ESTABLISHED I860. TUc CotumMn gcmorrat, HTABMSIICD 18i7. CONSOLIDATED 18119. fCBMSBRD IT GEO. E.ELWELL VKKY FKIDAY MOHNINU at Itloomstiuri?, tho County goat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Tmt. Inside the county, il.00 a year In ml vancn; l.no It not paid In advance Outside the county, a year, strtrtly in advance. All commuulcat Ions sliould bo addressed to TUB COLITMDIAN, lllontusburg, Pa. FRIDAY, ATRIL 20, 1894. nr..... 1 i.vf. n including last numbers. Columbian Historical Art Series of the World's Fair and Midway Plalsancc, ....ENTITLED.... The Magic City. STCut out this Coupon anil mail it, or bring it in person to the office of The Columbian, with ten cents for each Number of the MAGIC CITY How to secure a quorum seems to be a puzzling question with the pres ent Corgress. If it were not possible for the truants to easily make up all loss, perhaps it would be well to dock them for lost time during business hours. The only time that the sover eign power can make a suggestion to the executive power that counts for anything is when he casts his vote. COINAGE TOLL. The seigniorage so frequently al luded to in the vetoed Bland silver bill, is, as denned by Webster, "some thing c'aimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically a certain toll or deduction on bullion brought to a mint to be coined. It was designed originally to defray the expense of coinage ; but afterward it was made a branch of royal revenue. This deduction or seigniorage is still made, with more or less modifications, at governmental mints." In this connection J. S. Mill says : " If the Government throws the ex pense of coinage upon the holder, which is called "levying a seignior age," the coin will rise to the extent of the seigniorage above ihe value of the bullion." According to our own definition of this money-making business, we are inclined to think our silver bullion men want too much for too little, and they want as little bullion as possible taken to ni3ke the dollar, no matter as to the international worth or respecta bility of such a dollar. REF0BMA.TI0N. Some reformations reform while others don't begin to. Take our amended Baker Ballot reformation, for instance. After trial it is receiving quite as much condemnation as praise. While a secret ballot seems to be the objective point and worthy indeed is all honest effort in this direction the undeniable fact is that anybody can screw the whole top oft of the Baker ballot-box, examine the votes and whole contents of the box, with out touching a lock or breaking a seal, and then by just screwing the top on again no one but the Almighty can possibly know anything about it. The locks and seals are a mere pretence, as they simply lock and seal the small aperture through which the ballots are put into the box. Then the ambiguity of those sec tions of the law regarding the duty of the judges in making their ret'iuris leaves this official in a quandary as to what he shall retain in the box and what it is his duty to retuni to the county seat as an essentivl part of his returns. Some judges in Luzerne county were obliged to make two trips to the county seat in order to straight en out their defective returns. And in view of the fact that the judge was only paid for his day at the polls, (his mileage is about absorbed in the ex pense of travel) his unprofitable duties as Judge of election took all the pa triotism he could muster to prevent his swearing at the amended Baker Ballot law and its various originators. Before the soldiers proper arc all pensioned a measure is now favor ably reported in Congress which will give pension, if passed, to anybody and everybody who rendered service without enlistment during the war. This will give the poor sudtlers a fair chance, if we don't misinterpret its ntent and purpose. It would be worth while for the ladies to bear in mind that if they tak a eentle course of Avtr's Sarsa parilla in the spring, they will have nr trouble with "nricklv heat."' "hives," "sties," "boils," or "black heads," when summer comes. Prevention is better than cure. CHAIRMAN OF STATE DEMO- J ORATIO COMMITTEE. Deputy Attorney General, Jinies A. Siranahan, of Merctr, was the choice of the assembled committee men at Ilarnsbiity, on the i6lh instant. Mr. Strav.ihan succeeds J. Marsha 1 Wright, of Ailcntown, as chairman of Slate Committee. With headquarters at Harrisburg the chairman will arrange for an ag gressive campaign this His choice of secretary is Benjamin M. Nead, of Harrisburg, who is well acquainted with the duties of the office. Eighty one of tl'e eighty-seven members answered to the roll call, and but fourteen of the attendants were suDslitutes. What was lacking in enthusiasm was made up in harmony at the meet ing. Upon being escorted to the chair Mr. Stianalnn