i oluiuVmit. ESTABLISHED lSHH. Zt (L'oUtmMa gicmorrat, ESTABLISHED !'!T. CONSOLIDATED 19ii. - rrm.i?MKD by EL WELL & BITTENBENDER EVERY FRIDAY MOKMNO At llluoiasburg, the county neat of Columbia Couu'.y, Pennsylvania. si'BCKiPTtoM i.ia your, In advance, I1.S0 f not raid I" advance. All eominimleatlons should be aililrewed to T1IK COl.lWHIAN. lilonmsbiirg. Fa. FRIDAY. OCTOHKR 16, tSot. About the only people who are showing any interest in a constitution al convention, are a few editors who want a pull at the State Treasury for publishing a new constitution after it is framed, as required by law. WRIGHT ON TAXATION- THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE THE CAMPAIGN. OPENS The Democratic campaign was opened at Greensburg, with a rousing mass meeting which was largely at tended by the farmers of Westmore land county. Robert E. Wright, the party candidate for Auditor General, made an eloquent speech, in which he denned the basis upon which the equalization of taxes can be effected so as to relieve those interested in agricultural pursuits from the burdens they are obliged to bear at present. Mr. Wright siid : There is no branch of legislation in which the power of an influence other than the will of the people to shape its course has been more forcibly illustrat ed than in the matter of the tax laws of your State. One of the worst re suits of the system of special legisla tion existing before the adoption of the present Constitution was tne con dition of our tax laws. The whole ssytem was but a patchwork of special acts enacted from time to time to meet temporary emergencies. There was an absolute want of uni formity of objects and rate of taxation and of machinery for their collection. The system of collecting a State tax on real estate based on local assess ments had fostered a practice of under valuations resulting in the grossest in justice, and sometimes in absolute fraud. CAUSED A Pl.TiI.lC SCAN'DAL. This inequality existed not only as between counties, but between town ships and fwns in the same county, and finally became so general as to create a public scandal. Hi;h nomi nal rat' s on low valuations in some district' created the impression, by comparison vith other districts, of ove'Vaxition. This feeling was in tensified by the palpable and indisput able fact that the personal property of the State was escaping taxation entire ly, and that while the burdens of State government were borne by the corpo rations, yet the much heavier burdens of local government were borne en tirely by the owners of real estate. Naturally the feeling of unrest and dissatisfa -tion became strongest among the farmers of the State. They were most heavily burdended while they were least able to bear it. It is true that the nominal rates of taxation on real estate in cities may have been higher than on farms, yet it was unde niable that the farmers were carrying the heaviest burden. For when you taxed the real estate of a farmer you taxed him upon all he was worth. His farm, as a rule, constituted his entre possessions. When you taxed that, none of his means escaped, for he had none other. Aye, the probability was that the farm was mortgaged, but he got no credit on that score. In cities and towns this was not the cse. Wnen you taxed a city mer chant, manufacturer, lawyer or banker o" ''is real estate you reached but a small proportion of his wealth ; the bulk escaped. These facts stared people in tne face when the constitution of 1873 was adopted providing that thereafter taxes should be uniform and levied under general laws THE FARMERS' RIGHTS IGNORED. Ever since then for fifteen years, the people having been insisting that the spirit of this provision of the Constitution should be enforced, but year after year has the Legislature re fused their petition. Stronger and stronger has become the demand as year by year the Legislature refused to heed the farmers' demands. Governor Pattison in the first term of his administration pressed the Leg islature