THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOM3BURO, PA. JANUARY During this month vc offer nt one quarter to one-half ofTuu all odd pairs and broken lots of shoes In our stock. You no doubt can find your size in sonic of the lots which includes men's, women's and children's. W C. Mel-inney, THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, T. SALES- Fed. 27. J. D. and W. K. Arm strong,administrators of Chas.JP. Arm strong, deceased, will sell at auction on the premises of 1). V. Armstrong in Bloomsburg, at 9.30 a. m. horses, cows, wagons, harness, farm imple ments, household goods, canned goods, stoves, &c. The 19th Semi Annual Convention of the Columbia Co. Woman's Chris tian Union will be held in the Luth eran Church, Bloomsburg. Thursday and Friday, Feb. 18 and 19. On the evening of Friday, Mrs. A. M. Holney will deliver her popular lecture "A Wedge of Gold." The LoyarTem perance Legion will give an enter tainment on Thursday evening. Ev erybody welcome to all sessions. Lecture free. Jeff Davis as a Prisoner. While Jefferson Davis was a prisoner at Fortress Monroe he was guarded by Second Lientenant Upham, since governor of Wisconsin, says the De troit Tribune. The two were on friendly terms, as Davis was interest ed in Wisconsin men and matters. While a young man he had crossed that state twice from Milwaukee to Prarie du Chien, and once from Fort Howard to the same place, using only Indian trails and becoming very fami liar with the different tribes. Gov ernor Upham says that he was much struck by his prisoner's wonderful memory. In a corner of his casemate in the fortress Davis had a pile of newspaper clippings two feet high, made up in large part of articles about himself taken irom corthern journals. He was always treated with great courtesy, was never put in chains, as bas been asserted, and Mrs. Davis was allowed to come and go as sh e would. NEW8 ITEMS. Over two thousand people tended a rally of the Y. M. C, at- , A. at Danville last week. 1 The citizens of Williamsport will hold a mass meeting to protest against the high rates charged by the Water company of that city. Two men fell from a scaffolding and were killed at Miner's Mills last week. The Clearfield county commission ers have fixed the compensation of Treasurer at one per cent, for disbus ing county funds. Under this ruling the office will pay about $1,700 in stead of $6,000 or $7,000 per year as form erly. -The Pennsylvania superior court decided that tree owners have some rights. The employes of the telegraph company (which had a line crossing the land of Dr. John Marshall, in Bucks couuty, entered upon that land to add new cross bars and wires to the poles. To facilitate such addi tions they cut down a number of fine shade trees growing on Dr. Marshall's place. The men were arrested, and for this wanton destruction were fined $50 each, and in default of payment, ! 10 imprisonment for fifty days. The ! superior court affirmed the sentence. Tor Sale. A desirable houfe and lot. Corner lot about 50 x 80 feet, beautiful lo cation, all modern improvements; will be sold at once. Cheap for cash, or part down and balance to suit the purchaser; or part in exchange for other property. For further information call on S. D. Neyhard, Building, Loan and Real Estate Agent, over Firtt National Bank, Bloomsburg, fa. 1 i-i t; tf. A Desirable Business Place For Sale. The large three story brick store building lately occupied by J. R. Schuyler & Co., as a hardware store for sale on reasonable terms by J. H. Maize Esq., Attorney. Office Lock ard building corner Main and Certre streets. tf. Real good pioperty in Espy for sale cheap. It is a desirable resilience, large lot, and pltnty of fruit. Apply to. M Maize Lq. For Rent House, second door east of Geo. S. Lockard's, East 1st. Street. Cheap. Inquire at this office. tf. SHOE SALE. A Ouod (.osmetic' With many French and German la dles the cucumber is a sovereign cos metic. They buy cold cream, beat It on a plate until soft, and drop In the Juice ot a boiled cucumber. Milk Is a very valuable cosmetic, and may be used freely to bathe the face in. Lauoline cream, which is considered excellent as an emollient for the skiu, may be made as followsf Obtain hall a pint of lanollne and half a pint ol pure oil of sweet almonds. Then, put ting a tablespoonful on a china plate, add an equal quantity of almond oil; mix thoroughly, and add from half a tcaupoonful of tlucture of benzoin, un til the paste drips from the knife a steel caseknife is best for the mixing process In about the consistency ot very thick cream. All three of these Ingredients are absolutely harmless, It should be rubbed in at night. tor Feather lied. An unusual way of treating a feather bed is as follows: Place it upon a piaz za roof, if one Is at hand, or, if not upon several boards, so as to raise it from the ground. Leave it exposed to the drenching rain until it is thorough ly soaked, then turn the bed several times. Dry It in the sun, turning first one side and then the other. When one side is perfectly dry, beat it up with sticks until perfectly light, and so