COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. P' A t zlolumbian. ESTABLISHED 186. Sue (Totuntbia Democrat, 3TABuISnED 1837. CONSOLIDATED 18f,. fCBUSnfiJ VRY THUK8DAY MOasNINU Bloomsburg, the County seat ot Columbia Ciuntv. Pennsylvania. OKO. R. El. WELL Kditor. d j. tamKK, Local editor. OKO. KUAN, Foreman. t-iR: Inside the .vmi,ty i.on a yearln ad vance: l.SO It not paid hi acivancn out.lue the county. 1.45 R yvnr, strictly In advatK-r. All communications should be ldrpsd to TliU COLUMBIAN. Uloomsburx, Pa. THURSDAY, MARCH ifi, 1S99. tolitTcuardsT FOR COUNTY TREASURER, J. K. SHARPLESS, of Catawissa. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, W. B. SNYDER, of Locust Twp. FOR COUNTY TREASURER, JERRY SNYDER, of Locust Twp. for PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK OF THE COURTS. WILLIAM H. HEN'RIE, of Bloomsburg. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, J. V. PERRY, of Sugarloaf Twp. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, W. H. FIStiER, 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, V. F. STOHNER, of Bloomsburg. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JOHN G. HARM AN, of Bloomsburg. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, C. A. SMALL, of Catawissa. GEN. BLAZER OS POLITICS. Mr. Kditor : Since candidates have begun to announce them selves and to travel, you and your readers have often heard the re mark. " Ho is able and honest, and if in office would work for the best interest of the people, but he can not be elected, because he is poor, or will not spend money to buy votes, or try to get the office by unfair or unlawful means, or be cause the bosses cannot control or use him." We hear such remarks so often, and so seldom see a man elected to office on merit alone, that it seems that a generation has come 011 the scene, whose motto is $ ; whose God is money ; who respect nothing but a bank account, no matter how it is obtained ; who crucify honestv and ability, and trample merit and patriotism in the mud of political rininsni : who for a few pieces of silver would saeri fice the Commonwealth. And who are they ? Not only those brought to our country by the waves of re cent alien immigration, whose to dav's dinner, or to-morrow's break fast, is of more importance than a free, conscientious and patriotic ballot, but they are those who were born and bred and buttered here in Columbia county. I low could the office holding and political bosses maintain their power, if the people voted airreeablv to their conscience t If the honest, lawabiding patriotic voters, who are in tne majority would vote as they should, for merit tw The above announcements are all subject to 1 no decision or me Democratic county con vention, to be held Tuesday, June ISth, 18M9. Prlmaiy election, Saturday, June 10, U to 7 p. m. officeholding, knowi I am right; all oters, who love their country and its laws, and who hold to virtue, iberty and independence, to the government of man by man, know I am right. I believe that there can be 110 idlest politics while rich men buy votes and office, and corruptionists and lawbreakers hold office in town- hip, county, state and nation. There can le no free and equal gov ernment while the rich monopolize everything from groceries to pres ident not until the millionaire shy- ocks are good samaritanized and form a public trust for the public good not until wealth renders un to the Commonwealth the things which are the' Commonwealth's, and unto God, the things which are God's. Chas. M. Blakkr. Star Clothing House. County Oommittee Gall. The annual meeting of the mem bers of the Democratic Committee will be held at the Court House in Bloomsburg, Pa., on Saturday, March 25th, at 1:30 p. m., for the purpose of electing a Chairman and Secretary and for the transaction of any other business that may proper ly come before the committee. R.G.F.Kshinka, J.G.McHenry. Secretary. Chairman. The Legislature last week passed finally an act providing for the pay ment of school directors for attend ing the triennial convention for the election of County Superintendents, and for the punishment of candi dates who pay Directors' expenses. No Break at Harrisburg. There is little or no variation in the Senatorial situation at Harris burg. There is no visible indica tion of a break now, but we have every reason to believe, that the fight is Hearing its close, and that a senator will be elected before the close of the session. The ballot yesterday gave Quay 91, Jenks 78. and the Independents scattered, with 32 not voting, leaving Quay 17 snort ot an election. For the Better Protection of Game. The State Board of Game Com missioners has