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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
The Spoiled Little American.

Complaints have been made in
various hotels, both in Great Britain
and on the continent, of the American
child, who pervades the entire estab-
lshment bores the visitors, inter-
rupts the conversation at table, orders
the walters about and generally con-
ducts itself In such fashion as to fill
the innocent bystander with an in
tense longing to take it out and give
it good, sound, nursery spanking"
writes an Englishman. 1T is perfect
ly monstrous that these ill-behaved,
unchildlike children should be allow
ed to render the visits of other people
in hotels intolerable, and II hotel pro-
prietors have not the sense to make
rules for themselves about children
they will have to be taught a severe
lesson. The English and French
child is not suffered to become
nuisance to grown-ups and why, then,
should the tiresome, spoiled little
American be allowed to do so?"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Maintaininq a BattIeshlp.

In the British Parliament the other
'ay the admiralty was asked what
sas the cost of running a first-cIass
'attleship? The reply showed that IN
he British navy such a ship would en-
all to keep her in commission the ex-
'enditure of almost half a million col
ars year.
The figures given were for FIRST
lass battleship Of 1900 tons. The
cages of officers and crew would
mount, turning pounds into dollars
t the rough rate of S. a pound. to
.01,S45. Victualling would cost s73,-
30; coal, s11S,000; stores and repairs,
47740; naval and ordnance stores,
27,500; total of s4GS,1O3. We ura-
'ume that under the item OF repairs
sould be included only the repairs
aade from time to time in a small
way, and not the cost Of such a gen
eral overhauling as has to be given
garships every few years
We suppose that in our own couu-
Try the cost of running a ship of that
size would be, If anything, higher than
these figures which we have quoted.
Boston Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
SILVER DOLLAR LEGEND.
Why the Eagle Clasps Three Arrows
In Its Claws.

Perhaps there are few who know
why there are three arrow heads on
a silver dollar, or, for that matter,
that there are only three. There is
an Indian legend as to how they came
there, which is closely associated with
the flag of the Quapaw nation.
This flag is the property of Joseph
McCoonse. 1t has been handed down
from his great-great-grandfa
Superneau McCoonse. The flag was
the one carried by Tecumseh in his
long campaign and was taken from
his dead body after the battle of the
Thames. In this campaign there
were allied with Gen. Harrison the
Peorias, Kashaskias and Piankashas,
three nations that once helped rule
Canada, New York and a part of
Pennsylvania, the fragments of which
are now gathered in the Quapaw ma
ton and all told number fewer than
200.
The night before the great battle a
council was called. A man volunteer
ed from each of these tribes who took
next day. The battle followed and
Tecumseh was killed. His followers
attempted to take his body down the
river in a boat that night, but the
three watchful enemies were too alert
and surprised the party. They failed
to secure the body of Tecumseh, but
succeeded in getting the flag which
was wrapped around his body. 1t was
cut with many bullet and arrow holes.
This flag fell to Supereau McCoonse
and has been handed down in his
family ever since. The flag is Of
flannel cloth made after the design of
the British flag of that day. 1t is
hand sewed and was made by the
squaws of Tecumseh's tepec. Accord
ing to the Indian legend, it was in
honor of the three Indians who volun-
teered to kill Tecumseh on that day,
or die in the attempt, that the three
arrows appeared on the issues of the
silver coins after that date.--Kansas
City Star.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Famous Wolf Hunter Of Scotland.

