THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMsBURG, Pa. 8 THE COLUMBIAN. BLOC) MS BURG, PA. THUKSPAY, KKn.5, IW7 WASHINGTON "sjr From Out Regular Correspondent. Washington, D. C. Aug. 29, 1907. "Our friends, the enemy" have contributed most largely to the uavetv of nations during the last week by a public exposition of their diuerences, ciiiierences wuicu, 11 properly handled, should make for Democratic success at the polls in November, 1908. Speaker Cannon, who insists that he is "seventy-one years young" has announced hi candidacy for the presidency, and at the same time has bid defiance to the President by emphasizing the ereat prosperity and declaring that it would be a "crime" for Congress to do anything which would upset the business of the country, busi ness as Mr. Cannon uses it always meaning the tariff and the protect ed industries. Politicians iu Wash ington understand the Speaker's words moreover, to be a warning to the President tuat he will have none of the proposed extension of the railway regulation laws, tanti revision or other legislation which would prove obnoxious to the in terests which support the wing oi the party which Mr. Cannon rep resents. Up in New York state Governor Hughes has, in thinly veiled terms, been declaring his disapproval of the Railway Rate Law and other legislation which has or may serve to curtail the power of the corpora tions. The states are all sumcieut to do the work, says Governor Hughes, all of which is good old fashioned Democratic doctrine, but which sounds peculiarjcoming from the man whom Theodore Roosevelt made governor of New York. Mr. Hughes believes in conservatism with a big C, and perhaps that is but natural, since all his old friends and associates are to be found be tween 26 Broadway, the office of the Standard Oil Company, and the lower end of Wall Street. V Secretary Taft is still making professions of faith on his way west, and is endorsing most of the Presi dent's policies, much to the chagrin of the conservative faction of the Republican party, which had hoped that Taft, who seems most likely to get the nomination, would get behind the breatworks ot Republi canism and refrain from the "radi calism" which has marked the Roosevelt era. Out in Ohio, For aker is making frequent speeches condemning the President for forc ing him and others to pass the Rail way Rate Law, which is so obnox ious to Mr. Foraker's railway affil iations, and denouncing the Presi dent for dismissing without honor the snegro soldiers of the 25th In fantry, a denuueiation which is of course an appeal to Ohio's 100,000 negro voters. The President has once more es sayed the role of peacemaker, this time attempting to bring order out of the chaos which for some time has existed in the Central American countries. In conjunction with President Diaz of Mexico, Presi dent Roosevelt has addressed a tel egraphic note to the Presidents of Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador, Costa Rica and Guataraala, begging them to meet in a peace conference and adopt a joint treaty binding all five to i-ubmit to arbitration any differences which cannot be settled by diplomatic negotiations. The two executives promise the good offices of their respective countries to assist in this praiseworthy move, and will doubtless act as arbitrators, if so desired. The President and Secretary Root have long contem plated some such move as that now taken, but they waited until they had diplomatic assurances that the suggestions would not prove un welcome to any of the powers ad dressed. Recent information, com ing from unofficial sources, to the effect that Nicaragua was again preparing an expedition against Salvador, led to the dispatching of the note by telegraph. The Navy Department has decid ed to bring "Old Ironsides," in other words, "the good ship Con stitution," down to Annapolis where, it is believed, it will be an object lesson iu patriotism to the "middies" who are preparing to serve their country as officers in the navy. The old ship was fast going to ruin iu the Boston Navy Yard when Senator Lodge secured the passaqe of a bill appropriating funds for the. recaulking of her seams and the restoration of her upper works. Of course, the Senator expected that the ship would remain in the Scrofula Few nrp entirely free from it. It may develop go slowly as to cixnse little if nny disturbance during the wholo period of childhood. It may then produce dyppepnia, ca tarrh, nnd marked tendency to con sumption, beforo causing eruptions, gores or swellings. To (jet entirely rid of It take the great rjiooa-pnnller, Hood's Sarsaparilla In usunl liquid form or In chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. loo doses $1. Boston Navy Yard, and his work in Congress was loudly applauded 111 his home city, but the docks of the navy yard are crowded, and the Department has decided that the ship will serve a better purpose at the crad.e of