THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. HARRISBURQ LkTTtR Harris Libel Suit A Damning Record Against Corrupt Politics. HarrUburs, ,1'Vb. 24. Nothing baa occurred since tlie iidjoiinnii" .t of the lfut corrupt legislature to inspire so genuine and general n feeling of di Rjust for nindilne politics ns the re cent Huit of MnrrlH vs. Meek, on the charge of libel. The ease should he- i revertrd, for It was Harris who was j in re:.lity on trial nnd proved guilty i substantially. . I That Vake 0IT3 find billies In various tonus were demanded for getting np- t prn-ii ,t!ons for charitable Institu- I Ions was known to a few on the in ilde, mid suspected by many, but it s li!;e a peal of thunder from a ir bky to have placed In evidence In u court a letter from the sdate ism cr-elect that he demanded $100 helping to get an appropriation for nrpltal, of which four-flftha of the ients are from Harris' own county, wns hla sworn duty as a member of tl.e house to aid in getting the appro priation, and he violated that oath If he took anything beyoud his salary for his efforts. He claimed on the stand that ho spent four or five days hard work on the floor of the house for the bill. ICvcn if he did It was a part of the duty for which he swore to take nothing but his salary. Hut the truth Is he didn't pend four days, nor four hours, work for the bill as can be proved. He said further that he went to Harrlsburg especially to see the governor to in duce him to sign the bill. The fact Is he was on his way to Philadelphia, traveling on a pass and stopped off at Harrlsburg as he would perhaps have done If there had been no Phlllipsburg hospital in existence Politicians of the machine stripe are cursing Harris soundly for his Btu pidity In bringing a suit which has done so much to confirm what the peo ple already believed that the last legislature was as corrupt as Judas, and that Harris was selected as the candidate for state treasurer because be had ben a most subservient tool for tl.e machine. Harris evidently de pended on the favor of the court to win his cr.se. Any man with a particle of discretion in his make-up would not have rushed Into a trial in which evi dence of his own wrong doing would likely be brought to light. He per haps thought the court would rule, like the speaker of the last house, and shut off everything that would In any way hurt his own case. He little dreamed that damning evidence, not from the lips of a political opponent, but deliberately penned by his own hand, would confront him, as Ban quo's ghost appeared before Macbeth. Busch's testimony on the stand, in 'hich he declared that he falsified the . ecords of the house under penalty of osing his position, is but more evi dence of the damnable proceedings of the lust house. Neither Clerk Garvin, nor Speaker Marshall, nor anybody lse, has come forward to say that Buseh testified to what was not true. He but stated what is already known, that bill after bill was passed last win ter at Harrlsburg by" falsifying the record. Harris was nominated by a conven tion which unanimously instructed him to vote for Col. Irvln for United States senator. The delegates to the conven tion were themselves unanimously in structed to require this pledge of their candidates for the assembly. Harris, true to hla record, says that he was released from this pledge by Col. Ir win; but the truth is he was not so released, and evidence can be adduced in support of the fact as clear as the evidence that Harris demanded money from the trustees Of the Phlllipsburg hospital for aid in getting their appro priation. Hams is neither better nor worse than he was at the time of the elec tion, but people know him better. The fact that he ran away behind in his own county last fall shows that he runs best whre least known. Truly, the people of Pennsylvania ought to repent in sack-cloth and ashes for their consummate folly in electing such a man to take charge of the money of the state. NORMAN. WHAT THEY SAY Extracts From Various Sources, Indi cating Democratic Opinion Regard ing Questions of the Day. It is at least gratifying to learn that the Republicans are beginning to real ize that protection needs a "handmai den." It has had much wet nursing. Gretna (Neb.) Breeze. The day of high tariffs is doomed. The business of a nation cannot be all sell and no buy. Watch the little Chi nese wall advocates and "home mar ket" propagandists tumble over them selves to get into line with public sen timent. But trouble is yet to come "Our infant industries" have a fat thing, and they are not going to give it up without a struggle. It remains to be seen how much longer their "In fluenee' in congress will compel the people to pay tribute to the trusts. The Commoner. It la Idle to talk of tariff reform com ing through the Republican party. It is tantamount to saying that the Re publican party will deliberately