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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
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TREES OF CALIFORNIA.
The Sequo;a There Grows 400 Feet
High and 20 In Diameter.

High ami 20 In Diameter.
The sequola ner. in humboldt is
.hc tallest tree in the United States.
But the tourist from the East or
West knows it not. What would
he say to the information that in
the northwest of California grows
a mighty continuous for-st of these
great trees and that 1t takes days
to travel merely from end to END of
that forest. which is longer than the
distance from Boston to New York
or from St. Louis to Chicago. Yet
such Is tsS case.
On tho ridges and flats of Hum
bodt IL tise forest. and of that for
est the tIees grow to 26 feet In
diameter and tawer 400 feet in the
sky. Do ycr know what those fig
ures mean. Measure the room in
,hich you are now sitting. If it is
very large room the longest d.
mensions would just cont" in one OF
these trtNks. Look out of your
window and zee the people more
than d city block away. That is
the distance from which one sees
the topmost bough OF these stupend-
Gus giants.
The redwood of California is the
great tree of the Pacific coact. TWO
thousand acres of 1t exist in ore
gon along the Chetoo River. South
OF the ChS1c, continuous redwood
belt begins and increases in width
from ten miles at Del Norte county
TO eighteen or twenty miles and
keeps on unbroken to southern
Humboldt county. Here Is gap
but in Mendocino the belt becomes
dense aga!n and widcns out to thlr-
ty-fve miles. South of that county
the tree e1,ows In isolated patches.
The climate and topography or
northern California have brought
about this limited distribution.
North and south along the coast In
nearly parallel ridges lie the noun
tains OF the Coast Range, steep ana
rising to attitudes of 1000 20 1000
feet A few large rivers, the Smith
Klamath. Mad. Eel, Russian ana
many smaller streams cut through
them to enter the sea, and along
their courses In PAGES are broad
bottom lands and gentle slopes.
West Of the Coast Range the eli
mate is even and moderate, with a
temperature running from Just be-
low freezing to eighty degrees.
snoy lies on the tops Of only the
highest ridges. Thirty to sixty
inches Of rain falls in the autumn
| and winter, and during the sum
mer sea fog bathes the coast.
But east Of the mountains. less
tan fifty miles from the sea, lie hp'
interior valleys never visited Dy
fog. parched and rainless IN sum
| NOR and wet only occasionally ny
| the winter rains-condltiohs 'Je
| unfavorab,e to permit the gTo"ti
| Of redwood. 1t requires very lttie
| from the soil except that II DC
moist 1t Is SO dependent or
| moisture of the air that this factor
r.alnly or wholly determines its $
tribution end the eastern limits @
the forests are determined by th'
distance inland 20 which sea fos
may drift.
There are two types Of the tree
that which gro~'s Cn the hills'des
srd the second, which grows OF
the fats along the rivers ah'
streams. The usual type is hat o
the slope, that is the growth fouA'
OF. the steep sides of the coas
ranges, and side by side with IN
relwoo. grow other trees, such Z
rod FIR tanbark oak. white hr an
L
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
SOUTH WARD 8

Trains No q and % mixed, second class.
Daily except sunday. Daily sunday
only. ( Flag stop. W. G. SNYDER, supt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
DRESSY DRAPED BLOUSE.

DRESSY DRAPED BLOUSE.
hu effect and filled in with an under
blouse Of fine all-over lace. In addi-
ton to the lace. the model is trim
med with smart little ribbon velvet
bows.
The armholes are large and formed
by an artistic drapins of the chiffon.
AS matter of fact the sleeves are
long and close-fitting, being made
of lace.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Seventy Miles Of Pies.

A woman of Boston has been cell
ebrating her golden anniversary"
as cook. Durin., forty years out
of the Atty she has been employed at
one restaurant for which she has
baked no fewer than $4,000 pies.
n local statistician has estimated
that these pies, IL laid out in row.
confesses also to the manufac-
ture of 7SS.000 puddings and g.
5000 doughnuts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06

One good thing about bad habits
is how you wouldn't enjoy life II you
broke yourself Of them
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Cause for Indignation.

