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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21

Canada is larger than the United
States by 250,000 square miles.
Canada contains one-third of tie
area of the British empire.
Canada extends over twenty de-
grees of latitude-from Rome to
North Pole.
Canada Is as large as thirty
United Kingdoms, eighteen Ger
mauys, thirty-three Italys.
Canada is larger than Australasia
and twice the size of British India.
Canada has a boundary line Of
1000 miles between 1t and the
United States.
Canada's sea coast equals half the
earth's circumference.
Canada is $500 miles wide and
l 400 from north to south.
The population is about 6,000,-
600, or about twice that of New
York.-Montreal Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Columbia G. M0ntour EI. Ry.
TIME. TABLE IN EFFECT
June 1904, and until fur,her tice.

Cars leave Bloom for Espy, Almedia, Lime
Ridge, Berwick and intermediate points as
follows:
A. NJ. $500, $40, 6:2o, 100, 7;4o, $40,
900, o:4o, 1920, II:oo, II;4o.
p. NJ. 1880, 800, 40, 2. 20, $500, 8 40
4:2o, $500, $40, 6'7o, 700, 7;4o, $40, 600
*(o:4o) Io:2o *(f1:oo)
Leaving depart from Berwick one hou
from time as given above, commencing
6;oo a. m
Leave Bloom for Catawissa A. Nj. 5:3o
6;Is, t7:oc, $500, $500, tIo:oo, tII:oo,
1900.
--.P. NJ. 100, t2:oo, 600, 400, $500, 6:ot,
1900, 500, 600, 1920, *(I1:oo)
Cars returning depart from Catawissa 20
miurtestrom time as given above.
d First carleaves MarketlSquare for Berwick
on Sundays at 700 a. m.
First car,for Catawissa Sundays 700 a. m.
Firs, car from Berwick for Bloom Sundays
leaves at 500 a. m.
First car leaves Catawissa Sundays at
80 a. m.
rFrom Power House.
saturday night only.
tP. X. K. Connection.
WM. TERwILLIGER,
Superintendent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
BUYING HEAT UNrr3.
Large Consumers Of Coal Are Adopt
Ing This Method.

Buying coal on the heat nnit b.
ais Is becoming Increasingly ami &C.
servedly common.
One of the latest proofs OF this IS
given in Cassier's Magazine, which
states that Chicago is said to have
let contracts for 100000 tons of
coal on this basis.
In the case OF the Chicago deliv-
cries, If the coal test shows $4,000
British thermal units, moisture 10
per cent. and ash per cent, the
price Is to be S2.30 per ton; but II
the coal varies in heat units the
price is TO vary accordingly.
On 5000 ton contract an analy-
sis of the coal is made once a week.
The sample is taken by the regular
method and analysed and reported
to the consumer and the contractor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
WHEN TO WIND A WATCH.
british Watchmatcrs Decide Morn
Ing Is the Best Time.

with the disappearance OF the old
time watch-key and the Introduction
of The stem-winder the methodical
care of the pocket-clock has become
almost lost art Any close observ-
or of humanity must have noticed
how frequently absent-minded men
draw forth and wind their watches.
apparently not more than half-con-
sclous of what they are doing. Yet
both the accuracy and durability of
n watch depends to a certain degree
on the time at which It Is wound. and
the vexed question as to whether this
should be done at night or in the
morning was recently discussed nt a
meeting of the British Watch and
Clockmakers' guild. says the Phila.
delphia Record.
A member of the guild said he was
often asked by his customers wheth-
er It was better to wind watch at
night or in the morning. Several
members were of the opinion that It
was better to wind It at night, as in
the morning the handspring would
be colder than It would be after hav-
ing been carried about In the pocket
all day, and 1t was well-known
fact that steel was much more brittle
when it was cold than when 1t was
warm.
The vice president of the guild.
however, dissented from this opinion
He said that during the daytime the
watch was carried about and SUBJ
jected to all kinds of irregular con-
ditions, and that when 1t was fully
wound II was able to withstand these
abnormal conditions better than
when 1t required winding. At night
the watch was usually laid on one
side in n horizontal position and was
at rest as 1t were, therefore running
down did not affect 1t so much. He
believed it. therefore. to be a decd-
ed advantage to wind 1t up in the
morning. This view of the case was
accepted by majority of the men,
bers Of the trade present at the meet
Ing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Thoughts For People Beyond Forty