issued a circular to the sportsmen of the State, looking to the passage of bills by the L2r lslature for the protection of came from the slaughter of the market hunter, and others who kill game regardless ot the rules which al ways guide true sportsmen. "Reports from all over the State, ' the Commissioners say,' in dicate that the Act of 1897 is giv ing protection to an extent never before realized in this State, and that game of all kinds, with insect ivorous and song birds, is on the rapid increase ; thtrefore, in the opinion of this commission, the game laws of 1897 should not be altered or amended for the gratifi cation of the people of any special locality of the State, and we there fore ask your help to defeat all measures bearing upon this act, ex cept as before stated." The Com missioners are : William M. Ken nedy, .president, Allegheny City ; Joseph Kalbfus, . secretary ; C. K. Sober, Lewisburg j James II. Wor den, Harrisburg; E. B. Westfall, Williamsport ; Charles Heebner ; I. A. Stearns, Wilkes-Barre. and ability onlv, and take the trou ble to inform on, and, if necessary, help prosecute the bribers, they could prevent corrupt men from packing caucuses, bribing voters, selling law, and obtaining honorable offiees unlawfully. It is notorious that the voters of more than one township have been bought and sold year after year, with the market price attached In other townships the ring machine, with the aid of the riffraff of the opposite party, have won the offices. How often have we heard of a boss or a candi date paying out before the primaries hundreds of dollars to buy or secure votes, or delegates? You are not so old but that vou can recollect when this thistle down of corrup tion and unlawfulness was first sown in this county ; when men who had never known what it was to get money not honestly earned, or come by, who had taken but little inter est in politics, found themselves im portant township bosses, paying out and distributing, unlawfully, dollars and promises to office for the ring machine. Yes, men who smothered the patriotism aud consciences with the idea that thev were simply be ing paid for their time, team and services. How often have candi dates and others, in their interests, gone from saloon to saloon through out the county, throwing them wide open, and treating old and young, of all parties, to buy and gain votes, thereby not only losing their own political virtue, but ruining the character, and making false to their conscience and to their country, those whom they tempted. So no torious has such methods of elec tioneering become, that even Pro hibitionists and decent persons use the same methods to keep corrup tionists from beatins them. I do not find fault with the voters for drinking all the malt, brewed, vin ous distilled, spirituous liquors they want, it they think it does them good, but I !o blame them for giv ing or selling their votes for it. Candidates will do all this, and yet assume the title of honorable men. and aspire to an honorable office ! apparently not knowing or caring, that if elected, thev stand for the shame of the good and true citizen. I make no accusations, but it is time some of the candidates, who bear honorable names, know that it is talked about as freelv as the weather is discussed ; that fai-ors and money are again 'being freely promised, or distributed, to the faithful. If it is untrue, it is due them, the candidates, that they know it and deny it. and see that we do not have another bar-room, whiskey drinking, bribing cam paign, a reproach and disgrace to our decency ana lawabiding civilis ation. I write these words in sorrow. I alone am responsible for them. I am told they will injure me if I publish them. I care no more for the effect on myself than I do about the weather in Havana, Hong Kong, or Honolulu, for know I am rigit, and every honest voter, who realizes what goes on be fore his eyes, knows I am right ; every veteran, who fought and suf fered for our Democratic Republic, knows 1 am right; every son of vet eran, or a patriotic son of America, wno believes liberty is worth some thing ; that our form of govern ment is the best made by man, for man ; that the ballot box should express the will of the majority, without bribes, fear or favor ; that honesty, ability and desire for the good of the Commonwealth, should be the paramount qualifications for To Keep Love Secine in The Home Man and Wile Must Live Simply. Honestly and Frankly on a High Plane. - "In the first months of married life, love is so sufficient, and loving so sim ple, that there seems no other need in life,' writes Helen Watterson Moody in the March Ladies' Home Journal. "But