The most active carnach in their
destruction was MacQueen Of Pall-a'-
chrocain, an immense DUNE uasail,
who stood G feet z inches in his
brogues. To this worthy, one winter
day in 1743 came word from MacIn-
tosh that great black beast had
come down to the low country and
carried off couple Of the children
near Cawdor, and that tainchel, or
chas, where MacQueen was summoned
to attend according to act of PGrlia-
ment.
Next morning, in the cold dawn,
the hunters were assembled, but
where was MacQueen? He was not
wont to be 'langsome' on such an
occasion, and his hounds, not 20 men
tion himself, we're almost ind.spensa-
BILE to the chase, Macintosh waited
impatiently as the day wore on, and
when at last MacQueen was seen com
ing leisurely along, the chief s.oke
sharply to him, rebuking him ior
wasting the best hours of hunting.
"Ciod a chabhag?" C'WnatS the
hurry?") was the cool reply, which
sent an indignant murmur through
the shivering sportsmen. Macintosh
uttered an angry threat.
"Sin dhiabh" C"There you ere.
then!") said MacQueen, and, throwing
back his plaid flung the gray head OF
the wolf upon the heather. The COM
pany had lost their sport, but ttey
forgave all-a'-chrocain, whose re-
nown stood higher than ever as IL
hunter, and Macintosh gave him
the land called Sean-acthan for meat
to his dogs. s.'-Blackwood's Magazine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Hunting Deer with a Cel.

Theodore Van Dyke tells how 10
hunt deer by means of COW bell. He
says Hang the bell over your
shoulder so that it will sound as If on
a COW, and walk along fast, never
minding the noise of your feet, but
keeping very keen eye ahead Deer
act very differently before the bell, and
and it is always liable to fail, though
it will often give you great success
In thick brush deer that are accus-
toned to belled cattle will be apt to
play along before the bell about a
hundred yards or so ahead, stopping
to look back at it, and watching its
direction so closely that they do not
notice your companions on the sides.
Sometimes they will stand quite ur-
concerned, looking at you until you
get in plain open sight, so tha. you
can get good shot. And sometimes
they will run at the first sound Of it,
and not let you get sight OF them
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Combined Club and Pistol.

Chicago man has combined a po.
liceman's club and revolver in one
weapon, and the combination is so ar
ranged that in his peaceful moments
close scrutiny alone would show the
officer to be armed with anything
other than the old-fashioned mace.
The club which is of ordinary appear
ance, comprises handle portion and
club portion, screwed together. The
handle carries hammer or trigger
mechanism, and when desired the
handle and club may be separated and
a revolver cylinder applied between
them, thus converting the mace into
a revolver.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Bicycle Riding PeriIs.

In Strasburg, Germany, a liveried
servant riding a bicycle neglected to
salute young army officer whom he
passed. On being reprimanded by
the officer he tried to explain the diff
ference between a servants livery and
soldiers uniform and was promptly
arrested. 1t was moreover explained
to him that his conduct had entitled
the officer to run a sword through
him." About one German in five
wears a livery of some sort and there
are probably many who cannot ride
bicycle, carry parcels and salute at
the same time. Bicycle riding has an
additional peril in Strasburg.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
CARLSON FOR COD BAIT.
Thousands Killed in Newfoundland
For This Purpose.

A little schooner, bought in st.
Iohn N. f.. for the cod fishery, has
nade profitable thing out of her
rip across the gulf by bringing to
2aspe Basin full cargo of bait.
This year the stored supply of cap
IN. squid and other sea offal is small,
md the big packing houses which
,ontrol the market are setting a high,
sfmost prohibtive, value upon It.
To good sportsmen it seems to be
,hame to kill such noble creatures as
he caribou simply for cod bait, but
hat was the material the schooner
rought.
1t affords a startling idea of the
yame supply Of the old colony to
earn that 1000 or 5000 of these val
,able animals have been butchered in
Hewfoundland in the last few weeks.
In one instance fishermen are said
have surrounded an immense
lsrd which visited the seashore and
o have killed every member Of it.
fhere were understood to have been
bout 5000 in the lot.
The hides are practically worthless
n the spring. But none of the
neat will go to waste. as the cod fish
ne disposes of hundreds of tons Of
ait, for which, as is already too thor
sughly known, venison answers very
sell indeed.
Just now the fishing is exceptional
y laborious because of the great
tepth at which the cod are found. The
lest fish are found far down-great,
Rrge faxed, thick flesned fellows.
They are drawn up by main strength,
nut are usually dead, or nearly SO, by
he time they are hauled to the sur
Ace, owing to the difference in the
ressure of the water.
Some of the men believe that these
sreat cod are of different variety
rom the smaller ones commonly
aught in shallower water. They, are
rot dainty feeders by any means.
Their voracity is almost incredible.
Bits Of leather, marlin spikes, iron
folts, a ball of twine, leaden sounding
,lnmmets, hoofs Of deer are among
he curious things which, dissection
ihows, some of them to have gathered
n.-New York Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
He Built a New Island.

