THE COLUMBIAN, ni nniuCDttDA ih I Fly Down to Them, It's Said, at Bishop's Grave After Touch ing Supplication MIRACLE, SAYS CARDINAL GIBBONS Graphic and Circumstantial Won Jio Story As Told by tho Children That the Hlst.T Sent Noma of tt to the Prolate. Eartlmore.vJ?. Cardinal Gibbons exhibited lively interest in an inci dent that occurred ct the grave of Bishop Curtis in Wilmington, de claring It to be both a manifestation and a miracle. Two little girls. Inmates of an orphan asylum In Wilmington, while wandering through the Visitation Cemetery, observed several wild birds fluttering through the grounds and were seized with a longing to cap turn them. "Sister said to put salt on their tails," said one of them; but not hav ing any salt with them the little gi.-U had to rely upon the nimblencss of their legs. For a long time they pursued t'nn birds around the many graves oid tombstones. At last they bcra.iip weary and almost despaired of t..e capture. "I.t us pray that w ray rri'' them," at last suggested one cf V.e little ones; and the par kneU rr;e ently at the grave of llishop Curtis and sent up a fervent petition. "We don't want to hurt tV birdies," explained the little sr.r;''! cants. "We only want to pet an:1, love them." Hardly had the prayer been ro:i eluded, continues the report from Wilmington, when two of the blr.la flew down to the grave and aliglite.l on the shoulders of the little peti tioners. For a moment they were awed by the prompt answer to the prayer, and then the little ones hast ened homeward. "See what our prayer on the Bishop's grave brought us," t'.iey cried In their Joy to the sisters as they fondled the birds. Astounded at the story told by the children, the sisters fed the song pters and gave them water, after ' ioh they realeased them, and the ' Is took to wing. Before leaving, ' ever, they hovered over the 1 ;ds of their little captors as ' fugh reluctant to leave them. . o graphic and circumstantial was t..o Incident as told by the children, and so Indisputable the evidence of their success, that the sisters repeat ad the story, and all credit for the answer to the prayer was Riven to Bishop Curtis. The story was trar.t mitted to Cardinal Gibbons, and he was greatly Interested In it. "I consider It both a manifesta tion and a miracle," said Cardinal Gibbons. Further than this, however, he declined' to go, explaining that the story had come to him indirectly and in semi-confidence, and he hard ly felt at liberty to go into details. "WT111 you call a council to investi gate the matter?" asked the report er. "No. I Bhall hardly do that," he answered. DOWN AVALANCHE AVI T II WILDCATS. Hunters Kiljs One; the Other Is Buried Under Snow. Globe,, Ariz. Caught In a snow slide with two bob cats that had at tacked him in the Mogolollon Moun tains, Tom Galbralth, after having rolled six hundred feet down the mountainside, succeeded In killing one of the animals, while the other disappeared in the avalanche. Galbralth was looking for bear when the cats leaped at him from a tree Just as he stood at the edge f a steep bank. So sudden was the attack that he did not have time to re, the cats crowding him so that he could only use his rifle as a club Fighting, man and beaats approach ed tho edge of the cliff. The snow cave way under them and they went rollowlng down together, loosening tons of snow as they fell. Beaching the bottom of the ravine, Galbralth Mceeeded In dispatching one of the eats, which was preparing to attack fcfr acal. The other had disap peared, buried in snow. OWlr War Bullet Cut Out. Bcranton,. Ps As a souvenir of the battle o Fair Oaks, nearly fifty years ago, J. S. Cole carried arouni a Confederate bullet imbedded In f.t left leg, and It was always with priJs that he exhibited the hump whi;a lay the missile. Recently his battle memento 'ucga.il giving him trouble. His leg pain! htm so that he had the bullet ct outi It now dangles at the eu 1 cf his watoh caln. Cultivate Decision of Character. Every man who has decision of character will have enemies; n.i 1 the man who has no decision of c! nr. acter can have no friends. ButUr. Cables Pay Good Dividends. Id the last half-dozen years tha earnings of the cable Hues betrxen Europe and India show an annual profit 11,000,000 to 11,200,000. . SONGBIRDS ALIGN mm GIRLS A PAIR OF MYSTERIES SOLVED. Mr. MacSwIlllgcr Now Knows the Fate rf Old Trims nnd Suit Ohm's. "I used to wonder," oald Mr. Mac Swilllger, "what became of all the old leather trunks and suit cases and handbags and that sort of thing. Of cocrsa they muRt wear out and bo thrown away, but you never saw an oid leather trunk on the rubbish ciirtB of the Street Cleaning Depart ment, did you 7 "I never did, never; and still they must go somewhere; and I wonder el where. Now I know, or I think I know. They go Into meat pies and tho. stews and things that you get In boarding houses. I UBcd to wonder where they got tho beef that they put into these pies, it was so tough; but now I know. They buy these old leather trunks and cut 'cm up into suitable sized chunks and make this leather beef up