EVANS' SIHMME STORE.'
THE COLUMBIAN.
Ul.OOMSBURO, FA.
ItHUHSDAY, OCTOHKH !W, !!)(
Knteretl at thf Pout Olfiee, Bloonifhurg, Pa.
amfcondnlait mnfter, March 1, 1N88.
Mr. and Mrs. Fret! Ikeler spent
last week in New York.
The plant of the Montour Knit
ting Mills Company has been
moved fratn Danville to Catawissa.
The annual masquerade party
will be held in the gymnasium at
the Normal School on Saturday
evening.
The entire towuof Shipton, Kan
sas, was bought by a fanner the
other day for twenty-six hundred
dollars.
A windstorm caured damage to
the extent of $250,000 at Cam
bridge Springs, Pa., last Thursday
night.
The foundry at the Richard
Manufacturing plant resumed oper
ations on Monday after being idle
for two weeks.
Princeton University has accepted
a gift of half a million dollars from
V. C, Proctor '86, which will be
used on the new graduate school.
M. P. D. Scanlon, one of the
directors of the Columbia Power,
Light and Railways Company, is
on a trip to Manila and other points
of interest in the Kast.
The K. K. Club of Berwick,
have sent out invitations to a mas
querade dance in Evans' Hall to
morrow evening. A number of
Eloomsburg people will attend it.
One hundred cars of wheat and
a large number filled with flax seed
have passed through Rupert from
Manitoba curcute for Philadelphia,
whence they will be shipped to Liv
erpool. . . -
Scranton was the third city in
State in the amount of bank clear
ings f-?r September $9,819,712.
Reading was fourth, with $6,250,
641, and Wilkes-Barre fifth, with
$5529.978.
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Italy has again been shaken by
earth-quakes and terrified by erup
tions of Mount Aetna, atid of
Mount Vesuvius. Many buildings
were shaken dowu, and a number
of deaths caused.
Having outdone all other naval
powers by builJing a 2i,ooo-ton
battleship, it is now proposed that
we out-do ourselves. Tbe talk is
about a 30,000-tou monster carry
ing ten 14-iuch guns.
The moving pictures in the Col
umbia Theatre last Saturday drew
a packed house again. Arrange
ments have been made for especial
ly interesting pictures and good
music next Saturday.
Jacob Rhodes, of Kast Street, fell
from a grape arbor at his home last
Thursday and was painfully hurt.
His daughter fell from the same
arbor three weeks before and broke
her arm.
The deaths from tuberculosis
last year were 10,000 less than the
year before. That is a gain worth
having and a little more intelligent
ly directed activity will make the
great white plague a mere memory.
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An important opinion ot the Su
preme Court to many Pennsylva
"ians is that which make coal com
panies liable for the dumping into
rivers of culm or refuse that later
floods private property and causes
damage.
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A physician of Athens, Georgia,
a"er examining the undergradu
ates af the University of Georgia,
has made the startling announce
ment that thirty per cent, of the
student body is afflicted with the
hookworm.
Ctlldr Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
CORRECT STYLB IN
EVANS' SHOES.
EVANS' FALL STYLES are now
ready here every one a masterpiece.
The best ideas of expert minds the
best shocmaking of skillful hand, the
best material money can buy, and fin
ally the Evans way of fitting the feet.
COME IN AND LOOK OUR SHOES OVER.
The Progressive Shoo Store,
CHAS. IYI. EVANS.
Ilygcnic Shoes for Children.
Hiram Nevhart was eaticht in a
sewer cave-in on Kast Street last
Thursday, and buried to his waist
I le was rescued bv fellow workmen
Later in the dav he celebrated the
event in so hilarious a manner that
he was fined the usual $3.60.
Prince Ito, the maker of tbe
modern Japan, was assassinated on
Tuesday as he was leaving a rail
way station in Harbin by a Korean
tor fancied wrongs done his coun
try. Prince Ito was the most pro
gressive of all Japanese statesmen
About December t the cruiser
Prairie will leave the League Island
Navy Yard for Cristobal with a
battalion of marines on board.
