THR COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURtt, i'A. EVANS' SHOE As Christinas Hints nothing is moio praelk'sil nor welcome than Nice Pair of Regal Prices $3.50 Men's Holiday Housu Slippers, Warm Lined, in Leather, Velvet or Ft It. Rubbers for all Members of Family. THE COLUMBIAN hloousiiukg. pa. THi ltSDA Y, DKCl-.MI.KIt LM pins K'Hrlrll 11: llr lif'ir, .'. in, m y, ,;, ti9taurtnV'ttiitit utat'rr, .Vmvi I.Isns. THE HOXURTEST. Judje Evans Has Put Two Prisoners on Good Behavior. Much intercut Las been amused in :m cxjH'i inur.t tried by J lulc Chus. C. Kvans. Helms suspiiul cil senUnce on two chrome offend crs, severally convicted of larceny, in order to give tlicni a chance to live Upiight lives if it is iM iliem to do so. 1 1 tlit y fail to reform thev arc to serve six e.irs each at hard labor ai d insolitaiy confiiHinent. The offenders aie Charles Chain hcth.in who has served thr e terms for L.recny and William Mendith who has servid two terms. I'.ieli pleaded guilty a few days ago of larceny, on two counts. In speaking of hi ixperiment in their cases Judge llvan-. says: "In suspending sentence upon Chaniherlain and Mendith it oc cureil to nie that perhaps the ning men might ilo Letter in tlie fntuie it they were given n chance. Sen tences in the county jail and pmi tentinry have apparently donelhctn no gocd. Chamberlain has served thue terms' and Meredith two for larceny (.f something worth but n few dol lars. In the cases in which I sus pended sentence, they pleaded guilty to stealing from refrigerates fn rear porches of residences. When they were before nie for sen tence they were apparently frank and willing to tell about their ex perience in the criminal courts. They come from good families, their mothers being particularly estima ble old ladies. "It occurred to me that they might have a spark of manhood left in their n akc-up and I con cluded to give them a chance. Herstofore they have perhaps re tired harsh treatment at the hands of the Court. I concluded to try kind treatment. "I assured them that if tl:ey vio lated their promises, made upon honor, and in the presence of a large number of people, that I would issue a bench warrant for them and impose the maximum sentence of six years. They fully understand and realize that good behavior means liberty, wrong do iug years in the "Iu my judgment defendants appearing Penitentiary. 1 many of the iu the criini- nal court will, if given a chance, reform. "My suspending sentence with these two men is only an experi ment. If it permanently reforms them much good will have been ac complished. If they should only keep their promises for some con siderable time, some good will have been accomplished. The day of punishment will have been post poned. They have an incentive a strong one, to do what is right to live upright lives. "I would not suggest generally, that sentence should be suspended on old offenders. There are ex ceptional cases. The eld offei ders, as a rule, should bejgiveu the max imum sentence." The outcome of the experiment is being awaited with a great deal of interest. The men are now free. They say they will do better and a number of people are showing a fine spirit in encouraging them and offer to help if they can do so. Boil the Water. Stat.: Health Commissioner Dix on has issued an urgent warning against the increases danger of ty phoid fever that he declared must certainly follow the period of a heavy rain. "Poil all water", is Dr. Dixon's warning to the people. William Heishline of OrangeviUe was a visitor in town ou Saturday. Ou3L.J3H',lXX3C-A- B.t. lha Kind You Have Always Bougfrt, AT STORE Shoes for Men. and $4.00. FanmirV Wtwk: SUto College. I take this means of inviting the interested people of Columbia County to go with our party o .State College during Farnieis' Week We leave on the Pennsyl vania trai.i passing through Mast Bloomsbnrg at 7: iS and Catawissa at 7:2s, Wednesday evening, Dec ember 30. At Sunbury we take the Reading train to Lewisburg where we spend the night at the Maker House. Leaving early Thursday morning we arrive at the College at 9 o'clock. Those who desire to return .Saturday will leave about 1 o'clock, arriving at Mast Woonisburg about f o'clock p. m. The actual expense tur car fare from Kloomsburg and return is ?.v7t board and lodging at Lewis burg, $1. 