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THE COLUMBIAN.
Ill.OOMSHUKO, FA.
"tiiuksday, AUGUST 27, 1U0S
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nfcanlcia matter, March 1, ms.
It's nearly time for the oyster to
ccuie out of his shell again.
James DcWitt of William street,
h:id a paralytic stroke on Friday.
.
The exterior woodwork of the
Presbyterian church is being re
painted. The M. K. Sunday school will
hold a picnic nt Columbia Park on
Saturday.
.
Chas. J. McHenry of Baltimore,
is visiting relativis in IMoomsburg
and Benton.
The picnic of the Methodist Sun
day school will be held at Columbia
Park on Saturday.
.
Mrs. John R. Bennett of Danville
has sailed for Europe, where she
will spend several months.
Improvements are to be made to
the Exchange Block. Additions
will be built in the rear and the
storerooms will be enlarged.
Charles W. Miller. Jr., of Nee
dles, California, and Mrs. E. E.
Melick of Media have been visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Miller.
Bovd F. Walker, of Des Moines,
Iowa, who has been visiting his
uncle. Col. Tohn G. Freeze, left
Bloomsbnrg yesterday for Wash
ington, D. C.
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The hosiery mill of Barger, Bains
& Muun is being steadily improved
and enlarged. New machinery is
beine added. There arc now about
fifty employees.
.
The ball and chain treatment is
again to be applied to all tramps
who fall into the law's clutches in
Bloomsburg. This ought to keep
the town free from hoboes.
Because of some opposition on
the part of taxpayers the West
Berwick Council has turned down
a movement for a consolidation of
that Borough with Beiwick.
Six years ago, on August 28th
and 29th, 1902, Bloomsburg cele
brated the centennial of its found
ing. Many changes and improve
ments have taken place since that
time.
E. S. Fornwald, U. S. Express
agent at Danville, formerly of this
town, has purchased for his daugh
ter, Ruth, a Shetland pony that
weighs only 275 pounds, and is 38
inches high. It came from Duraud,
III.
Septembet 2nd, is a most impor
tant day for Democrats. They all
want to vote for the next President,
end if thev are not Registered by
Hie evening of that day they may
be unable to cast a ballot for W. J.
Bryan.
A delightful little trip tor those
who enjoy rambling, is to go to
the Mifflinville bridge on the trolley
and walk back down the towpath
to Lime Ridge. It is a good path
through beautiful foliage, and many
people have discovered it.
Dr. J. D. Warner and daughters,
Misses Laura and Nell, have been
spending several weeks on their
farm at Jonestown with Kiefer
Warner, who conducts the farm.
Miss Laura was quite ill with ma
laria for a month, but is now very
much better. She is at present in
town for a few days.
AlbraW. Baker, M. D.,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Diseases oy Children a Specialty
Corner.!of Third land West Streets,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Hours t-TJntil 10 a.m. 1 to 8 and 6 to
8 d. m. Both Telephones.
GREAT
Clarance Sale This Week
of .Seasonable Shoes for Men. Ox
ford Ties, Low Shoes and Pumps.
The greatest money saving sale of
Men's Oxfords and Low Shoes that
wc hive ever announced. Right
at a time when you want a nice
cool and comfortable shoe.
15 Reduction
Men's Oxfords, Low Shoes and
Tumps, this week only. Patent
Leather, Russian Calf, Gun Metal
ana via Kid.
The Progressive Shoe Store
CHAS. IYI. EVANS.
1 here stems to be an unusually
large crop ot petty thieves in this
town this summer. Scarcely s
morning docs not reveal robberies
of fruit, chickens, or vegetables
Bear traps 111 the gardens, live
wires sprinkled about the coops
and a couple batteries of artillery
in the houses are a few little reme
dies that might be tried.
i.ev. j. w . uiggit-s, who was
called I onic on Tuesday to officiate
It T . .
at the itinera! of the late Mrs. Hes
ter Barton, returned on Thursday
to Brentwood, Long Island, where
he and his family are spending the
month of August. They will re
turn next week, and regular ser
vices will be resinned in St. rani's
church on the first Sunday in Sep
teniuer.
