8 Try Our Acii E:;: l? U For fixing Plates and Film, and also for fixing Velox, Vinco, Dokko, Azo and other Bromide developing pa pers. This bath will prevent plates from frilling, and paper from blistering, and keeps indefinitely. It is made from carefully tested chemicals, and put up in bottles ready for use. One trial will convince you that it is the v BEST FIXING BATH On the Market. 16 07.. bottles, 1 5c. iG oz., and customer furnish bottle, 10 cents. J". 33. Zc30"STS, JEWELER, And dealer in Photographic Supplies, , JU.OOMSIIURG, r.. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA. J. S. Williams & Son, m.OOMSBVKc; r. Public Sale Criers and General Auctioneers. W Fifteen years experience. Satisfaction luaranteed. eV"t returns of Hny sale cilcrs In this Hectt"i. of the Slate. Write for terms alij dates. We never disappoint our patrons. Gtrdens are being cleaned up. The following letters are hekl at the Eloomsburg, Pa., postoffice, and will be sent to the dead letter office April 30, 1901. Persons calling for these letters will please say "that they were advertised April iS, 1901": W. II. Stone, Miss Carrie Woiliver. One cent will be charged on each letter advertised. O. E. Mellick, T. M. The Flour Trust Formed- The Eastern Milling & Export com pany, which was incorporated last week at Trenton, N. J., with a capital of $4,000,000, has secured options on a long list of the;fiouring mills in this state. Among the number is the Flemington mill. Mr. Kelsey recently stated that it is likely that the papers will be signed in a short time. The xompany has been formed to control the supply of flour in this section of the country. Lock Haven Democrat. Comfort for Letter Carriers- An innovation, looking to the com fort of letter carriers throughout the country darmg tne heat of summer, probably will be introduced this year by official permission to them, to di vest their coats on their rounds when felt to be necessary. It is expected that (he po&tmaster general will soon issue an order formally granting au thorny tc postmasters for this purpose and modifying the requirements so as to a'low the carriers to wear a suitable gray blouse with turn down collar and a black tie. PENNA. SUNDAY SCHOOLS- There Are Nearly a Million and a Half in Attendance. The most reliable statisics of Penn sylvania Sunday schools put them one hundred thousand scholars and teach ers ahead of the next in numbers, our more populous neighbor, New York. Pennsylvania leads the Union with 10,145 schools, 173,151 officers and teachers, and total membership, 1,-403,553- But it is likely that there are neatly 1,000 more schools and 10, 000 more scholars in the Mate. Mr. Hugh Cork, one of the state associa tion's field workers, is now gathering figures with his untiring energy and thoroughness, and the result is eagerly awaited. The value ol exact figures can not oe overestimated for Christian work. They will show that less than 15 per cent, of population probably are yet enrolled in Bible teaching schools, and will spur every worker to griater effort and show just where the effort may be most successful. Secre taries of county associations are assist ing Mr. Cork, and it is hoped every superintendent will promptly respond 10 the request for figures when he re ceives it. The Pennsylvania IleraM, 913 Crozer building, Philadelphia, will iive the results and the interesting developments of this state canvass by Mr. Cork. -"-- rr Absolutely Makes the food more delicious And wholesome KOVAl POWrTtt STATE NEWS. Nicholas Capice, of Freeland, who is alleged to have shot and killed Rudolph Damaria on the main street of that borough, was indicted by the grand jury on the charge of man slaughter. The case will come up for trial in May. Embracing the triangular terri tory fiom Wilkes-Barre to Jersey Siiore and Selinsgrove, the Susque hanna synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church will convene in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Williamsport, for seven days, beginning Tuesday, April 30. 