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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
THE HOLY CITY"
banvilie Choral Society Render the 0ratorio
in Fine Style.

A splendid audience, estimated
at over 1000 people, filled the Meth
odist Episcopal church on Monday
evening to hear the Danville Choral
Society render the beautiful oratorio
of "The Holy City" The audi
ence was made up largely OF Blooms
burg people, while many were pres
ent from Danville, Catawissa, Ber-
wick, Millville, and many other
neighboring towns. Over a hun
dred Normal students were present.
The Choral Society numbers
about as members, and is under the
direction of DR.. Geo. A. Stock.
Their rendition of this beautiful
composition showed much care in
its preparation, and the great audi
ence sat for nearly hours, and lis
tened attentively and most pleasur-
ably to the singing. Miss Julia
Raup presided most efficiently at
the organ.
The services of the society were
given gratuitously for the benefit of
the Joseph Ratti Hospital. The d.
4 b. trolley brought them from
Danville without charge. The COM
mittee and many others worked
with will for the success of the
concert, and the result shows the
widespread interest that is felt III
this institution.
In neat speech Mr.. A. Il. Schoch
thanked the society and everybody
who had in any way aided to make
the entertainment so great a sue
cess. AT the close Of the concert a
light lunch was served to the Dan
vile singers by the ladies OF the M.
+. church.
This was the third time "The
Holy City" has been given by the
Danville Chcral Society. They first
gave it in one of the Danville
churches, then at the Asylum, then
here, and next week it is said they
will repeat it in Sunbury for the
benefit of the Mary Packer Hosplt-
al. They are certainly making good
use of the vocal gifts with which
they have been blessed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
Superintendents and Directors Meet.

The County Superintendent of
the state are holding their annual
meeting is Harrisburg this week,
and the twelfth annual convention
of the School Directors Depart
ment of the Pennsylvania State
Educati nal Association will be
held there today and tomorrow.
Superintendent w. w. Evans
gave an excellent address yesterday
on the subject of state course of
study.
The delegates from this county
to the Directors Convention are
J. c. Brown, Nathan Beishline,
DR. l. L. Edwards, DR.. L. B. Kline
and John Fortner.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
KELLY CASE POSTPONED.

The case of the commonwealth
VS.. B. f. Kelly. in which the de-
fendant is charged with attempting
TO bribe the school directors of
Conyngham district, came up in
court on Tuesday before Judge
Terry, OF Wyoming county, special
ly presiding. 1t had been put over
from last week, and was continued
until May term by agreement OF
counsel, tor the reason that the jury
this week was summoned as a COM
mon pleas jury, and the case being
a criminal charge, must be tried
before a quarter sessions jury.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
PREHISTORIC MAN IN AMERICA
Subject OF Lecture al Normal.

