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The Washington times., 1905-06-30

Eddie Crowley, of Washington, has
been matched with Kid Stein for a If
teen-round bout before the Nonparel
Club, in Highlandtown, Baltimore, on
the evening of July 4. 1t will be the first
appearance Crowley has made for a
especially interested in the outcome.
Stein is a much more experienced man,
but Crowley is a hard hitter and unless
he gets into trouble early because of his
peculiar style of boxing should cause the
Baltimore man to hump himself.
The Washington times., 1905-06-30

Harry Beckley, a local 160-pound box
er, is out with a challenge to any man
of his weight in these parts. His last
appearance in the ring was on July 4
of last year. when he famed Dan Muir
ray TO sleep IN two rounds
The Washington times., 1905-06-30
Britt Has Advantage
Over Kid SuIlipan
Washington Boy Gives Away Three Pounds
in New wArticIes-CroWIey and Stein July A.
Seeking Opponent for Lowe.

The date of the Britt-Kid Sullivan fight
in Frisco has been changed again, this
time being moved up from July is to
July q. 1t was originally set for July
Is.
The articles as finally signed c2il for
1873 pounds at p. M, and there Britt
will get the best of it. Sullivan can
make 12S, but is probably at his best at
130. The weight stipulated in the arti-
cles gives Britt an advantage Of three
pounds, but it is question whether or
not he Will derive the full benefit of
this clause. He can make 130 pounds
and the fact that he insisted upon 133
might be taken to indicate that he does
not intend to do any very hard training
or reducing to condition himself for the
scrap with a man whom he considers an
easy mark. If he is not in condition and
Sullivan gets q chance to do good in
fighting those powerful arms of the
Washington lad will make the Native
Son wish that he had been more careful.
Sullivan will profit by the additional
three days for training, as he has not
had too much time in which to prepare
himself for such severe struggle.
The Washington times., 1905-06-30
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
To Test Wool and Linen.

1t often happens that wooden goods
will be doctored with cotton. To dis
cover this there are several tests that
can be made. One is the match test.
By applying lighted match to a sam
pie of the goods, the manper in which
1t burns will be evidence of its gen.
uineness.
Wool will burn slowly, while cotton
will go like a train of gunpowder.
Another test is to unravel the threads
and the cotton can easily be detected.
To the experienced buyer the feel"
OF linen is a sufficient indication of
the quality, but for those who lack
this knowledge there is an old-fash-
ioned test which our grandmothers
used which is unfailing to show II
there is cotton in the linen. Dampen
the finger and apply to the surface Of
the linen fabric. If the moisture lis
seen on the other side you may knnw
at once it is linen. II 1t is slow in
coming through, without doubt there
Is an admixture of cotton. Another
method is to unravel the threads, as in
the wool test.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
A Sioux Falls Samson.

Peter Safer, of Sioux Falls, is the
name of a strong man who is surpass-
ing all by his marvellous feats. He is
Norwegian, about twenty-four.
Safer is section hand on the Great
Northern, between Sioux Falls and
Garretson. His great strength lies
chiefly in his jaws. On one occasion
ne fastened strap around an anvil in
4 blacksmith shop, placed the end of
the strap between his teeth and walk
ed away with the anvil. At another
lime by means Of rope and his teeth
ae lifted 300-pound granite hitching
clock clear of the ground. Another
ieat is to take three sacks of sugar,
weighing 100 pounds each, grasp them
with his teeth by the corners and lift
them clear of the ground.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
Memento Hunters in Palestine.

Palestine, it is said, is being de-
spoiled by tourists. A scientist writes:
Many of these visitors are mere
'trippers,' with no real interest or
knowledge Of the history of Palestine,
as the astounding questions they pro-
pound to residents abundantly prove.
But all are eager to possess at any
price, however exorbitant. what they
cali 'curios' as mementos of their eY-
cu.sion. To meet this demand a tribe
OF dealers has sprung up all over the
country each employing an army of
agents who ride everywhere, east and
west Of the Jordan, encouraging the
natives to tear in pieces tombs that
otherwise might have awaited scien-
tihc examination in comparative safe
~"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
Hot Meal Without Fire.

