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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

r. EV. Or. WASHINGTON GLAD
X DEN, of Columbus, o.. was re-
Gently asked TO outline his idea
of the function of the church in its re-
alton to politics. In view of the fact
hat he himself went into practical poll
.cs not long ago, and served his home
ty in a legislative capacity, his words
We more than ordinary weight. The
'Jncluson at which he now arrives is
lat it is wisest for the church in all its
activities to keep it-elf free from en-
tanglement with prac ical politics.; but,
he. says, the church hose membership,
including its minister, is not actively
at work in securing good government
in the community in which it stands has
neglected a great part of its duty" He
says further. in the Christian Endeavor
World CBoston);
"The first and most obvious reason
why the church should not engage in
practical politics is that practical poll
tics is at present under the control of
parties and the kind of strife and con-
fiict which is thus involved would he
fatal to the peace of the church engag-
ing in it and destructive to its spiritual
life. If both parties were represented
in the church, the church could not
favor the policies or the candidates of
one party without opposing the other;
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08
A PRISON REFORMER.
English Home Secretnry's Policy In
Connection with Treatment OF
Criminals Is Unique.

with the exception of those who are
taking the chief parts in the so-called
fiscal controversy" now raging in Eng
land no member of the British cabinet
has been more talked of of late than the
recently home secretary, the
Right Hon. Aretas Akers-Douglas. In
his capacity as head Of the department of
the government which deals with crimi-
nails, Mr.. Akers-Douglas has just laid
before parliament a scheme regarding
the treatment of wrongdoers which he
hopes will solve problem that has been
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

Great Bfllaln.D
for years agitating the minds of his pre-
decessors. He is going to try and reform
the criminal classes so as to make them
both within and without the prison use
full citizens Hitherto prisoners, ire
spective of their antecedents, who were
sentenced to penal servitude, that is any
term involving confinement for over two
years, were put to such improbable oc-
cupations as picking oakum or breaking
stones. The secretary feels that all
prisoners are not hopeless cases, hence
his new scheme. Young men serving
their first period are to be kept under
special observation, and II 1t is found
that the criminal instinct is not strongly
developed in them they will be taught
some useful trade which may help them
to become respectable citizens on their
release Habitual criminals will be also
put to some useful occupation by which
they will be no longer a burden on the
taxpayer, and If they show no disposition
to reform they will be kept in prison for
an indefinite period This feature Of the
scheme is drastic, because it will need a
special act of parliament to put it into
operation.
Mr.. Akers-Douglas comes of family
known for its charity and general good
works The home secretary himself,
while a man Of strict sense of duty and
answering purpose to act for the good
of the state, is touched with much
clemency in the discharge of what is
often painful business. He is so pune
| tilious about his work that he frequently
| looks in on such places as Scotland Yard
and other institutions relating TO crimi-
nails, to see to things in person, and many
| stories are told of the way in which
| policemen on duty, failing TO recognize
the home secretary, sometimes refuse
| him entrance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

"It is of course conceivable that great
moral issues may arise in which one
party will stand for righteousness and
the other for iniquity. 1t came pretty
near to that in the year just preceding
the civil war; and there were good
many churches in those days which
stood soidly together in support of the
principles and the candidates of one
party and against those of the other,
while there were many pulpits from
which emphatic teaching was heard
which seemed to have very direct bear
ing on politics. We heard in those days
a great deal of angry talk about poiti-
cal churches and political parsons 1t
is unfortunate when clear issue OF
fundamental morality is raised between
political parties, for in such cases the
churches and their ministers are bound
to take sides.
such cases are, however, eXcep-
tional 1t does not often occur that the
one party represents virtue and the
other vice; and the economic and flnan-
cial questions which divide them are
questions with two sides, on which men
have a right to differ. The church has
no call to take part in the settlement OF
such questions; and, If it consults its
own peace and prosperity. it will let
them severely alone"
What, then, it may be asked, is the
proper work of the church? Has 1t no
function to fulfil in the Improvement of
| l.. . . In aieI rot NJ
affairs? To these questions DR.. GLADDEN.
answers:
Its business is to apply the law OF
Christ to all the concerns of life, and
| to reveal the spirit of Christ in the lives
OF its members. Its high calling is to
| ct men and women for lf-government,
to fill their minds so full of the wisdom
that is in Christ and their hearts so full
of His love that good government shall
be the spontaneous and inevitable eX-
preston of their lives.
This means that the teaching of the
church with respect to social and politi-
cal principles shall be clear and author
! itatiye. 1t means that the pulpit shall
show men what the law of Christ means
and how it works in existing human re-
lations; that it shall take the great
ideals of brotherhood and service and
hold them close to the life of every day.
so that men may see what II means to
be Christians now, in this twentieth
century, and in all the business of this
complex civilization.
Here the duty of the church ends.
These Christian citizens, thus in
structed and inspired, must unite in
other organizations to give effect to the
truth which has taken possession of
their lives. 1t Is not for the church, in
its meetings or by its official action, to
seek to make nominations, or TO elect
officers, or to frame legislation; the
working out of these principles must be
left to other agencies. Either through
the parties to which they belong or
through Independent organizations
these Christian citizens must exercise
their political functions"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08
Jaw WYER5 IN BATTLE
Will Fight to Save $4,000 for Mrs.
Florence Ma yoritk.
Executors OF Her Grnu,ifnthcr's Es-
tate VIII he Forced 10 give Ac-
countinp-Disappeh
of Great Riches.