taki Us own life. Anyone who expects this 18 doomed to be dlsaiwolnted. The Re publican party has fattened and flour ished because It fostered high pro tective tariffs. Its life blood, Its every pulse beat 'depends upon the contlnu ance of this policy. It is the veriest bosh, therefore, to exnect that the tar. Iff will be refarmed through the in strumentality of the Republican party. Tariff reform can only come through a united Democracy. Cadillac (Mich.) Democrat. THIS IS AWIIM.Y OH An P. jnmt 1 'V. "fa j,',., , 1 Rebecca I look annoyed, indeed! Yes!! You will have to face the lnu ic, sir! This rlnpr you pave me is only a brass band 11 Ally SUiper. At the I'll! no. Bacon What on earth is your daughter doing- nt the piano? Kjrbert Oh, kIic's only killing' t ime. "Ami murdering the piece." Yon kcra Statesman. Heterodox lent, Mrs. Chatterton (at Ihe opera, in whisper) Henry, can't you look blase? Chatterton (wearily) Oreut Scott, no! I'm too bored! Judge. 1 p anil Down, Biggs Short tells nm he is going to turn over u new leaf and settle down. Diggs Well, he owes me $10. I hope he will settle up before he set tles down. Chicago Daily News. And to Xpnre. He So your married life is not happy? Well, you have my regrets. She Oh, I don't need them; 1 have' enough of my own. Judge. Such a Noise! The mother says to herself sometimes. "I can hardly endure it." Then a chill creeps over her as she thinks of the aw ful silence wtiicn tails upon the home when children are taken away, and she is glad her children are hardy of body and lusty of lungs. W hen a child does not enjoy noisy sports and games there is something wrong, and that something will often be found to be a lack of nutrition adequate to the needs of youth and growth. The ; stomach is "weak," digestion is imper- J feet, and so the nourishment of the body j is inadequate. In such cases Dr. fierce s uoiuen ! Medical Discovery works wonders. It changes puny, fretful children into j healthy, happy girls find boys. The process by which this change is ac complished is strictly along the lines marked by Nature. All growth aud strength come from food when it has been digested, converted into nutrition and assimilated. "Golden Medical Dis covery " cure9 diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutri tion, and so enables the body to obtain without loss or waste the benefit of the nutrition provided in food. The " Dis covery" contains no alcohol and is en . . tireiy iree irotn opium, cocaine auu au other narcotics. A Wonderful Thing, "I have been thinking of writing to you for ome time," writes Mr. W. P. Beusuii, of Max ton, Robeon Co., N. C, "to let you know what a wonderful thing Dr. Fierce' Goldeu Medical Discovery did for my little boy. He wa taken with indigeation when he wo a year and a halt old and be waa under the doctor'! treatment Tor five lone yeari. We apent all we made for doc tor' bin, and it did no good. He could eat only a little milk and cracker, and some time even thi would make him sick. He could not ait up all day, and I gave up all hope of hi ever get ting any better. Three year ago 1 found one of your book, and on looking it over one day I noticed Dr. Pierce Gulden Medical Discovery recommended for indigesiiou. We bought some and gave it to our boy. He had been treated at Hoods by a good doctor and at Beunetta ville, 8. C, and at Currie and Lumberton and Maxtou, aud wa only relieved for a short time. We (rave him two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Ooldeu Medical Discovery aud it cured him. He is well us can be aud can cut anything that he want and it does not hurt him. He ha not been sick a day since aud it has been three years since bt took your medicine." A Thankful Mother. "I have felt it my duty for a long time," writes Mr. Mollie June, of Gap. Comanche Co., Texa, to tell you of the wonderful cure effected by your ' Goldeu Medical Discovery ' aud ' Pleasant Pellet' in the eue of our little boy, now nearly even year old. When he waa two months old he was taken with La Grippe, and it ettled on hi lung aud in hi thrust. Hi tunsils en larged, and wheu he was two years old we hud the doctor operate on thera. Then we hud the doctor tuke his tonsils out and he made bsd nrb nt It If he went in th Wllld ll WOUld be sick, aud we tried everything we could hear of and consulted every physician we saw, but they did not know what to do. When he wus nearly six years old (in October, i;H) he was worse than ever, and I could not rest for being mipiav about him. Me was our fourth boy (the other three were dead), aud it seemed to me Hint if he died I lust could not bear it. I would go to sleep crying and brging; God to spure him. Well, I could see he wns gelling so ..i.irh mi.riu-. he was lust as ooor as he could 1. and his kidneys had been troublesome all hU lite. I hud read a book about Dr. Pierce's medi cine It seemed to me that this was the very medicine we wanted, and I told my husband that if he would buy sume i nr. nerce s ineu Irlne T felt almost sure it would help our boy, He eut aud got some and we commenced with the 'Goldeu Medical Discovery' on Friday night, and with the ' Pellets' the next morning. u uiv, him vnur medlolne three time a day and by Sunday ha was able to play, and in one month from the time he comtueuced taking it he had gained aix pounds and his cough was all gone. He has not coughed any siuce, and he riim't i.k rilri auv more titan me re.i oi us. He goes about like the rest of th children aud plays In the cold ana not weatner." Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser in paper covers is sent fret on receipt of a I one-cent stamps to pay expense ot mailing only. Address j R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, if. Y. 99 SHOrtT TALKS Brief Comment on Political and Other Matters of Public Interest. i When we rttenipt to tell the little brown men that we are po deeply In terested In their welfare that we arn spending millions of dollars to shoot our. love Into them they will credit tis with being the worst gang of double jointed hypocrites that ever walked the earth, and when we ndd to thin that other stupid Invention that Provi dence is assisting us to do them up they will wonder what sort of heathen god we worship. The ruling of the postoflke depart- , mrnt In refusing Mr. Uryan'a Common- j or the regular mnlllng privileges is too contemptible to be properly character , Ized. The alleged reason for refusing sample copies of the Commoner to go nt regular pound rates Is that Mr. j Urynn Is interested In what his paper ' teaches. When Charles ICrrory Smith . berates Quay, Penrose anil the gnng week after week in the Philadelphia I Press has he any Interest in what he I preaches or Is ho doing It without mo tive, purpose or Interest? This Idiotic ruling. If carried out, would shut out any paper whose writers had any con science. To say that the editor of any paper Is not interested in the success of the doctrines he may advocate is to denounce him as a hypocrite or a fool. This silly attempt to work a hardship on Mr. Uryan will react on those weak enough to engage In so contemptible a scheme. Judge Shiras, of the United Stntes court, is about to retire to private life, where in the opinion of many he ought, for the good of the country, to have remained. Ills sudden flop on the Jneome tax -ought to condemn him for all time. He betrayed the cause of the common people into the hands of the plutocrats against his convictions of right judgment and duty there is no room to doubt; what the me:ins that brought him about were can be easily conjectured. His conversion was ac complished between twilight and dawn nnd he never made the plea that an angel of light had appeared to him in a droam and enlightened his darkened understanding. The angel that came, no doubt, belonged to the other class. It Is safe to say that Shiras will not die In an almshouse, though better men than ho have done so. Men would respect the courts If the courts would let them. Roosevelt in his message to con gress declares that "in the case of Cuba there are weighty reasons ..of morality and of national Interest why the policy of reciprocity should be held to have a peculiar application and I most earnestly ask your attention to the vital need of providing for a sub stantial reduction In the tariff duties on Cuban Imports Into the United States." So there is after all a moral question involved In the tariff is there? One would almost conclude from the blind adoration shown the tariff fetich by the Republican leaders that esteem, selfishness and inordinate greed on the part of the few coupled with a determination to bleed the many for their enrichment are highly ! moral attributes. The tariff is at the I very beet an evidence of the narrowest kind of selfishness, and a total disre- I gard for the rights of others. It is an absolute command to do unto others what we do not want them to do to Whenever Russia, Germany, France or any other country imposes a trade restriction against any of our products, our protected vampires set up a howl and clamor for open free trade doors on the part of others, while we exact tribute, like the pirates of the Mediterranean, on every dollar that we get our hands on. The tariff is said to have derived its name from the pirates of Tarlfa, who exacted a trib ute from every vessel entering or leav ing the Mediterranean. The Moorish pirates long ago met their just des erts, but their wicked robberies are still practiced under the sanction of law and in the name of protection. The United States senate is likely to still further thwart the will of the great majority of the American peo ple by refusing to submit a proposi tion to amend the constitution so as to elect tha senator by popular vote. If we must have an American