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THE COLUHBIAN, HOLIDAY EDITION.
MAN'S NEW FACULTIES.
Hi' TWT
A FAST STEAMSHIP.
From liiirope to New Yol k In Leit Tlinn
Six !.
Engineering science and skill In mfir.
lne architecture has at last brought
Europe within less than Six days' sail
from New York City. The new steam
ship Kaiser Wllhelm der Growe made
her maiden trip from Southampton to
New York recently In five days, twenty-two
hours and fourty-flve minutes.
The best previous record was mndo
from the same port to New York by
the American steamer St. Paul. In six
days and thirty-one mfnutes. The first
day's run of the Kaiser was 631 knots.
The runs of the successive days were:
486, 512, 554, 564, an dto Sandy Hook
180 knots. On the volage 30 horse
power was developed with an average
daily consumption of coal of 500 tons.
Ths steam pressure to the square inch
was 186 pounds, while her screws made
an average of 77 revolutions to tne
minute. It is expected that when th
machinery becomes a little worn and
In perfect working condition that sho
will beat her own remarkable time by a
full half day, bringing It down to live
days and ten hours.
The new steamship now being built
ior the cunard line, it Is stated, will ex
ceed the measurement of the KaUier
by sixty or seventy feet and with a
higher rated horse power. The tre
mendous power required to drive these
enormous steamships can be more
readily realized when It Is stated that
the water power at Lowell Is only rated
at 10,000 horse power. The speed made
by the Kaiser on the day of Its fastest
record was at the average rate of about
27 miles an hour. As the average
speed of the fastest through train on
our railways is only about 52 miles nn
hour It will be seen that the Kaiser did
some pretty quick sailing, and that
even to keep up with her is going ta
take some pretty sharp and skillful
work on the part of marine engineers
who figure on the Job. Boston Jour
nal of Commerce.
Hypnotism,
"It Is very much to be regretted that
In our country appropriate laws re
garding the practice of hypnotism have
as yet not been enacted. Everybody
and anybody is at liberty to exercise
his 'magnetic power' over his friends
and acquaintances, and the public is
as yet so little familiar with the dan
gers incurred by the willing subject
that volunteers can always be found
In the little social circle, who are ready
'to give hypnotism a trial.'
"The person who is nbout to be hyp
notized should understand thoroughly
that he or she Is thereby placed under
the absolute power of the operator,
who can do with the subject whatever
he pleases, when the hypnotic ;leep has
once been induced. He may cause hie
subject to commit crimes upon waking,
of whatever kind; he may himself
commit a criminal act upon the hyp
notized without fear of detection. In
Trance numerous cases of outrage have
thus been reported. In which suspicion
was thrown upon Innocent people by
appropriate suggestion on the part of
the operator. Murder, theft, forbery,
etc., have all been committed indirect
ly. "But aside from such dangers it
should be understood that frequent
hypnotlzation undoubtedly demoralizes
the individual and renders the subject
unfit for the duties of every-day life.
"To what extent hypnotic sleep may
in the future replace the anaesthetics
which are now in use It is difficult to
say, as it is not yet possible to call
forth such a degree of Insensibility to
pain in every person to permit of sur
gical operations. In good subjects,
Oxowever, even a major operation can
be performed without , causing an
pain.
"Public exhibitions of hypnotism, or
'Mesmerism' so-called, should he
strictly Interdicted as serving no useful
purpose and only doing harm."
In France, only physicians are per
mitted to practice hypnotism, and this
is rightly eo.
As we have before said, professors of
hrpotism are advertising for pupils to
learn the art. Scoundrels will soon
learn It, and all the newspapers of
North America from Mexico to the
North Pole should caution their read
ers against it. G. T. Angell In Our
Dumb Animals.
Don't Kmr Klomlllm Cold.
H. M. Dalton and P. H. Levin, both'
attorneys from St. Louis, passed
through St. Paul, leaving on the North
ern Pacific coast train for what is
vaguely known as the Klondike. They
stopped off at St. Paul for a visit with
Edward J. Durragh, and while in this
city were his guests.
"We are not a part of the wild, hap
hazard rush to the Klondike," said Mr.
Daltou to a reporter for the Globe, dis
cussing their plans and prospects, "but
we believe there are great possibilities
for young men in the new country, and
we intend to find out if we are right.
"From what we have read, the great
difficulty Beems to be that the passes
are blocked by heavy travel, hosts of
people trying to get over the roads that
are et aid heavy wi h laim ana ea8ny
cut up. The advice usually given is to
wait until spring, and then before the
passes are again deep with mud to go
through on the frozen ground. Now, if
the trip la to be made when things are
frozen we do not eee why it is neces
sary to ult for spring. It would seem
to be as easy to get through on the first
freeze as on the last onjj, and that, in
brief, is our plan."
