THE COLUMBIA!. BLOOMSBURG. PA. olumKan. ESTABLISH Kl) 1868. Kite tfolumMs gitmorrat, aSTABulSUEl) 18:17. CONSOLIDATE!) 1809. tfCBLtMUKJ VERY THURSDAY MOHNISU rilooinsburg, t he count y seat, ot Columbia C'ouuiy, l'ennsylvaula. ..BO. E. ELWELL Editor. O. J. TASKEU, LOCAL EUITOB. UEU. V. HO AN, FoKKMlN. in(i: Inside tlieooubty fl.OOaycarln ad vance; 1.50 If not paid lu advance outside be oounty, i.s a year, strictly In advance. 4 11 communications should be addressed to T11K COLUMBIAN, Illoomsburg, Pa. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 97- THE CUBAN WAR. The Cubans, who have maintained their struggle for independence des pite the savagery of Weyler and his soldiery and the indifference of the administration at Washington, should continue the war, notwithstanding the "pleasure" of the present administra tion in the "pardon"' of the "Compe titor" prisoners, whose arrest and mock trial should have ended in the destruction of Moro castle instead of the "satisfaction" and "gratitude" ex pressed by the government for the release of Americans, indicates that it will now be the firm ally of trie Spaniard. From the moment of the abandon ment of American rights, as in the "Competitor" case for the reward of annulment of Weyler's decree against the exportation of tobacco, Cuba and Cuba's cause must become more sacred to all liberty-loving Americans. The bargaining and chartering of honor for dollars, in W ashington and Madrid, solidifies American sympathy for the victims of the dickerings, and the American hope is that the Cubans will not be deceived by the promises held out to them by Spain nor by the presentations of the administration that has shamed the American people, given the lie to its own party platform and abused the party's conhdence. Cuba should stand firm. Since it has gone so far, since it has heroically battled for liberty with such expendi ture of blood, remained firm against the horrors of Spanish cruelty and lust and avarice, since the extreme of suffering has been reached and boms heroically by the patriots, since ail that malignity could devise had been done to them with destroying the spirit and the determination that dis tinguish free men from the baser rabbie, Cuba should continue the struggle to the end, instead of stop ping now to begin again a few years hence and again experience the horrors that have marked the past two years with the brand so well known wher ever Spain has dominated. Cuba will be free some time. Her freedom need not come through war between Spain and the United Stales. This country has no real cause of war with Spain. But the administration had a duty to perform for American citizenship and to the American peo ple, if not for humanity, and it has abandoned that duty for the privilvege of buying Cuban tobacco and is "grateful" for the opportunity to do so. Because of this degradation of everything 'Americans hold dear, if not for humanity or anything else, we hope the people will become aroused to the machinations oi the politicians and the "business interests" and command that if this government can not aid the patriots it shall not throw obstacles in their way to freedom. Ex. The Anti-Scalping Bill. The Anti-Scalping bill, which lies asleep on the calendar of Congress, is not intended to regulate the conduct of savages on the warpath, nor to moderate the ferocity of football con tests. It is an attempt to deal with " ticket scalping," which is a serious evil. The National Association of Merchants and Travelers, at a late session, passed a resolution urgently demanding favorable action upon the bill to prohibit ticket scalping, in con formity with the recommendation of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Association formally declares that " ticket scalping is an irregular and frequently dishonest business, tolera ted in no other country. If abol ished, the regular passenger fares might Le reduced. Many of the vex atious ticket restrictions might be re moved, and excursion rates for associ ations, or for other purposes, might be more easily granted and accompanied by less red tape, if the scalping offices were closed. It is not in accordance with the protection of public morals to tolerate a business which encour ages the breaking of contracts, mis representation and forgery." This is pretty strong language j but there is strong justification for it. The decisions of the Court have practically robbed the Interstate Commerce Com mission of remedial power. If a remedy shall not be found for the scalping evil in strengthening the hands of the Commission by definite curative legislation, then the Anti Scalping bill should be passed sep arately. Record. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION. "In pursuance of the proclamation of the l'resident of the United Stales, and in accordance with the custom existing from the foundation of the Commonwealth to set apart and ob serve one day in each year as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, I, Daniel H. Hastings, Governor of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, do here by designate and set apart Thursday, the 25th day of November, as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer to Al mighty God. "We have abundant and unusual cause for gratitude. No pestilence has invaded our borders and peace has prevailed. The willing hand of labor has found employment, industry has been rewarded and field and farm have yielded bounteous "harvests. God's love has spared our lives, made our homes happy, increased our devo tion to country and should inspire a nobler manhood and a grander state hood. Let Thanksgiving day be one of praise and rejoicing ; let