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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURG. PA.
J. S. Williams & Son,
BLOOMSBURG PA.
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totes. We never disappoint our patrons.
LOCALNEWS.
Iegal advertisements on page 7.
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Ask Mercer for it, if he has not
got it he will get it for you. Try it.
This week ends the ice cream
soda season at Rishton's drug store.
He will dispense hot soda hereafter.
Rishton enjoys a large soda trade.
J. II. Maize Esq. knows some
thing about the proverbial patience
of Job. He has been afflicted with
a succession of boils on his neck
and head.
Chief of Police Wesley Knorr,
Will Dentler and Harry Dcitrick.
put in Tuesday hunting at Frosty
Valley. They were not very suc
cessful, however. They only got
two rabbits.
Services will be held in the
Presbyterian, Reformed, and St.
Paul's Episcopal churches this
morning at 10.30. The Holy
Communion will be celebrated in
the last named church at 7.45 a. ru.
. .
Theta Castle No. 276 Knights of
ihe Golden Eagle, attended service
in the Lutheran Church Sunday
morning. The Pastor Rev. M. E.
McLinn, preached an excellent
sermon. He took as his text the
thirty-second verse ot the eighth
chapter of John; "If the Lord shall
make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
Bloomsburg has the reputation of
being an up-to-date town. It is
time for the passage of an ordinance
making a penalty of five dollars for
spitting on the pavement. The filth
that is ejected from the mouths of
some human hogs is sufficient to
turn the stomachs of men, not to
mentiou the fact that women have
to drag their skirts through it.
No nicer, in lact none as beautiful
as the lamps that Mercer the Drug
gist is selling.
An exchange prints the following
marriage ceremony, which was said
by a Tennessee squire a short time
ago; "Wilt thou take her for thy
pard; for better or worse; to have,
to hold, to fondly guard till hauled
off in a hearse? Wilt thou let her
have her way; consult her many
wishes, make the fire each day and
help her wash the dishes? Wilt
thou comfort and support her father
and mother, Aunt Jemima, Uncle
John and three sisters and a
brother?" His face grew pale and
blank; it was too late to jilt; as
through the floor he sank, he
meekly said, "I wilt."
Try Dr. Hess' Chicken Panacea,
it will make your hens lay. At
Mercer's Drug and Book Store.
Theatrical Attractions.
Following are a few of the bookings
at the Grand Opera Mouse: Nov. 27,
matinee and night, The Sons of Ham;
Dec. 10, Aiden Benedict's "Rip Van
Winkle;" Dec. 17, "Missouri Girl;"
Dec. 22, " Old Arkansaw;" Dec. 30,
Mildred Holland in the "lily and
the Prince;" Feb. 3, "At Valley
Forge;" Feb. 5, " Night Before Christ
mas;" Feb. 9, "Two Little Waifs;"
Feb. 17, "Romeo and Juliet;'" Feb.
18, Watson's Burlesquers;" March 4,
Uncle Tom's Cabin;" March 6 "Jesse
James;" March 10, Porter J. White
Faust;" March 17, "Micky Finn."
Notice.
The trustees of the A. M. E. Church
will give a chicken and waflle supper
on Thanksgiving Nov. 27. Suppur
25 cts. Ice cream and cake will be
extra. Supper Irom 4 to 10. All
are welcome.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Absolutely Pure'
F.rr I II
THE TURKISH WOMAN.
tier Frldar Girnnloat on the 8wH
Waters of Asia.
Friday is the only day on which
Turkish women enjoy a little liberty
and release from the dreadful seclusion
In which they are nlwnys kept, and
thoy ore not slow to avail themselves
of the chfc le. On Fridays every one
goes to the Sweet Waters of Asia,
which consist of a small river running
about two miles Inland, with trees and
meadows on each side. Hundreds of
boats assemble and glide up and down
the river. Every boat or caique ba
two or more Turkish ladles on board.
The sight Is a very fine one, as each
private caique Is most carefully got
up, and the boatmen wear brilliant liv
eries to match the cushions and the
long embroidered cloth which hangs
over the stern and trails In the water.
