8
Eruptions.
"An eruption til
over my body
caused a burning
sensation so 1 could
not sleep nights.
By taking Hood" s
SarsaparSla I WJLS
completely cured."
Jennie Thompson,
P. 0. Box 36,
OoksviHe, N. Y.
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG. PA.
J. SWUlluu & Son,
BLOOMSBURG PA
Public Sale Criers and
General Auctioneers.
nr Xlftecn years experience. Hatla'aetlon
rnaranti eil. Best returns of any sale criers In
this section of the Mate. Write for terms and
dales. vcr disappoint our patrons. 1-6
BALLS.
March 17, 1900. Mrs. K. A.
Rawlings, administratrix of E. A.
Rawlings, deceased, will sell real
estate in Bloorasburg, on the pre
mises, at 2 p. 111., including a two
story frame dwelling, frame meat
market building, stable and out
buildings. See advertisement.
Tvesday, March 20, 1900.
N. W. Hess will sell at public sale,
on the premises, near Bendertown,
Fishingcreek township, two cows,
one heifer, and a lot of farming im
plements. Sale to commence at 10
o'clock a. m.
The Farm Journal is unlike any
other paper ; for one thing it prints
no quack medical advertisements:
for another it takes five year sub
scriptions and gets the paper to its
subscribers the full time if they are
anywhere on this plauet, even if
they move two or three times; if
they die their heirs get it. Now
we are going to combine with the
Farm Journal and send The Col
umbian one year and the Farm
Journal neary 5 years (remainder
of 1900, and all of 1901, 1902, 1903
and 1904) to every advance-paying
subscriber, new and old, to The
Columbian. This great offer had
better be accepted before it is with
drawn. G- A. fit Encampment-
The annual encampment of the De
partment of Pennsylvania, Grand
Army of the Republic, to be held at
, Gettysburg, June 4 to 6, will be the
largest attended of many years. It is
expected that every one of the 600
posts in the state will send delegates
and that many G. A. R. men besides
will- attend. Ample arrangements
will be made to care for the immense
crowd which is certain 10 visit Gettys
burg at that time. The Woman's
Relief Corps and the Ladies of the
Grand Army of the Republic will
each hold conventions at the same
time as the Grand Army.
Does This Hit You?
A well known pen pusher rises to
remark : The place to take the true
measure of a man is not on the street,
nor in the amen corner, nor at the
fa urn, or the field, but at his own fire
side. There he lays aside his mask,
and you learn whether he is an imp
or an angel, humbug or hero. We do
not care what the world says of him,
whether it crowns h;m with jewels, or
pelts him with eggs. We care not a
copper what his reputation may be.
If his children dread his homecoming
and his better half swallows her heart
every time she asks him for a few
cents, he's a fraud of the first water,
even though he prays night and morn
ing till he is black in the face, and
howls hallelujah till he shakes the
eternal hills.
$500 IN CASH PRIZES-
Anna Catherine Green is one ot
the most famous of American writers.
It would seem, therefore, the an
nouncement of the Philadelphia Sun
day Press that it proposes to give free
in illustrated book form, beginning
with next Sunday's Fress (Philadel
phia, March 18), her greatest novel,
would create a sufficient furor. It is
the rifle of the Philadelphia Fress,
however, not to do things by halves ;
consequently, in addition to giving
free this great novel, announcement
is made that $500 in cash prizes will
be distributed among readers on a
very simple plan. There will be one
prize of $100, five of $20 each, ten
of $io each, so that no person need
to be entirely disappointed. Read
Anna Catherine Green's story in the
illustrated booklet, which will be given
free with next Sunday's Press, and
you will learn how to secure one of
the cash prizes. The demand is cer
tain to be great ; therefore, you had
better order next Sunday's Fress in
advance.
WANTED SKVEKAI. 1'KRSONS 10R
Dimiici OMice Manai'is in this State t rep
resent ine in their own and surrounding
counties. Willing to jjnv yearly (JfiOu, jiay
allu weekly. I-ief-iraMc employment with
unusual opportunities. References 'ex
changed. Enelor bclf addrctsed stamped
envelope. S. A. I efle, 320 Coxlrin Jiuildin,
Chicago. 13-21. iCt
"Like Father, Like Child." "Man is the sum of his ancestors."
If parents wish healthy children, let them see to tt that they themselves have
pure, rich, strong blood. No taint of scrofula, no insidious malady, no lurking
microbes or germs to be a curse to posterity. Purify the blood. Hood's Sar.
saparSla is the guardian of infants yet unborn. Buy a bottle Today.
ScViAafiwulla
Male Choir Concert.
