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sulroR MUST PAY THE. BILLS.
Court Decides Girl May Recover
Money Advanced In courtship.

Los Angeles, Calf girl pays the
Incidental courtship expenses Of a
young man who is seeking her hand
and he afterward fails to marry her.
she may recover through the courts
the total amount she is out Of pocket
on the proposition. Such case has
just been decided by Justice Selph Of
Los Angeles. who ruled that Mrs. Al
bert A. Jones, formerly Miss Bessie
May, was entitled to recover $s7.50
rom Emil Fernholtx. the sum repre-
senting total Of expenditures which
the young woman made for the joint
entertainment Of herself and Fern
holtz In the period Of his unfruitful
courtship.
Mrs. Jones, who since her affair with
FernhOltz has been married to Mr.
Jones. testified In court that she ad
vanced the money for various thinxs
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-13
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-13
An Improved Variety.

The traveller exhibited peculiar
nervousness on seeing the long-legged,
slim, fierce looking hogs that roamed
at will over the country. At length he
asked a native sitting on fence by
the roadside:
aren't these razorback hogs rather
dangerous?
81 never heard of none Of them do
ing any HARM" remarked the native.
Il think they must be safety razor
backs"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-13
Undue Exposure.

Adolphus--I say, deah boy, they tell
me ChoIly caught quite cold don't
cherknow.
Augustus-Yes, he went without his
chrysanthemum one day last week
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-13
Ending the Trouble.

Il thought you were engagedg
"Well, was-for while"
did she throw you over?"
"Oh, no. / found out she had a.
artificial arm-so broke It on"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-13
One Guess Only.

"What did he ever see in herr
asked one.
"What did she ever see in him"
asked the other.
Which Of these two was the woman
and which the man?-Kansas City
Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27

time things look black for the roy
al lovers. But the clouds finally
pass by, and their silver lining
more than makes up for their pre-
vious gloominess. There are many
strong scenes i'll the narrative, and
action abounds, yet there is a
praise worthy absence of the fam
buoyant, hackneyed episodes whic'
occur in SO many romantic novels
such as the duel with swords, II
which the hero displays phenome-
nal fencing ability. The characters
are wonderfully we'll depicted, es-
pecially the two leading ones, the
Princess Elfrida and her stalwart
lover, Marcus of Odensa. LtBpin-
eoHs has seldom, if ever, printed a
better novelette,.
There are e number of enticing
short stories also in this number.
The Mollycoddle," by Augusta
Kortrecht; IA Desperate Charac.
ter, by Owen Oliver; "Tempera-
ment," by Eleanor Mercein Kelly;
"And Away They Galloped To-
gether," by Will Lexington Com
fort; "Some Spoons and a Dog"
by Alice Louise Lee; The Truth,
the Whole Truth" by Thomas l..
Mason; and That Denied 'Giftie, ,"
by Mella Russell McCallum, are
among the most noteworthy. An
other posthumous paper by
"Ouida, the famous novelist,
who died not long ago, is an inter-
esting feature. 1t is entitled Glove
Versus Avarice," and is a frank
analysis Of the causes which make
for social evil. Other interesting
on timely subjects will be
found in the department "Ways of
the Hour" and there is the usual
complement of jokes, jingles, and
in "Walnuts and Wine"
The other magazines will be hard
put to it to excel the June Lbbin-
coTs i'll point of interest.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27
Postal Service Extends to All Parts O
the World

The United States mails are carried
everywhere. 1t would be almost
physical impossibility for a man &c
hide himself in any remote corner oI
the world without being discovered al
last by some Insignificant agent of 9
worldwide service, the machinery ol
which operates quietly and with clock
like regularity.
If birds eye view of the different
railroad and steamship lines which
carry the mails could be taken the
giant spiders web thus formed would
appear woven in a pattern SO intricate
that the mind would balk at the mere
suggestion of unraveling it, says St
Nicholas.
And besides the regular steamship
and railroad threads of this maze
would appear tens of thousands of
eros shines, representing pony routes.
dog-and-sled tracks, swift courier and
runner trails" and even reindeer,
whaling ship and canoe lines.
Every sort of vehicle and beast Of
burden, and nearly every invention
of men for quick transportation have
been pressed into the postal service,
and it is possible for a letter to go
around the world under conditions so
strange that the mere history of its
journey would form story of thrill
ing interest.
If man should start from New
York and travel nothward to Alaska,
then down the coast to California and
take ship to Manila, and follow the
lines of travel to Hongkong, to Singa.
pore, to Canton, to Toxic, to Vladi.
vostock, to st. Petersburg, to Vienna,
TO London, to South Africa, and finally
to South America, touching on the
way at several Pacific and South At.
lantic islands, and thence back to hia
starting point, he could travel a dis.
tance several times greater than the
circumference of the globe.
If he ordered his mail forwarded 20
him. and left correct addresses be-
hind at each place. the letters would
dutifully follow him and finally be de.
livered to him in New York n few days
after his own arrival there. All that
he would have to pay extra for this re,
markable Journey would be a dollar
or two In tolls. which would repre-.
sent the charges for forwarding ex-
acted by some of the countries through
which it passed.
There is at the post-ofice depart.
ment at WASHINGTON tho apvaIopa ~
a letter which travelled in this way
100000 miles, and another which came
safely through trip OF 125,000 miles.
Both are marked and stamped in a
way to battle any except very expert
decipherers Of puzzles.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27
Fijian Fire Walkers.

