THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
First National Bank,
Bloomsburg, Ra.
E. Y. M. Ljw, President.
J. M. Stavcr, Vice Prurient.
E. R Tit-tin, Vice President.
E. F. Carpenter, Cashier.
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licit a share of your busi
'ss upon the basis of
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ankinir, Liberal and Ac
curate Treatment.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1S06.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
VIIIKSDAY, NOVEVBI.R (, 1902.
EiTAbl.ISHKn 1837. CoNSuI.IDA'iED 1869
Published Every Tkiksdav Mousing,
At Blooms;. urg. the County t-eat of
Columbia Coun'y, f'cnnsylvania.
r.EO. E. EE-WELL, El itor.
D. J. TASKEK. Local Emtor.
(jl.'J. C, ROAN, KOKLMAN.
Terms : Iniiiie the county i.coa year
in aivanre j tl.joif not ai l in alvance.
Outsi'ie the county, it.25 a jcvr, strictly in
Advance.
All communications s'xmM l e addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, Lloomsl.urg, l a.
THAKESGIVLNG.
Governor Calls tor Observance of the Day.
Governor Stone issued the follow
ing Thanksgiving proclamation on
Saturday.
In accordance with time honored
custom and following the action of
the President of the United States, I,
William A. Stone, Governor of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do
hereby name Thursday, November 27,
as a day for thanksgiving and praise.
'lhe citizens ol ti e commonwealth
have enjoyed a full measure of the
'ntinued prosperity which has been
owered upon our nation.
In the past year we have received
uch for v hich we should be devoutly
ankt'ul and the future has abundant
omise-.
Not only have we been spared from
disaster and disappointment, but the
year has been fil.ed with the things
which advance the moral, mental and
physicial welfare of our nation. Our
experiences have been many and
beneficial and we are stronger today
in all that makes a permanent peace,
happiness iad inaien.il welfare than
ever before.
Let us, therefoie, on this day show
our gratitude to the Divine source of
these multiplied evidences of progress.
Let us put aside' our usual cares and
labors and join with one another in a
proper and enthusiastic observance of
the day.
To this end I advise that religious
exercises be conducted in ail churches
ind that devout prayers be offered to
Almighty God for a continuance of
lis guidance and care. Let us es
pecially remember the sick and the
needy and endeavor in sj far as in
our power to see that no one within
the limits ot our commonwealth shall
-e in want.
Given under my hand and the great
ieal of the State at the city of Harris
iMirg, this first day of November, in
the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred two, and of the com
monwealth the one hundred and
twenty-seventh.
William A. Stone,
Governor.
W. W. Griest, Secretary of the Com
monwealth. Eeal Estate Saks.
The property of J. S. Blue on
East street was sold on Saturday to
William Rhoads of Mahanoy City
or $4,150. Mr. Rhoads we uuder
tand purchased the home for his
oo who will move here in the
prtng.
The James Sterner property situ
tte at the corner of Catharine and
?ifth streets was sold for $2,750.
The Thomas Gorrey property on
Main strtei was bid up to $4,950
but it was not sold. It will be put
up for sale again on Saturday.
.
Warning to Ounners.
This is thi season of the year when
-ii-KTMpapcrs caution those who use
uns, to be careful, as accidents of a
atal or painlul character take place
:acr. iau. tor some reason each gun
icr seeius to think that he will be
sxernpt from danger and becomes
.tireless. Guns and deadly weapons
noma ne handler! with extreme can
ion rnd never pointed at a person,
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Statement cf Condition September 15, '02.
RESOURCES.
' Loans . . .
i U. S. Ponds
Banking Motise
Stoiki and ecur:tif
47
50.000 00
2T.5 43
i Cash 3c due fi om Bankt & U.S.
S.Tr. loo i; 5J I
' '
, Total
4664,619.18
LIABILITIES.
Capital .
Surplus
, I'mlitiiled Profin
. Circulation .
iJcpositt . ,
Total
$ 50,OOO.eo
125,000 Oo
I 1,067.24
50,000.00
428,561 94
$604,629 18
MAMMOTH ELEJTEIJ PLANT-
To te Installed ft Muncy Dam H Furnish
Power to Surrounding Towns.
Work on lhe Muncy dam is
about completed, and once more it
is in good order. It is stated bv
authority that it is the intention of
the canal company, or some other
corporation growing out of it, to
erect a huge electric plant near the
clam, by the power of which elec
tricity will be generated and con
veyed to Wi'.liamsport and Muncy
north and to Watsontown and Mil
ton, and likely Lewisburg, south,
at which places it is proposed to be
sold to manufacturers and others,
in the way of power, for all pur
poses at a less cost than it now
costs the same parties for power by
the old plans. It seems to be a
thoroughly practical thing, for
thousands of horse power of energy
go to waste at this point hourly,
which, if confined, must furnish all
that can be used i;i the district
named, From the dam to William
sport, over the mountain, it is like
ly 10 or 12 miles, while Muncy is
within four miles, and Watsontown,
Milton and Lewisburg within 6, 10
and 14 miles, respectively, all of
which makes the proposition prac
ticable. Iluhnville Mail.
