8 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. Weekly Review of Tiade. R. G. Dun & Company's Review of Trade in its issue of Saturday says : Growing accustomed to war possi bilities, which are mostly far from probabilities of evil, and finding the nation moving along steadily in its industries, people are grasping the idea that it is throwing away some months of active and profitable life to wait until war clouds have passed. Western prosperity has so greatly over-balanced timidity of Eastern capital that actual business done in creases railroad earnings promise bet ter for May than a month ago for April, and payments through clearing houses for the week in May show a gain of 36 per cent, over last year and 7.5 per cent, over 1892, while a month ago the increase over last year was 33.6, and compared with 1892, there was a decrease of 7.2 per cent. Several large contracts, kept back for some weeks because of hostilities have now been placed, and instead of works closing or reducing force, re turns show the starting of some works long idle and increase of force or of hours at others. Government work occupies many establishments, but it counts for little compared with other demands. The key of the situation is the pros perity of the West, which altogether unprecedented marketing of bread stuffs has caused with the prospect of good crops to come. These prospects, and actual receipts of wheat amoun ting to 5,876,716 bushels for the week against 2,439,169 last year, with advances also in other gram and cattle, have produced a demand for rails, cars, car materials, fencing, agri cultural implements, boots and shoes, and all textile goods, which was not anticipated from Eastern indications. Exports of wheat do not diminish. The price of May wheat fell cents on Saturday, rose 7 cents to Tuesday, and closed cents higher for the week. In iron, notwithstanding the great est output ever known, the demand has caused some advance in Bessemer pig, with only a slight decline iu the price of gray forge at Pittsburg, but quotations are obtained at Chicago and Philadelphia. In bars and sheets the markets are dull, but at the strongly sustained by demands for car building, tin plate •manufacture and other uses. Tin is sustained at 14.5 cents by large con sumption and lake copper at 12 cents, in .spite of American production amounting to 22,909 tons for the month, 10 per cent, larger than last year, with a slight decrease in the pro duction of foreign mines. The textile works are doing rather belter over the cotton mills, in spite of their over production. Numerous woolen mills have been pushed to new activity by government orders, and prices for a few grades of goods are better, with a stronger tone in the market generally, while sales of wool are small 6,338,900 pounds for the three weeks past, against 21,963,700 last year. Failures for the week have been 250 in the United States, against 248 last year, and 29 in Canada, against 37 last year. LUTHERAN SESQUI-OENTENNIAL, PHILAUELPHIA ■educed Rates via Pennsylvania Railroad. For the sesqui-centennial of the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, June 2 to 4, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany will sell special excursion tickets from Jersey Shore, Wilkesbarre, Lew istown, Mechanicsburg, York, Havre de Grace, Belvidere, and intermediate stations to Philadelphia and return at rate of single fare for the round trip. (Minimum rate, 25 cents.) Tickets will be sold June 2, good to return until June 6, inclusive. A Jealous Husband's Crime. Insanely jealous of his wife, Will iam Barton, of Shauiokin, dragged her from bed and with a rock mur derously struck her ou the head several times. Although dazed and weakened, Mrs. Barton managed to escape to the street. Help arrived and Barton was overpowered and lodged in jail. His victim is in a critical condition. — Ashland Local. V A PATRIOTIC IN TONE. Is the Lottcr Issued by the Archbishops to tho Catholics. A letter prepared by the archbis hops of the Catholic church in the United States and endorsed by Mgr. Martinelli, wilt be addressed to tne clerty and laity ot the country. The letter bears on the present war with Spain and is a very patriotic paper. It is as follows : "To the clergy aud laity of the Catholic church of the United States, greeting : "The events that have succeeded