THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA. WASHINGTON. fram our Hi'RulRr correspondent. W ashinotom, Feb'y. 3, 1896. President Cleveland SDent a day -lack-shooting last week and that may ave started the rumor of his inten don to decline forwarding to the European nations which signed the Berlin treaty that Concurrent Con gressional resolution, expressing sym pathy for the Armenians and calling apon the powers named to enforce the Berlin treaty and compel Turkey to protect the Armenians, on the ground that to do so would be a violation of the American policy inaugurated by Washington and endorsed by all our Presidents, of avoiding entanglements in European politics. Whether the President has tny such intention is doubtful. The resolution itself being a concurrent one, does not require the President's signature to become binding, nor can it be vetoed by him. It "requests" him to communicate the resolution to the governments of the countries named, and while it would be unusual for him to decline, he has the right to do so if he thinks it best. Should he do so it will not be because he does not sympathize with the condition of the Armenians, as he expressed his sympathy for tnem in strong words in his annual message to Congress. Cuban matters came to the f-ont with a rush when Senatot Morgan, of Ala , on behalf of the Senate commit tee on Foreign Relations, reported a lengthy resolution setting forth the unfortunate condition of affairs in Cuba and their depressing effect upon our commercial interests, and request ing the President to use his good of fices witli Spain to get the Cubans recognized as belligerents, in order that the fighting in Cuba may be gov erned by the rules of war. Nobody expects that Spain will acree, but if she doesn't it is altogether probabl that the United btates will, un:ess there is a change in the situation. Senator miruan ot i. o., madetiie speech last week which has been ex pected trom him ever since the ses sion opened. It showed that he lacks the respect which every man should feel for the occupant of the President's chair, and that he is more of a popu list than a democrat. It also showed but why write more about it. Senator Thurston, of Nebr, more than balanced the speech of Senator Wolcott, of Colo., against the Monroe doctrine resolution, now before the Senate, by one in its favor which specifically pointed out the errors up on which Mr. Wolcott built his argu ment. Answering the statements made in English papers about the people of the United States being divided in sentiment Senator Thurston said : 14 Standing upon tin floor of the American Senate, knowing whereof I speak, I say to the people of Great Btitain that the grave issues which have been settled by brave men upon American battlefields can never be reopened again. Sir, there is no division of sentiment in the United States. Let but a single drum beat be heard upon our coasts announcing die approach of a foreign foe. and there will spring to arms in North and South the grandest army the world has ever known ; animated by a deathless loyalty to their country's flag, and marching on to the mingled Mid inspiring strains of our two Na tional airs, Yankee Doodle and Dixie." The editors of those newspapers which are printing what purport to be accounts of the bids received by the Treasury department for those bonds have probably not carefully read the call for those bids. If they will do so they will discover that the bids are to be sealed " and not to opened until Feb. 6th, with the ex ception of a few letters containing bids, which were opened by mistake, owing to their not being endorsed on the outside " bids for bonds." No bids have been opened at the Treas ury, anO none will be opened before the date specified, This makes it plain that when a newspaper prints the amount of bids submitted and the prices offered it either has an accom plished second sight man, or an un blushing liar, upon its staff. Secre tary Carlisle doesn't know the con tents of the sealed bids, but he knows the bonds will all be sold, because in tending bidders have so asaured him. A dinner party of gentlemen only was entertained by Senator Murphy, of New York, at his Washington resi dence, last week, and one has only to glance over the names of the guests to be certain that matters were dis cussed that would interest every democrat, could the conversation be with propriety made public. Senator Murphy s guests were Senators Hill twice, Oorman, Veit, Smith, White, Turpie, Pugh, Roach. Chilton. Faulk. ner and Walthall, and Representatives unsp, jJartlett, Sultzer and Cum mings, and Hon Richard Croker, of wew iom, m whose honor the dinner was given. It will be noticed that every man of the party 13 a democrat ot the rock-ribbed, tried and found true variety. I don't know that they aiscussea Presidential politics, but if an ot that party will agree on a can didate his nomination might be re garded as settled. The debate on the free coinage sub stitute for the House bond bill, which had dragged ever since the measure was reported to the Senate ftom the Finance committee, became quite lively in its closing hours, although everybody knew just what the vote would result in. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh bcin; a constitutional disease, requi'es a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giv ing the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na ture in doing its work. The proprie tors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. im. HAS NO PROTECTION. A lew minutes after 5 o clock Mon out in the day week fire broke bane shop of Daniel Mull in and the structure was gutted, had built a fire in the oven gone to attend to the horse. Milton, . A boy and had On bis return he found the shop on fire. The exact origin of the blaze is not known. Mr. Muil's loss wi 1 be several hun died dollars, partially covered by in surance. The structure was owned by Mrs. G. W. Imbody, whose loss is $500, which is covered by insurance. Some timj ago the borough and water company became involved in a controversy, the former refusing to pay certain tent lor hyjrants unless the company would increase the sue of their mains. This the company refused to do, and unless the borough came to an agreement the plugs Wire to have been dismantled on a certain date. The time expired several weeks ago and the fire of Monday morning was the first since the date the dis mantling of the plus was to have taken place. Moiday morning some of the neighbors were rot content to let their properties be endangered and they procured a wrench from the engine house with which they turned on water from the hydrant. This was done without the consent of either the water company or the borough authorities, and created a great deal of excitement. The encine was in service at the canal. What effect this fire may have on the dispute remains to be seen. A LIST OF ACQUAINTANCES. A small party seated in the Manhat tan club the other night was discuss ng the question of acquaintances. One well known lawyer said he knew as many people as any one man in the room, he did not care who he was. I asked if he could say how many ac quaintances he had not friends mere ly but persons known casually and. s.i'htly, says the New ork Press. After thinking it over he said, 10,000." 'I bet $50 to $5," said another of the party, "that you cannot name 1,000 persons of your acquaintance, and give you all night to do it." The bet was made, and the lawyer began, a friend keeping tally. When, after two hours of hard thinking, he had reached between 500 and 000 he was going very slow and straining terribly. At midnight he was so far from the 1,000 mark that the party broke up in disgust. 1 doubt if there is a man in this country who could write down the names of 1,000 acquaintances at a moment's notice. I don't believe there a'e five mei in the United States who are acquainted personally with 10,000 people. Dan Lamont, secre tary of war, is said to know more faces than any other man. He made a study of faces when Mr. Cleveland's private secretary and became indispen sable to the president. It might be said that there are many Doliticians who know more than 10,000 people personally, but you can't rely upon a political acquaintince. The politi cian has a way of pretending to know every living man who has a vote. Dr. Chauncy Depew probably has as wide an acquaintance as any man we know. Many men remember faces without being able to recall names. That is not an acquaintance. It will not do to say we have seen such a man belore somewhere, but cannot recollect his name. It CosU Littla and Does Much. Remark when you attend a play or concert how many people disturb the performance by coughing. One man begins and the cough seems to be contagious. The interruption is 'a great nuisance, and there is no need of it, for anyone may cure a cough with the Pineo'.a Balsam, which costs twenty five cents. It soothes the in flammation in the throat and loosens the mucus which clogs the air pass ages. A few doses of Ely's Pineola Balsam stop a cough and heal a sore throat. THE LYON-DUNN CONTEST. Judge Ikeler, of Columbia county ; Craig, of Carbon, and Ehrgood, of Lebanon, appointed by Governor Hastings to conduct the Lyon-Dunn election contest convened at Potts vdle last week. Two weeks ago the court heard argument offered by counsel for Judge Dunn to quash the contest on the ground that the Orphans' Court Judge was a county office, therefore the proceedings were illegal; that the Act of May, 1874, under which the contest was brought, does not apply to said office ; that it was the duty of the Governor to have appointed Judge Cyrus L. Pershing one of the judges to hear the contest ; that it was a manifest disregard and omission of the law not to have done so, and that therefore the present commission has no authority in law. The counsel for Judge Lyon contend ed that these same reasons had been argued before the Attorney General, and protested against unnecessary delays. Judge Ikeler, in a lengthy and able opinion, decided that the commission was legally formed ; that it was the proper tribunal before which to con duct the contest, and that the motion to quash the contest was overruled, and that the contest should proceed. The opinion was signed by Judges Ikf lcr, Craig, and Ehrgood. An order was also handed down directing that the ballot