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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-13
TO BOOM PERSIAN TRADE.
Intent OF Gen. Morteza Khan, En-.
voy extraordinary.

General Morteza Khan, envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary
from Persia to the United States.
The new minister succeeds General
Isaac Khan, who was promoted to
the Belgian embassy.
Khan, who is wealthy and lives in
Terheran, is enthusiastic on the sub.
ject of increasing the trade between
this country and Persia. He declares
that there are articles manufactured
In this country which could find a
ready market in Persia, and at the
same time Persia exports many things
which would be welcome In the Unit
ed States. He was met by the chief
secretary of the embassy, Newton
Khan. Haret Miriketlam. Persian con.
sui at New York. II. Kelekian, V. u.
M. Bayajian, and Herant Kiretchian.
Through an interpreter the general
said
The feeling in Persia for the Unit
ed States Is good, and we look on
her as a great and powerful nation
with whom we desire an increase of
trade. In Persia IL Is felt that the
friendship of this country for our own
Is sincere and that she, unlike some
other countries, does not cast covet-
Gus eyes on our land. We want to
see opened up between the two coun-
tries a great trade. Every year we
send to this country several million
dollars worth of rugs and carpets.
but outside of this there Is but little
export Persia is a great and grow
ing country. Our export trade is
growing, and at the same time the de-
mand for imported goods is on the in
crease.
Most of our demands are supplied
by Russia and England Now, with
our growth there is a greater demand,
and for goods which this country
could supply. So we desire to see
better trade relations between the
two countries. The wares, art works,
and fabrics are practically unknown in
this country. 1t is the desire of Gen.
Morteaa Khan, through the Persian
consuls, to make known the different
articles which Persia can supply, and
so create demands and divert some
of the trade which has been going to
other countries. At the same time
we want Persia to know more of
American goods and gain an appre-
citation of their merit and worth"
The new minister is bachelor and
comes of noble line. His father,
the late Hadji Mira Dejorad Khan,
was the first to introduce European
ideas into the empire. He was also
the owner of the first newspaper pub.
lished there. Gen Morteza has been
for years in the Persian diplomatic
service.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-13
Indian Superstitions,

The Indian believes there are boa
constructors in the streams of North
America, also that the South Amerl-
can tapir lives in North America. He
calls the boa constructor the iste-ach-
war-nayer, and calls the tapir nocas.
dinner.
The Indian believes he has a cure
and preventive for rabies or hydro
phobia He also believes he can cure
any snake bite on EARTH from a
ground rattler to a velvet tail or dia-
mond rattler. An Indian never was
known to go mad from dog bite
or die from rattler's bite, while
other races succumb to the venom of
a snake or go mad from the bite of
rabid dog.
The Indian, when in battle and IA
tally wounded, believes that If his
medicine man can reach him with his
bitter medicine before he dies it will
give him instant relief and he will
be able to escape from the battle.
Held. He thinks every man is honest
until he finds him out, in which event
he loses all confidence in him, and
never gets over it.
The indian never makes up after
falling ont with any one. He may
speak to en- enemy as he passes, bat
aiea with the hatred in his heart
Eu,,9a, Il. To Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-13
JAPANESE FINE ARMY SURGERY.
Effective Discipline Better Maintained
When Surgeon Is An officer.


Major Seaman said that the Sur
geon General Of the army should be
at least major general. without
rank and prestige he said the medical
officers of the army would be unable
to enforce the respect and discipline
necessary for effective service. A
lack of such rank and prestige was
the curse Of the British medical ser
vice, which, in his opinion, is as far
behind the Japanese as is the Amer
ican.
Major Seaman relates his observa-
tions of the medical service of the
Japanese army during the Manchurian
campaign. He said:-
I'VE are not to be compared with
the Japanese in medical and sanitary
organization. They have medical
director of their army who ranks as
a lieutenant general. They have six
officers who rank as major generals.
They have one who ranks as a brig
adler general with every 10000 men
in the line, and they have the power
to enforce their orders. | was at
Hiroshima last summer when 1850
men were brought from the front or
that number only "a died. The vast
majority Of them got well and were
returned to the front.
There were /, 1,10O brought to Toxic
a great many stretcher cases---and OF
that number not single man died,
although they were shot in almost
every possible way. Six of them had
bullets through the brain in different
directions. Nine had bullets through
their chests. Six had bullets through
their abdomen. the point of exit and
entrance being discernible in all
cases. And they all got well. That
was because they were fed on a ration
that is rational ration, and they
did not have their systems loaded
with uric acid and other elements
that excite Inflammation after injury
and cause death.
at Is much too early to sumbit
statistical proof, but from careful OBJ
servation | venture to predict the
records of the Japanese hospitals viii
show a large reduction in the per-
centage of mortality from casualties.
especially in penetrating wounds OF
the skull, chest and abdomen, and in
juries to osseous structures; indeed.
of every variety Of wounds except per
haps those of the spinal cord, when
compared with the statistics OF former
wars.-New York Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-13
The Mexican Navy.

