THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURCl , PA fir opcrty For Which No Heirs Can Be Puund. 1QSE THEIR IDENTITY jj.ri-W.CUO In the Hands of tho City C'laniberlain More Held by the State Treasurer Some Mysterious rjir.appearances Came of Hunting for Missing Heirs. "iHJ you ever realize that millions ,.r dollars are la Hie bauds of tun CiuLinbcrlaln of New York City and the Siato Treasurer awaiting owners, .itid that lawyers are working ou tho i;i -W of tearchlng fur heirs for llicau iumla all the time, Hucceedlng or tail ing in thin task iu the most unusual wavs? There 18 $G,O00,OO0 In tnc hnnds of Hie City Chainherlaln alone, which would ho given over to the ucirs or (he l. ujik' who died and left the money U" tnose heirs would only nppnar. "Another odd thing, do you realize some of the moxt valuable prou dly iu New York tity is not Improv ed und remains oceupled by ram ':iii'.il)tM because i he owners liavo disappeared and that larga rents ave collected by people who have no rii.lit whatever to them?" 1 he Epeakcr was a lawyer who makes a ppeelalty of finding lost hvirj to estates und owners or Dank ac counts who have disappeared. 1 often think that no man get.i so strong an Impression of 4 ho twisting p.'-iiis of life, of the obsenro i-daies into which people drift and of tnu lujMcriouu ways iu which they can do iimi'di red or die In lonely places or just sink out of the current of liie and disappear as a lawyer eiigng.'.! i:i s.u U work as this," he went on. "Doz ens of men have disappeared In tt.is way in cases which I havo Investigat ed. "Who knows whether they have been knocked on the head or have taken to the river or have changed their numcs, although wuhoitt appar ent motive to do so, and are quietly living in some retired hamlet? "If you came into contact with such cases as I have before me day In and day out you would wonder too wnat becomes of all these people that wcro well known and prominent one day and the next day have disappeared as utterly as If the earth had opened and swallowed them up. "An odd case I remember not the ouuest, but still rather out of the or dinary was that of a Belgian artist named Jean van der Stock. He land ed in this country In louo, when he was about 30. "He was a portrait painter and soon after arriving here received numerous lucrative commissions and In short was on the high tide of success In no time. He had a studio and living rooms in Waverley place fixed up in bizarre fashion, and It was a favorite Blunt of his friends to have tea there every afternoon and rabbit suppers In the evening and that sort of thing. "In 1892 he hired a safe deposit box from a Broadway company and put in It between $5,000 and $10,000 worth ot securities. The next day he disap peared. "We have hunted for him ever since, but In vain. We have found his old mother, who had not. heard from him for three years before ins death. "Tho trust company would like to li&nd tho securities over to her. and she Is in poor circumstances, but it cannot do so as things are. "What was his fate? Did he volun tarily disappear and simply forget the money? Or waa he knocked on the bead in some brawl along the water front as the endup of a crazy spree? Or was he suddenly stricken with ap hasia and Is he living in some interior city or perhaps right were in New York? Who knows? No one has ever been able to find any trace of his whereabouts or any proof of his death. "There are some queer cases of property practically ownerless in the best business and residence parts of New York. This arises from the same freak that is doubtless at the bottom of many of the lost heir mysteries. "The owners suffered a sudden at t'lck of aphasia or Just took it into their heads to disappear. The tact remfiinB that these properties are prac fl illy ownerless through these diaap ;;e:!!'onces. "lJeople who collected the rents as aptents or others who learned of the disappearance of the owner have mic-ce-ded In collecting the rents ever r.I.ice, and nro In many cases pocket ing them and posing as the real own vs. Oh, I