8 THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. THURSI'AY, NOVEMBKR 19. 9J- 00K clubbing orrERs- Arrangements have been made whereby we can offer our subscrib era some leading publications at greatly reduced rates. Below are four different offers. Read them over: FIRST OFFER. Trnt Columbian for one year f 1 00. and a a Drtmlum we will eive an Insurance Policy in ihe Pennsrlvsma Life and Acci dent Association of Philadelphia, good (or one year, for 1 100 in case of accident re wiling in deaih. or 95.00 a week for li ability. SECOND OFFER. Th Columbian, ... tt.oo New York World", Thrice-a wcek, fi.oo Regular price of botH, V will send the two for one year for THIRD OFFER. Th Columbian. ... New York Tribune Farmer", Regular price for both, We will send the two for one year for FOURTH OFFER. Tn Columbian, "The Cosmopolitan Magaiine", The Twentieth Century Home" tl.oo tl.oo tl.oo f3-oo Regular price for the three We will send the three publications for one year for $2.00 The New York Ttriee-a-Heek World contains six pages every issue, and as its name indicates, comes three times a week. It is too well known to need any intro duction. We offer it for a little over half the regular price. See our second offer. The New York Tribune Farmer is an illustrated weekly, and one of the best of its class. It is full of valuable information to tillers of the -soil. You can get it through our club for one-fourth its regular price. See third offer. The Cosmopolitan Magazine is known in every home. There are none better and few as good. The Twentieth Century Jlome is a new magazine published by the Cosmopolitan company in their beautiful building ou the Hudson. It has many new and striking feat ures, and aims at the same high standard as the Cosmopolitan, We have made an arrangement by which we are enabled to present you with tins valuable publication for oue year free. Read our fourth offer. Where can you get so much good reading matter for so little money? We cannot tell how long we will be able to continue these offers. Don't lose the. opportunity, but send in your order now. All orders must be accompanied with the cash. Sample copies of The Columbian, the IVorlii, .and Iribune Farmer, will be sent on request. The Mag azines can be seen at this office. Pennsj's New Order- A general order has been issued by the Pennsylvania railroad mak ing new rules ifor the government ot employes as requested by the train hands. Briefly stated the new order says that all things equal seniority of service shall be con sidered in making promotions and that proper complaints will always receive consideration. Time shall start when crews are ordered out whether they work or not. The order of promotion is fixed, arrange ments are made to pay men for time lost in the company's interest and 12 hours is constituted a day. The men generally are satisfied .with the order. THE OLD tl.oo $1.60 t.oo 1.00 jjjl U' Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE Good Pills Ayer's Pills arc good pills. You know that. The best family laxative you can buy. want your mousiacne or ward a beautiful brown or rich black? Use Buckingham's Dye! Octi.f dru(fiitirR. P. HtllfcCo .Nnhut.N H j County Institute Entertainments, County Superintendent Evans Has Provided a Course That Will Appeal to All. Russel Conwell is Coming. Although the Teachers Lecture Course at the Institute last year was generally pronounced a success, it is our opinion that the course this year will meet with still greater popular- ity, owing to the fact that a higher class of lectures and entertainments has been secured. Last year demon strated the advisability of havintr four evenings instead of three as was the custom before; but it has been thought wise to include in these two concerts instead of one, which arrangements will give us two lec tures also. The talent secured is the best available; each number was selected early in the year while there was opportunity to obtain the best. The cost of this course will be consider ably above the cost last year, while the price of course tickets will be the same, viz: $1.50 for course tick ets and 50 cents for single adinis sion. County papers will announce the time for the opening of the board at S. R. Bidleman's store. We are confident that manv hearts will beat just a little stronger when they read that Russel H. Con well will lecture on Monday night. Mr. Conwell has been here before and many of his great thoughts still live in our hearts as we think of the "Acres of Diamonds" he so effectu ally presented to our view. His subject this year will be "The Angel's