DIR. Justus Ohage became a few
years ago health officer of st. Paul. He
noticed bit of shoal in the MISSISSIPPI
pi, visible only when the tide was low
but accessible within ten minutes
ride from the City Hall Securing pos
session, by gift, of as much as he
could, and by purchase of what he
couid not beg, he had the city's clean
waste dumped upon this little island
thus rapidly bringing it above high
water mark. OF the four and one
half acres thus ingeniously wrested
from the father of waters" the city
of st. Paul now maintains within easy
reach of majority Of its population
a children's playground q small 200
n vegetable garden Ito support tn
forty uniformed attendants), pub
lie baths, with modern sterilzing
plants for the bathing suits. q da5
nursery. boys gynasium and a girl'i
gymnasium-and all united by a small
but satisfactory park.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Cut Fineer-Phonosrsph Resulted.

An accident--a cut on the finger
caused Edison to invent the phone
graph, or talking machine.
Mr. Edison told the story Of this In
vention to a reporter. At the time,
he said, he was singing into a tele-
phone, and in the telephones mouth
piece he had placed, for safe Eoepi1f,
a fine steel point. Suddtnly tbs point
cut his finger. He found, to his su..
prise, that it had been moving here
and there and round about, guided by
the vibrations of his voice.
He placed strip Of yellow papsr
under the steel point, replaced II in
the mouthpiece and said the alphabet
The steel, while he spoke, ran over
the paper, and for each letter Of the
alphabet it made a different mark,
or scratch.
This was what Mr.. Edison had
hoped for. He now held the steel
point still and drew the paper
scratches slowly over it. There was
given forth, very family, the alphabet
as he had repeated it.
Thus the principle OF the phono
graph-the registering and the repro
duction of the voices vibrations-was
discovered through the cutting of q
finger. 1t was Edisons finger, though
that was cut. Smiths or Browns
might have been quite hacked off and
no phonograph would have resulted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
FRAGILE Bones of the jnsans

The attendants in city hospi.a,3
rho make a practice of calming de-
nented patients by jumping on thcm
~ DR.. Maule Smith before the British
Medical Association. DR.. Smith stat
I'd that an undue fragility of bones
vas not infrequently met with among
he insane after middle life.
The ribs, he said were the most
.asily affected: then followed the fiat
lelvic bones, the vertebrae, the skull
.ap and lastly the long bones. An
.nalysis of 200 cases from the post
nortem records of the West Riding
asylum was made, the strength of the
ib bones being tested with the
iands. No fragility was found in
wenty-six out of twenty-seven cases
n idiocy or imbecility. Melancholia
vas marked by evidences of increased
ragility, and this was still mere
marked in the case of dementia
By knowing that the ribs of insane
PERSONS break most easily, while the
ong bones are likely to be the last
D be fractured, the attendants can
ave themselves a good deal of effort
n calming their patients. The veries.
'ovice should be able to break ribs,
nd an attendant of experience should
ave no difficulty in fracturing skulls.
If there is any public protest against
ne injuries TO which the patients ere
nbjected, a plausible showing can be
aade that the patients ribs were so
ragile that they broke when the at
sndant tried to lead his charge back
. the ward.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Stranae Story of a $50 Bill.

