WASHINGTON. From our Regular Correspondent. WASHINGTON, NOV. 17th, 1898. It is known that Mr. McKinley feels very keenly the rebuke adminis tered to Algerism by the voters of the country at the Congressional elec tions, and probable that if he had it all to do over again, he would not be willing to stand sponsor for Alger. The first Cabinet meeting after the election was a very mournful affair s it lasted nearly four hours and was devoted entirely to attempts to ex tract a few crumbs of comfort from the result in the few states in which the republicans held their own, and from the fact that they will have a majority in the Senate of the next Congress. The mourners are feeling a little better now, over the probabi lity that the republicans will by the skin of their teeth barely hold control of the next House, but they are afraid to count too much even upon that little, for fear that the official count, necessary to determine the result in a number of ciose districts, will leave the republicans in a minority. When all the circumstances connect- , ed with the campaign are taken into consideration, and the vote cast is compared with that of '96, it will be seen that this week's elections were a great triumph for the democratic party—a triumph that was really ex- [ traordinary in the face of the ob stacles which confronted the party. . It seems incredible almost that an ( administration which had the undivid- , ed support ot the country in fighting , to a triumphant close a foreign war should have so soon forfeited and lost ( so much of that support, although all , sorts of appeals, ranging from patriot- ( ism to cupidity, were used to retain it. ( If the democratic party maintains its present aggressive attitude, it will surely win the Presidential election two years hence. Senator Jones, of Ark., chairman , of the Democratic National Commit- < tee, does not regard the election of Roosevelt as a serious loss to the 1 democracy of the country. On the 1 contrary, he talks as though he be- 1 lieved it would be decidedly benefi- 1 cial. He says the democratic leaders | in New York went estray on the ] party platform and that he regards 1 the defeat of the party in that state 1 as the legitimate reward of straddlers , and piecemeal politicians. There are - many other democrats who are not 1 sorry that the party failed to carry | New York, some for one reason and some for another, but the most of them because they think that Tam many should be satisfied with the con trol of the party in the city of New York and not seek to control in state and national affairs. They say that if Van Wyck had been elected gover nor, Mr. Crocker would have attemp ted to control the National conven tion, in 1900, and that such attempts bring nothing but injury to the party. There were several surprising things connected with the testimony of Gen. Lawton, who commanded a division of Shafter's army, in the Santiago campaign, which was taken by a sin gle member of the Commission—Col. Denby. His testimony, as a whole did not square with things he had said to Gen. Miles, and which Miles had repeated to others, and he has said since testifying that he did not tell some things he knew. All these things have resulted in a determina tion to give Lawton another chance to testify when the whole Commission will be present. Capt. Clark Howell, of the commission, is said to have information that will enable him to make the cross-examination of Law ton interesting. Some other interest ing things are likely to be uncovered by the Commission, now that the ad ministration does not feel called upon to keep them quiet for fear of their effect upon the elections. Individuals who thought they were to be perman ently protected by the administration are likely to be found guilty of short comings and punished therefor. The report of Gen. Miles, now in the hands of Secretary Alger, ought to be interesting reading to the Commission, if it really wishes to get at the bottom of things. It contains some pointers that would not have to be followed State of Ohio, City of Toledo,") Lucas County. J Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm wili pay the sum ot one hundred dol .ars for each and every case of ca tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in mypresence, this sixth day of De cember, A. D. 1896. A. VV. GLEASON, J SEAL |- t-wy—•> Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best, im very far by the Commission before pay dirt would be reached. Gen. Shafter has been ordered to come to Washington to testify before the Com mission. The Peace Commission had anoth i ct; joint powwow, at Paris, this week, but they are still mining in the air and not ready to get down