Lily." Your superintend ent has heard this masterpiece and can vouch for its being fully as profitable and entertaining as' 'Acres of Diamonds." Russell H. Con well has addressed more people than any other man living. He has been on the lecture platform thirty-seven years, and averaged two hundred lectures a year. He prepared fifteen popular lectures before he was thirty years old. On Tuesday evening we shall have the rare privilege of hearing the Chicago Glee Club, a male quartet assisted by Miss Irene Skin ner, a reader and accompanist of ability. The program they offer is original in style and something out of the beaten path. Songs in action and costume are strong features. The repertoire of the quartet is very extensive, and includes the best selectioas of standard secular and sacred music, together with folk, sensational, plantation and humor ous songs. In perfect balance, toI urae of sound, sweet and effective singing, the quartet is unsurpassed, and the solo work of the highest order. On Wednesday evening the second lecture ol the course will be given by Frank Dixon, a brother of Thomas Dixon, whom many re member in. his lecture, "Backbone." The subject of the evening is one that is most timely and interesting in these days of social discontent. RELIABLE THE COLOMBIAN W e are confident that when you hear Dixon ou "The Threat of Socialism" you will feel highly gratified. Of his brother, Thomas Dixon says: "For years I have urged my brother, Frank Dixon, of Hartford, to enter the Lyceum field. He has a great lecture on "The Threat of Socialism." This is the one burn ing question of the century. Its in fluence is changing the character of our government, unsettling the home tradition, and testing the moral fibre of that Anglo-Saxon in dividualism that has made America a colossal power. He has made this a life study, and that with warmest sympathy for those who toil. His lecture is not an academic discus sion of social theory, in which the general public has but little interest, but a presentation of the vital issues of modern civilization which affect profoundly the destiny of every liv ing man. 111s truths are vivia as lightning flashes, and his audience feels that the foundations of indi vimta 1 ana national character are being laid bare. He is tljquent. magnetic, thoughtful, and will hold his audience lroni start to finish." The last evening event of the course will be a concert given by the Katharine Ridgeway Concert Company. We cannot imagine a'ny thing in this line quite as fine as this company. They are not strang ers to all of us, altho it has been several years since they were here, and we shall be glad to renew pleas ant memories of the past. Although this is the last event, you will not be willing to call it the least. Miss Ridgeway grows iu popularity every year, ana the courses which have had her every season since her first appearance in Lyceum work are again engaging her. As to her company, we believe that we this year present the most popular and strongest support she has ever had. Mr. Krr is a most popular basso, and will be remembered by many as the one who so greatly pleased his audiences two seasons ago while traveling with Miss Ridgeway, Miss Brewster is a western girl wno nas an exceptional soprano . voice and a most pleasing stage presence, and we believe she will simply captivate every audience be fore which she appears. Mr. Lamberson, pianist and ac companist for the company, has re cently teturned from studying abroad. We have no apologies to offer for this course. Every effort has been made to secure the b;st why should we not have the best ? It is costing us more, but we feel that conditions warrant a lecture 'course of which the teachers and friends of education may feel proud, W. W. Evans. THE HEW Y.ORK WOELD. Thrlce-A-Week Edition Read Wherever the English Language it Spoken. The Thrice-a-Week World long ago established itself in publicfavor, and it is now recognized as the strongest publication of its kind in the United States. Advertisers and publishers seeking clubbing combinations and they know best universally testify to this. It is widely circulated in every Stale and Territory of the Union, and eveh in remote South Africa and on the gold fields in the deserts of Australia. These are the things that tell. Next year we have the Presi dential campaign, in which all Americans are deeply iuterested. Already the issues are being dis cussed and the two great parties are preparing lor the hrst moves. You will not want to miss any details, and if you subscribe now your year s subscription will cover