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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG, FA.
TIllTKSDAY, NOYKMI51.R a, 1899.
Kntrrtdat f Port OJPif al tlUxy)n,tmrg, la.
if mwl clitun matter, March 1, 18.SC.
A UKDAT OFFER-
Farm Journal From Now to Dec, 1903,
Nearly Five Year.
By special arrangement, made
with the publishers of the Farm
Journal, we are enabled to offer that
paper to every subscriber who pays
for Thk Columbian one year
ahead, for only $1.00, both papers
for the price of ours only ; our pa
per one year and the Farm Journal
from now to December, 1903, nearly
5, years. The Farm Journal is an
old established paper, enjoying
great popularity, one of the best ;
and most useful farm papers pub- j
lished.
W This offer should be accepted
without delay.
Wanted !
We want 500 new subscribers to the
Columbian this fall, and as a special
inducement will include the Farm
Journal from now until Jan 1, 1004
free.
Or the New York Thrice a week
World for three months free.
Or the Columbian and World one
year (or $1.50. tf
PURELY PERSONAL
Charles Tensyl spent Sunday at Taxinos.
Louis Lowenberg was in town a few hours
on Sunday.
Mrs. J. S. Lnzarus and Mrs. J. S. Wood
spent Saturday at Danville.
John M. Smith of Cnro, Michigan, is vis
iting in the vicinity of Millville.
Harry Achenbach has returned home from
trip to Philadelphia and other cities.
W. M. Hughes the well known livery
man, of Hazleton, was in town on Tuesday.
Mrs A. Z. Schoch and Mrs Chas. Waisnn
McKelvy are spending the week in I'hila
delphia. N. U. Funk Esq., and daughter Miss
Marie, went to Philadelphia on Monday to
spend a few days.
Edward Dawe went to Philadelphia on
Monday, where he has secured a position in
a printing office.
Miss Rockwell, daughter of the late Kev.
J. L. Rockwell, of Cole's Creek, is visiting
t Kev. lJ. N. Kirkby's.
Mrs. Thomas Vannatta and daughter, Miss
Lillian, returned home on Monday from an
extended visit through the west. They have
been absent about four months.
Joseph II. Weyler, of Rochester, N. Y.,
was a liloomsburu visitor over Sunday. Ev
ery fall, about this time, he takes a trip and
visits many towns in Pennsylvania. He
sometimes passes by a town that he visited
the previous year, hut lie was so mucn im
pressed with our town when here the first
time seven years ago, that he has continued
to c,onie here every year since.
See our fine 50c lace curtains be
fore you buy, at Mercer's Drug &
Book Store.
It is said that the Borough of
stillwater contains dui two is.epuu
lican voters.
Box paper either ruled or unruled
from ioc to 50c per box at Mercer's
Drug & Book Store.
Bruce Herlinger, an employee of
the saw mill at Jamison Uty, was
caught in the saw on Monday and
quite seriously injured.
t mis issue contains me awaiu
I list of the Bloomsburg Fair. You
I can see the names of the prize win
ners oy glancing over 11.
Puffs, puff boxes, baby powder
, and all the requisites for the little
ones at Mercer's Drug & Bookbtore.
Telephone 492.
O
WE SELL THE;
PUREST
SPICES
On the market. We charge the
LOWEST
PRICES
possible forJPure Goods. Special
FOR PICKLES.
V. S. Rishton. Ph. C,
3at Bailiing.. Pharmacist
B&aking
Powder
Legal advertisements on page 7.
Read Chairman Small's address
to voters.
You can get a nice globe for your
lamp at Mercer's Drug & Book
Store.
The approach of cold weather
marks the death knell of many a fat
porker.
Ask to see the new style of visit
ing card at this office. Can't be told
from an engraved card, and costs
less than half as much, tf
We call the attention of our read
ers to the new advertisement of the
Bloomsburg Store Company to be
found elsewhere in this issue.
Robert Vnnderslice, County Com
missioners clerk, has been housed
up for a week with a sore jaw, re
sulting from the extraction of a
tooth.
We have just received an exten
sive line of 1 900 calendars for which
we will take orders and print at
reasonable prices. Call in and see
samples.
Alphonso Baker, while out hunt
ing iu Catawissa township Monday,
slipped and discharged the gun, the
contents taking effect in his legs.
He was not seriously injured.
We do not hesitate to make the
assertion that we have the finesc and
most complete line of lamps and
lamp trimmings ever kept in
Bloomsburg, at Mercer s Drug &
Book Store.
