WASHINGTON. From our Hairular Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Dec. sth, 1898. Mr. McKinley has made it plain to Senators and Representatives who have called upon .him since Spain agreed to our terms for the surrender of the Philippines to us that he has not made up his mind what we ought to do with the Philippines, and will not do so until we have had them un der military control long enough to get the information necessary to form an intelligent opinion. That sort of talk has strengthened the chances of the treaty of peace for ratification at this session of Congress, as il coin cides with the opinion of three-fourths of the Senators, regardless of party. The opinion is practically unanimous that the taking of the Islands away from Spain was the right thing to do, but there the unanimity ends. What sort of a govcrment will follow our military rule of the Islands nobody can say at this time. It will depend largely upon public sentiment in this country, and that will be governed by circumstances. By putting in a vigorous protest, Senator Jones, of Arkansas, succeeded in getting the War Department to change the orders assigning the Twen ty-fifth Infantry (negroes) to garrison duty at Fort Logan H. Root, near Little Reck, and having a white regi ment, the Twelfth Infantry, ordered there instead. * * * Maj. Gen. M. C. Butler, who was ordered from Havana, where he was serving as one of our Military Com missioners, to Washington, to confer with the authorities in regard to the military occupation of Cuba, has gone to South Carolina to spend a few days with his family before returning to Cuba. While in Washington Gen. Butler spoke freely to his friends of his experience in Cuba. He says the Spanish soldiers are orderly and well behaved as a rule, and that the Cub ans are bright and many of them well educated and fully capable of admin istering the government of the island- He thinks the Spaniards who will re main in Cuba will get along amicably with the Cubans. Gen. Butler de clined to express an opinion as to how long it would be before the gov ernment of Cuba was turned over to the Cubans, because it will be largely dependent upon circumstances. * The two Democratic Governors elect—Sayers, of Texas, and Mc- Millin, of Tennessee—who are mem bers of the House, will be missed when they retire. Mi. McMillin, the date of whose inauguration will be fixed by the Legislature, which meets the first Monday in January, will re tain his seat in the House until after the adjournment for the holiday recess, and Mr. Sayers, who is the leading Democrat on the Committee on Ap propriations, and whose inauguration as Governor will take place January 17th, will keep his seat up to the last minute, so as to have a nand in shap ing as many of the regular appropria tion bills as possible before retiring. Gov. Sayers is conservative on the ex pansion question. He did not favor the acquisition of the Philippines by the United States, and when asked to express his opinion what wtf should do with them now, that the treaty of peace has given them to us, said: "The problem of occupation of this territory is no light one, and we will have to proceed by slow steps until we hit upon some satisfactory plan of government." * * tt Senator Cockrell says he hasn't fully made up his mind as to what he will do when the time comes to vote on the Philippine question, and he doesn't expect to do so until he ascer tains the details of the treaty and the intentions of the administration, but that if he had the power to act for this government, at this time, he would tell the Philippines to set up their own government, and would rec ognize its independence. He added: " Who knows the Philippines cannot govern themselves ? The world said the same thing when we were strug gling for liberty, and some of the best CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED by local applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca tarrh is a blood or constitutional dis ease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and muc ous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was pre scribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a reg ular perscription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredents is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send tor testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best, rm men in the American colonies be lieved that we would never be able to maintain a republic. I believe that the Phihppinos can estab'ish and maintain ju:-t as free and just as pood a republic as do the French people with ail their boasted intelli gence, and I should like to see the experiment tried.'' * The administration will not attempt to secure currency legislation at this session of Congress, for the very good reason that the administration