THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, Pa. ffiBKNini: Official Quoted as Saying It Will Shortly Be $1,300,000,000. A SERIOUS PROBLEM Iae of Inconvertible Note May Ilo Adopted as Only Menus of Snlva- lion Dismiss Consul at Canton In Hope That Chinese Boycott Mny Stop. Toklo, May 2g. The Asahl quotes an unnamed high official of the flnnnclal Department as paying that the national debt Including th bonds payable for the railways re cently nationalized, Is expected to total within a few years 2,700,000, 000 yen ($1,300,000,000). Japan never before had to face lo serious a problem. 'Tho condition," said tho official, "Is much akin to Italy's In the par ly ntnetlec when Italy was obliged to reslrt to the Iswue of Inconvertible notec to meet the exi gencies due to nor Inability to float loans, and the wisdom of that plan vis demonstrated " This expression, emanating from the Finance Department, la regarded as an Indication that tho Japanese authorities pre considering a similar course. Baron Takahasbl vice rjv ernor of the Rank of Japan, In a pub lished Interview, places the recpon slhlllty of the failure to float the ad ditional loan of 4 0.UOO.000 yen for too South Manchurlnn Hallroad at tho door of the Britishers Interest ed In the Ilalnmlntun-Fakunien Rail road, which Japan torbdo. These Influences are powerful In the Lon don flnnnclal world and Baron Taka kasbi declares they are placing ev ery obstacle In the way of the loan so essential to the further develop ment of Japan's r.-.llway. A Pekln report that Japan Is will ing to recede from her prohibitive position Is denied at the Foreign Of fice It Is asserted that the British Rov.-rnment approves Japan's atti t,!do. ft true, this la another chap U In the long story of Downing trett'b clash with the British com mercial In rests in the Orient. Japan's first important official Btep toward placating the boycotters la the removal of Mr. Ueno, Consul at Canton. Ueno's refusal to subm I the Tats a Mam controversy to Joint Investigation, as provided by the cuBtoms law was approved by the Toklo government, but he Is now sacrificed In the hope that the Can tonese construing remova as a vic tory for .htra wilt permit the boy rot t to die. Hurled City in California. Berkley, Cal., May 28. Burled a few feet under the soil of the Uni versity of California campus lies a city of the Etone age, whose mas slvo walls respond to the Instru ments of tho members of the Berke ley Society for Psychical Research tod show their well defined loca tions according to tho Investigation mado by Prof. Joseph Verll, Presi dent of the local Psychical Society and other members.. The Investiga tions to find the lines of the buried city, which antedates by thousands of years tho time of Columbus, have l?en carried on, It Is said, quietly for tho last few months since the soci ety took up this Important branch of their studies. None of the pro fessors of the university has as yet thoroughly Investigated tho finds of tho society,, but It Is likely that If their discoveries are found to have t foundation, excavation work will be begun at once along scientific Hues. Many Want Piatt's Sent. Washington, May 26. Reports irom New York that Senator Piatt 111 make no effort to succeed him self have given new life to the oft repeated query, "Who wll succeed Mm?" Already nearly a dozen tianiei are mentioned. Moct promi nent among these are ex-Leut. Gov. Woodruff, and Representative Fas . 13. H. Butler, and ex-Gov. Black. In about the same class are put Rep resentative Herbert Parsons and ex Representative Llttauer. Secre tary Root and Mr. Cortelyou are also spoken of, but very guardedly. Tho general Inclination. Is to scot, at tha suggestion contained In a printed In terview with Senator Piatt that Pres ident Roosevelt contemplates suo teedlng either of the New York Sen ators. Editor Indicted. Guthrie, Oklahoma, May 27. Tred Tracy, member of the Consti tutional Convention, editor of Tha Beaver Herald, and member of the Democratic State Committee, was in dicted by a Federal Grand Jury for robbing the Post Office at Beaver City. Th PoBt Office safe was broken open by dynamite. The Post Office t In Tracy'g store. Tracy says he la the victim of a political conspiracy. Philadelphia Exports Ilia. Philadelphia, May 27. The value f exports from PhlUd-lphla for tho Orat