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The Washington times., 1908-12-30

High tide today......l; ;23 a. m, / IS d. m.
low tide today y-.----S-0C a m, $40 o. IN.
Iligh tide tomorrow. -2-23 a. M, 2.55 y. IN.
Low tide tomorrow, 500 a, M s:4S. D, "a,
The Washington times., 1908-12-30

Shaffer's Violets for New Years Are
unsurpassed. show rooms, 18th & Eye SITS.
--AdYt,
The Washington times., 1908-12-30
TOLL OF DEATH
BY EARTHQUAKE
GROWS HEAVIER
Disaster That Swept Sicily and Southern Italy Hourly
More Appalling as Reports Are Brought in
By the Survivors
GREATEST CALAMITYIN NATIONS HIS
By the Survivors.

Every Effort Being Made to Determine Safety of Consul
Cheney and Amercans-Reggio Is Wiped
From the Map.
The Washington times., 1908-12-30

SunsiOyanni, CHpitcIH CabanIscttR N ruin
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06

The public Just learns. 1t loes not
know where cells are bred. but 1t
seems the problem long has puzzled
biologists. Danish marine invest.ga-
tors have completed researches prov
ing that so far as the European eel
population Is concerned the creatures
spawn at a depth OF $3.50 fathoms
in the Atlantic Ocean. contiguous TO
the British Isles. and southwest OF
Europe.
From i.numerable eggs there appear
tiny .arvae called leptCcephali. which
are transparent. jelly-like. and Hat.
having something OF the contour Of
a tail-less herrinL. It is not known
how lCDg the eggs take to develop
the leptoccphali. but the later oc-
cupy six months in transition to the
familiar elvers. which are about two
inches long.
The ers then migrate ir count
less swarms to the shores of West
ern Europe, trav"lin.y In columns
sometimes several yards wide and
miles lCng. Nothing stops their
progress. II they encounter shin
they separate to the right and the
left and reicin ia the vessels wake
They invade every river and water
way along TIE coasts ascending stad-
small falls. penetrate streams and
wrigglo over swamp grounds into
ponds and bitches.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06

ln Sii Algeruon Vests ear days
society or;pn dined late and long, and
the 'a'e Lord Clanw.llian once told
him y; one occasion when he d!nei
= friends villa near Putney and
IT, meat did not beg II unul s
0c'ock
Whea ,ney et ,ast arose from ths
taol. and went to tEeir room. Lord
CTnwilliam flung open his window
and saw The naymakers coming INTO
the tie.1. Il wonder" he thought
what time they begin work. and on
$50, The haymakers were return
ing 70 their work from their break
fast.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Elgin Butter.

Prof. o. +. Hunziker, head Of
Dairy Division of Purdue University
has the following to say regarding
Elgin Butter:
"Elgin butter is supposed to come
from Elgin. H., and it is claimed by
butter merchants that butter made
In E!gin territory Is of superior quail
ity, because of more ideal climatic
conditions, better COWS, and better
pastures. The truth OF the matter
is that the Elgin region makes but
very little butter. That section Of
the State of Illinois in which Elgin
is situated is largely city milk sup
ply and milk condensing country. A
large proportion of all the milk pro-
duced there ,oes into milk condens-
ing factories and city milk plants.
Though the consuming public
may be ignorant CT the fact, 1t is
nevertheless true that most of the
butter wrapped in flgn wrappers
and sold as Elgin butter, has never
seen Elgin, H., nor any section of
that region. 1t comes from any
creamery or butter merchant that
chooses to use the Elgin wrapper
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Harvest Time in Kansas.

Those unfortunate people who
have never enjoyed the hospitality
dispensed by Kansas farmers
household during harvest time have
yet to learn the choicest pleasures
of gastromony. To put it briefly
the farmers table is loaded with
the best things to eat that grow on
this earth. served fresh off the bat"
and the more you eat the better the
farmers wife likes It, Fresh eggs
and crisp bacon such as only Kan
sas porkers can produce, fried
spring chicken in milk gravy, with
chicken pot les as big as hat, all
the fresh vegetables just now in full
season. faky pies and berries and
cream washing down with foamlng
pitchers of sweet milk or butter
milk Of that delicious ,ang only to
be found in a western country farm
house--these are but a few of the
articles on the bill of fare during
the Kansas harvest time No gilded
restaurant In the land can equal It.,
and such a feast cannot be found
outside of Kansas-Kansas City
Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
THE BUSY AMERICAN BEE.
His Honey Sells for Enough TO Pay
Interest on the Public Debt.

