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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18

The leeches Hike hairless black
caterpillais. chung TO slim reeds that
protruded above the water In tSo
aquarium.
They wore torpid, as though hyp-
Noticed. but when the dealer put
one on his finger 1t fell 70 work as
busily as a Barataria mosquito. u
could be seen swelling and flushing.
"Thatll do, you little rascal"
And the dealer removed the leech
hurriedly. then sighed
Nine Is an extinct trade" he said
like that Of the armorer or the
sundial maker, and can't make a
living out Of 1t any more. But In
the past-why, great Scott. in tho
past leeches were so much used by
doctors that a doctor used to be-
called a leech.
II used to sell to one hospital In
this town $4,000 leeches a year.
That hospital now takes fifty or sixty
yearly. had on my books 200 doc
tors, each Of whom | supplied reg
ularly every morning with dozen
leeches. They carried them about In
little pocket cases. as they now
carry hypodermic syringes.
MY father had a leech farm for
years. He raised the Hungarian
speckled leech-that's the best-in
New Jersey pond out Mattawan
way. He did fair. He got an annual
crop Of $4,000.
"Leeches are no longer used be-
cause bleeding Is no longer believed
IN.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
Carrying Out Death Sentences.

A correspondent Is desirous to
know which is the most common
form employed In the carrying out
Of the death sentence. The prob
ability Is that most people. II asked.
would at once say the gallows; yet
this is far from being the case, says
the London Chronicle.
The favorite mode appears to be
the guillotine, which Is employed
publicly In France. Belgium. Dem
mark. Hanover and two cantons Of
Switzerland; and privately In Bava-
ria, and Saxony.
The CHEEKY gallows comes next In
the running and is favored publicly
IN Austria, Portugal and Russia. and
privately in Great Britain and the
United States of America.
Death by the sword obtains In
fifteen cantons In Switzerland, In
China, and Russia publicly; and in
Prussia privately. Ecudor, Olden-
burg and Russia have adopted the
musket, all publicly; while in China
they have strangulation by the cord,
and In Spain the garrote both pub
l.c; and In Brunswick death by the
axe, and by the electric chair In
New York.
In italy there is no capital punish
ment.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
Old-TtIne Smokers.

Although the present universal
habit of smoking is of comparatively
recent date, the use of tobacco was
carried on to q great excess when
It was first introduced. The old
time citizens smoked even In church.
All such offenders were solemnly ex-
communicated by Urban VIII. In
1924 an again by InnocentXII. In
1890, when the practice seems to
have extended to Rome itself. There
was William Breedonf1 too. vicar of
Thornton. England. "a profound
divine and absolutely the most po-
lite person for nativities In that
age" Of whom the astrologer Lilly
says that when he had no tobacco
he would cut the bell ropes and
smoke them" Prohibitions Of the
custom were frequent. Item. you
shall not utter" enjoins an alehouse
licence Of the time Of James l.. NOR
willingly suffer to be uttered, drunke
or taken. any tobacco within your
house. cellar or other place there
unto belonging"
The rules Of Chigwell school
G629) provided that the master
must be mo puffer Of tobacco" and
Charles II. sent letter to the Uni
versity Of Cambridge forbidding the
members to wear periwigs. smoke
tobacco or read their sermons. A
writer has recorded a visit to an
Essex church about 1880. on which
he saw not only pipes slowed away
in various hooks ready for use on
the following Sunday. tut also spit
toons In many Of the pews.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
Law Regulates Feeding Stuiis.

An act passed by the general as
sembly at its last session and APP
proved by the governor on the 18th
day Of May 1907 makes some inn
portart changes i'll the law regu-
lating the sale OF feeding stufs
within the State. 1t provides that
wheat ard rye bran and middlings
or any mixture thereof, except
when sold at the mill where made,
must be accompanied by the name
and address of the manufacturer
and a guarantee that the same is
pure. Mixed feeds, except chop
made by grinding whole grain, and
all continental feeds must be ac-
companied by the name and address
of the manufacturer and state
ment OF the several ingredients of
which the mixture is composed.
The minimum penalty for violating
any of the provisions OF the feeding
stuffs law is raised from $1,000 to
$4,000.
An act to regulate the sale of
Paris green, providing for the col
lection and analysis of samples of
the same and punishment of frauds
in the manufacture and sale there
of. was also passed which was ap-
proved by the governor on the 29th
day of May 1907.
The secretary of agriculture who
is charged with the enforcement of
these acts will be glad to send cop
les OF the same to any person who
will write for them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
ALASKAN DOGS HALF WOLF.
Invaluable TO the Inhabitants--Serve
as Draupht Animals.