In these strenuous days, when the
American navy is advancing by leaps
and bounds towards the head of the
list of the navies of the world, it is
interesting to note the progress that
is being made along naval lines by
the sister republic of Mexico. James
A. lie Roy, the United States consul
at Durango, in a recent report to this
government, says:
Recently two modern gunboats were
added to the fleet which for the pres
ent serves Mexico as a navy These
gunboats were built in the United
States, at Elizabethtown, N. j., and
two similar gunboats are now in pro
cess of construction at Genoa, Italy.
Mexico has so far not acquired men
of-war, though she has in recent years
devoted some attention to fortifying
her coasts. Her feet of gunboats is
designed however, principally for pur-
poses of patrol along her coasts, and
to carry small bodies of troops quick
ly to those regions in the northwest
province of Sonora and in the south
ernmost territories of the republic,
where uncivilized tribes still, from
time to time, create disturbances.
According to an article recently
printed in the Mexican Herald of Mex
leo City the Mexican navy at present
consists of four small boats in the
Gulf of Mexico and two in the Pacific,
besides small patrol boats in south
ern waters The Democrata, the first
boat bought by Mexico, Of $50 tons
displacement, is on the Pacific coast,
and with her is the OaXaca, an old
sloop-rigged boat of steel about 1000
tons, but of only seven knots speed,
used as a transport. The two new
gunboats bought in the United States,
named the Vera Cruz and the Tam
pico, are in the Gulf; they have steel
hulls, are 200 feet long. displace 1000
tons, have shown a speed of about
fifteen knots, and have two four-inch
and other smaller rapid-fre guns each.
The Zaragosa and Yucatan, 1,226 and
$50 tons, respectively, the former hav-
ing six 4.S-inch Canet guns, are al
so in the Gulf, and are used as train
ing ships for the naval school, which
was established at Vera Cruz in 1879.
The Bravo and Morelos, being butt
in Italy, will displace each 1,200 TONS
There are sixty-five cadets at Vera
Cruz, also an arsenal and small float
ing dry-dock. There is small wood
en- dock at Guaymas on the Gulf Of
California. Washington Star
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-13
Chinese on American Education.

This is the opinion highly edu-
Gated Chinese official held of our edu-
cational standards:
"The schoolhouse and college In
America, where the rising generation
ought to be taught and trained in hu-
man conduct and manners, have now
become mere Smithsonian workshops,
where the pupils are taught to make
money, or, as it is called, how to get
on, by learning the coarse jugglery of
the hand called modern mechanical
arts, or the fine jugglery of the head,
called law and theology In many
American universities. dentistry and
chiropody, or the science of toenail
peeling, are put on the same level
with Plato and Virgil."-Prof. J. W.
jerks.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-13
origin of the Deadly yellow Peril.


