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ESTABLISHED 1866.
®Uf (fotoraftia gnuocrat,
ESTABLISHED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 18(19.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
Hloomsburt;, the County seat ot Columbia
County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EL WELL EDITOR.
D. J. TASKED, LOCAI. EDITOR.
GEO. 0. ROAN, FOREMAN.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
Bloomsbui'E, Pa.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, IS9B.
Dr. Silas C. Swallow, late Prohibi
;ion candidal e for Governor, and edi
tor of the Harrisburg Commonwealth,
has secured a new trial in the libel
suit brought in the Dauphin county
criminal courts by John C. Delaney,
and others.
Five bills of indictment have been
presented by the gtand jury, which
found true bills against United States
Senator M. S. Quay, his son Richard
R. Quay, and Ex-State Treasurer,
Benjamin J. Haywood, for "conspir
acies and executed conspiracies" and
against Ex-Treasurer Haywood for
loaning public money and entering in
to an agreement to loan public mon
eys in his capacity as State Treasurer.
The defendants will appear before
Judge Gordon to-day to be arraigned
and plead to the indictments.
Wanamaker savs he will continue to
wage his war against Quay, and has
issued a vigorous statement in refer
ence to the announcement made by
Senator Quay of his candidacy for re
election to the United States Senate.
He says the recent election is a most
significant rebuke and defeat ot Sena
ator Quay and all he represents. His
candidate for Governor received a mi
nority of votes cast for that office, and
is only elected because the opposition
was not solidified upon a single candi
date. Colonel Stone is not the choice
of the majority of the voters of Penn
sylvania. Significant above all is the
result of the election of members of
the General Assembly. The next Leg
islature will be composed of 25 < mem
bers; ot these at least 153 are expressly
commissioned by the people and pledg
ed to vote against Senator Quay, and
not more than 90 can in any contin
gency justfy a vote for his re-election.
Wanamaker meets Quay on his offer
of $lO,OOO for the convictiop of any
bribery in Senatorial fight and goes
him one better, by offering $20,000
for the same object.— Ex.
INTRICACIES OF THE BALLOT.
An Effort to be Made to Have it Conform More
to the Australian System.
The intricacies of the present ballot
system have made it most unpopular,
even with the politicians. The Penn
sylvania Ballot Reform Association,
which has been loud in its protests
against it, is now preparing a number
of suggestions to be presented at the
next Legislature. These suggestions
involve the abolition of the party col
umn, which will, it is believed, afford
greater secrecy, as the man who "cuts"
his ballot will not be so easily detected.
Another suggestion is the provision
that the voter shall be absolutely alone
when he marks his ballot.
The purport of the suggestions will
be to secure a system akin to the Ahs
tralian system, under which the candi
dates' names are printed in groups
under the caption of the office for which
they contest. The association realizes
that the people of Pennsylvania de
mand an absolutely fair, safe and secret
ballot, but what effect the suggestions
to the Legislature will have is a matter
of conjecture. Governor-elect Stone
favors a simplified ballot, and it is said
will reccomend a change from the
present system in his first message to
the Assembly.
Harvesting tae "Fruits",
The Sugar Trust has the honor and
the glory of harvesting the "first fruits
of empire,"
It has bought the entire sugar crop
—250,000 tons—of ournew Hawaiian
possessions. It will use this purchase
in destroying the independent refiners.
As the Sugar Trust was the most potent
advocate of Hawaiian annexation,it is
fitting that it should reap the rewards
of its patriotism.
Sugar and leprosy are the only con
sederable Hawaiian products. Now
that the sugar has been appropriated
there.remains only the leprosy.
Who will harvest that ?— N. F.
World.
The big fight between the one
time champion, James J. Corbett,
and Tom Sharkey, the sailor boy, I
is over, and Sharkey is the victor, j
by reason of a foul which Corbett
made in the ninth round. It was j
witnessed by one of the largest
crowds that ever congregated to
witness a fight. During the nine
rounds that were fought, Sharkey
proved his superiority over his op
ponent, and had the best of the J
bout from beginning to end.
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TO BUILD MORE OARS.
••Pennsy" Will Order at Least 1.000.
Pennsylvania officials think they
see a car famine approaching and
are making preparations for it.
Already this year the company's
rolling stock has been increased by
about 5,000 cars, most of which are
of the box variety. Now the com
pany is contemplating the construc
tion of 2,000 more cars.
Of the building of 1,000 cars
there is 110 question and the con
tract will probably be let at once.
President Thomson has issued the
order.
From all parts of the "Pennsy's"
great system and lrom many west
ern roads there conies a daily cry
foi cars, which at present it is al
most impossible to respond to.
