THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUR(i, PA. Disasters Care Alight H::vc Prevented. CASES TAKEN TO LAW J nni'son' Kiidt Hue to Mlsphwr 1 Period Typhoid lVvcr 1'niii . 'ive Ci'm llliiliki'ti Insects r.'.i s i i'iN Wlilrli Allowed nn I p ' ;ire, Co.st Knormoim Mums. " !;Hrtnirs the most liislfrii!.",cMr.t ' ' " of carelessness has prodr.c '.I i!!3 which have hIkiUpii ror, r. The misplacement of u vtIdI v,;;s tho canso, It In .s;iid, of i!k Jameson raid unci Ihr: -. ,'oro indhx :L 1' tho ctuiso of the IUmt war. Whoa there seemed a prospect of a conflict between tho Uoer (Iny-m-nifnt mid the I'lthindcr population a letter wan sent to Dr. Jameson fm:i Johannesburg, sinned by Colom.l Ilhodos and others. Accord InR to tho Grand Mir.ti:,.!:K tho original contained tho follow hi;; sentence: "We foci wo are Jm. tilled In tal:!n,; steps to prevent tho shoi!,ll"i,' c.i blood and to Insure the protection of our rlshts. It Is under those cir cumstances that we fool constrain" 1 to tall upon you to come to our aid should disturbance arise here. t.'ir cumstancos are so oxtromo thr.t v cannot avoid this stop, etc. In the message Dr. Jameson re ceived tho full stop was placed nr:er ,tho word "fild," Instead of a.; or "here." Thus the qualifying cla ."was cut off and became a part of til'' next sentence. The Khodoslans ravi" instantly alloplnn across the i'ro:: iller on their 111 fated mission. In May, 1 903, eleven boys oa board the training ship Cornwall, ly Iuk off Purlleet, were sulde:i!v Struck down by typhoid fever, end j inquiry proveu mat uie ouiorea.: was tho result of their sleeping li:. tween fever Infected blankets brought from South Africa. In Hut nontra vent Ion of army regulations no fjwer than 200,000 blankets re turned from service had been sold to two dealers at the Cape at five cents each, and of theso 15,000 dozen were hipped back to London, those that were tainted being Indiscriminately mixed with those free from suspi cion carelessenss of this sort Is In vo-y truth a crime of the deepest Vrae than all In Its financial ef upon a great Industry was the easness which Introduced the ...lied Bathurst burr Into Aus- u a. Wherever this plant has :; . ,:id sheep's fleeces are thick with i.iu clinging burrs. Thei spiny seed pods, difficult beyond measure to not rid of, reduce the wool that is full of them to a fraction of Its value. The results of carelessness all too often are beyond the power of man to remedy. An Instance In point was tho collapse of the Campanllo In Venice. For twelve long years before Its final collapse Slgnor Vendrasco, an architect In muncipal employ, had been urging and Imploring tho town and Government to repair the tower before It was too late. But In matters of this sort the Venetian, alas, too strongly resemble the Spaniards with their everlast ing "nianana." It Is a case of never do to-day what can be left till to-morrow. Poor Vendrasco received nothing but Jeers or abuse, and at last, Just a month before the day the Companlle fell, was summarily dis missed for making a last urgent ap peal that something might be done before It was too late. Another Irreparable loss to the art world was caused In the winter of 190S by the carelessness of the own ers of the Rosso Palace, also In Ven ice. Because they could not or would not take the trouble to find out who was competent to be Intrusted with the task they sent ten "old masters" to be cleaned by a totally Incompe tent person. These pictures Included two of the finest Van Dycks In existence and two Outdo Rents and were all of Im mense value, both from an artistic and monetary point of view. Tho In competent cleaner washed them with an alkaline solution and totally de stroyed them all. An official of an American bank once told the writer that It was not professional swindlers who constitu ted the chief danger to the banking profession. It was rather the careless methods of customers la drawing checks and thus giving opportunity for fraud. As an instance, he quoted a case tried three years ago before a Maine court of Justice. The cashier of a certain electric company drew a check in favor of a man named Longacre for the sum of 100. The treasurer of the com pany wrote the words "one hun dred" In the very middle of the check and the figures thus: $ 100, with a space wide enough for the in sertion of another figure between the dollar mark and the 100. When the check was presented the words read "Eighty-one hundred dollars" and the figures $8,100. The bank paid It unquestlanlngly, and the electric company promptly sued to recover the $8,000. The case created a good deal of Interest, espe cially wten the Court's declBlon was given that the company, not the bunk, should be the losers on ac count of "gross carelessness" In rawing the check. New York Sun. Adversity may test us severely, fcut prosperity tests us more. WOMKN AM THK RUXOT. Its Advocates Arc loiixht by o League in Oppohitioii. i:er since, over fifty years ago, tho first woman's convention met tit Seneca Falls much has been heard on every hand about woman sull rag". Its advocates are a compact and active body; over und over n;:al;i they have brought their de mands before tho varlouB State Leg islatures of this country; under the leadership of abl0 women, like Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Anna II. Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cult and others who have commanded attentlou by their repeated and determined en deavors to obtain what they believe to be the rights of their Bex. But of the opposition to woman suffrage among women little Is known. It Is now coming to the foro armed with a determination fully as great as that of its rivals, the advocates of woman suffrage. Whereas the suff ragists state tho exact numbers of women who belong to their organ ization and hold their views, tho antl-suffraglsts maintain that they represent the enormous majority of women who will not mix In politics or express opinions the "silent wo man," who out numbers by millions those who are contending for the ex tension of the rlnht to vote to tha women of the Tailed States. Among the opponents aro In cluded; Mrs. Lyman Abbot, who Is the President; Mrs. Klihu Hoot, Miys Ida Tarbell, Miss Jeanetto L. Gilder, Dr. Emma K. Walker and other pro- i a i - 1 I frfJ1?W REV. ANNA H. SHAW, minent women. At the first woman's convention, held in Seneca Falls lu 1S4 8, the women who banded to gether to advocate the granting of the suffrage to their sex were also advocating many other things which the majority of women had deeply at heart. At that time the laws of the State of New York forbade a mar ried woman to hold one dollar's worth of property, or possess her own child, or expend her own wages except with the consent of her hus band. For many years women had felt an Inward rebellion against the gross Injustice of laws that brought about such a condition of inferiority. And therefore they rallied enthus iastically around Susan B. Anthony and the others who advocated "wo men's rights." Over fifty years later, when Miss Anthony died, the obnoxious laws mentioned above had been repealed. Woman had fought her way to a commercial, professional, and edu cational equality with man. But, as for women suffrage, Miss Anthony lived to see only four small Western States grant It, the total population of which Is execeeded by the popula tion of each of the Cities of New York, Chicago, and Boston. Com menting on Miss Anthony's death, and the point to which women had advanced during her lifetime of en deavor, one thousand editorials all over the country declared that, In so far as the suffrage was concerned, Miss Anthony had failed to convert women to her way of thinking. In Australia where women have been voting for a number of years, the Legislative Council of Victoria has voted down the fourteenth time the proposal to confer the right of Parliamentary suffrage on the wo men. And, to return to our own country, In Colorado, where women have even sat in the legislative halls, It Is said that a feeling prevails that no woman will ever be nominated again for a legislative office. One Western newspaper says: "Colorado men would not like talk like this If Colorado women were satisfied with the results of suffrage, and using to the utmost the privilege to taking part In political life. The fact seems to be that, after the novelty of wo man suffrage wore off, a large pro portion of the women ceased to avail themselves of It. The wives and mothers wer not willing to disre gard duties which the) considered more Important for the sake of mix ing In the game of politics." Lately, in various parts of the country, there have been happenings calculated to cheer the hearts of the antl-auff raglBU. After a determined effort to obtain woman suffrage In Oregon, Its partisans were recently everwhelmlngly defeated. Trade Deceptions. Siberian butter goeB to Hamburg, is repacked and sent to the Far East as a German production. Russian sugar goes to Japan in an Austrian dlsgulso, and Russian calico Is Bold there under a German wrapper. Those are Borne of the reasons why the RuBso-Japanese Commercial Company has been formed in Russia, The Southbury j Robbery WSM I I S)l It was the week of tho South- 1 bury Hunt Steeplechase meeting, and tho Old Red Lion Southbury, was packed with hunting men nnd their parties There were tho Karl and Countess of Woodmanstemo, Viscount nnd Viscountess Morden, Sir Jocelyn and Lady Tamworth, Gen. Wynn-Par pons, the Dowager Lady Tltcombo, and Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Bedding' ton, a wealthy couple, who had taken a bunting-box In tho Southbury country for the season, and, by their lavish hoBpltallty had made them selves very popular In tho local so ciety. Now Mrs. Keddlngton had some exceptionally fine diamonds, of which she was