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ESTABLISHED 1837. CONSOMHATED VWt
tuiifii cvkkY PHIHAY MOUSING
Kt rtlooms)uW, the County scat of Columbia
County, Pennsylvania.
GBO. K. ELWKLL Kditob.
OKO. C. KOAN, Foreman.
T:-Insllc the county, 1.00 a year In ad
vanoo; $i.M not paid In advance outside
the county, $1.85 a year, strictly In advance.
All communications should be addressed to
TUB COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1895.
The stalwart ex-congressman, Hon.
Simon P. Wolverton, of Sunbury,
headed a strong array of distinguished
gentlemen who appeared before the
house committee on appropriations
last evening in behalf of the Mary M.
last evening in uenau ui me i ,. , . . ..
Sker hospital to be erected in Sun- bmg her taxpayers. 1 hey sho
blry Sir. Wolverton was warmly low the Democratic example ol
Sed by his many friends on the ory -Belief on e Watchman.
An Example That Should Be Imitated.
Governor Hastings and the Repub
lican Legislature ot this State might,
in one particular at least, have taken
example from President Cleveland
and the last Democratic Congress.
If thpv had done so. the people of
Pennsylvania would have been greatly
benefitted.
The governor and his Legislature
are enlarging the number of public
officers and increasing their salaries,
while President Cleveland and his
rnhinethave reduced the civil service
expense by tutting off the offices at
Washington by the hundreds. The
Legislature is piling up the State ex
penses to such an extent that new
sources of revenue will be necessary
to pay them, while the Fifty third
Congress cut down government ex
nenses more than $47,000,000, as
compared with the appropriations of
the last Republican Congress.
It is true that Pennsylvania is a
rich State, but that does not justify
the Governor and Leeislature in rob-
They should fol-
f econ-
LEGISLATI7E BOOK AGENTS
Lively Scramble In the House
School Publication.
Cvor
Hill, who are pleased to know that
law nractice is daily in
creasing, he recently having come off
the victor in an important ejectment
cuit nrhirh netted him a fee of $30,000.
Mr Wnlvertnn in the last session of
congress was one of the most valual le
mpmhers of the committee on judici
al oMpral and ranked among the
first of the great lawyers in that body.
Patriot.
WORSE THAN SIBERIA.
The Horrible Treatment Accorded Ameri
can Prisoners in a Mexican Coal Mine.
It is becoming quite evident that
the long depression in business affairs
which was brought on by causes be
yond control will be ended by causes
quite as potent, consumption nas
overtaken protection. The woolen
mills, the iron mills, the cotton mills
and their affiliated industries are run
ning to supply orders. The contem
poraneous rise in the price of raw
materials and in the wages of labor
are indications of permanent improve
ment. It is significant that as the
financial and industrial distress of the
Houston, Texas, April 22. John
H. Manlev. a locomotive encineer,
who recently escaped from the coal
mines, about eight miles from Mon
terey, Mex , is in the city. He said
to day :
; Years ago I went to Mexico as
an engineer on the International
Road. About seven years ago we
backed out of a siding and ran over
and killed a Mexican peon. At the
next station our crew were arrested
and thrown into prison. We were re
fused intercourse with friends. Then,
without any trial, we were taken to
mine No. 9 near Monterey. There
are still twenty or thirty Americans
I there, and we could not communicate
with the outside world. Une night
last Tanuarv our euard eot drunk on
. . . ,
The House devoted practically the
rntir. rvrniiKT session on Monday to
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the discussion over the bill providing
ih.it sfhonl books shall not bs chani-,
ed more frequently than once in five
years, and judging from the express
ion tlCPl 1 hv the members in the de
bate, every other person on the floor
was a book agent. One side said the
American School Book Trust was for
the bill, and the other said the trust I
was opposed to it, and the entire de
hate consisted largely of charges and
countercharges.
The hill, as orininallv taken up,
AA that books could not be
changed for five years from the pass
ace of the act, and then only at regu
lar intervals of five years. As it
eventually passed second reading it
uia r ampnded as not tO apply tO
honks now in use. but that when they
worn rhncreI under the three year
nrnvision of the old law. they could
after that be chanced only once in
five vears. The changes are, how-
. . .
e.r. not limited to tne regular nve-
var neriods. hut the books may be
rhantred at anv time after they have
o ' ,
lioon five vears in use.
