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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Slceyes for Pretty Arms.

THE sleeve that starts several inches
below the shoulder is preferred by
those who have prettily rounded shoul-
der$, such as our grandmothers and
great aunts in those old daguerreotypes
seerhed to be so fond of displaying.
They are used with both evening and
day gowns. with evening dresses they
need no more than the glimpse of the
arm where II is prettlest and a tiny
shoulder strap of flowers of jeweled
trimming to complete their lovcliness.
These sleeves have been with us long
time--longer than would have been
possible half a decade ago. and all be-
cause gymnastics are increasing in
popula rity and collar bones have ac-
quired cushions
A pretty evening waist with a sleeve
that comes very near being what is
prophesied for it, saves itself by SWELL
ing at the elbow, whereI - lis, 3raped
with soft silk that is prettily knotted
with bit of velvet The upper part
of the bodice is made of n jeweled ma
terial that merges into the upper
sleeves without any visible seam.
A plain sleeve with two plcated
flounces reaching to the elbow is an
other style that is suggested for the
arm of '96-which. by the way, is not
the masculine, pugilistic one, but the
prettily rounded, well developed. allur-
ing arm of femininity, which the most
obdurate Of the male sex will find 1t
hard to resist in the campaign that is
to be the last opportunity of the CEN
tury for unbidden spinsters.
Look well to your arms, girls! Gird
them up ana prepare for the fray, and
If there is anything in sleeves we shall
know it by the styles that prevail at
the end of the year; for sleeve that is
successful in such contest is worthy
of popularity, and will surely get 1t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Royalty and the Weed.

The following are the favorite vari-
cites of the weed consumed by royal
smokers: The German Emperor con-
sumes an extraordinary number of Gig
arettes daily. The Gear of Russia has
abandoned cigarettes in favor of pipe.
Old King Albert of Saxony smokes a
heavy German pipe, with a porcelain
bowl. King Humbert of Italy is a
chain" smoker. and keeps one strong
cigar going after another all day long.
Archduke Joseph of Austria smokes n
cherry-wood pipe. King Leopold Of
Belgium clings tenaciously to his brier
pipe. The Emperor of Austria smokes
so-called Virginia cigars" which, be-
ing manufactured of the rankest to-
bacco at Trieste, have straws running
through them to make them draw.
They are so green that they have to be
held in the flame several minutes before
they will light.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
couRTsH1p OF THE oELEsT1ALs.
Strange Goings on witnessed at the Chit
nese Mission In Frisco. u,

Strange Goings ON witnessed at the chit
nese Mission In Frisco.
All Leen is n good little girl who lives
in the Presbyterian mission, away from
the pomps and vanities of all this
wicked world Every Sunday, how
ever, she goes relglously to church
along with the other girls who have
been rescued by the kind~hearted ladies
of the Occidental Board. The passing
of this procession is an opport unity
eagerly seized by the eligible bachelors
of Chinatown, who turn out en- masse
and line the sidewalks along the route.
each good one cherishing the intention
of seeing Miss Culbertson for the hand
of the girl who strikes his fancy most.
Now. one gay and sprightly bachelor
was particularly struck couple of
months ago by the beauty of All Leen.
He watched the procession pass with
eyes only for her, and when she had
entered the sacred edifice. instead of
resigning himself to go home, he made
n mighty effort to overcome the preju-
dices of early education and followed
her into the churcl. From that date o
change has come over the bachelor Iic
no longer burns punk at the shrines of
his countryn en-, nor does he dissipat te
money i'm having his fortune told in
fact. he has become i'm every way wor-
thy of All Len. TO whom he is soon to
be united During the present strained
condition of things in Chinatown. how
ever. he shrinks from the notoricty OF
having his changed conditions COM
mented on by his friends and foes.
Courtship, as 1t is understood in Chi
nese circles, is q somewhat tame and
practical affair. There is . regular
routine at the mission, in which COM
promise is made between American and
Chinese customs. The bridegroom
elect may see his future bride, he may
even converse with her from opposite
sides of the room. but the proprieties
would be completely outraged If the be-
trothed couple were to shake hands.
Two or three times a week the fance
makes n call from five to ten minutes
In duration, and II he is desperately
enamored he never goes empty handed.
Sausages are Z gift that is highly
appreciated, and Chinese vegetables
IRE also much esteemed. Fruit is fire.
quently brought to the engaged ladies,
both in the Presbyterian and Methodist
missions, but II would outrage Mongo-
lian etiquette to bestow candy. The
love making is generally monosyllaoic
on the part OF the young lady, and
even the man finds his gift of conver-
satlon languish. At the Presbyterian
mission n charming young Chinese girl
named All Cheng. a professional inter-
prefer. satisfies etiquette by being pres
ent during all the interviews. Many
Chinese merchants have offered to lay
their hands and hearts at All Chengs
feet, but she has seen so much love
making as an onlooker that she refuses
to go through the ordeal of entertain
ing a flance on her own account. Even
the touching romance of All Leen has
not inclined the little interpreter to
follow her eXample.-San Francisco
Call.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
The Most Wonderful city.

