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Easter Cards, Booklets and Novelties, Main Floor, St
Girls Wash Dresses

SE are the practical kinds made of substantial percae gg-
hams and chambrayS in plain white and coo and checked
dotted and figured effects and just the thing and
gnera wear They are all new goods made up in sensible and aac
i've styles, and very reasonably priced
Girls Dresses of perca Bingham and chamtray light and
dark plain coors also checks and polka dos made ongwated effect
with high neck and long sleeves; fasten back full plated with
deep henl Sizes to H.
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Fruit

2 grapefruit.
3 oranges,
2 bananas,
Y H. white grapes.
Garnish with lettuce, and serve with
French dressing and mayonnaise.
MRS. Q. T. MOORE,
I1O6 H St N w
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Mrs. NJ. e. S.-Compound lard usually
contains some percentage Of hog fat
end the remainder OF vegetable oils,
such as cotton seed oil.
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Women's Easter Footwear

1--WE showing very comprehensive of Womens New
w Spring Footwear which for refinement of character correct
ness OF STYLE comfortable fit and quality of material and work
manShp unsurpassed
wear:
WomenS Black and London Smoke Suede AnEestrap Pumps
with Cuban heels and Goodyear welt o Besides being of the
nost comfortable low that worn is the seasons latest
fad.
$500 the pair
Two
rWeItso aadC heels
$500 and $3.50 the pair $3.50 the pair
Jumps OF pat
$3.50 the pair. $3.50 the pair
street
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Girls Percale Dresses. IN checks.
poil<a-dots and ring dots. piped with red
and blue percale; high neck: long
sleeves; fun plated skirts with esep|
hem; sizes s to Il.
SIS each.
Girls Percale Dresses, made in the
popular jumper style and trimmed with
light and dark blue percale; long waist
ed erect; full plated skirts: sizes 6 10 Il.
SOS each.
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Wornen's Neckwear

GLOWING full assortment of dainty effects Necwear for dress
up and general wear Pretty things that add much
appearance, and yet cost so little.
We enumerate few neat and effective pieces and Soc
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Embroidered Linen Dutch Collars.
Dutch Collars, Of fine lawn and linen,
trimmed with valenciannes. cluny and
imitation Irish Iaces
Hand-embroidered Linen Collars.
Fancy Stocks and Jabots. OF lace and
lawn.
Imitation Irish Lace Dutch Collars.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
QUEST FOR SECRET pO|S0Ns
Amazing Evidences Of the oeprav'ty
OF Human Nature.

In England years ago there was
famous poisoning case In which the
strong point of the defense was to
show that the accused, who was an
cxpert chemist, would not have used
n poison that would be SO easily found
after IL had been taken into the hui
man system. Sir Robert Charleston, a
professor in Edinburgh University
and an authority on toxicology, whose
works are still standard on that sub
jcct. was put on the stand to provo
the point He declared that chem
ist would certainly use some poison
that would leave no trace. The prose
cutting attorneys asked him If he
meant to say that there were such
rosons to be had Sir Robert re-
FLIED in the affirmative. The prose
cator asked: "Will you kindly tel
the court what they are?" mo"
shouted the Judge. 81 rule that qucs
ton out and forbid you to answer"
In spite of protest the Judge would
rot allow the expert publicity to give
the name of the poison which would
leave no trace. During the next two
years Sir Robert received more than
four thousand letters from various
arts of the world offering TO pay fab.
L,cus sums for the receipt OF the un-
traceable poison alluded to In his
testimony. Many OF these letters he
kept as curiosities, showing them to
his friends as evidence of the deprav.
i.y of human nature.
Some of the excuses for wanting
the name of the poison were ingeni.
Gus. One of the writer's desired the
Information that he might base n
rovel on a poison plot. He did not
give the name of the poison in the
book. but Just wanted to have II that
il case any scientific critic could deny
the possibility of such poison he could
send him the name in private letter
and quote the distinguished authority
fior whom II came, etc. Several per-
sons protesting to be studying chem.
istry asked the information on the
ground of professional curiosity. Many
pretended that they had wagered
large sums that they would find out
the poison in given time, and they
were willing to share their profits
literally with Sir Robert. Sir Robert
was Mortified at the number OF per.
sons all over the world who seemed SD
6esirous Of possessing the secret OF
TN agent that would bring an end to
Gny member Of the human race but
leave no trace.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
TO PROLONG
LIFE.

