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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16


In speaking of the bill to secure
for trolley roads the right to carry
freight and which has been mega
lively reported to the house, the
Scranton Times says: "a measure
OF this nature is defeated at every
session of the assembly of late years.
Though the influence of the steam
roads is doubtless responsible for
the defeat of such legislation, there
are sound reasons, apart from the
interests OF steam railroads why
such privileges should be denied.
The trolley roads are chartered to
transport passengers, on the public
highway, and to permit such roads
to become carriers of freight sub
Jects the streets and highways over
which they pass to servitude
which they have no right to impose.
1t would be manifestly unjust to
give the trolley the free use of public
roads, opened, built and maintained
by the taxpayers, and occupy them
to the danger and inconvenience of
the public, and subjecr the steam
roads to restrictions and impositions
not exacted from the trolley. If
they want to engage in the general
business OF common carrier they
should own their rights of way and
build their own roadbeds."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
The Easter
Stocking Sale.

The whole outfit of spring
hosiery is on dress parade. The
good kinds, the honest wearing
kind. Now for the power in price.
Misses Fine Ribbed Hose, 2
pair for 25c.
Boys Black Cat Hose at CSC.
Misses Fine Black Cat Hose
at 25c.
Ladies Dropped Stitch hose,
I2t 20 soc.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
NOW FOR GOOD ROADS.
Representative Greasy Figured Prominent,
in the Measure Which Passed Both
Branches on Tuesday.

The Good Roads bill, which
originated in the Senate as the com
bined work )f Senator Sproul, o.
Delaware, and Senator Roberts, o.
Montgomery, was finally passed Oh
Tuesday by both branches and is
now in the hands of the Governor
who has had much interest in the
measure from the beginning. In
the House it reached a doubtful
moment when it was recommitteed
to the Committee on Public Roads.
There, however, principally through
the efforts Of Representative Greasy
it was amended radically to meet
the views of the rural counties ele-
ment, and finally passed the House
Tuesday after escaping a critical
movement on the part of Repres-
entative Omsher, of Lancaster, who
wished to interject an amendment
providing for payment of each
county's share Of the appropriation
to County Commissioners. So
strong was the protest against
further delay that the amendment
was withdrawn and the bill at once
messaged to the Senate, and that
body, with little delay, concurred
IN all the amendments. Many mem-
bers of both branches are not wholly
satisfied with the bill, but all agreed
that a movement for good roads
must be Initiated at once, and there
fore overlooked the weak spots.
The road bill provides for the
creation of a State ighway De-
partment with commissioner at
salary of $500 year and actual
travelling expenses not exceeding
$500; one assistant, a competent
civil engineer and expert road build
er, at a salary of s., 900 a year and
travelling expenses not to exceed
$500; a chief clerk at ST. 500, and
stenographer at 81 900, all with
rooms in the State buildings Of
Harrisburg. The sum of So, $50,
600 is appropriated, $500, 900 TO be
expended the first year, $500, 900
the second, $b25o, 900 in each OF
the two following years, and 81
$50, 900 in each of the two years
following. The duties Of the officials
are fully described the various kinds
OF good roads, and that the State
shall bear sixty six and two-thirds
of the expense, the counties sixteen
and two-thirds and townships six
teen and two'thirds, the States aid
to be appointed according to the
mileage of township or county roads
in each county,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

Farm products in Pennsylvania
this year will bring fair prices.
This will cause the farmer to think
much of bushels, pounds and dol
lars. But efficient help on the
farm can hardly be had and any
help will cost more than it can pro-
duce. This will tempt the farmer
to overwork himself and his family.
Don't do it. Plow fewer acres.
Plan for no more work than you
can keep we'll in hand. Attend
church and grange meetings regu-
larly. Do not grind the life out OF
yourself and wife and drive the
boys and girls away from the farm.
AT the end of the year you may
have just as many dollars and what
is better there will be a favoral lie
balance in the happiness account.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
F.P.PurSel.

The birth of lineal descendant
OF George Washington's mother in
Mount Vernon occurred in 1907.
AS this babe was of the ninth gen
Grafton after the Father of His
Country, who was born in 1882, it
follows that the Washington family
is not guilty of trace suicide" the
average interval between the gen
erations being less than nine teen
years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
Easter and the Kid
Glove Opening.