00; at State College, $3, total S7.S7. In order that I may 111 ike all ar rangements for hotel accommoda tions, extra cars, hacks, cK:e., it is very necessary that you send me your rame. If you do this prompt ly. I will see that you arc well ear ed for. l.adu s as well as geiiiicmcn are- invited Many of the uhjects are, i.f spicia! interest to them. gressive tanners, school teachers, i direct.) s ai:d pupils in the common or towsl'in Inch schools should i.:.. 1.. ..t i l i i lUKii seuuvis Miemiu avail themselves of this exc opportunity if at all possible. Farmers' Wiek affords rare oppoitunity to see and hear many t the greatest specialists in the problems of rural improvement. There are forty-seven iu all, sever al of whom are the greatest author ities in their lines. It is also a great tre it to see the actual work ing of modern process and machi nery to be fouiid there, such as, for example, milking cows by machinery, making butter, cheese, &.c. It is impossible to describe the great privileges of this excur sion. One must go there to realize the benefits derived from this trip. Again extending a very cordial invitation to all w ho can to go with us, I am Yours Sincerely, Wm. W. Kvans. Work of Forest Fires, An area of 50,000 acres wai burned in the recelit forest fires in Pennsylvania, entailing il money loss of 125,000, according to Rol.5 c-tt S. Conklin, State Commissioner of Fc-restry, in a report which' he made to the Pennsylvania Forestry Association at its annual meeting at Harrisburg Monday afternoon. William S. Harvey, president of the American rorestry Association, declared that the protection of the heads of rivers by forestation is ab solutely essential to the success of projects for inland and deeper water-ways. " President-elect Taft and Presi dent Roosevelt have both given their approval," he said "to the is suance of bonds to establish forest reserves for this purpose iu the White and Appelachiau Moun tains." Underground Wireless. Father Joseph Murgas. of Wilk-es-Ilarre, who has invented an un derground wireless telegraphy sys tem, aunounces that plans have been erfected for establishing a service between Wilkes-Barre and Binghautton. The underground stations consist of two tubes, thirty feet long to be driven in the ground. One is of aluminum coated with silver and this is incased in a tube containing oil. Father Murgas says he will be able to send a w ireless underground message from New York to San Francisco with only three stations. He uses a Morse alphabet, but the dots and d.islus are given by musi cal tones through finely adjusted receiving and sending instruments. The Lutheran church was filled to the doors last Sunday evening to hear the Christmas program of the Sunday School. Many people were unable to get iu the church. s Shite to Try New Uoad Method. Cumberland County Snlectnd as Iho Place For the Experiment. The State highway department is about to experiment in Cumber land cou-ity w ith a stretch of road built n tcr the manner of the New York State highways. The road will be built partially within the borough of Camp Hill, just a few miles from the Susque hanna river. The New York inc. hod of build ing roar.s is to plow, then dig, then harrow the existing roadbed, final ly rolling it as compact as possible with a steam roller. Several coats of specially prepared oils are then put on the road and allowed to sat urate it thoroughly. After anoth er rolling a topping of fine crushed stone is given, which is then tolled as hard as possible- The State highway department wishing to have a stretch of this New York road for experimental purposes, and obtained the cons.