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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

are made in white grounds with
light blue, lavender, green and
pink figures, these gowns are ad-
mirably suited for morning and
oouse wear. We offer a number
of them this week at $I.oo.
Ladies' Duck suits with blazer
jacket, in all the popular colors
and combination of colors, tan
stripe, black and white stripe, plain
navy blue with white dot, these
are handsomely made svits, very
stylish and good quality, price this
week $I.9S.
The newest fad is the ladies
club ties, bows, flowing and tecks,
and stock ties, made Of Persian
silk. with all the colors and hues
of the rainbow. They are the
swellest things to be worn with
shirt waists. A big contract en-
ables us to sell them at 25c each,
they are really worth double.
Our Shoe Department is right
in line with many choice things
for the warm season. This week
we will sell:
Ladies' fine Vici Kid black and
russet oxford ties in all sizes and
widths, that usually sold for $2 90
at $I.4S.
Ladies Bicycle leggins the $I.oo
quality at 4oc.
Children's Patent Leather and
tan strap slippers are worth fully
4 more than our prices 69c to
Boys Casco Calf lace shoes the
$I.5o quality at $I.oo.
We are stocked for the window
| shade season and can supply you
with anything needed, This week
we offer:
Heavy felt window shades in
| dark greens and Ecru, complete
ready to put up, with spring roller
and fixtures, at I SC and I9c, in any
sizes to fit windows as large as 6
feet by 3 feet.
Opaque cloth shades all colors,
spring rollers and fixtures 3oc,
with fringe 3sc.
The Anthracite Bicycle has nc
superior. Write for catalog.
Worth $4,000, for women and
men our price is $4,000
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18
SALES.

William d. Whitmoyer, Admins
traitor of Adam Whitmoyer, will sell
valuable real estate on the premises
in Pine township, on Saturday June
27, 1896, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
II. W. Shade, administrator of Mary
J. Vanhorn deceased, will sell valua-
bic personal property at her late resi-
dence on Saturday June Is, 1896, at
I O'Clock =. M.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18
WEDDING BELLS.

SUENDER-REICHART. On Tues
day evening June 10th, at the parson-
age of Trinity Reformed Church on
East Street, by the Rev. c. H. Brandt,
Mr.. James w. Suender of Mahanoy
Plane, Pa, and Miss Maize Reichart,
of Brandonville, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18
A Desirable Business Place For Sale.

The large three story brick store
building lately occupied by J. R.
Schuyler & Co., as a hardware store
for sale on reasonable terms by ]. H.
Maize Esq, Attorney. Office Lock-
ard building corner Main and Centr e
streets. If.
Real good property in Espy for
sale cheap. 1t is desirable residence,
large lot, and plenty of fruit. Apply
to ]. H. Maize Esq.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

The greatest silk sale ever held
in this vicinity, was held by us,
this season all our high grade silks
were offered at about half their
regular value. If you want hand
some waist at a small cost take ad-
vantage Of this great opportunity /;
silks that formerly sold at from
SI.25 to $3.50, are now going at
75c, csc and $I25, are genuine
bargains and worthy of your i'm
mediate consideration.
In summer weight dress goods
we offer a combination lot OF
Mohair and Woo, Persian Rcpp,
Printed Warp, Gauzine and sell
figured Mohairs worth 3oc, at the
reduced price of 25c. Write for
samples.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18
JONAS LONGS SONS
WEEKLY CHATS.
Wn.KES-BARRE, PA,
June IS, 1896.

