THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. & Highest of fill in Leavening Tower. Latest U.S. Gov't Report 1.1 fv Absgloteily pure THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, FA. IXU'AY, JL'LY 5, 1895. Kiitrrrtt til tm Ptinl Ojnrr at Wimim'nii g, fa , us srriwi vulva mutter, jiittrvn j, isse. OTJR CLUB OFFERS. Every subscriber, new or old, who rays c ne full year in advance, will re ceive free for one year The Ameri can farm jvetfa. The Com-miiiam and the J'liilwli phia Wed'; Times for one year tor 51.40. The Columbian and the New York World twice a week, for $175. This is a great combination, one of the best we evi r offered. The twire a week 7orld contains twelve pages of the news of the world. It is tne best value ever offered for the money. Try 11. ti. Mercantile licenses must be paid by July 10th. J. S. Williams will go to Pittsburg to cry horse sales for Grant Sinister, on the 5th and 6th insts. The Penton separating station is now i'i running order, and daily ship ments of milk are made to the Bloomsburg creamery. The Bloomsburg Carpet Works have shut down for a week to make some needed repairs to machinery. Samnel J. Johnston of Light Street, and Miss Irene L. daughter of W. G. Girton of Bloomsburg, were married on the 26th of June, by Rev. C. II. Brandt at the Reformed narsonacre. Both were graduates in the class of 9.3 at the formal. The centennial edition of the Will iamsport Gazette and Bulletin is a credit to that paper and the city it is published in. It has a handsomely illuminated cover, and is profusely il lustrated with cuts of buildings, and portraits of prominent citizens. It is a valuable souvenir. The following letters are advertised July 3, iSgs. Mr. Isaac Bulln.k (2) Mr. John Connor, F. W. Farwel', Mr. G. M. Iloldren, Janies F.. Jones, Mrs. Jennie Ludlow, Mr. G. W. I'ursell, Mr. James Sulther, M'.ss Maggie Will iams. Will be sent to the dead letter office July if), 1S95. J AMI'S II. Mkrckr, P. M. The Sunbury nail mill has been sold to Philadelphia, Pottstown and Harrisburg capitalists. The price paid was $i2,oco. The new com pany will repair the mill at once and start it as soon as possible. Five hundred men and boys will be employ ed. The mill has been idle since April 1890. Y. II. C- A- NOTES- The Ycur.g Men's Christian Asso ciation is conducting Gospel Meetings in the tent, Market street near Sixth, every night this week. They are in charge of Evangelist, Rev. Sam Blair, of Altoona, who is doing a practical and effective work. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock a meeting for men only will be address ed by Mr. Bbir. These meetings have been attended by crowds, as the tent is one of the coolest and best places to spend an hour Sunday after noon. We want 400 men out to the meeting next Sunday. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS- The duplicates for 1895 are now in my hands for collection." AH dog, state, county and school taxes paid before Saturday August i4tb. a reduc tion of five percentum will be allowed. I will be at the office of Guy Jacoby Esq., over Post Ollice on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August, 15, 16 and 17 and Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 22, 2,5, and 24 between the hours of 2 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon to receive taxes. J. K. Bittenhender, Collector. 6-28.4t. 123 West Fifth St. Don't Grope in the Dark. "We have bicycle lanterns from $1.00 to $5.00, bells from 25c. to $1.50, luggage carriers, whistles, cement, chain lubricant and everything a wheelman needs. ,1 ! Mail (::: as m) 5J. This is a bargain. Call and see me and I will save you money. W. S. RISHTON, Opposite Post Office. Druggist, Bakiro i Powdes The I). L. & W., Railroad Com I pany is running an extra freight train through this place every afternoon. The large increase in tonnace is due to the Lackawanna Steel Company's naving purchased the Cornwall iron ore mines at Lebanon, and all this ore is being hauled via Pennsylvania and D. L. it W. roads, to Scranton, where 11 13 manufactured into steel. Some of our weekly exchano-rs An nounced last week that thev would issue no naners this Wert, cm armnnl of the 4th. " in accordance with the general custom.' It is not the custom in this county, and has not been for years. 