THE COLUMBIAN, BbOOMSBURQ. PA.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
KSTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
EiTABUsimn 1837. Consolidated 1869
ruHi.isiiKD Kvkkv Thursday Mornino,
At llloonulmrg, the County Scat of
Columliiix County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. K. KI.WKLi., Editor.
V. I. TASKKK, I.ocai. Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Forkm an.
Terms Inside (he county fi.oo a year
in advance; tfi.Ko if not paid in advance.
Outside the county, ft. 25 a year, strictly in
"dvance.
All communicalions should le addressed
THE COLUMBIAN,
Uloomshurg, Ta.
THURSDAY, APRIL 18. 1901.
Oubi's Future.
At a recent banquet, given 111
Omaha, Nebraska, General Fitz
Hush Lee expressed his views on
the future of Cuba in the following
language:
"More than ever must there be
an pvprrim nf nntrintism in its
highest sense by the citizens of the
United States.
"The PhVliDDines are ours bv
treaty and their luture, so tar as
the United States is concerned,
should be duly determined by con
gress after and not before the armed
resistance to the authority of the
Umited States has ceased. The
splendid exploit of Funston throws J
a brilliant light upon the coming
path of peace
"Porto Rico is ours by conquest,
while Cuba has its status fixed by
the Teller resolution in the act de
claring war against Spain.
"Under that resolution the United
States disclaims any intention of
exercising sovereignty, jurisdiction
or control over the islands of Cuba,
except for the pacification thereof I
and when that is ac:otnplished the j
government ot the islands should
be turned over to its own people.
That solemn declaration is binding
on our government and, in my
opinion, will oe and should be rig
idly adhered to.
"The expenditure of treasure
and blood, the dead American sold
iers and sailors, the geographical
location of the islands, the large
interests held by the Americans,
Spanish, English, German, French
and, indeed, the Cubans themselves
demand that the island should not
only be pacified but permanently
pacified.
A.RB0R DAYS.
Governor Stone, in his Arbor Day
proclamation, calls attention to the
necessitv nf assistinir nature in rcsfnr- I
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to the woodman's ax, until now some
co operation in the way of planting
trees, and protecting them is absolutely
necessary, if we would not have pos
tentv suffer.
One of the days designated by the
Governor, for the performance of this
duty has already passed, but there is
another coming. The proclamation
is as follows:
"The rapid devastation of our tor
ests has long since brought us to a re
alization of the danger to which such
a course must lead. In the absence
of prompt action, the growing demands
of our industries would have soon strip-
r.ri ft, m.,;c ,r..i i,;e ffk-.v
wooded areas. Already the depletion
ot torests has influenced our climate
and produced a marked effect upon
the flow of the streams and rivers of
of the State.
Pennsylvania stands in the front
rank of the States that realize the
great importance of the forestry move-
ment.
I he legislature has endeavored to
enlist our citizens in the work of re
pairing the injury already done and
has authorized the setting aside of
special days upon which trees and
shrubs are to be systematically planted.
rorest reservations have been estab
lished and the department of forestry
recently created now has full charge
of the State reservations, which are to
be increased by purchase and cultiva-
tion.
It is the duty of evciy one to aid in
this beneficent work which affects not
only the State at large, but by protect-
ing, improving ana Deautitying our
highways, parks, school grounds and
homes reaches each individual in the
Commonwealth,
Natural forces alone are not suffici
ent to do the work of restoring trees
which have been removed by human
agency. We must co-operate with
nature in order to secure the greatest
beauty about our homes and to per
petuate the prosperity of our State.
In order that our citizens, both
young and old, may have another op
portunity to continue to contribute
their share to this successful and bene
ficent work.
I, William A. Stone, governor of
the Commonweahh of. Pennsylvania,
in accordance vvith law, do hereby
designate and proclaim Friday, the
i2thdayof April, and Friday, the
26th day of April, A. D. 1901, to be
observed as Arbor days throughout
the Commonwealth.
Two days are set apart for the ob
serviince of this custom. Inasmuch fs
the climate conditions may render one
of these days more favorable for the
purpose intended than the other, the
selection is left with the citizens of the
various sections of the Common
wealth.
. .
Why Millionaires bo Mot Stop Working.
Man was born to work, and simply
became he gets rich is no reason why
he should quit working. There is
nothing that is so demoralizing, either
in the young or the old, as idleness,
and the man who lays down his burd
en when he is still able to carry it
does a great injury not alone to him
self, but to the world at large. All
men who have ever amounted to any.
thing hae labored to the las', in the
field where they found their greatest
usefulness. It is setting a very per
nicious example to the coming gen
eration to advocate, as is so often
done, that a man, after reaching cer
tain age, should stand for the rest of
Ins lite with folded hands. It is my
hol)e that 1 sllal1 be able 10 work and
work hard, to the very last. All my
life 1 have been at earlV and ,a,e.
and I have found nothing that has
tended so much to my happiness as
this activity.