on, until the bed is iu perfect condi tion. Change In Vklrts. The difference between last season'i skirts and those of the latest model is more noticeable in the trimmings than In the shapes; yet there is much less fullness between the extreme of fashion then and now. Tucks, bands ol velvet, braids, ribbon ruches, and floun ces decorate the new skirt In various ways, but the attempt to bring draped skirts 4ato favor has not yet met much success. nam I'attlet. Chop bits of boiled ham very fine (those unfit for slicing). To this add for one pint of meat, one cup of bread crumbs, one teaspoonful white pepper one saltspoonful celery, one-half cup milk. Mix, fill patty pans and bake twenty minutes. Lemon Flavoring. If you need only to use the juice of lemons, cut off as thinly as possible their yellow rind, put it Into a wide mouthed bottle, covered with gin ot brandy, fill up from time to time; this will give as good a flavor as essence ol lemon. SendforacopyofTasker's Beautiful Song "Gone Forever". The very latest. Pronounced by critics to be the pretti est song ever written. Price 40 cts. At music stores ,or sent upon receipt of price by David J. Tasker, Bloomsburg, Pa. tf. HOW TO HUD OUT. Fill a bottle or common water glass with urine and let it stand twenty four hours ; a sediment or settling indi cates a diseased cendition of the kidneys. When urine stains linen it is positive evidence of kidney trouble. The frequent desire to urinate or pain in the back, is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in relieving pain in ' the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extrao'di nary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distress ing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists price fifty cents and one dollar. For a sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free by mail, mention The Columbian and send your full post-office address to Dr. Kilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y. 1-211 jr. Mother Gray'i Sweet Worm Powders, Successfully used by Mother Gray, for years a nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure sickly child ren. At all druggists. 35c Sample sent FREE. Address Alien S. Oim sted, Le Roy, N. Y. 2 4 8t d. Po You Panos TVNight ? Shajie into your Shoes Allen's Foot Ease, a powder that makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures Corns, Chib Mains and Sweating Feet. At drug gists and Shoe Stores asc Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. a-4-8t.d. Probability of a Record Breaking Legislative Session. ' SOME IMPORTANT NEW MEASURES, Ob. of Thru. Troponin to Permit Grape flrowcr. to Manufacture and Unit Wine. Th. Heavy Damands of tb. Morrl.town Insane Aiylam. .... (flnpclnl flnrrpHnnnrinnea. I Harrisburg, Feb. g.-The destruction of the state capltol buildings by Are on Tuesday of last week put a stop to state business. A vigorous and virile pretense of carrying on legislation as though there had been no break, was made by both branches. Hills were road In place and reported out of com mittee, but there were no committee meetings, no pretensions to continuous and successful effort. The fire, the fu ture, the multitudinous uncertainties connected with the remarkable contin gency of the week alone absorbed at tention. " The legislators came together again this evening at Grace Methodist church, but will adjourn on Thursday until the Monday following the spring elections. During the recess the proposed changes In the church, the solons' temporary home, will be completed, and both bod ies will continue their sessions without further Interruptions. Neither hous? will do much, however, until after the inauguration of President-elect McKin ley. The work of the committees has been retarded by the loss of many bills in the burning of the capitol building. It Is already a foregone conclusion that the rresent session will establish a record for length, although it is hinted that Senator Quav Is ieslron 1 of shortening ur Its laborer n rmirit- ly as possible. But the delays Incident to the catastrophe are of such a char acter that the session cannot help but be protracted beyond the ordinary length, unless Important legislation is neglected and the screws of dominant power be put on with their greatest tension. Talk of an Excise Cominlmlom The llquor'rnen of the state need to keep their eyes open for legislation that will seriously affect them. Indis putable authority says some radical measures in this line are to be Intro diced. There is strong talk in certain circles that an excise commission for the state would be an Improvement upon the present method of issuing li censes by the courts. That there may be no uncertainity as to how the Ju diciary views the subject, it Is broadly intimated that letters from a number of the occupants of the bench In the state will be presented, favoring this change In the established law when it 1b brought forth. The power of an excise commission In the hands of a dominant faction in Pennsylvania politics would be a greater lever than has ever been exer cised, even in the control and manipu lation of the