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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06
INTERNATIONAL POSTAL NEWS.
United States Shows Heaviest Loss
England Largest Profit.

According to the International
Post Bureau. taking all the Post Of
fees of the world, the United States
shows the heaviest loss from the
management of its postal affairs, and
Great Britain the largest profit.
Nineteen hundred and three is the
last year for which figures for cam
parison are available, and for that
year we ran behind $4,329, 900,
while Great Britain showed a net
profit of s22,000,O00, and Russia,
S14, 100000. Due to the large and
rapid increase of rural delivery since
1903 our deficit has grown to at
least three times what it was then,
and there are other reasons for our
unfavorable showing, the principal
ones being the larger compensation
we pay employees and the extensive
areas we have to cover which are
thinly populated. The highest paid
Postmaster in England receives
about $4,000 year, clerks from
$500 to $500, carriers in the larg-
er cities 1920, and in the smaller
ones and rural carriers from $3.50 to
S275. British postage is cheaper
than ours. For cents letters weigh
Ing up to four ounces are carried,
with ! cent additional for each two
additional ounccs-and every regis
tered newspaper goes for 1 cent, re-
Eardloss of weight. Anything mail
able is carried by parcel post for 6
cents n pound and cents for each
additional pound up to eleven, which
Is the limit. Anything can be regis
tered for 4 cents, and the government
insures registered matter up to S25
in value for that sum. BY paying 2
cents for each additional $50 in val
ue, insurance up to 5000 may be
had. Newspapers may be forwarded
without additional postage, which is
not the case with us, and postal or
ders cost cents for So orders.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06
Don'ts For Readers.

Don't handle a book except with
clean hands.
Don't turn down leaves at the cor
ners.
Don't leave book lying face down
ward.
Don't get book from the book
case by the binding at the top; take
It from the middle of the back.
Don't when opening a book, be
rough and pull the leaves apart too
quickly, let them open gently.
Don't cut leaves with any knife
but the proper paper knife, says
Home Notes.
Don't forget to return book
when lent. When you commence to
read 1t insert as a marker a label
iwth the owners name and the date
when the book was lent to you; In
this way you will keep the loan in
mind.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06

A farmer boy of seventeen years.
discovered the secret of the method
by which the artisans of the stone
age manufactured flint implements
with the simplest kind of tools. With
a stick of wood, whitfield at one end.
he succeeded in making arrow heads
and spear heads, equal In workman
ship to those found in the mounds.
For many centuries science has been
unable to explain the method en-
ployed In making these stone imple-
ments.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06

The Chinese have god for every
disease, even for childhoods afflic-
lions, like the mumps. and measles.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06

A. J. Balfour Is one of many legis-
lators whose speeches read better
than they sound" he Is not naturally
fluent and often has apparent diff
Guilty in finding the exact word he
wants, while his voice and manner
are not In his favor.
Mr.. j. Chamberlain, on the con-
trary, Is always alert and full OF en-
ergy and movement on the platform.
Brain and body alike are electrically
charged and full of vigor and life.
He has a wonderfully clear, pene-
trating voice, and remarkable gift
of lucid exposition and flow of Ian
guage. Each telling phrase of his
speech Is accompanied by an appro-
pirate action; when developing an
argument he leans forward with
raised finger and emphasizes his
conclusions by bringing his clenched
fist sharply down on the palm of his
left hand. He has. too, a trick of
toying with his eyeglass, placing 1t
In his eye, dropping 1t again and then
replacing It.
Mr.. Wyndham Is eminently a
graceful speaker-graceful in his
easy, fluent diction. In attitude and
In varied gesture; Mr.. Broderick has
been described as the ''automaton,"
from the mechanical flow of his
speech and quality Of his gestures,
which are limited to jerk of the
arm and thump of the table; Mr..
Chaplin, when he is not busily engaged
In searching for and adjusting his
elusive eyeglass, pounds the table
with alarming vigor and frequency;
and Sir Edward Clarke stimulates
his oratory by stroking, or rather
tugglng at his Dundreary whiskers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Estate or Peier McAndretU, late OF COnpighdn
Tolonshfp, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration on the estate of Peter
McAndrew, late of the Township of
Conyngham, deceased, have 5eea grant
ed to the undersigne ed administrator, to
whom all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make payment, and
those having claims or demands will
make known the same without delay to
MICHAEL J. MONAGHAN.
Administrator, Ashland, Pa.
Edward J. Flynn, Attorney. 5-2-6t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06
NOTED FOREIGN POLITICIANS
Peculiar Methods Of Leading States
men of Great Britain.

