VOL. 31
TflE NOEMAL SCHOOL.
The following circular has been
issued :
To Alumni and Friends of B. S. N. S.
Every alumnus and friend of the
Bloomsburg State Normal School will
doubtless be glad to learn that the
past year, although one of general
business depression, has been one of
the most successful in the history of
the school. The attendance during
the year has not fallen behind the high
water mark of last year. The gradi
ating class this year is considered by
the faculty the strongest in scholarship
and teaching ability that has ever been
graduated from the school. The
junior class is also one of unusual
promise. There is every indication
that the growth of the school and the
excellence of the students next year
will even surpass those of the present
year.
Every effort has been made during
the year to Strengthen the various de
part me its. New apparatus has been
added, additional instructors have
been employed and the spirit of pro
gress has pervaded the entire instur
tion. Some important changes a.id
additions for next year will be an
nounced later.
t Athletics have received their due
attention during the year. It is very
gratifying to be able to say that the
students, almost without exception,
have shown in their gymnastic work
and on the athletic field, a desire to
develop themselves physically, rather
. than a desire to gain notoriety by
feats of strength or agility. It is also
gratifying to be able to announce that
the best scholars of the school are
the best in gymnastics.
Early during the past year a stu
dent's senate was organ'zed by the
body of students, and has grown
throughout the year in favor and ef
ficiency. It has done much to foster
healthy public sentiment in the school,
to establish self government, to abolish
discipline for petty offences, and to
encourage manly and womanly con
duct. We feel that the success of
this movement is quite a triumph for
a school of this kind.
The commencement exercises to
which you are invited, we trust will
interest you. We would have you
remember that the presence here
during commencement week of a
large number of lumni and friends
gives the greatest encouragement that
can be given to trustees, instructors,
and students, and makes them feel
that their efforts to build up the school
are appreciated. Will you not do all
you can to show your own interest
and to enlist the interest ot others
in B. S. N. S ?
The Principal.
NORMAL COMMENCEMENT.
Program for Next Week.
Saturday, June 27, 8 P. M., An
nual Address before the Literary So
cieties. Sunday, June 28, 3 P. M., Bacca
laureate Sermon.
Mouday, June 29, 9 A. M., Grand
Exhibition of Field Sports. This ex
hibition will be given on the new
athletic field.
Monday, June 29, 8 P. M., Annual
Junior Exhibition. " King Rene's
Daughter," the famous drama by
Hurtz, will be presented by members
of the Junior Class.
Tuesday, June 30, 3 P. M., Class
Reunion, ('94.) -
Tuesday, June 30, 8 P. M., Class
Day Exercises, ('96.)
Wednesday, July 1, io A. M.,
Commencement
Wednesday, July 1, 2 P. M., Annual
, Alumni Meeting and Banquet.
Beer Lost.
A curious feature of the late Demo
cratic primary was the result of the
nominations for the office of County
Commissioner. Although some of
the candidates had almost swamped
the county with beer and some
prominent saloon keepers worked un
tiringly to secure the nomination of
thIr favorites, the outcome of the
contest was the nomination of two
most pronounced temperance men as
candidates for County Commissioners.
Danville Sun.
On Saturday we found on our office
desk a basket of large and luscous
strawberries, and a note saying they
were presented by our old friend
Phineas Thomas of Cleveland town
ship. Mr. Thomas has our thanks
for the berries, and we regret that we
were not in whe.i he called. The
fri,;t was as fine as any. we have seen
this season, and of most delicious
flavor.
'A'PIM AND WHITE WEDDISG-
A brilliant wedding took place at
the home of Commissioner Swank,
on Tuesday, when his popular and
lovely daughter Uertrude was united
n marriage to Mr. Edward Gould, of
Scranton, on the afternoon of June
1 6th, at half after four o clock.
The ce-emony was performed by
the Rev. Albert H. Smith, pastor of
the Berwick Baptist Church, the
Episcopal service being the form
used. When the appointed hour ar
rived the groom with his best man,
Mr. W. Oswald of this place marched
to the arch, where Mr. Smith stood
awaiting them. As the sweet strains
of the wedding march were being
sung by a male quartette the groom
awaited the coming of the bride and
her party.
