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Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13
AN ODD BANQUET.
At Which q Fashionable Londoner Buried
 His Bacbclorhood.

At WHICH n II dAhtOpAbEo t4DnOoueF bNFiGd
 His Bachelorhood.
 Most men experienced iri dining out have attended what might be aptly called 'cranlt dinners where some hobby came into play or an odd eccen- tricity was grotesqucly indicated. One of the quecrest banquets of this char actcr took place few years ago Rt a fashionable restaurant iii London where an acquaintance engaged a cab inct particulicr to celebrate what he called the burial of his bachelor hood.
 The table was laid with black satin cloth, the flowers in the epergnes were tmmortelles, the menu was written in 8 dead language on mimic tombstones, the name of each guest was inscribed on cardboard coffin which opened and contained a dark cigar to represent 9 corpse and the wine appeared draped in crape and was served by mutes,
 When the guests arrived they came in two mourning drawn by huge black horses with long tails, such as one sees vending their way to the NhiltNNAit0s T tlt ilAob " ttp hANSnttl III deep mourning, with sables around each arm. lie was evidently in some respects morbid man who reveled in his mortuary wit, for when the mana ger of the restaurant knocked at the door (it was getting late) and desired to know if the obsequies were quite over the giver of the feast was reading the burial service with mock solemnity over an empty clarct bottle.
 He addressed the manager as Q "potent, grave and reverend seignior, 7 requested one Of his guests to play him out to the strains of the Dead March in Saul and protested that the dinner could not be completed ''until it was half mourning" This comedy or farce interlude or whatever one may call it was kept up to the very end by the convives departing as lugubriously and solennly as they had entered.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13
oNLY A QuEsTloN oF TlME
How an Impeouulnus Youth Undertook
 co Pay p Debt.

How an lmpecuulnns houkh NndcfNooh co Pay D Debt.
 That little bill2" said the debtor pleasantly. "Oh, yes, of course. Well, you need not worry about that any more I've go. things down to a sys- lem now
 "You've been Q long time doing it," suggested the creditor.
 'i realize it, returned the debtor, 'but it's ar right now. You see, thir- ty dollars is more than I can afford Co let go of at any one time, but now can get it together without missing it.. You see, man never misses his small change, so I've bought a little bank that l can drop it into every night. You've no idea how fast it accumu- lates.'
 i've henrd of the plan before" said the creditor, If man lives up to it and doesn't hold out on the ban. !, mounts up rapidly
 "0h, live mp to i,," protested the debtor T put every cent ot small change into it every night, and lts al for you
 ''I may hope then"
 My dear sir you may more than hope The system makes the payment in fuI' an absolute certainty It over comes all obstacles and it's only qUcs ton of time
 "How much timer
 Well that's rather difficult to say Ton see. the amount of small change tind in my pockets varies and
 What do you call small changer
 "Pcnuies I-what's that? Oh well sue If you want to. That's hat mar gets for trying to do the right thing
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13
HEY ENJOYED TIE JOKE.
The Elephants Appreciated a 0ood Thing
 When They Saw r.

When They saw lG
 A number of years ago, in a book which was called 'Ieaves from the Life of a Special Correspondent Mr. O'Shea, the author Of the book, gave the follow ing description of an adventure he had with a herd of elephants. Said he; "A young friend asked me once to show him some elephants, and l took him along with me, having first borrowed an apron ara filled 1t with oranges. This howas to carry whilst accompany ing me in the stable, but the moment VIC reached the door the herd set up spCh trumpcting they had scented the fruit-that he dropped the apron and its contents, and scuttled off like Q scared rabbit. There were eight ele. plants, and when I picked up the oranges I found I had twenty-five. l walked deliberately along the line giv- ing one tO each, When ] got to the extremity uf the narrow stable turned, and was about to begin the distribution again, when l suddenly reflected that if elephant No . in the row saw me give two oranges in succession Co No he might imagine he was being cheated and give me 9 smack with his trunk that is where the elephant falls short of tbe human being so ] went to the door and began at the beginning az before, Thrice went along the line and then l was in a fx. had ouy orange left, and had toget back tothC door Every elephant in the herd had his greedy gaze focused on that orange It was as much as my life was worth tC give. it to any one uf them What was Co dor ! held it up consPicuousiy coolly peeled lt, and ate it myself Il was most amusing to notice the va those elephants nudged each other and shook their ponderous sides. They thoroughly entered into the humor oi
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13
QUITE AN ADVENTURE.
Prince Hohenlohe Comes Within an Ao
 Of Killing Baron Yictlns hon.

