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IMPORTANT CIRCULAR
Issued by the Interior Department to Bona
 Eide Settlers in Forest Reserves.

Attention is called to the follow ing act of congress, approved April 15. 1902, entitled "An act for the relief of bona fide settlers in forest reserves:"
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in con gress assembled: That where a claimant under the settlement laws of the United States within the limits of a forest reserve created under the provisions of Sec. 24 of the act of March 3, 1891. entitled An act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes" has failed, by reason of ignorance of the proclamation of the president ar of the filing of the township plat or survey, or from unavoidable ac- cident or conditions, or from mis- understanding of the law, to place his claim of record within the stat utory period, such claimant may be permitted within a period of two years from and after the passage of this act to file his claim in the proper United States land office and receive patent therefor upon show ing due compliance with the law under which the claim is asserted, notwithstanding the reservation, provided that he made bona fide settlement upon the land claimed prior to the date of the proclama- ton establishing the forest reserve and maintained continuous resi- dence thereon for the requisite period The bcnenfits of this act shall extend to bona fide claims already received by the local land offices after the statutory period, and for which patents have not been issued, provided the settlers have complied with the provisions of the law except as to the time of filing their claims
 Settlers. in order to obtain the benefit of this act. must have made bona fide settlement upon the land claimed prior to the date of the proclamation establishing the for est reserve and maintained contin- uOus residence thereon for the period required by the law under which the claim is asserted
 Application for entry under the terms of this act must be filed in the local land office within two years from April 15, 1902.
 With the application to make entry, the applicant must file an affidavit showing the date of his settlement, and that his residence upon the land applied for has been continuous since that date; and that his failure to place his claim of record within the statutory period was due to some one of the reasons set forth in this act.
 Bona fide claims which have heretofore been erroneously allowed
Williams news., 1902-06-07
The Williams Sharpshooters.

Following is the score of last Sundays 2O0-yard rifle shoot by the local club members:
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boom to the foretopsail ballard
block measures ia feet.
From the end of the bowsprit to
the end of the main boom is 1875
feet six inches, and the base line for
measurement is taken from the end
of the main boom to point midway
between the jibstay and the jib top
sail stay. This is 1872 feet. The
bowsprit extends "a feet outward,
and from the foremast to the end
of the bowsprit is II feet. The main
gaff is As feet long and the fore gaff
SO feet long. The excess of the main
gaff over so per cent. of the main
topmast measured from the hounds
to the topsail ballard block is four
feet, and this is added to the base
line for measurement. The club top
sail spars are 81 and Al feet long,
respectively, the yard being so feet.
These spars will carry the largest
club topsail intended for use, and
when set the head of the sail will
be LAG feet above the deck and 150
feet above the water. The hoist of
the mainsail and foresail will be sc
feet each The mainsail will be 9S
feet long on the leach, and the fore
sail so feet long on the leach.
The general dimensions of the Me-
teor III. are 16l feet over all, 100
feet on the water line, 81 feet beam,
IS feet six inches depth and IS feet
draft. The least free board is six
feet. The beak of the eagle on the
fgurehead is IL feet above the wa
ter, and the tatfrail eight feet above
the water. The forward overhang
is is feet, and the after overhang
% feet long. She is keel boat,
with an section quite full below
The yacht is built of steel through
out, in and out plated, and built for
strength. On deck aft there is low
steel house, sheathed with teak. The
windows in the house are high
enough to permit "A view of the hori-
zon just clear of the rail. Stairs lead
from this house to the steerage, or
i three-quarters of the width of the
yacht. A. Cary Smith, the designer
of the yacht, is the son of New
York clergyman, and was originally
a marine artist by profession.
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BIRDS THAT CAN TALK.
A ARosc-Brcustcd Grosbcnls Thnt Made
n Complimentary Remark
TO His Mate.

