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BARGAIN IN
LIMES' BICYCLE BOOTS,
$1.29 per Pair.
WIDTHS, C. D and E.
W.C. McKINNEY,
No. 8 East Main Street.
THE COLUMBIAN.
* BLOOMSBURG, PA.
JENKS PttESENTS HIS VIEWS
CONTINTED FROM PAGE 4.
fortunes, is unworthy the suffrages
of a great, free, independent and
patriotic people.
It will not do in the face of trans
piring events for any political boss
to arrogate unto himself and his
immediate associates all the patri
otism in the land, and no political
boss and his supporters can success
fully use such a thin cloak to cover
up the mal administration and de
bauchery of our present state gov
ernment.
The corruption and profligacy of
the last two republican legislatures
cannot be successfully hidden from
the people in this campaign under
the slogan of "the war, protection
and sound money," for these mat-j
ters are not now in controversy in
this commonwealth, so far as the
same relates to national politics.
Every sensible republican must
regret this attempted imposition
npon the intelligent voters of the
state by the candidate on their tick
et for the highest office in the gift
of this people.
We will give the enemies of good
government and clean politics in
this state all the war they will want
before the next election and no
doubt but that they will change
their present tactics and cry for pro
tection from G' i-,saults upon their
corrupt profligate management of
the people's affairs long before our
waron them shall end on election
day.
Good government honestly and
economically administered in the in
terest of the whole people of our
state rathet iban in the interest of a
few political bosses is the one absorb
ing issne before tne people in this
campaign. Shall the people rule
their own affairs in their own way or
permit some unscrupulous political
boss to usurp their rights and power
to govern themselves ? What politi
cal boss has controlled and dominated
your Republican governor during the
last quarter of a century ? What poli
tical boss held and controlled the last
two Republican legislatures? What
political boss forced the election of a
U. S. senator in the last legislature ?
Under what political bosses are the
federal offices sold and bartered away
to the highest cash bidders throughout
.this state ? What political boss forced
the nomination of Col. W. A. Stone
for governor on the Republican ticket?
What political boss will own and
dominate this candidate in the event
of his election next November ? Is it
likely that he would refuse to do the
bidding of his political master ? By
what political boss is the next legisla
ture to be controlled ? Have the
people no rights that the political boss
is bound to regard and respect ? Are
our people no longer capable of self
government ? Are they unable to
look at thv..],. questions dispassionate
ly ? Is the time not at hand when the
people should rise up in their majesty
and throw ofi the yoke of the unscru
pulous political bosses, great and
small, nov. at the helm, and forever
crush out this pernicious, corrupt and
profligate luss system that has fasten
ed itself upon the body politic and
wholly bankrupted the commonwealth?
A public office is a public trust and
no man who does not so regard it has
a right to seek the support of the peo
ple. A puulic officer is nothing more
than the servant of the people during
the term for which he is elected. The
public good and the general welfare
of all the people, irrespective of party,
should therefore be his sole aim and
study during his term of office. He
has no right to set himself up as a
master, nor use his office to further
his own personal and political ends at
the expense of the public good. His
first duty is to the people who are his
masters. They are entitled to his
whole time, and he should therefore
familiarize himself with the duties of
his office and the routine of the public
business, and render the public faith
ful service in turn for the confidence
reposed in him. The people have a
right to have their affairs managed
and conducted in a business-like man
ner. The snmr business principles
that govern a prudent business man
in the conduct of his own private
affairs should be employed by him in
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j-., - - f*--,.
the conduct of the public business.
The Democratic party asks every
honest and conservative voter to close
ly scrutinize and most thoroughly
examine into the shortcomings, pecu
lations and extravagances ol the Re
publican management of the internal
affai r s ofour tax-ridden commonwealth
before he casts his vote at the next
November election, so that he may
be enabled intelligently to vote upon
the live issues involved in this con
test, and for a better and more frugal
government of our domestic concerns.