Prince Hohenlohe Comes Within an Ace
 of Killing isaron Ytctlns hon.
 Il would be difficult Co find on record a stranger hunting adventure than that experienced by Prince IIohenlohe, son of the German chancellor, and Baron NietinghoT the other day, says the Berlin correspondent of the New York Sun They went out together to shoot stags and agreed to dccoy the animals by initiating their call on a special horn. The hunters separated, each ac- compauicd by Ramckeeper, and weut in different directions. Dr.1ng the course of the day they approached each other and each hear2 tho others decoy call and believed q Stately stSg was be. fore him. Initiating the heavy steps Of the auiEal, they noisily drew still ncarcG The imitation pf the steps and Cal was so well done that they finally arrived within ten paces ol each clher without pcrceiving their ,uist..i,e. The tbicllet was so dense th,.t they could not see through it. 10th stood still, repeating the chaAcngc from time to time Each still firmly believed that he was within a few paccs of 2 real stag. At last the prince tired of wait iag, fired thrice rapidly in the direction of the supposed game. The first bullet glanced of Che cartridge belt of Baron NictiughoT, the second strnch his watch and spgaug Glf. and the third fell dead from his pocketbooS well filled ! with papers. The young baron, though hit three times, stood unwounlcd. He
 was so convinced that uot his fellow
 hunter bdta stag stood before him that he attributed the shots to the explosion | of cartridges in his belt, and busied | himself unfastcning his belt for the purpose of throwing it away. The as ! tonishment of both when they al last
 found out what mad happened, was |
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13
! LessoN lN eoLIreNEss.
An Interreting Incident Of Elevated
 Travel in New York city.


 The temptation to correct the man. ners of children who are not taught by their parents to conduct themselves properly in public places is very strong gentleman yielded to this temptation on a New York elevated ear rccentlv under circumstances which inay De plrdoucd Go him, though un- doublealy hc exceeded his right,
 llo was sitting, as ne fGlatos in the New York Press, in . car in which all the seats were taken, A stout woman, ilashily dressed, sat opposite him, hold ing small boy between her knees,
 As the car stepped, a person who sat next the gentleman got out, and working girl, carrying a big bundle, came in, and started to take the vacant seat.
 But the woman with the boy was too quick for her. She pushed the boy quickly into the seat, just before the girl could take 1t. and looked eonpla- gently about her, as if she could not see the girl at all.
 The gentleman might then have risen and given the girl his own seat, but he did not He put his arm around the boys waist, lifted him to the floor and said;
 Now take off your hat, and offer your seat to that young lady
 Tho boy ran to his mothers knees. The girl hesitated. but took the seat as the gentleman bccSoned her to it.. And then the mother ui the child burst out into a violent dcn1nciation of the mans ungentlemanly conduct
 And let me tell you, sir, she said, finally, don't you ever meddlc with peoples children again!'
 Madam responded the gentleman, | If mothers do not train their sons Co grow up as gentlemen some one else should How do you expect that boy to respect his mothers scX, when his mother sets him the example of de spising other women's claims to courtesy?'
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13
TURTLES GOOD 10 EAT.
This Country Is Blessed with No Less
 Than Forty Varieties.


 Edible turtles of the United States ore discussed by writcrin the learned Revue Scientiaque. He considers that the gommets of this country arc to be congratulated on the number of ali mentary reptiles at their disposal No less than forty varieties of edible turtle are known to exist in the United States,
 The 'lorgerhead" is found upon the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Brazil, lt is . Riant that weighs from 500 to 1,0o1 poands, especially in the south. The cRgs form an agreeable dish, but the flesh Is good only in the young in dividnals, since 1t becomes oily and ac- quircs 2 fnuslly taste in the adult.
 It is the green turtles that furnish thc greater part of the true turtle meat These are the turtles par excellence. In tho Atlantic they are met with from Now York Co Florida.
 Small at the north they increase in size towards the south, passing from q weight of 8 10 15 and 20 pounds at Charleston to from 20 to g at St. An gpstinc 25 at FlalifaT river, 56 to 60 nt
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13
Hereditary Needles.

