WOlffilK U" VmrfT,r America pregrnts this lny is with out precedent in history. From ocean to oocan in city, villAge and countrywide the children of tho itato are marshaled and inarching nnder tho banner of the nation, and ' with them tha people are gathering around the ichool bouse. Men are recognizing today the most impressive anniversary since Rome cele brated her thousandth year the 400th anniversary of the stepping of a hemi sphere into the world's life; four com pleted centuries of a new social order; the celebration of liberty and enlighten ment organized into a civilization. And while during these hours the federal government of these United States strikes the keynote of this great American day that gives houor to the common American institution which unites ns all, we assemble here that we, too. may exalt the free school that em bodies the American principle of uni versal enlightenment and equality, the most characteristic product of the four centuries of American life. Four hundred years ago this morning the PinU's gun broke the silence and announced the discovery of this hemi sphere. It was a virgin world. Hnman life hitherto upon it had been without sig nificance. In the Old World for thou sands of years civilized men had been trying experiments in social order. They had been found wanting. Bat here was an nntonched Boil that lay ready for a uew exjriment In civiluv tion. All things were ready. New forces had come to light fnll of over turning power in the Old World. In the New World they wero to work to gether with a mighty harmony. It was for Columbns, propelled by this fresh life, to reveal the land where thee new forces were to be given ice for de velopment, and where the await! triul of the new civilization was to be made. Today we reach our most memorable milestone. We look backward and we look forward. Backward we see the first mustering of modern ideas; their long conflict with Old World theories, which were also transported hither. We see stalwart men and brave women one moment on the shore, then disappearing in dim for ests. Wo hoar the ax. We see the flame of burning cabins and hear the cry of the savage. We see the never ceasing wagon trains always toiling westward. We behold log cabins becoming villages, then cities. We watch the irrowth of institutions out of little beginnings scaoois Becoming an educational system; meeting houses leading into organio Christianity; town meetings growing to lolitical movements; county discussions developing federal government. We see hardy men with Intense con victions grappling, struggling, often amid battle smoke, and some idea char acteristic of the New World always triumphing. We see settlement knit ting together into a nation with single ness of purposo. We note tho birth of the modern system of industry and com merce and its striking forth into un dreamed of wealth, making the millions members one of another as sentiment could never bind. And nnder it all, and through it all, wo fasten on certain principles ever operating and regnant tho leadership of manhood; equal rights for every soul; universal enlighteument as the source of progress. These last are the principles that have shaped America; these principles are the true Americanism. We look forward. We are conscious wo are in a period of transition. Ideas m education, in political economy, in social science are nndorgoing revisions. There is a largo uncertainty about tho Outcome. But faith in the underlying principles of Americanism and in God's destiny for the republic makes a firm ground of hope. The coming century promises to be more than ever the age of the people an age that shall develop a greater care for the rights of the weak and make a more solid provision for tho development of each individual by the education that meets bis need, i As no prophet among our fathers on tho 800th anniversary of America could have pictured what the new century would do, so no man can this day reach out and grasp the 100 years npon which the nation is now entering. On the vic torious results of the completed centuries the principles of Americanism will build our fifth century. Its material" progrtis is beyond onr conception, but we may be sure that in the social relations of men with men" tho most triumphant jgains aro to bo expected. America's fourth century has been glorious; Amer ica's fifth century must bo made huppy. One institution more than another has wrought out to achievement of the past, and is today most trusted for tho future. Our fathers in their wisdom knew that the foundations of liberty, fraternity