6 THE PACIFIC OCEAN TnADE Hb Vafc Tmportittie* Connected Wltn Huwuituu Annexation. ' The most striking fact in the com mercial statue ot the world to-day is the growing importance of the Pacific trade. It is on the Pacific Ocean and in the lands surrounding it that ch commercial enterprises of ihe coin ing century will find chief scope. r lo that fact the opening and development at Japan, the Building !ef the Canadian Pacific and the Russian trans-Siberian railroads, the enormous growth of the Australasian colonies and the present scramble of the European powers for a partitioning ot China all irresistibly point. , Pacific trade has already attained vast proportions. Japan has became cue tx tue grtai shipping nations, with more than a thousand steamships of her own and with two million tons ot foreign shipping in her ports each year. foreign node Amounts t'j soiiio 9146 000,UUO, a year. That of China amounts to 9265,000,000. and that of the AaJtralaslan colonies to no less than 9578,000,000. Those ar e large sums, but even they are mere trilles compared with what will be reported from tho same regions a few years hence. The hulk f the Chinese trade may alwa>'3 go to Europe overland or byway of the xUiiian ucean. But a large snare ot it should beyond doubt come to and go tftrai this country, and should do so directly byway of the Pacific. As for the others, Japan and Australasia, all their tiade, with Europe and with America, should naturally pass across the Pacific. That is by far the mo3t direct route. From Yokohama to Bon. don byway of Vancouver is uow only thirty days' time. By any other route it is toriy-ihree. The completion of tho iailrca.l acrcss Siberia will, of course, divert some Japanese trade to that overland route. But it will at the same unit, i/iing audiiiouai Bui pean uaue to the Pacific, and thus actually in lue cciAxinurod oi mcti occiiii. Great Britan is a great Pacific Ocean power, and she aims at maintaining her (Hipreuiacy In commerce in thosts wa ters. That is why she built a railroad across Canada and is planning to ray a telegiaphlc cable from Vancouver to Australia. That Is why she would like uo use Hawaii as a half-way station for auch a cable. That is why she dislikes the idea of the United btats3 getting possession of Hawaii, for sheknowsthac rhift would quickly be followed by lay ing of a cable from the United States to Hawaii and thence to Japan, and that in turn by such an expansion of United States shipping in these waters as would manace her superiority. It is entirely true that Hawaii would be of great value to this country as a naval base in time of war, if war should ever come. But it will be of far greater val ue as a commercial station and outpost, or half-way house of trade, in the time? of peace which. It is to be hoped, will be perpetual. That is on e of the mo3t practical forms of the question, not merely whether this country is to havo Hawaii for what it is worth In itself, but whether this country is to have the cammanding rank in the trade of tho Pacific which only the possession of Hawaii can assure. —N. Y. Tribune. Kduciitlnu; the Indian. ' Captain R. H. Pratt, Tenth United States Cavalry, superintendent of tho Indian industrial school at Carlisle, Pa., bos sent out the fourteenth annual re port of the school. It is a most interest ing document, and shows the remark able progress the pupils are making in civilized life. There were at the school during the year 762 pupils, 425 of them malts and 337 females. They repre sented 68 tribes, or nations, and the tribal representation varied from 1 to Ml, the Chippewas showing the great est number The school has grown steadily, and Captain Pratt says: "The taoio with its sixty-eight names of different tribes, each representing a different language, shows that this school is exceptional, not only for the United States, but for the world I venture the assertion that In no other institution in existence are there a3 many different nationalities and lan guages as arc gathered here, with the obpeet of moulding all into one people speaking one language, and with aims and purposes in unison with the civil isation of the day and its government". There is no table of confusion, nor dis advantage, educationally, in such a di verse aggregation On the contrary, the conditions are most excellent t~r for warding the purpose of the school, and giving a common language, a unity and toyality of thought and effort. All our experience proves that the more indi viduals from the various tribes can be associated