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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-27
s5,ooo.oo TO KEEP A KING.
Several Fortunes Put Into Royal
Yacht-An Expensive Luxury.

"Roya,ty Is cheap enough aEG does
not cost as much as it's worth social
iy," Is the frequent argument of Eng
llshmen. Some radicals add: And the
royal family doesn't cost an annual
SUN that is as large as the taxes that
one or two New York millionaires
dodge every year."
1t is a fact that English royalty
doesn't cost, on the face of the returns,
as much as some royal families on the
continent cost the taxpayers of their
counties. In direct grant from the
public treasury, the British royal fam
lily receives about $5,O00,000 year.
Reynolds Newspaper, radical
weekly, however, has been investigat-
ing the indirect cost of royalty and
gives some details thereof.
The kings yacht, completed two or
three years ago, cost the nation, in one
way or another, about $5,OOO.OOO. And
now a new yacht is being built at a
further cost of several million dollars.
A grant of 100000 is to be made this
year towards the expense of the visit
of the Prince and Princess of Wales to
India. That, of course, is only the
first bite. 1t would be impolitic TO
alarm the taxpayers too excessively at
the start
A similar grant of 100000 was made
for the visit of the Prince, as Duke OF
Cornwall, to the colonies, and 1t cost
much more. This is exclusive OF the
cost of warships for conveyance and
escort. That portion of the outlay Will
be concealed in the navy estimates.
The funeral of Queen Victoria cost
SlG5. .O0C, the celebration of her sixtleth
anniversary of accession to the throne,
S385 600, the kings coronation S625,OOO.
There are numerous other extra eX-
penses which appear under different
heads in the nations financial ac-
counts.
Says Reynolds: But, after all, II
people will have royalty they must pay
for It. Royalty consists OF functions
and clothes, ceremonies and parapher-
MALTA, and all these are expensive luxu-
r!es. The point is that people ought
not to be deceived by crafty attempts
to make the cost appear to be less than
1t Is actually.
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rev Wear Earrings.

THE habit of wearing earrings is dy-
ing out not only in America. but all
over the civilized world" said a promi-
nent New York jeweler.
Many queer notions obtain regarding
the wearing of earrings. and many le-
gends concerning their advent are told.
The Mahometans have 1t that Sarah.
being Jealous of Hagar vowed that she
would not rest until she had tinged her
hands In the blood Of her bondmaid.
Abraham. bearing this, quickly pierced
Hagar's ear and drew ring through
II, % that Sarah was able to fulfill her
vow without danger to the bondmaid's
life.
From that time, they say. 1t became
customary for women to wear ear
rings. When Aaron made the golden
calf, 1t will be remembered that he
called upon the Israelites to break of
the golden earrings which are in the
ears of your wives. of your sons and
of your daughters. and bring them
unto me-"
For a long time men continued to
wear earrings, and one portrait of
Shakespeare represents him wearing
such an adornment. The picture is at
Wentworth Park, in Yorkshire, Eng
land. Nowadays few men wear ear
rings. But in southern countries. es-
pecially Spain, the wearing of these
ornaments still holds. The Spanish be-
lieve that piercing Of the ears prevents
ophthalmia and scrofula. and there is
popular notion that piercing the ears
does exercise a beneficial effect upon
the eyes, notion that is shared to
some extent by surgeons and physi-
clans the world over.
The Chinaman pieces the ears of his
little boy and makes him wear ear
rings. for, he argues, If an evil spirit
should happen to see him. the spirit
will mistake the child for girl and
will not take the trouble to carry 1t off.
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Polygamy In Congoland.

