8 My Optical Dept. Is one of the most im portant features of my business, in which I am thoroughly schooled. I have modern and com plete appliance for Testing the Eyes. My stock of frames and lens are the finest quality, and my prices are very reasonable. No charge for exam ination. BLOOMSBURG, TA. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. J. S. Williams & Son, BLOOMSBURG PA. Public Sale Criers and General Auctioneers. W Fifteen yours experience. Satisfaction fuarnnteeii. Host, returns of any Hale criers In ibis section of t be HttUe. Write for terms and dates. ver disappoint our patrons. 1-6 SALES AUGUST 2. J. L. Walter, executor of Mary A. Walter deceased, will sell personal property on premises, comer of 3rd and Catharine street, at 1 p. rn. Lamps, burners, wicks, chimneys, globes, shades and all other lamp fixtures, at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. An investigation of land laws, etc. , in Tennessee, is being made by representatives of the Boers. It is reported that a tract of from 7000 to 10,000 acres is desired and East Tennessee will be given the pre fereuce of examination. These are days when no wise person will cherish violent passions or brood over troubles, real or im aginary. While the dog star rages it should be the highest ambition of mankind to take life as easily as the fates will permit. . McGinty'sdam, near Buck Moun tains broke last week, Wednesday evening, and millions of trout that were in were washed into a sulphur creek a mile below and killed. The dam was owned by Father Reilly, of Shenandoah, and Dr. T, C. Biddle, of the Ashland Hospital, and was ine best nsnmg pond in the coal regions. . Application has been made for the establishment of free mail de livery in the rural districts of Mon tour County. The petitioners have been informed that the matter has been referred to the Postoffice De partment, but owing to the fact that the appropriation for this branch of the mail service is nearly exhausted, it will likely be some time before the ruralists of our adjoining county will realize their wishes. Mrs. William Jennings Bryan is the great-granddaughter of Col. Henry Winter, who was, at the be ginning of the century, a prominent citizen of Lower Mt. Bethel town ship, Northampton county. Colonel Winters was, in his day, quite a noted personage. For forty years he was identified with military matters, and for some time was colonel of the Twenty-sixth Regi ment; Pennsylvania Volunteers. The "Farm Journal" is cheap, bat not too cheap to be good ; it is full of ginger and gumption, and has xniny other good things in it that you can use as any paper at any price. We have a clubbing ar rangement by which the Colum bian is sent one year, and the Farm Journal" nearly 5 years (re mainder of 1900, and all of 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904), both for $1.00. Pay in advance and get two big prizes. -. . An ordinance, now before the Council of Bradford, is to the effect that expectorating on any public sidewalk, in any public building, street car, or any other public con veyance, must be stopped. The penalty is five dollars fine, or ten days' imprisonment, or less, for each and every violation. The pass age of such an ordinance would be welcomely received by many resi dents of this town. It would el minate om of the most filthy and disreputable habits that our people have to contend with. Augustus Ilartuian died at the Danville Hospital on Tuesday, of which institution he has been an in mate for the past five years. He is survived by a family consisting of a wife and five children, residing in Orangeville, to which his remains were taken. 1 he funeral will oc cur today. He was nearly fifty years of age. Soo Lee, a chinaman, alleged to be affected with leprosy, is at large at Olyphant, and as a result the residents of that place are highly and justly indignant. Last week he delivered laundry about the town, but the packages were all consigned to the fire. The Board of Health has been requested to look into the case, but as yet no action has been taken. Something unparalleled in the history of the railroad business was discovered Monday at the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western depot, at Pittston when the freight hands opened a car that had been sealed at Shamokin several days ago and found among its contents three al most famished children, a boy and two girls, their ages ranging from five to nine years. Each cliild had a tag atta:hed to its clothing mark ed Okitz. The little ones were nearly starved and had been with out water for two days. Dicipline is the best thing that can befall a small boy. The earlier in his journey through the world it begins the better will it be for the man who is presently to be evolved from the boy. It is not necessary to be brutal in the enforcement of discipline. There are men and women in the world today who obey the commands of their old parents as swiftly and as implicitly as they did in their