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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03
Rural Districts Drained
Alarming Flow Of the Population Of Pennsyl.
vania From the Country TO the Cities.

Secretary of Agriculture, John
Hamilton, has submitted to Governor
Stone his annual report for the year
1901.
"To those who believe that in the
population of the rural districts the
State must look for the vltalzing
forces that are to overcome the physi-
cal, mental and moral degeneration
which is taking place in city life the
flow Of population from the country to
the CITY has become alarming" says
Secretary Hamilton.
''In the last decade the cities, and
boroughs in 6S counties show a total
gain of I,oao,S3o in population, and
in two counties total loss of 81, leav-
Ing net gam IN population IN cities
and boroughs of I,o2o,76o.
"The country districts on the other
hand show a gain IN "a counties
amounting only to 1859 Forty three
counties show loss OF oo,22o, leav-
ing the net gain OF population for all
the rural districts of the State OF only
23,432. The gain IN the country dis
trcts occurred Tor the most part IN
the numbering and mining counties.
"The gam IN the ten numbering and
mining counties consisting of Cambria,
Clearheld, Elk. Fayette, Forest, Jeff.
erson, Lehlgh, Luzerne, Somerset and
Westmoreland, amounted to S7,06s.
The aggregate loss to the country dis.
trlets IN the 81 other counties was,
therefore, 64,533, showing beyond
question, that the agricultural popuIa-
ton is gradually growing less IN the
county districts of Pennsylvania.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03
Rockville Bridge Now In Service.
Greatest OF It's Kind Now in tho World.

The first section of No. 20, Atlantic
express, was the first train across the
new Pennsylvania railroad bridge over
the Susquehanna river at Rockville on
Sunday.
Engineer William Kaufman was at
the throttle of the big passenger engine
No. 80, and Fireman II. +. Stewart
made steam, Conductor John P. Nc
Pherran and Brakemen William Young
and Richard Lightner were in charge
of the train.
The passengers all crowded to the
windows as the train neared the bridge
and waved to the assemblage at the
eastern terminus when the long train
had passed over. Other trains east
and west used the bridge Sunday after.
noon and it will from this date. on be
in regular service.
The new stone arch bridge is unlike
any other in the world and is the only
one of its length intended to carry
tracks. The old iron bridge, built in
1874, has only two tracks and was not
sufficient for increasing traffic. The
first stone of the new bridge was laid
on May I, 1900. The structure was
to be completed in two years, and the
contractors have done better than they
agreed. The II. S. Stratton company
and II. S. Kerbaugh are the contrac-
tors
Upon this structure four trains can
run at full speed at the same time. 1t
! contains 100000 cubic yards OF mas
onry and cost 81 100000. There are
forty-eight spans of seventy feet each,
forty-two piers eight feet wide, and FIVE
abutment piers OF nineteen feet each.
The width on top between the outside
copings is flfty-two feet, and the length
between the abutments 3,79I feet.
The structure is really composed OF
six complete bridges, divided by the
abutments on each end and six abut
ment piers, every eighth pier being
twice as large as the ordinary ones.
The material is white Pennsylvania
sandstone, and many new quarries
were opened and hundreds of men put
to work to supply it,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03
Short Review of the April Ladies Home
Journal,

Chief among the attractive features
of the Easter Ladies' Home /o0rnaI is
the opening installment of Helen
Keller's own story OF her life. The
fact that this, and all the autobiography
which is to follow, were actually writ.
ten by the wonderful girl herselfis only
equaled by the remarkable literary
merit of her production. There is a
delightfully."- personal article about
"The Presidents Daughter" accom-
panied by hitherto unpublished pic
ture of Miss Roosevelt, and a pretty
story of the singing of Easter carols in
New York beltry on Easter morn
ing. Nellie Blanchan tells "Why the
BIRDS Come and Co." and The Journ-
ais two splendid serials, "Those Days
in Old Virginia" and "The Russels in
Chicago" are given space. The new
children's department, called The
Good Time Garden" begins in this
number Mr.. Box discusses several
timely subjects on the editorial page,
chief among them the growing tend
ency of the American father to neglect
the companlonshlp of his children.
The Illustrations, which are beautiful
and numerous, include one of Mr.
Taylor's exquisite pictures of Southern
life, and double page of college girls
at their studies. The departments are
more interesting and helpful than ever.
The beautiful Easter cover is the work
of A. +. Foringer BY The Curtis
Publishing Company, Philadelphia.
Ten cents a copy; one dollar year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03
Nuptial Event at Montoursville.

