THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, FA. THU USDA Y, NOV Km'hKH Slf l!H)7 tnlrrrA at the loft Ofier, lllriintmlmitj, 'u, nit nruud I'ltiHK Hiuttrr, 3Mr7i 1, lb A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY The Comjmman announced that for the weeks ln-fore Christmas, that the Coi.i mhiam willo into tvu-ry home in IMoonisbtirg. This is nn excellent opportunity to have a little chat with every family of that town. I am not personally acquainted with many of the peo ple, hut I have many warm and valued friends in your town. I will not talk politics. This would he offensive to many and not tilcasant before Cliristmrm. T will talk about some prominent family of the neighborhood and their his torical connections, or perhaps of some other incidents of general in terest. I will speak of Henry Bit tenbender's family, and his career, while a resident in l-'ishincreek township, and other places His wife's maiden name, I think, was Keim. This union was blest with lour children two sous and two daughters, Hiiatn, Kvan, Mary, and the youngest daughter's name I either forget or never knew. When first n arried, I believe, Henry, as he was familiarly called, kept the upper Oraugeville hotel, and a dwarf named Johnson kept the lower hotel. At this time, the annual spring yaukee run was a'l the go, or principal custom, that the hotel beepers had along the route of the yearly return of yan kees who lined the road for weeks, on their return trips, when home ward bound. But you may ask what is meant by the "annual yan kee run?" At this time, there were no railroads to facilitate travel, or transportation, and the lumber men along the upper Susquehanna river nnrl tributaries, had no means of getting their lumber to market at Haverdegrace, Baltimore and other olaces than bv raftinc. Hence every spring freshet the liver and streams were lined with lumber ra.ts, lloat ing to market, and piloted to their destination by the so called yan kees. There are people living in Bloomsburg find along every stream who remember the scenes here de scribed. The yankees' homeward course lay along the river line un til they reached Bloomsburg, and thence by Lightstreet, Orangeville, Cambra, Ganoga Lake, DuShore and thence northward until they reached home. Now to return to the Bittenbenders, and Orangeville. Johnson was a dwarf and was locat ed in the lower hotel and had the whole yankee custom. Henry Bittenbender was in the upper ho tel, and the yankees did not stop with him. It so happened how ever, that these two hotel men changed location, Bittenbender go ing to the lower and Johnson to the upper hotel. The next run of yankees all stopped in the lower hotel, (I relate it now as Henry himself told it) and seeing a new man at the helm, cried out, "Where is Johnson? Henry told them, "In the upper hotel." Out they went, and "up to Johnson. Henry found that he would get no custom in this manner hence he changed his tactics. When they cried, "Where is Johnson?"he said, "in the upper hotel," and when starting to go there he told them "have something to drink before you go." Thus he said, he gave away more than a barrel of whisk ey to the leaving yankees. But the following spring he said the yankees nearly all stopped with him. Later he moved to the Cam bra hotel and had no opposition in the yankee traffic. Later still he purchased the farm on which is located the Zaner station on the B. & S. R. R. Henry was commissioner ol Col umbia County during the year of 1858 aud '59 but whether he bad a second term I do not rememler. lie was a candidate tor County treasurer about the year 1864 but was defeated by Daniel Mcllenry of Stillwater. His son Hiram married a daughter of the late Michael Lemons, aud Kvan married EVANS' SHOE STORE FALL SHOES. The assortment of EVANS' Shoes provides a shoe for every need, a style for 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 ize what shoe perfection means. You are cordially invited to come in aud see these new fashions. The Progressive Shoe Store CH AS. M. EVANS. a daughter of Daniel Stoker, late of Forks. Mary, c ue of his daught ers married Knos Pealer of Pealer town, at Porks. I have no inform ntion to give of the youngest daughter. Kvan's first wife was a grand-daughter of the late Hon. Alexander Colley, ot Benton. About the year 1865 Henry sold his beautiful Pishingcreek farm at Zaner station, to John Zaner, a brother-in-law, and moved to Mich igan. After the death of Mr. Bn tenbender his widow again married, a blind man this time. Some fif teen or twenty years ago, a daugh ter of Kvan was visiting at Cambra, and I chanced to be at the late Hon. James Mcllenry's store, when I was informed cf the visit of this young lady, and was urged to meet her and get an introduction. I was told that she was an elocu tionist of rare ability, hence I will ingly met the young lady and was introduced to her. She recited several pieces when I told her that I was in possession of an excellent piece that 1 would like if I could liear recited by an elocutionist. She asked what the title of the piece was. 1 tout her that it was, "Katritia's Visit to New York." "Why," she said, "I recited that a little while ago." As she had recited it, it was with the utmost difficulty that I prevailed upon her to repeat it. This young lady is now the wife of J. L. Richardson of your town. Her father, Lvan, married for hi. 4 second wife Mrs W. H. Snyder, widow of the late County Superintendent W. H. Snyder. I was very intimately acquainted with the Bittenbender family. Theirs was a very hospitable home; affable aud courteous. John C. Wennkr, Benton, Pa. A DEARTH OF CLERGY. Some ot the Reasons. In nearly all of the religious bod Jfs therp is rnmnlaint that the tinm 1 ber of young men who are entering . 