THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. STRONGEST BANK CAPITAL 3100,000. irst National Bank, OFBLOOMSHUHG, IA. MAKE NO MISTAKE BUT DEPOSIT YOUR SAV INGS IN THE STRONGEST BANK. OFFI C K. W. M. Low, lr. i.lont. K. H. Tustin, Vice President. 1)1 UK C K. YV. M. Low, F. O. York, K. H. T'.istln, I'red Ikeler, J. M. St aver, M.I. Low, THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISH 1-.I" :S66. THE COLUMBIA DE.VCCRAT, ESTADI.ISIIKD I S37. CNSOI.IIAU!I 1869 PVHl : - IK! EVKKV T:!VKS!Y MORNISO, At li'ooinsliur;;, the County Scat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. tiKO. E. EI.WEEL, Editor. -JEO. C. KOAN.l'QK'.MAN. TeKMs:--Inidc the county i.eo a year la alvance; l.5if Plil1 lu al,te Outs lethecounty, l.2$a year, strictly in Advance. , All :om nunicatiens should be i.ldressecl TilE COLUMBIAN, Uloimsburj;, Pa. Tiil'kSDAY, NOVEMUEK i, I9"5- OJLLEbE BRUTALITY A few weeks ago a student at Kenyon College, Gatnbier, Ohio, was tun over by an engine on the railroad track and killed. An in vestigation was held and the evi dence brought out the fact that as a rart of his initiation into a secret fraternity he had been bound to the track and left there. It was no doubt the expectation of those who it, that the boy would be great- frightened by hearing a train . roach and pass on the adjoining . k, the existence of which he unaware, being blindfolded. :. the unexpected happened, and .nil! came along on the wrong track and ground out the life cf the vkiim. Another student testified that he also was being initiated into the sau.e fraternity, and that he was bound to the same track a hundred yards further on. ljut for the fact that the engineer knew he had run over something, and stopped his train there would have been another murder. It further developed that the boy who was killed had prev iously been compelled by goad:; and lashes, to crawl the entire length of the town on his hands and knees, and his mutilated body still had upon it the bandages on his lascer ated and ulcered ktres. It was further shown that this form of initiation had been practiced l'.r some years. A coroner's jury bas iound that this young man came to his death by being bound to a railroad track and run over by a locomotive. No one has been arrested, and probably the perpetrators of this horrible deed will escape Ihe penalty of the law but will go through life with a terrible burden on their consciences. Is this sort of thing to be treated only as a college prank, or was it murder? A cadet at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis was last week driven by a false idea of "honor" into challenging a fellow cadet to a fist fight, because of an insult and by the connivance of a number of other cadets the fight was "pulled off" and after twenty- two rounds was declared a draw I ne ctiaiienger went to ins room and his opponent to the hospital, but the next morning the former was found in his bed unconscious, and died soon afterwards, from in juries received in the fight. A court martial has been ordered, and the authorities promise a thorough investigation. Will this be treated as "an affair of honor" or should it be classed as the civil courts would classify it, as a case of manslaughter? Only a few days ago, in this state a boy ot eleven was pum melled by other students because he had beeu promoted over them by reason of his scholarship. Sev eral rib. were broken and he was otherwise internally injured, and th; boy died. Was this in emula tion of the exampte set in higher institutions of learning ? A young man of Bloomsburg, now in one of the colleges of this state, while a freshman was "hazed" by being thrown into a stream of deep water. He was unable to swim, but finally succeeded in IN THEMJNTY Surpluiand Undivided Profits 8150,000. : K X : J. M. Stawr, Vice President. K. K. Carpenter, Cashier. TO IIS: Frank Ikelcr, Jos U Until, Oen. S. nubbins, S. C. Creasy, Louis Gross, H. V. 1 lower. reaching shore without any assist ance from his tormentors, who plac idly looked on while he was appar ently drowning. Had he drowned, would this haw been a simple c.ise of "hazing," or would it have been wilful and deliberate murder? These are only a few of the many similar cases that have been oc curring 111 tne colleges ot tins country for many years. There has been too much laxity of disci pline. Students at colleges are treated