Dr. MI1ps' Antl-I'nln Tills relievo pain,
Harvest Home Services will
held under the pastorate of Rev.
be
Iloutz as follows: On Sunday
August 30th, St. James' at 10:15
a. 111. and Zion at 2:10 p. m , and
on Sunday, September 6, Hidlay at
10:30 a. m. and Orangeville in the
Union church at 7:30 p. ni.
The churches will be appropriate
ly decorated for the occasion. All
are cordially invited. The usual
harvest offerings will be lifted.
Reports are coming in from many
points 111 the county of the appear
ance of deer, and indicate that they
are quite plentiful. The nearest
approach that one of the pretty lit
tie animals has made to Blooms
burg was - on .Monday morning
when a buck was seen to come out
of the woods at East Bloomsburg
and go to the river where it quietly
took a drink and a bath. Fortu
nately the law prevents any harm
being done to the deer at present,
and it would be well if this were to
remain in effect.
Sulphur Bleach for Fruit Stains.
Stained table linen follows the
return of the fresh-fruit season as
surely "as night follows day." For
removing such stains there is noth
ing more effective than the sulphur
bleach. Lay a spoonful of sulphur
on a plate, and sprinkle with a iew
drops of alcohol. Over this place
a tin funnel with the point upward.
Touch a lighted match to the alco
hol; wet the stained linen, and hold
the spot over the opening in the
point of the funnel. The sulphur
fumes will remove the most obsti
nate stain, seldom requiring more
than one application. Rinse and
wash the linen at once, to prevent
rotting the material. Woman's
Home Companion for September.
Danville Monument.
It has been announced that the
Montour county soldiers' mon
ument which is now being con
structed by a Boston granite com
pany, will be erected at Danville
and ready for dedication in October.
The shaft will be placed in uan
ville's new park, and arrangements
will be made for elaborate dedica
tion ceremonies. I nis monument,
which is to cost $15,000, will be an
obelisk of granite, seventy-three
feet in height. Five thousand dol
lars of the cost has been contributed
by the county after the favorable
action of two grand juries. The
remainder has been given by indi
viduals. $35,000 Horse.
Barton Pardee, of Lock Haven,
and Irvin Gleason, of Gleasontown,
have purchased the famoussiainon,
"McKinney" from V. L. Shuler,
of Detroit, Michigan. The price
paid for this horse was $35,000 and
the sale has been the main topic of
conversation in racing circles. The
former owner of the stallion proud
ly displayed the check to his friends,
marking as It does, the greatest
epoch in his turf career. Shuler
bought the stallion for $700
Mr. Pardee is a son of the late
Ario Pardee of Hazletou and a
nephew of Capt. J. B. Rob.son of
Espy. .
4, MOO Nil nan
THE COLUMBIAN.
Deeds Recorded.
The following deeds have recent-
y been entered on record by Re
corder of Deeds Frank W. Miller:
A. N. Yost to Warren A. Lemon
for a lot of ground situated on the
East side of Jefferson street 111 the
town of Bloomsburg.
F. R. Jackson et al. to W. W.
House for lot No. 54 in Jackson
and Crispin addition to the borough
of Berwick.
Berwick Store Company to F. P.
Seesholtz for a lot of ground in the
borough of West Berwick.
D. J. Finkelsteiu to R. E. Tillcy
for an interest in a lot of ground
situate on the west side of Main
street in the borough of Catawissa
Locust Mountain Coal and Iron
Company to Mrs. M. Kncff for a
lot of ground situated in the bor
ough of Ceutralia.
D. J. Waller and wife to John
Haywood for a a lot of ground on
the south side of West Fifth street
in the town of Bloomsburg.
John Haywood to Mary Ann
I lower for a lot on the south side
of West Fifth street in the town of
Bloomsburg.
Philip Tubbs and wife, quit claim
deed for interest 111 lot of ground on
West I if th street 111 the town of
Bloomsburg.
Sarah A. Kile to Vietta Russell
for a tract of land in Sugarloa
township.
