THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. STRONGEST BAWK First National Bank, Make no mistake, but the .Strongest Hank. OFFICERS: 5. W. M. LOW, President, J. M. STAYER, Vice President. K. a TUST1N, Vice President. E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier. DIRECTORS: .. V. M. Low. E. 11. 'l usi in, J. M St iver, . (i. Vniks. I'lcd lkclcr, M. I. Low, THE COLUMBIAN. rST.V'l.ISM I I 1SO6. THE COLUMBIA! DEMOCRAT. ! KsrMit.tsiiKn 1S37. Consoi.idatf.ii 189 r-::i tsur.n V.'.-p.iiV Tltt'K'Aii.'V Voknim-;. At Blonmslntrg, the I bounty t'eat of Columbia County, Vcnnsylvania. lir.O. K. KI.W i'.K)., KiH ioR. I). T. TASKEK, I.o:t. Editor. OilCs C. ROAN, I'okfcMAK. rKKis:--Insu1cthe county $ 1.00 n year 11 advance; $1.50 if not paid in advance. Outside the county, 81.25 a year, strictly in Advance. Ml communications should he addressed THE COLOMBIAN, lUoomsburg, Fa. VIIURSPW, SEI'TI-.MHER 3. W3- DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION- The Democratic State Con vein ion met in Harrisburg yesterda y. The delegates from this county were George Hoppes, Berwick; William Robert, Espy; Geo. B. Hummer, Klk Grove; C. A. Small, Catawissa; IC. J. Flynn, Ceutralia. Others who attended from here were J. C. Rutter Jr., W. B. Allen, and J. G. Harman. Mr. Hummer was unable to p;o on account of illness. The following nominations were made: Auditor General Arthur G. Dewalt, of Lehigh bounty. State Trkasurhr Joel G. Hill, of Wayne County JrnoKs or Superior Court j'ohn A. Ward, of Philadelphia. Calvin Rayburn, of Ariu.slron,; Count v. IUTE3 I'Oa DEtfOOATIO 'K'OSKEF.n TO REMEMBER. Last day for Registering voters, Friday, Sept. 4th. Last day for Paying taxes, Satur, day, Oct. 3rd. Last day for Filing Certificates of Nomination (State Offices) Tues day, Sept. 22nd. Last day for Filing Nomination Papers, (State Offices) Tuesday, Sept. 29th. Last day for Filing Certificates of Nomination, (County Offices) Tuesday, Oct. 6th. Last day for Filing Nomination Papers, (County Offices) Tuesday, Oct. 13th. Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 3rc 1903. SEW BALLOT IS PREPARED- The State Department has for some time been engaged in the preparation of a ballot in accordance with the new law passed by the last Legislature. The matter was placed in the hands of Chief Clerk Thorn, and after a thor. ough study of the law he has prepared a ballot which it is thought conforms to every provision. The new ballot contains all the party names in the first column, in stead of at the top of separate columns as formerly. The offices to be filled follow in columns, the name of every candidate for each office to be voled 'o- being under the head of that office. A. candidate's name is on the ballot jut once, but the name of every party vhich nominated him is set opposite hut one name. The circle is climi l.'Ued, but a square answers the same purpose, and there are 110 separate .!.i.n.is for each putty. It has the .fiV-ct of shortening the ballot, and h same candidate of more than one .itrty can occupy but one place on it. Within the past ten days two Chicago doctors claim to have dis-ore-red a serum which will cure oc'jaw. Considerable comment us been made in the press of the otuitry over the wonderful discov 'xy , hut as a matter of fact the thing vas old. Dr. Biddle, of the Miners' icspital used a strum to treat Villiara Id boy Laucks, a thirteen-year-of Rinrtown, who was ilT- riug with teinnus, and who 'a ; pronounced cured some weeks i'O. Siirplui OOO" deposit your savings in Frank Ikeler, tlco N. Rolihills, Louis dross, J. II. Yiutinc S. (J. Cri .isy, II, V. I lower. JOKE WA3 ON LANDLORD. On a recent sunny afternoon three of Bloomsburg's blindest bums sat on three chairs in front of one of the leading hostelriea, wondering where they would get the next drink. They vitp clothed "some in rags, and all in jags, but none in velvet rowns." Their jags were of the large size, wholesale kind, the kind that this same trio usually carry around with them. Their appearance was anything hut orna mental to the hotel front their con versation was not of a highly intel lectual and cuteitaining character, aid their room was far more desir able than their company. The 'andlord therefore concluded to entice, them away by a ruse.no d-iubt thinking that if he got them off the street they could more easily be disposed of through a side door from the inside. So he instructed the porter to go out and invite them io come in and have a drink. The porter w.'