The thin? that is most valuable in
life is experience. A man who, hav
ing experience, puts it to no use, is a!
most a criminal. The riper the years
the riper the wisdom, or so it should
be; and so it is with a m?n who has
been content with plain living, hard
work and honest effort. How wrong
it is, then, not to use this wisdom I It
is as if a man, having broa 1 acres and
much seed, were to allow the acres to
lie waste and the seed to rot. it 13
his duty to cultivate the land and
bring forth crops which will enrich the
world and add to his own store. The
theory that would relieve a man of re-
sponsibihty at the age ot 50, 00, 70,
80, go, or even 100, it hi is still cap
able of doing business, is the most
harmful theory ever advanced. It
interferes with the scheme of God and
nature. "In the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread," was written for
the man of 70 as well as for the youth
of 20.
It is specially incumbent on a rich
man to remain at work. As our bust
ness system is constituted, it is rarelv
possible for a man to become very
rich unless he uses the money of others
as well as his own. The moment he
does this he becomes the trustee for
this outside money and it is his most
sacred duty to do tor the owners of
this money the best that is in him
The longer he acts as such trustee the
. . . . .
ie,i.Te on k1s exnenence. on his ron-
-
servatism on his interest
then, to throw oft this trusteeship at
the very time which his experience has
made it most valuable. It is a distinct
calamity when death calls away a man
who through his strong mental make
up and his capacity for work has built
up a large fortune. The possession
ot this shows that he is an important
factor in the world s progress
Death none of us can fight off.
When it comes we must lie down; but
to anticipate death by voluntarily re
tiring (rom active pursuits is as wrong
as it would be to hobble around on
one leg when God has given . us two,
UI courf,e' 10 1 le man wno, nas "een
active all his life there is also a selfish
gratification in continuing work. To
him wno is properly constituted, work
is as essential as meat and drink, and
more important and extensive is the
work, the more gratification there is
in doing it. I can understand that the
man who has dug trenches all his life
would hail with joy the arrival of the
time when his savings would permit
hun to lay by the shovel and pick
He has no sense of responsiDility to
urge him to continued effort. A
young man can probably manipulate
the shovel and the pick more effective
ly than he can.
But when trie man who works in i
larger field, and who directs the em
ployment of others, it. is different. He
is responsible for the continued act
ivity of those who are dependent upon
him for employment, and he his the
stimulus of a wider interest. lie must
have a wrong kink somewhere in h
make-up if he voluntarily relinquishes
his post. It is one of the most hope
ful signs of our country that ou
prominent men of affairs generally die
at the helm. I cannot at this time
recall any one who had been known as
an industrial leader who was living in
idle retirement when death summoned
him
fhere are many who look upon the
continued efforts of rich men as
mere pursuit of wealth.. A greate
mistake has never been made. The
mere possession of money. Money
simply measures achievement
man's fortune is the monument of hi
value as a citizen provided he employ
his fortune properly. A man owes it
to himself and is not what men strik
for so hard and so continuously, to
the world to make all the money that
he can. Unless he does this he has
not done his duty to the trust that was
confided to him by the Creator. By
Russell bage, Millionaire, in Phila
delphia Times.
WASHINGTON.
From our Kcjulir Correspondent.
Washington, April 15th 1901.
Did Aginaldo bargain for his
own capture, for a price, and have
American people been made
victims of a colossal official
bunco? That is a startling auestion
but
circumstances have caused it
to
be asked in Washington, since
the cable news reported Aguinaldo
to
be buying diamonds and jewelry
d it is dec dedly pertinent, too.
lainonds cost nionev. and if
an
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Aguinaldo has been buying them,
here did he ect the monev? Anv
money that was found at his head
quarters when he was captured
would, if usual methods were fol-
vved. have been confiscated as
contraband of war and turned over
the Uncle Sam Military authori
ties, who would have turned it in-
the United States Treasury,
one of the mauv detailed state
ments of Aguinaldo's capture have
aid anything about the cap
ture of any money, yet it is pre
sumably certain that he had some.
All these things, and more, have
been talked about in connection
ith Ajruinaldo's purchase of dia
monds. It may be all straight.
but as one high army officer who
as in the Pliilinoines until recentlv.
