8 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. THUIlHvW, AUUUSS1 2, 1907 HARRISBURG LETTER. Special Correspondt'ncc. Harrixlmrg. Auj. 26, 1907. The Democratic State Committee hw prepared, and is distributing among ;;cti v ;aity workers throughout the St.ite, a card con taining, brief space, a vast amount of useful information. It states that the last day for registering in county and borough districts is Wednesday, Gcj.tembi.r 4th, and in Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Allegheny and Scrntiton, rit'Vs of t lie first and second classes, "voters must per sonally, and can onlv register on September 3d and 17th and Octo ber 1 2th. Those without tax re ceipts cannot register after Sept ember id," unless they are voters on age" in which event no tax receipt is iiec?s.-ary. In cities of the third clas, Alieiuown, Al tootia, Bradford, Carbondale, Ches ter, Corry, Ka'-ton, Krie, Franklin, Harrisburg, Ilakton, Johnstown, Lancaster. Lebanon, McKees- port, Meadville. Monongahela, New Castle, Oil City, Pittstou, Reading, Titusville, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsnort and York, "voters must personally, and cau only, register ou September 3d and 17th and October 19th," and as in cities of the first and second classes, "those without tax receipts can not register after September 3d," with the exception noted. The last day to pay taxes, the card reminds us, is Saturday, Octo ber 5th. These facts should be lodged in the mind of every voter. There is a splendid chance to win a most important victory this fall. The defeat of John O. llarman, the Democratic candidate for State Treasurer, will restore the Quay Penrose machine to absolute power in the State as the election of Mayor Reyburn last February has restored the McNichol-Durhum machine power in ririludclphia. The only danger of this result comes from the possibility that Democrats will neglect to register and vote. A fairly full Democratic vote will give Mr. Hariuan an Joverwhelming ma jority. This is not speculation or conjecture. It is an actually rea soned out fact. Tuesday, Novem ber 5th, is election day and every Democratic voter should be qual ified to perform the highest duty of citizenship on that day. That is he should be prepared to vote against the candidate of the Quay-Penrose machine and to this end it is essen tial that he be registered and if over twenty-two years of age, that heshall have paid a State or County tax on or before Saturday, Octo ber 5th, upon nn assessment made within two years. IDOK AFTER THE YOUNG VOTERS. The greatest care should be taken to qualify young voters for the exercise of the franchise at the coming election. In all districts urban and suburban, a voter who has passed the age of twenty-two years must have paid a poll tax thirty days before the election. In the cities "voters on age," must be registered precisely as those who are older though ii is not necessary for them to exhibit a tax receipt or prove the payirent of tax in order to register. In the country dis tricts and boroughs, "voters on ge" are not required to register, though they may and it is better that they do, and it is not necessary that they shall have previously paid tax. They produce the proof of their right to vote at the polls on election day. But such voters in the cities must present the proof of their right to vote to the registrars on one of'the days designated for registering and procure the entry of his name on the registry list just as other voters are required to do. It is a well established fact that more votes are lost because of the failure of voters who have just pass ed the age of twenty-two years to register and pay poll tax than from any other reason. As "voters ou age," the year before, they were not required to go through the for mality and naturally imagine that because on voting they were set down on the list of voters that they will be assessed for taxes the year following. As a matter of fact, however, this doesn't always, or in the majority of cases, happen and the result is that when they come to register the next year, if they are city voters, tliey are disquali nea ana tue time for assessment having passed, hopelessly so. If a country or borough voter he doesn't find out the deliqucncy until he comes to pay taxes and is informed hat he hasn't been assessed. In either event he looses his vote for he has no redress. An older voter Who is not registered, if he lives in the country may establish his right to vote auyway. But one who has General Debility Pny In nnj day out thore Is tlint foollnn ot weoknrss thnt tnnkos ft burden of Itself. FikkI dors not strengthen. Sleep does not refresh. It Is linrd to do, tmrd to benr, whnt should lie i-nsy, vitality Is on the ebb, and the whole system suffers. For this condition take Hood's Sarsaparilla It vitalizes the blood and plves vigor and tone to atl the organs and functions. In usual liquid form or In chocolated tablets known as S&rsatabS. 