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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
Some Old Erie Engineers.

There are seventeen members Of the
Port Jervis Lodge of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers who have been
employed on the Erie railroad for peri
DDS Of from twenty-five TO thirty-five
consecutive years, the average term of
service being within fraction of thirty
years. The oldest in continuous service
are H. l.. Carlough and S. A. Ronk,
both of whom began running on the
road Jan. /, 1855.
The Oldest in actual length of service
Is Benjamin Hoffner. who entered the
employ of the company as an engineer
in 184s, but was off the road from 1854
to 1858. Mr.. Hoffner is still doing duty
at 70 years of age, and in the thirty
eighth year Of his work on the road as
engineer of the train between Port Jer-
Wis and Otisville.
The seventeen veterans referred to in
the order of seniority of continuous serv-
ice are II. L. Carlough, s. A. Ronk,
Charles Prayer, Albert johnson, David
Henderson, William Dooley, Benjamin
Hoffner, Edward Kent, G. H. Cooper,
Samuel s. Walker, David Wilson, J. II.
Cookson, A. H. Goodale, E. H. Cox, A.
P. Brady, G.. H. johnson and John Ack-
erman.-Middletown On. " Cor. New
York Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
Two Ingenious Paupers Caught.

Sympathetic spectators gathered one
afternoon around young man who fell
down in front Of the Louvre In what ap-
peared to be an epileptic seizure. One
of the bystanders stepped forward and
proposed to carry the invalid to a
chemists shop not far off, and another
offered to assist. The one who spoke
first took up the epileptics hat, and
throwing sixpence into it said to the
crowd, II am poor man myself, but if
each one of you did as / do this un-
fortunate creature would have some-
thing to help to relieve his sufferings."
lmpelled by this generous example the
crowd showered coppers and small silver
into the hat until over ten shillings was
collected.
Great was their astonishment when
two constables walked up and seized
both the benevolent originator of the
aims collection and the epileptic suffer
er. The latter, as soon as he opened his
eyes and saw the policeman, forgot that
he was an invalid and attempted to es-
cape. They were both taken to the lock-
up, and were identified as two well
known lazy mendicants, named Garnet
and Desmarets. They had enacted the
same dodge successfully In the Rue Saint
Honore during the forenoon, the epilep-
tic and his colleague on that occasion
fleeing the charitable to the extent of
IS. The chemists assistant who re-
heved the pretended sufferer in the Rue
Saint Honore happened to pass the
Louvre while his second performance
was going on. Suspecting fraud, he
told the police. Hence their arrest
Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26

About one-fifth of all males in Massa-
chusetts average less than 81 per day.
The females working at this low scale of
wages comprise 1894 per cent. Of all the
workers. No intelligent reader will fail
to realize what this fact means. As the
scale of wages rises the number of fe-
males enjoying them grows steadily less.
OF total of 1881 workers receiving 500
a week and over, only 26S are females.
The figures simply show that in the en-
ployments in which the very lowest
wages are paid women constitute over
70 per cent. of the workers, while in the
employments where as high as 500
week are paid they constitute hardly
over 8 per cent.
In addition to all this is the humiliatinQ
fact that in the same occupations, stand
Ing side by side with men, the females
are paid less wages for the same work;
or, what amounts to the same thing, q
woman of 20 years or upward is made to
work side by side with boy Of 10 at the
same wages. Women are compelled,
then, to fill most of the cheap places,
and paid less wages for the same work
at that. We have no hesitation in saying
that this is an indefensible injustice, and
one so gross as to shame civilization.
Why do legislators sit passively under
such determinations of sex in the matter
of work and wages? Simply because
they know that the women carry no
votes, and that mere sentiment, however
just, can neither seat nor unseat poll
tician. But it will not always be thus.
boston Glohe
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
The Hottest Region.

