'HE COLUlviblAiM, r'.LOOMSBURC. FA. lumbian. TEE FIGHT AQA1N8T QUAY. Independent Republicans liiue a Strong Address. ESTABLISHED 1868. tfbt (foluniMa gmotrat, waTAB. 1SUUD 18S7. CONSOLIDATED 1869. P0BU8HR J ?VKKT TI1UK8UAV MOKN1NU rtloomsDurB, the County snat of Columbia tjountT, 1'ennnylvanla. OBO. B. KLWKLIi Kditok. n J. TASKKK, I.0C4I. EDITOR. GEO. C. KUAN i FOHHUM. T..MS inside the county U.ooayearln ad If not Dftld in adyanco Ouwlde K oo'untT, ti.ai a year, Htrlctly In advance. AH "O'l0ttlonjlul?l?fldB7AN,,,l l Bloomaburg, Pa. Thursday, dkckmbkk 14, 1899. Oomipunicated Our attention has been called to a statement made by Prof. Pierson at the late County Institute, by one of the teachers attending the Institute, to the effect that London consumed annually nine billions of eggs, and that the eggs, it placed end to end would make a circle as large as the Equator, to wit, 23,000 miles in length. This statement vas copied into his memorandum at the time of announce- j ment. Upon careful investigation it is found that, allowing the average length of egs to be three inches, the length ot nine billions of eggs would form a line of 426,120 miles, or a distance sufficient to encircle the equator thir teen times. If the eggs measure two inches in diameter they would form a zone twenty six inches in width. Al lowing our imagination to run with Prof. Pierson's, that zone of eggs would hatch, in that torrid region and what a mighty belt of chicks would enliven the equatorial lir.e ? In the course of nine months they would fur nish a delicious food that would last London an indefinite length of tiine that would far surnass Prof. Pierson's famous "eight inch columns ot beef" annually consumed by London that would Teach to the moon." We can well imagine that Prot. Pierson was very entertaining to an intelligent audience, like that of a body of teach ers, assembled in county institutes. Now the question is, will our teachers profit by Prof. Pierson's teachings and instruct the children under their care upon the lines of the Prof's ludicrous and impracticable illustrations. The county annually expends a couple of hundred dollars for this class of in structors who work upon the imagina tion from which no practical results can follow to the benefit of our child ren, except to be taught not to believe that the moon is made ot green cheese when these smart fellows tell them so. X. , Wanted the Eeportera to Get tbe Hews- One of the first things done by the general superintendent of the Dela ware, Lackawanna & Western Rail road, says the New York Sun, after the accident at Patterson last week, Wednesday, was to give these orders to his chief clerk: "Communicate at once by telephone with every news paper in New York. Tell them that we have had a bad accident at Pater- son, and that while it reflects seriously on us, we do not care to have it made worse by ignorant misrepresentation and guesswork. Ask them to send reports, the more the better, to Pater- son right away, and tell tnem mat 11 11 is not possible for their men to reacn Hoboken in time tor our last train at 9:30 o'clock, we will find some way to get them out there. Meanwhile give all innuirers all the information that - comes into your possession. The instructions were 'carried out to the letter. Later, at the scene of the disaster, the officers of the railroad devoted as much time as could prop erly be spared from the care of the in jured to making clear ah the details of the accident. The horse sense of this action is an outward indication of the working of the new Western blood that was :njected into this railroad a few months ago. tt Ti(;ht Over Burial Expenses. County Commissioners Object to Money Paid for Unknown Man's Funeral. There is a dispute between the Overseers of the Poor of Catawissa township and the County Commission ers in regard to the burial of the un known man whose body was found near the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks two weeks aco. The bill for attend ance and burial as returned to the county amounts to $74-87. arul is made up of the following items: Over seers of the Poor of Catawiss a Twp. , $53 50; Coroner's bill, $11. 