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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01

All the chief Siberian towns have
free public libraries, but naturally all
are on small scale. 1t surprises
one oven. on going into the National
Library at St. Petersburg, the capital
city. to find so comparatively restrict.
ed in its limits a public reading sa'
lon for the biggest city OF northern
Europe 1t is not much bigger than
one Of the side rooms in Boston's
beautiful biblioteka Perhaps the
chief Siberian library is that of lr-
kutsk, in the heart of Siberia. 1t is
substantial brick edifce and is To-
CO. ID on the second floor Of the mu-
scT;l, so that the library building
serves a double purpose. II has some
.5.0c0 volumes. very many Of which
are in the different languages OF
Europe, and have come into the II.
br.-y from different sources; few
frur. government sources, but mainly
res ting from the clearing up of dead
eyijc's effects. when the books they
have brought with them were turn.
ed over to the biblioteka. This
nucleus has made the library fairly
select one, and all brainy standard
authors will be found represented
there, both Russian and foreign. But
the real literary and educational town
OF Siberia Is Tomsk, about midway
between lrkutsk and the Ural range.
Here there are three universities, and
IL is the book and publishing depot
Of Siberia. The public library at
Tomsk is a tree log and brick faced.
double windowed. coldproof building.
located near the governors house and
the theatre. 1t is more Russian in
its contents than the Irkutsk library.
The volumage is about 1000. The
chief Russian periodicals are re-
ceived so that the institution is both
library and current literature
reading room.-Boston Transcript.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
SlIkworms Produce Colored cocoons.

French scientists have discovered
by experiments that silkworms may
be made to produce cocoons Of almost
any desired colors. AS the ordinary
white, yellow or green was known
to vary with the fooo, tnls was col
ored artificially and worms eating
dyed privet leaves yielded cocoons
of corresponding red, blue or othet
color. Plants have been similarly
colored by food, some blue French
beans exhibited in London a few
years ago seeming to have resulted
from a chemical popularity of the
soil.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01

The area is $4,000 square miles.
There are nine treaty ports.
Gold the great mineral wealth.
nearly $3,OO0,OO0 worth exported an.
nually.
The population is 100000, includ
ing 25,O0O Japanese, who control the
country's activities.
Education costs s1G5,000 and relig,
ious sacrifices $186000.
The navy consists of twenty-five
admirals and one iron built coal
barge.-The Worlds Work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01

Denmark's kings for 3SS years have
all been named Christian or Freder.
ick This is not the result of acct
dent. 1t is the law Of Denmark that
Christian must be succeeded by Fred.
erick, and Frederick by Christian. To
attain this, and without the changing
of names, in case or death or other
reason, every Danish prince, no mat.
ter what other names he may receive
always includes Christian and Fred.
erlck among them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
A st. Petersburg Experience.

An American wished to move from
the Hotel Europe, the principal hotel
in st, Petersburg, to a smaller hotel
around the corner. He came down
with his bag packed ready to go.
Sorry" said the manager, "but you
cannot leave this hotel or register at
another hotel until we get your pass.
port from the police, and that will
take day and a night, You must
so through exactly the same proceed
ure as if you were leaving the coun'
try."-The Worlds Work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01

Torpedoes for the destruction of
vessels were first used in the spring
of 1861 by the confederates in the
James River. In 1865 the secretary
of the navy reported that more ships
had been lost by torpedoing than
from all, other causes. Gen, Rains,
chief of the confederate torpedo ser.
vice, put the number at So, a greater
number than has been destroyed liz
all the wars since.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01

The truth is that the Russian peas
ant, 1000, 900 of him, is under pres
ent conditions slowly starving to
death. His average earnings in the
central provinces are II and Is CO.
pecks Is or cents) per day through.
out the year; during the busiest har-
vest time they rise to an average OF
27 to 3S copecks C3 to 1G cents a
day. during the whole winter he and
his family earn nothing. His diet
consists OF meal, flour and grts. cab
bage and potatoes; no meat, except
insufficient, and less than in any civ
ilized country. The hovel he lives
In is two and a half yards long and
one and one-half yards high, harbor-
ing the whole family and whatever
cattle he possesses. These data are
taken from official sources.
Is It a wonder that the Russian
peasant has morally and physically
degenerated? That the women are
immoral, dreading maternity, and
given to a frightful extent to infant.
eide? That the men are nomads
leaving wives and children for months
often years, trying to earn something
in town or in faraway districts? That
the recruiting in these central prov
i1oes shows progressively physical
unfitness for the army? That the
health of the women is bad, and tha,
the rate Of increase In the population
in this "black-earth belt" has dropped
to o.26 against 1R in the whole EN-
pire?-Harper's Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
Rooster Saved Row Of Houses.