The native Alaska dog is known as
the "huskie" or 'malamoot' and is a
mongrel-one-half timber wolf, says
a writer In Leslie's Weekly. He has
characteristics which especially At
him for his work-he is heavy. set,
with a thick coat of long hair, i'm
pervious to cold, and with just
enough wolf in his nature to make
him restless, eager to go, and with a
sufficient mixture of dog to temper a
flerceness and treachery which
might, and sometimes does, become
dangerous.
1t Is a rare occurrence for them
to bite human being. but they VIII
fight among themselves on the slight
common sight for half dozen
"huskies" to hold a pitched battle.
4 bucket of cold water will generally
put them to flight, but In the major
ity of cases the miners pay no atten-
ton to the melee and allow the dogs
to fight II out
The wolf nature manifests itself
Ill luelT lHlcNlus pTOpeuSllles, anu ali
food must be cached" out of their
reach. A hungry "huskie" will open
a box of canned beef with ease by
biting through the tin. He will lie
before the door of a tent or cabin,
pretending to be asleep, when in
reality he is waiting for a chance to
ransack the kithchen
One day | saw miners dinner
wrecked by his own dog, a splendid
big, wolfish fellow, who overturned
q pot of beans, and in the most un-
concerned manner walked off with
the hot bacon in his mouth.
No matter what depredations they
may commit, severe punishment, so
as to cripple or kill them, Is out of
the question on account of their
great value in the transportation of
supplies. 1t is an inferior dog that is
not worth $40, and many of them,
say their masters, are not for sale.
Two good dogs can haul a man
forty or fifty miles a day on good
trail or carry from 500 to 600 pounds
OF freight about 20 miles in hours.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
CUTS ANY SIZE SLICE.

compelled to cut the length of the
cheese, and where the quantity re-
quired is small the cut is naturally
very thin.
This objection Is overcome in the
cutter shown here. as the cutting
knife extends only one-half the width
of the cheese. The top Of the table
moves freely. the knife being station
ary and pivotal to frame at the
back. An arrangement for indicat-
ing the size of the cut Is secured to
the front of the table. The ease
with which a pound or two of cheese
can be sliced off will be apparent at
once, In fact. the dividing mechan-
ism is so accurate that 1t Is un-
necessary to reweigh the cut. as is
generally done.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
WEAPONS ARE DESTROYED.
An Unwritten Law, Based on Super
stition, Of Royal Houses,

SUTTON, OF SOyal HOuses.
For obvious reasons 1t was nat
ural that the Spanish police should
be anxious to secure the bomb which
Cid not explode when thrown at the
royal couple. There was a reason
behind the desire to nip In the l. q
chance of further damage. There
Is an unwritten law in the reign. ls
houses of Europe. says the London
Standard, that all relics of attempts
upon royal lives, as we'll as the in
struments used for treating the
wounds caused in such attempts.
shall be destroyed. There was
solemn assembly in Geneva Of Aus
tro- Hungarian officials to witness
the destruction of the instruments
which caused the death of the Ein-
press Elizabeth and of the surgical
post-mortom examination.
The custom is based to certain
extent upon superstition, but more
sol!dly upon the determination
TO prevent the relics from falling
into the hands Of exhibitors of such
tragic ~trifes.
The custom In this matter once
was to grind to pieces the weapon
which had been employed. When,
however, the dagger was secured
with which the priest Martin Mer'ao
attempted to murder Queen Isabella
of Spain, rather more than hall
century ago, the blade was found to
be of such finely tempered steel that
1t resisted every effort Of file and
stone.
Something like panic was caused
when the news got abroad; the
Spanish peasants imagined that
there must be magic In the blade.
So a cabinet was specially summoned
to deal with the crisis, and 1t was
determined to submit the steel TO
the influence or acids. This proving
successful all implements used for
the like foul purpose have under
gone the like knives,
swords, daggers, revolvers and, pre-
sumably, bombs.
1t was cruel irony that the bombs
thrown at the young king and queen
of Spain should be hurled by man
secreted in the only house in Mad
rid owned by Queen Christina. r is,
at first sight, is surprising. Ma 10
leon ILL.,, In the terror which Orsi ms
attempt inspired, bid for safety By
buying up the houses facing he
Tuileries. SO that bombs should not
lie flung thence by his enemies.
1t Is from places whose position
should guarantee their safety that
danger comes. Only miracle pre-
vented Alexander III. from being
blown to atoms In his own winter
palace. The Grand Duke Serge was
assassinated outside the law courts
at st. Petersburg; Gen. Bobri.;off
was slain when entering the senate;
M. Piehve was struck dead with his
secret police all around him; the
king and queen of Servia peris.ed
In their own palace.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18