-nt of the Cumberland county commis sioners to utilize the Trind'e road for this purpose. The State will bear most of the expense. The stretch of highway to be treated is 3700 feet long. This particular road was selected because it was desired to have the experiment made as near Harris burg as possible. - - - Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. S'lnvtwtullu utrit by Muthi-r thttii. unrw In ttn (7nlif ' Hume In AVir VnrV, i'urx fVivr fftri, ftml b'omtir'i, T'-fthiny iKwirilrri, mow unff minim thr lUtWflu nmt lu-t,y Uuruin. VnTlomil l"H'imimliiln Thi-i nr full At nil Imi'iiit.it.i, 'iV. Sumiilr VIlKH. A'tdmi, A ''(vi . nitiiMt tl, LvR.iy, .v. 1'. Predicts Mighty Hard Winter. Farmer Eidol Says That There Will Be zards A Plenty. Bliz- Oliver who has Kidel, of Berks county, been a truck farmer far thirty-four vtars. has during the l'M-.tiast decado e studied the Kcosebon?, trying to predict future weather conditions according: to th: . . . thcorv cvnniKi. -( hv ihc fil-, vp. llent.orable Kliiii Ilartz. the "neer" of Berks weather prophets He has given out his readings for the bene fit of the public, and predicts that weather conditions will i.e as fol lows: "Winter will set in the middle of December. The moiiih will go out with mild weather, "to continue for the first fifteen days of the New Year, when snow storm blizzards and cold weather will develop. February will have several blizzards between the 5th and 10th of the month. March will open with se vere cold weather, but will moder ate towards the middle of the month and spring conditions will prevail after the 20th of that month." Knox for Secretary of State. President-elect Taft in making requisition on the tried Cabinet material of his predecessor could rot have chosen a better man for Secretary of State ta Senator Philander Chase Knox, of Pennsyl vania. Senator Knox is one of the ablittf men in public life-one of the ablesf the generation has produced. His mind is clear, comprehensive, vig orous, acute, logical and' Shorough ly trailed He will go inl'o history as one of the greatest of Attorney Generals. In the hands ot Hit man who first demonstrated the -Validity of the Sherman Anti-TrWrt law against the power of the Tkts, who brought the lail road giants and the Heef Trust magnates to terms and who framed an Anti-Re--bate law which worked, the stan dard of work in the State Depart ment is not likely to fall below that established by Hay and Root. And personally Mr. Knox's hands are clean. JVeio York: World, Without Excuse. It is difficult to find any excuse for the president's ugliness in in sinuating that congress's dislike of haviug the criminals of its member ship shadowed by secret service men was the cause of limitations placed upon the employment of the force by the executive department. Any one familiar with the question understands that congress's mo tives were much broader and much more justifiable than the president concedes. The previous us; of the secret service had parsed lawful bounds by far, and the corps was rapidly developing a by product of espionage, in the interests of the executive, from which even the legislative department was not wholly free. The question of the dimensions of a federal spy system should be seriously considered, and if Mr. Roosevelt's remarks force fresh attention to the matter his statement in the message may be passed over as relatively unimpor tant. Sfringfitld Republican. Three Churches Plan for Union. Presbyterian, Scotch Presbyterian end Cur man Relumed Denominations to Unite. While the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, which aims to bring the various Protestant denominations into clos er relationship, was holding public sessions in Philadelphia, steps were taken at a pr.vate meeting to furth er the movement to unite three de nominations. These are the Presbyterian church in the United States with 1,300,000 communicants; Welsh Presbyterian Church, which has about 15,000 communicants, and the German Reformed Church in the United States, which has 275, 000 members of whom 140.000 are in vaiious regions east of Harris burg As the result of the meeting it was said that the movement has taken encouraging shape. The movement was started iu Charlotte, N. C, in the spring of 1006. The last General Synod of the Reform ed Church appointed a committee, of which the Rev. . S Keiffer, of HagerstowM, Md., is chairman, to confer with the Presbyterian com mittee, of which Dr. William II. Roberts, of Philadelphia, is chair man. The committee appointed by the Welsh Presbs lerian Church has as its chairman the