THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. OSCAR II. OF SWEDEN. NAMED A3 UMPIRE IN THE ARBI TRATION TREATY. Brief Sketch of the Ruler YVhone Sunt Is Sow Itefore the World A Wise King, Faith fnl Uuaband and Christian Gen tleman. Oscar II., King of Sweden and Nor way, is a ninn of 67, with a benevo lent countenniice, a full gray board and a stalwart figure. In his youth b was a pallor, and he ft 111 rotalns the bluff tnannors of a follower of the Ma. Ho la the fourth novereign of the line of Charles Jean Hernadottn, who, by a ulngular accident, was rained from the station of a simple burgher to that of a Marshal In Napoleon's army. At the death of Charles XIII. the Par liament of Sweden, acting under or ders from the nil-powerful conqueror, chose Marshal Bernndotte to succeed him, and he ascended the throne under the name of Charles XIV. He had wit enough to cut aloof from the Km peror when the latter rushed on his doom, and thus at the reconstruction which followed he retained his crown and bequeathed It to his son, Oscar I. That iiolltic monarch managed to keep out of the Sehloswlg-IIolxtoln dispute, and retained the good will of both Prussia and Denmark; so he died at ponce with all men, though rely stricken In body. In the year 1ST)!). He was succeeded by his sou, Charles XV, who united Sweden and Norway, and reigned till 1872. when the present sovereign ascended the throne. The duties of reigning are not con genial to Oscar II. He is a poet, a musician and a man of science. He baa written many books, some of which are as good as If they had not been written by a king. He wrote n drama In French, which has boon played to full houses. He Is a corres ponding member of the Frankfort Academy of Sciences. His memoir of Charles XII holds a high place In his torical literature. Ills iuaugural ad dress to the RIgstad contained somo atirrlug passages. I am deeply penetrated," said he, "with the sense that the royal crown, which has fallen to me as heir, is not lent to me for more outer splendor; rather, I know nnd admit that my re sponsible, royal mission, of which the erown Is a symbol, has been laid upon me to promote the welfare of the bro ther nations. May these words be my motto: Brodrafolkeno Val!" The task which fell upon his should ers was, indeed, one which might have appnlled a less intrepid soul. He had to administer the Government of two nations which hnd been artificially pat together In harness, and whose alms and temper are as far apart as the polos. He had to contend against ancli political foes as Ibsen and Bjorn en. The latter once actually chal lenged the King to mortal combat. He bad to handle three Houses of Parlia menttwo In Sweden, one In Norway. There has hardly been a day In his reign when be did not need to remind himself of his own apothegm "A king most ever know how to subordinate all the Inclinations of his character, however legitimate, to the exigencies of his political policy." Whenever he could, Oscar has ought relief from the cares of public business in his country bouse, In the Sound of Helslngborg. There, with his wife, the beautiful and gifted So phia of Nassau, and their four stal wart boys, he' has led the life of a atndious country gentleman, working oat problems In Arctic navigation and writing verses on pastoral themes. TlH're they sit at an oien window, breathing the strong air of the north, Inhaling the summer breezes and let ting the sea vapor fan their brows. An awning covers a veranda, bordered with flowers bathed In sunshine, from which a long stretch of soa rolls under their eye. nere the King tells his family the old, strange sagas of Swe den's past, and carries them back to the days of Wodln and the Northmen, He has a well-chosen library, full of his favorite authors. Here he loves to talk poetry and science and legend with a guest. A brother of Oscar Eugene Is studying to be a painter, and proposes to establish a studio at Paris. Ills aunt, the King's sister Eugenie Is the Lady Bountiful of Sweden; when she failed In obtaining from the lUg stad an appropriation for a work-house which was badly needed she sold her diamonds and put up the building. When the King saw it he cried: "But, BJngenli, where on earth did you get tha money to gratify your whim?" NOT TROUBLED WITH INSOMNIA. PROPOSED LAWS. The State board of game com missioners has drafted a general law to take the place of the numerous local and general game acts. The proposed act makes hunting or shoot ing on Sunday punishable by a fine of $25 lor every offense or one day's imprisonment for every dollar of the penalty imposed. It prohibits the killing, wounding, trapping of song birds and the taking or needlessly destroying of nests or eggs ot song or wild birds, except for scientific pur poses. Certificates may be secured by persons over fifteen years old for the collection of birds, their nests or eggs or game mammals for scientific purposes on payment of a fee of $5 and the filing of a bond of $100 with the Jboard. The English sparrow, kingfisher, cooper's hawk, sharp skinned hawk, buck hawk, pigeon hawk, great horned