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THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1S66.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
EsTMiusiiKD 1837. Consolidated 1869
Published Evkkv Thursday Morning,
At Hloomsburg, the County Seat of "
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
CEO. E. EtAVKIX, Editor.
I). J. TASKER, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman.
Terms: fnsidethe county ft.ooa year
in ailvance; ft. 50 if not paid in advance.
Outside the county, $1.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
Alt communications should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, Hloomsl.nrg, l'a.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1903.
Keep Putty Cases Out of Court-
The bill introduced in the Senate
to keep petty cases out ot court is a
curative measure that has been long
needed and which should pass both
Houses without a dissenting vote.
Courts everywhere in the state have
suffered the annoyance of a multi
plicity of cases which should never
have come belore them, and county
treasurers through them have been
compelled to meet bills they should
not have been called on to pay.
Despite objections and frequent re
bukes b" the courts, says the Harris
burg Telegraph, the practise of
justices of the peace, aldermen and
petty magistrates sending the tri
vial cases to court continues al
most, if not wholly, unabated.
These could easily be settled in the
offices of the justices, aldermen and
magistrates and there should be
determined.
Senator Fox's bill will have this
effect. It provides that whenever
the juries decide against the com
plaint they may determine whether
the officers sending the petty cases
to court shall pay any or all of the
costs. The bill, if it becomes a law,
will execute itself. One lessen in
the imposition of costs will have a
salutary effect upon all justices,
aldermen and magistrates in the
state. They will not court the
payment of costs and will exercise
judgment instead of cupidity in
dealing with matters brought be
fore them.
New Postal Bill.
Allows the Mailing of Letters Without Stamps.
According to a provision of the
post-office appropriation bill, passed
by the House, persons having occa
sion to mail at one time a, 000 or
more identical circulars or pieces of
third or fourth class matter may do so
without affixing stamps by merely
paying the full amount of necessary
postage to the postmaster. This pro
vision was recommended strongly by
the Postoffice Department ' in the
interest of economy to the govern
ment and to the business public.
Under its provisions, as urged by the
department, this proposed legislation
will save the expense of manufactur
ing stamps, the sale of them, and the
subsequent labor of canceling the
stamps on the individual hire and
post-office, if they are mailed. It will
also save the work of attaching
stamps to the individual pieces of
mail.
la How a Plain Worker-
Wm. Jennings Bryan while in
New York last week, said : "I am
not and will not be agaiti a candi
date for reuomination, and you can
not make that statement too em
phatic. Under no consideration
would I again go into the field, and
I say this now for the benefit of my
lriends in the east. I am a plain
worker in the Democratic ranks
and am content to remain as such.
Events make issues," answered
the former candidate, " but the
trust question and the question of
imperialism are just now necessary
issues. The tariff question and the
money question are also very neces
sary issues, and there are many
others. But those I have mention
ed are now actively before the
country and before congress."
collection free of charge.
Free of Charge.
The Election at Centralis-
Wm. J. Yarworth was elected Chief
Burgess out of a field of six candi
dates. Anthony Kane was elected
Auditor.
First Ward Council, Edw. Galla
gher; School Director, Thos. F. Mum
ford Judge of F.lection, James Ryan;
Inspectors, Frank Pollard and Frank
Ryan.
Second Ward Council, Reuben
Fahringer, School Directors, James
M. Reilley, 3 years, and Samuel
Leiby 1 year; Judge of Election,
Chas. H. Schaum; Inspectors, Ber
nard Darrah and John Hoffher.
CONVNGHAM TWP.
V. J. Doyle defeated Thos. Mc
Donald for Director of thye Poor by a
majority estimated at 150.
John Potter, of Locust Dale, and
John Wilson, of Centralia, were elect
ed supervisors.
James Kerrigan, orByrnesville, and
Michael Dixon, of Locust Dale, were
elected School Directors.
