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
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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
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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
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COD LIVER OIL
WTtt ' MYPOPHOSPiliUS of LIMES, SODA
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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.
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fatty food that is more easily I
wgesiea man any oiner rorm
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of fat.' A certain amount of K
I flesh is necessary for health. I
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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INI
iai
1 Gapes, j
1
Reduced,
Jackets Reduced.
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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