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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
First National Bank,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
K. AV. M. L.nv, President.
J. M. Staver, Vice President.
E. 15. Tustin, Vice President.
E. F. Carpenter, Cashier.
The First National Bank
solicits a share of vour busi
ess uion the basis of
'ound a n d Progressive
ankinr, Liberal and Ac
curate Treatment.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1S66.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1902.
ESTABLISHED 1837. CONSOLIDATED iSfig
Published Evkkv Thursday Morning,
At Bloomsburg, the County Seat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
CEO. E. ELWELL, Editor.
D. I. TASKEK, Local Editor.
GEO. C. KUAN, Forumas.
Tkkms: Insitlethe county $1.00 a year
in advance; $1.50 if not paid in alvancc.
Outside the county, $1.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
All communications should he addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, Llcomsl.urR, Fa.
The Value of Silver Gradually railing.
If Downward Rush Continuet a Gold Stand
ard Basil will Result.
Speaking of the diminishing value
of silver an exchange says:
If the present downward rush in
the price of silver shall continue the
whole world will go upon a gold
standard basis. Free coinage of sil
ver at the present bottom prices for
the white metal would be a national
folly akin to the unlimited manu
facture of dollars out of brass.
Within the past fortnight silver
.old down to the lowest price it ever
ommanded. Bar silver sold in
Loudon at 2i"yi pence the ounce 925
ine, which is equivalent at the rate
exchange to 47.96 cents the ounce
looo fine. At this low rate the ratio
of silver to gold is not 16 to 1, but
more than 2)2 times that. When
silver a few days ago sold at 21 'A
pence one ounce of gold would pur
chase 45.10 ounces of silver. The
bullion in one American silver dollar
was worth exactly 37.09 cents.
ABANDONING SILVER.
Nations like Mexico, which have
clung to silver for centuries, are
abandoning it for gold standard.
Two prime causes are responsible
for the cheapness of silver. The
smaller cause is the vast growth in
the output of that metal, which in
thirty years has been 135 per cent.
The greater cause.and the oue which
has brought about this acute crisis
in silver at this time, is the Chinese
indemnitv.
Last year the world's output of
silver bullion was 175,000,000
ounces fine. Of this the United
States produced 55,214,000. The
Chinese indemnity will require a
little more than one-eighth of the
total or 22,122,000 ounces every
year. China has actually started in
to scrape up all her silver, which is
being converted into gold. These
enormous quantities of the white
metal which are poured upon the
world have made the price of it melt
away. Ordinarily China is a tre
mendous purchaser of silver. It is
the money of the Orient.
WHERE SILVER IS USED.
The Philippines, the Straits Set
tlements such as Singapore, Penang
and Hongkong, which are controll
ed by the English, use silver dollars.
They are usually called "Mexican"
dollars, as they are of the same value
as the Mexican, which is just half
the American dollar. In that part
of the world an American dollar is
always called a "gold dollar" be
cause it passes as a gold dollar.
The following table shows the
world's production of silver in 1873
and up to and including 1901, for
each decade, with the highest and
lowest price in each year given in
English pence per ounce:
THr. Ounoes. tll(rri.
1H7D A3,Jrt;,noa M 15-16
im 74,7ul.00i 676
1 ILMOUVMO ti
lit") 17i,W,fc70 SO 1-1(1
1V U 175,740,00) W IMtt
77
27
III 15-16
RANGE OF PRICE.
The range of price in 1902 up to
the present time has been: Highest,
5 15-16. and lowest, 21 11-16.
From 1833 to 1S73 the price of sil
ver never dropped below 58 pence
the lowest record being in 1848.
Since 1873 there has been a decided
reaction against silver as a money
Statement cf Condition September 15, '02 .
RESOURCES.
ton nil .... $204,14447
U. S. Bonds . . . 50,000 00
Hoiking House . . , 27,56043
Stocks and Securities . . l8j.706.75
Cash & due from Hanks & U.S.Tr. 109,21;. SJ
Total
$664,629.18
LIABILITIES.
