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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
Popular Reading for the Month.

The complete novelette, in the
October LibbiRc0Hs is A Manila
Madness" It's author is Frederic
Reddale, whose earlier works,
The Other Man" and " A Trans
action in Rubies," have also been
brought out by this Magazine. His
latest production is primarily a
mystery story possessing an intense
love-interest. The plot is hatched
at Manila, but quickly shifts to
New York City for the scene of It's
unravelling In his portrayal OF the
character feminine Mr.. Reddale
seems to be particularly ielicitous,
and in the dramatic situation he
excels. A millionaire, whose one
cross in life is a nomadic son, tries
to draw up his will 50 as to control
the future of his boy and anchor
him to civilization. In distant
Manila the wanderer learns of his
fathers taking-off and of the for.
tune that has been left to him-with
"a string to it. Remorse and
resentment fight for supremacy III
facing these conditions. Then
something hapDens--this something
is the absorbing tale of &" A Manila
Madness"
LRPiHcofs is happy to be able
to present fiction by the Hon. John
Hay. The Blood Seeding " is a
good story, we'll written, and rests
not only upon the late author 5
distinguished name, but upon the
sympathetic treatment Of a strong
plot.
In addition to the two longer
stories there are eight shorter ones
of clever variety. These are "Weiga
Of Temagami," All aniual story by
Cy Warmau Virginia Potluck "
a charming love-tale of the South,
written by one of its fair daughters,
Sarah Chichester Page " Jen Of
Culver Jump" human episode,
! ny NCDGll blIDCIl NSlSIl HC
Bishop and the Front-Door Key"
an amusing social sketch, by Helen
Sherman Griffith His own Medi-
cine, a humorous story of the Far
West, by Caroline Lockhart "The
Grating of Abigail" by Edward
Childs Carpenter-a balloon ascen-
sion story 8" A Railroad Idyl," !"
sweet and true, by Frank II. Sweet;
and Il" Beyond the Outposts, a
search-light on pioneer hardships.
in fction-form, by one of Uncle
Sans soldiers who can WELD the
pen as well as the sword" 1t is
signed simply Lieut.. L. B.,
u. S. A..
Maud Howe contributes another
delightful travel-paper a out
" Anacrap" and Zone of the Seven
Jewels" which keeps the pace Of
the previous contribution.
The verse Of the month is plenti-
full and of excellent quality and
the bright department called oval
nuts and Wine" produces choicest
specimens OF autumn vintage.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
Subway Tavern Quits,

The subway tavern proved fail
ure and the explanation of the man
ager gives the public some valuable
pointers touching the conduct OF
the average drinking place. If his
theories are correct, and there is no
reason to doubt them, the New
York saloonkeepers profit is deriv-
ed largely from illicit sales, adulter-
ated liquors and excessive drinking.
Here are some reasons assigned by
the manager for the failure of the
project. 1--WE never have allowed
succession Of many drinks, there
fore we never got the drinker to
the point where he became reckless
of his money and where he began
'tapering' his drinks, wherein lies
the profit. In other words, just as
the customer was about to become
profitable to us we sent him away.
And once sent away, profitable
drinker never came back. Another
cause of failure was that the tavern
sold only pure liquors. Our profit
on actual material sold has been as
low as thirty per cent, whereas the
average saloonkeeper could not ex-
ist unless he made from 100 to zoe
per cent. Finally, the tavern re-
formers closed shop on Sunday and
obeyed the excise law, which was a
heavy handicap on profttaking. -
Er.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28

The name of the worthy captain

There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced it a
local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pro-
nounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be constitutional
disease and therefore requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by f. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to teaspoon
tul. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
Address: f. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
Judgeships at a Discount.

In an Irish court some years ago
an old man was called into the wit
ness box, and being old and Just a
little blind, he went too farm
more than one sense-and instead of
going up the steps that led to the
box, mounted those that led to the
bench. Said the Judge good hu-
moredly, "Is it judge you want to
be, my good MANI" "Ah, shure, your
honor" was the reply, "I'm an ould
man now. and msbbs it's all I'm flt
for"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
SOUTHWARK.