1 . - . 1. t .1 r - . lie nnuisuy is niueu less inau for merly, and is still growing less. In one of the western conferences of the Methodist church this vear it was announced that many of the clergy and had resigned trom the ministry gone into secular employ ment, because they were unable to live onthe salaries they received. The same condition prevails all along the line. At the recent ses sion of the Episcopal Church in General Convention at Richmond, it was resolved that the week before Advent should be devoted to a se ries of meetings, when soecial nrav- c 1 ers should be offered for the exten sion of Christ's Kintrdotu. and to efforts to induce young men to en ter the ministry. Iu accordance with this, services are being held every night this week iu St. Paul's church, except Saturday. On Sunday morning Rev. J. W. Diggles preached an excellent ser mon on the subject, giving some reasons why young men do not be come ministers. He said, first, because the minis ter is no longer looked up to with the reverence that he used to have. Years aeo he was the best educated man of the community, usually the only college graduate, and for this reason he inspired respect. .Now it is very different. There are now manv men 111 almost every commu nity as well educated as the parson. Again, the clergymen are made too much the object of criticism. At nearly every Sunday dinner the sermon is criticised, and often near ly everything the parson does is unfavorably commented upon Dy parents in the hearing of their sons, .mid the bovs lose respect not only for the man, but for the office, and have no inclination to become cler-Syen- , , Another reason is me iac 01 support. A man spends tour years in college, three years in a semina ry, and then begins his labors as a missionary at a salary not much more than a day laborer gets. Tt was a verv plain practical ser mon, and stated the situation very clearly. The Christmas Woman's Home Com panion. The Christmas issue of Woman's Home Companion is a sumptuous magazine, with several pages in color. The cover is reproduced from an exquisite painting by Jes sie Wilcox Smith, of a mother and babe. The number is full of Christ mas atmosphere rattling good Christinas stories, Christinas pictur es by prominent artists, and hun dreds of Christinas suggestions of all sorts practical, fanciful, uni que. Laura Spencer Porter and Jean nette S. Porter contribute "Cinder ella," a little family Christmas play. A feature is a theatrical re miniscence by Clara Morris, "Christmas on the Road." Dr. Kdward Kverett Hale writes of "How to Use the Christ-Mass." Irving Bacheller has a new book, and the first part of "The Cricket Tales" appears iu the Christinas number, introducing to the world a character even greiter than the famous Kben Ilolden. Dr. Woods Hutchinson, the distinguished phy sician, in "Children and Candy" dissipates once for all the old buga boo that candy is harmful. ' It isn t, he says, "it is one of the most wholesome things one can eat." Klizabeth Stuart Phelps' treat novel, "Though Life Do Us Part,' which has just begun 111 II oman s Home Companion, coutiu ties in December; "Keeping the Bins Closed" fires a big gun in the "know Your Grocer" campaign of Woman's Home Companion. It tells facts every housewife should know Two songs by the late Kdward Grieg, the famous composer, with hill musical score, torm a rare treat for the lovers of good music. The stories in the Christinas number include: "A Wild Boar Rampant," by Robert Barr; "An Undiscovered Siddons, by Claire Wallace Klynn; "Cap'n Gilly," by Mary Catherine Lee; "The Lost Spirit ot Christmas," by Grace S. Richmond; "Fredenka s I-irst, bv William Hamilton Osborne; "The Little Water Boy," by Julia Hempstead Bull, aud "A Bache lor's Christinas Kve," by Mar guerite Campion. There are scores of articles, in addition, and the de partments are full of Christmas ideas aud suggestions. Picturesque Pennsylvania. Do you believe that Pennsylvania is one of the most attractive States, as well as the richest in mineral wealth? The Philadelphia Record does. It is devoting a page of its Sunday Magazine to "Picturesque Pennsylvania" in which from Sun day to Sunday will be presented the most striking, charming and at tractive features of the natural scenery of the State, in which it is unrivalled. Its "Picturesque Pennsylvania" page consists of articles descriptive of the fine scenery of its various sections, interwoven with a goodly measure of legend, local tradition, and historical incident, thus giving the articles a warm human interest, besides calling the attention of the Record's great army of readers to the picturesque