to business. As soon as the price we are to pay Spain tor the Philippines, is agreed upon, Mr. McKinley will notify the Commission to settle the business. I he eminent gentleman, represent ing the U. S., Canada and England, who have for about a year been hold ing occasional meetings for the pur pose ot trying to draw up a treaty settling the numerous disputes we have with Canada, and incidentally drawing high pay for themselves, are now in session iu Washington. School Statistics- Statistics of education recently col lected show that the public schools in the United States have an enrollment of 14,465,371. All of them do not go to school every day, the average daily attendance being 9,747,015 children. To teach these requires the services of 400,325 instructors, of whom 130,366 are male, and 269,959 are female. There are 240,968 school houses, and the value of all school property is $455,948,164. The cost of the public schools is $181,453,780 per year, or 2 61 per capita of popula tion. For each pupil it costs $18.62. On the basis of these and other figures the assertion is made that the United States, with but one-twentieth the population of the world, within her confines has one-third of the world's school children, and spends one-half of the amount spent by the world for education. Can It Be True? An exchange whose editor has been married four times and has a house full of grown up daughters says : "There are women who are comely, there are women who are homely, though be careful how the latter thing you say. There are women who are wealthy, there are women who are healthy, there are women who will have their own way. There are wo men who are truthful, there are wo men who are youthful—were there ev er any women who are old ? There are women who are sainted, there are wo men who are worth their weight in gold. There are women who are tender, there are women who are slender, there are women who are large, fat and red. There are women who have married, there are women who have tarried, tnere are women who are talkless—but they're dead. Bishop M'Govern's Successor. A successor to Right Rev. Thomas McGovern, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., who died a few months ago, will shortly be chosen by the Vatican. As is usual in such cases, three names have been sent to Rome. They are Very Rev. John J. Koch, D. D., vicar general of the diocese and pastor of St. Edward's church at Shamokin, Pa. ; Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Kennedy, of Overbrook, Pa., and Rev. Michael J. O'Reilly, of St. Joseph's church, Danville, Pa Father Koch is a German and an old friend of Monsignor Schroeder. The names were submitted in the order named, but this order is not always followed in making appointments, and it is the opinion of those well inform ed that the choice will probably fall on Rev. Father O'Reilly. 1899 Columbia Calendar- The Pope Mfg. Co., of Hartford, Conn., has issued the Columbia Desk pad Calendar for 1899. This handy reminder has been foryears one of the most pleasing of special advertising features. We note that the new cal endar is very similar in design and make-up to the 1898 calendar, although it has more artistic covers and is more profusely illustrated. Any person may obtain a copy by applying to the nearest Columbia deal er or by sending five 2-cent stamps to the Calendar Department, Pope Mfg. Co., Hartford, Conn. Mo Slampß Necessary. Percival H. Boltz, Secretary of the American Hose Company, Pottsville, some time ago wrote to the Internal Revenue Department for information regarding the placing of internal rev enue stamps on orders issued by that company. He has just received an answer, in which it is stated that "if said order is simply used by the treas urer as a voucher and is not given to the payee to present for payment, it is not subject to the stamp tax." This is applicable to all societies. "1 love my country," exclaimed the Patriot, and I know no north, no south, no east, no west!" Many cheered wildly; not so the ! Ordinary Person. "I love," observed the Ordinary | Person, with a hard, bitter smile, "red liquor with substancially equal results." THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. Quaint and Ourious- The strength of two horses equals that of fifteen men. In Costa R'ca. canary birds, bull finches a.ul paroquets are special table dainties. It is said that ,I*l organized system of charity prevailed among the Egyp tains 2500 years B. C. Pet dogs in London, England, wear chamois shoes when in the hiuse. to protect polished floors from scratches. Over a hundred persons disappear in London, England, every year with out leaving the slightest trace behind. The paper church