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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17

yrrng painting and they would be
g,Hi t0 see him at home.
With sudden determination he
arose AMI buttoncd his coat. He
stopped at the table at which the
SRI sat On the way out and drop
ped a dollar bill on it's sloppy sur
face.
Your song was all to the good.
he said hoarsely. Get yourself
glass of beer with this"
Galley passed along without com
mont, and girl whipped the bin IN
to lr'r bodice before the sharp-eyei
proprietor could see it and claim
commission.
THAT medley's a winner" she said
musingly to her companion ut
beats time how these rummies weep
over Home, Sweet Home, when
they ain't even got the price of
ten-cent bed. A chap comes up to
muh the other night and says, 'yuh
gimme message, sis. I'm agoin
home Chez, eff I keep on Golossy'll
have to close up his shop; there
won't be no marks TO buy"
You sing it real good" volun-
teered her companion appreciative-
ly. THAT cry gag gets EN- cincn-
ed"
The girl threw back her head and
laughed.
Did yuh fail for that, too?" she
demanded THAT ain no cry gag.
The rotten place $50 full of smoke
muh pipes get froze. get that
dry"
She did not finish the sentence,
for the other accepted the hint and
signalled to the busy waiter.
But out in the night Galley was
wandering through the dark byways
and the memory of that sobbng con-
clusion still rang in his ears. It
was a message from above and IL
had called him home.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
SOLD WIFE FOR S25.
Transaction Do Years Old Comes Out
I'm English Court.

London. Dunmow is a small town
in Essex famous for the custom an
nually observed there Of presenting
a ditch of bacon to a married couple
who have not exchanged cross
word for twelvemonth. This week
Dunmow came into prominence for
another sort Of matrimonial relation.
A cottager 20 years of age was on
trial on a charge of ill-treating his
children. A much younger woman,
who was generally supposed to be
his wife, testified she was the legal
spouse of another man who had sold
her for a five-pound note twenty-five
years ago to the prisoner, to whom
she had in that period borne three
children.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
HIS OWN PROSECUTOR.
Banker Thrashed Lawyer, Went to

Globe. Ariz.-M. Milick. a bank
er of this city. after thrashing At
torney W G. Scott hurried before
Justice Rawlins. sworc out com.
plant against himself, pleaded gull.
ty. and paid a fine Of $40.
Asked why he did not wait 10
see whether Scott was going TO pro-
secute him, Milick said:
THAT man is a fine lawyer. and
IL had not done what | did he
might have sworn out complaint
against me and argued his own case;
then | would probably have had to
pay 500 for beating him up; so /
thought II was best to beat him to it
and get the case off the books before
he got to the courtroom"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
When Galley Went
Home.

Galley raped lightly upon the table
with his nearly empty beer glass in
token of appreciation and the watch
full waiter, accepting this as
sign. whisked the glass away and re-
placed It with a fresh mug, before
the singer had returned to the stage
and the three-piece orchestra had
completed the Introduction.
Galley entered into an argument
with the waiter as to the need OF
a fresh glass, but at the first notes
Of the song he handed over the coin
and turned his attention to the
stage.
1t was an odd selection for such
a place. a medley of old-fashioned
airs in place of certain popular sing
ers at the regular vaudeville houses,
but to Galley It was more than play
upon sentiment, II was direct mes
sage from home.
He could close his eyes and shut
out the garish concert hall with its
alert walters and their ever-ready
trays of glasses.
He could zee an old-fashiored par
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
COURSE ON INCREASING RACE
Fashionable Girls School Will Teach
Motherhood Problems.

st. Louis, Mo.-In order that the
students of LenoX Hall, fashionable
girls school in the West End, may
learn how to become good mothers
and become acquainted with the
problems OF maternity. "A trained
nurse has been installed as member
OF the faculty.
First aid to the injured will be
taught, but in addition the more deli
cate problems of maternity will be
taken up. The rpime object Of the
institution, according TO its direct
ress, is to make good. companions
ME wives, with a working knowledge
of everything about the house.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
PEl:, Time MuSKRAT IS DEAD.
Careless Gunner Shoots Strange Pet
of Farmers Family.

