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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-22
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Tobolisk, Russia, is the oldest in
habited place in the world.
Football was a crime in England
during the reign of Henry VIII.
The first printing press in America
was established at Cambridge, Mass,
in 1889.
A man in a balloon four miles
above the earth can plainly hear the
barking Of dog.
There are two business men in an
English town named l.. Came and H.
E. Went.
The latest project in Switzerland is
that Of a mountain railway to the sum-
NIT of the Breithorn, next to the
Matterhorn.
Teapots were the invention of
either the Indians or the Chinese, and
are of uncertain antiquity. They
came to Europe with tea in 1910.
An inhaDitant of Arendskerke, in
Holland, has notified to the munich
pal registrar the birth of his twenty
first son, all the others being alive
and IN the enjoyment of good health.
About ten million cattle are now
to be found i'll the Argentine Repub-
lie. They are said to be all descend
ants OF eight COWS and one bull, which
were brought to Brazil in the middle
of the sixteenth century.
Small diamonds have been discover
ed in the sand taken from a lake
formed by the crater of an extinc,
volcano in the Wl:zies Hoek noun.
tains of Natal, which are beyond the
hitherto known diamond fields.
In Germany the bridal wreath is
usually formed of myrtle branches; ir
Switzerland and Italy of white roses
in Spain of red roses and plnks ir
the United States, France and Eng
land, of orange blossoms.
The French minister of war lately
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-22
Result OF His Call,

Sweet Girl (anxlously)-Did Fred-I
mean Mr.. Nicefellow-call to see you
to-day, papa?
Papa-Yes, and to obligc him con-
sented. suppose time hangs heavy
On his hands.
Sweet Girl (mystiied)-Why-why,
what did he say?
Papa-He requested the pleasure Of
series of games of chess with me.
The first ones we will play this even
ing. and after that every third even
ing during the winter. l hope, my
dear, you will keep out of the library,
as chess is a very absorbing occupa-
tion.-New York Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-22
balloon LifebOats,

The big ocean greyhounds will soon,
it is thought, be equipped with life
boats harnessed to balloons, so as to
be practically unsuitable. Cylinders
illed with compressed gas will be placed
in compartments Of the lifeboats, and
from these the balloons, which will be
harnessed with cords TO a hollow mast
connected with the cylinders, Is in
aated. The mast which is iron tub
ing, Is adjustable, and, when turned
forward, the big balloon acts as a sail,
oars proving quite unnecessary. The
combination boat will doubtless prove
Of the greatest service in saving peo-
pie far out at sea. In recent test it
was shown that, even with the boat
filed with water to the gunwales, the
lifting power Of the balloon prevented
the craft from either sinking or upset
ting.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-22

