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TUK COLUMBIAN,
1 Bloomsburg, I'a.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, i8.
William McKinley will be the
twenty-fifth President of the United
States. On the 26th of February, six
days before the inauguration, he will
be 52 years old, the same age that
Abraham Lincoln was when inaugur
ated in 1 86 1. Mr. Lincoln, like Mr.
McKinley was born in February.
Like Lincoln, McKinley served in
Congress before his election to the
Presidency. He will be the fourth
President furnished by Ohio, the
others being William Henry Harrison,
Rutherford B. Hayes and James A.
Garfield. Virginia the " mother of
Presidents " has furnished five. As
Benj. Harrison and 17. S. Grant were
born in Ohio, it is about a stand off
between the Buckeye state and the
Old Dominion.
A canvass of the House of Repre
sentative shows that sound money will
have 47 majority in tlat body. Such
a preponderance, after such a deter
mined battle in defense of the public
credit carries with it a responsibility
for action. The sound money major
ity in the present Congress have not
been left in doubt as to the desire of
the people. The majority of the pop
ular vote is far more expressive and
urgent than the showing in elected
representatives. A tax on beer to fill
the Treasury, and a repeal of the Act
of Congress requiring greenbacks to
be reissued after payment, would clear
the way to safe and steady business,
make it unnecessary to call the next
Congress together in extra session,
and give the incoming Administration
an unrestrained opportunity, free from
the pressure of deficits or distresses.
to regulate the taxes and the finances
solely with reference to the general
weuare. rnna. Kccora.
Preserve the flag.
The election and its attendant
excitement is over, nartis.in r.inmr ;c
again buried, and all of us are once
mure umy American citizens, jealous
of the honor of the country, and a self
constituted but vigilant guard over
the country's flacr. We Hi.iv thrA-
fore, be permitted to make a few re-
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manes tnat coma not have been made
during the camnaicn without ffnr tint
they would be misconstrued or wil
fully distorted.
We do not think it is patriotic or
ngn.. ior American citizens or any.
body else to use the American flag
for any other purpose than that for
which the founders of our government
and the defenders of our countrv in
tended it should be used as " the
banner of the greatest country in the
world, the emblem of popular govern
ment, the svmbol of trt.inm .,11
the people of the earth. Any other
use 10 wmcn 11 can be put is dese
cration that ought not tc be permitted,
that ought to be prevented, the hint
of which should be smothered,
During the recent campaign the
American flag was converted into a
political advertisement by all parties.
No man but a fool would insist his
party is the only one that contains
American citizens and patriots, and
when he savs it is pvn-ir,i.r t... u
is a fool and he would know it too if
ne were not so great a one. But the
flag was flung out by the parties as
illustrative of their transcendent pa
triotism and the flag of the United
States was thus converted into a mere
political rag with no meaning. In
nearly every city worse than this was
done. The names of clubs, pictures
of candidates and anything else that
ingenuity might invent were printed
on the American flag, which was then
suspended in the streets. In this case
the duty of the American patriot no
matter what party owned such a fla"
was to pull down that thing and
tear it to pieces. It was not a flag
but an advertisement which degraded
and belittletf the flag.
There is a law against using the
American flag as a business advertise
ment. We respectfully suggest to the
various patriotic orders and societies
that they endeavor to have passed a
law preventing the use of Old Glory
as an advertisement by any political
body now existing or to exist. It was
bad enough to use the flag ior busi
ness advertisements. It is ten times
worse to- besmirch it in the muck of a
political campaign. Patriot.
Governor Hastings, having refused
further respite to Eckard, the
Luzerne County murderer, who killed
School director Bittenbender some
years ago, he must hang on December
8th.
Eesumption of Business-
J)nns Review for November 2 1st.
has the following to say about 'trade :
lne gain in volume of business
continues entirely without precedent.
