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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-15
FARMERS sULLETIHS.

The Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. c., has issued some
very valuable Farmers Bulletins.
The bulletins have been carefully
prepared by the most practical men
OF the country and should be in the
hands OF every progressive farmer.
Hon. c. II. Dickerman. Milton,
Pa, has received a very liberal con-
signmeut of these bulletins aud is
ready to distribute them among his
constituents.
Below is q partial list OF these
bulletins, auI any one desiring a
copy of any one o. all ostheSe publ.
cations, can get them free by call
ing at Mr Dickerman's office in
Milton, or by sending their name
and address. All requests will re-
ceive prompt attention.
Potato diseases and treatment.
Insects injurious to stored grain. -
Poultry raising on the farm.
The feeding of farm animals.
Thirty poisonous plants. -
"Stauiard varieties of poultry"
The peach twig-borer."
Care OF milk on the farm.
Weeds aud how 10 kill them
Sorghum as forage crop"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-15
ARTIFICIAL DAYLIGHT.

II you have a dark room in your
house, or a dark corner IN your Of
fee, or store, or basement, We can
show you how 10 make it light.
THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE is lighted
with three kinds Of Daylight Prisms.
which can be seen at any time by
calling here. We have the agency
for these glass, and will be glad TO
give you an estimate. Come and
see how they tighten up our base
meut. THE COLUMBIAN.
# Bloomsbury. Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-15
RULING OF COURT.

The Court, on Tuesday made
the following order;
Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany VS.. Columbia County COM
missioners ct. al, in equity, and
the Supervisors OF Mifiin township
VS.. Pennsylvania Railroad Company
in Common Pleas application for
grade crossing.
Now, October -, 1908, an oral
argument is desired and it is there
fore now ordered to be heard for
Oct. I9. 1908, at 1880 P. m., at
Court House and the clerk will give
prompt notice Of the order TO
counsel concerned.
R. r. LITTLE, P. J."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-15

Geo. B. Hummer of Elk Grove,
is authority for the statement that
bears are numerous in the vicinity
OF his home, this season. He says
they make almost nightly visits 10
the orchards and eat all the apples
that fall TO the ground.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-15
I'LL Stuffed Up

That's TIE condition ot many sufferers
from co.ar.h, especially a the morning.
Greet difficulty Is experienced in clear
ing the head ana throat.
80 wonder c0'arrh causes headache,
i'm pairs the taste, smell and hearing,
po''u.cs tha h~ol'h. lryauGcs thc stOn-
ach and a'ferts tie appetite.
To cure c,ta~~h. treatment must be
constitrtioral-S''s. Hnd tonic.
Il Vas a'Hictsd with catarrh. l took
medicines Of direfeut Kinds, giving each
\ iair trial but gradually grew worse until
could hardly haar, taste or smell / then
cNncluGed 20 t-y Huoa'- Ssrsapar!lla, and
after taking five bottles ! was cured and
have not had any return % he disease
since" E-GrSE fo23Es, Lebanon. Kan.
Hoods JarSGpariii0
Cures ca.arrh-it soothes and strength
ems the mucous membrane and builds
UP the whole system.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-15
Res, Room.

The rooms ofthe Young Women ;
Christian Association will be open
every day during the fair for the
use OF all women. as a rest room.
The rooms are in Evans block, cor
uer Of Main and Iron.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-15

The famous Troubadours will be
the attraction at the Opera House
next Tuesday evening. They are
presenting this season their latest
musical aud laughing success, The
EX- President OF Liberia. They
claim that il is a vehicle in which
40 detective is needed to discover the
plot, and even the police cannot ar
rest the laughter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-15
Water Company 05oeIs,

The Bloomsburg Water Com
pany met on Tuesday and reelected
the following directors for the en-
suing year: Pau. +. Writ, A. T..
Schoch, B. +. Sharpless, L. y.
Meyer, r. K. Little, Ellis Ewes, l..
E. Waller, Bruce Clark and Dr..
W. NJ. Reoer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-10-15

Uncle Sans department OF agri-
culture says the assured demand
will bring the 1908 wheat crop to
market at record breaking prices.
Do the experts mean now or after
a while?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04
Reflections of a Bachelor.