Tbe Eetnrns Given Oat in
Manner.
an Admirable
Prcf. J. H. Dennis of the Nor
mal School had two lanterns in
service throwing out the returns
from the republican headquarters
in County Chnirman Duy's office
Tuesday evening. The screen
used was of good size and arranged
so that it could be seen from all
sides of the square. The scheme
was an excellent one and the crowd,
numbering a thousand or more,
stood from early in the evening till
after the midnight hour watching
the returns During the intervals
Mr. Dennis held the crowd by throw
ing upon the screen some very
pretty views taken in the various
countries of the world. A number
of them were beautifully colored.
Photographs, and good ones too, of
prominent men in the affairs of
state and nation, as well as the
candidates for the various offices
and well known men of town, were
shown, all of which were well re
ceived. Seldom, if ever, have the
election returns been handled and
given out so admirably and Mr.
Dennis is to be congratulated.
Manager Stillwell Skips
L. M. Stillman, manager of the
Huntington Valley Canning Company
at Town Line, has skipped and it is
alleged that he got away with a thou
sand dollars ot the company s money.
Stillwell came from Luzerne to take
charge when the cannery was project
ed and superintended the building of
the plant and installing of the ma
chinery. When the plant went into
operation he managed the canning
operations. He was not given con
trol of the finances, however, but
secured the lunds, it is claimed, by
having a shipment of goods for Scran
ton consigned to him. He disposed
of the goods and pocketed the pro
ceeds, it is alleged. It was supposed
he was away attending to the busi
ness of the company until late last
week when his family left . Hunt
ingdon Mills where thev had been
living since spring. When the officers
took the matter up they found the
above state of atfairs existing.
Mountain Echo.
Mrs. Rubba-IIow's Mrs. Cfcatter
this morning, doctor?
Doctor Suffering terrlbly
Mrs. Kubba What, with onlysgsHght
throat affection? -
Doctor Yea, but she can't epealc
Chicago News, p. -,
The Limit.
Worthless Husband Oolng to leave
me, are you, Moll? Didn't you tuke
me for better or worse?
Long Buffering "Wife Yes, but you
ere absolutely Uxo worst. I didn't take
X it-t t?u-.t.-Ct!c.-.s; Tildas.
HISTORIC STAGECOACH.
Prrrrd In the Postal Xiwiia at
the Sntlnnal ( apttnl.
One of tbc mowt Interesting relics of
obsolete postal service to be seen nt
tbe mii'ouin In Washington, says tlie
Washington Tout. Is an old time Kooky
Mouotnin combination passenger and
mall coach, built In SK This was
among tbe first of Its kind to carry tlie
malls In Montana, the route of this par
ticular coach being frwm Helena to
Itozcman. the trip consuming a week.
Tbe residents along the same section
now receive four mails doily. The
, .. ... n - . I .... - .1 a ,. V. ... 1
S- S- Huntley, general mutineer of the
Yellowstone Park Transportation corn-
pnny. It was enptured by India us In
1S77 and recaptured after a hot pur
suit by General Howard. Many dis
tinguished persons have traveled lu It,
amonit them being General Garfield, be
fore be was president; President Ar
thur, on a visit to Montana In ISM,
and General Sherman, on a tour of In
speetlon In 1S77. Tbe latter was a pas
sender when tbe conch made the dis
tance from Fort Ellis to Helena, 103
miles. In eight hours, six horses being
the team, with frequent relays.
This nntlquntrd affair on wheels Is
the sltnon pure, typical staceoaeb of
the r.eadle dime novel. The James
brothers nnd the Fords may have en
rlehed themselves by looting this Iden
tical relic of tbe west. There are a
front and rear boot, the former, under
the driver's Hunt, being the repository
of rtiflc Pain's mail bag, thp runr lioot
sen-inn to curry bacKapc. Heavy
leather springs and Iron tires to the
wheels lwlf nn Inch thick enubled the
vehicle to withstand tbe rotih usage
to which It W!i subjected. With a ca
pneity Inside for nine people, others
riding on top nnd beside tbe driver,
with slots In the sid of the coach
through which rith-s could be r.lmid. It
seemed evident that a knight of the
road had to be of reckless mold to
tackle one of these once a week "ex
presses." POULTRY POINTERS.
Never give poultry water In the morn
ing before feeding.