Always plan to have the Spring
Glove Opening just before
Easter, and we reach for the
Easter trade in this important
item as we have never reached
before.
Guaranteed Kid Gloves in all
the spring shades, price LOO.
Gray, brown and black Mocha
Gloves at 100.
P. Centemeri & Co. in the new
spring shades, price Las.
P. Centemeri & Co. Black Kid
Gloves, price 200.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

Some people think for themselves
some let others think for them.
These two classes get along all
right as rule, but the fellow who
thinks he can think for himself and
can't, is the ass who always COM
plicates the situation, no matter
where it is, or what it is.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
Postponed.

Owing to the rain on Easter Sun
day, the communion service at
Emanueps Reformed church, Madi-
son township is postponed to April
26.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

The Berwick Store Company will
not, according to present indica-
tions have monopoly of the bust
ness in that town very long, Jonas
Longs Sons of Wilkes Barre, in
tend to establish big department
store in the Borough the coming
summer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
Easter Ribbons.

A big purchase of fine Taffeta
Ribbon and plain Liberty Satin
Ribbon has been made especi-
ally for Easter selling. These
ribbons you can buy at fully one
quarter under regular price.
All silk Taffeta Ribbon, all
colors, width 5 to SO, at 81 to I7c
Heavy Silk Taffeta Ribbon all
colors, width 9 to 90, price Ioc
to IS cents.
Liberty double faced Satin
Ribbons, width 5 to SO, price
Ioc to 80 cents.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
I'LL Hun7OrS

Are impure matters which the skin,
liver, kidneys and other organs can
not take care Of without help, there is
such an accumulation of them.
They litter the whole system.
Pimples, boils, eczema and other
eruptions, loss Of appetite, that tired
feeling, bilious turns, flts of indiges-
ton, dull headaches and many other
troubles are due to them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
Hoods JdrSGpariH0
and Pills

Remove all humors, overcome all
their effects, strengthen, tone and
invigorate the whole system.
~ had salt rheum on my hands 50 that I
could not work. l took Hoods Sarsaparilla
and II drove out the humor. I continued
It's use till the sores disappeared" MRS.
Ira o. DRows, Rumford Falls, Me.
hoods SarsaparIlIa promises to
cure and keeps tho promise.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
Political Announcements

Subject to the Rules Of the Demo.
cratic Party.
Primary Election Saturday, June
9th, 3 TO 7 p. NJ.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16
Dress Goods
For Easter.


For Easter.
This department springs up
in full bloom. The very newest
things that can be found for
Ladies and Misses Dresses are
here ready to show you.
Noiles at any price you want.
Silk Grenadines in plain, strip.
ed and figured, price 100 to 2o8.
The Seasons Best
Showing of made
UP Waists.
The early waist buyers are
those who get the choice of the
seasons handsomest product
ions. Don't miss the showing
of Shirt Waists.
White lawn waists LOO to I. .o8
White silk waists, 2.75 to 500
Black silk waists, 2.75 to 500
Colored silk waists at 500
Easter Sale in the
Garment Rooms.
If it is a Suit, a Jacket, a
Separate Skirt, a Walking Skirt,
then you are strongly urged to
visit this garment Sc ction
There's economy in it.
Ladies' Tailor made Suits,
500 to $500.
Ladies' Tailor made Jackets,
3.9S to 7.5o.
Ladies' Separate Skirts 2.25
to $50.
Ladies' Walking Skirts 2.oS
to 7.5o.
Lace Curtains.
We've been liberal in our
curtain buying and one reason
is that we had the chance to buy
lace curtains to better advant-
age than ever before. Price
soc. a pair to S.so.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-04-16

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1903.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-18
Cafe Cashiers Trials.
From the New York Commerce.


