.DEALER IN Foreign and Domestic WINES AND L1QU011S. Bloomshurq. Pa. "Well Bred, Soon Wed," Girl Who Use SAPOLIO 1 1 are Quickly Married. -Try it in Yourpfext House-Cleaning. ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco. Candies, Fruits and Nuts SOLE AGENTS KOR Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. :FxT2tf"r Goods -a. Specialty, SOLE AGENTS FOR F.F. Adams & Co's Fine Sole agents (or the Hoary Clay, Londrcs, Normal, Indian Trincocs, Samson, Silver Ash Bloomsburg Pa. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF carpet, matting, or Olli C&OTII, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT 2nd Door above Court llouse. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. Jewelry and Silverware. The time was when the people of this community were obliged to send away for certain kinds of fine goods. Now r. Ko5n of linmc almost anvthinc thev want. Is it a tWr rir," vou want ? LOUIS the XIV RINGS can be r,..,.i of nr crp in rrnnt varietv. Is it cut szlass you want ? GLASS GOODS. Is it imported china you desire ? Call and see our VASES, AFTER-DINNER COFFEE riTPQ rnnrm.ATK CUPS. PL A I uuin BOXES, &c. Ladies' Gold Watches from $ 1 2 up .4, Gents' Gold Watches from 1 2 up, nunc Rincrs- and all kinds of Jewelrv. t ,o lmvf. thp largest county. Tea sets, Water sets, Shaving mugs, cups, Cake baskets, butter dishes, Carving sets, and much more than we have space to tell of. In novelties we have Tie clasps, Stamp k n. )invc n trnvs. Cioar Rets. Picture frames. Individual castors, and all the latest goods in this line. Onyx and Marble clocks.and all other kinds of clocks in great variety. An inspection respectfully requested before you make your selections. J. G. WELLS, Bloomsburg, Pa. NEXT DOOR BELOW THE POST OFFICE. UCCE3? i and Judicious flflvertislno. Ioad to Opulence Ijes l(nee-Deep Jtyroul? printr'5 Ink;. THE POSITIVE CURE. ELY DKOTOEKS, CS Wsrwn Cut Chewing Tobacco following brands of Cigars DORFLINGER'S CUT and Fixest assortment in the CAft BE ACHIEVED In Any Business bu Untiring Industry, Careful Economy, Bt Now York. Price CO eU.1 COUNTY BTATKMKNT. LllRtI.mil. KstlmAtrd costs oommonwialtt bwi where county bflcainn llnbln. a iv no Koad nn1 bridge views and road damages Toil no Amt due Lownaliltifnr t.np ... Hos Ml Amt.. duo district, hotel and rt'Mlaumnt license (mo oi Ami, county bond ismiert amnio on Interna and coupons dim Jan. 1. I WW w.MlO Amt. due John L. Kllnfl, Trras.. r m f SHINS. R Amt. of liabilities over assets.. S1IM17 41 We, tlifl undersigned Commissioners of Col- Umt)lH County, do lierehy certify Mint, thn fore- KoitiK is a correct statement of tho accounts of mo hum county for llui year A. 1) . tsu. JKMHK HITTKNllorSK, (!. I.. NANUS, It. K. KIXIAK, foiititv commissioners. Attest : C. M. Txrwii.i.kirh, Clerk. We. tho underslirned auditors of Columbia County, having lioen elected to adjust and set tle the accounts of the Treasurer and Commis sioners of t olumbla County, do hereby certify that we met at the Commissioner' and Trea.s. nrers onico In Hloonisbiirif, Monday, Jan. Und, A. I. lstn, at It o'clock and proceeded t nudlt the account of the shove mimed ofllces, and lif ter carefully cxntiilnltitf thiisiiiim from Jan. 4th, A. I). WW, to Jan. and, A. Ii. isii), we nnd a hal ance duo John I Kllno. Trern.., of twenty-tlvn niinori'iianu iwelity-nve Ooliiirsanrt einl cents (f-AViVKH ; nnd we tlnd a tmliince line doi fund of three hundred and sixty -t hree ilnllurs and sixty cents (Hreuvi), In hands of John U Kline, Trcas., and wc find them correct as above stilled. J. B NI SS, JtlllN K. lURMKR, CYHl'H KOUHINN, Auditors. Attest : C. M. TKHWiLMiirR, Clerk. Marriage. Knorr and Riitenhouse on the 14 inst., at the Reformed parsonage in Orangeville, by Rev. A. Houtz, Mr, Samuel Knorr and