The value of $25,0O0,0O0 placed
on the annual output of honey puts
this farm crop only slightly behind
raw cane sugar, which had valua-
ton at the retineries of $2S,006, 900.
Comparisons with the output of the
sixty-four beet-sugar factories, which
have capacity of 49,500 tons OF
beats daily, may seem odious. Yet
the product of this coddled and fos-
tered ndustry-s45 900. 0.00O-was
less than double Of that of the busy
hive communities.
The bee in effect, pays the interest
on the public debt-S24.3
Shall not the insect which Napoleon
made an imperial emblem have some
state recognition such as Massachu-
setts gives to the Goldfish in its legis-
lative halls? AS matter of fact.
the products of the New England
fsheries which havo been the subject
of treaties and international conven-
ticnS and occasionally raised the
spectre of war, amount in value to
only half the bees product.
At least the bee deserves a share
in he uation nal affection which Is
lavishcd on the hen. This indus
trious worker maintained its reputa-
tion during the year by giving poul-
try products value of 100000, 900.
exceeding that of the wheat crop.
That the dairy products counted for
more than any crop except corn tes-
tlfies 20 the Importance of another
OF the humber farm industries. Tho
great proportions to which the lesser
agricultural products have grown,
the orchards with their minor item
OF 1,754,S27 barrels of cider.
the s113,000,00O worth Of m!scel-
laneous vegetables, the 100000
tons OF cottonseed, once plantation
waste. but now furnishing the equiv
alent In value of seven 20,000-ton
tattleships, make nature wonder
story OF never-failing interest.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06

A bold and interesting generaliza-
tion concerning the vast effects
which malaria may have produced on
the history of great and famous ma
tions and people has recently
appeared in England in the form
of a book by w. H. s. Jones,
supplemented with an intro
duction by Major Ronald Ross. It
Is suggested that the mosquito has
been largely responsible for the de-
cline of certain nations, as, for in
stance, Greece. in the character of
whose peoples historians have re-
corded a great change during the
fourth century before the Christian
era. Major Ross's Investigations
suggest that malaria may have been
introduced into Greece at that time.
The conclusion is also drawn that
malaria did not exist in Italy much
before 200 3. c., and the suggestion
is made that HannibaPs army intro
duced it. Malaria" says Mr.. Jones,
made the Greek weak and inefic-
lent; 1t turned the sterner Roman In
to bloodthirsty brute-atra bills
made its victims mad" The moral
seems to be that nations like indi-
viduals. should beware of mosqui-
toes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Hole in the Watch Key.

The Queerest patent" said the at
torney. We'll. tho queerest patent
/ know of, was the patent of a hole.
AN old farmer out st. Louis way,
patented hole. and what Is more,
he made lot of money on It. Now,
though. 1t isn't worth the paper 1t
is written on.
The farmer one morning in the
elm past went to wind his big silver
turnip and found the key stuck full
of dirt. He tried to dig the dirt out
with pin. No go.
"'Consarn ye," he said, III fix ye.'
And he drilled a hole in the key.
and with single breath blew out
every bit of the dirt.
He patented that hole. He built
a factory, bought millions OF keys
and made holes for them His plant
turned out 27,500 holes a day.
I'm fact, all the world used the
farmers watch keys, which were the
only kind that would keep clean, and
the old fellow got rich.
That of course, was in the dim
past. The hole factory is only rum
ming on half time now. for few per-
sons to-day use any but the STEM
winding or keyless watch"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Sand.

Sand is used at the seashore as
material for levers to sit on and by
wholesale grocsrs. 1t Is also useful
iE proposing and driving away cred
tiers.
Sand is present ir almost every To-
cality. 1t can be heard on the vau-
devil'e stage during the clog dance,
can be tasted in awberries, and
can be seer in choice New England
farm lands, shortly after they have
been purchased.
sand Is composed CT a large num-
Der OF individuals. When the waves
come mp and washes these iudivid
uGls about maybe they protest (who
knows?- human beings do), but the
wave doesn't care. The wave would
be glad of it, ii it knew.
Sand is often used as foul !ation
Tor houses. The people who Guild
the houses on sand do it because
they like to save up for a rainy day
Sand is also used for scenery in
deserts. Indeed, without sand. nc
desert would have any scenery a,
all.
Sand sometimes makes storms
When there is sand storm, 1t 4
hard on the eyes. But this Is good
for oculists, thus proving that all
things have 3 use.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Catch Trout in Orchards.

