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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

No. FOR pricc
!. Fcvcr'. coreestions, Iniamnations M
Z. worms. Worm Fever. or Worm Disease ~
d. toic, Crying and Wakefulncss of Infants "a
q D'@rrhen. of Children and Adults ........ I'D
o. Dl'cntery. Grpings, Mlious Collie ....,. 2g
y. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis itls...................26
=. Toothache, Faceache, Neuralgia ........y5
y. Headache. Sick Headache, Vertigo. .........2s
10. Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Weak stomach rs
~. Group. Hoarse Cough, Laryngtis ..........25
~. salt Rbcum. Eruptlons, Erysipeias. .,.....25
10. rheumatism. or Rheumatic Pains. .. rs
10, Fever mud Aguc, Malaria. a.................. 25
II. Piles, Blind or bleeding, External, Internal. .25
IL. Ophthnlmin. Weak or Innamed Eyes ......2S
~. Cntarrh. Influenza, Cold In Head ......... rs
20. Whooping Cough. Spasmodlc Cough 25
II. Asthma, Oppressed, Difficult Breathing. ..15
~. Kidney Disease. Gravel, Calcuil 60. ......25
2S. Nervous Debility. Vital Weakness .. 4 90
70. sore Mouth, Fever Sores or Canker. .......,.2J
30. Urinary lncontIncncc, wetting Bed ....25
-. Sore Throat. Quinsy and Diphtheria .....15
35. Chronic Congestions. Headaches ......2S
~. Grippe, Hay Fever and Summer Colds. .. rs
A small bottle. " Pleasant Pellets fits the vest
POCKET Sold by druggists, sent receipt of price,
Medical Book sent free.
HUMPHREYS HoMEo. MEDICINE CO., Corner
william and John Streets. New York.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
The Bangueting Board.

Tho earth Is banqueting board
W"ich all of us well can afford
Fach moment life gives us OF breath
We quaff of liquor called Death"
Ard then, when we've taken too
much,
We stammer, we reel and we clutch,
SIT up Just as long as we're able
ARD fall down to sleep meath tnS
table! -
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

Trains No q and % mixed, second class.
Daily except sunday. Daily Sunday
only. Flag stop. W. c. SNYDER, Supt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
DR.. HUMPHREYS SPECIFICS.

Directions with each vislin ri-c fanrunec.
English German, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
FINE COFFEE.

II our friends should visit the two
great Boston Feod Fairs, the "Bos'
ton" at Park Square from Sept 2Sth
TO oct. 81, and the IN, r., at Me
chanlcs Building, Oct, TO 3lst they
will have the pleasure OF enjoying the
magnificent exhibits OF Dwinel!
Wright Co., the firm whose celebrated
white House" Coffee has a national
reputation for splendid quality and
all-'round excellence. The latest
award granted TO this great coffee
roasting firm was the jamestown Cold
Medal-the evidence of superiority
awarded by the experts deciding upon
comparative excellence OF exhibits,
This white House" coffee, by the
way, Is probably the best OF all the
high-grade coffees offered in the mar
kets of the world, and is so widely dis
seminated that the best grocers all
over the United States sell and rec
ommend It as n coffee absolutely Ger.
tain to please, uniform, delicious, eco
nomical to use, on account OF its full
body and natural richness OF flavor.
And that reminds us that Dwinell'
Wright Co., using only the very high
est grades OF coffee berries in this
famed white House" brand, gives to
its myriads of coffee-loving friends
coffee at its very best-coffee that
need not be "doctored" or treated"
in an attempt to improve. Coffee
drinkers, everywhere, have learned
from experience that really fine cof-
fee has a richness of flavor peculiar
to itself and does not need admiXture
or any Chemical" manipulation to
improve it, If it is properly served;
only the cheaper coffees with no body
or substance seem to need some fan
cy, fol-de-rol taking to permit them
to pass muster. white House" cof-
fee is prepared by most reputable
firm, whose well-known promotion Of
the principles of Pure Food precau-
tions absolutely insures perfect con-
sistency in its products. In short, If
you taste white House" coffee at
the Boston Food Fairs, and then taste
any other coffee anywhere, you will
readily recognize the fact that, as is
advertised, white House" HAS
flavor all it's Own"-the flavor of gen.
uine, unauthorized, pure, and delic-
ious coffee, able to stand on its own
merits. white House" coffee will
be served FREE to all corners at
these fairs. Very likely your groc-
err sells white House. If he doesn't
he can easily procure it for you.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
FalIncies About Mars.

