THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBUKU. PA. J. S. Williams & Son, BLOOMSBURG, PA., Public Sale Criers and General Auctioneers. Iff Flfloen years experience. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bent returns of any sale orlers In this section of the state. Write for terms and dates. We never disappoint our patrons. 1-5 Lamps of all descriptions, lamp shades and chimneys, burners, wicks, globes and all lamp fixtures at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. John Houck of Orange township lost his house by fire on Friday morning. The origin of the con flagration is unaccounted for. The . property was partially insured. A pair of bantam chickens in a show window of W. S. Rishton's drug store make an attractive Easter window. Spectators are inclined to believe that the small hen did not lay the large wax eggs in the nest. There were over 20,000 applica tions for a little over a hundred posi tions as' second lieutenants in the regular army. Pennsylvania got five. They were all young men who had served in the Spanish war. The Washington post office auth orities have issued orders, that be ginning July first next all post of fice clerks will be allowvd fifteen days vacation, with full pay. Here tofore the clerks obtained their va cation by doing each other's work. "We like the idea of simplified spelling, ' says the editor of the Perkins Junction Palladium, " but we don't think we could ever be come used to writing it : ' He wawkt down the ile, leeving the trax of his larj and muddee shuze on the flore. The marx ar vissib'l yet.'" ..mm A fine pair of white and black rabbits are nicely located in one of the large display windows of Mover Bros drug store. They are emble matic of the Easter season and at tract considerable attention. A pair of pure white ones can also be seen in one of the Exchange Bakery windows. Miss Elmira Megargle departed this life at her home in Orangeville, in the thirteenth year of her age, early Sunday morning. The de ceased was a daughter of C. C. Me gargle, and was an exceptionally bright and promising young' lady, and her death was wholly unex pected. Thus, again, is the great uncertainty of life demonstrated. To-day we live, to-morrow we may die. The funeral occurred Wednes day morning. The celebration of the great Jew ish Feast of the Passover, began Saturday and will last eight days. It is in commemoration of the es cape from the hands of the Egypt ian oppressors, and has been ob served by the Jewish people for 4,ooo years. For seven days un leavened bread is eaten by the faith ful Hebrews, and so particular are they about this that all cooking utensils must be changed and every crumb of common bread swept from the house. Peter Campbell, a guest at the Baldy house, Danville, met with a painful accident Wednesday morn ing of last week, which nearly cost him the loss of his eyesight. lie was purchasing sassafrac root from a vender, and procuring a sack from the kitchen, blew in the top to open it. The sack had contained pepper ana tne tine substance tilled his eves. causing great pain. The services of several physicians were needed be fore his pain was eased, but it will be some time before he can use his yes. Beauty la llluod Deep. 1 Clean blond means a clean skin. No beauty without it. t.'asea rets, Candy Cathar tics clean your blood and keep it clean, by stirrinu un the lazy liver and ilrivinir all im. Eurities from the body, liegin to-day to aniab pimples, boiln, Llolehus, blackheads, nd thai sickly bilious complexion by taking uascarets, Deauty ior if ceum. All drug iata, satisfaction guaranteed, IVc, 25c, 60c. Queen i Quality SHOES For Women. $3.00. Style, Fit, Wear. None Better. W. C. McKINNEY, No. 8 East Main St. See our line of five cent booklets for Easter at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. About eleven o'clock last Thurs day night the house and all its con tents belonging to James P. Freder ick, a prominent farmer and dairy man, one and a half