THE COLUMBIAN. ESTAISMSIIED 186b. ; THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, establish kd is37. tjonsoi.ihatkn 18(19. Published Evkrv Thursday Morning, At llloomsliurg, the County Scat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. GEO. E. El.WEi.E, Em tor 1). J. TASKER, Local Editor. GEO. C. ROAN, Eokkmas. Terms : Inside the county $1.00 a year In advance; fl.50 if not paid in a.lvance. Outside the county, ft. 25 a year, strictly in advance. All communications should be addressed to THE COLL'MMAN. llloomsliurg, l'a. THURSDAY, MARCH l, toool Democratic Candidates. FOR REPRESENTATIVE, FRED. IKELKR, (North Side) of Bloomsburg. FOR REPRESENTATIVE, A. T. YOUNG, of Greenwood Twp. FOR REPRESENTATIVE, WILLIAM T. CREASY, (South Side) of Catawissa Twp. FOR REPRESENTATIVE, (North Side) GEORGE W. STERNER, of Hemlock Twp. FOR REPRESENTATIVE, (South Side) C. Z. SCHLICHER, of Beaver Twp. FOR SHERIFF, DANIEL KNORR, of Locust Twp. Are We a Monarchy or a Republic? There are always some things that are difficult for plain people to understand. It is perhaps the part of wisdom to let alone that which is beyond our comprehension. But there are things in which we all feel more or less interested, that should be so plain that a wayfaring man need not err therein. It has always been held by a por tion of our people, that the states have certain reserved rights with which the Federal government has no right to interfere. This claim has been denounced by others as "the accursed doctrine of state rights." That there are reserved rights pertaining to the states or the people, admits of no doubt, as it is plainly so stated in the Federal con stitution. Just where the line is that divides state and Federal au thority may be open to dispute. But there can be no doubt thai said line should be uniform with each and all of our states. If this theory is correct, then I think that it follows that in dealing with territories belonging to the United States all should be treated alike. The constitution certainly authorizes no discrimination in deal ing with territories no matter where located. Our lawmakers seem to have arrived at a different conclus ion from this. There is a provis ion in the form of an amendment to the Federal constitution forbidding slavery or involuntary servitude ex cept as a punishment for crime any where in the United States or teri ' tories appertaining thereunto. But in open disregard to and in defiance of this constitutional provision, we have slavery tolerated and protect ed on the Sulu islands. Not only so, but those slave holders are a number of thein on the pay roll of our government. We have a law on our statute books forbidding polygamy under penalty of impris onment and disfranchisement, in any place where the United States has jurisdiction. This law is also set aside, made nullity by tolerat ing the Sultan of Sulu and his subor dinates; placing them on our pay roll, hoisting our flag over their harems and slave pens, and agree ing to protect them from any and all outside interference. The pay to those gentry amounts to nearly ten thousand dollars per year. The privilege of floating our flag over the dominions of his excellency the Sultan of Sulu may be sufficient re turn for our money, but I for one do not feel proud of the deal. After the above it can barely seem strange if they place a duty on pro ducts of one portion of our country while other portions are permitted to come in free. I sometimes wonder whether such actions on the part of our public servants, is the resu'.t of ignorance, or whether it comes from pure cussedness. When I found our congressmen so enthusiastic in their efforts to part company with B. II. Roberts, it had the appearance to me of some latent moral instinct, but I hear that it is only- a further proof of meir inconsistency. Congress I believe has not taken any action 011 the administration's deal with Ins excellency the Sultan. It is possible, yea probable that they will redeem themselves from any charge of inconsistency. If they do not I shall conclude their action is a little like the harlot preaching up virtue, or Satan de nouncing sin. They may succeed in deceiving some people, but are not likely to make converts to chastity or morality. It we are to become a complete nation, different parts of which to be governed by different laws, our chief magistrate should have cer tain additions to his title indicative of the different functions pertaining to nun in tne various parts of his dominions. I suppose it will be the duty of congress to establish those titles, but as they are very busy, some suggestions by a lay man may