Royal makes the food prre, " wholesome and delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING PO*OCR CO., NEW YORK. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, FA. TIIURSDAY, MAY 19, 1898. Entered at the rosl OJtlce at Blaamshurg, I'a. as second class matter, March 1, IBSS. OUR OFFERS FOR 1898- We are able to offer cur subscribers some special inducements for advance payments for 1898. THE COLUMBIAN, and New York World, three times a wee':, $1.65. COLUMBIAN and Philadelphia Weekly Times 1 45. COLUMBIAN and T>c>norcst s Maaa zine, 1.75. COLUMBIAN and Farm News, 1.00 Subscribe now, and get the benefit of these reduced rates. tf. BRIEF MENTION. About People TOU Know. DeForrest Hummer spent Tuesday in >Yilkes-Barre. Miss Katherine Richard went to Wilkes- Barre on Tuesday to visit friends. Miss Margaret l.aubnch spent Su.ulay with friends at Mi'lville. A. If. Bloom has been elected Treasurer of St. Paul's Church. Miss Alice Barton has returned tohh r home at Espy after having spent '.he winte 1 with her sister at Evansvillc, Indiana. John Gilbert and wife of Philadelphia ar rived in Lloomsburg o.i Saturday. Mrs. Gilbert will remain for a couple of weeks. Mrs. Dr. I). W. Conner of Wilkes-Bar re, has been visiting her parents Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Rutter on Market Street the past week. Chas. P. El Aell who has been home for the past two weeks returned to the Conser vatory of Music at Boston on Wednesday. W. W. Hirlinger, is taking a course in fine watch work under J. E Roys. He has been conducting a small jewelry store at Huntingdon Mills, Lu7. Co. Dr. Joseph Reifsnyder, assistant surgeon of the 12th Regiment, spent last Thursday in town to sny goodbye to his relatives. The regiment has been ordered to Tampa. Leg?', advertisements cn page 7. Mrs. Noah Mauser, died at her home in Mifflinburg, Union county, last Wednesday, aged 61 years. Deceased was a sister of Henry Ohl of this town. Columbia County's share of the State appropriation for public schools this year will be $43,026.34. This is an increase over last year of $422,126. T. H. Edgar of Stillwater has the contract to bnild a new house for Elias Utt 011 Third Street above Iron. The old building is being torn down. The United States battle ship Oregoii under the command of Cap tain Clark is coming heme over her usual course, regardless of the threats made by the Dons to cap ture her. Meeting the Spanish fleet doesn't seem to worry Uncle Sam's Jack Tars. <*j l Telephone No IKK noth Balls, . . . The BEST and CHEAPEST MOTH DESTROYED Known, 10c. a lb., 3 lbs. for 25 cents. noth Flake, For under Carpets, SAME PRICE W. S. RISHTOU. Fh.G., OrracEite P. 0. Pharmacist Earl McHenry, son of W. M. McLlenry is seriously ill. A severe thunder storm passed over this town Monday afternoon. The State meeting of the Odd Fellows is going on at Wilkesbarre this week. Revs. M. E. McLinuofthe Luth eran Church and G. H. Heming way of the Presbyterian Church exchanged pulpits Sunday evening Men and medicines are judged by what they do. The great cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla give it a good name everywhere. The new bridge over the Sus quehanna River is about completed. The first team passed over it 011 Monday. A new metal ceiling is being placed in Hess Bros. Jewelry store. The work is in charge of W. O. Holmes. The anti-Quay men took no part in the Republican convention on Monday. Had there been any offices to be passed around, things might have been different. Rev. G. H. Hemingway started Wednesday morning to attend the meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in ses sion at Wynona Park, near Chicago. S. E. Reynolds is mov ; "g his house from the front to the back part of his lot on Fifth Street. He intends erecting a more commodi ous dwelling on the site of the old building. White & Hadler, who have been running a feather renovator •' the Sloan building on Market Street for the past two months have moved their machine to Berwick. Bloomsburg's base ball aggrega tion went down before our neigh bors up the river Saturday by the time of 3to 3. Berwick was greatly strengthened by out of town players. Owing to the war tax the price of beer lias gone up $1 011 a barrel. It has been intimated that by rea son of the extra cost the bottom of the glass will be nearer the top than heretofore. The Pennsylvania College of Gettys burg defeated the Normal School ball team Friday afternoon. Score sto 3. The Normals are not doing very well this season. This is their third strange defeat. The man killed on the D. L. & W. Railroad on Friday ni o ht last was Harry Meade, and not Frank McHenry as was reported. Frank was greatiy surprised on arriving home a few days ago to learn that he was supposed to be dead. The plan proposed by a Chicago man, to ask every citizen of the United States to contribute one dollar toward building a battleship to be named after the Maine