2 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURQ, PA. 'I ! ii it '' s I ,r CURRENT COMMENT. Jfots nnil ('nmmrata, l'olltlrnl and Othrrwlsip, on Mnttrr of Inlrmt. Dy Andrew J. Talm. Gold Is to hp mndo the ntandnrd, the only Htandnrd of vnlna. Hold that Iihj played the toward nnd traitor in every time of dunger, gold that sneaked away at the first alarm of conflict in our civil war and did not cowe out of Its hole till long after the danger waa over, gold that never was true to any nation in time of dlro distress brar.en ly conies to the front and aaks to be crowned king, and the demand has been grtfnted. Wall street's god, the golden calf, is to be Ret up as a fetich for the nation to worship. Great is the power of mammon. Supremo at last is the will of Wall street. Vho says that monopoly doesn't The Pullman Car company has 'n declaring 8 per cent dividends on 1,000,000 of stock, and in addition a esent of J18.000.000 in stock has been made to the stockholders. The stock has been watered over and over again until it is now many times Jhe amount paid in, yet the public mtnt pay big dlv 'fiends on the whole $34,000,000. Slnio the Wagner nd Pullman com panies have united the last hope of anything better from the Pullman company hns disappeared. If this were a government of the people, by the people and for the people, something would be done, and that right speedily. Mark Hanna is annoyed by the many suggeBtive cartoons in which be is made to appear as the leading man. With an air of injured innocence he declares that the position of United States senator ehotild be one of dignity. Marcus is quite right, but unfortunate ly In this world, populated chiefly by sinners, of whom Mark Is not the least, -and what should be is not permitted to be. Senntors who get their seats .; by bribery should be ousted and con- : signed to political oblivion, but in stead of that they are sometimes placed at the head of their party. It is the man and not the position from which dignity must come. Some men would dignify a prison cell, while others would disgrace a throne. Mar- , cus Aureiius Hanna doesn't belong to j the first class. The independents have been making much ado over Peverldge's speech in the senate. He was selected to go over to the Philippines because of his spout ing ability and not because ne is a man likely to say anything against his em ployer. His speech was the effort of a special pleader, and to a great extent squarely contradicts Prof. Srlnirman, the head of McKlnley's Philippine commission. Analyzed, Deverldge's speech simply means that because the Philippines offer a good opening for merican speculators and office hold ers and has abundant room on which to plant the American flag we should take the islands by force. All this, of course, in the name of God and des tiny. Beveridge had spent months in preparing his speech and repeated it verbatim as written, yet Senator Honr punctured his bubble in a ten minute $eech. The man who looks for the Republl lan party to kill the trusts might as reasonably expect a father to murder his own offspring. The leaders of the party are sharers in the plunder of the trusts, and the policy of the party for years has been indicated by men prom inent in trusts, syndicates, combina tions and monopolies. The party that Imposes a high protective tariff to en able the manufacturer to sell goods to his countrymen at a higher price than he sells them abroad will never lay a straw in the way of trusts. The G. O. P. will, of course, threaten them with dreadful things in its platform to fool the rank and file, as it has done for a generation on the silver question, but do anything to curb the trusts! Never. Why the senate a few days ago killed an amendment to the census bill which proposed that the census should in clude information regarding tnsts. Dictator McKinley and his advisers are sorry that the people know as much about trusts 88 they do, and he will tako good care that the census doesn't add anything to their information. Prof. Jacob G. Schurman, president of Cornell university and chairman of the United States commission to the Philippine Islands, is of course an ad-vooate- of McKlnley's policy of benevo lent assimilation. If he hadn't been be would not have found a place on the commission. It's a bitter dose, how ever, judging from the wry faces he makes when giving out information for McKlnley's