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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-01
GREATEST LIGHT
YET PRODUCED
New Electric Light That Even
Poor May Have.
MILLIONAIRE SCIENTIST
Copper Hewitt Rivals Edison
and MarcOni.
MILLIONAIRE SCIENTIST

New York, Feb 2S.-The New York
World prints the following;
The Cooper Hewitt Mercury Vapor
Lamp has the following distinctive fea-
lures:
The light is produced by the incandes-
cence of vaporized mercury in a vacuum
There are, therefore. no lilaments to burn
out and no carbons TO be replaced.
The strength of the light is eight times
that produced by the same current with
the incandescent lamps.
1t makes electric light cheaper than
any other form of artificial light.
The light is without red rays and is
therefore of great value for workers,
there being a minimum of strain on the
eyes. In some respects this quality is a
disadvantage where color is a question.
II produces much less heat than any
other lamp.
1t is an ideal light for photography
1t casts unusually little shadaw, the
light being generated over large suf-
face.
It requires no special wiring, except
from the switch to the lamp.
II is theoretically everlasting.
In the third story of the Madison
Square Garden in New York City, is a
little room, not much larger than the
parlor of a Harlem fat, and in this room
Is the laboratory of a millionaire in
ventor who is today being hailed in Eng
land as the rival of Edison and Mar
conf.
The name of the man in the little room
Is Peter Cooper Hewitt. Young Mr..
Hewitt" as he has always been called,
though ne is now forty-one years of age,
Is the son of the late exMayor Abram
Hewitt and the grandson of Peter Cooper
the famous manufacturer and philantro-
pist He >is a millionaire, a member Of
clubdom and the $50"
The two inventions which have placed
him IN the front rank of the world s
great inventors are:
First-The Hewitt Mercury Vapor
Lamp, which gives from the same cur
rent of electricity a light eight times as
bright as that made by an Edison lamp.
Second-T'he Hewitt Static Converter.
q three-pound mahine which takes the
place Of a 70o-pound machine, and does
better work for a fraction Of the cost.
Both of these inventions mean cheaper
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-01
me-. TgM~

n you have any business with Mr..
William c. Bolton, President of the
Bolton Drug Co., brooklyn, \. Y,
You must elbow your way through
q crowd of customers, and you Will
find him working at a modest little
desk in the rear OF the long counters
A man who has five large stores
TO look after must learn to do at
least two things at once, and Mr.,
Bolton. whom a reporter found at
the store, 264 Futon Street, con-
tinued to work as he talked.
IL have been in this business long
enough TO see many proprietary
articles rise and fall he said. Il
have never stopped to analyze the
reasons for the failures. AS for the
successes, merit and good manage
ment account for them merit chiefly.
Take Cuticurs Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent, for example In our
stores we have handled them for
years, and the sales have gone on
increasing right along despite lively
and persistent competition.
There are thousands, yes, tens of
thousands of people in this good
borough of Brooklyn, who consider
them standard household articles,
- thoroughly to be depended on as
to-morrow's sunrise
In my Judgment, the hold of
Cuticura Remedies upon the public
confidence is explainable upon one
ground only; that they really do all
xh>v are said q, do
IF they failed 70 cure eczemas.
rnshes and other torturng, disfgur-
ing skin, scalp and blood humors.
or IL the Soap and Ointment did not
possess delicate enolient properties
especially fitting them for toilet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-01

purposes, for preserving, purifying
and identifying the skin, scalp, hair
and hands, the facts would have
been known long ago, and Cuticura
would have gone to the grave-yards
of medicinal failures
- As a matter of fact, Cuticura
remedies are very much alive. OF
course our statesmen DO not ask ques-
tions of people who come 10 buy
them, but from the ever growing de-
mand | assume that the good work
of Cuticura has been spread through
the community by word Of mouth,
and with all due respect 10 the news
papers. that is the best advertising
in the world
Time and competition are the
hardest tests. and Cuticura has with
stood them both. Mothers use the
Soap and Ointment to relieve their
tormented babies, whose tender
skins itch aud burn with eruptions
as unsightly as they are agonizing,
because it Is not only effective in
the highest degree, but IL is pure,
sweet and wholesome.
Grown mp people who buy the
remedies for their personal use,
swear by them, I know. Cuticura
Soap is the most popular of skin
soaps, and its sale probably exceeds
that of all other skin soaps combined
I'VE have sold al retail over
5000 worth of Crticura Soap, oint
ment and Resolvent this year. and
have as yet not heard one word of
complaint.
II have no more interest in Crti
cura than in other things we sell.
but since you ask my opinion,
give it as freely on this subject as
would On any other
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-01
THE ENGLISH OYSTER.