to meet this demand, but they refused, liill after bill as defeated or buried, until finally a bill actually psssed the Legislature, but was lost or mislaid in some mysterious way. Fi nally, at the last session of the Legis lature, and as a result of the farmers' revolt last year, a bill was passed that may afford some temporary measure of relief. But it comes far from meet ing the demands of the constitution. It fails utterly to meet the just position of trie farmers, that taxation should be equal and upon all classes of property. Thus, for all this time has the Legis lature failed to respond to and reflect he will of the masses in a government hich, theoretically, is a government by he people. Last winter I appeared before the (Ious and Senate Committee on be half of a client to present an argument against one provision of the Taggart bill a provision which they deemed unconstitutional, and which they claim ed would result in inequality of taxa tion -and I there endeavored to im press upon them the thoughts to which I have just given expression. I ob jected to one provision of the bill as unwise and unconstitutional ; but I de clared that, in my judgment, corpora tions are not paying their proportion of taxes and the farmers were paying too much. I presented to the com mittee the outlines of a bill that would have met all the objections urged a ainst the Taggart bill by its enemies. I know that the sincere friends of that reform on both committees approved of my suggestions, but were powerless to adopt them. If the principles outlined in that argument had been followed you would have had true tax equalization, but it was not. By almost a strict party vote in Senate and House the Taggart bill was thrown out by the Republi can bosses, and yet these men ask that farmers shall vote for them again. 1 am before the people of Pennsylvania to-day to regret no single word spoken, and to withdraw no principle announc ed in that argument. I present to the farmers of Pennsylvania as my plea in favor of that equalization of taxation for which they nave so long fought. A Reliable Assistant- The poet and the almanac-maker agree that all seasons have their signs, but those of spring are most active and insistent. It is then, also, that nature throws off the lethargy of winter and prepares to renew her bounties. It is then, also, that nature attempts to throw off the impurities that hare lain dormant in the human system. This effort manifests itself in various ways in the increased activity of old affec tions, in the appearance of boils, car buncles and other eruptions, and in the various symptoms so familiar to those who have suffered. It is at this period that nature finds an active and a trustworthy assistant in S S. S., which, in the work of purifying the blood and strengthening the system, has proven to be the most perfect spr'ng medicine ever offered to the public. WHERE IS THE TINPLATE. Not a Solitary Box Manufactured in This Country- CANNERS PAY $5,000,000 IN INCREASED TAXES, f VERY CENT OK WHICH GOES TO THE SPECULATORS IN WALES. Washington, October 14. Congressman T. L. Bunting, of Ham burg, N. Y., was here recently on his way from New York, where he at tended a meeting of the heaviest con sumers of tin plate in the the United States, with a view of running down the "tin plate liars" and locating some of the numerous tin plate concerns which the Republican papers of the country are exploiting. The meeting was entirely non-political. Its object was to secure reliable data concerning the state of the tin plate industry. Mr. Bunting says that a year ago both Major McKinley and Senator Allison assured a committee of the consumers of tin plate that with in a year from October 6, 1 890, when the tariff bill went into effect, forty Ameiican tin plate factories would be running and turning out all the tin plate required lor consumption in this country. FRENCH AND COMPANY'S OFFER. "The year is up," continued Mr. Bunting, "and I defy any man to find one