THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. liiSJ JAMAICA By Recall of Soldiers Jamaica Would Become American. MERCHANTS CONCERNED Whites Not Worried by "Black Upris ing" Bugbear But Their Pocket Suffer Negroes in the Island Object to Becoming Citizens of the United States. The announcement tbat the British government bu.a decided to remove the white troops from Jamaica and other West Indian inlands has been received here with feelings of deepest ooocttrn, Buys New York Herald. Lint oJy in one respect, the financial one. Ttie European troops stationed hero ruber about five hundred, and be tween $300,000 and $400,000 is annual ly spent by' the home government k their keeping. The loss of this mount will be keenly fell by mer chants and cattle dealers, all white men, as practically the whole of the money went into their pockets. The whites, although standing in ths proportion of about fifteen thou sand to seven hundred thousund, have absolutely nothing to fear from tho blacks ,and the removal of tho Euro pean troops will in no way tend to affect their personal safety. It would take a great deal of provocation on the part of a white for a black man to assault him. In fact, such cases the as rare as a "green" moon about one in ten years 1b a fair average. And this relationship between the whites and the blacks is certainly ot brought about by the presence of European troops in the island. This state of affairs Is hard to ac count for, none the less It is here. There is an Inherent feeling of some thing akin to affection In the breast C the Jamaica black for his white aeghbor, and a white woman can walk throughout the length and breadth of Jamaica without fear of molestation by the natives. There Is no race pre judice here, and perhaps this has something to do with It. Apart from the monetary stand point, the removal of the European troops has been received here without much comment. The element of per sonal safety has never entered Into any of the letters written to the news papers on the subject, and practically all these letters are written by white men. The closing down of the naval station at Port Royal Is viewed In the aamo light. The monetary loss will M great, and a large number of men have already been thrown out of em ployment, but this is the only concern that has been caused. The reports published In English and American newspapers that the withdrawal of the white troops, when carried Into effect, will make the white popula tion anxious about Its personal safe ty has no foundation In fact. In addition to withdrawing the white troops, the War Office has also order consideration a scheme for dis banding the black regiment stationed in the West Indies (the West India regiment.) Should this be done It will cause huge monetary loss to the island, but apart from this considera tion the people in Jamaica do not riew the proposal with disfavor. The black troops instead of keeping the peace, are generally the worst law breakers. Nine years ago they caus ad a riot In the city, running amuck through the streets and slashing at the citizens and policemen with razors tied to the ends of sticks. Not even their own officers could control them while tho riot was on. But it was their own color who suffered, for the soldiers took care not to interfere with the whites except in the single instance of a polico officer, who was rather dangerously wounded. Tho dlsbandment of the black troops, If It is carried out, will be gradual, covering a period of several years. About a thousand black sol diers are now kept in the island. The island Is thus threatened with 4 total denudoment of troops and the lo' .1 government has already been culled upon by the home authorities to take stops to immediately increase the militia force which now numbers about GiiO men to a thousand strong. Homo years n:o the rank and file of the militia was composed of very re spectable young men. But they got disgusted with their treatment, the re sult being that the standard of tho present force is not a very high on. The force Is practically of little or no use, and ninny people aro In favor of its dlsbandment and the strengthen ins? of the police With the money thus saved. But in view of tho recent de velopmentthe removal of tho troops this will not bo done, and. efforts will be made to put back the militia to the standard it held some years ago. There Is absolutely no danger to the whites from tho Jamaica militia. Tri the remote chance of there being a black uprising here, the mulattoes, whose numbers aro considerable, would undoubtedly take sides with the whites. An important quesHon which been revived by the announcement ihit the troips iv,i! re removed, which is now receiving a great deal of dlsoussion in the press, is