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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
How Mccrschaum Is Mined.

"Meerschaum is mined like coal"
said a pipe dealer 1T is a soft, soap
like stone, and in Asia Minor its min
ing is an important industry.
The crude meerschaum is called
hamtash. II is yellowish white in color
and n red cay coat or skin envelops
it. The blocks cost from S25 to 5000 a
cartload. They are soft enough to cut
with knife.
These blocks in summer are dried
by exposure TO the sun. In winter a
heated room is necessary.
rinally, the meerschaum blocks ar,
sorted into twelve grades, wrapped in
cotton and packed in cases with the
greatest care.
"The bulk Of all this meerschaum
goes to Vienna. There the best pipe
makers in the world live. e."-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
ANCESTORS MADE TO ORDER
Fakir Gcncalogists Thrive Win
Growth of Latest End

I.
or recent years not only among
the wealthy but among the well to
do, there has grown up a desire to
know ones ancestry, n desire which
has been fostered by the growtl of
patriotic societies requiring Rovo-
lutionary ancestor or one who fouoht
I'm the Colonial wars. Here is wboro
the professional genealogist comos
In One of these fakirs said in do.
fence of his trade: "Weu what
would YOU do? The newly rich man
who wants pedigree and is willing
to pay for It, wants a first class one
with kings and mobiles in it-and ]
give 1t TO him. He may have come
from long line Of peasants-in all
probability Hd so descend-but If I
gave him his real pedigree he would
kick me out of the house. II can.
by hook or crook, carry his line back
to his first ancestor in this country
the rest is easy. Once on the other
side of the water with Battle Abbey
Roll, Doomsday Book and Burke's
Peerage at my disposal, my fancy
takes free range and my client gets
his moneys worth.
Another way in which the weak.
ness of human nature is shown is by
the assumption by Americans Ia
coats of arms to which they have no
right whatsoever. The manager Of
one OF the carriage manufacturing
II, g,, I, 10, ,ft la, Il.
to question as to where he got the
coats of arms which he placed on the
panels of the carriages OF his wealthy
customers, said: "Oh. it Is this way.
A customer comes to met Is gen
orally the woman OF the family-and
says: L would like to have our coat
of arms on the panels of our new
coach
What are your arms, madam
| ask.
"'Oh, don't exactly know.
Haven't you a book that tells?'
Certainly, madam And | take
down Burke's Peerage or General
Armory and turn over the pages to,
let us say, Smith. Smith, Sir Robert
Irish baronet,' | read.
oh, no, that's not It, says my
fair customer. So | look further.
Smith, Baron Gravesend,' l ven
ture.
Well, perhaps that is it.
81 turn over a few more leaves:
'Smith-Vavasour, Duke of Billings
gate
Oh. that is it, cries the de
lighted customer, and on to ner
coach doors 20 the arms of the noble
Duke of Billingsgate, with whom
ever after, the whole family claim
relationships York Mail
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28

Co, oregon. my health was very poor | had
been troubled for about eight years with female
disease. I doctored with good physicians but
obtained no relief so wrote TO the Worlds Dis.
pcnsary Medical Association, and was advised
to take Dr. Picfces Favoritc Prescription aud
Golden Medical Discovery | did so, and am
happy TO say my health began 10 improve and
did MY work up to the last and felt splendid.
81 got along finely during confinement aud
have the healthiest baby eyer saw. When he
was three months old he weighed eighteen
pounds: he is now seven months old and weighs
twcnty-four pounds. I can say have had no
return of my old troubles. l thank you very
much for the good you have done me-
Any woman may write to DR.. r. V.
Pierce, of Buffalo, n. ", a statement Of
her case, which will be considered in alb
solute confidence by this physician who
stands among the foremost specialists of
the century in the treatment of woinen's
diseases. He will send her Tin a plain,
sealed envelope) sound, sensible valua-
bic advice free of all charge.
DIR. Pierce's great thousand-page, ILL
lustrated Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser will be sent free paper-bound, for
al one-cent stamps, to pay the cost of
mailing only, or cloth bound for 81
stafuDs
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
Viqorite Is New Explosive.

