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I omit) , I'enmylViUila.
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1. .t. TASK Kit. l.ocAi, Kkitor.
GEO. V. KUAN, k'UKKMAN.
Tibm: Ins1(1fnn0'Hit,!y fi.nn a yearln nit
find1; If nor. paid In artvunee outside
Up county, fi.&t a year, utrtetly In atlvaner.
Ml communications hIioiiM he inMri'ssed to
'J'UK COLl'M MIAN.
lflooinsbutg, Pa.
' THURSDAY, OCTOHKKli, 1899.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR JUDCE OF SUPREME COURT,
SAMUEL L. MESTREZAT,
of Fayette County.
FOR JUDGK OF SUPERIOR COURT,
CHARLES J. REILLY.
of Lycoming County.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
WILLIAM T. CREASY,
of Columbia County.
DEM00EATI0 OOUiNTT TIOKET.
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 OF
THE COURTS,
WILLIAM H. HENRI E,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
J. C. RUTTER, JR.,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN G. HARM AN,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
WM. BOGERT,
of Sou Twp.
G. H. SHARP LESS,
of Catawissa.
f Arresting Movement in Pennsylvania.
Governor Stone is strongly in
favor of preserving the forests of
this state and has announced that
he will do all in his power to sup
port all efforts i:i that direction. In
an interview with Dr. J. T. Roth
rock, the State Forrestry Commis
sioner, Gov. Stone said :
"Our trouble is the lack of funds.
This land can be purchased in
many sections of the state for about
one dollar an acre, and Dr. Roth
rock has options on tracts to the
exient of ninety thousand acres but
there is no money in the State
Treasury available for this purpose.
As a matter of fact, the treasury is
still about three millions behind. I
would be very glad to authorize the
purchase of these tracts for reserv
ation purposes, but under the cir
cumstances it is hardly possible to
do anything.
There has been an improvement
iu the finances during the past few
months, but I can scarcely see my
way clear to an approval of a hun
dred dollars at this time for even so
important a thing as the reserv
ations. No one can apprec iate more than
I do the great necessity of protect
ing our forests and providing for
the future by establishing large res
ervations. Land will never be
cheaper than at present, and the
purchase on behalf of the state of
these large tracts of mountain land
would be money wisely expended.
Perhaps we can do something after
the financial condition of the com
monwealth has been improved."
Governor Stone after the confer
ence with Dr. Rothrock authorized
a call for a meeting of the Board of
Public Property, which will consid
er the purchase of the land in view.
Dr. Rothrock is firmly convinced
that Pennsylvania must do some
thing and do it quickly to preserve
not only its woodland, but also its
water supply. It is enly necessary
to travel through the mountain re
gions of the state to discover how
much devastation has been wrought
through the wholesale cutting of
timber and the waste of forest fires.
Governor Stcue has given Dr.
Rothrock to understand that he will
6tand shoulder to shoulder with him
in promoting the woodland idea.
It is not the purpose of the For
estry Commissioner to prevent fish
ing and hunting on State lands,
but he will make a strong effort to
prevent the starting of fires, which
have destroyed so many acres of
timberland. He has caused to be
posted on all lands owned by the
Commonwealth the following
notice : "This landjbelongs to the
State of Pennsylvania. Destruction
or renoval of timber or ocher prop
erty is forbidden. Lawful hunting
and fishing are allowed, but fires
must not be started."
EU'rilAXTS' THICKS.
HOW THE AWKWAPtD ANIMALS ARE
TAUGHT TO PERFORM.