together, and the more im mediate the contact of all with the better element of the white race, the more rapidly and thoroughly do our educational and civilizing efforts ac complish their purpose." Pumping Oil From 111 Sou. The only spot in the world where oil is pumped from the sea is on the Pacific coast below Santa Barbara, Cal. The oil-bearing strata reaches out into the ocean, and the drill scaffolding, looking like windmills without the wheels, crept nearer and nearer th e edge until finally many of. them were planted in the water. Tho work was started at ex trem e low tide, and finally the tall scaffolding appeared twenty or thirty feet from the shore, seemingly rising from the sea. Three v<ell3 at low tide are in the water, and at flood tide are completely surrounded, the men work ing on platforms of various heights, which they ascend when working as tile tea rises. The structures that are built In the sea have not yet experienced a strong south wester, and it is assumed by seme that there Will be a fall In oil when a heavy sea begins to break aganUt the scaffolding. The drill is worked In the water by an engine on. the beach, the fuel being the oil pump ed up, this engine working several wells. At present the moat daring well acaffold stands in eix feet or more of water at high tide, and there is a rum or that others will be pushed out into the shallow water. Undoubtedly the entire ooast in this vicinity overlies an oil-producing stratum. Off what is known as Moore's wharf, half a mile out, oil rises to the surface In several places. The caribou, or reindeer, of New foundland roam over an area of some 85,000 miles of unbroken wildcrnesq. They are magniflcient creatures, somo of the larger stags weight Xrorn 500 to 400 pounds, _ - A PEARL PIRATE A Sketch of tlie Buocxiieeri of tho Spnn ixlt Const. FYonk R. Stockton, in contributing to St. Nicholas, under the title of "The Buccaneers of the Spanish main, tells the following adventure: One of the adventurers who set out about this time on a cruise after gold laden vessels was a Frenchman who wan known to his countrymen at Pier re Francois and to the English as Peter Francis. He was a good sailor and ready for any 6ort cf a sea fight; but for a long time he cruised about with out seeing anything which it was worth while to attempt to capture. At last, when his provision began to give out and his men became somewhat discon tented, Pierre made up his mind that rather then return to Tortuga empty handed, bo wr.uld make a bold and novel stroke for fortune. At the mouth of rne of the large riv ers of the mainland the Spaniards had established a' pearl fishery; for there was no kind of wealth or treasure, on the land, underground, or at the bot tom of the sea that the Spaniards did not get if it were possible. Every year, at the proper season, a dozen or more vessels came to this pearl bank, attended by a man-of-war to protect them from molestation? Pierre knew all about this; and as ho could not find any Spanish merchant man to rob, he thought he would go down and see what he could do with the pearl fishers. This was something the buccaneers had not yet attempted, but no one knows what he can do until he tries, and it was necessary that this buccaneer captain should try something immediately. iWhen he reached the coast near the mouth of the river, he took the masts out of his little vessel, and rowed quietly toward the pearl fishing fleet, as if he had Intended to join them on some entirely peaceablo errand; and, in fact, there was no rea son whatever why the Spaniards should suppose that a boat full of buccaneers should be rowing along that part of the coast. The pearl fishing vessels were all at anchor, and the people on board wero quietly attending to their business. Out at sea, some distance from the mouth of the river the man-of-war was lying becalmed. The native divers who went down to the bottom of the sea to bring up the shell-fish which contain ed the pearls, plunged Into the water and came up wet and shining In tha sun, with no fear whatever of any Bharks which might be swimming about in search of a dinner; and the people cn the vessel opened the oysters and carefully searched for pearls, feel ing as safe from harm as if they wero picking olives In their native groves. But something worse than a shark was quietly making its way over those tranquil waters, and no banditti who ever descended from Spanish mount ains upon the quiet peasants of a vil lage equaled in ferocity the savage fel lows who were crouching In the little