and equality must be univer sal education. The free school there fore was conceived the cornerstone of tho repubUo, Washington and Jeffer son recogtjlaed that the education of iuan nol flj0 prerogative of church or of other private interest; that while religious training belongs to tho church, and while technical and higher culture may be given by private institutions, tho training of citizens in the common knowledge and the common duties of .citizenship belongs irrevocably to the state. We therefore on this anniversary of America present the public school as the uroudest expression of the priuciplo of enlightenment which Columbus grouped by fnith. We uplift the ryntcni of free nud universal education us the luaater force which under God has been Informing encli of our fTL-norntions with the peeulinr truths of Americanism. America therefore gather her sons around the school house today as the in stitution closest to the people, most char acteristic of the people nnd fullest of hope for the jeople. Today America's fifth century begins. Tho world's twentieth century will soon be here. To the thirteen millions now in the American schools the command of tho coming years belongs. We, the youth ef America, who today unite to march as one army under the sacred flag, un derstand our duty. Wo pledge onrsolves that the flag shall not be stained, and that America Khali moan equal oppor tunity and justice for every citizen and brotherhood for the world. THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME. Prepared tor the .Nation! Columbian Pobllo School Calibration of Or.U SI. eFoM.T IS now known to all readers that President iJII Harrison has is 3 i sned a proclama tion naming Oct. 21 as the true an niversary of tho discovery of America, and recotnme n d i n g its observance by suitable exercises in all the school of tho United States. A uniform programme for every school in America, to be axed oil Columbus Day simultaneously with the dedicatory exercises of the World's Columbian ex position grounds in Chicago, will give an impressive unity to the popular cele bration. Accordingly, when the super intendents of education last February accepted the plan for this national pub lic school celebration, they instructed their executive committee to prepare an official programme of exercises for the day, uniform for every school. The following programme has been prepared by the committee: Tl wbimU should awwrnbla at 9 a. m. In tbelr various rooms. At 0:011 the detail of vol erans Is aipei'tcd to arrive. It la to tw met at tba eotmnc. of the yard by tho coior guard of pupils, cavorted with dignity to tba building and presented to tba principal. Tha principal then circa tha ilgual and tho several teachers conduct their pupil to tha yard, to drumbeat or other mimic, and arrange them In hollow square about tha flag, the veterans and color guard taltiug place by the flag Itaelf. The muter of tweuioules then givea the command. "Attention!" and begina the exercise by read ing tba proclamation. 1. Rradino or thk President's Piioo Laxation. By the Master of Cere monies. At tha close of the reading he announces! "In accordance) with this recommendation by tha president of the United States, and a a sign of our devotion to onr country, let tha flag of tba Button be unfurled above tbis school." 2. Raisixo or thk Flao. By tho Vet erans. As the flag roaches the masthead the vete rans will lead tba aeeemblage in "Three Cheers tor Old Glory.'" 8. Saxutb to thk Flag. By the Pupils. At a signal from the principal tba pupils. In ordered ranks, bands to the aide, face the flat;. Another slgual la given! every pupil gives the Sag tho military salute-right hand lifted, palm downward, to a line with the forehead and close to it. Standing thus all repeat to gather slowly, "1 pledge allegiance to my flag and tha republic, for which It stands; one na tion Indivisible, with liberty and Justice for all." At the words "to my flag" the right hand U extended gracefully, palm upward, to ward the flag, and remains in this gesture till the end of the affirmation, whereupon all hands immediately drop to the side. Then, till standing, as the instruments strike a chord, all will sing "Amrica"-'-iIy country, His of thee." i. Acknowledgment op God. Prayer or Scripture. 