THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMbBURO. Pa.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
h'LOOMS3URG, FA.
TIIUUSDAY, JANUAUY 30 lUlti
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a f ffrwii clnHf mnttrr, March 1, IW.
Many people wore carnation
yesterday, it being McKinley Day.
Mrs. Ir.i Dictrick, daughter of
Mrs. Isaiah llagenbuch, recently
underwent an opcratioj' tor appen
dicitis in a Scranton hospital.
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William Dcrr intends making
considerable improvements to his
projcrty at Forks, for which a ho
tel license was recently granted.
Mrs. Dr. Waller and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, and Miss Laura
Waller, will sail from Boston on
Saturday on their trip to Egpyt.
The Methodist Church at Cen
tralia has a new pipe organ costing
$800, one half of which was p.iid
by Andrew Carnegie of Pittsburg.
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J. M. Ileddcns, the former Cen
ter street meat dealer, moved to
Buffalo, N. Y. with his family on
Monday, where he will engage in
the same business.
Though there was no primary
election held in this county lakt
Saturday, all the licensed places
were closed in accordance witk the
law which makes no exceptions.
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Two special cars to accommo
date the Berwick patrons of the
Caldwell Consistory concert will be
run Friday evening, leaving Ber
wick at 6 45 and returning after
the concert.
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Prof. Chas. O. Skeer has decided
to continue his work as director of
the Bloomsburg Choral Society,
and will soon begin the preparation
for another cantata some time dur
ing the spring.
Rev. J. W. Diggles attended the
meeting of the Archdeaconry of
WilHamsport, at Williamsport this
week. There was a banquet at the
Tark Hotel on Monday night which
. was attended by four hundred men
of the Episcopal church.
Columbia county has but one
representative in the lower house at
Harrisburg. The Columbia county
Democracy owe it to the Demo
cratic party of the state to send
either Creasy or Harraan back to
Harrisburg. Milton Record.
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Mrs. William Lowenberg and
daughter Elsie are on their home
ward way from Germany, having
sailed from Cherbourg, France, on
Wednesday. They have been spend
ing the past three months at Frank
fort with Mrs. Lowenberg's rela
tives. According to reports of various
cat shops ' throughout the United
States the American car and Foun
dry company's plant at Berwick is
the first on the list. This industry
has a record of building 16,407 cars
last year. Si. Louis is second with
16,065 cars.
Mrs. Edith B. Pollock, wife of
Henry Follock, of Fark street, died
last Sunday morning, aged thirty
one years. Her husband and one
child, Lester, survive her. The
funeral was held on Wednesday
t morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. J. D.
Thomas officiating. The burial
I was at Almedia.
Some one with more matches
I than brains set fire' to a big heap of
waste paper on the vacant lot near
. ' the postoffice on Tuesday night at
9 o'clock. The wind was blowing
'.j and the burning paper flew in every
direction, setting fire to lots of loose
papers along the fence on che Rob
I bins property. It must have beeu
I done by some mischievous boy, as
we can't imagine that any tenant
in that vicinity has so little sense.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind Yu Have Always Bought
Beam the
B EVANS' SHOE STORE
PALL 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 nevr mod
els, or better yet, enjoyed the luxury of
wearing one of them, you can not real
ise what shoe perfection means.
You sire cordially invited to cetne in
and see these now fashions.
The Progressive Shoe Store
CHAS. M. EVANS.
Reports to Bsard of Agriculture Show
That New and Improved Methods
Are Being Used by Farmers.
The recent financial stringency
did not seriously affect the tanners
of Pennsylvania, according to the
reports ol the Standing Committees
of the State Board of Agriculture,
which held its annual session in
Harrisburg last week. Moreo-er.
the farmers are prosperous, there
being few unprofitable farms. New
methods are being applied to farm
ing and numerous suggestions along
this line were made by members of
the board.
R. J. Weld, of Sugar Grove, rep
resenting the Committee on Dairy
and Dairy Products, repotted that
while the price of dairy products
has increased the past year, the
profits are smaller, because of in
crease in the cost of feeding stuffs.
A report of floriculture was pre
sented by Edward Lonsdale, of
Philadelphia, and George G. Hut
chinson, of Warriors Mark, reput
ed that feeding stuffs which do not
reach the legal standard are being
drawn out of the Pennsylvania
markets.
It was suggested by State Zoolo
gist Surface that the fruit growers
should use precautionary measures
to keep out moth for the eradica
tion of which the State of Massa
chusetts expended $100,000 last
year.
