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The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-30


 "I would first of all tell you, Harry that have an unbounded faith and re. gard in your father, who, under the most adverse circumstances, has won the esteem and respect of all with whom he has come in contact since re- siding in Australia. He only made one slip in his life, but it has cost him we'll. God only knows what! When he left he expressed Q hope to me that, if he married, would take care of any children with whom he was blessed and bring them up in total ignorance of who.their father was. This prom ised to do. He married out there and you were born, but in giving birth to you your mother died. When you were four years old he sent you to me. When you attained your majority he instructed me to tell you the secret of his life. and begged that you would not judge hir too harshly. Through hard work he has gained substantial fortune. and from this day you will receive from the lawyers sufficient capital that will yield an income of $1,s00 year. You will now hear"
 "Stop!" said Harry. quietly. with a strange, hard look in his face. "I can not and will not touch one penny of my fathers money. He has deceived me. He had no right to bring me up with the thought that his life had been beyond reproach. It was cruel Cruel-cruel!"
 He was pacing the room no~; his face was white and set.
 "Jessie-the girl to whom I am en- gaged-what will she say? What am ] to tell her?-I, who have always been taught to be truthful and open ever since l learned to speak. Ihave been kept in ignorance of that which l ought to have known, and what she ought to have known"
 "lt was done with . noble purpose. and worthy of the noble mind that en- tertained it," broke in his guardian quickly. "Were your fiancee to know the whole story she would revere and honor the name you bear."
 "I shall hear nothing until we are married" retorted Harry, with rapid ly rising anger. "Is it not enough that my-my father has killed my faith in him? Now you wish to kill her faith in me. No! no! no! cant hear the truth" and he strods from the room.
 He staggered blindly into the din- ing-room. But he paused on the threshold. Hesaw Jessie standing near the window, and by her. with his hand roughly seizing hers, stood James Ban- ton, his rival.
 Jessie, desire an explanation" he said. quietly, but with . voice that shook with suppressed passion and jealousy.
 With . startled cry the girl turned round.
 My explanation is this," put in Banton, with sheer. "that the son of a common forger is not suitable hus. band for Miss Payne's niece!"
 Recall those words!" shouted liar. ". you lying scoundrel!"
 They are true," snesred Banton 'Twenty-thrse years ago your father
The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-30

The Wardwell family, of Detroit. comprises mother and 16 brothers and sisters, all resident of that city. except a brother, who is in the KIon- dike, and sister. The oldest is 75, the youngest 45 years old. There has never been a death among the broth- CTS and sisters in the family.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-04-30
She COmprOmi~ea

Friend-l thought you said you in- tended to put on mourning for your poor husband.
 Widow did. but it was so very un. becoming that compromised by wear ing black stockings.-Denver Repub- licap.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19
GONE TO NEW MEXICO.

On Thursday last a party con
sisting of J. c, Brown, H. A. Nc
Killip, w. d. Beckley and c. B..
ROBBINS left here for visit to New
Mexico to investigate the property
of the La Grand Gold Mining Com,
pany. The claims Of this company
lie along the Rio Grapde river, and
the gold will be obtained by dredg-
ing the sand from the river. Tests
of the sand have shown a very large
percentage Of the precious metal.
The party took with them an ex-
pert and all the necessary apparatus
for pursuing their Investigations.
1t is feared however that they .may
encounter some deep snow that may
interfere with them somewhat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19
YOU CAN help THE LIBRARY.

There is scarcely family in town
but what has a quantity OF old rubber
shoes, garden hose, gum boots, and
the like, worthless to the owners, but
the Library Department ot the Civic
Club can convert into money, for the
purchase of books, If afforded an
opportunity. A pair of Old, worn out
gum boots may be the means of add
ing wanted volume To the library
and the possibilities in worthless
garden hose are only limited by its
length. TO day and to morrow have
been designated as Rubber Day "
by the CIVIC Club, and an effort will
be made to gather up all the OLD rub
bers about The town. Receptacles
have been placed at the Exchange
Hotel and at Ihe Supplee Mather
Co. Store, where articles may be de-
posted or Il word is sent 40 the library,
a wagon will call a, the place request.
ed. Here is aff>rd:d an opportunity
to show your public spiritedLess.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19
DHOISI0a WITHHELD.