The most wonderful city within the
limits of the United States, and which
has no existence whatever during the
summer months, is Fish City, Mich.
This municipal oddity is built on the
ice of Saginaw Bay regularly every
winter, and is occupied by men and
their families, who are engaged in
catching, cleaning and packing lake
trout and white fish for the market.
Fish City Is situated in the same cove
every winter, and is built of rough pine
boards. In the winter of 1S93-94 1t had
a population of nearly 5000, and in 1894
95 almost twice that number
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
All Men of Rank.

There were eight of us smoking our
after-supper cigars on the hotel veran-
da, when a small man, with a great
deal of hustle and energy in his move
ments, came out of the hotel office and
called out in a general way:
Gentlemen, is there a General out
there?"
Il am q General, sir" replied one of
the group as he half rose and bowed.
"Ncs-ah! h!-glad to see you, General"
continued the little man as he advance
ed and shook hands. Nov, then, have
we any Colonels present?"
Il am Colonel" replied three men
in chorus as they followed the Gener-
ais example.
"Ea! Glad to see you, Colonels,"
said the little man as he extended
hand to each in succession. Lets see!
Have we a Judge among us here this
EVENING""
I'VE have" replied two of the four
others. 80 glad to see you, Judges-so
glad! Shake hands. Beautiful even
log, this! / presume you other two gen.
tlemsn bear the respective titles of Ma
jor and professor"
I'VE do" said the pair Of u.s.
'Ah-glad to know it-awfully glad.
Lajor and professor, shake hands
shake hands. Might have little more
rain, but we can't find much tault with
the weather."
And who are you, if you please?"
asked the General.
81? oh! I'm only an Ex-Governor, an
ex-Cabinet officer and -Congre ssman.
and at present raising Sc, 900 900 to put
another railroad bridge across the Mis-
souri, river Keep your seats, gentle
men-I wouldn't thing Of intruding my
sembly."
Next day, when we found out that he
was only a drummer for a Cincinnati
shoe factory he hal departed, and we
couldn't give him the licking he de-
Gerved.-Detroit Free Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
A Word About Birthdays

+, A lonely woman, one who was bear
ing patiently great sorrow, surprised
friend one day by saying; "Come with
me next Tuesday, it is my birthday,
and want you to help me celebrate it,"
''Why should she care to celebrate her
birthday" thought the friend. But
the next week she learned, for the sor.
rowful one went loaded with gifts to an
institution in which she took keen
interest. 81 want some one to be glad
that i was born" said she, and that is
the noblest, best and happiest thought
that can come to us on our birthdays.
1t is pleasant TO be remembered and to
receive presents, but whether surround
ed with love or suffering from neglect,
which is more often thoughtlessness
than intention, we can make.some one
happier because we were born.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Attest C. NJ. TERw1LLIGER. Clerk. 'O' W
Feathers as Popular Trimmings.

Feathers are everywhere. Combined
with imitation jewels and jet they make
most elaborate trimmings. Nandyke
points made of black ostrich plumes
are striltingly effective on light col
ored evening gowns. Small curly tips
are used for outlining decollete bodices.
In the stores narrow feather trimming
is sold by the yard for expensive cloth
costumes. 1t is appliqued to the bodice
to simulate a vest or to outline seams.
Spangles are frequently combined with
q feather fringe. Trimmings formed
of feather pendants are another novelty.
The pendants swing from a ieweled
band, and outline corsage beautifully.
The newest satins for evening gowns
have raised velvet flowers for the de-
signs and are wonderfully soft and
beautiful.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
The shark and the Porpolse.

