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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
TRADE IMPROVING.
Dun Declares Business Improvement is More
Encouraging Than for Years.
FARMERS IN GOOD HUMoR.

r. G.. Dun & Co., in their weekly
review of trade last week, say:
Not for several years have the tele-
graphic reports from various cities in
all parts of the country been as en-
couraging or shown as uniform i'm
provement as this week. The markets
are called crazy by some, but fairly
represent the people whose confidence
in the future is strong and increasing.
Nothing appears to check it, Rumors
of injury to crops are not sufficiently
supported to have much influence.
The one temporary hindrance is the
strike OF bituminous coal miners, which
interferes as yet little with Industries
and seems likely to terminate within a
week The demand for money i'm
proves, taking from New York to the
interior about half a million more than
was received during the week, the off
erings of commercial loans are much
larger, including considerable iron and
steel paper, and the course of foreign
exchange is generally interpreted as
an indication that specie imports can
not be long delayed.
The greatest gain has been for ag-
riculture. Corn has advanced a little
in price, but is moving very largely,
so that the last years surplus may be
soon marketed, unless the new crop
turns out better than many now ex-
pect. Cotton declined an eighth be-
cause an estimate promising the larg-
est crop ever grown, but the market is
gradually improving, and some of the
large mills, after few weeks of sus.
pension, have resumed work.
Other farm products are doing well
also, but wheat has advanced about
1Ia cents for the week on actual trans.
actions, with heavy purchases for ex'
port.
The iron and steel industry is push
ing forward in spite of the still unset
tied strike of bituminous coal miners
and the enormous purchases of ore a,
Cleveland and Of billets at Pittsbure
show the utmost confidence in the
future. Many additional establish
ments have begun work during the
week, and while no material change
in prices has occurred, the reports in
dicate fewer concessions to secure
business and much steadier tone.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
KLONDIKE BARRIERS
MILES CANYON is THE GREAT OBJ
STAClE TO OVERLAND TRAVELLERS.

Hardships That Must be Endured by the
Gold seekers-Four Minutes or Four
Days Passing the Canyon - Mountain
Climbing or Rapids Shooting.
II you contemplate going to Klon-
dixie in search OF fortune, there Is
just one word of advice to be given
you, and that is, Don't! 1t is true that
the mines are rich with the yellow
metal and even the poorest paying
dirt" will yield three or four times as
much as good paying dirt" in Cali
fornia. But the cost of transportation.
the enormous price one must pay for
the necessities of life. and the few days
in the year in which one can work,
make It impossible to expect profitable
mining unless the richer pay dirt" IS
found In abundance.
1t should be understood that the gold
thus far mined in Alaska is only the
particles that have been ground off of
the mother veins, and washed down
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
NIAGARA FALLS.
$40 Excursions via Pennsylvania Railroad

The last two ten-day excursions of
the present season to Niagara Falls
via the Pennsylvania Railroad will
leave Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
Washington on September 4 and I6.
An experienced tourist agent and
chaperon accompany each excursion.
Excursion tickets, good for return
passage on any regular train, exclusive
Of limited express trains, within ten
days, will be sold at $40 from Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, and
all points on the Delaware Division
1910 from Lancaster; $500 from
Altoona and Harrisburg; $S.25 from
Wilkes6arre $3.50 from Williams
port /; and at proportionate rates from
other points. A stop-over will be
allowed at Buffalo, Rochester, and
Watkins returning.
A special train of Pullman parlor
cars and day coaches will be run with
each excursion.
In connection with excursion OF
September 4, excursion tickets will be
sold September 7, 8, and 9 from Mia
CARA Falls to Toronto, via Lewistown
and steamer, at rate of $I.5o for the
round trip, on account of the Victor.
ian Era Exposition and Industrial
Fair, to be held at Toronto August
80 to September II, 1897.
For further information apply to
nearest ticket agent, or address Geo.
w. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel.
phia.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26

