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Democratic State Ticket.
FOR JUDOE 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.
DEMOORATIO COUNTY TI0KET-
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
W. H. FISHER,
from the South Side.
WILLIAM KRICKBAUM,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JEREMIAH SNYDER,
of Locust Twp.
FOR PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK OK
THE COURTS,
WILLIAM II. HKNRIE,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
J. C. RUTTKR, JR.,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN G. HARMAN,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
WM. BOGERT,
of Sc-tt Twp.
G. H. SHARPLESS,
of Catawissa.
The great boat race, which has
aroused universal interest between
the American cup defender Colum
bia, and Sir Thomas Lipton's Sham
rock will take place next week. In
the opinion of many, the handling
of the yachts will cut a big figure in
the race. We want to see the best
boat win, and we hope that the Co
lumbia is the best boat.
The Democratic party in the
State has seldom found itself bet
ter prepared for attack than it is at
the present time, says the Pittsburg
Post. The consensus of opinion
favors sticking to state issues for
the most part, as that is Democrat
ic and honest. The Democratic
party does not need to evade any
thing it does not find it necessary
to draw attention away from local
corruption by shouting about the
starry flag and upholding the na
tion's honor and the like inapplic
able truisms.
The state board of health in a
circular letter issued with reference
to the spread of small-pox in this
State gives the information that
since the disease was first reported
in Bedford county, in the month of
November, 1898, it has made its
appearance in more than twenty
one counties and more than 100 dif
ferent localities. The number of
cases reported is about 900 and the
number of deaths seven. The board
urges that in all communities the
proper precautions be taken in the
way of general vaccination, isola
tion of patients, and the providing
of emergency hospitals.
Trusts Injure Labor.
It is stated by the advocates of
trusts that their action can have no
effect to injure the laborer em
ployed by them. A practical illus
tration of the falseness of this the
ory was lately seen by the action of
the glass trust lately instituted.
The National Glass Company, of
Pittsburg, has been absorbed by the
monster Glass Trust lately organ
ized. It employs several hundred
salesmen. As soon as the National
Glass Company entered the combi
nation its first action was to call all
these salesmen home, which meant
their discharge. The work will in
, the future be performed at one cen
tral selling agency for the product
of all the factories included in the
consolidation. One agent, with
slight help, will do all the work of
the discharged salesmen, throwing
hundreds of these men out of em
ployment and compelling them to
seek other modes of making a liv
ing and maintaining their families,
and yet those who favor trusts
have the face to maintain that the
latter will have uo effect to injure
the wage earner. We show the
fallacy of their arguments.
Wfcy the I3oef Trust is Omnipotent.
An advance in the price ol cattle
on the hoof at Chicago to 6.90 per
Minorca pounds, the highest price
leached since iSSj. and which
means still higher prices to those
who buy steaks and roasts for fam
ily consumption, is variously ac
counted for, with a decided pre
ponderance ot denunciation of the
greed of the Beef Trust, which is
supposed to have a corner in the
supply of fat cattle.
hue it is probably true that the
wealthy beef-slaughtering coriora
tions of Chicago and elsewhere are
making the most of the pres
ent enormous demand for beef
and beef products, both at home
and abroad, the public should not
lose sight ot the tact that the chief
factor in the advance of beef prices
is a short supply and an unusual
demand. The price of beef will
not be lowered to a fair and normal
rate by denunciation, and the sen
sible plan will be that of remedying
as last as possible the real evil,
a short supply of cattle. Since
1892. when the cattle in the United
States other than milch cows num
bered 37,651,000, the number has
steadily decreased until, according
to a recent report of the Department
of Agriculture at Washiugton, the
cattle available for meat purpos3s
only numbered 2S,ooo,ooo. These
figures alone tell the story of the
present high price for beef.
The causes for this decline in the
number of beef cattle in the face of
a constantly-increasing demand ior
beef are very apparent. The great
cattle ranches of the West fright
ened the ordinary farmers out of
the cattle-raising business. The
drovers and butchers who used to
traverse thecountrv buying one an
imal of this farmer and another of
t'.-.at are out of the business because
the small fanners do not raise cat
tle any more. The great cattle
ranches of the West have long since
reached the limit of production, and
until the farmers throughout the
country engage once more in the
cattle-growing business the supply
is bound to be below the demand.
We think it was a mistake for
the farmers of the older states to
permit themselves to be driven out
of the business at all. The farmers
have suffered in pocket and the
fanrs in productiveness in conse
quence, and the sooner they return
to the old practice of raising a lim
ited amount of cattle to be sold for
beef from time to time, the better
for farmers and beef consumers.
The Beef Trust controls the mar
ket now because of a limited sup
ply of cattle held in a few hands,
but with the small farmers again
furnishing a supply of cattle to lo
cal butchers and dealers, the latter,
as well as the beef-consuming pub
lic, could once more snap their fin
gers in the face of the Beef Trust,
and we are satisfied that the farmers
would find more profit in the
change than in the growing of un
limited quantities of cheap wheat
and corn. Phila. limes.