ook miserable again. I'm sure 1t Is.
Z II had been forgery, you may be
lure II would have been ready for pro
iuction at a moments notice. Where
lid you get this paper, little grip
Dorothy blushed guiltily and hung
ler head.
81 took It out OF pas desk. II
wanted some paper to draw on, and
,ook II without asking. You won't tell
iim, will your He'll be ever so cross"
We'll, we may perhaps have to let
aim know about It, my dear; but
lon't think he'll be a bit cross. Now,
his lady will take you to your mother,
Ind you can tell her that papa won't
20 to prison. and that he'll be home to-
morrow night"
He kissed her, and his wife held out
ler hand. But Dorothy fingered, with
hanging head and twitching lips.
May I-may l say good-by to Tom
ny, please?" she faltered.
"Tommy's going with you" said the
Judge, laughing kindly. IL wouldn't
deprive you of Tonmy's company for
rommy's weight In gold"
Dorothy eagerly pursued the fat pup
oy, captured him after an exciting
,hase, and took him in her arms. Then
she walked towards the door, but the
corner of her eye rested wistfully on
he contents of the brown paper parcel.
The judge hastily gathered the toys,
rolled them up in the paper. and pre-
;ented them to her. But Dorothy looked
disappointed. The thought of giving
hem to purchase her fathers pardon
had been sweet as well as bitter. She
was willing to compromise In order to
escape the pang that the loss of Tom
ny and the doll and the paint-box and
other priceless treasures would have
inflicted, but she still wished-poor lit
lie epitome of our complex human ma
:ure-to taste the Joy of heroic self-sac-
'1ce. Besides, she was afraid that the
Judge might after all refuse to pardon
her father If she took away all the
gifts with which she had attempted to
oropitiate him.
She put the parcel on a chair and
opened it out. Holding the wriggling
puppy in her arms she gazed at her
treasures, trying to make up her mind
which would be sufficiently valuable
Il the judges eyes TO accomplish her
purpose. Finally, she selected the
sheep, and presented the luxuriantly
woolly, almost exasperatingly meek
ooking animal to the judge.
you may have that and the pretty
picture for bein' kind to papa" she said,
with the air Of one who confers ines
Unable favors.
He was about to decline the honor,
but, catching his wife's eye, he meekly
accepted it, and Dorothy and the pup
oy and the brown paper parcel disap-
peared through the door.
well, WELL" said the Judge, with a
queer smile, as he placed the fluffy
white sheep on the mantlepiece, II
never thought should be guilty Of ac-
cepting bribe, but We never know
what we may come to-
The next day Maxwell was acquitted
and assured by the judge that he left
he court without stain upon his char
lcter. The following Christmas Dor
othy received brown paper parcel
containing toys of the most wonderful
description from an unknown friend;
ard it was asserted by his intimates
that ever afterwards the judges SEN
tences seldom erred on the side Of Sc
verify, and that he was disposed, when
ever possible, to give a prisoner the
benefit of the doubt.-The Strand
| Magazine.
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Fine PHOTO.
GRAPHS and
CRAYONS AT
McKillip Bros,
Bloomsbury.
The best are
the cheapest.
THE MARKETS.

BLOOMSBURY MARKETS.
CONNECTED WEEKLY. RETAIL PRIoss.
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SHARP man, thatw "Howr' "Widow
sued him an got judgment for one
hundred dollars" "Yes?" Married
he widder, got divorce for sixty dol
ars, an had forty dollars left out Of
he one hundred dollars"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-22
Papa's Opinion.

Tommy-What kind of store Is that
one, papa, where they have three col
bred glass jars in the window?
Papa-Thats an apothecary shop,
Tommy.
Tommy-And that place next door TO
it that has three balls in front OF it?
Papa with a sigh)-Oh, that's a hy-
pothecary shop, Tommy1-Judge,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-22
A Soft Answer.

Mr.. Fussy-I don't see why you wear
those ridiculous big sleeves, when you
have nothing to fill them.
Mrs. Fussy-DO you fill your high
hat ?--Boston Traveller.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-22

offered prize for the swiftest bird in
flight from Periguous to Paris-3Io
miles. There were a74f entries and
the winner did the distance in seven
hours and thirty-four minutes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-07-22

When bilious or costive, eat a Cas-.
caret, candy catharic, cure guaranteed,
loc, csc. Ally.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-27

and caused the reinstatement of Nc
Levy Brown.
The same dispatch says there is 8
native rumor that the Union Jack
has been hoisted on an island in the
mouth Of the river Yang-Tsing.
The Peking correspondent Of the
Times says: THE Government refuses
to place the likin under foreign control
as security for the loan proposed by
the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank,
and asserts that unless the loan is
procurable without this condition ar
raagements will be made for Russian
guaranteed 4-per-cent loan OF 100, ,OOO,-
600 taels to be issued at SO net.
The security will be the land tax
which would remain under Chinese
administration. China in return would
give Russia a monopoly Of the rail-
roads and mines north Of the great
wall, open a port to the railway and
would agree that a Russian should
succeed Sir Robert Hart as director of
the Chinese imperial maritime Gus
toms. If these conditions should be
permitted British trade interests would
suffer severely"
The Shanghai correspondent Of the
Times says: The sloop Phoenix sailed
to-day TO join the British SQUADRON.
The utmost secrecy is preserved with
regard to the latter's movements. but
gossip here suggests that its destina-
ton is Tae-Lien- Wan.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-27

