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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05
II Came at Last.

Few letters have remained so lor ,
IN the keeping OF the post Office as
one which has now safely reached /; 4,
destination after a lapse of twent,.
nine years. On Christmas day. 1871.
the document was posted at Swindon,
addressed to young lady who resi6.
ed in CHAIRMAN street, HungerforG.
A day or two ago it was delivered ID
a lady at Newbury, having occupied /,
quarter OF a century plus four years
In transit. The delay was caused By
the missive falling behind some wood.
work at the Swindon office, where Il
lay unnoticed until certain alterations
IN the building brought ii to light. II
was then sent on to Hungerford.
where there happened to be a post.
man who knew the lady to whom tn .
letter was addressed. Hence the do
livery to the rlghtful owner. in spit,
Of the fact that she had changed her
name three times since the envelop ,
was inscribed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05

Investigations rcco-t'v r7orc -
China b. ilr. Frank .t. "eyet ct ..s
United States Bureau @, Pant 1l..-.
try afford a st.rt,iug i2s.ea.e OF .-.
obstructive effects OK tie ts.a.e.'a. Lon
Of mountains. Broad rec prs. w..-l
q few centuries C-o We s..c1s ..s
most fertile on the G.a5e, lEe v..'a
country resembling q SerGc1. $40 log
occupied by barren mountains Sal
vast sand and ctavel-coy --,3 fie..s.
in their days o. prosperity these 90.
g.0ns were thicii,y wcc.ci. tie ,-cel.
tains being covered TO tlei' SUBMITS.
The Hun Ho River, once deep. nsv'-
gable stream. Is now only a broad.
sandy bed through which course
shallow. rapid currents. abso.u' ely W..
nayigable. But around sacred ten.
pies, where the native vegetation has
been allowed to remai1, f~arucr.- o,
tie splendid forests ot ercicu, Days
cre yet to be seen. President Rolc @.
welt, in q recent message, called he
attention of Congress to this warnin J
from China.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05

When the idea o; having an athlete
club for women was mentioned a yer
ago no one supposed that such an in.
stitution would amount o much An.
other fad. some said; society scheme
that won't last was the opinion OF
others.
But the club was orsanlzed--the
Kansas City Womens Athletic Club
and now, or any night you may see
from twenty-five to thirty women in
the gymnasium in the owen building.
on Walnut street--if you have the
great privilege. Thirty classes week.
nearly 200 women, one-half the mem.
bership, and others waiting No fad
about that sort of work 1t went on
all summer and fall, right up to the
Christmas season, when ali exercise
except shopping s.
The club has been a success from
the start Before a month had passed
it had outgrown its home in the owen
building. and Mrs, Viola Dale McMur.
ray, the founder, was busting around
looking for a larger place; a second
tea room couldn't accommodate half
its customers; the women just natur.
ally dropped into the real club at.
mosphere as II they'd been waiting
years for ii. took to the club life in
a hurry, the sort with showers and
Indian clubs and drills and dances.
the better TO fit them for the other
kind where Emerson and Browning.
and Keats. and all that sort OF thing
is the rule. When II came To excTcis.
ing they were ahead 90 the nen by
long odds, and they stuck to it VITA
a regularity that mace some old-tine
athletic club members gape in won.
der
The club has proved to be fine
thing for business women, of whom
there are many in Kansas City-won-
en- who employ others in public
stenography, who own stores. and IRE
in a money way quite independent
Night after night they troop up to the
gym" put on the loosely-httiIS be.
coming bloomer. and blouse uniforms.
the piano is opened, the director gives
the signal, and the exercise begins
Nothing more graceful could be imag-
ined. Sometimes dances are taught,
not for the dance Itself, but for the
grace it gives to actions. Then, after
the showers and few minutes rest
in the reading room or in the music
room where there is another piano,
the classes go home to sleep that
comes to few who miss such exercise.
Kansas City Star.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05
mariorie's Eenark

Marjorie, aged four years, has a for.
terrier, in the welfare of which sh =
takes great interest. Said fox.terr!er
wears the customary collar AMI
license, and Marjorie understands IL 4,
Importance of these perfectly we'll
The other evening a young wona
came to dine at the house of th =
small girl. She wore around her
throat what was possibly a souvenir
OF some sentimental nature. a tiny
chain, from which depended go'i
heart.
Dear me-" said Marjorie when II 3
guests had assembled in the drawia:..
room, and she was bidding them good.
night before going TO the nursery fcr
her supper. Dear me- mamma, Mis-,
Smith has on her license, hasn't she .
Why are Fido and Miss Smith t. ,
only ones who have on licenses?"
And then she was hustled off sun .
marily to darkest retirement and Ills /,
Smith, tag and all. went out to dime
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05
Illustration of Form.

