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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The Twin Comet lawn sprinkler is
the best thing of the kind now on the
market. 1t is nickle plated, and can
be ajusted to cover a circle eighty
feet in diameter, or less if desired. 1t
not only does effective work, but is
as pretty as fountain, when in opera
ton, We have one at our residence
which can be seen at any time by
calling at this Office. THE COLUMBIAN
has the agency for Boomsburg. If.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Carpenters are at work tearing down
and rebuilding the P. & r. round
house at Catawissa. The copper nails
with which the old roof was put on
are in great demand as relics.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

For all kinds of fruit and vegetables
call at &. Smiths, corner Main and
Jefferson streets. Goods delivered
free of charge.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

A new fruit store has been opened
in the Evans building at the corner OF
Main and Jefferson streets, by G..
Smith.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Conyngham directors completed
their list of teachers, by appointing
P. ]. Tighe, Michael Geoghegan, E.
E. Straub and Rose Cosgrove, and
fixed the time for opening their schools
for August 81.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The finest lot Of dry goods ever re-
ceived in Bloomsburg are now on sale
at Bloomsbury Store Company's store
and at prices which will astonish you.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

J. K. Fowler has secured the SER
vices of William Elliot, formerly of
the Henry House, Williamsport as
cook. He comes highly recommend
ed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The Baptist Church and Sunday
School are holding their annual picnic
at Rupert to-day. 1t is largely at
tended and good time is anticipated.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

After a suspension of several weeks
the Woolen Mills will resume opera
tions on the first of September. This
will be good news to their employees.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The Lutheran reunion is being
held at Island Park between Sunbury
and Northumberland to-day. Quite a
number of our people are in attend
ance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Take the muzzle off the dog and
put it on the man who persists in
talking on the financial question with
out knowing anything about it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

I. G. Deiterick has placed a tele-
phone in his place of business on
Market Square. Orders by telephone
will receive prompt attention.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Suits made to measure $40. Trous,
ers $2.5o. Clothing made to fit and
fit to wear, 60 to Maier, the tailor,
clothier, halter and gents furnisher,
Bloomsbury, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Hereafter the free lunch at the
Grand Restaurant will be served from
eight to ten in the evening, instead of
in the morning as heretofore.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

When you want plate of good ic'
cream, stop at w. Reade's on Mai
street, near Armstrong; grocery.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Since boomers became the rage
the old rhyme about the girl and the
match no longer holds good.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Watermelons, Cantaloupes and
Peaches at G.. Smiths, corner ol
Main and Jefferson streets.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27
rs.

Try can of Hopkins Steamed
Hominy (Hulled Corn.) tits delicious.
Full qt., Ioc. 7-23-4t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Robert Elliot has moved into one
of the houses Of Paul E. Writ on
Fifth Street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Remember the Antitrust tin ware
at the Store Company Store is sold
at a positiveguaraptee.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Wild oats cost as much as ever, in
spite of the fact that everything else
has been greatly reduced in price.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

A notable fact about this year is
the fact that each month has been
breaking the weather record.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The Gas works look resplendent in
a new coat of red paint and brown
trimmings.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Only the choicest and purest can
dies on sale by w. Reade, Fox build
ing, Main street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Bloomsbury can boast of having a
number of fast trotting horses. and fine
turnouts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The window shade trust having
curled up and quit is no longer a
high roller.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The best ice cream at 1. G.. Deit
rick's.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The school children are counting
the days from now on until the term
begins.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Shirt.. rt..waists at cost at the Store Co,
Store.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Fruits of the season at l. G.. Deit-
rick's.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Few women can get red from
blushing, but they can all turn green
from envy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

For want of use fine gray mare
will be sold cheap. She is nine years
old and a fine driver.
]. w. CONNER,
Orangeville, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The carpet store Of w. H. Brewer
has been re-papered which adds great
ly to its appearance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The wrappers are serviceable
all the year round, and the
price is much broken.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Mrs. Birch is making extensive
improvements to her property on
Rail Road Street.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

~ The home of DR.. Bierman has been
frightened by the advent of a
daughter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

If you want to invest your money
in safe advertising do it in the
COLUMBIAN.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Small Articles.
Belt holders, Ioc.
Belt pins, &c. each.
Belt buckles, I5c. each.
White kid belts, 25c. each.
Black silk belts, 25c. each.
Shirt waist sets, &c, Ioc., r5c. and s5c
Belt bags, I5c. and a5c.
Kid curriers', &C., Ioc. and I5c.
Curling irons, SC, &C., &c., Ioc.
Tape measures, &C., Ioc., and 25c.
100 yd. best silk, SC. spool.
Knitting silk, sc. ball.
Fans from &c. up.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Barnaby Fine Dress Ginghams.
The remainder of these now
10c. yd.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

For perfect ice cream try /. G.
Deitrick's.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills.
BiliOusness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27
Everybody Coming into our Store now are Surprised tu
see what room we have lying back unused.

