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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
THE PCT BEGINS TU BOIL.

The Presidential campaign goes
on apaCe. The selection of Chica-
go as the meeting place Of the Re-
publican National Convention is
not looked upon as favorable to the
wing of he party that swears by
Roosevelt. 1t is further asserted
that there is no longer a doubt of
the collection of vast sum of mon
ey to secure the selection of some
candidate unfavorable to the Roose-
velt policies. A part of the game
is to swing New York for Hughes,
not because of any love for Hughes,
but out of resentment toward the
Administration.
In the Democratic camp Mr..
Bryan has announced a policy of
rorgive and forget and made peace
it'll his bitter opponents in Illinois.
IS alleged that he has also cap
red the support of Murphy and
onners i'll New York. But he has
II succeeded in suppressing the
growing discomfort with his candi-
dacy in the South, nor in checking
the evident undercurrent of public
favor toward Judge Gray.
There is no doubt that the mon
ey panic, which has unsettled the
business of the country, has also in
large measure unsettled political
conditions. There is an unmistak
able drift of sentiment in both par
ties in favor of a new deal, We
have been going a little too fast.
With the disposition to moderate
our pace there is concurrent dis
position to moderate our methods
and to take counsel of more moder-
ate statesmen.-Ree0rd.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
Another Defect in Election Law.

1t has been discovered that a
rather serious defect exists in the
uniform primary election law of
Pennsylvania, which may deprive
the State Of delegates to the nation
al conventions. or in any event
cause successful candidates no end
of trouble.
The law fails to provide for the
certihcation OF the primary vote in
congressional districts, except
where a county comprises district.
1t has been suggested that the
county commissioners certify the
returns to the secretary Of the Com
nonwealth or the State committee,
but not even such suggestion is
made in the law.
1t is possible that the national
conventions will be forced to deter
mine the claims Of delegates in the
various counties. The Washington
county commissioners will submit
the matter to the State department
and request that some solution OF
the difficulty be suggested.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
Tax Blow to Fraternities
Invested Wealth Of S15, 100000 Would Be
Subject to 4 Mills On the Dollar.

Considerable interest and appre-
hension is shown by officers of ira.
ternal and beneficial societies be-
cause of the recent opinion given
by Auditor General Young that
the invested funds of such organi-
cations be taxed by the State, in
the same manner as private person.
al property is. The tax rate is four
mills on the dollar and as the in
vested wealth of all the beneficial
societies is estimated at more than
SIS, 900 the tax would be a
heavy drain on the funds.
The Odd Fellows would be the
heaviest losers, as they would have
to pay tax on $4,000, 900. The
Masonic fraternity has almost $3,-
600, 900 liable to the tax, and the
Patriotic Sons of America about
81 900, 900. The Elks also have a
large amount invested for benevo-
lent purposes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
AN APPALLING MINE DISASTER

An explosion occurred in the coal
mines at Monongah, West Virginia,
on Friday last, which is the most
appalling disaster of the kind that
ever happened. Five hundred men
were imprisoned in the mines, and
there is no doubt that most OF them
are dead. A few charred bodies
have been recovered, but the res
cuers have been prevented from
entering the mines any distance on
account of the deadly gas. 1t was
occasioned by black damp, and it is
said the miners did not use safety
lamps.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
The Presidents Message in Nutshell