The spread of tuberculosis among
cattle has been checked, according
to State Veterinarian Pearson, and
the new meat inspection law is pro
ducing satisfactory results.
John Hamilton, of the National
Department of Agriculture, told
the farmers to pay more attention
to wheat growing. He said the
production of wheat in the United
States was becoming less per acre
every year, and unless the matter
were given attention this country
in twenty years would be importing
wheat instead of shipping it abroad.
Peter B. Cowan, of Brockville,
read a paper on "Possibilities of a
Small Dairy" and S. E. Bradfute,
of Akron, discussed "Growing
Beef."
Governor Stuart is president of
the board, R. L. Schwarz, of Mon
trose county, George G. Hutchin
son. Huntingdon county, and S. S.
Blyholder, Armstrong county, were
elected vice-presidents. The board
decided to hold . the Miy meeting
at Newcastle.
"A Dutchman's Honeymoon.'
"A Dutchman's Honeymoon,"
is as beneficial to the ticket pur
chaser as a spring tonic to the lan
guid, only you don t have to try it
as long before you feel the effects.
It clears the head, starts you think
ing .aud puts you ' at peace with
your whole family, . even your
mother-in-law.. A bright, clean,
snappy entertainment, inoculating
the system with an abundance, of
laugh miciobes,- which are most in
fectious. The complications which
arise from the 'Dutchman's mar
riage and his wife's discovery that
the ceremony was Performed by an
athlete instead or a minister, and
the endeavors of Mrs.,Busch to stop 1
the honeymoon, give ample .scope
for screamingly funny situations,
clever dialogues, and good singing
and dancing. Opera House, Jan. 31.
Master State Grange W. P. Hill Pwis
es The Philadelphia Press.
In a letter dated Chambersburg,
Pa., December 20, 1907, addressed
to the editor of The Philadelphia
'test, he writes as follows
"Sir: The membership of the
grange organization everywhere
throughout the State very highly
appreciate the splendid report you
gave pf the work done by their rep
resentatives at the annual meetiug
held last week in West Chester.
On their behalf, I take pleasure in
tendering to you the thanks of their
organization and assure you that
able work of your reporter (Miss
Woods) and your support of our
work, was very highly appreciated."
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Souvenir Post Cards are printed
at this office. Half tones supplied.
CniCKKN IJKAKTED MICN.
When M.'invsi Out Hitch Unci 111m J 'ar
ticular Aversion.
"1 could hear tho bone In his wrist
snap," rnld a mau who was
aciiblng an uccldont to n group of
nit?n.
"Oh, cut It out. for hoaven'a Bake!"
called out ono of tiie group. lie
was a big follow, but ho was .a white
an a sheet.
The Bpeakor laughed Jocrlngly. "I
didn't know you were bo chicken
hearted," he mid.
The big man bei n to oxpla-n.
"I'm not what you would call a
timid sort of person, but the mention
of any Injury to the wrist alwaya
turns me faint. I can stand seeing
blood flow or hear thrilling talc of
broken limbs and umashod heads,
but I can't stand any wrist stories.
I don't know the reason. It ems
to be merely a matter of temper
ament." A quiet little man came to the
rescue. "I know Just what you
mean," he said. "You're not Ue
only one who has a peculiar aversion
to a certain sort of Injury. Now,
my particular aversion Is on account
of trouble with the eyes. Imme
diately I begin to blink and wink and
my eyes smart until 1 can't stand It.
I'd rather hear an account of a bru
tal murder than any description of
an eye disease."
The man who had Jeered at the
big man had been thinking. "1 fii.o
one of those aversions, too. now I
come to think of ft." he ald. "If It
accounts of paralytic shocks :o
which I particularly object. I teel
myself growing numb all over when
I bear such tales and I always make
an excuse to get away aa hoou as
possible."
His remark was a signal for a uni
versal confession. One acknowledged
that tho eight of blood gave him a
sensation of extreme nausea; another
said that reading or hearing of a
fracture of the skull gave him "a
gone feeling at his Btomach"; and
another Bald he shivered o bis teeth
chattered every time ho heard an ac
count of an operation for appendici
tis. The big man was triumphant.
"Well, I'm not such a big baby after
all," he said. '
All Thought tho Same.
P. A. B. Wldener tells this story
on himself. It Is the custom of one of
the railway board of directors of
which he Is a member to pay each
director who attends a board meet
ing $20, and the money due the ab
sentees Is divided among those pre
sent On one bltziardy day when th
board was scheduled to meet Mr.