childhood. They could do nothing else. It is no hardship for them to obey; it would be a hardship to disobey, because it would involve the breaking of a life long habit. On the other hand the secret of the multiplied misfortunes of others is to be discovered in the fact that they have never been taught to obey. Discipline they know not in youth, and thus it happens that the stern and implac able hand of fate is bringing to them in their adult years that ex perience which wise home training would have enabled them to escape. It is not kindness to a lad to permit him to have his own way it is the worst of cruelties. MEETING Of SCHOOL BOARD Bids Received and Contracts Awarded. The Directors of the Bloomsburg School District held a meeting in the Centre Street High School Build ing Monday night. As the busi ness before the Board on this occasion was of more than ordinary import ance, all the members were in attend ance. The first in order was the re ports of the various committees. Re pairs were recommended at the dif ferent buildings, and the committee empowered to see that the same be made at once. Secretary Joseph Garrison reported the amount of the tax duplicate this year, $17,417.70, being a slight in crease over last year. Bids for furnishing coal and sup plies were opened. The contract for the coal, 275 tons of No. 6 and 25 tons of No. 4, was awardtd to P. G. Miller, his bid of $630.00 being the lowest received. S. R. Bidleman's offer to furnish the supplies, consisting of books, tablets, etc., for $365.00, and it being the lowest, was accepted. There was considerable other busi ness considered, after which the meet ing adjourned. The next meeting will be held Friday evening, August 17th, at which time the teachers are to be present and sign their contracts. Mutt Answer at Court. Bail in the sum of $1000 each for their appearance at court in Scranton in March next, was the result of a hearing given Moore and Pennington of Fairmount Springs, who are charg ed with breaking into and looting the Nanticoke post office. The hearing was held before United States Com missioner Hahn. The most damag ing evidence produced was the find ing of a lot of unused stamps in an od clock at Moore's home. It is said that more arrests will follow. Piano Tuning And Repairing- Julius Lindegren, expert tuner and repairer of pianos is here. He is pro nounced perfect in every respect in that line from Steinway & Sons and many others, and will come here every six months. Leave orders before Sat urday at Wells' Hardware Store, it For Rent Two of the best rooms for offices in the town, second floor front Co LUMiiiAN building. Will be rented together or separately. Water, steam heat, electric light, and all modern conveniences. Terms low. Inciuire of Geo. E. Llwell. . tf THE COLUMBIAN, I. W. Hartman & Son. Odds and Ends AND Remnant Sale Copyrighted. Rejected, All Odds and Ends. Forsaken, All Hope for Profit. Deserted, All Thought of Cost. What I188 been done once can be done again ! What we have once done, we can do the second time still better. Last July we conducted an Odds and Ends and Remnant Sale, well remembered by those fortunate enough to have been patrons. Now we not only repeat that Sale of Sales, but increase its attractiveness, in accordance with our increased facilities, increased experience and in creased popularity of our business. None are so those who convinced. A Blind Eye or a Deaf Ear turned to this announcement, means closing your eyes to a bona fide saving. Odd Pieces, Odd Dozens, Short Cuts, and Remnants are worth more to our custom ers than to us. We are preparing for our Annual Inventory, and it is more to our interest to sell odds and ends and remnants at half price, or even quarter price, in some instances, than hold them for regular price, or three-quarters of their regular price. I. W. HARTHAN & A NEW INDUSTRY- Catawissa Has A Car Building Worki With John K. Lockard at the Head. The plant of ihe Hamlin Car Wheel and Manufacturing Company, capital stock $10,000.00 at this place, has been sold to John K. Lockard, of Bloomsburg, representing a company of capitalists, who will at once erect the necessary additional buildings and install the new machinery required in the construction of cars. It will requite about fifty men as soon as the works get under way, and as the business developes the force will be increased. Mr. Lockard has been in the busi ness of manufacturing cars for the past quarter of a century, and is, in fact, a part of the trade itself. He is at pres ent actively engaged in the business, but is having his' cars built for him at different shops. Under this new depart ure he will have his own works for the purpose. A new company will be formed under the same title, "The Haxilin Car Wheel and Manufacturing Com pany," with new officers, the capital stock will be increased and the busi ness will be pushed for all there is in it- It will take about thirty days to get the plant ready for business. The export trade and the anthracite coal trade will be looked after closely. This trade takes largely narrow-guage and dump-cars, the latter being manu factured under Mr. Lockard's own patents; the mine car wheels, grate bars, etc., now manufactured under the Hamlin patents are also largely used in the an'.hracile coal trade, and will be manufactured by the new com pany. The citizens of Catawissa should give the new industry every encourage ment in their power, as there is no telling to what proportions it may grow. There is an increasing market tor its product and the men at the head of the concern are in a position to command a goodly share of the trade. Here's to the new industry; may it never cease to grow.