A On poled Issue
It's wonderful how quiet Repub
licans are on some of their former
issues. Last year the principal
stock in trade of the State ring was
the "Little Red School House."
It was in all of their papers, their
speeches, their songs, their pictures
and their thoughts. It was the
child of their creation and a bless
ing that they had built up, pro
tected and handed down to us.
There was no going back on the
public schools, or the record ot the
Republican party, as their advocate
and defender. All the intelligence
and good and glory that had come
from education and enlightenment
was due to it, and they were its
daddy. How different now ? Do
you ever hear one speak of what his
party has done for the public
schools, or how it fosters and cares
for them? Not much. They did
that on?e, boastfully and effectually.
I: was only last fall that the air was
full of it, and the State reverbera
ted from end to end with their hur
rahs for the " Little Red School
House," and the glorv it had
achieved. But it is all over now.
A condition- arose that forced them
to choose between the corporations
and the schools. To save the for
mer they attempted to strike down
the latter, and, as a campaign issue,
the public schools, their progress,
usefulness, future welfare or bene
fits, are now as useless and obnox
ious to them as are the ten com
mandments to those proselyting for
the devil.
How suddenly some people must
change. How plainly the hypoc
risy of some is exposed. That
million of dollars stolen from the
schools seems to have nlaved Hum.
der with their public school issues.
Ex.
There wasn't a single occupant
in the Sullivan County jail, and
Judge Dunham discharged the
criminal court jurors, because there
were uo cases of a criminal nature
to be tried.
"The West is
the Cheapest'
Experience teaches that
good clothes wear longest,
good food gives best nutrition,
and a good medicine that
cures disease is naturally the
best and cheapest. Hood's
Sarsaparilla is the best medi
cine money can buy, because
it cures when all others fail.
Poor Health "Had poor health for
years, pains in shoulders, back And hips,
with constant headache, nervousness And
no Appetite. Used Hood's Sarsaparilla.
gained strength And can tvork hard all I
day; eat heartily and sleep well. Hook
H becAuse it helped my husband to whom
it gave strength." Mrs. E. J. Giffels,
Moose Lake, Minn.
3wCtd SaUafm
liood'i fill, cur. It tit 111.; t nnjrriut1nrjnd
only ctthtrilo to trf. wllh liuod gufuuarUI.
Moving ou the Enemy.
A most important meeting of
Democratic editors and those in
charge ot the Democratic organiza
tion of the State was held in Pitts
burg recently. The situation in
the .State was thoroughly gone over
and a line of action adopted, which,
if earnestly carried out, both by
the organization and editors, is sure
to give the state ring more trouble
than it has yet anticipated in its ef
forts to continue its corrupt rule
and debauching influences. At the
instance of the editors steps were
taken to organize a movement that,
if successful, wjll minimize the
frauds perpetrated at the polls in
Philadelphia, and will secure, as
far as it is possible, under our in
adequate election laws, fair elec
tions in that machine manipulated,
and repeater-ruled city. Kfforts to
thoroughly organize and arouse the
Democratic vote of the State are to
be made in every school district,
and with a full Democratic vote at
the polls, reasonably fair elections
in Philadelphia, and such help as
the Independent Republicans may
give, there is no reason under the
sun why the end of Quayism, ring
rule and its rottenness and robber
ies should not be in sight. Uelle
fontc Watchman.
8TATE.HEW8 ITEMS.
Mr. and Mrs. John Roles of
Deposit, have become the parents
of a little girl that tipped the scales
at two pounds and twelve ounces.
A lady's finger ring will easily pass
over the midget s hand and arm,
and a bracelet will pass completely
over its head. The little woman is
well formed and healthy.
Judge Simonton of Harrisburg,
in his charge to the grand jury
Monday instructed the jurors to re
turn all slot machines and other
gambling devices. Judge Simonton
instructed the grand jurors to make
thorough investigation, and report
the result of the same to the court
at any time during the week.
By a fall of rock at the Burn
side mineShamokin, Monday morn
ing three men were seriously injur
ed. They are Lewis Stein, body
crushed; Lewis Hummel, shoulder
broken; Moses Mowrey, head and
face cut. The accident occurred
shortly after the colliery had start
ed, and the fall, which came without
warning, was quite large.
The strike at the Stevens col
liery, Pittston, which has been on
for the past two months, and which
resulted in a fatal riot a few weeks
ago, has been settled. At a meet
ing of the striking foreigners held
at their hall it was decided to accept
the company's proposition of an in
crease of five cents per car.
Judge Albright, of Allentown,
has ordered the removal from the
soldiers' monument of a bronze tab
let containing his name, that of the
county commissioners, their clerk
and their solicitor. He said the mon
ument was erected to perpetuate
the memory of the soldiers, and not
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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
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as an advertisement of county of
ficials. The project for the construction
of an iron bridge across the Susque
hanna at Sunbury assumed definite
shape by the Sunbury Bridge Com
pany authorizing a contract with
the Gorton Bridge Company, of
New York, for the construction of
the bridge at its bid of $140,000.