1 he Pennsylvania railroad com pany will erect a new station at Williamsport, the plans having been definitely arranged a day or two ago. The new station will be an architect ural ornament, and the building with its platforms and approaches, will extend a distance of one square. A census bulletin on the area in square miles of the various states, showed that Lycoming is the largest county in Pennsylvania, the area in miles being 1,140. Tioga is second with t,i8o and Clearfield third with 1,141, while Bradford follows closely with 1,140. Philadelphia is the small est county with 130 square miles, and Montour comes next with 142. Pottsville will have a big indus trial boom in a few weeks. T. II. Griffiths, general superintendent of the William colliery which shut down two years ago announces that operations woulc resume on July 1, employing 400 men. The Pottsville Bridge Works, after an idleness of several years will resume May 1, em p'oying 100 men, and liter the rolling mill plant, furnishing employment to about Coo men, will resume. The summer encampment of the National Guards will be by brigades this year and will be the latter part of July. The Third brigade invariably encamps at Mt. Gretna, and the members of the command are anxious that a change be made. It is believed that the camping grounds will be changed thistyear and that instead of Mount Gretna, of which everyone is weary, the soldiers will receivt their summer instruction in the coal re gion. Thursday last the jury tn the case of Dr. Goodman, Andrew Eelter and August Czenski against the Shamokin and Mt. Carmel Electric Railway Co., rendered a verdict in favor cf the plaintiffs as follows. Dr. Goodman, $5,000; A. Belter, $5,000; A. Czenski $3,500. These cases grew out of an accident by which the wives of the two former were killed while driving along the load which it is charged was made dangerous by the negligence of the company. Czenski was injured in the accident. A Famous Old Canal. The days of the Pennsylvania canal are now numbered and soon the fam ous old waterway will be abandoned forever. Minufactuiers and others have bien notified to look else where for their supply. The canal, which was built by the State, came into possession of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company by purchase in 1859. The Pennsylvania Canal, and its branches, consist of 144 miles of navigable canal, with a width at wat er line of fifty two feet, extending from Columbia, Lancaster county, to Northumberland, thence to Luzerne county, and from Northumberland to Loyal Sock, near Williamsport. Gen eral Isaac J. Wistar is president of the company, and Thomas T. Wireman, of Harrisburg, is its chief engineer. It is a model of canal navigation in its construction, an J all of its appliances and in the maintenance of its sixty locks (overcoming 277 feet in eleva tion), 99 houses for employes; 73 wasteways and overflows, covering 7,322 feet of surface; 309 bridges, 71 culverts, five dams, across large streams; 33 aqueducts, comprising 2,832 feet of superstructure; 193 canal boats, 8 lumber boats, all involving a watchful care and zealous supervision. Although the traffic on the canal has not yielded any profits to its owners for some years, it is, nevertheless, a worthy monument of the once famous line of Pennsylvania's system of inter nal improvements which formed a memorable part in the history of the Commonwealth. Pat. lleany has signed to pitch the coming- season with the Phila delphia American League base ball team. Several years ago he was a member of the River League and twirled many games against Bloomsbtirg. He was a left bander at that time and was forced to re tire on account of a sore arm. Xow he is throwing with his right arm and is said to be in excellent form. - i" - r t. m 1 A5iiNG DIVIDER 'Pure It CO.. NEW VOW, THE COLUMBIAN, WAR ON STEEL TRUST President Shaffer Saya the Fight Has Begun. MAY ORDER OUT SIXTY THOUSAND 1IE3 Conference Tniln- Will n t ritf-tl I Clone Kverr l'lnnt of the A merlon n Sheet JUeol Company. riTTSlUKCi. April 1". rrMMont'T. .T. SlmfTer of tlio Atnnlcninuti'il rmsm-in tlon lins Ixsucil n mil fur n sprclnl inert in of the national advisory board, to gether with the viro presidents of every district in which tliV sheet combination tins a plant. It will bo held nt national lien'Iciinitcri in this city. 