Trains No. 81 and %, mixed, second class.
Trains No. !, 2, 3, 4, 5, & and S, Passenger, 10
class W. c. SNYDER, Supt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
How Es
YO1T1o Hertz

Is yo"r pulse veal, too slow,
too fast, or does 1t skip a beat?
Do you have shortncss of
breath, weak or hungry spells,
fainting, snothcring or choking
spells, palpitation, futtcring,
pains around the heart, in side
and shoulder; or hurt when
lying on left side?
If YOU have any of these
symptoms your heart is weak
or diseased, and cannot get
better without assistance.
DR.. Miles Heart Cure
strengthens weak hearts, and
rarely ever fails to cure heart
disease. Try it, and see how
quickly you will find relief.
about January 1st. 1902. I took
down with, weakness and dropsy;
and gradually grew worse. | was told
by my family physician that my case
was hopeless. My noighbors and fam
ily had given me up TO die. My
limbs and body were swollen to one
third larger than normal size, and
water had collected around my heart
For at least three months ! had to sit
propped mp I'm bed to keep from smoth-
cring; ! sent for five, bottles Of Dr.
Miles Heart Cure, and by the time 7
had taken them all | was entirely
cured. | feel better than / have for
twenty years. and / am able to do
any kind of work on my farm. My
attending physician told me that II II
hadn't been for Dr. Miles Heart Cure
| would now be i'm my grave"
l.. T. CCRD, Wilmore, Ky.
Or. Miles Heart Cure Is sold by
your druggist, who Will guarantee that
the first bottle will benefit. II II falls
he will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28

The high priced board of con-
sulting engineers are going to visit
the 1sthmus of Panama and add
few reams of stationary to the mass
of documents already existing with
regard to the canal that is not being
dug. The canal commission is going
along with the engineers and the
trip will be made as comfortable for
them as possible. The steamer
Havana of the Panama Railway
company will be put at their dis
posal and she will remain in Pana-
ma waters as long as the consulting
engineers stay. They are not ooing
to take any chances on yellow fever
or other unsanitary conditions, for
they viii make short trips on shore
and return to the vessel each night.
One OF the most recent of the many
plans that has been presented to
the board is by New York en-
gineer who urges the construction
of two immense dams near tide
level on each side of the isthmus,
converting the greater portion of
the intervening space into two big
lakes. This would not do away
with the famous Culebra Cut, but
it would put most of the swampy.
unhealthy ground under water and
that ought to meet with the appro-
val of tbs careful board of high
priced consulting engineers.
Xxx
The Department Of Justice to-day
received report that ought to go
into the archives of dime novel fc-
tion. The Canadian authorities
have captured and are holding for
the Department, real pirate, quite
as real as any that ever sailed the
Spanish Main. This government
has been after the gentleman in
question for some time and when
Mexican government recently repu-
dated the papers under which she
was sailing and there was no danger
OF any international complications
on that score, a revenue cutter was
sent in search Of him with orders to
capture the pirate at any cost. Be-
fore the revenue cutter could effect
the capture, the trick had been
turned by the Canadian authorities
who have notified this government
that the pirate captain and his
piratical craft are awaiting this
governments pleasure at Van
Couver.
XXX
The name of the worthy captain,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28