Those who witnessed the coronation
procession will doubtle3s recollect a
small group of copper-colored soldiers
with bare legs and outstanding hair
innocent of covering. These strange
people-Fijian their ancient
ceremony of the Vilaviairevo, or fire
walking, were the subject of paper
read by w. l.. Allardyce. c. NJ. G., at
meeting of the Royal Colonial Insti.
tute recently. Admiral Sir N. Bow.
den-Smith presided.
The ceremony of fire walking, Mr..
Allardyce explained, is performed by
certain tribe at the Island of Bega,
and originated in legend that in re.
ward for having spared the life of a
man he had dug out of the ground.
one TUT Qualita was invested with the
power of being able to walk over red.
hot stones without being burned. An
earth oven Is made and filled with
layers Of wood and stone. In this a
fire is kindled about twelve hours be.
fore the fire walking takes places,
and, when the hot stones have been
exposed by brushing away the char.
coal the natives, under the direction
of master of ceremonies, walk over
them barefooted.
The temperature at the edge Of the
oven is about 120 degrees Fahrenheit
while on one occasion. when the ther.
mometer was suspended over the
stones, it registered 2S2 degrees and
the solder was melted Yet, stated
Mr. Allardyce, after the ceremony the
natives show no signs of the terrible
ordeal through which they have gonq
BY means of a number CT view the
lecturer gave a realistic idea of tho
ceremony as performed nowadays.
Vice-Admiral Lewis Beaumont de.
scribed fire walking ceremony as
witnessed by himself Although those
who took part in it showed no signs
of discomfort, he remarked that ap
parently they did not like 1t over
much.
Replying to questions, Mr.. Allardyce
said the only explanation he could
give Of the apparent immunity from
harm following on the process was
tAat soles of the feet of the natives
were hardened to an unusual degree
through constant walking on a sandy
soil covering coral, which became ex.
ceedinely hot under the sun. There
was also the element of absolute be,
lef by the natives in the legend that
they were proof against fire.-London
Standard
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27
Breezy Adventure Novel in the
June Lippincott's.

Grace MacGowan Cooke has
volved tremendously strong plot
or her complete novel, THE Roy
i Line" in the June Leppineotfs,
md in the development thereof she
las done full justice to it. The re-
ult is one of the most fascinating
'ieces of fiction which have appear
d in long time. The heroine,
!,rincess Elfrida of Waldavia "a
city kingdom of Europe has a
iarriage arranged for her by her
ouncillors. but, to their surprise,
ne has the temerity to prefer the
Ian of her own choice to the dis
olute royal rake they have picked
,ut for her. Plans are promptly
lid to prevent her marriage, and
hen these iail, her enemies are
.sorted to on both sides and for a
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27
Civilization Advancing.
rhe Days Of Prize Fighting and Cock Fight
ing Are Numbered.

The Scranton Times recently
contained the following editorial:
Some day there will be no more
prize-hghting, cock-6ghting, dog
or bull fighting, no more war, the
brain, Drawn, time, money and
grounds will be utilized to more
humane purposes. In fact great
advance has already been made and
many of the brutal sports are pro-
hioited in the United States which
fourished in all the states at one
time. Out in California there was
a great pavilion, near San Francis
co, with thousands of seats and
dozens of little round, altar-like
booths Thouasn1s of people used
to gather in this pavilion, princi-
pally OH Sundays. They saw rab-
bits let loose, and after them pups
of the greyhound breed. The dogs
chased the rabbits and tore them
limb from limb. When a particu-
lar dog was particularly skillful in
chasing and tearing, the screams of
the little woody creatures whose
sole defense the Lord has fixed at
quick action of legs, were drowned
in the cheers of the men and wo-
men in the pavilion who had bet
on that pup. Did you ever hear
the shrek of a rabbit that was
caught? Well, it sounds like the
scream of a child being strangled.
But what does the agony of live
animal amount to ? You bet S. to
S4 that the pup "Tra La" will
catch him first and first tear out
his heart or entrails. You win or
lose. Let the rabbit shrek. One
day the California Legislature put
an end to public gambling, and
what occurred? Only little while
ago the ground above mentioned
was plowed, later the pavilion torn
down, and ground carefully har-
rowed. Dozens of men were em-
ployed to put in cuttings of pota-
toes. Almost daily the fogs from
the ocean came up from the west
and moistened this field of mems
hopes. Daily the sunshine came
and set roots and shoots to grow
ing until now the plants are full
eight inches high. How those po-
Iatoes do grow Why, there are
going to be hundreds and hundreds
If bushels of potatoes, cne of the
staples of human life, in that field.
One of the regular items on the
poor mans menu is going to be
more plentiful and cheaper. Fam
lily after family of the poor are 60
ng to be able to live cheaper by
eason of that field, have more to
at, have bit of a let-up in the
iard struggle to live, by reason of
what's doing under ground in that
leld. It's all right to have recrea-
ion, to have play time and sport,
'ut not where some human being
,r animal is to be the victim of
Tffering or death, to crafty some
vii passion of man. Put away
he spear and savagery for tho
running knife or the plow.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27
TATE OF OHIO, CITY OF
TOLEDO, LUCAS COUNTY. 3D.

