4 THE COLUMBIAN. RLOOMSBURO. PA. . THE COLUMBIAN. I WASHINGTON!" I "KP to pue sn7TZZZL ZZ- .H COLUMBIA (DEMOCRAT, AiTAiii.isiiKn i8j7. CoNsoi.iDATKn 1869. PUBLISHED EVKKY Tllt'RSIUY MoRNINO, At llloomsluirg, the County Scat of Oduniliia County, t'cnnsylv.mia. CKU. K. KI.WKLI, Lditor. 1). .!. TASK El-!, I.ocAt. r.DtioR. CEO. C. ROAN, I okkman. Terms : Inside the county fjt.oo a year n advanc e i $1.50 if not paid in nUn'nce. Outside the county, .ft. 25 a year, strictly in ddvancc. All coin mimical ions should lie addressed THE COLUMBIAN, iiloomsliurg, l'a. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 19m. As the result of an election nhinder, the town of Selinsgrove will remain in darkness until Feb ruary at least. By a majority vote at the November election it was de cided to increase the town debt to the extent of $10,000 for the pur pose of erecting an electric light plant. Now the vote has been set aside on the grounds that the tkicets were not numbered by the election officers and that the ballot box was not returned as required bv law. It is stated that Governor Stone will recommend in his message that the Legislature pass an act appro pi iatitig $1,000,000 to cover his cut in the common school appropriation It seems rather extraordinary to expect the Legislature to go to such an extent in recognition of the Gov ernor's right to change an act before signing it. We are disposed to be lieve that the Legislature will pre ter to have the courts direct the payment of the money by declaring theGovernor's attemper! veto un constitutional. There is no danger that the school will not get the money. Those districts that have taken action so far have received it and had all the costs paid by the State beside. What the Governor should do is to hire a lawyer who will give him sound legal advice. 111 . 1 ress. 'J IKE IS FLEETING. llie three hundred and sixty- nvc oays, constituting the year 1900. nave passed away, the nine leenui century lias completed its cycle, and we now stand upon the threshold of a new era. The holi days, with their joys and festivi ties, are over. The old year, with its achievements and failures, its pleasures and sorrows, is numbered with those that have preceded, and the new year and century is press ing 011. The earth has again made its journey around the sun, and an other indenture has been made in the list of passing events. Father Time is retracing his steps through the heartless past. Beneath his feet monuments have crumbled, battles have been fought and won, and the distress - of millions have been made known. How swiftly the days have swept away. The old and the new have met and sep arated forever. "bust unto dust ; he is dead, though he Was the last of the centuries! years that flow, We know not wherefore, we never shall know, With the tide unclming of time, and go ' To the phantom shore of eternity. Shadows to shadows, they tlit ami flea Across the face of the Mamma sn. The vayue generations, one liy one, That are never ended, never '.ieguii. Where is the dome of the vault so vast As to coltin the hones of the perished past, Save the limitless tomb of yldivion ?" 7M. T- GREASY. SATISFIED. He is Confident That Domoorats Will Perform Their Duty. Friday's Philadelphia Press prints the following from Hon. Win. T. Creasy, Representative from this district : "We will get together between now and Tuesday," he added, aua agree on a course which will best subserve the purpose which has been in the minds ot Demo crats for years. "I understand that Senator Pen rose has declared that some of the Democrats will betray their trust and aid the cause of the machine by refusing to support candidates for Speaker of the .House and for President pro tern, of the Senate opposed to the bosses. I am not afraid of this. Senator Penrose and his friends repeatedly cpaes tioned the integrity of the Demo cratic Assemblymen in 1899, but they came out of that contest with out a scratch, with credft to them selves and their party. I have ev ery confidence no Democratic mem ber of this Assembly will disgrace that proud record. "Our position is very ctear. , We were elected to secure an honest primary and election law, and it certainly seems to me the