Swinefcld. ~ Wounded fatal
" by gunner who had obtained
permission TO hunt for game on the
farm, Pete, a tame muskrat, for FIVE
years the chief attraction of Charles
Waters place, crawled from brook
TO the feet of his master, looked at
him pitcously and pleadingly and
then died. Instantly there was
rage in the heart of Waters. He ran
to the back OF the barn and saw
the slayer of his pet running across
the fields toward Caldwell When
the news of the death of the rodent
was communicated to the other men,
bers of the Waters family they de-
nounccd the shooting as deliberate
murder" Even old Rover. the fam
lily dog, dropped his ears when he
saw the bleeding body of his play
mate, and the cats, which had so
many good times sporting with the
muskrat in the barnyard and down
by the brook at the back Of the
barn, seemed to understand that
some one had committed crime
which never could be repaired.
Knowing the muskrat's feeding
ground was back OF the barn, Waters
had expressly stipulated that the
gunner should not do any shooting
there. If that injunction had been
obeyed Pete probably would be alive
and well now.
In the spring of 1903 the home OF
Petes parents was invaded and he
and four other young muskrats were
found there. Waters was attracted
to Pete and decided TO let him live.
The others were killed. Pete be-
came pet in the Waters family.
He manifested his appreciation OF
kindness by becoming as tame and
as playful as a kitten. From the
hands of members of the family he
ate pieces OF tender cabbage, let
tuce and celery. He seemed to know
he never must touch that growing
in the garden. Each day he would
go to the brook at the back of the
barn and dig up and eat flag root
and other water bulbs, of which he
was exceedingly fond. When he got
old enough he built house near
the barn and stored therein his win
ter supply Of herbs and roots. With
the approach of winter Pete would
retire to his home and only emerge
from It on particular warm days.
lie would spend an hour or two in
the house and then return to his
snug winter quarters. The sa-
gacious animal was engaged in get
ting sticks and grass with which to
repair HIS home when he was shot.
Although suffering mortal agony he
Immediately began crawling along
the ground to find the man who had
been kind to him ever since he was
a fuzzy little baby rat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
LAWS FOR aerial 13NEl
Regulating the rropcr Use IN Acro.
planists Of the Conquered rp,,i..

planists Of the Conquered rmniro
New York City.-It has been sr.
gested that the next thing will bo
to pass laws regulating the pro,..
use by aeropi3n.sts OF the newly c,,'
qucJad empire. This has alro,,.
ben done for balloonists In 1S-i
when French balloons from w..
lcaEaered Paris were dropping III,
the sacred soir of Prussia. ro...
decree declared them confsca,o o.,
cuutraband of war. And on the rrg.
clusion Of peace measure UNA
passed which forbade, under pcrel,v
Of death, any future similar aerial
violation Of German territory drrlr,
war.
So long ago rs 1S3o, again. bal.
loon ascents were made Illegal I'm
Turkey so far as regards Con-,ar-
tinoplc and forty miles around ami
in 1872 the prohibition was extended
TO include the entire Turkish ompira
u France in 1884 Il was solomulv
decrced that nobody should l., mos.
mittcd to 20 up in a balloon "or any
other kind Of acrostatic machine
which was worked by burning spirits
OF wine or any other means Of max.
ing a fire.
Later. in 1871, It was enacted In
France that no balloon should ae
permitted to ascend with any specie;
of furnace or stove: that no onn
should be allowed to ascend In a
balloon unless he carried para.
chute; and that asconts were no. 10
be begun later than one hour before
sunset nor earlier than an hour after
sunrise. No ascents were to be nm
dortaken during the garnering Of the
harvest nor for six weeks prior there
to.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
% MILES CROSS TOWN.
Philadelphia Finds Itself City OF
Distances.

