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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
Manchurian Ereehooters.

Recently, it is reported the Hung
hutze, or Chunchuses, of Manchuria.
the so-called "redbearded robbers,
who have caused the Russians so
much trouble, succeeded in stealing
quantity of Russian ammunition at
Tachekiao. These freebooters have
leagued themselves into a body called
the royal army" They are under
the leadership of Ii Yuen and they say
they have sworn not to rest until the
Russians are expelled from the prov.
ince. They carry a flag closely resem.
bling the Japanese and Japanese ad-
venturers hold prominent positions
in their ranks. Their second in com.
mand has name which, read accord.
ing to the Japanese sound of the ideo'
graphs, would be "Tsunekichl." He
is said to be neither a Chinese nor q
Japanese, but to have simply fallen
from the sky" He is also said to be q
strong and resourceful leader.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
Fiqht with Snake on a scaffold.

Fred Morehead had an encounter
with a big blacksnake which he will
remember for some time. Mr.. More
head had taken the contract to paint
the iron bridge which spans the Hook
ing River just south Of Haydenville
and was engaged at his work when
he encountered the reptile.
He was painting the under side oi
the structure from a swinging scaffold
and pushing his brush filled with paint
into a crevice where the under beams
rest on the abutments he received an
introduction to the ophidian which
was not to his liking. When his
snakeship was disturbed he quickly
darted his wide open mouth and
darting tongue toward the intruder
Having no weapon but a large putty
knife, the painter gave battle, and in a
short time the reptiles head was
severed from its body. The snake
measured five feet in length.-Logan
Ohio, Journal-Gazette.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
A Scotch Oddity.

The natives OF the northeast coast
of Scotland observe curious custom
At funerals. After the burial service
the coffin is carried outside the house
and placed upon the two chairs on
which it rested within doors. AS soon
as the pallbearers lift up their burden
and begin their journey to the grave
yard these chairs are at once thrown
sharply on their backs. In this posi-
ton they are kept until the interment
has taken place, when they are taken
indoors again. Any attempt to place
the chairs on their legs, or to take
them in before the proper time. is at
once frustrated by the relatives OF the
dead
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
Death on Euus.

Ackley, Ia, has the champion egg
eater of the United States. George
Richardson, stock buyed of that
city, has an appetite for hen fruit that
is not satisfied by the usual allotment,
as he demonstrated when he ate six
ty-one in twenty minutes in the pres
ence of witnesses. Richardson thinks
nothing of eating two dozen at one
sitting, and experience no inconven-
ience from the unusual number.
About week ago he ate fifty eggs on
a bet of S. and offered to bet dollar
he could eat two dozen more.-Indian-
apolis Sun.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
No clock a Perfect Timepiece.

Astronomers expect a great deal OF
clocks. and no instrument yet devised
to measure time has reached their
ideal of exactitude. Their efforts are
constantly directed toward the per-
fection of their timepieces and the
improvement of the conditions under
which to run them They are placed
in air-tight cases in underground
vaults where they shall be as free as
possible from changes of temperature
and of barometric pressure. So far
the colck that has most nearly meas
ured up to the astronomical standard
of correctness is the one installed, in
1865 by Prof. Forester in the basement
of the Berlin Observatory. 1t is en-
or three months with an average daily
closed in an airtight cylinder of glass.
and has often run for periods of two
or three months with on average daily
deviation of as little as fifteen one
thousandths Of second.-Boston
Transcript.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
DEW DROPS