the campaign from beginning to end. ine 1 nrice-a-weeic wor d is absolutely fair in its political news, partisan bias is never allowed to affect is news columns, and Demo crat and Republican alike can ob tain 111 its pages truthful accounts of all the great political contests. In addition to all the news, the Thrice-a-Week World furnishes the best serial fiction, elaborate market reports and other features of in terest. The Thrice a-Wee World's re gular subscription price is only jjbt.ooper year, and this pays for 15b papers. We otter this un equalled newspaper and The Col umbian together one year for $1.60 The regular subscription price of the two papers is $2.00. tf. Normal made an excellent showing against the Lafayette College foot ball team Saturday, holding the Varsity eleven down to 29 points. Some idea of Lafayette's strength can be had from the fact that a week previous Princeton was able to defeat her only by 11 o. WANTKD FA'THKOIi PKKSON TO CALL ON retHil trade and aire ma for manufacturing bouse having- well established bimlncHu; local terri tory; straight salary I) paid weekly and ex pense uiouey advanced: prevlousexperlenReun. recPRHHry; portion pe'inanenij bunlnesa guo-(Mwrul- KiicIh .f-aridr'HHed envlop. Hup. etlntendeut Travelers, 606 jlcnon iHulldluir. Chicago, III u.iv ji BLOOMSBURO, PA. An Industrial Crisis The discharge of several thou sand men and the closing of several mills by the steel trust together with great reductions in shop crew by large railroad systems does not auger well for a continuance of our boasted prosperity. Exports to foreign countries show a large fall ing off from those of last year, due to the prevailing hard times in Europe. Hard limes in Europe are driving her working people to emigrate to this country at the rate of a million a year; so that not only are the opportunities of empioy ment becoming less in America; but the competition bmong the worker for these opportunities be comes more intense with every shipload of immigrants landed upon our shores. And still the immigra tion agents of American corpora tioj are scouring foreign countries for worktngmen to send here, hold ing out rosy prospects of wealth to be gained in the "land of the free." It indications count for anything, we in America are none too far away from the condition of in dustrial depression from which the immigrants are fleeing, ;and when the crash comes the capitalists will have on their hands a problem of lack of employment lor labor that will shake the foundations of capitalism Just now it' is fashionable to advo cate restricted immigration; but even if there never werean immigrant to come to the Uhited States, it would in no way solve the periodic ally acute unemployed problem, which is due to the creation by the workers ot a vast surplus of wealth which the capitalists connot dis pose of. When the surplus has ac cumulated to unwieldly size it is called overproduction, panic or crisis, and those whose labor creat ed the surplus go hungry or patron ize free soup kitchens. Exchange Thanksgiving Dinner- The Ladies' Aid Society of the United Evangelical church of Light Street will give a Thanksgiving dinner and a clam and oyster sup per in the P. O. S. of A. hall at Light Street on Thanksgiving dav. elaborate preparations are being made to give you an old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner. Everybody icordially invited to come and en- joy a good dinner. Proceeds for Chicken and Waffle Supper. The Society of Willing Workers of the Lutheran church of Mam- ville will hold a chicken and wafflle supper in the ball at Mainville on Thanksgiving eve from four to ten o clock at which tune the patch quilt will be drawn by the one having the lucky number. Every body invited. Wall paper lrom 8c. per bolt to 40c. per bolt at Mercer s Drug and Book Store- A Varcical Entertainment. 'The Scientific Country School. ' ' This up to date stage performance will be given in the Orangevule Opera Jlouse Saturday evening, Nov. 28, 1903, by local talent. The teacher of this Scientific School has invented a wonderful machine. which remodels anything "out of date" and brings it forth entirely transformed and "up to date." Fat people are made thin: rheu matic 6nes cured, numbers of others entirely changed. It you want to enjoy an evening cf solid fun do not miss this one. Admission 10, 20 and 25 cents. After the eutertainment the ladies ot the Presbyterian church will open their Christmas Bazaar in the Harmon Building and will carry it on afteruoou and evening for three weeks. Refreshments will be served in the Bazaar Buildiug after