Careful observations and comparisons
made by scientific Americans prove that
the hottest region on the earth is ON the
southwestern coast of Persia, where Per-
sia borders the gulf of the same name.
For forty consecutive days in the
months Of July and August the ther-
mometer has been known not to fall
lower than 100 degs. night or day, and
to often run up as high as 1893 degs. in
the afternoon.
AT Bahrin, In the center Of the torrid
part of the torrid belt, as though 1t were
natures intention 10 make the region as
unbearable as possible, no water can
be obtained from digging wells 100, 200
or even 800 feet deep, yet comparative
ly numerous population contrive to live
there, thanks to coplous springs which
break forth from the bottom of the gull,
more than mile from shore. St. Louis
Globe DemOcsst.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
An Odd Bird That Likes Fishine

A,ro, ~, ~, ~, .,,...
.,a "y Wy on 'ie mountain sac, where
thronnh daou ,s.,. s.Le'iis ms iinu 1heir way
n1,,Sa Sao. p' ~ u,A asa S olnols uowh 70 tne
ps" oe"t VI oiu ocean' is the natural
stnann,. n0,iu ne nu VI lne WAFER ousei' tne
Sa,n 80 soo VI an Strange pirus. iou sell
49, 49, '1T T,,n tnoao 'iah QUE Oh ,heln AZ q
aII % ny are Vi d ua[k oiue Color
anu hre easily recognized by peculiar,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
Discoloration of tho Skin

Between the cuticle-the epidermis.
that is, or scarfshn-and the true skin
Is a layer of cells which secrete from the
blood dark coloring matter. The
black races have this feature most fully
developed, but even the lightest are not
wholly destitute of it.
Its complete absence characterizes the
albino, giving us occasionally a chalk
white negro, the hair, of course, partici-
pating in the defect. AS this pigment
Is also wanting In the albino's choroid
coat OF the eye-normally dark back
ground for the retina, and essential to
clear vision-he is nearly blind except at
night
There is often local absence of pig
ment, causing white patches ON the
limbs and different parts of the body.
Such patch on the head may give rise
to solitary white lock amid full head
of dark hair.
Some parts Of the skin are naturally
darker than the rest, and the darker
color may extend far beyond the usual
limit and still be purely physiological,
but dark colored spots often appear on
sio oouy as reSuit oI bofne diseased
condition or of exciting causes.
The simplest and commonest Of such
spots are known as freckles. Their re-
mote cause Is a peculiarly sensitive skin;
their direct cause is the light and heat
OF the sun. Persons with fair skin and
hair are most subject to them. The pig
ment, which in others is uniformly dis
tributed, seems to gather into small
rounded spots.-Youth's Companion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
Badly Crippled.

A party of Americans, including three
or four boys and girls, were not long
ago visiting an ancient church In q
French provincial city. An aged beadle
showed them the objects of interest.
"Whose portrait is thisY' asked one of
the girls, indicating an ancient canvas
upon which the face and form of man
In armor could barely be made out.
That" said the beadle, after stopping
to take pinch of snuff, ''is the ceIebrat-
ed Grand Duke Anatole, the founder of
the church"
"Was he a great soldier"
"Yes; but he had the misfortune TO
lose leg or an arm in every battle In
which he took part"
"How many battles did he take part
inr' asked one of the boys
The beadle, who was expecting a
sneeze, looked skyward minute, then
sneezed violently, used his handker-
chief, and answered.:
"Twenty-fourp-Youth's Companion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26

New York ia soon TO have what almost
every European city has---a market for
cut flowers that ladies may visit with
out seeing or meeting with anything
that is disagreeable. The idea of having
general flower market at Union square
has by no means been abandoned, still
the project is at stand still for the
present, and no active steps viii be taken
In the matter for some months yet In
the meantime the Market Florists asso-
citation OF New York is making arrange
ments for temporary market for cut
flowers, which will be situated near
Union square, and which will be opened
early In September.
Hitherto the market for cut flowers
has been situated at the foot Of Thirty
fourth street, East river. No woman
would care to visit the neighborhood,
and IL was unattractive In every sense.
In Paris 1t is quite the proper thing to
form parties to visit the flower market
In the early morning.
For obvious reasons parties of that
kind are not formed In New York. The
regular flower market at the foot Of Ca
nal street and North river and the cut
flower market at Thirty fourth street
are not attractive early in the morning
or late at night The beauty of the
flowers is more than offset by the lack
of beauty in their surroundings.-New
York Mail and Express.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
Coating for Plaster Casts.

