THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 8 THE . COLUMBIAN. IU.OOMSBURO, TA. Thiksday, i)i:ci:.iiu:it 31, vm . Favors Chrintmas Trees. United Stales Forester Upholdi Custom o' Cutting Evergreens, The nation's forests this year supplied .i.O'jo.ooo Christinas trees, the forestry service estimating that one out of every four families ob served the tree custom at Yuletule Gilford Pinehot, United States Forester, upholds the Christmas tree custom and believes it should be maintained. "The number of trees cut' this year," be said, "is insignificant when compared to the consumption for other purposes for which tim ber is demanded. This clearing of an area equal to a good-sized farm should not be the "subject of much worry when it is remembered that for lumber alone it is necessary to take timber from an area of more than 100,000 acres every day of the year. It is true that there has been serious damage to forest growth in the cutting of Christinas trees in various sections of the country, particularly in the Adirondacks and parts of New England, but through these sections the damage in cutting youn? evergreens for use at Christ mas is infinitesimal when compared with the loss of forest resources through fires and careless methods of lumbering. . - "Germany has the highest devel oped system of forest management in the world, although its per capi ta use of Christmas trees is great est. Iu this country the foresters predict that the Christmas tree business will become a recognized industry and that as much atten tion will be given it as is now de voted to growing of crops of tim ber for other uses. It is stated that only conservation of the timber which remains and a carefully planned system of reforestation will meet the demand for 40.000,000, 000 feet of lumber and the millions of little trees used each year." To Repeal Two Cent Rate Law.' Has Been Declared Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Case of Pennsyl vania Railroad. One of the most important bills to be introduced in the next session f the -legislature will be one pro viding for the repeal of the two :eut fare act. The railroads of the State, which are still forced to com ply with this act, have combined n a movement to bring about the repeal of the act and sentiment is reported so strong throughout the State as to forecast the repeal of the xt without much opposition. The 'ennsylvania Railroad had the act leclared unconstitutional, but this lecision affects that road alone. Those who are supporting the re al bill say that the enforcement f the measure has worked to the 1 isad vantage and financial loss not nly to railroad interests, but to msiness in communities where the smaller roads have taken off many jf the passenger trains. It is also lointed put that the act has been eclared unconstitutional as regards he Pennsylvania system proper .nd that the continued enforce ' nent of. the act makes it special .egislation and that on its face .takes the law clearly uuconstitu lonal. The Reading road still ad heres to the two cent fare aud the Northern Central, which is really i branch of the Pennsylvania, also ,ives the two cent rate. The case Jon by the Pennsylvania Railroad ompany which made the law un oustitutional, was won by that ilroad alone aud" the ruling effects one of its tributaries. ; Deafness Cannot Be Cured. By local applications, as they .annot reach the diseased portion .' the ear. There is only one way cure deafness, and that is by institutional remedies. Deafness 1 caused by an inflamed condition fthe mucous lining cf the Ens ichiau Tube. When this tube is 1 flamed, you have a rumbling mnd or 'imperfect hearing, and hen it is entirely closed, Deafness . the result, and unless the iiiflain- ation' can be taken out and this ibe restored to its normal condi on, hearing will be destroyed for- er; nine cases out of ten are cons . by Catarrh, which is nothing at .in inflamed condition of the wous surfaces., , 'yi.v- We will give pue Hundred Dol rs for any castf of Deafness (caus I by catarrh) that cannot be cur l by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send r circulars, free. F. J Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold bv Druggist, 75c. Take ,'Hair;j Family Pills for c juv'ipation. v.,'-. j. - I! Vo l Wral tftc best mm oes yon wIMfi'Icfdr r.'ul if yon et i; yon will li:ve ii U':;m!y frr cou'rhtf tli.it will K: t;:t;N,r:u'tnp- in every respect. If voi; iwceM 1 soiiH'ihinir eise wn do not ' I -.1,11V 111,,,! you will .yet, but I jo ll.e Host Cough I! . .. . At all drutruis'ts'. 