THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA, 4- in CIGAR STUBS OF CRIMINALS. Titer Have a Urnerle Blnillnrllr of Ynlitc nil Clcn-t In the De tective. According1 to Prof. Ifans OroKs, of Itorlin, valuable clews toward the de tection of criminals may be obtained through n n cxntniuntinn of cinr tips. Of course, tliia npplics to those who smoke cipars tlie tips of which they orplesslv throw nwn.v" in the street or elsewhere, Kiys the London Xi ws. "If yon pick up nny tip," he snys, "and examine it closely the chances are that you will be able to learn some thing ns to tiie personality and social position of the man w ho threw it away. Id the case of criminals the first point to be considered is the manner in which it was cut oft from the cijrar. If a knife or nny other instrument was used for this purpose, then this instru ment will doubtless be found on the criminal. If, on the other hand, it was bit off with the teeth, a thorough ex amination of the tip will show what kind of teeth were tided for this pur pose. "A man with n row of even teeth will bite off the end of his eipttr squarely and evenly, whereas one with jngped, uneven teeth will bite it unevenly and in such a manner as to leave clearly visi ble the marks of his incisors. ly com paring the marks on cipar tips with the teeth of suspected criminals proseeut ingr officers and detectives will be able to obtain much information which they eould not possibly obtain nnv other way." " BUILT WHOLLY OF PAPER. Baalish llospltnl Nenr Liimliin Where tlio WOiiiulril Snlillcra from Africa Are fareil Fir. The ret ui ii of so many wounded sol diers from South Africa to Great ISrit ln lias taxed the local hospitals to the utmost, o that all sorts of emer gency homes must be provided for the alek. The odik-stof all is "a paper hos pital" in the suburbs. iot far from London, at Xetley, Is to be found a whole paper city with a population of 900 men - all In a paper wrapping. This paper city is the convalescent rajich of the Ketley hospital, and the material of which it is built is papier niuehe. It is a new idvu. for a hospital hut. There aw 45 of these huts behind the red brick hospital building, and in euch of them arc ten men, who n a rule Bpend fortnight in the paper city. The houses of this cityinre glistening, white, lean, long and businesslike. At the end, and so that there may be a curtain nt the doorway and no draught, is a bulging porch. Fluttering from ach of the windows is a scarlet cur tain to give a touch of color to the white landscape. Inside the papier m&che buildings it is all quietude and comfort. Euch building is 36 feet long. Ranged along the length are ten beds, with eu.sy spring mattresses that can allow for the tossing of a man still in pain, even if he is convalescent. He aide each bed is a room for the neces sary kit, and at one side of the hut is the wooden mess table. BIRDS THAT LIVE IN COLONIES T South African Feathered Crea tures Develop the Social Inatlnct. The social weaver birds of ' fiouth. Vfrica build their nests in colonies un ler a common umbrella-like roof, probably woven for defensive pur poses against the Intrusion of snakes. Che gardener, one of the bower birds, jonstruots its highly decorated nest arfth adjoining ornnraentol spaces, tip sarently for the purpose of furnishing vn attractive meeting place for social intercourse, with her fellows. The potted collar bird a cousin of the -row prepares its artistic bower, a tort of assembly room ornamented with shells, pebbles ondi other bright lored brie-n-broc, where in due time Ystive gatherings are held, and much iporent mutual admiration attends rtrutting and dancing of the males. The European lapwing also carries tut its taste for social intercourse to Jie extent of holding dancing parties, Inscribed by Hudson. At these the irds, who live in pairs, ore joined by k think, nnd all three, keeping step, )eg!n a rapid march, uttering reso innt drumming notes in time with heir movements. As the inarch censes he leader stands erect, while the oth ers bow before it, and the visitor re urns to its (urn quarters-, to receive v return call from one of the other wo, when the quaint performance is epeuted. I AT TEAT MAKES nAIR GROW. It Kew Ynnlti-p ollun That I'roniUex to Drlte