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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
x HOW APooR BOY FOUND AN ENCHANTED DRUM FAIRY TALE y
While He Rested in a Kings Rub
bishLoft, a Leopard Entered,
Bearing the Magical Toy

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY IrPuRLTo
Once upon . time there was q little
boy whose father, being q Eoidier, was
away in q foreign country fighting for
his King. The only person left to care
for the lad was his mother, and she
died, leaving the boy friendless and
homeless
shs had told lin just before her
death that his father would o re-
turn and he was ever watching for
him.
One day he stood at the door Of the
Kings Palace watching the knights
and soldiers passing in. II looked so
warm and inviting that he stole inside
intending to remain just long enough
to warm himself up q little. FOR It
was winter and very cold.
Once inside he became frightened &
the grandeur and would have run out
but the doors were closed and guarded
by soldiers In armor.
When he found himself cut on from
the outside world, he became even
more frightened and ran up narrow
stairway close by, which led to q tall
tower.
He went on and on and was soon
cropping his way in darkness The
place was lonely and areary and he
knew by the bats and owls flying
about that no one ever came there.
The exerdon Of climbing the stairs
had made him very tired and he sat
down IN 8 corner t. rest / and fell
sound asleep.
After lying there for some time he
was awakened by the sound Of .
drum. He peered into the darkness,
but could see nothing, and, thinking 1t
was the ghost Of some dead drummer
boy, he called out for help, but no 70
ply came, save the sound Of the drum,
which kept getting nearer.
Then there came q weird light cir
cling about the room and forming it
self into a square, 1t dropped through
the door, leaving q large opening.
Out Of this opening came another
strange light and, with it, appeared
the figure Of a ~hunchback dwarf who
pausing at the edge Of the opening.
drew forth a small whistle, which he
blew softly.
Then there assembled through the
opening a beautiful spotted leopard
and suspended from its neck was a
curious-looking drum.
Taking a position opposite the
dwarf, he handed him a pair OF
golden drum sticks and babe him
play. Each time the dwarf struck the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
TO the Lads Surprise the Drum
Gave Forth Great Quantities
Of Gold and Precious
Jewels

drum with the golden sticks q shower
Of gold and precious stones fell on the
noor and the Jingle OF the gold and
Jewels striking the door was the only
sound heard, for the drum ftssh was
now silent.
Then the boy being able to restrain
himself no longer reached out for some
OF the gold, and as he did so his hand
touched the leopard and in an instant
the animal seized the golden drum
sticks and beat the drum, when all the
gold and precious stones which had
fallen to the floor rolled into q heap
Out came a great spider, wove . web
over II and in q little while 1t could
not be distinguished from the piles OF
rubbish lying around
Then the dwarf mounted the leop-
ards back and together they disap-
peared as they had come and the hole
In the floor closed up.
As the soldiers boy sat there In the
darkness wondering what he should do
with so much wealth he IA startled
by the sound OF loud voices and foot
steps approaching.
Then he was seized by soldiers, who,
having seen the strange light In b
tower, thought il was some ineendiary
trying to burn down the palace.
He was taken before the King
charged with arson and sent on to a
dungeon. In his prison cell that night
he heard again the sound OF the drum
and on looking up saw it suspended
In the air.
Teen there came = voice, saying.
"Son, be Of good cheer, thy father
was a brave soldier and when war
rayaged my native land he spared tbs
life ofmy father, who was a sorcerer
OF great power.
"In the gratitude Of his heart he
wished to repay thy fathers kindness.
but, alas! he has been killed in bat
tie. Now am 1 the hunchback dwarf
sent 10 give thee, his son, this en-
chanted drum. Take this silver whistle
and whenever you are in need blow Il
softly and a spotted leopard VIII ap-
pear with the enchanted drum and you
may beat out untold wealth.
Thus does my father. the sorcerer,
repay thy fathers kindness"
Then was the voice silent and the lad
found himself in darkness with the
silver whistle suspended from his neck.
Remembering the great pile of
wealth which the spider had covered
up In the tower he called his keeper
and asked to see the King. When be
was taken before the King he told him
or The great heap OF wealth In the
tower, and, together. they went and
found 1t aud the King was so joyful
that he set the lad free and cave him
Q palace to dwell in.
There he summoned the enchanted
drum and beat out such vast wealth
that he became even richer than tbe
King and though he lived to be verv
old no q ever knew the mystery OF
the enchanted drum and the 0eereS
died with him.
WILLIAM II. GOODS.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
Is WELL ORGANIZED.
New Department of Commerce Run
on Business Principles.
Important Transfers to Take Place
July - Secretary Cortelyou
Plans TO Consolidate Two
Disbursing Offices.

