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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
Tho Making of Flags.

The bunting used in the production
OF flags for the United States navy Is
all made in Lowell. Mass. 1t has TO
come up to certain requirements IN re-
gard to color and strength. 1t has TO
be made entirely of wool OF the best
quality, showing no imperfections. 1t
must weigh 5A pounds avoirdupois per
piece of 40 yards, 10 inches wide. The
yarn must be evenly spun, the warp
and filling to contain not less than "a
threads to the inch, and the warp must
be two-ply and the filling one-ply,
ploperly twisted. The fabric must
have a tensile strength Of 65 pounds
to the warp and As pounds to the fill
ing, in test pieces two inches wide.
The colors must be as fast" as they
can make them. and must not be SER
icusly affected by being soaked contin-
uously for twenty-four hours in fresh
water and then thoroughly washed in
water using a good grade of laundry
soap. Great quantities or the fags pro-
duced, says the Dry Goods Economist,
are made at the Brooklyn navy yard.
These flags include not only the star
spangled banner" but those Of all
other countries, the latter being used
by our men-of-war IN saluting. These
flags are all made in the most careful
manner, every stripe and device being
measured with geometrical accuracy
and the sewing being not only very
strong, but very neat. The stars on
the American flag are put on so care
fully and evenly that when the flag is
held up TO the light the stars. which
are made OF muslin and put on both
sides, appear to be part OF the fabric.
MS stals are cut with chisels out of
bleached muslin laid thirty thicknesses
together on large open block. The
largest flag made is 36 feet long 10 feet
vide. The flags are finished off by
men who, in sewing, use the sailors
palm, which consists of leather strap
with hole through which the thumb
passes and in which is set just below
the thumb a disk of steel like the top
OF a thimble.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
How to Examine u Watch.

To one who has never studied the
mechanism of watch its handspring
or the balance wheel Is mere piece
of metal. He may have looked at the
face of the watch. and while he adj
mires the motions OF its hands and the
time it keeps he may have wondered
in idle amazement as to the character
of the machinery which Is concealed
within. Take 1t to pieces and show
him each part separately-he will rec
ognize neither design nor adaptation
nor relation between them; but put
them together, set them to work, point
out the offices OF each spring, wheel
and cog, explain their movements, and
then show him the result. Now he per-
ceives that it is all one design-that,
notwithstanding the number of parts,
their diverse forms and various offices,
and the agents concerned, the whole
piece is of one thought, the expression
Of one idea. He now rightly concludes
that when the handspring was fash
ioned and tempered its relation to all
the other parts must have been consid-
cred; that the cogs on this wheel are
cut and regulated-adapted the
ratchets on that, ETC., and his final
conclusion will be that such a piece OF
mechanism could not have been pro-
duced by chance; for the adaptation
of the past is such as to show it to be
according to design and obedient to
the will of one intelligence. .-Harper's
Round Table.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16

at is very much to be regretted that
in our country appropriate laws re-
garding the practice of hypnotism have
as yet not been enacted. Everybody
and anybody is at liberty to exercise
his magnetic power over his friends
and acquaintances, and the public is
as yet so little familiar with the dan
gers incurred by the willing subject
that volunteers can always be found
in the little social circle, who are ready
to give hypnotism trial
"The person who is about to be hyp-
Noticed should understand thoroughly
that he or she is thereby placed under
the absolute power of the operator,
who can do with the subject whatever
he pleases, when the hypnotic sleep has
once been induced. He may cause his
subject to commit crimes upon waking.
of whatever kind; he may himself
commit a criminal act upon the hyp-
Noticed without fear of detection. In
France numerous cases of outrage have
thus been reported. in which suspicion
was thrown upon innocent people by
appropriate suggestion on the part Of
the operator. Murder, theft, forbery,
ETC., have all been committed indirect
ly.
But aside from such dangers 1t
should be understood that frequent
hypnotization undoubtedly demoralizes
the individual and renders the subject
unfit for the duties of everyday life.
To what extent hypnotic sleep may
in the future replace the anaesthetics
which are now in use it is difficult to
say, as it is not yet possible to call
forth such degree of insensibility to
pain in every person to permit Of sur
gical operations. In good subjects,
however, even major operation can
be performed without causing any
pain.
Public exhibitions of hypnotism, or
Mesmerism' so-called. should be
strictly interdicted as serving no useful
purpose and only doing harm"
In France, only physicians are per-
mitted to practice hypnotism, and this
is rightly so.
As we have before said, professors Of
hypotism are advertising for pupils to
learn the art. Scoundrels will soon
learn it, and all the newspapers of
North America from Mexico to the
North Pole should caution their read
ers against it.-G. T. Angel in Our
Dumb Animals.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16