.More man 390 establishments have
started work, since the election, which
were idle, and at least 300 have in
creased working force, making 690
concerns which are known to have
added largely to the number of hands
at work, and these are only pait of the
wnoii! number. Jwery day thus adds
thousands to the number of those who
are able to buy a week's supplies, and
to make up cradually for many months
of enforced economy. Already this
brings great increase in the volume of
business, and the Clearing House ex
changes, for the first time in several
years, not only exceed those of last
year by 10 per cent., but also exceed
those of the same week in 189a by 9
per cent. Business men are all anx
ious to prevent anything like the fic
titious excitement of last summer, and
in nearly all b.anches an excessive rise
in prices is prevented. But with more
hands at work there is inevitably a
greater demand for supplies, materials
and products.
The speculative markets have been
reacting, which is alsojnatural. Wheat
has risen with wonderful rapidity, so
that exports had been checked by the
higher prices, and realizing started a
break which made the close 3 J lower
for the week. It appears that Pacific
exports of wheat, flour included, were
nearly 3,000,000 bushels larger July 1
to Nov. 1 than last year, and all other
exports about 15,800,000 bushels
larger, or more than 50 per cent., and
in November Atlantic exports have
been 4,394,106 bushels, flour included,
against 4,763, 745 ,ast )ear- The de
mand for freight room, both here and
on the Pacific coast, is still so large as
to disclose an extraordinary foreign
demand. Western receipts for the
month thus far have been only 14,
796,888 bushels, against 23,398,311
last year, but the visible stocks con
tinue to increase, although the milling
returns slightly exceed those of the
last or any previous year.
Cuba, Spain and the United States-
The war in Cuba is a vastly inter
esting affair in which both our sym
pathies and our interests are largely
engaged; but it is not our affair.
Spain has given us no cause to inter
fere, and much as we would like to
intervene in behalf of the Cubans, who
by their spirited defense against over
whelming odds have given proof of
their courage and their deserving, we
are restrained by that international
comity which leaves to every nation
the regulation of its own internal af
fairs and to which we ourselves ap
pealed in our late struggle with our
own rebellious states.
But the war in Cuba is so exhaust
ing to both parties that it must soon
be brought to an end. The United
States will occupy a position of the
greatest advantage at the close of the
struggle if, in the meantime, it shall
have observed the obligations of neu
trality. If Spain shall no longer be
able to maintain its authority in Cuba
the geographical position of the island
and its necessary commercial relations
with the United States will make the
interests of this country paramount in
me determination ot its lu'.ure. Evi
dently the time is almost at hand when
the Spaniards will be forced to con
sider whether it will not cost more to
keep Cuba than to let it go. That
will be the ripe moment for the United
States to speak decisively. Philadel
phia Record.
Defaulter to the Extent of $110,000.
John H. Hoffa, cashier of the first
national bank of Lebanon, now occu
pies a cell in the Dauphin county
prison in default of Sie.ooo h.iil. n
self-confessed defaulter to $110,000.
tie stole the money and invested it in
a mine in the far west. Hoffa was
connected with the bank for seventeen
years, twelve of which he served as
cashier. Hoffa's bond cannot be
found, and a report gained currency
at leDanon on Monday that he had
made way with it to save his friends.
Mr. Hoffa confessed his guilt which
is as follows :
"I have Stolen from the first nation
al bank of Lebanon at least $109,180.
Included in this amount are certain
notes amounting to $13,400, upon
which I appear ; also a note of $5,000
signed by my brother, Allen D. Hoffa.
These notes were discounted by me,
not passed bv anv of the board of rli.
rectors. This money was stolen by
me ai amerent times and in different
amounts, covering a period of at least
six years. "John H. Hoffa."
Governor at a Silver Wedding.
Governor and Mrs. Hastin
in Bellefonte Monday niirht attendinrr
the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
w. is. Maim. lne presents were
valuable and numerous, and Included
a full silver Ket from f.rnn.
Hastings and General II. C. Mr.
Cormick. Mr. Malin la a mnmlnpnt
Republican politician, and superin-
icnuem 01 tne telephone company.
Additional Local.
RESOLUTION 0S THE BEATU OF
MK8. HOUTZ-
Resolutions of condolence passed
by the W. C. T. U., of Orangcville,
Pa., on the death of Mrs. Sarah J.
Houtz, wife of Rev. Alfred Houtz
who died at iicr home in Orangeville,
I'a., Nov. 17th 1896.