solitary box of tin plate that has been manufactured in this country. French & Company have a standing offer to pay 15 per cent, above the market price for 10,000 boxes of American tin plate. There have been sporadic efforts to produce a little terne plate in Ohio and elsewhere for political effect, but it is of a very poor quality, contains a great deal of lead and very little tin. Though it can be used for roofing, it is not only absolut ely useless, but proven poisonous for canning purposes." "What is the extent of the industries affected by the tin-plate duty ?" "I have made careful estimates," re plied Mr. Bunting, "and you will .be surprised to learn that it affects, direct ly or indirectly, 3 per cent, of the in habitants of the United States who are engaged in planting or growing fruits, packing or boxing vegetables, meats, oysters, fish etc. Two million people are directly or indirectly interested, and every family is more or less of a con sumer." THE MONEY GOES ABROAD. "How much have the consumers paid this year as a result of the tax ?" "In the first instance the figures are accurate ; in the second approximate, There are 2,000 canning establish ments in this country. 1 hey alone have paid $5,100.000 in the increased cost of tin plate. This raises the price of every can or piece of canned goods from a half to a cent of the wholesaler. The wholesaler and the retailer each still further advance the price that it is difficult to tell just how much the final consumer, who eventually pays it all, has been mulcted. I want to im press also the fact that the United States did not get from us the five million we have paid directly in th increase cost of tin plate. The specu lators in Wales reaped the hanest. Pennsylvania Gnma Laws. The appended synopsis of the Game and l ish Laws of Pennsylvania has been carefully compiled and revised up to date and is believed to be correct : Elk and deer may be killed from October 1 to December 15 ; but, ow ing to an eiror, it is illegal to have deer in possession after November 30. The killing of fawns when in spotted coat, chasing ol elks or deer with hounds, and the killing of deer when in the water piohibited. Squirrels, September t to January 1. Hares or rabbits, November t to January 1. Hunting or killing of rab bits with ferrets prohibited. Wild turkeys, October 15 to January 1. Plovers, July 15 to January 1. Woodcocks, July, 4 to January 1. (Juails, November 1 to December 5- Ruffed and pinnated grouse, Oct-ob-.T 1 to January 1. Rails or reed birds, September 1 to December 1. Wildfowl, September 1 to May 1. Insectivorous birds protected, except English sparrows. Pigeon nestings protected against fire arms to a radius of one fourth mile from roosting or brooding place, and penalty for dis turbance in any "manner while nesting; and snaring or netting for the purpose of killing during the nesting season prohibited. Snaring, netting or catch ing of game birds by torchlight pro hibited. Sunday hunting and shoot ing prohibited. Shooting of wildfowl limited to use of shoulder gun only. Fish. Sea Salmon, April 1 to July 1. Speckled trout, April 15 to July 15 ; under rive inches in length protected. Lake trout, January 1 to October 1. Black, green, yellow, willow, rock, Lake Erie and grass bass, pike, pick erel, and wall eyed pike or Susquehan na salmon, June 1 to January 1. Bass less than six inches in length protect ed. German carp, September 1 to May 1. Artificially stocked streams pro tected for three years after stocking. Hook and line fishing only allowed; use of nets or traps of any kind, pois ons, etc., prohibited. Is there a public and general de mand for a constitutional convention? If so; let us have it, if not, vote against it. COMPOUND EXTrUCTVw Tne Importance of purifying the blood can not be overestimated, tor without pure blood you cannot enjoy good health. At this season nearly every one needs a good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich the blood, and we ask you to try Hood's