Into meat pies. "It is true that I never yet found in a boarding house meat pie or beef stew a trunk lock or a piece of a hinge or any rivets or corner clamps or other trunk hardware, but it Isn't necessary for me to find these things In the pie to know; there's a whole lot of things that we may not be able to get any actual proof of that we know Just the same are true, and this is one of them. "I may not find any buckles or keys or casters in my meat pie, but I don't have to; I know what the meat in the pie is made of well enough to satisfy me, and this Is to me a great, In fact, a double, satis faction. I know now where the boarding house keepers get the meat for those pies, and I know also what becomes of the old handbags, suit cases and leather trunks." A Modern IVnil Farm. In the Gulf of Lower California there Is in operation the largest pearl farm in the world, where the culti vation of pearls has been taken up as a practical industry. To harvest the annual crop of pearls raised on this farm requires the labor of a thousand persons. Including the modern pearl divers, whose methods have been completely revolutionized by the up-to-date appliances employ ed In this new Industry. Pearl farm, lng, as originated by the Mexican company which owns the big Lower California farm, is the result of the discovery of a very simple fact con cerning pearl bearing mollusks. After twenty-five years of study and experiment It was discovered that the shell loses Its gem after It Is two years old, and unless opened at the proper time there will be no pearl within. Following this discovery the system whereby the shells are cultivated until the proper time and then opened was devised. From the time of planting the eggs to the har vesting of the crop two years must elapse, as that length of time is re quired for the growth of an ordinary shell. Most Popular Music. The London Evening News, In or der to determine the musical taste of the English people, asked its it ad era to name the musical compositions the performance of which gavo thorn the most pleasure. The answers showed these to be the most popular in the order named: The overture to "Tannhaeuser," the overture to "William Tell," Techalkowskl's "1812." Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite," Thomas' "Mlgnon Gavotte," "The Mikado," Mendelssohn's "Midouin mer Night's Dream." Thrift in Children. Some day the plan of providing for children by starting a bank ac count for each baby at birth and adding to it on each birthday will become general, and there will be a hope of fostering thrift in growlns children. The possession of a bank book which they cannot wholly own till legally free from the guidance of parents is often a matter of pride which, prompts saying. Everybody knows how hard it is to save the first hundred dollars, and how much the difficulty lessens with every ad dition to that. Novel Use for Visiting Cards. In connection with the forthcom ing world's drawing congress In Lon don when It Is anticipated that 3, 000 people will attend the reception at the Royal College of Art. it is pro posed, for the purposes of identifica tion, that members of the Eritlsh eommlttee should wear their visiting cards upon the lapels of their coats or their dress bodices. Her Abiding Youth. "I am afraid I never will grow up and look like a woman," pouted the bride-to-be. "The other day, while I was having one of my new walk ing suits fitted and was Insisting that It would have to be finished this week ,the tailor asked me: 'When does your school open?' And that frock is a part of my trousseau 1" When the Weight is Too Light. Eat more, drink more, sleep more. If you desire to take on more flesh. Drink cocoa or chocolate with your meals, and plenty of water between them. Eat sweets, fat and starchy foods, Including potatoes. Avoid tea and all acids, excepting fruit. The Country Laborer's Lot. An encouraging feature of the times Is that a large number of small men appear to have saved sufficient money to take a small farm, and this, In spite of bad times, serves to how that the laborer's lot Is by no means so hard as many would have J u believe. ONCE SALESWOMAN il NOW HAS $250,000 Gride of Three Woe!.s T5eror,ij Wid ow or il or i.c; M Eniplcj cr. HE HAD COURTED FIFTEEN Yctf. fildcrly Head of Depart mi nt !t.-tv Firm Marries When Tidd lie (mi not Live Ijonjt lilrl To k 1'itj lor Ills loneliness. Wilmington, Del. Relatives of Joseph Hill, for most of his business career head of tho department store firm of Crosby & Hill, admitted they could see no use In trying to broak a will leaving his entire estate to Clara Elizabeth Wells Hill, who be came a widow when she was a bride of three weeks. This means Mrs. Hill has $250,000 after tweuty-se-en years of service as a ..uloswomiri In the firm's glove department. It was hoped the anidunt to go to her could be restricted to her dower, but eminent counsel convinced Hill's nephews and nieces It would be a waste of time to attack the will, so they decided to make no contest. MrB. Hill, therefore, though less than a month before she had only