THE COLUMBIAN, BL00M56URCJ, PA.
CHAS. M.
THE COLUMBIAN.
Hl.OOMSBURO, FA.
""THUIWDAY, MAY 21. 1SKM
"itiYl ai Ui rout Oflif, ninomt'mrg, (U
auwcon&t'lii" matter, March 1, IMS.
Co to the rarish House supper
tonight.
A floating bath house on the riv
er is talked of at Danville.
The circus reason is here, but
there is no circus in sight yet.
The new fire alarm system is
completed, and has been tested and
accepted by the towu.
m
In the case of Yetter vs. Longen
berger on trial last week, the ver
dict was for the defendant.
I. H. Hagenbuch, of Danville R.
F. D. 4, was a recent visitor to
Bloomsburg, and favored this office
with a pleasant call.
The class of 1908 at the Normal
has decided to give as a class me
morial, the sum of $450 to beautify
the grove on the school grounds.
The residence of Fred Ikekr,
Esq., has been repainted, and a
new porch larger than ihe old one
is being erected on the lower side.
Every Woman Will 6a Interested.
If you have pains in the back, Uri
nary, or Bladder. Kidney trouble, and
want a certain, pleasant herb cure (or
woman's ills, try Mother Gray's Austra-liin-Leaf.
It is a safe and never failing
regulator. At Druggists or by mail 50
cents. Sample package FREE. Ad
dress, Tho Mother Gray Co., LeRoy,
N. Y. 5-i4-4t.
N. U. Funk, Esq., is attending
the sessions of the General Synod
of the Reformed church in the
United States, now meeting at
York, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Eyerly re
turned from their wedding trip on
Thursday. They spent a week in
Washington, and a week at Old
Point Comfort.
Chas. O.' Skeer fa;s decided to
close his studio, and will abandon
the teaching of voice culture for the
present. He will resume his vocal
studies in New York in the fall.
A large audience gathered in the
court house on Tuesday to listen
to Dr. McCormack's very in
teresting lecture. Many physicians
were here from neighboring towns.
For headacho Dr. Mile' Anti-Fain nils.
Judge Evans has granted a change
of venue in the case of Peter Die
trick of Danville. The case has
been ordered to Luzerne county,
where it will be tried before Judge
Lynch next December.
There is no decision in the Krick
bauni election case yet. Evidently
this case is giving the Supreme
Court food for thought, as it is now
more than a month .since it was ar
gued. Some needed repairs are being
made to the Episcopal property. A
cement stairway and walls to the
basement of the Parish House have
been built, and the pointing on the
Main street side of the church and
tower is now going on.
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Dr. Baker, superintendent of the
Matteawau Insane Asylum, where
Harry K. Thaw is confined, says
that Thaw is insane. Dr. Evans,
nother expert on insanity, says he
is not insane. This is an illustra
tion of what expert testimony is
sometimes worth.
AlbraW. Baker, M. D.,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Diseases of Children a Specialty
Corner of Third and West Streets,
.BLOOMSBTJRG, PA.
Hours s-UntU 10 a.m. 1 to 8 and 6 to
8 p. ni. Both Telephones.
$-7-6m
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
l1lE 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.
Mrs. h- P. Sterner was removed
to the hospital on Monday, the at
tending physician having pronounc
ed her illness to be typhoid fever.
Only a tew days before, Mrs. Ster
ner had buried her mother. Prof.
Sterner and family are having their
full share of trouble. It is feared
now that his son Robert, who is
staying with Mr. and Mrs. S. R.
Bidlenian, has typhoid fever.
Alfred S. Ilawley, of Northum
berland, father ol Robert Ilawley
of this town, died at his home on
Tuesday morning from paralysis.
His age was 74 years. The funeral
was held this morning. He was
for many years the agent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at
Northumberland.
Towandi stands a very good
chance of getting a new post office
building. Congressman Kipp has
introduced in the national House of
Representatives a bill to provide for
a site and public building in the
county seat of Bradford. The bill
has been referred to the committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds
and will be considered in the very
near future.
Mrs. Ellen Donahue died at her
home on East street last Sunday
afternoon. The funeral took place
at St. Columba's church on Wed
nesday, morning at 9:30 o'clock,
conducted by Father Murphy. Her
age was 80 years, and she was a
native of Ireland. She came to
this country when 23 years old,
and settled in Bloomsburg, where
she has always resided.
A Certain Cure tor Aching Feet.
Shake into your bhoes Allen's Foot
Ease, a powder. It cures Tired, Ach
ing, Callous, Sweating, Swollen feet.
At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 35c.
