THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE GRANGE Conducted by J. W. D ARROW, rrtm Corrttponiltnt ti'cw York Stale (ira iipe GRANGE FIELD MEETINGS. Rational Hnnlrr ,Innt M'rltca of Thrlr Importance. Special Corronpondonre.J Those nn'otlnf;f( afford rnrc opportu nity to dlHMMiilnntn grange principles. Fcrmlt me to siiKKest to thoso lmvlng local chnrgn of these meetings that no effort be spared to muke Uiem of as great valuo to the Order and the public as possible. The meetings should promote social and fraternal greetings and extend the acquaintance of members and others, with all the good people In n radius of twenty or twenty-five miles of each meeting. To iecurc large attendance and the best people, system must be employed. The I'ouioua, or subordinate, grange having the meeting In charge should appoint active and energetic committees first, on programme; second, on arrange ments and grounds; third, on music; fourth, on advertising, invitation and printing; fifth, on reception. Every detail of the meeting should be thought out and provision made to make the meeting pleasing, entertain ing, enjoyable and profitable to all who may attend. If the committee on In Tltatlon should have printed a circular letter cordially Inviting those to whom It may be addressed and their fnmllles to attend aud mall or deliver to every family whom you would like to be pres ent it would add largely to the at tendance. Large supplies of grange llteratnro should be Judiciously distributed with the letters of Invitation and at the meet ings. This will afford members an op portunity to Inquire ufter the mcctlni; as to the Impressions made by the liter ature or at the meeting and secure a good many applications. Patrons of Husbandry should remember when those not members of the Order are fa vorably Impressed with the objects, purposes and work of tho Order it is u good time to secure their active co-operation and membership. A.UION JONES, National Master. Mlia Jennie Dnell, Secretary Mich Isan Slate Granite. Michigan I'atrons need no Introduc tion to their enthusiastic state scere. tory. Iler connection with grange work began as assistant to the first secretary of Michigan state grange, J. T. Cobb, who was one of the members of tho "old guard" and left his Impress on the work of the Order In that state. She MISS JENNIE I1UELL. was with Mr. Cobb live years and wa also editor of the Grango Visitor, then the organ of the granges of Michigan, When Mr. Cobb declined re-election Miss Buell was elected his successor in 1890. Her work In that position has been Invaluable to the Order, and no little share of the credit for tho remark able growth of the grange lu the Wol verine State belongs to her. Miss ISuell has also been lecturer of the Washte naw county rouiona grango for the past four years. Thooaand Ialanda Grange Day. It has been the custom of the New Tork state grange for a few years past to have a grand rally In August at the Thousand islands of the St. Lawrence. Under the direction of a special committee comprising Mr. George A. Fuller, overseer of the New York state grango, and Mr. Ira Sharp?, chalrmun of tho executive commltteo, the meeting there this year wUl occur on Aug. 18. Addresses will bo delivered by Governor N. J. Bachelder of New Hampshire, who Is likewise lecturer of the national grange; Professor L. II. Bailey of Cornell uulverslty aud Hon. James Wood of Mouut Klsco, N. Y. As the rullroads offer low rates and every one enjoys visiting the beautiful Thousand islands, a largo attendance Is anticipated. Farmer' Onranlaatlona. Farmers' organizations are a neces sity. In order to meet successfully or ganized power tho furmers must form thorough organizations among them selves, und there is no national and complete organization except the grange. It must bo cither this or noth ing, and farmers themselves must de cide the question, and It has no middle ground, simply two sides from which to choose. One is to unlto In organiza tion ond co-operative work in self de fense and protection and tho other is ' to keep aloof from organization, which virtually acknowledges that we are In capable of self government und there fore prefer masters to control us, and we accept whatever they may see fit to leave us. Henry Esubaugn. STRONG CLOD CRUSHER. How One of Thee I arf ul Implements Can lie Made at Home at Small Eipenic, Mr. t. 0. W. McCormlck, manager of a large Kansas farm, gives In the Kan sas Farmer rtie following description and illustration of one of the most use ful Implements that can be had on a farm: In answer to a request some time ago for help to make a planker, I will send you a drawing and description of this Implement, which should be found on every farm. Get four 2 by 12 oak planks nine feet long, three two by sis four feet long. Saw crosswise of the two-by-slx pieces in four pieces two Inches deep. Saw first cut six Inches from the end and other cuts 11 inches apart. Saw these cuts on a bevel of two Inches in 12. From top of second cut saw