miles east of Watsontovvn, burned to the ground. The origin of the fire is unknown as the family were all away in attend ance at a party in McEwensville. The smoke house containing all their meat was also burned. Miss Grace Mann, a well known and very popular young lady of Benton, a victim of diabetis, aged nearly twenty one years, died at the home of her brother Charles F. Mann, station agent for the Blooms burg & Sullivan Railroad Company at Benton, Saturday afternoon. She had been suffering from the dreaded disease for some time. The funeral services took place yesterday, inter ment being made at Orange. A fire of incendiary origin at Cen tralia about one o'clock Sunday morning destroyed the large livery stable owned by James Davi9. Con siderable difficulty was experienced in getting the horses out of the burning building. It was accom plished but one of the animals died shortly afterward, from the effects of the terrible heat. Fifteen sleighs mat had just been stored away were all burned up. There was no insurance on any of the property. Tunkhannock has an ordinance that imposes a fine of $5 for hitch ing horses to shade trees, and in commenting upon its infraction the New Age says : Many who drive into town are not aware of this, and violations of the ordinance of ten occur. Five dollars looks to farmers who often have more trees at home than they want like a big sum of money to plank down for such a small offense, but is noth ing compared to the trouble and ex pense of growing fine shade trees in a town street." James Goss received a letter from James He-erly of this town, who is now a member of Co. D 15th U. S. Infantry, located at Puerto Principe, Cuba. In the letter was enclosed a Cuban five cent scrip, a piece of paper an inch and a half wide and three inches long. It looks very much like the scrip issued in this country during the civil, war. Mr. Heverly is not strongly" impressed by the natives of that part of the world, and has seen some strange sights. Howard Geese is in the same company with Heverly. Secretary Gaee.at Washington TV C. , Thursday received a contribution of $30 from Dr. James B. Neal, of Bloomsburg, Pa. When returning from China in 1892 Dr. weai orougnt with him a number of articles which he had nnrr-Vin there for $150 in silver. As that was a depreciated currency Dr. Neal told the custom officer at New York that he valued the American money and he paid duty on mat valuation. .Now he believes that he placed the value too low and hence he makes a eontrihntinn tn the conscience fund. -Danville Sun. The Tribune published at New Paynesville, Minn., contains a no tice of the death of Charles W. Ferree, which occurred at that place on the 1 8th inst. He was born in Bloomsburg March 3, 1872, at which time his father Prof. J. W. Ferree, was a member of the Normal School faculty. He attended school at the Normal until 1888 when h;s parents moved to Minneapolis. In 1893 he graduated with honor from the University of Minnesota. Since then up to a short time previous to his death re has been engaged teaching school. The many friends of the young man here have the deepest sympathy for his surviving mother and brothers. o BMTItht Slgnatua of ITOHIA. Tin Kind You Haw Always Bougft There was a basket ball game played at Danville Thursday night bet weeu the team of that city and the Bloomsburg wheelmen. The score was 19-17 in favor of Dan ville. Some of the players claim that Manager Eyer is responsible for the defeat. But how any man ager could stand by, countenance any violation of rules and finally see his team cheated out of a game, we arc unable to see. There must be some mistake. A Mauser Bullet's Force. A Manser rifle, captured from the Spanish during the late war, and now the property of Arthur Goodspeed, of Elk Run, Tioga County, was given a trial the other day. One shot was fired through a beech tree eighteen inches in diameter, after which it spent its force in a gravel bar beyond. Another bullet was sent through six