The khedlvah of Egypt Is one of the
finest, In crimson and gold, embroid
ered with crowns nnd fishes. Besides
the liveries the parnsols make a won
derful show, and here may be seen all
the latest Tarlslan creations. The la
dles must not speak to men, but the
careful observer can frequently catch
sight of veils lowered or other signal
given when a portlcular boat Is pass
ing, and habitual frequenters can point
out bonts which are sometimes close to
each other. It Is a very Innocent di
version and would not satisfy -western
Indies. An hour before sunset the po
lice bonts appear and force nil women
to leave. Iondon Telegraph.
Scotland's Round Towers.
Scotland boasts of two round towers,
said to be stragglers from the great
typical group found In Ireland. The
one Is attached to the handsome cathe
dral of Brechin nnd the other stands In
the center of Abcrnethy, near the en
trance gate to the churchyard. The
Brechin tower, built In six Irregular
courses and rising over 100 feet, is the
more perfect of the two. It dates from
Kenneth's reign, 071-05, and has a most
graceful appenrance. rcunnut In his
history speaks of having, In 1772, found
handsome bells within Its walls. These
were afterward removed nnd now hang
In n neighboring steeple. The origin of
these towers is now somewhat doubt
ful, but archaeologists are generally
agreed that they were built In connec
tion with churches "for defense aud
faithfulness of watch" during the
Norseman raids. They were afterward
used ns belfries, the Brechin tower hav
ing done duty ns such for generations.
The tower is now one of the sights of
the ancleut town nnd is regarded ns a
memorial of its early collection with
Ireland. Seottlsh-Auierlcnu.
The Changed Grlzily.
There are numerous reliable state
ments of grizzly bears having attacked
men, but nowadays the grizzly doos not
seek out his human victims, ns there
are credible statements that his fore
fathers used to do. Neither does ho
lie in wait and, pouncing upon a hunt
er, tear him into bloody shreds in de
lighted fiendishness, ns the old time
stories used to tell. The change in the
grizzly's disposition Is likened by vet
eran hunters to the change in the char
acter of the white cousin of the grizzly,
the polar bear of the nrctlcs. When
the stations for the Hudson Bay com
pany -were established, the diaries of
the men there often referred to the
fright of attacks by polar bears. Many
a navigator in the arctic seas hns been
clawed and chewed to death by polar
bears. But for nearly a century the
polar benr hns not been regarded ns so
very fierce, and nowadays it is looked
upon ns a cowardly beast. Association
with armed men hns modified the polar
bear's disposition. Outing.
Cobweb rill (i.
In New England cobweb pills are
supposed to cure the ague, nnd in the
south a certain knuckle bone in a pig's
foot is a sure cure for rheumatism if It
be enrried in the pocket or worn sus
pended from a string around the neck.
Tracing the spider web pill, it origi
nated In China, where all species of in
sects have certain positive or negative
values in medicine. In Teking it is
customary to give two or throe scor
pions or spiders to a pntient 111 of fever.
In Ireland the peasantry swallow small
spiders nlive to effect cures. From
these the cobweb pill of the New Eng
land native was easy. In Flanders the
live spider is fastened into the empty
shell of n walnut and worn around the
neck of the patient. As the crenture
dies the fever decreases until It Is gone
entirely. Rochester Tost-Express.
1IU (tin-niton.
Sister You've seen Mrs. Newpop's
baby, haven't you?
Brother Yes, but I'm afraid Mrs.
Newpop must think I don't take any
Interest in babies.
Sister Of course, if you don't ask
questions about it she
Brother But I did ask a question;
asked If it could sit up on its hind legs
and beg yet, and she wouldn't answer.
Philadelphia Fress.
The Wise Deacon.
"Doncon," began the old colored par
eon, "do you Cbeh say, 'Git behind me,
Satan?' "
"No, brufdah, Ah do not," said Dea
con Green. "Ef Ah told Satan to git
behind mo, he might stick me when
Ah wa'n't lookiu. Ah keeps him right
In front whah Ah kin see him." Chi
cago News.
