THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURd, PA- THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, FA. THURSDAY, APKIL 4 1907 ttuurea at Ihe I'vt OJkv, Bloomelmrg, fa. ox neemtd claet mailer, March 1, JHfib. BUSINESjTLOCALS. Cheap Olubbiuff Offar- We have arranged to supply some excellent literature at a very low price. They are the following: Columbian and American farmer - - . jfi.oo Regular price $1.50. Columbian and New York Thrice a Week World $1.50 Regular price $2.00. Columbian and Woman's Home Companion $1.50 Regular price $2.00. The latter is a splendid magazine with a circulation of 600,000. In form it is like the Ladies' Home Journal, and is fully equal to it in every respect. Take advantage of this unusual offer now. Don't wait. tf. Calendar pads for 1907 at the Columbian office. tf. Visiting cards and Wedding invi tations at the Columbian office, tf FOR SALE OR RENT. The property of Mrs. William Elwell ou West Third street is for sale, or will be rented if not sold by April 1st. For particulars inquire of Geo. E. Klwell. tf. FOR SALE. A medium sized heater in good condition. Apply at 161 East Fifth street. Paper napkins and doilies at the Columbian office. . tf. The Issue of 1908. One ot the most cheering signs of political convalescence in the United States has been the heavy apprecia tion shown by men of all parties and in all parts of the country for the sterling worth of ex-President Gro ver Cleveland in the note taken of lus seventieth birthday. He is the pattern of man to whom the eyes of the nation are turned in this time of stress. and strain, when the ship of Mate is storm-tossed and fast drift ing from its ancient moorings. The time is as ripe as it was in 1892 for putting another Cleveland in the field and for electing him to the Presidency upon the same issue. It does not go unobserved upon the part of the mass of thoughtful and independent voters in the United States that the Roosevelt onslaught upon corporations and monopolies is directed against the creatures rather than the creator of these overfed and overgrown mon strosities. There is notable conse quent unrest. Without organiza tion and without serious effect on the part of the opposition at the last November election the Repu blican party was within an ace of losing control of the Congress. This was before the putting on of finan cial brakes that has now alarmed the country, when we were on the topmost wave of prosperity. It is a pleasure to note in the con servative Democratic journals la the Southern States a due apprecia tion of present political conditions. Commenting upon the advice of Grover Cleveland to again bring to the front the issue of tariff reform, The Charleston News and Courier ays :. Now, when the Republican party is busy apologizing to its own mem bers for failing to revise the tariff schedules, when it is coaxing and beseeching thousands in New Eng land, in Iowa, in every part of the West to bide a little while before seceding on account of the arrog ance of the "Stand-patters," it is astonishing, but it is also true, that Democrats hear tariff reform men tioned with languor and weariness, preferring to glut their minds with idle and unending gibberish from a band oi strolling haranguers about municipal ownership, Government ownership,, the law as to injunctions EVANS' SHOE STORE'. Why not have the best? 40 Styles of beautiful Oxfords and Shoes to Select From. EASTER Patent Leather, Vici Kid, Patent Colt, Gun Metal, PRICES, 1.00 to $1.00 Styles and workmanship Supreme, The Progressive Shoe Store (as though the injunction were not as old as English equity), railway rate legislation and a hundred other topics upon which no two of the haranguers by any means agree. Meantime, everybody (in Demo cratic ranks) prates about "the Trusts" and nobody cares whether or not a tariff system which must inevitably concentrate the capital of the country in the hands of a special class, making a Wealth Trust to dominate the country and to the existence of which a formal organi zation is not essential, shall be per petuated. Next year the Democrats will nominate a candidate, and the party will net disband, but it will have no hope of success unless it takes ac count of itself, adopts some pro gramme of principles containing germs of permanence and ceases to be merely a noisemaker in cam paign years. Of one thing we may be reason ably sure there will be a tariff re form party in the United States. At the moment, it is not certain that the Democtats will not permit the Republicans to doctor the sched ules and appease the clamor tempo rarily, but, sooner or later, some party or other, whether now in esse or to be born, will grapple with the problem and, as Mr. Cleveland says "end the farce," and "throw off this barbarous superstition of indus trial isolation so that the country, gladly and confidently, shall take its true place in the industrial scheme of a well-ordered world." It is to the South that the Demo cratic party must look for light and leading in approaching the cam paign of 1908. This outburst of our esteemed South Carolina con temporary may well set Northern Democrats to thiuking Phila. Kt cord. Souvenir Post Cards are printed at this office. Half tones supplied. tf. A Large Deficit in the State Road Fund. Twenty-Four Million Needed and Leu Than Six Millions Available. It is very evident that some of the state roads asked by counties of Pennsylvania will go begging for several years to come. Indeed it is very doubtful whether all the roads