Game Warden Thomas Mullen OF
Yakima county, has called the
sportsmen of this district together
to devise some way OF protecting
the game fish which are now being
slaughtered in thousands by being
dumped on the orchards and alta ia
fields from the irrigation bitches.
The trout and salmon enter the
bitches and then turn off into the
laterals. finally ending their life in
the grass where the water has play
cd out and left them. Attorney Ed
ard Parker few days ago caught
six pound rainbow trout in his
pear orchard. Clinton Shannon
found several trout in his orchard
and numerous others have reported
similar finds. Small boys catch
long strings Of small trout by scoop
ing them from the FOOLS with their
hands. Game Warden Mullen says
that in some sections of the valley
the ranchers who want Ash angle for
them in the irrigation bitches in
preference to the streams, the
bitches being more accessible and
the water slower and therefore bet
ter.-SeatSle InteIligencer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
ROMANCES OF MINES.
Discovery of the Rich Coolgardie--
Unsuccessful Prospector's Find.


In the history of gold digging and
gold finding many romantic story
/. to be found Few of these sto-
ries, however, possess more interest
than that OF how the famous Cool
gardie mines, in Western Australia
were discovered in 1SS2-mines
which have since yielded millions Of
pounds Of gold. Luck played a
great art In the discovery but 1t
was the reward OF perseverance.
In April, 1892, two Victorian min
,rs Lamed Bayley and Ford struck
out for the northeast of Australia,
but after traversing $50 miles they
lost their horses ana had to turn
Jack. Equipped with fresh horses
trey started again on what proved
ney, for once more they were forced
to turn back-this time for want of
water. The third attemp. won
them fame and fortune.
First that found that which to
them was more precious than gold
namely, water. They fous.d a
natural we'll, known to the scattered
tribes of that far away country as
"Coolgardie." Pitching their camp
beside the we'll they turned their
horses out to feed and started pros
pecting the country around. Ford
PICKED up half ounce nugget and
before night they Lad gathered in
over twenty ounces Of gold. Two
CT three weeks more surface pros
pecting was rewarded with over two
hundred ounces. BY this time food
supplies had given out, so keeping
their own council regarding their d is
coverios, they returned to civiliza-
tion, laid in fresh stock OF provls-
ions, and fastened back to their FL
Dorado.
Within a few days of their re-
turn they happened upon the reef
that made Coolgardie Beginning
with a slug" weighing so ounces,
they picked out from cap OF that
reef in few hours upwards Of 500
ounces Of gold. Bayley carrying
554 ounces Of gold, journeyed back
to the nearest mining town, exhibit
ed his find to the mining warden,
put in a claim for the lease OF the
land on which this marvellous dis
covery hao been made and hurried
off to he field again with party
that numbered $50 men. besides
coaches and horses and all the para
phernalia of prospecting and camp
ing In their wake in course OF
tine came gold seekers In hundreds
and thousands. From Bayley and
lords mine there WIS taken in the
first nine years Of Its history 1884,
900 ounces OF gold, valued at $780,
900.
Almost as sensational as Coolgar-
die were the Londonderry and
Wealth Of Nations flnds" Tho
Londonderry was discovered by .
party Oh unsuccessful prospectors on
their way back TO Coolgardie. Two
OF them picked up some rich gold
bearing specimens. After a brief
search the outcrop of a reef was
exposed, from which in the course
of few days they took out from
1000 to 5000 ounces of gold. From
the cap Of the Wealth of Nations
reef gold to the value of 100000
pounds was secured in a few days
Tit-Bits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06

The worries of weak and sick moth
er are only begun with the birth of her
child. BY day her work is constantly
interrupted and at night her rest
is broken by the wailng OF the peev-
ish, puny infant. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription makes weak women strong
and sick women well. 1t lightens all
the burdens Of maternity, giving to
mothers strength and vigor, which
they impart to their children. In
about forty years OF practice DR.. Pierce
and his associate staff of physicians
have treated and cured uore than half
a million suffering women. Sick wom-
EN- are invited to consult DR.. Pierce by
letter free Of charge. All correspond
ence is strictly private. Address DR..
X. Y. Pierce, Inva'ids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo, n. Y,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
THE WAR ON RATS.
Damage Wrought by American Ro-
dents Something Astonishing.