what effect the change will have o the loyalty of the colony. The consensus of opin ion among educated people Is th the withdrawal of the white troops is the first move on the part of Great Britain to hand over the West Indian Islands to the United States. This would suit the whites right down to the ground. They would have every thing to gain and nothing to lose thereby, and in the event of a ple biscite this section of the community would certainly vote at once In favor LVNCHING3 FEW EH. Recent Movement In South Educates Public Sentiment. "There have been fewer lynchtngs in the South during the Inst four months than In twenty years previous ly," said Hooker T. Washington before the League for Political Education. "Last mouth there were only four, in February there was one and in No vember none. This is the direct re sult of a movement started eight months ago by a few colored meu and a few white men. They have sought to iniluencc public sentiment by means of pulpit, press and platform, and the result is now being , felt throughout the South." There Is In the south a large body of the kind of white men represented in this movement, Mr. Washington said, but also a great many white American?, both North and South, who would rather drop a coin Into the contribution box at church for the benefit of the heathen 111 Africa than for the nearer duty of being just and generous to the African at home. Most white Americans Mr. Washing ton said, "know more about English life, or Russian life, or Italian life than about the life of the ten million black people among them. They see only our worst side and they Judge us by that. Tho best colored life they never see. I know of one tn.i who has published a book and a good many magazine articles on the colored problem who to my certain knowledge has never entered a colored home, church or school." The speaker told something of work being done by Individual Tusk egee graduates, and having used the word "self-sacrificing" in speaking of one of them ,ho recalled it, saying: "Any man who gives himself in the service of his country Is not making a sacrifice. Anything I have been able to do for my race I count the rarest opportunity. I have never made a sacrifice." New York Trib une. Lew Wallace and Lincoln. The few uneventful years he spent in Covington were distinguished by one Important event. It was there that he saw Abraham Lincoln for the first time. The Indiana bar had even then some brilliant and notable men among its members, and a case of ex traordinary Interest had called them together at the fall term and the cir cuit court. In relating the circum stance, General Wallace said: "Dur ing the session we were in the habit of gathering at the old tavern In the evening, after adjournment. It was a brilliant company, whose talk was well worth hearing. One evening there appeared suddenly within our midst a tall, ungainly man, homely of vUage, and rather shabbily dressed. He did not intrude himself but sat on the outskirts of the company, neither proffering opinions nor taking sides In the controversies that, occaslon allv, became p;jtty warm. No one seemed to know anything about him, and when I asked a friend who ho was he replied, carelessly, 'Oh, that is Borne third-rate lawyer; a man named Lincoln from somewhere In Illinois.' On? evening, however, after he had been there some time," General Wal lace continued, "something moved him to speak, and then he began to talk. We nil sat spellbound. "I have never," General Wallace said, "heard anything that approached it; tho logic, tho wit, the pertinent anecdote that poured out In an un ceasing stream. He talked thus for three solid hours. Some one said, 'Whoever that fellow Is, we shall hear from him again some day.' It was my first meeting with Abraham Lincoln," he said, "and the prophecy that we should hear from him again, It must be admitted, was abundantly verified." Harper's Weekly. Bookworms Are Not Worms. The name bookworm is made to cover an army of little creatures of various sizes, shapes and kinds which can be found in books. Really no one of them Is a worm, though perhaps the "fish moth" or "silver fish" conies nearer to it than any of tho others. There are the book scorpions ana mites, which are not Insects, but are primarily carnivorous. Their pres ence In books may be due to the fact that they find there animal as well as vegetable food. This is certainly true of the scorpions, which feed on mites, book lice and other small Insects. The book lice, cockroaches, "silver fish" and "fish moth" can have no reason for infesting books except their liking for farinaceous sub stances such as are used in and aTmine the labels and bindings of books. Tho damage done by them Is largely con fined to their exterior or