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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
HANDLE COLTS GENTLY.
First Thing to Teach n Young Horse
Il the Meaning of the Two
Words Go and whoa.

Breaking colts to harness and
work, care and patience are needed,
especially with those of nervous
temperament. BY all means avoid
overlooking them or working until
very tired, as these conditions have
more to do in making balky horses
than any other one thing. When
overloaded, or worked almost to tho
limit of endurance, and a colt once
stops of its own free will, it is lia-
BILE to do so again. This usually en-
RACES the driver and he often uses
the whip or other severe means be-
fore the animal Is rested, and trou-
BILE is the result.
The very first thing to teach q
two words go and whoa. The word
whoa should be taught first, as most
colts will go without much urging.
To have a colt stop instantly at the
word is OF the greatest Importance.
Don't use two or three words, such
as stop or stop Tony, or whoa boy.
Speak out plainly and distinctly the
word whoa. In after years these
combination words can be used, or
even a quick jerk on the lines can
be taught as the signal to stop, or
even go, as you desire. With colts
use only safe and strong harness.
Do not allow them to get away from
you when harnessed, or even when
tied. 1t is a trick they do not soon
forget and many try it again.--Or-
ange Judd Framer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
COMMON SENSE TALK.
"LeoIs Before You Leap" Is an Adaee
That Must he Considered ny
would-ue 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 Htdoor business.
A good rule of life is Don't get in
rut." Don't stay in place just be-
cause you are in it. Another is Don't
change too readily. Look before you
leap" We do not encourage the sail
ing of strange seas by unfamiliar
craft, yet there are pioneers, and one
wise man has said: "1'o 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, l
will be merchant prince" and forth
with rule the commercial world with
a 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 do not know it,
We do not understand the strange
fatality which leads hopeful innocents
to embark in bucolic enterprises with
little money and no training. II must
be the result of the popular misconcep-
tion 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 SUM- or
the deadly miasms of night, led on by
the mirage of great profits.
IT was once said of 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.
3. Persistent and patient endeavor.
4. Some capital.
:. 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 ii is called common sense"
when it is so uncommon; anyway 1t 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-
perimental stage is past; fortunate Is
he who lasts through this period.-Col-
mans Rural World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
Two Glasses of Farmers.

There are two classes of farmers,
says recent writer: First, the man
who is bigger every way than his
farm. To such a man it doesn't make
much difference how many acres he
has, he runs the farm on close prac-
tical business principles and makes
profit. Second, the man whose
farm is bigger than he is. No matter
how many or how few acres he has,
he doesn't run the farm. The farm
runs him. e. p. Snyder gives an ac-
count in the Ohio Farmer of dairy
man living near Toledo, who keeps
35 Jersey cows on 100 acres Of land
and has made them earn the past
year "a, 400 gross, from which he has
q profit of $4,000. He makes butter
and sells it in Toledo at 25 cents in
summer and 80 cents in winter. His
cows, counting butter, skim-mill and
everything, earned him over $125
apiece. This is an extraordinary
herd.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23

and several years ago originated tab
leaux for the first four degrees, which
are extensively used in Massachusetts.
Mr.. Ladd was born in Sturbridge,
Mass, where he has lived all his life.
He has been honored by his town with
many important offices, and in Novem-
ber, 1902, he was elected to represent
his district in the state legislature.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
THE GRANGE
Conducted by ]. W. DARROW,
Pres Correspondent Netc rWh Siato
Grange
HON. GEORGE S. LADD.

Master Of the Massachusetts State
Grange.
George s. Ladd, master Of Mnssachu-
sets state grange, has been faithful
worker In the grange for many years,
being charter member Of Sturbridga
(Mass) grange. He was deputy many
years, then state lecturer four years
and in December, 1901, was elected
master of the state grange. He has al.
ways advocated better rituallstic work
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
AsTo
Bear. the nlhs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature .; &zzZzzu
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Estate or Michael Casey Sr. late OF Bloomsbury
Pa, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters testa-
mentary on the estate OF Michael Casey Sr late
OF the town OF Bloomsbury, county OF Columbia
Pa, deceased, have been granted to Joseph
last will and testament OF Michael Casey Sr., to
whom all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment, and those having
claims or demands Will make known the same
without delay to JOSEPH CASEY,
GUY JACoBY. WILLIAM CASEY,
625 Ct Attorney. Executors.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
Grangers ms Students.

