THE COLUMBIAN, BL00MS8UR0, PA. I PII6 Iti Figures That Alarm Tax payers in England. A PL;VV ILLUSTRATIONS Higher Munlilpitl Tuxes Duo to Cities' I'ubllc Trawling KiKei-prises. l'ublic ManiiK'iiittit of Gnu Work Ls Kroiiomlcil Tliun Private Ownership. Great Brltlaa has been for fifteen tears or more the pioneer In experi ments in municipal trading. The bullovers In the principle of munici pal management of certain forms of tTude and industry have had a ru markably free hand In Loudon and the principal large cities of England and Scotland. The public purse has beta open to them almost without restriction; their control of the large enterprises in which they have em barked has been absolute and their reports of the results of their stew rrdshlp have been such as they chose to make, says the New York Sun. The English people are unioug the most patient in the world In bear ing their public burdens. They have eodurud with llttlu grumbling the heavy Increase In nutlonnl taxation tnudo necessary by the Boer war. Like the American people, they pay fr.-ater attention to the manage ment of nutlonnl than of local affairs, and this tendency lias been nuilihaslzud during the crisis of the last, six years. The debt of the municipalities of Gi:it Hrltain has Increased from JSSo.OOO.OOO In 1SS4 to $2,?15,(00 000 In 1904. The-amount of local government expenditure in Great Krltaln In 1S92 was $380,000,000; in IS02, the lust co:iilete year nvall bl. It hud increased to $720,000, 000. The explanation always given of tha vast growth of municipal lu dehtedness has beun that It was In curred for renumeratlve purposes. But Englishmen have fo.ind that tha rate per year of local taxatlou In the country bus Increased no ItsbS than 63 per cent. This, of course. Is entirely inconsistent with the ex planation offered. Tlio impression generally prevails Id this country and ubroud that mu nicipally controlled tram Hues, gas uud electric supply, water works, &.c. In Glasgow, London and other Important cities show a considerable Improvement in the matter of ecou Btiiy and efficiency over privately managed enterprises of the same na ture. It will be a considerable sur prise to the general public to learn that the exact contrary Is true. The accounts of forty-eight muni cipalities working tramways show ouly thirteen make any contribution to the rates, seventeen make no de preciation allowance, and ouly eleven, allow more than 2 per cent. We all know how disastrous tha steamers of the London County Council have been and continue to be. It is no answer to say that private companies also make mistakes and lose money. No doubt they do; it Is Inevitable and Is an additional ar gument, not, for but against muni cipal trading; but the difference Is that in one cause they are losing their own money, in the other the ratepayers. It will be supposed that in the natter of gas supply if in nothing ls municipal management would to able to compare favorably with private or company enterprise. Comparative returns without ex ception show the contrary. The Manchester municipality re ports an annual profit to the city of $330,000 on Its gas works, if the London company charged the ante price as Manchester Its cus tomers would have to pay $1,040, t)Q more a year for gas. If Man chester charged the same price as the' London company their customers would pay $395,000 a year less and the so-called profit would be turned into a loss of $65,000. It Is in the management of tram ways that most credit is claimed for municipal trading experiments In Great Britain. Lord Avebury ana lyses the so-called successes, and th result becomes quite another story. There are In London two. tram isy systems, one north of the Thames, the other south of the river. The County Council became pos sessed of both In 1900. The capital value was approxi mately the same, $4,250,000 on the aorth, $4,480,000 on the south. The council leased the uothern lines to a company and worked the south ern lines itself. During the period, the council has electrified the southern lines, which has slightly Interfered with their working, but the result of five years operations is instructive. The fares have been the same on both. The council figures out a profit for the five years on Its lines of 1119,600. During the same