the Navy, where there is ample room in the comparatively peaceful waters of the Chesapeake, and as soon as the work of rejuven ation is completed, the old vessel will be towed south. The Hon. James Campbell, of Ohio, is authority for the statement that Alton B. Parker will again be a candidate for the Democratic nomination, next year. Mr. Camp bell says he was skeptical regarding the accuracy of the report at first, but that he has satisfied himself that it is correct. Mr. Parker is reported to be receiving an income of $50,000 a year from the law firm with which he is associated, but doubtless $50,000 a year and occu pancy of the White House, rent free, for four years, would prove a good deal more attractive. The friends of Hon. Charles A. Towne are trying to start a boom for that versatile citizen for the presidency. They have not made much headway thus far, but they insist that he is the most likely candidate in the field, and Wash ington correspondents can have any amount of material telling why this is so for the asking. It is to be hoped that there will be some avail able candidates before the conven tion besides Mr. Bryan, just to make it a genuinely lively Demo cratic convention. Of course, Mr. Hearst will be there with the sup port of the Independence League, and doubtless there will be enough doing to make it interesting, and not such a cut and dried affair as was the Republican convention of three years ago. rtata Frost Bella. An electric bell tinkled sharply be- Bldo the florist's desk. "Frost!" he said, and ran hatless to the greenhouso. "The fires had sunk," the florist explained on his return. "The watchman had fallen asleep. But for my frost bell I'd have lost hun dreds of dollars. "Frost bells are now pretty gener ally used by florists and fruit grow ers," be went on. "An electrical contrivance Is connected with a ther mometer and when the mecury falls to a certain point you regulate this danger point to suit yourself a bell rings a warning In your bouse or office. "Many a crop of winter fruit and ftowera has been saved In the last year or two by the clever little frost bell." Philadelphia Bulletin. Bomb In Letter. 80 expert are bomb makers now dayt that aa apparently harmleee letter may kill any person who tries to open It A piece of cardboard is out to a site which, when folded over, wffl fit Into an ordinary enve lope. The four corners of this are silt Into narrow strips. Fulminate of mercury Is spread over three of the slita and the sheet la folded and fastened together. Projecting from each side of the folded sheet Is a little metal strip, or detonator, glued to the cardboard In such a manner that the envelope can not be opened without striking one of them. Upon meeting this slight re sistance the band moving the paper cutter Instinctively pushes harder, and the result Is an explosion that either kills or malms. KIDNEY TROUBLE The importance of knowinc lust what to do when one has kidney disease or urinary troubles, is best answered by the following letter which was recently published in the Poughkocpsio, N. Y., Kewa-Prest JUIU.EBTON, imtcness uo., N. Y. "Dr. David Kennedy, Dear Bin For more than eighteen mouths I was ho badly atllictod with kiduey trouble I could scarcely walk a quarter of a mile without almost faint ing. I did not gain any until I began to use Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Komedy. After using the first bottle I noticed a de cided improvement which continued, and I know that DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY saved my life, for I was in a miserable con dition up to the time I began to take li my friends thought I never would be better. aiy sister aiso nas neen very sick with bluddt'r trouble tor over a vetir. un luul that quantities of blood would come from her. Bhe suffered at times most frightful pain, uu Doming seemed to uolp ber until Hhe begau the use of Dr. Duvid Kennedy's Fa vorite ltemedy. Bhe is now using her third bottle, and is like a different person. , MHB. THOMAS DYE." for fro laujiU bottle. Urge bottles i, jui druggists CAUSE OP MV0KCE8 BOCIATi CHANCiKS CAtSKl) BY WOMA VS KM A XCI PATION. Different Mew TnUen :f a llusbanil'n Indiscretions Wife No Longer Bound by Social Ethics to Suffer Iu Silence. Guests at a luncheon were sur prised the other day to hear a woman who belongs to one of the most coa servatlve American families say with conviction. "The prevalence of divorce In this country Is the outcome of the eman cipation of women." The remark savored of clubdom and platform oratory, nnd yet the listeners knew that the speaker had never in her life attended a womnn's club meeting or listened to womeu specchmakers. "In our grundmother'a time," said the speaker, "what fashionable wo man, or let us say what woman In good society dreamed of going to the theatre or opera or tiny other place of amusement at night without a man to escort her? Thirty years or so iiro when a woman's