Throughout Pennsylvania and the
states west the shortage probably
runs as high as ten per cent. 011 the
supply needed to keep up with the
demands of shippers. Within the
next two weeks the corn and wheat
j crops will be rushing things and .
this shortage will be greatly in
creased. There will be few quarrels
as to rates then, as shippers will
think only of getting their goods
to destinations and will give their
business to the road able to take
care of it promptly.
A well known railroad man
is of the opinion that before Christ
mas there will be a record breaking
car famine all over the country,
which will effect the Pennsylvania
as much, if not more, than some of
the other roads. It is doubtful if
the new cars can be furnished in
time to help the company out on
the predicted rush.
The new cars are of different
varieties,ranging in size from 60,000
pounds to 100,000 pound capacity.
The mean is 90,000 pounds.
W- 0. T-"u. NOTES-
Our former State President, Mrs.
Anna M. Hammer, speaks before
the Teachers' Institute 011 Thursday
and Friday, Dec. Ist and 2d, 011
"Scientific Instruction." The In
stitute is to he held at the Normal
Auditorium.
Mr. Hall, of Buffalo, N. Y., will
spend one week in Bloomsburg, be
ginning Dec. sth and continuing
until the 12th.
The Young Woman's Christian
Temperance Union had a very suc
cessful supper last Thursday even
ing at the home of Mrs. George
Hughes. Part of the proceeds go
to paying one month's room rent
and a dozen of new chairs, as there
are not seats enough to accommo
date our enthusiastic young people.
They have 43 members now.
L. T. L. meets every Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. W. C. T.
U. every Tuesday afternoon. Next
Tuesday we will have a finely con
ducted Mother's Meeting by Mrs.
B. C. Conner, one of our pastor's
wives- Ladies, if you have never
heard Mrs. Conner come next Tues
day. All mothers will be delighted
and receive valuable aid.
Gospel temperance meeting svery
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
public are invited.
Regular meeting of the Y's Mon
day evening. It is a social meet
ing. A fine program was given at
the last meeting by the county sup
erintendent of flower mission work,
Miss May Sharpless.
PRESS SUPT.
ORGAN RECITAL.
An organ recital was given in St.
Paul's church on Tuesday evening,
by Rev. William H. Butts of Williams
port Mr. Butts was formerly in
charge of the music department at the
Normal School. Since he resigned
that position to enter the ministry he
has had several years experience on
the organ, in New York city, and is
an accomplished performer. The
following program was rendered in a
manner that greatly pleased his lis
teners :
PART 1.
1. Calkin.
Harvest Festival March.
2. Gounod.
The Redemption.
a. March to Calvary.
b. From Thy Love as a Father.
c. Unfold Ye Portals Everlasting.
3. Wagner.
Meistersinger. Walter's Prize Song.
Tannhnuser.
a. The Evening Star.
b. The Pilgrim's Chorus.
PART 11.
1. A. Thomas.
Gavotte Mignon.
2. Gaul.
The Holy City.
a. Introduction to Part I.
b. No Shadows Yonder.
j c. Great and Marvellous.
13. Mendelssohn.
Elijah. He is watching over Israel,
j Midsummer Night's Dream.
Wedding March.
4. Handel.
The Messiah. Hallelujah Chorus.
Lithographed bonds, stock certifi
; cates, and checks are furnished at,
j THE COLUMBIAN office. tf.
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
STONE WINS BY 120,404.
Had 478,534 Votes to Jouks' 358,130
and Swallow's 133,854.
The official figures of the vote on the
State ticket have been received Irom
forty four of the sixty-seven counties,
including Philadelphia, Allegheny and
all the other larger counties.
Adding the unofficial footings of the
official returns of the other twenty-three
counties Stone has an apparent plural
ity in the State of 120,404 over Jenks
in a total vote of 970,5 18 for the three
leading candidates. This total is divid
ed as follows: Stone, 478,534; Jenks,
358,130; Swallow, 133,854.
The pluralities for the other Repub
lican State candidates will exceed that
of Stone. For Judges of Superior Court,
although Trickett (IJem.), runs con
siderably ahead of his ticket the two
Republican candidates, William VV.
Porter and William 1). Porter, are
elected by very large majorities. Wil
liam D. Porter runs benind his name
sake, but in Philadelphia and Allegheny
Counties alone he has 111,383 more
votes than Trickett.
The Thanksgiving we celebrate
at the close of every harvest season,
it is said, owes something to the
religious rites of ancient nations.
The oldest of these is the Jewish
feast of tabernacles. This festival
occurred annually at the end of the
harvest. The glory of the great
Hebrew festival has long since pass
ed away, but the fundamental prin
ciple—that every one should equally
rejoice in the fruits of the current
harvest, together with the whole J
people of the land "before the
Lord" —has entered into the har
vest observances of Christian lands.