A new explosive is exploding in
Bavaria about ten times as explosively
as the most powerful of any would-be
rival connections. and has been chris
tened vigorite. Prof. Schultz and Mr..
Gehre are responsible for its existence
and use a new type of nitrous com
pound in its manufacture.
When combined with saltpeter 1t is
particularly sensational it is not af-
fected by friction or impact, by damp
or by frost. When ignited in the open
air vigorte does not explode, but burns
slowly. Works will be constructed be-
fore long at Lohr-on-theMai for its
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
Cheap COTTAGE Exhibition.

A cheap cottage" exhibition was re-
Gently held at Letchworth, in England
A number of comfortable cottages were
shown, which, including the builders
profits, cost less than $3.50 They were
intended to make a wholesome, COM
Portable home for the workingman and
his family, and not to be "glorified pill
boxes" to quote the Duke of Devon
shire, who is one of the foremost ad-
vocates of the cottage city" idea
Beauty was sacrificed for utility and
healthfulness
THE laborers wife cares a great
deal more. or should, for siXpence a
week less rent than for all the art in
all Ruskin's.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
ROYAL MATCHMAKING GENIUS.
Has Done Great Things for House OF
Dcnmark-Giycs Norway King.

In family sense old King Chris
tian of Denmark is certainly the
luckiest sovereign in Europe. 1t Is
all due to the fact that someone
either the King or one behind his
throne-has a most marvellous ge-
MUS for matchmaking. Denmark Is
about the smallest kingdom in ex-
tent on the continent, and the mon
arch himself. when he came to the
throne, was about the obscurest
Prince in Europe. But lie Is the
father OF one King and the grand
father of another, since Norway
elected Prince Charles to be It's SOW
ereign, under the title of King Ha-
kon VII. Christian is also father-in-
law OF King Edward of England and
grandfather OF the Gear OF Russia,
besides being prominently connect
ed through his offspring with most
of the other royal families of Eu-
rope.
Leaving out of consideration the
brilliant matches made for Chris
tian's grandchildren the following
matrimonial catches were made for
his children:
The eldest son. Prince Frederick,
heir apparent to the Danish throne,
married Princess Louise, daughter
Of Carl XIV, then King of Sweden
and Norway.
The eldest daughter, Princess
Alexandra, married the Prince of
Wales, now King of England
The third child, Prince Wilhelm.
married Olga, Grand Duchess Of
Russia, and was elected King of
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
JAPS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Have Entered into Lively Competition
with Americans.

Satisfies gathered in San Francisco
In regard to the japanese engaged in
business show that they have entered
lively competition with Americans in a
large number of occupations which the
Chinese do not invade. There are so
Japanese hotels in San Francisco GO
restaurants, 16 intelligence Offices,
shooting galleries. II billiard rooms
all licensed and there is a large num-
Der Of unlicensed cobblers, butchers,
jan!tors, porters and domestic servants.
-EXChanEe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
A FOREGOING Conclusion.

A certain teacher in history ex-
animation asked a class of small
girls: who was Virginia Dare's
grandfather"
Small Betty had forgotten But at
last brilliant idea occurred to her.
She wrote, "Old Mister Dare. reck
On. New Orleans Picayune.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
AMERICANS IN THE FAR EAST.
Scant Opportunities offered for Pro-
fessiOnal Men


