THE SCHOOL POPULATION. Io all the schools of the United States, public and private, elementary, condary, and higher, there were en rolled in the year 1894 about fifteen ud one-half millions of pupils. This lumber includes all who attended at anytime in the year for any period, nowever short. But the actual aver age attendaace for each pupil did not exceed ninety days, although the average length of the school session was 137. sixty nine pupus wcic en rolled out of each 100 of the popula tion between the ages of five and eighteen years. At this rate of attend ance the entire population is receiving on an average a little less than four and one half years' schooling of 200 days each. In some States this aver age falls as low as two years, and in others it rises to nearly seven years (as in Massachusetts). Out of this entire number deduct the nrivate and narochial schools of all kinds, elementary, secondary, higher, and schools for art, industry, and business, for defective classes and Indians, and there remain over thir teen and one half, millions for the public school enrolment, or nearly 88 per cent, ot the wnoie. in me twenty-four years since 1870 the attend ance on the public schools has increas ed from less than seven millions to thirteen and one half millions. The expenditures have increased some what more, namely, from sixty-three millions to one hundred and sixty three millions of dollars per annum, an increase from $1.64 per capita to $2.47. To account for this pro rata increase of 50 per cent, in the cost of the common schools one must allow for a slight increase in the average length of the school term, and for the increase of enrolment from less than 17 to more than 20 per cent, of the population. But the chief items of increase are to be found in teachers' wages and the cost of expert super vision. These account for more than two thirds of the 50 per cent , while the remaining one-sixth is due to better apparatus and more commodi ous school buildings. The transformation of an illiterate population into a population that reads the daily newspaper, and per force thinks on rational and intema ti6nal interests, is the great good ac complished by the free public school system thus far. It must be borne in mind that the enrolment in school of one person in every five of the entire population of the country means the same result for the South as for the North, the Gulf States, in fact, enroll ing nearly 22 per cent, of their total population, colored and white, and the South Atlantic 20.70, while the North Atlantic and the Western, Mountain, and Pacific divisions enroll 18 per cent, having a much smaller tatio of children of school age. In a reading population one section under stands the motives of the other, and this prevents political differences from becoming too wide for party so lution. When one section cannot any longer accredit the other with honest and patriotic motives, war is only a question of time. That this general prevalence of elementary education is accompanied by a comparative neglect of the secondary and higher courses of 'study is evident from the fact that out of the number of pupils enrolled more than ninety-six in every hundred are pursuing elementary studies ; less than three in a hundred are in secondary studies in high schools, academies, and other institutions ; only one in a hundred is in a college or school for Higher studies. It is poor comfort to know that the proportion of pupils in grades above elementary, as compared with the whole population, is no larger in the nations of Europe, although in some particulars the instruction may ie superior to our own. From Re cent Progress in the Public Schools," W. T. Harris, United States Com missioner of Education, in Harper's Magazine for April. BLOW AT SWEAT SHOPS Tho Houso Finally Passes the Bill for the Protection ot Employee. The Baker act passed by the Senate to regulate the employment and pro vide for the safety of persons employ ed in tenement houses and shops where clothing, cigarettes, cigars and certain other articles are made, and to provide for the appointment of inspectors to enforce the law came up on third reading and final passage on Thursday. On the question ot pass ing it on third reading there was con siderable opposition when