DR.. Geo. L. Cole is one of the
most successful and entertaining
lecturers upon the American plat
form. His natural taste for research,
his personal experience in field
work, his great success in locating
the ruins and monuments of pre-
historic race, the results attending
his work of excavating III the
mounds and buildings, rank him
among the foremost American ar
chaeologists of the day. His dis.
coveries shed light upon subject
of which we, as Americans, know
so little. His lectures are unique,
profusely illustrated with views
taken OH his successive trips, Civ
ing most real ana vivid presenta-
ton of what remains to be seen and
known of the strange people who
inhabited our country in prehistor-
ic times. While his lectures are
intensely interesting from a scienti-
fic standpoint, they never get dry
and heavy, being relieved by laugh
able incidents of travel by pack
train, adventures in making peri.
Ions ascents and descents to those
wonderful palaces in the cliffs,
more than I 900 feet from the bot
tom of the canyon. The lecture
on the modern Cliff Dwellers, or
Pueblos, deals with the home life,
myths, religious rites, ceremonies,
festivals and sacred dances of these
strange people.
Speaking of this lecture, the Bat
tie Creek (Mich.) Sunday Rer0rd
says:
The second number on the Y.
M. c. A. lecture course was a
splendid lecture by DR.. Geo. L.
Cole, the noted archaeologist, upon
the Cliff Dwellers. The lecture
was superbly illustrated by stere-
opticon views and was of all educa-
tional value as we'll as being of
great interest from the point of en-
tertainment. The speaker has be-
hind him years of study and inves.
tigation of the Cliff Dwellers, and
the Y. M. c. A. was fortunate in
securing his services.
The Harrisburg (Pa. Telegraph
says:
DR.. Geo. L. Cole, the distin-
guished archaelogist of Pasadena,
Cal, gave the first OF his lectures
in the Dauphin Institute Course,
Board of Trade Building, last even
ing. The doctor has given num-
Der of years to the study Of the
Cliff Dwellers of Utah, Colorado,
New Mexico and Arizona, and is
an authority on this subject. Free
from all technicalities, with a brief
summary of the disputed points
concerning these mysterious people,
the lecturer took up the subject in
a practical way and traced the his
tory of the Cliff Dwellers as far as
known, giving many striking views
of their ruins and monuments,
both exterior and interior, their
pottery, stone implements, skele.
tons, mummies, wearing apparel,
etc. The lecture was extremely
interesting and highly instructive,
and was greatly edjoyed by large
and appreciative audience.
This lecture will be given in
Normal Auditorium by DR.. Cole,
February 10th, under the au-
spices of the Christian Associations
of the school.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
FARMERS INSTITUTES.

The speakers provided by the
Department of Agriculture for the
Institutes of this county are J.
II. Peachey of Belleville, Pa, Prof.
H. +. VonNorman, State College,
Hon. A. ]. Kahler. Hughesville.
Institutes will be held al Benton,
Feb. 1910; at Berwick, Feb. 20.
2I, and Roaringcreek, on Feb
22-23. All will be welcomed and
will 6nd something to enjoy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
OPERA HOUSE CLOSED.

J. r. Fowler has announced that
he will no longer conduct the Opera
House as a place of amusement,
but will endeavor to convert the
building into a manufacturing
plant. He claims that as play
house it has not been paying pro-
position, and now that he no longer
has liquor license he will convert
1t into something else.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14

Judge Terry, of Tunkhannock
presided in court part of Monday
and Tuesday, having been called
here to try cases in which Judge
Evans had been concerned as coun-
sci. For one reason and another
the cases were not tried.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-14
Cost of Berwick Bridge to County.

The total cost of inspection and
superintendept's pay for the new
Berwick bridge is $45oo.So. 1t is
made up as follows:
Engineers appointed by the state
as inspectors:
Lee Mastern. ...$ I4S.oo
Harry Szlapka :. 5000
H. w. Munsey.... $3.50
o. +. Thompson, Supt.
of construction 80. 100000
$45oo.So
OF this Columbia and Luzerne
counties each pay half, or S225o.4o.
The state paid $2o9, 500 for the
bridge.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29
EDMUND kEAN.
TO See Him Act Was Like Reading
ShaiSespeare by Lightning.

To See Him Act Was Like Reading
Shakespeare by Lightning.
Before the third century after the
birth of Shakespeare had reached its
first quarter there was born in England
to a stage carpenter and a strolling ac-
tress a child destined to grapple witt,
the poets highest thought and inter
pref it with vividness that to this
day stands unrivaled. Coleridge's terse
comment, that to see him act was read
ing Shakespeare by lightning, reveals
him with the fullness of a volume Ed
mmd Kean, along with most people
early trained TO an art, had little If any
education of the schools. He was when
boy provided with instruction by
some benevolent people whom his
ssmartness and beauty attracted, but he
rebelled against the tasks Of study and
went to sea. But life there was too
rough for his fine nature. He returned
to England and at the age Of seven be
gan the study of Shakespeare's charac-
tiers with his Uncle Moses. This he
continued with an actress named lids
well. who taught him, besides. as well
as she knew, the principles Of her art.
AT an early age he had the credit Of
originality SO surprising as even then
to challenge the supremacy of Philip
Kemble. At fourteen he played Ham
let. King George had him recite at
Windsor castle, and it is said this incl
dent led some gentlemen to send him
TO Elton, but there Is no record Of it.
At twenty he was in a provincial troop,
q member of which he married, and
for six years thereafter, until his glori-
GUS night at Drury Lane, his life was
one of hardship, struggle, obscurity,
but, thanks to the faith in himself, not
hopeless. His London debut was made
at twenty eight. He had fought for it
hard and long and would then have
missed it but for the falling reputation
of the theater. London debuts in first
roles are not easy for provincial ac-
tors, and none knew better how hard
they are to get than Henry Irving.
Kean seems to have been at his full
splendor and made hit. After that
his habits were altogether prejudicial
to the refinement Of taste or the acqui-
sition Of knowledge.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29