first step iu the performance of this duty to out constituents is the organization of the House and Senate under of ficers antagonistic to the forces that have so long prevented the passage oi honest election laws and kept the people of our State at the mercy of an unscrupulous machine." From our Regular Correspondent. Washington, Dec. 31, igoo. If Senator Ilanna was bluffing when he issued his edict that if the Ship Subsidy bill was not passed there would be an extra session of Congress, the bluff has been promptly called. Senator Pettigrew said on the subject : "If it is neces sary to put through a job like the Miippmg bill to enable Senator Ilanna to pay his campaign, 1 think it would be well to have it done at an extra session of Congress, and thus invite attention more directly to it. It will not be passed if I can help it. Those of us who are most strongly opposed to it propose to fight it in every way we can." As to how the bill would be fought Mr Pettigrew said : "As long as they continue to force the shipping bill to tne lront 1 and those wlio agree witn me win light every bill that is brought up. If the appropriation bills are forced over into an extra session it will be because of the efforts to pass the shipping bill." That is about as plain as it could be made. The two Senators who have agreed to help Senator Petti grew are Butler, of N. C, and Allen, of Nebraska. It is also probable that they will be joined by Demo- :rauc senators, all ot whom arc strongly opposed to the principle invoiveu 111 Hie Ship Subsidy bill. Now, it is up to Mr. Ilanna to say waether there shad be an extra session. He can easily avoid one by abandoning the Shin Subsidy bill. The latest move of the Panama Canal lobby is the announcement that England, German y and France had entered into an agreement to jointly complete and control the Panama Canal, regardless of Con- gressional action on the bill for the construction of the Nicaragua Canal. Not many Senators are spending their holiday vacation in Washington, but, judging from opinions expressed by those who are, the Panama crowd has unin tentionally helped the Nicaragua Canal. Said one of the Senators : "Were the people of the U. S. to wake up some morning and read in cold type the fact that England, Germany and France had taken stock in the Panama water wav. there would be a demonstration akin to that aroused by the destruction of the Maine. Then, if never be fore, would the construction of an American Canal, fortified by Amer lean 12-inch guns, become assured We must have the Nicaragua water way ami we will have it without regard to the Clayton-Bulwer com pact or any other." Other Senators art mute as tmnhatir. nm it- very evident that if Knrrhin.l attempts to meet the amended Hay - -(- raiuieoioie treaty, wnicu will be 111 the hands of the English govern tuent otiore New Year's dav. hv any sucli scheme as this now bem j , uniieu aijoui Dy me lobbyists 111 TT- . 1 1 ... M. - .1 1 . . 1 . . ... .. w asmneton. sue win hear a r,.w old-fashioned ear piercing screams that will mean business from th Americau Eagle. Once more the War Department announces a delay in the return of the volunteers from the Philippines. 1 his time 110 date is set for th.ir return, and the blame is put on the senate tor not passing the Army reorganization bill before the holi day recess. The plain truth is that uie Administration doesn t expect to bung many 01 those volunteers home at all. They cannot, of course, be kept in service as vol. unteers after the first of next July, wnen tneir enlistment will exn re. but Secretary Root expects that by offeririg a casli bonus equal to the amount required to bring each vol unteer home and to carrv each regular to Manila, the greater por tion of the volunteers can be in duced to enlist as regulars as soon as they are mustered out as volun teers. It is because ofjhat expecta tion that the volunteers are to be kept in the Philippines until their enlistment expires. According to a son of Senator Pettigrew, who has recently re turned from South Africa where he served as a scout in the Boer army, the British soldiers are afraid of the Boers and their officers have to force them to fight by placing batteries