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THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMS BURG, PA.
Discover new land
Belglca Expedition Has Returned
ftom Antarctic Seas.
, VI rat Prlr to Pn Ihe Winter ! Kinh
Polar Se Active Volranor
Found Voynne n fclen
tll Hucrcm,
; The Standard-Union, of Urooklyn,
jwlnts the following1 sporinl enblrprnm
from Dr. Frederick A. look, of lirooJc
lyn, sirgeon of the atiturvtic expedition
n the liclgian stonmsliip Itclpicn:
"Montevideo, TTriijruny. T1ip Heluloa hfl-s
rrlved here. All well. Our antarctic voy
C has been a complete kiktoss.
"Much new land In Vc1lill sea and open
Water to the far north discovered. Active
Volcanoes were also seen. I come home dl
'et by steamer.
"The HclRlca will not return for another
winter, ns orlRlrui II y plnnned. Wo lust men
by accident, but none by dim use.
"COOK."
Brief is thin riixpntrh in, it tells
enough to show that the little llelgian
zpeilition has indeed achieved a bril
liant success. It has discovered the
Urst new land found In antarctic waters
tor 63 years, or since the expedition of
Boss In 1841. The details ffiven in Dr.
Cook's dispatch are very meager, but
these facts are established:
The new discoveries of land have been
Jnade southeast of the termination of
Bouth America. The discoveries are
probably south of T4.15 southern lati
tude, the most southern point attained
by Weddell in 1823, though they may be
to the eaBt or west of his route.
The reason favoring the probability
4hat they are south of Wcddell's
furthest is that, if they Were to the east
or west of his route, they would very
likely have been seen by Morrell in 1823,
r by Ross in 1843.
It seems unlikely, however, that the
Belglca reached a point very much
nearer the pole than that attained by
Weddell, or Dr. Cook would have men
tioned it as one of the most Important
srueccsses of the exepedition.
It will be observed that the Helgica
found a vast expanse of open water,
Just as Weddell did, 75 years earlier. lie
entered a perfectly open sea. Xo land
was in sight, but he saw three icebergs.
Whales were in abundance, and birds,
chiefly penguins, were in enormous
CAPT. ADRIEN DE GERLACHE.
CLeader of the Beleica Expedition to the
South Pole.)
numbers. In the same year, about 700
miles to the northwest, Morrell also dis
covered a nearly ice-free sea.
It appears from Dr. Cook's dispatch
that active volcanoes were also dis
covered by the Belglca. The only other
antarctic volcano" in eruption that had
hitherto been seen was Erebus (12,000
feet), on Victoria island. It is not
known whether the volcano near,
named Terror (11,000 feet), is in active
condition.
Tho Belgiea, under command of
Lieut. Gerlache, set sail from Antwerp
on August 16, 1807. She was a Norwe
gian vessel, which Gerlache fitted out
lor polar work, lie wus assisted to u
large extent by the Belgian govern
ment. The scientific staff included
Lieut. Danco, who .was to be in charge
ot pendulum and magnetic, observa
tions; Dr. Kucovilza, naturalist, and Dr.
Aretowskl, geologist. Dr. F. A. Cook
joined the party at Kio de Janiero, leav
ing Brooklyn on February 20, 1807. lie
as to be Burgeon and ethnologist, and
his experience in the arctic region was
expected to be of much service to tho
expedition.
(ierlacho did not expect to winter in
the antarctic regions. After spending
the southern Bummer of 131)7-03 in
plorations, his plan was to go to A'-s.v
traliu for the winter and renew his re
searches the following season. The Bcl
gicu, however, was not heard from
igain until 15 months after she started
from Terra del Fucgo for the li.tlc
known Graham land to the south. She
is, therefore, the iirst essel that has
spent a winter in south polar waters.
The Belglca has spent two summers
and a winter in the antarctic. She will
bring home the first recojds of south
polur phenomena during the winter
months. Shu has found lands in a re
gion that was white on the maps, and
haa "considerably lessened the area of
tinsailed antarctic, waters. It is evident
that few polar expeditious have been
richer in experience, interest, and re
sults. The Belgicu has shown again
that it is not always the most costly and
ambitious expeditions that reap the
best fruits of polar research.