Early one morning barn belong.
ing TO George II. Pottee at Baltimore
caught fire. The flames gained rapid
headway and were nearing a row Of
two-story houses when rooster, evi.
dently mistaking the red glow of the
hames for the dawn, began such a
lusty growing that the tenants were
awakened, The row of houses was
saved, although the barn was destroy.
cd
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01

The average age of the Japanese
Navy is lower than that Of any other
navy in the world, No one over
twenty years old is accepted for en-
listment. The average height is FIVE
feet four inches-less than the aver.
age height of any otner navy in the
world.-The Worlds Work
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
The Churches of Moscow.

There are 1900 churches in Moscow
They are the wealthiest churches in
the world. One, St. Saviour's cost
nearly $14,OOO,00O to build. The Rus
sian church is the nations great
wealth storehouse-the nestegg which
will be hatched out when the great
crisis comes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
Shells Of Duck Eggs Jet Black.

James Ella of Ripley, Ind, owns q
large flock of ducks that lay eggs -;
which the shells are jet black,
Bleaching fluids will not remove the
color. Ducks are hatched from these
black shelled eggs as covered with
thick. black hair, Poultry experts
cannot explain the cause Of this
freak OF nature.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-01
Franee,s Smallest consorlnt.

The smallest conscr'pt at the latest
drawing for service in the French
Array was Joannes Chabaud, of Yer
pil'icro, His height is 2 feet II
incAes, and he weighs 671a pounds.
His age is twenty-one.-Indianapolis
News.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-09-23
lay
Hazen Cut-Off Creates A
Nnw Market That Prom
Uses Much.
Chnrchill'S Staple Pruduct Will Now
Find Ready Market.

The Tonopah and Coldfeld
hay market now seems to be
pretty firmly enscounced in the
vest pockets of Churchill
county's hay raiscrs if they are
disposed to take the advantages
that are now offered by the
completion of the cutoff project.
Forage products are now
bringing from $50 to $50 per
ton in Tonopah, and they in
crease in value rapidly upon
being shipped to the camps
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-09-23
TEN CENTS

further south Among the
Churchill county hay raisers
who figure on marketing a part
of their 1905 crop are County
Commissioner ( E II. Hartman
and X l.. Douglass. The lat
ter made a contract while on
recent tri p to Tonopah for the
immediate delivery of three car
loads of baled hay at $50 per
ton. We learn that Mr.. Har-
riman has already contracted
for the sale of a large part of his
crop of Alfalfa at $50 per ton
and he is now meking prepara-
ton for its delivery.
1T is thought by those who
know that another season will
witness n thriving trade be
tween this section and the
Tonopah section and that a
large part OF the surplus pro-
ducts of Churchill Will hnd
consumers in Esmeralda and
Nve, for all of which we have to
thank the Hazen cutoff
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-09-23

very soon be the objective point
of stampede for claims that
will rival the Gold6eld rush. To
use the expression of a e-long
miner Its here boys and all
that is needed to bring it to
the eyes Of the outside world is
simply an honest presentation
of the facts coupled with in
tclligent mining operation.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-09-23
Mondayin October, 1905.

At an adjourned meeting Of
the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Churchill
county, Nevada held, on che
18Th day of September, 1905.
the following resolution was
adopted: Resolved, that the
map of the town of Hazen, as
presented by the Central Pacific
Railway company to the com
missioners of Churchill county
for their approval. be and is
hereby accepted and approved;
said townsite as described by
map, being and lying all on the
south side of said Central
Pacific Railroad track, and in
the 5 12 Of Sec 81, T, 20 n, r
26 + NJ, D-B & NJ. The county
recorder is instructed to place
said map on record.
Dated this 18th day of Sep
tembcr, 1905.
f S HARTMAN.
+. NJ. WIGHTMAN,
Chairmen.
". \. BROWN.
Clerk of the Board.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-09-23
TAXES.
Commissioners Meet And
Transact Much Import
ant Business.
Resolutions Passed, New School
District Formed.
FALLoN, New, Sept. IS, 1905.