( 1 1
put it : ! 'There seems ample ground
tor tne suspicion tnat there has
been 'something doing' between
Aguinaldo and the men who handle
the secret service funds of this gov
ernment in the Philippines." The
same officer said: "It would not
nirnrisc me at all that the Filimno
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who was supposed to have betrayed
Aguinaldo was acting under that
wilv chap's orders all the time, and
that the capture was all carelully
arranged in advance by Aguinaldo."
m
If it be possible to get a square
deal with the adniininistration, in
rivalry with the Morgan Steel
Trust, the latter may find itself
Knocked out of several million
dollars of government money. The
Carbon Steel Company, ot Pitts
burg, has sent samples of heavy
armor plate to the Naval Ordinance
proving groutids, below Washing
ton, with the request that it be sub
iected to the severest tests. This
armor plate was made by an entirely
new process and it is claimed to be
in every way as good, if not super
ior, to the armor plate which the
government is paying the Morgan
steel trust $455 a ton for, and it is
offered for 5150 a ton. If the tests
substantiate that claim, and the
government buys the new armor it
will save something like $790 000
on each of the nine battleships now
under contract. But when the pull
ot the Morgan trust is taken into
consideration that "if" is a formid
able one, and it is certain that the
big trust will not let more than
$7,000,000 get away from it if there
is any way to prevent. So it will
not be surprising if the tests of the
new armor plate should be followed
by an unfavorable report, although
it is said to have stood every test
required before samples were sub-
muted to the government.
Although the legislature that
will choose his successor will not
be elected until next year, Senator
"Bill" Mason is already actively
at work to be his own successor.
He thinks he put in some good
licks last week, when a number of
Illinois men were in Washington
to attend the unveiling of the
equestrian statue of Gen. John A.
Logan. Last week it was generally
understood that Mr. Charles Dawes
was to be the McKinley candidate
for Senator, but that was when
Senator Mason and President Mc-
Kinley were on the outs. Now
Senator Mason sings President Mc-
Kinley's praises everywhere, and
when asked whether the McKinley
influence will be used against his
re-election, smiles in a knowing
and satisfactory way and says he
guesses not. Illinois Democrats
who have recently been in v ash
ington have not been disposed to do
any blowing, but most of them be
lieve that thjre is an excellent
fighting chance to elect a legisla
ture that will send a Democrat to
succeed Mason, aud say that they
are going to try hard to do it.
A Washington man who has just
returned- from the Philippines,
where he spent a year, doesn't en
thuse over the islands as a place
for Americans to go. He said: "I
have had all the Philippines that I
want. After a twelve month's so
journ over there, I am frank to say
that I do not believe it any country
for a white man. It is a rare thing
to find an American that does not
wish to fjet back to the States as
quickly as possible. The spirit of
discontent and desire to get away
find expression in the army that
has been sent to subjugate the is
lands, and the United States sold
ier that is satisfied with his lot is
an exception. The climate is bad
in that whenever a man get? sick
There
Are 2400
Difiordors Incident to the human frnmo,
of which a majority nro caused or jiro
niotrd by Impure blood.
Tho remedy is simple.
Take Hood's Sarsnimrllla.
That this medicine rndicnjly and
effectively purifies the blood is known
to every drtifrjfiHt, known to hundreds
of thousands of people who themselves
or by their friends have experienced
its curative powers.
Tho worst cases of scrofula, the
most agonizing sufferings from salt
rheum mid other virulent blood dis
cuses, nro conquered by it, while
thoso cured of bolls, pimples, dys
peptic and bilious symptoms and that
tired feeling arc numbered by millions.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Will do you good. Begin to lake It today.
TO H HK A COI.I IN OKI! 1AV'
Tiik l.iixuilvrt Hromn ojilnlun Tiihli'tH. Al
rtnivriflMts ri-runl tli money if It. tuilH to euro
K. W. Orovc'B swiiuure lonmi;h box. 2.".
there is 110 bracing or tccupcrative
quality in the air, and recovery to
healt.i is exceedingly slow. My
belief is that the capture of Aguinal
do will not put an end to our
troubles in the Philippines; there
will be plenty of revolutionary
leaders to keep up a desultory
warfare, and the chances are that
the fighting will go on for the next
ten years."
Gov. Allen, of Porto Rice, pro
bably under orders from President
McKinley, has issued a general
denial of the recent stories alleging
suffering among the poorest natives
of the island because they have 110
work, and charges that the stories
have all been instigated by one
native editor, who is disgruntled
because he was not given an office.
It is a little odd how that one Porto
Rican editor should have been able
to influence a score or more of re
putable American correspondents
to send misrepresentations to their
papers.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will I
. a. ..u:.: 1 : . . I
pin iwu auuiuouai irams iu us
schedule. They will run between
Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia and
will cover the distance in less than
five hours.
We live by our blood, and on
it. We thrive or starve, as
our blood is rich or poor.
There is nothing else to live
on or by.
When strength is full and
spirits high, we are being re
freshed, bone muscle and brain,
in body and mind, with con
tinual How of rich blood.
This is health.