1t Is foolish to fix an age at which
men become comparatively useless.
Some men are young at seventy, 9TH
ers are old at thirty-hve.
One of the worst delusions that
ever crept into a middle aged mans
mind Is the conviction that he has
done his best work, that he Is grow
Ing old and must soon give place to
younger men.
Every man makes his own dead
line. Some reach 1t at thirty-five,
not reach 1t at eighty; some never
reach It, because they never cease to
grow.
Look around the world to-day and
see what some of the men who have
long passed the dead line" are do
ing, and what they have accomplish
ed. Look at the young old military
leaders in little Japan, who conquer
ed great Russia. Oyama was twenty
years past his fatal line when he
won his great victories. and all of
his corps commanders were past
flft'. The Marquis Ito, the Grand
Old Man of Japan, her greatest
statesman, end the one who has
done more than any other to make
Jauan what It is to-day, is still active
In the service of his country.
The larger part OF the great for
tunes Of this country have been ac-
GU U.nulated after their amassers have
passed forty. In fact, the first forty
years of mans life are the pre-
paratory years, the years OF traiL.ng
and discipline. A large part of this
time he IS laying the foundation
just getting ready to rear the super
structure. Many Of us stumble
around many years before we get
into the right place, and then. for
additional years, we make many
mistakes. Most men do not get wise
until they have passed forty. They
may get knowledge before this, but
not much wisdom. Wisdom is
ripeninS process. 1t takes tine
Success Magazine.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
An Americanism, A

When a woman throws connip-
tion fit" she is in her tantrums. A
tantrun. is ft of passion or an at
tack of oetulant hystera. Connip-
tion Is sometimes used alone and has
about he same meaning as connip-
zion ft. Occasionally Tin Ma ue) It
T. connupticn. The word was bred
IN New NaSiGni and Is about as old
as Ghode Island It is common
enough today Wherever the descend-
ants OF the Down casters are go TEA.
C9nn!ption fit is tern use4 rNrlu-
s!yely by women. 70 coant, lf to
laugh ''o!eAtiy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
MOTORING ON THE FARM.
Big Machines for Crop Work---Run
abouts for Going to Market.

The saving effected by the mod
ern powerful gasolene engine on the
farm Is estimated TO be from 20 to
SO per cent over horse, mau or steam
power. When not running the en-
gine is not consuming fuel, and It's
keep through the winter when in
storage, is nothing. 1t does not eat
its head off and It takes very little
storage space Manufacturers have
made special lines Of farm engines
In various sizes, ranging from five TO
100 horsepower, both for stationary
work and portable use. Upward of
$4,000 such engines have been sold
to American farmers in the last two
years. says Casters Magazine, and
the demand for the present year will
exceed any past record. There Is
gasolene farm engine adapted for
dragging heavy gangs of ploughs
across long fields, followed by har-
rows, cultivators, seeders and har-
vesters. in fact. the land can be
titled, planted and the crops har-
vested with n machine of this sort
without the aid of single horse and
with very little hired help. In the
great Northwest the portable gaso-
lene threshlng outfits are conspicu-
Gus features at the harvest season.
They are much lighter than the old
steam threshing plants are self
propelling and on rubber tires, so
that they can run easily and quickly
from farm to farm. The farm help
problem is thus being partly solved
in the Northwest. Even in the
Northwest of Canada scores of these
machines have been put In operation
in the last year. The great wheat
crop could not be harvested and
threshed without such appliances.
The gasolene motor is no less i'm
portant in marketing products. The
modern touring cars and runabouts
sold to farmers are for utility first
and pleasure afterward. BY their
aid one farmer says he realized $500
more In one season for his articles
than II he had sold them in the old
way, taking the market prices as
they varied from day to day. An
other farmer having a lot OF fancy
poultry made in one trip SIS more
than the regular profits through
rushing a load to market during
day of high prices. The farmers
wives and daughters have learned to
operate TIE machines, and it is not
unusual to see them peddling farm
4 III l,,
of the Western towns and cities
Some of them run in from ten to
twenty miles and sell their produce
before noon and get back again in
the early afternoon.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Cremation.