the family circle be reunited and the ties of home and fireside strengthened. May our usual" places of worship be filled with God-fearing, thankful and patriotic Aorshippers and may the influence of the day's observance find fruition, in the years to come, in that rectitude of life, that performance of every duty which shall be pleasing to him ; and let the best pledge be the bountiful hand with which we remember the needy and the unfortunate who dwell in our midst. "Given under my hand and the great seal of State, at the city of Harrisburg, the 5th day of November, m the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and of the Commonwealth the one hun dred and twenty-second. "Daniel H. Hastings." By the Governor, David Martin, Secretary of the Commonwealth." STATE HEWS. Burglars secured $Soo worth of jewelry from the T. B. rainier Jewelry Store at Muncy Sunday night. State Superintendent N. C, Schaeffer opened the York County ieachers Institute Moiuiay morning. By practicing medicine in viola tion of the Act of Assembly of 1897, Dr. Seely, has been held in bail at Lebanon. While running after a kitten, Mary Kamac, aged six years, of Sha mokin, fell into a tub of water and was drowned. The Reading Company has issu ed orders to close down all work at the Monitor Colliery, at Locust Gap, Pa., affecting 125 hands. The Schuylkill colliery breaker at Mahanoy City, owned and operated by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, has been perman ently abandoned. E. W. Begony, a well-known resi dent of Lock Haven, committed sui cide on Friday. After pleasantly talking to his wife and another lady he went upstairs and blew the top of his head off with a shot gun. Despon dency caused by ill health and finan cial embarrassment is supposed to be the cause. He was the father of Charles Begony, an extensive bicycle dealer of Sunbury. Enraged because her sister re turned home from a group of chil dren close by, at Mt. Carmel, Monday with the story that the girls would not allow her to play with them, Pauline Clezata, aged 18, brutally assaulted one of them, Ida Baylor, aged 8. The latter's skull was fractured by a blow from a club in Pauline's hand. After the victim fell the infuriated girl jumped on her a number of times before men dragged her away. She has heen arrested, and her victim will likely die, her back having been broken. In tbs Hands of the Board of Pardons- The case of Theodore Eisenhower, of Sheiiandoah, sentenced to death for the murder of John Schwindt, was before the Board of Pardons Friday afternoon. The case was presented by Hon. C. N. Brumm, one of the counsel for the condemned man, who presented many petitions asking that the sentence be commuted to impri sonment for life. The decision of the board was reserved. It may be hand ed down in a week or two and may be withheld until the next meeting of the board in December. Eisenhower was to have paid the penalty of his rash act in October, but was granted a 60 day respite by Governor Hastings. This respite expires De cember 7. A Conceded Faot. , In speaking of the recent election returns, the Philadelphia Press says : " The Democrats carried about twice as many counties as they did a year ago, and in most instances this was due to party conditions in the State at large, and not to anything merely local. It not only means the loss of county offices, but taking the recent vote, it means the loss of six congres sional districts now represented by Republicans, together with a consid erable number of members of the Legislature." The Tobacco Classification. Examiners Report a Way to Make All Wrappers Pay Wrapper Duty. The conclusions reached by the tobacco examiners in the customs service at their conference in New York city on Nov. 4 8 have been transmitted by Appraiser Wakeman to Secretary Gage. There were pre sent inspectors Irom New York, Phila delphia, Tampa, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, El Paso, Key West, New Oilcans and Malone. It was the judgment of the conference "that in the examination for classifica tion of imported tobacco at least one fourth of all grade marks on each and every invoice be ordered for examina tion j that the appraiser take at least three carrcts, or twelve hands, from the lop, centre and bottom of each bale, and that he count the leaves to determine the proportion of wrapper and filler, and report the percentage of each according to count. "That in classifying tobacco the fact as to whether the tobacco shall be commercially known as wrapper shall not be considered, but only the fact as to whether it is suitable for wrapping cigars. "That the secretary of the treasury be requested to so amend existing regulations as to embody these recom mendations." The committee on questions of law reported and the conference adopted the following : "We state it to be the opinion of this body that all tobacco suitable for wrapping cigus, no matter how pack ed, whether with filler tobacco or otherwise, and regardless of the pro portion of wrapper and filler that may be found in a bale or any other pack age of tobacco, should pay wrapper duty at the rate of $1.85 a pound. 