The United States is now csn-
fronted with a rat plague which has
grown to such proportions that the
Department of Agriculture has fodnd
1t incumbent to prepare bulletin
setting forth determination remedies
for the benefit of the asailed far
mers. In France rats and mice are
responsible for damages to the
amount of over s40,0OO,000 annual
ly, this estimate being based in GOV.
crnment reports. The rodent Is more
. destructive than any other known
mammalian pest. A single rat VIII
eat two ounces of corn day, ANA
will destroy and spoil more than 1t
eat. The gravest indictment against
that II Is one of the most dangerous
mediums for the dissemination If
disease. This is due to the parasite
with which its fur is thickly infested.
The war against rate. thoigh
fiercely waged at the present time,
is by no means a series of victories
for mankind, for the rodent is enc
OF the most fecund pests with which
humanity is afflicted, and, as a re-
suit, there are always new hords3
to take the place OF the slain. They
breed from three to six times year,
and the females have their first lit
ter when not more than three mo1ths
old. The average litter numbers
ten, but frequently 1t will aggregate
IA or more.
A slight calculation will demon
strate precisely what this means ard
how serious the situation has become
to farmers and others. for, If three
litters of ten each, are produced
every year, a single pair If permit
ted to breed unchecked and no loses
from death was experienced, would
in three years have progeny of ten
generations, numbering 20,155,392;
the beginning OF the fourth year,
would number Of 100, 100000. The Sc
are absolutely appalling figures and
show how necessary some united az
ton against the rodent has become.
But the rat Is cunning as well as
predatory, and the war of extermina-
tion seems likely to be along one;
for man may decimate the ranks Of
the rodents with poison, but the
gaps thus made will be filled up by
the younger generation, and the con-
test renewed with new life and vigor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
DUST PAN ATTACHMENT.

patented by an Iowa man. The at
tachment comprises coil of spring
wire having hook at each end. The
coil is of such length that when the
hooks are attached to the sides Of
the pan the coils of spring will stand
apart far enough to admit the straws
of broom or the bristles of brush
between them. The coils serve the
purpose of removing threads, lint or
hair from the broom or brush. II
the lust pan becomes worn or broken
the attachment is unlocked and
placed on new pan. In use the pan
Is held in the ordinary way. The
spring prevents the broom from go
ing too far back upon the pan and
will in way aid in retaining dust
or sweepings upon the pan.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
DEVELOPING THE ARM
HOW THE SLIM ONES CAN BB
MADE ROUND AND PRETTY.
The Proper Exercise to Develop Mus.
cles in Forearns, Fingers and
Hands Which will do Much to
Beautify Them.

There is really no excuse for hav.
Ing thin and scrawny arms, unless
one has natural deformity, for thin.
ness OF the fore and upper arms may
he overcome by exercise and mas.
sdge.
n making thin arms round exer.
sc Is the best treatment for proper
C"Telopment of the muscles, and re.
slts in -oundness and strength, and
Z lnot fail to benefit the entire sys-
N unless carried to the extremes.
Ef this there Is no; the least danger,
for no normal exercise will bring alb
normal development. What 1t will
do, however, Is to strengthen cords
as well as muscles. and as this proper
growth of structure goes on under
the skin the covering or outside
takes on shapeliness and grace.
This change, however, does not
come il week, nor IN a month, but
If the effort is made persistently and
intelligently the desired object is
bound to be achieved
In treating the forearm finger
work will be beneficial. For this
the sleeves should be rolled up to
leave the arms free, and the hands
are then closed tightly, curving the
fingers under we'll into the palm.
This done, the person tries to hold
the fingers tighter, to squeeze them
in, as it were, at the same time
pressing the thumb tightly over the
fingers. II the hand Is held fist up,
the squeezing will show directly to
the centre of the forearm, where
roundness is needed. There is no
danger of doing this exercise too
much IL too often, and at first .
woman whose arms are not strong
will be obliged to stop the movement
after a moment With repetition
the squeezing becomes less painful
to the muscles and will not hurt a.
strength is acquired
Pulling Of any kind is desirable
for shaping the arms. As long as
the article which Is grasped is so
flrm as not to give, the strain on the
arms becomes developing. The Diff
fculty, howe .'er. lies in finding tho
stationery object. For this purpose
a bath tub would be available, for .
woman could grasp the edge firmly
and then pull with all Ger strength.
Care must be given to this work that
1t ID the arms and not the fingers
which do the pulling, for the natural
rclinatioh Is to let the hands do all
exercise.
lifting any weight sufficiently
avy to require what strength one
Is the best treatmen. for the up
= arms. Any kind Of housework
$ perfect suited to this although the
TACT is sighted by the inexperienced.
Sweeping is one Of the best exercises
for making .he arms pretty, the
grasp of the broom being reinforced
by the stroking motion necessary 70
accumulate dust on the floor. Gar
dening is helpful; so is hammering,
although in the latter the hammer
should be more than ordinarily
heavy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06

