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SHOES!
Newest Spring Styles
for Men and Women,
That are Worthy of Your Inspection.
W.C. McKINNEY,
No. 8 East Main Street.
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
DEiTfl OF B. F. EIfGAB.
15. F. Edgar, ex-County Commis
sioner, and one of the leading demo
cratic politicians of this county, died
at his home on Leonard street, this
city, Friday afternoon last.
*He was born in Fisliingcreek town
ship, September 9th, 1836, and lived
with his parents until eighteen years
of age, after which he learned the car
trade and followed it for twenty
more. In 1880 he started a
fry on his farm about half way Stillwater
Stillwater and Van Camp.
latter business he pioved quite
BttJ cessful and amassed considerable
which he invested in farm land.
Mr. Edgar was twice married, his
Vrirst wife was Miss Susanna, daughter
of Solomon Hartman. She died in
1874. He married for his second wife
Martha, daughter of Abraham Golder,
who still survives.
Mr. Edgar has had a very active
life and has held several responsible
positions, being constable for three
years, tax collector three years and
County Commissioner one term, to
which he was elected in 1890 after a
lively campaign. He has been in
feeble health for some time past, hav-
afflicted with two strokes of
paralysis. He was highly esteemed
by all who knew him.
The funeral was conducted at the
house 011 Monday morning by Rev. J.
W. McNamara, and the remains taken
to Van Camp, and interred in St.
James Cemetery at that place.
Methodist Episcopal Church-
The First Quarterly Conference will
be held at the church Saturday even
ing April 30, at 8:00 o'clock. Rev.
W. W. Evans D.D., the new Presiding
Elder will preach next Sunday morn
ing May 1, at o'clock. Let
there be a large audience to greet him
and hear htm. Love Feast Wednes
day evening May 4 and Communion
on Sunday May 8.
Appeal Notices
Appeals will be held on the assess
ment of 1898 between the hours of
1; 8 a. m. and 4 p. m. of each day as
} follows to wit:
( April 23 —Montour and Mt. Pleas
ant at Commissioners' office, Blooms
burg.
April 25 —Catawissa township and
Franklin at Kreisher's hotel, Cata
wissa township.
r -April 27 —Cleveland, Locust and
Roaringcreek, at Yeager's Hotel in
Locust.
April 28 —Beaver and Mam at'
Allstetter's hotel, Mainville.
April 29 —Mifflin at Per.nypacker's
hotel in Mifflinville.
April 30 —Orange at Turner's hotel.
May 4 —Hemlock at Commission
ers* office. Bloomsburg.'
May s —Scott at Commissioners'
office, Bloomsbu/rg.
May 6—Caitawissa Borough at Kist
ler's hotel, Qatawissa.
May i6--Berwick and Briarcreek
at St. Chatfles hotel, Berwick.
May yj—Centre, at election house,
Centre/
lB—Fishingcreek, at West
- fk'l£ningcreek election house.
May 19 —Benton Boro., Benton
township and Jackson at McHenry
House, Benton.
May 20 —Sngarloat at Steen's hotel.
May 23 —Bloomsburg at Commiss
ioners' office, Bloomsburg.
May 23 —Greenwood at Rohrsburg
hotel.
May 26 —Millville and Pine at
Millville election house.
May 27 —Madison at Rimby's hotel
at Jerseytown.
June I—Centralis and Conyngham
at McDonnell House, Centralis.
The assessors are required to give
each taxable a notice of his or her
valuation at least five days before the
appeal.
WM. KRICKBAUM, 1
JOHN N. GORDON, V CO. Com.
NEHEMIAH KITCHEN. )
Attest, D. Z. MENSCH, Clerk. .
Commissioners office, Bloomsburg,
Pa., April 16, 1898. 4 21-31.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tie Kind You Have Always Bought
Grab a Gun!