On the 1st of July the bureau of
foreign commerce of the department
of state, which has charge of the col
lection, publication and distribution
of the commercial reports of consular
officers, will be transferred to the de-
partment of commerce and labor, and
consolidated with the bureau of stats
tics, which is to be transferred from
the treasury to the new department.
The collection of the reports will be
made through the consular officers,
under the direction of the secretary of
state, through whom the reports will
be transmitted to the secretary of COM
merce and labor The two departments
are expected to work in harmonious CO.
operation, as the functions of each are
clearly defined and there is full agree
ment between them. Mr.. James G.
Monaghan, who has been chosen by
Secretary Cortelyou TO edit the re-
ports under the supervision of Mr.
Austin, chief of the bureau of statis-
ties, is a professor in the commercial
department of the University of Wis
consin, and was consul at Mannheim, Ger
many, from July II, 1885, to March "a,
1890, and at the important industrial
center of Saxony-Chemnitz - from
May 5, 1893, to March 81, 1900, so that
he has had exceptional experience in
consular work. While consul at
Chemnitz he was a frequent contribu-
tor to consular reports on n great
variety of subjects, and wrote valu-
able series of articles on the technical
and trade schools of Germany.
Mr.. Frederic Emory, who, since
April, 1894, has had charge of this and
other branches of the work as chief of
the bureau of foreign commerce
(known until July l, 1897, as the
bureau of statistics), will remain in
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Reduced Rates to the Seashore.
Annual Low. Rate Excursions to Atlantic City
etc, via Pennsylvania Railroad.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has arranged for four low-rate
ten-day excursions for the present sea-
son from North Bend, Troy, Belle
fonte, Willamsport, Mocanaqua, Sun
bury, Shenandoah, Dauphiu, and
principal intermediate stations (in-
cluding stations on branch roads), to
Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean City,
Sea Isle City, Avalon, Anglesea, Wild
wood, or Holly Beach, on Thursdays,
July 9 and 20, August 6 and 20, 1903.
Excursion tickets, good to return
by regular trains within ten days, will
be sold at very low rates. Tickets
to Atlantic City will be sold via the
Delaware River Bridge Route, the
only all-rail line, or via Market Street
Wharf, Philadelphia.
Stop over can be had at Philadel
phia, either going or returning, within
limit of ticket. For information in
regard to specific rates and time O.
trains consult hand bills, or apply tc
agents, or f. S. Harrar, Division Tick
ct Agent, Wiliamsport, Pa. ct.
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services of the men whose states have
decided to supplant them is sound
enough. Service in the senate often
develops the usefulness of a man to his
country as well as to his party, and va
cancies in other branches of the public
service are often best filled by men
with at least six years experience in
the upper house of congress. But the
practice is susceptible Of abuses, and it
is at times INDUCED in at the expense
of ADLER men for no better reason than
a willingness to take care Of men who
have outlived their usefulness and
would better be suffered to retire to
the private life to which they had been
relegated.
There are at present ten eX-senators
filling prominent government posi-
tions and at least two ex-representa-
tives, John NJ. Allen, of Mississippi,
who is member of the United States
commission to the St. Louis fair, and
Peter Morris. of Minnesota, one of the
sugar-beet leaders, who has been re-
Gently translated to the federal dis
trict bench. OF the former senator's,
William +. Chandler, of New Hamp-
shire is chairman of the Spanish
treaty claims commission: Thurston,
of Nebraska; Carter, of Montana; Nc
Bride, of Oregon, republicans; and
Lindsay, of Kentucky, democrat, are
members of the St. Louis fair commits
sion. Pasco, of Florida, democrat, is
a member of the old isthmian canal
commission. Gray, of Delaware, is a
Delaware judge, who also served on the
anthracite coal strike commission.
Pritchard, of North Carolina, has been
appointed on the supreme court of the
District of Columbia, and ex-Senato or
Turner, of Washington, populist, has
been selected, with Senator Lodge and
Secretary Root, to represent the Unit
ed States on the Alaskan boundary
commission. Ex-senator White, of
Louisiana, has since February, 1894,
been an associate justice of the su-
preme court of the United States.
Still another candidate for such
preferment is ex-senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, chairman of the democratic
national committee, whose political ca
reer is ended, but who, it is generally
understood, will be taken care Of by
republican friends by appointment on
the new canal commission which must
shortly be organized.
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DECIDED TO GET RICH.
senator ElLins' Financial Success the
Result of n Determination
Formed Years Ago.

