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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
No Use to Wink.
Government 10 Interfere With Certain Drinks
al Soda Fountains.

The sale OF claret sodas and other
semi alcoholic drinks at soda water
fountains promises to be seriously cur
tailed this summer, says the Brooklyn
Eagle. Uncle Sam has been advised
that there has been tremendous IN
crease in the sale of soda water drinks,
so called, which contain dash or two
Of distilled spirits or wines of different
kinds. The government has decided
that if this business is to go on the
drug store proprietors must take out
regular liquor licenses, like the saloons
on the corner.
An order has been prepared for dis
t-ibution among the collectors of In
ternal revenue, warning them that drug
stores, candy stores and other establish
lishments that sell soda water in which
alcoholic liquids have been introduced,
must pay the regular government re-
tail liquor dealers license. Several
years ago the department made rul-
ing that "where an alcoholic flavoring
syrup is used for sprinkling into a glass
of soda water quantity so small as
to merely give flavor to the water,
the special tax ofa liquor dealer is not
required to be paid for the sale of such
beverages" So great has been the
trade established under this exemp-
ton, however, that it is now found
necessary to revoke this ruling.
The treasury department, under
strict orders from Secretary Shaw, who
is determined to break up the busi-
ness Of druggists who sell soda water
drinks mixed with whiskey, wines and
other spirits. The tax is $25 year,
and if this is collected by the govern
ment it is likely that the local author
,ties will also require regular liquor
selling license to be taken out. Ger
tain syrups require small percentage
of alcohol in them to prevent fermen-
tation. The tax is not intended to
apply to cases of this sort, but only
where the alcoholic mixture is added
after the beverage or syrup has been
received from the manufacturer OF
the same.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
MILITARY DISPLAY.
An Amusing Bit of Routine In n New
York Hotel.

There Is no better place to mark the
increasing love of military display and
maneuvers than the lobby Of a large
hotel. The colored help in particular
are great soldiers. In one of the Broad
way hotels uptown the colored hall
men are changed at noon. Things were
quiet in the lobby at that hotel today,
for the clerks and bookkeepers were
deep in their books, and the loungers
were all sitting peacefully on the So
fas when the steady tramp, tramp Of
what sounded like regiment of infan-
try broke the stiffness.
The regiment consisted of six col
ored hallmen in blue and brass, with
an especially resplendent mulatto in q
more gorgeous uniform walking at the
head Of the procession, says the New
York correspondent of, the Pittsburg
Gazette. He lined his SIX +men in front
of a bench before the desk, looked
them over sharply to see that they
were "eyes 'front.' and hissed "Atten-
tionw Then as he clapped his hands
once the six men hinged their legs ST.
multaneously and dropped into their
seats like a row Of wooden soldiers.
The mulatto wiped his brow with a
highly perfumed handkerchief, glanced
at the head clerk for approval and as
the first man responded with jerk to
the cry Of "Frontv went to the main
doorway to look at the sunlight of
Broadway with the air of a successful
major general. The whole perform
ance was excruciatingly funny, but
am sure that mulatto would have COM
mitted assault and battery on any one
who dared to laugh.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
Missionary Work In China.

Rev. DR.. Ryan, for II years a Baptist
missionary in China, who has just ar
rived in San Francisco, reports that no
serious trouble from insurrection is
to be feared in that part of the empire.
The missionaries, however, have most
to fear from disturbances in northern
China, where the hatred for foreigners
is intense, says the Chicago Chronicle.
In southern China there is almost a
friendly feeling for foreigners, and a
disposition to accept some modern
ideas from them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
SnNduAt in Cereal Food.

Referring to breakfast FOODS, LIT
erary Digest quotes from Cosmos,
Paris: Every fine sawdust is some
times mixed with cereal foods, and has
at least one advantage-it is not poi
son. 1t even constitutes a sufficient
food for the larvae of certain insects,
but it is quite insufficient for the nour-
ishment of man. 1t was shown in
1898 that certain suspected cereals con-
tained no less than 40 per cent. of wood
sawdust."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
The DrOp Curtain.

A youngster had been to the theater,
nd upon his return his uncle asked
dm how he liked the play.
"Oh," he replied, "the play was all
'ght, but l didn't see nearly all of it."
"Why, how did that happen?" asked
lis uncle.
Because" answered the youngster,
the roller must have been broke, for
he window blind fell down two or
hree timesw-Chums.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
our international Commerce.