When the vital forces begir J..
flag, the marks Of age show thou
selves. Some men, being of nm amt
able, cheerful, and lively tempora
ment, suppress these marks ur,,
well advanced in life, and are on
years younger, both physically ara
mentally, than other men of tga
same age. We may take IL. tbero
fore, that old age does not begin =,
any fixed period so far as the dl,t
.ions of time divide the periods -,
life, but is Influenced by that srt,i,
aSent known as vital energy. MA
Indications of old age are closoly
shown; the weight of years is mani.
Tested by the bent figure, the wan,
of elasticity in the walk, the wrin.
kies In the cheeks and forehead Tbo
typical healthy Person who attains
old age is spare of body, and old age
emphasizes this fact by causing a
pauCity of adipose tissue. We uoto
that diminutiOn of the physical ON.
ergy is accompanied by corresponl.
ing diminution of the power to clint.
nate waste material from the boiy
Elasticity and strength give place tu
hardness and dryness of nearly ali
the tissues of the body. The general
health may be good, because there is
harmonious balance between the
action of the nervous system and the
circuiatory system. Persons who
have reached an advanced age may
prolong their lives and greatly ada
to the comfort of their declining
years by diminishing the quantity of
fool by taking 1t more frequently
ana in smaller amounts. and by par
taking of only easily digested food.
thereby avoiding too large residue
Of waste matter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
Birds Without Wings and Tails.

In New Zealand is found the XVII,
a strange bird of the ostrich family.
Ostriches have two toes, but the ex-
tinct moas had three toes; so also
have the existing emus, cassowaries
and rheas or South American os
triches. The kiwi, however, differs
from the other struthious birds in
having four toes. Further, the kiwi
cannot be said to be quite ostrichlike,
for in size 1t Is not larger than an
ordinary barnyard fowl. 1t has
snail head, with a large and muscu-
lar neck and long. slender BILL with
the distinguishing feature that the
nostr.ls are placed very close to its
tip. The legs are short but the mus.
cles on thc thighs are well developed
aHd tn" feet are strong and power
ful and provided with sharp claws.
1t is bird devoid of any external
trace Of wings, and there Is no trace
of tail visible, while it is covered
with long. narrow, hairlike feathers.
and on the fore part of the head and
sides of the face are struggling hair
like feelers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
The Mechanical AnaInjssI

DR.. Giles, professor of Chinese Mt
Cambridge, has recently discovered in
the dynastic histories OF China ccm-
plete specification OF the mechanism
OF a Chinese taxicab. They are first
mentioned under the Chin dynasty, A.
d, 2e54ls. Froth that time down to
the niddlenof the fourteenth century
frequent illusions to such vehicles
known as the measure mile drum
chariots," are to, be found. At each
II, or Chinese mile, which Is about
one-third OF an English mile, drum
was struck, while at every tenth il q
bell was rung.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
THEY HUNT BY TELEPHONE.
Wires Used to Summon sportsmen
When Game 10 Sighted.

The rural telephone plays an impor.
tant part in bird shooting in the
prairie provinces of Canada. There
is an abundance Of geese, ducks and
prairie chicken in Manitoba, Saskat-
chewan and Alberta and the shooting
is good clear up to the limits of the
cities.
Let a flock of geese be sighted on
its way south from the breeding
grounds on the shores of Hudson Bay,
or up the Yukon, or on its return
north in the spring, and the telephone
is brought into play to summon sports
men for twenty miles around. The
birds make overnight stops wherever
they find water and the gunners spend
most of the night in preparation.
They dig holes deep enough to con.
ceal man and set decoys about thirty
yards away. Experienced hunters will
wait until the flock is passing and
then shoot into the flock from behind
1t has been shown that shot is more
effective this way than when the at.
tack is made from the front.
The windier the day the better, for
then the geese fly low. Most geese
are shot when flying less than forty
yards from the ground
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
Hub Of German Empire.