Fighting fer fortune for Mrs. Flor
ence Elizabeth Maybrick to case her
years after her releasenex July, and also
those of her faithful old mother, lawyers
have begun proceedings to recover more
than $4,000 That is all that Is left of
the immense fortune of Darius Blake
Holbrok. grandfather Of the American
woman now spending the last months of
a life sentence, commuted TO 10 years, in
an English prison.
Before John II. Judge, referee, at No.
20 Broadway, New York, s. " Hayden, OF
Washington, ID. c., attorney for Mrs.
Maybrick, asked an accounting from
Hamilton b. Bradshaw and William II.
Gardiner, of New York city. They we're
the executors ofthe will of Mr. Holbrook,
who left his vast estate to his daughter,
now the Baroness Won Roques and resi-
dent of Rouen France, with reversion-
airy interest to her daughter Mrs. May
brick.
Tens Of thousands of that fortune went
to save Mrs Maybrick first from the
gallows, when she was sentenced to death
in 1889 for poisoning her husband Hun
dreds of thousands were spent by the
Baron Won Roques, an Austrian, who
married the American heiress long be-
fore her daughter by former husband
had been accused of murder.
Darius Blake Hobrook also owned
100000 acres of coal and iron lands in
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

A hearty appetite does not always indicate
healthy condition. 1t is not the guam
tity Of food which is eaten but the quantity
which is assimilated, which determines the
actualsvalue of the food consumed. If the
stomach and organs of digestion and nutri-
tion cannot convert the food into nourlsh.
ment and into blood then the food is an in.
jury instead of benefit. For all disorders
of the stomach and its allied organs of di.
gestion and nutrition, there is a certain
remedy in DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Bis.
coveiy. Itremoves clogging distractions. 1t
strengthens the stomach, nourishes the
nerves, enrches the blood and builds up the
body. 1t is ileshforming, muscle making
preparation, making firm flesh instead Of
fabby fat. Golden Medical Discovery
contains no alcohol, whiskey or intoxlcant of
any kind, and IS equally free from opium,
cocaine and all narcotics.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08
p,per umbreIlas Are Coming.

Several German firms in SaXony are
making arrangements for manufactur-
ing hats and umbrellas on large scale
from paper. The paper will be prepared
by special process, and the hats will
be more or less porous to assist ventila-
ton, and be extremely light. These
firms hope to food the world with their
paper hats and umbrellas, which will
be sold at extremely low prices. They
also anticipate that they will be able to
introduce striking novelties in the way
of decorations of meu's hats, which In
their opinion are far too monotonous
and dull Their umbrellas and sun
shades are likewise to be brightly col
ored.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

sentative in the house of commons. The
new marquis, who was born on October
23, 1861, was educated at Eton and at
University college, Oxford. His politi-
cal career began early At the age of
"a he contested the Darwen division of
Northeast Lancashire, and, successful
by the narrow majority of five votes,
held the seat until 1892. At the general
election Of that year he was defeated,
but in the following year he was re-
turned unopposed for the constituency
his elevation now leaves vacant. During
the South African war he served with
his battalion of the Devonshire militia
and earned the c. b. In 1900 he was APP
pointed under secretary of foreign
affairs
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

The following letters are held at
the bloomsbury, Pa, postoffice, and
will be sent to the dead letter Office
Oct, 20, 1903. Persons calling for
these letters, will please say that "they
were advertised Oct, 8, 1909,
MIR. Nelson Gross, Mr.. l. w.
Saith, Parcels. Mrs. SADIE Glrard
Heldler, Mr.. Sam Rosenthal.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
]. c, BRowY, P, M.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

md the struggle of the partisans to con-
"ol the action of the church would not
ond TO edihcation. The alternative
,ould be that every church should be
arty organization. including in its
membership only the adherents of one
political party, and then we might look
for lively scrimmage between
churches of opposite politics, which
would be equally scandalous. 1t is clear
that so long as our political affairs are
in the hands of opposing parties Chris
tian churches cannot become actively
interested in them"
Nor does it seem wise to DR.. GLADDEN.
that Christian ministers should discuss
in the pulpit questions Of party politics
He writes on this point;
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08
MARQUIS OF SALISBURY.
Cecil Has Been in Public Life
for Many Years.