Philadelphia.-That Philadelphia
too has some claims TO being ci'y
of magnificent distances" is de-
monstrated by a little study just
made by the Mayors statistician' lie
shows it is possible to move forward
in direct line on a journey over
twenty-five miles long and yet no'
once be without the Philadelphia
city limits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
"Lctter Telegrans.N

Paris, France.-The Ministry OF
Posts and Te!egraphs supplemented
the existing special letter deliver!
system in France with what are
termed letter kilograms" This new
system provides that letters may DC
telegraphed between any two pc'hls
in France at night at cost OF one
fifth OF cent word, and that they
will be delivered the next morning
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
BUSTED OFF THE HORSES.
Feather Busters Were Used in chi
cagO tirc department..

Chicago, Ill.-A nediet was IS
sued by the Civil Service Trial Board
that hereafter failure TO clean horses
in the service Of the Fire Department
by the old fashioned currycom0
method would be followed by punish
mcnt. Testimony had been given
before the Board that II was custo-
mary ct some engine houses TO clean
the horses with feather busters. one
official asserted that he had heard
that horses had been polished OF by
rag dipped in kerosene.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17

Inc girl threw BACK Gov @ RED
her head and laughed" centre ta-
DE, the ha!rcloth covered furniture
md the little group about the cot
age organ in the corner.
II was not a Sunday night else the
,ook on the music rack would be
he Gospel 'ymns. The well-worn
3opy of college songs and glees spoke
Il weekday festival as plainly as
lid the calendar out in the living
;oom.
1t had been three years since he
rad stood by the organ and had
'ung these self-same songs: Good
night. Ladies, My Bonnie Lies Out
>ver the Ocean" Seeing Nellie
Iome"-they were all familiar.
He was back in Canada Crossing,
md some of the young folks had
ropped into Nellie Bray's to spend
ne evening with her
Then the vaudeville sings strid-
mt voice grew softer and re velvet
ones of Home, Sweet He" we'll
d up. The voice broke on the con-
luding bars until il seemed to echo
ne sobs that VIC ii up in Caley's
wn throat.
Loud applause broke out and the
niger came back to acknowledge the
)preciation. The leader started
Home, Sweet Home" but the
>unds choked in her throat and
re shook her head as she left the
age.
Galley wondered if she, too, had
smembered some pleasant night
ack home.
The leader continued to play the
ing, the cornet staying out and on
the battered piano supplying a
'ngling accompaniment. The mu-
clutched Caley's heart and he
as sunk in reverie.
Then the proprietor of the place,
burly, coarse-featured fellow,
ustled up to the leader.
Cut 1t out" he commanded
larply. These rummies won't
ly nothin' wit you weepin' like
lat. Give 'em something lively"
The Home, Sweet Home" ended
,>ruptly as the cornet player took
his instrument and the lively
rains of popular air swelled out.
It had been nearly two years since
had heard from home. When one
Is no regular address or place of
node letters become an impossible
J.
There were times when Galley
ept In the police station, and there
ere other and more affuent occa-
ons when he could hire a room by
week and had the price Of few
ers which permitted him to sit in
concert hall and pretend that he
Is enjoying himself.
This was one of his periods of af-
ence. Six dollars on a race horse
"a been swelled to $126.
The girl had joined friend in the
dience, in accordance with the
9e and easy custom Of the place,
1 from her appearance it was evil
at that she had forgotten what
IT 1t was which had brought the
IS to her throat
But Calev had not forgotten. and
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
The Jerusalem Temple.

The original temple built by SOL
omon, 1000 b. c.. was destroyed by
Nebuchadnezzar. b. G. 5S6. Built
by Zerubbabel, b. c. 534. Partial.
ly destroyed by pompey, B. c. 63.
Rebuilt by Herod, b. G. q, and fin.
ally destroyed by Titus. A d, 10
New York American.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
Spoiled for Her Part.

