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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
MAKES HER WAY As MAN
Maude Allen, Young Muiatto Posing
For Eight Years as Boy, oradu.
ates and Is Made Teacher.

Baltimore Md.-After masquerad-
ing as young man for eight years
| because she believed ii would give
her better chances for advancement in
the world, Maude Allen, alias James
Allen" bright young mulatto won.
an, has been arrested for wearing
male attire. AS girl in her teens she
passed at the head of her class in a
boys high school, and as young
woman in trousers she became a
teacher in the public schools of Balti.
more.
Maude. or James. is now twenty-four
and first donned mans attire when
she was sixteen. She says: "On en-
tering the Baltimore Colored High
that | might make a big success In
life as a man. know thata woman
of my race has not much chance, so
with due thought | shaved my head
and bought an entire outfit Of mems
clothes. We were then living in an.
other part Of town. so, with my
grandmother, who was the only one
who knew my secret. we moved to
the house in which we now live.
II got through the school in three
years. graduating at the head of my
class. | was appointed teacher at
Brooklyn school and several months
ago transferred to School No. LOG. in
this city. | see no reason as to why
I should not be allowed to dress as |
please. | am surely not different from
the majority of other members of my
race. / should not be hampered."
Never once was the sex of the
young man." who daily sat at the
desk in a public school, suspected. She
was an active worker in Ebenezer
Baptist Church and taught Sunday
school class. This was the only
chance for her to mix with men, as
she kept completely aloof from the
negroes of the neighborhood in which
she lived. going to her home immedi-
ately after school and remaining in
the company of her grandmother.
When seen at her home to-day she
was dressed in natty suit of blue
serge. Tall of stature, she would
easily be mistaken for a youth of
twenty. She also possessed a rather
heavy beard.
A short time ago the woman was
taken i'll and entered the Maryland
General Hospital. where it was dis
covered that she was not a man. The
police yesterday went to the hospital
and placed the woman under arrest
She paid $50 line and costs and was
given twenty-four hours in which to
change to feminine apparel
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
SVEN HEDIN AWED TIBCTANs.
BY venturlng Upon the Waters In a
Boat with Winqs

St Petersburg. Russia.-Sven He'd.
in, the explorer, who is now here en-
route to Stockholm. chatting about his
travels said the English acted very II.
logically in their recent dealings with
Tibet. They took it and then gave it
up. The result is that China, whose
influence and authority there have
been slack and waning for centuries.
is now taking firm hold again-in
fact is renewing the grip of steel IN
which the early Mauchu emperors
held the country
Among the main causes of Hedins
immunity from the hostility to for
eigners which practically makes it i'm.
possible for others to explore Tibet
was simple incident which. quite un
designedly on his part, made the ma.
tives ascribe miraculous powers to
him. He said:
Il made several expeditions in a
boat on the great lake in the interior
OF Tibet and there quickly spread re.
markable legends throughout the
country about foreign lama who had
power over the elements and wings
with which he could fly on the wa
ters. The Tibetans came to believe
that commanded the weather, thanks
to my boating trips, for they had new
er seen a boat Of any kind before and
never dreamed of venturing upon the
waters OF their inland seas themselves
in any way"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
IDEAL HUSBAND
MUST Be BOSS
He Need Not Be Wealthy, in the
Opinion Of Manageable
Young Chicago Women
THEY NEED NOT Be HANDSOME
T. ore Than One Hundred Girls Were
Asked to Define the Model Husband
and All Named Love as a Requisite
NO Dudes Wanted.

