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Its Abolition in Russia For War
Purpose Follows Example
of Other Countries
MERELY SENTIMENTAL ADJUNCT
Cel. Helstand Points Out that It Be
longed to the Old Days of Bright
Uniforms and Noisy Phalanxes-
ttlie Drummer Boy of Fiction.
II 'there has been but little comment
Jr. army circles here over the news
tOiat the Russian government has Just
decided to do away with Its army
drummers In time of war. It Is because
Russia, instead of introducing an In
novation In the art of warfare, has
merely followed in the footsteps of
many another civilized nation. The
United States army, according to offi
cers in the service, abolished its drum
mers years ago, and there are few
countries to-day which continue to
maintain a drum and fife corps for
purposes of warfare.
To be sure, there are drummers in
our army to-day, but their services
are designed for use in times of
peace. So, too, in the Russian army.
An order signed the other day by
Czar Nicholas provided that Russian
drummers hereafter should be trained
In marksmanship, so as to be prepared
to become active combatants in time
of need. These conditions, new to
Russia, have prevailed in this and
other countries, it Is said, for many
.-years. Ever since modern methods
egan to be introduced in military
tactics it was a foregone conclusion
that the drum and the fife must soon
er or later go the way of many other
antiquated implements. Like the
pyramids of neatly piled cannpn balls
which decorate the yards of army
garrisons throughout the land, they
are to-day relics of a past that has
played its part in history and is now
outgrown. Army men, however, are
perhaps Inclined to bestow a little
sentiment on the corps of musicians
who were once regarded as an indis
pensable adjunct to every military or
ganization. But from a purely prac
tical point of view, they admit that
the institution has no longer any rea
son for existing.
Perhaps, also, the "drummer boy"
Cory-book notoriety, who was ever
b j relied on to turn the tide of
'tie when his comrades were about
i -dy to throw down their arms and
! -'.zi. a hasty retreat, was not quite
i : jilcturesqua in reality as might be
4411: posed.
The army drummer had his short
comings, according to Col. H. O. Hei
stand, adjutant-general of the Depart
ment of the East, who is stationed on
Governor's Island.
"For one thing." said the colonel
to-day, "the drum required as much
care as any rifle. When the weather
was at all bad, the sheepskin would
:get wet and the next thing you knew
your drums were out of commission
altogether.
"Besides, he only gives his army's
whereabouts away. You see, he be
longs to the age of bright, gaudy unl
forms, helmets, and the like, when
men marched out Into the open and
sflred volleys at another body of men
all drawn up In martial array. But
. the time for such things has passed.
Nowadays, we wear dull-covered unl
forms, for concealment, and every
thing Is done on an entirely different
principle.
"The Russians have only done what
.most other countries have done, but
'I would not like to say that they had
been backward about making the
.change.
"From what I know of them, the
Russians are good soldiers. I saw a
. good deal of them over in China dur
' Ing the Boxter campaign, and they
left a very favorable impression."
Col. Heistand added that, despite
the changes which had been responsi
ble for the abolition of the drum and
, fife corps, there was still a demand,
In time of war, for the bugler. The
bugler, he said, served a useful pur
pose because he could communicate
official orders over a great territory.
But the drum and fife no longer fill
place In the machinery of warf"re.
In most instances, they have been In
co porated in the band and arc bow
. beard only when the troops are on
parade.
Endurance of a Guide.
An Alpine guide, Philippe Allamand,
of Bex, has gained publicity In tha
Swiss papers by a marvelous pedes
trian achievement. He started on a
Monday from Haesch and ascended to
rtbe Welsshorn hut, whence ha return
ed to the valley to fetch a member of
:his party who had been left behind.
"There was time for only three hours'
wleep after that, and then the Weiss
horn had to be climbed. It was in
, bad oonditlon, and the ascent took
nearly eleven hours. No sooner had
!he reached tha top than Allamand
fastened down and nroceeded to 7r.
matt to Join another party who had
engaged him for the Matterhorn. He
overtook them In the hunt at four
o'cloek on Tuesday mornlns. went un
the Matterhorn at once, and did not
get back until eleven o'clock on Wed
nesday night, having been forty-four
hours without sleep, walking . and
climbing all the time. Even then he
iook only a day's rest before leadln
a party up the Dent Blanche.
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S. IIOLM.ES, jr.
An Episode That Made film Dispair
of His Friend's Ability.
"His! Hist!" said Sherlock
Holmes, Jr.
"What Is it. Sherl?" asked his
friend the doctor.
"Yonder men with the ruddy
complexion and the look of satisfac
tion on his countenance do you
see him?"