DASMiliar Samparllla. It strengthens rebuild! alul Buna, np tne Sy3tem ereatei an appetite, and tones the digestion, while It eradicates disease. The peculiar combination, proportion, and preparation of the vegetable remedies used give to Hood's 8arsuparilla pecul- It coif lar curative powers. No lloClT other medicine hassuch a record of wonderful cures. If you bavo made up your mind to buy Hood's Sarsaparllla do not be Induced to take any other instead. It Is a Peculiar Medicine, and Is worthy your confidence. Hood's Barsaparilla is sold by all druggist. Prepared by C. h Hood A Co., Lowell, Mas. 100 Doses One Dollar DEMOORATIO TICKET- STATE. Auditor General, 'ROBERT E. WRIGHT. State Treasurer, A. L. TILDEN. Delegates at Large, Constitution al Convention, chas. r.bitkalew, ctui ncey l ui.at k, ukokuk a. jenks, oeoklik m. dallas, 8. ous. thompson, david w. 8ei.lkuk. henry w. boiiall, hobt. e. monahii an, wm. . mclean, frank m. vandlino, JOHN LATTA, ROGElt SHERMAN, WILLIAM WEIIIE, THOMAS I.AZKAK. SAMl'KL GRIFFITH. GRANT WEI DM AN, CiKOHGK B. .Kill I. Kit, II. MORGAN ROOT. Associate Judge, C G. MURPHY. Sheriff, JOtIN MOUREY. Delegates to Constitutinnal Convention. EDWARD CORMAN, of Montour. ANDREW I FRITZ. OF CoLUMUlA. Jury Commissioner. M. B. McHENRY. Coroner. Dr. F. W. REDEKER. FOCJLTRY NOTES. No. 34. Q. What male would be most de sirable for crossing with common hens? IAns. That depends on what result is required. If you desire eggs, a Red Cap, Leghorn or Minorca would be a I good cross, if you wish to raise broil ers"; the Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte or some large, quick growing stock should be used. Q. What color should the legs of a pure bred Plymouth Rock be, and should there be any feathers on the leg? Ans. The color of leg may vary from light to dark yellow, but must in variably be yellow. No. There should be no feathers on the leg. Q. By crossing two non-setting breeds, will they be good layers ana will they be non-setters? Ans. Yes, they would be good lay ers, but as a result from such a cross, you would get those that would set. Q. Will kerosene kill lice on chick, ens? Ans. Yes. It is one of the most ef fective lice exterminators we have, but don t put it on the fowl. Use it on the perches, and cracks and crevices of nest boxes Ac. Dust the fowl with insect powder. W. B. German. Reader, do you feel that there is a necessity for a constitutional conven tion that will cost the state a million dollars ? A thing to which so much apathy is shown cannot be greatly needed. Ninth! nn firm hp ta'iA in favor of tho best medieino in the 1 world that may not bo said of the j most worthless. Ia 0110 case, it's . true; in the other, it isn't; but how can you distinguish ? Judge by what is done. There's only one bloou-puriher that s guar anteed. It's Dr. Pk-rce's Golden Medical Discovery and this is what is done with it ; if it doesn't benefit or cure, in every case, you get your money back. Isn't it likely to be tho best? All tho year round, as well at one time as another, it cleanses and pur ifies the system. All blood-poisons must go. For Dyspepsia, Bilious ness, Scrofula, Salt-rheum, Tetter, Erysipelas, or any blood-taint or dis order, it is an uneqnulcd remedy. It's tho cheapest, too. With this, you pay only for tho good you get. And nothing else is "just as good." It may bo better for the dealer. But ho isn't tho one that's ' to bo helped. titMl.iMt a TNf U lielnr mad b? John H iAeitriii,lrM,..V.,t Mtik for ua. liUr, "U nta not KtMk niu h. I.m t , tdi ;iMitirkly how fo.tnflto uy at UK' n art, iu niurr a yint go "" "ii mfot. nt aa fari r Afnarit-a. vim rait intii're at Ituma. rim. inr all your ttmv.i'r ai-nr Rtnt-tita mil tn tli work. Ail im nn. i.rai .ay ftl H i, .t.n w-fk.-r. We atari yon, fiimUhln a.