James Ten Eyck. oarsman and
coach, discussing rowing one day in
the Syracuse Herald Office. said suc.
cess depended on form. Ee explaine |
what he meant by form. Then. by
way of illustration. he added:
Everything, everything. goes br
form. Thus, out West in the old days,
1t was the essence OF form to be In.
formal. My father used to tell abou !.
squire who would marry the yoan. !;
couples that came to him IN some suc'l
form as this:
Bill, do ye take this gal who's,
hand ye're a-squee2in' to be yer law.
ful wife, in flush times an in skimpT
Name, do ye take this cuss ye'y,
jlned fists with 10 be yer pard throug',
thick and thin?'
Yer right, for once old man.
All right, then. Kiss in court, an
reckon ye'er married as tight as tn ,
law can jine We. guess four bits~l
do, Bill, If don't have to kiss tn,
bride. If do, it's six bits extry.'"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05

When horse picks up nail in his
foot what does the driver do? Does he
whip the limping, tagging animal and
force i'm along? Not unless he wants
to ruin the horse. AT the first sign of
lameness he jumpsdown, examines the
foot and carefully removes the cause of
the lameness. What is called weak
stomach is like the lameness of the
horse, only to be cured by removing
the cause of the trouble. If you stimu.
late the stomach with "whisky medi-
cines" you keep it going, but every
day the condition is growing worse. 4
few doses sometimes of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery will put the
dlsordered stomach and its allied or
gans of digestion and nutrition in
perfect condition. Ninety-eight times
IN every hundred Golden Medical
Discovery will cure the worst all
ments originating in disease of the
stomach. 1t always helps. 1t almost
always cures To cure constipation use
DR., Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They're
sure.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05
THE STORMY PETREL.
BY Winifred Black.

81 don't know whether the Stormy
Petrol flies because there is going TO
be a storm or whether there is a
storm because the Stormy Petrol
flies" said an old fisherman to me
one day. Il wish ! could figure it
out"
have been wondering whether a
certain woman know makes trouble
wherever she goes, or whether she
has the strange faculty of finding out
all the trouble there is wherever she
does go.
/ call her the Stormy Petrol. She
has been Stormy Petrol ever since
knew her.
When she was a little girl in Sun.
day School, you could always tell
which one of the girls in the class
was mad at teacher" The Stormy
Petrol was always very intimate with
her. When the little girl who was
mad at teacher" got into a better
humor, the Stormy Petrels friendship
cooled, and she found some one else
with whom to "sympathize"
When she went to boarding school,
all you had to do to know which one
Of the girls had quarrel with some
other girl was to watch the Stormy
Petrol. She was :lways the bosom
friend of one OF the bitter-hearted ene-
mics.
The Stormy Petrol is a grown WON.
an now. club woman and a society
woman. ! met her down town shop
ping with a certain well-known club
woman the other day Look out, my
TREND" / thought! when looked at
the club woman. There is going to
be storm somewhere in your vicin.
lty."
Two days afterward / heard that
the woman | saw with the Stormy
Petrol was going to resign from her
club.
Whenever the society woman is
having a row about some one she
didn't invite or some one who didn't
Invite her, there is the Stormy Petrol
right in the midst of all the excite.
ment.
/ wonder IL she does it on purpose,
or If she cannot help it. Whichever 1t
is. know one thing-if should see
the Stormy Petrol beginning to fly in
my direction, would take the first
east wind to foreign parts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05
Automoblle,s Odd Feat

\ chauffeur in Kansas City was un.
able recently to stop his car when he
took II in at the rear door OF a gar.
age in Broadway in that city. The ma.
chine went straight through the gar
age and plunged through a large
plate glass window facing the street
and stopped with the front half of the
machine on the sidewalk and the resr
half inside the garage, says the St
Louis PostDisnatch.
John Davis. the chauffeur, was n
the front seat OF the motor CO. Wh, n
II went through the glass. Fa VS.
unhurt and aft7r the big -cci' a
stopped he got or, non tH- 7'',r-- ?
The raohino w-- ~'c~'~' tv the !.
sands as It hur n he w'n Tow.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05
Bloomsbury, Pa.

