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.ESTABLISHED 1866.
sbe Columbia jPfmofrat,
ESTABLISHED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1869.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
Bloomsburg, the county seat ot Columbia
County, Pennsylvania.
dttO. E. EL WELL EDITOR.
D. J. TASKER, LOCAL EDITOR.
IJEO. C. ROAN, Fokkman.
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THE COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
" THURSDAY, MAY 5, IS9B.
OANDIDATEB.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
North Side, Second term.
WILLIAM CHRISMAN,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE OF THE 26TH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
E. R. IKELER,
of Bloomsburg.
<*, FOR CONGRESS,
>ra)REW L. FRITZ,
rof Bloomsburg.
tt OR STATE SENATOR,
W. H. RHAWN
of Catawissa.
1 FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
(South Side)
WILLIAM T. CREASY,
Catawirsa Township.
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE OF 26TH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT,
R. R. LITTLE,
of Bloomsburg.
The American people are patiently
waiting for Commodore Dewey's own
account of the Manila conflict. While
no doubt of the completeness
of the victory, yet his story will be
the most acceptable.
On one day last week the Senate
passed upwards of seventy private
pension bills. With the war now
going on, and its thousands of new
pensions in sight it is no time to keep
adding to an already overgrown
pension roll.
William M. Singerly who died in
Philadelphia a few months ago was
engulfed in an ludebtedness of over
$5,000, goo. This bit of information
was the sensational feature of a stete
ment given by George H. Earle Jr.,
It receiver of the Chestnut Street Na
* tional Bank and one of the managers
of the famous bank plan. Until now
the piiblic has been led to believe
that the dead publisher's liabilities
were at least a million dollars less.
Before his death Mr. Singerly was
considered a wealthy man but the
settling up of his estate has changed
the appearance of things.
If the United States should be ob
liged to capture Havana it would not
be an altogether novel experience for
Eng'ish besieged and
the town o?r three hundred
Tars ago. In 1762 a British fleet took
-* possession of the city, landing 14,000
men and defeating a Spanish force of
27,000. It was restored to Spain in
1763 and since 1821 has remained
the last important colonial possession
of the Spanish crown in the Western
Hemisphere. In the British attack
on Havana in 1762, there was a con
/ siderable force of colonial troops from
- New England. Connecticut sent 700,
and among them as a lieutenant, Gen
eral Israel Putman (old Put) a favorite
hero of the revolutionary war.
Appropriation Oone.
-.lt is said that practically the en
tire emergency appropriation ofsso
- 000,000 nlade by Congress for the
I national defense has now been allot
ed to the various bureaus of the
War and Navy department. Not
•S all, however, has been expended, a
large pdrtion being subject to pay
ment under contracts entered into
by the bureaus.
The True and the False,
\ The Grand Old Commonwealth Motto is a
V Misnomer.
I Pennsylvania's state motto is, "Vir-
I tue, Liberty and Independence." It
ra hardly necessary to add that it is
ideal rather than real. With the
exception of a few years, the people
of this commonwealth have not been
permitted to enjoy the condition em
bodied in the motto for more than a
centurv. Instead of virtue, the'e has
been the most scandalous corruption;
instead of liberty, there has been the
I most autocratic bossism ; and instead
of independence, there has been the
most subservient political slavery.
Either the honest citizens should rise
up and demand an exemplification of
the motto in state affairs, or have the
legend changed to accord with the
disgraceful conditions that are known
to prevail.— Westmoreland Democrat.
MT- GRETNA-
The camp ground at Mt. Gretna is
one ot the garden spots of the State.
It lies in a valley about five miles
south west of Lebanon, and furnishes
every variety of surface for the prac
tice evolutions of the troops. There
is an abundance of wood and of pure
water. The last time the entire divi
sion gathered there was in 1890,
when President Harrison, Major Gen
eral Schofield, Governor Beaver and
other distinguished men inspected the
troops and passed their approval on
the camping grounds one of the finest
that could be selected anywhere.
The valley in which the troops as
sembled is about two miles long and
a half mile in breadth, the green
slopes of the South Mountain rising
upon both sides, and spurs cutting off
each end. In the centre is a slightly
rolling parade ground, with a broad
expanse of green turf, upon which the
evolutions of the troops can be con
ducted. Nothing more picturesque
can be imagined than the sight pre
sented when the thousands of white
tents of the Guard stretch over the
green surface running into the woods
on either side of the valley. Division
headquarters will be located on a
commanding eminence, just west of
the centre of the valley, where they
were situated in 1890. and from
whence nearly every corner of the
camp is under the eye of the com
manding officers. This point is about
a mile from the Mt. Gretna station,
on the Cornwall and Lebanon Rail
road, but the road skirts the north
side of the valley throughout its en
tire length, and guns and supplies can
be transported almost into the centre
of the camp. There is a railway tele
graph office at Mt. Gretna station,
where wires can be run directly to
division headquarter and a daily pos
tal service covering every brigade is
one of the first things established
after the company streets have been
laid out and the tents erected.