husband refused to take her out ot an evening she mostly staved at home. At that date, as my family legends prove, married men wer- quite as prone as they nre now to affect stag parties and to spend their evenings away from their owu fire sides. So far as I can discover the New York man has not changed his social habits at all. It Is the womau who has changed hers, and nil be cause of emancipation. "Now don't ask me to define the word. I think my little daughter of 5 has the meaning down flue. Tho other day she struck out with ber fists at her boy cousin of the same age In self-defence and when ber governess told her that ladles never use their fists the baby an swered quick as a flash: " 'If gentlemen use their fists then ladles can use them too.' "Emancipation means, I suppose, different things to different women, but In general It means more nearly a tit for tat Bort of game than men and women used to piny and decid edly more Independence for the lat ter. "You think fewer divorces thirty years ago than now meint merely that women lacked courage to fly In the faces of pubic opinion?" said the hostess. "Precisely. In thoso days people tried, whether wisely on not, to keep the family skeleton locked up. "For a woman of fashion to ap pear In court or to have any of her marital experiences aired In public was considered such shockingly bad form that most women would and did decide to suffer on in silence rather than run the risk of forfeiting the good opinion of Mrs. Orundy. For example a progenitor of mine, one of the most popular men of his day, kept up two establishments for many years before hia death. His wife was perfectly aware of the fact, were his Intimate friends. "If ever a woman was entitled to a divorce thut man's wife was, and probably she often wished she could come out and show up that precious husband of hers In his true colors. No, of course, she did nothing of the sort. Divorce was not In fashion then. Women hadn't begun to hold meetings and talk equal rights. "Ask any woman who moved In New York society twenty-five or thirty years ago and she will tell you that the men who deserved rounding up in a divorce court were Just as plentiful then as now." "That may be true of the men, but the women surely " "Emancipation again. According to the social ethics of those days there was a tremendous gap between the codes of morals laid down for man and for woman. Men who were welcomed in drawing rooms then, men who were famed for the number of their amours, would not be tol erated in the same houses to-day. No matter how a married man carri ed on outside of his home, his wife understood that she must bs polite ly oblivious and keep quiet. She generally did keep quiet. "No matter how Intensely she long ed to break the marriage bonds, she was bound hund and foot by conven tions which did not countenance di vorce. In short, man was 'It' a quar ter ot a century ago and woman bad to deport herself accordingly or lose social prestige. "Emancipation has brought a de cided change. Nowadays, to some extent men and women must tako the same 'medicine for mnrltal un faithfulness and Incompatibility. The penalty Is no longer one sided. "If a man consistently neglects his wife he Is reasonably sure that before long he will have to get a new wife to neglect, and vice versa. Woman has given up suffering In silence. "Perhaps the old way was the bet ter. Some people, I am aware, think It was better. I don't care to argue that. My point is simply this: It Is the emancipation of women along In dustrial and social lines which Is answerable for the Increased num ber of divorces and not a degener acy in morals." New York Sun. Potato Griddle Cakes. Take one cup of flour sifted, add one teaspoonful of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt nnd two large potatoes grated. Make In to batter with half a cup of milk and fry on a hot, well-greased griddle. SEARCHLIGHT SENTINELS. Important Fighting Aid Shining Marks Not Often Hit. LlitH has been written of what Is perhaps one of the greatest fighting units In modern warfare, the search llglt. Hereafter, every great Power will not only have its fighting ships well protected with the searchlight, but each army corps will have its own detachment and apparatus for this very necessary auxiliary. For It has come to he one of the most important uses of electricity, says Army and Navy Life, enabling artillerymen to remove many of the uncertainties from the much dreaded night attack. Shallow waters that are suspected to have been planted with submarine mlnrs are always subject to such at tack by the enemy In small boats. Volunteer landing crews are often rent with orders to destroy all elec trical shore connections and thus render the mines useless. Foggy weather Is the most favor able time for this work. The boats arc usually masked in gunny sacks to avoid all noise. In normal weather scouting of this character Is by the use of