An Offhand Aniwer,
"Who can tell nio the meaning of
leisure?" asked the teacher.
"It's a place where married people
repent," replied the boy at the foot of
tho class. Philadelphia Uecord.
To remove a pasted label from a can
or bottle hold over the steam of a ket
tle for a few minutes, when it can be
easily removed.
PERSISTENT LOVERS.
WOMEN WHO WERE MARRIED IN
SPITE OF THEMSELVES.
Some Matrimonial Experiences That
Wonld Beem to Jnatlfr Voltaire's
Crnlrnl Declaration That "Any Man
Can Wed Any Woman."
"Any man can marry any woman,"
Voltaire once cynically declared, "If ho
only pursues her long enough." . Thla,
at any rate, was the experience of Ja
cob Halliday, a well known character
In the north of England a couple of
generations ago.
Never did a lover win a wife under
such discouraging conditions ns Jacob,
for after his first proposal he was
soundly horsewhipped by the young
lady's father and ducked in a conven
ient pond.
"I'll ask her again next year," Jacob
spluttered aa he emerged from his
bnth, the fire of his passion not a whit
quenched by his cold douche. "Regu
larly once a yenr, on tho annlversnry
of his first proposal and immersion,"
Nicholson says In his biography of Mr.
Halliday, "Jacob attired himself In Wis
finest raiment nnd presented his peti
tion, always with the same negative re
sult. When he presented himself, now
a middle ngeU man, for the twenty-
fourth time, the lady greeted his ap
pearance with a peal of laughter. 'It's
no good, Jacob, I see,' she exclaimed.
'I may as well give In now as later, but
what n faint hearted creature the Im
portunate widow was compared with
yonT "
Sheridan took an equally bold course
when he sought to win the fairest of
the beautiful daughters of Llnley, the
composer of Bath, who was strongly
opposed to the suit of the brilliant
young poet and dramatist. Ills lady
love, too, was beset by an army of
suitors, many of them far more eligi
ble than the penniless law student. The
circumstances called for bold nnd de
cisive action. After threatening to de
stroy himself if tho lady refused his
advances and fighting a couple of duels
with one of his most formidable rival
Sheridan took the bold step of running
nwny with Miss Llnley nnd conducting
her to a French nunnery, where she re
mained in confinement until, succumb
ing to her lover's daring nnd persist
ence, she consented to marry him.
An amusing and characteristic story
is told of Lord Beaconsfleld in the
days when he was wooing Mrs. Lewis,
to whom in Inter years of married life
he was so touchlngly devoted.
One day Mrs. Lewis, who was then
living in retirement at her seat in Gla-'
morganshire, saw a gentleman walking
leisurely up the drive. "Jane," she ex
claimed to an old servant, "I really be
lieve that horrid man Disraeli is com
ing up the drive. Do, please, run to the
door and say I'm not at home." Jane
opened the door to the undeslred caller
and gravely announced her message.
"I know," Disraeli coolly answered,
"but take my bag to a bedroom and
prepare luncheon. I will wait until
Mrs. Iewis is ready to come down
stairs," which, of course, Mrs. Lewis
felt compelled to do a few minutes
later.
"Oh, dear, what can I do with such
an obstlnnte, thick skinned man?" the
widow asked desperately later In the
day when Dlsrnell showed 110 sign of
raising tho siege. "Marry him, I sup
pose, ma'am," was Jane's philosophic
answer, nnd, os tho world knows, tho
persistent wooer had his way in the
end in this as in most other things in
life.
A Judge, not long deceased, used to
tell a diverting story of his wooing. In
those days he was a struggling and ob
scure lawyer without even tho prospect
of an Income, and the woman on whom
he had set his affections was tho
daughter of a purse proud man with a
high sounding name who was strongly
opposed to giving his daughter to a
"penniless lawyer."
