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THE COLUMB8AN. RLOOAISBURA, PA
STRONGEST BANK
Capital
3100,000
Undivided Profits
S30.00O
First National Bank,
3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits
OFFICERS:
H. W. M. Low, President. J. M. Staver, Vice President.
K. 11. Tustin, Vice President. E. F. Carpenter, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
W. M.liow, F. O. Yorks, Frank Ikeler, Joseph Ratti,
r . 15, Tustin, Fred Ikeler, Oeo. 8. Robbing, H. C. Creasy,
I. M Staver, M. I. Low, Louis Gross, II. V. Hower.
THE COLUMBIAN.
EST.nUSUF.n 1S66.
TncaiawaiA democrat.
SIAHI 1 S 1 1 K I I837. C'lNSill.lHAI Kl) 1S69
l: H.Ir.iKP KVK'IV Tin'RM'AV Muknim;,
U MlrvimslmrK, the County Seat of
Oolumliin County , Pennsylvania.
t.l'.O. K. EI.WKI.l,, Knn'on.
;'.!.(. C. KOAN, I'okkman.
Tiii- mm: Insulc the county :? 1.00 n year
In a !vanec ; 1 . 5 o i f not paid in a:lvanci
Out sid" the county, 91.25 a year, strictly in
advance.
All communications shouKl beaJJressed
! mK CCL'JMMAN, i'lonmsl.uru, l'a.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 11)07
PENROSE AND THE SENAT0R5IIIP
The political speculators are al
ready sending out funny stories
a! "MU the approaching contest fur
th'. United Slates Scnalorship in
this State. A Harrisburg dispatch
in a recent issue ot an esteemed
Philadelphia contemporary, fur ex
ample, contains the amusing misin
formation that Senator Penrose is
t'-yii- "to pull Representative
Dunsmore, of Tioga county, out of
the congressional contest, i the
Lycoming, Potter, Tioga and Clin
ton districts," in order that he may
be re-elected to the Legislature and
become Speaker of the House of
representatives. Penrose needs
1 ?!i a man for Speaker, it is infer-
ially added, and he will create
.: place for Dunsmore by sending
ink B. McClain, of Lancaster,
10m he distrusts, to Congress, to
:eed Mr. Cassell, who is no Ion-1
,;er available.
At this distance from the storm
centre of Republican politics it looks
as if Penrose has a "cinch" 011 the
senatorial nomination and that there
is little, if any, necessity for him
entering Into combinations or con
spiracies to accomplish the result.
The election of Mr. Sheatz to the
office of State Treasurer last fall
settled that question beyond the
shadow of a doubt. It is not im
probable that he would like well
enough to have Representative
Dunsmore in the chair during the
session of the Legislature iu which
the senatorial vote will be taken.
Dunsmore is faithful to the ma
chine, adroit, capable, and has
maintained a reputation for re
spectability that is rare among ma
chine henchmen. Penrose needs
such a man for Speaker now just as
he needed such a man as the candi
date for State Treasurer, last fall.
It is the only way he can fool the
public and as the public likes to be
fookd, it is a wise policy for Pen
rose to pursue. But Penrose doesn't
ne;d Dunsmore nearly as bad as
Dunsmore needs Penrose and if the
slippery Tiogan withdraws from
the congressional fight in order to
become Speaker of the House, it
will be on his own account.
The probabilities are that Frank
McClain will go to Congress as the
successor of Cassell,' but he will not
be influenced by a desire to make a
place for Dunsmore in order to help
Penrose. McClain has been casting
covetous eyes toward Washington
for some years and the indiscretions
of Cassell have opened up the way
to the realization of his ambition.
Even if he returned to Harrisburg,
moreover, he wouldn't be in Dnns
more's way for the speakership as
about the only accuracy in the long
drawn out collection of absurdities
is the statement that Penrose dis
trusts McClain and whether Duns
more goes back to the Legislature
or not or whether McClain goes to
Washington or Harrisburg, the
Lmcnster Fong-bird will not preside
over the deliberations of the House
during the next session.
Watchman.
Former Judge Frank W. Wheat
rn, of Wilkes-Rarre, is being sug
gested as a compromise candidate
for Congress to keep the zealous
followers of ex-Congressman Palm
er and Dr. Cobleigh from tearing
the Republican party of Luzerne to
tatters.
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
5150,000.
Fatalities la Mines.
