THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUTsfl. PA. A UNIQUE COIN. A Tour Dollar Gold Piece and the Only One Known. A four-dollar gold coin, prolyl, ly the only one of 1U kind In existence, ia on exhibition at the Gernmniu Na tional Hank In Milwaukee. It beon,;B to Dr. Charles J. Lriiko, and U a;i:oJ by ti.e bank ofllduU at fliOO, olthc.ii,;.i thin U only approximate. The p.ece of pold la of tho Pftino cllamour u;i a five-dollar gold piece, but thinner. On its lace is tiie well-known "I-liitrty hr.id," without the cap, however. Around this are 13 star lntcrKtKrttc.l with tho letters "60 887 07 Grama." JUo exact rapanlnu of these letters none of the bank officials has aster taincd. On tho revorso of tho coin Is a five-pointed star. Into which Is cut tho Inscription "One Stella -4U0 cents." Around It are the words "B rinrlbus Vnum. Peo Est Gloria," and around theuo, forming the rim of this aide of the coin, are the words, "Unit ed States of America. Four Dol." About Cfloon years ago this coin was sent to Washington by the Merchants' l.xianKO Hunk of Milwaukee, accord liiK to The Sentinel of that city, but tiie only information obtained was that the coin Is genuine New Type of Compass M. Holt, a rench inventor has de vised anew type of compass, which Is of an automatic nature. The di rection of the compass by this ar rangement is automatically register ed minute by minute, so that by eon suiting tho chart the ship's officers can ascertain tho route trmrereed at any time during the passage. Tho compass card, Instead of having at Its centre an agate resting on a fixed steel point, is fixed on a tteel pivot which rutUu on a fixed agate. The lat ter Is immersed in a drop of mercury, which Borves to conduct the curront of electricity that makes the regis tering of tho movements of the ap paratus poasiblo. Indianapolis Nows. Korean Guide Post. This is the sort of thing the traveler In Corca constantly runs across In his travels on tho public highway. In- My if cidenfally only i3 it a guide post Its prir.ci;al use is to frighten away evil ppirits with which the country is be lieved to swarm. Snake Grows on His Body., Tho case of Luther King, an inmate of tho Soldiers' Homo at Rosoburg, Ore, Ih a pecullur one. Tho man cluiiiis that on August 7, 1873, he was bit leu by a rattlesnake in Idaho, and In AuguHt of every year since 1834 the form of a snake appears under the Bkia of his foot, gradually crawling up to the knoo, whore he was bitten, thea tilowly disappearing. His leg is helpless and cold, and ho hes no feeling in the members. Dur ing the time of the existence of this phenomenon from August 1 to 10, ho is blind, and for a month is helpless and eats nothing. Girls Bothrothed at Birth. In some parts of West Africa tho firls have long engagements. On tho day of their birth they aro betrothed to a baby boy a trifle older than them selves, and at tho age of twenty they we married. The girls know of no other way of getting a hUBband, and so they are Quite happy and satisfied. As wives they are patterns of obedience, and the marriages usually turn out a bug eess. Lahore Tribune. 8llenco of Korean Wemen. The women of Korea are absolutely silent. They never dare speak more than Is absolutely necessary. A bride utters no word and makes no sign, however her husband may teaee or taunt her, for to break the silence would mean total loss of ooste. In the higher classes it may be months r-cf re a husband hears his wife's voice for the first time, while the wife does not speak or look at her father-la-law for years after her marriage. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely de range the whole. system when enter ing it through the mucous sur faces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer cury, and is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In .buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure ox get the genuine. It is taken internally and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi monials free. Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. o O & p o s c M Nursing baby? It's a heavy strain on mother. Her system is called upon to supply nourishment for two. Some form of nourishment that will be easily taken up by mother's system is needed. Scott's Emulsion contains tho greatest possible amount of nourish ment in easily digested form. Mother and baby are wonderfully helped by iU use. ALL DRUCOSTSi SO. AND $1.00 PROTECTING THE UNWARY. New York Commissioner of Licensee Settles Many Disputes. A flamboyant female, somewhat gaudy as to dress, though bor gown and many Jewels bespoke a person of the prosperous class, blew jauntily Into tho office of the commissioner of licenses recontly, and, walking up to the meekest looking clerk In the place, delivered hornolf of a few choice phllllplca against employment agents In general and nobody In particular. When she finally reached a period in her explosive discourse tho clerk mildly asked: "Madam, did you como to register a complaint?" "Well, what do you suppose I came for?" she asked, and when the clork produced a blank form and asked hlr name she became highly Indignant, demanded to see his superior, and ar sorted with emphasis that she was Mrs. So and So, and was not in the habit of transacting business with in feriors. After the commissioner had lis tened to her story, which concerned a domestic engaged through an agency, who had remained In hor employ only a couple of days, Mr. Keating asked her the girl's reasons for so pror.pt a leave. "Why," said hte woman, "she told me I did not know how to treat a de cent girl. She said she had been was provided for him. bo was toia ni services were no longer required. The agent, ho averred, then sent him to several other places, but at eacti prnce he found thai this same agent had sent several other men ahead of him. bo that the places wore no longer va cant when he arrived. "I'm the agent," blurted out a heavy-Jowled, red-haired man, stop plrg forwaid. "I don't know what I'm up against In this 'ero office, but " Mr Keatlng's pleasant smilo van ished and his jaws came togethei. "I'll tell you what you're up against," he said. "You pay this nan three fifths of his fee. I know you and your methods." The agent started to argue, but was summarily dismissed. "We have an Instance not long ago w here 300 men were brought here with whom It had been agreed that they would get Jobs to work their way across the ocean on on outgoing Bttmer. Ir was found that the tee each had paid for securing the em ploymcnt ou shipboard to enable him to cross would have been more than enough to pay passage in, the stecr ace. When we confronted the agents with tho facts they agreed to pay back the money." New York Times. RELIC OF OTHER DAY b. Jousting Quintain Mill Standing In Enclnnd, A rur!it: rta'ifte. taking one rrM hni k fi the mldfl!" Jiftna, apprH In 1 ! i. :,mi. i'". of a hone In the v:i l:u: j of d'fha ii, in Kent, ling. This is that the owner of tho houso roust i lij r""l keep In good repefr the village quh tain, which still swings on its stout oaken post before the house. One end of the swinging crossbar of this quintain (said to be the only sur viving specimen In Cuglaad) is shaped like a square targot pierced with a number of holes Into which the point of tho player's lance would enter. When struck it would swing around and unless the player were nimble the sandbag bung on the other end of tho crossbar would swing around and unseat him. Use of Music In Surgery. Perhaps the strangoet use to which music can be put Is to atop toe Sow of blood from a wound. An army doctor noticed that when a wounded soldier woa taken to within an easy hearing distanoe of mlo hemorrhage woa greatly reduced or Rlopped. Neither he nor others, who confirmed his observations, could un derstand how this phenomenon was brought about, but it is now believed that the vibration of the air produced by the music causes tin