Snmi .Irp Too Ir.H tt Irani Any
tlilmt. While Oilier. Arc Qnlrk
C'lMrh no Idea ForeiMe M.-OkhIk
I ! In Tlirlr Trnlniiwc
"Fcon's f ro;il jislt 111,1 rvcrv tiny,"
kiiM Keeper SnyJ: r of tho tie;!innt
hoiis.-! iu Central park recently, "how
anything bo ctupid looking ami thick
planned an nn elephant can be tanht
anything. I tell them nil that plej liants
lire net nnlike children. Some are too
drill to learn anything, and others can
catch an Idea qnickly. Tom," ho went
on, pointing to the largfi elephant who
was imsily engaged in throwing liny on
his hack, "although irascihlo indisposi
tion, is quite intelligent, the first trick
I taught him was to lie down. This
was iot no Piiy to accomplish as it
might seem, for it took a Mock and fall
at front and rear, with a gang of 13 or
20 men at each end. I stood at ono
side, and a I said 'Get down !' his feet
were drawn out from under him. This
had to be repeated only a few times be
fore he learned what 'Get down' meant
for him.
"To teach him to stand on his hind
feet and 011 his head a block and fall on
a beam over his head, a snatch block
and two 'dead men' in the floor and the
services of another elephant were all
required. As I said 'Get np!' the ele
phant in harness walked forward, and
Tom's front feet went Tip, while his
hind feet were chained together. When
I said 'Stand on yonr head!' his front
feet, which had been previously chain
ed, remained on the floor, while his
hind feet were drawn np ttntil they al
most literally 'kicked the beam.'
"These were his first lessons. When
ho learned to drill to 'right ahont, face,'
and 'left nlxmt, face,' I stood on ono
fiiile of him find nrmtlntr mult mi lin
j other, and we each had u prod. A.i I
commanded 'Right about, face!' ho wns
pr.shed over to the right, and 'Left
abor.t, face!' he vas prodded in that
direction. I taivdit him to waltz iu
much the fame wny, onl? r.s we pushed
hiin back and forth we made him go
clear around, anil now he is one of the
best waltzers iu the country, lie learn
ed to ring the bell and fan himself in
one less in. Both require th? same mo
tion, and they are really the same trick,
although people never think of that.
Yes, lie knows which is which and
never picks up the fan cr napkin when
I tell him to ring the bell. I only had
to put each, one at a time, in his trunk,
and with tho fan and bell I shook it
and with the napkin wiped first one
side of his mouth mid then the other.
IIj took to band organ grinding like n
Mulberry street Italian. It is one of his
favorite tricks.
"The elephant is tho only animal
whose legs all bend the samo way. His
hind legs bend in, and the position re
quired for creeping is not very comfort
able, bnt he does it an well as a baby.
His performances on the harmonica
are the most surprising to onlookers,
but the fact is that all the intelligence
required for that is holding the instrn
nient. As he must breathe through his
trunk, every breath moves it back and
forth. I discovered that he holds his
breath wheji he stands on his hind legs
by trying to get him to do that and
play the harmonica at the name time,
bnt is front feet nre no sooner up tluin
the sound ceanes until they are down
again.
"His tub is about 2' feet high, and
it took me about an hour to get him to
mount it the first time and as long to
get him down from it once ho was np.
I had finally to improvise a step from it
before he wonld come down. He went
right up again, however, and came
down and repeated tho movement sev
eral times in the first lesson. Now he
monnta it raid utandu on his hind feet
his front feet, his alio feet and waltzes
and changes on it.
"People all seem to think that an ele
phant has no souse of feeling because 1
his skin is thick and coarse. The fact is
that his skin is as sensitive as a baby's, ;
and if you tickle him with a straw you
will find it out. The feet of the ele
phant have to bo repaired frequently,
for they nre U3 susceptible to corns and
stone braises as tho feet of people, and j
they have to be cut and trimmed. Yon
wouldn't think it, would yon, that
twice around Tom's front foot, when he
is standing with his full weight upon
it, is equal to his height? It is true,
and it is a rule that seldom varies an
inch in any elephant.
"The African elephants havo only
four toes, and their ears are very large.
The Asiatic elephants hnve five toes,
und their ears ure smaller. There are
few African elephants in this country
not more than three or four. Not
long ago, at un exhibition in this city,
there was n skin of leather with small
ears and coinpurutively lino textnre (the
hide from all elephauts has too large
pores to make it of use), and it wus
labeled, 'Hide from an African ele
phant.' People dun't know anything
about them. ' ' New York Post.