In this country the mortality iu
mines is increasing not only abso
hit ly but relatively. It will con
timte to increase unless mining com
panics and mining officials thall
change their methods. As Dr.
Holmes, of the Geological Survey,
says, the mines are geing deeper,
which means more gas, because the
coal is under a heavier pressure, and
more dithcult ventilation. Have we
got to face a constantly-growing
sacrifice o( human life in order to
provide our coal ?
England, France, Belgium and
Prussia have extensive coal mines
Kngland, of course, having the
greatest in the world. In all these
countries the death rate is much
lower than in this country ; and
what is of still greater importance,
it is steadilv declining. What can
)e done there can be done here.
Shall we say that means of protect
ing life which are employed with
success in Europe are too much
trouble or cost too much for us ?
Dr. Holmes visited a Belgian
mine and although lie went as the
accredited representative of the
United Slates, he was obliged to
strip to the skin and change his
clothes. This made sure that he
did not carry matches into the mine.
That is the sort of care that is taken
to save hundreds of men from the
folly or the recklessness of one.
Yet in this country men even carry
naked lamps into mines. Probably
there is a notice prohibiting it and
the company feels its responsibility
is at au end when it has tacked up
such a warning; if the men do not
obey it, that is their lookout. But
suppose that 499 of them obey and
one man does not ? It is the busi
ness of the mine operators and of
the State officials who are employed
to supervise mining to see that the
regulations are obeyed. It is idle
to pretend that the fatalities in our
mines are inevitable. If the death
rate in Europe can be kept down
to little more than one man in a
thousand it is unpardonable that it
should be more than three men in
a thousand here last year. Four
terrible disasters this month will
make the ratio for 1907 worse than
that for 1906. Ex.
State Reservation.
A I3,ooo-acre tract has just been
purchased to be added to the state
reservations. These lands, for most
part, are in Abbott and Stewardson
townships, Potter county, though
portions of the same break over into
Lycoming county, and these too,
will probably be acquired. The
lands were purchased from James
B. Weed & Co., ol Binghamton,
N. Y. They are contiguous to the
old Coudersport pike, and out of
them flow such famous trout streams
as Silas Run, Lebo Branch, Manor
Fork and Red Run. The purchase
price was at the rate of $2 au acre.
Why Refer
to Doctors
Because we make medicines
for them. We tell them all
about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
and they prescribe it for
coughs, colds, bronchitis, con
sumption. They trust it. Then
you can afford to trust it.
Ask your own doctor.
The best kind ol a testimonial
"Sold lor over elxty yeara."
H&d t7 T. y. - y Co., Lowell, JKlMi,
flyers
aiiu uaTiumoiurera or
SARSAPARILU.
PILLS.
HAIR VIGOR.
W hnvt no (sored! We publlah
tiiu formula of kll our uiedioinea.
MM
, Ayer's Pills greatly aid the Chorry
Pectoral in breaking up a cold.
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Local Option Movement Nou-Partlsaa
Thirty Million ol Country' Population Today
Ltve Under Anti-Liquor Lawi.
The Philadelphia Press in an ed
itorial says: The spirit of prohibi
tion, like the soul of John Brown,
goes marching on. State after .'tale
has joined the column of "drv
Commonwealths. At the present
tin e more than 30,000,000 of the
country s population arc living tin
.1 a 1 !
iter unu-iiquor laws. in some
stales the new statutes not onlv for
bid the sale of intoxicating liquors
but punish the persons who drink
them. One of the amazing fea
tures about this onward progress
of the temperance crusade is the
easy victory U has won in mauv
places. Southern states have been
especially .active in their efforts to
suppress retail liquor-selling. But
....11 ... ...
a siui more remarKabie tiling is
that while more than a third of the
nation's people are now iu the pro
hibition fold the movement lacks
I'.uu.-uui p,iH;eui liiiercsi. as a
political agency the Prohibition par
ty cannot claim a tenth ot the vo'es
whicli were eat against the com
merce in strong dunk Democrats
of the south an i Republicans of the
west have lined up under the same
temperance banner, but on all other
issues they follow their regular par
ty standards. Jl tins were not ihe
case the fact that so tnanv states
have given big majorizes for prohi
bition would inject a new clement
of great uncertainty into the next
national campaign. As it is, the
two dominant parties have accept
ed prohibition as a common cause
in various states, while they will
continue to fight out other issues
ah.ng the old lii.es.
Anent the Democratic National Con
vention.
