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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09
CHARTER NOTICE.

IN the Court OF Common Pleas Of Columbia
county,
Notice is hereby given that an appli-
cation will be made to the above Court
on Monday, the third day of June, A.
D., 1907. at ten o'clock a. M. under the
Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, entitled IAN Act to
provide for the incorporation and regu-
lation of certain corporations, approved
April goth, A. D.. 1874, and the supple
rents thereto, by NJ. N. Halkowicz,
Dominick Rugala, John Branicz and
George Copcha of the Borough of Mount
Carmel, Pa. and Film Fludowicz and
Nycola Palcowicz of the Borough of
Centralia, Pa, for the charter of an in
tended corporation to be called Russian
Saint Demetry Beneficial Society" of
Centralia, Pa, the purpose and object
of which is to maintain and support its
members in case of sickness, injury or
death. and those dependent upon them,
from funds collected therein and for
these purposes to have, possess and en-
Joy all the rights, benefits and privileges
of the said Act of Assembly and its sup
plements.
WALTER & HUGHES.
EDWARD J. FLYNN,
Solicitors
Centralia, Pa April 90, 1907. 5-2-3t,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09
Spider Web Thread.

Thread made from the spiders
web Is lighter and stronger than that
which comes from the silkworm. In
France there is factory used only
for the manufacture of spiders
thread.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09

When a man persists in forcing
undeserved compliments upon you,
he usually has an axe to grind; try
to borrow something from him AZ
Hnce, or you may find yourself tho
leader.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate OF Cornelius Cronfn, late OF the To,cn or
BioomSblrg Pa.
Notice Is hereby given tnat letters OF admin.
istration on the estate OF Cornelius Cronin, late
OF the Town OF Bloomsbury, deceased, have been
granted 10 the undersigned admiristratrix, 20
whom all persons indebted TO said estate are re-
duested TO make payments, and those having
claims or demands Will make known the same
without delay to
ELIAABFTH CRONIN,
Administrators,
John G. Harman, Bloomsbury, Pa.
Attorney, 4-4-8t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09
Wiilie's Problem.

Now here is something very queer"
Said thoughtful William Brown;
II slipped UP on an orange peel.
Then why did | fall DOWN?"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09
HOME COOKING.
Chicken ChoWlcr.

tniCken tnDNNpf.
Boil fowl until tender, then cut
into dice. When the liquid Is. cold
skim off the fat. Fry in this fat two
sliced onions, add five peeled pota-
toes, cut into dice, and put in the
cut-up chicken. Add the chicken
liquor, turn all into pot, season with
pepper and salt, and, If they are de-
sired, add a can of tomatoes. The
chowder is good with or without this
addition. Cook all together for a
half hour.
Breakfast Coffee Cake.
Take a piece of bread dough and
add one-half cupful of sugar and Il
tablespoonful Of melted butter; then
roll out an inch thick and put on a
creased pie pan, brush the top with
melted butter and cover thick with
cinnamon and sugar; let it rise and
bake quick. Cut in long narrow
strips to serve. Eat hot or cold
It is nice made Saturday with the
other baking to use Sunday morning
for breakfast.
Tender Pot Roast
Put the beef into an iron pot with
little butter, but with no salt.
Brown on both sides. then add two
tablespoonfuls of vinegar and boil for
few miutes before pouring in a
little water, then salt. pepper, onion
Juice and a pinch Of baking soda.
Cook until it is tender enough to fall
apart, then thicken the gravy, trans
fer the meat to platter, put the
gravy over 1t and garnish with pars-
| ley.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Centralia, Pa April 90, 1907. 5-2.3t,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN FATHER.
Writer Pours Forth Need Of Praise in
New Direction.

A gentleman-bred thinks as much
of his sons as a gentleman-born does
Of his grandfathers. To be childless
Is to be a failure in the eyes of our
typical Benedict. Americans have
qualified often as bad husbands
idiosyncrasies and heredity assisting
but as a parent the American man
is the marvel of the world, writes
Minna Thomas Antrim in Lippin-
colts. When he has wealth, he gives
to his children like a prince. When
he is poor ne tolls for them like a
slave and never mentions his labor,
thankfully accepting the crumbs that
fall from loves table. To, mother
love- poets and painters have paid
/ rich tribute. To ''father-love," who?
! How waxeth our Benedict with the
#circling of time? ! In marriage he ex-
spected to find woman's "clew." Has
she? He iss within your sbailiwick, my
Brethren; inquire: As Benedict in
the way he should 50. toes zhe., Tries
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
CHAMPION LAZY MAN:
LAYS ABED 80 YEARS
is TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND
THERE is NO ONE TO
WAIT ON HIM.