Chicago.-Cupid was working over.
time at the Halsted Street Institu.
tional Church Sunday night. The
Rev. d. d. Vaughan, the pastor, is de.
termined to marry the single men and
women of his flock. He asked more
than one hundred single women a
series of questions on the subject OF
model husband" Then he found
out from 100 men their idea of the
ideal wife" Next he will try to get
the two ideals together
Each one of the 100 single women,
as well as twenty-five married girls"
who have answered the minister's
questions, says she wants the man to
be the boss. None of them desires a
dude" and only six specify hand.
some" as befitting the ideal.
Five of the women answered that
they didn't wish model" husbands,
but ideal" ones, and gave their opin.
ions after changing the word in their
copy" The Rev. Mr.. Vaughan smiled
at the first three objections. Then
two came by the next mail explaining
that model" means "a small imitation
of the real thing" and the pastors
apologies followed.
do you want him to be the head
of the house?" was the first question
propounded.
YES" answered 121. NO" said one.
I'VE will divide the honors," replied
the others.
DO you want him always to follow
your bidding?"
All replies were in the negative.
DO you want him to give his time
TO succeed in business or his homer"
Let him so arrange as to make
success of BOTH" or words to that ef-
feet, replied the 125.
DO you care whether he loves you,
or do you really want a homer" was
the fourth question.
He must love me, for | am able to
~ovide a home for myself" was the
variable reply.
DO you prefer business or a pro-
cssional manr"
The minister said he wasn't sure of
: s figures on this question, but ex-
I ressed the belief that about one
third wanted professional men, one.
third preferred business men, and one
third just wanted men who made re-
spectacle living"
Must he be wealthy" was the
sixth question. and there was not an
affirmative reply in the lot.
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IDENTIFY HER BY TICKLING.
Refused to Show Gold Tooth and SO
Detectives Made Her Lauuh.


Philadelphia, Pa.-Tickling as n
means of identification is an innova.
tion of the local detective department
tried this morning. A seventeen-year-
old girl, giving her name as Annie
Brown, had been arrested on the
charge OF being a daring boarding
house thief. Detective Tucker had a
warrant from Allentown for a runa-
way girl. The warrant gave as the
prime mark for Identification the fact
that she had curious gold tooth.
Tucker frowned upon the girl. open
your mouth" he commanded. She re.
fused, and even resisted successfully
efforts to pry her mouth open. Then
Tucker reached forward and tickled
the girl on the neck. Others did like.
wise, and tickling her on the neck be.
came copied diversion. Finally she
could stand 1t no more and burst out
laughing. Then 1t was seen that abe
h'd gold tooth. She is held as an
incorrigible girl.
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as well as a number Of nrominent

as well as number Of prominent
citizens. Mr.. Chamberlain's services
to his country and to his native town
were lauded, and he was assured of
the continued support of his neigh.
bors in his new political programme.
In reply, the ex-Secretary. after ex.
pressing his thanks for the honor
which had been done him, went into
discus sion of the causes and the
outcome of the war in South Africa
He assured his hearers that at all
times, both before and during the
struggle, he had realized the gravity
OF the undertaking, and vehemently
denied that he had entered upon the
war with light heart, as had been
asserted by some among his political
opponents.
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MAN AND HAWK BATTLE.
Venturesome Person Torn at Bottom
of 90-Foot Pit.

Of 90-Foot Pit.
Nutley, N. J.-Hawk battled with
man at the bottom OF pit, ninety
feet below the surface of the ground,
in Nutley, and though the man won
he will carry his right hand in a sling
for many days, as the hawks bill tore
it deeply in a dozen places. And the
hawk was only chicken hawk at
that.
Charles w. Barker, of Passaic ave.
nue., saw three of the airy fowl fan
ciers lowering over the chicken yards
of Emil Schneider. He shouted to
Schneider, who got his gun and fired,
wounding one of the hawks. That
bird fell into an abandoned stone
quarry.
Lower me on rope and I'll get
him." volunteered Barker Down he
went ninety feet and reached for the
wounded hawk. There was beating
Of wings, clutching by sharp-pointed
talons and the men above heard Bark.
er yell in pain. But he threw himself
bodily pom the savage bird and got
a strange hold on it. After he and his
captiv were hoisted up the hawk was
measured. 1t spanned four feet from
tip to tip of wings. Barker is suffer
Ing severely and there is fear of blood
poisoning.
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The Chamberlain Clock.

Recently erected at the corner Of
Vyse street and Warstone Lane. Bir-
mingham, England, is the latest trib-
ute of his fellow-townsmen to Joseph
Chamberlain. The clock shown in the
accompanying illustration stands %
feet high and has four dials. 1t is in
tended to stand in commemoration of
the services to the empire of the ex-
Colonial Secretary in connection with
his work in South Africa during
and after the war. The subscription
for the clock were collected entirely
among the workingmen of Birming-
ham. to whom Mr.. Chamberlain of Bir-
mingham-himself large employer OF
labor-is a popular idol
The occasion of the starting of the
clock was made one of importance.
an immense meeting being held in
the Birmingham Town Hail. at which
speeches were delivered by represen-
tatives of the workingmen Of the town
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20