llald lleaiU from l-Zx lutofice. A Massachusetts Yankee litis been -empting immortality by inventing n at the wearing of which will assure the most baltlheaded of the race a jew and luxuriant head of hair, says be New York Tribune. To ull out ward appearances the new patent dif ?rs not nt nil from the ordinary erby. Its secret In concealed within he crown. There, fastened to the in erior of tho crown, and thereby aised nn inch or more above tlie air, is a small metal receptacle. Into "his receptacle is locked a specially rcpured pad, which is soaked before ning with a secret combination of hemicals. When the hut Is worn the ieat of the head generates a chemical etion which throws off from the pud apor. This vapor, acting on n prr ectly bald scalp, will produce a new rop of hair, or if tho hair has begun 'o fall it will renew nnd strengthen he growth. In this way u baldheaded nan need lose no time in taking treat ments, but may go about his business rene In the certainty that the vapor la doing its work. ORIGIN OF OSCULATION. Kissing I Quite a Modern rraetlea and Vn likntvn to the Anrlenta. According to Prof. Cesare Lombro eo, the distinguished. Italian crimin ologist, kissing is quite a modern practice and originated In a very cu rious manner, aay the 2'ew York ITer. ld. The kiss, ns a token of affection, wua unknown to the old Greeks, and neither In Homer nor In Heriod do we find any mention of it. Hector did not kiss his Andromache when he bade her farewell, neither did I'arla press his lips to those of the beaute ous Helen, nnd Ulysses, who was moro of a cosmopolitan than B-ny man of his day, never dreamed of kissing the enchanting Circe, and when after long wanderings he returned home to hla apouse, I'enelope, he satisfied himself with putting one of Us stahmrt arms around her waist and drawing her to him. IThe people of Terra del Fuego, snys Lombroeo, have taught civilized, na tions the origin of the delightful art of kissing. Drinking vessels are un known in that country, and the people, when thirsty, Bimply lie down beside brooks and drink the water aa It flows by them, It la evident, how ever, that infants could not satisfy their thirst In this primitive fashion, and therefore their mother have for ages supplied them with water by fill ing their own mouths first and then letting It pass through their Hps In to the expectant mouths of their little ones. In some places the banks of the brooks and rivers are so high that water cannot be obtained in the usual manner, nnd the mothers in suoh places draw It up through long reeds. Birds feed their young ones in a similar manner. They first fill their own mouths with water nnd then transfer It. to the wide open mouths of the little ones. This very ancient maternal practice Is, according to Lonibroso, the only source to which the modern practice of kissing can be traced. The custom of pressing one mouth to another originated with the women In Terra del Fuego, who could only supply their infants with drink In this manner, and it is presumable that they learned the lesson from the birds. Finally, we are told that kiss ing is an evidence of atavism and a memorial of that early stage in our development "during which the wife had not yet triumphed over the moth er nor love over maternity." Iombroso's views on this subject meet with the general approval of scientists, though there are Borne who point out that his explanation of the origin of kissing Is not In accordance with the one handed down to us by the old Komans. These latter main tained that the kiss was Invented by husbands, who desired to ascertain In this way whether during their ab sence from home their wives had been drinking their wine or not. STORY OF A STRING OF FISH. Odd Mistake Made br a Fisherman Who Was lilt br a Fish's Tall. This is a story tf a string of fish and what came of a fisherman's odd mis take. With his string of "sea fuod" dangling from his left shoulder and his fishing "tackle" under his arms or in his hands the fisherman, accompanied by a companion disciple of Isaac Wal ton, was returning cityward over the llandolph street viaduct at sundown, to a close, relates the Chicago Chron icle. Behind the pair by only a few feet was a young sailor just come ashore. Whether it was that the tar had