teen inches of pine and thirty-two inches of hemlock, after which it passed more than the length of a small knife blade into another hemlock timber, penetrating in the aggregate more than fifty inches of sound tim ber. AN EASTER "SOUVENIR- A Delightful Treat For All "Preu.' n Next Sunday's An Eastertide treat will be given everybody who gets next Sunday's "Philadelphia Press" (April 2). From the splendid colored title page to the list page of humor, the magazine will be brimful of features which will at tract old and young. There will be special treats in fiction by George R. Simms, one of the most noted writers of to day; Paul Laurence Dunbar, the negro Sketch writer, and Fergus Hume, with his "Lady from Nowhere," will contribute. Easter sentiment will prevade the whole, with Easter bells and Easter odes and Easter customs. Karl will give of his best, Frank G. Carpenter will tell of his travels, Annie Rittenhouse will have two hright pages for women, and there will be prizes for the quickly clever. Be sure to get the Easter "Press" next Sunday. Normal Examinations- The annual examinations hv the State Board ot Examiners will begin at the State Normal School on Man. day, June 19th. The preliminary ex amination, by the Faculty, will begin on June 15th. The examinations in the Tunior studies are open not only to students, but to all persons who expect to enter the school. Certificates are no longer issued to successful candidates, hut records are kept, and any succeeding year, as suits the convenience of the applicant, credit for the branches passed is given. Teachers, twenty-one years of age, who have taueht for three consecutive. full annual terms in the public schools ot tne state, and who can present certficates of skill in teaching, signed by each of the Boards of Directors under whom they have taught, and by the Superintendent of the county in which they taught, may be examined in both Junior and Senior studies, and if they pass the examinations sue. cessfully, they receive a teacher's per manent certihcate. Grain-0 Brings Relief to the coffee drinker. Coffee drinking is a habit that is universally induWH in and almost universally injurious. nave you tnea Lrain-U t It is almost !ike coffee but the effects are just the opposite. Coffee upsets the stomach, ruins the digestion, effects the heart and disturbs the whole Dervous system. Gr.nn-O tones up the stomach, aids digestion ana strengthens the nerves. 15 and 25c. a package. 3-30-4 The following letters are held at the Bloomsburg. Pa., nostoffice. and will be sent to the dead letter office April 11, 1899: J. E. Enbanks, Miss Edna Lunger, Miss Sallie Miller, Mr. S. K. Rose. cards Mr. J. M. Kester. Persons calling for the above letters will please say that they were advertised March 30, 1899. O. B. Mellick, P M. T T Literary Note. "Book News" for April presents as its opening feature nn up-to-date symposium on Kipling, half critical, half biographical a valuable contemporary judgment on the most famous author of his generation, the interest of which is heightened by a well executed portrait. In addition there are estimates of the most striking books which the month has brought forth in American and foreign Holds among the rest I'rof. Patten'n "Develop, merit of English Thought;" best specimens of illustrative art from current works; list of the books in which the reading world is mo-l in- 1l ,stl;a, Bf time' etc- Jlm Wanamaker, 1 hiladelphia and New York. Monthly, ec a copy; 50c a year. J Pain Unnecessary in Cnu.iiiiiurir. Pain Is no longer necessary in childbirth. Its causes, being understood, are ea.ilv over come, the labor being made short, easy nnd tree from danger, morning sickness, swelled limbs, and like evils readily cured. Cut this out; it may save your life, suffer not a day onger. but send us a cent stamp and receive in sealed envelope full particulars, testimon. mis, confidential letter, &c. Address, Frank tHOMAs & Co., Baltimore, Md. 3-2 6 m subscribeTor the columbian A