at Bergen, Nor way, is made waterproof by a coating of quicklime, curdled milk and white of egg. The ancient custom of putting a coin in the hand of the dead is still occasionally followed in the rural dis tricts of France. At the begining of a recent thunder storm, electrified drops were observed that cracked faintly on reaching the ground and emitted sparks. While the wedding service is pro ceeding in Japan the bride kindles a torch and the bridegroom lights a fire from it and burns the wife's playthings. A curious remedy for sleeplessness is used by the inhabitants of the Sam oan islands. They confine a snake in a hollow bamboo and the hissing sound emitted by the reptile is said to quick ly induce slumber. The latest fad of a certain class of fashionable ladies in Paris is to scent themselves by the means of hypodermic injections. This is of course the folly of women who have money and no oc cupation to keep their minds from eccentric doings. The custom of scent ing the breath with drugs injected under the tongue is by no means new, and the later practice is a development of it. If American women, so many of whom also have money and nothing to interest the better part ofthe mind, insist on following the Paris example, let them be wise enough to see that the apparatus is thoroughly cleansed with carbolic acid and so made asep tic. One can fancy no surer way of disseminating disease even if the solu tions injected are harmless except to the noses of those who don't like a woman reeking with perfumes. Some interesting deductions may be drawn from the October imports of diamonds, cut and uncut, for the years 1897 and 1898. Last year the cut stones reached $684,878; in 1898, $945,593. The uncut stones were val ued at $489,985 for 1897 and $837,- 810 for 1898. The great increase in importations would seem to indicate, firstly, a much greater surplus in the hands of purchasers to invest in one of the most useless of luxuries. In the second place, the enormous increase in the uncut stones imported would indicate a great development in the 1 diamond cutting industry in America. The school directors of Honesdale have begun a bitter crusade against cigarette dealers ot that place who have been selling them to school child ren. At their last meeting the motion was unanimously passed: That if evi dence is presented to the board that any person in Honesdale has sold cigareltes to any pupil under the age of 16 years, such person will be proe cuted as per act of the Legislature cf 1889. A conflict of arms," he said, "is a terrible thing." "Of course," she replied' blushing prettily, "and so inexcusable, too. I hold that the disposition a man makes of his arms is none of a girl's business." THE ILLS OF WOMEN And How Mrs. Pinkham Helps Ovorcome Them. Mrs. MARY BOIAINGF.R, 1101 Marianna St., Chicago, 111., to Mrs. Pinkham: "I have been troubled for the past two years with falling of the womb, leucorrhoea, pains over my body, sick headaches, backache, nervousness and weakness. I tried doctors and various remedies without relief. After taking two bottles of your Vegetable Com pound, the relief I obtained was truly wonderful. I have now taken several more bottles of your famous medicine, and can say that I am entirely cured." Mrs. HENRY DORR, NO. 808FindleySt., Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham : " For a long time I suffered with chronic inflammation of the womb, pain in abdomen and V jaring-down feeling. Was very nervous at times, and so weak I was hardly able to do any thing. Was subject to headaches, also troubled with leucorrhoea. After doc toring for many months with different physicians, and getting no relief, I had given up all hope of being well again when I read of the great good Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound was doing. 1 decided immedi ately to give it a trial. The result was simply past belief. After taking four bottles of Vegetable Compound and using three packages of Sanative Wash I can say I feel like a new woman. I deem it my duty to announce the fact to my fellow sufferers that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable remedies have entirely cured me of all my pains and suffering. I have her alone to thank for my recovery, for which I am grate ful. May heaven bless her for the 1 good work she is doing for our sex." An Editor Loose, This is the way the editor feels when he does his sentiment in blank verse: "I would five from tile c.ty's rule and law—from its fashions and forms cut loose—and go where the straw berry growsoll its straw and the goose berry grows on its goose ; where the catnip tree is climbed by the cat as she dutches for her prey—the guile less and unsuspecting