Miss Gertrude Rittenhouse, both of Willow Grove, Columbia County Pa. In trying Bull's-Head Flavoring Ex tracts in your cakes and pastries you will perceive that it is the most highly concentrated article, and goes the farthest. Price 10 cts. Lehigh county court sustained the commissioners m stncking off from the official ballot an independent ticket. Allow me to add my tribute to the efficacy of Ely's Cream Balm. I was sutlering from a severe attack of in fluenza and catarrh and was induced to try your remedy. The result was marvelous. I could hardly articulate, and in less than twenty four hours the catarrhal symptoms and my hoatse ness disappeared and I was able to sing a heavy role in Grand Opera with voice unimpaired. I strongly recom mend it to all singcrs.-Wm. II. Ham ilton, Leading Bass of the C. D. Hess, Grand Opera Co. To a shortage of natural gas is at triDuted a great many pneumonia deaths in Pittsburg. Hood' 8 Cures. In saying that Hood's Sarsaparilla cures, its proprietors make no idle or extravagant claim, statements from thousands of reliable people of what Hood's Sarsaparilla has done for them, conclusively prove the fact HOOD'S Sarsaparilla CURES. Hood's pills cure constipation by restoring the peristaltic action of the alimentary canal. They are the best tamily cathartic. Having swallow saltpeter for Ep som salts, Mrs Edward Roache' of Sharnokin, is in a precarious condition. Another murder the bankruptcy bill, kicked to death by Kilgore, of lexas. Now Try This. It cost you nothing and will surely (10 you goon, 11 you nave a cougn, Cold, or any trouble with Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to give re lief, or monev will be naid hark. Sufferers from La Grippe found it just the thing and under its use had a soeedv and nerfect recovcrv. Trv a 4 sample bottle at our expense and learn tor yourselt just how good a thing it is. Trial bottles free at C. A. Kleim's Drug Store. Large size 50c. and $1.00. Th night Words. Closely connected with the subject of the power of plain speech is that of the ase of the right words in the right places. When cumbrous or extravagant forms of speech have been abandoned in favor of simple and straightforward language, it is still necessary for the speaker to consider carefully whether he is express ing what he meaus. The lack of a nice discrimination in the choice of words frequently make ridiculous or ineffective what otherwise might have been a tell ing piece of English. It is better to know the meaning of a few words than to guess at the meaning of many. No word is so common that some new force may not be found for it by a consultation of the dictionary an exercise which often proves to intelligent persons that they do not know its proper detiuition at all. It is surprising to see how persistently some early misapprehension, or some erroneous definition given by parent or teacher, will cling to the memory. Again, even when the rough meaning of a word has been ascertained, there still remains something to bo done in searching for the finer distinctions between it and kindred words. Something more than mere strength ia needed ; there must also be skill and discretion in the use of lan guage. A great writer is almost always an aot writer. Children Cry for Pitcher's Casicrla. Ji jimhtiujuhi u THERE ARE EIGHT HUNDRED Of thoBO belated Suits loft, which wo have been Hell ing at Twelve Dollars. We have decided to clear them all out at - - $9.00 Per Suit Just Think of it, 120 and $18 Suits for - $9.00 Boys' $12, $10 and $8 Knee Tant Suits for - $5.00 And $7, $0 and $5 Knee Tant Suits for - - $3.50 I5ig Cuts in the prices of Men's and Hoys' Overcoats. Browning, King & Co. Clothiers and Tailors, 910 and 912 CHESTNUT ST. WARREN A. REED. CARTER'S n PILLS. CURE ' Tit TtpeaMhe and rolimre all the tronMs Jr font to abillou. Utot the .yntotn. aoh L slwi, Minuet, Drownlnew, Iltr,s afto rr'tv. I'iiu lu tli. Bids, 40. Whllo th..lrio;x. rojaarkAble aucc lias Uon showa In cuiJ , jve Jv, r.