Under the shield of the cry of sup
port to the federal administration the
Republican party seeks a continuance
of the same extravagant aud corrupt
boss rule of our state government in
the interest and for the benefit of
those who are in the ring. We only
ask every intelligent voter to exercise
his own sound judgment upon these
matters and to ascertain for himself
which party ticket will most likely
serve the best tnterests of the whole
people, and to make up his own mind
in this particular as he would in any
ordinary business transaction and cast
his vote accordingly. jJVho amongst
the voters of our commonwealth would
continue a clerk in his employ after he
had betrayed his trust and proven him
self unfaithtul ?
It will be my pleasure to enter more
in detail the presentation and discus
sion of matters of vital public concern
and demonstrate to the satisfaction of
the voters every charge which I shall
make of extravagance and peculation
in the executive and legislative de
partments of our state government
under Republican rule. So far as I
am concerned this will be exclusively
a campaign of principles and not one
of personalities. The record of the
Republican officials speaks for itself
and it only remains for me to call the
attention of the public to it.
By their fruit ye shall know them.
In my discussion of public problems I
shall always remember the Biblical
injunctions: "Thou shalt not steal
nor bear false witness against thy
neighbor j" "Honesty is the best
policy}" "The truth is mighty and in
the end must prevail."
War Talk.
There is a vast deal of talk in cir
culation about the Santiago campaign.
Now that the men who took part in it
are coming home in considerable num
bers, stories innumerable are being
told, and comments of great vigor are
being exchanged. Everything that is
being said will presently find its way
into the newspapers ; for as soon as
peace is declared there will be no
further need of holding back anything
the communication of which will re
lieve any truthful person's mind.
There will be an immense amount of
censure of various representatives of
the government. It will not be pleas
ant, but it may be useful. It is for
the interest of the country that we
should all know in good time how the
war had been managed, how far poli
tical considerations have
with good appointments and effective
work, how far maladministration was
inevitable and due to a bad system
which the present administration in
herited, what was well done, and what
so badly done or so outrageously ne
glected that some one should suffer
for it. The military end of the war
will make a prodigious amount of
reading, considering how short a time
the was has lasted. The navy has
won glory enough to go around, but
the army hasn't. The army has won
glory of imperishable quality, but the
distribution of it is very unequal.—
Harper's Weekly.
THIRTY SECOND NATIONAL EN
CAMPMENT OF Q. A R AT OINOIN
NATI, 0,
Reduced Rates via Pennsylvania Railroad.
For the thirty-second National En
campment of G. A. R., to be held at
Cincinnati, 0., September 5 to 10,
1898, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany will sell excursion tickets at rate
of single fare for the round trip.
These tickets will be sold on Sep
tenfcer 3, 4, and 5, and will be good
to feave Cincinnati returning not
earlier than September 6 nor later
than September 13, except that by de
positing ticket with Joint Agent at
Cincinnati on September 5, 6, 7, 8, or
9, and on payment of twenty-five
| cents, return limit may be extended
so that passengers may remain at
Cincinnati until October 2.
4
i THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMBBURG, PA.
INSECURITY.
Every prop on whioh I letxu
vr Every earthly prop, I mean, jH
Of whose power I chance totaftflL ;f4
Fa J la mo when I need it mort. ?
; * Lover, brother, sister, friend*'
■, y - On whose nearness I depend, <©l
Those whose very presence gives ? f]
Strength by which my spirit W
Fall away by some mischance,
Death or other circumstance,
v v And I find myself indeed
Leaning on a broken reed. ""^•l3
" Tfocn those earthly fetters part, * A
AH these clasps around my heart , 4
Ps.ll away, and I am left n.**-#
Of life's sweetest joya bereft. UJ
To what depths of woe I drop,
Booking vainly for some prop jf
All sufficient to sustain tSKf £
One In loneliness and pain.
Like a drowning man I reach
Upward and for aid beseech.
"Help rae, Lordl" I cry and stand
Well supported by his hand.
Through the desert, through the tide.
He has promised to abide
Ever near; where'er I be<
Whispers gently, "Lean on rae."
Earthly tiea, how insecure!
Heavenly ties alone endure, -•*.*
And my idols nil were slain
That I might this knowledge gain.
—New York Lodger.
THEY GAVE THE BALLS.
