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The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

out cane, and as l continued my
health gradually returned. 1 was so
grateful l made public statement of
my case, and now seven years have
passed, l am still perfectly we'll"
Sold by all dealers. SOC box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
Noble Gentleman. This.

mo, do not believe in indiscrim-
mate charity-giving. Whenever beg
gar tells me he is starving 1 put him
to the test before believing him.
tell him to come back in two days"
"Well?"
We'll, II he comes back it's clear
that he told a lie, SO l refuse him. II
1t was the truth, he'd be dead"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
RULES FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING
Give willingly.
Give tactfully.

Give willingly.
Give tactfully.
Put thought into your giving. :
Don't consider return gifts.
Never give to others what you
wouldn't want yourself.
The unexpected gift insures spe-
cial appreciation.
To give ostentatiously is the heie 1T
of bad taste.
Give to the sick and the sorrowful If
you would know the true joy of giving.
Never give more than you can af-
ford. Your friends know your circum-
stances as well as you do yourself and
the pleasure of both giving and re-
ceiving is lost.
NSaSMga a@-ssasM alze8sS.-
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Lynx e sgsaa@
A Question ,in FINANCE.

Are you good at arithmetic, my
dear?" asked Mr.. Perkasie of his wife.
Il was accounted the very best
arithmetician at school," replied Mrs.
Perkasie, with a touch of pride in
her voice.
81 have a problem for you"
estate it."
How can I buy $50 worth of Christ
mas presents with $40 in cash and no
credit?"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
HoW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known +. J. Cheney
for the last is and believe him perfectly hon.
orable in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his hrm.
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents per
bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constIpatlon.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
Good rh,nu to Know.

Those who traverse the alkali plains
of the west and inhabit the sand blown
regions Of Texas, find daily need for a
reliable eye salve. They never drug the
eye. but simply appl. externally, the
staple, DIR. Mitchell's Eye Salve. 1t is
well to know that Mitchell's Eye Salve
1, on sale here also. Price 25 cents.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
Rewards constantIy Paid.

The rewards os great living are not
external things, withheld until the
crowning hour Of success arrives;
they come by the way-in the con-
sciousness of growing power and
worth. of duties nobly met, and work
thoroughly done. Joy and peace are
by the way.-Mabie.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

ldLhSs Wcdht I'LL
down to a mere
skeleton. My back
was so bad 1 could
hardly walk and
the kidney secre-
tions much disor-
dered. A week after
/ b e g n in &
Doan's Kidney Pills
l could walk with
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
At the Manager.
aSnsEga @@h@sasppssa -

At the Manager.
When first, her Christmas watch to keep
Came down the silent Angel, Sleep,
With snowy sandals shod,
Behoding what his mothers hands
Had wrought, with softer swaddling
bands
She swathed the Son of God.
Then, skilled in mysteries of Night,
With tender visions of delight
She wreathed his resting place,
Till, wakened by a warmer glow
Than heaven itself had yet to show,
He saw his mothers face.
John B. Tabb. in Atlantic.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
The SpIit Skirt.

Patience-I see half of the people
call them sheath skirts, and the other.
half call them directoire gowns.
Patrice-Yes; was sure there'd be
a split about it.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
AMONGST THE euLL-RusHEs.
Pity She Couldn't.

"I cannot sing the old songs now I"
she warbled at the piano.
Then shut up" muttered the old
fashioned curmudgeon in the corner.
"for the new ones are something
ce."-Judge.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
WHAT WOULD HE HAVE sAID2

Get up. Jack. You mustn't cry
like a baby! You're quite man now.
You know if I fell down I shouldn't
cry, 1 should merely say"
Yes, know, pa; but then-I go to
Sunday school-and you don't"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

Dysbebsia Is often Caused by Cata,yh
Of The .Gomaeh-Pe,una RelieOes Ca
farrh of the Stomach and Is Therefore a
Remedy for DyspcbSia.
Ie~Seee-s-e-s-s-s-s-
] Hon. M. G. Butler, U. S. Senator I
from South Carolina for two terms,
I in letter from Washington, ID. c.,
| writes to the Peruna Medicine Co.,
] as follows: :
I al can recommend Peruna for
] dyspepsia and stomach trouble. ~
! have been using your medicine for !
a short period and 4 feel very much
relieved. 1t is indeed a wonderful
! medicine, besides a good tonic"
ss-es-s-e-sses-s-e-s-s-
CATARRH of the stomach is the cor
~ rect name for most cases of dyspep-
sia. Only an internal catarrh REM
edy, such as Peruna, is available.
Peruna Tablets can now be procured.
Ask your Druggist for Free Pernna
Almanac for 1909.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