Interior of tho bindings themselves. Tho "white ants" feed principally on wood, and in au l about books there is more or less wood fibre, which is to the liking of these voracloiiH feeders. Tho moths and bottles aro tho bores and bur rowers. They seek retired places to lay their eggs, where Uie larvae will have plenty of food at hand when hatched. They will sometimes tun nel from one cover to the other. The Czar's Title. The general allusion to the ruler of Russia as tho "czar" Is, strictly speak ing, incorrect. His official title Is "emperor and autocrat." "Czar" Is tho old Russian word for "lord" or "prince" and was abandoned by Peter the Great on his triumphal return from Poltava, his crowning vlct ry over Charles XII of Sweden. Since then the Russian monarch has been officially entitled "emperor" and at Hie congress of Vienna, in 1815, his right to the Imperial terra was admit ted by the powers, with the proviso that, though he was emperor, he had no precedence over the kings of west ern Europe. MIS H SYSTEM Interboroiiffh Strike Demon strated its Effectiveness. NON-UNION RANKS GROW Employes Were Kept Informed as to Every Movement of the Union by Secret Agents Strike Breakers Massed Beforehand Ready to Meet All Emergencies. Those who followed closely the de velopment and conclusion of the re cent strike on the Interborough Rapid Transit Company's lines are aware that a new order of things has been established in handling labor diffi culties, Bays the New York Herald. This system, which has been per fected largely within the last year, Is comparatively unknown to the general public. The rank and file of the vast army of organized labor do not yet ap preciate how perfectly the system has been organized. An excellent evi dence of that fact is the sudden and bewildering defeat that followed the Strike of tho Interborough's men. It was the new method that defeated them and they did not know how it was done until it was all over and they had an opportunity to examine the moves that had been made. The general amalgamation and co operation of employing interests, the placing of shrewd secret agents In every union and the enlistment of a standing army of strike breakers un der able commanders are the three fundamental principles upon which the new system is built. In reality employers have taken a leaf from the union book. They are working secret edly. They know when a strike Is go ing to be ordered and are prepared to break It before it begins. The old way was to fight It out. Frequently the result was a prolonged and disas trous struggle, with no particular vic tory on either side. The new method brings a quick and decisive finish. Since the summer of 1903 extensive organization of employing Interests has been going on all over the United States. Only employers themselves know how extensive and how closely allied those organizations are. It Is not merely a movement for the forma tion of builders' associations of trans portation managers' associations, but for the general welding together of all men who have to deal with trades unions, and they are working togeth er just as the carpenters' union might help the bricklayers' union, each hav ing behind it the support of the Amer ican Federation of Labor. Business competition for the time is put aside, and when war Is threatened by organ ized labor organized capital is ready to meet it. The formation of the New York Building Trades Employers' Associa tion two years ago gave the new sys tem a marked Impetus. Tho destruc tive fight with the union here In 1903 demonstrated the necessity of closer relations of employers. The New York association was established, the mechanics' union was defeated, 'nd then quickly followed the the es j,b llshment of similar organizations in Pittsburg, Chicago, Philadelphia, Bal timore and in nearly every city In the country. Supplementing these organ izations came national secretaries' leagues and national employment bureaus and a system of correspond ence and co-operation so well arrang ed that the employing builder or the employing garment maker in New York knows precisely what is going on In his line of business in Chicago, nnd if a st.ike is threatened he knows within a few hours just where, when and how he can get workmen enough to fill all the places In his own shop. tinder the new system a new call ing has been created, which requires men of superior ability and . which commands good pay. It Is that of lo cal of traveling secret agent. The New York Building Trades Employ ers' Association Is said to have six of these agents, constantly moving al jut from city to city, and a much lurter number who are employed as regular workmen in tho various un ions. Not a move Is made in any of the unions that the employers do not