her salary as a saleswoman, Is one of the wealthiest women In Wilming ton. She also is young enough to look forward to many years of enjoy ment. The forty other employes of the firm, as far as is known, are not a dollar richer than they were when the old man died. The Btrange part of it is that the widow, when she was Miss Wells, re jected Hill steadily for fifteen years, changing her mind only In time to gnt the property. Hill wooed her persistently all through that period. He was many years older than she and he failed to impress her suffi ciently to Induce her to give up even the Independence of a saleswoman. She listened to his courtship and al ways was pleapant to him, but she invariably had the same answer for his proposal. How many times Hill heard her "No" in those fifteen years Is guesswork. There is a tradition in the department store that he of fered marriage at least once a week in that time. Miss Wells apparently never wearied of receiving his proposal and, until a month ago, never wav ered in her refusal to become his bride. So circumspect was she that only her closest friends knew the elderly merchant was Interested in her any more than in other efficient employes. It now Is recalled by all the saleswomen, however, that Hill passed the glove counter ' oftener than other departments and that occa sionally he stopped long enough for a word or two with Miss Wells. But on those occasins others in the storo assumed he was talking business, as his face alway wore a serious ex pression. The marriage of MIbs Wells to Hill, therefore, was a surprise to most of those who knew them. Other saleswomen In the store said they were astounded by the news. Mrs. Hill heard all the gossip at Becond hand with perfect composure. She gave no explanation of the change In her Intention to remain single. It was learned, however, that a short time before physicians told Hill he had small chance of re covery from a complication of mala dies that suddenly broke his long vigorous health. There Is no sug gestion Miss Wells was influenced by a mercenary motive, but it is sup posed that when Hill told her he had not long to live and begged her to brighten his last days, she con sented In pity for his loneliness. The old man had no relatives in this city, all hit nephews or nieces living either in Massachusetts or Rhode Isl and. When Hill died almost all the re latives hastened to Wilmington to learn what their chance of getting part of his property was. They were confronted with a will bequeathing the entire quarter-million to the widow. WHKCKF.I), LIVM OX CLAMS. Fishing Party Suffer for Days Be fore Helnj; Rescued. Vancouver, B. C. George Cle ments, of Vancouver; D. F. E. Mor gan, formerly of Toronto, and Wil bur Greer, narrowly escaped death by having their fishing boat wrecked off Dundas Island, west of Prince Rupert. For two weeks they were missing. When their boat was smashed on the rocks they clung to the pieces until they reached shore, where for a week they subsisted on raw clams. They were unable to light a fire, and In wet, half-frozen clothing suffered frightfully from exposure. They were picked up by a schooner. Population and Race. The white race numbers 800,000, 000; the yellow, 700,000,000; the black, 216,000,000; the brown, or Malayan, 35,000,000, and the red, or American Indian stock In North and South America, 16,000,000. China Arousing. Pekin. There are now 100 news papers In Ch lr.fi, while tea years ago there was but one reoog nised aa uch. THAT RECORD JUMP BY WASHINGTON. Alleged Origin of Thnckerny'a Story of the 'ii I'm t Leu p. Threo college athletes have had an ideal shattered by reading a para graph In a speech that Kir O. Trevel yan raa'e In London before the Pub lishers Circle at a 1 recent dinner. These men. in addition to hclng ath letes, are dovotod to ThacUoiay and "The Virginians." There Is a reference in that hook to the prowess of George Washing ton as an athlete, particularly as a broad Jumper. This is to the effect that Washington was able to Jump 22 feet, which, considering that it was away back In the eighteenth cen tury, was some leap. Although the best American rocord now Is 24 feet 7 Inches, It has not been standing so long, and in the early days of American athletics 22 feet was a re mafkablo performance in the broad jump. These three used to pride thnr.t selves on knowing about that per formance credited to Washington, and they pointed out how in 1870 and for throe years following the American championship was won by leaps of loss than 20 fort, an I Unit from 18S0 to 1S83 liuli-.tlve the champion did not do 22 foot, al though close to it on several occa sions. So they imd always to tell folks who asked about sreat bread Jump ers that Washington held t.in Ameri can record from 1752 to 1 S S3. What shattered all thla was the following from the Trevelyan speech; "I was present at a dinner where Thackeray discoursed to a delightful audience of young people about "The Virginians," which he was then writ ing and which seemed to fill his mind to the exclusion of everything else. Among other matters he asked us. ail around tho table, what was the widest Jump any of us had ever known, and when we agreed upon twenty-ono feet, he said: 'Then I must make George Washington Jump one foot more.' " A Mttlo Devil In the Heart. An insane devil lurks in the heart of even the most sainted woman. 