25c. 50c. norrpl Anything else. I The Keeper's Daughter I iitt titi tor days the thermometer had been soaring at almost midsummer beat, softening the Ice of the Great South bay, until nearly all Its co beslvo power was gone-. Now the lee was a thick, eponny mass, no rot tun that even the foot of a life-saver pressing upon It firmly would bneak through, nt many places. It was lm possible for either foot passage or for a boat to be forced through. And to Increase the seriousness of the ease the last two days had brought a fog so gray and dense as to shut Eire Island from every object a dozen yards away. Out iu mldehannel toward the Long Island shore, and on this ocean side, currents hnd kept the Ice from freezing thickly and had hastened the decomposition. Already the, de layed shipping was seeking passage toward New York or the open sea, and In the fog and the narrow chan nels that were free from Ice were meeting with disaster, from time to time Flgnals of distress came from one direction or another, and so far as they were able the life-saving sta tlons of Fire Island responded. Perhaps at no other place In the world could assistance have been rendered across that barrier of slush Ice, in which spaces of open water were beginning to appear, but then at no other place In the world per haps were there amphibious scoot ers. Several of these unique distinc tions of Fire Island were lying on the edge of the ice, with pike and scoot , erlng Iron, and oars across the thwarts ready for instant use while their owners leaned forward listen ing, peering and for the most part shaking their heads. The wind was rising, blowing straight from the sea. In another hour it was likely to freshen into a gale. Before it the gray fog was being swirled and tossed and eddied, but still encom passing and dense- a huge wet blanket that seemed writhing in the agonies of pain. On all sides were the sounds of fog and danger, bell buoys, boat whis tles, occasional fog horns, the pound ing and crushing Ice where some ves sel was forcing its way through, and now and then the ominous signal of distress and call for help. Among these came a sudden dull booming toward the sea, and evidently at con siderable distance. Tie men who were In looked at each other, their faces paling. "A big ship," one of them said, "and on the bar." "Yes," assented the man nearest him, "nothing can get to 'em that far out, not even scooters." There was a peculiar grinding sound near them. A scooter slid up the beach and a man sprang out. "The other fellows In yet?" h asked. "Only Carey. He brought a man ashore and sent him up to the sta tion, and then hurried back. Me said It was a coal barge, with two men and a boy and a dog, and the other scooters will bring them in. The keeper ordered us to watch here for other work. Whut wus yours?" "Just a sailboat, with two young men. They railed for help because they didn't know their surroundings. When I explained they decided to re main on board until the ice let them out. They have plenty of provisions and a sni'g little cabin. I heard the ship's call from outside and hurried back. I couldn't quite make out the location in the fog. Anybody gone?" "Gone?" derisively. "Why, man alive! That's on the bar three miles away. No scooter could ever get there, across the open channel. . De sides the ice has been plied up by the waves. She'll have to wait until the sea opens so we can uso a life boat, or the fog lifts bo we 'ran scooter out. No one where are you golng7" For the man had swung the bow of his craft Into the fog and was again hoisting the sails, ; "Out to the vessel, of. course!" Quietly. "Hut It's sure death, Jack," re monstrated the .life saver sharply, "Don't be a fool. You couldn't pick your way through the fog with that scooter aud get back alive' ' i OASWORIA. BaantU - TM Kind Y011 Haw Always 38!lt ; and $1. "Maybe not. Hut that stumil mm hi s like a big boat, and if so thevo nre a good many folks out there waiting for help. I'm only one. "Oh, Mr. How tan 11!" The call w us Clear and peremptory. Jack- llow- ninh paused, with me foot In the acootrr, his face growing set. The owner of the voice was the keeper'! daughter, nti'l only the day before the tiad closed the door Into a fut- u; o w hich lie had begun to Ik Hove would bo his. The sentence, "I shall never marry 11 tnnn whose future Is bounded by a clam lion and a fish trawl; the world hns use fur brave deeds," crt i 1 1 rang In his ears. "Father Rays