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Arizona republican., 1908-01-25
SCHOOlBOYS OF TODAY SOLDIERS or TOMORROW
The Movement to Promote Rifle Prac- tiee Among SchooIchiIdren of the Country.

Washington, Jan. IS.-(Special cor respondence of The Republican)-If the plans of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and the National Rifle Association, meet with the approval of congress. A great impetus will he given to schooibOy rifle practice in the United States. A tournament recently held in New York City, met with such conspicuous sue cess that when the board Of directors of the National Rifle Association as sembled in Washington it was unani- mously agreed that congress should be asked for an appropriation to further the work among the school children. The marvellous shooting of the Annap- polls cadets ard the Navy team. which was composed almost exclusively of young men. at Annapolis, coupled with that of the school boys at Creed moor ard Sea Cirt and on the minia- ture range at the recent SpOrtSman's show, has demonstrated that lads from sixteen years old upward can be taught to handle the military rifle with precision. At that age bows are enthusiastic about guns and outdoor sppA | anu Il 4S pibBbStA NO Aui II NilClA
 attention toward the use of the mili- tary rifle with the idea that as they grow older their fondness for this sport will increase and that on leaving the schools, colleges or universities, they w!ll join the National Guard or civilian rifle clubs and thus continue the work. As Gen. James A. Drain. president of the National Rifle Asso- citation. aptly put it: The high school boys of today will be the soldiers of tomorrow. and from them we should get orr best militiamen and officers, and our best marksmen." The Eng fish government spends large sums of money annually in encouraging school boys rifle practice and other countries are turning their attention in this di- rection. The National Board has rec commended to thay secretary of war that an item be inserted in the army appropriation bill setting aside s10e,0O0
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25
GRAIN.

Chicago Jan 24.-Strength in wheat developed in the final hour of trading. inspired largely by an advance of al most a cent in corn. May opened
 x G Ac lower at S1O19s@1O1& ad- vanced to S1.c22smIz and closed at S1.02h. Corn opened weak: sentiment continued bullish to the close. May opened 1s G Ac lower at 60S4 @ 3sc. ad- vanced to 6119@ 9sc and closed at 619s dl4c. Oats made a gain late to- day because of the advance in corn. May opened at 53&c sold to 535sc, advanced to 545sc and closed at 5fhc.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25
CATTlE AND SHEEP

Chicago. Jan. 24.-Cattle receipts 250O; market strong, to 1Oc higher; beeves $355@6.15: coWs and heifers. s1.60G465; Texans $3.25d4.OO: calves S5G7; westerns S3.7OG465; stockers and feeders S2.65@4.6O; sheep receipts about 5000; market strong. Natives S$.25 a $50; western $3.25q5. $50; year ling $4.9On 560; lambs $5G7.5O; west ern S5d7
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25
DEATH GOT HIM ANYHOW.

Chicago. Jan. 24.-Samuel R. Ham mill ot Terre Haute, one of counsel for Banker Walsh in his recent rial and lat whom Mrs. Beatrice Metcalf fired several shots as he was leaving court, died here today of pneumonia.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25
M PETALS.

New York Jan 24-rhe London tin market was higher with spot at e125 los and futures at sl26 Locally the market was dull but a shade higher with quotations ranging from SPICE F @27.S7i.. Copper was 12s Sd lower at e62 2s Cd for spot and e62 15s for futures in the London market. Lo- cailv the market was dull and un- changed with lake at S13.75d14.O0. electrolytic $13621a @13.S71a and cast ing S1S.37la 6l13.6215. Lead was un- changed both in the Londsn and the local markets. being quoted at 14 los in London and s3.7O@3.75 locally. Spelter was unchanged at ego IFS Sd in London and $4.45N4.5j locally. To- cally iron was unchanged.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-25
STOCKS

Amalgamated Copper 491s; Smelting Atchison 7rh; St Paul, 111h; New York Central 96%; Pennsylvania 1121a; Reading 100: Southern Pacific 1878: Union Pacific 122 5-S; Steel 271s: Preferred 91&.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
ALL JOIN IN WEEK OF PRAYER
Christians OF All Names Asked 10 Join in Sup
PIicaiion-ist Week In Advent.