Belfast.-A man named Thompson,
who went to bed in 1877 and did not
leave it until fortnight ago, is be-
lieved to have established a worlds
record.
Thompson, who lives with his moth
er at Clare, Lurgan, was a boy of IL
when he went to bed. He was looked
after by his mother, and his pres
ence in the house was hardly known
to the villagers. In all probability he
would have remained in bed for the
rest of his life had not crisis &C.
CURED in his domestic affairs a fort
night ago.
Mrs. Thompson was then taken i'll
and had to be taken to the infirmary.
Left helplessly alone, Thompson was
compelled to get up. A search was
commenced for the suit which he dis
carded 80 years ago, but he was un-
able to dress without assistance.
Two neighbors we're called in, and
the work of squeezing him into the
suit occupied the three men a whole
evening. When dressed he was too
tired to walk, and an ambulance had
to be brought to convey him to the
union.
He reposed there until his mother
was we'll enough to leave the infirm-
airy; then he followed her home. He
was compelled to walk this time, as
the guardians refused an ambulance.
The facts of the case came out
when the relieving officer applied to
the guardians for relief for Mrs
Thompson, who has only occasional
help from some more energetic sons
who have emigrated to Australia. She
was allowed 10 pence week. The re-
cital of the story convulsed the guard
ians.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
Modern Boston.

The changed character of Boston's
population could not be more typi.
cally illustrated than in the reading
Of the names of the committees of
the Boston common council. AS the
Patriots day committee, for example,
President Barrett selects Counci]men
Rachkowsky. Santosuosso and Pur-
cell. When the descendants of the
tribe Of Israel, a race that for 1000
years, without country or a flag. has
maintained it's racial identity; Of
those brave peoples of Italy that dur
ing the varied vicissitudes of the
houses of Savoy, Lombard and Guelph,
and the never-ceasing conflict between
church and state, have grown racially
stronger century after century, and
the hardy Celts, whose ancestors dur
ing the middle ages kept alive learn
ing and wisdom in the world, and
through subsequent centuries of op-
preston maintained burning the
spark of race and religion, join togeth.
er in making plans for Boston's Pa.
triots' day, who will deny that they
are qualified for the work, and that
in them is tncarnated the spirit of
modern American institutions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
Headed That Wav-

The late Hon. Amasa Norcross NJ
t1tchburg, Mass, who ably represent-
ed his district for three successive
terms IN congress, told the following
story with evident enjoyment:
In the early days of his practice as
a lawyer he was employed as attor.
ney for a man who complained of
neighbor for trespassing upon his
premises, who among other things
said that when he went to talk with
his neighbor about it that individual
used very threatening and abusive
language.
In cross-examining the defendant
upon the witness stand Mr.. Norcross
asked.
What did you say to nv client
when he came to see you about tres
passing on his premises?"
Il told him to go to the devil"
We'll, did he go?'
II think he did, sir. for I noticed
that he started of directly toward
your Office ,
Cleverness is one Of: the attributes
necessary for every man who is en-.
ployed in the post Office sorting mail
for he meets with all kinds of freaks
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
Shah's Gallant Speech.

Some of the members of the Brit.
ish legation were talking about the
late shah of Persia.
when tho shah was in London"
said a young man, 'he amused him
self at dinner party at ducal resi-
dence in Park lane by appraising the
beauty of the ladies present in terms
of sheep. Thus for blonde countess
he said he would give 1900 sheep; for
a tall, slim baroness he said he would
give 1000 sheep; for a peeress of
middle age he said he would give $50
sheep, and 80 on. Finally the shah
came to the beautiful Mrs. Willie
James. Everybody waited in anxious
silence to hear the old heather state
her value in sheep, for she is thought
to be the most beautiful woman in
London. The shah looked at Mrs.
James tenderly. He shook his head
and sighed. This lady, he said, is
out of the question. Neither l nor
any other man in the world owns as
many sheep as she is worth. ,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
MECHANICAL MOR9El DEVOURED
~ PET IN CELEBRATING
EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY.
IS WlNDUP OF A WILD ORGY
INITIATED Bits Of Metal and Rubber
Tell Of the Dark Tragedy in Which
Chicago Feline Is the
Chief Character.