rat on the rat tan bush at play ; i will catch with ease the saffron cow and the cowlet in their glee, as they leap in joy from bough to bough on the top of a cow slip tree ; and list while the partridge drums his drum and the woodchuck chucks his wood, and the dog devours the dogwood plum in the primitive solitude. "O let me drink from the moss grown pump, that was hewn from the pumpkin tree 1 Eat mush and milk from a rural stump, from folly and fashions free—new gathered mush from the mushroom vine, and milk from the milkweed sweet—with pine apple from the pine. And then to the whitewashed dairy I'll turn, where the dairymaid hastening hies, her ruddy and golden red butter to churn from the milk of her butterflies ; and I'll rse at morn with the earliest bird, to the fragrant farmyard pass, and watch while the farmer turns his herd of grasshoppers out to grass.— Pacific Union. LABOR NOTES. Ireland has 100 woolen manufactor ies. 'Frison shipwrights get $5 for nine hours work. Duluth lumber handlers get 50 cents an hour. It costs SIOO to counterfeit a union label in Illinois. San Francisco plasterers have de manded $4 per day. Unionists operate six co operative window glass plants. The union label must be on all Nashville city printing. The percentage of successful strikes of workmen is greater this year than ever before. Constipation Causes fully half the sickness In the world. It retains the digested food too long in the bowels and produces biliousness, torpid liver, lndl- Hood's gestion, bad taste, coated ■ ■ ■ tongue, sick headache, In- _ I I A somula, etc. llood's Pills 111 cure constipation and all its results, easily and thoroughly. 25c. All druggists. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparllla. HUMPHREYS' WITCH HAZEL OIL C Piles or Hemorrhoids Fissures & Fistulas. Burns & Scalds. I I Wounds & Bruises. Cuts & Sores. Boils & Tumors. Eczema & Eruptions. Salt Rheum & Tetters. E Chapped Hands. Fever Blisters. Sore Lips & Nostrils. Corns & Bunions. Stings & Bites of Insects Three Sizes, 25c, 50c. and SI.OO. Sold by druggists, or Bent post-paid on receipt of price msrilltCVS' 31KD. CO., 11l A 118 William Ht., Hew Torfc. MAM ■■ Cattle hides and all IH ■■ Amm. m kinds of skins whole r AM Ml for ROBES & RUGS. II I" IflM Soft, light, moth- H k AIM IM proof. Getoar tan ™ ™ . circular.- We make frlfllan, coon and galloway far coats and robes. If your dealer don't keep them get catalogue from us. ,We also do Taxidermy andllcad Mounting, i CROSBY FRISIAN FUR CO.; 4 110 MILL STREET, ROCHESTER, N, YJ 10-ST-U-d THE DEVELOPMENT of Bloomsburg, notwithstanding the late fi nancial and business depression. HAS BEEN PHENOMINAL. Is permanence and prosperity are now as sured. The Bloomsburg I.and Improvement Com pany now offers for sale the most desirable lots for residences and business purposes to be had in this town, at moderate prices and upon easy terms. ASMALLPAYMENT down and small monthly payments thereafter will secure a lot. Those purchasers desiring to build, and own Ihetr own homes the company will as sist by advancing the monev there on. WHY PAY RENT when you can own your own home ? Factory Sites Givpn Away. Maps of the town and our plotted prop erty furnished on application. Bloomsburg Land Improvement Company. J. S. WOODS, N. U. FUNK, Sales Agent. Secretary. io-6-6mos. If you want lithographed bonds ! certificates of stock, checks, drafts I diplomas, or any thing in that line I the COLUMBIAN office can furnish them. See samples. I I Jjo Remember me | m 2\MW*I Via Jj|JF PLUG I A mSm Remember the name 2 I When anything suddenly recalls the happy W days of childhood ("when this you see, remem- jg* ber me") —we are kindly disposed toward it, 2E but when this sentiment is associated with some- X A thing that we know (Battle Ax) and have Z # known daily and hourly—for years perhaps—it m 9 strengthens the bond of confidence and satisfaction. 9 JJ Ask anyone who has chewed Battle Ax —if 9 X he would change for any other brand. Y X No matter what brand you have been chew- X £ ing—Battle Ax is better 1 0 2 pemember the name 2 %I v when you buy again. S Demorest's FAMILY Magazine flMji s|oo A YEAR. The subscription price of K Is reduced to SI.OO a Year. nomnrocl'c contains more matter, artistic, scientific, so- UemureSl S cial and practical, than any other one mag- BBaaMa^^j HaHßahana azine contains. It is a magazine for the whole family. It gives as much general matter as an exclusively literary magazine. It treats household topics as fully as a strictly domestic journal It gives as much interesting matter lor young people as a strictly young people's pub lication. It gives as much fashion news as a strictly fashion paper. It is