ESTAIiUSIIKD lSiirt.
Hc ColumWa Snaocrat,
ESTABLISHED 18)7. CONSOLIDATED IBM.
-PrBMSIIKO BY
GEO. E.ELWELL
EVEUY F1UDAY MOHXISO
at Blooms'mrg, the County Boat of Columbia
County, Pennsylvania.
1 Ma: Inside the county, 1.00 a ycarln ad
ancf ; Si.BO It not paid In advance outside
tbe county. i.s a yar, strictly In advance.
All communications should be addressed to
THE OOLVMniAN,
llloomsburg, Pa.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1894.
, HERRING APPOINTED.
The name of Grant Herring was
sent to the Senate on Monday as Col
lector of Internal Revenue for the lath
district. It was known for several
weeks pan that he would be appoint
ed, but the time was not surely known.
Win A. Mirr Esq., of Ashland has
been appointed by Governor Pattison
to succeed General Lilly, deceased,
as trustee of the Miners' Hospital at
Ashland.
A majority of the democratic mem
bers of the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee have voted to reject the name of
Mr. HoniDiower, whom President
Cleveland sent in to be appointed
Judge of the United States Supreme
Court. The democrats don't seem to
love a hornblower.
The state republican convention at
Harrisburg on the 3rd inst. nominated
Galusha A. Grow for congressman at
large, passed resolutions eulogizing the
late Gen. Wm. Lilly and denouncing
the Wilson tariff bill and the Demo
cratic administration for its attitude
in the Hawaiian affair.
The Democratic State Convention
held at Harrisburg Wednesday, Jan
uary ioth, placed in nomination for
the office of Congress-at Large, James
Denton Hancock of Franklin county.
The nomination was made by accla
mation. A platform was adopted urg
ing the speedy passage of the Wilson
tariff bill.
THE NEXT CONGRESSMAN.
Mr. Editor: In jour issue of
December 29th, I fipd an article un
der the question, "Who shall be next
Congressman ?"
Now I would that I were so situated
that I might give an authorative ans
wer to that question.
I think that bejond controvercy,
Columbia county is entitled to the
representative. She has had but one
representative in nearly or quite fifty
years. Any representation she may
have had before, was before the divis
ion of the county, and may with as
much propriety be charged to Mon
tour as to Columbia county. Since
the division of the county there has
been at least two citizens of Montour
county elected to Congress by the aid
of the Democratic vote of Columbia
county.
Northumberland county is at present
represented, and as there is no pros
pective candidate from Sullivan coun
ty, we may, I think, very f.irly con
sider the way clear for Columbia conn
ly to furnish the candidate.
If this is conceded, the only ques
tion will be, who shall be the man ?
The article aboved referred to names
three men as being suitable for the
place. First of all the Hon. C. R.
Buckalew, and without any ill feeling
towards the others, I should gladl) let
the list end with his name for reasons
which I shall state.
Certainly there is no man to whom
Columbia county in her organized ca
pacity, is more indebted, than they
are to Mr. Buckalew. A careful
scruting of the records of the county
at the time and shortly after the di
vision of the county will verify the
above statement.
A goodly number of our citizens
can well remember the active part
which he look in their behalf during
the military occupation of our county,
when his own safety and personal ag
grandizement mighj have been better
conserved by a different course. His
official position at the time gave him
an influence which he wielded in be
half of our citizens in 0. manner that
makes him worthy of all honor.
His ability as a statesman is un
questioned. He would make a repre
sentative of whom not only the district
but the whole country might be proud.
His integrity is unimpeachable. He
lias never used his official position to
enrich himself. If all our public ser
vants were possessed with the same
amount of moral stamina, depleted
treasuries wou'd be the exception and
not the rule. C.
The continual succession of boils,
pimples, and eruptions from which
many suffer, indicates an impure state
of the blood. The most effective
remedy is Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It ex
pels the poison harmlessly through the
natural channels, and leaves the skin
clean and clear.
'A young Italian scientist, Finzi,
now in Boston, has invented a kind of
gpectscles by which he expects to
make the wearers to see in the dark.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
ANDREW JACKSON'S DAT.
