ht flilttmbhm. ESTABLISHED IBM. rfue (folumbto Jifmotrat, 9TABu18UED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1889. rOHLlSHRD VEKY THUK8DAT MOaSNlNO Hlooinstmrg, the County "cut of Columbia I'otintjr, I'enna.rlvanla. OEO. IS. EI.WKLti Editor. 1). J. TAHKEU, LOCAL KOITOR. OEO. . KOAN, POHIM AN. Ttmm tnalde tn county u.oo a yenrln ad ranu; $1.80 If not paid In advnnce Outside tbf county, l.n a roar, strictly In advano. All communications should be addressed to TUK COLUMBIAN. - Bloouisburg, Pa. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1899. POLITICAL CARDS. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, J. K. SHARPLESS, of Catawissa. FOR PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK OF THE COURTS, WILLIAM IL HENRIE, of Bloomsburg. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, J. W. PERRV, of Sugarloat Twp. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, W. H. FISHER, from the South Side. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, JOHN N. GORDON, of Montour. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, A. N. YOST, of Bloomsburg. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, J. C. RUTTER, JR., of Bloomsburg. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, DR. T. C. HARTER, of Bloomsburg. FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, W. F. STOHNER, of Bloomsburg. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JOHN G. HARMAN, of Bloomsburg. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, C. A. SMALL, of Catawissa. twr The above announcements are all subject to the decision ot the Democratic count y Con vention, to be held Tuesday, .Tune lath, 18H9. Pilmaiy election, Saturday, June 10, 8 to 7 p. m. The McCarrell bill, now before the legislature.proposes to take from district attorneys the right to stand aside persons in certain criminal cases. It was introduced at this session especially for the benefit of Senator Quay whose trial is fixed for February 27th in Philadelphia. Every effort is being fhade to secure its passage before that time. A motion to postpone the bill until March 21 was carried by a close vote on Friday. Mr. Creasy voted to postpone, and Mr. Chrisman against postponement. The latter is openly for the bill and declares that he will vote for it. The post ponement of the bill until after . Quay's trial was eminently proper, as it has become a purely political measure for the benefit of Quay. Seventeen Democrats voted against postponement, much to the disgust of their fellow Democratic members. It is urged that this measure has been supported by Democrats here tofore, and theiefore ought to be now. It was never before introduc ed under circumstances similar to the present. If the Republicans wanted it passed, why did they not vote for it when it was before the legislature on former occasions, and could have been passed by them with or without the help of Demo crats? The reason is that their boss was not under indictment then, and they had no use for the measure. If Republicans would not pass it when they had the power to do so, no one will suffer by it now, by its postponement for a few weeks, and any Democrat who casts his vote in any way that looks like favoring Senator Quay will have a hard time to explain his position to his con stituents. Mr. Chrismau had better take warning. HAVE WE NO HEROES? When Schley said "There is glory enough for all of us," he seems to have been mistaken. If the investigation committees keep on with their work there will not be any glory left for anybody concern ed in the recent war with Spain. The Commission appointed by President McKinley without any legal authority for its existence, has made its report, in which they find that McKinley, Alger and Eagan are entirely blameless, but cast strong reflections on General Miles. Secretary Long of the Navy Depart ment has just published a letter in which he gives the reasons why Sampson was put in command over Schley, though the latter was entitled to the preference, by rank. He says that Schley disobeyed orders, and tried to run away from Cervera's fleet. And yet this whole nation has looked upon Miles as the hero of Porto Rico, and Schley as the hero of Santiago. Dewey's turn may conu next. It is to be deeply regretted that the jealousies of men in power should be so exhib ited as to detract greatly from the glory of our quick and decisive vic tories over the Spaniards. Grant was made President because of his military record. Can it be possible that men connected with the administration are purposely detracting from the reputation of heroes of the war, for fear that they may become Presidential possibili ties ? We don't want to think so, and yet the general trend of matters makes it look that way. Worse Than a Barren Victory After all it is a question now if it would not have been better if Dewey had brought