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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-18
Work Without PaY.

In his History of Coal Mining" r.
w. Galloway points out that what ap-
pear to be traces Of primitive state
of servitude existed in Staffordshire,
where the laborers employed in the
haulage of coal continued to be known
as "bondsmen"-a name probably
coming down from a remote period;
a supposition which receives support
from a peculiar service required OF
them, known as "buildases." This
consisted in working at times In the
morning without receiving any pay
ment beyond a drink Of ale. This
custom Of exacting labor without pay
is supposed to represent some ancient
service required from their tenants
by the monks Of the Abbey OF Build.
was, in Shropshire, whence the name
was derived.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-18
NEGROES Usinu Cocaine,

The police of Jackson attribute the
recent outbreak of crime in that city
and vicinity TO the increased use of
cocaine by negroes, Until a year ago
It's consumption has now reached dan
gerous proportions and its users have
become idlers. They are Indifferent
to punishment.
The authorities are discussing q
crusade against the sale of the drug.
and it is probable that some drastic
measures may be put in force to pre-
vent its use among the negroes. The
crusade will probably be run in con-
nection with the war Of vagrants now
being waged by the Police Depart
ment.-New York World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-18
MAKING GLASS EYES.
Price Reasonable-New Eye Required
After Two Years Wear.


One would not suppose the demand
for artificial eyes great enough to war.
rant the erection of vast manufacture
ing plants, big retail establishments
and distributing depots, yet the manu-
facture of glass eyes has developed
into a great industry, and the output
is no greater than the demand.
The method of making glass eyes
requires not so much the artisan's 8
skill as the ability of the artist A
specially prepared glass that comes
in long Opaque tubes, as big in circum-
ference as an average sized cane is
used, and the coloring is done with
long glass pencils. These are cut in.
to three or four inch lengths, each di-
vision sufficient for one eye. The
length is held over an intensely hot
fire and drawn out at both ends to
long slim points. The bulb in the
center is then enlarged slightly and
one point is cut off.
To color 1t is the next and most
delicate part of the manufacturer's
work. The iris is the first part col
ored A body color is applied This
is followed by the pupil, after whlcn
the tiny veins are worked out. All
this is worked over the white body,
or sclerotic coat, and most eyes are
then complete. Some, however, are
enameled before they are sent out
of the factory. These are dipped in
to crucible filled with enamel. An
intense fire kept burning beneath the
vessel, requires that the crucible be
mad of platinum.
At the end of two years the enamel
is generally worn off The irritation
the caused by the eyelid rubbing
against the unenameled glass neces.
states change, and new artificial
eye has to be procured
The idea that glass eye can be
moved by the optical muscles is er-
roneous. If it moves at all it is mere
ly result of the action of the eyelid.
The price of artificial eyes is ex-
tremely reasonable. From So to $40
cover most cases, and it is only
made to order" case that is expen-
sive. Even then $50 is the outside
price.-New York News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-18
Gormandizinq at Sea.

menu of the New Cunard LinerD
Before Breakfast-Tea, coffee. choc.
oiate, grapes, pears, melons, biscuits.
bread and butter.
Notwithstanding customary
hnishing up with hot cakes and syr.
ups.
III A. M.-Pint cups of bouillon 4.
biscuits.
IL Noon-Sandwiches of all sorts
carried about the decks.
p. M.-Lunch. Items that did NOT
appear at breakfast, and some more
p. M.-Trays of ices, biscuits
cakes.
p. M.-Tea. co4ee, chocolate his.
ctats, bread and butter, toast cakes
or 6 p. M,-Dinner. A new orea.
tion. including oysters, whitehall, tur.
tie soap, venison, hot-house fruit and
sisAflsr delicacies.
-, M'-Supper, Broiled bones
sandwiches, fruit. tea or coffee, lemon,
ade, etc,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-18
Herd Of Buffalo In Oklaho

Ranch 101 in the Ponca reservation
has purchased from halnbreed In
dian at Missoula, Mon, herd of
twenty fullblood buffaloes and will
maintain them for breeding purposes.
Probably the largest fullblood buf-
falo in the United States is now on
the ranch. 1t was purchased from
"Pawnee BILL" and when in good flesh
last summer weighed 1900 pounds
Kansas City Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-18
Passenger Coaches In ENGLAND.