as men cf nnture years when they are showing by their conduct tha'. they ought not to be so considered. The extreme cases mentioned above are the direct and natural outgrowth of the milder forms of o-cd lied "hazing" which are permitted and laughed at almost evervwhere. From making a monkey out of a freshman the sys tem progresses step by step until it ends in murdering a man by t'inc him to a railroad track or throwing him into the river. Murder is murder, whether com mitted by a college fra'ernity iu ns inhuman fuims of alleged initijtiv.i, or by second classmen who apply the same methods .o green fresh men, or by the assassin who de liberately waylays his victim and stabs him in the back. The whale system is wrong, and the author ities of American colleges can put an end to it hy united effort. Iu stei'l of shielding sucli outlawrv for fear th- reputation "of the insti tution may be iujuicd, I he law should be invoked and its penalties en forced. Rigid luk-s should m ide and observed, and the penalty of their violation should Le expulsion, with an agreement among all the" colleges that no man kd expelled can ever be admitted to any other college. It is high time that those who are seeking a higher education should be made to know that if they indulge iu barbarous and bru tal customs that they will find no immunity because they happen to b college students. Who Owns the Fruit- The following opinion of general interest was rendered sometime ago, by Judge McClure, of the seven teenth judicial district: "If the branches of a tree growing on one's land hangs over the line upon the other, the adjoining owner may cut the limbs perpendicularly with his line, providing the branches have not been allowed to extend over a period of twenty-one years or more without objectiou, when no right would be gained to cut them off. Fruit on a tree is part of the realty and is not the subject of larceny. If the fruit has tallen to the ground the neighbor could pick it up and use it. The right of the ad joining land owner to lop off branch es of overhanging trees before 2 x years of permissive acquisecence has elapsed, does not carry with it the right to the fruit hanging on the tree. The fruit is not the product of his toil or laoor. Ayer's Bald? Scalp shiny and thin? Then it's probably too late. You neglected dandruff. If you had only taken our ad vice, you would have cured Hair Vigor the dandruff, saved your hair, and added much to It. If not entirely bald, now is your opportunity. Improve it. I liv inert ajer". Hair Vigor for over 40 year.. 1 am now XI year, old anil liavea Imavr Kruwtb of rich brown lialr. due, I tliluk, tlrolj to Aynr'i Hair VIor M. A. KK1TU, Belleville, ill tt 00 a bottle. AH flriit't-i.U J. C. AVKR CO., 1 .wi.. M' - for Good Hair PRESIDES! T) ilS'ui' PRKIUT MAfiAtU. President Roosevelt has placed hims-lf on record s'.ro ig'y in favor of th: pre'ervati n ir.pet of the wonders of Niagara Falls. The occasion of h:s u'te-anc wa ; i call made on hi-i by J. II :. race McFarlaud, of Ilarrisb'irs, l'a., ptesident; Clinton Kogci'.s Wood ruff, ff I'll lade'phia, secretary, and Willi ir.i 15. Iluwlmd, o: New York, treasurer, of the Am.ricm Civic Association. They c tiled to wcc the Presi dent to use hii influence, through the combined action of the Ameri can and Canadian Governments, for the preservation of the Niagara Falls and to prevent the diversion of their waters to coiiimcrci.il a-i 1 industrial us;s. They pointed out to the President that ten companies now have au thority lo utilize 1,339 500 horse power of the effective power of the Falls. In the judgment of compe tent engineers, the delegation Sii.l, this would destroy the Ar.i ricati Falls. Five companies no.v are ac tually developing power from the Falls and the others are rreparing actively to utilize the power. President Roosevelt told tin' del egation that he regarded it as a great national duty to do all that might lie in his power to preserve Niagara Falls, and that in his mes sage to Congress he would recom mend action along that line with all the forex of which he was capable. He said he believed that Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon of Colora do, the big trees of California and the buffalo should b; preserved for posterity. California, he added, had pre sented to the nation a grove of the big trees, and if the State of New York