In response to numerous inquiries
from the United States regarding
the Orient as an inviting field for
young men who have entered the
professions of law, medicine and
dentistry, Consul Anderson has
written at considerable length to the
state department, explaining the
methods and practices that obtain In
China. The consul does not offer
encouragement for young men who
contemplate going to China to en-
gage in a profession. He says:
while there is always more or
less disposition on the part Of some
young men to push into untried por-
tions OF the world, not only for
travel and experience, but also for a
livelihood, the number of Inquiries
received by foreigners In China from
people in the United States and else
where as to opportunities to engage
in business, and even to practice the
professions here, seems to indicate
that thSre is rather a well defined
movement toward the Far East
among some classes. In countries
like Great Britain, Germany, France
and others with colonial connections
this movement has existed for many
years and is n recognized course for
certain portion OF the nations pop
ulation. But such movement in the
United States is new and notable,
and probably indicates a turn of ma
tional development and national life
which merits attention.
Business opportunities In the
Far East, are comparatively well un-
derstood in their attractive as well
as in their unattractive phases. OPP
portunitles for the practice of the
professions, however, are compara-
lively unknown. In some lines Of
professional work in the Far East
there are well-detned limits OF pros
perity and adversely, but in others,
the result of Anglo-SaXon effort Is
yet to be shown. One reason for the
movement among young men to
come to the Far East to practice
professions Is in reports which have
come to their ears of exceptional op-
portunities enjoyed by other men, OF
the good fortune of some men in
building up large business connec-
tions and of the earning OF large
fees by men in practice here.
THAT large fees have been earned
in medicine, law, dentistry and 9TH
erwise is to be freely admitted. 1t
does not follow, however, that all
practitioners hero frn earn fees OF
this sort. or that the opportunity
will come here any oftener than II
does In the United States. II II were
true, which Is probably not the case,
that the average earnings OF profess
sional men in any line here are
greater than they are In the United
States, II IS to be considered that in
creased cost of living, increased eX
penses for books, medicines and sup
plies and the absence of other things
which so to make life worth living
may combine to render practice here
less profitable and satisfactory in the
long run than practice in Europe or
America. Nor has the young pro-
fessional man here any better chance
Of work or advancement than he has
at home Generally speaking, and
considering matters in all their
lights, | do not believe that young
men in America have anything to
gain by attempting to build up q pro-
fessional practice in China"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
Reflections Of a Chambcrmaid.

Many are called and few are up
before noon.
It's long hall that has no urn In
Wen must work and women must
sv eep.
Coming agents send their baggage
before.--Judge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28

sister of former President Grover
Cleveland, and an author of consid-
erable merit, Is known in the State of
Maine as The Queen of Seven Hun
dred Acre Island" Twenty years ago
she paid $4,000 for this island, only
q few miles from Camden, and since
then she has realized 100000 from
the sale of house lots.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
What He Meant.

Good morning, ma'am," said Will
lie, dofiing his cap.
MY! what polite little boy!"
exclaimed Miss Passey do you al
ways take off your cap like that to
iadies?"
Nom; only to old ladies'. -
American Hebrew.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28

The test of excellence applied to
Japanese swords years ago was very
rigid. 1t was to suspend the blade
horizontally, edge upward, under
tree, and good weapon was ex-
pected to cut in twain any leaf that
fell upon 1t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
HUMPHREYS

Specifies cure by acting directly on the
Sicic parts without disturbing the rest of
the system.
No, for Feyers.
No. 2 Worms.
No. 3 Teething.
No. Diarrhea.
No. Z Coughs.
No Neuralgia.
No. Headaches.
No 10 " Dyspepsia.
No II Suppressed Periods.
No. l2 " Whites.
No. l3 Group.
No. IA " The Skin.
No. Is A" rheumatism.
No. 16 " Malaria,
No. 10 " Catarrh.
No, 20 I" Whooping Cough.
No, 81 " The Kidneys.
No, 80 /" The Bladder
No. II " La Grippe.
In small bottles of pellets that fit the vest
pocket. At Druggists or mailed, 25c. each.
Rsc- Medical Guide mailed free.
Humphreys Med. Co., Cor. William John Streets,
New York.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28

News from The Russo-Jspanese
war came more quickly and accu-
rately than it did during the Span
ish-American conflict.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28

Japan's annual tobacco crop u
about 100000 pounds.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28

WHO'LL ulOlllCIllOON
has ceased to be a
cause of rejoicing,
but has become in
stead a burden TO
be dreaded and
looked forward TO
with melancholy
and apprehension.
About three
months before our
last baby was born
{ which is our
fourth), writes
Mrs, Nellie Carl, of
Myrtlepoint, Coos
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-12-28
ANGEL CHILDREN.

Is there any happier
woman in this world than
that mother whose each
successive little one seems
to her but one more dar-
ling angel TO continually
lift her thoughts toward
the sunshine of perfect
But sorry is
The lot Of that poor moth
er TO whom motherhood
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-06
Bargains Galore
FURNISHINGS FOR WOMEN.