Mr. Herzog, of Berks, opposed the
hill because he thought it contained
a "snake." and besides he did not
think a law of this kind necessary, as
tUe different school boards could
regulate the purchase of text books in
a manner aatistactorv to meir own
isfrirta.
Mr. Murphy, of Westmoreland,
lermpd it a vicious bill, and he wanted
tn rlisnel the impression cone out that
thp rnnntrv members favored this
hill. Thev did not favor it. and when
a vrte was taken on it that could be
asrprtained.
Mr. Schwarz, of Monroe, said that J
if the School Book bill passed the
r.ennie wnnl.l he at the mercv of the
RrvnV Trust.
Mr. McClain. of Lancaster, read a
dispatch from the School Board of
the city ot Lancaster, wnerc mcy nctu
Spring)
At this season, more emphatically than at any other,
We should build for the future.
When Nature gives vitality to field and wood, there
should bo the liarmouy of renewed life and energy in our
physical systems.
But, on tho contrary, we find ourselves weak, dull,
Thla Is because in tho winter we havo been.
hounAd-up in poorly ventilated offices, homos and shops,
our blood has become thin and impure, and is unequal to
tho demand of the body for more life, more vigor, more
energy, more strength.
Nature imperatively cries for help 1
Where is it to be found?
Logically enough, in a good Spring- Medicine, like
TTnoiVs Sarianarllla. the crrcat biood purifier.
This preparation has proven in many years of test
that it supplies tho demand as nothing else can
So easy to take and so readily tisHimilatcd, tho puri
fying, vitalizing and enriching elements of Hood's Sar-
saparilln combined from nature's own storchouso or
vcgetablo remedies for human ills, pass Into tho stomach
and are then silently but certainly taken up by tho blood
and sent to every organ and tissue of tho body.
The effect is often magical.
Th weakness 1 soon driven off, that tired feeling'
disappears, the nerves are built up, the stomach resumes
its tasks even greedily, the appetite becomes as sharp
as a whetstone," and the whole man feel " as made aucw.
Tho wonderful cures of Scrofula, Bait Khcum, and
other dreadful diseases prove tho great curative, blood
purifying powers of Hood's Barsaparilla.
You undoubtedly need a good Spring Medicine.
Take Hood's Sarsapaiilla, tho great blood purifier.
IHlodFs
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Sairsapairillia
financial and industrial distress 01 roe smuggled whisky and I took a chunK " . .,:' a9;ni;t the Das
tlT nJ. 4 aDd Smaihed .te PacroTSeS'iTasTgatSe
to the United States, so in the re
covery which we are now experiencing
we are not singular or exceptional.
All the commercial nations are parti
cipating in renewed trade activity, and
there is good reason to anticipate a
worldwide return of solid and sub
stantial prosperity. Phila Record.
MUST PAY INCOME TAX.
Commissioner Miller Decides Against
the Coal Operators.
United States Commissioner Miller
has forwarded to collector Herring of
this revenue district an important
decision relative to the income tax
and affecting the profits of coal opera
tors on their coal sales. The coal
operators of this district, in which is
embraced all the anthracite producing
counties excepting Schuylkill, recently
conferred with collector Herring as to
whether profits realized from the sale
of coal did not come under the head
ing of real estate income and there
fore exempt from taxation, as decided
by the Supreme Court. Collector
Herrinor wrote to and had personal
conferences with commissioner Miller
on the question. The commissioners'
decision rules that the coal profits are
taxable.
The individual operators of the
district, who number over one hun
dred, and also the big corporations
moned mv companions, William
Hughes, my fireman, William Clark,
the conductor, and Frank Godwin,
and William Stillwell. the brakemen,
all Americans. We slipped up behind
another guard and knocked him in
the head and dropped his body to the
bottom ot the shatt 222 teet. 1 ax
ing the pistols off the dead guards we
struck for the mountains and traveled
oniy by night, with stars our guide,
avoiding all villages and railways. We
walked three weary months, living off
. s
roots, heros and an occasional raDDit.