A little girl came hon. flushed
with indignation becaus- she had
II en- kept in" to correct her sums.
Mamma, I'll never speak to Jen-
lie Smith again as long as live.
she exclaimed.
why, what has Jennie Smith
done to deserve that?"
'Because--well, because / copied
eli her arithmetic, and every sum
of hers was wrong. Judge,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Dressy Draped Blouse.

The problem of an evening toilette
is being solved to a great extent by
the use of the separate blouse OF
dressy design. An attractive model
is shown here carried out in palest
blue chiffon, having the front and
back draped across the figure in fis-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06

She-"So your wife refused to
marry you when you first proposed
to her. Did you keep on pursuing
ler till she consented?"
He-"Not much! | went out and
made fortune. When | came back
it was she who did the pursuing. -
Life.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Columbia g. Montour RI. Ry.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT
Inne l 1oo4. and Until EuIlher tlee.

Iune 1904, and until uIthet uSe'
Carsleave Bloom for Espy, Almedia, Line
Ridge, Berwick and intermediate points as
follows;
A. NJ. 1890, $40, 6:2o, 100, 7;4o, $50,
90, o:4o, 1920, I1;oo, II:4o.
Pm. 1870, 100, 1910, 2 20, 800, 3:4o
4.2o, $500, $40, 6'2o, 700, u: 40 $3.50, 9'oo
*(o:4o) Io:2o *I1:oo)
Leaving depart from Berwick one hor
from time as given above, commencing =
6:oo a. m
Leave Bloom for Catawissa A. NJ. 5:3"
6:Is, t7:oo, 1890, $500, tIo:oo, III
1900
Z. NJ. 1900, f2:co, 900, 400, 500, 600,
t7:oo, 500, $500, Io:2o, *(II:oo)
Cars returning depart from Catawissa 40
minr'estrom timea givenabove.
First car,leaves Market,Square for Berwick
on Sundays at 700 a. m.
First car,for Catawissa Sundays 700 a. m.
First car from Berwick for Bloom Sundays
leaves at $500 a. m.
First car leaves Catawissa Sundays at
7 80 a. m.
SFrom Power House.
Saturday night only.
tP. 4. K. Connection.
WIN. TERw1LLIGER,
Superintendent
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
Eloomsburg & Sullivan
Railroad.
NORTH WARD.

Taking Effect Feb'y Ist, 1905, 1905 a. m.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-06
~tI}lW

Veterinary Specifies cure diseases
of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs and
Poultry by acting directly on the SICK PARTS
without loss of time.
A.A. }FENERS, Congestion., 1nnamms-
CURES hons, Lung Fever, Milk Fever.
u: U: sPRAINs, Lamcncss. Injuries.
SC,;;,Cr; C.; G; }sDME THROAT, Quinsy, Ep,nootic.
q; eSRss y; WORMS. Bots. Grub..
CURES Lungs. .Pieuro-Pneumonin.
R.F. COLJC. Beiiyache, wind.BIovn,
CURES Disrrhes. Dysentery.
&C. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
Mim; aIRHs KIDNEY & BLADDER DusoRpERs.
IL (sKIN DISEASES. Mango. Er.p,,ops.
cuRrs) Ulcers, Grease, Farcy.
J.K. lPAD CONDITION, Staring Coat.
CURES INDIGESTION. Stomach stssgers.
coc. each Stable Case, Ten Specifics, Book, &C., a.
Az druggists or sent prepaid receipt Of price
Humphreys Medicine Co.. Cor. william and Johr
Streets, New York.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
Letting Cuba Alone.

Recently the New York Sun, which
has all along paid special attention to
Cuban affairs, took issue with the poll
cy of this government to turn the is
land back into native control early
merit year. The Sun believes that such
a course would lead to disturbance and
a third Intervention. It is generally
conceded that another Intervention
would mean permanent American con-
troll. Americans and Cubans alike are
agreed that third intervention should
be avoided.
It should be noted that the Sun has
generally taken an optimistic view Of
the commercial possibilities of Cuba.
It's correspondents have spread abroad
Mere the notion that the Cubans do not
like the idea Of American supremacy
in island affairs, whether the local gov
eminent is native or American, and at
the same time have freely exposed the
weaknesses Of the Cuban rule. If the
information given in its columns dur
ing the past few years is correct, it
seems a question whether Cuba will
ever be quiet and prosperous If let
alone. In that case the sooner the
trouble comes to a head and is finally
settled the better for all concerned.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
Experts on the NAVY.

