THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURO. PA.
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the Strongest Bank.
OFFICERS:
W. M. LOW, President, J. M. STAVER, Vice President.
E. B. TUSTIN, Vice President. E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier.
DIRECTORS: .
::. W. M. Low. K. O. York, Frank llceter, J. II. Valine
E. B. Tuniin, Fred Ikeler, (eo S. Kolibins, J, (J. Creasy,
J. M. Staver, M. I. Low, Louis Gross, II. V. Hower.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
EsTAni.isnF.r 1837. Consolidated 1869
FuHi.isiiKD EvtRY Thursday Morning,
At Hloomsburg, the County Seat of
.Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. ELWELL, Editor.
I). J. TASKEK, Local Editor.
GEO. C. KOAN, Foreman.
Tekms; Insidethe county $1.00 a year
In advance ; $1.50 if not paid in advance.
Outs'de the county, $1.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
All communications should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, BloomsburR, Ta.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13. 1903.
The Real Food Umsade-
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Warren declares that under no
circumstances will he be diverted
from his purpose to prosecute those
who are adulterating meat, milk,
beer and other food stuffs or are
selling such products that have been
adulterated. Political "pulls" will
be impotent to arrest prosecutions,
he asserted most emphatically the
other day and even when Francis
Shunk Brown, the machine lawyer
of Philadelphia and friend ef Mayor
Ashbridge, appealed to him he was
immovable. Nothing will stop
tiru. he continued and we hope he
s right. But we will never be en
irely confident on the subject until
ve have heard how Quay and
Durham feel on the subject.
Food adulteration, when deleteri
ous ingredients are used in one ot
the gravest crimes. It is resnonsi-
ble for more sickness than any other
single agency. But hitherto no
effort was made to ston it tor the
reason that nine out of ten of the
movements in that direction en
counter the opposition of politicians
who had "pull" enough to stop
tnem. we sincerely hope that Dr.
Warren has inaugurated a new era
iu this respect in the state adminis
tration. He has ability to conduct
a crusade that would rid the State
of adulterated foods. He has in.
telligence enough to pursue the
work to a successful end. But we
doubt if he has courage and forti
tude enough to resist Quay and
that is necessary.
Still we would be the last person
in the world to discourage the move
ment which Dr. Warren says he
has inaugurated. It is possible
even that Quay has given him the
tip to go on with the work and that
Durham will not interfere. In that
event there would be a chance of
success for Dr. Warren is ambitious
and he needs vindication. His last
service to the State was not very
creditable and diSused a rather
poor opinion of the Doctot through
the Commonwealth. If he would
recover his good name, therefore,
he must do something of value to
Vac public and we can conceive
of no service more certain to achieve
the result than the banishment of
adulterated f o o d s. Bellefonte
Watchman.
Road boon Ready.
The Susquehanna, Bloomsburg
& Berwick Railroad will soon be
ready for operation. All the
bridges are finished. The last to
be completed was that over Fishing,
creek near Light Street, work on
which was started on the tenth of
May last. It is the largest otl the
line of the road and consists of
seven spans of viaduct and three
spans across the creek. The struc
ture is thoroughly modern, and is
a pleasing exposition of the bridge
builder's art. As stated above, the
other bridges are all done and the
only work which remains is that of
making a thirty-three foot fill at
1 tie summit near Light Street.
When this is completed the road
will be ready for operation.
All the bridge builders, departed
yesterday morning for Coatesville,
where they will work on another
contract.
Surplus
$125,000
deposit your savings in
IMPORTANT MOVE COMPLETED-
Odd Fellows Will Enlarge the Orphanage
Near Sunbury.
The standing committee appointed
in January for the promotion of the
new Odd Fellows Orphanage on the
site of the present home located near
Sunbury has decided upon plans of
utmost importance to that institution
and to the membership of the order.
If all goes well, it is expected that
early next Spring the scheme just
evolved will be put into practical
operation, and the Odd Fellows will
own one of the finest charitab'e and
educational institutions in Pennsyl
vania. The committee has decided to is
sue a circular letter to all members of
the fraternity in the State setting
forth all that has been contemplated.
It is desired that a fire proof building
shall be erected with accommodations
for no less than 150 orphans. The
building now used for this purpose
shall be converted into a comfortable
home for aged and infirm Odd Fell
ows and their wives, when proper ar
rangements have been made for its
maintenance by the Grand Lodge.