Chicago.-A small brass cogwheql
oent and twisted cut of shape, half
:hewed India rubber band and a de-
iected piece of string discovered at the
Hull house apartment told the story of
deep, dark tragedy. These crumpled
bits of mechanism have been positive
" identified as the interior organs of
/ chocolate-colored tin mouse with red
eyes and hemp cord for tail.
The mystery underlying this grew
some discovery is slowly being unrav-
rad. while suspicion points strongly
20 p. Jackson, colored, 18, Halsted and
Ewing streets.
The tragedy, occurring, as it did,
within a few hours after an orgy rival
ing those of decadent Rome under the
tyrant Nero, carries with it such re-
Voting features as properly can be
witnessed only by the blind eye of
Night. 1t was tragedy of the under
world in high society.
The coroner's inquest over the re-
mains of the victim has not yet been
held, but it is expected that this in
QUESTION will bring to light the details
in all their unpleasant reality.
This creature of crafty MEN," as
Sam Davis, the Nevada bard, once
sang, celebrated the eighteenth ami
versary of his birth. Nothing was too
good for Peter !. The early morning
mail brought him a souvenir postcard
from trick dog named Monte, the pet
of certain Riverside whistler" A
messenger then left, with the compli-
ments of Royal, an Angora pussy, a
beef kidney wrapped in tissue paper
and tied with pink ribbon.
Then Mrs. Pelham had provided for
the cats entertainment a dozen tiny
chocolate candy mice. These little
creatures were disposed in sundry
hooks and corners of the fiat, with
strings attached to them so they could
be pulled across the floor.
Peter, whose taste for rodent blood
long since had been satisfied, went for
the chocolate mice, and showed that
even in his old age his claws had lost
none of their cunning. The sport final.
ly grew tiresome, however, and Peter
leaving several mutilated bodies scat
tered around, settled himself on his &C
customed pillow, where he abandoned
himself to dreams of the cat paradise
AS he dreamed Peter must have
been troubled with nightmare. as was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
ENGLISH GIRL TAKES NUDE
SPRINT THROUGH STREETS
OF COVENTRY TOWN.
MOUNTED ON WHITE HORSE
People Of I'VE Ancient Toune" Are
Shocked When Told Of the Occur
rence-Journey Made When Ma
tives Are Wrapped in Slumber.

London.-There is perhaps no an
grier community in the length and
breadth of England just now than
the people of I'VE ancient toune of
Coventry" They simply declined to
believe that while they slept wom-
an rode through their streets on horse
back in much the same way as their
beloved Godiva made the journey in
the days of long ago. Their unbe-
lief, however, does not dispose of
the fact
All this skepticism was aroused by
the feat of La Milo" a beautifully
shaped woman, who is going the
round of the variety theaters in Lon
don posing as certain classical figures
Tin the altogether"
Her midnight ride nude through the
streets of Coventry has only had the
effect of adding to the personal en-.
joyment she has derived from the real.
1zation of a strange whim.
knowing that steps had been made
to discredit the story, took advan
tage of La Milo's presence in Liver
pool" writes correspondent, tic
call upon her and hear what she has
to say.
The fact that her feat was told In
less detail in the newspapers than II
might have been was concession tc
local feeling and protection to some
extent to those who, in the face oil
authentic particulars, might have
been called to account for allowing
nude woman to pass through the
streets.
La Milo talked freely of her es
capade. When she was a mere girl
she said, she made up her mind that
If she ever found herself in Coventry
she would repeat the feat of Lady Go
diva, and when she arrived there or
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
DISASTER AVERTED By DOG.
Railway Bridge Is Saved from Fire
by Wise Canine.