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nx MOUP. A P.: Hlr HA
WAII. (from mr ltrgulnr cnrrpspoiitlent 1
Washington. Jvr. ti, 194
St. Aiiiiicvv Jackson's Day limls
many democrats of the House in a
predicament where they may well ask
"where am I at ?" The first four days
of Congress contained a succession of
surprises for the average democrat, in
the continued failure to get a quorum
of democrats in the House to vote fur
the resolution reported from the com
mittcc on Rule9 making the Wilson
tariff bill a special continuing order
until January 45, when a final vote is
to be taken thereon That some demo
crats were opposed to certain schedules
in the bill was, of course, knewn, but
that any considerable number of them
would carry their opposition to the ex
tent of declining to attend the session
of the House in order to make up a
voting quorum of democrats, in order
to prevent the bill being taken up,
was certainly not believed until the
fact was made so plain that it could
no longer be doubted.
The names of 57 democratic mem
bers of the House have been publish
ed as opposing the personal income
tax and ns none of them have entered
a denial it is fair to assume that the
list published was correct. This may
account for the seeming sudden in
crease of the demociatic opposition to
the tariff bill, but the income tax is
not yet a part of the tariff bill and in
deed may never be, as there is a proba
bility, amounting almost to a certainty,
that the Ways and Means committee
will report it to the House as a separ
ate and distinct bill to stand or fall on
its own merits, instead offering it as
an amendment to the tariff bill.
The democratic caucus while it did
not specifically endorse the taiiff bill
did so indirectly without a devision
when it adopted Speaker Crisp's reso
lution, that it was the duty of every
democratic member of the House to
vote for the resolution from the com
mittee on Rules providing for the con
sideration of the tariff bill 5 also to at
tend the daily sessions in order that
pressing public business might be at
tended to 1 but the trouble, or at least
a portion of it, arises from the fact
that only a few more than two thirds
of the democratic members of the
House attended the caucus and that
those who did not attend do not re
gard the resolution as binding on
them. If any democrats were bene
fitted by this cross pulling it would be
more excusable, but they are only
playing into the hands of the republi
cans who are openly exulting over the
present deplorable condition of affairs.
Steps have been taken orders is
sued for the arrest of absentees
which it is believed will result in bring
ing to Washington this week every
democratic member of the House who
is well enough to come, and the party
leaders are confident that they can
get and keep a quorum of democrats
until the tariff bill is p.-.ssed. We
shall see.
All of the old Hawaiian straw has
been rethreshed since the news arriv
ed via Auckland that the ex queen of
Hawaii had agreed to the conditions
first submitted to her and that Minis
ter Willis had in accordance with his
original instructions requested the pro
visional government to retire in her
favor, and that the provisional govern
ment had declined to do so. Presi
dent Cleveland has later dispatches
which came from Hawaii by the steam
er Corwin, but neither he nor Secre
tary Gresham has made their niture
public. Whether they confirm the
Auckland dispatch is not positively
known, but from remarks of democra
tic Congressmen who have seen the
President since he received them it is
that they do. Either way it would not
change the situation at all, as Minis
ter Willis had positive instructions not
to use force to bring about the chanee.
a fact of which Minister Thurston,
and which of itself made it almost
certain that there would be no change,
unless the provisional government vol
untarily retires.
Attorney General Olney had a little
fun the other day with a de'egatioa of
republicans from Kansas, headed by
Representative Curtis, which called on
him in the interest of C jlonel Jones
who wants to be U. S. Marshall.
While he did not say so in so many
words the Attorney General left the
impression upon his callers' minds
that republican influence is not cal
culated to improve any democrat's
chance for gettinj; an appointment
under the Department of Justice. The
Kansans left in doubt as to whether
they had injured the prospects of Col
onel Jones and certain that they had
not improved them.
Representative Pendleton, of Texas.
has introduced a free coinage bill,
mating tne average price of cold and
silver for sixty days from November 1,
1894, the legal ratio between the two
metals, on and after Jan. 1, 1895.