features of their own State. These articles are written, or edited by George E. Mapes, who has charge of "Our State Neigh bors" columu on the editorial page of the Record. He has made a special study of Pennsylvania, and is personally familiar with every section of the State. The articles are illustrated with the best pictur es of the striking scenery described that modern photography can furuish. The first five articles, which have already appeared, have been de voted to the water gaps and river gorges made by the Delaware, Le high, Schuylkill, Swatara and Sus quehanna rivers through the Kitta- tinny range of mountains. It is the purpose ot the Record to in clude in this series of descriptive articles all the important natural attractions of Pennsylvania, among which may be named its mountain ranges, its principal river systems, fertile valleys, marvelous springs, forest reserves, numerous lakes, water-falls, caverns, and other iu- j teresting natural features. The Record will welcome 111 this connection, suggestions and infor mation from its State readers re garding special scenic features winch can be described and pre sented in attractive pictured form from any section of the State. For four weeks before Christmas The Columbian will go into every home in Bloomsburg, und for that reason will be an excellent adver tising medium. It will be made specially attractive during that tune. H. W. CKAMPLIN M.D. EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. Particular attention to examining and treat ing children' eyes. Eut Building, Bloomsburg, I a- TRAINING THE FIREMEN. Wonderful Results Acheved in the Paris Firo Do;:artmcnt. i'roni cIoho observation, It Is safe to say that the corps d'elite of ti.a Ci.;iut'Utul Fire Department la tuo rig.nifiit uT Sapeurs-l'onipieia of 1'ar 1b. For military purposes it la under the control of tho Governor of Par la; lor technical purposes under the Pre fect of Police. It In not an easy matter to become a I'arls In ennui. A man mu.it huve served as a bo Idler, Liu record must bo especially good, and ho must possess some peculiar lituess for the service. 1 11 training Is thorough. There aro six hours a day of actual instruction two hours of which ar devoted to gymnastic under a professor to lit the lueu for life-Having duties. Agility is considered In Prance to be one of tho most valuable quulitlca tions of a liremun uglluy which will enable him to scale walls, to creep along gutters, to swing from window sills. Therefore the Ilreineu of the great cities of France spend much time in their gymnasiums, drilling with parallel bars, Hying rings, trapezes, und other apparatus, and also In the simple calisthenics that are familiar m schools. Physical training Is carried to a high degree of excellence, and every distinguished visitor to Paris la invited to witness a gymnastic exhi bition by the firemen. Some of these exercises would cause an American fireman to smile, yet any expert in physical culture will testify to their value in making the Joints supple, the muscles firm and hard the chest broad the movements quick, and iu making the whole man stronger aud healthier. To see a battalion of Ih'euien lying Hat on their backs and at the word of command raising and lowering their bodies from their hand l.Ktlit's one wonder what this seemingly puerile exercise has to do with putting out tires. Tho drill master will tell you that it strung! hens tho arms, wrists, shoulders, and chests, and makes tho man more fit for deeds that demand ability and strengtn, such as rescuing women aud children from up per windows. Tho gymnasium Is tho favorite place if amusement of Sapours-Pomplers, and they perform some really amazing feats of strength aud dexterity such as walking on their hands and doing the "grand circle" on the high hori zontal bar. The Paris life savers have a drill which is exclusively and orig' Inally their own. A round horizontal bar about forty feet long and twelve inches in diameter is placed upon two twelve foot upright posts. The men run along the bar, often balancing themselves on one foot, but rarely reach tho end. In falling they catch. hold of the bar, turn a somersault, and swing themselves gracefully to the ground. This exercise is to teach them to steady themselves or to carry a person along the top of a swaying or falling wall. Another of their feats Is performed by two men swinging one on a trapeze. the other on the flying rings. After obtaining the necessary momentum they let go, pass each other In the air. catch the trapeze or tne rings, make a quick turn, and repass each other in midair all In one movement. as It were. These men are wonderful as wall dealers; they climb with thoir hands, feet, knees, almost with their eye lashes, up a piece of wall built like that of a frame house. Ability to go up, or down, an almost smooth wall with a scaling ladder may prove In- valuable to any of these men at any time, though of course they have seal' I113 ladders and all the other paraph' ei'niia of a fireman's work for use In ordinary cases. It Is. however, in the emergencies, in the unforseen occasions, In which extraordinary measures must be tak en and taken instantly, that these gymnastlo