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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-29

There was a record broken in the post office department last week. The postmaster general turned into the treasury s22. .359. .12n.the largest amount for one quarter in the history of the office This WIS not 70 remarkable for the department is growing all the time and the receipts o1turally in- crease. But the amount exceeded the expenditures by S1.sOO.S15. This is a record sure enough It indicates a good business administration and as a financial index to the prosperity of the country fl is decidedly encouraging. Now that the post office fs nakinx an effort to set on even a better business footing. more carefully we.ghinx tue nails and adjusting railway psymgnts to correspond. there seems a prospect of its becominz actually self-suF5sort- ing department This viii he cheerfuI enough news to the general pubiIe. hut t has q rather eminsus ring for the express companies. telegraph and tele-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-29

and will be a portion of the Russian exhibit in the Alaska building of the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition.
 In 1882 Russian dog mail on its way from the interior to Sitka discov- cred traces of gold on the Anauk. An old trading post on the Koskowini, the ruins of which are stiil to be seen, was the headquarters of Russian trade in that district. The Anauk river was known then as the Yellow river and so appears to-day on the Russian maps. For years this discovery was worked, but the Russians never good prospect ors at best, abandoned gold mining as soon as the deposits in the immediate vicinity of the original discovery were worked out. Why the rick Hunker was abandoned will forever remain a mystery. It has been claimed that all along the Russian government had records of the vast gold deposits in the neighborhood of the Klondike and had that portion of the country been Russian and not British, the United States would never have had the op- portunity to purchase Alaska. But that must remain a speculation as Russian bureaucracy never gives up it's secrets. One thing alone is certain, that the gold deposits of both Yukon and Alaska were worked half a cen tury before Skookum Jim made his famous discovery on the afternoon of August Is. 1896. and opened up new frontier kingdom for the troopers of the lost legion to conquer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-29
Travel of a Pennsylvania Teacher.

Milan Walker. son of ex-sherIH Miles Walker Of Center county. who last June graduated from the Belle fORte High school, just closed his first term of teaching school. and with it he has made quite a record.
 His school was at Rock Forge. which Is seven miles from BelIefonte; preferring to board at home. he walk ed these fourteen miles each day. with the exception of fourteen trips which he made on a bicvcIe. The distance covered during the term was Z.150 miles. and. taking from that the 5s8 niles which he traveTed on his bike. leaves I.se6 miles which he walked. He left BelIsfonte early in the morning. and quite often the thermometer registered 10 to I4 de- grees below zero- In addition he broke hss way through the SHOW to the schcOiEouse and made fire. having the room warm before ekooi vas called at g o'cIock.-PhiladsIphia Record
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-29

Tests with the government sub marine boats that have just been con- cluded at Newport, indicate that this class of vessel has developed to the point where it is no longer mere forlorn hope, a death risking des- perate contrivance, but a legitimate arm of the service that will have to be definitely reckoned with in fu- ture naval wars and in naval build- ing programs. The two boats that have been tested have not only shown speed on the surface and under it but ability to stay down for A hours at time without inconvenience to their crews. They have shown that the United States is in possession of as effective submarine vessels as any power in the world, and they indicate strongly that the American coast will be a mighty unhealthy region for any hostile fleet to navigate in should there arise the unfortunate contingency of, another foreign war.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-29
PENMANsHIP OF AUTHORS.
The Handwriting Often Reveals Ac
 curately Their Temperaments.