Men make deserts of gardens and
women gardens of deserts.
1t takes a fur around a woman's
neck to keep her feet from getting
cold
A woman is so vain that she puts on
her handsomest underclothes when she
goes to see her DOCTOR
When you begin to talk about the
moon an experienced woman always
gets suspicious of your intentions.
When a man is so absorbed thinking
what would have happened if he had
filled his busted flush in a big jack pot
the night before that he does not hear
his wife when she reminds him of a
promise to take her to the theater, the
safest thing for him to do when she
gets mad about it is to come to life
with a start and tell her how happy it
makes him when he gets thinking Of
the first time he ever kissed her.-New
York Press
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04
Where Do the Masks COP

while people are trying to figure
out what becomes of pins and flies, I
wish they would compile few statis-
tics on the distribution Of false faces, y
said maker of masks. Judging by
the number of faces we sell there must
be some kind of carnival going on
somewhere the whole year around.
Naturally we expect big demand for
masks about Thanksgiving and holi-
day times when everybody hereabouts
is supposed to be making merry, but it
certainly does stump me why SO many
people keep on buying the things after
the festal season is ended. From years
end to years end small dealers in no.
tions and knick-knacks all over town
give us orders for small faces. or
course, they must sell them, else they
would not continue to buy, but by
whom and where they are worn is one
of the problems for statisticians to fig
ure on. Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04
ORIGIN OF STUNT
How Word Came to Be in Common
Use and It's Significance.

You have read that members of the
faculty of the University of Chicago OBJ
ject to the word stunt" In publications
of that institution. The offending an
nOuncement was as follows 'The
Womens Union, 3:30-5:30 p. m. A
thanksgiving spread Appropriate
stunts by members of the Womens
Union. Only members are expected to
attend"
Stunt" is supposed to be a slang
word, but this point must first be es-
tapl1shed. There were photographers a
century or SO ago who insisted that
"bet" was slang word, yet in that
memorable scene between Shallow and
Silence the Justice said: Dead! He
drew a good bow; and dead! he shot a
fine shot; John of Gaunt loved him
we'll, and betted much money on his
head" And slang is language in the
making.
Stunt is an allotted portion, hence
an assigned task. There is a word
stunt" in provincial England. and it
means fierce or angry, Or sullxy or OBJ
stinate; and Ito stunt" person is to
make fool OF him. But stunt is, to
our mind. more heroic form of
SIeHI. Tie is QOlnS STUNT may
be justly applied to Mr. Edouad de
Reszke singing the Counts aria in
'The Marriage of Figaro" to an ath-
letic pianist in mortal struggle with an
orchestra; to a politician explaining
the reasonableness of his vote on a GER
tain bill. There is the thought of mus
cular action, strained sinews, great
drops OF sweat, fearful disaster if the
attempt be not successful. Therefore,
we do not like the use of stunt in
connection with young women at a
Thanksgiving entertainment, and we
approve of the censure of the faculty
of Chicago.-BostOn Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04
Her Own Sweet Self.
BY J. HEMANS hurley.