he streams by the action of the fresh
cts and the flow of ice. The main body
Of gold has not yet been touched at all.
And yet 1t Is nothing surprising for
miner to find $400 worth of gold In
one pan of dirt. II there is such rich
digging in the placer sections, what
will 1t be when, with the aid of ma
rhinery and all the appliances which
money can purchase the miners In o
year or two attack the mother lode"
as the reserve Is called, and bring forth
the millions and millions of dollars
worth OF the precious metal.
To gain some idea OF the richness
and extent of this mother lode" one
must know that In q territory more
than 1000 miles long, miner can ind
gravel which will wash out four or five
times al much gold as some Of the best
mines OF California produce. and a
good miner can make from SO to $12
a day at this work. But $40 or 312 q
day Is not sufficient pay to make the
work profitable. The reason for this
Is that for two-thirds Of the year Moth
ing whatever can be done proftably.
The 100 or 120 days when work can be
done Is short season. and with -four
at one dollar a pound and eggs at
three dollars a dozen 1t costs q large
sum to keep a miner q year.
But the difficulties of reaching the
gold fields, and the hardships which
must be endured there, are enough to
discourage the stoutest heart. 1t Is
certain that the difficulties have not
been exaggerated by the people who
have returned from Alaska. On the
contrary, it Is doubtful IL the whole
truth has been told Of the terrible con-
ditions which exist, and the exposures
encountered by those, especially who
go into that country without proper
preparation.
Dispatches from Seattle say that the
blockade of Klondikers at Dyea and
Skagaway will lead to much suffering
this winter. Captain Annex, who was
the pilot OF the steamer North, says
that things are in very poor shape. Ar.
fairs could not be much worse. Two
thousand persons are camped along the
rocky shore with but few horses OF
pack animals at hand, and they have
practically no chance OF getting ovel
the pass One of the United States
Commissioners by using his official in,
fiuence and paying $400 In coin, man,
aged to get the Indians to pack his out
fit over the Chilkoot Pass to the lakes
OF the others who went from the Puge
Sound without horses not one In fift,
will get across the mountains this win.
ter. Seven Seattle men who went III
in the Islander returned on her to Vic
toria, utterly disgusted with the pros
pect, and will remain at home til
spring, when they expect to make an
other start. Those who have horses
and boats stand fairly good chance O
getting through, but the start must bt
made before winter comes on.
There are hundreds OF would be min
ers to-day sitting In their comfortable
homes and with maps of Alaska, plan
ming their proposed journey to Klon
dixie. This looks easy on the map, bu
the real difficulties can not be appre
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
$4,000 WATCH US!
THE
BROADWAY
s'.t'A! SUMMER sA!G

GLASSWARE, CRUCkERI y ChlNh'
No woman ever had enough Glass,
China or Crockery. Something is al
ways breaking, usually the best in the
house, and must be replenished. We
have prepared an unusually attractive
line for this sale, and prices are such
that must interest every economical
housckeeper. Quantities are liberal,
but wi soon sell as the prices are un-
usually low. Call and make your
selections early.
Large Glazed Jardineres, assorted
colors, glazed inside and out, at Ioc ca.
soc size Glazed Jardlneres, special
price for this sale soc eacn. Colors,
royal blue, pea green, canary, choco-
late, orange, etc.
Full size, buff color, Glazed Cuspi-
dores, large opening, 75c article at a
Ioc price.
Full size finished table Tumblers,
CSC per doz.
Fine engraved blown Tumblers, fu
size, beautiful patterns, sc each.
A large line Of new table Glassware,
comprising 8 and 10 inch cake stands,
in. footed dishes, Iot in. bent up cake
stands, 81 in. large footed bowls, III
in. celery trays, II in. flower vases and
many other useful items all at the uni
form price of 10 cents each.
Gold edge olive dishes, Ioc ca.
Flower pots with saucers, assorted
sizes and COLOR, &C to Ioc ca.
Rockingham teapots, Ioc to 2sc ca
Complete line Of Best White Granite
Table ware in stock
Cups and Saucers, IS, 81, 42c set.
7 in. Plates, &c each
Large Wash Bowl and Pitcher, Coz
a set.
Meat dishes. 6, 7, 10, IA, to soc.
Vegetable dishes, 7, 9, 10, II, anC
nc.
There are hundreds of items in thi:
stock that we cannot enumerate in al
advertisement. Call and see for your
self, but come before the goods arr
sold.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
A Great Surprise is in Store

for those who 60 to-day and get a
package Of GRAIN.O. 1t takes the
place of coffee at about I the cost and
can be given to the children as we'll as
the adult with great benefit. 1t is
made of pure grains and looks and
tastes like the finest grades of Java
coffee. A cup of Grain o is better
for the system than a tonic. What
,offee breaks down Grain.O builds.
up. Ask your grocer for Grain o
r5c and 25c.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26