I,crerIng to the recent terrible dis
aster to a night express train on the
New York Central road, Connecticut
Gentleman who travels a good deal,
makes a suggestion that is worth con-
sidering He calls attention to the fact
that in the event Of passenger coach,
fte doors are likely to be closed by
the Janm,ng OF the tnds of the cars,
The yentilators in the roof are usually
TOO small to crawl through, and about
tAc only thing that can be done is to
alnash out the windows. But the glass
Is rhick; implements for smashing it
are rot often at hand, and when brok-
en-, fragments left on the sashes will
cut like knives. His suggestion Is to
Lave one or two large trap doors in the
car roof, always unfastened, and of
light construction, SO that they may
easily be pushed open. Whether tho
car falls on It's side or Is plunged into
the water, as in the New York Centra
Disaster, these doors in q car root
would offer easy and quick meanas O
getting out. :
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16

A really good cup of coffee will 60
far toward determining the character
of repast, and in connection with fair
bread and butter will be as satisfactory
as an elaborate meal with malodorous,
bad favored slop, SO commonly encoun-
tered. Coffee, with many, forms the
life or keynote of the meal, and its
proper making has been the earnest en-
Ceavor Of thousands. There Is an ex-
quisitely delicate aroma in coffee which
IS so fugitive in its character as to es-
cape in the process OF boiling in the
common pot. 1t Is to save this aroma
and to realize the best general results
that the present invention has been de-
signed and patented.
The improved coffee pot comprises a
cylindrical vessel having a closed bot
tom and a detachable cover, conical
water vessel being located in the bot
tom thereof. Pipes lead vertically
from this water receptacle, and have
steam Jet holes located contiguous to
their upper closed ends A perforated
horizontal shelf is fixed to the pipes
and a coffee receptacle is arranged in
the upper end Of the vessel and provid-
ed with a flexible perforated bottom
supported by the shelf; the discharge
spout opens into the main vessel close
down to the base, so that no aroma
can escape in the steam during the
boiling process. The coffee grounds
are retained in the steaming recepta-
Gle and the liquid comes out absolutely
clear of grounds or sediment. This de-
vice should sell in any household. It.
is not at all expensive to manufacture.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
A MIGHTY NlMROD.
Tour Hundred Bears the Record OF Tar
heel Hunter.

Four Hundred Bears the Record OF T"r'
heel Hunter.
CAPTAIN w. II. Basnight, OF Roanoke
Island who Is on visit TO haliesn'
saws the Observer, is the celepra,eu
bear hunter of Dare County. lie mas
helped to kill over four hundred la
his time. T..
THE season for hunting bears Is
near at hand" said the captain. ana
it will be a good season. judge irom
the berry crop. 1t Is cut Off back IN
the woods. and there Is plenty on inc
water. The bears will come out TO geS
the gumberries, and then we Will XIII
them and have fine sport: we snip
the meat to Baltimore, after eating all
we want, selling It at twelve and half
cents a pound; we sell the bearskin for
twenty dollars, and bear oil sells well.
How DO you Kill the beaisT l asKeu.
81 have a big double-barrel muzzlc-
loading gun. / use that on accouH. OF
shooting big lead. You cannot Nse
such lead as l want out Of a bret' IN
loader"
What is the biggest bear you aver
killed." l next asked the captain.
gest | ever killed could not weigh: ]
have killed bears weighing five m
dred pounds. They average perhaps
something over one hundred pounds.
Are they hard to kill?" / asked.
81 have killed some that fell dead at
first shot. But IL bear gets fully mad
before he is killed, you can hardly Kill
him by shooting him all to pieces. j
have been in some close places. l had
bear once grasp me around the
shoulders, and If my brother had not
shot and killed him, the bear would
have killed me. l have never been
hurt except little squeezing-and no
man ought to mind proper amount OF
hugging" said the captain.
DO you love the bear meat as food?"
You ought to have seen the good
captains mouth water and his eyes
brighten, as visions of broiled bear
meat came into his mind.
Eat bear meat?" he said. why, II
is the best meat in the world. l can
eat two or three messes of bear, and
feel strong enough to jump ten feet
high"
Captain Basnight has charge of Dur
ants Island, which is owned by John
E. Reyburn, of Philadelphia, who
comes down for hunting and fishing
about twice year. This island con.
tains forty-two hundred and fifty acres.
is fourteen miles around. and is located
at the mouth of Alligator River.
"On the island" said the captain,
1--WE have five hundred head of cattle,
hogs and sheep, fine poultry, and an
abundance of wild game, including
deer, swan geese and ducks, and many
varieties Of smaller BIRDS. We feed the
wild fowl, and at times have as many
as seven hundred wild geese that come
regularly to the camp to get their
feed"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
Don't Fear KlondiIxe Cold.