DROP BY DROP the offensive dis.
charge caused by Nasal Catarrh falls
from the back of the nose into the
throat, setting up AZ Inflammation that
is likely to mean Chronic Bronchitis.
The most satisfactory remedy for Ca
tarrh Is Ely's Cream Balm. and the
relief that follows even the first appli-
cation cannot be told in words. Don't
suffer day longer from the discomfort
of Nasal Catarrh. Cream Balm is sold
by all druggists for so cents, or mailed
oy Ely Bros, 56 Warren Street, New
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
Women Hard to Cure by Hypnotlsr

Washington. d. C.-Women who are
addicted to an immoderate use of in.
toxicants are less susceptible than
men to treatment of hypno-suggestion,
according to the view expressed to-
night by DR.. j. ID, Quackenbos, of New
York City, at the meeting of the
American Society for the Study of AL.
cohol and Other Narcotic Drugs. The
statement OF DIR. Quackenbos that he
mad permanently cured more than
eight hundred patients by the method
OF hypno-suggestion after the subjects
had become asleep through the use OF
drug aroused vigorous protests from
several leading scientists. who chal
lenged It's accuracy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
TO HARNESS HOT AIR.
Hunter Discovers II Issuing In Vast
Volume from Crevice.

Colorado Springs, Colo. .-Bertram
Webb. who has been hunting in the
vicinity Of Ute Pass above Manitou
on the side Of Pixies Peak, claims 20
have found huge crevice in the side
of the mountain from which strong
c-rrent Of hot air issues.
Webb says he will acquire the prop
erty and pipe the air to Manitou and
Colorado City for heating purposes #
the scheme is feasible.
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Tneseus was preparing to fight the
Minotaur.
You will be up against hard prop
osition,' remarked one of his ad.
mirers.
Yes. l know" said Theseus, but,
don't you see, II get the decision I
can challenge Jeffries."
Without another word he proceeded
to get a reputation.-Milwau Sen.
tinel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
. GIlmpses Into Mytholonx.

Medea was assisting Jason in his
efforts to capture the Golden Fleece.
Just follow my instructions" she
said, "and everything will turn out
for the best"
Perhaps" was his dubious reply
but II Mrs. Jason hears OF this the
yellow journals won't do a thing to
met"
With much misgiving he went about
his task.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
J. Q. Creveling,
Attorney.

IN NE ar LIZA lON OF III Il
BLOOMSBURY LITERARY IN
STITUTE FOR AMENDMENTS
TO CHARTER AND CHANGE
OF NAME.
Notice is hereby given that petition
was presented to the Court of Common
Pleas of Columbia County on the I2th
day of May, A, D., 1909, by the Blooms
burg Literary Institute to make the fol-
lowing amendments to its charter to-
wit;
Amending the name. style and title of
the corporation from ''The Bloomsbury
Literary Institute" to the "Bloomsburp
Literary institute and State Normal
School of the Sixth District: increas-
ing the number of trustees from nine to
eighteen; changing the time of the An
nual Stockholders Meeting from the
first Saturday to first Monday in Nav:
designating the officers of the corpora
tion as President, Vice. President, Sec
retary and Treasurer; the manenr and
mode of election and appointment of
trustees; increasing the quorum of the
Board of Trustees from FIVE to seven;
fixing the capital stock at $50, 400, 90. di-
vided into 1907 shares, prohibiting divi-
dends upon the capital stock of the cor
poration and enlarging the purposes and
scope of the institution; whereupon the
following Interlocutory Decree was en-
tered. to-wit:-
And now May 18th. 1909: the forego-
ing petition having been presented and
read, and it appearing to the Court that
due notice of this application and these
proceedings were given to the Auditor
General, on the 5th day of May 1000,
and the court upon consideration there.
of being of the opinion that the said
amendments and change of name of said
corporation will be lawful beneficial.
and not injurious to the community and
not in conflict with the requirements of
the Constitution or the laws of the Com
monwealth, it is therefore ordered that
said petition or writing be filed in the
office of the Prothonotary of the court,
and notice thereof be inserted in two
newspapers printed in said county, for
three weeks. setting forth that said APP
plication has been made. and that final
decree will be made ON the I4th day of
June, 1909. at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, in con-
formity with the prayer of the petition,
unless sufficient reason be shown why
the same should not be done.
BLooMsBURG LITERARY INSTITUTE,
! 5-I3-4t. per N. U. Funk, Solicitor
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Bloomsbury, Pa.
Envelopes

$4,000 Envelopes carried in
stock at the COLUMBIAN Office.
The line includes drug envelopes,
pay, coin, baronial, commercial
sizes, number 6, oH, on, 9, 10
and II, catalog, &c. Prices range
from $3.50 per 1000 printed, up to
$500. Largest stock in the coun-
y to seize; from.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20
MAKES FLAG 3sxtoo FEET.
Pullman Woman viii Present II to
State College Regiment.