In view of the establishment of the
department of commerce and labor,
it may be interesting to note that The
internal commerce of the United
States last year has been estimated
by the government statistican at $'O,-
900, 900, 900. Fifty years ago it was OILY
So 900 900 900. The manufactures Of he
United States are nearly double thse
of Great Britain and Ireland, ind
about equal to those of France, Ger
many and Russia combined.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
WOMEN OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Nowhere Are the Conditions OF the
Sex So Barbaric as In That
staid Old state.

According to Mrs. Stanton Blotch,
president of the Equal Suffrage
League of New York, the late cam
paign for political rights for women
in New Hampshire revealed almost
barbaric conditions surrounding the
women of that region, says a New
York exchange.
Nowhere are the conditions of
women so barbaric as in this staid
old New England state" she said.
"This is due to the introduction of
the factory system. The New Hamp-
shire woman has no more incentive
to individual development than the
women of barbarous tribes, whose in
terests never go beyond the cooking
Of food and tilling of the soil.
Farm work is largely in the hands
of the women of this state. Although
they are physically weak as rule,
statistics of our recent war showed
that our largest soldiers came from
New Hampshire, but the native wom-
of their hard lives.
"The New Hampshire woman lives,
in most cases, on rocky, unproduc-
tive farm and her employments in
her primitive home are as ephemeral
as those of any savage. She bakes
pies and doughnuts, washes her
clothes and cleans house. The old in
dustries of spinning and weaving and
preserving and soapmaking have
passed out of her hands. So long as
she had these things to do she had
an outlet for her energies. She had
an incentive to organize and systema-
! tie her household work"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07

There is capital hotel system in
'ogue in certain parts of Norway. In
;illages where no hotel exists one Of
he more prominent inhabitants is sub
ldized by the Norwegian government
md in return is bound to provide ac-
ommodation for not less than four
ravelers. lie may take in four If he
'hooses, but four is the minimum. The
ccommodation and food supplied are
Xcellent and the charges are very
Moderate.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07

They We're discussing the factors
which make for success in the world,
when the knowing young man said:
"There's nothing like force Of char
acter, old man. Now, there's Jones.
Sure to make his way in the world.
Has a will of his own, you know"
"But Brown has something better in
his favor"
"What's that?"
"a will of his STRAY Stories.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
Makes PeopIe Taller,

A physician of Paris has method
to make one grow tall. This is to ap-
ply static and faradic electricity to
the knee joints daily, in connection
with massage night and morning. He
binds the joints in congresses saturat-
ed with salt water each evening and
puts his patient upon a diet of cereals
to promote the growth of cartilage.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07

The following letters are held at
the Bloomsbury, Pa, postofiice, and
will be sent to the dead letter Office
May I9, 1903. Persons calling for
these letters will please say "that they
were advertised May 7, roos":
Mrs. Charlie Bernard, Mr.. David
M. Gelger, Mrs. A. M. Bogart, Miss
Edith jenkins, J. E. Reeves.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
]. c. Brown, P. M.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07

A correspondent of the Cornhill
Magazine London), at the durbar in
India, devotes considerable space to
describing the wonderful docility of
the elephants, some of which were 80
gorgeous that they would have aston
ished Solomon. Most orderly and
above reproach were the elephants"
Then he bluntly makes this revelation:
"But then they were drugged."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
Town Like London.

The chief desire of the municipality
of Baro, in Chilli, is to have their town
known as a second London, and within
the last decade much money has been
spent to make it an exact replica
of the British capital. The streets
have been laid down and named after
those in London.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
All In America.

This country invented the parlor,
sleeping and dining cars, the pressed
steel freight car, many of the best
features of the modern locomotive, the
air brake, the automatic coupler and
host of related devices, and it runs
the fastest long-distance train.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
Legal Points.

$50 he got out an injunction against
your company" we say pityingly.
"Why didn't you forestall him by get
ting an injunction to prevent the issu-
ance of his injunction"
II couldn't. You see, he was slick
enough to get out an injunction against
my getting out an injunction against
his ionw-Baltimore Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
A Fair Exchange.