.s to go in ahead to the bar room and then slip out of sight, and when the trio arrived there would be no one there to "set 'em up." The bait was a sure cue and the three grabbed it without losing a moment. The plan was carried out all right until the porter had disappeared, and just here it missed connection, for the porter forgot to tell the bar-tender of the joke, and here as in many other instances, '"the best laid plans cf mice and men aft gang aglec." The triplets walked up to the bar and each ask ed for a bottle of beer which"' was unsuspectingly handed out, and in stantly clutched by the thirsty crew, aud guzzled down post haste. When pay was demanded they told the b.ir lender they were having one on the house, and before the landlord appeared they had gone back to their chairs in front, where they sat and snoozed and dreamed ot their good lu:k, and wondered why they got a drink so easy at a bar where it had so often before be'en refused, tven when they had the price. Next time the landlord wants to get nd ot undesirable guests he will probably try some other way, or else be on hand in time to see that his plans are carried out. Attempted Suicide- Because her lover jilted her and married another girl Dora Owens twice endeavored to commit suicide in Sunbtiry. She waded out into the river beyond her depth, but was rescued by Attorney George W. Deppcn, who quickly went after her in a row boat. As women were taking her home she made another break for the bank and plunged in to the water. Again a row boat saved her. The girl's parents live at Northumberland. She was em ployed as a domestic by a Suubury family, who happened to te in Sha mokin at the time and were tele phoned for. I Half- Sick " 1 rirf seel Ayer's barsapaniia in the fall of 184S. Since then I have taken it every spring as a blood - purify i n g and nerve stiengtliciii.i ir.tuK ine." S. T. Jones, Wichita, Kars. If you feel run down, are easily tired, if your nerves are weak and your blood is thin, then begin to take the good old stand ard family medicine, Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It's a regular nerve lifter, a perfect blood build&l. JuOibotllt. All JriijjWa. 4-k yjtir d(n tar wltftt liu think nf Ayer's S Hfcriapftrlli. H- know aboul tbls ijramt K bhl family ;ok i"l.ia fuLuw M u-U'-.wa-C (J m will ouk.aWtidd. !? fit.L'.ir-''A"Viii-i!,,tj.a.'.u.;-.iiv.'.V.i :.w..a . . .1. I . A V r II I !.. I CM I. ,:1iV. IK THE COUNTY Spring Humors Come to most people an J cause many trouble, pimples, holla ayd other j eruptions, bcsldea losa of appetite-, j .hat tired tooling, flu ot biliousness, j indigestion and headache, j j iiu mil hut uuu gen nil 01 mem mo bettor, and tho way to get rid of than and to build up tho system thut has suXfered from thorn is to take Hood's Scrscparilla and Pills Forming In combination tho Spring Medicine par excellence, of unpqusllcd strength In purifying tho blood as shown by unequalled, radlcnl and per manent cure of Sorofula Bait Rheum Scald Hoad Bolls, Pimples All Kinds of Humor Psoriasis Blood Poisoning Rheumatism Catarrh Dyspepsia, Etc Accept no lubstllute, but bo euro to get Hood's, and gut it today. The Army Cante0n From almost every army post in the country have cr-tne te ;iiin'itiie. of the evils arising from the aboli tion of the army cnuteen, and peti tions playing for its re-estabiish-ment in the interest of morality. Men enlisting in the army, as a rule, are more or less addicted to the use of liquor. It would be a fine thing, of course, if enlistment removed from them all means of gratifying this taste, and taught them that Hie body is healthier and the mind more vigorous without liquor. i!ut this is impossible under present conditions. The men will indulge their cravings for intoxicants, and they find means to do so in the low dives that infest "the neighborhood of every post. It was to counteract the vitaiting effects of these vile resorts that the canteen was instituted ; a place where the men could meet under wholesone conditions, drink light wines and beers of good quality in moderation, and have the benefit of the restraining influence and de corous example of their officers Recreation features were intro duced, and the canteen was made' the enlisted soldiers' club, a pro tected circle into which no vice or degradation could