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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-25

encircled his neck and danced on hys
wish-bone. They stung him FROM
Genesis to Revelations.
The pain tortured him almos, In
madness, and the smoke nearly snoil-
cred him. He tore around In sAe
murkiness of the bee-house, trying tn
find the door which he had so thought
fully fastened, and which now seemed
always upon the opposite side of the
bee-palace. All the time, he uttered
soulful yells loud enough to raise ths
defunct Rameses II.
Old Rufus heard the racket. and.
club in hand, came on the run. He
mad scoffed at the professors bees
and bee-house, but he was not going
to lie supinely upon his corrugaied
spine and let midnight robbers carry
OFF the treasures of his employer.
AS the veteran darky reached the
door OF the bee-house, Prof. MeIlicS
had succeeded in unfastening 1t and
was just pulling it open Old Rufns.
accompanied by his club, rushed in,
knocking Prof. Mellick over.
Finding himself in the very prs.s
ence of the would-be stealer of bets.
Rufus attended thoroughly to the mai.
ter at hand. The lamp was capsinea,
and, in the darkness, each took TIE
other for a bloodthirsty assassin. and
there was wild commingling of mer.
bees, club, effluvium, woe and yells
The bees devoted considerable ai,
tention to old Rufus, and he, sure that
MS adversary was endeavoring 10
murder him in new and horrible
fashion, nearly drove that learned
genueman's head into the floor. Had
the club not slipped from the irats
darky's grasp 1t is my firm belief thai
the erudite Mellick would have beck
driven so far into the floor thai
nothing short of grease eradicate
would have extracted him.
Then there occurred a variation IA
the programme. The professors hand
came in contact with the lost club
ana he used it in quick succession
upon the sconce of his adversary So
hDerally that Rufus ceased trying to
tear the mouth of his employer clea1
out OF his head. The overturned lxmy
set hre to the straw on the floor cs
the patent reversible apiary.
few minutes later a passinx
pedestrian was startled to see twa
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-25
Parrots In Nebraska,

Only a few naturalists and early
territorial settlers know that parrots
were once numerous in Nebraska,
says the Lincoln State Journal Fifty
years ago they were still seen along
the Missouri River in southeastern
Nebraska, but disappeared very sud.
denly after the first settlement in
that region. The Nebraska parrot was
the Carolina paroque (cornus Caro-
lina). 1t had beautiful green and
yellow plumage, so striking in appear.
ance as instantly to arrest the atten-
ton of the early hunter. Besides this
the birds gathered in large fiocks and
were so exceedingly tame and simple
that the whole flock was easily killed.
Add to this that the birds were fine
eating and their feathers attractive
trophies of the hunt and the fate of
the Nebraska parrot was assured.
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An Aparian
Renaissance
BY TOM P. MORGAN

~ HE softly-sighing breeze, that,
IL strayng in at the window of
| Prof. Humboldt Melilcks chamber.
brings the fragrant breath of Araby the
Blest and Hunkthunders soap-factory,
dallies with the whiskers of what
looks a good deal like a large and
knobby bodybuilding, with hair and
few features on it. This is the re-
suit of Prof. Melick's recent tempting
of fate with his latest invention, the
Eureka Efnuvient.
In the other room lies another and
darker-hued victim of the inefIiciency
of the Effluvient. This is old Uncle
Rufus White, the scientists colored
man of all work.
The professor became the possessor
of bees because of young and ac-
complished conversational who was
going about, as Scripture says, like a
roaring lion, seeking whom he could
sell the plans and right to build
Complex Reversible Bee-house.
The reversible part was a great
boon. from Bonneville, Kentucky. If
of the front, he could, with a little
more than days labor, turn the back
side o. the bee-house around in front
The young man kindly proved to
Prof. Mellick that the airline to the
possession of great riches lay through
the Complex Reversible Bee-house.
He showed how the late Mr.. Croesus
laid the foundation of his justly-cele.
brated fortune by rropagating bees
in one of these houses.
The young man also impaired to
Prof. Mellick a reminiscence of Cap
tain Kidd, who, though not particular
ly religious was credited with wonder
full fuency in taking up collections,
and afterwards slaughtering the col
lectees with neatness and dispatch.
Prof. Mellick was astounded to learn
that Mr.. Kill really accumulated the
money, which he afterward buried all
along the coast from Goth to Askelon,
by the continued use of reversible bee
houses, and not by means of his self
invented process for expeditiously
jerking the financial cuticle off over
the heads of all whom he met, after
which he proceeded to plow the Span.
ish MainSsome more, singing in low,
cooling refrain, his celebrated song,
the chorus of which mentions Incl
dentally that he sailed and did a few
other things, among which was that
he murdered William Moore and left
him in his gore and kept right on
sailing.
With the shining examples OF these
gentlemen before him, Prof. Mellick
speedily purchased the right to make
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house upon the inside. Prof. Menjct
set fire to the odorous powder.
The result was as unexpected as /,
was uncomfortable. Instantly the Dr..
tie houcs was filed with a blindipE
cloud of smoke that totally eclipyet
the odor of triple extract of skunkibus
and made Prof. Mellick gasp like
lizard. Instead of quieting the bees.
the efnuvia seemed to irritate thcm
almost to frenzy, and they poured oui
Of their hives and fell upon the punGi..
who was cropping blindly about in the
choking vapor in search of the door.
which seemed to his excited senses.
to be travelling around the sides OF The
house just fast enought to elude him.
Then ensued a sound of revelry hy
night The bees devoted their time
and attention solely to the scientist.
They whetted their stingers anew.
and formed 4 halo about his head
Tney crawled up his sleeves and troU.
sers-legs, and down his neck. They
promenaded up and down his spine.
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Too Fat to SoueaI,