County Judge w. II. Prewltt has In
his possession $40 Dill wnlcn mas
connected with 1t a pathetic story oI
our civil war. While gathering TO.
gether and arranging mis- pelsUu"l Ui-
fects, in company with several lriend5
on Tuesday, he pulled from an Old box
a $40 bill, yellow with age, and ro.
marked: This must not be spaa.
during my lifetime"
He then related the following story.
Just after the battle or Perryvle
found two young confederate soIAIor3
two boys. about II or lS years ot
age, lying wounded upon the field. 1
took them to my home, then In the
neighborhood of the battlefield, and
took care of them for several weeks,
until they had almost recovered from
their wounds.
"One morning a company of federal
soldiers surrounded the house aLu
took us prisoners to Danville, where
they kept us for several days before
taking the boys to prison. When the
lads were about to be taken away they
gave me this $40 bill for taking care
of them.
Il refused at first, but they insisted
that take the money, for it would be
taken away from them anyway, and |
might just as soon have it as anybody
l finally consented. They gave me the
bill and bade me goodby as they went
to prison.
"This was AZ years ago." said the
Judge, land have neither heard nor
seen anything of the young soldiers
since, but have kept this money.
Many times I have been broke and in
need of a dollar, but never lad de-
sire to spend tue bill. Here 1t is; it
belongs to them. Louisville Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
CARRY PoNeeE UMBRELLAS.
The Town In Which an Old Time Gus
tom Still Somewhat Prevails.


"A traveller from New Haven tells
me-" said a former New Highlander
now residing in this city. that up
there the college professors carry in
the sort of weather we've been having
lately pongee umbrellas to protect
them from the sun.
Il can remember myself, in time
when New Haven was one Of the chief
ports in this country of the West In
dia trade, seeing business men there
carrying green lined pongee umbrellas
In summer. These were mostly men
engaged in the East india trade, who
had acquired the pongee umbrella
habit when sojournlng in the Antilles,
and who adhered to the custom In
New Haven because the umbrella
contributed to their comfort there.
They were men of substance and dig
nifty, these old time umbrella car
riers, and they walked always calmly
and without hurry, another habit ac-
CURED in the tropics.
Now, while the Yale professors
are men who would be likely to dis
cover for themselves the value OF the
pongee umbrella as protection from
the rays of the sun, it seems not inn
possible that they may have absorbed
the habit of carrying them from New
Haven's old time West India mer-
chants. But, anyhow, New Haven ap-
pears to be preserving the old time
custom.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
London's Most Hated Man.

Now that Sir William Harcourt is
dead they are telling story in Eng.
land which shows how unpopular he
was in his early life. Three men were
in a club one evening Walking of big
public dinner which was to be given
at an early date and each said he
would bring the best-hated man in
London to the dinner. Two showed
up alone and the third brought Sir
William, who explained, in all inno-
cence, that he was sorry that he could
not accept the invitation of the first
two, as he already had accepted that
of the third.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
A Famous Name.

There is a direct connection bet
ween Port Arthur and peaceful lit
tie village in Devonshire, England.
Half century ago the rector at
Atherington was the Rev. James Ar
thur, the father of Lieut.. w. Arthur
of the royal navy, and grand-uncle of
the present rector, the Rev. w. W. Ar
thur was, about 1859, sent in COM
mand of the gunboat Algerine into
Chinese waters. The Algerine was
attached to a surveying expedition
prior to the landing made by the Eng
lish and French in 1860. When the
flagship Acteon was disabled Lieut..
Arthur towed her into the then un-
named harbor, which was therefore
known as Port Arthur.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Hard Sleddinn In Alaska.

Maj. William r. Abercrombie, 30th
United States infantry, has prepared
an account Of an exploring expedition
which he led into the Copper river
country, Alaska, in 1898. The work
was conducted under the direction of
the war department and it's purpose
was to determine the existence or
non-existence of an all-American route
to the Yukon. With an outfit of 557
J yorway reindeer with sleds, equip
ment, supplies and 113 Laplanders as
drivers and herders, Maj. Abercrom-
bic started from Seattle, April s, and
arrived at Port Valdez, July s. A
month later he crossed the great
Valdez glacier at an altitude of 5000
feet, and after extraordinary hard.
ships descended into the valley OF
Copper river.
THE mental strain at this stage of
the journey" says Maj. Abercrombie
"was terrific. The men and the ami
mails were SO badly used up that il
would have been impossible for them
to survive another night on the glaci.
er, and our progress through this net,
work of crevasses had been so slow
that | was afraid we would not cross
the summit in daylight. We were up
about 5000 feet and in slush and
snow about knee deep. Bearing off
from the fourth bench to the right we
managed to get our train onto a series
of snow slides and made fairly good
time to the foot of the sixth bench.
This was the last rise OF the
glacier, which was 1000 feet on one
mile or a climb of almost forty-five
degrees. We returned to Port Valdez
Oct 10, having covered a little more
than 500 miles on foot, horseback
and by raft since Aug. 5, demonstrat.
ing the existence of an all-American
route from Prince William sound "a
the Yukon valley"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
How to Make Rain.

