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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04
Special Easter Train servics TO Atlantic
City.
Via Philadelphia 8 Reading Route.

An Easter Holiday spent at Allan
tic City is a pleasurable event long
to be remembered and this year will
be especially gratifying as there is
already great throng OF visitors and
the view of the "boardwalk" Easter
Sunday, on the most fascinating boule-
ward in the world, with all the fashion
able and up to date styles and colors
of costumes and millinery cannot be
excelled.
To accommodate its patrons who
desire to spend one or more days
amid the Easter festivities, the Phil
adelphia & Reading Route has ar
ranged to add several fast trains to its
regular schedule.
The full express service for the
principal days will be as follows:
Leave Chestnut street and South
street Ferries Philadelphia, For At
lantlc City, Saturday April 6th-6.oo,
o. 90 a. m; 100, 400, 800, a 90, SOC
and 7.I5, p. m. Sunday, April 9TH
600, 500, 900, 1000 a. M; 500
| 7I5 p. m.
Leave Atlantic City Depot fo'
Philadelphia, Sunday, April 7th-7I:
1915 a. M; 4.3o, $50, 500, $50 p
m. Monday, April Sth.-7.I5, 7,35
900, 1915 a. m. a.5o, $50, o'o'
p. m.
t Through tickets are sold and bag
= gage checked through all prlnGpi
, stations on the Philadelphia & Reao
S ing Railway and its connections.
For regular time tables, rates
4 fare and other information, consu
e Philadelphia & Reading Tick'
Y Agents, or address Edison J Week
d Genl Passenger Agent, Philadelphi
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04

"The Beautiful Jewess Who was
Called the Princess of Her People,
an article in the April Ladies' Home
bu,uaL tells of the best-beloved
woman of her race. She was the
prototype of the Rebecca OF Scott
"Ivanhoe," and one of the most oeaut''
ml American bellies OF her day. In
"The Lovers of a Cheerful Giver
Rev. David M. Steele unmasks the
cunning and trickery of vagrants VINO
prey upon the gullible. There is also
an admirable dramatization OF Richard
Harding Davis's story, '.The Princess
Al,ne," illustrated by Charles Dana
Gibson, in the April Journal. Chow
RI Golf is played' is shown in series OF
, photographs of Miss Griscom, the
+ American woman champion. Reply,
r ing to a woman's questions, EDWARD
Box advances some forclble arguments
for leading simpler life, and Helen
A Watterson Moody writes on "lh'
b First Tragedy IN Girls Life" lm'
a new fiction of the issue is unusually
! inviting. There are three stories "lh'
e Mans PART" by Gelett Burgess; "ln.
q Little Sister at Saints Lake, by "
v A. Fraser, the Canadian novelist; an
d "The Learning that Abe Had" tai
d of the Kentucky Mountains, by Laur
= Spencer Porter. The three archltec
# ural features will be of value to ever
g, home seeker of moderate means, an
the fine showing OF fashions will in'e
est all women and glrls. There al
special articles on a great variety
Il domestic themes. BY the Curtis pu'
fishing Company, Philadelphia VI
no dollar year; ten cents copy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04

A girl cannot too sedulously guard
her mother, nor too gently bear with
her if the mother have reached a
neriod where she is more easily wearl-
ed than formerly, and where little
things vex her. To some OF us there
come days when our hearts are heavy
because we were not SO sweet an1
loving as we might have been, and
God alone can help us when this re-
.nra,;on comes too late.-Margaret
E. Sangster, in the April Laaie'
Home /0Hrna%
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04
Warrants with a Story" are Frauds

The majority of the ''men with a
storvn (yaerants) are frauds The ex-
preston is often heard, however, son.
we'll help them anyway! 1t is better
to help many frauds than TO let On. DIV,
genuine case suffer" That argumen.
IS all right provided there are any
genuine cases. But are there any
Genuine cases? There is on record e {,
Statement of the late Doctor John Han
that in all the years of his experience,
in New York City he had never founo
one. Certainly Of the two hundred
strangers who have come to me s,h our /,
inc the past year not one was worthy
Of any help Of the kind asked Tor
Rev David M. Steele, in the Apr
Ladies' Home /ownaA
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04
PATRONIzB HOME MERCHANTS.
The Value Of Steady and Combined Effort lr
This Direction Shown.