Sot II l Style.
"A musician out of work, are yon?"
wild tho housekeeper. "Well, you'll
Hud a few cords iu the woodshed. Sup
pose you favor me with nil obligate."
"Pardon the pronunciation, madam."
replied Peripatetic PadroosUy, "but
Chopin is not popular with me." Cath
olic Standard and Times.
The Opportunity.
"HilkliiH got married rather suddenly,
didn't he?"
"Yen. Somebody gave him a railroad
pass to New York good for two, and
ho didn't want to waste it." Cleveland
Tlaln Dealer.
When a man Is missing, every one'u
tlrst Impulse is to count the women
left In town to Bee if one is short.
AU'hisou Globe.
THE COLUMBIAN',
"Honest Labor Bears
a Lovely Face'
There is nothing more
pleasing to look upon than a
hearty, ruddy face, gained by
honest toil. They are the
saving of the nation, these
toilers of both sexes, strug
gling for daily bread,
'Pure blood mikes them Able to keep up
the d'Jy round of duty at home, shop or
store. If the blood has a taint or im
purity, or a run down feeling comes on,
the one remedy is Hood's SarsaparXla,
America's Greatest Medicine for the blood.
Poor Blood "SMy blood was so
poor that in hottest weather I felt cold.
Hood's SarsapariUa made me warm. It Is
the right thing in the right place." Hattie
J. Taylor, Woodstown, N. J.
only ctirtlo 10 ukt irtth Hnod'i Srimrlll.
ftoa't Tok.rco Spit ml Smoke Tour l ife Inaj.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mng
letlc. full ot life, nerve ami vigor, take No-To-3ac,
the wonder-worker, tbnt makes weak men
itrong. All druggists, 50c or II. Cure guaran
teed. Tlnnlilnt ttnil Inrnnln f rn. a,1h.m
Sterling Kerned; Co., Chicago or New York.
PROTESTED AGAINST DIVORCE.
Presbyterian Alliance Follows Bishop Pot
ter's Expressed Views.
With a formal nrotest atrainst
o
the trreat number of rlivnrree rrrntit.
ed by the Courts on un-Scriptural
grounas, ana asserting tnat the
inarriace relation should nnt he
dissolved except on grounds laid
down in me scriptures, tne l'an
Presbvttrian Alliance mertintrs
- o
ended at Washington on Friday.
Rev. Principal Caven. D. D.. ot
Toronto, Canada, was chosen as
president of the alliance, succeed
ing Rev. Dr. Lang, of Glascow,
Scotland.
Rev. Dr. W. II. Roberts, of
Richmond. Va.. presented a raner
on the " History of the Western
bection ot the Auiauce.
It is not surprising that there
should be an exceptionally strong
movement on the subject of divorce;
tor although the powerful appeal of
Bishop Potter of the Episcopal
Church is not the first, it is, per
haps, among the first, officially,
from a Bishop to his Diocesan Con
vention, calling for action, and fol
lowed, as this has been, by prompt
action on the part of other religious
bodies. If the disturbed relations
of married people in other locali
ties are as we find them among our
se)ves, the conditions are appalling.
In this county, at the last term of
Court, as the minutes show, no
less than twelve cases, in various
stages, appear upon the records.
lhink of it, in an agricultural
county of less than forty thousand
population ! what must it be in
other places where habits are less
strict, and acquaintanceship less
complete, and general family influ
ences less binding? Well may
Bishop Potter cry out at such a
condition of American society.
OAlbToniA.
The Kind Yog Haw Always Bougtfc
Notice !
Have you seen the pumpkin in the
window of Gto. W. Hess' Jewelry
store ? If not, stop and see it, and
make a guess of the number of seeds
in the pumpkin and get a chance on
a $10.00 Kodak given free to the one
guessing the nearest number of seeds
n the pumpkin.