AS between Mars and Venus the
latter is probably better adapted to
life than the former, always suppos-
ing that other conditions than those
OF temperature are fulfilled. 1t is
quite likely that planet revolving
midway between the orbits of the
earth and Venus would be better
adapted than our earth is to the de-
yelopment of the higher forms of life.
On the whole, it seems from all the
data we can gather from science that
Mars is no better adapted to life than
the region around the north pole of
our earth or the tops of the highest
mountains. The conditions on Mars,
seem to be unfavorable to any form
of life unless of the very lowest or
er.-Professor Simon Newcomb, in
Harper's Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Merely Indian Bones.

A new discussion of the probable
age of the various remains of ancient
man found in North America, such as
the famous Calaveras skull and the re-
mains from Nebraska and elsewhere,
has just been made by Ales Hrdlicka
of the Bureau of American Ethnology,
who concludes that in every instance
where enough Of the bones is pre-
served for comparison the anatomical
and physiological evidence bears wit
ness against the geological antiquity of
the remains, and in favor of their close
affinity, or identity with those of the
modern indian. So far, on this con-
tent, he maintains, no bones Of undis-
puted geological antiquity are known,
This is not intended as a declaration
that early man" did not exist here,
but only that the proofs of such ex-
istence have not been found,-Youth's
Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
The Reason.

He lost his friends, because
He was always wounding their feel
lngs, making sarcastic or funny re-
marks at their expense.
He was cold and reserved in his
manner cranky, gloomy, pessimistic.
He was suspicious of everybody
He never threw the doors OF his
heart wide open to people, or took
them into his confidence.
He was always ready to receive as
distance from them, but always too
busy or too stingy to assist them In
their time of need.
He regarded friendship, as luxury
to be enjoyed, instead Of an oppor-
tunity for service.
He never learned that implicit, gen.
erous trust is the very foundation
stone of friendship.
He never thought it worth while to
spend time In keeping up his friend
ships.
He did not realize that friendship
will not thrive on sentiment alone;
that there must be service to nourish
it.
He did not know the value OF
thoughtfulness in little things.
He borrowed money from them.
He was not loyal to them.
He never hesltated to sacrifice their
reputation for his advantage.
He was always saying mean things
about them in their absence.
He measured them by their ability
to advance him.-From the Brooklyn
Eagle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
A Quaint Manila Chnrncter,

Joseph Knight, an American, aged
sixty, was found dead in the band
stand on Plaza de Calderon, facing
the old Oriente Hotel, at o'clock
yesterday morning. old man
Knight, an engineer by profession,
and at one time in tAe employ of the
Quartermaster's Department, was
known to a large number of Amer
leans here as a character" as a man
of quaint personality and habits.
Christian science and kindred mysti-
cism had strongly affected his metal
makeup, and profuse facial hirsute
adornment, of a reddish hue, reveal
ing a supreme contempt for the tom
sorialist's care, did not detract from
the general uncanniness of his ap-
pearance He was taciturn to the
point of being insulting. One of his
peculiarities were his early morning
walks. He would leave his quarters
in the Palomar district, chiefly popu-
lated by natives, as early as Q o'clock
a. M, and wander about the streets
of the city, in an aimless fashion, not
retiring to his dingy abode until long
after the shrill voice of the galli-
naceous bird announced the dawn Of
day.-Manila Bulletin.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
y THE sOLENoDON.
The Only Specimens in the Country In
New York City.