of Maxim guns in their rear and threatening to fire if thev do not advance and fight. Young Pettigrew also says that the stories alleging that the Boers did not pay and properly treat Americans and others who volunteered to fight for them are absolutely without founda tion ; that the party he went and returned with, consisting of 24 Americans, were paid $10 a week in gold for the whole time and that the pay included the time consumed iu returning to the U. S. Although the substitute nronrnrl by the Senate Military Committee. Your Place will Keep You. ' ' ft" - JJj 1 Without good he Alt h tve c&nnot keep situations nor enjoy life, frost troubles originate in impure blood. Hood's Sats. pArilli makes the blood rich and pure. And thus promotes good health, which tvill help you "keep your place." fP ! O . . . .' for the House Army reorganization bill is radically different from the original bill, which was prepared under Administration orders, the Administration is so anxious to get the number of men, which is the same as it was in the original bill, provided for the regular army that it will pocket its chagrin and help to push the substitute through. Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, will draw more mileage than any other member of Congress has ever drawn or the same perio 1 of time. He has already drawn $1,000 fur mile age in coming to attend the present session, and he will get the same amount for his return to Hawaii, and $2,000 for each session of the next Congress, making $6,000 in all. The hinount of 111 ilea rrr nl- lowed Congressmen is 20 cents a mile by the most direct and able route from his home to Well ington and repaid his fare and had the best accommodation to be had it did not cost him over $200 tn come from Hawaii to Washinvt w. but the chances are he traveled on a pass. STATE HEWS IN BRIEF- Annie Cosne. aiied three vears. fell into a tub of hot water at her home at Shenandoah on Monday and was fatally scalded. An explosion of molten rabbit metal, at the Sharon tin plate , works, Tuesday, seriously burned f. A. Snanir- ler, William Dunn, John Snyder, Ed ward Uwens and Davis Johnston. In his report to Governor Stone tor the year 1000. Factory Insnrrmr Campbell savs that the total nmnVr of employes in the mills and factories I of Pennsylvania aggregate 773.443, of 1 whom 35,440 were between the ajes I of 13 and 16 years. There were anion" these 273 children who were unable to read or write and who were dis missed from work. The year 1900 was the most pros perous in ihe Pennsylvania Railroad Company's history. During that period more cais were hauled over the Mid dle divis on than in any year in its ex istence. Nearly 2,000,000 cars pass el Le.vistuwn Junction. The freight traffic has grown so that it is a dull day that the movement does nut num ber 5000 or more. Two years ago this was considered an enormous movement, but now it is so common that there is no comment, unless it goes above the 6000 mark. fneed a fatty food to enrich their blood, etve co or to Z $ their cheeks and restore their f 21 health and strength. It is$ m safe to say that they nearly 9 all reiect fat with their fnoH it - -- v n, , - " COD LIVER OIL WTtt ' MYPOPHOSPiliUS of LIMES, SODA P !- 11.. ...U-i i m is exdtuy wnai iney require; $ it not only givzs them the im- 25 portant element (cod-liver oil) m in a palatable and easily di-1 5 gested form, but also the hypo- phosphites which are so valua-1 3 ble in nervous HisnrH".r haf & I usually accompany anemia. SCOTT'S EMULSION is a X fatty food that is more easily I wgesiea man any oiner rorm CI? m of fat.' A certain amount of K I flesh is necessary for health. I SR v .1 u , iuu ion cei 11 in mis way, f m We have known ocr- o j sons to gain a pound a j day while taking it. ft) oc. nnd ti.oo, iill druggist. J ft) firnTT A nriWMi- rila,ic. v w i. m a,. It's Easy To l akci 2 i r-..; i . ..!. i.iMih.iI in. i.iij,y i i 1 1 m x r 1 To Make Room for Spring Goods. Big Reduc- cions in uvt;itUAii), at Townsend's Star Clotliin THE PEE 33 ALU AN AO FOB 1901- Greilctt Handbook ot the Year Now Ready lor Distribution Presidential vear and census-takint? j - c time offer unusual opportunities for an almanac and the advent