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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
BookWorms Are Not Worms.

The name bookworm is made to
cover an army of little creatures of
various sizes, shapes and kinds which
can be found in books. Really no one
of them is worm, though perhaps
the fish moth" or silver fish" comes
nearer to it than any of the others.
There are the book scorpions ana
mites, which are not insects, but are
primarily carnivorous. Their pres
ence in books may be due to the fact
that they find there animal as well
as vegetable food. This is certainly
true of the scorpions, which feed
on mites, book lice and other small
insects. The book lice, cockroaches,
"silver fish" and fish moth" can have
no reason for infesting books except
their liking for farinaceous sub
stances such as are used in and aoouy
the labels and bindings of books. The
damage done by them is largely con-
fined to their exterior or interior of
the bindings themselves. The white
ants feed principally on wood, and in
aud about books there is more or less
wood fibre, which is to the liking of
these voracious feeders. The moths
and BEETLES are the bores and bur-
rowers. They seek retired places TO
lay their eggs, where the larvae will
have plenty of food at hand when
hatched. They will sometimes tun-
mel from one cover to the other.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
LYNcHlNos FEWER.
Recent Movement In South Educates
Public Sentiment.

There have been fewer lynchings
in the South during the last four
months than in twenty years previous
ly, said Booker T. Washington before
the League for Political Education.
Last month there were only four, in
February there was one and in No
vember none This is the direct re-
suit of a movement started eight
months ago by few colored men and
a few white men. They have sought
to influence public sentiment by
means of pulpit, press and platform,
and the result is now being felt
throughout the South"
There is in the south a large body
of the kind of white men represented
in this movement. Mr. Washington
said, but also a great many white
Americans, both North and South,
who would rather drop a coin into
the contribution box at church for the
benefit of the heather in Africa than
for the nearer duty of being just and
generous to the African at home.
Most white Americans Mr.. Washing
ton said. know more about English
life, or Russian life, or Italian life
than about the life of the ten million
black people among them. They see
only our worst side and they Judge
us by that. The best colored life
they never see. know of one md
who has published book and good
many magazine articles on the colored
problem who to Ely certain knowledge
has never entered colored home,
church or school,"
The speaker told something of
work being done by individual Tusk-
egee graduates, and having used the
word "self-sacrificing" in speaking of
one Of them he recalled it, saying:
ANY man who gives himself in the
service of his country is not making
a sacrifice. Anything | have been
able to do for my race | count the
rarest opportunity. have never
made a sacrifice. New York Trib-
une.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
HEARD BY THE WAY

Money wont do everything. For
some unfortunate reason John ID.
Rockefeller has become almost to.
tally bald. 1t happened too, it is
said, shortly after he announced
that God had made him a holder
of his vast wealth. 1t had been
generally understood up to that
time that the Standard Oil Compa-
ny was responsible for his fortune.
A man whose income goes beyond
$25, 900 900 should be able to wor-
ry along without hair.
A woman in Bloomsbury says
the trouble with married life is
there is no umpire.
X
"My stay was longer than l in
tended it should be-" said a young
lady, trained nurse, who had just
returned from a visit, the other day.
THE family I visited took sick in
order to thoroughly appreciate my
visit"
Beer men will do a rushing bus.
mess this week. 1t is the windup
of the campaign for county offices,
and the amber fluid will flow like
water on Center street after cloud
burst.
X
Getting even" in Our opinion,
is foolish business. You can much
better afford to remain uneven with
the one who has wronged you than
to lower yourself to his level Of
meanness. This applies to politics
or to the less strenuous things Of
life.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
10 Battle With Insects.
State Zoologist Surface Preparing TO Cos
duct Authorized Experiment.

State Economic Zoologist Surface
has arranged for a series of four ex-
periments to stamp out San Jose
scale and other insect pests aud
plant diseases in Pennsylvania, for
which the Legislature appropriated
$50, 900.
The first experiment will be con-
Quoted by r. F. Lee, of Pennsyl-
vania State College. in the orchards
of Bedford county for San Jose
scale. The second will be conduct
ed by 7. c. LaFevre, of Chatham,
and will be confined to young trees
in nurseries.
Experiments on all kinds of
vegetables and truck crops will
constitute the third in the series.
This work will be carried on main
ly in the vicinity OF Harrisburg by
ID. K, Mcmillan, DR.. Surfaces
field assistant.
The fourth experiment will in
clude Investigations of life histories
of insects and of insects injurious
to grasses and will be in charge of
w. H. Wolf, a student at State
College.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
Cruelty to Animals.