6. Song o? Columbia Da v. By Pupils and Audience. Alr-"Lyona." Columbia, my land! all hall the glad day When first to thy strand Hope pointed the way; Bail him who thro' darkness first followed the Flame That led where the Mayflower of Liberty came. Dear Country, the star of the valiant and free! Thy exiles afar are dreaming of thee. No fields of the Earth so enchantlngly shine. No air breathes such Incense, such mualo as thine. Humanity's home thy sheltering breast Gives welcome and room to strangers opprest'd. Pale children of Hunger aud Hatred and Wrong Find lifo in thy freedom and Joy iu thy song. The fairest estate the lowly may hold. Thy poor may grow great, thy feeble grow bold. For worth ia the watchword to noble degree. And manhood is mighty where manhood Is free. O onion of States and union of souls! Thy promise awalta. thy future unfolds. And earth from her twilight is hailing tha sun That rises where people and rulers are one. TagHost Brown. . Thb Address. "The Meaning of the Four Centuries." A declamation of tha special address pre pared for the occasion by The Youth's Com panion. 7. The Ode. "Columbia's Banner." A readina of the norm writ tun In i hM ,.. slon by Edna Dean iroctor. Here should follow whatever additional ex ercises, patriotic- recitations, historic repre sentations or cnorais may be desired. 8. Addresses by Citizexs and Na tional Songs. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. , Francis Bellamy, chairman, represent ing The Youth's Companion, Boston. John W. Dickinson, secretary of the Massachusetts board of education, Thomas B. Stockwell, commissioner of Rhode Island public schools. W. K. trarrett, superintendent of pub lic instruction of Tennesson. Ferris S. Fitch, superintendent of pub lio instruction of Michigan. A forgotten Columbus Mouuuicut. It is a mistake to suppose that there was, up to a short time ngo, no monu ment to Columbus in tho United States. There is a monumental shaft in Balti more. It is obscurely placed and li in scribed "Chris. Columbus." It dates from 17S4. It wns erected by tho French consul general. Do Amainour, who, with some hundred or more Trench officers and soldiers, remained in Baltimore ufter the end of the Revolutionary war. IIII! rs. mil HUM 8t.-.to Hs-. The former resilience of the late A. H. Dill at I.ewisburg and belong ing to his estate was recently sold at public sale for $2,700. It is said the building cost Mr- Dill at least $6,000 A corporation of capitalists lias purchased the Trice farm in llen saleni township, Bucks county, on which it is proposed to erect a lanre distillery to fight the Whiskey Trust. A capital of $2,000,000 is represented. A sitting from the Pennsylvania Railroad has been surveyed' and a wharf property on the river front ad joining the Price tract purchased. While drilling for oil on the Jamison farm in Jimtown, west end of Crawford county, the drill struck a six foot vein of anthracite coal There is a neat little fortune of $10,000 awaiting some claimant who is supposed to be located somewhere in Pennsylvania. A man named James Stewart died in the poor house at Belfast, Ireland, and upon his per son were found certificates of mining stock amounting to $10,000. It is be lieved that he came from Luzerne county and that he has relatives living-Saturday next Nancy Barger, of Roland, Centre County, will celebrate her 1 ooth birthday. Her friends have made arrangements to hold a public picnic in her honor. Mrs. Barger can remember of Washington's death and has a good recollection of every Presidential contest since 1801. She was present st the first two execu tions in Center county, those of "Negro Dan" and the famous "Mouls." Notwithstanding her having reached the rentenarian mark she is as spry as most woman at fifty, managing her own farm and doing the most of her own work. Her youngest ch.ld is 58 years of age. If thrte or four plague-stricken ships laden with hundreds of dirty immigrants were denied a landing at New York and sent bai-k to where they came from at the company's ex pense this immigration business would be stopped for a while at least, and there would be some chance of keeping out the cholera Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Tired All the Time- Is the complaint of many poor mortals wno now not wnere to find relief. Hood's Sarsanarilla those elements of strength which you so earnestly crave, it will build you up, give you an appetite, strengthen your stomach and nerves. Try it. Hood's piles act specially upon the liver, rousing it from torpidity to its natural duties, cure constipation and assist digestion. PEKFUMES ADD GKEAKS- THKV CAN HE MADE AT HOME IF YOU FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS. Violet Water Get a quantity of fresh picked sweet violets, take them to a druggist and get them weighed, put them into a laree bottle and him to give you the same