The bill for the repeal of the teder.
al election laws will be taken up in the
oenate tomorrow, and it is expected
that it will be passed within the next
three weeks, the understanding being
that the republicans are not to filibus
ter agaii.i it.
If faithfully used, Ayer's Sarsaparilla
will remove scrofula in whatever form
it exists.
SUITABLE AND CONVENIENT 00T-IIOUSES.
ACT OK A.f."-.Mi;i.V.
A; Aci to uiiuire !!oa"'s of S.
1!
lre. tors and ('. nti. lots to , 1
vido lur the better proiei lion t liie
he.iMi and moral. of lcIiooI child
ren in their respective school dis
tricts. Suction r. Be it enacttd by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealih of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the
same : That boards of school direc
tors and controller-- shall provide suit
able and convenient water closets for
each of the schools under their official
jurisdiction, not less than two for each
school or school building where both
sexes are in attendance, in their re
spective school districts, with separate
means of access for each ; and unless
placed at a remote distance one from
the other, the approaches or walks
thereto shall be separated by a sub
stantial close fence not less than seven
feet in height ; and it shall be the duty
of the directors or controllers to make
provision for keeping the water closets
in a clean, comfortable, and healthful
condition.
Sec. 2. Any failure on the part of
scl ool directors or controllers to com
ply with the provisions of this act
shall make them liable to be removed
from office by the court of quarter
sessions of the county in which the
schools are located, upon complaint
made to the court under oath or af
firmation of not less than five taxable
citizens resident in the school district
in which the school is located.
Approved the 6th day of June, A.
D. 1893.
Robt. E. Pattisox.
The best law we know of demand
ing that outhouses conform to the re
quirements of propriety and decency
is that of the State of New York. It
was pasted by a unanimous vote of
the Legislature at the urgent solicita
tion of Deputy Supt. Skinner. The
Pennsylvania bill was presented in the
Senate by Hon. John H. Landis of
Lancaster county, ami it he had done
nothing besides during the entire ses
sion, this would be more than enough
in the way of substantial good to the
State.
The subject was presented as part
of a very practical article on "School
Architecture," read before the Con
vention of Superintendents held in
February, 1891, by County Superin
tendent Jos. S. Walton, of Chester
county. There i3 probably no better,
more conscientious, or more intel i
gent Superintendent in the State, and
what he says upon 'Outhouses," re
printed here from his paper, which
appears in the April number, 1891, of
The School Journal, should be pon
dered by superintends, teachers and
school directors in every part of Penn
sylvania. We quote as follows :
The marked disparity between the
average school house and its out
house accommodations is so striking
that if man has planned and cared for
the one, surely Satan must have
planned and cared for the other.
The school system of this great
Commonwealth will never merit
the praise it receives until this crying
evil is removed. The tumble down,
wooden, sin-scratched, hell sodden
sheds that stagger and leer at you
from the rear of over fifty per cent, of
the school houses in this State, make
the heart sick when we think of the
injured health and blasted morals of
the boys and gir's therein educated.
Churches that hold their revival or
other religious meetings, refusing to
recognize this evil and to aid in re
moving it, are building upon false
foundations. Christian fathers and
mothers who pray for their children
and fail to investigate these evils are
simply 'beating the air.' The school
man who fails to do his duty here
fails in the first principles of a proper
education ; and the instructor who
neglects this matter of supreme impor
tance has failed in the first duty of
the true teacher. School Directors
who neglect to furnish and keep in re
pair the needed outhouses are respon
sible for results. They hav? surely
made their little ones 'to offend.'
"The condition of public school
outhouses, their structure, location,
and equipment, ought to be inspected
at intervals by a properly authorized
commission 01 officer, and if net up
to the full standard required by decen
cy and the best law upon the subject
that can be framed, they should be
condemned without mercy. If that
condemnation caused the district to
forfeit its annual State appropriation,
the condition of these houses in the
State would be radically improved
within a single year. This subject is
far more worthy the attention of the
Legislature of the State and of the
Christian Church than many things
that are regarded of much greater im
portance, and of which much is said
and written.