state treasury. In the hands of designing and unscrupulous 1 men It would be made a sword 'of Damocles to hang ever over the head of every wholesale and retail liquor dealer in the Btate, as well as the great brewers and bottlers of the common wealth. The laborers and skilled workmen of the state received their due share of at tention the past week, despite the ex citement of the times. Representative Muehlbronner, of Allegheny, who rep resents the district in which the West ern penitentiary is located, is the au thor of a bill which proposes to cur tall prison industry in favor of honest outside labor. His bill, which has for its object a limitation of the number of Inmates of prisons, penitentiaries, state reformatories, and other penal Institutions, who shall be employed In the manufacture of goods therein and prohibiting the use of machinery in the manufacture of said coocIb, has provided that not more than 5 percent, of the whole number of inmates in any prison or penitentiary shall be em ployed in the manufacture of any one kind of goods that are manufactured elsewhere in theostate. The bill also prohibits the use V any machines, ex cept those operated by hand or foot power, in the man&facture of these goods. A violation of the act is deemed a misdemeanor, punishable with a fine not exceeding $1,000 or an imprison ment not exceeding one year. CltUens Only on Publlo Work. John It. Farr, of Lackawanna, who is regarded as the father of educa tional and labor legislation (the latter in so far as it relates to American citi zens). Introduced a bill which provides that hereafter none but American citi zens shall be employed upon any work by the state or by any municipal cor poration. Mr. Farr's bill also desig nates eight hours as a legal day's work. Although eight hours, underthls bill, shall constitute a legal day's la bor, it is provided that the working men shall receive the full wages paid throughout the city and state. It pro hibits the employment, absolutely, of aliens end provides for the removal from ofllce of any offending ofllcial. Not only this, but an additional fine of not less than $200 or more than $100 shall be Imposed upon the guilty official. Every farmor throughout the state 1 interested in a bill presented by Colonel E. P. Gould, of Erio. Colonel Gould comes from a grape growing district Hi con stituents are noted for the quality and quantity of their Concord grape. His bill is Intended to permit growers of grapes to manufacture wine from grapes of their own raising which are not first 1 class or marketable, and sell said wine to licensed doalers, without taking out or paying a license, Tho bill 1 a radical change in the law of 1B01. Under this new act it is proposed to permit growers of grapes to manufacture wine from grapes of their own raising which are not mar ketable, and sell such wine In quantities of not less than one quart without taking out a lioense, provided that uch wine is not drunk upon the promise where sold. In other words, any raiser of grapes can ninko his own wine and retail It by the quurt to hi neighbors, provided the wine 1 not drunk on tho premisos. NorrUtown Asylum' Many Want. In view of the rocont scandal at Norrls town, growing out of the mysterious death of the Insane convict McCuo, tho re quests of that lustitution for state aid at thli Mm. are pocnllnrly IntcrMtlng. The more or Im doubtful trnnonrtlonn unoor- ered by the Goliln inreatiKitlon of two roar ngo are rnllnd to mind In on. Item In the (lonmnd of the trtmtpe for 1115,000 for th. extotnlon of the hospital plnnt and RoceMorln. Dlenholm palnre, with all ltd superb appointments and lnvlh dlnplay, so far tin known, novor expended the mu nificent sum of (10,000 for the building of a plmty and a hon house. And yet that Is the modest mm nuked for by th. Norn town hospital, so that t pliri and chick- en may bo properly caret! for during the inclemency of winter and the heat of sum,' luer. There are other striking call mad. tip' on the diminishing revenue! of the state by this institution which are just as inter- ' !!!ti".nd,.p!c",,"r' Thus, the sum of fcl.non Is asked for fruit and shad, trees, vases and fountains. Whole farm of fruit and shnde trade can be purchased for this suKi In rural Pennsylvania. Then there ; Is the demand for f 10,000 fora refrigerator i nd Ice plant The Items In detail are as ' follows: tor the extension of the Waring sowage system, tho sum ot $5,noo, or so much' 1 thereof ns nmy bo necessHry. , or tho equipping and tho completion of the water plant the sum of f:tO,000, or to much thereof a may be necessary. For two additional ward building, In lieu of present frame barracks, the sum of fo0,ou0, or so much thereof as may be ne cessary. For rebuilding the piggory and hennery, tho sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as may bo necessary. For fruit and shado trees, shrubbery, vases and fountains, the sum of $3,000, or so much thereof as may bo necessary. For eroctlon'nf bam for hoxpltal proper, tho sum of $7,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For refrigerating and ice plant, the sum of $in,ooo, or so much thereof as may bo necessary. That the nlxive Item will attract nn usual attention from the legislators who ore plodgud to economy and reform goes Without saying. The iit'ili of Capital Removal. The proposed removal of the canitnl from Harrlsbnrg to Pittsburg bas had the effect of stirring tip the sluggish curront 01 Jtarnsburg life as it has novor been stirred np before. A paid fire department is a certainty. Not only ha tho volunteer nro department been notoriously Ineffl cient, but the supply of hose has never been adequate to tho demands of the city. Chief Gaverlch, of the fire department, can give testimony to this fact A propo sition to remove the capital would never nave an instant s standing if the advance ment of Harrisburg in municipal ranks had beon left In the hands of such m en as tho chief magistrate and the chief of the fire department Lieutenant Governor Walter Lyon Is working up sontimont regarding the pro posed move of the capital to Philadelphia He said to a reporter: "If the state capitol were located in Philadelphia it would be conveniently reached by many more peo pie than it is at present, and for that rea son I believe that if put to a vote of the peoplo it would curry." A great deal of adverse comment upon Harrisburg as a state capitol has been largoly due to the fact that members of the legislature and state officials have beon regarded during the past twenty years as "outside barbarians" who are tolerated simply because of the revenuo that they bring to the city. Thore Is not a liberal instinct or a social qualification 1 o recoramenu Harrisburg to anvbodv In f the commonwealth as a state capital. Har- rlsburg apparently regards state officials. legislators ana everybody having busi ness within her borders as Individuals who apparently are to be "worked to the limit." Mr. Wanamaker Suggestion. The Hon. John Wanainaker, In a com munication to a representative of Harris burg, suggest a possible solution to the vexed question of the rebuilding of the Capitol in this city. The ex-Ttostmaster goneral says : "An evidence of Harrisburg' good faith might be permanently demonstrated by her insuring the new Capitol building. A ; paid nre department will bo, of course, re garded as an evidence of good fulth on the part of her citizens; but If she wishes to impress upon the rest of the state her ap preciation of the honor conferred upon her by the erection of the new state Cupltol In ! her midst, It can be most effectually done j by her city officials guarantoolng the pay- ment of the premium upon the utmost limit of insurance that can be placed upon the proposed new Capitol." The groat event of the week Is the Tues day evening reception to the members of the legislature, a feature of the reception being the presence In the receiving line of three visiting state executives. They are Governor Griggs of New Jersey, Lowndoa of Maryland and Tunnell of Delaware, as well as Lloutenant Governor and Mrs. Lyon, President Pro Tern, and Mrs. Mo-. Carroll and Speaker Boyer. Chairman George Kunkel, of the house judiciary general committee, has prepared a bill making the wife a ooiupotent wit noss against the husband In actions for alienating the wife's affoctions and Incases for action for assault and battery. Senator Walter Merrick, of Tioga county, has drafted an Important piece of legislation which he offered whon the sen ate reconvened this morning. It is an act to provide that when evidence shows con clusively by the certificate of a reputable physician or the superintendent of a state Insane hospital that a man or woman Is a hopeless luuutlo, this shall be sufflolont grounds tor divorce. Senator Walton' Taxation Scheme. Senator Walton, of Greene county, has worked out a bill to reduce tax on real es tate by making properties now taxable only for state purposes subject to local taxation, except school building He ha ; also prepared an act changing the system ; of paying the official of Greene county, j The senator's scheme is to pny them a fixed salary, with a reasonable sum for expenses, and require the fees of office to I be ooverod Into the county treasury. i no rural mem burs are quietly organiz ing to prevent tho proposed reduction In the school appropriation. An Informal meeting will be held during the week to outline a plan of action. William O. Smith, of Bedford, who led the light in the house two years ago for a change In the system of distributing the school fund, Is a lead ing spirit in the movement Ho will not agree to any bill which gives loss than $j,600,000 to tho schools. The oountrymen will also try to puss an act giving fciOO.000 for township high schools. "Thore should be no thought of spend, lng millions of dollars for a new Capitol," said Mr. Smith, "a half million eroded the large executive and library building, and that sum ought to be sufficient for a now state house. To rob the people In those hard times to build a gorgoous ituto house would be a crime that will not be xousod Ur the voters." THE BROADWAY Familiar Staples at Strange Figures. We have received a large stock of China, Glassware and