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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09

| utldIld DOIOuSn ana SOnylnS-
ham Township filed asking for per.
mission to lay special tax of Z
mills. This is a tax levied every
year for the purpose of paying
bonds.
NJ. J. McDonald's petition pre-
sented by T.. J. Flynn, Esq, for a
bail piece in case of Com. VS.. Hay
den ct al J. G.. Harman, Esq.
opposed the application.
Petition presented by Margaret
McHale for exemption under the
Act of June 4, 1855, and the Court
ordered that Thomas Mohan and
Peter J. McHale be appointed ap.
praisers to appraise and set aside to
the said widow the said described
property selected by her and make
return according to law.
In the estate of Sarah l.. Apple.
man, deceased, petition presented
asking that the administrator be
allowed to receive the purchase
money.
Return of sale of T. E. Hyde, re-
ceiver of the Bloomsbury Lumber
Co, presented and confirmed nisi.
Court orders it confirmed absolute
in 10 days unless exceptions are
filed.
Court after hearing the petition
said that day would be fixed for
the hearing of the case.
John J.. Hinchie presented peti-
ton asking for the transfer of the
license of Mary Collin in Centralia.
Estate of John Kelchner, deceas.
ed, report of auditor confirmed nisi.
B. F. Quick appointed guardian
of Miner and Retta Werkheiser, of
Orangeville, Bond in sum of SIS
filed and approved.
The petition of B. F. Quick,
guardian of Miner and Retta Werk-
heiser, presented asking for private
sale of wards interest in real es-
tate.
In estate of Martin Kline, de-
ceased return of sale by administra-
tor confirmed nisi.
c. M. Creveling appointed trus-
tee in Richards Mfg, Co. mortgage
in place of Joseph Ratti, deceased.
Petition presented by James L.
Evans asking for the appointment
of John r. McAnall as Judge of
election in S. l.. district of Berwick.
Alice M. Utt VS.. M. H. Smith
gall. On motion May II, 1907, at
10 O'Clock, is fixed as the time of
hearing the return of the sheriff in
the said case.
Henry Bierman VS.. d. l.. & w.
Railroad Co. The time for filing
affidavit of defense is extended for
10 days flom May 7, 1907.
In re estate of J. J. Brewer, de-
ceased. And now, May 6, Fred
Ikeler, Esq, is continued as audi
tor to file his report at September
term.
a petition was presented asking
that the Greenwood Cemetery Co.
be appointed trustee to take charge
of the fund known as the Soldiers
Monument Fund of Catawissa.
In the estate of John Collins, late
of Briar Greek township, deceased,
the report of sale of real estate was
confirmed nisi.
Register Frank w. Miller pre-
sented list of accounts of admins
traitors and executors which were
confirmed nisi.
Prothonotary c. M. Terwilliger
presented several Common Pleas
accounts which were confirmed nisi
Also widows appraisements.
In the estate of Harriet Harvey,
late of Sugarloaf township, deceas-
ed, tlS report of private sale was
confirmed nisi.
Com. VS.. Francis L. Witer. AS.
sault and battery. l.. c. Kreischer
asked for continuance on the
ground of sickness of important
witness which was allowed by the
Court.
B, +, Zarr, Esq, representing J. |
E. Reichard, asked for the contin.
uance of the case VS.. Lauretta
-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09
CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT.

The sale of tickets for the concert
by the Choral Society, led by Prof.
Chas. O. Skeer, began on Tuesday
at Bidleman's. The oratorio of
Jairus' Daughter will be given, and
those who have heard it say that it
is splendid production. 1t will
be given in the Normal Auditorium
OH Monday, May 18TH. An ex-
celIent orchestra will accompany
the Society.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