(From the Louisville COurieT-Journal9
Ii AFFORDS us pleasure amid the crtti-
cism recently directed against the Ger
man Emperor 10 find something IN his
Judgment and conduct commend It
Is therefore with genuine joy that We
learn from cable dispatch of his order
banishing the English oyster from the
imperial table. OF al the bitter. copper
.sh. unpalatable products Of the sea the
English oyster is entitled 70 an odious
pre-enlinence- II Is small and devoid Of,
fatness. For an oyster It IS tough and
IndIcestible To the taste Il suggests n
eiaboIic compound Of auinine and corrod-
ed copper. II has the appearance ~ a
diseased nussel. turned blue BY long
abstinence from healthy diet or By de-
fective 6iSestion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-01

electricity for lighting and transportation
purposes The Hewitt lamp makes cleo
tricity cheaper than gas or tallow can
dies, and the Static Converter makes
it possible to store the batteries of au-
tomobiles at small expense and TO oper-
ate a long-distance electric railway.
Five years ago young Mr.. Hewitt, :"
commenced work on his electrical in
ventions Far below him, in the great
auditorium, horse shows, six-day bicycle
races, etc. came and went.
The roar and tumuIt of two Presiden-
tial elections made night hideous" in
Madison Square, while the inventor toiled
away in his little workshop $50 feet above
il all.
None but his most intimate friends
knew of his work He made no prophe-
cies of the great things he was soon to
accomplish.
The problem which he tackled was.
How to product light without heat. For
years electricians had regarded a cold
light" as an impossibility. None but Mr..
Hewitt believed it could be produced at
all.
At last, after four years of plodding
work Mr. Hewitt succeeded.
One evening in January a strange light
was noticed in front of the Engineers
Club, No. u West Thirty-frst street
The lamp consisted Of a glass tube four
feet long which appeared TO be filled
with an intense bluish-white fame, bright
enough to light up the street for 100 feet
or more. This was the first exhibition
Lamp.
Mr.. Hewitt's lamp is practically a huge
thermometer with an electric wire at
each end. The heat of the electric cur
rent melts the mercury into vapor and
the vapor transforms the electricity into
light.
Simple enough. Yet no inventor had
ever thought it out before. and it can be
PRODUCED for one-eighth of the cost of
the ordinary electric light.
Strange to say, Mr. Hewitt's inventions
have been first been recognized in Great
Britain Several days ago over one hun
dred of the greatest English scientists
were gathered together at Claridges no
tel by George Westinghouse and Lord
Kelvin. in order that they might see Mr.
Hewitt's inventions
Among those present were Lord Roths-
child. Lord Morley. Lord Hamilton, Lord
Allerton and the proprietor of the Lon
don Times.
The two instruments caused sensa-
ton among the electrical experts, and
the opinion was expressed that they
would create a great stimulus in the
uses Of electricity
1T is a long time since we have met
any electrical inventions" said one of
the scientists present, which more i'm
mediately command attention and con-
vince the spectator that they are clever.
wonderful and calculated to prove of
great value to mankind
Mr. Hewitt is quiet, unassuming man,
and takes his new honors modestly. Sew
eral years ago he obtained a reputation
for physical courage by thrashing an i'm
pertinent cabman, but he has an instinc-
tive dislike for publicity.
The apparatus shown in London was
sent over from my laboratory in New
York City" said Mr.. Hewitt, TO a re-
porter from the World.
1.-The devices exhibited were finished
commercial articles for small units of
current They apparently presented no
more obstacles in the way of commercial
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-01
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
Coal Production Heaviest Known,