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
INDUCES very sparingly In gestures
when speaking, but he has one little
distinguishing trick-that of fam
ming himself with any available slip
of paper, as If to cool his rising ar
dor, says the London Tit-Bits, while
he punctures his oratory by occa-
sional thumps on the table, to drive
point home, or by a clutch at the
lapels of his coat
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06
SATURDAY, JUNE Sth, 1907,

at o'clock p. m, the following describ-
ed real estate:
All that certain farm and tract of land
situate in Pine Township, Columbia
County and State of Pennsylvania
bounded and described as follows A.:
Westwardly by lands of Alem Johnson,
northwardly by land of Ashur Fulmer
eastwardly by land of - Clemens
and southwardly by lands of -----
containing
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Estate OF Jacob X. We',tuer, late or The Borough
OF Bertotck, Pa,
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration on the estate of Jacob e.
Welliver, late of the Borough of Ber-
wick, deceased, have been granted to
the undersigned administrator to whom
all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payments, and those
having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay to
WILLIAM KREAMER,
b. F, ZARR, Administrator,
Attorney. Bloomsbury, Pa.
5-23-6t*
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06

In 1888, the Bostonia of Boston.
and the Cent of Philadelphia, were
nrst issued and were the first publ
cations in this country ever sold for
one cent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06
SHER1FF'S SALE.

By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias
issued out of the Court Of Common
Pleas Of Columbia County, Pa, and to
me directed, there will be sold at public
sale at the Court House, Bloomsbury,
county and state aforesaid, on
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06
FIFTY FIVE ACRES
more or less, upon which are erected
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,

N]hhf wv EL|i|l4No iloOCE,,
barn and other out buildings. 1t being
the same land conveyed to Elijah Full
mer by Thomas Faus and wife by deed
dated April 2sth, IS47 and recorded in
the Recorders Office at Bloomsbury in
Deed Book l.. page $50. See description
of said land recorded in Columbia Coun-
ty, Pa, in Mortgage Book No. 10, page
Is6.
Seized and taken into execution at the
suit of A. K. Fullmer's use VS.. John F.
Derr, surviving Executor of estate of
Elijah Fullmer, deceased with notice to
Susanna Green, Mary !. Deem, Mianda
NJ. Robbins and A. K. Fulmer Defend
ants, who are the real owners of the
land; and to be sold as the property of
the said Defendan Is.
TERMS OF SALE.
+. All bids must be paid in full, ex.
cept where the plaintiff or other lien
creditor becomes the purchaser, and a
duly certified list of liens shall be fur
nished, including mortgage searches on
the p roperty sold, together with such
lien creditors receipts for the amount
of the proceeds of the sale, or such por-
ton thereof as he shall be entitled to.
2. All sales not settled Immediately
will be continued until the Monday fol-
lowing the date of sale at two o'clock p.
m. at which time all property not set
tied for will again be put up and sold at
the expense and risk of the person to
whom it was struck off and who, in the
case of deficiency of such resale, shall
make good the same, and in no instance
will the deed be presented to the Court
for confirmation unless the bid is actu-
ally settled for with the Sheriff, as above
stated.
CHAS. b. ENT,
Andrew l.. Fritz, Sheriff.
Attorney.
*See Purdon's Digest, 9th edition page
4I6; Smiths page 334.
Sheriffs Office,
Bloomsbury, Pa, May IS. 'o7. I 5-I6.4t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-06