1t is much to be regretted that
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals is not repre-
sented in Bloomsbury. If there
was an active agent here, that very
fact would have a tendency to
check the brutal cruelty that some
times crops out in human beings.
AS an instance: A few days ago
in passing meat market we saw a
wagon at the side door with a calf
in it. A rope was tied around the
calf's neck so tight that it nearly
shut off its breath. Two men and
boy were on the spot. One of
the men had brought the calf to
the market; the other man and the
boy were employees at the market.
Instead of lifting the animal out of
the wagon as they could very easily
have done, the boy gave several
very vigorous jerks on the rope,
and dragged the calf out of the
wagon and it fell on its nose and
knees. 1t was then yanked inside,
a slipping rope placed about its
middle, and it was hung in that
position on the scales and allowed
to remain there much longer than
was necessary. When remonstrat-
ed with, the only reply was "Oh,
that doesn't hurt it," Such things
are a matter of every day occur
renee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
The Cars Title,

The general allusion to the ruler Of
Russia as the "czar" is. strictly speak
ing, incorrect. His official title is
emperor and autocrat." Gear" is
the old Russian word for "lord" or
prince" and was abandoned by Peter
the Great on his triumphal return
from Poltava, his crowning vict jry
over Charles XII of Sweden. Since
then the Russian monarch has been
officially entitled emperor" and at
the congress of Vienna, In 1916, his
right to the imperial term was admit
ted by the powers, with the proviso
that, though he was emperor. he had
no precedence over the kings Of west
eyn Europe.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15

Every once in a while there is
quarrel among the managers of some
great enterprize-railway manu-
featuring, life insurance. And in
the struggle, says the SATURDAY
EVeAtng Pest, the door is pu shed
open and the public has glimpse
OF what is going on behind-bribery
funds for public officials, salaries of
enormous size to parasites, stock
Jobbing, gambling, swindles on the
public. AT the shout of dismay
and horror from the public the
quarrelers gsow silent, cease their
struggling, hastily draw the door
to. And presently, on the marble
steps appears snug, suave gentle
man, a "bulwark" of society; and
he eloquently explains to the pub
lie thst it is really mistaken in
thinking it saw things more like
the doings in a den of thieves than
IN great financial institution.
The happens not once, but every
once in while. Some dav the
snug gentleman will be panied by
the discovery that he is no longer
believed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
TREES ON RICH W AVS
Attorney General Has lust Rendered an
Opinion Touching This Law That Will
Interest Supervisors

The legislature has by various acts
in the last fifteen years recognized
the economic and aesthetic value of
trees and eudeavor to protect and
foster them. Several of these acts
take the form of allowing all abate-
ment of taxes in favor o'those who
dedicate a portion of their land to
tree growth. This is wise dis
elimination. The taxes on stand
ing timber have hasteued greatly
the deforestation of the state. The
owner of the trees got no return
from his property until they were
cut, and as he was taxed on the es-
timated value of the timber, to save
those taxes he had to convert bis
trees into lumber. This is a wrong
and wasteful method of taxation.
Trees should be taxed as soon as
they are cut, for then they are mer-
chantable property. While stand
ing they are doing public service,
and the state can we'll afford to en-
courage the owner to keep them
standing. One or two measures al
lowing an abatement in taxes for
trees of certain size are in line
with this policy. But woodland
continues to be taxed in part, and
county commissioners are reluctant
to allow sny abatement for growing
timber. One measure enacted in
1901 allows an abatement of road
tax Of 81 for every two shade, fruit
or forest trees set out by the proper
ty owner on the side OF the public
highway. The effect of this ought
to be to encourage wayside tree
planting. When generally under
stood no doubt that will be the re-
suit, and Our shadeless, glaring
country roads will in time be flank
ed by stately rows of trees, delight
ing the eye and breaking the force
of the midsummer sun on the men
and beast who travel on the high
ways.
The attorney generals Office has
just been obliged to give on opinion
that the provisions of this act are
mandatory on road supervisors,
that they must keep record Of the
trees planted under it aud allow an
abatement of taxes. Ifthey do not
do this they are informed that they
may be compelled to by mandamus.
Apparently some supervisors do
not like to have the road tax work
ed out in part by planting trees. 1t
is refreshing to have them told that
their likes and dislikes do not con-
troll the situation in the least, and
they must obey the law.
1t is good law, and under its in
fluence the state should be trans
formed by long avenues of trees.
We have an excellent road law,
but its provisions do not include
shade trees. The act of 1901 will
supply this lack, at least in part.
Let the farmers set out trees every
where along the public highway on
which their lands abut and they
will lesson their taxes and very
greatly improve the appearance ana
comfort of the highways. -Phila.
Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
Pennsy Gave $4,000 to Capital Hospital,
Railway Accompanied With Check Letter
OF Thanks for Care OF Wreck Victims.