37; doc tor's bill for attendance at inquest, $10. The County Commissioners claim this amount is too large, and they refuse to pay the $53 .50 to the Overseers, hence the trouble. The ground on which the Commis sioners refuse payment is as follows: The Act of 1893 which required the commissioners to pay burial expenses in such cases has been declared un constitutional, and hence the payment of expenses falls back upon the poor district where the accident happened, the same as it did before the passage of the Act of 1893. The property of Philip Iliileman situated in Jackson township was sold on Saturday by Sheriff Black to A. L. Fritz, Attorney. An address has been issued by the anti-Quay Republicans, to the Repub lican party in Pennsylvania : The signers are the committee se lected by the conferees at their first meeting to formulate the plan upon which the Anti-Machine Republicans of the State propose to begin opera tions at the primary elections. Ballot reform to prevent repetition of the re cent startling election frauds is the keynote of the declaration. Senator Magee, although not among the signers, heartily endorses the gen eral tenor of the address, and leaves no room to doubt the attitude of him self or these legislators who, in the last days of the General Assembly's session, followed him in the abandon ment of Quay as a Senatorial candi date. The address to the Republicans of Pennsylvania is as follows : "The undersigned Republicans re affirming their devotion to the princi ples and traditions of the party ot Lincoln, Grant and Mc Kinky, jealous of its record and anxious for its future success and the continuation of its usefulness in State and nation, do hereby declare that a condition of af fairs now exists in our Commonwealth which is repugnant to Republican principles and destructive of Republi can government. "Unjess these conditions meet with prompt, effective and disinterested ac tion, our party will cease to command the confidence and support of the people. MUST PROTECT THE 'CONSTITUTION. "The Constitution, our fundamen tal law, made by the people them selves, must be protected against the attacks of mercenary politicians. Our laws must be faithfully and sturdily enforced. State and municipal gov ernment must be lree from corruption, inequality and taint. Elections, pri mary and general, must be pure and untiammeled. Free schools and pub lic education must be divorced from partisan politics. The will of a sov ereign people, not that of a factional leader, must control. Appointment to public office must insure competent and faithful performance of official j duty. "The people of Pennsylvania have recently witnessed the deliberate vio lation of the fundamental law, notably in the executive veto of the joint reso lution submitting to the people a cons titutional amendment for the protec tion of the suffrage, and the unwar ranted veto of a part of the item ap propriating money to the public schools by the latter of which public education was sacrificed to unworthy and selfish ends ; the nullification of the Consti tution and the violation ot all prece dent, in the appointment to a seat in the United States Senate of an aspir ant rejected by the representatives of the people in legislative council ; the infamous work of bribers, seeking to debauch the Legislature to satisfy, against the people's will, individual lust for office 5 the adopting of State platforms promising reforms which the party and the people have been de manding for years, only to be broken when the necessities of their framers demanded, and the perversion of pub lic moneys to private use. THE BALLOT BOX DEBAUCHED. j "They have beheld the office ot United States Senator prostituted to the work of filling Federal positions of honor and trust by the appoint ment of those who, in turn, have re paid their benefactors by organizing gangs of repeaters and ballot-box stuf fers to suffocate and destroy the sov ereign will of the qualified electors of the State. The proof of this has been plainly manifested by the recent de velopments in the Thirteenth division of the Seventh ward of Philadelphia, where at the last election, Federal pf ficeholders from Washington, at the head of professional ballot-box stuff ers, took possession of the polls, and in that single precinct cast hundreds of false and fraudulent votes. "Believing that the wise policy of President McKinley and his national administration should receive the loy al support ot all true Republicans, and that the principles of the Republican party should