by-and by, when care begins to shadow them, when duties present themselves, and, strangely enough, conflict vith each other, when con victions clash and tastes differ, then both husband and wife begin to realize that back of love must stand what I have called 'steady and sturdy moral qualities' justice, patience, honesty, sincerity and magnanimity. Indeed on these depends the very continuance of love in marriage, for it is not possi ble to go on loving unless that is found which is worthy of love. I say this advisedly. I know the world is full of men and women who think, either because they like to think so, or sadly, because they must, that one can love where one does not respect. It seems to me that this does not en oble one's ideal of love. One may pity, may have an infinite yearning tenderness over what one cannot res pect, but love is of royal birth and recognizes only what is as royal as it self. The way, then, to keep love secure in married life is not so much to be anxiously watching and guard ing lest it shonld escape, or crying that love has spread its wings because the first holiday romance is replaced by graver feeling, but by living along simply and honest'y and frankly to gether, on a high plane, looking most and always toward 'whatsoever thing? are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report.' Then Love will be not a captive, but a most wi'ling guest." A BIG DRIVE. AN All-Wool Spring Handsomely made, in the latest style, for At TownsencTs Star Clothing House. ELEGANT Overcoat, $5.00 It WillSi-rprise You Try It. It is the medicine above all other lor catarrh and is worth its weight in gold, lilv's Cream Balm does ail that is claimed tor it. B. V. Sperry, Hartford, Conn. , My Son was afflicted with catarrh. He used Ely's Cream Balm and the disagreeable catarrh all left him. J. C. Olmestead, Areola, III. A 10c trial size or the 50c size of Ely's Cream Balm will be mailed. Kept by druggists. Ely Brothers 56, Warren St., N. Y. Danville is experiencing a great boom in the iron business. The big plant of the Reading Iron Company at that place is crowded with orders and is busy in all its departments, while the men have the promise of an early increase in wages. The prospects for the future are very en couraging for both employers and employees. The wage increase will range from five per cent to a larger amount varied in different depart ments, and will affect upwards of three thousand men. It is with pleasure that we note this evidence of prosperity in our neighboring town. Music in the Schools- In these days of cheap organs it seems every school district could af ford to buy one and make it a oart of the equipment of the school room where the farmer's children could be taught music as part of the common school course and put music in the place that it should occupy as one of the essential qualifications of a well educated person, just the same as grammar or mathematics. Our lives are prosy enough at best and music is a gift of the gods to cheer us through life's journey to the tomb We all ought to have of it. There is nothing that lifts us up and carries us away from the cares of earth like music. Farmer s Tribune. Itching Piles. Dr. Agnew's Oint ment is proof against the torments of Itching Piles. Thousands of testimo nials of cures affected by its use. No case too agravating or too long stand ing for it to soothe, comfort and cure. It cures in lrom 3 to 6 nights. 35 cents. 38. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Isn't it funny, mosquetoes start their songs in one sharp. all Give the Children a brink called Grain-O. It is a delicious, ap petizing, nourishing food drink to take the place of coffee. Sold by all gro cers and 'iked by all who have used it because when properly prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but is free from all its injurious properties. Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health builder, and children, as well as adults, can drink it with great bene fit. Costs about as much as coffee 1 S and 25c. 3 a 4td Every Path Hath a Puddle." A report from Manilla says that a young American by the name of IDll. berrer Martvii. is nnvate secretary to the Filipino general Aguinaldo. A young man with the same name spent the summer at Williamsport A T?rt rr lom tar a T-T a tincosl Q C a lhe puddle in the pathway lecturer and reformer, was brilliant of most lives is a. defective and talented, but failed to impress j . rt j those around him with his sincer- circulahonduetoabloodsup- ity He left vmm in the ply that instead of Qrowina early fall and has not been heard clear and strong like a moan- from ince- . Iany b!lievet het,is L , , nQW the pnvate secretary to the fam brook, ts stagnant and Filipino agitator, a belief that is imoure. Paddles mau be otiri- strengthened by the fact that his ffrrf. tfrruw. W A,- mother was a Spanish woman. limpid streams. That is what Hood' sSarsaparilla does with human blood. It clarities, iiurifioa and strengthens the blood, nnd when this is accom plished, the vital organs, liver, lunss. kidney, bowels, are all braced and in viBorated. ( never disappoints. Dyspepsia "Suffered everything but death lor year with dyspepsia. Nothing relieved me until I took llood'i Parsupu rllla and It ma!e and kept me well. I an eat anything I wish." Mbi, Euok.nk MiRi-iiY, Hull's Mill, Danbury, Conn. impure Blood-" Five years I suffered with pimples 011 faro and body. Hood's Sarsaparllla cured me ermanently. It nlsocured my father's carbuncles." Albert 1 HA8T, Tustln city, Cal. 'Erysipelas-" My little M Is now fat and healthy on account of Hood's Sartmpa. rllla curing her of erysipelas and eczema. It is our family medicine, as we all take It." Mas. 11. o. Whsati.ey, 1'ort Chester, N. Y. dlCOtU SaUafmiii Will Exchange Fine new Oak Bed Room Suits and BrusselsCarpets for Carpet Mill Bonds. Box 40 1, Bloomsburg, Pa. 3-2 OA.STOniA. Bears Us m "m m "a '"a" oflu6' PARTNER- DISSOLUTION OF SHIP. Notice Is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing between Hour Mctleary aud John (. .wdleury, under the nrm name of KoUr Muilenry A Hun, at Benton, Pit., as distill ers, has been this day dlsttolvea by mutual con sent. The Dumness win oe continued oy ooua O. Mell-nry. under the buxlnesa name ot hohr Mclieiiry & Son. All bills due the lale firm must be paid to John O. Muilenry, and all debts of tliesauio presented to hirafor payment. HIIIIK MCHKXHY, March 14, 1HU9. (8t) JOUN a. McUKMtV. Hood'ij-lll! cure IWor lilt. thmm-lrrUatln and onlf othartic to uk Flth H.KdTTUM.wrifoC NOTICE. Notice Is derebr given that the late firm of Rohr wcHeurr son aHrtlstlllent. has been dls. solved. The bimluess will be curried on under the name of holir Mcliriiryft Hon. by JohuU. McHeury, to whom all bills are payable, and to whom all claims against the luto tlrm must be presented tor payiueul. JOUN O. WcllENKY. Dress Fabrics for Spring, Why shouldn't this be a great exhibit of )re?s Goods beauty ? Didn't we hunt and cha!?e lor month.? and months for the piettiest and most styliph creations of the fashion makers? And we caught them, too. They are corralled here for you to take your pick This in, without a doubt, to be a Plain Dress Goods Season, with the neat covert mixed effects. These goods are bought lrom the best mills in this country, and when you buy a Dress at this store, you can feel sure that you will get good service from it. We call at . teution to a line of Coverts, 38 in. wide, at '28c. Herring Bone Coverts, oS in. wide, all wool, at 59c, you will not be able to match. The fine imported line at 85c , -12 in. wide, are goods we have always sold at $1.20 per yard. We are sell ing All Wool Henrietta, worth 50c, at 3oc. per yard, iu all colors. For the Easter Dress Parade. WOMEN'S SUITS. An instructive show ing. If you haven't seen it, you can have hut a faint conception of the strides which have been made in ready to wear garments. Every suit has the ear marks of beauty and fclegauce. You can find them at this store from $5.00 up, but we can talk to you with more pride of the Suits we are selling at $10.00, $11.00, $12.50, $10.00 and $20 00. They have the jacket all lined with silk, and if you look at them, you can se at once they are made with the greatest care. The skirts are lined with a good quality of Percaline and have the S. H. & M. binding on the bottom of the skirts. Furniture. It will soon be the first of April, and you may need a new Bedroom Huit, Sideboard, Table, Dining Chairs, or Enameled Bed. If you d after you have looked around, come to our store, we will sell them to you and fave you money. We are positive of this. Dishes. Johnson's White Porcelain we can tell at $2 75 for a Tea Set, and you can add what else you want to it, and you will Lavu a very cheap r-et of dishes, ami there is no bntter. We will sell, until the fin-t of Apiil, one of the best Blended Flours on the market, at l5c. for 50 pounds, or $3 75 per barrel. F. P. Pursel. SPECIAL SALE! 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 Gbods, 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, beparate Skirts. 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, 3jc. 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 dailr 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 McHENRV, Manager'
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