Needles have never been supposed to be hereditary, but recent case re- ported by physician of eminence of- fers undoubted evidence to the con trary A lady accidentally ran q needle into her foot thirty years ago and it lay apparently dormant in her system for so many years that it's ex- istence was almost forgotten. In 1873
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13
Vary ,fotho.,ical

Germans are nothing if not methodi. cal. Herr von Osten-Sacken, lieu tenant of Hussars, recently wounded himself mortahy by accident The doctor told him he had only three nours to live. whereupon, after making his will. he drew up tue official report of his own death and sent it to bis su- pcrior officer
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13

A New Yorker sitting on the edge of small Adirondack lake was at. tracted by school of tiny fish that seemed to move in remarkable union. Watching for long time he discovered that the infant fish were guarded by the parents, for whenever the young began to stray they were driven back into the school by a large fish on one side or the other, and whenever a strange fish approached, one of the guardians rushed at him and drove him of. The watcher noted the move ments of several small schools for two hours, and vows that the little crea- tures were tended like Q drove of sheep.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13
A Na1nrnl nneslInn.

4 Cincinnati paper reports that the agent of Q clock-dealer in that city called one day on a good German citi- zen of the "Over-thc-Rhine' district, and endeavored to sell him an eight day clock My dear sir" said the salesman, this is a remarkable clock. It is not only .beautiful, but it is most useful Why, this clock will ruu eight days without winding" The German opened his eyes. Eight days vidout vinding!" he exclaimed Wy, dot it is a creat glock But tell me dot-if he sill run eight days vidout winding, how long will he run if you do wind him2"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-13

The distinguished German biologist, Wiesmann, has pointed out that there is less exact knowledge on this subject than might be expected considering how many in number are the ornitho- logical societies Small singing birds live from eight to eighteen years. Ravens have lived for almost one hum drcd years in captivity and parrots longer than that Fowls live from ten to twenty years (and arc then sold as spring chickens to young housokeep- crs). Tho wild goose lives upward of one hundrcd years and swans arc said to have attained tho ago of three hun drcd. The long life of birds has been intcrprcted as compensation for their feeble fertility and for the great nor talitv of their young. From the small inlands of St. Kilda, off Scotland, twenty thousand young gennets and an immense number of eggs arc annually collected, and although this bird lays only one egg per annum and is four vears in attaining its maturity, its numbers do not diminish. Obviously, as WicsmGnn observes, such birds must reach 9 great age or they would long aeo have becn cStcruinated
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-29
Spared for n Purpose.

'I went up to ChickemanGa with
Judge B." said Congressman Allen.
"I walked about the field and heard
hundreds OF old fellows talking about
the spots on which they had been
wounded and telling all manner or
marvellous stories. was not at Chicka-
mauga, but was In other battles, and
when a man tells you that he can re-
turn and pick out spots where all sorts
of things occurred in battle this many
years afterward, you may put him
down as a liar.
'Well, everybody up there was lying.
and had to do little myself.
II was standing by the railroad sta
tion at the foot of one of the hills when
an old veteran accosted me and asked
II knew when the next train left FOR
Rome.
mo said I, this is the first time I
have been here In thirty-two years. and.
my friend, when 1 stand here and look
upon this hill. recalling the charge l
made up II through a shower or shot
and shell, how dashed my horse right
through a Federal battery, leapin8
seven different cannons and emerging
from a shower of bullets unscathed,
wonder that am alive to-day
LAS the old fellow listened to my
story his eyes filled with tears. He
walked up and. putting his arms
around me. said:
Young man, you were spared for
some great purpose '"-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-29
woman's Hair and Curling Tonps.