Within the last forty years the
population of the British Empire has
tAcreased by about 40 per cent.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
OSLer'S Advice
Needed by Man
Tired of Life

OMAHA, Neb., March 23.-Practicing
as he preached. James H. McEihany, a
disciple Of DIT. Osler. took mis- own life,
having recently passed the span OF
three score years. His body was found
hanging in a shed in Riverview Park.
In his pocket was a letter. which read:
'"TO be or not to be, that IS the ques-
ton. AS for myself. my decision IS in
the negative, and. after careful consid-
Grafton, l have concluded II is better
not to be. There was a time when l
could successfully combat stings and
arrows Of outrageous fortune. but now,
when 1 have passed the Osler mark, I
find it a losing battle and deem it ex-
pedient TO stop the conflict. AL things
considered, l think II acting the part
OF wisdom and prudence now, while in
health, sober and IN my right senses,
TO cross over the divide to the great be-
yOnd."
McElhany years ago was a successful
contractor, but lost his wealth in real
estate, his lest two lots going 10 satisfy
a SO board bill. He was a philosopher
and a deep student Of Shakespeare.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
INSANITY PLEA
IN POLICE COURT
But Defendant Didn't Care
to Take a Chance
on 1t.

The use Of the plea of insanity in ex-
tenuation of crime has at last reached
the Police Court. r. ". Swan, pros
ecuting witness in the case of lie Roy
johnson, charged with larceny. at
tempted TO excuse the defendant this
morning by an eloquent address on the
subject Of insanity. after having him
convicted by mis- testimony.
Do You wish to claim temporary in
sanity?" Inquired the court when the
accused was brought on the stand.
Nav. was the Indifferent reply. Use
got good sense
Did you take these things because OF
an irresistible imPulse?'' was the next
question.
Dunno wet a irresistbP impulse IS"
came the answer
Well said The court. ''the gentleman
VINO - prosecuting you is very kind. he
wants me 70 be easy on you. 1 guess
three months viii be enough
And lie Roy left the stand muttering;
All wonder wOt he's talkin' about"
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
CIVIL ENGINEERS BANQUET
AT RAUSCHER'S TONIGHT

The annual reunion of members Of the
American Society of Civil Engineers will
tonight take the form of a banquet,
which will be held in Rauscher's at 7:3O
p. m. The banquet viii take the place
OF the usual smoker. which has marked
the yearly meetings, and an interesting
program has been arranged. Among the
speakers viii be w. II. Wiley, John +.
Hayward, of the Coast Survey; F. H
Newell, director of the Reclamation
Service and president Of the Washington
Society Of Civil Engineers; A NJ. Phil
lips, Harrison Stidham, Capt J. S.
Sewell, In charge of construction at the
United States War College, and NJ. o.
Leighton. chief photographer Of the
United States Geological Survey. C. E.
GTunsky will he POSTMASTER.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
PRESIDENT DISAPPROYES
ACQUITTAL OF KOEHLER

The disapproval by President RoOse-
Welt yesterday OF the sentence Of &C
Quittal in the court-martial case of
Capt. Lewis NJ. koehler, United States
Army, is generally regarded by officers
OF the army as the Chief Executives
only way Of avoiding the trial of Cen
eral WOOD on a charge of unfair treat
ment of Captain Koehler
The President facing two horns OF the
dilemma, the disapprOval OF the findings
of the coUrt-martial or the trial Of
General Wood, chose the former, as it
would have been hard matter for him
10 have ordered the trial Of a man with
whom he had been as intimately asso-
ciated as with General Wood.
Captain KOehler was charged with
using disrapectful language in an appeal
from the action Of General Wood, wllo
reprimanded him for bringing what were
found by a board Of inquiry to be false
and malicious charges against Major
Scott For this Offense, INSTRUMENTATION
also was charged against him.
Secretary TAFT In his letter transmit
ting the court verdict 10 the President,
strongly recommended disapprOval and
Wood on being found guilty OF the
charges in the first instance, General
Wood sentenced the captain TO be repri-
manded. Now that the action Of the
court on the captains appeal has been
disapprOved. the reprimand viii be ad-
ministered by General Wood and the Of
licer VIII be restored 10 duty.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
SECRETLY MARRIED
TO TRAINED NURSE
Former Representative Gill
lette Deserts the Rank of
Single Filters. "