period the lessees of the northern lines have paid the city $958,000. But, It has been pointed out, even the claims of the council to a profit ot 1119,600 did not bear examination. In 1833, the Bostonla of Boston, and the Cent of Philadelphia, were first Issued and were the first publi cations in this country ever sold tor one cent. Within the lust forty years the population of the British Empire has acreased, by about 40 per out. What Do They Cure? Tim above question Is often nskod con cerning Dr. 1'leree's two lending medi cine, "Onlden Medical Discovery" and " l''n vnrlte Prescription." Tim answer In Hint "Golden Medical Discovery " Is a tnewt potent, alterative or bloiHl-purlller, and tonic or Invigorator and acts especially favorably In n cura tive way upon all the mucous lining sur faces, as of the wisal passu ves. throat, bronchial tubes, stomach, bowel and bladder curing a large per cent, of catar rhal caVfH whether 441" disease affects the nasal piiyagcs, the ifrsmt, larynx, bron chia, stomiLclixf as cat(irrtal dyspepsia), bowels (a muoiL4l!tJ4 bladder, uterus or other pelvic orgiTrrA Kvcn In "it cnrn1'g fir "'""'"f MiPg'"i "i ffiK-timis. I t. is mien snccesstiil In a fleet- DO- Lla rr wet Irregularity's melilenf, to women oi U a powerful il gentTy lU'Ung invigorate Ing tonic, and nervine. For weak worn out, over-worked women no matter what has caused the break-down, "Favorite Prescription " will bo found most etlertivn In building up the strength, regulating tlio womanly functions, subduing pain and bringing about a healthy, vigorous condition of tlio whole system. A book of particulars wraps each bottle giving the formula' of both medicines and quoting what scores of eminent med ical authors, whosn works are consulted by physicians of nil the schools of practice as guides in prescribing, say of each in gredient entering Into tin-so medicines. The words of praise bestowed on tlio several Ingredients entering into Doctor Pierce's medicines by such writers should have more, weight than any amount of non - professional testimonials, because such men aro writing for the guidance of their medical brethren and know whereof they speak. Both medicines nro non-alcoholic, nnn sorret. anil contain no harmful liubit formlng druirs. being composed of glyceric extracts of the roots of native, American medicinal forest plants They arc both sold by dealers In medicine. You can't aiford to accept as a substitute, for one of these medicines of known composition, any secret nostrum. Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sucar-coated, easy to take as candy, regulate and In vigorate stomach, liver and bowels. I i nil --m .ft WO Krnest Ilaurniunn. A farmer boy of seventeen years, discovered tho secret of the method by which the artisans of the stone age manufactured flint Implements with tho simplest kind of tools. With a stick of wood, whittled at one end, ho succeeded In making arrow heads and spear heads, equal in workman ship to those found In tho mounds. For many centuries science haq been unable to explain the method em ployed In making these stone Imple ments. Training Both Hands. An interesting discussion is being carried on in England in connection with the question of ambidexterity, ays Harper's Weekly. There being a certain number of physicians and psychologists who are recommending that the child should bo taught to use the left as well as the right hand and with equal facility. There are, however, those who advise that the left should be used for left-handed motion. Inasmuch as it is not an ex act copy of the right, and must possess corresponding limitations. While the advancod ambldextcrlstj believe that in addition to Its ordi nary duties the left hand should bo taught to copy the movements of tho right, such as In ordinary writing, the moderate advocates think that, recognizing Its limitations, the left hand should be mado to do on tho left side similar things. These, of course, would be done by move ments In the reverse direction, and therefore, if absolute ambtdexerlty were required, as In turning a screw or in writing, a screw with reversed thread should be used and a rove rued form of writing devised. Don'ts For Iteuders. Don't handle a book es'cept with clean hands. Don't turn down leaves at the