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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
UI.OG..JSBURO, PA.
THUIDAY, FKimUAUY IX), 1!)08,
WASHINGTON
From our Kecular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C. , Feb. 17, I90S.
"If ever there was an opportu
nity for Democratic victory this is
it", said a prominent Democratic
Dienilier cf the Senate today.
"Why the Republicans are fighting
like the famous Kilkenny cats.
The resident and Taft are deter
mined that their policies shall tri
umph, regardless of the welfare of
the pnrty, and the opposition would
rather split the party wide o.pen
than endure anotiier four years of
Rooscveltism, whether it is admin
istered by Teddy himself, or by
Taft. The latest plan of the anti
Roosevelt crowd is to carry the Re
publican National Convention with
rotten Borough' delegations from
the South which can be counted on
to vote against Taft and for such
other candidate as will pay the
highest price. These delegations
are almost entirely composed of
negroes who will sell out at the
droo of the hat. but there is no
dnneer of their selling to the Taft
the Taft crown has
not got the price, wen, we on
this side can look on with entire
equanimity. I hope, indeed that
they will succeed, for the American
people will not stand for that kind
of politics and it will mean the
election of Bryan, "surer than
fate."
Senator Stone of Missouri, talk
ing of the professed intentions ol
the Democrats to revise the tariff,
said today, "Did you notice how
Mr. Cannon treated those members
of the National Manufacturers'
Association who came to Washing
ton to ask Congress to appoint a
tariff commission? They came at
instance of Senator Beveridge.
They were all Republicans who
have enjoyed the benefits of pro
tection until they have got enough
and they want a little bit of the
tariff wall shaved off. And yet
Cannon treated them with con
tempt. Now what have we to ex
pect if the Republicans vin the
next election. Cannon will be
Speaker again and he will be just
as much of a stand patter as he is
today. The people have got to
elect a Democratic President if they
want tariff revision, just as they
did in 1902 This talk of Republi
can tariff revision is all a bluff."
Senator' Aldrich is driving his
financial bill through the Senate
with his usual skill. The Demo
crats are all opposed to it and many
of the Republicans are against it,
but they are afraid of Aldrich to a
man and the Democrats, who con
stitute only one third of the upper
house, are powerless to do any
thing without the help of the Re
publicans. The President has au
uounced that he favors the Aldrich
bill and when Aldrich an J the
President get together no Republi
can dares raise his voice in protest.
The anti-Bryan Democrats very
nearly executed a neat little coup
the other day. They proposed to
elect Rep. Ryan of Virginia to the
chairmanship of the Democratic
Congressional Committee. It was
a little scheme of Thos. F. Ryan 'of
New York, who is a distant cousin
of Rep. Ryan. Some of the mem
bers of the Senate learned of the
game Mr. Ryan of Interborough
Railway fame was putting up how
ever, and blocked it in the eleven
th hour.
It looks very much as if the
country was going to be burdened
with another and more than ever
infamous pension bill. This is a
Kidney Disease
Kills.
Thousands Never Suspect That
They Have It.
It It now generally admitted that disease of the
kidneys and bladder constitute the greatest source
of disease. Cura those aud wa remove the cause
of nearly all ailmenu of the Liver. Blood, Stomacb
and Bowels. But the approach of Kidney disease
I so sly and gradual that the first symptoms may
not be noticed. Sere are some of the most commoo
symptoms of this dangerous disease)
Discolored or dark urine, sometimes excessive
and ot pale color.
Jnusual desire to urinate, especially at night.
"Brick Diiat" deposit, sometunes containing
albumen and blood.
Swvlllng around eyes, ankle and abdomen.
Drowsiness and a constant tired feeling.
Pale, hot and dry skin.
Jain in the hack, headache, cramps In the legs.
Bowels constipated, digestion impaired.
Itheumatic puma in the Joints and muscles.
If yon have any of the above symptoms yonr kid
Mya need immediate attention, and Dr. David Ken.
nedy's Favorite Hemccly should be taken at once.
Do you know what will happen if you nenlect thesf
symptoms? liright's Disease, moat terrible, it
nearly alwaya the outcome. Dr. David Kennedy's
Favorite ltemedy tins cured thousands of kidney
disease, and we have the positive proof. It will cure
you. Send to Dr. David Kennedy's Hons, Rnndont,
M. Y., for a free sample bottle and medical booklet,
large bottles $1,00, at all druggist.
How Is Your Blood?
If you lnok .trrugth, nro nervous, bare
no nipctlti.', don't sleep well, Ret tlreil
enslly, your Mood Is in bad condition.