'We would also state that in our judgment treasury department circu lar 159, placing this construction up on the law was timely and proper, and not only prevented discord and confus ion in the execution of the law but will be the means of saving hundreds of thousands of dollars to the govern ment, which would otherwise be lost, besides giving protection to conscien tious importers who faithfully pack and purchase their filler and wrapper tobacco separately, as well as given that fair protection to our own home tobacco growers, to which they are justly entitled under the law. The cijjar manufactures, being highly pro tected, should be willing to concede equal justice to their fellow country men." The report is under consideration by Assistant Secretary Howell. SINKING INTO THE EARTH Timbers Supporting Beaver Brook Give Way. A portion of the town of Beaver Brook near Hazleton is doomed, and intense excitement prevails amongst the inhabitants, some of whom are waiting to see their homes topple over or sink into the earth. For weeks there has been a settling of the gangway in the No. 10 slope, and this is becoming more serious daily. Saturday the settling and cracking of timbers became more pro nounced and extra precautions were taken to guard against danger. About the noon hour the disturbances be came terrific and the men fled from the gangway, leaving their tools be hind. But for their hasty flight a terrible fatality must have been chron icled. Shortly after they had fled in terror from the passage several falls occurred, blocking up the gangway and breasts. The fall is about 200 yards in length and lies between Hosack Hall and the Congregational Church, Audenried. Eight miners lost their tools, being unable to save them in the rush. The men employ ed in the gangway will be idle for some time. One of the company houses, occu pied by Joe Lacisko, was perceptibly shaken, but not enough to cause seri ous alarm, and the family did not move out. The earth is continually sinking which will result in much loss to property. STRAY PARAGRAPHS. Strikes home the family clock. Christmas gift buying will soon be in order. Some of the alleys in town need cleaning up. Bicycle skirts are not scarce even if they do run short. Music does not come in broken time because the bars are down. The Normal foot ballists have made a good record this season. President McKinley's protection ideas do not include the Thanksgiving turkey. It is to be hoped that Princeton will do better when young Cleveland joins the team. The proprietors of the Sentinel and Catawissa News Item do not look at things in the same light. The civil service examinations for post office clerk and letter carriers will be held Saturday in the high school building. When love goes to press He knows no omission, But of kisses, he prints An enormous edition. - READY FOR THE FALL OF 1897. We announce to the public that our stock for the coming season is now complete in every department. We are now showing large and new line of Woolens purchased before the new Tariff Bill went into effect, which means a saving of 15 to 20 per cent, to the buyer. We are now offering Fall Suits at the old piices. Our line of Over Coa'tings.'Suitings and Trouserings are more numerous than ever. We are putting up Fall Suits in City Style and at the lowest prices, consistent with good material and skilled woikmanship. Four Points We Pay Special Attention To: Correct Style, Reliable Goods, Perfect Fit and Lowest Prices. Our long experience in the business enable us to give our customers full value for their money. Our Garments are made by skilled workmen, our work we guarantee in every respect. A fine display now on exhibition in the window of JOHBf K. TOWJSTS1EW, Merchant Tailor. Hatter, ard Gents Furnisher. Must Eat All Tou Shoot. Hunters will do well lo bear in mind that they are not "pothunt ers," and that they cannot dispose of any surplus that they have. Therefore, when you shoot all that your family and friends can con sume quit. The season is now open for all game. As many per sons labor under the mistaken im pression that they can sell the game to the consumers, it will be well to disabuse them of that notion. No game can be sold within the state and no game taken out of the state under any pretext whatever. Ex. Let Us Hope for the Best. The hope that the Yale-Harvard foot ball contest of last Saturday would show that the game can be played in a clean, gentlemanly manner seems to have been realized. It was witnessed by one of the largest au diences ever gathered on such an oc casion. The enthusiasm was great and the game was warmly contested and at times exciting. The fact that neither side was able to score shows how determined the struggle was. And yet there has been no complaint of rough or brutal playing and the in juries to the players were so slight as to keep no one of them from duty or playing again. Such an exhibition of how foot ball can be played is worth a great deal to the game. It will disarm criticism and serve as a model after which other colleges can copy. The two years' suspension of athletic relations between Yale and Harvard has been to good purpose. It has started the game on a new career and free from most all objectionable features Phila. Press. STORIES OF THE DAY. Thankful That the Warm Place Was at Last Full. James G. Blaine is said to have related the following story to a coterie of friends while crossing from America to Europe: "A few years ago I attended a performance of 'Faust' at a Dublin theater. In the third act, 'Faust the lost, is dragged down into the infernal re gions in a glare of fire. On this occasion the actor impersonating 'Faust' was an abnormally large man, and the trap door of the stage an unusually small one. At the proper time the door separated and a volume of blue and red smoke burst forth. 