General interest is being aroused
just now over the week of prayer
which will begin on November goth
and continue during the first week
in Advent.
This special week ofprayer is be-
ing held throughout the world as
the result of conference of repre-
sentatives of seven lay brother
hoods in the United States held in
Chicago. Following the conference
men 5 societies of all churches were
communicated with, so that all over
the world, even to the remotest is
lands of the sea, the word to OBJ
serve the week of prayer has gone
out.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26

under quarantine as are also those
Of William Lamon, whose farm was
their stopping place. A violation
of the quarantine carries with it
penalty of SIoo or Imprisonment Of
six mouths.
In Danville at present are some
natives of Germany, who recall the
outbreak of foot and mouth disease
in that country and are surprised
at the drastic measures adopted
here to eradicate the disease. In
Germany the cattle were not killed.
In 1901, DR.. Pearson states, aph-
thous fever broke out in Germany
and the government tried to stamp
it out with the quarantine method.
II cost the government $50, 900, 900
before it was finally wiped out.
Besides there was considerable loss
of life In one town alone 26
children died al the result of aph-
thous fever.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
J Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
CENTURY CLUB ANNIVERSARY.

The Century Club will be fifteen
years old on Friday, and in order
to properly celebrate the occasion
they will gather at the home of
Miss Mary Tustin on First street
at eight o'clock in the evening.
Invitations have been sent to all
of the present former members.
They are printed in red, the color
of the club. and worded in rhyme.
They read as follows:
In Eighteen Hundred aud Ninety Three
The Century Club launched out to sea.
To celebrate this great event
Its members are on pleasure bent.
Will you be one to share the fun,
And to the Tustin homestead come?
Next Friday eve at eight--no more,
Please knock at Mary Tustin's door.
Well spend an hour in friendly chat
Then hear the history of our Frat"
Dinna forget come as ye be,
Fine clothes count nought in our countree
Mrs. DR., Hemingway is the au-
thor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
WILL COMPLY WITH THE RULE.

The State railroad commission
has heard from almost all of the
street railway companies in the
State regarding the rule that pas
sengers must not ride on the front
platforms of trolley cars, and all
say that they will comply with the
rule, which went into effect Mon
day. The commission anticipates
no trouble whatever in the enforce
ment of the rule and believes that
when the general public learns
that it was made by commission
and not by the companies there
will be no protest against those
who are prohibited from riding on
the front platform.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
PATENT OFFICE FREAKS.

Among the many queer things at
the Patent Office at Washington,
perhaps the very queerest is the
process lately patented for turning
corpses into gold statues, or Incl
dentally into silver or bronze, if
money is an object, says the Post
Dispatch.
No more dust to dust" for the
human body. Burial itself may be
done away with, and our dear de-
parted may stand around our homes
for all time.
The name of the patentee is Da-
vid J. Block, a letter carrier, OF
Chicago. He says he has been
eight years experimenting, and now
can turn the BODY of a man weigh
ing 1855 pounds into pure gold for
S5I5 600 and into pure silver for
$500, 900. He makes bronze
statue, premeating the flesh to
cepth of one-eighth of an inch,
which can be done for $4,000, and
he guarantees that to preserve
corpse intact for 100 years. Posi-
bly, he will 60 on and invent some
crockery process for even less mon
ey-but that might be dangerous
because so breakable, and one does
not want 10 see ones loved one
broken up about the house.
Mr.. Block has, i'll fact, sprung on
the Patent Office a very startling
idea He has some samples of his
work that are amazing, to say the
least. Among them is bunch of
American Beauty roses metalized
five years ago. They are as hard
as a rock, but perfectly natural in
coloring, and when he opens the
box to take them out the scent
seems to be as strong as in a
fresh.cut rose. His wife wears
hatpins made by him Of other
roses-one an American Beauty,
another pink tea rose and third
a white rose. These he metalized
two years ago. She has worn them
winter and summer, in
all kinds of weather. The odor of
them is exactly like that of freshly
picked roses.
OF course, Mr.. Block naturally
refuses to divulge the process by |
which he thinks he has conquered
the forces of disintegration. He
has arranged with one of the largest
casket companies in the country to
handle the process. He says he
can never turn undertaken himself,
but he can show anybody else how
to do it, so that there could be no |
possibility of mistakes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
KEEP OFF THE MONUMENT"

That is the warning that is hung
on each side of the monument in
Market Square, and while it is not
ornamental, it was made necessary
by the fact that.children have been
defacing the monument by walking
around the base with their muddy
shoes. Policemen have been o.
dered to see that they keep off, but
it will probably occur that the only
way to keep the base OF the memo.
rial from being a play ground and
a loahng place will be to put an
iron fence around it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
VIOLATING RULES
OF QUARANTINE.
Forty Federal Experts Have Ar,
rived at Danville Since
Friday and Been AS
signed to Duty
Outbreak Near Lock Haven.