The beautiful Presbyterian church
so generously given for the Male Choir
Concert was Tuesday evening packed
to the door with an appreciative audi
ence to hear the rendering of the pro
gram, and from the frequent outbursts
of manifestation they were not disa
pointed. It was a fore gone conclus
ion that the readings of Mrs. J. L.
Richardson and Mrs. Grant Herring
would please, entertain and instruct,
and in this the prophesy was more
than fulfilled. Miss Elsie Hicks in
her usual masterly manner charmed
the audience so that it was necessary
for her to respond to an encore.
The trio entitled "The Barber" in
which Mr. T. E. Sterling of Freeland,
sang the solo, was must heartily re
ceived. Mr. Sterling was a member
of 1890 choir and could always be re
lied on. The "Medley" rendered by
the old choir, und their old leader and
organist Prof. I. W. Niles of Wilkes
Barre, was so enthusiastically received
that they were compelled to respond.
It is needless to say that the num
bers given by the present male choir,
whether as a choir quartett, duett, or
solo were warmly greeted, and much
credit is dus their present leader, Prof.
O. H. Yetter for the proficient manner
in which their music is presented to
the general public, and we think we
voice the sentiment of the good people
of our town when we say we appreci
ate and are proud of our Y. M. C. A.
choir. In closing this article we de
sire to go back in the history of the
Y. M. C. A. ten years and drop a
tribute to the now venerable, genial
and affable Prof. I. W. Niles, who
with his musictl accomplishments or
ganized and rehearsed with the boys
until they then was a great drawing
power, and a mighty factor in the Y.
M. C. A. work, and it must have been
to him in his declining years, as well
as to his old choir a most pleasant oc
casion to meet again, and for him to
know and see that his mantle had
fallen upon such an able successor.
An Admirer.
Oapt- Geo. W. Utt-
Geo. W. Utt was born in North
ampton county, Pennsylvania, on the
26th day of May, 1837, and died at
his residence, in Greenwood township,
Sunday evening. He was, therefore,
sixty-two years and ten months of
ae. He has been a resident of Col
umbia county since 1840, in which
year his parents moved here and set
tled in Greenwood township. He
served a full three-years' term in the
United States Army as a member, of
Company F, Second Pennsylvania
Artillery. He took part in the en
gagement before Petersburg, and was
twice wounded. He was mustered
out as captain.
Mr. Utt was one of the leading
residents of his township, and has
held many offices of trust and respon
sibility. He was a brother of Wm.
H. Utt, a former County Commis
sioner, and EliasUtt, both of Blooms -burg.
The funeral was held yesterday af
ternoon, interment at Rohrsburg.
Dining Oar Service.
Beginning with February 15th, the
Lackawanna Railroad assumed com
plete charge of its dining car service.
Two magnificent new dining cars will
be in active operation, it is expected
by March 1st. As rapidly as possible
the cafe cars which have been in serv
ice will be transformed into fully
equipped dining cars, giving equip
ment from which to serve three full
meals a day on all through trains.
Charges for meals on these cars will
be on the la carte plan, patrons pay
ing only for what they order.
In assuming the management of its
dining car service the company com
pletely refitted all its cars. Kitchens
have been refurnished. New silver,
new china, new crystal and new linen
have been supplied throughout. The
menu contains all possible essentials
and all luxuries in season. The wine
list is complete. The best brands of
cigars are always in stock. 31.
Gontralia's Hew Council-
Centralia's new Council organized
last week by electing the following
officers : John Curry, President; B. J.
Curran, Treasurer; and O. B. Millard
Secretary.
Edward Dempsey was elected Su
pervisor. President Curry made the following
appointments of standing committees :
Street White, Iloran, Rooney.
Finance Horan, Welsh, White.
Council meetings will be held on
the second Wednesday of each month.
THE COLUMBIAN,
Dyspepsia.
" had dyspep
sia in its worst
form and tried
many medicines,
but found no relief
untu 1 took Hood s
Hrxvix Pill,. Tn
my great joy '
found relief ana a
cure. I am now
well and strong."
Mary E. Byrd,
Otney, Illinois.
WASHINGTON.
Four-Day Personally-Conducted Tour Via
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The almost unparalleled success of
the tour last year has induced the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to
otter the r esitlents of Williamsport,
Wilkes Barre, Sunbury, Harrisburg,
ana neinhboung cities in Central
Pennsylvania another opportunity to
avail tnemseives ot the peculiar ad
vantages of a personally-conducted
tour to Washington, and has therefore
arranged for a four day tour to the
National Capital on Monday, April 2
train will leave Renovo at 6.o a.
m., Williamsport 8.31 a. m., Scranton
7.48 a. m., Wilkes Barre 8.4? a. m..