Doesn't need a collar a neck of
land.
The gardiner knows when it is bed.
time
The singing teacher expects others
to have voice in his affairs.
Flowers may have thex face value
when they are not whiskey blossoms.
An upright citizen is all the better
if he is downright nice.
1t holds cold cash, but we don't call
the bank a cold storage.
BY their hats, you might Judge that
the women have most of the big heads.
Other cities may take pains, but
Philadelphia is perhaps the only one
that has Cramps.
The railroad conductor can't tell his
wife anything about her train.
Time is money the only kind that
two misers will spend on each other.
In one way the doctor may treat a
deformed man and straighten him out.
When the beer man calls at law
yer's house he may be willing to take
the case.
TIL circus tent, something like char
acter, covers multitude of sinners.
The competent whip in the racing
season, is pretty sure to be snapped up
| If you're out when some people call
co borrow you are that much In.
When man has money in the bank,
his signature on a check is a good
! sign.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

Birth-ma which mark and mar the out.
side of the body are grief to every mother
whose children may bear them. But for
every child who bears birh.mark on the
skin there are many who bear an indellble
birth. mark on the mind. Nervous mothers
have nervous children and many man and
woman owes an irritable and despondent
temperament 10 those days OF dread when
the mother waited the hour Of her mater.
nifty. The use of DR.. Pierce's Favorte Pre-
scription strengthens the mother for her
trial With strength comes buoyancy of
spirits and quietness of mind, which is one
of the happest gifts mother can bestow ON
her offspring. By giving vgor and elasticity
to the delicate womanly organs "Favorite
Prescription practically does away with
the pain of maternity ard makes the baby's
advent as natural and as simple as the
blossomiDg Of a flower There is no opium,
cocaine oI other narcotic contained IN
"Favorite Prescription"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

One of the Federal Judges has es
mated that, If the stories told in the
courts by the Chinese, about being
born in the United States were all
true, every Chinese woman who was
living in the United States twenty
I've years ago must have had at least
Ave hundred children. One of the
vretched features of this situation is
that, since wives of bona fide Chinese
natives of the United States have been
declared entitled 10 admission, zach
one of these fraudulently admitted
Chinemen may bring over slave girl
masquerading as hin wife. She com
mands market price of from two
thousand to three thousand dollars
The Worlds Work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
MISSOURI STORM STORIES.
houses Carried over Fence and Hall
Drifts Four Feet Deep.

KNouSta CdlIlcU ONCI q VCVSS eh'A ''eH
Drifts Four Feet Deep.
The house of James Bryant near
hArrtsonville, was picked up a Few
days ago by a tornado carried over
. barbed wire fence and set down in
q pasture about IS yards distant Mr..
Bryant and his family were in the
house, and none of them were hurt.
That tornado was followed by n ter
rific hailstorm. A man who was driv-
:ng along the road saw it coming and
got out of his buggy and crawled un-
der a hedge fence, where he wrapped
his arms around post. The wind did
not get him, but the hail which came
after 1t beat him insensible.
He was found some time later and
carried to nearby house. where it
was found that the hailstones had
made him a mass of bruises from
head to foot.
In some places the hail was found
banked up to the depth of four feet
along the roadside,-Cass County
Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
SNAKE FOUGHT A BEAR.
Tattoo Man and Yankee Whistler
Went to the Rescue.


One of the side tents of a show on
the common, in Athol, was the scene
of an exciting encounter between
George. the rockey mountain bear, and
the monster boa constructor, Admiral.
Miss May Cole the snake charmer,
was feeding her pets, when the bear
attempted to interfere. whereupon the
snake resented it by winding itself
about the bear. The kissing of the
snake and the growls of the bear
startled the occupents of the tents
Miss Cole, in attempting to separate
the combatants, was bitten on the arm
by the snake. Her arm was dressed
by physician and it is thought no
serious results will follow.
Sig. Royal, the keeper of the bear.
Capt Kuhn, the tattoo man, and Walk
er Derby, the Yankee whistler. all took
a hand in separating the bear and
snake and rescuing Miss Cole.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
Fakirs are Prosperous.

