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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11
MODELLING IN CORK.
Pleasant and Instructive Pastims
with Wonderful Results.


An Interesting and extremely fas
cinating occupation for the long win
ter evenings Is that Of modelling In
cork. and after a little practice tn;
persevering ones will be surprised t
find what clever and ingenious younl
architects they will become, while
greatly charmed as the crude design
grows beneath their nimble fingers.
Let us suppose that 1t is desired to
manufacture a model Of some old
ruined castle. upon which the cling
ing ivy twines so tenderly, and around
which hover many memories of by
gone state and splendor.
Workers must first supply them
selves with the necessary material
and proper tools. OF the latter they
will require some paint brushes. q
hammer, II sharp penknife, pencil
and pair of scissors. Having pro-
cured these. they must obtain a guam
tity of cardboard cork sheets, a few
old bottle corks. little fine sand,
paints, glue wire and small quaint.
ty of artificial moss and Ivy.
And now, having decided upon the
building and procured the necessary
materials, the next thing to be done
is to draw plan Of the castle you in.
tend to reproduce. This accomplish.
ed, you ma, proceed to make a
frame OF light cardboard. cutting It
carefully to the requisite size, and
then securing upon the millboard
framework a layer Of the sheet cork
to form the walls. This may be
made to represent stonework by
means Of uneven pencil strokes, which
should afterward be colored in with
black or dark brown paint, in order to
give the structure a suitable appear
ance of age.
The particular portion of the castle
which has fallen into absolute ruin
and decay should have rough and jag
ged edges. The walls should be dark
ened by means of a little brown paint
judiciously applied, and small, irregu-
lar pieces of cork may be heaped
against the sides to represent fallen
masonry.
broken cOlumnS are quite easy TO
Initiate, and If an ordinary cork be
roughly carved with a sharp pocket
knife and then carefully painted and
sprinkled with a small quantity OF
moss, which should be rubbed be-
tween the fingers until light powder
is formed, it will be found to serve the
purpose most effectively.
And now the artificial ivy (Which
must be Of small-leaved Variety
may be called into requisition
and trained around the broken col
umns and upon the crumbling walls
until a most realistic appearance is
given to the whole. The floor should
be strewn with sand with which a
little powdered moss has previously
been mingled.-Memphis News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11
AFRICAN PoLYoAMisrs.
Condition OF Natives Of the Dark
interior.

A cowardly tribe in the interior Of
by British explorer: They carry
long spears with huge blades, which
look grotesque in the hands of such
q craven race. They wear loose knick-
ers Of American cotton cloth and a
wrap OF the same material over their
shoulders. These clothes are treated
with CHI (butter) till they look like
black waterproof. This American
cloth Is very durable and Is the only
cloth for which there is any demand.
1t Is the ordinary medium OF ex-
change among the tribes from Dirri
to the coast. The Boran either shaves
his head or keeps his hair short or
long in ghi-covered ringlets, but he
always wears a small pigtail. He or
naments himself with tnecklace of
small beads or plated giraffe-tail
hairs. also with many heavy bracelets
of metal and ivory, which often In
case his arm up to the elbow. Each
of these is supposed to represent
some dangerous animal, including
man, which he has slain. Bands and
tabs of giraffe skin complete his cos
tune"
Borans are polygamists II they can
afford the luxury. Their women
have to content themselves with
leather garments made Of bullock
hides scraped thin, clothing being
considered much too valuable for
them. They are weighed down with
many bead necklaces. Their religion
consists in a belief in a spirit, WAX
The vagueness of their conception OF
WAX Is shown by the fact that the
same word is used in the Boran
tongue for the sky. They do not be-
lieve in any future state Of existence,
but try to avert present calamity by
propitiating Wax. This Is done by
sacrificing their children and their cat
tie. A Boran of any standing when
he marries becomes 'raba,' and for
a certain period after marriage, prob
ably four to eight years, he is obliged
to leave any children that are born
to him to die in the bush. No Boran
cares to contemplate the fearful
calamities with which WAX would Wis.,
1t him If he failed in this duty.
After the "raba" period the Boran
becomes "gudda." This word"
says the traveller who describes the
natives, happens to be the Hindu
stani for ass but if there were any
connection the Boran would certainly
be entitled to the rank earlier in life"
Wax has no claim on Gudda's chill
dren, but neither has Gudda himself.
He has to send them off at very
early age with present Of cattle and
sheep to be brought up by the wata,
who are the low hunter caste OF the
Borans. They remain with these peo-
pie till they are grown up and then
return to the bosom of their people,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11
Lassa's Secret a supe rstition n.