You cnr.hot bo strong without puro, rich
blood. Hood's fi(irfipnrllla makes good,
rich blood nnd keeps it good.
Dyspopsla "For glx months my ys
torn was mit cf order with dyspepsia and
impure blood. Spent lots of money in vain,
tint Hood's Snrsnparilla cured me. Jos. 8,
Zavba, Genoa, Neb. ,
Hnd No Appetite-"! was troubled
Vlth ilyspi'psla nnd bad no nrP
a fnlnt feeling after entlne. My
wn all run down, lut Hood's Kar
peure. 1 naa
v entistltntlon
Hrsnnarllla has
fully relieved mi'." Flokenci Stows,
relieved me. '
i-lllo. Wisconsin.
nnierv
Weakness-"! bless the dnyl heard of
flood's ."Krii'HrlllH. as it en red nieof extreme
weakness after vri built my liusliaiid up
after pnemnonln. ami cured eczema and
blood-poisoning In our children." Mrs. M.
A. Dkuworth, Dux 4, F.mhreeviUo, Fa.
1 Hood's Sarsnpnrnia Is sold everywhere.
In the usual liquid, or In tablet form called
Sarsatabs. 100 Poses One Dollar. Pre
pared only by O. I. TTood Co.. Lowell, Maw,
bill to pension every widow of every
man who served 90 days or longer
in the Civil War," and to raise the
pensions of all widows from $3 to
$t2 a month. Speaker Cannon is
back of the bill, which will cost the
country about $12,000,000 a year
in addition to the $151,000,000 it
is already spending for pensions,
but they say that Mr. Cannon
thinks it will help him to gain the
Republican presidential nomination
and as he does not have to pay the
bill he considers it cheap at the
price. Of course most of the real
widows of the veterans are dead
that is women who were the wives
of veterans during the war, but
this bill gives pensions to all that
host of young women, many of
them of not too envious reputa
tions, who have married old sol
diers many years their senior in
order to secure the old mens' pen
sions after their death.
Mr. Brvan has declared in favor
of the guarantee of all deposits in ' that any responsible worker falls
national banks, these to be secured int0 evc" occasional inebriety is
by a sort of insurance fund to be ' deemed caiiSe for his dismissal; the
accumulated by a tax on all depos- j intoxication which in the "good
its to be paid into the national old days" was not regarded as ser
treasury. The Democrats in both j iously marring the standing of a
houses of Congress favor this "gentleman" is now under the ban
scheme and an earnest effort will in &H decent society. Although
be made to add it as an amendment ' the national drink bill may still
to the Aldrich bill, but as the bank-' e a good deal too big, drunken-
ers are opposed to it.it will proba-
bly fail.
The Secretary of War has issued
a general order creating a Division
of Militia in the War Department.
This division will have charge of
all the relations of the militia to i
the regular army, such as joint
manceuvers, etc. It is to be in
charge of Colonel E. M. Weaver
who is known to many national
guardsmen as the officer who had
charge of the joint manceuvers
Ot
the militia and the Coast Deten.se
Artillery, last summer. Hitherto,
Colonel Weaver has been assistant
Chief of Artillery.
If Democrats quarrel often it
takes Republicans to quarrel bitter
ly. The spectacle of Senator For
aker denouncing.the President, of a
Republican Representative denoun
cing Mr. Foraker and of the Presi
dent putting the Senator from Ohio
in the already over-crowded Ana
uias Club are distinctly Republican
and are typical of the brotherly
love which at present characterizes
the Republican party.
Bloomsburg Souvenir Books, 48
half tone pictures, 35 cents, at the
Columbian office. tf.
Nobody Wants it.
Office or Prothonotarf in Schuylkill County
Goat Begging.
No candidate has filed a petition
on either ticket for the nomination
tor the office of prothonotary in
Schuylkill county and nobody
seems to want the office on account
of the meager compensation con
nected with it. The naturalization
law, recently passed by congres,
has cut the fees of the office almost
in half and after paying the two
deputies needed to conduct the of
fice the next prothonotary will have
less than $3,000 a year for himself.
As it costs as much to campaign for
this office as auy other county job,
the candidates are evidently scared
off.
O-A.SI'On.T.A..
Bean the e Vi Haw Always Bouht
V
' 1 What Liquor Costs.
Thtro Was An Increased Consumption ol
Beer and Spirits in 1907.