Sunbury, 10.50 a. m., Mt. Carmei 7.30
a. m., Altoona, 7. 15 a. m., Lancaster
10.48 a. m , Harrisburg 12.35 p.m.,
stopping at th- principal Intermediate
stations, and at York. Returning,
special train will leave Washington at
3 30 p. m., Thursday, April 5. Pas
sengers from points west of William
sport, and from Dewart, Selinsgrove,
Lykens, Dillsburg, Lebanon, Lancas
ter, Columbia,Wrightsvillc, and points
on the Shamokin Division will use
regular trains from Washington return
ing. All tickets will be good to re
turn also on regular trains until Sat
urday, April 7, inclusive.
Round trip rate, covering transpor
tation, hotel accommodations from
supper on date of tour until after
luncheon, April 5, $12 90 from Will
iamsport, $13.60 from Wilkes Birre,
$11.70 from Sunbury. 14.00 from
Altoona,$io. 10 from Lancaster,$io 10
from Harrisburg, and proportionate
rates from other stations, including
stations on the Cumberland Valley
Railroad north of Chambersburg.
Guides to Washington will be distrib
uted free on the train.
For itineraries, rates, tickets, and
full information apply to ticket agents;
F. S. Harrar, Division Ticket Agent,
Williamsport, Pa.; Tourist Agent,
Wilkes Barre, Pa.; or address Geo.
W. Boyd, Assistant General Passen
ger Agent, Broad St. Station, Phila.
A Postoffioe Ruling.
The postoffice department has au
thorized the issue and use of the mails
in reply envelopes and reply cards
without pre-payment of postage. To
the merchant having an extensive
mail business this measure is of great
importance. In sending out reply
cards under the old system the sender
nust prepay the postage and take the
risk of receiving any reply at all. A 1
merchant who sends out thousands of
these cards is thus subjected to a
great loss because the reply cards on
which he has paid postage are fre
quently left unused. Under the new
plan he will not be called upon to pay
the postage upon the reply card until
thev are returned to him.
The Carpet Trade.
Not many towns the size of Blooms
burg have an exclusive carpet store.
W. H. Brower succeeded his grand
father, J. J. Brower, in the retail car
pet business, and still remains at the
old stand. He has a fine line oi car
pets in stock, including Brussels, Vel
vets, Tapestries and Ingrains. Also
oil cloths, Chinese and Japanese mat
tings, rugs, etc. If his customers can
not be suited with what he has in
stock, he can procure a large line of
samples from the best makers in the
country, at short notice. Persons
contemplating the purchase of any
floor covering this spring should call
on Mr, Brower and get prices. They
will save money by it. 3-15 2t
Married.
Pursel Beagle. At the M. E.
parsonage, Buckhorn, Saturday even
ing, March 11, 1900, by Rev. W. H.
Hartman, Mr. Charles Pursel, Jr., of
Danville, to Laura O. Beagle, of
Buckhorn.
Zeioler Hartman. At the M.
E. parsonage, Buckhorn, March 8th,
1900, by Rev. W. H. Hartman, Mr.
Harry M. Zeigler, of Orangeville, to
Miss Kate Hartman.of Frosty Valley.
AGENTS WANTED To sell the
Marsh Reading Stand and Revolv
ing Book Case. Best .office or li
brary article ever patented, and sells
everywhere on sight, at a good
profit. Why stand id'e with such a
chance to make money ? Ask the
publisher of this paper to show you
sample of this stand, or write us for
full particulars at once.
(I4d6m) Marsh Mfg. Co.,
No 542 West Lake St., Chicago.
Wall paper, from 10c. a bolt up,
at Mercer's Drug and Book Store.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Bush To Cape Nome flat Begun.
Nineteen Expedition! Have Left Dawson Al
ready and Many Mora Will Follow.
Ronald Morrison, Vice-Gonsul at
Dawson City, Can., in a report to the
State Department, has the following
to say in regard to Dawson City and
Cape Nome under date of January
14:
"Business in Dawson this season
has been very quiet, chiefly because
the population is nearly 000 less
than last year. Prices, however, re
main firm, and an inquiry at several
of the leading stores shows the follow
ing percentages of profit rtill obtain
ing: On drugs and medicines, 300 per
cent.: books and stationery, 500 per
cent.; boots and shoes, 150 per cent.;
clothing, 50 per cent.; grocerices, 200
per cent.; hardware, 400 per cenr.