know of several cases of this Bort. Some of these properties are situated next to skyscrapers. "As sites for high modern buildings M ry are very valuable, but they are Covered with ramshackle edifices which pay a low but steady rent to the pscudo owners. ' liie latter can't afford to take the v!"k of putting money Into Improv ing the property for fear the real own er may turn up some day and turn th'm out. So they remain satisfied wlih the low rent and let the property remain an eyesore to the neighbor hood. "Another Interesting phase of tied up legacies and lost heirs and all that business' Is tho numerous fakes and frauds that are put up. Schemes are constantly being devised to get pOB b Bsloa of property lu this Btata." A Most Vulmblo Arit. The Klycerl employed In I ir. Pierre's medicine kti ii My iiIiiiiici tin- medicinal properties which It extracts from native medicinal roots nn.i holds in solution much belter than aleolinl would. It also possesses medicinal properties of Its own, helm a valuable demulcent, nutritive, nritheptlc and niitiferinent. It adds preatly to theeHieaey of the 1 ;laek Cherry bark, liloodroot, (iolden iieul root, Mono root nnd (Juccn'n root, contained In "(iolden Medical Discovery " In subduing chronic, or linccrinir roughs, bronchial, throat and luiiguliectlons, f, ,r nil of which these ngents lire recoinineicled by stand ard medical authorities. In all ruses where there Is a wasting awny of flesh, loss of appetite, with weak BtomyTi, a9 'n lno early stages of con sumiftibn. there can bo no doubt that gly cerlneyacts m a valuable nutritive and aids inio titldnn Seal root. Mono root, Quei(i!s rofit and Black therrybnrk In promising iigestlon and bulldlntr up tho flesh niiVtsfrength, controlling tho cough and brining about a healthy condition of tho wilo system. Of course. It must not bo eifi'cted to work miracles. It will not curcyonsumptlon except In Its earlier tages. It will curf very severe. nbsjl; tiatf. hnng-nn ( 1 1 n T77i t; pmylis. bronchial ffi':iryr'H' i1''"1''1'-'-Y"'T elM'illicTor' tnr'jiL v. tlti, hoarseness. In acute couuh It is not so ellcclivu. IMS In tho lingering hnng-on coughs, or those of longstanding, even when accompanied by bleeding from lungs, that it, has performed IU most marvelous Hires. l'rof. l lnley IClllngwood, M. D., of Ben nett Med. College, Chicago, says of gly cerine: " In dyspepsia It scire an exrollcnt purpose. TIolilliiK a tlxed ounntlty of the peroxldu of hydrogen In solution, It U omi of thu bust manufactured inoilia'tsof the present time In Its action iiiioii ctifiM Moil, disordered atom selis, eiieelnlly If tlieru Is ulceration or ca tarrhal iratrlils (cuiarrlial Inllaimnatlim of stomach), It Is a most etllclent preparation, (llyccrlno will rellevii ninny case of iiyrosls (heartburn) and excesslm sastrtu (stomach) acidity." . "Golden Medical Discovery" enrlrhm and purities thci blond rurlnir blotches, iitmples, eruptions, kcrofulous swellings and old sores, or ulcers. Hend to Dr. R V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., for free liooklet telling all about the. natlva medicinal nsits eomiKisIng this wondorful xuodlclue. There, no alcohol lu It. Monument to a Dog. Our illustration shows a memorial fountain to a dog erected in Batter soa, Iondon, which bears the follow ing inscription "In memory of the brown terrier dog done to death in tho laboratories of the University College in February, 1906, after hav ing endured vivisection extending over more than two months and hav ing been handed over from one vlvl sector to another until death came to his release." The fountain stands fifteen feet high and was erected by the anti-vlvlsoctlon society. Topples from Ancient Seeda. The extraordinary resuscitating power of light received a curious il lustration a few years ago in the sil ver mines of Layrlum. The mines were abandoned more than 2,000 years ago as unworkable and were filled for the most part with the slag from the workings of the minora. It was discovered that this slag contained plenty of silver, which could bo easily