-Catawissa News Item. Queens of The Garden. A Rarely Beautiful Picture. Which Will Be Given Free to Every Person Next Sunday. Another wonderful flower-piece has been secured by the publishers of the "Great Philadelphia Sunday Press," and will be given free with every copy of "The Sunday Press," next Sunday, July 29. The size of this picture is 10 by 30 inches. It is a splendid panel, one of the greatest works of Sanbon, and represents a cluster ot the most beautiful flowers of the seas on. Its distribution is certain to cause a sensation, and as the supply will be limited you will make a mis take if you do not order next Sunday's "Press" from your newsdealer in advance. BLOOMSBURG, I. W. Hartman & Son. 1 WEEK IWOHDftT. JULY 23-SAIUBDilY. JULY 28. I. W. HARTMAN & SON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. hard to convince as are not willing to be ' NOW A QUESTION OF JURISDICTION. Two counties are interested in a controversy, which has developed since the killing of Fred Kline by Arthur Brown cn July 4th, the particulars of which have already been printed in the Columbian. The tragedy occurred on the platform of a boat landing on the Susquehanna River, which makes the dividing line between Northumber land and Snyder Counties. The question of jurisdiction, which is to determine in which county the trial is to take place, resolves itself on the simple proposition of whether or not the platform, which, by reason of the unquietness of the water, floats from one county to the other, was afloat at the time of the affair. If it was aground the platform was in Northum berland County. If it was afloat it is reasonable to believe the platform was within the borders of Snyder County. It is an extremely delicate proposition which confronts the authorities. Silk Mill Picnic. On Saturday, August 18th, the Bloomsburg Silk Mill Employes will run their second annual excursion. Train will leave Philadelphia & Read ing Station, Bloomsburg, at 7:30 a. m., for Milton, where the day will be spent at Milton Park, in boating, bathing, dancing, etc. Returning, train will leave Milton at 6:30 p. m. Price of excursion ticket, including trolley fare, to and from Milton Park, 65 cents. Children, 35 cents. Tickets can be purchased from the committee one week in advance of the excursion, or on morning of ex cursion. Youthful Kobbers. Within the past two weeks the tick et office at the Berwick I). L. & W. depot has been broken open three times and about $50.00 stolen. A shanty alongthe canal occupied by Hoffman a young man from Catawissa an employee of the American Car and Foundry Company was broken into the 8th, and some moneyand two re volvers taken. Chief of Police Clay berger was put upon the cases and on Thursday last he had Clarence Beaver, a young man from Pottsville, commit ted to jail and four other boys from Berwick bound over to court. Lutheran Picnic. The Lutheran Sunday School and Church will hold their annual picnic at Grassmere Park, on line of B. & S. R. R., Wednesday, August 1st. The public are invited to join with them. Fare for the round trip 50c. Train will leave at 8 a. m. In case of rain picnic will be held next day. Committee. PA. I I. W. Hartman & Son. " Larger business a merchant does, greater the ac cumulation of Odds and Ends and Remnants, at the same time more desirable are the Odds and Ends due to the fact of rapid ingress and egress, goods constantly on the move, coming in and going out If there i3 a shopworn article in thi3 house, we don't know it. If there is a remnant or short length in any Department, it won't stay there, if the price will remove it. None are so blind or deaf as those who don't want to see or hear. A Person With One Eye Can see more to their interest at this sale than they could see with two eyes elsewhere. No Compulsion about buying at this Sale, and if you are not satisfied after having attended, and believe we do not comply with our promises, you may hand in your name and address and your car fare or for lost time will be refunded. We are entitled to the confidence of the public and are determined to have it. A DOLLAE A YEAR NOT ENOUGH- Twenty years' hard experience, off and on, have taught us that $1.50 per year is the minimum rate an editor can afiord to furnish his weekly to his subscribers