"Yes. A friend of yours?"
"I never saw him before. He has
licen upending his vacation in Can
ada." "Wonderful. Really, your pow
ers as a deductr seem to be growing.
Gut perhaps somebody who knows
him has tJj you?"
"No. As I have said I never saw
him before. I have spoken to no
one but yourself concerning htm."
"Is there anything peculiar about
the tan one gets in Canada?"
"No. A man who fishes In north
ern Wisconsin or Michigan may ac
quire the same degree of reddish
ness In the immediate vicinity of the
countenance that one gets while en
thusiastically yanking four-pound
bass from Canadian waters."
"I can't see anything else about
him that would stamp him as one
who has Just returned from the
great dominion. Perhaps you will
be god enough, Holmes, to Inform
me how you have made your deduc
tion In this case?"
"My dear Whatson, you are really
very stupid. You should have no
ticed it. I am tempted to give up
trying to tpach you to be a deducer.
Did you not see, when he asked the
druggist for a Btamp, a moment ago,
that be pulled a handful of Canadian
dimes from his pocket?"
With a gasp the doctor fell back
In silent admiration, while the great
detective sauntered on down Clark
street, trying to discover whether
the reports that there was gambling
In town were true or not. Chicago
Record-Herald.
LED TO BE DRIVEN.
Uoin' to marry wldder Jones, be
ye? tan t see what the inducement
Is. She drove her last husband to
drink.
Yep. '1 hat's Jest it.
In Time for the Train.
"Am I In time for the overland
limited?" gasped the man with the
valise, hurrying up to the ticket
seller's window in the railway sta
tion at Drearyhurst.
"Yes ,slr."
"When Is it due?"
"In five minutes."
"I want a ticket to Kansas City."
"All right, sir."
The stranger bought his ticket and
sat down to wait.
Presently a train whizzed by at
the rate of i.fty miles an hour.
"What train was that?" he asked.
"The overland limited."
"Doesn't it stop here?"
"No, sir."
"Great Scott! Why didn't you
tell me?"
"Great Scott! Why didn't you
ask me, sir?" said the ticket seller.
No Itewt For the Druggist.
A boy with no respect for pro
priety got a druggist out of bed at
midnight, a few nights ago.
"I want a bottle of magnesia,"
announced the youngster, "and. aav.
do you give anything for the empty i
bottle?"
"Yes, 5
cents," growled the drug
man, grudgingly serving the article.
Then he went back to bed. About
half an hour later the bell rang
again. When the druggist got to
the door there stood the lad.
"Here's that bottle, mister," said
he. "Glv us the n'pence."
Barnyard Talk.
First Rooster "Bless me if the
old hen Isn't eating tacks."
Second Rooster "Yes, I believe
she la to lay a carpet.''
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wuB. 19 WW RUIUCUIIUI IUI I
the preservation of our forests?" I
. "Oh. what's the u.e?" an.werd !
Senator . SorgSum, impatiently.
"Tree cant vote."
One on the Oat.
An tnw.i orfitt.. i-.-j
In his paper that If the rain didn't
stop before long, everything In the
ground would be peeping out. An
ticatlon, went out In the back yard
and dumped another load of) rock
on the grave of the family eat.
An Old Grandfather.
Little Girl I've got' a . fattier and
a muvver and a grandfather.!
Kindly Stranger And bowold is
your grandfather?
LittU Olrl I don't know,pul
wa'T bad him a long tlma. V
SHERIFF'S SALK.
By virtue of a writ of Levari Facias
issued out of the Court of Common
Plena of Columbia County, Pennsylva
nia, and to me directed, there will be
sold at public sale nt the Court House,
in the bheriff's Office at Bloomsburg,
county and state aforesaid, on
SATURDAY, JUNK 5th, 1909,
at 2 o'clock, P. M. the following de
scribed real estate:
TRACT NO. ONE:-All that piece,
parcel and tract of land situate in Scott
Township, Columbia County, bounded
and described as follows, to wit:
Beginningat stone corner, in the pub
lic road, leading from Espy to Light
street; thence south in said road nine
degrees east fifty six perches to a stone
comer in said road: thence bv land of
Sarah Snyder south twenty-nine and
one-fourth degrees, east, forty nine and
nine tenths perches to a stone corner;
thence south sixty and three-fourths de
grees west, six perches to a stone cor
ner; thence south twenty-nine degrees
and one-fourth east, thirty-three perches
to a stone corner; thence by land of C.
