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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
RAILROAD NOTES
Special Excursions and Reduced Rates.
OF Interest 10 our Many Readers.

MILTON FAIR-REDUCED RATES
and special train service via Penn
sylvania Railroad on account of the
Milton Driving Park Association
Fair at Milton, Pa, October 3, !,
S and s, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell on these dates
round-trip tickets to Milton and re-
turn from Bellefonte, Lock Haven,
East Bloomsbury, Mt. Carmel,
Millersburg, Middleburg, and in
termediate stations at rate of single
fare tor the round trip (minimum
rate, IS cents. Tickets good going
and returning only on the date of
issue. ct
REDUCED RATES TO SCRANTON
via the Pennsylvania Railroad, ac-
count Firemen's Parade Day. On
account Of Parade Day, Firemen's
Association, State of Pennsylvania,
at Scranton, Pa, Thursday, October
s, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany will sell excursion tickets to
Scranton on October 4 and s, good
going on those dates and good re-
turning until October 6, inclusive,
from Muncy, Mifllinburg, Middle
burg, Georgetown, Shamokin, Tom
hickon, and intermediate stations,
at rate of single fare for the round
trip.
OLD HOME WEEK AT HARRIS
burg. Excursion tickets at single
fare tor the round trip via Penn
sylvania Railroad. On account of
Old Home Week at Harrisburg,
October to 7, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell excur-
sion tickets to Harrisburg at rate of
single fare for the round trip (mini-
mum rate IS ccnts) from the follow
ing points on dates specified:
On October I, ?, and 8, tickets,
good for return passage within five
days, including date Of sale, will be
sold from Paoli, Nescopeck Will
Transport, Altoona, Frederick, Bal
timore, and intermediate stations.
On October 8, tickets, good for
return passage on that date only,
will be sold from stations between
Philadelphia and Berwyn, inclusive,
and from stations between Wilkes
Barre and Wapwallopen, inclusive.
On October 4, S and 7, tickets,
good for return passage only on
date of issue, will be sold from
Wilkes Barre. Williamsport. AL
toona, Philadelphia, Frederick, Bal
tlmore, and intermediate stations.
For specific rates and further in
formation consult nearest ticket
agent. 2t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
NERVOUS DEBILITY

Vital Weakness and Prostrs-
uon from overwork and other
causes. Humphreys Homeo-
pathlc Specific No. %, in use
over 40 years, the only success
iul remedy. 81 per vial, or spec
lal package for serious cases, SIS.
Sold by Druggists or sent prepaid on receipt of prtce
hu"pMey' Med Co, William / John Sts,NY
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28

A man In the State of Kansas re-
Gently eloped with his mother-in-
law, and Kansas is prohibition
State, too.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28
FROM HEAD TO FOOT

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TO build IN needed flesh and strength. IL
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promotes ali the bodily functions, and re-
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For every disease that comes from foul
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pure Blood. Dyspepsia, Indigestion. BIZ
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28

Coal costs most In South Africa.
least in China.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-09-28

The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, by X. V.
Pierce, NJ. d., Chief Consult
ing Physician to the lnva-
lids Hotel and Surgical
Institute. Buffalo, n. y.
Paper-bound FREE on re-
ceipt of 81 onc-Ccnt stamps
for mailing onlV; or cloth
bound for 81 cents. Address
the Author, as above.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
What an Outragel

If one should read only the editorials in some of the papers of the mining camps those that mus, shout for their masters or move on, the conclu- sion would be reached that a mortal blow had been administered the min ing companies of this territory by the territorial board of equalization from which they would never recover. They scream and get frantic over the "enor- nous" tax levied against their mas ters. They get black in the face for the poor prospector. Whenever this backing of the face occurs. however it is when the big fellow tightens the string he has placed around their necks. They shriek for the resignation of all who have dared to place an as sessment on the mines
 Turning from these fiery editorials to the news pages, we find where the Douglas smelters turned out more than a million and a half dollars worth of copper last month, amounting to the enormous sum of $1s,0OO 900 per annum. The total assessment on
 
 ty board left it, was $223,01S.47. an amount equal to a little less than four and a half days run of the Douglas shelter. The assessment of these mines as fixed by the territorial board is S3,46S.2SS, an amount equal to about two and One-third months output of the Douglas smelters. The original assessment on the Cochise county mines will not buy the merchandise carried in the Copper Queen stores.
 The talk of an injustice being done the mining industry of the territory is so fimsy that a blind man can see the motive behind it. If the territory's total assessment on mines as 1t stands today were multiplied by two, it would not buy the property of the United Verde, the Arizona Copper company or the Copper Queen.
 If any small mine owner has been hurt by the raise of the territorial board. it is because the county off cials did not do their duty. Let these bowling papers insist that the asses sors and county boards levy the proper tax on the wealth of their counties then the territorial board will not be compelled to interfere. The whole fault lies with the county officers Graham County Guardian.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17