Stage Manager-The girl that
takes tie part of the sleeping beau
ty in the show ca I go on tonight.
Business Manager-Why?
'She ate Welsh rabbit and she
can't sleep Statesman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
Two Brothers Invent an Aerocurye'

Turin, Italy, - Two brotheis
named Gemma, living at NoHafa'
have invented an aeroplane, whic"
from its shape they call an aero
curve, They claim that II is cap".
bic TO making flight OF sixty miles
an hour and can ascend to height
of 1000 feet.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17
Predicts 200, 900, 900 in Forty Years

Washington, ID. C.-Prof. j. H.
Snyder, of the Michigan Agriculture,
College, in an address, predlc'eu
that forty years from now there
would be 100000 population IN
the United States, and that the teho'
ency nov was toward segregation
into classes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17

Many self-made men look as II
they might have been greatly i'm
proved with a little outside assist
ance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17

With sudden determine
alton he rose and but uce
toned his coat" OF the Sec
l-hand shops. Then he would
a ticket to c. NADIA Crossing and
home.
Il was just about time for the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17

lbl W IL II
I I S time
s O t tened
vail paper
c o We red
With por-
traits of
the dead.
CT IL d ely
loLe | n
'rayon. He
ould see
he family
}ible up
, II I n g
IN a r b le-
n n Y q rpn
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-17

as he fin
shed his
beer h e
made a re-
solve. For
the first
time h @
rad made
D strike
Il a long
hot.
He would
at a suit
+ c.othes;
real suit
not t h @
p r o d uce
nf thA .na
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-07-03


man is no friend of Theodore Roosevelt
and does not cherish his name and fame
who now from any motive seeks to urge
him as a candidate for the great office
which he has finally declined. The pres
ident has refused what his countrymen
would gladly have given him He says
what he means and means what he says,
and his party and his country will re-
spect his wishes as they honor his high
character and great public service.
But, although the president %retires, he
leaves his policies behind him. To those
policies the Republican party stands
pledged. We must carry out as we have
begun, regardless alike of the radicals of
reaction and the radicals of revolution.
We must hold fast to that which is good
while we make the advances which the
times demand.
The convention then got down to
portant acts of the day, and one hav-
ing great significance, was the adop-
ton of the report of the committee on
credentials, seating the Taft delega-
lions practically in toto. If there had
been any lingering doubt of the Taft
strength it disappeared before this de-
cisive action, which in effect placed
upward of 700 delegates in the Taft
column. Next in Importance and most
remarkable was the final acceptance
of this result by the allies without the
formality of a dissenting minority re
port and without carrying the question
to the floor of the convention for the
open fight which had been long threat.
ened. Instead of this, all further OPP.
position seemed to crumble. Those
who had promised trouble quietly &C.
cepted the inevitable, and thus the
path was cleared for the fulillment OF
plans already well matured for the
nomination of the head of the ticket.
Nomination of Taft.
The third day of the convention was
"big Thursday for big Bill' Taft
for the session closed with his trium'
plant nomination for the presidency
on the first ballot, the vote being made
unanimous. Secretary Taft's victory
was foreseen, of course, many weeks
e Two months ago his political
manager, Frank H. Hitchcock, predict
ed that Taft would receive more thar
700 votes on the first ballot. Hitch
cock hit it exactly, for Taft got TOE
votes. In all 979 votes were cast, one
delegate being absent. "Favorite sons
of half a dozen other states received
the non-Taft votes merely out Of com
pliment. Theodore Roosevelt got three
votes from Pennsylvania, though his
name was not placed before the con
Vention.
The others nominated and the mum
Der of ballots cast were: Senator Phi
lander G. Knox of Pennsylvania, as
Governor Charles e. Hughes of New
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-07-03