dlag- HOMK-MADE CLOD CRUSHER. onally to bottom of first cut. Saw the other cuts in same way. Place these notched pieces parallel about three feet ten inches apart, notched sides up. Spike one of the 2 by 12 planks to long notches at rear end (21), then spike the other planks on in same way, overlap ping each other like siding on a house, Turn over, bore two flve-elghthg-lnch holes 30 Inches apart In front plank and put on two clevises with rings. Attach chains two feet long for whlflletree for three horses. This planker can be drawn across a plowed field when dry while the driver stands astride the mid dle runner. When the ground is rough and clods are hard, the driver can change the weight of his body from one foot to the other, producing a zig-zag movement, which will add much to the effectiveness of the work. The clods will be crushed, greatly reducing evap oration of the stored moisture of the soil and subsoil. If the soil Is Inclined to drift with the wind, plank east and west and leave three feet unplanked at each passage. This projecting uneven surface forms a wind and snow break; and in the spring, If on fall or winter plowing, the interstices will be found filled with the drifting soil. For the con servation of moisture in the soil, the planker is better than a much more costly roller. When passing from one field to an other it is turned over and drawn on the runners, otherwise the sharp cor ners will be worn off. The two by six notched pieces are sloped off at the front ends and can be used also to mark off corn and potato land. When the land is freshly plowed and moist a spade should be carried to clean when clogged. Otherwise it will draw very heavy on the team. BRICK TRACK ROADS. Bureau of Pnnlle fload Inquiry Claims Important Advantage! for That System. The director of the bureau of public road Inquiry under the department of agriculture, after an exhaustive study of the subject, has come out strongly In favor of the "brick track" road. It Is estimated that the roads cost the people of this country about 1050,000,000 annually, a good part of which Is sunk In mud roads with very poor results. The advantages claimed for the brick track road are as follows: It can be built far more cheaply than a stone road; four or five times as heavy a load can be hauled on it with the same team force; they can be maintained for about one-tenth of the expense for repairs; they prevent the formation of ruts, dust and mud, which result from the grind' lng of wagon wheels on stone roads, and of mud holes and dust, which occur on country roads; the material for their construction is also much more easily accessible in most parts of the country than that for stone roads. The require ments for a first-class highway are as follows: A smooth, non-wearing sur face for wheels; a firm, non-sllpptng footing for horses; low cost for building and repairs; and absence of dust, mud and noise. It will be seen that the brick track road comes nearer fulfilling these requirements than anything yet In vented. Convicts as Itoad Builders. In the building of good roads Ilea the solution of the convict problem, says the Washington Post. The con victs we have always with us. The crop Is constant as It is abundant. Why not use them to construct endur ing turnpikes Instead of oooplng them up In prison shops or leasing them out to private speculators In human flesh and blood t In the one case we put criminals in competition with honest labor. In the other, we trafflo In scan dal, cruelty and demoralization. Were the able-bodied convicts throughout the country employed upon the public roads as we suggest, we should have within ten years as excellent highways as those of France, Germany or Eng land. Moreover it would be a legiti mate employment that would operate Injury to none and benefit to all. GRANGE NEWS. By J, T. Allman, Press CorrMpondonl and Secretary Pennsylvania State Grango. SPECIAL, Through these columns I desire to say to Patrons and friends of the Or der,in Pennsylvania, that nevtr in the past has the month of August witness ed such active interest in Grange Field Meetings. I have been unable to accept on account of conflicting date?, all of the calls that have come to this office to address these gather ings, aside from the series of a6 meet ings in as many different counties which have been systematically ar ranged by the State Grange. Let these meetings be followed up, by each Patron inviting his friends to identily themselves with the Grange and the abundant harvest the coming autumn will be a rich reward ever adding strength and influence to the already growing organized body of farmers who are bound in one great fraternal brotherhood to act in concert for the advancement and elevation of all citi zens, a grand work fjught with unlim ited possibilities. Fraternally, A. M. Cornell, Sec. Pcnn'a. State Grange. Clerfield is rapidly becoming one of the leading grange counties in the state. Since Tar. 2st. 1003, three new granges have been organized tn the county in addition