ot a new century accentuates them. Judged by the reat possibilities before it "The Philadelphia Press Almanac" for 1901, winch is now ready, is invaluable ; its pages must be consulted daily by the though' ful man if he would appreciate in fullest degree the happenings near and far which his paper brings to him. The wealth of facts and fancies, of statistics and records, contained in "The Press Almanac'' illumine cur rent happenings as no other book can. It is an encyclopedia of the past year and a guide to the future. It con tains everything which a work of its standard should. The 25 cents, for which it can be secured from any newsdealer, or by addressing tne Phil adelphia "I'rcss," will yield a better return than any other investment which can be made in this, the open ing year ot the 20th century. . Program of Exercises for Dedication at Jerseytowu January 6-12. On Sunday, January 6 the services will b "i;in at 9:45 the sermon will be preached by Oeorge hifward Reed S T. I). LL. 1) , President of Dickin son College, of Carlisle. After the sermon a collection. All the manage ment of finances will be in charge of v. v. r.vans 1J. u. At 2 p. m. a Sunday School meeting. At this meeting several ministers and S. S. workers will sneak. At x o'clock a platform meeting. At this survive Kevs. uettens, rnulips and Munroe of the Baptist church, Reed and Evans will make short addresses. In the eveniaff at T.xo a sermon bv W W. Evans D. U., after which the Dedicatory service will be conducted by Dr. Reed. The following is the program of the week's proceedings following the dedication. Monday eveninc. Tanuarv 1. 7:10. sermon by the Rev. Harry Curtin Marrnan. ot bt. Pan ?. Danvi e. Kol. lowing the sermon the Sacrament of the Lord's supper. Tuesday evenincr. Tanuarv 8. y.10. sermon by Rev. J. H. Hettens, of waller. Wednesday evening, January 9, 7:3c. sermon by Rev. T. W. Phillips, of Washinctonville. Thursday evening. Tanuarv 10. t.iq sermon by Rev. S. A. Creveling, of Konrsnurg. Friday evening, January 11, 7:30, an fepworth League rally by the Leagues of Jerseytown circuit. Saturday evening, sermon by the Rev. H. C. Munroe, of White Hall, pastor of the Baptist church. Tne choir, of Bloomsburg, will sing on sunday. The pastor as well as all the people extend everybody a welcome to these services. David Y. Brouse, Pastor. . . Married McHeXRY-WkNNER: Q TWfm ber 29 at the home of the bride's parents at Bendertown, by Rev. A. Houtz, Mr. Orvis C. Mcllenry and M:ss Laura R. Wenner, both of Ben ton, Pa. Trkxler-Beishlinf.: On January 1 at the home of Mr. Llovd llen,W. j by Rev. A. Houtz, Mr. Preston Trex j ler of Berwick and Miss Mattie M. Beushline of Bendertown, Pa. Thla signature Is oil every hot of tho genuine Laxative Brorao-Quinlne Tablets the remedy that curou a cvl.i one Uay nr ILUililRu WE NOW HAVE SURPRISE SALE! Clearing Out Sale oi MTER GLOTHIC ! . BLOOMSBURG, PENN'A. eduction! Ladies' and Miss Mi 1 and Ladies' $5.00 and $5.50 Jack ets, reduced to $3.98. Ladies' $7.50, $8.50 and $10.00 Jackets, reduced to $5.00. Ladies' and Hisses' $10,00 and $12.00 Jackets, reduced to $7.98. Ladies' Capes Children's Every customer who rrmkpc purchases in our Dry Goods De (g panment, tnis week, to the amount of $1.00. or mnrp .will oe presented witn one of our Aluminum Pin Trays. At Tooley Oranges, bananas, sweet nntn- toes, nuts, pecans and cranberries. Also plum nuddine- and fnif cake. Call and see Military Taoties in School State Senator Muehlbonner. nf Pittsburg, has prepared a bill for nre. sentation to the legislature. which will. if passed, effect Bloomsburg schools as well as those of the State. The measure contemplates provisions for teaching minor military tactics in HOUSE g House ' u 11 INI iai 1 Gapes, j 1 Reduced, Jackets Reduced. . ... F. P. PURSEL. & Co.'s, for us. TOOLEY & CO. the schools, boys and girls alike, to learn its rudiments. The instruction ,Sf t0L b.?r,,n(,er the direction of officers of the National Guard of Pennsylvania and the instruction will be on lines calculated to develop physical culture. It is not yet decided whether th teach.ng of this branch will be made optional with directors or not
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