Pekin correspondent says: "It is
no uncommon sight to see twelve or
thirteen enormous fat pigs with their
legs tied hunddled close together hav-
ing ride in Chinese cart with some
sort of light cargo on top of them
and a man sitting on the cargo. The
pigs are silent and consequently one
would think they should not be OBJ
1ects for the action Of the Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The
fact Is that the animals are too fat
and lazy to make any noise until dis.
turbed at their journeys end, when
bagpipes are as Italian opera to the
terrific squealing heard"
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Great Chance Of Marriao.

1t is estimated that the women of
Great Britain have nearly twice as
many chances of being married as the
women of any other nation in Europe.
This is one of the facts shown in the
annual statistical abstract from the
principal nations of the world, issued
by the English Board of Trade re-
Gently. The period covered by the fig
ures Is from 1893 to 1908. In each of
these ten years there have been four
teen or sixteen marriages per thou
sand OF the population of Great Bri-
tain, while in other countries the rate
has remained steady at between sew.
en- and eight per thousand.
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a bee-house for himself, with the privi.
lege of turning the back end toward
Main street whenever he liked.
The building was nearly completed
before Prof. Mellick bethought him
self of the fact that he had no bees to
put in it. AS bee-house without
tenants could hardly be considered a
source of revenue, Prof Mellick pur-
chased several hives of early dwarf
bees, warranted to be sound in wind,
limb and stinger. The hives were
placed in the bee-house, and the scien-
tist sat back and waited for the bees
to roll up their sleeves and make
honey till you couldn't rest.
Old Rufus scoffed at the idea that
they would improve each shining
hour to the extent of increasing the
assets OF their owner. This angered
the scientist so that he forbade the
Old darky's approaching the bee.
house-exactly what the sable schem.
er was working for.
Soon, Prof. Mellick was attacked by
haunting fear that the bees would
." "a ~ ohu lhuS CduSe u great amount
OF trouble. To prevent this he in.
vented the Eureka Effiuvient-a DOW.
der, which, when burned, would give
out smoke, the smell of which was
louder than calls for reform, and was
calculated to make the bees settle
down in somnolent content.
Not being familiar with the habits
OF bees. Prof. Mellick feared thew
might swarm at night, and SO, for a
week after their purchase, he visited
the reversible house three times each
night. while Uncle Rufus White. se.
cure In his scorn. snored sereneiy.
Last nisht, about one o'clock, upon
making bis visit to the bee-house. he
discovered that something was wrong.
The inmates were buszing anarily
and Prof. Msllkck was sure that thew
were about 70 swarm.
Hurrying to his laboratory. Ia
speedily returned with . lamp and =
pan OF the Efhuv4ent. The bees were
bussins and craving about IN tbsir
hives: Fastening the door Of the 'bee.
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Which Ia Ed?