The assurance Of delightful days
to come has caused us to prepare
for your wants in a manner bcft-
ting the magnitude of this great
retail establishment, when the cold
blasts of winter we're blowing their
coldest, we were selecting the NAM
moth stock Of summer necessities,
that now adorn. our shelves, buy
ing at such a time gave us the ad-
vantage Of dull time prices and we
assure you that it will be a money
saving benefit if you make your
purchases through the medium of
the mails. Write for samples.
Then make your selections. We
can serve you prohtably and we'll.
This weeks specials are:
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

BRowN-HEniBACH. On Wednes-
day morning June 18th at the same
place and by the same, Mr.. William
N. Brown and Miss Annie M. Helm
bach, both of Bloomsburg.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

HARTMAN--BcRLIN. MIR. c. E.
Hartman of Espy, to Miss Mary Ber-
lin of Bloomsbury, June 5th at the
United Evangelical parsonage by Rev.
G.. w. Currin.
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For a Shave or Hair Gut.

For a good and quick shave or hair
cut, 60 TO James Reilly's tonsorial
room in Exchange Block, first floor,
next to Express Office. None but
experienced workmcn employed,
I2-I3-Iyr
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

RoBBINs--JoHNsoN. At M. F..
Parsonage in Rohrsburg, June 18th,
1896, by Rev. f. M Chilcote, Mr..
Harry Robbins of Orange twp, to
Miss Viola Johnson of Saltwater, both
of Columbia county, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

27 inch Inquired
China silks in the
new designs, light
and dark colors,
prices have here
tofor been 75c,
we place a limited
quantity on sale
this week at 4oc
the yard. Write
for samples.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18
BICYCLE COLUMN.

1t is interesting to note how the
leading papers devoted to the sport
of cycling condemn the idiotic hump
and counsel the riders to SIT upright.
1t is possible to conceive something
uglier than wheelman with his chin
on the handle-bars and his spinal
column the shape Of dog-scared cats,
but he is certainly sight to make
the gods weep. 1t is the hump-back
scorchers who are doing the most to
bring the sport into disrepute. 1t is
unhealthy it is in every way unad.
visable, and the sooner the wheelmen
frown it down the better it will be for
the sport. Don't ride a wheel like a
monkey; ride like a man.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

1895 the number of applications ex-
ceeded those of 1894 by 5o1, but
those received during March, April
and May of the present year make a
total of I,745, or more than three
times as many as were sent in last
year. If this record is kept up, as
there now seems every reason to ex-
pect it will be, the Keystone state
should rank second at least in the list
of largest states at the end of the
year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

Harrisburg wheelmen are about to
form local association, composed OF
members of the League of American
Wheelmen, for the purpose of secur-
ing highway improvement, preventing
excessive street sprlnkling and secur-
ing other reforms. The call has been
issued by committee consisting of
H. w. Stone, F. P. Snodgrass, w. M.
largest, A. c. Stamm and Anson p.
Dare. The League membership in
Harrisburg is now in the vicinity OF
200 and is rapidly increasing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

The drought is running many roads
for cyclers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

The bicycle fad is reviving among
the ladies of this city. Besides the
considerable number who already
have wheels quite a number of Others
are on the way
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

A French physician of eminence
gives the following advice to bicy-
clists I. No one should ride until
after an examination by physician,
and the examination should be made
both before and after a run, as GER
tain heart-lesions only become appar-
ent after fatigue 2, ride. no faster
than eight miles an hour, and 3, to
guard against the impulse that seizes
one on good road to go faster.
With light machine an amateur can
easily double that distance, but it will
be injurious. The demand on the
muscles and circulatory system will
be too great, for at twelve miles the
pulse rises to $50, and this unnatural
rate long kept up must inevitably be
harmful.
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Samuel Harman is now the owner
of one of the finest bicycles ever
brought to this section of the county.
1t is diamond frame Cleveland tan
dem, and is SO arranged that it can be
steered from either seat, or the whole
steering arrangement can be taken off,
and guided by the front bars alone.
The wheelman who allows a hearse
to pass him will die before the year
is out.
To see small boy with a slingshot
beside the road is prophecy of a
puncture.
To attempt to hold up a75 pound
woman learning to ride is a sign of a
soft place.
If you take your machine to the re-
pair shop, it is sign that you will not
buy that new suit of clothes.
Kicking the man who asks the make
of your wheel is a sign of high honors
and riches within year.
We nave have started bicycle
column, and we will endeavor to have
it contain matters ofinterest to bicycle
riders. We invite cyclists to send us
any news which would be of interest
to them.
1t is estimated that there are six
hundred bicycles in this town. Aver
aging the value of them at sixty dollars
it would show $4,000 invested.
Some idea of the rate at which the
League of American Wheelmen is
increasing in membership may be OBJ.
tanned from the following comparisons
During March, April and May of
1895, there were 1881 more applica-
tions for membership than during the
corresponding period Of 1894. This
was considered remarkably rapid
growth, but during the same three
months of the present year there
were Io,Io6 more applications than
there were in 1895, or more than
double the increase.
-
The showing ofthe Pennsylvania
division during the three months in
question is q most favorable one. In
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18