Shirt waists are good wear
ers until cold weather, and
can now be bought at a low
figure.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Crepon Skirts. A few of these.
They must go. Now 95c.
each.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27
AUGUST

We take this month for cleaning up all the remaining
goods The prices have been reduced to the lowest
possible point On many below cost There is an opportunity
for you to do wise buying.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Separate Dress Skirts. We
call attention to our line of
special skirts, all dress
maker made at $500 each.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

$50 ladies' ribbed vests, lace
fronts, 15c. each.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27
Pocket books all prices.

Here and There in the Store.
so in. linen, 35c. yd.
Roller crash, 3Ic. yd.
Barnsby heavy crash, r23c. yd.
2 pair mems good hose for ssc.
Ladies' fast black hose, sc. piar.
Children's hose, SC. Pair
Derby curtains, $50 .ir.
Turkish towels, 3oc pa.
Soap and towel, Ioc. package.
Pears soap, 1ac. cake.
Table spreads, $I.75-big.
32 in. Venetian silks, s5c. yd.
Model Form Corsets, $1.O.
Best shape made.
Telescopes and Bags. A full
line at lowest prices-also
dress suit cases.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Shirt Waists. All that's left of
the $1.25, $1,5O and $1.O0
ones, now SOC. each.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The Fall term of the Normal Schoo
will open next Tuesday.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Five new lamps now help to illumi
nate the streets of Benton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Mosquitoes linger.
Grapes are plentiful.
Chrysanthemums soon.
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The days grow shorter.
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One more week Of August.
Water melons are cheapening.
School will commence Sept. 9TH.
WiIliamsport tramps will hereafter
break stones on the streets.
"
There was frost in Sullivan
County last week.
BARRIERS lament the approach of
the football season.
1t seems strange that fast colors
won't run.
The oyster vacation is drawing to a
close.
The apple crop is SO large as to be
already drug on the market.
Five new lamps now help to illumi-
nate the streets of Benton.
The Fall term of the Normal School
will npen pavt TuacJ,y
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Curtains of all kinds will be
opened soon for house cleaning
time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

There was frost in Sullivan
County last week.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The apple crop is so large as to b.
already drug on the market.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

American Lady Corsets, 81. 90.
Try them,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

Williamsport tramps will hereafter
break stones on the streets.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The opening Of the annex to
the store gives us better room
for all kinds of yarns, which
will be ready for a new stock
in a short time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

BARRIERS lament the approach O
the football season.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

1t seems strange that fast color
won't run.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27
HI. J. CLARK & SON

in our China and japanese
ware, especially for presents to
a friend. We shall increase
the line now as we have more
room to display.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-08-27

The oyster vacation is drawing to
close.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-09
AN OLD HERMIT's ROMANCE.
True to Boyhood,s Dream of Love, He
 Never Spoke to Woman.

True to Boyhood's Dream of Love. He
 Never Spoke to Woman.
 Another strange romance has come to light in the mining camps of Cali fornia in the discovery of the fact that an old miner, known as George Barnes, the hermit" who died at Jacksonville q few months ago, left fortune of$100,- coo, which will go to his brothers in New Jersey. One is James Barnes, well-known citizen of Paterson, and the other IS William, of Franklin, in the same state.
 The story of how their brother George lived and died, leaving them his fortune, is romanee,' said Attor- ney Oscar T. Shuck. Tn their youth the three brothers lived with their parents on the heights of Poyershun, N. J., simple farmer boys. George, the most ambitious son, fretted under the restraints of farm life and determined to marry before he had reached his ma jority and come west. He fell deeply in love with young woman and spent much of his time in her company, but his father deeply objected to the match and forbade the marriage. The result was a bitterness between father and son, and George was severely repri- manded. The trouble eliminated in Georges determination to leave home. and one morning 43 years ago he bade his family farewell.
 '' I am going west, he said at parting, and I shall never return. If I cannot marry the girl love I shall lead her. mit's life. I will never speak to wom- an again.
 Long years the family waited for word from the wandering son, but none came. The parents died, the brothers separated and George. was given up for dead.
 "Only recently was it discovered that the old hermit at Jacksonville. who was found dead in front of his cabin a few months ago, the strange man who summed men and never spoke to wom- en, was the same romantic young man who left his home in 1852 with the oath his strange life fulfilled"
 Barnes worked claim of his own, and when he died papers found in his hut showed him to be worth over S100,- 900. The names, whereabouts and re- lationship of his relatives were found also among his papers.-San Francisco Chronicle
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One Way to Polish Cut Glass.