not yet found his "land legs" or whether he hod found one of the bumbonta on which tire water is sold on the lake front he certainly showed In his style of movement a peculiarly devious gyra tion that exposed him to suspicion from aU observers. It so happened that one of the fish in the great long dangling string wns still alive nnd occasionally gave a swirl with Its tail that imparted a "jumping" ef- feet to tie little body. This seeming ; aircet nnu niung them borne, jump on one or two occasions became so I 7 'v.,f h,s 1,f l kplt ft lo,ok energetle that the frightened fisher- j out for ,"rk int Ml from passing man mistook it for a thump. Glancing I pon. Not a night passed but he back he thought he saw the gyrating j hme a anrkful of ''- ie wavfarer cower with fear. That was' i !imce nly tw or three; occasionally enou gh. He struck out from the shoul - ler. Before the blow of the fisher man's strenuous fist the wabbling tar went down In a heap. Ere yet more harm eould be done a citizen who had noticed the jumping fish and accurate-' ly diagnosed the fisherman's Impres sion came forward with the explana tion that the lash of the piscatorial tin 1 1 and body upon the fisherman's back was wrongfully supposed by 1 he latter to be a blow from the fist of the drunk en sailor. Apologies followed, and nss the tar had been sobered rother than Injured by the collision with the fisherman's fist, the last seen, of the two they were strolling off arm in arm toward a neighboring "bouffet." Saved br a Pair of Spectacles. A writer in a contemporary de scribes the escnpo from injury of a i i , ri-.. i .i i I hm m it . this city. hile preparing for a cast- . . . . 1 ., , i .. inn. ri U' iu Klirit. nn the leir nv ft V , 4, . i , , v. wriltiwli nf tnn liriMwl malnl It. went. l 1 " clean through his trousers and through the wall of the strong leath er spectacle case, which ho carried in his trouser pocket. But the broad nose bridge of the spectacle frame checked it in its progress. The in truding metal, yet 'unburdened, dashed against this part of the frame, nearly enveloping it, nnd attaching it self with lis much neatuess und sta bility os if it were the handiwork of a skilled craftsman. Had the spec tacles not been in his pocket the molten metal would assuredly have I penetrated their owner's thigh. ! Westminster Budget. A WHISTLING SPIDER. Aneer Insect Found br a Mnnanchn- etta Man In n Prohibition ! District. H. A. Feters, one of the owners of the Lnshaway dairy farm near Spencer, Mass., while on his way to Spencer lately captured tin Immense spider of unknown species. When Mr. Petera first saw the spider, which was mak ing a bee line over the public highway for East Hrookfield, he was so amazed at tlie sight that lie rubbed both eye jaevaral times before he could realize that tie monster waa a reality. Then, hastily grasping an empty glass milk IjAr, Feters jumped from the wagon land was about to make the stranger a prisoner, when he was startled by the distinctly audible whistle emanating .from the insect, my a New York ctc j change. Instantly a flock of minute fac similes of the peculiar spider came J-ushing from nil directions, clnmbered up the legs of the big spider nnd hid, (themselves in the fuzzy hair on Its Tack. This was more than Feters could .stand, especially as after securing her young, Mrs. Spider assumed a defensive attitude. Feters thrust the mouth of the jar over the whole family of spiders and made them prisoners. Hundreds have since viewed the monster andi It off spring, and all are puzzled. The body of the large spider is 1 Inches la length. The body Is black and Is supported by eight powerful legs, each two inches long. The head 'Is supplied with powerful-looking jaws, from which two feelers, one-half inch In length, protrude. The beadyi eyes !are jet black. GERMANS IN UNITED STATES. Milwaukee lias the Largest Tentonlo Population of Anj- City In ! This Country. Milwaukee, famous for itm beer, may now claim distinction as being the "German city" of the United States. There are more Germans in Milwaukee tin proportion to it population than in any other city, says the Chicago Chronicle. The percentage of popula tion is CO and Iloboken is a olos sec ond, with 67 per cent. New York has only 39 per cent. and. Chicago 