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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Indian Basketrv Gems.

Mrs. Ida M. Dyer, formerly of Kan
sas City, possesses a rare ethnologi-
cal collection illustrating the acme
of fine art in Indian basketry and
beadwork, which is valued at $4,000,
and was personally collected by Mrs.
Dyer. This is Mrs. Dyer's second col
lection, as a few years ago she pre-
sented a valuable collection of curios
to the Kansas City Board of Educa.
tion.
Recording her curios Mrs. Dyer says
that chief among the Indian handi-
crafts basketry and beadwork are the
most expressive vehicles of the indi-
viduality of the tribes, but the work
is now confined almost entirely to the
women of middle age and the very
old squaws. The young lack persis-
tency.
Every line on an Indian basket is
eloquent with meaning, which makes
the study Of basketry so interesting
to the collector as well as important
to the scientist.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Alexieff Through French Eyes.

Should Admiral Alexieff have any
leisure or inclination to read the
French journals he will not find their
frankness very agreeable. One of
them sums up in these terms: 1T is
officially announced that the animal
not admiral---has fed to Vladivostock
just as he fed from Port Arthur.
This monument Of incapacity, this
imperial favorite, whose impunity
makes favoritism crime, precipitat-
ed the war when he knew that moth
ing was ready by land or sea, and
when he had not the candor to re-
veal to his sovereign the real state
of affairs. With reckless callousness
he continues to play at being vice
roy in the midst of disasters which
have brought brave men to ruin and
death. Makharoff, Rennenkampf, Kel-
Ter and hundred others may pay with
their lives for his accursed folly but
he is not even deposed. 1t is left to
the Japanese to chase him out Of
Manchuria. He will go on, prospecting
and fattening, where no bullet can
reach him. Bazaines never die on the
field of battle" It would be interest
ing to know what the admiral thinks
of the Franco-Russian alliance.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Railroads More Deadly Than War.

That the art of killing human be-
ings as practised in war Is still crude,
and undeveloped is proven by the fact
that the total of killed and wounded
in the Russo-Japanese war is greatly
exceeded by the slain and manned on
the railroads of the United States
during three months.
The railroad casualties in this time
number 14,4S5, or 1,116 killed and 49,
319 injured.
Both the Russians and the Japanese
are equipped with the most modern
and costly devices for destroying life,
and are working them with both skill
and energy, and yet they fall far be-
hind the railroad corporations in their
record of achievement
In all departments, save that of safe
guarding human life, the railroads
have made tremendous progress in
the last few years, but although many
inventors have given their brains to
this work, and have perfected many
valuable devices, the railroads have
only adopted them when forced to do
SO by law, and as result the deliber-
ate purpose of killing as now practis-
ed in the Far East, has been unable
to keep pace with the death list to the
credit OF open switches, defective To-
comotives and bad signal systems.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
AMBITION SECRET Of LIFE
Mrs. DoremuS Celebrates One
Hundred and First Birthday
LIVED MUCH OUT DOORS
She Says That the Secret Of Her
Long Life is Ambition and Out
door LIfe.-Helped Her Husband
on the Farm In the Early Days.

New York.-In a fine old house at
Parsippany, N. j., where she has lived
since her marriage, eighty years ago,
lives Mrs. Sarah Hall Doremus, who
celebrated the one hundred and first
anniversary Of her birth. From ap-
pearance she may live for some years
to come.
Mrs. Doremus's voice is firm and her
mind clear. She is remarkable wo-
man and few would believe her to be
more than seventy-five years old. She
moves about the house without aid of
any kind. hears distinctly and can see
houses on the hill at Boonton, three
miles away But while she Is far
sighted, she cannot read book or
paper. Her faculty of speech is re.
markable and she carries on con-
versation easily and shows that she
is interested in what is going on, not
only in the community where she
lives, but in the world at large.
When she first went to Parsippany
as the wife of John Doremus she card.
cd fax, spun II into threads and made
wore. When things had to be done in
a hurry she would so into the fields
and help her husband and the hired
men to harvest the crops.
Ambition and an outdoor life, she
says, is the secret of her longevity.
Members of Mrs. Doremus's family
were unusually long lived Her faith
kD. -
were so years old. Her husband was
born in the house where his family
now lives. The ceilings are low, the
fireplaces large and there are brass
door knobs and candlesticks and iron
cranes that would make glad the heart
of q collector Of antiques. Fine trees
shade the house, one Of which was
planted by John Doremus on his wed.
ding day. II stands by the window
where the aged woman delights to
sit.
On hill near by is situated the
family graveyard, where her husband
and some Of her children are buried.
Mrs. Doremus drives out occasion
ally. and up to about six years ago
was regular attendant at the Boon
ton Reformed Church. She has never
been further away from home than
Newark. A short time ago when urg-
ed to take ride in an automobile
she refused
Mrs. Doremus has two children liv-
ing. a son, Abram, with whom she
lives. and q daughter, Mrs. John B
'Coadwell, of Newark. She has eight
grandchildren and five great-grand-
children. She was born at Paramus.
The Doremus family is represented
In nearly all the counties in New Jer-
sey.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Medicine Mans Private Car.