About twelve years ago, he stated,
he saw John Reynolds, a 16 year old
boy from Syracuse, N. Y., shot for
having killed a Mexican in self de
fense. Some of the prisoners in mine
No 9 have been confined twenty years
and none of them ever had the sem
blance of a trial. Manley tells this
I story in a straightforward way and
impresses one with the trutn 01 nis
statements. He says the treatment
as accorded the prisoners is worse
than in Siberia.
THE PRICE OF BEEF.
Why It Has Risen and the Reason It Should
Not Be High.
Referring to a letter addressed him
o
bv Secretary Morton recently, direct-
i j
ing an investigation into the causes in
bill, he said, because there was a
"snake" in it, and a person had only
to read between the lines to discover
Mr. Burrell, of Mercer, was of the
opinion that it was a good bill, and
should pass.
Mr Talbot, of Chester, was in fav
or of the amendment offered by Mr.
Phillips.
Mr. Lawrence, ot wasnington, op
posed the bill for the reason that the
school boards were against it. The
Phillips amendment was agreed to as
follows : "Providing that no change
shall be made for five years from the
adoption of any book or books." The
bill passed second reading as
amended.
IN MEMORIAM.
Wem.iversville. Pa. April is 'OS-
Lines on the death of Caroline,
wife of Eri Ikeler, who died March
21st, aged 62 years, 11 months, and
mf. ,iac The funeral services were
conducted at the home, by her pastor
t?pv h. k. strauo. ine oeceaseu
waa a m ember of the M. E. Church,
I and had chosen for her text Romans
t.i8 " If it be possible, as much as
iitv in vnu. live peaceably with all
mpn The discourse was both kind
The statement in the teetimonlal below
ro familiar facte to the immediate friends
ct Mr. Goo. A. Zlrkle, school teecher, of
Mt. Horeb, Tenn., very well known
throughout the county, where he wm
born and has elweye lived. It illustrates
the wonderful power ot Hood'e Sarsapa
n overall nlieaaeeot the blood. Bead it:
T Hnllnva in Hood's SarsaparUle. I will
tail tou hv. I have Buffered from in
Wit ml anrof ula from childhood. When 37
years of age my eyes became
Strangely Affected.
I could not read after eunset, and when
would close my eyes I could not open
them; but on whichever side I lay on that
aide I could open my eye. This condition
continued about two years, and was suc
ceeded bv an intolerable itching all over
mv hodv and limbs I had to have my
little boys take shoe brushes and scratch
ma. It was dreadful. It continued a
month and was followed immediately by a
tumor in the right side of my neck as large
M small egg. I took physicians' pre
scriptions till I loBt hope. In the mean
time the tumor changed it place to the
Immediate front ot my neck, suppurated
and was followed by others, till elx had
formed and broken.
Finally, three years ago. another large
tumor seated Itself on the point of my col
lar bone and in six months anotner nan
way back on the bone. Both of them Boon
beiran to discharge and continued to 0.0 bo
t ill about seven months sgo. I tried every
thing, lncludina- prescriptions. I was often
so weak that I could scarcely wain ana raj
mind was bo confused that 1 couia scarcely
.tt.nri to mT business (school teaching).
T nttarlv discouraged. Ana now vaj
"
Btory draws to a close. I begn tne use i
Hood's 8amai,rMa a little les Van a year
ago, and took 3v brttla. When I began
I had no faith in it. In less than 0 moniua
Both the Sores
n mv nhnulder were healed : I was cured
Wa have nscd Hood's Sarsaparilla lot
our little boy, who had a running sore on
one ot his limbs, ile had eunerea irora
it tor one and a half year He took
aan bottles of Hood's Barsaparilla and
the sow ! 11 healed and he is now well.
Hood's Barsaparilla cleanseC Ms blood ana
cured him." E. B. Johnson, Bridge-
water, Iowa.
Scrofula Eradicated.
"I am a great sufferer with blood trou
ble. I have taken several bottle ot Hood's
Barsaparilla and find it the best medicine
I-ver saw for scrofula uumors ana 0100a
prison. It Btrengmens tne yiin sua
drive away that tired leenng. jmo one
knows the good 1100a Barsspariua win uo
until it has been faithfully tried." Laura.
