THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA
EXPLOSION KIUS Hi
I
More Than Sixty Persons
Dead In West Virginia
Mine Disaster.
RESCUING PARTIES AID
Two Hundred Were in Shaft at Time
of Acrldi-nt nnd Most of Them
Have 1'erlnhed- ICxploslon !rob
ably Caused by Igniting Dust-
Pathetic Scene Around Mine.
Charleston, V. Va., Jan. 81.
More than sixy persons are known to
bo dead as a result of an explosion
In the Stewart mine, near Fayette
county. Forty bodies have been
found and ldenti.ied while over
twenty more bodies await Identifica
tion. At the time of the explosion there
were about two hundred men In the
haft, and there is grave apprehen
sion that most of them perished.
Organized effort is being made to
get to the men In the mine and vol
unteers are plentiful. The scene
about the mine Is a pathetic one, men,
women and children crying for their
dear ones and Imploring those on the
ground to go to their rescue.
The Stewart mine Is a shaft fifty
eight feet deep. The development Is
In the Sewall seam, which ranges In
thickness from four to Ave feet. The
mine Is located on the White Oak
Fuel Company's private land, con
necting with the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad at Carlisle. It Is lo
cated about four miles from Fayette
vllle, and seven mites from Thur
mond. The mine has been In opera
tion for about three years or more,
but has not been fully developed.
The accident happened shortly af
ter 5 o'clock, Just before the men
wore to quit work. At that hour the
shots which bring down the coal are
fired and it Is presumed that when
some of the shots were fired the flash
Ignited the dust and caused the ex
plosion. SWKTTENHAM NOW SOWIV.
Formally Withdraws His Letter to
Hear Admiral Davis. j
London, Jan. 31. Governor Swet
tenham, of Jamaica, has formally i
withdrawn his letter to Rear Ad
miral Davis, ordering the American
war ships wlhdrawn from Kingston
and has expressed his regret for hav
ing written It, thus closing the inter- !
national phase of the incident. I
Gov. Swettenham's withdrawal of
Ms letter, and his apology followed
. olumlnous telegraphic communlca- ,
Hons to him from the Colonial Of-
J.ca. The lespatch which has now
closed the Incident was sent by the
Governor to the Colonial Office,
whence it reached the State Depart
ment, through the Foreign Office and
Charge d'Affalres Howard, In the
usual course.
Blow Makes Blind Man See.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 30. The
Rov. Samuel H. Cummlngs, a Metho
d.st clergyman and totally blind for
twenty-five years, has had his sight
partly restored by a blow. Last week
he slipped on the Icy pavement and
fell face downward. A bit of pro
jecting ice struck his eye with pain
ful force, but when he got up he
found that the blow had shocked one
eye Into seeing, although indis
tinctly. He believes that the veil which ob
scured his eye was shattered by the
fall and that he is seeing through
little rifts in it, which reflects ob
jects abnormally and curiously. He
lost one eye in an accident while a
boy, and the other became blind in
sympathy.
Iiurraus to Stop Suicide.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 30. Follow
ing the plans of General Booth in
London, an anti-suicide bureau is to
be founded in St. Louis by the Sal
ration Army. It is said that the Lon
don bureau in the first month saved
eighty persons from self-destruction.
Tbe plan of Colonel Eddy, who is
to have charge of the local establish
ment, Is to give practical and friend
ly advice to distressed persons. This
advice will be given daily, free of
charge to all who need it. Letters
will be individually treated. Abso
lute secrecy is to be maintained in
all cases and no inquiries are to be
made.
Bureaus will be established later
la other cities.
Lehigh Men Mustn't Drink.
Wltkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 31. It is
reported here that in a few days the
Lehigh Valley Railroad will Issue a
formal order for every employe in
the telegraph department and on
trains to take the pledge of total ab
stinence and to keep It in force dur
ing the time of employment by the
road. Having for some time encour
aged employes to be total abstainers,
and having observed the steady and
reliable work of such employes, the
officials have decided to make the to
tal abstinence order obligatory.
Governor of Caracas Slain,
Wlllenatad, Island of Curacoa, Jan.
81. Aocardlng to advices from Ca
racas, Dr. Luis Mata, Governor of
the Caracas District, at the head of a
body of troops, surprised a secret
political meeting. Governor Mata
and several others were killed and a
number. Including the commander
of the troops, were wounded.
m nDY DISH-WASH iR.
A New Idea In This Line Which
Should Do Its Work Well.