st. Louis, Mo.-A private car Just
built by a Western shop is one Of the
oldest wheeled palaces ever made. It
is the property of a medicine show
man who has acquired wealth by re.
failing nostrums with the aid of .
variety show.
The forward end of the car is fitted
with a caldron, in which is compound
cd the natures herb restorer." Back
of this is a sleeping room for the por-
ter and next this the doctors" office
and bedroom. In addition to double
seat berth there is desk and cabi-
net for holding remedies. The rear
of the car is a saloon and waiting
room for patients, ending in an obser-
vation platform.
The exterior is in olive green and
only a gilt legend, where the name of
the road would ordinarily be put gives
hint Of the purpose to which the
car is devoted.
The laboratory will be partly occu-
pied by large tent in summer and
early fall which is set up in some
central locality in a town. Here each
afternoon and evening vaudeville
specialties are presented for Ave
cent admission fee, three before and
two after the lecture by the doctor"
The remedies are of the simplest sort.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Big Farm for State ConvIcts

Jackson, Miss.-GOv. Vardaman
and Commissioners Brady and Mo-
Nair have returned from the Sunfiow-
er Plantation, where they Investigated
conditions there with a view of de-
termining whether it would be wise to
put all the convicts on this farm.
1t seems probable that at the next
meeting OF the Board an order will
be passed to concentrate all the con.
vic.s on this plantation. II the order
is passed it will mean that the State
will rent no more land, but will take
the convicts from the rented places
and put them on the new farm.
There are now on the new farm half
the prison population Of the State, or
six hundred men, and there are SIX
thousand acres Of land under cultiva.
tion. There are still about eight thou
sand acres Of land ON ghe place un-
cleared.
The concentration of most Of the
convicts on one plantation, owned and
operated by the State, has been sought
for years by those who have inter-
ested themselves in prison reform In
this State.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
New Money in Philippines.

ington.-American money IL
rapidly driving all the Mexican dollars
out Of the Philippines. Col. G. r. Ed
wards, Chief of the Bureau of Insular
Affairs, has received this letter from
Henry O. Ide, Secretary of Finance
and Justice at Manila:
You will be interested in knowing
that our new currency scheme has
made great progress since last wrote
you. Nearly all of the business hous-
es have, by common consent, put their
business on the basis Of the new cur
rency. In all the Provinces it Is
foLld in free circulation, and the peo.
pie now object strenuously to taking
any other currency.
"The old currency has been very
largely brought into the Insular Treas
ury for re-ooinage or the Mexican has
been exported. What little Mexican
there IS In the islands Is now flow .ng
out, because 1t has a pretty good mar
ket In China, and the abnormal prioSx
that were paid for 1t for q time in tne
Philippine Islands have ceased with
the special demand for 1t, and ex.
change on Hong g-Kong is substantially
ct par at the present time"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
New Discovery Of keIp.

Tacoma, Wash.-William d. Crane.
a New York scientist, has completed
an examination OF the kelp found in
Noah Bay, inside Cape Flattery He
believes it can be successfully utilized
as basis for the manufacture of TO-
dine. Crane has gone to Japan, but
will return next summer to finish his
experiments. He will also investi.
gate the fossil beds in Georgia Straits
which seem to him to possess import
ant commercial possibilities.
For many years iodine has been
manufactured from kelp found on the
coast of Scotland. Kelp Is plentiful
in many parts of the world, but as
rule its quality is too poor to warrant
its use FOR iodine.
An analysis Of the Puget Sound kelp
made at the University Of Washing
ton shows that iodine can be made
from the local product. though It u
not as strong in iodine as the kelp
gathered on the Scottish coast.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
TO FIGHT OIL TRUST.
Kansas United In Great Fight to Save
the Inous,ry.