patient to be come faint, in which case the action of the heart is so considerably lessea ed that the overflow of blood la re duced. TldBits. A Trick of War. HUMPHREYS' Veterinary Specifics enre diseases of IIorsoH, Cntllo, fchnnp, D?f, Hogs and Pnnltry by aetinf? directly on the mck Pibts without loHH of tunc. ctnuu ) tluu, Lanajreter, Milk refer. n. H.I(iPRl1. Lmmmi. Injarlee. CUkica I liBrumatlam. !. C. OHR THROAT. Qalnav. btHMk cuaaa I Dletaeaaar, JJJJj I WORMS, Rota. Grab. K F,HWeH. CoW., InlnniH, lafUime cinusiLaaea, rlar.PaMiaonla. F. r.iror.ir. rllTrhe. WM-Blawa, cmaaai I Diarrhea, Dy.eaterr. a.m. rrarea MltCAMIASI. HjaMBNIY BLABBER DIMTRDRKg. f. t. IMKI BIF.r.. Maace, Eraprloma. ooaaa Ulcere, Oraaaa, Parev. t. K. I RAF COWBITIOX, rarlet Coal. (Kmm 1 la41a-eeUea. Sioaiaeh eiaiiere. tSa. each I Stable Oaaa, Tea ftpeetOre, Bonk, Ae., ST. At draest'ta. or aent prepaid oa receipt of prtoe. Bamphrera' Kedlolna Oo., Oor. WUllaa aad Joaa SOreete, If ew Tora. rw BOOR MAILER TVER. Wonderful Development A single mosquito seed, Imported from the Southwest and planted In Honolulu in 1S8T, has propagated and spread until In the Hawaiian Ik1.ih.i1 to-day, saye the Washington roit, thero are 60,000 acres of the frann plant of alkali plains of Arlsona ah'I New Mexico. The most remarkable feature of the manner In which the desert growth has taken root on fr elfrji and tropical Boll lies In the fart tht the mosquito has completely changed Its character and is randy different from the parent tree A One-Cent Telephone Rate. Tho Sandusky (Ohio) Telephone Co. has inaugurated a telephono sys tem at a rate of one cent per call. A great many slot machines have boon In use in Sandusky, and contracts aro now being signed by almost every one who has In any way any use for the system. Expensive Japanese Railroad. Japan subsidized a company to build the Korean railway, Just opened. All the rolling stock came from the Unit ed States the locomotives from th Baldwin Works, Philadelphia; tho cars from varloua American car facto ries, and the 90-pound steel rails from tho Carnegie steel works. The cost oI the Seoul-Fuson line, 276 miles, has been about $50,000 a mile, or $13,800, 000. There ore 26 tunnels, 96 long bridges and about 500 smaller ones. The two chief construction euglneen wore Japanese. Bees In Warfare. There ore at least two recorded In stances In which bees have been used as weapons of defenso in war. When tho Roman General I.ucullus was war. ring against Mlthrldates, he sent a forco against the City of Theralscyra. As they besieged the walls, the in habitants threw down on them my riads of swarms of beee. These at once began an attack, which resulted In the raising of the siege. Qravea Never Opened. In Turkey, a Moslem grave, when once It has been filled in. Is never re opened on any account. With a view to remove the faintest chance of a grave being thus defiled, the Moslems plant a cypress tree on every grave Immediately after the burial thus making their cemeteries resemble forests. Columbia & Montour El. Ry. TIMK TAIII.I'. IN liFFKCT June t 1904, ond until urihtr tlce. Cart leave Bloom for Espy, Al media, Lime Ridge, Berwick and intermediate point! at follows: A. M. t:oo, 5:40, 6:2o, 7:00, 7!4o, 8:20, 9.00,9:40, io:ao, 11:00, 11:40, P. M. If.ao, t :oo, 1 !4o, 2. 20, 3:00, 3:40, 4:20, 5:00, 5:4, 6-ao, 7:00,7:40,8:20,9:00, (9:40) I0.-2O (Il!Oo) Leaving 'depart from Berwick one hoa from time at given above, commenting at 6:00 m. Leave Rlnnm fr r.r.n,i'... a v ...... -"-"'"" n. S'o"' o:S, T7:oo, t8:oo, 9:00, fio:oo, tlI:oo, P. M. 1 :00, t:o, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, t7!o, 8:00, 9:00, io:ao, (ti:oo) Can returning depart from Cetawitta 20 ruiui'tetirom tiro eat given above. First tarllcavet MnrlelSquarcJfor;nerwick on Sundayt at 7:00 a. m. Kint curlfor CntawUra Sundayt 7:oon. m. First car from licrwitk for Ulocm Sundays leaves at 8:00 a. in. First car leaves Catawissa Sundays at 7 30 a. m. . From Power IIouie. Saturday niht only. fl R. K. Connection.; Wm. Tmwilligir, Superintendent. Bloomsburg & Sullivan Railroad1. Taking Effect Feb'y 1st, 1008, 12:05 a. ra . NOKTI1WAHD. Ploomoborg DLtW, Hlooinnbiirif P A H.... Vaiwr Mill LlKht Btreet oraiiKevllU' Korku Zunrrs Silllwatcr Henton Kilnons ( olrs Tf ek I.aunarh uraas Mere Park central.... .lamlBon Cltv A.M. t ,. son .. til . yn . V RA . fw n W48 . r rioci in 08 . fioio ,. 