Whereas, in the allwise provi
dence of God has passed from earth
the spirit of Mrs. Sarah J. Houtz.
Thi rkkore Resolved,- That by
her death the Woman's Christian
Union has lost a wise counsellor, an
earnest faithful worker, and while we
mourn the death of our sister helper
in the cause of Temperarce, we are
admonished to greater zeal a.id
diligence, realizing that the standard
she has lain down must be grasped
and born aloft, by us who remain, till
conies the time, " When the tears of
the sowet and the songs of the reaper
shall mingle together in joy."
Resolved ; That the community
has lost a valuable member of society,
the Reformed Church an honored,
willing and successful worker, the
home a faithful wife, a loving tender
mother. Yet we would not murmur,
we know she has exchanged suffering
for joy, labor for reward. Let us
emulate her virtues, and seek to be
ready as she when the Master shall
call.
Resolved ; That we tender the
bereaved family our warmest sym
pathy, recommending them to the
care of Him who does not afflict
willingly.
Resolved ; That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the family of
the deceased, and also entered on
the records of our Union and other
copies inserted in the county papers.
Mrs. Margaret S. Eves.
Mrs. Jaxe Masteli.er.
Mrs. May Conner.
BITS OF BASE BALL NEWS.
Who will manage the Phillies next
season ?
It is announced that the Brooklyn
club is willing to exchange Mike Grif
fin for a good man.
Walter Brodie says he has not yet
been notified by Manager Hanlon of
being traded to Pittsburg.
Monte Cross, of the St. Louis
Browns, is of the opinion that Donahue
is a better pitcher than Britenstein.
Anson would like to have Rillv
I Nash to play third base, but the Phil-
adelphia management will hardly be
so foolish as to let him go.
Emmet Rogers, who caught for
Pottsville last year, is free to sign with
any club, and would like to get into
some good minor league.
Could the Philadelphia club afford
to give Tavlor, Grady and Cooley for
. Rusie ? If these three men were
offered Freedman might accept.
It is asserted on good authority
that Lave Cross will play in Cleveland
next season. A deal is said to be on
for McKean, Cleveland's shortstop.
Ben Ellis, who is on the Phillies
reserve list, says he will not go to
Detroit next season unless he gets the
same salary he received from the
Phillies.
Tony Mullane, who pitched for St.
Paul last season, has made an appli
cation for a position as a National
League umpire. Mullane has been
pitching tor fifteen years.
New York's infield next season will
be composed of four players who have
been captains of base ball teams.
Joyce, the present captain, was also
captain of the Senators 5 George
Davis captained the Giants, so did
Gleason, and Jake Beckley acted in
the same capacity for the Pittsburg
team.
And now again we repeat as we
have done so many many times before
" lookout for them Phillies next sea
son." It seems very peculiar that a
team which is composed of the very
best individual players that ever donn
ed a uniform as everyone knows the
Phillie team is, can get together and
play such miserable ball as they have
done throughout the season that has
just closed. It is very discouraging
for an admirer of the Phillies to look
Why.
Do people buy Hood's BanjaparUlu In
preference to any other, in tact almost
to the exclusion of all others?
They know from actual use that Hood's
Is the best, 1. e., it cures when others fail.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is still made under
the personal supervision of the educated
pharmacists who originated It.
The question of beat is Just as positively
decided in favor of Hood's as the question
of comparative sales.
Another thing: Every advertisement
of Hood's Sarsaparilla is true, is honest.
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 11.
rreparedonly byC. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Hood's Pills with Uood'i MpariUat
nnnanr
ill
SUITS
FROM S18.00.
back over their seasons record, but
if they go at 'em," next season and fly
the flag of '97, all will be forgiven.
If you want an evening's fun and
enjoyment go to the Opera House on
Friday night and see the up-to-date
farce comedy "The Gilhollys Abroad,"
by the Gorman Brothers. Their com
pany this year is larger and better than
ever before and a first class perform
ance is guaranteed.
Horse Sale.
Grant Shuster will sell a car load
of Illinois horses at Adams' livery,
Berwick, on Saturday 28th, at one
o'clock. J. S. Williams, auctioneer.
