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fcittfrril at the I'uat Opla; MoomtUurg, fa,
it nt'imd clam hiattt r, March 1, lsss.
A fine new line of Wedding in
vitations just received at thisotfiee.
The erection of a new church
building by the Ilaptist congrega
tion is one of the talked of im
provements that may materialize
before long.
Miss Minnie Pollock who has
been employed in this office for a
number of years, has been confined
to her home on Fifth street by ill
ness, this week.
Having clipped "In God we
trust" from the national coin, the
next thing Roosevelt will be up to,
will be to cut out pluribus utium
from the National Flag !
Thoso Delicious Lemon Pics.
The kind that "make your mouth
water" are easily made with no fussing
and at least possible expense if you use
"OL'R PIE" Preparation. Don't hesi
tate. Try it and tell your friends. At
grocer, to cents Everybody is pleased
with "OUR-PIE."
Il-l4-4t.
John V. Lamed has made some
extensive improvements to his prop
erty on Fifth street. The building
has been raised, repapered and
painted, and concrete walks laid.
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St. Margaret's Guild of St. raid's
church will hold a pie and cake sale
Wednesday morning before Thanks
giving at 10 o'clock in the Parish
House. 10-31 5t
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H. Clay Hartman has been in
town the past few days, being
brought bere by the death of his
aunt. Manv vears aeo he lived
here, and clerked in the store of II
C & I. W. Hartman. He is now
residing in Philadelphia.
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg. Pa., post otnee
Isador Boeuslam. Miss Medrith
Groff. B. McDonald. Mr. N. B
Mears. Cards: Mr. Edw. H.
Frve. Miss Sussie Gerton, Miss
Grace Long, Mrs. R. Rungou (2.)
Dr. J. C. Biddle has resigned as
superintendent of the Miners' Hos
pital at Ashland, after a service of
twenty-four years, lie win prou
ablv snend some time in Europe
and then practice in some large
city. He has a national reputation
as a surgeon.
illtmen are to be commend
ed for gracefully dropping the fight
tor nigner prices 1 uc jmuuv
the winning hand, and it wa9 wise
not to carry on a fight that would
have meant a loss of business to the
dealers and great incouvenience to
the consumers.
Samples of Calendars for 1908
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are now ready at mis omce. ocuu
ir i.nur nrrlpr now. Don't Wait
until the end of the year when the
choicest lots are all gone.
The calendars are for sale only,
not for free distribution.
Pbnrles Drake and Theodore
thi town have bought
Warner's moving picture theatre
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in the Danville opera nuuw u.,
and took possession on Monday.
They intend making some improve
..,.,.,. TVioco vnnmr men formerly
had charge of Acheiibach & Moore's
bowling alley in uanvinc.
The pocket diary issued this year
by C. A. Snow & Co., Patent At
torneys of Washington, D. C, s
one of the most useful and complete
books of the kind we have seen. It
contains beside ample space for di
ary memoranda and cash account,
information about patents and other
data of value to the business man,
the mechanic and the general pub
lic. Nowhere that we know of can
uch a complete memorandum book
be obtained for so little. Copies
may be had by sending a two-cent
stamp to C. A. Snow & Co., Pat
ent Attorneys, Warder Building,
Washington, D. C.
i? EVANS' SHOE STORE
FALL SHOES.
The assortment of EVANS' Shoes
provides a shoo for every need, a style
tor every taste, a fit for every foot.
Until you have seen these new mod
els, or better yet, enjoyed the luxury of
wearing one of them, you can not real
ise what shoe perfection means.
You are cordially invited to come in
aud see these new fashions.
The Progressive Shoe Store
CHAS. M. EVANS.
John D's Big Pile.
Shows Ailonlihed Banker $100,000,000
U. S, Bonds and Stocks ol Gilt
Edged Securities.
For several years John D. Rock
cfeller has kept the greater part of
his securities in a vault which was
especially constructed for him in
the safe deposit department of the
Standard I rust Company 111 New
York.