LONDON, Dec q. A special dis
patch from Shanghai says: 1t is re-
uorted that seventeen British warships
are off Chemu1po, Korea, southwest of
Seoul, supporting the British Consul's
protest, really amounting to an ultim-
atum, against the King practically
yielding the Government of Korea in
to the hands of the Russian Minister.
The protest is specially directed
against the dismissal of McLevy
Brown, British adviser to the Korean
customs. in favor Of the Russian NOM
inee. The news has produced con-
sternation at Seoul, which is height
ened by the knowledge that Japan has
a fleet of thirty warships awaiting the
result of the British representation
which Japan fully supports. Japan is
irritated by the arrival of Russian
troops in Korea, and it is believed she
will oppose them.
According to advices from Toxic.
Japan has offered to assist the officers
at Peking in drilling the Chinese army
and to consent to a postponement Of
the war indemnity. Many of the Off
GERS and Peking officials favor the pro-
posal.
According to dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Shanghai it is reported there
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-27

LONDON, Dec. 26. - The Madrid
| CORRESPONDENT of the Standard
saws: General woodford's note dwells
/ at length upon the Spanish complaint
against filibustering and other moral
! and material assistance given in the
| United States to the insurgents which
the Washington Government reasserts
it has done all in it's power to check,
with the view also of satisfying the
representations made by Spanish
diplomacy. The Madrid papers say
the note is so very friendly and so
laudatory of the present home rule
policy in Cuba and Porto Rico that
there is a general impression in official
circles that the relations between the
two Governments had a decidedly re-
assuring aspect
At the same time papers Of every
shade of opinion, including the minis
terial organ, censure very sharply the
conduct of the United States Govern
ment and are unanimous in saying all
the compliments the United States pays
the new Spanish colonial policy can
not make a proud nation loyal to the
pretension of foreign Government to
have the right to criticise and condemn
the conduct of Spanish generals and Of
the late Spanish Government in deal
ing with the rebellion.
They equally resent the American
Governments pretension to interfere in
the Spanish West Indies, which is re-
peatedly claimed in the notes and the
Presidential message and more recent
ly in Secretary Sherman's advocacy Of
relief for distressed Cubans. The press
is most dissatisfied with the Woodford
note on account of the arguments used
to refute the Spanish complaints
against flibustering. America is
charged with infringing all the rules
and usages of international law in
order to suit the aims of its encroach-
ing policy in the West Indies.
1t is an open secret that the note has
caused surprise and displeasure in Of
fetal circles because the Government
had hoped that President Mckinley
and Secretary Sherman would refrain
from increasing the embarrassment of
the situation in Spain in consideration
of all the concessions already made to
Cuba
The Government will delay replying
to the note for several weeks, as the
United States took nearly two months
to reply to the Spanish note When it
does reply Senor Sagasta will rebut the
arguments of the note in a friendly. but
firm tone. The Government cannot
longer risk the accusation of not be-
ing in touch with national feeling
which is getting very weary of Ameri-
can interference. The Spaniards think
the notes give them an excellent op-
portunity to reply to criticism which
naturally could not be challenged or
noticed.
The Madrid correspondent of the
Daily Mail says: General Woodford's
note differs greatly from the first he
presented and contains several state
ments that should be refuted 1t is
inspired, on the whole by the senti-
ments pervading President McKinley's
message. Senior Gullon, the Minister
of foreign affairs. will reply traversing
the points raised.
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TO EXTEND A Rail- WAY
TO PORT ARTHUR
Russia Determined to Lose No Time i,
Strengthening Her FoothoId
in China