At the outset of the Investigation
into the Reuterdahl charges as to the
weakness Of our warships the senate
committee int1mated that the charges
were not taken seriously in Washing
ton. The chairman Of the committee
apologized to the admirals who were
called to testify and pronounced the
charges absurd" It transpired in the
first hour Of the inquiry that Artist
Reuterdahl had merely given publicity
to views and criticisms freely express
ed among naval officers, which prove
to be nothing more or less than differ
ences Of opinion.
The absurdity Of charges made in
the magazine article which attracted
the attention Of the whole country was
exposed by Admiral Converse in the
matter Of the lower guns of the ships
being rendered useless because the YES
sells lie too low in the water He said
that the ships sailed for the Pacific
loaded for a long voyage and that
when the superfuous weight came to
be removed to place the ship in battle
trim she would be raised thirty inches
or more. AS to the armor belt being
"awash' or below water, as alleged,
two admirals declared that there is not
ship in the navy that would have
less than eleven inches of her armor
belt above water, even when carrying
her bunkers full of coal. It was fur
Their explained that in the construction
Of every new ship the plans are chang
ed or modified according to the latest
experience with ships already in COM
mission. Sometimes speed is sacri-
feed to insure greater firing efficiency,
and again firing efficiency is secondary
where the two clash, so that we really
have ships for every emergency.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05

a. leading lawyer Of New York who
has investigated the subject says it is
appalling to learn the number of COL
lege graduates Of long standing who
are today filing clerical positions at
$40 or So a week. For many years,
he says, it has been possible in New
York city to employ at $40 to SIP a
week large numbers of lawyers of over
ten years standing who were gradu-
ates of both college and law school,.
Doubtless these statements will lead
to differences prejudicial to college ed
ucation, but it will be very difficult to
convince sensible persons that young
man with such an equipment is not in
better case to win in the battle of life
than without it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
(F'irst Pub. Mar. 81
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Probate of Will.

ESTATE OF ANDREW UMBEHOCKER.
State of Minnesota, County Of Mile Lacs
In Probate Court.
In the matter OF the estate of Andrew
Umbehocker. decedent.
The state OF Minnesota to al! persons inter-
ested in the allowance and probate OF the will
OF said decedent. The petition OF Bessie UNI
behocker having been filed in this court.
representing that Andrew Umbehocker, then a
resident Of the county OF Mile Laos, state of
Minnesota died on the 25th day OF February
1908 leaving last will and testament which is
presented to this court with said petition, and
praying that said instrument be allowed as
the the last WIN and testament Of said decedent,
and that letters testamentary be issued there
on to Bessie Umbehocker now
Therefore, You, and Each OF You, are hereby
cited and required to show cause il any YOU
have, before this court at the probate court
rooms in the court house. in the village of
Princeton in the county Of Mile Laos. state Of
MID minnesota, on the thirtieth day Of March
l9Os, at 2oclock p. M, why said petition
should not be granted. 1
Witness, L. S. Briggs, Judge of said court.
1908. T. s RRTccS' "a on'
NCOuIt seal Probate Judge.
CHAS. A. DICKEY
Attorney for Petitioner.
Princeton. MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
Fighting Fog and Hail.