The discovery of yellow fever, ac-
cording to a student of the disease
in this city, dates back TO the first
years of the discovery of America.
when the disease broke out among the
sailors of Columbus in San Domingo.
But the first authentic account is OF
an epidemic which occurred in the
Barbados in 1Gl7. Since then innum-
cradle epidemics have ravaged the
cities of North and South America,
Central America, and even Europe.
During the Napoleonic wars the
most extensive epidemics occurred In
1900 Cadiz was visited by this
scourge. which attacked $4,000 out OF
$1,000, 5000 dying in a few months.
One of the worst epidemics which
has ever ravaged the United States
occurred in 1853 and extended along
the Atlantic coast, through all the
Southern states and as far north as
Rhode Island. One hundred and
twenty-five thousand persons were
stricken, more than 10000 dying of
the disease.
n DtCullGIlly vi lllt tatl III vi NNilOW
fever is that it may be carried long
distances and preserve it's vitality for
months. During the epidemic of 1900
in Cadiz there was an instance of this.
A native fleeing from the infected
city went to his villa in Medina, 81
donia and there died of the disease
on his arrival. The house was imme-
tnI, al IN fS1lnxuipu
the articles of clothing and furniture
were sold to dealer in junk. He
died of yellow fever in few days
and the epidemic which followed was
directly traced to this case.
The infected trunk of man who
had died in the Barbados of the dis
ease was the beginning Of the out
break in Philadelphia in 1741.
The effects of this man, Mr.. Bing-
ham, were sent out from the place
where he died and the germs had
enough vitality in them when the
trunk was unpacked to lead to dis
astrous outbreak. individuals of all
ages and races are attacked. II was
at one time thought that the creole
was immune, but this is found to be a
mistake. The negro is not as suscep-
tible as the white man, but he is by
no means exempt One attack, as
rule. seems to render the victim
immune for life. though the inn
munity may be lost by prolonged
stay in northern climate. Yellow
fever is hot-weather disease being
most prevalent in June, July and
August One or two frosts may ar
rest an epidemic, though it may re-
appear on the return of warm
weather.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-13

A workman on the Siberian railway
was accidentally locked in a refriger-
ator car and was afterward found
dead Imagining that he was being
slowly frozen to death, he had record
ed his sufferings with a piece of chalk
on the floor. The temperature in the
car had not fallen below so degrees
Fahrenheit throughout the journey.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-13

There is an establishment in Brus-
sells where grave-digging is taught.
and it has been decided that all sex
tons in Belgium must be graduates
Of this academy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-13

Banana skins are in demand In
England, particularly at hotels. for
the cleaning of boots.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-13

A man who is satisfied with his job
never reaches the top Of the ladder.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-23
BURBANK COMPANY
PLEASES IN MEL0DRAMA
1.-THE Little Church Around the Corr
ner" Gives Opportunities for
Clever Work

AS a melo-dramatic attraction The
Little Church Around the Corner
proved itself yesterday at the Burbank
theater, a popular success. A smirk-
ing villain in a silk hat, Desmond
type of hero, a misunderstood heroine,
three or four "comic" characters and
an ending where the schemes of the
villain are thwarted are some of the
ingredients which furnished the audi
ence with occasions for tears and
laughter.
William Desmond apparently added
to his popularity and Stanley Johns
sacrificed himself to the Kisses of the
audience for the good of the play in
an admirable and unhinching style.
Henry Stockbridge Is a trihe large for
newsboy's role, but this blemlsh on
the drama was easily overlooked, con-
sidering the actors ability to make
his hearers laugh over his antics.
Blanch Hall has the fearful, always
in-trouble- but -virtuous-in-s -spite-of all
herone's part and does some clever
acting in spite of the impossibilities of
her role. Jessie Mae Hall has another
chance at Irish brogue and manages it
well. Perhaps the most interesting
feature of the play is the work done by
little Fay BANTER In a child's part.
Her motions were lifelike and she
gave remarkable expression to her
lines, considering her years.
The others of the company were cast
in roles that fitted their talents and
on the whole made a good showing.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-23
PIONEERS ARE HEROES
Chaplain Kidder Dsoourses on the
Men Who Lead the Way