. The flanks ot the mountain on the
south side of the valley afford a
splendid field from which the various
signal corps of the division can do
practice work, both with the flag and
heliograph by day, and the torch by
night.
How the State Aims to Aid the Farmer.
Work of the Economic Zoologist.
Dr. H. T. Fernald, who has recent
ly been appointed Economic Zoolo
gist to the Department of Agriculture
of Pennsylvania, describes his duties
as being the investigation of all kinds
of animals which are injurious or
beneficial to field and garden crops,
fruit, stock and other agricultural in
terests of the State. That this is an
important work is shown by the esti
mates prepared by competent persons
at different times and in various parts
of the United States. These estimates
agree in placing the annual loss, due
to the attacks of insects and other
enemies of the farmer and fruit grow
er, at one-tenth of his entire crop. In
other words, the farmer, in an ordi
nary year, pays a direct tax to Nature
of one-tenth of all he produces, while
in seasons when the pests are unusual
ly abundant the loss may be as much
as one quarter.
If we apply these facts to a few,
only, of the crops of Pennsylvania we
find that the estimated value of the
Wheat, Oats, Barley, Hay, Corn,
Potatoes and Tobacco produced in
the State during 1896 was $80,749 -
080, while if losses by insect and other
similar causes had been prevented, it
would have been nearly $90,000,000,
showing that on these crops alone,
the loss to the State each year is near
ly $10,000,c00.
This is a large sum and it would
seem impossible, if it were not that it
has always occurred, and a year with
out it has never been known.
It is only when the loss is greater
than usual, that the damage is felt,
and remedies are sought. Yet more
than half of this destruction could be
prevented if a knowledge of how to
protect crops from their foes were
general.
It is to this line of work that the
Zoologist intends to direct his efforts,
offering to all who are interested, in
formation how best to prevent these
losses, or to check the toe when it has
already appeared.
In order to do this, and accomplish
the most far-reaching results he desires
anyone who finds his crops of any
kind affected by any insect or other
animal, to write him, sending samples
of the injuries, and if possible, of the
animal which causes the trouble. All
such letters will be promptly answer
ed with suggestions of the best ways
to prevent further damage, and if the
trouble be serious a personal examina
tion will De made. All such letters
should be sent to the State Zoologist,
Department of Agriculture, at Harris
burg.
Bulletins describing injurious in
sects and other animals, the work
they do, and how to treat them will
also be published, both in the news
papers and as pamphlets for distribu
tion. It is hoped in this way to in
duce the people of the State to use
the opportunities which have been
prepared for them by the Legislature
in this line, and in the end, save many
millions of dollars each year.
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.*
A PATEIOTIO BARBER-
Several days ago a stranger walked
into a barber shop on Third street.
He was well-dressed, but needed a
shave very badly. After taking off his
collar and necktie he climbed into
the vacant chair and one of the pro
prietors, who bv the way is a promi
nent member of the S. of V., started
to shave him, but the beard was so
tough and wirey that it required an
extra amount of lather to soften the
beard so that it would shave easy.
During the administering of the lather
the stranger talked very freely con
cerning the existing difficulties be
tween the United States and Spain.
The barber said nothing at first, but
by the time he was ready to start to
shave him, the stranger became very
excited and commenced to tear up
America and the American people in
general. This so angered the barber
that he quietly opened the door and
then walked back to the chair and
took the towel from around the
stranger's neck and ordered him out
in double quick time without even
washing the lather ofif his face. The
stranger vigorously protested, but the
barber was firm, and when last seen
the stranger was wending his way to
ward the Clement House with his face
covered with lather and all his whis
kers. The barber was nothing if not
patriotic and loyal to the "Stars and
Stripes," and the stranger didn't get
shaved at that shop.— Danville Intel
ligencer.
STRAY PARAGRAPHS.
Dewey's feat will outlive him.
News from the front—first page.
Go at 'em Sampson, and duplicate
If you want to make the most of a
sponge, put it in water.
Fish are reported scarce at the
headwaters of Fishingcreek.
Nobody knows better how to cut a
frosted cake than the ice man.
The Market Street fountain is being
fitted up for the summer months.
Most public speakers smoke cigars,
and even tramps take the stump.
Be thoroughly American these days
and nail the colois to the lapel of
your coat.
If stolen dollars would burn there
would be a great many hot pockets.
The big bicycle parade arranged
for Monday evening was postponed.
Cause—mud.
The rain on Tuesday didn't do a
thing to '.he Daily's bulletin board
despatches.
That team of young preachers from
Selinsgrove was too much for the
Normals Saturday.