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath
rat ne is senior partner of the firm
f F. J. Cheney & Co., doing busi-
ess in Inc City of Toledo, County
nd state aforesaid, and that said
rm will pay the sum of ONE
lUNDRED DOLLARS for each
nd every case of Catarrh that can
OF be cured by the use of Halls
,atarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and sub
rribed IN my presence, this 9th
.ay of December, A. d. 1886.
fsp., A. w. GLEASON.
N| NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ernally, and acts directly on the
flood and mucous surfaces of the
ystem. Send for testimonials
rec.
~. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggist, 7sc.
Tske Halls Family Pills for con
.tipation,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27
PRIMARY ELECTION LAWS.
GContinned from 1st page I

warrants, or the preserving of the
peace.
| Any election officer who permits
a person TO vote at any primary,
with the knowledge that such per
son is not entitled to vote, or re-
fuses to permit any lawfully enti-
tied elector to vote at such primary,
with the knowledge that such per-
son is so entitled to vote, or who re-
fuses to permit him to receive the
party ballot for which he asks, af-
ter having executed the affidavit
herein provided, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and, upon convic-
tion thereof, shall be sentenced to
pay fine not exceeding one thou
sand dollars or to undergo an inn
| prisonment not exceeding five
years, or both, in the discretion of
the court.
Any election officer or clerk who
shall be guilty of any wilful fraud
in the conduct Of his duties at
primary, or who shall make a false
return of the votes cast at such pri-
mary, or who shall deposit fraudu-
lent ballots in the ballot box, or
who shall certify as correct return
of ballots in the ballot box which
he knows to have been fraudulently
deposited therein, or who shall
write false names in the lists of vot-
ers for the purpose of concealing
the deposit of such fraudulent bal
lots or of aiding in the perpetration
of such fraud, or who shall con-
spire with others to commit any of
the offenses herein mentioned, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be
sentenced to pay fine not exceed
ing one thousand dollars or to un-
dergo Imprisonment not exceeding
five years, or both in the discretion
of the court.
Except as modified by the terms
of this act, election officers shall be
subject to the pains and penalties
for violations or neglect Of their du-
ties at a primary as they are or
hereafter may be.subject to for vio-
lation or neglect of such duties at
elections. In all other respects, Of
ficers officiating at primaries shall
be subject to the pains and penal
ties provided by law for offenses
committed at primaries. The ex-
isting laws relating to bribery at
primaries shall continne in force,
and shall apply to bribery at phi
maries as provided by this act.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27
REDUCED RATES TO GETTYSBURG.
Dedication Regular Army Monument.

On Monday. May 81, Memorial
Day, the monument to the regular
army engaged in the battle of Get
tysburg will be dedicated on the
Battlefield by the United States Gov
ernment. President Taft will par
ticipate in the ceremonies.
Excursion tickets to Gettysburg
will be sold by the Pennsylvania
Railroad from all principal stations
May 27 to 80, good to return until
June 8. inclusive, at reduced rates.
May 20, 27.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27

The fine residence prop
erty of the late Judge El-
well is for sale.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27
Location
Descriptions:

Two story and attic, brick
and frame. l3 rooms. Lot
about 66 by 2l2 feet.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-09