37 per cent. Boston is at the bottom of the :Kst, with a German population of only even per cent, of the total. Detroit BufTalos Cleveland, Newark, Cincinnati and Jersey City have larger percent ages of Germans in their populations than either New York or Chicago. Among the statee, Wisconain ld In proportion of residents born in Ger many. It is estimated' that 2S3.O00 native-born Germans are now located there, or 17 per cent, of the total popu lation. New York, however, has the largetrt number of native-born Ger mans 653,000, but this is only nine per cent, of the population. IUSnois has 336,000, or ten per cent, Minnesota, with 129,000, is equal to Illinois In per centage. Iowrn has. 144,000 Germans, hut a percentage of only eight, while Massachusetts stands about at. the hottom of the 11st, with 81,000 Germans and a percentage of one. The United 'Staihes are credited altogether with J,K03,0O0 German-born resident. HIS PERSISTENCY WON OUT. A Chicago Policeman Ilullds n House of Bricks Picked I p In the Streets. In the northwestern part of Chicago there is a reut little cottage; in it lives a Chicago policeman. When it la known how tho policeman secured) th bricks for the foundation of his cozy home it will be understood that he Ikib the patience of Job and uncom mon perseverance, snys the Chronicle. In the first place, the foundation bricks represent no money outlay. All they cost wns effort. When the officer muuV up his mind to buihl a house for lus small family heconfeived i V "K P .4 1. 1,1 ' ?7 or ",'zen wouiu represent ms labor of a day. Oftentimes when nt leisure he visitcdi railroad yards nnI there always found a rich field and Increased1 the rapidly growing pile, nis strange idiea became a joke among his nKsociutes many months before 'the house was built. He it often spoken of to-day as "the policeman who bought a brick house a brick at a time." The (lurrlson Wnm Forgotten. Marcel Monnier, a French literary man, spent a considerable portion of 5S99 in an extended journey through Chinn. On his way from Feking to Tientsin he passed through the vil lage of Yo-shi-Wo. Here a garrison of Chinese imperial troops had been stationed since the outbreak of the war with Japan. Tho troops had been I " i thoritles nt Feking. Since they forgotten by the Imperial military au- were ' dumped down there not nn order had i , , . . ' renched them nnd not a cent of pay had been distributed among them. . o Hnrarlon School Discipline. A judicial decision which has just been rendered at the court of Munich ; phows that corporal punishment is still regarded in Germany as on indis I pensoblo factor of education. "A school-teacher," says tho judje, "has the right to inflict corporal punish ment as well on the pupils of his own class as on those of other classes. As pupils are amenable to scholastic ju risdiction even after the school hours are over, they may be punjshed by tho tencher even outside of the school." When He Itetnrnn. "Ah," said the great. musician's moth er, "our son's tour in America must have been a failure. Here is a cable nsking that we meet him t the dock next Thursday with a dray. Toor boy! He cannot afford a carriage." 'No, my dear," said the artist's fa ther, whose reasoning faculties were necessarily more acute "it is not be cause he cannot. nITord the carriage. He wants the dray to haul his money home." Chicago Times-Herald, Derldedlr t'nfnlr, First Tramp Ain't ye goin' through New Jersey this year? Second Tramp No, I ain't, Was there last. year. "YYot's th' matter with it?" "Every time anybody gits killed they arrests all 1lie tramps in th' state. 1 only killed two women there last yeur, fin' I got nrrcstcdl 16 times." X. Y. Weekly, A Full Rummer. "De trees am full ob sweetness, lie woods am full ob bees; Xe fence sm full ob whitewash Kn de daws; am full ob fleas. Io worl' am full ob straits, Lfle am full ob straits, re papers am full ob pictures Ob runnln' candidates." -?hlcaso Dally News. fXPAROOXAni.K OITHAGE. Miss Trim (as the bricklayer falls past her window) Why, you rude man! How dare you look into my room? X. Y. World. Her New lint. The picture of Innocence! That's how she looked, ', But there was a price on her head. All tho people could see It "Three seventy-nine, Reduced from J.r," It