his squadron straight home into American waters, when ordered out of Hong Kong, than to have entered Manila bay and sad dled the troubles of the1 Philippine Islands upon this country. His was I a great victory; a glorious showing 1 - r : a 01 American courage aim American Manhood; a never to be forgotten exhibition of the valor and patriot ism and skill of the American navy; but as the glory grows older and the patriotism fails to enthuse, we begin to wonder what we won and what was the excuse, necessity or incentive for winning it. It is certain that if we had never had anything to do with the Philip pine Islands we would be better off to-day than we are. The trouble some questions that now face us and must be met would not be upon us. The expensive and probably never ending campaign that must be organized and maintained, if we are to see a stable government per niauently established over the ignor ant and law-defying people who inhabit them, would not be the dis couraging prospect that now stares us in the face. The lives of the brave men who have gone down to their deaths following the flag in that inhospitable climate would not be chargeable to our greed for glory. The millions upon millions of dol lars that have been already expend ed; the $20,000,000 more that have been offered Spain as a peace offer ing, and the hundreds of millions additional that must go in the effort to establish and enforce our author ity and rights in those far away islands, would all have been saved. It was not necessary to take Manila to save the starving and op pressed reconcentradoes of Cuba. The victory of Mania bay and Cavite in no way assisted in shortening or lessening the hardships, dangers or cost of the war we started for the relief of the oppressed Cubans. In fact they contributed nothing to its success. 1 ney gave us confidence in the valor of our navy and evi dence of the skill and intrepidity of its commanders, and when we add to these the excuse, they gave us for self gratification, we have cov ered every actual benefit that the occupation of Manila and the des truction of the rotten fleet that was expected to protect it brought. There may have been glory in the campaign in the far east, but as we are beginning to find ont, that is about all we won. We are now but a few months away from it and already we realize its utter useless ness, how little it had to do with that which we started out to accom plish, how easily we could have won all we expected, or thought 01 winning, even if we had had no fleet in Asiatic waters. And then when we face the facts and under stand how little we will have wheu we cet all we demand, and are hon est enough to recognize the serious ness of the trouble we are already wrangling over and the others that will have to be met in the future, consequence of our "victory" in Manila bay, it looks very much as if its results would prove but ' 'dead sea fruit;" the ashes of which are already gathering upon our self glorifying lips. Bellefonte, Watch man. Railroad Man Receives Good Advice from Fel low Workmen .4 Th Whole Story Told by His Wife It May Help You. i " When my little boy was six years old be bad an attack of tbe measles, and after recovering be was restless at night, bad no appetite, and was cross and fretful. Later on, large blotches and sores broke out on bis face and limbs. We were told tbey would beal In a few days; but these few days grew Into months. One day my husband, who is a well-known railroad man, was advised by some of bis fellow workmen to give the by Hood's Barsaparilla. We concluded to do so, and after be bad taken tbe first bottle we noticed some improvement. We kept on f iving bim this medicine until be bad aken three bottles, when be was com pletely cured, and he has been well eyei since." Mbh. E. J. Millkb, Bennett, . Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the best in faot the One True Blood Purlner. Bold by all druggists. 1 1 sl for t. . . n,., do not cause pain or tlOOd S PUIS gtipe. All druggists. . M COLUMBIAN. HI3T0RY OF O0LUJI3U O0UN1T. I By Col. John G. Freeze. ' As Thk Columman published and bound the aforesaid author's " History," I will also submit my observations thereon, to the col umns of your valuable paper. The people of the present genera tion, of Columbia county, owe Col. John G. Feeze, of Bloomsburg, a lasting debt of gratitude for his "History of Columbia County," in which he compiled all of his re searches, in an accessible and con venient form, which, no doubt, re quired years of search and labor. In the historic narratives of the progress of the country's develop ment, in matters of improvement, of educational advancement, from the origin of the school system, of art, science, manufacture and agri culture, the future student of Col umbia county's history, will have a rich store of treasured and pre served knowledge of