THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA STRONGEST BANK CAPITAL 3100,000. First National Bank, MAKE NO MISTAKE BUT DEPOSIT YOUR SAV INGS IN THE STRONGEST BANK. O F F I (.' E U S : K. V. M. Low, l'lv-tdotit. J. M. Ktnwr, Vice PrcM.lcnt. K. K Tustin, Vice President. K. F. Carpenter, Cashier. 1)1 UECTonS: V.. Y. M. Low, F. (1. Yot-Us, Frank lkelcr, Joseph liatti, K. . Tustin, Fred lkelcr, (Ion. S. Uol.bins, H. C. Creasy, J. M. Slaver, M. I. Low, ,J Louis dross, H. V. lower. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED tS6. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, HSTAIIt.lSIIKIl JS37. CoNSOI.IPA l F.P 1 8f9 Published Every Tiii'rshay Morning, At Uloomsburu, the County Scat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. GEO. E. ELNVELL, Eiitor. GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman. TgRtts: Insult the county $1. 00 a year la advance; !fl.5oif not paid in advance. Outside thecounty, f 1.25 a year, strictly in Advance. All communications should be. addressed THE COLUMBIAN, Dloomsl.urK, Pa. THURSDAY. NOYEM I5ER 30, 1905. SUSQUEHANNA. DKA1NAGE BAsIN- A valuable addition to our know ledge of the Susquehanna drainage basin will be found in two publica tions recently issued by the U. S. Geological Survey, which contain the results of extended investiga tions on this stream and its tribu taries. Commercially the Susquehanna basin is the largest and most im portant drainage area in the north Atlantic States. The headwaters f this river system are on the ele ued plateau which separates the .iters flowing southward and east vard into the Atlantic streams om those flowing northward and w-estward into the St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, and the Missis sippi. Geographically this watershed lies in three physiographic divis ions: the Allegheny, the Appalach ian Valley, and the Piedmont Plat eau. The total area of the basin is 27,000 square miles, comprising 21 060 square miles in Pennsylvania, or about 47 per cent of the area of the state; and 6o,oSo square miles in New York, or 13 per cent of the state; and 260 square miles, or about 2 per cent of the State of Maryland. One of the papers mentioned i entitled "Hydrography of the Sus quehanna River Drainage Hasin," and has been so prepared as to be of use to the layman as well as the engineers, providing for the former a compiehensive view of the condi tions in the area, and supplying hte engineer with data for making esti mates in hydraulic investigations. In view of the fact that the power resources of this basin are so little developed, the discussion of water powers and the tables of elevation and developed horse power are most interesting and valuable. This report is the joint work of Messrs. John C. Hoyt and Robert H. Anderson, of the Hydrographic Branch of the Survey. The second paper is entitled "The Quality of the Water in the Susquehanna River IJasin," and contains numerous analyses of the water in the main stream end many of its tributaries. The portions de voted to the pollution of streams by miue wastes are especially inter esting. It is doubtful if a stream polluted with mine wastes could be satisfactorily employed as a source of domestic water supply, but the Susquehanna is so befouled with wewage that it could not be used in its raw state for household purpos es, even if no mine drainage were turned into it. Mr. M. O. Leigh ton, the author of the report, shows by a series of chemical analyses . that the water is actually more free from organic matter at the lower end of Wyoming Valley than at the upper, and this condition is trace able to a large amount of acid mine rehtse which is turned into the stream. He finds also that the pre cipitation of immense quantities of sewage matter and coal dust into the river eventually will fill up the channel along certain reaches. It is probable that the Susque hanna especially that portion be low the West Branch, is chiefly valuable as an agent of sewer dis IN THE COUNTY Surplus and Undivided Profits SI50.O0O. posal. It would be impossible, with the present large population upon the dtainnge area, to render the stream fit for domes'. ic use, and therefore it may as well receive city sewage up to a certain limit. These papers which are known as Water Supply and Irrigation pa pers