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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
Canada Wants Americans.

Washington.-It is probable the at
tentiop of the British government will
be directed TO movement conducted
officially by the Canadian govern
ment to induce immigration from the
United States to the Northwestern
Territory. There can be no object.
tion to such efforts on the part Of pri-
vate agencies, but when, as in this
case, the government itself seeks to
attract citizens of other countries, the
matter is one which calls for official
remonstrance.
1t appears that the Dominion De.
partment Of the Interior, through one
Of its Assistant secretaries, has been
sending broadcast throughout the
Northwestern States circular letters
addressed mainly TO clergymen, pro.
fessional men and persons of influ
ence, describing in glowing terms the
splendid resources of the Canadian
Northwest, and inviting immigrants
by the offer of 100 acres of land for
each free school and sound laws. At
tention is especially invited to the ex.
cellent church facilities.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
Drug Craze Among the People.

Washington, ID. C.-"An insane de-
sire to use opium and drugs OF a sim
liar nature appears to have taken
hold of the people" said a member of
DR.. Wiley's staff recently while speak
ing of the use of drugs. The same
opinion prevails among local druggists.
ut is true" said DR.. Wiley's assis-
tant, that people are drinking any
thing which VIII give temporary re-
ltef to the tired feeling and shattered
nerves of those who live strenuous
lives, and in the whirl and rush of
society.
"The terrible effect OF the use of
otics on the brain has been made
the subject Of careful investigations.
Insanity is the inevitable result. The
hallucinatlon which grows temporar.
lily out of Indulgence in opium and
the exhilaration caused by cocaine are
but the forerunners of permanent dis
orders of the brain which surely fol-
low in the course of time in large
proportion of cases.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
Porto Ricans Born Musicians,

San Juan, p. R.-Love and talent for
music is found in every man, woman
and child on the island, no matter
what their station or advantages.
The music of Italian opera is as
familiar to these people as it is to
the graduate of musical conserva-
tory in the States. The lullaby a
child hears Is likely to be a solo
from "Ill Trovatore" or snatches from
an Italian sextet. This Is the class of
music that small boys whistle and
the girls sing to their dolls The
mass of the people are unfamiliar
with the music of Anglo-Saxon ma
tions, but know to a greater or less
extent the lighter music and recent
operas from Spain and Italy.
At intervals Italian opera compa-
nies, usually direct from South
America. have come to San Juan and
Ponce, and played one or two weeks
in both places.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
Electric liftinu Mauncts.

Though there would seem to be lit
tie difficulty in constructing an cleo
tric-magnet for lifting heavy pieces
of iron and steel, few manufacturers
have been successful thus far in pro.
ducing these appliances in commercial
form. A Cleveland concern has turn
ed out number, however, and a Bel
gian company claims now to have a
perfect electro-magnet for use in roll
ing mills and similar works.
But the use Of this device, the ropes
and chains heretofore necessary in
lifting heavy weights have been abol-
ished. The crane-driver simply lowers
the magnet upon the piece of metal to
be lifted, eXc.tes it by the switch, and
when the magnet is in action raises
it with its load. Only two or three
seconds are required for sensitzing
the magnet, so that the saving of time
is enormous, one crane doing the work
of several cranes under existing con-
ditions.
In the Belgian system the actual
magnet is protected by a metal bell,
which enables it to be used in lifting
hot metal. thus making it valuable in
foundrieS and rolling mills.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
The Life Saving Service

The United States Government ex-
pends S2,0O0,O00 a year for the main
tenance Of its 235 life saving stations,
200 on the shores Of the Atlantic
Cocst, 90 on the Pacific, 10 on the Gulf
Of Mexico and along the Great
Lakes chain. The work, systematlcal-
ly begun in 1871 in New Jersey, the
coast Of which, sandy and wl,h few
bays, offers many dangers TO nayigl-
tors, has been extended so that it
now practically covers the chief dan
ger points of the whole coast line of
the country, more than 10000 miles
in extent and longer than the coast
line Of any other country
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
Hannibal's Feat Outdone.