boat, belonging to Pierre of Toriuga. This innocent looking craft, which the pearl fishers probably thought was loaded with fruit and vegetables that somebody from the mainland desiring to sell, was permitted, without being challenged or interfered with, to row up alongside the largest vessel of the fleet, on which there were some armed men and a cannon. As soon as Pierre's boat touched the Spanish vessel, the buccaneers sprang on board with their pistols and cutlas ses, and a savage fight began. The Spaniards were surprised, but there were a great many more of them than thf.ro were pirates, and they fought hard. However, the man who makes the at tack, and who is at the same time des perate and hungry, has a great advan tage, and it was not long before the buccaneers were masters of the vessel. Those of the Spaniards who were not killed wero forecd into the service of their captors. and Pierre found himself in command of a very good vessel. A llririul ftplnodo. At a recent fashionable weding not a thousand miles from Chicago some very picturesque features prevailed. Bowem and flowery tcrrace3 decked the grounds of the handsome residence of the bride's father, yachts with gay pen nants flying were anchored at the foot of the garden, flower girls and chonia girls led' the way to the little neigh borhood church, singing and strewing roses In the path of the lovely bride, and all was delightfully decorative as high Chicago society art could make It. Along the flower strewn way the bride slowly advanced, carried on a sedan, chair by four stately bearers—her brothers and cousins. These wore tall silk hats, by the way, but that ia mere ly the usual touch of Chicago Improve ment on old French styles. At inter vals—it was a warm September morn in—the four bearers set down their lovely burden —so the story goes—and mopped the moist brows under the tall silk hats. On they moved until again warm and weary. Finally—it Is told— the brother of the br.de leaned to the window of the sedan chair and expostu lated : "Bertha," he said, "for heaven's sake, kick the bottom out and walk; it'll look iust the same." llisous on a WIHOOIIMIII Farm. Albert and Charles Huber, living a few miles south of Durand, Wis,, have a herd of about twenty-live full-blooded bison and some eighteen crossed bulls and heifers, bison and native cow. About six yearn ago they were hunting in the western part of North Dakota and succeeded in capturing alive three young bison, a Dull and two cows, and these they brought to hbeir farm here. The animals grew and thrived amaz ingly, and are pastured in an enclosure of about 400 acres, running down to the Valley or Rose Creek, whore they have ample room and shelter. Experiments were early made with crossed breeds, and it has now been found that the cross is very successful, the half-breed comblnnlg the docility of the domestic animals with the endurance and large size of the bison. They are also very fine fur producers, and grow to matur ity in lees time than domestic cattle: I The flesh of the crossed animals is very j palatable, and the fur has all the good qualities of that of the bison, and is I rofter and tnore silky. The cross- Moods can also stand far more cxpos ,,ure in winter than con the native cow. ( —Chicago Tribune. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. ABOUT MARRIAGE Does It Tend to I*rvent Insanity?—Wlia* uu Imlluiui Justice Suys. Two men reasoning from entirely different standpoints agree in an arti cle in a New York paper that marriage is not only the happiest but most healthful state of existence. Justice Ephriam Keigwin, of Jeffersonville, Ind., who has married 8,600 couples in thirty years, says: "Marry youug, is my advice. If you cannot marry young, marry as young as you possibly can, and, above all, marry. Most marriages are compro mises, anyway, a matter of give and take, and as a whole it is better for a man and a woman to be married, even if they do quarrel occasionally, than it is to remain single. l*believe that mar ried life makes people better. It has more restraining inlluence, which is found in no other relation. It throws a responsibility on men and women which few shirk wholly. There is moro genuine, saving religion in the mar rage ceremony than in any other cere mony performed by men." Cupid has found another strong champion in the person of Dr. Edward Foote, of New Yory city. This physician gives facts and figures to show that 90 per cent of the inmates of our insane asylums would not be there to-day if they had been married at all, or if