.ell you. In second after we had been
caught in the current | was almost
dizzy with the motion of the boat We
bobbed one way and then the other
and padded with all our might to keen
the boat in the middle of the stream
First we slipped over a sheet of water
as smooth as glass, and a moment la
ter dipped into curling breaker that
almt s; III set. Moore water came in and
we swung sideways and then around
so that we scraped the canyon wall and
almost upset More water came in and
everything seemed to swim around me
We sprang forward in a series of leaps
Then there came scraping sound. and
a moment later heard the yells of the
men who had gone before greeting us
and cheering at our safe arrival. II
was a great trip, and / wouldn't have
missed it for 81 600 But, well, the fac,
Is | don't think that | would care 10
go through there again. In truth. 7
believe that if ever came to the poini
just at the head of Iie rapids ] would
take the route over the mountain"
II. c. CHARLES.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26

Oak Grove has been more popular
this season than ever. 1t is said that
at least eight different picnics were
held there last week.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURY, PA.
PIANO FOR SALE.

The undersigned has authority to
sell Steinway square piano, as good
as new, and in fine condition. For
particulars call on Geo. E. Elwell,
Bloomsbury, Pa. Cost 5000 when
new. Will be sold at great reduc-
ton. tt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26

f. E. Bittenbender of Constantine,
Mich, has sold out his business there,
and will remove with ms family to
Bloomsbury.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26

Competition dehed in Bloomsburg.
Either in Make, Price, Fit, Quantity
or Quality of goods to select from of
clothing made to order at ready made
prices at Maier, Clothier, Tailor, Hat
ter and Furnisher. 8-Io.6t.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26

Harry Rinker, who has resided for
the past two years on Fifth. Street.
moved on Tuesday to farm about a
mile ABOVE Benton.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26

Boils, pimples and eruptions, scro
fula, salt rheum and all other mani
festations OF impure blood are cured
by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26

Footpads are making the alterna-
tive more terrible than ever, demand
ing "money or your bicycle" Of their
victims.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
Try Aliens Foot Ease,

A powder to be shaken into the
shoes. At this season your feet feel
swollen and hot, and get tired easily.
If you have smarting feet or tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cools
the feet, and makes walking easy.
Cures and prevents swollen and sweat
ing feet, bli tiers and calous spots.
Relieves corns aud bunions of all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try il
TO-DAY. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores for 2sc. Trial package
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmstead,
Leroy, N. Y. S.s-4td
For SALE. A GOOD slate black,
board about 10 feet by 3 feet, suitable
for school, will be sold cheap. Appl,
to Geo. +, Elwell, Bloomsburg, Pa. If
HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, ell,
iousness, indigestion, noedache
Easy to take, easy to operate. 2Sc
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26

r. Bruce Clayton has been appoint
ed post master at Ashland. Mr.. Clay.
ton formerly resided in Bloomsbury.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
JONAS LONGS SONS
WEEKLY CHATS,
-
WILKES BARRE, Pa.
August Goth, 1897.
WILKES BARRE, Pa.
August Goth, 1907.