b xes con taining the votes cast at the last general e'ection must be held secure and the votes deposited therein pre served, and that the Sncriff is to serve notice to this efiect upon those who are the custodians of the ballot boxes. It will be impossible to reach these ballot boxes, says the court, before the elections, February iS, 1896, and therefore duplicate boxes must be provided, as the present ballot boxes must not be disturbed or opened until the court shall s . direct. This means that the County Com missioners must provide new ballot boxes for the 143 election districts in the county. Each ballot box costs auout 4 50 wnicn would mean an outlay of about $640 for this purpose. These must be furnished for the election on Tuesday, February 18. The Sheriff shall serve a copy of the foregoing order upon each person or persons having the custody of said ballot boxes or papers and also upon the County Commissioners within 10 days from this date, service of said copy upon the Commissioners to be made within 48 hours from this date. The Sheriff is to be paid out of the county funds for his services the same as he is now paid for serving regular notices. The Sheriffs fees will be about $350 for this work and this expense coupled with the cost of the new ballot boxes brings the first expense ordered by the court up to about $1,000. Before adjourning the court an nounced that the next session of the court will be held Friday, February 7, at 2 p. m. Ashland Advocate. The man who eats because he is hungry is, thus far, on a level with the' brutes. The man who stops eating the moment his hunger is appeased is the wise man. Nature needs no more food than she calls for. Continued excess brings about indigestion or dyspepsia, with loss of flesh, strength, sleep, ambition and mental power ; and an accumulation of aches, pains and many dangerous local maladies. The stomach now can do nothing a'one. We must appeal to some artificially digested (ood which can also digest other foods. That is to say, we must use the Shaker Digestive Cordial. The effect is prompt and cheering. The chronic pain and distress ceases. Appetite presently revives. Flesh and vigor gradually come back, and the sufferer recovers. But he must be careful in future. A trial bottle for 10 cents. Laxol is the best medicine children. Doctors recommend place of Castor Oil. for it in Will Illumine the Mine Preparations are now being made to light the bottom of the No. 3 slope at the Enterprise colliery atShamokin with electricity. When this work is completed, which will be within a week, the Enterprise will be the first mine in that section of the state to discard the old method of illumination in any portion of its workings. Everything is now in readiness for lighting the gangway, which is three thousand feet in length, but the string ing of the wire. Just how many lamps will be placed in the gangway at the present time could not be learned, but the number will be sufficient to make that portion of the working bright enough for all practical purposes. ! A new line of samples of illuminat- el cards, programs, folders, dance programs, opening iWir.ouncement cards, ball tickets, calendars, menu cards, wedding invitations, gilt and bevel edged cards, just received at this office. Persons desiring anything in this line ure invited to call and inspect them, and get prices. No trouble to show goods, even if you do not Duy. tf. Bargain in Wolf Scalps. By the confession of one of the persons implicated, the particulars of a unique story has just come to light in the lower end of Tioga county. Last fall, when Charlei Lee's circus returned to Canton to go into winter quarters, the sheriff sold him out. Among the animals in the menageries were three prairie wolves, which were sold for 50 cents each to Charles Kerby, of Cedar Ledije. lie krpt them chained in his dooryard until cold weather set in, when a bright thought struck him. With the aid of two men from Canton the beasts were put in a box and hauled into a forest away back in Liberty township, where they were shot. Although wolves have been extinct in Penn sylvania for many years, there is an old lawgiving $to bounty for wolf scalps. Kerby took the three pelts to the office of Justice of the Peace DeCoursry, where he made affidavit that he killed them within the baili wick of Tioga, got the $30 bounty and went home happy. And the Editor Got Here is an obituary notice that is calorific in the extreme. Another stiange thing about it is that it ap peared in a reputable western news paper. It wasn't a Missouri editor, but a Missouri printer's devil who was going through his first experience of " making up forms." The paper was late and the boy got his galleys mixed. The first part of an obituary of an impecunious citizen had been dump ed in the forms and the next handful of type came from a galley describirg a recent fire.' It read like this : The pall bearers lowered the body to the grave, and as it was consigned to the flames there were few if any regrets, for ths old wreck had been an eyesore to the town for years. Of course there was an individual loss, but that was fully covered by insurance. " The widow thinks that the