In addition to letter expressive
of its appreciation Of the aid given
the injured and care bestowed upon
the dead in the South Harrisburg
wreck of May II by the people OF
Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company has donated $Io,o 900
to the Hospital.
The donation was given to the
Hospital without any restrictions
as to its use that being left entirely
to its board of managers, and was
presented with a letter from w. w.
Atterbury, General Manager, tell
ing OF the deep gratitude of the
company.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
Pacific Coast Excursions
Get the Most for Your Money

Rock Island service to California
and Pacific Northwes, this summer,
permits you to do this. Low round
trip rates to Los Angeles, San
Francisco, or Portland OH special
dates in May, June, July, August,
September and October. Liberal
arrangements for stop-over among
the mountains Of Colorado and in
California-side trips to the Vel.
lowstone, Yosemite, etc. Write
for Colorado and California books
and Rock Island folder. John Sc
bastian. Passenger Traffic Manager,
Rock Island System, Chicago.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15

The crown Of wop,anhood 10 motherhood
But uneasy lies the head that wears the
crown OF anticipates this coronation when
there is lack Of wonauly strength to bear
the burdens of maternal dignity and duty
The reason why SO many women sink under
the strain of motherhood 10 because they
are unpreparsd.
VI unhesitatingiy advise expectant moth.
ers to use DR.. Pisroe's Favorite Prescrip-
uon, writes Mrs. ]. w. @. Stephens, of Mia.
Northumberland Co, Va. The reason fof
this advice is that Dr Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is the best preparative for the
maternal function. No matter how healthy
and strong a woman may be, she cannot
use "Fsvorite Prescription" as a prepara-
tive for maternity without gain OF health
and comfort. But Il 10 the women who are
not strong who best appreciate the great
benefits received from the use OF -Favorite
Prescription" For one thing Its use makes
the baby's advent practically painless. 1t
has in nssy cases reduced days of suffer
ing to few brief hours. II has changed
the period Of anxiety and struggle into a
tine of ease and comfort.
The proprietors and makers of Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription now feel
fully warranted in offering to pay $500 for
asy case of I.eucorrhsa Pemale Weakness.
Prolapsus, or Falling Of Womb, which ths3
cannot cure. All the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Propristors, Of But
falo, N ", ask 10 fair and reasonable
tral OF their means of cure.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
Germany's Ambassadors.

The eight ambassadors of the Ger
man empire at Rome, Madrid, Wash
ington, Constantinople. Paris. London,
st. Petersburg and Vienna are noble
men. Their emoluments are $25, 900
yearly In the first three cities men
toned. $4,000 In the next three and
S87, 500 In the last wo.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
NERVOUS DEBILITY

Vital Weakness and Prostra-
tion from overwork and other
causes. Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Specific No. 20, in use
over 40 years, the only success
ful remedy. 81 per vial, or spec
iai package for serious cases, $e.
Bold by Druggists. or sent on receipt Of PRICE
Humph'sy' Med. Co, William 1 jom sa.,M
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15

Implement dealers are putting a
tour-row cultivator on the market
and guarantee it to work, provided
the corn was planted properly. In
some way or other the ingenuity OF
man will overcome the scarcity of
farm laborers in the country.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
Timely and Valuable Suggestions