'Separate outhouses, one for the
boys and one for the girls, substan
tially built, pebble-davhed, and sand
painted, tinder lock and key if ap
proached from the outside, are a neces
sity. They should be situated some
what in the rear of the house, and yet
within range of the teacher's vision.
Hard dry walks leading to these are
essential. A fuel house and cloak
room opening into one of the rear
corners of the schoolroom and lead.
ing on into well equipped accommo
dations for the giil i can be so arrang
ed ns to violate no hygienic require
menu, and tvoi.'d ntisinly be of un-f-;.
fik:. 'lie advantage."
A'; '.s t ihn.v the tstimalc put upon
ilns r by tl.0 Superintendents of
the hii.ne, it was ordered by a special
vote of the Convention that it be pub
lished in ft.ll in The Journal, 'lhe
law desired by Supeuntendent Walton
and the Convention at large is now
upon the statute books. Let it be
rigidiy enforced. Ochool Journal.
The Chicago World's Fair awarded
the highest honors to Ayer's Cathartic
Pills, in recognition of their superior
merits as a remedy for all diseases of
the stomach, liver and bowels. The
best family physic, purely veuetable,
sugarcoatcd, easy to take.
GENERAL NEVS.
Statistics just issued show that dur
ing the past year but twenty-one pas
sengers and nine employees, thirty
persons in all, were killed in railroad
accidents in Great Britain and Ire
land. In the same period nearly
900,000,000 passengers were carried.
The soldier is the best fed individ
ual of his class in Europe. The Brit
ish soldier receives for his daily ration
16 ounces of bred, 12 ounces of meat,
2 of rice, 8 of dried vegetables, 16 of
potatoes, and once a week he receives
2 ounces of salt, 4 of coffee and 9 of
sugar.
A fire started in the Casino among
the world's Fair buildings on Monday
night and destroyed the Casino, the
Persistyle and Music Hall. Millions
of dollars worth of exhibits are buried
in the ruins. The fire is supposed to
have been started by tramps in re
venge for being turned out of one of
the buildings by a guard. One fire
man was killed and several injured
while fighting the flames.
Many cases of larceny are found
all over the state. In Dauphin coun
ty arrests have been made for stealing
a cane, stealing coal, brass and poul
try. The guilty parties will serve sev
eral months in the jails. If any one
is in need they should make their
wants known and not attempt to take
that which belongs to another.
P. S. Blackwell, (colored) editor of
the Steelton Press has announced
himself as a candidate for the legisla
ture. The announcement has caused
quite a commotion among the repub
licans, since Clackwell has a large
following of friends in Dauphin county-
The anniversary of the death of
Abraham Lincoln, which occurs on
February 1 2, will be celebrated by
the Young Men's Republican Club of
Williamsport, with a banquet at hotel
Updegratf. Invitations have been
accepted by a number of the state
officers. -
The prohibitionists have named
Henry F. Morrow of Delaware, to be
a candidate for congress-at-large. The
convention was held in Association
Hall, Harrisburg, Tuesday, January
9th.
Another rich gold strike is reported
in the Black mountain north of El
Paso. The strike was made in the
Mormon ledge at the 200 foot level
where the vein suddenly widened to
five feet of solid ore which is yellow
with gold. The whole camp went
wild over it, as it proves beyond ques
tion that the district is permanent
and that the veins enlarge and carry
more gold the deeper they go. El
Paso has the gold craze, and many
are leaving for the gold fields.
Judge Doty has decided at Greens
burg that the theatrical companies
must pay to the treasurer of the coun
ty a license of $50 before a perform
ance can be given therein, unless a
state license of $1,000 is first paid.
The law applies to all counties in the
state except Allegheny and Philadel
phia.
"While Serving My Country
I was taken 111 with spinal disease and rlieu
mattjm. When I returned home my trouble
was still with mo, and I was eonflned to my bed,
unable to halu mvself fur aa mmth 1
taking seven bottles ot Hood's Baraaparllla I
m wt- mm imvo uui since ueen troubled with
my old complaints. My wile was In 111 health,
Buffering with headache, dlnlness and dys
pepsia. She took two bottles of
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and (eels like new ., James A.