When the late Senator Wolcott
first went to Colorado he and his
brother opened law Office at Idaho
Springs under the firm name of ED.
Wolcott & Bro" Later the partner
ship was dissolved. The future Sena.
tor packed his few assets, including
the sign that had hung outside of his
office, upon burro and started for
Georgetown, mining town farther
up in the hills. Upon his arrival he
was greeted by crowd of miners who
critically surveyed him and his out.
mt. One of them looking first at the
sign that hung over the pack, then
at Wolcott, and finally at the donkey,
ventured:
Say, stranger. which of you is Ed %
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Tax on Cats.

Every cat owner In Berlin has now
to pay a tax. which Is equivalent to a
license, and each cat has to wear a
metal disk round its neck as evidence
that the tax has been paid. Any cat
found on the streets without this
metal disk Is taken of to the munici.
pal lethal chamber BY the police.
This method has already considerably
lefsened the number Of cats In Ret
lin. The Emperor has hatred
Of cats almost amounting "a Z mania
lis said to have induced the Berlin
municipality TO take action.
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Roman Mint Found

A completely equipped Roman mint
was discovered in cave in the neigh
borhood of Kayosovar, Hungary. Be.
sides crucibles. which still contained
bronze, there were three dies for the
production OF gold coins. dies of sill.
yer. bronze and iron ore and three
hundred coins. The investigation
made showed that the workshop dated
from the first century Of the Chris.
tian era. A number of neatly worked
earrings, bracelets and other objects
OF bronze, as well as tools. such a.
hammers and tongs, were also found.
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hsures burst out of the blank side ec
a blazing bee-houee totally ignoring
the location OF the door.
After they had put out their hair.
raked the bees on from themselves
ana recognised each other. Prof. Mel
hcx and Rufus sat down side by aide.
ana with the keenest satisfactios
watched the burning of the complex
reversible bee-house.
Then they crawled of TO bed, aak
.ne groans from Prof. Mellick's chan
per were answered by naosns M
the bedroom Of Uncle Ruff, whltc
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| ocean fury, ana the sea became iron
gray and grim, and the wind whipped
the tops from the seas and flung then
over the Corunna's bows as high al
| the foreyard. For three days the
gale blow, and never once did they
see the sun. 1t came down in a lon9
screaming howl day after day. On
the third day the sky cleared little
so that the forlorn crowd clustered on
the Corunna's poop could see Hog Isl.
and, on the lee beam. distant some
two miles.
Il will let them have time to pre-
pare" said Davy Jones.
The old man stood beside Bill Hark.
er, under the weather-cloth, hanging
on to a shroud. He looked at the
sprays flying high over the rocks, and
glanced at the young man beside him.
Were done, boy" he said shed
never stay" There's room to wear.
sir" said Harker. Not there" said
the old man. You're old; that's what's
wrong with you" said Bill. He made
a jump fer the wheel. Hard up" he
shouted. Hard up. Hands wear
ship" The men ran to the weather
braces; the helmsman hove the wheel
over.
No, you don't" said Davy Jones.
He sent green sea against the
Corunna's rudder. The shock made
the wheel take charge. The helms
Liam went over the box into the Soup
pers. 81 think that's done you," said
Davy Jones.
Bill lung a blight of the relieving
tacklefall over the flying spokes. At
the risk of his life he checked that
wheel. THAT was near thing" he
thought. The ship took in a green
sea along her length. Very slowly she
began to pay off.
No, you don't," said Davy Jones.
The full fury Of the gale beat upon
them In screaming gust. The two
lower topsails split into rags and flick
cred away to leeward like dirty pa
per-"
That's done you,' said Davy Jones. |
The sprays boiled high close aboard, |
as the Corunna charged down, bows |
on. you shall do 1t in STYLE" said !
Davy Jones. you have the gift Of
beauty. You shall die finely" A sea |
took her over the poop and washed
Bill Harker forward Wheel, chart
house, deckhouse, fo'c'sle, and Gala
boose vanished into splinters before
that sea. The old Corunna lay on her
side, and broached to. The drowning
men in the waist thought of the
laughter Of the captains. They clutch
ed at brace-ends and buckets; they
struggled up and swore. Bill Harker
found himself inside the pigsty. II
was always fond of pork" he said.
But this Is like mother on q wash
ing-day." He saw the rocks and the
white water; he thought of the old
and flushed with the
thought of the woman's beauty.
You're done," said Davy Jones.
Bill swung himself into the fore
shrouds and spread his coat abroad.
It's bare chance" he said, but I'll
go down fighting" The old man, lying
On his back In the scuppers, uttered a
cheer between the seas. The
Corunna rose UP and shook herself;
she felt the new force; she wallowed
up and trembled. Bills coat split
DOWN the seam; and the ship wore
ike child. Very tenderly and quick.
y they set the stormstaysails, and
1rew away from the land.
You deserve t live" said Dayy
present to Mrs. Hawk"
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Historic DrawbrIdos,