A word, however, touching the Ia
kris commercial Importance. The
gentle reader is not aware, perhaps,
that his kind is numerous enough to
maintain weekly organ" thirty
two page periodical that looks distinct
ly prosperous; and that some scores
of firms which stand very well with
the commercial agencies exist for the
sole purpose of supporting him.
These are facts; and it is equally
true that the fakir, as l have found
him, is man who pays his bills and
takes life blithely. and is willing 70
contribute to the joys of it. You did
not get bargain when you joined
the temporary crowd at the stree,
corner and handed him your dime
All, but there are men who have taker
more and given you less, and seasoned
the transaction with no joke.-Bostor
Transcript.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
REFLECTIONS

In a snail-eating contest in Paris a
few days ago the victor ate 243 snails.
A coast-defense rifle weighing sew.
enteen tons has been mounted at
Havre.
A Paris jewelry clerk says he was
hypnotized for fifteen minutes while
the hypnotist stole lot of diamond
rings.
A society has been founded in Paris
for the prehistoric study Of France.
A sportsman has been fined $50 for
shooting carrier pigeon in fight.
All electric wires in Paris are un-
derground.
Fifty years Imprisonment was the
sentence recently given seventeen
year-old Lyons footpad.
In the last year France has import
ed over 100000 watches from the
United States, mostly Of the dollar
kind.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
MApE-To.oRosR SHOES.
Few Required Nowadays and but
Little Profit in Them.

Little Profit in Them.
I'VE don't have many orders for
handmade shoes in these days." re-
marked Georgetown cobbler and it's
just as well, because there is no
money in it. 1t takes two days to
make pair, and then we can only
ask So for them.
mo, there arn't any people who
care to pay that price for shoes when
they can buy the machine made ones
for SIS. Such customers as | do
have are people who have feet that
are hard to fit and who are willing to
wear the same style right along re-
gardless of what others wear so long
as they are comfortable.
'I'll tell you, though, shoes are mucl'
more expensive in this country than
they are in the old. Why, on the other
side of the water you can easily have
a pair of shoes made for SO or 81. But
not here-no, sir! | have one GUS
toner, however, for whom have made
shoes for over ten years. He is will
ing to pay the price for his comfort
and he is able to, also."-Washington
Post.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
Culinary ConVenienccs.

Culinary conveniences are constant
ly increasing and the inventors keep
faculties and wits steadily at work
devising contrivances that will lessen
labor for the COOK and add to the COM
fort of the household in general. A
trio of the most recent of these inven-
ton are here pictured, all of which the
housewife is certain to find a de-
cided help. A special mission of the
vegetable fork is to facilitate the ex
traction of baked potatoes from the
oven, but it's uses are many and va
ried. The coffee strainer is an adjust
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
ABOUT KINGS AND QUEENS.

Members of the court of King Char
les H., of England, were innocent in
some of their amusements, if not in
others. Among their favorite games
we're blind mans buff" and hunt the
slipper" Pepeys mentions that one
day he found the duke and duchess OF
York and all the great ladies seated
upon the carpeted floor playing Il love
my love with an A because he is So
and-so, and | hate him with an A be-
cause he is this and that"
Queen Annie of England and her
husband George, Prince of Denmark.
had great similarity of taste. The two
subjects that interested them most
we're horses and dinner. A Jacobite al
lusion to these pardonable weaknesses
runs thus:
There's Mary the daughter, there's
Willy the cheater,
There's Geordie the drinker, there's
Annie the eater"
That King George III. of England was
not popular with his subjects is evi
dent from the following epigram
which was published in London on the
death of Queen Caroline
% cruel death! Why hast thou beer
unkind
TO take our queen and leave our king
behind?"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
No National Holiday.

A national holiday is holiday OF
which the observance is by law en-
Joined upon the nation. There are
no holidays in the United States, for
the reason that the fixing of legal holi-
days is not a federal matter, but one
that comes under the jurisdiction OF
the various states. Thus the procla-
nation of the President designating a
day of thanksgiving only makes 1t a
legal holiday for the District OF Colun~
bia and the territories, and In those
states which provide by law for 1t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
Coinind Eoreian Money.