The face of woman, 1t has been stat
ed. burned the topless towers Of
Ilium." The statement, however, is
poetic, and the towers that were fired
were. after all. only Ilium's affair. But
the head. which means, of course, the
hair of woman, 1t is now roundly de-
clared, has very nearly fired one ship,
and may, for aught we know, have
fired thousand. For 1t seems that
when woman goes down to the sea in
ships she Is apt to secrete about her
a potential conflagration In the shape
of spirit lamp. She wants this ap-
paratus to heat the tongs with which
she communicates those artless undu-
lations to her hair that the ocean air
does not agree with. So, in the pri-
vacy of her stateroom she fills her
lamp continuously with the contraband
fusel strikes the careless match. and
lights the irresponsible flame. Her
things are disposed conveniently all
around. The stateroom wabbles more
or less-and something happens, not in
Ilium, that Is quite prosaic. and con-
Germs us all. There doesn't seem any
help for II, either. She needs must
curl her hair. The only way to stop
her that appears to have suggested IT.
self to anybody Is. that stewardesses
should be straightway charged to con-
fiscate her lamp And what then? A
stewardess, after ALL is woman, too. Is
II to be supposed that she doesn't curl
her hair, or that she hasn't a curling
apparatus of her own? We trow not
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-29
Tho Man Afraid of His wife.

II there Is a man on earth to be
pitied, 1t is he who is afraid OF his wife.
There Is something very sad, and at the
same time a trife ludicrous about such
a case. To see man. who has always
styled himself the master. meekly fol-
lowing the advice and obeying the die
tum of one of the so-called weaker
sex" must do the hearts or some new
women" an infinite deal Of good.
I doubt II a woman ever respects d
man whom she can twist about her
little finger or one of those men who
are subservient to her every beck and
call. and who acts afraid Of her. Meth
er. on the other hand. do most women
like the tyrannical description OF
spouses. A happy medium Is the ap,
proved style. but it's very hard 10 hhu
one of the sort. Men nowadays are
either too meek and mild. or else toe
tyrannical to suit an up-to-date "o'
man.-Philadelphia Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-29
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue OF a writ of FL IA. issued out OF
the Court of Common Pleas, Columbia county,
and to me directed, there will be exposed to
public sale at the Court House in Bloomsbury
Pa, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 'o5,
at two o'clock p. m all that certain piece or
parcel Of land situate In the Town OF Blooms
burg. County of Columbia, state OF Pennsyl-
vania, bounded and described as follows to-wlt:
Beginning at point on south side Of Ninth
street Mt the point Of the intersection OF east
line OF Centre street. being four hundred and
forty feet east OF east line OF Market street,
thence along the south side OF Ninth street.
north 65 degrees and forty minutes east, four
hundred feet to the West line OF Iron street,
thence along same south twenty-four degrees
and twenty minutes east one hundred and
nlnety-five feet thence along land OF estate OF
u. j. Waller, south sixty-five degrees and forty
minutes west four hundred feet to eastern line
Of Centre street aforesaid, thence along same
north twenty-four degrees and twenty minutes
west one hundred and ninety-ive feet to the
place of beginning, whereon is erected large
two story brick
FACTORY BUILDING,
engine and smith shop and lumber shed, to-
gether with the fixtures and all the machinery
contained in said building.
Seized taken into execution at the suit OF
Keystone Electric Company vs.. Penn Elevator
Engineering Company, and to be sold as the
property of the Penn Elevator Engineering
Company. J. u, McHENkY,
HERRING, Atty. Sheriff
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-29
A RABBIT HUNT.
They We're Smoked cut by the Aid of
Torch Hearing Crabs.


rch-BearIng Crabs.
"a Gilbert is good man to go hunt
Ing with. lie knows a few little tricks
that are valuable In replenishing the
harder when all ordinary ways fail II"
said .. $. Beerbower to a group of
rf or:smen yesterday morning. "I went
with him once and came pretty near
starving to death. The only thing we
had 70 eat was crabs. Now, crabs arc
good enough for change, but they pail
on your appetite when you are compell-
ed to eat them as a steady diet. one
night, while in my tent thinking OF
home hreside, friends and conjuring up
the menu of the Jacksonville free lunch
counters. Gilbert came to my tent and
said:
What, weeping. old man? Don't
weep. I didn't know YOU were that
hungry. have last resort. 1t is sure
TO work, and we will have plenty of
meat. have way of catching rab-
bits that will not fail, The secret was
impaired to me by an old hunter on his
dcath-bed i promised never to use It
unless in actual want. Come, we will
try IT,"
What kind of meat are you going
for?" 1 asked
Rabbits he answered The rab-
bit. you know, shares the hole OF the
sand crab. Under this beach we tread
on here are thousands Of rabbits snugly
sleeping In the homes OF the sand crab
Yes said !. but you can't get them
out and / almost wept with disappont-
nent.
The only answer he gave me was the
whistiing OF a tune from an opera.
FINALLY Gilbert spied a sand crab. He
caught him just as the crab was about
10 vanish down his hole He caught an
other and another. Finally he had
bagged dozen. was too weak to help
him
Then he sat down upon the beach
and sawed tallow candle into half-inch
bits. He lighted match, melted some
or the tallow, on n crabs back. stuck
the bit of candle In It, lighted the
candle, and liberated the crab, which
skedaddled for his hole, and into 1t he
went Mr.. Gilbert spread a shrimp
net over the hole 1t got too hot down
there for the rabbit, for we could smell
fur scorching. The rabbit made bolt
for the open air and he was our meat.
Altogether we caught an even ten.
Yes, Gilbert is great man. Great
head. Times Mirror.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-29
A to DIstances.