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I cure 10 stay cured every case ] take for
treatment. Surgical Cases treat without OPP
Grafton or suffering. Without Ether or Chlo'
reform. without detention from Business or
This MISSOURI Doctor. registered and
licensed by the State for the Cure Of all Ner-
vous Special and Chronic Diseases of Men,
Women and Children, Treats all his Patients
in person. No hired Assistants to split the re-
sponsibility, He treats the following Diseases
only. All Nervous Diseases such as Neuras.
thenia, Neuralgia, Melancholia, Nervous De-
bilty, Spinal Irritation, Hysteria, Paralysis,
Epilepsy, Fits or Falling Sickness, Chorea,
DARKNESS, Sleeplessness, Headache or Mi
raine.. Heart Disease like palpitation. gen:
the Blood or Skin like Anemia, scrofula, EcEe-
ma, Ulcers, Tumors, Growths, Swellings,
pimples etc. He wants to meet oil sick per-
sons who suffer from Chronic Constipation,
Dyspepsia, liberation or Dilation Of the
Stomach or Intestines, Hernia, Rupture OF
the Bowels, Appendicitis, Piles, itching, bleed.
ing, protruding or internal in Character.
largement or displacement, or congestion.
Cirrhosis, hardening. or enlargement. Diseas'
es Of the Kidneys like Bright's Disease, Dia-
betes, Dropsy, Gravel, Uric Acid, Scalding
or burning Urine. Bed wetting or too frequent
Urination, Sexual Impotence, weakness or irri'
liability. Diseases Of the bladder. Catarrh in
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tion Of tissues has set in. Deafness caused
by 1t. I have cured frequently in 80 min
utes. Sometimes accompanied by Head noises,
Cured TO stay Cured. Diseases OF Women.
Uterine OF 0varian are most snccesrtvny
treated. DISBURSEMENTS in any form are inn
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-09
N. B. JETER jl1(51|Et
WEST SIDE $jN7I1l
JEWELER iClS4
Wabash Railroad and the Mis-
souri, College of Agriculture.
Agricultural Scholarship,

SSnSssAe@@sP'
When the railroads offer cash
scholarships to men who will take
work in the Agricultural College, the
economic value of Agricultural Col
lege Instruction must be recognized?
The Wabash Railroad, after careful
investigation of the Missouri College
Of Agriculture has offered eighteen
scholarships to be awarded to stu
dents who will complete satisfactorily
the work in the Short Winter Course
in Agriculture at Columbia, which
begins January A, 1910.
These scholarships are to be award
ed upon the basis of good work in the
studies of the course. The individual
making the highest grades will be
awarded cash scholarship of 5000,
which will pay all the expenses of the
term. One scholarship will be given
to student fran each of the follow
ing counties:
ST. Louis, st. Charles, Wren,
Montgomery, Audrain, Boone, Ran
dolph, Macon, Adair, Schuyler, Char
iton, Carroll, Clay, Livingston, Da-
viess, Gentry, Nodaway.
This is the first time that railroad
company ever offered cash scholar
ships to the students of any institu-
ton in America. 1t is confidently ex-
pected that a large number of Mis-
souri, students will take advantage Of
this opportunity.
Full information about this course
may be had by addressing F. B.
Mumford, Dean, Columbia, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-09
Five Bankers in Stripes.

Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. F iv e
men, convicted embezzling the money
of Indiana banks, were added to the
bankers colony of the Federal prison
upon their arrival here. Each of the
men is under a sentence of five years
Imprisonment. All of tn e m are
young men, the oldest being under 40
years of age.
The mems names and the amounts
embezzled are: Max C. Emmrich,
bookkeeper, Capital National Bank,
Indianapolis, $4,000; Harry C. Prin-
zler, charged with completely with
Emmrich; E. N. Deter, teller, First
National Bank, Fort Wayne, $1,000;
j. H. Phillips, bookkeeper, Terre
Haute National Bank, $4,000, and
Frank H. Nicholai, assistant cashier,
City National Bank, Auburn, $1,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-09
Where Game Fines Go.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Dec.-Attor-
ney General Elliott w. Major render
ed an official opinion regarding the
destination of fines and forfeitures
obtained under the new game and
fish laws. This act provided for such
fines and forfeitures as may be adj
judged and collected, going into the
state revenue fund. Mr.. Major, in
his opinion to State Game and Fish
Commissioner Jesse A. Tolerton,
holds that this is directly contrary to
the constitution, which provides that
all fines and forfeitures from infrac-
tons of criminal statutes shall 90 into
the school fund Of the county where
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-12-09
Here's Your Chance Girls.
From the st. Paul Dispatch

From the st. Paul Dispatch
For five hundred nice appearing,
sensible women, there are husbands
waiting in Wyoming, according to A.
E. Southwell of Gardner, a cattleman.
Any respectable woman, at all comely,
who will be willing to forego matt
nees, pink teas and the like, may 60
to that Western state and be welcom-
ed by some man who will give her a
good home and care for her the rest
Of her life, Mr.. Southwell said at the
Ryan:
more women are needed in Wyo-
ming" the cattleman continued.
men outnumber them twenty to
one. Within a radius of twenty miles
from my home there probably are a
score of men who would be glad Of
the opportunity to marry, and they
are men who own their own homes.
own cattle and have snug little. bank
accounts. Certainly women could
live more comfortably with them than
many Of them now live in the cities.
The ranges are being converted into
farming lands, new families are NOV