In selecting a place for the na
tional convention the Democratic
national committee was pretty even
ly divided between Denver and
Louisville until the committeemen
who had voted for Chicago gave
heir ballots to Denver and nnde
that the convention city. The selec
tion is not above criticism by the
easterners. The city is so far to
the westward of the centre of popu
lation that most of the delegates
will have to travel a fatiguing dis
tance to reach it. Other things
being equal, perhaps Louisville
would have been a -rood selection.
The date selected July 7 was
unexpected also. There had been
some talk of holding the conven
tion before the Republicans meet at
Chicago. Iu most American cities
the weather is intensely hot about
July 7, but Denver, which is ele
vated almost six thousand feet
above the level of the sea, with snow
capped mountains nearby, and with
a perfect climate, may not be ex
cessively hot about that time. Be
sides, the large purse raised by
Denver, and the city's other efforts
to get the convention, doubtless in
fluenced the committee in making
the selection. Whether the whole
of the purse of $100,000 will be
needed is another matter, and one
that needs no discussion. The
money will not be wasted for the
sake of spending it.
As to whether a date before or
after the Republican convention
should have been selected, there is
nothing to make either time more
desirable than the other. If it be
argued that in the first case the
campaign would be too long, it
may be answered that the cam
paign is on now. If objections be
made to publication of Democratic
issues after the adoption of a Re
publican platform, it may be said
that the Republican issues have al
ready been published in the presi
dent's message and are already be
fore the country. There is nothing
new for the Republican convention
to declare for. Lock Haven Demo
crat. An Important Decision.
Railroad Not Obliged to Run on Schodule
Time.
A case has just been decided by
the New York Supieme Court,
which holds that a musician, who
boards a train two hours late and
arrives at his destination two hours
and twenty minutes late, and there
by is unable to keep his engage
ment, cannot recover from the car
rier his loss occasioned thereby,
though he may have made known
to the carrier's agent his engage
ment, and may have been told that
the train would arrive on time. The
carrier's obligation to run its train
in conformity to schedule is not an
absolute and unconditional one,
and the mere takinir of a ticket
does not of itself wove a contract
or impose the duty to have a train
ready to start as scheduled. Fur
thermore, a ticket aent cannot
make a special contract that a train
win arrive on time.
Bertha IhB Kind Yuu Have Always
Wagos Must Fall, Says Erie's liuai
Givo Warning That Gonoral Reduction In
fries ot Labor It Inevitable.
Frederick 1). Underwood, ptesi
deiit of the Krie Railroad Company,
declares thai Samuel Gompers, head
of the American Federatiou of La
bor, was reckoning without his
host when he said, as quoted, that
the wages of organized labor
"would not have to come down
along with the prices of raw mate
rials in the present general busiucss
and financial depresMjn."
"The inexorable law of supply
and demand, which is the basis of
political economy," said Mr. Un
derwood, "will make itself felt iu
the case of organized labor, as well
as in all other branches of business,
Mr. Gompers, notwithstanding. In
case an attempt is made to hold up
the present abnormally high price
of labor, when the earnings of rail
roads aud industrial corporations
do nut warrant it, the alternative
will be to shut down.
"Labor has been at a premium
for the last four yetrs, and it has
been less efficient than ever before.
All-classes of emnloves have noint-
ed to the heavy earnings and in '
consequence have received their
share in the shape of higher wages.
Xow a change has come. Earnings
arc falling ofT and employes will re
ceive a lower wage. This they
should do without protest, as they
had the precedent that when earn
ings were improved their wages
were advanced."
Mr. Underwood added that the
drop in the cost of living gives the
wage-earner under a reduced scale
of wages the same purchasii.,; pow
er he had in the past.
January Woman's Home Companion.
The Woman'' s Home Companion
forjaruary is a notable number
from the standpoint of illustrations.
In addition to Flagg's striking cover
design, there is a full-page repro-
luclion 0; Yv . Baliour Ker s paint
ing, "I'orgotteu. It represents a
winter farm scene, the house and
barn in the distance, and the old
family horse standing drearily by
the pasture bars, ankle deep in the
falling snow forgotten.