Clearing Sale is now in progre.'
1t offers you unusual and extr,o,' ~
dinary advantages. First n.
stock is not the cullirgs from =,
over-picked lot Of merchardi,.
but is all Of this seasons la,o,,
and best purchases; second, W.
have put a price on it to sell !,
quickly; far lower than the low.
est. We quote you few sample,
had we the space thousands NOR,
could be shown you-buy nov
and save money.
Cotton Challies, very pretty dc.
signs, useful for a thousand and
one purposes, will be sold at the
yard Izsc.
Fine printed swiss null whit.
grounds with fancy colored fig.
ures at the yard 276.
White shaker Flannels, guaran.
teed &c. quality, 3Ac.
Warranted oil colored Calico
with black figures, usually sold a.
&C., this week 4Hc.
1914 unbleached Sheeting, OBJ.
serve the quality, never before
sold for our price, r5Hc.
Misses Hosiery, fine ribbed, at
the lowest prices ever offered;
they are Of good quality and the
price will sell them quickly-3Ac,
The new "Will Wear Well
Stockings for boys is the latest
production. They are strong, and
as their name implies, are made
for wear, the pair Isc.
An extra bargain for this saleis
our four button Kid Gloves with
fancy embroidered backs in tan,
brown, oX-blood, white and black,
standard price 75c., this weeks
price SOC.
Mems working Shirts, made Of
good firm Domet Flannel, usually
sold at 35c., are to be closed out
at I8c.
Mems heavy cheviot working
Shirts, warranted equal to any
sold at 75c., are reduced to 49t,
Mems Overalls and Jackets
strong Denim, the usual soc. kind
are now 3oc.
Travellers outfits are here 10
abundance. Telescopes OF tn.
best quality, heavy canvass bound
double thick straps, hand riveted'
22-inch size sold at say half value
= 6oc.
II Trunks, linen lined, double Tray.
| brass excelsior locks. all steel
: bound, hard wood Stats, size 20
3 inch, at $4.33.
Sole leather dress suit cases.
, hand sewed. linen lined, size %.
inch, usually sold at So, are sold
\ here at $4.39.
In Dress Goods we are offering
38-inch woolen novelties in s'na'
i. neat designs and two toned eiiecS
just in time for early fall, resu'a'
l price 3oc., now 25c.
3S-inch all wool Albatros anS
black and white mohair novelties
+, regularly sold at AGO. are nov
25c.
Women's vici kid Oxford Shoes
also in chocolate color and 'aI
usually sold at $I.5o and 9l|'
are reduced to $I.23.
Boys honest solid leather ohoc'
the kind that are made Tor w'"
sizes IL to 534, reduced tromSl'
to Csc.
. Our special Sewing Machine :,
. warranted for five years, that 'e"
9 its quality; you've paid 700 l0'
machine not as good. we've
agents commission to pay
make the price $I7.49'
Orders by mail receive Pr0"i
e and intelligent attention
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
ANNOUNCEMENT is

WANTED.-A lot ranging from IS
to 80 acres with good building on. Ad.
dress P. o. Box IA, Light Street, Pa.
7-I-tf.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
ONE OF TWO WAYS.

The bladder was created for one
purpose, namely, receptacle for the
urine, and as such it is not liable to
any form of disease except by one of
two ways. The first way is from i'm
perfect action of the kidneys. The
second way is from careless local treat.
ment of other diseases.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-08-26
CHIEF CAUSE.

CHIEF CAUSE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy
kidneys is the chief cause of bladder
troubles. So the womb, like the blad-
der, was created for one purpose, and
if not doctored too much is not liable
to weakness or diseases, except in rare
cases. 1t is situated back of and very
close to the bladder, therefore any
pain, disease or inconvenience mani
festei in the kidneys, back, bladder or
urinary passage is often. by mistake,
attributed to female weakness or womb
trouble of some sort. The error is
easily made and may be as easily
avoided. To find out correctly, set
your urine aside for twenty four hours;
sediment or settling indicates kidney
or bladder trouble. The mild and ex.
traordinary effect of DIR. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, the great kidney, and
bladder remedy, is soon realized. II
you need a medicine you should have
the best. At druggists fifty cents and
one dollar. You may have a sample
bottle and pamphlet, both sent free
by mail. Mention The COLUMBIAN
and send your address to DIR. Kilmel
& Co Binghamlon, N. Y. The pro
prietors of this paper guarantee the
genuineness Of this offer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22