He who hesitates is lost;
Grab a gun 1
Do not stop to count the cost;
Grab a gun 1
The handwriting all can read,
Cuba's children died for feed,
It is time for Spain to bleed;
Grab a gun 1
Do not fear to dare and die ;
Grab a gun!
Do not pause to question why;
Grab a gun!
Hear the cry of souls dismayed,
Asking justice, long delayed ;
God is with us—who's afraid ?
Grab a gun!
Bid adieu to those you love ;
Grab a gun 1
Put your trust in Him above;
Grab a gun 1
Bid your throbbing heart be still,
Let your hand obey your will,
Keep your nerve and shoot to kill;
Grab a gun!
Children starve on Cuban soil;
Grab a gun !
Shackled are the hands of toil;
Grab a gun 1
For the ones who cry for bread,
For the thousands stark and dead,
Let the sea with blood run red ;
Grab a gun !
—Nebraska State Journal.
To Etain Their Places.
George F. Baer, president of the
Reading Co's iron works, has issued a
notice to the 2,300 employees in
Reading and Danville, in which he
says : "Employees of this company
who enlist in the army and navy will
be retaken into the service of this
company at or before the close of the
war, upon the presentation of honor
able discharges, and given positions
not lower in rank or pay than those
they now hold, provided that they
shall then be capable of filling such
positions. This understanding will
apply only to those who, upon leaving
the Government service, shall return
directly to the service of this com
pany."
A Soldier's Pay-
There is one difference which the
National Guard soldier will experience
between their service for the State and
that for Uncle Sam. The last named
will prove to be not anywhere so liber
al a paymaster as Father Penn.
Only $l3 per month is the amount
the private soldiers will be doled out
by Uncle Sam as against the $1.50
| per day with which Father Penn pam
! pered them. The corporals will get
1 $l3 per month, instead of $1.75 per
day; sergeants $lB per month, instead
| of $2 per day; and the first sergeants
$23 per month, instead of $3 per day.
These figures show quite a difference
in the compensatory rate.
ONE OF TWO WAYS.
The bladder was created for one
purpose, namely, a receptacle for the
urine, and as such it is not liable to
any form of disease except by one ot
two ways. The first way is from im
perfect action of the kidneys. The
second way is from careless local treat
ment of other diseases.
CHIEF CAUSE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy
kidneys is the chief cause of bladder
troubles. So the womb, like the blad
der, was created for one purpose, and
if not doctored too much is not liable
to weakness or diseases, except in rare
cases. It is situated back of and very
close to the bladder, therefore any
pain, disease or inconvenience mani
fested in the kidneys, back, bladder or
urinary passage is often, by mistake,
attributed to female weakness or womb
trouble of some sort. The error is
easily made and may be as easily
avoided. To find out correctly, set
your urine aside for twenty four hours;
a sediment or settling indicates kidney
or bladder trouble. The mild and ex
traordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney, and
bladder remedy, is soon realized. If
you need a medicine you should have
the best. At druggists fifty cents and
one dollar. You may have a sample
bottle and pamphlet, both sent free
by mail, upon receipt of three two-cent
! stamps to cover cost of postage on the
bottle. Mention THE COLUMBIAN and
send your address to Dr. Kilmei & Co ,
Binghamton, N. Y. The proprietors
of this paper guarantee the genuineness
of this offer.
r \
THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMBBURG. PA.
FOUNT. AIN PEN MATTBRB-
Some of the Grist Ground in Recent Suite.
Results are beginning to accrue
from the primary decision made in
favor of Paul E. Wirt in his suit against
the American News fompany, and
from the subsequent decision, where
in the motion of the defendant com
pany to be allowed to give a bond and
continue the sale of the "Ever Ready"
fountain pen as before, pendin" the
defendant's appeal, was denied. Both
were reported in this paper at the
time of their occurrence. In The
Stationer s report of the first decision
in this case it said :
"When the damages have been
ascertained and collected that will
mark the end of this famous suit, but
this does not necessarily mean that
that will be the end of all fountain pen
litigation. The state of the trade,
already in an unsatisfactory and un
settled condition because of the
pendency of the suit just decided and
other suits of a similar nature in other
quarters, is not to be allowed to re
main calm and undisturbed for a very
great length of time, if all reports are
to be believed. It is said that Mr.
