THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMsBURG, Pa.
THE COLUMBIAN.
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Warmer weather is predicted.
Mrs. V. II. Clilmore, who has
lieen seriously ill for the past week,
is improving.
Kev. J. W. Diggles is delivering
a series of sermons on "Confirma
tion" on Sunday evenings during
Lent.
The Rev. John Costello of North
umberland, will conduct the servic
es and preach at St. Paul's church
this evening.
For hendacJio Dr. Milcn" Antl-Tnln mis.
Dr. K. V. Samuel has announc
ed himself ns a Republican candi
date for the congressional nomina
tion in this district.
Dr. J. C. Liddle who recently re
signed as Superintendent of the
Miners' Hospital at Ashland, will
locate at Scranton.
fn a Pinch, use Allen's Foot Ease.
A powder for tired, aching:, swollen feet.
We have over 30.000 testimonials. All
Druggists, :sc. Don't accept any sub
stitute. Trial package FREE by mail,
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.
Y. 3-5-4t.
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W. V. Morris' barber shop will
soon occupy the rocm vacated by
the Red Star Stamp Company in
Mrs. Phillips' building.
Bishop Darlington will visit St.
Paul's church and administer the
rite of confirmation to a class of
candidates on the evening of Sun
day, April 5th.
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On Tuesday morning the robins
were singing and the boys were
playing marbles on the street. Only
a hand organ is needed now to
show that spring is near.
Kother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray,
nurse in tho Children's Home in New
York, Cure Feverish.iess, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate
the Bowels nnd ' Destroy Worms. Over
111.000 testimonials. Tiny never fail. At
all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Ad
dress Alleu S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
3-5-4t.
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Raymond Hummer has enlisted
as a musician in the United States
Army, and is now a member of the
Ninth Artillery Hand, stationed at
Key West, Florida. He is a fine
clariouetist.
Charles B. Chrisman of Philadel
phia who has been visiting here for
several weeks on account of ill
health, expects to return home
soon. It is nine years today since
Mr. Chrisman moved to Philadel
phia. ' w
David Shaffer died at the home
of his son-in law, Thomas Moyer,
oa Railroad street, on Tuesday
evening. His age was 74 years.
He had been ill for the past "six
weeks. Mr. Shaffer lornierly re
sided on a farm in Mt. Pleasant.
A large audience enjoyed the
lecture of Judge B. B. Lindsey, of
Denver, on Tuesday evening, his
subject being "Misfortunes of
Mickey," lie told very interest
ingly of his methods of dealing with
the criminal classes of boys. They
are treated ' as human beings, and
not as brutes, and his success in so
dealing with them has become
known the world over.
William T. Creasy announces
himself as a candidate for re-elee
tion to the Legislature in this issue
lie has had long and valuable ex
perience as a legislator. For several
sessions he has been recognized as
the Democratic leader of the House,
and his ability has been recognieed
y two Democratic state conven
tion by placing him on the state
ticket, once as a candidate for State
Treasurer, and again for Auditor
General. His name and reputation
are known all over the state. His
integrity is undoubted, and his
honesty is best attested by the fact
that though be has betn in the
legislature for a dozen years, he is
still comparatively a poor man.
EVANS' SHOE STORE
SPRING SHOES.
The assortment of EVANS' Shoes
firovides a shoe for every need, a style
or 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.
Th.e Progressive Shoe Store
CHAS. M. EVANS.
The Red Star Stamp Company
Ins moved to the second floor of
Iljrtman's store building, and had
a special opening on Wednesday.
Christian A. Small Esq., is an
nounced for a second term for tin
office of District Attorney. Mr.
vSmall has been i vigilant and capa
ble official, and has done much to
wards rooting out some of the evils
that heretofore have flourished in
this county. He is fearless and in
dustrious, and merit t a second term
that will be accorded him without
opposition.
HON. JOHN G. McIlENRY.
The name of Hon. John O. Mc-
Henry is announced this week as a
candidate for nomination for a seo
ond term in Congress. No other
name is mentioned in any of the
counties of the district, so far as we
can leirn, and the nomination will
be unanimously conceded to Mr.
McHenry.
This district has never had a Rep
resentative in Congress who has
devoted as much time and enerev
for the benefit of his constituents as
loes Mr. McHenry. He is inde
fatigable in his attention to pension
claims, and has already secured
number of them for worthy appli
cants. No reasonable claim upon
111s tune ever goes unheeded.
He has been honored by being
placed on important committees,
and has received a -very respectful
hearing in the House on the deliv
ery of his first speech, both of
which are quite unusual attentions
for new members to receive.
Besides this, he has introduced a
number of important bills of varied
character, thus further displaying
his ability and his industry. Mr
McHenry is a representative o:
which this district is justly proud
FOR BETTER ICE CREAM.
