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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
Feathers on Hire.

Ostrich plumes are as much of ne
cesisty to the London coster girl on
her outings as are the pearl buttons to
her masculine companion, and the big
trimmed hats with their dropping
feathers are familiar in all gatherings
of this class. Many of the girls can
not afford to keep their money tied up
I'm useless plumes, and there thrives a
brisk industry in the hiring of these
feathers. The loan of single plume
for day costs but Is, or for As a gor-
geous trio may be had for an ou ing,
to be returned promptly the next
morning. Weather conditions deter
mine the terms somewhat. since a wet,
foggy day WI. take the curl out of the
feathers and make recurring necessary,
for which "'Arriet" has to pay an ex-
ira Is. On bank holiday some shops
rent out several hundred plumes, while
on other occasions there is a steady
trade with young women who wish to
adorn themselves for an outing.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
In Pri1tino a Newepaoer.

In how short time tree can be
converted into a newspaper was tried
recently. At 1885 a. m. three trees
were felled and taken to a nearby pa
per factory By 9:34 the first sheet Of
paper issued from the machines, The
printing works of the nearest newspa-
per were about two miles distant. The
paper was carried there in motor car
at full speed, the presses set to work
and at exactly 10 a. m. the newspaper
was ready to be printed. The whole
process from the forest to the reader
thus only occupied the space of two
hours and twenty-five minutes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
The Steam Watering Wsoon.

The excellent results obtained with
the steam watering wagon in the
streets of Paris, have induced the Mu-
nicipal College to order an automobile
combined watering and street-cleaning
machine, in which all the motions are
given by an oil engine, at cost of 49,
600 francs (G48O. Trial have shown
that $4,000 square meters, 1866 square
yards of road, can be cleaned mechan-
ically in an hour, thus accomplishing
four times the work OF horse road
cleaner. Engineer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
A Matter of Title,

1t has been suggested that the
Gear abandon one Of his titles, "au-
tocrat of all the Russias." Like
many other high-soundinJ phrases
applied to royalty It is regarded as
now out of place. The King of Eng
land was until 1901 defender of
the faith of France" The word
"czar" is never used in Russian So
ciety. Czarina is not Russian at all;
czarita is, but is employed only In
ecclesiastical ceremonies. The word
used to describe the Czar means
lord" Americans speak incorrect
ly OF the German emperor as "the
Kaiser" as If there were but one,
He is of, course, Kaiser Wilhelm,
lust as the Austrian emperor is
Kaiser Francis Joseph, and the Brit
ish sovereign King Edward, Sub
lime porte" does not correctly de-
scribe the Sultan Of Turkey, any
more than the government" would
describe the President. The "mika-
do" Is a term unknown In japan.
The mistake most common how
ever, Is to describe Kaiser Wilhelm
as Emperor of Germany. He Is King
of Prussia, German emperor.-Chi-
cago News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
Enoland's Best Known church.

The name of St. Georges, Hano"er
square, seems to be well known TO
every American who comes to England,
says the London Chronicle, not SO
much because it is the fashionable
marriage church" in this country, as
because President Roosevelt was mar
ried in it. A few years back an Amer
lean dropped into the vestry and looked
up the marriage register, in which, un-
der the date of Dec 2, 1886, he found
the signature Of Theodore Roosevelt,
2S, widower, ranchmaa," and that of
Edith Kermit Carow." Till then even
the clerk, J. Moicey, did not know that
the American Presidents signature was
in the book.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
Ambassador Reid in England.

1t is estimated that if Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid shall keep up the social
pace he has set in England his term as
American representative there will cost
him about 100000. He is laying plans
for a social and diplomatic campaign
such as none of his predecessors thought
of undertaking. Dorchester house the
London mansion whicn the Reids have
taken, cannot be fttingly maintained
under $4,000 a year. West Park, a
country place he has engaged, will cost
$500 more. exclusive of elaborate en4
tertainments planned there. Then
there are the opera, trips to the conti-
nent, ETC.. which will bring the total up
to or beyond the formidable figure
mentioned.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
Men Are in Majority in the U. s.

