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THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Established 1837. Consolidated 1S69
Published Every Thursday Morning,
At llloomslturg, the County Seat of
Cokimniii Countv, Pennsylvania.
CEO. K. EI.WEi.L, Editor
D. I. TASKKK, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, l ORtMAN.
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O t'vde the county, f 1.25 a year, strictly in
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THE COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1902.
Ex-President Cleveland is men
tioned as a probable representative
of the United States to be present
at the coronation of King Edward.
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The old Liberty bell left Phila
delphia on Monday on its trip to
Charleston, South Carolina, where
it will be placed in the Philadelphia
building at the Exposition .
Governor Stone has designated
Wednesday, January 29 as "Mc
Kinley Day." and suggests that
special memorial services be held in
all the churches on Sunday preced
ing the 29th. He also calls atten
tion to the McKinley Memorial
Association, which was organized
for the purpose of raising a fund for
the erection of a suitable monument
at the grave of the late President.
Every person desiring to contribute
should give his name and post office
address so that a suitable memorial
receipt may be returned thereior
by the association. Contributions
may be sent to Thomas Dolan,
Philadelphia.
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The PoHsville Chronicle in speak
ing on the overcrowded condition
of the legal profession in Schuyl
kill County, says that the time is
not far distant when it will be a
mighty hard matter for even a
hustling lawyer to mace a living,
if the present increase in the num
ber of barristers continues. It is
estimated that there are a little less
than a score of young attoineys ad
mitted to practice at the Schuylkill
county bar every year, while the
death rate among the profession in
the county is not more than two
or three per year. People are won
dering what is going to happen at
this rate of increase in the course
of the next decade. One fact is
assured continues the Chronicle and
that is this should be the best legal
informed locality in the State. Some
people are wondering if the in
crease continues if law will be dealt
out 0:1 the order of a commercial
commodity.
The SJtone Oasi Now a Mystery.
The case of Miss Ellen M. Stone,
the American missionary who for
three months has been in the hands
of Bulgarian brigauds pending the
payment of a ransom of $1 10,000,
has entered upon a new phase. It
has been converted into a mystery.
The State Department at Washing
ton has declined to furnish any in
formation with regard to it, upon
the ground that the discussion ot
the matter in this country was pro
ducing a bad effect upon the brig
and mind. Consul-General Dickin
son, whose station is at Constanti
nople, has become convinced that
the brigands were encouraged to
refuse as the price of their prisoners'
release the amount at his disposal
by the belief that more would
ultimately be obtained as a result
ol the agitation ofthe subject in the
American papers So he advised a
policy of silence and the State De
partnrent has adopted his recom
mendation. Consul Lieneral Dickinson is
fertile in policies, but thus far his
policies have been barren of results.
Perhaps he has at last chosen the
course which will ultimately be
successful. Perhaps the next thing
we shall hear is that Miss Stone
and her fellow-captive have been
surrendered.' So may it be. Ex
$535,805.73
27,812.65
113.854.37
$677,572.65
$ 50.000.00
139,127.52
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$ 26,656.42
41 1.788.71 438.445.13
$677,52.65
VIRE-PBOSP
VAULTS.
IS. B. Tustin,
Louis Gross,
President's Post Not a Sinecure.
Ex Senator Chandler Recounts Soma of
Drawbacks Attending the Office.
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The Washington Post of January
4th, contained an interesting and
important article by ex-Senator
William E. Chandler, the president
ol the Spanish Claims Commission,
entitled: "Wanted, by the United
States, a President." The article
is a strong argument for a reform
in the present methods of conduct
ing executive business
Mr. Chandler asserts that a Pres-
ident has now only three objects in
life first, to see 20,000 people a
year; second, to accomplish 2000
little things and, third, to try to do
200 great things. In the seeing of
so many thousand people about
trivial matters and in giving his at
tention to the thousands of little
things, the President, Mr. Chandler
insists, in worn out and becomes
physically unable to grapple with
the great problems to which he
ought to give his undivided at
tentiou.
Mr. Chandler cites from personal
knowledge of persons who have
almost succumbed under the strain,
instancing particularly President
Artnur. in wnose cabinet lie was
Secretary of the Navy, and Presi
dent McKinley, to whose impaired
condition he attributes his inability
to recover from the shock ot the
assassin's bullet. Mr. Chandler
expresses his regret that President
Roosevelt, "with his quickness, his
acuteness and his present untiring
industry and unbounded energy
has given countenance to the idea
that he will do all the appointing
himself and hear all that any one
has to say concerning any appoint
ment." Mr. Chandler thinks that
the great weight ofthe pressure for
office ought to fall upon the cabinet
ministers and the President ought
to nave more time lor important
things.