DIES MONIES. Iowa. March D.
Former Representative E. H. Gillette,
who represented the Seventh district IN
Washington a number of years ago, was
secretly married February 3 to Miss
Lucy Appel, a nurse, who has made
her home in this city since last Sep
TENDER.
The news leaked out last night when
AIT. Gillette introduced his bride TO some
friends. Details of the marriage are
still kept a secret The ceremony was
not performed in Des MOines. but at
the former home Of the bride.
There is peculiar interest in the ro-
nance because Of the fact that Mr.. Gil
lette was president CT THE Single FIJI
ers,'' an organization Of both men and
women which claimed there was as
much happiness IN single blessedness q s
in the married state. Many Of its men,
,bers had tried both. This is Mr.. Gil
lttte's second wife.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
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The Washington times., 1907-03-23
MAKE NEW SCHEDULE
FOR STREET SWEEPING

Superintendent of Street Cleaning John
T. Twohey said this morning that his
clerical force was engaged In making up
the spring ard summer schedules for the
street sweeping forces; that they would
be ready the middle Of next week when
they would be published for the infOr-
nation Of the general public.
Under the schedules now being pre-
pared certain streets In the business
section viii be swept twice daily, during
the day by hand sweepers and at night
a general sweeping by the horsepower
sweepers. Commencing early in April
the schedule for double sweeping will
be made operative and continued
throughout the summer season. The
streets that will be double swept viii
embrace that territory IN the Northwest
ern part Of the city from Sixth 70 Fiji
tecnth streets east and west and from ID
70 north and south which takes in
Pennsylvania avenue.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
ARREST BROWNSVILLE
NEGRO WHO CONFESSED

HOUSTON, Tex, March 2S.-LIeuten-
ant Chamberlain, OF this city, last night
arrested in Galveston a negro named
William Anderson, supposed 10 be the
only member of the discharged battaI-
ion of negro troops connected with the
Brownsville affair in that city.
Anderson is declared TO be the man
who made a confession regarding the
true history OF the Brownsville raid
20 two Galveston newspaper men.
The two newspaper men 10 whom the
confession is alleged TO have been made
have been subpOenaed as witnesses.
They have made affidavits.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
SUIT FOR $I,2OO,OOO
BY RECEIVER ROGERS

LEXINGTON, Ky. March al. Q.
Rogers, receiver Of American Bond Re
serve Company, has returned from Los
Angeles. Cal, where he instituted suit
against G. NJ Asher, former president
of the Southern Mutual Investment
Company, for $1,9O0.0OO. A similar suit
has been flied against other officers of
that company, who are residents OF
Kentucky.
The claim is made that these officers
expended vast amount of money when
they knew the company was ins0lvent,
and, under law, they are personally
liable for debts Of company If the
claims are proved true.
Receiver Rogers today paid the 10000
fee allowed last Monday by Judge
Parker to the attorneys who secured
the appointment Of a receiver.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
PRESIDENT INVITED
TO NORTH DAKOTA

Senators Hansbrough and McCumber
of North Dakota called upon the Pres
ident this morning TO invite him to Will
istOn, their State, 10 attend the formal
opening Of the gates Of an irrigation
project that win be completed then. 1T
is known as the winston project, -
said Senator Hansbrough, and though
a small one compared with some Of
those now under construction. IL will be
a big thing for the people of that part
OF the country. The President said he
regretted very much his inability to at
tend, but asked us to convey mis- good
wishes 70 the people behind the work ,,
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
Should They PAY?