The killing Of George NJ. Hughes
setter dog 'Lady" by policeman Geo.
B. Martin, has caused "ave OF in
dignation among the dog fanclers OF
town who claim mat he exceeded the
bounds of iustihable authority. There
is a town ordinance which torbids the
running at large OF bitches, bot 1t is a
question whether or not any officer
other than a constable has a legal
right TO enforce the ordinance. But
be this as it may, Mr.. Martin is being
execrated ,or this act, and many con-
slider 1t spite work. Nr. Hughes val
ues the dog at Sroo, aud Immediately
brought SUIT for damages for that "a
mount. The hearing was held before
Justice of the Peace r. II. Ringler,
Monday afternoon. The interest was
great and the Office was far inadequate
for the crowd that sought admission.
Mr.. Hughes had for his attorney Will
lam Chrlsman. B. Frank Zarr repe-
sented the defense. The witnesses
for the prosecution were William A.
Rabb, !. w. Gibbs, Miles Betz, A F.
Hartman, William Rush, DR.. J. G.,
Cable and Daniel O'Neil. The de-
fense offered no evidence. The jus.
tice took the case, but announced that
he would reserve his decision. The
only question IN the case is whether a
policeman has a right to shoot bitch
running at large. The ordinance says
"corst able
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19
DELIGHTFUL MUSICAL.

A delightful musical was given
in the Library rooms last Thursday
evening by the Five Els, composed
Of Ethel Greasy, Elsie Yorks,
Eleanor Welsh, Ethel Bierman and
Emaline Esh!eman, for the benefit
of the Public Library. The audi.
ence, was an appreciative one aud
each number OF the program was
warmly received. The Five E's
were attired IN white and made a
very pretty appearance. The first
chorus was Little Fairies" by
the Five E's, and ,hey gave as
their encore, Tick, Tock, Tick. -,
Each solo was much appreciated,
and showed the performers to have
given much time and attention to
make them proficient. Katharine
Bierman sang Pussy Knows" in
a manner that captivated the audi
ence and gave as her encore "See
the Christ Child"
Little Ruth Greasy recited " The
Sparrows," illustrating with mo-
tons, to the amusement Of the audi
ence, supplementing it with "The
Ant Hill"
The Piano duet OF Elsie Works
and Ethel Greasy elected much de-
served applause.
The Children's Hour" by
Eleanor Welsh showed her pro-
fciency as . rising elocutionist
The encore was a selection of her
own composition. The Mandolin
Solo by Ethel Bierman was especi-
ally we'll rendered, showing decid-
ed talent and skill in one so young.
The entertainment closed with
the Butterfly Drill by the five
young ladies,
The net proceeds of the evening
were $40. 90, the money to be ap-
piled to the Childrens department
of the Library.
The management desire TO thank
all those who were Instrumental in
making it success, and particular
ly Mr.. Conner Thomas Tor the free
use of the piano. and Mrs. J. l..
Dillon and Mrs. Stanley Bryfogle
for the beautiful floral decorations.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19
HEARING NEXT MONDAY.