benefit on the Philippine question. In a recent article in The Independent he says that he considers Agulnaldo an honest man, animated by the highest idea of loyalty to inde pendence. This was about all that could be said of our revolutionary fore fathers. He says that the Filipinos knew the white man by one specimen, and they will not trust any of them. From what the Filipinos have seen of the Spanish, and of our soldiers woulu Schurman ask them to trust them? Mr. Schurman says the sight of a drunken man creates disgust in the mind of the Filipino, and this argues that the Filipino Is In this respect at least considerably In advance of the average white man. Heleclares that he never saw a Filipino drunk. Take It all In all, It is hard to see where Mr. McKinley is to find ny comfort In Prof. Sehurman's article. Toward the close Mr. Schurman says: "But one thing I wish to emphasize more than any other one point I have dwelt upon. We must make an iioneat civil service a permanent Institution on the Islands." Prof. Schurman well knows that McKinley needs a scoring on this matter, for how could we expect the president to have an honest civil ser vice in the Philippines when he has Incurred to contempt of all honest Intelligent civil service reformers by his course at home? Schurman feels in his soul that our treatment of the Filipino is outrageous, but ne dare not ay sw. . His whole article clearly car ries oat the idea that bis sympathies are with the brown roan. At the be ginning to was outspoken against the slaughter i of the Filipinos, but, like others, he was bribed into favor by (tUng a place of profit and proml- MBCS.. REFLECTIONS OF AN ARTIST. IMctsrea of a Poor (tnalltf Art Oftea the Kacleaa ( a Fine Col lection. "Many a nucleus to a fine art collec tion hns been laid in a few pictures of poor quality," Bald a well-known ort connoisseur 1o a Washington Star re porter. "Whenever a man comes 1o my studio. looks over the picture and buys the canvas Hint really pleases him," he continued, "I am fairly well satisfied that lie is destined to make a notable collection If he hns the necessary means, no matter what bad taste or lack of taste be khows in Ms first selec tions. It is only the mnn who lias no' confidence in bis own judgment, and who buys only what others teli him are pood, for whom 1 have no hope. The fact is a picture Is an educator and the man or woman who buys one and stud ies it is sure, sooner or inter, to dis cover its faults and its fine points, no matter how blind they were to them at first nnd no matter what flimsy trick of the artist they were nttrne ted by. "Try it yourself if you doubt the truth of this assertion. You may know nothing of art. liny a picture that pleases you, hang it where you can see it daily and look at it frequently. You will need no instruction to Ienrn wheth er it hns merit or is filled with defect. Many an art collector has been edu cated In this way. l?y and by the dnuli is replnccd by a better picture, and the novice instinctively becomes a compe tent judge of what is meritorious or bad In art," EXHIBIT BY THE NEGRO. It W ill Hare a Place In the lulled States Sociological Depart ment at Paris. Under the auspices of the United States government, the American negro is to have a distinctive exhibit nt the Paris exposition, Thomas J. Calloway, of Washington, a prominent colored man, hns been appointed to prepare this exhibit. A limited space has been set aside in th' United States exhibit in sociol ogy for this feature. Jt is nimed to show that "the people of African descent in America are civilized, Chris tianized, possessors of vast education al privileges. They are owners of per haps half a billion dollars' worth of property. They are engaged in every industry and pursuit common to white Americans, and universally accredited with rapid progress. America can therefore furnish Europe with much evidence of the negro's value as a la borer, a producer and a citizen, that the statecraft of the old world will be wiser in the shaping of its African pol icies." The leading colored intercolonial institutions of the United States are arranging for creditable exhibits. There are more than a dozen other features of the negro exhibit under way. Every New England state will be called upon to contribute toward the exhibit. OFFICIAL BATHTUBS. From This Account We I.earn Horr the Lesrlalator Indulge In Their Ablations. Away