As soon as practical an industrial
school shall be erected for the pur
pose of giving all the children, in
cluding those from the other homes in
this State, a sound knowledge of the
various trades.
The committee in charge of the
matter is composed of W. H. J. Hoi
man, of Patersonj E. C. Wagner, of
Girardville; S. B. Hilliard, of Watson
town; Robert Davis, of Mt. Carmel,
and L. P. Wally, of Miftlinbnrg.
These men have been advised by
Grand Lodge officers that the move
ment now contemplated will receive
their hearty support. A general sub
scription list will be opened, and it is
expected that the membets of the
order will contribute liberally.
Lackawanna Decorates
Making lit Rural Stations Pretty by Land
scape Gardening.
The Lackawanna Railroad is
making persistent efforts to add to
the pleasure of travel ever its road
by enhancing the natural senic
beauties of the route with attractive
landscape gardening at every station
between Bufialo and New York.
In all of the larger towns and at
tuauy of the rural stations extensive
lawns have been laid surrounding
the station buildings and flower
gardens are being made and cared
for by the road's employees. The
grounds at Dover, Washington,
Stroudsburg, Delaware Water Gap,
Corning and Eloiira, are excellent
examples of what the Lackawanna
is doing in this respect.
The public has been accustomed
to regard rural stations as offering
no other attraction than platforms
for loading and unloading passen
gers, but the Lackawanna is en
deavoring to make each such -.lace
a garden spot to be enjoyed not
oniy Dy trie local inhabitants but
also by those who travel over its
line.
"I had a very severe sickness
that took off nil my hair. I pur
chased bottle of Ayer's Hair
Vigor and it brought all my hair
back again."
W. D. Quinn, Marseilles, III.
One thing is certain,
Ayer's Hair Vigor makes
the hair grow. This is
because it is a hair food.
It feeds the hair and the
hair grows, that's all there
is to it. It stops falling
of the hair, too, and al
ways restores color to
gray hair.
$1 M 1 bottU. All dniicttts.
if your drnt-plht cannot supply you,
- " " u'Miar uiiii wg will VJ.UrMa
you a bottle. B sure and give Urn name
ot your nearem exi.rnss ottVi'
re. Address,
J . J. A V til CO., Lowell. Mass.
IN THE COUNTY
IT illllf YH Mill 1- irrffti-iWTT- ia
My Ha in
Spring Humors
Come- to most people and cause many
troubles, plmplee, bolls and other
eruptions, besides loes of appetite,
.hat tlrcd feeling, fits of biliousness,
Indigestion and headache.
The sooner one gets rid of them tlio
hotter, and the way to get rid of them
and to build up the system that has
suffered from them is to take
Hood's Sarsaparllla
and Pills
Forming In combination the Spring
Medicine par excellence, of unequalled
strength in purifying the blood as
shown by unequalled, radical And per
manent cures of
Scrofula Salt Rheum
Scald Head' Bolle, Plmplee
All Kind of Humor Peorlaela
Blood Poisoning Rheumatism
Catarrh Dyepepela, Bto
Accept no substitute, but be aure to
get Hood's, and get it today.
Bishop i hanaban's Letter
Officially Announcing Lee XI 11 's Successor.
Official annodncement of Cardinal
Sarto's succession to the head of the
church at Rome was made in St.
Columba's Church Sunday morning
when the following very beautiful let
ter from Bishop Shanahan, of Harris
burg was read by Father Murphy:
Harrisburg, Pa., August 9, 1903.
To the Venerable Brethren of the
Clergy, and Beloved Children of the
Laity. Peace and Benediction.
'I announce to you tidings of great
joy. We have for Pope, His Emi
nence, Joseph Sarto, who has taken
to himself the name of Pius X." In
these words the choice of the Cardinals
in Conclave assembled was promulgat
ed by the senior Cardinal from the
balcony of St. Peter's Church in Rome
on Wednesday last.
We have for Pope the two-hundred-and
sixty-fifth of his line; the Great
High Priest, the First of Bishops, the
Heir of the Apostles, the Universal
Pastor, the Defender of the Faith, the
Priest of the Most High, the Vicar of
Christ. These are titles of his office.
He who now takes them up has all
the wisdom and dignity with but little
of the feebleness of age. He has just
completed his sixty-eighth year. He
is distinguished for his learning, but
practicularly for his saintliness of life.