A writer in the Wayne /adebendeRt |
discussing the prosperity OF Honesdale
gives expression to the following
truths, which are applicable to more
places than Honesdale.
"Inasmuch as a few labor constant
ly for the local good, would it not be
we'll for all to work in unison in the
same direction in order that the many
little leaks now allowed to 60 on may |
not sink our ship. If all our people !
would deal with our merchants and
tradesmen it would prove one of the
best booms to our town that could
possibly bless it. So long as cheap
railway excursions to cities take away
from us trade legltimately belonging
to us amounting to thousands of dol
lars, and visiting agents and peddlers
deceive buyers into taking their goods,
to say nothing of the labor lost in
producing many of the articles pur-
chased, how can we expect to see our
town thrive2 Many of or people who
depend on the public to give them
their official positions, go abroad to
| buy the merchandise and supplies for
| their households. Many other people
| of Honesdale are clothed and their
households maintained with goods
purchased abroad This is doing our
home trade and our place injustice.
1t is doing that which is indifferent
to and inconsiderate of our communl-
, tvs welfare. Travelling impostors are
sappers of our home trade and it is
| surprising to see how easily they hum
bug some of our otherwise shrewd anc
. competent housewives and homt
: supporters. Not long ago an oil!
, talker went through our town ant
f disposed of an article for IS cents tina
e had been sold for one-thlrd that price
q nv our own merchants for long time
y this is only one Of many similar IN
e stances.
v "Do not think because a strange
d offers you few articles very low
is bait YOU that he is travelling aroun
and paying his bills and making n
at profit on what he sells. Use httl
| common SENSE and you will readiI
,r see that he is dong that work tor h
o. own benefit. But promise from
!. stranger seems to contain more mag
ct than any amount of good service fro
as a friend.
c. "Large sums of money are thus q
". yerted from legitimate business cha'
ST nels. This should not be permltte
he Our business men help largely to su
he port the town and we trust that o
m people will try and do unto others
,er they would wish to be done by una
or. the same circumstances, thus giving
a, least their own business men the III
elv chance to sell them what they me-
lch and by so doing keep the town thr
he ing. Do not patronize outsiders III
The vour home interests first. A stea
,lv: pull and pull altogether is what {
at motto and practice should be-"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04

Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, OF sousn
Rvron. Wis, mother of the young laoy
in January, 1890, saying her daughter
had suffered for two years with irreg,
ular menstruation had headache an
the time, and pain in her side, feet
swelled, and was generally miserable, !,
She received an answer promptly with
advice, and under date of March, 1892
the mother writes again that LYDIA ";
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curea
her daughter Of all pains and irregu-
larity. ,,, rrd;a n
pinlxham's great medicine Tor regn'
iating woman's peculiar monthl'
troubles.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04

When You Purchase Seeds and Plants,
Or Send Money Anywhere,
BUY US. EXPRESS MONEI ORDLKS.
TRY THEM.
Cheap, Safe, Satisfactory and
RETTER THAN POsTOFFIOE ORDERS
For SALE BY
Z. p. WILLIAMS, AGENT.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04

A man doesn't have to be ioc,a'
to give his daughter away when '"'
is married.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04
DR.. Humphreys

Specifics cure by acting directly upon
the disease, without exciting disorder In
any other part of the system.
NO. CURES. fAss.
1-Feyers, Congestions, Infammations. 10
2-Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic... 30
3-Teethins. Collie, Crying. .wakefulness 10
4-Diarrhea, Of Children or Adults..... 20
z-Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis. ............ 30
S-NeuraIgia. Toothache, Faceache..... 10
O-Headnc che. Sick Headache, Vertigo. 30
IO-Dyspepsia Indigestion, Weak stomach.25
11-suppressed or Painful Periods. 20
1o-yybi,es Too profuse Periods. ........ as
13-Croup, Laryngitis. Hoarseness...... 20
14-salt Rheum. Eryspelas, Eruptions' 20
15-Rheumatism. Rheumatic Palms,. 20
16-Malaria, Chills, Fever and Ague.... 30
19-Catnrrh, Influenza. Cold in the Head %
Whoopin g. Cough. gh...."..........''.. 30
27-Kidney Diseases ............'''''''''' go
2S-Nervous Debility. "................"'l'VO
3O-Urinary Weakness. wetting Bed. 10
77-Grip, Hay Fever. r...............'..''''''' go
Dr. Humphreys' Manual of all Diseases at your
Druggists or Mailed Free.
SoId by druggists, or sent on receipt OF price.
| Humphreys Med. Co, Cor, William q john sts''
New York.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04
q READING
RAILROAD.

