam. Does every one who Begins that pleasure trip Inevitably come over the falls? Certainly not. ltiousand.1 take warning ami riUi.m bark before they lose control of the boat In the treacherous current. They are escaping on every gldo. every day. But alas! How mnny awake io me peril when It Is too late. No. not every one who floats on that ream goes over, but everyone who 13 in the awrul whirlpool of destruc tion came from up stream. They ere once well-dressed, with good health, with fine prospects, with plenty of moii".v. with numerous friends. They saw others drinking. nd they Imitated their example. They heard others scoff at the argu ments of old fogies, and they scoffed ith them. They observe! others pulling their boats, to the sound of weet muBlc on the bosom of a softly flowing river, and they said, "We ran do it." And here they are. with bleared eyes, shattered nerves. Dai sied ilrr.bs, clouded Judgments, be- totted intellects, wasted powers, sll ly. blasphemous, obscene, incoherent ridiculous, a sight to arou the rl hald mirth of the thoughtless, but to make angels weep. Seldom lii'M-iicd, I''or down there there is scarcely ver rescue. Once In a while strong arms may drag a shrieking victim to the shore out of the vortex in which thousands are going down. Hut such cases are rare. A young nan may occasionally be restored fcfter he has gone down into the whirlpool; be may have will power enough, and pride enough, and am bition enouEh. and self resDect mough to co-operate with those who re interested in him so that he may escape a drunkard's fate; but when H of manhood's qualities have been dashed out by the fearful plunge, Ood only knows whether there Is Hope for such. The Wurnlnu Fotf Ilell. This lesson lu Isaiah U a fog bell on a perilous coast. There is no particular music in it. Those who re on shore, and in no danger, (ometliucs complain at its discordant tones. But the people who have Bone over the cataract do not Jeer. Uown there In the whirlpool there hi keeping and gnashing of teeth. In Cathedral of the Incarnation, at Gar den City, where be had lived alone and In poverty for more than half a century Mayor by u Plurality of One. Trenton. N. J.. Nov. 20. Justice Minturn filed in the Supreme Court a decision declaring K'gal the elec tion of John C. Steelman as Mayor of Llnwood, Atlantic County. He was elected Nov. 3 by a plurality of ono vote. Mayor Steelman will now bo seated. Hunk Dynamited and ltolbe). Sedalla. Mo., Nov. 24. The Hank of Sweet Springs, Mo., was wrecked by dynamite and robbed of 15,300 In currency, XKW VOHK VAPKM'S. Wholesale Prices of Purm Product (.liii.teil for the Week. WHIOAT No. 2. Ued. $L12?i Jl.l::5i. No. 1, Northern DulutU, $1.10. COKN--NO. 2. 7 Iff 7 Hi. OATS Mixed. 51! (it .14. MI1.K- 1'i r iiuart. .') c. m'TTKl: Western firsts. 252S. State Dairy, 24 'it 27. CHHKSE State full cream, 14(f()15 K(l(!:5 -Stare. Fair to choice, 35 "i4. do., western firsts. 33c(j!34c SHKKP -Per 100 lbs., $2.50 4.1 2 Vi. H KKVKS City Dressed. 710 CALVKs City Dressed, 7V413A HOGS Live per 100 lbs.. 4.60 5.90. t HA V Prime per 100 lbs., 85c. STRAW Kong Rye. per 100 lbs.. 80 Gj 90. APPLKS King per bbl.. 2.50 14.00: Hen Davis. Der bbl.. 12.00 Qi 3.00; Greenings, per bbl., 2.00 3 $3.50. CUANBKUK1KS C. Cod, per bbl., $7.00 11.00; Jersey, per crate L1VK rOL'LTKV Sprlna Chickens per lb., 12MC.; Turkeys por lb.. 10(!l5c.: Ducks, per lb., Ctf 12c.; Fowls, per lb, 1 1 ie. DRKSoKI) POP I.TR Y Tu ikeys, per lb. 16fftl9c: Fowls, per lb.. I u (Ti 14c: Broilers, Phila.. por lb., :2o. VKGHTABLKS Potatoes, .lersey, per bbl.. 1 1.75 2. 10. OMOXS-L I.. Per bbi.. 1 1.25 ff; J1.75; Jersey, red, per bbl., $1.25 ,Vi) 1 R'J TOMATOES Per box, $1.50. I LACKAWANNA RAILROAD. it.' 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