be acceptable. I have not given the mattsr much thought and if my sugestion does not meet with their approval, they need not adopt it. This is what I thought of as be ing appropriate. Win, McK. Presi dent of the United States. Protector of Cuba, Emperor of the Philippines ana nrst assistant bultan of Sulu. A Layman. Fred Ikeler, Esq., has decided to be a candidate for Representative and his name is announced this week. Mr. Ikeler's reputation as a lawyer and public speaker are well known in this county and in many parts of the State, and he has been called upon to deliver public addresses in other states. His qualifications for the position are undoubted. Why Women Fail in Business. In What Respects Employers Find Them Less Efficient Than Men. "I have recently been interested in ascertaining the definite reasons why employers have felt that the positions in their establishments were not most effectively filled by women," writes Edward Bok of "The" Return ot the Business Woman," in the March Ladies' Home Journal. "The reasons are as varied as they are interesting. Tne lack of physical endurance and the unreliability caused by physical considerations were the main causes. The lack of executive ability was given as the main reason in positions of trust, and the friction caused oy the objection of women subordinates to receive orders from one of their own sex. Pending or impending matri- monial engagements were also a very pronounced cause. The proprieties also came in for their share, the mer chant not feeling that he could ask his female serretary or clerk to remain after business hours. The trader felt that he could not send a woman off on a mission which required hasty packing and preparations for travel at an hour's notice. In a number of cases women seemed to object, and were inclined to accuse their employ ers of forgetting the social amenities when they spoke sharply to them. In these cases women always seemed to remember that they were women, and made their employers remember it, too. Illness in the family, which would not necessitate a man's absence at the office, keeping the woman at home, was another reason. And so went on the reasons which made em ployers decide that they preferred men to women in their offices. And as I carefully went over the reasons, each pointed to simply one thing; the unnatural position of woman in busi ness. It is a Fraud. To Employ Any Ono to Eld For the Owner at a Sato. In the recent case of Rafferty vs. Norris, the Superior Court of Penn sylvania decided an interesting point of law. The case was tried in Clear field county before Judge Gorden, and the facts were as follows : Rafferty had advertised a tract of timber land at public auction. Nor ris was the highest bidder ; and after the sale he refused to take the prop erty on the ground that there was not the amount of timber represented in the advertisement, and because fraud had been, as he alleged, practiced by Rafferty. Rafferty then went on and readvertised and resold the timber, and having sold it for several hundred dollars less than Norris bid, they sued Norris to recover difference and also recover their expenses connected wuh the resale. On the trial upon the cross-examination of plaintiffs, Mr. Norris' counsel, Messrs. Swoop and Patlon, drew out the fact that Rafferty had employed a party to bid up the timber land for them to a certain price and defendant's counsel contended that this vitiated the sale and rendered it fraudulent tnd that plaintiffs could not recover. Judge Gordon so held, and plaintiffs appealed the case to the superior court, and tn the case just handed down, the superior court has affirmed the decision of Judge Gordon and sustains the position of defend ant's counsel tha the employment of a party to bid for the owner at a public sale is a fraud on bidders and renders the sale void and non-forcibli. There is no disputing the fact that Mr, Ground Hog knew what he was talking about. THE COLUMBIAN, (UMfef Every cough makes your throat more raw and irritable. Every cough congests the lining membrane of your lungs. Ceasetearing your throat and lungs in this way. Put the parts at rest and give them a chance to heal. You will need some help to do this, and you will find it in From the first dose the quiet and rest begin: the tickling in the throat ceases; the spasm weak ens; the cough disap pears. Do not wait for pneumonia and con sumption but cut short your cold without delay. Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pec toral Plaster shoull be over the lungs of every per son troubled with a coujh. Write to the Doctor. TTnmnal opportunities and loni ex- pnrlvnce em mentis qualify un fur giving you medics. ilvlre. Writ ireely all the particular Iti your cam. Tell us what your experience hue ben with our t'herry l'vftoral. You will receive a prompt reply, wltbwut cost Address, DK, J. c. AT Fit. - Lowell, Mas a. THREE PEOPLE KILLED. Reaalt ot m Rear End Collision on Mlmioarl l'arlflc. KANSAS CITY. Vvb. 'JS.-A .car end collision nccurrvd Inst nlj;ht 011 the muin line of the Missouri l'uoitic rnilrond a few miles out of Knnan City. The St. Louis day express, due in Knnsas City ut 5:-J3 last eveninc, btuek in n snowdrift two miles south. of Independence, Mo. The prevailiiiK blizzard was driviiift tlie snow in blinding sheets, and the St. Lou is loeal passeiiKer train, due here at crashed into the rear end of the stalled train. Both trains usually run at hiKU speed. Three persons are reported killed and 11 badly hurt. Two of the persons kill ed were burned to death in the i'ullniun eoaeh of the train uhend. All efforts to release them failed. At this hour their identity is unknown. The other person killed was Mrs. .1. . KrhmidtlofF of Cin cinnati. Her husband, her daughter ami her mother are amoni; the injured, L. Sheldon of Sedalia, assistant snpe:i:i teuddit of telcKraph f the Missouri I'u cilie, is also hurt. Others reported in jured are Charles Pnlke, Kllzn Titus, W. It. Vutichu and W. It. Vaulette, resi dences unknown. Arrest of Counterfeiter.. COUDKUSI'OHT, l'a., Keb. US.-W. J. I'lynn of the United States secret service, I'ittHliurir, arrested (jrurgo Aus tin Sunday ufternoou on Tamarack moun tain. Clinton county, between Kenova and Cross Fork, for the manufacture and passage of counterfeit money. At his house were found counterfeit notes on tlio Uallatin National hank of New York eity and counterfeit $10 notes on the First Natiounl bauk of Horuellsville, N. Y and 15 different plates for making counterfeit notes which the olllcer de clined to describe. Yesterday Flynn ar rested Claude C. Kimball, a photograph er of Coudersport, on the charge of mak ing counterfeit paper money by the use of a specially constructed camera. While the otlicer would not state the full result of his search sufficient evidence was pre sented to justify committing the prisoner. nearret In St. Petersburg. ST. l'ETKltSUUHO. Feb. 1'8.-The newspapers here outdo the rest of the continental press In bewailing General Cronje's defeat and in vlruleutly abusing ireut Britain. They declare that the Transvaal hns fully demonstrated its risht to complete political independence, with an outlet to the sea. They suggest that the best help for the Boers would be to create a diversion against Great Brit ain elsewhere and maintain it is the duty of Europe to Intervene and "end the most infamous of all the wars Kuglaud has ever waged for predatory purposes." Genteel Tramps in Our Churches. The famous author of "The Bonnie Brier-Bush" has discovered that the modern church is infested with "gen teel tramps," and he is going to make them the subject of an article in the April Ladies Home Journal. It may be said in advance that "Ian Ma claren's" tramps are net what we know in every-day parlance as "hoboes," but seemingly most estimable persons who are attentive to their churchly duties, as they see them, but who are, nevertheless, a drawback to the ad vancement of the church. "The Gen teel Tramps in Our Churches" gives the Scotch clergyman some exception al opportunities for forcible and direct words to the church-goers words that would probably create much con sternation in a congregation if uttered from the pulpit. HOOD'S PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bit lousneaa, Indigestion, Headache, aay to take, aaay to operate. 2Bo. Aprs 1 Kctonu 3' BLOOMSBURQ. PA. Wt'Hk'k till l i ri M r 1 i i 1STAR 5 I Big i Bargains in i Sweet, $2.00 STAR CLOTHING Actresses Faint Their Facts But They art Frequently Handsomer Off the Stage Than In a Play. "It is a mistaken idea that actresses are as a general rule handsomer on the stage than off," writes Franklin Fyles. of "The Theatre and Its People," in the March Ladies' Home Journal. "The reverse is as likely to be true. Nevertheless, all theatrical faces have to be painted. It may be assumed safe'.y that none of the com p'exion is genuine. An exceptionally riear and pink skin may require no falsity. A dark one may chance to suit the character to be assumed. But 1'iese exceptions to the rule are rare. The glare of artificial light would make most faces ghastly white ot un pleasantly sallow if bright hues were not laid on. The art of coloring a pretty visage just enough, and not overdoing it, is one which all