be maintained in both State and nation, but fearing that the corrupt and destructive practices here in-above recited may cripple the pow er of the Commonwealth as a factor to that end and stay her hand when most needed, we call upon all who be lieve in these principles to unite with us in the purpose and effort hereby proclaimed : THE REFORM DEMANDED. "For the enactment of law3 to ade quately punish all ballot thieves, and for the elimination from politics of hose who profit by their crimes. "For the enactment of adequate registration laws and statutes govern ing primary and general elections. "For the faithful performance of duty in public office. "For the prevention of corrupt and extravagant expenditures of public moneys, ot whicn trie padded pay rolls and the new State Capitol are scandalous instances. "For the abrogation of the rule "Strike For Your Altars and Your Fires. Patriotism is always com mendable, but in every breast there should be not only the desire to be a good citizen, but to be strong, able bodied and well fitted for the battle of life. To do this, pure blood is absolutely neces sary, and Hood's Sarsapa rilfa is the one specific which cleanses the blood thorough ly. It acts equally well for both sexes and all ages. Humor "When I need blood puri fier I take Hood's SrsprilU. X cured my humor And is excellent as A nerve ionic." Josie Eaton, St Afford Springs, Ct. TARCLOTHIMCHOU HOLIDAY BARGAINS. Good Underwear 50c. the Suit. YOU BUY CAN FOR Sweet, Orr's Trousers, $1.00. ' llonrt'i I'lllarurelWnrlllK th mm lrrltntln nd onlr i-iithartlc to t8kjl!hjla;arlll. BzsnsmaiiDBi Good Winter Caps 25c. ! adopted by the last Republican State Convention which, in cases of dis putes in the districts, practically places the nominations of Judges, State Sen ators and Representatives in Congress absolutely at the dictation ol the State chairman, a power utterly destructive of home rule in the selection of candidates. Fnr the overthrow of the present dangerous centralization of political David Lewis, of Wilkes-Barre, a power which is the source of all these poor miner with a large family, has A Good Suit, iUJk Good Overcoat, B CMTOTl W llittl W f I 0 ungBr Star Clothing House. Latest in Hats, $1.00. $1.00. 1 1 evils ; ana, "For the retirement from puolic place of its controlling head, Matthew b. Quay, Dnniul II. Hastings, Cnlvin Wells John Dabeli, Svilliam Klinn, George F. Huff, lohn WannmuUer, David Martin, 1. ItAyanl Henry, William Sellers, Thiimas I looses, William T. TiUlen, Alvin Mnrklc, Frank M. Uiter, John H. Converse, fallen heir to $40,000 by the death of an uncle in Wales. Henrv C. McCormick, K. A. lrvm, John S. Wellcr, J. Levering Jones, "Committee." Don't throw away your bread or waste pity on tramps these days. There is plenty of work, and that class of men who refuse to work and prefer to beg are in 110 wise entitled to your consideration. ELECTION NOTICE. TUP annual mnntlnK of Mio policy holrlrr of the Hrliirerwk Frtrinurs'Alutiml Insurance Com pany, of I.linn KlUe, I'd., will bo Uelil at tbe hall. Centre Oramro. No VI, P ot 11. on Monday, January (. iwm, between the hours of in a. in. ana 2 p. m., for the election of twelve directors to nerve for the enmilnir year, and for the trans action of such other Dusluetn as may properly eomebetoretnomeef. H BKOWSj neeretary. ELECTION NOTICE. The regular annual meetlnp of the Stockhold prs of the First Nailonnl Hank Ot Hlooinsburir, for the elect Ion of Directors lor the euaulm; vmir will lie held at the. olllce of the said Bank on Tuesday, January Mil 1V00, between the hours of a. m. and 12 o clock noon. 1M4 4I, K. U. TIST1N, Cash'er. Queen Quality Clirisliim Time arid ilic She. The formal opening of our holiday stock is something more than a mere incident in the year's merchandising. It is of sufficient importance to be classed as an event. The store news concerning it is read with interest by our buying public. The gift buying time is here. The equipment is here to meet the demands. The store is at its best, from top to bottom, from end to end. Everything, everywhere, breathes an atmosphere of. Christmas. When lines are most complete there is selection most satisfactory. The completeness and dependability of this big holiday outfit is worthy of the strongest emphasis that we can give them. Everything as near right as experience, knowl edge of needs and hard work can make them. Just a few hints for print, they'll serve as index to scores of other hints not print ed, but equally important to those who have gifts to buy. V-lnA1m.rUlcic! I lines especially bought for i ciiivi rvv. i wuivis For Gifts. find about every of handkerchiefs For Women -$3.00.