Wirt, flushed with another success,
will renew his demand for settlement
with even greater peremptoriness than
was the case before he locked horns
with the American News Company.
It is rumored that letters of notifica
tion were sent out to some of the big
gest buyers in the fountain pen line
before the ink was hardly dry upen the
pen with which the judge put his
signature to the decree calling upon
them to step up to the captain's office
and settle. These threats were taken
as idle when made before, but the
result was that one of the strongest
companies of all those against whom
they were made was chosen as an
example and victim. They now know
what it means, and it is a lightful in
ference to draw that, strengthened by
another legal decision, Mr. Wirt will
be even more stienuous in insisting
upon and maintaining the rights for
which he has fought and won."
Recent happenings have borne out
these statements, and from all that
can be learned there is likely to be
forthcoming in due time more examples
of corroborative evidence of a like
character to those recorded below, or
else all signs and rumors are un
usually misleading, unreliable and un
decipherable except to those who are
on the inside.
The result of each suit which has
so far been brought and settled or
judicially decided has been that some
of the fountain pen manufacturers
have been corralled, as it were, and
required to take out a license from Mr.
Wirt. The result of the suit against
the American News Company has not
been an exception to the rule, and two
New York fountain pen manufacturers
are recorded as having entered into
agreements with Mr. Wirt for the
peaceful continuation in the manu
facture of their respective pens. They
are David W. Beaumel, who makes
the "Rival," and W. G. Frazer and
H. W. Geyer, who, under the firm
style of William G. Frazer & Co, or,
as they sometimes advertise, the Lin
coln Fountain Pen Company, make
the "Lincoln" fountain pen. Both
parties last week signed agreements
with Mr. Wirt in which they acknowl
edge as right all the claims of the
Stone patent, agree to take out li
censes for manufacture from Mr. Wirt,
stamp their pens as ">ade under his
patents, to pay a royalty therefor
tnereafter, at so much per pen, ac
cording to the retail price thereof, to
pay immediate and substantial dam
ages in a gross sum covering the pens
they have already sold, and holding
themselves liable to the payment of a
yet greater sum as a penalty in case
they shall fail to comply with the terms
of their agreements.
In this connection it is interesting
to note the number of cases which
have been brought by or against Mr.
Wirt and the disposal .of each. The
time they cover is almost twelve years,
beginning January 21, 1887, when an
injunction was granted in the case of
Paul E. Wirt v. Francis C. Brown.
The others are as follows, the dates
being the dates of injunction or settle
ments : February 4, 1888, Wirt v. D.
W. Lapham and S. H. Bogert, decree
and injunction ; December 14, 1888,
Wirt v. D. W. Lapham and S. H.
Bogert, decree and injunction ; May
12, 1890, George H. Sackett v. Paul
E. Wirt et al., bill dismissed ; October
10, 1890, Wirt v. William S. Hicks
et al., injunction granted, with an ac
counting and costs; May n, 1895,
Wirt v. Mabie, Todd & Bard, suit
discontinued, defendants taking out a
license and paying damages and costs;
March 8, 1898, Wirt v. American
News Company, injunction granted ;
the case is now on appeal. In addi
tion to this numerous licenses, as be
fore said, have been taken out by
some of the lead : ng manufacturers of
the United States. These have been
recorded in The American Stationer
from time to time, and George S.
Robbins, to whose etforts much is
due, and who furnished the above
data at the request of this paper, has
called attention to the graded scale
upon which these operations have
been carried on. He points out how,
from the first licenses to the last
above enumerated, those manufactur
ers whose pens most affected the
business of Mr. Wirt were first re
quired to take out a license to manu
facture their pens under, his patents,
and those manufacturers the sale of
whose pens had less effect were last
approached. With these straws it
does not seem to be difficult to see in
what quarter the fouutaiu pen wind
will shift next.— The American
Stationer.
