THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. CHAS. M. THE COLUMBIAN. Kl.OOMSHURO, FA. TIIUJWDAY, APRIL 10, liKJS tottered at the Punt Ofllif, lllooinrhiirg, a. umecunacUmr mailer, March 1, lMf. Mr. T. S. Drugler, 0f Hemlock township was in town on Saturday on business. Don't miss Lyman II. Howe's moving pictures at the Normal next Monday evening. April 20th. Miss Sara Milleisen arrived home from Lasall Seminary, Auburndale, Mass., last Saturday, for the Easter vacation. Several coal dredges are at Dan ville in commission and are scooping fair quantities of river coal. The two coal diggers below the water works owned by Ruch and son and the one above the bridge owned by Forney brothers started out ou Tuesday and all came back well loaded. The Krickbaum case is on the list for argument in the Supreme Court in Philadelphia, this week. Fred Ikeler, Esq , weut down on Monday. Judge James Gay Gor don of Philadelphia is associated with him. The other side is repre sented by C. C. Yetter, Esq., and Geo. S. Graham, Esq., of Phila delphia. For headach Dr. Miles' AnU-Paln mis. The experiment station at State College has been testing the corn raised in Central Pennsylvania and finds that a great deal of it by far the larger proportion, is unfit for seed by reason of its not being fully matured. It behooves every farm er to give the matter of seed corn his careful attention, for poor seed means a poor crop, and a big finan cial loss to him. Joseph W. Hidlay has been ap pointed agent ol the Adams Ex press Co. for Bloomsburg. He occupied the position several years ago, and fully understands the business. Since the resignation of Mr. Kirkendall the office has been in charge of Peter O. Moore, who goes from here to Atlantic City to take the pesitiou of cashier for the same company. Mr. Hidlay's ap pointment gives general satisfac iton. Going Abroad With Lyman H. Howe ? To see Lyman H. Howe's new program of moving pictures to be seen in Normal Auditorium, Mon day, April 20, 8:15 is to visit Hol land, France, England, Morocco, Zululand and to experience a ride in an automobile racing 80 miles an hour, a thrilling midnight fire in a big city; and to see the wild birds at home, a hunt in the Arctic re gions, the stone quarries in full blast near Cherboure. France. some splendid portraits of wild animals, and many other features contribut ed by almost every known quarter of the globe and some that are comparatively unknown. Inter spersed with these features of world travel and recent history and indus tries, are pictures of mingled pa thos and humor which "make the whole audience akin." No amount of magazine articles or newspaper despatches can give as clear and comprehensive idea of the world today as does Mr. Howe in his new program. No printed page rould convey impressions of things as they are, and incidents as they oc curred, as indelibly as is done through the medium of moving pic tures. He seems to possess the rare faculty of exhibiting not only just what his audience wants to see but showing it more clearly than many would see in the original. He shows enough and just enough of each series to keep the interest of every beholder keyed to "con cert pitch"from beginning to end. The present program establishes a new standard by which not only all similar exhibitions must be meas ured but by which even Mr. Howe's Erevioua programs will naturally e measured. EVANS' SHOE STORE Ready for Spring Business. Great 1908 Spring line of Shoes and Ox fords. Every Shoe or Oxford in our Spring line will carry with it ALL THE QUALITY it is possible to put into a shoe consistent with price. Prices $1.50 to $6.00 ALL SIZES. THE PROGRESSIVE SHOE STORE EVANS. The Spring Primaries. The voters of Pennsylvania had a most valuable object lesson in the practical working of the new Un in form Primaries law at the polls on Saturday. The methods taken by professional politicians to frustrate the object of the law, through an tecedent plans employed in making up the ballots so as to defeat the opportunity of free choice, may be to some extent remedied by future amendment of the law. There is need of an extension of the time for voting. The marking of the bal lots is a complicated task, involving delay. Reports from various parts of the State show that not all the voters who desired to participate in the primary choice could be accom modated before the closing of the polls. The law as it is. however, will work more smoothly on furth er trial. Long years of absolute indiffer ence and neglect on the part of voters have made the matter of primary choice a mere slating func tion in the hands of political leaders. The making of the slate has been a practical prearrangement of the re sult. The balloting at the polls which followed was not a matter of choice, but of ratification. The Saturday showing at the primaries, at least, was a demonstration that the power of primary selection has again been placed where it belongs. If the voters fail to nominate the candidate they prefer, the default is now their own. It will be noted that it has been made doubly ex pensive and difficult for the political Machine