served for diplomats and other dis
tinguished visitors. Mrs. Longworth
started a whirl of applause when the
speaker referred to 'the matchless sec
rotary of state, Elihu Root.
Another burst of applause followed
Senator Burrows declaration that ulti-
mately the American flag would go
down yer the Philippines, but would
give place to no other except that of
an independent Philippine republic.
A further outburst greeted the decla-
ration that the speaker had mo sym
pathy with any movement that would
restrict the constitutional power of the
COURTS and when Mr.. Burrows In
terpolated in his written speech the
words, 1.-THE courts are the conserya-
tors of government; If constitutional
government and civil liberty are ever
to be placed In jeopardy and peril they
win take their final stand in the i'm
pregnable fortress of the supreme
judiciary" the approval of the dele
gates, especially from New York, Penn
sylvania and Massachusetts, found en-
thusiastic expression, the first out
break of handclapping being followed
by prolonged cheers. On being asked
after he had concluded his speech if
he intended his Interpolation as an at
tack on the proposed anti-injunction
plank Mr.. Burrows replied, at was not
an attack, but merely as strong a state
ment as l could make against It."
"Anti- injunction" Plank.
Routine business of organization fol
lowed. The main thing of interest in
connection with the conventions first
day was the struggle of the committee
on resolutions, the duty of which was
to present a platform v the anti
injunction plank. Three drafts of a
plank on the injunction issue were pro-
posed to the committee. The first con-
sidered was from the tentative plat
form prepared by Wade III. Ellis, at.
torney general of Ohio, under the guild
ance of President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Taft: the second was the plank
demanded by Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American Federation OF
Labor, while the third was the plank
finally agreed on by the committee.
The chief difference between the
tentative plank and the n adopted is
that the former called for amendments
to the present law to provide for
'eroper consideration" of applications
for restraining orders, while the lat
ter is a declaration of belief that I'M
less there is immediate danger of in.
jury to life or property a court should
not issue a temporary order except
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-07-03
NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT
James S. Sherman For
Vice President.

after the defendant has had a chance
to oppose the motion.
The tentative plank read:
We declare for such amendments of
the statutes of procedure in the federal
courts with respect to the use of the
writ of injunction as will, on the one
hand, prevent the summary issue of such
orders without proper consideration and,
on the other, will preserve undiminished
the power of the courts to enforce their
process, to the end that justice may be
done at all times and to all parties.
The plank requested by Mr.. Gompers
was worded as follows:
We pledge ourselves to the enactment
of a law to prohibit the issuance of in
functions in cases arising out of labor
disputes when such injunctions would
not apply when no labor disputes ex-
listed and that in no case shall an inJunc-
ton be issued when there exists a rem
edy by the ordinary process of law. and
which act shall provide that in the pro-
cedure for the punishment of contempt
of court the party cited for contempt
shall, when such contempt was not COM
mitted in the presence of the court. be
entitled to a trial by jury.
The plank finally accepted and
made a part of the platform reads:
Inc republican party Will upioiu at ali
times the authority and integrity Of the
courts, state and federal, and will ever
insist that their powers to enforce their
processes and to protect life, liberty and
property shall be preserved inviolate. We
believe, however, that the rule of pro-
ccdure in the federal courts with respect
to the writ of injunction should be more
accurately defined by statute and that no
injunction or temporary restraining order
should be issued without notice except
irreparable injury would result from de-
lay, in which case a speedy hearing
thereafter should be granted.
Opposition to the plank at first pro-
posed was started by a memorial to
the convention signed by President
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
university and several other distin-
guished citizens Of New York, urging
hat the platform contain nothing
which could be construed as an at
tempt to weaken the federal courts,
This matter Immediately became the
main issue in the resolutions commit
tee. President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Taft, the prospective nominee,
each took a hand. A telegram from
Mr.. Taft was read to the committee in
executive session as follows:
/ am heartily and earnestly in favor of
the adoption of the judicial procedure
plank. l am the last man who would
seek to impair the power of the courts.
! would rather cut off my hand than do
so. But this proposed statute will not do
SO; neither will it satisfy the extreme la
Dor agitator, but it Is right. 1t will
make obligatory that which is right. and
If we are right we can make a good
- AZ 7 ..@ -wr~~ -
the absolute justice of this plank, and Il
hope it will be adjusted.
Every member of the subcommittee
ON resolutions appointed to adjust this
ticklish plank received from Mr.. Tan