One Thing That Will Live Forever,
PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, first box sold in
1907, 100 years ago sales increase yearly.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo. n. Y.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

There is nothing more sincere than
the sympathy a defeated candidate
generates for himself
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

When the members of a standing
committee meet they usually sit down.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
PROVED BY TIME.
No Fear of Any Further Trouble.

David Price, Co.ydon, Ia, says: Il
was in the last stage of kidney trouble
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

Mmstnga
S% Ss@ p& ~
The joyous time is drawing
nigh, the time of turkey, pudding,
pie; nor do we dream of after
ills, of squills, and pills, and
Christmas bills.
A girl begins to hang up the
mistletoe at about the age when
she stops hanging up her stocking.
- -
A pessimist is a fellow who
wouldn't hang up his stocking
for fear old Santa Claus might
swipe it.
Christmas cigars are not
always puffed up with pride.
There's many slip 'twixt the
Miss and the mistletoe.
- -
Don't make it too strong.
Many a man has been knocked
out by one good, stiff punch.
- -
Asl. a truthful woman what
she enjoys most about Christ
mas, and she will tell you the
bargain sales afterward.
To sing rhyme of Christmas
time THAT line is but the first of
it,, here's hoping you may not
feel blue because you get the
worst of it.
When a child writes a letter
of thanks to Santa Claus, it
should be cherished like rare
plant. That lid isn't long for
this world.
No Christmas present is SO
useless that you can't pass it on
to some one else next year.
Remember that it is better to
give than to receive-the things
you don't want.
- -
Take off the tags. Many a
friendship has been severed by
the price mark on a Christmas
present.
- -
have often wondered wherein
consisted the wisdom of Solomon
when he had a thousand wives.
am now convinced that it must
have been in living in the days
before Christmas was celebrated.
- -
It's all right to pity the poor
at this peace-on-earth season,
but it is also well to remember
that sympathy doesn't fill an
empty stomach.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething sofens the gums, reduces In
hammaton, alays pain, cures wind collie Csc bottle
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

If Your Feet Ache or Burn
get a 25c package of Aliens Foot-Ease. II gives
quick relief. Two million packages sold yearly.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
lnnortant to Mothers.

important 10 Motn6fS.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

A four-foot coal seam yields 5000
tons an acre.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12
A Death Each Second.

A Death Each Second.
The number of deaths in the world
annually is $685. 1888, or 91,954 per
day, $3.50 per hour. 60 per minute, or
one per second. 1t is estimated that
the population of the earth at the
present time is being increased at the
rate of about 16,5OOO00 annually.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-12-12

To feign a virtue is to have its op-
posite vice-Hawthorne.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
0RAssE, THE FLOUR MART.
Billions Of Blossoms Perish There
For Perfume.

billions Of Blossoms Perish There
For Perfume.
From the most remote period OF
its history, the love OF sweetinE-
smelling scents has been a dominant
characteristic Of the human race.
The ancients delighted in them. the
French and English courts Of the
days OF Queen Elizabeth and Louis
XIV. revelled in them, ami to-day.
though such extravagant use Of
scents as was then encouraged would
be utterly decried by the canons Of
good taste, there is annually ex-
pended In New York City alone ST.
100000 on perfume.
To-day the French hold the palm
as Che worlds greatest perfumers. To
them belongs the creative imagina-
tion, tempered by good taste, which
Is the birthright Of the artistic tenn
perament, and the little town OF
Grasse, near Cannes on he blue
Mediterranean. is the flower mart of
the world. Billions OF blossoms per-
ish annually In the interests of the
perfumers In this little city, and from
here all the great perfume houses Of
Europe import a part II not all Of
their wares. Every year the mer-
chants from Cologne buy DIP all the
essential oil from the orange bios
SONS, which Is the foundational scent
Of their world-tamous cologne.
In Grasse one can get any odor ne
wishes; he has but to name his per-
fume, and the merchant takes 1t
from his shelf. Lily Of the Valley,
rose. new mown hay, violet, migno-
nette, tube roses, orchid, all are cb-
tainable.
AS matter of fact there are COM
paratively few real flower odors,
Jasmine, tube roses, cassie, Parma
violets, jonquils, mignonette; these
are true flower extracts, and the pur-
chaser buys what he thinks ne Is
buying. Other odors are generally
mixtures-blends of these flowers
and of chemical compounds and such
Oriental substances as myrrh, frank
incense, sandalwood and the like.
or late years the chemists have
learned to compound with scrupu-
lous, almost loving care, certain
scents and mixtures, that 30 closely
resemble the flower odors as to be al
most indistinguishable. except to a
trained sense. This has by no means
interierej with the business Of flow-
er culture, as the best grade OF per-
fumes still is manufactured form
flowers, but 1t has brought within the
means of new clientele--the poor
luxury hitherto without their
grasp.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
Iron Canes for Exercise.