made a little speech in which he referred to the benefits that will result to the nation from the speedy passage of the Wilson bill by Congress. He spoke in high terms of the ad ministration of President Cleveland, and urges harmonious action on the part of individuals in the contest for control of the State offices to be filled this fall. After some competition at other points, a majority thought Har risburg the more desirable place in which to nold the next meeting of the committee. Harrisburg was according ly chosen as the place for the net meeting, and June 27 the time of ihe meeting. A motion was adopted instructing the chairman to urge the Congressional Democratic Committee to use its in fluence with Democratic members of Congress for a speedy passage of a tariff measure in harmony with the platform upon which President Cleve land was elected the second time. After disposing of some other bu siness of minor importance the com mittee adjourned. SENATOR HILL'B QUORUM. Whatever else may be said of Sena tor Hill, of New York, it will not be charged that he is not as bold and ag gressive as any one need be who hopes to lead or mislead a pai ty, or rather a wing of it. But somehow his dignified Senatorial colleagues arc a little too shy of him and discrete to follow blindly where he would lead. In other words, they seem to have weigh ed him, and sized him up as considera bly more of the politician than states man. The prestige that his geograph ical location gives him, among the richest and most influential men of the country, is the principal prestige he relies on for all that he hopes to ac complish in the interest of Senator Hill of the Lmpire State. It is noth ing new for a Senator of this proud and influential State to dictate policy or terms to the President of the Uni ted States. These proud Senators have not altogether succeeded in the past, whatever may be the outcome of Senator Hill's exploit as an envious opponent of the Chief Executive. The other more harmonious Sena tors seem to doubt Mr. Hill's sincerity wnen he suggests changes of rules in the Senate which he claims would expedite business. They seem to fear that his plan might result in some thing worse than they now have in the shape of rules governing debate. Ac cordingly they prefer to bear the ills they have rather than fly to those they know not of, and especially under the guidance of Senator Hill ol the Em pire state. His amendments to ihe rules, it is said, are identical to those he offered once or twice before and which failed for want of approval of the committee to which they were referred. They were returned, after investigation of their so called merits as time makers, along with a Senatorial report that it would be inexpedient to make any change of rules at that time. The promised report in lull which was to have been made on the proposition of Senator Hill is vet to be heard from it seems. Even Senators who are anxious that the tariff measure shall be gotten out of the way do not ap pear to favor Mr. Hill's proposition. Whether it is the measure or the man that they distrust most, is a question solved in the mind of the writer what ever others think about the brilliancy of his leadership of the plutocratic wing of Democracy. A Washington correspondent re ports Senator Pefler as saving of the Coxey contingent to the high tariff boom, that it is al a piece of foolish ness and childishness. ' I have ad vised against it from the start" he con tinued "and have written letters against it, and in speeches made against it I have endeavored to show that no oVject could be attained by any such haphazard movement as this " It is no spontaneous uprising or substantial growth like the Farmer's Alliance, for instance. Coxey, it seems in spite of his professed salification and alarming prophecies about the second coming of Christ, is a horse trader and gambler to start with : and if so, he is certainly not the man to exert much influence, nor is he able to make a respectable high tariff boom. Loaded with impurities, your blood needs cleaning with Ayer s Sarsapa rilla. EEl'RESENT ATI VE AND CONSTIT UENT. Filibi.Rleriiig, so common v.ith our statesmen these d lys, is we believe ns frequently resorted to in order to get a chance to talk as with the hope of de feating a measure. One half the num ber of Reprcsenatives and Senators would serve us just as well, if not bet ter. But the reduction of numbers be ing with themselves they hail rather enlarge the Capitol than diminish the numbers of Reprcsenatives by doub ling ratio or apportionment of consti tuents to the Representative. But the fact is the real work of Congress is confined to comparatively few, while the speakers of any note or force are still les. Leave to print by the yard they all can get, but the