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VOL 37.
BLOOMSBURG. PA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1902.
NO. 36
ACROSS THE SEA.
An Interesting Account ( a Summer's Trip
By the Superl'.tondant ol the Magce
Carpet Works.
Mr. James Magee II returned
from Europe last week, reaching
Bloomsbiirg on Saturday. He was
warmly welcomed by the employees
at the Magee Carpet Mills and the
Leader Store, and numerous floral
decorations beautified the office.
The following account of his trip
is furnished us by Mr. Magee at
our special request.
Mr. Editor:
To a man who was taking his
first real vacation in 15 years, the
deck of an ocean liner offered an
ideal place for a rest. Perhaps
"the wicked did not cease from
troubling" but the telephone did
certainly cease from ringing "and
the weary were at rest. There was
the added comfort of meeting peo
ple who did .not think they knew
more about one's own business than
one did himself.
When our good ship Minnehalia,
with long blasts of her whistle bade
good bye to America, and we were
headed toward the blue Atlantic, I
felt there was no use worrying over
anything. Bloomsburg, carpets,
almost everything was in the past,
and I had eyes only for the future.
Our ship's company was a very
pleasant one. Only one class of
passengers and 162 in number, we
had the full run of the ship. And
they were from 20 different states.
Everyone seemed to be willing to
add to the general fund of amuse
nicut.
Apparently a voyage would be a
monotonous affair and one's diary
would seem to be similar to that of
the bov who recorded 6 times a
week ''grt up in the morning,
washed my face. Had my break
fast and went to school. After
school had my dinner and went
back to school. Came home and
had my supper and went to bed
We did a creat deal more than
this. From our berths we took a
cold sea bath, then a walk before
breakfast with the salt air of the
ocean putting an edge on a jaded
annetite. Twelve times around
the tinner deck was a mile, so we
could readily keep tab on our walk
ing. Breakfast at 8:30 and lunch
eon at 1. The intervening time
taken up with reading, walking,
swappine varus and playing deck
shuffle board and a eame. which
was called "mother's pancakes.
Recipe given on application.
The afternoon was a duplicate of
the moraine with the exception
that the card players filled in many
an hour. Four o'clock tea was
served and at 6:xo dinner. If I had
eaten all the meals that were offered
I would have been foundered. The
Co. provided 3 square and 3
'round" meals during the day and
if we felt hunerv. a wink to the
steward would bring sandwiches and
cheese with which to cause dreams
of home.
A successful concert was given
one evening for the benefit of the
seaman's ornhanace and $100 ad
ded to the fund. '
Nine days of this pleasant idle
ness, in which we had but one
rouirh night and during which I
responded faithfully to the call for
the sauare meals (l passea tne
round ones) brought us to London.
I would not take your time by tel
ling all we saw there, for the guide
bocks could give you much more
information about all the celebrated
snots than I could. I can only tell
you of some of the impressions of a
country man ,'far from home and
mother." First thing that took
our eyes were the busses ana we
made up our minds that as soon as
business was over, we would pay
our coppers and get on top of a bus,
I won't sav anything about the
baggage arrangements of an English
R. R. They provoke too many
cuss words.
We were in London two days
after the Coronation and the bunt
ing and decorations were still in
. evidence. They did not strike me
as being eaual t6 our American
standard. Then the absence of
electrical displays seemed odd
For their light effects they used the
old fashioned gas jet enclosed in a
thick colored glass globe and every
tniff of wind that blew, out would
go a portion of the lights; all this
we saw from the top of the busses.
F or as you know, these vehicles
are all double deckers and the up
per portion looks gay with the fine
dresses of the ladies, and here and
there the scarlet coat of an English
soldier. There is no discounting
the ability of a London buss driver.
We could have lived lor almost a
week by swallowing our hearts.
The latter organ came into our
mouths very many times, as we
just grazed a passing buss. But
Jehu knew what he was about and
we didn't get even the paint taken
off.