ceeded to his private Office. Going to
his desk she made careful search
through it, and soon found drawer
marked private" In this were num-
Der Of bills and accounts. These she
went over very carefully, determined to
find out the exact condition of his af-
fairs.
She added the items, then compared
the total with receipt which was
among the papers the lawyer had given
her, and found the amounts to be the
same.
"Ah, hal" she exclaimed, ''my sus-
picions were well founded; now for
business"
Calling messenger she directed him
to notify the head clerk to report for
duty, and as soon as he arrived, she
had him dispatch the following note:
Mr.. Roy Evans. City:
Sir-Your immediate presence is re-
Quested at the Office.
Respectfully,
J. CLARK.
Roy was not long in putting in an
appearance, and seeing her sitting at
his desk, he started back in amazement.
"Why, Wynn!" he exclaimed, ''wnat
are you doing here? This is no place
for YOU
place or not" she replied, that can
be discussed later and in the meantime
will you kindly inform me as to the
correctness of these bills" handing him
a number of bills. being for wine sup
pers, dinner parties, luncheOns and
numerous similar expensive luXuries.
He was trembling violently as he sat
down to look them over; she was per-
fectly cool and self-possessed.
And now" she continued, when he
had finished examining them, "are they
of your own contracting?"
eyes," he faltered, II must admit
that they are"
Does not their total equal the
amount for which you are involved?"
she asked.
Eyes, it does" he acknowledged.
Read this!" she commanded, as she
handed him another paper.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

Hoeritz, Bohemian forest village
which rivals Oberammergau in small
way, is to give the Passion Play next
summer for the first time in five years
'"The aim of these plays" says the cir
cular sent out, "is the keeping of an
old popular pledge, and it is also fo1
the alienation of the poverty of the
inhabitants of the German Bohemian
forest" The plays will be given or
Sundays and holidays from June till
September
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

AS his glance fell upon it he started.
1t was receipt in full for his indebt-
edness. He gazed at her in amazement.
At length he gasped:
"Wynn-Wynn, what does this mean.
Who
THAT the wife has paid the hus-
bands debts" she broke in. ooh, Roy,
why did you do it! You thought you
were keeping all this from me, and ac-
cused me of running you, when you
brought it upon yourself. found some
OF those bills soon after our marriage,
and seeing how it would end, l saved
my money for this time. Oh! you can
never know what heartaches it has
cost me, but now, thank God! your
good name is redeemed" and sinking
into a chair, woman-like, she gave way
to flood of tears
Roy staggered to his feet. Keeling
like a drunken man, he crossed the
room, and reaching her chair he fell
upon his knees beside it.
Darling" he sobbed, "can you ever
forgive me; l must acknowledge the
truth. Never before did dare confess
my guilt. This morning l sought to
blame you for it all, brute that was.
WY love, my love! forgive me, and
shall prove myself a man in the future:
there shall be no more of this. AS God
is my witness | shall try to be worthy
of you."
STOPPING over, she lifted his face to
hers and kissed away his tears, as she
replied:
Darling, do you not know that nv
heart has already forgiven you"
Springing to his feet he clasped her
in his arms. Sweetheart" he cried
81 thank God that you are like ycur
own sweet self"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

as have long expected; your extrava-
gance has ruined us. Do you under
stand, woman? Ruined us! I have
borrowed to keep you going, to pay it
back as business increased, but now
have failed. Last night | made an
assignment, and this morning | stand
before you without penny. Oh! if
you had only been like other women,
I would not thus have to hide my head
in shame"
He had risen to his feet, and was
pacing UP and down the room. She
went over to him and placed her hand
upon his arm. There was a note of
sympathy and sorrow in her voice as
she replied.
my dear, dear boy, am very sorry
indeed, that it has come to this; per-
haps 1 was wrong, but I did only as 1
thought you would like me to do. A
woman, they say, is what man makes
her; is it SOP"
He started in sudden amazement.
What man makes her." he echoed;
why, woman! have I caused you to
make a Dauper Of me?"
A roguish twinkle flashed in her eyes,
and evading his question, she con-
tinued:
Roy, dear, give me kiss, and we
will begin life over again. / shall try
to be like other women in the future"
kiss you? MOI" and without even
a backward glance, he turned and
walked out Of the room.
Left alone, the wife seated herself in
and easy chair, and as she sat thinking,
there came into her mind, not anger,
but sympathy, for the man who had
just accused her of causing his ruin.
No one can know what anguish swayed
her heart. Was this to be the end of
their happy days; those happy days,
the anticipation of which had so
frightened the dawn of her bridehood?
Poor Roy she said, slowly, 'the
dear, dear boy; he feels very bad, in
deed. It's just like a man, always to
accuse the woman when anything goes
wrong"
At last, rising to her feet, she muir
INJURED: '"The husband has failed, SO
the wife had better see what the future
has in store for her.
Ordering her carriage, she was driv-
on to the Office of her husbands law
yer. After a short interview, the law
yer left the Office and was gone for
some time. When he returned he
handed her a bunch of keys and some
papers, saying: II wish you every
success in carrying out your plans for
the future"
Thanking him, she departed. Her
next stop was at her husbands place
of business BY means Of the key she
gained admittance, and at once pro
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04
Forty Acres of Plaster of Paris.