Senator Stephen b. Elkins, who re-
Gently made 100000 900 in Wall street
operation, and who is one of tho
wealt hiest men in the United States
senate, nearly paid the penalty of his
life when young man for the crime OF
poverty. 1t was during the BUSH
wacking period at the close of the
civil war. when bands of marauders
overran Missouri and the southwest
ern states in the guise of soldiers. Ell
kins, says the Chicago Journal, was
then operating a carbine and horse in
that vicinity in purely legitimate
manner, and one day was captured by
a plundering gang. He held up his
hands and was searched, but proved to
have but so cents. This fragrant lack
of money very properly angered the
captors, and they moved, seconded,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
HAS KEPT HIS WORD.
Bachelor Governor of Kansas Keeps
a Campaign Promise.
New Executive Mansion Now Has n
Mistress and Everybody seems
PIeased-Uniuue Political
Romance.

When it was found last summer that
the republicans of Kansas, by some in
advertence, had nominated bachelors
for governor and Lieutenant governor,
a distinct social shock kwaseXperienced
in that state, and there was decided
feeling of surprise elsewhere.
For the pride of Kansas, even more
han her corn crop, is her homes and
,chools, and without wives and chill
.ren homes and schools are manifestly
impossible. Furthermore, no matter
what may be the feeling in the east,
in Kansas there is Il widespread belief
that a bachelor is only half man,
who is not doing his duty to the repub-
lie.
Hence the celibacy of the republican
candidates for governor and lieutenant
governor became political issue in
way, chiefly humorous, of course, but
still not without its serious aspects.
Furthermore, the state had just com
pleted a fine executive mansion, and
the people were disappointed with the
prospect that this should be mere
bachelors hall.
Hence, Hon. Willis j. Bailey was
moved to promise, or to at least to inti-
mate, that il he were elected governor
he would marry and cease to set bad
example of bachelorhood to the young
men of Kansas and the nation.
In this connection it is deplorable to
be compelled to state, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean, that in the United States
and Canada there were at least 1000
women who threw themselves at Gov.
Bailey's head and voluntarily ex-
pressed their desire to share the home
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the state department as chief of the
new bureau of that department to be
created July /, under section IL of the
department of commerce act, which
provides that person with the rank
of chief of bureau shall be designated
by the secretary of state ito formulate,
under his direction, for the instruction
of consular officers, the requests of the
secretary of commerce and labor; and
to prepare from the dispatches of con-
sular officers, for transmission TO the
secretary of commerce and labor, such
information as pertains to the work
of the department of commerce and la
bor." Besides these functions the new
bureau of the state department, which
is TO be known as the bureau Of trade
relations, will have other duties, such
as the collection and transmission of
consular reports on special subjects,
other than commercial, for various
branches of the government service,
and the compiling of information for
the use of the department of state in
the consideration of questions arising
, in our foreign Intercourse.
Secretary Cortelyou has determined
| to consolidate the Office of disbursing
| clerk, department of labor, with the
| disbursting office of the department of
| commerce and labor from July next,
| when the department of labor will be-
! come a bureau of the new department.
This course will simplify the work of
accounting to the officers of the treas
ury, as the disbursements on account
of the department of labor will be in
| cluded in the accounts of the disburst-
ing Office of the department of COM
merce and labor, doing away with one
! set of accounts in the secretary's office,
the auditors office, the treasury in
Washington and the subtreasury in
, New York. The services of the dis
bursting clerk of the department of la
Dor will be required in connection with
the examination of the vouchers for
expenditures in the department, be-
fore they are sent to the secretary's Of
flee for audit and payment.
The commission of statistical work
recently appointed by Secretary Cor
| telyou has unanimously recommended
that the statistics of cities of 10000
population and over, authorized to be
collected by the department of labor
under the act of congress approved
July /, 1898, be transferred to the cen
sus office as early after July next as
possible.
Secretary Cortelyou has approved
this recommendation and has an,
nounced his intention to issue an order
in accordance Herewith on or about
the 1st of July.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
Reduced Rates to Saratoga, N. Y.