They are going to the Canal Zone
to relieve the marines now stationed
theie. The latter will come home
on the Prairie.
uuuiy enouen a widow was
awarded only $625 for the killing
ot lier husband at a raihoad cross
ing, says The Wilkes-Barre News
while another woman was paid $700
by the company for d.unage to an
automobile at the identical crossing
War has been dechred by the
Graduate Nurses' Association of
Pennsylvania, who are holding a
three-days' convention here, against
the correspondence schools which
are said to turn out swarms of
nurses after only three months'
course.
Ralph G. Phillips has awarded
a contract to K. K. Shaffer of Wil
lianisport for the erection of a ;esi
denci at the corner of Fifth and
Jefferson Streets. The design,
which is in the cottage style with
rough stone and shingles, was
drawn by Yerus T. Ritter of town.
Gaylord Cryder, the thirteen-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Cryder, of Willow Springs, while
playing foot! all with several com
panions, Monday during the noon
hour at the Minlinville school house,
received a severe fracture ot the
right leg, and a dislocated ankle.
Miss Violet Ridgway, a society
girl of Philadelphia, together with
some friends, made a balloon flight
of two hundred and twenty miles
last Thursday, starting from Phila
delphia and landing at Woodstock,
N. Y. This is the longest flight
ever made by a woman in this
country.
Henry Farnian has been awarded
the grand prize of $10,000 for the
longest flight at the aviation meet
ing at Blackpool, Knglaud. He
covered 47 miles last week in his
best attempt. Rougier won the
secoud prize of $3,600 in this con
test. Paulhau was third, receiving
$r,40o.
There will be a parade, so it
seems, on Saturday night. In or
der to corral all of the Hallowe'en
ceiebrators in one place a band or
bands, will be provided, and all the
masqueraders will be given a chance
to enjoy themselves. This is far
more sensible than scattering over
the town and pilfering priva'e
property.
This is an off-year in politics,
and the quiet campaign nny giv
to some the impression that it is
not worth while to bother about
voting next Tuesday.
The office of Judge of the Su
preme Court is one of the most im
portant in the state, and the local
offices of Sheriff and Jury Commis
sioner are of interest to every citi
zen. No man should fail in his
duty by not voting.
T
Laurant, the magician, entertain
ed a capacity audience in the Nor
mal Auditorium last Monday even
ing. He presented a very enter
taining exhibition, showing many
new and clever tricks. The audi
ence was well pleased and was free
in showing its appreciation. This
was the first number on the Stu
dents' Lecture Course. Pour more
attractive features will be announc
ed later.
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURQ. PA.
SAYS BEER CAUSES POVERTY IN
GERMANY.
Imperial Statistical Bureau Makes
Report Based on the House-Keeping
Books Distributed.
Beer, it r.ppears from the report
of United States Consul Ifft, of
Nuremburg, is responsible for the
poverty of the average middle class
German family. He has transmit
ted to this government the findings
of the Imperial Statistical Bureau,
which one year ago distributed
house-keeping books among Ger
man families, with the request that
the head of each house-hold keep a
detailed account of expenditures
for the twelve months.
Only 852 families turned in com
plete records. An investigation of
these disclosed the fact that more
than one half of the average fam
ily's income went for food and
drink. For driuk, most of it beer,
almost 10 per cent, was spent It
was likewise discovered that the
average earnings of German fam
ilies of the W3ge-earning class were
$521.70 a year, while the average
expenditure was $531.69, or an
average annual deficit of $9.99 to
each family. Consul Ifft does not
indicate that auy remedy is sugges
ted by the Imperial Bureau.
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Scranton Aeroplane a Success.
For nearly a year Reyburn
Waters, the son of Colonel and
Mr-. L. A. Waters, has been ex
perimenting with a biplane which
contains a number of new ideas.
The young man is much inter
ested in aviation and has made a
study of the obstacles that must be
overcome to make a successful
flight.
The spread of the wings of the
machine is ibout twenty-five feet
They are about five feet wide and
are placed five and one-half feet
apart. The frame is made of sea
soned ash an inch square, and is
braced with strong cords.
Altogether, the machine weighs
about fifty pounds.
lie has already made several
flights and has met with only one
slight accident. Now he has the
machine nearly to his liking and
expects soon to make another
flight.
Ground Falls Under Town.