M. liAWTON, Bpraguevme, xivvr iwn
Sores On Neck and Arm.
Ij.t .nrinir I had eores come on ray
neck and arms, owing to bad blood and a
run down system. My physician 101a me
to get Hood's Barsaparilla and take It to
purify my blood. Alter talcing inree Dot
tle I wa cured. It 1 an excellent spring
medicine." Mas. Anna DrrzLEB, New
Danville, Pennsylvania.
nf a trnnhlmome catarrh: and ecrofulous
habit has steadily grown less apparent. I
weigh more than I ever did in my life and
am in the beet of health considering my
(.nnntltntion. Do you wonder that I be
lieve in Hood's Barsaparilla T I can do no
less than recommend it everywhere."
Geo. A. Zirklk, Mt Horeb, Tenn.
Flu ire
Remember, It is Not What We Say, bat What Hood's Sarsaparilla Does
haV Tells the Story. HOOTVS Sarsnmnlla CITRES
Shakes
Blood
cm TOHK Ri T0WHSIHB8
Merchant
SUITS
FROM S18.00.
CORKER MAIN & MARKET Sts.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
f
MTTER.
TROUSERS
FROM S5.00.
We have no douut that April's intentions are
good.
and encouraging. The different hymns lamentable disposition to Eton and sit down
S,a vr th fWisinn and mav FmeI OI l. Dureau 01 animai industry, Tt.arheA the heart of manv. orwl Krinff onmA weather with her. In the mean time Come Out
The family have the sympathy of their between the showers and see what we have to make life worth
many menus, m hub, hkh j u. -
pointed over the decision and may
take an appeal.
The decision will increase the es
timated receipts from income tax in
collector Herring's district about
$75,000.
animal industry.
has made a brief statement ' to the
secretary. After quoting the Chicago
prices of dressed beef and shipping
steers since January 1, Salmon says :
" These prices show the cattle on
foot are approaching paying figures
for growers and feeders. But they
don t warrant any such sensational
rise of the dressed beef to butchers
by the great slaughtering establish
ments, nor an advance such as is re
ported on the part of the retail dealers
in meat to consumers. The normal
rise in the wholesale price of dressed
and in the retail prices should be only
in proportion to the rise indicated for
the beef on foot.
genebaTis.
A new Democratic daily is to be
started in Chicago, with a capitol of
$1,000,000.
ment.
Borne softly
dear.
living.
o'er threshold was Mother
PATHEK OF THE HOUSE.
Hon. George V. Lawrence Will Ride Home
After Adjournment.
It is fiftv-two vears since George V.
j - - j
Lawrence first came to Harrisburg as
a member of the Legislature. At
that time the members from the west
ern counties came hete by the old
stage routes, and some the entire dis
tance on horseback, the latter method
being a favorite with Lawrence, who
in his young days was considered an
excellent horseman. He often de
lights the members with reminiscences
of the days he rode on horseback from
t nnnnrr4ltnl9 fitt in Wa ehin atnn
county, to HarnsDurg, a distance 01 cuuur ui muwi, wmi., wm-
210 miles, taking a week or more to mitted suicide on Monday. He was
make the journey. Since the days of probably making money too fast, and
railroading he has not Deen over tnis 1 couiun t oianu prosperity.
route, but has often expressed a desire
Tn li. rhiMrrn unit hlistinnil to all SO near.
Turning in their silence with tear and sigh i
Giving the last look which means Good-by.
Down the lone grave, which seems so
deep.
The casket is lowered wilh a
sweet :
The precepts of her life, which
seem nign,
Yet with hearts still sobbing, "can it be
Good-by."
memory
will ever
DRESS STUFFS.
ft is almnst lmDossibie. for want of
advertising space to go into details,
but if you want to see the nnest line
we have ever shown, we are anxious ;o
show it to vou. Some exclusive styles
in just dress patterns in the latest
weaves.
meet her with a smile so
there is no
But Jesus will
bright,
And claim her his own where
night 1
With a hope that we cherish to meet on
tlifrli
And may it ne'er prove to be a Good-by.
The words of " Our Mother " as o'er them
we read,
And viewing the sweet lilies which at her
feet spread,
May these tokens of love prove a blest tie,
That will bind us to heaven with not a
Good-by.