Fights between sharks and porpoises
are said to be common in the waters
around the Florida Keys. and the fish
ermen thereabouts declare that the por-
poise always wins, and sends the shark,
which usually begins the fight, scurry-
ing away. The shark has to turn on its
side to bite, and the nimble porpoise
easily keeps out of reach of its snap
ping jaws, and then jumps in and deals
the shark tremendous slaps with its
tall Ex-City Treasurer McCreary of
Philadelphia AYERS that he witnessed an
encounter of this sort recently in which
the porpoise killed the shark.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Her Greatest Need.

The kind women of the church had
helped their poor sister through long
illness. They had hired a physician for
her had seen that his prescriptions
were filed had brought her broth and
jellies, had cleaned her tenement and
finally, when she was on the road to
health again, hLd made up purse for
her. couple of weeks later one of
them happened to call to see how their
protege was getting along. She dis
covered the erst-while invalid very "low
in her mind" and also in her larder.
why, Mrs. Hendricks!" she exclaim-
ed. I'VE surely left you enough money
to keep you comfortably for while.
Have you spent the whole fifteen dol
slars?"
Yes" sighed the beneficiary
"How?" demanded the inquisitor.
We'll, bein' sick so long that time
taught he a lesson about not havin' a
decent-negligee, they call them, think
to my name. When / was Just able
to sit up / thought how fine 'twould
be to have somethin' more tasty-like
than an ole shawl to put over my
shoulders. SO the first day was out
bought me pink cashmere wrapper
just in case l should be sick again, you
know"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
TOILET HINTS.
Suggestions for the Woman who Has an
Ambition to lie Charming.

Suggestions for the Woman who Has an
Ambition to lie Charming.
To sleep In poorly room
is to invite headache and depression.
Warmth during sleep should be OBJ
tanned from blankets, not from closed
windows. The window should be open
about three inches at the top and an
inch or two at the bottom.
II daily tub bath is enervating, try
daily sponge bath and tri-weekly
tub. The "tubbings" should be taken
at night In water warm or hot, ac-
cording to the tastes of the bather.
The sponge both, which should be
taken In the morning, should be either
cold or lukewarm, and should be fol-
lowed by brisk rubbing down with
Turkish towel.
III the hair Is thin or lacking In lus-
tre,, brush II twice a day for five min
utLs at a time. If the eyebrows and
eyI'lashes are scanty. rub them at night
win vaseline. If the hands chap easily
wath at night in warm water. rub well
wiz cold cream and wear a pair Of
loose. fingerless white gloves to bed.
II the face lacks color, exercise.
II ones complexion is muddy" sal
low or covered with blackheads the
lotion bottle is not the remedy which
should be sought first. Instead, the
candidate for complexion of roses and
cream should begin the diet. Hot wa
ter taken half an hour before breakfast
with a little lemon juice in 1t is better
than creams to restore the skin to
clearness. Graham and whole wheat
bread, fruit, clear tea and coffee. II
tea and coffee are used, plenty of green
vegetables. lean meat and broiled fish
form an admirable complexion diet.
Pastry and candles should be avoided.
After diet and exercise have paved
the way for other treatment II weekly
face steaming may be tried. The
woman whose purse does not permit
her to go to the professional beauti-
fiers should fill bowl with boiling
water. over this she should hold her
face. into which a cold cream has been
rubbed for ten minutes or SO, covering
her head and shoulders and the bowl
with heavy Turkish towel. After dry
ir@g the face she should rub more cold
cream on II, and she should not ven
tu,re out into the air for at least three
hdurs
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27

This i3 Mr.. German, Mr.. Jones'" said
the gentleman in charge of the new
III mber.
Il didn't catch the name" said Mr..
Jones.
German" replied the distinguished
riarylander.
Member of the House?" inquired the
ne" member
mo sir; Senate"
"Oh, yes; Senator German, I see, re-
piled the new member. Let me see,
Afoin wnat state, Mr. GornlaA!
Maryland" said Mr.. German, who
by this time was somewhat irritated by
his newly made acquaintance's ignor-
ance.
"Oh, yes" replied Mr.. New Member,
Democrat or Republican,"
The last question was more than the
Democratic leader of the Senate could
stand, and, with look of disgust on
his face, he turned on his heel and
walked hurriedly away.-Atlanta Con-
stitutlon.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Queer Stroke of Lightning.