"Do yo-,1 know, sir," the father thun
dered when ho was asked for his
daughter's hand "do you know, sir,
thnt my daughter's ancestors have nil
been noblemen and that one of them
was a favorite minister of Queen Eliza
beth?" "Oh, yes, I know all that," tho
young barrister placidly answered,
"and do you kuow that Queen Eliza
beth once slapped your ancestor's face,
and unless you are more civil I will do
the same for you?" It is scarcely sur
prising that so bold and daring n lover
had his way in the end, even in the
face of such a barrier of ghostly noble
ancestors.
The late Prince Bismarck, it Is said,
won his wife in much tho same way.
Although he had not known tho lady of
his love more than a few days and her
parents were not even aware of his ex
istence, he presented himself one day be
low them and boldly nsked permission
to marry their daughter. In vain the
fatBer fumed and blustered nnd threat
ened to have the young man forcibly
ejected from the house for his imperil
iience. "I um sorry to. annoy you, sir,"
tho young soldier said, "but I must re
spectfully decline to leave the house
until I have your consent." Nor did he,
although tho consent wns given in these
ungracious words: "Well, I suppose you
must have your way, but I cannot com
plimeut my daughter on her choice of a
mule for a husband."
lie Feel. It.
"Does a draft give you cold chills
down your back?" nsked the philoso
pher.
"It does," replied the wise guy, "when
my bank account la overdrawn." Cln
clnnnti Oommerclnl Tribune.
Dohhy'a Conimeut.
Little Bobby was inspecting tho new
baby for the first time, nnd his dictum
Iwas as follows:
: "I s'pose it's nice enough, what there
Is of it, but I'm sorry it uln't a parrot"
Tit-Bits. ...,,
AMERICAN AUDIENCES. '
Hen and Women and Their Effect
t'pon Poblle Mectlnaa.
American audiences are strangely
alike In some things nnd strangely dis
similar In others. A good committee
Will take as much pains In the nr-.
fnngemcnt of Its audience as of its
speakers. An audience seated without
crowding Is seldom enthusiastic. Nei
ther Is an audience whose hands are
occupied with bundles or umbrellas, an
audience largely composed of women
or an audience In a cold room. The
easiest audiences to address, the most
responsive and Inspiring, are those
composed of nun crowded and packed
together and warm.
Women naturally do not applaud or
cheer. They are by Instinct more self
restrained In tho public expression of
their emotions than men. Every public
speaker Is complimented by their pres
ence, knowing thnt their quiet word at
home Is oftentimes more effective In
results than tho most enthusiastic
shouting on the street corners by tho
other sex. In a public meeting, how
ever, the audience gets Its cue from
those nearest the speaker. I remember
well two audiences, both from tho
same social class, both crowded, Iwth
In large theaters nnd both largely at
tended by women. One hnppcned to be
In Colorndo, one In Massachusetts. In
one meeting tho orchestra was re
served for women. In the other meet
ing the men had the orchestra and the
women had tho lower gallery and all
tho boxes. In both cases the audiences
wero entirely friendly to the speakers.
Tho second meeting wns marked by
wild enthusiasm, the first one by re
spectful attention. In the second enso
the mass of men In the orchestra urged
on tho speakers by continued applause.
In the first case tho men In the galler
ies who started ,to applaud wero
checked because between them and
the speakers wns a mnss of absolutely
silent femininity in the orchestra. I do
not say thnt one meeting was less ef
fective thnn the other, but tho differ
ence In th strain on the spenker wns
marked.-From "The Spellbinder," by
Colonel Curtis Guild, Jr., In Scrlb
uer's. A Snnrcme Conrt Coincidence.
While In session the associate Justices
of the United States supreme court are
seated on either side of the chief Jus
tice, In the order of their commissions,
the oldest In commission on his right,
the next oldest on his left; the third is
second on the right nnd the fourth sec
ond on the left, and so on alternately,
the youngest in commission occupying
the seat on the extreme left.
