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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURCi, Pa.
STRONGEST BANK
Capital
8100,000
Undivided Profits
$30,000
First National Bank,
Solicits the Business and Accounts of Farmers
and Business Men.
SATISFACTION GUAUANTKKI) 15Y A STKONU, CONSERVATIVE
AN I) SAFE MANAGKM ENT.
Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
OFFICERS:
E. W. M.Low, rreident.
Jatuea M. Staver, Vice President.
DI RECTO RS:
E. W. M. Low. F. O. Yorks, S. C. Creasy. Fred I kcler,
H. V. Hower limit's M. Stavor, Myron I. Low, Louis Gross,
M. E Staekhotise. Frank Ikeler,
THE COLUMBIAN.
F.STAlU.tSM! .! tS66.
THE COLUMBIA CtMOCRAT,
Established 1837. Consoi.idai ei i Sf 9
PUBI.ISIIKIi EVERY Till R-HAY MokMNO,
At Bloomsburg, the County Scat
Columbia County , Pennsylvania.
CEO. E. EI.W:;i.L. Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN. 1' or lw an
Tkrmm In. Hid c . he county 1. 00 a year
In advance; $1,501 f not paid in advance.
Outside tie county, 1 1. 25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
All communication should beaddressed
THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsbur, Ta
THl'llSDA V, JUNE M, 11)08.
Democratic County Ticket.
FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
JOHN G. McHENY,
of Benton.
FOR MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE,
WM. T. CREASY,
of Catawissa,
FOR PROTHONOTARY,
FREEZE QUICK,
of Bloonisburj.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
FRANK V. MILLER,
ot Bloouisburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JOHN MOUREY,
of Roaring Creek Township.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
CHARLES L. POHE,
of Catawissa.
JERRY A. HESS,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
CLYDE L. HIRLEMAN,
of Benton Borough,
(Second Term.)
HARRY CREASY,
of Blooms ourg.
(Second Term )
WHAT THE 4th COSTS ANNUALLY
Some Statistics About tho Big Price a Sane
People Pay for Their Celebration.
The fitting celebration of Inde
pendence Day, is a question on
which patriotic Americans are sep
arated in two widely divergent par
ties, one claiming that it ought to
be observed as noisily as possible,
the other believing that our nation
al birthday is too glorious an occas
ion to be marred by din and disor
der. Of course we know that even
among those who favor a boisterous
observance there ore many who
cannot tolerate it themselves, and
escape to the country in order to
avoid the tortures of the "awful
Fourth" just as we know that a
large proportion of the noisemakers
including the small boy, too, is
heedless, if not ignorant, of all that
our holiday stands tor, and thinks
of it only as a time when clamor
may reign unrestrained. The fig
ures which indicate the price that
we pay for each of cur yearly cele
brations are so apalling that one
would suppose a knowledge of them
would be the most powerful deter
rent to our annual massacre. This,
unfortunately, is not the case. For
the past five years the Journal of
the American Medical Association
has endeavored to collect statistics
setting forth what the celebration
of the Fourth costs in life and hu
man usefulness; and although these
are admittedly incomplete compil
ed, as they are, almost entirely
from newspaper reports instead of
from records of hospitals, dispensa
ries and physicians they form the
giavest posible arraignment of the
recklessness which is willing to pay
such a price for a "jolly day "
They show that during the celebra
tion of five natioual birthdays, from
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
8150,000.
Myron I. Low, Vice President.
Flunk Ikeler, Cashier.
1003 to 1907 inclusive, 1,153 per
son were killed and 22,520 were
injured. Of the injured eighty
suffered total and 389 partial blind
ness: 380 persons lost arms, legs or
hands, and 1,670 lost one or more
fingers. But these figures, startling
as tl ey are, convey only a faint
idea of the suffering, both physical
and mental, which went to swell
the total cost of these five holidays.
In this we must also include the'
weeks and olten months of anguish
of the injured, the suspense of en
tire families while the fate of some
loved one hung in the balance, the
horror of a future of sightless years,
the pinching poverty now the lot
of many because of the death or
maiming of the bread-winner.
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Vi: Miles' Antl-Tuln Pills relievo pnln.
Woman's Home Companion for July.
The current issue of Woman's
Home Companion has a Fourth of
July cover by James Montgomery
Flagg which is attracting a deal of
attention. This is a Fourth of July
number, with many bright stories
not at all too heavy for mid-summer
reading. "The Runaway," "Dear
Amaryllis," "The Garden of For
gotten Kings," "Sowing Seeds in
Danny," give some idea of their
titles and the stories themselves
are just as charming as the titles
indicate.