It is no exaggeration to assert that half the beauty of a dinner table is the luster of the glass. When a table has been laid without glass, if graced with the rarest flowers, it is comparatively dull and flat. Put the glass on the table, and the reflected light lends brilliancy attainable by no other means. Some people are very careless about their glass, either through ignorance or want of care. The glass should be thoroughly washed i'll soapsuds, which will effeetually remove all grease, then dried with clean cloth and dipped and twirled in 0 box of sawdust and pol ished with clean dry chamois leather. The effect will be fairy-like. Gut glass dishes, decanters and the like are es- pecially fitted forsuch treatment. They so often look muddy, but good rub ping in their case with sawdust will completely metamorphose them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-09
MINES UNDER THE OCEAN.
stalwart Gnomcs Who Dig the Ores Sin
 Fathoms Below the Surface.

staIwart Gnomes Who Dig the Ores sis
 Fathoms Below the Surface.
 There k a striking example of mans boldness in searching for wealth and ais skill in securing it at BetallocS, near Cape Cornwall, Alaska. Betailock is 2 bold headland composed of huge masses of hornblende, masked by walls of slate, against which the Atlantic .surges are constantly flashing. The persevering efforts of man have at this point been more powerful than those of nature.
 eKibbles" descend fathems beneath the sea, and ascend again with copper or lin ores, wl.ich are wheeled away to larger heaps, where women, boys and girls separate various qualities with the systematic industry of workers in a factory. Everybody and everything rocks, platforms and paths are smeared with the prevailing red hue de rived from slight mixture of iron with copper or tin ores, and then the very muddy stream flowing from the stamp mill to the sea has imparted to the beach, the breakers and the foam the same rubicund tinge. If ore is com ing up plentifully and of good quality everybody is pleased, and far down to the gloomy depths of the mine, which Cornish legends people with spirits, the news that a new "bunch" of copper has been struck, or the old hole is growing richer, fills the workers with professional joy.
 As the visitor creeps along the pas sages into which the light of day has never entered, he Aears comparatively little, until, becoming accustomed to the darkness, barely illuminated by the flicker of lamps, he dimly distin- guishes the stalwar6 gnome at work. Coming from the upper world, amid the din of heavy stamps and machinery above and the surge of the sea below, the rattle of wagons on tramways, and the crowds of men and boys climbing up and down paths which seem to be too steep for goat, the modified silence of the level strikes one as unnatural
 In places, however, the guide may ask the visitor to listen to curious sound. It is the booming of the waves above and the grating of the stones on the sea bottom. Then he is told, to give him courage, that in some of the fecesses Of the first level the ore aas been cut away until roof of not more than six feet thick has been left First worked on the face of the cliffs only, the mine descended, level by level, un- til the excavations extended for more than six fathoms inland. while the greatest depth to which it has been sunk is about 2,0oo feet.-San Fran cisco Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-09

n;led at the dipper's elbow. She sets one in her wire loop, plunges it below, tbe surface of the cream, lifts it up and drops it lightly upon 8 coarse sieve~ Each nut is HOW a shapeless oblong, with the yellow of the skin showing through q sparse pink coating. A sec ond girl sets one of them in her wire, +brusts it again into the pink cream and brings it up about doubled in size { With quick, indescribable wrist mo- tion. she sets it upon white paper where already there are other pink cwee+s arrow. But she does not ab- runtlv withdraw her looped wire. h. s+ead she draws it up one side and to tbe top. shaping the warm candy as # masses into two fine, slightly curled horns. which give an artistic finish.
 But three times in five, no matter how they begin, candies end by becom- ino chocolates of some sort. Chocolate dinDino is much like the creaming nrocess with the difference that while it is possible to mould cream can- dies of some sorts, nothing yet invent ed can take the place of the ten fingers for chocolate.
 One of the most interesting sights is inc making of the "blown candy" vEich looks and tastes fit fer fairy's feasts. Men are the workers here. They take lump of hot candy bigger than ones head, toss and twist it hither and yon, and end by flinging it across q big hook, against which they pull as frantically as though life depended on it. They double the extended mass, re- double it, fling it high in air, draw it back. and play such fantastic tricks before high heaven that one cannot wonder that the stuff is so full of erain-though it seems miraculous to note the transmutation of motion so violent into the gay, glistening ribbons of sweetness.
 Rose leaves and violets are crystal lized by dropping them one minute in very hot candy, sl<imming them out and spreading thin, then shaking hot sugar over them. It is 8 tedious proc css-but hardly so much so as the making of fruit glace, which must first he boiled in syrup until it is clear, then spread, sugared and dried with infinite care.
 A word as to flavorings. Though for cheap candies of all sorts of villainous substances abound, and in spite of the undeniable excellence of many lattes
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-09