A large majority of the residents
of the inland cities look upon the
forecasts of the United States
bearance II not of levity. They ac-
cept the jokes Of the photographers
about the unreliability of the predc-
tions as practically true and If called
upon to pass serious opinion on
the bureau would in most cases de-
eide that it was primarily designed
to furnish sinecure jobs to army OFF,
GERS for whom no better employment
could be found. At the ocean and
lake ports, however, where millions
of dollars are invested in shipping, a
different view Is held. Instances are
too numerous In which the needed
warning of the weather observer has
averted the loss or damage of ships
and cargoes of exceedingly large val
ue. Here II is recognized that the
forecasts are not invariably correct
and the officials themselves make no
pretense that they are, but in the
main they strike so near the truth
that the man who has life and
wealth that is subject to menace by
weather conditions cannot and does
not take chances. No shipping in
surance is so cheap as the free ad-
vice furnished by Uncle Sam. Rail-
roads. too, appreciate the value OF the
weather service especially in the
Northwest during the blizzard sea-
son and in the Southwest during the
Spring freshets. At these seasons
transportation officials keep a close
watch on the bulletins of the bureau
and gauge the movements Of their
trains accordingly. The losses thus
avoided frequently are sufficient to
put the balance on the right side of
the ledger.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18

The worries OF weak and sick moth
er are only begun with the birth of her
child. BY day her work is constantly
interrupted and at night her rest is
broken by the wailing of the peevish,
puny infant. DR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription makes weak women strong
and sick women WELL 1t lightens all
the burdens Of maternity, giving to
mothers strength and Vigor, which
they impart to their children. In
about forty years Of practice DR.. Pierce
and his associate staff of physicians
have treated and cured more than half
a million suffering women. Sick women
are invited to consult DR.. Pierce by let
ter free OF charge. All correspondence
Is strictly private. Address DR., X. V;
Pierce, lnvalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
EIGHT KILLED ON BATTLESHIP.
Thirteen Others Terribly Hurt and
Several Are Dying.

Boston, July 17.-Swathed in
flame that flashed from 200 pounds
OF powder, twenty-one officers and
men of the United States battleship
Georgia, shortly before noon Monday.
were burned so terribly that six of
them died on the way to Charles
town Navy Yard, two died in the
naval hospital and thirteen were dy-
ing or injured so dangerously that
only skilled surgery could save them.
The fearful flare Of powder, swift
burning rather than an explosion,
occurred in the after superimposed
turret in the course of target prac-
tice with the eight-inch guns. A
spark fell on one of two bags of 100
pounds each which a loader was
about to slip into one of the guns.
The loader and two other seamen
saw the bag smouldering In time to
throw themselves on their faces and
escape mortal hurt, but none Of the
others had time to make a step be-
fore the whole turret was fiery
furnace, in which they were wellnigh
incinerated. For time which none
of them could estimate the twenty
one men we're in food of flame that
enveloped them from head to foot.
Those caught in the act OF in-breath-
ing we're doomed as surely as II
plunged into a mass of molten metal.
All the others we're so close to In
stant death 1t amazed the survivors
any single man of them got out Of
the place alive. Yet of the thirteen
still living in Chelsea Hospital 1t was
believed by physicians several would
outlive their injuries, though science
could not say any man was sure to
recover.
Immediately upon learning the de-
tails OF the accid ent. Capt. McCrea
notified Rear-Admiral Thomas, who
ordered a board to examine into the
causes of the accident.
One belief IL that a spark from th'
discharge of the after turret gun
foated back into the turret through
a gun port and settled on the pow
der cases. Another theory is tina
the spark that caused the troubl
came from the smokestacks Of tn
ship, and foated through the GU
ports, That a floating spark cause
the disaster seemed evident to naya
men, but there IL doubt as to whethe
1t was from gun or a smokestacl
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
ELECTROCUTES FLIES.

