THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. THE FIRST CARNEGIE HERO. DUiiu: As a World Market the United States is Pre-eminent. FOREIGN TRADE RIVALRY me Essential to Successful Compe tition With European Manufac turers. Per Capita Products and Consumption In Manufacture Here and Abroad. la the manufacturing plants of the United States In the year 1900 there were at work 6,308,406 wage-earners. These turned out In manufactures $13,004,400,143. Average product value far capita of earners $2,450 or per capita, of population $170. Total consumption of manufactures, 112.885,609,303. Approximate con sumption per capita of population, SM9. The United Kingdom of Great Bri tain: and Ireland had 9,000,000 wage earners in 1900, yet their product In Manufactures was but $5,000,000,000, far less than half the output of our ftra million and odd of workers. Oermany reported 10,000,000 wage aarners, $4,BOO,000,000 in products. France, 6,000,000 earners of wages, IS.460,000,000 In manufactured prod acts. Canada, with 550,000 wage-earners, tamed out $800,000,000 In manufac tures, which was $1,455 per capita of workers and $146 per capita of popu lation. In point of consumption per capita at population Canada surpassed the United States, her 4,800,000 using 1180,000,000 In manufactures, or $183 ar head. The United Kingdom, 41,000,000 papulation, consumed $4,273,397,438 In Banufaetures, or $104 per capita; Ger many, 66,307,000 people, $4,152,450, 0t, or $74 per heud; France, 38,700,- population, $4,152,450,000, or $82 par head; Belgium, 6,700,000 people, $60,000,000, or $98 per capita. In the particular of consumed prod nets Australia came Just after the United States, with a demand for $605,000,000 In manufactures, or $162 par capita for a population of 3-700,000. Australia's own 560,000 wage-earners ware credited with an output value of $800,000,000. In bare totals of manufactures con sumed, Russia, $2,000,000,000, followed Belgium. Then came Austra-Hungary, $1,900,000,000; Italy, $1,714,000,000, and a dwindling procession In nine 0 (cures. The figures show conclusively that America Itself Is ty far the hest mar ket of the world for manufactured products; consequently tt. Is not strange that up to the present Ameri can manufacturers should have de voted their principal attention to home trade. Curious Guns of Thibet. The Thibetans big guns called ffogals arq of two kinds, breech and muzzle loading. Tb breech loader shown here Is In eliape and finish not rT MU5KDT or mi ART. unlike the huge dyke-guns used by the Scottish Highlanders at Culloden. The others are iron-hooped muzzle loaders, -made probably la imitation of bamboo. The stand of the breech laadar is fitted with prongs stuck Into the ground to resist recoil. The near est gunner 1b in the act of inBertlaf the breech piece, which contains the charge. Tie ball Is placed in the barrel Just beyond the breech. Be hind the handle of the breech piece la the vent where the match Is ap plied. The rtar of the breeoh piece la kept in position by the Iron wedge (shown hanging by a short chain) in serted Into the horizontal llt on tha aide of the n. Rough foresights and backslghta , occur in some of tha weapons. Jlngala are about 8 feet long and the balls wel,jh from one pouad to three and a half .pounds. Hiding Plaoi for Monks. An Interesting archaeological dis covery has Just been made at Thor nr, In the Isle of Kly. . A hermitage waa founded there ky the Saxons In G83, and It became an Important mon astic establishment. A second abbey, was built hore by Bliihop Bthulwoldj of Winchester, In the ninth century, and this was replace by a more Imposing building at tbu end of the eleventh century. The Thornoy Ab bay of the present day, used as the parish church, consists of the west front and nave of this third building and in the course of the last fnw days the discovery has been made of a sub terranean passage leading from the Abley Church down to the river. It Is 500 fuet In length. It waa prob ably used by the monks to obtain their suppl'es of water and fish, and, it Is thoutrlt, fornoil a safo hlilln? pl?M for thn brotherhood during tho Danish Invasion, for they escaped tho slaugh ter which overtook their neighbors at CrowJanfl and ratercborough, l Capt .Wm. W. Clark of New York Will Head the List. Capt. Wm. W. Clark of hook and ladder company No. 2, New York fire department, as a reward for his brave ' and courageous acts in rescuing many lives, will head the list of heroes to receive the benefits of the Carnegie fund. I His last