On Wednesday morning Sheriff
Knorr served an Injunction on the
Irondale Electric Light & Power
Co. 1t was served at the instance
of the American Electric Light Co
and the preliminary order Of the
court is that the defendants be
" enioined and restrained from
erecting, constructing or placing,
and from continuing to keep erect
ed, placed or maintained, any of it's
poles, lines or wires so as to cross
or run between, through, over or
among the lines or wires of the
Plaintiff, in dangerous proximity
thereto, or through the space oc-
cupied by them, or through any
adjacent space necessary for the
future growth and operation of
their business.
Next Monday, 23rd inst. at ten
O'Clock is fixed for hearing before
the court, at which time evidence
will be heard and motions made for
the continuance or dismissal Of the
injunction.
The bill sets forth that the Iron
dale Co. is now in the course OF
erecting and constructing a line OF
poles and wires over and along the
same streets, and alleys of Blooms
burg as are now and heretofore
have been in use by the American
Electric Light Co. and that the
latter have i'll use on their lines an
electric current of from Io4 to 1910
volts, while the defendants propose
to use wires conducting a current
of 1000 volts, and that under these
circumstances it is necessary to use
great care to prevent loss of lille and
injury to property so that the lines
of the two companies may not come
in close proximity to each other,
Plaintiffs claim that by reason of
the priority and occupation they
have a superiority of right over the
4
highways of the town, without
interference or obstruction from the
poles and wires OF the defendants,
but that the defendants are putting
up their poles and wires, so as to
cross, or run between, through
over and among the Plaintiff s
wires, or in dangerous proximity
thereto, and through the adjacent
space necessary for the future
growth and operation Of the plain
tiff's business. They seek by thi,
proceeding to have the rights Of al
parties fixed by the court, and the
manner determined in which the
wires of the new company may bt
erected.
The bill is filed by A. w. Duy
and Ikeler & Ikeler, solicitors fo,
the plaintiff.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19

St, Patrick day passed off very
quietly i'll Bloomsburg. There
were no demonstrations of any
kind. Mass was celebrated i'll St,
Columbia's Catholic Church with
the rector Rev. ]. r. Murphy as
celebrant.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19
A SAD DEATH.

Mrs. Harry G.. Bower, died at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
]. Strausser on Catharne Street, this
town, Wednesday morning She was
victim of hasty consumption, ana
was taken with the disease about
three months ago. Her decline was
rapid. Only three months previous
to the beginning of her sickness, she
was united in marriage to the young
man whose name she bore. The
union was happy one, and her
death, so early in life, is particularly
sad. She was not yet nineteen years
of age. The funeral occurred on
Sunday afternoon and was largely at,
tended. Interment was made IN
Rosemont Cemetery.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19

YES SIR. it's time now for you to blossom
out in your Spring togs. Your Suit
and Overcoat are here waiting for you. Think
you'd better call early and try them on for
we want to be sure that everything is Just
right If you haven't yet made your selec-
tions you'll find it an easy task here now
we have so many new things to show you that
we are bound to please You somewhere along
the line. Suits in new Cheviots Cassimeres,
Serges and Worsteds.
Overcoats and Top Coats in Coverts, Meltons
and Worsteds- short or medium lengths.
Mems new Spring Bonnets too, to top off
the good clothes effect.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19
New Company EnjOined

Am. Ell. Light Co. Procuros a
Preliminary Injunction TO Re-
strain the Irondale Electric
Light & Power Co. From
Stringing Wires too Near
the Former.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19

DR.. H. w. McReynolds was able
to be out on the street Saturday.
He has been confined to the house
nearly all winter y sickness.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-03-19

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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-01
COMMON SENSE TALK.
Clock Before You Leap" Is nm AI..gs
That Must BE Considered by
WouId-Be Farmers.