Many people, especially women
who lead closely confined domestic
lives, suffer from what in general
terms is called nervousness. 1"
Among all forms of treatment none
has even approached in success the
intelligent use of DR.. David Ken
nedy's Favorite Remedy, of Ron
dout, N. Y, which promotes an
easy and natural action of the di
gestive organs and imparts tone to
the nervous system.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15

"If I endow a college" sighed
Brother Rockefeller, "lts done for
an advertisement; if l give to
church missions. the money is taint-
ed; if | scatter gold to the poor of
the streets, my conscience is hurt
ing me and I'm trying to get peace;
and even when the dyspepsia trou-
bles ME and I call for milk and
crackers, I'm too mean to order
quail-on-toast. Lord help mel"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15

The fellow who keeps his trou-
bles to himself has learned the Sc
cret of popularity.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15

No woman has much use for man whom
she cannot trust, and no man has much use
for another man who will not trust him.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15
Old Age.

Old age as it comes in the orderly process
Of Nature is beautiful and majestic thing.
The very shadow of eclipse which threatens
1t makes It more priced. 1t stands for ex-
perence, knowledge, wisdom and counsel.
That is old age as it should be. But old
age as it so often is means nothing but
second childhood of mind and body. What
makes the diiierence3 Very largely the care
OF the stomach In youth and the full
strength OF manhood it doesn't seem to mat
ter how we treat the stomach. We abuse il,
overwork it, injure it. We don't suffer from
1t much. But when age comes the stomach
Is worn out. 1t cant prepare and distribute
the needed nourishment to the body, and
the body, unnourished, falls into senile de-
cay DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
is wonderful medicine for old people whose
stomachs are "weak" and whose dipestions
are 'Ioor." Its iuvigoratng effects are felt
by mind as well as body. 1t takes the sting
from old age, and makes old people strong.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15

What was the verdict against the trust2"
Gas near as can make out it was, Guilty,
but keep on doing it,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-06-15

A woman in Bloomsbury says
the trouble with married life is
there is no umpire.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-08
DIED..

AWARD. -Suddenly. at Elizabeth. n. j.. on Aug.
s. Fannie Isabel cider daughter OF Martha
c. and the late Joseph Award.
Funeral services on Tuesday. Aug. 3. at p. M
at her late residence. 1871 Catherine ST.
BRADLEY.-On Monday afternoon. Aug. I. 1905,
Augusta Tremain, wife OF Stephen Rowe Brad.
ley.
Funeral services at her late residence. Nyack
n. Y, Wednesday, Aug. 0, at s O'Clock p. NJ
Intermcnt al Brattleboro. VT.
FLETCHER.-At Bernardsvle, n. j., Aug. 7, 1905
Andrew Fletcher OF New York city.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
HIcKS.-On Sunday. Aug. Q. Mrs. Maria Stearns
Hicks. widow Of Charles r. Hicks.
Funeral from her late residence. No. 100 West lad
ST.. Tuesday. Aug. 3. q p. NJ rial at
Tolland Conn.
LUDLow.-ht New Brunswick. N. j., AuS. Z. 1905,
Mary Elizabeth. widow OF cx Gov. George v.
Ludlow. In the 10th year OF her age.
Funeral service at Christ Episcopal Church,
New Brunswick. N. j., on Wednesday after
noon, At o'clock. Please omit flowers.
SANDERS Saturday, Aug. s, at Pomfrct. Gem
Eleanor Butler Sanders. wife OF the Rev. Dr.
Henry N. Sanders, and daughter Of Maria
E. and the late Theron r. Butler.
Funeral from her residence, as 5th av.. on Tues.
day morning. at 10 O'Clock. Interment Green.
wood. private.
SToNE.-At Nendham. n. j.. Aug. s. Gen. Roy
Stone. In the Goth year OF his are.
Funeral services In Mcndham Wednesday morn
ing at II O'Clock. Burial at Arlington.
wHITLOCK.-At ouogue, L. l.. on Sunday. Aug.
Q. 1905. Bache McEvcrs Whtlock. in the 5t,h
year OF his age.
Funeral services at Calvary Church. 4th av. and
2ist ST., on Thursday morning. Aug. 10. at 10
o'clock. lnterment al Woodlswn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-08