rescue, which brought him prominently to the attention of the board having charge of the Carnegie fund, was that of Robert Hyndm.ui, I aged 3B years, from the fifth story of the premises located at 103 Park av enue, New York, occupied by the Man hattan eye and ear hospital building, on the morning of April 24, this year. Hyndman, a violently insane patient, had climbed to the roof of the burn ing building, and police and attend ants were unable to get him. With pitcher In hand, the demented man threatened the life of his pursuers, but the brave fireman stole up behind ' him and caught the insane man In ' his embrace. ! A fierce struggle ensued, during 'which time the plucky fireman had his right arm and shoulder badly wrenched. Finally the insane man was over powered and bound fast with bed sheets and taken to Belle vue hospital. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Thibetans Aroused. The Lamas have succeeded In rous ing the Thibetans against the British, and the Mission Is practically be sieged In Gyangtse, although at last accounts the communications with In dia had not been broken. Over 2,000 Khambl warriors are assembled at Gyangste, and the camp Is being bom barded with solid pound Bhot from a half hozen guns on a height about six furlongs away. Half a battalion of fuslleerg and half a battalion of naval infantry, with four 10-pounder guns from India, will be sent to re-enforce the expedition. Mr. Brodrlck, the sec retary for India, has Informed the House of Commons that the Chinese and Thibetans authorities have been Informed that the British Mission will advance to Lassa unless they win negotiate at Gyangtse within a given date. It is rumored that the warlike disposition now being manifested by the Thibetans Is due to the promise of Russian support, and that 125,000 Russian troops have been recently concentrated beyond the Caucasus. Independent. Believed He Would Return. "The marine bride," one of the best known characters in the streets of Berlin, is dead. She was usually to be seen on Unter den Linden, between Frledrlchstrasse and the Branden burger Thor. She waa a worn-looking woman, about 65, shabbily dressed, although of good family, and always carried a 'heavy bag. Every Berliner 'knew her and no one molested tha poor, demented creature. Her story Is tragic. Many years ago she was betrothed "to a navy surgeon and shortly after her engagement she re ceived news -that he was drowned at sea. Tier mind became unhinged and since the day of the faital news sha has wandered along Unter den Linden, believing that "her betrothed would re turn to Berlin, driving through the Brandenburger Thor. In the heavy bag she carried what she believed was a suit of clothes, for which her lover would exchange :Us Bea-stalned gar ments. When Chinamen Wore No Qwequea. Until 260 years ago the Chinaman did not wear his hair In a queque. Previous to 1644 the Chinese clothed themselves and dressed their hair as the Japanese do now. For the Jap anese borrowed their national costnma from China, and what is supposed to be Japanese native areas is really the dress of the Chinese under the Ming dynasty. Thus, until the middle of the 17th century Japanese and Manchu Tartars conquered China, and, abolishing the old native costume, they Imposed the pigtail upon the Chinese as a badge of servitude, while , the Japanese have retained their old J borrowed costume. i Population of the Philippine. i A census of the Philippines was taken by the U. S. government, under the auspices of the census buroau, In 1 902-3, a report on which has rot yet boon published, but tho estimate of the population Is about 8,000,000, of whom about 7,000,000 are civilized. RrtclaMy the Inhabitants are princi pally Milays. The country had been in tho possession of Spain since 1505, pnd tho religion Introduced by the inrquerors has long boon that of tli9 I natives There are 30 different raceu, speaking dlfforent dialects. 