Two weeks ago Sunday State
Veterinarian Leonard Pearson, ac-
companied by DR.. T. +. Munce,
arrived at Danville and took up the
fight against the foot and mouth
disease. In the two weeks interval
there has not been day but that
they, along with their able corps
Of assistants, have been working
overtime. Even on Sunday there
is no let-up.
The foot and mouth disease up
to date Eas broken ont i'll the fol-
lowing counties:
Montour, Northumberland, Clin-
ton, Juniata, Union, Snyder,
Berks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Della
ware, Chester and Lancaster
twelve counties in all The latest
outbreak is reported in Clinton
county, near Lock Haven. Several
agents of the State Livestock Sani-
tary board sent out from Danvile,
are now on the ground there max
ing Investigations. Another ou.-
break was reported near Pleasant
corner in Lehigh county. Several
State and Federal men were sent
there from Danville, Sunday.
Fully forty Federal men repre-
senting the bureau of animal indus
try, department ofagriculture, have
arrived at Danville since Friday
from different parts of the Union.
one being from Denver and others
from points nearly as far west.
They represent the leading cattle
raising and s!aughtering districts of
the United States, In each case
as soon as the expert arrived DR..
Bennett, the Federal representative
assigned him to active duty in var
ious infected districts.
Many persons, it seems, fail to
grasp the full significance of the
county quarantine and are slow to
realize that the rules and regula-
tions adopted admit of no excep-
tions. Several residents of Mon
tour and Northumberland counties
have stepped across the line and
bought cattle only to discover that
they are not permitted to remove
the animal out of the county in
which it was purchased. In one
instance the purchaser paid down a
certain sum of money to fasten the
bargain. Men have gone out of
the county to buy dressed pork only
TO find that the same restriction in
part applies, as slaughtered hogs
can be taken ont of one county into
another only after the head and
feet have been cut off and disposed |
of. There is scarcely a day but |
some one applies to o, d. Schock,
who is in charge of the head-quar
ters, to see if something cannot be
done in his particular case. To all |
the reply is the same. The rules |
are sweeping and must be enforced |
in every case.
That the State means to rigidly |
enforce the quarantine is demon
strated by an incident that occurred |
at Berwick Saturday. Louis Bloom
drove herd of cattle across the
line from Columbia into Luzerne
intending to take them TO
Hazleton. 1t is alleged that he was
notified that he was breaking the
quarantine but paid no heed. The
State Livestock Sanitary board at
It's headquarters in Danville was
notified, when Blooms arrest was
ordered. Under instructions from
headquarters the cattle were re-
turned to their starting point at
Evansville. Blooms cattle are now !
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
REAL ESTATE SALE.

John Reighard. executor of the
estate of B. F. Reighard, late of
Mifflinburg, Pa, will sell on Fri
day, December II, 1908 at one
o'clock, p. NJ. farm situated in
Scott township, adjoining lands of
James Reichard. Harvey Creve-
ling, B. f. Zarr and others, and
containing over I56 acres. 1t has a
two story frame dwelling, barn,
and other buildings.
The sale will take place at the
court house in Bloomsbury.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26

be an incentive for the display OF
public valor aud virtue in all COM
ing time. There can be no doubt
that the honor you pay to the pa
trotic dead and to the memorable
deeds, will serve not only to make
American citizenship in these days
more reputable, but also to main
tain and perpetuate, through all
future generations the union and
authority of the United States of
America.
Hon. w. E. Andrews, of Wash
ington, D. c. the orator of the day,
delivered all eloquent and impress
sive speech, which was highly COM
plimented by all who heard it. He
made many friends during his brief
stay in town.
He was followed by Congress
man John G.. McHenry, who in an
able address clo.ed the exercises of
the afternoon.
The day was a great success in
every way, and all who had any
thing to do with it in any way are
to be congratulated and compli-
meuted upon the admirable manner
in which everything was done, from
the inception of the movement to
procure a monument up to the final
moment of its dedication.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
DAILY SERVICES.