Hitherto in the galvanic coating Of
plaster casts there has been difficulty
In stopping the pores of the surface so
etfectually as to prevent the galvanic
bath penetrating into the interior of the
plaster and there producing first crystal
hzation and then disintegration. This
obstacle appears to have been overcome
by the discovery that saturation in tan
not only closes up the pores of the plas-
ter, but adds very considerably to its
strength. Specimens 80 prepared have
been covered with copper one millimeter
thick, thickness which is not only suf-
hcient to resist atmospheric influences,
but which enables the surface to be fur
ther worked up and finished by hand.
The price of cast coated with copper is
said to be one-fifth of the cost of copper
casting.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
A Raggage Lining Machine.

Why not? The Saratoga trunk has
now reached its maximum. 1t is so big
that nothing short of an elephant is equal
TO the task of handling it easily. Great
heaps of these trunks are piled mount
ain high upon wagon, and then the
railroad baggage handler is expected to
transfer all TO train carefully, tenderly,
as If he We're handling eggs. He does
not do it, of course; he could not if he
were an angel instead of man, and he
gets abused ON all sides.
The baggage smasher wears out al
most as soon as the trunks he is Thought
to take flendish delight in breaking
No mortal man can endure the strain of
lifting hundreds of huge, unwieldy
trunks day after day, year after year,
and no mortal man ought to be expected
TO standit. Some sort of lifting machine
ought TO be riggod to raise trunks from
the ground into the express wagons, and
then to lift them again from the wagon
Rt the railway station TO the truck that
Carries them aboard the train. The
machine should be attached 10 the wagon
itself, and need not weigh much. 1t
would save all the back aching, all the
back breaking, and what is more the
profane language INDUCED in by the
truck men. Likewise it would save our
pretty girls big trunks, and they could
still appear at summer resorts in all
their fiowerlike glory, A machine of
this sort ought to be easy for some
shrewd American 10 invent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
Honest.

No man can pursue an honest policy
for long course Of years without gain
ing reputation more to be valued than
great riches. 1t does one good, heart
and soul, to remember that there are
men who are like pillars of fire by night
to more wavering consciences, men who
can reject bribe with. the haughtiness
due an insult. The late w. II. Y. Hack
ett, of Portsmouth, was an exception
ally honest man, one of those lawyers
who, like Abraham Lincoln, would not
undertake case which did not seem to
him just one, and wherever he was
known his influence over a jury was
naturally great.
One day, after the termination of a
certain case, Mr.. Hackett met an old
farmer who had been one of the jury,
and who felt that too much time had
been consumed in reaching verdict.
"The fact is, squire" he said, 1--WE
shouldn't ha' been so long a-givin' you
that case, but somehow or other there
happened to be couple O. men on there
who didn't know you at all. Waal, the
rest Of us, we just told 'etn what kind of
a man we knowed Squire Hackett to be.
An we kind of insisted upon 1t that we
could depend exactly on what you said.
An so, after that, we all came round
together. Youths Companion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
The Wonderful Congo River.

For our knowledge of the dimensions
and navigable lengths of the Congo, the
largest, and, next to the Nile, the longest
African river, the world is indebted al
most entirely to Mr.. Stanley, its dis
coverer, and the founder of the great
Free State within its basin. According
to Mr.. Stanley the Congo is more than
5000 miles long, and in size and volume
the second river Of the world, the first
being presumably the Amazon. Like
the Nile, the Congo has one stretch of
uninterrupted navigation 1000 miles
long between Stanley Pool and Stanley
Falls.
Unfortunately for commerce, however,
this magnificent stretch of water is sepa-
rated from the sea by series of insur-
mountable cataracts that compel port
age Of 235 miles, or two portages of IS
and 90 miles and many transfers, The
largest of all African rivers, and prob
ably the most valuable from a CONNER
cial point of view, more promptly and
more emphatically than any of the others
forbids the upward progress of the
steamer.-Thomas Stevens In Scribner's.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
A Gorgeous Mausoleum.