W, Kline south seventy-seven and one
half degrees east, sev'entv-six and six
tenths rods to a stone, formerly pine
corner; thence north seventy-six degrees
east, eighty-one and five-tenths rods to a
stone corner in the public road, leading
from Espy to residence of Ellis Ring
rose; thence by centre of said road and
land of siid Ellis Ringrose, north twenty-nine
and three-fourths degrees west,
one hundred and sixty-four and four
tenths rods to a stone corner; thence
ncrth seventy-six degrees east, forty
three and nine-tenth rods to a stone
corner; thence north twelve and one-
fourth degrees west, nine nnd nine-
tenths rods to a Btone corner in the pub
lic road Icadinsr from the resident nf
Joseph Heekman to Win, j. Hidlav's;
thence in centre of saui road and land of
Wm. T. Hidlav. south seventy-seven
and one-fourth decrees west, one hun
dred nnd sixty nnd eight-tenths perches 1
10 H sionc corner in t le nu ic road. the.
place of beginning, containing
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
EIGHT ACRES AND TWENTY
FIVE PERCHES
of land, being a farm in good state of
cultivation, upon which is erected a
TWO-STORY BRICK DWELL
ING HOUSE,
bank barn and out buildings, fruit trees
and running water. A ridge of lime
stone suitable for a quarry is also upon
the premises.
TRACT NO. TVO:-All that niece
parcel and tract of land situate in" the
village of Espy, county and slate afore
said, bounded and described as follows,
to wit:
Beginningat the corner of Market and
Second Streets, on the westerly side of
Market Street; thence westwnrdly along
Second Street eightv-two and one-half
feet to corner of lot of Ebenezer Case
"No. 54," thence southwardly along line
of said lot one hundred and seventy
three and one-fourth feet to an ulley;
thence along said alley eastwardly eighty-two
and one-half feet to Market Street
aforesaid, thence northwardly along said
Street, one hundred and seventy-three
and one-fourth feet to Second Street,
the place of beginning, improved with a
TWO-STORY FRAME DWELL
ING HOUSE AND BARN,
out buildings and fruit trees.
Seized, taken into execution at the
suit of George B. Markle, Trustee, vs.
C. L. Pohc, Administrator of Wm. C.
Robinson, deceased, Lau'a Robinson,
and Charles Schug, Terre-Tenant. and
to be sold as the property of Wm. C.
Robinson, deceased.
CHARLES B. ENT.
J. Q. Creveling, Sheriff.
Attorney.
IN RE APPLICATION OF THE
BLOOMSBURG LITERARY IN
STITUTE FOR AMENDMENTS
TO CHARTER AND CHANGE
OF NAME.
Notice is hereby given that a petition
was presented to the Court of Common
Pleas of Columbia County on the isth
day of May, A. D.. 1009, by the Blooms
burg Literary Institute to make the fol
lowing amendments to its charter, to
wit; Amending the name, style and title of
the corporation from "The Bloomsburg
Literary Institute" to the "Bloomsburg
Literary Institute and State Normal
School of the Sixth District"; increas
ing the number of trustees from nine to
eighteen; changing the time of the An
nual Stockholders Meeting from the
first Saturday to first Monday in Mav;
designating the officers of the corpora
tion as President, Vice-President, Sec
rctary and Treasurer: the m
I mode of election and appointment of
ustees; increasing the quorum of the
j Board of Trustees from five to seven;
fixing the capital stock at 30,400,00. di
I vided into 1007 shares, prohibiting divi-
dends upon the capital stock of the cor
poration and enlarging the purposes and
scope of the institution; whereupon the
luuuniujj imeriocuiory uecree was en
tered, to-wit:
And now May uth. iqogj the forego
ing petition having been presented nnd
read, and it appearing to the Court that
due notice of this application and these
proceedings were given to the Auditor
General, on the 5th day of May 1909.
and the court upon consideration there
of being of the opinion that the said
amendments and change of name of said
corporation win be lawful, hern-fir )
.. .1 1 . . ' ,
"? ZIZI? communitv
S,0 ??. ? lth. lhe. wq"ents of
the Constitution or the laws of the Com
monwealth, it is therefore ordered that
said petition or writing be filed in the
office of the Prothonotary of the court,
ana notice thereof be inserted in two
I iiewspanerg onnted in kauI rnnntv far
i !orth at aP"
$TyZX
June, 1009. at 10 o'clock, A. M . in con-
fortuity with the nraver nf th t,t;
unless sufficient reason be shown why
the same should not be done.
BLOOMSBURG LITERARY INSTITUTE.
5-i3-4t. per N. U. Funk, Solicitor.
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fBENGII GAVEDWLLERS
Two Million Modern Troglodytes,
Mostly Peasants, In the Republic.