Chaplain A. W. Kidder Of the
Strangers Friend society gave talk
yesterday afternoon in Burbank hall on
the topic, Pioneers" He spoke Of
the commercial and religious pioneers
of early times, referring to the pio-
neers of this coast. He said in part:
Pioneers are the vanguard of civil
ization. They stand on the firing line
through all human activity. Nothing
but downright heroism will make pio-
neers. Pioneers of thought, pioneers
Of commerce, pioneers of religion have
all been heroes. In every case 1t has
taken nerve to pull out from the CONF
Portable ruts and the nests of prosper
ty and pitch the camp toward the
front.
columbus, the great navigator, the
pioneer who demonstrated the curva-
ture of the earth, carried a mighty
burden upon his shoulders. Florence
Nightingale, marching under the flag
of truth, the first to stanch the blood
of the soldiers wounds in the midst of
battle, was a heroine who blazed the
way for the mighty army of the Red
Cross. Martin Luther was a pioneer
of religious liberty, who with his life
in his minds confronted the Diet of
Worms. The passengers of the May
flower, cutting loose from old world
traditions and embarking upon the
perilous sea, pitching their camp amid
New England storms and the howl of
savages, were pioneers of whom the
wrold will always be proud.
Every man today who leaves his
home in the east to make a new home
on this coast is a pioneer. Every man
who leaves the hovel of superstition,
ignorance and prejudice, lifts his face
in prayer to God, stretches his hand
out to help his brother man, is a pio-
neer Every morning he takes up his
tent to march through new territory
he discovers new sources of power TO
bind up new wounds of humanity and
makes progress possible for man. The
Strangers Friend society is a pioneer
entering an uncultivated field, taking
up neglected opportunities, befriending
lonely souls and extending the hand of
help to the unfortunate. We need con-
secrated, intelligent and industrious
heroes to join our forces"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-23

and sapphira, but in all probability I
absolutely destroy my little ones also.
"Falsehoods in the church; That
means many Of us are weekly and
daily breaking the public pledges we
have made to God Take, for instance,
that promise which you made when
YOU Joined the church, Have you kept
It? Many and many church members
who deliberately, at the church altars,
continue to lie to God and continue TO
break the promises which they are
making Sunday after Sunday, must
answer to God for their sins, as An
anias and sapphira had to answer
God does not have one language for
the week day and another for Sunday.
The Paphlagonian pigeons were said 20
have had two hearts. But no human
mortal can have two hearts. A man
cannot have one honest tongue with
which he speaks to God and another
false tongue with which he talks to
his fellowmen The Bible distinctly
and emphatically states that Christians
must come forth out of the sinful world
and separate themselves from It, In
no way can this be done better than
by speaking the Christian language of
straightforward truth. Are we ready
to speak that truth, wherever 1t may
be found?
But there is just one little sugges-
tion. Remember, a lie Is not always
told with the lips. 1t can be spoken by
the hand and the foot. There is a time
to speak, There is also a time to keep
still. But If a man keeps still when
he ought to speak, then silence itself
may speak in the thunderous tones Of
the loudest Alternatives, or of the loud
est negatives. Let your life in all its
parts be yea, yea and nay, nay
Some insects have thousand eyes.
The human being, by the language of
action may have a thousand tongues.
These worship either at the altar Of
truth or at the satanic shrine Of end.
less falsites."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-23
breaches FAREWELL SERMON
Rev. RidgeIy otifies His conerega'
ton of His Resignation


Rev. Lawrence B. Ridgely, the rec
tor of Saint Johns Episcopal church.
who has resigned his position to ac-
cept a call to China, where he will
have charge of the work in the Unit
versity of Pekin, where the Chinese
are trained for the ministry. preached
sermon yesterday morning in which
he set forth the work which was to be
his in the near future and asked his
people to rejoice with him that he had
to his heart.
Unto me who am less than the least
of all saints is this grace given-that
I should preach among the Gentiles the
unsearchable riches of Christ"
1t was the sermon in which DR..
Ridgley bade farewell, as pastor, to his
congregation, his resignation having
been announced several days ago.
He said he had been asked by the
bishop of Hankow to return to his old
field in China, and would especially
have charge of training divinity
students. He expects to leave by
Easter.
why go away?" some will say
'"There are plenty of heathens at
home" 80 there are" said Rev
Rdgely, gravely But the work and
opportunities of all climes must be
looked after. The heather at home
bo eoid ,,os e,,cb baoouea ba paoIect =
ed his opportunities, and the heather
abroad was such because of a lack
of opportunity to be otherwise. He
pointed out that there is one Christian
worker to every $4,000 persons in
China while in this country there was
one man to preach religion to every
500 persons. The difficulty at home
is for the heather to avoid Christianity
and the difficulty in China Is for the
heather to find it.
Speaking to the Christian men and
women in his congregation, he solemn
ly said:
"True, the man who leaves America
leaves heathens at home, but he leaves
you also, and leaves you to deal with
them and you can If you will"
Rev Ridgely was much moved in
closing his farewell sermon. He re-
minded the people who had clung so
closely to him in his work here that
the honor which came to him was due
to their hearty, Christian cooperation,
to their support and assistance. He
craved a continuance of their prayers
and well wishes of their Christian de-
votion and moral support.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-23
"sPlRITuAL IDoLATRY"
Rev. Thomson Shows That 1t Is a
Common Human Trait