According to a story told in Wal'
Street, Mr. Rockefeller made three
visits to his strung box during the
recent financial distutbances. On
one of these visits he is said to have
met the president of a big corpora
lion just as he was about to open
his vault.
"Ccmc with me," said the head
of the Standard Oil Company, "and
I will show you some of my rainy
day savings."
It required four keys to open Mr.
Rockeleller's vault. Mr. Rocke-
lel ler snowed the astonished man
gnat stacks of U. S. bonds, St.
Paul, New York Central, New
York, New Haven & Hartford,
and other gilt-edged securities
There was at least $100,000,000 in
U. S. bonds alone, according to this
interesting bit of gossip.
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Enter "The Toymakers."
1 nere are strange things 111
Toyshops" wa9 the wise and witty
saying of the olden time aud
Charles Felton Pidgin has brought
out once more the force of the ad
age in his new and wonderfully
clever comic opera of "The Toy-
makers, " a musical presentation of
his book under the same title and
for whose merry and always melo
dious score the well-known Boston
composers, Charles D. Blake and
John A. Bennett, are sponsors.
The action of the play takes place
in England Merrie England of a
certainty in this instance and the
locale, the shop of the old toymak
er, who has made a wonderful do'.l
and endowed it with electrical life
and whose fantastic performances in
the village call out a laugh produc
ing power and a sustained interest
that is almost unequalled in one
day. Few there are who have not
either in book form or on the stage
seen Mr. Pidgin's earlier and most
remarkable success "Quincy Adams
Sawyer, the greatest New Eng
land play ever written," as it has
been called, and this new work by
the same author bids fair to equal
its famous predecessor in populari
ty. . "The Toymakers" will be
given here at the Grand Opera
House, tonight, under the manage
meut of Charles F. Atkinson aud
Tames Thatcher. The opera has
been t very where received most fa
vorably, the audiences have been
large and the public are unanimous
in its praise. The musical num
bers, twenty-six in all, are unusu
ally bright and tuneful and Mr
Pidgin's lyrics find a worthy set
ting. One may sum up in saying
that in its all-around good qualities,
of clever, witty and always whole
some dialogue, its merry airs and
the humorous surprises of its situ
ations, the author has given us a
play whose success is already as
sured. -m
STARS ON THE FLAG.
Everv time there is a new state
admitted there is a new star added
to the flag. Every school boy
knows that. Every time a new star
is added it is necessary to rearrange
the entire field of stars. Oklahoma
makes the forty sixth state, and
thp fnrtv-six stars will be arranged
in six rows from left to right, the
first, third, fourth and sixth rows
of eicht stars each, and the second
and fifth rows of seven stars each.
It is quite likely that at the ap-
Doth Arizona and New Mexico will
be admitted as states, and the flag
will be again arranged, the next
time in six rows of stars, with eight
stars in a row.
H. W. CnAMPLIN M.D.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND 1HR0AT.
'in titular attention to examining and treat
ing chlldxen'i eyes.
Ent Building, Bloouisburg, Pa
Fraternal Organizations.
Membership Has Doubled In Ten Years.
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A census recently made shows
that the principal fraternal organi-
zations of America now have a
membership of 8,278,000, against
4,200,000 ten years ago, says tlie
New York Sun. Here is an iu-
create of eighty per cent., coinci-
dent with only twenty-five per cent. '
increase 111 population. The joining
instinct, which the atmosphere of
America seems to develop, is rag-1
ing as it never did before. Once in
the United States so great was the
antipathy against secret orders that
opposition to them became an iui-
portant political issue. But Mor- same company, it is made up prin
gan is forgotten and the prejudice cipally of the same people, with a
has departed. It is no longer different organization. It is ex
thought, because a certain group pected that the power plant at Nan
of men get behind closed doors and ticoke will be completed before
guard themselves with passwords,
that they are necessarily iu conspir-
acy against their neighbors. The
saner view now prevails that, bring-
ing together as they do the various
elements of the population, theso
organizations are valuable public and clown the West Branch Yalley.
cement, increasing personal ac- J Such towns as Montgomery which
quaintauce throughout the country , is directly across the river from the
and training their membership into big dam Muncy, Allenwood, White
capacity for co-operation and niutu- Deer, Dcwart, Watsontown, Mil
al helpfulness. ton and Lewisburg are within easy
A Powerful Light.