house ot lords or a millionaires' club, as It Is sometimes called, there is no good rea son why the people should not have a voice in their election. The senators Bay in effect, "We prefer our chances of. getting into the senate by fair means or foul through means of the legislatures, and we don't care whether the people like It or not." There are hut two ways of bringing a constitu tional convention about : Congress can call one of its own free will, or If two thirds of the state legislatures ask for it, congress must call one whether it wishes er not. A large number of the legislatures have passed such a resolution, and the old duffers In the senate are beginning to fear that the people will force them, in spite of their wishes, to call a convention. They are devoting their spare time to pointing out the dangers that are sure to re' suit from calling a convention. They tell us that if a convention were called there is no telling where the amending would stop. They are afraid to trust the people to amend their own const! tutlon. Possibly they are fearful that If a convention were called, some man with more honesty and patriotism, and a keener sense of justice than the ma jority of the senators and the mom bers of the supreme court, might pro' pose an amendment making the In come tax constitutional. Frightful thought! THE CALENDAR CUSTOM. Giving of TIifiii ns llollrinr Gifts, an Ancient I'nslnm Thnt In (irtnv Ing In 'opulnrlty. The custom of giving calendars at the holiday Reason serins to be rapid ly extending, s-njs the Philadelphia Telegraph, and t he gifts nre mode each year more ornate and expensive. Although thus becoming known to an r-yrr-w itlciiing circle of givers and re ceivers the custom is by no mentis a new one. It was known to the flrerks nnd the liomnns as early as the second century of our era, the primitive al mnnnes made by the scribes f Alex andria being offered, w ith other coRtly gifts, to rulers and great personages. One of the first uses of (lie art of print ing was to issue an almanac or cal endar, called the Kalendarium Novum, at Hilda, in Hungary, in the year H75. It wns a costly publication, ten crowns, gold.beingpaid forn single ropy, which served ns n gift to King Mathins. The nlmannc displaced the calendar after the invention of printing, but the monthly record of days as we now know it was received in the eighteenth century, and hns gradually attained in dependent importance. It may fairly he said thnt the printed en1endnrshave never been so beautiful ns those is sued' for this year. Too Far Amr, "Another Chicago minister has been telling his congregation thnt there will be more women than men in heaven." "That's strnnge. Chicago is sup posed to be the very last place where anybody would go for reliable infor mation concerning the better land." Cleveland Plain Denier. Tommy Has Ills Soy. Sunday School Teacher Remem ber, children, always respect gray hair. Tommy Trnddles Well, my pa doesn't. Sunday School Teneher (in astonish ment) What makes you think flint? Tommy Trnddles lie dyes his whis kers. Tit-Uits. riohble Dlnirnnala. Dr. A. Why do you always make such particular inquiries as to what your patients eat? Docs, that assist you in your diagnosis? Dr. 11. Not much; but it enables me to ascertain their social position and arrange my fees accordingly. liuffalo News. Always a Winner. "So your husband lias been making a lot of money on corn, Mrs. liulling ton? How strange it is that he al ways happens to be on the right side of the market. He never loses, does lie?" "I never happen to hear him mention It if he does." Chioago Record-Herald. Ilia View of It. "Johnnie," said the mother, "some of the greatest men the world has known were wood choppers." Then, after a thoughtful silence, Johnnie said: "I'm so glad we burn coal." Atlanta Constitution. Wlllin-f to I.esrn, Constance 1 thought Bertha learned to skate while the was at Yas ser. Harriet Yes; but she is always willing to tnke a post-graduate course when there is a good looking young man to tench her. Brooklyn Kagle. Hla Achievement. The man who tolled both night and day For weulih, they say did save Enough to pay the doctor man Who kept him from the gravt. Washington Star. "The blood is the lite. " Science has ever cone beyond that, simple statement of scripture. But it has illuminated thnt state ment and given it a meaning ever broaden- tie with the increasing oreauili of knowl edge. hen the blood is "bad" or impure it 13 not alone the body winch sutlers through h'-ease. Die brain is nUo clouded, the mind and iudunieut are affected, and many an evil deed or impure thought may be di rectly traced to the impurity of the blood No one can be well balanced in mind and Kxly whoe blood is impure. No one can have a wholesome and pure life un'ess the blood is pure, foul blood can be made pure by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. When