Our mints are now coining money
for nations that have no mints Of
their own. For example. the Phila-
delphia mint coined money for Col
Qmbia and Venezuela. The Philadel-
pAia and San Francisco mints exc
cutsd the coinage for the Philippine
government.--Acting Secretary of the
Treasury Taylor In Worlds Work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
For Fifteen Years

James, Wharton, Ont. was great sufferer
from Heart Disease. For days at time
she was confined TO bed. Her physicians
said that she might "drop off " any minute.
With woman's ieuacity in suffering, and be.
lieving that "while there's life there's hope"
she started using DR. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart. Three bottles cured hers
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
Piles cured in 3 to 6 nights

One ppIcation gives reliei. DR. Agnew's
Ointment is boon for Itching Piles, or
Blind Bleeding Piles 1t relieves quickly
and permanently In skin eruplions it stands
without rival Thousands of testimonials
if you want evidence. 80 cents-2
Sold by G. a. X elm.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

able device which will fit over the
ordinary coffee pot and transform 1t
into the French variety easily and
satisfactorily. The nutmeg crater
plays a less important part in the list
than the other two, but the cook who
uses nutmegs to any great extent will
appreciation this 1905 design, which Is
a marked Improvement on its prede'
cessors and very simple to manipu'
late.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02


reached through the
stomach. Happy the housewife who can
please her husbands appetite with we'll
cooked food for the table Many a man is
grouchy, ugly, nervous suffering from dis.
tress after eating, heart palpitation, and all
through the overwofked stomach.
DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
which helps the digestion of food in tile
stomach, assists the blood in taking up the
proper elements from the food, helps the
liver into activity thereby throwing out
the poisons in the blood and vitalizing the
whole system. This assimilation helps in
the oxidation of the red blood corpuscles,
the poisons in the system are eliminated,
the heart gets the right kind Of blood and
the person feels invigorated and stronger
In consequence. As a tissue builder il is
far preferable to cod liver oil or any alco-
holic compounds or tonics, because il gives
the blood aud the tissues the food elements
they require and maintains a persons
nutrition by enabling him to eat, retain,
digest and assimilate nutritious food.
II overcomes the gastric irritability and
symptoms of Indigestion. Because of the
good effects from using Or. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery upon nutrition and the
building up Of the tissues, eatarrh, con-
sumption, weakness or debility and symp-
toms of fever, night sweats, headaches,
etc, disappear.
III believe that II ie generally conceded that
Or. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery 10 tho
best medicine for a man to take suffering from
indigestion kidney trouble, or any of the attic
tons resulting from overwork or neglec,ing a
cold" writes J Russell Hill Of 1s7 Barrie street.
kiugston Ontario Recording Secretary Impe-
rial Knights Federation League OF kingston.
III have used II several times during the past
few years and have always found that it gave
me immediate relief II expels excessive uric
acid in the system due to improper digestion
relieves the kidneys from congestion, drives
headache and baakache away, induces appetite
and tones up the general system, 1 consider 1t
fine remedy for young or old men, sure to
build up a rundown condition Of the system.p
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
Weak Hearts, Weak Blood
Weak NerYeS.-Get relief lin 50

minutes. DR.. Agnew's Cure for the heart
never fails TO cure the heart and nerves and
to enrich the blood 1t relieves in 80 mlnu-
les. w. II. Musselman of c. A. r.. W eiss-
port, Pa, says: "Tvo bottles of DIR. Ag'
news Heart Cure entirely cured me OF heart
palpitafion and extreme nervousness. II
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
Ruby Lips

Ruby Lips and clear compleN'o''
the pride Of woman. Have you lost these
charms through torpid liver, constipation,
b,liousness, or nervousness DIR. Agnew's
Liver Pills will restore them 10 you-4o
little "Rubes" in vial, 10 cents. Act like
charm. Never grpe.-4
Sold BY { A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02
NERVOUS DEBILITY,