for, says a veteran Cali fornia publisher. There are a great many expenses connected with the work of getting up and supplying a local weekly that are not at first sight apparent, and yet the number of sub scribers which a publisher can get is limited far too limited. The met ropolitan weeklies on this coast, with their superb equipment for printing papers, and having the country week ly to compete with, do not furnish their papers for less than $1.50 per year, and this of itself is about all the argument that is needed to show that $1 is too low. It is not taffy but a fact to say that Osborn (editor of the new paper) has got hustle enough to put his paper wherever it can be placed regardless of price. But supposing he got and maintained 1000 paid-in-advance sub scribers. He will find his expenses even if he does lift his type from a daily will absorb half of ic, leaving $soo for himself and partner to divide for work than which there is no more exacting on the footstool. But why should an editor belittle his product ? If a principal of a school is worth $ioo or more per month, and a preacher thinks he is starving to death if receiving a less sum, then, surely an editor with all his responsibilities is worth fully $150 per month; but it can never be made from a $i-per-year subscription rate in the country newspaper business. Your editor has to be self respect ing. He ought to wear good clothes j and live well. He has to feel that he is worthy of his position, and he must nave nis aeDts paid. He occupies a leading place in society or ouuht tn- w. o - v and for all these reasons and more, he must make his business pay or his labor is useless, and he is an incum brance to the community. In conclusion for we could fill our columns with pertinent points on the subject let every honorable editor bear in mind that for every paid-up subscription he receives, he virtually gives his note of hand to more than repay for the value received, and when adverse seasons come, like the one we are now experieucing and through which he must go, where is his 're serve' fund coming from to meet it? If the crops fail, the farmer can whistle and go elsewhere for a job. If the storekeepers's goods don't sell, they can remain on the shelves. But an editor's stock in trade is his loca tion and the regular issuance ot his paper, no matter what may come in or go out. His paper, ink, wear on type, labor and lent bills are all unceasing, consuming factors right along, like compound interest. He sends his paper out to hundreds, the money 1 I. W. Hartman & Odds and Ends AND Remnant Sale CopvrtQhttd. Man's Dollars Do Double Duty. Woman's Dimes Do Triple Duty. Child's Pennies Do Quadruple Duty, SON. coming in in dribs, and he must take chances of getting it at that. He must be constantly striving or the re sult of his efforts and 'stock in trade vanish like the mist before a summer sun. Press and Printer. What this California editor says a equally as true in Pennsylvania. At the present high price of paper there is no profit in a newspaper at one dollar a year, and this makes it all the more necessary that prompt payments shouid be made by subscribers. BRIDGE LETTINGS- We, the undersigned, Commission ers of Columbia County. Pennsylvanii will receive bids for the building of the following bridges: One double stone arch bridge in Benton township, over Raven Creek, near Smith's store; one single stone arch bridge over Briar Creek, near M. H. Petty's, in Briar Creek township; substructure for one bndce over Koir- ing Creek, near H. Litwiler's in Lo cust township; substructure for one bridge in Mt. Pleasant township, over Deer Lick Run, near F,rank Dolmans; and substructure for one bridge Montour townshin. over Wabash Creek, near John Deimer's; Also for the rebuilding of abut ments and raising of bridge over Hem lock Creek, near John Gordon's. Plans and specifications may be seen at any time at Commissioner, office. Bids to be in by August 8th, 1900, at 12 o'clock noon, and to be opened at 1:30 o'clock p. m. same day. Bids will also be received for the superstructure of above three bridges which are to be built of steel w iron, until Tuesdav. August 7th, at 1 o'clock noon, to be opened at i:3a P- m. same day. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. NEHEMIAH K.ITCHEN, 1 ounty Wm. Krickbaum, comm'r'i W. H. FlSHFB. Attest: R. F. Vanderslice, Clerk. Seoond-fland Wheels Af fAr-oi-'c TVnrt anil Book StOfl We now M" left the following only : One ladies. in good condition, at ia.o -Alton, new this year, $40.00 list pnj that can be bought for $25-00, wheel has not been run 60 mil One Crescent tandem for S ,0 This we regard as the best barga we have been able to offer this ye in tandems. If you want a ne wheel, it will pay you to get prices, as we will promise you a re bargain. Millville is to have a baud. The instruments have been ordered. OAS TO XI X Bears th , lha Kind tou Haww"". Signature ef - jk
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