Cremation in this country Is al
most wholly confined to persons Of
some intellectual distinction. The
average citizen is still held in the
fetters of custom, in which senti-
ment has taken root so deeply as to
make 1t hard to eradicate. This Is
doubtless the explanation of the fact
that cremation so far has failed to
become opular.-British Medical
Journal
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21

Pretty much every one thinks he
knows what a candle power is-the
light given by single candle, of
course. AS matter of fact candles
differ as much In luminosity as light
houses. oil lamps, or firefies. and g
candle power Is not one thing, but
half u dozen, according to the coun-
try where the phrase Is used. In
Great Britain and the United States
the Standard light unit Is the amount
given by a "spermaCeti candle, burn
ing up at the rate of 120 grains an
hour, with a fame forty-fve milll-
metres high" etc. In France the
standard candle Is made of stearine.
and Germans candle was, until a
few years ago paraffin. Now the latter
country uses the so-called Hefner
unit Of light, the amount given by a
certain form of lamp burning acetate
of amyl. Another lamp standard
called the carcel, was used in France.
In this purified rape seed oil Is
burned. Because of this unsatisfac-
tory international chaos, 1t is now
proposed that our national bureau OF
standards at Washington take steps
to establish a standard international
candle, which would be acceptable to
at least nine countries. The joint
committee of gas and electrical engi-
neers which is urging this standard
ization declares that the change
could be made with very little dis
turbance of most of the national
standards now in existence.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21

1t is the teacher, the merchant, the
miner, the manufactures, and the
railroad engineer that China needs,
not the soldier or the sailor. except
for efficient police purposes. And
of all these, the greatest is the teach
er. Get Kim and the rest will fol-
low.-Shangha Mercury.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Growth of the Blacks.

Philadelphia now has a negro pop
ulation CT $4,000, an increas, of 20,-
0C0 since the census of 1900, larg-
er colored population than any other
Northern city, or nearly as many
negroes as Baltimore. Washington
or New Orleans.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Making Vegetarians.

Last year saw an enormous rise in
the cost of all foodstuffs and house
hold commodities In Vienna. meat
especially having advanced In price
to such an extent that the poorer
classes, much against their will, are
being compelled to join the ranks Of
the vegetarians.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Nutmeg Poisoning,

Cases of nutmeg poisoning, though
rare, are known to have occurred.
The death of boy who had eaten
two nutmegs is recorded. The pois-
on Is in the oil and the symptoms are
giddiness, drowsiness and delirium.
Medical Record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
The women of Russia and the me

The women of Russia and the men
of Japan are the most expert needle
workers in the world.
Few person would guess that the
smallest things visible to the eye are
the stars.
Everyone wears silk in Madagascar.
rs 1t Is cheaper there than linen
The first gummed postage stamp
was Issued about 1910.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21

Professor Schus.er asserts that
Hnimals lack moral feeling entirely,
none OIL their acts being immoral or
moral. in the broad sense, and they
have no trace of sense Of shame or
OF honor. Their courage, he de-
cieres. Is "a mere Impulse of ma
tu-e."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
From the Optimist Club.

If the waiter. the street car con-
ductor. or the clerk in the store,
frcm whom you demand so much and
IN such an arrogant manner, had
your brains and opportunities, you
might be where they are. Be
thoughtful and kind.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Lo! The Poor Indian.

Nearly all the Indian colony oc 40
families near Bay City, Mich, have
died In the last few years of con-
sumption. The remainder are liv-
ing in poverty, although their white
neighbors do what they can to sup
port them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Nicotine I'm Tobacco.

In genuine HAVANA tobacco there
IS not much more than 2 per cent
OF nicotine. In French tobacco
about 8 per cent and In our old Do
minion product little over 1 per
cent. In the Blue Grass tobacco at
least s per cent, and the Sumatra
leaf Of Connecticut contains about 6
per cent.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Cost of Hauling Coal.