The showing ofthe Pennsylvania
division during the three months in
question is a most favorable one. In
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-28
A WONDERFUL STAR MAP.
To Comprise Twenty-Two Thou-
 sand Sections.
Big Enough to Cover Two Acres = The Work of Eighteen Observatories-Ten Years in Progress and Now
 Nearly Finished.
EeoPYR1GHT. 1896.

The great map of the sky upon which astronomers have been working for the last nine years is approaching completion. It is an international af- fair; for no one country could carry through such gigantic task.
 The heavens have been mapped out in sections, section being assigned to each of the principal observatories in the world; and each of these IS obser- vatores must furnish a map of it's par ticular section in 1,500 parts To do this 5000 photographs have been taken at each observatory, making d grand total of 54,000 photographs. The United States is not represented in the international congress for the con struction of this map. Prof. Picker ing, of Harvard, wished to undertake share of the work, but it was finally de- cided that the great amount of time required for the allotted section would interfere with the general work of the Cambridge observatories. The YeTkes observatory was not, of course, ready at the time, and the others did not care to lay out the money for the necessary instruments. The observatories shar- ing the work are those of Greenwich Rome, Catane, Helsingford, Petsdam, Oxford, Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Al geria, San Fernando, Taeubaya, Sam tiago (Chili), La Plata, Rio ele Janeiro, Cape Of Good Hope, Sidney and Mel bourne.
 The map will be in total area nearly two acres, butmust necessarily be divid ed up into manageable size. For each hemisphere there will be II ,o00 little maps, or 22,0o0 for the whole sidereal universe. Upon it will be shown about 3o,oo0,0o0 of stars. Of these 2,0o0,000 will be catalogued and numbered, so that any star up to the 11th magni- tude can be located as easily as an island in the map of the world. The stars actually shown upon the map will be all those up to the 14th magni-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-28
WAR CAUSED BY A SLAVE.
Half-Breed Seminole Girl Brought About
 the Conflict in Florida.

In 1s35 foung woman, with a party of Indians visiting Fort King, was seized and carried off aa a fugitive slave, on thu ground tha, her mother was an escaped slave who had taken refuge with She Indians many years be- fore. That her father was an Indian and she had been raised an Indian did not count fol any thing. Legal claims of ownership in the motLtr embraced her also. That was law at the time the white man's Jaw.
 Naturally, the young husband, un- tutored savage that he was. could not recognize its justice. Proving both elo- quent and brave, he soon had every In- dian in Florida on the ,yarpath, nor was it long before his name. Osceola, was heard with terror in the exposed white settlements There ensued a war long, costly and bloody, out of all proportions to the number engaged. It Is probable the Indians did not number 1,500 warriors, but in tha four years required to conquer them 500 white lives were sacrificed.
 With the Indians it was ba. e outrance. They had maly wrongs to avenge, which lost aothinc in the fervid coloring of 0sceola's elo1uence. De feat meant transportati9 9n to an un- known country far toward the setting sun. 0sceola claimed to aave been the friend of the white man until white treaehery aud eupidity cl.lminated in the brutal seizure of his wife; in dig ging up tn, toma hawk Le preached War of eNtes mination- til every white man was drlved from Florida, or every Indian died in the attempt.-Lippin- cott's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-28