Unter den Linden is the centre spot
OF Berlin and the hub of the German
Empire. This magnificent boulevard
is 1913 feet in width, and under the
shade of its lime trees the Berliners
have a meeting place which is equal
in architectural beauty to any in Eu-
rope. 1t is lined on either side with
magnificent hotels, restaurants, and
palaces. At the east end of Inter der
Linden. where it enters upon the
Opera House Platz, stands the magni.
ficent monument of Frederick the
Great, which is worthy of the real
founder of United Germany. To the
right of this monument is the palace
of the Emperor William |, now occu.
pied by Prince Heinrich. The north
side of the Opera Platz is occupied by
the buildings of the University of Ber-
lin. and next to it stands the Royal
Library, which rivals that at the Brit
ish Museum both in its size and the
number Of volumes 1t contains. The
opera house itself is on the south of
the platz, and is building worthy OF
a nation of music-lovers like the Ger.
mans. t-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17

.ira trsn, Port said to Cairo. Where
Cand io Much Verse Than 5now.
We came dowl from Port Said to
Coiro by railroad. journey Of six
hours. The first haf was over tht
tniest railway you ever saw--a litto
narrow gauge built by the canal com
pany as an aid to construction. Its
original purpose was to haul away tne
Dirt that was taken out of the ditch
and dump It on the desert; then It was
used to transport supplies from one
point on the canal to another, and
finally. when Port Said became n
great port of entry for passengers. tho
rails were relaid the track was bal
lasted. and dminutive trains were put
on. hauled by locomotives that look
Ike toys, but do their business
promptly and we'll
This line runs the entire length CT
the canal, which is 81 miles, parallel
with the bank, and belongs to the
canal company. Recently the Egyp-
tian government has made an arrange
ment so that the track will he widenei
to a standard gauge, and hereafter
through trains can be run from one
end Of Egypt to the other.
Nowadays passengers between
Cairo and points along the canal have
to change at Ismalia, the halfway
station on lake Timsah and the chief
port of the canal. Rails and iron ties
ara stacked up on both sides of the
track the entire distance between
Port Said and Ismalia. and thousands
of men are at work on construction.
1t is comparatively easy to build
railway in this section of Egypt be.
cause there are no rains, no frosts, no
rocks, no grade. no curves and no OBJ
structions but hillocks and sand. IT
the same time the drifting of the
sand is continuous and compels the
railway managers to keep gangs of
men constantly at work shoveling 1t
off the right of way.
1t Is even worse than the snow in
the northern latitudes of the United
States. The railroads in the south
western territories Of our country
have similar difficulties. In fact. there
Is as much resemblance between des-
erts as there is between peach or
chards, and a gentleman from the
Death valley OF Southern California
would feel quite at home on the
Lybian sands.-Cairo letter in Chi
cago Record-Herald.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17

A glance at the fish shops to-day
Crouses the reflection that one could
have tasted with far more variety in
the Middle Ages. Where is now tho
whale of yesteryear, that was roasted
and served up on the spit, or boiled
with peas, the tongue and tail being
the choicest parts? The porpoise, too,
was a royal dish, roasted whole and
eaten with mustard, when Henry VII.
was King, and so was the grampus or
sea-wolf. The lamprey. after it's ono
dramatic and regieidal performance,
seems to have lost it's popularity; and
nobody nowadays is anxious to eat
the limpet. Many fish, however, seem
to have endured throughout the ages
such as the sprat and herring, eaten
especially in Lent; the oyster (ofIicial
ly fish,. cooked in wine for break
fast; and the anchovy, sternly anathe
matised by old Tobias Venner in 1c2(
as food for drunkards."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
l.LACK CROSSES AT RAIL
EOAD CROSSINGS.

1t used to be customry In Mexico
and presumably still is, to erect
black wooden cross wherever ana
whenever a railroad killed person
ihe traveller comes to grade cross
ing and there they stand, bearihS
mute testimony to the deadly nature
OF the place. The custom has hoI
had the effect of bringing about the
elevation of railway tracks In Mex
co. but an eastern newspaper, Which
is agitating for its adoption, believes
that II would in this country As
the years went ty, each adding l''
one or two crosses at deadly points
this newspaper believes that tue
time would soon come when the pa'-
ence of the public would be exhaus's
ed and the wholesale installation o'
safety devices W 'ull follow.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
The pisInfeeted Veil 10 Hero.