Champagne, any brand, sells at $240
per case of one dozen quarts;
beer, in barrels, containing
eight dozen bottles, $100 per barrel;
whisky, $35 to $45 per case of one
dozen bottles, or $40 to $60 per
gallon.
"In addition to the duty on liquors,
there is a further tax of $2 per im
perial gallon, called the "federal tax."
Saloon licenses are worth $2500 per
annum. A singular feature in con
nection with these is a charge of $50
for an application for a license. If
the application is denied, the $50 is
not returned to the applicant. The
revenue estimated by the Finance
Committee of the Yukon Council from
liquor permits for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1900 is $100,000; for
licenses, $90,000.
gold output may fall.
"The flooding of many of the mines
on the various cieeks, as the result of
the contitiuation of the mild weather
early in the season, miy have an effect
upon the output for the year. It is
still rather early to venture on a fore
cast, but, taking into consideration
the improved methods now employed,
a conservative estimate places the
figures at from $25,000,000 to $30,
000,000. "Nineteen expeditions have left
Dawson for the Nome District since
December 4, 1800, and as the days
lengthen and the weather moderates
many more will start. It is reported
here that 700 are now on the way
from Skaguay. Late news from Nome
by mail from St. Michaels confirm the
reports of the richness of the district,
and also announces new finds in the
interior, but lack of fuel prohibits
these being worked in winter. Typhoid
fever has made its appearance, and
the mortality from this distase is in
creasing." Hotel For Rent-
The Park Hotel, at Towanda, Pa.,
is for rent. Possession given April
1st, 1900. Located in the heart of
the town, opposite Court House. For
terms, apply to Geo. E. Elwell,
Bloomsburg, Pa., or E. W. Elwell,
Towanda, Pa. tf.
OOO
Mature
Babies and children need
proper food, rarely ever medi
cine. If they do not thrive
on their food something is
wrong. They need a little
help to get their digestive
machinery working properly.
COD LIVER OIL
WITH HYPOPHOSPfflTLS orUMES SODA
will generally correct this
difficulty.
If you will put from one
fourth to half a teaspoonful
in baby's bottle three or four
times a day you will soon see
a marked improvement. For
larger children, from half to
a teaspoonful, according to
age, dissolved in their milk,
if you so desire, will very
soon show its great nourish
? ing power. If the mother's
milk does not nourish the
baby, she needs the emul
sion. It will show an effect
at once both upon mother
end child.
jtoc, nd f 1.00, U druggists,
SCOTT 4 UOWNE, Chemist., New York.
-I III II II 1 Mum II-
Help
I. W. Hartman & Son.
LIWEiU
I. W.
1
The man or woman who don't bother to read our store news
and investigate the truthfulness ot it, uon t Dotner to protect
their own interests. .
Every person who neglects to respond to our special offer-ino-s
are stavimr awav from an opportunity to save money faster
and easier than they can earn u.
"to" J o
Table Linens.
Dniihlp rlnmasfc bleached ta
ble linen. 72 in. wide. Regular
price, $1.50. .Sale price. $1.22 yd.
Double damask Dieacneu ia
ble linen, 71 in. wide. Regular
price. $1.25. Sale price, 98c.
Extra good bleached linen, 67
n. wide. Regular price, $1 00. i
bale price, 82c. yd.
Table damask, all linen,
bleached, 60 in. wide. Regular
price, 50c. Sale price, 44c yd.
Bleached table damask, 56 in.
wide. Regular price, 39c yd.
Sale price, 32c yd.
Extra heavy half bleached ta
ble damask, 71 in. wide. Regu
lar price, 75c. Sale price, 66c yd.
Heavy half bleached table
damask, 63 in. wide. Regular
price, 59c. Sale price, 52c yd.
Half bleached table linen, our
special 50c number, 59 in. wide.
Sale price, 44c yd.
Half bleached table linen, 58
in. wide. Regular price, 42c
yd. Sale price, 37c yard.
Half bleached table linen, 56
in. wide. Regular price, 350 yd.
Sale price, 31c yd.
Half bleached table damask,
50 in. wide. Regular price, 25c.
Sale price, 22c yard.
Huckabach
Towels.
The kinds that all people
I. W. HARTMAN & SON,
BLOOMSBURG. PA.
A Situation that Should Bring Us to Out
on a war for the glory of a
political administration may be a
pleasant matter for those who are, and
who expect, profiting by it, but for the
brave boys who have been fooled into
enlisting ; for the families and friends
they leave, and for the people who pay
the taxes it entails, it is quite another
matter.
Last week we published dispatches,
coming from Washington, in which it
was stated that over one thousand
pair of handcuffs, and hundreds of
shackles, had been ordered by Gen.