Making Sugar From Beets.
Much is said nowadays in agricul
tural newspapers about making sugar
from beets. The experience of France
ami Germany long ago showed that
this can be done profitably where labor
is cheap enough. It is in this connec
tion that American Cultivator says :
" There is much land in all our
northern states where good beets for
sugar making can be grown. In New
York State under the influence of a
State bounty on beet sugar several
beet sugar factories have been started
this year. While the sugar making
experiments have been entirely suc
cessful it is not yet certain whether
the sugar can be produced at a profit
to the manufacturers. But as the
price paid for the beets is only $5 per
ton, it is doubtful whether many farm
ers who live near markets can grow
and haul their beets to the factory for
the price. Farther from the factories
there would be increased cost of trans
porting the beets to the places where
the sugar is to be manufactured. The
farmer who grows tjeets at this price
gives much labor and gets very little
for it."
Philadelphia & Heading Bouts to Oape
May and Ocean City-
By the lease of the lines formerly
known as the South Jersey Railroad
the Philadelphia & Reading have ac
quired a direct route to the above
named points. The high standard of
excellence which has hitherto prevail
ed on the Atlantic City Railroad will
be extended to the newly acquired
line. Fast trains, hard coal burning
engines and the best facilities of every
kind will be offered the seashore
resort traveler. For time tables or
any information not obtainable from
nearest ticket agent, address Edson
J. Weeks, General Passenger Agent,
Reading Terminal, Philadelphia.
Saturday Gidding & Co. sell sev
eral lines of $5 children's fancy nov
elties at $3.98, blouse, vestee, faun
tleroy, etc. Gidding & Co.'
THE
BROADWAY
0
Do These Prices
Please you ?
The Goods Are Hew.
4 and 6 qt. watering pots, 20, 25c ea
Canister coffee mills, 35c ea
Straw mattings, 12J, 16, 22c yd
Boys' heavy bicycle hose, 15c pair
Summer corsets, 24c ea
Linen thread, 3c spool
Cocoa door mats, 15, 18, 20c ea
Shelf oil cloth, 5c yd
Stair oil cloth crash, 8c yd
Best table oil cloth, 12c yd
Blue Hill box kites, 50c ea
Metallic printed skirts, $2.48 ea
Enameled steel preserving kettles,
20, 23, 25c ea
Enameled steel pudding pans,
8, 10, 12c ea
Perforated wood chair seats, 4, 5c ea
Brass head tacks, 100 for 4c
Grass shears, 16c pair
Curry combs with main card, 10c ea
Mucilage per bottle 3c
Best black ink per bottle, 2c
Decorated crepe paper, 30c roll
Grass knives or sickles 16c ea
White enameled curtain poles with
trimmings complete, 20c ea
Felt window shades, 10c ea
Oil cloth window shades, 20, 24c ea
Lace and fringed window shades, 48c e
China nest eggs, 1 2c ea
Wood rolling pins, roc ea
Fibre pai s, 25c ea
Wood pails, ic, 15c ea
Splint baskets, all sizes, 5c ea
Clothes baskets, 42, 56c ea
Moth balls, 80 for 5c
Poison ffy paper, 12 sheets for 3c
Yard wide hemp carpet, i2|c yd
Agency for
But( crick fashions.
MAY STYLES NOW READY.
Respectfully Submitted to the
Jash Trade Only by
m BROADWAY CMS M,
Moyer's Now Building, Main Street,
BLOQMS3URG.