The regular session OF May Cour
opened OH Monday morning at ter
o'clock. Judge Evans and Asso
ciates on the bench.
When the constables' return,
were called for, these officers of the
various boroughs and townships
came forward and answered. Nc
violations of the law were reported
except that Miles Betz, constable
of Bloomsbury returned that Lizzie
Earhart is keeping bawdy house
on East Seventh street. The court
directed the officer to enter the
names of witnesses on his return,
and directed the District attorney
to prepare an indictment.
Fred Ikeler, Esq, filed appeals
by the Lehigh Valley Coal Compa-
ny from the assessments on their
barren lands by the county conf
missioners.
The grand jury made the follow
ing returns on Monday.
Com. VS.. Neikles Blaze, assault
and battery with intent to kill; true
bill.
Com. VS.. John Meluccia, carry
ing concealed deadly weapons; true
bill.
Com. VS.. Ro t. Horne, f. and b. /;
true bill.
Com. VS.. Alex. Meluccia and
Aneillo Repo, assault and battery;
true bill
Com. VS.. F. E. Wilmer, assault
and battery; true bill.
Upon motion of District Attor-
ney Small mol. pros. were allowed
in the following cases upon the pay.
ment of costs:
Com. VS.. L. M. Mcdonald, car
rying concealed weapons.
Com. VS.. Barney Rosenthal, lar
ceny and receiving stolen goods.
Com. VS.. w. B. Taylor, non-sup-
port.
Com. VS.. Charles Johnson, con-
spiracy.
Com. VS.. M. J. Harris. carrying
concealed deadly weapons.
Com. VS.. Ramilla, larceny.
Com. VS.. Eckard ct al, assault
and battery.
In the cases of Com. VS.. Robert
Keeler, Stanley Gross and Kosten-
bauder the costs were paid and par
ties satisfied. Court said mol. pros.
would be allowed if the poor dis
trict in which the prosecutrix re-
sided had been protected.
Other routine business was as
follows:
Report of re viewers against road
in Cleveland township, confirmed
nisi.
Petition signed by rs citizens
presented for the appointment of a
deputy constable in Montour town
ship. Charles Geese appointed,
Report of sale in the estate of
Edward Meyer, late of Catawissa,
confirmed nisi.
In estate of Julia Ann Vandine,
late of Millville, report of inquest
confirmed nisi.
The list of Grand Jurors was
called and all were present. -Four,
Robert Harder, John McAnall,
Charles Hall, and VIM. Kline were
excused. J, w. Fortner, of Cen
tralia, was appointed foreman and
Fl, d. Manning tip staff, and the
Court proceeded to charge the
Grand Jury.
In the estate of James Mcmahon,
deceased, proceedings in partition
were withdrawn upon petition pre-
sented by B, f. Zarr, Esq.
Frank Ikeler, Esq, presented his
report as auditor in the estate of
James Shew, deceased, and was
nisi.
Return of sale in estate of Geo.
c. Smith, deceased, confirmed nisi.
Petition presented by James l..
Evans, Esq, asking for the adop-
tion of Joe +. Creveling, a minor
child 3 years of age, by +, K.
Creveling, Adoption decreed.
Petition of Directors of Poor of
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09
FURNITURE COMPANY ELECTION

The annual stockholders meet
ing of the North Branch Furniture
Company was held Tuesday when
the following named officers were
elected; Directors, B, w, Jury, J.
X. Montgomery, f. w. Redeker,
c. c, Peacock, l.. N. Meyer, w.
]. Correll, Samuel Mckinney; pres
ident, J. r. Montgomery; secreta-
Ty and treasurer, f. w. Redeker.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-05-09
THE TOWN TREASURY.

The Town Treasurer S report for
the month is as follows; To amount
received from Robbins on duplicate
of 1905, $IIo; from Robbins on du-
plicate of 1906, SI25,I9; to balance
received from former treasurer,
$3674; from tax on coupon, $I.oo;
total S39Io.I9.
BY amount paid on orders of
May 2, $I937.77; orders of May 6,
SI37.95; total S2o77.7S, balance in
banS SIS32,47,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
Prodioal Up to Date.

A well known contractor of town
not far from Boston has son, still
under 20. who has been running away
from home ever since he attained his
twelfth year. The father has many
times been called upon to fetch the
young lad back from remote points.
and none of the hard luck proposition
the boy has faced has taught him a
permanent lesson, probably for the
reason that he has always found 1t too
easy a matter to get home by simply
telegraphing his father for the price
of a ticket.
He went away again two months
ago, and his father didn't hear from
him until recently. when the contract
or got dispatch dated Hastings. Neb.
The message ran:
Am on the hog. Wire me $40 for
a ticket home. Joe.'
The desperate father went to the
telegraph office, got a blank, and
wrote this concise reply:
Eat the hog"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
INTELLIGENT Pharmacy.