A Dangerous Movement-
The Ilazletoh Sentinel is right
when it says : The opposition
which labor unions in some parts of
the country are 'displaying toward
the National Guard is one of the
most dangerous movements that
can be imagined. It can have but
one meaning, and that is a desire
to place strike and mob violence
above tne law as laid down by the
representatives of the people chos
en through the medium of the
ballot box. It can have 110 other
meaning, because the only possible
reason they can have for opposing
membership in the National Guard
is that the Guard is the prinipal
means the state has of putting down
mob violence and suppressing dis
order on a big scale. In other
words, opposition to membership
in the National Guard by these
radical unions is really opposition
to law and order, so far as they
themselves are concerned, and the
approval of rioting the best means
of accomplishing their ends.
.Gunners will be interested to
know that the Legislature is to
make better provision this year
than ever before for the protection
of their interests by making liberal
appropriations. A large sum, possi
bly $12,000 will be set apart for the
prosecution of all violations of the
game laws. Dr. Charles Penrose,
head of the game commission,
stated at a bearing before the ap
propriation committee, that the
state has lots of game, but the sup
ply was seriously endangered by
the constant shooting out ot season.
The fish commission also asks for
more money to build new hatcher
ies and extend its work i every
line. The fish interests are grow
ing in importance, but great com
plaints are made that the violations
are such as to necessitate stringent
measures for enforcement of the
laws.
Coldi
" 1 had a terrible cold and could
hardly breathe. 1 then tried Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im
mediate relief."
W. C. Layton, Sidell, 111.
How will your cough
be tonight? .worse, prob
ably, hor it's first a cold,
then a cough, then bron
chitis vor pneumonia, and
at last consumption.
Coughs always tend
downward. Stop this
downward tendency by
taking Ayer's Cherry Pec
toral. Tare ilies : 25c, Mc.'tt. All fratfltfs.
Consult your doctor. If lis nn UV. It,
then do H. lis any.. If h. tll tou not
to take It, then don't take It. lit kuowi,
Lm. It with him. W ant wllllnn.
J.ll. IVKHI'O fl.....lt
Democrats Have an Even Chance.
A spicy discussion took place a
few days ago in the house of repre
sentatives at Washington between
Mr. Grosvenor, Republican, of
UI110, and "Chomp" Clark, Demo
crat, of Missouti. Replyiug to Mr.
Grosvenor. Mr. Clark said the
election figures show that the
Democrats will have a least an even
chance of electing the president in
1904. Mr. Clark pointed out that
the change of a few thousand votes
in eertsin states would give the
Democtats the presidency. A Re
publican congressman fiom .Mary
land interupted Mr. Clark to ask:
"While you are making these
changes do you suppose we will be
sitting with our hands in our laps?"
"No," retorted Mr. Clark, "you
will have your hands in the treas
ury up to the armpits just where
they always are." The witty re
tort caused great merriment on the
Democratic side. It is needless to
say that the Maryland member
didn't interrogate Mr. Clark any
further.
The Worlds Forcasts.
The New York World makes the
following forcast of the finding of the
Anthracite Strike Commission:
Nine hour dayi
Ten per cent, increase.
That boycotting must cease.
That child labor be abolished.
That company stores be abolished.
That supplies be sold at market
prices.
Payment by weight wherever prac
tical. That disputes be settled by local
boards of arbitration.
That union miners preserve discip
line at the workings.
That all contracts be fiulfilled ac
cording to law and usage.
That laborers be paid by the corn
cany direct instead of through the
miners.
That all non-union men be free to
work anywhere without molestation
or coercion.
Tat collective bargains be made
at each colliery if desired by the mine
workers.
That check docking bosses be in
troduced wherever the miners are will
ing to pay their wages.
It is expected that the commission,
in unmistakable terms, will denounce
ihe violence of the strike.
Over in Bedford county a town
ship assessor has found a novel plan
for ascertaining the ownership of
dogs. He carries a guu with him.