1 he Columbian is published hftv two weeks in the vcar. Tina week we go to press a day earlier man usual, and the office will be closed on 1 hursday. On Sundav mornincr two frntlrmen met at the corner of Main and Market streets near S. F. Peacock & Co's., and one asked the other if he had seen a dispatch in the S.iturdav stating that the proprietor of the Sands Asuey snow had been arrested at Shenandoah on a chanre of briheru and resisting an officer, and committed to jail witnout Dan. At this point a stranger aDiiroachtd. and hearintr th remark, he stopped and said, "No, he is not in jail, for I am the man." He then proceeded to explain, saying that the trouble arose from his discharging a man, who claimed twenty five dol- i.irs iiuc lor wages, there were but six dollars due the man, and this was offered, and refused. The man went before a justice and took out a writ of attaenment, and an omcer, came to the circus and was about to seize three thousand dollars worth of the best ring houses, when the proprietor told his men to put him out ot the tent, which they did. The officer tnen got out warrants ior the proprie tor for bribery, alleginn that he tried to bribe him when he went to serve the first writ, and also for resisting an officer. The showman was taken be fore t'.ie justice, where he was advised to settle the case, the prosecutor de manding the sum of four hundred dol lars and costs. This was refused, and bail offered for appearance at court, but the justice refused bail. The showman then went to another justice and entered bail in th- sum of $1500, and swore out warr-.its against the first iustice for refusing to allow bail in a bailable offense, and also against the officer for false arrest, and both were held in $1000 bail for appear ance at court. This was the statement of the owner of the show, and we give it as we got it. Horrible Inhumanity. The report comes from Selinsgrove of a most batbarous piece of treat ment of William II inkle, of Union township, Snyder county, perpetrated by his wife. They are both old peo ple, Mr. Ilinkle being 75 years of age. He is infirm and semi-demented and was charged by his wife with being violent at times. The poor authori ties had the matter brought to their notice and went to the home of the couple to make an investigation. They found the old man tied in his bed, securely bound around his body with a strap ; his hands were also strapped together and his legs were bound with a chain and locked with a padlock. He had been held captive in this condition for about four weeks when the authorities caused his re lease one day last week. It is said the old man was found in a pitiable condition. The chain from long con tact had imbedded itself deeply in his flesh, causing severe suffering. When Buby wu sick, we gave her Castoria. When the was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Ming, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. Call and see the typewriter paper at this office. tf. BERWICK BICYCLE MEET- Those who attended the bicycle races at Berwick last Saturday pro nounced the day a great success in every way. The results in the several different events were as follows : One mile novice won by Thomas J. I nomas, Bloomsburg ; Wrn. Mc Michael. Berwick, second: II. I Knies, Bloomsburg, third. Time. 2-45 I'ifteen mile road race, starting from Bloomsburg Court House and finishing on track at Berwick won by Peter Gstalder, Wilhamsport ; G A. Gardner, Scranton, second ; J. N Harry, iscrwick, third, lime. 42:17 one fifth seconds. One mile Club Handicap won by J.N. Harry; William Williams, se cond : Charles Derr, third. Time 2:452- One half mile open won by C. W. Krick, Sinking Springs ; C. T. Miner, iiinghamton, N. v., second ; C. h. Coleman, Scranton, third. lime 1:1? two-fifths. One mile Columbia County Cham pionship won by John G. Harman, Bloomsburg ; J. N. Harry, Berwick, second ; Thomas J. Thomas, Blooms burg, third. Time, 2:40 and one fifth. One mile open won by C. W. Krick, C. T. Miner, second ; J. B. Corcer, Scranton, third. Time, 2:i6r One half mile Boy's Race won by William McMichael, Berwick ; Clar ence Lenhart, Berwick, second. Time, 1:191. Two mile Handicap won by R, W. Crouse, Philadelphia : J. C. Hen derson, Lewistown, second; Peter Gstalder, Wilhamsport, third. Time, 4:52. July to be Oool and Eainy, Hicks. Says Mr. "My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave to cross the continent from the 2?th to the 20th, and the next will reach the Pacific coast about the 29th, cross the west of Rockies country by the close of the 30th, the great central valleys July 1 to x and the eastern States about the 4th. Aerage rains may be expected through the central portions of th United States, leaving a deficiency in the extreme north west of Rockies country about June 29, great central valleys July 1 and eastern States July 3. A cool wave will cross the west of Rockies country about the 2d, great central valleys July 4 and eastern States about the 6th. inir cool wave will inaugurate an extended cool period and what is herein designated as the cool half of the month. Each month is usually divided into about two weeks of cool and two weeks of warm weather, and the difference in the average tempera ture of those two periods is almost universally of a radical type. It is of great importance to know when these warm