He is the man for the place and tor
the age. He is to continue the work
of his Lord and Master, the work of
bringing light to a darkened world,
and purity to a corrupt world. Such
is our Chief Bishop, Pius, whom God
preserve 5 such is the duty with which
he is charged.
Amid our rejoicings we cannot fail
to behold the realization of the pro
mise which Christ made to remain
perpetually with His Church. To St.
Peter he gave the solomn charge :
"Feed my lambs, feed my sheep 5" to
St. Peter's successor, are addressed
the self-same words, for St. Peter, the
first Pope, lives in the present il
lustrious Pontiff, Pius X, who is en
throned to-day near the tomb of the
Prince of the Apostles.
How grand is the rule of the Cath
olic Church 1 The Pope is Head in
Rome, the Archbishop in his Pro
vince, the Bishop in his See, the
Pastor in his Parish. Whether in
prison, or in the catacombs, or sur
rounded by the splendors of the Vati
can, the Pope, the successor of St.
Peter, who receives his mission from
God, is guiding, and consoling his
mighty flock of two hundred and fifty
millions dispersed throughout the
world. "I prayed for thee that thy
faith fail not."
Thus is unity of doctrine secured.
Whenever Catholics are found they
have the same sacraments, and sacri
fice. There may be divisions among
them on political questions, jealousy
and rivalry in business matters, wide
divergence in national traits and
characteristics; yet they ail acknowl
edge the supremacy of St. Peter and
his successors, and bow in respectful
homage when, as supreme judge, he
pronounces definitely on questions of
faith and morals.
Let us prize our faith above every
earthly treasure, and prove to the
world by the purity of our lives that
we are worthy members of the glorious
Church, one, holy, catholic, and ap
ostolic. In this way, and in this way
alone we will win others to Christ,
and bring joy to him who has been
chosen as the Vicar of the Great Bis
hop and Shepherd of our Souls.
Very Sincerely in the Lord,
J. W. Shanahan,
Bishop of Harrisburg.
The Chestnut drop.
The chestnut trees throughout East
ern Pennsylvania have bloomed and
from the profuse blossoming of the
trees a large crop may be expected,
which has not been the case for
several years. July 1 was known as
the day of the seven sleepers, when,
if the chestnut trees are in blossom, it
is said there will be a large crop. The
trees having been in bloom, it is re
garded as a good sign for a rich har
vest of the crop.
Mid Summer Sale of
PER CENT.
REDUCTION
ON ALL
a
CORN A3 A FUEL.
Acre ot Corn Equals Over Two Tons ot Coal.
Corn has for a long time been used
as fuel in the farming districts of the
Weftern sections of the United States,
and that, too, with satisfactory results.
In a general way, it was recognized
there that when corn was abundant
and cheap and coal was expensive the
former made a cheaper fuel than the
latter, although no scientific deter
mination of their relative efficiency
had been made until a short time ago,
whn tests were made by the Depart
ment of Agriculture of the University
of Nebraska. These showed, among
other things, that of corn, which, if
burned, will yield from 22,512.000 to
45,024,000 units, not counting the
heat that could be obtained from the
stalk. Since, a ton of good coal will
give up from 20,000,000 to 26,000,.
000 units, an acte of ground in each
year is capable of producing fuel
which is equal to from 0.87 or 1.28 to
1.74, or 2.56 tons of coal. This stalk
will probably increase this amount by
one-fourth or one-third.
The experience gained from boiler
tests with corn fuel made it appear
doubtful whether corn would be a
practicable fuel for the generation of
power, unless it were burned in some
special furnace that would insure the
perfect combustion of the volatile
matter which forms so large a per
centage of the whole corn, and which
is driven off at a comparatively low
heat. Some form of automatic stoker
would also be desirable, since the corn
burns rapidly and must be frequently
fired, making the work of the firemen
very arduous, and at the same time
tending to cause incomplete combus
tion by the excess of cold air entering
through the fire door. Undoubtedly
corn may, at times, be a cheap and
economical fuel for domestic use. It
is cleaner and more easily handled
than coal and contains but a very
small amount of ash. It burns rapid
ly with an intense heat, and this is
apt to be destructive to the cast-iron
linings of the stove. Here, again
therefore, some special form of fire
box, that will not be injured, by the
heat, and that wiil utilize as much of
the heat as possible, should be used.