Lectures for Artlnans.
Hanover is to establish a series of
lectures and demonstrations for the in
struction of artisans and apprentices
in all trades, and if they are found sue
uessfu) they will be instituted through
out tho empire. They are to be model
workshops and exhibitions of tools
and machinery, together with instruct
'.ion in bookkeeping and in making es
timates. The first courne of lectures
tilt be to cabinet-makers, locksmiths,
shoemakers and tailors, other trades
being taken up one ufter another, the
intention being that higher Instruction
n all shall be placed within reach of
very learner or operative.
ISABEL OF ORLEANS.
he Is the Prettiest Princess In En
rope nnl Is to Marry the Old
Kmperor of Anstrla,
The little Princess Isabel of Orleans
is the prattiest princess in Kurope. She
is so pretty that she is like n realization
of the princess In the old fairy talcs.
Advices from Vienna say that she is
the lovely victim picked out to he the
bride of the old emperor of Austria
when his state period of mourning is
over. That will be next September.
Pity this poor little princess, says the
New York Journal.
When the present emperor of Austria
and Hungary married Kliabeth of
FIUNCESS ISABEL. OF ORLEANS.
(Said to Be Engaged to the Aged Emperor
of Austria.)
varia 40-odd years ago, she, too, was
the most beautiful princess in Kurope.
Her teeth da..led people when' she
smiled, and she could stand on her own
hair when she let it down. Since then
her brother-in-law was murdered in
Mexico while trying to be a real king,
and his wife is now the "Mad Carlotta,"
sister of the famous and Infamous king 1
of tho Belgiuns; her only son, 1'rince
Kudolph, killed himself or wn shot
in disgrace; her Bister, Marie of Nn- !
pies, was deposed from her throne and '
is still in exile, and her sister, the i
Duchess d'Alencon, was burned to death j
in the Paris charity bazar.
One of her cousins was the mad Louis .
of Bavaria, who drowned himself and i
his keeper in the Sternberg lake 13 years
ago, and another is the present Ba
varian king who crawls around naked
on all fours, mad. She herself was
killed by an enemy of kings and princes
Luccheni and he hns gone mad,
too.
But the throne of Hungary and Aus
tria in without a queen and the em
peror no son. So this little pretty prin
cess who has to live on English soil be
cause France is disgusted with kings,
etc., and especially disgusted with her
disgraceful brother, the duke of Or
leans, who pretends to be a pretender,
must marry the old emperor of Austria
to see if that tottering, worn-out and
utterly dissatisfied dynasty can be kept
together by a baby.
THE SENSE OF TASTE.
Experiments Prove That When a Per
son Is Illlnilfolded It Has No Ac
ta a 1 Existence.
It would now seem from experiments,
which have been carried on in the Uni
versity of Iowa, that we do not taste
many of the things which we eat at our
daily means. It is asserted confidently
that we merely smell them. If the nose
is tightly closed in the ordinary man
and he is blindfolded, he will not be
able to distinguish coil'ee from water or
a weak solution of quinine. This lias
been proved by experiments mnde ai
many persons. Common con ee was said
to be water, it wns also said to be qui
nine. Water was said to be coffee. Tea
was called coffee. Turkey was called
SANS EYES, BAN'S TASTE.
(In This Condition You Cannot Tell Tea
from Coffee.)
pork. Haw apple was called grape juice.
Malt extract was sherry wine. Lard
was pronounced butter.
The experiments which led to these
conclusions were carried on by Prof.
G. T. V. Patrick, of the University of
Iowa, who has just communicated some
of the results of his work to the Ameri
can Psychological society. Prof. Patrick
was enabled 'to attain great accuracy
iu his work by the fact that one of the
persons ho experimented upon was an
anosmie that ia, absolutely devoid of
tho sense of smell. He was enabled thus
to determine which sensations were
those of taste aaid which were smell.