the blowing up of the battleship Maine and the sacrifice of 266 inno cent victims, the patriotic seamen of the United States, have culminated in a war with Spain and our own country. "Whatever may have been the in dividual opinions ot Americans prior to the declaration of war, there can now be no two opinions as to the duty of every loyal American citizen. A resort to arms was determined up on by the chief executive of the nation, with the advice of both houses of congress, and after consultation with his cabinet officers, but not until every effort had been exhausted to bring about an honorable and peace ful solution of our difficulties with Spain. The patient calmness of President McKmley during the time that intervened between the destruc tion of the Maine and declaration are beyond all praise and should com mand the admiration of every true American. We, the members of the Catnolic church, are true Americans and as such are loyal to our country and our flag and obedient to the high est decrees and the supreme authority of the nation. "We are not engaged in a war of section against section, or state against state, but we are united as one man against a foreign enemy and a common foe. If; as we are taught by our holy church, love of country is next to love of God, a duty imposed upon us by all laws, human or divine, then it is our duty to labor and to pray for the temporal and spiritual well being of the brave soldiets who are battling for our beloved country. "To this end we direct that on and after the receipt of this circular, and until the close of this war, every priest shall, in his daily mass, pray for the restoration of peace by the glorious victory of our flag. We also direct that prayers for the brave soldiers and sailors that fall in battle be said every day after a mass. The prayers shall be said aloud with the people, and shall be one our Father, and one hail Mary and the deprofundis. "We pray that God may bless and preserve our country in this great crisis and speedily bring victory, honor and peace to all oui^people." Lippmcott's Magazine for June. 1893. The complete novel in the Jnne issue of Jippincott's, "Mere Folly," is of somewhat unusual length for the Magazine, and of a high order of merit. Its well-known author, Maria Louise Pool, has done nothing better, either in story-telling or character drawing. The two heroines are strongly contrasted, and the hero's vacillations between them make most of the plot. W. Bert Foster tells the tale of "The Man who hung on" to a dead Western town and its newspaper, and found his account therein. Henry Holcomb Bennett's article, "In Time of Peace," is of special in terest just now, for it describes the National Guard and the high degree of efficiency to wnich it has been raised of late. "Klondike and Climatic Reflec tions," by Felix L. Oswald, is another timely paper. Walter Cotgrave writes of "Gastronomic Germany," Law rence Irwell of Suicide in India," and George R. Frysinger of "Robins." Richard Malcolm Johnston expresses his dread of "Dogs ahd Railroad Con ductors." "The Terrors of Authorship" are set forth by Elmer E. Behton. A second article on "Charles Lamb and Robert Lloyd," containing more of Lamb's hitherto unpublished letters, is supplied by E. V. Lucas. The poetry of the number is by Marion Manville Pope, Grace Duf field Goodwin, Laura H. Earle, and Carrie Blake Morgan. 7ry the COL UMBIAN a year. THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. In Marching Order. The outfit of any infantry soldier in the United States army 011 active service, which must be carried on campaign, is as follows: Two blankets, 10 pounds. One rubber puucho, 2 pounds. One-half shelter tent, 2 pounds. One overcoat, 6 pounds. Oue pair shoes, 2 pounds. One cake soap, 3.50 ounces. One pair trousers, 3 pounds. One shirt, 1 pound. One pair drawers, 14.54 ounces. One pair socks, 3.45 ounces. One towel, 2.40 ounces. One blanket bag, 2 pounds. Haversack and rations, 9 pounds. Rifle, bayonet, field belt, scab bard, 12.5 pounds. Canteen filled, and cup, 4.5 pounds. Ammunition, 100 rounds, 6 pounds. Total, 64.5 pounds. This does not include the weight of the clothing and incidentals, as pocket knife, pipe, tobacco, money, etc., which would make the total nearer 70 pounds. This would make a fairly good load for a pack mule. By the terms of a recent