Wldener figured that the snow and
cold would keep the other members
away from the meeting, and he de
termined to attend- and thus secure
the fees of all the absentees as well
as his own fee. Not that Mr. Wlden
er needed the money; but he chuck
led as he thought of the joke be
would have on all his fellow direct
ors. So he pat up with the Incon
veniences and dangers of the storm
and made his way to the board's
meeting place. His amazement was
Complete when he entered the room
and found that every other member
had preceded him. The intended
Joke was too good, and he frankly
told of his purpose in turning out
on such a wretched and death invit
ing day.
The other board members laugh
ed heartily, and before many minutes
had elapsed all had confessed that
they were present as a result of the
same mental figuring. Each bad
thought as Mr. Wldener had that
he would capture Ms own and all his
fellow members' fees. Dut each had
to be satisfied with the usual $20.
Fishing From Cur Windows.
Passengers on 'Southern Pacific
overlaud trains are having rare sport
trolling from car windows for fish in
the Salton Sea and good catches have
been made. About midway on the
sea as arroyo extends back ' into the
mountains. The track ercsses this
on a trestle. The water Is fifteen to
twenty-five feet deep, and It has be
come, a custom of the dining car por
ter to throw the scraps overboard
from the table there. Thousands
of fish of all sizes He In wait for
the train and can be easily seen.
Recently an irrepressible fisher
man prpared his hook aud lino, and
as the train slowly thundered over
the long trestle swung it far out
over the water. This the fish mis
took for their customary meal, and
a voracious carp three feet long seiz
ed the bait and was drawn aboard
the Pullman.
Gold In the North.
Perhaps the . most northerly gold
fields in the world are those In Lap
land, where the River Ivalo seen
to be the center ot an aurlferouB r
felon, where gold dredging operations
have been carried on for some time,
plgglngs to the depth of 300 feet
have been completed, with a view
of finding out the real course of tut
ore. The gold discovered last year
by a company, founded in the United
States, amounted to only'four pounds,
Valued at $1,500. This wan found
along a part of the Ivalo River, anil
the largest nugget weighed about
123 grains. There are three com
panies digging gold there now; tn
latest being the Ivalo company, or
ganized in the United States. Wit 4
in the possessions of this comii y
es Kultala, which was built In 1871,
y the Finnish government tor wWi-
ng gold. Washington Herald.
PUIKNDLY MONKKYH.
Odd Manners In Which They IHiplnj
Their Affection.
I have read somewhere a sl.ito
nient that the anthrjpoid apes pie
(er our company to that of thtlr
fellow monkeys of lower degree, and
I saw It proved once In Calcutta, says
a writer In "Orultliologkal and
Other 'oddities."
The late W. UutleJge, for muny
years the leading animal Uea.er
there, and a mine of natural his
tory Information, had a young one
in his yard, and at jiy request open
ed Its cage one day to let It choose
Its society, when, quite disregarding
the other monkeys, it Immediate'
came over to him and climbed into
hi lap.
A fair sized female he had at 'be
Calcutta coo also was a most affecti
lonate creature. When 1 paid a vIhU
to her she would always put her arm
affectionately around my neck, and;
while being caressed and played with
would drop any food offered by other
visitors.
But I think It was on my very
first Introduction to the orang that
the hidden humanity of the creature
most impressed me. This was many
years ago, when Abraham Bartlett
wa at the London zoo.
He gave me a private Interview
wtth a little orang which had Just
arrived. The flint thing the llttlo
imp did was to climb on my knee,
take off my hat and put it on Ms
own head, after which It proceeded
gravely to pinch one of the super
intendant's eyelids.
In short, it examined us wtth a
Isclentiflc curiosity which In a lower
hnlnial was decidedly impressive.
This little man. of the woods could
not have chosen a more striking way
of claiming kinship so often denied.
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Federal and confederate monu
ment on the top of Lookout Moun
tain, Chattanooga. Tenn. It is the
work of Hintoa Perry.
.. An Ancient Tunnel.