Don't the payment for everything
with checking-machine slips, or
Checks result in a good many losses
to the house?" was asked of the cashier
in the cafe of a popular uptown hotel
last night
No" he said, there are mighty
few losses, and they don't fall on the
house but on me or the walters. one
or the other of us has to account for
every check that comes through the
machine by number. For drinks sold
over the bar to the customer direct,
the checks are passed straight to him,
and / keep my eye on most OF them
pretty sharply. Where the drinks Or
cigars or both are served at tables
by the walters, the latter take the cash
as a general thing-or they give me
the eye whenever a customer starts
to leave without having paid them.
So, between us, it is pretty hard for
dead beat to get away.
las a matter of fact five-sixths OF
the men who drink at the bar are reg
ular customers; we all know en-
not always by name. but well enough
to know, that they don't require watch
ling. One week this winter l had to
pod up $1.75 for checks that had got
/ by me-but often a whole month would
pass without my losing a nickel. Some
times the regulars go out without
Ipaying-generally through absentmind-
ledness, of course-but they always
lcome in next day and square up.
Last week when I came on one
tday at l o'clock the cashier whom
believed said that for the past three
days, he had been twenty cents shy
land the deficit always occurred with
in twenty minutes of checking up with
me. Strangely enough, l had lately
been shy every night about o'clock
a twenty-cent check. So 1 made up
my mind to catch the fellow that
lnight-for we both concluded 1T was
one and the same man who was do
ing us. Pretty near 6 o'clock fine,
lWell-dressed elderly man went up to
The bar and ordered Sotch highbali.
saw him put the check in his pocket,
land then saunter into the back4room
near the lunch buffet. 1 rang for the
house detective and pointed out the
man. oh, that mans all right he
lsaid, I've seen him in here hundred
times But he's got twenty-cent
lcheck in his pocket right now
answered, and guess he'll bear watch
Ihg, any way
Pretty soon, when there was a rush
Iot walters and payers round my desk
saw the man push into the crowd,
make a bluff of paying something in
Iover the shoulders. and then move off
Toward the door. 1 made a motion to
ne detective, who promptly stopped
MIN and told him to cash up. He
.pologized when he paid. but when the
uetectivc said, Don't let it happen
Iaeain! never opened his mouth but
tafted out on the run. He hasn't
Oeen in here since. OF course, he
wasn't much of a customer TO lose"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-18
A PROGRESSIVE DIAMOND.
Dealer i'm Precious Jewels Tells
How This Valuable Gem Grows.


How This Valuable Gem Grows.
From the New York Times.
Look at this stone" said a young
journeyman jeweler in street car the
other day, removing a tissue paper
wrapping from a piece of white wax, in
the center of which blazed a beautiful
diamond. That is worth at least
$3.50"
How is it that you can afford to buy
such a valuable stone as that?" he was
asked.
Il will put you on" said the jeweler.
That stone has been growing for a
year, and 1 think it has got its growth"
What do you mean by a diamond
growing"
II will tell you. You remember the
little spark l had in my scarfpin last
wear? Well. this is what it has grown
TO in that time. That little stone cost
me 81 and the pin cost me $3.50. 1 sold
the pin for IS and bought an eighth
karat stone, a little off shape, for a
trif1e over S.. put the stone in stud
setting on spiral and sold 1t the same
week for SIS. Then l went to the office
and bought the best stone l could get
for SIS and mounted that in the same
manner. / wore it a month and then
sold it for $50 to a bartender, and l put
S25 in another stone. 1t was a little
beauty. / traded it for another of the
same size and got S. to boot. That put
the stone down to $40, and put it in a
setting which stood me 50. This COM
bination sold in a few days for $35.
got another stone for $50, and this time
two months passed before could make
another trade. However, when l did
cleared $12, which 1 put in fine stone
which brought me up to $50 This
sold in handsome stud setting.
Then 1 got a chance to sell ring
\ for SIS. / made it to order, putting In
1 a stone which cost me $42.50. put the
| SIS into another stone which, after car
| rying around with me for awhile, had
about made up my mind to keep. A
Il butcher offered me 500 for 1t, and you
may be sure he got it. 1t was a crown
( setting which cost me 1913. For the
II 500 got dandy stone, and l was sure
| that l could keep that one, but nave
had four better since, and have lacked
my figure up to $3.50. I'm afraid cant
go much higher than that, for there are
few men of my acquaintance who car
4 afford to tempt me with a profitable
| offer for it, l wouldn't sell it tonight
for 5000 because I know that have g
bargain. I'm pretty fair judge of dia-
monds, and when 1 put that stone into
a ring I will make it look $3.50 worth OF
jewelry, and / don't think anyone coulc
| persuade me to sell it for less. In al
| the changes 1 don't believe l have put
| in more than SIG or SIS of my pocket
| money. The rest has all been profits
| on the stones and settings"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-18
HOT CHASE FOR BEEcHER sPooK.
Rev, DIR. Fink Enlists Aid of a
Columbia Professor.