Among fashionable accessories of
thesmasculine costume the very new
est Item is the ircn cane. 1t weighs
possibly seven and half pounds,
and 1t is intended as an exerciser.
For the business man who has lit
tie time for chest weights, dumbbells
ana all the other devices for keeping
himself in trim the cane may prove a
boon. 1t can be used as one walks
in the open air, and consequently Is
the city mans nearest substitute for
the natural exercise which comes
from outdoor sports. While walking
along the cane may be swung first in
one hand and then in the other, so
that development will be uniform.
So If men Of somewhar portly
build o. Of jaded, overworked COM
pleXion or otherwise afflicted with
the signs Of city confinement and
lack of exercise are observed during
the next few months promenading
the city streets ana gracefully, light
y. airily swinging lanes after the
manner. Of major domos, the specta-
Gle will not be caused by q sudden
attack OF springtime gayety. 1t will
simply be the man with the iron
cane out for his daily stroll.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
Coffee, the inspirer.

The Italian composer, Donizetti.
courted inspiration by means
which proved 80 injurious that 1t
caused the premature decay of his
faculties. He vas accustomed to
shut himself in his room with /
quantity of music paper. pens. and
ink, and three or four pots of strong
coffee. He would then begin to
write and drink, and when the sup
ply Of coffee was exhausted. he
would order more, and continue to
drink as long as he wrote.
He asserted that the coffee was
necessary for his inspiration. The
result of this perniciols habit. was
a yellow, parchment like complexion.
with lips almo~t Jet black. and q
nervous system. which soon caused
his breakdown and death.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
ADVICE FOR TALL WOMEN.
Several Methods by Which They Can
Decrease Appearance Of Height.

Several Methods by Which They Cnn
Decrease Appearance of Height.
Theoretically, 1t is delightful to be
"a Gibson girl" but as a matter Of
fact, 1t may be anything but pleas
ant for woman to be taller than her
escort, or in any way out of the aver
age. And It Is often a distinct draw
back when a girl IL more than I'VE
feet ten inches in height, and she
will do we'll to decrease the effect OF
tallness.
This may be lessened to a marked
degree by the careful selection Of
the style Of dress. Then, too,
large woman should remember to BE-
lect big chairs to sit In because BY
comparison they make her appear
small. A small seat, to the contrary,
makes her seem gigantic. II Is too
low proportionateIy. and does not
hold her easily.
When standing or walking the ef-
feet of tallness may be decreased by
slight droop Of the head. To al
low the head to hang ia extreme, and
accomplishes nothing beyond an un-
lest droop can do wonders. There
should be no STOPPING OF the should
ers. however, for this will ruin the
figure and make the girl most awk-
ward. She should hold herself
erect thought not stifly 10. Marvels
may be done In taking off inches by
the manner OF hair dressing.
Large, high pompadours are to be
avoided. This is not to say a tall
girl shall not wear one, but 1t should
not be extreme. II she has the type
of face to which hair simply parted
and brushed back Ia becoming, this
is by all means the coiffure to be
adopted. Few can stand 1t, how
ever, and the next best thing is an in
conspicuous style of dressing the
plaits fiat. not piling them high on
top Of the head. Better Is 1t to
place the mass of hair at the back
Of the head or on the neck.
Big hats are as great a mistake as
are huge pompadours. for enormous
millinery will accentuate and draw
attention to the height. Rampant hat
trimmings should be carefully avoid
ed anl low effects chosen In their
stead. Stripes are excellent in dress
materials. but should never be 30 ar
ranged as to run up and down. This
style makes a woman appear taller
than she really is. Those for wom-
an of height should go around in
bayadere effect, and flounces, bias
bands and other decorations placed
at intervals from hem to the knees
and above. are suited to her.
Exaggerated straight fronts" are
to be regarded by her with horror,
selecting instead soft blouse waists
with wide girdles. The latter are
particularly good. especially when Of
material contrasting to that Of the
gown, for in this way they become
more pronounced.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
An Odd Test for the Postal Servic