And the People Danced to Pay the Debts
of Louis XIV,
• In 1712 Louis XIV favored tho Opera,
then established in the first salle of the
Palais Royal (there have been two)
with a special mansion for the better
accommodation of its administration,
archives and rehearsals. This hotel is
situated in the Rue Nicaise. The build
ing was generally designated under the
name of "Magasia," whence tho term
"Filles dn Magasin" (not "de mogn
sin") subsequently not only to the fe
male choristers and supers, but the fe
male dancers themselves. It so happen
ed that the king forgot to pay his archi
tects and workmen. In order to satisfy
them tho Chevalier de Bouillon conceiv
ed the idea of giving balls in tho opera
houso, for which idea he received un
annual pension of fi, 000 francs. Ho was
paid, but the king's debtors were not,
for, although the letters pnteut were
granted somewhere about the beginning
of 1718, not a single ball bad been given
when the most magnificent of the Bour
bon sovereigns descended to his grave.
One day, shortly after bis death,
d'Argenson, the then lieutenant of po
lice, was talking to Louis' nephew,
I Philippe d'Orleans, the regent. "Mon
| seigneur," he said, "there are people
who go about yelling that his majesty
| of blessed memory was a bankrupt and
: a thief. I'll have them arrested and
I have them flung into some deep under
ground dungeon." "You don't know
what you are talking about,," was tho
| answer. "Those people must bo paid,
I and then they'll cease to bellow." "But
I how, monseignenr?" "Let's give the
I bolls that were projected by Bouillon."
So said, so dono, and tho people danced
to pay Louis XlV's debts, as, aocording
to Shadwell, people drank to fill Charles
H's coffers:
The king's most faithful subjects we
In's service are not dull.
We drink to show our loyalty
And make his coffers full.
—London Saturday Review.
Chesterfield Superficiality.
Chesterfield's idea of excellence was
essentially superficial, for his praise of
solid acquirement and genuine princi
ple is always conpled with the assertion
.of their entire inutility if unaccompa
nied by grace, external polish and an
agreeable manifestation. He omits all
consideration of their intrinsic worth
and absolute dignity; their value to tho
individual, according to him, is wholly
proportioned to his skill in using them
in a sooial form.
In ono of his earlier letters to Philip
Stanhope ho writes: "What an advan
tage has a graceful speaker with geu
teel motions, a handsome figure, over
oue who shall speak full as much good
sense, bnt who is destitute of these or
naments. In business how prevalent are
the graces, how detrimental is tho want
of them I If you should not ucquire
manners, all tho rest will bo of little
use to yon. By manners I mean engag
ing, insinnating, shining mannors. a
distinguished politenoss, an almost ir
resistible address, a superior graceful
ness in all you say and do." He would
have maimers overlay individuality and
goes so far as to declare that a soldier
is a brute, a scholar, .a pedant and a
philosopher, a cynio without good breed
ing.—Gentleman's Magazine.
A Former Chinese Fleet.
It consisted chiefly of old junks which
had not been in the water for moro than
80 years. Daring this lengthened period
the sea had receded, and the land had
formed to the extent of more than a
mile, the consequence boing that these
ancient vessels wore high and dry, their
masts, sails and gear had rotted away
from the long exposure to tho sun and
rain, the paint had peeled from their
sides, and, in some qases, tho very
planking had been stolen for firewood.
—"Pioneering In Formosa," by W. A.
Pickering.
Moved Nine Million Pound..
American engineers have just per
formed a feat at Bismarck, N. D.,
which has never before been equaled.
It took them an entire year to make
their preparations, and when all was
rea^-they moved a pier of the Northern
Paoiflo railway bridge, weighing 9,000,-
000 pounds, about four feet in a few
minutes.
The allowonoe of tho lord mayor of
London, up to the mayoralty of Sir Sid
ney Waterlow in 1872, was $40,000 an
nually, bnt it was increased in tl|t
year to $60,000, at which sum ,l|, has
ever since remained.
There ib an American hotel
Porto Rioo. It is called the Grand. It
rests on piers set in the coral reef where
ceaseless spray from tho uoarby surf re
fleots rainbow tints in the sunlight.
TERMS FOR MANILA.