to dominate the popular choice. Even the first crude trial of the law will, we think, demonstrate that it has jusified itself in an im proved quality of selection of elect ive officials. As tne voters come to understand that the primary election controlling as it does the bnal choice 0 party candidates, and thus becoming nearly decisive of the ultimate result is a really more important function than the follow ing November election, there will be a fuller appreciation of the op portunity it attords to secure bet ter government Phila. Record. Dr. Miles' Antl-Paln Pills relieve pain. State College Commencement. Although the forty-eighth annu al commencement of The Pennsyl vania Mate College will not be held until Tune 14-17. and no comnlete program has yet been arranged for by the college management to make it the star commencement in the history of the college. Of course tne most ot tne usual exercises will still have a place on the nrooram . Q but on commencement day proper the most it not al the class orations with the exception of the valedicto ry will be dispeused with. There will be the usual commencement address and the balance of the time will be taken up with the exercises incident to the installation of Dr. Edwin Erie Sparks as president of the college. It is also expected that com mencement week will witness one of the biggest gatherings of promi nent men interested in the welfare of the college as well as leading metnb rs of the alumni association ever assembled there at one time. It is known tint among those who will be invited and are expected to attend will be Governor Edwin S. Stuart, Hon. Andrew Carnegie, Charles M. Schwab, Gilbert S. White and a host of others who re alize the worth of the college as an educational institution and have faith to believe in its future. Many Womsn PraiM fhli Rsmtdy. If you have pains in the back, Urinary, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and want a certain, pleasant herb cure for woman's ilia, trv Mother Gray's Australian Leak. It is a safe and never-failing reg ulator. At Druggists or by mail 50 cts. Sample package FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy, N. Y. 4-a-4t. Bloomsburg Souvenir Books, 48 half tone pictures, aj cents, at the Columbian office, tf. CUSTUMS OF EASTERTIDE. Our Easter corresponds with the Jewish Passover, so that its history properly goes back of the origin of Christianity. You will remember that the Hebrew feast was institu ted on the dreadful night of the Exodus, when the destroying angel smote with death the first-born in all the houses of the Egyptians, but "passed over the houses of the children of Israel." Their little ones were saved because on the doorposts of their houses was sprinkled the blood of a lamb. In commemoration of that event the Jews keep the Passover. It was at the time of this feast that Christ, "the lamb of God." was crucified. .His disciples therefore changed the Jewish least into a Christian festi val. The old Hebrew feast was celebrated on the 14th day of their month Nisan the first month of the Jewish year, corresponding to the last of our March and the 1st of April. The early Christians could not agree as to whether they should follow the ancient custom, or wheth er to observe the first day of the week which they called "the Lord's Day," because 011 tnat day Christ arose. The dispute was settled in the year 325 of our era, when the great Council met at Nicaea, in Asia Minor, and after a warm aud pro tracted discussion, finally decided that the festival should be celebra ted thereafter on the Sunday after the first full moon following March 21st, the day "the suu cross es the line." By this arrangement r.aster may come as early as March 22, or as late as April 25, as it al ways follows the moon. Easter to the French is known as Paques; to the Scotch, Pasch; the Danes, Paaske, and the Dutch, Paschen. St. Paul calls Christ "our Pasch." The English name is de rived from that of the old German or Saxon goddess of spring. Os tera or Eastre, whose festival oc curred about the same time of the year as the celebration of Easter. When the early missionaries went to Britain they found the people worshiping this goddess, to whom the month of April, which they called Easturmonath, was dedicated. The missionaries substituted the Christian feast for the old heathen one, but they allowed the people to give it the name ot their goddess. and so the word Easter came to be used. In nearly all Christian countries the recurrence of Easter has been celebrated with various ceremonies and popular sports and observances. Some of these customs are curious, indeed. In the north of England you may still hear the old rhyme: TU1, mid and misers, Carllng, pulin aud 1'anch-egg day. The first line refers to Christmas, the Epiphany and Lent. Carlings are steeped peas fried in butter, with pepper and salt, and eaten on mid-Lent or mothering Sunday, as the fourth Sunday in Lent is some times called. Palm Sunday imuie diately precedes Passion week, and is so call.