Yes, we saw all the principal
places. We saw so many celebrat
ed places that we could almost sing
"All Coons Look Alike to Me."
Trafalgar Square. Bank ot England.
Temple Bar.St. Paul's, The Tower,
London Bridge all we saw, but
when we wanted a couple of hours
of solid comfort, we climbed on top
of a buss and saw the people. And
we remember more of what we saw
from that vantage point than in
passing through the numerous his
toric buildings. We attended ser
vices twice in St. Paul's, heard its
majestic organ and listened to its
sweet toned boy choir. We were
surprised at the smallness of the
chamber of the House of Commons
and we were disappointed at the
Department Stores of London.
They do not compare favorably
with similar stores in the American
cities. The British newspaper is
dry reading for an American.
They give practically no news at
all. Not a word about our great
coal strike. In fact all the Ameri-
cau news I read was the New York
bank report, so in the five weeks I
was away I virtually knew nothing
of home news.
A run through the manufacturing
cities showed one thing very plain
ly and that was that the much
talked of cheapness of English
living is a fake. Rents m Blooms
burg are as low as in Halifax and
keighley. Flour is lower and the
Leader Store could sell hams and
canned goods cheaper than they
will there. Shoes are lower in
price and to is coal. Sugar is dear
er in America and so is tea. But
meats are lower than in England.
Take it all in all, with the excep
tion of woolen clothing, living is as
cheap as in the smaller cities of
England. Woolen clothing is cheap
er for a fact, but the style well
you could tell an English made
suit by its ugliness and with my
hat off, I want to say that an Eng
lish woman does not know how to
put her clothes on and the best
dressed women I met everywhere
were my American sisters.
A quick trip to Belfast where
saw the largest linen spinning plant
in the world and had a sample of
Irish weeping weather. A pass
through London on our way to
New Haven where we took boat
for Dieppe and from thence to
Paris. I did not' pay tribute to
Neptune even in the English chan
nel, out l clo not dare open my
mouth to boast. I found the strong
breeze very invigorating and kept
right in it to save my bacon.
Paris is beautiful. The hand'
somest city I was ever in. The
five days we spent there were days
of unalloyed pleasure. The weath
er was perfect, exceptiug one day
when it rained. And then such a
treasure house ot historical romance
as Paris is. Its broad boulevards
brilliantly lighted, its magnificent
buildings and beautiful gardens
its fine monuments, bridges and
arches.alf speaking of some romantic
event. And Paris does everything
so artistically. Why even the lamp
posts are beautifully shaped.
I don't wonder the French peo
ple seem so 'care-free and happy.
Every cafe and restaurant has more
than half its seating accommoda
tions right out on the pavements.
And there under the moonlight the
Frenchman sits and eats his dinner
and drinks his whatever he orders
apparently caring not a whit
whether butter is a dollar a pound.
In putting up a fine monument
the Parisians do differently from
English and American. He puts
his jewel in a fine setting. He puts
his monument at the intersection
of two wide boulevards and puts
flowers and grass about it and puts
a tablet with full information 011 it
so that he who runs may read and
admire.
We saw the historic spots, Ver
sailles, Garden of the Tuilleries,
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No matter what the grade,
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that's kept.
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Jeweler and Optician.
Telephone 1842.
Place de Concord, The Lourvre,
Notre Dame, and The Madeline all
beautiful and artistic. We heard
Faust sung in the Grand Opera
House aud walked clown its wide
famed marble stairway. We had
notan idle minute and out memo
ries of Paris are very pleasant in
deed. One of the quietest moments
on our trip was when we stood
bareheaded and looked down into
the tomo of the great Napoleon.
As we read around the border, with
its laurel wreaths, the names of
his great victories Wogram Lodi,
The Pyramids, Austerlilz, we could
almost hear the roll of the drum
which called the batallions of
France to their conquering marches.
No, we did not starve in Paris,
although we did not know a single
word of French and for the comfort
of our cold water breathreu, we
tound good water in abundance and
did not have to look on the wine
when it was red. Perhaps some
day you will let me tell you of some
of our funny mistakes in ordering a
dinner in Paris.