beautifully printed, illustrated, and carefully edited. neiiiorrnt'H Mairnzlne Fashion Department Is In every way far ahead of that con tained In arty other publication. Subscribers are entitled each month to patterns of the latest fashions In woman's attire, ul no coat to theiu other than that necessary for postage and No "Better Christmas Gift can be made. Hemlt by money order, registered letter, or check, to , DEMOREST'S MAGAZINE, no FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY. C ONLY $1.75 FOR ( Great Clubbing Offer For ) The Columbian and ) Prompt Subscriptions] Demorest's Family Magazine. ) ■ wuui H W arwo. send your subscriptions to this Office. t You can save money on Pianos and Or gans. You will always find the largest stock, best makes and lowest prices. PIANOS. From $175.00 and Upwards. ORGANS, From $50.00 and Upwards We sell on the installment plan. Pianos, $25.00 down and SIO.OO per month. Or gans, SIO.OO down, $5.00 per month. Lib. eral discount for cash. Sheet Music, at one half price. Musical merchandise of all kinds. We handle Genuine Singer High Arm SEWING MACHINES, $5.00 down and $3.00 per month. We also handle the Demorest Sewing Machine, from •$19.50 and upwards. Sewing Machine Needles and Oil for all makes of Sewing Machines. Best makes of WASH MACHINES, FROM $4.00 UP TO $9.00. J. SALTZER. ar Music Rooms—No. 115 West Main St., below Market, Bloomsburg, Pa. 3ml 1-3 SOUTH. 11. & 8 H. K. NORTH ABRIVI. LRAVR am a.m. pm p.m. STATIONS, am pm pmiam 7.10 11.<5 6.30 8.15 Uloomstm'g. 8.84 * 411 645 6.10 7.08 11.40 0.86 8. 0 '• P. HP. 8.86 8.48 6.47 7.63 11.87 6.84 8.06 " Main St.. 8.88 8.4> 6.60 6,63 11.27 6.18 1 60 I'aper Mill. 8 48 8.54 7XI I ".37 6.50 11.28 6.08 1.46 ..Light St. 8.52 8.79 7.05 4.60 6.40 11 18 5.69 1.30 Orangevll'e. 9.02 3.10 7.14 7.10 688 11.0) 5.48 1.00 .Forks ... 9.10 3.20 7.84 7.35 6.85 11.00 5.44 18.68 .. .Z inei'a... 9.14 3.5417.88 7.46 6.18 10 65 5.87 18.46 .Stillwater. 9.20 3.80 7.83 8.00 808 10.45 5.87 2.3 ...Henton.... 9.80 8.40 7.48 8.80 004 10 4" 5 28 18.10 .. . KdSOnV.,.. 9.34 3.44 7.47 8.40 808 10.38 5 20 18.06 .COle'S Cr'k. 9.87 8.47 7.51 8.46 668 10.88 5.18 11.58 ..Laubacb.. 9.47 3.67 8.01 9.00 5.43 10.88 6.03 11.45 ...Central... 9.67 4.07 8.11 9.85 Mi 10.80 5.00 11.30 .Jam. City.. 10.00 4.10 N. 15 9.85 am am pupa ampmpmam SIAVI ARRIVE RAILROAD TIME TABLE DELAWA RE,LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD BLOOMSBURG DIVISION. In Effect AUtfuat Ist, 1898. aT AT 10 i*b. EAoT. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. NOBTHUMBBRLAND • • 625 1.60 10 00 660 Cameron 6 38 6 03 Chulusky 648 6 07 Danville 66u 212 10.21 6 18 Catawlaaa 708 226 10 82 6 28 Kupert 709 9 81 10 80 6 83 DlOOmsOurg 710 2 36 10 41 639 ~ 242 10 46 6 46 Lime Willow Oi'OVe < 34 2 52 6 66 BrlarcreeK - 788 .... 700 Berwick 754 301 11 04 706 Beach Uaven.MM. 7tß 807 .... 712 I Hick's Ferry 801 313 . . 725 I Shlckshlnuy 614 924 11 *lO 7 37 I Hunlock'B... 6*l 334 7 48 Nantlcoke 635 3-*2 11 45 7 56 AVODdttle 3 40 8 46 8 Ot I Plymouth 645 351 11 52 800 i Plymouth Junction 860 3 55 s 11 I Kingston 857 4 02 12 < 0 8 18 Bennett OJ 4 oa 8 21 Forty Fort 03 4 10 8 24 tw 4 16 12 08 8 28 West Plttaton 912 421 ..... aBJ Busuuehanna Ave 9 lft 424 12 14 885 plttaton *9 154 17 340 Duryea - 923 434 ft 44 Lackawanna #*6 <B7 6 48. Taylor - < •••• 8j Bellevue *6O • •••> ■ STATIONS. WEST. A.M. A.M. r.M.r. H. SCHANTON ........ 800 10 05 165 6 Bellevue 6 06 TaVior - 610 1015 80S .ISO lackawanna 618 loiw Biu 55W Duryea 688 10 86 818 60S Plttaton 688 10 41 8 1? 606 Susquehanna Ave 689 10 85 880 610 Wert Plttaton 686 10 89 884 614 Wyoming 641 10 44 88# 819 Forty Fort 6 48 Bennett 660 10 52 886 680 Kingston' 666 10 56 142 636 Plymouth Junction 700 .... 247 .„... Plymouth 704 11 05 862 648 Avondale ...... 709 ... 857 647 Nantlcoke 714 UlB 802 #£o BuDlOCk'a 780 11 19 810 653 Slilokahlnny 781 11 80 824 710 Hlck'a Ferry 744 11 48 88S 786 Beach Haven ... 758 11 48 848 738 [ Berwick 800 11 54 849 73 8 Brlaroreek .. 806 .... 856 ..... 1 willow Grove 810 12 04 859 749 I Lime RldgO 814 12 1 9 404 IBS ) Bapy 821 18 15 411 gOO Bloomaburg 828 18 28 417 B'OT Rupert 684 19 87 488 61 3 r Catawlaaa 640 18 88 42V 818 ) Danville 865 12 47 448 884 ) cnulaaky „ 449 ... 5 Cameron „.... 906 It 67 454 8 4 1 NOBTHCMBBKLAND 980 110 618 9 0 ) A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M } Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia a 1 Heading Railroad lor Tamancnd, Tamaqua 9 \VllHamsport, Sunhury, Potibvllle, etc At I) Northumberland with P. AE. Dlv. P. A R. for 5 Harrleburg, Lock Haven, Emporium Warren. 5 Corry and Erie. i W. F, HALLBTEAD, Gen. Man., i Scranton, Pa. 3
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