The most powerful light ever
produced from a single fixture, will
soon illuminate the Hudson River
from the tower of the new Lacka
wauin Station at Hoboken.
The exterior lighting of the new
Station will include some strikingly
novel features, as well as good ex
amples of signs and outline work.
The large sign, "Lackawanna Rail
toad," on the water front of the
building, is made up of letters 9 feet
high. The arches of the ferry slips
are outlined with incandescent
lamps. The most striking feature
of the exterior lighting, and one
which will make this tower the
most conspicuous object at night
on the entire North River water
iront, will be a cluster of 49 flaming
arc lamps, which will be arranged
in series within a single globe 6 feet
in diameter, each arc consuming 16
amperes at 2,300 volts. It is esti
mated that a candlepowerof 1,500,
000 will be reached. This will un
questionably be the most powerful
light ever produced from a single
fixture. The globe will be sus
pended from the upper part of the
tower. Besides being a most im
pressive spectacle, this experiment
will prove of no little commercial
value in demonstrating the possi
bility of lighting large open spaces
with exceedingly high candlepower
placed at a proportionately great
distance above the illumined sur
face.
The Price of Eggs.
Eggs, and indeed all poultry pro
uucts, nave been getting nigner 111
price ever since the cold storage
and retngerator car business began
to develop. Chicago is the centre
01 this Industry, which is now be
coming an extortion. All this fall
eggs have been abnormally high all
over the country, and the reason
for this appears in the statement
that there are 100,000,000 more
eggs in storage this year than last,
and that some of the greedy crea
tors of artificial scarcity are stag
gering under their burdens. The
evil results ol this business thus
conducted are apparent. The high
price cuts down consumption, and
the deterioration of eggs in storage
also cuts it down, all so that a few
food pirates may prosper.
Same Everywhere.
An editor, relating his experi
ence through the columns of a trade
paper, says that an old farmer came
to him and requested him not to
print a certain item of news in his
paper, as its publication would tend
to make him ridiculous. As the
old man had been a good friend and
patron for a number of years he
consented, the item not really be
ing of general interest, anyhow.
The other paper in the town print
ed it. A couple of weeks later the
same farmer came in and paid his
subscription in full, and stopped
his paper, saying that he was going
to try the other one for awhile, and
that he really liked the other one
the best, because its editor was not
afraid to print the news.
Shaving a Luxury
wheu executed with a Safctv Razor
that " 7he Philadelphia Press"
offers with the daily edition of their
paper one year, Paper and Razor
both for $3.50 (the value is $8.00 )
If you need a Safety Razor and ire
tired borrowing your neighbor's
paper to read, here is a f.ir and
generous offer you cannot afford to
gnore.
THREE DOLLARS AND
FIFTY CENTS MAILED TO
DAY. NO OTHER EXPENSE
TO YOU.
Muncy Dam Sold.
A Company Will Use It lor Electrical Pur-
poses.
It is reported 011 good authority
that the Pennsylvania railroad has
sold the Muncy Dam to a party of
capitalists who will utilize it for
power purposes. For some time
emrineers have been exiww over the
site apparently lor the purpose of
estimating the hon-e power that
may bo developed.
The capitalists who purchased
Muncy Dam are the same who pur-
chased the Nanticoke Dam, and are
now constructing a power plant at
Nanticoke. While it is not the
work is commenced on the plant
there.
The plan is to utilize the full
stupendous hor-e power that can be
J obtained from the d un with which
to make dectrL-ciirro..t fnr s.dp un
delivering distance for the product
from the Muncy dam power station
and beside these possibilities it is
probable that the building of the
new power station will draw to its
immediate vicinity important man
ufacturing concerns to which power
can be served at a minimum cost.
The Susquehanna is regarded as
one of the best streams for the de
velopment of water power in the
United States. It is without doubt
onlv a question of time before the
dam tl ere will be used for this pur
pose.