is di vided upon the sort of currency legis lation that is wanted. It will be re membered that Mr. McKinley, in his annual message to Congress, last year, did not endorse the radical fi nancial views expressed in the annual report of Secretary Gage ; only called the attention of Congress to them, and suggested that they be studied. Now, Comptroller of Currency Dawes, who was personally selected by Mr. McKinley for that position, has made a straight attack, in his annual re port, upon several of the most import ant of Secretary Gage's recommenda tions. It is reasonably certain that Mr. Dawes did not do this without the knowledge and consent of Mr. McKinley. There is also another reason why the administration will not try to get financial legislation— fear that it would concentrate public attention upon the financial question and thereby strengthen the silver men. The Loss of the "Maria Teresa." The controlling sentiment about the loss of the "Maria Teresa" was that it was a bit of very hard luck for Lieu tenant Hobson that, after he had been at such pains to bring her up from the Dottom of the sea, she should not have kept afloat. On Tuesday, Nov vember r, being on her way from Guantanamo to Norfolk, under com mand of Lieutenant Commander Ira Harris, in company with the collier Leonidas, and in tow of the wrecking tugs Vulcan and Merritt, she was abandoned in a heavy northeast gale, about thirty miles north of San Sal vador. All her crew were taken off and saved. Commander Harris reach ed Charleston on the Merritt on Nov ember 5, and reported his loss to the Navy Department. According to his report, the storm began about one o'clock on the morning of November i. As it increased and the sea rose, the ship leaked badly, and the sea broke over her bows, making trouble for the forward pumps. Then water got into the forward fire-room, swash ing the coal about and choking mote pumps. It became difficult to keep up a serviceable amount of steam, and the mariners passed a laborious and very diagreeable night. About one o'clock p. M. Commander Harris de termined that the ship was no longer tenable, and began to transfer his men to the Merritt. This was accomplish ed with great labor. At 5:30 the Vul can, which up to that time had towed the Maria Teresa, slipped her hawser and cast her off. On Monday, November 7, a report reached New York that a steamer with two funnels, believed to be the Maria Teresa, was ashore on Cat Island. The report being confirmed, the Vul can was sent from Norfolk, under command of Captain McCaila, and the Potomac from Guantanamo, in charge of Captain Converse, to inves tigate and take action. Lieutenant Hobson went with the Vulcan to get his old friend afloat again if she is found.—E. S. Martin, in Harpers Weekly. Fruit and Nuts- Green figs, according to a promi nent medical journal, are excellent food. Walnuts give nerve or brain food, muscle heat and waste. Raisins are stimulating in proportion to their quality. Pine kernels give he it and stay. They serve as a substitute for bread. Apples supply the higher nerve and muscle food, but do not give stay. Oranges are refreshing and feeding, but are not good if the liver is out of order. Dried figs contain nerve and muscle food, heat and waste ; but are bad for the liver. Blanched almonds give the higher nerve or brain and muscle food; no heat no waste. Green water grapes are blood puri fying (but of little food value) ; reject pips and skins. Blue grapes ate feeding and blood purifying; too rich for those who suffer from the liver. Tomatoes. Higher nerve or brain food and waste ; no heat ; they are thinning and stimulating. Do not swallow skins. Juicy fruits give more or less the higher nerve or brain, and some few, muscle food and waste; no heat. Lemons and tomatoes should not be used daily in cold weather; they have a thinning and cooling effect. Prunes afford the highest nerve or brain food; supply heat and waste, but are not muscle feeding, they should be avoided by those who suffer from the liver. The great majority of small, fresh seed fruits are laxative. All stone fruits are considered to be THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA. injurious for those who suffer from the liver, and should be used cautiously. The Pennsylvania Germans. The '• Pennsylvania Dutch," as the descendants ot the early immigrants from Germany who came from that part of the Ruine country called the Palatinate, are known to have an in teresting history. At an early date the German Pala tines embraced the tenets of the Re formation. They were considered heretics, and during a thirty-years' war their beautiful country was rav aged by contending armies. Subse quently there were persecutions and cruelties, and when Louts XIV, ot France, carried on a war of extermi nation more than 100,000 of the Pala tine