TRAINS LEAVE BLOOMSBUkG ,.,.s
NOR New YORK. Philadelphia, Reading totcs
willie, Tamaqua, weekdays -" = On t;So M s.36
For Williarnsport' weehaa's' ''"'
nj FOR Danville and Milton weekdays'7sO a. m'
SAG, scr catawtssa weekdays 72O, s.as, li.so a. m'
lss Eot Raoegt sUo GSS Weekday lisOa laao
S$S 800 gSU, p washington and the west via
rSt e a. r. r., through trains leave Reaains e es
minai. PhiladephLiaas $50 asS' rs $50 ii.as a. M.
Ga Ga s7. D. m, Additional trains from ~ anH
Chestnut street station, WeekqaSs' s i''0' ''''
s.2S p H. RAINS RaINs FOR BLUUMsBURG
leave New York via Philadelphia ''oo d.
M and via a, EastST ssS%n,s s;iHs % 81 n a.
Leave Reading 12l5 p m.
Leave Pottsvile l2.SO p. ID.
Leaye eaye vSmads wiamspcrt Weekday ls M 54a
III Leave Catawissa weekdays, oo's.ROslo"' m
lfS leave Seo hHpert, Upe weekdays 7os, $685. ss l4O
a. m.' i'Ss; ss;TfSSTIG : i4s' Siatt CITY DIVISION.
In effect March 80, 1901; vnare
Leave Philadelphia Chestnut street wharf
and South Street wharf rLv woerdavs. - Ex.
Press res go, co. 500 500 aI5 ASSO%mG%ss
Sas $50 sS &; 1000 @ saS @l5 E. % pm
kesvs 90. rs am, $50, $40 600 pm. Accommo,
% dation sos a. M, 405 p. m sundaysmhddpp preSs
10 -iO.i5 am, 4sO,5:So s'Vo p H. AoooniAi0''''-
7l5 a. M, 4.05 p. m.
Parlor cars on all express trains.
AZ LEAVE PHILADELPHIA. -.
90 90 ror cApE MAY-Weekdays--9.l a. M, 4lt
10 M w Sundays-9.Ib q. M, South Sc, 9.0o q. a a
IS Additional for Cape y-weekdayissLow ~
46 For Ocean Cla aiS"eeAo"'' u ,n ''-' "'
40 p For FOR SEA ISLE CITY-Weekdays-sle a. m
~ ~ 5;qo r VWn;RK "; AND ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESS
m Teaves NEW YORK liberty Street 8ao p
OK Leaves ATLANTIC CITY, $50 a m.
.So pe,a,ETSsI pEsIER t EDISON j. WEEKS,
am am W. w. DhSG3 Gen3 supt. GenI Pass. Agt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04

The nj CHEST ambition of the average
small boy is to grow up and be
polio eman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04

April showers bring umbrellas.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04
Learn 7gslay s; $;9:s;:s ;;;::: s:::::

Free. Paying Posltlons UuaraHroou. -,
logue Free. FISK lELh'NAr" "a
LEBANON, IA.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-04

The laundryman, to certain eS-
tent is in the iron business.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03


A census which has just been COM
pleted in British India has brought to
light the extraordinary fact that there
are In that country 1,416,638 persons
who fast and remain entirely idle dur
ing nine months of every year. These
persons are members of the Jain sect
and their homes are in Bengal and in
the provinces Of Guzerat and Rajpu-
tana. Their principal shrine is on
the mountain of Parasnath, near
Chota Nagpore, and thither they flock
every spring, in order to begin the
first great fast of the year. A Jain
can easily live for six or seven weeks
without taking even a morsel of food,
and during certain festivals it Is Gus
tomary for all of them to abstain from
food for two full months When they
eat they confine themselves to vege-
tables, for they never kill an animal,
even in self-defense 1t is their re-
ligion which imposes upon them the
obligation of fasting, but travellers say
that abstinence from food is no pen
ance in their case, and that even If
they were all to become converted to
some other creed they would still re-
main idle and lead a severely ascetic
life for the greater part of the year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
Is a Baby Giant.