'resident Shaffer, in spending of tin meet ins tndny, said, with considerable emphasis: "i shall ndviv ami nrge nil the mem bers of the board to vote for nn inime dinte closing of nil the tilntit of the American Sheet Steel company in tin country. This will be the ticgitining of the fight, and I will say nothing further on the subject." It is estimated that CO.IMIU men will jrn out if the order to Mrike in all the trust works is given. When nsUeil if the association could win by simply shutting down the sheet mills and whether an order would lc sent out to close oil tin- union till plate and steel plauts of the T'uited States Steel corporation. Mr. Shaffwr replied: "I will say not hint; more than 'this is the beginning,' and you can take what ever meaning you desire from what I hove said." The ollii'ials of the American Sheet Steel company stnted yesterday that about 11 tires were at work and thnf ap plications for employment were coining in rapidly. It was slated that 73 appliea lions were received Monday, but the ap plicants were informed that no definite answer Would be given them for Ncrcrnl days. An official very close to the manage ment of the shi-ot steel company said yesterday that it is the intention of the company to close down the McKecsport plant for an indefinite period. The pres est is not an opportune time for a labor contention, owing to the transitory slate of the compan; 's future policy, caused by its absorption by the I'nited States Steel corpoi atiou. It wus further stated that the nonunion plants of the company were producing 4." per cent of the tonnage of the commis sion and that no serious inconvenience would result to tin- trade by the suspen sion of the union sheet mills. The strikers secured accessions to theil ranks yesterday by the 12." men in th( Ktiobling department joiniug them. This leaves only the steel mill ami the hum mer departments at work, nnd they will continue in operation until the work now in progress is finished, when the shut down will be complete. rioston's I'oor Keinemhered. BOSTON. April !(!. The poor of Bos ton are liberally remembered by the will of (leorire L. Thorndike, who was a real estate dealer and lived iu Kast Boston, w Inch has just been offered for probate. The city of Boston is given $10,(MKI in trust, the income of which is to be used to purchase coal for distribution among the widowed women of Eijst Boston. There are many personal bequests, ami the testator suggests that "on the death of the last legatee of the will the trustees of the will shall co-opernte with the trus tees of the Boston City hospital," so that when the estate exceeds the value of jji'JIMI.OiiU the entire value shall be devoted tn the establishment of u free hospital by the city. Stern He-eIeoel President. TAPE TOAVN. April 17. A rather ex traordinary paiheriuir for the purpose of electing a president of the Orange Free State has been held in the Boshof dis trict. Forty burghers, claiming to repre sent a commando, attended. It was real Jy n haphazard collection of Boers, In cluding a number of youngsters from timrauiling bands. Mr. Steyn was de clared re-elected president, nnd a feast followed. A dispatch from I'etrusberg Kays that Boers who refuse to take the oath of allegiance to 5reat Britain are 1 ing sent acmMi an Imaginary border line. Sim in rock It's l.nnncblnar. XF.W YOUIC. April 10. David Barrie, American representative of Sir Tuonine l.ipton. has received a cable message from Sir Thomas that the Shamrock II, the challenger for the America's cup, would be launched on Saturday next arid that the Marchioness of lhifTeiin would christen the vessel. The husband of the marchioness is commodore of the ltoyal I'lster Yacht club, through which Sit Thomas I.ipton's present challenge and that of two years ago were iieut to the New York Yacht club. The (ialnslifirouKh J. P, Morgan's f LONDON, April 17. The society pa per Onlooker says that J. I'ierpont Mor gan has practically effected the purchase for V.ri,(Ml of tlie famous (tainsborougt portrait of the Iliichess of Devonshire, which was recently recovered in the Unit ed States. The negotiations will be clos ed when Thomas Agnew, the head of the Bond street firm, returns from Turkey. This newspaper nNo says that Mr. Mor gan has recently paid an enormous sum lor u noted painting by Turner. The latest Combine. riMI.AUKI.I'lIIA. April 17.