to the 21 that were already working. The last one was organized on July 17, by E. M Davis, making the twentieth in the state for this year. . At a recent meeting of Clarion Co. Pomona strong resolutions were adopted endorsing the Initiative and Referendum. The members of the grange are informing themselves on this important subject. Many think ing people look upon this as the hope of the Republic and the only way in which a government of the people, by the people, for the people can be maintained. Look up the date of the grange pic nic tn your county this month. Union City Grange, No. 89, Erie county is doing well. Received two members last month on demit and conferred the First and Second de gress on two sisters with four appli cations on hand. Uur meetings are full of interest with literary work at each meeting. We do a good deal of cooperative buying with profit to our selves. Mrs. S. J. McLean, Sec. During the quarter ending June 30th, 1003, at least three-fourths of the granges in the State have reported initiations. Following are some of the large classes: Tioga Grange, No. 1223' Tioga coun ty, 26 members. Cherry Tree Grange, No. 284, Ven. ango county, 15 members. Birmingham Grange, No. 1231, Dela ware county, 14 members. Benton Grange, No. 83, Columbia county, 13 members. Kiser Hill Head Grange, No. 11 77 Crawford county, 15 members. Sparta Grange, No. 110, Crawford county, 24 members. Eulalia Grange, No. 1088, Tioga county, 20 members. Cory ville Grange, No. 1 2 1 2, McKean county, 14 members. Thomson Grange, No. 868, Susque hanna county, 16 members. Beech Grove Grange, No. 1169, Cam bria county, 10 members. West Branch Grange, No. 1149, ot" ter county, 9 members. Farmington Grange, No. 839, Warren county, 8 members. Good Intent Grange, No. 862, West moteland county, 8 members. Cherry Hill Grange, No. 1214, Erie county, 8 members. You will miss the best thing of the season if you miss the grange picnic, About a year ago some one, who might have known better, and who probably did know better, started the story that the grange in Pennsylvania was rapidly going to pieces and that the State officers were racking their brains and doing all they could to save the organization from complete collapse. This story was copied in many of the newspapers in the State and no doubt did some ot the harm it was in tended to do. The facts are the grange never en joyed greater prosperity than it has done during the last three years. As an illustration of its growth, dues were paid to State Grange on 2579 more members for the quarter ending March 31, 1903, than for the corres ponding quarter of 1902. We are enlarging our hall at an ex pense of $400.00. Our meetings are full of interest. We are a live grange. Matilda Sterling, Sec. 1 157, Susquehanna Co. Make everything bend to take in I the grange picnic. A VATICAN MYSTERY, Fisherman's Ring Said to Have Been Lost or Stolen. A jmtnl of I'apnl Anlhorltr Which Una lleen Worn hy Pontiffs for Hundreds of Vrars Lost Tnlee llcfore. The celebrated fisherman's ring symbol of papal authority, has dl:mp peared. Authorities at the Vatican at Home say they expect to find among Leo's possessions in the apart ments recently occupied by him, but fears are expressed that the ring was stolen from the pope's dead hand The authorities say Leo hid the ring. When the cardinal camarlengo cer tides the death of a pope he receives the ring of the fisherman from the chamberlain of his holiness. It then destroyed In the presence of all the cardinals at the first meeting of the sacred college hbld after the pope' death. Hut when Cardinal Oreglla, the present camar.'engo, had certified to the death of Leo XIII. Mgr. Bislettl was a prey to the deepest despair and had to admit that the ring bad dlsap peared. Cardinal Oreglla, who had as Is the custom, brought his declara tlon of having received the ring from the papal chamberlain, all written out had to put It back in his pocket. The fisherman's ring Is known to have been lost twice before. Among the state papers preserved at Slmancas, near Valladolld, Spain is a letter from Count Olivares, then Spanish ambassador at Rome, to Phil ip II., dated September 5, 1588, say ing: "SIxtus V. has been very 111 from anxiety and vexation. The vexation to which I refer was at missing the flshermnn's ring. He carried it with THE FISHERMAN'S RING. (Picture Shows the 8tyle of Selling Used by fope Leo.) him In a purse, and he discovered that he had been robbed of it by cup-bearer." In September, 1899, the late Pope Leo was one day Insistently asked for an audience by an under servant, and, yielding to curiosity, he granted it, whereupon the man entered, and, kneeling, said: "Your holiness, I have to restore to you what has been a loss not only to you but to the world." After these words the man gave the pope the fisherman's ring, which he had found. Pope Leo looked at It in surprise and then, solemnly putting It on his finger, said: "The thanks of the church are due to you, my son. I shall see that you are