Prof. Scott, Of Princeton, says that
wild birds sometimes introduce varia-
tions into their songs, and again, more
rarely, initiate not only the soRgs of
other birds. but the barking of dogs,
mechanical sounds. like the crealdng
of<wheels, the fling of saw, and even
human speech. writer in Brd-Lore
gives this well-authenticated incident:
zone morning while | was standing.
on my back steps | heard cheerful
voice say: You are a pretty bird.
Where are your
81 wondered how any parrot could
talk loudly enough to be heard at that
distance, for the houses on the street
behind us are not near. Presently
the voice came again, clear, musical
and strong: You are a pretty bird.
Where are your
For several days endured the sus-
pense of waiting for time to investi-
gate. Then | chased him up. There
he was in the top of n walnut tree, and
his gorgeous attire told me immediate
ly that he was a rose-breasted gros-
| beak.
AT the end of week he was saying:
pretty. pretty bird, where are you?'
He and his mate stayed near us all
last summer, and this spring they came
again. He is making the same remark,
as plainly as ever bird can speak,
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young lady has produced n popular In
dian storyette and is an adept at ar
tistic leather book binding
But while so many women are be-
coming known publicly, there is no
danger that home pursuits will be neg
lected. There are still plenty who "do
their own work" Among these Mrs.
Sam Swartword. an intelligent Ameri-
can, 43 years old, the mother of 25
children, resident at Mountain Top,
about eight miles from Wilkesbarre,
Pa, deserves especial mention. She
is proud of her growing and increasing
family. Her husband is a locomotive
engineer and both were born in the
village where they now reside. She is
rocking her youngest in the chair in
which she nursed it's "a predecessors.
1t is needless to say that the paint with
which il was once decorated is but very
little in evidence. Mrs. Swartwood is
compelled to stop and count, calling tn
names of each before she can tell how
many boys and how many girls,consti-
tute the number of her offspring.
There are IA boys and II girls. Their
mother says that, in heryounger days,
girls at 13 years old, her own age
when married, were "as much women"
as they are now at is and 20. She re-
pudiates with Indignation the idea that
she should ever have "kept" any
"help"
She says they were too "poor" to
even hire their washing done, yet she
managed to keep all her children in
whole, clean clothing. The sewing
presented the greatest difficulty. She
has worn out three sewing machines,
and now has a fourth. She sometimes
fears that she is not sufficiently thank
full for her blessings, which consist
principally of is healthy. hearty chill
dren, all with her. They are good and
honest. She never knew one of the
boys to take glass of whisky or utter
an oath. The older ones work in the
railroad yards with their father and
bring their pay home to their mother.
Her only regret is that the other seven
did not "live to grow up"
True womanliness is often associ-
ated with quick decision and great
bravery. Just now. people residing
near Marble Falls, Tex. unite in sing
ing the praises of pretty Glory O'Shane.
\ great cedar forest covers the noun
tains of the Colorado, north of Marble
Falls. About two o'clock in the after
noon, recently, attention was called
to dense, black Smoke, and telephones
soon sounded an alarm and urgent
calls for assistance. \ large number
of laborers were camping with their
families in the cedar brake in which
they were engaged in cutting. Some
were living in tents, some in huts. \
! high wind was blowing and only mar
row and sometimes almost impercepti-
BILE trails traversed the country. 4
highway passes at one side of the for
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general public was not at all ready to
place confidence in her ability. while
she now ranks very favorably with her
brethren of the medieval fraternity.
Even now, however, it caused more
than ripple of excitement when it
was announced that a royal princess
had come to America and matriculated
at a woman's medical college. in Chi
.ago to study for degree as doctor of
medicine. To-day Princess Duleep
Singh, with her large dogs, Siberian
hound and Great Dane, attracts much
attention while on her daily prone
,ade. Her love of dogs rivals her pas
ion for reading and study. While this
particularly charming young lady al
ways appears in the quietest of dress
upon the street, in the evening, at some
formal function, she is appareled in
-ich and gay fabrics and colors woven
INTO flowing tissues. Her draperies are
leld together by embroidered bands of
indian gold work and at the left knee
IS always kHotted tasseled sash.
With her magnificent jewels, her ap-
,earance is more than striking. This
laughter Of the old king of Punjab
'onverses brilliantly. She belongs to
he highest caste among East Indian
'oyalties. The coppery tinge of her
kin accentuates the beauty of her
,erfect features and wonderful eyes.
'ndia became forbidden land to her
'ather and his family when his power
vas taken from him and they were
irought to England to reside. Here
he princess was born. The parents
re dead, but the two sons and three
daughters live at Hampton Court upon
arge incomes granted by the English
rown. They travel all over the world,
'ut may never stop on East Indian soil.
Me princess desires to perfect herself
n the study of medicine in order to be
bile to practice among women of the
oorer classes. She wishes to receive
Ill her instruction from female profess
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THE THIRD METEOR.
Sail Plan Of Emperor Williams Fa-
nous New Yacht.
IL Gives Her Great Driving Power, So
That She, should Make N Fine
Cruiser ms well ns n Cham
pion Racer.

