THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA 5 Highest of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report H iJ ABSOLUTELY PURE THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, FA. FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1895. Kntrrnt at the lf Ojncf at BliMnnthurg, fa , trrtmtl clam viatter, Murrh 1, I8W. our club orms. Every subscriber, new or old, who pays cne full year in advance, will re ceive free for one year 7'he Ameri can Farm News. The Columbian and the Philadel phia Weekly Timet for one year for $1.40. The Columbi an and the New York World twice a week, for f 1 75. This is a great combination, one of the best we evr.r offered. The twice a week 7orld contains twelve pages of the news of the world. It is the best value ever offered for the money. Try it. tf- Bellefonte's centennial celebration will begin on June 5th. Theta Castle K. G. E. are talking of organizing a commandery here. E. Jacobs & Son have put a tele phone in their place of business. C. B. Robbins' handsome residence on Normal Hill, has been repainted. Mrs. Finney's house on Third street is in the painter's hands, and wil, be greatly improved. . Samuel H. Harrnan has sold his horse to W. H. Slate. It remains tinder the care of that veteran horse man, Samuel Prentice. The telephone rates have been re duced, and phones have been placed in quite a number of business places and residences. It was a hard job to remove the three large pine trees from the front of J. J. Brower's house. Two men were at it several days. It is a great improvement to the property. A gang of men is at work removing a portion ot the embankment at the other end cf the river bridge, prepara tory to the erection of a new station for the P. R. A. A photograph in McKillip's show case that attracts much attention is a picture Rev. A. I. McCann's large dog lying down, with, a number of little chicks creeping over nis lore paws. He is looking at them with an affectionate gaze. A mcetinc of vounc men was held in Y. M. C. A. Hall on Monday r . 1 f . rr . . ; evening, tor me purpose 01 euecung the . organization of an orchestra. Many of them have been playing for tne Y. M. J. A. ana nave uone very wen . . . n I J 1 Dut tney want an emcieni leauer, anu expect to secure the services ot Mr F. N. Turner. James Reilly has added a new chair to his barber shop. It has all the latest improvements in this kind of furniture. He now has three very fine chairs and two assistants and they are all kept busy. His trade has increased since he moved down on the first floor, next to the U. S. Ex press Office. Thos. Gorrey has the contract for the erection of Paul' E. Wirt's new mansion. He also has the contract for the new tanestrv carDet mill, and a brick addition to the carpet mill for an office, 35 by 30 feet, two stories liinh : also for two houses for T. A. Funston on Reservoir Hill, and a double house for J. E. Wilson on West Main street, tie gives employ ment to a large number of hands. Musical Colleoe. Summer term opens July 22. The object of this school is to furnish instruction to all who take advantage for the least ex penditure of money, and will be found equally advantageous to students in every stage of proficiency, ror cata logue. address, . Henry B. Moyer, Freeburg, Pa. Director. (Ml-It. As well as new At present I have a "e $150 $lzo machine -" miles lor $1U. ; JLANDS, $100 to $123. LOVELS, $o to $125. ) PEERLESS, $100. OPPOSITE POST-OFFICE. iSaEdon Powder 1'he ice cream cakes at Bush & Malfiera's have already become very popular. Several loads of eood manure for sale. Inquire at Pursel & Ilarman' store. The partnership between W. C. Shaw and John Donahue having been dissolved, all bills of said firm will be settled by W. C. Shaw. An excellent rjhotocranh of the Grimes family in McKiilin's show case gives a perfect likeness of every member ot tne group. Tudjre H. M. Hinckley of Danville. will deliver an address on Good Government " Thursday evening, at Y. M. C. A. Hall. The public is inviiea. The Hughesville Mail speaks in terms of praise for the representatives of this county in the legislature, Messrs. I ritz and Creasy. All that it says is well deserved. A game of base ball was played at Athletic Park on Saturday, between nines from the Bloomsburg and Ber wick High Schools, resulting in favor of the home team by a score of 11 to A large audience gathered at the Opera House on Sunday afternoon to attend services preceding Memorial Day. It was expected that the Bishop of the A. M. E. church would preacli the sermon, but he did not reach here, and