t-oennnnt. A "eea cocoanu't" was picked tip on th bench nt Dlddefordpool, Me., r cently. It Is a solid mass or spa mosses and grasses, bunched by the sctlon of the sea and rolled Into splier fcnl shape. It Is a queer looking ob ject nnd Is regnrded as a curiosity, though dwellers by the be:irh sny that similar specimens nre occasionally picked tip, som as large as a golden pumpkin. Employer "Wllllnm, Mrs. Sprlgglns complains that she received only one of the bundles she had put up here last William "That's funny, sir. I wrote 'Mrs. Sprlgglns' on one bundle, and put 'ditto on each of the others." In 1851 the Lopex expedition had made a landing nt Marlllo. Lopez was eaptured and garroted. During the same year Col. Crittenden was shot In 1S52 first appeared a decided action on the part of the President of the United States, Mr. Fillmore, refusing to Join Orent Britain and France In a treaty which guaranteed to Spain the posscRftlnn of Cuba. In 18T2 there was a conspiracy In Cuba, and Its leaders were garroted, shot, or sent to nvlnon for life. The article then In Putnam's Magazine was a timely one, for Cuba then occupied public attention. This Is an extract from the second page of the article: "There Is almost within sight of our own shores a province of one of the monarchies of the old world whose In habitants are suffering tinder greater and more oppressive burdens and are governed by a sway more absolute and tyrannical than has ever been exer cised against Sclave, Maygar, role or Indian. It Is the Island of Cuba." Mr. Kimball describe the various captains general, and shows that on the accession of Miguel Tacon there began "a series of Injuries, cruelties, and oppressions against this unfortun ate Island unparalleled In the history of civilized communities Tacon possessed a Jealous nature, was short sighted and narrow-minded, and had an uncommon stubbornness of charac ter" and these are the Spanish traits of to-day that Is, of the Iberian rune tlonary. The Tacon policy was about this: that the Island of Cuba can only be Spanish or African. Describing ex act conditions when the article was written, Kimball wrltes: Jury LiBt For May Term, 1899. GRAND JURORS. I Appicman, Geo. W., farmer, Orange a Berwick. W. H., tailor, Catawi'a Bor 3 Creasy, Lafayette, gent, Bloomsburg 4 Creasy, Wilson C, farmer, Centre 5 Cole, Joseph S., farmer, Millville 6 Carey, Charles, farmer, Madison 7 Deiley, Isaiah, farmer, Bloomsburg 8 Freas, Alfred, farmer. Greenwood 9 Girton, Albert J., farmer, Madison 10 Herring, A. B., carpenter. Orange 11 Hartman, Chas., ropemaker, Berwick ia Logan, John V., clerk, Bloomsburg 13 Lutz, Chas. B., agent, Bloomsburg 14 Lewis. Iram, farmer, Jackson 15 Rider. Solomon, farm., Catawi'a Twp 16 Reagan, Geo. L., doctor, Berwick 17 Shuman, John, farmer, Main 18 Shultz, Bruce, laborer, Berwick 19 Smith, Miner C, merc't. Benton Twp 20 Smuthers, J. C, carpenter, Berwick 21 Sands, Henry II., laborer, Hemlock 22 Thomas. Britt.-iin. f.irmw M 2 j Tubbs, Frank E., agent, Bloomsbu'g 24 irucicenmiiier, AUam. saloon keeper, Catawissa Boro TRAVERSE JURORS FIRST WEEK. 1 Bibby, Jas. R..landlord.Cataw'a Twp 2 Bittner, Wm. H., farmer, Locust 3 Budman, Geo. N., farmer, Pine 4 Crawford, John E. laborer, Berwick 5 Deemer, J. R., mercha't. Cataw's Bor 6 UeWitt. A. M., merchant. Orange 7 Drumheller, C, far'er, Catawi'a Twp 8 Ever, Wesley J., merc't, Bloomsburg 9 Fritz, Jasper, farmer, Jackson 10 Grotz, Hervey H., gent. Bloomsburg 11 Gorry, Thos., contractor, Bloomsburg 12 Hartman, Miner, shoemaker, Berwick 13 Haas, Charles, butcher, Berwick 14 Hess, Samuel, laborer Berwick 15 Hartman, Enos, blacks'h, Greenwood 16 Hagenbuch, Pierce, farmer. Centre 17 Hartman, Freas.blacks'h, Benton Twp 18 Ikeler. I. B., farmer, Greenwood 19 Tones, John D., laborer. Bloomsburg 20 Kreischer. Chas. enrnen'r Kimrincri-'l- 21 Karns, A. J., farmer, Fishingcreek 22 iong JJavia, miller, Roanngcreek 23 Lamey, Wm., puper maker, Berwick 24 Mather, Robt.. merchant, Fishingc'k 25 McCallister. Wm. F.. f;irmir C.