Lassa's former secret is said to
have been more of general super
stition than fact Though no Euro
pean army has before entered its
gates, they have not always been
closed to the discreet traveller. Ac-
coraing to recent writer Warren
Hastings, keenly aware OF Lassas
importance, sent 'an envoy thither-
one Bogle-as early as 1774. Thomas
Manning. the friend of Charles Lamb,
passed four months within the walls
of the sacred city. and left behind him
an eloquent description. He was even
granted an audience with the dalai
lama, boy of seven.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11
Tale That's Told In PHILADELPHIA,

Robert ID. Carson OF the Geological
Society recently made a trip to New
York and greatly delights in telling an
experience he had with an article
which Is now fortunately unknown In
this city-a horse car. Mr.. Carson
said that he was riding along In the
little dinky affair with several other
passengers when suddenly the car. in
crossing switch. tolted the front
wheels of the tracks. Rain was fall.
Ing in an Industrious manner and al-
most every one was feeling out OF
sorts. When the wheels left the tracks
all the good humor left the car. and
every one was angry. After consider.
able delay the conductor put his head
In the door and shouted:
Say, all youse people in de back
OF dis car sit still, and all youse in do
front come out and help put de car On
de tracks" Mr.. Carson and seyer,a
other men distinguished by the title
OF "youse people" got out In the driv.
ing rain and pushed the front whoeh
OF the car back on the tracks. Thsa
the dinky little horse car with its car.
go OF "youse people" bowled merriiy
along the streets of up,tO-date New
York.-Philadelphia Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11
Our Italian Citizens.

The Italian immigrant Is the sub
ject of capital special number OF
that excellent periodical, Charities.
and the Revista Commercials has
published the results of a statistical
investigation of the Italians of New
York City. One Is astonished to learn
that there are in that city 3S2.775 Itaf
ians, the great majority below As
years OF age, and nearly $4,000 arc
being added each year. Although 48
per cent. are utterly illiterate, the fact
remains that they are most valuable
additions to our population For in
stance, from the investigation made
by the Committee of Fifty, of nearly
10000 cases in the records of organ
lied charity, 1t was shown that in 20
per cent. of the German cases, "a per
cent. Of the American cases, 25 per
cent of the English cases, and 3S per
cent. Of the Irish cases. the principal
cause Of distress was intemperance:
in only 3 IL per cent. Of the Italian
cases was intemperance the cause.
American city life Is having bad ef-
feet upon them. The sudden change
Of diet is responsible for an increase
of certain diseases. The change from
the stone cottage in the open fields to
the dark and unventilated tenement
OF Mulberry and Mott streets has re-
suited In an alarming spread OF tuber.
culosis. Doctor Stella. in his practice
in New York, has known as many as
twenty-five cases Of pulmonary tuber-
culosis in one year in single tene-
ment-house.-American Medicine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11
Forgot His Message.

81 was spending some time at White
Sulphur Springs. Va" said l. w.
Read Of Nashville. "and one after
noon a handsome young woman and
her little six-year-old son sat near me
on the veranda. The little fellow trot.
ted up to me and I patted him on the
head. What's your name?' he asked.
l told him. Is you marriedT he lisp.
led. No. I'm not l replied. Then
the child paused moment and, turn.
ling to his mother. said. Mamma, what
else did you tell me to ask himr"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11
Unique Trousers creaser.

An Illinois inventor has patented
an arrangement for creasing trousers
without removing them from the
wearer. II cor1ists OF = pair OF rollers
mounted Oh pair Of handles, which
are hinged together In the manner of
Q pair OF tOngs. The device may be
heated in gas jet or otherwise, and
the garment IL creased by being pass.
ed between the r0llers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11
A New Decoy Duck.

A decoy duck that will flap It's
wings and rise from the water has
been put on the market. The decoy
is mounted on a rod which fits into a
tube whereby the decoy may be an
chored. The decOy Is connected with
cord to the shore or wherever the
hunter Is and when the latter pulls the
bird moves.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11
London Not So Wicked.