for no one to answer that call Just yet. He thinks tl.lt wind will soon hrr-sk up the Ice so that the lifeboat can go out. lie Says It will bo suicide to attempt siooterlng through this fog. Mr. Howman!" her voice rising In sud den displeasure, for the scooterlst had stepped Into his craft and thrown out his pike to shove her lato the wind. "I'm sorry. Miss Plancho," over his shoulder, "but the keeper's or- fW are for his own men. and rot for a poor outside fisherman like me. HeslJes, the boat may be In sore need and though a little scooter cannot do much, It may at least car ry intelligence nnd perhaps save one or two provided I can reach them." The girl's face underwent a sud den change, and she loi an Impetu ous step forward, but already te scooter had slippa-d away into the fog. As they waited there, listening. poerlng .while the hours dragged by, the faces of the men showed some thlng of what they knew to be tak ing place within the fearsome, shift ing pail of mist. The scooter was rushing on, dropping into open spaces of water, slipping up again upon patches of rotten Ice, swiftly, with scarcely any checking of speed. Its owner knowing that time was of more Importance than caution. Any moment its nose was liable to strlVe some obstruction and throw out its occupant; the wind at that speed might overturn the scooter, or a sud. den Jibing wreck it without an In stant's warning, either of which on the waste of eottcn Jce held but one possible fate' for the owner. Two hours and there came another signal of distress close In shore. The waiting life-savers dropped Into their scooters and slid out into the fog. The girl was still there watch ing, her face white. Ten minutes more, and a scooter's nose suddenly slipped from the darkness, almost at her feet, and Jack Bowman sprang out. Rending over, he lifted a re cumbent figure fro:ii the scooter to the sand. "Will you call someone from the station to carry this man up, Miss, Blanche?" he said hurriedly, as he swung his craft back Into the wind. 1 haven't time. There are others waiting for nie." The girl moved forward swiftly, placing a hand upon bis shoulder. ' "I hall be waiting, too, Jack," she said In a low voice. "You mutt come batk to me." A tremor went throuGh the man's frame, but he did not pauto for an Instant In his work. As the craft disappeared in the fog his voice rose strong and resolute above the wind. "Yes, Blanche, I will come back to you." And he did. New Orleans Times- Democrat. Slaves of the Harem. The members of the harem are still young slaves bought In Clrcassla, Georgia, Armenia, and other places, and practically educated In the harem Itself on the chance that the Sultan may one day notice them. writes a Constantinople correspond ent of a London paper. It appears also that civilization has not made great strides in the management of the royal harem, and that corporal punishments are still frequent, eunuchs, called "beating eunuchs," still being kept for refractory per sons. Poisoned coffee is also not en tirely out of fashion, while grimmer still, the terlble sack flung Into the Bosphorus even now does Its sinister work. It Is piteous to learn that, notwithstanding all this, many par ents willingly sell children to sup ply the enormous colony which con stitutes the harem. Before the Time of .Matches. Sixty years ego the use of flint and steel to produce a fire was not wholly unknown. The late William E. Stone of ePorla lived at Beaver, Pa. His father one warm August night was stricken with apoplexy. The fire was out In the kitchen hearth and his mother In her dis tress, unable to find the tinder box, was obliged to send his brother Marsh two miles and a half to a neighbor. She gave him a handful of tow, which he put in his pocket. Arousing a neighbor with some dim. culty, she gave him a live coal, which ho wrapped lnthe tow, and putting It back In his pocket, ran home. When he arrived there he swung the tow around his head, thus fanned the coal and produced a flame which lighted a candle.. In the meantime relief had been so long coming that the father was past all surgery. When You Put On Slocking. - t otlie hravU r HA-t, an y,,r thorl plmh, olid tionr.ltrt writ un jM-raphtt II imt liriM tt AH--H' Puut-Kuiui In yinir iuk, it will oti fov rrsl una cri l, nwl tiitUud n tin from unv , i.Miiuviimr. oiu niKriiciun r, c, Von't atirui SAYS GERMS ABE IN K SSE5. S eellierirtx' Kisics V.'or t I'f .MI vt In llaimer inul Almost i;s t-nil It die lvl".sln,u i f Ital ic . Philadelphia. -- 'Kl-iug-; its l':'i rilid llelli-flts," might well 1,,' the tit of tlm argument belli? wavtd hem Mr.iig members of the women's me Ileal fraternity and hospital spiffs, and It Is nil brought about l y mm n tlonal Ftatijguent concerning t !i? danger of osculation wblih Dr. John V. Shoemaker makes. 