An 1Cdllan engineer mas offered to
secure immunity for London from the
dense fogs which occasionally enyelop
her and paralyze her traffic, and as he
asks for financial aid to demonstrate
his theories the London county council
has declined his offer. Writing of this
fog problem, Consul General Wynne Of
London says:
In replying to the report which made
| light Of the theory that fogs could be
driven away by the discharge of cannon
| civil and electric engineer informs the
writer that the inventor of the fog dis
peller has never claimed to be able to
displace the atmosphere in order to pre-
vent the fog from forming or to drive it
away when once formed. His theory is
| quite different and the work to do very
simple. He states that in order to pre-
vent the phenomenon from taking place
it suffices to destroy the atmospheric
equilibrium which exists at the moment
when the fog forms and which lasts as
long as the fog lasts. The inventor states
| that the tranquility of the atmosphere
| is the sole cause Of fog. His purpose is
to produce movement In the air MOLE
| cules. This movement is easily obtained
by means of vibrations Of the atmosphere
In order to produce molecular movement
| in 100 tons of metal it is not in the least
| necessary to displace the mass of metal
| it Is sufficient to strike it with a hammer
to put the molecules Of the entire mass in
vibration.
The inventor quotes the case of hail
in France, where a discharge at the
right moment has often dispersed
gathering storm. According to a re-
Gently issued report Of the District
Vlticulture society Of Lyons, France,
it appears that in the ten years pre-
ceding the use of protection against
hail the losses to crops amounted to
about $2,60O,000. In the six following
years they amounted only to 100000,
| and it is here stated that ''all the slight
failures sustained were invariably due
to the relaxation Of discipline on the
part of the firers, who allowed them
selves to be taken unawares."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
Helping the Helpless.

It Is safe to predict that response
to the pleas Of the unemployed, whose
idleness has been forced upon them
by business depression, will be very
liberal. The wageworkers have help
ed to create what property there is in
the country, and the American people
are too fair minded, to say nothing of
their proverbial generosity, to allow any
honest workingman or his family to
live in want. And with the lesson of
suffering, actual or threatened, be-
cause of idle hands it may be we'll to
cast about for means to place the
great mass beyond the need of period
ical lifts.
Poverty traceable to idleness is work
ing mischief in this country all the
time, but it is not always in the lime
light, as at present. The cities have Il
contingent of people whose excuse for
idleness and for seeking aid from the
public is that they have no work.
Some Of them wouldn't work if they
had chance, and many of them can
not do any of the work which can be
provided for them. 1t is difficult to tell
which is the greater distress, that of
the willing mechanic with no job or
that of the equally willing man with
Jobs waiting on all sides and he not
able to earn dime a day at any one
OF them. The idle mechanic may at
least hope for better times. For the
other, times are as good as they will
ever be.
1t has been demonstrated with indi-
viduals and with multitudes that it is
all but useless to transfer idle work
ers from the cities to the country.
Whatever smattering of practical
knowledge they may have, they are
insists on a farm. The whole atmos-
phere of the country is foreign to their
temperament. Life in a farmhouse is
only a punishment, and they are as
uneasy as Hottentot would be in a
land where people live in houses and
wear clothes. Even city children lack
the kind Of nerves that can make life
tolerable for them and for their asso-
ciates in the country. There remains
colonizing as a scheme to benefit the
idle Of the cities. Some of them
could make wages in factories, and
perhaps good percentage would learn
outdoor work if they could keep their
families with them. A colonizing sys-
tenn would give the children the coun-
try habit, and probably the second
generation would grow up to be self
supporting and to breed a race of mill
and farm workers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
Hawaii's Defenses.

Hawaii is so obviously the key to the
the first news following a declaration
Of war. Evidently the president was
well advised when he urged the early
fertilization Of that point Of vantage.
His information is not the public's,
but the facts speak for themselves.
Hawaii could not be more fortunately
situated as base for naval enemy
Of the United States. Operating from
Hawaii a strong and watchful enemy
could keep the army and navy of the
United States busy without threaten
ing other coasts Of this country.
But having Hawaii adequately forti-
fed for it's destiny and a naval force
to cooperate with the land defenses
the United States might laugh at the
attempt of any power, except possibly
England, to attack us on the Pacific
coast. Oriental fleets could not make
the round trip across the Pacific with
out recoaling, and European fleets,
with the single exception Of that of
England, have no nearby bases, while
the countries south Of US have no
ships. In our own hands Hawaii can
be made mighty weapon for defense.
In other hands it could be used with
terrible effect against us. That is the
situation in q nl1tSho11
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
The Dead Bard's Reviewers.