a vive voce vote was taken, Dut it carrieu uy a small majority. Mr. Focht, suspecting that tne uiu was in danger, informed the House that it had been indorsed by all the leading labor organizations in the State and that it was the only bill now before the Legislature directly in the interest of the laboring classes. He honed that those present would under stand what they were doing when they struck at this bill. Mr. Bliss pleaded for the passage of the bill in the interest of common humanity. He referred to the sweat shons in our large cities, which will be eradicated under the operations of this new law, and stated that although it would cost something to accomplish this end it would be well worth the cost to wipe out this blot on humanity. Mr. Dambly, of Montgomery, de fended the bill at length, and com pared the small number of Deputy Factory Inspectors we have in this State with those of New York and Ohio. In New York, he said, the increase of Deputy Inspector had resulted in driving the sweat shops into Pennsylvania, and we are com pellcd to increase the force in order to protect curselves. This disposed of the opposition ana the bill then passed finally by 163 years to 1 nay, Mr. Kerr, of Yoik, voting in the negative. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, Growing Tulips and Hyacinths PA. The most successful growers of tit- lips and hyacinths advise the following treatment : If bulbs are wished to flower at Christmas, plant in Septem ber, writes Nancy Mann Waddle in an exquisitely illustrated article on "The First r lowers, in the April J,adies Home Journal- They thrive best in light, thoroughly drained and rich soil, and in pots not too latge. Give plenty of water. Tulips should be planted about two inches below the surface of the soil, but hyacinths shou'd be covered with earth about half the depth of the pot. After plant ing set the pots in a dark, cool place, from four to six weeks. When the growth has begun bring the young plants to the light, but keep them in a cool tcmpeiature. Too much forcing will cause the leaves to grow too rank ly, and the stock to bend and droop, weakening the bloom as well. The blossoms will last much longer, also, if not subjected to too much heat, if the hyacinth begins to bloom imper fectly, before the stalk has pushed up well from the base of the leaver, put a paper cap over it. Mtouiti it Durst into bloom on one side, while the bells on the other side remain tightly clos ed, expose the closed bells to the warmth and light of a lamp and you will be surprised at the rapidty with which they expand. These bulbs can be arown in water, but the result is never so satisfactory. WONDERFUL GOBBLER. REV. I. W. HILL. Pastor Methodist says cancerous Church, Accord. N. Y., diseases can be cured. The Genuine Merit Of Hood's Sarsaparilla wins friends wherever it is fairly and honestly tried. To have perfect health, you must have pure blood, and the best way to have pure blood is to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, the best blood purifier and strength builder. It expels all taint of scrofula, salt rheum and all other humors, and at the same time builds up the whole system. Hood's Pills are prompt and effi cient. 25c. Accord, N. Y. Under the old school method it was believed that any disease of cancerous growth could never be cured. Ti.e surgeon s knife was resorted to, but the old trouble was sure to break out again. Since the discovery of Dr. Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy, all this has been changed the action of Favorite Remedy upon the system leaves no trace of poison in the Dlooa, tne seeds of disease are expelled and lost health restored. A notable case of the efficacy of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is that of the Rev. I. W. Hill of this town. Some years azo he was suffering with a cancer of long standing, on his lip, and finally concluded to have it removed. In speaking of his case Pastor Hill said : ' About three weeks previous to having the operation performed, I purchased Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy and continued taking it for some time after the cancer was removed. Ten long years have passed since then and no trace of the ugly thing has re turned. I speak with knowledge in the highest terms of Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy as being able to cure the troubles for which it is pre pared." One of our local physicians said, in explaining the demand for Dr. Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy : it acts as a nerve and blood food, and to my knowledge it has made many per manent cures of Nervous Debility, Sleeplessness. Dyspepsia, Rheumatism and of the sickness peculiar to women, where other treatments have failed. For headaches, constipation and the run down condition, one often suffers with, there is nothing else so good. 2t A Fortune in Culm. The Carbon Improvement Com pany is putting up washers at Weis port for the separation of coal from the immense banks of culm that have been washed down the Lehigh river. The coal will be of pea size, worth 50 cents a ton, one-half the price of this qnality at the breaker. There are fully 100,000 tons of culm at the place. The projectors expect to make thousands out of it. A Oentralia Festival- The Daughters of Rebekah, of Cen tralia, will hold a Quaker festival on April t3th and 15th, and the novel affair promises to be quite a success. The ladies comprising the organization have shown themselves to be energetic workers and their efforts to help along the new lodge should meet with the approval of their friends. The ronltrjmnn Kipeeled nim to Keep Growing Alter Heatn. turkeys," observed the farmer to the produce man recent ly "we rained one a year ago that probably never naa mo and weight in the history of the world." ... , , ... The produce man looked increuuioun, but the farmer went on wiuiom uw- tictnB It: . 4 . . . "When thnt turney was uuwuuu . . .a AWm Ant rvf IhA was no bigger tnan u " -brood, but two days later he weighed five pounds, ana was puuu - feathers. The end of the first week out of the shell saw htm a full-fledged bird of a trifle more than ten pounds and still he grew." The produce man smiled Indulgent ly, echoing the farmer's words: "And still he grew." "Yes, Blrree; I never saw anything like it. He was two weeks old to the day when he tipped the beam at thirty-five pounds, and he only "earn ed to have fairly started, for "Yes, I know." slowly observed the "for nil he sxew." uruuuD till... , . , "Grew? Well, 1 should say so! A week later he had put up fifteen pounds without Impairing his activity or seeming1 to mind it in the least. He picked up his corn as live ly as ever, and still ne grew. There was a sickly smile on the pro duce man's face, but he made no re- m"We began to wonder where it was goln' to stop." went on the farmer, "for about this time his appetite, which had always been "traordlnarT. began to pick up at an alarmln rate, and we knew he'd just about got his Becond wind, which meant puttln on weight more rapidly than ever. It took him Just ten days to put up an other twenty-rive pounds. ,cnr, "That makes seventy-five," gasped the produce man. "Kerrect, and still he grew. "And still ho grew." sighed the pro- dU.!T P.'.l.n v.o was something Hko eight weeks old when he reached tho 100-pound mark, and quit walking about," continued the farmer. "But he still grew?" anxiously put in tha nrnrtuce man. .,. it r. for n. minute." was w rincr rpnlv. "We became vi,io nhnut him at this time, t nt tho henhouse, which wa could see would soon be too small for 1 ctnnrt nn in. f 1 II til I Y . " cided to transfer him to tho barn we had been a little siow 1 t a derision, for when we him ha hnd crown go through the henhouse domv and wa End to take out the whole front of the in gKpnmmoilnte his size. " KStlllhe grew" ventured the j in a weak voice, ana with a very painful attempt at 11 ..ir." mnrA room to spread t m h barn, and went on growln faster than ever. Very soon it n,,utlnn ns to how long , i.t i.t him. and then we de aa t kill him. That, as you II 11.. ..A.oa was nn small task. we did it-Jest felled him with a pole .... would an ox. and we man aged to give him his death-blow at the third stroke. . "And still he grew," absent-minded, the nroduce man. ..hi.. " rotnrtAtl the farmer, indignantly. "Did you expect him to go on growln' forever?" -h 1 didn't know." answered the t recovering his spirits "Rtmnirer things than that happened to the turkey, if I have not dreaming." New York Herald. Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at McKillip Bros., Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest. JJ ( g J. R. Smith & Co. de but In comin went to too big to a HUMPHREYS' Nothinir has ever been produced to equal or compare with numphJOys' Witch Ilazol Oil as a cvrative and HEALING APPLICATION. It liaS been used 40 years and always affords relief and alwars gives satisfaction. It Cures'rif FS or Hemorrhoids, External or Internal, Mind or Mecding Itching and Miming; Cracks or 1'issurcs and risiuias. ll Cures Mirns, Scalds and Ulceration and Contraction from Burns. Kclicf instant. It Cures Torn, Cut and Lacerated Wounds and Muises. It Cures Hon s, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, Old Sores, Itching I'.nintions, Scurfy or Scald Head. It is InfalliWe. It Cures Inflamko or Cakf.d Mxkasts and Sore Nipples. It is invnlualilc. It Cures ?)AI.T KllFLM, l ctiers, scurry Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Misters, Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and Bunions, Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings of Insects. Three Sizes, 25c, 50c. and Si. 00. Sold by nni(Ktit,or Mnt poit-piid on reoeiptof price. lini'llBKYS'BFU. CO., Ill 111 WlllUa S . WITCH HAZEL OIL The papers say that the Illinois Legislature is considering a bill to tax bachelors. The measure proposes to tax heavily all unmarried male persons over 23 years of age, who cannot show they have proposed marriage three times and been rejected. By a curious omission, however, the bill fails to provide anv penalty for the unmarried females who have done the rejecting. An Easter Magazine been 1 - k LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., PIANOS Br the following well-known makers t Clilckcrins:, Weber, Hallct & Bnit. Can also furnish any of the cheaper, wakes at manufact urers' prices. Do not buy a piano before getting our prices. .o. Catalogue and Price Lite On application. WHAT IROI R Beware of Ointments for Oatarrh that contain Meroury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable phy sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney ct Co., toiedo, (J., contains no mer cury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surface of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internr.lly, and made in To'edo, Ohio, . by F. J. Cheney & Co , Testimonials free. DSTSold by Druggists, price 75c. per Dottle. And the Booster Crowed Thrico. A preacher, an exchange says, call ed on the editor of a newspaper and made complaint in this way : " You editors dare not tell the truth. If you did, you could not live ; your news paper would be a failure." The editor replied : " You are right ; and the minister who will at all times and under all circumstances tell the whole truth about his members alive or dead, will not occupy his pulpit more than one Sunday and then he will find it neccessary to leave town in a nurry. The press and the pulpit go hand in hand with whitewash brushes and pleasant words, magnifying little virtues into big ones. The pulpit, the pen and the gravestone are the great saint-making triumvirate." And the great minister went away looking very thoughtful, while the editor turn ed to his work and told about the surpassing beauty of the bride, while, in fact she was as homely as a hedge fence. Heart Disease Relieved in 30 Minutes. A lalse Diagnosis. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gives perfect relief in all cases of Or ganic or Sympathetic Heart Disease in to minutes, ana speedily etiects a cure. It is a peerless remedy for Pal pitation, Shortness of IJreath, Smoth ering Spells, Pain in Left Side and all symptoms of a Diseased Heart. One dose convinces. Sold by W. S. Rish ton. 6-15-iy. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. La Grippe is confounded by many persons with a severe attack of ca tarrh, which in some respects resem bles the former. These individuals suffer severely with pain about the forehead, eyes and ears, with soreness in throat and stoppage of the nasal passages, and in fact, are incapacitated for work of any kind for days at a time. These are catarrhal sufferers. Ely's Cream Balm has been used with the best results in such cases. The remedy will give instant relief. Trobably no two words in the English language are more misused and abused lhan " lady " and " woman," and ihere is much wisdom, therefore, in a popular discussisn of the proper usaue of the words, such as is given in the April " Ladies' Home Journal," by Margaret lJelnnd, Mrs. ISurton Harrison and Sarah Oine Jewell. "The Burning (Question ot lJoiuestic rervice ' is treated intelligently and interestingly by the Count ess of Aberdeen. Jessie liartlcti Liavis, the well-known contrnlio of the " ISoslonians," con'rilmtcs a valuable article on the " Uses of a Contialto Voice " ; Mrs. Hurlnn Harri son speaks of ihe deportment of " The Well- bred Girl Abroad," and her travel require ments i Kale Ureeuaway, whose ijuaint pictures have never before appeared in the pages of a magazine, is represented by a page of April children, whose histories are delightfully told in rhyme by Laura L. Richards. "The Story of a Vivacious Girl " is the title of a new, bright novelette of girl-life of to-day which Grace Stuart Keid begins and Frank O. Small illustrates. John Rendrick Hangs is irresistibly funny in "The Paradise Club," and Josiah Allen' Wile is pathetically humorous in her new two-part story called "The Karihciuake of Lightcen highly-Three. ' Ihe vigorous pen of Dr. l'nrkhurst is most evident in his elinition ot " Ihe 1 rue Mission ot Woman." The editor discusses with much force three serious subjects. " Making Marriage a Problem," " Taking Things for Granted " and " Frittering Away Our Time." "The Personality of a Charming Wiiter," who is Kate Douglas Wiggin, is most charmingly pictured and described by r.mma U. Kautman. taster brides, taster hostesses and Faster students are remember ed by Isabel A. Mallon, Mrs. W. Y. Peck and Jane fcearle. A beautiful pace, "A Kevival of Spangle Work," is daintily illus trated. "Laying Out a Small Country Place" is the attractive title of a very practical article by l.lisil elh I! island. The cover of this April "Journal" is a repro duction of two of C. D. Gibson's most stylish and charming girls, and all through the issue is the freshness nnd daintiness of springtime and Easier days. This ideal magazine is sold for ten cents a number and one dollar a year by The Curtis Publishing Company, of Philadelphia. Her LlttU MIMnlce. Rho had attended tha ambulance classes and obtained the certificate. The street accident sne nau earueBuj prayed for took place. A man had broken his le. She confiscated the walking stick of a passer-by and broke It in three pieces for splints. She tore up her skirt for bandages. When all was completed she summoned a cab and took her patient to the hos- Pl''Who bandaged this limb so credit ably?" inquired the Burgeon. "I did," she blushlngly replied. "Well, it is most beautifully most fcon.itifuiiv done: but you have made, t ft n.no uttiA mlxtake. You have bandaged the wrong leg." San Fran cisco Argonaut. WILL DO. IS KATURE'S OWN TONIC. Btimulotos the ncpotlto and pro duces refreshing deep. CIVFS VITAL STRENGTH TJ NURSINQ MOTHERS. Checks wasting dineasps, stops nl Kb t sweRts, euros incipient consumption. Increases strencth and flesh. MAKES RED, RICH BLOOD, Promotes healthy lung tissue. Will Rive the pale and puny the rcsy cheeks of youth. CURES ALL FEMALE COMPLAINTS, llakss strong man and women of weaklings. CURE'S IRON TONIC PILLS Core all Wasting Diseases and their sequences, BRONCHITIS, CONSUMPTION, &c. ' Thev are neither stvntio nor caustio. " 1 have no eoaRulatino; efleot on the content. OI me BIOIUUUU ur lis UUIUK, wukuouuj do not hurt the teoth or cause constipation or diarrhoea, as do the usual forms of Iron. 10 days treatment DUO, pampniet irea. xi not kept by your druggist, address GILMORE & CO.. CINCINNATI' O. For sale In Blooiusniirpr, Pa., by MOVER HIIOS., Druggists. i) IS NOW IN COMPLETE WORKING SHAPE, and is prepared to fill all kinds of I planing mill orders, and foundry and machine work. ine plant is wen equipped, and all orders will be filled promptly. Shops on Sixth Street, West of woolen mill. 10-20 iy. AMERICAN SIX DOLLAR i TYPEWRITER Who Was the Goose. If, before beginning a sentence, peo nia would atoD to see just how they are coming out, they would often put what thnv have to say into different a inrtv had been looking: for a friend a long time without success. Finally she came upon her at