''How far do you call 1t from yoM
town to st. LouisT inquired 'h'
stranger.
II haven't the slightest idea' an
swered the Kansas City man. 70
body ever asked me that BEFORE -oh'
cago Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-29
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue of n writ of Levara Facias issued
out of the Court of Common Pleas Of Col
umba courty, and to me directed, there will
be exposed to public sale at the Court House
in Bloomsburg, Pa, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1905,
at two o'clock p. M, all that certain piece or
parcel of land situate in the Town of Blooms
burg, county of Columbia, State of Pennsyl-
vania, bounded and described as follows to-
wit; Beginning at point on south side of
Ninth street at the point Of the Intersection
of east line Of Centre street, being four hum
dred and forty feet east of east line of Mar
ket street, thence along the south side OF
Ninth street. north sixty-6ve degrees and
forty minutes east, four hundred feet to the
west line of Iron street, thence along same
south twenty-four degrees and twenty minu-
tes east one hundred and ninety.fve feet,
thence along land of estate of ID. J. Waller,
south sixty-hve degrees and forty minutes
west four hundred feet to eastern line of Cen
tire street aforesaid, thence along same north
twenty-four degrees and twenty minutes west
one hundred and ninety-fve feet to the place
of beginning, whereon is erected a large two.
story brick
FACTORY BUILDING,
engine and smith shop, and lumber shed, to-
gether with the fixtures and all the machinery
contained in said building.
Seized, taken into execution at the suit Of
J. l.. Dillon and A. Z. Schoch, Trustees, VS..
Penn Elevator Engineering Company, and
to be sold as the property of the Penn Ele-
vator Engineering Company.
J. b. McHENRY,
MILLER, Atty. Sheriff.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-29
CHRISTIAN F. KNAPP,
FIRE INSURANCE,
BIOOMSRJTPC pA

Home, of N. "; Merchants of Nevsrk.
N. j.; Clinton, N. Y; Peoples, NY; Read.
ing, Pa German American Ins. Co, Me-
York; Greenwich Insurance Co., New York,
Jersey City Fire Ins. Co., Jersey City. N. Il.
These old corporations are well seasonsI
by age and fire tested, and have never yst
had loss settled by any court of law. Their
assets are all invested in solid securities. snl
liable to the hazard of fire only.
Losses promptly and honestly adjusted s,6
paid as soon as determined, by Christian =.
burg, Pa.
The people of Columbia county shoujd
Patronize the agency where losses, il suv.
citizens.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-16
HOW RusTLeRs STEAL COAL.
A BUSINESS Carried On Alosg the Un.c
Pacific in Nebraska.

A Business Carried On Alosg the Unsoo
Pacific In Nebraska.
OMAHA, Feb l6.-Thc Union Pacific has
reduced the freight on coal 81 per ton In
Nebraska from its Wyoming mines SO
that the drought sufferers in the western
counties may be better enabled to pur.
chase fuel. The work Of coal thieves was
a factor in having the rates reduced. Be-
tween kearney and Omaha five cars of
coal are lost to the company daily and at
Valley, coaling station containing ut
lcest 30 souls, but five cars Of coal were
retailed last season and yet everybody
kept warm and had coal in their bins.
Coming east from Julesburg thirteen
wagons loaded with coal were counted in
q distance Of twenty-five miles, these wag-
ons being loaded with coal which had been
thrown OF cars while in transit between
Julesburg and Brulc. A rustier gets on
train, say at Julesburg, and during tho
night throws OF coal along the road,
which is piled UP by teams between Ger
tain stations