THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
A GOOD SIGN.
That's because its thq sign of money, and jewelry
and money is a good thing to have. So is some
of our fine jewelry because it is always conver
tible into money, only in a different form, which
you can wear and enjoy. Have just received a
complete line of novelties, just the thing for
Easter presents.
3. E, KMX
Successor to J. G. Wells,
Next door to Post-Office.
BLOOMSBURG,
PA.
NEW GOODS
AND NEW PRICES
To keep trade active.
Men's overalls with bibs, 42c. pair.
Oilcloth window shades on spring rollers,
2c each.
Felt shades on spring rollers, 2 for 25c.
Cotton bats, 7c, 10c. and 15c. each.
Chenille table covers 69c, $l.25and $1.75
Shelf paper, 12 sheets for lc.
Turkish bath towels, 10c. each.
Dress drilling, 6c yard.
Ticking, 10c, 13c. and 14c, yd.
Shirting, 7c, 8c, 9c. and 10c. yd.
Outing flannel remnants, 5c. yd.
Calico remnants, 5c. yd.
Machine oil, 3c. boUle.
Red ink, 3c. bottle.
Thimbles, lc. each.
Hoys' watch chains, 2c. each.
Kaster eggs, 4c, 5c, and 8c. each.
Shoe brushes, 10c. and 21c. each.
Dust brushes, 10c. each.
The New Idea Taper Patterns are fast
superseding all others, and the price is only
IOC each.
BROADWAY CASH STORE,.
MOYER'S NEW BUILDING,
Mais, St., Bloomsburg, Fa.
S&TKCEWONE CoJtXECTH.Y.
ZMZTTSIO
Hath charms, etc., sings the poet. Music is not only a pleasure but an edu
cation as well. . Put one of our pianos or organs in the house and you'll be
surprised what a refining influence it has. The cost is insignificant between
now and the Holidays. We are offering great inducements in pianos, organs,
ana sewing macnines:
Pianos from $250 and upwards.
Organs from $50 and upwards.
World renown White sewing machines from $35 and upwards.
Queen sewing machines we are offering at $25 dollars cash. Best
sewing machine for the money in the market to-dav.
t Also guitars, banjos, violins, harmonicas, and everything in the music
line. Best sewing machine needles, and o for ail sewing machines. Pianos
ana organs tunea ana repaired. Also all makes of sewing machines repaired
J. SMiT2.EE, Gea'L Agent,
Main street below Market.
BLOOMSBURG, PA
THE NEW WOn AN
AND
THE OLID UVCA-UST
and all the rest of the family
can be satisfactorily shod at
Jones & Walter's
Shoe Store.
Every day new goods are coming in. The very
latest in footwear. The newest in colored leathers.
High shoes and low shoes, and shoes of all sizes,
and at just what you want to pay price.
T
WANT A HUSBAND?
A t'nlon Veteran Who Want an ei-F.nemjr
to Oioom Him it Wife.
The ways of Loulpville and her wo
mm wra to have stamped themnelvei
very favorably on the mind of one vet.
eran who attended the encampment
At least, a srquel to the big meeting
Would Imply as much.
The visiting veteran met a prominent
ex-Confederate soldier while here, and
they nhook hnnds and chatted.
"Now that the war Is over," said the
veteran, "I should like to get a Con
federate badge as a memento."
The Confederate got him a badge.
"Now, Captain," said the visitor, "will
you please put your name and addree
on the badge?"
The Confederate did this. They part
ed. One day during the past week the
ex-Confederate received a letter. It
was from the old Union soldier.
As he read the letter his amazement
grew, and In the end he was perplexed.
No wonder. The writer, In a very seri
ous manner, asked the Louisville man
If he could find him a wife Home nice,
rnlddle-nged woman. Ho mUJ, further,
that his Wlfp hud Hl.'fl nrwl If wan hi
desire to marry araln and move to
Georgia, If he could find a suitable consort.
The ex-Confeoerate Is keeping hla
eyes open for a suitable woman.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
She Waxn't lirem
She was such a pretty girl. Sweet
17 Just budding Into fair womanhood.
She had been reared among the blue
grass hills of old Kentucky, and this
was her first vllt to the city. She wus
the gues( of the mother of her Intended
liusbnnd.