Nos. 108 and J 09, may be ob tained free of charge upon applica tion to the Director of the U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. v One Sided Justice- How justice discriminates is shown in the case of Cunliffe, the express robber, who in less than six weeks after robbing the express company finds himself in the peni tentiary, and the great insurance robbers, bank wreckers, State Treasury despoilers and others. Yes, Cunliffe is in the peniteuti sry but where are McCall, Perkins, McCurdy and others, all men of high station and great wealth who plundered insurance companies with which they were connected who robbed the widows' and orphans' funds for the benefit of themselves and the gralting politicians of the Republican party? Any of these men in jail! Not on your life. Out on bail? No. liven prosecuted? No. Tbey are rich. These three words tell the whole story. What about the Republican ma chine looters of Philadelphia? Anv of them in jail? Not one. And even if it were possible to get one there, the pardon board would probably soon set him tree. A few have been arrested and are at liberty on bail, but there is a great horde of criminals of one kind and another, ballot-box stuffers, re peaters, thugs, contract plunderers, thieves, robbers and grafters of every kind and variety, all belong ing to the political organization which has had the city of Phila delphia in its frightful clutches, who are not in prison and never will be. Not one of these great rogu:s but is an infinitely greater criminal ban Cunliffe. But fortunately for them they have had the protection of ;he leaders of the great party that makes the laws and fills the offices cl Pennsylvania. Uniontoion Genius. Top Notcb for Inaugurals- The inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt last March cost $145,491, a greater sum than for auy previous inauguration. Notwithstanding the large expense, the committee has turned over a balance of $4,730 to the Auditorium association, formed to erect a building for future in augural balls. The committee raised $150,221, more by $14,000 than any previous inaugural fund. Receipts for the last five inaugurations were as fol lows: 1889, $125,250.50; 1893, $91,. 655 31; 1897, $116,817.15, and 1901 $136,808.83. Auer's We know what all eood doc tors think of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Ask your own doc tor and find out. He will tell Cherry Pectoral you how it quiets the tickling throat, heals the inflamed lungs, and controls the hardest of coughs. "Ayer'i Clierry 1'iwtnnl ii well known In our family. We think It la tlie butt medicine lu the world fur roiiKln ami cnlrii." Katib 1'ktkuhom, r.tiluraa, Cat. tt.,Me.,f 1.00. AM ilrni'iM.H- J. 0. A YKR rn T.nwpll. Mas. for Hard Cough 3 One of Aor's Pills at bedtime wilt hasten recovery. Gently laxative. Advocates Law to 1'rotoct IValets. Food Commissioner Warren Sungcsts Nation al Legislation lo Punish Men Really Guilty ot Adulterating Provisions. Sta'e Dairy Hiid Food Commiss ioner Wnrren discusses at length the pure food question in his la;e.st report. Commissioner Warren suggests a national pure food 1 iw would rem edy the abuses complained of by re tail merchants in Pennsylvania, who declare that they site made to suffer fur the sins of the nunufact urers and wholesalers. He says the work of the depig ment lias produced results which indicate the need for more legisla tion regulating the manufacture and siieol dings and chemicals. The department his found that from 50 t0 75 P!-'r cent, ot spices are adulter ated and tint adulterants are used freely in confections, soda water, so-called fruits, jellies, jams and preserves. Investigations have also demon strated that certain brands of the so-called pure rye whisky is noth ing mere than a mixture of raw al cohol, prune juice and caratm.1. In the investigation by the de partment of the soda water business in Pennsylvania it developed that certain brands of so-called fruit syr ups did not contain a particle of the fruit after which they were named and that many of the soft drinks were of harmful and doubtful character. Ad Execution by Guillotine- the second chapter af his "Remi niscences" in tie December Mc Clure's Carl Schrrs graphically de scribes an execution by guillotine which he witnessed as a small boy in Germany. A