When Justice Field was the senior
associate, this arrangement produced
this curious result: The names of the
Justices on the right had but a singlo
syllable Field, Gray, Brown nnd White
while the names of those on the left
had two syllables Harlan, Brewer,
Shiran nnd Fcckhnni. All were mar
ried, but no one of the Justices on the
right had ever had any children, while
each of those on the left had both chil
dren and grandchildren. Tho colors
were all on the right Gray, Brown and
White while the left was colorless.'
Youth's Companion.
Ko Influence Ahove.
In Dr. John Hnll's time it wns the
custom In his church to use the old
fashioned, simple hymns, nnd the slug-
lug was congregational.
On one occasion William M. Evnrts
discovered E. Delulleld Smith, then
corporation counsel of New York city,
singing with all his heart nnd whis
pered to his friend:
"Why, there Is Smith singing "I
want to be an angel! I knew he want
ed to be district attorney, but I didn't
know he wanted to be an angel."
The remark was repeated to Mr.
Smith, and quick as a flash came the
retort:
"No, I have never mentioned the mat
tor to Evnrts, knowing that he had no
influence In thnt direction."
I.nndln.v Sntan Down.
"Lightning knocked the church stee
ple down," some one said to IJrother
Dickey. "Yes; Satan's eyes nlwnys
flush lire when ho sees a church stee
ple gwino up." "Aud here's a colored
brother killed another at a camp meet
ing." "Yes; Satan goes ter meetin'
'long wld de res' er dein en sometimes
shouts do loudes'." "And a preacher
was drowned In the river lnst'week."
"Oh, yes; Satan's In do water too. Ho
'bleege ter go dar ter cool off." "So
you blame everything on Satan, do
you?" "Bless God!" wns the reply.
"AInt dat what he's fer?" Atlanta
Constitution.
Connplcnons Uxniiinlo.
"Women are belittled nnd made of
no account In every possible way," ex
claimed the indignant bend of the fain
ily. "Even the geographers willfully
and deliberately slight her. How many
really important towns In this country
are nanieu in honor of a woman?"
"Well, my dear," said her husband,
serntcmng his chin retleetlvoly, "thero'i
Janesvllle, you know." Chicago Trib
line.
An Anchor to Windward.
He Let's get married on Friitnv
She Oh, George, Friday, you know,
is
He Yes. I know it's unlnekv. tint
then, if our marriage doesn't turn out
well wo shall always have something
to blame It on. Philadelphia Kecur'i
Lift It High.
"Yo kin alius tell er polite man
snm Charcoal Enh. runilnatlvelv.
by
de way ho lif his hat t' de ladles, nn
ef ho lif it high, yo' kin also tell dat
ho ain't baldheaded, Mistah Jackson
Baltimore News.
A man who dares to waste an hour
of time has not learned the value of
life. Charles Darwin.
This Announces the Opcnimg
Much time, labor and expense has been Kcquircd.
It's now in complete readiness for your, inspection.
You Your friends Yes, Everybody invited.
November 28th.
String Orchestra in Attendance
2 to 5 p. m. and 7 to V) p. 111.
The Lackawanna will sell special
excursion (regular fare plus $1.00)
tickets to New York City Decem
ber 11, 1902, good returning on
December 16, 1902.
Go and see L. E. YVhary's china
bazaar. His stock is larger and
finer than ever before.
Normal's opponents on the grid
iron tomorrow will be the strong
Crescent Athletic Club ot Freeland.
Taking the game played against
Hazleton as a basis of estimate, they
should give Normal a hard game.
A good crowd will be in attendance.
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The largest line ot lamps in Old
Columbia County at Mercer's Drug
and Book Store.
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa., postofike, and
will be sent to the dead letter office
December 9, 1902. Personscallingfor
these letters will please say "that they
were advertised .Nov. 25, 1902":
Miss Virginia Browne, Mr. Frank
Hoilister, Mrs. Ada Diefenbach (2)
Mr. S. S. Pomeroy.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
J. C. Brown, P. M.
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The tolling of the Lutheran
church bell about half-past nine
Tuesday night startled a great
many people, and no one was able
to explain the cause of it. Upon
inquiry we learned that it was the
work of some mischievious young
sters who stole into the corridor
during the progress of au entertain
ment and pulled the bell rope. The
names of the boys could not be
learned.
