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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-07
Answers to Queries

SEVEN UP-G., Sacramento, Cal. In
game of seven up the dealer mis-
understands the player who calls for
card, which he shows. Is the next
player entitled 10 the card or should
1t be put back in the pack?
He is not bound to accept the card
that is shown.
POLL TAXA. c., Martinez. Cal. Are
county officers exempt from the pay
ment of poll tax? What is the age
limit for paying such tax? What is a
road taxi
The law Is that every male inhabi-
tant OF this state over 81 and under
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-07

so years of age, except paupers, insane
persons and Indians not taxed, must
pay annually a poll tax of 81. This is
a constitutional provision. Road tax
Is one provided by ordinance OF a
county.
COIN QUESTIONS-R. H. W.. City.
What is the premium on gold piece
of 1S49?
Persons desiring information about
the value of coins must follow the rule
OF this department, which is TO en-
close with the inquiry a stamped and
self addressed envelope. so the answer
may be sent by mail
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-07
Poet Writes Abed
Looking on Hills

1o.1 Joaquin Miller literary para
49, ~" grapher in the New York "iveso
LoohiHg OH HS hills overlooking and the
Golden He his lying pencil and pad
him. where he look his moves
him The essential thing and Mr. Miller use
simple words possible He calls fact that
only 3O an
his books about him. for he They do very to me
after 1 have finished them"
the Sun writer did the Poet Sierras to tell
hillside George Stirling Harry Cowen and their ht
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Impertinent Question No. So
What Is Fashion?

For the most original wtest this question-tbe
brefer the better-The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS
For the next FIVE answers The Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH. Pnze winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed the winners at once NIL
your answer short and SEND 1T ON A POST4T
CARD TO
TMPERTINENT QUESTIONS,
THE CALL.
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THE oUTLAWED FIREWoRK

n NE by the papersha vorite inspiration for
Mr. Dooey the plosopher-tha unusual number Of
" avaed themselves OF opportunities escape from their
impressions of urban fourth of July to fresh fields
where the recacke does the Chinese bomb dean
There be little doubt that independence day the city has
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Bishop P0tter'S
Pride of Race

Bishop Potter's l;s ~ I tt p 3 ~ ~ @ Dls ing tas I
FIIoC VI NdCc They the lay wear
OF the
of Episcopal bishops his pride noticeable
and told when
He objected ob Cora Urquart Poer upon stage
pleaded with call herself
his
the beautiful
anything world
accom OF prestige.
One of the' Potter can who also brought the family
prominence xldoa
splendid
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OCIETY is in a fearful fever over the
recent reports of the suggestion by
certain women's club sermonizers at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06

be said. The interment will be at Mount
Oiivet cemetery.
Mr.. Campbell died about noon yesterday
of bright's disease after having been a
constant sufferer for two months. He was
born at Lancashire. Blackburn county,
England but came to this country when
he was a mere youth. He travelled much
between Canada and Washington, and
was for q number o. years In business in
the northeastern section of the city He
was respected by all who knew him. His
wife died about five years ago, and two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06

was walking near the. Portland apartment
house shortly after dark. when NARROW
crept behind her. striking her heavy
blow on the back Of the head. telling her
to the ground. and rendering her uncon-
scious. STOPPING over, he grabbed her
pocketbook and ran away:
The defendant was remanded by Justice
Stafford to await sentence. The maxi
mum penalty under the code is fifteen
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06
DEATH OF GEORGE G. CAMPBELL.
Was for More Than Forty Years a
Resident Of District.

The funeral o, George c. Campbell, who
was for more than forty years q resident
OF the District of Columbia. will take
place at 1890 o'clock tomorrow morning
from the family residence, 10 Sd street
northeast, and thence to st. AlQysius
Church. where high mass of requiem will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06
Sudden Death.

Milo Thompson, colored. forty-eight
years of age. died suddenly last night at
his home in Deanwood. There had been
no physician in attendance and Coroner
hewitt was called upon to give a certin-
cate of death. He found that death had
resulted from natural causes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06
Bids for School Buildings.