10 15 ... 10 IN r.M. t 8 X? 2 8W S fiH 2 55 8 (tf 8 18 M 17 8 5 8 83 JH 7 r 40 JH 47 8 M 8 r.6 P.M. e in 17 a 2 8 H4 ft 48 68 ft W 7 08 7 18 '7 17 7 1 J7 81 J1 S 7 41 7 IS s 00 c'90 6 W 8 Ml 7 08 7 18 7 40 8 1 8 90 8 i 8 40 i'o' 15 SOUTH WAM), How Makaroff's Flagship "Petropov lovsk" Was Sunk. This Illustration, from the Sclentlflo American, shows how Makaroff's flag- sl.lp, Petropovlovsk, was sunk. The Jupanese strewed In tho outer ehan ' r cl leading to Port Arthur a number rf flnarlnir raln.n onnnprt Afl hv r.n.hlAfl In sets of two or three. Tho Petro povlovsk struck one of these, and aa bhe moved forward the mines swung in, wrecking her hull at three sepa rate points. talked to by me as no one hod ever dared to ta'.k to her before. And everybody knows 1 never raise my v.W-o lo aryone." Which remark was followed by fcbout no voluble a tirade of abuso a could possibly be Imagined. A complaint was properly drawn up, the woman made her exit, and the commissioner was ready for anotner scene In the play which Is being en acted dolly at his offices. The next ease was a charge on the part of a young man an Assyrian that he had appealed to an agency for employment as a portor. He paid $1 in advance and was told that he would have a job in a public school at $40 a month, with board and lodg ing. After working six days, during which time neither , board nor bed Tho Curious Chinaman. What a very curious person tho Chinaman seums to us I When ho meets a friend he shakes hla own hand, not his friend's. Ho keeps out of step when walking with any one. He puts his hat on instead of taking It off, when he wants to be polite. He whitens his boots instead of blackening them. He rides with his heels Instead of his toes In the stirrups. His compass points south. Often he throws away the fruit of the melon and eats the seed. London News. Quaint Cures of Old. For epilepsy wear a ring made from a coffin ring and take soven dropa nf blood from the tall nf a cat. These remedies are equally efficacious oithcr separately or in conjunction. Foe toothache carry In the pocket the tooth of a soldier killed In battle or cat mouse nibbled bread or trim your nails on a Friday. To cure warts, rub a potato and give the potato to a pig or rub them with a piece of chalk, then put it In a little bag and throw It across crossroads. Holding the af fected finger in the ear of a cat for half an hour was reckoned an excel lent remedy for a felon. Colors Birds Don't Like. Red will annoy a turkey cock aa much as a bull, but a sparrow will not let it disturb Its mind. But If one (bakes a blue rag In front of a caged tpurrow's eyes he will go frantic with disgust Sparrows and linnets, too, will refuse food offered them on a piece of blue paper, and dislike the rppearance of any one wearing a blue cress. Medium light blue affects them most, but bine serge they scarcely und at all Thrushes and blaekblrds object to yellow, bat will use red or bluo dried grasses left about their haunts to build the outer layer of trelr nests. Tellow grosses they will not use. Tlt-BHJ. A New Searchllflht. An officer In the German army has Invented on acetylene searchlight, which can be carried by one man, and which will illuminate everything with in a distance of 100 yards. It Is ex pected to be of great use In searching for the wounded after a battle, and lu bridge building at night. Making Flies for a Living. It is said that the best artificial flies that can be bought ore made by a woman in Maine. Left a widow without means, sho studied the ways