"You must understand, however,"
broke in Mr. Lewis, "that all of this
is conditional. We ara not absolutely
set on trying our luck to the Klondike
placers, or any of the adjacent streams.
The possibilities of Alaska are not con
fined to the Klondike. There Is, for in
stance, the Copper river, which comes
down to the coast, and which is said
to be very promising for prospectors,
and there are dozens of fields, not nec
essarily gold, which hold out great in
ducements. More than that, general
merchandising will be a field of great
profit for many, and if the Alaska de
velopment makes good the wonderful
! promises of to-day It is possible that
the great fortunes will be made by
those who never try their fortunes in
the mines. We are not committed to
any plan, and have enough capital that
will be available to enable us to try
that field of activity that promises the
- most. St. Paul Globe. - j
I n Third Krn of 'cimrloiiiM Develop.
Ihr In Human lining?
fic'.f nee has discovered that new men
tal faculties are developing In highly
civilized humanity. The observer has
described them ns a third and new
form of consciousness. The other two
farms are simply consciousness and
i.e'.i'-ccnsolousncfs.
l:i tlio ecnt.on of psychology, at the
vacant meeting of the British Medical
Asisoc.fitlon. a; Moninat. Dr. K. Bucke.
v! London, Ont., presented some novel
views in u paper bearing the above
title. He said:
"So-called telfra'hy and clairvoy
ance seem to be spec.mens of nascent
fnultles. I place lujhe same class th
phenomena of what la often named
uptrltualiem.
"The labors of the Soc'ety for Psy
chical Research have made It to mo
rlaln that thes? phenomena, m notably
li the case of W, Sielnton Moses, re
ally exist. And I think that a study
of tho above mentioned case, together
with that of Mrs. P.per and that of
Mary J. Fancher, of Brooklyn, would
compel any unprejudiced person to
make the Mime admission. But to me
thewe are not eases in which outside
hpents arc acting on or through a hum.
rn I xlng but arc coses In wh.ch a given
human being has faculties which are
r.ot commonly posse.istd.
Whfther any given faculty, such as
o' e or tho. c now nl'.urted to. all fcrow,
l.-eiome common, and finally universal
in the race, or wither and disappear,
will depend upon the general laws of
natural selection, and upon whether
tlie possession of the nascent faculty
is advantageous or not to the individ
ual and to the race. But of infinitely
more importance than telcpahy and so
called spiritualism (no matter what ex
planation we give of these, or what
Uielr future is destined to be) is the
final fact to be here touched upln.
Tlii3 is that eupcrlmpcwed upon self
coi'.HcIousness. as ir that faculty upon
(simple contiL'iousness, a third and high
er form of consciousness ie at preseat
making I'a rppcarance In our race.
"This h'.r.her form of consciousness
when it nppeare, occurs, as it must at
the full maturity of the individual, at
nbout the age of thirty-five, but almost
always bctwren the ages of thirty and
fjrty. There have been occasional
cases of it lor 2,000 years and It Is"
becoming more and more common. In
fact, in ail respects, as far as observed,
it obeys the laws to whioh every naa
'ccnt faculty is subject.
"Many more or less perfect example
of this new fnculty exists In the world
to-day, and it has been my privllage to
inow personally find to h:ive had ths
o;p iiUmily of eluding several men and
v.ot.-.cn who have poss essed it. In tho
itmnan rf n fpw mnro mlltonntlima
there should be born from the present 1
human race a h'gliir type of man pos- l
acFSlng this higher consciousness.
"The ne w race, as it may well be
called, would occupy, as toward us, a
jrosltlnn such as that occupied Uy us
toward the simple conscious alalus ho
mo. The advent of this higher, better,
and happier race would amply Justify
the long agony of its birth through the
countless ages of our past. And it is
the first article of my belief, some of
the grounds of which I have endeavor
ed, to lay before you. that a race is In
course of evolution."
A MIGHTY NIMROD.
l our llun.tir.l llenm th llrcord of n Tnr
heel Ilunler,
Captain V. H. Basnlght, of Konnoko
Island, who Is on a visit to Kallegh.
Fays the Observer, is the celebrated
bear hunter of Daro County. He has
helped to kill over four hundred in
his time. , .
"The season for hunting bears W
near at hand," said the captain. ' and
it will bo a good seasou. 1 Judge from
the berry crop. It Is cut off back in
the wvods. and there Is plenty on the
water. The bears will come out to get
the gumberrlea. and then we will kill
them and have tine sport: We ship
the meat to Baltimore, after eating ail
we want, selling it at twelve and a half
cents a pound; we sell the bearskin for
twenty dollars, and bear oil sells well.