Pullman, Wash. What is belle yp,
70 be the bigges' flag in the I'm. e,
States was made by Mrs. Mite o.
wife of Captain II. e. Mitchell, I. s
H., military Instructor at the Sat
college. Tor the military ball in III
tollege gymnasium. The flag is 8
feet wide and 100 feet long. Tn
stripes are one yard wide.
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Trespass Notices,

Gard signs mo Trespassing" for
sale at this Office. They are print
ed in accordance with the late act
OF 1908. Price S cents each. If
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-20

Even the detective may become =
mere shadow of his former SELF
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ms unparalleled offer made subscribers and
an o ones VINO pay all arrears and within thirty days.
Sample copies free. Address, ' ~
LIE OOLOMblAN, Bloomsbury Pa.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-05-28

service book by Comrade Cleayer,
strewing Of flowers and benedic-
ton by the chaplain.
Should de Grafton day he stormy
or unit for services at the Gene
terry, the services will be conducted
at the q. 4. L. hall at 1880
O'Clock a. m. aud a committee Of
old soldiers viii visit Steele rrme.
terry in The afternoon aud decorate
the graves,
After the decoration dav SER
vices, the ladies of the G.. \. Il,
Relief Corps will serve dinner at
the &. \. K. ball from | to ,
o'clock, II which NIL members of
Veteran Post No. 81 md visiting
comrades are invited.
JOHN l.. CLEAYER,
Commander Veteran Post No. 81.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-05-28
Decoration Day

Owing to the 30th day OF May
coming this year on Sunday, Deco
ration Day will be held On TIE fol
lowing Monday, May 3lst, and as
1t is a legal holiday, and in order
that the merchants with their em-
ployes. and families, may join with
our citizens in appropriately OBJ
serving the day by going to the
Steele Cemetery aud participating
in the patriotic services. it Is sug-
gested that all places Of business
be closed on that day from % to
y o'clock.
Appropriate music will be rem
dered by the Methodist Choir un-
der the leadership of Prof. Hurst:
Lincoln's Gettysburg address will
be delivered by Master David Grow.
3 promising elocutionist; and an
able address delivered by Judge :.
?. Davidson, of Tecumseh, one of
the foremost orators of our state,
whose serv. ces have been secured,
expecting that a man of his ability
will induce our citizens to lay
aside their daily yocations for a
few hours in order to take part in
the exercises.
Let us devote this day TO patri-
otism, remembering that by the
nobleness of those whose graves
will be decorated, this country WIS
preserved to posterity as 8 great,
united and undivided whole, and
by virtue of the victories of the
Union Armies, in which our dead
heroes participated, a foundation
was then LAID which has enabled
our country to rise in a single gen.
Grafton to be one of the leading
nations of the world.
These dead heroes, as well as
their surviving comrades, in the
full prime of youth and of patriot
ism, at the call for volunteers, left
their homes, with all their family
comforts, and left their relatives
and dear ones, to take up the life
of a soldier, with all its dangers,
hardships and suffering, to defend
the flag, which represented our
country, our homes, and ever ything
The Falls City tribune., 1909-05-28
State Sunday School Convention.