Capital
Surplus
Undivided Trofits
Circulation .
Deposits , ,
Total
$ 50, ooo.ro
125,000 00
1 1,067.24
. 50,000.00
428,561.94
$664,629. 18
standard, which, coupled with the
larger production of it, has vastly
cheapened the price. Soon after the
Franco-Prussian war Germany de
monetized silver, the United States
followed that example quickly after
ward, the Latin countries restricted
its use as a legal tender nine years
ago, the mints of India stopped the
flood of rupees, which had beeu free
and unlimited, and at the same time
this country suspended the purchase
of silver bullion which had been
authorized by the Sherman act.
Some of those countries which are
not on a gold basis are debating the
proposition of becoming so. notably,
Mexico. Each one that deserts sil
ver strikes a blow at the white metal
from which it never rallies. As
China's indemnity payments have
now been added to the burden it
seems likely that silver will sink
even lower. And if the first year of
the payment has produced such an
effect what will be the result of forty
years of the same transaction?
Neck-wear! Neck -wear! Neck
wear, all styles and shapes at Ben
Gidding's.
A UNIQUE 0A8E,
And one Which May Constitute a Precedent.
A case unique in the legal annals
of Pennsylvania, says the Mr. Carmel
Item, was tried in the civil court of
Schuylkill county at Pottsville last
week. It will doubtless be followtd
to its conclusion with interest as it
may constitute a precedent for similar
actions in the future.
On December 27, 1898, Thomas
McDonald of Girardville, who had
driven into Mt. Carmel, came into
Robertson's livery stable on Second
street and asked Mr. Robertson to
telephone for Dr. Longicre a veteri
nary sergeon of Shenandoah, to come
immediately to Mt. Carmel as his
horse had been taken sick. Mr.
Robertson did as he was requested,
but Dr. Longacre did not come and
the horse died. On investigation it
was found that the message was not
delivered promptly by the representa
tive of the telephone company at
Shenandoah, and whije it had been
sent from town between one and two
in the afternoon it did not reach Dr.
Longacre until about five o'clock.
As the horse was a valuable one,
and as Mr. McDonald thought the
negligence of the telephone company
agent was the cause of its death he
brought action against the Central
Pennsylvania Telephone Company for
damages in the sura of $300, and the
case came up for trial last Wednes
day. Testimony and arguments last
ed two days, V. V. Robertson, the
local liveryman, being one of the
chief witnesses for the prosecution.
The prosecution tried to prove negli
gence on the part of the defendant in
not delivering the message promptly,
but the defence contended that it
could not be shown that Dr. Longacre
would have saved the horse even if he
had received the message earlier and
had repaired to Mt. Carmel without
delay.
The case went to the jury on
Thursday afternoon at four o'clock
and Friday afternoon, after twenty
four hours' deliberation the jury re
ported that they could not agree.
They were discharged accordingly
and the case was continued. Report
says that the jury stood eleven for the
plaintiff and one against. McDonald
is by no means discouraged but will
proceed with his plans for pushing the
case to a conclusion.
Hog Cholera medicine at Mercer's
Drug and Book Store.
Hon. Fred Ikeler is mentioned
prominently as a candidate for
chairman of the House caucus of
the Democrats at the coming ses
sion of the legislature. This posi
tion carries with it the party leader
ship in the House. Mr. Ikeler's
ability was recognized in the last
legislature, and he was acknowl
edged to be one of the best speak
ers in that body.
We are leaders in Holiday Goods,
Ben Gidding.
Pain in the Back
Are !yia1itoTn9 of a weak, torpid or
et.'vgrinnt oni'.tkia of the kidneys or
liver, and aro a warning it is extremely
hazardous lo reflect, eo important
is a healthy anion of these orgins.
They arc commonly attended Vy Vs
of energy, liuk ol ecuraso, and sni;i
times by g'ooaiy orcbou"r. ft: id de-
uroiiden.'y.