It Is the general opinion of compe-
tent observers that polygamy will sur
vive for many years. Nothing but the
spirit of Christianity will overcome
the evil. The native mind cannot be
induced by ordinary argument as to
see any wrong In it. Why a man
should not have just as many wives as
he can afford to buy and keep is too
much for his comprehension. He re-
CARDS woman as created solely for his
pleasure and profit, and trades in her
accordingly. He buys her from her
father for one or two goats or COW,
she becomes the mother Of his chill
dren, and prepares and cooks his food
Tor him. That is her career. and she
shares 1t with as many other wives
as her husbands inclination and re-
sources permit him to buy. When she
dies she is buried-sometimes Ger
tain Central African tribes regard bur-
ial after death as superfluous cere-
mony for women, and place their
bodies where they will be devoured by
hyenas and vultures. From two to
three wives is the average Quantum Of
the ordinary Central African barba.
rian. and between 30 and 40 for q
chief-New York World.
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The Double Eagle.

Bankers say the new $40 gold
gold pieces will bother paying and
receiving tellers. The principal
causes of this ere the absence of mill
ing and the high relief Of the de-
signs on both sides. AS the coins are
to-day the relief Is inconsiderably re-
duceG from what 1t was in the orig
inal design. II the Government de-
cides to contir ue the coinage OF the
new piece the relief will be further
reduced.
THE new $40 gold piece lacks ar
tistic finish. said Mr.. Henry Chap
man. the coin expert. On the diverse
side the attempt at foreshortening OF
the left leg OF the figure Is largely
responsible for this defct. Foreshort-
eL.ng is one Of the most difficult
things to do in this kind of work. and
when It is done incorrectly. It makes
q 7itiful showing.
"On the who.e, the coin Is highly
imprccticable. Furthermore, It has
the appearance of gold plate. This
and the high relief of the designs.
will make 1t easy to counterfeit.
"The attempting to reproduce a
tiny picture Of the Capitol building
on a space as big as pin head. down
TO the left of the figure on the OBJ
verse side of tho coin. is. think. be-
littling the structure. 1t gives no
adequate idea OF the size and grand
eur of the building
1T does not look like a coin, and
It is not good metal work. It lacks
dignity. and, IN the whole. ia highly
impracticable.
THAT creature on the reverse side
OF the coin Is bird. but
I'm at se- to decide what
kind said Whtmer Stone,
curator of birds at the Academ, Of
Natural Science. "If | were to be
real lenient might concede that It's
bird OF prey. which might show 1t
at least to be distant relative Of
the eagle. But an eagle. never!"-
Philadelphia Press.
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Columbia & Montour EI. Ry.
TIME TABIEuN EFFECT


Cars leave Bloom for Espy, ,Almedia, Lime
Ridge, Berwick and intermediate points as
follows:
"A. VI. IS;oo, $40, 6;2o, 700, 7:4o, 8:2o,
900, o;4o, io:zo, iI:oo, II;4o.
p. NJ. ra:2o, 100, 1910, a 20, $500, 7:4o,
4:2o, $500, $40, o'zo, 700, 7;4o, s 40, 600,
*(o:4o) Io:2o *II;oo)
Leaving depart from Berwick one hcri
from time as given above, commencing at
6:oo a. m.
Leave Bloom for Catawissa A. M. s:7c
o;Is, t7:oo, 1900, 600, tro:oo, tri.S,,
1900.
y. NJ. 100, t2:oo, 600. 400, 500, 6:co,
1900, 800, 9;oo, Io:2o, +(II:oo)
Cars returning depart from Ca,awissa 40
miurtestrom time as given above.
First carieaves Mnrket,Squarelfor.B Berwick
on Sundays at 700 a. m.
First car,for Catawissa Sundays 700 9, m.
First car from Berwick for Boom SUNDAYS
leaves al $500 n. m
First car leaves Catawissa SUNDAYS at
7 go a. m.
SFrom Power House.
Saturday night only.
tP. X. X. Connection.
WIN. TERwiLLIGER,
Superintendent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-27
Shortage of Horses.