Rheumatics Escape Cure by Bee Stings
Hakkiski'kg, Pa. The demon
stration of bee stinging as a cure
for rheumatism, by State Zoologist
Surface of Pennsylvania, was post
poned, at the closing session of the
National Bee Keepers' Association
today, until next year, because of
the death of several bees which had
been selected for this purpose.
Medical authorities now agree
that Rheumatism is caused by uric
acid, which is the source of most
liver, kidney and blood diseases. If
we remove the uric acid (caused by
indigestion) we stop the other dis
eases. After all, the best known
and surest prescription to drive out
this deadly poison is that favorite
remedy of physicians, introduced
over thirty years ago by the skilled
physiciau and surgeon, Dr. David
Kennedy, and now familiarly
known as Dr. David Kennedy's Fa
vorite Remedy, and sold by that
name generally in at least 40,000
drug stores.
Turkeys Scarce Prices High.
As Thanksgiving approaches the
fact becomes pretty apparent that
turkeys are scarce. Practically none
are seen in market. Few farmers
are found who have turkeys for sale
and these have no definite informa
tion to give as to what prices may
prevail about Thanksgiving.
A few townspeople have already
engaged their turkeys at 20 cents
per pound. Such a price is nearly
prohibitive. Food stuffs of all kinds
are so high in price that most per
sons of ordinary means, it is feared,
will be obliged to eschew such a
luxuiy as turkey at twenty cents
per pound and try to be thankful
and happy on plain chicken, if not
on a still humbler bill of fare.
No Posters on Freight Cars.
Freight cars must not be trans
ferred into moving billboards. The
National Association of Trunk
Line Railroads has notified all
freight agents that hereafter freigtit
cars must be stripped of all adver
tising matter. This rule, of course,
does not apply to the cars owned
by transportation companies which
paint their names upon the cars,
and therefore do not need to pla
card them. A general cleaning up
has been in progress since the order
was issued several weeks ago and
signs pasted, tacked and otherwise
attached have been removed. The
order was not issued 011 aesthetic
grounds, but because the numerous
posters were sometimes so affixed
as to cover car names and numbers.
Three Double Holidays Next Year.
Sample copies of 190S calendars
show that next year Washington's
Birthday, Memorial Day and the
Fourth of July fall 011 Saturday,
giving the public three "double
holidays." Ordinarily these do not
fall on the same day, but by the
intervention of Febrmry 29th next
year Washington's birthday falls
just fourteen weeks earlier than
Memorial Day, which regularly
comes five weeks before the Fourth.
That Little Green Ticket
Which has been placed on the
Suits, Coals and Children's Coats
at the Garment Department of The Clark Store, makes you
a NICE SAVING on your purchases of these goods. Its
just so much money in pocketbook, and they are the great
est Coat, Suit and Children's! Coat VALUES NOW OF
FERED. Your inspection invited.
THE CLARK STORE.
Furs of all kinds at
Bulletin.
PIM YLVANIA II
THE NEW UNION STATION AT WASHINGTON.
All the passenger trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad
will enter and depart from the new Union Station at Wash
ington on November 17, 1907, and on the same date the
present station at Sixth :.nd U Strtetswill be closed to traffic,
The date is singularly fitting. In 1807 both wings of
the Capitol were completed, and now a centurv later a build
ing even larger is opened for a great public utility, which did
not exist at that time.
The railroad terminal facilities at Washington have been
inadequate for years, particularly at inauguration periods and
on the assemblage of other large gatherings at the CapitoL
T..eir Improvement was imperative and so it has come about
that, by the combined effort of the railroads and the United
States Government, one of the largest and unquestionably the
handsomest railroad station in the world is now provided not
only for the convenience of the citizens of the United States,
bnt as a notable architectural addition to the great public
buildings of the Capital City. It is a monumental edifice
and a worthy type of the future structures, which will make
Washington the municipal beauty spot of the world.