By the death of his father, the late
Marquis of Salisbury, James Edward
Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil Viscount Gran
borne, becomes fourth Marquis of Sails
bury, and Rochester city loses its repre-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08
Saved n Box OF Mntches.

A fire broke out in the bookstore of
T. B. Gill, in Marshall, Mo. and the
excited owner hurriedly grasped box
of matches and dashed into the street.
On being asked why he was so eager
to save the matches, he said he had
rescued them to prevent them from
taking fire.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

vestigation Mr. BOnaparte is the
grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, young
est brother of the first Napoleon, and
o. famous Betsy" Patterson, once a
Baltimore beauty and heiress, He is a
bachelor, 60 years old, and although
he came near entering the senate as
the associate of Senator Wellington IN
1896, he has never held public office.
He is a republican.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08
EagIes Are High Flyers.

Eagles have been noticed flying at a
height OF 5000 feet and storks and
buzzards at 1900 feet. A lark will rise
to the same height, and so will crows.
As a rule, however, birds do not fly at
L srl3.eg acIghr than 1000 feet.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08
itching, Burning, Creep
ing, Crawling Skin Diseases relieved

in few minutes by Dr. Agnew's Ointment.
DIR. Agnew's Ointment relieves instantly,
and cures letter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head,
Eczema, Ulcers, Blotches, and Eruptions
Of the Skin. Ii is soothing and quoting and
acts like magic in all Baby iumors, lrrita-
ton of the Scalp or Rashes during teething
time 35c, box-I4
Sold by G. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08
CHARLES ]. BONAPARTE.
Appointed by Interior Department to
Investigate Alleged Frauds
Against Indians.

Charles ]. Bonaparte, who has been
appointed by Secretary Hitchcock to
investigate alleged frauds against the
Indians in Indian Territory, is one of
the leading lawyers of Maryland, and
was only recently appointed by the
president to prosecute the frauds in
the postal department now under In
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

"Yes" remarked the loud-voiced man with
the diamond stud. 81 am out of politics for
good" "Ah," murmured the sedate little
fellow in the corner. "May ask for whose
good?n
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08
DR.. Agnew's Cure for the

Heart acts directly and quickly stimulates
the heart action, stops most acute pain, dis
pels all signs of weakness, huttering, sinking,
smothering, or palptatiol. This wonderful
cure is the sturdy ship which carries the
heart-sick patient into the haven Of radiant
and perfect health. Gives relief in most
acute form. of heart disease in 80 minutes.
--I3
Sold by c. A. Klein.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

No, Maude, dear; the State Legislature is
not quartered at Norristown, but at Harris
burg. That's another institution you are
thinking Of
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

| know man who's so intent
ON promises that he has spent
One half his life in making them
The other half in breaking them;
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

Some of the new dwellings in French
cities are fitted with doors made en-
tirely of paper. 1t Is finished to re-
semble any kind of wood, and there is
no warping, shrinking or cracking.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08
Whnt Galvanized Iron Is.

Galvanized iron is merely iron
dipped into molten zinc. The coating
is not electrically applied, as the word
galvanized seems to imply.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-08

was appointed to his present Office by
President Mckinley. He is graduate
of Dartmouth college and is SO years Of
age. He is recognized in Europe as one
of the most reliable authorities on Poly
nesian affairs.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-16
AN EXPANDING TIME LIMIT.

From talk OF sixty ninety days session OF the Legislature
drifting suggestions that the lawmakers will have
to keep for six months AS the opening OF the session draws
subjects multiply and that differences of opinion
are brought out in connection with many
AS far is possible, the Republicans have prepared them
selves for action the county bill They have up the sub
eCt in very b1snesske way and shown carry
will remain unsettled when the session opens next Wednesday
will be important and will probably take long time pass
this BILL though be given the right OF The question
and the chapter
provisions which naturally differences OF opinion.
There OF ali aaCk the law Salaries OF
officers county consultations offices and other
will take time
On the subject of Intoxicating liquors. the legislature is likely
have OF its venest debates 1t evident that there will
be half dozen proposed The AntSaoon League
hand and the Protective Association the other have
been preparing for battle while there those who favor the
emes OF puransm and others who long for the wide open
With these and many others to be disposed Of the
legislature though be of action will necessarily be
OF good deal of talk The Home Rulers will have be given
chance their views and any OF them neglect it, will
be because the cold winds OF adversary have changed
The way still open for the introduction of for free
and gambling for such measures the Pain franchise
and for resolutions calling for Investigations OF side issues But
with the control in the hands OF the who hold the
safe predict that time will not be wasted and six
months session found necessary there comfort in the reeC
ton that the work done will make smooth for future
sessions.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-16
Electricity