The saying that figures can't lie
is so familiar as to be trite togeth
er with its corollary that liars can
figure. It is, however, manifest
that false deductions may be reach
ed by glancing superficially even at
figures which are authentic. Thus
the statement is put out by the
Federal Commission of Internal
Revenue showing that during the
past fiscal year the American peo- j
pie consume 160,000,000 more gal
lons of beer than in any preceding :
twelve months, and that their pur-1
chases of distilled spirits were also
larger by more than seven million
gallons than for the year ending
June 30, 1905. The first and most
natural thought suggested by this
showing is that drunkenness must
be on the increase. Yet as a mat
ter of plain facts, nearly all intelli-;
gent observers will agree that the j
contrary is the case. It is always
to be remembered that the popula
tion of the United States is rapidly
growing especially since we have
acquired the habit ot taking within
our gates a million or so immi
grants yearly. That alone would
account largely for the reported in
crease in the consumption of moder
ately or strongly alcholic beverag
es. But without attempting to
minimize the evils wrought by the
excessive use of intoxicants, it is
obvious that the so-called 4'temper-
ance question" is being gradually
and on the whole effectually, dealt
with by public sentiment. Total
abstinence on the part of their em
ployes is now required by numer
ous railroad corporations; in most
forms of business the knowledge
"ess is assuredly tar less prevalent
than it was even
tion ago.
a single genera-
Facts of Interest
A recent visit of continental royalty
to London cost Klne Edward 250.00O,
A i,t, n,raa. t ti. i.
wears the tallest hat in Bristol," lms
bten correctly delivered In that Fng
lish city.
It Is estimated that the Kalllrs in the
ilintiinnil mtiipii nt. If IihIiui'Iul' Mfuith
Africa, steul 11. 350.000 worth of dla.
raonds in a year.
As a result of recent accidents to va
rious uuvles the British warships will
have their magazines colled with re
fri' eruting machinery.
The rice flour cracker of China la by
fur the whitest biscuit product in the
world. In comparison with it the
whitest American biscuit loojia dingy.
Uerr Mauser haa invent! what he
oouaiders an improvement on his well
known rifle by which it reloads itself
automatically from a cartridge cham
ber. A portable army outfit for water
sterilizing waa turned over to the Unit
ed States government In August. It
ha a capacity under test of 400 gallons
of water per hour.
It la estimated that there are 2,500,
000 dogs iu Great Britain.
The output of all the vineyards of
the world is estimated to be 3,554,416,.
000 gallons.
Mexicans resemble the Japanese iu
that the vast majority of them eat no
butter of auy kind.
Auuie Louis Cary, the greatest of
American contraltos duriug her opera
tic career, has just paused the sixty
fifth anniversary of her birthday.
The second of Its kind In the coun
try is the picturesque temple of wor
ship which 7,000 Greeks at Lowell,
Mass., have built, It being a 1100,000
structure with a brilliant golden dome
and two golden turrets.
That the St. Louis balloon carnival
aud recent demonstrations abroad have
shown that dirigible balloons are indis
pensable to the army is the belief of
Major Edgar Russell, temporarily iti
charge of the Signal Corps. It is said
that for this reason Secretary Tart's re
port will ask Congress to appropriate a
substantial sum for beginning the con
struction of the United States' aerial
fleet.
MODEL
WSVSPENL11RS
SENSIBLE. USEFUL GIFTS tortte HOLIDAYS
Attractively racked la Handsome- tnttMa Fair Boxta
Iter Mtaii ara aa4 baiter nbbar tfcM enr othsr mk. b.v. rold-rlt no'mrt!nf
tal parti Ht Mraf r Ik. Moaol .Ml tkroaii. Til n.w bftk
tree ttmm pwmt ue a4 oufort m euiUf whal po.lUon the body miiuu
THEY OUTWEAI TRICI OIDINAIY RINDS. WHICH MEANS
THBEB TIMES HE SE1VICB OF USUAL do CENT SORTS
The MOST COMFOMTJtBLK reader mad for mmm, roatb or key
la Uikl. Bmtj er Iitn Hmtj Walfhto, lit. Long die titn OurU
mmkm Uazpaaalv Jilta avary aaa, yaath or boy will dUaijr raoatvo
BEWES & POTTER. Dapt. , 87 Llacala Straal, Boaloa, Maas.
Oar uM ju Doe lnuia Can in Cue mtUtt for 10a. aortata. forlraaMn
baaklai. ttlila. ot Bw to PiaM UariaaUf. ' ' trae II fua auatiua Ibla paUleHloa
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Does a Cat Bring Bad Luck?