There is no disguising the color of
the ill fated battleship Maine, it was
"blew" from the bottom up.
The darkest scene we ever saw,
was a darkey in a dark cellar, with a
dark lantern looking for a black cat
that wasn't there.
We won't swear that the bell on
the Town Hall (we mean the fire
alarm) didn't ring Monday morning,
but we stood pretty close and didn't
hear it.
The Prohibitionists of Columbia
County will convenue for the purpose
of nominating a county ticket, elect
delegates to the State Convention,
elect Congressional, Senatorial and
Judicial conferees, at the Opera House
Catawissa, Thursday May 12, 1898.
The Convention will be addressed
by Dr. C. H. Mead, of New York
City. The choir of the Bloomsburg
Methodist Episcopal Church, under
the leadership of Prof. O. H. Yetter,
will furnish the music.
Your friends may smile
But that tired feeling
Means danger. It .
Indicates impoverished
And impure blood.
This condition may
Lead to serious illness.
It should be promptly
Overcome by taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla,
Which purifies and
Enriches the blood,
Strengthens the nerves,
Tones the stomach,
Creates an appetite,
And builds up,
Energizes and vitalizes
The whole system.
Be sure to get
Only Hood's.
ELECTION NOTICE.
Agreeably to the provisions of an act of As
sembly, pasud the 18th day of April, 175, the
annual miwlag of the stockholders of the
Bloomsbnrg Literary Institute and State Nor
mal Bchool of the Sixth District will bo held on
the first Monday of May. being May 8, 'B9B, be
tween the hours of two and four o'clock In the
afternoon or said day at the office of Normal
School In the Dormltoiy In the town of Bloomr
burg, Pu., at which time four persons will bo
elected Trustees on the part or the stockholders
to serve for a period or three years; at the Bame
time four persons will bo nominated to the
superintendent of Public Instruction, from
which he may appoint two trustees on the part
of the Bute to serve for a period of three years.
JOIIN M. CLAIIK,
4-SB-„e Secretary.
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Our Leaders For Spring. ■
Swell Spring Overcoats, new j Handsome Suits for Chil- Men's nobby spring all wool
shades, lap seams, well lined, (Jren. vestee styles, from Suits from
from
$7.00 j $1.65 $5.00
Remember our goods are ALL NEW, no old stock. Call and be sur
prised at what you can buy for little money at
Townsend's Star Clothing House.
JOHN STINER.
John Stiner died at his home on
Iron Street Tuesday morning, from a
paralytic stroke which he suffered
while working on the road about two
weeks ago. He was an ol 1 soldier
having served in Company F. na
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
He was an industrious, hard working
man. Mr. Stiner was aged about
sixty-two years. A wife and twelve
children survive. Funeral services
to-day at two o'clock.
Literary Note-
The May number of "Book News''
opens with a short story by Will N.
Harben—"The Rural Visitor." Mr.
Harben was for two years on the
editorial staff of the "Youths' Com
panion," which he left to travel
abroad. He is a Southerner. His pen
is prolific and well-guided. The plate
paper frontispiece is a portrait of
Owen Wister, a Philadelphia author,
whose Western stories, "Red Men
and White" and "Lin McLean," have
been widely appreciated. The regular
departments of "Book News" are
particularly full and rich, while "A
Half-Year's Fiction" conveniently
groups the new stories of tne first half
of the current year—telling of the
forthcoming as well as of those already
issued. "Book News" is five cents a
number, fifty cents a year—the most
liberal half dollar's worth known to
the browsers in literary fields. John
Wanamaker, Philadelphia and New
York.
Some Foolish People
Allow a cough to run until it gets be
yond the reach of medicine. They
often say, "oh, it will wear away," but
in most cases it will wear them away.
Could they be induced to try the suc
cessful medicine called Kemp's Balsatn
which is sold on a positive guarantee
to cure, they would immediately see
the excellent effect after taking the
first dose. Price 25 and 50c. TRIAL
SIZE FREE. At all druggists.
Quick Communication
Facilitates Business.
Use the LOCAL TELEPHONE
and Communicate.
Direct with persons in Berwick, Cata
wissa, Danville, Riverside, Rupert,
Willow Grove, Almedia, Lightstreet,
Lime Ridge, Mifflinville, Millville,
Rohrsbnrg, Nescopeck, Orangeville,
Stillwater and Benton. Also long
distance lines to nearly all the towns
in the different States. Rates reason
able. Local exchange over Postoffice.
CENTRAL PENNA. TELEPHONE
Jb SUPPLY CO.,
JOHN KEf.'YON, Manager.
Jurors for May Term of Oourt.
SECOND WEEK.
Bloomsburg—Oscar Lowenberg, A. B. Cath
cart. .Tames ItelUy.
Benton—B. F. Appleman.