There are countless of dish-wash'
Ing nir.chlnes on tlio market. Most
of thuhi are large tubs or, tanks In
which the dishes are placed and ro
tated by mechanical mean until thoy
are supposed to have been cleansed.
The. new Idea Is constructed on a dif
ferent principle At the extremity
of a hollow handle are two brushes',
each circular In form, and one con
tained within the other. To thd han
dle in attached a tube loading from a
water faucet. A dish Ih held In one
band by the person doing the washing
and the brushes are pressed against
the several surfaces to be cleansed.
A spring pressed by the thumb al
lows a stream of water to be thrown
against the dish through the brush
and the washing process thus be
comes simple and effective.
About the Dish Cloth.
The dishcloth in many homes Is a
breeding place for microbes and con
tains more disease germs than almost
anything else of the same size. Cheese
cloth bags. In which salt and sugar
come, ma'.ie good dishcloths. It is
good plan to have two sets for con
stant use. They should be thoroughly
washed every morning In hot water,
to which has been added ammoi..a.
soda or washing powder, then ringed
and hung In the air to dry. I'so th"m
on alternate days. Besides It is well
to rinse them each time after using
and boll them once a week. If they
acquire an odor burn them.
Reading for Children.
Children should be first taught to
read, how to read, what to read and
to ove reading as a means of enrich
ing their minds. School work should
center In reading. It Is the key of all
learning, since human thought Is con
centrated therein. A great variety of
reading should be provided, even for
the little children, since the day of
one reader in the lower grades is
past. Inasmuch as the great major. ty
of pupils never reach the higher
grades It Is necessary to inculcate tno
reading habit In the lower ones.
Buttons on Wrong Side.
Attention was drawn by Dr. James
Shaw at the Ambidextral Culture so
ciety to tho singular fact that tho
buttons of feminine clothes are on
the wrong side or, rather, since wo
men may maintain that it is men's
buttons which are wrong, that men's
buttons ore on the right side of the
wearer and women's on the left. This
peculiarity Dr. Shaw ascribed not to
feminine perversity but to the fact
that those who set women's faBhi ns
were supposed to have maids to dress
them, for whom this position was
more convenient.
Time For Fitting Shoes.
It Is well to remember that the feet
are apt to spread a little after the ex
ertions of the day and so are a little
larger at night than in the morning.
If new shoes bought early in the day
feel uncomfortable when they are put
on at home that is the trouble. This
spreading of the feet should always
be taken Into consideration when try
ing on new shoes. Also the feet are
larger in summer than In winter, aa
they expand when much heated.
The Matchmaker
It Is a common thing to deprecate a
woman for being what Is called in
common parlance "a matchmaker,"
but if she possesses the necessary
qualifications of discretion and tact
she Is an almost indispensable ad
junct to social Intercourse and may
prove the greatest boon to lovers who
lack time and opportunity to bring
their affections to a successful Issue.
Don't Sweep Invalid's Room.
Do not try to sweep an invalid's
room, but wring a clean cloth out of
cold water to which a few drops of
ammonia have been added and care
fully wipe the carpet, matting or floor,
turning and rinsing the cloth and
changing the water as it gets dirty.
Hot Baths Weakening.
Very hot baths are usually found to
be weakening and should be taken at
rare intervals. Moreover, hot water
used on the face frequently will make
the complexion yellow and the flesh
flabby.
Charcoal for Burns.
Powdered charcoal, If laid thick on
a burn, causes the immediate abate
ment of tbe pain. A superficial butn
can thus be healed In about an hour.
It is well to have two or three pairs
of shoes, at least, on hand, and to
change them as often as possible.
Shoes changed in this way will last
longer than those worn constantly.
Women waste many words when
Chey try to explain In writing what
they mean.
Never leav medicine, drink or food
uncovered hi the sick room.
CHINESE BABY.
What Happens In a Celestial Home
When Child Is Born.
On the etfu.iift ui iuj n.ai day alter
thu bauy has hniwu yieiii..4'
Iub, according lo u.u cmuuow cubiuui,
proairaiv liimoun i.uiuiu a Joss; uuJ.
luuiuiiig in iieuu io u uour, vui
tiUtiuvB lo tile feOwo (uiu iu w,e
aui ancestor or lu ou,uii auu mu
Vij ooui i-critvi ut uoa u.iu lull ul
Lc.lu.
Uu Uie evening of the becuud day
the ceremony la ruveu.ed, and oil lue
tnird day tuo voice oi In a wae j iu
lli a I of tbe iiusiiuud in i.iaunsgivu.g.