Forty acres of pure plaster of paris,
from ten to fifty feet thick, is the re-
suit of the effort of two boys to smoke
a rabbit out of hole under a ledge on
Gloss Mountain, Woods County, Okla.
The gypsum ledge was formerly the
home of numberless wild creatures,
which lived in the crevices of the rocks,
using dry COW chips, sticks, and other
rubbish for their nests. The whole
mountainside was a mass of flames al
most Immediately when fire was ap-
piled, and it burned for days. Only 800
degrees is required to convert gypsum
into plaster of paris, and the ledge is
being transformed into white powder.
New York Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

Copyright, 1903, Authors Publishing Coz
@E MAN was sitting in the COM
R Portable parlor of a modern
EN uptown residence. There
~ was a scowl upon his hand
some features which quick
ly gave place to look of determination
as he heard the rustic of woman's
skirts in the hail.
Nov for a scene" he muttered,
bracing himself as for trying ordeal.
The woman swept into the room with
grace that marked her as one of high
sentiment, having a firm, common
sense grasp upon the everyday affairs
of life.
She greeted him with bright smile
"a smile that gave token of the deep,
true love she held for the man before
her. Going over she seated herslf upon
the arm of his chair, then coquettishly
looking down into his eyes, she said:
Roy, dear, would like some money
this morning, as I have an appoint
ment with the dressmaker this after
noon
He glared at her for moment, then
thrust his hands deep into his pockets.
Money, money, money: good heav-
CiAS, w yAA' INV you Cdn SCC away Will
it. 1t is only a week since / gave you
$50; where in the world did it all go
to? You are just like all the rest of the
women-spent it all for some foolish
thing. | thought, when / married you,
that you had at least little common
sense, but from morning until night
you are on the go after some useless
thing. A man wears out his life trying
to fill woman's purse"
She laughed little at his outburst,
and her voice took on a bantering tone
as she replied:
Thanks, hubby, always glad to hear
you express yourself. So you think
that is all I married you for; just to
spend your money and to have good
time. Well, really, must confess that
the pastime has proven very enjoya-
ble."
"Enjoyable!" he burst forth, 'T
should say it has. It's turned out just
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

On the coast of Vancouver Island, in
British Columbia, the f1uorishing town
of Naniamo, with it's 5000 inhabitants,
has no tax for municipal purposes save
on land values, levied alike on occu-
pied and Unoccupied land, according to
the orthodox Interpretation of the sin
gle tax theory. The town is miners
town. where the doctrine of three
acres and cow is almost universally
realized, as we'll as that of tesery man
his own house owner" For this result
the easy terms Of the London syndicate
which owns the coal and land in the
neighborhood is largely responsible.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The Boston Post says that since the
state of Massachusetts, a few years ago,
adopted the policy of road building, as
an object lesson for local communities,
between 100000 and $4,000 900 have
been expended on this work, and the
mileage of the state road built has been
more than duplicated by the towns and
counties. For several years the annual
road appropriation made by the legis.
lature for state road construction has
averaged 100000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