Asher Shick, of Montoursvile, and
Miss Dora S. Weaver, of Picture
Rocks, were married Thursday even
ing, in their newly furnished home IN
Montoursville, by the Rev. w. c.
Dunlap. Samuel Wlnder, of Mon
louisville, was best man, and Miss
Clara Weaver, of Picture Rocks, a
sister of the bride, was bridesmaid.
There were forty guests present. A
wedding supper was served. The
bride was the recipient of many
handsome gifts
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03

The following letters are held at
the Bloomsbury, Pa, postoffice, and
will be sent to the dead letter office
April IS, 1902. Persons calling for
these letters will please say "that they
were advertised April, 3, 1909:
Mr.. Chas. Allen, Mrs. Ellanora
Krum, Miss A. Relmiller, Mr. Edw
Rhoades, Mr. Stanley Ruckle, Mus.
Hattie Warner.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
7. G. Brown, p. NJ.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03

HAVE YOU A SKIN DISEASE?-
Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald H cad,
Rhgworm, Eczema, Itch, Barber's
Itch, Ulcers, Blotches, Chrome Fry
spelas, Liver Spots, Prurlgo, Psorla.
SIS, or other eruptions of the skin -
what DR.. Agnew's Ointment has done
for others 1t can do for you-cure
you. One application gives relief -
IS cents.-44
Sold by 4. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03
Miss Parloa's Protection Against Moths.

From this month on the cloth moth
beglns to make its appearance, depos-
itlng Its eggs in furs and all kinds of
woolen materials, and often in crevlces
in doors, closets and boxes 1t always
seeks quiet, dark places. Closets,
drawers and boxes should be cleat ed
now. Take special pains to clean
thoroughly each crack and groove.
Buy at the druggists a few ounces of
the oil of red cedar. With a small
brush, such as artists use, apply the
oil of cedar to all cracks and grooves
in boxes and drawers, and 10 the tops
of doors and baseboards IN closets,
also around the edges OF the floors.
Use very little of the oil. There must
not be enough to soil anything that
comes in contact With the treated sur
face This treatment VIII make closets,
boxes, etc, moth proof for some time,
and If closed at once the contents will
be perfectly safe through the summer
and fall.-Aprl Ladies' Home ./onr-
nal
~ n uI --
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03
What the Crows Go For.

Little Johnnie-Paw, crows go
south fer tn winter, don't they?
Parent-Naw, they go south for tn
summer; they kin git all tn winter
they want up north. - OMo State
/ouynQL
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03

Nothing makes these possible so
surely as a sound body, strong nerves,
and rich blood to make the body
healthy; nothing is SO certain help as
DIR. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy. Thousands who have taken
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03
YOUTH AND old AGE.
Life is Not Measured by Years, but
by Strength and vigor.
What Makes the Old Young and the Young Younger
DR.. Creene's Nervura the Great Restorative.

How often we say Of one past the
meridian Of life, even of those in Its
twilight glow, How young he loolks!'
And, on the other hand, how many
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03

LESLIE d. WARD,
Vice President.
FORREST +. DRYDEN,
Secretary.
7. c. Es BLANCHARD,
Supt. of Real Estate.
WILBUR S. JOHNSON,
Comptroller.
EDWARD II. HAMILL, !
ROBERT L. BURRAGE,
Medical Directors.
FREDERIC A. BOYLE,
Cashier.
VALENTINE RIKER, |
LESLIE p. WARD,
Supervisors.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03
Giant Strides by Giant Company
OFFICERS
JOHN +. DRYDEN, President.

