THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. WASHINGTON. Fromonr KeijuUr Correspondent. Washington, March 9, 1900. Uneasiness reigns in the McKinley camp for various reasons and especi ally because of a rumor that Ben. Harrison, who has been jumping all over the republican wobbling on the Forto Rico tariff question, is going to be boomed as an anti-McKinley and anti-English republican candidate for the Presidential nomination. 1 he story, as it comes to Washington, is that Harrison is sure of the Indiana vote in the convention to start with; that he is reasonably sure ot the Min- nesota vote and has more than a fighting chance to get the Michigan vote, if Mi. McKinley continues his present pro-fcngnsn attitude towards the war in aouin Ainca, ana nas sup porters in many otner states. It is too soon to say how much there is in this alleged Harrison boom, but he isn't the sort of man to say or do any thing without an object, and it is dif ficult to see what other object he can have in thumping the McKinley policy, as he has been doing recently, than to try to get the Presidential nomination for himself. When Mr. McKinley signs the gold standard bill, which will make the rich richer and the poor poorer, which has passed in the Senate and House this week, as reported from the Confer ence committee, he will cancel one of the heavy obligations he incurred to the moneyed interests of the country during his campaign for election to the Presidency. Senator Lodge is usually a good talker, although always radical in his ideas, but he couldn't do himself jus tice in his rpeech in favor of the bill giving Mr. McKinley authority to govern the Philippines as he pleases, which ought properly to be called: A bill making William KcKinley Czar of the Philippines. It is not easy to tell the Senate that it should give one man autocratic power over the lives and fortunes of millions of poor devils who were bought and sold without thir consent If Congress ever passes terest criticism, and every little tin this bill the people of this country will horn strategist in England, who could sorely regret it. by hook or crook get his opinion into Senator Kyle, of South Dakota.who attends the republican caucus and votes with that party on all questions involving politics, dodged the gold standard bill by absenting himself without havine secured a nair. when the vote was taken on the report of the Confierence Committee . on the gold standard bill. The report was, 01 course, adopted. 1 he vote was practically the same as that on the gold standard bill which passed the Senate several weeks ago. Senator Hoar has given notice of his intention to offer an amendment to the Diplomatic and Consular ap propnation bill, providing for the pay ment of $250,000 to Lihuokaland, formerly Queen of the Hawaiian Is lands. This amendment is likely to be strongly opposed, as it should be. The dusky ex-queen has spent the greater portion of her time in Wash ington for several years past and has made no secret ot her motive lob Dy ing for a Congressional appropriation in her behalf. Although officially announced by the Navy Department that the reason Admiral Watson has been detached from the command of the Asiatic station and ordered home and Ad miral Remey ordered to proceed to Manila and take command of the Asiatic Station, is that Watson's health is bad, it is known that there are other and more important reas- sons for the change. Watson has had trouble with the Bureau of Navi- ration, and has had such a stormv time with the officers under him that he was several months ago temporily relieved from the command of the Beet, for the purpose of allowing things to cool down a little, but the order relieving him was not made puoiic either in Washington or Manilla. The attempts of republicans to shift resnonsihilitv for the H. scn-.iref.il exhibition given the country by the . .. . . 1 . ' o State of Ohio. City of ToO Ledo. Lucas Countv. I" ' . CO Frank T. Chenev makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney 81 Co., doing business in the Citv of Tole.bv fonnti' nnrl Stat, aforesaid anil that oal'H firm mill niv the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL- LARS for each and eveav case of Catarrh that cannot he cured hv the use ot Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank T. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed my presence, this 6th day of De- cmuer lego. A. W. Gleason, I seal Notarv Public. Halls Latanh l)urt is taken intern. y and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, aend for testimonials', free, J. Chenkv & C.ct . TritAn. O. o 1 1 1 1 1 ooiu ny druggists, 75 cents. Hall' Family Pills are the best. passing of the Porto Rico tariff bill by the House would be amusing if the matter were not too serious to laugh over. The wrangling among republi can Senators over the bill, which is now before the Senate, has almost reached the fijhtin, st;ige. A caucus is to be held to liy to patch up mat ters by amending the bill to the ex tent necessary to get the votes to put it through the Senate. The sugar and tobacco trusts, which are credited with having compelled the republi- cans to make this disgusting exhibi- tion, are said to have let it become knovn among republican Scnatos that they have no objection to any amend ments that may be made to the bill so long as the tariff on Porto Rican to bacco and sugar is not disturbed, and if they don t object