yonng man in Cologne had murdered his sweetheart and been condemned to death. The execu tion, by the guillotine for the left bank of the Rhine was still under the "Code Napoleon" was to take place at dawu of day on the public square between the Cathedral and the Rhine, and before the eyes of all who might choose lo witness it. The trial had excited the whole population to a high degree; now the people looked forward to the final catastrophe with almost mor bid interest. My locksmith guard ian was of the opinion that neither he nor I should miss the opportun ity of beholding so rare a spectacle. Long before sunrise he awoke me, and together we went to the place of execution in the gray morning light. We found there a dense crowd, numbering thousands of men, women and children. Above them loomed the black scaffold of the death machine. Deep silence reigned; only a buzz floated over the multitude when the condemned man appeared on the scaffold, and then all was silent again. The sturdy locksmith held me up in his arms, so that I might look over the heads of the crowds in front. The condemned culprit stepped forward; the assistant of the executioner strapped him to a board which ex tended from his feet, to his should ers, leaving his neck free; the vic tim glanced up at the axe, susp nd ed from a cross-beam; the next in stant he was pushed down so that his neck lay under the gleaming blade; the axe fell like a flash of lightning, severing the head from the shoulders at a whisk. A stream of blood spurted into the air, but the hideous sight was quickly con cealed from gaze of the public by a dark cloth. The whole deed was done with the rapidity of thought. One scarcely became conscious of the terrible shock before it is over. A dull murmur from the onlooking throngs, after which they silently dispersed; the scaffold was taken down and all the blood on the ground covered with sand before the rays of the morning sua shone brightly upon the Cathedral towers. I remember walking home shudder ing and trembling, and finding it impossible to eat my breakfast. Nothing could have induced me to witness another execution. MiniDtorial Union At a meeting of the Ministerial Union on Wednesday; Rev. J. IS Byers was elected president for the ensueing year. Dr. Hemingway read a paper on "Future Punish ment" which was followed bv a discussion. 'Rev. R. S. Nichols of St. Paul's P. E. Church and Rev R. M. Snyder of the Catawissa M K. Church were admitted to mem bership. At the next meeting Mr Nichols will speak on the Philip pines, where he spent three year as cuapiain in tue U. a. Army. OASTOXIIA.. Bearttha ,a ins mho Yi The Kind Yuu Have Always Bcuflit HOW TO FIND A IlKK THKB. Method That J Followed With Sue ces lly the P.irti Hunter. Homo lice hunters Hi m ly put out a lilt of honeycomb, or even trickles of honey on a clean chip, never re Korllnt; to the pungency of scorched wax , says n contributor to the Coun try Calendar. And thine lire apt to mark their been with sprinkles of flour In order to trace their IllKht. Whatever the halt, It 1m net on a stump, or stone, or fallen tree. In some open glade of deep woods. As certainly ns tho woods hold even 0110 bee tree, there will soon bo a dozen bees narking with nil their mlnht. The bee hunter, stock still, watches them narrowly, aiming always to Kprlnklo those that come first, r.lneo he knows they ure from the noniei.t swarm. Commonly he follows the earliest N't? nt Its first rise. If he loses it, ho Mies buck for another. He may wait to see half n dozen take IllKht from th' tr lines, mal ini; up his mind na to the bee tree's probable direction. If till of thorn talo one course, he has plain sailing- It Is only 11 matter of following that course, keeping his eyes and ears the while very wide open. If there are crossfllghts, bees scattering In all directions, the thing o do Is to follow the best marked line home, If possible In tho wake of a laden bee, mid put out fresh halt for the others upon another day. Following 11 laden bee Is none 80 easy. The spiral rise Is confusing hut a master bee hunter Is apt to be hawk-eyed, lie watches the black mounting speck until It strikes lino, then runs along Its line, knowing well It will go straight to within a few feet of the hive. At the home portal there may bo a slight swerve, even