Taking it by and large the male
sex is in the majority in our country
by some 1,G3S, ,321. according TO a recent
census bulletin. In some OF the states.
however, the women exceed the men
in number, notably in the District Of
Columbia, Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. Usually men are in excess in
sparsely settled communities and wom-
en- in thickly populated regions cities,
for example, as a rule have more fe-
males tnan males. In the later years
which seems to indicate that they are
longer lived. In the period from lG to
26 years of age. also, the reports show
them to be in excess.-Success Maya
zine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
Nnnnher of Feet a Second.

Few men could tell if they were
asked how many feet per second they
walk. A press photographer, whose
work requires him to know all manner
of speeds said the other day;
"The average man walks four feet
per second A dog on its ordinary jog
goes eight feet a second. A horse trots
IL feet a second, A reindeer over the
ice makes 26 feet. A racehorse makes
49 feet. A sailing ship makes IA feet. I"
Chicago Chronicle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
NOTICE.

In Re the Application OF Mater Kdtz, for
Pardon.
To All Persons Interested:
Notice is hereby given that an application
will be made TO the Board OF PardOns, at It's
next regular meeting at Harrisburg, on We'd
nesday, December Goth, 1875, for pardon for
Mailer Kat2, who was convicted at No one,
December Sessions, 1905, In the Court OF oyer
and Terminer OF Columbia County, OF the crime
or horse stealing, and sentenced TO the Eastern
Penltentiary for term OF ten years.
WALTER SHIPMAN,
Atty. for Maier Katz.
ct.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
Poverty in Japan.

Real destitution is rarely seen In
Japan. Though some of its inhabitants
are very poor, yet all seem to be fairly
we'll fed, clothed and housed and are
invariably cheerful. Nearly all the
japanese are Of cleanly habits and
rarely untidy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
LARGE English Families.

A report of the awards made by the
Lincolnshire Agricultural Society to
farm laborers who bring up the largest
families without having received paro-
chial relief shows that eight men are
fathers of 124 children. One of the
men had 20 children born, brought up
II, and placed IL out in the world
| InndOn Tit-Bits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
London's Consumption Of Ice.

London uses in one way or another
quite 100000 tons Of ice a year. AL
though a great deal of ice is made arti-
ficlally, most of that consumed here is
natural and Norwegian. The Norwe-
glan ice crop in an average winter
varies from 100000 to 100000 tons. At
least half of this comes to the United
Kingdom, the rest going to the conti-
nent-Tit-Bits
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07
Bathlnu In Berlin.

A Berlin landlord has not only sued
a tenant for loss sustained through her
excessive use of water for bathing pur-
poses, but has promulgated the extra
ordinary theory that mo respectable
woman takes bath every day"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-07

II you tell a woman that a 60-cent
article is worth s1,50 she will cheer
fully give up 98 cents for 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26

though manufacturing will in the future
contribute much more extensively than
at present TO the wealth and prosperity
of the south.
The only thing that is likely to retard
progress there is a lack of labor. The
supply now is inadequate, and, accord
ing to the statements of those who
should know. it is not increasing as rap
idly as the demand. The movements
which have been started with a view
to inducing immigrants to go TO the
south have not so far been very sue
cessful, and there is reason TO think
will not be. The people who come
here from abroad, even those from
southern Europe, seem to be averse to
entering into competition with the col
ored labor of the south, and this Is
difficulty which probably can never be
overcome. Meanwhile the colored labor
generally appears to be becoming more
unreliable. n condition for which it is
impossible to find a remedy. This. then,
is the chief drawback to the south. and
no doubt It will be more seriously felt
In the future than at present. IF the
south can secure the immigration II
seeks it undoubtedly will continue to
make rapid industrial and agricultural
progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26
OPENING NEW TREATY PORTS.