lessons stand a fireman in good stead. Such an occasion, for ln stance, as suddenly finding himself on the top story of a building with all the staircases burned away, and no time to wait for a ladder to be raised. Perhaps a woman, or a child, is crying for him to help; and then it la tho man who can take a living burden In hid arms and climb down the wall like a squirrel, who will be hailed as a hero. Election Notice. The regular annual stockholders meeting for managers of the Bloomsburg Public Library will take place December 4, at the Li brary room between the hours of 10 and 12 a. 111. Louise H. Dillon, Secretary. I Give Honor to Whom it is Due, Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y., cured me ot Bright's disease and Gravel. Four of the best physicians bad failed to relieve me. I have rec ommended it to scores of people with like success, and know it will cure all who try it. Mrs. K. P. Mizuer, Burg Hill, O. Price $1.00, all druggists; 6 bottles $5.00. Those Delicious Lemon Pie. The kind that "make your mouth water" are easily made with no fussing anil at least possible expense if you use "OUR P115f' Preparation. Don't hesi tato. Try it aud tell your friends. At grocers, 10 cents. Everybody is pleased with "OUR-PIE." That Little Green Ticket Which has been placed on the Suits, Coats and Children's Coats at the Garment Department of The Clark Store, makes you a NICE SAVING on your purchases of these poods. 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 PEIISYLVAM RAMOA! BuJIetLn. 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 13 Streets will be closed to traffic. The date is singularly fitting. In 1807 both wings of the Capitol were completed, and now a century liter 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. I..eir Improvement was imperaiive 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 Tat 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. II-I4-3I-3t. IDEAL SAFETY WINDOW I.OCK. Ventilates Without SairUlcing Salin ity or Defusing S:in !i-. The value of ventilation to health la acknowledged by every thinking person. To ventilate without sacri ficing security, without mutilating Bushes, has been looked forward to by all builders and owners. Such perfection seems possible In the safety window lock shown In the Il lustration. The lock consists of a rachet and lock, whose bolt, pressed by a spring, Is thrust Into the de pressions or rochets and prevents the raising of the window. The cas ing of the lock Is made of the hard est steel, and the spring of fine wire. . . . . . 11 cunnoi db DroKen oy tne uso or a Jimmy, neither Is It capable of be- CPf.N ntM (So K(is out the burglur. lng tampered with by means of a wire, string or knife. Eveu when the glass is cut and the burglar tries to manipulate the lock through the opening, he Is helpless, as his arms act as a wedge between tho sashes and prevent their movement. The kuhIips can be raised or lowered a few Inches ror ventilation, but even then they nre safo from the burglar. When it Is desired to raise the sash to its full height It Is only necessary to pull out the spring bolt. It locks auto matically and all danger of forgot Mug to fasten the windows before retiring U thus entirely obviated. 2til the prices to suit. Tho Symbol of nn Epoch. The universal use of one and to dollar bills in the East always furn ishes a detail of contrut to peopte from the West, where silver and gold are the rule, and pupor c:i:rrency aK most unknown. On the East Side c New York even a fifty cent piece is looked upon with some distrust by newly arrived foreigners, who sel dom see anything larger than a quarter in silver. Hand one out, and It Is subjected to scrutiny as careful as a Ave dollar bill In tho Rockies. A New Yorker was receiving change from a Bowery barber, wbea tho latter, after searching through his cash register for another bill to make up the amount n; ologized pro fusely. "Any other day but Saturday I could give you paper," ho explained, "but to-day there r.in't any other way out of It. Everybody around here la clean out of cluinge, I'll hav to give you thi3 Dryan." And ho handed out n silver dollar. Due to Wooden Shoe. The use of wooden shoes may e plain why tho oxportatlon of boots, shoes and solo leather from the United States to Franco is compara tively small. There is, however. In addition to the peasant class un!nc only wooden shoes, another smaller rural class wearing cheap leather shoes. The wooden shoex are made from walnut and birch, th.i latter .be ing the cheap ones and retailing at 20 to 80 cents a pair. Entirely wood en shoes are carved out of a solid piece of wood. When tho sole only ts used the split leather uppers are fas tened on with noils. The Pope's residence at Rome, with Its treasures, in money, Is said to exceed 1160,000,000 In value. A government export estimates that the expenditure for advertising 'sx 180R was tl25.000.OOO. Motor Cars, in the Desert A number of motor cars have been sent to Khartoum to be tried in the desert. If they are found to be ot value a large number will be sent there and utsod to cui'ry people across the sands where camels are now employed.
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