Michigan state grange has adopted
James practical Agriculture" as a
textbook for lecture work during the
present year. The lecturer of the state
grange will have the cooperation of
the professors and teachers of agricul-
ture at the Michigan State Agricultur-
al college in assisting in presenting the
subjects of the several chapters so that
the oranges may obtain the most prac-
tical value possible from the use of
the book. Two hundred and twenty
three copies of the textbook used last
year were sent to subordinate oranges
in that state, and much larger num-
ber will probably be called for. Thus
are slowly forming the habits of study
In the farm home.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
PENCE FOR SHEEP FARM.

four boards eight feet long-or as
long as wanted, six boards as high as
wanted, and put together as shown in
cut. Make as much as wanted; and il
is put together by slipping right end,
as shown in cut, into the other part OF
the fence. Cochran L. Braclay, in
Epitomist.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
AUDITORS NOTICE.

Estate OF Isaac Labour, deceased.
The undersigned an auditor appointed by the
Orphans Court OF Columbia County Pa TO dis
tribute the funds In the hands of George
Labour, adm illustrator as shown by his final
account confirmed at February Court 1908 to
and among the parties legally entitled to the
pOintment at his office In the town OF Blooms
burg on Friday, August IA, 1913 at 10 O'clock a.
M, when and where all parties having claims
forever debarred from a share OF The same
WIN. CHRISMAN,
7-l6 At. Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
AUDITORS NOTICE.

EStItF U DUTIItt SINVItV nT.
In the Orphans Court Of Columbia county,
Partition proceedings.
The undersigned, Auditor appointed by the
Orphans Court OF Columbia County, In the
above estate to ascertain ard report to the
court the amounts due the respective heirs and
parties entitled, will sit In his office at No. 46
Second Street, Bloomsbury, Pa, ON Saturday,
August 1st, 1903. at ten o'clock a. m. to attend
TO the duties OF his appointment, when and
where all parties having claims against the
said estate must appear and present the same
or be forever debarred from coming in on said
fund. WIN. c. JOHNSTON,
7-24t Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
HANDY IN HAVING TIME.
A DUN ping Platform That Saves Ono
Handling and Lessens Labor
in other Ways.

A Wisconsin correspondent sends
the Farm journal a model of con-
venience for use in hay time. In
wide mows or bays when the fork de-
livers the hay in the center in the
usual manner it must be forked la
boriously to the sides. To remedy
this the correspondent has board
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
THE GRANGE FOR SCHOOL IMPROVE.
MENT.

MENT.
The grange insists that the taxpay.
ers and pupils should get better re-
turns from the millions OF dollars ex-
pended upon our public schools. 1t
is true the order of Patrons of Hus-
bandry stards for better education
and that the Oranges all over Penna.
are important educational factors vet
the good of the children and the
State demand better schools. While
pupils have many more comforts in
the school room than twenty-five years
ago, yet the practical educational
value Of schools today is not as large
in many parts of the State as it was
then.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
LIGHT PORTABLE FENCE.
II Is simple in Construction and OF
Value ON Farms Where Sheep
Are Kept.

l give following description for maxi
ing portable fences, which are used OF
the farm for sheep with success. Take
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
FAVOR DIRECT LEGISLATION.

AT a largely attended meeting of
Pomona Grange, No. %, composed
of Bradford and Sullivan counties of
Pcnn'a., which convened May 2oth
and aIst, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, that we endorse the ac-
tion of the last Tioga County Pomona
Grange, whereby it UNANIMOUSLY in
structed our State legislature commit
tee to work tor the enactment of such
legislation as will embody the princi
pies of "direct legislation" through the
Initiative and Referendum which
would give the people the right to
vote upon such State legislature
measures as they saw fit to demand
by petition.
GRANGE PICNICS, PUBLIC EDUCATORS.
The serv ces of picnics and field
meetings to be held in this State dur
ing the month of August are attracting
public attention as valuable medium
for the dissemination OF general in
telllgence. The grange people are
backing this movement and they CON-
prise our most progressive and staunch
citizenship. From their local grange
meetings during the whole year round
they gradually but surely have devel-
oped into a broader minded, better
informed people OF larger efficiency.
The platform at these picncs furnishes
broad forum for the intelligence and
free discussion of questions of the day.
Their relations to the welfare OF the
State as they affect agriculture will be
freely discussed. That broader view
OF the interests of the people is to be
presented and no political partisan
discussions or presentations will be
tolerated.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23
GRANGE NEWS
BY J. 7. Altman, Press Correspondent and
Secretary Pennsylvania State Grange.