Third-class passenger coaches In
England used to be coupled on next
to the engine. The travellers came On
Tor terrible treatment when any &C
cident occurred. At times the engine
was driven tender first, in which case
frozen hands could be warmed at Its
smokestack. The passengers were
packed, seventy of them, into truck
eighteen feet in length by seven and
a half in width. There was no roof
and not as a rule, proper protection
at the sides.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-18
Devils Were Plentiful.

In ancient and medieval times it
was supposed that devils were count
less in number. According to a writer
the Talmudists used to assert that
there were 74O5,926 devils. One old
authority on the subject affirmed that
every human being has 1000 devils
on his right hand and 10000 ON his
left.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-18

ut the beginning of 1904 telegraph
lines in Spain had reached the fol-
lowing extensions; Overhead wires.
lS,l7G miles; underground cables. 65
miles; submarine cables, 2.O44 miles.
Public telephones installed by private
companies numbered 1908. The pub
lie lines directed by the government
were 10 In number.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-18
Foreign Newspapers.

About 1900 newspapers and period.
srass are published in Berlin at the
pT ent time. Among these are about
Ga poltical dailIes, 30 suburban pa
IoTs. 30 political and social-political
Nispals, over 60 comic papers, and
sScr 40 women's journals dealing
vtth the Feminist" movement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12

these basins, and showers are fire.
quent
The Galapagos archipelago Is the
habitat Of the most gigantic species Of
land tortoise known to naturalists. It
was from this a1limal-the galipa 60
that the name Of the group was de-
rived. Single specimens Of this huge
creature frequently weigh 400 pounds
and over
Chatham island, one Of the group
which has been most frequently ex-
plored, now the scene Of Senior Cobos'
hacienda, is populated by thousands Of
domestic cats, all Of them perfectly
black. It is believed that they are de-
scendants from cats which have es-
capped from ships that have stopped at
the island. They live in crevices be-
tween the lava masses near the shore
and subsist on crabs and fish. Other
animals derived from domestic pro-
genitors are numerous.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
$1,000 FOR A KEY.
A Connoisseur Paid This Price for q
Historic Relic.

"A NOnnOlSseur faIu ms Fr1Ce Tor
Historic Relic.
1t may not be generally known that
there are Macy key collectors in this
big world Of curio hunters. Some of
the keys of bygone ages are veritable
triumphs of the locksmith's art. In
Rome the bridegroom's presentation of
a bunch of keys to the bride as she
crossed his threshold, to invest her
with the authority of the matron, was
one of the most solemn rites of the
wedding ceremony. Moreover, these
symbolic keys had to be returned by
the wife, who, when proving herself
unworthy of the trust, was expelled
forever from the home she had dis
graced. On the other hand, the French
widow of the middle ages, if left des-
titute, had the right to tear away the
sacred keys of the house from her
girdle and throw them in the grave
of her deceased husband. BY this ac-
ton. commonly known as throwing
the keys in the pit" she publicly re-
nounced all further ties and disclaimed
the debts of the man who had left her
unprovded for. From that moment
she was left unmolested, for in those
superstitious days no one would have
dared to interfere with a woman who
had thus freed herself from any mar
riage responsibility.
We cannot but admire the work of
the old locksmiths who manipulated
at will BRASS iron and steel, so as to
delineate the delicate traceries and
fretwork of guipure and church win
dows. This metal craft had evidently
a great fascination, since it can boast
not only of several masters of renown,
notably the celebrated Benyenuto Gel
lini and Antoine Jacquart, but also Of
a royal amateur Louis XVI. himself,
renowned for his mechanical hobby,
and who has left to posterity several
keys peculiar for their double LIS sur
mounted with a crown, in great de-
mand among collectors. Their reputa-
ton, greatly due, no doubt to the po-
sition of the worker, pales before that
of the master who executed the her.
aldic chef d'oeuvres, bearing the arms
of the Strozzi family, recently bought
for wealthy connoisseur at the huge
price of 7,000.-Newark News
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12

except Chatham, the propertycof Senior
Cobos, who has established a planta-
ton there and peopled it with Guaya-
quill laborers.
If the Galapagos were inhabited they
would become the stopping place for
all the vessels plying between North
and South American ports They lie
about ninety miles on either side of the
equator and consist Of eleven good
sized islands and a host Of unimport-
ant satellites. They are Of unmistak-
able volcanic origin.
All Of the islands are barren along
their coast line, the landscape showing
only a waste Of shattered masses OF
lava. In the wet season, however.
they do not appear to be so infertile
when viewed from the sea. The lava
Is half hidden by masses of yerdure
which on closer inspection proves to
be a variety Of cactus which fourishes
during the rainy season and then with
ers and turns black. Toward the in
terror the prospect grows quite differ
ent. Ascending from the coast to an
elevation Of from 800 to 1000 feet one
enters a region of the most luxuriant
vegetation. In the craters of the ex
dnct volcanoes the decomposed lava
soil is extremely rich, and all forms OF
tropical plant life are developed rapid
". Numerous springs are found In
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
WOMAN SPANISH WAR VETERAN
DR.. Anita Newcomb MCGEE Only Fee
male Member of Body.

LIE <AhlCd 4Nc"COHD UlCUCC On1y 4 C
male Member of Body.
Women are winning place in so
many different directions these days
one hardly is astonished to see them
anywhere, yet even in this progressive
age it is unusual to hear Of a veteran
in skirts, says the New York Press
Those who really are veterans, in the
chronological sense, don't like to talk
about it as a rule-witness the increas-
ing care taken by the certainly aged"
to bark back like so many petticoated
Ponce de Icons to the youth that once
was there-through fountains or 9TH
erWise.
The average woman would drain an
artesian we'll if she thought it would
rejuvenate her. Even those so en-
phatically young they don't have to
celebrate their birthdays surreptitious-
ly would like to lop off a few years.
Therefore it argues favorably for the
candor of Dr. Anita Newcomb MCGEE
that she permits herself to be enrolled
as a member Of the united Spanish
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12

war veterans, although the honor is
conferred on her by right of achieve
ment and not because Of the passage
or time. Few Of her sisters would
nave the courage to saddle themselves
with so ominous name. DR.. MCGEE
is the only woman member of the or
ganization and she is one Of the few
women in the worlds history who
nave borne commissions. She is enti-
tied to membership because when I'm
Gle Sam was making dents in the Don
she was commissioned acting assistant
surgeon. Had she liked she might have
worn a lieutenant's shoulder straps on
her eminently practical hospital frock.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
Cleaned Out.

When a deep cellar beco
with heavy, poisonous air,
safe to go into it until it
cleaned out. When your bod!
poisoned with the foul resid
digested food, it Is just as
to clean it out. To do this
and safely take DR.. Caldwt
tive) Syrup Pepsin. 1t is a
tific preparation which has n
the cure Of constipation, hea
iousness and stomach trouble
all druggists at SOC and $40
back if it fails.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
NEW NAVAL STATION.

Galapagos Islands to Be Important
Pacific Base for Uncle Sam.
The persistent rumor that the Uni
ted States government has decided to
purchase the Galapagos islands has
recently derived additional strength
from certain semi-official admissions
made at Washington. The probability
crnment is demonstrated still further
by the announcement that diplomatic
negotiations Of Importance are in pro-
gress between the Washington author
tiles and Ecuador, the owner Of the
property in question. Since the acqui-
sition Of the Panama canal by the Uni
ted States the islands seem to be nee
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
ssary as a base for naval safeguard

essary as a base for naval safeguard
ing.
The Galapagos group lies about 600
miles west Of Ecuador, and it is of no
actual value to that republic. She has
never made but one attempt to col
onize it, and that was dismal fail
ure. About sixty-five years ago a penal
colony Of 200 convicts, all negroes,
was established on one of the islands,
but in the course Of time all of these
unwilling settlers managed to return
to the mainland Since then the isl
ands have Eeen practically deserted,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
NO MORE HEAD
GENERAL WEAKNESS AND
DISAPPEAR TOO. |
How a Woman Was Freed from
That Had Made Life Wretche
Many Years.

The immediate causes OF hs
vary, but most Of them come y
or poisoned blood. In an@mla Z
is scanty or thin the nerves az
fectly nourished and pain is tha
which they express their weak4
colds the blood absorbs poison /
mucous surfaces, and the poison
the nerves and produces pain
matism, malaria and the grip, tn'
in the blood produces like dlscoml
indigestion the gases from me!
matter kept i'll the system ~
blood in the same way.
The ordinary headache-curesI
give only temporary relief, Iney|
the pain but do not drive the p PoI
Of the blood. DR.. Williams Il
ON the contrary thoroughly req
blood and the pain disappears
nently. Women i'll particular III" n
these pills an unfailing rellel \
aches caused by an@mla' j
Miss Stella Blocker recently Sai|
Williams Pink Pills did me a gl1
of good. 1 had headache nearly
time. After I had taken thleo
these pills I became entirely ~ea1
elbow long had you Sun0i'I
was asked. ,n4 /
exact date when my illness Geg |, J
came on by slow degrees i i
going down hill for many years 1.,, a
Twas very weak and sometime u
fever. Ny liver and kidneys d e \
fected as we'll as my heao' IN N
How did you come to take !
edy that cured YOU ravspl
IT saw in a southern Nv, noT praI
statement of some person VINO n "a |
Of a like trouble by DR.: WILMA y. lnna /
Pills. My physician hadn't adj, IT. oJ tbes|
good, SO I bought a D s'ax 7 7 felt 81
After I had taken one DoH x, he Neal
better teaaea I that I kept Oh until 0S'D|'
tirely well" ID at Id
Miss Blocker's nome - pink n
Louisiana. DR.. WlllalIs lido. : hed
sold by all druggists Bestas d
they cure neuralgia ,,.s seIasisD and
prostration, partial pAA"
anatism.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12

= 49,
3 OOLAN DE {
Il BY WILLIAM
o

forgive. 1 have been a traitor to my
friend; have been a traitor to you. You
shall never see me again. God bless
you! and good-by."
He kissed her hair, and rose, and got
himself out of the house. AS he went
down that wide strath, his eyes fixed on
nothing, like one demented; and his mind
whirling this way and that amid clouds
of remorse and reproach and immeasur-
able pity, it seemed to him that he felt
on his brow the weight of the brand of
Cain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12

=. A a GIL
A tired mother with h.
baby Of 2 years that sat !.
a brlght-eyed boy of perrin
beside her, wee trying III
luncheon in q restauranA
ness section Of the civ 4
ladies entered and sat /
same table. Seeing the |
woman had in eating lun
ing her younger child at Il
one of the young LADIES'
and said in a propitiatinpa
a sweet little boy! Won.
hold him until you finish
mother gladly granted tba
was transferring her cha
arms of the younger Won,
little boy, with never a
his voice and exclaimed:
boy; he's a little girl~-
Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
Willing to Risk II

ga fool and his money ard
ed, you know" said the sting
had a mania for quotations.
WELL" rejoined his good
the sake Of having the mon
with, l wouldn't mind being
a little foolish"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
Nearing the Finish

"How long has the minis
preaching? whispered the stra|
had wandered into church and
near the door.
"About thirty years, l believs
the other occupant of the pew
"That being the case, cont
stranger, 81 may as we'll stay.
be near the end of his discours
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
Where to Look for IL.

NO." said Subbubs, "he's not living
in Swamphurst now. He's been in
Florida all winter, and now he's in
California for his health"
Il should think he'd 60 back to
Swamphurst for il" remarked Citi-
man.
"Really?'
"Of course. That's where he lost its
Philadelphia Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12

the
the forces
the
which innocent of and afford about
used
wa nothing else available
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
Willing to Promise.

eff l tell you something" said
Dobbs, mysteriously, will you prom
Use not to repeat it,"
"Sure thing, old man." replied Bobbs.
1--WE never heard you say anything
worth repeating. Detroit Tribune.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
One of MANY.

Mifkins-Has Skinner any 4
Bifkins-No. Nevertheless
employment to a number of me
Mifkins-What do they do?
Bifkins-Tly to collect none
creditors.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12

There was time when every west
ern man had buffalo robe and moss
agate. Both seem to have passed out
OF existence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12

In massaging ordinary salad or
olive oil may be used in place Of cold
cream.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12

exceedingly variable, sonnet
s1ve and at other times sea
color was high, and passags
companied with a scaldinc|
Doan's Kidney Pills soon rel
kidney secretions, making /
normal and banished the inI
which caused the scalding 81
can rest well, my back is
sound and l feel much betts
way"
For sale by all dealers, prI
per box. FOSTER-MILBl
Buffalo, N. Y.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
HAPPY WOMEi

Mrs. Pare,
wife Of G. B.
Pare, a prom
/ n e n t resi-
dent of Glas-
& o w, X y,
says: II was
S u If e r i n 6
from a COM
plication of
kidney trou-
bleS. Besides
a bad back,
I had a great
deal of trou-
BILE with the
8 e c r e tons,
which were
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-06
Champion Liniment for
Rheumatism.

Chas. Drake, a mail carrier at
Chapinville, Conn, says: "Cham-
berlain's Pain Balm is the cham
pion Of all hniments The past
year I was troubled great deal
with rheumatism in my shoulder.
After trying several cures the
storekeeper here recommended
this remedy, and it completely
cured me-" There is no use OF
anyone suffering from that pain
full ailment when this liniment
can be obtained for a small sum.
One application gives prompt re-
lief. and its continued used for a
short time will produce a perma-
nent cure. For sale by Hill Bros
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-06
A Destructive Fire.

To draw the fire out Of a burn,
or heal a cut without leaving a
scar, use DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. A specific for piles. Get
the genuine. j. L. Tucker, editor
of the Harmonizer, Center, Ala,
writes: II have used Dewitt s
Witch Hazel Salve in my family
for piles, cuts and burns. 1t is
the best salve on the market. .Ev-
cry family should keep it on
hand" Sold by Opera House
Drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-06
The Valley of the Nile

Is no richer than the fertile coun-
try traversed by the Illinois Cen
trail railroad in the States Of
Tennessee, Mississippi and Lou
isiana. Northern farmers have
awakened to this fact and are
rapidly settling here, for they ap-
preciate the fact that the soil,
crops, climate, water, markets,
etc, are all that could be desired
and they are buying land while
the prices are yet very low. Write
the undersigned for free illustra-
ted literature aud find out for
yourself. E. A. Richter, Pass. and
Land Agent, Illinois Central rail.
road, 617 Bessemer building,
Pittsburg, Pa. 7,26-f
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-06
The Careless
ness of Man

Is often the cause of bitter dlsap-
poilAments. The modern man
looks after the future welfare OF
his family by buying life insur-
ance, Government bonds or some
other safe investment, and neg
lects one thing that possibly
would be more consolation and
comfort in case he was called
away. And that is a modern pho
tograph; 900 of our business is
WLmc1 md children. The men
are always putting i of until
finally a bn;c~ -owr,cu woman
brings in nm old tlu-type taken
wien John was 20, and has it cop
led. Not much comfort, but it's
all she has. Don't You think a
small investment in photography
would be good one for you?
Styles and sizes to sit all tastes
and purses.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-06
Strikes Hidden Rocks.

When your ship of health
strikes the hidden rocks of con
sumption, pneumonia, etc, you are
lost, if you don't get help from
DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption. J. W. McKinnon
of TalIadega Springs, Ala, writes,
81 had been very i'll with pneu-
monia, under the care Of two doc
tors, but was getting no better
when I began to take DR.. Kings
New Discovery. The first dose
gave relief, and one bottle cured
me-" Sure cure for sore throat,
bronchitis, coughs and colds.
Guaranteed at D. A. Henderson, s
Drug store. Price, soc and ST.
Trial bottle free.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-06
TIMBER AND FARM LANDS.

Are you looking for an invest
ment in oak, ash, cypress or long
leaf pine or other timber, or do
you want to invest in fruit, truck,
stock, dairy, cotton, or general
farming lands that will pay
handsome returns on money in,
vested? If so, write today for free
descriptive matter and full par
ticulars. to E. A. Richter, Passen-
ger and Land Agent, Illinois Cen.
trail Railroad, No. CIT Bessemer
building, Pittsburg, Pa. 2,23-tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-06
A Promising Oil CoIlAMa.s

The Creek, Usage and Cherokee
nations in Indian Territory are
receiving wide recognition as a
promising oil country, and capital
and development have so far
brought handsome results. The
oil is of superior quality; the ter
ritory is reached directly by the
Frisco system, who issues free of
charge, a booklet, giving full data
concerning the country and its
possibilities. Mailed to any adj
dress upon request to Sidney Van
Dusen, 706 Park building. Pitts
su-r Pa 41,H