1 . RUN BY MOUSE POWER. A Thrifty Scotchman' Schema for Operating His Thread Mill. Thrift Ib generally acknowledged to be one of the leading characteristics of the native of Flreahlre, and It nev er was more forcibly exemplified than In the person of David Ilutton, a na tive of Dunfermline, who actually proved that even mice, those acknowl edged pests of mankind, could be made not only to earn their own living, but also to yield a respectable In come to their owners. About the year IS'M this gentleman actually erected a small mill at Dun fermline for the manufacture of thread a mill worked entirely by mice. It was while visiting Perth prison In 112 that Mr. Ilutton first conceived this remarkable idea of utilizing mouse power. In an old pamphlet of the time, "The Curlslty Coffee Room," he gave nn account of the way in which the Idea dawned on him. "In the summer of the year 1812," he wrote, "I had occasion to be in 1'crth, and when Inspecting the toys and trinkets that were manufac tured by the French prisoners In the depot there, my attention wus Invol untarily attracted by a little toy house, with a wheel in the gable of It that was running rapidly round, Im pelled by the Insignificant gravity of a common house mouse. For one shilling I purchased house, mouse and wheel. Inclosing it in a handkerchief, on my Journey homeward I was com pelled to contemplate its favorite Amusement. But how to apply half ounce power (which is the weight of a mouse) to a useful purpose was the difficulty. At length the manufactur ing of sewing thread seemed the most practicable." Mr. Ilutton 'had one mouse that ran the amazing distance of eighteen miles a day, but he proved that an or dinary mouse could run ten and one half miles on an average. A halfpen nys worth of oatmeal was sufficient for Its support for thirty-five days, during which it ran 'M half miles. He had actually two mice constantly em ployed In the making of sewing thread for more than a year. The mouse thread mill was so constructed that the common house mouse was enabled to make atonement to society for past offenses by twisting, twining and reeling from 1K to lL'n threads a day, Sundays not excepted. To per form this task, the little pedestrian had to run ten and one-half miles, and this journey it performed with case every day. A halfpenny's worth of oatmeal served one of these thread mill culprits for the long period of five weeks. In that time it made 3, 3."0 threads of twenty-five Inches, nnd as a penny was paid to women for every hank made In the ordinary way, the mouse, nt that rate, earned nine pence every six weeks, Just one farth ing a day, or seven shillings and six pence a year. Taking sixpense off for board, and allowing one shilling for machinery, there was a clear yearly profit from each mouse of six shillings. Mr. Hut ton firmly intended to apply for the loan of the empty cathedral In Dun fermline, which would have held, he calculated, 10,(KK mouse mills, suffi cient room being left for keepers and some hundreds of spectators. Death, however, overtook the inventor before this marvelous project could be car ried out. Edinburgh Scotsman. When Philip Was Called Down. The late Capt. Philip was fond of relating an experience he once had when he was stationed at the Cramps' shipyard in Philadelphia as Inspector of the cruiser New York, which was then building there. One day, when work was stopped for the noon hour, he saw a soldierly-looking man come aboard with some ladles, and proceed to show them about the ship with as much authority as if he were the de signer and builder. The soldierly man stopped beside a couple of venti lators which were lying on deck ready to be put in place, and, touching one of tbem with his little cane, remarked, with an air of profound wisdom: "These are the smoke-pipes," and ap proaching the hammock nettings and potting out his gloved hand, he added: "This la ;the place where the heavy armor la put on. This is to be one of the armored fighting ships, you know." This was too much for Capt. Philip, and so he approached the par ty, and touched his cap as be said: "Excuse me, sir, that Is not the place for the armor. That Is a hammock netting, where tbe men stow their hammock during the day. And these are not smoke-pbpes, but ventilator." The military man drew himself up to his greatest height and surveyed the man in dungarees iwltb glacial dig nity. "Excuse ine," be said, with heavy emphaslB on the me, ."but I am Capt, Blank of the army, and I think I know a smoke-pipe vhen I see one." Capt. Thlllp declared that it would have been almost a (Time to take down a conceit like that, and he made no reply to the military man what ever; but turned and went about hi work, leaving Capt. Blank to finish explaining the Intricacies of the cruis er to his friends. Argonaut To Educate Filipinos. The new Philippine education bill appropriates $72,000 for expenses of the first year. It provides higher edu cation In tho United States for UK) Filipinos between the ages of Bixtoen nnd twenty who aro best qualified ami perfectly Bound physically. Tho gov ernment will designate the Institution and the students