The state Sunday School Conven-
ton meets in Kearney on June 1916
and i. r.Franklin McElfresh of
Chicago. superintendent of Teacher
Training in the international Sun
day School Association and a fine
platform man, will tell Of the trained
teacher and what he a do in the
school. His address on The Sun
day School" DR.. Clark of Ohio says
is the greatest address ever heard in
Ohio and they have had some great
speakers in Ohio. Rev. p. II. Vel
sheimer of Canton, Ohio, who has
done such marvellous work in his
own church through his Sunday
School, will represent the Pastors
department and every pastor in Ne
braska ought to hear him tell of the
wonderful advances of Christianity
in Canton. Chas. Fordice. Dean of
State University Teachers College,
will give an address on How to
Manage a Boy" Mr.. F. +. Hath
way OF Chicago will lead us in our
songs. He is a skilled leader.
There will be reports and address
es and conferences on all phases of
u work. Bring your hard questions
The Falls City tribune., 1909-05-28

W. hold dear. These men, fer four
years participated in the cam.
paigns Of the BLOODY civil war in
many Of the hardest fought battles
of history.
Every citizen OF our city should
feel patriotic enough to go to the
cemetery ON decoration day and
by their presence show their APP
probation Of such of these bless
Ings they now enjoy, as have been
rendered poss bic by the yalor and
sacrifice of those whose memory
We this day will honor.
Let decoration day be a day for
a universal decoration of the graves
of all departed friends, and while
the soldiers of the Grand Army
are paying this tribute of devotion
to their departed comrades, let all
other graves be decorated by low
ing hands. Nothing is more touch
ing and beautiful than strewing
of flowers on the mounds of our
dear ones, who while slumbering
beneath, are ever dear in the hearts
of those they leave behind.
The parade will form in line at
the Grand Army hall. All sur
viving soldiers of the civil war and
Spanish-American war are invited
to join in the parade, which will
form with comrades Of Veteran
Post No. 81 in the lead, followed
by all other soldiers on foot and
the ladies' Of the q. A. f.. Relief
Corps and friends and citizens in
carriages.
Parade will start promptly at 10
o'clock and move west on Eighth
street to Stone street. thence north
on Stone street to the Union
House. where buses and carriages
will be in waiting to convey all
soldiers to the Steele Cemetery.
Head of parade will stop outside
of the cemetery gate, the soldiers
will alight and form in line and
proceed in military order to the
spot of ground where the services
will be held, rear the Steele monu-
ment.
After the address of Judge DAY.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-05-28

idson. the comrades of Veteran
Post Ne. ST will form in three files
for decoration Of the graves of the
soldiers Of the civil war, of the
Spanish-American war and those
Confederate soldiers buried there.
Each grave will be decorated
with a small American flag, on
which will be the 5eceased's name,
regiment and date of death. At
each grave the soldiers will halt,
and in an orderly and respectful
manner lay a few flowers thereon.
File of soldiers under command
of Comrade Cleayer will decorate
the graves of !. H.. Cornell, w.
Cade, q. Kidder, w. Windle, d.
Smith. J. j. Marvin, E. Poor, J.
j. Tanner, n. b. Mcpherson, J.
DitzIer, d. Stidham, H. Z. Went
worth, W. EIshire, w, j. Powell,
w. NJ. Maddox, j. ID. Mccain,
NJ. T. Nailor, H. b. Nailor, ID. c.
Conklin. E. F%irebaugh, 7. Swi-
CART, w. r., Kent, j. d. Harris,
L. NJ. Harris, G.. A. Palmer.
File of soldiers under command
of Comrade Messler will decorate
the graves of j. Corkwell, J..
Wright, T. G. Zieke, r. Y. King,
j. Hutchings, L. 4. Minshall, Il.
Henderson, j. Lindsey, c. w.
Good, NJ. Hurd, j. Slayman, j.
Ralston. J. Kennedy. S. T. Davis,
N. Moran, K. Birch. ID. l.. Thomp.
son, W. j. Hoppe, j, Schuler, A..
Grant, f. f. Metz, Nj. Ewing and
h. Banks.
File of soldiers under command
of Yutzy will decorate the graves
of NJ. ". Drake, j. Fl, Burnham,
j. Kinsey, E, M. Coon, d. T..
Berry, H. G. Hanna, w. Bull. j.
Subbe, J. Mcdowell, M. l.. Her
bert, f. Il. Stoughton, L. May, w.
S. Stretch. c. F. Walthers, J.
Cameron, r. A. Wherry, d. Rea-
Wis, E. NJ. Wilson, G. c. Thomp-
son, f. S. Gregg, 7. p, Jones and
Il. Minnick.
After decorating the graves the
soldiers will meet at the monument
erected to the dead of the End Ne
braska Cavalry, where appropria tie
services will be held according to
the ritual of the Grand Army of
the Republic, viz: Prayer by Chap
lain Whitaker, reading from the