IOpeka.--It has been proposed thae
AN oIaunzation "a when snail unite al
the lvI,es In Kansas in Iavor Of z
pIuu Ior state control OF the industry
tnIOusn the establishment OF State
owneu storage TANKS, rennery and
pipe line shall be effected. II Is esu-
mated that $l0,000,OO0 Will be reQuir-
cd and it is held that State bonds Ior
this amount can easily be floated.
Another plan Is to torn a company
wi,h So0,OU0,O00 capital, and 30 o.
ganlzed that the Standard will be for
ever excluded from voice In its man.
agement. This company is To con.
lines, storage tanks. refneries, pump
inS plants, telegraph and telephone
lines, gas plants, vessels and every.
thing required in the conduct Of its
business, including docks, wharvsS
and even railroad lines. There will
be s20,0o0,000 preferred and s2o.-
000,o0 common stock.
Tho flrst work of the new concern
will be to provide storage tankage for
its shareholders, and thus enable all
plants to keep going continuously. To
take care Of five to six millions bar
rels of oil will require an outlay Of
approximately 100000. The tank
farms will be begun Immediately up
on the organization Of the company
and completed as rapidly as possible.
Then comes a system Of local pipe
lines and big pipe line from the
suburbs of Kansas City on the north
to Muskogee |. T, on tho South to
get the oil to the tank farms. After
this come the ambitious features OF
the programme. The building OF =
pipe line to Fort Arthur, Texas; the
construction Of wharves and docks
at that place, and refineries at other
places, and the shipping Of oil to mar
kets.
This would mean 500 miles Of pipe
line in Kansas, 500 miles in the In
dian Territory and l.200 miles In Tex
as, a total OF 2.200 miles. At an aver
age cost Of $1,000 a mile, and this
is above the average cost, the pipe line
investment would approximate SIS,
100000. The pumping stations would
cost another 100000. The docks
and terminal facilities at Fort Ar
thur would cost perhaps $4,000
more. Three or four or Ave refiner'
ies would bring the total to $4,000
900. or possibly S20.ooo.ooo Accord
ing 70 the plan there would be left
in the treasury as working capital
from s15 900, 900 to $25 100000 in stock
to be sold at such times as Necessary.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
MRS. ANITA NEWCOMB MCGEE,
who, with other American nurses, has
been decorated by the Emperor of
Japan.
A Gibraltar Bicentenary,

While Port Arthur, which has been
called, whether justly or otherwise,
the Gibraltar Of the Far East" is in
the throes of the most terrible siege
of modern times, it is interesting to
recall the fact that Great Britain en-
ters upon the third century Of her
occupation of that great fortress, the
real Gibraltar, which she wrested from
Spain in 1904 1t, too, has had its
frightful baptisms of fire, but for
many years, nearly century and a
quarter, the Rock, the key of the
Mediterranean, has remained in un-
disputed possession OF its present
masters. Captured originally by a
British admiral, aided by Dutch al.
lies under a Prince of Hesse, and act
ing in the name of the Austrian arch
duke who, as Charles ILL.,, was the
figurehead for whom the allies fought
In the war of the Spanish succession.
the British appear at first to have val
ued their acquisition lightly. Twice
during the eighteenth century Brit.
ish ministries offered to return the
fortress to Spain in exchange for var.
ious diplomatic concessions, but as
the editor of the st. James's Gazette
has pointed out in recent article
In the Nineteenth Century and After,
England's short-sighted proposals
were rejected. Spain deeming other
territorial and dynastic adjustments
more important at the moment than
the ownership Of Gibraltar. To-day
the British statesman who would ser
iously propose giving up Gibraltar
does not exist-Philadelphia Ledger,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Sheep StartIe a Bride.

A flock of sheep, startled on the
way to Newport Market, rushed
through an open gate and up the gar.
den into a house where preparations
were being made for wedding. They
rushed into the room where the pres
ents were displayed, and sent many
of them flying in all directions. Two
or three of the sheep burst into an!
other room where the bride was. and
startled her considerably. The intru.
ders were with some difficulty driven
out Of the house again.-London Daily
News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
LOSS OF LANGUAGE.
Two Victims Of Aphasia Brought Ia
as OpIeet Lessons.