shelels for dainty little bonbonieres, full of dainter and smaller bon bons, that some fortunate young woman may eat without loss of caste all through the tears and laughter of the play.
 All and several they have a liberal range of choice. The long counters are full of silver trays, heaped with all sorts and conditions of candy. Here are satinettes of every color, breathing out the fragrance of rose or jasmine or heliotrope; peach pits, natural as life; fi1berts, chestnuts, acorns in and out of shell; chocolate in every conceivable shape and combination; fairylike blown candy" that looks as if it had been spun from sweet sounds and odors; green peas in the pod, lemon and orange slices, tiny button onions, nut creams and earamels, nut-bar, nougat-and 50 sorts besides.
 Inside the brilliant cabinets on both sides of the shop are other silvered trays upon plateglass shelves, wherein you see rosebuds or orchids or lilies, shaped from pink or yellow almond paste with calyXes of pistache green. They are so lifelile it seems vandalism to eat them-even if you have paid dollar for half pound of them. They keep in countenanee the candied straw berries, cherries, yiolets and rose leaves, that are but one-haIf as costly-seIling at the same rate as the familiar glace fruits-and the unfamiliar "caprice," which looks as though scented red or
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RneAc
THOSE DELICIOUS BON B0Ns.
Sweets That Delight the Bellies
 and Impoverish Their Beaux.
Candy Cream by the Ton-How Delft Fin gers Mould It Into Taking Forms Flowers, Fruits. Nuts and Spices
 All Pay Tribute.
ICOPYRIGHT, 1898. ]


 There are millions in the business of making and marketing candy. Refined sugar, the basis of it, costs less than four cents pound Candy sells to the consumer all the way from 20 cents to $1.50. The difference represents labor, enterprise and invention It must be a ehurl indeed who grudges them their reward.
 Few city sights are more interesting than a candy store-espeeially just be- fore holiday. There is such a sug- gestion of Aladdin's palace about it that you do not wonder at the eddy that it makes in the human stream rushing along the pavement. Every moment the big crystal doors swing in or out at the touch of all manner of human kind. Women of course predominate for the most part, young women, hardly past girlhood. The older ones have usually child in charge. They are aunts or grandmothers-or bonnes, in cap and apron, leading solicitously
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the heir or heiress of millions. Some times there are two of the small people and then, indeed, the nurses lot while they are choosing their moneys worth of sweets is not particularly happy one. Still she fares better than the dot ing aunts and grandmothers-who sell dom escape until their dear tyrants have exhausted both purse and patience. But no harm is done-the crowd in a Broadway shop comes almost wholly from the class that tolls not, neither does it spin.
 The masculine moiety of it may be di- vided roughly into grandfathers, bride grooms and beaux, whose attentions rarely mean intentions. The old men, you see. buy such big generous boxes almost more than their hands will hold, cumbered as they are with cane and kerchief, The smiling bridegroom chooses the most luscious of melting sweets; while the beaux spend their
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day chemical fayorings. every first- class manufacturer will show you in his store room extracts and fruit juices by the gallon which are derived from nature alone-and were expressed from her choice products into the bargain. It is much like perfumer's shop; indeed, even musk, the basis of scents, is not lacking, though in use there is delight ful paucity of it.
 Lastly, for the comfort of the squeamish and the enlightenment of the doubting, let it be understood that in candy making the most exquisite cleanliness is the rule. Each copper kettle shines like the rising sun-you could eat off the floors if need were. Every slab and sieve and spoon and tray has thorough and most intimate knowledge of the virtue of soap and scrubbings. All the workers wear white caps and aprons, put on when they come in and taken off when they go away. They are dainty, too, with their hands-or they do not stay. Clean ing up is no small part .of the days work, and one that is never scamped or sighted. The bubble reputation means much to the maker of sweets. Having won it, he dares not risk by the chance of even one ill-favored box of his wares