right of the floor to speak is confined to compai atively few. In their anxiety to appear well to their deluded constituents their printed remarks (frequently gotten up by experts who tell them what to say and how to say it) are sent home and scattered broad-cast, just as if the speech had actually been delivered upon the floor of the House, and just as if the hearty applause, frequently given the speaker, had actually been given. Its funny how they do it, but they do. Stober, Cameron's Candidate Tor State Senator, Defeated by 1,000 Votes. A Lancaster dispatch to the Phila delphia Times says in effect: Returns as far as received, show that C. C. Kauffinan, the anti- Cameron Candid ate for State Senator, is nominated by about 1,000 majority over J. A. Stober. The result shows that the Kauffman people were the better managers, even defeating Stober in what was deemed his strongholds. For members of the legislature A. G. Se)bert is nominated beyond doubt, in the northern district, while in the southern district Milton S. Eaby has been nominated. The most significant fact is the waning prestige or influence of Cameron. TEE BRECKINRIDGE AND LARD CASE. P.L- On the 14th inst. the most widely read breach of promise suit of our day, that between Madeline Pollard and Co onel Breckenridge, terminated in favor of Miss Pollard, who was given $15,000 as compensation. Trie jury took but one hour to deliberate upon all that was said pro and con during a period covering something over five weeks, and in which there was an apparent superfluity of mud throwing, besides some shocking cor rect statemeats from both about tales of depravity quite characteristic of the reckless in Washington society. If Breckinridge did not betray Madeline, the jury found that he at least deceiv ed her $15,000 worth ; and we agree with the jury. Washington papers report that, as usual in such cases in Washington, the court room was densely crowded. We know that if -there is anything calculated to crowd a Washington court-room, it is a breach of promise case in which some ugly facts have come to the surface, and we must ad mit that a few of this kind have cot there in this particular case. They iliu not a l reach the surface throu"h coercion either. It is not our purpose to harrass the finer sensibilities of the readers of The Coiumbian by attempt ing to wade through all that this tual brought forth. But being engaged by our gentlemanly employer to fill space, our aim shall be to try to fill it with something of interest to the fastidi ous readers of The Columbian When the printers want copy the editor must either write or c'ip some thing. And unless the editor is blest with a fruitful imagination he must resort to all sorts of stuff to fill up when he don't want to clip. No, if you will permit us to get a little away from our topic, we will say in regard to clipping the news instead of writing it, that it makes a difference with some folks who have the subscription to pay. You see, the one is easy and the other hard, and the subscriber generally knows the difference. He thinks he has a right to see the in dividuality of the editor, whether it be for the better or for the worse. Now to return to our subject, and we admit to be rather the worse, we will only say in conclusion that re port has it that the Representative of Kentucky people, Colonel Breckin ridge, began to get nervous when the jury went out, and when they came in and gave their solemn verdict he felt so disappointed (apparently) that he began to inquire about a new trial. In fact his lawyer stood up and gave notice that a new trial would be ask ed for. Judge Bradley earnestly thank ed the jury and adjourned the court. The $15,000 awarded Madeline will answer for pin money for some little time with economy. Let us remind you that now is the time to take DeWitt's Satsaparilla. It will do you good. It recommends it self. W. S. Rishton, Druggist. tf We never could nuite solve th ph phonious term " weal or woe " until Coxey helped us out by calling his escort and body-guard the " Com mon A'eal." We know all about such ' weal " a Coxey has. It is entirely too common to suit us individually. - JEL A T CORNER OF MAIN AND MARKET STREETS. BLOOMSBURQ. -Tin:- Jeeley Institute -till FOR THE CURE OF THE- Liqucr. Cpium and Tobacco III HABITS. Ill THE ONLY SATISFACTORY TREATMENT. Send for rending matter. THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, 728 MADISON AVE.. S0RANT0N, PA. We refer by pcrtnUslon to) J. 1. llOlllllP.) J. II. Klniml, CntnwUsa. 