down in the basement of the capitol, in the midst of the winding and mysterious passages of this sub terranean Eection, are located the con gressional butli rooms, where the states men cleanse their cuticles at the ex pense of Uncle Sam. There are about 15 tubs on the house side, nnd when congress Is in session they are patron ized at all hours of the day. The rep resentatives who take their periodic tubbings in the capitol bathrooms are not bound by any particular hour or rule of bathing. They start in nt any tour of the day (or night, if the house sits late), and are scrubbed and rubbed down by strong-unr.ed attendants at government expense. The fact that the tubs are almost constantly occupied indicates the extent to which the priv ilege of a free bath is appreciated. In many of the hotels of the city patron ized by congressmen a charge is made for the use of the bath, and the thrifty representative can get around this ex pense by making bis ablutions at the capitol, says the Washington Star. In both the senate and house wings of the capitol there are barber shops, where statesmen are shaved, and hair tonics, perfumes and soaps furnished by the government, so that If one has a mind to, the usual expenses of the bar ber shop can be avoided. The Hlcrela Am on or the Illndaa. In an article, "A Hindu Home," in the December number of the Nineteenth Century, lion. J. D. Bees tells bow "at the sixth mile we meet the raja mount ed, not on an elephant, but on a bi cycle, and, but that an attendant with broad gold sash over fcis shoulder runs in front and another behind, you might almost take him for common clay on a bike." Arrived at the palace, he finds that the rani is, from a do mestic point of view, monarch of all he surveys, and ber Brahmin husband bears the same relation to ber that the late prince consort bore to Queen Vic toria. The rani tells Mr. Itees that after breakfast "you can ride my son's bicycle In the courtyard, and my lit tle boy, aged five, will ride his tricycle, and when 1 get a bicycle for my big daughter the party will be complete." Armored Trains. Armored trains, which are taking such an important part in the present campaign, usually consist of a power ful engine, three Iron tracks, a water tank and a passenger car. The sides are raised six feet, with three quarter inch boiler plates, and perforated with horizontal slits for the accommodation of rifles and Maxims. Each, vehicle Is pabU of holding SO or 60 men easily. Midnight PhlloiophT. Mrs. Squills Quick! Quick! Wake tip! I believe there are burglars down stairs. Go down nnd see. Mr. Squills (sleepily) Nonsense! Nothing but a oat. Mrs. S. limit! There! 1 know there nre burglars downstairs. Mr. S. (nervously) Well er if you know they nre there it's no use going down to find out. N. Y. Weekly. None of Ills llnilnr-aaj. "Sir," began young Timkins, as he entered the presence of the denr girl's Inlher, "1 want to marry your daugh ter" "Oh, don't bother mo with your troubles," interrupted the old gentle man, "She old me some ttme ago that she intended to marry you, so you'll have to settle it between yourselves." Tit-Bits. Trust Conference. He tried to stand off the grocery For some sugar and ham and a pound of ten, Hut the grocer said "Nit, No trust not a bit, I'm an snll-trust advocate see?" Baltimore American. "Why, how mean! Here I notice ttrough the keyhole that my lady is ytying into the writing desk of my Muster how can she be so Inquisi tive ?" J ugend. Roth Modest. 'Why cry for the moon, my wee laddie? Is there, then, of toys such a dearth? 'Why, child, you want mpre than your daddy, For he only asks for the earth. Detroit Free I'ress. Knew the Sex. "She says she will never, never mar ry." - "Is that all she said?" "Certainly." "Didn't complete the sentence?" "Why, it's complete as it stands, isn't It?" "Hardlv. She should have added: 'Unless I get a chance.' " Chicago Post. Of Some lue. "Yes," admitted Uncle IJeubcnThros tledyke, with some reluctance, "I did buy a gold brick wunst fur $700, but the money wuzn't altogether throwed away. .My wire uses tne Drick lur keeping her feet warm these cold win ter nights." Chicago Tribune. A Sort of Combination. Briggs Stubbs says he has been working so hard at his business that he hasn't seen his wife for weeks. Griggs I should say that that was combining business with pleasure Town Topics. The Ileal Thlnu;. Ferdinald And