-rythin. Kmi,V, M'KKlUL. learW. I'AKI Ii-LLAKrt KUF.K. Addraa at ouea, n-lMH a 0.. HfHTLar.li, 4f i VN ma a lex LOWEWBERG'S CLOTHING! FALL ANNOUNCEMENT! BLACK AND BLUE CHEVIOTS. LADIES SHOULD SEE THE PRETTY SUITS FOR CHILDREN. Call and examine and see for is the right place to buy youi Clothing. .. .,..,.,,-. ELECTION rUOCLAMA I K)N. I, JOHN n. W:Y. lll'.'li SlierlfT "1 "l'iml.H eniintv, cnimiinnwealth of I'rmixyun'ili'. ' hen-liv miikr known awl irlve nnll'-e Mi" Hector of lliei-ntintv af'Mrwil.l. Hint n ''"',' 1 eli-illim will Iv lirM In tin- ;il'l county of l ol umtilii. on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER j. 1891 (IM-Inif tlie Tnemlnr next fillnwlnir the I rt WimkIhv of wilil month) Mr the ini .. of H"'' 1 1 nit the aeveriil persons ln'ivlnnfter tunned, to-wlt : one person for Auditor Henerol of the t'oni inonweulth of I'enin.vlviinlii. one person Mr Trensitror of tin' common wrul Hi of rcnnsylviinlit. 'I wont j--seven persons for drletf lit es nt Inrtfe to the I'oiiHtlliilloniil Convention of I'emiHVlvn. 11 In (no voter to vnte for more tlimi eljjhtei'ti.) Three persons Mr tleleKnte from the 41th Senntortiil district to the ronstlliinoiinl ( n. ventlonof ivimsjlviinlmno vler lo vole for more than two.) To vote "For ii constltiitlonnl convention" or "AKRliiftt const Itutlonnl Convention." One person for AssoxiuU" Judge of Columbia County. One person for Sheriff of Colutntil County. Two persons for Jury commissioners of Col tniilils county. One person Mr Coroner of Cotumblii rounty, 1 lso henby mske known and iflve notice that the place of holdlntc the afon-snld e.i. tion In the wtcmI wants, bomiitfh, districts and townships within tho county ol Culiiiut'la are as follows, vlr.: Reaver to.vnsulp, at the public house of C. A Bliumaii. Heiitou township, at the public house of Letn Ui'l Drake, In the town of llei ton. East. Ilerwlck, at the liule office of the Jack son t Woodln MTt Co., In Ilerwlck. W st Ilerwlck, at the ollli-e of J. o. Jnoohy In Berwick. East llloom, at the Court House, east tilde, In llloomshurff. West llloom, at ttieConrt House, west side. In Itloonisbunf. Mrtan'reek township, at the public school house near Kvnnsvllle. Cstawlssa township, at the nubile house of O. W. Relfanyder, In the town of Cntawlssa. Borough of Centralis, at the public house of Michael llrennan. ' Centre township, at tho school house near Lafayette CreasVs. North conynglmm District at the township school house near the colliery of John Anderson Co. South Conynghain district at the bouse of Mrs. Thus. Monroe. Flahlngrreek township, at the school house neBrC. It. White's. Franklin township, at the Lawrence school house. East Greenwood nt the house of Wm. Ill.u k In Koh ratal nr. West Greenwood at the house of J. R. ISIee In Mlllvllle. Hemlock township nt the house of Charles Uleterlch, In the town of llu- khorn. Jackson township, at the public school house at Waller. Locust township at the public house nfN.it linn Knorr. In Nuinldla. Madison tow nship at the public school bouse In Jersey-town. 1 Main township, at the public house of Addi son W. Mllllimii, In Mnliiulle. Mllllln townshlp.at the public house of John Knels In the town of Miillluuile. Montour township, nt ihe public house of Kinnnilus rnanvrst at l(uH-rt. Mt. rieiisiiiit township, ut the Mlllrrtuwn public Hi-hisil house. Ornn 'e township, lit the public house of Albert I leek man In Oninevllle. I'lne township, at the Centre school Inline. Koarlnifcreck township, ut the house of Sam uel Lelby. East Scott at the public house of M. Q. White In Espy. West Scott at the public house of J. L. Craw, font. In LlithtNlrect. North Migurluar, at the public hou e of E. P. Allji-rtaon. J THE POSITIVE CURE. SLY BROTHERS, M Wbnb at, Mnr York. Price Met. "Seeing is Believing;." a must be simple; when words mean much, lint to JtfIIlC will imnress the truth mnr l ...... ... tou?h and seamless. anH V A it is absolutely safe and unbreakable. Like Aladdin's of old, it is indeed a "wonderful lamp," for its mar velous li"ht i nnree irwl kni.ln.. u.. i: i - f - " - C t 1 " softer than electric light and looiot tmaaump-Tan RocnBTxx. Ifthe tatnpdcaler hain't the rrenalna HOCIIK3TEII LAHP FALL A.SOILT 1891. THE LATEST