twenty-ono weeks of the present ytar was $38,022,218, as compared J 'u 28,312.925 for the correspond ing period ot 1907. "Thlc liicioa3e of noarly $10,000, U00," said Ch.stor . Hill. Ca. lec tor of Customs., "is ulgninct-.at. as J07 broke all records In tho value, ol exports from Philadelphia." ' Women Who Wear Well. It Is astonishing how urcat a change a low yrars of married Mo often make In the appearance and disposition of many women. Tho freshness, tho charm, the brilliance vanish lik tho bloom from a peach which Is rudely handled. Tim matron Is only a dim shadow, a fnlnt echo of tho charming maiden. There are two reasons for this cIiiuiro, Ignorance and neglect. Fow young women appreciate tho shock to tho system through tho cliango which comes with marriage and motherhood. Mnny neglect to deal with tho unpleasant pelvic drains and weak nesses which too often como with mar riage and motherhood, not understanding that this secret drain Is robbing tho chock of Its freshness and tho form of Its fairness. As surely as tho general health suffers when there IsdiTrpementof tho health of tho delicate womtffHtjorgans, so surely whoT-tttcsa organs aroNMtabllshed In hcalh thoTco andfhVtOHra witness tothcIactlnitsTd comeTrn Kcrirly amHllnn women havo found health and bapplnoM In tho use- of Dr. Pierre's Fa vorite Prescription ltmnliMw.ln.nm. en strong and sick women well. Ingredi ents on label contains no alcohol or harmful habit -forming drugs. Mado wholly of thoso native, American, medic inal roots most highly recommended by leading medical authorities of all the sev eral schools of practice for the euro of woman's peculiar ailments. For nursing motlmrs.or for thoso broken down In health by too frequent bearing of children, also for tho expectant mothers, to prepare the Fystera for tho coming of baby and making its advent easy and almost painless, there is no medicine qtiltn lo good as "Favorito Prescription." It can do no harm In any condition of tho system. It is a most potent Invigorating tonic and strengthening nervine nicely adapted to woman's delicate system by a physician of largo experience In tho treat ment of woman s peculiar ailments. Dr. I'lerco may bo consulted by letter free of charge. Address Dr. H. V. Plerco, nvallds' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. Girrs Coat. Such a coat ns this ono Is In de mand at all seasons of the year. Ia the warm weather It Is made from linen, from silk and pongee, while for cooler weather It Is found In cloth, cheviot and the like. In the 11- lustration natural colored pongee Is simply stitched with Belding silk, but red broadcloth, unllned. Is ex tremely picturesque. Checked taf fetas are greatly In vogue with col lars of plain material and all the pretty pongees, the dyed as well as tho natural colored ones, aro corroct. COJfCKKNIXO WOMICX. Ladles seldom rise In Spain to re ceive a male visitor and they rarely accompany him to the door. For a Spaniard to give a lady even his wife his arm when out walking Is looked upon as a decided violation of propriety. There Is a deputy mineral sur veyor In Nevada who Is a woman. Bhe has filed a $10,000 bond, has been given a commission by Sur veyor General Kyle, of Reno, Nov.. end has contracts for surveying large tracts of mining property near Tono pah and Goldfield. At an International dressmaking competition held rocently a girl who Is an Armenian dressmaker of the Caucasus won for herself the grand prize as well as the title of the smartest dressmaker In the world. Sho made an entire gown of elabo rate design single handed within twenty-four hours. Fancy Work of Irish Women. In recent years tho Irish women have been turning their attention largely to fancy work In the way of lace handkerchiefs, crocheting, knit ting and other home work, selling their products to tho many societies which in recent years have been or ganized to dispose of these native Irish products In England and the United States. Nearly every large passenger ves sel that touches at Queenstown al lows these talkative, witty Irish women to come aboard with great baskets of their home made wares to sell. Sometimes they sell as much as $500 worth In a single hour while the ship rides at anchor. Will Itcstore Color. Alum water will restore most fad ed colors. Brush the faded articles thoroughly free from dust, cover It