"There are no fewnr than 2,000,000
cave dwellers In France," writes a
traveler. "Whether you travel north,
south, cast or west, you will find these
curious imitations of the homes of
primitive man. They stretth for fully
seventy miles along the valley of the
Loire, from Blols to Saumur, and as
the train proceeds you can catch n
glimpse from time to time, of their
picturesque entrances, surrounded by
flowers and verdure. As likely as not
you will see the inhabitants standing
or sitting In front of their mysterious
looking caverns, and unless you have
learned the contrary, you will be in.
dined to Imagine that they possess
some of the characteristics of the
troglodytes of old, and that their
homes are mere dens. Not so, as yod
will find on visiting them.
"They are nearly all well-to-do
peasants, owners perhaps of some of
thfl vineyards that deck the slopes on
all sides, and their habitations are, as
a rule, both healthy and comfortably
furnished. These singular houses era
remarkably cool In summer, without
being in the leaat damp, while in win
ter they can be warmed much more
easily and better than ordinary apart
ments. The health of the modern
troglodyte is, as a rule, excellent, r..;d
It is not uncommon to flui centenar
ians among them. This, however, U
by no means surprising when we con
sider that their homes are not only
healthful to live in, but are also ci;;i
fortably furnished and fitted up.
"In the majority of ca?es these ro-:!c
houses were not excavated for the
special purpose of being Inhabited, but
with the object of obtaining stone for
the building of houses. At Rochet t;r
bon there Is a rock dwelling carved
out of a single block of stone, nnd t:.e
Ingenious owner, In addition to m?k
lng a two-story villa therefrom, has
provided himself with a root garden,
from which a fine view of the valley
can be obtained. A similar house ex
ists at Bourre, In which locality the
disused quarries are said to date from
this days of the Romans."
WHERE WOMEN FIRST VOTED.
Equal Suffrage Had Its Origin In New
Jersey In 1776.
The renewed agitation for equal
suffrage recalls the almost forgotten
fact that In New Jersey was first ex
tended to women the right of suffrage
on the same terms as to men.
On the second day of July, 177S
(two days before the signing of the
Declaration of Independence), says
the Detroit Free Press, the first con
stitution convention of New Jersey, in
session at Burlington for the purpose
of revising the old Colonial charter,
struck out of the suffrage clause the
words "male freeholders" and insert
ed the words "all inhabitants." It
then read "All inhabitants worth
50."
On this property qualification wom
en voted "in increasing numbers" un
til 1807. Only those few women
could vote who owned $250 worth of
property, and these were almost all
federalists. That party continued to
control the State until 1807, when for
the first time the Democratic party
obtained a majority in the Legislature.
The Democrats at once proceeded to
disfranchise the white women and
free negroes by an act which, it is
said, was clearly unconstitutional, but
which never was contested. In 1844 a
new constitution removed any ques
tion on the subject by using the words
"white male citizen."
INDOOR WALKING.
Surprising Figures Disclosed by a Ho
tel Keeper's Pedometer.
How far do you walk in a day? Not
in the street, not even outdoors, but
in your bouse or place of business? It
is a safe bet that few busy persons
could come within a mile of telling.
The manager of one of the largest
hotels In New York decided some
time ago to find out exactly how much
Indoor walking he did, so ho bought
a pedometer and carried It with him
on his daily rounds. He seldom
walks up or down a stairway, uslns
the elevators for perpendicular travel,
but be does visit every part of his
building at least once a day.
The pedometer experiment con
vinced him after a week's trial that
his walking about the hotel alor.e
amounted to from eight to eleven
miles a day.
Now let some active housekeeper
who does part of her own work apply
the same tc.3t. How many miles a
day would her little clock register?
Ocean's Toll In Soil.
One of the most startling facts com
ing to the American public from the
latest report of the Secretary of Agri
culture is that the rivers of the Unit
ed States are annually pouring into
the ocean not less than one billion
tons of sediment, and that this Im
mense volume of waste consists of
tu most valuable elements of the
soil, the very richest material, as tho
Secretary calls it. "the cream of the
roll." At a moderate appraisal the
annual loss exceeds all the land taxes
of the whole country, and this loss Is
steadily Increasing Instead of decreas
Irg. This does not take into account
'.he coarse detritus wfiieh la piuhod
'"nn the sides of the larjrer strca:us
fl'tn we havo to tajce Into account, be
s i'hh tho Boll impoverishment, tint
tt.o sediment pollute the waters that
curry it, endangering the Uvai of
tnono who are compelled to use tiem,
and reducing tnclr varus for rcanafac
i turlng and other domestic purposss.
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