Everything had been done to make
her visit a pleasant one, and the dear
little thing had been moving In a per
fect Elysium of bliss. Charley dear
Charley had been her constant com
panion, and this, with the wonderful
nights to be seen in greater Cincinnati,
had caused the little maiden's heart
to overllow with Joy. One night Char
ley suggested going to the Grand Opera
House. The simple village maiden had
never been to the theatre, but she had
heard much of it and determined that
she would be as blase as any of the
audience.
They reached the theatre early; very
few had arrived. The lights were low.
They sat and talked awhile. Oh. she
was so happy. Just then the electric
lights were turned on to their full pow
er, and Bhe naively remarked that "she
had seen no one bring In more lights,"
but still she was happy.
The play began. She eat entranced.
To her, poor Hip was the dearest,
sweetest, good-for-nothing old fellow In
the world. When the curtain arose on
the fourth act, and Mr. Jefferson Is dis
covered as Old Hip, after his sleep of
twenty years, she turned to Charley
and remarked: "Why, Charley, who is
that old man? I haven't seen him be
fore." Charley replied. "Why that's Jeffer
son as Hip. He is supposed to have
been sleeping for twenty years, and has
grown very old."
The dear, sweet young thing cast a
reproachful look out of her bewitching
eyes upon her Intended husband and
said: "Oh, Charley; I know I am from
the country. I know that I am what
you city people call 'very green,' but,
really, I am not that green, I have
watched Mr. Jefferson carefully all the
evening, and I know that old man there
on the stage is not he. Oh, no, I'm
not that green."
Then the curtain fell and they went
out. Cincinnati Tribune.
A Iteiuliilftceiic-c.
"Grandpa," asked little Clarence Cal
lipers, addressing old Eben Tutgall,
who had come in from Squam Corners
to spend a few days with his daughter,
little Clarence's mother, "what Is a
schism?"
"Heh?" ejaculated the old man, who
had been nodding on the verge of a
dose. "What's that?"
"What's a schism grandpa? I have
Just been reading an item about a
church being broken up by a schism."
"A slzzum, eh?" chuckeled the patri
arch. "Wart pshaw, Clarence, you
ought to know what a slzzum is eh,
but I forgot that you've alwers lived in
the city, an" come to think about it, 1
e'pose it's no more'n nat'ral that you
shouldn't know. A sizzum, Clarence, is
Jest about the ornerlest varmint among
created critters. Break up a church,
heh? Warl, I guess a slzzum would
break up any sort of a gatherln' that it
tried to, an' it wouldn't have to try very
hard, either. K'he! I remember when
a couple of big old slzzums got to fight
In" under the Methodist Church one
night durln' a revival, twenty-odd years
ago. My buzz! I never smelt anything
like It in all my born days. Nusstr,
never! Why, pshaw, azefeddlty wasn't
to be compared with it! Phews-s-s-eh!
It was so bad that a couple of harden
ed old sinners that had resisted the
tears an' appeals of the brethren an'
sisters for more'n a woek Jumped up
an' fairly scampered to the altar, think
In' that the other placed was uncappea
an' the Old Boy hlmBelf right at hand.
K'he! Hemember it Jest as well as if
Jt had been yesterday!"
Making llargalna.
' "Everything marked down to the low.
est possible point?" said the merchant,
Inquiringly.
"Everything!" replied the clerk. "I
put the $1.50 Bilks at $1.25, and every
thing elBe in proportion."
"At $1.25!" exclaimed the merchant
"Are you crazy?"
"Why, no, sir; you told me to mark
them down for a genuine bargain sale."
"Of course I did; but do you think a
woman can ever see a bargain In even
money? Make tham either $1.24 or $1.26
at once." Chicago Post.
Not I'p to tl.e l'liyslcal Kiulremntn.
"Madame," said the weary wanderer,
"I hope you will believe me when I say
that I have not always been the bat
tered wreck you see before you. Indeed,
when I lost these two fingers and this
eye I was one of the most prosperous
Aldermen In Chicago." Cincinnati En.
quirer.