The sail plan of the German en-
peror's new schooner yacht, Meteor
Ill, shows that A. Cary Smith, the
designer, while not giving the boat
an excessive spread of canvas, has
given her sufficient driving power.
which. with the finencss of her model
should develop good speed in the
yacht, so much so that she should
not only make fine cruiser. but
should be able TO show her heels to
any schooner. The yacht will spread,
as nearly as can be figured from the
sail plan, 11,612 square feet OF can
vas, under the measurement rule or
the New York Yacht club. The main
mast, which is of Georgia pine, and n
beautiful piece of wood, is II inches
in diameter. 1t is stepped 6S feet
aft of the forward end of the water
line, and from deck to cap measures
50 feet. The maintopmast is 60 feet
over ALL of which II feet are in
the doublings, so that from deck to
truck the mainmast is 1872 feet. The
main boom, which is 50 feet over all,
is five feet above the deck at the
gooseneck. so that there is plenty
of room on the quarter deck for any
one to move above without any dam
ger of being struck by the boom
while the vessel is being sailed.
To measure the spread of canvas
the length from the upper side of the
main boom to the sheave of the top
sail ballard block is taken, and this
on the Meteor H. will be 40 feet.
The foremost. which is 90 inches in
diameter, is stepped 90 feet aft of
the forward end of the water line.
From deck to cap it measures 81
feet The foretopmast measures 55
feet over all. of which 16 feet are in
the doublings, so that from deck to
truck the foremast measures 1913
feet. The foreboom is SO feet in
length. At the gooseneck it is four
feet above the deck, and from the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
SALVATION STRENGTHENING
A New Work Taken Up by the Army
in western Cities with Profit
to Both sides.

One of the newest achievements of
the Salvation Army in the west is in
the line of street cleaning. Besides
cleaning the streets morally to some
extent, the army in several western
cities has taken up plain street clean
ing, and not only does it well, but
makes a profit out of it.
Mayor Hugo, of Duluth, few days
ago made a formal proposal to the
army that it should undertake the
whole work of keeping that city clean,
using the unemployed to do the work
and taking its profit out of the sale of
rags, paper and street sweepings. The
proposal is under consideration and
will probably be accepted.
In Chicago the army has been collect
ing the city's rags, waste paper and
junk for some time. Last year the
wagons of the Chicago branch gath
cred up 7s0 tons of paper, $4,000 pounds
of rags and 5000 pounds of string, and
sold the lot at a good price.
Many homeless waits are employed
in this work, and while coming under
the good influence of the army thus
get chance to earn their food and
lodging.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

Although it is the Chinese language
which is spoken by the largest num-
Der of people on the face of the earth.
it is in English that more than half of
all existing newspapers are writ
ten, says the Westminster Gazette
Against population of nearly
A0O,00O,O0o which speak Chinese,
English is spoken by about 10O, 900 900.
Next comes German, with s50OO 900;
then Russian, with $4,000, 600, French
and Spanish are each the native tongue
of Al ,O0O,0 Italian of 100000 and
Portuguese of only 100000 In the
United States newspapers appear
printed in twenty-four different Ian
guages, The Italian tongue is, out
side of Italy, mainly spoken in Egypt
and America. The use of Spanish is
decreasing, but it is still very i'm.
portant language in commerce.
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Reduced Rates to Denver, Colorado Springs
and Pueblo.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Biennial
Meeting, A. 0. n.