the enter tainment. STORY 0FCAL- Discovered by Dr. David Kennedy Only 1 i -J O A J j .. n . uuney ntmeay ooia unaer uturantet. Dr. David Kenned v was born in New York City, but at an eurly age Lis family moved toRoxbury, K.Y. Ho whs eraduuted in 18G0 from the New York College of rhvsii iuus I aun surgeons, no at once volunteered as r aurgeou und was assigned to the L'uiti'd Mutes ArmyUenend Hospital In Westl'hil. udulphiu, uud soon became President of the Jxamining Hoard end Consult mir burgeon After the war, Dr. Kennedy settled iu Iton dout, City of Kingston, N. Y., where for a number of years lie enjoyed s large prao tiee as an operative Burgeon. He was one of the Presidential Electors of New York State, Mayor of Kingston for fouryeurs, and held many other professional, business uud political offices. The latest achievement of Lis life vrn. the discovery of Cal-curu Solvent, a positive cure for all diseases of the kidnevsaud blad der. Insiieukins of this remarkable remedv. Le said i "Cal-cura Solvent is the crowning achievement of my life. It will not dis. appoint. Your druggist will return your money if Cal-cura fails to cure, and The Cal-cura Company, of Rondout, N. Y., will pay the druggist. Cal-cura Solvent cures t8 of all cases of Kitluey, Iiludder and Liver dis orders. fl.OO a bottle. Only one size. . Dainty and First glimpse of the new goods now. nniliAs. Lunch Cloth. Bureau. Stand and O TahlA Hovers. Center Pieces. Pillow Tods. Most any price you want to pay for them. Wash silks in ail the desirable colors to work them with. R. E. HARTHAN. oooooooooxx? Do You Find It Difficult To Invest Your Money so as to realize SIX PER CENT. ? We believe you can make Yreka Copper Company" if purchased n"0"AT- Remember that we are not PROMOTERS, and that wc buy and sell on narrow margins; only the market price, We can oiler a small block of "Yreka" at 17 J cents per share. r D ntt 11 If C Ml T ailU JC11 dll and can doubtless save you money on any of them. DENT & SKARPLESS, First National Bank Bldg. Both 'Phones. Every Wide-Awake Farmer who Is Interested In the news of his town and county should subscribe for a Good Local Weekly Newspaper to keep him in touch with the do ings of his neighbors, the home markets, and all Items of interest to himself and family. THE COLUMBIAN Bloomsburg, Pa., Will admirably supply your wants for county news and prove a welcome visitor In every household. Begular Prico. $1.00 per Year. Both of these papers one vour order with the monev THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg. Pa. Send your name and address to The New-York Tribune Farmer, New-York City, for free sample copy. Bechtel Murder in Drama The famous Bechtel murder at Allentown has leen turned into a hot melo drama called "His Sister's Shame.'.' The first tour is to in clude Scranton, Wilkesbarre, Read ing, Harrisburg and Pittsburg. If it goes on that territory the rest of the state will be attacked. Seventy Four Oases ot Small Pox- The schools of Allentown and Catasauqua have all been closed on. account 01 ine smau pox. i nere a. - f a. 1 1 trst 1 are seventy-four cases of the dis ease in that neighborhood, and it is still spreading. Try The Columbian a year. uccer.or TO J Pretty Art Linens. 0XXXXXXOXXX One Hundked per cent on Stock within six months, therefore you are paying based upon real value. it., j 1 Clntr UllllMCU MllllU JIUIKN BLOOMSBURG. PA. Every Up-To-Date Farmer NEEDS A High-Class Agricultural Weekly to give him the extH-rluiice of others In all the advanced methods and improvements which are an Invalu able aid in securiug the largest pos ible profit from the furm, and with siecial matter for every member of his family. The New York Tribune Farmer New York City, will post you every week on all im portant agricultural topics of the duy, and show you how to inukc money from the farm. Eegnlar Price, $1.00 per Year. year for 1.25 if you send to fenhBylvaDia Kailmad Company will Is sue Clerical Orders for 19o4. Pursuant to its usual custom, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will issue clerical orders for the year 1904 to ordained clergymen having regular charge of churches located on or near its lines. Clergymen desiring sucli orders should make individual appli cation for same on blanks furnisheu by the Company through its Agents. Applications should be sent to the i General Office of the Company as soon as nossible. in no case later than De- ; ceruber 10, so that orders mav be mail- ert by December 31 to all clergymen entitled to receive them. it Box papers from 10c. to 50c at Mercer's Drug and Book Store.