order from the provis ional corps headquarters at Chicka mauga, the men in the ranks are to be relieved of as much as possible. The knapsack, blanket, overcoat, canvas suit, change of undercloth ing, soap and towels, etc., are to be carried on a wagon, two of which will be furnished to each company. This will take about 17 pounds off the shoulders of the tramping soldiers, leaving some 47 pounds, which is an awful burden to bear under the tropical sun, where every pound pulls down with double the force of actual weight. Memorial Day Number of the Lcdger-I The Memorial Day number of that ever popular weekly, the New York Ledger, presents a combina tion of pictorial and literary attrac tions that make a strong appeal to patriotic readers. A beautiful picture of a returned veteran clasping in his arms his little granddaughter, forms the cover. A large double page picture of the Oregon and her commander, Captain Charles F. Clark, and her senior officers, is given on the centre pages. The harbor of Havana and the cele brated Morro Castle, the fortress and dungeon of the Spaniards, and a historical and descriptive article, with illustrations, fills another at tractive page. An eloquent descrip tion of the battle of Lake Erie, by the celebrated American historian, George Bancroft,a timely and inter esting republicatkm from an early number of the Ledger, gives an ac count of one of the greatest naval victories in our annals. This num ber of the Ledger calls attention to the inventor of the monitor, Theo dore R. Timby, LL. D., of Phila delphia, one of these public bene factors who somehow or another has hitherto failed to receive the honor and just recognition of his countrymen for an invention which saved the country in an hour of ex treme peril, and revolutionized naval warfare throughout the world. Work for Tax Payers- A number of tax payers are com plaining of no work and no money to pay their taxes. For all such an effort will be made to give sufficient work fot the amount of taxes. All in ar rears will please call upon the tax col lector and obtain a statement of the whole amount of taxes unpaid and present such statement to the Com missioner of Highway, who will take the name and give work as soon as possible. Such statement must be presented to Commissioner of High ways before the first of June 1898. W. O. HOLMES, Pres. Town Council. There is considerable complaint being made by persons driving horses that wheelmen do not turn out and give the driver half the road. This act of stubborness and utter disregard of the old road law, on the part of the cyclers will cause accidents and law suits. The principle of being fair to all is one that needs to be exercised both by drivers and wheelmen, and when it becomes necessary to pass each other on a narrow road, each one, if he desires to be fair and courte ous, should turn out and give half the road to the person passing. Colorado Springs boasts of being the quietest town in the country. No church bells are rung there and no whistles are blown. A local paper ad mits that the dogs bark in Colorado Springs, as they do everywhere else, but it adds that "when they run about they make no noise with their feet in the sandy soil." , In the palace of the senate in the Capitol of Rome a number of mediae val frescoes were discovered recently by workmen who weie tearing down a partition wall. The colors are bright and the picture? well preserved. STRAY PARAGRAPHS. —Railroad men are displaying their patriotism by flaging their trains. —Friendly advice to France.-Keep hands oft, and don't hunt trouble. —Strange that a man may not be half a man until he has a better half. —Don't ever imagine that the clothes make the man—they are all put on. —lt is a conceded fact that Spain has the largest sub-marine fleet of any nation on earth. —Did you ever notice how often people call on the telephone girls with out asking their permission. —Spain should have a little more sand and not compel Uncle Sam to do all the chasing, and all the fighting, too. —The weather man has an easy time of it at present. All he has to do is to predict rain every day and he has a sure thing. —The disposition to regard the war as an excuse for giving incompe tent men military commissions is not only reprehensible, it is treasonable. —New Orleans is doing its share in crowding the Spanish off the