owl, red-birds and doves are not protected by the act. Wild turkey, pheasant, grouse, quail, partridge, woodcock, prairie chicken, English, Mongolian or Chinese pheasants, elk, deer or fawn may be killed from October 15 to December 15. Hunting of deer with dogs and the killing of game for sale or shipment outside the state is pun ishable by a heavy fine and imprison ment. The act also prohibits the hunting ot rabbits with ferrets and the trapping of game birds and animals wiih snares, blinds, etc. Decoys may be used,' though, in hunting ducks, wild geese and brant and quail may be trapped from January 1 to February 15 for protec tion during . the winter. The fines collected under the act are to be covered into the state treasury for the use of the board. Webster C. Weiss, of Bethlehem, will offer as an amendment to the act a clause to permit artificial hatcheries to sell their trout at any season, pro vided they are not less than nine inches long and the packages are marked with the name ot the owner when shipped. Mr. Weiss will also present a b'll limiting ungraded schools to the purchase of apparatus at $15 a school. All such apparatus must be paid for from the fund collect ed in the year in which the purchase is made. NEW SCHOOL LEGISLATION. Chairman Hammond, of the House Education Committee, has several bills which he will ask the committee to approve. "We lack system in our method of conducting country schools." Mr. Hammond said : "The same ground is gone over term after term with no other object than 'get ting through the book,' only to have the teacher the next term repeat the same thing. We should have some good system of grades or township supervision arranged and approved by our superintendents. This would prepare the way for higher education and the township and borough high school which is so much needed. The state should give liberal appropria tions to high schools and encourage the introduction of manual training by making special appropriations to high schools introducing this branch. " A longer school term should be required. It is my purpose to do everything I can to have the legisla ture pass a seven months bill. I also favor a school census biennially. This would enable the educational depart ment to determine the number of children of school age between six and twenty-one years and how many between thirteen and sixteen years are out of school. The compulsory act should be amended to include all children physically and mentally able to attend school between seven and fourteen years and all those between fourteen and sixteen not regularly employed. Restrictions should be thrown about this act to make it more effective and it should be materially strengthened in many points. " There should be a change in the method of distribution of state ap propriations so that the country dis tricts would receive their just share, which they do not get under the pre sent system. Every school district should be required to raise as much money by taxation for school purposes as it receives from the state. This would largely increase the school revenues in the districts that most need it for the good of their schools. It would also enable them to have longer terms and pay better salaries, They should be required to pay female teachers as much as male teachers lor the same services rendered." BASE BALL. Arthur Irwin's Toronto team will play the Athletics at Philadelphia, on April 17 and 19. Manager Griffin of Scranton, is negotiating for the purchase of Ollie Beard from Rochester, and wants him for field captain. Base ball bids fair to be more popu lar in '97 than ever before. Not alone in the larger cities, is the game pick ing up, but in many smaller towns, great preparations are being made for the opening ol the season. We pre dict a pleasant surprise, financially, for all club owners, this year. The Pennsylvania State League, will, very likely be composed of eight cities this summer, this organization last season was not very successful. It started the season of '96 with an eight club circuit, but owing to the poor attendance at the games, several members dropped out, but four towns being represented at the finish, name ly Carbondale, Hazleton, Pottsville and Reading. The first named win ning the pennant. Up-To-Date Cities Nearly Everything Dono by Electricity. The most modern cities of the world are Great Falls, Mon. and Spokane Falls, Wash. They are en titled to the distinction because near ly everything is done by electricity. Not only are the street railways and all the manufacturing establishments operated by the current, but even the houses are lighted and the cooking clone by the same agent. Elevators, sewing machines, house heaters, dumb waiters, church organs, pianos, burglar alarms, door bells, chafing dishes, water heaters, hair curlers, sad-irons, washing machines, printing presses, the telegraph, telephone, and in fact, every piece of mechanism that requires external force to propel it is dependent on electricity for motive power. All this looks as though the spirit of progress bad arbitrarily taken up her abode in Great