WANTEDSEVERAL URIGIIT AND
HONEST persons to represent us aj mana
gers in this an 1 close by counties. Salary
ijcjoo a year and expenses. Straight, bona
fide, no more, no less salary. Position per
manent. Our references, any bank, in nny
town. It is mainly alike work conducted at
home. Reference. Enclose self-addressed
stamped envelope. The Dominion Com
I'ANY, Dept. 3, Chicago. 9-:8-l6t.
BLOOM
SBUKC. iJA.
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If you want to save money,buy your suit atTownsend's
If you want the best value for your money in Cloth
ing, buy your Overcoat at TownsencTs.
If you want any good, cheap Clothing, for your boys,
in Suits or Overcoats, buy them at Townsend's.
Our motto is good goods at low prices, and satisfac
tion to all our customers. Remember that we do not
misrepresent our goods.
TOWNSEND'S STAR CLOTHING HOUSE.
National L'xportExposition r.t Philadelphia
Special Cheap Excursions via Philadelphia &
Reading Railway.
The National Export Exposition is
more than a mere show, it is a grand
school of instruction as to the manu
facturing ability and ingenuity of the
United States, and all presented to
the eye in such a way that it affords
amusement as wel1 as instruction.
For the pleasure seeker there is the
Chinese Village, Oriental Theatre,
Trained Animals, etc., in fact all the
best shows from the Midways of recent
Expositions, and when to this is ad
ded Grand Concerts every Afternoon
and Evening by some of the Best
Bands and Orchestras of the Country,
our readers can easily see it is well
worth a visit.
Arrangements have been made by
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway
to sell Special Excursion Tickets from
this vicinity to Philadelphia, on Oct.
13th and 20th, iN'ov. 3rd and 17th at
the low rale of Single Fare for the
Round Trip (with a minimum of 75
cents) including admission coupon to
the Exposition.
These Tickets to be good going
only on specified train morning of sale,
and good returning on any regular
train within 3 days including day of
sale.
For full information as to rates,
time of trains, etc., consult ticket
agents or address Edson J. Weeks,
Gen'l Passenger Agt., Philadelphia.
Lamp burners, wicks, chimneys,
and lamps of many kinds at Mer
cer's Drug & Book Store.
Bean the h" Knl You Have Always Bought
TO TDK l'UBLIC I hereby announce
myself as the Prohibition candidate for
County Commissioner and respectfully ask
the voter of Columbia county for their sup
port, irrespective of parly.
P. D. BLACK.
Rohrsburg, Pa., Oct. 10, iSgo.
TO THE PUBLIC I hereby announce
myself as an independent candidate for
County Commissioner, and ask the voters of
Columbia County for their support, irre
spective of party. O. T. WILSON.
TO THE PUBLIC. I hereby announce
myself as an independent candidate for
County Commissioner, ond nsk the voters of
Columbia County for their support, irre
spective of party. JOHN N. GORDON.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Efhile 0 Sarah Cornier, late of EloomwUirg, de
itutrtl. The undcrelgnpd Auditor, appointed by the
Orphans court ot Columbia county, Pa., to dis
tribute bulunco lu hands ot the exwuior, will
sit at his ofllce, In 1 ho "Sentinel" building,
Hlootnsbury, l'a., 011 Saturday November 4, 1!,
at 10 o'clock a. in., to perforin the duties ot his
appointment, when and where all parties Inter
ested must appear, or bo forever debarred from
coining Iu on sulci fund. T. J. VANUKHSLICE,
U-lJ-lt. Auditor.
Queen Quality
For Women
$3.00.
Style, Fit, Wear.
None Better.
W. C. McKINNEY,
No. 8 East Main St.
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 bcin to show signs of great activity.
Ve 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-
disinaf methods
1 nar. is tne secret 01 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
matched1 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 stvles. 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 cut into.
We start these at 50c.
R P. Pursel
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 nave great values to
offer you during the next month.. See the goods, get the prices
before you buy.
1 111 mii mi 11 insiss
Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited.
Corner Main and Centre.
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 $ 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, ij 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 $25.
Springs and mattresses, at all
prices.
ALFRED McIIENRY, Manager