A dispatch from Youngstown, Ohio,
 says that the girl was murdered in
 1874 and that Sterling. a tramp. was
 hanged for it in 1877. Sterling main
 tained his innocence to the last
 Though the dispatch does not say so
 it is to be assumed that Herzig has
 committed suicide. The only wonder is that he did not do it long ago, for the wages of sin is death' and though by allowing the crime to be fastened on an innocent man he cheat ed the gallows and escaped death thir- ty-One years ago, he has since carried a burden of remorse which must in itself have been worse than death.
 The peculiar circumstances of such a case as this would be likely to in- tensify the remorse of any man not absolutely devoid of feeling. A great many nurderers elude detection and live to the end of their days, perhaps, with minds undisturbed by past re- grets or future fears. But when to the consciousness of a crime committed, is added the Knowledge that another and wholly innocent life has paid the pen alty for that crime; that one who was merely the victim of circumstances has died an ignominious death when the real murderer could have saved him by a word-this is the sort of realization that must crush the last spark of bravado out of even the most hardened criminal.
 We frequently hear of cases of this sort Men carry in their bosoms the secret knowledge of crimes for ten, twenty thirty years. some times to the end of their lives. but as a rule, soon or late, murder will out After a few years of liberty, when the authorities have been thrown completely off his 1 track and he has had a chance to become known and respected in a new l home. the hardest thing for a mur- derer to do is to keep his secret. It ! rests upon his conscience, a dead ! weight that can only be frightened by | confding in somebody. There is no | relief from confession but suicide, and, | IS Webster said in one of his most | famous speeches. suicide is confession.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
PATENTS.

PATENTS-Hazard & Harpham. I.os
 Angeles. Send for free book on patents.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17

River Valley Water Users associa-
 tion. Under the arrangement then
 reached, payment for the property Is
 to be made out of the reclamation fund after a board of government en- gineers have decided upon the value of the canals and appurtenances The cost of the canals is to be a charge against the lands benefited, in the same manner as the cost of the Tonto Basin reservoir, repayment to be made to the government in ten annual in- stallments after the reservoir shall have been completed.
 In all probability, direct negotia- tions between the Water Users asso- ciation and the bondholders of the Arizona Water company will result in an agreement as to the purchase price. leaving little for the government board to do beyond approving the figure agreed upon, and at the foreclosure sale the only bid will be on behalf of the water users of the valley.
 The receivership made necessary by the misfortunes of the water company, will obviate the necessity of prolong- ed negotiations with a multitude of bondholders and stockholders of the company. and thus the unhappy plight of that corporation affords an easy avenue for the requirement of the cd nals at their actual value by the peo- pie who should own them-the ranch | CTS that own the lands irrigated from the canals.
 So. after all, the enforced shortage . of water this year will prove to be a sort of blessing in disguise.
 Before a great while. thanks to the patience and persistence of far-seeing the Salt River valley will . have the most ideal irrigation system m the world.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
A Murderer's Conscience.

A strange story of the workings of a guilty mans conscience comes from the little town of Minot, N. D. A har- vest hand, known only by the name of Frank, disappeared a few days ago, leaving a note for his employer which read: When my Hfeless body is found notify my mother, Mrs. Catherine Her zig. of Girard. O. See the enclosed letter which reveals my identity and the awful secret of my wretched life. can endure it no longer" The en- closed letter, which was signed Charles Herzig." was as follows: 'In the early seventies, Charles Sterling, a supposed tramp, was tried for the murder of Lizzie Grombacker. a beau tiful young woman residing near Youngstown, Wyoming county, Ohio. He was convicted on circumstantial evidence and was hanged for the crime in the county jail at Youngstown. Charles Sterling was an innocent man. l am guilty of the murder of the young girl"
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17

his holiness. pleasantly, make you fif- ty years younger"
 The interest displayed by the head of the Roman church in such matters proves him to be in accord with the present time, and not living in the past. He realizes the importance of the care of the body. and as a con sequence of his patronage a number of gymnastic societies have been form ed. It is said that 300 young men have announced their intention of taking part in the forthcoming tournament in the vatican.
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
Vatican Athletics.

According to dispatch from Rome, an athletic tournament. or "competi- tion" is to be held within the pre- cincts of the vatican, and under the patronage of the pope. In fact his holiness has given over 200 gold and silver medals to be competed for. and it is said that he intends to be pres ent at the final part of the program. The pope is said to have urged the older cardinals. who take but little in terest in the physical training of the young, to be present. Tt will" says
Arizona republican., 1905-09-17
Pianos That Sell Are Always in Demand
 THE WILEY B. ALLEN co.

