THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA, ISK FOn SIGHTING MAC1IINH. How Twclve-l'mindcrs on llatllc shin Are Aimed and 1'lred. Few people nro aware of the moth er employed to olr.ht the lnrno twclve-poundem on modern biittle- hips, says tho t'hllndelph!:! Krcord. It Is generally supposed that, the Kiinnor nights these Immense cannon as he would an nrdinarnry rll'e. Such Is not. tho enso, however. An Li lust ration of tlio method employed 1 shown here, the apparatus helng tho Invention of a gunner l:i the ''tilted States Navy. Tho apparatus ' exceedlnRly complicated and Is -nctlcally useless In the hands of a . ivlce. In one hand the gunner asps an ordinary pistol. This pis i I Is connected to tho firing appura- i of the gun. Ahove tho pistol Is a Siting tubn and a number of re- etlng glasses. By means of re- Sl 'ht the nil. fl-'cting rh-wwt the Rarrouruin,.: are b:oui;!it Into the range of the plsiol. The gunner need only rlnht t!u' pis tol to hit a certain object on the re flecting kIiiskcs. Ah he brlnts the pistol Into the correct tho larKe gun which It controls Is also brought Into rnns". Pulling t" trig ger of the pistol discharges the gun. The Skipper Ashore. "Good men to have In charge of any sort of work that Involves tho handling of men, and especially good for such work that ts r.lso more or less outdoors, as for Instance tho su rcrintendence of piers rnd the care, of or work on any sort of boats, and work In and about warehouses, and that sort of thing," said a uteams'ilp man, "are retired captains and mates of vessels. "They have to bo good and able n:fn to got up to places such as they .1 .'e held on the sea, and the quail s that have made them successful . '.it are equally valuable In any irk they may be called upon to do, id especially in such work as I ive Indicated ashore. "They are accustomed to com mand, lor ono thing; they can mako men work and keep them going; they can get things done. They are likely to bo able to pick out tho right sort of men for bosses, If they havo control of many men, and they know how to handle things and how to stow things to the best advantage. "They are all the time watchful and alert, as they have all their lives boon accustomed to bo at sea, of ne cessity. Instinctively cr by observa tion they know the weather In ad vance and always take duo precau tions regarding It; they nevoi get caught napping. "Accustomed to taking no chance, but to having men on watch night and day at bps, they sot watches just tho same on land, and fire, that spe cial terror to men on ship, they guard against and look out for her; with the same care that they woul.1 ail oat. "You see, the man In commi.nd of a vessel lives In a world of his own, where everything depends on him, and where he must look out for everything, and bo he develops con slant watchfulness and resourceful ness in emergency and readiness In action; he must bo in the nature of things an able man, and that's why tho sea captain or mate, retired per haps for some disability that may impair his usefulness at Pea, may make In the right place an especially good man ashore.'" Metallizing Wood la Francis An Interesting method of applying, a preservative to railway sleepers and timber Is described In L'lndus trlu Kloctrlque of Paris. The process consists of the artificial motilllza tlon of the pores of the wood, thfl metal being deposited electrically. In brief, the method requires, tlrat, the application of a solution of some salt sulphate of copper, for exam ple by placing the wood Immersed in the solution In a closed chamber and subjecting It to pres.riro. Tho wood Is thus thoroughly Impregnated with th'j solution. It is then taken out, and piled up In layers in a con crete reservoir. The first layer of tlmbir Is Immersed In the same cop per sulphate solution, and also rsts on a layer of Jute or other fibrous material, which is support by an electrode made of woven strands of copper. Similar electrodes are placed between each layer of timber as they are piled up to the desired height. Alternate electrodes are then con nected to the opposite poles of 11.1 alternating current supply, and the current is allowed to pass. The ac- j Uon ts said to decompose tho solu tion and set free metallic copper In the pores of the wood. Besides t!