and cool periods will occur. Each of these twelve to fifteen days warm penoes has two storm waves, two warm waves and two cool waves, and each of the twelve to fifteen days cool periods has the same. Most rains fall during the cool per iods and the evaporation and drought symptoms are experienced during the warm periods. I challenge the world in making long range forecasts of the warm ami cool periods, and whoever tests the accuracy of these bulletins in forecast ing these periods will find the forecast, in that respect, wonderfully correct. The rain belt for July appears to extend from Denver to Philadelphia. leaving large areas of drought in the direction of Charleston and Key West and from Chicago and Davenport to ward the northwest. General forecasts for July and tem perature forecasts for the coming win ter will be published in my next bulle tin. I believe my calculations for the coming winter to hi reliable, and they are of a most important character. It will be a remarkable winter as to tem perature." A new order issued by all express companies permits the aggregate weighing by agents of two or more packages shipped from a city on the same day to one consignee, even though the packages all come from d'fferent houses. All packages, how ever weighing less than twenty pounds, will be estimated as weighing twenty pounds. Governor Hastings has appointed William Connell, of Scranton; Repre sentative William T. Marshal, Alle gheny; Senator J. Henry Cochran, Wilhamsport; Alexander Dempster, Pittsburg, and Harvey H. Hubbert, Philadelphia, executive committee of the Cotton States exposition com mission. 1 he governor has called a meeting of the commission for July 9. The Superior Judges Appointed. Governor Hastings on F'riday aD- pointed the following judges of the superior court : James A. Beaver, Centre ; Howard T. Reeder, Northam ton; John J. Wickham, Beaver; George B. Orlady, Huntingdon ; Charles IS. Rice, Luzerne ; L. N. Wulard, Lacka wanna ; Henry J. McCarthy, Philadel phia. They were sworn in on Mon day. The hotels at Eagles Mere and Highland Lake are filling up. A prosperous season is looked for by the hotel men. in WHUM0 jlUIUlTtlt'U MTIS"'l,livMI:iilL Mud fjttn. Time ABSOLUTELY PURE THE OLD RELIABLE r SWEET CAPORAL CIGARETTE Hat stood th Tttt ol Tims 1 MORE SOLD THAN ALL OTHER BRANDS COMBINED l,J---lv. It. it CO. PRINCIPAL'S KEPORf. At the close of the term of the Bloomsburg Public Schools, L. P, Sterner, principal submitted the fol lowing report : To the Bloomsburg School Board : Ge.vti.kmen : I have the honor to present to you the following report of the progress and condition of the pub lie schools of Bloomsburg with some statistics concerning the same, for the year ending June n, 1895. STATISTICS. Number of pupils enrolled rturlnsr term 1101 Ini friise ovit enrolment, of last, term, HI Average attendance duriutf the term, T!t7 I'i'rcciiUiito ' " " (Hlvtf No. ot pupllHOnrollccl In IIIrIi School, I'crrentnifi' or iitionu in ll is, during term tit No. of visits by piilrons. H3 Number of visits by directors, ion Number of visits by others, Numuerof teuelieia' meetings, ROLL OF HONOR. Thirty -five pupils attended every day of the term, and it gives me pleas ure to present the names of those who made this bright record, and to add that all of them with one exception were promoted during the year. Reas onable patrons need no stronger evi dence of the important bearing of reg ular attendance upon the pupil s pro gress than this list of names furnished, Those on this roll of honor are Geo., Helen, Zoe and Scott Vanderslice, Lucy, Susie and Mattie Coffman, Verda, Mary and George CorelLLydia and Wil ie Ahlemann, Hattie and Charles Drake, Tilly and Maybtrry Hughes, Clara Fornwald, Mary Knapp, Gertrude Rinker, Bruce Pen man, Charles Marr, Ray Neyhard, May Rhodomoycr, Blanche Williams, May Hess, Howard Kahler, Lizzie Strohin, Edith Kesty, Deny Johnson, Nola Cook, Ethel Kelley, Frank Shaf fer, Mary Lewis, Anna Loyd and Cur tis Pifer. EXAMINATIONS AND PROMOTIONS. The problem of examination and promotion is one of the most difficult in the management of your schools. What shall be the length of interval between promotions ? Shall it be the same in all grades? How shall the fitness for promotion be determined ? Shall the promotion be made solely upon examination results or upon the teacher s estimate ? Or shall both be considered ? I have made the class interval in the A Grammar and High School a year and in all other grades at least a half year. In the primary grades the estimate of the teacher has as much weight as the examinations, in the Intermediate and Grammar schools both receive careful consider ation, while in the High School the pupil's promotion depends almost en tirely upon examination results. This plan is not iron-clad but has been modified now and then to suit the conditions. The examination papers of all pupils are preserved until the opening of the succeeding term, so that dissatisfied patrons or others can examine them if they so desire. The following table shows the number of pupils examined and promoted during the year. First Street School No. Ex. No. Pro. lllgli School, M sa (a.) Urummur, Hannah Itreece, 21 !M " " Alice Wilson i!7 (b.) " Ma lilnker, 41 ,stl " " KUa Allen. 