"I bad i r.ir.s i-t iv.y tics, rculJ not lc(p
nnl wlirn I cot I : !ti t'.ie morning felt
worpj llvn thi! nluM More. I beunii tak
ing Hood's fnrs;io;.r!lla mid now I enn
eet nnd ct tip feolini: rested find able to
do my work. I attribute my cure entirely
to Hood'a i' ir.'Rpnrliln." Mwi. J. N. Ferrt,
card II. S. t.opeianu, 1 Ike i:?aa, Aia.
Hood's Sarsapcrilla
and Pills
Cure kidney end liver troubles, relieve
the back, and build up the whole aystcm
IMPBOVEMENTd IN EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES.
The pioneer schools correspond
ed with pioneer life in the early
period of our country s history.
Needs of school supplies were few
and simple, as were also the oppor
tunities ot the patrons to procure
them. The attention of the people
was chiefly directed to clearing up
the country, which occupied all of
their time, and their children could
not le spared much of their time
for intellectual improvement. The
school buildings in those days, like
the houses of the people, were rude
ly constructed and school supplies
were of the most primary character,
and scant in quantity, and it was
thought that if one could read,
write and cipher, was all the edu
cation that one needed, as so many
people could neither read nor write.
Probably half the children went
to school without any books, as
they were very costly and precious
and hard to procure, as stationery
of all kinds were .scarce, and many
parents too poor to buy them. But
it must be remembered that the
printing press was also in its pio
neer days, and labored under the
same disadvantages that all other
pioneer enterprises did.
under such circumstances, nei
ther teachers nor pupils could have
any higher ambition than "go
through the books," then in vogue
whether they mastered them or not,
as each teacher (perhaps then bet
ter known as "master") was a law
unto himself, and his qualifications
certified to, by his ability to con
quer the pupils, if not by moral
suasion, then by brute foice and
"hickory oil."
Each school was independent of
all other districts, and the only test
of superiority of rival districts, was
in the old fashioned spelling bee.
It appears that the patrons of the
schools in those days took more
interest in these spelling bees than
do the patrons of our schools in the
more modern days of first class
school facilities, and lull supplies,
with all the paraphernialia of school
apparatus. Whole communities,
old and young, male and female,
used to attend the weekly spelling
bee, in which was as much interest
manifested as in a circus show.
Here the champion spellers within
reach of all districts, assembled and
engaged in the contest for the
championship or "belt," which
they prized more highly than a
Jeffries or a Fitzsimmons could
prize the pugilistic belt for the
championship. At all events there
was more honor in the spelling
"belt" than is ia the pugilistic
"belt."
But with our country's develop
ment and improvement the pioneer
schools faded with pioneer life, and
both were supplauted by a higher
and more refined civilization, and
hence the people and their children
no longer grope in intellectual dark
ness, nor stumble over superstitious
relics of past ignorance, as our
forefathers cleared the country from
the forestry and removed all im
pediments and rubbish from the
soil that the industrious husband
man might reap thirty, sixty and a
hundred fold as the product of his
labor, by properly cultivating the
land; So, in like manner, they
prepared the way for intellectual
advancement and progression, that
by the use of all modern education
al machinery.our schools reap more
than a hundred fold of educational
advantages of which we boast as
the triumph and glory of our
American Institutions.
Yet, with all the glorious im
provements which lifted humanity
to a higher and nobler state of life
and general advantages in every
department of human activity, we
love to take an occasional backward
glance, and crown with glory and
praise the noble pioneers and their
immediate successors that is, our
ancestors, who paved the way that
such glorious results might follow
in the wake of their noble deeds;
but which they never dreamed
could ever be accomplished by their
descendents.
It the first settlers and founders
of Bloomsburg could rise and see
that beautiful and magnificent town,
teeming with industry and busi-
wyiit jwttx umui rtJarjuiauaii.i'uigj.aaL. are
XMAS GIFTS.