cor ners. Don't leave a book lying face down ward. Don't get a book from the book case by the binding at the top; take it from the middle of the back. Don't when opening a book, be rough and pull the leaves apart too quickly, let them open gently. Don't out leaves with any knife but the proper paper knife, says Home Notes. Don't forget to return a book when lent. When you commence to read it Insert as a marker a label Iwth the owner's name and the date when the book was lent to you; in this way you will keep tbe loan in mind. 8 mam French Factory Has IJeen at Work 120 Years. BRANCH IN NF.YV YORK Conducted I Uder Government Super vision and a Monopoly Its Wares Supplied to Medical Schools and Muiilur Institutions In Many Lands The Workmen. Physicians, hospitals, museums and mod leal schools must have nu llum skulls and bones, as well as completely articulated skeletons of adults and children. But whence do these come? Kor reasons which need not matter here It Is stated that Franco Is the great skeleton producing country, and Paris tho gay city of light, the center of tho tra'fTlc. The business Is naturally conductod with secrecy, 'i'l o ordinary Inquirer would be able to learn but little of It, says the New York Sun. The skeleton factory, according to tho Information obtained by an In vcntlgiitnr with exceptional facilities. Is under Government supervision nnd the proprietor Is a rich man, this business being his monopoly. It Is m!d that he has one branch In Lon don and another In New York, with (operate departments for ordinary tn:;Idcrmy and the skeletonizing of animals and birds. To this factory are sent the bodies of criminals from the dissecting schools, and also many specimen bodies of different races sent homo by travellers and explorers. The drat stage of treatment occupies several months, and the chemicals used In the various processes, and also for whitening and preserving the bones, r.ro trade secrets. Tho stock rooms are no place for a nervous person. Here ere shelves full of skulls of all sUoj, shapes nnd races, which by accident or In the interests of sctencu have been hrokuii into pieces and naturally put to gether again with brao3 wire. You uill see capi-.cioua drawers filled with small bones and heaps of ribs with stlli larger bones lettered and numbered. In hu adjoining room j dozens of workmen are piercing tho bones and preparing them for the wlrers. Passing through tho laboratory and warehouse, where one sees stacks of wire of various tMckne.i!es, with springs of all varieties and size, as well as standn for mounting the skelotons and tools for putting them together, you reach the rooms whore tho final work Is done. It Is here the bones are united. Here Is a man articulating hands or feet, while his neighbors are repair ing skulls or fastening springs to various parts. Completed limbs and skulls are carrtod into an adjoining room, where the entire skeleton Is put together and Anally mounted on a stand or attached to an Iron rod. Others, again, have a ring Inserted into the skull so that they may bo suspended from the celling. Next comes tho packing room where the skeletons are carefully boxed and despatched to their desti nation, while others are placed lu stock for selection by intending pur chasers. The showroom here is a flno, large, light apartment, lined with glass cases that show specimen skeletons of giants and dwarfs, neg roes and yellow men, as well as crim inals that have their name, date ot execution and record of crime on at tached labels. There are skelotons of men and wo. men and children of all ages. In great chests of drawers In the center of the showroom are skulls ot every age and variety, as well as wired hands and feet. Naturally strange stories attach to some of these things. One skeletou was that ot a fine young fellow Who had only been married a few months when he met with an accident and1 was taken to the hospital. One leg was amputated, but he had besides received very severe internal Injuries that made his case hopeless. On being Informed that he could not live, he sold his body for $50, which sum was handed over to his wife, who came from Brittany to say farewell, and after an affecting part ing, left the hospital with the price of her husband's body in her hand. As a matter