AZ Helminsham Hall In Suffolk
county. In England. the drawbridge 10
always raised every night over the
historic moat. which - more than
seven hundred years old. The most
v not dry like 20 many OF ancient
date. but Is flled to the brim. This
the only English castle whore the
historic right Of raising the draw.
er'dss has come down from the dayu
OF chivalry. +"
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Professional Pride.

II should regret very much to hear
that anyA0dy has eyer offered money
for politich influence"
yes" snsYefed Mr.. Grsftyen:
"yosr hearing o It would indicate
ven esvs6s work on somebody part
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OREGON SENATORS
TO AID WORK
WILL WORK UNREMITT1NGLY
FOR RIVER AND HARBOR APP
PREPARATIONS - WANT SUM
FOR COLUMBIA.

Portland, Oct. 15.-Oregon's sena-
tors promised Portland business men
today to work unremittingly for river
and harbor appropriations, and ex-
pressed confidence in gaining a good
ly sum for Columbia river work at
the coming session of congress.
Senator Bourne said that it was es-
timated that the cost of completing
the Cello canal would be $3,750,000.
He believed that the engineering de-
partment would recommend that this
sum be set aside and that the project
be placed on a continuing contract
basis with $1,000 available yearly.
If this were done it would require
three years to finish the work. He
said that the portage road and its
work had done much to aid in secur-
ing recognition for the Cello canal
project. From $780, 900 to 81, 900, 900
would be saved by putting the project
on the continuing contract basis.
Senator Bourne said that it would
require $2,7oo,0O0 to complete the
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he fought Burns in Australia. Mel
Their fighter expects the bout to go
the limit and both are counting on
an early knockout The betting re-
mains at odds of 10 to 4.
There is going to be some wrang-
ling over the side bet. In the event
that w. w. Naughton, the original
stakeholder, turns over the money to
some other stakeholder before the
battle, Britt will undoubtedly take
down Ketchel's end OF the bet, which
amounts to $1,000. Naughton is
fearful of the law, as the bet is in
violation of the statutes. This would
break the agreement II the money
should be turned over to another
stakeholder. Britt could place the
money on at the prevailing odds and
get $4,000 for his $1,000. Some
trouble is looked for on this score,
as Johnson does not want to let Britt
out of the side bet.
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FIGHTERS TAKING
THINGS EASY
JOHNSON AND KETCHEL FINISH
HARD TRAINING GRIND AND
WILL TAKE ONLY LIGHT EX-
ERCISE UNTIL DAY OF BATTLE

San Francisco, Oct. 15.-Seats for
the championship match Saturday be-
tween Jack Johnson and Stanley Ket-
chel were placed on sale yesterday
morning and long line of fight fans
were present to get the choice places.
From the way the sales began it is
believed that the Standing room
only" sign will be hung out before
the gong sounds for the first prelimi-
nary.
With the exception of the work
which they will do this afternoon for
the moving picture men, both fight
ers have quit training and from now
on will take only the exercise neces-
sary to keep them in perfect trim.
Ketchel weighs 175 pounds and his
trainer claims that not an ounce OF
it is superf1uous. Both the men seem
to have realized the Importance OF
the match and neither has omitted
anything tending to put him in the
best condition possible for a fierce
fight.
johnson has reduced his weight by
~ pounds or more and will weigh in
at 1877 pounds-the weight at which
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only feasible route for entrance into
Central America. and it will be greatly
improved by its new owner, who will
personally look after the property. 1t
is said in railway circles that the road
will some day be part of the greater
Pan-Amcrican line which is to afford
an all rail connection between the ca
nal zone and the United States.
Mr.. Thompson is native of Michi-
gan, where he was born in 1854. but
became resident of Lincoln, Neb..
when he was seventeen years of age.
Almost penniless and unknown at that
time, he went to work handling freight
for the Burlington and Missouri rail
road. His rise was rapid. and nine
years later he was division superin
tendent Of the entire system.
Everything Mr. Thompson touched
seemed to yield good returns. By 1890
his private business was of such mag
nitude that he decided to retire from
his railroad position and devote him
self to looking after his investments.
A few years more and he was on the
list of millioDaires.
In 1892 Mr.. Thompson was appoint
ed United States minister to Brazil
and since 1905 has served as our am
bassador to Mexico.
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To Market Big Tract.