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w nai is wanted in tne person
of Mr. Roosevelt," says Mr. Chand
ler, "and in every other person
whom the twentieth century may
see in the White House is a Presi
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dent wno win De auowea to serve
the whole people with all his heart
and strength, with all his mind and
body, in the discharge of his official
duties, unhindered by the pressure
upon him of so many thousands of
his countrymen as have in recent
years encroached upon the time and
patience of our President and kept
them from their public work, or
compelled them to do it by impair
ing their physical health or over
straining their mental powers
"The time has come when access
to the President, except at public
receptions, should be limited to the
Cahinet Ministers. Rpnatnr.c Rnrc.
sentatives nnri AmhawarW n5 tr.
such other persons onlv as are criven
intoruiVws fnr miniio nnnv,Ma ait-
written applications have been re
ceived and carefully considered.
The public receptions of the Presi
dent should be few, and there
should be no intrusions upon his
social life which he should be al
lowed to regulate according to his
own win and pleasure, and no
person should take offense because
not invited to his presence or find
fault with his selection of his com
pany, wuatever may be us race or
color.
This needed change of custom
will at first no doubt be unpopular.
Jt will be condemned as uurepubli-
can exclusiveucss. It will require.
to begin the new rule, a President
who has been a man of the people,
who is known to be at heart thor
oughly democratic in all his ideas
and ways, and who is also strong
in his convictions and fearless in his
actions. Is not Mr. Roosevelt such
a president? Will he inaugurate
the reform?
From November 1 to December
1 there were upwards of 2,000 peo
ple vaccinated in Plymouth. The
situation there in regard to small
pox is somewhat improved.
The Laurel Thief-
The thief has been despised in
all ages, yet there appears to be
justifiable larceny, especially when
one steals lor no other motive man
to satisfy hunger. And yet it would
be more honorable to beg, even un
der such circumstances.
Petty larceny is looked upon ns
a very low and degrading practice,
even though the finger of suspicion
can only faintly outline the perpe
trator, and yet, may often even
point to iuuoceut parties who are
unjustly shunned, without any al
lowance of confidence in what they
may do or say. Thus a person, or
people, whom nobody can trust,
are of little or no use, or benefit to
any community, for the reason that
their influence carries no weight in
any protect or enterprise. When
ever the elements of truth and in
tegrity are lacking in any individ
ual, that person is socially dead to
any neighborhood.
But to steal laurels, gathered and
won by others in acts of heroism,
whether on the battlefield, in naval
contests, or in the ordinary wa.ks
of life, is the lowest type of theft
imaginable. It has been said that
whosoever steals my purse steals
trash: but whosoever steals my
character steals my all." The
slanderer's tongue is a lake of in
iquity, ful of blackness and dark
ness that has wrecked and de
voured many of the most valuable
and noble characters that ever
adorned human society, or ever
blessed human life. Thus their
laurels have been stolen, and they
have been unjustly consigned to
ignominy, shame and oblivion
But the laurel thief is the most de
spicable creature that treads this
mundane sphere, and he cannot es
cape the just doom of an indignat t
and outraged people, either of fam
uies. neighborhoods, communities
or nationalities, some ot whom, tr
of either, whose character he has
blackened or ruined.
In the case of Schley the laurel
1 hum, or tuieves, tnougli lie or
they may succeed to wrest some of
his laurels, a grateful people will
stamp the thieves to forgetfuluess
and oblivion, while the laurels they
bestow upon Schley will be woven
into a wreath as a perpetual memor
ial that will keep the name ot
Schley green through the ages to
come, so long as we have a country
to celebrate the 4th ot July, or
other great national events.
Of all depraved specimens of con
temptible, woe-begone, despicable
and degenerated humanity, the
laurel thief falls the lowest. He
surpasses the depravity of the thief
who would rob a grave of its flow
ers which loving hands have plant
ed there as a memorial of the be
loved sleeper in his dusty bed be
neath the floral canopy, j. c. w.
Negro Population Doubled.
There are twice as many negroes
in the United States to-day as there
were when Lincoln set them free,
and the last census returns show a
white population of 67,000,000 and
a negro population of 8,8.so,ooc.
with about 500,000 Indians, Chinese
and Japanese. The death rate
among the negroes in the cities,
where they live in the congested
districts, and " where every law of
nature and sanitation is defied," is
nearly double that ofthe whites
and is far in excess ofthe birth rate;
and this high mortality has led
some to think that the negro is
dying out. The census figures show
that this belief is erroneous. The
increase of negro population in the
rural districts more than makes up
for the loss in the cities, and the
rural surplus flock cityward in suffi-
cient numbers to fill up the ranks
The negro population is increasing
piaiy, not as rapiaiy as in slavery
days, but as rapidly as the whites.