Our time was up and back to
London went we and from there by
train to Tilbury where we took our
ship for America.
Comine home we had even a
jollier party than going. Impromtu
concerts nightly, an old lasnionea
snelhncr bee aud another concert
kept thuurs lively in tne evening.
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We had twelve members of The
Richard Mansfield Co. with us and
a pleasant party they were. They
contributed largely to the success
of the concert, for they could stng
and recite as well as act. Mrs.
Gielow, whose special forte is de
picting the old black mammy of the
south, was warmly eucored. She
deserved it. A dance on deck and
olympian games made fun for all.
Several acts in the latter made us
laugh until we were sore. Imagine
a fat man of 300 lbs. weight trying
to skip the rope to beat a record of
20 skips. It was pure fun.
When we reached New York the
very first question I asked the pilot
was "Is the coal strike over?" We
got through the custom house all
right and in New York took a good
feast of fruit, the first we had had
siucc we left.
James Magee, ii.
VM. H. HIDLAY, Cashier.
J. G. Wells'
Special Gun
Sale.
A first class single barrel
gun, self ejector. This is
a good one $4.48.
o
Special price on double
barrel hammer guns $7.98
up to $18.00.
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Don't miss this one.
New "Worcester
Double Barrel Hammer
less Gun $19.40.
Hunting Coats, Leggins,
Shell Vests, Belts, Etc.
J.G.Wells,
Ceneral Hardware,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
A Younc Life Ended-
After an illness of more than two
Mm. Rov. aced ten vears. son
of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Stackhouse,
died at the home of his parents
Monday afternoon. Almost from
the becinuing there were grave
doubts of recovery, and the parents
were informed by the attending
rjhvsician that death might come at
anv time. But conscious as they
were of the seriousness of his condi
tion, death has come as a great
shock, and they are deeply grieved
at their loss. Roy was a bright
hw And srreatlv admired. The
funeral took place this morning,
The remains were taken to Rohrs
burg for burial.
The very full account of the Cen
tennial in last week's Columbian
made the demand for the paper so
great that every copy was sold, and
several hundred more could have
been disposed of. Not looking for
the demand we printed only our
regular number.
The facing ostrich, which was
advertised as one of the leading
features of the Lycoming County
fair, at Williamsport, choked to
death in front of the grand stand,
on the first day of the exhibition,
before it had demonstrated its
speed. The animal, it is said had
a record of 1.04 for a mile.
Countv Commissioner William
Krickbaum has been confined to his
home by illness for nearly three
weeks. His attack first started witn
a heavy cold contracted while sup-
rintpndino- renairs to the dam at
his Lightstreet mill. It then turn
ed into malaria trouble followed by
intermittent fever. Though very
weak he is slowlv improving, and
hopes to be out agaiu in a few
weeks.
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Byron Spauu's show opened a
week's enp-ae'ement iu a tent near
the Town Hall Monday evening
The attendance on the first night
was lare-e. and all appeared to be
W;ert. The entertainment is of
a variety nature, and free from any
impure suetestiveness. Every act
was well received, but the Barkers
in their trapese act and the illustrat
ed songs received the most applause
The bill is changed nightly.
His Clothes
Seem Part
Of Him
This is the remark that is so
often made about the man "
wearing a suit bought here.
It's the utter absence of the
ready-made look that does
business. Ihe new swagger gg
cut garments in the latest
fabrics are here.
Suitings this season are
handsome but not loud in
style. Our Suits are equal
to any high-price, tailor-made garments. Every one
bears the stamp of merit, and, remember, we guar
tee every garment from stuff to stitches. May
we suit you this season? Our prices won't prevent
our doing so. Elegant Suits at $10,00, $12,00 to $15,00.
The Clothier,
Bloomsburg, Penn'a.,
Corner Main and Center Sts.
Come
we'll treat you
Carpets
They are
NEW,
BEAUTIFUL,
and CHEAP.
Good Combination!
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