Dealers and breeders who are pre-
dieting a shortage of horses almost
amounting to famine in the next
few years will find much to confirm
their opinion in the records of the
trade at the UniJn Stock Yards, Chi
cago In 1907.
There was falling of of
24,224 head II. the arrivals Of the
year; and all classes Of horses aver
aged higher than in 1906, nothwith-
standing the financial disturbances
and the fact that users Of horses all
over the country were economizing
In their purchases.
There seems to be no doubt In the
minds of market experts that the
shrinkage in arrivals during the year
was due to the fact that the 'Ner
Of marketable. or. rather. serviceable
horses had declined. Farmers and
breeders seem to have discovered too
fully the expected results of the use
of the automobile and to have bred
fewer horses OF late years. Certain
ly II they had been In .he country the
high prices Of the year must have
brought them out!
Records OF the Union Stock Yards
show that 100000 horses have ar
rived there In the last twenty years.
This Is an average of 100000 horses
q year. The banner year was 1905.
when 127,250 head arrived. The
largest receipts for one month were
lS,448, In March. 1905. and for one
day. ATT head. IN March 6. 1905.
The total value Of the horses arr ing
In 1907 vas s16.797. 900, and there
was an advance OF from $40 to $50
a head in the prices for all CLASSES, as
compared with the figures for 1909.
fancy draughters ard matched car
riage pairs. making the grec test
gains. One consignment of twenty
one head, all big Percherons. made
til record average OF S422.15 each
at auction.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-27
Lee; Mother Buried Before His Birth

The one hundred and first ami
versary OF the birth OF General Rob.
ert e. Lee, recalls the little known
fact that he was born more than a
yea. after his mother had been bur.
led. furnishing to the world one OF
the most astonishing cases OF reviv.
iscence on record.
General Lees mother was by no
means an entirely healthy woman
She suffered from catelpsy. and lur.
ing a prolonged trance. she was pro.
nou ced dead. The body was nre-
pared for interment and the morning
OF the third day after her supposed
death the remains we're laid to rest
in the family vault In the graveyard
of Stratford. Va.
While the sexton was cleaning up
ana arranging some fresh flowers 10
be placed on tho casket, he heard a
faint voice as though OF some one
ca ling for ass stance. He listened
closely and the voice was distinctly
heard again.
Deco.1ins satisfied that the voice
cer,e from within the casket he at
once opened 1t. discovering that Mrs.
Lee was alive. Within a short time
sho war safe in bed at her own home.
Mrs. Lees recovery was slow. but
she did regain good health and a lit
tie more than a year after she was
buried alive her youngest son, Robert
E., was born. and thus came into the
world one of her bravest men and
greatest generals.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-27
Kipling's Day or.

Literary enthusiasts arc somewhat
likely to forget that authors are not
always like their works-at least.
In appe; rance-and in this uonnec-
ton an amusing story Is told OF a
young lady who had for years been
an ardent admirer OF the Jungle
Books" and plain Talk from the
Hills"
For long she had been eager to see
the idol In the flesh. and one day. to
her great Joy. she was introduced.
But when she met Mr.. Kipling face
to face, the young lady's countenance
fell somewhat. for shs realized that
he was not. after all, the exact coun-
terpart of the Apollo she had pic
tured him.
Are you Rudyari Kipling?" she
cried. staring at the author In dis
may.
Mr.. Kipling naturally felt some
whit embarrassed. and murmured
Yes" meekly.
But | thought" explained the
lady, who could not cover her disap-
pointment. Il thought thought
you were quite differentl"
~ am-oh. | am. madam" Mr..
Kipllng FASTENED to assure her In
confidential tones. II am indeed!
Only. you see. this is my day Off,
Answers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-27
AIRsHIPs IN WARFARE.
y rlgh' Brofhcrs Tell How The!
Constructed Their AcropInne.