Samo'e FREE. Address, Allen S. Olin
sted, LeRoy, N. Y. S-4-4t.
Although incorporated for forty
years, Jeddo stands alone as the
only borough in Pennsylvania that
is free from crime. It has no jail,
no police, no saloons. The popu
lation is composed exclusively of
John Markle s office and official em
ployes. He enacts the law without
expense to the taxpayers, and he
who attempts a violation of the
rules cannot live in Jeddo.
Baseball News.
Everywhere you go you will find
people talking about baseball and
anxious to see the scores of the
different leagues from day to day.
The Philadelphia Press has arranged
to print all the latest news and gos
sip of the baseball diamond and will
have the best reports cf all games
amply illustrated and accurately
and fairly wiitten. Ask any man
what newspaper is the great base
ball and sporting authority and he
will tell you quickly it is The Phil,
adelphia Press, both daily and Sun
day. You can get Ihe Press from
your newsdealer or carrier, or the
paper will be mailed direct to your
home for $3 00 per year daily edi
tion. A list of handsome premi
ums given to subscribers, will be
mailed to you if you write for cata
logue. ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE.
Estate of Kaltus A White, Deceased.
Letters of administration c. t. a. on the
estate of Baltus A. White, late of the
Township of Scott. Columbia County,
Pennsylvania, deceased, have been
granted to Luanna H. Terwilliger resid
ing in. tho Town of Bloomsburg, Pa., to
whom all persons indebted to the said
estate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims or demands,
will make known the same without de
lay. LUANNA H. TERWILLIGER,
Administratrix C. T. A.
Wra, C. Johnston, Attorney. 5-21-6t
A glut in the strawberry market
is the prediction of fruit dealeis in
neariy all sections of the country.
Reports from growers of berries in
Virginia, Delaware and New Jer
sey indicate that the coming crop
will be better than for many sea
sons and shows much larger acre
age. It is predicted that lovers of
this succulent fruit in many north
ern cities will be able to eat all the
good berries they want at six cents
a quart, or perhaps five.
OASTOXIIA.
BM tt. Ihe Kind You tta Always
roORKST, nt'T THE nAITtEST.
People of Naples May Ho Half Stnrt
lug, Yet Itcndy to Dance and Sing.
It Is estimated that a quarter of
a million people In Naples live from
hand to mouth; and there are hun
dreds of children who subsist out of
the garbage boxes, and who sleep In
churches and on doorsteps.
The taxes In Italy to provide war
ships and to keep the nation on a
war footing with the other powers
are really stupendous. There Is a
tax on everything, says the Delinea
tor, grain In the field, fruit on the
vine, old bottles. Fuel and food
stuffs are very dear only labor Is
cheap. For the very poor, meat is a
luxury unheard of, and even maca
roni Is too dear to be Indulged In of
ten. There are any number of
perambulating street kitchens, whore
various kinds of soup, cakes and
fruit are sold In portions costing one
cent. And yet these people seem
very happy. Bands of musicians are
always playing In the streets; the
guitar and mandolin are to be heard
everywhere on the boats, in the ho
tels and the stranger is lulled to
sloop by a soft serenade under his
balcony.
The story teller thrives in Naples,
as there are so many idlers thero.
Ho collects a little crowd around him
and proceeds in the most dramatic
way, gesticulating wildly and work
ing his face Into the most excruciat
ing expressions, to relate stories of
adventure or other events, much to
the edification of his bearers, who, to
bIiow their appreciation, are often
betrayed Into giving a sou which
might have been better spent for
bread or polenta.
The public letter-writer is another
street dignitary of importance, and
In great demand, especially with
timid and buxom maids of all work,
who have themselves neglected to
learn the art of writing. Of such
the public letter-writer holds all the
secrets of their lives and is often
their adviser as well as amenuensls.
Wind and Flsli.
A singular correspondence bas
lately been brough'. to light between
the prevailing direction of the wind
on the coast of New South Wales
and the average catch of fish. The
winds Influence the ocean currents,
which in turn Influence the course
of the fish. These Influences have
periods of three or four years. Thus
In 1898 there was a general scarcity
of fish, but afterward they became
more and more abundant up to 1901,
In 190S there was another scarcity
of fish, but the next : ar they began
to return In Increasing numbers. The
cause of tLese variations was a mys
tery until the coincidence with the
prevailing direction of the coastal
winds was noticed. Now It is thought
that by the study of the winds the
prospects of the fishermen may be
predicted two or three years in ad
vance. Youth's Companion.
A Snake Bite Knife.