The Honorable Board of
County Commi sioners q
Churchill County Nevada, met
pursuant to adjournment, IN
special session: Present, E s
Hartman, chairman; +. NJ.
Wightman, E VI Brown; w. {,
Grimes, district attorney;
Robert Shirley, shirit1, and ".
IL Brown, clerk
Minutes of previous meeting
read and approved,
The Board then adjourned as
Board of Commissioners, and
met DIS a Board OF Equalization,
and proceeded to examine the
ass ssment roll as presented by
the assessor.
\ X Jeffrey appeared before
the Board with the complaint
that the valuation WAS too
high on his property, the Board
accordingly ordering the valua-
ton reduced to $72O.
!. +. ByreS assessed for 100
head of stock cattle, raised to
$50 head. The clerk was or
dered to notify him of the same.
Ordered that Wightman
Bros assessment be reduced
$1,000.
Ordered that all shares of the
Fallon Electric Light & Water
Co, and assessed TO different
property owners be stricken
from the roll
Ordered that the assessor
put all uncancelled mortgages
on the assessment roll.
Board met again as Board of
County Commissioners; all
present
The townsite map of Hazen
vas accepted and approved ac-
cording to resolution passed I n
the 18th day of September,
1905:
Claim presented by A
Stewart * Co of Stockton
Calf, by Il. X McCabe, their
attorney against School Dis
tiict No 3, tor supplies for the
sum of SCI so was allowed for
$50 and the county superinten
dent ordered to Issue his war
rant for the amount
Board adjourned to Tuesday,
September 10Th, 1905.
September 10Th.
Board met; all present
Notice Of withdrawal o,
Thomas Do'fand !. W Richards
from the official bond of E W.
Black as Justice Of The Peace of
New River township was pre-
sentcd and accepted and it was
ordered that a copy of the
same be served on said f w.
Black
A petition signed by citizens
of Churchill county, was pre-
sented, asking for a school dis
trict to be formed according to
the following boundaries: Com
mencing at the center of the
public road at the S " corner
of w. K. Lees ranch; thence
west y mile TO the township
line, thence nOrtn 10 the n w
corner T 1S n K 20 f. NJ D r
& N; thence east to n w corner
oil Sc. : township and range
aforesaid. thence south 4 miles;
thence vest 10 place of begin
ming.
The clerk was ordered to
authorize the auditor to draw
his warrant on the treasurer in
favor of Orchard & Galloway,
for the sum Of $500 to apply on
jail contract.
Board adjourned to the first
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-09-23
". \. BROWN.
Clerk of the Board.

Yesterdays Journal chronicles
the disappearance of Louis Bay
er a well known Renoite, and q
good deal of concern seems to
have been evinced concerning his
whereabouts Instead of lying
cold in dea tn, Mr.. Baver has
been employed for the past few
weeks as manager OF the Ted
Brandon tonsorial parlorS in
this city. He is alive-to every
thing that is good in life-and
i'll addition to becoming a
naturalized Fallonite, has ac-
quired a substantial interest in
mining properties i'll Sand
Springs district that promise
TO make him a millionaire. He
has identified himself with Paul
Adams, Il well known mining
man, and the quality of ore now
being taken out of their various
properties, assures a brilliant
future for the properties and
financial independence for Mes
srs Bayer and Adams.
The Fallon public school will
commence its fall term on the
2nd of next month. Miss Flor
tuce Taunahill and Miss Bessie
Buchanan will have charge OF
the intermediate aud primary
grades. The latter will be
housed through the coming
schoO, term in the building
owned by A K Jeffrey, formerly
occupied by the Churchill Stan
ard, while the higher grades
will use the old building Fal-
Ion is sorcly in need of better
school facilities, but the time
when we shall realize them
seems to now be an undeter-
minable question.
Tim Washburn, - years Of
age, was burned to death while
asleep in his bed at Derby We'd
nesday. The house was also
destroyed. The boy had re
tired about s o'clock, his mother
and other occupants of the
house also going to bed. An
hour later one of the members
OF the household awoke in time
to save herself and give the
alarm. There was no chance
TO save the boy.
After Reno wins the suit
against the Floriston Paper
Mill Company for polluting the
waters OF the Truckee the Silver
State respectfully suggested
that she commence a suit
against herself for dumping her
sewerage into the river. After
the paper mill quits and Reno
quits, the waters Of the Truckee
will be comparatively free from
poison
S. c. Lee and family re-
turned the first Of the week
from Smith Valley where Nj
Lee has been engaged upon a
-four mill project. He says that
it will be another season
before he will be able to com
plete his enterprise.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-09-23
A SERIOUS
TRAIN WRECK.