There is no locality in the world
which is above attaching some sup
erstition to the poor old cat. Man,
whatever his color or creed or con
dition, seems unable to preven
himself from believing that the fe
line is a lucky or unlucky object
l nese superstitions go back as
far as history. In Egypt, for in
stance, even in its remotest days
the cat was an object of veneration
Temples were erected to it and sac
rifices made in its honor. When
the household cat died every mem
ber ot the nouieliold was required
to shave off his or her eyebrows.
For thousands of years this idoli
zation of the feline continued. Kv
en at the time of the invasion o
the Version King, Cambyses, it is
related that the victory was won
by him in his various battles be
cause ins solaiers drove cats 111
front of them. The Egyptians
fearful of harming the animals
practically ran away.
In modern times, while there is
nothing akin to worship, there are
some very curious ideas as to the
influence the cat casts upon affairs
ot the human lite.
In Massachusetts it "brings good
luck" to throw a dead black cat
over the left shoulder and turn
arouud twice.
In Alabama the. spirit of an old
maid after death takes possession
ot some black cat. In the same
Stale to cut off the end of a black
cat's tail and bury it under the
doorstep is to keep sickness out of
the family.
In Iowa is found the superstition
that if a farmer kills a cat some of
bis stock will die.
In Canada, Michigan and eastern
Kansas a cat of three colors brings
luck and iu the last named place is
regarded as a protection again
fires. A "smutty" nosed cat brings
wealth to its owner.
"Up in Maine" it means poverty
to own a white cat.
In Ohio, if a neighbor's cat com
es listening 'around your house it
means news-carrying and you may
know that the neighbors are gossip
tng about you.
In Labrador it means visitors
when the cat scratches the door
post.
The cat also runs a weather bu
reau. t
A cat "bawling" is a sign of
rain in Newfoundland..
A cat eating grass indicates rain
in Maine, Michigan and Massachu
setts.
In Alabama a cat washing its
face means rain. In New England
this statement is limited to ablu
tions ou the part of the cat before
I breakfast or in the parlor.
I That putting a coal black cat un
J a
aer a ousnei measure wnen it is
raining win make the ram stop is
a belief entertained iu Maryland.
It is a general belief that a cat
should never be left alone with a
sleeping child, as the cat "may
suck the child s breath."
In Ohio is found the belief that
playing with a cat will make a child
stupid.
In New England it is regarded
as unsafe to have a cat in the room
during a thunderstorm.
in Maine it is believed that in
the tip of every cat's tail are three
hairs of the devil which accounts
for the cat's disposition to prowl.
Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Fills relievo pnla
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
gttat of Ala Yorki, tetaaf.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, appointed an Auditor by the Or
pnans touri ot uoiumDia county, on
exceptions to the second and final ac
count of Asa Yorks. late of said county,
deceased; and also to triake distribution
of the estate in the hands of his Execu
tors, will sit to perform the duties of his
appointment, at his office in the town of
Bloomsburg, on Thursday, February
aom, 190s. ac 10 o ciocic in the forenoon,
when and where all persons having
claims against the estate, or interest
therein, must appear and present the
same, or be forever debarred from com
ing in on the said fund.
JOHN G. FREEZE,
Auditor,
Fred Heeler, Att'y for Executors.
A. L. Fritz for the Heirs.
Wm. Chnsman for Exceptions. 1-16-ta
JERSEYS
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We have just placed on sale the
most complete assortment of
New White Dress Materials we
have ever shown all the new
Plaids, Stripes and Fancy Weaves
from 12J cents to 75 cents a yard.
Early buyers are invited to in
spect this stock before making-purchases.
a"" y X.a sueecs
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' Also F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chkwino Tobacco.
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IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
Carpets, Rugs, Hatting and
Draperies, Oil Cloth and
Window Curtains
You Will Find a Nice Line at
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WHY WE LAUGH.
"A Little Nonsense Now and Then,
Js Relished by the Wisest Men."
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Sis Hopkins' Hon., $1.00 a year
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W. L. Douglas
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are worn by more men
than any other shoes
made.'.
Come in and let us
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BLOOMSB VRG, PA.
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tat ions at the Columbian office, tf
SHOWING OF WHITE GOODS
eon to
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mpany
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Our Pianos
are the leaders. Our lines in
elude the following makes : I
Chas. M. Stieff,
Henry P. Miller,
Brewer & Pryor, Kohler &
Campbell, and Radel.
IN ORGANS we handle the
Estey, Miller.H.Lehr & Co.
AND BOWLBY.
This Store has the agency Jor
SINGER HIGH ARM SE IV.
ING MACHINES and
VICTOR TALKING
MACHINES.
WASH MACHINES
Helby, 1900, Queen, Key
stone, Majestic'
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Music Rooms No. 105 West Main
Street, Below Market.
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