With the present month the country
enters upon the coal consuming season
and the trade will undoubtedly be
much more active than any time since
the new contract year opened. Up
to the present time, the first Of August,
much of the coal that has been pro-
duced has been going into storage bins
either in the cellars of householders
or in the yards of retailers who have
been stocking coal in anticipation Of
the fall and winter demands. Without
question, since the beginning Of the
new coal year the production of coal
has been the heaviest ever known.
1t is remarkable fact, and should be
accepted as a good indication of the
future that the markets of the country
comparatively with similar periods in
the spring and mid d.summer in other
years, have been on a much better
basis. Consumption, as we'll as pro.
duction, has been enormous, and while
at times prices have sagged and there
have been accumulations of demur-
rage coal, these conditions have not
been peculiar to the present year; in
fact, they always occur during the
summer season, and without them the
coal trade would feel that there was
something wrong in the industry. In
the aggregate they have been no more
numerous this summer than in the
past, and losses due to this cause will
form total much less than a year or
two years as for the same period.
The month of August opens with
encouraging prospects. Notwith.
standing the very heavy production of
coal in all quarters, prices have shown
a gradually advancing tendency DUR
ing the past ten days, all of the i'm
portant markets being on stronger
basis than they have been heretofore
during the past six months. The effect
of the reduction in prices of stocks
and the failure of stock brokers has
not been appreciably felt in coal
circles.
In the anthracite trade, July pro-
duction which will undoubtedly 20
over 100000 tons and possibly
close to $500, 900 tons, has practical
ly all been absorbed, with the excep.
tion of the steam grades. The mar
ket is easier than it has been but
there are still many points which want
coal and it will require considera BILE
tonnage to supply em.-Blaek Dia.
m01G.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
Director Boughton.

Davy Boughton is drilling the
colored talent of town for a variety
entertainment to be given in the
Opera House for the benefit of the
A. M. E. church. On this occasion
Davy says he will display one Of
the most elaborate wardrobes ever
seen on the local stage. He will be
made up to represent a Monte Carlo
sport, South African exile, and a
character from the comedy "We'uns
of Tennessee" He will positively
appear in these makeups, provided
the moth haven't eaten them too
badly. He hasn't looked at them
for about two years. The date of
the show depends on the conceptive
powers Of the performers
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
Bass FISHING IN THE sUsQUE-
HANNA.
Abundant Opportunity for Rare Sport IN the
North Branch-various Niethods
That Insure a biq Catch.

The following article on bass fish,
ing is written from Tunkhannock, and
appeared in the Philadelphia Press
on Sunday last.
"The north branch of the Susque-
hanna, at almost any point north of
Tunkhannock, as far as Towanda, is
a favorite bass fishing stream. The
river in this stretch Of country winds
through rich farm land and is almost
entirely free from pollution. The
scenery is picturesque, made so by
sharp and rocky bluffs, whose base
touches the waters edge. Here are
cool and shady pools and swift riffs,
where the willy bass hides in waiting
for tempting sinners and bullheads
that may chance to venture out too
far from the shallow waters.
Some shore fishing is practiced, but
fishing from boat is the rule. All
along the river are homes where lodg-
ing, boats and bait may be obtained,
and, if desirable, the assistance of a
man acquainted with the river, to row
the boat, attend TO the bait and fish
and make himself generally useful
Fishermen may fare sumptdously at
$I.5o day, Boats cost 50 cents a
day, and an attendant $I.5o.
The popular bait is the bullhead, a
small catfish, netted out OF the slug
gish streams that discharge into the
river. Its chief characteristics are
toughness and durability. 1t lives
long while on the hook and some
times survives the strike of bass if
the contact Of the latter's teeth has
not penetrated too deeply.
1t is well known fact that the bass
are not afraid of the boat or boatmen.
They seem to have natural curiosity
about them and follow so closely at
times that they have been known to
plunge into a boat in theii swift rise
to the surface. Much of this curiosity
is the result Of various kinds of lunch
that is cast from the boats as well as
the bait of the fisherman dangling at
the ends of lines.
There are various methods in use
for bass fishing. Sometimes the boat
is anchored at the head OF deep
pool, or in the middle OF it, or else
lower down where the water thins out
into pebbly shadows just at the head
of riff. At other times the boat is
gently rowed along, the oars dipping
the water with touch of velvet so as
not to alarm the fish. Another plan
is to have the boat sent up the river
early in the morning, distance of
five or six miles, and then fish from
the boat as it floats with the current,
the lines dragging in the rear.
The most important articles in the
equipment of tackle is stout rod, a
good multiplying reel and strong
bass line not less than 100 yards long.
In days sport, with good luck, it
is safe to count on the capture of one
or two fve-pounders, along with others
ranging from one to three pounds.
Laceyviile offers ten miles of ac-
cessible fishing territory, not excelled
anywhere on the river. Further down
are Mahoopany and Metuchen,
equally desirable"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
Stolen Rings Returned.