After assessing horses and cattle l.e
looks about tor a dog. He usually
fiuds one, too. " Own any dogs ? "
he asks, "No sir." "Whose
mangy cur is that lying in the
yard?" "Don't know." "All
right, too many sheep-killing dogs
around here anyhow. I'll just kill
that one." Suddenly the dog is
claimed -at least the dog's owuer
yells, " hold on, I'll pay the tax."
And the dog is promptly assessed,
and Bedford's county treasury ia
rich by one dog assessment.
(Communicated. J
E. J. Bowman did not give his
lecture on "The Welfare of our
Country" in G. A. R. Hall on
Tuesday night, a free lecture, be
cause a cabal was formed in the
early part of the session of the meet
ing of the Post on Friday night be
fore to cut him off by charging him
$5.00 for the use of the hall. The
Post had no voice in the matter and
the Sons of Veterans who met after
wards of course had no voice. The
majority in both lodges desired to
have the lecture. This explanation
is due Mr. Bowman in not lectur
ing. ' He delivered this lecture to
an audience in Rohrsburg and they
pronounced it the best they had
ever heard. Observer.
Bicycles will be more in vogue
the coming season than for several
seasons past, according to present
indications. A recent invention by
which the gear ot the wheel can be
changed while in motion from 68 to
90 or any other desirable gear, will
make wheeling much more easy
than by the former single gear for
both level and uphill pedalling; the
68 gear, which is conceded the
standard for all round work, being
used in climbing hills, while the 90
may be brought into requisition on
level stretches. Bicycles and sup
plies will advance slightly in price,
it is thought, owing to improve
ments and better material and work
manship used in their construction.
The bicycle has by no means passed
out of recognition as a means of
locomotion and pleasure.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's wonder
ful story "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
will be at the Opera House next
Wednesday evening. The grand
old historical play will be produced
on a scale of magnificence never
before attempted here. The com
pany carries two bands, and a drum
corps. Watch for the big street
parade at noon.
All Humors
Aro impure matters which the skin,
liver, kidneys and other organs can
not take caro of without help, thcro is
such an Accumulation ot tlicm.
They litter the wholo system.
riinples, boils, ecacma and other
eruptions, loss of appetite, that tired
feeling, bilious turns, flu of indiges
tion, dull headaches and many other
troubles are due to them.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Remove all humors, overcome all
Ithcir effects, strengthen, tone and
invigorate the whole system.
"I had salt rheum on my hands so that I
could not work. I took Hood's Sarsaparilla
and It drove out the humor. I continued
Its use till the sores disappeared." Mae.
Isa O. Brown, Rumford Falls, Me.
Hood's Sarsaparilla promises to
cur and keeps the promise.
BDMMLli BIRDS.
Are summer birds migratory ? is
a question that has often agitated
our mind. Our ol servation would
suggest a negative answer. During
mild winters we have known blue
birds, robbins and other summer
birds to make almost weekly ap
pearances. During very severe
winters in which a tew spring-like
days appear, they can also be seen
and heard. About the last summer
birds to appear in the early summer,
or late spring, though now nearly
extinct, is the beautiful red headed
wood-pecker. As soon as they ap
peared, the farmers used to say,
"it is now time to plant com;"
though we have seen this bird flit
among big timbers in the very
heart and severity of winter.
Among our shade trees of locust
and maple in our lawn, one of the
latter broke off about eight feet
from the ground during a terrific
wind storm many years ago, and
in the stump, after sufficiently de
caying, a speckled wood-pecker
bored a hole about five feet from
the ground, and for a number of
years, or during the existence of
the stump, and just immediately
before sudden low temperatures,
this bird would flit, hop and chirp
among the branches of the shade
trees, and all at once take up its
abode in the stump into which it
had bored the hole. And just im
mediately before a thaw, the bird
emerged from its place of protection
from cold and storm, and again flit,
hop and chirp among the branches
of the trees, and then depart to the
woods, where it remained until
another change to a sudden low
temperature, when it would again
return- and perform the same ma
neuvres, and again go into the
stump. This was a yearly oc
currence for a series of years until
the stump finally rotted away. We
have known this bird to enter its
place of refuge and remain for six
weeks before leaving its place.