a lighting upon twigs or the trunk Itself, before crawling in home. Tho entrance may be 11 knot hole, or nn Innocent looking crack, or seam. Whatever it is, it is apt to show 11 faint yellowy brown stain, got from the passing In and out of so many bees, wax and honey laden. Papier Miiclic Stage Pood. "Papier niache food won't be seen on the stage this Reason. Everything chickens, chops, cutlets, loaves will be real." The speaker, a manufacturer of stage properties, dusted a casqueand resumed, a little sadly: "I have had to do away with my papier niache food department, dis charging two men and an apprentice. For even the ten, twenty and thirty cent shows won't carry fake viands now. They say that as far back as Paint Hock, Merna and Lodl, the people insist that tutors eat real food on the stage. "It looks better, I suppose. At the same time this new fangled realism Is playing the deuce with the stage property business. It is putting good men oat of work. "And consider its expenses. I know of one comedy, with a banquet scene in the second act, where a bottle of real champagne nnd a real lobster salad are used every night. This comedy has been played 1,000 times in the last three years. There Is ex pense for you nn expense of 4,000 for food alone. Well, one papler niache champagne bottle and one pa pier niache salad worth about $2 would have saved nil that money." Philadelphia Ilulletin. Ills House on His Hack. The Gorman War Office has come to the conclusion that the knansack at present carried by the German soldier is too heavy. The heavy calf skin knapsack, in use up to the pres ent, is being replaced by another of lighter waterproof canvas, and other reductions in weight are being made. The German infantry recruit may be said to carry his house on his back. The following is a list of his baggnge items: Cooking utensils. A heavy musket. An overcoat. Thirty pounds of ammunition. A linen suit. A quantity of underwear. Two pairs of boots. Hoot brushes and blacking. Numerous metal tools. A hymn book. A box of trifles. A variety of personal articles. Berlin correspondent London Mail. The Triumph of Irrigation. In India the irrigation canal has turned millions of acres to fertility and saved tens of thousands of lives which must have succumbed to fam ine. In tho Western States of Amer ica vast deserts have been convorted Into orchards, and the land which would otherwise be dear at $5 an acre has become worth fifty. Much of the Dritlsh triumphs in Egypt is summed up In tho word Irrigation. English engineers Sir C. Scott Moncrieff among them came from India after the British occupation and have ever since been engaged in soino of tho greatest irrigation works in the world, so that Egyptian agri culture has developed beyond the dreams of the most sanguine. I A YN F'i the 5tandard C0USh an'l cold cure for over . 75 years mnv comes also in a EXPECTORANT --- size V ijj6 ALMANAC 1 KKE. W'riie to Dr. I). Jayne & Son, l'liiluiI.l.Uu. Thanksgiving- Time fleans Overcoat Time. Tin; colder weather is here or going to lo any dav. If vou havc'nt selected your Fall or Winter Overcoat yet iff high time you should else you'll be caught so.ne nippiifg night. , We want vou to look at these Overcoats of ours. Paddocks, Chesterfields and Long BeltCoats. Afull line of Rain Coats from $10 to $30. TOWMSE Knox Hats. A FEW OF !$7.75 to $20.00 A most complete showing of these much wanted coats, -the cloths are Kersey and Tibelines, and the styles are box and empire. This $12-50 Box Coat of Kersey, 50 inches longjpiped with satin, and having a velvet collar, is one of the best bargains we know of. At $15.00 we have two styles of coats, both 50 inches long, one made of Mon tagnac and the other of Kersey. Coats of English Hixture are one of the most nobby and our line is complete, rang ing in price from $9.00 to $25.00, and most any price in between. Coats from $18.00 to $22.50 are seen In the tight fitting style, with full skirt. Heavy Covert aqd Black Kersey cloths. Fitted Back Empire Coats 48 inches long of Kersey in -2 "a,ai) uimmeu wiin targe pearl buttons Prices, $15.00 to $25.00. Box Coats of Covert Cloth at $5.00, $7.00, $8.00 and $10.00. F. P. BLOOMSBURG, Adler's Gloves. MANY COATS both Black and Castor, satin PURSEL. PENNA.
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