FULL TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT
REACHES WASHINGTON.
Spain's Troop* to Depart With All the
Honor, of War and Are Furinltted Deo
of Their (Juartera. onicern Retain Side
Arms, but Surrender Their Hortti,'
Washington, Aug. 22.—Thp war de
partment has posted the following ca
ble dispatch from General Merrltt, giv
ing the terms of the capitulation of
Manila:
Hong Kong, Aug. 20.
Adjutant General, Washington:
The following are the terms of the
capitulation:
The undersigned, having been ap
pointed a commission to determine the
details of the capltulntlon of the city
and defences of Manila and its sub
urbs and the Spanish forces stationed
therein, in accordance with agreement
entered into the previous day by Major
General Wesley Merrltt, U. S. A., Am
erican commander-in-cblef In the Phil
ippines, and his excellency Don Fermln
Juadenes, acting general-in-chier of the
Spanish army in the Philippines, have
agreed upon the following:
Firat —The Spanish troops, European
and native, capitulate with the city
and defences with all honors of war,
depositing their arms in the places des
ignated by the authorities of the Uni
ted States, remaining in the quarters
designated and under the orders of their
officers, and subject to the control of
the aforesaid United States authorities
until the conclusion of a treaty of peace
between the two belligerent nations. All
persons Included in the capitulation
remain at liberty, the remaining
In their respective homes, which shall
be respected as long as they observe
the regulations prescribed for their
government and the laws in force.
Second—Officers shall retain their
side arms, horses and private property.
All public horses and public property
of all kinds shall be turned over to
staff officers designated by the United
States.
Third—Complete returns In duplicate
of men by organizations and full lists
of public property and stores shall he
rendered to the United States within
ten days from this date.
Fourth—All questions relating to the
repatriation of the officers and men of
the Spanish forces and of their families
and of the expenses which said repa
triation may occasion shall be refer
red to the government of the United
States at Washington. Spanish fami
lies may leave Manila at any t'me con
venient to them. The return of the
arms surrendered by the Spanish for
ces shall take place when they evacu
ate the city and when the Spanish ar
my evacuates Cuba.
Fifth—Officers and men included in
the capitulation shall be supplied bv
this United States according to their
rank with rations and necessary aid as
though they were prisoners of war un
til the conclusion of a treaty of peace
between the United States and Spain.
All the funds of the Spanish treasury
and all other public tunds shall be
turned over to the authorities of the
United States.
Sixth—This city, its inhabitants, its
churches, its educational establish
ments and its private property of all
description are placed under the spec
ial safeguard of the faith and honor of
the American army.
F. V. GREENE, Brigadier General of
Volunteers, U. S. A.
B. L, LAMBERTON, Captain, United
States Navy.
CHARLES A. WHITTIER, Lieutenant
Colonel and Inspector General.
E. H. CROWDER, Lieutenant Colonqi
and Judge Advocate.
NICHOLAS DE LA FENA, Auditor
General.
CARLOS ROYES. Colonel de Ingenier
JOSE MARIA OLQUEN FELIA DE
ESTADO, Major.
MERRITT.
TAMPA AS A PERMANENT POST.
Troops In Cuba to Ba Acclimatized There
Tampa, Aug. 23.—There is every indi
cation that a permanent military post
will be established at Tampa, although
at present there are not one hundred
soldiers in the city. The site selected
for the post Is Camp Rodgers, where
all the heavy artillery Is encamped. It
Is a beautiful location, high and with
dry soil at all times, and the govern
ment haß established a pumping sta
tion and laid pipes throughout the
camp. Two regiments of soldiers will
be kept here, it is thought, at all times,
getting them acclimated for service in
Cuba for garrison purposes.
The last of the artillery batteries left
Tampa yesterday, the last of the in
fantry, the Fifth United States, hav
ing left on Saturday night for Santiago.
The Signal Corps detachment will send
up a balloon this afternoon and photo
graphs Will be taken of Tampa bay
for the use of the war department. A
few men are still here In the hospitals,
and the quartermaster's department
has at least 2,000 horses and mules, and
COO large army wagons quartered here,
which will be kept until winter, when
they will in' all probability be sent to
Cuba.