rewarded." The next day the man called at the treasury and received three dollars. un two occasions tne ring was taken from the papacy by force. In 1797 the French republicans, invading the papal states, dospolled Plus VI. of all his valuables, among them the fisherman's ring. It was returned the next day. When Plus VII. was kidnaped in the middle of the night and was made to give up this ring, the pope gave it up after breaking it in two pieces, which were kept in Paris until returned to Itome by Louis XVIII. The ring of the fisherman was the official seal used by the pope in all his personal documents and private letters. The origin of the ring was a custom adopted many centuries ago by the popes In order to keep alive the memory of tho poor fisherman of Galilee. Every one of the popes since that time has sworn and used a signet ring which bore the device of St Peter seated In a boat and drawing a net from the waves. The authorities as to the date of the origin of the custom are not agreed. Mabillon claims that no evidence exists as to the precise date. Bongratia says It Is believed that Peter himself used this ring. The first mention of the ring occurs in a letter of Clement IV., written in 1265. Martin V who was elected in 1417, left three briefs, all sealed by the ring of the fisherman. Eugene IV., his successor, also left letters sealed with the ring. In 1448 Oaetano Cennl wrote a treatise on the ring and published it In Rome, The custom of destroying the seal of the pope Immediately after his death Is of considerable antiquity. Each pope has had his own ring and seal. The Il lustration shows that used by Pope Leo XIII. It was of plain gold, weigh ing one and oneVhalf ounces, and had an ovol plate, with a very shallow representation of the subject The Treating Habit- It Costs ls Victims Many a Dollar and Many Pang, Is it not a fact that men spend in treating amounts that they would hesi tate to give avay no matter how de serving the charity? It 13 a trait of human character that comes through this all absorbing disposition to "hold your end up when with a friend Hundreds of men take thousands of drinks that they do not want and other hundreds pay for thousands that are not desired. Two men meet, and one says: "Mighty clad to see you, Let's have something." Neither generally needs or even wants a drink. But the man who offers it wants to show that he is generous. He takes this method of proving that he is glad to meet his mend. The friend after he has taken the drink that he did not want to prove that he, too, is a good fellow, insists upon a second round. The German custom of entering saloon, taking a drink and paying for it and for no others, if adopted in America would prove a blessing, The American custom of treating is decidedly a curse. What we do for friendship's sake costs us many a dol lar and many a pang. Springfield Union. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue ot a writ of Fl. Fa. Issued out of the Court of Common Pleas ot Columbia coun tr and to me directed there will be exposed to publlo sale at tbe Court House Bloomsburg, county and state aforesaid ou SATURDAY, SEPT. 5th, 1003, at two o'clock p. m. All tbat certain lot ot ground situate In the town of Bloomsburg, In tbe county or Columbia and State of Pennsyl vania, bounded and described as follows to wit: Beginning at a point In tbe west side ot Magee Avenue, forty-two feet north of Sixth street, In said town and running thence westwardly in a line parallel with said Sixth street seventy feat to a corner; thence northwardly in a line parallel with said Magee Avenue fourteen feet to a corner; thence eastward!? In a line parallel with said Sixth street seventy feet to said Magee Avenue, and thence southwardly along the west side ot Magee Avenue fourteen feet to tbe place ot beginning, whereon is erected a TWO STORY BRiCK DWELL ING HOUSE, with necessary outbuildings. Seized, taken In execution at the suit of Mary E. Purset vs. Arthur Lewis and Philip S. Hessei partners trading as Bessel, Lewis ft Co., and to be sold as the property ot H easel, Lewis ft Co. Q. M. Test IN, DANIEL KNORR, Atty. Sheriff SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of PI. Fa. Issued out ot tbe Court of Common Pleas ot Columbia county and to me directed there will be exposed to publlo sale at the Court House Bloomsburg county and state aforesaid on SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1903, at two o'clock p. m. All tbat certain piece and parcel of land situate In tbe borough of West Berwick, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows : Beginning at tbe corner of lot No. 183 on Falrvlew Avenue thence along said avenue seven degrees ten minutes west ninety feet to the corner ot lot No. 160, tbence along the same south two de grees fifty minutes east one hundred and sixty feet to Dewey alley, thence along the some north eltfhty-soven degrees ten minutes east ninety feet to the corner of lot No. 183; thence along the same north two degrees fifty minutes