Royal Arcanum Picuio
Berwick and Bloomsburg Council.6,
Royal Arcanum, will jointly hold a
picnic on the afternoon and evening
of Thursday, August 20, 1903, at
rairchilds Grove. Games and
various contests will be held in the
afternoon. Good music will be
provided so that iu the evening
those who so desire may "trip the
light fantastic." In other words
' there will be somethiug doing"
all the time. A Royal Arcanum
Occasion. Every member of the
Council, together with his whole
family is invited. Members are
requested to notify the Secretary,
Geo. K. Wilbur, of their intention
to attend, that pioierairdUgemeuts
may be made for transportation,
etc.
Groat Scheme-
A Stroadsburg man whose garden
became a play ground lor his neigh
bors chickens, scattered grains of
corn through the garden with holes
111 which he fastened strings with
tags fastened to the other eud on
which was written, "Keep your
chickens at home." When the
chickens swallowed the corn and
the string, the tag would stop out
side the bills. Owners had con
siderable trouble catching their
fowls and removing the tags. The
remedy was very effective indeed.
Bean tit ) ' ' nave Always
T he Kind Vuu Have Always Boufiht
TOWNSEND'S
CLOTHI1TG
FOR 2 WEEKS AT
TOWMSEMD'S.
UNCOMMON SAVINGS ALL OVER THE
STORE DURING THIS
Linen Sale
We are making you special inducements this week,
ones that we are sure will show you clearly how you can
save money in buying now, instead of later.
Our sale of trustworthy Linens has been a marked
success, in fact a great deal more of a success than we ever
looked lor, shows that you appreciate our efforts. The sale
continues this week.
The other departments have not been neglected. We
have gone through our stocks, picked out slow sellers,
goods that for one reason or another have not sold as we
anticipated, put prices on them that will move them quickly.
A few of them mentioned here, more to be seen at the
store.
Unbleached Table Linens.
We call special attention
to the third item in the list.
25c values at 19c the yd.
40c values at 30c the yd.
56c values at 42J the yd.
75c values at 62 the yd.
85c values at 70c the yd.
Others at same reduction
up to 1. 10 the yard.
A Push on the Go-Carts.
We offer twenty-five of them at a sav
ing of 25. AH the latest style of good
serviceable carts. Plenty of style to
choose from.
$10.00 Carts at $7.50, $13.85 Carts at $10.75, $20.00
Carts at $15.00, $25.00 at $19.00.
Ladies' Shirt Waists and Suits.
All we have left go at
very great saving to you.
We don't propose to carry
any over, so we have put
small prices on them to
move them' quickly. A
saving of 50 per cent on
some to you. Interested?
F. P. PURSEL.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Going to Decay.
"What a pity for Oak Grove,"
said a resident of town who was
walking out East Fifth street Sun
day afternoon, and he is right. To
think that the once beautiful resort
which every summer was given
over to the joys, sports and gayetics
for which by nature it was so am ply
fitted, has been allowed to run
down to its present condition, is a
sad commentary. While much of
the old glory has departed, the
place is still rich iu an infinite
variety of charms, aud could easily
be rf"srorBd to at least some of its
former popularity. Why not res
cue it from ruin and decay ?
. .
Be Careful of the Babies.
This is the most dangerous season
of the year for infants, and mothers
shoulJ be especially careful in the
care of the babies. In many of the
large, cities the board of health is
sending out instructions to mothers
in regard to 'the proper method of
preparing food for the little ones.
The utmost care should be used in
seeing that the milk is pure aud sweet,
or proper substitutes given in right
proportions.
Clothing
Bleached Table Linens.
Not goods bought for this
sale, but the kind we al
ways sell.
45c "values 35c the yd.
50c values 39c the yd.
This is mercerized.
60c values 48c the yd.
75c values 65c the yd.
Others at same reduction
up to 2.75 the yard.
All Wool Tress Goods.
May be you have been
thinking of buying a new
dress. One that will an
swer for any occasion. A
particularly good dress.
Why not now? During this
week we will, allow you 10
per cent discount on the price
of the goods for one. Quite
an item, worth considering.
Bargains
in
Women's Shoes.'l
To Close Out Odds and Ends.
36 pairs 3 OO shoes
at 2.00.
40 pairs 2.50 shoes
at 1.75.
60 pairs2.00 shoes
at 1.50.
80 pairs 1.50 to 3.00
shoes at I.OO.
NOT ALL SIZES IN ANY
ONE KIND.
VV. H. MOORE,
Cor. Main and Iron Sta.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.