8 SHOES! Newest Spring Styles for Men and Women, That are Worthy ol Your Inspection. W.C. McKINNEY, No. 8 East Main Street. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. TO THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA: The Associate Society of the Red Cross of Philadelphia has, during the present war and the distress, in Cuba, which preceded the breaking out of hostilities between our coun try and Spain, been actively engag ed in its humanitarian work of min istering to the necessities of the men in the field and of the suffering Cubans. It has sent many articles of comfort, even of life-saving im portance to our troops in their vari ous camps, sometimes in response to most touching appeals ; the ap peal came and the Society was ready. It has besides made a large number of shipments of goods, pro visions, clothing, medicines to the Cubans. In all its work it has been nobly upheld, notably by the people of Philadelphia, but also by . v those of other parts of the State and of New Jersey. During the blockade and the siege of Santiago, one branch of its minis tration was necessarily suspended, but the Society was not idle, stores continued to be received, money to be collected. Among other things the equipment of a field ambulance and hospital service has been under taken, and already has so far pro ceeded as to be properly regarded as an accomplished fact, and the Society will be able to put into the field six ambulances, with their proper appurtenances and a proper ly equipped field hospital. The fall of Santiago reopens the opportunity of merciful work in Cuba. The Society has already made arrangements to forward sev eral tons of stores, which have been only waiting a chance to be sent, and has appropriated in addition for this shipment, $1,200. But this is but a drop in the ocean of suffer ing- More must be done. The Society proposes, therefore, to char ter a steamer, to sail from Phila delphia about August 15th, to con vey the ambulance corps and equip ment to the front and to load the vessel with stores, such as soldiers may need and which the govern ment does not provide, and with clothing, food, and medicine and such other things as may be re quired by those wretched, suffering people, whom we encouraged to re sist Spain and to make a struggle for liberty, and whose suffering has been fearfully and necessarily en hanced by the war upon which we have entered. The Society, therefore, appeals to what has never been appealed to in vain, to the grand old heart ofj Pennsylvania, the grand old Com monwealth whose foundations were laid in love to man, irrespective of race, and asks for contributions of goods and money to enable it to carry out its project—to save lives— to relieve suffering—to feed the starving—to clothe the naked. The Society makes this appeal in all confidence. Pennsylvania has never yet failed when called upon in the name of patriotism and humanity. She will not fail now ! Contributions in money may be sent to William Hill, Treasurer, No. 308 Walnut Street, Phila delphia ; contributions of stores ad dressed tO ttie Associate Society of flfe Red Cross, Philadelphia, 1501 Chestnut Street. Charles H. Howell, President; Henry Budd, Vice President; Mrs. J. T. Rumney, Vice President ; Lawrence S. Smith, Corresponding Secretary ; J. Wilks O'Neill, Re cording Secretary; William Hill, Treasurer, pro tcm. The Democratic Committeemen of Montour County met in the Court House at two o'clock Satur day afternoon to arrange for the placing of a candidate in the field for the office of prothonotary. County Chairman Howery presided. On motion it was decided that the , Committeemen meet on Saturday, August 13th to select a candidate. The action met with opposition as a few thought the nomination should be made at a primary elec tion. The vote cast showed that • fifteen were in favor of the appoint ■ ing against ten for the prhnary. • —Danville Sun. j Qlamonr of the Klondike. The glamour of the Klondike is a thing ot the past. The tales of fabu lous wealth that come down from St. Michael and over the Chilkoot are received now with doubt. A showing of the dust is called for. The public knows at last that while the Klondike, as such, is a reality, that the stories of the fabulous wealth that was to be had for the seeking are very largely the outgrowth of superheated imagina tions. The telling of the truth has halted the wild rush to the diggings and the return of disgusted treasure hunters has still further diminished the tide of travel up the Yukon. The Klondike is undoubtedly one of the richest gold countries in the world, but men are learning there as else where that gold cannot be gotten for nothing, and in this respect the Klon dike presents greater difficulties and greater hardships than perhaps any other district in the world.—Phila delphia Press. Low Rate Exonrsion to Atlantic Oity, Sea Isle, Oape May and Ocean Oity. The Philadelphia and Reading Railway have arranged a special low rate excursion to the above points on Thursday July 28th, 1898. A Special Train will leave Bloomsburg at 8.55 a. m. The fare will be $4.50 for round trip. Tickets will be good going to Philadelphia on Special Train and also on regular train leaving Bloomsburg at 11.30 a. m. July 28th and good going from Philadelphia to destination on any train same day or day following. A Pullman Parlor Car will also be attached to the above Special Train. Fast Express trains leave Philadelphia for above mention ed Seashore points at frequent inter vals and returning tickets will be good on any train within ten days includ ing day of issue. Notice to Stockholders. All certificates of stock and divi dend orders of the Farmers Produce Exchange, Ltd., must be presented at the Store for record in the stock book on or before August 1, 1898, and every stockholder who cannot find his or her certificates, or who never had any certificates issued, are requested to meet with the Board of Managers at the Farmers Produce Exchange, Limited, Aug. 1, 1898, at 9 o'clock a. m. All certificates of stock and divi dend orders not presented nor at tended to by Aug. 1, 1898, will be debarred from payment after that date. By order of the Board. S. J. CONNER, Pres. WM. MENSCH, Sec. 6-28-'9B-st* THE CONTROL OF SEX. > ~ Dr. Schrnk BUbontti His Throrr mm to the Mother's Diet. Vienna, May 16.—Prcf. Leopold Schenk's book will be published In Qer man to-day by the Vienna Arm of Schallehn A Bollbruck. The work be gins with a resume of the history of past theories of sex. The latest—that In which the result of all Dr. Schenk's observation and experiments is con centrated—is, as is known, that the nourishment of the mother that )s to be is of the highest and foremost im portance. Work and experience extend ed over a period of many years con vinced him, he says, first, that he must devote his whole attention to the quan tity of sugar secreted by the mother's system In normal conditions. When tttfrs la no sugar secreted, not even the Smallest quantity, then a male child will be produced, '