yonder on the horizon is the smoke of
ocean steamers. What emotions thrill
us at such a vision at this. Here is
the sea that carried Paul to Rome, the
sea Of ancient history Of Greece and
of Carthage. and tomorrow our SPLEEN
did ship Arabia will bear us out over
the course which now stretches away
before us.
Reluctantly we so back to our car
riage after plucking some wild canary
'tuft, and begin our decent ending our
delightful excursion by driving along
the water front at the base of Gibral-
tar where we now get closer view Of
the big war ships. II.
~ We are now ready for our dinner
which however is not enough for us
and we must pay extra for little cups
of coffee. But without this stimulant
we would feel very little like sitting
up to tell you about our day at
Gibraltar.
Is r. <. s.
All the others of our party have
gone to bed, but you shall share the
journey with us as far as we are able
to help you. Several Of us intend to
get up at sunrise tomorrow and see
all we cen before we take our lighter
for the Arabia, She is expected to ar
rive here in the morning and leave
shortly afternoon. We go up to
Marseillea, France, then straight to
Port Saik, SO understand We do
not stop at Naples or Alexandra. You
shall hear from us as often as we have
chance ito send mail. How wish /
were good in powers of description.
These, hasty letters would be so much
more interesting.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29
A TREE or Ill REPUTE
The Fresh Juice of the Upas Acts as
Z q Deadly Poison, t3

The Fresh Juice of. the Upas Acts az
q Deadly Poison.
An evil reputation has long been
borne by the upas tree, Ant:aris toxi-
caria, which grows in Borneo and 9th
err East Indian islands, 1t is still q
common belief that birds flying with
in the influence of its poisonous va
pors instantly perish and that it is ia
tai for animals or men to rest be-
meath its shade. 1t resembles certain
rhus plants like the poison IVY ii
emitting volatile substance which
affects the skins Of certain suscepti-
BILE persons, though others are unaf-
fected. The sap is very poisonous and
Is the chief substance used by the
Dyaks Of Borneo for poisoning the tips
of their darts.
In this process an incision is made
in the bark of the tree and the milky
emulation collected on a palm leaf
and dried first In the sun and then
over a fire until thick brown mass
is left. In this state 1t can be kept
without deteriorating, and when re-.
quired for use it is made into a thin
paste with the juice OF tuba root,
which is used to stupefy fish, or with
tobacco or lemon juice, and the ends Of
the darts dipped into the mixture and
dried. These darts are made from the
middle stem Of the palm leaf and are
about six or eight inches In length and
OF about the thickness Of knitting
needle. s3s3
They are used with wooden sumpi-
tan, on blowpipe, which Is about seven
or eight feet Iii length and has an in
terna1 diameter Of about one-quarter,
inch. A bird struck by one OF these
little darts Is instantly killed, and d
pig dies In about twenty minutes.
The fresh juice Of the upas tree,
whether swallowed or injected into
the blood, acts as violent poison,
scausing commissions and death Chi.
cago News.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29
Man ana women.