long since devoted himself; and he passes
In turn through; all these homely and pop
ular fairs Of France. ~ -. "H '-''f
A Series of Fairs.
There is time in spring, summer or
autumn when some part of Paris has not
its set Of rustic shows like this. There Is
the little fair of Saint Denis, and the big
fair Of Neuilly, the Ham fair, which pre-
cedeS Easter, and this gingerbread fair
which follows: the fair of the Place des In
ValideS and that Of Montmartre, and a
dozen others in due succession. They are
survivals from remote times. and. despite
their antiquity. they exist in lusty vigor.
The good Partisan will not miss a single
one o. them. and he does not go to scott
His program will, as like as not, be:
To stand in the dense crowd around the
Bidel or Pezon menagerie personalities. in
tensely interested in 1.-The grand Chin
panzee of the Mississippi @, that animal
which suspends itself from the highest
branches of the trees with the sole aid of
his prehensile tailL''
To shoot at mark. at one cent the shot.
until the pretty girl who tends the rifles
will no longer flirt with him.
TO persuade some young person to have
her initials traced in sugar on a ginger
bread pig
To ride on merry-go-round and to pay
for the rides of others, when they happen
to be young and pretty.
To inspect the colossal lady.
To criticise the Midway dance.
To experiment with the lady battery.
To shudder at the lady cannibal-who
eats live rabbits.
And after having eaten fried potatoes.
apple fritters. hot sausage, tripe salad,
new-baked gingerbread and fried nubbins
of fat pork-Burgundy style-all from
brown paper. at two cents the swipe. to
irrigate the mass with as much white wine
and yellow cider as will fill in like cement
How he gets home then is a matter of
chance rather than good management. One
has been known to stand waiting for the
omnibus with the ticket number 97S dang
ling from his buttonhole!
A Curious Survival.
One of the shows, certainly a survival
from the middle ages. is called Hell"
where the devil inside passes his witt
cisms at the people, while he tries the con-
demned souls they come down to him.
There are real females in the foreground,
lighting up a glowing cavern of red tinsel.
Around the scene are grotesque, horned,
tailed and misshapen fiends, the size of
large dolls and made of wood. They are
worked with strings and springs and make
fearful clatter in their evolutions. Some
arc forging red-hot handouts on an anvil
some are prodding furnaces with poles of
gold, to keep the flames up. Others chop
viciously at human souls that lie in blue
hot watts.
The door bell rings. devil with fork
like musket straightens to attention and
calls. Who is tt?'' In a forced and hollow
voice. e,
ut is me. Oh, it Is mer' returns a howl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
While Doctor Mccoy Is Teaching
the People
He Will Enforce His Teaching by Giving All His
Treatment For Catarrh Free; That JS Abs0-
lutely Without Pay Of Any Kind.

minslc with ether and entirely different sound
until there Is formed confused tumble
that never leaves. assuming the form Of OF
the peculiar varieties of Eoises that so
commonly beard. This is the explanation of those
ringing noises in the ears, which often warn
the patiert of approaching deafness, and often
accompany deafness. This is what the doctors
by Tinnitus Aurium.
II you go into i deep and have the entrance
blocked up behind YOU that there will be no
outlet for the air that - contained in the cavern
and then cry out aloud, you will hear it repeated
from chamber to chamber. from gallery to gallery.
until it comes back to you multiplied. increased
and confused collection of diseOrtlint sounds
and entirely different from the original cry that
you uttered, and the entire will echo and
echo and repeat and vibrate with the of
sound, until at last there will be heard jndis-
tinct hum, which permeates the imprisoned air
that 1t almost be felt by the superficial
Of tie body. This is the same thing that occuss
in the caverns Of the ear. when their outlet. the
eustachian tube. is blocked up by disease. and
eatarrh is the disease that usually the stop
page.
Now. before any marked sense of lost hearing is
observed great many people notice the confused
and ringing sounds In the They notice they
hear better in II crowd or in a noisy street car,
where the rattle and hum Of the machinery is tax
ing place, than they tsn in the quiet of their own
homes. The for this is that the busy
sounds of life drown the internal head noises and
allow in noisy place the external sounds to be
Analysed while in more quiet place the head
noises make such an impression that ordinary
versation Is heard muf1ed and indistinct.
One Of the very first signs that the hearing is
about to fail is the presence of ringing noises in
the head. During the day the pleasures Of
person affected seriously interfered with,
while during the night that follows a succession of