Citizenship for Porto Ricans.
A post savings bank system.
Extension of the eight-hour law.
Income and inheritance tax laws.
Repeal of the duty on wood pulp
Provision for an emergency cur
rency.
Legislation to limit abuse of in.
functions.
That no attempt be made this
session to revise the tariff.
Federal control aud supervision
Of interstate corporations.
Extension of the parcels post,
especially on ,he rural routes.
Promotions in army and navy to
command rank by selection.
Railroad inspection, like steam
boat inspection, to prevent acci-
dents.
Establishment of a bureau of
mines i'll the department of the in
terror.
Participation by the United Stat
es in the Japanese exposition at
Toxic i'll 1912.
That Congress appropriate cam
paign funds for each of the great
political parties.
Increased pay for regular army
Officers and greater increase of
pay for enlisted men.
Educational aid to China by pro-
noting the coming of Chinese stud
ents to America.
That congress create the machi-
merry for compulsory investigation
of industrial disputes.
That trust companies within fed
eral jurisdiction be subjected to the
same supervision as banks.
That fourth-class postmasters be
included in the classified service
under civil service regulations.
Amendment of antitrust law to
make it more efficient and more in
harmony with actual conditions.
Additional legislation for proper
control of great business Concerns
engaged i'll interstate commerce.
Improvement of inland water
ways on huge scale; production
Of water power at government
dams.
Compulsory publication of ac-
counts of interstate corporations;
keeping their books open to gov
ernrnent inspection.
A comprehensive law relat-
ing to the employment of women
and children in the District of Col
umbia and the territories.
A national incorporation act for
railways or law licensing railways
to engage in interstate commerce
upon certain conditions.
That corporations be forbidden
to contribute to presidential cam
paign funds and that contributions
and expenditures be published.
That interstate commerce COM
be empowered to pass upon
future issues of railways securities,
make physical valuations of rail
roads.
Provision this year Tor four bat
plenty of torpedo boats
and destroyers; docks, coaling sta
tions, ETC., especially for the Paci-
fc; ample Notifications of harbors.
That antitrust law prohibit un-
healthy, crushing competition; pre-
vent imitation of capital; prohibi-
tion of corporations making ex.
elusive trade with itself condition
of having any trade with itself.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
CANDIDATES MUST FILE PAPERS.
March IL the Date tor Senators and Rep.
esenia,ives--March 0 for County
Offices.


All those who are candidates fol
congress or state senator, must ilt
their petitions with the secretary ot
the Commonwealth not later thar
at noon on Saturday, March 18th
four weeks before the primaries
Those who desire TO run for the
legislature or for any county Office
must file their petitions with the
commissioners not later than Satur.
day, March 10Th, at noon. The
petitions will then be tabulated in
proper order and placed upon the
ballots which are to be used by the
Republicans, Democrats and any
other party represented on the
tickets. This work will take a
week, allowing another week i'll
which to print the ballots and the
latter after their completion must
be placed upon file at the COM
missioners' office at least a week
before the primary election for
public inspection. The corrupt
practices act, which is a sort OF a
companion law to the uniform pri-
maries act, under which the pri-
maries are conducted provides for
the filing of a statement within
thirty days after the election by all
who were candidates before the
election whether successful or other.
wise. If the candidate wins or not
he is compelled, under the law, to
observe this formality and is sub
ject to fine of $50 aud arrest and
if be dues rot COM
ply with the provision He can
also be prevented from taking his
oath of Office. These expense
statements are to be fled with the
clerk of the courts and a minimum
charge of fifteen cents is made for
the filing. If the expense incurred
by the candidate is under $50 he
may simply state that fact without
going into any detailed statement
Of his expenses. But if the amount
spent bv him is larger than $50 he
must detail each i,em and where
the cost Of the same has been over
$40 he must accompany with the
voucher used in payment. The
legitimate expenses which a candi-
date may incur consist of advertis-
ing, paying watchers, disseminating
information, for messengers, for
postage and the like. No expendi-
lures of sums where there is no re-
turn made TO the candidate are per-
and when contributions are
made to political organizations,
either in money or other valuable
thing, the candidate is liable to a
heavy fine and imprisonment. No
registration fee is legal or permitted
under the rew act and when con-
tributions are made by others to
for the purpose of aiding
him in his fight these contributions
must be set forth explicitly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
You Have Often Seen Women.

With marked bIueness or pale.
ness of face, vitiated appetites and
a craving for unwholesome food.
These are signs of disordered liver,
and the trouble must be corrected
or worse results are sure to follow.
DIR. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
dispels liver disease. Husbands
and fathers cannot afford to treat
this matter lightly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
Nearly 100000 Aliens Flee the
Country.
Almost THlce as Many as Went Back 10
Europe Last Year.