Berwick—Adam Olaybcrger, Geo. A. Thomas,
G. A. Buckingham, Thomas Wilson, J. W.
Belles, T. It. Doan, Truman McAffee.
Catawissa—John It. Kline, Oran Gee.
< atawlssa twp.—Abraham Kaup.
Centralla—Edward Welsch.
conyngham—Michael Kelley, Thomas Knnis,
Flshlngcrcek—John Y. Allegar.
Greenwood John H. Sliultz.
Hemlock—William A. Miller, William Howell,
Msdlson—W. E. Smith, W. H. Helchart.
Mifflin— D. A. Hess, 11. w. Hess, C. W. Hess.
Montour—George Thomas, C. U. Eok.
Mt. Pleasant—W. T. Vance, Truman Omans,
William Wolf.
Orange—F. A. Ale.
Pine—Thomas Schlouch.
Scott—J. E. swelgart.
Sugarloat—S. E. Steadman, W. M. Brink.
GET YOUR
JOB PRINTING
DONE AT THE
COLUMBIAN OFFICE
A QUESTION
OF QUALITY AND VALUE
Set forth the argument for to-day's selling features. *No flimsy
imitations are tolerated in this store for the purpose of naming
alluring price- figures.
Lace Curtains. I Double faced sateen ribbon in
500 pairs strong comprise
the lot. An interesting item
to offer just at house cleauing
time. Perhaps for more inter
esting in actual saving than all
could understand without a
personal investigation.
This is an instance where
wholesale quantity buying dem
onstrates its value creating for
the customers.
45c pr., 65c, 75c, 79c, 98c,
sl, 1.25, 1.35, 1.50. 1.75, 2 00,
2.25, 2 75, up to $7.50.
Wash Goods.
Owing we suppose to climate
influence, have not been moving
fast enough to suit us. The
following prices will move them
even in the face of a backward
spring we think.
30 pieces of fine Organdie,
worth we put on sale
Wed. morning, April 27, at Bc,
Wrappers.
We will put on sale on Wed.
morning, a lot of ladies' wrap
pers, made of Simpson's silver
gray calico goods, worth SI.OO,
we will sell for 79c. Another
lot worth $1.25 go for 98c.
Ladies' Muslin
Underwear.
Three of the biggest bargains
ever offered in Bloomsburg go
on sale Wednesday morning.
Ladies' robes, worth 65c, at 48c.
" robes, " 50c, at 29c.
" drawers " 25c, at 19c.
Ribbons.
Our ribbon stock has never
been as large or as complete
as you will find it now.
Moire taffeta sash ribbon
5 in. wide, 30c , worth 50c., in
all the new shades for spring.
F, P, PURSEL,
East CORSER'S BLOOMSBOEB,
s " a e e". NEW SHOE STORE. I®,
LOOK IT OYER
See if you don't need a new pair of Shoes for dress or for
work, and then come here and examine goods and prices. Men's
solid, serviceable working and plow shoes at SI.OO and $1.25.
Dress shoes, wide and narrow toes, sl.lO, $1.25, $1.75.
These shoes for the quality and price is a eaviug to you of from
25c. to 50c. on each pair.
We invite the women and girls that wear sizes 13,1, 2or
3to look at our job lot of shoes at 79c. Were sold at $2 and
$3. See them in front of stoie.
CORSER'S
Schuyler's old hardware stand. BLOOMSBURCi*
all shades and widths. Striped
and plaid in all widths an d
shades at prices that will please
you.
Dress Goods.
A collection double the quan
tity and sorts that we have
hitherto sliown. Assortments
that will compare favorably
with any in the country. If
the largest variety to select
from at lowest prices will win
your trade, we are bound to
sell you your spring dress.
We offer one special lot this
week at 39c, worth 50c.
Lot 2 at 56c yd., worth 65c.
Lot 3 at 65c yd., worth 85c.
Dinner Sets.
We will put on sale Wed.
Apr. 27, 8 sets dishes, 100 pes.
in each set, goods that we can
guarantee, with neat decora
tions, at $7 48 a set.
Lot 2, 100 pieces for $9.76 set.
Lot 3, 100 pes. Johnson Bros.
porcelain at $10.48 set.
Lot 4, 100 pes. Johnson Broa
porcelain at sl2 50 sot.
Lot 5, 100 pes. Johnson Bros,
porcelain at $14.00 set.
Lot 6, 100 pes. Johnson Bros,
porcelain at $16.00.
Groceries.
In our Grocery Department
we will sell for the next ten
days, commencing April 27,
and we will sell until May 9,
one grade ot standard Rio cof
fee at 10c a lb.
Chase and Sanborn's coffee,
2 pounds for 25c.
Van Camp's baked beans,
prepared with tomato sauce, at
11c a can, a saving to you of
4c on each can you buy.