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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOA1SBURG, PA.
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Bloomsburg,
15. W M. LOW, -J.
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DIRECTORS :
Mvron I. Low,
Geo S. Kobhins,
J. M. Stavek.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
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THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
EaTAHl ISI1KI) IS37. CINS.U.I1A1 til 1S69
ri'iii.isiif.D Kvkrv Thursday Morning,
At liloonnliurj;. the County Scat of
Colunilii.i Countv, I'ennsylvania.
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I n auvance ; 7 .5
i.;oif not paid m alvance.
Outside the cu-inty,
advance.
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All communication should lie addressed
THE COLUM BIAN,
Hloomiiurg, Pa.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 31, 1901.
There are about 100,000 Demo
crats in the State who ought to feel
like going out behind the barn and
giving themselves a good kicking.
It was their neglect to go and vote
that carried the State for the ma
chine ticket. If you were one of
these, reader, don't you think you
have cause to be ashamed of your
actions.
It will be rememoered that when
"Historian" Maclay put out his
now infamous book charging Ad
miral Schley with cowardice at
Santiago he said that his assertions
were backed by letters from officers
who were present, and that said
letters were in his possession. The
Washington Post has addressed in
quiries to all officers present at the
fight, asking if they had ever writ
ten to Mr. Maclay to that effect,
and denialsare being received every
day. The nearer friends of Schley
are urging him to bring suit for
libel against Maclay and compel
him to produce the letters as evi
dence. There has been some in
famous lying about this case, and
there is evidence that a plot existed
to ruin Sohley. Let us have the
names of the plotters, and then let
President Roosevelt dismiss them
from the service they have dis
graced. Secretary ot the Navy Long
will not be the last one to walk the
plank, unless we hav missed our
guess. Ex.
7e Must Fight if We Would Win.
According to all reputable news
papers of all political parties, re
publicanism, as exemplified and
characterized by Quayism, must be
a hot-bed of corruption, of unfath
omable depth, such as only perjury,
theft and robbery, force and iraud
could constitute.
This condition represents all that
is reprehensible and paramount in
Pennsylvania politics that permeates
every department of our state gov
ernment, and fully exemplifies boss
rule, pure, simple and complete, of
the executive and legislative.
Against this combination of cor
ruption, the people have directed,
time and again, their divided and
united energies without accomplish
ing its overthrow. Its overthrow
would have been accomplished long
ago if it had not been securely in
trenched in the vaults of the money
power, and backed by corporation
greed. It is still a question
whether future efforts will succeed
in bringing about the desired re
form. It is quite probable that the
constitutional amendments will be
so hedged and construed that they
will fail to stem the tide of corrup
tion, and fraud will still continue to
defeat the will of the people.
The boodle class will strain every
nerve to thwart the good purposes
for which they are intended. The
good citizens of Pennsylvania must
not expect the inauguration of re
form until at least three-fourths of
the voters are arraigned against the
combinations of corruption. Bear
in mind that the tenacity of corrup
tion will scheme and invent chan
nels of delusion, that will entrap
many . unwary voters. But the
more desperate the corrupt hosts
become, and the more determined
they fight to down the people and
their liberties, the harder the people
should struggle to liberate them
selves from the shacKles of corrupt
greed. "Up and at era again."
Bank,
Pa
Cashier
Cashii:k
Asst
I?. B. Ti-sti.v,
Louis Gross,
TEE STATE AT A GLANCE-
Charged with using formalde
hyde in their milk, Dairymen J. C.
Lundy of Sunbury, and J. C. Bros
cions, of Stone Valley, were fined
$79.00.
There is an epidemic of diph
theria at Lancsboro, Susquehanna's
eastern suburb There have been
a number of deaths and the affected
houses are closely quarantined and
the public schools have been closed.
T. H. Harper, of Sharon, was
accidentally shot through the hand
while walking through the woods
Monday. The bullet struck a book
he carried in his coat pocket, which
saved his life. The shot was evi
dently fired by a reckless hunter.
Natural gas and salt water
have been struck at the Apalachin
well al Susquehanna. The drill
went down 1060 feet, a foot below
sea level. Auothcr well will be
sunk on a line with the well. The
promoters are Binghamton capital
ists. Hazleton Councils have unani
mously adopted a joint resolution
requesting Congressman-elect II.
W. Palmer, ot the Twelfth Luzerne
district, to work and vote for any
act introduced at the next session
of Congress designed to keep the
Chinese out of the United States.
After deliberating 20 hours, a
jury in the Criminal Court, hi Krie,
Monday afternoon, acquitted John
J Kane of a charge of murder. He
killed William Harrington last May
during troubles incident to a strike
ot longshoremen, and proved that
the deed was done in self-defense.