Cubans will leave by the hundreds
this week for Cuban ports, as several
sailing vessels are now taking on mer
chandise and will also carry passen
gers.
A Convention of Bankets.
Denver, Aug. 24.—The twenty-fourth
annual convention of American bank
ers association, was called to order In
this city at 10 o'clock yesterduy morn
ing by President Joseph O. Hendrlx
of New York. After prayer by Chan
cellor McDowell of tlie Denver Univer
sity and the usual roll call. Governor
Adams, on behalf of the state, welcom
ed the bankers.
Vietrolons Chin, ,* Rebels.
San Francisco, Aug. 23.—News has
Just reached here from the Orient that
early In July there was a battle be
tween the rebels at Wu Chow and the
Imperial Chinese troops, in which the
former were victorious. Over 1,500 of
the troops were slain and their bodies
thrown into the river. ,
The Tonnls Championship.
Nelqport, R. 1„ Aug. 24.— Malcolm D.
Whitman won the national lawn ten
nis championship here yesterday by de
feating DAqL*.
Pennsylvania Hews.
—Allegheny County will have a
new insine asylum, to cost $225,000,
at YVoodville.
—A piece of iron falling on young
John Bowen, at the North Mahanoy
colliery on Friday broke his skull.
—hjercy Hospital of Wilkes-Barre.
has offered its accommodations for
the care of sick and wounded soldiers.
—While walking with a companion
on the railroad near Glen Onoko
William Murphy of Wilkes Barre was
killed by a train on Monday.
—An area of about 400 feet square
over mine workings, in the 'lower part
ot Carbondale caved in Monday.
Great Grangers' Picnic for 1898. 25th
Year, Bilver Jubilee.
The great Grangers' Picnic for 1898
will be held at Williams' Grove, Pa.,
August, 29th to September 3d. From
inquiries and contracts received, the
display of farm machinery and imple
ments, also of horticultural and live
stock, promises to exceed any exhi
bition yet held. The camp will be
fully up to the standard, all the old as
well as many new cottagers have al
ready engaged quarters.
THE BROADWAY.
The Last Week of
DAILY
SPECIAL SALES
Week commencing August 26th.
FRIDA Y, A UGUST 2 (sth.
Special Sale of Laundry Soaps for one
day only.
I.enox Soap, lopes. for 25c, $2.50 a box
Sunshine soap, 10 pes. for 20c, $2.00 a box
Grandma's Washing Powder, 4!!). packages,
2 packages for 25c.
Soapine, ( 10 papers for 25c
SA TURD A V, AUG US T 27///.
Special Sale of Ladies 1 Muslin Un
derwear for one day only.
Joe Night Dresses at 42c
50c Drawers . at 39c
•ft 1 Chemise at 75c
All lines cut in price for this sale.
MONDA Y, A UG UST 29 / A.
Special Sale of Stationery and School
Supplies for one day only.
Lead Pencils, 3c ado?, and upwards
Slate Pencils, 15 for le, 10 for tc and up
Tablets, I, 2, 3, 4c each and upwards
Students' note books, 2 and 4c ea
Book Straps, 2 and 4c ea
Pencil boxes, Erasers, Slates. Ink Paper,
Envelopes, Books, and all kinds of Sta
tionery and School Supplies at cut prices
for this sale.
TUESDA F, AUGUST 7,oth.
Special Sale of Brushes for one day
only.
Tooth Brushes, Ilair Brushes, Scrub Brush
es, Dust Brushes, Horse Brushes, Paint
Brushes, White Wash Brushes, Cloth
Brushes, Shaving Brusnes, and every
thing in the brush line at special prices
for this sale.
WEDNESDA Y, A UG UST 7,lst
Special Sale of Canton and Wool
Flannels and Blankets for one day
only.
Canton Flannels, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8c yd
Wool Flannels at 16c yd. and upwards
Special white domet flannel, 3jc yd
Blankets of all kinds reduced for this sale.
THURSDA Y, SEJ'T. Ist.
Special Sale of Window Shades for
one day only.
Felt Window Shades on spring rollers com
plete, 3 for 25c.