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 26.-It is
asserted that the newly formed Russo
Korean Bank will organize a company
to extend a railway to Port Arthur,
The Russian vice-p president of the
Eastern Chinese railway will start for
Manchuria in February to insLec pro-
posed variations Of the route and to
make a final decision as to other mat
ters.
BERLIN, Dec. 26.-An inspired Chi
nese organ published here says the
Chinese Emperor, in order to avoid the
reproach Of having lost territory, will
lease kiao-Chau' to Germany In per-
petuity at low rate with all the
right Of sovereignty that England ex-
ercises at Hongkong.
MELBOURNE, Dec 26.-The Gov
ernment Of New South Wales is ar
ranging to supply frozen meat to the
Russian authorities at Vladivostok.
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Harbor this morning in search of a.
filibustering expedition that was re-
ported to be about to set sail for Cuba.
Vessels in port were searched. but
nothing Of contraband nature was
found.
MOBILE. Ala, Dec. 26.-If the pilot
boat Somers n. Smith of Pensacola.
gets out of this port with a filibuster
ing expedition she will have to run
over the cutter Seward in the river
and the cruiser Montgomery off the
bar. The Smith was here in August
last, was docked and black loaded,
had speed wheel put in, and also took
off the figure 8 from her smokestack
and went to sea at night, bound, ru-
NOR afterward said, to Cuba, with
eighty men on board and lot of arms
and ammunition.
No trace Of this expedition was af-
terward found. however, and William
Bazzellle, commodore of the Pensa-
cola Pilots Association, presumably
the owner Of the tug, denied emphati-
cally that the Smith was in the filibus-
tering business.
Two weeks ago the tug reappeared
in Pensacola and came immediately
under suspicion, the papers there say
ing the cruiser Montgomery was on
watch over here. The papers also said
the Smith needed docking for repairs,
but that the Mobile docks were too
busy to take her. Nevertheless she ar
rived here Thursday and went on the
Mobile ways at the foot of Augusta
street to be repainted. The manager of
the ways says the paint on her does
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-27