Columbia Professor.
From the Philadelphia Record.
New York, April 4-Rev. DR.. Isaac
X. Funk, head of the publishing house
of Funk & Wagnalls, said this morn
ing that so insistent had the astral
body of the bate Henry Ward Beecher
become in his communications that he
had felt called upon to enlist the aid
of Prof. Hyslop of Columbia University
in clearing up the mystery of the Wild
ows mite.
The coin, DR.. Funk explained. he
had Ventured to borrow some years
ago from Prof. Charles West for the
purpose of illustrating his STANDARD
Dictionary. s. ~ q
ut was an unusual seance attend
ed" said Mr.. Funk. "Truly, / could
scarcely believe the evidence OF my
own eyes, for the portieres parted and
peering from between them saw q
face slowly taking shape until I %eried
out in surprise Mr.. Beecher!'
"A sense of triumph filled me, and
not to be restrained, L suffered forth,
oh, Mr.. .Beecher, how did you guess
where that widows mite was!
IT thought smile lighted, his face
as he benignly answered.: The, man
ifestations of, the irnmutable are be-
yond the ken of ordinary mortals, and
the finite is but the shadow of the
infinite. 1 have come to-day merely
to tell you that 1 still am interested
in my old friends. and to show them
that there is no death, but instead u
subhminal hereafter that is most beau
tiful.' l tried to stop him with a tor
rent of questions, but even, as l asked
them the face evaporated before my
ewes until all that remained was
slight rustling of the curtains.
without meaning to cast any re-
Elections on my friends of the circle,
l cannot be sure that the astral per-
son was really Mr.. Beecher. So will
await with interest the results of the
efforts of Prof. Hyslop and of the Bos-
ton Psychical Research Society"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-18
OFFICIAL.
CITY G0VERNM ENT.


Official Proceedings OF Council.
Savannah, Ca, April Is, 1903. The
regular meeting of Council was held
this evening at p. m. Present. Hon.
Herman Myers, Mayor; Presiding AL
derman James NJ. Dixon, chairman of
Council and Aldermen Grayson. Canty,
Hartman, Schroeder, watson, Thomas,
Garfunke Glatigny and McKenna.
Minutes of meeting of April /, 1908,
We're upon motion confirmed as pub
lished.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
City of Savannah, April 1, 1905. The
Committee =, on Accounts report that
they have examined and found correct,
bills. against. the city amounting TO
thirty-nine thousand nine hundred and
twenty=one. dollars, and seventy-four
cents as per Accompanying schedule
and recommend. that the same be pass
ed for payment. |
.t...,. ~ ...,..'.-. r. ]. DaVant,
Chairman Committee on Accounts.
Report received and accounts passed
for payment. .--..-. ~
.s Herman Myers,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-29
APARTmENTs ron NEWT.

FOR RENT, FIVE-ROOM MODERN
apartment 420 Henry. east. Apply at
Launey's Studio.
A NEW ABATEMENT, IIABER-
sham and Thirty-third, the best and
the cheapest anywhere, J0mes Is.
Copps. 2i5 Congress. east.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-29
HOW IRISH LAD WON p
BROOKLYN HANDICAP

New York, May 2S.-Irish Lad won
the seventeenth Brooklyn handicap at
c.,,vesend to-day in 2:05 2-5. Ridden
by O'Neil with perfect judgment, he
bore the colors of the Westbury stable,
g, partnership of Harry Payne Whitney
and H. B. Duryea. Rated by the
bandicapper highest of the 3-year-olds
entered, Irish Lad carried 1903 pounds.
Gunfire, III pounds, winner of the
Metropolitan handicap, and favorite in
to-day's race, was second, beaten by
not more than three inches. Burns rode
her for w. c. Whitney, father of the
winners halloween.
Lengths behind the pair-eight, ac-
cordng to the official figures-came w.
s Fanshawe's Heno.
Irish Lad lowered the record for the
race. 206A, made by Banastar in 1899.
and equalled the record for the track,
made by Gold Heels last October.
John E. Madden owned and sold the
first. second and third horses in to-
days Brooklyn handicap. Mr.. Madden
bought Irish Lad as yearling for ST.
500 The price Messrs. Whitney and
Duryea paid for him has never been
authoritatively stated.
Worth gross $1S,15O, the winners
share of the Brooklyn handicap of 1903
was $15,150, the second horse taking
81 600 and the third $1,000.
No more evenly judged race was
ever run, as the fractional time shows:
Quarter 25 seconds; half, 0.50; five
eighths, 1902 Is; three-fourths,
1:142-5; seven-eighths, 1:27 1-5; mile,
1901 one and one-quarter miles
POS rs.
Irish Lad led practically from post
to finish, successfully stalled off the
challenges of Dom Paul and Igniter
and won after a final bitter struggle
from his companion. Both trained by
]. w. Rogers, the Whitney horses were
the only real contenders for first hon
ors after the field turned into the
stretch.
Irish Lad was away we'll at the start,
and O'Neil, rushing clear, took him
over close to the inside fence. He led
as they passed the stand.
Irish Lad was a length in front when
the run down the back stretch began,
but Dom Paul challenged at once, and
eghths of "a mile. Then in a moment
it was all over, but for two horses
Igniter and Col. Bill fell back and Dom
Paul's green and white jacket was hid
den by Burns blue, as he took Gun
fire into second place.
Irish Lad led into the stretch by a
length. Gunfire close behind and Dom
Paul still within striking distance, but
apparently beaten. When Gunfire drew
alongside the S-year-old a sixteenth OF
a mile from home and Dom Paul made
a last effort, the outcry from the
stands was terrific.
With every muscle strained and rid
ers doing their utmost, Irish Lad ant
Gunfire raced to the wire. The fllly
gained on the colt inch by inch. Twen-
ty feet from the end her nose was il
front, but with one splendid burst OF
courage Irish Lad 1eaped forward in
the very last jump and won by q
heads breadth. One jump from tbs
wire the race was a dead heat.
Little O'Neil, an obscure rider in the
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-29
Nell Baptist Associations Norma
Institute Holds Exercises.