The cost of hauling coal for its
own locomotives is estimated at 8
mills per ton-mile on the st. Louis
q San Francisco Railroad, and the
labor OF handling It at cents a ton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21

AS an encouragement when things
Hc at skies and sevens in the busi-
rcss end OF the house, one woman
has had board burned with the
legend, Even this will pass away"
erd hung over the Kitchen sink.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21

Holl-nd has a perennial necessity
for wooden piles. In Rotterdam
them and the draiBage of the Zuyder
Zee as 1t steadily proceeds throws
out It's wooden ramparts in all di-
rections
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Christians in America.

There are 32,9S3,156 Christian
communicates in the United States,
of whom little more than one-third
belong to some branch Of the Catho-
lie Church.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21

In honor OF the coronation &C
King Haakon and Queen Maud Of
Norway medal has been struck in
gold, silver and bronze, which
shows on one side profile iikenosscs
OF the King and the Queen, on the
other side the Arms of Norway and
the date of the Coronation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
SOUTHWARK

Trains No q and % mixed, second class.
Daily exec pI sunday. / Daily { Sunday
only. Flag stop. W. G. SNYDER, Supt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-21
Eloomsburg & Sullivan
Railroad.
NORTH WARD.

Taking Effect Feb'y rst, 1905, 1905 a. M.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
Rabies.

The mad dog" season begins with
The warm weather, to continue as
ong as heat, dust, noise and neglect
strain the nerves of dogs and men.
\ homeless cur, kicked by cruel or
houghtless boy, runs barking
through the street. A child is bitten,
md the panic-stricLen bystanders
assure it that hydrophobia will de-
yelop. If their victim Is sufficiently
mpressionable its death follows. and
mother mad dog scare" is well un-
Ter way.
Just at present Staten Island is in
1ulging in one of these unreasonable
and dangerous frights, with the aid
and assistance of certain health au-
thorities The alarm of the people is
not to be wondered at, but the fact
remains that physicians disagree as
10 the existence Of the disease rabies,
while men acquainted with dogs are
almost unanimous in declaring that
40 such thing as the mad dog" of
popular imagination ever existed.
Mr.. Freer, of the Society for the Pre-
yention OF Cruelty TO Animals. asserts
that in fourteen years the agen.s OF
The society have been bitten not less
than $4,000 times, and that not once
have the symptoms of rabies fol-
lowed
Wounds caused by animals are not
more dangerous than wounds result.
Ing from falls or blows. They should
be cleaned promptly and thoroughly
rauterized or rendered aseptic in
some other way, and kept clean while
healing. If these precautions were
always taken. and people would stoI
talking about rabies, the mad dos
season" would soon cease to occupy
an important space in the calendar
New York Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
4 Curious Musical Box.

In the South Kensington Museum
in London is a curious musical box.
1t was originally the property of Tipu
Cor Tippoo) Sahib, the Tiger Of N.Y.
Sore" who died in 1899, being killed
during the British assault and capture
OF Seringapatam, the capital of N.Y.
sore. He always hated the British.
and TO show his .enmity he had this
instrument constructed. The box Is
life-sized statuary group showing
the symbolic tiger OF India at the
throat Of England, represented by
British officer. When Tipu wished to
amuse his court, one of his attendants
turned a handle, when the tiger
emitted horrible growls and the man
raised and lowered his arms and ut
tered terrifying shrieks. Inside the
tiger are four rows of pipes and set
OF ivory keys, which are either Of
French or British manufacture.-Chi-
cago News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
a Passing Illustration.

Arthur Deerin Call tells good
story OF Professor Billy Phelps. OF
Yale, as the popular professor OF Eng
ush literature is called by the boys.
IL seems that one OF the professor S
classes had INDUCED in a discussion
OF logic, aud in the midst OF it the
Second Company, Governors Foot
Guards. marched by in gala attire,
with band playing and colors flying.
The class adjourned to the windows
TO see the parade. After a moment
OF Watching Professor Phelps re-
marked OF the physique OF the troops
and observed dryly:
Gentlemen, there is first rate ex-
ample OF just what We have been dis
cussing. the undisturbed middle -
hartford Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
Autos and Macadam Roads.