2474s ST, SELLING PIANO A DAY. s the of a
 
 
  a will be to a the of in B. East Washi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
A West Virginia Campaign.

To fill a vacancy caused by the appoint
ment of Mr.. Dayton to the federal bench
the voters of the second West Virginia
district will, on the 9th prox., choose a
representative in Congress. The republi-
cans have nominated a man of the name
of Lakin, and the democrats yesterday
named as their candidate Col. Thomas
Davis. a brother of Henry G. Davis Mr.
Davis did not aspire to the honor, but
being man of substance and influence he
was drafted He has had some experience
in politics and will make the race. His
campaign, however, might have been
pitched in a higher key than that sounded
by one of his supporters in a speech to
the convention.
Mr.. Lakln was described as "a buckle
berry picker and a rabbit hunter" Phrases
of this order are amusing for the moment.
but they make no votes against a candi-
date Very often they make votes for
him. Mr.. Lakin, it may be supposed from
this description, began life in humble cir
cumstances One gets the idea of a bare
footed boy making his way by turning his
hand to things within his reach. But if
he picked his share of berries and bagged
his share of rabbits at that time, the prob
ability is that at this time he is just as
him-that, assigned to the job he would
pick and bag for the people of his district
in Congress as successfully as he did for
himself in the berry patches and stubble
fields of his bailiwick. Picking votes for
his party and bagging appropriations for
his constituents might be his strong suit
in office.
Col. Davis himself would not have made
this blunder He and his more distinguished
brother began life with nothing, and have
made a great success of all their business
ventures. They have done a good deal for
their state, and are the sort of men who
have been foremost in developing the whole
United States. The berry picker and rabbit
hunter cannot be an object of derision in
Col. Davis eyes.
Importance and dignity attach to the con-
sressional office, but plain men are not
barred and plain duties are very necessary.
Gov. Montague, in his race for the Senate
in Virginia. described his opponent as a
mere department runner" Senator Mar
tin promptly accepted the characterization,
and is now showing TO the people of the
state just what is accomplished by de
partment runner" and how in many cases
hard work surpasses oratory IN the sena-
tOrial arena.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05

rily chortled at the ease with which they
inoculated SWANS. 1t was said by other
persons that the man who would balk at a
kiss because of microbes would forego the
leach because of the tickling fuzz. would
forswear the shad because of it's bones and
would turn his back on strawberry short
cake because of the grit.
But despite this opposition to a very gen.
eral custom, Potomac excursion captains
and park policemen express the opinion that
there has been no appreciate decline in the
production and consumption of the kiss. 1t
is curious, though, that such a monstrous
doctrine that of the anti-kiss propaganda
should receive support from the following
news item:
New Brunswick. N J.-Smallpox has
stricken a bride, closed church, quar-
antined it's pastor and greatly alarmed four
stage loads of guests who attended the we'd
ding of Miss Magdelen Fessler and John F.
Gaub on Easter Sunday and had the pleas
ure of kissing the bride. The town is great
ly excited for fear the contagion will spread.
The wedding took place at the German
Presbyterian Church at South River, and all
rode to the church in the stages provided
for that purpose. After the ceremony sew
era1 of the guests kissed the bride, and on
the next day she was stricken with small
pox In a most vtrulent FORM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
Germany and the Tariff.

The New York produce exchange has
forwarded to the State Department "a pro-
test against the apparent deliberate in
tention of the German government to dis
criminate against American trade under
the new German tariff, and expressing
the hope that a treaty will be negotiated
with Germany which will place American
products on an equal basis with those of
competing countries
Never mind the protest. Germany had a
perfect right to take the action specified
and, in fact in taking it but acted in con-
formity with the principles of protection
She wants more liberal tariff terms from
us, and seeks them in an entirely legiti-
mate way. The hope expressed by this
New York commercial body is the thing.
Let US have treaty with Germany, from
which both she and ourselves will benefit
The subject should engage the attention Of
the President in his next message to Con-
gress, If not in individual form in the form
of a general presentation of the whole
tariff question. Our tariff problem now re-
lates to the enlargement of our foreign
trade, and the conditions under which we
shall be obliged to labor to that end are
pretty clearly outlined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05