Instead OF being the wickedest dis.
trict in England and Wales, London
stands third on the list, according to
recently announced figures. First
paoS in crime is held by Monmouth
while another Welsh country, Glamor.
gan, is second. The most virtuous coun.
", negatively speaking. is also =
Welsh county. Cornwall
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11

A New York man has cured him
self Of dyspepsia by eating grass. Now
we know what allied Nebuchadnezar.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11

Old age may not bring wisdom, but
1t has a lot Of fool experience to It's
credit
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11

One OF the longest days in the aver.
age mans life is the one Just before
pay day.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11

The majority Of our mistakes would
never be noticed II we did not call at.
tention to them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11

The average poet is rich-in expec
tations.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11

Preachers have been bombardinp
his satanic majestys stronghold for
centuries, but he still holds the fort
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11

It's far better to be bent on econo
my than broke on extravaganza.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

Happiness is the ever-retreating
summit on the hill of ambition.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11

Beware OF liquid food for renectisa
that Is imbibed through q straw.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-11

1t takes some men . long time =
discover their unimpertancS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
Back to English Fairs.

For the origin of the modern circus
one must go back to the English fairs
OF the seventeenth, eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries. Unlike the
American county fairs OF the present
day. which are more In the nature of
live stock exhibitions, the early Eng
lsli fair was ront of dancing. I'D
ding. drinking. fighting. wrestling and
bull baiting-a gathering, as it were.
OF merry andrews, monstrosities, bull
lies, jits, tight rope walkers. acrobnts,
contortionists, equestriahs. mounte-
banks, grlmacers. scaramouchcs.
thieves, plckpockets. idlers, beggars.
fortune tellers, gypsles and those upon
whom they prey.-E. S. Hallock in
Century.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
Market Goes Through a coures
of Liquidation.
MONEY RATES NOT STIFF
Great Activity Is Reported in All
Kinds of Business Throughout the
country-Ralroads Are Especially
Prosperous.
tny Associated Press,


NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-The stock
market went through course of mod.
crate liquidation today induced by the
growing assent to the opinion that
money will hold firm for considerable
period of time. The liquidation was
not urgent at any time and was not
continuous.
The call money market showed
some relaxation from the tension Of
the latter part Of last week, partly due
no doubt to the liquidation of stocks.
Out of town institutions also contin-
ued to offer funds here freely. Prep.
arations are expected. however. before
the end of the week for next Mondays
payment on Japanese loans subscrp.
lions, which will call for upwards of
S30,000,OO0.
Great activity was reported in all
Kinds of business throughout the coun-
try the reports from railroad traffic
officials serving as the special feature
Tor Monday Prices recovered good
part of their losses when the money
rate ran off late in the day and the
market then became torpid.
Bonds were heavy. Sales parvaIue.
$2,645,000. United States 2's receded
is per cent. Oh call.
Total sales today were 72S,OO0
shares
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
AIarn,n Enine

Mime. Mara had voice that extend
ed from middle G TO Il in alt and was
one of the most facile and flexible ever
known. She delighted In the forld
music OF Hasse, Graun, Benda. JONI
NELL. Pergalese. POrpOra, Sacchlni aud
others OF that school. and with the ut.
most ease executed passages that are
now. consigned to solo instruments.
such as the violin and flute. She held
the stage from 17T1 to 1902. with an
occasional appearance after the latter
date.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
Charlotte Cushman.

One Icy night Charlotte Cushman
and Lawrence Barrett came out of the
theater together The steps were dam
geronsly slippery. and 1t was with DIFF
ficulty that they kept their feet Mt all.
AS they totteringly descended the great
actress said to her companion. quite
In her Lady Macbeth manner: Take
good grip on my arm, Lawrence. and
IL slip hold on like grim death. But
IL you slip in the name OF heaven let
gov'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
Rec Comb.