All the stimulants breeding fowls
need Is wholesome food and drink lu
proper quantities.
To fatten the cockerels rapidly, con
fine them In close iuarters and feed
eormneal cooked in milk.
Short legged fowls fatten quickly.
Ixmg legs nre bard to fatten. Those
first hatched fatten quickest lu a
brood.
Fowls seldom tire of milk. They
may eat too much grain or meat, but
milk In any form Is palaUible nnd
healthy.
The roosting poles should be on a
level with each other. This will pre
vent the fowls all trying to roost on
the top perch.
A fowl or animal In which nu excel
lence is constitutional Is apt to trans
mit all this excellence In all the de
veloied power and beauty to its prog
euy. In selecting for breeding the pullet
should be ot least a year younger than
the cock. This will conduce to tbe
strength and good health of the off
spring. A Strlnrr to It.
r.rldget and Norab Murphy, fresh
from Fills island, had set out to make
their "return calls" on their cousins,
the McGooligans, ot service In an aris
tocratic part of the city. Upon arriv
ing at the houso. Instead of being con
fronted by the usual bell knob, nothing
but a stingy, mean apology of a knob
In the shape of a little black button
met them. Bridget got hold of the but
ton and gave it a pull, but her fingers
slipped before there waa any audible
ring from within. Again and again she
tried with the same result, until she
turned the Job over to "Noule." Then
the latter yanked and twisted without
success, until both stood on th land
ing gazing helplessly at each other.
Then light came unto Bridget.
'I'll tell you phwat It in," she said.
"They're playin' th Joke on us fur
greenhorns an' th' devils are within
houldin' th' 8titrlng!"-New York Trib
une.
"He seems to bave somelrung great
on Ms mind."
"Yes. He claims that he paid $25
for the hat he is wearing." Chicago
Eecord-Herald.
The Wy Womi Be In.
"Have you finished that new novel
yet?" he asked.
"Oh, dear, no; I've hardly begun,"
she answered. "In fact, I've only read
the last chapter." Chicago Post.
Dark Hair
44 1 have used Ayer's Hair Vigor
for a great many years, and al
though I am past eighty years of
ge, yet I have not a gray hair in
my bead."
Geo. Yellott, Towson, Md.
We mean all that rich,
dark color vour hair used
to have. It it's gray now,
no matter; for. Ayer's
Hair Vigor always re
stores color to gray hair.
Sometimes it makes the
hair grow very heavy and
lone; and it stops falling
of the hair, too.
Sl.M s kettle. All irrjtlrtv
If your drnpeitc eaunut supply you,
ff.. i U Cl J U'i'l.vl UUiX U Will U w
n t 1m.i. V ftn -l-f '"-
J. V. A VtU CO., Lowell, Uut,
&n indent Foe
To health and happiness is Pcrofnla
ugly as ever 5ir.ee time Immemorial.
I. cv.uea biinch.vs in the neck, dis-2jur-3
the si;:n, inflames the mucous
meml.rare, wactvs tlio muscles, weak
ens t!.3 lx.ir.es, 1 educes the power of
rc-i.:ta;:ca to '.Lxa ind tlie capacity
f'T refivtrv, t,i.l u.c'.cjs ir.'.o con
ion.; "A t n-.tr sp,-:!-' r.1 th loft dido of
try t oA. It rnuMd itreut pain, was lanced,
nt,l o-ime a running fore I went Into t
ponerai dec.n.e. I was persuaded to try
11 t .-v.r-; Ht:',is. r.nd w.irn I had tskn
tlx toffies ley n. k was Ivn'H. and I have
rover in I a'iv troti' of the kind since."
Mr. 1. K. T. P:;rir.R. T.-vy, Ohio.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
will rid you of it, radically and per
manently, as they have rid thousands.
COURSE AT AS2JAFOLI3 3 YEAS1-
Term Shorteitd in Order to Provide Officers
lor the Navy.
An order has been issued by the
Navy Department and forwarded
to the Naval Academy of a three
years course of the Naval Academy
at Annapolis for an indefinite
period.
This is the most sweeping change
in the Academy curriculum which
has takeu place for years, and is
made 011 account of the pressing
need cf naval officers. The present
first class, which would have grad
uated in June 1903, will graduate
in February of that year, and the
class of '04 will graduate in Febru
ary instead ot June, 1904. The
presint third class, '05. will grad
uate in June 1904, and thereafter
until further orders all classes will
graduate a year earlier.
Bloomsburg telatives and friends
have been apprized of the marriage
of Herbert Moses and Miss Jennie
Beckley. The ceremony took place
in Ilarrisburg. The bride is the
youngest daughter of the late D. A.