100 doses $1, never paid taxes is shut out ab solutely. FATHERS OF VOTERS HAVE A DUTY. It would be a good idea for every father of a son who voted on age last year to see to it that the young man is registered, assessed and pro vided with a tax receipt. The young fellow who is voting on age rarely needs to re reminded of elec tion clay. He is generally eager to cast his first vote, and, outside of the cities, he encounters little trou ble in the matter. He is likely to forget the registration days, how ever, for the very reason that his mind is focussed on election day, and the older members of his family should urge it upon him. The man who has 1 ul passed the age class, however, needs the greatest attention. He should be urged until he has attended to the matter Of course it would be better if every citizen was alert with respect to the obligations of citizenship. Such a condition implies the high est standard of civic virtue. The right to vote is a sacred inheritance in this country, and the aspiration for it has cost millions in treasure and thousands of lives throughout the civilized world. But unhappily it is not entirely appreciated and some men have to urge others to do what still others would make any sacrifice for the privilege of doing. Therefore fathers shouldn t limit their solicitude on the subject to their own sons. There may be sons in their neighbors' families who have no fathers to teach them their civic duties. As the card referred to in the be ginning states, the last day for registering in the country districts is Wednesday, September 4th, in cities of the first and second classes, October 12th, and m cities of the third class October 19th. But it isn't necessary to wait until the last moment. In cities of all classes the registrars sit on September 3d aud. 17th and as many voters should avail themselves of the earlier op portunities as possible. In the coun try districts the registration asses sors sit at the polling places, as heretofore, this year on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 3d and 4th, where voters not previously registered may apply. Voters who have just passed the age of twenty two years should designate that they want to be assessed as well as registered. PUBLIC SENTIMENT CRYSTALIZING. While the campaign has not been formally opened, that event having been fixed for September 11, at Bloomsburg, public sentiment is perceptibly crystalizing in favor of the continuance of minority repre sentation in the governing boards here. The recent complete sur render of the municipal govern ment of Philadelphia to the Mc- Nichol-Durham machine and the more recent declaration ot antipathy to President Roosevelt and his J cherished policies by Mayor Rey burn, have shocked the rank and file of the party throughout the State. While campaigning for his election Reyburn professed the most intense admiration for Roose velt and fidelity to his policies. The hostility he expresses now is, therefore, disgusting. There are other evidences in abundance, moreover, that the ma chine is still unregenerate and that the professions of reform are false and fraudulent. For example in reorganizing the Board of Public Thousands of Samples Free Writs to the Dr. PavM Kennedy's Sons, Roudout, N. Y., for a free descriptive pamphlet, containing much helpful medical advice, and a free tamjile bottle of that great Kidney, Liver and Blood modiclne, DR. KENNEDY'S FAVORITE u Remedy A romedv backed by over 81 years of remarkablo suoeess. Used in thousands ot homes. Pleasant to take powerful to heal. Stops that backache, clears up the urine, relieves frequent urination, stops tha scalding pain ; cures oonstipation and dys. pepsia. Remember t Th name it Dr. David Ken. nedy'e Favorite Remedy, pries f 1.00 (fijar 8 00) ni prepared at liondout, Jf.Y, Ground and Buildings, the other day, the spirit of machine policies was most clearly revealed. The recent act of the Legislature large ly increased the force under the di rection of the Superintendent of that department, many of the new offices requiring technical skill along mechanical lines. State Treas urer Berry recommended men emi nently qualified for half a dozen of these places, and though there were 300 places to fill, none of his recom mendations were adopted and ma chine party heelers destitute of qualifications got the jobs. Governor Stuart aud Auditor General Young are the members of the Board responsible for this tra vesty on official duty. They both profess to be strongly in favor of improvement in administration and in some things immediately under the limelight of publicity act as if they were sincere. But in these essentials, where there is a chance to mask iniquity, they are quite as bad as their predecessors in officii The fact is that herj, as in Phila dclphia, the machine has always held itself in readiness to resume its plundering operations if the op portunity