Kdwnrdsville, a mining town
near Wilkes-Barre, was the scene
of considerable excitement on Sun
day. A cave-in occurred on Jerniyn
street, which was caused by too
much coal being removed from the
crchard vein in No. 1 mine, opera
ted by the Kingston Coal Corn-
nan v.
The cave-in extends for nearly a
quarter of a mile, but is net over
two feet in width. Several houses
in the vicinity were damaged,
among them being one occupied by
the Chief of Police of the borough,
whose loss alone is said to be over
$1000. Many persons in the neigh
borhood are seeking safer quarters
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First Meeting Since the War.
Cantain W. II. Rauch. of Phila
delphia, a veteran officer of one of
the Pennsylvania regiments in re
union iu Richmond, met by chance
in a crowded hotel lobby last Fri
day nieht Captain E. D. Christian,
of Richmond, with whom, in the
heat of the battle of Cold Harbor,
he fought a sword and pistol duel.
They were separated by the back
ward rush of the Federal charging
column and had not seen each other
since but the recognition was mut
ual and Captain Christian and his
wife took Captain and Mrs. Rauch
home with them.
Mrs. Wm.Muffley Dead.
Mrs. Wm. Muffley of Light
Street, died at her home Sunday
afternoon.
She is survived by her husband
and three children: Mrs. Klisha
Summers, of Bbomsburg; Mrs. J.
L. Darrh and Samuel Muffley of
Light Street. Also surviving are
two brothers and two sisters: Mrs.
Annie Remley, of Bloomsburg;
Mrs. Samuel Jackson, of Fowler-
ville; Frank Keller, of Bloomsburg,
and Peter Keller, of Danville.
Interment was made yesterday
in Light Street cemetery.
Former Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Fred W. Fleitz, of Scranton,
is reported in an interview as hav
ing said that lie nopeu me proposed
h amendment to the Consti
tution will be voted dowu at the
coining election. "In regard to the
others," Mr. Fleitz added, '-alt
:hmild be adopted, or all defeated.
The adoption of a portion and the
rejection of others wm Dringon po
litical chaos in Pennsylvania" It
is a mooted question, how many
voters fairly understand the merits
of the amendments that they are
expected to vote upou.
CHICAGO MERCHANT
MAKES STATEMENT.
After Spending Thousands of Dollars
and Consulting the Most Eminent
Physicians, He Was Desperate.
CHICAGO, ILLS.-Mr. J. Q.
Becker, of 1 34 Van Burcn St., a
well-known wholesalo dry goods
dealer, states as follows:
"I havo had catarrh for moro
than thirty years. Hava tried
everything on earth and spent
thousands of dollars for other
medicines and with physicians,
without getting any lasting re
lief, and can say to you that I
have found Peruna the only rem
edy that has cured me per
manently. "Peruna has also cured my
wife of catarrh. She always keeps
It In the hnuiA fnr nn titlark nl
)f cold, which it invariably cures in
a very short time."
FARM SCHOOL ON BOAT.
Pennsy to Extend Campaign for Big
ger Crops to Potomac.
As a part of the educational cam
paign which it is conducting among
the farmers on its steamboat lines
the Maryland, Delaware & Virgin
ia Railway Company, a subsidiary
line of the Pennsylvania, will oper
ate a farmers' special steamboat,
making stops ot landings on the
Potomac River, starting October
26. Addresses will be made by
agricultural experts, who will en
deavor to interest Potomac River
farmers in more improved methods
of farming. In June of this year a
two day trip was made on the
Rappahannock River, stopping at
eight landings.
NORMAL EXCURSION TO WASH
INGTON. An effort is being made to secure
enough persons to go to Washing
ton this winter, to warrant the au
thorities of the Normal School in
making arrangements for the ex
cursion which, until two years ago,
was run annually.
This we'.l known outing is taken
at a very small expense, and mem
bers of the faculty act as guides.
The trip, if taken this year, will in
clude a boat ride to Mt. Vernon,
and a visit to the Naval Academy
at Annapolis.
Professor Joseph n. Dennis has
the matter 111 charge.
Those wishing to acrompauy the
excursion will confer afa'or by no
tifying Prof. Dennis at the earliest
possible convenience si that defi
nite arrangements can be msde.