A very decided triumph for the prin-
ciple Of the open door was achieved by
Japan in the treaty with China. one
article of which provides for the open
ing by China to the worlds commerce
OF sixteen principal ports and cities in
an important railroad center This is
regarded at Washington as the final
success Of the long struggle by the
United States for the open door.
While our government is unquestion-
ably entitled to a measure OF credit in
the matter, the larger credit manifestly
belongs to Japan. That country has
again demonstrated its sincerity in the
assurances 1t had given the world that
It would observe the open door princi-
pie. Such an assurance was given in
the Portsmouth treaty, but even then
there were some who doubted whether
Japan was honest and sincere in the
matter and professed to fear that at
the first opportunity she would find
some way to evade the agreement and
seek special advantages for herself in
the rich Chinese territory she had
| wrested from Russia. She has now
shown her good faith in a way so de-
cisive as to merit the heartiest COM
mendation and to give her the best pos
| sible claim to the worlds confidence.
| The opening of sixteen Chinese ports
and cities TO the worlds commerce is
most important circumstance, and one
in which the United States is as greatly
! interested as any other western nation.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26
Personal NOTES.

Mr.. Fitzsimmons, though depressed by de-
feat, enters the home stretch with S93SS
gate money.
Senator Clark of Montana, an excellent
Judge of values, estimates each grandchild
as worth 100000 to him.
1t appears from biographies OF Anna Shaw
that she is an ordained preacher, a graduate
in medicine, makes money as a lecturer and
is deeply grieved because a woman has no
chance in this country.
Augustin Poole, a veteran horse trainer.
who fought in the Crimea in 1886, was
thrown into burial trench while wounded
after the battle of TcheTnaya, but made
slight movement that was noticed and was
pulled out again, died in England the other
day. He lived just fifty years after his first
funeral.
Thomas L. Reilly, "a reporter. has been
elected mayor Of Meriden, Conn, by ma
jority Of 80 votes, defeating George NJ.
Curtis the republican candidate. The win
ner represented the younger voters and
drew from both parties. He is one Of the
best known newspaper men in the state, be-
ing of note in connection with base bah
and polo.
Surgeon Major Louis Livingston Seaman
is pushing vigorously his crusade TO bring
| about reform Of the medical department
of the army. lie studied sanitary condi-
! tions in the Boer war, i'm Picking during
| the Boxer trouble, and recently In Man
churia. lie is making an effort to have
| graded courses OF study in sanitation and
hygiene added TO the regular curricula at
West Point and Annapolis.
! Hereafter the plumbers union in Louisi-
ana despite all the traditions of American
| humor) will be more humble. The supreme
| court has commanded H. Some time ago
the legislature appointed an Inspector Of
plumbers who was given two members Of
| The plumbers union as assistants. The
union promptly responded 10 the honor by
| expclling the two assistants because they
wouldn't act according to its dictates, and
the court has now ordered it 10 reinstate
| them and hereafter attend 10 what Is more
| obviously it's own business.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26
PHANTOM FORTUNES.
An old came Pulled on on Easy
victims.

Philadelphia Ledger
man has Just been arrested IN rev
York for swindling women in familiar
way. He made each believe that legacy
OF imposing amount had been left to her.
To set in motion the legal process by
which she was to receive this Zee was
necessary The man would take the Zee
Then all he would set in motion would be
his agile person. and not In the direction
OF legacy, but OF new victim. When
he was finally caught twonty-six women
appeared against him.
While all fortune hoped for. but still
to be attained. is in some sense suggest
i've OF a phantom. one may pursue with
chance of overtakins a reality. But these
mystic fortunes that knock about the coun-
try urging people to accept them arc
figlnents They are not even the ghosts
Of wealth They lack the tangibility OF the
figures crossing the mind In dreams. II IL
wonderful how they continue to deceive.
There are few families in the United
States for more than a single generation
that have not received notice that some
where awaiting their order was a golden
pile. or bonds heavy with the accumulated
dust and coupons of centuries. This
might be in France Germany, Belgium, or
slowed in the vaults OF the Bank OF Eng
land. Occasionally a Tory ancestor had
lent money to King George, and the chan
cellor Of the exchequer was in anxious
quest OF heirs
Some OF these families have the intelli-
gence to know that II their forbears left
anything the estate escheated to the crown
or the government decades ago, and that
investigation could not by any possibility
have more than q historical interest,
Others eagerly begin the study of gems.
alogy, hunt up or create an imposing crest
and anticipate the receipt of wealth that
never comes.
The little legacies are exactly the same
game on similar scale. II one be so
| fortunate as to be named in an unbreaka-
| BILE will, or be in direct line from a de-
cedent who left goodly store he
or she will hear of the matter through
accredited channels The proper course
toward the swindler coaxing for a fee Is
to impound him until the police can be
! called.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26
wORKINGMEN's INSURANCE..
Banker Urges the Importance of
Attending to IL.