presented itself and the election of its candidate for State Treasurer this year will afford the opportunity. G. D. II. Reduced Rates to Saratoga Springs Account G. A. R. Encampment. For the National Encampment. Grand Army of the Republic at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., September 9 to 14, the Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excur sion tickets to Saratoga Springs from all stations ou its lines September 7 to c. inclusive, good returning to leave Saratoga Springs September 9 to 17. at reduced rates. Stop overs at New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing ton will be granted on tickets reading via those cities. Tickets via New York will be honored by Hudson River Boat lines between New York and Albany or Troy. By deposit of ticket with Special Agent at Saratoga Springs and the pay ment of $1.00 an extension of the return limit to October f may bo obtained. For full information regarding stop, overs, rates of fare, conditions of tickets and train service consult Ticket Agents. S-22-3t. . . FATTENING UP OYSTEItS. iKvornmcnt Experiments in Virginia Promise Good IU'HuIts. The oyster eating public Is already familiar with the process of fatten ing adopted by some unscrupuolus loalers in oysters, says Country Life In America. This consists merely in throwing the oysters Into fresh wa ter, which they absorb in large Quan Uttua and become plump. The flavor s thereby Injured and there Is dan ger of infecting the oysters with ty phoid. At Ly&nhaveo. Va., the United tales Bureau of Fisheries has been working for several years on a plan to establish an artificial fattening bed for oysters. The oyster lives chiefly on diatoms and other micro scopic marine plants. These plants require for their growth a large sup ply of inorganlo salts In the water. The necessary plant food Is supplied by putting commercial fertilizers Into the water. The fattening bed must be In shal ow water so as to have a relatively high temperature. A wall Is main tained around the fattening ground so as to retain the fertilizer and dia toms. Even after the diatoms have multiplied enormously the oysters receive no benefit from them unless a current Is maintain In the water to arry the food to the oysters. Bait water Is pumped In to prevent the fattening beds from becoming too fresh, and a little lime la added to the water to prevent the growth of algae mad other plants which would give a disagreeable flavor to the oysters. Too much lime, on the other hand, will destroy the food plants of the oyster. The process seems somewhat com plicated, but It has been demonstrat ed to be feasible and to yield results n the number and quality of oysters. A Fw Irish Proverbs. The Drovarba of a nation nr fhn distilled wit of generations of its people; and the true wit of the race is oftentimes In proportion to the truth and beauty of its proverbs. Few nations and few languages pos sess more beautiful sayings than the Irish. "The silent mouth is melo dious," is an Irish aphorism preg nant with beauty and poetry. And another saying, inculcating a chnrltj which is spiritually needed in this modern world of ours, is that which tells us "Our eye& should he blind in the abode of another." The beoutl fu) faith and the magnificent optim ism of the Irish race is well pictured In their proverb, "God never shuts one door but He opens two." "Au tumn days come softly, quickly, like tho running of a hound upon a moor," is poetic, vlrld truth, And here is a sharp, satirical one that cuts several ways at the same time: "A poem ought to be well made at first, for there is many a one to spoil it afterwards." JERSEYS Combination and Golden Lad FOR SALE 3 Cows, 3 Heifers and 12 Bulls. 8. E. NIVIN, Landanburg, Pa. VHVIOS OF HiLUSTIUOlS MEN. How Their influence For Good or Evil Has Shown Itnelf. George Washington was fortunate in his marriage. Martha C list l.s was a rich young widow with connldera b!o personal attractions. She always took the side of her husband, and usually said: "George is right; he always Is." When Washington and his wife were closing their happy married life, Horatio Nelson and his wife were making exhibitions of them prlves ns nn 111-nRBortod couple. At thnt memorable breakfast table in the Arlington Street lodging Lndy Nelson said decisively: "Chooso be tween us," when the great Admiral replied: Fanny, I sincerely love you; but I cannot forgot all I owe to Ludy Hamilton." The married life of John Woaloy, tho eminent founder of Methodism, was not fortunate. Ho married a widow with four children, possessed of ample menns. Mrs. Wesley at first travelled with hor itinerant hus band, but she soon tired of tho llfo During her husband's prolonged ab sences her wifely curiosity led her to search his pockets. The letters which she found wero not satisfac tory. It Is oven alleged thnt Mrs Wesley would sometimes lay violent hands upon her husband and tenr his hair. They