the blood is pure, body and brain are alike healthy and life becomes a dailv happiness. tree. Dr. Pierce s Common Sense Medi cal Adviser, looS pages, 700 illustrations, s sent Iree on receipt oi stamps to detrav expense of mailing mily. Send 21 one cent stamps lor paper covers, or 31 stan.ps tor cloih, to Dr. R. V. Pierce, 663 Main Street, liullalo, XV. Y. Any man mav make a name for himself, but a woman may make sevetal, if she mar ries often enough. Kindly Take Notice ih..t Ely's Liquid Cream Balm is of great benefit to those tillers from nasal catarrh who cannot inhale freely through the nose, but must treat themselves by spraying. Liquid Cream Halm differs in form, but not medicinally from the Cream Balm that has stood lor venrs at the head of remedies for catarrh. Ii mav be used in any nasal atomizer. The price, including a spraying tuuc, is 75 cis, Sold bv druciiists and mailed by Ely lirO' ihers, 56 Warren Street, New York. Paradoxical as it may seem a square meal is one that will go around. To Mothers in Tins Town. Children who are delicate, feverish and cross will get immediate relief from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse the slomach, act on the liver, making a sickly , hihl stronc and healthv. A certain cure for worms. Sold by all druggists, 25c Sample free. Address, Allen h. Ulmstco, l-eroy, N. 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A largfe lot of Window Curtains in stock Ilecnuse wraith doesn't alu-avs lirinrf linn p-ness is no reason why we should cultivate poverty. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease ? Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powHer. It cures corns, bunions, painful. smarting, hot, swollen feet. At all drug gists ana snoe stores, 25c. 2 27041 Because a man is ungainly is no reason why he should not gain in weight. OASTOXIZA. Bears ths M KM HavB lwa)fS Bought The. Markets. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. . CORRECTED WEEKLY. RETAIL PRICES. Mutter, per pound f 24 Kggs, per dozen 24 Lard, per pound ; 14 Ham. per pound 14 Beef (quarter), per pound 6 to 8 Wheat, per bushel 1 00 j Oats, do 65 Kye, do 00 Flour per bbl 4 40 Hay, per ton 14 00 1'otutoes, (new), per bushel 1 10 Turnips, do 40 Tallow, per pound 05 Shoulder, do 10 Side meat, do 09 Vinegar, per qt 05 Dried apples, per pound 06 Cow hides, do 3J Steer do do 05 Cnlf skin 80 Sheep pelts 7$ Shelled corn, per bushel 90 Corn meal, cwt 2 00 Itran, cwt I 40 Chop, cwt I 50 Middlings, cwt 1 40 Chickens, per pound, new 10 do do old 10 Geese, do 1 f Ducks, do is do 08 COAL, Number 6, delivered 1 eo do 4 and 5 delivered 4 '40 do 0, at yard ,, 3 1 do k4 aud 5, st yard 4 a TtLVs ..I For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature In Use For Over Thirty Years oraii THt eiMTsun eoaMMT. ntw Venn err. Cut Chewing Tobacco following brands of Cigars-. California has almost a monopoly ol the cultivation of apricots in the United States. The President a Slave to Catak h- D. T. Sample, president of Samp le's Instalment Company, Washington, Pa., writes: "For years I was afflicted w Itk Chronic Catarrh. Remedies and treata cot by specialists only gave me temporary re lief until I was induced to use Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal 1'owder. It gave almost instant relief. 50 cents. 25. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Our own misfortunes are always the great est. "My Heart was Thumping my Lifi; out," is the way Mrs. R. II. Wright, of Brockville, Ont., describes her sufferings from smothtfring, fluttering and palpitation. After trying many remedies without benefit, six bottles of Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart restored her to perfect health. The first dose gave almost instant relief, and in a day suffering ceased altogether. 26. Sold by C. A. Kleim. Five Presidents of the United States haYj been of Scotch-Iiish descent. A Great Sukprise is in store for all who use Kemp's liulsam for the Throat and Lungs, the great guaranteed remedy. Would you believe that it is sold on its merits aud any druggist is authorized by the proprietor of this wonderful remedy to give you a sam ple bottle tree ? It never fails to cure acute or chronic coughs. All druggists sell Kemp's u.usaiu, rrice, 25 auu 50c. a I3J4t Does a standing army ever occupy the seat of war ? I'll L-Doked with nauseous, big pursers, prejudice people against pills generally Dr. Agncw't Liver Pills are revolutionizing the pill demand they're so pleasant and easy to take the doses are small and so is the price, 10 cents for 40 dos-s. Biliousness, sickheadache, constipation dispelled. Works like a charm, Large size, 25 cent. Sold by C. A. Kleim, 2J The sign man may not pose as a literary person, but he's considerable .of a word painter. O A. H TO IT I A . Bean the "Ihe Kind You Haw Always BoK
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