Rev. Mr. Johnson, pastor of the A. M. E. church took his place. The singing was conducted by Fred B. Hartman, and was excellent. W. A. Hartzell has added another very stylish vehicle to his livery. It is a combination drag, and can be ar ranged for two or four persons. With his snow white team and handsome harness it makes one of the most stylish turnouts in town. He has also added several new carriages and bug gies, and his horses are all safe and sound. A bicycle livery is conuected with his establishment in the Exchange Hotel stables. Mrs. Ellen A. Dayton Blair of Nebraska, a National Woman's Chris. tian Temperance Union, Chalk Talk er and Lecturer, will be at Orange ville Monday evening (the 3d) of June, Light Street Tuesday evening (the 4th), Bloomsburg Mission Wed nesday evening (5th) Thursday even- ng (the 6th) in the Presbyterian Church. Those who want a treat should not fail to be present. She is a juvenile worker but pleases those ot larger growth- A parrot belonging to Mr. George Stephens of the Elevator Co., escaped from its cage on Sunday morning, and flew about town. It spent some time in a tree at Rev. I. M. Patterson's and later on, was seen on the spire of the Presbyterian Church. At night it roosted in a tree at W. G. Yetter's on Fourth street. All efforts to recapture it failed, though it has been around in the trees near home all the time. As the U. S. Express wagon going to the 10.49 train on Wednesday morning, went over the crossing at First National Bank corner, two crates of eggs bounced out of the rear end of the wagon, and smashed the eggs to smithtreens. The driver didn t notice it, and went on down to the station. When agent E. P. Williams came down and saw the fall m eggs, he said very little, but did a heap of thinking. When Baby wu sick, we gvo her Castorlo. When she wu a Child, she cried for CostorU. When she became Miss, she clung to Castorta. When she had Children, she gave them Castorta. ones in stock. machine for $75. Another EN VOY, $75 T fg gQJSf . XTwonty-Sixth Annual Convention of tho Columbia County Sabbath School Association. On a bright and beautiful morning, the 2y day of May, the 26th annuai convention of the Col. Co. S. S. Asso ciation was tailed to order at 10 'clock in the Evangelical church at Berwick. The opening devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. Mr. Aurand of the Lutheran church. The report from the State Conven tion, held in Huntingdon in October last, was presented by the delegate, Miss Powell, and accepted with the thanks of the convention. Mr. A. W. Spear, Statistical Secretary, then gave a review of the work done during the year, lie reported that the Execu tive Committee had visited nineteen istricts and about one half the schools in the county. Twenty-five district institutes had been held. The calling of the roll of township presi- ents followed and it was gratifying to hear so many respond. Some who were necessarily absent sent reports. The first topic of the program ' Temperance in the Sunday School," was called and was responded to by Dr. Andrew Graydon, of Bloomsburg. He said that this is a very difficult ubiect to teach. It is hard to hold the attention of the pupils to the question. They are so used to seeing drunken ness that they do not regard it as dreadful. Children are more likely to notice the funny antics of a drunk en man than to realize the terrible sin he is committing. The Doctor recommends teaching it from a phy siological point of view. He has found in his experience that boys ar; intensely interested in the study of human system. A great many per- sons put forth the argument that beer drinking is a temperance measure and that it is not as injurious to the system as whiskey drinking, but as a physician he denies this assertion, giv ing his proof. At the end of this very nteresting taiK tne meeting ciosea with the benediction. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A praise and thanksgiving service conducted by the president Mr. Low, followed the usual song service, after which the various committees were appointed by Mr. Low, namely : Committee on Nominations : W. C. Kocher, Dr. Andrew Graydon, J. B. Nuss, J. H. Henne, R. F. Whit- moyer, Miss Martha Kouison, Miss Ella Andrews. On Place : John K. Miller, T. D. Robbins, Mrs. Kimble, Miss Sue Dechant. On Resolutions : Boyd Trescott, W. H. Brooke, Miss Ida Herring. lhe first topic 01 the afternoon, How our pastors can promote the County Work " was discussed by Rev. P. A. Heilman. He said that the pastor could promote the county work by taking an active part