of fact this selling ot bodies by the living is far more com mon that one might think. In England, since the passing of the Anatomy acts of 1832 and 1871, the bodies of persons dying un claimed In almshouses and hospitals are said to have proved quite suffi cient for tbe needs of the medical and surgical professions. A skele ton factory or two existed some years ago In London, but little appears to be known of such institutions now. To all Inquiries the evasive reply is retured: "We get our bones from abroad." The French factory, by the way, ts said to have been In existence more than 120 years, and all the workmen engaged there must have served at loast Ave years in the dlssectlug schools of the French metropolis. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children, lite Kino You Have Always Bought Bears tha SBguaturi u ST ,S NOTED rORKIGX POLITICIANS. Peruilnr Methods of Leading States men of Great Itrltaln. Sir Henry Cnmpbell-Hanncrman Indulges very sparingly In gestures when speaking, but he has one little distinguishing trick that of fan ning himself with any available slip of paper, ns If to cool his rising ar dor, says the London Tit-Til t h, while ho punctures his oratory by occa sional thumps on tho table, to drive a point home, or by a clutch at the lapels of his coat. Sir Henry Cuinpbell-llannci'iiuiii. John Hums has learnt his oratory In the open-air school, which de mands n loud voice, plenty of Are and vehometico and accentuated ac tion, lie throws back his broad (shoulders, rolls out. bis long sen tences nnd rhetorical phrases In a Hyde Park voice, and ns he finishes each slip of bis notes he crushes It In bis rlnht hand and thrusts It Into a pocket of his pea Jacket. John Morley Is a speaker of quite a different stamp from the member for Ila: t"i-Kc:i. lie is normally quiet, and unemotional; Ktunds by the chalr iiiaii'3 table with his left hand play inij nervously wlih his waistcoat huito.M, while he points tho Index flnm r of his I'Uht band at his audi ence. Mr. As'iiltli has a fine, clear voice, and orcellent delivery and an attrac tive presence. , Ills speeches are de-ll-.-Vtf.il to listen to In their smooth, easy, sonorous flow. Ho Is vtry spur In;: oT gestures, but the nervous movements of his hands betray his stale of tension, .lames liryce Is a man of prodlgous learning .'.nil ability, but by no means a stimulating speaker. His speeches are really lectures, brimful of In struction, but delivered with a sol emnity and Immobility which makes them not u little tedious. Mr. Salduno Is another minister of immenso cleverness find wisdom who Is not an alluring speaker. He eschews oratory and gestures and with arms folded across his husa chest reels out his speeches In a voice which seems ludicrously small for his big body. A. J. P.alfour. A. J. Balfour Is one of many legis lators whoso speeches read "better than they sound" ho Is not naturally Auent and often has apparent diffi culty In finding tho exact word he wants, while his voice and manner aro not in his favor. Mr. J. Chumberluln, on the con trary, Is always alert and full of en ergy and movement on the platform. Drain and body alike are electlcally charged and full of vigor and life. Ho has a wonderfully clear, pene trating voice, and a remarkable gift of lucid exposition and How of lan guage. Each telling phraso of his speech Is accompanied by an appro priate action; when developing an argument ho leans forward with raised finger and emphasizes his conclusions by bringing his clenched Ast sharply down on tho palm of his left haud. He has, too, a trick of toying with his eyeglass, placing it In his eye, dropping It again and then replacing it. Mr. Wyndham is eminently a graceful speaker graceful in his easy, Auent diction, In attitude and In varied gesture; Mr. Broderlck has been described as the "automaton," from the niechunlcal Sow of his speech and quality of his gestures, which are limited to a Jerk of the arm and a thump ot tho table: Mr. Chapln.when he is not busily engaged in searching for and adjusting his elusive eyeglass, pounds tho table with alarming vigor and frequency; and Slv Edward Clarke stimulates his oratory by stroking, or rather tugging at his Dundreury whiskers, Tho Chinese have a god for every dUouso, even for