The bar tender who disappeared
quietly from town taking with him
three diamond rings, belongining to
Mrs. Anna Houck, of Catawissa,
was located few days ago by a
detective, who by the aid Of war
rant which had been sworn ont be-
fore Squire John Berger, of Cata-
wissa, succeeded in getting posses
sion of the rings. They have been
returned 10 the woman. 1t is said
that the bar tender took with him a
good sized roll of the long green.
all of which he forked over to avoid
arrest. He was a regular caller at
the Houck house, where he was
thought to be an honest man, but
the woman says she made a mis-
take.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
PROSECUTOR DIES.

Frank Berausick, the prosecutor
i'll the highway robbery case against
Alex. Boyd and Francis MINER,
both of whom are under bail for
their appearance at the September
session Of Court, died from injuries
sustained while attempting to make
car coupling at the Mid Valley
Colliery No. ?, some time ago, at
the Miners Hospital, Fountain
Springs, on Saturday.
The story of how Berausick was
held up on the public road near
Centralia and robbed of a gold
watch and some money, and the
subsequent arrest of the perpetra-
tors by detective McKelvy, while
engaged running down clues on the
McAndrews murder case, has al
ready appeared in these columns,
and repetition Of the details at this
time is hardly necessary. The
stolen watch, however was after
ward found in the mountain where
it had been hidden, and is now in
the possession of District Attorney
Duy, and will be used as evidence
when the case comes up next
month. Berausick had only re-
Gently been brought back from
Pittsburg whittier he had gone to
seek employment, in order that he
might be on hand when the case
came up, and it is rather strange
he should be called away just at
this time. But inasmuch as the
District Attorney is in possession
of the confessions of the defendants
the death of the prosecutor will not
in any way weaken the Common
wealth's case.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
May Buy Rupert Grove.

There is strong possibility that
the Columbia & Montour Electric
Railway Company will soon be the
owner Of Rupert Grove. The COM
pany has long realized the need of
resort or park that is esay to reach
and this grove when properly i'm
proved will fill every requirement.
A few years ago, and up to the
time that it was purchased by G.
w. Keiter the grove was the mecca
of not only people from town, but
where people from other places de-
lighted to visit. The Electric Rail-
way Company has for more than
year past been negotiating with
Mr.. Keiter for the purchase Of the
grove, and it is highly probable that
the deal will soon be consummated
In location and natural advan-
tages, the grove is far superior to
any along the line of the trolley,
and this with the easy and quick
communication which the railway
furnishes, the popularity which the
grove will attain when once fitted
up for a park can hardly be esti-
mated.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
White Reunion.

Arrangements have been completed
for the third annual reunion of the
descendants of Peter White, one of
the pioneers of Columbia County, who
settled at Light Street at an early date
and became the progenitor of a large
and prosperous posterity, many of
whom still live in this county.
The reunion this year will be held
at Fairchild's Park, Wednesday, Aug
ust 2o, if the weather is fair; other
wise it viii! be held the day following.
Every effort is being made to provide
a pleasant time. Besides social inter.
change there will be ample opportunity
Tor amusements.
The manager of the park desires it
known that excellent coffee can be
secured at reasonable prices.
E. w. WHITE,
CHARLES CONNER,
w. w. EVANS,
A. B. WHITE,
Committee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
Arrived Safely.

