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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16
RIGHT HAND OR BOTH HANDS.
Four-Fifths OF the Babies Said to lie
AmbidextrOus.

Many reasons have been advanced
for the prevalence of right-handed-
ness. 1t is by some said TO be the
result of nursing and infantile
treatment to be due to early prac-
tice In writing and drawing, to be
the outcome OF warfare, education
and heredity. the result of mechani-
cal law and other remote causes. ac-
cording to The Strand. Sir James
Sawyer declares that the preferential
use OF the right hand is due to
the fact that in primitive days man
used the right hand for the purposes
of offense, so as to keep the heart
the vital spot--as far as possible
from the assault of an adversary.
Recent experiments and observations,
however, prove that singlehanded-
ness is merely the result of faulty
or restricted education.
IL is curious instance of human
contrariness that should one eye, one
ear or one leg of child show signs
OF diminished vigor the parents
would instantly seek the cause Of.
and II possible. the remedy for that
lamentable condition; yet for some
inexplicable reason or prejudice the
left hand Of the average child is
ruthlessly and deliberately neglect
ed, until in mature years It is an
undeveloped, useless and almost un-
necessary aprendage.
Careful observations have shown
that out of every hundred persons
born into this world eighty are con-
genitally ambidextrous-that Is 10
say, they will instinctively reach for
an object with either hand and only
require proper instruction and train
Ing to develop both hands and arms
to an equal degree of strength AMI
skill
OF the remaining 20. II will be
righthanded. while the other thraa
Will show a natural bias toward the
left hand. The cultivation of ambidex-
terity, therefore, offers no insuper-
able difficulties. and the economical
physiological and psychological ad-
vantages are enormous.
diers can use their weapons witt
equal skill in either hand, for they
are trained 20 be ambidextrous from
childhood. At school they are taught
to write and draw with both hands.
In drawing and painting no support
ing device whatever is used. the en-
tire arm being employed.
The German educational authori..
ties, too, are at present giving con-
siderable attention to left-hand work.
especially in their technical and mo-
chanical schools. The students are
taught to saw, plane and hammer as
well with the left hand as with the
right, and the economical and indus
trial importance of ambidexterity is
firmly impressed upon the minds of
young men and women.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16
Air-PrOpellers.

Count Zeppelin. whose experiments
with a gigantic airship over the Lake
of Constance attracted world wide
attention some few years ago, has
devised novel form of propellers
intended to drive light-draft boats
and launches.
Instead of operating in the water
Zeppelin's propellers, like those used
to drive balloons, rotate in the at
mosphere. They are specially in
tended for use In very shallow wat
ers, and In tropical rivers which
contain 80 many aquatic plants that
the propeller of an ordinary boat be-
comes clogged with them. Boats
having a very light draft can be
skinned along with such propellers
at the rate Of several miles an hour.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16
ANTIQUITY OF AGRICULTURE.
Probably Originated in South and
East OF Europe.

"The origin Of agriculture" says
Professor Wiegend. of the Univer-
sity of Bonn. 'is lost in the mists of
antiquity. We know that in neoli-
thic times in Europe eight kinds of
cereals were cultivated, besides fax,
peas, poppies, apples. pears, plums,
etc, At the same time, various ami
mails were domesticated. Among
these were horses. short-horned OK
en-, horned sheep. goats, two breeds
of pigs, dogs.
I'm all likelihood agriculture arose
In the south and east of Europe, and
spread gradually in the center, north
and west. A hunting population is
often very averse to even the slight
est amount of work that agriculture
requires in tropical country. The
same holds good, as rule for pas
toral communities. In all cases
powerful constraint Is necessary to
force these people into uncongenial
employment. Fate Is stronger than
will, and at various periods in differ
ent climes hunters and herders have
been forced to till the soil
THE desert" Professor Wiegand
says in another part of his paper.
Notwithstanding all difficulties Of
communication. offered more facili-
ties than the sea to early man; it
had, in fact. three manifest advan-
tages over the Mediterranean: G
The desert penetrates further into
the interior of the country. 1t is
several times larger than the Medi-
terranean, and can therefore, tap
more countries; 1t reaches to pre-
cisely those richest countries that the
Mediterranean does not touch. c.,
The desert does not oblige the pastor
to seriously modify his mode of life.
In order to traverse the desert 1t Is
necessary to arrange the journey in
stages; but these stages. once ere
ated, the pastor can live In his own
way. CD A numerous troop can
cross the desert. They travel in
caravans for greater safety and &C.
fense against possible attacks.
Such are the reasons which caus-
ed early man to travel over the des-
ert before voyaging over and utillz-
Ing the sea-"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16
IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP.
The Best, Cheapest and Most EfIlca-
cious Medicine.