The Thirty-hrst Annual Session of
the Pennsylvania State Grange will
be held in the city of Wilkes Barre,
on Dec. 9Th to nth, 1903. This
promises to be one OF the largest and
best State grange meetings ever held
Railroad and hotel arrangements are
already we'll under way.
August is the great picnic month
in Penn. There is no better kind of
a picnic than the grange kind. The
whole family enjoys these picnics.
They are run on the family plan.
The picnics held this year by the
oranges of the State are to be more
Numerous and of higher order than
ever before.
The State Grange authorities have
been very fortunate in securing the
services of Prof A. l.. Morse, OF
Maine. to attend the series of grange
plcnics in August. Prof Morse is
especially pleasing as humorist and
entertainer and those who have the
opportunity of hearing him and do not
improve 1t will be sorry when they
learn from others what they have
missed.
"The Grange is crumbling," says
an expose of the Order of Patrons of
HusbaDdry, written in 1875. Twenty
seven years have elapsed and while
this carping malgner of our beloved
organization has long since crumbled
into dust, the order still lives, larger,
giander, greater every way, still going
forward in its quiet way of elevatng
this God-given calling Of agriculture
in particular and mankind in general
More than 3o,ooo,ooo people of
the United States are engaged in
agriculture. The moral, social, edu.
cational and fnal oial status of so
larg= a number of our people is a
matter OF interest to every good cti-
zen. The primary purpose of the
grange is to educate and elevate the
American farmer. Every patriotic
farmer should join the grange and
help the good work along and every
other good citizen as opportunity may
offer, should speak a word of encour-
agement.
A very interesting and profitable
meeting of Cambria county Pomona
Grange was held in the Parochial Hall
at Loretto, on the Sth of June. The
sessions of the day were filed with
profitable discussions and literary
work. Sisters hour opened at $3.50 p.
m. with Sister Karlhem IN the chair.
In the evening the meeting was
open to the public. 1t was presided
over by the Worthy Master, Hon. 7.
J. Thomas and was addressed by Rev.
Ferdinand Kittell and Hon. N. B.
Critchheld, Secretary of Agriculture.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23

Buying machine, when you haven't
the means TO make shelter for II, isnt
economy, u .Mu. alaAAisia,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23

The average cost Of grange insurance
in New York state per thousand for
three years is $674. The average
amount carried for three years is $685.
T3S,632.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-23

Have ideas of your own. After hear
ing advice, If not CONVINCED that you
are wrong, put them into practice.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-18
PACIFIC COMPANY
Finds Itself Unable to Open
 Its Own Safes
The Local Combination Men Are..With Strikers-Progress of the Trouble at Various Points.

St. Louis. Mo-, Oct. 1T.-Members of the Brotherhood of Railway Express men declare themselves well satisfied with the progress of the strike of the employees of the Pacific Express con- paly in St. Louis and which has been augmented by employees in Missouri. Arkansas, Louisiana. Kansas, Indian Territory and Texas.
 Officers of the Pacific Express com pany state that their business is not suffering to any great extent from the strike.
 General Superintendent Geutsch Sad d that the company was somewhat be- hind in getting express matter out of St. Louis. but he is confident the de- lay will be overcome by the first os next week.
 One difficulty the express company has to face at present is that the lcc9l "combination' man, who knows the combinations of incoming safes i S among the strikers. The safes must re- main locked until an expert combina- ton man is found.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-18
NfRvY BOY OPERATOR
How He Rolled the Plans of Montana
 Bandits.

Butte. Mont, Oct. 11.-At an early hour this morning two masked men rode up to the little station at Welch's Spur. twenty miles east of this city, and covering the operator with their revclvers, drove him inside his office, and locked him in. Then they turned the signal light 50 as to stop the night train.
 The north coast limited. the crack flyer of the Northern Pacific was due in half an hour. The operator, F. K. Law, a. boy of twenty years, threat ened with death if he moved, crawled on his hands and knees to his telegraph keys and reaching from under the table. wired the operator at Homestake to tell the engineer of the North Coast net to stop. that bandits meant to hold it up at Welch's Spur. The train went through the latter place at forty miles an hour and the bandits then rode off. A posse took the trail at daylight.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-18
VIOLENCE IN TEXAS.

Dallas Tex, Oct. 17.-J. A. Russ, manager of the Pacific Express compa- ny in Texas. sent telegram to Cover nor Lanham. stating that the company had been unable to get any protection whatever; that there had been one or two cases of assault and intimidation of men who desire to continue work; that repeated appeals to the sheriff availed nothing finally that the com- pany must have protection or be com pelled to employ men to protect its property.
 The strike situation generally in Texas is unchanged, according to dis patches to the News and there is no express matter being moved by the Pacific company. One man named Mat thews was badly beaten at Texarkana yesterday.
 The Pacific company has issued or :lcrs that it cannot accept for transpor- t;:tion pershable matter, live stock or money.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-18
NO WAGE CUTTING
Must Attend a Depression
 ofBusiness of Employers
A Warning Sounded by Samuel Com pers Before the Meeting of the National Civic Federation.

