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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

A scientific investigation of muscular
fatigue has been begun by M. A. M
Bloch. From questions sent to persons
of many occupations ne inds that 1t is
not the most used muscles that are most
subject to fatigue, but those that are
kept under tension, although doing no
work. The back, loins and neck need
more exercise 10 strengthen them, the
arms and legs less. The baker becomes
first tired in the legs, the wood sawyer in
the calves OF the legs or the loins, the
road digger In the legs the blacksmith
in the back and loins, the young soldier
in the back OF the neck, the horssman in
the thigh, the artillerymen in the neck
and loins, the immature violinist in the
neck, the practiced vlolinist in the left
hand, the expert fencer in the right
shoulder, the oagsman in the calves and
insteps.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

window seat, china case and a porch
al rear.
The finish throughout is of Georgia
pine Piastering two-coat work. Hard
wood floor for first floor and pine for
second floor.
Height for first floor, 91s feet sec
ond floor, nine feet basement, seven
feet.
The studdngs are ......... Ok Ais centers.
Joist .................,......,.. 22lQ-lG ceEters
rdlters '.,''''''''''.'''''.'' * ~ oentsrs'
Exterior walls are sheathed with
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

There is rear stairway, and stair
way that leads to the basement from
the side entry.
The front veranda is a pleasant fea-
cure, and is built up with stone, hav-
Ing brick piers for roof support, capped
with ornamental caps.
All closets have shelves.
Coal room, furnace room and laun-
dry rooms are in the basement.
The basement has a cement floor.
All work Is executed in a workman
like manner GEO w R1Nrz
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10
@It" MAkEs SrRENnrn

IN lheSe days when the children cake violent
exercise and parents are more active thon
ever, people look more 10 the food thev 90,
hy scientific process the new cereal ~y4n con,
'Ai.ihs all the nourIshmeuJ oi pure selected
sIah mas been 50 prepared as to make a ner.
Iect lood, cooked and ready TO eat y4n
makes strength and prepares the body aod
nIain ior active duties Everybody lie,
It'' Try HZt', At goccrs eyerywhere
2-I2 Iy
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

Aniline colors, similar to those from
coal tar, are now made in Russian fac
tory from petroleum. They are free
from a troublesome constituent of the
coaltar dyes and do not turn green with
age. The factory is producing annually
ebout 10000 pounds Of these dyestuffs,
which are mostly used for colorlng cot
ton goods.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10
Did He Marry Jay Gould2

Rev. George Leighton, ofTunkhan-
mock died last week, aged thirty-three.
Some years ago, when the estate of
Jay Gould was being attacked by a
woman who claimed to have been
married secretly to the fnancier in his
younger days, Rev. Leighton was
brought into prominence as the clergy
man who was said to have tied the
knot. Leighton, himself an old man,
said that he remembered marrying a
couple that answered the description
OF Gould and the woman at Rouse's
Point N. Y, but he had no record of
the marriage, and as his memory was
falling he refused to swear that it was
Jay Gould, and the case fell through.
The mother who would be houifed at the
thought of letting her daughter wander awav
TO strange country without guide or counsel
yet permits her 20 enter that unknown land
OF womanhood without counsel or caution
Then, IN utter ignorance, the maiden must
meet physical problems whose solution win
Affect her whole future life. Dr. p,erca,s
Fayorlte Prescription has been well named a
" God'send to women" 1t corrects irreru.
larlnes and imparts such vigorous vitality 70
the delicate omanly organs, as fits them for
ther important functions. Many a nervous
hyssterical, peevish girl has been changed ,o
a hapPy young woman after the use of
FayoIlte Prescription has established The
sound health Of the organs peculiarly femi.
- Every woman should own a copy of the
Peoples Common Sense Medical Advise
sent Tree on receipt of 81 one.cent stomns 70
pay, expense OF mailing only The same
pook oil 1908 pages in substantial cloth foT
81 stamps. Address DR.. r. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y. 'e'Se'
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

The house fly, with total life Of about
ten days, develops in these periods: Egg
from laying to Matching, one-third of a
day; Matching of larva to first mott, one
day; second molr to pupation, three
days; pupauon 10 issuing OF the adult,
FIVE days
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

also lower center Of gravity, besides
pneumatic tires, by all Of which the
shocks are much softened. And what
still remains of irregular jolting is
bridged over and smoothed out by the
soft, undulating and uniform vibrations
OF the motor. You can imagine that you
are sitting in boat gliding over rip
pling, slightly moved surface"
The relative ease Of travel In a car
riage and automobile, as set forth by the
writer, is shown IN the accompanying
diagrams, of which the upper indicates
the jolting motion OF the carriage and
the lower the relatively smooth motion
of the automobile.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