-nhm 26 McHcnry, Hervey, miller. Hemlock 27 KucKie. ueorge, tarmer. Centre 23 Rodenbush. Wm.. boss, Conyngham 29 Sharpless, I. K., clerk, Catawi'a Bor 30 Small, W. H.. merchant, Cleveland 31 Sterner, Daniel, laborer, Bloomsburg 32 Miller, George.mcrcha't, Conyngham 33 Welliver. Chas. carpenter, Hemlock 34 Wolf, John, farmer. Orange H White. A. H.. merchant. 36 Yohe, C. J., farmer, Mifflin SECOND WEEK. Angle, Philip, laborer, Scott Ammcrman, u. u., rmtcher, Scott Artlev. Christian L. farmer. Franklin Bower, Henry, farmer, Brian-reck Berninger, Wm. Sr., miller, Cata. Bor Baker. Chas. merchant. C!utnwi'ii Unr Curev. N. C. laborer. Hnrwrirlr 8 Ourran. R. T - teni-lwr PonttvilU g Dollnuin, Frank, laborer, Mt. Pleas't 10 Davis, Deemer C., furmer. Green w'd 11 Eaton, Clark D., clerk, Berwick 12 Elder, Morris, laborer, Mt. Pleasant 13 Freas, Perry, retired, Orauge 14 Holdrcn, William, laborer, Madisou 15 Hess, Jerry, landlord, Bloomsburg 16 Hidlay, Wm. J., fanner. Scott 17 Harris, Wm. Sr., miner, . Centralia 18 Johnson, Andrew G. laborer, Centre 19 Jones, Wm. H., sal. keeper, Centra'a 20 Kashner, Byron, clerk, Scott 21 Keely, Thomas, teacher, Conyngh'm 23 Kelly, John, laborer, Bloomsburg 23 Lawton, James T. farmer, Greenw'il 24 Levan, Wm.. farmer, Catawissa Twp 25 Moore, John G., farmer, Hemlock Centralia Centralia Locust 26 Mensch, Wm., laborer, 27 Reilly, John M , laborer, 28 Rarig, Adam, farmer, 20 Stints Chailcs. farmer. Cleveland an Khnffr. Irihn farmer Tf Planunni ...... . , j . . . . , . . 11 v. t - . . . 1 v un.i 1 j s 31 Shuman, Reuben, mach'ist, Cata. Bor 33 Shaum, Charles, tailor, Centralia 33 Trivelpiece. A., brickla'er Bloombb'g 34 Vanderslice, Henry L., farmer, Centre 36 Yocum, Obediah, farmer, Cleveland WOMEN SHOULD KNOW IT. Many women suffer from untoM ag ony and misery because 1 lie nature of their disease is not correctly under stuod. They have been led to believe that womb trouble or foinate weakness of some sort is responsible for the many ills that beset woman kind. Neuralgia, nervousness, headache, puffy or dark circles under the eyes, rheumatism a dialing pain or dull ache in the back, weakness or bearing down sensation, profuse or scanty sup ply of urine with strong odor, frequent desire to pass it with scalding or burn ing sensation, sediment in it after standing in a bottle or common glass for twenty four hours, are sins of kid ney and bladder trouble. The above symptoms are often attrib uted by the patient herself or by her physician to fetna'e weakness or womb trouble. Hence, so many fail to obtain relief, because they are treating, not the disease itself, but a reflection of the primary cause, which is kidney trouble. In fact, women as well as men are made miseraole with kidney and blad der trouble and both need the same remedy. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Ro-1 is the great discovery of the eminent kidney and bladder specialist, and it is easy to get at any dn g store for fifty cents or one dollar. To prove its wonderful merits you may have a sample bottle and book telling all about it, both sent absolutely frte by mail. Kindly mention The Columbian and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y. An exchange says : What is a doll ar anyhow ? The question is easily answered. A dollar is what some men promise to pay to their family pape.. It is something that a newspaper man enjoys more in anticipating than in rea'izing. It is what the wife frequendy needs but seldom has. It is the price for a day's labor for some men and a night's drink for others. It is the pow er that makes or unmakes men. It is the hardest thing to get and the easiest thing to get rid of known to mankind. It is mighty and scarce. No man ever had any more than he wanted and no man ever will have. A dollar is a snare and a delusion and every one of us is chasing the de'usion. Married. Bower Wenner On March e at the Reformed parsonage in O ange- vine by Rev. A. Houtz, Mr. Norman H. Bower of Berwick and Miss Deb bie Wenner of Fishingcreek. HOOD'S PILLS cure Llwnr Ilia. Kit. lousness, Indigestion, Headache. easy to taxe, easy to operate. 