Common human Trait
Rev. J. S. Thomson, pastor of the
Independent Church of Christ, in Dob
inson auditorium preached sermon
on Spiritual Idolatry"
"There is in every human being an
instinct for idolatry. Men and women
reverence old walking-stic old let
ters of dear friends. playthings of dead
children, swords of ancestors, pictures
ters of dead friends, playthings OF dead
they were born, the graves of parents.
These things suggest much to us of
the past. We need these reminders.
Christ himself instituted the last sup
per as remembrance of himself. Is
not the beautiful flag of this country
almost an object of worship when one
sees it In strange land? The true
patriot will fight and die for his flag.
Is that not worship? Is that not sub
lime idolatry? When a home is what
it ought to be. is It not a sanctuary
of worship? Do not men and women
think of their homes. work for them,
pray for them, love them, conseerate
themselves to them? Is that not idol
airy? Christian temples have pictures
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-23
THE VALUE OF GOOD DEEDS
This Is the Supreme Virtue Of the
Plav "Evervnnan"

ray ENCTyIndH
Masonic hall was crowded yesterday
as usual at the services of the Los
Angeles Fellowship. and Mr.. Mills
sermons were of especial interest.
The Fellowship orchestra furnished
inspiring music and all were delighted
with the tenor solos of Ernest Regi-
nald Leeman, who sang at the even
ing service, when Mr.. Mills delivered
his fourth address of the series on
1.-The Wisdom and Folly of Married
Life" taking for his special topic "The
Model Husband.
Mr.. Mills has been requested so
many times to repeat the addresses
on 1.-The Inner Meaning of the Sermon
on the Mount" which he delivered
about a year ago on weekday moons
at Blanchard hall, that he has con-
very important talks at the Wednes-
day evening meetings of the Fellow
ship, and will begin next Wednesday
evening in Hartman hall, 337k South
Hill street, at o'clock.
Mr.. Mills took for the theme of his ad-
dress yesterday morning THE Play of
Everyman." His remarks were of thrill
ing interest and the lessons of the play
went straight to the hearts of his
hearers. Although assuming that all
had heard the play, Mr.. Mills told in
vivid manner and somewhat in de-
tail the story of the pilgrimage of
Everyman, leaving out none of the
force of the trials and triumphs of this
human soul. Mr.. Mills went on to
say: This was not a bad life. 1t
was the kind of life that so many of
us are living, with the idea that we are
here for our own pleasure or comfort,
to seek that which will minister to
us. Everyman had chosen the friends
that would interest and amuse him and
just as surely as you choose your
friends from that standpoint you will
be disappointed.
Now there are two striking ways in
which we have outgrown the story of
Everyman. First, there is the idea
that death Is the aim of life, rewarded
by material heaven, or punished by
material hell. We do not begin to
deal with real issues after death only,
but are graphing with them now The
second idea is that agony is acceptable
to God in the way of salvation. Tears
are not what God wants, but that we
should pay our debts in lives of purity
and righteousness and love.
"On the other hand, we have not out
grown the story of Everyman in what
it tells us of the danger of the care
less attitude of ordinary men, nor of
the unsatisfactory character of ordi-
nary experience and the deceitfulness
of riches. Nor can it speak to us toe
strongly of the need of an awakening.
But the chief idea is that of the su-
preme value of good deeds. There is
no salvation in any life but the right
eous life. This, after all, is the great
lesson of the play of Everyman, and
of the larger longer play in which
every man is the chief actor"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-23
Murphy Temperance Meeting

The Francis Murphy gospel temper
night was largely attended. The hall,
in fact, was packed. j. Stevens pre-
sided at the meeting, and short talks
were made by Mr.. Stevens, f. G. Fin
layson, Carlisle Wynne, Mr.. Murphy
and B. F. West, who has been elected
chairman of the association for the en-
suing year. The subject discussed last
night was Liberty" the speakers con-
sidering it in it's physical sense, as
freedom from habit as of alcoholism,
tobacco and other things admittedly
injurious to the body. The short ad-
dresses were greatly enjoyed by the
audience.