,An interesting study is the hand- writing of authors, as it indicates to q greater or less degree their person. al temperaments.
 Longfellow wrote bold, open back hand, which was the delight of print CTS. says the Scientific American. Joaquin Miller writes such a bad hand that he often becomes puzzled ever his own work and the printer sings the praises of the inventor of the type writer
 Charlotte Bronte's writing seemed to have been traced with a canbric needle. and Thackeray's writing while marvelously neat and precise. was so small that the best of eyes were need cd to read it. Likewise the writing of Captain Marryat was 90 microscopic that he was obliged to mark the place where he left off by sticking a pin in the paper.
 NapoIeon's was worse than IIIegIble, and it is said that bis letterz from Ger many to the Empress Josephine were at first thought to be rough maps of the seat of war.
 Carlyle wrote a patient. crabbesl and oddly emphasized hand. The pennan- ship of Bryant was aggressive vel formed and decidedly pleasing 10 the eye: while the chiroraplIy of Scott, Hunt. Moore and Gray was smooth and easy to read. but did not express distinct Individuality.
 Byran's handwriting was nothing mere than a scrawL His additions to his proofs frequently exceeded tn volume the original copy. and ia enc of his poems. vhIeh contained iu fhe original copy four hunsircd lines. one thousand were added in fDe proof.
 The writing of Dickens was utDcfe and he had the habit uf writing vifk blue ink ca blue pzper. Freerrrt erzsures and infsrIinezfious made bis coQy a burden to his pubEsteEA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-29
RUSSIANS WORKED MINES.
Political Prisoners Labored in Alaska
 and Klondike Gold Fields,

Seattle, May 29.-Whlle the world is still wondering after forty centuries how such vast riches as the gold and diamond mines of Solomon and Hiram, King of Tyre, could become lost to the world, it forgets that in the great gold fields of Alaska there is a similar ia- stance, confined entirely within the bounds of the nineteenth century.
 There is ample evidence that the Klondike gold fields were discovered by Russians in the early thirties, last century, and worked by political slav- es to considerable extent, before be- ing abandoned and forgotten. And 1t is now recalled apropos of the new branch of the Alaska Central railway up the lentna, recently described by Dr F. A. Cook, the first mountaiIeer to ascend Mount Mckinley, who took that route to the mountain, that in 1852 the Russians explored that dis trict thoroughly, and mined thousands of dollars worth of gold on the Anauk river in the Seward peninsula. Ill fact the instruments which they used and the chains with which the eonvicts were hobbled while they worked will be portion of the Russian occupation exhibit of Alaska at the great AlaskHe Yukon-Pacific exposition which will be held at Seattle in 1909. Besides the industrial, agricultural and mineral exhibits at the exposition. much space will be devoted to displays dealing with the early history of Alaska aud Yukon.
 The discovery in the klondike was made in dramatic way. A short dis tance above discovery claim on HGat- CT creek, chief tributary of the kion- dike, a number of miners were work ing lay. That is the ground belong ed to someone else and they worked it agreeing to pay all expenses and Ia turn over a certain percentage of the gross output of the mine. usually Gf- teen per cent to the owner Of the ground.
 When the ground was opened q couple of feet the miners came acToss traces of an old tunnel. At first they paid little attention, as in the early days of the country in 1897 ta 1S,sl, all kinds of tunnels were dug an1 then abandoned by certain class of in- experienced new corners who expected to find gold in millions for a few days labor. But as the miners went deeper they saw that this tunnel could not be the work of miners digging at 50 re- cent q period. The timbers that shOred the walls were old and rOttesl, the tunnel looked as If 1t had Tot been worked fof a century.
 At the end there were evidences of q tragedy. The bones of couple of men were found past oave-in wslich had evidently imprisoned them beyond aI1 rescue and on their legs there still eIunz the heavy ma1scies with which Russia in the old days hobbled her political prisoners The men had died miseTsbly because of tile cave-in and for some reason never C. be known were not rescued. The irons 0n their legs had apparently hiniered their movements. for the situation would not have been desperate to q modern miner. possessing full freedom Of movement Beside them. were their eentury-oId picks. heavy. bluHfed and inefficient Instruments The remains were respectfully buried and the in struneu7s and Ieg irons were saved,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-29

phone companies and others of the great public utilities now run at im- mense profit by. private corporations and whose constant claim has been in the past that the government could never do such work as they are doing cheaply and at profit. Postal service is about the cheapest great service the public enjoys and no one can say that it is not about the best also. It is nevertheless inferior to the postal ser- vices of England, Germany and
 France, for it permits lot of rapa- cious express companies to skim the cream of the service and skin the peo-
 pie of the United States.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-29