While a company of soldiers were
drilling at Rendsburg, Germany, lately
a bolt of lightning threw forty-eight
men to the ground. The lightning ran
from bayonet point to bayonet point
shattering the guns completely. Only
one man was killed-one who carried
no gun; through him the lightning was
conducted to the ground His body
was covered with blue and green spots
and stripes. The eyeglasses of one man
were melted and burned into the flesh
and he received other painful injuries
but he will live. Another had both legs
stiffened. The cries of the suffering
men are said to have been heart-rend-
ing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
HOW SLAVES ARE KILLED.
Tortures InHicted on the Condemned In
Congo Regions.

Torturcs lnntcted on the tOnuemneu IN
Congo Regions.
While in the lands of civilization
philanthropists are busying their brains
to devise methods of capital punish
ment which will prove the least palm
full to the condemned and the least re-
voting TO humanity, the aboriginal
tribes Of Africa have not yet been COM
PEELED to abandon their blood-curdling
executions. The spectacle of an execu-
tion in the Congo territory beggars de-
scription. Words cannot depict the
demonical evolutions and dances for
hours around the poor condemned slave,
who sits, bound and helpless, in the
midst of a circle of odthirsty abo-
rigines.
The victim, who has perhaps never
in his life done anything to deserve this
wretched fate, is tied hands and arms
with strong hemp to a roughly impro-
Nised chair, while his feet are bound to
stake In the ground few feet be"
fore him. A stout bough has been
stripped of leaves and is held bent by
a strong rope from a notch In the mid
die to u stage a few feet behind tho
condemned mans chair. Another rope
suspended from the end of the bough
that when the bough is allowed to
spring back TO its natural position the
head is torn off and hurled far away
into the Jungle thickets. Then occurs
the most ghastly scene of all-the
scrabble for the finding of the head
The finder keeps his trophy for sew
eral days and then cooks 1t. The brain
is considered the greatest delicdcy and
is generally given to the cAlef of the
tribe.
If the victim were brought to the
place of execution quickly and decapi-
tated at once. his sufferings would be
less than those of the criminals who
die on the scaffolds of America. as his
is q swift death. 1t Is the hours of
agony which precede his execution
which make the execution so inhuman.
New York Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
The "IIoney Guide"

The "honey guide is small bird in
South Africa which by its flight and
peculiar cry, "Chiken, chiken, chik
churr churr" conducts the white or
black man to the honey of wild bees.
The object of the bird in thus warning
and leading persons to the hive of the
bee is to obtain the young larvae, of
which 1T is very fond. There are three
or four varieties of the honey guide,
but the indicator major and indicator
minor are the best known. They are
brown-yellow birds about the size of
a starting, and belong to the cuckoo
family.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
lie Had an Eve to business.

1t Is related of a well-known mer-
chant in neighboring city, says Sift-
ings, that, after making his will and
leaving a large property to trustee
for his son, he called the young man
in. and, after reading the will to him
asked him If there was any improve
ment or alteration he could suggest
well, father" said the young gentle
man, lighting cigarette, ''I think as
things go nowadays, it would be better
for me If you left the property to the
other fellow and made me trustee" The
old gentleman made up his mind then
and there that the young man was
quite competent to take charge of his
own inheritance. and scratched the
trustee clause out.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Bridal Stationery.

For the bride on her honeymoon there
has recently been designed a special
stationery put up in a white satin
circular box Within are fifty sheets of
rather rough cream white paper show
ing deep border in satin finish and
prepared for stamping with ones newly
acquired initial and the address of the
house where the honeymoon is to be
spent Both envelopes and paper are
to be tied up with profusion of white
ribbons through the bows of which are
thrust an ivory pen handle with gold
point, tiny ivory paper knife and tws
sticks of perfumed white wax CONF
plete the outfit
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Lighter Than Aluminium,

The metal glucinium, hitherto a
chemical rarity, is likely to come for
ward as useful material, especially in
electrical work. 1t Is only twice as
heavy as water, and is, therefore, even
lighter than aluminium. 1t is a good
deal less extensible than iron, and has
an electric conductivity greater than
that of copper 1t Is more durable than
iron At its present price, $17S3 per
pound, 1t is one-tenth the price of plat
mum, weight for weight, and 1G0tb
the price, volume for volume.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
The sun Do Move.