The ushers came first, Mr. R.
Lineman of Scranton, and Mr. Hart
man of Wilkes-Barre. Next came
the maids of the bride, Miss Mary
Petty and Miss Margaret Brown, the
latter of Ncscopeck, attractively at
tired in white organdy carrying pink
roses. The maid of honor was the
cousin of the bride, Miss Maud Eve
land, who preceded the bride, dress
ed in white organdy over pink, carry
ing roses.
The bride on the arm of her
brother, Walter, was a vision of
loveliness, a pronounced blonde rbbea
in a pearl satin gown with bodice
drapery of French tie Soir and veil
which was held in place by a coronet
of ciange blossoms. The bride car
ried a shower boquet of roses.
After the wedding ceremony which
was an impressive one, the bride and
groom received the congratulations
of the many friends present, there
being about one hundred and fifty
guests.
The collation was well served and
arra ged by the well known Mrs.
Schmidt of Nescopeck. The decora
tions throughout the house were
massive and artistic. The designs
used were those of a New York fioral
decorator whose work has made him
popular for its excellence and artistic
finish. The mantles were banked
with moss and wired roses, surmount
ed by ferns." Smilax being used ex
tensively, century plants, palm, and
other varieties being used to build up
against the drawn window curtains.
The house was darkened and the
rooms were lighted with banquet
lamps. The bridal table decorations
were beautiful in their arrangement,
a high centre floral pyramid being the
design. The presents were many and
beautiful. t
Mr. and Mrs. Gould left on the
6:58 train for Scranton where their
home was in readiness for them and
were a reception was tendered them
on their arrival by Scranton friends.
Berwick Independent.
D. L. & . SUMMER BOOK-
General Passenger Agent W. F.
Holwill of the Delaware, Lackwanna
& Western R. R. Co. has our thanks
for a copy of the summer book
"Summering on the Lackawanna,"
recently issued. It is handsomely
printed, and contains numerous illus
trations of places and scenery and
hotels along the lines of the road, with
much information concerning different
places and their attractions for tour
ists. It also contains time tables, and
how to reach various points in the
United States over the D. L. & W.
The Pests-
Now that the English sparrow is
without friend and considered a great
nuisance another one has developed
in'the shape of hordes of small boys
who frequent the streets for the pur
pose of shooting with slings and air
guns. Neighboring windows have
been broken and in several cases
citizens and children have sustained
wounds. As a rule the youthful
hunters are illbred, impudent and
profane. In one instance, a gentle
man who ventured to expostulate
with a gang of these youngsters re
ceived a shower of small shot and a
fusilade of vile epithets.
No Temptations at Home.
The proper place for all children
under sixteen is with their parents
after dark. Too many children a.id
parents learn this lesson when its too
late and many a young life is embit
tered and marred for lack of proper
parental supervision. The number of
cases tried in the courts would be
greatly lessoned if parents looked
after their children instead of allowing
them to seek the dangers and tempta
tions of the streets after dark.
BLOOMSBUIiG, PA., THURSDAY, ONE 25,
WHEELMEN'S DAT
Sunday last can justly be called
wheelmen's day, considering the num
ber of bicyclists who left this town and
other places. At precisely 7:30 on
Sunday morning, twenty five wheel
men might have been seen to wend
their way up Iron street toward Jersey
town, Lewisburg being their destina
tion. They presented a pretty sight
in their gayly colored uniforms, and
in point of numbers fully came up to
the expectations of the originators of
the trip. The route included Jersey
town, Washingtonville, Milton and
other places, and was greatly enjoyed
by all who participated, except two or
three, who through unfortunate cir
cumstances were compelled to return
home before going far. Those who
finished the trip were J. S. Woods,
Geo. Clark, Warren Eyer, Thomas
Moore, Sam Harman, P. K. Vanatta,
Arthur Roan, Howard Furman, Boyd
Furman, Ed. Krumm, Barton Pursel,
Chas. Sterling. Thos. Vanderslirp. V.
J. Boone, Byron Karschner, Domer
jeisinger, vv. 11. urossley, Michael
Shoemaker. Bovd Cadman. C.