The company had paid nothing for it.
the community had donated 1t as an
inGucement to get the railroad built.
Should the community now be forced to
pay interest on current values of lands
it freely gave?
That Is the big question Of principle
that has been squarely raised for the
first time in this case. No railroad ever
before raised il, The decision will not
be a decision till IL has gone to the high
est court in the land. Perhaps II Will
not stay final even then. Taking its
own figures on valuation the road is
not overcapitalized. The real question
is, whether all these items are to be
taken at present values without refer
ence TO original cost. It raises an issue
which Is crucial 10 every land-grant
road in the country, and which shall
determine whether there shall or shall
not be a general decrease Of rates in the
trans Missouri region.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
MAIL ROBBERY HIT
MORGAN FIRM HARD

PARIS, March 23.-It has just come to
light that among the heaviest losers by
the robbery Of mail from the steamer
La Provence on her last trip here from
New York, IS the Paris banking firm Of
Morgan, Harjes q Co. of which J. 2.
Morgan is the senior partner.
The mail stolen from the la Provence
included securities to the value Of about
8, 10000. a large part of this, so Il is
reported in banking circles here, was
bonds OF the city of New York, which
belong to the Morgan-Harjes Bank.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
Police Court Cases.

In the Police Court, Justice II. B. Ca
ton presiding, this morning the follow
ing cases were disposed Of:
John Skinner, arrested by Policeman
Sherwood, charged with indecent con
duct. was fined S.
Manuel Tavares, arrested by Police
man Bell, charged with conducting bust
ness without a license, forfeited s. by
failing 10 answer TO his name when
called.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
For Larceny Of Wire.

David DodsOn, john Sutherland. and
David Garrett. cOlored, were this morn
ing tried before Justice Richard TTiplett,
of Fairfax county. at the office of Nor
tor & Boothe, in South Fairfax street,
on the charge OF larceny OF wire from
the Washington, Alexandria and Mt
Vernon Railway Company. @. /.
BOOthe represented the defendants and
J. r. and II. b. Cation appeared for the
railway company.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
CHAEPER TO PAY DUTY.

It is reported IN Lyon that an effort
to establish a mill IN the United States
for the manufacture Of chardonnet silk
has been abandoned on account OF the
high wages paid 20 American working
men The manufacturers there say that
IL IS more profitable TO pay the 30 per
cent duty than to put up works here and
pay the high wages 10 American work
ingmeu.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
AleXandrianS Celebrate An
niversary With Wash
ington Speakers.
City Sergeant Gathering
Jury to Try William
Johnson.
Colonel Dempsey Inspects
the Light Infantry
Company.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU,
sTEXANnRTA VA MARCH q

Potomac Lodge of odd Fellows last
evening celebrated the sixty-ninth an
niversary Of its organization. The de-
gree team gave an exhibition drill. after
which a banquet WAS served. Speeches
were made by Sovereign Grand Secre-
tary John B. Goodwin. OF Baltimore,
Who took for his subject odd Fellow
ship" Past Grand Master Z. ". Brad
ford and Grand Representative John I.
Brown. both of Washington, and the
Rev. Edgar Carpenter, Of this city.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
HEARING OF A. G. CARTER
GOES OVER TILL WEDNESDAY

The hearing before the Police Court
this morning of Albert C. Carter, presi-
dent of the Carter Motor Car Company,
who was arrested yesterday on the
charge Of forgery, was continued until
Wednesday at the request of Eugene
jones, attorney for the defense. The
defense is confident that It will be able
TO explain all the circumstances in the
case and clear its client at the prelim-
mary hearing.
The Washington times., 1907-03-23
A MINISTERIAL NIM1OD.

Dr. Elwc0d Worcester, the eminent
Churchman and philanthropist OF Bos-
ton, is undoubtedly the greatest hunter
in the ministry. For many years he has
spent his vacation season hunting in the
Wilds OF Newfoundland and Labrador
and he has his home filed with trophies
OF all sorts OF the hunt as well as speci-
mems Of many rare stones.