The ice cream manufacturers of
Pennsylvania, represented by 100
delegates, assembled at Harrisburg
last ihursday. lhe following ofn
ceri were chosen : President, Rob
ert Crane, ot Philadelphia : vice
president, Edward Reick. of Pitts
burg ; secretary, Edward G. Eck
ert, of Hanover; treasurer, T. R
Walker, of Warren : press repre
sentative, James P. Melick, of
Wilhamsport.
The association took up and dis
cussed the question of manufactur
mg ice cream, and severely con
detuned the product that fails to
comply with the provisons of thel
pure food law. It was decided to
use all the means possible to secure
a most rigid enforcement 01 tne
law. to the end that impure ice
cream be driven from the market
and that ice cream in its pures
form only be made the standard of
the state.
The next r.:eeting of the associa
tiou will be held at arren in
January, 1909.
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AntM'nln
Dr. Miles'
rillH relievo puln
Hi Henry's Minstrels.
A glory of color, plenty of melo
dv. laughter and song, scattered
generously throughout the produc
tion, and the cleverest kind ot np
to-date jokes, helps to make up the
performance of Hi Ileniy s threat
est Minstrels. The burnt cork
aggregation scores a hit, delighting
the eye with stage settings and
pleasing the ear with a wealth of
solo and chorus numbers. The
program is divided into two parts
the old time circle, opening the
nerformance. Of the comedians
who entertain, Charles Gano and
Pat Crawford are perhaps firs: in
nomilaritv. Both are the cleverest
kind of laugh-provokers and their
selections are well chosen ana reu
dered with just the proper accent
to make them attractive. Of the
specialty performers, "Probst," the
whistling marvel ana imitator
scores the heaviest with his calls
trills and imitations. Brothers
Brock, in a novelty Chinese act
Charles Gano. iu monologue, ana
"Easv Monev." a rollicking sketch
completes this portion of the pro
gram. At Urana upera nouso
Bloomsburg, Tuesday, March 17th
WHAT CAN YOU DO ?
What can you do ? That is the
uestion. A lawyer in the city of
Lancaster recently had occasion to
employ a young man as a clerk 111
his office and advertised for some
one to fill the position. He got ap
plications galore, lo each one he
said: "Sit down at tint desk, take
this manuscript, copy it, and cor
rect the mistakes in spelling, punc
tuation and grammar. Most of
the young men were high school
graduates, some of them had a uni
versity degree, and were B. M's or
G. A.'s or something like that, but
every last one of them fell down on
that job. They knew how far it
was from the outer run ot the plan
et Saturn to the center of the
moon, aud they could recite Homer
aud tell you about Caesar's victo
ries in Gaul, and compute the di
ameter of a rohomobehedrial cryp
togram, but when it come to cor
recting so simple a thing as a faulty
manuscript they couldn't do it.
Education is a hue thing, that is,
if it is of the right kind. As for
us we wouldn't give two cents for
the young man that knows all about
the stars and very little about the
earth. The business men are the
ones who pay the salaries, aud
what they want of an employe is
the ability to write a fair hand, to
add up a column of figures correct
ly the first time trying, to be able
to sptll correctly, to use good
grammar, to come to work prompt
ly at the appointed hour, and to
stick to it even when the band
plays or when there is a base ball
game in progress. lhe young
man or the young woman who
can t do tins had best go back to
chool. No one in business cares
about the fancy fol de rols. Ex.
SENTENCE COMMUTED.
Washington, D. C. Mar. 11, 1908.
Special Dispatch to the 'Columbian.'
Representative JohnG. McHenry
has just made another family in his
district very happy. He has pro
cured the commutation of the sent
ence of William Cooleskie, from
fiteen months imprisonment to six
months, four of which have already
been served.
this is a rather singular and
somewhat pathetic case. The boy
who was the mun support of his
mother and several younger bro
thers and sisters, enlisted when he
was sixteen years and eight months
of age. Attachment to his family
influenced him subsequently to go
home without leave, for which he
was arrested, tried, convicted and
sentenced.
At the instance of his mother and
her neighbors, Mr. McHenry inter
vened. He arpealed to the War
Department in person, pointing out
the fact that the boy was underage
when he enlisted ; that the affec
tion which enticed him home was
an amiable rather than a vicious
characteristic and that the destitu
tion of his mother, brothers and
sisters instead of a purpose to shirk
his obligations, kept him there
That he had two uncles in the Civil
war one of whom was killed in
battle and that another uncle is
still in the army.
These arguments achieved their
purpose to the extent ot the im
mediate commutation of the sent
ence and the boy will soon be re
stored to his family at Exchange, a
suburb of Mt. Carmel, Pa.