When weak, in low spirits,
no cheer, no spring, when rest
is not rest and sleep is not
sleep, we are starved ; our blood
is poor ; there is little nutri
ment in it.
Back of the blood, is food,
to keep the blood rich. When
it fails, take Scott's Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil. It sets the
whole body going again man
woman ancl child.
If you li.ive tint tried it. send for free sample,
Its agreeable table will Mirprife ymi.
SCOTT & UOWNK, r.iu.-mi.ta
(09-415 Tcarl Street, New York,
and Ji.oo; ull (liuis
HIE CAUSE OF OUR
In the Shoe bus
in ess is in know
ing what to buy
and buying it.
-TIIE-
llerrick Shoe,
FOR WOMEN,
is a shoe of high
quality, perfect
fit, best style,
and above all,
good wear.
We have them
in
Kid and Patent
Leathers.
WE HAVE THE
W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE
-FOR MEN.-
w. h; MOORE,
Cor. Main and Iron Sts.
ULOOMSBURQ, PA
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Our Spring Goods are now in.
men, boys and children, at
We begin an important sale of just those items
which are most in demand at thid time. You'll find
?g the value of every iiem advertised exceptioiiBl. We
have planned to make this sale memorable. Every
SE lin emphasized is bright, fresh aud new. As a niat
jb ter of fact, the whole store fairly teems with newness.
This sale marks the official opening of the new season
and your presence is invited.
Wash Eress Goods.
The event of the season
in this section. Our Wash
Dress Goods section is a
bower of bloom. If never
tempted before, these will
tempt you. The sale will
begin April nth and last
until April 20th, 1901.
6c Lawns and Dimities
will sell at 5c.
I2jc Lawns and Dimities
will sell at 10c.
15c Lawns and Dimities
will sell at I2jc.
Tho New Tailor Made Stits.
There'll be famous suit
selling in this shop twixt
this and April 20. Better
suit values we have never
offered, nor a handsomer
collection to choose from.
$1275, Eaton Suits, trim
med with stitched silk. We
will sell them until April
20th at $10 98.
$11 00 Jacket Suits.made
nicely in every way. Sale
price, $9 98.
$1200 Jacket Suits, left
over from last fall. We
will close at 6.00.
Baby Caps.
This is a new thing for
us to sell 1 iaby Caps. Nev
er had them before this
year. You will be sure to
get the spring goods if you
come to our store. Price,
10c to $1 19.
We will have a car of llural Potatoes next week.
We take orders at our Grocery Store for potatoes de
livered right from the car, when it arrives, at 00c. per
bushel. We guarantee good potatoes, or you dou't
need to keep them.
T ipy HANDLE A PAN IS BY THE
d ' HANDLE.
The
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Qn'l Suptrmttndent.
Gon I Paiungtr
SEIKO'S
Overcoats
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Spring overcoats, that arc
cleverly fashioned, smoothly
styled, and finely tailored, are
those wc are showing made hy
Crousc & Brandcgee, Man
ufacturing Tailors.
Metropolitan garments at
half the price are our over
coats for Spring labeled thus :
CROUSE ft BRANDF.CKK
Mannarturinf Ttilort
1 AV
Beautiful Thibcts and Un
finished Worsteds in blacks,
and handsome Oxford and
Cambridge mixtures in soft
Vicuna fabrics, silk lined to
the edge, cut quite knee
lengths, with an unusually
graceful "hang" are the fine
ones which we are showing.
Call and try one on.
Stock is complete. Clothing for
TOWWSEWD'S.
Men's Goods.
Meaning Shirts, Neck
wear, Half Hose, Collars,
Cuffs and Suspenders. A
special nice equipment of
these. Men who are crit
ical in matters of dress will
appreciate these items at
these prices.
Men's Shirts, full and
well made, at 50c.
Men's Neckwear, the
plain colors, 25 and 50c.
Men's Linen Collars, 6
for 75c.
Special Values in Bed Rocm
Furniture and Sideboards.
Good reading this. Good
because it tells you of what
you can buy for less here
than any other place. Our
sale in these goods has
been big this spring. We
keep the price lower than
anywhere else, so they will
grow larger and larger
each day.
Bed room suits, $1800
to $50 00.
Sideboards,$i2 00 to $35.
Dinner and Toilet Sets.
New, right from the facj
tory, and at prices that will
tempt you if you will come
to our store and look at
them.
Dinner sets, 112 pieces,
$9 98. $13 50 and $14 25.
Toilet Sets, 10 pieces,
$2 50, $2 98 and $7.00.
F. P. PURSEL.
It
The HANDIEST AND BEST WAY TO
Handiest an7) Best Route between l
the FAIM-AMtKItAN LAWaillun.
and NEW YORK is the
b. D. Caldwell.
Ag'L Triltia Man agar.