antiquated events. This " History" is of in calculable value, and will be the more highly prized as time ad vances. It should grace the library of every home as a book of refer ence, in which every person in the county is interested. There are things of local history that never should be lost to the local commun ity, neither left to the keeping of tradition a thing now impossible, in the days of written histry. I refer your readers to " Freeze' s History, chapter VI.4' " Streams and Mountains," which prompted the following observations, and what I say of my locality is true, no doubt, of every local community in the county. Of the streams he so beautifully describes, I will only mention those identified with the locality of my childhood and after life, viz : Huntington creek, big and little Pine creeks, Fishingcreek, and the several branches of Raven creek. The country lying between those streams, or traversed by them, may be said to be rolling and undu lating, or rather, a system of little valley. I can remember the differ ent characteristics of ridges, or water sheds, indicated by these streams, to a considerable width on either side, were fringed with a growth of white pine timber, of enormous size giant trees, tower ing to the skies, except where inter rupted by clearings. The Bucka lew pine swamp, on Pine creek, was a grand and sublime sight, and a veritable mine of wealth. In' the winter season those lofty pines often presented a scene, picturesque, and of indescribable beauty. Those large pines seemed to be a natural production of, or an adaption to, the streams, from source to conflu ence. The visible supply of white pine lumber seemed practically in exhaustible. Now there is hardly a relic left, stump or root. Ascend ing, or crossing the ridges, one would meet with other varieties of timber. Some localities were cov ered with different species of ' ' yel low and pitch pines," some with red oak and rock oak, some with chestnut," and some swales were timbered with white oak of immense trunks and proportions. And there wee also hickory and ash swales. Almost all localities had a sprink ling of almost all kinds of timber with the general supply, while some localities were heavily tim bered with ".sap pine " mainly. It took several generations to exhaust and destroy this mighty forest, of which the young people know as little about as they know about the spots on the sun. Where at one time you could not drive with sled and team, without first making roads, the people now drive with mower and harvester. Where once stood the unbroken forest, now stands the city, the town, the man sion, the church and the school house. Where once reigned savage barbarism, with the shriek and yell of Indian warwhoop, now is en throned civilization, and a contented people engage in the arts of indus try and other callings, adapted to the wants and circumstances of the times and people. I did not draw upon the imagina tion, to picture an unbroken forest in the minds of our young people, because, could they see even the large fractions of forestry that ex isted in my early day, in the place mentioned, they would, like the Queen of Sheba, exclaim that, " the half had never been told." O, why could not there have been a pano ramic, or kaleidoscopic view photo graphed of the primeval,. unbroken forest, with the artist stationed on top of Nob mountain, on the old Berwick turnpiKe, at a puim, over looking this great and beautiful vallev. stretching eastward, and northward, bounded by the two great hills the Nob and North mountains 1 It would present a scene worth its thousands to lovers of researches in matters of antiquity. Volumes of unwritten history are connected and forever lost, with the disappearance of the unbroken for est and the generations 01 pcopic pioneers and their descendants, who BLOOMSBURO. PA. Star Clothing House During the Month of February, will offer Special Reductions in All Winter Goods riust be sold to make room for Spring Goods. WE WILL OFFER BIG BARGAINS IN STORM Big Bargains U Winte At Townsend's Star Clothing House. were identified and grappled with the forest, and disappeared with it. ' Freeze's History " furnishes hun dreds ot texts, from which to write local history for local communities, in which the public would b2 in tensely interested. I will here re late an exciting experience my grandfather enjoyed sometime after settling in the Fishingcreek coun try, where he located in the year 1817, clearing the spot where he built his house. Game of all kinds was plenty deer, bear, wild turkey, pigeons, and lots of the smaller fry. He was then young and blithe. The woods were dense with an un dergrowth of brush, with cowpaths leading from the clearings into the far reaching forest. Standing one, day in one of these paths, nearby an old, dead tree, with only one limb on top, he espied a wild tur key, flying