an unexpected place. Well," she exclaimed, "I ve been on a perfect wild goose chase all day long; but thank goodness, I've found you at last" Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. One Thing Learned. "The hardest thing to acquire, miss," aairt the dramatic teacher, "is the art of laughing naturally without appar ent effort." "Oh, I've got that down fine, said the would-be soubrette. "I typewrote for three years for a man who waa always tolling me funny stories about his little boy." Indianapolis Journal. Tiraelr Foresight. "Lobelia!" shouted Mr. McSwat, at the foot of the stairway, "it is time we were off!" "I'll be down in a moment," answer ed Mrs. McSwat. "I happened to re member I had only one handkerchief Rnd went back for two more." They were going to hear Clara Mor ris. Chicago Tribune. When Torment lleglns. Snodgrass There is no getting along with my wife when it is going in rain, for then her corns begin to hurt. hpr. Kntvelv Then you realizo the truth. of the poet's words, I suppose. "What words?" "Hell hath no fury like a woman s corns." Cautious. American Heiress Would you ever marry for money, DaronT Baron I don't know how much, bsve you? . MONEY LOANED Do you want to borrow money on equltalilo terms t . Do you desire to pay ofTa morttfiiite and re-borrow 1 lie inouoy ul I per cent. Interest annual ly? Would you care to be so situated that you could reduce Hie morlnuit iitfnliist your home by paying on" a smull amount mommy ana ut the end ol each year receive credit for alt p:ild Willi Interest being charged only ou remaining portion ot loan. Would you like to buy your family a home ? If so, read ttie following : I represent a Oouipauy that has embodied In Its plan all the features enumerated above and .v ninre. t an vou see any reason why you should phy a l'e Interest ir money when you have good security t ran you present auv good ream why II l not hb well to receive proms vearlv as to wall from 7 to 10 years as one does in muny of the Associations? is not the re ,i, .n,, nt Iiiu i-oki , vearlv better than waiting many yeais for protllst Borrowers under the Pl in represented 1)V me assume absolute! no risk us I'uch Sl.no paid on the loan Is credited on the. mortgage, thereby reducing 11 lu pro. portion to the amount paid. HulUIIng Associations have benefitted hun dreds of thousands, so did the old cars that were propelled by horses. Our plan Is as far superior to building Associations us the trolley cars are to the mil uiiiniuai-eu nurse car rjan iu. My time is too nuicn occupieu io uw i t Inns lor the curious, but those seeking lufor ma'lonfor the betterment of their condition will receive full liiroru anon pnuiipuy. oui iur nn investment lo thiisit who have a small amount to save mom lily that has no superior as lo sileiy unu seiuoui wiuuieu iu, yiuui Call or write. S. D. NEYHARD, onice('0l.CMUlAN UKg., BI.OOM8HVHG, P 1-4-ain. o uoor. u o-. ii uil tkt Ikmf for tusiutt tnd pr nuonal mm u' " Jr' UUtn lo write and vnl Ikost irtlrrt t look utll. Doclort mud lawtrri. ' ptciilty, find U very knndy. CM drm tattle nnd quiekly learn I write on it. It will do juil at toad work at tkt $ 1 00.00 mackinet. Of touru it is not auite at fast. It tt umflf tonsirncted, easily learned, easily operated. 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PATENTS it will cuke HAY-EEVER A particle Is applied Into each nostril and is agreeable, l'l lco Ml cents at lHK"iHis' bv mat registered, "3IH. XY UUOTHKHN, 68 Wurreu bl., N .V. m? I Tl I 1J1 A Kor Dreakfast prepired i IV M Vi A from lullfonda White ! Wheat. Delicious. Economical, urocers sell It. 'Ihe Jehu T. Culling Co., 158 Duune bt., N. v. d. Caveats and Trade. Maries obtained. na J Patent Uuslncs conducted fur AluDbU.W" OUli OKFIPK IN Ol-POKITK TUB V. 8; H- KNT oi'l'ICK. We have no sub-ager, business direct, hence can transact at. i it ness In less time and at l.cB Cost thau those mole from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo, with floscriM tlon. Wa advise It patentable oi not - ''lued Charge, uur ice nomue im i ",. -..cr- A boos, "now io iioiuiu ruirai"! lty. Of enoes to aci uui clients in uu. town, soul lieu. Audruss C. A. 8.NOW & CO,, Washington, U. (' (Cipp Jsite H. b fuUut unice.)
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