What Eiperlence Tealiea.
"Which do you think Is the safer side
of the stock market," eald SpattB to
Bloobumper, "the long side or the short
Bide?"
"There Is a third side, which I con
sider much safer than either you hav
najnf d," replied Bloobumper.
"What side la that?"
i. outsld," Harper's Buar. . . ,-
FOUR HUNDRED BELOW ZERO.
Cniioni KfTcrts of Such Kitreme Tempera
ture on Iron and Color.
Four hundred and twenty-four de.
grees F. below rero! Just what this
means it Is almost Impossible to
imagine, and yet it is one of the tem
peratures which have been reached and
used In lalxnatory research, and has
been made the subject of some highly
Interesting experiments and explana
tions by Professor Dewar before the
British Hoynl Institution.
Four hundred degrees below ecro Is
not an every-day temperature, nor can
it be reached by more every-day means
than the expansion of liquid air, which
latter Professor Drunr has succeeded
in producing In comparatively large
fnmntltles, and In storing by novel and
ingenious methods, to be used as re
quired in the study of matter at ab
normally low temperature, exactly as
a spirit lamp or a llunsen burner Is used
In etudylmr the properties of different
bodies at the higher temperatures.
The tensile streneth of Iron nt W be
low zero Is Just twice whnt it Is at 60
above. It will take a strain of fiO In
stead 01" "0 tons, to the square Inch, and
equally cutliius results lwve come out
bh to the elongation of metal.'i under
these conditions. It was an idea of
Faraday that the magnetism In a per
tnnnent magnate would be Increased at
veiy low temperatures, and experiments
with comparutlvely low temperatures
had rather negatived Faraday's sugges
tion, but Prof. Dewar has completely
verified the opinion of the famous sa
vant, br.vlng shown that a magnet at
the extremely low temperature made
possible by the liquid air had Its power
increased by about 50 per cent.
Very low temperature was shown also
to have a rcmarknble effect upon the
?olor of many bodies. For example tho
brilliant scarlet of Vermillion and mer
curic lodld Is 1 educed under Its Influ
ence to a pale orange, the original color
returning with the rise of the tempera
ture. 1 slues, on the other hand, are un
alVected by cold, and the effect Is com
paratively small upon organic coloring
in matters of all tints. Cossler's Magazine.
FOILING1 THE FIRE FIEND.
A flood Tltlnar Hint PiKlien Itnelf Along In
a tleaiitlful Way.
A merchnnt of Gowanda has Invented
j a moft remarkable apparatus for suv
I Ing stocks of goods from fire. Instead
j of putting out the fire the apparatus
opens the front of tlie store, nnu in
counters, cases and shelving roll out
into the street Into their owner's arms.
Tho shelving and counters In the store
are all portable, and mounted on roll
ers. Attached to the rear of the shelv
ing Is a cable which runs forward ami
over a wheel below the floor In the front
cf the store. To this end of the cablo
are suspended weights sufficiently
heavy to overbalance the shelving, cases
and goods in them. A brake devices
keeps the weights from setting the ma
chine mlng. Attached to the. lever of
the brake Is a combust lie cord which
porses upward Into the store and is car
ried aling the walls and celling, where
It will bo quickly Ignited In case of fire,
'ihe sundering of the cord loosens I ho
brake, the weights bear on the cablo
nnd tho shelves start belter skelter for
the front of the building. At the same
tune the windows r.nd dors open auto
matically outward, nnd the entire con
tents of the store nre dumped on tln
sidewalk In a Jiffy. To frustrate the lie
lilgn of lire thieves the shelves fold ur
vhen they reu"h the street, prcsentiiit;
orly blank wood and glass.
Those who have seen the apparnlus
te rted say that It works odnilrubly. One
lilht a mouse found something palat
able .In the brake cord and gnawed it
In two, whereupon, much to Its conster
nation, the furniture, boxes nnd shelves
wKh one accord began a swift move
ment forward, nnd an automatic alarm
tUached to the machine began to rouse
nl! the inhabitants of Gownndn, the
hour being 2 o'clock In the morning.