after one penetrates a cloud of
aliases, appears to be Alexander
Mclean. His vessel strayed from
the paths of virtue some years ago
and has been sailing as the Carmen
cita, under an American register,
the Acapulco, under the Mexican
flag, and the something else with
Norwegian papers. Her home has
been the high seas and her ports Of
cali have been anywhere that there
was a market for seal skins and no
questions asked. She recently had
brush with the Russian sealing
patrol in which one of her crew
was badly shot to pieces and she
turned up at San Francisco some
time ago with cargo of ESQ good
skins. But though she was sus-
pected of being in the illicit trade
and her papers were almost surely
known to be crooked she could
not be held on tangible evidence.
She was well known to the sealing
patrol of three countries and was
recently boarded by the British
close to the three mile limit in
Canadian waters. But Mclean
smilingly declared to the captain,
who knew him well, that his name
was Woodside and he was a-MeXi-
can citizen. He was flying the
Mexican flag and consequently was
not molested at the time. But now
that the Mexican government has
declared that his papers are irregu.
lar, he will have a chance to eX-
plain the lurid history Of his vessel
in an American court. And it
ought to make interesting reading.
4#4
Great interest has been displayed
at the Navy Department over re
port just received Of the new Brit
ish torpedo boat destroyers that are
being built and which will be the
most powerful and by far the fast
est vessels of their sort ever hoated
They are to be 80 knotters and
good for cruising radius of 5000
miles at economical speed. OF course
the naval sharps of this government
want to better this record, but with
the era of retrenchment and reform
ahead, there is not much likeli-
hood that the next naval appropria-
tion bill will provide for any such
vessels.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Washington D. c. Sept. 2r, 1905.
The government is proceeding
after the old and time tried method of
protecting the interest of American
citizens il South America. Advices
have been received from the State
Department announcing the con-
viction of VIM. S. Albers, the resi-
dent agent of the Port Limon Com
pany of Ocetal, Nicaragua. 1t will
be remembered that when Mr..
Albers was first arrested over
week ago, there was great fuss
made about sending a warship with
the American minister aboard to
the scene of his arrest. Then it was
discovered that Ocetal was rather
too far up in the mountains for a
warship to navigate, and it was
decided to send the warship as far
as she would go but to substitute
Consul Lee for Minister Merry.
Later it was decided to hold on to
the consul and see how the trial
came out. 1t is just announced
that the trial came out as usual in
South American untries, result
ing in a conviction on behalf of the
government. Mr.. Albers is now
convicted of resisting legal authori-
ty and of abusing the President Of
Nicaragua He is said to be in COM
munication with consul and the
State Department hopes the affair
will be Strengthened out all right.
But the chances are if it follows the
usual course of such international
incidents, Mr.. Albers will stay in
Jail and this government will fiddle
along till the case is forgotten by
the public. Albers finally dies, and
his heirs revive popular interest by
trying unsuccesstully to collect an
indemnity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-26
THREAT TO LYNCH SAMARITAN.
Ruess's Kindness Misconstrued by Call
 ifOrnin Mob.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 25.-Mrs Thomas Langhelm, of this city, was so severely injured in alighting from street car last night that death may result and William R. Ruess. salesman for an automobile concern, was threat ened with lynching at the hands of mob of excited persons, who miscon- strued the motives of the latter's kind ness in removing the crippled woman to her home. Mrs. Langhelm stepped from a car while it was in motion. and was thrown violently to the pavement and seriously hurt. ..:."
 Immediately following the accident, Ruess, driving an automobile. rounded the corner, and comprehending the sit uation, with the assistance of passen- gers on the car. lifted the woman Into his machine and started for physi- clans office. An immense crowd had gathered in the meantime and the idea gained circulation that he had run her down with his automobile and for sev- eral minutes an aspect of seriousness surrounded the scene. Cries of lynch him. filled the air, and the vehemence of the expressions of the assembled crowd made 1t imperative that Ruess get away hurriedly. Leaving explana- tions to his friends. he departed at full speed and Mrs. Langhelm was soon under the care of a doctor, and was later removed to her home, where she lay in an unconscious condition throughout the night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-26
HOW We ADVANCE.