childhood's afflic tions, like the mumps, and measles. n INT VMS A T to f j POSTAL NKWS. I'nlted States Shows Heaviest Loss lunula ml Largest I'l-oflf. Accord in;; to the International Post litiroau, taking ull tho Post. Of fices of tlio world, tho Pulled States shows tho heaviest loss from tlio management of Its postal affairs, and Great llrltuln the largest proilt. Nineteen hundred and three is tlio lust year for which figures for ran pnrlsou are available, and for that year we ran behind $1,323,000, whllo Great llrltuln showed a net profit of $22,000,000, nnd Uussla, $14,000,000. Due to the large nnd rapid Increase of rural delivery since 1903 our deficit has grown to at least three times what It was t!i n, and there are other reasons for our unfavorable showing, tho principal ones being the larger compensation we pay employees and tho extenslvo srens we have to cover which tiro thinly populated. Tho highest paid Postmaster In England receives about $.",000 a year, clerks from $300 to $1,500, carriers In the larg er cities $420, and In the smaller ones and rural carriers from $.".".() to $275. British postage Is cheaper than ours. Kor 2 cents letters weigh In? up to four ounces tire carri. d, with 1 cent additional for each two additional ouihvs and every regis tered newspaper goes for 1 cent, re pni 'dl-ss of weight. Anything mail able Is carried by parcel post for 6 cents a pound nnd 2 cents for each additional pound up to eleven, which Is the limit. Anything can bo regls terc l for I cents, and the government In.-iiires regls'ered matter up to 323 In value for that sum. Hy paying 2 cents for each additional $50 in val ue, Insurance up to $000 may be had. Newspapers may be forwarded without additional post aw, which Is not the case wbh us, and postal or ders cost 3 cents for $5 orders. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias issued out of tile Court of Common Picas of Columbia County. Pa., and to me directed, there will be sold at public sale at the Court Mouse. rSloomsbtirg, county ami state aforesaid, on .SATURDAY, JUNK 8th, 1907. at 2 o'clock p. m., the following describ ed real estate All that certain farm and tract of land situate in Pine Township, Columbia County and State of Pennsylvania bounded and described as follows Westwardly by lands of Alem lobnson northwardly by land of Ashur Fullmer, eastwardly by land of Clemens and southwardly by lands of containing FIFTY-FIVK ACRKS more or less, upon which are erected a FRAMK DWELLING HOUSE barn and other out buildings. It being tne same land conveyed to blnali r ull mer by Thomas Fans and wife bv deed dated April 25th, 1 S 1.7 and recorded in the Recorder's Office nt Bloomsburg in Deed Book L. pace 7S0. See description of said land recorded in Columbia Coun ty. Pa, in Mortgage Book No. 16. page iso. Seized and taken into execution nt the suit of A. K. Fullmer's use vs. John F. IJerr, surviving Executor of estate of Elijah Fullmer, deceased with notice to Susanna Green, Mary T- Deen, Mianda M. Kobbinsand A. K. Fullmer, Defend ants, who are the real owners of the land; and to be sold as the property of tne saia Dctendan ts. TERMS OF SALE. 1. All bids must be naid in full, m cent where the plaintiff or other lien creditor becomes the purchaser, and a duly certified list ot liens shall be fur nished, including mortgage searches on the d ronertv sold, tosrether with such lien creditor's receipts for the amount ot tne proceeus ot tne sate, or sucn por tion thereof as he shall be entitled to. 2. All sales not settled immediately will be continued until the Monday fol lowing the date ot sole at two o clock p. m., at which time all property not set tled for will again be put up and sold at the expense and risk of the person to whom it was struc't oil and who, in the case of deficiency of such resale, shall make good the same, nnd in no instance will the deed be presented to the Court for confirmation unless the bid is actu ally settled for with the Sheriff, as above stated. CHAS. B. ENT, Andrew L. Fritz, Sheriff. Attornev. See Purdon's Digest, oth edition page 416; Smith's page 334. Sheriff 's Office, 1 Bloomsburg, Pa., May 15, '07. ) 5-i6-4t ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. KMate of Vtw MeAtidrrui, tute of Conrtighmi Towihij, Umvaned. Notice is hereby given that letters of administration on the estate of Peter McAndrew, late of the Township of Convngham. deceased, have been Grant ed to the undersigned administrator, to whom all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having cluims or demands will make known the same without delay to MICHAEL J. MONAGHAN. Administrator. Ashland. Pa. Edward J. Flynn, Attorney. 