One of the ablest physicians in New
York was in financial straits in his
young days, and looked long and hard
for a job. Finally he was engaged
in small shop in Cherry street, in the
midst of sailors boarding houses land
SIGH" One night a woman asked for
an ounce of some deadly poison
What are you going to do with it?
said the young pharmacist. She re-
piled quickly: II am going to drink
it.; l am weary of living. | shall com
NIT suicide" "In that case" she he,
II won't sell it to you; you will have
to obtain it elsewhere" She laughed
"Oh, do you take me for fool? If
wanted to kill myself do you suppose
I'd tell you? Honestly, l want the
medicine for my husband, longshore'
man, who is in great distress" That's
different" said our young friend, who
thereupon sold the poison and made
her sign for It, AS she passed out
of the door she yelled in maniac
tones: "Ya, va! / got you that time!
I'll be in hell in seven minutes!"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
colors TO the Blind.

"Have you any conception of color?''
a friend asked a blind man. What
idea have you when you hear colors
mentioned?"
"A person blind from birth as have
been can have no possible proper con
ception of color" was the reply. ITO
me color is sound, or rather, music.
When / hear the word red. for ex-
ample, / instantly think of high
piercing note of music; blue is to me
a delicately sounded note fairly high
and pleasing in tone; green is a soft
tone and rather low. quiet and rest
full; while yellow is lively, quick little
notes rapidly sounding and causing
pleasure, almost to laughter. Black,
alas! is the only color we can realize,
for we are told that that is the absence
of all light, and we know only too
well what that means"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
XXI.
"SHE HAS CHOSEN!"

Joe got to the Office rather later
than usual the next morning. They
told him | was already there, but he
wouldn't believe it until he had come
into my private den and with his own
eyes had seen me. We'll I'm jig
gered!" said he. 1T seems to have
made less impression on you than IL
did on us. My missus and the little
un wouldn't let me go to bed till after
two. They sat on and on, question
ing and discussing"
laughed-partly because | knew
that Joe, like most men, was as full
of gossip and as eager for it az a
convalescent old maid and that, who
ever might have been the first at his
house 20 make the break for bed,
he was the last to leave off talking.
But the chief reason for my laugh was
that, just before he came in on me,
was almost pinching myself to see
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15

"Oh, I'll tell you sometlne," replied
/. IL must work now"
And work a-plenty there was. Be
fore me rose a sheaf of clamorous tel
egrams from our out-of-town custom
ers and our agents; and soon my an
teroom was crowded with my local
following, sore and shorn. | suppose
a score or more of the habitual heavy
plungers on my tips were ruined and
hundreds Of others We're thousands
and tens of thousands out of pocket.
DO you want me to talk to these peo-
ple?" inquired Joe, with the kindly
intention of giving me chance TO
shift the unpleasant duty to him.
Certainly not" said l.. When the
place is jammed, let me know. I'll
jack 'em up"
It made Joe uneasy for me even
to talk of using my Language he
would have crawled from the Battery
to Harlem to keep me from using it
on him. SO he silently left me alone.
Toward ten o'clock, my boy came
in and said; Mr.. Ball thinks it's
about time for you to see some Of
these people
went into the main "oom. where
the tickers and blacl:boards were.
AS | approached through my outer
office | could hear the noise the crowd
was making-as they cursed me. II
you want to rile the true inmost soul
of the average human being. don't
take his reputation or his wife; just
cause him to lose money. There
were among my specializing custom
ers many with the even-tenored sport
ing instinct. These were bearing
their losses with philosophy-none Of
them had swooped on me. OF the
perhaps three hundred who had come
TO ease their anguish by tongue-lash-
ing me. every one was a bad loser
and was mad through and through
those who had lost a few hundred dol
lars were as Infatuated as those
whom my misleading tip had cost
thousands and tens of thousands:
those whom | had helped to win all
they had in the world were more
savage than those new to my follow
ing.
| took my stand in the doorway, a
step up from the floor of the main
room. | looked all round until had
met each pair of angry eyes. They
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15

whether I was dreaming it all. and
he had made me feel how wildly
true IL was.
i'Why don't you ease down. Black
lock?" he went on. Everything
smooth. The business--at least, my
end of il, and suppose your end.
too-was never better, never growing
so fast You could go of for a week
or two, just as well as not | don't
know of a thing that can prevent
you"
And he honestly thought 1t. so little
did | let him know about the larger
enterprises of Blackjack and Com
pany. could have spoken a dozen
words, and he would have been
fioundering like a caught fish in a
basket. There are men--a very few
who work more swiftly and more
surely when they know they're on the
brink of ruin; but not Joe. One
glimpse of our real National Coal ac-
count, and all my power over him
couldn't have kept him from showing
the whole Street that Blackjack and
Company was shaky. And whenever
the Street begins to think q man is
shaky, he must be strong indeed to
escape the fate of the wolf that
stumbles as it runs with the pack.
mo holiday at present, joe" was
my reply to his suggestion. Per
haps the second week in July; but
our marriage was so sudden that we
haven't had the time to get ready for
a trip"
"Yes--it was sudden, wasn't IT,"
said Joe. curiously twitching his nose
like a dogs at scent of a rabbit.
How did IL happen?"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
earbsd Like PLAYER Queen.