West ern continent having changed the name of Spain Street to Dewey Avenue. —Where is there a town in which the free delivery system gives better satisfaction than it does in Blooms burg. The carriers were well select ed. They are hustlers and their work is well done. John Wanamaker, from whom all great mercantile firms learned their lessons in advertising, says : "I never in my life used such a thing as a poster or dodger or hand bill. My plan for twenty years has been to buy so much space in a newspaper and fill it up as I wanted. I would not give an advertisement in a newspaper of 500 circulation for 5,00 c dodgers or posters. I lay aside the profits on a particular line of goods for advertising purposes. At first I laid aside $3,000; last year I spent $40,000. I have done better this year and shall in crease the sum as the profits warrant it. I owe my success to newspapers and to them I freely give a certain profit of my yearly business." A Job Pat Liked. A Philadelphia man is responsible for the following tale : "1 met the other day an old irishman, who used to be a papermill roustabout when I knew him, and, as he was in his work ing clothes, I said ; 'Well, Mike, have vou a job !' 'Oi hov,' he replied, 'an' be th' same token I hov a dom foine wan, too.' 'What are you doing ? I asked again. 'Oi hov a job tearing down a Protestant church, and, be gorra, Oim getting paid fur it." China's Dense Population. China's 1,300,000 square miles sup port a population of 383,000,000, which is an average of 392 persons to the square mile. Shantung is one of the most densely populated provinces in the Chinese empire. The average population per square mile is 557. Human Heart Statistics. The human heart is six inches in length, four inches in diameter and beats on an average seventy times per runute, 4200 an hour, 100,800 times a day, and 36,792,000 times in the course of the year, so that the heart of an ordinary man eighty years of age has beaten 3,000,000 times. It is noticeable that snub-nosed people never make much of a stir in the world. The reason must be that they can't poke them into other peo ple's business. It is claimed that women give up piano playing and singing as soon as they get married. They don't, that is a canard started by some wornen to encourage matrimony. It seems sometimes as though the more good luck emblems you wear the worse luck you have. James Knorr has moved from Fifth street to his property on East street. J. W. Prosser has broken ground for a new residence on the Sloan land, on Market street opposite T. M. Dawson's. The post office will be closed 011 Memorial Day front to o'clock to 5 p. m. There will be but one mail delivery by the carriers, but the latter will be at the office from 5 to 7.30 to wait on the public. CHEERS GREET SOLDIERS: •he Fighting 09th and the Ninth Get Housing Cheer*. New York, May 25.—Two more New Tork regiments departed yesterday for he front. The gallant Blxty-ninth, the irlde of every citizen, whether Celtic 10m or not, and the Ninth, composed if men who will be heard from In ac lon, now are speeding southward as ast as steam can carry them. Both regiments passed through the ilty on their way to the cars and never, ilnoe the days of '6l, were such cheers icard or crowds seen. Flags were ev iryivhere and people were simply pack id into solid blocks of humanity all ilong the line of march of both regi nents. Olaim He Was Murdered- A brother and the wife of Herman Hett, the drover who died at the Mary M. Packer Hospital, were in town to day. Hett was hurt by falling from a moving freight train above Blooms burg last November and brought here for treatment. At first it was thought he was suffering from delirium tremens and had fallen from the train while in one of these fits. He died a few days afterwards and the body was shipped to his home in Syracuse, N. Y., and nothing more was heard of the case until to-day, when the wife and brother came to town and declared that he had been murdered. They claim a post mortem was held at Syiacuse and a large crack was foupd in the skull evidently dealt by a coupling pin or some other blunt in strument. The case will be thorough ly investigated.