A Soldie 'a Monument-
Our readers or at least many of
them will remember that at the
February term of court a petition
for the erection of a soldiers monu
ment at the "county seat" was laid
before the grand jury and approved
by them. This action was taken
in pursuance of a law passed by the
legislature in 1895, and approved
by Governor Hastings, May 22,
1895, which provides that upon the
petition of at least fifty of the citi
zens of the county to the court of
quarter sessions for the erection or
completion of a monument in mem
ory of soldiers and sailors of the
late war it shall be the duty of the
court to lay the petition before the
grand jury and if approved by two
successive grand juries and the
court, the commissioners shall be
authorized to erect or complete any
monument now partly erected, &c.
As we have stated this petition
was approved by the preceding
grand jury and will be presented to
grand jury next week for their con
sideration.
Several counties have already
acted under the provisions of this
act and we believe in every instance
the action has been favorable. And
why should it not be favorable.
The cost when distributed through
out the entire county will be com
paratively small and the individual
taxpayer will not realize that any
additional burden has been imposed.
It is certainly a loving and fitting
tribute on the part of the living to
those of their neighbors and friends
who patriotically laid down their
lives for the perpetuity of our much
cherished institutions.
Then again what more appro
priate time than the present, when
the county is calling for volunteers
to express our gratitude for the sac
rifices of the heroes of the late war.
We can do no more worthy act,than
perpetuate their heroic deeds in
granite or marble.
Were These Men Lost?
The relatives of Joseph Davis,
George Wagner and John Gillespie,
are greatly alarmed over the safety of
the above men, who left Shamokin
recently for a trip to the Klondike.
They sailed to Skaguay, from which
place they started over the Chilkoot
pass. Last week news was received
of a landslide 011 the pass, whereby a
large number of men had been killed.
It is feared that the Shamokinites
were among the ill-fated ones. In the
list of the dead published at the time
of the accident the names of the
Shamokinites were not seen the
rescuing party being unable to reach
twenty of the dead men.— Ashland
Local.
Odd Fellows' Grand Lodge.
Following will be the progran for
the seventy-fifth session of the Grand
Lodge in Wilkes-Barre.
Monday, May 16, encampment in
Memorial Hall. At 7:30 degrees will
be conferred.
Tuesday, May 17, grand parade of
I. O. O. F. of Pennsylvania, including
the Patriarchs Militant.
Wednesday evening, public decora
tion of chivalry in the armory at 9
o'clock.
Thursday evening, 7:20, public de
monstration in Nesbitt Theatre.
Speakers, P. G. M, David Kraft, of
Lawrenceville ;P.G. M, Robert E.
Wright, Allentown ; P. G. M.,
Charles Chalfant, Danville. Music by
the Ninth Regiment Band ; vocal
solos by well known vocalists.
SHOES.
Qood Value,
Best Styles.
Popular Prices.
Are the essential features of our care
fully selected Shoe Stock. Our 26
years experience and spot cash
buying enables us to furnish you
with the best there is for the
money.
Our line of
UHDERWEAR
and
HOSIERY
is complete.
W. H. rioore.
Cor.. SECOND AND IP.ON STS.
Bloomsburg.
SUBSCRIBE FOR
THE COLUMBIAN
JONAS LONG'S SONS'
WEEKLY CHATS.
WILKES-BARRE, PA.,
Thursday, April 28th, 1898-
Victorious Bombardnieut of the
Town's High Prices. 38 Years of
Triumphant Greatest Bargain Giving
in this city. Surrendered Acknow
ledgement of the Big Store's Leader
ship.
Perfectly natural that the great
concourse of shoppers should drift
to this big store. Great stocks
await them ; great assortments to
choose from. Buying largest, we
buy cheapest; thus we can save
you money on anything you may
wish to buy. The great power of
cash figures in every transaction.
It operates both ways—to your
advantage and to ours. The phe
nomenal results of last week's
price stirring events inspires us to
efforts that will prove of still
greater interests to the purchasing
public the coming week.
Taffeata Silks.