AS she came into the corridor of the
opera house every woman's eye turned
in her direction. attracted by the curl
Gus head covering she wore. 1t looked
like one of the crowns a player wears
In a Shakespearean play. since it con-
sisted of nothing but a band of heavy
gold braid of the kind known tech
nically as 'ga1oon," with circular top
to it fashioned of purple velvet.
Around her neck she wore thin scarf
OF a shade that toned in with the
color of the velvet and the final touch
Of Shakespearean suggestion was
added when she lifted up her skirts,
disclosing her ankles clad in mauve
silk stockings and her feet covered
with pair of sandals in mauve col
ored kid through the openings in
which the stockings could be plainly
seen.
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say | can give my face an expression
that is anything but agreeable; such
talent as | have in that direction
exerted then. The instant appeared
a silence fell; but | waited until the
last pair OF claws drew in. Then |
said, in the quiet tone the army officer
uses when he tells the mob that the
machine guns will open up in two min
utes by the watch: Gentlemen, in
the effort to counterfeit my warning
to the public, the Textile crowd rock
eted the stock yesterday Those who
needed my warning and sold got ex-
cellent prices. Those who did not
should sell to-day. Not even the
powerful interests behind Textile
can long maintain yesterdays prices. ="
wave of restlessness passed over
the crowd. Many shifted their eyes
from me and began to mGrmur.
raised my voice slightly as ! went
on: The spectators. the gamblers,
are the only people who were hurt.
Those who sold what they didn't have
are paying for their folly. have no
sympathy for them. Blackjack and
Company wishes none such in its
following. and seizes every oppor-
tunity to weed them out. We are
in business only for the bona tide in
vesting public. and we are stronger
with that public to-day than we have
ever been"
Again | looked from coward TO COW
ard of that mob, changed from three
hundred strong to three hundred
weak. Then bowed and withdrew,
leaving them to mutter and dispense
| felt well content with the trend of
events who wished to impress the
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
Practical Points.

Selfishness is the climate in which
every wrong. every bitter plant -four
ishes.
Christians in the world are like
ships in the ocean. safe so long as the
ocean is not in the ship. But when
the world is in our hearts, and we
parley with temptation, We are already
more than half fallen.
In the history that follows we see
into what Lots foolish choice brought
him-the loss of his property, the ruin
of his family. lonely old age, warn
Ing when he might have been a bless-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
INSISTED ON BEING HANGED.
Murderers Who Have Pleaded for Elk
ecution Of Sentence.

The case OF the condemned muir
derer, who the other day practically
sentenced himself by refusing TO sign
petition for reprieve. is not so
rare as many people imagine
One famous parallel instance was
hat OF Rev. Mr.. Hickman, who shot
an actress, Miss Reay, as she was
leayins the stage door of Convent
Garden theater. and who, although
actually offered a cummutation. pre-
ferreG TO die upon the gallows in the
expiration of his crime.
Only few weeks back, again, the
rerlin papers chronicled the case of
wealthy land owner, who, having
shot a servant in fit of passion, tried
him, with himself as judge, and SEN
fenced himself to ten years solitary
confinement in one of his own private
dungeons in his own medieval castle
in the heart of the Black Forest.
Nine years and some odd months of
this punishment he actually endured
his house steward doing him out daily
a meager ration of coarse prison fare
Unluckily for him, however, the au-
thorities got to hear of the affair and
he was hailed before the ordinary tri-
bunal to await his trial in due course
Another extraordinary case also
curiously enough, of German origin
was that of sergeant major of an in
fantry regiment stationed in Bremen
who few weeks back sentenced him
self TO be shot by a squad of his own
men. The soldiers thought they were
firing blank, but the self-condemned
man had surreptitiously removed the
harmless cartridges and substituted
ball ammunition, so that at his own
word of command, Fire" he fell dead
Finally, it may be mentioned that
John Lee, the Babbacombe murderer
who survived three separate attempts
to hang him owing to some defect in
the machinery of the drop, insisted
vehemently that his sentence must
be carried out according to law"
This is, of course, quite contrary to
the generally received opinion regard
ing the case. But the writer was re
Gently assured of its correctness by
the convict's own mother, and her as
surance is borne out by Rev. John Pit
kin, who was chaplain of Exeter gao
at the time.
Said this gentleman the other day:
when the attempt TO execute hin
Lee) failed, he called out again and
again, 4 will be executed And wher
| suggested after the third attempt tC
take his life that the execution should
be postponed. Lee exclaimed. 'Aren't
they going TO execute me? | will be
executed! Pearson Weekly.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
VIM He ouIt PreachIna.

