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PUULISUKD 1VKHY THUHSDAY MOHNINU
M Hloomsburg, the County seat of Columbia
County, Pennsylvania.
J SO. 8. ELWELL EDITOR.
URO. C. HOAX, Foriman.
Tkm9; Inside tdecovicty tl.on a yeartn ad-
ance; II. SO If not paid lu advance Outilde
tie county, a year, strictly In advauM.
All communications should be addressed to
TUB COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY lS, 1S97.
Eastings Wants a Change,
Governor Gives Hit Views on the Distribu
tion of the School Fund.
The views of Governor Hastings on
the treasury situation and appropria
tions, with special reference to the
school appropriation, were emphati
cally expressed in an address of wel
come at the convention of the State
association of school directors in the
supreme court room. "I see some
members of the legislature in this
meeting," said the governor, "and I
want to take advantage of the oppor
tunity to say to them that the state of
Pennsylvania is big enough and rich
enough to provide liberally for the
education of every child within its
borders.
"The present system of distribu
ting the school appropriation of $5,
500,000," added the governor, "is not
fair to the real interests involved. The
number of taxables is not the proper
basis. Eacli school house with its
appliances cost about as much, whether
attended by ten or fifty pupils. If the
state appropriation was increased to
$6,000,000 a year I would suggest
that one-third of that amount should
be divided on the number of school
houses or teachers, one-third accord
ing to the number of school children
and the other third, possibly, as at
present, on the number of taxables.
The country boys and girls should be
given the same advantages as those of
the citj. I believe that every town
ship should have a high school. That
is the law in Massachusetts, and
Pennsylvania should not be behind
that state."
The association convened Wednes
' day. H. H. Hubbert, of Philadelphia,
chairman of the executive committee,
responded to the governor's address.
State Superintendent Schaeffer fol
lowed with an address on "School
Administration." D. F. Fortney, of
Bellefonte, opened a discussion on
the "Operation of the Compulsory
Education Attendance Law," in which
many directors took part.
There was a large attendance at
the evening session. The exercises
opened with a discussion of "Should
There be a State University?" Pro
fessor Robert Ellis Thompson and
George E. Wagner, of Philadelphia,
were the principal speakers. The
question "Should the State Control
and Publish School Text Books?"
was discussed by William McGeorge,
Jr., I. A. Cleaver and M. G. Brum
baugh. Building a Capitol.
The "Central bimetallic league" of
Reading submits a proposition to the
general assembly relative to provision
for rebuilding the capitol. It proposes
that the "artisans" to work on the
building be employed by the public
buildings commission as agents of
the state and these be paid by
"voucher issued by the commonwealth
solely for the erection of the capitol,
and being made receivable by the
state treasurer in taxes and all other
debts aue and payable to the state,
would at once be exchangeable as a
commercial tender, at least for all
business within the state boundary
"lines." It proposes that materials be
paid for in the same way.
Admitting that this could be done,
we do not see what would be accom
plished thereby. As the "vouchet"
would be at once redeemable by the
Btate, the treasury would have to be
prepared with a redemption fund pro
vided by taxation. Of course it is not
intended that the "voucher" shall be
redeemed but shall continue " ex
changeable as a commercial tender"
until worn to pieces, that is a different
matter.
But the scheme could not be con
sidered for a moment. The constitu
tion of the United States prohibits a
state from "emitting bills of credit"
or "making anything but gold and sil
ver coin a tender in payment of debts."
Our esteemed Reading bimetallists
must resolve again. Or get the con
stitution changed. Ex.
The Democrats-of Steelton, near
Harrisburg, are very jubilant over the
election of a Democratic Mayor, it
being one of the ReDublican strong.
holds of the county. The fight has
Deen Ditteny waged ever since the
primaries were held.