Man, composed Of clay. is silent and
ponderous,' preached lean Rauiin In
the fifteenth century, .sbnt woman
gives evidence Of her osseons origin by
the rattle she keeps up. Move sack
Of earth and 1t makes no noise; touch d
bag Of bones and You are deafened
with the Glitter clatter.' !, London
Chronicle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29

The laws Of conscience which we
pretend are derived from nature pro
reed from nature Montaigne.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-15
The Philosophy Of Cowardlce.
(New York Worldly

1t is safe to assume that no brave
man would be a coward if he could. It
is equally safe to assume that there
lives no coward who would not be brave
If it were possible to exchange the one
quality for the other. Cowardice per Sc
IS not voluntary condition. Its ac-
quirement is not sought. Its possess
sion is despised by those in whom it is
Unborn, for it is as surely a part of the
psychological equipment of some ma
lures as courage is the equipment of
other natures.
The ancient Crooks stoned their cow
ards to death. The North American In
dams tortured them by fire. The early
Romans lashed them through the
streets. The women of Brittany jeered
them and spat upon them as they writh-
ed and trembled in the pillory. But the
stoning, the tortures, the lashings and
the infiiction of indignities never made
brave man out of coward. AS civil
lzation advanced, scorn, disdain and
humiliating penalties took the place of
capital punishment and physical chas-
tisement, and this became a greater
agony to the coward than death itself.
10 be stripped of his uniform and drum
med out of the army with his comrades
as witnesses was a more poignant tor
ture for the coward soldier than to sit
on his own coffin and have his heart torn
with bullets-because he was a coward.
Neither environment nor education
can alter a mental condition which does
not exist from choice and whose exist
ence Is hated by him in whom it exists.
The physical coward is deserving a pity
rather than condemnation, but even
while we pity we should debar him from
any place in the army, the navy or the
constabulary. where bravery is the as
sential quality of membership, Just as
we would debar the armless man from
participation in boat race or the leg
less man from contest of speed against
men with legs.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-15
FAINT PRAISE.

1t is encouraging to know that Secre-
tary Cortelyou takes the most hopeful
views of the future of the jamestown
Exhibition. He indicates very clearly
that the government will be lenient to
the last extreme in the assertion of its
claims against the enterprise and ex-
presses the belief that in the coming
four months, as the merits of the expo
slnon become more clearly understood
and its completion is known, there will
be a rush of visitors which will make
success after all.
Give the devil his due. 1t is right and
just and decent for Virginians to keep
IN mind that the present Federal admin
lstration has been ceaselessly generous
IN Its treatment of this enterprise of
ours, has held its hand when it might
have destroyed, has lost no opportunity
to defend and Richmond News
Leader.
So we have another acknowledged op-
portunity for Virginians and Southern
ers to show their appreciation of the
and patriotism of a Republi-
can administration. When President
Roosevelt first visited the Exposition,
with his keen and alert mind, he recoe
nized the situation. He saw that the
show had never been on or was then off
its legs. Its promoters had proven
themselves incapable of successfully
launching and managing the great en-
terprise. Incapacity and, perhaps, graft
had almost eaten up its vitals. The
strenuous, manly, patriotic President
cast his strong personality into the
fight. He sent down his able lieuten-
ant, the much abused Cortelyou. and
order has begun to appear where disor-
der before prevailed. If there is any
hope now of making the Exposition a
success it rests upon the generous eff
forts and support of the Administration.
And how will this generous work be ap-
preciated? Faint praise will be
extended until the thing is over,
and, then, those who have been
lifted from the depths of failure
will resume their harsh criticisms
and abuse of the President and
his policies.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-15

people; that they can rullify the FEEDER
al Constitution and the DEGREES of the
Federal Courts made under the provis-
ions of that Constitution. Because they
invoked the protection of the Federal
Courts, the railroads were outlawed in
North Carolina and Alabama, and have
been made to stand and deliver. The
railroads have yielded temporarily and
the agitators are shouting over the
great victory they have won. How
much better it would have been if a de-
cent and orderly course had been pur-
sued, and the questions been left for
settlement by the Supreme Court. as is
now to be done by agreement of the
parties, without all the ranting and bla-
ting of the political agitators.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-15
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-15