actresses thould learn. Many i'o not, and so we see beauty disfigured instead of enhanced. Others are very expert. There are two distinct processes. One makes use of colored powders applied dry. The other mixes the same pow ders with grease, making a substance called grease paint." Counterfeit Silver Dollar. A dangerous counterfeit silver dol lar is said to be in circulation in this vicinity. The dollar is well made and it takes an expert Id detect it. A counterfeit one dollar silver certifi cate is also said to be floating around. It also is well executed. You may have heard about SCOTT'S EMULSION 2 and have a vague notion f that it is cod-liver oil with its bad taste and smell and 2 all its other repulsive fea- ) ture.. It is rnd-livrr nil the 5 purest and the best in the f ;wonu, dui maae so paiaia ble that almost evervbodv v u m...i.. .ii a) van tan u. iicany an S children like it and ask for S more. CCOTT'C EMULSION looks like cream i it nour ishes the wasted body of the baby, child or adult better than cream or any other food in existence. It bears about the same rela tion to other emulsions that cream does to milk. If you have had any experience with other so-called "just as good" preparations, you will find that this is a fact. Tht hypophosphites that art combined with the cod-liver oil g've additional value to it because they tone up the nervous lystem and Impart strength to the whole body. ;oc. and It 00. .11 druglx.. SCOTT U H0WNE, C.hemi.t, New York. SVivSVSSVS) ifflwew i wtmi fill? a) 14 H I 1M i t X t, iliii J A104il'A'il4iiii'4'ia'i ' ai a' a' 0 'a' TOWNSEND'S i LOTHIWC will offer for a few days Orr's Celebrated Trousers. Worsted Trousers now AT THE W SPRING GOODS. J.'ua Empnthatic affirmatives often carry conviction. ' That's so But unless the thinjr affirmed can be backed up by facts the con victed one is being duped. Our "Ads" are groups of facts more or less emphasized. We want you who read them to regard them as facts. If our printed promises do not carry conviction then we ask you to in vestigate those promises conviction will follow. If we can once convince you that our advertising is honest we have at least won your respect. If we win your respect, confidence will follow, then when you read our statements in print you can say in sober truth "That's so." Ladies' Tailor Made Suits. This has grown to be a de partment in our store that puts out a big lot of goodb. We have' provided for the greatest season we have ever had. We expect a big season because we have the best fitting suits suits that j have style to them and the best ' suit you can buy for the money, ' w nen you Duy a suit at our store you can have it fit and made ready to put on when you take it home. Prices $5.00 to $25.00. Ladies' Shirt Waists. They are fresh from the fac tory, not from some place where they make a cheap kind that won't fit, but from Munson's. where the goods are made that fit best that are made neat. The colors are good and they make you stylish when you put them on- Price 1.00 to $2.50. Groceries. We are still selling our White Lily patent flour 90 cents for 50 pounds. Prunes 6c, up to 20c. the pound. Canned beets that are as nice as new ones 15c. the can. Squash 1 8c. the can. Eiffel tower cake flour 10c. a package. Our cakes and crackers are always fresh. We are agents for the best coffee in the world Chase & Sanborn. F. P. Pursel TWO WEEKS' 1 Special Sale ! Now is Your time to Save Honey. In spite of prices continually rising we will sell you Ladies' Tailor-Made Suits, Capes, Coats, Collarettes and Waist Silks At the lowest prices ever offered. If you intend buying anything in tVtia li'nali ...ill ...... . I mL!.. ' ... 111 1.111a iiuc it will pay 'ju iu jjci uur JJllUCS. X JUS IS OUr 151 CUl.. Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited. Corner;Main and Centre. ALFRED McHENRY, Manager HOUSE Clothing. $1.48 HOUSE. Dress Goods. We cannot too strongly em phasize the spring dress goods equipment. The prices on these goods have advanced. Our or ders were placed before this ad vance went into effect, so it will be to your advantage to visit our store. Camels Hair effect 38 in. wide 50 cents. Cheviot 38 in. wide 50 cents. Storm Serges all colors 42 in. wide 59 cents. These goods are all sponged ready to cut. Ladies' iluslin Underwear. We put on sale this week the biggest lot of ladies' muslin un derwear wc have ever shown. It is made of good muslin and cambric, trimmed with pretty neat lace and embroidery, made full and good. These goods were bought before any advance' was put on them. V e can save you money.
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