rendered available by modern appliances. Accordingly it was removed to the furnace, and when next the mine waa Visited a wonderful transformation waa found to have taken place. Instead of a heap of rubbish, the mine had become a gorgeous flower garden. The entire space wob cov ered with a brilliant show of pop ples. This profuse vegetable life bo longed to the same age In which the mines were worked. Twenty cen turies old were those poppy-seeds, yet when the removal of the slag al lowed the light to fall upon them they sprang into life and bloom un dor its influence. now Long Ostriches Live. Nothing is positively know as to how long an ostrich will live. Some writers claim that it will live'100 years. Ostriches which are known to havo been in captivity for forty years are still breeding and produc ing feathers. It is the experience of Arlxona far mers that among birds having good nutritious green feed deaths seldom occur, except as the result of acci dent. A dog or other small animal will sometimes frighten ostriches and cause thorn to run into the fence, which may rosult in a broken leg. Whon this happens, the bird may as well be killed as few ever re cover from such an injury. Pen for Cuptured Rats. As tho Hindu population object to the killing of rats, an Influential na tive banker proposes to provide a "rat rukshu" or sort of pen in which tho captured rats may be confined as pousloners for the natural torin of their lives, the male and female ani mals being kopt apart. To the homoBtaylng Europeans this appears too "QllboTtlan" for gravo consideration, but the proposal was most gratefully received by Ma jor Buchanan, I. M. S., who la In charge of the plague operations. i m i NOVELTIES IV AUT OF WAH. I nclo Hum I'ver Alert to the T-cst Method of Protecting Ills Omntry. Tho "flying periscope" Is expect'd to modify conditions, of wnrfnro In tho future to quite nn Important ex tent. It may bo carried up by elih'T a kite or a captive balloon and take juto'iiHtlcally a series of Knap -hnf. photographs, showing all tho land and water In detail for 30 tulles hi ovety direction. When this system Is fully stah- i!-:(.".l It will bn practicable, In enrf of the approach of a hostile t'tiiiiirl- ron at nny point on our coasts, to give Instant notice to heaflquartet'3. Tho keeper of a life-saving station cai easily telephone to the nearest pol.tt from which a telegraphic ines stigo may bo sent to Washington. Thus, with hardly more than u few minutes' delay, tho President will be mudo awuro, by a despatch ad dressed directly to the war room la the White House, of the danger thicateulng; and Inside of a few minutes more he can glvo directions, through those In direct control of tho naval and military forces, for meeting tho emergency. Tho art of war is undergoing a re markably rapid evolution In thes-s duys, and fresh improvements itro constantly being made In our mili tary outfit. Our old-fashioned field gun3 aro now being replaced by weapons of a new fangled type, which are qulck-firo cannon, dollv- ii mil ii 1 1 an erlng four shots a minute, with a special contrivance for taking up the recoil, so that there is no "kick." Another notable departure is the making of cloth out of smokeless gunpowder, for bags to hold charges for guns, the sacks being tlod with twine likewise composed of smoke less powder a truly picturesque nov elty. In the Illustration is shown the the cyclone produced when a shot from one of these quick firing can non strikes the water. In the meantime the Navy is spending $1, BOO, 000 per annum on target practice, In order that the mon behind the guns on our ships may know how,. to shoot straight when next we are obliged to fight. And it is a matter worth notice that the huge new cruisers of the Califor nia and Weht Virginia type utilize to tho utmost advantage the idea of interposing a waterllne belt of corn pith between their inner and outer skins. This belt, two and a half feet thick, is equal to three inches of nlckol steel armor, though weighing almost nothing at all; and,, it a pro jectile does