eventually separated. Tho married life of Alexander Hamilton was a happy ono. Tho young statesman waited two long years for Betsey Schuyler and tho light-hearted Betsey boenmo in tlino ono of tho most prominent lenders of ofllctnl society. On thnt fatal July morning in 1804 when Hamilton lost his life and all America mourned tho Iops, it Is said that when ho saw his wlfo weeping at his bedsldo he gen tly rebuked her and said, "Remem ber, Betsey, you are a Christ Ian." Mrs. Hamilton died at tho advanced age of 97, and In her pockethook was found an old, Umeworn letter which Hamilton had written to her ns a farewell salutation on tho morn ing of the duel. Perhaps the moBt ill-assorted mar riage on record is that of Edward Bulwer Lytton and Roslna Doyle Wheoler. Miss Wheeler was cul tured, educated, vivacious and beau tiful when sho married tho novelist. But, the honeymoon over, her hus band took hor to a lonely country house and shut hor completely out of society. He Insisted upon her hunt ing up references and copying his manuscripts. Lady Lytton's life was was a long and terrlblo tragedy. In courso of time she became omblt terod agalnRt both her husband and son, the "Owen Meredith" of litera ture. She survlvod her husband ten years, and died friendless and un mournod. Danto was married to a notorious scold, and when he was in extlo he hnd no desire to eeo his wifo, al though she waB the mother of his six children. William Shakespeare lost the sym pathies of the world when, as a youth of 18, he married Anno Hathaway, who was eight years his senior. She was a coarse and ignorant woman who had no sympathy with the ro mantic conditions of ber husband's life. John Milton was not great in the character of either husband or father. His first wife was disgusted with bis gloomy home and Boon ran away from him. His daughters were left to grow up utterly neglected, and the poet characterized them as "undutlful daughters" In his last will and testament. Dr. Samuel Johnson's wife was old enough to be his mother, but he con tinued to be under the Illusion of the wedding day, when he thought he bad married one of the most beautiful women In the world. When she died at the age of 64, he being only 4 8, be mourned her loss as irre parable. Sir Walter Raleigh married a beautiful girl eighteen years his Junior, and she adored him with In creasing ardor to the very last mo ment of his lift. Lord Bacon enjoyed but little do mestic bliss, and "loved not to be with partner." Dryden "married diB cord in a noble wife." Addison sold hiniBolf to a cross-grained old count ess. Shelley's first marriage was un fortunate, but his second was a motel of domestic happiness. Mo-1 Here was married to a wife who made him most miserable. Rousseau lived a most wretched life with bis partner. Steele, Sterne, Churchill, Coleridge, Byron and Charles Dick ens have been recorded in history as "indifferent husbands." A Queer Brazilian Fable, The people of Brazil have some very quaint folk-lore stories. One of the oddest is the fable about the dog's hatred for the cat and the cat's consequent fear of the dog. Long, long ago the animal kingdom of Brazil was mightily stirred. The dog declared his intention of taking out naturalization papers! This he did, and he gave them to the cat to keep while he went to make arrangements to enjoy bis independence. Now, after his leaving, the cat got Jealous of the dog's Importance and clawed the and chewed the paper until mere scraps were all that was left. Then back came the dog with his tall hung high. When be real ized his misfortune be went for the oat. He has been going tor her ever since. In his eager chase he forgot that he might get new papers, so in stead of becoming a peaceful citizen of Brazil he chased the cat all over the world, and that Is the reason there are dogs and oats everywhere. Aquatlo birds art mora numerous pun land birds. 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WHY WE LAUGH. "A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men.1" Judge's Quarterly, $1.0o a year Judge's Library, $1.00 a year Sis Hopkins' flon., $1.00 a year On receiot of Twentv Cents tiro iiM 1 1 an t-At rrti if 113 TTlft - f VY W Will llbWi J UUt for three months' trial subscription for either of these bright, witty, and humorous journals, or for One Dollar will add Leslie's Weekly or Judtre fnr th Address Judge Co 325 Fourth Avenue 3-21 0?0000X0 OOOOo the Excitement. MANY WOMEN HAVE TENDER FEET. We have a shoe that will give them case and comfort. It is our E. I. Cushion Turn Made by John Kelly. Price $3.50. Other Comfort Shoes $2, $2.50 and $3 W. H. MOORE, Corner Main and Iron Sis., BLOOMSBURG, PA. A Our Pianos are the leaders. f)nr lines In. elude the following makes : Ciias. M. Stieff, Henry F. Miller. Brewer & Pryor, Kohler 4 Campbell, and Radel. IN ORGANS we handle the Estey, Miller.H.Lehr & Co., AND BOWLBY. 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