The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-22
TALKS By THE WAY.


Last years output of coal was the
greatest in the history of the United
States, amounting to I5o,ooo,ooo net
tons of soft coal and 46,Soo.ooo tons
of anthracite. This places the United
States second in the coal producing
countries of the world.
1t may not be generally known that
persons, who from carelessness. or any
other cause, take mail from the post
Office that belongs to another. and
fails to return the same, are liable to
fine of $4,000, or one years I'M
prisonment. This applies to news
papers thus taken from postoffice, as
well as other mail matter.
The rubber supply this year is
.mple, says a well informed contem.
oorary, and this disproves the state
nent that rubber is going to be high
in price presently. We can continue
for the present to indulge.n bicycle
tires and songs about rubber necks.
If the supply runs short we might
ring in some Of the rubber necks.
Reports as read in the G.. A. r.
encampment at Wilkes Barre, last
week, give the information that nine
years ago the order numbered 4oo,-
4So, the high water mark. Last Sep
tember the order had fallen to sos,
6oI. The death rate in 1898 was
2.4I per cent. Nine years ago there
was 44,6IS comrades in good stand
ing in Pennsylvania, and this number
has decreased about $1,000 since
then.
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The latest postal laws are that
newspaper publishers can have ar.
rested for fraud any one who takes a
paper and refuses to pay for it. Un-
der the law the man who allows his
subscription to run along for some
time unpaid, and then orders it dis
continued, or orders the postmaster to
mark it "refused and sends a postal
card notifying the publisher lays him.
self liable to arrest and fine, the same
as for theft.
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1t makes all the difference IN the
world what kind of a burden a mar
carries as to how he complains of ths
load, says an exchange. Twelve
pounds OF baby makes a man tired
unto death in less than two hours
whereas I5o pounds of sweetheart
used to sit on the lap from p. m
to 1880 a. m without a murmur from
the owner of the lap. Half mile
to church is long walk, when ten
mile tramp around billiard table i
recreation.
Lying is of all mean trails of char
acter the most dispicable. This i:
the crying sin of the age-that mel
do not value their worth. If a maj
steals and is caught, the world brands
him as a thief and shuns him h
can never outlive it, but if he lies
though it may be proved, he is still
respectable, and if he profits BY tn
lie he is esteemed especially cleve
and smart. But the thief Is not nea
so dangerous to society as the liar
We can protect ourselves agains
thieves, we can guard our possession:
but the liar can penetrate the strong
est fortress and blast the most preC
ious OF our possessions. He can g
into Court and rob or murder at vii
He can blast lite or win fortun,
and there is no redress.
People would find less difficult
with ready made Shoes" said the e.
peuenced salesman, If they woul
stand up to ft them on, instead
sitting down. Nine persons out
ten. particularly women, want a cor
Portable chair while they are fitting
shoe, and it is with the greatest diff
Guilty you can get them to stand tor
few minutes, even after the shoe
fitted. Then, when they begin wal
ing about, they wonder why the sho
are not so comfortable as they we
at first trial. A womans loot is CO
siderably smaller when she sits in
chair than when she walks about. E
ercise brings larger quantity
blood into the feet, and they swell a
preciably. The muscles also requi
certain space. In buying shoes Il