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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07

to any particular interests, aud that
is not what the Interests" desire.
Trey do not want another ma = to
go into the White House without
anv string attached to him, and
especially man VIII, has been
trancl in the Roosevelt school Of
DO itics, which Looks to tie inter-
ests OF the common people against
the interests of the men who con-
troll immense financial institutions
in New York and all over the
country.
1. i going to be beautiful fight,
this fight for the nomination.
There is very little question but
that the nomination will he equiva-
lent to an election. AS it has been
intimated, it r:ay be year or more
before this conflict of candidates
will actually come to the surface,
but in the meantime there will be
plenty of straws to indicate which
way the wind is blowing. AS for
Mr.. Taft himself, it may be said
tha' he is not anxious for execu.
tive honors. The place on the Su
preme bench tor which he has been
so often slated by the newspapers
looks very good to him. 1t is a
life position at a living salary and
an eminently respectable one at
that. 1t is one where his life would
be much easier than if he were
forced into the maelstrom Of White
House activity, bnt there is no case
on record of man actually declin.
ing a presidential nomination if the
nomination came around looking
for him.
***
Bad news and worse comes to
the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion from the stricken region of
North Dakota where whole com
munities are freezing TO death for
lack Of fuel. and some OF them &C
tually starving because the rail
roads either cannot or will not get
through freight trains to relieve
the necessities Of the winter. OF
course, the International Commerce
Commission has no legal hold over
the railroads i'll this connection, all
that it can do is to use moral sua-
sion and urge the railroads to make
every effort 10 relieve the situation.
For the pas: three months, tele-
grams prophecying distress and
later detailing actual suffering have
been pouring in. Senator Hans
borough. as the particular repre-
sentative of the stricken region,
has been getting an immense num-
Der of dispatches and one of the
worst was one received last week
f. ON New Rockford, North Dako-
ia, saying that the people were out
of both provision and coal, and that
| if relief did not reach them in forty
eight hours, they proposed to burn
the railroad station and all the 9TH
er combustible railroad property
for fuel.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07

and table ware offers fruitful field
for the exploitation of inveptiveness
and skill Various contrivances for
the manipulation of asparagus have
appeared in recent years in the silver
smiths shops and the latest is here
shown. 1t is of sterling silver and
perforated SO as to admit of the vege-
table being thoroughly drained before
being served.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07
90. .792, ,O5s Needed for the Navy

Washington. d. c., Feb. 3.-The
War Department sent to the Senate
an estimate that &9.792.05S will be
needed as an additional appropria-
tion for the support Of the Army for
the coming year by reason of the
passage of the bill to reorganixe and
increase the efficiency of the artillery
corps.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07
To Whiten Floors and Tables.

Mix together one-half pound Of
sand, one-half pound of soft soap
and four ounces of lime. Work all
into paste with a stick. When
scrubbing lay little on the brush
and scour as usual. Afterward wash
the wood with plenty of clean wa
ter. Wood thus treated can be kept
spotlessly clean.
Dainty Asparagus longs.
Silversmiths no less than other
trades folks and craftsmen must keep
ON the alert to bring out new designs
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07
PHILADELPHIA & READING
RAILWAY.
In effect Nov. IL, 1904.
TRAINS LEAVE BLOOMSBUhG