Chicago Oct. 11.-Warning to capital against cutting wages if financial de- pression comes, by President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, and a. plea for harmony between the employers and the toilers by Senator Hanna were made at the closing ses- slcn of the National civic fedora ton conference today.
 MT GomperS had listened to the ar guments of the representatives of capi- tai and abor that had come from var ious parts of the country on questions that would bring them closer together.
 IL was in reply to one of the speak CTS, the editor of a New York paper, who at the session the day before took occasion to tell the employees, in the event Of a possible financial reaction. not to make any unreasonable de mands on the employers, that MT. Gompers spoke of the harm that would follow any attempt to lower wages. President Gompers answered charges by the speakers and took particular ex- ception to some of the statements made.
 Senator Hanna, as did many other speakers. including those for both capi- tai and labor, advised conservatism in all disputes between both sides and praised the eleemnts of labor crgsn ni- zatiCns.
 Labor leaders and employers believe that the conference has done much in bringing the wage earners and the capitalists together in an effort to es- tablish more harmonious relations and they expressed qualification at what they regarded as a right step toward this end.
 After the business session of today, a banquet. participated in by Senator Hanna. President Gompers. members of the federation, leading business men and labor leaders was held.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-18
A CAPTAIN coURAGEoUs.
The Progress of Captain Brown Across
 the Atlantic.

Queenstown. Oct. 1.-The Cunaf d line steamer Etruria, from New York, October 10 for Liverpool, which ar rived today after a stormy passage, reports that the British steamer Green B11er bound for Jamaica from Man chester, England, spoke September T., the sailing boat Columbia II. Q9 feet long) Captain Ison Brown, which left Boston. August Il and Halifax, August 26, for Marseilles, France, in latitude 3I.21 north and longitude 4245 west
 The captain of the Green Brier in- vited Captain Brown to abandon his small craft, but Brown determined to persevere. He had been uspet once and had only righted the boat afte, some hours of severe struggle. The Green Brier reprovisioned the Colum- bia IT., which when met by the steamer had been thirty-seven days out from Boston.
Arizona republican., 1903-10-18
WINS HER HEART.
Food That Helps Baby and the Famii5
 PIeases Mother.

Show q mother how to feed her baby so that it will be healthy, rosy and plump and grow up strong and sturdy ing.
 A mother says: Five weeks ago weaned baby but could not get her to take any kind of food until I tried Grape Nuts, which she relished from the first, and on it she has pumped up and blossomed into a fat, chubby little girl
 T feed Grape-Nu to her rugularly and use three packages week for baby and my three-year old boy alone. and l tnd that it regulates their bowels. and keeps them nourished, Strcng and in good health all the time.
 Since feeding my children on Grape Nuts 1 have used absolutely no medi cine for either of them. Such food as to mothers heart. Please accept our thanks for the good your food has done in our family where we all eat it. Name given by PoStum Co.,, Battle Creek Mich.
 Children will grow up strong and healthy or weak and puny according to the food given. Grape-Nuts is q complete and perfect food, made on sci entific lines, and this is easily proved by trial.
 Look in each package for G copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville.''
Arizona republican., 1903-10-18
AM ERICA WON.
The Decision of the Commission Will Be
 Announced Tomorrow.

Washington. D. C.. Oct 17.-Secre- tary Hay tonight received cablegram from London announcing that the Alaskan boundary commission expect ed to hand down a decision on Monday but that no final agreement had been reached. No further details of the cah.egram we e given out
 Commenting on the Associated Press disratch, high administrative official said:
 While the Alaska boundary con- mission has not handed 6own formal decision. the Associated Press ar- Eouncement may be taken as a correct forecast of the nature of the decision, which will probably be made public on Monday. The contention of the United States regarding the Portland channel vas the weakest part of the American testimony and was the strongest point in the Canadian contention. It is but a minor detail of the controversy.
 The Canadians contended that the Portland channel ran to the north of two small islands; the American con tention was that ehe channel ran along side of these islands. On this point both are of little or no importance and their acquisition gives Canada practic- ally nc additional advantage. The de- cisicn oi the Alaska boundary commits sion rendered along the lines indicated by the Associated Press will be a com plete victory for the United States"
Arizona republican., 1903-10-18
AN ELEVATED ROAD RULE
With Which Employees Refuse to Comply.

New York, Oct. 1S.-Division No. 10 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members of which are employed as motormen on the Interborough Ela- vated road at a meeting tonight, de cided to refuse to submit to the com pany's physical eXamina tion every month.
 The meeting was held to receive the report of the joint grievances commit tee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhod of Locomo- tive Bremen on their conference with August Belmont on Friday.
 At that conference, it is said that the men were given to understand by the company that some decision must be reached by Monday. After the meet ing J. D. Woolsey, a member of the grievance committee said:
 After our report was heard the committee instructed that when we confer with MT. Belmont again on Monday next we shall present to the company the ultimatum of the men, which is that we will not submit to the rigid physical examination the com pany proposes to give us every month
 No compromise well be made. To practical eXamination none Of us have any objection
 It was the general opinion of the men that a strike cannot be avoided now unless the company modifies its requirements