HjW do you kill the beaisY" 1 askej.
"1 have a big double-barrel muzzlo
loadlng gun. I use that on accoui.', of
hooting big lead. You cannot se
such lead as I want out of a breech
loader." "What Is the biggest bear you flyer
killed?" I next asked the captalu.
"I cannot tell you exactly. The ar
Rest I ever killed I could not weigh. 1
have killed bears weighing five bin
dred pounds. They average perhaps
something over one hundred pounds." j
"Are they hard to kill?" I asked.
"I have killed some that fell dea at
first shot. But 1 a bear gets fully taad
before he is killed, you can hardly kill
him by shooting him all to pieces. 1
have been in some close places. I had
n bear once grasp me around the
shoulders, and if my brother had not
shot and killed him, the bear would
have killed me. I have never been
hurt except a little squeezing and no
man ought to mind a proper amount ol
hugging." said the captain.
"Do you love the bear meat as food?"
You ought to have seen the good
captain's mouth water and his eyes
brighten, as visions of broiled bear
meat came Into his mind.
"Eat bear meat?" he said. "Why, It
is the beBt meat In the world. I can
eat two or three messes of bear, and
feel strong enough to Jump ten feel
iigh."
Captain Basnlght has charge of Bur
ma's Island, which Is owned by John
13. Reyburn, of Philadelphia, who
comes down for hunting and fishing
about twice a year. This Island con
tains forty-two hundred and fifty acres,
is fourteen miles around, and is located
at the mouth of Alligator Hiver.
"On the island," said the captain,
"we have five hundred head of cattle,
hogs and sheep, fine poultry, and an
abundance of wild game. Including
deer, swan, geese and ducks, and many
varieties cf smaller birds. We feed the
wild fowl, and at times I have as many
as seven hundred wild geese tint come
regularly to the camp to get their
feed."
Tlie Making of Flairs.
' The bunting used In the production
of flags for the United States navy la
all made in Lowell. Mass. It has to
come up to certain requirements In re
gard to color and strength. It has to
be made entirely of wool of the best
quality, showing no Imperfections. It
must weigh 5Vi pounds avoirdupois per
piece of 40 yards, 19 inches wide. The
yarn must be evenly spun, the warp
aud filling to contain not less than 34
threads to the inch, and the warp must
be two-ply and the tilling one-ply,
pioperly twisted. The fabric must
have a tensile strength of 65 pounds
to the warp and 45 pounds to the fill
ing, In test pieces two Inches wide.
The colors must be aa "fast" as they
can make them, and must not be ser
iously affected by being soaked contin
uously for twenty-four hours in fresh
water and then thoroughly washed in
water, using a good grade of laundry
eoap. Grtat quantities cf the flags pro
duced, says the Dry Goods Economist,
are made at the Brooklyn navy yard.
Theao flags Include not only the "star
spangled banner," but those of all
other countries, the latter being used
by our men-of-war !u saluting. These
ll'ass are all made in the most careful
manner, every stripe and device being
lr.efifui-Ed with geometrical accuracy
and tho eewing being not only very
strong, but very neat. The stars on
tie American flag are put on so care
fully and evenly that when the flag la
held up to tho light the stars, which
are made of muslin and put on both
sides, appear to be a part of the fabric.
Vh'j staui are cut with chisels out ol
bleached mudin laid thirty thicknesses
toge'.her on a large open block. The
largest flag made is 36 feet long 19 feet
Wide. The flags aro finished off by
men who, In sewing, use the sailor's
palm, which consists of a leather strap
with a hole through which the thumb
passes and In which is set Just below
tho thumb a disk of steel like the top
cf a thimble.
Worth Coimldorlii.T.
fering to tho recent terrible dis
aster to a night express train on the
New York Central road, a Connecticut
2ent.en.cn. who travels a good deal,
makes a suggestion that Is worth con
sidering He calls attention to the tact
;l.al in the event of a passenger coach,
tt.e doors aro likely to be closed by
the j.ur.ni'.ng of the tads of the car3,
the viiTullators in the roof are usually
ti,o email to crawl through, and about
ti.o only thing that can be done is to
smaeli out the windows. But the glass
i", i liu-U implements for smashing it
iiH i.ot often at hand, and when brok
en, fragments left on the sashes will
cut Mite knives. His suggestion is to
lava one cr two large trap doors In the
car icof, always unfastened, and of
-! e li t. construction, so that they may
tuA'.y bo pushed open. Whether the
cur falls ou Its side or Is plunged into
tho water, as In the New York Central
disaster, l'htv,e doors in a car roof
vcn'.d offer easy and quick tneanas ol
Getting out. . ., ,
Coffee Tot.