-San Francisco News.
Coughing
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I was given up to die with
quick consumption. I then began
to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I
Improved at once, and am now in
perfect health." Chas. E. Hart
man, Gibbstown, N. Y.
It's too risky, playing
with your cough.
The first thing you
know it will be down
deep in your lungs and
the play will be over. Be
gin early with Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral and stop
the cough.
TbrM tliM t 25c, 50c., I. All gruijlits.
Contult your doctor, if lie tnyi take It,
then do at lie tav. If lie toll, you not
to take It, thou don't tnko It. Ho know..
Leave It with hiiia Wearo willing.
J.O.TViSHlX).,Lowull,Mai.
Achinz Joints
In the fingers, toes, firms, and other
parts of tho body, are Joints that are
Inflamed and swollen by rheumatism
that acid condition of the blood which
nffntta fhn mnsrlpS IllflO.
Knffi.rpr dread to move, especially
after sitting or lying long, and their
condition is commonly worse in wet
wpnl.hor.
"It has been a Ion time since wo nave
been without Hood's Snrsnparllla. My
father thinks no could not ao wmioui i.
Ho tins been troubled wun rneumniiniu
r 1 . a ..... . v,, ,,- ,, m it ll.miVB Kn r,mifl.
BHH C ie nno n V - - ' .
rilla Is the only medicine he can take that
will ennnie nun 10 lane ins "
Held. HUBS ADA KUTT, DIUI1K, iuit.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Remove the cause of rheumatism no
outward application can. Take them.
ja Cananca
Copper Company
Offort Its First Issue of Stock at
$1.00 PER SHARE.s
We Buy and Sell
Greene Consolidated
Copper Stock
at market prices.
CLOSE QUOTATIONS.
Chas. W. RAY & CO.,
Stocks, Bonds and Investment
Securities.
Bloomsburg, Pa.,
Postoffice Building,
S. F. Peacock, Mgr.
Nov. SB, 0ms.
THE STATE AT A QLANUE.
The Union-Traction Company,
of Pottsville, has issued an order
forbidding its employees to become
members of Town Councils, sev
eral ot mem were announced as
candidates for Council.
Test wells are to be drilled
near Register, Luzerne county, in
the hope of finding petroleum in
paying quantities. Work will be
gin this week. Local speculators
are making the venture.
Ellis Irvin, postmaster at Lick
Run, Clearfield county, is the old
est postmaster 111 the United States.
The Clearfield Daily Spirit says he
is 95 years of age and was Register
and Recorder ot Clearfield county
over 60 years ago.
A small nail was the cause of
John Miller's death, at Shainokin,
Wednesday night of last week. A
short time ago he scratched him
self slightly on the first finger of
the right hand. Toward evening
ne was seized wun snooting pains
through the right arm, and in a
short time that member was swollen
to twice its normal size. A doctor
was summoned, but at once said he
was beyond recovery. Miller died
in agouy.
Four accidental deaths hap
pened in the immediate vicinity of
Greensburg on Friday. Joseph
Flynn, of Dubois, fell into a pit at
the Jamison coal works and was
drowned. Gustave Mell, a wafch-
man, was killed by an express train
at Jeanette. John Angelina met a
like fate on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad at Sullivan, and an uni
dentified man, about .s6 years old,
was found dead near Larimer. It
is supposed he fell from a train.
Great Stories By Great Authors-
A Remarkable Series of Fiction Will Be
Published in the Philadelphia Sunday
"Press."
A remarkable year of fiction is pro
mised the readers of the Philadelphia
Press during 1902. f amous writers
of America and Europe will contri
bute to it eacf. bunday. lhe series
began last Sunday, Jan. 5, with a stir
ring story ofthe Philippines, by Gen
eral Charles King. It is called "
Conquering Corps Badge." This will
be followed by clever short stories by
Justin Huntley McCarthy, author of
" If I Were King." Sir Walter Besant,
J. M. Barrie, author of " The Little
Minister," John Strange Winter, au
thor of '-Bootle's Baby." W. E,
Norns, Trank r. Bullen, the great
writer of seastories, Rev. S. Baring
Gould, author of "The Crock of
Gold," Amelia E. Barr, Mortey
Roberts, rergus Hume, author of
" The Lady From Nowhere," David
Christie Murray, author of "A Rogue's
Conscience," H. B. Marriott Watson,
author of "The Princess Xenia,"
Adeline Sargeant, John K. Leys and
others equally well known.