Nell Baptist Associations Normal
Institute Holds Exercises.
= Triton, Ga, May 2s.-Norman Insti-
tute, the official school of the Nell Bap-
fist Association, at ODE, closed yester
day afternoon for the term, after a
fine series of commencement exercises
lasting four days. Saturday evening
an interesting programme was rem
dered by the primary and INTERN ediate
grades. Sunday morning at II O'Clock.
the commencement sermon was preach
ed by Rev. E. B. Carroll of Carrollton,
who was formerly a citizen of Berrien,
and found many changes in his home
county since his last visit. Monday
evening a three-act comedy was given
in the Institute Auditorium, and Tues
day evening an entertainment was
given by the music and elocution de-
partments. Tuesday morning at 10:S0,
the literary address was delivered by
Col. T. r. Perry of Sylvester. 1t was
a fine effort, lasting an hour and a half.
Five hundred people attended the grad
uating exercises of the literary and
commercial departments yesterday.
There were thirteen in the classes, as
follows: Misses Nellie Lucas, Cammie
Veazey. Mary Lucas, Mary OVERLY and
Mr. Walter Sumner of the literary de-
partment; commercial department,
Misses Lettie Parrish, Pauline Adams,
DOME Thompson, Matte Nesmith, Mat
tie Paulk,. Messrs. Clyde Slocum,
George Hayes and G.. A. Baker.
The diplomas were delivered by Hon.
j. B. Norman, president of the insti-
tute; Rev. A. NJ. Bennett of Moultrie
made the class address. The Board OF
Trustees met in the afternoon and de-
cided to make additions to the main
school buildings and several improve
ments in the grounds, and bore an ar
tesian we'll before the beginning of the
next term.
All the teachers were reelected for
another term, though Prof. Sullivan of
the commercial department, Prof.
Wingo and Miss Benton of the literary
department, have resigned, and other
teachers will be selected at once.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-29
PREPARING FOR THE
z 7@ YACHT CLUB REGATTA,

hoard of Stewards Approves Plan
and ApprOpriates Money for Prizes
At a meeting of the Board of Stew
ards of the Yacht Club yesterday att
ernoon the report of the special COM
mittee, recommending that regatta
he held June 9, was adopted and $500
WAS set apart for providing prizes ana
meeting other expenses incident to the
occasion.
The special committees under whose
direction the regatta Will De glNeh'
have in hand the details and every
thing points to a very successIul anu
INTERESTING occasion. The usual regat-
ia was omitted last year, and II was
thought by some members tnat per
hans it would be as we'll 10 olscoll
tinue the races and let that ledIuie
of the club pass into history. But ear
~, IN +he snring there was a move
1nent started to secure the return TO
the regatta. and after having peeh
discussed in the newspapers Tor some
time it was announced that the plelly
nautical function would be resuIlleu'
A oreat s,nany members are now much
interested in the coming event. ana tne
day of the regatta promises 10 NC
memorable at the clup AOUSS
the river.
AS was told in the Morning News
some days ago the committees nave
decided to allow four classes OF poats
in the races and prizes Will De oiiereu
in each class. The entry lists Will be
opened soon and while there are no
names yet on the books, it is expected
that there will be four or five boats In
each class. The course, also, has not
within short time 1t will be differ
ent for the different classes of boats
in order that the finish may be as near
together as possible. The small boats
will have a much shorter run IMAM
those in the first class, and each class
will start separately.
A steamer will be provided, for mem
bers and their families, to follow the
boats and the day will be made as
interesting and pleasant as possible. AT
the club House, after the races, infor-
NAL dancing will be the order