-o ! preservative action In thus closing the pores, it is said that a certain j amount of copper sulphate Is perma-notuM- i?ti,ined in the pores, giving aa iiu..';io:iai ana a decided pre Hirvatlvo effect, if IA H.1HK OKC111D DISCOVKHKI). After Half a Century's Search Orchid Collectors Itowanlod There enmo to London In 1 S Tt 7 , from India, a miscellaneous stock of orchids. They were duly sold at auc tion, and some of them were bought by a Mr. Fa! rile of Liverpool. In hi possession they bloomed, and one of them was recognized as a - variety previously unknown and of singular beauty. It was named after Its own er Cyprlpedlum Falreanum. The Indian collection contained several other specimens of the same plant, and keen was the competition that ensued for their possession. But most of the purchasers simply wast ed their money; the plants did not flourish. The original stock dwindled and died. Meanwhile, India has been ran sncked in vain by orchid hunters for other specimens of the plant. Scores of expeditions have gone in Orchid sought for fifty yeai-s. search of it. Not a few lives have been lost tn the perilous quest.. Flut Fairoanum eluded everybody. The money that has been expended In abortive efforts to find it would rep resent n snug fortune. The Tibet expedition, which Bought to open up the Forbidden Land to tho trade of India, brought bark specimens of pretty nearly every thing that could bo obtained In that grim region. Ono member of the mission who was a botanist discov ered a lot of orchids, which were sent to Calcutta. From thence two of them were dispatched to Kew Gardens. One of them has Just flow ered, and experts have pronounced it tho long sought and rediscovered Fairoanum. Care of Cows In Holland. In Hofland cows are as much a part of the family as the Irishman's pig, for one member of the family always sleeps In the stable to watch and often the place Is made a sort of family sitting room. The cow stable is generally a large building, paved with brick, upon which the cows lie, straw being scarce. There is a paved passage down the' center, at one end of which Is a fireplace, and the windows are covered with white curtains as dainty as those used in the house proper. Sometimes tho entire family will gather in the stable In the evening, enjoying the warmth of the Are and exchanging tho talk of the day, while the cattle always placed with their heads facing the central passage, chew their cuds nnd ulmost seem to enjoy the human companionship. These cows are seldom brown, mo.st of them being either black cr white, or of tho two colors mixed and ba cause of the fertility of tho partur ngo and the care; taken in their keep they are capable of giving large yields of rich milk. In no place In tho world are cows made as much of, and from the annual yield of butter It would seem that the care Is not taken In vain. New York He'rald. Trousers n Passing Fashion. It may not be known that the fa miliar soutane or cassock of a Cath olic priest was the garment habitu ally worn by all gentlemen up to comparatively recent times, though It was not always necessarily black There is a portrait of Dante wearing one of instep length, made on an un mistakable "sunray" pattern. And long gowns were not confined to gen tlemen. The habit of a Franciscan friar was the garment worn by the shepherds of Umbrla In St. Frauds' time, and probably for centuries be fore and after it. There is evidence enough of this lu our own times, if one traveU outside the narrow limits of VVesl ern civllUutlon. The man or woman who eoea East will see skirted i.n-o everywhere Arabs, Cashmerlcs Pucjabies, Bunm.i'.s, Chinese, Japan ese, Malajs, to mention only a few Tho present bifurcate system of west ern Europe, though It seems to the untraveled eye as fixed and unaltera ble as the Pyramids, Is but a passing fashion In the history of male attire Grand Magaiino. Heat Caused u Mystery, For some ttmo the authorities of HermalleBOUB, Huy, on the river Mouse, have been much exercised In mind at the mysterious disappear ance of Iron railings which aerved as guards to prevent persona inadver tently walking Into the river. It was thought that they had been pur loined for the Bake of the metal, but an investigation prove that they are In the river, and that n lnv tn panslon by the hoat they had worked loose in their stone sockets and bo fallen Into the water. Urn HOW SCI FACE AIDS THIC LAW. Finger