Bids for the construction of a twelve
room public school building to be erected
on B street between 18th and 18th streets
southeast will be opened at noon tomor-
row in the board room at the District
Building. At the last session of Congress
the sum of 100000 was appropriated for
the purchase of site and the erection
of this building.
March Il proposals will be opened for
the construction Of q sixteen-roOm school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06

building in Mount Pleasant. for which
1925 900 has been appropriated. The plans
for these Schools have been drawn under
the supervision of the building inspectors
department. BY the terms of the contract
the construction of these buildings will
begin five days after the award of the
contracts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06
NARROW CONVICTED.
Colored Man Who Snatched Pocket
book demanded for Sentence.

John Fl. NARROW. colored. was convicted
in Criminal Court No. Of snatching
pocketbook from Miss jeanette Kelly Jam
uary ii last near the Portland apartment
house. Two colored men who were near
the scene Identified the defendant. !
According to the evidence. Miss Kelly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06

daughters, the Misses Minnie B. and
Anna Campbell survive him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06

London eats 10000 tons of fish /. year.
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SPECIAL PRICES FOR
SATURDAY,

SPECIAL PRICES FOR
SATURDAY.
Teaspoons, per set OF
Table Spoons. per set Of
slA ...'.-.... ...$ 30
Medium Forks. per set of
Butter Knives. DC
Sugar Shells. .Sc
$1.25 New Inverted Gas
Light, complete with mantle
and imported globe;
guaranteed. Sale 90
price on
soc Garbage Cans. of ex- :
ira grade triple-coated gal
vaniZed iron, with tight GOV
ers and riveted handles;
family size. Sale ,.20~
price. w
25c Water Pals. Of extra
grade triple-coated gal
vanized iron, with strong
bottoms and riveted handles:
1O-Quart size. Sale nA~
price. ............... tn
Quart bottle OF Strong
Household Ammonia. Only
two to customer. 2H/
bottle. ........ -. .S3N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06

5000 Imperial American
China Dinner Sets, conn.,
prislng breakfast. dinner
and tea dishes. 100 pieces;
dainty new shapes and two
attractive decorations in
f,owers and gold. Sc or
500 and $3.50 Wash
Boilers. In extra heavy char
coal tin, with strong copper
bottoms and riveted handles;
sizes 8 aud 8. They are
slightly dented. but are
guaranteed not to nQ~
leak. Sale price. -. YOU
$1.O Wash Tubs, OF ex-
ira heavy tripie-coated gal
vanized iron, with strong,
bottoms and riveted han
dies; largest size. They
have a few dents. but VIII
not leak. Sale Ano
price. .............. ~
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

Alfred Truman, a well-known
Jefferson county lumberman, tells
this story on the Philadelphia milk
man i'll The Brookville Republican
He says rich lawyer. name not
mentioned, keeps a fine stock of
dairy cows on the outskirts of the
city, and one day last summer some
poor children were permitted to go
over this farm, and at the close of
their inspection each child was Civ
Ell glass of milk from one of the
finest cows of the herd. How do
you like it, boys?" asked an attend
ant, when the little fellows had
drained their glasses. Fine! fne"
said one youngster, and after a
pause he added: Il wish our milk
man kept a cow"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18
Republican National Convention.

The Republican National Con-
vention is now in session in Chica-
go. That Taft will be nominated
for President is foregone conclu-
sion. Who the candidate for Vice
President will be is uncertain.
A fight is on over the adoption
of the platform, the chief struggle
being on the plank referring to the
use of injunctions in labor contro-
versies. Taft wants an anti in
junction plank, and many others
are afraid of its effect OH the labor
vote. That and money panic while
the Republican party is in full con-
troll of the government, are hard
nuts to crack.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18
DESPERATE CONDITIONS.