Sleep is the best and cheapest med
icine, and 1t is within the reach Of
everybody. We require as much
sleep as we can procure. We may
work at high pressure If we sleep
enough. but If we overwork and un-
dersleep. irritability, insomnia and
neurasthenia are almost certainly
in store. One of the prime causes
Of ill-health among men and women
who have to work with their brains
is neglect of sleep. The woman who
curtails her sleep begins to worry.
insufficient sleep, in the first in
stance, is common cause of insom-
MIA. Rest and sleep are the only rat
ional cures for brain fag and ner-
vous exhaustion. 1t Is the highly
developed mind that it liable to
worry, the alert, highly strung in
dividual who Is prone to suffer from
sleeplessness. The country yokel
can always sleep, and nobody ever
saw a neurasthenic COW; but the
higher the type the greater need for
rest and sufficient amount Of sleep.
Modern sanatoria teach us much
about rest that is worth knowing.
Disease is combated by putting the
patient in such a condition as to en-
able him to cure himself, as 1t were,
by letting nature do her benefcent
work unhindered. One of the un-
breakable rules of sanitarium day
Is rest--absolute rest-for an hour
before and for short time after
meals, says McCall's Magazine. See
the common sense of this! How can
food possibly do anyone any good If
taken into an exhausted frame?
How is it to be digestei? How can
the bodily tissues be refreshed and
nourished? In the big shops, at
every change of season and at sales,
1t is terrible to see the crowds OF
women, tagged and over-excited, who
rush" a meal In some close room,
most likely chatting or planning all
the while, and then, without break
of any sort, go back to the fever of
shopping, many of them with the
prospect Of railroad journey back
to the suburbs as a wind-up. How
many headaches will be the result?
What proportion of these shopping
ladies will go home too tired to sleep?
Neglect of sleep is, perhaps, the
most fatal error made nowadays by
busy people. Sleep is the only rat
ional cure of, as 1t is the natural
safeguard against, brain-fag and
nervous exhaustion. 1t is always the
highly developed. energetic individ-
ual who Is the first to suffer from
worry and sleeplessness.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16

Two Wilkes Barre men. Thomas
Wilson and George Gotthold are
developing formula for making
brick and wall plaster which, it IS
believed will revolutionize that bus.
mess. No cement or sand is used
nut material which heretofore has
5een considered worthless and it is
claimed that the cost of the plaster
will be 81 ton and of the brick
$3.50 a thousand.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16

New York city is now spending on
education s120.873 each school day
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16
A BAD YEAR FOR UNCLE SAM.
TIE Deficit in the National Treasury is Third
Greatest Since the Civil War.

Only twice since the Civil War
has the United States treasury had
a greater deficit than the one which
it faced at the close of the present
fiscal year. The statement showed
an increase of expenditures over
receipts for the year approximating
500, ,ooo, 900. In 1894 there was a
deficit of 500, ,So3, 900, and in 1899
one of a little over $50, 900, 900.
This last, however, was just after
the conclusion of the war with
Spain. The nearest approach to
this years figures was in 1904,
when the deficit totalled SaI,77o,-
600.
The total receipts for the year
have been about $500, 900, 900, or
S64 900, 900 less than for the fiscal
year 1907, custom receipts having
fallen off $40, ,oco, 900 and the in
ternal revenues $40, 900, 900, mis-
cellaneous receipts alone showing
slight gain. The disbursements
for the year have been about $3.50.
600, 900, or $50, 900, 900 more than
for 1907, and $54, 900, 900 than for
any other year since 1855, not ex-
cepting the Spanish war period.
These increased disbursements are
very general and are shown in near
ly every account except that of in
terest on the public debt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16
LOVE OF THE JEWS HARP.
Some Distinguished Performers Up
on the Instrument.