One of the ablest addresses de- livered at the Lake Mohonk peace conference was by the millionaire ambassador from Mexico, Senor Greet. who has been one of the noted figures in diplomatic life here since his appointment to succeed the late Senor Aspiroz, says a Washington writer. Senor Creel spoke in favor of what is known as the Drago doc Urine which is a sor: of supplement to the Monroe doctrine and declares against the right of foreign power to collect debts by force of arms from any of the American republics. The doctrine has been named after the secretary of state of Brazil by whom it was elueidated and warmly sup ported, but senor Greet gave the cred it for its inception to Elihu Root. the American secretary of state. He de- clared that 1t met with the hearty approval not only of Mexico. but all the Central and South American re- publies, and it seems likely that it will be adopted by the countries of this hemisphere as a fitting eorollary to the Monroe doctrine. It is not likely that 1t will ever be formally recognized by the powers of Europe any more than the Monroe is now, but if 1t is as thoroughly respected as the Monroe doctrine always has been. that will be sufficient for all practical purposes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-29

It is a good sign for the awaken ing of public conscience that the Union Pacific railroad is returning to the government several million dol lars worth of coal lands that it re- gently stole in the west. The com pany is delft at larcenies of this sort, and did not annex the lands direct but through the medium of the Union Pacific Coal company which is a subsidiary company of the railroad. But in the overhauling of the land office and the unearthing of land frauds of various sorts, the company was caught with the goods and has turned them over to the government without a murmur. Now comes an. other healthy indication. The de- partment of justice announces that it will not take the restitution as ex- culpation for the deed, but will push the prosecution against the men who tried to steal the land and desisted only when they were found out. A few more prosecutions of this sort and the big men of the big corpor- ations will begin to think that it al- most pays to be honest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-29
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1907.

Steel Magnate Corey might give that unfortunate minister who mar ried him a permanent job as a private chaplain. To all appearances, the reconstructed Corey family might furnish fruitful employment for at least one minister all the time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
FRENCH HUSBANDS.
How They Are Made-Their Won.
dcrful Consideration.

Near Biarritz, IN his splendid up
to-ddte Basque villa. lives the poot
Rostand, rccluse.
To Rostand came two relatives.
youth and his father, for advice. TIE
young man desired to marry a poor
girl for love.
The sun was setting in the vale
of Cambo. From his high perchod
terrace the great soul of Rostand
swan out to where the golden light
turLs rose; and back: and he spoke.
"a serious family question. The
boy has not enough for himself. To
marry poor girl he must earn for
both; and, preoccupled by work,
he will not be able to cultivate the
lovely parasite. But when a girl
brings money to the partnership. she
has an exalting sense of aiding her
protector; where springs enduring
married love. No, no. France Is
full of lovable girls with money.
The young relative of Rostand ac-
quiesced-he had been trained for
marriage as a profession; they are
going to wed him to IA pretty maiden
with $4,000 year and a widowed
mother in her Biarritz villa, glad to
enter the distinguished poets dis
tinguished family, but do not i'm
asine that any snoozer without vhis
boys training would have been ac-
ceptable; among the French bour-
geOis youths are prepared for ma:ri-
mony instead of for work. as caro-
fully as are girls in other lands,
Physically, they are not football
players. The mass of these smart
young fellows still limit themse!y IS
to horseback riding and fencing.
Horseback riding and fencing,
however, obligatory and daily from
childhood up, produce type Of
young men, healthy, lively, graceful.
satisfying to the ideal of the French
girl and her mother-by whom she
is guided in technical matters.
emphasize physical vivacity,
quickness, readiness and grace. For
instance, these Frenchmen all dance
beautifGlly-and like 1t. l have
known three French girls who chose
their husbands for their dancing
taste and stamina-dancers through
lite; and they actually dance tleir
wives to this day
Do you think that a working bus
mess man who has been killing him
self at the Office all day is coming
home to change and dance? No, he
will eat dinner, digest and grow
fat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
A Mussulman at Prayer.

When saying his prayers the true
Mussulman is not easily disturbed
Hans Doering. in his account of mis-
travels in Chinese Turkestan. writes;
1T is an interesting sight to see Il
Mussulman perform his deyotions.
Through the piece of glass in my
paper window | saw the Interpreter
spread his carpet In front OF ms
house just opposite the one in when
was living. His wife and child SAT
quite close to him talking iouuly
with some visitors, but this did not
In the least disturb the old man a.
lis devotions.
In spite of the noise the melodiOus
chanting of the koran was quite aud
ible. The worshipel kowtowed sew
eral times and cried Allah! Allah.
Allah!' Then for a while stood rev.
erentially clasping his hands cross-
wise upon his breast, after which ne
Joined in the conversation. His wife
then went through the same perIor-
nance, doing exactly the same as
her husband. This they do every
morning and evening whether there
nre friends with them or not"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
Hat of Purple Crinolinc.