In the army the pull is mightier
than the sword by all odds. 1t is
no wonder that conditions in the
military service, as described by
Chairman Hull, of the house mill
tary committee, are desperate"
Mr.. HulPs son was made ma
jor and soon afterwards. lieutenant
colonel in violation of the rule of
promotion by seniority and merit.
The son-in-law of Senator Warren,
chairman of the senate military
committee, was promoted from the
rank of captain to that of biigadier
general at one bound, in violation
of the same rule. General Wood,
for being a chum of the president,
was raised from the rank or colonel
to that of major-general. Political
pull and personal favoritism have
filled the higher ranks of the army
with incompetepts; and this has dis
gusted the trained officers who have
been kept down by that vicious pol
icy.
1t is now proposed to conciliate
those professional military men by
raising their pay; or in other words,
by bribery. But the panic brought
on by the extravaganza and vicious
tariff and financial legislation of the
Republicans is likely to make the
bribery scheme impossible, and
many young officers will abandon
the army for civil life. The private
soldiers are already deserting by
scores.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18
Blind Tom" Dies.
Famous Negro Musician Entertained Thou.
sands for Years.

Blind Tom" famous negro mu'
sician, marvel of three generations
of playgoers, died last Saturday ir
Hoboken. N. J., where he had
been living for years in retirement
and subsisting on charity. Thomas
Wiggins is the name given in his
burial certificate but the surname
was one which the famous pianist
adopted. He was born a slave near
Columbus, Ga.
In early childhood Tom, who was
born entirely blind, and more than
half idiotic, showed himself re-
markably initiative, frequently steal
ing into the house of his master to
reproduce on the piano forte pieces
he had heard played by others. In
1861 he became so proficient on the
instrument that he was taken to
New York and exhibited as phe-
nomenon and later was widely
heard in the United States and Eu-
rope.
He played in Bloomsbury several
times. He drew large audiences,
and must have made much money
for somebody. 1t Is strange that
he should have died in poverty.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

Scarcity is urged by the Beef
Trust as the reason for driving up
prices. But the New York State
Association of the Master Butchers
of America retort that there are
plenty of cattle in Canada and Ar
gentina and if the duty cn them
were repealed they could be i'm
ported and the price of meat would
go down. The Master Butchers
have adopted resolutions to this eff
feet and sent copy of them to the
President, by whom they will re-
ceive as much attention as he is i'll
the habit of giving to efforts to
bring a little foreign competition to
bear OH the Trusts which have sup
pressed nearly all the domestic
competition.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18
Making the Home Attractive.

The modest country home, the
one we love to remember, can be
improved wonderfully by a few
days cleaning up. Straighten up
those crooked fence posts, and nail
on a few pickets where those are
missing. Dig up those old insight
ly ounce bushes in the front yard,
and remove the old dead cherry
tree that has been there as long as
you can remember. Take the grind
stone back in the barn yard or
workshop, and move the ash barrel
into the side yard, where you can
build shed over it, and allow
grandmother to make her soft soap,
just as she did fifty years ago.
Trim up those old ld-fashioned rose
bushes, and reset the hollyhocks
along the garden fence. Make a
new arbor for the beautiful honey
suckle vine, and level up the ground
little and sow some grass seed.
See if little generously applied
labor does not produce a marked
change, If the house is old and
dingy, and you cannot afford to re-
pair it and make it appear more
modern, you can add much to its
appearance in keeping the sur
roundings neat and attractive.
Flower seeds and bulbs are not ex.
pensive, and even if you do not
have the ready money to procure
them from the dealers, a little study
and labor on the part of those in
the home can produce a number of
attractive ornamentations to little
home. 1t is an easy matter to Sc
cure few of the more common
plants, and neat beds, with an old
hollow stump and several rustic
hanging baskets, and a rock mound
of native ferns, will completely
transform the dreary place into one
of comfort and real beauty.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18
Royal Arcanum DOings.
Arrangements Being Made for Iune Aeet-
ing OF Associated Councils.