Discussing the wonderful modem i'm. provements in methods of travel, and especially fin ships. The Brooklyn Eagle says:
 If this kind of thing continues and ship service of like sort Is extended to parts of the earth less frequsnted age to the poles will become a matter blase travellers. Already we hear that and electric lights. and Alaska has hourishing city beyond the Arctic Cir cle, with an opera house and revolvers. Already Ar as.t they are ssshemlng sch to dry them into power for trolley lines and factories, Already the North Ameri- can Ice Company is planning to siege sell them Tor 2 cents a pound in the American cities. Already the giant na- tives of Patagonia are in process of en- men. Caanibalisn. Is pfacticed only n secret in the Pae fife. and the more fear some habit of tips prevails where that often often commeHdable custom once ex-
 The impossible hardly exists any long, CT. The wonderful has ceased to be a wonder. The genius and skill an.l dar- ing of man has broken down the walls between the known and the unknown and removed the obstacles from the road to the unattainable. That which appeared most difficult has become easy and the tasks once looked on as beyond human powers are hardly considered worth serious effort The old adage. What man hath done man can do again." no longer holds good. What man could not do. that Is what he now does.
 Within the memory of some now liv- ing a voyage to Europe was looked on as a momentous undertaking, requiring much courage snd ample preparation, and those who thus ventured were re- garded as heroes. Now such a trip is as commonplace as visiting friends in a neighboring State. and when we are told that friend has gone to Europe, Asia. Africa or any other distant land we take no thought of danger to the traveller. Verify the world advances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-26
CASE OF PROFESSOR MITCHELL.
Bishops VIII Decide His Fitness to
 TNnch Meth0diam.

Bishops VIII Decide His Fitness to
 Teach Methodism.
 Washington. Oct. 25.-The college of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, comprising the governing body of that denomination, met in semi annual conference here today.
 Several matters of interest and i'm portance to Methodism are to be dealt with during the sessions, which are to be held daily during the week. Par ticularly interesting will be the as- signments which the bishops will give themselves in presiding over the spring conferences
 The disposition of the case of Prot. HinkIey G. Mitchell. elected by the board of trustees of the Boston Uni versity to fill the chair of Hebrew, is perhaps the question of most popular interest. Six months ago the bishops refused to confirm the selection of Prof Mitchell on the ground that his interest In the higher criticism" of the Bible unfitted him to teach tho fundamentals of Methodism. The trus- tees of the University have refused to concur in this decision and have re- appointed the professor.
 Five years ago Prof Mitchell was before the bishops and explained his beliefs to their satisfaction. Since that time he has published d book called "The World Before Abraham" in which it is alleged by many church men he has made heretical statements concerning the Old Testament.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-26

have not been surpassed by anythins in the English language. and some of his short stories have not been eauaiied. His prose and his poetry stand In class which no American writer has att tained, and his genius was as tran scendant as his works are perfect. As one of our Northern contemporaries puts 1t. the founder of new school of literature, he paid tke penalty for that highest orderof genius in hts lone som sness There was ever, and there is today. a swarm of envious detractors snapping at his heels. He was. and Is still. moro maligned than any man of his time. But with 1t all his fame is secure. Maria Mitchell and James Kent and Horace Mann may live in fame, mayhap, but 1t will be largely because of the historical cir .umstance that they were vot d admission ts-a Hall of Fame the doors of which were closed to Ed- gar Allan Poe"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-26
THE VERDICT OF HISTORY.