During next week nightly servi-
ces will be held in st. Paups
Church, when special intercession
will be made for all men and BOYS.
On Wednesday evening the Rector
will deliver an address. All male
members of the parish are special
ly invited, but the meetings are
not exclusively for men, and all
members of the congregation, and
the public generally, are welcome.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
What a Monkey Wrench is.
Not Quite So Geological as its Misleading
Name Might Imply.

OF plain tool with a droll name
the Rochester On. W Union ami
I9VertSer says:
a monkey wrench" is net SO
named because it is handy thing
to monkey with, or for any kin
dred reason. Monkey" is not its
name at all, but "Moncky."
Charles Moncky, the inventor oft,
sold his patent for $4,000, and in
vested 1.-THE money in a house i'll
Williamsburg, Kings county,
where he now lives. H0A, a Lon
don trade paper, says that so. 900
dozen Moncky wrenches are ex-
ported to Europe annually. The
toolmakers and machinists of Eu-
rope, says iron, such as Krupp,
of Germany, Whitworth & Arm
srong, of England, and Hotch-
kiss, of France, with their vast re-
sources, are unable to produce
Moncky or screw-bar wrench equal
to the Ameri can wrenches, and
consequently they have to import
these tools from the States"
On the same subject the same
journal continues: Our American
contemporaries have every cause to
be surprised at the astonishing fact
that thousands OF tons of scrap-iron
are every year taken to the United
States and there converted into the
simplest of American manufac-
lures, the sad or laundry iron, and
then exported back to Europe at
no small profit. There is no one
corner of Europe where the Ameri-
can small-cast hardware is not on
sale. In the matter of the common
pocket boXwood rules, the Ameri-
can manufacturers so far excel all
others that, if not all European
certainly all nations out
side of Europe are supplied from
America. The manufacturers there
print on the rule whatever system
of measurement is followed by the
country for which the goods are in
tended, American augers and .
auger-bits are used the world over,
no other nation being able to COM
pete. The Americans with such
facts before them may we'll be
proud Of their manufactures, "
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.

The Clark Store for the past
forty years one of the leading mer-
camille houses in this section, is
closed this week until Friday
morning at 9;3o, for the purpose
of arranging the stock for closing
out sale. Prices are reduced and
every thing in the store will be sold.
Great bargains await the people of
this vicinity.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
THANKSGIVING SERVICE.

Thanksgiving Service at St.
Paups Episcopal Church will be
held at 10 a. III.
A Union meeting will be held in
the Presbyterian Church in the
evening at 1880.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
LODGE OF SORROW.

The local lodge of Elks has fixed
Sunday, December 9th for the
holding of their annual lodge of
sorrow. Rev. J, R. Murphy will
deliver the address.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
T6s Bfooms6urS Qlafionaf QBan&

Is directly identified with the Farming Mercantile and Man
ufacurng interests of this community and with its ample Capt.
tai and Surplus Conservative Directorate Progressive Manage
en and convenient location is equipped Satisfactorily Han
die New Accounts and accord them that
attention which has been vital factor it's Steadast Con
tinuous Growth
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26

The following letters are held at
the Bloomsbury, Pa, post Office:
Mrs. Nora Beishline, Mr.. G w.
Hudson, Mr.. Abraham Kline.
Cards Miss Helen Espy, Mr. Her
bert J. Rober, Mr. H. j. Rober.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-11-26
The DEDICATION
A Great Crowd Witnessed the
Ceremonies at the Present
tation of the Monument.
AFlNE PARADE.

