8 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOAteGURO, PA. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBUKG, PA. JTHUIiDAY, OCIOHKH. 10, 1907 TWO CENT KATE. Proportion It Getting Soma Hard Knocki. The movement lor two-cent a mile fare laws is receiving a num ber of hard knocks in different parts of the country. First Governor Hughes vetoed : two-cent fare bill in the State of New York. This has been followed by a decision in Pennsylvania, holding that the new two-cent fare law in that state was unconstitutional. Now the Cleve land Chamber of Commerce de clares that Ohio's two-cent rate law is a failuie a.iu ik.L iIk. business men of that city will try to have it repealed at the next session of the Legislature. Another knock at the two-cent a mile fare idea was given by Judge Suull, of the Terry county court, in Pennsylvania. This case is of large interest because the workinc of the twwce'il tare law would have practically confiscated the entire property of the Susque' hanna River ec Western Railroad. The railroad is only thiiteen and one-half v-.I'.s 1.j;i and is capital ized at $150,000 of .slock and 5150, 000 of bonds. It was shown that the earnings of the company would be insufficient to meet the interest charges if a passenger fare rate of two cents a mile was imposed Judge Shull dec) 1 ivd that com plianee with the statute ucukl mean the robbing of the stockholders of their securities, while the com munity would be deprived of the facilities of the railroad, which sun ply couldn't obey the law and do business. THE APPLE CROP. One of Farm'j Most Variable Products, In an article on Pennsylvania Orchards the Sera: iton Tribune very justly says: "In spite of the fact that the finest apples in the world may be grown in this state, the Pennsylvania farmer as a rule takes the least trouble to develop his re sources. How often, in driving through the country in springtime, one may see an agriculturist fol lowing the plough through a field of sickly-looking corn that will yield scarcely nothing save stalks, allowing the magnificent orchards planted by his grandfather to go to decay, while the promising fruit is left to the ravages of insects. By lack of proper pruning and through neglect in destroying worms' nests in early spring, many noble trees that would bear bushels of luscious fruit each year, yield comparative ly nothing. Many farmers, who would be insulted if any one would intimate that they are not thrifty, allow Tgolden opportunities for profit to slip by eajh season by failure to give enough attention to their fruit trees.". . . . The Merry Opera of "The Toy makers." That celebrated company of merry-makers, "The Jollities" will soon be the attraction at the Grand Opera .House and it is predicted that no one in this town will miss "The Toy-makers" that new side splitting, musical absurdity which was written by Charles Felton Pid gin the author of that famous book "Quincy Adams Sawyer" which was read and talked about as "the best New England story ever writ ten." Mr. Pidgin has written both book and play and every one should read this amusing story if possible before seeing "The Toymakers." Years ago in Merry England "The Toymakers of Nurenberg" was adapted from the German and under the name of "Dolly" was sung by Mmme. Rudersdorf the gifted mother of Richard Mansfield, mak ing a great success over there. Now Mr. Pidgin is Chief of the Mass achusetts Bureau of Statistics, he is simply brimming over with fun and dry humor which he knows how to serve up to the public in a most satisfying manner. The date of the production of "The Toymakers," is Thursday Nov. 21 and it will be given at the Opera House for one night only. The story tells of a wonderful doll invented by "John Stubbs Senior" and brought to life by electricity through many curious and comical adventures and puts the audience in great good humor. Twenty-six new musical lyrics make up this clever comic opera, full of melody which were written by Charles D. Blake and John A. TV-nnett. New costumes and beautiful scenery were designed especially for "The Jollities" who give a clean, un hackneyed evening's entertainment in this jolly opera "The Toy makers. ' ' ,..- . OAfS'TOSlIA. Baori tie ?1i'9 Kir.il YuuHjivs Always Bought Hood's Sarsaparllla Una surpassed all other medicines, In merit. Sales and cures. Its nueeess, irreat as It has been, has ap parently only just begun. It has reiH-lved by notnnl count moro than 10,000 testimonial In two years. It purines the blood, cures all blood dis eases, all humors and all eruptions. It strengthens the stomach, creates an appetite and builds up the hole systom. It cures that tired fueling and Dmkea tho Weak strong. In usual liquid form or In chocolated tablets known as SaraatabS. IOO doses $1. THE MARRYING OP TEACHERS. A Newspaper Discusses Much Talked Subject and Arrives at Favorable Conclusion. ol In an article dwelling upon the idea that seems to be growing that female school teachers should not marry, the Scranton Republican says : "The average young woman grows up with the idea that some time during her life she will meet some man in whose keeping she will give her life as well as her trust and affections. The teacher does not differ from other young women in this respect. Sometimes, like other girls, she meets with