II. M. Dalton and P. H. Levin. both
attorneys from ST. Louis. passed
through st. Paul, leaving on the North
ern Pacific coast train for what Is
vaguely known as the Klondike. They
stopped off at st. Paul for a visit with
Edward j. Darragh, and while in this
city were his guests.
we are not part of the wild, hap
hazard rush to the Klondike," said Mr..
Dalton to reporter for the Globe, dis
eussing their plans and prospects, but
we believe there are great possibilities
for young men in the new country, and
we intend to find out if we are right.
From what we have read, the great
difficulty seems to be that the passes
are blocked by heavy travel, hosts of
people trying to get over the roads that
are wet and heavy wi aims and easily
cut up. The advice usually given is to
wait until spring, and then before the
passes are again deep with mud to go
through on the frozen ground. Now, IL
the trip Is to be made when things are
frozen We do not see why it is neces-
sary to wait for spring. 1t would seem
to be as easy to get through on the first
freeze as on the last one, and that, in
brief, is our plan"
You must understand, however"
broke in Mr.. Lewis, that all of this
is conditional. We are not absolutely
set on trying our luck to the Klondike
placers, or any of the adjacent streams.
The possibilities of Alaska are not con-
fined TO the Klondike There Is, for in
stance, the Copper river, which comes
down to the coast, and which is said
to be very promising Cor prospectors
and there are dozens of fields, not nee
essarily gold, which hold out great in.
ducements. More than that, general
merchandising will be field of great
profit for many, and If the Alaska de.
yelopment makes good the wonderful
promises of to-day it is possible thai
the great fortunes will be made by
those who never try their fortunes IL
the mines. We are not committed Il
any plan, and have enough capital tina
will be available to enable us to tr.
that field of activity that promises tn
most. st. Paul Globe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
A FAST STEAMSHIP.
From Europe to New York In Less Than
Six Days.

From Europe to New York In Less Than
six Days.
Engineering science and skill in mar
inc architecture has at last Drought
Europe within less than Six days sail
from New York City. The new steam
ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse made
her maiden trip from Southampton TO
New York recently in five days, twen-
ty-two hours and fourty-five minutes.
The best previous record was made
from the same port to New YORK Dy
the American steamer st. Paul, In SIX
days and thirty-one minutes. Inc hrst
days run Of the Kaiser was 53l knots.
The runs of the successive days were:
1876, 512, 554, 564, an dto Sandy Hook
1876 knots. On the voltage 80 horse
power was developed with an average
daily consumption of coal of 500 tons.
The steam pressure to the square inch
was 1S6 pounds. while her screws made
an average of Il revolutions to the
minute. 1t is expected that when the
machinery becomes little worn and
in perfect working condition that she
will beat her own remarkable time by a
full half day, bringing 1t down to i've
days and ten hours.
The new steamship now being built
for the cunard line, it is stated, will ex-
ceed the measurement of the Kaiser
by sixty or seventy feet and with
higher rated horse power. The tre-
mendous power required to drive these
enormous steamships can be more
readily realized when it Is stated that
the water power at Lowell is only rated
at 10000 horse power. The speed made
by the Kaiser on the day Of its fastest
record was at the average rate of about
q miles an hour. AS the average
speed of the fastest through train on
our railways is only about So miles AN
hour it will be seen that the Kaiser did
some pretty quick sailing, and that
even to keep up with her is going TO
take some pretty sharp and skillful
work on the part of marine engineers
who figure on the job.-Boston Jour-
nal of Commerce.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-16
Savans are Interested.