Also on Hie mini day a luuilea lum
ber of relatives and lriunu are cuiiud
In to witness the nrnt bead-suave, ibe
rooms of tho home are decorated lor
this occasion with green branches
of either 11 r, cedar or spruce, to in
sure fueug-Buey, or good luck, to the
house.
Other ornamentations In honor of
the baby are long silk threads, bear
Ing little circles, squares and hearts
cf gold and scarlet paper. These are
festooned from tbe walls and are bung
from the ceiling.
A few feet away the threads are In
Invisible and the gay scraps of paper
appear to be floating in the air. For
tho head-shaving tho guests are seat
ed In a semicircle before the Joss. The
mother Is carried to a seat of honor to
the right of the joss, and the baby,
swathed In yards of scarlet and purple
silk, is brought In on an elaborate pil
low. Leslte's Weekly.
A Work-Basket Made of a Hat.
Any little girl who wishes lo sur
prise mamma with one of the prettiest
work-baskets she ever saw, can easily
do so by following these directions.
First, get a grass straw hat, as seen
In figure 1 ; It will cost five or eight
cents. Soak it in warm water, turn
it Inside out, when it will appear as
shown In figure 2; face that part of
tho rim that is turned up with pink
satin, holding on the top and bottom,
sew a cord over this to conceal the
stitches, divide the rim into four parts,
bend It half way up and sew It In the
four parts designated, firmly to the
crown to form the four pockets; tho
stitches can be made invisible with u
little pains You will need just a half
a yard of satin for the facing. A bow
of pink ribbon is fastened on one sldo
with three long ends. A little needle
book, thimble-case and emery made
of tho ribbon, are attached to these.
Twelve "Dont's.
Don't worry the children.
Don't worry about them. Guardian
angels still exist, even in the twen
tieth century.
Don't lose your temper with the
children.
Don't give way when you have de
cided on any plan for them.
Don't leave them too much with the
servants.
Don't repel their little confidences.
Don't get Impatient at their most
unanswerable questions.
Don't Indulge them foolishly.
Don't forget to encourage them and
praise their little efforts to please you.
Don't show favoritism, says Wo
man's Life.
Don't disagree about them. Their
father and mother should always be
In unison in their training.
Don't forget that they are God's
children, lent to you for a season.
Love and Marriage.
Love and marriage have naturally
deep and abiding influence over the
thoughts of woman. When the la3t
century was young early marriages
were very common and a young girl
was frequently a wife and mother
several years before reaching the age
of 20. Now It Is an unusual occur
rence for a girl to assume such re
sponsibilities until well on In her
twenties, or perhaps thirties, and a
wise change it Is, for upon consider
ing girls of 15 and 16 at the present
day It would be an open question as to
whether they would be willing to fore
go all the Joy and happiness which
comes at no other period of life and
settle down Into the house mother.
Let the girls play golf and tennis, let
them row and dance, let them read
and study and fit themselves for the
greater work which comes with later
years. Let their Judgment mature and
there will be fewer mistakes made in
choosing a life partner and less cause
for divorce.
Where Girls are Cheap.
China Is the great slave country of
the world. Of a population of 4!0,
000,000 there are slaves to the number
of 10,000,000 Every family of means
keeps its girl slaves, and a man's po
sition Is usually gauged by tbe num'-cr
he keeps. At any age from threo to
fifteon girls are sold, eight being the
age at which most change hands, The
girls are supposed to do housework, it
being cheaper to buy than to hire.
Slaves vary in price; S10 is about tho
average, but much depends on the
girl's appearance. A good looking
girl will fetch $20 or even 40. De
troit Tribune.
INFLUENCE OF FOOD?
ZOKOASTKK'S T1IKOKY OF HOD
ILY AMI MIOXTAIi POWF.K.
Tho Hand That Makes the Menu,
Not the Hand That Hock th
Cradle, May in Future Ilulo tli
World Values of Fruit.
That a person may so feed hlmsn'l
as to be able to do any given kind of
work with ease and efficiency and
without fatigue Is the contention of
Dr. T. J. Hot lore, a New York
teaher of the philosophy of Zoroas
ter, says the New York Sun. Ho be
lieves that the Inclinations nnd
powers of the human mind and body
have their sourco largely In the vi
brations resulting from the chemical
action set tip by food.
This conclusion, he says, Is bused
on verified statements found In the
old wisdom books. At different times
he and others have confined them
selves to foods which are said by
these old books to stimulate various
centers of nctlvlty In the body nnd
have carefully noted tho results.