The loss by friction on the worlds
railways is enormous in the aggregate.
Or. Haarman. German, estimates that
4 reaches s47 900 tons OF steel In a year
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

fence flooring and have a layer of fell
paper between the finishing four-inct
o. G. siding and the sheathing.
MI glass throughout is American
double thick. Hardware is of a neat
design properly fitted into place
Carving shown is Of composition
planted on Chimney showing above
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

The living room has an eight-foot
mantel, bsamed ceiling, a quaint stair
way leading 10 second floor, and a
square bay with seven windows. The
dining-room has bay window and a
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

the roof is faced with red press brick
Exterior Of house is painted three
coats of best lead and oil, finishing
coat to be of white All roof shingles
are of bright red, dipped in creosote
stain for the color All valleys and
hips are flashed with tin. Plumbing is
Of the up 20 date kind.
Montels are OF hardwood and of an
artistic kind.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Relative Ease OF Travel in Carriage and
Automoblle)
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-10

s. Z HIS Ci"ht-rOOm house will cost
r. s. 500 upon a stone foundation
Ls-M The size of rooms are as follows:
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27
A Tragedy of Love

cried. playing her part finely and
with a certain amount Of artistic
skill, his name must be q dead let
ter But we have both been true to
you in word and deed, George"
Also in thought, / suppOse?@ he
interrupted with a low mOeking
laugh.
Il always remembered-I was your
wife. GeOrgei"
How you must have cursed your
good memory" his face had grown
livid- When did you first begin this
platonic gamer he added, sternly.
Il win not answer any more Of
these questions she said with a
rush Of desperate courage. That is
my secret, and his. You have your
self to thank for the situation. When
we were first married 1 adored and
almost wOrshiped you. 1t is your
cold neglect that has killed my love,
and only my own self-respect that
has kept me straight. Do you think a
wife is only a toy, wko can be kissed
AKA petted when she is new and put
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27

The Legislative MI. at zs1efscz CIt3
Is ErInaIzg faster and Easter. II = con
tinuss At the present rsdo. the Tsper-
toirs OF Missouri soions should so0n
Be exhausted The number OF bills AZ
ready introduced is Startling It S 3
dun day that does not bring news e
another batch Of bills having bees
thrown at the speakers head Our state
laW-givers are vsry public spirited. bur
they should be satisfied with the rec
ord established and sin no more They
should be told 70 50 home and Be
good There IS such q thing IS toe
much "laEing7 and. God knows, We
have al the laws We need On Missouri
These periodical outbreaks OF leEisla-
ton are what Grover Cleveland calls
an affective visitation" They have
q tendency TO lower the dignity OF the
legislature and popular respect for the
statutes.-St- Louis Mirror.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27
Mrs. RusseII saae obIeets.

Mrs. Russell Sage objects emphatl-
caIy 10 the newspaper notOriety that
her husbands movements sometimes
bring upon the family Her reasons
for Directing are many
Il was last summer. when the great
fnancier was living at Cedarhurst. L
l.. and was suddenly taken sick Mrs
Sage was expounding on the annoy
ance caused her by the constant visits
Of reporters
Il 90 not ike their coming down
here. she said Mr.. Sage is here to
rest. and win not have him annoyed
BY the papers Why cant these men
see him at his once and not come
here to bother him when he should
be resting Why, when Mr. Sage was
sick q few weeks ago these men we're
running down here al the time. and
I had to pay an aEfully large bin at
the clipping agency last mOnth--New
York Mail and Express
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27
WON FoRTuNg AZ pm PooL