Meetings have been in progress at
the Lutheran Church during all last
week, and will continue through all of
this week. Song service every even
ing at 7:15 followed by preaching at
7:30. All persons are invited. The
interest in the meetings has been
increasing.
A large lot of envelopes just re
ceived at this office, including, Nos.
1, 2 and 3 drug j pay and coin ; all
the commercial sizes, and large sizes
Nos. 9 and 10. They were bought
cheap for cash, and our customers will
get the benefit ot it. Order no if. 2t.
The Annual Reunion of the Philo
logian Society of the Normal School
will be held to night in Normal
Auditorium. Booker T. Washington,
of Tuskegee, Ala., will lecture on
" Solving the Negro Problem in the
Black Belt of he South.
Regular services in the Lutheran
Church, preaching in the morning at
10:30 by the pastor. In the evening
at 7:00 the Woman's Missionary
Society will hold their annual Thanks
giving service with appropriate exer
cises. Rev. Foster A. Gift of Scran
ton Mission, will address the audience.
Thanksgiving envelopes collected.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bloomsburg Land Im
provement Company held last Monday,
the following officers and directors
were elected for the ensuing year :
President, B. F. Sharpless; Secre
tary, N. U. Funk ; Treasurer, Chas.
H. Campbell ; Directors, B. F. Sharp
less, A. G. Briggs, J. L. Dillon, N. U.
Funk, Dr. II. W. McReynolds, Jno.
L. Moyer, O. W. Cherington.
If you are in need of printing of
any kind it will be to your advantage
to call at this office. We know our
work and prices will please. We have
received a lot of new job type and are
now better equipped than ever before
to print fine wedding invitations, etc.
Our workmen have had years of
experience and are well up in the art.
Call in and see samples.
Judge E. N. Willard. of Scranton.
contemplates resigning from the Sup
erior Dencn. 1 nis nas been talked of
for some time, and Fridav an an.
nouncement was made. The reasons
given are that the Judge dislikes
traveling and the loner absences from
home consequent upon the office. He
nas come to the decision .only after
the urgent requests of his immediate
family.
Bar Association's Next Banquet.
The State Bar Association on Sat
urday elected C. LeRue Munson of
Williamsport toast master for the an
nual banquet to be held at the meet
ing at Cresson, June 30 next. The
following toasts were selected : " The
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," ex
Deputy Attorney General Lyman D.
Gilbert, of Harrisburgj "The Bar,"
M. Russell Thayer, of Philadelphia j
"The Bench," Judge George W. Or
lady, of the Superior Court; "The
Client," J. Frank Eshleman, of Lan
caster ; "Ourselves," E. W. Smith; of
Pittsburg.
Strike of 1000 for Tortaightly Pay.
Owing to the men at a Shamokin
Colliery not being paid last Saturday
they went on strike Tuesday morning
and notified State F'actory Inspector
Campbell that the semi monthly pay
law had been violated. He arrived
Tuesday afternoon, and conferred with
the employes and officials. One
thousand men and boys are idle.
Bucknell University foot ball team
defeated Dickenson Seminary at Sun
bury on Saturday last, score 6 to o. h
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CORNER MAIN & MARKET
BLOOMSBURG PA.
EFFECT FOLLOWS CAUSE.
Just the same a3 night follows day.
A warm October has caused many a merchandise maker to
lay awake nights and wonder how he would unload his products.
There's only one solution; he's got to tempt the ready money
merchant by offering his wares at a fraction of early seasons
E rices. We've been tempted and here's the effect. It means
encficial buying for you. That's what pleases ua most.
COLORED DRESS STUFFS
If you've got dress goods to buy it
would seem almost imperative that
you should take advantage of these
offerings. Couldn't touch them a
month ago at anything like these
prices. There is busy buying and you
ought to be among the buyers.
25 different dress patterns,just what
you want for your new dress, no two
alike, strictly all wool, and high class
goods. They go Jor one-fourth less
than they are marked, some less than
that.
50c. the yd. patterns at 38c. the yd.
$1.00 " " " 75c. the yd.
8 pieces different weaves, plain goods,
all wool, were 80c. and $1.00 the
yd.; 1 2 pieces all wool, mixed cloths
were 50c. the yd.; 7 pieces novel
ties, 38 in. wide, were 42c; they all
go for one price 29c. the yd.