TheHe results In a general way In
dicate that a generous meat diet In
variably Increases the Inclination nnd
ability to show physical activity.
Also that It Imparts for the time be
ing characteristics of animal life,
modified and refined, of course, but
still essentially the same.
Rice was found to produce much
tho same vibration us meat, though
more subtle and persistent, and In
addition to stimulating physical ac
tivity It furnished pabulum for those
centers of control which direct the
finer, less obvious and more potent
forces.
The two foods, rice and meat, It Is
explained, might be compared to
steel and Iron, rice representing r.s a
food steel, and meat iron; but, it Is
added, to get this result from rice' It
must be prepared properly and n!so
combined with certain other foods.
Fruits In a general way stimulate
sentiments of religion; certain kinds
turn the mind to considering the
spiritual side of life.. For Instance,
a mother desiring to direct a child's
mind Into these channels would be
able to accomplish her purpose with
much greater ease If a generous pnrt
of the child's diet was of peaches,
ornnges and grapes or raisins.
As there Is no age limit when the
controlling power of food ceases, it
might seem that a wife could man
age her husband ns well as her chil
dren by feeding him properly. As
fruits stlmulnte tho affections as well
as religious sentiments, a double ad
vantage might be scored by making
them a large part of her husband's
diet.
But here lurks a danger. It Is not
asserted that this diet has any direct
ing power. Therefore should wives
feed their husbands In such a wuy
as to Increase the sentimental ten
dencies they might not personally
reap the reward of their effort.
All sugars, so it is Bald, have n
tendency to lncrea.se the activity of
those centers of vibration which
augment the affections. It is also
set forth that foods opposed to
sweets, as those that are sour or bit
ter, stimulate the will, making those
who eat them determined, persist
ent and less subject to the sway of
the emotions.
In confirmation of this assertion;
It Is pointed out that men take sour
wines in preference to sweet wines,
are fond of acid condiments; in fact,
as a rule use strong foods that are
not sweet and do not care for those
which are sweet and that they are
stronger of will, more forceful and
not so easily moved by sentiment as
women.
In speaking of the foods suited lo
different kinds of work it was said
that those who would devote them
selves to intellectual pursuits should
switch off the materia) vibrations by
eschewing meat, pastry and nil
heAvy, rich foods, Having dor.a
this, to put In commission those cen
ters which control the vibrations per
taining to the mind they should eat
pears, maize, breads, birds, fowls,
fish and all kinds of sea food, but
not more than three or four different
kinds at one time. In general It is
held that alkaline and saline flavors
relate to and stimulate vibrations
which make for intellectual activity.
It is confidently asserted that
when a knowledge of the power of
food vibrations become general wom
en will teach their children what to
eat to secure certain results. Then,
it is affirmed, It will be no longer the
hand that rocks the cradle but the
one that makes the menu which will
rule the world.
It is predicted that when this
comes to pass men will live to a
great age, many things now eaten
will not be thought fit for food, Ill
ness will be rare and all work will bo
dono with so much greater ease that
leisure w;ll be at the command of
all.
BACHELOR GIIUj SPENDTHRIFT.
Her Tastes Those of a Man Out
door Sports Her Passion.
How much of a bachelor girl a girl
can be If she has a lot of money
may be Judged wheu one hears that
Miss Norma Munro of New York
city, spent 1,500,000 In a great deal
less than a decade, was vlrtuully
bankrupt and accused by her erst
whllo frlond, Mrs. Leslie Carter
Payne, of fleeing to France to de
fraud and avoid creditors, says the
New York American.
Lots of real bachelors have made
quite a spatter in New York and
come financial croppers without sow
ing the wind with an eighth Of what
Miss Munro did.
But bachelor girls are not suffl- I
Tho Kind You Ilavo Always
in tine for over 30 years
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-jrood" nro hut
Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castor-la Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age Is Its guarantee. It tie troys Worms
and allays Feverisliness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy nnd natural sloop
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYO
Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over XiO Years.
VMS OIMTCUM eOMMNV, Tf MUMU TII (T, Nit TO OfTV.
cientiy rare or conspicuous nowa
days to attract the attention they did
a few years ago, when It first became
the fad for society girls to have real
men valets, live In "chambers," us
they say In England, and generally
to conduct themselves with a free
and easy Independence that outmau
oullned masculinity.
Miss Munro, however, did tbo
thing so much better, so much morn
lavishly than the other bachelor girls
did. For Instance, the most expen
sive men's tailor on Fifth avenue
the kind who wouldn't build a blue
serge suit for less than $80 turned
out her grentcoats and her tailored
gowns.