Some Distinguished Performers up-
on the Instrument.
The jewsharp has been n farl,'ar
instrument under that name in this
itself of much greater antiquity. in
Scottish witch trial in 1891 II was
affirmed, says the London Globe. that
a girl named Duncan played upon
small trumpe called a jewstrump'
before the unholy fraternity OF
witches on the occasion of their in
vading church; whereupon his Scot
tish Majesty, before whom and his
Council the trial took place, called
upon the girl to play before him a
dance upon her "trumpe." which she
accordingly did.
Several writer's of voyages and
travels OF the Elizabethan era mem
ton Jewsharps, with hatchets. knives,
beads and the like, as suitable wares
to be taken for purposes Of barter
with the American Indians and other
uncivilized peoples. Sir Walter Raj
eigh mentions that a jewsharp would
purchase two hens. which seems a
fairly profitable rate OF exchange.
The jcwsharp has had its Pader-
ewski. The late Charles Godfrey
Leland, best known to fame as Hans
Breitmann, in his Memoirs" recall
Ing his student days in Germany,
mentions certain Dr. Kerner, who
performed on the single and double
jewsharp. DR.. Kerner, says Leland,
from this most unpromising instrJ-
ment Grew airs of suci exquisite
beauty that one could not have by.n
more astonished had he hcGri tie
sweet tones OF Grici drawn from u
cat by twisting it's tail"
More extraordinary even than tie
performances of Leland's DR.. Ker-
ner were those given some so years
ago In London by a compatriot of his
named Eulenstein. The late Profess
or Charles Tomlinson, writing in lS-
95, gave his own recollections of
some of Eulenstein's S feats This per-
former. he wrote, excited wonder
and delight by combining as many
as 16 jewsharps, including two ac-
taves, in one frame, and he managed
to shift them in his mouth so rapid
ly as to produce what was called
fairy music. A performance at the
Royal Institution led to his being in
vited to evening parties" One can
hardly imagine a performance on the
jewsharp as one of the attractions
at the present day Royal Institution.
But the jewsharp has gone down
In the world. 1t is no longer play
ed upon at the Royal Institution; no
modern DR.. Burney composes music
for 1t; nor will it as an article Of
barter purchase a single hen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16
Just About Now.

About this time the pesky mos
quito puts in an appearance nat
~ appearance, we may add.
About this time the amateur fish.
erman takes to hook and lynn.
About now the young college
graduate begins to see $1,000 jobs
looming up ahead-in his mind S
eye.
About now last years bathing
snit is looked over to see if it can
be worn any longer-or any shorter.
About now the matrimonial ang-
ling season begins. AS with other
Kinds of angling, there will be more
aibbles than catches.
Just about now.-Bost0n Trans
syipt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16
THE LONG ALASKA TRAIL.
u summer Lonely, Flowery Way
Mighty Different in Winter.

Our trail still leads to the north
olong the great Government road
from Whitehorse to Dawson, gold
seeker writes In Hunter-Trader-
Trapper. 1t is about $50 miles well
timbered all the way with spruce.
poplar and cottonwood; some Jack
pine just starting in thick masses Of
many acres.
Forest fires ten years ago drove
most of the game and fur to other
parts. yet we see fresh signs Of bear
and fox In the dusty road every day
for miles and miles. Some duck,
mostly mallard. canvas back and
black duck, geese and swan show up
nearly every days travel
This is the middle Of May-the
grass Is four inches high, blue and
white flowers along the roadside,
some strawberry blossoms, and yet
pane of glass frozen in our camp
kettles each morning. Fruit is kill
ed 1000 miles south.
This Government road is a soli-
tude In summer, not a person for a
hundred miles, but in winter when
the ice tops travel on the mighty
Yukon River, then this road Is
wide awake, thriving, bustling. hust-
ling. get there runway for the trad
ers and miners. Great four and six
horse stages slam through this road
night and day from both ends.
Change horses every twenty-five
miles at hotels called roadhouses.
The charges at these roadhouses are
s1.50 for each meal, 81 for bed, 81
for handout lunch; beer, &C., 25
cents per drink, hay and oats 5 to
10 cents per pound. The hay comes
from Spokane and the oats from
Manitoba, both points about 1900
miles away. Both articles are first
class.
We were overtaken on this road
by four droves of beef cattle of 1875
head in each drove. They were ship
ped from Calgary, Canada and Seat
tie. Wash. 500 miles by rail, 1000
by sea, then 12O miles by rail, 14O
miles on foot, then by boat ESQ
miles to Dawson, 1900 miles to
Fairbanks. Feed, both oats and hay,
averages $3.50 per ton.
The first cost of cattle is about
$40 per head. They are stall fed
until three years old and weigh from
1000 to 2,200 each, the best in the
land. The freight on each is more
than 500, the feed and care another
500
They sell in Fairbanks for $3.50
to $400 each. The man who works
the pick and shovel pays for all
Chuck steak, Go cents: T bone steak,
80 cents; best cuts, 81 per pound.
One herd lost five head through
the ice; the next day the next herd
lost nine head at the same place.
They went under the ice in twelve
feet of water. The miner must pay
for this loss also. The hay each
herd of 125 eats costs about 5000
each night on the road. One herd
was short man to drive, so the
younger of US two gold hunters went
for five days at $40 per day and ex-
penses to help out
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16
Make Use of Your Leisure Time.