2-4-0 mo. Dtpcw for President. Sr. Louis, April 15 Chauncey M. Depew, who is in this city, announces himself a candidate for President of the United States. Mr. Depew, ac companied by Cornelius Vanderbilt and M. E. Ingall, president of the Big Four Railroad, reached here last night on a tour of inspection of the Vanderbilt properties. Speaking of the political questions now interesting the public mind, Mr. Dpew said : " Dill's recent speech on the tariff question undoubtedly voiced the un animous sentiment of New York, with the possible exceptions of a very in significant contingent of Democrats of that State. It is a mistake to sup pose that Hill was forced into vigorous opposition of the income tax by the wealthy classes of New York. The other fellows - the fellows without a visible income are the ones responsible for Hill's attitude towards the income tax proposition.'' The countcrftiter seems equal to the occasion whether our current money be paper or coin. Hitherto it has been claimed by our genuine mon ey makers that the silk fibre paper up on which the genuine notes are print ed is too much for the successful imitation of the most artistic counter feiter. Now they have discovered their mistake about this. For several counterfeit $1 silver certificates, punt ed on silk fibre paper of fully as good quality as that used by ihe Govern ment, have been discovered, after hav ing been rather extensively circulated about Mahanoy City and elsewhere in Schuylkill County. Head and Arms Seemed on Fire A Sun9troko Followed by Nervous Prostration Hood's Restored Health. Mr. Edward Soollii Philadelphia, l'a. "CI. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. : "Uontlcmen On August 10, 1 was taken to Bt. Joseph's hospital unconscious from the Iioiit ; my Usmperaturo was 10ti. I remained In tho hospital two weeks; I was unable to work tor four weeks after that, but then felt compelled to turn in, as I have a wife and five children. I soon beuan to feel ai though uiulurgolnu continuous shocks from an electrlo battery. Every Nerve and Fibre of my body seemed in a constant state of qutv erlna agitation and trcmulousncss. Heat flushed from tha calves of my legs up through my thighs and body; my left arm and hand felt as though 011 lire, and mj head ached as if It would split when I stooped down. I had great pains in my back around ths base of the spine. I con tinned to stick to my work, fee Una that if 1 must again go down I would do so Struggling for My Family. I have always beon athletlu, but I had lost all nppotlte, and my strength failed mo ; I was on tho point of giving up. 1 had read much about Hood's Barsaparllla, and concluded to Slve it a trial, ltelore I had taken half a bottle my appetite became so voracious that I would be compelled to eat betweeu meals. Hood'sn Cures Hood's Barsaparllto has now fully restored my strength and general health. Tliiit terri ble nervousness is entirely gone, I feel as If. I1 E'i'1 v'K,,r"u',1 v " Tim pains in my baok have greatly decreased." 1 i.waud Bculun, lMJOgden tttreet, l'hiladelplila. Hood's Pills cure all liver Ills, oonstlpatlon, Biliousness, Jauudloe, sick headache. Indigestion. 4 TOWNSEffi AND - T E IR DRESS GOODS. The snow last week put a damper on Spring Dress Goods, but now the enow has gone, the Spring nnd Summer JJress Goods must follow. We have just received a full line of Chal lies that wo arc felling at five cents, figured. A full line at extremely low prices. Our Ginghams and Silks are elegant nnd of the latest style. You can't afford to put oil the purchase of your Sum mer Dress Goods until the choices are gone, so purchase them now. We still sell Hill mu&lin at 7 cents, IVprcral at 0 cents and 20 yards for 1.00. GROCERIES. Have you eeen our boned chicken, turkey and game, also our deviled chicken, turkey, tongue and ham ? We sell the famous !ue Lbel Ketchup at 20 and 28 cts. a bottle. Our feed and flour U the best. Bran $1.00, Shorts $1.00, Chop $1.20. Flour $0.00 per barrel. Pursel & BLOOMSBURG, PA. Snyder & Magee Co . Limited. SPECIAL CASH SALE FOR CASH ONLY! 2S I hats, fo lfneaonkble Grood$, Everything Fresh and Jew. Commencing Monday 10th and continuing 10 days, we will make rebate of from 10 to 20 per cent on every article in our House Furnishing Dep't. If you want anything in Furniture for any room, Carpets, Curtains, Shades, Lamps, Mirrors, Dishes, Toilet Sets, tfcc, v BABY CARRIAGES. 1 ou can't afford to buy any where elf e than from us. Our Prices were low before, but when we take off in many instances 20 per cent, it places our Competitors not In it. All you have to do is to prove this by coming and exam ining Goods. .Don't forget our Patterns are the newest and Goods the freshest, many of them having only been opened up this week. We want your trade and it will be to your advautage to buy from us. DON'T FORRFT TMF See our Circulars for full Particulars. We've got the Goods, SHEER & IAGEE CO. LI. l'OURTII AND MAItKCT STKUET8, BLOOMSBURG, - PA. Haman. we want your Money.
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