The cables say that purple Is the
color Of the hour in Paris and echoes
of the report are found in the new
seasons hats which are making their
appearance In the shops. Quite a
charming bit of millinery is this
purple crinoline with the brim turn
ed up at the front a la Napoleon.
The crown Is wreathed with pale
mauve harebells and pansies which
drOop over the brim at the hack to-
Eether with qantities of soft. feath-
cry foliage. Asparagus and maid
en- hair ferns are excellent for the
NV trimmings because they come in
exquisite color effects and suggest
the feathery decorations that are so
d la mode
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
Fined for Marrying.

The Board of Educatlor has issued
n new declaration as to term Of ser
vice for teachers to sign when they
are appointed to primary schools.
The women teachers must undertake
to serve for five years and the men
teachers for seven years. At pres
eut wcmen teachers undertake 20
--ryo only tTo years.
The rule at first sight seems m
cXccptionable, for the cost to tae
State of passing teachers through the
training colleges is considerable and
It Is not fair that the teachers should
rs. their advantages at the expense
o, the taxpayer by accepting other
appointments after a 6rie! service in
the primary schools.
Many education authorities have a
rule that the marriage of women
teachers shall be equivalent to res
ignat!On. In that case women
teacher who marries withiI her five
years must under the new rule cay
penalty up to a maximum OF G25
(S126).
In other words 1t might often hap
pen that a woman would be fine
for marrying at the very marriage
able age Of, say, twenty-five to
tweuty-seyen.- n.--London Spectator.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26

Poised on the edge of the brim
al the front is smart bow of pur-
pie jaime velvet secured in the CEN
trc Win r dull golC and purple enam-
eii1d BUCKLE, 1t takes Paris to 20
maI over a difficult color, and moth
ing could be more eXacting than the
new shade Of purple, Fortunately
il Is susceptible to reliefs of white
OF soft color tones, and it can be
made becoming with smart color
b, homes.
one of the newest trimmings for
uals is a scarf hemmed with passa-
monterie balls. These balls have
also captures of the dressy lit
tie coats and frills OF fashion. They
edge every thing that has an edge.
and are SO Indispensable that they
will form a conspicuous part OF the
new seasons decorative schemes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
HoW's ThisP

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Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
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firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
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ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price IS cents per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
pENNSYLVA
Railroad.

SCHLD ~. 30 'sMBLK 25IIgo6
Trains leave EASE 1-oU...5 'NG as follows
For Nescopeck and Nilkes-L are, 1:5O, lO:i6 a
IN, 2i3 A:2S Nescopeck only, U:2O p: IN. week
days.
For Catawi sa and sunbury, S:25, 11:47 a. m,
4:U7, ~ y. IN. week days; sundays 4'U7 y. IN
u. m., 2.43, $50 p. IN. weekdays.
IN, 42S p. IN. week days.
fof HazletOn, 7'5O 1876 a. m, 429, $40 p. IN.
Hwcek days.
CT Lewisburg. Milton, williamsport, Lock
maven, remove, and kdgway IL a. a. IN. week
days Lock Haven only, o:25 a. m, d:O7 p. m;
Tor Williamsport ana intermediate stations,
:gj, lli7 u, IN. i:OI 7.25 p. IN. week days; 4,OI
I. III. sundays.
For Belleronte, Tyrone ,rhilipsburg, and Clear
Held, S:2j, ll:47 a. m week days.
For Harrisburg and intermediate StatiOns6.25,
ll:I1 a. m, 1907, 1:25 p. IN. week days; 1907 p'
IN. sundays.
For Philadelphia (via Harrlsburg), Baltimore
and Washington S.25, II a. a. m, d07, 1:25 p. IN.
week days; sundays, 1901 p. IN.
For Pittsburg (via Harrisburg S:25 a. m, f.07
| 7.25 p, IN. week days; 1907 daily via Lewistown
junction, 1913, il:41 a. IN. weekdays; via LOCK
Haven, 825, ll:47 q IN. weekdays.
For further Information apply to Ticket
| Agents
| W. w. ATTERBURY, j. X. WOOD,
General Manager. Pass'r Trainc Mgr.
GEO. W. BOYD,
General Passenger Agent
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
Sensible Eighteenth Century DANES