do you really love me? Penelope Love you, 'Ferdinald! Vh3', only yesterday papa asked me if I wouldn't sooner have a cocker span iel, and I refused! Puck. She Knew. At a recent examination in chemistry in a high school not fur from Boston, the teacher asked n young lady to give nn example of a vegetable fat. "Leaf lard," was the prompt reply. Boston Transcript. Ills Mne of CrltlcUm. j "I understand," said the neighbor, "that your husband is a dramatic crit ic." "No," replied the little woman, bit terly; "he is even worse than that. He is a household critic." Chicago Post. Settled for Some Yeara. Visiting Curate Ah, my friend, you should reflect on the fact that we are here to-day and gone to-morrow. Convict You may be I ain't. Tit Bits. Spring; Chlekena. "Did that farmer guarantee this to be a spring chicken?" "Yes, he did. He said he could hard ly catch it to kill it was so springy." Philadelphia Bulletin. j Juiljslnic by Appearance. Tommy Say, Jimmie, wot is classic al munic? Jimmie It's the kind you can't un derstand unless you wear long hair. N. Y. Journal. Tha Average. "Pa, what's an average man?" "One who thinks his employer's busi ness would be run a good deal better if he could have more to say about it himself." Chicago Times-Herald. Oaa Man'a Views. ' She It's a woman's privilege to change her mind, you know. He Yes, and her age, too but she takes her time in doing it. Chicago Record. Haver Kaajr. Mrs. Stocksand What do the papers mean when they say "money is easy?" j Mr. Stocksand That, my dear, is the , innate love in me American neart tor a joke. Town Topics. lis Drove Well. Hunbuiid I was driven to drlnkv Wife Well, you didn't bulk ay, John. Town Topics. OF COlllSK IT'S .Mki W. fm Not n Moment Wasted. Ilunband Please to hurry, or wo shall be late ngnint 1 wonder how many years of your life you have wasted In asking whether your hat was on Straight? Wife Hush! 1 have never wasted a moment. Is my baton straight now? Town Topics. Appnrrntlr. Teacher What animnl contents it self with the least amouut of food? Pupil The moth. Teacher Wrong. On the contrary, the moth is a very greedy animal. Tupil Hut it eats nothing but holes. N. Y. World. Ilia Point of View. "Don't you think the stage is becom ing sadly Immoral?" "Not necessarily," answered Mr. Stormington llarnes. "Hut it does strike me that the taste of audiences Is becoming more depraved every season." Washington Star. Dl.tinrt Ion. "I don't blame you for discharging your maid," said the friend. "She wasn't worth her salt." "All that I objected to," said Miss Cayenne, "was her fiery temper. She was worth her salt, but she wasn't worth her pepper." Washington Star. YPRrtaalra. "Did you buy those cigars of mine at a cigar store?" he asked. "Certainly," she replied. "Where did you think 1 bought tliem?" "1 wasn't certain that you didn't get them ut your green grocer's." Phila delphia North American. PiiiiiLp. The chimneys that loom up so high Are like the men we know: Ofttlmp there's lots of smoke above, And Utile lire In-low. Chlcatro TImee-IItrald. "You will find enclosed thirty -one one-cent stamps for on: of Dr. Pierce's Medicul Advisers, cloth bound," writes James E. Crauipton, Ksq., of Sharps burg, Washington Co., Md. " This lxxk is for a friend of mine who is using your 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and I cannot praise your medicine too highly. I was m business in Baltimore and had rheumatism for three months ; couldn't walk at all. I tried the best doctors I could get, but they did me no good. I took three bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and it cured me sound. I came home to Sharpsburg, and there were three cases of different diseases. I advised the patients to use Dr. Tierce's medicines, which they did, and all were cured." "Golden Medical Discovery" contains no alcohol, cocaine, nor other narcotic. Free. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, looS pages, is sent free ou receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the book bound in paper, or 31 stamps for cloth binding, to Dr. E. V, Fierce, Luffalo, N. Y, Tho Leading Specialists of America 20 YEARS If! OHIO 250,000 Cured. I VE CURE STRICTURE Thousands cf vouna and middle-ued I I men are troubled with thil disease many I unoouBoioimy. 'i nor may bave a iiuart-1 mil aensauon, null, iwlntinf it ream. 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