Three dead, forty-eight in
ju,ed. Such is the grim record
of the t rrible wreck that oc-
Cured at Harvey station, nine
miles west OF BeowaWe, Tues
DAY night at $50 o'clocK The
railroad company is slow in
giving out details of disasters
such as the one at Harnev.
Many OF the injured are in a
dangerous condition. Some are
in the hospital at Sparks, others
are at Sacramento and still
others are being cared for in
San Francisco. Many have
been taken to their homes.
One corpse in Reno reminds
the people of what appears to
have been an awful blunder on
the part of some one. What
that one is the railroad com
pany and two coroners' juries
are now trying TO find out.
The scene of the wreck
was appalling Wreckage was
sire vn in every direction rhe
engine Of the thirI section Of the
passenger train literally plowed
through the last coach of the
second section, the roof of the
bar beiug far over the engine
boiler. How the occupants OF
this car escaped With their lives
is a miracle evth the railroad
men cannot explain. As II was
passengers in cars further ahead
and on the third section were in
jured more than some in the
wrecked cars.
The railroad company is now
investigating the cause of the
disaster. flJugh no inform l.
tion is given out by Superln ten
dent SEaughnessy or Dispatcher
Kav, it is lie irne form p1Ssen-
gers that the company has found
that after the second section
was stopp.l a fitgnan was at
once sent ut tD stop the third
,ection. he vent back the
customary distance N lrke1 by
cleVen Il goa ,D.3, lis
tributing tprp.dots on the rail.
He ten apgstl tn ohco ning
train lll stlrte bIek for his
train, which had whistled to
stat The next moment h
heard the report OF an exploding
torpedo and ID )kel - to So
the third section snoot by With
air brakes applied, but it was
too late, for the n.xt m)nent
the terrible crash, partially
drowned by the cries and
screams Of tn. dying and in
jured came.
To fix the bl lme is now the
sole aim of the abroad oifi i ais
Some state the engineer of the
third section ran too close to
the leading train under control
This is a serious matter, how
ever, and only the closest in
vestigation can determine the
responsibility.
The place where the wreck oc
Cured is looked upon as the
most dangerous on the road
1t is called the Palisade Canyon.
The grade is steep and the
curves sharp, especially at Har-
ney. Despite this nearly all en-
gineers on the division make it
a point to run at full speed,
some of them using steam
down these grades, making it
is said, as high as seventy miles
an hour. The third section is
said to have been running at
a speed of about eight miles an
hour when the collision oc
CURED.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-09-23
GOLD.
Churchill County Properties
Are Rapidly Coming To
The Front.
Experts Believe Industry Has
Bright Future.

OulCSS dll SiSilS tetil, \liulNH u
county will soon be the pos.
SCISSOR of d gold mine that prom
ises to rival the banner proper
ties of this state. We qualil,
with the word promise" for al
the present time the embryoic
mine is mere prospect, situated
some 80 miles south of Fallon
in the Sand Sprine sdistrict, but
there is not one of the twenty
two representative business
men of this town, who would
consider aly Offer for his share,
that would b. deemed reason
able by the modern day mine
promoter. In fact the optimism
that is now in such strong evi-
dence has followed the discovery
of the prospect which occurred
about two weeks ago, when
Sheriff Shirley and Paul Adams,
both experienced miners, accl-
dentally stumbled upon the half
hidden ledge. Crude tests
demonstrated it's richness, and
assays and the opinions of ex-
pert miners, the ma jority of
whom have subsequently seen
the prospect, have tended to
sustain the opinions of the
stockholders that the future of
their prospects is nnquestioned
Following the discovery of
the ledge, an assay was made
on surface rock, and it was
found to carry values approxi-
mating $40 Several days later,
at depth of about eight feet,
rich free milling ore was en-.
countered, in which there were
many pieces of gold plainly
visible TO the naked eye An
average specimen was taken
from this depth and submitted
for a new assay and it was
found to carry $40 iE gold.
In view of these facts and by
putting the average experienced
miners two and two together,
it cannot be z unsaved thu
Churchill county has at leas'
one of tn, most promising neV
properties in The state, a
property that would attract
gold seekers III crowds of hun
dreds were it situated in the
Tonap III or Goldheld district
where men are even now going
mad in there wild scramble for
locations that would blush for
shame i'll comparison to the
Sand Springs discovery.
The Sand Springs Mining
company met last Monday and
decided to go ahead and con-
tract for the sinking of Il shaft
fifty feet in depth from where it
is planned to run a cross cut
1t is planned to develop the
opertv from funds assessed
to the present owners, who will
bear all necessary expense. Some
have suggested floating stock i,
but it is not thought that this
will be necessary and the pres
ent stockholders are unit IN
believing that the mine is rich
and feel that the benefits of its
richness should be shared by
the original owners and do not
even care to talk sale at any
price.
1t only bears out the general
belief of old timers and others
who are familiar with the
mineral resources of this section
that Churchill county must very
soon take her place where she
rightly belongs in the list OF gold
producing counties and a few
more discoveries, such as the
Sand Springs mine and we will
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-09-23