The religious garb bill will become
a law. It will be amended so as to
nut the nenaltv on Rchnol hoards
employing teachers who wear religious
garDS, instead 01 on me teacners.
A man with uplifted hands and
surging to and fro on the top railing
of the West Market street bridge,
crossing the Susquehanna river at
Wilkes-Barre was the tnnlling sight
pal towns along the way it will be ar- ing on the river bank about 10 o';lock
rinsed to e ve tne veneraoie memoer 1 munuay im-unug. scuunu or
a hearty reception. This may possi- two more the man had jumped from
bly be the last time that Mr. Lawrence the railing into the waters b low, a
will serve in the Legislature, and his distance of forty feet. Before a boat
colleagues are anxious that his long could be procured the man went down
onri Knnnrahle career in nublic life for the last time and the bodv was
may end in a pleasant way. Harris-1 carried down stream. The name of
to ride along and view the scenes of
his younger days, and in this desira
he is to be gratified at the adjourn
ment of the Legislature, for the mem
bers have agreed to contribute and
present him with a horse and outfit,
. and a delegation will accompany him
on his return home.
His route after leaving this city will
be through Cumberland, Franklin,
Fulton, Bedford, Somerset and West
moreland counties, and in the princi
encircled her siJe and
later,
CLOVES.
Our department in this respect is
I the most complete in town, and we aie
now showing the finest line ot gloves,
Men's. Bov's. Ladies' and Misses in
kid. lisle thread, silk chamois and dog
elcin. for Men's street wear we have
ever offered to the public. Our ladies'
silk gloves go witn a guarantee, wnicu
it will pay you to loos at. we arc
making a special drive on Men's Dog
Skin gloves for street wear, as tney go
now tor 75c the pair.
The vine, which
hrftw.
And the roses bespeak that soon,
. or nnw
That we from our health may pine and die,
May the language of our hearts be a happy
f 1 u..
UUUU-UJft
The memory of our sister, will ever remain,
To one, and to all it is just the same,
Around God's throne may we meet on high,
And shout the llosannas with no
Good-byes. A Fmknd.
Richard Sharpe, president of the
Alden Coal Company and one of the
wealthiest individual coal operators in
the Wyoming Valley, died at his home,
in wilkes liarre, shortly alter mitinigni
last Sunday night, aged 8a.
Wheat went up to sixty three cents
in the Chicago Board of Trade on
CREPONS.
We can not say too much in regard
to these as for beauty in shades and
combination, and quality and price
thev are unsurpassable. We are show
ing them in black for skirts, at 1.00,
1. 2 e and 1.7 e and for waists in al
j .
colors plain and figured al 35 and 60
cents.
PERCALS.
Vou will want shirt waists for morn
ings and these are the most useful
tnings ior mat purpose wc tan suuw,
and the price is very reasonable, only
a r 1
ioc per yard, 30 inches wide.
HOSIERY.
We are selling the Y. D. Hosiery
double sole, high spliced heel and the
best stocking that we can buy. These
are absolutely last DiacK.
SHOES.
Your bovs will want a shoe this
spring and our "Bay State" shoes can
not be equaled in town or any wnere
else for the money. tney win out
wear any shoe made.
GROCERIES.
Home dried fruits of all kinds and
the finest California evaporated pears,
peaches and apricots on the market.
Canned goods of the finest quality and
at any price you may want.
Calling
your attention to our line of
JEWELRY,
WATCHES,
SILVERWARE,
GLASSES,
ETC.
We Blow Our Own Horn
1.1 tn attract vour attention. inen
we want to invite you to visit us it
is immaterial whether or not you want
to purchase anything. We are show
ing a fine line of silver and glass ware.
T)1Muinrr Vftnr Otfll llom
is all right when there is no one else
to blow it for you. wnoevcr
first-class goods at low prices can de
pend upon his customers to blow his
horn for him. inis is my vui"-J
the sale of jewelry, watches, siiverwai-
glasses, &c.
J. G. WELLS,
BLOOMSBURG, pENNA.
JjlooTtisbarg, 2V
GET YOUR
JOB PRINTING
DONE AT THE
COLUMBIAN OFFICE
burn 7'elearanh. I the suicide is not known.
Monday.