Bee cc-nb or beeswax, the material
of which the honey cells In the beehive
are composed, Is a wax produced by a
system of chemistry carried on in the
wax pockets" which arc located in
the abdomen of all working bees. 1t ia
peculiar substance and is said to ba
analogous to the fats Of higher ami
mails. Originally 1t was supposed that
this wax was taken Up in an almost
pure state from the flowers by the
bees. but recent experiments carried on
by the leading botanists and chemists
of the world conclusively provo that
the bee Is capable of celebrating bis
peculiar wax, although confined to a
diet purely saccharine In Its nature.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
ANIMAL MUD GATHERS.
The wild Bonr, the Water Buffalo
md the Elephant.

Animals when wild constantly die n
lingering death from injury to the
skin, whether caused, ms usually hap.
pens in tropical countries, by wounds
aggravated by insects or by cutaneous
disease; hence the pains which they
take In making their toilet and In the
use and selection Of Cosmetics"
Among birds the salt water species
often seek fresh water to wash In, DIFF.
ferent land birds choose different
earths In which to dust and also wash
In water, and nearly every tropical
animal, including the tiger, battles ell
Their In water or in mud. Perhaps the
best known mud bathers are the wild
boar, the water buffalo and the ele-
plant The latter has an Immense adj
vantage over all other animals In tho
use Of It's trunk for dressing wounds
1t Is at once a syringe, powderinp
puff and hand.
Water, mud and dust are the main
applications" used, though it some.
times covers sun scOrched back with
grass or leaves Wounded elephants"
writes Sir Samuel Baker, "have n mar
'SioA' Po"Si VI ieNo'eis WITCH III ineir
wild state, although they have no gifts
of surgical knowledge, their simple
system being confined to plasterlng
their wounds with mud or blowing
dust upon the surface Dust and mud
comprise the entire pharmacopoeia Of
the elephant, and this is applied upon
the most trivial as well rs upon the
most serious occasions. | have seen
them, when I'm tank, plaster up n
bullet wound with mud taken from
the bottom."-I.ondon Spectator.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
Tho Orange Tree.

The orange tree flowers during near
'ly the whole of the summer. The fruit
takes two years to arrive at maturity.
so that for several months in the wear
healthy tree exhibits every stage,
from the flower bud to the ripe fruit
This gives the trees their rich appear
ance during the principal fruit months.
when the emerald tints of the unrpe
and golden hues OF the mature fruit
mingle with the dark foliage of the
leaves, while the bright blossoms pre-
sent charming contrast
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
why some Men Are super.tltIou..

There are men who have Il cOngenI-
tai tendency 10 d!strust fate. With the
better half OF their minds they may he
optlmlsts. but there is a corner which
Is never free from the pain of fear. the
fear OF sort of trauscendental spite.
Plutarch said OF the superstltious that
they believed In the gods and believed
them to be unfrendly. Some survival
of this pagan notion remains to this
day even among those whose reasonn-
BILE conviction and reverent faith alike
lead them to totally opposite conclii.
sions. They do not believe they will
have more misfortunes II they take IL
house which is numbered Is than II
they took one numbered 81. but they
avoid the former In order to quiet their
own painful imagInatlons. : London
Spectator.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
CHINESE SERVANTS.
How They Pnss Along Information
About Their Employers.

~" i"ey inRS Along Information
About Their EmployerR
In China 1t Is Il common thing for
some people to bewail the lack of n
cook, while their neighbors have nun.
bers Offering themselves directly the
vacancy occurs. The reason of this Is
that each cook hands OH TO his success
or his employers character" This he
does by means of saucepan left
standing In the kitchen.
II the place he considered good one
n saucepan will be left on the ground
with the lid put OH properly. If the lid
be put on wrong way uppermost It
means that the place Is good one and
that the cook has only left for time
and means TO return as soon rs he can.
IL the lid he put half In and half out Of
the saucepan 1t indicates that the place
Is good one, but the master IA stingy
IL the iii be Oh properly and some ri,
be left In 1t 1t shows that the servant Is
quite satisfied with everything concern
Ing the owners OF the house. but that
he Ia obliged To leave owing To debts or
other causes which Inconvenience him.
IL the employer be In the habit OF MAX
Ing his servants pay for lost or broken
articles chalk mark will be found OH
the bottom of the saucepan, which will
not easily be rubbed off.
The Chinese boy" makes his mark
behind the bedroom or pantry door and
the waterman his on the bottom Of
tubs. These signs are said to have
been originally adopted by the Chinese
from the Tamils.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
INLAND BATHING.
IL Furnishes One of the scnnuouH
Delights of E1istcnce.