'P'aust was seen drag ged by a hidden power, struggling through the opening. His legs went first, and he proceeded as far as his waist. Here he stuck. Those underneath tried to pull him through while he endeavored to get out. He could move neither way, his portly body completely filling the apcrature. There was an embar rassing pause. The audience was as silent as the tomb. Then an old Irishman back in the gallery arose and, with his eyes fixed on the scene, raised his hand and fervently exclaimed: "I thank God, hell's full." Something That Will be Referred To Our new City Directory, now that we are about to have free mail dehv ery. It will contain the name, occu pation, business and street, and num ber of all persons male and female of the age of 1 7 years and over. Also a classified business directory, a com pendium of the county and city gov ernment, and of the public and pri vate institutions, including churches, societies, etc. The subscription price of the book is $2.00. "Business men who have been in the habit of using government stamp ed envelopes will note the fact that as soon as the present contract runs out you can get your envelopes prin ted at your home office only, as the govern ment will no longer compete with the printer in printing the return cards. Also by a recent ruling your letters will be held thirty days unless you have printed on the envelopes the time you wish them held." Ex. Don't Totaooo Bplt and 8mok Tour Life Away. If you want to quit tobacco using easily and forever, bemuuo well, strong, magnetic, lull of new life and vigor, tuke No-To-Buo, the wonder-worker, that wakes wouk uten strong. Many Ruin ten pounds In ten days. Over 400,000 cured. Buy No-'i'o-Bac of your druggist, under guarantee to cure, 60o or t MX). Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad. Btei'Jing Uemedy Uo., Chicago or New Vork. Dissolution of Partnership The firm of Pursel & Harman is to be dissolved January i, 1898. Mr. Pursel will continue the busi ness after that at the same old stand. The stock of goods must be reduced at once. Rare bar gains confront you on every hand in consequence. All accounts owing the firm must be paid between now and January 1st, 1898. In order to reduce stock we offer you bargains ou will find it hard to match any where in the county. An item. Dress goods that were 75c to $1.00, now 58c the yard. Coats go in the same proportion. An item in domestics. Unbleach ed canton flannel, regular price ioc, now 7c. Gimley Imported Semi-Porcelain Dishes, were $12 for 100 piece set, now $9.98 the set. Hollow Silver ware consist ing of sugar bowls, teapots, etc., guaranteed for 10 years, were $2 each, now $1.50. nwoiisBuna, pa. History of the Turkey, The turkey as we know htm, he who just at this season of the year is much discussed and sought after, has been an inhabitant of the face of the earth for at least four centu ries. His first home was in the New World South America, Mex ico, United States and Canada. Here he enjoyed a natural free life and gloried in all his wildness, a thing he has never been able to do completely since the Conquest. He was troubled by no reforms of any kind. No new dieting fads were tried on him and he managed to grow fat and numerous without the aid of incubators. Those were his halcyon days. Then r all was changed. He was discovered. In the sixteenth century the Spaniards found him in Mexico, and seeing what good Christmas dinners he made took him back with them to the old country, where he has furnished sumptuous repasts ever since. This was his first trip to Europe, and he must have liked it there, for he afterwards took English names for both of the best varieties of his kind. This was how it happened. John Cabot, hunting around on our shores for a good spot to plant a colony and for trophies of the glorious New World to take back to England, heard the sturdy note- call, "turk, turk," and forthwith made up a large part of his ship's cargo of turkeys. Thus lie was named, and not from any relation to the Ottoman Empire. Just try a ioc. box of Cascarets, the finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. 4 i-tv An exchange tells the following: A lady died and while the pall bearers were conveying her to her last resting place, by some mishap they stumbled and dropped the corpse. The con cussion brought the deceased back to life, and she lived six or seven years and died again. On the way to the grave they passed over the same ground, and when the pall-bearers reached the identical spot where the stumble had been made at the previ ous sad service, the grief stricken husband stopped in front of his lament ed wife and said, "Steady boys, steady." MARRIED- Bender Lunger. On the aoth inst., at the Reformed pasonage in Orangeville, by Rev. A. Houtz, Mr. Walter B. Bender and Miss Blanch Lunger, both of Bendertown, Colum bia County Pa. ,i Black Kramer. By Rev. S. A. Creveling, Nov. ao, 1897, Mr. Swayie B. Black and Miss Ella M. Kramer, all of Rohrsburg, Columbia County, Pa. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Etato of Win. RoUrbach, late of blanklin Twp., deceased. Notice U lurehy given that letters of adminte tratltm on llu estate of H'm. llohrhaih, tut of Franklin township, deceased, ham been granted to tine undersigned administrator, to whom aU persons iW(l to said estate are reinested to make payments, and lluise havmg danns or as. mauds will make known the earn without delay to L. D. JtOUKBACIl, Knyder, Atty. Admr. IMMf. ' MANTFfll One Good Agent, and only od VI Hn I tU every locality to take or- GIRDLED " by Rev. T. DeWItt Talmage.-rare, VMilliint.. Hnrl ehMrmtnir. wtfh hlliult-HiIti Of Dew uers ror i iia photos lands, scenes, people, and places. 1M world's wonders as Heen and described by Uie greatest living preacher and orator. Agents are making from fo to $10 dully. Demand euoruioirji hlg commission; Credit glvens Freightage paw. Out at free. Drop all trash and sell this master book for Holiday Ulft purposes, and make per month. 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