-t Carter's LltUo Lives PHTi r.n l-.iui.ly'v:iliial)lo In Constipation. cimn;U'l ji Vol t; ii 2 tills Minojrintt compliut.whllo thr r w r.i-.to.oIl.liiionlunioTtho.tommchilumUtn'.MO j.-rr .nd icgaltto me bowels. Mtoi""li nira ft 7-liotfcywoutdbolmoitpriceleiitolhoowr9 en:wr frumthtadtatreiwinK complaints butrortu xmto'v Piolrpoodnewidoe. notemlhf ra,ndtuoM nho uncotrr tlicm will Und thm. little pill. v. rVelnsomany wytbtlh.y will not bo wifc liujlo da without them. But f tor ailaick b4 Uie bane of so many lives that hire Is irSerj VrVnTake our groat boMt. OnrpUUcuroltwaUe 05tirt "little Liver Pills ere very small and rery eay to Uka. One or two Bills makea done. They are strictly vegetable and do not grlpo or furnn, but by their gentle acUon plowe .l w.. tue them. Invlal.atSSoants; flT.Jor$l. J I j druggists everywhora. or mat by mall. CARTER WKDIOINI CO., New Vo-h. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE PILES A!CA1SIH " (rives Instant reller anl IS an innuiiuio tan for Flic I'ricejl. liy TruiriristjiorniRll. HempU-s fr.Ad.lrc!"AIfAKE.SlS, Uux 2116, New York Uty. PATENTS. Caveats and Trndo Marks obtained, and al Patent, business cunducKHl lor MODEKATB FEKH. VU OFFICE IS OPPOSITE TUB V. S. PAT. KNT OFFICE. We have no sub-agencies, all business direct, hence can t ransact patent busl. ness In less time and at Less Coal than those re mote froin Wushlnnlon. Send model, drawliiK or photo, with descrly tlon. We advise If patent able or not., free ol charge. Our fee not. due till patent. Is secured A book, "How to obtain Patents," with refer ences to actual clients In your btute, County, or town, sent free. Address V. A. SNOW C0 Washington, 1). (! (Opposite U. S. Patent Ofllce.) HE 111 ARTIST. Makes now the finest Portraits and Crayons. Is having his Gallery rcmodled and fitted up in fine style, and the only first class north light in the county. ' 12 CABIHETSSLOO. Also having a wagon on the road fitted with the latest improvements for taking in views, Portraits and Tintypes, will call at your door without extra churge. .Reserve your photos as we carry a lull line copying samples till we can at your place. Drop uj a postal card and wo will eet a d&7 is ca:i oa you. Gallery Main St., next lo St. Elmo Hotel BLOOMSBURG, PA. TO CONSUMPTIVES. The undersigned havlntr been restored to healili t'y simple means, after suffering for several years wn n a severe mute uiu-niun, unu that, dread disease cmiiiij'i, 1m anxious to make known to his fellow Kiifleivm the means of cure. To tuie who desli'f It, lie will cneer fullv send (free of churge) a copy of the pres. crlptlon used, which they will llnda sure euro fcir Vuimiiiiiplioii, Anthrnn, Oitmrli, Itronchttt and all lliinut and lung tuttmwn no nies an sulTei ers will try his remedy, as It Is Invaluable. Those desiring the prescription, which, will cost them noihlng, and uujr prove u blessing, will please address, Kev. Kiiwaku A. Wilson, lliooklyn, Now Yor Sept. HI, 1 yr. nsi ( j rrv caveats Iil) . TV TRADE MARK8. l.'iT niSlftV S1TIKT1. COPVRIOHT8. to. For Informattnn nnd free Hnndhonk write to MI NN H CO., 1M llUOAUWAV, NSW VoilK. Oldottt buriinu for aocurlng patunt. In Anim-lrn. Kvury patent taktui out hy iih 1h hrniiKlit befnrt the pukhu by a uulloe given free of oluuge lu the Lawoet elroulatton of any .clentlfla paper In the wurld. bplouilldly llluitratud. No IntulllKcnt man should be without It. Weekly. 