House Coats, Velours
and Cassemeres
2.75, 3.50 to I5.00
Bath Robes,
Imported Velours,
3.00, 5.00, to 15.00
Fine Silk Umbrellas
English Twills, Etc.
i. 00 to 6.00
Fine Dress Gloves
Pique, Mocha, Rein
deer, Silk Lined Driv
ing Gloves, Fur Lined,
50c. to 5.00
Gentlemen's Silk
Handkerchiefs. Fine
Linen, Cambric, Initial
Linens.
25c. to 1. 00
Gentlemen's Neckwear
In the latest designs in
all the various styles.
25c. to 1. 00
Suspenders-The latest
novelties.IIarris, Presi
dent, Guiot shoulder
braces silver mounted.
25c. to 2.50
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ness, and abundantly supplied with
railroad and trolley facilities, and
in communication with all the out
side wortd by telegraph and tele
phone lines and supplied with
newspapers, dailies and weeklies
trom a half dozen printing presses,
and the financial wants supplied by
three National Banks while the
schools and churches met all the
requirements of the intellectual and
spiritual wants of people and child
ren and second to none in any part
of our country, anJ abve all the
State Normal School, not only the
pride and glory of Bloomsburg, but
a state pride and the central star of
the first magnitude in the constel
lation of the institutions of learning
in the educational sky of our great
commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1
Thus Bloomsburg stands m point 1
01 importance in me iront row lor
beauty of scenery, for architectural
art, neatness of appearance, intelli
gence aud refinement, and a high
state of civilization, at all of which
the pioneer founders would stand
aghast in utter wonder and amaze
ment and declare that they had
never lived there. But what is
true of Bloomsburg in this respect
is true of every locality within the
bounds ot our state.
Can it be possible that for the
next hundred years this marvelous
improvement will accelerate and
outdo the last hundred years? If
so, what can we imagine Blooms
burg to be at the end of the 20th
century ? This is a thought that
impresses us with wonderful possi
bilities. Yet, it is all only the out
growth of pioneer life and the
development of pioneer ideas. Be
hold, what "mighty oaks from little
acorns grow," J. C. W.
Sheriff Knorr, assisted by Frank
Deitrick. J. S. Cole, J. T. Fetterolf
and Spades Welliver took the con
victed horse thieves Katz and Ber
ger to the Eastern Penitentiary on
Tuesday.
The Columbia Countv W. C. T.
U. executive meeting will be held
at Mrs. Agnes Smith's, instead of
w. t. 1. U. headquarters, on
Saturday, 13th inst.
Genuine seal driving gloves $5.00
at Ben Gidding's.
David Mauser, one of Grovania's
best known residents died at his
home in that place on Tuesday,
aged 64 years. Besides a wife, he
is survived by two brothers, and a
sister. The latter is Mrs. Levi
Weaver of Bloomsburg.
Judge Charles C. Jones, of Monte
zuma, N. Y., is probably the most
ponderous jurist in the United
States. He is six feet one inch in
height and weighs 416 pounds.
.
Seven years in business is our
reference. Gem Steam Laundty.
.
Dr. B. F. Gardner has gone to
Philadelphia, to attend the clinic of
Prof. Lorenz, the noted Australian
surgeon, which will be held before
the seniors of Jefferson Medical
College to-day.
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TOWNSEN
Xmas
Gifts.
D'S
Fit, r Wc
Style JM.
A
l Best
I 1 A- 1
1 ul ues
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I'riee J and
is I I Guaran-
the Key Tf f ia''&Xtr
1 1 I isfaction
to the iy Uv
0 in all
Clothes rffiz&rU, 0ur
f Dealings
TOWNSEN
D'S
ESSE
The Christmas Selling Begins.
and it begns right. Begins with every section fully for
tified to meet the demards of the gift givers (and who is
not a gift giver at Christmas?) To tell you about this
big stock is the object of this "ad." Can't tell you abou
all of it by any means; can on1y suggest to you the
strength of some of its most prom'nent features, a hint
here and there to guide you in your buying. A visit to
this store will do the rest, and this visit you are cordially
invited to make at as eany a r'.te as possible. You'll
find a Christmas spirit jn every part of this store.