Atlantic City.-Apnas4a and the mo-
uein canipe45u against INSANITY wero
tne Two sreaC topics recently before
the sectIon On nervous and mental DIS
eases' Dr. Snaries N. NILS, OF Pnla-
deIpnIa, presented Two pallents whose
minus nau become almost wnoily dc.
prlved OF memory Impressions, but
who had grown better Ny method OF
treatment wnicn had some features
Oh novelty. Dr. 4. Ii. Weisenperg, of
Philadelphia, mad been MS assistant
In applying this metuod.
Inc hrs. patent 20 years old. WAS
almost totaNy apnasic wnen he came
unuer ouserVatlon, and also mad Jack.
sohlan epiIepsy. his power OF speech
Was Wnony gone, ana there was only
one word winch he remem bered. and
that was his family name, Seymour.
Inc doctor diagnosed the case as
PROBABLY one Oh a hemorrhagic lssiCn
within the Uranium. TINS patient
mad been most anxious to reacquire
the knowledge which he had lost, and
Tor four and a half years had worked
perseyeringly to this end. DR.. Mills
ano his assistant began with him
after the old method OF repetition and
oictation. He had improved very
gradually.
The patient stood up before the as.
sembled savants in the Brighton ca
slno, and obediently exhibited his
ability to read a few sentences, Very
slowly and stumblingly, from a primer
designed for child Of about s years.
DR.. Mills said that the second pa
tient at FIRST was virtually word
dear and "music-deaf." His case was
one of sensory aphasia. He had had
an apopletic attack in November last.
resulting from some unusual excite.
ment in relation to his business. His
memory OF language had been lost
totally.
The patient, whose last name is
Johnson, was also subjected to the
primer test in the presence of the
section.
Has the cat seen the rat?" was
one of the sentences which he read
badly.
DR.. Mills said that In his experience
cases of sensory aphasia improve
rather more rapidly than those Of mo-
tor aphasia, although certain author
ities think otherwise. In prosecuting
the task Of re-educating the memor-
les Of these two men he had used
what is called the physiological al
phabet as far as it would go, but had
found 1t inadequate.
The paper on The Present Cam
paign Against Insanity" was present
ed by DR.. w. J. Herdman, Of Ann Ar.
Dor, Mich. and embodied in a general
way an account Of the progress of
alienists and the methods of caring
for the insane in Europe and America.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
Not a Smile in Seven Years.

Chicago.-That her husband has not
smiled for seven years is mentioned
by Mrs. w. A. Paulson, wife of an ex-
banker, in her petition for divorce
Paulson had been convicted of recel,
ing money when he knew his Ian
was insolvent, and served a short Sc
tence in the penitentiary. In answer
to his wife, he Says: "She has justl,
complained that she has not seen me
smile for many years. have found
it diff1cult to simulate happiness with
the penitentiary staring me in the
face for seven years. She is right;
| have not seen the bill, and / shall
not read IT, nor oppose her. r."-Phila.
delphia Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16

One of the richest bachelors in Eng.
land, and the richest peer in the house
of peers, the Marquis of Butte, has
Just celebrated his twenty-third birth
day, and there's not young spinster
of high degree whose family would
not like to have her capture the matri
monial prize. Whoever the future
marchioness is she must be Catho-
lie, and this obligation has interfered
with his lordship's choice.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16
English Telephone Girls.

Between 1000 and 5000 telephone
girls employed in London EN@land,
central Office will benefit under . new
schedule demanded by them. In fu.
ture they will work an average OF
eight hours q day.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-02-16

the Austrian noblewoman, whose now
ell, "The Waffen Nieder" (Lay Down
Your Arms, caused the Gar of Rus.
sla to issue his peace manifesto. The
Baroness is now on a visit to the
United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
LAD STRUCK BY
RACING DEVIL
SPEED MAD M0T0RIST NEARL Y
KILLS CHILD
Little Harry Canzone, 9o6 East Ninth
Street Struck by a Whizzlne
Cycle and Knocked
Unconscious