A New York dispatch says
Whether it is because of the "hard
times" cry or the natural inclina-
tions of mankind at the Christmas
tide to seek again the native heath,
the fact remains that the flight of
aliens from the country has reach
ed startling proportions. In motley
thropgs they crowd the steerage
rails of nearly every outgoing
steamer, and wave adieus to their
less fortunate brethren who, on ac-
count of lack CT accommodations,
have been forced to remain here
until another steamer is ready to
take them.
Four liners sailing Friday took
in the aggregate 5000 aliens, most
ly Italians. 1t is believed by steam
ship authorities that the height of
the eastbound rush will be reached
this week and that the number of
aliens to depart will have reached
half a million. The exodus this
year has been SO great that it has
greatly hampered the dispatch of
freight, and several lines will press
into service special steamers to re-
lieve the congestion of goods on
their piers.
The figures showing the emigra-
tion of this and last year are inter
esting. To November 2S of this
year 447,ooo persons had sailed
eastward, while last year for the
same period only 293,5oo had de-
parted. In November of last yeal
4I935 persons sailed to the East
while last month the number wa.
9o,724.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
KING OSCAR OF SWEDEN.

This well-beloved and most
democratic monarch of Europe died
in Stockholm on Sunday. He had
been king of Norway and Sweden
since 1872, and his long reign was
one of constant endeavor to benefit
his subjects. He is succeeded by
his eldest son Oscar Gustave
Adolphe, Duke of Vremland.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
Republican National Convention.

The Republican National Com
mittee has selected Chicago as the
place for holding the national con-
vention next year, on June 10.
Whether they will nominate Taft
or Fairbanks or Foraker is mat
ter of doubt. Roosevelt has again
declared that he will not be can
didate for a third term.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
Envelopes

$4,000 Envelopes carried in
stock at the COLUMBIAN Office.
The line includes drug envelopes,
pay, coin. baronial, commercial
sizes, number 6, 6z, on, 9, 10
and II, catalog, &c. Prices range
from 81. so per 1000 printed, up to
$500. Largest stock in the coun-
ty to seize. from.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
ITEMS.

The man or boy who can not control
his children, horse or dog by his voice
alone, without having his hands on
them, is not good trainer; and if he
loses his temper his influence is gone.
The American Agriculturist reports
shortage in the western hay crop,
according to canvass, of something
like 100000 tons under last years
yield. In the east the crop was on the
whole little above the average, and
it is likely that prices will be better
also.
Scarcely any other grain has shown
the adaptability of corn. A native of
the warm, moist parts of South Amer
lea, it has gradually fought its way
into the colder and dryer regions,
until there are few sections in which
it can not be profitably grown. It's
adaptability is shown in the fact that
in the far north the plant is low and
spreading, but maturing its ears all
the same.-Farm Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
SAVES HER VISITING CARDS.
One Woman's Pet Economy Certainly
Queer One.

Women are proverbially niggardly
on one or two points; every woman
that ever existed fad some pet econo-
my, no matter how extravagant she
may be in some respects. There's
the woman who spends hundreds Of
dollars on imported gowns, but hates
to give up one penny for a paper of
pins. The paper-saving person who
drops into department stores and ho-
tells to borrow stationery rather than
spend any money upon the commodity
always is with us; we all know the
stamp stealer and the match borrow
er; but the visiting-card economizer
Is a new brand of woman who exists
only in the most exclusive society.
So niggardly is she on the point of
her visiting cards that she demands
them back from her intimate friends;
from her mere acquaintances she
steals them at an opportune moment
when the servants back is turned, or
when the mistress has left the room.
She puts them slyly back into her
card case. By clever series of ma
nipulations it is said she can make
100 of them go as far as 500 went be-
fore,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
Nioht Work on the Farm.

Night work on the farm is not to be
tolerated. The old plan of working
from four o'clock in the morning till
nine o'clock at night was responsible
for creating disgust for farm work,
and both the boy and the girl shared
this disgust. On many farms now no
work is done after six o'clock p. M,
and this is right. There is no reason
why hours should be longer on the
farm than in the city. But on the
farm more time needs to be taken at
noon so that the morning and evening
chores" will come further apart. We
doubt, however, if the eight hour
day" ever becomes the rule on the
farm, especially on the farm that is
devoted to some extent to the raising
of live stock. Farm animals refuse to
adapt their needs to the eight hour
plan
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
MEN STILL LIVE IN CAVES.
TrogIodytic Villages Are Found In
Northern Africa.