in the direc'.ion of the tree, and alighting on the only limb, which broke by its weight, and the turkey came flopping down the tree, and then began a chase. Grand father hoped to reach the tree as soon as the turkey reached the ground, but he was a few feet short. They had an even start in this path, in the direction of the clearing. Every time the turkey attempted to squat, to rise in flight, he would reach to grab it. The turkey found that the only salvation was in the speed of its legs, and the chase lasted until they reached the fence of the clearing, when the turkey was obliged to squat to mount on its wings, and then grandfather caught it, just in the niche of time, falling with his trophy exhausted to the ground. This was one of his favorite ex periences, wmcn requirea sucn great effort to secure game, that he used to relate it with an air of sat isfaction, as a feat he never heard of being accomplished before. I remember hearing him tell of shoot ing a great many deer, but I do not remember of hearing him tell of shooting any bear. A chapter on individual and collective effort, and of customs and habits of early times, would also be interesting to the young people. JOHN C. WENNER. There are only a few copies of Col. Freeze's History left. They can be procured at this office for $1.50. When the present edition is gone, it will be hard to get them,, as they will be out of print, and those who have copies will not part with them for many times what they paid for them. It is a work that ought to be in every house in the county. It eontains a vast amount of information to be found nowhere else in compiled form. Kvery lawyer, clergyman, doctor, school teacher, and all others desir ing to know the history of their own county, should have one. Ed The Sullivan Review, of Dushore, Pa. passed its twenty-first birthday last week. The present proprietor, Fred Newell, has been with the paper for seventeen years, and for nearly twelve years has been its nmnrietor. He has made it a bright, newsy and influential sheet, and we hope that he and the Review may both live to celebrate their golden anniversary. General Otis, in command of the American forces at Manilla, had better look a little out. Should he conquer the Filipinos, he will be a popular man, and t. en an investi gating committee will get after him. Military heroes will not be tolerated by the present administration. The ice on the Susquehanna river above Harrisburg, is fifteen inches thick. COATS AND FOR MEN AND BOYS. Come and see the SOME CUT PRICES FOR THIS WEEK. Dress Goods in Unmatchable Values. The story to day is of a little lot of aristocratic stuffs of superior quality, mostly mixed goods, that have received notice to quit. Intrinsically they are worth every penny of yesterday's price, which this morning are cut in half. For instance we have picked out a lot of Dress Goods we sold for 50c and 56c, and they are the best value ever offered at this store, we will sell at 28c. Another lot reduced to 44c, worth G5cand 75c. Don't miss this chance. Calico. One case of silver grey Calico, the best made, all good styles, we will sell 10 yd for 45c. A lot of Heavy Sheeting ,-worth oa., we will pell at OJc Une case of .Bleached Muslin good weight and not a lot of starch or lime in it, the kind i that would retail for 7c, we will sell it as long as it lasts 10 yds. ! for 47c. 10 yds of good fine Unbleached Muslin for 34c. I Table Linen. An unusual Linen chance for thrifty housewives this week. It conts of a 52 inch Unb'eached Daniaek at 25c, goods we will not be able to offer again for lees than 35c a yd. 72 in wide Bleached Damask, every thread linen, eood pattern worth at least $1.00 a yd., will go this week at 75c. Napkins to match I the Linen. Ladies' and Misses' Coats. i On 1 wtock of C-uira must be closed. We are felling $10 00 Coats for $5.00 or $7 00 Coats for $3 50, that is the reductions we haw made all through our stock. Come while we have a nice -sortraent 10 pick from. We still have a few of last years ; styles tl. u cost frm $7 00 to $10 00, will close at $2 00. F. P. SPECIAL SALE! o Now is the time to get bargains. During the next 30 days we will give you many goods at and below cost. Wool Dress G ods 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. Ladies' Tailor-Made Suits, from $5.00 up. Ladies' Coats, Capes, Separate Skirts. Coats for misses and 11 1 . . T A 1 ! 1 . 1 . ennaren. in mis une our stocK is large, i'nees 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, 3jc. Our stock of Underwear is complete. We handle tne 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 prices always right. It will pay you to see our goods before you buy. Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited. Corner Main and Centre. ALFRED McIIENRY, Manager ULSTERS, Cap Pursel. w f1
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