read. Philadelphia Tress. Canse and Effect. Mrs. Richmond They say brain work is more fatiguing than any other kind of work. ' Mrs. Bronxborongh I quite believe it. Whenever my husband ha to work ;late at the office he is sure to have n headiache next morning. A. Y. Jour nal. ' Another Failure, Northrup My congratulations on iyour marriage with the wealthy widow, old chap! Of course you nrc 'in clover now, eh? ' Hardup (sadly) No; she isn't the Joan widow I took her to be. Chicago Evening News. Hural UeliKht. Jinks Boarding in the, country now, eh? What do you do with yourself evenings? Winks Some nights I sit outdoors to keep cool, and other nights I go to bed to keep warm. X. Y. Weekly. In the Snme Ilout. Sniythe My wife dropped in to we me at the office to-day, audi Browne Sorry, old man, birt my wife saw me before I left home, I haven't a cent to lend, Philadelphia Frcss. Good Definition, Little Willie What is a hypocrite, pa? Fa A hypocrite, mv son, is a man who always acts differently when he knows some one is watching him. Chicago Dully Xews. Labor Saved. "Sedgeley's cow broke into mv lawn and chewed off till the grass." "What dtid he do?" "Sent me a bill for using his cow as n lawn mower." Philadelphia Nortn Americin. A I.eud-IMpc Cinch. Mistress So you are married, Hridr get? May you be very, very happy! Cook Shore, mum, it's a cinch! He gits twinty dollars a wuke and weighs 40 pounds Icss'n I do! Fuck. Two' of u Kind. "She reminds me of Saturn." "Why?" "It's pretty hard to tell what her rings are made of." Chicago Times Herald. At the Hall tin me. He I suppose you know what a rooter is? She Why, of course! A rooter is a man who acts as if. he was crazy. Fuck. A WUe t'hulce. Summer Boarder If 1 don't open this window I will suffocate. Summer Boarder (after relleetion) Leave it shut and telephone for the ui dertaker. X. Y. Weekly. Dlff erenee. Miss Gabby Don't you think Mrs. Tnlkso reminds you of a phonograph? Mr. Sourdrop When a phonograph finishes talking it stops peaking. Bal timore American. An Anthorltv on China. ' Husband I'd like to know whni is to become of China? Wife 1 guess the hired girl can tell you. Detroit Free Press. That llUKi liall l'liiiernl. Employer Was much feeling shown at your grandmother's funeral? Bookkeeper Yes: they mobbed the empire. Harper's Haur. lib 1 AYcgcfablc rrcpaMlionfor As-slmi1iiingmCFoodandBcfiuIa-ting the Stomachs and Dowels ol Troniolcs Di$e3tion.Cheer(iir ncss and RostContains neillier Dpitim.Morpliiiic nor MiiicraL ;not.nahcotic. impim Serd Jlx.SmM Clmhrd Mu0V Ittiswww flarm Apcrfocl Remedy forConslipn Tion , Sour Stoiiuvch.Diarrlioca Worms .Convulsions .Kcvcrish ness nnd Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Sitjnnlureof NEW YORK. hi I tXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. Qva- , Us '1 a W.J i 1 NotTan Ordinary School I When Williamsport Dickinson Seminary was founded, money making was not in the thought of its promoters. To give young men and women thorough intellectual nml moral training at tlie lowest possible cost was its paramount aim. It remains its para mount aim. Huihlings have been added, equipment increased, ' tlie faculty enlarged, but Williamsport Dickinson Seminary IsRtlll true tolts first frlnclples. Ills u Homo and Christian school. It provides for henltli nnd social culture as carefully us for iiientnl nml mornl training, taking n personal Interest In ench pupil, and adJustltiR methods to nend, believing that true education socks to develop tin' highest types of manhood nud worimnhood. A splendid field, wltlr at lilt-tics directed by n trained ntlilete, make hall field nnd gymnasium nf roul value. Swimming pool for all. Hinitlo beds for ladles. Nino regular courses, with elective studies, offer wide selection. Hlx competitive scholarships lire ottered. Heventi-en skilled teachers classify nnd in struct, innklnK school work other than drudgery. Music, Art, Expression nnd Physical Culture, with other branches or alone, under teachers with best homo nnd Kuropenn training. Home, with tuition in regular studies, WiO.OOnyear, with discounts to ministers, ministerial candidates, teachers, and two from same family. Kail term opens (September 10, lima Catalogue free. Address Rev. EDWARD J. GRAY, D. "'sMsi ---- " - - ( iinvc