If you have an hour to spend each
day don't idle it away, for time is
valuable. 1t will pay you to write
to the Circulation Department of
The PhiladeL6hia Press, mentioning
this paper, and they will send you
an interesting book of advice, tell
ing how to make use of your spare
moments and how to make a con
siderable sum of money for a little
work you can do very easily. A
postal card will bring this informa-
ton to you. Don't put it off, write
at once, for it will mean dollars to
you. Address Circulation Depart
ment, Tie Press, Seventh and
Chestnut Streets. Philadelphia.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16
Market for Old Horse Shoes.

Old horseshoes find a ready mar
ct in China. One steamer alone
brought 800 tons of this iron from
hamburg. Chinese iron dealers buy
ne horseshoes and sell them to knife
md tool manufacturers all over the
province of Shantung. 1t Is claim
i by the Chinese that the temper Of
his class of iron makes 1t the best
,btainable for knives and cutlery and
also good for other tools. The rea-
son ascribed for this is that the con-
slant beating the shoes have received
1nder the feet of horses has given
them a peculiar temper absolutely
unobtainable in any other way, and
that tools made from them are SUI
perior to all others.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16

Germany's colonies are five times
As big as herself. those of France. ls
.mes, and Britain 81 times bigger
than herself.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16

sNs'I'IVIN WI INV - FHF'NFI'F'
ihrrr are l6U scnools tor lace
iaA,na and embroidery on tulle 10
.-lIIall OF winch three fOurths are
aha.,d by L.ns OF tne Roman
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16

Hannibal during his campaign in
italy and Spain plundered 400 towns
and destroyed 100000 men.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-16

Every father of seven or more
.hildren Is practically exempt from
taxation in France.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-06-25
OFF FOR The SUMMER.
Teddy and His Family Bid kdieu To
White House Till Fall.
Especial to the ARGUs.(

Washington, june 2o.-Wishihs
every body "good luck and a pleasant
su mt President Roosevelt, at-
companied by Mrs: Roosevelt, Ethe',
Ouentoin, Seer, ,arss Root and Meyer,
rival S8Gfetar> Loeb and NJ rs. Loci,
boarded a specia train at 9 O'Clock this
morning bound tol oyster Bay to spend
the summer months.
All the cabinet officers still in the
city were at the depot to see the presi-
Dental party off.
secretaries Root and Meyer accom-
panied the President as far as New
York, and from there Mr.. Root will GO
to his Clinton farm. near Utica, to regain
his health, and Mr.. Meyer will seek
his cottage secluded among the Berk-
shire hills.
Mr.. Root will hardly be able to take
the stump this fail, on account of his
impaired health.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-06-25
NOTICE OF SALE.

Under and in compliance with the Judgment
of the Superior Court of Wayne County, North
Carolina. rendered at January term, 1905, in the
case of J. F. Faison and others against B., F:
DeLoatch and wife Lille E. DeLoatch, l shall
sell for cash by public auction at the Court
House door in Goldsboro, North Carolina on
Monday, July 9Th, 1908, at 1880 O'Clock D. m. the
lands described in the pleadings and in the
judgment in said action, as follows. to-wit:
1.-THE lot or parcel of land lying and being in
the County of Wayne, Brogden Township. State
of North Carolina, bounded and described as
follows: Being near the corporate limits of the
town of Mount Olive; beginning at a stake on the
street where the new street corners in the r. K.
boundary, and runs S. So 13 E, with the new
street Ia % poles to a stake; then S. SO w. IA
poles to a stake in the ditch, then up said ditch
n. a. W.. Is poles to a stake on the w, q w.
| Railroad boundary near the bridge; then N. 80
| E, with the street and said R. r. boundary IL
| poles to the beginning, containing l Is acres.
more or less; said lot of land adjoins the lands Of
J. A. Westbrook, and was conveyed by said
| Westbrook and wife to B, F. DeLoatch' deed be-
ling recorded in the office of the Register of
Deeds for Wayne county, book 80, page $751;
This the 3rd day of June, 1908.
F. A. DANIELS, Commissioner
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-06-25
FOR TREASURER.

