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ESTABLISHED 1H.17. CONKOMPATKr 1R9.
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rilciouisburg, the County neat, ot Columbia
I'oiiniy, Pennsylvania.
GEO. B. K I. WELL KniTOR.
D. J. task KH, Local Editor.
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tto cotint.,r. I.Sii ft year, strictly In Rrtvati.'f.
All couimuuleatloos should be addressed to
THE COLUMBIAN.
Bloouisbui'ff, Pi.
rill'RSDAV, SKPTEMBER 14, 1899.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT,
SAMUEL L. MESTREZAT,
of Fayette County.
FOR JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT,
CHARLES J. REILLY,
of Lycoming County.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
WILLIAM T. CREASY,
of Columbia County.
DEMOOEATIO COUNTY TICKET-
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
V. H. FISHER,
from the South Side.
WILLIAM KRICKBAUM,
of Bloomsburg.
Ivor county treasurer,
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
of Locust Twp.
FOR TROTHONOTARY AND CLERK OF
THE COURTS,
WILLIAM H. HENRIE,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
J. C. RUTTER, JR.,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN G. JIARMAN,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
WM. BOGERT,
' of Scott Twp.
G. H. SHARPLESS,
of Catawissa.
TO BE EXPECTED-
We don't blame Republicans for
attempting to divert public atten
tion from their management of state
affairs to that of questions growing
out of the attempt to gobble the
Philippine islands.
It is not to be wondered at that
they would rather hear encomiums
on the flag than about their de
bauchery of public offices and the
betrayal of public trusts.
It is not strange that they show
so much interest iu the necessity for
good government for the Filipinos
and so little in the effort to get hon
est government here in Pennsylva
nia. It is not surprising to learn how
much they have to promise to the
naked negroes, and the leprous
half-breeds of the Philippine islands
and how lew professions of better
things they have for the business
men, farmers and taxpayers, here
at home.
It should astonish no one that
they devote so much time, and
waste so much effort, to interest
voters in matters that have no kind
of connection with the offices that
are to be filled in this state this fall,
and have nothing to say about the
way the duties of these positions
have been performed under the di
rection of the ring.
There are reasons for this course.
Substantial, imperative reasons.
Reasons that appeal both to their
hope of success and to the political
existence of the machine.
A depleted treasury !
An over-taxed people !
Crippled charities : inadequate
asylums ; unsupported hospitals ;
stolen school funds ; closed trade
chools ; useless officials ; over
paid and unworked clerks ; padded
pay-rolls, and all the leng list of
wrongs, by omission as well as by
commission, that are chargeable to
Republican control in Pennsylvania
compels Republican silence when
these questions are raised.
It is to avoid meeting these ; to
escape explanations that dare not
be attempted, and cannot be made,
that commands such grave-yard
silence on the part of those that
speak for the Republican party of
i'ennsylvania, when questions vital
to the interests of taxpayers are in
the balance.
Is it to be wondered at that they
point to the flag, to the Philippines,
or to anything else on God's green
earth, rather than to their own rot
ten and disgraceful record? Belle
Jonte Watchman.
The extension of the Shamokin
Mt. Carmel electric railway to Cen
tralia, is expected to have the rails
laid by December. The road will
not be opened for traffic until
spring.
The verdict of the French Mili
tary Court at Rennes, condemning
Captain Alfred Dreyfus for the sec
ond time is another miscarriage of
justice. The evidence produced at
the trial was sufficient to clear him,
and he would have been acquitted
in any civilized country, but the
judges went into the case with a
predisposition to condemn him and
allowed no consideration, for
justice or right, to sway them
in their purpose. In the eyes
of the world Dreyfus is an innocent
man. This infamous act should be
rebuked by the other countries of
the world. Let all nations refuse
to take part in her World's Fair,
let her waist away by herself, as
she deserves to do.
The Law of Compensation.
Comuiunlcated.