thellght, sure to be detected. Then woe unto the small boat crews. For the great white beam gives only a few seconds of silent grace In which to raise the flag of surrender, then glares on the slaughter by the rapid fires. Important channels or such pass ageways of water as are too deep to be successfully mined usually rely for their protection on several of the lights. As discovered vessels form a very good target, the gunners In the forts gleefully lick their chops; while the enemy, owing to the disap pearing gun carriage now used, has practically nothing on which to con centrate his fire. The operator does not stand near the light, but takes up his position In the fire oommander's station, an elevated tower at some distance from It. It Is above sea level and com mands tho harbor. Here is located the controller. which by reason of its electrical con nection with the two motors in the base gives full control of the light. By merely shifting tho handle the flashing beam travels at will. A dense fog, however, Is absolutely Impenetrable and smoke or slight mist causes the beam to be followed with difficulty. Then sometimes distinct Images are shown such as dust In the air and which to the novice would appear as dark objects on water. However, when weather conditions are unfavorable, the enemy Is not apt to move about much. Cloudy weather and rain are rather benlfl- clal than otherwise as dust and smoke which act as a screen to the light aro washed out of the air. But the very natural question 1st Why doesn't the enemy throw a few sheila and destroy the searchlight? It's certainly bright enough and one would think, would afford an easy mark. It has been found, however, after repeated trials that to determine the exact location of the lamp Is almost an Impossibility. Then again the forts have the advantage of a fixed gun and a comparatively large tar get, whereas the ship has an unsteady gun base and a very small target, in fact not more than eight feet. An expert marksman even at half a mile distance has hardly one chance out of fifty to hit the projector. "Very well then, wait until day light and blase away at the shelter house in which the lamp Js kept, "Is saia. A very good scheme, very good In deed, onty the shelter house, under actual war conditions. Is mostly a blind and contains nothing. For the latest type of searchlight In mounted on a motor car, and llk the service ghost ! never around in the daytime. Care of Esquimau Baby. The arrival In the world of the youthful Esquimau Is not greeted by the orthodox cradle and swaddling clothes. Practically till he can shift for himself he lives absolutely naked inside his mother's sealskin blouse, skin to skin keeping him warm., says the American Missionary. This arrangement allows the mo ther to go about her work almost Immediately, and she can also travel and hunt without perambulator and without having to leave any one at home to "mind" the baby. The mother's dress Is almost exactly like the father's, except that It has a long sort of tall reaching nearly to the ground, embyro, no doubt, of the modern "train." Spared the miseries of soap and water, and early weaned to the readily swallowed diet of blubber and raw seal meat, the Infant rapidly developes that Invaluable layer of subcutaneous fat, whloh, while It enhances the "Jolly" appearance of the lads and the shapllness - of the maidens, assists materially In econ omy in clothing. Thus in their frigid clime, once In their skin tent, the whole family will divest themselves of every stitch of clothing, unembarrassed by the fact that so many families share the tent with them. Sociability is early developed when one's next door neighbor on each side Is only sep arated by an Imaginary line between the deerskin you sleep on and the one be uses. The winter deerskin servos as bed and bedding at night and as parlor furniture during the day. Community of goods Is almost im perative under this arrangement. Thus when one kills a seal all aro fed; and likewise, when he doesn't, all go hungry together. xxxxxxxxx$ Extraordinary Genuine Clean Sweep Sale Is Now Drawing Crowds FROM MILES AROUND. Overshadowing All Prvious Efforts. Come and See BUCK DIAMOND WHISKEY Fine quality. Full measure. Fair price. Full guarantee. A. P. WARD &. CO., Sole Propr's., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. NOW IS THF TIFJir of year when you think ofcleanirJK house, alno ofcleaning up the rub bish and foul matter which has ac cumulated about your premises, to guard afmlnst sicklier, but. dn vm. ever give the second thought to the m uuiu-iu unsanitary numbing Fixtures which breed disease right in vour own houHew. If vim think of Installing New Fixtures I am ready to quote you irood Drlcet. o n STANDARD SA NIT a 1 v MFQ. CO' S Enamel flnnti all full.. guaranteed. All Jcbbirgol Plumbing and Heitlng Promptly Attended to. P. M. REIIXY 438 Centre 8t. 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