y rleh' Brothcrs Tell How The!
Constructed Their Acroplane.
rpr the first time since they first
attracted attention the Wrights-Or-
vile ana Wilbur-have Just told
some or the secrets of their machine
rnd how they perfected It.
they began their experiments after
Lilenthal's death in 1896. Their
orinion as to what was needed was
an a'r-ship that would not capsize
when the wind was blowing.
The chief trouble Is the turmoil
OF tho air. The common Impression
is that the atmosphere runs in COM
paratiyely regular currents which we
call winds. The air along the sur
fcce OF the earth, as matter OF fact,
Is continually churning. II is thrown
upward from every irregularity, like
sea breakers on n coast-line: every
hi'l and tree anu building sends up
a wave of slanting current.
And II moves not directly back
and forth upon its coast line. like the
sea. but in whirling rotary masses.
Some OF these rise up hundreds OF
yards. In fairly strong wind the
air near the earth is more disturbed
that the whirlpool of Niagara.
They tell how they adopted the
two-plane machine. how they gave up
tho tail, used a rudder in front. their
idea being to get a machine that
could be balanced and steerei by re-
fex action, as bicycle is. In re-
markable experiments they found
that certain birds. like the buzzard,
were merely animated aeroplanes.
The buzzards and hawks find the
currents blowing upward OFF the
land; the gulls that follow the steam
ers from New York to Florida are
merely sliding down hill thousand
miles on rising currents in the wake
of the steamer in the atmosphere
and on the hot air arising from her
smok Stacks."
Acting on this knowledge. they
gradually developed a sliding ma
chine until December, 1908, when
they sailei with a machine equipped
with an engine. Then they found
the great problem to be equilibrium
IN turning corners
BY the most careful experiments Is
they found the way to control the
machine around corners.
"The machine was now under prac-
tical control. Six flights averaged
over Is miles each; we obtained a
fight of twenty-four miles in thirty
ell mt ninutes-that IS. at the rate
of thirty-e!ght miles an hour.
I'VE know tha' we have at last
secured a practical working aero
plane"
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SOUTHWARK.

Trains Trains No.a spo1 mixed second class.
only. Flag stop. W. u. SNYDER, Supt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-27
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ! .
Lucas County. =

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath
that he is senior partner of the firm
of f. J, Cheney & Co., doing busi-
ness in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure. FRANK J, CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscrib-
ed in my presence, this 9th day Of
December, A. ID. 1886.
(SEAL.) A, w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials free.
Address f. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-27
Color of Gold.

All gold is not alike when refined
Australian gold is distinctly reddeI
than that taken In California. More.
over, placer gold is more yellow than
that which is taken from quartz. This
is one Of the mysteries of metal
lurgy, because gold in placers comes
from different placers will vary in
from that which is in quartz Gold taken
clor. The gold in the Ural mountains
is tho rsddast IN tha world.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-02-27
itoUe Machines.

r. H. Shaw OF Glen Rock. York
County, Pa. has some rope machines
over one hundred years old. He got
them quite recently from Joel ami ELI
Craumer. Eli said he used to help
his father, John Craumer, to twist
bedcords and washlines with those
quaint old wooden macnines.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-13
truth und
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in eassv
walk Of life and are essential to perma1ieiss
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed tfat Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of Sienna is the oaly remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it %,leanses,
svcctens and relieves the internal organs
On which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally ana
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only. and TO. sac by all leading drug.
gists.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-13
SMALL SUM MONEY
Walter Wallace Could Not Withstand
the Temptation to Get Some
Easy Money.

Walter Wallace was brought be-
fore Justice Markham this morning
on the charge of stealing $50 from
| William Brad, and was held to the
circuit court term in the sum Of
$500.
Monday night Brad went to the
restaurant where Wallace was work
ing and ordered supper, at the same
time handing the young man $50
which he asked him to keep until
the following morning. Tuesday
morning Brad went to the restau-
rant and asked for Wallace and he
was told that he had quit and in the
meantime Wallace had gone to his
employer and asked for the money
' that was coming to him as a part of
his Salary. He was told o wait until
the other 1rember of the firm came
down and they would settle With him
Brad informed the fest2ufalt people
that he had turned $50 over' to Wal
lace for safe keeping, and it was ev.-
dent that the young man had got
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-13
Paid a Freak Election Bet.
(By Special Request.)