Print Method 1'seil When ever lrnrtlcablo. A piece of glnss bearing tho marks of two fingers Is sent at once to Scot land Yard. It has been decided that the criminal Is n casual laborer, nud there Is a detective quietly watching every common lodging house within a radius of miles. Meanwhile one of tho senior detectives at the Yard, with a memory stored with names of each of the desperate habitual crimi nals who might be likely to commit such a crime, has set on foot a search for each of these men, whoso movements will, unknown to them selves, bo traced for days back. That businesslike looking commer cial traveler who lounges around tho bookstall or near the booking ofUco Is probably a man from tho Yard. The methods vary according to cir cumstances, but in every direction there are the strong, unseen meshes of the police net. Up at Scotland Yard the finger prints on the piece of glass are being carefully compared with some of the finger prints of known criminals. For years fins or prints have been stored end therearo now on the register more than 60, 000 sets, says tho Cincinnati Com-morrlal-Trlburie. Prisoners have hn.l to Ink their fingers slightly all around on n pre pared slab and then plare them on a piece of specially prepared pap' i", turning them slowly around by tho direction of an n.'lh-hil until on Im pression of nil the skin markings cms been left on tho paper. Finally tho sots of !ln;;er prints are indexed and stored awry un'll wcrct-'d for com parison either with finder prints - ib soq iv.itly taken or with accl 1'iitnl marks made by escipln criminals, such as tl.oso left oa tho ploei of glass. Perhaps tho fincer m irks on tho glass coincide with those of a crimi nal who has not been seen or heard of for many months. An Independent search Is at once made for him and possibly some of his old acquaint ances are enlisted in the quest. He may have been a frequenter of all kinds of low dens. Ho sure that in every ono of those dons there is an official or unofficial repivneututlve of Scotland Yard. Shaping Hi'ik Il.it I'.iiins. The nail of his right forefinger was long, yellow, horny, and the fin gertip has so thickened and hard ened that it seemed to be covered with pale leather. He was a silk hat maker, and it was from curling hat brims that his finger had changed so strangely. De scribing the processes of a silk hat manufacture, he said: "The belief that cardboard forms a silk hat's foundation is an error. The hat is first built up of various thicknesses of linen layers of lin en soaked In shellac, that, by means of wooden moulds and hot Irons 'weighing twenty pounds apiece, are welded one on the other till a per fect shape, brim and all complete. Is obtained. "The silk Is next put on. This silk costs from $10 to $13 a yard. It looks like plush in the piece. The hatmaker cuts In on the bias, and mo'.hl3 it. round the stiff linen foun dation. The strips must be very ac curately cut, and great care Is need ed in their Ironing and cementing, so as to give a perfect diagonal joint. Look at your silk hat's seam the next time you wear it. The joint's perfec tion will amas.j yjii. "The brim up to ibis point Is flat, now its curling commences. That Is where my ujeer fo:e;i:igi r comes In. The shy plug of a hat brim is purely a i'n"iT of l anu, and eye and tnst". Tho brim, while being shaped. Is highly heated, so as to sivo pli ability. "And of coarse, working on this hot material, patting and prodding It, the forefinger thickens and the nail gets horny. "Nevertheless, hat curling la pleasant, artistic work. Hat curlers have reputations the same as artists. Their work Is distinctive. An expert can tell It at a glance." Philadel phia Bulletin. Fashion and Industries. From the Sooipty Islands In the Pacific ocean the British consul tells how a change In fashion In the uni ted kingdom helped to ruin an In dustry temporarily. The story re lates to the trade In pearl shell. Several years ago this commodity brought from $1,000 to $1,100 a ton In London. Then came a great Btorm, which caused much loss of life, in the Tahitian group, and prices went up rapidly. Tho enhanced val ues and doubt as to the future caused but to::iiiakers and others re sponsible for fashion in dress to turn their atteution to metal and other materials. As a result tho demand has fallen off considerably, the price of the shell