The death of the poet Stedman at
the beginning Of the year and a few
months after the passing Of Aldrich,
who was generally considered his su-
perior in verse, naturally brought to
the fore the question, How much, if
any, of Stedman's work will live? In
his threefold capacity as "poet, critic
and man of AFFAIRS" says writer in
the New York Sun, Edmund Clarence
Stedman was a good specimen Of the
manhood Of America, Of that paradox
ical race which is at once the most
ideal loving and the hardest working
Of the nations" Colonel Thomas Went
worth Higginson thinks that Sted-
mans "Kearny at Seven Pines'' will
be one Of the few poems of the civil
war that will last. Scarcely any Of the
longer poems from his pen will live in
the opinion of this reviewer
William Stanley Braithwaite, writ
ing in the Boston Transcript, treats Of
Stedman, Stoddard and Aldrich as
three American poets who held the
younger generation to the age Of EN-
erson. This reviewer thinks that If,
as has been declared, Stoddard was a
lesser Bryant and Aldrich a lesser
Longfellow, Stedman was a lesser
Whittier and also a greater Whittier
This last argument is sustained by the
opinion that, whereas Whittier only
CHANGED at intervals to be a perfect
artist, Stedman was always a perfect
artist. Of the three poets Stedman
left the more definite impression upon
the popular mind in several lyrics
which are almost as familiar as some
Of the better known Of our older
poets"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
The Popularity of the Skunk.

Furs are not likely to depreciate in
value, and skunk has always been
more or less popular. The statement
that a skunk farm has been esta blished
in some locality has always been
received with derision on account of
the odium with which a skunk is held
when alive. But there is quite a
difference between a skunk alive and
a skunk dead and stripped of it's
pretty fur. Why the raising of
skunks should not be carried on scien-
ti6cally has not been demonstrated,
and as the business promises a large
amount of profit number of young
men residing in Duluth have decided
to operate skunk farm in the neigh
borhood of Beaver Bay. The state
of Maine derives revenue of from
l25, 0o0$ to $4,000 a year from the
skunkjndustry. Fully $4,000 gallons
of skunk oil are raised every year in
that state and there is a steady de-
mand for it on account of the curative
properties it is said to have for
rheumatism. An average skunk pro-
duces one quart of oil, and the fur
or skin always demands good price.
Skunks are almost as prolific as
guinea pigs, and can live on as little
as any known animal except the goat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
State News.

Superintendent and managers of
electric plants throughout Minnesota
have organized a union.
On Squaw creek, in the town of Two
Inlets, Becker county, it is said that
the only colony of beavers in the state
is to be found.
James Godette, who murdered
Charles Williams near Big Falls in
August of last year, has been SEN
fenced at International Falls to life
Imprisonment.
The governor has offered reward
of $500 for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the murderers
of Bernard Roemer at his farmhouse
near Pippin, Wabasha county, on the
night of February 20.
Judge Page Morris of the federal
court holds that the only act under
which Indians can file for timber lands
in the White Earth reservation to
make 100 acres allowed by the law is
| the STEVENSON act. This decision
was obtained through two cases pre-.
sented by G. B. Edgerton of 81. Paul
after the interior department had de.
cided contests against his clients.
All questions under discussion
between the Northern Pacific road and
the telegraphers have been disposed
of. The old schedule will remain
under the new federal law, effective
March 4. The company reserves the
right to split "tricks' or consecutive
working hours, and will allow no
meal hours out of nine-hour trick.
Under the agreement the men will not
have to pay the premium on surety
bonds.
Five girls we're rescued from a fire
on the fifth floor of Boutelle Brothers
furniture store in Minneapolis on Sat.
urday morning. The blaze spread
through one end of the building and
filed the place with smoke. Five Of
| Gno employees we're overcome Dy the
smoke and we're carried out by the
elevator man. The fire was ex.
tinguished after an hours work by
the department. The damage is esti.
mated at 100000.
The First State bank of Clear
Lake, twelve miles south of St. Cloud,
on the Northern Pacific, was blown
by cracksmen at 2:10 a. m. on Friday.
The burglars secured $4,000 in cur.
rency. The safe and vault were
wrecked, and the damage to the build.
ing amounts to $1,000. The bank
carried ample burglar insurance. The
cracksmen made their escape on a
hand car. No one in the little town
was aroused by the explosion.