In eUtCt NONs lts
TRAINS LEAVE BLOOMsBURG
Nav york. pn,laaeipnia, reading, Potts
y,iie nam aqua weekdayt 1877 via West Milton;
ii:sO a m, via East Mahanoy; sss IN via west
Milton. .,...u. 20, n m q 90
For or Danville and Milton, weekdays 7;27 m
3.29 p. m. ,.. ,o1 ,,.oa n m
For For rupert , weekdays 7.27. ii.ss a. M 1920
s.29, 700, p. N.
TRAINS FOR BLOOMsBURG,
Leave New York via Philadeaphia s'oo
m andvi Easton y.1Oa. m.
Leave Philadelphia i0.2ls. m.
Leave Reading l2.lbp. IN.
Leave Pottsviilei i9.55 p. Ia.
Ieave wiliiamsport weekdays lo.OG q m, 4so
Leave Cstawissa weekdays, $50, $50 a. m.
''i Leave Rupert, weekdays GA, s.2s, 11.4O a,
IN. .sS, $40 6.2l p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY X X.
From Chestnut Street Ferry.
For South st. see timetables at stations.
WEEKDAYS.
ATLANTIC CITY. ATLANTIC CITY CAPE MAY
7.30 n m Lei 400 D. m. EXP. OCEAN CITY
900 a. IN. EXP (60 Mlnutesl $3.50 a. IN
il:2O a. m. EXP. Son p. IN. EXP. 4:I5 %. m
200 p. m EXP. o:u y. IN. Lcl. 500 p. IN.
"io y. ~. Esp SEA ISLE CITY
SUNDAYS. $40 a, m
ATLANTIC CITY ATLANTIC CITY. CAPE MAY
OCEAN CITY
s.OO q m Lei 500 n. M, Lei, AND SEA ISLE
900 =. m. Exp. 7:l5 p. m. EXP. CITY:
1000 a. M. Evp S:45 a. m
Detailed time tables at ticket offlces, 18th and
Chestnut St.s., 1874 Chestnut st, lOOo Cnestnut
St., 500 South 3rd St., 1869 Market St., ana al
Stations.
union Transfer Company will call for and
check baggage from hotels and residences.
A. II. DICE, EPSON j. WEEKS,
Cen,l Supt, Gen'l Pass. Agt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07
For Cuts and Bruises,

Melt together one pint Of olive oil
and half an ounce each of beeswax
an ounce of camphor and an ounce of
powdered borax. This is excellent
for cuts or bruised portions where
the skin Is taken off.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07
Mrs. Sage's Gift a Million.

New York. Feb. 6.-Mrs. Russell
Sagc's gift to the Emma Willard
School. in Troy. was $1.O0O.O0O In
stead Of 100000. as was made pub
recently. Robert w. De Forest,
counsel for Mrs. Sage, admitted that
the larger amount had been given.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07

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This machine can be seen at the
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07
Alger Estate Left to Family.

Detroit. Mich, Feb. 5.--The will
of Senator Alger leaves all Of mis- es-
tate, excepting $4,000. to his Wild
ow and Ave children. Three local
iIstitutions are left total of
$4,000,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07

Blackberries are valuable In all
cases Of diarrhea.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-02-07

Trains No. q and 22, mixed, second:class.
I Daily except sunday. / Daily Sunday
only. Flag stop. W. G. SNYDER, Supt
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-11-08

~" 10 WV " 'i'tDttt.
hands, beautifully soft and white,
flashed over the board. She dealt rap
idly, unfaltcringly, with the finish of
n bred to the cards, handling chips
and coppers with the peculiar manner
isms that spring from long practice.
1t IA seen that she never looked ut
her check rack. but when a bet re-
quired paying picked up IA stack with
out turning her head, and they saw
further that she never reached twice
nor took n large pile and sized 1t UP
against it's mate, removing the extra
disks, as Is the custom. When she
stretched forth her hand, she grasped
the right number unerringly. This is
considered the acme of professional
finish, and the Bronco Kid smiled de-
llghtedly as he saw the wonder spread
from the lookout to the spectators and
heard the speech of the men who stood
on chairs and tables for sight Of the
woman dealer.
For twenty minutes she continued,
until the place became congested, and
never once did the lookout detect an
error.
While she was busy Glenister enter.
ed the front door and pushed his way
back toward the theater. He was wor.
rled and distract. his manner perturbed
and unnatural. Silently and without
apparent notice he passed friends who
greeted him.
What ais Glenister tonightT' asked
q bystander. "He acts funny"
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-11-08