dis appointment, she goes through life a Jill who has never been claimed by her Jack. Hut ordinarily some period of her life will bring to her a member of the opposite sex who will claim her and she finds that she possesses neither the strength nor the desire to say him nay. So there is another vacancy among the teaching positions, and another woman steps forward to take the place that has been left open. For what ? To live and die an old maid, happy and contented ? Not by a long sight. To live her life just the same as other women do, and to love and marry a man pro vided that the right one sees and proposes to lur." May Seize Jamestown Fair. jGovornment May Run It to Regain Its $1,000,000 Loan. There is a strong possibility, says a Washington dispatch, that in the near future the Federal Govern ment will take charge of the James town Exposition and run it, with a view of securing the return of us large a slice as possible of the si,- 000,000 loan which Congress gave to the Exposition Company. The Exposition Company has re paid to the Government only a little J more than $100,000, and tnere is no possibility that the company will be able to repay the Government in full. The receipts at present are only about $10,000 a day on the average and even this estimate may be high. The Exposition managers count on an attendance of 15,000 a day, and the average per capita is something like 70 cents. The attendance may decrease next month, and the Ex position will eud on November 30. Under the law authorizing the Gov ernment loan there is a lien on the gate receipts and those from con cessions pnly. Alvah H. Martin, elected by the Board of, Directors to succeed J, M. Barr as director general of 'the Jamestown Exposition, has assum ed the duties of executive head of the ter-centennial. Trespass Notices. Card signs ' 'No Trespassing" for sale at this office. They are print ed in accordance with the late act of 1903. Price 5 cents each, tf Delegate to W. C. T. U. Convention. Mrs. L. E. Whary left last Thursday morning for Buffalo, N. Y., where she attended a conven tion of the W. C. T. U. as a dele gate from the local branch. She also attended a convention of the Woman's Foreign Missionary So ciety of the Methodist church in the same city. Many persons are much annoyed by prickly heat, hives, boil aud other akin eruptions, often at tended by painful itching and burning, and sometimes becom ing obstinate and unsightly sores. Cortmlcnt iieoulg are especially subject to thus maddening In- ) flections all caused by Impure I blood. Scrofula, Cancer and all other skin diseases arise from an Impure state of the blood. DR. KENNEDY'S AV0RITE REMEDY If taken when these symptoms first appear, will pre vent serious consequences. It strikes ut the causa of the trouble, by ntly otieniiiK ttie bowels, toning the stomach, stimulating the kidneys and liver to do IlK'ir imKrtunt work, and ending in sotting up a healthy action of the syxtHin. It nmy be accented as a cure for all derangements springing from Impure blood, fever and Ague, Malaria, Kfimmiutlc Clout, and all urinary derangements rapidly improve under thu same treatment. If you have Indigestion, dis ordered liver, no appetite, constipation, fuveiin skin, take Dr. Kennedy's Favorite ICeinedy without delay. Keep it in the house when you are home, aud with you on Journeys. Large bottles It.ou. All druggists. Wilts Pr. David Kennedy's Sons, Rondout, N.Y., for free sample bottle and medical booklet, Moutluu (his paper wueu you writs. SKIN - 4.1 MIT IS IT WOMEN SILK KAISERS A WUUK THAT KAK.MKHS' WIIUS KIM) I'KOI ITAIlLi:. IIxiMTlenoe of An Alabinun Woman With An Ounce of Kke and rive Mulberry Troon As Starter Itoqulro Curo In Feeding. "My eldest daughter paid her own way through college with money made by raising silkworms," said Mix. Mary S. Uruhani ot Alabama when asked to give her experience lu raiulng silk tor market. "1 gave her a tnousand Bllkworm. eggs when alio vna 12 years old and from them she Diuile the money to pay her expenses at college. "My owu experience with fillk rais ing began when my daughter, who Is uiy eldest child, was 10 years old. My husband sold bis (arm iu Con necticut uud moved to Alabama. On our new farm there were six splendid mulberry trees. From one of our neighbors I learned that they had been planted by the former owner of the farm at the time when the Government was offering some sort of bounty for silkworm culture. She told mo that at one tlmu theru hud been quite a number of mulberry orchards In the neighborhood. "My first step was to write to the Congressman from thnt district ask ing for any reports on tho subject that tho Oevernment had published. I also wrote an old school friend In Ilobton-to send me any book or mag azine nrtlcle that bho could find. That winter I devoted all my spare time to reading up on the subject aud making preparations. "Along in February, I think It was. I bought an ounce of silkworm eggs. The cost when they reached me was just $5. Quite a high price, as I have since learned, but as they were guaranteed und proved all that was claimed for them I havo never felt that I had any cause to complain. Theso eggs I kept In a cool place In my cellar until the mulberry trees began to show their first leaves. Then I got out my eggs and put them In my Incubator, Just the ordinary chick en Incubator. 