Greece, in the months of August
and September of each year, after
the harvest had been gathered, cel
ebrated the great feast known as
Eleusinia, or the feast to Demeter
of the beautiful robe. Deineter,
the great earth-mother, was the
goddess of cornfields and harvests.
The Romans celebrated a harvest
festival called the Cerealia. Com
ing nearer to our own harvest festi
val is the English harvest-home.
This was celebrated usually in Sep
tember when the moon was full and
was usually a day of boisterous
merit. The Pilgrim fathers remem
bered this festival and expressed
their thankfulness for their first har
vest by a feast. "Our Thanksgiv
ing of to-day has taken some part
from each of these different festi
vals. It has taken the time of the
Indian meeting ; its charity is gain
ed from the Jewish feast of taber
nacles ; it has copied the festivals
of Demeter and Ceres, in giving
; thanks for the crops ; its mirth and
festivity has a flavor of the English
harvest-home festival; and its spirit
of thankfulness and religious ador
ation was given to it by our Pilgrim
fore-fathers. .Old Elder Brewster
was certainly inspited when he
made his now famous prophecy 011
that November day, 1621, and how
we 1 it has been fulfilled : '' Blessed
will it be for us, blessed for this
land, for this vast continent ! nay,
from generation to generation to
generation will the blessing descend.
Generations to come shall look back
to this hour and these scenes of
agonizing trial, this day of small
things, and say : "Here was our
beginning as a people. These were
our fathers. Through their trials
we inherit our blessings. Their
faith is our faith ; their hope our
hope ; their God our God."
Chestnuts for Winter Use.
A good plan for storing chestnuts
for winter use is to place a small quanti
ty of salt in the bags with the nuts.
They will then become soft and sweet,
and any worms which happen to be
among them will be driven out. The
bags will become covered with sweat
caused by the salt, but this will not
impair the quality of the nuts in the
slightest degree. This plan is follow
ed by many persons and is consider
ed one of the best.
Strong, steady nerves
Are needed for success
Everywhere. Nerves
Depend simply, solely,
Upon the blood.
Pure, rich, nourishing
Blood feeds the ncrvc3
And makes them strong.
1 he great nerve tonic i 3
Mood's Sarsaparillaj
Because it makes
The blood rich and
Pure, giving it power
To feed the nerves.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Cures nervousness,
Dyspepsia, rheumatism,
Catarrh, scrofula,
And all forms of
Impure blood,
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FOR eoysi cxiiLiD^EiiNr
At Townsend's Star Clothing House.
JAPANESE TEA-
The Parish House was never so
beautifully decorated as on Thursday
evening last, when an entertainment
was givea by the Woman's Auxiliary.
One could almost imagine himself in
the Orient as he stood among the
Japanese umbrellas, fans, lanterns and
pictutes, and drank delicious tea,
charmingly served by young ladies ar
rayed in elegant costumes of Japanese
pattern. Besides the dainty refresh
ments, the aud : ence was entertained
■ with two vocal solos sung by Mrs.
! Hawley, a recitation by Miss Minnie
Ent, a vocal solo by Miss Edith Maize
1 and an instrumental piece by Miss
Maude Runyon. The whole attair
was well conceived, and carried out
delightfully. The only criticism that
can be made is that the attendance
i was not nearly as large as it ought to
| have been.
OPERA BOUSE.
At the Opera House, next Monday
evening, Manager Coffman presents
the ever popular comedian, song writer
and composer, Mr. D. Marion, ac
companied bv his own company.
i he company engaged by Mr. Mar
ion this season is one of the strongest
and best all around vaudeville and
burlesque organizations in existence,
he having exetcised great care and
judgment in selecting each individual
act, and the result has been very
gratifying both from an artistic anil
front a financial point of view.
Mr. Dave Marion has contributed
many clever parodies and songs, but
this year he piomised to out do him
self, and realizing that this is an age
of "coon"' melodies, has written sever
al funny parodies, on some of the
most popular hits of the day. The
other members are all artists in their
line.
The performance concludes with
the roaring and laughable burlesque,
which was especially written for this
company by Dave Marion, entitled,
"In town."
UNOLE TOM'S CABIN.
Al. W. Martin's big scenic produc
tion "Uncle Tom's Cabin" with the
famous minstrel star, Milt. G. Barlow,
as "Uncle Tom," will be seen at the
Opera House, Dec. i.