-A com biriation of umbrella rib manufacturer has been completed, and the new coin pa ny, to be knowu as the National I'mbrelU Frame company, will have headquarter! in this city. There are only six firms en gaged in the manufacture of umbrella ribs in this country, and their aggregate production amounts to about fl,Ut0,000. Healing Crew Iteacued. ST. .TOII.VS, X. F April U.-Tlie scaling steamer (ireenlaud has arrived here, having rescued 1114 member) of th crew of the scaling steamer Hope, which was wrecked on Bryou island, in the gull of St. Lawrence. All are well. Tut Hope was broken up by the furioui gules, but her cargo of f,(HK) seals wai saved. 1'ronperonn Horse Miovr Association fllK'ACJO, April Hl.-The Cliicngt Horse Show association has broken record for such enterprises and will de dare n dividend of 2" per cent tomorrow mi n capital stock of '.',( h Ml. This is tin hi st official lndicc:ioii of the liuaucial sue cess of the exhibition lu the Coliseuu during the winter. BLOOMSBURG. PA. I;fc Won't fee Ijcfore we can invite you to fee our new etock of Dry Good. and Ready to-Wear Goods, in our new store room. Our opening days will soon be announced. "Watch and wait for our advertisements. o) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( o) ( ) ( c) ( ) ( -sis ustetw stoee Will be different, the stock will-be different, and the method will be different, from any other store in the county. We are still amid dirt and dust, but are ready to do business during all business hours. o ) o) W. Hartman & Son, S Bloomsburg, Pa. ) I. TOOLEY & CO. Have a carload of POTATO ES, At 58 cts. a Bushel, Delivered off the car. Leave your orders at the store at once. TOOLEY & CO., Cash Grocers. 46 F fir in St. At the meeting of Sunbury coun cil Friday night a number ol balls and chains were ordered and hoboes caught there will work on the streets with ankle decorations. This sifrnature is on every box of the gonulne Laxative BromoQuinine Tatieu th remedy that cure, a cold In one day JAMES REILLY & SON, 2 STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. s EXCHANGE BLOCK, SECOND FLOOR. xxxxxxxxxxxoxxcxxxxxxxooxxx SAVE The above is the motto of a new system of business which went into operation here this week for the benefit of Cash Buyers at our Meat Market. Every cash customer gets, with each purchase, a check similar to this : 0 5 4 APR-8 P. & LSAT2S, DIALER IN lor 25c. in trade. It pays to buy for cash. 5AHPLE OP CHECK. It means that on April 8th, you bought and paid for meats to the amount of $1.90 under our agreement that whenever such purchases added together amount to $10, the return of the checks will entitle you to 25 cts. worth of meat Free. In other words, we will pay a dividend of 2J3 per cent, on every $10 you spend in cash at our meat market, making you a partner in our bus iness to that extent. The check is printed and the transaction recorded and the dividend made possible by our new National Cash Register. It is a beautiful piece of mechanism and perfection of system and accuracy in business transactions between clerk and customer. You would pick up a dollar if you found it in the street, and think you were in luck. You can pick up dollars here by our dividend system. But it is not luck, it is business good business. We are bringing all our resources to bear to make it pay you to be a regular customer at our Meat Market. Yours very truly, Rawling's Old Stand. levy Long; ) ) 8 ) i o) ) ) ) Guaranteed $900 Salary. yearly. Men and women of irord address to represent us, some to travel appointing aifentg. otuers for local work looking after our interests, (qnn salary guaranteed yearly; extra com missions and expenses, rapid anvancement, old established bouse, (irand elianee lor earnest man or woman to secure pleasant, permanent fiosltlon. liberal Income and future. New, brll lant lines. Write at uuce. H-i'--l-.t KTAFKOHD PRESS, Now Haven, Conn 23 Church St., SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of sundry writs of Fl. Fa., and Alias Ft. Fa., Issued out of the