Incorporation articles were filed
yesterday for the Okanogan Irriga'
ton & Improvement company fol-
100000. 1t is the intention of the
incorporators, NJ d. Winder, DR.. r
l. Newall and Hugh E. Winder, to I'M
prove the holdings of the company
which consists of 5000 acres in the
Okanogan country, and place it or
the market. Surveyors are already
in the field and work on irrigation
will be started at once. Most of the
property, 1t is believed, will be dis.
posed of in the east; one member oil
the concern stating that deals had al.
ready been started with eastern in.
vestors.-Spokane Chronicle.
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there with the goods. The second
team averages about 1874 pounds. For
their light weight they have the max
ing of good team. The manner IN
which they handled themselves last
Monday night against the eighth
grade was surprising, making the
under-graders step tune of % to o.
So do not forget the time Saturday
at 2:30); the place (Fair grounds;
the girl g..
FOOTBALL.
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Coos bay project. 1t would take
$350,000 to build a dredge and a
large sum to operate it. He hoped to
be able to secure 100000 as a
starter
Fro minformation which he had
been able to gather Senator Bourne
said it would require $4,000, 900 to
complete the Columbia river work
and secure a 40-foot bar and a 80
foot channel. 1t would take 10 years
to complete the work.
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Entiat Football Team Saturday.

The second team of the Wenat-
chez high school Is going to clash
against the Entiat team next Satur-
day at 2:30. The teams are equally
matched and the fight on the grid
iron will be worth your time to see
The local boys went down to defeat
three weeks ago by the score of 5
to O., and the time has come when
they can even matters. Capt Bob
Lake is working hard to get his
squad into the right spirits and form
and by Saturday his team will be
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MRS. JOHN FERGUSON.

SShN r6n1OoONs
ed from Catskill one afternoon aboard
a mysterious and wonderful craft. the
like of which we had never seen be-
fore. The Clermont was no longer call
l went to New York on her. She had
been rechristened the North River. She
was an awkward looking little craft,
and there were many boats then navi-
eating the Hudson which were larger.
However. that sunny afternoon
when she came down to Catskill she
was in holiday attire. for it was the
day before the Fourth.
Probably twenty persons got on at
Catskill, although most of them had
been disappointed in obtaining sleep
ing accommodations. My father. how
ever. was known to the captain and
nearly every other person on the boat.
and we were favored in that respect
Everybody was up early in the
morning. and the ship tied to her
wharf at Castle Garden about three
hours after sunrise. Many persons
went to the captain and congratulated
him on the speed the boat had made.
Most of us got off right away. but some
people hung around the boat and kept
the enginemen awake asking explana-
lions Of the wonderful machinery that
sped the boat faster than the wind"
Mrs. Ferguson's father was ELI Jones,
prosperous tanner. leather dealer
and cobbler of Jefferson. Schoharfe
county. She ia at present living with
her daughter at 154 Swan street. Al
bany, N. Y
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E. G.. Bowersox, county superin-
tendent, is in Bellingham, where the
state county school superintendent
are in annual session. Wednesday
night a reception was given the visit
ing superintendent by the Belfing-
ham state normal school. The bust
ness session opened yesterday and
will continue the rest of the week.
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Basket Ball Exhibition.

The exhibition game of basket ball
given by the boys Of the high school
resulted in a victory for the Tommies.
The playing was fast and the score
close all through the game until the
last two minutes of play, in which
the Tommies outclassed their oppO-
nents the Smithies. The final score
was 81 to 16. In the Tommies' line
there were such men as c. Ludwig,
Yocum, Spalding, Penhallegon and
w. Thompson. In the Smithies, E.
Gensinger, Gill; Chamberlain, Roys
and H. Smith.
BASKETBALL.