The Ingenious Inventor was one of the
first on tho scene, and his disgust at
I ( Inn routed out by a false alarm was
greatly mitigated by the spectacle of the
1 month working of his machine. It
stems to be a good thing, and pushes
Itself fJong with no help. Buffalo
Ccurler.
Tlin K'nslluli of tho Indiana.
Lieut, Grote llutcheson, aide-de-camp
to Gen. Copplnger, Is In receipt of a
highly Interesting letter from one of his
brother officers now in camp at Fort
Hall agency in Idaho, the home of the
Indians who were mixed up In the re
cent Jackson's Hole trouble. The let
ter is interesting because It has noth
ing to say of Jackson's Hole, which Is
a relief. Instead, It deals largely with
conditions at Fort Hall from the stand
point of a student of ethnology.
"I am taken," says the writer, whoso
name Lieut. Hutcheson does not feel
at liberty to mention, "with the speech
of the Indians In their communication
with the whites. Having little to oc
cupy time, I have bothered to look In
to the origin of the kind of language
which I hear used by Indians and- trad
ers in their talk with one another. It
suggests the slang of the Bowery, be
ing a purely artiliciul adjunct to both
the Indian and the Knglirfh language.
It suggests, too, the baby talk of young
mothers, who Insist on phicii.g verbs
where nouns should be, ai:d who prefer
mixing up their first, second, asid third
persons to taking them straight. For
Instance, there la the word 'mebbe.'
At llrst I thought this to be a sort of
corruption of may be, meaning perhaps,
or used In a doubting way. This Is not
true. The Indian and the white in con
versation use 'mebbe' as an affirma
tive. 'Mebbe get wagon' is the strong
est way of declaring that you will get
a wagon. 'You eat mebbe' brings de
light to the Indian, for that is a prom
ise of giving him food, a promise which
may by no means be evaded. A white
man, too, In conversing with an Indian
when an Indian will converse, and
when he knows even this patois, injects
'mebbe' into his talk at every fourth
word, or If he gets exlcted he puts it in
at the third.
"There is no pronoun in the mixed
vocabulary of the reservation. The
words 'white man' and 'Injun' will fill
In for all the persons and all the cases,
too, by the way. Somebody will write
an Indian-English grammar some day,
and it will be comprised in less than a
hundred words. Simplicity takes the
place of expllcitness, I am bound to
say, and sometimes you have to use a
carefully trained ear to know whether
it is a threat, a command, a promise,
or a request that Is being flung at you.
Mood is unknown In the grammar of
the Bannack.
"I discover that the English language
of Fenimore Cooper and Oil Coomes are
non-existent, I have dug profoundly
Into the 'Ugh' and the three-word sen
tences of the novelist, and I And they
are out of fashion. If you succeed In
getting an Indian to talk to you at all
he will not shut oft with three words
ending in an exclamation point. Neith
er will he use the expression 'pale
face.' No self-respecting Indian says
'pale face' now.
"Although the language Is a study
worth attention. Seriously, I imagine
a text book could be compiled which
would really result in a great good for
the Government in bringing the Indians
to something like civilized habits. As
it Is, the Instruction Is based on the
same conditions as prevail in the Eng
lish language and with English-speaking
persons. This does not fit the In
dian. His language 1b simplicity itself,
and there are two twists of case, tense,
of the like. As to tense, one Illustra
tion will show. Take the word 'Go.'
We have It 'go, went, gone, going, will
go,' while the Indian puts In two cases,
'go' and 'was go.' If he wishes to
make It a future tense he simply puts
In the specific time, as 'He go to-morrow,
mebbe,' which to my mind is quite
expressive of the Idea, I seriously be
lieve attention might be called to this
situation among scholastic men and
perhaps we would be able to get along
without raBcally and Incompetent in
terpreters. One hundred words would
be a good vocabulary." Council Bluff f
Dally Nonpareil.
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The True Coinietki.
A "Daily Header" asks about ths
quinine bath which "complexion spe.
clullsU" recommend, This is merely a
wash of alcohol In which a little qui
nine has been dissolved. It Is said to
"tone up" the skin and increase lt
ability to throw off Impurities. But
much better for the skin than the us
of any tonic of this kind are plenty ol
fresh air, a good digestion, a dally bath,
and no end of fine, pure soap. New
York Tribune,
(scored With Hie .lury.