Games At Denver When the Stakes
Really Were High
L am reminded. remarked Col
Charles Degraftenrefd OF Ouray to the
Herald Square group, by all this fuss
about high play at Canfeld's Of the
time when we boys used to play pin
pool for 100000 a game in the early
days Of Denver / nerer shall forget
the tine my friend. Colonel, afterwsrd
Senator, Tom Bowen. won $500. 600
one afternoon You would ike 70
hear the stoTy2 All right You see
Tom came TO Denver from Arkansas
down on his luck. Steve Dorsey had
just defeated him for the United
States senate
Tom didn't seem TO catch on IN
Denver, though he was a good lawyer.
He was run down al the heci I'D he
took to pin pool TO kin time The
stakes were usually a round Of drinks
and a bunch OF mining stock. the par
value Of the stocks represented being
entirely consistent with the cost OF
paper and the price Of printing. Il
was always a real hardship on Tom
when he lost The drinks had to be
paid for in cash, you know But he
seldom lost, and do you know the lit
tie woman at home used TO go through
his pockets every night for mining
stocks.
We'll, one day there was a high
strike in a prospect not so very far
from Denver, and in telling his wife
about it the future Senator sighed
that he wished he owned a few shares.
1 think you DO. dear answered the
little woman, and then to make sure
she went and looked over her posses
siOns. To make a long story short,
Tom Bowen went down town that af-
ternOOn with securities worth half q
million in his pocket, and he remem-
beTed that he had won them all in a
single half day not long before. -
New York Evening Telegram
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27
stII do i'm

tete-a-tete dinner. She had q vivid
spot Of color on each cheek and her
eyes glistened-
Yes, If you have anything very i'm
portant to ten me, dear, he an
swered; "but am rather busy this
evening
81 wonder when you are not busy, p
she retoTted bitterly Wen, George,
wiz be as brief as L can I want
to 20 homo to England. MAY I gO2s'
my dear Kittytz -(his establishment
was obTiousl, sWhy on earth do you
want to 90 home2 You feel well?"
with quick anxiety
"0h. dear, yes. / always feel vel
want to so home because-Oh, be-
cause. she added Eecklessly, after a
long pause, you would not miss me-
and another man would.
Another mani" he looked at her
as one who does not hear Alright
She stood her ground, though she
would have given worlds 10 revoke
the lie.
yes. George. another nan z know
you are absolutely Indifferent to ne
but, vel, he Loves
Hezwho2s
Al that WI never ten you- she
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27

Students at cOlba University Now Have deal Cuar,es-
Societies Provide Outlet for Youthful
Spirits
Spirits

Columbia students are making trsdi-
tons for themselves and their alma
mater nowadays. and are striving with
enthusiasm to compensate for those
40 years Of lost time when the uni
Tersity was in the heart Of the town
and 50 hemmed in BIZ unacademic
surroundings that student life, outside
Of the classroom, never had half q
chance
Nobody ever heard Of college mem
Ories clustering around a hydrant or a
city lamppost or Of college traditions
being fostered along the curb line Of
a paved street There must be a yard,
or a fence. OF an old tree or the carv-
ing OF many names and class dates.
that men graduated fifty years apart
may have the same knowledge and
memories OF and that they can tell
stories about When they 90 back 70
commencement.
Columbia got these things OF their
equivalents when she moved up TO
Morningside Heights in 1888 and the
students have made the most OF them
ever since.
Somebody asked the New York Sun
these questions the ether day. "Is
there now a typical university life Of
the Columbia students? Has the in
stitutiOn an individuality OF its own OF
is it swallowed up in the life Of the
city?"
The first question may be answered
In the Affirmative and anybody who
lives on MOrningside Heights win tell
you Columbia has an individuality OF
its own 50 pronounced that It has put
its stamp on the whole neighborhOOd
Of the hill
In the first place there is a univer-
sity colony Of over 5000 people. To
be exact, COlumbia's population, in
Guiding the faculty. the undergradu-
ates and the students OF the profes-
siOnaI schools, is now ), 400.
That is practically double the figure
Of 1897, the last year on the old site.
And the student body has gained as
much in the cosmopolitan features as
in numbers
Before the move uptown, Columbia
students who didn't live in New York
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27
GIVING EACH HIS DUE.
lrishn1an Knew How to Place BALKAN
and the ASS

IrishElan Knew How to Place Balaam
and the ASS
Matthew J. DOnOhue, a Tsmmany
district leader, tells this story Of an
Englishman and an Irishman who
were discussing the old race ques-
ton
When England wants a really good
man she's got to 60 to Ireland to get
him. said the Irishman- Look at
Roberts Look at Kitchener Both
Irish"
Il suppose you think Wellington
was an Irishman. said the English
man
sure"
And Nelson"
sure"
Il guess you'd claim Caesar if you
had a chance
Sure. All good fghtin' men are
Irish
Well" said the Erglishman as a
clincher. ito go back further, what
would you do with Balaam?"
"Oh. that's all right retorted the
Irishman. BALKAN was Irish. but the
ass was English. New York Times.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27
POINTER FOR The WOMEN
Two Things Forgotten in the Fur
nlshina Of Mems Rooms