inhabitants were murdered. Life in the German Palatine be came intolerable, and Penn's Province offered an asylum. William Penn made no less than three visits to the Palatinate, his first being in 1671. lie was familiar with German, preach ed the Quaker tenets and made some converts. The first immigration began in 1702. Many of the Germans had no money, and masters of vessels con veyed them across the ocean, depend ing for compensation on the chance of selling the immigrants to some pur chaser for a term of years. Adver tisements are cited as late as 1773, when a Dutch apprentice lad was "to be sold. There was a German slave trade, and from the overcrowded ves sels and contagious disease not less than 2,000 Germans died at sea in in 1738. After the tide of German immigra tion had set in it continued for many years, as far as Pennsylvania was con cerned. There were estimated to be 280,000 Germans in Pennsylvania prior to the Revolution. They cared little for political honors, as the right to sit in assembly was confined to English subjects. The dialect of the Pennsylvania Germans, as they talked it in the past, was known as Pfalzisch. Barring its English infusion, the dialect is the same as when first brought here. The tenacity with which the Pennsylvania Germans have clung to their form of speech for so many years is not with out parallel among other people—in Wales and Switzerland— but the Penn sylvania Dutch, as it is called, is be coming debased, and is likely to con tinue from now on.— Selected. Woes of the Bon-Advertiser- The non-advertising merchant goeth forth to his lair at the rising of the sun and 10, no man interfereth. He stand eth around all day like a Dottle ot castor oil, and the people with the shekels come out to his shanty. He abvertiseth not his wares, and his name is forgotten on the face of the earth. Who hath fly soiled hams? Who hath stale baking powder without end? He that knoweth not the way to the printing office. Til- -I'l.-rutl-iiTT-Tliitl-v P,.,. Ono of tho most beautiful sights in tho world is the annual migration of butterflies across Hie Isthmus of Pan ama. Where they come from or whither they go, no ono knows, and though many distinguished naturalists have attempted ro solve the problem, it is still as strange a mystery as It was to tho first European traveller who observed It. Toward ttie end of June a few scattered specimens are discovered flitting out to sea. and as the flays go by the number increases, until about July 14 or 13 the sky is occasionally almost obscured by myr iads of these frail Insects.—lndianapo lis News. "11)0 MY OWN WORK." So Says Mrs. Mary Rochiette of Linden, Now Jersey, In this Letter to Mrs. Pinkham. " I was bothered with a flow which would be quite annoying at times, and at others would almost stop. "I used prescriptions given me by my phyalelan, gave up my doc tor, aud began ' taking your medi cine, and have certainly been greatly benefited by its use. "LycliaE. Pinkliam's Vegetable Com pound lias indeed been a friend to me. " 1 am now able to do my own work, thanks to your wonderful medicine. I was as near deatli X believe as I could be, so weak that my pulse scarcely beat and my heart had almost given out. I could not have stood it one week more, lam sure. I never thought I would be so grateful to any medicine, " I shall use my influence with any one suffering as I did, to have them use Lydia E. X'inkliam's Vegetable ■ Compound." Every woman that is puzzled about her condition should secure the sympa- ' thetic advice of a woman who under- ' stands. Writo to Mrs. Pinkham at I Lynn, Mass.. and tell her your ills. j To Evacuate Cuba- January Ist. 1899. is tho Last Day of Spain's Nominal Rule. The date for the Spanish evacua tion has been definitely settled as i January ist. All the Spanish troops j then remaining in the island will be quartered, under the protection of the United States in camps especially designated, pending embarkation for Spain. The stenographic report ot the joint session of the evacuation com missioners was signed last week by the Spaniards, the Americans having previously attached their signatures. Colonel Clous and Captain Hart vis ited General Parrado, president ot the Spanish evacuation commission, who, atter signing the convention, sent Lieut. Colonel Girauta with Colonel Clouse to the other Spanish commis sioners, Admiral Monterola and Marquis De Montero, both of whom signed it. The landing place at Marianao has been turned over officially to Gen. Humphreys, who is the ranking chief quartermaster of the United States troops in the island. A depot for quartermaster's stores will be erected there. The pier and wharf were in spected bv Gen Greene,Gen. Humph reys and Col. Heckcr, who expressed themselves as satisfied with the work. In the course of the next fortnight work will be commenced, under