The station including the Concourse is longer than the
Capitol and nearly as wide. The waiting room is larger
than the hall of the House of Representatives. The con
course, which is the train lobby, is longer than the interior of
the Capitol building, if it were one continuous hall, and half
as wide. It is the largest building ever constructed for a
like purpose.
Within this great structure there is every convenience
the traveler can desire, so grouped about the central hall as
to serve his purpose to the best advantage,
The lofty arched entrances face a plaza as large as an or
dinary city park, which will be laid out as a plaza and adorn
ed with shrubbery and fountains.
The trackage is sufficient for all demands upon it and as
the entrance to and exit from the trains are separated, the
confusion and jostling of hurrying crowds moving in opposite
directions will be obviated.
The bigness of the station is impressive; its utilities ob
vious. it-14-ai-jt.
PHILO REUNION.
The Philologian Literary Society
of the Normal School will hold
their annual reunion Thanksgiving
Day. For the evening's entertain
ment they have secured the cele
brated "Colonial Octette" accom
panied by a pianist of high repnte.
The Society earnestly ask the
generous patronage of the public,
as they are at great expense in se
curing this superb company.
Diagram opens at Bidleman's
Saturday, November 23rd. 2t.
Pennsylvania Society Banquet.
The Pennsylvania Society in the
City of New York is making
arrangements for a notable banquet
to be given to Governor Ldwin S.
Stuart of Pennsylvania at which
Governor Hughes of New York
will be the chief guest of honor,
together with many other disting
uished men from Pennsylvania and
New York. The dinner will be
given on December 12th, and will
be the ninth annual dinner of the
Society. It will be held iu the
Grand Ball Room ot the Waldorf
Astoria, where the whole of the
nrst floor will be required for the
dinner and the guests of the Society.
Like the Society s banquets in
former years the forthcoming one
promises to be one of the foremost
dinners given in New York during
the coming season.
Editor Gets $7,000 Verdict
A verdict ot $7,000 was returned
in tavorof J. B. Kraft, city editor
of the Hazleton Standard, at Scrau
ton last week in his suit agaiust the
United States Kxpre.ss Company
for $20,000 damages. Mr. Kraft
based his suit 011 permanent injur
ies sustained June 4, 1906, by being
struck by a horse and shaft of the
defendant company while leaving
the runuing hoard of a Lehigh
Traction car to enter within, the
horse having been left untied.
the prices to suit.
II10M
FACTS OF INTEREST.
A cannon report hss been heard m
far as 140 miles.
There are 44,000 abstainers in the
English army.
French mints coined $894,000 of wbm
coins during 190B.
Spain leuds in the production of lead.
Germany is second.
The average cost of maintaining a
prisoner in an English prison is aboat
$125 a year.
Dover, England, will have a new
harbor, which will be completed ia
1910, when it will accommodate 60
men-of-war.
The salamander looks like a lizard,
but its character is that of a frog. The
old story that the salamander can en
dure tire is unfounded.
Bulit early in the eleventh century,
th ere are great clucks appearing in the
north and south transepts of the cathe
dral of Southwell Minster, England.
Buttery Park, in New York city, is
school ol languages. A French visitor
in the city who can speak in nine
tongues heard every one of them there
one day last week.
In Kamchatka there grows a mush
room called the false oranre, from
which is niuile Honor that produces de
lirium and convulsions. .Nevertlie
less, it is a favorite beverage.
In the old miracle plays the -'Adora-
tion of the Three Kings" was always
represented by members of the Jewel
ers (1111I1I, each act or scene of the
plays being given by a separate corpo
ration, which defrayed nil expeuses.
When the United States Immigra
tion Commission visited a certain spot
near Marseilles reeentlv it was found
rnpossihle to ascertain ''the average
price of land" in that locality, becau a
no transactions ever took place, other
than by Inheritance.
Physician-, chemists and physiolo
gists (iiiuny of tin-in Miiokeis theiu-
vesi agree that smoking before ma
turity is reached alwuys leads to
waste of nerve power midbrain forte-
anil thus stjimudcr. lile by weakeuln
the very cento ' of strength.