On account of the Biennial Meet
ing, A. O. H., to be held at Denver,
Colo, July IS to %, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell excursion
tickets to Denver, Colorado Springs,
or Pueblo, Col, from all stations on
its lines, at rate of single fare for the
round trip. Tickets will be sold and
good gong on July 10 toI2, inclusive,
and will be good to return leaving
Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo
not later than August 81. Tickets
must be validated for return passage
by Joint Agent at any of the above
mentioned points, for which service a
fee of IS cents will be charged.
For specific rates and conditions,
apply to ticket agents.
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THE MIDSHIPMAN OF TODAY.
WHEN Landing In Irish Ports Issub-
jectcd to Treatment. Damaging
to Dignity.

The midshipman who presents him
self to most of us has flavor Of
Marryrt's immortal creation of Mr..
Easy. In Irish portswvhere Mr.. Mid
shipman Easy is not so familiar "A
sight as in tHgland, our coming Nei-
sons have sometrt's a little difficult
ty in preserving. their gravity.
boat comes to the stairs ofIa pier.
The MILDLY in charge is possibly more
vigorously got up than usual, to im-
press the natives of the savage land.
Biddy is looking at him. "llo! Mis-.
ter sailor, will we sell that ehoild?"
"In bow. Way 'nuif. Forward there!
Clear the stairs Liberty men to
land!" So halls young Nelson, but
Biddy will not let him have the digni.
ty of his position. Hand me up that
pretty boy wild the roses in his cheeks
its him want to kiss. Away wild
ye, brown devils! All. me, Miss Kate
Mccartney, attindint of Ais pier
since George the Fourth was king.
You won't kiss me. boy? Then you
shall not land" Midshipman Rodney
Nelson Camperdown has to submit to
Sights of this kind, says Army and
Navy. Il is on record that one of the
good breed which makes our admirals
was once carried along the decks of
flagship under the arms of negress,
who wished TO complain TO the cap
tain that this disgraceful boy had not
paid his washing bill.
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est. Every one sought this as an ave.
nue. of escape. AS it was Saturday,
numbers of the men were in town pur-
chasing supplies. No rain had fallen
for months and the frightened women
knew the cedar would burn like oil.
Flames began to shoot to the skies.
A roar that almost shook the earth
was pierced by the shrieks of the fran
tic people. Crazed men tried to hitch
unmanageable horses to wagons,
women with children in their arms and
clinging to their skirts rushed in the
direction of the fields.
Jaguars and wolves fed covering
into tents. When the others were all
nearing safety, Glory remembered
helpless old Mrs. Riner, whose son Paul
had left her in her cabin alone, early
in the day, to go to town. She called
for help and rushed back to the rescue,
but men fleeing past declared her task
hopeless and urged her to go with
them. She ran among the burning
trees and reached the cabin. which
was on fire, dragged the helpless
woman out, just as the roof caved, and
cut loose gray horse which was
struggling in the yard. Trees were
aflame overhead and on both sides OF
the trail by this time, but the girl
| threw the aged invalid across the horse
| and jumped on, holding her, while the
animal with its double burden dashed
| through the burning forest and burst
, into the open just in time to meet Paul
Riner, who had galloped from town To
rescue his mother at the first alarm
! The welcome he gave Glory and the
noble horse can be better imagined
than described.
Great compassion is felt for a little
lady, native of a country whose womeT
are less favored than our own. Little
Wee Lung Fong was sold, in China, 10y
her father for $500 to a merchant ot
New York. The agent who arranged
the purchase brought his charge tC
America, where she was kept out o
reach of the authorities because of tn,
exclusion act. She was stolen from
her guardians presumably by tn,
Highbinders, with whom her maste
husband was on bad terms) and ha
probably been carried to San Francisco
to life of degradation and slavery il
the state where our own women, tn
most free and enlightened in the world
have just closed their great con
gress. EDWARD JULIAN.
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ATLANTIC OI'rY.
Excursion Rates JuIy 10 and "a, via The
Reading.