with a layer of castile soap, rinse In celar water, then in the alum water. CASTOR I A For Infant! and Children. Th8 Kind Ywj V" te Bears tha Signature of NOTHING but the best factory cut tings go into COUPON BOND the finest and long est new clippings from the best white goods factories. That's one thing that accounts for COUPON BOND toughness and "fine ness. Then the strength of this fine material is not sacrificed in beating, f washing or bleaching. I Slow, old- fasioned, painstaking methods are used-the strength of the cuttings is pre served ; and the" finished paper has the smoothness and strength of: fine linen. DP Carried in stock at the COLUMBIAN PRINTING HOUSE, Where sample can be seen. LACKAWANNA RAILROAD. 'THE ROAD OF ANTHRACITE. If you contemplate spending the "Winter months in Florida or California, call upon our local ticket agent for particulars. -- Vtf 'V " iff o"". h S i If V'V rV 'i?' riFpif i. I mmm amr II II r BLOOMSBURG. Professional Cards. II. A. McKILLIP ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Columbian Building sn Floor Bloomsburg, Pa. A. N. YOST, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ent Building, Coust Mouse Square Bloomsburg, Pa. RALPH. R.JOHN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Hut Building, next to Court House ' liloomsburg, Ta. FRED IKF.LER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office Over First National Bank. Bloomsburg, Pa, CLYDE CHAS. YETTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Wirt's Building. Bloomsburg, Ta. W. H. RHAWN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office Corner of 3rd and Main SU. CATAWISSA, PA. CLINTON HERRING. ATTORNEY-AT LAW. Office with Grant Herring, Bloomsburg, pa. Crangeville Wednesday each week A. L. FRITZ. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office Bloomshurg Nat'l Fank Bldg. Bloomsburg, Pa. J. H. MAIZE ATTORNEY AT 1AW, INSURANCE AND EAL ESTATE AGENT Office in Townsend'i Building Bloomsburg, Pa, N U. FUNK ATTORNEY AT LAW Ent's BuiMinjr, Court House Squat Bloomsburg, Pa. SADE T. VANNATTA GENERAL INSURACE Office 238 I.on St., Hloomsbura Oct 3!, 1901. tf M. l LU1Z & SON, INSURANCE and REALESTAT AGENTS AND BROKERS. ' N. W. Come Main and Centre Stm Bloomsburg, Pa. Represent Seventeen as good Com pan ie . v. una ana all K promptly adjusted and paid 1 meir othce. DR. W. H. HOUSE SURGEON DENTIST Office Barton'. Building. Main below May Bloomsburg, Pa. All itylet of work done in a superior nana All work warranted ns represented TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIH by the use of Gas. and free of charge k artificial teeth are inserted Pen all hours during the day DR. M. J. HESi DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Crown and bridge work a specialty Corner Main and Centre street. Bloomsburg Pa Colombia ur Telephone conneetta J. J. BROWN, M. D. THE EYE A SPECIALTY. tyes tested and fitted with glastea. No Sunday work. 3 II Market St., Bloomsburg, Pa. Houra 10 to 8 Telephoa J. S. JOHN M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and residence, 410 Main St 7-3-i BLOOMSBURO. 9A EDWARD. FLYNN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PITWTD A T , CT"Omce Llddicot building, Looust aTenu H. MONTGOMERY SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office 1 Ent building, "-l6-ff WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Wells' uilding over J. Q. Wells' Hardware Store, Bloomsburg,' Will be in Millville on Tuesday, EXCHANGE HOTEL, I. A. Snyder, Proprietor. BLOOMSBURG, Pa. Lje and convenient snrnjile ioom. ba roomshot and cold water and all modern conveniences. CITY HOTEL, W. A. Hansel, Frop. No. hi West Main Street WLarge andconvenient sample rocsaav rooma,hot and cold water, and modera' C venlencei. Bar stocked with beat wlnea nd liquor. First-clasi livery attached MONTOVB TILlrnONl. BILL TILIfB TM TI8TBD, SLAUIg riTTIO, H. BIERMAN, M. D. HOMOJOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND BURS ovioi rocbi: Offloe Hes!dence,4th I : 10 a. m. to 1 p. m., s.sn to g p. m. BLOOUBbUBi, FA. C. WATSON McKELVY, Fire Insurance Agent. Represent twelve of too strongest tm paniea In tb world, arnonc whkshare Franklin of Phlla. Peaau., Pblla. Qoeen, of N. Y. Weetihetr, nTY. North Anierte, PhUaw Office: Clark Buildine;, 2rj1 Flow.
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