Readers of the war news will notice
one or two references to the fact that
timed meats for the Russian troops
are prepared by process which en-
ables the contents of each tin to be
served hot without fire. This boon
Is secured by having the ordinary tins
filled with food ''jacketed" in patent
tins. The patent tin contains water,
together with a chemical mixture, by
means of which the water can be rails
ed to boiling point in ten minutes or
a quarter of an hour. All that it is
necessary to do when it is desired to
heat the food is to puncture the top of
the patent tin, the chemical mixture
being thereby forced into the water,
which soon begins to boil
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
Enolish Women Not Mercensry.


A writer in the Chronicle" suggests
that the majority of En- slishwonien
marry not for love, but for a lardor,
and gives three instances from her
own personal friends. No doubt there
are women who marry for convenience
and a little liking, and perhaps even
few who marry for convenience
alone, without the liking; but they
are really very few-much fewer thaa
appearances or alleged post-matci-
monial condolences would lead one to
believe. The last thing an English
woman would think Of confessing,
even to an intimate, is the existence
of such a sentimental weakness as
love in her case; and her husband is
quite as reticent on the subject The
man or woman who talks about such
things is generally looked upon as a
bore, and the common attitude toward
the sentimentalist is so well known
that few care to risk being branded.
The deeper feelings are kept for the
matrimonial tete-a-tete, and sparingly
unveiled even then; but they are
there in more cases than the "Chron-
icle" contributor would credit. With
all her faults, the Englishwoman ID
less mercenary than most OF her sis
tiers abroad,-London Taller.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
First Land Sale,

The first sale of land of which there
is any definite record is that men
toned in the twenty-third chapter of
Genesis. The transaction seems to
have been very simple. Abraham
wished to buy a field for a burial
place for his family. Ephron, the
owner of the field, valued it at 400
shekels of silver. about 5000 of our
money, which Abraham agreed to pay.
He accordingly went to the gate of
the city and weighed the money,
which he paid in the presence of all
who entered through the gate. This
simple ceremony, without the inter-
vention of lawyers or other officials,
made the field and the cave that was
therein and all the trees that were in
the field, and in all the borders around
about" sure unto Abraham for a pos
session.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
CIRCUIT LAW CONVENTION:

1t is many a day since a stronger
demonstration was made in mass
meeting ON proposed legislation
than Was made in Harrisburg,
January TO. against the repeal OF
the Grout law. Addresses were
delivered by Governor PennypacS-
er and United States Senators PEN
rose snd Knox.
Fa5Ily $50 farmers lad come from
all Enrts of the state at their own
expense. 1t developed that at least
three fourths of them were members
OF THE grange. Inthis great organ
isation farmers are led to think for
themselves. They keep posted on
|'current events and are ready to act
promptly when their interests de-
mand it.
There IS little doubt that the oleo
people have given up the fight for
the present session of Congress.
There is no more doubt that they,
will beat 1t again in the future.
Does any one doubt that if the.
oranges ofthe land were all to dis
band, the oleo combines would
soon wipe the Grout law off the
statute books. and with it all profits,
out of the dairy business. With
even half Of the farmers in the
grange their efforts would be block
ed for all time.
Fellow farmer, do not these facts
appeal strongly to you to join the
grange and help?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
ENCOURAGING an Industry.

An act passed in the time of King
Charles H. of England, for the en-
couragement of the woollen manufac-
lures of this kingdom and the preven-
ton of the expectation of the monies
thereof for the buying and importing
OF linen," provided that from and af-
ter the five and twentyeth day of
March. in the year of our Lord, one
thousand six hundred and sixty-seven,
no person or persons whatsoever shall
be buried in any shirt, shift, or sheete
made of or mingled with fax, hempe,
silke, haire, golde, or silver, or other
than what shall be made of WOOL
only" There was one exception to
the rule. A person dying of the plague
was permitted to be buried in a linen
shroud. Otherwise penalty had to be
paid, SIS for each offense. The act
was repealed in the reign Of King
George III.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
Knowing Chinese Doas.