Bacchylides's poems, the papyruscon-
tanning which was acquired by the
British Museum last year. are about to
be published. Nearly twice as many
lines have been recovered than was
supposed at first, the total being about
1000. There are twenty poems or
pieces OF poems in all, six being COM
piete, and OF nine more substantial
fragments being preserved. Fourteen
are in honor of victories In the Olym-
plan games, the rest being paeans,
dithyrambs, or hymns, classes of verse
OF which there were hitherto no COM
plete specimens.-Boston Traveller.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-06
Rage Killed an Empress.

English speaking residents of Picking
have heard that the death of the empress
of China, mother of the reigning sover-
eign, which took place some time ago,
was due to rage. 1t is a curious story.
The empress mother and the empress
dowager were sisters, and quarrels be-
tween them We're frequent, as each was
striving to gain ascendency over the
young emperor. Eventually the dowager
Withdrew to Eho park, which is some
distance from Picking, and when the
emperor went to consult with her on
affairs of state she would keep him with
her for days together. The empress
mother called one day on her sister to
demonstrate with her Oh this, and a
battle royal ensued.
The dowager, however, had the whip
hand, and was empowered to deprive
her rival of her privileges. Among these
was the right to her sedan chair, which
is evidently All equivalent to the yellow
Jacket of the mandarin. She would not
even allow the imperial lady the use OF
the conveyance to return to her own
home.
The empress mother thus found her
self compelled to drive back in conf
mon cart. She died of rage the next
day. For 30 days her remains lay in
state in Picking, the emperor visiting the
chamber each day. The body was then
transported to Eaitien, and will be ulti.
mately laid by the side of that of her
husband, the seventh prince whose
name was Chun. Since the death of his
mother the emperor has treated the
dowager with marked GOODNESS.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-06
PHILADELPHIA In a New Role.

Two months ago Bishop William Ste
vens Perry (Episcopal) of Iowa was i'll
with complication Of diseases, includ-
ing congestion of the lungs, and his
physicians said to him. "You can take
your choice between Palermo, Italy, and
Philadelphia, the climate of either of
which should be beneficial to you. T" 81
chose Philadelphia, said the bishop
the other day, "and I'm thankful that
I did. I have recovered nicely under
skillful treatment here, and in suitable
weather take 5ood brisk walk daily.
Besides, my physician now permits me
to deliver an occasional address, and l
hope some time i'll March to be able to
resume my duties in Iowa. Philadel-
phia is a good place i'll which to get
well. New York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-06

Melting out Of darkness and sin anu
struggle into glciy and into God. Why
do you not shout: Why 10 you sit shiv-
ering at the thought Of death and trying
to hold back and wishing you could stay
here forever, and speak of departure Us
though the subject were filled with skel-
etons and the varuish Of ccAira, and as
4ough you preferred lame foot to swift
wing?
Oh, people of God, let us stop playing
the fool and prepare for rapturous flight.
When your soul stands OH the verge of
this life, and there are vast precipices
beneath and sapphired domes above,
which way will you fly? Will you
sweep, or will you soar? Will you fly
downward, or will you fly upward?
Everything on the wing this day bid
ding us aspire Holy Spirit on the wing.
Angel of the New Covenant Oh the
wing. Time on the wing, flying away
from us Eternity on the wing, flying
toward u.s. Wings, wings, wings!
Live so near to Christ that when you
are dead people standing by your life
less body will not soliloquize, saying
"What a Disappointment life was to
him! How averse he was to departure!
What pity it was he had to die! What
an awful calamityv' Rather standing
there may they see a sign more vivid
Oh your still face than the vestiges of
pain, something that will indicate that
it was happy exit, the clearance from
oppressive quarantine, the cast off chrys-
aid, the melting of the faded and the
useless, and the ascent from malarial
valleys to bright, shining mountain tops,
and be led to say, as they stand there
contemplating your humility and your
reverence in life and your happiness in
death, with twain he covered the feet,
with twain he covered the face, with
twain he did fly" Wings, wings, wingsl
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-06
NUMBER 80
MADRID SOCIETY TOD.
Even In the Distress of Wartime Spanish
Gayety Goes on In the Old Way.