Ou the competition cf this bridge
the line of the Sunbury and North
umberland Klectrie Railway will be
extended to Selinsgrove.
Burglars Sunday night entered
the home and store of Joseph O'
Donnell, Forrestville, and carried
away several hundred dollars' worth
of goo Is. Mr. and Mrs. O'Donnell
were both chlorofoi med. when the
burglars worked at will. The same
night burglars entered the j ewelry
store of I. II, Doutrich, in Orwigs
burg, and stole about S-ioo worth of
jewelry. There is no clue to either
burglary.
A EEL GHOST. THEY SAY.
A Phantom Object Frightens the People of
South Williamsport.
Teople living m South Williamsport
are greatly agitated by a strange ap
parition, which appears nightly, that
of a headless woman dressed in long
flowing white robes.
Sunday night a young woman ran
screaming into the residence of a Mrs.
Houser and said the figure had walk
ed by her side in a lonely place along
the edge of a high retaining wall skirt
ing a dark ravine and cavoiting in a
most terrifying manner. A young
man returning from a visit to his girl
saw it in the shape of a phantom dog,
which, when he kicked at it, as he did
repeatedly, was always far enough
away to miss his foot, finally vanishing
entirely, when he lost his nerve and
ran home.
Superstitious people believe the
ghost is that ot an unknown woman
whose skeleton was found on the
mountains back of Duboistown. Many
are afraid to venture out atter night
fall. WANTED--SEVERAL BRIGHT AND
HONEST persons to represent us as mana
pevs in this and close ly counties. Salary
$900 a year and expenses. Straight, bona
tide, no more, no less salary. I'osition per
manent. Our references, any bank, in nny
town. It is mainly office work conducted at
home. Reference. Enclose self-addressed
stamped envelope. Tub Dominion Com
pany, Dept. 3, Chicago. o,-;S-l6t.
TO THE 1'UBLIC I hereby announce
myself as an independent candidate for
County Commissioner, nnd ask the voters of
Columbia County for their support, irre
spective of party. O. T. WILSON.
TO THE rUlil.lC. I hereby announce
myself as an independent candidate for
Conntv Commissioner, and ask the voters of
j Columbia County for their support, irre
spective 01 party. junrs i.
Quality
SHOES
For Women
$3.00. -
Style, Fit, Wear.
None Better.
Queen
W. C. McKINNEY,
No. 8 East Main St.
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The Flood Tide of Fall Trade Has Set
In. It Will Increase in Volume
Day by Day.
Already it ripples and eddies around the different sections
of the store. Dress Goods, cloaks, women's underwear, blankets,
shoes, furniture, etc., all begin to show signs of great activity.
We are pleasing our patrons. No store can have a better
advertisement than that. We are here for this purpose.
Mark the well beaten path that leads direct to our doors.
Note the people as they come and go. Ask them the reason why
they make this store the base of their dry goods supplies, and
they will tell you that they have full confidence in our merchan
dising methods. That is the secret of our success.
The Busy
Garment Room.
There is a reason for it yes,
several reasons. First We've
the handsomest cloak equip
ment in this section. Second
You can absolutely depend upon
our garments being right in
style, fit, finish and mightiness
of material. Third The prices
are so modest that they appeal
to your sense of economy.
All wool Kersey Jacket, lined
throughout with good satin,
trimmed with etching and small
buttons, in all the new colors,
at $10.00. The $12 is better
lined and finer cloths, made
with fly front. The suits we
offer at $1000 cannot be
matched The $12 00 suits are
made with fly fronts, trimmed
with small buttons and made of
fine Venetian cloth.
The New
Gown Stuffs.
Shelves and counters laden
with handsome new fall weaves.
Come in and see if we have not
outbested all former bests.
Note the styles, compare the
qualities and prices, and be con
vinced. We've been doing some
masterful buying for you.
Mohair, 50 inches wide, in all
colors, at $1 00. Imported Ve
netian cloth, 45 inches wide, at
90c.
Heavy serges and cheviot,
ready sponged to qut into.
We start these at 50c.
F. P.
OUR MID-SUMHER
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 have 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 McIIENRY, Manager
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Kid Glove
Reception.
Greater than any of previous
season. To the hundreds of
our kid glove patrons we should
write this. Stock and their val
ue add other hundreds.
Want to start the season right
by giving you values that you
can talk about.
$1 00 quality at 75c to start
the season.
$1 25 quality at $1 00 to start
the season.
Colored autumn gloves at
$1 25.
Blanket Buyers.
Don't think you ever handled
any honester blankets than
these. We know they are hon
estly priced, too honestly Jfor
a big profit showing. But we
bought them on an anti-tariff
basis and the saving goes to
you, where it rightly belongs.
Cotton blankets, from 49c to
to $1 29.
Special offer for a short time:
A gray blanket, all wool, nice
and soft, i at $2 25, would be
cheap at $3 00.
Furniture.
New patterns in bedroom
suits for $16, $18, $19 50, $22 50,
$25 00, $32 50.
Sideboards, $1 1 to ?2$.
Springs and mattresses, at all
prices.
Pursel