A Fixed Committee
There will be no surprise at the
make up of the so-called treasury in
vestigating committee. The best
ability of the officers appointing the
committee was exerted to produce
something over which Senator Quay
could not quibble. Indeed it is safe
to guess that any danger of quibbling
from the Beaver senator was shrewdly
avoided by such action as would pro
vide against that prior to the naming
of the committee. There will be no
investigation.
Of course, what we have said does
not apply to the Democratic members.
Messrs. Lennon and Kerr may be
earnest and adroit enough but they
will be so completely overshadowed
by the majority that any efforts they
make to discover will be fruitless.
We question if the Wanamaker or
combine people themselves had any
earnest feeling in this matter. They
seem to have studiously pursued plans
to avoid Democratic assistance from
the first. The bluster they made a
lew weeks ago about continuing the
fight appears to have been only for a
little temporary effecf Unless they
give some ptoof pretty soon that they
mean fight we' must conclude that
their reform schemes are made of the
same stuff as Quay's and meant sole
ly for selfish ends. Patriot.
W J. Bryan Wins a Fight.
The Courts Twice Decide an Injunction In
His Favor.
The somewhat celebrated gold bond
injunction, in which W. J. Bryan, as
plaintiff, sought to restrain the Mayor
and City Council, of Lincoln, Neb.,
from delivering $534,000 refunding
bonds, with a gold clause attached, to
ex-City Treasurer Stephenson, was on
Tuesday decided by the Supreme
Court of that state, and Mr. Bryan's
position was sustained.
Nearly two years ago a proposition
to vote bonds was submitted and car
ried by a bare majority. The City
Council contracted for their purchase
with btephenson, who insisted on a
gold clause, which was allowed.
Mr. Bryan enjoined the sale on the
ground that the bonds were illegally
carried, and turther that the city char
ter prohibited discrimination between
gold and currency bonds.
uistrict Judge Holmes decided in
his favor, and the Citv Council an-
pealed. The Supreme Court affirms
the decision of the lower Court, laying
stress on the fact that the bonds were
illegally declared carried, but remain
ing silent on the gold clause feature.
Smith Must go to Jail.
Superior Court Decides Against the Aged
lyoiumoia banucr.
The iudement of the lower rniirt in
the case of E. K. Smith, the defaulting
Columbia banker, was affirmed bv the
superior court at Whllamsport on
luor.aay.
Smith was prosecuted a vear atro
for receiving deposits, knowing him-
seu to De insolvent. He was convicted
in the lower court and a special allo
catur was granted to review his case
in the 'superior court, the principal
ground for the appeal being a defect
in the summoning of the grand jury
to a special term. The affirmation of
the case bv the suDerior court remands
the defendant to the court of quarter
sessions to have the sentence of the
court carried into effect. The sen
tence was that he Dav a fine of $66.66
and be imprisoned in the Eastern
penitentiary for one year and two
1
monms.
The court refused the application of
J. G. Haymaker, district attorney of
Aiiegneny county, made last week for
re-areument in the case of W. H
House, the defaulting assistant city
attorney ot rutsDurg. The court also
refused to certify the same to the su
preme court.
Over a Billion
The first "billion dollar concress '
will be left far behind when the total
amount carried by the appropriation
bills of the present congress is figured
up, and the figures will be found to
ba far in excess of any expenditures
ever voted by a single congress in
time of peace. Speaker Reed and
the leaders on the appropriations com
mittee in the house of representatives
are doing all in their power to keep
the total down as close to $1,000,000,
000 as possible, but this figure will be
exceeded by at least $20,000,000, and
possibly by more than $40,000,000.
New York Herald.
Gallows for a Bich Man.
After three years of one of the
strongest fights ever made by wealth
against the courts, Dr. Arthur Due
strow, the great millionaire, was
hanged Tuesday afternoon at Union,
Mo., for the murder of his young wife
and two year old child. The con
demned man has had the counsel of
the best criminal lawyers that money
could procure. Ex Governor John
son pleaded for his life, but to no
avail. He-died protesting his inno
cense. His wealth is estimated at
over 3,000,000. He belonged to one
of the oldest and best known families
in the state.