Grottoes and caverns are used more
or less as shelters by primitive peo-
pies and thus inhabited caves are of
course most frequent in Africa. A con-
siderable number of natives make
their homes in caves along the south
and in some of those caves are found
the polished stones and arrow heads
of the stone age. Troglodyte villages
are frequent in the Tebessa territory
of Algeria, one of which, at Djeurf,
ESQ feet above the gorge of the Wadi
Hallail, is reached by steps cut in the
rock.
The inhabitants of the Tunisian
Island of Galite are cave dwellers,
their habitations being grottoes which
they have dug out of the limestone, or
ancient burial caverns that they have
enlarged. The subterranean villages of
Matmata and of Medennie, hewn out
Of the rock, are in southern Tunisia.
A Christian monastery built under
ground in the twelfth century still -ex-
lists at Goba, Abyssinia. The enor-
nous cavern discovered several years
ago within two hours walk of the port
of Tanga, in German East Africa, con-
tains rooms the roofs of which are
from 120 to $50 feet above the floor.
Only a few of these vast chambers
have yet been explored, for the entire
cavern seems to be inhabited by mil
lions of bats. One of these killed
with a stick measured nearly five feet
across its extended wings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAIL.
ROAD AND WESTERN CANADA.
VIII Open Up Immense Area of Free
Homestead Lands.

The railway facilities of Western
Canada have been taxed to the ut
termost in recent years to transfer
the surplus grain crop to the eastern
markets and the seaboard. The large
influx of settlers and the additional
area put under crop have added large
ly to the grain product, and notwith-
standing the increased railway facil-
fties that have been placed at the dis
posal of the public, the question of
transportation has proved to be Sc
rious one.
It will, therefore, be good news to
everyone interested in Western Can
ada to know that an authoritative
statement has been given out by C..
M. Hays, president of the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway, that that rail-
way will do its share towards moving
the crop of 1907 from Alberta, Sas-
katchewan and Manitoba to tide water,
and thus assist in removing serious
obstacle which has faced the settlers
during recent years. Mr.. Hays, who
has just completed trip from Port
age la Prairie to Edmonton in a prai-
rie schooner, distance of 735 miles,
which was covered in eighteen days,
is enthusiastic about the country.
This will be gratifying to settlers in
the Canadian West, even if Mr.. Hays
declines to be bound to time limit
with the exactitude of a stop-watch.
The Grand Trunk Pacific road will be
In position to take part in the trans
portation of the crop of 1907, and that
will be satisfactory to the settlers in
that country when the harvest is gar
nered.
The wheat crop of 1906 in Western
Canada was about 90,000,00O bushels,
and, with the increased acreage which
is confidently expected to be put .un-
der crop next year, it is safely calcu-
lated that fully 125, 100000 bushels will
be harvested in 1907. The necessity
for increased transportation facilities
are, therefore, apparent, and the state
ment made by Mr.. Hays will bring en-
couragement to the farmers of the
Canadian West, new and old. The
opening up of additional thousands of
free homesteads is thus assured by
the agent of the Canadian Govern
merit whose address appears else
where.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
scALY ERUPTION ON BODY.
Doctors and Remedies FruitIess-Suf.
fered 10 Years - Completely
Cured by Cuticura.