Boulder, Col.-Furiously barking un-
til it had attracted attention, a dog
belonging to Robert Wallace of Mar.
shall, saved the Colorado and Southern
bridge from destruction by fire and
averted a possible disaster. In 1902
the same bridge was badly damaged
by fire just before train was due,
and the same dog called attention to
the fire by bowling and a serious &C.
cident to the train was prevented.
The railroad officials presented the
animal with fine collar at the time.
The dog was heard barking, and
an investigation showed that the
bridge was in flames. A freight train
had passed over it few minutes be-
fore, and hot Goals from the firebox
set the timbers ablaze. The station
agent at Marshall was notified, while
Mrs. Wallace and her little girl car
ried water from the creek and sue
ceeded in extinguishing the flames.
But for the vigilance of the dog
the strong wind would have famed
the flames into a blaze of serious pro.
portions.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
Takes Himself to Jail.

Waterbury, Conn.-John Hooligan,
of Lockville appeared at the Tolland
county jail bearing his own mittimus,
and informed the keeper that he had
come to be locked up for go days.
II got drunk and Judge Fisk sent
me up for three months, so here !
am" he said. .t-~ 49,
But what are you doing here
alone?' demanded Jailer Babcock.
Didn't anybody bring me- answer
ed aHtooligana in disgust; "he couldn't
handle a. horse. He's stuck in a snow
drift back in the woods. Can't, a man
get locked up afterzhe walked three
miles without answering . lot Of fool
Q1estions?', tes.s j ii ssssas u s;ss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
STRANGE BUT TRUE STORY.
Husband Suddenly Loses Memory and
Wanders Far from Home.

Denver.-Six months ago steady
and methOdical clerk in the South
ern Pacific offices here telephoned at
noon to his wife that he was Just
about to take the street car for home.
From that moment Nahum Wing dis
appeared as completely as if the
ground had swallowed him up. He
left a happy household, a young wife
and child, his accounts were correct.
he did not gamble, drink or in any
manner dissipate.
There was much excitement over
the case and the finally accepted the
DRY was that he had wandered, while
temporarily demented, into the noun
tains and had persisted. The state
took up the hunt and the mounted
men of the national guard were called
out to search the vicinity of the city.
Attempts to discover his whereabouts
were in vain. His wife sold their
home and went to her parents in Bos-
ton.
A day or two ago a clerk in a New
~ AS~Ao A~AAAO0u OuACc OIL
his fellow workmen that they tell him
where Columbine street (the place of
Wings residence in Denver) was To-
Gated. For a long time he could not
be persuaded that he was in New Or
leans. Gradually he realized that he
was Nahum Wing, but insisted that
all that had happened since he start
ed to take a car for home to lunch
con was a blank.
His companions could only tell him
that he came IMP the Offices a few
weeks before and was given a place.
He had done his work we'll, but had
been strangely silent as to himself.
He telegraphed to Denver and receiv-
ing no answer wired Boston. His wife
sent back an overjoyed welcome and
he is now on his way to join her. 1t
has developed that once before he
suffered two days from temporary
alteration of mind.
How curious are the vagaries of the
human mind, that the cord of men,
DRY should suddenly snap-only to be
restored with the same abruptness.
This mans story sounds incredible.
but there have been any number of
authentic cases equally strange.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
TOY MOUSE or TIN
PREY OF AGED CAT

only natural, for he found himself
about to pounce upon giant mouse.
The mouse was fully as large as an
Australian kangaroo, and seemingly
was embarrassed at not being able to
find ample enough hole to retire into:
The monstrous creature snarled and
curled its lip, but Peter was valiant,
and had seized the huge mouse by the
neck when he woke up.
Then curious sight met his eyes.
With a curious clockwork noise a for.
midable appearing mouse was spin
ming around and around the floor. 1t
had an ugly way about it. 1t was
painted dirty mud color, like an ele-
plant, and the hump of it's back sug-
gested belligerency and defiance.
The mechanical mouse had been
purchased from a street vender around
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