Editor-See here, Mr.. Dolan. You
delivered me load of hay for the six
years subscription you owed for my
paper.
Mr.. Dolan-Oi did
Editor Well, my horse won't eat
that hay, b. gosh!
Mr.. Dolan-Well, my goat won't eat
your paper, be gobs!-Puck.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
JubiIee of Free LtbrarIes.

Manchester, England, is about to cell
ebrate the jubilee of its free libraries.
1t is calculated that during the SO
years 52,000,000 reference books have
been read or consulted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07
Accounted For.

Dime Museum Manager - What rs
that peculiar smell?
The Living Skeleton - The rubber
skin burned his finger lighting ciga-
rette.-Judge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07

"After alI,"remarked Smithers, yawn-
ing, at is a small world"
at has to be-" snapped Smuthers,
'to match some of the people in it,
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07

The average man is always anxious
to meet the fool killer for the purpose
Of sending him next door.--Chicago
News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-05-07

We ought to avoid the friendship OF
the bad and the enmity OF the good
Epictetus.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31
The American
Girl Abroad
By Mrs. GEORGE
CeRNWlLLIS-WEST
Formerly Jennie
Jerome

He CHIEF CHARACTERISTIC OF THE AMERICAN Wo'
MAN Is HER VERSATILITY THIS is FoSTeREo BY
AMBITION HER ACTIVE MIND SEEMS TO OPEN ALL
PATHS TO HER.
Beauty and charm in woman and good fellowship in
man will take them into fastdious refined circles in
Britain where dull duchesses and rich bores seek
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31
Series of Interesting
Lectures

Rev. W. S. Kress, of Cleveland,
Ohio, will give series Of lectures
In this city next week. The first
of the series will be given In the
Auditorium theatre on Sunday
evening next at 7:3o o'clock, and
will be certain to interest people
other than members of the Catholic
church. All are cordielly invited
to these lectures.
Subjects
Sunday, Nov. 1st, 7:3o p m,
Marriage and Divorce. Monday,
Nov. I'd, 1890 p. M, Christ or
Iugersol. Tuesday, Nov. sd, 7 80
D. m, How to Find the Truth y
Wednesday, NV 4th, 1890 p M,
"Confession" Thursday, Nov. 5th,
7:3o .. m, "Purgatory." Friday.
Nov 9th, 1890 p. m, why l am
a Catholic. 200!
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31
h. O. Snodgrass Dead

Word ha just been received In
this city of the death of Mr.. H. c.
Snodgrass, of New Martinsville,
which occurred, there yesterday at,
terroon. Mr.. Suodgrass was a
patti MT at the Fithro hospital at the
time of his death. He Is a member
of the Mountain State Commandery
of this city and the l dge here will
no doubt have charge of the funer'
al but as yet no arrangements have
been made.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31
The Churches.
Presbyterian.

Presbyterian.
Rev. Thomas A. Anderson. Pr: =
toI. PreachingtI1 q. m. and 7:3o
D m. intermediate G. E 2:3o.p. m.
Sunday School 9:45 p. m. Prayer
meeting. Wednesday 1890 p. m.
All are cordially Invited to these
services of this church. Seats are
free and all are welct me.
Methodist.
Rev. II. 3. Bowden. pastor
Sabbath School o,45 a. m. preach
irg by the pastor at II a. m. Subj.
"Firal Triumph" Preaching by the
Presiding Elder Of the Petersburg
D s'rict, D A Cameron, at 7 80 p
N. Junior League at ago P. m, Ep
worth League $40 p. m. Wednes-
day and Friday evening services
will be held at 7 80. Holy com
murion after sermon Sabbath eve
ming.
To all these services you are mos'
cordially invited.
st. Paurs.
Rev. G. A. Dowell Rector
Morning prayer and sermon
with vested choir at II m.
Sunday school ct 3p m. Evening
prayer and ,mon at 1890 p. N
Litauy service Friday afternoon
at four O'Clock. The seats In St
Pauls church are free and strangers
are welcome to all the services,
Baptist.
There will be no preaching at
this church Sunday.
O,ber services will be held as
usual A cordial Invitation Is ex-
tended to ell.
Holy Rosary Church.
The masses In Holy Rosary
church tomorrow ~Ill Re celebrated
at $40 and 1890 O'Clock a. m.
Sunday School at 2:3o clock p m.
Rev. W. S. Kyess, ct Cleveland,
will conduct early morning mass
at this church.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31