in the Sunday School. He must, realize that the Sunday School is a part of God's great work "and attend every Sunday if possible. That the prime object of the Sunday School was to train the children tor work in the Church and the pastor should certain ly assist in doing this. The second part ot the topic " How the County Work helps the pastor, was taken up by Rev. Aaron Bower. He thought that the convention raised up new workers to help the pastor, that the workers gained new ideas on method and work in the school, and that the nspiration received and the manifes tation of the Spirit of God could not fail to go with the delegates to their homes and exert an influence that would surely be felt by their pastors. Rev. C. J. Kephart, State Field Agent, followed with an urgent plea to the delegates to have as complete organization as possible and to go to work systematically to get more of the population into the Sunday School. In our county only 38 per cent, of the population is in the Sun day School. While this is above the average yet an adjoining county has 50.5 of its population attending Sun day School. Our state is somewhat in the rear in Sunday School work and we want to work it up and be one of the banner states in this as we are in many other lines. Mrs. J. W. Uarnes, of Newark, N. J., gave a talk on improvements in Primary Work. She said, " First of all there must be the firm conviction that every little one can be brought to Christ, and then study the lesson to find the way to bring them. The most important thing is prayer. In preparing the lesson ask the questions What is this lesson to me, What is this lessqn to my class, What is this lesson to each member of my class ? The pith and substance of the whole lesson lies in the Golden Text. Cen ter your teaching in this. In teach ing little ones teach definitely. Never leave any loose ends in the work. Teaching must be positive. Never say to the little ones " we will not do this," but rather say to them 41 we will do this." For instance, in teach ing the familiar text, " He was de spised and rejected of men" do not say to them " We will not despise and reject Him," but rather get them to say " We will love and receive ttnn Always a do and never a don't. Use familiar illustrations. Not necessarily oft repeated stories but something that the children can understand and appreciate. Do not use an illustration about the ocean with children who have always lived mm KUWtDUMItUJ I n'H'Kntl TI!,1'IJW('VJIL MlUD ATIIflMs; ABSOLUTELY PURE THE OLD RELIABLE ' SWEET CAPORAL CIGARETTE Has stood tht Tstt ot Tim f MORE BOLD THAN ALL OTHER BRANDS COMBINED la-JK-ly. I. I'd, in the country far away from the sea. They cannot understand it. The best illustrations are those that show most clearly the truth we want to impress. Our ideal illustrations always contain the application." Mrs. Barnes' sug gestions should receive the considera tion of primary teachers, as she is the successful head of a primary depart ment composed of one hundred chil dren, many of whom are sent from the lowest homes in the tenement districts of the city. This talk brought the session to a close and the audi ence was dismissed with the benedic tion. THURSDAY EVENING SESSION. The song service began at 7:1 c, but long before that time, the Metho dist Church, which had been chosen for the evening meeting because of its size, was comfortably filled and still people coming from all directions. Every seat was occupied, chairs were brought in and standing room was unavailable so that many were obliged to return to their homes. Rev. Mr. Reeser led in prayer and Mrs. Wil bur's class of little girls gave a drill in Bible work. No one can put on pa per the feelings aroused by the won derful manner in which this class had been trained.' To those who have had the good fortune to hear them at some previous time we can say that they have taken up a great deal of new work and did it quite as well as before, lo those who have never heard them we can only say that they have missed a good thing. The venerable Bishop Bowman, of the Methodist Church, then gave a short talk. He spoke in the most interesting way of his visit to the heathen lands and the necessity of taking the Word of God over to the poor creatures. He has spent some time there and on returning, he brought with him to the people of the United States the thanks of those who had been enlightened upon the subject of Christ and His death and resurrection. In sneaking of the Sunday School work, in which he al ways took a lively interest, he said that probably the first