Joe Sharpless, Jared Williams, and
r T . 1 m a
noya r.vans, me latter Demg captain
and orginator of the trip.
Owing to several stops, fast time
was not made, but at 11:10 th? nirtu
pulled in to Lewisburg and stopped
at the Baker House where they were
met by wheelmen from Berwick anrl
Williamsport, the whole making a
total of S3 wheelmen. A specially
prepared dinner was in waiting, and
right well did they enjoy it, the spac
ious dining rooms being completely
filled by bicyclists. Tust here, how-
ever the rain began to get in its work,
wnicn somewhat dampened the occa
sion, and the boys began to speculate
as to how thev were point? to iret hnnio.
The rain was soon over, however, and
they began to do the town, enjoying
inemseives in various ways. At 4:30
the start for home was made hut he-
fore reaching Milton the threatening
i j t . . . ,
ciouus Degan to open and the rain
was again very much in evidence.
This put a stop to further progress,
ana tney concluded to take the train
for Sunburv. '.xcentinsr four nr five
' ' 1 D - -
who found it necessary to be home
war. nignu. 1 nese tew experienced a
very disagreeable ride, hut after sev
eral hours of tugging and sliding
through the mud they finally reached
home in a very crestfallen condition.
At sunbury the party put up at the
Central Hotel and made themselves
comfortable for the evening. They
returned Monday morning on the
train, excentino- a . few whn tnnlr
chances on the condition of the roads,
and found them in very fair shape.
It was truly a great trip, and long to
be remembered by all who took part.
Many men think that newspaper
men are persistent dunners. By way
of comparison let us suppose that a
farmer raises 1000 bushels of wheat
a year, and sells this to 1000 persons
in all parts of the country, a great
portion of them saying, " I will hand
you a dollar in a short time." The
farmer does not want to be small so
he says s "All right." Soon the 1000
bushels are gone but he has nothing
to show for it, and he then realizes
that he has fooled away his whole
crop and its value to him is due him
in a thousand little driblets, conse
quently he is serionsly embarrassed in
his business, because the debtors,
each owing him $1, treat it as a small
matter and think it would not help
much. Continue this kind of business
year in and year out as the publisher
does, how long would he stand it ? A
moment's thought will convince any
one that a publisher has cause for
persistent dunning, and those owing
for their paper should pay it at once.
If all would do so, then the publisher
would be a happy man, indeed, for
then he, too, could pay his bills
promptly and enjoy a few of the little
pleasures of life.
The town is so full of bicycles that
some regulations should be adopted
by the Town Council concerning their
use. Fast riding should be positively
prohibited on all the streets in the
built up portion, and bells and lanterns
should be required after dark. There
have been no serious accidents yet,
but we .have heard of a number of
narrow escapes from collisions be
tween pedestrians and rec'cless riders
at street crossings in the evening.
The most extraordinary incident of
absent-mindedness is told of a
Columbia County pastor, who forgot
what he was about in the middle of
his prayer, and sat down. In a
moment he arose, and pointing to the
amazed congnjat:on, said, " Oh !
by the way, Amen."
A MIC JUNE WlDDING.
One of the prettiest weddings of
Ue season was solemnized in the
presence of a large congregation in
St. Mathew's Evangelical Lutheran
church last Thursday afternoon at
two o clock when Miss Mertie, dauch
ter of William J. Bidleman, a popular
young lady of this place, and M
Alden D. ('atterson, of Moscow were
united in wedlock. The ceremony
which united them for life was per
formed by Rev. D. M. Buchanon, of
Mauch Chunk, according to the rites
of the Lutheran church of which the
bride was a member. The maid of
honor was Miss Bertha Kasten of
East Mauch Chunk ; bridesmaids
Miss Mintie Hutchins of Rock Gle.i,
Miss Margaret Palmer of Shenandoah,
Miss Belle McBridc of Bloomsburg
and Miss Lillian Helman of Cata-
sauqua j flower girl Corolla Gunton ;
best man Mr. David De Frehn, of
East Mauch Chunk j ushers Messrs.
John Wagonscller, of Selinsgrove,
Freeze Quick, Samuel Beidleman and
William Quick, of Bloomsburg ( paee
Eugene Quick. Miss Estelle Doeb
ler, of Selinsgrove, presided at the
organ and played the wedding march.