Harry Eggert, the S1a-year-old son
of Louis Eggert, tailor living at 3O7
West Kinney street, Newark, N. j.,
weighs 155 pounds in his birthday suit,
and is still growing, according to the
New FORK Herald. With all his pounds
of avoirdupois, he is healthy child
and the pride of his parents. Harry
is the second child. The oldest, Clara,
is 5 years old and is of normal size,
although slightly inclined to be thin.
Her mother says Clara was i'll much
of her early years and never developed
as the others. Esther, the youngest
child, is 81 months old and weighs
more than ninety pounds. She is an
enormous child, too, but perfectly
healthy. The father is short man
of medium size, while the mothersis
thin and small. They are very proud
of their children, and believe they are
the finest babies in the land.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
A Little white Donkey.

At our cottage by the sea" we have
who or what it is, so I'm going to tell
you-it's a little white donkey. And
this is how he came here: Another
doctors family had the cottage last
summer, and they brought Snow
white with them for the children.
When they left he was put in charge
Of some people that have simply let
him run wild and homeless. So, while
he feels that this is his home, and
wanders around the place, he neverthe-
less shuns us all. At least, he did
until the little incident occurred of
which 1 am going to tell you. One
day the rain came down in torrents.
1t fell in sheets, not in drops, and was
a day when man and bird and beast
would want to be under shelter. We
boys and girls we're having jolly time
indoors, when suddenly one of US saw
Snowwhite out in the driving rain.
Instantly our sympathies were with
him, and before many minutes we were
armed with rubber shoes, rain-cloaks
and umbrellas, and-I was about to
forget the most important part-hand-
fuls of lump-sugar. We trudged
through the high field grass until we
were within a few feet of Snowwhite.
His back was towards the wind, and
his head hung low in the grass, but as
we approached, he kept his heels to-
wards us. and so, for several minutes,
we cireled around him. Finally, with
gentle coaxings and a show of the
sugar, we won his favorable notice,
and he came towards the outstretched
hands. So enticing him. we led him
into shelter under the house, and
there, with the sugar. he was well con-
tent until the rain was over. when he
wandered out again. The next day
he came whinnying to the back porch
and we answered by giving him more
sugar Now he is a regular visitor,
and, he always gets his sugar He
likes US so we'll that we can do all
most anything with him-except talk
about his ears, which are very, very
big. That topic mother babe us avoid,
as donkeys, she says. are always SEN
sitive on the subject. We tried to test
his sensitiveness on two occasions, but
I he raised those big ears and APP
preached us in so threatening a man
ner that now we are polite enough not
to mention them at all Perhaps you
doubt this about the ears, but indeed
it is as true as what they tell you
about the peacock. 1t, you know, is
very proud of its fine tail, but it is
equally ashamed of its ugly legs. You
have only to stand before one at the
Geological Garden. and say: "Oh, what
ugly legs!" and the peacock will
spread out it's glorious tail to make
you forget them
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

up and down the river when he goes
to market Mr.. Lee has to go sin miles
down the river to his postofice and
it is hard pull against the current
coming back, says the Chicago Trib-
une. He noticed how swiftly alligators
swan, and ii occurred to him that Ii
might be a good idea to turn the aIli-
gators that abound in the st. Johns
river to some account. He captured
a pair of young gators and raised
them in his yard. He taught them
to swim and drag a weight behind
them, and he also taught them to turn
either to the right or left by pulling
ropes fastened to their teeth on either
side. When the alligators were big
enough, he put harness that he had
constructed on them and harnessed
and pulled the boat through the water
at a good speed BY pulling on the
reins that passed through the mouths
of the gators Mr.. Lee was able to
turn the strange water team in any
direction he pleased Mr. Lee made
point of never feeding his alligators
until after they returned from a trip,
when he would Immediately reward
each one with fine meal The alliga-
tors seem to be willing to perform
their task of pulling his boat. and
when he turns them out of the pen in
which they are stabbed and starts them
for the water they shuttle down to the
boat in the liveliest style. and after
they are hitched they plunge into the
water with grunts of delight Mr.. Lee
says his strange team has never run
away nor kicked out the dashboard of
his river craft, out that they have one
| fault, for which, however, he does not
blame them. They sometimes sweep
their powerful tails in a curve through
the water, and once smashed one of his
boats into small bits and threw Mr.
Lee and a party that he was taking
boat-riding into the river. They
would all have been drowned had not
the alligators swan back to them and
permitted the party to climb on their
backs, after which the alligators swan
swiftly to the shore and all of the par
ty were saved. Mr.. Lee now bitches
his team twenty feet in front of the
boat, so that the sweep of their tails
Will not endanger the craft. Mr.. Lees
success has created great interest
among all of his neighbors, and now
many alligators are being trained for
duty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
A Stream Has pisappeared.