Grain is not the only fruit on
which the horse thrives. In Egypt
the Khedive's best mares are fed
largely on currants, and these ami
mails are noted for their endurance
and speed.
Figs, during the fig harvest. form
the food of the horses of Smyrna;
they turn to it from oats or hay.
The green tops Of the sugar cane
are fed to the horses of the West
Indies, and for long weeks in many
parts of Canada windfall apples
form the horses only food.
In Tasmania peaches and In Arabs
dates take the place of the usual hay
and oats, corn and bran.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Mexican Proverbs.

He who never ventures will never
cross the sea.
There's no gain without pain.
Flies cannot enter a Closed month.
Behind the cross isFthe devil.
A cat in gloves will never catch
rats.
To tho hungry no bread Is dry.
A book that is shut makes no
scholar.
A good laundress washes the shirt
first
No evil Will en- .ure a hundred
years.
When the river Is passed the
saint Il forgotten
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Not for the Poor Man.

The girl who doesn't take care a
her clothes is no wife for tbs poor
man; she needs some one who can
give her an unlimited dress allow
ance ard maid to look after her.
says Home Chat.
There is anot thsr point. II Il II
too much trouble to take care Of her
clothes before, 1t will be too much
trouble to take care Of her house,
keeping stores after marriage, with
he result that a large part Of them
are wasted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
On Yawning.

have come to the conclusion that
II man yawns, and you don't waqt
to yawn too, the only way to prevent
1t is to blow your nose A man Of
my knowledge boasts that he can
set whole railway carriage full Of
people yawning by merely taking
time over it himself. And l believe
ne can.-G., II. R. Dabbs. M. D., In
Frye's Magazine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
A Successful Marriage.

An old farmer was once asked the
question. rs marriage failure?"
and his reply was, my missus minds
the house, tends the children. milks
the cows, feeds the poultry, looks af-
ter the pigs, make; the bread. churns
the butter and other odd jobs. and all
for nothing week, and what could
be cheaper than that? No, marriage
isn't a failure down my way"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Fact or Principle.

Half the confusions of thought In
the world, not excepting the world
of political discussion, have arisen
because men have not stopped to ask
themselves whether the issue Is one
Of fact or Of principle. do / deny
the facts or do l dispute the infer
ence?" or in legal words, Ought I
to plead or to demur?"-Law Jour
nal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
HOME COOLING.
Boston Brown Bread.

Mix cup yellow corn meal, 1 cup
6 aham -four, IL teaspoon salt, I
cup rye meal and two teaspoons bak-
ing powder we'll together; then add
AZ cup of molasses,, then / we'll
beaten egg into which put pint Of
milk. Mix thoroughly to form bat
ter. Pour into we'll creased moulds
and steam four hours.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Potato Riscuit

Sift together cups Of -four, tea
spoon salt and 8 teaspoons OF baking
powder; rub in three tablespoons Of
lard or butter; then add cups Of
rashed potatoes; lastly about 2 cups
of milk. Mix as ordinary biscuits
and roll rather thin and bake in .
quick over.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
ADDlo Sauce Cake.

One cup apple sauce, l cup sugar.
! cup raisins, IL cup butter melted.
] teaspoonful Of soda put into the
apple sauce, teaspoon cinnamon,
1-2 teaspoon cloves, IL teaspoon
nutmeg. pinch of salt, / "a cups
-four Frost with orange frosting: 1
cup powdered sugar, tablespoons
OF milk, ] teaspoon Of orange flavor
ing
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Baked Goldfish and Egg.

Make some rich creamed goldfish,
using about "a pound Ct fish. Have
4 eggs boiled hard and chopped fine.
Put in baking dish alternate layers
CT creamed fish and egg having fish
for bottom and top layers. Sprinkle
grated cheese thickly over the top
and bake half an hour.