Hannibals passage of the Alps was
a pigmy feat compared with the task
Of crossing the Himalayas, which has
just been accomplished by "a very lit
tie British army going very long
way. The force under Gen. Macdon-
aid has climbed the most stupendous
natural staircase upon the planet, and
upon the upper landing at the top of
the world. What it has already done
in the face of fantastic hardships is
an epic of military mountaineering,
interleaved by the strangest pages in
the history of transport The Tibe.
tans to remark, do not live their or.
dinay lives quite so far skyward. But
their tableland is upon an average
plane of nearly three miles above sea
level-higher than all but the loftiest
SUBMITS of the Alps-London Daily
Chronicle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
SHERIFF0S SALE.

BY virtue OF a writ OF fieri facias issued out OF
the Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia county,
Pennsylvania, and TO me directed there viii be
exposed to public sale at the Court House In
Bloomsbury, county and state aforesaid, on
SATURDAY, APRIL Ist. 1905,
at two o o'clock p. m.
All that certain lot OF land situate on the
northerly side OF Britain street, in Mlchael's
Addition TO West Berwick In the township OF
Berwick, now Borough OF West Berwick Co.
lumbia county, Pa, and bounded and described
as follows, to wit: Beginning at the dorth-
westerly corner OF Britain and Mercer Streets
thence along Britain street south eighty-seven
degrees ten minutes west eighty-aeven and one
half feet: thence north two degrees and nifty
minutes west seventy-flve and four tenths feet
TO an alley; thence south seventy degrees
thirty minutes east ninety and six-tenths feet
TO Mercer street, thence along the same south
Two degrees nifty minutes east fifty one feet to
Britain street, the place OF beginning. Deing
the easterly part OF lot No. -, OF Michaels
addition to West Berwick, Pa. Whereon is
erected a two-story
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE.
Seized, ,ken In execution at the suit Of
Security Building and Savings Union VS.. Frank
and TO be sold as the property OF
Frank \. Shirk.
Il. c. REYNOLDS and WV. BLACK,
,ALBX c. JACKSON. Sheriff.
Attorneys.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
Names Juvenile Sveneali.

Phillips has a boy hypnotlst, ac-
cording TO the Maine Woods, in the
person of Ralph Hamden, aged thlr-
teen years, Ralph is practising on his
young schoolmates, and they tell Won
derful stories of what he has done.
He has had the boys playing all sorts
Of antics, including fishing" "eat-
ing strawberries" etc. He Is reported
to have made one little fellow rigid
and then put $50 pounds on his body
while he was suspended with his head
and heels on the backs of two chairs.
He makes them rigid" at VIII and he
has given one or two public exhibi-
tions in modest way.-LewiSton
(Me.) Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
WILL HAVE RIFLE PRACTICE.
Plans to Remedy Great National De-
feet in the Military system.


Throughout Hon. Elihu Roots long
service as Secretary of War the one
subject which received his most seri-
Gus attention, aside from the opera.
tions of the army in the field, the army
reorganization act, the general staff
scheme and the national militia pro-
ject, was the question of developing
In the mass of American citizens
body Of trained rinemen large enough
60 make our defenses secure in time
of war
Owing partly to Mr.. Roots pers.s.
tent urging, supported by many other
interested gentlemen in the army, the
navy, the Marine Corps. the National
Guard and civil life, public interest
in the subject took form in the or
ganization OF the national board for
the promotion OF rife practice in the
United States, and as a result of that
movement plans have been formulated
which, If carried into effect, seem like
ly to transform millions of hardy
young Americans into expert rifemen
AM thus correct what Is palpably the
gravest defect in our military sys-
tem.-Army and Navy Jorunal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
kinq Oscar Held Up,

King Oscar and his suite were trav-
ellng on the Swiss federal railway.
when at Lausanne they were asked
for their tickets, and the railway Off
cial at Geneva demanded payment
both for the fare and for excess OF
luggages. and gave the king to under
stand that he was in a republic whore
rne railway passenger was precisely
, the same footing as another.
Unfortunately the royal pockets
pened to be empty, and when the
7g's chamberlain asked the rail
y company to apply to the consul
they promptly refused to do so. n
,egram being produced from the
head office of the Swiss government
railways saying, Charge Oscar for
his royal car 20 first-class tickets"
An influential local magnate came
to the rescue and paid the bill,
amounting to about 5000
It is curious to speculate on what
might have happened but for the in
teryention of this deus eX machina.
Would the railway company have
brought the royal tour to an abrupt
conclusion Country Life.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30