On account of the Imperial Coun-
ell, Ancient Arabic Order, Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine of North America,
to be held at Saratoga, N. Y, July 7
to 10, inclusive, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell round-trip
tickets to Saratoga from all stations
on its lines, on July 6 and 7, good to
return until July 20, inclusive, at rate
of single fare for the round trip. A
stop-over will be allowed at Philadel-
phla and Baltimore on tickets reading
via those points within final limit OF
July 7 going and July 20 returning,
on deposit of tickets with station
agent immediately on arrival.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
SNAPS FOR EX-SENATORS.
Many of Them Are Continued on Gov
crnment Pay Roll In other
Lucrative Work.

Failure of United States senators to
secure reelection need no longer have
terrors for the straight party man,
says the Providence journal. The
practice, which has greatly increased
in recent years, of continuing on the
government pay roll senators unfor-
tunate enough to lose the confidence
of their states holds out hopes for
every man to whom the thought of re-
tirement to private life is abhor-
rent.
The theory upon which an admins
tration continues to avail itself of the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
Bird Builds Nest of Lnce.

A Mrs. Newton, who lives in Center
street, Geneseo, N. Y, put two fine lace
collars out on the lawn in front of her
house to dry few days ago. When
abe went to get them an hour later
they were gone. She was sure nobody
stole them, because she was sittinm
beside a window at the front of the
house at the time and would have
seen anybody entering the yard. The
next day she put another collar out
and watched, A robin few down from
IN apple tree near by and carried off
the collar. An investigation was made
and the other collars were found
woven into the BIRDS nest in a crotch
Of the apple tree. There was also a
small lace handkerchief in the nest.
The bird that wac doing the "fine-art"
nest building and its mate set up big
cutlery and pecked hsscely at the man
In the tree when the nest was being
pulled down.
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ance with Campaign Promise)
provided for him by the people of Kan
sas.
Being a gentleman, Gov. Bailey did
not make this melancholy fact known,
and doubtless would gladly have con-
cealed 1t. But even the most discreet
of secretaries will talk, and the enor-
nous increase of obviously feminine
letters arriving at the executive Office
could not well be hidden.
Being also a stalwart American man,
Gov. Bailey did nothing with these
epistles save to put them in the fire.
Feeling It to be his mans privilege to
ask, and not to be asked, he paid no at
tention 10 them. And in spite of the
pointed remarks of newspaper humor-
lists and of the anxiety of the people of
Kansas, he went straight ahead in his
own way, and did not marry until he
was ready, and then married the wom-
an strictly Of his own choosing.
And being also a sensible American,
he did not marry any of the women
who had not shown themselves pleased
with him or conscious of his existence
until he attained high station. He
chose woman whom he had known
for years, who had long been resident
just over the Nebraska border near his
own Nemaha county home, And some
will think that in choosing a widow,
whose experience of married life might
supplement his own inexperience, he
chose wisely.
At any rate, Gov. Bailey was married
June 7. The executive mansion at To-
peka now has a mistress. The fears
Of Kansas lest her governor should set
bad example of celibacy are dis
PEELED. And in her joy over he support
thus given to her cherished institutions
Kansas is probably disposed to forget
even her recent griefs over having
too much water at the wrong time in
the wrong places.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
PROF. BELL RESIGNS.
leaves National Geographic society
to Devote Himself to Pcrfcc-
tions of Airsbips.