-d from the branches of palm trees strown in our Saviour's path at the time of His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Pasch-eggs are Easter eggs boil ed so hard that you can play at ball with tbein, dyed with various col ors, and often ' having inscriptions or landscapes traced upon them. Easter eggs symbolize the Resur rection. As one old writer says, "As the bird imprisoned within the shell comes to life and liberty at the appointed time, so did our Saviour, on Easter morning, burst the gates of the grave." The eggs were at first dyed scarlet, in mem ory of the blood of Christ shed up on the Cross. A tansy pudding, symbolical of the bitter herbs commanded at the Paschal feast, was formerly a usual Easter Monday dish. The English people formerly had two very large cakes divided among the congrega tion at the church on Easter. In 1645 Jr'arliament forbade this by law, providing that the money spent for cakes should in future be used to buy bread for the poor. At Easter let your clothes be new, Or else be sure you will it rue. The boys in the north of Eng land will tell you that if you do not put on something new on Easter day some misfortune will befall you. Underneath all these customs and carols lies the symbol of Christ's resurrection. Excursion to Niagara Falls via Lacka wanna Railroad. One fare plus tot round triD. going on all trains of Saturday April 1 8th '08 returning ud to and including train leaving Niagara frails at 9:1s p. m. April 20th, rate from Bloomsburg $7.57. Bmh tht 7lhi I ion Haw Always Mormons Invading Canada.. Mora Soon May be Living North ol Boundary Than South. A very heavy movement of Mor mons from Utah is now in progress to Cards ton, Canada, and it is apparent that in a very short time there will be more Mormons north of the international boundary tlian there are to the south. Iu this province they have proved them selves good settlers, aud, apart from their religious views, are most pop ular with the rest of the niotly population. Arrangements are now being made for the establishment of separate schools, where the Mor non children will be brought up according to the views of their elders. The principal industry of these people on the Canadian side of the line is the raising of sugar beets, which are manufactured into granu lated and loaf sugar with great suc cess. The land upon which the beets grow is mostly irrigated, and euormous crops are raised. Re ports of plural marriages, when in vestigated by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, in almost every case have been proven false, but iu one case a man with two wives was forced to abandon one. Shaving a Delight with a superior safety razor. The newest, the. best, shaves close and pleasantly, with no scraping. A us;r, in writing of this razor, says: "I have never shaved my self in comfort with either of my old-style razors, so thought I would try the Superior. I can honestly say that I never enjoyed a more comfortable shave iu my life, no dragging or pulling and through with in a minute. If you have a Superior there is no more "next, please," no more waiting and a wonderful saving of your odd' half dollars. Set com plete includes silver nickel plated frame, holder and stropping handle and twelve selected blades in an at tractive, silk-lined case. The man ufacturer values this outfit at $5.00 Tht Philadelphia Press offer the Daily edition of their paper an en tire year with a Superior Safety Razor, both mailed to your address, for three dollars and seventy-five cents. This is less than the value of the razor alone. You will not regret taking advantage of this ot fer. CHARTER NOTICE. In the Common Pleas Court of Colum bia County. Notice is hereby given that an appli cation will be made to the said Court on the 4th day of May, A. D., 1908, at 10 o clock, a. m. under the' Act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations, approved April 29, 1S74, and its supplements, by Ed ward Shenke, E. L. Davis, John Scharf. C. H. Laubach, W. A. DuVal, James r ox. jonn r euorco. n. f. Aurand, w. H. Miller. hi I. Clewell, W. I. Schrader. F. W. Hill. Avery Clinton Sickles. H S. Williams, G. P. Sponenberg and A. A. Perch, et al., for the charter of an in tended corporation to be called "Frater nal Eagle Home Club," the character and objects ot which are for social, and literary purposes, and for these purposes 10 nave, possess ana enjoy au tne rights, benefits and privileges conferred by the saia acc ana us supplements. CHRISTIAN A. SMALL. 