In some portions of our country
the land is desolate, but underneath
are mines of wealth. We com
plain about our mountains to climb,
but within are rich and vast de
posits of coal, iron, lead, copper,
silver and gold. The whole earth
is pregnant with aluminum, which
has been recently discovered and
utilized. When the sun goes down
the influence of his rays still linger
on tree and shrub and plant, keep
ing them growing all the same,
while the moon and stars supply us
with light. Drouth comes, but
never long enough to perish the
crops, for we always have enough
left to sustain us.
The man of limited means gener
ally has robust health to toil for
himself and family, while the rich
man in his mansion may be an in
valid, or his fine home a hospital
for his sick family. The law of
co'iipensation is almost universally
prevalent. Deity did not place the
stars iu some blue corner of his im
mensity. He scattered them every
where, to be seen and admired by
every species of humanity, giving
beauty and grandeur around the
midnight throne. Pale Luna has
influence upon vhe tides of the sea.
The ocean is dangerous in a
storm ; she is terrible in her con
vulsions, but she bears our human
ity from shore to shore and carries
our commerce into almost every
clime. Fire will consume a citv,
but it is an indispensable conveni
ence. Water destroyed Johnstown,
but how long could we live with
out it ?
It is so intellectually.
Homer was blind, but his poetry
has come down to us immortalized.
Aesop was a helat, yet his fables,
containing the hidden Iruth of
morals, has been trajsmitted to us.
Socrates was the embodiment of
ugly features, yet he was the grand
philosopher of Athens and the tutor
of Plato, Pericles and Aristatle.
Shakespeare's plays were ridiculed
on the stage 'till he played them
himself. Milton was blind, yet h
poetry ranks among the best of any
age. Byron was a cripple ; his
mother abused and neglected him,
yet Byron's poetry is sublime, and
will live for ages to come.
While John Howard inconsist
ently neglected his own family, he
was a blessing to mankind in the
way of giving consolation to the
unfortunate in prison ce'ls. Martyrs
there were who perished in the
Colosseum of Rome, or burned by
the hand of monster Nero, or per
ished in the burning fagots of the
Dark Ages, yet their martyrdom
gave power, life and perpetuity to
Christianity.
Webster could hardly graduate
at college, yet he was heard from.
Clay could hardly say " Mr. Presi
dent " in an ordinary debating so
ciety, but afterward he said more
than that in the U. S. Senate as
statesman and orator.
Patrick Henry would always play
truant at school and go fishing, yet
his eloquence burned the life out of
King George III. There is a law
of compensation. e. j. n.
JERSEYTOWN.
Mr. Fruit is our popular male car
rier from the depot.
Rev. E. Y. Brouse is doing some
fine preaching on this circuit.
E. J. Bowman delivered an addres8
here on the future ot our country.
Greenly is running a prosperous
mill here jnd turning out fine work.
Merchant Gingles is running a fine
store, and has a fine stock of goods,
The popular railroad agent here is
doing a good business in phosphate
and coal.
The Epworth League has some in
teresting meetings in the church on
Sabbath evenings.
We met our old friend Dr. Christain
of Millville lately. He has a large
medical practice.
Mr. Shuman has purchased a travel
ing horse that gets over the ground as
fast as most of them.
D. M. Remby is keeping a good
hottl, so that Jerseytown is well off for
good hotels. Remby has built a new
stable.
. Harry Bower and H. C. Wheeler
of Berwick, visited Jerseytown on their
"The Prudent Man Setteth
His House in Order."
Your humin tenement should be given
even more careful Attention than the
house you live in. Set it in order by
thoroughly renovating your whole system
tlvough blood made pure by taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla. Then every organ
will act promptly and regularly.
How Art T.nr Klda.y. I
Tr. TTobhs'Bpflnurnn PI11npnro.il kidney Ilia. ffan
p'.e Int. Add. Hurling Hamedy Co., Chicago or N. T.
wheels on Saturday last. They have 1
been on an extensive tour. I
During last week we were hand
somely entertained by a comic show
that produced much laughter, run by
D. B. Edsell and Pearl Winthrope.
They are jolly entertainers.