40 8(1 Third Street School No. Kx. No. Pro. (a.) Intermediate, Ira Prown, as 31 (0.) " kv liawniijfs, 4.1 m " Winnie Penman, 4tl 8H Secondary, Ida Hernhaid, 47 4:1 (a.) Primary, Dora Breece, M 45 (b.) " Stella Lwenbertr, Sit 80 " " KuimaTownseuiT, 88 Si Fifth Street School. (a.) Intermediate, Samuel Pursel, 41 Si (C.) " Alice Kcliur, 4!l 85 Secondary, Annie Fox, Sii ml " .Mary Sheep. 8S Hill (a.) Primary, Louise Kobblns, 45 sy " llattle Hliwose, 50 41 (b.) " Bessie Holmes, 45 a.i " " Annie Snyder. 42 88 Number of pupils examined 8 m " " promoted 701 ENROLLMENT THE COMING TERM. To aid you in determining the num ber of new teachers needed, and to in dicate the necessity of lengthening the "Course of Study," I have prepared the following table showing the proba ble maximum enrollment in each room. In this estimate, I have not made any allowance for the pupils that will be forced into the schools by the compulsory school law: First Street School. No. left. No. Pro. Total UlKh School, H5 HI 189 (a.) Gram. Hannah llreece, v 84 45 " Alice Wilson. 8tl i (b.) " IdaHlnker, 8 81 sit tt " Klla Allen. 8 Si Tliira street scnooi. (a.) Intermediate, Ira Brown, 5 49 (b.) ' Eva Kawlltit;, tit 11 11 Minnie l'emuuu, VI VI Secondary, Ida Bernhard, IM 45 a. ) rnmary, iora urcece, id m b. ) " Stella Loweuborw, Kuiiuit To wnatud, COOL. TO KI.CEP COOL, is the aim and object of cms and al of us these days, and although there is quite n variety o ways in which we try to accomplish the rmut, yet thi wearing of suitable clothing, clothing conducive to com fort, is by all odds the most efficient method yet cK...overed. Just here is where our Mid-Summer Clearing Sale comes in to meet your want3 for cool and comfortable clothing. The few items below ehow you some of the values we now offer: Ladies' Waists. Made of soft finish percales, full sleeves, yoke back, worth $ 1 00, now 85c. All laundried. 1 lot of unlaundried ladies waists, made of best prints, 15c. 1 lot dark color waists, 39c. Ladies' Wrappers. A fine lawn wrapper, full sleeves, full width, ruffle around yoke, now 85c. Fine dimity wrappers, full sleeve, 5 in. ruffle around yoke $1.45. White Dress Goods. The thin dainty dotted Swisses al- ways look cool, and positively are good wearers. Prices 20c, upwards. Fine satin stripe cords 15c. India Linon. The greatest wearer and washer of all thin white goods, 12JC up. Colored Swisses, full lines, choice colors and styles, 25c. Striped and plaid dimities, 12 Ac. up. Lappet silks, 32c. Wash silks, 29c. Swivel silks, 25c. China dres3 silks, 34C ALL GOODS SOLD FOR CASH. H. J. CLARK & SON. I. W. HARTMAN & SON. MARKET SQUARE DRY COODS HOUSE. WE ALWAYS CLOSE ON THE GL OHIO US 4 Til O F JULY, But sure to open next day with a big Have ordered a special lot ot reduced for. Don't vou know that our warm about 20 dress patterns in from 8 yds. to 12 yds. that are choice goods for big sleeved dresses. Many of our shirt waists have been reduced to a low figure. Come in any time before or after the 4th and see them. Gloves, mitts, fans, parasols, silver belt buckles, white metal buckles, pins, studs, &c. How would you like tSc. dress goods for 12JC We have it. I. W. HARTMAN & SOPJ. Fifth Street Fi hool. (a.) Interin'd't, fvimnel Pursel, SI lb. " Alice .-.tliriir, 1 IS 50 :i:i 4.1 ::i Meeondury, AnutcKox, is " Mary Sheep, 21 (a.) Primary, Lonlne liuhblns, is " Hatlle HHc'rese, 10 (h.) " A mm Snyder, uesiie uuuuea, " Total HiiT You will notice that the (a) Tri iary, the Secondary, the (a) Interme diate grades and the High School will be too large, and if possible the teach ers in these grades should be relieved. The first three grades can be relieved in part at least by promotions, but the High School can only oe relieved either by the formation of a new grade, or the employment of an ad ditional teacher. I favor the adoption of the former plan which must be done in another year. Our course of study is from one to three years short er than in the other graded schools in this part of the State. Therefore pu pils reach the High School from one to three years sooner than they would f the course were longer. READING. Reading especially in the Primary school, is the most important branch n the common school curriculum. It is indispensable to the pupil because it gives him the power to get thought and feeling through the written or printed word. The printed word must be known before it can be read