will lie required to take the oath of allegiance, promising to faithfully study and upon returning to the islands to serve tho govern ment under civil service regulation! for a period equal to that spent In the United States. Each pupil will cost the government $MX, exclusive of transportation. GERMAN PRINCE PUNISHED. Confined to His Quarter for Engaging In Dangerous Sport. The Crown Prince of Germany was recently subjected to confinement In his quarters by the Emperor for en gaging In dangerous riding competi tions with several boon companions on the Berlin race track. The young man's fondness for dan gerous sports has long been a source of anxiety to his father, who once before was compelled to punish him in a similar manner for a dangerous feat of horsemanship. First Portrait Gallery. As soon as Danguerre's process be came well enough known in America for practice scientific men and, In fact, "all sorts and conditions of men" attempted to produce the wonderful pictures. There were several claimants for I making the first portrait by the pro cess. A Mr. Walcott made the claim, and Mr. Joseph Dixon, by letters and other evidence, claimed that the first picture was his, for which, It. was said, Mrs. Dixon sat with powdered face in full sunshine 15 minutes. In March, 1840, Messrs. Walcott and Johnson opened a gallery In New York, and announcing their readiness to execute portraits from life, solic ited patronage. This was the first daguerreotype gallery In the world. Other places were soon opened. The daguerreotype, although con sidered desirable as a curiosity, was not popular on account of the length of time required for a sitting, which varied according to the time of day and the strength of the light. It was seldom attempted on a cloudy day. The daguerreotype was made on a pure metallic silver surface. After being perfectly cleaned and made sen sitive with a rouge buff It was coated in a darkened room with a vapor of Iodine, then placed In the camera and exposed before the sitter through the lens. It was still kept from the light and placed over the fumes of hot mer cury, where the image developed. Century. A "Reformer" on tho Run." Kang Yu Wei, as "the modern sage," and the "reformer," "the youth who fired the Ephesian dome," the man who started the row that led to the Boxer troubles and the siege of Pekln, who is distinguished among all the human family by having a reward of $100,000 offered for his head by the Empress Dowager of China, has been living quietly here with his daughter for the last six months, but recently received notice from the police author ities that they could no longs. pro tect him and waa advised to clear out. But Ms life is safe nowhere. The arm of the old wltoh in the Imperial Palace at Pekln Is far-reaching. Her vengeance Is untiring and sooner or later Kang Yu Wei will pay the pen alty of patriotism, and another name will be added to the long list of tbe martyr of "young China." Hong Kong Letter. Change Not for the Better. A New York baaker was talking about plain and direct speech. "To be plain and direct is always best," he aald, "but to be too plain and direct Is to be uncouth to be ludicrous. "A good example of that waa af forded by a clergyman. He was ad dressing a congregation of fishermen, and he wanted to He sure they would understand him. " 'The Bible tells us,' said . this clergyman, 'that it I as difficult for a camel to pass through a needle eye as for a rich man to enter the king dom of heaven.' That, though, Is a roundabout, confused way of stating tbe case. I should state it like this: ' "'It 1b as difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven as for a shad to go up a smooth bark apple tree tall foremost.'" Now York Tribune. Convenient Fuel Without Smoke. ; A French naval officer has made It possible, with certain changes In the fireboxes, to burn a fuel In the form of petroleum briquettes, which gives off no smoke. The officer claims his invention will give fuel of which one pound Is equivalent to four pounds of coal. The briquettes are mado by adding to petroleum oil, for each liter, 150 grammes of ground , soap, 150 grammes or resin, and 300 grammes of caustic soda lye. This mixture is first heated and stirred until near solidifi cation, when It Is poured Into molds, which In turn are then placed In nn oven for ten or fifteen minutes, nnd tho briquettes are ready for use after ooollng a few hours. Greater tolid ity may be obtained by the addition of a small quantity of sawdust and a little clay or sand. THE