F. A Nanderlip in North American Review.
During the last generation, radical
changes have been going on in industrial
life in the direction of speculation and
concentration, so that the rank and file OF
the industrial army tend more and more
toward becoming an automatic wheel in
the great industrial organization.
No such thing as Industrial independence
is now possible for a workingman. The
moment, therefore, that sickness overtakes
the workingman, or accident Injuries him,
or old age impairs his powers. his condi-
ton is likely to become much more I'M
fortunate than would have been the case
under similar circumstances in earlier
times. 1t is, therefore in an analysis of
economic conditions, rather than in sentl-
mental consideration or charitable ebulli-
ton, that we must seek for a secure foun-
dalton upon which to rest judgment in re-
gard to the question of workingmens in
surance.
Comparatively little attention has been
given to the subject in the United States
and Mr.. Vanderlp urges the Importance
for economic reasons, of studying 1t with
view to putting II into general practice
Mr.. Vanderlip analyses and describes the
German system. which has been developed
to a very high degree.
Accident insurance, as developed in Ger.
many, has been something more than
merely the providing OF an indemnity. II
has been. IN fact, an insurance against
accidents. This definite placing OF the
responsibility for accidents has led to much
study by employers and employees OF regu
lations providing for safeguards. Such
study has accomplished remarkable re-
suits in the reduction of the number OF
accidents, and has become a great econo
mic factor in removing the danger from
the industrial calling. Under the influenc,
OF this study, the frequency of accident.
has been reduced one-half. Viewed from
an economic standpoint alone, the saving
| which has resulted I'm the national econom,
| has been vast sum. We are strikngl,
! careless of life in America. The statistlc
| of railway injuries and fatalities are
disgrace. In the rush of our industrial ex
pansion we have neglected to provide man,
OF the obviously necessary safeguards
From whatever aspect we may regard tn
subject, We will. on any broad view of II
find that the adoption of some of tn
European regulations and safeguards will
be of great national advantage.
| The second division of the German I'm
| Sui"lce sSsteTl' ana tue one tnat seems L
have most fully demonstrated it's value.
the sick insurance fund. Apart from tn
more obviously advantageous features o
| this sick insurance system, there are 9th
ers which are of the highest economi
Importance and we'll worth emphasizing
The system is having a profound effec
| on the whole physical welfare of the Ger
man nation. The general level of vital
ity, and hence OF working capacity, /
| being distinctly raised as a result OF It.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26
THE NEBRASKA BRIDGE GRAFT.

Graft in Gage county has now pretty
nearly broken the record. The county
board, after long and painful search
admits that bridges in this county have
been paid for that have no existence. 1t
is possible that some OF those vino have
been apologizing for the bridge gang Will
now also admit the truth.
other counties have bridge gangs and
hypnotized supervisors, where extra prices
are paid for lumber, where poor, little
twenty-foot spans are stretched on the
bills until they creak in agony. Other
counties pay for bridges that have no
approaches and for others that are APP
preached only by some favorite land
owner Generally they have some kind
of thing built Of lumber and iron with
piling that reaches at least down to the
ground.
But Gage county pays for bridges that
do not exist, and for lumber that never
was bought and never was shipped. Is
it not strange that a people should endure
this situation, and that sane citizens of
Beatrice should glorify the deed and point
to the perpetrators as models of business
and political sagacty?
The other day a Richardson county
farmer referring to graft in Nebraska
said: THE forefathers threw tea into
Boston harbor for less cause than We
have here" The Roosevelt class CT tax
payers in Gage county have no chance
to get at tea ships, but figurativeiy speak.
| ing they must now be about ready 70
| fill the bays and harbors of the classic
Blue with bridge grafters and unfaithfu
officials.-Beatrice Express.
Gage county is not the only county in
| Nebraska whose supervisors have been
hypnotized or subsidized by the bridg>
trust. If memory serves us right Doug
las county has had some costly expert
ence in the same direction. Here alsc
bridges have been constructed from
nowhere to nowhere and from some
where to an indefinite termination. Blu
there is an end to all things, even tC
bridge graft. The proper way to sup
press bridge graft and all other graf
is by grand jury. In Ohio, for exam
pie eighteen indictments have bceI
found within the past ten days in one
county against bridge grafters, and tn,
chances are that some of them will hav.
to cross the bridge that connects will
the Ohio penitentiary.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26