vented a contrivance entirely effl-
cient for this purpose, which is sim
pie and durable, with no complicated
mechanism to get out Of order. AZ
shown in the accompanying illustra-
tion. the invention embodies a grid
or screen of parallel wires alternate
~ positive and negative and charged
with electricity. A fly alighting on
tn grid or attempting to walk upon
and touching the adjacent wires Will
be electrocued as II were, and fall
dead from the trap. The device Is
composed of two bars Of wood, be-
tween which extend strips of brass.
Live wires connect with source OF
electricity of suS cient power to
effect the electrocution of insects.
Tn common house fly Is readily at
tracted to anything bright or shiny,
avoiding dark and dull objects.
Hence 1t may be found advisable to
place the traps near a window.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
NO VACATION FOR
TEDDYTOWN STORK.
Fifteen Babies In Two Weeks To Six

Fifteen Babies In Two Weeks To Six
Couples is Towns Proud Record
Town Greek, Ala, July 1S.-De-
cause fifteen babies have been born
to six couples here in the last two
weeks petition has been made to the
postal authorities at Washington to
postal authorities at Washington to
have the name OF this village chang
ed to Teddytown. President Roose-
welt has been notified of the tremen-
d1us increase In the birth rate Here
s. the record:
Mir and Mrs. n. e. King, twins
l. = and a girl.
II. and Mrs. Monroe Jeffreys, trip
J. two girls and a boy.
+. and Mrs. j. c. Brackin, trip
two girls and boy.
bir. and Mrs. Sam Terry, two boys.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jackson, trip
Ityc--all boys.
aIr. and Mrs. Charles Shumate,
twin boys.
Town Creek has population of $50.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
Costly Wallpaper Design.

A new design in farcy wall paper
patterns comes from Kansas City;
also a way TO utilize cancelled cecks.
A firm has had all it's Offices papered
with old checks, placed neatly edge
to edge. The face figures of the
checks vary from $4,000 to 1000
and the total for one room is $4,000,
900, AS gilt moulding runs around
the edges of each check-panel, the
general effect ,s rather pleasing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
Fertile England.

Save grapes. tobacco. olives, and
some other fruits we can grow in
England all that can be grown In
France with as good certainty. and
often in better quality. From our
counties come beets that all the
cattle breeders in the world clamor
for, Incompatible shire horses are
still bred in the Cambridgeshire
eenters set UP by Henry VIII. Scot
land and all over the north are far
mers whose peculiar knowledge. ex-
tending from tubers TO trees. is, as
one may say, a gift of the soil. Yet
England, which is over civilized, is
not yet half colonized.-Nationa
Review.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
Rapid TrestIe Building.

The rapid reconstruction of a
trestle was recently carried on at
Galveston, Texas. Fire destroyed
400 feet OF the long railroad trestle
which extends from the mainland to
the city and stopped traffic. The con-
struction froces and materials were
Immediately started to the work, and
by midnight of the same day the
trestle was sufficiently repaired to
allow traffic to be resumed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18