The first widow of a decedent
without issue to take advantage OF
the recent act of Assembly which
allows the widow, in addition to
the $500 widows exemption here
totore allowed, the first $1,000 of
her husbands estate, and of the
balance her dover as heretofore,
was the widow of James c. Ander-
son. deceased, of York county, who
Monday filed paper claiming all
OF the balance of her husbands
estate, after the $500 widows
exemption, it amounting to less
than $4,000.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05

ELY's CREAM BALM has been tried
ana not found wanting in thousands
OF homes .all over the country. 1t has
won place in the family medicine
closet among the reliable household
remedies, where it is kept at hand for
use in treating cold in the head Just as
soon as some member of the household
begins the preliminary sneezing or
snuffiing. 1t gives immediate relief
ana day or two's treatment will put
a stop to a cold which might, if not
checked, become chronic and run into
bad case of catarrh.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05

C pie en Train Ca.. .-t "'.cn
Rlee TEL ;som .,-.s5s'.
4 youag co.r,e entered a I"l.wcy
carriage ard we're i-Acllc.ly qC,
down as a bridal pair. Eut tfay were
remarkably soltIosscsscl and be-
lavel with such sang f.oid that the
o-hcc passengers began to doubt. ,-yg
TIE Boston Herald.
As the train moved out tho young
man rose to take OF his oyo-Jo.t acl
shower OF rice fell out. TIE pas.
scngers smiled broadly.
But even that did not ai.ect ,he
yob;h, who also smiled. end, tJ~n,Ls ;
TO his partner. remarked aui.b'v: -
"By Jove, May! I've sto.cl Tie l..Go.
Grooms oyercoati"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05
Wires In the Sudan.

Teiegraphic communication n be-
ing rapidly opened up along the Su-
dan part Of the "Cape-to-C Cairo"
steam railway route. Khartum has d.
rect connection with Egypt. There
are now more than 1000 miles Of
tsleg aph working wires in the Sd
dan. and last year more than 230, 900
private kilograms were sent over
hem
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05
To Restore piscolored Enamel,

Dissolve the contents OF one small
box Of chloride Of lime and one sma1
package Of baking soda in a tubfui
OF water. Let your enamelware stand
in same over night, thoroughly rinse
and dry. 1t will look like new.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05
Mrs. Astor Wears Genuine Turban.

Mrs. Waldorf Astor trying to in.
troduce a new fashion in England and
also is making efforts to have her old.
time American friends take it up. II
is in the shape of genuine turbaa
hat
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rrespass Notices.

Gard signs mo Trespassing" ior
sale at this office. They are print
ed IN accordance with the late act
OF 1908. Price S cents each. If
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-08-05

MS unparalleled offer made to all subscribers and
Sample copies free. Address, 9 '
DIE NOLOMblAN, Bloomsbury Pa.
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.-Experience will teach man lots
II 1t doesn't worry him to death.
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THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURY. "a
OF Interest
to Women
j. + +

A Woman's Gym" Club b-Atble,ic
Organization a Success in Kansas
City--Has Thirty Classes ia Which
Nearly Two HrE5Ied Won IL Take
Lessons From Physical pircctor5.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-04
GENEROUS OFFER.

There are some large-hearted peo-
pie in Nashville who are always anX-
ious and willing to see Nashville
forge to the front where she belongs,
but sometimes, and on some occa-
sions, it seems as though Nashville,
in spite of these people in their midst,
is little clammy, yet there are some
who are always on the alert trying
to contribute something towards the
good of the city. From one of these
comes the magnanimous offer anent
the entertaining of the Sunday-School
Congress which will convene here on
Wednesday, of Mr.. Humphrey Bowl
ing, President of the Railway Mems
Protective Association, with rooms
and grounds at Cedar and Tenth
avenue, North. Mr. Bowling has just
notified Mr. H. A. Boyd, Secretary of
the Congress Movement, that the
building and the grounds of this asso-
citation are at the disposal of the of
ficers of the Congress for the enter
tainment of the delegates; not only
the building, but its spacious reading
room and lights and the beautiful
grounds Possibly other people will
do as much and by the time the Con
gress opens the officials will not be
embarrassed for, entertainment.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-04
sTEWARDEss BOARD ENTER.
TANNED.