1t occurred in a class in physics in
a prep school. The student in ques-
ton had never felt the warm blood of
ambition coursing through his veins
and looked with superb Indifference and
contempt on the subject of study of any
kind, In fact his study bump was fiat.
The subject before the class was cleo
tricity. Prof. Snyder propounded the
question to the youth,
What is electricity"
The young man arose, scratched the
place where his study bump ought 20
have been, gazed blankly into space,
and replied:
Don't know"
Right! Right!"t exclaimed the pro-
fessor First question you have an
swered right since have heard you re-
cite. Mark you perfect! No one knows
what electricity isl"
The same student was asked later in
regard to the Douglas and he readily
replied:
The Douglas Patent Closet is guaran-
teed against leakage and the annoy
ance of running water. Bath, the plum
ber installs the Douglas.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-16
HOLSTER DRUG GO.
FORT STREET
ELDER SMOOT.

Elder Smoot. is justified in restoring
the III to his name.-Omaha Bee
The women appear to be opposed, en-
masse, to Reed SmoOt. They say he is
no Gentileman.-BostOn Transcript.
If Apostle Smoot will patronize a clip
ping bureau he will learn something to
his disadvantage.-Mi Sentinel.
The anti-SmoOters should have all
the pleasure they can out OF it before
the United States Senate takes the
case.-'W ashtngton Post.
If the Senate is such an immoral
body as Apostle Reed Smoot seems to
think, the wonder is that he wants 10
break into it.-Atlanta Journal.
When Reed Smoot gets to the Senate
he will have the time of his life in Try
ing to sustain the notOrlety he mas
won in the MISUNDERSTANDING Times.
Not having placed a million dollars
in the slot, it passes the belief of many
people to hear that Reed Smoot has
pulled out a natorship.-Detroit Trib-
une.
Reed Shoots idea that the United
States Senate needs religious men even
though their particular belief be a lit
tie shady certainly has the merit OF
lginality.-Buffalo Times.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-16
AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT.

During his twelve years of diplomatic life Mr. Bowen has
been idle He has always read widely and has supplemented his
reading with thorough study of modern languages He speaks
and reads Spanish French Italian German and Persian besides
Engsh and while he Barcelona, he of
international Law which admirably simple and compact
statement OF the principles underlying the law OF nations. Mr..
Bowen has also issued from time time few slender volumes
OF verse They mostly love poems of patriotism,
not very good and not very bad.
Perhaps of the characteristic things about Mr. Bowen
the way he takes pains praise others who help him his
work Notice how he gave Mr. Harrington credit Bar
ceona incident And notice also how he goes of his
way praise Mr. RUSSELL the American secretary for all the
good work he doing Had Admiral Sampson adopted this pol
icy in his famous dispatch after the Santiago victory there would
have been Scey controversy and he would have vaed
Dewey in the hearts of the people.
Mr. Bowen, then, is accomplished ngus something of an
authority international law and alert courage
frank and weled diplomat He be depended upon to
do well and eXpedousy anything and everything that
within his personal and professional dutyReview of Reviews
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-16
FREAK LEGISLATION.

One OF the latest freak bills OF the legislative in Main
land states introduced Sacramento by State Senator
Shortrdge provide the Golden State with public News Re
porter Shortrdge has had good deal OF
disastrous experience with newspapers and perhaps has peu
diced him them At any he has brought forward
bill to have the world shot the proper
walls from the Cupola OF the Capitol building all messages
free anyone the who stick UP a
cever and keep in touch.
The proposed law abandons the dness of legal phraseoogy
and drops poetic Ven draws picture OF the proposed
supply that every citizen or tax
payer this State sitting beneath his and fig tree and
Marcongram wireless APPARATUS instantly know
the great world OF which world each Californian
important component part" ss
The Public News Reporter $1,000 year and to
have two assistants receiving each The entire happenings
the world be covered concey in his daily reports
and p. and i'll messages such other hours the
developments call for So that the morning and two in
the afternoon Reuben and Sas the and all the country
editors parsons pOsmasers stOrekeepers and what all
them become expert of Marcongras gather
der fig their homes and The public
porter his under contract from reliable per-
corporation capable OF furnishing the
The preamble OF the bill follows "Wherea The freedom
and absolute independence OF the matter of great inn
portance free people, and whereas is of equal importance
that all citizens shall have ready to of authentic
information and that such of information shall be
all times all citizens OF the State OF California; and Whereas
monopoly OF the liberties of the people and
hurtul than all other nonopoes and whereas tie
OF the State and legitimate
the interests the people the well the
matter of banks, harbOrs sCaps medicine
county roads, barber shops game laws free markets and the reg
the of make possible the supplying
all and of the State small the
State therefore, there hereby created the Public News Station
OF California which shall be situated the State Capitol building
Sacramento and shall be equipped with the latest devices and
apparatus for the purpose receiving recording and transmitting
news