Mr. McKinley won t. Senator Mason is stitring thines uo in the Senate again. He wants the committee on Foreign Relations dis charged from further cansideration of his resolution containing an expres sion of the sympathy of the Senate for the Boers, wince has been in its hands since December 6, and he says he is going to keep on hammering at it until something is done to give the Senate an opportunity to vote on the question. He says the Senate would adopt the resolution if a vote could be taken. Warped Judgment. Although Great Britain is constant ly engageil in some kind of warfare in one corner or another of her Kmpire, and should in consequence be able to display a certain amount of cool judgment in her fighting affairs, the England stay-at-homes seem to be just as fickle as a nation that only en joys one war in each generation. That this is true is amply proven by the manner in which the uneasy London mob regards the final rescue of Lady smith, and the rather surprising style in which they attempt to divide the credit for that brilliant achievement. Because he failed to raise the siege until the fourth attempt, General Buller has been subjected to the bit- the public prints, has deemed it neces- "ry to ladle out advice concerning tne ar' of licking the enemy. When, n a fourth trail, he at last succeeds in overcoming the extraordinary ob- stacles in his path, these same " nili- rY experts " coolly turn their back n tn hard fighting Tugela chieftain, and P'nt to Roberts as the man who did it with his little hatchet Buller fought three fierce and costly battles before he finally struck the proper combination, and the difficul ties of his talk are amply proven by the fact that he failed three times in spite of super-human effort on the nart ot his armv. While Lord Rob erts deserves all the credit that can be eiven for a brilliant victory, still it is unfair to make an odious conpari son between him and General Buller to the disadvantage ot the latter. For months past the entire efforts of the greater and most effective part of the Boer army has been expended to force the surrender of Ladysmith, and the man who frustrated that attempt has achieved something that will go far toward reducing the Boer Repub lic to a peace basis. A. Fable Perhaps. A Fat Salary once invited a num ber of friends to a swell dinner in order to talk over plans for Social Progress. As the subject was a deli cate one, only such guests were invit ed as would lnsnire awe bv reason ot their great names. The guest of honor was the Hon, S. 1 . Policy, who comes from a very respectable family, which was further represented by Business Policv. Social Policy, Government Policy and others. Among the other guests present were Popular Sermon, Editorial Wisdom, Uood investment, GiltEdee Security, Watered Stock, Political Pull, Handsome Incom Legal Advice and Eminent Respect ability. The guests who were notice able for their absence were Simple Justice, who has to work overtime as a blind folded statue op the court House, and cannot getaway tor social . - 1 u . functions ; r.quai wpponumiy, not On gOOCl terms wiiii uic iiwai , - Sound Principle who has said things l.i . 1 . 1 -,1 tiL nuoc C that onencieu scveiai u. j,u., of the and has r.ot a decent suit of clothes to wear anyhow. company's deliber The result ot the rations was to ap- nnint a committee consisting of Blow irrr HnmC. Richlv. N. Dowd, and Miss Sweet Charity, who were empow ered to hire a secretary and steno rrr.mber to take charge of Social Pro- cress, and raise the necessary fund tor its stmnort. The committee, alter seliTied as. secretary a as. gentleman 01 great aim uim. Prof. Thusfar N. Nofarther, who has been duly empowered to attend to all business connected with Social Pro gress, and to relieve the benevolent patrons of all responsibility. The Straight Edge, The musician in the orchestra never com plains of all work and no play. With him he terms are synonymous. Prof. Oulus For Marcb. The greatest regular and re-artion ary storm periods ruring the current month will orcnr between the 1st and 5th, the 7th a id 1 ith, the . 13th and 17th, the loth and 23rd, the 25th and 27th, and the jyth and 31st. There will be great danger ot disastrous storms, hurricanes, blizzards, floods and tidal wavesj earthquakes and air quakes; as the gaseous matter passing over both the sun and the moon will make a break sometime between the 3rd and 13th, and cause great des truction in both countries. The Southern and the Western States will be sorely afflicted by floods and bliz zards; while the Eastern States will wonder at the phnomenal changes,the electrical displays and sweeping storms along the sea coast. Our own State may get a great surprise in the shape of storms and floods, as one ot the breaks in the gaseous matter above referred to will occur over the same latitude under whirh our State lies. Watch out for another strange pheno menon m the heavens this month. 