The Associated Councils of the
Royal Arcanum of the Susquehan-
na Valley which is composed of tne
Royal Arcanum Councils of this
vicinity is progressing nicely.
Arrangements are being made
for the June meeting which will be
held with Lewisburg Council on
Thursday, June 25th.
Quite number of the Councils
embraced in this association are in
itiating new members and the old
members are taking a great deal
more interest in the meetings.
Utility and Williamsport Coun-
ellis of Williamsport, held Ladies
Night in May, at which entertain
ment was provided for the better
halves aud others who expect to
be later on.
Milton Council is arranging for a
picnic to celebrate Royal Arcanum
Day, and some of the other couu-
ellis are also arranging for celebra-
tions.
The members seem to be acting
on the theory that they want some
benefit while alive, as we'll as for
their families when they have pass
ed away.
The recent meeting of Supreme
Council at Chicago, which was at
tended by w. II. Druckemiller, of
Sunbury, president of the Associa-
ted Councils, and A. Laedlein, OF
Williamsport, two of the represen-
tatives from Pennsylvania, was very
satisfactory. The business affairs
of the order were found to be con-
Quoted on correct business princi.
pies and the order at large was in
| splendid financial condition and a
great deal of enthusiasm was dis.
played by the representatives pres
eut. Mr.. Druckenmiller was elect
ed to the office of Chaplain of the
Supreme Council.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18
Farmers Carry San Jose Scale.
Bring Infested Trees from a Distance Into
Their Own Orchards.

A. Woodward Stephens, orchard
inspector for the State department
of agriculture in this section, is
authority for the statement that
the farmers are careless in the mat
ter OF bringing trees infested with
the San Jose scale unto their farms.
Last week Mr.. Stephens was in.
specting orchards in the Muncy
hills-and, while that section is not
badly infested with the scale, he
found a numoer of places where
young peach and plum trees, badly
infested with the insect, had been
brought from farms at distance
or from town and planted in an or.
chard which had previously been
free from this much dreaded pest.
In other places the owner had
brought grating wood of choice
variety from distant orchard and
with it brought San Jose scale to
infest his trees.
The State is carefully inspecting
nurseries and licensing only those
where proper care is taken to send
out stock that is free from the
scale.
Mr.. Stephens suggests that the
farmers be very sure that the trees
which they intend to plant or the
wood they intend grating, no mat
ter where it comes from, be free
from the scale when they get it.
1t is difficult undertaking to con-
troll the scale when it gets into an
orchard. 1t is much easier to
keep 1t out by care in planting
only such trees as are free from it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

One of the claims of the Republi-
can party upon the suffrages of the
people is that if i, be intrusted
with another term of power it will
reform the de ects in the currency.
It's own financial authorities have
been pressing it to effect the re-
forms for many years, and it has
paid no attention to them until the
recent session, and all it could ac-
complish then was a sorry make
shift consisting of two discordant
schemes tackled together. Where
is the party going to get the wis
dom during the next four years
that it has not acquired during the
last four, or eight, or sixteen?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

Crop reports are so good now
that the mathematicians of the De-
partment of Agriculture have been
figuring on the amount of farm
wealth that will have been produc-
ed by the end of the season and con-
clude that it will fall not much
short of eight billion dollars. Two
years ago it was estimated to be a
little under seven billions and last
year it was very nearly seven and a
half billions. 1t will be seen, there
fore, that the aggregate is increas-
ing at the wholesome rate of about
five hundred millions a year. The
chief statistician says: Now the
ninth promising crop is practically
assured. Never have there been
nine such years of big yields and
high prices" But we have really
had twelve years Of agricultural
prosperity. 1t was the large wheat
crop of 1897 and the unusual for
eign demand that started the reviv-
al of business. There has hardly
been break in the large crops and
good prices since. There was one
small corn crop and one small cot
ton crop, but in both instances the
prices made the crops exceptionally
profitable to the farmers.
-.PAila. Ree0ra.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18
News of the Resorts.