make a hole through it, the entering water causes the pith to expand, choking Up the opening and preventing further Inflow. u Drew Teeth at Point of Gun. A terrible adventure befell the eec retary of a well-known French dep uty while Visiting his Paris dentist. He had been suffering from tooth ache, and went 'to have the trouble some tooth extracted. Ho sat down in a chair, and had Just to begun to to explain his trouble when the den tist shouted out, "All right! Ill have them all out of you in a minute." The secretary attempted to state that he merely wanted one tooth when ho saw the dentist, produce a revolver. ' ' ''": Pointing the weapon at .the secret-try's head, tho dentist ' Declaimed: "If you move a muscle whllo I ara taking out your tooth, you aro a dead man." The secretary saw that he was at tho, mercy of a madman, and re mained porefctly still whllo the den tist put tho revolver bnck in his pocket and procoeded to draw the teeth. One by one they wore pulled out, tho madman drawing the re volver whenever the patient exhibi ted any Blgns of protest. ' Whon eight teeth had been wrenched out, the madman said: "That will do. You have boon very qulot. Half-a-crown, if you please." Tho secretary paid at onco, trig gered out of room and went to the neareHt police stutlon. A forco of police waa stmt, and when they entered the room the madman opened fire on them. He shot one of the constables in the arm and another in tho log boforo ho was knocked ' down and handcuffed. London Express.' 1 A penny. 4s estimated to change V,.- .'"1 sc. .. .! m hands about 185,000 tiiuva , lu IU mo. . ; PI WHO SAID JAMESTOWN? The Jamestown Exposition has ripened into n high ly interesting show. It isn't an industrial exposition where you see the wheels go 'round, but as an historical, patriotic, and truly American epitome of three hundred years of civili zation and development it is inviting to every citizen. From the John Smith episode to the present year the course of de velopment, of the South especially, is traced by object, pic ture, manuscript, and reproduction. Thirty states have erect ed buildings typical of the olden time, and filled them with reminiscent objects. The National Government is the chief exhibitor, but there are thousands of others that lend interest and diversity to the general effect. The buildings are rich in architectural suggestion, and the grounds, naturally attrac tive, are beautified by the skill of florist and landscape gar. dener. The special features make each day memorable. In athletics, both by land and water, the representation is uni que, while the military and naval demonstrations are stirring and spectacular. The Exposition enjoys the merit of nearness; it is right in our midst. A day or a night's ride from this section brings one to the grounds. The Pennsylvania Railroad offers attractive service via Philadelphia and its "Cape Charles Route;" bv its routes via Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay lines, via Washington and the Potomac River line, and via Washington and Rich mond. Tire tickets are reasonable, and the price varies ac cording to the route and the length of the stay. The fair grounds are swept by cooling breezes, and as a vacation destination there is nothing else to compare it with this season. Ask Ticket Agents for rates and train time. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS TO NIAGARA FALLS September u, 25, ROUND-TRIP RATE $6.90 Tickets good ifoinir on train leaving 11.47 a. in., connecting wilh S TltAIN of Pullman Parlor Cars, Dining Car, and Day Coat: running via me PICTURESQUE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ROUTE Tickets good returning en regular trains within TEN 0AYS. Ktop-ofl' within limit allowed at Bull'alo returning. Illustrated Booklet and full information may be obtained from Ticket Agents J. It. WOOD, GEO. V. BOYD, Passenger Trailio Manager. General Passenger Agent. The Proof is in a 71' fW Particular paople whose pride of name and pride in product goes into their stationery have preferred Coupon Bond irrespective