contracted for will be built, because of the unavailability of funds. The improvements asked by various counties amounts' to $24 518,908, while the available appro priation is only $5,710,000, leaving a deficit of $10,210,558. Out 'of the original appropriation there was available to June 1,1907, $3,500, 000. The state has paid out cn contracts for road construction the sum of $1,991,048. The balances unpaid on existing contracts amount to $1,580,952, making a grand to tal of $3,572,000, which is over $72,000 more than the amount available. The sum will have to be paid out of the $1,500,000 which becomes available for use on June 1st of the present year, in order to complete payments on work already contracted for and in many instan ces partly constructed. In a state ment giving a list of counties, the total number of feet applied for, the amount available to June 1, 1909, and the deficiency Montour nnd nearby counties shows as follows: Northumberland applied for 203,- 828 feet; approximate, $407,656; available, $72,406; deficit, $335." 249. Montour applied for 101,308 feet; approximate, $202,616; amount available, $24,138; deficit, $178,477. Lycoming applied for 263.773 feet; approximate construction, $527,524; amount available, $110, 383; deficiency, $417,162. Columbia applied tor io,5o feet; approximate, $219,160; amount available, $72,439; deficit, $146,720. H. W. CHAMPLIN M. D. EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. I'm titular attention to examining and treat ing children'! ayei. Ent Building. Rloomwburg, Pa. Stories by Normal Students. TIMELY ADVICE. BY MARTHA V.JAMES. Captain Allen had been a com mander of one of the government forts for many years until one day while supervising the removal of some iron, he was suddenly killed by a large piece that had become accidentally dislodged. After his death, Mrs. Allen and her son, John took up their abode iu a neighbor ng city, where they were support ed by the small income left by the father at his death. Thev lived thus for many years until the supply of money Lecame so small that John was forced to end his school days and go to work. During his school life he bad ben friendly with some young men whose fathers were influential citi zetis in the town, and so it was not difficult for him to obtain a position in a large store. wh"re he came in contact with people of many coun tries. His one great delight was to draw and his talent was naturally in the direction of the plans of the forts, for there he had spent his childhood. When customers were few, John would always get out his material and begin work. One day when he bad nothing to do, as was customary be sat down at the desk and began to plan the fort where his father had been employed. He became so absorbed in the work that he did not notice the entrance of a Spanish gentleman until he had approached the desk and glanc ed at the plan. He was greatly surprised to find it the plan of the very fort he had been trying to en ter for years. "Young man, he said, is that the exact pln of the fort and it so, how came you to know it? "Yes, that is the exact plan, for during my childhood I ran in and out among those cannon daily." John replied. "Well, my government has been seeking lor that plan for many years, for it is the plan of the only fort in any country we have not secured, and if war should be brought on be tween your government and mine, it would be invaluable. Sell me that plan and I will pay you ten thousand dollars and promise that it shall never be known." John pondered over the proposition for a few minutes but could come to no definite conclusion. Ten thousand dollars seemed a large amonnt of monev a'-d he thought how com fortably his mother could live all her life. But would she enjoy it if she knew its source! No. But he might keep this knowledge from her. Thus he reasoned, and finally consented to present the plans at three o'clock next day and receive the money. That evening, as was the custom before retiring, the mother picked up the Family Bible and prepared to read a chapter from it. At one of the verses she stopped, and look ing at her son, said, My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not." To John it seemed that she bad peered into his very soul and had answered the troublesome question there. All night he kept repeating in his sleep, "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not," until when morning appeared he had fully decided what to do. At the appointed time he arrived at the office and there met the sin ner in the form ot the Spaniard, carrying in his hand the tempting check. Upon seeing that his ac complice had no plans, he inquired the reason. John slowly told him of his mothet's words, the battle of his soul and the final victory. The worldly Spaniard was deeply moved and with a vigorous hand-shake promised John that he would never again entice a man to sell his honor. In after years when John looked back upon that long ago day, he was thankful that he had been giv en strength to do the right. Aik tor Allcn'f Foot Ease, A Powder. It makes walklncr easy. Cures Corns, Bun ions, luKrowlDjf NalW, Swollen and Sweating reec. At an uiwkisis ana onoe stores, ac Don't acceDt ar.v substitute. Hamul FKKK Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeKoy. N. Y. 4-4-t. If vou have The Philadelphia Sun day Press delivered at your home each week, you get, besides the news of the day, a splendidly illus trated ten cent weekly magazine. Such famous authors as Conan Doyle, Anthony Hope, and Sewell