Ioc Ladies Fancy Lace and Silk Collars 5OI
W. " ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 253
10 e c' lla'S ana Caps''.'..... 50cI
OK o l,9 per yard'''.''... loci
1oI/o riL ouS, per yard 20cI
DC and &c Calcos, for this SALE per yard - al
s5 cry gn nns 9on nG Tr h0qse Lining 20 oa
oo 1 oo 90 n"n"SK towels, for this sale........ 25c
" anu 1o' 'Zlhch Madras Cloth yard, 1890 and. 15cI
every yard bargain) |
ohoft-ehd Lace Curtains, each 35c, per- eOcI
Loo OIrens Cotton Stockings black blue pink white for
this sale, lOc! Three pairs ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 25el
$500 White and Colored Bedspreads, special oAl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-05
Prince Henry in Russia.

A Berlin cable explains that no political
significance attaches to the visit of Prince
Henry and his wife to Russia There Is
good and full reason for it, we may be
sure, In the fact that the latter Is a sister Of
Grand Duke Sergius' widow and the czarina,
and naturally desires to see them, particu-
larry the former. in this day of their great
trouble. But 1t is reasonably certain that
the prince and the car will have a word
together about the situation in Manchuria,
and that the car will hear the kaiser's
views stated somewhat in detail. 1t Is an
entirely safe and happy way of communica-
tion-an improvement on both the wire
and the malls. The nature of those views
is anybody's guess, but the kaiser's sym
pathies are plain. They are with Russia,
and have been from the first. He is not
the sort of man to counsel peace at any
price, but, resolute and somewhat stubborn
as he is, he sees clearly, as a rule, in large
matters, and in this matter is we'll in
formed to the sentiment of Europe. If
his voice is for peace and his services to
help bring it about as soothingly as posi-
BILE for Russia are at the cars command,
there ought to be an inkling of his tender
after his brothers return home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-05
DepeW on Weed.

One of the speakers at the celebration of
the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Albany
Evening Journal. the newspaper founded
by Thurlow Weed, was Senator Depew, who
in a warm tribute to Mr.. Weed said:
HE held power uninterruptedly for thirty
years because, unlike most leaders, he never
distrusted youth Wherever a young man
as political speaker, at the bar. as law
yer. as a writer in the newspapers-Mr
Weeds eye was instantly upon him, and
the local leaders were instructed to give
him his chance. Differing from other lead
ers. he preferred to accomplish his pur-
poses, not by holding office himself, but by
keeping in office the man best fitted for
that mission.
He early selected William H. Seward
as the most brilliant. intellectual and moral
force to fight slavery. Mr.. Seward had not
the first qualification of a politician, but
this unequaled politician kept him in office
until the end was accomplished, jealousy
guarded his political interests, warded off
the attacks of his political enemies and
failed only by the narrowest margin to
make him President of the United States.'
The value of friend who understands
the game of politics and plays it Loyalty in
your behalf is appreciated by Mr. Depew all
the more thoroughly because of an expe-
rence of his own last winter
A candidate for reelection to the Senate,
he was threatened with defeat by a cotere
of trained politicians, headed by ex-Gov.
odell in whose hands he appeared as help
less as a child. His qualifications for the
combat We're as poor as Mr.. Stewards would
have been. His record in the Senate was
good. The republicans of that body and
friends elsewhere desired his return, but the
Odell people had their eyes on another and
Mr. Depew seemed marked for slaughter.
extremity Mr.
part of Weed to Seward, took the field
and announced that Mr. Depew was enti
tied to and must have a second term. In
stantly the general aspect of things UNDER
went a change. The Depew candidacy.
with a skilled politician behind it, became
very much alive. Organization and syste-
matte hard work took the place of mere
sympathy and eulogy. People who agreed
that Mr.. Depew had made good senator
and was credit to the state in that body
were told to exert themselves In "a practical
way In his behalf; and with a general like
MI Platt In command a vigorous contest
was soon In progress The result was Mr.
Depew's reelection by a unanimous vote
but nothing is palmer than that, had Mr.
Platt not appeared on the scene, Mr. De-
rew's defeat would have been accomplished
Mr.. Weed has never been overpraised
though praised so highly, for his general
ship in politics, and his success was I'M
doubtedly due to the fact that he held him
self aloof from all temptations to accept
office. He played the game largely for pure
love of it. He was superior both to the
vanities of place and the money corrup-
tions of vulgar boss-ship. His peculiar
intellectual equipment saved him from the
one, and his character from the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-05
The Cow Intervenes.