a legal standpoint It's appalling. I'm
told. But what is to he done: What's
the game; That's the thing. What
mind, for it's all my fault. didn't
think 1t meant anything like this or
I'd have made a fight for possession
Il stood them off at least. As it Is,
my partners sore and he's gone to
drinking first time in twelve years.
He says | gave the claim away. and
now it's up to me and the Almighty
to get it back. Ii he gets full he'll
drive Il four horse wagon into some
church or go up and pick the judge to
pieces with his fingers to see what
makes him 20 round"
What We they got against you and
D~eXtry-some grudge" she questioned.
No. no. Were not the only ones in
trouble: they've jumped the rest of the
good mines md put this McNumara. in
as receiver on all of them, but that's
small comfort. The Swedes are crazy.
They've hired all the lawyers in town
and are numbering more good Amer.
lean language than would fill Bering
strait. De il in favor of getting our
friends together and throwing the re.
ceiver off. He wants to kill somebody,
but we can't do that. They've got the
soldiers To- fall back on. We've been
warned that the troops are instructed
to enforce the courts action. l don't
know what the plot is. for | can't be-
iieve the old judge is crooked-the girl
wouldn't let him
Girl"
Cherry Malotte leaned forward
where the light shone on the young
mans worried face.
The girl? What girl? Who is she?"
Her voice had lost its lazy caress, her
lips had thiuncd. Never was IA wom'
ans face more eloquent, mused CLIENTS
ter as he noted her. Every thought
hed to this window to peer forth, fear
ful, Iustful. hateful, as the case might
be. He had loved to play with her in
the fOrmer days, TO work upon her pas
sionS and watch the changes, TO note
her features mirror every varying emo.
ton from tenderness to ~hippancy, from
anger to delight. and at his bidding to
see the pale cheeks glow with loves
fire, the eyes grow heavy. the dlinty
lips invite kisses. Cherry was a per-
feet little spoiled animal, he rejected,
and a very dangerous one.
What girlY' she questioned again,
and he knew beforehand the look that
went with it.
THE girl intend to marry" he said
slowly, looking her between the eyes.
He knew he was cruel-he wanted to
be. 1t satisfied the clamor and turmoil
within him, while he also felt that the
sooner she knew and the colder 1t left
her the better. He could not note the
effect Of the remark on her, however,
for as he spoke the door of the box
opened, and the head Of the Bronco
Kid appeared, then retired instantly
with apologies.
wrong STALL" he said in his slow
voice. Looking for another party"
Nevertheless his eyes had covered ey-
cry inch of them-noted the drawn cur
tains and the breathless poise Of the
woman, while his ears had caught part
Of Glenister's speech.
lro ~ s-oNsssusn.I t9s
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-11-08

Is he who has never persevered In soly.
Ing It's mysteries nor speculated upon
the systems of beating It. From
those who have learned 1t, the game de-
mands practice, dexterlty and cool
ness. The dealer must run the cards,
watch the many shifting bets, handle
the neatly piled checks, figure light
ninglike the profits and losses. It was
his unerring, clocklikc regularity In this
that had won the Kid his reputation.
This night his powers were taxed. He
dealt silently, scowlingly, his long white
fingers ~nervously caressing the cards.
This prcoccupation prevented his no.
tlcing the rustic and stir of a new.
conner who had crowded up behind him
until he caught the wondering glances
OF those In front and saw that the
lsraelite was staring past him, his
money forgotten, his eyes beady and
sharp, his ratlikc teeth showing in a
grin Of admiration. Swcde Sam glarcd
from under his unkempt shock and felt
uncertainty toward the open collar of
his flannel shirt where a kerchief
ohOuiu uuNt bctll, lie men WHO were
standing gazed at the wco some
with surprise, others with q half smile
of recognition.
Bronco glanced quickly over his
shoulder, aud AS he did so the breath
caught in his throat. but for only an
instant. A girl stood so close beside
him that the lace of her gown brushed
hIa dInnpn IL xyn al, Al.D. 81 A..
moment and dropped a card, then nod
ded to her, speaking quietly as he
stopped to regain the pasteboard:
'IIowdy, Cherry
She did not answer, only continued
to look ut the layout" what a
woman he thought. She was not too
tall, with smoothly rounded bust and
hips and long waist, all well displayed
by her perfectly fitting garments. Her
face was oval, the mouth rather large,
the eyes Of dark. dark blue, prominent
ly outlined under thin. silken lids. Her
dull gold hair was combed low over
the ears. and her smile showed rows
OF sparkling teeth before it dived into
twin dimples. Strangest of all, it was
an innocent face, the face and smile OF
schoolgirl.
The Kid finished his shutting awk-
-r --.,~~. p. .
wardly and slid the cards into the box.
Then the woman spoke:
LET me have your place, Bronco"
The nan gasped, the Jew snickered,
the lookout Strengthened in his chair.
Better not. It's u hard game said
the Kid, but her voice was imperious
as she commanded him:
Hurry up. Give mt your place"
Bronco arose, %whereupon she set
tied in his chair. tucked in her skirts,
removed her gloves and twisted into
place the diamonds on her hands.
what the devils thls?" said the
lookout roughly. Are you drunk.
Bronco? Get out Of that chair, MISS"
She turned to him slowly. The inno-
cence had fled from her features. and
the big eyes flashed warningly. A
change had coarsened her like a puff
of air on a still pool. Then, while she
stared at him. her lids dropped dan
gerously and her lip curled.
Throw him out, Bronco" she said.
and her tones held the hardness Of a
mistress to her slave.
That's all right the Kid treasured
the lookout. shes a better dealer
than | am. This Is Cherry Malotte."
Without noticing the stares this
evoked. the girl commenced. Her
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-04-13
APPROVE NEW FRENCH LAW.
Youth of the Country Emancipated
by Measure.