would 110 doubt meet with popular ap proval and receive a quick res ponse. The following letters are advertised May 17, 1898: Miss Etta Harman, Miss Lizzie Henry, Mr. George Kelly, Mr. W. Montgomery, Tomas Plesniar ski, Miss Ella Wolf. Cards. Miss Bertha Hollister, Mrs. H. N. White. Will be sent to the dead letter office May 31, 1898. O. B. MELLICK, P. M. Mrs. Robley D. Evans, the wife of "Fighting Bob," has a larger personal interest in the Navy than most wo men. Hei husband commands the lowa, her brother commands the Indiana, her son is on the Massachu setts, her son-in law is on the New York, and her two daughter and her niece have volunteered as nurses and are now taking instruc.'on at a hospital. A gang of burglars made a raid on Rupert Thursday night of last week. L. H. Boody's house was entered by breaking the kitchen window. At tempts were also made to rob the Hotel, Yost's dry goods store and one or two other private residences. The marauders, were frightened away be fore they had time to accomplish their work.*' In Arizona, an applic nt for enlist ment in the cow boy brigade is given a lasso and goes into a corral and catches a wild mustang, which he proceeds to saddle, bridle and ride. When he has got him under control he dashes at full ppeed down a lane with a revolver in each hand and drives the nails in the fence,as he goes. If he can do this he is accepted ! without medical examination or ques tion as to his standing in the church. If Weyler will get' within a dozen miles of this a ß gregation of terrors his ambition to die for his country wi)f be speedily 1 call zed. Each one has promised to lasso or shoot the old butcher if an opportunity ever occurs. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. Democratic Primary Election and County Convention Call. The Democratic voters ot Columbia County will meet at the several places for holding of the general election, in their respective districts, on Saturday, June ii, 1898, between the hours of 3 and 7 o'clock p. m., and vote fpr persons to be nominated tor the vari ous offices subject to the rules of the Democratic party of this county. The newly elected judges of each election district will meet at the Court House in Bloomsburg on Tuesday, June 14, at 11 o'clock a. m. and count up the vote which each person has received and place on the ticket. One person for Congress. One person for State Senator. Two persons for the State Legisla ture. One person for President Judge. One person for County Surveyor. Five delegates to the State Conven tion. Under the rules each election dis trict will elect a judge and two in spectors and one committeeman. JOHN G. MCHENRY, Chairman. R. G. F. KSHINKA, Secretary. STRAY PARAGRAPHS —Summer weather. —Lawyers who can make one suit last, are considered economical. —The Central Pennsylvania Telephone are improving their ser vice. —Some people say that office seeking dentists have a "political pull." —No, Willie dear, the mother of a litter of puppies is not called a dogtna. —There are several alleys in town that need the attention of the health officer. —A great many of the citizens of town have taken their flags down. Let them fly until the last gun is fired. —The mad dog season will soon be here. See to it that the canine is muzzled, before you make friends with him. —Sampson is keeping up his fruitless search for the enemy and allowing the Spaniards to fortify the Cuban coasts. The longer the invasion of Cuba is delayed, the harder it will be to effect a landing. —ISAACSTEIN TO COHEN : "How vas it dot your store vas 011 fire vonce ?" "COHEN TO ISAAC iSTEIN : "It vas de blumber, vot did idt." ISAACSTEIN, soliloquiz ing, "I guess I embloys dot blum ber in de future. —Jonathan has a little ram, Its name is Kat-ah-din ; It runs upon the- waters blue, And will make the Spaniards skin. It is a funny little ram And has no fleece of wool, It is a butter, so they say, Like the one that went to school. The rumor on the streets Satur day night to the effect that Samp son had engaged the enemy in a great naval fight whereby the New York and seven Spanish ships had been sunk created 110 little excite ment. The report it is said, reach ed this place byway of a message to East Bloomsburg. But it doesn't matter how it got here, it had the desired effect, and the Sunday papers went like hot cakes. The Island of Cuba is 730 miles in length and has an average width of 80 miles. Havana, the capital is 78 miles from Key West, which distance can be covered by a dis patch boat in four hours. The area of Cuba is about 44,000 square miles. Smaller than the state of New York. It has a population of 1,600,000, of which but a small proportion are Spaniards. A Fleshy Consumptive 3 Did you ever see one? ; Did you ever hear of one? ; ;! Most certainly not. Con- J> ! sumption is a disease that ! ; invariably causes loss of ! j flesh. ! If you are light in weight, j! ; even if your cough is only ; ; a slight one, you should < certainly take ! : Scott's Imtisiicn i \ of cod lever oil <with hypo- \ ■ phosphites. No remedy ' ! is such a perfect prevent- I ; ive to consumption. Just ; the moment your throat ' I begins to weaken and you I ; find you are losing flesh, ; ! you should begin to take it. ' ! And no other remedy ; ; has cured so many cases ; '< of consumption. Unless ;! I you are far advanced with ; this disease, Scott's Emu!