New York City.
The strangest American animal.
and also one OF the rarest ad least
known of all mammals, is the solen-
odon. or alniqui. Only two speci-
mems are known--one peculiar to
Cuba, the other to the Island of Santo
Domingo.
Although the solenodon is an in
sectivorous animal, yet in many
ways 1t resembles the rodents as we'll
as the ant-eaters. and is more like
certain fossil quadrupeds than like
any other living creature.
It is about two feet in length, with
long, coarse hair and a naked, rat
like tail. The forefeet are heavy and
strong, and are provided with stout,
curved claws for digging and tearing
apart rotten logs. The nose is long
and slender and exceedingly mobile,
and the whole appearance of the an
imal is peculiar.
For many years, says the New
New York Sun, the solenodon has
been considered extinct, and practi-
cally nothing was known of its hab-
it's Few museums of the world pos
sessed even fragments of the remark
able animal
In December, 1906, A. Hyatt YER
rill undertook a trip to Santo Do
mingo IN search Of this long lost am
imal, and succeeded in obtaining
three living specimens, which are now
in the American Museum of Natural
History in New York City, and are
believed to be the only specimens Of
the Santo Domingo solenodon in the
United States, If not in the world.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Land Sharks.

yes, mates" related Barnacled
Ben, retired seaman, Il certainly did
see some wonderful things when |
was cruising around the seven seas,
Why, once we had a sawfish to follow
the Nancy Jones for thousand miles,
We used to throw him off the leavings
from the galley and when we'd hit a
calm, why, the sawfish would saw up
our firewood in stove lengths. All we
had to do was to toss the long sticks
over and he'd saw them up in a jiffy.
Then we'd take long rake and rake
them aboard. Nature taking? Never
heard of it, mate, never heard of it"
And Barnacled Ben lit his pipe and
shambled away.-Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Union beer,
"Union label bread,
Union cigars,
When the Minister Scored.

A-country clergyman, while recent
ly advocating the support of chart
table object, prefaced the circulation
of the plate with the following ad-
dress: From the great sympathy
have witnessed in your countenances
there is only one thing l am afraid
of-that some of you may feel inclined
to give too much. Now, it is my duty
to inform you that justice should al
ways be prime virtue to generosity;
therefore, l wish to have it thorough,
ly understood that no person will
think of putting anything on the plate
who cannot pay his debts" The result
was an overlooking collection
York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Plain of Marathon.

Since Lord Byron was offered the
plain of Marathon for G9OO-an ex-
travagant price except to an anti
quary-it has done nothing to re-
deem its character for dreariness and
desolation. According to a recent
traveller, even the children and the
beggars with coins and pieces of pot
terry are absent. ave asked the
herdsman," he says, "for remnants
of arms or pieces of money; he had
seen such things picked up, but knew
nothing of their value" Probably he
knew less of the decisive" battle,
the scene of which was O year or two
ago definitely located by a group of
Prussian officers. One remembers
with an uneasy feeling that there
were only 1872 heroes disposed of at
this great battle; but the Athenians
had the literary gift, and knew how
to take care of the reputation of their
race. 1t is curious to reflect that
twenty years have barely elapsed
since Greece took the trouble to ex-
plore Soros-the mound beneath
which lie the bones of the slain-and
thus place beyond the reach of dJubt
the fact that the victors of Marathon
found sepulture on the plain where
they vanquished the Persian hordes.
London Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Not Altogether had.

A policeman saw a man acting
rather suspiciously near jewelers.
one evening, and going over to him
he demanded to know who the man
was and what he wanted.
I'm thinking of opening a jewell
er's in this neighborhood, replied
the man, land I'm watching to see If
there is much trade.
Whereupon the policeman went on
his way satisfied.
Next morning word was received at
the station that the shop had been
entered and robbed during the night.
The policeman who had aecosted the
mysterious stranger said, rehectively:
HE may be thafe, but he's no
liar!"-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
BEES MASTER OF THE ROAD,
Farmers Mlshap that Stopped Travel
on French HluhwaV,