Even I'm the Distress of Wartime Spanish
Gayety Goes on In the Old Way.
The queen regent of Spain appears
nowhere i'll public az present, except
during her Saturday drive to a church
where, according to ancient custom, tn.
sovereign of Spain goes weekly to pray
and his mamma with him-so that
the public sees them en- route. The
church, by the way, like all the churches
in Madrid, is very ugly and very gor-
geous, not like the noble cathedrals OF
other Spanish cities The Infanta Isa-
bella, aunt of the king, drives daily in
the park, the Buon Retro, goes to the
Royal theater and in general does what
she can to preserve the look of gayety
which Madrid still wears under the
shadow of war.
Everything Spanish is for the Span
iards This favorite adage of the Cas-
tilians is in especial force and favor at
Madrid at this moment. No European
capital is less cosmopolitan than the
capital of Spain. The Spanish dislike
of foreigners is an ingrained thing, al
though, until the present state Of strain
ed relations between Spain and the
United States, the Spaniards ii general
showed more liking for our compatriots
than for any Europeans. The distance
and the freedom of the Estados Uni
dos affected the popular Spanish mag
nation, and Americans travelling in the
Iberian peninsula have found quick
relaxing of manner on the part of Span
irds on first learning that they were
"not English English, but Americans
speaking English, y relaxing followed
often by cordially. Americans resident
in Spain have also come to know Span
ish home life better than other foreign
ers, even in Madrid. In the southern
towns in Andalusia, particularly Ill
Granada, the cordiality of the people
has been heightened by mutual inter
est in the America whose name IS now
perpetuated in hotel on Alhambra hill.
To be sure, the uneducated i'll Granada
look upon the memory of Washington
Irving as more or less associated with
ludU I'll luc A1OOlS, al MHoSC OAo PelA"NN
he dwelt. But at all events he was an
American, and brings many of his coun-
try folk with money to spend i'll the
very city where Ferdinand and Isabella,
who discovered these Americans, lie en-
tombed.
In Madrid there is a more active
knowledge of the need of connection
with modern life But there also pride
in glorious past is much greater than
wisdom in present difficulties or courage
for the future. A curious insistence up
on things Spanish prevails, although
the Madrilene women get most of their
external fashions from Paris and the
men most of theirs from London.
But even now, in the distress OF war
time, the especial gayeties OF Spanish
life go on III their usual distinctive
fashion. The society journals record the
appearance at the theater or park of ten
lines of names of duchesses, five lines of
marchionesses, three lines of countesses,
a half dozen viscountesses, three or four
harnesses and few senoras and seno-
ritas. Boston Transcript.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-06
He Likes Solitude.

Joaquin Miller has been in New Or
leans recently, grizzled and gray, but as
young in the eyes las q 2O-year-old
youth flushed with the victories of a
patient muse" SO the reporter puts it.
The aged poet said he had no money
and cared for none, but found in nature
refreshment for body and mind. 1t is
life among the solitudes that tinges a
mans aims with sentiment and gives
to his soul q light that sordid ambition
either drives away or makes impossl-
ble," said joaquin.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-06
The McLaurin Brothers.

A. J. McLaurin is now governor of
Mississippi Sylvester McLaurin is
prominently connected with the state
board of health; r. L. McLaurin COZ
trolls the lcyee system of the state; Wal
ter McLaurin is warden of the peniten-
tiary; W. K. McLau;in is district judge
of the Vicksburg c:gcuit; Wallace Nc
Laurin is inspector Of minerals of Idaho;
Sydney McLaurin, the youngest, is pri-
vate secretary of the sovaincr. These
eight brothers have had complete con-
troll of Mississippi rci;;ics Co he last
ten years. -EXchaDge
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-06

A little e-a:als:ar found III an old
porret at Pc:;l;.l.d, =. r., KS illUstTa-
tions of the rules as follows: The active,
passive and neutcr verbs are represented
b. the picture Of a father whipping his
little boy. The father is active, the boy
is massive and the mother sitting by her.
self on a stool looking on, but doing
nothing, is neuter.