Sunday School in Columbia County was started by Mr. Hart, a Presbyterian elder, in the school house in the Pines just below Berwick in 1826. Mrs. Barnes then occupied the time and put into prac tice the theory she had presented in the afternoon by teaching a class of small children. She taught the lesson of the " Woman of Samaria," and used as the means of illustration a glass of water and a few marks on the board. Before she closed the lesson she had persuaded each little one to say " Give me the water to drink." She says that no one needs to be an artist to illustrate for children be cause their imagination will picture things very vividly even though they have but a poor representation lo begin with. Never say in putting a mark down, " This is a man," but rather " We will make believe this is a man." The address of the evening " The True Mission of the Sunday School" was delivered by Rev. Mr. Conner, of the Methodist Church, Bloomsburg. He thinks the true mission of the Sunday School is to prepare children to do good and efficient work in the church of Jesus Christ. The teacher must realize that his work is for God ; that his commission is from above. If every teacher felt way down in his heart that his opportunity was God given we would have more consecrat ed devoted workers. Teachers who fail to realize the importance of their work'and neglect it for slight causes are doing themselves and pupils a positive injury that can hardly be re paired. The evening session closed with the benediction. FRIDAY MORNING. At the close of the song service de votional exercises were conducted by Rev. Mr. Stewart, ot Berwick. Mr. H. R. Bower, County Fieldsman, follow ed with a review of the work. He set forth the advantage of having a fields man and gave an encouraging report of the work of the past year. The nominating committee then presented their report stating that they had nominated the following officers for the coming year, which report was accepted and the officers elected by acclamation : KEEP YOUR EYE ON US. We arc. continually introducing new ideas, new goods, new stylt. new prices. This week we are showing a choice line of wash drest good) wnippers, capes, silks, hosiery, underwear, itc. Women's Wrappers. Better than you think possible at 75c. Just as surprisingly good every price step above. Wrappers of standard chintz, ruffle around yoke, large sleeves, 75c. Wrappers pf standard Idigo chintz, plain color, ruffle around yoke, braid trimmed, $1.15. Capes, Suits and Skirts. Summer is almost here here are the clothes to suit every mood. A few black capes, embroidered at $3.00 to close. " " " " ribbon trimmed at $4.00 to close. " " children's coats, at $1.00 to close. Fine serge suits, black and navy at $10.00. Fine moire separate skirts. Figured mohair skirts at $5.00. Plain Henrietta skirts at $1.75. Imported Dimities. All the season's choicest patterns. Real idea dimities, beautiful sheer materials, 30 in. wide, 22c. yd. Domestic dimities. A full line, njc. the yd. Silks. Full lines to-day of all the latest. Wash silk, 35c See the 50 and 55c. silks. Hosiery and Underwear. Don't waste a thought on qualities or prices they are right or they wouldn't be here. Women's lisle thread vests, ribbon trimmed, no sleeves, 29c. Women's ecru vests, half sleeves, 2 for 25c. Women's long sleeve, ribbed vests, 19c. Ladies' high spliced heel and toes, black hose, 25c. Ladies' black ribbed top ingrain hose, 35c. 3 for $r.oo. Children's bicycle hose, all sizes, 6 to 9 at 20c. Men's "byke" hose, extra heavy, 25c Men's gauze shirts and pants, 25c. Small Wares. Sterling silver, belt buckles, $1.00. White metal belt buckles, 20c. up. Black silk belting, 25c. up. Belt pins, 2c. up. Shirt waist belts, 10c. up. 3 cakes toilet soap, 13c. Silk belts and buckles, 25c. Summer corsets, 47c. Special sale of a $1.00 kid glove for one week at 65c. the pair. H. J. CLARK & SON. I. W. HARTMAN & SON; MARKET SQUARE DRY COOPS HOUSE. We have always relied on the quality of our goods and prices) for eu tomers. Whilst we deal in low prices on many articles, our object has been to fur nish good goods. Turn to the article of capes and jackets, which we are now closing out at cut prices, yet they are all good and new styles. Then turn to wool, half wool, and wash dress goods. They are selected with great care as to quality and prices. Our linen goods have always brought us a good trade. The chenille goods we handle are bought from first hands No two profits to be added.' The silverware and all kinds of plated goods we buy of the mana facturer. So you see close cutting has and will be our style of trade. I. W. HARTMAN & SON. Pres , Myron I. Low, Lime Ridge. Vice Presidents, W. H. Brook, Bloomsburg : Rev. A. Houtz. Orange- ville and Isaiah Bower, Berwick. Recording Secretaries, Miss Eva Rupert, Bloomsburg and Miss Martha Powell, Bloomsburg. Statistical Secretary, A. W. Spear, Cabin Run. Treasurer, Mrs. Anna McHenry, Stillwater. Delegates to State Convention, Miss Ida Herring, Boyd Trescott, Miss Sue Dechant, F. B. Hartman, A. U. Lesher, E. H. Laiish, J. C. Creveling, W. C. Thomas, A. A. Pealer and J. B. Nuss. Open Parliament, Mistakes. 