Postal officials say that the most
tiattering test ever made of the safe,
ty Of Uncle Sans mall service was
the experiment tried by a Western
man.
He pasted on one side of silver
dollar bit of paper on which he
wrote his sons address In another
city. On the other side he affixed a
one-cent stamp, sending the coin at
merchandise rates.
The sender received q letter two
days later from his son acknowl-
eiging the receipt Of the dollar.
The test was, II Is stated the re-
suit of a dispute the sender had with
a foreigner who doubted the Ameri-
cans assertion Of the safety af the
United States mails.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
FLORIDA wrTHsrANDs BIG GUN.
fts Mechanism in Good Order After
Impact of the ia-Inch Projectile.

Norfolk, Va, June 4.--There Is a
distinct difference of opinion among
naval experts with respect to the ex-
perimental shot fred by the Arkan-
sas against the turret Of the monitor
Florida. The shot was fred from
the biggest naval gun with the high
est explosive known, and the projec-
tile used was Of the heaviest sort. The
aim was perfect, the range very close
and the shell struck the turrct fair
and square.
1t was given out that the result
' as victory for turret construction.
and this Notwithstanding che eleven
inch hardened-steel plate wa. black
ened and broken, the seams of the
turret sprung, and the riviets and
screws loosened and twisted.
This view OF the experiment was
based upon the condition OF the tur-
ret with respect to It's mechanism
after 1t had received the shot from
the Arkansas. Within five minutes
from the time Of the terrible impact
the turret was being worked with
perfect ease. and the twelve-inch gun
on the left side was trained at will.
inside the turret, where stand the
gunners and gun crew, the havoc
was much less apparent than from
the outside Examination showed
that Of the many delicately adjusted
Instruments for flre control, sighting
and operating the turret, few, II any,
were out of working order
IF this had happened in baltic
tie Florida would be fighting yet"
said one of the Rear Admirels with
enthusiasm
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
Wraiths of Broadway.

Lower Broadway. New York, after
Z o'clock on the average night 10
pretty we'll deserted except for one
class Of women. They are usually
over fifty; they invariably wear shab-
by black gowns and shawls and their
hats are the strangest and most won
derful concoctions that ever were
turned out under the name OF mil
hnery. In the dim light of that
canyon they suggest all sorts OF
stories of tragedies, of unsuccessful
age, for they fairly slink along in the
deepest shadows. But II you chance
to pass two of them together their
talk is cheerful enough. They have
good Jobs" as the scrub women Of
the office buildings that employ their
services every night after business is
done.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
A FETCHING BLOUSE.

shown carried out In silk gau1e
mounted over thin China and Japan
ese silks. Simple yet dressy is the
waist illustrated. It is of natural
color gauze. having the front and
back laid in deep folds and large me-
dallions Of embroidery are stitched
over the gauze with embroidery
stitch for decorative effect. The front
Is tucked chiffon with pointed bands
of the blouse material laid light
across 1t. the ends of the gauze end
ing under the side of the front folds.
The tall collar Is of lace and the
sleeves of gauze finished with bands
Of black ribbon velvet.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
Lost Sailors OF Spain.