could not preserve Niagara Falls inviolate the national Govern ment should step i:i to keep theui as they arc now for the Amerie tn people as one of the gr-t natural wonders of the worid. The Presi dent said that if he were to make a public address before the meeting of Congress he would take the op portunity to speak in favor of the preservation of Niagara Falls. Guv rmr's Th.vjk? "vim PnoUnMliou. Governor Penny picker has issued the following Thanksgiving pro clamation: In pursuance of a triage establish ed in tlis diysof th? fathers and lo'ig observed t the moral and spiritual el vition of the peopl-?, I, Samuel Whitaker Penuypacker, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby set apart Thursday, November 30, as a day to render thanks unto the Lord for the great benefits we have received at His bauds and to set forth His praise. He hith blessed our heritage; He hath preserved for our Use the kind ly fruits ol the earth; His eyes have considered the poor; it hath pleased Him to give peace and concord to all nations; He hath not taken ven geance of our pins; He hath exalted the humble and the meek; He hath enabled us to amend our lives. Let us then come together in our homes, churches and places of wor ship and offer up prayers for the continuance of His mercies; let us both by our lives and doctrine set forth His glory, and let us further remember the wants of the desolate the needy and the oppressed. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at the city of Harrisburg, this tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and five, and the Commonwealth the one hundred and thirtieth. Samuel W. Pjjn-nvpacker. By the Governor, Robert McAfee, Secretary of the Commonwealth. New Automobile Law The Attorney General's Depart ment has furnished the State High way Department with an official opinion to the effect that the auto mobile law passed by the last Legis lature repeals all former acts upon this subject and stands to-day as the only law on this subject. The Deputy General holds that the act of 1905 applies to motor bicycles as well as to automobiles and that no motor vehicle of any sort can be operated in Pennsyl vania after January 1, 1906, when the new law becomes operative, except by a person who has secured a license from the State Highway Department. The opinion also states that all tags bearing numbers, with th exception of the two furnished by the State Highway Department to each license, must be removed from all motor vehicles while tnev are operated within this state. OASTOnXA. BMnth st I"1 KM tm Haw Always Bcugit f Tha Kind You Haw Always G Bifutan or JACK SFTKTUnAN'S HETIKKMEXT. liero of Many Diamond Unities is ! Now an I'nUertakcr. "Ttt-antv veara m limiilra nnrl Unf n cenr, bump or blemish to how for It!-' So Bftld Jack Sheridan, bettor J known as the Human Foghorn. After 1 twenty years' continuous service In seven different leagues, dodging bricks, bottles nnd epithets, the vet eran Is about to retire to the tdniple life anions the coffins. There Is expert testimony on tap, j north, east, south and west, to provo j that I'm n bank robber, horl carrier, : horse thief, second story worker and murderer. I could work nt any of i those trades nnd make pood money; but undertaking will hold me for a ' while." Thus It appears thnt Jack has not missed any of the tips hnndi d oat ; In twenty busy years. No better or squarer umpire than Sh'-rldan ever traveled the circuit, and the Ameri can Leaarue will miss him. A con- ' tlnuous performance of twenty years Is sufficient recommendation for nny man, when you consider the nature of the business in which he was en gaged. Some of the umpires do not last twenty minutes. We were about to say Sheridan Is as good as any man who ever wore the pad and Indicator, but he usr8 neither. A twenty-five cent necktie Is the only armor hung upon hla broad chest, nnd sometimes for a bluff he peeked Into his empty hand. Jack has been long enough In the business to count three strikes and four balls without the aid of me chanical appliances. This Is not a rap at the other umpires. A saving sense of humor pulled Sheridan through many a tight cam paign. He saw the funny side of the tumults nnd riots, and adverse crlti- 1 clsms never touched him. It wns to laugh. He is a man of intelligence 1 and education, with a well shaped head and cleanly cut features like those of the early Itomnns. Here Is a sample of .lack's sunny humor that stung the fanatics from Detroit. After announcing the bat teries in the final game of the set, the umpire turned his solemn vi.