The Lord's Supper will be cele
brated in Emmanuel (Heller's) Re
formed church 011 Sunday morning,
November 12, at 10:30 o'clock.
Preparatory services will be held on
the preceding Saturday at 2:30 p
in.
Mrs. Samuel Harritnan, a sister
of Moses, John, Benjamin, and
Joshua Savage, of Jackson town
ship, residing at Maur Glen, Ly'
coming county, died Sunday night,
October 22nd. The funeral took
place 011 Thursday last.
The best way to keep apples in
winter is to wrap them 111 old news
p9per, however so as to exclude
the air. The newspaper, however,
must be one 011 which the subscnp
tion has been paid, or else damp
ness resulting from what is dew may
cause the fruit to spoil.
The atmosphere predicts that the
display of meteors on the 14th of
November will be remarkably bril
liant. These great showers of
meteors occur every thirty-three
years. Two previous showers in
1833 and 1866, were of wonderful
brilliancy. Some of the meteors
that are flying through space can
be seen nightly at present.
Upon an old map of Pennsylvania
published in 1770, presented by the
editor of the News Item to Wm. G.
Yetter, Civil engeneer, is found the
name "Popometana creek" applied
to our well known Roaring creek,
and at the mouth of the same was
the Indian village "Glasswanoge."
Catawissa creek is known as "Cat
awessy creek." The map was
made from surveys by an eminent
English surveyor and was published
in London. News Item,
The Mt. Carmel Star says ; "On
Thursday of last week Rev. A. J.
McCann of Bloomsburg arrived in
Locust Gap and in pursuance to an
order from Bishop Shannon assumed
the pastorate of St. Joseph's church
made vacant by the death of Rev.
W. J. Burke. Yesterday he preach
ed his first sermon to this large con
gregation and the impression was a
most favorable one. Rev. McCann
is a native of York, and compar
atively a young man though he has
been pastor of a charge at Blooms
burg, since his ordination, thirteen
years ago.
The venerable Judge Samuel
Miller, of Missouri, thinks that the
well-known Farm Journal is the
best out of twenty journals that he
takes. He says its moral tone, and
the unreleutiug war it wages against
all humbugs makes it invaluable.
What pleases Judge Miller will
please you. We are in a situation
to send Farm Journal from now on
to December, 1903, over three
years, to every one who will
promptly pay up his subscription to
the Columbian a year ahead and
to every new subscriber. Be
quick.
Pens, inks and paper of all kinds
it Mercer's Drug & Book Store.
The display of furs in the show
windows are reminders that winter
is creeping upon us.
"Better do it than wish it done.,"
Better cure catarrh by taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla than complain
because you suffer from it.
There will be a chicken and
waffle supper given in the dining
rooms of the M. E. Church at Buck
horn, Saturday evening, Nov. 11,
1890 from the hours of 5 to 10. All
invited. Adults 25 cents, children
15 cents. 2t.
Five shares of Farmers National
Bank stock, the par value of which
is $100 per share, sold at the sale
of the Aaron Boone estate, on Sat
urday, for $190 per share. One
bond ot the Normal school was
disposed of for $105.
Columbia County's first political
demonstration in the present cam
paign will be held in the Opera
House here to-night. Good speak
ers will be present and the issues
will be thoroughly discussed. Let
every democrat turn out.
Bloomsburg young people were
on the go Tuesday evening, not
withstanding the rain which was
falling quite fast. A hack load of
16 went to Berwick, while another
party of a like number departed for
Millville. Both crowds report a
pleasant time.
The marriace of Gilbert C. KuId
j-, - .
ofShamokin, one of the leading
spirits in the Kulp Lumber Com
pany and a brother ot Ex-Congress
man "Farmer" Kulp, to Miss
Florence, daughter of Alexander
Billmever of Washinsrtouville. oc
curred last Thursday.
For books of ill kinds, for drugs
of all kinds, for brushes of all kinds,
for pocket books of many kinds, for
tablets of many kinds, for perfum
ery of many kinds, for wall paper,
for syringes of all kinds, for lamps
of all kinds, for any thing that
ought to be kept in a first-class
drug store go to Mercer's Drug &
Book Store.
Just previous to Tuesday's rain
it was claimed that the Susque
hanna river, at several points, was
lower than it had been in forty-five
years. Rocks and shoals stood out
prominently, that for the above
stated number of years had not
been visible. At many places,
where there were no bridges, ferry
boats experienced great difficulty
in running
The annual crop review of the
Bee, compiled from reports of special
corespondents in every county in
Nebraska shows that the corn crop
of 1 899 exceeds the record of the
best previous year by 14,217,240
bushels. The crop of 1899 reaches
the enormous figure of 244,125,093
bushels. The average yield per
acre is 34.5 bushels, and the quality
of the crop is excellent. The wheat
yield is below that of the last two
years.