On the above dates the Phl!adel-
phia and Reading railway will sell
special 10 day excursion tickets to At
lantic City, Cape May, Ocean City, or
Sea Isle City, at greatly reduced rates.
These tickets will be good going to
Philadelphia on day of excursion, on
two specified rrains, and from Phila-
delphia on any regular train to desti-
nation. Stop-off allowed at Philadel-
phia going and returning within time
limit of ticket. For time of trains
and rates of fare apply to Philadel-
pha and Reading ticket agent.
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PENNSYLVANIA UHAUTAUQUA.
Reduced Rates 10 Mt. Gretna via Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad

For the Pennsylvania Chautauqua,
to be held at Mt. Gretna, Pa, July
to August S, 1902, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell special
excursion tickets from New York,
Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill, Phoenix
vile, Wilmington, Perryville, Fred
erick, Md, Washington, d. c., East
Liberty, Butler, Indiana, Connels-
vile, Bedford, Clearheld, Martins
burg, Bellefonte, Waterford, Cananda-
igua, Wilkesbarre, Tomhicken, Mt.
Carmel, Lykens, and principal inter-
mediate points, to Mt. Gretna and
return, at reduced rates. Tickets
will be sold June IS to August S, in
elusive, and will be good to return
until August I3, inclusive. For speci-
fic rates, consult ticket agents. ct.
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The number of American girls who
are now holding important positions
in French opera has caused no little dis
content among the Paris public. Not
that there is any personal prejudice
against Americans but simply because
it is considered that French artists
should have the first showing where
engagement at their national theaters
are concerned. But it is unquestion-
able that voices are beginning to be
scarce in France, whereas America is
advancing steadily as the country for
good material which requires only
classical training abroad to develop
all the qualities necessary for operate
success.
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,rs. Whether she win be able to OBJ
lin her degree in this way is as yet un-
ertain.
Recently American girls have been
chieving great musical successes in
'aris, and Miss Alice Getty, of Chicago,
announced as the first American
oman to win distinction as a mu-
zeal composer. Grus, the great French
1usical editor, having heard of her
ongs, wrote asking permission to pub
ish one of them. 1t had never been
Iiss Getty's intention to make her
york public, but she yielded to per-
uasion and sent ''Pluie" to M. Grus.
te was so charmed with it that he in
isted on having another song for n
nal edition and "Tou Coeur Larmoie"
ppeared at the same time. Both are
ttracting much favorable attention.
iiss Getty's music is compared to
that Of Schumann. This versatile
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The man on the stage who does the
trick of escaping from firmly tied ropes,
submits to the bonds with smile. He
knows he can get out Of the ropes that
are being knotted. Put the same man in
the woods and let Indian captors bind
him to a tree for torture and he would
struggle to the last against the bonds.
When the stomach is diseased there
are bonds being woven every hour about
the organs dependent on the stomach
heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc. The
folly of mankind Is to passively submit
to the fastening of these bonds with no
effort to escape until the pain they cause
arouses fear.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases Of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition. 1t
cures diseases of heart, liver, lungs. kid
neys and other organs, when these dis
eases, as is often the case, have their
origin in the diseased stomach.
cFor a long time l was suffering and was
hardly able TO get about. ;" writes Mr.. Andrew ].
Jennings. of Thomas, Tucker Co, w. Va, Box
Io4. uWas bothered with kidney trouble and
my whole system was out OF order had no
appetite. A friend of mine told me TO try DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. l did 50
six bottles of Golden Medical Discovery, aud
some of the Pleasant Pellets and feel like a
lew person"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
the clogged system from impurities.
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TO EAGLES MERE.
Saturday Excursion Rates via the Readiug

The Philadelphia and Reading rail-
way will sell reduced rate excursion
tickets to Eagles Mere on Saturdays
from June 2S to September 7, inclu-
sive, from Williamsport, Shamokin,
Bloomsburg, Catawissa and principal
intermediate stations. These tickets
will be good to return until the follow
ing Monday inclusive. For time of
trains and rates of fare apply to Phil
adelphia and Reading ticket agent.