suggested by the report that a violent ty-
phoon recently swept the China sea, seri-
ously damaging several of the Russian
ships. The typhoon season begins in May
and lasts until November, and 1t is there
fore in order now to expect such disturb
ances from time to time. Rojestvensky is
directly in the track of these fierce cyclOnic
sea storms and being with very poor harbor
facilities-and those by a stretch of the
neutrality conventions-he is exposed to a
danger perhaps even more serious than
that offered by the Japanese warships.
From the security of a well-equipped naval
base 1t may be that Admiral Togo IS COM
placently watching the elements take a
hand in the war, as they did in 1883 when
the Spanish armada was first damaged upon
Its departure and then, after a beating off
the English coast. was scattered to de-
struction by a hurricane.
In considering the situation in the Asiatc
waters 1t is necessary to remember that 1t
Is logically Togos part to play a waiting
game. apart from specific conditions. The
Russian fleet is on a generally aggressive
mission, to destroy the Japanese naval pre-
ponderance in the eastern waters. It is
therefore Togo's best play to choose his
own time and place for giving battle.
If by waiting several weeks he forces the
Russians into a weaker state than on their
arrival by reason Of foul bottoms and
lowered supplies and perhaps damaged
ships. he correspondingly Increases his
chances in the inevitable engagement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
Somebody Blundered.
The following paragraph was printed
few days ago in the Boston Advertiser:

The following paragraph was printed a
few days ago in the Boston Advertiser:
Maj. Sylvester, chief of police of Wash
ington, ID. c., visited police headquarters.
Boston, yesterday and called ON Chief
Watts, Superintendent Pierce and Chair
man Cole. The relative merits of police
systems were discussed and Chief Sylvester
professed profound admiration for the
system in use here. He explained that the
system in Washington is different from that
of any other city in the country from the
fact that the chief is appointed by the gov
eminent. instead of by the state or city.
In Washington the appointment is always
made from the regular army and the chief
given the rank of major and the pay at
tached is the same
1t is quite safe to acquit Maj Sylvester
of this remarkable misstatement and to &C
credit the confusion of the Engineer Com
missioner of the District and the chief OF
police to somebody in Boston. For the
benefit of those who do not know it is well
to state that the head of the police force
is appointed by the District Commissioners
who are themselves named by the Presi-
dent, one being an officer of the Engineer
Corps of the army Perhaps Maj. Sylvester
who is one of the most up-to-date of police
officials in the country, gave Boston just a
little more information than it could prop
erly digest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
The New York Legislature.

We shall probably hear some fresh dis
cussion now Of political bosses and their
| uses. Not unlikely an attempt will be
| made in some quarters to justify their ex-
| istence.
| The New York legislature has just ad-
| journed after a session Of several months.
| The republicans controlled both houses. But
| things were at skies and sevens during the
| greater part of the time. Many foolish
measures were proposed and several were
| passed. The general result is not satisfac-
| tory to anybody, unless We may believe
| the assertion that there is comfort in it
| for Tammany Hall. Mr.. Murphy, we are
told, should, as the consequence Of the re-
| publican record. find his path smoothed for
the reelection of Mayor Mcclellan in No
vember.
Mr.. Odell, who plays the game with skill,
quilted the scene early and went to Eu-
rope. where he still is. Having retired from
! the governors Office, he decided to take
rest from all political cares. Moreover, as
1t had been predicted by his enemies that
he would linger in Albany and run things"
he probably thought it best to confound
them. Mr.. Platt also was absent from
Albany more than had been his custom
for years. He may have been in touch with
the situation through his lieutenants but
he did not supervise business at close range
Had either or both of these men been on
the scene would things have gone better?
They are not in agreement, but, like old
campaigners, they know when and where
not to fight Both are well advised, too as
to the situation in town, and Mr. Odell is
to conduct the campaign against Murphy
and Mcclellan. When he returns he will
hear the republican manag cement at Albany
vigorously denounced.
Where was Governor Higgins? On deck,
but he soon became enmeshed in the ram
| pant factionalism and lost control of mat
| tiers. He is an old hand at legislatng but
a new one at general management, and, to
use General Harrison's old figure of speech,
his wild horses ran away with him. 1t
| may be said in truth that the republicans
had some knotty problems to deal with
and under the best direction might not en-
tirely have missed mistakes but that upon
the whole, they handled themselves awk-
| wardly and lost prestige at the session can
not well be denied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
Flies.

Now comes the fy-the early morning fly.
The anarchist, the traitor and the spy
With all their wickedness are sinners
slight
Compared to this invader, whose strange
might
Bids slumber vanish from the weary eye
Upon your brow with tireless feet of fuzz
He promenades. Whateer his victim does
He notes with all his myriad sleepless
eyes,
And to each angry protest he replies,
In safety, with an irritating buzz.
Defiant of each well-adjusted screen.
He makes his way unbidden to the scene
And revels with Indifference sublime
In theft and various other kinds of crime:
Then wings his way. UNPUBLISHED and Sc
rene.
IT'S strange how fortune sometimes seems
to bless
Those who have naught but nerve and self
ishness,
For here and there some mortal you will
spy
Who. like unto this same obnoxious fly.
Doth thrive and glory in mankind's dis
tress.