There are only four simple taste sen
sations, namely, sweet, bitter, sour and
salt. It is said by some that there are
only two, sweet and bitter. All other
sensations which are commonly called
tastes are complex results of sensation
of smell, touch, temperature and sight.
The means by which we distinguish al
most all of our common foods and
drinks is not the sense of taste so much
as it is the sense of smell, touch, tem
perature and sight. All the fine differ
I ences by which we distinguish the vur
i ious fruits, meats and drinks depend
not upon taste at all, but upon these
1 other senses.
n3
WHEN WOMEN, SHOP.
According; to Male Observer They
All Have a Fierce, Worried,
I'nr-Anar Look,
An observant man says that the
women who shop all have the same ex
pression. It is a weird look, worried
uud far away, but fierce, says the New
York Commercial-Advert if cr. It cm
braces details, prices, colors, cuts,
shnpeB, flowers and feathers in one
glance. It is a look that appraises and
decides. The fabric, garment or lint
that can face that look without wilting
deserves admiration and respect. The
bonnet that can return that look with
out lowering its roses or showing the
white feather is worth any price,
whether it comes from Sixth avenue
or the Rue dc la Paix.
Even the meek, mild and weak worn
an whose voice is like a summer zephyr
looks fiery and forbidding when she is
prowling around a shop, selecting, cal
culating nnd doing mental arithmetic.
There is an intense detachment about
her, an intense concentration, that ren
ders her for the moment olmost great,
no matter how little aud inoffensive she
may be on ordinary occasions.
She may be the Inmb at home, but
tho is the 11 on of the shop. The pas
sion of shopping clothes her in dignity
and wraps her in celestial fire. She
runs against you full tilt, but frequent
ly docs not see you. She trends on your
toes, jabs you in tho ribs with her
elbow, pushes you out of your place
nt a counter and swings tho doors in
your face. She doesn't mean it. She
is oblivious of you. She neither seer
nor hears nor thinks of you. You are
only a man; you are for afternoon or
evening wear.
PRACTICE SHOOTING.
Why the Majestic, of the English
Navy, Is a Favorite Type
for Imitation.
In practicing Bhooting, made to re
semble service conditions ns nearly as
possible, the British navy attains an
average of 30 per cent, of effective hits,
but no one expects this average to be
maintained during tho excitement of
nn action, says Cnssier's Magazine. If
the Olympia had maintained this aver
age at Manila she would have made
Pti effective hits, or enough to have de
stroyed the whole Spanish fleet single-handed.
It is, therefore, in the
opinion of Sir William White nnd his
fighting chiefs at the admiralty, not
bo much a matter of the number of guns
ns the excellence of the shooting with
those that are provided. Moreover,
with six-inch quick-fire guns, using 750
pounds of shot and cordite every min
ute, it becomes a matter of practical
difllculty to keep more than a certain
number of guns supplied.
It is to Sir William White's credit that
amid all the mechanical complexities
of the modern warship, he never lost
hight of the fact that without men a
warship was merely a costly lump of
steel. Quick-fire guns, light and heavy,
well dispersed and each with a wide
angle of fire; ample protection for gun
ners and stokers alike; plenty of am
munition, coal and supplies; a good
gun platform in rough as well as fine
weather these were the qualities re
alized by him in the Majestic, and these
have made her a favorite type for imi
tation by naval architects of other na
tions. WORLD'S GREATEST RUDDER.
I'hlluilelphla Holds the Hecord for
Mammoth One-Piece Steer
Inn Gears.
One of the largest rudders that have
ever been cast in the world has been fin
ished by the Pennsylvania Steel Cast
ing company, of Chester, for the Amer
ican line steamship Khynland, now on
Cramps' drydock undergoing repairs.
The rudder, which was cast in a solid
piece, weighed over 13,000 pounds, nnd
the stern post, which wns made at the
same place, weighed 9,000 pounds. Here
tofore rudders have been made in two
pieces and afterward riveted into a
solid piece; but the Chester company
enst without difficulty the rudder in
one solid mass,' which experts claim
make more effective this necessary part
of the vessel.