We've Bought Dolls Enough lo
go Around.
- At least we think so. Dolls
of all sizes, dressed and un
dressed. You'll find doll buv.
ing here very satisfactory, 25c.
to $2.98.
Ij ICs an Umbrella Try This
Shop
A careful study of your wants
in this important item has been
made. Materials of the best.
handles selected with the great
est care.
Price 50c. to $5.00.
The Great Christmas Book
Stock. ;
The success of former Christ
mas book selling has en
couraged us to put in a big
stock of all kinds of books for
children and at prices that will
clean them out by Christmas,
Sc. to $1.00.
A Great Christmas Sale of
Gloves.
The glove provision for gifts
is most complete, especially
bought lines all up to date. We
know of no gift more sensible
than gloves.
Gray, tan and black mocha
gloves at $1.00.
Heavy mannish stitched
gloves at $1.00.
Colored Centimeri gloves at
$1-45.
Fine quality of ladies' kid
gloves at Si. 00.
50 dozen ladies' golf gloves,
assorted, 25c. and 50c.
F. P.
Freight Bates go up.
The advance in wages made by
the Pennsylvania and to be made
by the Reading and other railroads
will soon be followed by an increase
in freight rates. An inability of
the .oads in this state to handle the
business offered to them has doub:
less had something to do with th'.s
decision. The ireight rate advauee
will, it is asserted, suffice to pay
lor the increase in wages.
No nicer, in fact none as beautilul
as the lamps that Mercer the Drug
gist is selling.
XMAS GIFTS.
Hats Soft and Stiff.
Dunlap, Knox and
Miller style.
1. 00 to 3.00
Toques, Tarns and
Novelties in Caps for
Children. New and
pretty.
25c. to 1.00
Shirts lor Dress, for
Business. Monacle
Gold and Silver in soft
and stiff.
i. 00 to 1 50
Dicss Suit Cases,
Bags, Telescopes. New
and special for the
Holidays.
1. 00 to 15.00
Night Robes in Mus
lin, Flannelette, Etc
50c. to 1.00
J
Pretty Overcoats for
Boys and Children.
2.0O to 8.00
Gentlemen's Swagger
Overcoats . in all the
various shades.
5.00 to 25.00
The Sale of Handkerchiefs.
We have provided for the
wants of handkerchief buyers
as never before. More than
double what we had last year.
Fine Handkerchiefs for ladies
and men at 5c.
175 dozen Ladies' Fancy
Handkerchiefs for you to choose
from at 15c. or two for 25c.
The price 5c. to 2.98.
The Toys and Games t
A maze of wonders for the
little folks. To itemize all is
impossible in our allotted space.
iron toys for the little folks,
ioc. to $1.25.
Mechanical toys, every kind,
25c. to $1.00. '
Most every kind of games
there for children and big peo
ple. Price ioc. to $3.50.
The Host of other Hems for
Gifts.
These we can only hint at,
but you'll find the inspection o
them profitable and the buying
more orofiuble still.
Rocking horses, $2.98 to 4.75.
Children's go-carts, 25c. to
$3.98.
Ornaments for trimming trees
5c. to 25c.
Tinsel for trimming, 22c. a
?iece to 30c.
ress Suit Cases, Silks,
Fancy Rockers, China,
Morris Chairs, Shoes,
Side Boards; Jardinieres,
Toilet Sets, Pocketbooks,
Silverware, Beaded Bags,
Wrist B'b-. " Dress Gnrs
I Le ggins, Dinner Sets,
I Co a ts, Bed Room Suits,
Pursel.
TAILOR-MADE BUIT8-
N. S. Tingley has accepted 'the
agency for Reinach, Ullman & Co.
of Chicago, me chant tailors, and is
ready to suoply made-to measure
clothing at prices lower than can be
obtained elsewhere. He has a large
line of samples to select trom. Hii
place of business is the third floor of
the Columbian building. 41.
L. E. Whary imports his china
direct. He has uo jobber's profit
to pay and hence his prices a'e the
lowest. 4.3t,