night walkers" in large quantities, and whenever any blowing was done the lads walked behind with pails and gath cred up the worms, which were forth with transferred to the incubator. Crewdye estimates that he put three barrels of walkers" into this incu- bator during the summer. From De- cember l to January l, 1896, Mir. Crew. dye sold 3S quarts of worms at one dol lar per quart. Fishermen left orders at Charles Blanks grocery in the vil- lage for Cpewdye, and he brought in the worms to fill all demands. When the cold snap came on in February, and the thermometer ran down to 2S de- grees below zero, the worms were all right, and kept on thriving and multi plying.
 The day after Christmas Crewdye's son Carl was in the incubator watching his father remove the manure from the box, intending to replace it with rfesh. This work was called feeding the crawlers." Karl played on his har- monica, making quite a noise, and was surprised, as was his father, to observe the worms working up out of the ground, their heads sticking out about two inches, while they swayed their heads to and fro as if ticl1led to death to hear the music. When the boy ceased playing the worms slipped back into theirSvarm beds. This story was told and was doubted until your representative saw the story verified The lad with his mouth organ seemed to have the same effect upon the night walkers as do the wind instruments handled by Hindoo snake eharmers upon the serpents that roam undis- turbed in the orient.-Lewiston (Me.) Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-28
TELEGRAPHY OF sAVAGEs.
Nearly All Tribes of Barbarians Have A
 Code of Signals.

All IfIDeS or Barbar1anS Have
 Code of Signals.
 By what occult means do barbarians transmit news with almost the rapid ity of lightning? Again and again has this puzzled the advance forces of civ ilization. In the Soudan, where The worlds interest centers now; with the Indians, on the western frontiers of the United States; among the Eskimos of Alasl1a-in fact, with savages in nearly every quarter of the globe, the facility with which information is spread far and wide is marvellous. Only with the utmost difficulty has the in telligence department of the British army learned Of the movements of the dervishes. The Egyptians and the other native allies of the English army seem not to have been possessors of the der wishes secret modes. On the otbcr hand, Mohammedans everywhere were informed of the advance up the Nile of the Anglo Egyptian army. No more pilgrims are going to Mecca, but all are flocl<ing to the green standard of the khalifa.
 Long before the tidings of the Custer massacre reached Fort Abraham Lin. coin the Sioux had spread it among their brethren of the northwest. The scouts in Crooks column to the south knew of it in a day or two and those with Gibbon, farther northwest. were not long without the information. Ter rvs Crow scouts told their chief the next day, and the story was diseredited. Two days later, when Terry reached the battle field, he found his scouts had not exaggerated.
 In Alaska several years ago a naval lieutenant on exploration ran short of provisions. He pushed on toward a set tlement, reducing rations every hour. When he reached there he found the inhabitants had provided against his coming and had a bounteous store awaiting him. The people in the vii lage were of different tribe from those through whose domain he had passed. and so far as he could learn were not in communication with them.-N. Y. Press
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-28