Pome gray-haired lawyer-politicians
pat In nn up-town hotel talking over
their early experiences. The conversa
tion was opened by the man from up the
Slate remarking:
"I see that old Dennis Keeny has Just
Oled up In my native town. He was one
of the last of the old-style lawyers who
relied for winning their cases not on
their knowledge of law. but on their
acquaintance with human nature. He
was one of the best specimens of tho
class, too. Stories of his retorts and
witty sayings ure told all over his own
un.' the adjoining counties.
"The firnt time 1 ever heard him was
In the case of a man who was on trial
for shoeting Into a party that had come
lo 'horn' him, a form of country celebra
tion that you have probably heard
about. Keeny appeared for the defend
r.?it. It was shown that the gun with
vhloh the shooting was done was load
ed with dried peas, Instead of lead.
Finally, a very dirty-looking witness
r.-as called, and testified that he had
been shot in the right leg. On cross
examination the fellow appeared rather
sl.ll'ty, and finally Keeny asked him to
sb.e.w the Jury the exact spot where the
I t os took effect. The fellow demurred,
laying that the shooting hnd been done
six weeks before, and the wound had
healed. At Jast with great reluctance,
the witness drew up his right trousers
leg, exposing a limb well covered with
eltrt. Pointing to a spot which, if pos
sible was blacker than the rest, the wit
ness said: 1
" 'There; that's where they went In."
"Keeny turned to he Jury, and In his
most Impressive manner said:
" 'Gentlemen. I leave it to your knowl
edge of crop3; if peas had been planted
in that soli six weeks ago they would
be In blossom now.'
"The witness retired In confusion, and
Keeny won his case." New York Sun.
C hlinnile Fodilen't Creator.
Mr. Edward Townsend, the creator of
Chlmmlo Fadden, relates how the fol
lowing Incident put him on Chlmmle's
track a few days before he wrote the
first newspaper sketch: "I was visiting
a mission where some ladles were giv
ing a dinner to tenement house chil
dren which I was to report. I noticed
one little fellow near me gulp down a
piece of pie In about two bites. The
young lady In charge, who seemed to
be on very good terms with the boys
and assumed a pretty air of comrade
ship, was standing by and saw the pie
disappear. She leaned over and said,
with a bite of the boy's manner for
good fellowship: 'Would you like an.
other piece if I can sneak It?' His eyes
bilghtened. She brought the pie and
placed It before him with a little confi.
' dentlal whisper, as though It were a
special favor, of which he was .not to
tell. As she did so the boy leaned over
and kissed her hand. It must have been
the innate gentleman in him. No one
ce.uld have taught him. It may be that
he had seen a courtier do it on some
Bowery stage, but I think it was Just
his own natural tribute. That was my,
flist insight into the Bowery character.
It set me thinking, and when I wanted
to write a 'special' I UBed the people I
h.t(l seen there, making up my own
etcry." Bookman.
An nventor's Ureain.
Ellas Howe almost beggared himself
; before he discovered where the eye or
the needle of a sewing machine should
be located. His original Idea was to fol
low the model of the eye at the heel.
It never occurred to him that It should
be placed near the point, and he might
have failed altogether if he had not
di earned he was building a sewing ma
chine for a savage king In a strange
country. Just as In his actual waking
..nci-innpii he was rather nernleved
' about the needle's eye. He thought the
i king gave him twenty-four hours to
complete a machine and make it Bew.
If not finished In that time, death was
to be the punishment. Howe worked
and worked and puzzled and puzzled,
and finally gave it up. Then he thought
he; was taken out to be executed. He
noticed that the warriors carried spears
that were pierced near tho head. In
etantly came the solution of the dllflt
culty, and while the inventor was beg
ging for time he awoke. He Jumped out
of bed, ran to his workshop, and by
nine, a needle with an eye at the point
had been rudely modeled. After that
It was easy. This is the true story of an
important Incident in the invention ot
the sewing , machine, Philadelphia
I'lmfci.