neglect. The woman who neglects to look
after the health Of the organs most essential
to her wonanhood ignorantly or wilflllly
courts death, and death in slow and ago.
nizing form. Ills of this description render
awoman' S life daily burden, and approach.
ing motherhood a menace of the grave.
An infallible cure for all weakness and dis
ease of the delicate organs that make wife
hood and motherhood possible is found in
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makes parturition easy and comparatively
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There is nothing just the same " or lust
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II am very thankful to YOU indeed for what
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anything at ali. began taking DR.. Pierces Fa.
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and worked in the garden every day, besides my
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the baby was born the doctor and the women
who were with me said had very easy time
The women said had an easier time than auv
one they ever saw for the first time. The baby
is very healthy and growing right along. I gci
up when she was FIVE days old and have been ur
ever since. After two days began my own work
In the garden, and felt stout and healthy. Ths
baby is now month old"
In nine cases out of ten sickness is caused
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lets are sure, speedy and safe cure for con.
stipation. One little Pellet" is a gentle
laxative, and two a mild cathartic. TheY
never gTipe. Druggists sell them.
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fats, and all knew they could not re-
main in Dawson.
This situation made matters worse.
People were afraid TO go and afraid to
remain Grub was getting scarcer
every day Hundreds of people in
Dawson are living on one meal a day.
Sugar is cheap, So cents a pound, but
man can't live on sugar, any more
than he can, after the Biblical saying,
live on bread alone
Our party took the bull by the
horns. We saw it was case Of come
out or starve, and we faced retreat
rather than the other horror of the
dilemma. I wonder that we did not
freeze to death in II degrees of cold
At night we built a fire just large
/ enough to curl ourselves around and
try to sleep. We took turns to watch
to feed the fire, and slept stomach to
back, spoon fashion. to keep from
freezing to death. But myself and
several Of the others came from a cold
| country, Canada, and that perhaps
helped us to stand the exposure.
Blaine's feet are frozen, and Storey's
ears will require nursing to save them
NO, there are no new strikes in the
Yukon that heard of. There were no
reports to that effect up to the time we
left Dawson. There are bushels of gold
to ounces of food. Very little work is
being done on the claims on Bonanza
or Ell Dorado or anywhere else, owing
to the lack of food When 1 left those
creeks in October miners were living on
one meal day and sleeping as much
as they could so as to save their grub.
This was also the condition of things
at Dawson when we left. Mi lers who
had good claims were alternating like
bears; that is. sleeping most Of the
time, in order to hold down their claims
against the shortage of grub.
IF some relief does rot get in there
before spring many will go to sleep,
weak from lack of food, and awake in
that other country with its streets of
gold.
Matters were made worse on the
Klondike by big strike of laborers. 1t
was gathering strength and extending
to all the diggings in the region when
I left. The men want 81 so per hour.
but the owners of claims would not
pay more than 81 per hour. The men
must find their own grub, and that is
almost impossible at any price. Owing
to the strike, work on claims is at
standstill. If the difficulty is not ad-
justed soon the output of gold for next
season will be very small. It is in the
ground-there's no doubt about that
but 1t takes grub and amicable rela-
tions between employer and employees
to produce it, the same as in any other
country. If there is a shortage in the
output Of gold next season, this will
be the reason. Gold, why there are
sacks Of 1t all over Dawson. Some
little work has been done In prospect
Ing for quartz. The man who finds
quartz in that country ought to find
an immense fortune.
About 1000 people will try to get up
the river to Dyea, Skaguay, Juneau
and home this winter. They must do
it, for If they remain in Dawson they
will starve to death. There is already
suffering of the most trying descrip-
tion. One meal a day shows how
short grub Is getting. The Canadian
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DYEA. Alaska, Dec IT Cby steam
ship Rosalie to Seattle, Dec. 26).-John
j Lindsay Of Olympia, Wash. after a
terrible trip, one flying from the star
, vation Of the Klondike, arrived from
Dawson on the 18th inst He just made
his presence known this afternoon, and
the Rosalie sails north within an hour
of the time my interview with him
ended. He brings out more important
and interesting information than any
man who has come from Dawson with
in the last thirty days. While pur-
chasing a pair Of new shoes in store
here Mr.. Lindsay talked to me, saying:
IT left Dawson November 3, and am
told that I have made the best time out
of anybody. Well, had to. If it had
been otherwise I would have starved
to death on the river. Our party num-
bered four, Frank Blaine of Olympia,
Tom Storey of Vancouver, Robert
Glynn Of Seattle and myself. The
others have not reached the coast yet.
They were too slow for me. wanted
to get home for Christmas and left
them at Lake Lebarge. The river is
late in freezing over-later than for ten
years, was told. But when we got to
Fort Selkirk it did freeze. To that
point we travelled on the side ice. At
Fort SelkiTk we were so situated on
sons that we were compelled to aban-
don most Of our slim supply of grub
and all our blankets and come over the
rough ice.
1.-THE thermometer was 81 degrees
below zero. So you see what man can
do when he must. We were assisted
considerably by the Canadian police
post. The farthest post down the river
vet established is at the mouth Of the
Little Salmon River. The police there
were without food and hungry when
we came along, but that same day they
were lucky enough to buy an outfit
that was going in, and we all had
plenty. Major Walsh, the chief Of the
and one man near White Horse Rapids
Except at Lake Lebarge, where there
IS plenty, the police are short Of food,
but they had begun to distribute 1t
down to the Lewis River posts before
we got out Of the country.
when left Dawson the exodus
down the river to Fort Yukon had
stopped. This was on account Of a
fear which had arisen that there was
not the abundance of provisions below
that had been reported. The river was
high for three weeks. Everybody at
Dawson was betting on whether boat
would come up or not. I saw as much
as $1,000 wagered that a steamer would
arrive with grub. The only thing in
the shape Of a steamboat that ap
peared was a small boat, and it, in
stead of having a cargo of provisions,
was loaded as low as the depth of water
would permit with whisky. I believe,
also, that a pool table was aboard.
That whisky came very near being
tapped and let loose into the river. This
vessel arrived on October IL. The nom
arrival of the expected steamboats,, af-
ter the Bella and Weare, placed the
people in Dawson between the devil
and the deep sea. More were afraid to
go below on account Of the suspicion
that there was no grub down below the
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IMPERIAL DIET or
JAPAN rs DISSOLVED.
Done Before q Discussion Had Started on
Motion of No Confidence in
the Cabinet

YOKOHAMA, Dec. 26.-The Imperial
Diet has been dissolved before the
House of Representatives had started a
discussion of the motion Of no conf
dence in the Cabinet. 1t is expected
that there will be several ministerial
changes.
The japanese Diet was reopened on
Monday last with such a union of the
three chief political parties as to make
it certain that vote of confidence in
the Government would be carried On
Friday last the Mikado in the speech
from the throne declared that the re-
lations of Japan with all the foreign
powers were friendly, though he made
no specific allusions to the complica-