pardonably proud. But they were also a source of considerable anxiety to her, in asinuoh as sho lived In constant fear of having them stolon. On the present occasion, coming down to Southbury from London, where sho had been staying a few days, Bhe had a frlsht of this descrip tion, which upset her a good deal, nnd of which she gnve her guests gra phic particulars at dinner that even lug. J Sho had noticed a tall, well-dres-: sod man of rather sinister expression, , following her about on the platform at Euston, while she was waiting for her train, and she felt Intuitively that he had designs upon her Jewel case. This Impression was strength ened when, finding herself moment arily in a crowd, she was Jostled by somebody, and turning quickly round, recognized the same .suspic ious Individual. Anil It was absolutely confirmed In the course of her journey when she noticed him standing in tho corridor Ju.st outside her compartment, with his eyes fixed upon her. "I can't tell you what a feeling It gave me when I saw him there," she said with a little shudder. "It seemed to send the cold creeps all down my back, nnd though there were several oilier people In tho carriage I was so frightened that I was half-minded to call the guard; only I recollected that I couldn't provo anything against the man ' "I should think not, my denr," Interposed her matter-of-fact hus band, laughing tho incident nsido with good-humored contempt. "If you had done anything so foolish jou might have found yourself In serious hot water. For I have little doubt that you were merely the vic tim of your own nervous fancy, and that tho man In question was a per fectly harmless and respectablo mem ber of society." "Indeed, but I am absolutely cer tain he was nothing of the kind," replied Mrs. Beddlngton, with con viction. "And If you had been there, Cyrus, and had taken note of his ap pearance and his behavior, you must have formed the same conclu sion as I did. I tell you, I know the man was shadowing me, and that he was after my diamonds. I don't think he'd even have stuck t at violence, to effect his pur pose," she added with a shudder, "and well, I haven't got over the horrible fright he gave me yet." The lady mow or less recovered her composure. But It was evident that she was still by no mean,! herself, and that she was only retain ing her place at the head of the din ner table by an effort. By and by she collapsed alto gether, and instead of sitting up to witness the fulldress rehearsal oil some theatricals, she had to rln for her maid and retire to bed. Cyrus, however, made light of Iti He was too much accustomed to these hysterical attacks on the part! or bis wire to take them seriously. "It's a pity she will give to theso nervous fancies," he said. "She Is always Imagining that people aro after her diamonds. I sometimes almost wish that the diamonds might be stolen and done with thougn they are worth 10,000." Some hours later Cyrus was sitting In the smoking room, when one of the chamber maids entered hurriedly. "Oh! If you please, sir," she ex claimed, "Mrs. Boddington wants you to go up to her at once." "Hllloa! What's the matter now?" Inquired Cyrus. "She's had a fright, sir. She woke up a few minutes ago, and saw a man's face at her w indow, peering Into the room; and she says she's sure he meant robbery. And she's that upset by it, sir- "I am afraid I must wish you good night," he said. "My wife has had a tremendous fright She asserts, not only that she saw a man's face at her bedroom window, but that It was the face of the man whom she des cribed to ns at dinner this evening as having shadowed her on her Jour ney from London. "I may say that in order to allay my wife's apprehensions, I have taken her diamonds and other Jowl ry downstairs and lodged them with the manager for safe custody. Any thing you know, to pacify a frighten ed and hysterical woman. Well, good night, gentlemen." And Cyrus Beddlngton retired to Join his better half, smiling at the absurdities of the feminine fancy. But a few hours later this gentle man found himself In the unusual soslUon of having to sing smaU Tlioro was abundant nnil substan tial evidence that tho supposed vision had been, after all, a reality. For visions don't leave Inddors nnd open windows behind thorn, nor do they pick tho locks of Jewel cases and r:ti!ack them of nil their most valn ftblo contents which Ib what had happened In tho present Instance. 