The British government has been
actively fighting snakes in India for a
dozen yean or more, and still these
reptiles kill many thousand natives
annually. Sir Lander Brumton, a
little while ago, devised a neat
pocket Instrument for handy use in
caae of snake bite, and the Indian
government has decided to distrib
ute the apparatus widely among the
natives. It consists of a small knife
In the handle of which is a cavity.
This is kept filled with permanganate
of potash, a powerful antiseptic and
caustic. When a person is bitten he
Immediately cuts the wound open
widely, and rubs the permanganate
upon the raw surface. If the bite
Is in the extremetles, and this oper
ation is performed without delay,
the treatment la very effective.
When the Huckster is Most Zealous.
"I never buy anything from a
huckster who makes a great outcry
about his stuff or seems very anxious
to sell," says a Sorth End housekeep
er, "for the chances are ten to one
that there is something tbe matter
with whatever he has to sell.
"When two men with one wagon
come up the street roaring 'appools'
bo they can be heard for four or five
blocks, I know that some cold stor
age man has a big stock oh hand Just
about to spoil and that the hucksters
know that condition of the apples
as well as the cold storage man,
heitce their seal and energy to get
rid of their stock." St. Louis Globe
Democrat. The Cu re-All.
Are you fat? Walk.
Are you thin! Walk.
Are you nervousT Walk.
Have you no appetite? Walk.
Or do you gormandize? Walk.
Have you lost Interest In life?
Walk.
Maybe your poor stomach won't
work. Walk.
Or perhap your liver has gone on
a strike. Walk.
Cupid may have put a kink in
your suffering heart Walk.
In short, walking seems to be the
remedy for all Ills, save, perhaps,
broken legs.
Room Enough for All,
The national Government author
ity on milk says that there are 85,
200,000 microbes in every cuble cen
timetre of the lacteal fluid. If we
accept this statement as one of fact,
why should we continue to protest
against overcrowding in the Subway
cars. N. Y. Press.
As a rule there's nothing in a
di me but sometimes everything a
runn has is In his wife's name.
Tms orrm of bxcklsioh.
Ten Thousand Acres of Timber Sacri
ficed to That Stuffing Every Year.
Excelsior seems to tbe average
man a trifling product, and one that
by reason of Its lightness cannot rep
resent a large consumption of tim
ber, yet there are so many uses for
it that the total annual production
for the country requires 60,000,000
feet of timber, or the growth of 10,
000 acres of forest land.
Besides the constant use In general
packing, excelsior la In demand by
upholsters of furniture and carriages,
by mattress makers, occasionally for
stable bedding, and by steamships
to Alter salt water. A richly uphol
stered chair and a mattress which a
customer fondly supposes to be filled
with hair contains nothing but ex
celsior beneath posbtbly a layer of
cotton. Thus we sit and sleep on
wood as well as read wood pulp
newspapers, and at the mortal end
of things we are likely to repose In
a oollln upholstered with a choice
grade of excelsior. One New York
mattress factory uses a carload a
day. Teddy bears owe their rotund
ity to a special quality of fine excel
sior. Loss must bo perfectly dry for
the manufacture of excelsior. They
are genorally seasoned for six
months In sheds and then cut into
16-Inch lengths and quartored.
These block are fastened in the ma
chine and are automatically fd
thereafter. A serleB of sharp spursr
eight Inches wide and placed a trac
tion of an Inch apart, rapidly scores
tho surface of the block to a depth
that is leBS than the thickness of a
match. A knife follows, planing the
block to the depth of the scoring,
and a bunch of curly excelsior falls
on traveling belt
One excelsior machine turns out
hnlf a ton a day, and the total an
nual production Is estimated at 25,
000 carloads, averaging 16 tons each.
There is not much wood left on 10,
000 acres of land when the excelsior
machines have had their year's ra
tions. YiTicre Morcy Is Uacless.
Now and then one hears of out of
the way places where the conven
tions of life as they are understood,
do. not exist One of these is where
money is useless. This la Ascension
Island' in the Atlantic.
The Island Is the property of the
British Admiralty, and is governed
by a Captain of the royal navy. There
is no private property In land; so
there are no rents, taxes, etc. The
flocks and herds are public property,
and the meat killed is issued in ra
tions. So are the vegetables grown
on the farms.
Hero, It would seem, la real social
ism. When a fisherman makes a
catch he brings It to the guard room,
where it U issued by tbe sergeant
major. The only private property Is
fowls and pigeons. Even the wild
donkeys are under government con
trol. They are listed on the books
of the paymaster and are handed
over at stock taking.