Dr. Hale's Monthly Talk is on
the subject of "New Year's Witch
es." Jack Londou contributes the
first letter of his impo: taut series of
first-hand impressions for which the
Woman s Home Companion sent him
around the world ; it is the record
of a marvelous adventure among
the lepers of Molokai. In the Jan
uary number begins a series of pro
grams aud selections of the music
of today of the great music-loving
nations. The January program,
which is American, is supplement
ed by the music and words of two
songs by Clayton Johns, hints as to
the making of a program, by
Madame Nordica, and instructions
as to the rendering of each piece on
the program by the composers
themselves.
Among the fiction Is au import
ant installment of Mrs. Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps' great novel,
Though Life Us Do Part;" "The
Adjusted Honeymoon," by Anne
Warner ; "A Lesson in Conse
quence, by Mary wilhelmina
Hastings; "Rose Mary, a Quaker
love story by Carrie Hunt Latta,
aud "The Lamps of Psyche," by
Zona Gale, author of the new pop
ular novel, "The Loves of Peleas
and Ettarre."
An interesting feature of this
issue of the Companion is a new de
partment entitled "Teens and
Twenties," conducted by Lucy
Norman. The horticultural auth
ority, Samuel Armstrong Hamil
ton, contributes a valuable article
on "Plants for the Winter Win
dow." Anna Stcese Richardson's
department for The Girl Who
Earns Her Own Living is as valu
able as ever, as is Mrs Saugster's
Home Page.
A new departure is a study of
Three Important Successful Tlays,
by Annie Peacock.
.
New Anaesthetic Discovered.
Announcement of the discovery
of a new anaesthetic will soon be
made by the Rockefeller Institute
tor Medical Research. It is noth
ing else than common epsom salts,
or, to give its scientific name, sul
phate of magnesia.
Its greater value is that it per
mits any scrt of an operation with
out any danger to the heart.
CHRISTMAS
In This Store Will
We have the largest lines in
ITOMSDAY - GttODS
that we have ever shown.
All our goods are
USEFUL PRESENTS!
Nothing in this store that
will not be appreciated.
YOU WILL FIND
our goods as cheap as any relia
ble goods shown.
Mff PH
Special Display of Xmas Rockers
The greatest line of Rockers we havs ever shown and
probably more of thein than was ever gathered together at
any one time in this section. We picked and pruned from
two of the largest manufacturers in the business and to
make a long story short, there isn't any better and very
few as good.
'Twill do your eyes good to see them. They make
such splendid gifts. Children's Rockers a host of them,
75 cents to $2.75.
MISSION FURNITURE.
Mission, Weather and
Golden Oak MorrisJChairs,
broad arms complete with
Velour, Corduroy and
Leather cushions $5 to $15
Mission Rockers with
broad arms and panel backs
solid wood seats $4.75 to
$6.75.
Mission Rockers with
leather seats and panel and
inlaid backs $7.00 to $13.
Mission Rockers with
leather upholstering on
back and seat, $8.00 to $15.
Mission Arm Chairs and
Rockers complete with
loose leather cushion $10
to $15.00.
Golden Oak Saddle Seat
Rocking Chair, panel back
and shaped arms from 1.75
to $11.50.
Wisconsin roll seat Rock
ers iu Golden Oak and Ma
hogany finish, the very pic
ture of comfort, bolted and
riveted built for service,
$2.50 to $10.00
Elegant Mahogany Rock
ers and corner shairs same
with plain veneered seats,
others upholstered in leath
er or green hair cloth $4.00
to $14.00.
Polished Golden Oak
Rockers luxurious leather
seats high and low panel
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B? Fi ?
ed or upholstered backs, $3
to $15.00.
Antwerp Oak Rockers
back and seat shaped
arms, splendid, upholstered
in plain and embossed
Mexican lcather,$i4, $14.50
and $15.00.
Mission Screens filled with
plain burlap and heavy
tapestry, also wood panels,
$5.00 to $9.50.
Mission Library Tablesj
drawers and shelf, for mag
azinesplain and quarter
ed oak stock. $5.00 to $10..
Mission Writing Desk
(for men) complete with
pigeon holes and drawers,
$10.00 to $16.50.
Mission magazine and
book shelves, $1.93 to $6.00
Mission weathered oak
hanging hall racks with
beveled plate mirror $3.75.
Women's Mission Desk
Chairs $3.00 to $3.50.
Mission Card Tables
leather or green felt tops,
close folding, $3.gS.
Umbrella Racks, Tabour
ettes, Dinner Gongs, Smok
ing Sets, Pipe Racks, Foot
Stools, and numerous other
items in Mission Furniture
that go to make up the
perfect Den.
POiSEL.
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