Among the new crop of congressman
is William O. Smith, of Punxsatawney,
Pa, who at one time was compositor
IN the government printing office, at
Washington, where he worked several
years. Then he went to Pennsylvania,
became proprietor of a newspaper, en-
tered politics and now has worked his
way into a seat in the House of Rep
reSentatiYeS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The great Italian railway companies,
especially the Mediterranean & South
ern, are placing heavy orders for loco
motives and passenger and freight cars.
The contracts for the new electric stan
daTd gauge railroad, which will connect
Rome with Naples, will also soon be
placed The Sicilian railroads have
also appropriated considerable sums for
RECRUITMENT and purchase of addition
al rolling stock, as have the railways
on the Adriatic coast of Italy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The extent to which American cities
are indebted to foreign immigration is
co only "a per cent of the population is
composed of native whites of native
parentage; in Chicago that element
composes but 20 per cent of the popula-
ton, while in New York it is but 81
per cent, and in the borough of Man
haitian only 16 per cent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The government of Victoria has ap-
pointed Thomas TAFT, traffic manager
of the Canadian Pacific railway, chief
commissioner of theVlctorian railways.
Mr.. TAFT is only years old. He enter
ed the railway service when he was 16,
and has risen from the lowest through
various intermediate places to his pres
ent high position.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The report of the commissioner of
patents for 1902 shows total of As, 400
applications for patents, including de-
signs and that 27,776 patents, including
designs, we're issued.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The German reichstag has voted S70.-
900 for the purchase and maintenance
OF motor cars in the German army. The
French appropriation for similar pur-
pose was only $4,000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The Siangeli copper fields, which ex-
tend on each side of the Swedo-Nor-
wegian boundary, have been sold to IN
American company for 1000, O00 kronor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

After Jan. 1, 1904, no underground
bakehouse can be used in London I'M
less it is officially certified as being
suitable as regards construction, light,
ventilation, and in all other respects. y
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The publishers of the Dutch edition
of Paul Kruger's memoirs say that the
profits thus far amount to only 81 900.
The contributions to the Boer relief
fund in Amsterdam amount to $342, 500.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The imports into Cape Colony for last
year amounted to 934, 10000, as
agaist 923, 9S2,031 for the previous
year. The exports were Ell, 436,1 as
against e1O,S73,273.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

Buffalo lawyer in whose house Presi-
dent Mckinley died, is a member of the
Oxford boat crew this year His al
most equally athletic brother has
missed the eight"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

Viscount Tadusa Hayashi, Japanese
minister to Great Britain, has been mi
tiated as a member of London Mason
ic lodge. 1t is believed that no native
japanese has ever before become a
Mason.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

IN the tax list of Aulestad. Norway,
Bjornsterne Bjornson's income is put
down at $4,000 and his property is as
sessed at about $4,000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The South African colonies and ISL
ands owned by Germany have no local
legislature or even crown councils.
Each is ruled by an autocrat appointed
by the emperor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04

The average daily consumption Of
water per head of population in Ameri-
can cities is about 80 gallons. In Eu-
rope it varies from in Brent and IL in
Venice to 202 in Marseilles and 264 in
Rome.
Arizona republican., 1903-08-31
BOY BADLY HURT.

l.. Nj. Strumm, a. boy aged 16 years. was perhaps fatally injured in the Spray shaft this morning about 9:3U o'clock. At q late hour this afternoon the physicians are unable to state wha: will be the outcome of his injuries.
 Strumm was coming up the cage in the Spray shaft. and when he reached the 100-fcot level stuck his head out of the cage. The next second it was caught between the timbers.
 The timbers caught Strumm across the forehead and back of the head. On the back there is a severe contu- sion. but the physicians do not fear any serious results from this.
 If Strumm recovers he will be per manently injured. His nose was flat tened against his face. all the bones being broken. The blow was so severe that it crushed all the bones.-Bisbee Miner.