5-2-Ot ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Xilate of Jacob B. Welllvor, late of the Borough of Berwick, Pa, Notice is hereby given that letters of administration on the estate of Jacob E. Welliver, late of the Borough of Ber wick, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned administrator to whom all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payments, and those having claims or demands will make known the same without deluy to WILLIAM KREAMER, B. F. Zarr, Administrator, Attorney. Bloomsburg, Pa. 5-83-6t , IrCSHolt , , C . rd. II. A. MtKlLLIP. ATTOKM-.V AT I.AW Columbian Luiid rg 2txi Floor liloornslnirn, Pa. A. N. YOST, ATTORNEV AT LAW. Knt Building, Coust House Square, liloomsbtiry, I'a. RALPH. R.JOHN, ATTORNEY AT t.AW. Hartman Luildmg, Market Square liloomsluirg, Ta. I RKI) IKKLKR, ATTORNKY-AT-bAW Office Over First National Bank. Bloomsburg, I'a, CLYDE CHAS. VETTER ATTORNEY -AT-I.AW. Office in Wirt's Building. Bloomsburg, Pa. VV. H. RH AWN, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Office Corner of rd and Main Sts. CATAWISSA, PA. CLINTON HERRING. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office with Grant Herring,; Bloomsburg, Pa. I- Crangeville Wednesday each weel A. L. FRITZ. " ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office Bloomshurtj Nai'l Panic Bldg. Bloomsburg, Pa. J. II. MAIZE ATTORNEY AT I AW, INSURANCE AND EAL ESTATE AGENT Office in Townscnd's Iluilding Bloomsburg, I'a, N U. FUNK ATTORNEY AT LAW Knt's Iiiiililinp, Court House Square Bloomsburg, Pa. SADE T. VANNATTA (Successor to f V. Krnpp) GENERAL INSURACE Office 238 Iron St., Bloomsburg, Pa Oct. 31, 1901. tf M. f. LWIZ & SON, INSURANCE and REALESTATI AGENTS AND IiftOKEKS. N. V. Corner Main and Centre Sts. Bl.OOMSiiURG, Pa. Represent Seventeen as good Companies there are in the World and all loses promptly adjusted and paid nt their office. DR. W. H. HOUSE SURGEON DENTIST Office Barton's Building, Main below Marke Bloomsburg, Pa. All styles of work done in a superior manne All work warranted ns represented TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIS by the use of Gas. and free of charge whan artificial teeth are inserted Open all hours during the day DR. M. J. HESS DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Crown and bridge work a specially Corner Main nnd Centre streets Bloomsburg, Pa. Columbia ft Montour Telephone connectloa J. J. BROWN, M. D. THE EYE A SPECIALTY. Eyes tested and fitted with glasses. No Sunday work. 311 Mnrket St., Bloomsburg, Pa. Hours 10 to & Telephone J. S. JOHN M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office and residence, 410 Main St. 7-30-lv BLOOMSBURG. PA EDWARD. FLYNN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CENTRALIA, PA. Offloe Llddlcot building, Locust avenue H. MONTGOMERY SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office 1 Ent building, 11-16-M WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Wells' ullding over J. O. Wells Hardware Store, Bloomsburg, Will be In Millville on Tuesdays. EXCHANGE HOTEL, I. A. Snyder, Proprietor. BLOOMSBURG, Pa. Large and convenient sample rooms, batk rooms hot and cold water and all modern conveniences. CITY HOTEL. W. A. Bartzel, Prop. JNo. lai Weit Main Street' ' Iri'ff mnrl rnnvnint rooms. hot and cold water. nA renlencet. Bar stocked with licit wines and liquors. First-claw livery attached. BOSTOCSTILII-BOKS. gltl TILIFIO TM TIBTID, OLA8SI8 KITTlD. H. BIERMAN. M. n HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND BUK6I oioi hocss: Ofnoe Hesldenoe,4th Bt 10 a. m. to t p. m., 5.8O to ft p. m. BLOOM BBUBG, PA. C. WATSON McKELVY, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. Represent twelve of ens strongest Onmni -1 -"''a wuwu ICJ lash Total a rMt I smyi trii, AHMnil HI Penn'a Ptiila. 4iio,ono aWiM Oueen, OIN. Y. 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