know about at once. Ever since un ions got a foothold in this country employers have had "spotters," but the secret agent is an entirely differ ent sort of man. The old spotter was always sure to be spotted sooner or la'"-, when his usefulness was ended, and frequently he went to the hospital for repairs. Tho modern secret apont is ' necessity a very capable styl" of pei ion, as Important to the emplover as his superintendent, and not Infre quently as well paid. Usually, too, ho is unknown to the superintendent and to every one else connected with the business except one person to whom ho secretly reports when It is necessary. Secrecy and co-operation are ho agencies of strength In organized la bor, and employers have learned the lesson. With the added advantago of unlimited capital many employers be lieve they have absolutely found a way to put an end to strikes in most trades and a method whereby fiey will be able to force the unions 1'U, a more businesslike relationship, do ing away entirely with vlolonce and enforced idleness on the part of tho men. Germany's Ambassadors. The eight ambassadors of the Ger man empire at Rome, Madrid, Wash ington, Constantinople, Paris, London, BL Petersburg and Vienna are noble men. Their emoluments are $26,000 yearly in the first three cities men tioned, $30,000 In the next three and $87,600 In the lact wo. TREES ON HIGHWAYS Attorney General Has Just Rendered an Opinion Touching This Law That Will Interest Suporvliort The legislature has by various acts in the last fifteen years recognized the economic and aesthetic value of trees and endeavor to protect and foster them. Several of these acts take the form of allowing an abate ment of taxes in favor o' those who dedicate a portion of their land to tree growth. This is a wise dis crimination. The taxes on stand ing timber have hastened greatly the deforestation of the state. The owner of the trees got no return lrom his property until they were cut, and as he was taxed on the es timated value of the timber, to save those taxes he had to convert bis trees into lumber. This is a wrong and wasteful method of taxation. Trees should be taxed as soon as they are cut, for then they are mer chantable property. While stand ing they are doing public service, and the state can well afford to en courage the owner to keep them standing. One or two measures al lowing an abatement in taxes for trees of a certain size are in line with this policy. But woodland continues to be taxed in part, and county commissioners are reluctant to allow eny abatement for growing timber. One measure enacted in 1901 allows an abatement of road tax of $1 for evety two shade, fruit or forest trees set out by the proper ty owner 011 the side of the public highway. The effect of this ought to be to encourage wavside tree planting. When generally under stood no doubt tbat will be the re sult, and our shadeless, glaring country roads will in time be flank ed by stately rows of trees, delight ing the eye and breaking the force of the midsummer sun on the men and beast who travel on the high ways. The attorney general's office has just been obliged to give on opinion that the provisions of this act are mandatory on road supervisors, that they must keep a record of the trees planted under it and allow an abatement of taxes. If they do not do this they are informed that they may be compelled to by mandamus. Apparently some supervisors do not like to have the road tax work ed out in part by planting trees. It is refreshing to have them told that their likes and dislikes do not con trol the situation in the least, and they must obey the law. It is a good law, and under its in fluence the state should b2 trans formed by long avenues of trees. We have an excellent road law, but its provisions do not inc'ude shade trees. The act of 1901 wtil supply this lack, at least in part. Let the farmers set out trees every where along the public highway ou which their lands abut and they will lesson their taxes and very greatly improve the appearance ana comfort of the highways. Phila. Press. Cruelty to Animals, It is much to be regretted that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is not repre sented in Bloomsburg. If there was an active agent here, that very fact would have a tendency to check the brutal cruelty that some times crops out in human beings. As an instance: A few days ago in passing a meat market we saw a wagon at the side door with a calf in it. A rope was tied around the calf's neck so tight that it nearlv shut off its breath. Two men and a boy were on the spot. One of the men had brought the calf to the market; the other man and the boy were employees at the market. Instead of lifting the animal out of the w agon as they could very easily