"The youth of France" says a Paris
paper, "applauds the French law.
makers because of the bill which was
recently passed wipins out veneer.
able clause in the Code Napoleon.
The new law provides that "a mar
riage contract may be entered into be-
tween man and a woman, each being
Fl years DID," without the consent Of
the parents of either. This" says the
French writer, rs long step toward
the equality of man with woman. The
woman, accC ding to the old law, was
fully competent to make a marriage
agreement at 81, but the man, al.
though of age in all other respects at
that time of his life, was compelled to
wait four years If at 81 his parents
refused to consent to his marriage.
Children love their parents just as
much as trey ever did" says the
writer, but the abrogation Of the law
shows that the day of blind submissive
ness is over and that the word sub
ject' applied in the family or the state
has bad and musty taste"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-04-13

THE REPUBLICANS logic may be
faulty, but though the fault were
greater than those biologists find in
the Wasatch mountains, the local
democratic organ could not well point
the way. The state Of mind that en-
ables the Journal to see an immaculate
Apostle in one 1t dubbs "disreputabe
machine politician" Il "boss" with
a "foul and mucky shrine" is hardly
capable OF delivering sound judg-
mant on any matter But that Is,
ever has been, and ever will be the
reasoning OF the democratic press in
all matters Of public concern. The
same logic that enables the Journal to
make a good Apostle out of a man it
insists is vile politically is the same
sort OF reasoning that enables 1t to
stand each campaign for men who
advocate principles exactly the oppo-
site to those affirmed as divine by men
who made the platform two or four
years previous 1t is the same sort OF
logic that enabled the democratic
press to stand for Grover Cleveland, a
gold standard man, one campaign, and
then for VIM. Jennings Bryan, a free
silver man, the following campaign
1t is the same sort of logic that de-
mands free trade, a flooding OF the
home market with cheap foreign made
goods and yet expects the unemployed
American workingman to have money
TO meet his obligations. And that
sort Of logic would pass judgment on
the "trend OF THE REPUBLICANS
logic"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-04-13
Deterior lion Of the Mastiff.

In an article entitled "Dogdom's
Four Hundred" by X. F. Mayhem, in
Everybody's, the writer deplores the
mastiff's loss of prestige:
Some breeds there are" he writes,
that have been driven into obscur.
ity by the unbridled craving of breed
ers for particular properties. Most
lamentable of these is the case Of
the mastiff, who, 10 or 20 years ago,
was the king of the heavy brigade.
Size and massive heads became the
alpha and omega of the breeders. In
crease in S > resulted in numbering,
overfed apathetics, and could not get
out of their own way and only by
an effort co-'d support their catfish
carcasses or sprawling legs and splay
feet. And l.. the intensity of desire
to produce massive heads the hither
end of the wretched animal was for.
gotten, and paralyzed or semipar.
alyzed headquarters were the result.
Hence the downfall Of the mastiff and.
in a measure, of the st. Bernard.
Their former position in the dog
world is now occupied by the Great
Dane deerhound and the Russian wolf
hound"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-04-13
G-WINDED BORES
FEW SToRY.TElLERs KNOW
WHEN TO QUIT.
General Forgetfulness Of the Fact
That "Brevity Is the Soul Of Wit"
Widow Bedott a Good
Example.