Ford are frequent contributors, and you cannot get better reading. If you order Ihe I'ress served at your home seven days in the week you are sure of getting the best there is, both as to the news and other features. DISTRICT AGENT AND HKVEHAL ABLtt SOLICITORS WANTED Our accident aud health Insurance both industrial and commercial, with Legal Services, la magnetic, the only kind on the market. Write today to North American Accident Ins. Co.. H.'l Liberty Ht., New York. 4-4-4t 906 Crops in Penna, Netted $17.43 an Acre, Which li 0na-lhlrd Abova Ihe Avenge In the Whole Country. Figures just conipil.d by the Pennsylvania railroad from a great mass of statistics published by the Department of Agriculture, show that in the year 1906 the Staple Crops of the state of Pennsylvania averaged in value $17.43 Per acre while the average for the eutire country was only $12.88 per acre. The following figures show the ex tent to which the various ptoducts are cultivated, and emphasize par ticularly the fact that prices re ceived for the crops in Pennsyl vania are considerably higher than the average pi ices throughout the United btatt-s. Hay is the leading staple. Last year 3.993.627 tons were grown in Pennsylvania and the crop was valued at $53,514,602. The pr ce received averaged $13.40 per ton, while the average price for the whole country was only $10.37 per ton. Pennsylvania's corn crop last year was worth $30,139,324. The average yield per acre was 40.2 bushels, which was sold at $.52 per bushel. The average yield for the whole country was only 30.3 bus hels per acre, which sold for $.399 per bushel. Last year s wheat crop brought to Pennsylvania's farmers $22,075,- 623. It was sold at 76 cts. per bush el while throughout the entire coun try the average price was only .683 per bushel. The potato crop in this state was worth $13,598,443 and brought $.57 per bushel against .511 per bushel throughout the rest of the country. Oats brought .38 per bushel against $.317 for the entire country. Pennsylvania s crop was worth $12,096,268. Tobacco is a particularly fruitful article, for the yield per acre in Pennsylvania averaged 1,375 pounds and brought $.137 per pound. The average yield through out the United States is only 857.2 pounds per acre at $.10 per pound. Rye brought $.64 per pound, agaiust $.589 for the whole United States, and last year's crop was worth $3,856,007. Buckwheat and barley yielded crops valued at $2,729,160 and $117,122 respectively. A fine new line of Wedding in vitations just received at this otfice 3t. Forest Fire on Nescopeck Mountains, Over 200 Acres ol Timber Land Swept By Flames. A fierce fire, threatening proper ty and doing damage to timber land to the extent ot several thou sand dollars, raged on the Nesco peck mountains back of Mifflinville on Saturday and, Sunday and was only checked late on Sunday by the faithful efforts of fifteen men from Mifflinville and vicinity. The fire originated from a brush fire on the Daniel Houtz farm and soon spread to immense propor tions. Over two hundred acres ot timber land was laid waste. Sweep ing the entire mountain side, the fire driven by the wind, gained rapidly in its course and soon reach ed an alarming extent. A call for assistance was made and some fif teen men responded. They fought bravely with brush and after nearly twenty-four hours had the flames checked. These men state that much gam was drivea from the mountain and it is their belief that many quail and rabbits perished. Editor Fred Newell, of the Du shore Revieto, pays the following tribute to the newspapers of this section of the state, "It occurred to us as we ran over our forty or fifty exchanges, to note the moral tone of them. These papers are edited by practical men who are pretty well acquainted with the world, the flesh and the devil. In not one of them did we find a de fense of immorality. In not one of them did we find a semblance of defense for whisky. In not one of them was there a trace of vulgarity, and none taught or justified dis honesty. Neither could we find a sneer at purity, at religion, at the better things of life. Iu many of them were bits of excellent advice, little homely sermons on temper ance, frugality and industry. All of them were loyal to the home town and advocated honest princi ples in government and individuals. The note in every one of these two- score papers was for decency, pro gress, enlightment, morality. And these editors, a pretty decent lot they are 1 in fact, we doubt it any profession can offer a higher or even as high a showing." OA. Baate tae Signature of Ihe Kind You Haw Always Bought 5 That Easter Outfit Can be found in our Ready to Wear Section SUITS OF ALL KINDS $10.00 to $30.00. COATS $3.50 to $8.75. WAISTS $1.00 to $8.00 SKIRTS '$4.00 to $12.00. TRIMMED HATS NOW READY F3&. FLOOR RUGS, FINE LINE. THE CLARK STORE Alexander Brothers & Co., Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Confec tionery and Nuts. o Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week. Penny Goods a. Specialty. SOLK AGENTS FOR JUPITER, KING OSCAR, WRITTEN GUARANTEE, COLUMBIAN, ETC. Also F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco. ALEXANDER BROS. & CO., Bloomsburg, V&. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF 'v-;;.; Carpets, Rugs, Matting and Draperies, Oil Cloth and Window Curtains You Will Find a Nice Line at W. B. BRQWER'8 BLOOMSBURG, PENN'A. A GREAT OFFER For You Only Read this announcement. It is your opportunity. 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