Prince Pu Lun and the Chinese
minister Sir Chentung Liang Cheng
attended the races at Gravesend early
In the month.
A number of New Workers were
presented to the distinguished foreign
ers, and one of them told an incident
that illustrated the remarkable intel
ligence of a dog of his. The minister
said, with smile:
Il am reminded, sir, of a Chinese
dog story.
There was a Chinaman who had
three dogs. When he came home one
evening he found them asleep on his
couch of teakwood and marble. He
whipped them and drove them forth.
The next night, when he came
home, the dogs were lying on the
hoor. But he placed his hand on the
couch and found it warm from their
bodies. Therefore he gave them an
other whipping.
The third night, returning earlier
than usual, he found the dogs sitting
before the couch. blowing on 1t to cool
it"-New York Tribune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
Feared to Disturb Them.

On one occasion Joseph ChImber-
lain was invited to Liverpool to make
\ speech. 1t was to be a great cele-
nration. The mayor, who was to pre-
side at the meeting, had arranged a
fine dinner for the guest of honor A
distinguished assembly surrounded the
table and at the right of the host sat
Mr.. Chamberlain. For couple of
hours the company chatted over the
food and finally the coffee was served.
1t was at this juncture that the mayor
leaned over and whispered to Mr..
Chamberlain: Your excellency, shall
we let the crowd enjoy itself awhile
longer or had we better have your
speech?"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
An Industrious Han.

A more or less truthful Australian
relates that he put aa unusually large
porcelain egg in the hest OF a hen and
found that the next eggs she laid were
of increased size Then he put a goose
egg in the nes. The hen laid an egg
just as large, He was 50 pleased with
the scheme that he put whitewashcd
football in the nest. When he went
the 1ext time to search for eggs he
found one as big as football, but no
hen in sight. Securing the egg, he
saw engraved on it, by hen photog-
raphy these words: I'm no ostrich,
but I've done my best" Later he
found the hen inside the egg.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
Buyinu Gold is DANGEROUS.

1t is dangerous to purchase un.
wrought gold or rough diamonds in
South Africa from any but the recog-
nized dealers in those articles. Isaac
Goldfiam. a Johannesburg jeweler,
charged with purchasing from a po-
lice officer a quantity of unwrought
gold valued at $4,000, has been SEN
fenced to eighteen months hard la
Dor, and to pay fine of S1,500 The
purchase did not actually take place,
and the point was reserved for argu-
ment before the Transvaal Supreme
court as to whether the agreement to
purchase was an offense
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
Canned Milk Preferred,

1t was her first visit to the country.
She never before had been out of Chi
cago. Everything she saw was fresh
delight Eve in the garden could not
have found it more novel. The cows
especially interested her.
At milking time she clung so close
ly to the hired man that to FREQ him.
self he gave her cup of new milk,
warm and frothy from the pail. She
took deep draught.
Then such CONSERVATION was pic
tured in the pretty, piquant face,
that her mother cried; What is it.,
.Dorothy?"
"Oh," she sobbed in disgust and
disappointment. Il don't like cows
milk. It's horrid. like milkman's
milk. Chicago Record Herald
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
ARMOR PLATE AND SHELLS
Made Of ses. steel--strussle Between