in this county was that attending
the dedication of the Soldiers and
Sailors Monument on last Thurs
day. The weather was all that
could be desired, and thousands OF
people were present.
The parade started at 1880 from
the Town Hall, headed by Chief
Marshal w. O. Holmes, County
Commissioners Hess, Pohe, and
Ringrose, and Assistant Marshals
W. ID. Lentz and R. A. Hicks,
all mt united. The parade was
made up as follows:
Mounted Police
Catawissa Band
Sons of Veterans of Bloomsbury,
Berwick, Wilkes Barre
and Milton
Spanish American Veterans
Patriotic Order Sons of America
p. 5. of A Drum Corps, Danville
Citizens Band
X. G.. l.. Commandery
Independent Order o. Red Men
Millville Baud
Carriages containing Speakers
of the day
Veterans of the Civil War
Ladies of the G.. A. X. and children
who were in the coupon con-
test in band wagon
Bloomsbury Band
Friendship Fire Co. No.
Winoua Fire Co. No. 3
Orangeville Band
Rescue Hose Co. No.
Liberty Fire Co. No. 4
The veterans of the civil war
Joined the procession at the court
house after the parade had gone
down East to Fifth. to West, and
up Main. There were about $50 of
them.
The exercises at the monument
were opened by J. c. Ewes, Presi-
dent of the Monument Association,
and the audience sang America,
led by II. S. Barton, and DR..
Hemingway offered prayer, after
which Judge c. c. Evans in very
excellent address, on behalf OF the
county commissioners, presented
the monument to the public gener-
ally, and the veterans in particular.
On behalf of the veterans II. A.
McKillip Esq. accepted the monu-
ment in an eloquent speech, We
regret that we cannot give all OF
the speeches in full, but space for
bids.
On behalf of the Grand Army of
the Republic, +. Z. Bittenbender,
Commander of Ent Post G. A. X.
made an address of thanks for the
monument, and as his remarks
have not appeared elsewhere in
print, we give them in full.
He said:-In the name OF my
comrades of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, representing as we
do all soldiers and sailors who de-
Tended the integrity and authority
of the nation, we thank you and
those whom you represent for the
monument. Its very silence Is I'M
pressive. Without articulate speech
1t is eloquent. 1t needs no words,
1t is itself an Grafton. 1t assures
us that our dead are held in remem-
brance, those dead who gave their
lives for the security of the citizen
and the union of the states. 1t is |
significant of brave and loyal obed-
ience to the command of the nation
always and everywhere since the
obligations of citizenship are not
restricted to time or place or to the /
conflict of arms. 1t gives encour-
agement for the future, since the !
recognition and approval it gives OF
patriotic fidelity and heroism VIII
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-08-20
One by Gen. Miles.

Gen. Miles used to tell of surgeon
at certain post during the civil war
who was chaffed great deal for his
flowery and extravagant style of ex-
preston, both written and oral. On
one occasion 1t appears that the col
onel of the regiment had appropriated
the surgeons tent for a mess-table,
without the usual formality of stat
ing his intentions. Whereupon the
surgeon sent complaint to the Of
ficer in command. Among other things
he said: Il have not so much as fly
to interpose between my head and
the star-decked heavens above me"
This unique document followed the
regular routine and eventually re-
turned to the unfortunate surgeon
with the following endorsement: "Col.
Brown will cause a fly to be inter-
posed between the head of the COM
plainant and the star-decked heavens
above him as soon as possible. III
Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-08-20
LOOKED FOR OTHER TWO.
Little Ono Had But One Idea Of Term
"Fore-Handed."

Little Catherine has been boarding
on farm this summer. and many d
the rural expressions are wholly un-
familiar to her. One day she chance
to hear her country hostess praisine
the good qualities of certain thrifty
neighbor.
HE really amt got much, COM
pared to some folks" said the farm
er's wife, but he makes out wonder
full we'll; he's so fore-handed."
That evening the man thus lauded
happened to drop in. and Katherine
Immediately sidled up to him, with Gu
rious eyes. Slowly she revolved about
the chair in which he sat, and so per
sistently did she gaze at him that the
farmers wife finally noticed it.
well, Katherine" she said, you
seem to find a good deal to look at in
Mr.. B; don't you?"
Why" replied the child, her little
forehead wrinkled in perplexity. II
did want to see his two uvver hands,
but can't. Is he sittin' on 'em?"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-08-20
A Matter of Hlah Politics

One the wittiest of English peers
is lord Longford, and he has also
earned the reputation of being one of
the worst dressed. in spite of the fact
that for 20 years he has been in the
Second Life Guards. The story goes
that friend once met him in Ireland
garbed in pair of combinations
which were not on speaking terms
with his boots, and chaffed him mer-
cilessly about the lucid interval" that
occurred between them. But Tom
my" as Lord Longford is known to
his intimates, in nowise disconnected,
blandly explained that 1t was really
matter of high politics. You see,
my dear fellow. the breeches are made
by tailor who is a rampant Orange
man, while the boots are the achieve
ment of e Fenian cobbler, SO how can
you expect 'em to meet2