Who Paid for the Booze ?
Somebody who is far enough
away to be safe, has started a Mary
Ann problem thus: In the United
States the Mexican dollar has an
exchange value of 90 cents.
In Mexico the American dollar
has the same value. Ou the fron
tier of the United States where
Texas joins Mexico there are two
saloons, one on each side of the
frontier. A man buys a 10-cen
drink of whiskey at the American
saloon and pays for it with an
American dollar, receiving a Mexi
can dollar as change. With this
he crosses the border, goes into the
Mexican saloon, hands over the
Mexican dollar for a 10-cent drink
and receives an American dollar as
change. It is evident that the lim
it of his purchase power is the
length of time he can stand. He
finally wakes up with a bad head
ache and the American dollar with
which he started. Who paid for
the whiskey ?
A New Pennsy Rule Regulating Car
rying of Packages.
On account of 'complaints being
received from passengers who have
not been allowed to carry packages
with them in the cars, the train
masters on the various divisions are
issuing orders that in all cases the
passengers are to be given the ben
efit of the doubt when they are un
decided whether or not to admit a
package. Every conceivable kind
of package has been carried into a
car by foreigners and it is mainly
for their benefit that the orders are
being issued. The conductors are
made responsible for the carrying
out of the orders. No package is
to be taken into a coach which is
offensive, injurious or unusually
large.
For headacho Dr. Miles' Anti-Fain Pills.
Years of Usefulness.
The Muncy Luminary last week
completed its sixty-sixth volume.
It is the oldest paper but one in
Lycoming county. The present
editor and proprietor is Mr. T. B.
Painter, under whose management
the paper has maintained its high
standard as a progressive journal
that has always stood for the best
in the community.
The name ot Painter is insepara
bly connected with the Luminary,
for we believe it was established by
a gentleman of that name, and dur
ing its entire existence has remain
ed in the family. We wish it con
tinued prosperity.
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Teachers' Salaries.
There have been many inquiries
made at the Department of Public
Instruction at Harrisburg as to the
requirements ne:essary to obtain
the increase of the salary for teach
ers, and the department has ruled
that the $50 salary can be paid only
when the teachers have a perma
nent certificate of proficiency in
teaching for two years.
Addition toCarpet Mill
Although it is now one of the
largest plants of the kind in the
state, plans are being made for the
erection of a two story brick addi
tion one hundred feet square, at
the Magee Carpet Mills.
Coming Home.
Dr. Waller and family will sail
from England tomorrow on the Lu
cania, and will reach home about
next Thursday.
BLOOMSBURft, HA.
GOSSIP.
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Probably no large city has ever
existed which has not harbored
within its borders vices and public
scandal of one sort or another, be
it social or political, in the days of
Babylon, of Rome, and in modern
times. Our own metropolitan
centres have been stirred to their
depths by corrupt machinations of
grafting political organizations, by
gambling, by violence, and by
vices of all sorts. But these have
successively been attacked by a
tardily awakened public, and law,
which is so often a neglected ele
ment has in most cases been
brought to bear, usually with ulti
mate success, provided the courts
have not succumbed to the general
epidemic of whatever may happen
to be the existing evil. Reform
movements generally spring up to
put an end to the abnormal condi
tions, and more or less often ac
complish their purpose. Then the
great city dailies announce in glar
ing headlines that civic virtue is
once more restored, and the natives
of the more provincial districts
heave thankful sighs and murmur
that cities are wicked places. Sel
dom it is that these same inhabit
ants of the smaller towns turn to
look at the local abnormities, except
in such a superficial way as to howl
lustily when the local sheet doesn't
print their names often enough, or
a monument isn't put in an absurd
out-of-the-way place where they
would like to have it, or when an
official dog shooter ploughs a
furrough on their front porch with
a stray bullet.
Merciful Heavens, when will the
majority of the people of this very
town waken up and realize there
exists a nuisance we should rather
say evil which does as much harm
in a limited community like this as
many a more serious nutter which
has aroused thousands in the larger
cities.