1 he results of many years exten sive astrological research have shown us conclusively that the planets not only rule over men, but over all the various things ot earth, and experi ence has taught us that the following days during the month of March are unfortunate days for any one to begin any new operation or statt on a journey: 1 he 15th, iotn and iatn The 5th, 6th, 10th, 12th and 13th will be unfortunate days for all males born on these dates during the month of March in any year that is past; and the 1st, 2nd, 8th, nth, 16th, 17th 28th and 2Qth will be unfortunate days for all females born on any of the above dates. The 8th, i2tn, nth, 15th. 2trd and 27th will be unfortunate days for those afflicted with heart dis ease and all such should be careful and avoid public meetings ot an ex citing nature during those days. S. R. Bidleman is prepared to show new patterns of wall paper for 1900 at the lowest prices. He has tht agency for the only wall paper factory that is not included in the Trust 2-I-tf liangers of Newspaper Borrowing. A Moral Tract by The Country Editor. Here is the latest story of the man who is too stingy to take his home paper: "A man who was too econo mical to take this paper sent his little boy to borrow the copy taken by his neighbor. In his haste the boy ran over a $4 stand of bees, and in ten minutes looked like a warty summer squash. His cries reached his father, who ran to his assistance, and failing to notice a barbed wire fence, ran in to that, breaking it down, cutting handful of flesh of from his anatomy. and ruining a $4 pair of pants. The old cow took advantage of the pap in the fence, and got into the cornfield and killed herself eating green corr Hearing the racket, the wile ran. up set a four gallon churn full of rich cream into a basket of kittens 'drown ing the whole flock. In the hurry. she dropped a $7 set of false teeth The baby, left alone, crawled through the spilhd milk and into the parlor, ruining a brand new $20 carpet, Durine the excitement . the oldest daughter ran away with the hired man the dog broke up eleven setting hens and the calves got out and chewed the tails off four fine shirts." Kansas City Journal. MY BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY Weak Women Made Happy by Ljrll K. Flnkhain'e Vegetable Compound Letter! from Two Who Now Have Children. "Dear Mrs. Pinkham: It was my ardent desire to have a child. I had been married threo years and was childless, so wrote to you to find out the. reason. After tol lowing your kind ad vice and taking Lydla K. Pinhham's Vege table Compound. I be came the mother of a beauiuul tmuy boy, the joy of our borne. He is a fat, healthy baby, thanks to your modi- cino." Mus. Minoa Finki.k, Roseoe, N. Y. From Grateful Mrs. Lane "Pkab Mrs. Pinkham : I wrote you a let ter some time aero, statini? my caso to you. " I hud pains through luy bowels, headache, and backache, felt tired und sleepy all tho time, was troubled with tha whites. I followed your advice, took your Vctretuble Com Dound. and it did 1110 lots of pood. I now have a baby jrirl. I certainly be lii've 1 would have miscarried bad it not been for Lydla K. l'inkhum'a Vege' table Compound. J had a very easy time ; was sick only a short time. think your medicine Is a jrodsend to women in the condition in which was. I recommend it to all as the best medicine for women." Mrs. MART Lafk, Cojte, Tenn. 7 .... mmm m usH poh 1 ii.iriisos. An Interview With th I.nt Ofnfl l.nntnn In Which llr Snjm Thr Sr Klnr Solillom. Tn a rpoont number of The Congre- Kntlonnllst, of tloston, the Rev. rcter MarQtt.wti, who has been fn the Phil ippines for the pout year In service with the army, quotes Major General Henry W. Lawton as saying: "The Filipinos are a fine lot of sol diers. They are far hotter than the Indian. The latter never fight unless they have the absolute advantage. The Tagalls are what I would call a civilized race. They are good mechan ics. Imitative, they manufacture ev erything. Taking everything Into con sideration, the few facilities they have, the many drawbacks, they are a very Ingenious and artistic race, and taking Into account the disadvantage they have to flsht against In arms, equip ment and military discipline, they are the bravest men I have ever seen. 'The Filipinos are not military by nature They are rather domestic in taste and habits, peace loving and In dustrious. Nine-tenths of the people of the Island will strongly favor peace, even at the expense of some of their theories, wishes and hones. I tieiieve that with a liberal government, such as the United States can and will estab lish, they will be a peaceable, thrifty, hannv neotile. I believe that It was a great misfortune that we were not able to give them a chance to sample our government before hostilities opened. "Among them are many cuiturea people who would ornament society anywhere in the world. Ladies who have studied and traveled, men wno have good education and fine brain. Take them as a class, there can as many of them read and wrlto as the In habitants In many places In America. What we want Is to stop this accursed war. It Is time for diplomacy, time for mutual understandings. These' men are Indomitable. At Ilaccor bridge they waited till the Americans brought their cannon to within 35 yards of their trenches. Such men have- the right to he heard. All they want Is a little Jus tice. I established a civil government at Hellnaf. with the government entire ly In the hands of the natives, it work ed to perfection. All these people need for self government Is the protection of our troops till affairs have quieted down, and then they. I have no doubt, will advance as rapidly as tho Japan ese, perhaps more rapldlv. I am very well Impressed with the Filipinos." Nrnaimpi-m and Trnt. At the meeting of the Pennsylvania State Editorial Association at Harris burg the other day there was a deliv erance from editors with a grievance on the