of a fish with files, and Boon berumo an expert In providing an Imitation of what Monsieur Trout prefers on his bill of far each week In tho sonsm Dead Reckoning. Dead reckoning Is a term used In navigation to express the estimation that la made of a ship's place with out having recourse to observation of the celestial bodies. It la mode by observing the way she makes by the log, and the course on which sho has been steered, making allowance fox drift, leeway, etc. A Dog's Biography. Mme. Severlne, well known through out France as a Journalist, received from tho Paris Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals a gold medal for the biography of her dog a stray street dog whose omnlveroua appetite was the cause of her naming him Sao-a-tout, and whose devotion to her woe constant and well deserved her tribute. Investigating Horse Trade. In consequence of Inquiries mode la Parliament, the British government will proceed to ascertain some facte about the oM and unfit horses ex ported from England and Germany and "whether their fiih Is made ind condiments of various kinds, return4 to this country and sold aa articles os food." A.M. t JamlaonClty.... Sftn Central BM Graas .Vere Park re 01 Laubacha a 08 Coirs Cretk.... f 111 Edaona B 14 Brntnn 8 18 HUH water. ft 28 Zancrs fftSA Horka ft 8 O' ngpvllle 8 60 Mcht ft reet 7 no Paper Mill 08 Klnnm. I'tK Bloom. 1 L Jt W. 7:0 A.M. t 10 48 10 81 fll 00 II 02 II f ft 111 OU 11 18 11 21 fll U9 . 11 iS 11 42 11 Ml 11 63 r.M. 4l85 488 f. 47 4 4H 4 88 14 M 5 00 5 08 17 5 VI 5 81 t 89 5 42 A.M. i 7 00 7 0S rr 1 7 18 72a tJ 4 7 7 88 f7 45 7 49 8 00 810 8 18 1210 00 A.H, t 11 so 1144 ii'ss 120 Itlt ViSi 1245 11 58 1 00 1 80 1 45 1 50 2 10 2 It Tralna No.H Zt&2- mxed, aeonLd Olnsa. t Kaih encrp ttacloy. t Dully I Sunday only. C Flag bl Op. W. C. &NYDEB, Bupt. 60 YEARS EXPERIENCE 4fv V 4 '""JW w Trade Marks iauti Ac Anrone lending a akatch and description mT quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an tiiTeutlnn la probahlr patent nhle. Comiminlra. tl'miatrlotlrconfldeiithil. HANDBOOK on Patent, tent free. Oldest aitency for securing patents. l'atenta taken through Munn A Co. recelvt tpecial noltca, without churoo, lu tho Scientific American. Abundant Power In IrelanoV Sir Richard Bankey estimates that Ireland's boga contain the iiissfialunt of 6,000,000,000 tons of coal, sod he advocates creating power tor varied Industries by converting the Cast laee electricity on the spot. 4 A handiomelr Illustrated weekly. I.arirest elr culallon of any aclenlirlo Journal. 1 ernis, f.t a year: four months, IL. Bold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.a6,Broa,"sr- New York Braiicb Offloe, 636 F 8U Washington, D. C. 12-10-ly CHICHESTER'S PILLS Vf - TDK ItUHUNO BSAXD, A MJel Ask your If eag Ckl-ehea-tar's Ilienoad I'llls la Bc4 sod ttola I boies, sealed with Blue I Tin a ataer. r riewr . UUVUND liBAND PILLS, (be a' nan kaowa as BeslSslast. Alaavs KelW.le SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE flraadV Rlbbea. TX PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM ClMmwa antl beftntiflotj th hair. I'romotw t lamiiatti prowth. NTr F1U to Pftor Gray Ht.tr to it Youthful Color. Carti Kt!p d. tents y hlr ttUlu., Jj PROCURED AND DCFENOED. niodl,l p J Fire tviwioa, how to obiua latent, tnu)t tutaxiu, r,"3 '"WBU-ai IN All. r.(l NTB tn. Husittesa direct v itk Wmshintftrm v tim money and cUn tnt patent Patent and tnfriflremcnl Pncllt Excliwlvety, ttrllflMn,a .. ..- . ta Mlatk ttmt, py. route ttetoc tmxt OHmJ WASHiriGTON, f. 7. FOR Neuralgia. Sciatica. .Rheumatism. Backache. Pain inchest. Distress in stomach. Sleeplessness 4, ' :j I If IIS II V " rrm i nu x ism ' ia s m -m j m u. un. saxi xz - V i I If you have Headache Try One Take ONE of the Little Tablets and the Pain is Gone. They Relieve Pain Quickly, leaving no a a ' ee bad Atter-etrecis 3 25 Doses Tfcf- aO ' Vaenis Ayal Qnlrl Sn RulV 7TV if
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