ntelligently. "1 he pupils in our pub lic schools for the past several years have been taught the word by the Word Method of teaching reading. The results of this method in the Tri nury grades were fair but in the other grades unsatisfactory. With the de- ire of finding a better method, in the latter part of Sept. 1894, you mtro- duced the Pollard Synthetic Sound System of teaching reading in two of the four (b) Primary, or First Year rooms. Your object was to have it in operation near the Word Method that you miaht be able to compare their results. Here is the statement of the conditions under which the new system was introduced and a compaii- son of the most important results. The Word Method teachers began their work three weeks before the Syn thetic Sound System was introduced. The former had special training in their method, and from four to six years experience in the school room. The Pollard teachers had no special training in their method, and were in experienced in its use. The former taught 500 words, the latter more than 1500. All the pupils were in structed in phonics. Very few of the pupils taught by the Word Method could pronounce the simplest word that they had not been taught. Mearly all pupils taught by the Syn'he.io Sound System acquired the power to pronounce plainly, correctly and intel COOL. Ladies' ribbed vests, 5c. 1 lot ladies' ribbed vests at 19c, tegu lar price, 25c. 1 lot lisle vests, nicely trimmed neck and sleeves with ribbons, at 29c. 1 lot silk vests, 50c. 1 lot white parasols, f 1.89. Ruffle on edge. Kayser patent finger tipped silk gloves (tips outwear gloves), 50c. White chamois gloves (4 buttons), 89c Men's balbriggan shirts and pants, 25c each. Ladies' separate dress skirts at greatly reduced prices, $1.25 up. 1 lot of silk waists to close, $2.j$. Silver shirt waist sets, 90c. up. Cotton Dress Goods. Wc have lowered the mere cool of coolness. prices to a Best American dimities, now 10c (Have been 12J and 15c.) Pest imported pelisse, now 20c Best American pelisse, now i2$a Best Jackonette Duchess, now 10c. Best Cordelia Marquise, now ioc Best American outings, now Sc. Fine dress ginghams, now 8c. With lots of others equally as low if not lower. cut in prices of summer dress goods. tine lawns wnicn win De worth waiting weather is to come yet ? v e have ligently all monosyllable wo'ds belong ing to the different families of words that they had been taught. The pu pils taught by the Syntltlir Sound System, after they had di-cvered the word "cat," associated the word with the idea a3 closely as did the pupils taught by the Word Method. The Pollard pupils, little word discoverers, were delighted by their discoveries and became very enthus;.s':c in their work. MUSIC. Music is known to be'refming and elevating and of such a c'-..'.racter as to exert a healthful influence 011 the general improvement of the pupil. Last year you introduced vocal music into the primary and in'.ci mediate grades. The general public can well unite in commending you for that act. If it be a good thu..; for the primary- and intermedial.- pupils, it must be for those in the (Irammar and High School. I thercfoie recom mend that it be extended to these grades. It is needless to say that the schools of Bloomsburg have progressed the past year. That is understood. Un der our efficient corps of teachers, aided by a progressive School Board, with the sympathy and support of the patrons there must be progress. It affords me pleasure to know that I have been connected with your school during this golden era of prosperity. I ask your permission to clos this re port with a brief summary of some of the important changes and improve ments that have been made in your public schools during the past four years. In connection with your uoard, 1 helped to bring about the adoption of the new course of study. This step made graduation possible. I have had the honor to graduate four classes, the only graduates ever sent out from your High School. The school work has been systematized and made uniform in all schools of the same grade. Excellent systems of drawing and music have been adopted. The work in all grades has been greatly improved. A commence ment week has been established. An Alumni Association has been organiz ed. The old school buildings have been remodelled and enlarged. Heat ed and ventilated by the most modem and improved systems, they are orna ments to the town and an honor to your Board. I might enumerate a hundred other changes and improve ments to show the advancement of your schools, but it would be unneces sary. In conclusion, I thank the teachers, the patrons and your Board, ever attentive to the interests of the schools, for your hearty co-cperaticn during the past year. Respectfull y submitted, L. P. Sterner, Frin.
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