Tie PhiIaaelphia Press has ar
ranged to print as usual, all the
latest news and gossip of the Sum
mer resorts. Seashore and noun
tain resorts will be equally we'll
covered. Tile PHiladeLphia Press is
always copiously illustrated with
excellent photographs and sketches.
1t is true newspaper in every
sense of the word. Read it every
day.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

The Lackawanna has asked for
bids for building proposed cutoff
between Lake Hopatcong and the
Delaware Water Gap, which when
completed will make the route from
New York to Buffalo ten miles
shorter, The proposed cutoff will
cost about $40, 900, 900, engineers
figure. 1t is said il will be one of
the most expensive pieces of road
ever built in the East.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

R. J. r. vanpson. of Dushore,
Sullivan county, has fac simile of
a document which is 6S years old,
but contains references which have
a familiar sound. 1t is an invita-
ton sent out for Harrison Reform
Dinner at Wilkes Barre, July a,
IS4o, in that famous campaign
which elected William Henry Har-
rison the ninth President of the
United States and placed new
party, with new political methods,
in power. Mr.. Thompson prizes
the fac simile very highly, as his
ancestors were prominently con-
nected with the campaign in Wilk-
es-Barre at that time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

The State Department of Fisher
les will place a large quantity of
sunfsh at the disposal of the State
Department of Health to place in
mosquito haunted streams this
summer. The sunhsh are now re-
ported as building their nests, and
a large crop of young ones are ex-
pected. AS soon as they are NOV
able they will be put into such To-
caities as DR.. Dixon's department
may designate.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18
INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.

Chas. P. Elwell announces that
he will be pleased to receive all
former pupils on violin and piano
forte, as well as new ones. No be-
ginners taken, and no evening les
sons, owing to band and orchestra
work. Latest and best methods.
Terms strictly cash by the lesson
or month. Address Hotel Hidlay,
Bloomsbury, or call up ON Bell
phone any afternoon between 1
and 2. If
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

The following letters are held at
Bloomsbury, Pa. postoffice: Rev.
P. Crane, Mr.. d. c. Drum, J. B.
Griffin, Miss Maude Hewitt, Mrs.
Amelia Kantner, Mr.. Emanuel
Keifer, Mrs. w. B. Rogers, Miss
Alice Welliver; Cards: Miss Irene
Crawford, Miss Linnie Duncan,
Howard w. Walters.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

The Danville police are after
dogs with shot guns by order of the
borough council. Every dog found
that is not properly and securely
muzzled" will be killed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18
Here is Relief for Women.

Mother Gray. a nurse in New York.
discovered an aromatic, pleasant herb
cure for women's ills, called Australian
Leaf. 1t is the only certain regulator
Cures female weaknesses and Backache,
Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles.
At all Druggists or by mail so cents.
Sample FREE, Address, The Mother
Gray Co., lie Roy, n. Y. 6-II.4t
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

DR.. D. J. Waller, two daughters
and son, will leave here on Satur-
day, to sail for England, where
they will meet Mrs. Waller and
Miss Elizabeth, and spend the sum-
mer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

The contract for painting the
river bridge has been awarded by
the commissioners to Andreas &
Bundy of Mifilinville, and they are
doing the work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

Farmers are complaining that
the cool nights prevent the corn
from growing. 1t is fact that in
many fields the corn is very low,
but never mind. for if it doesn't
grow pretty soon corn will be high
enough next fall.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

There are a number of cases of
diphtheria in town. The spread
of the disease is largely owing to
negligence in MT reporting, for
fear of quarantine, and to neigh
bors and others visiting infected
houses.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

To relieve Elmer We'll, of Potts
vile, OF heart trouble, surgeons at
the Pottsville hospital sawed out
three of his ribs which had been
pressing on that organ.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Beglinger
and son left here last Saturday tor
New York, and on Tuesday they
sailed for Germany, where they
will spend three months.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

Last Thursday ex-Sheriff J. B.
McHenry, of Benton, caught a
trout that measured % inches, and
weighed 5 pounds. 1t was proba-
bly, the largest one ever caught in
that section. 1t was taken in Fish
lug Creek, above Benton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

Joseph Demoree has completed
his Junior year at Dickinson Col
lege, Carlisle, and is home for the
summer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

The state examiners are now en-
gagged in examining the several
classes at the Normal. 1t will
probably be Saturday night or Men
day morning before the result will
be known.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

Many of the clergymen of
Bloomsbury, Berwick and other
county towns held a picnic at Col
umbia Park on Tuesday, about
sixty persons being present.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-06-18

Hon. w. T. Greasy received the
honorary degree of Master of Arts
from Susquehanna University at
Its recent commencement.