west one hundred and sixty feet to the place ot beginning, containing 14400 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, and being lots No. 181 and 182 in Michael's Ad dition to West Berwick and having erected thereon THREE TWO STORY FRAME DWELLINGS. Seized, taken in execution at the suit of Tbe Conewango Building and Loan Association vs. Galen C. Shuitz and to be sold as tbe property ofOalen C. shuitz. HARMAM, Atty. DANIEL KNOKR, 7-30 it Sheriff. AUDITORS NOTICE. Mutate Qflmaa Labour, deceased. Tbe undersigned an audit r annnlnipil hv thn Orphans' court of Columbia County Pa., to dis tribute tbe funds In the hands ot Ueorire Labour, admlnlKtrator as shown by his final account confirmed at February Court 1908 to and anion? I be parties legally entitled to tbe same, will Bit to perform tbe duties of his a p. U1I11U1UIIL ML U1D UI1IUW 111 IJJR LUWH Or DIW)UlH union Friday, Auirust 14. IWS at 10 o'clock a. m., when and where all parties having claims alumni Bum iuna mum present tne unmoor be forever debarred from a bliaru of i lie same. WM. CI1KI8M AN, 7-16 4t. Auditor. -PROFESSIONAL CARDSJs N. U. FUNK, ATTOUTET-AT-LAW, ita. Sat s Building, Court Home AD BLOOMSBURG, PA. A. L. FRITZ, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Offloe illoomsburg Nat'l Bank Bldg., 8d floor. BLOOMSBURG, PA. J. H. MAIZE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, Office, in Townsend's Building, BLOOMSBURG. PA. Joun a. mini. jobm e. babmam FREEZE & HARMAN, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW BLOOMSBURG, PA. Office on Centre Street, .'.first door below Opera House. A. N. YOST, ATTORNtY-AT-LAW Ent Building, Court House Square. BLOOMSBURG. PA. 11. A. McKILLIP. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbian Building, 2nd Floe:. BLOOMSBUkG, PA. RALPH R. JOHN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hartman Building, Market Square Bloomsburg, Pa. IKELER & IKELER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office back of Farmers' National Bank-. BLOOMSBURG, I A. CLYDE CHAS. YETTER, ATTORNEY--AT LAW, Bi-OOMSBURO, P Office in Ent's Building, W. H. RHAWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office, Corner of Third and Main Sts CATAWISSA, . PA. CLINTON HERRING, ATTORNEY-ATLAW. Office with Grant Herring. BLOOMSBURG, PA. C-" Willlbe in Oranceville Wedneida each week. WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY-ATLAW. Office in Wells' Building over B. A. Gidding'i Clothing Store, Bloomsburg, P Will be in Millville on Tuesdays. H. MONTGOMERY SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office : Ent building, over Fanners N- tional Bank. 11-16-99 EDWARD. FLYNN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, CENTRALIA, PA. worflce Llddlcot building, Locust avenue MOMTOCR TEMPnONl. BKI.L TILIPBOW XTI1 TISTXD. OLA88E8 F1TTID. H. BIERMAN, M. D. HOMCEOP ATHfC PHYSICIAN AND 8URQK owes hours: Office ft Residence, th St. 10 a. m. to H p. m., 6:80 to 8 p. m. ULOUJMHBUHG, PA J. S. JOHN, M. D., PHYStCIAN AND SURGEON. Office and residence, 410 Main St- 7-3o-iv BLOOMSBURG. PA. J. J. BROWN, M. D. THE EYE A SPECIALTY. Eyes tested and fitted with glauei. No Sunday work. 311 Market St., Bloomsburg, Pa. Hours: 10 to 8 Telethon. DR. M. J. HESS. DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, Crown and bridge work SPECIALTY. Corner Main and Centre Streets. BLOIiv SFl'PG PA Columbia ft Montour Telephone connection. Dr. W. H. HOUSE, SURGEON DENTIST, Office Barton's Building, Main below Xark Bloomsburg, Pa. AH styles of work done in a superior nustl u w ur warranted as represented. TKITH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. by the use of Gas, and free of charge 1 artificial teeth are inserted. To be open all hours during the day. C. WATSON McKELVY, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. (Successor to B. P. i??E"???!nJt,welTeoftne strongest Compaa les in the world, among which are: CASH TOTAL inaniM .M1. CAPITAL. A88ITS. OVBB ALL Franklin of Phil.. $400,000 sh.idm.ism i ift. renn a, rmia 400,000 8,S.s,ia 1 iiJa N. America, Phiia. s,00o,ooo ,7so, sS' Office First Nat'l Bank Bldg., ad floor. Losses promptly adjusted and paid. M. P. LUTZ & SON, (SUCCESSORS TO FHEA8 BKOWB1 INSURANCE AND REALESTATE AUHNTS AND BROKERS. o N. W. Corner Main and Centre. Str.. Bloomsburg, Pa. o . Represent Seventeen as good Com panies as there are in the World and all losses promptly adjust ed and paid at their Office. SADE T. VANNATTA ' ( Successor to C. F. Knapp.) GENERAL IKS UH AX CIS Office 238 Iron St., Bloomsburo, P a Oct. 31, 1901. tf CITY HOTEL, W. A. Bartzel, Prop. No. iai West Main 8tret, MLarge and convenient sample rooms, ba rooms, hot and cold water, and modem eoa veniences. Bar stocked with best wine aa liquors. First-class livery attached. EXCHANGE HOTEL, I. A. Snydkr, Proprietor. (Oppositethe Court House) BLOOMSBURO, Pa. Large and convenient sample "rooms bath eoouis, hot aud cold water, and "all modern conveniences.
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