have done, the boy gave several very vigorous jerks on the rope, and dragged the calf out of the wagon and it fell on its nose and knees. It was then yanked inside, a slipping rope placed about its middle, and it was hung in that position on the scales and allowed to remain there much longer than was necessary. When remonstrat ed with, the only reply was "Oh, that doesn't hurt it." Such things are a matter of every day occur rence. Law fur Slippery Pales. A law was passed by the legisla ture, and went into effect March 28th, which may cause trouble for storekeepers. It provides that anv storekeeper that disposes of his stock, in whole or in part, other than in the usual course of business, without givine the Durchaser a list of all his creditors, ' shall be liable; to a fine not exceeding $5,000, and j imprisonment not exceeding six months, and that the purchaser must ascertain creditors and give give them five days notice, person al, or by registered letter of pro posed sale, otherwise it is fradulent or voidable, throwing him liable for ail debts. ' "i. m I. The crown of womanhood (a motherhood. But unrasy lice the ustd that wtar the crown or anticipate this coronation, when there is a lack of womanly strength to hear the burdsns of omtarnal dignity and duty. The rtanon wby io many woman sink under the strain of motherhood ia becauae they are unprepared. "I unhesitatingly sdWae eipectant moth era to uae Dr. Piaroe'a Favorite Prtscrip. tion,"writea Mr. J.W. O. Stephen, of Mila, Northumberland Co., Va. The reason for una auvice ia mai ut ricrcc'e Favorite Pre acription ia the beat preparative for the maternal fnnrtlni. ftjA ...... 1 t i . , and strong a woman mar be, ahe cannot um, ravorne rnpscripiion - as a prepara tive for maternity without gain of health and comfort. But it ia the women who are pot strong who beat appreciate the great benefits received from the use of "Favorite Prescription.' For one thing ita use makea the baby's advent practically painlasa. It baa in maay case reduced days of suffer ing to a few brief hour. It has changed the period of anaiary and strangle into a time of eaaa and comfort. The proprietor and makers of Doctor Pierce' Favorite Prescription now feel fully warranted in offering to pay $.500 for any case of I.eucorrhea. Female Weakness, Prolapsus, or Falling of Womb, which the annot car. All the World's Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietor, of Buf N. Y.. ask is a fair and reasonable trial of their means of cur. PaciCo Coast Excursions Got the Most lor Your Monef Rock Island service to California and Pacific Northwest this summer. permits you to do this. Low round trip rates to Los Angeles, San Francisco, or PortUnd on sneeial dates in May. Tune. Tulv. August. September and October. Liberal arrangements tor stop-over among the mountains of Colorado and in California side trips to the 'Yel lowstone, vosemite, etc. Write for Colorado and California books and Rock Island folder. Tohu Se bastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, K.OCK isiana system, Chicago. e. No woman has much use for a man whom she cannot trust, and no man has much use for another man who will not trust him. Timely and Valuable Suggestions who lead clnselv rnnfiniH rlnmoutir. lives, suffer from what in general terms is cauea nervousness. Among all forms of treatment none has even approached in success the intelligent use of Dr, David Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy, of Ron dout, N. Y., which promotes an easy and natural action of the di gestive organs and imparts tone to 1 . . me ucruus system. . "What was the verdict against the trust?'' "As near as I can make out it was. 'fluiltv but keep on doing it.' " Old Age. Old nqe as it conies in the orderly process of Nature is a beautiful ami majestic thing. The very shadow of eclipse which threatens it makes it more prized. It stnmis for ex perience, knowledge, wisdom and counsel. 1 hat is old age as it should lie. But old age as it so often is means nothing hut a second childhood of mind and lux'y. What makes the difference? Very largely the care of the stomach. In youth and the full strength of manhood it doesn't seem to mat ter how we treat the stomach. We abuse it, overwork it, injure it. We don't suffer from it much. Hut when nge come the stomach is worn out. It cant prepare nnd distribute the needed nourishment to the I the body, unnourishcH, falls into senile de cay. Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery is a wor.rlerlul medicine for old people whose stomachs are "weak" and whose digestions are " oor." Its invigoiating effects are felt by mind as well ns body. It takes the sting from old nge, and makes old people strong. . . "If I endow a college," sighed Brother Rockefeller, "It's done for an advertisement; if I give to church missions, the money is taint ed; if I scatter gold to the poor of the streets, my conscience is hurt ing me and I'm trying to get peace; and even when the dyspepsia trou bles me and I call for milk nnd crackers, I'm too mean to order quail-on-toast. Lord help me!" HUMPHREYS' WITCH HAZEL OIL ::::! FOR PILES, ONE APPLICATION BRINGS RELIEF. SAMPLE MAILED 7 BEE, At DrugvtiU. K rants, or matlod BUwuVNrw,Xork.'UUW " Cur- wmUm "d John NERVOUS DEBILITY, Vital Weakness and Prostra tion from overwork and other causes. Humphreys' Homeo pathic Specific No. 28, in us over 40 years, the only success ful remedy. $1 per vial, oispeo lal package for serious cases, $3. Sold by Dr ugglsU, or tent prepaid on receipt of pxfst, . Humphreys' Md. Co., WiMim 4 Join St., N. V. HEARD BY TOE WAY Money wont do everything. For some unfortunate reason John D. Rockefeller has become almost to tally bald. It happened too, it is said, shortly after he announced j that God had made him a holder of his vast wealth. It had been generally understood up to that time that the Standard Oil Compa ny was responsible for his fortune. A man whose income goes beyond $25,000,000 should be able to wor ry along without hair. A woman in Bloomsburg says the trouble with married life is there is no umpire. "My stay was longer than I in tended it should be," said a young lady, a trained nurse, who had just returned from a visit, the other day. "The family I visited took sick in order to thoroughly appreciate my visit." Deer men will do a rushing bus iness this week. It is the windup of the campaign for county offices, and the amber fluid will flow like water on Center street after a cloud burst. "Getting even' in our opinion, is foolish business. You can much better afford to remain uneven with the one who has wronged you than to lower yourself to his level of meanness. This applies to politics or to the less strenuous things of life. To Battle With Insects- Slate Zoologist Surlace Preparing lo Con duct Authorized Experiments. State Economic Zoologist Surface has arranged for a series of four ex periments to stamp out San Jose scale and other insect pests and riant diseases in Pennsylvania, for which the Legislature appropriated $30,000. The first experiment will be con ducted by R. F. Lee, of Pennsyl vania State College, in the orchards of Bedford county for San Jose scale. The second will be conduct ed by T. C. LaFevre, of Chatham, ... . . . ana win De conunea to young trees in nurseries. Experiments ou all kinds nf vegetables and truck crops will constitute the third in the series. This work will be carried on main ly in the vicinity ot Harrisburg by O. K. McMillan, Dr. Surface's field assistant. The fourth experiment will in clude investigations of life histories of insects and of insects injurious to grasses and will be in charge of W. H. Wolf, a student at State College. Pennsy Gava $10,000 to Capital Hospital. Railway Accompanied With Check Letter ot Thanks tor Care of Wreck Victims. In addition' to a letter exoressitrf of its appreciation of the aid given the injured and care bestowed unon the dead in the South Harrisburg wreck ot .May 1 1 by the people of Ilarrisbure. the Pennsylvania Rail road Company has donated $10,000 to tne Hospital. The donation was given to the Hospital without anv restrictions as to its use. that being left entirely to ns board ot managers, and was presented with a letter from W. W. Atterbury. General Manager, tell ing ot the deep gratitude of the company.' Every once in a while there is a quarrel among the managers of some great enterprize railwav manu facturing, life insurance. And in the struggle, says the Saturday Evening Post, the door is pushed open and the public has a elimnsn of what is going on behind bribery iunas ior public ductals, salaries of enormous size to parasites, stock jobbing, camblinc. swindles on th public. At the shout of dismay and horror from the public the quarrelers gjow silent, cease their struggling, hastily draw the door to. And presently, on the marble steps appears a snug, suave gentle man, a bulwark" of society; and he eloquently explains to the pub lic thrt it is really mistaken in thinking it saw things more like the doings in a den of theives than in a "great financial institution." The happens not once, but every once iu a while. Some dav the snug gentleman will be pained by the discovery that he is no longer believed. The fellow who bles to himself has learned the se cret of popularity. Implement dealers are putting a four-row cultivator on the market and guarantee it to work, provided the corn was planted properly. In some way or other the ingenuity of man will overcome the scarcity of farm laborers in the country.