weight in aiiuuut as you nave ot violets. Pour it over the violets and cork tightly. Shake everv A.iv for ten days, then add just as much water as you had alcohol. The next dav strain and bottle for use. Lvender Water Put half a. tiniinn of fresh lavender Ii-dvm intn double boiler, nour over them half a pint of soft water, cover and simmer slowly one hour. Take off the fire and cool Add one Dint and a h.ilf of alcohol, strain twice and bottle for use. Do not cet the alcohol nenr the fire as it is inflammable. Glass sto pers should be used in the bottle. Carrot Cream Put one rtrmrwt rf fresh fried lard in a kettle, add one pint 01 not water, set away to cool. oKini on me laru ana put it in an oat meal kettle, add half a pound of tried suet from a young beef, Peel and nfnta 1 ...... . . biait iu iaigc carrots ami stir them into the suet. Cook slowly one hour, strain through double rhecser-Uh then strain again, add a few drops of iicrgamoi-ou anil dip m small dishes to remain. This cream is soothing and healing for chapped or calloused hands. How Does This Strike You? One of our exchanges whose ex perience tallies with that of othi-r news papers, puts it thus r Running a newspaper requires capi tal just as surely as a locomotive does steam. The strides the newspaper makes depends entirely upon the sup port given, just as truly as the speed 01 me engine is regulated by the pow er applied. We are endeavoring to run a newsy paper, and have been eminently successful, but th ere nre number of delinquents that could help us our. most suDstantiauy. Money, ot course, is the root rf all evil n,i some of our subscribers seem to think a little might lead us astray. We as sure vou ft will not. We will sacrifice the paper on which to give you a re ceipt, if that's any inducement. Call and see us. Among so many we are liable to fonjtt vou.- fixtures." PHILLIPS . The shade of a parasol is a very acceptable thing in the summer months, but the 7-cputa'oii of Philips' cafe and Bakery cannot be thrown in the shade at any time the year ronnd Bread and cake fresh every day. We are sole agents for Tenney's fine candies : Ice Cream always: Ca tering for parties and weddings a specialty. Special terms to regular boarders in the Cafe. M.M. 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Gallery Main St., next lo St. Elmo HcXei; BLOOMSBURG, PA. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. EHUttr uf JttifkM Cole, tht tniu-a. Not lee Is hereby- (ftvon thut letters tosttiuieut liry oil the esliilu (if K.cklel rule, (leeeuKed. liiivo heeii irrunteU to II. II. (in)!., to whom nil p-Mou8 liHlebtiil to m.i til estate are reipienieil to make payment, iinl thinso Imvlijx eliilnm or tie iiinuda 111 uiako known the name without Un lay. II. 11. ItKoTZ, Executor. fnKT K?:?t??' 6.11.11 bt rJ Rw ar-ttH , c ijmisns. whuiwiViu-.r..i, " ",! wti' -rH.nl li, !!.. lieu rII pi, luok.t m 3 Ms, Has received a fine lot of SILVERWARE, CUT GLASS, and Special attention given to the repairing of EYES TESTED FREE OF CHARGE WHEN GLASSES AEE PURCHASED. (C, JB. BOBBINS, DEALER IN Foreign and Domestic WINES AND L1QU0ES. Bloomsburq, Fa. "Well Bred, Soon are fjtucuiy married. House - ALEXANDER BROTHERS & CO. DEALERS IX Cigars, Totacco. Candies, Fruits and Huts SOLE AGENTS FOR Henry Halliard's Fine Candies. Fresli Every Week. IFlBlTlT'r G C02TS Ji. SECIJLlLTTr. SOLE AGENTS FOR F. F. Adorns & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco Hole agcnla for the Hasr Clay, Lcsdroo, Ncnr.al, Bloomsburg Pa. (753 Pom" ISIS ANDjEFYDlESTORE WITH CUSTOMERS.. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF CARPET, MATTING, uv Si CfiOTII, YOU WILL FIND A NICE' LINE AT W. M. BEOWEE'S 2nj Door above Court Hon. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. LOST MANHOOD! e(P;rer' branch tcUw:ihWrittti Our.ranl j to cur j alliervcudi?.-. ... y,At w.-f,' voiiie.1. Head. BMf3t An iKfi ujk. niho, V.'akc'ul nesn, Lost MAtilinod, L&itu.iet h.l drtr.s and loit v( power i.t either f cx, cnu.srd ry ovjexerticn ol vou'.lilu,.ln'.!:scre:!"Tl vV.irh ul ;mati!v lfd tu In. tl inlity. Consumption nd Inr:in;ty. i'ricg, tx.tvj . .ucl:i.e. With tf .-ry .t cr.!-.T v.. nivi) & ih'rilU LLj.-kr.t. u !d t"u tr tt'A"1 Hy na'l tt DECORATED CHINA, Watches and Clocks. Wed," Girls Who Use Try It in Your Next Cleaning. followlDg brands ot Cigars: Icdiaa Princess, Samsoa, Silver Ul DULL : WITH" YOU ? ; Dullness. A FEW CHOICE For Sale Otcap. These birds are pure. lm' i'' will score from eighty to ninety point. W. II. GERMAN, Millvtlle, Pa-
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