trance in Compared with Englands AMERICAN SOCIETY
is RESTRICTED, NARROW AND ARTIFICIAL and it takes
q long time % break down the barriers.
often credited with loving titles In sense the
criticism but only nasmuch striving always to have the
best of everything including society," THEY MAKE The Mis-
TAKE OF THINKING THAT THE ARISTOCRACY of the
country represent the MOST CULTURED AND REFINED
of its inhabitants
Unfortunately this always but obviously unfair to
reproach American for seeking what in other
country the world BOTH SEXES STRUGGLE FOR-soca
material advancement.
Certainly in the way of book learning SHE is BETTER
READ and having generally travelled before she makes her appear
ance in the world the time she eighteen she able her
views on things and her independence in all.
SHE LOOM LOSES HEART-NEVsR HER THE D.
NESS WITH WHICH BEING PERHAPS
THE SOURCES POWER.
It has often been attributed American that they
Queens in their country and honor from infancy and
that welding capcous power being treated god
dese behind rather than comrades the lines of battle,
their confidence in themselves is naturally unbounded
THE CONSENSUS THAT THE AMERICAN GIRL IS
PERHAPS BEST DRESSED WOMAN IN THE WORLD
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31

The usual appetiziug free lunch
will be served this evening at the
Brilliant cafe from 8 20 II o'clock
The menu will consist of roast
pig, sweet potatoes, bread and
butter, celery and soup. Every
body invited. git.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31
STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF 90
Tor mo IIICAS 60

TOLEDO, LUCAS ~
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath
that he is senior partner OF the hrm
of F. ]. Cheney & Co., doing bust
ness In the City of Toledo, county
and state aforesaid. and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hun
bred Dollars for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure Frank }. CneneV.
Sworn to before me and SUBJ
scribed In my presence, this 9th
day of December, A, D. 1886.
- A. w. Gleason,
:s45 AZ Notary S' S' Pubic:
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
ternally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of TIE
system. Send for testimonials,
free.
FL. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31

Mr.. and Mrs. George Galmish,
If Oskdale, Cal, passed through
the City yesterday on their way to
Braden Station to visit relatives.
Mr.. Galmish holds a position with
the Standard OIL company and was
formerly located at Braden.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31

John W. Rankin was In the city
ard completed arrangements for
the Helen GRAVITY Co., presenting
In the Palace of the King"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31

Director Auditorium Theatre or
chestra, sistersville ". Va.
Music furnished for parties, balls
and receptions.
Teacher Violin, Viola and Mando-
lin. Address In care a. r. Doyle,
manager Auditorium theatre.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31

he steps free But II he was criminal I'VE minutes NC
fore he was set free HE WAS JUST AS MUCH ChIM-
NAL FIVE MINUTES AFTER He HAD BEEN LEI OUI
INTO THE FRESH AIR.
This supposed instance of the convict in principle exactly what
the the blacks Emancipation pushed the bolt
Nor them let them the sunshine. Change of crcu-
is no index of change character Constructive work has
first all be put into personality not into condition. and Is
interesting may remark by the that the MORE CONSlD
ERATE AND SENSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE EMANCE
PATED RACE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT FACT.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31
Staqnant Air Is No More Fit to Breathe
Than Is Staqnant Water to Drink

By Dr. University Of Edinburgh
T ARDIY less important than food to the we'll being OF
EY3 the body fresh air and sunlight and these
sEsE q modites which, in great all events
IsIE3 or, any rate always available for As
ETA autumn wanes the sum of door
grows small by degrees and beautifully less.
all athletes and those of who inclined to be
habits and ncnatons do find sufficient
ton 90 doors eadcn and uubros skies rain swept
streets indoors where the vigoang sunlight such
it is can only reach us with difficulty, where muscular systems
relaxed for exercise cation angud for want
stimulating and lungs wearied with the Intellectual breathing
of stagnan poisoned and thoroughly dcvazcd air. wish it
generally appreciated that agnant air, such ALL AR
CONFINED WITHIN FOUR WALLS must be, only mild
form of slow poison breathe than stagnant
drink
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31
EMANCIPATION AND
CITIZENSHIP *
By Rev. Or. CHARLES H. PARkHURST of New York

or as a result of the war, accord
ing as each may interpret the case, the slaves
4 we're emancipated Now, this was a great event Ill
\ the history of the coored people. If man has
\ been in jail even five years it is momentouS IN
slant for him when the warden slips the bolt and
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-31

Wake up! Wake
up! You sleepy
fellow! Take one
ofAyerS Pills. ':';:A''' ' '';::
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
ACT ON PETITIONS
TO COUNCIL 8. |. FIRST !. J |
Finance Committee VIII Not
Hear Petitions from Saloon
Men to Aldermen Yet.