1 treated the worm eggs protty much as I had chicken eggs, kept the air moist and the heat regulated. "The time for hatching Is early In the morning, usually between 5 and 8 o'clock. As I am a farmer's wife and have to rUe early, that time suits me very well. Each day's batch should be kept separate, as the worms will moult differently. Eggs not hatched on the third day should be thrown away, as the worms that come from them will be weak, unhealthy and often die be fore they reach their second moult. There are five of these moultlngs and each separates what we worm culti vators call the ages of the silkworm. "During the first age worms should be fed every hour during the day. The mulberry leaves should be young and should be finely chopped. After the first moulting they should have about five meals a day and the leaves need not be chopped. It one has the time and wishes to chop the leaves It may be done, but I stopped chopping mine after the first age fully five years ago. . The result has been entirely ( satisfactory. After each moult, aa the worms grow very rapidly they Will have to be spread out ...... "ThWe are two joints about which all who Wish Xo grow silk worms must be particular. Worms must be kept with scrupulous cleanliness and must have plenty of room. Per haps I should add that they must also have plenty of fresh air, but I think that Is understood to be essen tial to the well being of all animal life. After the fourth moult appetite of the silk worm can only be described by the word voracious. As they are only machines for pro ducing silk and the more they eat the more silk they make I have al ways been careful to satisfy their appetites. That first year I had to call on the mulberry trees of my neighbors to help roe do It, but I pulled through and the result was so satisfactory that since then I have always made a point of being pre pared. "I have found it best to raise my own eggs so for that purpose I al ways select a number of the largest and best cocoons and allow the moth to mature. It takes about two hundred cocoons to produce an ounce of eggs. "When reeling Is done at home the cocoons must be put In hot water to loosen the gum which binds the filaments together. From twen ty to thirty filaments are used to make one thread, so you may judge how fine and delicate they are. Wooden reels cost about $20 and the best metal reels $50. While reeling silk Is not difficult It Is deli cate operation and requires con siderable practice. Asldo from chopping the mulberry leaves It la the only part of the work of silk culture that I have found tedious. "I have never used hired help for growing this pin money crop as I always call It, so for that reason every dollar that I have made has been clear gain. I always calculate on making from $60 to $70 from every ounce of silkworm eggs. Flavoring tho Cukes. Put an orange or a lemon In the Jar or box with your newly -made sweet cakes or cookies and you will find It will give them a delicate nnd delicious flavor. Dried orange or 1 lemon peel will do the suaiu. ( WORLD'S BUSIEST STREET. West Rtroet, Nf-nr York City, ft Torrent of Traffic. Manhattan Island has thirty-two miles of water front, and the city of Now York derives, approximately, $3,500,000 yearly In rentals from Its docks and ferries. Of this great rev enue the West Street section, from the Flattery to and Including the new marginal street which extends from Oansevoort Street to Twenty' third Street, yields almost two-thirds says Leslie's Weekly. In this section the Pennsylvania Railroad Company lone pays the city more than $223, 000 n year for the privilege of main talnlng Its freight and passenger terminals. The White Star Steam ship Company Is paying $85,000 npleco yearly for two plors. Theso figures give an Idea of the great value of pier privileges along West Street. It Is practically an ImposRlblUy to give accurate figures ns to the num ber of passengers and tho amount of freight handled by the vnrlous trans portation companies which touch West Street because no such com pilation has been made. Take the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. During each twenty-four hour period 170 trains arrive from tho west at Its Jersey City terminal, and all the passengers are bound for New York In a rush hour one day a conductor and his assistants countod 4,800 per sons on a single train. In tho month of October, 1005, tho Market Street (Newark) ticket office of tho Penn sylvania sold 82.000 round-trip tick ets, to say nothing of tho one-way fares. All these people cross West Street on their way to tho city, and the figures given suggest but Imper fectly the heavy travel from all sources which is focused on this busy section. A stroll along West Street will provo Interesting to all lovers of tho picturesque. Pier 1, near the begin ning of the street nt historic old Whitehall, Is the landing place for fruit steamers. Here, on certain days, trucks are lined up by the hun dreds, and there 1b a scene of mar vellous activity when the work of unloading begins. Within an hour after the steamer reaches the pier the truck loads of fruit are being hurried to various distributing points and sent to all parts of the east. Monday Is "commercial trav ellers' day," when thousands of wide awake salesmen