Prof. Alexander Graham Bell has re-
signed the presidency of the National
Geographic Society of Washington to
take effect upon the election of his
successor next fall. He has been presi-
dent of the society since the death OF
his father-in-law, Gardiner &. Hub
bard, the founder and first president OF
the society.
Prof. Bell has been greatly interested
in the progress of the society, which
now numbers many members in every
state of the union. One of the most de-
llghtful features in the society's work
has been the meetings of the board OF
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02

and unanimously voted that the pris-
oner should be shot. The sentiments
of Mr.. Elkins were not consulted, but
in order to make the game amusing 1t
was agreed that he be given little
start in order that the gang. should
have some target practice. AS a mov-
ing target Elkins proved a success.
Throwing himself fiat along his horse
he dug his spurs into the beasts ribs
and listened to the bullets sing above
his head. 1t was in that moment he
fully realized the dangers of poverty,
and resolved, if he got out with his life
to devote the rest of IT to getting the
best of Wall street, He has done SO
ever since.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02


(Scientist who Will Devote His Life to
Study of Aeronautcs)
managers at the residence of the presi-
dent. where they had talked over the
geographic work to be done and the
participation which the society should
take in it.
A beautiful home for the society is
now approaching completion in WASH
ington. 1t was built by Mrs. Hubbard,
Prof. Bell and his family, and is a
memorial to Mr.. Hubbard, whose de-
voted labors in behalf of the society
started ii on its prosperous career.
While Prof Bell is much interested
in geographic progress, this branch
of study has not been included in his
special scientific researches, and it is
his desire that a geographic specialist
be placed at the head of the society.
He intends to devote much of his time
to the study of aerial navigation. and
will continue his experiments with the
kite-fying machine he has invented at
his summer home in New England dur
ing the coming months.
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when accompanying their ownersj out
riding. Therefore, when Fido accom-
panies his mistress out motoring he is
as carefully protected from wind, dust
and weather as she is herelf, particu-
larly clever and natty being what, for
want Of better name, one must call
his motoring goggles. Pet dogs are
often very delicate, and motoring must
prove anything but pleasure to many
of them, the more so that canine eyes
are quite as sensitive as those of or
dinary human beings.
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An Ancient Claim Settled,

Mrs. George A. Graves, of Ogden,
Utah, has just received check from
the United States government for $3.50
in settlement of a claim that had been
pending 1o5 years. The claim was for
the capture and destruction by the
French, about the year 1898, of
schooner belonging to Capt, Robert A.
Patten, of Gardiner, Me. The claim was
for $3.50, and there are seven heirs.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
TAILOR MADE SUITS.

N, S. Tingley has accepted the
agency for Reinach, Ullman & Co.
OF Chicago, merchant tailors, and is
ready to supply made -to-measure
clothing at prices lower than can be
obtained elsewhere. He has a large
line OF samples to select from. His
place Of business is the third floor of
the COLUMBIAN building. at.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
Man In Full of Microbes.

Scientists are becoming familiar
with microbes. They say the human
body is full of them, and that when
they are healthy and lively the human
body is in good condition. When the
microbes become i'll or lazy, the human
body is similarly affected.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
Expert Medical Opinion.

An eminent physician declares that
no young person should be permitted
to drink tea or coffee until he or she
has attained the age of IS years. In
the young those beverages unduly ex-
cite the nervous system, and have an
injurious effect upon the digestive or
gans.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
mirrors in street Cars

The platforms of street cars in Den
~sr are to be supplied with mirrors. to
enable the driver, without turning his
head, 10 see the rear platform, so thai
ka will not start while = passenger Is
getting on or OF.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
PAMPERED PET DOGS.
Partisan Ladies' CIOthe Them in Motor
Costumes When They Take
Them AutOmObiIing.

The pampered pet dogs of Paris are
not now considered strictly fashion
able unless they wear motor costumes
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02

In finding fault, it is very easy to
be untruthful and unfair.-Atchisou
Globe.