Rev. K. T. Roberts, of Wilkes-I'arre. These three committees came to gether. Dr. William II. Robjrts was chosen t preside and the R-.v. George W. Richards, of Lancistcr, Pa., of the Reformed Church, was made secretary. The whole sub ject of the relations of the three de nominations was fully considered. It was ascertained that in the Welsh Presbyterian- Church the Presbyteries were eng ag -d in vot ing on the subject of organic union and that thus f .r the vote has been a favorable one. The representatives of the Re formed Church, while nat prepared to commit their church to any fix ed polL-y, individually gave it as their iud 'incut that the only form - of closer relations worth consider ing was that of organic union; that federa io 1 had ahead v been provicb ed for by the Federal Council and that therefore it would be well to examine thoroughly the question of union. It was voted at the close of the meeting to appoint a sub-committee of three from each of the general committees to investigate the whole , subject of organic union and to re- poit at a joint meeting to be called by the chairman. , Mu-it Kissing Cease? Dr. Shoomaker says tliat lasses convey Di sease Germs. We ar? told that kissing is dan gerous. In the paternal kiss, !u the cousinly kiss, 111 the "best girl" kiss and iu the- woman to woman kiss, germs abound, practically all infections dissases can be contract ed by kissing, and in some this is the most prolific cause of infection. ivissnis the cheek may not be sat isfactory, but it is safe. Look out ior the strange kiss or you may be sCir?. 'fiisrH: danger signals oil kissiug have been flashed iu an editorial by Dr. J. V. Shoemaker, of Philadel phia, in the "Monthly Cyclopedia and Medical Bulletin." Dr. Shoemaker, who wrote the article in question, gives his mo tives as follows: "After seeing a whole family wiped out by a loathsome disease contracted by kissing, I resolved to i4o what little lay in my power to protest against this needless ex posure that threatens us all. Next to the indiscriminate kissing of peri sous the kissing of pet animals is almo t as dangerous. Although it is not generally known, all pet ani mals can have most human infec tious diseases, and these maladies can and are transmitted from the animal to the owner or the owner's friends through kissing, Typhoid fever can be transmitted through the mouth, and I had a case not Ion,; ago that proved it. In a students' boarding house in West Philadelphia an epidemic of typhoid fever appeared which in a short time put 22 students on the sick list. The water was all right' so I tried the milk. This is what I discovered. On the farm where the milking was done one of the hands had walking typhoid. The milk was siphoned into bottles, and this man would start the flow by suck ing ou the pipe. After he had done this I took a bottle, carefully wrap ped it up and carried it home for examination. I found typhoid germs present in great quantities." In the editorial iu the Medical Bulletin Dr. Shoemaker referred to a number of instances where kissing was the means of trans mitting disease. Drug Firm Caused ;ApliUioiu Fever Michigan Men Tell Secretary Wilson Secret of Cattlo Plague. The secret of the presence in this country of the foot and mouth di sease has been discovered. Infor mation imparted to Secretary of Agriculture nt Washington, bv a party of Michigan men has enaMed the government to trace the I itest outbreak of the disease to its source. According to the statement of H. G. Morgan of Pittsburg, ex president of the National Hav as sociation, a large wholesale drug firm of Detroit, desirous of obtain taining a lot of aphthous fever se rum, bought a quantity in Ger many, and conceived the idea of unking its own. A number of cat tlj were borrowed from Wavne county, .Michigan farmers, and about 100 head were inoculated. After the serum had been drawn off and the cattle returned to the owners, it was found that the serum oought 111 Germany was impure! and that all the ca'ttle inoculated had been infected with the foot and mouth disease. Ffforts were made to gather in all the borrowed leasts, but most 1 of them had been shipped. With in a short time thereafter the dis ease broke out in Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. Oldest Human Remains. Man's Dones Said to Dr.to Back 17O.C0O Years Discovered. Abbes Bouyssou and Pardon, who aie conducting excavations at Chapello.jiux-Saints, France, hav; discovered what are bjiieved to be the eldest human remains, dating back 170100 years to the middle of the pleistocene age, the latest penod of geological history. The skull presents a strong re semblance to that of a monk.