THE STANDARD
Reaches the people of Chur-
chill County. ASperttse in 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15
Winter Styles in Suits Qn0 Coats

in Women's Suits OF Coats is lacking il this sec.
yeloped whinl-all the authentic styles are here,
modes.
We believe, and belief is based upon the rapidly
with which these Suits and Coats selling that our
values BEST We would have put this statement
IA the test-test by comparison We feel confident that
the more critical the inspection and the
pronounced would be the superiority OF our values
5a AS specimens for this test by comparison
s5S We would select, among other numbers
these: F3s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15
villc VA, announce tie engagement 9!

, . I. 2 L. " 3 L ! II, IN
vile, VA, announce the, engagement or Q,
their. daughter, Anne Lee, ITO M C;lrr 'e
Henderson Montague, OF Richmond
Miss Penn who is quito as much az
fmired In Richmond as In Danville, Wherc
she has been ,,sbello and society leaaer,
since her debut, was the guest OF honol
at a dinner given on Monday last by Mrs.
Benjamin Nash, of No. 50 WEST MATT l'l'
Street, this city,.
Miss Penn wore all exquisite trench
creation OF lilac null and satin, ernprolu-
cred in5violcts. Among those present we're
sMrs8&and Mrs, IIcth Lorton, Miss Jane
Adler; Miss Hatcher Mr.. Carroll lien
derson Montague, MI. Henry CarrinEto'hf
and MI. Robert Williams.
Mr. Montague is the son OF Mr. 4 :. ..
Montague, is IA social favorite in Itch
mond, md is connected In business Win
the Montague Manufacturing Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15
.Furs: N Ms Unusual

The point Of prime inn
portance to every intending
purchaser is the reliability rs
to quality and style Tho
shortest cut to this, and the II
safest medium, is to select q
reliable store.
The following quota
3. lions are specimens
Of our extra values.
and they arc offered
with the assurance
. thatSthey are reliable;
Handsome scarfs Of Genuine
Mink, with wide collar, cape effect,
satin lined. trimmed N Sh2 RO
mink tails Y 1 ~
Genuine Mink Stole Scarf, With
collar, satin lined and trimmed with
braid rosetttes' heads and and S25 90
mink tails .,,,,t,,,,. y q OsVV
Mink throw scarfs, or Four-ln ms
Hand Ties batt- .w'yg $4,000 y
style INSTRUMENTATION, VAV',0IV,8{
Z. Isabella FOX Boa, wide shaped
collar, Q IA yards long, and has h
two full brushes and fo'T S27 3O
fluffy fox tails .,,..,,,,, VstAs'O,V
isabella FOX Cape, stole front, OK
tending below the waist line; two
large fox heads and $40 no
brushes decorate fronts. ~OV'uV
i andsome Fox BOA, double fur.
with two large brushes CTR so
and tails ..,,.,,,,.,,.,'' $500
Squirrel scarfs, capes, and Ties,
grey, brown and grey ana white
mixture. double fur or satin lined, &
Rb, 90 to ;1abO. IA
Genuine Marten Collars with
long stole ends to the bottom
of skirt Collar inlald with per-
sian Lamb and satin GNO EO
lined .,.,5.,.,,,.,,, VAAsOV
Marten stoIes and neck pieces,
trimmed with braid rosettes and
tails, $3.Tb 70 $1,000.
MuFFs TO MATcH IN
Mink. $3.50 to $500.
Isabella Fox, $3.50. Sl0,oo,
1880 TO SlO.5O.
Black Lynx, $1,000.
Grey Squirrel, $3.50 and $1O'0s,
Brown Squirrel, Se.7b and 5000,