may be seen hur rying to the ferries on their way to catch early trains. The arrival or de parture of a great ocean liner Is al ways an Inspiring sight, and such hnppenlngs occur dally at the West Street piers. Oddly enough the only street cars which run along this broad thoroughfare are pulled by horses, and the "belt line" tracks and antiquated equipment remain as a relic of the days before New York "grew up." At night the scene on West Street is an animated one. The flickering lights against the strag gling rows of buildings along the water front make a unique setting for the motley throngs of pedes trians hurrying homeward, the rois tering longshoremen and shouting truckmen and the whole presents a picture of New York life which Is not soon forgotten. West Street proper is 70 feet wide. The department of docks and ferries had added 180 feet to this tor tho entire length, and In many places the thoroughfare has been extended In width to 400 feet. When the Dutch occupied the quaint village of the lower end of the Island, In 1626, the high-water line was at a point 125 feet west of Broadway about the present east line of Greenwich Street. Low-water line was at Wash ington Street (then known as "Low Water" street), and West Street was the old bulkhead line. It Is difficult to conceive of the loneliness and soli tude of the Hudson river shore at "". when its waters washed the foruued palisade Just west of where the new and magnificent cus toms house now stands. In 172S the "streets under the water" were or dered surveyed by the town alder men. The same ordinance which gave being to Greenwich and Wash ington streets made a beginning of the vast array of wharves which now line the shore and provided for fill ing In the land to form the present great thoroughfare known as West Street. Weather Proverbs. The absence of dew for three days Indicates rain. Heavy dew Indicates fair weather. Clouds with dew Indi cate rain. If there is a heavy dew and It soon dries, expect fine weath er; if it lies long on tho grass, ex pect rain in twenty-four hours. With dew before midnight, the next day will surely be bright. If you wet your feet with the dew In the morning, you may keep them dry for the rest of the day. If It rains bufore seven, 'twill clear before eleven. Rains from the south prevent drought, but rains from the west are always best. If It rains before sunrise, expect a fair afternoon. If It rains when the tin shines, it will rain the next day. Rain likely to commonce on the turn of the tide. Marry tho rain to the wind and you have a calm. If rain commences before daylight, it will hold up be fore 8 A. M.; if it begins ubout noon. It will continue through the after noon; If it commences after 9 P. M., it will rain the next day; If the wine" is from the northwest or southwest, the storm will be short; If from the northeast, it will be a hard one. It is estimated that a penny changes hands 125,000 times in Its life OOOOOOOOOOO Extraordinary lien ie LiCdii 3wceu e Is Now Drawing Crowds 0 rKUil MIL.! Overshadowing All Previous Efforts. Come and See I . W. BLACK DIAMOND WHISKEY Fine quality. Full measure. Fair price. Full guarantee. A. P. WARD & CO., Sole Propr's., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. NOW ICS THF Tlimr of year when you think of cleaning house, also or cleaning up the rub bish aud foul matter wiiirh Ima an. cumulated about your premises, to guard against sickliest, but do you ever give the second thought to the old built-in unsanitary Plumbing Fixtures which breed disease right in VOIir own linnana Tf vmi i,ri. of installing New Fixtures I am ready to quote you good uriee o n STA NDARli SA XI'IU v MFO. CO1 S Enamel Oaruljt. nil full guaranteed. cl Plumbing and Healing Promptly Attended to. P. M. REIJLLY, 43S Centre Bt. Bell 'Phone For the Satisfactory Kind in Up-to-date Styles, go to CapwelFs Studio, (Over Ilartmat 's Store) BLOOMSBURG PA. PHOTOS WHY WE LAUGH. "A Little Nonsense Now and 7 lien, Is Relished by the Wisest Men." Judge's Quarterly, $1.00 a year Judge's Library, $1.00 a year Sis Hopkins' Hon., $1.00 a year On receipt of Twenty Cents, we will enter your name for three months' trial subscription for either of these bright, witty, and humorous journals, or for One Dollar will add Leslie's Weekly or Judge for the same period of time. Address Judge Company i25 Fourth Avenue 03KXXXXXX OOOOo i Announcement ! AKUUiMU j .3 the Excitement I1artaan & Sun as WE ARE SHOWING NEW PALL SHOES For Women. IThcse cool nights and fresh breezes remind us that it's time to lay the'oxfords away and get into shoes once more. We have many new lasts and attractive features in the John Kelly FALL LINE FOR WOMKN $3, $3.50 and $4 Make your selection before sizes are broken. W. H. MOORE, Corner Main and Iron Sis., BLOOMSBURG, PA. Our Pianos are the leaders. Our lines in clude the following makes : Chas. M. Stieff, Henry P. Miller, Brewer & Pryor, Kohler & Campbell, and Radel. IN ORGANS we handle the Estey, Miller.H.Lehr & Co:, AND BOWLBY. Thit Store has the agency Jor SINGER mo II ARM SE W ING MACHINES und VICTOR 1ALKING MACHINES. WASH MACHINES Helby, 1900, Queen, Key stone, Majestic. J. SALTZEtf , Music Rooms No. 105 West Main Street, Eelow Market. BL O OMSB UR G, I'A as New York
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