25c. If you are interested in PHOTOGRAPHY, Don't fail to see our new line of card mounts all sizes and gloss no paste required. You slip the print in and it is mounted without de . stroying the gloss. Acid fixing bath powders, for plates, developing pow ders, dry plates, trays, ferrotype plates, in fact everything needed by the amateur photogra pher, will be found here. JT. JE. MflY, PERFECT SHOES I. HANDSOME COMFORTABLE WELL MADE 1 as any. Price, 2.50 1 J000"- - Tri-oa-f cork Plr, in.kiui! Ihe alum H.n bli no v.MrpiW. Th.y an a w ud gro.1 liiY.uliio, Shoo Book Free IN STOCK AT W. H. Mnnrp'c Cor.. Second and Iron Sts. 11 LADIES' SHOE JsioonisDurg, Pa, WlibKLY CHATS JuNAS LONG'S L'uiNS. U'u kis.!ai;!i . Pa., 'Uiur.day, Mr.r. 30, tS Ik is Store's fester festival. The dccorr.tions for this ocoasioj arc very elaborate, ami our s!)w, inn of new Spring ;;ootl.s is U;c k4 and largest ever made by any Iicrc.-tbouts. The prices too, nt which the goods are marked .sbU appeal to you, for there arc no exorbitant prices asked for m,-r-cli.uulise here, though the qualities aic the very best ;ind the styli the newest. The Greatest cf all r.iilincry Exhibits Is iii progress here ; grace anc! beauty arc at every turn. The new L'aster Hats arc espcchlly haticlsonic this year, and never have we had so many model Ip.tj from abroad to show you. The opening days are still in progTts and a visit to our milliner- pariorj will repay you. THE NEW FURNITURE STORE ON THK FOURTH FLOOR. This store has faith in your ap preciation for dependable fumitunv and the very moderate prices at which these special offerings are marked should appeal to your personal benefit. Solid Oak Dining Room Chairs with hand cane seat, each 75c Solid Oak Extension Tables, substantially made, very special atj $4.85. Iron lkdsteads with brass trim mings, sizes3 (eet,3 ft 6 in. 4 ft ..J 4 ft 6 in. at each $1.98. Fine Antique Oak Side , Hoard . highly finished with large French, plate mirror and swell drawer price $15. ABOUT CARPETS. Our showing of new Carpets still claims the attention and ad miration of wise and particular carpet buyers. Our prices have much to do with the selling, and you will find these exceptiona. values. All Wool Ingrain Carpets at per yard 50c. Granite Ingrain Carpets at per yard 25 c. China Mattings at per yard I2jc Linen Warp Matting at 25c, New Dress Fabrics for Spring. Many of the new fabrics showr. this week have a price helpfullness that will make it possible for you to buy a rich and stylish dress at half cost ; here are a few prices : Fine double warp Taffeta Silks, all shades, at per yard 75 c. The new Printed Foulard anJ China Silks arc very handsome; the prices are upwards from 50c to 97C Some very special new colored Dress Goods in fancy effects, arc offered this week at per yard 50c Black Crepons still hold high favor, and our showing is t'.ic largest hereabouts. The prices arc upwards from 50c to S5 per yard. The New Kid Gloves for Easter. Choosing the Faster Gloves lias been made easy here; the styles shown are the very latest novelties. At $i per pair, a new Kid Glove for ladies; come with two clasps at wrist, three rows of siile embroidery on back, shades arc the very new est for Sping ; never was there a better glove for $. Ladies' 3-clasp T.refousse Suede Gloves, imported especially for us, come in pearl grey, tans, modes, slates and black, at per pair Si. 3 5. Misses' 2-clasp Kid Gloves, in all the new shades, prices are 75c and $1. Ladies Correctly Tailored Suits And Jackets for Spring. Ladies double breasted reefer jackets with stitched scams and satin lined, colors Cadet, Tan and Mode, special at $5.00. Ladies Covert Reefer Suits; Jack ets silk lined, bell circle skirt, lined with percaline and bound with cor duroy at 15.50. Our Restaurant on the Fifth Floor. Serves an excellent dinner at 25, r Var. W. Market St and Public SJ.