1 he bridal party were all beauti
lully attired, the bride wearing Maule
Mohle over white silk and carried
White Swansonii tied with white
ribbons. The maid of honor wove
Mousetline De Soi over pink silk, with
pink roses tied with pink ribbons.
Miss McBride, Mouselline De Soi
over blue silk, carried a bouquet of
heliotrope tied with blue ribbons.
Miss Palmer, green Persian silk, red
roses tied with white ribbons. Miss
Helman, yellow Crepe de Chene,
yellow roses tied with yellow ribbons.
Miss Hutchins yellow Crepe de
Chene, yellow roses tied with yellow
ribbons. Miss Doebler, the organist,
Organdie over white silk. The flower
girl earned a basket of roses and
she and the page were dressed in pure
white.
The friends of the bride had beauti
fully decorated the church and her
home on Railroad street with flowers
and blooming plants. Immediately
after the wedding ceremony a recep
tion was held at her home, at which
time elega..t refreshments were serv
ed. The presents received were
numerous and costly. The wedding
tour includes Philadelphia, for which
place they left on the 4: 1 7 train on
the D. L. & W. Railroad.
Their many friends hope for their
continued prosperity and that their
life may be one of continued happi
ness. BEISHLINE THOMPSON.
The home of Miss Christina Thomp
son at Williamstown, Pa., was the
scene of a very pretty home wedding
on Tuesday morning at six o'clock
when Rev. B. C. Conner, of this place,
pronounced the words which uni.ed
for life, Mr. Leonard F. Beishline,
proprietor of the Exchange bakery,
this place, and the above named
young lady. The wedding was strict
ly private, and was witnessed by only
a few immediate friends.
After the ceremony, a wedding
breakfast was served and the bridal
party took the first train for Blooms
burg arriving here at 2:36 P. M. The
bride is one of the most accomplished
young ladies of her native place having
been one of its most popular teachers,
and has a host of friends who wish
them a long and joyous life, which but
echoes the sentiment of Mr. Beish
line's friends in this place. They will
occupy rooms in the L. T. Sharpless
building.
A Sunbury man recently discovered
a new and effective way of keeping
his bicycle tires tight by filling them
with whiskey. He told his secret to a
friend who gave it to the temperance
people, and they in turn have, pub
lished it broad cast over the land.
Served him right, he should have kept
his secret to himself.
Who ever did a real kindness for
another without feeling a warm glow
of satisfaction creep into some shady
corner of the heart and fill it with
sweetness and peace ? It is like the
placing of a bunch of violets and
mignonette in a buttonhole, where
their perfume may be deliciously per
ceptible all day.
July 4th will be a quiet day in
Bloomsburg as no arrangements have
been made for any publ'C demonstra
tion. Washington Cai.ip No. 319
P. O. S. of A. w'U attead the celebra
tion in Catawissa, wiiere extensive pre
parations have been made for a big
time.
189G.
We devote an entire
basement to the dis
play of trunks, teles
copes and traveling
bags.
'Some People Pay
Whatever merchants choose to ask. Others hag
.gle over prices. Shrewd buyers do neither ; they
read advertisments and know the market price.
They come here and invariably buy because val
ues at this store are standard for first class goods,
the only kind we sell. The men's and boy's
suits that we sell for $5.00, $7.o0, $9.00 and
$10.00 should not be confused with the many
quoted at same figures. Our's are exceptional.
TheyVe goods that belong to higher priced
families but are reduced because sizes cannot be
matched and we're preparing to do our fall
buying.
Straw hats, all reduced.
wictoii, rtiMdua cnu uuck coats ana vests,
bicycle suits, bicycle pants, caps,
belts, hose, &c.
The Condition of
DEMANDS
GOOD : CLOTHING i CHEAP.
That's why we
suits that are cheap in other stores
at $5.00 for $3.75.
Suits that are selling
at $6.50 and $7.00 for $5.00.
Suits that are selling
at $10.00 for $7.50.
Suits that are selling
at $15 and $18 are now $10 and $12.
Water proof Bike suits.
NO. 2
Serge, mohair, linen,
are selling Hen's
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