Hungary's great central plain has
lately been suffering for lack of rain
and the agricultural population are
disquieted in consequence. AT a viii
lage near Grosswardein called Roza-
saliva, the district judge--a govern
ment official and a man of university
education, who must have taken q
legal degree-convened a meeting of
the inhabitants and informed them
that the drought might fnfallibly be
brought to an end If they would fol-
low his instructions. The great bell
in the church tower must be solemn
ly taken down from its place and de-
posted beneath the water of a deep
well. This proceeding would have the
effect of attracting the clouds and
rain would result-of that his hearers
might rest assured.
Full of admiration for the profound
wisdom of their Judge, the men of
Rozasalva went to work without de-
lay. The local clergyman blessed the
undertaking and offered prayers for it's
success and the bell was solmemnly
lowered into the well in the presence
of believing and deeply impressed
multitude. And the next day brought
the longed-for rain.
Whether the immersed bell really
exercised any sort of influence upon
the clouds that so soon began to col
lect above it, readers of the Daily
News probably will be inclined to
doubt, though the peasants of Roza-
saliva regard the miracle as proved
up to the hilt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Australian Underground Lakes.

Underground lakes have been dis.
covered in the district of Eucla, in
Australia, situated thirty or forty
feet from the surface and generally
containing large volumes of pure,
drinkable and usable water. They
are in arid regions, which they will
help to fertilze as soon as their wa
ters are brought to the surface and
applied. This will open to cultiva-
tion and colonization extended terri
tories now practically deserts. Many
Australian rivers sink into the earth
and are lost and it Is thought that the
waters of some of them gather td
form the lakes discovered. Similar
phenomena are found, though ON a
less extensive scale, in France and
other European countries, but Aus
tralia will probably be able to turr
hers to better account than any OF
them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
PERIL IN THE HAND-SHAKE.

Not long ago DR.. J. N. Hirsch, Of Chicago,
said "The most delicate perfume upon the
hands is not a sign of freedom from germs,
and the most refined are not free from dis
ease of lungs or throat, and the germs are
rapidly spread by touching the hand that
has handled the handkerchief of one afflict-
ed with a cold catarrh or consumption.
The breath one inhales from the lungs OF
another may contain germs of disease" You
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consumption, but many thousands of cases
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Do not permit some designing druggist
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because he made It up himself, or ten
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made up largely Of alcohol, which will
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Ancer On ard or.

Gen. Frederick d. Grant had "
friend who, on account of his Gor.
temper, could never keen q valet CaG
of them remained two montas and 90
leaving told his erstwhile employer
oluntly the reason for his departure.
Pooh, pooh, James," said Grants
friend, what if am bit qu,cE.
tempered? My anger is no SCORER on
chan it is off, "True, sir" eald
James, respectfully; but it 10 no
sooner off than it is on asain."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Imnrovement of Japan,s Laws.

Japans laws have been greatly i'm
proved during the last fifteen years.
Decapitation and torture have been
abolished and hanging remains the
sole method of inflicting the death
penalty Instead of the $50 crimes
calling for the full penalty OF the law
under the old system, capital punish
ment is now threatened for only four
crimes. Penal servitude, imprison-
ment with or without hard labor,
fines and police supervision are the
punishments inflicted for the minor
crimes. Corporal punishment is no
longer permitted.