Qticensware, plain and decora ariety of ten, ana in a great fctyles and shape?. Aside from the attractive ness of the items themselves, the prices at vhich they are marked are sufficient guarantee of a rapid sale. Positively lower than they have ever been sold in the county. Call to see them. A big opportunity for hotel and restaurant people, as well as housekeepers. Alss special prices on Jjinens, J sending, rinware,Enameled Steel Kitch euware and Housefurnishing Goods, Tinware, Enameled Steel Kitchenware and House- furnishing Goods. Read the list, mark the items that interest you, then brinz the advertisement with you to the store, and compare the printed statement with the goods offered for sale. BEST WHITE GRANITE DISHES. Bakers or vegetable dishes, G, 8, 10 to 2oc. each. Bowls, 1 piut, Gc, y pint, 7c, 2 pints, lie. each. Footed oyster bowls, 7c. each. Covered outter dishes, loose drainers," 32c. each. Uncovered chambers, 20c. each. r i i- i mc i Vyovereu cuamoers, ic. eacn. Meat platters, all sizes, 5, o, 10 to 7oc. each. Large wash bowls and pitch ers, GUc. set. , G-lasswaio. The finest stock of big val ues in table glassware we have ever shown. Seven-inch Very useful. oblong dishes. Seven-inch plates, a most at tractive pattern. Flanged foot tumblers, bril liant. Seven-inch oval dishes. Very usetul. Deep, round dishes, 51 inches. Tankered cream pitchers, nigh shape. High-footed jellies, a regu lar 10c. item, All the above and more at the low price of be. each. Halt-gallon pitchers, extra large, 0U inch deep. Footed dislies, A4 inches deep. lOi inch round bread plates. 10 J inch celery dishes, with bent sides. Flower vases, 8 inches high, cut glass pattern. Han dled vinegar cruets, with stop per, i?ooted sugar bowJs, with cover. 1 wo-bottle casters, for salt and pepper. All of the above and many others, at the very low price of 10c. each. Yellow and Rockingham Kitchenware. We are offering a splendid line of first clasa kitchen uten sils, comprising milk bailers, nappies, bowls, bakers, pie plates, pitchers, milk pans, tea pots, &c., all perfect goods, at from 5c. to 2oc. You all need them. Now is your chance to buy them right. lhis list does not represent one tenth ot the articles on sale ; it is impossible to enum erate every item in this space," but you can see them when vou come to the store. Everv article to be satisfactory or money refunded. Agency for Euttericls's Patterns. tho aeh Trado Only by m mm m iw, Moyer'a New Building, Main Street, BLOOMSBURG. . JONAS LONG'S SONS WEEKLY CHATS. Wilkes-Harre, Ta, February nth, ,3 Grand Exposition sndSali of Imported and Domesfl: fabrics. OK, Theexcclleoct 01 our Wash! raorics will clearly dem siraica at the great cxhibitio, and sale 11,,. takes place tij. week. Event detail has ba car e f u 1 1 J natched in the selection of the! . . -mi: most perfect line of goods and I correctness of designs and color I ings is assured. Having laid an imporst onir were woven under our person! direction, with as much thought and care as is usually given to the manufacture of the choicest and .most delicate fabrics All the patterns All the patterns arc new and most of them arc entirely exdu sivc. We would be pleased to have you visit this magnificent display which will take up almost the entire second floor ; some oi the prettiest fabrics arc the Aberfoyle Tissues. Aberfoyle Silk and Linta Ticcnie Aberfovle Finest Zenhvr! j Ginghams. Bishop Lawn Lace Inscrtloa Cordonct Impruni. Chatillion Stripes. Defiance Madras. Lappet Stripes. Etamine Royalc. Fieulainc. ' Grampian Cloth. India Foulard Silk. Irish Flaxonette. Jaconet Duchess. Jacquard Swiss. Javan Madras. Organdie Alixe. Pompadour Lace Lawn. Spider Cloth. Standard Madras. Spanish Leno. Tissue Mozambique. Organdi Sublime. Orgaridi Rayee. IMPORTED ORGANDIES. Our Imported Organdies are perfect gems of design and color h a r m o n y and stand without a rival in the city. OUR OWI HEW YOBK FIRM WATERMAN, HELLER, 8 I ONft. send us a srjlendid line ol Wash Goods of their own manu facture, which we place in this great opening exhibition; to sell at factoiy prices, they consist of Rosemary Orcandies, a rich and graceful fabric combining all the beauties of rich artistic colorings. Sold at the. factory price per yard ioc. , 40 inch Imperial Jaconets, leading highly finished wain fabric in every shading of coloi and pattern design, to be sold at the factory price per yard I2;jt, 40 inch Imperial Organdies, de signs especially drawn lor o"1 New York Firm, equal in every respect to the daintiest imported fabric, sold at the factory price per yard 15c. Dimities in a beautiful range ot patterns, many new and nova effects form the combination, they carry a richness of tone that can net be surpassed in the higher priced goods, price should beiS0 we sell them at the factory pru-e per yard 19c, Samples mailed on application, NOTE Although the stock is an extensive one, the quality, de signs and low price of these gouS will make them rapid sellers. therefore advise promptness in ordering. Respectfully, .Cor. W. Market and Public Squarej
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