The art of casting the rudder, says
the Philadelphia Record, is a trade se
cret which not even the British or Ger
man steel makers have yet been able
to discover. Rudders for foreign-built
vessels are now being shipped from
Chester to Europe.
John Ilaug, the surveyor nt this port
to Lloyds register of shipping, stated
that no European workers of steel
could have made a rudder the size of
the Khynland's in one solid piece. He
also stated that a larger rudder could
have been made if it had been necessary,
and the work was an achievement in
fcteel making which the foreigners have
yet to learn from the Americans.
Sword Speech Formula.
If all of our naval heroes have not
presentation swords to burn, says the
i'hiUulclphia Press, here is a model to
bo followed in the speech which shall
announce tho next blado bestowed in
recognition of late work done upon the
Spaniard: When Caroline Amelia Eliz
abeth of Brunswick was cnrrled over to
England to wed that model of virtue
and deportment who was afterward so
eager to send the poor woman homo in
disgrace, George, then regent, commis
sioned a certain captain lo present, with
appropriate address, u sword of honor
to Sir.William Hoste, who so gallantly
commanded the ship which brought the
bride across the sens, i.hi is the for
mula: "Billy, my boy, here bo a sword
for thee."
Potatoes Prevent Gout.
Gout ia rarely known among the
working classes of Ireland. 1 heir im
munity from this comnlntnt is thoucht
to be due to the fact that their food
consists largely of potatoes.
KNEW MATAAFA WELL
Jltbert Louis Stevenson Wns a lie-
voted Admirer of Samoa's He
ccntly Deposed Klna.
If the Samoan chieftain, Matnafa,
whom the American and British forces
in the Samoan islands are jointly en
gaged in shelling into submission,
wanted n certificate of good character
he could get it from tho writings of the
late Kobert Louis Stevenson. The fa
mous novelist, who lived for several
years in the mountains near Apia, Sa
moa, went there just after the govern
ment of the island had been settled by
tho joint intervention of Germany,
England nnd the United States. Under
the agreement of the three powers
Malieton Lnupcpn, who had been pre-
WHERE, BTEVKNBOy DIED.
(A Glimpse of the Great Novelist's llome
In Samoa.)
vlously deposed and transported by the
Germans in favor of a nominee of their
own, was reinstated aa king and his
kinsman, Mataafa, the present rebel
leader, was excluded.
The three powers appointed as chief
justice a Swede named Cedarbrantz
and as president of the council a Ger
man, Baron von Pilsnch. For awhile
peace reigned between Malietou Lnu
pepa and Mataafa, but Mataafa was not
sufficiently consulted in government
affairs and soon removed, with his fol
lowers, and set a royal court of his own
outside Apia. From that time on there
were frequent outbreaks between the
rival factions. Stevenson interfered
and several times visited both the royai
claimants. After one visit to Mataafa
he writes: "Mataafa is a beautiful,
sweet old fellow." Itoyal feasts were
given in the novelist's honor and he and
the rebel chief drank "knva" together
and grew confidential over the cup.
Stevenson had a poor opinion of the
white officials chosen to preside over
the islands, and in November, 1SP0, he
writes: "If the great powers go on as
they are going and the chief justice de
lays the war conches will sound in the
hills and my home will be ineloaed In
camps before the year is ended."
After Mataafa had been finally beat
en he says: "Yes, of course I was sorry
for Mataafa, but a good deal sorrier and
angrier about the mismanagement of
all the white officials. I cannot bear to
write about that. Manono all de
stroyed, one house standing in Apolimn,
the women stripped, the prisoners bent
en with whips and the women's heads
taken all under white auspices. Well,
well, it is no fun to meddle in politics."
At one time Mr. Stevenson decided to
write an account of the revolutions and
counter revolutions to which ho was a
witness. It was to be called "A Foot
note to History, or Eight Years of
Trouble in Samoa." If he were alive
now he would dobutfess sympathize
with his old friend Mataafa.