Scientists have discovered evidence
to show that a work similar to that
ot the famous Slmplon tunnel but on
a smaller scale, was executed some
twenty-four . centuries ago: Owing
to the' bad Btate of the water supply
of Jerusalem, the king ordered a
reservoir to be made at the gates of
the city to which water was to be
brought from various springs. The
Shllo tunnel, by means of which the
water was to be conveyed from a
Bource to the east of Jerusalem and
poured Into the pool of Slloam was
1,080 feot long, and in a straight
line. It has been learned that work
was begun at both end3 of the tunnel
und the direction was altered a num
ber of times. The floor of this an
clont tunnel was finished with great
care. The width varied from one to
three feet and the. height irpin three
:q nine feet. Scientists are engaged
in speculation as to how the undent
engineers gauged their direction so
as to be able to reckon and correct
errors in ' alignment. Washington
Herald.
Saloons In New York.
Today there are fewer saloons In
the 13 Southern States than In Great
er New York, and only a few more,
than in the city of Chicago. In New
Vork there are 30,000 places where
liquor is Bold, in Chicago 28,000, and,
In the entire South only 29,000, In
K'ew York State the estimated popu
lation In 1905 was 8, ISO. 000, and
the Government issued in the State,
that year 34,080 "special tax stamps"'
lo persons desiring to engage in the
manufactureand sale ot liquor. The'
13 Southern States, with 23,600.000;
people, secured in 1906 less than. 80,-(
000 stamps. j
Metric System In Denmark.
' The metric system has been Intro
duced in Denmark by a law ot March
1907. The law provides that the old
Weights and measures may be used
for a period of five yean In eon
junctoh wth the new. ' However, all
government and local authorities
may use the old system for only two
fears to come.
RANDOM SALE IN JANUARY.
When tunny lmrtfnliH will Im n(Tired you from tin; different stocks
Uirouliout the Htore at reduced price
LAIJIE8' COATS.
$2TM Coats now $18.00
14.00 ( 'ouN now 10.00
lw.UU CihiIh now j,r()
17.60 Couts now 1U.00
14.00 JackuU now i .10
1)2X10 Jackets now 7.50
CHILDREN'S COATS.
7.00 Coats now $.1.00
S 60 (,'ontf) now (j.oo
S 00 Coats now 3,50
K.H Ct now ii.go
IJKKSS SIC I UTS.
f ".00 Dri'HH Skirts now $3 OH
tt.iit l)rtH Kkirtu now 0.75
.U0 lJrtK Skirts now 7.,1o
ENGLISH LON CLOTH.
KagcuJur liMortjd good at these
speclul prices for pieces or 12 yds.
acU. fl.a'S, l.fo, 1.85, 1.H0. i.3,
12. JV, and -Z.-Zi.
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Proportionate Rates from Other Points.
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TIIE COLUMBIAN,
Charles Williams, of Berwick, is
out $15 asg result of a bet that he
could tie Kurd, the magician, who
visited Milton a short time ago, so
that he could not release himself,
but he has less conceit of his abili
ties as a rope-tying artist than he
had before he was separated from
his $15. Charlie used 125 feet of
rope in tastening Kurd, and when
he pronounced the job complete the
magician took less seconds than
there were feet in the rope to shake
himself free. The winners donated
the amount to the Boyertown relief
fund.
FINE FUJtS.
Were never ofTcn-d yon at m
low prices. Nor was the selection
to choose from much bel ter.
!110.00 Mink Setts now $85.00
18 00 pieced Lynx Sets.... 14 00
55 00 Kolinsky Hcarf now 40.00
85.00 Kolinsky Scurf now 1W.00
lil'.50Siiiii-rel Sets brown. 17.6(1
10.50 Water Mink, Sets.... 12.00
I1LANKETS and COMFORTS,
the warm sorts
75o Blankets now 00o pr
$1.25 Jllankets now ifl.H) pr
1.75 Blankets now 1.25 pr
1.00 Blankets now 5o pr
3 40 Blankets now 2 .85 pr
H FECIAL SHEETINGS.
2i yards wide linen finish at
U5oyd. Instead of 40c, limited
lot. Sheets and Pillow Cases
ready made.
1-16-23-30. a-6-rj
Bloomsburg, Pa.
DIVORCE NOTICE.
To Peter Barneo, late of the Borougk
of Berwick, Columbia County,
Whereas Addie Barneo, your wife has
filed a libel In the Court of Common
Pleas of Columbia County, of December
Term, 1007, praying a divorce against
you. Now you are hereby notified and
required to appear in said Court on or
before Monday the third day of Febru
ary, A. D 1908, to answer the com
plaints of the said Addie Barneo, and in
default of such appearance you will be
liable to have a divorce granted in your
absence.
CHARLES B. ENT,
-9-4t Sheriff,