03,(10 Sj tear ai.Mlalx niintha. Addnwn MCINN X CO I'Hl.iautnf, Stfi Uroad way, New York Uty. ei rmm r iua 5lenifl0 American OppoMta I'OHt-Ofllcp. J. R. Smith & Co. LIMITED. MILTON, Pn., DKALKI18 IN Ey the following well-known makers t Ch2ckcr2ti, Knnbc, Wcbcr, Uallct & Uavls. Can alino furniL any of the cheaper makes at manufact urers' prices. Do not buy a piano before getting our prices. Catalogue and Price Lists On application. BEPW A PLEASAHT NEXT MORNING TFECL BRIGHT .3 NtWANB My COMPLEXION 18 BETTcK. My doctor aavs It acta gently on the rtcD:r M, Ilvvr and kldnvy., and U a pleaaant luattvr. '1 V..i clrlnk I. made from herb., and 1 prepared tar -jvj i.a tunny a. Wa. It la called Al) druKWitp rell It at 60c. and 11.00 a pack.;,. ii vouoHnnutRnt It.Mnd your add res for frnenimirH. Lnc Family Medicine hotm th bnwli eu.ti j. In onlt-r to ik hualthy, thiHiHDecufcwirv, Aii'licrvi 4UATOU V. H OOUWAJtM). lcliOY.,'., llys catarrh UuEAM EALM! Cleans the Nasal Passages, Allays Tain and Inflammation, Heals the Sores, Restores the Sense of Taste and smell. 'HAYFEVER U.S.A. TEYTHE CURE HAY-FEVER A particle Is applied Into each nostril and Is agreeable. Price 50 uents at Driitrnlsts: by mall reiflstred, BO cts. ELY BUOT11EKM, W Warren l, N .Y. L.I A. ,,,wl .. ! J S20 Phosphate tlmn uilth flnvrertMlKerniailo. rv""" " ' . . v. - .n , Knuaiiy kooq ror t orn or , hent. WJia u r riu. 1 1 -i lTHllir!t. ISOAKenw. --j buud for Price 1-Lsl. YORK CHEMICAL WORKS, Turk. m. I-'JO-l.'tt. THOMAS GORREY Plans and Estimates on all kinds of buildings. Repairing and carpenter work promptly attended to. Mm Buildsr's Supplies. Inside Hardwood finishes a specialty. Persons of limited means v' o desire to build can pay pan n secure balance by mortgage PIANOS. XN. AT THE i n m ill mm mm i m 'jm I wm THE WASTE OF BAD ROADS. Enormnns Wealth Worn Than Thrown Away hf Oar Rystem of Ttoadmnklns. The subject of road improvement is one thnt will be coimidpred in every utatf lnirislature that assembles this year. It is no longer a new topic. It has Bprnng ut c:ifo to tno nrst ran k or imponanoc, and the -popular interest shown in it if , proof enonpfh that the people hrtvo b";.:uii I to couiprehend its immense itnport.w.ci to thcui. The wastefulness of Amerirwi life has lonff lieon a favorito note of the nninzfd forei.-xner, b;it not i.i nr.y ot'a.r deptirtment of onr common life is there i such a reckless and senseless expenditnro I of money and effort to no purpono as in , the construction nnd maintenance tJ i roads. If the people of Enrope were con I pelled to reach villno or market ovtr ! such highways as the dirt roads fif out country districts, they would starve. The whole of tho little profit thnt they re.-.p from their fields would not make good tho differouco between the cost of transpor tation over their Htuooth, hard turnpikes and the cost of using the wretched stretches of mud and bog which consti tute, at certain seasons of the year, the only connecting link between one farm house and another, and between either and tho centers of village or city life. It is estimated that an ordinary horse will draw a load three times as great over a macadam road as over a dirt road. Tho difference, which would bo the measure of economy tinder system of improved highways, is enormous. It is because the farmers are beginning to understand the meaning of this that the road question is coming to the front everywhere. In view of the fact that a state con vention is to meet in St. Paul in a conplo of weeks to consider ways and means of road improvement, part of the rocent message of Governor Flower of New York which deals with this question will be read with interest. Governor Flower commends in the strongest possible lan guage the matter of road Improvement to the legislature, and the argument that he uses is the common and forcible ono drawn from the real economy to bo found in an expenditure of all the money that would be required to furnish any community