With enthusiasm for their capital,
misled by the fatal lead pencil which
figures millions in it," many would
bes' ask us if we advise going into the
poultry, cranberry, ginseng, fruit,
goat or some other outdoor business.
A good rule of life is Don't get in a
rut." Don't stay in a place just be-
cause you are in it. Another is 'Don't
change too readily. Look before yon
leap" We do not encourage the sail
ing of strange seas by unfamiliar
craft, yet there are pioneers, and one
wise man has said: ITO retain youth,
change your occupation every ten
years.
To all those who long for country
life, we will say that as business
proposition any branch of farming is
no different from other industries
The wise man does not say: "Lo,
will be merchant prince" and forth
with rule the commercial world with
ready-to-wear scepter. The captains
of industry have all risen from the
ranks. If there is any better rule than
"begin at the bottom of the LADDER
we 90 not Know 1t.
We do not understand the strange
fatality which leads hopeful innocents
to embark in bucolic enterprises with
little money and no training. 1t must
be the result of the popular misconcep-
ton that anybody can farm"
The whitening bones of countless
failures show where these luckless
ones dropped by the wayside. They
started across the unknown sands,
without food, water or provision
against the scorching MONDAY sun, or
the deadly miasms of night, led on by
the mirage of great profits.
1t was once said of a very able law
yer that he was "the best farmer in
the state-on paper"
To succeed in any branch of farm life
the following requisites, while general
principles only, may be of advantage
to those who think of trying a new
thing:
/. Good health.
2. Love for the work.
g. Persistent and patient endeavor.
A. Some capital.
5. Common sense
6. A knowledge of the business.
The beginner may acquire health in
the process; this will be his first vic
tory. He may lose his first enthusiasm
for the work; this will be fatal. per
sistent and Patient Endeavor" means
work; we are not considering gentle
men farmers "some capital is
broad enough to suit all purses; some-
times the less the better. I don't
know why it is called common sense"
when it is SO uncommon; anyway it is
indispensable. A knowledge of the
business may be obtained after en-
barking, by study and experience, but
don't look for success until the ex-
detrimental stage is past; fortunate is
he who lasts through this riod.-Col-
mans Rural World.
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ular; so, too, are tag" "leap frog"
duck on rock" jumping ropes, and
others equally as rural.
OF all of these "tag" is probably the
most popular with the children. 1t
affords amusement for an indefinite
number, and is game at which the
novice may play as well as those edu-
Gated in it. 1t is the great evening
game of the ghetto district when that
section is alive with the little folks
after their day of labor in the sweat
shops.
Two things are responsible for the
introduction, or rather regeneration,
of these old games. One is the kinder
garten, the teachers of which make
every effort possible to instill a love
for such games for the reason that
they afford amusement and exercise
without an attendant expense. The
other is the play grounds of the public
schools. The board of education have
at number of schools exerted their
best efforts in providing the children
with the means for healthy exercise
and innocent amusement during the
play hours, and here these games hold
sway for the reason that they are not,
limited as to numbers. The teachers
find in such games an educational
value as we'll as a means of healthy ex.
crcise.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-01

ground in the business center of Chi
cago will be worth more than it is in
New York, or the business conditions of
the city will have to change. The lat
ter. however, is happening now to
some extent. For several years the
elevated loop marked the boundaries
of the business section of the city
in this little section, not much more
than one-half mile square. practical
~ all the enormous Wholesale and
retail business of the city was trans
acted. Now the big wholesale houses
are spreading beyond the loop and
a number of immense business blocks
are being erected to be occupied by
large wholesale concerns in section
that for years has been the home
of the tough element.
AS an evidence that Chicago has
not yet lost faith in the final COM
pletion of the federal building may
be noted the rise in real estate val
ues around federal square. The fed
eral building has been under con-
struction for more than six wears.
and to-day has more the appearance
of a historic ruin than n new build
ing. 1t is safe to say that immense
sky-scrapers, for which the founda-
tons have not yet been begun, will
be completed and occupied before
Uncle Sans mails, and Uncle Sans
courts are occupying the building
which is being constructed for them.
Within few years this entire square
will be lined solidly with buildings
that are 16 stories or more high, and
they will so overshadow the gov
eminent building as to make 1t ap.
pear small beside them.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-01

the ease with which they can be
taken down for cleaning, etc. About
once month they are taken to some
convenient place to receive an appli-
cation of insecticide and new filling.
One part of crude carbolic acid and
two parts of kerosene make an eX-
cellent mixture for disinfecting, and
for repelling vermin. Where boxes
are stationary they are inconvenient
to take care of, and contents are apt
to become foul and the breeding
place of lice.
These movable boxes are just the
thing where hens are used for incu-
baton. When a hen becomes broody
eggs are given to her, and at night
the box, hen and all, is carried to an
apartment of the brooder house,
where she can serve out her time I'M
molested, and at the same time get
off to take food and exercise.
The boxes should be all made uni
form as to distance apart of the
holes by which they are suspended,
so that box may be removed from
one pair of nails to another pair any
| where else.
I have torn down the long nest
rows and the patent "hide away
boxes" which are said to tempt the
hen to lay few extra eggs, and now
use the movable boxes, excepting a
few trap nests in the breeding pen,
where it is serviceable to know the
best layers.-E. Grant Davis, in N. Y.
Tribune Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-01
PARAGRApH1c POINTERS.