on french HIGHWAY
A curious incident is reported from
st. Prieure, near Chambery, where two
colonies of bees In state of insurrec-
ton have routed everybody from the
neighborhood and are still masters of
the road.
The cure of a neighboring place, ac-
companied by a farmer, came to take
possession of two beehiyes, which the
farmer loaded on a cart drawn by two
oxen. Half way home one of the hives
fell off the cart and was broken up
The bees on being liberated attacked
the farmer with fury, and stung him so
violently that the poor man tainted
and fell on the road The cure came
to his rescue, but in his hurry upset
the other hive, from which the bees
also escaped and attacked him in turn,
Workmen from the fields round
about heard the croes and rescued
both men, who had to be carried to a
house and attended by a doctor. Mean
while the bees attacked the oxen and
stung them so fiercely that the two
beasts started on a mad race down the
road and were finally surrounded not
only by bees of the first two hives,
but apparently by all the bees in the
neighborhood, and had herself to be
rescued by the villagers.
So savage have the bees become
that the highway is said still to be in
their possession and the inhabitants
have to be well protected to venture
out in the fields.-London Telegraph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Flats.
BY 7. L. MASON.

Flats are now cultivated extensive
ly throughout the country. Some
varieties are short and scrubby; 9TH
ers grow to an immense height. Al
most every fiat has a spinal column
running up and down it's centre. This
is the eleYator-shaft, and consists Of
hot air.
When q fiat is more costly than
people can afford to live in, it is called
an apartment. A fiat in its primitive
state consists of a small bathroom,
almost completely surrounded by total
darkness.
A fiat is substitute for home, at
one time a popular winter and sum-
mer resort, where traditions were al
lowed to grow up carelessly Now in
every well-conducted fiat the tradi-
lions are drawn out every morning
through a tube by the pneumatic
cleaning process.
Babies happen occasionally, even
in the best-regulated fats. Thus we
see that Nature, even under modern
surveillance, sometimes mods.
Flats are constantly growing In
size and Importance. 1t is estimated
that very soon they will hold all the
people in the world, who will then
come to depend entirely upon our
fertile roof-gardens for treir means
of sustenance.
Flats have an awful mean tempera-
ture of two degrees below zero in
winter and ninety-two degrees above
zero in summer.
When all the trees have been made
into flats, it is thought the millennium
will have arrived. Every fat has the
word Welcome" over the kitchen
door Also many of them this motto;
"All ye who enter here leave soap
behind. Success Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Near Polar Metropolis.

A Canadian Government survey
party has been sent to lay out the
townsite of Fort Churchill, the future
metropolis of Hudson Bay. The only
settler who is now on the proposed
site, which is on the east side of
Churchill River, opposite the Hudson
Bay post, will be entitled to free
grant of 100 acres. The bill providing
for the construction of the Hudson
Bay Railway will be introduced into
the Dominion Parliament soon, but un.
less the present deadlock is broken
dissolution must come soon. No prog,
ress is being made with legislation
at present.-Scientifi American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
AFRAID TO EAT
Girl Starving on Unsolicited Food.


Several years ago l was actually
starving" writes a Me, girl, yet
dared not eat for fear OF the conse-
quences.
Il had suffered from indigestion
from overwork, irregular meals and
improper food, until at last my
stomach became so weak l could eat
scarcely any food without great dis
tress.
-MRny kinds of food were tried,
all with the same discOuraging eff
Rects. steadily lost health and
strength until l was but a wreck OF
my former self
Having heard Of Grape-Nuts and
lts great merits, purchased a pack
age. but with little nope that 1t would
help mel was so discouraged.
Il found 1t not only appetizing but
that could eat It al. / liked and that
Il satisfied the craving for food with
out causing distress, and II may use
the expression, 1t filled the BILL
@For months Grape-Nuts was my
principal article OF diet felt from
the very first that had found the
right way to health and happiness,
and my anticipations were fully
realized.
with its continued use regained
my usual health and strength. To-
day am well and can eat anything
] like, yet Grape-Nuts food forms a
part of my bill of fare" There's a
Reason
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read -The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above ietter7 A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
tnssresG.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Beware of Ointmehts For Catarrh
That Contain Mercury,

as n ercuIy will surely destroy the sense Of
sn ell and comI letely doranGe the whole sys'
tom when entering ii Though the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never lie used
except Oh IICsuiI lions fl Cmleputable ply.
siciuns, as the damage they will do is enfold
TO the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains
10 mercury, Gl is taken internally, acting
diIettlyMl on tie blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure 10 get the genuine. II is taken in
ternally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F.
j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Bloodhound Tracking In England.