has since decreased by half, and steps have had to be ta ken to check the output. A Celestial Lump. It was little Edgar's first glimpse of a real full moon. I'p to that time his astronomical observations had been conlinod to furtive peeps at the luminary as ho prepared for early Bleeping. This particular evening he and his mother had been out vis iting and were delayed in getting home. As they left the street tar, the little chap caught Bight of the moon over the Palisades. It was one of those nights that poets like to write about. There was not a cloud In the sky and the streets were al most as light as day. Edgar took one look and stopped in surprise and admiration. "Oh, seo, ma," he cried, "God hai washed His lamp." BASEBALL STARR RARE. Pw Men of tho Thousand I'lajliij! Havo All tho Requirements. The first appearanco in the base hall arena of a great baseball player la to me like a draught of cool spring water on a hot day. With a small army of clean c.it ath letes striving from boyhood to gain tame and big money as high clawi ball players, yet one great player a year Is a good average. I doubt If the great game can today show two dozen players of tho highest quality players who have youth, speed, the highest quality of nerve and utaylntf powers, who can hit all comers and field brilliantly, who are strong throwers, can run bases, currying a cool head and the keen perception of thinking of their fuet.. In the last thirty years of baseball 1 could uot namo thirty players who would fill the above requirements. Sherwood McOoo comes under the head of won tierful players. He fills the bill and, to my wuy of thinking is the most valuable outfielder lu the game to day. Only a youth, with a brief ex perience in the big leagues, ho is without a rival us a factor lu winning game:.'. lie plays for tho batman, can tako u bull ou either side, high or low, runs tiio buses with i.peed and Judg ment, ci'.u slide and is ever willing to tako a tbaiue. lu fact, he Is there .o win, ui;J when ut the bat is ul most a model tor tho late L'dward Dulchauty, the greulcbt btraislHuw ay butsman the game has proUuccd. While tho greut Wagner cau hit, ho Is an tuuy niuu tu work tor a clover pitcher. Lnjclo is a freo bats man, nothing finer when ut his best. The big Frenchman will go utter pcorly pitched balls, but when it comes to the performances of Ed ward Dclchanty all pitchers were forced to put tho ball over tho rub ber. With n free swing big hldward was a danger signal when a hit meant a run. llo lived the opportunity fur u winning hit, but never more so than than young McGue. While the left-hand hitters have k big advantage tor uverages, give mo luo light-liauder for cluuu work. Lolt-habueU buumeu have a step the Lviit of It in beating out lulield bits, but too often they crouch und show wtuk form at the bat. Our greatest buUman stand erect and face the mu sic. For exumplo, Ansou, Alike Kel ly, Davo Orr, Joe Keliy, Tip O'Neil, Harry Satovey, Hugh Duffy, Tom Mc Carthy, Jim O'Kouke, Hardie Rich ardson, Jaul Hlnes, Buck Ewing, Roger O'Connor, Mike 'Herman, Bur kett, Lujoio, Wagner, Chase and scores of others. The butsman who crouches must bo in tine form to hit effectively, as the position Is not natural and gives a clever pitcher an advantage. The one groat lofthand butsman who planked himself solidly on the ground and hoped to galu first base only by a clean drive was Duu Brou thers. Brouthers was a Blow ruuuer, insisted on the ball coming over the plate, and thou hit from two angles, smashing the ball to left or raising il far to right field. Many of the best of tho loft-hand bautmen are continually stepping over the batsman's Hues, and the great wonder is that something mora definite than chalk lines have not been thought of. Those lines are soon rubbed out, and then it's a pure case of guesswork, with the catchers territory often Invaded. This has gone on without the semblance of re form for the last fifty years. It would be difficult to compare the batsmun of twenty years ago and the meu of the present time as formerly a man could call for either a high or a low bull, and there were men who led the league In batting who couldn't hit a low ball ouce in ten tries. Now the batsman must be prepared to meet anything from the knee to the shoulder, leaving the umpire with power to put any pitcher or batsman to the bad aa he guesses at the size of each man and finds the left-hander who crouches a difficult problem. For this reason It wouldn't be a bud Idea to force all the men at the plate to stuud up until the bull was under way. Knew His Business. "Seems to me a man of your stand ing lu the community ought to drive a better looking horse," the summer boarder said. "I wouldn't trade blm for the fast est roadster In the hull country," Buld Farmer" Huckleberry. 