EDGAR B. WARD,
I'D V. Pres. and Counsel.
HORACE ALLING,
Treasurer.
JACOB E. WARD,
Counsel.
+. c. BLANCHARD,
Supervisor Loan Dept.
JOHN K. GORE,
Actuary.
EDWARD GRAY,
Assistant Secretary.
+. H. JOHNSTON,
Associate Actuary
w. P. WATSON,
Asst. Medical Director.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-03

mended by the ablest doctors every
where. Its discoverer, DIR. Greene, of
1ol Fifth Avenue, New York City, is the
most successful specialist in curing
nervous and chronic diseases, and can
be consulted without charge, person
ally or by letter.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-05-22

crops when watered. In this the Geoio-
gical Survey is misinformed, or fails to
make plain what is intended. Some or
the richest soil is found close to the
shores of the Great Salt Lake and farm
ing is carried on in as close proximity to
the waters of the Humboldt and Carson
lakes as the variable rise and fall of the
water will allow; portions of the lake
bottoms have been permanently reclaim
ed. The lands heavily im%pregnated with
salt of alkali cannot be made to yield
profitable crops, but all other desert lands
are rich In all the essentials of vegetable
life, requiring but the application of water
to fructify and bring forth abundantly.-
Ogden Standard.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-05-22

It requires an occasional st. Pierre hor-
ror to keep stiff-necked humanity from
forgetting that the whole world is kin.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-05-22

Because other nations have waged wars
furnishes. no good reason for us to do so.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-05-22
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.

S.DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
WINNEMUCCA STATION, May. Il, 1927
Conditions of weather for the "A hours ending
SPIN, 18th meridian time or 5:o9 Pm. local
time.
Mean barometer, 1884
Maximum temperature, 5S degrees.
Minimum temperature, 81 above zero.
Mean temperature, as degrees.
Normal temperature, IS degrees.
Prevailing wind-direction S.W.
Precipitation for "a hours 0.0l inches.
Min. temperature. May. ~, 81 above zero.
J. G.. HAYDEN.
Observer Weather Bureau.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Cloudy tonight and Friday; warmer.
McADIE.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-05-22
Fashion


d. +. HADLEY,
Proprietor.
Wines, liquors, beer and cigars
in the saloon as good as any one
has. Come and try US and see
for yourself.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-05-22
Fashion
Restaurant

ASA MURPHY,
Proprietor.
Fine cooks. Meals at all hours
Oysters in any Style. Fresh
oysters tn cans always on hand.
Good accommodations for fam.
lilies for Sunday dinners.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, d. c., August23.

CORRESPONDENCE Of the Alexandria Gazette J
Washington, d. c., Augustus.
All manner of preparations are being
rushed at the War Department for The
Joint manoeuvres OF the army and navy
which will begin. next week. The War
Departmentiso overloaded with dispatches
ordering supplies to all necessary points
of Importance between Cape Cod and
the eastern end of Long Island Sound.
The signal corps promises to have a
complete equipment in the field. Twenty
tons of tubing and material for lniiat-
ing and equipping two monster balloons
have been sent to New London, Conn,
which seems to be the point selected as
HEADQUARTERS for the corps. Gen.
Greeley, chief signal officer, will be
stationed there until the close OF the
manoeuvres. Major Whistler and Cap
tain Chamberlain have been sent TO the
front and during the next few days will
supervise target practice by the coast
artillery. Floating targets, Stimulating
warships and lowed by tugs or steam
launches. will be employed to give the
men the most practical exercise. In the
Quartermaster Generals Department
of the army Col. Kimball, chief quarter
master at New York, has been called to
Washington to confer with Gen Luding-
ton. The orders to Rear Admiral Hlg-
ginson and Major Gen. Macarthur out
lining the terms of the contest Will be
published August % or 20.
The bureau of insular affairs today
made public an exhaustive report pre-
pared by Frank II. Bowen, acting gene
raj superintendent of public instruction
for the Philippine Islands, in answer to
the article in the Catholic Citizen, o.
Milwaukee, which charged the school
administration in the archipelago with
oroselyting and other conduct preludl-
cial to Catholicism The report denies
that the department of public instruction
il differed by Protestant ministers OF
that seven out of ten division superin-
tendents are Protestant clergymen;
refutes the charge that religious dis
tinction is made or that the religious be-
liefs of applicants plays any part in
securing positions. The report en-
phatically denies that PROSECUTING Il
allowed.
Attorney General Knox returned TO
his desk today after his vacation, and
buried himself under the work requiring
his attention before his departure for
Paris. He has arranged to sail We'd
ncsday.
A Shake-up among Internal Revenue
Agents, who are virtually the secret ser
vice men of the bureau, has been de-
cided on by Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Yerkes.
j. Roland Johnson, charged with as
saulting Major Geo. A. Arms with in
tent to kill him, was arraigned in the
Police Court today. He entered plea
of not guilty and waived an examina-
ton. The case was sent to the grand
Jury and Mr.. johnson was released
on 81 800.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-23
BRAIN-FOOD NONSENSE.