1'ho Countess of Woodmanst -r i was the first to discover her uy-'. Site at onco raised the alari.i, and !' I transpired that a number of other ladles had suffered In tho same way. The manager was Hinnmoned. Tiij servants were called up. Tho pollc" were sent Tor. Hut tho tiller lia l already made his escape. Ho had climbed la by a ladder through the window of a disused boxroom. The ladder was still there nnd the window still open. In the turf Just under Mrs. lleddlngton's bedroom window, nnd again on the piaster of tho wall Just ucnenth tho sill marks wero found which showed that a laddc had been set up there. Ho had not done badly, cither, having lifted Jewelry to the aggregate value of seven or eight thousand pounds. Of course tho unfortunate victim wero much upset by the theft, which they felt to be more nggrevatlng be cause If Mrs. lleddlngton's belief that sho had been shadowed by a thief hud only boon porlously, instead of b'dng lightly dismissed ns the crea tion of her own nervous fancy, tho whole thing could have boon so easily prevented. They wore even disposed io bo angry with Cyrus for not hav ing taken Bteps to Investigate that story of the face at tho window. But this, as he ventured to point out to them, was hardly fair, His wife had ciiod "Wolf" so often, und nothing SHE SHOOK HER HEAD. had come of It, that you couldn't blame him for disbelieving In tho existence of the wolf when at length that predatory anlrnal really came. Ono satlsfacory feature there was, Mrs. Roddlngton was able to supply the police with a detailed and accu rate description of the thief's appear ance. This description was at onco telegraphed ull over the country. In tho course of the day an olllcer came down from Scotland Yard to In vestigate the robbery. His presenco afforded the guosts a comfortable sense of security. But several of thoso ladles whose treasures had escaped took their Jewelry, when they were not wear ing It, to the manager, who locked it away for them in his safe. One who adopted this prudent course was tho Dowager Lady Tltcombe. On tho evening of the second day after tho robbery, wanting her diamonds to wear at that night's ball sho went down to the officee for her Jowel case. It was handed to her, and Bhe took It upstairs. In a few minutes, howJ ever, she came back, looking rather flushed and perturbed. "You have made a mistake," sho exclaimed. "This is not my Jewel case. It la exactly of the same mako and appearance as mine, and my key happens to open It, but it Is somebody else's." "By Jove," the detective exclaimed, slapping his thigh. "Then that ex plains It. I had my suspicions of that precious pair from the first, and have already searched their luggago on the quiet, but could And no trace of any stolen property. Now, of course, I see how thoy managed it. The lady's story of tho man who shadowed her was all moonshine, to divert suspicion. The ladder and the open window managed, no doubt, by some confederate outside were part of the same trick. "Of course sho tools the Jewelry herself when she shammed 111 and went off early to bed. And then, when she had safely packed the swa into her Jewel case she sends for her husband, and he has the cool cheek to bring it down and lodge It, for safe custody, In the manager's safe Just where no one would ever think of looking for it. No doubt he fore saw the possibility of his luggage being searched, and so hit upon that audacious method of at once conceal ing and securing his booty. "It was certainly a master stroke on the part of our friend Cyrus." concluded the officer, with sneaking admiration, "and, but for his unforo soon mistake in tho matter of tho Jewel-cases, would probably have en abled the worthy couple to get safe away with their spoil. But as It is however, I'll bo able to tell you more about that after tho next assizes." London Truth. Cheap Surgery In Japan. At a cost of 24 cents Japanese doctors can dress the wounds of BOO men. They use a finely pow dered charcoal obtained by the slow corabnstlon of straw In closed fur naces. Batches filled with It aro applied to the wounds, and Us anti septic and absorbent qualities) gene rally effect a rapid oure. I Tho Kind You Ilavo Ahvnys Bought, and which linn been in use for over 30 years, has borno tho pljniatnro of nnd lias been mado under his pcr rjtP457"7z a sonnl supervision since. Ks Infancy. jeUcA4tZ Allow no ono to deceive you In this. AH Counterfeits, Imitations nnd Just-ns-good" nro but Experiments that trillo with nnd endanger tho health of Infants nnd Children Kx per ienco against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castorla Is n harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops nnd Soothing Syrups. It is lMcnsant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Nareotlo substance. Its ngo Is its guarantee. It destroys Worms mid nllays Fcvcrishness. It etires Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, etires Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach nnd Itowcls, giving healthy nnd natural sleep, Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS JO Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TMi CINTtUH COMPNV, T MURftAVaTft'CT. KIW VOHK OITV. Hy lirirf Trout. Slalo Halcherics Preparing to Breed Them. ".x peri merits at Hie Corry liateli- trv with the aim ot producing a hybrid between the brown trout and the brook trout have met with success, apparently. The