Vital Weakness and Prostra-
ton from overwork and other
causes. Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Specific No. %, in use
over 40 years, the only success
ful remedy. 81 per vial, or spec
ial package for serious cases, %.
Sold by Druggists or sent prepaid on receipt Of prcA
humphrey Mod. Co., william 4 John sts., M
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

The Cynical Bachelor observes the women
who are afraid their husbands will marry a
second time always live to a ripe old age.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

Some men are so narrow minded that Il
seems as though they might almost pass
through the eye OF a needle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

The more a man gets the more he
wants-unless police judge Is deal
ing 1t out.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

In order to join the great silent ma
jority a man must either die or get
married.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

Even the sci s>ors sharpener must occasion.
ally feel as though he would ike 10 get away
from the daily grind.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

A fellow always admres his best girls
hands and feet until he has 10 pay for her
gloves and shoes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

No, Maude, dear; it doesn't take 20 men
to make a score in baseball.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

There's a station they call Wingohocking,
Where resides a young girl who's quite
shocking.
1t seems very strange,
When she wants to make change,
To see her dive down in "pocketbook.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

ALL WHO USE AToMIzRRs in treating
nasal catarrh will get the best result from
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price, including
spraying tube, 75cts. Sold by druggists or
mailed by Ely Bros, So Warren St., N. Y.
New Orleans, Sept. J, 1000.
MEssRs. ELY BRos.:-I sold two bottles
of your Liquid Cream Balm to a customer,
VIM. Lamberton, I4Is Delacbaise St. New
Orleans; he has used the two bottles, giving
him wonderful and most satisfactory result.
GRo W. MCDUFF, Pharmacist.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-02

There is no die.
putting the fact that
mans heart Is often
reached t1srnttoh fiic
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-01
Farmers Driving Gu, sheen.

From nearly all sections of eastern
Oregon come reports of the reduction
in the size Of the tiocks of the sheep
kings, whose extensive operations in
the past have made Oregon famous
as a wool and sheep country. A few
of the largest operators who took time
by the forelock and secured title to
vast areas of government land while
1t was still cheap, says the Portland
Oregonian. will continue in the bust.
ness on large scale for few years
longer. The greater number of moder.
ately large sheepmen. however, will
reduce the size of their fiocks and
some of them will abandon the bust.
ness entirely.
This change has been brought about
by the steady encroachment of the
farmers OH the lands where for many
years the sheep have had free range
without any cost to their owners. The
policy of the government in permitting
these vast focks of sheep to wander at
will over such a large portion of the
State of Oregon has often been criti.
cised, especially by the cattlemen. who
have preferred to pasture their herds
on portion of the land that was
tramped into barrennss by the sheep.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-01

on reading. not only for pleasure, but
also for research. Libraries are we'll
patronized, not only by the college stu.
dent examining reference books, but
also by his more unfortunate brother
who cannot afford a college course.
This does not keep the latter from
reading all he can, and the demand for
more libraries is constantly heard. A
frequenter of libraries has patented the
adjustable shelf-desk shown in the IL
Illustration, and its advantages will be
READILY apparent. Such a device is
often wanted when examining books
on the many shelves. 1t is extremely
simple in construction and can be in
stantly moved from one shelf to an
other and placed where most conven-
lent. A shelf-desk, MS the inventor
calls it, for holding the book is fast
ened to and supported by brackets.
these brackets being shaped to con-
form to the size of the shelf. The end
of the bracket which fits into the book
shelf is divided into two arms, the
upper arm being shorter than the low
,er arm-the upper arm bearing against
the upper side of the shelf and the
lower one below the shelf. A clamp.
ing screw can also be affixed, but this
is not absolutely necessary, rs the arms
are sufficient to hold the shelf-desk in
position. the user removing and plac-
ing it where most convenient.
Joseph A. Lawson of Menanda, N.
Y, is the patentee.