'That hoss knows just what to do when he meets an ottymoblle. He cavorts around an' topples over an' breaks up a dollar's wuth o' buggy shaft an' mebbe 50 cents wuth o' harness, an' I'll bet I've collected much as ieven hundred dollars from the ottymoblle owners. The old hoss Is all right." Gnawed Way Out of Prison. A burglar named Schuarschmidt, In prison at Gera, deliberately set to work to gnaw through a thick oaken beam In frout of his cell window. It was a work of seven weeks. The fragments of wood which were torn away with bis teeth he replaced with chewed bread, until the beam was al most gnawed through. A final smashing nolso was beard by the wardens, but before they could appear Schaarschmldt had es caped. Fish of tho Black Sea. The Black Sea contains lees animal life than any other body of water. The lower depths are saturated with a poisonous gas which kills the fish. Tlio Kind You Havo Always In uso for over 30 years, - and has uccnmauo under Iiis pcr-l-g-" sonal supervision ulnoo Its Infancy. CACU44 Allow no ono todeceivo vou in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations nnd " Just-as-Rooil" nro hut Experiments that trlflo with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment What is CASTORIA Castorla Is a harmless suhstltuto for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops nnd Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. II contains neither Opium, Morphino nor other Narcotlo fiubstancc. Its ago Is Its guarantee. It destroys Worm nnd allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation nnd Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural elects Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Yeas FP.KSH Mil FOU FTBN FinilTKF.S. Withstands Sulphur Fumes for One Hour With Ki'trut Ihiuipmcut. Au ingenious rw.plratory appara tus for tho ii3e of firemen, described in the Scientific American, by Arthur lunersloy. It conaisu, ha tells ub. of a hood lined with ollid sill;, nnd an air cylinder, strapped on the bacit, carrying under pressure enough air to last an hour. Tho air is conducted by a rubber tubo to tho head-pic co, tho exhaled air passing out through a valve before tho mouth. To quota Mr. Inncrsley: "The fireman can get cuouRh nir to fill his lunea comfortably but can not expend the supply In a short time, aa ho might be tempted to do If he became frightened. Tho ui-ain supply of air comes from the o ner cylindors, tho middle cne bvi:ig smaller and to bo drawn u;-on only after the other two are exhausted. The apparatus can bo adjusted on the back In half a minute, nnd. us It weighs only 23 poutids. It doon not Impede the fireman in his work. "A man equipped with tho appar atus entered a room filled with the fumes of burning sulphur ni;d worked there for a full hour, co.u lng out with hla throat tad lui-a perfectly freo." Contrary to the Govern.ncni. The owner of Narodny List, a Ser vian newspaper which Is hostila to the government, appeals for a re pponsible editor. Tho eirhth edifvr In three weeks was nrrcjsud and tho editor's wife, obliged to .;.). rt her self, tried, in vain, to gel pennisa!- n to have nn egs-stall in the iv:nr';ot ulace. MAGAZINE READERS SUNSET MAGAZINE beautiiuUy ulurtitud. good rtonn (. and article, about CaLioruia and all tU Fac Wot. jcar CAMERA CBATT devoted aach mouth to iht ar- tube wptoductioo ol the but $X.OO Work of amatmu and pfoicuiooal a J photograpbera, B0AD 07 A THOUSAND W0HDZ88 a book ol 75 pag". containing 120 coloiod photograph ol Cq ie pictuieiqiM tpou in Caliioruia ' ' od Oregon. Toul . . . $3.35 All for . . . $1.50 Addmai all ordcfi to SUIfSET MAGAZIJJB Flood Building Sau FrMriwo I ' Ms Ml MlnS Bought, nnd which lias been has homo tho tfgrnattiro of Signature of r STir rr, nkw vonn err. A "Sovereign" That Costs 0a:y One Dollar. Dr. D;'.viii Kennedy's P.teorite Remedy, of Kondout, N. 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