THOUGHTLESSNESS.
Why will women with huge hats
go to a moving picture show and
refuse to remove them? We will
give them the credit of being simply
thoughtless of those unfortunates
who sit behind them. It is prob
ably net spitefulness. Of course,
the man or woman sitting behind
an enormous headgear, unable to
see the pictures, loses only a nickel,
not to mention temper, but he or
she is entitled to receive just as
much for that nickel as is the owner
of the offending plumes. The worn
an with the big hat should remove
it when she wants to sit in a mov
ing picture theatre, or she should
stay away, for she has no right to
obstruct the view of others just
because she is too thoughtless or
too vain to take off her hat.
WHY SHOOT THEM.
A Bloomsburg newspaper, a few
days ago contained the following
paragraph; to wit:
"Klmer Anderson shot a crane
along the banks of the river hst
Thursday which was measured 5
feet 2 inches from tip to tip of
wings and stood 4 feet 3 inches
high."
And the nest day a Philadelphia
newspaper had the following:
"Connie Elliot, of Laustord, yes
terday while out gunning on No. 6
mountain shot an eagle that weigh
ed 82 pounds, and meaaured 7
feet from tip to tip ot wings."
Now can any body give a good
reason, or any reason why those
birds should have been shot?
The crane is a beautiful bird,
and comd do no harm once in
awhile perhaps pick up a fish for
breakfast.
So the eaule, the emblem upon
our National Flag-Why kill it?
Both of the birds are very scarce,
and should be protected until they
are plentiful, until our boys and
girls could see them and tell what
they are like. X. Y. Z.
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EMPLOYEES WANTED.
Girls and women are wanted
at the Match Factory to fill
boxes. Good pay while learn
ing. Experts can earn big
monev. Apply at Fear Match
Factory, Bloomsburg. 4t
ROAD MEN TO TAKE LESSON.
Modern Machines to Build Highway
at Their Convention.
The American Road Makers' As
sociation opened its sixth annual
convention in Columbus Tuesday.
The sessions are attended by del
egates from every State in the
Union and are addressed by men of
experience in read building.
A feature of the gathering is
construction of a stretch of high
way at tbe State Fair grounds for
the purpose of demonstrating the
scientific principles of road build
ing with the aid of modern machin
ery.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVEN
TION. The twenty-third annual conven
tion of the Christian Kndeavor
Union of Columbia and Montour
counties will be held in Blooms
burg today and tomorrow.
The session will begin Thursday
evening at 7:30 in the Lutheran
church. On Friday the sessions
will be held in the Presbyterian
church, beginning at 8:30 a. m., 2
o'clock and 7:30 p. tn.
Very interesting programs have
been prepared for all the meetings.
Among other features will be the
singing by a male chorus of 25
voices, led by J. Blaine Saltzer.
Rev. K. B. Bailey is President of
the Union.
PURCHASED FARM.
Mathcw McReynolds, of town,
has nut-chased through O. B. Mel-
lick, Esq., the farm in Benton town
ship belonging to the estate of the
late I. K. Krickbaum. It is one of
the best farms in that section of
the county and has a large house,
barn and other out buildings.
SAFE AND SURE.
Among tlio medicines that ara recommended and
endorsed hy physicians and nurses ii Kemp's
liulsain, the best cough euro. For many years it
has been regarded by doctors as the medicine most
likely t euro coughs, and it has a strong hold on the
c-.lccm of all well-informed people. When Kemp's
rW!-;i'u cannot cure a couuh we shall be at a loss
to know wlml will. At druggists and dealers , Voc.
DELIVERING BALLOTS.
The county commissioners are
busily engaged in distributing the
ballots and other election supplies.
The county is divided into three
districts, and each commissioner
has charge of a district, and sees
that tlij election supplies are prop
erly delivered. The ballots alone
weigh over a half ton.
REAL ESTATE SALE.
The property of the late J. Boyd
Robisoti will be sold at public auc
tion by the administratrix, on the
premises, on Friday, November
19th. It consists of a farm of 49
acres in Center township, and the
homestead in Espy; io-28-3t.
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Church Dedication.
The dedication services of the re
built Reformed church will begin
next Sunday morning, and con
tinue through the week. Amoug
the visiting clergy will be Riv. O.