The Finance Committee had far
shorter session last night than any one
thought. The committees met In the In
nor ONCE OF the Commissioners Of Rev
enue. while not less than LOS saloon
keepers we're on the outside waiting for
Il chance TO press their petitions for q re-
duction OF taxes. A number Of dealers
we're accompanied by counsel. But the
committee did not hear more than TWEEN
ty-five, while the others waited their
turn.
About AS the committee rose, adopting
the motion to report upon the petitions
referred to it from the Council before tax
Ing up those which came from the Board
Of Aldermen. The effect OF this will be
that number Will have their fates de-
cided In comparatively short time
But q great many will still be in doubt
for some time, as by far the largest mum.
Der of petitions went to the Board OF AL
dermen. Before adjournment last nigh
the committee decided to advertise II
the papers when they would meet agar
to take up the petitions referred to i
by the Board, and that all should have
an opportunity of being heard.
At the very next meeting tho commit
tee will formulate its report upon al
the petitions from the Common Council
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
STEAMER MINNESOTA"

plunged into the water with a wave un-
der her stern that seriously threatened
the safety OF the hundreds OF small craft
In the harbor Although her momentum
seemed sufficient TO carry her far over to
the other side OF the wide harbor, the pre-
cautions taken to slack her speed were
sufficient to bring her to n standstil
within milo OF the Groton shore. Tugs
then took her In tow, and she was guided
TO dock. where she will DO fitted up for
service.
The minnesota" Is $50 feet long, 7s
feet inches wide. Gs feet high 10 upper
deck. g feet high to captains bridge,
III feet high to top OF mast, She Is
rugged as four-masted schooner with
role masls. and has fiya continuous
decks, named as follows: Orlop, lower.
tween, main and upper. all plated with
steel The four decks which are not
continuous are the foreoastle. prone
made, bridge and boat decks; and on top
Of all comes the captains or navigating
bride. making nine decks in all. Tho ves-
| gel Is divided transverscly Into thirteen
water tight compartments; the engine
| and boiler rooms. being divided long,.
tudlnally by water-tifht bplkhead
| make four water-tight machinery COM
Dartments. The double bottom ls six
| feet and extends across the whole bot
| tom OF the vessel. This space can hold
\ about 4,C0O tons OF water hallast when re-
| CURED. and Is divided into g water-tght
compartments. SHOULD any compartment
4 be disabled, the water can be pumped
| at the rate OF 5000 gallons per minute.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
PETUNIA WON ROSE
STAKES IN a DRIVE
tBy Associated Press,


NEW YORK. April 16,-The Rose stakes
for two-year-old hlles, the feature OF
the card at Aqueduct to-day, was won IN
driving finish by Petunia. With Ju!la
M second. Five faYorites Won, the other
race going to a well-played third choice.
The weather was cold and the track
heavy. summaries:
First race-for two-year- olds, selling,
four and a half furl9ngs-Cyuttlca (eyenl
h Brown is Monasch 4 to i talrd: Time
&c Second race-tor -year-olds, selling,
ave and a half .furlongs- .Craneytll q to
Third race-the Rose stakes. ioT Two
year-old nllies, four and a. half tur!ongs,I>
Petunia q to b first julia ~, % T 70 =
second, Contentious q to 81 third, Tlme
Fourth race-for three-year-olds ana
ppwsrd selling "a & e seaoaa
Fifth race-for maiden lilies, three
year.ods selling aye a io arst PA Albany any
GirI g to !, u = sec99Ena' queen Dream /" = =
y s fk1Fa' ra at ts. ana w,
wards. seven even furlongs-New York u. Q
FiHlara (io to'1S third Time. l;Sa 70