Court ot Common Picas of Columbia County, Pa., and to me di rected, there will be exposed to public sle, at THE CHECKS YOU GET MEAT MARKET. THEY ARE VALUABLE. Freih andSmokodtteats, Milk. Eggs and Butler. BLOOMSBURG, PA. D 1.90 $ 1 0 in cash checks good IF1. X-,E.3Z)E3Si . Meat Market, No. 237 Centre Street. SHERIFF'S HALF,. the Court llous, In Uloomsburg, county nnl state, aforesaid, on SATURDAY, MAY nth, l9or, at ton o'clM'k a. m., tuo following desori'm property, to wit : All those two certain niesiiages, or tfnu. nienls, and tracts of land, situate In Colum bia County, Pennsylvania. The first tract, situate In the through o( CatawlssR, bounded and desorlbrd as fo,. lows, 'owlt: Ileglnnlng at a stone. In lino of lands of Oeorge Zarr, dnceased, and running fr m thence by lands now of William Hermit;, er (known as tin urlst .Mill Tract), and rumiint from thence by the samo south two and a ihv. tor degrees west, ten perches to the north fti.t of the county brldgo over Catawlssa Cm. k thence through the centre of said bridge son- thirty-eight degrees east, fifteen perche s to tin Intersection of a public road leading to Ashland; thence by said road south eight, and a nur'r degrees west, nine and two-tenths pcrrlifs ton point In the centre of bald road, In line of 1 in li of Mrs.llerger; thence by said line south eighty, one mid a half degrees wev.twctity-ihree ilti.t & half perches to a post, originally a spnii'etr. n. thence by land of Jonathan Fortner uortli n;ij elght, and a half degrees west, slxtj-fmir perches to originally a maple, on the south sm, of Caiawlssa Creek; thence 8 mm clghty-i'vi and a half degrees east, crosl;:gsald Catawl-. creek, and running by a public road. 1" idit downCatawlssa Creek to the Town of Catawsa, forty-four perches to a point in said puM:; road ; thence by land of Wm. Ixtng and land be longing to the estate of (le.ir.fo Zarr, deceit. I, north seventy-four and a half degrees p., si, thlrty-nlnc porches to the place ot beijinnlti-, containing 9 ACRF.S AND 3S I'F.RCIIKS (tic the same more or Icsk), on which areenyo-l A PAPF.R MILL. DWELLING HOUSES, BARNS, STABLES and other outbuildings. There Is a chemical fibre mill, ground wo"d mill, nnd paper mill, and the appurtenances. Including the waters or said creek, to fcuppiy themlll with water power, c. Tho second lot, or parcel of land, situate Ib the Township of Catawlsaa, bounded and de scribed as follows, to wit : Beginning at a post, In line ot lands of Jonathan Kortncr, a corner of a lot of ground belonging to Mrs. Hcrger. nnd running from thencoby the satna north eighty-three and a :-.alf degrees east, s-ven and a half perches; thence by tho sam) uorth seventy-two and a half degrees cast, nine teen and a half perches to the south post of a gate; thence by laud of Matlilas UlngloHsou'k fifteen and a eiuarter degrees west, nineteen nnd a half perches to a chestnut, tree; thenet by the same south twenty-nvo degiees west, eljiht perches to a post; thence by tho same south nineteen degrees west .six and slx-tenthi perches to a post; thence by the samo sontti forty-three degrees west, ulue and a hal' perches to a corner of a lot or tract of lail known as the Foundry Lot. now owned by Sam uel J. Frederick ; thence by said lot north for. ty-nliio degrees west, nineteen perches to a post, Id line of land of Jonathan Fortner; thence by said line north five and a Half de grees east, thirty-four perches to the place of beginning, containing S ACRES AND 13 PERCHES (be the same more or less), on which Is formed and constructed a dam or basin for the purpose ot gathering fresh or clear water for the afore said paper mill. Felzed, taken In execution, at the suits of Matilda Hughes, surviving executor and trust of the out ate of bought.-. Hughes, deeeastd, vs. The Catawlssa Fibre company. Limited, term tenant; VWlhelmlua Mel ready Caiawls-a Fibre Co., Ltd. ; 'I he App eton Woolen Mills v. The Catawlsaa Fibre Co., Limited, and Travers Brothers company vs. The Caiawlssa Flbm Cempany, Limited, and to be sold as the pro-v erty 1110 l ma a issa i- tura 1 uiupunr, iiumrii, terre tenant, and the CalawUaa Fibre Coui- pany. Limited. W. 11. Khawn, c. A small, Attys. DAMF.L KNOUR. Hberfa