A really good cup of coffee will go
far toward determining the character
of a repast, and in connection with fair
bread and butter will be as satisfactory
as an elaborate meal with malodorous,
b id flavored slop, so commonly encoun
tered. Coffee, with many, forms the
life or keynote of the meal, and its
pioper making has been the earnest en.
ceavor of thousands. There is an ex
quisitely delicate aroma in coffee which
is so fugitive in its character aa to es
cape in the process of boiling in the
common pot. It is to save this aroma
and to realize the best general results
that the present invention has been de
signed and patented.
The Improved coffee pot comprises a
cylindrical vessel, having a closed bot
tom and a detachable cover, a conical
water vessel being located In the bot
tom thereof. Pipes lead vertically
from this water receptacle, and have
steam Jet holes located contiguous to
their upper closed ends. A perforated
horizontal shelf is fixed to the plpea
and a coffee receptacle Is arranged in
tho upper end of the ve-sel and provid
ed with a flexible perforated bottom
supported by the shelf: the discharge
spout opens into the main vessel close
down to the base, so that no aroma
can escape in the steam during the
boiling process. The coffee grounds
are retained in the steaming recepta
cle and the liquid comes out absolutely;
clear of grounds or sediment. This de
vice should sell in any household. It
la not at all expensive to manufacture.
How to Kxiiinlne n Watch.
To one who has never studied the
mechanism of a watch its mainspring
or the balance wheel is a mere piece
of metal. He may have looked at the
face of the watch, and while he ad
mires the motions of Us hands and the
time it keeps he may have wondered
in idle amazement as to the character
of tho machinery which Is concealed
within. Take it to pieces and show
him each part separately he will rec
ognize neither design nor adaptation
nor relation between them; but put
them together, set them to work, point
out the offices of each spring, wheet
and cos, explain their movements, and
then show him the result. Now he per.
celves that it Is all one design that,
notwithstanding the number of parts,
their diverse forms and various offices,
and the agents concerned, the whole
piece is of one thought, the expression
of one Idea. He now rightly concludes
th-it when the mulnsprlng was fash
ioned and tempered its relation to all
the other parts must have been consid
ered; that the cogs on this wheel are
cut and regulated adapted to the
ratchets on that, etc., and his final
conclusion will be that such a piece of
mechanism could not have beon pro
duced by chance; for the adaptation
of the past is such as to show it to be
according to design and obedient to
tho will of one intelligence. Harper's
Hound Table.
Shviiii. nro Interested.
Bacchylldcs's poenis, the papyruscon
talning which was acquired by the
British Museum last year, are about to
be publluhed. Nearly twice as many
lines have been recovered than was
nuppoBed at first, the total being about
1,000. There are twenty poems or
pieces of poems in all, six being com
plete, and of nine more substantial
fragments being preserved. Fourteen
are in honor of victories In the Olym
pian games, the rest being paeans,
dithyrambs, or hymns, classes of verse
of which there were hitherto no com
plete specimens. Boston Traveler.
Has certainly the Largest ami Most Coiiplete Stock of
CAIiY ' iM) T0Y
ever seen in Bloomsburg.
ALL ZLTZETW GOODS,
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and is selling them way below all other dealers in the County.
He makes nearly all his own candy, out of pure Sugar.
No adulteration.
Sunday Schools and Parties
Supplied at the Lowest Wholesale Prices.
Oranges and Nuts a Specialty.
ICE CREAM, SUMMER AND WINTER.
BEAUTIFUL
CHINAWARE.
largest and
Finest ' irine- off
Haviland, Carlsbad,' and Dec
orated Chinawarte in town,
Consisting of
Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Salad
Dishes, etc., etc.
Yow Attsntion is E:p:cially Called to Oar Almost Endless Variety of 10c. Goods.
ALL THE LATEST IN CUT GLASS.
L. E.WHARY,
Grand Garnet Double Heaters. MaSn St., below Market.
We are showing the largest variety in
It comprises all the novelties in
China Dinner Sets, and single pieces of
all descriptions.
Queensware in Tea, Dinner and Chamber
Sets, Umbrellas, Handkerchiefs, Dolls,
Handkerchief and Glove Boxes, Comb
Tray and Brush Sets, Bon Bon Trays,
Books, Toys, Blocks, Christmas Tree
Trimmings, &c, too numerous to mention.
CANDIES. NUTS. LEMONS, AMIES, ETC.
We are headquarters for first-class
at lowest cash prices.
Bloomsburg Store Company, Limited,
Corner Main and Centre Streets.