- ; ! sion will hold every in- ; > | ducement to you for a | ; perfect cure. ' All Druggists, <oc. and si. [ , Scon & BOWNE. Chemists. N. V. I J J. E. ROYS. LET YOUR OPTIC NERVE . TRANSMIT THESE FATS TO YOUR BRAIN. We carry tlie Largest and Most Complete Line of Spec tacles and Eye Glasses in the county. We furnish skilled service and guarantee a perfect fit. EXAMINATION FREE. T. EL OPTIC I AX. SPANISH ARMY. Number and Efficiency of its Soldiers in Cuba- On Paper the Castilian Strength is 130,- 000 Men—Scarcely Half the Number Effective, and all aro Poor Marksmen- Terrors of Rainy Season Overrated. The war department has very full confidential reports of the numbers and efficiency of the Spanish army in Cuba. The latest reports date from December, 1897, and are as follows : There are fitty-six first battalions of infantry in Cuba, with an effective force on paper of 1,000 men to each battalion. There are fifty-six second battalions of i,coo each, rank and file. Besides these battalions there are twelve rifle regiments, each hav ing on paper 1,200 men. There is also a railway regiment of 1,040 men and a telegraph battalion of 1,272 men. These two last named regi ments have been kept busy in repair ing and maintaining the railways and telegraph lines and defending them from Cuban attacks. Notwithstand ing these forces are kept constantly in the field, the railways and tele graphic lines are constantly broken and communications are everywhere uncertain aud have been interrupted within five leagues of Havana. The rifle regiments in Cuba are armed with the German pattern of Mauser rifles. This is 331 caliber arm, capable of very rapid fire in the hands of expert soldiers, but the Spanish private soldier is the worst shot in Europe. They have no regu lar small arm training in fire tactics, and as most of them never saw any kind of arm previous to their draft into the army they are slow at learn ing the manipulation of the delicate machinery of the modern small bore military rifle. The greater portion of these troops, however, carry the American Remington rifle of .43 cali ber, fitted with a bayonet. It is an excellent arm of its kind and was made at the Remington works, Ilion, N. Y., a quarter of a century ago. General Lee and Captain Walter B. Barker, consul at Sagua la Grande, who during the late war was a staff officer of the Confederate general, Joseph R. Davis, of Mississippi, both say that, even in the militia days of the first three months of the late war, they never saw such absolute ignor ance of everything military as is dis played by these so called "veteran troops" of Spain on the island of Cuba. Though there is, on paper, a force of 130,000 men, the effective is scarcely one-half this number. The rank and file is woefully ignorant that great difficulty is had to find men with sufficient education to act as noncommissioned officers, and as the efficiency of all armies is greatly affect ed by the noncommissioned men, ser geants and corporals no wonder that of Spain has sunk so low. There is just a suspicion of uneasi ness in Washington that Spain may make a dash at some of the southern seacoast towns. The great troopships in which the 130,000 men now in Cuba were brought here from Spain are most of them still at Havana and CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the /rf -" Signature of J&ZcJu&d Special Suit Sale FOR WEEK, OF ALL OUR LADIES' TAILOR MADE SUITS At greatly reduced prices from those now prevailing. It will pay you to buy one of these nobby suits, if you do not need it right away, for at the prices we have placed on them, it would be a wise purchase for you. Come and see the goods, then you can tell. Silk and Wool Dress Goods. As a general thing high qual ity won't speak too low in price, but in this dress goods stock of ours we have bound them to gether so tightly that one can not get away from the other. It will pay you to examine. 45 in. Vigoroux, all wool, 62c yd. (Actual value, 75c yd.) 50 in. all wool black Serge, fine quality, 50c yd. 34 in. all wool Mixtures, neat effects, 25c yd. 45 in. silk Grenadine with satin stripes, §1.75 yd. 24 in. black Taffeta Silk, the dollar kind, at 75c. 27 in. black satin Rhadames, all silk, at $1.15. Domestics. 