The most recent case of the sue
cessful official employment of the
bloodhound in the public service was
that Of the lost girl, Miss Campbell,
In Ayrshire, year or so ago, when
the provost of Gatehouse sent to Mr.,
George Oliphant, secretary of the
Bloodhound Hunt club, for three
hounds.
These hounds were three days at
work ON the scent, in most difficult
and treacherous country and succeed
ed in carrying the search party to the
edge of pool, at which they threw
up the search. and from which on its
being dragged the body of the miss
ing girl was recovered.
The bloodhound has the same in.
stincts for guarding his master as
any dog or hound possesses, though
he does not hurt the man he has
hunted--Fry's Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Smells in Great Cities.

The man with nose always rec
ognizes the smell of the place, and he
has only to land at Calais to smell
garlic. London's smell-when the
Londoner returns-is just SCOT and
fried fish. Paris always smells of
chocolate and wood smoke. Florence
is violets and sewage. But SO soon
as you get to Russia the smell is quite
different. Moscow the city of fruit
that comes from the Crimea, has a
special smell of the cranberry (Which
has various names) in late summer.
And you cannot land in st. Petersburg
without noticing instantly - the
smell of the place.--Chicago Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Want Weddings unlonlzed.

The members of the East Side
branch of the Hotel and Restaurant
Employers Association met and is,
sued an appeal to the young men and
women who intend to get married.
The appeal in substance reads:
please see that you arrange for a
union hall"
Union beer,
"Union label bread,
Union cigars,
"And for a union brass band"
There will be more than a thous.
and weddings on the East Side during
the next three months" said the walk
ing delegates, "and if our appeal is
needed the non-union halls will have
to go out of business.
1--WE expect the men and women
who are members of organized labor
to heed our request, which will make
everything unionized, including the
bride and bridegroom, New York
Telegram to the Chicago Record-Her.
aid
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26

third, elastic, fourth. not liable to
sudden collapse II punctured; and,
flfthly. should not absorb moisture,
but should throw OF rain.
The Signal Corps OF the United
States Army gives great weight to
anything pertaining to dirigibles that
Colonel Capper has to say, and copy
of his paper has been sent to every
signal officer In the army.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26

A Kansas woman has broken into
the newspapers with a story to the
effect that Kate Bender died in a
Denver hospital seventeen years ago.
Since Kate has been hanged, drowned
and shot, to say nothing of dying
quietly in her bed, there is no reason
to fear that she will be one of the at
fractions of next years Chautauqua
programs The truth about Kate is
that she went to Laporte, disguised as
man, to marry Mrs. Guinness, and
the widow got her.-Emporia (Kan.)
Gazette.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Praise and Blame.

The mere fact that praise and
blame are at present the corner
stones of our moral and social sys-
TENS goes for nothing. We shall out
grow that just as we have more or
less outgrown the primitive desite to
kill each other. And can any on ?
deny that a world in which blame
did not exist would bs far more hab-
liable, civilized and og.cal?-F .om
T. P.'s Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26

I read of Doan's Kidney Pills and
began using them. One box made me
stronger and freer from pain. kept
on using them and in three months
was able to get out on crutches, and
tie kidneys were acting better. i'm
proved rapidly, discarded the crutches
and to the wonder of my friends was
soon completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Not What He Feared.

"But shall never soil my hands
with homework" said the girl firm
ly.
His face fell.
tits foolish for girl who has al
ways been proud OF her hands to get
them red and rough by drudgery," she
went on, while his face continued to
fail.
when it's so easy to prevent this
by wearing rubber gloves" she con
Guided, bringing his face back to q
normal ltitude.-Philadelp Ledg-
err.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-09-26
Trials Of a Chaneron.

Miss Mayme ton vacation)-"O
auntie, it's such luxury to have moth
ing to do but just Toll in hammock
with my precious Shelley or even the
Vicar of Wakefield!
Elderly Relative-"Child, II l hear
of any more such scandalous doings
shall write to your mother!"-Chi-
cago Tribune.