Unworthy Even the Name of Jingoes.
"Well-constituted Jingoes usually
delight tp pose as exaggerated species
of patriots who believe that their na
tion is the strongest in war and the
wisest in peace of all the peoples of
the world. The opponents of the
Anglo-American arbitration treaty have
shown that, even measured by Jingo
standards, their patriotism is pinch
beck. A favorite argument of these
sham Jingoes against the treaty is that
for generations past, and in instance
after instance, Great Britain has got
the belter of us in diplomacy.
The utter falsity of this assertion
will appear from the list of arbitrations
between the United States and other
powers, which Senator Sherman laid
before the Senate several days ago.
The. list, which by the way is not com
plete, includes thirty-eight cases, fif
teen of which, or nearly one-balf, were
arbitrations between this country and
Great Britain. Ot five arbitrations
relating to territory between the yevs
1794 and 1827 the decision in one
case was waived by mutual consent,
and in the other four the awards were
favorable to the United States. Of
the whole number of thirty-eight cases
included in Senator Sherman's list,
only five, and none of them important,
fell through. Of thirty cases in which
awards were canied into effect, only
six were decided adversely to the con
tentions of the United States. Four
cases were submitted to arbitration
under the treaty of Washington, of
which the most momentous that re
lating to the Alabama claims resulted
in a verdict against Great Britain.
The decisions on the fisheries ami on
the civil war claims were unfavorable
to our views; but the decision of the
German Emperor on the San Juan
boundary controversy was entirely in
accord with our contention. On the
whole the record shows that so far as
the United States are concerned arbi
trations have resulted favorably not
only in the large majority but in the
mpre important of the cases submitted.
Instead of getting the better of us,
Great Britain has, with very few ex
ceptions, come off second best in her
controversies with this country.
The obstructionists who have stoop
ed to the denigration of their country
in order to find arguments against the
pending Anglo-American arbitration
treaty are unworthy even the name of
Jingoes." Retord.
Each has Bis Torment.
A Preacher Talks on "Hell' and Draws a
Picture.
" Hell " was one of the topics of
Rev. C. II. Eaton's morning sermon
at the Church of the Divine Paternity,
New York, on Sunday. He said that
the hell pictured by the early philoso
phers, painters and writers was but a
mild sketch of the real hell. The
various forms of immoralities produce
certain conditions in the soul and con
signed the individual into a hell self
made worse a thousand-fold than any
hell ever written or printed. Drunk
enness, lewdness and other vile habits
all resulted in personal hells for those
who transgressed the divine laws.
The Universalist church, Dr. Eaton
said, was not built upon any false
ideas of sentimentality. Hell was a
condition. "The demons of hel' walk
up and down our avenues and streets,"
said the doctor. "They are in our
very drawing rooms, waiting for the
chance to entice us.
Dr. Eaton said that intemperance,
lewdness and the opium habit were
evils more common to-day than ever
before in the history of the world.
Each urchin had his hell. Each was
suffering thetortuies of damnation, the
pains of which were rendered doubly
cruel by the iner consciousness that
each had been self-dammed.
The object of hell, Dr. Eaton said,
was reformation, so that the child of
God might be reclaimed.
It is said that people in love do
lots of making up without quarreling,
and lots of quarreling after marriage
without making up.
Art tht MMngn of Sent, the Telegraph
System u( the human body.
Nerves extuiil from the brain to every part
of the body and reach every organ.
Nerves ure like fire good servants but turd
nutate rs.
Nerves are fed by the blood and are therefore
like It In character.
Nerves will be weak and exhausted If the
blood la thin, pale and Impure.
Nerves will surely be strong and steady If
the blood Is rich, red and vigorous.