This evil is gossip, and promis
cuous, and in many cases, malicious
"knocking." Political grievances
and social evils can be checked by
law, but unfortunately petty gossip
cannot be so dealt with. IQ the
olden days public scolds and gossips
imprl t he ducked, but at present
a tint piistntnary, and
the gossiper starts his or her ab
nminnhte tittle confidential tips and
on rolls the tale upon an ever-multi
plying number of tongues an" -n
result is inevitably the creation of
illfo-li'nir Virnl-pn f ripnrlsllins. and-
what usually goes unnoticedi a
lowering of the gossiper's self re
spect and confidence in his fellows.
It is a ioke that has been worn
shiny that women are the only
gossips. Would that it were true,
for then the number would be re
duced by one-half, but alas, the
men are equally assiduous in this
underhand habit. At any hour in
the day clusters of men may be
found congregated at accustomed
loafing places, discussing the pass
ersby and making remarks, while
tales are spun regarding others who
don't pass by. Each new comer is
greeted with the query as to what
he knows, and usually he knows a
lot, about his neighbor, his friend,
or his enemy, and he willingly dis
esminates all these items with em
bellishments, while the listeners
gleefully absorb all he says, and
soon it is spread broadcast.
Some gossip because it is a habit,
some for the pure joy of it, and
others maliciously. The remarks
invariably return to their subject,
either by accident or through
some so-called friend who carries
them. The result is a community
of petty squabblers, families who
do not speak, and if the matters go
far enough, open libel.
The whole thing is an abomin
able habit, and is a thorn in the
side of the community and a check
to its social well-being, it is an
ever recognized element in human
nature that the misfortune ot others
is great happiness for many, but
why let it be so evident?
Bloomsburg could exist without
gossip. Some will probably always
be extant, but the sum total might
be lessened if those who indulge in
it would keep in mind an admirable
little couplet which contains much
food for thought. It is this:
"There is so much bad in the best
of us,
And so much good in the worst
of us
That it hardly behooves any of us
To talk about the rest of us."
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Lots of Rabbits.
Where Dogs Are Retrained Young Bunnlet
Ar Plentiful.
A Montour county farmer states
that if conditions in his section are
a criterion then rabbits will be un
usually plentiful in Montour county
this fall. The young rabbits may
be seen at almost any time and
place, bobbing up when least ex
pected. Previous years for as long
time back as he can remember there
was nothing like as many rabbits
seen ns at present.
He attributes the abundance of
rabbits as well as their fearlessness
to the quarantine against dogs. He
says few people are aware of the
depredations which, except in times
of quarantine, are committed by
dogs within a radius of several
miles of Danville.
Last year at this time when clogs
unmuzzled were permitted to roam
about at will, they might haVebeen
seen daily tracking game. During
the summer the young rabbits in
this way were killed off in large
numbers and when the season open
ed there were comparatively few
cotton tails to be obtained by the
' sportsmen.
j It is said to be difficult to realize
i the relief that the farmers experi-
ence by reason of the quarantine on
; dogs, which animals heretofore
went prowling over the country,
causing annoyance in different
ways. The prevalence of rabies
has been general during the past
summer, so that the quarantine
against dogs has been just as effec
tual in,other local'ties. Therefore.
since one of the effects of the quar
antine in a general way is to pro-
J tect the rabbits the latter, over the
entire extent of the country, should
prove very plentiful next fall.
Deer Plentiful.
Deer are reported as being very
plentiful from all along the Susque
hanna valley, says Secretary Kalb
fus, of the State Game Commission.
14 OFF YOUR BILL
That's what THE CLARK STORE offers you now on
l their Entire Stock of
All Wool Dress Goods,
Embroideries and Laces,
and Counterpanes.
J You reap the benefit in this big sale of these dependable
i and reliable goods by saving 25 per cent. Just so much
; interest on your money, and the goods are what you need,
j Don't delay if you wish to share in this saving. Act now
I while the offer is on.
j $6.75 SILK PETTICOATS $4.09.
; All Wool Tailored Suits J Price.