their parents had been married at the proper time. Dr. Foote thinks that a law should be passed making it compulsory for all young people to marry between the ages of 19 and 25. Speaking of his views Dr. Foote said: "We have no means of getting at the exact figures on insanity in the United States at the present time, but we have a good criterion in the figures compiled on the same subject for Great Britain. This report shows that at every age from 19 up to 65, and even upward, the chances of a single man becoming in sane are six times greater than the chances of a married man going mad. Between the ages of 20 and 24 the odds against the single man are something lake 77 to 10, although they become slightly smaller as the ages increase.'- Dr. Foote said from his experience in having charge of an insane asylum he believing these figures equally applica ble to the United States. WIIO Are the C.rechs? In everything the modern Greek does or nays, there is to be detected a glance out of the corner of his eye to see if the rest of the world thinks b-* is act ing as his ancestors would have acted. No nation believes that so mucu is ex pected of it as dees nr.dern Greece, and no nation coukl strive harder to fui'i'l those expectations. The modern Greek believes that the world Is constantly comparing him to the ancient Greek, and Is expecting him to take the same commanding position in modern civil ization to everybody that brings back outward symbol of the ancient life is hailed by his ss if it brought back the spirit of the ancient life. The re vival of the Olympic games is more to ihim than a sueceesful war. Every re conciling of the modern language to ancient usage, every substitution of an ancient word or construction for a modern one. is a matter of more grati fication than the appearane e of some literary masterpiece in the modern language. He looks forward to a time when once more Greece shall be a light to the nations, an eventuality whose crowning word of praise shall be not that Greece leads in the modern world, but that she resembles and equals her ancient self. With his intense pride in the past of hie nation, with his every thought turn ed toward it, more grcvious than the loss of provinces would he the success ful demonstrations of the theory that modern Greece is a changeling, a superstitious child, a cuckoo of Servian, Gothic, Venetain descent.—W. A. Cur tis, in Lippincott's. How to T.iuo I.onc. Sir James Sawyer, a well-known pny sician of Birmingham, Eng., has been confiding to an audience in that town the secret of longevity. Keep the fol lowing eighteen commandments and Sir James sees no reason why you not live to be 100: Eight hours' sleep. Sleep on your side. Keep your bedroom window open all night. Have a mat to your bedroom door. Do not have your bedstead against the wall. Exercise before breakfast. Eat little meat and see that it is well cooked. (For adults) Drink no milk. Eat plenty of fat, to feed the colls which destroy diseased germs. Avoid intoxicants, which destroy those cells. Daily execrise in the open air. Dive in the country if you can. ' Watch the three Ds—drinking water damp and drains. Have change of occupation. Take frequent and short holidays. Limit your ambitionjand, Keep your temper. , Quaint Siipcrntilloii. (About wedding and betrothal rings there are many quaint superstitions, says The Standard Designer. Centuries ago the wedding ring was placed, as now, upon the fourth finger of the left hand—the thumb being always counted as the first—for the reason, as some ancient manuscripts assert, that a nerve was supposed to reach from thin finger to the heart. The shape of the ring, too, wa3 c|f special import, the plain circlet, having neither beginning nor end. signifying eternal fidelity while the gold of which it is made sig nifies purity. The betrothal ring of the ancient Egyptians was made of iron, indicating sacrifice of liberty. . "Plcklwl." • •A Memphis young lady, who recently studied in Germany, tells a good story of a German lady who was studying English, and who used to write letters in English to her parents. One doy the German lady handed a letter to the Memphis lady, saying: "Here is a letter which I have written to my mother. I want you to read it over and see if it Is properly written." The letter was all right, excepting the closing phrase, which read as follows: "God pickle and keep you." An investigation proved that the young German woman, in looking for a synonym of "preserve," had come across "pickle."