Win,. C. Johnson has just closed his
law studies with a great deal of credit
in Philadelphia. He proposes to
practice in Bloomsburg and doubtless
will meet with success. He was at
one time our County Superintendent.
Jerseytown lacks good pavements,
her boardwalks are ancient and dilapi
dated. The Hotel Crawford is undergoing
extensive improvements. This is a
well kept hotel. Wm. F. Crawford
and son run the aftair and understand
the business. They are accommodating
gentlemen.
Don't f til to attend the Columbia
County Veteran Association Reunion
to be held at Millville on Saturday.
1 6th inst. . Procession and good speak
ers are engaged. This doubtless, will
be an interesting time. A good dinner
will De provided the public at reason
able rates
We had a lolly day hete on Friday
las', two conspicuous citizens o(
Bloomsburg visited our town. Wil
liams the well-known auctioneer ot
horse flesh and real estate, and the
former popular bartender of the Ex
change, Heniiersnott. 1 ney were
hospitable to the boys. Come again
gentlemen.
Reopening the M. E. church at
Eyers Grove came offon last Sabbath.
Dr. Thompson of Pittsburg preached
excellent sermons in the morning and
at night to full houses. Preaching all
week. This is now a gem of a church
through the energy ot Rev. David Y.
Brouse the pastor. He is a church
bu'lder as well as a good preacher.
Saturday night we were harangued
by two Mormon preachers. They
harped upon their creed which seemed
all right, but they failed to say any
thing about poloygamy; the 75 wives
that Brigham Young had and the cold
blooded slaughter of emigrants men
women and children at Mountain
Meadows a few years ago, by the em
issaries of Brigham Young. They fail-
to siy about the every 10th dollar
Bricham got. with which he built his
mansions, the big tabernacle and the
organ that cost huge money.
People who have never visited here.
will be surprised and delighted at this
beautiful country, while the roads for
miles in any direction are excellent,
being made ot black slate that hardens
and becomes as level as a noon Geo.
Whitenight and Peter Workheiser are
the efficient supervisors; wouM that we
had more such supervisors, we would
Juve better roads. . Assuredly there
are taxes enough to have good reads,
and many roads are made over hills
that could be avoided. 1 he cry
comes from every direction '"better
roids. '
We now allude to the cemetery near
Jerseytown, surrounded by a beautiful
country. This small cemetery has
some excellent monuments, but this
small city of the dead is in a lament
able condition, brambles and briers
and weeds growing all through it.
How easily each familv could clear
away the trash and fix up the place.
It is in bad form to neglect your
friends who are deposited in the earth
Fix I'D this grave yard where your re
latives and friends aie lying. Do it
this beau.iful weather. Plenty of time
this Autumn. Save yourselves further
censure in this regard "oh ye people
of Jerseytown and vicinity.
-Nix,
J
We have lots to interest you. Our
Fall styles in Ready-Made Clothing
have been selected with care, and our
HATS AND FURNISHING GOODS
will be found to be the latest in style.
Call and examine the new styles,
just in, at
TOWNSEWD'S
STAR CLOTHIWC HOUSE,
For Dewey Celebration-
The Brooklyn Eagle Hat Established Free
Bureaus for the Convenience ot
Out of Town Visitors.
The celebration of Admiral Dewey's
return to his native land will be one of
the most important civic events in the
history of the United States. New
ork City has voted the sum of $ 1 50,-
000 toward delraying the expenses of
the event, and the State of New York
has contributed $75,000. There will
be military and naval parades, fire
works, dinners and speeches. 1 he
entire city will put on a gala attire
and the streets will be festooned w:th
streamers, bunting and flags. At this
time, also, the great international
yacht race between England and
America will take place. The rail
roads and steamboats entering New
York City will all make low excursion
rites, and this fact, together with the
manifold attractions which New York
will olTer, will bring to the city hun
dreds of thousands oi visitors from all
parts of the Union.
The number of visitors is estimated
to be so large as to tax the capacity of
the hotels of the city.