UThe Cleveland cult, which showed
sundry signs of recrudescence few
weeks ago, seems to have fallen back
into innocuous desuetude. Indianap-
oils Journal.
D'They are talking of organizing
democratic club in this city, but no
one has yet suggested where they are
going to get the democrats.-Philadel-
phia Press.
UBetween the radicalism of Mr..
Bryan and the conservatism of Mr..
Cleveland the democratic mule will be
likely to take the bits in its teeth and
strike out for the tall timber.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
UMr Bryan denies the story that
questions and removing himself from
the arena of politics" Some denials
are taken with allowances, but nobody
will have any difficulty in accepting
this one at its face value. 1t would be
riotous imagination that could con-
ceive of Mr.. Bryan's voluntarily re-
nouncing politics as long as he re-
tanned his health, which is at present
good.-N. Y. World Dem.).
DThe action of the Ohio conyen-
ton, taken with the previous action
of other state conventions, makes
President Roosevelt the republican
candidate to succeed himself as GER
tainly as if he. had, already been nom
mated. That this is also accepted as Il
fact by the democracy is shown by the
nasty filings, at President Roosevelt
which already begin to appear in the
baser sort of the democratic newspa-
pers, which have until now been in
chned to compliment him.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
uTWilliam j. Bryan publishes an ar
ticle anafyzing eloquence and telling
how to make an orator. He holds that
mastery of subject, coupled with
courage and sincerity, is indispensable
TO the successful orator. OF course,
it was his knowledge and mastery of
the money question that enabled him
to discourse on it with such convinc-
ing eloquence to thouEan6s-InGian
apolis Journal.
-TSenat,f Foraker says the repub.
lican ticket in Ohio will be elected by a
largely increased majority this year.
The senator ought 10 kEeR.--4 le,e.
And Leader.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-01

ehas' !. Yefkes. of the times, if
not ahead of it. lie took rail
way lines of the North and
West sides when the CITY was
clamoring for something better and
more modern than the mule car. He
gave them what they were asking
for-the cable and the trolley-and
then, when he had made a fortune
from the operation of the lines, and
when the franchises were about to
expire, he unloaded at good round
figure, and stepped out to begin anew
in London.
In that city he has already gained
footholo, and when it is practically
too late the newspapers and the
public seem to find that he is asking
for more than the city should give.
With him he has associated Ameri-
can capital, much of it from Ameri-
ca, and among the men interested
are number of his financial asso-
ciates in Chicago who profited by his
management here, and are not afraid
TO trust him in London.
Another five years will see Mr..
1erkes and his American friends in
control of the transportation lines of
the British metropolis, while within
the saae time it is hardly too much
to expect to see Chicago freed from
the grasp in which he hald this city
and on the high road to municipal
ownership.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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go, the center OF n lyPiedl FRENCH ShHa'
which is Notre Dame cathedral
Altogether there are in the neighbour
hood of 10000 French in this city, and
of this number much more than two
thirds are of Canadian stock. Judged
by comparison with other foreign
people who inhabit the poorer sections
of the city they are most desirable
citizens. They are quiet and industri-
Gus and The majority of the men are
skilled artisans. 1t is easy to tell when
one enters the confines of French
Canadian colony because of the neat
them are no dirty windows, and but
few whose panes are not covered with
dainty white curtains, cheap TO be sure,
but clean, while the window lodges and
the miniature yards, when they have
one, is a mass of flowers throughout
each summer.
BY example they instill desire for
better things in other classes of the
foreign population. The Italians, the
Jews, the Greeks and host of other
people from the nations of both Eu-
rope and Asia, including not few
Servians, copy their flower gardens,
their, clean windows, their white cur
tains, and by so doing make of them
selves better citizens and genuine
Americans with American ambitions
of their children.
But they cling tenaciously to the GUS
toms of The fatherland Their children
are educated at the parish schools,
and often the only English they know
is that picked up promiscuously by as
ISOLATION. 1t takes more than one
generation to make Americans of these
people. but they are desirable citizens
when they cross our borders.
The eastern provinces of Canada are
sending into the United States each
year a large number of these French
Canadians. who, in way, take the
place of the immigrants western Cam
ada is drawing from this country.