The bodies of engineer Martz
and fireman Glass who were drown
ed in the wreck at the Lycoming
creek bridge several vveeka ago,
have not yet been recovered. The
Pennsy railroad company has
watchers stationed at Clark's Terry,
Rockville bridge and other points,
in case the bodies come down the
river.
Clearing
Out-Sale.
BIG BARGAINS
In All Winter
CLOTHING.
NiUST BE SOLD
To Make Room For
Come early and see the
Bargains at
Townsend's
CLOTHING STORE.
Muslin Sale!
THE GREAT
JAMUARY SALI
Begins Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1902.
It will last just 10 days, closing on Saturday night, January
1 8, 1902. We have finished our inventory, ouwill find bar
gains all through our store.
Remnants.
Every short piece of goods in our big stock has been taken
and measured and rolled up in
the width, the number of yards
iece. What a pile they make I 1 hey were put on the tables
Saturday morning and every lady that entered our store bep-an
to smile at that big pile of remnants, and every lady took some
of them alonsr home with her.
they are priced to sell. Cost has
you to come and look at them.
Muslin Sale for Ten Days.
We will put on sale Wednesday morniner the bierrrest lot of
Muslin and the best values you
long time.
10 yards ol hne Unbleached Muslin, 42c.
10 yards of fine close Muslin at 49c.
10 yards of Unbleached Muslin, standard make, 59c.
10 yards of the best fine Unbleached Muslin made at 66c.
10 yards of the best heavy muslin at 69c.
10 yards of Bleached Muslin, not full of lime, but cood Mus
lin, at 50c.
10 yards of Bleached Muslin, as good as Hill Muslin, at 75c.
Prints Reduced.
We will sell, for 10 days, the best Indico Blue Prints. Grev
Prints, Black Prints, all of the best standard Prints, at 5 cents a
yard. Not a yard of cheap, poor Prints in the lot.
Bleached and Unbleached Sheetings.
9-4 Unbleached Sheetings.worth at least 22c. Sale price,i7c.
The best 9-4 Bleached Sheeting made. Sale price, 25c.
The best 5-4 Bleached Sheeting made. Sale price, I2jc.
Made Sheets!, Made Sheets I
Come and see our sale price on Sheets.
Three Lots of Dress Goods Reduced.
56c. Dress Goods reduced to 36c.
34 in. All Wool Cloth reduced to 25c.
$1.00 Dress Goods reduced to 49c.
All Wool Blankets Reduced.
White Blankets. Grey Blankets. 10-4 and all wool, reduced
to $2.69.
1 1-4 White, all wool, big, soft, fluffy fellows, worth $6.50,
reduced to $5.49. x
Ladies' and Children's Muslin Underwear Sale.
Our Ladies' Muslin Underwear Sale will begin Jan'y 7, 1902,
and end Jan'y 18,1902. Be sure and read large circulars that
will be put in every house in town, showing cuts and giving sale
price.
BIG RECUCTIONS ON ALL LADIES' AND MISSES'
COATS AND CAPES.
F. P. PURSEL.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Thomas W. MoIIbnkt, Latb or
Gbkknwoou Twr., Columbia County,
Pa., Dbckahbu.
TUb undersigned nppolnted an auditor by
Mia Orphans' court ol Columbia coumy to make
distribution of tho fund In the Immla or inn
Administrator, Amos Neylmrd, will Hit at. H e
otllce ol Clinton lleirlhtf lu tho town of HIoouih
hurt;, I'a , ou Friday, January 81, hub, at mIIH
o'clock a. in. to perform tho duties or his au.
polutment, when and whore nil parties lutei.
ested In the fuud lu the hands ot the admluls.
tratorol said deceased will appear and provo
the same or be forever debarred from cninfni: n
on said rund. ;u. K. KUoiMtilift,
Auditor.
SELWS
Muslin Sale!
a smalt bundle, so you can see
put on, and the price for the
Thev are a temotinc lot and
not been considered. We invite
have had offered to you for a
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
KSTATS Or OIOKUC AOI.K, IAT1 OK MADI80K
TOWNSHIP, COI.UMBlAlOODNTV, P., DBl'IAHVU,
Notice la hereby fe-lven that tho undersigned
auditor appointed y the orphan's Court ol
t o umbU county, to make distribution of the
balance In the hands of Frederick Heaijlo, Ad
ministrator of s-tld deceased, as shown by his
flist and nmil uecount. to und amonif the
parties hyally entitled thereto; will sit at his
onice In the 'iowu of Uiiiomsbmir, ou Malurday
February l, 190U, at 9 o'clock a. m. when and
un,i'" Interested lu said etuui
J"UB1l,al,,uuror.,orBTerwl'' he debarred Iroia
coining f0 on said fund.
l"""lt Auditor.