editor wrote the obituary that way because the lamented partner of her joys and sor rows owed him five year's subscrip ticn. A Leader, For the next two weeks we will sell envelopes with Lusiness card or ad dress printed on at prices heretofore unheard of, to reduce stock, as we have over 73,000 on hand. Remem ber, after two weeks the usual prices will prevail. Call or write for samples, at the Columrian office, Bloomsburg, Pa. zt. GRAVEL CURED. (Phlladolplila, Penn., Item ) A healthier, heartier, haypier man than John J. Neill, of 1437 Noith Eighth stieet, Philadelphia, could not he found in a day's search. Tlie fact thai he is still nlive is a constant wonder to his friend?. In the fall of 1S89 lie began to suffer i indescribable miseries from s one in the bladder Consulti m an eminent pliysi 111 ! in Philadelphia, he was told thit a surgical ' operation was nccess.irv. So much di.l he : dread the result, for if unsuccessful it meant death, that he put off the evil day as Ion;; as possible While in this frame of mind, he heard of DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY Although disheartened, on July I, 1893, he bought a bottle of it, and within a month had experienced beneficial results, and be. fore he had finished the third bottle, the gravel was completely dissolved and his sufferings at an end. Mr. Neill feels that he owes a lasting debt of gratitude to Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy and for disorders of the bladder and urinary organs, says "it will efiect a cjrc if one be possible." Favorite Remedy is prescribed with un failing success for rheumatism, dyspepsia and nerve troubles in which it has cured many that were considered beyond the aid of medicine. All druggists, $1. The city conditions of trade during past three months hindered greatly the larger sales for which we made ready. We manufactured thousands too many both Suits and Overcoats. While disappointed we're determined to sell. All prices lower now. A Saving of 40 per cent $25 Overcoats for $15. A Saving of 40 per cent $25 Suits for $15. As Great Reductions on $20 and $16 ones. Guaranteed All Wool Suits and Overcoats, $5. Most of these prices are lower than during last years sale in settling a partner s interest. WAN AIMER & BROWN ' 4 4 . 4, Sixth and Market Ninth and Chestnut Notwithstanding the very MU,UI rjsrWM WRfi. H. WANANIAKER fare on very moderate purchases. Twelfth and Market Streets ami DROPPED YOUR PLUG A GREAT BIG PIECE. FOR 10 CENTS - Pennsylvania's New Industries. The bureau of industrial statistics : is preparing an interesting report on a number of comparatively new indus tries in Pennsylvania. A feature of the report will be an elaborate treat ment of the tinplate industry, showing its early trials and development, to gether with illustrations of the various stages of the manufacture of tin from the steel billet to the finished product. The sill; industry of the state will also form an interesting feature of the report. Comparative returns will likewise be given from iron and steel, glass textile and other manufactories for the past four years. Comparisons will be made from the same plants for each of these years, showing tire number of employes, aggregate wages, total product of manufactures, value of plants and average wages paid. H. D. Himmelrich. of Lewisburg, one of tho lumber kings of the West Branch country, says that unless all signs fail, and signs are usually wiped out by floods, the run of timber down the West Branch of the Susquehanna on the spring freshets will double that of last year, and the quality of timber will be better. Some rafts of round pine logs, sealed at Deer Creek, up in the Clinton land, footed up 340,000 feet, board measure. Many fine rafts of good hemlock are going in for the run, and with plenty of snow the lumbermen will crowd the Lock Haven and Williamsoort booms. MISTER! YOU VE The Letter "E " An exchange says "c" is the most unfortunate letter in the English al phabet, because it is never in cash, never out of debt, and never out of danger. The aforesaid exchange for gets that the letter "e" is never in war. but always in peace. It is the beginning of existence, the com mencement of ease and the end of trouble. Without it there would be no bread, no meat, no meal, no water, no whiskey, no gospel, no hell, no heaven, no newspapers and no adver tising. About Mistakes. If a doctor makes a mistake he buries it; if a merchant makes a mis take he never tells it; if a lawyer makes a mistake he crawls out of it, but if an editor makes a mistake he puts it on a large sheet of paper for the world to look at, and in every community there are cranks who think they are models of wisdom be cause they occasionally discover them. Eisldeaof a "Skate." A young lady living near Montan don recently expressed a desire to a young Philadelphian, for a pair of skates. Several days afterwards she received an express package. Visions of hours of pleasure in gliding over the ice immediately rose in her mind, she hurriedly opened the package and beheld four bottles of malt extract, powerful enough to give the stoutest old toper a pair of "skates."
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