WuKKLKii, 1000 Division St., Jlaltliuore. Md.
Hood's Pills are the best after-dinner t'llls,
uskua ingestion, cure heudaohe. Try a box.
Mr. J. A. Wheeler
REE WIS
convince the
A D'- " cV.epiic and voint the
vavv!''. h if f. How-el IckMo
Prof. HARMS' 4
(SPastillG
nas coon pump in a
1rnir1nlNrv fornt lnrn
lRTH. At id tin Imihi nwul
for VfnrM nrlfir inthal. t i mrt
doubtful reputation but a genulu Bpeciila for
a Tory prevalent cUbahac. Tbtuir finds of mn, ol
. all cos, hiiro aft iue tiros In lifo broujfht cm
nei-Toua dehinty and rxlmuMlon, with orwnnia
I wnkneR3, bf over brain work, enoenwtno fre
I qtient tnriulirenc or Ini1lorlon and vlcloui
, ha hit, nn1 II 1 to tbe that we offer a Tomtxly
I that will, br" Itudtrpct action upon tho toat of the
inpriTnwDrapiine, Jtis nomitrtxi tinMrtmi. ni
atiafte, mop tne nraiti ana restore ibe pat-lent to
Vlgoruua bralih and Mrcnuth.
Oar method o f I n t rodmMnf
Prof. Harris' Pastille
trftfitmmit In one whlrh Crtmtnnnil ttAelf to alt
eetiMblfl persons tnr theroiunn that wofltippty II
apnn tlialr jwlitnimil of In mine. Wonokof onr
pntrona notblitj in ihn tif of erpeniie iHtyonrt
postal onnl and a two cent pnniniioiitnTnp. Tho
pratnl card to bfl lifnd In Miming us their fnll !
dress mid tlid poittrtjio st Amp for tbe tetter return
Ing tho etutenicnt of their ci-e for vrhleh wo
supply tlieiu Willi a qonfticin Mnnk, to he filled,
out. and an enTulnp ri)lree(l to oursulres toe
use In returoltitf It whoo Riled.
When we reo!vo tba otjitiw
I tnent on blnn we pri'i nr
IJtasf elKhtdiijr' treatment a-ul for
wrd It. by trnll nnd prepny
TCT?" wr with I'loeljtht dny"' trentmeni
LrLLIUUifca wa rend full Olroeilnus for
uslnfr. The treatment in 110WH7 interferes wltii
Sb person- attention to bii-ilne.-, aud causos so
pain or IneonrenlHnrn In nr wrty.
Vonre so itusitlvu that It will
glvo perfect aitiuractiun Hint
we leave I lie matter or sending
orders entirely with tiioto
mlng the free trial tr rut ment.
Ilartna-fffitlMled thoee sending fortrlrtl pnekiures
of onr ability to benxnt their sriunl condition we
feel thnt they are more Innrely Interested Ihnn
ourselres In continuing the ue of the l-.utlllrn.
Kyen then we no notattempttn robtliem bydn
rnnndlng blah prices. On the contrary, we wake
the prices as low possible, and tho tmmotoall.
They are os follows: tii:).OU lor one
month; 95.00 for two months;
87.00 for three mouths.
There prleoa socura
tne delivery of the
rnatltles by mall. It
desired by express wo
leaTe the pntlont to
pny tbe charu.'S. For
oror ton jenre wo
hivs oitpmtiKl ntw
Business upon this plnn with antl'fnctorr r" jiuv
Wettskall persons needing troatmunl for anf
Of the secret Ills which oome to mankind thmuich
.violation of nature's laws to send us thetrad.
dress on postal card or hylotter and nllow as to
conrlnre thoni that PROP. II A Kit IN- suL,
UBLU MK1HI ATK1I VAH'l'lt.L.EJt hay
merit and are whnl tbey need.