New York State, which has perhaps
led other States in the actual con-
struction Of improved highways
though New Jersey has done more in
proportion to its siZe-is also lead
ing other States in the discovery that
something must be done to arrest de-
terioration of the improved highways
by the very class that enjoys a large
benefit from them. The automobilists
constitute this class.
The injury to macadam roads by
automobiles in New York is officially
stated to have increased in serious
ness of late by the increase in the
number of automobiles and in their
greater weight and speed. The injury
is inflicted in two ways: First, by the
suction Of the rubber tires on the road
material. and, second, by the use OF
anti-skidding devices like chains on
the tires, which tear up the surface
when it is at all damp. The suction
process seems hard to avoid, though
it is claimed that its effect is much re-
duced by limitation of speed. The
chained tire is only necessary to per-
NIT of high speed on icy roads.
The New York State Engineer rec
ommends legislation to limit speed
and to prohibit the use of devices
that cut up the road surface. IL is
pointed out that protective measures
on this subject have been adopted by
the Massachusetts Metropolitan Park
Commission and that the New York
City Park Board last December ex-
cluded chained tires from all park
driyeways.
II would seem that such measures
are inevitable unless the costly high
ways are TO be subjected to disinte-
grafton. There is the possible al
tentative of imposing a wheel tax on
automobiles that will yield enough
to resurface the roads as rapidly as
they are cut up. AS this would inn
mensely increase the expense OF auto
mobiling. sensible members of that
interest would undoubtedly prefer
measures that will harmonic their
use OF the highways with the per-
manence OF the latter.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
Snakes Nermin Dcstroyers.

Following an agreement made
early last spring, melon growers N
the Southern Illinois watermelon belt
stopped killing non-poisonous snakes,
and this year the wisdom Of the
agreement is lhown. Heretofore
melon growers have had their fields
devastated in a single night by mice,
which burrowed into the hills, eating
the planted seed. 1t was decided to
keep the mice in check by not killing
snakes. This year few mice are seen.
-Carmi Correspondence Indianapolis
News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-06-05
Ia@S I&esa2z
Health and Roads.

That there is an analogy in clean
illness aud godiiness is a Med belief
in the minds of many; that there
should be relation between good
roads, health and morals may not be
obvious TO those waO view conditions
specifically. but that such a relation
ship exists We have il on no less an
authority than Or. Allerton 5. Cush-
man, ass .stan- director OF the Office OF
public roads Of the United States De-
rartment OF Agriculture. In an ad-
dress recently delivered the doctor
asserted that whenever he travelled
over a good road be saw the children
invariably well cared for, and where
bad roads exis a the children were
usually neglected, unHempt and uR-
washed.
Assuming that the Doctors obser-
vaCions are sustained by facts which
generally prevail. bad roads are a
menace 70 the future. for neglected
children do not develop into good cit
liens, and poor citizens make a bad
community, which is a detriment and
a hindyance 10 civilized progress. We
all know that lad roads are draw
back to the development Of section,
and that about the first thing an up
to-date real estate company does.
when it is about to open up new
tract, is to make good roads in the vi
cinity or repair the old ones If there
are any.
Good roads enhance the value OF
property, and this is true whether it
be urban. suburban or rural. That
bad roads should have a bearing upon
the appearance and habits Of people
living adjacent to them Is not SO
strange, perhaps, when it is consid-
cred that they wage an eternal war;
fare with the dust which is swept up
by every wind. There Is a dreariness,
a desolation which produce a more or
less depressing effect on those who
dwell within their influence. This
dust is not only injurious to health,
but to fruit and other products.
This was demonstrated to orange
growers of California few years ago,
when it was found that the dust from
the roads covered the fruit and
caused deterioration in value. They
remedied the evil by removing the
cause by oiling the roads with petro-
leum, which, after the volatile por-
tion had evaporated, left an asphalt
tum as binder. From this came the
practice of oiling the roads as a rem
edy against dust, although the East
is not so we'll adapted for the pur-
pose, owing to the proportion OF
greasy residue which does not ad-
here as the asphaltum does, and is
picked up and scattered by the pass
ing traffic.
There are no obtainable statistics
OF sickness and death caused by the
dust from the roads, but IL there were
the exhibit would doubtless be alarm
ing. That it is dangerous to health
is admitted, and II, as the doctors say,
dust is dirt and dirt brings disease,
and disease means death, the abate-
ment of this evil is matter Of public
concern, and dusty roads should have
no place in our national economies
Architects and Builders Journal.