Col. Hecker, who expressed thetnselvns as satisfied with the work. In the course of the next fortnight work will be commenced, under Col. Hecker's directions, upon a railroad from Carabanca, on the east side ot Havana bay, to Guanabacoa, where it will connect with the tracks of the United railroad, thus facilitating the transportation of commissary sup plies. Next Sunday Col. Hecker and Cap tain Crawford will go to Mantanzas, pushing on later to Cardenas, Sagua La Grande and Cietifuegos. Colonel Hecker goes in his capacity ot chief transportation to arrange for the vari ous railroads. Much in Little Is especially true ot Hood's Pills, for no medi cine ever contained so great curative power in so small space. They are a whole medicine Hood's chest, always ready, al- ■ ■ ■ ways efficient, always sat- Ej) ■ I I A isfactory; prevent a cold 111 or fever, cure all liver ills, sick headache, jaundice, constipation, etc. 25c. The only Pills to take with Hood's Sursaparllla. HUMPHREYS' WITCH HAZEL OIL C Piles or Hemorrhoids Fissures & Fistulas. 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Pianos, $25.00 down and $lO.OO per month. Or gans, $lO.OO down, $5.00 per month. Lib- | eral discount for cash. Sheet Music, at oell , half price. Musical merchandise of a kinds. We handle Genuine Singer High Arm SEWING MACHINES, $5.00 down and $3.00 per month. We also j handle the Demorcst Sewing Machine, from | $19.50 and upwards. Sewing Machine 1 Needles and Oil for all makes of Sewing ' Machines. Best makes of WASH MACHINES, FROM $4.00 UP TO $9.00. J. SALTZER. CiT Music Rooms—No. 115 West Main St., below Market, Bloomsbitrg, Pa. 3ml 1.3 SOUTH. 11. & H K. 11. NORTH I ARRIVE. LEAVE I am a.lll.lpm p.m. STATIONS, I am>pm pmiam 7.10 11.15k.80 IMS BIOOIRSbU'g. 8.34 24" 11.45 C.lO 7.08 11.40 (1.2(1 2. 0 " P. &P. 8.86 2.42 6.171 7 1(3 I! 87 ".'it 2.0S " Main St.. 8.89 2.45 0.50 6.53 11.27 f..P3 150 Paper Mlll.l 54?'2.51 T.Cll i.37 fi.so 1.45 ..Llgllt St.. 8.5 i 3. Ml 7.0.1 50 u.4n it.to 5.59 1.30 orangevll'e.l 9.02(8.10 7.11 7.10 0.80 11.0 -.48 t.oo .Forks....' 0.10 3.Z0 7.8; 7.85 0.85 11.0n15.44 18.53 .. .Zftner'S... 9.14 \2417.88 7.45 rt.ts 10.15 5.37 18.15 .Stillwater . 9.80 3.30)7.33 6.00 O.OS 10.45'*.8i 8.3 . .ilenton.... 9.30 3.40 7.43 9.30 6.01 10 40 529 18.10 ... Edson'n.... 9.34 8.44 7.47 8.40 f1.02 !0.8815.20! 12.01 .Pole's Cr'k. 9.37 8.47 7.51 8.46 5.53 10.32 5.13 11.53 .. Latlbacli.. 9.47 3.57 8.01 9.00 i 5.43 10.28 5.03i11.45 ...Central... 9.57 4.07 8.11 9.25 5.40 10.8015.00111.80 . Jf.m. City.. 10 00 4.10(8.15 9.35 am am pm p m um p m pmam I leave akkivk I ! EAILROAD _ TIME TABLE DE LAWARE,LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD m.OOMSHURG DIVISION. In ElTect August Ist, 1898. cTAI'IUNS. KAol. A. M. r. M. A. A. P. M. NOUTUUMBBRLAND 825 1.60 10 00 5 50 Cameron 6 38 fro 3 CllUlasky <>i3 6 07 Dauvlllo 660 2 12 10 21 8 18 Cutawissa '0.4 226 i. 28 HUDCI'I 709 2 41 10 4" 0 48 Bloomsburg 716 246 10 11 649 l-. 724 242 10 46 1 15 Llme'El-We 780 2 48 6 52 Willow urove 7-14 262 0 "6 Hrl.lVCreeK - i 38 > UU 'Berwick 754 301 11 Ut 7 06 i Beach Haven 7C3 307 .... 7 u lllck'B Ferry 801 313 . . 7*5 snioksUlnuy 814 v * 1* <0 i3< llunlock'B 827 331 ... 48 Nantlcoke 835 348 1145 .56 I Avondale 340 340 ..... 804 Plymouth 8 4. 351 11 52 *Ob I Plymouth Junction 8& 365 ..... 8H Kingston 8574 08 1210 818 Bennett 900 4 06 6 1 i Forty Fort 903 410 ..... 824 j Wyoming - 908 4 16 12 08 8 28 West PlttßtOn 913 421 ..... SBv in 429 lilt 4 V* 4 :v.v. U ®sv:rv:=:.::z .2 { I SOBANTON 942 4 55 12 35 9 OA A. H P. 11. P.M. P. M STATIONS. WEST, A.M. A.M. P.M.R. M. SCRANTON 600 10 05 165 640 ' Bellovue 6 05 Taylor 610 1015 204 550 I l,ckawmna 618 10 23 2in 558 Tluryea 622 1026 2 1.4 002 PlttStOU 628 1041 2 17 606 Susuuehanna Ave 682 10 85 220 010 West I'lHstOb 686 10 39 224 61 1 Wyoming 641 10 44 229 619 Forty Fort 6 40 ... Bennett 6to 10 52 236 630 Kingston' 606 10 56 942 656 Plymouth Junction 700 .... 247 ...... Plymouth 704 11 05 952 643 Avondale 709 ... 257 647 Nantlcoke 714 11 13 302 660 HUhlOCk'S 7 20 11 19 810 658 shlckshlnny 731 11 80 821 710 Hick's Ferry 714 11 48 845 725 Beach Ilaven 758 11 48 8 12 742 Berwick 800 11 54 !49 74 8 Brlarcreek 8 06 4 55 j 1 Willow Grove 810 12 01 859 749 1 Lime Ridge 814 12 09 404 764 [ Espy 821 12 15 411 .00 I Bloomsburg 82 12 £'2 417 B.OT I Rupert 834 12 27 424 "13 } Catawlssa S4O '.2 82 4 -".; 8 18 , Danville 855 13 47 4 U 8 8-1 Onulasky 4 to Cameron 905 12 57 IM si Northumberland... 920 110 sox 9 0 a.M. i' M e s I Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia A Heading Railroad tor Taionncnd," Tair -mua Wllllamsport, sun Miry, Pottsvllle, etc At I Northumberland wltli P. ft E. Dir. P. 4 R. Mr narrtgbnrg. Lock Haven, Emporium Warret, Corry and Erie. W. F, HALI.STBAD, Gen. Man., Bcranion,ia 3
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