A Scranton soldier, now in the
Philippines, says one of our ex
changes, writes home that he has
been converted by the chaplain of
his regiment, and wants his friends
to send statements of all bills owed
by him, as he is desirous of paying
up. We would welcome a relig
ous revival of that sort right here
at home. President McKinley
could not make a more popular
move than to order that chaplain on
duty in the United States at once.
The home of ex-county treasurer
John Kline, near Centralia, was en
tered by burglars at an early hour
Monday morning, and robbed of
cash and silverware amounting in
the aggregate to several hundred
dollars. It appears that Mr. Kline
was alone in the house at the time.
He was bound and 'gagged by the
burglars, who ransacked the house,
and made their escape. When the
family arrived at the house later in
the morning, they found Mr. Kline
in the above stated condition, un
able to move or speak. There is no
clue to the perpetrators.
A goodly number of people assem
bled at the Normal Athletic Field
Saturday afternoon to witness the
foot ball game betwen Berwick and
Bloomsburg. Both teams were
pretty evenly matched, Berwick
probably had a shade the best of
the argument in the matter of
weight. The game was well played
from start to finish. At the con
clusion of the struggle it was found
that but two points had been scored
our boys having succeeded in land
ing what is termed a safety. This
game demonstrated to many who
heretofore were loathe to believe
it, that Bloomsburg has a lot of
good material. All the boys need
a little more development and they
will be able to put up a pretty stiff
argument.
Perfumery by bottle or in bulk at
Mercer's Drug & Book Store.
The rain which fell this week has
raised the hopes of lumbermen up
the West Branch by raising the
river sufficiently to bring in the
many million feet of logs that are
still back. It will mean many
thousands of dollars tor them and
set a dozen idle mills in motion.
A western New York farmer pre
dicts a long and hard winter. He
bases his calculations upon the state
ment that the beech nut crop is
phenomenally large, and adds that
when this occurs it torecasts a season
calculated to make life a burden to
all who do not enjoy extreme cold.
The editors of a Scrantou news
paper have caused the arrest of sev
eral parties who furnished a reporter
with false information which caused
the paper to be involved in a libel
suit. It may seem fun to advise
wrongfully a public journal in a
matter of news, but the law bears
heavily upon such jokers.
The question is often asked if the
past weeks were "Indian Summer"
No. The weather was simply mag
nificent and all that could be ex
pected oi Indian summer, but that
delightful season of the year follows
"squaw winter," after a freeze,
snow squall and all leaves have
dropped from the trees. Squaw
winter conies the last of October
and Indian summer about the sec
ond week of November, sometimes
earlier, some years later, and last
ing from a few days to a couple of
weeks. Ex.
"Does advertising pay?" asked
one of our merchants the other day
of the writer as he was on his way
up the street to get the particulars
of a happening. Why certainly it
does. The public has a great deal
to remember and its memory is short.
It needs to be constantly reminded
of your business. The man who
knew and bought of you yesterday
may be dead tomorrow and a young
ster who never heard of you or your
business is making his first purch
ase today. Don't depend on past
prosperity.
Low prices for products do not
compel farmers to sell at market
rates, says a person qualified to
speak on the subject. Each farmer
has a reputation, or at least should
make one for himself. A reputation
for supplying the market with a
chcice article creates confidence in
the consumers and they will pay
more than the ruling market prices
because they know they will not oe
imposed upon. If two farmers
should send butter of the same qual
ity to market, the one with a repu
tation wou'd receive a higher price
than the other, although his pro
duct might not be better. Each
farmer should work on his own
lines and endeavor to get his pro
duce into market of better quality
than the market affords.
William M. Hughes, of Hazleton
who for many years has been a
noted horseman, takes pride in
speaking of the days when he was
captain of a boat carrying merchan
dise from Baltimore to this city,
returning with coal for the South
ern markets, during the years from
1856 to 1863. In the year 1858
watermelons were scarce in this
market and on one occasion he
brought 1 ,500 of them to this city
The dealers here at that time were
the late John Constine and Marx
Long, who controlled the markets
then for fruit and vegetables. The
load was disposed of by Mr. Hughes
as soon as he landed and the price
was from 15 to 25 cents each, which
was considered a high figure. Mr.