queer sort Of yarn from the Phil
ippines comes to this country by way
Of Spain. 1t is nothing new for
queer yarns to come out of Spain, but
this is one which will arouse special
interest in this country. 1t has to
do with the smashing Of the Spanish
feet at Manila by Dewey on that
memorable May morning of 1898, or
at least with the fate of 800 of the
sailors on that ill-fated squadron.
The one who tells the story, bears
the name OF Jose Cebolia Vulguera,
and he has Just arrived, an unrecog-
nized vagabond, in the little town in
Spain from which he went away to
the Philippines, fifteen years ago His
stories have shaken ancient CASTLE
from end to end. With nearly 800
Spanish sailors of the feet which
Dewey destroyed, he has been a slave
since 1898 on the island OF San Juan
del Monte. He and few of his COM
panions in misfortune, escaped from
their savage captors a few months
ago, and after terrible experiences,
o few managed to reach Manila.
According to Valguera's story, he
was on the Spanish battleship Reina
Maria Christina when 1t was blown
up at the battle of Cavite. About
half Of the crew managed to swim to
shore. but soon afterwards fell In
with a party Of Philippine insurgents
They were made prisoners and es-
corted to the out Of the way island
where they were detained to live in
a most pitiable condition OF servituie
for almost ten years. Vulguera re-
lates the indignities to which the ma
tivees subjected himself and ccm-
panions, forcing them to labor In
the fields with the beasts of burden,
feeding them seldom and torturing
them frequently. OF the 800 un-
fortunates more than half died with
In a few years. About seventy five
escaped with Vulguera. swimming
from San Juan del Monte to one Of
the large islands. More than half OF
these seventy-ave were drowned in
the sea.
There Is little reason to doubt
Vulguera's story, wild and lurid as
1t may seem. 1t is known that hun
dreds of sailors from the ill-fated
fleet escaped to shore ami were
never again heard Of. In Spain 1t
was believed that these men had all
perished. The United States troops
have not penetrated into the interior
Of some of the Philippine Islands,
and 1t is quite possible that the un-
fortunate Spaniards have been held
prisoners by the insurgents for oil
these years.
But whether his tale Is true, Vul-
guera's appearance in Spain stirred
up a tremendou commotion among
the families of the missing seamen.
Many of the sailors wives, believing
their husbands dead, have remar-
ried. Vulguera assured these wom-
en- that the men whose names they
originally bore are at present slaves
OF the Filipinos. It Is likely that an
effort to liberate the survivors of the
crew, who were not 30 fortunate as
10 escape, will be made.-Kennebec
Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
Modern Boats.

While waiting for the Mauretania
to come down the Tyne. the follow
Ing conversation was heard between
two miners:
They tell me. Geordie,. she's an
awful Zig ship; she burns $4,000
tons Of coal a dGyl'
"Aye!" says Geordie, land I'll tell
you another thing: The firemen so
about the stokehold In motor cars,
and when they want to get on deck
they come up in balloons. s."-Phlla-
delphia Inquirer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
To Detect Sewer Gas.

Here is the test for the detection
in an apartment of 8. wer gas: Satu-
rate unglazed paper with a solution
of one troy ounce of pure acetate OF
lead in eight fluii ounces OF rain
water; let partially dry; then expose
in the room suspected of containing
sewer gas. The presence of gas In
any considerable quantity soon
blackens the test paper.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
Asleep for Three and Half Years.

An astonishing trance case has
come to light in Berlin. A clerk
man-suddenly fell asleep in June
1904. All efforts to awaken him
were unsuccessful and he was placed
n bed, where he IS still. TIL, sleep
er since then has never opered his
eyes. He bredthes regularly anl
swallows his food mechanically. bu;
to arouse him.-London Exchange.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04

The tourist In Madagascar may
travel by the fiansana. which Is made
from two poles six feet long and with
seat and feet rest.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04

Being Distributed Free by a New
York Society.

IOTN CoCItty.
Cooperating with missions in Malay
sia, the Windsor Laboratories of New
York have secured supply of the Won
derful combre tum plant, which has done
so much to revolutionize the treatment
of the opium habit.
A generous supply of the new remedy,
together with full Instructions for its
use, and United States consular reports
bearing on the subject will be sent to
my sufferer. To obtain free supply
# this remedy and the consular reports,
address Windsor Laboratories, Branch 28,
lN East 25th Street, New York City.
ID. 5-14-4t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-04
A Fetching Blouse in Silk Gauze.

Formal blouses and and bodices
have taken up the trend Of sheerness
inaugurated by the lingerie blouse
and some very fetching models are