Cont Wanted.
Wifey (who is doing her own cook
ing now) I enn't eem to make little
enough of anything. I wish some poor
hungry creature had what we have left
every day.
Hubby (who hasn't much appetite
lately) Yes, we ought to keep n goat.
They ay a pont enn eat anything.
riiilnrtelphin r.iilletin.
'Kratlnic on Ilia I.unrol."
"I think," Raid the placid person,
"that I will now rest on my laurels."
"That's another of those foolish
phrases," snid the man who is nlwnys
finding fault, "it suggests the idea of
n man who is trying to be comfortable
standing on his head." Washington
Star.
Itenann for AU TlilnKH.
Yeast They must be very happy
since they were married.
Crimson benk Why?
"Oh, every morning I not ice he kisses
her at the door, when leaving."
"rshnw! He does that because she
hnsn't asked him to eat any of her bis
cuit yet." Yonkers Statesman.
Slow Imiiruveiiient.
Mrs. Benhain Don't you think I
grow better-looking ns 1 grow older?
Denham Yes, nnd it's really too bad
you can't live ns long ns they did in
Bible times; you might then become a
veritable beauty." Tit-liits.
Ilia Statu.
filadys Is he so absolutely flippant
and worthless?
Ethel Is he? Why, every girl he
meets feels sure she discovers noble
qualities in him that only need devel
opment by n true woman. Fuck.
What It Wore,
"You say the evening wore on. What
did it wear?" .
"Why, the close of the dnv, of
course."
L Diversity of Minnesota
Punch Bowl
te VkVafii isueeeasoa to J
of our Second Floor.
THE STATE AT A GLANCE-
A tunnel one mile long, which
has been opened for the new
trolley road between Hazleton and
Wilkes-Barre has been completed.
The bedroom slippers, the.
handy work of Mrs. William Mc
Kinlcy, by her given to the Ladies'
Aid Society of the Shippcnsburg
Methodist Episcopal Church,
brought $5 when put up at auction
in a bazaar.
While carelessly handling t
revolver Monday morning Law
rence Ball, 18 years old, of Clear-,
field, shot and instantly killed bis
brother, Victor.
While II. E. Harsh was haul
ing straw from the country Tues
day alternoon, in coming down t
steep hill he slipped and fell be
tween the shafts. The horse kicked
him, breaking his jaw and fract
uring his skull. Death followed in
a few minutes. His home is is
Mifflinburg,
Francis E. Morgan, of Carbon
dale, for nine years a Delaware &
Hudson conductor, Tuesday morn
ing walked into the open trap in the
bottom of an empty coal car and
was ground to death.
Smal!-pox, diphtheria and ty
phoid fever are causing the physi
cians of Schuvlkill county much
alarm and an epidemic is immineut.
Schuylkill Haven has several cases
of small pox. Miss Mars Wagner,
a nurse at the Pottsville Hospital,
died from typhoid fever, and Miss
Elene Berlin, a nurse who atteuded
several children for diphtheria, has
been stricken.
Hyde Brothers of Pittsburg, in
corporators of the Clearfield JSteel
and Iron company, are buying sev
eral iron plants in southern cities
and will consolidate them at Clear
field. While out gunning on Friday
D. L. Williamson of Salladaburg,
was shot by the accidental discharge
of a gun carried by his nephew, i
years old. who was about to fire at
a pheasant, and instantly killed.
SHOES
If you have not seen
our line of SHOES, it
will pay you to see it.
We have the largest
Stock of Shoes
of any store in this sec
tion. Made by the best
Manufacturers especi
ally for me, and will FIT
AND WEAR.
Our School Shoes
are made extra strong
to stand the hard ser
vice "iven a
School
shoe.
W. H. MOORE,
Cor. Main and Iron Sts.
BLOOMBBUR0,
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
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