The State's Fish Production.
There are some changes in the
method of compiling annual reports
in that just prepared by Fish Com
missioner Median. Tables have
been stricken out wherever possi
ble or reduced to the very smallest
dimensions. In other places the
commissioner has had the superin
tendents ol the hatcheries expand
their reports to him so as to ex
plain the methods in fish cultural
work pursued during the year and
the commissioner himself iu his
portion views the entire work of
fish hatching.
The repcrt shows a very large
amount of work done. There are
eig'ut hatcheries from which there
were distributed nearly 670,000,
000 fish, of which over 300,000,000
were food fish exclusively, like the
white fish, lake herring, shad aud
yellow perch, and about 9,000,000
purely game fish, like trout and
bass, and the remainder about 350,
ooo,xoo, which are classed as both
food and game fish, like the wall
eyed pike and pickerel. Eggs taken
from the State hatcheries last year
produced 6,000,000 young fish.
The stock was so increased that the
yield next autumn should be over
9,000,000.
A fire believed to have been of
incendiary origin, destroyed the
business block of Fred Golden, in
West Berwick, last week Wednes
day morning. Loss, $15,000.
tMan tb. 1t19 KinttVou Have Alwafl
DININQ IN OTHKK DAYS.
Method of the I'nulLU at Tabid In
the Beventcrnth Century.
The old English had three mealu a
day, of which the chief meal was
taken when the work of the day waa
finished. The first meal wai at 9
O'clock ,and supper was taken Just
before bedtime. The Normans dined
at the old English breakfast time or
a little later and supped at 7 P. M.
In Tudor times the higher classes
dined at 11 and supped at 6 o'clock,
but the merchants seldom took their
deals before 12 and 6 o'clock.
The chief meals, dinner and supper
were taken In the hall both by the
old English and the Normans, for
the parlor did not corno Into use un
til the reign of Elizabeth. Breakfast
did not bcome a regular meal until
quite lately, and Dr. Murray in the
Oxford Dictionary gave 1643 as the
date of the earliest quotation In
which the word occurred. The meal
did not becomo recognized until lute
tn the seventeeth century, for I'epys
habitually took his draft of hair a
pint of Rhenish wine or a dram jf
strong water In place of a morning
meal. Dinner was always the great
meal of the day, and from the
accession of Henry IV. to the death
of Queen Elizabeth the dinners were
as sumptous and extravagant as any
of those now served.
Carving was then a fine art. Each
guest brought his own knife and
spoon, for the small fork was not
Introduced Into England until Thom
as Coryate of Obcombe published his
"Crudities" In 1611. Pepys took his
spoon and fork with htm to the
Lord Mayor's feast In 1663. The
absence of forks led to much stress
being laid upon the act ot washing
the hands both before and after
meals and to the rule that the left
hand alone should be dipped Into
the common dish, the right hand be
ing occupied with the knife.
The perfect dinner at the best
time of English cookery consisted of
three courses, each complete In it
self, and terminated by a subtlety
or device, the whole being .rounded
off with hlppocras, after which the
guests retired Into another room,
where pastry, sweetmeats and fruit
were served with the choicer wines.
The English were essentially meat
eaters, and it was not until the time
of the Commonwealth that pudding
attained Its extraordinary popularity.
Indeed, the first mention of pudding
in the menus of the Uuckfeast at St,
Bartholomew's Hospital did not oc
cur until 1710, and In 1712 is an
item ot 5 shillings for ice. London
Times.
Heraldic Apples. ,
Any person desiring a supply of
apples bearing his family crest ha
only to send an illustration of it to
certain growers at Montreull, Fran
ce, and he will duly receive the fruit
the following season.
The odd effect is obtained by
growing the apples in paper bags,
which are slipped on when the fruit
Is about the size of a walnut. Being
thus sheltered from the sun, the ap
ples do not color as they swell, and
when fully grown still remain green
or yellow. As soon as they reach
their maximum size the bags that
cover them are replaced by others.
on the side of which the desired
crest or coat of arms has been cut'
like a stencil. The sun can now
penetrate to that part of the apple
exposed and redden It thoroughly;
so that when the bag is again with
drawn the device is seen standing
out In red upon the green surface.
To obtain the opposite result
that Is, a green device on a reJ
ground the second bag is not used,
but the pattern is cut out in paper
and stuck on the fruit, the sun col
orlng all the exposed parts, but leav
lag greeu the crest or other device
which the puper forms. Many Paris
ian fruiterers have of late years ex
posu.l fur Hale apples with the arms
of Kud.sU printed upon them; others
havo them with monograms, Chrlut
lan uaiiios. arrow pierced hearts, and
utiier Uun ices.