Oilcloth Window Shades on spring rollers
complete at 19c ea.
Watch these sales. There is money
in them for you—but none for us.
Respectfully Submitted to the
Jash Trade Only by
THE 5151? m STORE,
Mover's New Euilding, Main Street,
BLOOMSBURG.
Shoe
Bar
gains
To close out quickly several
small lots of
-SHOES-
We will give decided bar
gains during the month
of July.
W. H. floore.
COR. SECOND AND IRON STS.
JQNAS LONG'S SONS*
WEEKLY OHATS.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
Thursday, Aug. 25th, 189&.
Such mighty selling in August
9 without parallel.
This business follows its own
eadership.
None other to follow.
So this business breaks even its
jwn great record at every point of
:omparison.
Never so many goods to sell.
Never so many bargains to offer.
Never so low prices on superior
goods.
No matter what you need in the
ivay of goods, you will find it to
vour advantage to write to us or
to look us through before invest
ing your money in any other store.
Vour inspection here always finds
the same goods for less money or
better goods for thk same money,
•md at all times lower than else
where.
A most remarkable and baauti-
Tul sight is the great Cyclorama
intitlcd "The last night of the
aattleship Maine" in Havana Har
aor. For those who have never
;een a battleship, it will give the
t>est idea of what one is like and
low this fated battleship looked be
ore it was destroyed by the enemy.
Morro Castle is seen in the distance
ind it is surely one of the most
ojautiful panoramos illuminated by
hundreds of incandescent lights
On Friday last we opened this in
teresting show on our second floor
and without exaggeration we
;an state that fully 5,000 people
:ame through rain and storm to see
it. Saturday's crowds were even
greater and many could not get
near near it. For those who could
lot get here last week, we will con
:inue the exhibition this week so
, r oi! will have another chance to
sec it. Bring the children too.
Music every morning and evening.
DOMESTICS.
Pienty for Everybody at Prices
None Can Approach.
Best 50 Shirting Prints, all
new designs, per yard 3 C
Yard wide unbleached Mus
in, 5c quality 2iP
Best unbleached Muslin .. 54 c
40-inch unbleached Muslin,
3c kind 5Jc
Yard wide Hill muslin .... 51c
Regular I2jc Outing Flan
nels, per yard gc
BLANKETS.
10-4 White Blankets 33 tf
10-4 Rainbow Blankets, al
ways $1.25 75c
10-4 white Wool Blankets,
the $3.00 kind, this week . .$2.25
10-4 Fine California grey
Woolen Blankets, the $3.50
kind, this week $2.75
Fine Silkaline Comforta*-
bles, all new designs, extra
well filled and fluffy, special at
$1.19. $1.50. sl.7s
Best toe blue striped Tick
ing, now gc
Our 17c Ticking, now ... -121 c
LINENS.
58-inch half bleaclied Table
Linen, new patterns, per yard..29 c
Unbleached Linen Towel
ing, worth ioc, per yard (jjc
Large size Turkish Towels,
15c kind, each XO C
SHOES.
Men's $1.50 Mining Shoes. . 98 c
Children's $1.50 Tan and
Black Kid and Button Shoes.. 98 c
Men's $2.00 Satin Calf Lace
and Congress Shoes $1.27
Ladies' . $2.00 Oxford
Ties $1.47
Special Sale of Black Dress Goods.
720 yards of 42-inch wide
All Wool French Dress Serge
and Black Henriettas, price
should be 49c, for this sale, per
yard 29 c
987 yards of 44-inch wide
French Surah Serge, Drap de
Ete and French Henriettas, jet
or blue black, splendid value at
6ye., for this sale 4.9 C
1,165 yards of 4.5-inch Black
Wool Storm Serge and Black
Wool Granite Cloth, steam
shrunken and guaranteed not
to spot, a remarkable value... 69 s '
poo yards of 45-inch Black
Figured Bourbons and Otto
mans, with high silk finish, ab
solutely fast black, regular
value $1.25, for this sale g9<
700 yards of Black English
Mohair Brilliantine, 45 inches
wide, would be a big value at
75c., for this sale 59°
c&m\
Wfkes-Barre, Pa,