intrude. There the soldier was provided with cer tain privileges which proved a bul wark against the temptations and dangers that sunounded the post in the saloons conducted by un scrupulous civilians. Well-meaning, but fanatical, folk induced Congress to abolish the canteen. The worst fears oi those who opposed this action have been realized. The canteen was abolish ed, but the degrading resorts out side the post remained, and the sol dier, deprived of the means to spend his leisure moments in harmless recreation, fell an easy victim to their allurements. Desertions have become more frequent, and arrests for drunkenness and offenses of a similar nature more numerous. The anti-canteen people should be fully convinced by this time of the mistake of their policy, but to emphasize the lesson and continue the agitatiou which should result in the restoration of the canteen, attention is called to what General Fred D. Grant, commanding the department of Texas, has to say upon this subject in the annual re port which he has just sent to the war department. "No argument," says General Grant, "can hi too earnest for the rc-e3talisli:::ci.t of the canteen. To close the doors of the soldier's garrison club and send him out into the haunts of iniquity and vice run -by moral vultures, who, degraded themselves, set up no standard of morality, but, break ing down all barriers of restraint, invite and induce soldiers to join in all sorts of depravity aud infamy, is a wrong to the soldier as well as a wrong to the community in which the soldier is located." Ji.x. Oriental Burlesques I. "vers of high-class vaudeville and burlesque should not fail to attend a perior mauce of the Oriental liurlesijiicrs which will be the offering at the Opera house, Mond.iy evening , This show i not entirely new to the playgoers of this city, but it conies this season with more novel ties than ever Lefoie, and is far above the average burlesque show. Two bright auel cat'.hy extrava ganzas open and clese the perfor mance. The first, "A Bogus King," is a traversty 011 the late trou b!es in Scrvia. "Krausineer 's Alley" was vritlcn simply for laughing purposes. In the vaudeville por tion of the bill are the following acts: Gracie aud Reynolds, Irish jesters; F.'Va Victoria, contortionist; Lew Watson, parody singer; Mor gan and Phillips, German aldermen, aud Lottie Lewis, souln-tte. ft FALL Gall and- a Styles and NOW T'OWNSEND Peatli of a Patinul, Stirrer. The ilc 1 thou Thursdny last of Mr;-. Mahulu buckalew Hess leaves Capt. John M. Buckalew the only suivivor of his lauiily. Mrs. lless died at the home of her brother near Jone, town, of rheumatism after many years of pain and suffering. For years she was unable to walk and only left her i lv.did'.s chair for a change of clothing or to be trans ferred to her bed. M; s. Hes was a member of the Methodist church and was one of the most patient sufferers. Those who cared for her through her years ot suffeiing were iur, res-e,l v. ith the p;.ticce with which she met years of paiu. Mis. Hess was also a sifter of the late Charles R. jhickalew. The fun oral an 1 burial was at St. James church and cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Shickshinny Echo. '.'tuner tind Snppt-r- The A. M. K. Church will serve dinner and supper in the old Presby terian church on Market street, Sept. 7th. Chickeu and waffles will be served for supper. We want to raise our pastor's salary. Will you come and take a meal with us for 2s cents ? BIT OF CHICAGO HISTORY. Althuuvli Duly KiMi'iily Yrnra Old 1111 1 iK :: iiu a 1 -il 'lown. It 1m u Century Dlu. Moat Americans will have been sur prised at the announcement of a Chi cago centennial celebration to bo bold in September of tho present year, says 'the Review of Reviews. Chicago wo still a very minute village when, in 1833, It became Incorporated, and the Potta wattomle Indians of the vlelnlty sold out their lands to the government, hut Fort Dearborn dates from the year 1804, and it Kcunis thai John K.iuie, the original pioneer, had settled on the bite of Chi cago In the previous year, with several associates, as Indian traders. Thus, the permanent settlement of Chicago datea properly from the year 1803, and a centennial observance In the present year Is appropriate. The celebration la to be merely a local affair, with pRgeants and tournaments, rowlns regattas, yacht races, sham battles, and the like. What Will bo most instructive, however, to the school children of Chicago will be the reproduction ou the lake front of old Port ni.