Civilization nnd Puper.
Our supremacy In civilization la
established, ur.d It is France, the
iiificlici- ot enlightenment that has
established It for us. The Kovua
Scion tlDque of Tatis, applies a very
slniplo formula by way of civilization
test. Every nation is "sized up" ac
cording to the amount of paper It
uses.
In the matter ot paper production
this country leads with an annual
output ot 639,734 tons. Germany
follows with 393,683 tons; England,
246, 0M tons; France, 196,942 tons;
Austria, 147,706 tons, and Italy 123,
026 tons. Naturally the mere pro
duction of paper cannot be taken as
a correct standard, although It Is
suggestive, for every country exports
more or less paper.
The amount of paper used in this
country every year for each inhabi
tant is 38:6 pounds; France, 20:5
pounds; Austria, 19 pounds; Italy,
15:4 pounds. The lowest European
consumption la found in Servia with
1.1 pounds per capita. China uses
the some amount. The lowest paper
consumption in the world in In India,
with only .31 pounds per Inhabitant.
High Price for Wife.
Mine. Uuerln ot Parts, who ran a
matrimonial bureau In the French
capital, promising to obtain rich and
beautiful wtvea for her patrons upon
receipt of a handsome consideration,
hus been sued by a disappointed
suitor who claims he paid 16,000
francs tor a wife bo never got.
SEPARATE DRESS SKIRTS.
We are now offering: some
! have ever shown in these,
you have a Skirt need it will pay you to see them.
A Regular $5.00 Panama Skirt . . now $4.00
A Regular 8.50 Chiffon Panama . . now $7.00
A 36 in. Black Moneybak Taffeta Silk at . $l-75 yd
this week, regular $1.95 yd.
40 in. all wool Taffeta Dress Goods . . .1.00 yd
52 in. all wool Broadcloths . ... 1.00 yd
90 in. linen finished bleached Sheeting . . 35c yd
Ladies' Fine Gauze Hose. Special . . . 25c pr
New 14c Spring Dress Ginghams . , . I2$c yd
A good full size Counterpane . , $1.00 each
A fine satin Marsailles Counterpane . . 2.25 each
Black Silk Nets for Waists . . . . $1.00 yd
Homespun Towels, Special ... 2 for 25c
Nemo Corsets, self reducing. . . . $3-00
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THE COLUMBIAN,
M'HENRY'S BILL.
For The Protection ot Miners.
Congressman John G. McHenry,
of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania dis
trict, proposes to shortly introduce
a hill in Congress that if it becomes
a law, he tinted States govern-
nient will be an insurance agent lor
the coal miuers and thtir families.
Under the terms of the bill a Bureau
of Mines and Mining is to be organ
ized in the Department of Com
merce and Labor, which will have
the power to iuvestigate the causes
of all accidents at the mines, and to
afford such relief as the exigencies
demand. In case of the death or
injury by accident of any employee
of any coal niiuing operation in the
United States while in the perform
ance of his regular duties, a certifi
cate of death or injury is to be made
out by the superintendent or mana
ger of the mines. This certificate
must set forth all the facts in the
case and be signed by two reputa
ble physicians and the mine inspec
tor in charge of the mine where the
accidents shall have occurred. The
proposed act provides that on re
ceipt of this information the Bureau
of Mines and Mining shall issue a
warrant equal to forty per cent, of
the amount which in the judgment
of the commissioner of the bureau
the claimant would be entitled to
receive under the pro rata partici
pation in the insurance fund and
forward it to the beneficiary.
of the BEST VALUES we
and in the newest effects. If
Great
Bloomsburg, Pa.
A Serious Mistake.
A Shamokin Young Man Who Got Hit Notes
Mixed.
A young man of tewn, says the
Shamokin Herald,, who is particu
lar about his laundry, wrote a note
to the washer-woman and one to
his sweetheart and accidentally got
them in the wrong envelopes. The
washerwoman got her invitation for
a drive to Elysburg and is busy
showing it, while his sweetheart
received the sarcastic note which
read : "If you crumple my shirt
bosom like you have been doing I
will try some one else." T1i crirl
has been crying ever since white
me wasnerwoman is jubilant and
preparea xor tne drive.
Envelope!
75,000 Envelopes carried In
stock at the Columbian Office.
The line includes drug envelopes.
pay, coin, baronial, commercial
sizes, number 6, 6J$, 6, 9, 10
and 1 1, catalog, &c. Prices rane
from $1. to per 1000 minted, un t
$5.00. Largest stock in the coun
ty to sel:et from.
JERSEYS
Combination and Golden Lai
FOR SAL,E a Cows, 3 Heifers
and 13 Bulls.
t. E. NIVIN, Undtnburi, Pa.