After five years litigation, during
which time the interest ON the large sum
bequeathed has accumulated, the Amer
lean courts have decided that the gor-
geous mausoleum ON the hill overlook
Ing Spa, in memory of an American lady
whose maiden name was Sarah Strother,
Is to be built. The edifce in question
win be an exact replica of the chapel Of
the Knights of st. John at Rome, and
the interior will be composed entirely of
white Siciian marble and mosaics. The
bodies Of the Strothers will lie under
three tombs in a crypt; the garden sur
rounding the church is over four acres
In extent; a spacious house is to be
erected for the perpetual guardian"
the English chaplain for the time being,
and the whole is to cost nearly SAC, 900.
The rest Of the Baroness Fahnenberg's
enormous fortune is to be devoted to the
construction Of almshouses in Kentucky.
London World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
FATE COULD NOT HARM.
The Feeling of Security of Man who's,
life Was Insured for $40.

The Feeling of Security of n Man Whose
Life Was Insured for $40.
They are tearing down old houses all
over the city 10 make room for the more
modern house. While those houses are
being demolished there is usually class
of people who crowd around, eager to
pick up the stray pieces Of wood which
come in their direction. Colored people
generally predominate in this class, and
many family is thus supplied with
fuel. While tearing down house in
the northwest section of the city re-
Gently the workmen were very much
bothered by these wood hustlers," as
they term them.
The "wood hustlers" ga this case were
composed, with but one exception, of
small negroes. This exception was an
old negro who had one leg shorter than
the other, and was nearly bent double
but whether with age or not no one
knew. He looked as if he had worked
hard all his life. but appearances are de-
ceitful.
The workmen became 80 incensed at
the wood hustlers" that they drove
them all away excepting the old man.
After while the old man became more
bold, and endangered himself in trying
to get pieces of wood. One Of the work
men spoke to him about 1t, telling him
he would be hurt IL he persisted In get
ting in the way. The old man mumbled
out something, but paid no attention to
the warning.
Finally he got close to the wall and
stopped to pick up piece Of beam. Just
as he was STOPPING a brick fell in front
OF him, and he narrowly escaped being
hit. Seeing this workman yelled:
Look out, ole man, or you'll be
killed.
II doan't kare," replied the old man,
and he continued to confscate all the
wood that came within his reach. Again
he barely escaped being hit with another
brick, and again the workman shouted:
~ done tole yer onst to git away from
dere. The fust thing you know you
won't know nothing"
II doant kare," reiterated the old
man, looking around for more wood, and,
seeing some in the interior of the build
ing, he went for it. He had hardly
passed the door when heavy beam fell
In the place he had just vacated, envel-
oping him In cloud Of dust. Several
workmen, thinking that the heavy beam
had pinioned the old man to the ground,
jumped down to render all the assist
ance possible. Imagine their surprise
when, on reaching the place, they found
the old man gathering the wood as un-
concernedly as though nothing had hap
pened The workman xpara .,>aa,bIo,,
for while and then one said:
Look a har, ole man, you'll have to
git out O. this. We don't care bout
losin' time er carryin' yer korpus through
the street."
The old man looked contemptuously
at the speaker, and then said in q don't
give-a-continental tone:
"Gway, niggers; don't care. list
had my life 'sured TO- forty dollars. -
Washington Post
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
A CLEVER TRICK EXPOSED.


sultb LDht Are Made to
Show and Not to He Sold.
have noticed In the windows Of q
certain ready made clothing establish
ment that advertises literally and well,
and works the bargain sale racket upon
scale of fairness well out of the beaten
rut, upon several occasions one or more
overcoats or suits of clothes made up In
distinctly custom made material, and
finished with all the laborious care that
is bestowed upon the high class made to
order garment. / have out of curiosity
frequently gone into this store ON rush
days to note the quality of the goods
offered for the money, and it must be
said that the prices quoted were gener-
ally away down below the rock bottom
cost of manufacture.
Inside the store l encounter several
more of these handsomely made suits. /
even went SO far upon one occasion as to
try on one of the coats thereof, but it
did not fit, and the obliging clerk in
formed me that they were all sold out of
my size. The price quoted was S12, and
as a matter of fact such suit could not
have been manufactured for double that
sum. The size was small one-34
chest, and while l fingered for further
information a small and slender man
came along looking over the counters.
He picked up the fine suit and awaited
developments. He asked the price, felt
the cloth and tried it on.
The man was of peculiar shape, and
to the horror of the clerk 1t fitted him
exactly. ''Let me show you something
else" mo" was the decisive answer;
81 will take this" and the twelve dollars
was counted out. When he left the store
within is prize there was "wailing and
gnashing Of teeth"
Gould you not see he was bad shape
and it might fit himY' queried the man
ager.
"Well, l thought they were made"
answered the clerk, $50 that they
wouldn't fit anybody"
The secret was out. And a clever
catch trade device it is. remember
distinctly the seraphic smile of the little
lop sided man as he strobe out of the
door in that, on him, perfect fitting gray
cashmere ten strike. The decoy suit
that will not fit anybody is the latest
trick of the trade, and its protector is
certainly genius in his way.-Clothier
and Furnisher
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26