Since the asinine performance by the Hall of Fame censors we have been watching the newspapers with inter- ested attention to see what comments they would make. Never in all our have seen such unanimity of expression on the part of the press of the entire country as Is exhibited in condemnation of the decision. Hardly in single in- stance has there been anything ap- preaching sincere approval of the rul- ing which refused to allow a place to Edgar Allen Poe If the matter had been left to the newsapers. North and South. East and West. no such unjust decision could have been reached.
 One newspaper up in Nebraska ad- mits that Poe was brilliant, but the personal habits of the man were such as to detract from the excellencies of his style" 1t declares. Was ever such lame defense for a shameful act? And 1t has not the merit of truth to uphold it. Poe's personal habits were the subject of more villaInous islanders and falsehoods than rarely fall to the lot of any man. The bald truth is that his private life would compare favor ably with that of his contemporaries. and would place him far above his de- tractors. past or present
 But if we should admit all that his enemies said of his habits, what has that to do with his genius or his lit erary work? We do not understand that the alleged Hall of Famc was de- signed only for the names of men who led blameless lives. If that were the object, quite number of names now in place would be taken down and there would be no criticism of the act If contemporaneous history has not lied grievously, some of the men who oc- cupy high places in the Hall would need a curtain over them and their lives if their personal habits should decide their places. That defence of the censors is worse than their own act was. And when we even think of Poe as a man of bad habits, we are confronted with the singular anomaly of a bad man who wrote many poems, tales and es- says and not word or hint of foul ness in them. His poetry and his prose are clean as snow, and it might be suf- fcient to assert that no man of had or unclean habits could write as much as he did without allowing some of the uncleanness to show. His writings an- swer his personal detra otors.
 The solid truth is that Poe was the | greatest literary genius the country has | yet produced. Some of his short poems
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-26
SELECTED HER COFFIN.
Then Miss Anna E. Scott Proceeded to
 Kill Herself.


 New York. Oct 25.-That Miss Anna E. Scott, the girl who killed herself in Atlantic City Saturday, because of grief over her fiance's sudden death. had, with careful deliberation, arranged for her funeral, even to the point of choos- ing her coffin. became known yesterday, when a friend called at Aldreds un- dertaking establishment.
 Telling John Aldred, Jr., that she ex- pected a friend to lie within two days, she discussed calmly the best method of disposing of her own body, and in- formed the undertaken that she would notify him when he was needed. She said that her friends name was Anna Smith.
 She doesn't want to be buried" said Miss Scott, but Nhas told me that she prefers cremation" She asked Aldred how much 1t would cost to cremate the body, and on being told the terms, said they were satisfactory
 Now, I'd like to see a coffin." she said.
 Aldred led the way 70 the rear of the shop and showed her several caskets.
 "A plain one will do,' she said, and 1t was agreed that a pine board coffin with no embellishments would be used
 I'm going away tomorrow" said Miss Scott, "and you'll probably hear from me on Saturday. Now don't forget, want the body cremated, and I'll see that you get the money" v
 The woman left a message summoning the undertaken to take charge of the body of Anna smith, and a note to a friend in which money for the services of the undertaken was enclosed. .:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-26
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2s, 1905.
IT WILL PAY.

It is estimated that not less than one million dollars have been spent by the United States thus far in the effort to have Gaynor and Greene brought back. and nearly six years of time have also been spent. They are now in prison and shere seems no probability of their es"aping conviction, but at all events the costs to the Government are k.ly 70 be mat erialv increased before the trial is ovsc.
 in considering this expenditure some Sare asking if it pays to spend so much to convict criminal. Our reply is that it wiIf pay the Government to convict them. wh eth ar 1t ever recovers one cent of tn .ir stealings or not. The money may have been spent, or SC disposed of that the Government will not get back a dollar. but even then it will pay In the words of contemporary. it would have paid had it cost many times that sum. for 1t has virdicated law and justice. It has demonstrated that TO one can defraud the Government and expect to escape righteous retribution It Is not money that is involved in this case. but a great moral and govern mental principle. But above all else it has paid as demonstrating that money is no safeguard against punishment for crime. With all of their ill-gotten gains that allowed them to live in lux ury in Montreal and Quebec these men have not been able to buy immunity nor successfully to defy the Government they defrauded."
 This case Is another example of the hard road a criminal may be required to travel in trying to escape from jus tice when the United States determines to convict him. It is not to be claimed or even intimated that all who violate the laws of the United States are pun ished, for that would not be true. In many cases. too many. 1t must be ad- mitted. the Government is either not as earnest as 1t might be or else there are conditions which make a conviction impossible. but in this case the Fed eral authorities have persisted and 1t now seems that the parties will be con victed. just as Captain Carter was Let the United States make it plain that 1t will. no matter at what cost, bring to justice those who rob 1t and we are persuaded that stealing from the Government will become less popu- lar and very much less profitable.