'Ar. Shoemak er docii res that In kissing germs are cani'd !". !!:o r.:o;.!'.i a:i.l '.'.. tie lungs nnd totrah. One warm ndvocnto of the iinM klsslng propaganda Is Dr. Clara Sco't, a homoeopathic physician. "Not only Is Dr. Shoemaker cor rect In his satemelits about the evils of kissing, but in my opinion he does not fo far enough," she sad. "The number of diseases which kiss ing causes is unbelievable to one who hns not studied the question. I firm ly believe that the day will coiro within a generation when a formida ble nntl-klssng movement will be cs tablshed and when kissing practical ly will hn confined to the lower classes, the educated people having been brought to see the evils of the habit. "Of all forms, however, the kiss ing of babies Is positively the most dangerous. More diseases are thus rommunlcated than the world has any idea of. "Next to the evil of kissing babies comes the sweethearts' kiss. This Is one of the most dangerous of all. A husband's kiss generally soon loses Its fervency, but the kiss of the two sweethearts is the paradise of the tuberculosis germ and the diphtheria germ. During the long Interval while the sweethearts' kiss continues one may Imagine the various germs rushing backward and forward with unholy glee." Not quite so pessimistic a view of the kissing problem was taken by Dr. Rachel S. Skldelsky, whose opin ions on the question of women smok ing recently stirred up a spirited dis cussion. "Dr. Shoemaker Is right," said Dr. Skldelsky, "but let us be practical. It is my opinion that all unnecessary kissing the kissing without real af fection should be abolished. This would reduce the germ evil to a Maltese Muskruts Pernicious. Valetta, Malta. The muskrat Hrn become very pernicious throughout Malta. It Is a small, squeaking a:.l mal, which works at night, and not only does It ruin all Muds of fnol. but it also disturbs .ie sleep of its victims. Whatever the musUrrt touches Is Impregnated with th strong o '.or from which it derives Its iiciiie. Kverythlng the animal comes Lear to Is tainted nnd impossible for any future purpose at all. It seems that with the odor exhalted by it the nnl mnl destroys whatever it seems in clined to spoil, from pure wanton ness. The odor of the animal Is so powerful and so penetrating that, one victim reports, doens of bottles of beer were ruined, the musUiat having merely run over them. I'v-Trnmp Huys Hotel. Colorado Springs, Col. II. P. Craig, of Detroit, Mch., for 20 years the associate of tramps, has bought a hotel here and settled down. He l-ft home at 19 years of age' and has tramped for the love of It ever since. He received a classical education and was admitted to the Michigan bar. Recently his mother died, leaving him $30,000, with which he bought the hotel; Tibetan Trude In Musk. A number of Tibetan traders who visited Calcutta In March, 1908. brought with them, among other art icles, a large quantity of musk, which Is held in high esteem by the high caste Indians. The little deer from which the musk Is obtained ranges In the Himalayas and Tibetan moun tains, 9,000 feet above sea level. The male deer yields the finest and great est quantity of muBk. The deer are shy and alert, and difficult to cap- AUDITORS NOTICE. In lie Tlilra ana final nmmnl of A. X. Hohncli, Amiffnee of I. H'. MrKrll'i. So, 8 Droeinljer 'J'trrn. UW8. The undersigned Auditor appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of Col umbiu County to distribute the balance shown by said nccount to and ainonj; the parties entitled will sit to perform the duties of his appointment at the 'aw of fice of L. H. Waller, ICsq., in the town of Blooinsburc;, Columbia County, Pa., on Monday January sjih, iuoij ntu o'clock a. m.; when and where all parties interested must present their claim or be debarred from coming in upon suid fund. Edward J. Fi.vnn, !2-3i-4t Auditor. ELECTION NOTICE. The annual meeting of the Stockhold ers of the Bloonisburg National Hunk, of Bloomsburg. Pu. tor the tiection of Directors for the ensuing year, will be held at their banking room, onTutsday, January 12th. 1009 between the hours of 11 and 12 a. m. . Wm. H. II1DLAY, ia-10-te. Cashier. ELECTION NOTICE. The annual meeting of the Btockhold ers of the Fanners Nuta nal Bank of Hloomsburg. Pa., for tho ekction of Di rectors will take place at their banking room, on Tuesday, January is, 1909, be tween the hours of a and 4 p m. M. MI LLEISKN, ia-io-t. - Cashier. Alexander brothers 6: Co.,' l)KAt.r.RS IN- Cigars, 'PobciccoPipes. and Confectionery. Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. ITnisriT- Gooes jv SrsoiAijTY. 0 1IAVK YOU SMOKED A . ; : ROYAL BUCK or ASH YOUR DKAI.KR FOR TIIKM. ALEXANDER IJUOS. & CO., Iiloomburp, Pa. ( IF YOU ARE IN NH.EI) OF (O ( Carpets, Ruffs, flatting anci Draperies, Oil Cloth and Window Curtains You Will Find a Nice Line at . W. M. BBQ WBB'$ gj JiLOOJISnUKG. PEXN'A. WHY WE LAUGH. "A l.ittlt Nonsense Now ami 7uh, Js 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 lor three months trial subscription for either of these bright witty, and humorous journals, or for One Dollar will add Leslies Weekly or Judge for the same period of time. Address Judge Company 225 Fourth Avenue jsjevv York 3-21 SHERIFF'S SALE. Bv virtue of a writ'of Levari Facias is sued out oi the Court of Common Picas I of Columbia County, Pennsylvania, and to ine directed, there will be sold at pub lic sale at the Court House in ISlooms burj;, county and state aforesaid, on SATURDAY, JAN. 23, 1909, at 2 o'cloc'c P. M., the following described real estate: All that certain piece or parcel ot land sit uate in the Town of Bloomsburtf. Col umbia County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at an iron bolt situate 111 the intersection of the southern line of the L. L. & V. R R. Company's riht of way and the eastern line of lund known as the MeClure Farm thence alonn said railroad south fifty-two de grees thirteen minutes west three bun dled and five-tenth feet to a post, thence by land of Eliza Fowler south twenty six degrees fifty-six minutes east two hundred and fortyfour feet to a post, thence north sixty-three degrees four minutes east two hundred and ninety five and five-tenth feet to a post in the easterm line of the said MeClure Tract and thence along the same north twenty-six degrees fifty-six minutes west three hundred and five-tenth leet to the place of beginning. Containing one and eighty-four one-hundredth acres of land, whereon is erected a BRICK BREWERY BUILDING, four stories in heighth in front and three stories in the rear with a frontage of about fifty feet and a depth of about one hundred and forty-five feet parallel with line ot D. L. & V. R. K. nnd was built for the purpose ot a brewery for the manufacture of brewed nnd malt li quors and extracts. Seized, taken iu execution at the suit of Adolph Molitor vs. The Hloomsburg Brewing Company owner or reputed owner aud The Bloomshurg Brewing Company Contractor, and to be sold as the property of The Bloomsburg Brew ing Company. CIIAS. B. ISN'T, Rhawn-Small-IIarman Sheriff. Attorneys. ELECTION NOTICE. The annual meeting of the policy hold ers of the Briarcreek Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, of Lime Ridge. Pa. will be held at the hall of the Centre Grange, No. 56, P. ut II. on Tuesday, January 12th, loon, between the hours of 10 a 111. and 2 p. 111. for the election of twelve Directors to serve for the en suing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before said meeting. H. H. BROWN, 12 10-te. Secretary. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.' Hilute 0 Ham U. Welth, Utt v Oi tmje town $nlp, dmrviiird. Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary on the estate of Mary II. Welsh, late of the township, of Orange, county of Columbia, Pa., deceased, have been granted to ludson P. Welsh, to whom all persons iudebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims or demands will make known th ame without delay. JUDSON P, WELSH. ' ; bxecutor, i-24-f't Rtute College, Pa. JEWEL CIGAR? W.i L. Douglas Packard Shoes are worn by more men than .any other shoes made.1 Come in and let us Fit You With a Pair W. H. MOORE, Corner Main and Iron Sts., DLOOMSBLRG., PA. Our Pianos are tbe leaders. Our lints in clude the following makes : Chas. M. Stikff, Henry F. Miller, Brewer & Pryor, Koiiler & camphell, and radel. IN ORGANS we handle the Estey, Miller.H.Leiir & Co. AND BOWLUY. This Store has the agency for SINGER JfGf ARM SE W JNG MACHINES uti.l VJCl OR TALKING MA CHINES. WASH MACHINES Ilelby, 1900, Queen, Key stone, Majestic. ; J.SALTZEtf, Music Rooms No. 10 West Main . Street, Below Market. , ' bloomsburg: PA
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