It was a man's bootmaker, also,
who shod her. Her wardrobes worn
filled with mannish clothing, which
was Constantly renewed and added
to. She had costs for all sorts of
wear, frllleBs affairs with wide.
sleeves and flaring like sixty, patch
pockets, velvet collars and all tho
rest of It. Plain shirt wnlsts provid
ed foundations for men's collars and
neckties, and she was oftener than
Norma Munro.
not seen with a derby on, or a man's
Panama. It was all very fitting and
proper for her, because that was the
way she ordered her life.
Horses were playmates of hers al
most before she could toddle, and to
the last even when she took up autoB
tremendously, her stables, her four-in-hands,
her tandems, cost her a
mint of money.
But all these things vanished
when Miss Munro quit America. And
in connection with her departure a
story of her experience with a cab
man was told.
Timing things nicely before hor
flight, sho obtained a carriage and
was driven to the pier in Hoboken.
Sho told the carriage driver his ac
count would be settled later and hur
ried up the gangplank, which was
even then being taken In. The ac
count has not been settled.
Miss Munro left a large Indebted
ness with tradespeople principally
for what most persons would con
sider luxuries, but which to a woman
brought ui as she had seemed tmiu.
sury as food. A well known druggist '
has an unsettled account for rare '
extracts, attx, of roses, fancy toilet !
articles nnd cit glass that generally !
adorn tho dressing table of a woman :
of fashion and wealth. i
She gladdened a book ugent's
heart by an order for books to thi
value of 5,000, and the publlshori
are trying to get the money and thu
sgent his commission.
She paid thousands of dollars for
flowers and left unpaid bills for
bushels of them.
rut
Bought and. which lias been
has borne tho plg-naturc of
- and has been made tinder his per
'fjff'1 sonal supervision since Its Infancy.
Signature of
Whose Say-so is Best
With nearly all medicine put tip
tor sale through druggists, one has
to take the maker's say-so aloue as
to their curative vaTue. Ot course,
such testimony is not that of a dis
interested party and accordingly is
not to be given the same credit as
if written Iroin disinterested mo
tives. Dr. Pierce's medicines, how
ever, form a striking exception to
this rule. Their claims to the con
fidence of invalids does not rest
solely upon their makers' say-so or
praise. Their ingredients are mat
ters of public knowledge, being
printed on each separate bottle
wrapper. Thus invalid sufferers
ate taktn into Dr. Tierce's full con
fidence. Scores of leading medical
men have written enough to fill
volumes in praise of the curative
value of the several ingredients en
tering into this well known medi
cine. Amongst these writers we find
such medical lights as Prof. Finley
Hlliugwood, M. D., of Bennet
Medical College, Chicago; Prof.
Hale, of the rame city; Prof. Jobn
M. Scudder, M. D., late of Cincin
nati, Ohio; Dr. Grover Coe, of
New York; Dr. Bartholow, of Jef
ferson Medical College, of Pa. Prof.
John King, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
and scores of others equally emi
nent. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
tion cures the worst cases of female
weakness, prolapsus, anteversioo
and retroversion and corrects ir
regularities, cures painful periods,
dries up disagreeable and weaken
ing drains, sometimes known as
pelvic catarrh and a multitude of
other diseases peculiar to women.
Small talk has been known to
develop into some pretty big scan
dals. You Have Often Seen Women
With marked blueness or pale
ness of face, vitiated appetites aud
a craving for unwholesome food.
These are signs of disordered liver,
and the trouble must be corrected
or worse results are sure to follow.
Dr. Kennedy's Favocite Remedy
dispels liver disease. Husbands
and fathers cannot afford to trest
this matter lightly.
It doesn't take a college educa
tion to make fools of somt; fellows
Many Sufferers from nasal
catarrh say they get splendid re
sults by using an atomizer. For
their benefit we prepare Kly'i
Liquid Cream Balm. Except that
it is liquid it is in all respects like
the healing, helpful, nain-allaviur
cream uaim that the public
been familirr with for vears.
has
No
cocaine nor other dangerous druir
in it. The soothing spray relieves
at once and cure is certain. All
druggists 75c. , iucluding spraying
luue or mailed by Kly Bros.,
Warren Street, New York.
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Trespass Notices,
Card signs 'No Trespassing" for
sale at this office. They are print-'
ed in accordance with the late act
of 1903. Price 5 cents each, tf