The IndiaRubber tree grows freely
In gardens in South Italy as an or
namental shrub, and we hear that
steps are being taken to make an in
dustrial business Of growing It. The
idea is due to Professor Bozzi. of
the Palermo Botanical Garden. who
exhibited specimens at Milan. con-
tanning as much as IS per cent. OF
rubber. 1t Is a plant which will do
with dry weather. but fiourishes
more with irrigation; and as most
Of the cultivated land of Italy Is
irrigated It should do well II tho
climate Is warm enough.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18

ee or four times day pay as
cace or twice a year.
This statement caused the City
Solicitor, ]. Howard Gendell, in cross
examination to ask Mr.. McCrea
whether the company would raise the
law Is sustained by the court.
Yes, that will have to be done"
replied Mr.. McCrea.
He did not say what the extent Of
the increase will be or whether 1t
will approach the maximum figure
Of two cents a mile.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
IiahIe to Discharge.

M. Bovet, the director Of the post
office at Lausanne. has addressed a
circular to the postal employees in the
town warning them that in future
toothache will not be considered an
excuse for absence from work They
must either get the tooth out or
get out themselves. =.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18

George B. Shaw declares that he Is
a vegetarian because he does not
wish to eat his fellow creatures. II
It satisfaction enough for him when
he skins them In his criticisms.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
M'CREA ON WITNESS STAND.
=. X. II. President Says Low Rates
Don't Make Ira. ..ic,

Philadelphia, July 16.-James Nc
Crea, president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, stood up for the commuter
whom called to the stand in the COM
pany S suit to test the constitution
ality of the two cent mile law.
which goes into effect October /.
lie said that 1t is unjust to make a
person who uses the railroad two.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18

A new idea in cheese cutters for
use In grocery stores has been pat
ented by an Indiana man. In the
majority Of cheese cutters at pre-
sent. employed the cutting blade ex-
tends the entire width Of the cheese
on the cutter. The operator is thus
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18

"A Sociologist" writes In the CHI
cago "Tribune;" 81 once lived In
good health for several weeks on an
expenditure Of three cents day"
The gentleman neglects, however,
to state who paid his board bill.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
Timely and Valuable Suggestions.

Many people, especially women
who lead closely confined domestic
lives, suffer from what in general
terms is called nervousness. "
Among all forms of treatment none
has even approached in success the
intelligent use of DR.. David Ken
nedy's Favorite Remedy, of Rond-
out, N. ", which promotes an
easy and natural action of the di-
gestive organs and imparts tone to
the nervous system.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18
FLIES ELECTROCUTED.
Novel Way to Get Rid of These
Troublesome Insects.

If you can't kill bugs with sticky
flypaper or poisonous powders, try
electricity. This electrocution of in
New York man, and has been off,
cially approved by societies to pre-
vent cruelty to animals. He has in
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-07-18

Casey-"Afther all. there's nothing
thot beats a good wolfe" Riley (who
has just had scrap with hisJ-"AX-
cept good husbandu
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-17
MESSAGE OF CAnpBtLl
Continued from page l.,

maintained and efficiently and in
be overestmated
The people demand through the
platform such legislation as will
simplify the procedure in both civil
and criminal trials, and also rec
'ommend reforms in our jury system.
A chivalric sentiment and sense
Of duty long neglected prompts a
just and brave people to recon-
mend that the legislature submit an
amendment to the state constitution
authorizing the erection and main
tenance Of a home for INDECENT wild
ows and wives of Confederate SOL
diers and sailors" Love of exalted
womanhood, devotion to the sublim-
est of all human virtues, gratitude
and state pride, all conspire to give
this golden opportunity to elevated
manhood. Texas owes this debt to
the women of the Southern Confed-
eracy, and in its payment We give
additional luster to her honor and
glory.
In approval of the system OF par
W nominations by direct vote of the
people the party platform demands
Of this legislature the enactment of
such amendments to the existing
law as may be found necessary TO
simplify and perfect the same, that
provisions be made for a uniform
test and such amendments to the
law as will by blanket primary en-
able majority of the voters of the
respective political parties to make
nomination by direct ballot of the
voters without the intervention OF
conventions. The simplest and most
convenient method. consistent with
the purity of the ballot, that can be
devised for the ascertainment OF the
popular choice in making nomlna-
tons, uniformity in party method
and that the majority shall rule, are
essential to party harmony and 10
The preservation of individualism.
Experience with the present law