subject of trusts. A member complained that white paper had risen 33 per cent in price within the last six months, owing to the exactions and power of the paper and pulp trusts. An other editor questioned this statement, and Raid he was getting his raper cheaper than ever before. But Inquiry elicited the fact that he was buying from a mill not in the trust and under a contract made before the organiza tion of the trust. This was rather de cisive, as It was strong proof of the original statement of the advance in paper being due to the trusts. Finally the matter was referred to a special committee, which reported the annex ed resolutions and which were unan imously adopted by the Editorial as sociation: Resolved, By the Pennsylvania State Editorial association, that no trust should be fostered by legislation, such as tariff duties; In other words, that If trusts are honestly organized to re duce expenses, and, connequently, the cost of products, they should depend upon their own business sagacity, not upon government. Resolved. That holding this belief as to all trusts, and believing that the re cent Increase In the cost of white paper and of type metal is due, In part at least, to the organization of trusts, and that it is made possible by tariff duties, we anneal to coneress to repeal such tnrif? duties as serve to protect the trusts In their extortionate charges. As probably two-thirds of the edttors the state association are Renubllcans of the Pennsylvania pro tectlonlst type, these resolutions must rlered remarkably significant. They set forth a principle which should be applied to the tarirr in us entirety to scores and hundreds of Items be sides white paper. The principle is that "no trust should be fostered by tariff duties." Vet that Is precisely wht has been eolng on since the com mencement of the trust business. The mnat nnwerful trusts In the land exist today because of the fostering care of the tariff. Ana wnen some iieiuucrm mildlv suggests that they should be denied this favoritism Instantly goes i,n the rrv of "free trade" to drive poo from the -sound principle enunciated by the state association of editors, as If It container me germs nf the smallnox or bubonic plague. One of the most infamous trust extortion ists in the union today is the tin plate r,iat nnrt t eX StS UOCBUSe Of tarill ovph imrter the guise of protection There are scores JiiHt as bad. Will the Pennsylvania editors have tne courage of their convictions and hold the same principle applicable to these trusts that they apply to the printing paper trust? flnntlsmcn of tne press, your Biuci-my and disinterestedness are on trial. Face the music Pittsburg Tost. There is no question as to where the formers nf the country stand on tho political issues before the people. ihKv were left to their sober senses uninfluenced by the demagogical pleas of the protectionist who desires others tr, t.o nved for his benefit, the farmers of the country would range themselves nntnraiiv on the side whore their in terests lie and bo Democrats. Of : nnn farmers who replied to certain nuestlons submitted by the Nationa Rural. 17.045 are tn favor of leaving the Filipinos free, 19.2S2 favor bimetal llsm, 20.5G1 believe in national paper money, 20,000 oppose trusts, lS.fiui) fa vor government control of railroads, telegraph lines, etc., 19,800 favor the parcel post system, 15,S7ti would like to have rural mall delivery, while 20, 545 oppose any Increase In the standing army. The farmers are, as a class, in stinctively opposed to the principles and practices of the Republican party, but many of them have been seduced Into voting against their own Inter tats by the false prophet. of protection. WRONG SIDE OF THE COW. ArtUllo Ulenilli Tlmt Wan Orer Imiked hy Many it, a De troit I'alntlnu. 'It has tdways teemed, to me," mys u writer in the Detroit Free Press, "that h pictorial artist should pay just a it tic attention to truth and nature. Now there Is a picture fn a certain Detroit rt store before which for some time past a little crowd has lingered to ad mire. The subject matter is excellent. There is a barnyard, with the usual ac companiment of hens and ducks. A og tits on the step of the corncnb, and In the immediate foreground tands a pretty speckled bosy. A pictorial dairy maid is milking boMy. She la a charming' creature, the uiry maid. Her hands are not big and coarse; tier knuckles are not swollen, and ber fingers do not resemble dill ' ickles. She is just a daisy dairy maid -but, taints alivel the' on tlie wroug ' tide of the cow. Nonchalantly the sits on the left of the animal and milks, milks, milks. She looks, the while, around the land scape and smiles at the hens. Now, it he truth be known, that dairy maid wouldn't be on the left side of that mrek-lookir.g bossy longer than two linutes. Her head would be kicked off." A lazy liver mny be only a tired liver, or a atved liver A slick is all tight for the ack of a lazy man. Hut it would be a sav age as well as n stupid thing 10 beat a weary man or a starving man because he lagged in is work. So in treating the lagging liver is a great mistake to lash it with drastic rugs, in ninety-nine ta-es out ot a nun- dred a torpid or sluggish liver is but a symp tom of an lll-nciurished boilv, whose organs re weary with overwork. Let your liver one. Start with the stomach and its allied organs of digestion and nutrition. 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