Little Harry Canzone of 906 East
Ninth street is the latest victim OF
speed-mad motorists.
The racing devil" red motorcycle
which has terrified the residents of East
Ninth street, was being driven reckless
ly along that thoroughfare yesterday
afternoon just as the Canzone lad and
other children were going home from
school.
Unable to escape, the boy was hurled
to the pavement by the whizzing ma
chine, and lay unconscious. The rider
of the motorcycle stopped his machine
and carried the lad home. After prom
ising to send a physician to attend the
injured lad the driver of the tracing
devil disappeared without leaving his
name. Needless to say the physician
failed to put in an appearance.
According to school children who
thronged the school yard and several
adult witnesses, the speed-mad cyclist
was running his machine at a speed
that easily exceeded forty miles an
hour along Ninth street.
So confused were young Canzone's
parents when their son was taken home
that they thought only of the injured
lad and did not take the number of
the motorcycle or learn the name of the
rider. The rider was profuse in his
apologies and expressed the deepest re-
gret.
Patrolman George Roller later in the
afternoon investigated the case and
found that the unidentified cyclist is
we'll known in and about the district
where the accident occurred as the
tracing devil' because of his speed
and red machine. Several times he has
narrowly escaped injuring pedestrians
and once nearly collided with a car.
In all probability his identity will be
discovered by the police, who say they
will prosecute him.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
MAKE NO CHANGE IN MANUAL
Nazarene Church viii Be Ruled as In
the Past by One Superin-
tendent

Proposed changes in the manual of
the Church of the Nazarene were dis
cussed at the morning session yester-
day OF the general assembly. Much
discussion was called forth by the pro-
posed change in giving the superin-
tendent more power, but 1t was left as
1t had been the past few years. DR..
Bresee, the superintendent, was the
founder of the organization and has
had charge of the growth of the church
and 1t is largely due to his untiring ef-
forts that it has attained its present
fiourishing condition.
Rev. r. S. Chase preached at the
afternoon service of the home camp
meeting yesterday. Rev. j. w. Good
win of Boston spoke last evening.
Those in attendance at the general
assembly will attend the service this
morning at the Pacific Bible college,
corner of Twenty-eighth and San Pedro
streets. On account of this service the
session of the assembly will be held at
o'clock in the afternoon The hcme
camp meeting will continue.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
LIBRARY MUST ECoNOMIzE
Periodicals viii Be Supplied and Cow
cred Free BY Advertising
Noncern

The recent raise In salaries granted
to employees OF the library has mace
economy in this department imperative
and with this condition staring 1t In the
face the board was glad to consider an
offer made at it's meeting last evening
to supply all the magazines and perloul-
Gals free of cost. Not only will these
magazines be supplied free but they
will be covered with neat holders. 1t Is
for the sake of these holders that the
offer has been made. They will be Gov
cred with advertisements and in TINS
way the firm making the offer expects
to receive the value of its gift.
Last year the library paid $2O52,1 Tor
periodicals and in addition to this con-
siderable cost was incurred In having
them covered and the board estimates
that a saving of $2500 will be made by
accepting the offer. The librarian was
instructed TO secure a formal proposal
under bond of $1,000.
Members of the board deprecate the
fact that neat appearance would
probably be impossible with advertis-
ing on the covers but consoled them
selves by the fact that all the maga-
zines which 1t is designed to cover are
largely composed of advertising them
selves.
The policy of retrenchment on ex-
penses will also reach to the binding de-
partment Last year $4S57.99 was spent
for binding. more than 80 per cent of
the expenditure for books. This in
cludes large number of the popular
magazines for circulation and economy
will begin with these. ...
Fewer new books will be purchased
this year, both for economy's sake and
owing to the fact that there is no room
to put them when they are bought.
Only the most important books and
those which the library cannot well af-
ford to be without will be bought.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-19
CATS MUST HAVE THEIR TAGS
Any Feline Not Having License Is
Likely to Meet With Sudden
Death, Saws s. p. C. A.

Cats with no visible means of support
will soon have to carry licenses In their
pockets to show that they have a right
to hold back fence concerts in the Silly
watches of the night, or even to exist
If the S. P. c. A. can get the city coun-
Gil to see things its way.
representative of the society will
go before the council next Monday and
ask that cat licenses be issued or that
some action be taken to reduce the sur
plus population of unattached cats that
pick up a precarious livelihood from the
garbage cans of the residence districts.
The society has had representative
looking after the interests of these cats
for the last few weeks, but the task has
become too great to be longer handled
by one man and some legislation has
become necessary in the opinion of the
society.