The finest line of Taffeta Silks ever
shown in Wilkes-Barre; the different
purposes for which Taffeta Silks are
jsed, namely, trimming, lining, shirt
waists, skirts, etc., makes the demand
lor them unusually great. Our assort
ment Includes all the popular color
ngs, burnt orange, turquoise, royal
Dlue, cerise, etc. Examine our prices
pefore buying elsewhere.
Plaid Silks.
Three Toned Taffeta Checks, in half a
lozen combinations, up-to-date pleas
ng effects, well worth J1.25; this week
it, per yard 98c.
Eicycle Suitings.
All Wool Bicycle Suitings, 80 inches
wide in tan and gray, solid colors and
plaid effects, regular price 89c; this
week at, per yard, 59c.
Covert Cloth.
The preference shown for our selec
tion of Covert Cloth for Tailor Made
Suits has been most pronounced; the
range of colors includes all the popular
shades; cadet blue, reseda, mode,
brown, grey, etc., consisting of var
ipus prices, by the yard from 48c. to
11.69.
The Department of
Domestics.
Printed Novelty Cloth, in all the new
silk effects, regular price 7c.; this week,
per yard, sc.
Two cases of Indigo Blue and Car-
Jlnal and Black Calicoes, the 6c kind
fast colors, at per yard, 4c.
Our 1214 c. and 15c, quality 40-inch
wide Lawns and Organdies; this week
it, per yard, 10c.
Chatillon Lace Stripes, a new wash
fabric, warranted fast colors, regular
price 1214 c.; this week, per yard, 7c.
See window display.
This week we will sell a Full Yard
Wide Unbleached Muslin, the 6c. qual
ity, at per yard, 4c.
Special lot of our regular Bc. Dress
Singhams, stripes and plaids; this week
at, per yard. 414 c.
One lot of 9-4 Bed Sheets, made of the
best unbleached muslin, at 39c.
Carpets, Eugs, Mattings, TJp-holstery
Goods, lace Window
Shades, Linoleums, Oil Cloths,
Wallpapers Departments
on third floor.
Nothing lacking here to make up the
sum of store completeness as Is no
where else to be seen In Wilkes-Barre.
The task of making a selection becomes
simply a pleasure at our store. Whether
carpeting your floor, draping your win
dows, decorating or papering your
walls, it's an acknowledged fact that
you can always find a great saving
by taking advantage of our low prices.
Big Values, Little Prices.
(House Furnishing Department base
ment.)
Large Bowl Strainers, 4c.
Long Handle Fire Shovels, 4c.
Heavy Wire Potato Mashers, 4c.
All sizes Wood Spoons, 4c.
Nickel Plated Tack Hammers, 4c.
Large Meat Forks, 4c.
Heavy Wire Coat Hangers, 4c.
Japanned Candle Sticks, 4c.
Granite Skimmers, 4c.
Fancy Match Boxes, 4c.
All sizes Stove Pokers, 4c. ;
All sizes Bread Tins, 4c.
Flour Scoops, 4c.
Fancy Comb Cases, 4c.
Japanned Dust Pans, 4c.
Tack Pullers, 4c.
Hand Weeding Forks, Garden Trow
els, etc., 4c.
Two and three quart Heavy Tin Tea
and Coffee Pots, 9c.
Best Grade Flour Sifters, 9c.
3t<, pound Japanned Sugar Boxes. 9c.
10 quart Stamped Dish Pans, 9c.
3, 4 and 6 quart Covered Buckets, 9c.
3 Piece Garden Sets, 9c.
Granite Bread Pans, 9c.
Complete Dinner Palls, 9c.
Fine Steel Paring Knives, 9c.
Large Lamp Burners, 9c.
Nickel Plated Hammers, 9c.
All sizes Fine Strainers, 9c.
Lemon Squeezers, 9c.
Carpet Boaters, 9c.
Large Chopping Bowls, 9c.
Ring Towel Rollers, 9c.
90 feet Clothes Lines, 9c.
All Bristle Shoe Brushes, 9c.
Whitewash Brushes, etc., 9c.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.