Hughes weathered many storms on
the canal and bays and has done
much hard work in his time. He
is to-day apparently in good health
and unusually robust for a man
neanng the seventies. Wilkes-
Barre Record.
4 4 Strike For Yotfr Attars
and Your Ftres."
Patriotism is always com
mendable, but in every breast
there should be not only the
desire to be a good citizen,
but to be strong, able bodied
and well fitted for the battle
of life. To do this, pure
blood is absolutely neces
sary, and Hood's Sarsapa
rilla is the one specific which
cleanses the blood thorough
ly. It acts equally well for
Both sexes and all ages.
Humor " When I need Mood puri
fier I Uke Hood's SjirsAp&rillA. h cured
my-humor and is excellent ts nerve
tonic." Josie 401, Stafford Springs, Ct.
Hood's fUU cur liver tilt the nou-irritattnij and
00W fc'nthartTrlT Htee with I i 00 d tw rn lmrMi y
Coats, Capes, Suits, Furs.
The World's Best to bs Seen at Marks'.
Treacherous Indian Summer has had no ill effect Tipor
this handsome showing. Unless, perhaps, it has detained sonn
of vou from visitinjr this exposition of garments. No one t
blame but yourself if you miss the pleasure of a visit here.
Clark's garments were never handsomer. Fashion creators nevei
before thought out more attractive designs. Price matters little.
There's always a full money's worth often more than the same
amount will buy elsewhere.
Homespun Suit.
In grey, oxford, black. Dip
front jacket, all satin lined,
finely tailored. Skirt has the
newest back. Price, $10.00.
Golf Capes.
In a crreat variety of plaids.
There are many ways of mak
ing this popular garment. We
have them trom $7.00 to 14.00.
Kersey Coal.
Made of a good grade of Ker
DRESS
We call attention to our
all kinds, in blacks, colors and
them. A full line of materials
Undcrivcar.
Ladies' ribbed vests and
pants, fleecy lined, 25c.
Union Suits.
For ladies, fleecy lined, at 50c.
Children's ribbed vests and
pants, fleecy lined, all sizes, 25c.
A special lot of children's
vests and pants, from sc. up.
Also a lot of fine underwear
for children at a big reduction
clae-e:
m mm wsmsm
Get the correct shape for your par
ticular type of feet.
Ik tfll that this
TRAOt
IS BRANDED
ON EVERY
SHOE.
"QUEEN QUALITY" famous.
Also a complete line of the famous
CURTIS SHOE for men.
F. D. DENTLER
ticle is from our place the recipient is especially pleased.
New goods, low prices.
GEO. "W HESS,
OPTICIAN AND JEWELER,
6 E. Main St. Bloomsburg, Pa.
P. K. Vannatta won first prize
and Charles Geese second, at the
progressive euchre party given by
the Bloomsburg Wheelmen Monday
night. ;
sey, all lined with silk romain.
dip front, French cord back,
stitched edges, in black, blut
and castor $7.00. Others high
er and lower.
Furs.
Collarettes in newest shapes
and popular furs, from $5.00 1
$25.00. Victorines, storm col
lars, neck scarfs. Children
fur sets, from $1.00 to $9.50.
GOODS.
large line of Dress Materials!
mixtures. We invite you to aw
for making tailor-made suits.
in price. Not all sizes. See
them.
Dress Trimmings.
A complete line of nets, all-
overs, chiffons, braids, buttons,
collars, yokings, jets, &c.
Petticoats and Wrappers.
A complete new line. Petti
coats from 48c. to $3.50. Wrap
pers, from 75c. to $2.00.
&c
"QUEEN
VUALITY"
are made in special
shapes to fit the sev
eral types of feet. The
price is not the only
thing that has made
The Shine and Sparkle.
If only the shine and sparkle were de
sired people could be satisfied with imitations
of real . things. But genuine qualities are
what the people want, and that is why we are
popular with those who are looking for the
best the jewelers can supply. Because an ar
Critical Judgment
finds no flaw in our Photo
graphs. Let your friends de
cide we know their opinion
will be complimentary to our
work.
Skill, taste, experience, with the best
of modern appliances and equipment
all these we employ to make your
picture perfectly satisfactory.
We are showing sevial new mylpsof work
In both tlie platlnotype and carbonette Ouiab
that are exclusive with tin In Bloomsburg.
UK I P TO DATE.
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PHILLIPS STUDIO,
MAIN STREET.
Opposite Episcopal Rectory. 11-14
Only eight weeks until Christmas.
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