The residents of East Grinstead, an
English village, are the latest persons
who have been alarmed by the dis
appearance of local stream. There
is nothing unprecedented in such an
event. 1t was only last year that
Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer, re-
ported the disappearance of lake
which has long been know as Lob
Nor, and one of the islands of the
Tonga group in the south seas disap-
pears periodically. Switzerland has
even now a moving mountain which
threatens to wipe out several towns;
and it is recorded that in 1896 por-
ton of the Ronberg, near Lucerne,
rolled down into Lake Lowertz, Great
ing an immense wave which swept
away several hamlets, drowned every
lifting creature on the island Of
Schwanau and carried a little wooden
chapel over a mile.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Is a locust tree more likely to be
struck by lightning than other trees?
Farmers in western Pennsylvania and
Ohio will answer yes" and will cite
any number of instances in their
neighborhood where such trees have
been splintered by lightning when 9TH
er varieties have escaped. So strong
is this belief in the rural regions that
people are warned not to take shelter
under locust during a thunder show
er. The tree is planted, too, in groves,
100 feet or more from houses, and
farm buildings, under the impression
that it draws the lightning and thus
protects the buildings. In the rural
mind the locust is better than a light
ning-rod. This extensive planting OF
the locust probably explains why it Is
so often hit by lightning. The tree has
many good qualities, aside from its
fancied one as a lightning arrester,
and it has become so frequent in Ohio
and western Pennsylvania that the
lightning can not help striking 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03
Curious Uses of sand.

Common quartz sand-the sand OF
the sea shore-has a variety of curious
properties and uses. 1t heats more
quickly in the sun than air, and in
desert regions this causes the air to
rise in whirlwinds that may carry up
hats, newspapers, or heavier objects.
When blown by the wind, its hardness
causes it to wear away rocks and even
tree trunks. 1t is used with a jet of
steam for engraving glass, stone and
metals, cleaning casting, ETC., and in
the first experiments, 80 years ago,
with this sand-blast a hole nearly IL
inches deep was cut in half an hour
in much harder corundum. Colored
sands are employed for pictures, like
those from Alum Bay. There is music
also in sand, and the sononous sands
of Hawaii, Mount Sinai and other
places when set in motion, give forth
the sounds of an Aeolian harp. In
medicine sand is used for hot bath
and in chemical laboratories the sand
bath is also valuable institution.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

A Castle Valley man says: "The
other night I went to bed very late, IN
dressing and putting out the gas in a
kind of dream A mosquito awakened
me with its maddening buzz and lay
in a stupor for little while asking my
self what the over-powering odor was
that filled the room and what was the
cause of my feeling of dizziness and
faintness. Then l tried to get to
sleep again. but the mosquito wouldn't
let me. 1t buzzed and bit, and at last
it reused me thoroughly. What a
smell of gas l said to myself, and
got up and staggered to the chande-
lier to find one burner turned on full.
I would have died of asphyxiation If I
had not been aroused, and it was a
mosquito that awakened me. may
truly say. therefore, that a mosquito
saved my life. "-Philadelphia Record.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-03

Tner birthday.
I've secret to tell you, Dolly,
Let me whisper it in your ear
Tomorrow will be our birthday,
Your birthday and mine, my dearl
AS soon as the sun peeps over
The hill where the blackberries
grow,
I'll be eight years old, my Dolly,
And you'll be one, you know.
Don't you remember, Dolly
I'm perfectly sure you do
When I woke last birthday morning,
The first thing / saw was you?
You sat on the edge of workbox,
Waiting, you lovely child,
And when you saw / was looking
fou stretched out your arms and
smiled
And you're just as lovely as ever,
Though your curls are very thin,
And your poor legs wobble sadly,
And your left eyes falling in.
So, if tomorrow morning,
Another doll comes here,
Well treat her WELL but she'll never
Take your place, my dearl
Philadelphia Times.