At the same time shower of stones
rained on the house from the outside,
and the inmates, afraid to remain in
doors, were yet more afraid to venture
FORTH. =: "
The disturbances have continued
nightly since the first manifestation,
though each night the house has been
surrounded by an armed Gordon, bent
upon solving the mystery and catch
ing the offender, provided it wore the
form of a human.
AS on the first night, chairs and
tables and everything movable per-
formed their antics, finally landing in
an indiscriminate mass while the
house was so closely guarded that not
rat could find ingress or egress
without detection. The negroes in the
neighborhood are worked up to such
a state of superstitious terror as never
before, and even the white people
who have investigated the strange
phenomena are mystified.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

in the shape of letters peculiarly ad-
dressed. Some jokers appear to think
that all the postal clerk has to do is
to solve puzzles.
Recently at the Boston office a let
ter was received addressed wood.
Mass" with a line drawn under the
Wood" and over the Mass" The
letter went out the same day it was
received and reached Mark Under
wood, Andover, Mass, for whom it
was intended, and the postal clerk
who solved the riddle did not think he
had done anything brilliant It was
all in his days work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09
GREAT SEA BATTLE
RUSSIAN CAPTAINS RECOlLEc.
TON OF DISASTER,
Commander Of Warship Tells In
Graphic Fashion Of Experiences
During the Fighting at Tsu-
shima In Late War.

Capt. Vladimir Semenoff of the Rus
sian navy one of the survivors of the
great naval battle of Tsushima in the
war with Japan, writes of his expe-
rlences recently in a published VOL
ume. He was on board the Suvoroff,
the Russian flagship. Capt. Semen.
OH tells of tho stupor which seems to
come over men who have never been
In action before when the first shells
begin to fall. A stupor which turns
easily and instantaneously at the
most insignificant external shot into
either uncomfortable panic or into
unusually high spirits, depending on
the mans character" After the Su.
voroff was fairly alight and complete.
~ riddled Capt. Semenotr found him.
self enveloped in an impenetrable
smoke. Burning air parched my face
and hands, while caustic smell of
burning almost blinded me. Breath
Ing was impossible. How did I get
out OF this hell? Perhaps some of
the crew who had seen me on the
bridge dragged me out. How arrived
on the upper battery on a well-known
spot near the ships image can't re-
member and I can't imagine" Find.
ing a few signal men, Capt. Semenofr
set to work with an unchanged piece
OF hose on the fire. Then Lieut..
Danch1ch came up. Haven't we any
stretchers?" he said. For whom? %
asked Semenoff. why, for you. You
are bleeding. Looking down he saw
that his right leg was standing in a
pool Of blood.
Danchich seemed to be making an
unnecessary FUSS" He wanted some
one to go with Semenoff. "Who wants
to be accompaniment" said Semenoff
angrily, and started to go down the
ladder, not realizing what had hap
pened. When a small splinter had
wounded him in the waist at the be
ginning of the fight it had hurt him
but at this time I had felt nothing,
he writes. Later, in the hospital
when carried there on a stretcher,
understood why it was that during q
fight one hears neither groans MOI
shouts. All that comes afterward
Apparently our feelings have strict
limits for receiving external impress
sions, being even deeply impressed by
an absurd sentence. A thing can be
so painful that you feel nothing, sc
terrible that you fear nothing"
Rojestvensky behaved we'll. Capt
Semenoff says that, although wounded
in the head, back and right leg, be
sides several small splinter wounds
the Russian admiral bore himself mos
cheerfully, going off to look for Z
place from which he could watch thu
fight. Proceeding to the starboar,
turret he received another wound
which caused him much pain. A
splinter struck his left leg, severint
the main nerve and paralyzing tn,
ball of the foot. He was carried int
| turret and seated on a box, but still
! had sufficient strength at once t.
| ask why the turrent was not firing.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-08-09

Christmas time. It could be dangled
by string, and when released would
scud hither and thither as if having
fit. Peter saw it and made a dive.
The strange mouse was impervious to
tooth and claw. Peter regarded it Of
fensively and then retired to his cor
ner to sulk
Night came on, and the mouse, for
gotten, lay abandoned under a chair.
AS the clock struck IL Mrs. Pelham
was aroused from her slumber by a
clanking noise. There was whir, a
purr, then all was silent.
In the morning the CHASTITY remains
were found. Peter, gorged until his
sides were distended, lay innocently
sleeping in the window. AS yet he has
shown no indications of distress. 1t
is perfectly plain, however, that he
ate at least the shell Of the mechani.
cal tin mouse.