The company travel in their own
special train of cars; carry $lO,OOO
worth of scenery, besides hotses, bur
10s, donkeys, ten Shetland ponies,
twelve man-eating bloodhounds, and
in order to present a perfect render
ing, a company oi artists of the high
est reputation has been selected, with
the greatest rare for their particular
fitness for the personification of the
various characters of the drama, mak
ing this by far the best company ever
organized, or now traveling, and the
only first-class "Uncle Tom's Cabin",
company that will visit here this sea
son. Opera House, Dec. 1.
Printer's Maohinery for Sale-
Any printer in need of any of the
following, will do well to correspond
with us. We have for sale, in good
condition, a Carleton, Caps & Co.,
Stereotype outfit complete; a Her
cules Stapling Machine, a small
Washington hand press. Address.
TIIE COLUMBIAN,
tf Bloomsburg, Pa.
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If you want lithographed bonds
certificates of stock, checks, drafts
diplomas, or any thing in that line
the COLUMBIAN office can furnish
them. See samples.
The F. P. Pfirsel Store is a
Different Store.
Pew save money through buying at lowest prices. Scarcely
anybody does, unless it is terribly necessary. The tendency is
to take advantage of low prices to buy line things that are
thereby brought within reach.
Trashy and gow gaw things show their true meanness
when you get them in use. We have bought liner things to
take their place. We don't sell these goods lor less than
they are worth, but we save enough through our better mode
of gathering to make prices on the comparable things look
wonderfully less. And the oddest feature ot our method is
that we sell the many exclusive things as reasonably as we sell
the few tilings that other stores are in competition with. These
(acts are worth remembering at this time when purchases are
often made carelessly.
Dress Goods.
Our Dress Goods stock is too
large. It must be lowered by
the first of January. There is
only one way to do this, and
that is to lower the prices.
56c Dress Goods, neat, pretty
mixed, 45c.
35c Dress Goods, plain and
mix;d, 28c.
85c. Dress Goods, plain and
mixed, 58c.
Coats and Capes.
A crisp air has re-doubled the
demand for Coats and Capes. I
The snappy styles, the unusual
gathering of all that's new and
good, coupled with the little
price, has trebled the interest
here.
S5-OQ Cape we offer this week
at $3.98.
$7.00 Cape we offer this week
at 55.00.
$8.50 Coats we offer this week
at $7.00.
Children's Shoes.
We carry Bay State Shoes in
children and miss, and we can
safely say that there is no make
of Shoes that will give you as
much wear. Special offer this
week:
Miss Shoes, u to 2, worth
$1,50, at $1.25.
Boys' Shoes, 11 to 2, worth
F. P. Pursel.
SPECIAL SALE!
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Now is the time to get bargains. During the next 30
days we will give you many goods at and below cost. Wool
Dress Goods that was 25c, now 15c. Dress Goods, from 50c. to 30.
Do not miss these special sales. We have just received new sup
ply of pretty Coats, Capes and Fur Collarettes for ladies. Fur
sets for children.
Tailor-Made Suits, from $5.00 U p.
Ladies Coats, Capes, Separate 'kirts. Coats for misses and
children. In this line our stock is large. Prices low.
Ladies' Fur Collarettes, from $2.00 up.
Our sales in Shoes-increases daily. Ladies' Fine Shoes, from
79c. up. Gents' Fine Shoes, from 98c. up. Good Calicoes, 3c.
Good Muslin, Our stock of Underwear is complete. We
handle the celebrated Leather brand Stockings for ladies, misses
and boys. Corsets, for 24c. up.
Our Grocery Department is improving daily—adding new
goods at better prices! Our whole stock is complete and
always right. It will pay you to see our goods before you buy.
Bloomsburg Stars Co., Limits!
Corner Main and Centre Sts. ALFRED McHENRY, M'G'R
J S1 .40, at $1.25.
Ladies' Spring Heel, light
1 1 calf, 3 to 6, at §1.65.
I Furniture.
i 1 Manufacturer needed the
1 money. A chance for us and
■ j for you. So fine an assortment
1 of tasteful designs in Bed Room
1 Suits at so low a price is new to
this town. Consider yourself
. fortunate to he asked to share
in the saving. These prices
can't stay long: 3 piece sets,
$1495 16.00, 17.50, 21.50, 27.50
and 32.50.
I Fine Golden Oak Table, high
ly polished, nice size for in your
parlor, $2.65.
Oak Extension Tables, §3.50,
5.00, 6.50 to 10.00.
Mattress and Springs at lower
prices than you can get them
anywhere and the best makes
we can buy.
Glove Sale.
A bargain—a real selling un
der value. That's the story
concerning Gloves to day. The
maker is the man who loses,
but his loss helps him to quick
adjustment of his business.
Here's the Gloves:
$l.OO quality of Kid Gloves,
at 750.
50c. quality of Cashmere
Gloves, 25c.
25c. quality of Cashmere
Gloves, 15c.