The Stewardess Board No. 2 of Payne
Chapel A. NJ. E. Church, was elegantly
elegantly entertained Thursday eve
entertained recently by. Mrs. M. Wright,
of 716 Smiley street, East Nashville
The meeting was opened with song
What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and
prayer by Mrs. S. M. King Interest
ing talks in behalf of the Board were
given by Mrs. Jno. Grimes and Mrs,
Henry McAfee. Music was furnished
by Miss Sallie Smith. The house was
beautifully decorated for the occasion
with cut flowers and potted plants.
After an hour Of business a two-course
menu was served. The honored
guests were Mesdames Jno. Grimes,
Henry McAfee, Susie Valentine and
Matte Hall. The Board members
present were Mesdames Sarah Hard
ing, Mary Bailey, Anna Mccullough,
Mosella Johnson, Sallie King, Misses
Rosa johnson and Sallie Smith. The
meeting was closed with a song "Why
Stand Ye Idle?" The next meeting
will be held at Mrs. Anna MdCul-
Tough, TIA Smiley street.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-04
SHTPPCASE POSTPONED
Supreme Court Gives Defend
ants Time to File.
REHEARlNG PETITION-EX-SHER-
IFF ALLOWED TO RETURN
HOME CASE ATTRACTING
WIDESPREAD ATTENTION -
APPEARANCE NEXT OCTOBER.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June lin
the cases of former Sheriff Shipp and
others, of Chattanooga, charged with
contempt of the Supreme Court of the
United States, the court today post
poned the passing of sentence to ped
nit the prisoners to file petitions for
rehearing. The cases therefore go
over until next term, the prisoners re-
naming out on bond.
Shortly before noon United States
Marshal Dunlap, of the East Tennes-
see District, brought the prisoners to
the court and they were assigned
seats in the rear of the room. When
the judges had taken their accustomed
places Chief Justice Fuller beckoned
to the defendants to come forward.
Marshal Wright, of the court, an
nounced that, in obedience to the
writ of attachment, he produced the
bodies of the accused men.
Solicitor General Bowers, represent
in the Department of Justice, moved
for sentence, but Messrs. Chamblee,
Cliff and Shepperd, of counsel for the
men, called attention to the fact that
they had only seen the opinion of the
court but few minutes before and
asked leave to file a petition for a
rehearing.
The request was opposed by the So
licitor General, but Chief Justice Full
Ter announced that the court would
take the request under advisement
Thereupon the Justices withdrew for
a conference, at the end of which the
Chief Justice announced that it had
been decided to grant the request
thirty days being allowed in which to
file the petition The defendants in
the meantime were remanded to Ten
nessee for renewal of their bond
The case, in consequence, now goes
over until the next term of the court
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-04