- Style, Fit, Wear. None Better. W. C. McKlNNEY, No. 8 East Main St. Oh ! Where Stall We Go ? You will p;ood kind here. You will find them tempting ly priced, with double our us ual quantity. We start, both ladies ana gentlemen, at 5c, and have them up to $3 25. The 124c line you win nna the best ever shown in Bloom. Holiday China. Can't give you all the China news. Uan only outline tne Christmas lots. An investiga tion and your knowledge of val ues will do the rest Salad bowls, from 25c to $4 50 Celery trays, " 50c to 3 75 Bread plates, 25c to 275 Cups & saucers, " 10c to 1 50 Chop plates, " 25c to 475 Cream pitchers, trays, ot an kinds. Mugs, vases, pepper and salts, platters.fruit saucers, from ioc up. especially C hristmas. Dress gloves, lined, gloves, driving gloves, walking gloves. Every kind of good hand wear and all priced to please. Good kid gloves, all colors, at 75C Guaranteed ones, $1 00. Centemeri gloves, all colors, $i 25. Lined gloves, for boys, from 50c up. Men's $1 50. Ladies' lined $1 35, $1 50. lined gloves, $1 00, gloves, $1 00, A Big Christmas Cloak Sale. Lots of stylish jackets and capes, bunched together for quick selling. Your gift-giving money can be spent to some purpose here. Kindly read ev ery offering : $9 50, $10 00, $12 00 coats, at $8 89. $8 50, $10 00 coats, at $6 89. $8 50, $5 00, $7 50 coats, at $4 29. The Lily Patent Flour is a new brand put up for this store. In order to get it introduced we will sell it to you at $3 60 per Bbl. We sell it with this understanding : If you can't bake good The Kid Glove Equipment. Regular lines re-inforced, new F. P. Pursel a onc rf tl-iA vpar when neoole are troubled so much over what to select for their tnends in tne nne ot pi Christmas they often worry about wnere to nnu h wcx. bi r roc5 wifliin rnrri nf all. Tust one oeeD at our show windows will relieve your mind on the subject where to make your choice, and to convince you . 1 . i . r . n Kn-vn,n? '111 1 111 1 ' r I lllll Ull.Ji exeat line of holiday slippers, umbrellas, parasols, mackintoshes, bread out of it we will take it back and give you your money. o . , . f mMIa,,, cliunc linnl'C firms. I purses, towels, napKins, Dureau suus, p """"i --t games, ore. In Bamboo Furniture We can give you table stands, jardiniere stands, Japanese seats, corner chairs, pedestals. &c. Handkerchiefs, All Grades. Hundreds of loving messages from the little ones to Santa Claus can be satisfactorily answered from these stores each day. In every nook and corner of Toyland the jolly little saint has left substantial evidence of his love for the little folks. China Department. New goods in jardinieres. 75c to $2 25 ; pedestals, $2 25 to $5 00; lamps, 35c to i 2 00. In artistic shapes rich colorings and beautiful decorations. You cannot know what we have un- ti-,m Our new lamns. on sale, show the greatest line in town. We are equipped to satisfy every demand of the lamp buyer. . . , , , . .. Holmes, Coutts & Larabee's choice wafers and biscuits. "Silver Plate that Wears." 66XIP ' Spoons hr.ve three limes Uic usual thickness ...... W 1..' io cent mixture to Nuts and Candies. Our line is complete from the cheap Lowney's best. Oranges, bananas, &c. It does not matter what you need for the holidays, it will pay you every time to visit our store. Bioaiasburg Store Co., Limited. ! Corner Main and Centre. ALFRED mcuuink x , manager p... 7 most exposed to wear, as indicated in tbe illustration. They wear three times cs long as ordinary hpoous, and co:,t but little extra. The full trade-mark (stamped on each piece) is 1841 Rogers Bros.Xll Mafle by MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO., Meriden, Conn. Tit largest nmnutiictureri of hih-claii silver-plated war iu ttit world. -FOR SAI.B HY- or. :ES-srs, BLOOMSBURG, l'A. Shoes! Do You Know We have the Largest Stock Shoes in the County ? You will make a mis take if you fail to see our lines before doing your shoe buying. of W. H. Moore, Co?.. Second and liios Sts. IHooniKburg, la.
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