The extent In Great Britain to which
the slaughter for millinery purposes
Of beautiful birds is carried is in
stanced by the report just issued by
the Bird Protection Society at Lon
don.
AT the first sale Of the present year.
in the Commercial salesroom-thd
central market of the plume trade I'M
London-no fewer than 2,G87 birds of
paradise were sold, AS these birds
are restricted TO a comparatively
small area of the globe, it IS almost
safe TO prophesy their early extinc-
ton If fashion continues to call foI
them. During the year probably 10,-
600 will come under the hammer
London Mall.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
new KEY 70 CHESAPEAKE
War Department viii Test
Availability Of Rip-Raps.
FORTRESS MONROE WEAK

>id Fort ot'ers Inadequate Protection
for Naticral Capital and Attempt
viii ee Made to Strengthen the
Barriers.
WashingtCn.--The War Department
- preparing once for all 20 ascertain
the fortticaton Of the Rip Raps,
old Fort Wool. of the Civil War,
Hampton Roads, is practicable.
le place can be strongly fortified
iill be the very key to Chesapeake
and greater protection to Wash.
ton, Baltimore, Norfolk and New
irt News than Fort Monroe is popu-
i.r.y supposed to be. If. however.
the foundations do no. stand the test
Of heavy firing to which they will be
put the fort viii be practically aban-
doned, and the million or more 1ol.
lars spent trying TO make a modern
fortification will have been sunk in
the bottom of the sea, literally as
well as figuratively.
Fort Monroe is porularly supposed
to be the strongest fortified place in
America. and the average American
believes that no battlcship would
ever reach Washington while Fortress
Monroe interposes its walls. But ma.
val and military experts express the
belief that the capital will have to
look to other protection than that
OF Fort Monroe in case the country
becomes involved in an international
war
The antiquated stone walls of that
part of the fort which the public gees
would hardly stand an hour before the
13-inch guns of a modern man-of.war,
and it is to The disappearing guns up
on the beach above the fort that the
war officers pin their faith But even
they realize thai the strategic posi-
tion of Hampton Roads is the Rip
Raps. and If the tests to be made
prove it to be suitable to withstand
the recoil Of the big guns mounted
on II, II will likely be made the real
guardian of the Chesapeake.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
SHERIFFS SALE.

By virtue OF writ OF feri facias issued out of
the Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia county
Pennsylvania and TO me directed there VIII be
exposed to public sale at the Court House In
Bloomsbury, county and state aforesaid on
SATURDAY, April. Ist, 1905,
at two o'clock p. m.
All that certain lot piece or parcel OF land lay
ing and being situated In the Borough OF Ber-
w icRcounty OF Columbia and state OF Pennsyl-
vania, bounded aud described as follows to
wit: on the east by lot number thirty-six on
the south by Front street, on the west by lot
number thirty-eight, and on the north by
Schley alley, being forty-fve feet in width on
Front street and extending In depth OF the
same width distance Of one hundred and
seventy-eight feet. Containing eight thousand
and ten square feet OF land and being number
ed and designated as lot number thirty seven
on the northerly side OF Front street OF
Michael addition of West Berwick.
Seized, taken In execution at the suit OF
Security Building and Savings Union VS.. Amos
). Sturdevant, and to be sold as the property of
Amos +. Sturdevant.
ii. c. REYNOLDS and w. W. BLACK.
ALEX c: JACKSON, Sherir,.
Attorneys.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
RAILROADS IN ENGLAND.
Remarkable Records Made by Some
Of the Newer Locomotives.

A writer in the Magazine Of Com.
merce gives interesting details OF the
new passenger locomotives, with some
record of their marvellous perform
ances. The Great Western Company
has been building eighteen engines.
which are named after cities served
by this line The "Cities" are q
heavier and more powerful type of
"Atbaras." There is good reason to
believe that the remarkable accelera-
tions which the Great Western main
line services have undergone during
1908 have been not little due TO the
splendid efficiency of the CITY" tribe.
One of these engines, the "Cty Of
Bath accomplished the worlds rec.
ord long-distance run with the royal
special to Plymouth, when the Jour
ney of 245h miles was performed in
233h minutes, or at an average rate
OF speed of 63 miles an hour.
Another type IS the Atlantic" used
by the Northeastern Railway. The
first of the batch (No. 532) has already
accomplished record, in the working
of the Newcastle-Shefeld express,
which between Darlington and York
has to its credit the tastes, booked run
in the kingdom. namely, 44h miles in
As minutes, speed 61.7 miles an hour.
Some exceedingly fine engines have
beel cunning on the Midland. Their
performances with the Scotch ex.
presses have been remarkable, con.
siderlng the enormous ascent in York.
shire.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
The, Enormous Loss bv Fire