The Rev, John Jasper is as firmly con-
WINGED as ever that the sun moves
round the earth, and that the earth
doesn't move ait all. He preached his
famous ''sun-do-move" sermon to an
audience of two hundred white folk in
Mount Zion Church. Richmond, Va,
recently, and was more than ever scorn-
full toward the scientists, and emphatic
In his arguments for the literal accept
ance of Biblical texts bearing on the
point. when you rises and when you
sots down, don't you move? Den how
could the sun rise and go down 'thout
movin'?" he argues.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
What Is Fame?

"Mr. Speaker" exclaimed a member
Of the New South Wales Parliament,
my colleague taunts me with desire
for fame. l scorn the imputation, sir.
Fame, sir! What Is fame? 1t is a
shaved pig with a CREASED tail, which
slips through the hands of thousands
and then is accidentally caught by
some lucky fellow who happens to hold
on to It, let the greasy-tailed quad
ruped go by me without an effort to
clutch 1t, SIR"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
The Origin of the rh,mble.

thimble was originally thump'
bell because 1t was worn on the
thumb, as sailors still wear their thin
bles. 1t is a Dutch invention, and In
1884, In Amsterdam. the bi-centenniai
OF the thimble was celebrated with O
e. eat deal of formality. The first Thin
BILE made was presented, In 1854, to
Anna van Wedy, the second wife OF
Killien van Rensselaer, the purchaser
Of Rensselaerwyck. In presenting MS
useful gift, Van Benscheten beggeo
Nine. Rensselaer, ito accept this new
covering for the protection of her an,
gent fingers as a token Of his esteem
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
The New Tramp.

"Well. what is 1t now?"
"Jes' a bite o. suthin' to eat, please,
mum. Ye see, it's dis way: T."
"Oh, l know. Out of work Sick
child"
NO, mum; I'm de sciety editor on a
DIG New York papeH n / bet five
tousand bones wild me frien' Wander
blk dat I'd beat me way fun San
Francisco to Gowanus widout-"
You're the third loafer that's told
that yarn. Now get outr'
"Yes'm. Anything T. 'blige. Needn't
call de dog. You'll get invite T. de
mex Vanderbilt weddin', don't tink.' -
New York Recorder. -
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
An ELECTRIC Organ.

One Of the novelties on board the new
American steamship st. Louis is an
electric organ, with a switch attached.
by means of which the current can be
cut off when the player fails to please
his audience, or when, for any reason,
one wishes the music discontinued. II
is asserted that the switch was put In
to save the passengers from the annoy
ance of incompetent players.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27

The house of Romanoff- Holstein-
Gottorp has ruled in Russia for 135
years, and during that period it has
never before happened that the first
born of a reigning Gear was a girl An
ti-Government parties are making
much out of this unprecedented event.
The superstltious Russians are begin
ming to look on the uncertainty of the
succession and the consumptive ten
dency of the Romanoffs as a judgment
II God
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
Smart BOY, This.

A thirteen-year-old boy of Shaftes-
bury, VT. caught In trap. few days
ago. an eagle that measured seven feet
from tip to tip of its wings, and weigh
ed thirty pounds. He had hard fight
with the bird. imprisoned as it was
before he could subdue II.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
The Largest Iron smokestack.

The largest iron smokestack ever con.
structed in New England was erected
in Rockville, Conn. 1t was 100 feet
high, "a inches in diameter and weighed
10 tons. The stick of timber from which
the pulleys were suspended, cost $3.50
and was brought from Boston on three
freight cars.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-02-27
The Hottest Mines in the world,

The hottest mines in the world are
the Comstock. On the lower levels the
heat is so great that the men cannot
work over ten or fifteen minutes at a
time. Every known means to mitigate
the heat has been tried in vain. Ice
mets before it reaches the bottom of
the shafts.