"a little party of us the other night
at one of the clubs endured an inflic-
ton in the shape of a story teller
who did not know when to quit said
a member of one of the prominent
New York clubs. IF he had been able
to make serial of his narrative,
with the thrilling points at the chap
ter ends and given 1t In broken doses.
one or two chapters at a time, his
story might not have been so hard to
endure, but the trouble was that
he had to tell 1t all and all about it,
and as he was man whom no one
would care to offend, his listeners
were outwardly placid and inwardly
profane.
Memory for detail is an excellent
thing to have If you are in business
involving a great many small mat
ters, and, indeed, most callings are of
this character, but the man or woman
whose memory Is SO tenacious that
It brings up by association a host of
particulars clustered round an event
and insists on telling them all, Is one
of the worst nuisances known to So
ciety. In Flush Times In Mississip-
pi,' an old book of southern river sto-
rles, there is character endowed
with such memory and his acquaint-
ances sometimes inflicted him on a
newcomer by inducing him to tell the
earthquake story. The principal fea
ture OF this narrative wns the fact
that nobody had ever heard the end OF
II, for there were so many little sto.
ries hanging to 1t that had to be told
first, and the narrator wandered out
of the main road into so many devi.
GUS paths and byways that something
always happened to break off the
story before the denouement was
reached While the yarn was
out one by one and leave the stranger
to his fate.
The WidCw Bedott is a first.class
example of ole of these particular
memories at its best, or, rather, worst,
for she could not tell how the late
lamented said We are all poor crit.
ters' without also telling about a
thousand other things that occurred
TO her while jogging along toward the
end of her journey.
Most of us have Widow Bedotts in
our own acquaintances, some of us
have heard stories like the earth.
quake story, but nobody ever listened
long to Widow Bedott or the teller
of never.ending story without won
dering how people like these ever get
through life at all, or how they sue
coed in telling anything, The fault
is o. Of mental perspective; to them
all occurrences are of equal impor.
lance, all objects are of the same
size and so they find it impossible to
make a selection, and try to tell
everything"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-04-13
THE LIFE OF SERVICE.
Merelful Sentence That Was Passed
Upon Man by the Creator.

II was merciful sentence which
the Creator passed upon man for his
disobedience In the sweat of thy
face shalt thou eat bread" for to the
punishment itself he stands indebted
for health, strength, and all the en-.
joyment of life. And, though, the
ground was pronounced cursed for his
disobedience, yet Is that curse so or.
dered to be the punishment, chiefly
and almost solely of those who, by in.
temperance or sloth, inflict +. upon
themselves. The stoutest timber
stands on Norwegian rocks, where
tempests rage and long, hard winters
reign The muscles are seen most
fully developed in the brawny arm
that plies the blacksmith's hammer.
Even so the most vigorous and
healthy piety is that which is the
busiest, which has its hands full Of
good works, which has neither time
nor room for evil, but, aiming at
great things both for God and man,
promptly and summarily dismisses
temptation with Nehemiah's answer,
Il have a great work to do, therefore,
| cannot come down. "-Montreal Her.
aid
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-04-13
RAISES CHICKS IN KITCHEN.
Philadelphia Man Has New and Pay
ing Industry.

Realizing the demand for early
chickens and knowing that they com.
mand good r"ices, a West Philadelphia
dentist, who is much interested in
poultry raising, is trying the novel ex-
pertinent of raising chickens in his
kitchen. He expects TO have from 80
to 40 broilers by the first of June, aud
II they weigh more than two pounds
each by that time there will be a good
market for { EN- at 80 cents per pound.
The doctor, rrofiting by his experience
Of last winter, decided to try a new
game this year. He set several hens
near the furnace in the cellar in Janu-
airy, and one hatched out 10 chicks.
AS soon as patched the chickens were
taken to the kitchen and placed In a
specially &C .ructed CO .Je. He says
they need al. the room they can have.
About the middle OF March the chick
ems can go outside. AS the doctor has
not lost s'~gle chicken, he Is led to
believe that he has found a way to
raise early chickens, and says he ex-
poets to set every hen he has in the
cellar next Inter. lie also intends
to enter the duck and goose business
on small scale. A grocer who sells
to the best trade has promised to buy
every fowl t.e doctor raises and pay
the highest prices.-Philadelph Rec
ord.