Two Things Forgotten IN the Fur
nlshing Of Mems Rooms
aetaphysicians have been asking
each other. What is beauty for
these many hundred years, and We
viii not enter the lists.
As regards the decoration OF
houses. however. one may safely as
sert that the essential points 70 be
sought for are simplicity and con-
fort A room must be beautiful as
n Jourdain spoke prOse-Eithout
knowing ft-and attempts at embei-
Hshment necessarily end In failure
There are some rooms that remind
one Of painted, bejeEelsd old women,
others OF fragrant damsels with a
fower in their hair. Some rooms are
reDOsefui AID. invite conversation
others Jar. and induce unhappiness
and melancholy
What song the syrens sang OF
what Eame Achilles assumed when
he hid himself among .maidens.
though puzziiEg questions. are not
btyond ali coaiectuTe- Tbes said
Sir Thomas Browne
But Eho shan Ea-Eom tie uyrts-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27
TRIHUTE TO REEDS GREATNESS
Best Minds Of the Country Attracted
to Maine Statesman.

Best Minds Of the Country Attracted
to Maine Statesman
State Senator Goodwin was one Of
the speakers on the day that the Maine
legislature set apart for the memorial
tribute TO the late eminent native Of
its state, Thomas Bracket Reed. In
the course Of his remarks he said:
Mr.. Reed never hurried, yet he
was always prepared. He never did a
great act but that he seemed capable
OF doing a greater He was possessed
to a wonderful degree Of reserve
pOwe-.
The Speakers room at Washing
ten, during his rule was the rendez-
yous Of the brightest minds OF our
country. Eminent scientists, famous
writer's. powerful financial magnates,
and great social leaders, all found in
him a receptive mind and a sympa-
thetic listener.
He was a philosopher, accurate in
his judgment Of his feilOwman- In a
single sentence he could sum up the
foibles and weaknesses Of mankind.
Once. in the Speakers room. during
the quorum fight, a Southern Congress
man came into the room, and told Mr..
Reed, with extravagant praise what a
great man he was. that his ruling was
right, and only the stress Of party
politics made him oppose the same.
Mr. Reed received it all with his usual
pOliteness, and when the Congress
man had retired. he turned in his chair
and said: You want to beware Of a
statesman when he begins to exude
molasses.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27

Now that is the position. sighed
Kitty She leaned her pretty tear
stained face forward and sighed. Mrs.
Chevenix laughed a little, then
yawned.
She was a pretty little thing. Kitty
Gascoigne- A fair-hsiTed fuzzy little
person, with a pair Of appealing blue
eyes. and a soft babyish face She
was the wife Of George GascOigne, a
man upon whom the powers that be
looked with high favor, a man who
was climbing slowly but surely the
great ladder Of success.
Kitty GascOigne and Olive Chew
enix had struck up a warm friendship,
possibly because they were such Op-
posites, this woman who loved her
husband and the other woman whose
flirtations no man could number.
George used to be fond Of me"
continued the little wife; ''he was per
fectIy silly during our engagement
and whilst we were on our honey
moon, but directly we got back to his
station he became absorbed in his
work-and even during this holiday
at Simla he studies blue books End
native repOrts-anything but me.
''If I'm just as good looking as /
was, why doesn't he love me as
much?'
Because, Kitty, you have the most
dangerous rival a woman can have
ambition"
Ambition repeated the other.
Eyes, ambition. Don't you under
stand that you have married man
whose one idea is to be successful?
He loves you, my dear, but you are
only an incident in his life"
4 won't be an incident" cried Kit
ty with flashing eyes. He ought to
think Of me before everything"
The elder woman lost her sneer.
She also in the years that the lOcusts
had eaten had loved and been miser-
able, and she was sorry for little
Kitty.
There's only one force in the
world stronger than ambition" she
replied, slowly, and that's jealousy.
Make your husband jealous"
I will do it." she said aloud, with
quiet decision, Ito be happy again is
certainly worth a lie"
George GascOigne was writing let
tiers. Not ordinary letters by any
means, but missives addressed to
very big men indeed-missives these
men would read with attention and
ponder over.
Success" muttered the man to
himself-''sUccess at Iast!" He heav-
ed a deep, long sigh, and stretched
himself as one does who throws on
a burden. To-day had brought George
Gascoigne good tidings. He was no
longer the man striving-he was the
man there. PromOtiOn2 Yes, but
something more than prOmOtiOn-the
ripest, reddest kiss Of Dame Fortune
for George GascOigne had arrived.
81 must tel Kitty" He smiled a
little as he Tustled up his papers.
she won't understand a bit what it
means to me" he thought; but she
viii ike the title-and, by Jove,
won't she play the Great lady splen-
didIy? Dear little Kitty"
George, / want to speak 70 you
for a moment. Can you spare me a
few seconds?" Kitty stopped her hus-
band as he was about 10 leave the
drawing room that evening. Husband
and wife had been dining alone, and
even George Gascoigne noticed vague
Iy how smart Kitty looked for their
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27