GUARDIAN OF OUR BODY. The foremost Wologint of our dev. M. Metsclinikoff, has howa the world of scirnce that there are leucocytes In our blood that act as scavengers or policemen. These policemen which are called phage tvtei look out for the noxious or poisonous elements in our blood. Various offending elementx are picked out of the blood and tissues by these policemen and destroyed. Therefore our Uvea are protected by these blood-cell-policemen, the phagocyttx, and we enjoy immunity from disease ao long- as our blood contains plenty of phago cytes and red blood corpuscles. "A new broom sweeps clean" and ia order to put our own house in order we must get rid of all the poisons In the blood with a new broom such as an alterative extract made from roots and herbs with out tbe use of alcohol, aa Dr. Pierce' Golden Medical Discovery, a specific for making rich red blood for eradicating the poisons from the blood. In aome way the policemen in the blood are increased in number and strength ao tfiat we are put in the best possible shape to resist disease to cure neuralgia, eoliia, catarrh, and in cipient consumption. "The more atudy and time 1 given to the subject the more we find that the blood ia the center of life "says Dr. K. V. Pierce, tbe noted specialist of Buffalo, "the health and comfort of the average person depends entirely on thia blood supply for the heart must have pure blood or it will not pump and keep the body supplied regulnrly like the beautiful automatic engine it is. The nerves must be fed on pure blood or we suffer the pain of neuralgia, which is the cry of the starved nerve for food. Head aches, cold in the head, catarrh and many other things are due to stagnation of the blood." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a mild laxative. No other medicine equals them for gentleness and thoroughness. QUICK SERVICE TO O&LlFOliNlA. The Rock Island's Special Tour ist Sleeping Car Excursions to California are several hours quick er than auy other line. To satisfy the demand for an up to-date ser vice, arrangement has been made for a new, specially-built, improved pattern of touiist sleeper, leaving Chicago daily and reaching Los Angeles in sixty-eight hours. Why not have the best and quickest, when the cost is no greater than the other kind ? Full information from any Rock Island representa tive, or from John Sebastion, Pass enger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago. Here Is Relict lor Women. Mother Gray, a nurse Id New York, discover" ed an aromatic pleasant herf drink for women's Ills, call d AUSTRALIAN-LEAP. Itlstbeonly certain monthly reKulator. cures femule weuk iicseB and Backache, Kidney, liladdor and t'rlnary troubles. At all Druggists or by mall Well. Sami.le FREB. .'.ddrcss, The Mother Gray Co., LeUoy, N. V. H4t The Towauda Jieview says that tbe Bradford county stone pile is a success. Tramps and prisoners for petty offences are made to pound stone for a living, and the conse quence is that they fight shy of Bradford county. Br. David Kennedy, Ronibut, N- Y- Dear Sir: Some time since I was troubled with blotches coming out on my breast, of a scrofulous character, and my general system seemed to be out of order. I was induced to try Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. The first bottle drove the eruption away and I feel better every way. Its a splendid bio d medicine -Henry S. Eldredge, Rochester, N. Y. Many a stern man who swears at his office boy trembles in the presence of his wife. Keep tbe Balance Hp It has been truthfully anid that any dis turbance of the even balance of health causes serious trouble. Nobody can be too careful to keep this balance up. When people begin to lose appetite, or to get tired easily, the least imprudence brings on sick uess, weakness, or debility. The system needs a tonic, craves it, and should not be denied it; and the best tonic of which we have any knowledge ii Hood's Sarsaparilla. What this medicine has done in keeping healthy people healthy, in keeping up the even balance of health, gives it the same distinction as a preventive that It enjoys as a cute. Its early use has illustrated the wis dom of the old saying that a stitch in time saves nine. Take Hood's for appetite, strength, and endurance. If you lend some men money they will be under everlasting obligations to you. The worries of a weak and sick mother are only begun wilh the birth of her cViild. By day her woik is constantly interrupted and at night her rest is broken by the wail, ing of the peevish, puny infant. Llr. Pierce's