nival of crime as would precipitate
the humiliation of the Negro race"
"All know that this Is untrue" Mrs.
Barnett said. THE lynching record
discloses the Hypocrisy of the lynch
ers."
Describing the riots at Springfield,
ILL.,, Mrs Barnett said it was all be-
cause a white woman said that a Ne
gro man had criminally assaulted her.
Later, Mrs. Barnett said, the woman
published retraCtion, but the
lynched victims were dead.
Mrs. Barnett, who has spent sever
al years in the investigation Of lynch
ing through the South and West,
brought proposal to the conference
that it maintain a permanent bureau
for investigation with attendant pub
licity of all lynchings. Publicity, she
said, was an effective safeguard.
Inherent racial inferiority was de-
clared by Bishop Alexander Walters,
of New York, to be a fallacy. Inc
quality of opportunity and environ
ment made for the difference be-
tween the races, the Bishop contend
ed.
Disfranchisement or the Negroes
was declared by Albert e. Pillsbury,
former Attorney General of Massachu-
settles, to be "a fraud upon the coun-
try"
"phe course of the South" he said,
has made it the affair of every white
citizen"
''Are the people of thirty-six States
willing to be defrauded of their polit-
ical rights in order that ten States
may disfranchise the Negro?" he
asked.
William English Walling, Secretary
of the conference, spoke of the South
ern Negro laborer, recognized, he
said, as an invaluable asset to that
section, but having no rights at all.
He compared the employers of labor
on the large plantations with the van
dal lords of Europe, and said that
their interest in the Negro was based
largely in how they could preserve
him in his present helpless condition
and get the most out of him for the
least possible money expenditure.
William e. ST. Clair, Financial Sec
retary Of tho Frederick Douglas Hos
pital at Philadelphia, criticised Pres
ident Taft for what the speaker said
was Tafts change in attitude toward
the Negro.
Strict application Of constitutional
rights as guaranteed under the four
Continued on Page 8.)
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-04
BAPTIST CONGRESS-
Daily Nashville Negroes will
Have One Next Week.
WILL CONTAIN EIGHT PAGES
EACH ISSUE = DAILY PRAYER
SERVICE TO BE OBSERVED
EVERYTHING IN READINESS
FOR FALL OF GAVEL.

The coming of the Sunday-school
Congress will do MUCK for Nashville,
but one of the latest developments
at Congress headquarters concerning
the great meeting was the announce
ment made that daily religious pa
per would be published during the
sessions. The paper will be known,
according to the Secretary's statement
as the Congress Bulletin. 1t will be
three-column, eight-page newspaper,
published in the interest Of the
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
On Status of Negro Meets in
New York.
STRONG ADDRESS BY MRS. IDA
WELLS BARNETTE-RECoUNTs
LYNCH+NGS IN UNITED STATES
NEGRO DIsFRANCH HlSEMENT
CONDEMNED.

That 1884 men, women and chill
dren have been lynched in this coun-
try in the last quarter of a century
was the assertion of Mrs. Ida Wells
Barnett at the National Negro Con-
ference held in New York City a few
days ago. Asking why this was per-
mitted by Christian nation, Mrs.
Barnett quoted John Temple Graves
as saying, THAT the mob stands as
the most potent bulwark between the
women of the South, and such a car
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-04

meeting, and will be morning paper,
due from the press at $50 O'clock 1t
will be distributed among the dele
gates and visitors, forecasting what
will happen through the day, with
review of the preceding days session.
1t is understood that this Bulletin will
be the official organ of the Congress
Movement. The names and addresses
of the promoters will appear thereon.
The management of the paper it is
understood, will be in the hands Of
Mr.. ]. Blaine Boyd, while the Record
ing Secretary, Prof. R. B. Hudson,
will be requested to furnish a COM
plete write-up of each days session.
Extracts from the various discussions
of those who will speak on the sub
jects will appear from time to time
In fact, this will be the first effort on
the part of the Baptists to conduct a
religious daily newspaper. At any
rate, the Negroes of Nashville will be
favored with a daily paper of their
own.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-04
DR.. Plus and His Workers Hard at 1t.

DR.. Plus and His Workers Hard at It..
Just as predicted there is enthusi-
asm and much interest in the ap-
preaching Sunday-School Congress.
The very first call for volunteer sing
ers brought more than one hundred
representing a majority of. the church
es in the city. They met at Mount
Olive Baptist Church, Monday night,
all eager and anxious to put on the
finishing touching, learn new songs,
anthems and get the Congress swing.
AT the church chorus organization
was perfected in which Mr.. B. D. Hud-
son, of North Third Avenue Baptist
Church, was unanimously elected
PRESIDENT Miss Nellie q. King, of Mt.
Olive Baptist Church, secretary, and
Mrs. A. B. Carter, of First Baptist
Church, treasurer. The chorus was
given several hundred brand new an
them and song books, and under the
skilled direction of Prof Gray, they
launched out for the first real rehears-
al. On account Of a delay at home
Dr. Plus did not arrive until Tuesday,
but with his baton, his excellent
voice, and his skill in organization of
choruses, greeted an increased at
tendance and began rehearsal in ear
nest with the following voices from
the churches named below:
Second Baptist Church-Miss Sadie
Williams, Miss Sarah NJ Jackson,
Miss Mary Garrett. Mr. Albert Nc
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