The mangled body of Miss
Emma Heister, forty-five years old,
was found on the Pennsylvania
Railroad not far from her residence
at Ryde Monday morning clad only
in her night clothes. She hadjbeeu
addicted to sleep walking, and it is
supposed she was struck by a train
while so doing.
Solomon Roth, a clothier on
West Market street, York, stepped
on a rusty nail on November 10,
which penetrated his foot, making
a painful wound. The foot began
swelling immediately and a short
time aiterward developed into lock
jaw, from the effects of which he
died on Saturday.
George Schucker, aged 35
years, was found dead in a mine
breach near his home, at Pottsville,
Monday morning, sixty feet from
the surface. He was missing since
Saturday night, when he left Potts
ville lor his home at Mt. Pleasant.
He evidently walked into the hole
in the dark. His head stuck in
the mud. His feet and legs were
above the water.
Shortly before midnight Sun
uay nigiu iiorace Musser, 28 years
old, one of the bar clerks at the
Hotel Crystal Palace, Reading, was
found in his bed room whith his
throat cut and his wrists hacked
with a dull knife. On his bureau
was a note reading: "Everything
belongs to ray brother Fred." He
recently worried over the probable
less of his position if proprietorship
ot the hotel changed.
Owing to the small-pox epi
demic in Plymouth, Dr. F. L. Mc
Kee, the small-pox physician, has
requested the schoolboard to dis
continue issuing monthly reports.
He says that some ambitious moth
ers send their children to school
wheu they are slightly indisposed
in order to get a perfect report at
the end of the month, and that in
some cases these slight indisposi
tions might develop into mnall-pox.
Owing to a large number of
deaths resulting from scarlet fever
and the rapid spread "of that dis
ease, the board of health of Shamo
kin met in special session Monday
afternoon to consider the advisabil
ity of closing the lower grades of
public schools. It was decided to
keep these grades open for the pres
ent, but enforce the quarantine
laws rapidly. Forty-three new
cases have been reported) this
month.
BILL MEYER'S GAME EaEiiVS.
Whore Anl.nal Life Presorts an Interesting
Siudy.
Wish the advent of crisp, cool
weathei which brings the first sugges-
pRKSlDENf llorl ' wn,er anunai me at uuimey
YiCK Pkes'T er 5 8aine preserve in Montour county
begins to assume an added interest.
Tne diier, which a month or so ago
seemed quite tame and inactive, are
now bounding gracefully about and
assuming all the inspiring and char
acteristic poses of the chase; the sev
eral thousand gray squirrels that in
habit the grove are just as busy as
that many gray squirrels can be in
autumn, and with the wild turkeys
and other forms of animal life contri-'i
bute to make up a scene of remark
able activity and a fascinating nature
study.
Speaking of the wild turkeys, of
which there are some two hundred in
Mr. Billmeyer's park.it is not general
ly known that they leave the game
preserve in spring and return at au
tumn. Some time prior to the hatch
ing season they start uut, some of
them settling in the different patches
of woodland along the Chillisquaque,
but by far the greater number flying
as far as Montour Ridge whrre many
secluled points abound that suit the
habits of the wild birds. The old
turkey, however, is sure to remember
where she was well fed and had a safe
and comfortable home during the long
winter previous, and after hatching
out her brood, with the advent of au
tumn she repairs to the game preserve
taking her family of youiig ones with
her,
Mr. Billmeyer says that the wild
turkeys which leave in the spring may
be relied upon to return to the park
in the fall excepting of course those
which may happen to be killed during
the summer. In those cases the voumz
ones knowing nothing of the Park, its
kindly shelter and protection, of
course, never put in an appearance
b'lt join ihe colonv of wild turkevs
that subsist on the mountain and thus
become legitimate prey to the hunter's
gun.
Mr. Billmeyer is justly proud of his
park. The half a dozen splendid elk
are objects of never ending interest,
as they belong to a fim ly of wild ani-
nu's that are rapidly approaching ex
tinction in these parts. The old
patriarch of the group, mammoth in
size and jjst at this season very
savage, is confined in an enclosure
alone. He would kill a man in a
moment, and one or more of his keep
ers have barely escaped : death under
his immense antlers. Mr.' Billmeyer
has considerably more than a hundred
deer of all ages and sizes in the en
closure. Just at this season he revels
in venison. Only yesterday he brought
to town a large fine deer killed on
Monrtay, which he sent away by ex
press. Mr. Billmeyer is quite a naturalist.
He understands the habits of wild
animals and he has demonstrated the
fact that the denizens of the forest if
properly cared for and treated can be
reared and made to thrive, if not actu
ally tamed, like domestic animals ot
the farm. Danville American.
Lucky Soldier.
Three years ago Harry McLaugh
lin, of Shamokin, enlisted in the
army 'and was assigned to duty in
Cuba. While there he met Col.
Motherslow, of Detroit, Mich Col.