Another ridiculous food fad has beer
branded by the most competent authori-
ties. They have dispelIed the silly
notion that one kind of food is needed
for brain, another for muscles, and
still another for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish particular part of
the body, but it will sustain every other
part. Yet, however good your food may
be, its nutriment is destroyed by indi-
gestion or dyspepsia You must prepare
for their appearance or prevent their
coming by taking regular doses of Green's
August Flower, the fayorite medicine of
the healthy millions. A few doses aids
digestion, stimulates the liver to healthy
action, purifes the blood, and makes you
feel buoyant and vigorous. You can get
this reliable remedy at E. 5. Leadbeater
* Sons Alexandria, Va. Get Green's
Special Almanac.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-23

THE failure of last years corn Gro?
was the beef trusts excuse for dear beef;
but we do not observe that the billion
bushels of corn now impending in ex-
cess of the demand for home use have
frightened the trust a cents worth.
Last spring the trust gave out that meat
might be cheaper this summer when thu
grass-fed cattle came into market but
prices 50 far show no change. Now tie
trust says the pig corn crop cannot pos
sibly affect the prices Of meat before
next spring-then there will be another
reason for keeping up prices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-23
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
MISUNDERSTANDING AT PROVIDENCE

THE PRESIDENT AT PROVIDENCE
Providence, r. l., Aug. 2S.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt received an enthusiastic
reception in this city today. In his
speech Mr.. Roosevelt took the trusts for
his theme, and among number of other
things said that great general prosperity
fostered unwhOlesome conditions as well
as healthy. The sunshine and rain that
make the crops thrive, also give life to
weeds. In dealing with the great ag-
gregation of capital, we must, he said,
exercise all our judgment and avoid the
spirit of envy that fills the souls OF
those who have failed to win fortune
and who are eager to tear down these
buiIded by the industry and wisdom OF
Others. We must possess the qualities
of prudence, self-knowledge and self
restraint and the knife should not be
thrust too deep by ignorant hands. Com
binations of capital, like those OF labor,
when intelligently and honestly admin
istered, were productive of good. Much
of the complaint against combinations,
he thought, is entirely unwarranted.
Under present day conditions it Is as
necessary to have corporations In the
business world as it is to have organization
among wage workers. But we have a
right to ask in each case that they shall
do good and not harm. The remainder
of his speech was comparison OF the
/ c,oo1 an1 OWL of combinations
Providence r. /. Aug. 23.-At Plain
field the President received telegram
from friend of Cecil A. Lyon, chairman
of the State republican committee of
Texas, who wire i from st. Louis. Mr..
Lyon called at Oyster Bay, several days
ago to tell the President the troubles
within the ranks Of the party in the
Lone Star State After Lyon left Oyster
Bay the President made few remarks,
scoring these republicans south ofMason
and Dixon line who seem to be more
anxious to capture Federal offices and
delegates to the republican conventions
than they do votes for republican con-
gressional nominees.
In his message today Mr.. Lyons friend
begged the President to set Mr.. Lyon
right with the country. This the Prsi-
dent hastens to do. He did not intend
to convey the impression that Mr.. Lyon
was any more guilty of weakened devo-
ton 20 the party than any other particu-
lar gentleman in the South. He merely
happened to preach that little sermon on
the same day that Mr. Lyon called and
did moi intend to hold the Texan up to
the world as a horrible example. In
tsead of being horrible example, the
President is convinced that Mr.. Lyon is
very bright example ofhustling Texas
Republican.
A squabble took place at Hartford be-
tween the forces of Mayor Sullivan and
cx-Mayor Harbinson. Each side wished
to run the show, but finally the Sullivan
ties won out, and took all the glory
worth getting out of the entertainment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-23
CHARGED WITH MURDER.

Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 23.-The arrest
of four of the most influential citizens OF
Sumner county on the charge of murder,
has created great sensation at Gallatin,
as well as in this city. The men are Ed
gar Mann, Richard Pierce, Rufus Bell,
and Harry Wherry, the latter being the
postmaster at Hendersonyille. They, to-
gether with five unknown citizens, have
been indicted for the murder of DIR. A.
II. Williams, prominent physician, at
Hendersonville, who was assassinated at
his own threshold, six years ago. No
successful clue to the murder was ever
obtained, although three men, one OF
whom was Rufus Bell, were arrested for
the crime but were never brought to
trial
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-23
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

A dispatch from Roekport says: At
2:3O this afternoon the weather condi-
tons were such that Commander Pills
bury's chances of successfully getting to
the coast unobseryed were less than at
any time since the war game began.
In a suit brought in Trenton, n. j.,
against the United States Steel Corpora
ton it is shown that in wages alone
800, 900, 900 is annually expended by
the corporation. The amount of bust
ness done by the company is S400, 000,-
900, and this is practically all ON a, cash
basis.
Late this afternoyn at Readvilhe, near. Ia,
ton Dan Patch, 600 81 the great sky !,
old son of the renowned Joe Patchen. ar
sent fast mile in an attempt to loy al ~
worlds record Of l:594, made on Ger .n'
track five years ago yesterday hyY .Is Ss,,'
George Letter whose wife w - :,
Mrs. Charles l.. Fair, ard wAs . sis!eI o.
are benefciaries under Mrs, y TWO ; gniiur en-
inmate of the Orange poor e, ar WI, IS az
n. j. His son IS sid to- na'ni III NeM ;.i
in New York, 'i"'e SVOn positioH
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-23
CHEATED THE LYNCHERS.

Russellville, KY, Aug. 23-The pos
ses that have been on the trail of the
murderer of Zoda Wick, aged 16, have
been spared the horror of burning him
at the stake, as they threatened to do.
The body was found Friday evening
hanging to one of the rafters in the barn
of John Mccarthy. Conscious of the
enormity of his crime, for he criminally
assaulted the child before he murdered
her, and surmising his fate, he committed
suicide to escape the torture that await
ed him had he been captured. The
brute was a white man named Hugh
Marshall, who had been under suspicion
since Thursday, when evidence of his
guilt was revealed. Marshall evidently
ended his life soon after he committed
the crime, as his body was decomposed.
Many of the mob wanted to burn the re-
mains but cooler judgment prevailed
and they were turned over to his family
Marshall had a wife and family.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-23
SCORES VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS

"The republican party of Virginia has
degenerated into but little more than an
organization of oficehoders, said Mr..
w. 5. ShOwalter, of IIarrisOnburg, who
was in Washington last night. ''Re-
peated defeats have demoralized the
rank and file of the party to such an ex
tent that they are not caring very much
one way or the other what happens.
Except in a few of the western counties
of the State hey have no show at the
polls and have grown weary of voting
aginst majority.
''But it really seems that the leaders
do not want the party TO win. They
have just enough offices to 90 around
among themselves now, and are satisfied.
They know that they are very unpopular
with the voters of their own party, and
that it is very much easier to hold their
jobs as bosses by putting up no fight at
all than it is by putting up stiff tight.
Consequently the leaders simply call
meeting of the committee, and the COM
mittee decides to nominate no candi-
dates. That gives the rank and file no
opportunity to depose them from their
self-erected thrones of political bossism:
"But | think what the President said
the other day is going to make the lead
ers do little real hustling for once.
Teddy can't be blufed by the bosses,
and he will make them inject just a little
strenuosity into politics.
THE new constitution is grand one.
Though many feared the outcome Of the
convention, think all who nave watch
ed the workings Of the constitution VIII
agree that is a fundamental law Of which
Virginia may beNproud."