brown trout is a li.sli which frequents wat ers several degrees warmer than that for which the brook trout is adapted, but it is a fish which does not have the g.tiney characteristics of the brook trout. Fish Commis sioner Median says that if the happy medium can be struck in a hybrid the state at large will be greatly benefitted. It is hoped to breed a fish which will be only slightly larger than the brook trout, but will have the physical charact eristics of the brown trout so far as thriving in warm waters is concern ed. It is believed that the hvbrid will be able to reproduce its kind. Commissioner Meehan says that other hybrid fish do this and he sees no reason why such a hybrid trout should not do so. Visiting cards and Wedding invi tations at the Columiuan office, tf Woman Finds it Funny to Be Rich. "It's funny to be rich," saii Mrs. Grant Smith Mason, whose husband inherited Sn.ooo.ooo from "Silent" Smith, as she swoop ed down upon the shopping center, says a Minneapolis dispatch. She came in from Aberdeen, S. D., and before she had finished she had actually spent $1,200 for her cloth es SSo tor numerous gowns and waists, lingerie, etc., and $200 for hats. This latter extravagance will make Aberdeen sit up and gasp for breath, for they are still wearing poke bonnets in Aberdeen, and every woman is her own millinery creator. Mrs. Mason said she and her nusband considered they were sim ply custodians of the great fund, and would not dissipate it m riot ous living. She was quite positive, however, that they would travel considerably and that her husband would dig no more ditches or work again for a railroad company. MAGAZINE READERS SUIfSIT MAQ1ZIHK beautifully illtutitlcd, good itoriet ft ud uticlca .bout CaQforuuk tad vOu 11 U Fi Wtrt. CAOTKA CSATT devoted wch mobui to tn u- tutie leproductioa oi the bett $1.00 work oi amateur aad proieaaioaal a y9U . photographer . BOAD OF A THOUSAND WON DIBS a book 75 pages, containing 120 colored photograph, oi picturesque apoU io Caliiomia and Oiegoa. $0.75 Toul . . . $3.25 All for . . . . $1.50 Addle, ell ordert la SUHSET MAGAZIHB Flood Buildiag San Fiaoeuco Signature of Farmers all over the state are reported as shortening their oper ations, 011 account of inability to get help. I11 On: en county fann ers are offering two dollars a day and then can't get help. Their fanning operations this year will simpiy be what they can "do them selves. Woman is often referred to liy 1111111 ns 'Moulding nU joys and halving his sorrows " That may lie complimen tary luit it would sei'iu to lie rutlicr hard on the woman, For in plain terms it means that where tilings are Koinir well with the 1111111 hi wife mak es them go Letter. lint when things are going ill with him, he expects the wile to share half his burden. And there's more truth than poetry in this presentation of masculine selfishness. Men don't appreciate the fact that the strain of motherhood alone Is a burden bigge than all the loads that rest on his male shoulder. They see tho wife grow thin, pale, nervous and worn without a thought thttshe is over-burdened. Among the pleasunt letter receiveil by Dr. Pierce aro those from husbands who have waked up before i, was too late to the crushing burdens laid upon the wife, and in tiie search for help have found in Dr. PIcrce'8 Prescription a restorative which has given back to the mother the health, of the maiden and the maiden's happi ness. "Favorite Prescription" always helps, und almoxt always cures. It lias perfectly cured ninety-eight out of every hundred women who have used It wheu afflicted with diseases peculiar to women. Imitation pearls are nlentifnl and look so like the real thintr that they deceive experts. They are made by means of a transparent glass shell, a little glue, and some essence of the Orient, a silvery, pearly substance, composed of fine scales rubbed from small fish called "bleak" or the "ablete." 17.000 of which require rubbing to get a pouna. True Heart Disease is a Rare Thing. The cause of vour nalnitation is. probably, pressure arising from gas in the stomach that is gastric in digestion. A few doses of Dr. David Kennedy's I-avorite Reined v will cleanse away the foul accumula tions and the heart will run quietly ana keep gooit time. Write Dr. David Kennedy's Sons. Rondout. N. Y,, for free sample bottle, Large bottle $1.00, all druggists. There may be safety lu numbers, and yet we are told that too many cooks spoil the broth. A Positive CURE Ely's Cream Balm ii quickly absorbed. Gives Relief at Ones. It clouusos, soothes heals and proteotg tho cUstiiinel mem brane. It cures Ca tarrh and drives nwuy a Cold iu the CATARRH Head quickly. lie-11 AW CCiCO stores the Kodhhb of IIM I rCtTkil Taste Btid Siaell. Full size DOcts., nt Drug gists or by mail 1 Trial Bize 10 cte. by niaiL Eiy Brothers, 56 Warreu Stlett, 15,. w I -ri. I
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