The unexpected does not often hap
pen. No rational person expected that
the Civic Federation could accomplish
anything by protesting the issuing of
licenses TO 100 liquor dealers, promiscu-
Ously selected from every section of the
town. Had the Civic Federation cen
tered its batteries on dozen of the
worst resorts that are operating in con.
junction with the social evil. 1t would
have effected breach and accomplished
something for better government.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26
IN THE MORNING.
Houston Post.


Just a happy, childish treble, lifting, lifting
down the way;
Just burst of happy laughter where the
little children play;
Just a squea and then a mans voice In
a laughing "Cpseday!'
Just some little babies playing in the
morning.
Just a father with his children swinging In
AN old rope swing,
Swinging high to feel the pleasure OF their
little hands aching,
How their voices Tilt and giggle, how their
happy accents ring
Just some little babies playing in the
morning.
Just an earth-loored cosy playground
meath a gnarly live-oak tree,
Just some little folks pretending they have
got some friends to tea;
Just some brown-eyed. blue-eyed babies
dignifed as they can be;
Just some little babies playing In the
morning.
Just a something good To live fori just q
balm for every smart;
lust wee baby hands, all dimped, shaping
up fellows heart;
Just a dad a-stoop for kisses when the time
has come to part;
Just some little babies playing in the
morning.
Just one more strong push together one
more cry of "Upseday!'
Then the place is all deserted whore the
little children play;
They are at the gate a-throwing DADDY
kisses down the way;
just some little babies playing IN the
morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26

Cincinnati enquirer.

CINCINNATI tsnQUITtT'
The postmaster general is in favor of the
revocation OF the franking privilege. 1t is
said to have cost the government Sl9.S2,WO
last year. That is certainly a paralyzing
statement 1t almost drives a person to
doubling the arithemetic. 1t probably
means that had all the matter franked
been paid for at the regular postage rates
that much more money would have come
in. But of course the free privilege was
the incentive to loading the malls.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26
Tom Benton, the smooth and slippery

Tom Benton, the smooth and slippery
Pullman Palace company lobbyist, is
said to have lost 5000 worth of cloth
ing and bric-a-brac in the Los Angeles
hotel fire. This would be a serious loss
TO an ordinary man who works for
wages. but our Tom will have no trouble
in recouping himself when the next
legislature convenes. Possibly he may
now he induced 10. return sooner 10 I'LL
the vacancy about 10 be created by the
impending retirement of Colonel Ager
10 rural delivery life in Wisconsin
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-26

Many wild rumors and idle Reports
have been circulated concerning the re-
cent changes in the Nebraska contin-
gent of the department of justice that
it is not always safe to bank on any
version alleged to emanate from the
Judicial head of this district 1t is cur
rently reported, for example. that Judge
Munger predicts the retention of Assist
ant District Attorney Rush. whoever
may be appointed as successor to Judge
Baxter. Now why should Mr.. Rush he
retained? Is not the assistant district
attorney presumed TO be competent to
do the work that he Is drawing his sal
airy for? If he is not competent, why
should he not he supplanted by a
man who is? 1t is not profound secret
that Mr.. Rush had his training in Sum
mers school. and Summers was ~
crooked as a dogs hind leg. And the
Well defined rumor that Mr. Rush was
retained at the instance of the parties
who wanted 10 protect the land grab.
bers and grafters subject to judicial
discipline is verified by the manner in
which the recent prosecutions have been
conducted and others have been de-
layed. To retain him longer would
the president has swung the big stick.