! THE CLARK STORE
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Postage on Post Cards.
In view of the number of post
cards being mailed daily, many of
which never reach their destination
because of improper mailing, the
following rules furnished by the
postal department relative to the
mailing of post cards will be of in
terest: Post cards of same size and mate
rial as Postal Card, 1 cent.
Post cards of different size or ma
terial with writing, a cents.
Same without writing 1 cent.
Leather Post cards with writing,
2 cents.
Leather Post cards without writ
ing 1 cent.
Post cards, enclosed in thin e
velopes, with writing, 2 cents.
Same unsealed and without writ
ing, 1 cent.
Post cards, with small envelopes
attached, unsealed, without writ
ing, 1 cent.
Same with writing, 2 cents.
Same sealed, 2 cents.
Post cards with tinsel on are un
mailable unless enclosed in envel
opes, and are sent direct to the
Dead Letter Office.
Post cards in envelopes must have
the stamp attached to the envelope
instead of the card; no matter if
envelope is of thin paper or has a
hole in It. Put your stamps cn the
outside of the envelope if you want
It to go.
INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.
Chas. P. Elwell announces that
he will be pleased to receive all
former pupils on violin and piano
forte, as well as new ones. No be
ginners taken, and no evening les
sons, owing to band and orchestra
work. Latest and best methods.
Terms strictly cash by the lesson
or month. Address Hotel Hidlay,
Bloomsburg, or call up on Bell
'phone any afternoon between 1
and 2. tf
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Martin
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BAD FRONTAL HEADACHES
EYES BOTHERED ME
DROPPING IN MY THROAT
MRS. EL1ZABKTH II. MAHTIX.
JBH Bowen Avenue, Chicago, 111.,
Chaplain (iarfiold Circle, wrltei:
"Veruna has been a blending to onr
family for a good many years, we
have all used it off and on for colds and
catarrh, and I have given it to all of my
children with the best of results.
"I found that a cold left me with
catarrh of the head in a very bad form.
My head was stopped up, I had frontal
headaches, my eyes bothered me, and
there was a nasty dropping in my
throat which nausoated me and mad
It impossible many times for me to cat
my breakfast.
As soon as I began to use Pornna I
found it relieved mo, my head aoon
cleared up and in a remarkably short
time I was rid of catarrh.
"I can, therefore, give my personal
experience with your valuable medfr
cine, and am pleased to do so."
People who prefer solid to liquid
medicines can now secure Peruna tab
lets, which contain the medicinal 1
gredionts of Peruna.
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative
A Striking Detective Novel in Tk
September Lippincott's.
So many detective stories have
appeared in print of recent years
that it is becoming increasingly
hard for an author to evolve a plot
which is wholly original. Nevil
Monroe Hopkins seems to have
succeeded in doing this, however,
in his new novel, "The Investiga
tion at Holman Square," published
complete in the September Lippm
toft's. The plot hinges upon a
mysterious murder in New York
City. The slayer has no intention
of paying the penalty of his crime,
and he uses the utmost ingeuuity
in arranging for the taking off of
the man whom he has marked for
death. Unfortunately for him, the
services of a private detective, Mas
on Brant, are called upon, and
Brant finally succeeds in unravelling
the mystery, clearing the best of
innocent "suspects," and having
the real culprit apprehended. The
author did not iutend that the read
er should be able to forecast the
outcome early in the game, and it
is safe to say that few will succeed
in doing so. The love story of a
young electrician who helps Brant
in the case, and a young girl relative
of the murdered man, is charmingly
portrayed and acts as a relief to the
sterner side of the narrative.
Other noteworthy features in the
September Lippincotfs are half a
dozen clever short stories by Will
Levington Comfort, H. C. Stick,
ney, Lucy Copinger, and other
well known writers ; some bright
special articles, excellent poetry,
and the humorous section, "Wal
nuts and Wine." One pleasant
feature about Lippincotfs Is that it
may be taken into the family with
absolute impunity, for nothing in
the way of suggestive passages or
profanity is ever admitted to its.
pages.
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