To meet this contingency, and to
aid in a public spirited way all intend
ing visitors to secure ample rooming
accommodations, the Brooklyn Eagle
through its free Information Bureaus,
will, without any charge whatever,
supply to any and all persons applying
for information as to where rooms,
with or without board, can be obtain
ed in either boarding houses or hotels
in the entire City of New York. The
Manhattan Bureau is located at 953
Broadway, near Twenty-third street.
The Main Bureau is located in Rooms
28 and 29, Eagle Building, Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Eagle also has in
preparation a fine guide book to New
York City, containing the principal
sights to be seen, a list of trolley rides,
list of short water excursions, with
cost thereof; a list of boarding houses
and hotels prepared to entertain
guests, with their rates and other valu
able information difficult to learn or to
buy; also the complete programme of
the Dewey reception. This guide to
the metropolis will be sent free to any
address on receipt of a cents to cover
postage.
Visitors can call personally at either
bureau to obtain boarding house in
formation, but if writing in advance
parties should state as nearly as pos
sible which borough of the city they
prefer, and as near as can be the lo
cality. They should also state wheth
er rooms are desired, with or without
meals, and about the price it is desired
to pay. Good rooms can be secured
from 50 cents per day up. All com
munications should be addressed to
the "Eagle Information Bureau, Eagle
Building, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Queen Quality
!E3 ZE3Z GD ZElS iES
For Women
$3.00.
Style, Fit, Wear.
None Better.
W. C. McKINNEY,
No. 8 East Main -St.
STY
THE
AUTUMN
IS READY.
A chance to get humps' and boys' ribbed, fleeced under
wear, at almost half price. Thes are not a lot of odds and
ends, but fresh, new goods from the maker. The same quality
of goods we sold last season very fast. The small sizes at 10c,
and advanced in price s the sizes enlarge.
The large sizes we sold at 4-5e. We will sell the goods
from Thursday to the first ot October, if they last, the small
size at 5c, and advance the price on each size ; the largest size
will cost you 28c. This is the cheapest lot of underwear we
have ever offered. Don't miss the chance.
Enjoy the Opening Days of Autumn
Dress Goods.
There are many safe variations of might and quality, with
this safeguard always present, Never too cheap to be really
cheap and good. Never foolishly extravagant. Maybe, this
list of Black Dress Goods will more fully explain :
Black Crepon, in many styles,
at 7Sc to $2.25 the yard.
Cheviot, from 56c to $1.25 the
yard.
Storm Serge, ready sponged,
to make at once, from 30c. to
$1.40 the yard.
Special values in Henrietta
But our store holds
Venetian Cloth, from 50c to
$1.00.
75c Whip Cords. 45 inches
wide, at 56c.
Camel's Hair effects, 58 inch
es wide, in all colors, at $1.25
Women's Suits.
Jaunty, stylish, reasonably priced. Have you seen the
Venetian Cloth Suit we are selling at $12.00 ? It is the most ex
traordinary suit value ever we have had. Perfectly tailored, of
great style, and in every coloring which is in vogue. See them.
F. P.
OUR MIDSUMHER
Clearing Sale
nighty Bargains, Cut Prices,
Begin with us on Summer Goods from July nth. Now is
your time to save money on
Shirt Waists, Dimities, Organdies,
PERCALES, LAWNS, &c.
Do not miss this opportunity. We will nave great values to
offer you during the next month. See the goods, get the prices
before you buy. ,
Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited.
Corner Main and Centre. ALFRED McHENRY, Manager
UNDERWEAR
at 80c the yard, and fine Black
Serge, 45 inches wide, at 56c
the yard.
- Black Mohair, from 35c to
i$i.35 the yard.
Cords, in different widths,
from 70c to $1.20 the yard.
the boquet of colors.
the yard.
Mixed Cheviot, Plain Cheviot.
Storm Serges, in all colors, from
50c. to $1.40.
50c. Henrietta, in all colors,
all wool, 38 inches wide, at 40c.
Pursel