Otis' with which to prevent soldiers in
the Philippines who had lost their
reason from doing themselves personal
injury. This week we give other dis
patches snowing that the climate has
jo undermined the health of the army
that it is practically worthless, and
that a new call for volunteers will
have to be made if the prosecution of
the war is to be continued.
When we remember that an army
of 70,000 men have already been sent
to the Philippines; that most of that
army has experienced less than one
year's service; that it is now reported
to be so decimated by diseases and
incapacitated by tne climate as to
unfit it for further service, we can be
gin to imagine Jthe price we are pay
ing for the glory and greed of a Re
publican administration.
Throwing aside all money cost; for
getting the taxation that must follow
to meet the expenditures already made
and that are daily increasing, saying
nothing about the inconsistency of a
people who preach about the right of
self government attempting to govern
another people by force; over-looking
the responsibilities and troubles that
these coveted possessions are sure to
bring in the future, have we not, in
ihe loss of thousands of brave men
who have already fell in the conflict;
m the physical condition our army ot
70,000 soldiers is now in, and the
sorrow and suffering that has already
ensued, paid a thousand times more
than all these islands are worth ?
This is a question that should come
home to everyone of us. We may
not have .dear ones endangered and
suffering in that faraway country. We
may not be fearing each day that
news will come that one whom we
love has been slain by those who be
lieve they are fighting for their homes
and their families, or is dying from
disease and without comforts or care.
I. W. Hartman & Son
SALE!
Harch 15th to 21st,
AT
HARTMAI
& SON'S,
Bloomsburg, - Pa.
should buy for wear. These
towels were bought for this sale
and are offered at very special
i prices during this one week.
Extra good for the money, 2:
x 46 in. bale price, 42c pair.
Other grades at 19c, 22c, 23c,
44c, 69c pair.
Cotton Towels.
Large, smooth towel, goofl
weicfht, size 20 x 50 in. Sale
price. 22c pair.
Extra heavy and good wear.
ing, size 20 x 42 in. Sale price,
23c pair.
Other kinds at 19c, 24c; 28c
pair.
Damask Towels.
See these goods at 19c, 23c,
39c, 09c pair.
Turkish Towels.
Extra good bleached towel,
size 22 x 50 in. Sale price, 44c
pair.
Other grades,
19c, 22c, 28c,
. c pair.
Toweling
By the Yard.
3jc, 4ic, 6c, 8c, 10c to 15c yd
Napkins.
Manv kinds and sizes. Regu
lar price, $1 00 to $5 00 dozen.
Sale price, 79c to $3 95 dozen.
We may have none of the feelings
that come when the life or welfare of
our own are at stake, but common
humanity should cause us to think oi
others, to feel for others, and to ap
preciate what it must be to those
whose dear ones are wearing "hand
cuffs" or "hobbles;" or are at death!
door, all for the glory of an adminis
tration that imagines that because it
has been entrusted with power in this
country, it is able to govern the world
with an army of 70,000 sick ana
disabled soldiers to be cared for ; the
wet season that intensifies their suf
fering and walks arm with death, ap
proaching; with the war no nearer 1
successful termination than it was one
year ago, it is time for the America!
people tc seriously consider, if there
is not some other way out of this
woeful situation than by the path that
follows brute force. BtUejonb
Watchman.
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood
All the blood in your body passes througk
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The kidneys are yo
blood purifiers, they w
ter nut th waste
Impurities In the blood
If thev are sick or out
of order, they fail to d
their work.
Pains, aches and rhw
matism come from el'
cess of uric acid in th
blood, due to neeleciw
kldnev trouble. '
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as thougt
they had heart trouble, because the heart !
AVftr-Urtrlrlnor In nnmnlna Mlr kidney
... ru.i.tg - ,
: 1 Li 1 .1 1 . 1 I
pviauMcu uiuuu inrougn veins ana nc
It used to be considered that only urlnatf
troubles were to be traced to the kidney
but now modern science proves that nearly
an constitutional diseases have their
nine In klHnv trmihlM
If you are sick you can make no mistakj
by first doctoring your kidneys. .The rmj
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer '
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy
soon realized. It stands the highest for l
wonderful cures of the most distressing casw
nd Is sold on Its merits
by all druggists In fifty
cent and one-dollar siz
es. You may have a
sample bottle by mall
Rom of
free, also pamphlet telling you how to
out If you have kidney or bladder trouD
Mention this paper when writing Dr. N""1"
ot 00. , tsinghamton, N. T.
PTlnfnn,nn i?n
THIS COLUMBIA