a IfiOr, Monument. A monument costing $200 ia to be erect 1 over the crave of Caesar, a Great Thine belonging to Mrs. T, H. M. Cardezn, of (Jernuintown, Pa., which (Hod recently. Caesar wns nine 8'ears old and threo feet tull and was a great pet among the Cnrdcznn' largo collection of iinitnaln. Tho dog was buried in a fine coilin, with real idlk lining nnd nilver handles. On the monument which is now being con structed will be inscribed tho fol lowing: "Erected to nn old and faith ful friend." Where the Spiders Are Isefnl, At n recent meeting of arboricultur ists in France tho question wim do bated whether spiders fchould bo suf- leretr to spin their webs on fruit walls. The general opinion seemed to be that the webs were more use ful than objectionable. It was re marked that thev nrevent tin. Incur. sions of earwigs nnd similar insects and also interfere with the operations of noxious lies whose larvae ravage leaves nnd fruils. The colnred work in Uile Deny llook is nn immense aid berry growers. It shows the leading hemes true to s ze, shape ' and color. They Were first carefully painted by an experienced artit, and then reproduced by lilhornphyat a cost of over one thousand dollars. Aside fioni the color woik there ate scores ot I enroducuons made ilirectlv from photographs of berries, so that the reader may have an accurate idea of them. The price is 50 tents, by mail ; address the publishers, Wilmer Atkinson Co., l'liila. Tew people nciptiru polish on the grind stone of udveisily. I)lSTkKSSINl S'lYlMAfll Micncull,..m,. neatly cured by the ninsicrly power of South American Nervine Tonic. Invalids need suffer no longer, because this great remedy tan cure them ail. It is a erne for the whole world of stomach weakness and indigestion. The cure begins with the first dote. The relief it brings is marvellous and surprising. Il makes 110 failure; never disappoints. lo malter how long you have suffered, your tine is certain under the use of this great healih-giviug force. Pleasant and always safe Sold by C. A. Klciin, druggist, 12S West Main street, lUooinsbuig, Pa. 1'4 19 CASTOR I A ' For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought i Bears the STY - Signature of (UCuX rail For Infants nnd Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Use For Over Thirty Years 6ASI0R1A TMt CINTMI eOMMNV. HI VOSS CITY. I I I I D., Preiident, WiUio.miport. P. ------- RAILROAD NOTES- Knkihts of the Golden Eaoi.k, ai Milton. Ta. Reduced Ratks via the Pennsylvania Railroad. On account of the meeting ot the Susquehanna District Knights of the Golden Eagle, at Milton, l'a., on Sep tember 3, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell special excursion tickets from stations on its line m Pennsylvania to Milton at the rate of two cents a mile, distance traveled tickets to be sold and good going September 2 and 3, and returning to September 4, inclusive. it National Encampment, Union Vet eran Legion, at Ft. Wavne, Im Reduced Rates via Pennsyl vania Railroad. On account of the National En campment, Union Veteran I.eyion, at Ft. Wayne, Ind., on September ih the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets at the rate of one fare for the round trip from ail points on its line east of Pittsburg ami Erie to Ft. Wayne. Tickets to be sola and good going September 9, 10, ana 11, returning, to September iS. R' elusive. Reduced rates to grangers imc nic at williams' grove via pennsyl VANIA railroad. Tor the Twenty seventh Annual Inter-State '" Picnic Exhibition, to be held at Will iams' Grove, Pa., August 27 to Sep tember 1, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets from August as to September 1, 'n' elusive, good to return until Septem ber 3, inclusive, at late or one fare tot the round trip, trom principal stations between East Liberty and Bryn Man on the Northern Central Railway, be tween Stanley and Lutherville, in clusive, and on the Philadelphia ana Erie Railroad Division east of ami in cluding Waterford. For information in regard to tram service and specific rates application should be made to ticket agents. Ji lt is seldom the fast young wia who wins in the race for weaiM- .The Kind You Have Always Bought nJ f Ml m m u 1 of AAtJ ! 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