The waste by fire during the last
twenty-five years has averaged $780,
0O0,000 a year. When it is remember
ed that this immense sum is abso-
lutely wiped out Of existence, eternal
ly removed from the use Of mankind,
the seriousness of the problem which
confronts us may be appreciated.
Neither insurance nor any other
scheme devised or devisabe by the
ingenuity of man can replace this
wealth. 1t has suffered annihilation.
While it Is true that this vast drain
on the national resource cannot he
wholly stopped, it can be very largely
reduced by proper State and munich
pal legislation faithfully enforced. 4
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
PROPOSALS FOR ADDITION TO
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.

Sealed proposals are invited for the erection
OF an addition or extension to the Bloomsbury
High school Building A copy OF the plans and
architect after Thursday, the -3rd OF March.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certified
check or bond In the sum OF two hundred dollars
These VIII be returned after the contract is
entered into.
The contractor Will he required TO give an
approved bond not only conditioned for the
faithful performance OF the contract, but also
for the payment OF all bills contracted for labor
and materials In the erection OF the building
Bids close at 600 p IN. on Friday, April II, 1906
- j. @. RUTTBR, Jr,, tres't.
j. G. BROWN, Sec'y. 3-23 At
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
Much Cocaine Sold.

Since the passage of the law by the
Pennsylvania legislature at the last
session prohibiting the sale of the
stuff without a physicians prescrip-
tion more cocaine has been sold in
Plttsburg than there was before the
status was placed on the records The
law especially appeals to the state
pharmaceutical board, but 1t is claim.
ed that druggists have cOnspired with
users to defeat the aim of the lazy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
Good Luck for a Worker.

Londonderry few weeks ago
Henry Dawson was earning / pound
$50 week as a laborer in an oil
cake factory in Liverpool Now he
has been carried off by long lost. mar
rled sister to America to share a for
tune of 10000 pounds (s1O0,O0O) un-
eXpectedly left to them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
A StrenlIous Ruler.

Vienna,-The Emperor Franz Josef,
who rs seventy-6our years young"
has of late developed an activity
which, in view of the handicap for
age which he carries. places him high
in the List OF strenuous rulers. !.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
JUSTICE HENRY 3. BROWN

OF the United States Supreme Court,
who was married recently to Mrs.
Josephine Bunting Tyler, an attractive
young widow. When Justice Brown
retires from the bench two years
hence, he and Mrs. Brown will travel
extensively in Europe and other parts
of the world.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
FRAME DWELLING,

NIX barn and outbuildngs. good orchard
and good well OF water on the premises. The
land ia in a good state OF cultivation.
TRACT NO. 2-Situate In Centre township
county aforesaid bounded aad described as
follows: Beginning at a stone corner OF line Of
land formerly owned by simon Hagenbuch,
deceased; thence by the same north thirteen
degrees west one hundred and eight perches TO
a gum tree; thence by land OF the heirs OF
George Kelchner, deceased, south seventy
seven degrees west seventy-fve perches to a
stone; thence south thirteen degrees east one
hundred and eight perches TO a stone north
seventy-seven degrees east seven and fve
tenths perches to the place OF beginning, con-
talning
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
ICRES AND 10 PERCHES
WOOD LAND.

TERMS OF SALE;-Ten per cent. OF one
fourth OF the purchase money to be paid at the
striking down OF the property; the one-fourth
less the ten per'cent at the continuation OF
sale; and the remaining three-fourths in one
year thereafter, with interest from conflrma-
ton nisi. S. II. BEIsHLINE,
A. n. YosT, Atty. Admr. d. b. n. C. {. q.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30

According TO the returns of the min,
istry of finance for Austria, the qunn,
tity of salt used in Austria in celinee
tlon with feeding Of animals during
the year 1903 was 27,272 tons.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.