1 Is the little devil that makes a young wife ask her devoted husband which of the two he would save if she and her mother were drowning, writes William J. Locke in his story "Simple Septimus," In the American Magazine. It Is the same little devil that la respolslble for Infinite men dacity on the part of men. "Have you said that to another woman?" No; of course he hadn't, and the wretch Is instantly perjured. "My Immortal soul," says the good fellow, instantaneously converted into an atrocious liar; and the little devil cooes with satisfaction and curl3 himself up snugly to sleep. Uses of Irish Peat. Consul Henry S. Culver, of Cork, writes that tho peat beds of Ireland may yet become a valuable asset in the country's Industrial development other than for fuel if, as is now claimed upon the authority of an Austrian experimenter, the fibres of the remains of the reeds and grasses of which peat is composed can bo utilized not only for paper-making and carpets, but for weaving the fin est fabrics as well. The claim Is put forth that the fibre Is elastic and dur able, and, being a non-conductor of beat, the cloth manufactured from It Is as tough as linen and as warm as woolen. Indin-Gcstlon. Here Is a story the bishop of Lon don told John Morley the other day, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. They were holding an "exam." in an East end school, and the teacher was ex plaining the chief products of the Indian empire. One child recited a list of cosmestihies. "Please, miss, India produces curries and pepper and citron and chillies and chutney and and " "Yes, yes, and what comes after that?" "Please, miss, I Con't remember." "Yes, but think. What la India bo famous for?" "Please, 'm, Indla-gestion." Hens Hatch Fish. Chinamen have a way of tricking hens, so that they assist in the hatching of fish. Fish eggs are care fully placed In an egg shell, which Is then sealed and put under an unsus pecting hen. In a few days the spawn is warmed into 11 fo and the contents of the shell are then cast into a shallow pool, where the sun shine completes the work. Demand for Artificial Flower. Makers of artificial flowers In New York city are receiving an unusual number or orders from all parts of the country for the fall and winter trade. Most of the supply for the nation comes from New York, whore more money Is spent for the manu facture of Imitation flowers than In any other city In the world. Picking Out a Job. "Work," observed the reflective deadbeat "work Is all right If you can get the Bort to suit your indivi dual needs. I, for instance, wouldn't object to calling out the stations on an Atlantic liner." Spread Happiness. Is not the first duty of those who are happy to tell of their gladness to others? All men can learn to be happy; and the teaching of it it easy. Italian Proverb, Little dogs start the hare, bat P'it ones oatoh it. ' i -j reran Tho Kind Yon Have Always In uso for over 30 years, JUKI IiaS IICCU liwu unuv. um irvr flonnl supervision sinco Its Infancy. T&MJU4 a Wnxt no ono to deceive you 1 n this. in i in,u,ifinn Experiments that trtllo with and endanger tho health of Infants and ChUdrcu-Expcrlcnco against Experiment, What is CASTORIA ' Costorla is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic, substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worm and allays Fevcrisbncss. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach aud Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS JO Bears the The Kind You toe Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THt OtMT.UH OOMMNV, tJ MU.RAV STflrgT. NEW Von OfTV. BIG OFFER To All Our Subscribers The Great AMERICAN FARMER Indianapolis, Indiana. The Leading Agricultural Journal of the Nation. Edited by an Able Corps of Writers. The American Farmer is the only Literary Farm Journal pub lished. It fills a position of its own and has taken the leading place in the homes of rural people in every section of the United States. It gives t.;e farmer and his family something to think about aside from the humdrum of routine duties. Every Issue Contains an Original Poem by SOLON G00DE WE MAKE THE EXCEPTIONAL OFFER OF Two for the Price of One: THE COLUMBIAN The Oldest County Paper and THE AMERICAN FARMER BOTH ONE YEAR FOR $I.OO This unparalleled offer is made to all new subscribers, and all old ones who pay all arrears and renew within thirty days Sample copies free. Address : THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburc. Pa. Supervisors' Blanks. We have printed a supply of blanks for Supervisors under the new law, and will keep them in stock. They include order books, tax notices, and daily ro-.d reports Samples sent on application, tf. Do yoit vhe an a tom is! Kit in treat ing KuhuI Catarrh? 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