Nerves And a true friend In Hood's Sarsapa
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the bruin Is unclouded, there are no
neuralgic pains, appetite and diges
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Merchant iS
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FROM S18.00.
la John N. Gordon, Wm- Krickbaum and
Neoamiah Kitchen , Commissioners,
of Columbia County.
Whereas, there is now pending in
the Court of Common Pleas of Colum
bia County an appeal from the settle
ment of the County Auditors for the
year 1895, in which it is alleged that
the County Commissioners for that
year, to wit, 1895, overpaid J. B. Mc
Henry, sheriff of said county, the sum
of $33 1.60 for boarding prisoners, over
and above the amount allowed by law.
And Whereas the County Auditors
for the year 1896 have surcharged the
County Commissioners of that year,
to wit, 1896, with the sum of $187.00,
being the amount alleged to have been
overpaid the said sheriff for the board
ing of prisoners from January 1st, 1896
to May 1 st, 1896.
And Whereas the County Auditors
for the year 1896 have surcharged said
Commissioners with the sum of $6.90
alleged to have been improperly paid
by them to the said sheriff for drawing
talismen.
And Whereas the said County
Auditors have also surcharged the said
Commissioners for the year 1896 with
the sum of $28.00, alleged to have
been improperly paid by said Com
missioners to the said sheriff for draw
ing jurors and filling jury wheel.
And Whereas, in order to correct
and amend such alleged improper pay
ments, if the same are improper, the
County Commissioners for 1896 re
tained and withheld from the said
sheriff the sum of $580.00, being the
amount due the said sheriff for board
ing prisoners from May 1st, 1896, to
December 31st, 1896; said -sum so
retained being $26.50 in excess of the
sum alleged to have been improperly
paid said sheriff, as aforesaid.
o:c therefore, you are. hereby noti
fied not to pay to the said J. B. Mc
Henry, sheriff, or to anyone lor him,
the sum of $580.00, so as aforesaid
retained, without first retaining and
deducting therefrom the following
sums ; provided the same are deter
mined to have been improperly paid
to said sheriff:
Over payment for boarding
during 1895 $331 60
Over payment for boarding,
January 1, 1896, to May
1, 1896 187 00
Payment for drawing jurors
and filling jury wheel .... 28 co
Payment for drawing talismen 6 90
$533 5
You are further notified that the
said ex-Commissioners, to wit, J. G.
Swank, G. M. Ikeler and W. H. Utt,
will inside of 60 days from the date of
filling the said report of the County
Auditors for the year 1 896, enter an
appeal in the Court of Common Pleas
of said county, appealing from the
surcharges above set forth.
J. G. Swank,
G. M. Ikeler,
W. H. Utt.
Tours to California via Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The next California tour ot the
Pennsylvania Railroad will leave New
York and Philadelphia by special
train of Pullman palace cars Febru
ary 34, visiting the great Mammoth
Cave and stopping at New Orleans
during the Mardi Gras Carnival. Four
weeks will be allowed on the Pacific
Coast, and two days will be spent on
the return trip at Colorado Springs
and the Garden of the Gods. Stops
will also be made at Salt Lake City,
Denver, and Omaha. This is one of
the most delightful and complete tours
ever planned.
Tickets, including railroad trans
portation, Pullman accommodations
(one double berth), meals en route,
carriage drives, and hotel accommoda
tions going and return, and transporta
tion in California, will be sold at rate
of $350 from all stations on the Penn
sylvania Railroad System east of Pitts
burg. Apply to ticket agents, Tourist
Agent, 1 196 Broadway, New York,
or Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Sta
tion, Philadelphia. at.
Do You Panoe To-Night?
Shake into your Shoes Allen's Foot
Ease, a powder that makes tight or
new shoes easy. Cures Corns, Chil
blains and Sweating Feet. At drug
gists and Shoe Stores 15c. Sample
FREE. Address Allen S Olmsted,
Le Koy, N. Y. a-4-8t.d. .