NOVEMBER CLOAK SILLING.
We planned early for the biggest
garment business in our history, and
we're getting it in shape now for a few
days of phenomenal selling. To hesi
tate is to lose the best cloak chance
of the season.
One lot of ladies' coats, strictly first
class all this year's productions,
were $6.00, now $5.00.
Another lot, not many, ladies' coats,
all this year's goods, cheap at the
price they are marked, were 10.00,
now $7.50.
Another lot ot ladies' coats, 25 in the
lot, short and all right in every
respect, never heard of it before in
this town, sold at $10 00 to $15.00,
now $5.00
Children's long coats, not many in this
lot, will go at exactly half prices.
11LOOMSBVRO, PA.
COLLEG-E of lOTTSIILTZESS
Columbian Building, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Will be organized OCTOBER 20th, One school in seven cities having the
largest number of students of any business college in America.
.$100
In 1 order to facilitate organizing the Bloomsburg branch, the first fifty
scholarships will be sold for only $50 each. A scholarship will entitle the
holder to graduating courses in the Business, Shorthand, Typewriting, and
English departments. Time unlimited. The regular rates for these courses
in other schools are from $100 to $200.
For full information, write to
G,W. WILLIAMS. Prev
Sound-Writing.
Sixteen hundred and fifty years ago,
at Alexandria, we find one Origen, a
theologian and scholar, under the
patronage of his friend Ambrosius,
devoting himself with tremendous
energy to his literary labors. It is
interesting to note that this wealthy
friend and patron has provided him
with seven shorthand writers and with
an equal number of transcribers, to
gether with young girls who act as
copyists. As much progress has been
made in sixteen years in the matter of
stenography and transcribing as was
made in the sixteen centuries from
the time of Origen. Shorthand has
become the vocation of thousands of
both sexes. Only seven years ago
was the study of shorthand introduced
as a full course of Peirce School, yet
in that time it has become the largest
shorthand school of Philadelphia.
The great champion live bird shoot
of the world will be held at. Trenton,
N. J., Dec. 1, 2, and 3. All the pro'
fessional shots of the woild will be
present. Some members of the
Bloomsburg Gun Club will probibly
attend. '
MSB
Hatter.
5tS. B TROUSPP.Q
I FROM S5.00.
UNDERWEAR.
Not a shoddy garment among them
We won't give such truck shelf room.
We will sell you honrst underwear
what you will pay for truck elsewhere.
This is a sampler:
Men's neat wool underwear, 60 per
cent, all wool, guaranteed, were
made to sell at 75c, now 50c.
DISHES.
We never sold as many dishes as
we are selling now. Why ? We have
an assortment that is seldom found in
a town of three times our size. We
are proud of it and want you to ex
amine our stock before you purchase.
White iron stone china, Johnson Bros,
make, the best you can buy, at the
price you would pay for inferior ware
elsewhere. In the decorated disheswe
can give you an assortment of (3) three
distinct decorations, make your set
any piece you want. Have you seen
the old fashioned blue decorations?
We are on our third crate of it now.
It is certainly beautiful.
LAMPS.
, An assortment of lamps that will
please you in every respect. We
want you to see them they are ele
gant. Anything you want in them at
any price you want to pay.
GROCERIES.
Figs in 2 lb. box 20c lb.
Finest pulled figs .'35c. ft.
Dates in 1 h. cartoons, 10c flu.
Stuffed dates in handsome packages,
25c. lb.
Stuffed German prunes, 60c. 11).
Finest mince meat in 3 lb. jars, glass,
60c. Ik
Finest mince meat, by the lb. 10c.
for $50.
illiams' College.
It may be a little early to do
your spring papering, but not
too early to look over our
large stock now ready for your
inspection. In spite of the fact
that the manutacturers charge
us from 10 to 20 per cent, more
than last year we will sell at
last year s low prices, and in
some cases even lower.
Window curtains of all kindst
Room and picture moulding
always in stock.
WILLIAH H. SLATE
EZC2ANQE EOIIL SLS9 .