H. Strunk, a former pastor. A
number of clergymen will be here.
The church has been thoroughly
overhauled, and is now up to-date
in every respect. A flue new pips
organ will be installed in the near
future.
A meeting of representative citi
zens will be held in the grand jury
room this evening at 8 o'clock at
the call of the Chamber of Com
merce, to hear about a proposed
new industry.
Both bauds will be out on Satur
day night to participate in the Hal
lowe'en parade.
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The application of the Blooms
burg Post Office for an additional
carrier has been refused by the de
partment. Mrs. Grant Herring, of Sunbury,
a former resident of Bloomsburg
underwent an operation in a Balti
more hospital last week.
anun REVIVO
RESTORES VITALITY
"Made a
Well Nan
THE
of Me."
prod nr( fine reMilU lu 30 days. It acts
powerfully uuUquiikly. Curo.swuun others full.
VoutiK men can roxuin their lost manhood, and
old men may recover their youthful vii?or by
uslnij lti:VIVO. It quickly and quietly ro
moves Nervousness, Lost Vitality, Seiuul
Weakness such an Lost Power. Fulling Memory.
Wasting DIsoriSHs, unci effects of Rclf-abuse or
excosg und Indiscretion, which unfits one for
study, business or umri iue. It not only cures
by Ruining nt tho seat of illspnse. but Is a Rreut
nerve Ionic und blood builder, bringing
back the pink ti low to pule elieelt and re
storing the tire of youth. It wards off an
proachlntfdtseuse. luslsl on having UICYIVO,
no other It can be oarrlod In vest jinclcet. Ily
mall, $1.00 per package, or six for fiA.OO. We
give f roe advice and counsel to all who wish it,
with giinraulee. Circulars free. Addrutu
ROYAL MEDICINE CO., Marine Bldg., Chicago, III.
0-30 ly
FOR SALE!
The fine residence prop
erty of the late Judge El-
well is for sale,
Location :
AVest Third Street between
Jefferson and West Streets.
Description:
Two story and attic, brick
and frame. 13 rooms. Lot
about GO by 212 feet.
FRAME BARN
AND COW STABLE,
large garden, abundance of
fruit trees.
The house has a Steam
Heating Plant, Bath Room
Stationary Range and Wash
Tubs; Water, Electric Light,
and Gas.
Will bo sold on
terms. Apply to
easy
GEO. E. ELWELL,
Attorney.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Suppression of News.
Ohc of the problems an editor
has to meet says the American Tress
is the often repeated requests of
prominent citizens, sometimes val
uable patrons of the paper, that
this or that item of news be with
held from publication. This is a
problem of special difficulty in the
smaller cities and towns. In the
larger cities such requests are not
so frequently made, and it is easier
to follow a general rule ou the
subject. Speaking of cases of this
kind, in which the matters whose
suppression is sought constitute
legitimate items of news, the Qber
lin (0.) News says:
People come at the newspaper
with the time worn warning that
"it will do no good to publish these
things." Publicity is regarded as
being almost if not quite as potent
a preventive of lawbreaking as the
tear of punishment, and the effect
oi' publicity should be considered
before rather than after the com
mission of offenses. This fear makes
the work of the officers of the law
easier, and the public should know
what is going on in the local courts.
Newspapers usually are glad to
withhold the publication of news
which might prove injurious to the
good names of any individual or
work harm to his business, but
there is a class of people who make
a habit of trying to suppress every
thing with which some of their
friends are connected. Many years
of experience teaches us that no
newspaper ever made any friends
or realized any benefits from sup
pressing the legitimate things the
public ought to know.
Cyrus I,aRue Munson has made a
clean, dignified campaign to redeem
the high office of Justice ot the Su
preme Court from the hands of the
Philadelphia Contractors Combine.
He has met with hearty support on
all sides and from all sorts and con
ditions of people. Whether he
shall be elected or defeated is a
matter for the voter. If he wants
a high class lawyer, a public spirit
ed citizen, one who is under no ob
ligations, one who is bound by no
promises, one who can go upon the
liench and decide upon the facts
and the law, alone, unbiased by
party, faction, interest or clique,
he will vote for Mr. Cyrus LaRue
Munson.