-rh-.rn, wltlrnn Indian village Inhabited by several hundred Ojibways. Pottawattomles and Mennminees, all of whom It Is proposed to bring to Chi cago from Cenada for the occasion. The Chicago committee would do well to take some hints also from tho recent celebrations in New York. MAN IS NO GOOD. Club Woman Claxxr Illm Itrlow Cmt, Unit r Monl.f) ua n Do mestic IVt. A leading club woman of the cast, who has had considerable experience with men for, not ivittsfW with one trial, she ha9 had three huabands has a very poor opinion of the sterner sex. ' i wetfcii Uiiiu ri umral curat oil the BCfllo of bia personal habits," sru; says. "A man, when he In pnrfoetly nice and clean, tastefully drewied and not noisy. Is bad onough. but a man who wears his hair In his eyes aud over his collar, mani cures outside his own room, leans around, nits with his feet highur than his head and all that Is unbearable. If T man led e-ne ,f tho beasts ImtdveriuiU ly, I'd break him to decency or I'd kill him with Indigestion. What's the good of a husband, anyway? He has, never been more or loos than a pt or provider. By his own adinhwlim, f.nuale competi tion has destroyed his usefulnufs as a provider. That Is all rls'.it; It simply mukes him twice a pet. Now, having reduced him to his lowoct terms, since It was only a question of a pet, why not be satiHtlnd with a bird, a cat, a dog, a monkey, a parrot anything? Such pota do not smoke, get drunk, nor bring mud luto the housa. , buck. Tht.y come r, hen thoy are culled, and they clo not try to run Ums." 3 YV lOEflO CLOT See Before Prices Always HERE! UNCOMMON SAVINGS ALL OVER THE STORE DURING THIS Linen 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 In been a marked success, in f ict a great deal more of a success than we ever looked for, 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. Unblsac'nsd Tablo 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 O2I the yd. 85c values at 70c the yd. Others at same reduction up to 1. 10 the yard. What About School Shoes ? Do you know the kind we sell ? You should. Moth ers all over town that do arc loud in their praise of the shoes we sell for the children. We have always striven to sell the best shoes, not only in wear, but in fit, that we could buy. We know every kind of shoe made and KNOW THAT OUKS AUE UKST. Will you let us show you the shoes we have for the little ones? Will you spare a few minutes to come here and examine them. It will pay you. As sure as you do you'll swear by the school shoes we sell, just as hundreds that know them do. JUST A FEW IDEAS HERE. Little Men's Sizes from Misses' Sizes from 11 to SJ to 1 3-1, in Vici Kid and 2. Vici Kid. Button and Box Calf, at $1.10, $1.25 Lace Pat. Leather and and $1.35. Stock Tip, $1.00 to $1.75. Boys' Sizes from 2 to 5 in almost endless assortment. Prices range Irom $10.0 to 2.00. F. P. PURSEL. Bloomsburg, Pa. Efclathg to Eural Delivery- By a recent ruling of the post office department each rural mail carrier in the United States will be rtquired to take a careful census of his route and copy the names in a book provided for the purpose. Slips are prepared for the carriers and these will be left with the families to be filled out, each slip to contain the names of all parties receiving mail at the house, even to the servants. In this manner the name of every person plong the routes be before the postmaster and he will have no trouble forwarding mail. Married ladies will be des'gnated by their own names instead of those of their husband. Stores Optn Eveuiiigs. The merchants of town who have I been observing the early closing ! movement during the months oi I Tli1vs ntwl A tifTiiLr u'ill lionet Itiiiix stores open evenings from now ou. OAHTOIIIA, B-mri th the Kind You Havo Always RcaM HINQ You Correct at Elocchci Tabb 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: W. H. HOORE, MAIN' AND IKON STREETS, Bi.ooMSHURr., Pa. Our Fall and Winter SHOES arc now in stock. By my careful watching the needs of the people in the shoe line I am able to furnish you with shoes for style, fit and service far above the ordinary shoe. Buy? Sale Come in and let us Fit you with a pair. W. H. MOORE, Cor. Main and Tron Stu. WX)0MK1JUHG, PA. j
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers