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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29

A certain shoemaker is firm be-
lever in "shoeology." He says:
Worn shoes so ahead of the art of
fortune telling from the lines OF
the hand. In one shoe, for instance,
J see iTesolution. changeableness.
inclination to slovenliness and occa-
sional fits of Ill humor.
Show me any persons footgear
after two months wear and I will
describe the character of the person.
If the soles and heels are worn
evenly, then the wearer is a reso-
lutte, able business man, with a clear
head, Trustworthy official or an ex-
cellent wife and mother. If the sole
is worn on the outside, the wearer is
inclined TO adventurous, uncertain,
ftful deeds, or, if woman, to bold.
aelf-willed, capricious tricks.
The sole being worn on the inner
side shows hesitation and weakness
in a man and modesty in a woman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29

First shake the loose dust free and
then fill the bath or tub full of
warm, water, to which has been add
ed some dry soap or soap jelly.
Leave the curtains soaking in this
mixture over night. In the morning
take hold of the end of curtain,
pass it through and through the wa
ter to get rid of the dust; wiring
out, let all the dirty water go and
make another lather of warm soapy
water, put back the curtains and
leave again for some hours Then
swish them through the water and
linse them through cold water, to
which has been added tinge of Ii
uuid blue.
After this comes the starching.
Mix the dry starch with enough cold
water to moisten it; pour boiling
water on, stirring gradually all the
time till it becomes clear and trans
parent looking; then add an equal
quantity of hot water to it,and it
will probably be about the right
consistency, though peoples ideas
as to how stiff curtains should be
differ so much that it is difficult to
give any hard and fast rule.
If the curtains are to be white
add a little bluing to the starch; if
cream color is desired add a little
well strained coffee.
A deeper yellow shade is obtained
by pouring boiling water on saffron,
letting it stand till the coloring is
extracted, and adding enough to
the starch to make it the required
tint
Before ironing lace curtains or
ojhcr starched articles rub the iron
with a bit of wax candle tied in
clean piece of cotton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29

working men in New York; but
there is no sense of drudgery with
HIM, no labored and perfunctory APP
proach to his task. for his work in
sense Is recreation, since he finds
his highest qualification in the work.
ing out of problems and in the rec
ord of success. 1t Is sense OF
achievement with him that is his re-
ward for all that he does. He Is
singularly free from the small jeal-
ousy of others who have also sue
ceeded, not having any envy for
those exploits that are constantly
brought before the public. His
habits of life are correct to the ut
most his family, his farm, his Hol-
stein cattle and his kennels give him
all the recreation that he desires or
needs.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29
THE DEADLY "KALA AZAR."
Mortality in this Disease Reaches
30 Per Cent.

Interesting particulars of the
Kala azar and its newly discovered
but at present nameless parasite
were given recently in an address by
Major w. b. Leishman, NIB, pro-
fessor of pathology at the Royal
Army Medical College, Russell
Square, w. c.
"Kala azar" signifies black
sickness, and was given to it by the
natives because of a darkening of
The skin which 1t induces.
The disease, said Major Leish-
man. has been known in India since
1869, but it was first met with in
epidemic form in 1882. The para
site has also been met with in
Northern Africa, Tunis, Algiers and
Arabia.
The symptoms include an enlarge
ment Of the liver and spleen,
shriyeing up of the legs, corpse
Ike appearance of the skin, fever,
an enormous reduction of the white
corpuscles in the blood and dysen-
terry of an intractable kind.
Women are as liable to attack as
men, and the parasite has been
found IN a baby a year old For
some time white men were thought
tc be immune but recently the para
site was discovered in a soldier at
Netley.
eve do not know how the para
Site gets out of the body or into the
hody but we know that infection
runs along the trade routes and
c'ings to a house in which patients
] ave had the disease. 1t will prob
ably be found that the parasite lives
in the soil through the aid of an in
termediate host of cold blooded
habit, such as a reptile. e."-London
Nail.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29

sincere supporters of the Chinese
Government that are to be found.
Their support is given with more
patriotism and more understanding
of the needs of their country than is
found in all the rest of China put
together. It is the hope of the party
that by spreading the propaganda of
education among the rising genera
ton, on the death of the Empress
Dowager, the Emperor will be re-
stored to power, and they will be
able to assist him In enforcing re-
forms.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29
DALRYMpLE on CIVIL SERVICE.
Glasgow's Railway Expert Opposes
American system,

James Dalrymple, General Mana
ger of the Municipal Railways of
Glasgow. Scotland whose coming
to America to give his opinion of
municipal ownership, in sweep
ing statement, dealt a strong blow
to the advocates of Civil Service,
when he said:
Municipal ownership could not
survive in the same field with those
cherished American institutions,
the civil service and politics Disas-
ter would be the inevitable out
come of trying to run street rail-
ways, or any other public utility,
hampered with the restrictions of
civil service and the cherished pre-
rogative of political parties to make
clean sweep of employees after
each election, ejecting one set and
putting in another. or to use the
shibboleth of partisanship, turning
The rascals out
My position is that of man who
has charge of street railway or of
any other public department, must
have the same power to hire and
discharge which any man in any
other business has where he has
any number of men under him. The
manager of railway, just the same
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29
A Bishop on Gambling.

The Bishop of Peterborough, ad-
dressing a large gathering of clergy
and church wardens at Northamp-
ton the other day, said that with
the spirit of gambling gaining
strength on every hand, all earnest
Christian men must take a decided
stand against it in all forms,
whether in horse racing, in rafIles at
bazars, or in Id. points at whist.
Subsequently, he urged the clergy
TO discourage the gossip of mischief
making, scandal-loving women in
their parishes, because the talk
ing of these old cats often led to Sc
rious dissensions in parish. -
London Standard.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29

by great twin screw steamers, float
ing palaces which equal those that
make their flying voyages across
the Atlantic. There are also well
equipped lines plying between
Tho islands, now supplemented by
wireless telegraph system, while
widely separated and isolated
plantations are brought within talk
ing distance by telephone. The ma
rine railway is still a substitute
hardly adequate to the enormous in
crease of commerce since the close
of the Spanish-Ametican war-for
modern dry docks whose construc-
ton is merely matter of time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29

In Russia you must have papers
OF some sort, but outside the cities
1t matters little what they are. A
high official some time ago started
from st. Petersburg with a view OF
showing the absburdity of the sys-
TEN. He had his papers. Having
crossed into Roumania, he returned
at once, handed out his pass, and
reached home without question.
Then he exhibited his passport in
triumph. You may not bring live
stock across the frontier without a
permit. And this was to pass one
pig"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29

The Government of the Neither
lands has instituted competition
with the object OF discovering pro-
ces of cutting diamonds which will
dispense with the use of an alloy
dangerous to health. For com
plete solution of this problem a
Erize of $2,275 is offered. The an
swers must be written in English,
French, German or Dutch, and sub
mitted to Prof l.. Aronstein, chemi-
cal laboratory of the Polytechnic
School, Delft, Holland, on or before
January !, 1906.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29
Land of Jewels.

A recent auction in Calcutta
which attracted buyers from all
parts of the world serves to illus
trate the large amount of wealth
that must be buried in jewels in In
dia, says the Englishman of CAL
cutta Precious stones form con-
siderable portion of the heritage OF
every princely house in this country.
Every respectable Indian family
lays out some of its riches In this d.
rection, Silver ornaments decorate
the wives of all laborers not abso-
iitely on the verge of starvation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29
Thomas +. Ryan.

their faces to the West, young Ryan
made his way to the East. Balti-
more just after the close of the civil
war seemed to the young men Of
the South to offer the best chance.
He was self-taught, self-contain-
ed, self-confdent and tremendous
" in earnest, so greatly in earnest
that he was never self-conscious;
and to this day one of the most stri-
king of the characteristics of Mr..
Ryan is utter lack of self-conscious-
less. He must have inspired the
confidence of his employer, Mr.
John d. Barry, and probably was
brought into close touch with many
men of Southern birth engaged IN
business in the South who had set
TO work vigorously to repair the for
tunes that were impaired by the
civil war. The understanding has
always been that when Mr.. Ryan
came to New York he brought with
him assurances of business, of finan-
clal trusts, given him by some of
the Southern merchants and finan-
sumed that much of his earlier sue
cesses and some of his later tri-
umphs were made possible by the
association with him of Southern
fnanciers and the intrusting to him
of Southern capital He was a Wall
Street broker when only twenty
one years of age, having opened an
office here in the spring of 1872.
That very act is typical of Mr..
Ryan's entire business career.
Mr.. Ryan was also one of the first
TO understand the possibilities that
were in the transportation of pass
engers in such cities as New York
and Chicago, and it was doubtless
through his early comprehension of
The magnificent opportunities that
New York city offered that he was
brought into association with the
late William c. Whitney and what
atterward came to be known as the
philadelphia syndicate" That
was in the closing days of Mr..
Cleveland's first administration as
President, in which Mr.. Whitney
served as Secretary of the Navy.
Just as Mr. Whitney and Mr.. Ryan
were perfecting their plans for the
consolidation of the street railways
Of New York Mr.. Frank l.. Sprague
was demonstrating the capacity OF
the electric current, operating
through newly invented apparatus;
to propel street cars.
Mr.. Ryan saw the enormous pos
sibility that was in that use of elec-
tIicity, and with steady, always 81.
lent and secretive, but certain, pro-
gress, he, acting with Mr.. Whitney
Gnd others, at last consolidated the
various street railway systems OF
New York.
Mr.. Ryan has been spoken of as
taciturn man. 1t has sometimes
been thought strange that he had
not the volubility, the excitable
temperament which are sometimes
thought to be characteristic of the
race from which Mr.. Ryan sprang
But he is taciturn only in the sense
that he Is much thinking man
deeply absorbed, not given to tri,
yiality, although he has a delightful
sense or humOr. He is sometimes
spoken of - 10 OF the hardest
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29

as the manager of department
store, must have continuity of SER
vice under him. He must have sole
control over his subordinates.
mo board can determine by an
examination in writing or otherwise
what applicant for a position will
make a good conductor or a good
motorman. That must be deter
mined by practical experience.
IF any of the men whom | dis
charge should have the right to ap-
peal to somebody else it would work
disaster in the business. Where he
has the right to appeal to the courts,
as is the case here, understand,
that only makes the matter worse.
Such n system is pure nonsense.
One man, the manager, must have
power to hire and to discharge.
Where somebody else steps in is to
fall into chaos. You must have dis
cipline, and there can be none un-
less the man whom the manager
discharges stays discharged.
81 hire all of my men, and watch
TO see what they can do ! hire the
best men ] can get, but | sometimes
ind 1t necessary to dicharge some.
! will not keep a man about me un-
less he does satisfactory work.
When discharge, that is the end of
1t. The man never even thinks Of
objecting to it.
81 have had no experience of the
operation of civil service, but
Should think 1t would be a handicap
to a manager of a public street rail-
way or any other municipal depart
Inent.
What do you think would be the
effect upon a municipal street rail-
way if some of the employees were
Under civil service and the rest were
liable to be discharged and sup
planted by new men after every
election, say every three or four
years?
81 believe any man at the head
of any municipal enterprise should
be head and shoulders above poll
tics. | never voted in any munich
pal election, and would not vote for
even my dearest friend as a mem
Der of the City Council. Yes, the
Council hired me. But what
said about continuity of service in
connection with civil service applies
TO politics. You cannot run a rail-
road system or any other public de-
partment on any other lines than
you use in any private business. II
Inust work disaster If new en-
ployes are to be appointed with
every change in the political admin.
istration of the city government
Municipal ownership would make q
bad yoke fellow with politics. Pub
lie and private business must be
conducted upon the same lines. The
street railway system of Glasgow
operates $50 mile of track, and has
| 4,400 employees. Since the people
took the ownership Of them 1t II
| possible to ride for cents"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29
A Russian Mystery.

At the present time Russia has at
least two hundred thousand troops
concentrated in Central Asia; and
fhe has a sufficient force within
striking distance of Herat to take
that city within week. Despite the
drain upon her military resources,
Gays the Bombay (India) Times, she
has maintained this large garrison
in Central Ashland she hae said
nothing about 1t. To what end?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29

Dr. Naipasse is preaching in Paris
the gospel of the shake-hand-less
salute, which he declares partly re-
sponsible for the excellent health
prevailing in unhygienic Turkey.
You put your hand to your heart,
lips and forehead successfully to ex-
press that your friend is always in
the heart, on the lips and in the
thoughts. 1t is pretty and you
neither give nor take microbes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29
| THE NEW M|[L|OH-KEEPER
Thomas F. Ryan's Successful
Rise in Financial Affairs.
HIS HUMBLE BEGINNING.
Career Contains no Records of De-
struction of Property or Rail-
roads-Dctails of Negotiations
Never ublishcd-Rcmarkab
Ipyrnfixp CupnCify.

Inventive Capacity.
Thomas Faulkner Ryan, who In n
day persuaded James Ha2en Hyde
70 do what other fnanciers and good
counsellors had been unable for
months to convince Mr.. Hyde should
be done, has sometimes been called
the greatest "opportunist' that ever
came to Wall Street His persua-
sion of Mr.. Hyde to sell a majority
of the stock of the Equitable Life
Assurance corporation will surely be
accepted as good explanation of
what is meant by the complimentary
term the great opportunist." Mr.
Ryan Ia regarded by financiers as
having acted not only opportunely,
but at exactly what IS sometimes
called the psychological moment. He
and those who are with him have
already received a majority of the
capital stock of this institution
one of the largest in the world, in
assets, business and surplus-and
have given to Mr.. Hyde their
check for this stock
Mr. Ryan is of that race of North
OF Ireland pioneers who settled
along and upon the slopes of the
Blue Mountains.
Unlike many of the youth of those
mountain districts. who, when they
were old enough to venture away
from the boyhood home, turned
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29
Cigar Fallacies.

The thorn in the side of the cigar
manufacturers of to-day is the exist
ing craze for light colors. The de-
sired result is to convince the smok-
er that light colored cigar is not
necessarily mild one. In fact, II
has less reason to be so than one
With a dark or medium shaded
rapper.-TobaGco.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-29

The diameter of the tunnels
there are two-of the new Cunarder
Caronia, is so great that were they
laid on their sides a couple of loco
motives could pass abreast.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
UNFORTUNATE OFFSPRING.
Dangers That Beset the Child That Has to Live at
 Hotels.

It is not. however, the material aida 10 existence which are the bane of the hotel child; Il is the mental and spirit. ual attitude accompanying this life which is to be deprecated. writes Martha s Bensley. in Every body s. IL destroys a democratic spirit through emphasiz- ing the difference between he servant and the served: il eXaggerates the pow
 CT of money fosters a spirit of depend. ence and units the pampered indiyidu. al for any other kind of life. and worst of all, in child so brought up. there can be no understanding or love of home There may be some future for he child who knows nothing of art-some fune- tion for the one 10 whom literature makes no appeal and who is not sensitive tomusic; buttherei is no place in the state for the man who has neither initiative. selfrelance. patriotism, nor love ot home. He is a social menace, disease. The community is better off without this satellite of the manager, parasite of the
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
WHEN THE DAY WAS WARM,
Pretty Girl Came Near Telling How Hot It Was and Young
 Man Helped

' was on one of those hot days late y. The cashier of a big downtown office felt very hot and testy in her ron cage. She is a very pretty girl. relates the Chicago Record Herald, with fluffy brown hair, which was be- ing blown about in most tantalizing manner bY an electric fan near by.
 i iauntily dressed young fellow step ped to he window 10 pay a bill. He had handsome, mischievous face, and ons could easily judge that te saw the funny side of life. The cashier handed him a receipt, and as he folded it he said eonfidingly to the pretty cashier: This is very hot day"
 Oh. yes, t is hotter than -. and before she could supply strong enough superlative with which 10 cli- max her sentence, the young man said: You are right, l thought so, too. " Then with hearty ha ha, ha." he was gone.
 The girl strengthened up in her chair
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
Classes in England.

The reshufiling of the classes in England is the most curious feature of the moment. An upper class that no longer has land and the influ- ence which property gives. no longer has the finest houses in town and the most luxurious establishments: that has lost it's family portraits. art treasures, jewels and libraries, and that has nothing left bat it's titles. IS much like knife that has lost it's blades.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
The Drunkard Ree

T have been hearing of the busy bee until am tired of 1t" says Drake Watson. "A bee works during the summer and then rests all winter. like plasterer And bee has bad habits. Go into vineyard and yoa will find bee drunkards around burst. Cd grapes, The drunkard bees sip ID the juice until they become full and then fall To the ground and sleep of their debauch; e drunkard bee kho@s enough not to go home with a jag. Kansas City Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11

and unused with rising indignation "What did he mean Did the brute think would have mentioned that in- fernal region? Oh. well, 1t Is almost as hot as there, l guess" And she settled down in her chair again and sighed complacen;ly as she deftly tucked q stray lock Of hair bac.< 10 it's proper position.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11

bell-boy, and source of supply for the waiter.
 if there is one child in our community who IS superfiuous. it is the hotel child As places for temporary occupation by homeless and childless adults. hotels are 10 be tolerated; but as residences for children. they are without the possibility of excuse
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
Fine Flower Disntay

Al the gondola dinner given st New York hotel. flowers as follows were used in the decoration: f2 .oo0 choice carnations. 2.000 Malmaison ear. nations. lf.0o0 roses, 2.500 cattleyas and also 5000 yards of smilax.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
Too Much fnr Hin,

SAe--l wish you'd help me work out puzzle.
 He-lm rot a success at it. I worked four years on one puzzle and then gave it up
 What was it?"
 A girl. Detroit Free Press.
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
Poor Locker.

"Seon Fdwin'c neW horse?" ask ed one yi,lager of another.
 T haze" was the reply.
 Well, what does it look uke?' ask. ed the ques,ioner
 Well. il looks" said the other man. slowly. .as if Edwin had taken 1t :or .n old debt. bt."-Tit-Bits
The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
Oed Legacy Condition.

A tTenchman who died in C0nstau- unop.e recently left si5.ooo to his nephew. II. D'Albi. who lives in Paris. or oindi:ion that the young man cycle 10 constaut!pople to set the legacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-15

deep cuffs. very much shirred and
trimmed with fancy braids. in addi-
tiOn to which there is some lace.
Tile cloth suits nearly all now have
some form of vest front. This is
handsomely garniShed with all the fuc
and rich material one can get on. Most
of the lighter materials are made up
with much drapery across the front,
sometimes in surplice style aud again
In cross gathers ana folds. While the
dropping blouse effect has not entirely
gone from our gaze like an unpleasant
dream. the waists of that style do not
hang down 50 far and often are drawn
quite close 10 the figure. The girdles
aud fancy belts help to give the point
ed effect without the shapeless fullness.
Heavily raised embroidery Is cOnSid
cred the height Of style for wash
waists, though many are made with
the old fashioned eyelet embroidery.
Among the accessories shown me re
Gently were yoke capes and berthss of
silk, null. batiste and fine linen all
with eyelet work. incidentally might
mention some beautiful small capes Of
black net entirely covered with black
Spangles and some with black and steel
ones. These are TO wear over the pref
~ thin gowns and are certainly beau
tiful. Parasols. are things of delicate
beauty, OF soft silks and chiffons, dain-
~ and light, ana trimmed with bows
OF ribbon and In some cases flowers
and Tuffies.
Silks viii be the great RI ge for out
door dresses and suits, generally in
fine and close quality Of tsffeta. some
times slightly cbangeable. They are
overwhelmed with lace and founces
Coats long. short and half length will
be worn IL match
Coats Of every kind Of pOngee are al
ready seen. A very stylish one had the
skirt made circular and reaching just
below the knees. while the waist was
blouSe'l In slightly. The sleeves had
plated caps about halfway to the el-
bows aud below 2 monstrously full
bishop shape with deep stitched cuffs.
The coat itself was neat and comfort
able. but the clumsy sleeves DESTROYED
its beauty. Still all the women admired
II greatly. II was unlined.
OLIVE HARPER.