of price for over fifteen years. Not the cheapening hurry of today but the old slow careful methods that make for fineness and permanence are still used in making (l)(p)&0 Its beautiful color and texture, its remarkable toughness and erasing qualities make it not only a distinctive paper but the de luxe and incomparable paper for all business correspondence. Write your letters so that they will compel a reading write them on to strengthen their appeal and to reflect the high standing of your house. yp( costs no more than other good bond papers but no other bond paper will serve you as well. American Writing Paper Co., Largest Manufacturers of the Commercial Paper in the World. 29 Mills. COUPOIT B O 2STD is handled by the Columbian Printing House, Bloomsburg Where Samples can be seen. villi imm and October 9, 1907. FROM EAST BL00MSBURG FECIAL lies the Comparison' 00 0 0 Holyoke, Mass. A'l T i ! N V. V A II. AW. Colurrt i i" Vi'-M-r --1,. Floor i'!('(iu.,!iirtf, pa. A. N. YOST, A I IUi.M',1 A I LAW. Ent Builfliry. Cotisi House Square, RALPH. K. JOIIN, ATJ'OkVKV AT I.,W. Hartman I; " Bu!,!-, MarU-t Square Bl:v,in; iiuij', I'a. 11UA) 1KKJ.KR, ATTM Nl V-AT-I.AW Office Over First National Bank. Bloomsburg, Pa, CLYDE CIIAS. VETTER ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in Wirt's Building. Blooni'-hurg, Pa. W. II. RIIAWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office Corner of 3rd and Main Stt. CATAWISSA, PA. CLINTON HERRING. ATTORNEY-AT LAW. Office with Grant Herring,! Bloomsburg, Pa. I Crangcville Wcdntsihy each week A. L. FRITZ. ATTORNEY-AT LAW. Office Iilocnisl.urjr Nai'l 1 ank Bldg. Bloomsburg, Ta. J. II. MAIZE ATTORNEY AT I AW, INSURANCE AJD KAL ESTATE AGENT Office in Townscnd'g Huilding Bloomsburg, Pa, N U. FUNK ATTORNEY AT LAW Knt's iJuiMmc. Court fTni.se dm, Bloomsbnr" Pa. t SADE T. V ANN ATT A 'N"fw-wor to r. p. Krjipp) GENERAL INSURACE Office 238 lion St., I'.WmsW J ()ct. 31, lyoi. if M. f. SON, INSURANCE and RFALESTATB AGENTS AN1 IiKOKEKS. N. W. Come Main and Centre St& Iii.ooMsiiuRO, Pa. Represent Seventeen as pootl Companlei there are in the World nnd all lotes promptly adjusted and pid nt their office. DR. W. H. HOUSE SURGEON DENTIST Office Barton's UuiMinC, Main below H Bloomsburg, Ta. All ityles of work done in a superior mb All work warranted as represented TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT JAM by the use nfr,n, nnd free of charge wae artificial teeth are inserted Open all hours during the day DR. M. J. HESIj . .., . DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCBM Crown and bridge work a specialty ,. Corner Main nnd Centre streets ' Bloomsburg, Pa. ' ' ' ' Colnmbla Montour Telephone conceetW J. J. BROWN, M. D. Ml, THE EYE A SPECIALTY.' fcyes tested and fitted with glataea., No Sunday work. ' ' 311 Market St., Bloomsbure. fi! : Hou" I" to 8 Telephow ' J. S. JOIINM. D. ' PHYSICIAN AND STJRGIOM. Office and residence, 410 Main St ' -30-Iy ELOOMSBITRf! EDWARD. FLYNN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ''Onioe Llddicot bniming, Loona't H. MONTGOMERY SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Officer Ent building, 1-1699 WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Wells ulIdinR over J. O Wells' Hardware Store, Moomsbnrfc" Will be in Millville on Tuesday.. EXCHANGE HOTEL, I. A. Snydkr, Troprietor. BLOOMSBURG, PA. Large and convenient srmj le loona, ba rooms hot and cold writer and all modsrn conveniences. CITY HOTEL, W. A. HarUt l, Tiop. N.). 121 West Main Street -0- --.-.......I op.L-pie roosaa. venlences. Cr stocked with t(t mSt, vju..,. t irst-ciass livery atUched. kb t.ivbu, olabsks riTtao; II. B1F.RMAN. M r HOMfflOPATBUIfUYHIOIAN AND SirHa vwioa bocbb: omoe UoBi(ionce,4th 8 10 a. ni. to s p. m 5.W) to n p. m, "i-oo.VHbtrRG.PA, C. WATSON McKELVY, Fire Insurauce Agent. Represents twelve of tho strongest 00 panles in the world, among Wllltli UK Franklin of Phlln. Penn'a Ph Queen, of N. V. Westchester, N North America, Phlla. Office: Clark SiiiL'kg, 2ud F0
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