Motherslow took a great liking to
McLaughlin and promised the soldier
boy that he would remember him in
his will. Last week the Colonel died
and it was found that he had willed
McLaughlin $2500. The widow has
offered the young man a fine position
in Colorado at one of the mines in
which she is interested.
President Roosevelt is the first
occupant of the White House in
whose name the letter "a" does not
appear. Not only has that letter
appeared in the names of all pre
vious Presidents but also in the
names of nearly every one of the 61
Americans who have received votes
for President in the electoral college
down to William J. Bryan.
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"Two years c.fjo my hair was
falling out badly. I purchased
bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor, and
soon my hair stopped coming out."
Miss Minnie Hoover, Paris, 111.
Perhaps your mother
had thin hair, but that, is
no reason why you must
go through life with half
starved hair. If you want
long, thick hair, feed it
with Ayer's Hair Vigor,
and make it rich, dark,
and heavy.
$1.00 a bollli. All druiiltli.
If your UruRiiiHt cannot supply you,
end ub one Uullur and we will expremi
you a bottln. Ho mira ami eive Mm nam
of your uoarest ox press ullice. Address,
J. C. A VKU CO., I-o well, Mass.
Jill SUiffcd Up
That's tlia oad;;tn . i Mjy ouft'ortrt
from catarrh, c? p -'cii.il y in the morning.
Grpi.t di.Tier.ily i? p;-r;:iic(.d in clear
ing the hcud f.i.d :!'( pt.
Ko wor.d'.r cn'.arr'.i csiv.ncs headache,
impairs thf) tv:t:, f..r.nU and hearing,
pollute the br diiv.n;,os tho stom
ach arid afiocti l ;o C.i!jLvi'.
To x.:t c:i'..ir. Ii, t :f -at'nent must bo
constitJtionr.l r.ltf-rativt a:id tonic.
'I w.ia rWlctr I ,-;t!i catarrh. I too!c
mpdlclnos rf diilernt Mi. 'Is, giving rnrh
11 fnir trial : hut r-a-l vlly lt w .worse until
I could hi1ly rt' r, iri-tn c.r mimM. I then
coiicluriVd lt try Hood's Snrrmpurllln, and
after tnkln? fvo tiuttle I was curd and
tavo not had tiny return of t'io disease
since." Et ornrt KnkBKS, Lebanon, Kan.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Cures catarrh it ioothes and otrenj-th-ens
the mucous membrane and builds
up the whole system.
Pennsylvania Canal Sold.
Acquired by Iho Pennsylvania Railroad.
A dispatch from Harrisburg to the
Philadelphia Prets says : The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, accord
ing to a deed hied in the Dauphin
County Recorder's office. Tlas bought
all of the property of the Pennsyl
vania Canal Company between Clark's
Ferry, fourteen miles above Harris
burg and Columbia, including the out
let of the canal into the Susquehanna
at that place. The price paid was
$245,000, and the land is conveyed
entirely clear of the mortgage bonds
issued in 1 87 1 by the Canal Company
The deed conveys all benefits which
the company derives from its leases
of the canal bed and property, men
tioning that with the Pennsylvania
Steel Co., which corporation on July
1 leased all the canal bed between
Lochiel Lock, just below the city, to
a point 3 84 miles below tor use as a
reservoir.
This deed clears up the uncertain
ty about the canal. It will be filled
up and made a bed for tracks fur the
Pennsylvania, except where it is leased
for water rights or me as reservoirs.
The Pennsylvania Canal was the
outcome of one of the earliest move
ments to improve the commercial
piosperity of the State by means of
internal waterways. With the in
creased activity of the railroads the
canal became unprofitable and was
abandoned.
Fannors Institute.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for a series of Institutes, to be
held in our County this winter and
the attention ot the Farmers and
Agriculturists is called at this time in
order that all necessary plans may be
made to make sure of being present
at all the sessions at one point at
least.
Our County is very fortunate in
having the Hon. Alva Agee, of Ohio,
to lead in the work at all the meet
ings. He will be most ably assisted
by Prof. F. E. Field, of Tioga county,
both gent'emen of wide experience
and thoroughly equipped for the work.
No stronger team will be sent out by
the State this season, and our County
chairman feels quite elated over the
prospects lor the coming Institutes.
Not all the work should be done by
tliese State speakers, but 'our' able
local talent should be ready and will
ing to assist at every meeting, and no
doubt they will.
The places and dates selected are
Jeiseytown Feb. 10 and nth; Orange-
villc 12 and 13th and Catawissa 14
and 15. At the last meeting Rev. J.
D. Deiterick, of Montgomery county
will take part and no better talkers on
farm subjects can be found anywhere.
Remember the places and dates, and
for any information write to
H. V. White,
County Chairman,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
HAZbETON BUSIHE33 COLLEGE.