4--4t Solicitor. Mexican Cook's Method. A good Mexican cook relieves the mistress of the bouse of worry and responsibility In a manner that Is al most unknown In the United States. The cook Is given so much every day, and with this amount she will purchuse each morning all the pro visions for the duy, Including even the staplus that are usually bought 1n large quantities in other coun tries. On il a day a cook will pro vide a very good table for a fam'ly of three or four and get euouga beans end tortillas and chile to scat the servants table besides. They can really do better than their mistresses, because they can usually drive sharper bargains with the marketmen of their own class, and they have more patience to bag gie ovor the last penny. San An tonio Express. , Unique Iteeord. William Fulton Jackson, the cen tral mauager of the North British Railway, has a unique record. He has walked the entire length of the North British Railway. What other general manager ot a system 1,140 mile in length can claim to have walked over the whole of ltT Rail way Macaslne. A Watch for the Blind. The blind now have a watoh on Whloh the hours are Indicated by movable button on relief open the Hal. The wearer finds the time by passing his hand ver the dial and bnds the button Indicating the hour iepressed. A strong minute hand mown the minutes. One-Ninth of the Lead. Siberia contains one-ninth of all fhe land on the globe, (treat Brit tin and all Europe except Russia, gether with the United States, ooul4 enclosed within Us bomadarlea. SEPARATE DRESS SKIRTS. We are now offering some of the BEST VALUES we have ever shown in these, and in the newest effects. If you have a Skirt need it will pay you to sec them. A Regular $5.00 Panama Skirt A Regular 8.50 Chiffon Panama A 36 in. Black Moneybak Taffeta Silk at this week, regular $1.95 yd. 40 in. all wool Taffeta Dress Goods 52 in. all wool Broadcloths . 90 in. linen finished bleached Sheeting Ladies' Fine Gauze Hose. Special New 14c Spring Dress Ginghams . , A good full size Counterpane A fine satin Marsailles Counterpane Black Silk Nets for Waists . Homespun Towels, Special Nemo Corsets, self reducing NEW BELTS AND BELTINGS. THE CLARK STORE BIG OFFER To All Our Subscribers The Great AMERICAN FARMER Indianapolis, Indiana. The Leading Agricultural Journal ot the Nation. Edited by an Able Corps of Writers. TheJAmerican Farmer is the only Literary Farm Journal puk lished. It fills a position of its own and has taken the leadint glace in the homes of rural people in every section of the Unite! tates. It gives the farmer and his family something to thiol about aside from the humdrum of routine duties. Every Issue Contains an Original Poem by SOLON GOOCI WE MAKE THE EXCEPTIONAL OFFER OF Two for the Price of One: THE COLUMBIAN t The Oldest County Paper and THE American Farmer BOTH ONE YEAR FOR $I.OO This unparalleled offer is made to all new subscribers, and all old ones who pay all arrears and renew within thirty day Sample copies free. Address : THE COLUMBIAN, Here's what Fred Newell of the Dushore Review thinks of Anna Gould. "Some folks are born fools, and some get more so as they get older. We do not like to even insinuate that a lady is a fool, and we will not do so, but we will tell a story. Anna Gould is the daughter of the late Jay Gould, and she inherited something like twenty millions of dollars from her father. Then she married Count Boni de Castelane, a dirty French roue, who had de scended from a family which used to be noble. He spent nearly half her money, Deglected her, openly kept his mistresses in her house, and even struck her. Her brothers rescued her from this beast, and saved a part of her fortune. The French courts gave her a divorce as soon as the facts were presented. Now, the woman is crazy to marry another Frenchman, this time a fellow who says he is Prince de Sagan. She has quarreled with her brothers and sister over it, and the wedding will soon come off. Well, it's her funeral. It isn't any of ours. ,1 Atk lor Allen's Foot-Ease, A Powtftr. It makfes walking easy. Cures Corns. Bunion Ingrowing Nails. Swollen and Sweating feet. At all DniKsrists and Shoe Stores, 15c. Don't accept any sub stitute. Sample FREE. Address, Al len a. uirostea, i-eKoy, n. x. 4-s-4t. Trespass Botioes. Card signs ''No Trespassing" for sale at this office. They are print ed in accordance with the late act of 1903. Price 5 cents each, tf now $4.00 now $7.00 $1.75 yd . 1. 00 yd 1.00 yd 35c yd 25c pr . I2icyd $1.00 each 2.25 each $1.00 yd 2 for 25c $3.00 Bloomsbunr. Pa. To Protect Chickens. Agents for the Pennsylvania so ciety for the prevention of cruelty to animals have begun a campaigai in Philadelphia to protect chicks, ducklings and rabbits, usually sold as Easter pets, from rough treat ment, many children having in the past tortured them until exhausted and then left them to die. Souvenir Post Cards are printed at this office. Half tones supplied. ELECTION NOTICE Agreeably to the provisions of an Ae of Assembly passed the nth day of April 1S75, the annual meeting of the stock holders of the Bloomsburg Literary In stitute and State Normal School of the Sixth niatrint will hj haM Monday of May, being May 4th f 908 be tween the hours of two and five o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the offioo of the Normal Knhnnl in tha DnmltnM in the Town of Bloomsburg, Pa, at which time three persons will be elected on thft narfr rf tti etitrlrhMura ti for the ensuing three years, and six pee p wiu w uuujiuateu w tueiseparones of Public Instruction, three of whosa may be appointed to serve for the com ing three years on the part of tfcs State. JOHN M. CLARK. April 16, '08, te. Secretary. JERSEYS Combinationtnd Golden Ltd FOR SALE a Cows, j Heiiet and is Bulls. I. E. NIVIN, UflOSRbiirt, Pa. l-as-iy
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