with a system of the beat roads. To this purpose he has endeavored to get approximately the cost of maintain ing tho ordinary dirt highway as we know and see it. The residents of the country are aware that this, miserablo substitute for a road though it be, is maintained at a heavy cost. Large sums of money are expended in keeping it in bo called "repair," while the "working out" of the road tax consumes the labor of a great number of men each year. The repairs that are made under thitt system are worse than primitive. The common system of repairing a country road consists in running a rood plow along the ditches at the fcido, throwing tip the sediment that has accumulated there and the dirt that has been washed down from tho surface of the highway. Then the shovelers throw this into the middle of the road, leaving open ways for the water courses on either side and a soft dirt track in the middle. Of course this is ridiculous from the roadmaker's point of view. With the fir.r rain the matter that has been depo.sK ' on the surface becomes a clinging mnc" which impedes travel, while the few loads of stone or brush dumped into tho worst places serve barely to make them passable. This is about all that is un derstood in this country by making and mending roads. It is almost wholly la bor wasted. Now, tho cost of this work in 60 coun ties in New York state is estimated by the governor at about $3,700,000 an nually. This counts the actual cash and 1 estimates the labor at the low rate of St per day. Yet nearly $3,000,000 are thrown away in a single state under the supposition that it is the best that can be done to improve the means for farm transportation and to furnish facilities for neighborhood communication. "With no greater expenditure." savs Governor Flower, and this is the moral of his message and of all that is to bo aaid about good roads, "but under a dif ferent system, each county might be cov ered with fino macadam roads, with all the resulting advantages in appreciation of property and in economy of transpor tation. '1 uat is to say, the money which Is now spent in this futile piling up looso dirt, toerubarrass travel whiloit remains In place and to be washed back into tho gutters nfter a few heavy rains, would be sufficient to pay the interest on all tho money necessary to build first class mac adam roads and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal. It is to this point, to the awful waste fulness as well as vorthlutH8 of tho present system, and to the feasibility of Securing tho best, that we wish at pres ent to direct tho attention of the people of tho farming districts. The best roads may bo had, and tho best are by long odds the cheapest. This is no Utopian scheme, but a matter of hard headed business. But tho first step is to have our peonlo Btop for u moment to calculate tho im mense sums that are now wasted on tho caro of roada and on dragging light loads over them and the millions of dollars that might bo saved every year to tho farmers if the roads of Minnesota wore equal to thoso of the poorest" shire iu Great Britain. It means more to them than any railroad freight rate can, and they have the remedy in thetr own baud). St. Paul Pioneer Press. Meam Rollers. Macadam was not nu anient advocato of the rolling methods now commonly employed in roadniaking t.fobably for the reason that road roll civ, ilvat caiuo to bo used after Macadam's day. Their importance and value wero first made known to tho English people by 8ir Joha Burgoyno in Hteam rollers aro generally preferred by road experts, though excellent work may bedonowith horso rollers, nnd theso are Bomctimog given preference on account of their greater cheapness iu point of first cost. Good Roads.
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