The block system" veil is still
leading favorite. supposedly because Il
,lsguises the wearer in a rather puz.
slihg and altogether alluring way.
Square mesh is a protection to the
plain woman who. safely ensconced
behind 1t, may play the part of sup.
posed beauty. On the other hand. the
good-looking woman contends that
style of veil Is one of her most sue.
cessful charms. 1T is quite true that
women dress for other women" says
one woman, "but the veil Is a weapon
directed entirely against man. There
is nothing men like as we'll as littlo
mystery, and the opportunity to re.
move it. can't think" she added,
with sly laugh, what all these suf.
fragettes are fussing about, when they
can get all the power they want SO
easily. / suppose. however. they're
above wells and other feminine entice-
ments, and only care to fight those
poor. dear men with their own
weapons" A new idea in wells Is tho
disinfected veil, treated by chemical
process which in no way changes tho
color or texture. They also have no
odor, but any particle Of dust or any
impure air which may sift through
the mesh becomes Immediately disin.
fected.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
cabby's Long Journey to Collect Fare.


A story is told to-day OF a Paris
cabman who. is is alleged followed
an authentic English lord in the train
to Calais. leaving his horse and cab
outside the Care du Nord terminus.
The lord took the cab at his hotel and
told the driver to go as quickly as pos.
sible to the station for the Calais ex.
press.
At the terminus the nobleman ten
dered the cabman a 100-franc note.
which the jehu could not change.
wait a Bit" said his lordship, "Ill
pay you at the ticket Office"
Cabby went with the nobleman into
the station, but when the ticket was
taken the lord. hearing the words,
Express Calais, en- voiture!" rushed
wildly to his carriage. followed by
the driver.
Lord Blank had only just time to
take his seat when the train started
and cabby, who had also entered the
express. was whirled away to Calais
town. En- route he was paid by the
nobleman, who also betrayed the
jehu's journey to the north and back
On returning to Paris cabby found
that his horse and vehicle were i'm.
pounded.-London Daily Telegraph.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
Why the Old Cow Changed Her Tune

tny tnS Oio SoW Cndnoeo 1er rune.
why are all those people focking
down to Hiram Hardapple's barn?"
asked the old farmer ON the hay
wagon.
His got curiosity down thar"
chuckled the village constable.
THAT SO? What kind of curiosity
is it?"
why. HIS old red-and-white Jersey
COW. The other night the old critter
had the collie and Hi went down with
his lantern to give her dose of COW
medicine. Blamed II he didn't mako
mistake and give her a pint of gaso-
line"
do tell! Didn't kill her, did it?"
mo, but by heck. it had funny eff.
feet. Now, instead of going Moo,
moot like any other sensible COW, she
Goes 'Honk, honk!' like one of them
thar blamed automobiles"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
BLAMING THI,
WOMEN.

Against whom are we to charge
the social distinctions that now curse
the circles of Professionalism In this
country. If not against the women?
Men are naturally democratic. Left
TO themselves they seldom draw
sharp social lines or insist upon con-
ventional distinctions. What do we
find in the one sphere where they are
supreme-the political world? How
much class distinction exists there?
Not so with women. They are more
gregarious. but at the same time
more conventional. Is not fashion
their standing incrimination at this
bar? II rich, they are the more ex-
elusive; II poor, the more sensitive,
Social lines existing in the world
without they have extended into the
sacred inclosure of the church. until
to-day there Is no more conventional
body among us than the well-todo
Christian church." declares John Bal
com Shaw. d. D.. in the Homiletic
Review. Nothing hurts us so much
as this one condition. and for its ex-
istence / hold our women almost eX-
clusively responsible. Let them only
say the word, and mean 1t, and this
state of affairs will be gone in a
week"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
AIRSHIPS IN


Readily developing speed of for
ty or more miles an hour" writes
Major SQuier, of the aeroplane, IN
liarper's Weekly, "and capable OF
remaining in the air forr or hve
hours. by It's means thorough and
complete reconnaissance OF the
strength and position of the enemy
could be made by the aeroplane OBJ
servers, who would be In a position
to note the line Of defence and the
position of every piece of artillery
Data could in this way be obtained
for maps which would be of the
greatest value for strategic purpose
AS means of communication be-
tween one commander and another
as a messenger for transmitting IN
s;ructiops. the aeroplane would
prove not merely useful but essen
tial." Major Squier was In charge
of the army's official war-ship trials
Mt Fort Meyer. Virginia, and his
views represent the official estimate
o. the air-ship's practical value.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
Diphtheria Spread BY School Books