Delights of E1istcnce.
Quiet inland bathing offers you no
extravagant opportunities to be
poseur. If the water is warm, you loll
IN 1t at your case; your mind Is soon
stupetie1 by the sensuousness in which
YOU are infolded: the interest of your
sleepy eyes does not extend beyond
the gentle ripples that widen away
from the slow, submerged strokes OF
your arms. After awhile you roll over
on your back and drowsIly execute at
intervals languid "shoe fly" leg mo-
ton, while you look drowslly up into
the void. Now and then You will raise
your arms and flap them down through
the water like pair OF sweeps. 1t
is only tired sort OF effort, and finally,
III the supreme abandonment OF indo-
lence, you lay your head bacll-far
hack-untii the water crecps up about
your eyelids. You stretch out legs and
arms m0tionlesS and lie, breathing
TRANQUILITY, sensible OF no other move
ment in the world than tile slight hux
and slip of the water upon your heav-
ing chest. Then may you realize per-
haps something of the lark's sensation
when. with wings outspread. it hangs
suspended between earth and sky. He
who has never thus suspended himself
idly in still water, with fathoms below
him and infnity above. has not expe.
rlenced one OF the sensuous delights Of
existence. Unfortunate man who goes
to his grave believing that there Is
nothing better than bed for weary
limbs and jaded brain.-Arthur Stan
wood Pier in Atlantic.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
as4AAScenic Route
sIsigI Ito the West.

hour and 30 minutes to Richmond.
Schedule in Effect June 4, 1905.
LEAVE NEWPORT NEWS:
7:4o a. m, daily. Local to Richmond
Connects for Lynchburg, Lexington,
Va, New Castle and Clifton Forge.
except Sunday for Rosney and Es.
mont. Leaves Fort Monroe, 7:10 a.
M; Phoebus. 7:13 n. m; Hampton,
7:1S n. m.
1910 a. M. daily, Fast train to Rich
mond (stopping only at Williams
burg), arrives Richmond 11:45 q. m,
connecting with est Louis Special"
leaving p. m. with Pullman for Gin.
cinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago;
and Pullman service for st. Louis
and Louisville. Cafe Parlor Car OLD
Point to Ronceverte. Leaves Fort
Monroe, $40 a. M; Hampton. 9:i8
n. IN.
5:25 p. m, daily. Fast Train for Rich
mond (stopping only at Williams
burg), arrives Richmond 700 D. nj.
Connecting with F. F. ", leaving
1O:45 p. m. carrying Pullman Sleep
err to Cincinnati and Louisville.
Leaves Fort Monroe, 1855 D. M;
Phoebus. 4:5S p. M, and Hampton,
500 p. m.
5:4O p. m, dailq, stops at local sta
tons on Peninsula, connects at Rich.
mond with +. +. V. Limited.
TRAINS ARRIVE FROM RICHMOND
$50 a. M, daily; 10:3O a. m, daily;
$50 p M, daily, and 1920 p. IN.
daily.
Steamer Virginia leaves 7:40 a. M,
daily, for Norfolk and Portsmouth;
1926 a. M, daily, for Norfolk, and
6:S5 p. m. daily, for Norfolk and
Portsmouth.
Call on Mr.. e. w. Robinson, Ticket
Agent, Newport News, Va, for tho
lowest rates by any possible route to
the West and Southwest.
w. o. WARTHEN, Dist. Pass. Agt.
II. w. FULLER, Gen. Pass. Agt
c. e. DOYLE, General Manager
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-10
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-Money on call
firm, 3 1906 1-2 per cent; closing bid,
4; offered. at 4 IA. Time loans firm !;
sixty and ninety days, SOS 1-2 per
cent; six months, 1-264 81.
Prime mercantile paper, A 3-4@5 per
cent. Sterling exchange steady with
actual business In bankers bills at
4S5.25m 1890 for demand and at 4S1.S0
MiSl.S5 for sixty day bills. Posted
rates, 49, 12@4S3 and 4S6@4S6 1-2
Commercial bills, 4S1 l-2. Bar silver,
I'll SIS; Mexican dollars, AZ.