Fran Scotland itself comes the fol
Iowing story concerning an enthusias-
tic curIer who Invariably wore at the
games a cap with comfortable warm
ear Taps Arriving one day without
this headgesr. he was greeted by q
friend -Eh, Willie, m0nl Ehar's ye're
aud Iug-warmerz7 To which the
other replied lugubriously- z hae na'
worn Il seence ma accident Acct
dentz An sorry tse hear OF; what
was It them "A mon offered me q
dram an Wit they dashed flaps I
diGna herr him s1Ia conseiercel"
SAID the oLher-Lcnfon Globe.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27

to one side as soon as her novelty
has worn on? II so, you have made
the biggest mistake in your life. A
woman once awakened to love needs
love, and she gets it by fair means
or foul
George Gascoigne leaned back in
his chair.
The biggest mistake in my life"
he mUttered between his clenched
teeth, the biggest mistake"
He put his hands up 70 his burning,
throbbing forehead, and wondered
dimly why all the furniture in the
room seemed dancing around him.
Then for a few seconds George Gas
cOigne saw red. Only for a mo-
ment. for suddenly with a laundering
roar and crash the mans house OF
cards fell to the earth and with a bah
bic Of empty words and silly laughter
George GascOigne joined the ranks Of
the foolish, the men Of no understand
ing, merry phantOms Of their dead
selves
So the servants found the great
white sahib, the man who was TO
have ruled a province, he who IN
derstoOd the beating heart Of the
strange brown land and the complex
mind GIFTS people.
man who 1aughed shriIl at them
and made ugly mouths, keeping his
eyes fixed On the door, shaking a
trembling finger at their fearful faces,
babbling vaguely.
It was to see this man they sum
mOned Kitty-Kitty who. sitting in
her bedroom, was beginning 70 won
der when the handle would turn and
her husband enter, ready indeed 70
throw up ner part and confess her
deception. plead for forgiveness on
-er knees.
George. Georgei"
The wretched girl flung herself on
her knees before the man, pouring
out her confession
Kitty, Kitty!''
He put his hand on her soft curls.
She caught and kissed his fingers
hopefully
Eyes, darling. yes" she answered,
tell your Kitty that you forgive her"
Its a very funny thing. kitty,
he replied, in a slow, insane voice.
pointing to a dim corner in the draw
ing room, hut the viceroy is standing
there bOwing to me But I don't
quite remember what / want TO say
to him and know you are in a hurry
10 catch the train to England, so
shall We run away, dear2 IA, hal"
To the sound Of his loud laughter
Kitty tainted dead away
4 could have told you from the
first what would happen, a man re-
marked a few mOnlns later to Mrs.
CaeTenix no man alive could work
his brains as poor George Gascoigne
I'D without a breakdown TAX Of
high pressure and overvork-Ehy,
the goFernment ground the poor devil
in ITS mill ground him TO chah-snd
such a man OF men, tool Where IS
the poor chap now, By the Eay2p
Kitty has taken him home. re
pIied Mrs Chevenix, nerFOUslF-sae
was always nervous on this subject
They have got a pretty little house
at Ascot and she nurses and watches
rim with most rare devotion and tie
doctors hope in time
That hen recover to ind his
career endea and his life work spoil
Cd, answered the nan bitterly Fz7t
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-03-27

The criticism Of the new tEo-cent
postage stamp is getting worse and
worse Listen. for instance. TO q
correspondent OF the New York sun
The head Of Washington on the
new ryo-cent stamp IS lot q good ez
ample for our youth. The nose il
the color Of a toDer's and the eyes
are bleary with too much liquor and
two little sleep TIE appearance Of
the reFered father Of his c0unrg
ronl5 suggest that the dates giTe1
@ the stamp cover the period %
ore. 11g grand spree