That this institution has establish
ed a thoroughly reliable reputation is
evident from the fact that its graduates
are sought after at home. Within the
last two weeks six students have been
placed in positions in Hazleton. Miss
Mary Brown after two months instruc
tion was enabled to become amanu
ensis with the Y. M. C. A. and finish
her course in the evening school. The
teachers are experts in each depart
ment. The rates of tuition are as low
as any reliable institution and the
courses of instruction equal to the
best in the country. -
Send your name and address to
them at Hazleton, Pa. and they will
be pleased to send you a circular.
Nov. 14.
Turkey Supper and Dance-
J. E. Zeigler, proprietor of the
hotel at Light Street, will give a turkey
supper and dance at his well known
hostelry on Thanksgiving night.
Tickets $1.25. Everybody invited.
Town lots for sale, on easy terms.
Bloomsburg Land Improvement
Co. Inquire of Sanderson Woods,
sales agent. N. U. Funk, Sec'y.
Office, Ent Building. (4 25
$3,000,000 is said to be the loss
occasioned by the Buffalo Exposition.
TOlfiSESlP
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A full line of
Hats, Caps, &c., at
Powerful Trade Magnets.
The attractiveness of the values in this "Ad" is be
yond dispute. The intrinsic worth of every item em
phasized is above argument. The price economy is un
questionable. We've chosen seasonable things to tempt
you, up to date in style, honest in quality. We've
chosen just the merchandise that your mind is on now.
You are asked to carefully read the chapter of offers.
You are asked to buy. Your intelligence will prompt
you. Your self interest will decide this to your satisfaction.
A Wejk Am:ng tha
Outer Garments.
Mid season now for the
selling of ready to wear
garments. Never such a
stock to choose from as
now. These items, at these
prices, should be nipped
up in a jiffy.
Misses' Coat at $5.00,
worth $6 00.
Ladies' 43 inch Coat at
$9 50, worth $12 00.
Ladies' Toglans at $10,
worth $12 00.
A lot of odd garments
very much reduced in
price.
Winter Underwear,
Tor Men and Womsn.
Don't buy shoddy when
clean cotton and wool costs
you so reasonable as these.
They are put here to tempt
you.
Men's Underwear, sev-enty-five
per cent, wool, at
50c, worth 75c.
Ladies' Cotton Combina
tion Suits, at 50c, 75c. and
1 00.
Ladies' Wool Combina
tion Suits, $1 40, $1 75 and
$2 25.
Special Selling of Dress Goods
And Silks.
Could fill this entire "ad"
with tempting items from
! this section. Haven't space
though, so will have to be
j content with a hint or two,
1 as follows :
F. P.
Notice-
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bloomsburg Land Im
provement Company will be held at
the office of the company on Monday,
November 25, 1901, at two o'clock in
the afternoon, for the purpose of the
election of a Board of Directors and
Officers. N. U. Fuiik,
11.7-3W. Secretary.
Many new Books just received
at Mercer's Drug & Book Store.
When a customer comes
to us there is one thing cer
tain, we can show him the
things that are new, we are
clothiers to clothe you, and we
pride ourselves as to being able
to fit every one, from age 3 to
103 and we do it with new
things as they appear, and they
have this label.
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CROUSE k BRANDEGEU
AUmnacturinf Tailor
Vtic; AVw Ytrk
Yoke overcoats with the
length and that smart fullnea
just out, they came from our
store, that's what you caa
expect, and we return to you
your money if you want.
Winter Clothing,
All Wool 50 inch Chev
iots at 50c, worth 75c.
Prunella, all colors, 38
inches wide, at 75c.
Corded Silks, all colors,
at 75c, were 90c.
Good Taffeta Silk, all
colors, 50c.
Some Specials from '
The Stocking Section-
Buy from these and you
buy the right thing at the
right price.and we'll charge
the loss to advertising.
Infant's fine ribbed wool
stockings at 15c.
Infant's fine cashmere
hose, silk heel and toe, all
colors, at 25c.
Our regular 15c boys'
hose at I2c.
More Seasonable
Trade Magnets fcr You.
We'll just tell you what
they are, describe them,
give you their actual, hon
est worth, and then the
price we'ere going to sell
them for.
ioc. Flannelette at 7jc.
7c. Unbleached Muslin,
10 yards for 45c.
7c. Bleached Muslin, 10
yards for 52c.
$1 00 Counterpanes at
75c
65c. Colored and White
Cotton Blankets at 49c.
We carry the best makes
of Wool Blankets. -
PURSEL.
N0TI0E.
11LOOMSBURO BRASS WORK S BONDS.
Holders of the outstanding bonds
accompanying the mortgages on the
Bloomsburg Brass and Copper Com
pany's plant, at Bloomsburg, Pa., are
hereby notified to present the same at
the First National Bank, Bloomsburg.
Pa., for payment.
Bi-oomsburo Brass and Copper Co
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