—Memphis Scimitar. „ Foreign Possibilities Affect Speculation- But Activity in Industrial Production Con tinues Without Hindrance. R. G. Dun & Go's, weekly review of trade says : Foreign possibilities have much af fected speculation and caused hesita tion JYi some large business opera tions, possibly accounting in part for a check in the rapid advance of wheat, but industrial production continues larger than ever, a few more works being at'ded to the active list with a decrease in the number of hands on strike and renewed evidence that the volume of business is larger in Febru ary than of any previous year. Nor is there any symptom of a senseless craze based on rising prices. Tne legitimate export and domestic demand presses closer to the capacity of works, and though there is no flighty advance in any line, and in all narrowness of profit is a matter of complaint, new business for this dull season is unprecedented. Wheat continued its progress up ward until $1,08.75 was reached on Monday, but declined later, as if there were fear that Spain would somehow stop British vessels from taking wheat across the water. But there is no abatement of foreign de mand. Atlantic exports were 1,968,- 814 bushels, flour included at wheat, for the week, against 1,326,444 last year, and Pacific exports 1,576,376, against 136,464 last year. In iron manufacture there is more demand for products and slightly bet ter prices for Bessemer pig, which has advanced to $10.40 at Pittsburg, with gray forge unchanged there. Failures for the week have been 235 in the United States against 296 last year and thirty in Canada against fifty last year. Fighting Force- Of Four States, According to Report of Ad jutant General of the Army. According to the annua! report of the adjutant general of the army, just transmitted to Congress, the total strength of the militia of Pennsylvania last year was 8,521. The State ot New York's total was considerably larger, being 13,894, but the number of men available for military duty in Pennsylvania is given at 878,394, while the New York available strength is only 800,000. The sum mary of the Pennsylvania organized force is given as follows : Generals and general staff, 198 ; cavalry, 195 ; light batteries, 233 ; infantry, 7,895. Delaware's militia is summoned up as follows : General staff, 9 ; infan try regimental field and staff, 9 ; com pany officers, 29'; non-commissioned officers, in ; musicians, 17 ; pri vates, 283 i aggregate infantry, 449 ; total officers and men, 658. The number of men available for military duty, unorganized, is given at 28,080. The New Jersey militia force is summarized as follows : Generals and general staff, 57 ; cavalry, 130 ; ma chine gun battery, 122 ; intantry, 3,941 ; hospital and ambulance corps, 47 ; aggregate, 4,297. The number ot men avadable for military duty is given as 385,273. The Maryland militia force is as follows : Generals and general staff, 25 ; infantry, 1,652 ; total liable to military service, 150,000. The*need of a good Spring Medi cine is almost universal and Hood's Sarsaparilla exactly meets this need. Be sure to get Hood's. Wherever plenty of water is there electric light, heat and power can be generated, whether there be any great quantity of coal or other fuel or not. A waterfall will turn machinery any where, and the machinery will run a dynamo. This use of water power is now extensively made in Central and South America and Mexico, likewise in some of our southern states. In Alaska and on the land route to the goldfields the rapids of the great Yukon and its tributaries might speedily be utilized to run electric cars and supply power and light as well as heat. It is much to know that wherever water flow is there man has the means of lighting and warming himself and running cars, mills and factories. CURED ill 3"SNI6HTS Piles, whether Itching:, blind cr bloedlngr, are relieved by one application of Dp.Agnew'soifeat 35 CENTS. And cured In 3 to 6 nlghto. Dr. M. Barkman, Hinghamptcn, Tf.l •rites: "Send me ia dozen more of Agnews Ointment. I prescribe large quantities of it. It is a wonder worker in skin diseases, and • great cure for piles. "—6. Sold by C. A. Kleim. "A perfect type of the highest order of excellence tn manufacture." M Walter Baker & Co.'s H | COCOA ■ "Q 11 I A Absolutely Pure —Delicious —Nutritious. 11 | |\| Costs Less than One Cent a Cup. " ' w Be sure that you get the DORCHESTER, MASS. genuine article, made at . jfcf Established ....8y.... 17 "°- WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd. ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. I DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Nuts H SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. H GOODS .A. SPECIALTY. H SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing TobaeaM Sole agents for the following brands of Cigars- Henry Glay, Londres, Normal, Indian Princess, Samson, Silver Asfl Bloomsburg Pa. I IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF I CARPET, MATTIWO, I or OIL CLOTH, I YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT | W. H. 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DEMOREST'S MAGAZINE Fashion Department is in every way far ahead of that abs tained in any other publication. Subscribers are entitled each month to patterns of the latest fashions in womans' AT NO COST TO THEM other than that necessary for postage and wrapping, NO BETTER GIFT than a year's subscription to DEMOREST'S MAGAZINE can be made. By subscribing ML ONCE you can get the magazine at the reduced price, and will also receive the handsHhe 25-cent Xmas Number with its beautiful panel picture supplement. Remit $1 00 by money order, registered letter or check to the DEMOREST PUBLISHINC CO., NO Fifth Ave., N. Y. Ciß GREAT SPECIAL CLUBBING OFFER FOR PROMPT SUBSCRIPTIONS. r ONLY $1.75 FOR THE COLUMBIAN | ) and Demoreßt's Family Magazine. I Send your subscriptions to this office. J Sam Small on Newspapers. The Rev. Sam Small knows some thing about the good newspapers do and is disposed to give them credit for it. He is fearless and says just what he thinks, no matter whose corns may be pinched. He recently had some remarks to make about newspa per sensation as follows : "I have been a newspaper man twelve years, and if I wanted to get a right square judgment I'd rather go into a newspaper office than a court of justice. No man whose life is pure and just is afraid of all the newspaper presses in America. They are the best detective force in the country to-day. They have punctured more shams, and so far as I am concerned I say take the bridles off and let 'em go. The only one that will be hurt will be the shams and frauds. And if you think the newspaper prints too much of a sensational kind don't you read it, and they will quit printing it. The papers need to be reformed but the people have got to be reformed first. Newspapers are printed for money and to suit their patrons. If you don't think they are run as a moral platform like Mr. Barnum's circus, why just reform yourselves and the newspapers will follow suit. THE HEART MUST NOT BE TRI FLED WlTH.—Where there are symp toms of heart weakness, there should be Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart, it's a magical remedy, gives relief tn thirty minutes, and there are thou sands who testify that it cures per manently. Mrs. W. T. Rundle, of Dundalk, Ont., says : "I was for years unable to attend to my household duties. I used Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart, the result was wonderful, the pain left me immediately after the first dose, and a few bottles cur ed."— 13. The recent opening of valuable mines in the west and northwest will give a stimulus to industrial enter prises generally in the country and relieve the gorge of money in the older cities. Profitable investments will be found fn mining and manufac-] turing throughout the Rocky moun tain region. These will draw from the east millions of dollars, which will be applied for mutual advantage to 1 the investors and to the thrifty and itldustrious western workers who use it. An English paper has made a dis covery, which it announces to the world. It is that Emperor William of Germany is not so foolish as he seems. Thousands suffer from Catarrh or cold in the head and have never tried the popular remedy. There is no longer any excuse, as a 10 cent trial size of Ely's Cream Balm can be had of your druggist or we mail it for 10 cents. Full size 50 cents. ELY BROS., 56 Warren St., N. Y. City. A friend advised me to try Ely's Cream Balm and after using it six weeks I believe myself cured of catarrh. It is a most valuable reme dy.—Joseph Stewart, 624 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. A refugee hut on the Zugspitz, the highest mountain in Germany (10,000 feet), near Garmiscji, in the center of the Bavarian highlands, has been opened. It stands on the Grat, between the east and west peaks, af fords accommodations for twenty-two guests, and has been erected at a cost of SIO,OOO. OASTOni^ L Tho fo- The Kind You Have Always BmizM.
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