II impressed him that'there was some geo.
eralship about the firing Az some one was
hit there was q shriek and Q crash Then
! the hack OF the tench behind which he him.
and he stopped Il ,oping count Up TO that
time he figured mat fifty or more shots had
Leen tired,
Soon he knew that tho rush for the door
cen stopped and he heard d. the Police
every chinainan and rummaged around the
thoatcr. They didn't notice the man be-
hind the lench. They put out the lights
all except one on the stage. The doors were
shut and the white man climbed through a
door under the stage into bunch OF China.
men, mostly actors They were 40 scared
that they raid no attention as he pushed
through them to the back yard. He Skinned
over a fence. scooted through a tenement
into Pell street and didn't stop until he hit
broadway.
Sergt, hggers says his men found only
on bchches. They we're the - oaiiber
Colts opu ar in Chinatown: Four China men
were on the floor, three dying. Coroner
Of two Of them Yesterday. found that
the bullets that had killed tn Of them. had
plowsd straight throu gh their bodies and
come out at tie hack: IL Gin, who was foc nd
on the floor with a bullet in his abdomen,
ia still alive, but the doctors OF the Hudson
much chance Of his pulling through.
Mock Duck. who, was arrested atout three
hours after the shooting, was arraigned
before Coroner Scholer yesterday and held
in s. goo bail as an eceesory; on 0Hosn ing
killing Lee Kim and Lee Yuk. Six other
Cinnamon who were oap ght In the theater
were held Ia 8, 900 bail each. The inquest
will be next Friday.
Cinnamon swarred around the Criminal
n,.hl H.. <yANy
twenty two eau ght by Can't. Hodgins were
all released on the recommendation OF the
cartain.
Old Tom Leo, guarded, paraded over TO
the building to look after tho interests OF
his On Leong Tong. A. he started out
ss fSS DsH. ss s0SHs ss
Tombs court stirred uneasily. Toms knees
shook. He hurried over TO his lawyers
office, trembling and white. and insisted
that the shot had been meant for him.
of f EsssPs. m msr' marehsd through the
district. Two uniformed cops stood IN
front Of the Chinese theater. Tho small
storekeepers stood In front Of their stores
and. ,gosIped about the shooting. The
a few days at least. In the chop suey
joints Cinnamon talked In groups. Here
and there were heard whispers Of q mys-
FERROUS 81 100. What was done with the
money every week? Wasn't 1t money
that the gamblers were spending7 Could
there be any connection between that
81, 100 and a weekly raid9 Wasn't 1t pretty
we'll known In advance what particular
gambling joint was to be raided and when!
But who cared about the raids when the
evidence vanished in court next day. II
there ever had been any.
Sergt Eggers says that tho fight between
the two tongs and the fact that the one is
forever squealing on the other were re-
sponsible for the shooting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-08
SHE HAS 112 DEFENDANTS.
A Remarkable Woman President Roosevelt
May Meet When He vlsits Wllkesbarro.

WnKEsBARRE. Aug. 7.-Among the many
visitors to this city, when President Roose-
welt come. here next Thursday. may be
Mrs. Lydia Rantz of Danvile and some OF her
Li2 descendants. As an exponent OF the
Presidents anti-raoe suicide ideas Mrs.
Rantz Is entitled to a prize. She has six
children. thirty-fve grandchildren, sixty
four great grandchildren and seven great
great-grandchildren She is only 81
years old, and IL In such good health
that she expects she will live to welcome
several moro Observation-Disclosures and
great-great- grandchildren. l.
Mrs. Rantz's son John y great-grand-
father at the age Of %. His daughter, Mrs.
Mary Lloyd, Of Milton. Is grandmother At
who were each married when they wore
20 years old and each has children.
James Wertman, one OF Mrs.. Hants,s
Rrandchildren, has eighteen Children inolud.
Ing three pairs OF twins and one set OF
Tho twin and triplet history Of the family
Is In itself interesting. Mrs. Rants y tho
grandmother Of one pair Of twins. great.
grandmother Of three pairs Of twins and OF
friplets; great aunt Of two pairs OF twins;
ereat-ereataunt Of two pairs OF twins and
second cousin Of one pair OF twins:
Mrs. Rantz IL active and energetic. despite
her great Ago and works constantly, still
doing excellent needlework.