COLLARS, NECK TIES, DRESS SHIRTS, NIGHT SHIRTS &c. 2aV. I s.mtli siiKnrlnnf. nt tliehi'i so of .IN-rt ti.li-. i-..u--lmll he npi-m iMI T l k n. m. ntxl mil continue open without Intel nipt Wn or no inurnment until seven o clock p. In. Inn the pulls III la- closed. NOTICE Is IIKIIKIIY EN That everv person except Inif JnsMct s i.f the pence and Alderman, Nolnrlis 1'iiMle and I cr fuuisln the ml 1 1 1 1 is aorloe of the suite who -.hull hold or ahull within two months lime In Id anv ofllce or appoint inent of urotlt or trust under the t lilleil Slates, or of this Stnle, nml city or cerporaied district, whether n rom missioned ofllcer or otherwise, or siilieiillnnte oHleeror nifetit Who Is or shall lie iintioyeil under the l.cijlsliit tire, Executive nr Judiciary Department of this stale or of nny rlty or of any Incorporated district, and nlso, that every ineinls-r of Conirrrss and of the state Legisla ture, ard of the select or common council of anr eltv, or commissioners of any Incorpiirntisl district, arebv law Incnpable of holding or ex. erclslmi at the same time tho onh-c or appoint ment ol Jiirtge, Inspector or Clerk of any elec tion of this Commonwealth, anil that no In-siM-clor, Juiltfe or other nrtleor of am b ( lection shall lie ellKllile to tie I hen voted for. The Inspectors and Judireof the ebs-tlon shall meet at Ihe respective places nppoliitid for holdlnif Ihe election In tho district to which they respectively la-long, before aeven o'clock In the morning, and each of those Inspectors sliHll appoint one rlerk, who shall he (tialineil voter of such district. The qualllled voters of this county are hetvbr anthoii7ed and required to vote by ticket print ed, written or partly written or partly pi luted and partly written i One ticket shall embrace the names of all Judges of lotirts, voted for, and to lie labelled outside Judiciary," one ticket shall embrace tho names of all state. oDIcers voted lor, and to tie lubclliit "State," one ticket shall embrace the names of all county nrlleers voted for. Including onh-e of Senator. Members of Assembly and Memlier of Congress, and to he labelled "County," and each class tie deposited In separate ballut-boxea. JOHN II. CASKV, Sheriff. Sheriffs Office, llloomsbiirg, Oct. , ism. YOTJHQ MILSt contemplate g Commercial will nav vou to visit the ROCHESTER BI SINKSS I'MHIIS ITV brfore deciding where, though yon may live a thousand miles away. II sinmls at the head of the list of commercial schools In lis charact er as an educational force, as a medium for supplying the business men of the country with trained aifll capable ns.-.i-.tatiis, u a means of placing ambit loua young men and women on the high road to success, and In the extent, eletfiince and cost of Its equipment. Thorough COMMERCIAL, SIIORTHAMI Nl t'RACTI CALEMUIJSII COI'KSES The Twenty-Seventh Annual Catalogue will be mailed to any address. WiUissw & Rogers, WANTED I A good pushing Salesman here. Kltst-cliiss pay guaranteed weekly. Commission ursal liry. ijulck selling new Fruits it ml SpcclaK! II ICS. FAIIMKRS enn get a tr'xid pnvlnir lob fo Jihe w inter. Write fur full terms and pnrllcii- ii.irs. rur.li r.. tut mi, .Mirscrvmun, IMCimsTRH, . V. We will J'lnO p01 o r,,and Commission to Meu PAY WwUJ. Wi-.ii.y wi,.i, Teachers and Clergymen to sell our NEW I'lUTLAK ft A M Aid) VUiklv. Marvels cf The Nev West So riiier book publMicd. Over H.TO choice en gruvlng. 111,4(0 copies sold In one week. Kn-dorx-il by the greatest iiu-n of the country. This Is no humbug offer. YL'r'.- pt fWr KOK I'Aitrict laws in i..w U..tt HKHARIt To SALARY. The Henry Hill l'ulilishing Co., Nir.ii.!i, Conn. jo-g 3-m. Sfer 1 And a rood lamb O f it if not simple it is X1UUI1NI. mjisisit LI1C5C "Th knrKeir fnrrililu All w . w...t.j. . i tuviai, i miU in tim -.-- l.vbi V.UIT, iiinwi man ga lllll, more cheerful than either. co.. 4a P.-ic si... ... J ..m ww Mwrrrnw llli "The Rochester.n DOUBLE EBZASTZD SACKS AND CUTAWAYS. yourselves that THE FINEST LINE OF FALL PANTS IN TOWN. i