HAS A FINE RECORD.
Gen. Arthur MacArthnr, the Gnllnnt
Officer Who Captnrrd the Fil
ipino Capital.
Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, who
was in command of the portion of our
army moving against Aguinaldo at Mal-
olos, is a native of Massachusetts, and
is one of the brilliant soldiers who en
tered the army from private life. When
he wns appointed he was a citizen of
isconsin. He lived in that great state
mm.
GEN. ARTHUR M' ARTHUR.
(Leader of the Army Now on the March
Against AfcrulnulJo.)
when the civil war broke out, und he
became a volunteer lieutenant when
Abraham Lincoln sent out his cull for
soldiers. After two years of service
in the field he was made u major of vol
unteers, and very soon afterward he
was promoted to a colonelcy. He
fought in numerous battles, nnd the
records of the wnr department show
him as having been mentioned for "gal
lant and meritorious service" on several
occasions. In "Tho liecords of the l!e
bellion" Gen. MacArthur is honorably
mentioned on several pages. Few
braver or tnore able men have been re
cruited from the ranks of private cit
izenship to make officers in the Amer
ican army.
A Substitute for Lumber.
The latest in the building line is the
alumlnl um hut for Klondike miners.
When packed for carriage it weighs 110
pounds. It is composed ot four sides
and a roof of thin sheets of aluminium,
and when put up it contains 100 cubic,
feet.
J& VVo
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Are'VicVTtoo
ten.
women are compelled
i in
vrnen tney are unaDie to, attend to social orf
business duties. Their : appearance plainly in
dicates their condition and they are reluctant
I to be seen, even by their friends. Read what
!a ..business, woman says to such sufferers;'
Mrs. C. W. Mnnitflotd, W Fnrrnr Street, Detroit, Mich., nnynt
" A complication of fmnitle nllmnnit kut me awnko night nnd
wore me oat. 1 could get no relief from medlrlue and hope wna nil -
1ng awny from me. A yotinx lady In my omrdoy iinvt me a box of
r. WilllnniH' 1'lnk I'llln fur Title I'uoplo. I took them und wna alilo
t'irest at night for th ftm tltno In month. 1 bonulit more ami they
eared me aa they nlnn cured several other people to my knowledge, I
think Unit If you Khoiild itxk any of tho driiKRlsl of Detroit, who aro
the beat tm yen of Dr. William' I'lnk 1'llU they would my the
young woman. These pll)crtlnly hnlld up the uervou tyatein ami
mnny a young wosgiin owe ner
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Fpizooty is Expected.
A West Chester veterinary is au
thority for the statement that an epi
demic of epizooty among horses may
be expected next year. The disease
has been practically stamped out for
some years, but during the last few
weeks the veterinarian has discovered
nearly two dozen cases among horses
in this state which bordered closely
upon the old time complaint. This
is the reason he expects a large num
ber of cases next season. There
have been many cases of influenza
among horses recently and it was in
these that the symptoms ol epizooty
made themselves evident.
Koducetl Bates to Lancaster
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, account Knights
ol Golden Eaglo Parade.
On account of the parade ot the
Knights of the Golden Eagle at Lan
caster, Pa., May 9, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has arranged to sell
excursion tickets, from all stations on
its line in the State of Pennsylvania,
to Lancaster and return, at rate of
single fare for the round trip, min
imum rate twenty-hve cents.
Tickets will be sold on May 8 and
0, good to return until May 10, in
clusive, but will not be valid for pass
age on the Pennsylvania Limited.
4-27 2t.
Adalbert "And so I am the
man that you have ever kissed?"
Guinevere "Yes, Adalbert;
others all took the initiative."
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B.uiinesi men often
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completely Miiino man &
pUce in the business
) world they 'can't be de
'pendedrupon because they
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to - look forward to times
me to innm.
bhii i can give nr. wiuuiin' nuk
general good houlth to-day."
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The new Swiss aluminum steamer
for Lake Victoria is 43 feet long, car
ries 50 persons, and separates into
nine sections, no part weighing over
350 pounds.
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