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-15
No Adamless Eden.
Baltimore SUM-

Chicago is never happy unless it is ad-
vertising itself as a freak city. The
phenomenal intellects of the professors
at the university founded by Mr.. Rookie
teller sometimes take a day off. But
chicago does not go way back and sit
down in the shadow of obscurity. There
Is always somebody in that extraordi-
nary town who is prepared to do some
thing erratic or to say something ezra
tic, and thus focus the gaze of the ma
tons upon the Windy City," The
health commissioner of Chicago has
made startling discovery-to wit. that
the strenuous life is killing off the men
OF that city at such a rate that in a few
centuries Chicago will be an Adamless
Eden. This would be startling if there
were the remotest probability that such
frightful condition could ever exist
anywhere in the civilized world. But
there will never be any Adamless Eden.
Nothing could induce the daughters of
Eve to live in a manless community.
Inc falr sex may profess contempt for
mere men. They may say that he is
coarse and rude and at best may only be
tolerated. But, despite this attitude.
we do not believe that the gentle sex
could De persuaded to remain under any
circumstances in an Adamless Eden. If
chicago Is ever a manless town it will
also be womanless and a deserted
town. All the daughters of Eve will 90
forth in search of cities beautiful. where
man is to be found, probably uncon-
sclous, as usual, of his inferiority, but
willing to be led to the hymeneal altar
II the trap is enticingly baited. A Chi
cago servant ought to be willing to con-
struct an advertisement that has some
element of the probable about it. An
Adamless Eden is an utterly presposter-
GUS conception.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-15
The Limit OF Life.

The most eminent medical scientists
are unanimous in the conclusion that the
Rsneraily accepted limitation of human
possible with the advanced knowledoe
OF which the race is now possessed Tho
critical period, that determines its dura-
ton, seems to be between so and so: the
proper care of the body during this de-
cade cannot be too strongly urged: care
lessness then being fatal to longevity.
Natures best helper after so is Electric
bltters, the scientific tonic medicine that
reyitalizes every organ of the bodv'
Guaranteed by John E. Jackson, Drug
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-15
The Trafho In Cocaine.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.l

A number of negroes were recently
srraigned in a Winston-Salem court
charged with selling cocaine. There
was regiment of Witnesses" saws the
Charlotte Chronicles correspondent.
All testifying that they had bought
this deadly drug from Mary Saunders.
One witness testified that she bought
some from Mary, who told her it would
give her good luck and she would have
plenty of money and wouldn't have TO
work" The traffic in cocaine among
the negroes of the South is becoming
alarmingly prevalent. Cocaine pro-
duces sensation even more pleasing
than whiskey, and is Just the stuff to
catch an unwary negro. The cocaine
habit is easily contracted, and. once
formed, the victim is doomed. II Is
worse than alcoholism and far more de-
moralizing
Officers of the law must be vip;lant
to detect and suppress this infamous
trafflc wherever it may be found IL ia
apt TO spring up in prohibition districts.
where alcoholic stimulants are hard to
md But If the cocaine traffic take the
place OF the liquor traffic in any district
tne last state of that place will be worse
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-15
Some Notable Firsts.

Postoffices were first established in
l464.
Printed musical notes were first used
in 147s.
The first watches were made at Nu-
remberg in l477.
Modern needles first came into use in
1915. ~
The frs. knives were used in England
in 1859.
The first wheeled carriages were used
in France in 1859.
The first newspaper was published in
England in 1888.
Newspaper advertising began in
1852. -
The first balloon ascent was made in
1873. -
Glass windows were first introduced
INTO England in the eighth century.
Kerosene was first used for LIGHTING
purposes in 1926.
The first sulphur match was made in
1929. -
The first iron steamship was built in
1880.
The first steel pen was made in 1890
Ships were first copper bottomed,
n 1887.