?-C:ia'S SOT
Wi-.:..1 vims j,
Wll WLS-IUKKK, Ta.,
April 1, tSj5,
Tlic Spting reason find us
fully r'ii;.j:t:ii ii!i tlic frcslifst
and hri;:htc-.t i.cciv f'.ict is wc
have iH'vcr seen ;: more beautiful
CrtHvcti'.);: of Spring ncrc?s;;rics
lh,m ;uv foim.J display -el ,Jn
ci:r coi:n'CMS,t',!C "Id r.(Jatc"I;.rrv
tiling Hof.i a ncci.lL' to an anchor"
applies ff'.(i tu our store ; we
are p.ivviyrs lo the people and
make it a poi.M r lo'cp just what
they want .ud in Ihe right way.
Cur Mail OrJcr Department luisi.
ncss has Uehltd hi volume of iu;si
ncss, which indicate.-! that we have
struck' the p;iii;ilai' chord both ai
to quality of goods and Io.vikss in
prices, it is pleasant to buy timu.;h
the mai s. in trouble.no worry,
cvcryllvng is done for you in aa
intelligent LVirncr by clerks -.hilled
in the selecting and matching of
goods, try this p.vthod, you'll soon
rcali.e its uiafy raiva:.tagcs. '1
week we are displaying a ii'.-autiful
line of I.ares.S'-inelhiiigthat every
body waists especially at this season
when I ghlr-r sirtings are the order
of the day.
Irish I'oint Lac?-,
C-'j'iQ n K c r u and
W&Qf'frf White arc Sc. 10c,
'9cand25e.
jv'.4? lr'C Heavy Venice
r'o V, ' H White at :;c, 19
and..3$c. Ueau
hr ::';m:-'?'-'.:.7 t i f it 1 Torchon
Cail"--Laces m hand
some patterns are frosn 5c to 39c.
Oriental I .aces in Cieats; .sn I Kern
range from Ifcto $1.5. Hand
some L:sce Collars to in- wo. n over
Spring waists or dresses from 50c
l.o $6.93.
Our Capes this
feaso.i are little
g c tn s they arc
made from : rcat
1 miftvnf:inrr-ri.iU
'C,!fc'i"f:.:',:i'vi'v and are trimmed
yfUzi.C' in cquisite taste.
('A fi Hla N"ad cloth
"ij JYV ) " double capes, full
' y ripple embroider
fd with Soutache braid, a beauty for
early Spi ing wear on sale at $2.98.
Full tipple double cape made
plain Wcrsted cloth is $3.98.
One similarly nude with Velvet
collar is a bargain at $498.
Rich tan l?road cloth capes with
strap scams, pcrrl button, trim
mings and Velvet collar, a very
itylish cape for young ladies
$5.98. Full rippple doable cape
A'ith Soutache braid trimmings and
numerous sinall pearl buttons is
Two special bargains a"e orlered
:his week is; ladic3 shoes, Russet
button and lace, shoes, narrow toe,
Full heel or spring heel are marked
at $1.98 worth much more.
Ladies' fine Dongola button and
lace shoes, 20th century last, "The
New Shape" is rcajy a beautiful and
stylish shoe and warranted of good
wearing qualities, splendid value
at our price $2.23.
For China ware we should be
consulted. Wc doubt if you could
obtain a line to compare with ours
tt such moderate prices, we oftef
is a 'eadcr an English Porcelaine
Dinner Set in brown or blue dec
orations, consisting of too pieces
it $675.
Our new importations ofllavi
ands China embraces many beau
.iful designs, we can supply them
in Dinner and Tea sets, in any
.usnber of pieces :s we are the
Jirect importers of these poods we
are able to save ycu big com
missions. BOCKS :
Write to us for any book you
jesire to obtain, we supply any
book want.
Wc recommend the Red letter
iries of paper bound books fof
ight and pleasant reading, 1 5
titles to choose from, at per copy
r-c.
Wc would be, pleased to havo
jur patrons communicate with us
upon any store matters, all1"
quirics receive prompt attention
Respectfully,
1 it- 1
Cor. W. Market and roblic SqpW