20 yds. good Muslin, 1.00 Yard wide Hill Muslin, 6c Columbian Cheviots, 6c yd Madras Shirtings, 10c yd Best blue Calico, 5c yd Best red Calico, 5 c yd Good Ticking, yd Best fancy Prints, 6c yd H. J. CLARK & SON. Terms Gash, One Price, the Lowest, Bloomsburg, Pa. I. V. HARTMAN & SOS. MARKET SQUARE DRY GOODS HOUSE. BUNTING In red, white and blue, not affected by sun or rain. Flags in piece or by the yard. Every house should have them. ° Whilst the farmers are lamenting over too much rain, we are opening up new Spring Goods for them. Somebody will buy one of the nice Tailor Made Suits of us, as others have already done. More on hand. The Single Dress Patterns in fine Organdy Lawns at $6, are beauties. Last Saturday was Baby Cap and Cloak Day with us. We carry a line of at least 200 Lace, Silk and Lawn Caps and Hals, with a good line of long and short Cloaks. 1000 yards of 4c Lawn in good dress shades. Many people buy them for comforts. We have other lawns at 8, 10 1214 15 up to 35c yd. !. W. HARTMAN & SON. Mantanzas. They carried 1,200 to 1,400 men each nearly 4,000 miles. Had Spain an enterprising general, it would be easy enough to put a couple of brigades abroad these transports and early some morning land them anywhere from Pensacola to Beauport, S. C., espacially if there were a couple of warships along to cover the landing parties. By destroying the telegraphic lines communication could be cut off from the world for twenty-four hours, and in that time ships could be load ed with provisions, an indemnity levied and collected, and the brigades could be back on Cuban soil before the rest of the United States would know what had happened. There seems to be but one man in the Spanish forces now holding Cuba who might dare attempt so daring a dash, and that is General Parrado, whom all well informed persons con sider the ablest and most enterprising general Spain has on the island next to Captain General Blanco. He is young and has shown marked capa city for command and has Captain General Blanco's confidence to a de gree not shared by any other general officer. Were the antagonist France or England there would be the great est uneasiness for fear such a coup de main might and probably would be attempted. Spain has not been given to dashes of this sort in her almost constant wars, and yet England cap tured Havana just in the manner in dicated and held it as long as she cared to. It is the unexpected that often happens in war, and the war and navy departments are now considering how such a stroke can be best guard ed against. There is much talk abroad nowa days about the terrors of "the rainy season" in Cuba. Its dangers are vastly overrated. Captain Barker has been in Cuba four years, and he says Wash Press Goods. Here is your opportunity of procuring the season's newest effects in wash materials of all kinds. Fine Organdies at I2jc yd 36 in. fine Madras Dress Ging hams at 12 J-c yd. Fine printed Madras, 15c yd Black and white Lawns, 10c yd Whits Press Goods. Our line of White Dress Ma terials is very complete now. French Organdies at 44c yd., 66 in. wide. Piques at 25, 28, 30c yd Summer Corsets. We have a most excellent Summer Corset now at a very little price for good grade at 47c each. Sizes 18 to 30. Also full lines of the regular lines of Corsets. Cummer Underwear. Complete lines in long, she t and no sleeve vests in all g ades. See the 12$, 15 and 25c goods. The Thin Dress Goods are now being put to the front in our store, as warm days will soon hover around. Shirt Waists of Lawn, Percale, Dimity, or some other thin goods, -ie being looked at and sold, 50c to $2.00. If you would save your eyes and thousands of stitches then buy ready made Baby Dresses, and Skirts. We have them in long and short ones. CAPES AND JACKETS, A good line. > he has never seen but one "rainy sea • son " in all that time, and it was no more to be feared than a tropical climate usually is as at any time. General Lee corroborates this and i declares that ten miles away from the badly kept seacoast towns Cuba is as healthy as any country south of the Potomac or Ohio. If men will eat sparingly of tropical fruits, keep out of the dew as far as possible, let spirits alone and live decently, neither ■ the rainy nor any other season in Cuba need have terrors for them. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bil iousness, Indigestion, Headache. Easy to take, easy to operate. 25c. ANNOUNCEMENTS! FOR RENT. Store and dwelling house combined, at Pensyl Post office, Franklin township. Good location, by F. Pens)l. FORTENT.~~ Room No. , 2nd floor, COLUMBIAN building. Steam heat, gas or electric i light. One of the most desirable offices in town. Possession given April ist. Apply to tf. GEO. E. ELWELL. WANTED.—A lot ranging from 25 to 30 acres with good building on. Ad dress P. O. Box 14, Light Street, Pa. 7-1 -tf. Cail and see samples of our new lithographing printing tor all kinds of commercial work. It is new and very pretty, and costs no more than other I printing. THE COLUMBIAN office, tf For Bale. A good square piano. Can be bought cheap. Inquire at this office, tf 5
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