One winter we determined to take
this bird from its lair, and accord
ingly we broke away sufficient
from the narrow aperture to take
the bird out, and after stroking its
smooth plumage we decided to
leave the bird alone For weeks
thereafter we passed this stump and
peeped at the bird while going to
and returning from doing our barn
chores.
This bird was the best weather
barometer that we ever knew of.
Whenever it came among our trees,
we knew what kind of weather
would follow; and whenever it left
we were sure of a thaw. From
the above observations we are of
the opinion that our summer birds
are cot migratory as a rule.
J. C. W.
The demand for good roads has
been heard for many years ia this
state. Other interests are beginn
ing to admit that the farmers should
not bear a'l the cost of building and
maintaining them. The probabili
ties are that the present legislature
will make an appropriation for the
public roads. This is in line with
what the Grange has long been de
manding. The Legislative Commit
tee of the State Grange is striving
to prevent this appropriation from
being hedged about with burden
some conditions and denying that
it shall be distributed in proportion
to the number of miles of road in
the several counties.
No Aotion Taken
No action was taken on the case
of John S. Gulick the convicted
Sunbury murderer, by the board of
pardons at their meeting in Harris
burg last week, and none will be
taken until judgment has been pass
ed on his sanity. A distinguished
alienist was to have examined
Gulick's 'mental condition, but he
fell sick and the examination has
been postponed.
Sears the lha Kind You Have Always Boufht
BIG REDUCTIONS
IN ALL
SUITS AND
Towtisend's
FASHIONABLE
CLOTHING HOUSE.
THE FEBRUARY
From the woodman's axe ringing in the forest
to the exhibition of the product of the world's best
furniture makers on our lloors today, is a far cry.
It is a specimen of magic of American progress. It
is evidence of the vast possibilities and divine
achievements of American furniture manufacturers.
We will Deliver the Furniture
when you are ready.
It "simply means that we wish to encourage as much buying
as possible before the normal buying time begins ; and you
can get Furniture now at a much less price than later. This
Sale will Begin
Thursday, February 19, 1903,
and last ONE WEEK.
Bedroom Suits at 18.50 from 22.50.
Bed nicely trimmed. Base of Dresser 45x22. Mirror 28x3a
Large sized wash stand.
$12.00 Couches at $10.00 While this sale lasts.
$15.00 " " $12.98 " " " "
$14.00 ' " $12.50 " " " "
Rockers
$3.00 Fancy Rockers at $2.49.
5.00 " " " 400.
5.98 " " " S-oo.
8.25 " " " 7.00.
9.00 " " " 8.60.
11.50 " " 10.00.
Chiffonniers
$6.00 Chiffonniers at $5.50
7.00 " " 6.25
10.00 " 9.00
14.00 " " 12.50
15.00 " " 13.9S
Our Linen Sale
F. P.
The Normal School basket bal
team will dispute honors with the
Williamsport Y. M. C. A. at that
place to-night.
Mirrors, brush and comb sets,
collar and cuff boxes, necktie boxes,
handkerchief boxes, jewelry cases,
manicure sets, smoker's sets and all
kinds of sets at Mercer's Drug and
Book Store.
WINTER
OVERCOATS
AT
tana
Morris Chairs
$6.00 Morris Chairs at $5.00
8.98 " " " 7;5o
1150 " 9.00
12.08 " " " 10.00
11.75 " " " 8.50
Dining Chairs
$5.50 Dining Chairs at $5.00
7-5 ' 6.50
9SO " " " 8.50
11.00 " " 9.50
".00 " " 10.00
will end Feby. 25,
Pursel.
Three new granges were organized
in Pennsylvania during Jan. 1903.
No, I22i, Clarion county, by Ed.
M. McEtitire, with thirteen charter
members. No. 1222, Clearfield
county, by 15. M. Davis and Peter
Gearhart, with thirty-five charter
members. No. 1223, Tioga county,
by G. W. Dickinson, with tweuty
six charter members.
Try Tub Columbian a year.