The undersigned desires to acknowI-
edge his gratitude to the Democratic
constituency OF Wayne county for the
office OF Treasurer, with which they
ave honored me and which [ have
endeavored to conduct with credit to
myself and the convenience OF the pub
lie having official dealing with me.
eff 1 have SO conducted this office as
to merit your approval 1 would be
grateful for an expression of that ap-
prevail in the honor OF a denomination
in the coming county Democratic con
v~ention.
Sincerely,
J.. w. THO MPSON.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-06-25
"IcheerfuHy recommend the preparation, Peruna,
as a heaHfhfuI tonic and q successful remedy for ca
tarrh in its various forms. '--H0H. w. E. Andrews.

Hon. Thomas Gale, who was elected to
Congress from Alaska, is well known
on the Pacific slope, where he has re-
sided. His Washington address is 1912
Ninth street, N. W., ashiHgton, D. G.
Congressman Gale writes of Peruna:
81 can cheerfully recommend Rruna
as a very efficient remedy for coughs
and colds"
Some people prefer to take tablets
rather than to take medicine in a fluid
form. Such people can obtain Peruna
tablets, which represent the medicinal
ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet is
equivalent to bone aEeragedose of Peruna.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-06-25
EChOS FROM GALp.
How GOIdsL0rO's Military
DemeSned Themselves
at Fort CaSWeII.
The ReErGSpec! Is Interesting lkt
TO ThaSe Who We're There aEa
Th0se Who WuuIG Like to
Have ReeD.

THAT six hour "hike' we went out
on was surely n dandy n But the
bows stood the test well ard h ONLY
difference noted was, more dinner than
usual.
The camp was exceptionally w.
situated. Directly on the ocean ant
every man took full advantage Of he
fine bathing beach. 1t was indeed a
treat. The octan right at ones door,
for the camp was not more than fifty
ya-ds from the beach.
was expectancy when the
big guns hogan to fire. We had 10
s,ard on tip-toe to- sliA htly relieve III
t,rr.nr jar. IT was interesting in tin
.nf>m., h~nwevr., and there was Il
80 wd TO l"o> or.
y f:rlv was two cotntany pals"
T. ~" Hrittiarx men at camp, Dot
rr-u a y militia, but even the trait
remark ed on the exceptional
b. .a,r"r oil the men. But this Is the
III q witn us. not the exception. II is
Is ,,t.,.ure to travel with the boys OF
T. nii who have ever done so, can
y -
lie drink has never been an ad
di.. on of any membercf ourcomranN
-oiai ahs ne from the entire cam!
p> n.~F.. than marked. There was
n we sngIe case OF disorder OF
.u nne>s among the 1000 men dur
y1, ~ .nt,re period OF the encamT-
n : - - I've fltn ia at nnIU NIfi
W.T. disciplined soldiers and was re-
marked on mostfavorably by the Cen
mandent of Fort Caswe!l and his of
ficers.
Tad F!lrrior and Ed. GurIey, our
two Il ..y musicians were the enN,
of the ' ttr air. Ihey d'd u
sporting fsr the whole regiment al
their nAtt and natty appearance wa
remarked ny by all. Wonder who go'
All the buttons Off their coats. the orna
mants off their hats and every thing
else tina would venlesemb! ea trophy
or momento?
Lieut.. Simkins. whe was in charge
of the advance detail, certainly looked
after our welfare. When the company
arrived in camp everything was IN
complete readiness and the appetizing
meal ready for rs, was more than en-
joyed by all.
The many artists and comedian
of our company maze every night
III .rry one. Our splen:i id string oches
the inimitable quart&te and th'
= ny boys kept everyone III d roai
- good bumor until call to quarters
Then for q night of good
refreshing eep with the soft murmn1
Of the "Old Briny'' to sing a soft ano
gentle lullaby. Ali! You fellows wEt
ar =. soldieE-y@u do not reaiiz'
Mf&at on are missing.