Made of Best Steel--Strussle Between
Armor and Projectile Firms.
"A constant struggle is always GO
ing on between the firms that make
armor plates and those that make
guns and projectiles, though these
Arms are often rival departments of
che same great establishment" writes
Capt +. G. Jackson, the English writ
ar and explorer. THE old armor
plates OF wrought iron could keep out
shells of a diameter equal to their
own thickness, except at short ranges.
Fne Palliser shot. however, with hard
sned point, soon disqualified iron
plates. Then a steel face was welded
70 a wrough-iron back This was
neaten and then plates we're made
xholly Of steel. A fresh advance in
projectiles was met by various hard
ming processes applied to the face of
he steel plate. a ssrrlinter of Krupp
hardened steel, it is said, will scratch
glass like a diamond, This intensely
strong resistive had the effect of
sither throwing off the projectiles
when they struck at an angle or of
sreaking them up. even when they
penetrated the plate. The makers of
projectiles responded by fitting the
points of their missiles with softer
caps of mild steel, so that they should
bite on the plates instead of slipping
a1 when striking at an angle.
"All modern projectiles are fired
from rified guns and are cylindrical in
shape, with conical heads. To keep
them point first and to correct deyia-
don from the course they are made to
revolve on their own axis while trav-
sling. This is the purpose of the
rifling of the guns with spiral grooves.
The projectile is made to follow the
grooves by having a driving band Of
copper on the shell, which is rather
larger in diameter than the bore Of
the gun. This band is forced into the
grooves by the explosion of the
charge, compelling the projectile to
follow the grooves. The latest Ameri-
can invention is to fit the projectile
with ball bearings to avoid friction
and damage to the grooves and inner
lube of the gun. If practicable this
should enable an even higher velocity,
m1 thus longer range, to be obtain
cd from guns.
"Armor- piercing shot or shell goes
through a special method of manufac-
ture. 1t is made of the very best steel,
sometimes alloyed to give additional
strength. 1t is cast or forged to size
very slightly larger than its intended
dimensions. A groove is turned round
it to hold the driving band that takes
the rifling and the shot or shell is
then hardened by heating the head Of
it till red-hot and cooling it suddenly
Ia water or oil. The scale produced
by this process is ground off the shell,
the driving band is pressed into its
groove by hydraulic power and turned
down to its proper size and the pro-
iectile is ready"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
DoTY THE SUCCESSFUL MAN.
He Was the Merchant Of the Town.
Was at Store When Wanted.


/ remember in the little town where
/ was born there was a little mer-
chant named Doty, says Manly NJ
Gillian. He had a store about twenty
feet square, and his whole stock might
not have amounted to over $50. In
that town there were several rather
pretentious grocery stores, and a gen.
eral store, and people used to speak
disparagingly Of Doty. To illustr.. .
the end of smallness we would say
'Doty.' When returned to that
town, after an absence of about
twenty years and asked Where's so
and so, and where's so and SOP people
would say, Well, so and SOS dead,
and so and SOS carrying on business
here and there; but when one asked
what had become of Doty, the people
said 'Doty is the merchant of the
town Doty was there during busi-
ness hours and when any one wanted
Doty, Doty was there Nobody ever
estimated that Doty had any capac-
ity but by and by the people began
to find reason for the growth of
Doty's business. and they found that
he had the very elements of business
success, When people were making
fun of him, he was attending to bus
mess, and the result was that he had
a large business.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
The Monks of Tibet.

a traveller in Tibet says that the
peasant women of that country are
cheery, and, when washed, buxom
srL comely. The monks are the blot
e. the landscape. They bear no re-
semblance to the women Of the coun-
Try. One would think they belonged
to a different type, and yet they are
the sons and brothers of these wo-
nen The reason. probably. is the
low, degraded life led by the ordinary
monk, life without interest, without
work, devoid Of any pursuit intel
!sctual or otherwise, and passed in
the droning OF chants and the per-
foi nance of ritual, the meaning Of
which they neither know nor care
about.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
Diamond Fields.

For more than 100 years it has been
thought that extensive diamond depos-
its are hidden in the island OF Borneo
and recent rumors have given the old
suspicious new life. A diamond OF
367 carats. found on the west coast in
1887 and named the Matan, was, after
brilliant but brief career denounced
as a mere block Of rock crystal. Should
II now prove that Borneo can yield
diamonds in paying quantity the Brit
ish empire wial be in possession of
practically every diamond field of any
Importance in the world-South At
rsca, Australia. India and Borneo
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
FLOWER ARRANGEMENT.
They Are Made to Represent Months
and Days by Japanese,

and Days by Japanese.
The general ideas of Japanese floral
arrangements may be summarized in
this way:
Each setting of flowers or plants
must represent earth, air and water,
or heaven. earth and man. In plac-
ing the blossoms in vase. the vase
and water are earth, the short-stemm-
ed flowers man and the tall ones
heaven. The ramifcations of this
principle the delicate subtle mean
ings and properties, are infinite.
There are flowers which represent
months and flowers which represent
days, and as every Japanese house
contains flowers, they form a calendar
for the initiated.
Every family of standing has artis-
t.cally correct vases, vase-holders and
flowers. and the manner Of entertain
ing an honored visitor is to ask him
to arrange some flowers. The guest is
governed by rigid laws
He must not make too elaborate an
arrangement, for that takes overmuch
time He always offers to destroy
what he has done, to prove he consid-
ers it valueless. Only when he is urg-
ed by his host does he leave it--these
are examples of the long list of re-
strictions. The Japanese knows them
as he knows his language and his lit
erature.-Ilarper's Bazaar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
The New Jerusalem.