All communication ouauduntlal and should bo
ddresied to I
The HARRIS REMEDY CO.. Mfg. Chemists
MBssknaa St. WEW YORK CITY, K. Y.
ran i.ai.M.i:i.i:ij.nTw II i-i T.l.l
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StietM. eftlad with blut ribbon. Takt
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SNYDER I CO. Lif-
Fourth & Market Streets.
Soecial
Remember the' chances for getting our free fine gifts on
January 10, are rapidly going. Thiugs have got to keep mov"
ing at the new store, and wc have something interesting to say
to you.
On January 5th and Gth and 8th and 9th W3 will have a
special Dry goods sale. We will sell you
19 yds. of good muslin for $1.
Li yds. better grade $1.
14 yds. first-class muslin $1.
5c calico for 4c.
Cc calicos for o4 c.
7c calicos for Oic.
Also all winter underwear for men, women and children. We
have begun thinking about spring and don't want to be both
ered much longer with winter goods. We have a lot of blankets
and comfortaoles slightly soiled during the holiday rush, which
we will sell
AT COST.
We have opened a bnrq;aiii counter. We will sell all our
remaining eels of childrtns' toy tea sets, childrens' rockers, and
aU Christmas goods at cost, liemember we do not advance
prices for the purpose of reducing them as a "fake." When
we reduce prices we use the knife and that without mercy.
STABLE NECESSITIES.
A fine all bristle brush with leather back 80 cents ; a good
one with hard wood back oO cents ; curry comb 15 cents ;
spring curry combs 25 cents.
If there is anything you want it will pay you to Rive
us a call. '
Jjspon't forget, we give away on the 10th of Janu.
ary a solid mahogany parlor suit, a Wilton rug couch, a
toilet set ot 11 pieces. Special drives
Snyder it Magec Company, Limited.
FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS,
BLOOMSBURG, - PA.
UNDERTAKING.
fit f'J-w-
DRAKE & SON.
The new firm has opened in lhe Evans
building, Main St., and have in stock
a fine line of coffins and caskets. We
do not handle furniture, but piy all
our attention the Undertaking husi
ncss. We manufacture most of our
goods. AH calls will receive prompt
and careful attention. We are an old
and reliable firm.havinfr made under
taking a life study. We are prepared
to do work in a proper manner.
Respectfully,
Draks & Sow.
We have two fine hearses.
If you wish a cata
logue that onlv lists tha
Ml verr finest varieties ami nn
i popular n uu ontli-lHclorjr sorts ot w
Seeds & Bulbs
both of vegetable ami Boners, you,!
Hill !. l.lnl.ll. M.tfl. . . Itl.lJI
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T.I I., IH.I, III. UIIJ iiiUPl.ull-tlt VllllUtlll
lipular .S'm.'j inJ ltutbt for Sjnind
Tiiiiiir; It oTers fie pontiltir and rellJ
able sorts of vep'lalilcs, those that the
i avurajrti private pmlcm-r will find best
-tinted to hl. needs, nwl flue imporleil ' h
V flowtir see l., and liulhs tliat will ox-.
- cite Hie Int'T.'st of everr enllmaU..
itie amateur frrmver. Beverol fine ''J
novelties, ( at. free if tins pa
per is mentioned. I H.
llenedict, Kllcnville,
I'lstur C".,'.Y.
l-lJ-8t.
073 EZACH COUNTY.
A largo corporation wants an energetic
man to open a branch office and ap
point and instruct agents to sell tbeir
goods. They will furnish all necessary
printed matter and material. $1,200
to 82,000 per year can easily be niada.
with a splendid chance for promotion
to hustlers. No canvassing only writ
ing and soliciting agents through the
mails and instructing them how to sell.
No experience necessary they teach
you how to conduct the business.
Goods are well known and large sales
guaranteed. Send self-addressed
I stamped envelope for full particulars to
: The Clipper Mfg. Co. Ciut intiall, a
I l-iMt.
nves.
8c apron calicos for 7ic.
Best ginghams were 8c now 7c
Dress ginghams were 10, 13 ;
now 9, 12.
Ladies' and Childr uif coats at
cost.
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