tude. A great number of the stars shown upon the map cannot be seen by the human eye, even with the aid of the most powerful telescope. The photographic plate, however, can de- tect many millions of stars which no man has ever seen.
 The long exposure necessary in order to get photographs of stars beyond the 14th magnitude renders the operation toe difficult for the construction of a map. The most sensitive plate known would require some days exposure to take picture of star of the 18th or 18th magnitude, and after all the photographs have been taken the hardest part of the work begins. The measurements and exact position of each star have to be recorded. and to do this hundreds of astronomers have been working for years.
 Special apparatus was purchased by each observatory for the work. All the instruments must be similar in size and construction, or the photographs would not be alike. The international con- gress which was held at the Paris ob- servatory eight years ago decided that telescope must be constructed for each observatory engaged in the work. These telescopes are all of II feet and inches focal length, with an object glass 13 inches in diameter.
 To take stellar photograph is not very difficult task. The sitters do not have to look pleasant, and the auto matic movement of the telescope keeps the object always opposite the stars to be photographed. The delicate part of the task consists in the accurate meas nring and placing of the stars shown lpon the photographic plate. Each negative will be transferred in dupli- cate on copper, and the two plates will be kept in different observatories. This IS to obyiate any chance of accident to the plates, for if both were lost, the damage would be almost irreparable. Some idea of the magnitude of the task undertaken may be gained from the fact that to reproduce the map from the plates will cost over $2,ooo, ,ooo When Q this is ssdded the cost of the instru- nents, the time of the calculators and measurers, and the numberless etceteras which pertain to work of so gigantic nature. the ultimate cost will be tre-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-28
"DREssING' A MAN-oF-WAR.
Fashion in Woman's Dress and Cus-
 tom Dictates That of a Ship.
All About Flags and Bunting Everyday Costume and Holiday Attire-Pen- nants and 1.-The Rainbow'-
 Etiquette of the Sea.
-LcoPYRIoHr. 1S96.

That fashion decrees what woman shall wear everybody knows; but that custom, equally memorable, prescribes how ship shall dress herself under all circumstances, few are aware. Wom- an rigs" herself out in silks, satins, velvets and all the gay connections of the loom; but the dressing" of Unit ed States man-of-war is confined to the colors in "Old Glory" for Uncle Sam decks out his ships with bunting only, the red, white and the blue. Indeed, dressing one of the modern battle ships or cruisers is not nearly so effective now as in the days of the line-of-battle ships, frigates. corvettes, etc, with their tall raking spars; military masts do not yield the same opportunities.
 All these bits of bunting have prac- tieal use; nothing is ever kept on board a man-of-war without there being a special reason for it. The number of pennants, flags, ensigns. etc. that an American naval vessel carries runs into the hundreds. She must be provided for domestic and international signaling, with flags of every nation in the world. with all the bunting needed not only for everyday duty, but for every emer- gcncy that is likely to occur. The sig nal quartermaster is the custodian of all the flags and banners on board a man-of-war, and it is to him that his commanding officer looks for the good condition oR his ships bunting.
 The largest flag used by the Ameri- can navy is 36 feet long by 19 feethoist, this latter very expressive word mean ing the width of the flag. In flag of these dimensions the union" is 14.f feet by 102 feet This flag flies only in fine weather, and is the banner which holds the place of honor over all other national flags in her outfit Especially
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mendous But the map, when com pleted, will be of inestimable value to astronomers. The idea is to show just what aspect the heavens presented at the period represented Any changes subsequent to this period will be at once detected, and valuable information gained. We know that the stars are constantly changing their positions, but except in the case of the larger ones we do not know what those changes are.
 The obseryatories participating in this work will each bear the cost of, and be responsible for, it's own particular piece of sky. When completed the pho tographs will all be forwarded to the Paris observatory for the production of the map
 Stellar photographs are always used just as they come from the camera, without any retouehing whatever. The number of stars shown is propor- tionate to the length of exposure of the sensitive plate. At first it was in- tended to include stars of the 18th magnitude in the measurements, but the tremendous additional la- Dor involved caused the congress 10 fix the limit at the 14th magnitude. Almost nothing is known of sstaFs which are such an enormous distance away, and no map of record has ever been made of them. As matters stand at present few million of them mi gl1b disappear without Astronomers being any the wiser. This gigantic map was planned by the Paris observatory in 1866, and a proposition made to aIl tic big observatories to assistin the york; Since that date the principal obserFaa tories have. been busy on the bfg! scheme, which will certainly Dc the. most wonderful thing modern astrono- my has aecofnplished