Falls and Spokane, but this is not strictly the case. The modern greatness of the two cities has in a measure been thrust upon them. They could not employ any other motive power if they wanted to. They are so situated that all other sources are unavailable. Coal, for instance, is hardly to be had at any price. The waters of Great Falls and Spokane Falls have been pressed into service and made to operate turbines, which in turn operate electric genera tors. From these, sufficient electricity is obtained to run every piece of mechanism and light every light in the two cities. Ex. Tonr Present Need 1 Officer O'Toolo Here, yez git a move an yersilf ; yez can't sleep there! Peaceful Powers That's al'right, Cap' I Don't yor worry about ino; I kin eop anywhereJ Pick Me Up. Catarrh in the Head Is a dangerous disease. It may lead directly to consumption. Catarrh is caused by impure blood, and the true way to cure it is by purifying the blood. Hoods barsaparilla cures ca tarrh because it removes the cause of it by purifying the blood. Thousands testify that they have been cured by lloou s barsaparula. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable and do not purge, pain or gripe. All druggists. 35c ; COURT HOUSE MEWS. The Court House officials were very busy all week, owing to the regular term of Court, the attendance at which was unusually large. MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage licenses have been issued by Prothonotary Henrie during the last week. Anthony Kane, of Centralia, to Miss Kate Monahan, of the same place. Dallas Strauser, of Catawissa, to Miss Annie Hower, of the same place. Charles H. Jacobs, of Espy, to Miss Lizzie E. Deitz, of the same place. Henry C. Crawford, of Mt. Pleasant township, to Miss Jessie L. Crawford, of the same place. Lloyd Bender, of Stillwater, to Miss Susie Beishhne, of Bendertown. O110 True GhoBt Story- This is a true ghost story of an un conventional kind. A young lady ar rived late at night on a visit to a friend. She awoke in the darkness to find a white figure at the foot of the bed. While she watched the bed clothes were suddenly whisked off and the apparition vanished. After an anxious, not to say chilly, night, the visitor went down with little appetite for breakfast. At the table she was introduced to a gentleman, a very old friend of the family, who had, she learned, also been sleeping in the house. He complained of the cold. " I hope you will excuse me," he said to his hostess, " but I found it so cold during the night that, know ing the room next mine was unoccu pied, I took the liberty of going in and carrying off the bedclothes to supplement my own." The room, as it happened, was not unoccupied, but he never learned his mistake. Sketch. Is pure, rich blood, and a strong and healthy body, because with the ap proach of spring and the beginning of warmer weather your physical system will undergo radical changes. All the impurities which have accumulated during colder weather must now be ixpelled or serious consequences will result. The one true blood purifier prominently in the public eye today is Hood's Sarsaparilla. Its record of cures is unequalled. Its sales are the largest in the world. A few bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla will prepare you lor spring by purnying and enriching your blood and toning and invigora- .ing your whole system. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The hot blast was introduced into furnace use some time between 183 a and 1838. Lions born in captivity are more dangerous and harder to train than captured ones. A hale old couple dwell in Walton county, Florida. They are Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Campbell. His age is 117 years, and hers 1 1 a. A man at Bowling Green, Fla., re cently paid a fine of $5 and costs for swearing at a schoolmaster who whipped his boy at School. A recently patented marking brush has a reservoir in the handle to hold the marking fluid, discharging it through a tube to the center of the bristles. Milk tickets have been denounced as carriers of diphtheria by the health officer of South Bend, I nd., where a number of cases of the disease were traced to a patient in a milk peddler's family. The jet mines of England seem to yield less and less of that material. Ten years ago as much as 4,670 pounds were raised 1 last year only 168 pounds formed the total of the production. The adjutant general in his report says that this state could get together 839,538 men who are capable of shouldering a musket and fighting for the country. This will furnish some idea of the great army we could raise, if it was necessary. We would hav e more men than all the transportation facilities of all the other countries combined could brins against us. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer has restored gray hair to its original color and prevented baldness in, thousands of cases. It will do so to you. HAPPINESS FOR THOUSANDS. Tho Remarkable Offer of a Great Newspaper to Everylfbdy, Old and Young. " The Philadelphia Tress," in ac cordance with its policy ot always keeping abreast of the times, an nounces a departure which is certain to attract widespread attention by reason of its novelty and to bring happiness to thousands. It is the establishment of a premium depart ment through which men and women. boys and girls, schools, churches, clubs aud societies can get, free of cost, the thing! they have been want ing for years, but have been unable to buy. The range, of gifts which " The Philadelphia Press proposes to give free to those who will make f little effort is so great, that it em braces almost everything, useful and ornamental, which anybody can wish for. The project even includes the payment by " The Press " of the ex penses of a course in any college or university for any number of ambiti ous young men and women. The whole plan is described in " The Philadelphia Press " Premium List, which can be obtained free from any agent for " The Press " or will be sent by mail to any person who will send two two-cent stamps to " The Press Premium .Department, Phila delphia. m A - A - A - A THE HEALTH MAGAZINE For July, 1896, ay: A very large class of Intelligent and right-think. W people throughout the world are ready to testify to the nutritive properties of Walter Baker & Company's Breakfast Cocoa. The food value of this article has so long been known to physicians and the n.,i.t: u-.t It hns hrrnme in a pre at manv homes a staple article of the dietary, not only for invalids, but L for persons in neaiin as wen. Consumers should ask for, and be sure that f they get, the genuine Walter Baker 6: 1,0. s goods, made at Dorchester, Mass. WALTER BAKER & CO., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. 1 V ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IN Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Nuts SOX. AGENTS FOR Henry Maillard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. JPlLll QOOD3 -A. SPECIALT-T, SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Sole agents for the f ollowlng brands of Cigars Hoary Clay, Londros, Normal, Indian Princoss, Samson, Silver Ach Bloomsburg Pa. brides' Iow ki)d Gfaod Woi'k. For the finest and best stoves, tinware, roofing", spouting and general job work, go to W. W. Watts, on Iron street Buildings heated by steam, hot air or hot water in a satisfac tory manner. Sanitary Plumbing a specialty. I have the exclusive control of the Thatcher steam, hot water and hot air heaters for this territory, which is acknowl edged to be the best heater on the market. All work guaran teed. W. W. WATTS, IRON STREET. Bloomsburg. Fa. in-ivr We buy right and sell right. OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON THIS FACT. Honest trading has won us hosts of customers but we want more. Ve are selling good shoes, so good you ought to see them. Drop in and we will make it pay you. Cor.:rEK Icon and Main Sts. W. H. floore. How a Letter May Be Recalled. The public is not as familiar with its privileges about postal matters as might be supposed, says the Boston Transcript. Many times people would like to recall a letter after it has been mailed. This can be done, even if the letter has reached the postoffice of its destination. At every postoffice there are what are called "withdrawal blanks." On application they will be furnished, and when a deposit is made to cover the expense, the postmaster will telegraph to the postmaster at the letter's destination asking that it be promptly returned. The applicant first signs this agreement : "It is here by agreed that, if the letter is return ed to me, I will protect you from any and all claims made against you for such return and will fully indemnify you for any loss you may sustain by reason of such action. And I here with deposit $ to cover all expenses incurred and will deliver to you the envelope of the letter returned." In many cases persons have made re mittances to fraudulent parties or ir responsible firms, not learning their true character until after the letter had gone, and have succeeded in re calling them. BONE-EAOKINO GKIP." O. F. Spring, Publisher of the Pres ton " Times," la., writes : " Your remedy '77' for Grip relieved myself and mother from the worst 'bone racking' cases of Grip that we evei had, and in mother's case it saved a doctor's bill of about $10.00. The investment has brought returns that I little expected." )r. Humphrey's Homeopathic Manual of Diseases at your druggists, or mailed free. A small bottle of pleasant pellets, fits the vest pocket. Sold by druggists, or sent on receipt of 25c, or five for $100. Humphreys Medicine Co. Cor. William & John Sts., New York SHOES SHOES IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, &1ATTIWG, or OIL YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. H. BIOWEB'S 2nd Door above Court HoubC. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. "Where dirt gathers, waste rules." Great saving results from the use of APOLI ASKfO&THEftSKLET ONIIGITTAND 3? GIVES BEST UGHT IN THE W6M5 AJiyTELyfS FOR SALE BY THE ATLANTIC REFINING CO. 1 I MM 1 'J7D-A PASTES Til5AMMUHiII0 Properly DiMM
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