—Sunbury Daily. THE BROADWAY VALUES ! We wish to emphasize the word VALUE, and define its true meaning as it is employed in this announcement. The principle upon which this busi ness is built is value-giving— the best quality and the great est quantity for the lowest price. Such has been our method of winning the confidence of the public, and such will always be our plan of holding that confi dence. New patterns in Silkaline, yard wide, ioc. Tri-color silk bows, 20c ea Misses' fine ribbed black hose, 2 pair for 25c. Ladies' white ribbed vests, wing sleeves, 2 for 25c. Telescope traveling cases, 45c to 95c ea. Kid hair curlers, 3,4, 5, 8c bunch Double handle curling irons, 3c each. New line of side combs, 5c to 1 *c pair. Wide velveteen dress facing, 5 yds., 14c piece. White handled knives and forks 60c set. Colored crayons, 4c per box of 6 colors. Hammocks, 48c and 98c ea 46 in. bleached pillow case mus lin, ioc yd. Yard wide hemp carpet, yd Roman punch or sherbet cups, emerald, 5c ea. Heavy oil or vinegar cruets, emerald, 15c ea. Large syrup cans, 6 different styles, 15c ea. Table casters, pink, blue, white and yellow, 25c ea. Lamp globes, all sizes, 6 for 25c Agency for Butterick Fashions. June styles now ready. Respectfully Submitted to the Jasli Trade Only by THE HIM m STORE, Moyer's Now Building, Main Street, BLOOMSBURG. "SHOES. Hood 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 UNDFRWEAR and HOSIERY is complete. W. H. Moore. COR. SECOND AND IRON STS. Bloomsburg. GET YOUR JOB PRINTING DONE AT THE COLUMBIAN OFFICE JONAS LONG'S SONS' WEEKLY CHATS. WILKES-BARRE, PA., Thursday, May 26th, 1898., GREAT Half-Yearly Sale OF riUSLIN AND CAHBRIC ..UNDERWEAR.. Consisting of thousands of the choicest, daintiest and well made garments from an eminent manu facturer at ABOUT HALF PRICE. Never before have prices been so low to meet the demands of women who welcome money-saving oppor tunities. All the garments are fresh, pure and clean; carefully made, properly finished. Rare designs in Corset Covers; exclusive ideas in night gown; Chemises in the ordinary and full skirt lengths ; Drawers perfect in cut with sweep ing frills liberally trimmea; every thing is just like home-made, the most elaborate styles, priced amazingly cheap and ruled by good taste in the making of every lot. DO NOT MISS IT. Drawers—Fine quality muslin Drawers, yoke bands, with deep hemmed tucks, 12c. Corset Covers, made of Cambric, trimmed with neat embroider)', V, square and high neck, i2J^c. Drawers, trimmed with deep cambric ruffle, deep hem and tucks, yoke band and large full sizes, 19c. Corset Covers, trimmed with fine embroidery, low and V neck, made of fine cambric, 19c. Skirts, trimmed with cambric ruffle and tucks, 29c. Drawers, with deep ruffle of embroidery and lace, hem and tucks, 29c. Corset Covers, of fine quality cambric, trimmed with fine em broidery and inserting, 29c. Night Gowns, trimmed with in serting, yoke and tucks, with deep embroidery and ruffle, high, V and Empire style, 39c. Skirts, cambric ruffle, trimmed with tucks and deep hem, 39c. Drawers trimmed with % lawn ruffle and inserting, also lace and embroidery trimmed, 39c. Corset Covers with rows of tucks and inserting, trimmed with fine embroidery, 39c. Skirts, with lawn hemstitched ruffle and deep ruffle of cm broidery, 49c. Night Gowns, trimmed with fine embroidery, inserting and lace, 49c. Drawers, deep embroidery ruffle and tucks, lace and inserting, umbrella shape, 49c. Corset Covers, trimmed with fine lace, embroidery, tucks and inserting, 49c. Night Gowns, trimmed with embroidery, lace and inserting, 99c. Skirts, deep embroidery ruffle, trimmed with Point de Paris lace and tucks, 59c. Drawers, made of cambric, trim med with deep inserting and em broidery ; also lace inserting and beading, 59c. Night Gowns, trimmed with rows of inserting, lace embroidery, 79c. Skirts, with deep cambric in serting and tucks; also Torchon Lace and Inserting, 79c. No such chance has ever before been offered to women of Wilkes- Barre and vicinity to buy the handsomest undergarments you've ever, worn at a positive giving of three pieces for the price usually asked for one. Is this an induce ment? It certainly should be; thousands of women, wise in know ing what is good underwear, will thank the good fortune that has brought them such elegancies so low, and will be quick to supply their summer needs. LARGEST, FINEST, CHEAPEST, UNDER GARMENT COLLECTION EVER OFFIiRED IN THIS CITY.
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