Advocates of pure food are to have the
assistance of the cow This is encouraging,
in that man. though writing much about
food pollution, is doing little for food puri-
fication. Ii Is curious thing about men
that they would rather wear out the lungs,
hoarsen the throat and rupture the larynx
by saying things than blister the hands by
doing things. Some men talk on a subject
not because they care especially about the
subject, but just because the subject gives
them a chance to talk.
But 1t is pleasant to know that the cow
has entered the fitting ground to smash a
lance for man. Nor is the cow animated
wholly by altruistic promptings. Not only
has her escutcheon been defiled by unchiyaI-
rous deceivers ard unknightiy imitators of
her products. but her very business is men
aced with ruin by unfair competition. II
food adulteration and substitution proceed
much further, the cows occupation win be
gone.
There is no doubt that q COW has good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-05
Now for Steamboat Inspection,

Now is the time for the federal steam
boat inspection service to be thorough and
reliable. before the excursion steamers are
commissioned to carry millions of people
during the summer months. With the rec
ord of the Sloeum horror in mind there
should be the most complete overhauling
of every licensed vessel that this country
has ever known. so that if disaster occurs it
need not be attributable to the lax, in
efficient or dishonest methods of those of
ficials whom the government charges with
this important duty.
1t may be that the statutes still need
amendment to enable the inspection service
TO reach all the possible sources of danger.
But it is clear that if the laws in force are
given full effect without fear or favor or
slackness, the steamboat service will be
made safer by many per cent and public
confidence will correspondingly rise.
To give point to this need comes word of
a discovery in New York that the steamer
Starin. plying between the big city and a
Long Island port has been for years carry
ing large quantities of explosives in high
~ dangerous manner, and. it is claimed,
without a special license for engaging in
this line of business. The boat carries a So
called permit in a frame, but there are no
u
now shown that the explosives are exposed
in way to make their presence on a pas
senger vessel extremely hazardous.
If the federal inspection service does its
work thoroughly the public will still, of
course, be exposed to the possibility of
danger from the slackening of precautions
and the skimping of provisions against dis
aster by Crimnally rapacious corporations
and officials The inspection service is not
continuous. But once started right, a
steamer is likely to remain in good condi-
tion through the season with a sufficient
equipment of safeguards. What is needed
beyond the annual inspections is series
of occasional visitations on the part of the
federal officials, TO see that the rules are
being obeyed and competent men are in
charge of the boats. 1t should never again
be necessary for the country to be taught
its lesson by holocaust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-05
The Disfranchisement Amendment.

FUN the lineage record Herald.
The court was not called upon to deal
with the merits of the amendment Whether
Gov. Warfield was right in characterizing
certain provisions thereof as vicious and
reprehensible is an issue for the voters to
settle. The executive, it should be stated,
was in favor of an amendment limiting
suffrage and practically DISTINGUISHING the
bulk of negro voters, but he strongly OBJ
tected to fragrant discrimination. .-'
The amendment provides for an educa-
tional-reading or understanding the state
consttution-test and exempts from the
application of this test all persons who
either themselves had the right to vote or
are lineally descended from those who had
that right prior to the adoption of the fif-
tenth amendment to the federal Constitu-
ton. Passing over the exemptions, which
go farther than those of other southern
states, 1t Is the test itself, or rather the
prescribed mode of it's application, which
Gov. Warfield denounced grossly unjust
and discriminative. The officers of regis
tration are to be the sole and final judges of
the illiterate voters ability to under
stand" and reasonably explain any clause
of the constitution read to him. This power
the executive contended, would enable the
registrars to adopt a low standard for
white illiterates. thus admitting them all,
and a high standard for negroes. thus keep
ing their names off the lists.
If the people of Maryland share this
sound view they will defeat the amend
ment at the next election.