BY virtue Of an order Of the orphans Court Of
Columbia county the undersigned, administrat-
or d. n. g. Z. a. of Samuel G Bower, late OF
Centre township, deceased, will sell at public
sale, on the premises In Centre township on
TUESDAY, APRIL 4th, 1905,
at one O'Clock p m all that certain real estate
described as follows:
TRACT NO. 1.-All that certain messuage and
tract Of land situate partly in Centre township
and partly In orange township, said county Of
Columbia; bounded on the north by land of
John Thomas, on the east by public rad lead
ing from the river to the mountain, on tho
south by land y. shellhammer and on the West
b y lands of CLANCY whitmire and Daniel Whit
mre. containing thirty-two acres and one
hundred and seven perches of farm land where
on are erected
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30
VERY REV. DEAN LEHMAN.

OF Marshall town, Iowa who has been
chosen first bishop of the new do
eese of Great Falls, Mont Father
Lenihan was born in Dubuque in 1854,
and received his theological training
I'm Grand Seminary, Montreal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-03-30

The American woman who became
the bride of Lord Bateman recently.
She was formerly Mss Marion Cra-
ham of San Francisco, and is renown-
ed for her beaWy.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-05-26
AN AWFUL
SKIN DISEASE
Serss Covered Neck and Cheeks
ttched Day and Night - Moth
ing Did Ne Any Good Was
Growing Worse.
CURED BY CUTICURA
AT COST OF $3.50

Miss Nellie Wander Wiele, of Lake
side, N. y, writing under date of
April Is, 1904, says: at do wish you
would publish this letter in the news
papers, so that others suffering as I
have may see it and De helped. 1 suf-
fered for many months with an awful
skin disease, sores covering my ears,
neck, and checks. Scabs would form
and they would swell, and itch day
and night. Then they would break
open and blood and matter run out.
1 had tried many different remedies,
but none of them did me any good.
/ was growing worse when 1 tried
the Cuticura Remedies. The first
application helped me, and when 1
had used two cakes of Cuticura Soap,
three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, and
three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent,
was completely cured"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-05-26

that uphold these supposed evils.
In commenting on what this paper
said on a former occasion the Miami
Record says:
The price of oil in Ocala i'm 1867 ,ac-
cording to the Banner, was two dol
lars per gallon. 1t is now twenty
cents.
The argument-Or rather the state
ment-is that Mr.. Rockefeller made
his g eat combinations in order to
bring down the price of oil, and the
quoted price is given to prove con-
clusivelv that he has succeeded in his
laudable ambition.
Of course the writer in the Banner
neglects to state that in 1867 there
was no railroad communication be-
tween Ocala and the oil efineries
and that everything. especially in the
south, was on war basis of prices.
He neglects, also, to state the price
of every other commodity has de-
creased in about the same proper
ton, since that date.
That is exactly what the writer did
not fail to state.
hC ".iIcI Sbdlei tudt lncft WAS DIT
that time a steamship line from New
York to Jacksonville and a steam
boat line from Jacksonville to Silver
Springs. Every merchant i'll Ocala
had his own wagon team and freight
rates were really cheaper then than
they are now.
Now, about the prices of other COM
modities, let's see how that is.
On May 4th, 1867, the Ocala House
is charged with the following items,
viz: doz. eggs, soc; \ chickens,
SI.25.
1t was credited with a months
board, $50.
Some things were very much higher
Flour was $50 per barrel; rice 20c per
h.; spool cotton, 15c.; sugar soc. per
lb.; calico 25c. per yard, etc.
The law of supply and demand con-
trolled then as it does now and as il
will tomorrow and next year.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-05-26
Expo sure.

To cold draughts of air, to keen
and cutting winds, supden changes OF
the temperature, scanty clothing, I'M
due exposure of the throat and neck
after public speaking and singing,
bring on coughs and colds.
Billiards. Horehound Syrup is the
best cure Mrs A. Barr, Houston,
Texas, writes, Jan. 81, 1902: lone
bottle of Billiards. Horehound Syrup
cured me of a very bad cough. 1t is
very pleasant to take. Sold by al
druggists. m