The population consists of a few
bluejackets, a company of marines,
and Borne Kroos from Sierra Leone.
There a marine can do anything.
The muleteer Is a marine; so are the
gardeners, the shepherds, the stock
men, the grooms, the masons, the
carpenters, and the plumbers. Even
the island trapper who gets rewards
for the tails of the rats Is a marine.
Diamonds Harder Than Steel.
Tbe diamond is the hardest min
eral In existence although metal
tantalum, used for electric lamp fil
aments comes very near It Although
so bard, the diamond Is very brittle,
sc that a sharp blow will often frac
ture it. But Sir William Crookes
who has devoted much time during
many years to the scientific study of
the diamond, has shown that if a
good one Is placed between the steel
Jaws of a bydraullo press, and the
pressure la applied without jerk, so
as to avoid fracture due to brittle
cess, the Jaws may be made to meet
without the slightest injury to even
the edges of the diamond, the hard
s eel closing around it and taking an
luipresuton of the much harder dia
mond Just like so much wax. This
experiment, no doubt, In the bands
of a Bktlled scientist would be all
right, but we would not advise read
ers to try it on with their diamond
rings. Tlt-Blta.
Wliut Ue Was Waiting For.
A mysterious stranger with lower
ed brow and menacing glare stood
alongside one of the shoemakln ex
hibits In a department store and
watched the shoemaker at work.
For a long time he stood there, never
shifting bis glance, staring steadily
ut the bench workman, watching him
put handful after handful of tacks
In his mouth nd gradually empty
each maw load Into a shoe sole. Fin
ally a store detective became susplc
olus, and after keeping an eye on the
fellow for a while went over to him
and asked him what he meant by his
actions. "Oh, nothing," answered
the man. "I'm Just waiting to see
svhat will happen if that shoemaker
should sneeze while he has a mouth
ful of tacks." Philadelphia Record.
Improved Diamond Drill.
Australian mining men rejoice in
tbe possession of a new diamond
drill weighing ony 400 pounds, while
'.he weight of the machines now in
iso Is three or four tons.
Ever notice that almost everyone
rou talk with gives you some Infor
mation that Isn't of any earthly use
IPyjouJ
Clipt Prices in Your Favor.
MANY LINES REDUCED.
$20.00 Tailored Suits "
Dip Fronts . $15.00
50c Priestley's Black
Mohair, Bright and
Crisp . . 37jc
50c Plaid Dress Goods 35c
$1.20 Black Taffeta
Silk, yd wide . . 95c
45 White French Lawn
Fine and Sheer . 20c
Best Apron Ginghams 7c
Seamed Bleached Sheets
regular 65c now . 40c
Covert and Cloth Jack
ets . . J3.72
$1.00 Colored all Wool
Dress Taffetas . 85c
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THE SUMMER VACATION GUIDE.
The summer vacation is the bright spot in the dull rou
tine of the year's work. It breaks the monotony of the daily
round, and cheers and invigorates for the strenuous life
ahead
America abounds with delightful summer resorts in
valley, on mountain, and beside tbe sea. The Atlantic coast
line from Labrador to Cape Hatteras contains the greatest
number of resorts devoted entirely to the pursuit of pleasure
and health in the world.
One may purchase from Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket
Agents, excursion tickets to over eight hundred of these re
sorts, covering all the desirable places, from the rock-bound
bays of Newfoundland to the gentle, sandy slopes of tho
Virginia beaches; from the White Mountains of New Hamp
shire to the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee; in the wilds
of Canada; along the shores of the St. Lawrence and the
Great Lakes.
The famous seacoast resorts of New Jersey Atlantic
City, Cape May, Wildwood, Ocean City, Sea Isle City. As
bury Park, Long Branch, Spring Lake, Seaside Park, Beach
Haven and others, so well known that description is super
fluousare among the most popular and the most easily ac
cessible resorts in the country.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Summer Excursion Book to
be obtained of Ticket Agents at ten cents a copy or of the
General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia, by mail postpaid for
25 cents, describes them all and gives the rates and stop-over
privileges allowed on tickets. r
$12.48 Prince Chap Suits
Pleated Skirts , $9.96
$l 00 Broad Cloths,
Black and Colors . 80c
$1.00 Colored Taffeta
Silks, 27 in. wide . 85c
$1.75 Herringbone Crav
enette, Priestley's
price . . $1.25
15c Printed Voiles . 11c
Yard Wide Hill Muslin 10c
45c Striped and Plaid
Linen Suitings
40c
$1.00 Black Voile . 85c
All Dress Trimmings at
Big Reduction in price.
Bloomsburg,
Pa.