The relatives and many friends
in Bloomsubrg, of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Gross, of Lock Haven, who
visited here shortly before their
departure on July IA ior Bremen,
Germany, will be pleased to know
that they arrived safely in the
Fatherland on July 2Sth, having
been fourteen days in crossing the
ocean. They are both in excellent
health, and before returning to
America will visit Italy, Switzer-
land and other countries. In the
letter announcing their arrival,
Dave says he didn't like the idea
OF paying seven cents for a glass of
beer while on the vessel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
Located at Bloom.

Prof. c. H. Winder, for two years
supervising principal ofthe Berwick
schools, and last year at Montrose,
Susquehanna county, has moved to
Bloomsbury. He is a son-in law of
Rev. w. R. Whitney, with whom
he has taken a suite of rooms on the
second floor Of the Ent building, to
be the Office of the Equitable In
surance Company of New York,
whom they represent. He will
make Bloomsbury his home. -Ber-
wick Enterprise.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
Graves That Aren't Kept Green.
Many a Problem Presented for Cemetery
Folks 10 Solve.

A perplexing problem with which
the cemetery associations and man.
ayers have to deal, is presented by
the many unclaimed lots and burial
tracts. 1t is estimated that fully IS
per cent. of the lots in majority of
the large cemeteries that surround
Philadelphia are allowed by their
owners to go unattended for years
at time. Unnatural as it may seem
many of these burial tracts are in
the possession of surviving relatives
who display no interest in keeping
tidy the resting places Of the de-
parted and allow the lots to become
submerged in tangle Of weeds and
grass.
But there is a large number of
lots in nearly every cemetery for
which there are no claimants. In
many cases they were in the pos
session OF families which have be-
come extinct, and in others, the
surviving relatives have left the city
and apparently forgotten the resting
places of the family's dead.
Especially is this the case in the
number of old graveyards still re-
naming in the built up portions of
the city. When Macpelah Gene
terry, at Tenth street and Washing
ton avenue, was vacated a short
time ago, and the bodies were ex-
humed, and reburied in a new
cemetery outside the city limits, the
remains Of many persons were un-
claimed. Despite the earnest efforts
made, it was found impossible to
trace the owners or survivors of
families holding possession to a
large number of lots.
Cemetery managers state that the
only thing that can be done i'll such
cases by the cemetery associations
is to act as custodians of the lots for
future claimants. The lots, of
course, are bought outright, and
no other course is open.
In order to provide for the per-
petual keeping up of lots, various
plans are adopted by several of the
large cemeterys associations. For
instance, lot owners in West Laurel
Hill and one or two other cemeteries
are guaranteed that their tracts shall
be forever kept in good condition.
Mount Moriah Cemetery has trust
fund, by subscribing to which lot
owners may have care taken OF
their burial grounds perpetuallv.
and Woodland Cemetery has anoth-
er such plan in operation. Others
of the large cemeteries have made
similar provision for perpetual care
taking.
Notwithstanding these efforts,
the ownership of many lots is lost,
and the burial tracts are allowed to
go on from year to year unattended.
In course of time the disposition of
unclaimed and unattended lots in
all the great "cities of the dead"
will no doubt be problem not easy
Of solution. Philadelphia Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
FROM COURT HOUSE CORRIDORS.

The following marriages have been
granted since our last issue.
Leonard Kile of Jackson township
and Miss Etna Lutz of the same
township.
Fred A. Stevenson and Miss Hen
rietta Eveland. both of Berwick.
William Llndemut and Miss
Ca.harine Beaver both of Locust
township.
Clyde R. Thompson and Miss
Martha Dresher both of Benton.
Frederick Swisher of Millvllle and
Miss Fora Johnson of Talma,.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
ID. A. Michael and wife to Thos.
X. Miller. Briarcreek twp.
r. M. Watkens and wife to Mary
Rumberger. Locust twp.
Almira Brown to J. C.. Brown, S.
c. Brown, ct. al. Mifflinville.
w. E. Searles and wife to Geo. G..
Heist, Bloom.
Susan Kostenbauder ct. ux. to Sus.
an Brown, Catawissa.
Jessie Smith, ct. ux. to Susan
Brown, Catawissa.