when I was about nine years old
small sores appeared on each of my
lower limbs. I scratched them with a
brass pin and shortly afterwards both
of those limbs became so sore that
I could scarcely walk. When / had
been suffering for about a month
the sores began to heal, but small
scaly eruptions appeared where the
sores had been. From that time on
ward I was troubled by such severe
itching that, until I became accus-
toned to it, I would scratch the sores
until the blood began to flow. This
would stop the itching for a few
days, but scaly places would appear
again and the itching would accom-
pany them. After I suffered about
ten years I made a renewed effort to
effect cure. The eruptions by this
time had appeared on every part of
my body except my face and hands.
The best doctors in my native coun-
ty advised me to use arsenic in small
doses and a salve. / then used to
battle the sores in mixture which
gave almost intolerable pain. In ad-
dition I used other remedies, such
as iodine, sulphur, zinc salve, IS
Salve, - Ointment, and in fact I
was continually giving some remedy
a fair trial, never using less than
one or two boxes or bottles. All
this was fruitless. Finally my hair
began to fall out and was rapidly
becoming bald. used IS -,
but it did no good. A few months
after, having used almost everything
else, I thought I would try Cuticura
Ointment, having previously used
Cuticura Soap and being pleased with
it. After using three boxes I was
completely cured, and my hair was
restored, after fourteen years of suf-
fering and an expenditure of at least
$50 or $50 in vainly endeavoring to
find cure. shall be glad to write
to any one who may be interested in
my cure. B. Hiram Mattingly, Yer
million, S. OAK, Aug. Is, 1906"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
Destructive Yellow River.

Thousands of men work all their
lives at securing the banks of the
great Yellow river in China. Yet
every now and then the tide sweeps
away all opposition and the loss in
human life is greater than any war
ever caused. Nineteen years ago the
river burst its bonds. Day after day
the torrent flowed, 20 miles to the
hour, 80 miles wide and ten feet deep.
The flood has been described as that
of five Danubes pouring from a height
for two months on end. For 1000
years the Chinese have been embank.
ing this river.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
KEEPING ACCOUNTS.
How One Farmer Figures Out the
Profit on His Cows.

The overcoming bookkeeping
bugbear brings to mind a recent in
terview with one of the largest farm
ers in the east, who is bright man
an6 a large wholesale baker, Thomas
Kelley. He said: AS business man
/ have learned that the books must be
kept right if the proprietor is encour-
aged and not discouraged, and is led
to venture into the business still more
extensively. The rule applies as we'll
to farming as to other business.
In operating my four large farms,
charge them with only the wages,
with things bought and with the other
real expenses, and never with things
the farm produces. If, for instance,
debit the farm with it's own hay that
is used, really charge the hay twice
because the wages paid help have pro-
duced that hay just as much as the
wages set the fence posts and do the
work.
No man is right if he figures that
the hay sold is worth stated sum
and hence milk is produced at such a
cost. If 1 wronged my farms that way
in my bookkeeping would appear to
be losing money every year and
would soon dispose of my country
property. for to carry on a business
one is not skillful enough to conduct
proftably, is not reasonable.
This winter shall keep $50 cows,
feeding 800 tons of hay. If 1 figure
that hay at its market value l find
that my milk costs me more than
can buy it for in the open market, but
don't do so. Neither do I figure in the
wear and tear on the stock. / merely
charge cows actual shrinkage in
value between the time l buy her and
her selling price. This is an actual,
not an imaginary transaction. If
hire help and am so lacking in skill
that / do not raise what hay, stalks,
grain, ETC., require and have to buy
them, / must charge up the things
bought, of course, just as l credit my
milk, eggs and potatoes. l am not
satisfied with cow unless I can clear
an actual profit on her every day, even
if it is not more than five cents, and
the manure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
Alwav, 70 Be pepended unon.

When q person gets up in the morn
ing with a dull headache and tired,
stretchy feeling, it's an almost certain
indication that the liver, or bowels,
or both, are decidedly out of order.
At such times Nature, the wisest
and best of doctors, takes this means
to give warning that she needs the
help and gentle assistance which can
best be obtained from that old fam
lily remedy, Brandreth's Pills, which
has been in use for over century.
They are the same fine laxative
tonic pill your grandparents used
when doctors were few and far be-
tween, and when people had to have
a remedy that could absolutely be de-
pended upon.
Brandreth's Pills can be depended
upon, and are sold in every drug and
medicine store, plain or sugar-coated
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-18
The Fodder Binder.

ward movement of lever is pressed
into small compass. The band is
then readily adjusted. The whole de-
vice is supported by the square piece
C, so that it may be moved from
place to place. We do not know to
what extent this will prove entirely
practical, but it is possible that it will
suggest useful idea to some of our
r. -derS.