AS wits, theologians, politicians
and writer's, the women of hun
dred and fifty or sixty years ago
we're certainly in advance of those
of to-day; yet apparently they had
no wish to push man from his pro-
por place. They held no anti-matri-
monial views. They made good
mothers, they were excellent house
wives, they were socially charm
ing. they managed to be personally
attractive. In many directions
they had the advantage of U.s.
Ladys Pictorial.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
flashed Brown Potatoes.

For a family of four or FIVE take 9
good sized potatoes, cold boiled. Chop
fine with little parsley, season with
salt and pepper. Into this stir 1-2
cup of sweet cream. Have ready a
hot griddle, creased we'll with lard
or butter. spread the potatoes evenly
ON the griddle and cook slowly.
When they are finely Drowned
run broad bladed knife under to
lit them from tho griddle, fold over
like an omelet and press edges to-
gcther. leave a few minutes, then
turn IN to a hot plate. Butter well
and garnish 18th parsley.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
Baked Brown Potatoes.

Roll, peel and mash or 10 po-
tatoes. Beat into them while not
salt and pepper to taste, a spoonful
onion juice, half cup milk and
tablespoon butter.
Have them smooth and creamy.
Butter lons shallow cake tin and
hll evenly with the potato, bake
brown in hot oven, cut like johnny
cake and serve very hot.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26

No little interest has been mani
tested recently in the Hon, George
Gray of Delaware as a Presidential
possibility and it is said to be no
surpri Sc to those who have studied
the man, his private and public life,
and his eminent fitness for the
Presidency. The solidity of his
character has attracted some men,
politicians in Washington aver, and
others turn toward him because of
the combination of qualities and
circumstances which make him, i'll
their judgment, peculiarly availa'
BILE as the Democratic choice fol-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
Rayage Wrought by Rats.

1t is estimated that the rat does
s5O,O00,000 worth of damage a year
IN England. In slaughter house
near Paris rats In single night
picked to the bone the carcasses OF
35 horses. There is very little that
they will not eat. Eggs, young birds
and animals are among the dainties
which they snap up in the ordinary
course of business, but when pressed
by hunger they will eat anthing
through which they can drive their
terrible teeth. Rat will eat rat. The
idea that a trapped rat will bite OF
an imprisoned leg ard 30 escape Is
now said to be wrong; 1t is the
other ra.s which do the biting. They
eat the captive.
OAsToEIA.
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-26
Columbia & Montour FL. Ry.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT
Tune I 1904, and until $urther office

Cars leave Bloom for Espy, Almedia, Lime
Ridge, Berwick and intermediate points as
follows:
A. NJ. 1890, $40, 6:2o, 700, 7;4o, S:2o,
90, o:4o, 1920, II:oo, II:4o.
Pm. I2: 40, 100, 1910, 2.2o, $500, $40,
4:2o, 600, $40, 6'2o, 700, 7:4o, 8; 80, 600,
*(o:4o) 1920 *(II:oo)
Leaving depart from Berwick one hour
from time as given above, commencing at
600 a. m.
Leave Bloom for Catawissa A. NJ. $3.50,
oI5, +7:oc, +S:oo, 900, tIo:oo, +II;oo,
1900.
p. NJ. 100, t2:oo, 500, 400, $500, 600,
t7:oo, 500, o;oo 1920, *(II:oo)
Cars returning depart from Catawissa 20
MINUTES from time as given above.
First car leaves Market Squarelfor. Berwick
on Sundays at 700 a. m:
First car,for Catawiss Sundays 700 a. m.
First car from Berwic for Bloom Sunday
leaves at $500 a. m.
st:tr l:tse, wi Sunda e
a. m.
TFrom Power House.
Saturday night only.
tP. X. X. Connection.
VIM. TERWILLIGER,
Superintendent.