There is a Jerusalem without the
walls as well as one within. THE
new Jerusalem without the walls is
larger than the inclosed city. There
are several Jewish colonies, Syrian
crphanage, an English agricultural
colony. an American colony called
"the Overcomer's" and several Euro
pean consulates. The view of Jerusa-
lem. both the inner and the outer
cities, is best seen from the Mount of
Olives. Without the walls one secs
many cemeteries. The Jews lay fiat
tombstones over their dead. The Mo-
hammedans erect marble slabs or
headstones like those seen In our GEM
eteries. but for some strange reason
the Mohammedan tombstones all
seem to stand aslant. The effect ia
most fOrlorn.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
Venezuelan Aliuators,

Consul Plumacher at Maracaibo re-
ports that untold numbers of aligators
of all sizes swarm in the lakes. la
goons and rivers of Venezuela. He
has himself seen thousands of them
of large size on the banks of the Rio
de Orc and the Rio Tara, where they
deposit their eggs on the sand banks.
He thinks that there are commercial
possibilities in hunting them. for their
oil, as well as their skins, command
a good price in the market.-Ex-
change.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
No Special Hurry.

A negro hack driver in Washington
was driving along the street when he
encountered a funeral. A long line
OF coaches was behind the hearse,
which was moving along at a lively
rate. The negro was superstitious
and did not want to cross between the
carriages in the funeral procession.
He tried to drive around in front of
the hearse, but could not make suffi-
cient speed. After driving alongside
the hearse for two blocks the negro
called out to the driver: "Say, boss,
hold up an let me go past. My pas
senger is in hurry and yours isn't." ;"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
WoMAN's sADAPTA6lLITY.
She Readily .Adapts Herself to Her
Surroundings.

Surroundings.
Why is ii that women have so much
more adaptability than men?
Is it because they have more need
of ii, and that men have so many
fields open to them that they are nev-
er called upon to adapt themselves to
various conditions or circumstances?
The mother of family can place
the baby upon the floor, and watching
its frolicsome manoeuvres out of the
corner of her eye, can readily nail up
shelf, hang picture or mend a
piece of broken furniture; but what
would be the worlds opinion if the
father should be called upon to help
wash the dishes on his return from
the office? Oh, the very idea, Again,
girl can go downtown and attend to
all her brothers shopping commits
sions, but. on the other hand, her
brother would be staggered at the
thought of remaining home and max
ing his sister an evening waist.
sometimes we see a lovely, fun
making girl marry solemn, staid
man, and before the year elapses a
change is noticed in that girls dispo-
sition. One of the two obliged to
adapt himself or herself to the
change, and such thing is never ex-
pected of a man. 1t was up to the
girl to do it, and she did. If man
does not happen to be poet he can
enter into business life, and if he pas
sesses no business ability, various pro-
fessions are holding wide their doors
for his entrance.
But a woman! II she is a poetess,
in all probability she will have to sell
pins and shoelaces over a notion
counter in dry goods store; and If
she is practical and domestic, the only
employment she is able to obtain is
likely to be that of writing sonnets
for the Sunday paper or correcting
composition papers in a school. She
does 1t well, not because it is agree
able, but for the reason that It is O
means of maintenance. And it is on
account of this very faculty of making
the best of circumstances in whatever
lot she may be cast that the palm Of
adaptability belongs to woman.-New
Orleans TiEles-Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-23
Ventilation Throuoh waIIe

The fact is that considerable ventil-
alton is capable Of taking place, and
quite a large exchange of fresh for
bad air is effected through the walls
OF buildings. Many a room that Is
notoriously "stuffy" could doubtless
be made pleasant to live in by remov-
ing the solid paper or impervious coat
of paint from the wall and substitute
ing porous paper, Or better still, CIV
ing up paper altogether and using
distemper wash of pleasing tone.-
Lancet.