heard a couple of negro women
talking on car in an amusing man
ner.
'whahbouts is 20 son, Albert,
now asked one.
Hes doin' fine was thereby:
f." Is he still preachin'?"
"'No indeedy, replied the other. He
done quit preachin' en- went to bah
tendin'. Dey's mo money in IT,
Denver Post
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
01g2zE5v IyoS By Aas 9a49511ZE2aZ cnZa4W0

Grafton he lit a fresh cigarette before
setting out. l heard her maid come.
After about an hour l went into the
hall-no light through the transoms
of her suite. | returned to my own
part of the fiat and went to bed in the
spare room to which Sanders had
moved my personal belongings.
That day which began in disaster
in what a blaze of triumph it had
ended! l slept with good conscience.
| had earned sleep.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
Rafused to Wlther Away.

Miss Ascum-Jack Hanson isn't fat.
Is he?
Miss Newitt-Not at all; he's quite
graceful and muscular. Why?
Miss Ascum-I happened to mention
him to Miss Utter and she said: 'Oh,
isn't he disgustingly stout?"
Miss Newitt-Ah. yes. She reject
ed him some weeks ago and she's mad
because he didn't pine away.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-02-15
IRVING to Avoid Exposure.

Hicks carriOl my wife's umbrel-
a with me yesterday and lost it some
where. Now she wants to advertise IT,.
Wicks--Thats a good idea. II may
be returned to her.
Hicks-That's just the trouble. I'm
almost certain left 1t in some saloon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16
LET US PITY THEM.

We have abused and censured the
workingmen for not accepting jobs
when offered. They have been ma
hinged because of their dissipation
and recklessness. They have been
asked sharply by many a smooth
bore CRATER why they have'no prop
erty."
As these men sit in the evening in
an American city, wondering what
they will do tomorrow, where they
will go, what fate will be theirs, how
many friendly hands are extended to
them, how many friendly voices greet
them? 't'
The only inviting doors open to
them are doors which lead them to
dissipation and ruin. The only place
where they may rest is in saloon
where they find nothing uplifting.
nothing inspiring.
When the dusk closes down and
they creep away to sleep in an empty
box car, in haystack or on friend
ly pile Of lumber, the doors of the
stately and magnificent churches are
locked and barred against them, and
yet they are human beings created in
the image Of the same good God who
reigns in the churches once week.
Many Of them are men with fami-
lies waiting in distant homes to hear
from the lwanderer. Many Of them
are Christian men, educated men,
but in hard luck. When they look
upon the closed doors of the great
houses of worship, and look upon the
inviting doors of places Of dissipation
where they may sit down and rest,
which door do they naturally choose?
And who is doing most to ameliorate
their condition?
These are facts which are too often
overlooked, but they are true. Many
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-16

BEER DRIVES OUT ABSINTHE.

The consumption of beer in France
has increased by more than 40 per
cent during the last five years. In
1906 it reached the imposing total
of 317,040.000 gallons.
1t does not appear that the increas-
ed use of beer has diminished in the
slightest degree the consumption of
wine and cider. But Consul Mason
is quoted in Bonfort's Wine and Spirit
circular as saying that, as the con-
sumption of beer increases, that Of
alcohol, especially in the perilous form
of absinthe, is slowly but steadily
decreasing.
The statistics of 1904 show that
during that year the amount of alb
sinthe sold for drinking purposes in
France fell off more than 10000 gal
Ions, or 2.s per cent. This Is not
sweeping or conclusive reform, but
statistics seem to show that the max
imum danger point has been passed.
Much Of the beer is imported Cor
purports to be so) from Pilsen and
Munich, though most of the leading
breweries in other German cities have
Paris agencies and distribute their
beer TO retailers. This entails high
prices to consumers. as there is a.
heavy import duty. Under the slim
ulus of this protection the brewing
industry of France has developed
rapidly both in respect to quantity and
quality Of its product.