Beckley. The groom is a son of
Rev. William Moses, a former
pastor of the M. F. Church, ol
Catawissa. v
Musical comedy seems to have a
great hold en public favor, nowa
days. In New York "Florodora"
ran for two years during the past
summer six big musical comedies
ran all summer long 011 Broadway.
The latest and one of the best
candidates for public favor in the
musical comedy line is "A Runa
way Match" which comes to the
Opera House Saturday Matiuee and
night.
It is one of the brightest, clever
est, and daintiest pieces of the kind
ever offered the American public.
No musical comedy is now com
plete without a sextette and the
pecial feature of "A Runaway
Match" this season is the "Nancy
Brown" sextette. Nancy Brown
is the most popular song of the day
naving been sung an summer 111
the big city productions. There is
also a male quartette, a mixed
quartette and a nuuioer of other
bright and telling specialties.
A Sod Caio,
"Gr?at Heaven!" he said. "It seems
incredible!"
And with a gasp he laid the news
paper cii his desk.
"To think that, in this enlightened
land, nt the dawn of tbe twentieth
century, a man should be found who
never heard of George Washington or
Abraham Lincoln or eveu" here the
great patent medicine proprietor al
most sobbed "or even of our world
renowned Perfection pills!" Puck.
Bproate4 Agra.).
My sister had a baby tooth which
needed pulling, and brother Charlie,
aged five, said he wonld pull it for
her, which he did. Several days aft
erward the new tooth, which had just
pushed through the gum and could
be plainly seen, was discovered by
Charlie and he said:
"Why, that mean thing. I thought
I pulled it clear out, and here it is
sprouting1 up again." Cincinnati En
quirer.
IgaoMat Sjnrae,
"Mater!" cried little Emerson Bos-
ting, "may I not ainute myself with
the viditeouus?"
"Yes. You may permit him to do so,
nurse." .
"But, what is it he wants, ma'am?'
inquired the new nurse.
"The saw-horse, I suppose you would
call it, said Mrs. Bosting, admirably
concealing her impatience ot such ig'
norance. Philadelphia Press.
The Modern Mwchlavrlll.
"What ia your opinion of oratory
in modern pontics?
"It may be made ery useful," an
swered Senator Sorghum. "Very fre
quvntly, for instance, a good strong
speech against monopolies in gen
eral may divert suspicion from you
and enable you to do a good tura for
a corporation without ribk or em
burracssnie nt." Wush in gton Star.
1'ulitlcal Eeouomy.
Tramping Tom There goes one of
the fell that's responsible for half
our troubles.
Wayfaring William Wot's he done?
Tramping Tom ne works every duy
in th' year, 'cept Sundays, an' earns
people's money away from them. If
it n-i.:r.'t r s :eh f cllc- rs l.In, folks,
N. Y. Weekly.
nsaran
Townsend's
CORN CONTEST!
!
We will give away a
10.00 SUIT
of CL0TIIE8to the Farmer liaising the
Six Largest Ears of Corn
Corn to le raised in Columbia County. Tina
ofTer will remain open until December tlie 1st when
.Judges will decide the contest.
Our line of winter goods is now
in. Call and see them before
you buy. Prices always right at
TowtisencTs
F. P.P
10O LADIES' WALKING
SKIRTS THIS WEEK
At 20 per cent, to
low their real value. Every one
of these skirts
Cut. We made
factories an offer
we have them ready to sell you at
these low prices:
$5.98 and $7.50 Ladies' Walking
Skirts at $4.98.
$8.50 Ladies' Walking Skirts $6.50.
$10.00 " " $7.50.
Special Bale of Ladlies9 fail,
oretl Suits in Colors.
This sale will begin Nov. 5, and
last until Nov. 15. The same styles
in suits we have sold all fall at
11.00, 11.50 and 12.00. We will
sell them at 7.98.
F. ' P. Pursel.
Sight School.
Classes in Arithmetic. English,
Mechanical Drawing, Stenography
Typewriting, Penmanship, and a
reading course will be conducted
during the wiuter months in the
Young Men's Christian Association.
These clashes give wage earners
an opportunity to increase their
education, their earning capacity or
fit" tbow,rtlf.r.c m
- ... ..... vuva I'll a LiUULT UO-
' aud enroll at once.
liTfHL,'i'f1VifBlfc.
URSEL
50 per cent be
is the latest Fall
one of the best
for this lot, and
TAILOR-MADE SUITS.
N. S. Tingley has accepted the
agency for Reinach, Ullman & Co.
of Chicago, merchant tailors, and is'
ready to supply made-to measure
clothing at prices lower than can be
obtained elsewhere. He has a large
line of samples to select from. His
place of business is the third floor of
the Columbian building. 4.
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Try Tun Colombian a year.
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