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CORNER MAIN & MARKET Sts,
BLOOMSBURG PA.
... Early Spring Buying ...
Every house wife and every maiden has spring sewing to
do. They want to get their muslin garments out of the way.
"We are now showing the requisite article necessary for them
to use in this way. Muslin, laces, embroideries, inserting etc;
all of them entirely new, and just now on account of dull times
prices are very tempting.
COATS. COATS. COATS.
We have divided oar Coat
them as follows :
Lot No. 1
Lot No. 2
Lot No 3 all this year's goods
Come early before they are all gone.
Emh. Inserting and Lace3.
All of these are entirely new, and
prettier and daintier than ever. They
improve on them every year. Every
year they are prettier and less expen
sive. They are in the centre aisle
ready for your inspection.
Cambric emb. in almost endless
varitty ic. to 56c. the yd.
Guipure cmb , special lots at rare
bargains. 6c, 10c, 14c. and 25c. the
yard. These are worth fully more.
Nansook emb. in rare and exclusive
patterns, with narrow edges, trimmings
to match. For making Baby dresses
especially.
Sets of Swiss emb., 3 or 4 different
widths in same design. m Inserting to
match.
Full line of Torchon hand made
laces, all .vidths, with inserlings to
match.
Machine made torchon laces, with
trimmings to match, in different qual
ities. White G:ods.
We are showing by far the most
extensive line of white goods ever
shown in Bloomsburg. All of them
new and extremely pretty. We anti
cipated your wants in these goods and
here they" are in profusion for your
picking.
Long cloths, nansooks, plain and
checked from 6c. to 45c. the yd.
Special values in checked nansooks
at 10c. and 12 Jc. the yard. Dimities,
plain, striped and checked, 8c to 35c.
the yd.
Puss! &
BLOOMSBURQ, PA.
Mot Mere .
Foot Covers
but easy, comfortable, stylish shoes.
That's what up-to-date men want. That's what we sell, and
we don't draw heavily on pocket books either. Fitting feet is
our specialty, and we assure perfect comfort to every patron.
We carry the largest stock of boots, shoes and rubbers in the
county, and all new and fresh and bright Every size, every
shape, and prices not too high nor to low.
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A great cure and a great testimony.
"For ten years I suffered greatly from
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SEND.
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Hatter,
TROUSERS
FROM 05.OO.
stock
into 3 lots and will sell
$1.00
$2.00
$.5.00
Special values in these at ice to
15c
Percales for waists in light and duck
effects.
C:ats at Less Than Half.
AH coats we have left we will sell
for less than half price, and they are
rare bargains if you want any.
LOTS OF BARGAINS IN DEESS
GCOES.
Muslins.
We still offer you this useful article
at ridiculous prices.
Unbleached muslin of good quality,
20 yds. $1.00. ,
Hill muslin, bleached, 36 in wide,
6Jc the yd.
Pepperell R. muslin, unbleached,
7c. the yd.
9-4 sheeting, unbleached, 15c the
yard. Worth fully J more.
Jardinieres.
We will snow you a line of Jardi
Yijies in great variety at prices under
any thing you ever heard of. They
were bought cheap and will be sold
cheap.
Dishes.
We are closing out three or four
decorations in Johnson Brcs. and Wm.
Greenly's semi porcelain, English,
warranted not to craze, at prices that
should tempt you.
100 piece Dinner Set, $9.75, thought
cheap at $ 1 2 00, the old price.
ico piece dinner set. $12.00.
112 piece dinner set, $14.00.
Extremely cheap at former prices
$14 00 and $i6.co.
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Try Grain-0 1 Try Grain-0 !
Ask your Grocer to-day to show you
a package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without in
jury as well as an adult. All who try
it, like it. GRAIN O hag that rich
seal browp of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. J the price of coffee. 15c.
and 25c. per package. Sold by all
grocers. a 4 4td.