-ao once more to the crowd and let off this little valedictory: "I.adk'S and frjittlemen: This Is the farewell appearance In Detroit of Jack S!;'Ti Jan 11s an umpire. He fop) do;. art!;-3 forever, I wish to ths.'( or.e and all for the many cor (li; 1 r ;i io;) 3 trlven me here. Never v iil 1 forget your generous tratine:!t. I leave Detroit with but 011? iln.-rre rr rt t ,' and that l. the r::'r.s of ti.n t-. '. i: vo-ild not penult me to i'.nre;t o tr thousand and on Mail'.- invp .1; !o,ii to eoiae under the r:!:..; -:o.d ar.d u.-t my block ;.!'.: ! ?d ':." That ii':'i-"i!i'a.', worked uri with m.:'h u :s-ler .eding at! I wo ntl 'iie.it, Ji.nvd t'ao fi'h.aiics off their balance. A dumb, deathly i-lkneo fo'.Iow.'d th'5 l:..-t fi'e words of the speech. Ti'.:!i earne a j'i'"at roar of laughter, road Jack pot a tienn ticloas barst of applause. They never did esteem him in Detroit. In the third round he gave a ruling the home team did n't lixe, and a voice iu the blvachera lowied : 'We don't caie if you never conio back!" However, the umpire bad handed the crowd one, and his soul was at peace. Sheridan was born at Decatur, 111., how many years ago l.e didu't state. At the age of one jear he went to California, with others in tho party, and there developed the robust phUjue and voice that enabled him to stand the gaff as an umpire. For a time he played ball on the coast, and then set forth on his travels. Pome of the things that happened to the feture undertaker are herewith related. I'mpires of to-day Imagine they have troubles. Forget It! Arbitrat ing at the present era Is like picking cherries or drinking pink tea with the ladles. St. Louis used to be a swell town for the umpire. Running gantlet kept him In condition. "In 1 S 0 6 and 1897 Von der Ahe's combination ball park uud race track was In oiieiatlon. Troiii the home plate the umplro passed through a picket fence, crossed nn open space or paddock seventy-five yards in width, and popped under the stand. Well, it was crossing this open stre.ch after the game that gave the umpire the time of his life. I never made the dash without thinking of Munroe's dime novels, where the In dlans stuck burning arrows Into the fleeing white man. "The minute the game ended the rooters poured Into the open space, and formed two solid lines from the gate In the fence to the hole tinder the stand. That wns the gantlet the poor ump had to run. The space be tween the living lines was about six feet. If the umpire escaped the canes, umbrellas aud beer bottles on that seventy-five yard sprint, he stood a chance of having a beer keg bounced oft his head while dodging into the hole under the stand. Some times they switched to a chair," New York Mall. rv- f 1 mgt,iRtvTZ3L3 rsisxssiisi'i&w Season's Recognized St les, Proportions and Colors in both Derbys and Softs. They are equal in both style and quality to the sa called "exclusive" hatier but our prices do not carry the burden of a label. All we charge for is the hat. Your last year's Derby was an improvement on the dilapidated "siiv.w", but a r.ew hat is what should go with that new suit o! yours. Com 2 in and get acquainted with cur Assortment. Derby 51.00 to $..00 Softs 50 cents to $3.00 A Stupendous Sale of pfSS Prices Range at Half and Less. 2o Patterns, full dress patterns, one of a kind, Uegular Pi ice 1.50 to 2.25, Sale Price 75cto1.12 10 Pes. of Habit cloth, oO inches wide, Popular price $1 .50, Sale Price 69c. G Pes. fancy English Mixtures, for suits, 51in. wide, Kogular Price, 1.50, Sale Price 89c. 9 Pes. of Tibelines, 38in. wide, Regular price 50c. Sale price- 25c. 10 Pes. heavy Cloths, for skirts, Kogular price 85c, Sale price 59c. 3 Pes. fancy mixed Suitings, 48 and 54 in. wide, Regular price 1, Sale price 75c. F. P. BLOOMSBURG, Cut off that cough .layncs Expect 7 and prevent pneumonil . I 1 . I . 1 lyLA'gr v Ihe worlds Standard Throat and Lung Medicine for 75 years. -Get it of your druggist and keep it always ready in the house. LET US Hat You. We have every facility for doing so lo your entire satis faction. Here you will find all the Goods PURSEL. - PENNA. with or ant M buusuiuuuuiii V
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