Spokane, Wash, Nov. 11.-While
more than 100000 changed hands
in Spokane on the result of the ma
tional election, the highest price,
physically, probably Vas paid by
Archibald w. Eaton, a conductor on
a local street a line, who agreed
with j. A. Reeves, a fellow employee,
that In the event of Bryan's defeat,
he would use his nose in rolling a
peanut a half a block in a public
thoroughfare. Eaton was game and
he did his little stunt while thous-
ands of pedestrians followed his
course. He occupied thirty minutes
in covering the distance and in pro-
polling along Riverside avenue
the goober lost most of the cuticle
from his nose. There were other
freak wagers; but the one in which
Eaton held the looser's end was the;
limit Of endurance. This is the third
bet Eaton has lost on the same can
didate, but he says he is going to get
ven with some n four years hence.
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THREE BIG NJ
Mitchell Will Take on Sioux Falls,
Aberdeen and Bookings on the
GridirOn.

The football schedule for the high
school team for the rest of the sea-
son is a strenuous one, and the boys
will have to fight their way through
three good teams to land them the
championship of the state again this
year. The loss OF the game at 4arker
is a crossed incident and the boys
will not permit that to have the
least effect Oh their playing for the
rest of the season. They have the
full confidence of their w ability;
they know what they have accomp-
lished already this season, and they
to take a backward step just at the
closing portion of the season.
The high school has three strong
games to play, which will determine
the championship for them or for
some one else. Saturday the local
team will go over to Sioux Falls and
meet the high school. That ought to
be easy picking for them, taking in
to consideration the way Mitchell
defeated Sioux Falls last year. Sioux
Falls is banking much on beating
Mitchell, for they feel inasmuch as
they defeated Parker recently and
that Parker beat Mitchell it ought
to be a good show for Sioux Falls
beating Mitchell. Sioux Falls has got
the thing miscalculated, for Parker
Notwithstanding that defeat, could
not repeat the performance again to
save her life.
On Saturday, Nov. 21, Mitchell
and Aberdeen will meet. The place
of contact has not as yet been ar
ranged. Aberdeen wants to meet
Mitchell at Redfield, the same place
where she got trimmed up last year,
and it is very likely that place
will be selected. 1t is possible that
the game may not be arranged, ow-
ing to some difficulty in the Aber-
deem high school, whereby several
] of the football team have been sus-
pended and When would prevent
them playing on the team. Last year
at Redfield Mitchell defeated Aber-
deem by the score of 21 O 6.
The final game of the season will
be played with the B%rookings high
school eleven On the grounds in this
city and will be pulled off on Thanks
giving day. Brookings has a very
strong team, and they have high as
p%irations in winning the champion
ship of the season.
Coach Teeters has every conf
dence hal his boys can work their
way through the rest of the season
successfully and again land the pen
nant of the high schools of the state.
The coach is doing some special work
with the team to put the boys in the
best possible condition for the clos
ing struggle of the season.
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cARvAsstD THE VOTE
County Commissioners Spent IL Por.
ton of Wednesday in Canvass
ing the Election Returns.

The board of county commission
ers completed their work as the can
vassing board Wednesday evening.
The official returns show hat the
largest number of votes secured by
the republican presidential electors
was 1916, by the democrats 1882,
by the socialists IL and by Hearst
or Independent party 8. Two pro-
posed changes in the laws carried,
that relating to residence required
for divorce and to the restricting the
hunting of quail. The former had a
majority of 347 and the latter one
of SIG. The proposed financial and
revenue measure lost by a maragin
of 209, the act providing for the
raising of the attorney generals sal
airy failed to carry by 2S6 and county
local option lost by So. The Sunday
amusement bill lost by a margin of
142. On the seperate ballot for the
unexpired term of the late congress-
MAJ Parker, e. w. Martin o out
by a maragin of 225 over w. w.
Soule the democratic nominee.
The canvassing of the votes did
not make much of a material differ
ence in the vote published by The
Republican last week. County Audit
or Anderson's majority was reduced
slightly, and Luther Plotner's maj
ority was increased for sheriff. The
official vote of the county will be
published in the course of a few
days with the proceedings of the
board. .