-y. having a long jaw and being devoid of :aniue teeth. The other bone are arched showing that man then walked on all fours. Closing Out Sale ! Throngs of people day and night are taking advantage of this opportunity to get bargains. No fake sale, but a genuine clean-up of every thing in the More, The Clark Store, bloomsburg Bulletin. THE STEEL COACH-A TRAVEL SAFEGUARD. The Pennsylvania Railroad now has in operation on its lines east of Pittsburgh over two hundred passenger coaches dining cars, baggage cars, and mail cars of the new all-steel type. The solid steel framework of these cars, designed to re sist shock and minimize the dangers of collision, is further strengthened'by the steel sheathing enclosing the body of the car. In fact, everything about the coach is steel, save the window frames, the cushions of the seats and the flooring Such little woodwork as enters into the make-up of the coach' the plush with which the car seats are covered and the hair with which they are stuffed is treated to a fireproofing pro cess, whilst the floors are cement, thus rendering the coach at once practically indestructible and thoroughly fireproof It is built like a battleship, r ' The new coach is longer than the standard car generally in use on the railroads of this country, and has a comforta ble seating capacity of sixty to ninety people according to the style of the coach. The unusual weight of the coaches give to them a solidity that greatly increases the comfort of the passenger, The seats are adjusted to a more convenient'space and angle, the coaches are all lighted with electricity and amply ventilated in winter as well as summer by new and. thoroup-hlv tested methods. 6 3 The interior finish of the coach is plain though pleasing to the eye. The absence of ornamentation enhances the idea of strength and at the same time assures absolute cleanliness and thorough sanitation. Steel cars are now in use on the principal trains between New ork, Philadelphia, Washington, and on the Main Line between Philadelphia and Pittsburg. The number of cars is constantly being increased as the finished product comes from the shops. The Pennsylvania Railroad's equipment is recoenized as the Standard of America. STATE ATTORNEY OF TENNESSEE. 1 I Mxiifi consider Vfm very fineit j inTigorant t M and I 'YS W Iife-givlitft ifyw? omP,e i V '' &Kl?' Sr-TpPiripnen. fMM ill W$$& Mil Sim Jl ON. I.AI-S. K. M (OllI. ON. .. I'M. 1. McCORD, 13!ir (i St. Washing !i, 1). C, Ex-Adjiitm Oclioral NtiUu of Tcnnoflseo, and State' Attorney at Nashville, is HO ardso friend of Ivruna. Ho does not honitali to ci vc pii!l io endorsement to thia vet? cxriilieiit ri'ini'ily. Ah a tonic JVrnna has no superior I'.ut it 1 an ft catarrli remedy it h nuhicved It.i world-wide notoriety am Any ratr.rrli remedy to become per imim-iitly effoctu-il in ttlie cure of c t:irrli iniiKt eontnin lonisand lnvlsorai qualitie-' with in anti-e.aturrh rjnalities. Cc inrrli in always an expres slon of nerve weakness, cither loct ur general. It N. tli'Tofure, importasv lht a ea'arrh ri'Tivdy should Tioage r .-Untile invi :or..u:r; (ii:ili;!es in ord" to tliorom'iiiy rid t!ie - .vteii) of catarrh Pe-rj-n.i tor C3!d3. Hon. 11. S. r.ya.'i. nov." residing t-Kotix-, Alaska. irn .'rm'.-rty a mcrabe of tin- K.islUii Hon..' ef Pirliainew uiid Sff.i-'-lury to Ihe h-t'1 Iri- h patiiol i-lsurles Slrwurt J'lr-iell. ilia Wash Initial iddrc I Vi!.d-.intrlon, P. ' "I have used 1 lnond your vc:a-i--,-.in f.ir c'ltln , N.'y Vi!lard Hotei , I Io v ri to ! r;ma and can recom r.i a very effectii mid catarrhal con yuu. Ask your Druggist for a Frt Peruna Almanac for 1909. i . 0i it I .5 r ; I- '
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