1st mistakes ot Superintendents as seen by teachers, 2nd, Mistakes of teachers as seen by superintendents ; 3rd, Mistakes in the school as seen by the advanced scholars. Some mistakes of superintendents are that they do not begin promptly and end promptly. They fail to see the value of time and do not keep the thing moving from beginning to end. Superintendents talk their school to death. They appoint teachers who are irregular in attendance. They close their school's during the winter. They fail to attend the County Con vention. Mistakes of teachers. They are not present on time j they do not pre pare the lesson ; they do not visit the children who are absent ; stick too closely to the questions in the lesson helps, they try to entertain and not teach, they do not adapt their teaching to the needs and capacity of the pupils. These criticisms were present ed by many diflerent persons and were all given in the kindest spirit. Prof. C. H. Albert, who presided as critic, in reviewing the work said, " If you were allowed to make an investment to-day what would you invest in? Would it be coal land, stocks, real estate ? The best investment I know of is a human soul. If God should grant that I should be the means of saving one soul I would be content. To this end, the salvation of souls, put forth your best efforts. Teach simply. Christ spoke to fishermen about boats, nets and fishes, to farm ers about seed, the good ground, the stony ground. Teach earnestly and prayerfully. Feel your responsibility." In speaking on " How to improve the Sunday Schools," Prof. L. F. Bower, of Carlisle, impressed upon the work ers the necessity of realising that im provement in the Sunday Schools de pends upon the individual effort each member, and in no other way can a school succeed except by person al work and effort. Rev. Mr. Kephart gave a normal lesson on the " Preparation of the Lesson." He said " Study the lesson, 1 st To get a thorough knowledge of. the Bible, 2nd To be able to prepare the line of approach, 3rd To be able to press upon each pupil personally the important truth of the lesson. Meeting closed with prayer and bene diction. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Song service was followed witb a Bible Reading by Mrs. T. L. Torakin son, of Berwick. Roll call of school in the county followed and delegate responded with the number of dele gates and contribution to the county work. There were 83 schools repre sented by 180 delegates. Mrs. Barnes then answered a few questions, in doing which she said, " Do not call the primary department the infant class. It hurts the feelings of the little ones. It is not necessary to make social distinctions in the primary department. Mr. A. W. Spear, in speaking of Bible study, set forth the advantages of studying it systematically and urged upon those present the advisability of joining the young peoples Bible Read ing Union and following out the plan given by them. Miss Eva Rupert, of Bloomsburg, took up the topic " The Home De partment." In her talk she said that since Moses considered it necessary to teach all the people, and Christ taught all classes irrespective of race, age or intelligence, why should not we teach all, not forgetting those who are unable to come to the Sunday schooL In this class we have invalids, the infirm, the mothers, or any who for any reason are unable to get out to the regular meeting of the Sunday School. The home department pro vides especially for this work. Any one who will receive the quarterly lesson help and will piomise to study the lesson one half hour each week can be a member. They have a teacher who calls occasionally to take their report. In this way persons may be brought to a knowledge of the Bible l,hat they would not get, and many , who spend the precious time on Sun day reading the Sunday newspapers might be induced to study the word of God instead. CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PACE.
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