If tramp is found In Iowa he is ar
rested and put to hard work. Thus the
treatment is at once reformatory and pu-
nitive. If Iowa perseveres she will get
her roads kept in repair and make good
progress with her public works. Wom-
en- will not be afraid to walk along coun-
try roads or remain alone in farm houses.
In the definition of the Iowa law tramp
is any male person over 10 who, physi-
cslly able to work, is found wandering
from place to place begging or without
visible means of support. If any tramp
wants to reform and become respecta-
ole member of society, and has not the
backbone to do it himself. let him 20 TO
Iowa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
ifpW 70 Ear Peaons.

1.-The art of eating peach" Is, 1t ap-
pears, one of the questions of the day.
According to one authority on the eti-
quette of the dinner table peach should
be picked with the fork, quartered,
peeled and eaten piecemeal. But as so
much manipulation would evidently
leave all the juice of the fruit on the
plate this method. to be palatable, re-
quires the courage Of the young lady in
the story who, at her first appearance at
a dinner party, raised her dessert plate
with her two hands and calmly drank
the sweet juice of the nectarines. The
French rule of eating peaches will, there
fore, be accepted with much favor, and
that rule is, "D'y mordre a pleines
dents."-Pall Mall Budget.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
Don't.

Do not take crackers on picnic. They
are conveniently handled, but are very
apt to provoke thirst and fill up the
stomach in an unsatisfactory way. 1t Is
scarcely necessary to add caution
against indulging in peanuts or candies
on a picnic. Sponge cake and mint
drops are recommended if the picknick-
srs crave something sweet. The boxes
Of square" Chylong ginger or the long,
crystallized thumbs" are dainties par
ticularly acceptable in hot weather, and
not likely to upset the digestion. If the
party is large it can arrange for the
transportation of block of ice, wrapped
first in newspaper and with an outer
covering of fannel.-Philadelphia Led
ger.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26

One happy census enumerator has
been heard Of. He had three towns in
Baker county for his field of operations.
he says he expected to be well treated,
but such unbounded hospitality as met
him everywhere was complete surprise.
He bought poor horse to commence
with, and at the close of his work the
horse was fat, and it cost him only ten
cents for himself and animal for the
month he was at work. When he went
into settlement the neighbors were all
called in. Thus his labor was very
much hghtened, and not a man even
hesitated in answering single question.
Florida Letter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
A Sagacious Collie.

On Saturday forenoon. while gentle
man was being driven in his private car
riage past the Cross, Paisley, a little girl
ran In front of the horse and would in
evttsbly have been seriously injured but
for the sagacity of large collie dog
which was running behind the carriage
and saw the danger The animal seized
the ohild's dress and actually swung the
little one round about in his efforts TO
extricate her from her perilous position.
She was knocked down, but was not
much hurt.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26
Dessert Every Other Day.

~ think you may send me quart OF
huckleberries," " said the landlady to the
marketman, as she looked about for bar
gains in wilted eggplants.
"Have you many boarders, ma'am2"
he asked mildly.
mine"
"lsn't quart of berries rather-rather
light for miner he ventured.
"Not with me-" she snapped. -Four
of my boarders don't eat huckleberries
for breakfast and five don't eat bananas,
30 l alternate and ketch half either
way."-New York Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-26

The youngest editor in Boston five
years ago perhaps at present) was Daniel
s. Knowiton, who In June, 1885, bought
tho moribund Sunday Times and entered
1t In competition with four established
''society" weeklies. Today 1t leads all
but one Of these In circulation and, Ike
Its ensssssis mansssr, kssps moving.