DR., w. II. Fisher. the medical Off.
Ger of health to the Walsingham Dis.
trict Council, in his annual report
traces an outbreak OF diphtheria
which occurred in the Raynham dis.
trict to batch of school books tlat
had not been disinfected after SINH.
lar epidemic about six months pre-.
Viously. This time the schools were
closed, the premises thoroughly disin-
fec,ed and sprayed. and all the books
in use at one school in which the dis
ease originated DESTROYED.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17

Lowering" he said courteouoly.
please do not think ! am trying TO
force myself upon you"
Patricia bit her lip. NO." she satd
bitterly, you are not annoying me-"
How she would have loved to have
boxed the little pink ears of Polly Mel
rose-and how she would love TO box
her own. She stole timid glance at
the man beside her-but he was not
looking at her. What little beast
she was she thought she was even
worse than that-she was a senseless
little fool! She longed to say some
thing to him-apologize, If need be
but the words stuck in her throat, and
before she realized it the light of the
club house loomed in sight. She did
not see him again until the supper
dance, and then he came up to her
and asked IL he might have it. Patri-
cia was surprised at herself for ac.
cepting so readily. After their dance
land Patricia was forced to admit
that he was q splendid dancer) they
strolled out on the brilliantly lighted
grounds. Neither spoke for n few
minutes. Then
"Mr. Smith," said Patricia, broken.
ly, IL want to apologize to YOU"
The man turned and regarded her
steadily. "There is no need for 1t,
Miss Lowering" he said slowly, III
you are doing 1t to spare my feelings"
But I'm not" she said hastily; I'm
doing it to spare my own. I've been
very foolish, and I'm very sorry that
l said such thing"
Jack Smith laughed harshly. "Are
you sure you did not mean it?" he
asked.
The girl bent her head. 81 am quite
sure" she said.
They had reached deserted part
Of the garden and the man turned
and caught her almost roughly by the
shoulders. "Do you believe in love
at first sight?" he asked hoarsely.
Patricia swallowed hard. Some
times" she acknowledged.
We'll, love you," he said briefly,
land I've got to get back to the city
on business in the morning-so want
to know If there is any chance for
me?"
Patricia gasped. But"
Never mind that. DEAR" he said,
will you marry me?"
Patricia smiled. "Yes," she said.
81 will"
II was not until they were returning
hcme that night that Jack Smith
leaned forward and told Polly.
I'm SO glad. Pat" Polly laughed.
kissing her. "but can't imagine It,"
Patricia blushed divinely.
you've got to admit. though, that
the name of John Smith is lot more
common than that Of Malster," laugh
ed Polly" n
John Smith Is the finest name in
the world" said Patricia, stoutly, as
she leaned back comfortably In the
tonneau.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
Cures for Rheumatlsnn.

In the midland counties OF England
1t was formerly considered that the
left forefoot Of sage hare, worn or
carried constantly in.the pocket. was
an amulet against rheumatism. The
Dutch peasantry cherished 4 belief IN
the preservative virtues Of a borrowed
or stolen potato As q remedy q
young maid In the village OF Stanton
IN the Cotswoidss eohtrivsd to be con.
armed three times. believing that con.
nrmation was an unfailing cure for
rhenmAtism.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
LOO Miles of Wire Netting.

Large orders for wire netting have
been placed with Norwich firm, the
total running to 1,1o0 miles length OF
this protection against the rabbit pest.
The netting is made AZ inches wide,
with l IA inch mesh at the bottom
and l-2 inch mesh at the top, this
weave OF netting being a patent held
by this firm. The order now in hand
is for 800 miles of this netting for the
Queensland Government. which fol-
lows on a similar order for the Vic
torian Government, and the firm has
also dispatched 500 miles OF wire net
ting to- New South Wales. In each
case the Government rs the initial
purchaser, and then retaiis the netting
to the settlers. VINO ok It around their
holuings and thus keep out the rab.
bits. wfthodtf which their crops would
be devastated.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17

Carlyle said: "A dislike OF noise
is a measure Of civilization" and the
neglect to project - people sSains1
unnecessary noises, a dsclares- tne
OAio State Jourtfaf. iS I'D Indication
ee crude and ignorant govsrnmsA"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-06-17
= Grows Needles and Thread.

The Mexican maguey tree furnishes
a needle and thread ALREADY for use
At the tip of each dark green leaf
is a slender thorn needle that must be
carefully drawn from Its sheath, at
the same time 1t slowly unwinds the
Thread, a strong smooth fibre attached
20 the needle and capable OF being
drawn out to great length.