Favorite l'rescription makes weak women strong and sick women well. It lightens all the burdens of maternity, giving to mothers stre iglh nnd vigor, which they impart to their children. In over thirty years of practice Dr. Tierce and his associate staff of nearly a score of physicians have treated and cured more than half a million suffering women. Sick women ore invited to consult Dr. Tierce by letter free of charge. All correspondence 's strictly private. Address Dr. R. V. Tierce, Invalid!,' , Hotel and Suiijical Institute, buffalo, N V. The more poetry a man basin him the nioie it tries him to set up' stove pipe. Dine Island, III., Inn. 14, iqoi. Messks. l.l.Y 1SK09.: I hnve ued your Cream Halm in my family lot nine yeurs'and it has become my fain ly doctor for colds in the bead. 1 use it freely on my children. It is a (lodsend to children. Yours respectfully, J. Kimiiau.. Missus. I;i.y l:ios.:--I sufieicd grcaily with catnirh and tried diffcicnl reinci'iis without effect. Alter using one botile of your Cream Halm I found relief and I can. not praise too highly such a remedy, Miss Cora Wii.lakd, Albany, N, V, Would Cut the State in 1 w, , Ex Governor Stone's Plan to Limit Pblla. delphla Gang's Power. The division of Pennsylvania in to two States, which project was recently suggested by former Gov ernor Stone, is openly advocated by the ex-govcrnor in a letter written for the Pittsburg Leader, Colonel Stone argues in support of his idea that the Stale has grown so rapidly and has obtained such a large pop ulation that it would be well to create a new State. He has an additional reason that under the present conditions Philadelphia is the State politically and in other respects. In his letter Colonel Stone por trays the power of the Philadelphia gang and the autocratic manner in which it is used without regard to the rights of the State at large, and reaches the conclusion that the only way to kill the "Philadelphia method" is to divide the State into two commonwealths. The plan suggested by the writer is to divide the State with & line starting at the northern border of the commonwealth, between the counties of Bradford and Susque hanna, and extending south to the Wyoming county line, thence along the line between Bradford aud Wyoming, Sullivan and Wyoming, Luzerne and Sullivan, Columbia and Lycoming to the Susquehanna river, to the southern boundary of the State. This will, the Colonel says, divide the State naturally and geographically and nearly equally so far as its population is concerned and so far as its present congressional, legislative and sena torial districts are concerned. In conclusion the letter says: "Owing to the fact that the great center of population is in Philadelphia and its surroundings in the extreme eastern end of the State there necessarily arises fre quent unrest and irritation in the country districts over the Philadel phia methods. No man ever appre ciated this better than did Senator Quay, tvho has been the practical political leader in Pennsylvania since the Civil War. He was al ways able to hold the balance of power and moderate the modern politics of Philadelphia. But to day Philadelphia leads and dictates the politics of the State absolutely and the legislation, appropriations, appointments, Federal and State, and everything that affects the ma terial welfare of the whole State. The irritation and unrest in the country districts will increase un til it is more than likely that it will result in legislation that will create a new State. I mean, if this un rest and dissatisfaction shall culmin ate in the belief throughout the western part of the State that divi sion of the State will cure the evils complained of, a division is not only possible but probable. School Board Secretaries Governor Pennypacker signed new law governing the election of secretaries of school boards in bor oughs and townships. The old law required that the secretary be a member of the board, while the new provides that upon their organiza tion or within twenty days there after the board shall elect a secre tary who may or may not be a member of the board." The following letters are held at the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoffice, and will be sent to the dead letter office May 23, 1905, Persons calling for these letters, will please say that "they were advertised May 9, 1905". Mr. Bentzbough, Mrs. Cather ine A. Martin. One cent will be charged on each letter advertised. J. C. Brown, P. M. 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