Edward everett Hale makes a
strong plea for Americans to travel
in America and visit at least a few
of the wonderful places that exist
in our own couutry, which most of
us have never seen. Mrs. Sangster
writes on the American woman aud
the simple life, asserting that they
are getting much too far apart.
"People Who Shop," told by one
behind the counter, will make ev
ery woman who reads it much more
considerate of the poor shop girl
from whom she buys her laces and
silks and ribbons.
The so-called "Emmanuel Move
ment," which was started in Em
manuel Church, Boston, has been
so successful that it is being taken
up by churches in other cities.
The Rev. Dr. Robert MacDonald,
a Brooklyn pastor who has adopted
the Emmanuel method of treating
at his church nervous aud other
kindred diseases, tells just what the
Emmanuel Movement is and what
it hopes to accomplish. "
Mrs. Anna Steese Richardson ex
plains what a "welfare secretary"
does in a big department store,
showing how much help the right
sort of woman can be to the hun
dreds of girl clerks who labor day
in and day out behind the counter.
The mid-summer fashions are de
scribed and illustrated by Grace
Margaret Gould, and Fannie Mer
ritt Farmer, America's greatest
teacher ol cookery, tells how to get
satisfactory meals when far away
from market. There are other good
things, too, that will interest many
women of many tastes.
My Hair
Ran Away
Don't have a falling out with
your hair. It might leave you!
Then what? That would mean
thin, scraggly, uneven, rough
hair. Keep your hair at home!
Fasten it tightly to your scalp!
You can easily do it with Ayer's
Hair Vigor. It is something
more than a simple hair dress
ing. It is a hair medicine, a
hair tonic, a hair food.
The best kind of a testimonial
"Sold lor over sixty years
Aloo uinauruotururs of
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WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correnpondent.
Washington, D. C, June 22, 1908.
Washington vacated the centre 1
of the official stage in favor of Chi-1
cago last week, with Denver still
ahead as the centre of political ac
tivities. Most of the officials high
up in administration circles who
did not go to the convention are
gradually departing for their vari
ous summer homes. President
Roosevelt left on Saturday last for
Oyster Bay, but Secretary Taft has
not yet completed his plans for the
summer and it is not known just
when he will be able to get. away
from the city. It is known, of
course, -that he now expects to go
to his home in Cincinnati some
lime in July.
V
Complaints come from Chicago
that the national convention was
"dull," and a prominent member
of the national committee is report
ed as saying that national conven
tions have lost their interest. Too
much is predetermined, he laments,
the voters having taken the nomi
nation of a President into their
own hands and left only the minor
details of the gathering to be work
ed out by the leaders.
Secretary Straus of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor and
Commissioner General Sergeant at
tended a conference at Ellis Island
last week of commissioners at At
lantic ports where immigrants are
landed. A specific understanding
was reached in the diagnosing of
infections diseases to obviate oppor
tunity for aliens refused admission
at one port to enter at another, a
scheme which had been possible by
a slight difference in the medical
examination at the various ports.
It is expected that early in Aug
ust, at Fort Myer, Virginia, just
over the Potomac from Washington
tests will be begun of dirigible bal
loons and airships by the United
States in connection with the work
of the signal corps of the army.
Contracts have been let for two
"heavier than air" machines and
one dirigible balloon, from which
army officers expect to obtain re
sults ol great importance.
President Roosevelt, in conjunc
tion with Gilford Pinchot, has tak
en stens to complete the organiza
tion of the national conservation
commission last week. Already
work has begun in the collection of
information upon which the pre
liminary report of the commission
will be based in January next.
Officials in Washington realize
that the political situation in Cuba
is serious, but they place no cre
dence whatever in the reports that
the foreign element there is foment
ing a revolution for, the purpose of
compelling the United States to
maintain, an army 111 Cuba beyond
February 1 next, which is the date
set by P:esident Roosevelt for the
evacuation of the island Secretary
Taft stated, last week, that no re
ports of a revolutionary movement
had been received from Governor
Magoon. The municipal provincial
elections have been set for August
1 next, and while the electiou may
be attended by disorders in some
parts of the island, there is little
likelihood that there will be any
serious trouble.
The information has leaked out
recently from one who got it from
a member of the Bryan family di
rect, that Mrs. William J. Bryan
has confided to her husband her
choice for the Vice Presidency on
the Democratic ticket, and it is
none o her than Woodrow Wilson,
president of Princeton University.
It is said that Mr. Bryan agrees
with his wife and that he declared
privately he would like nothing
better than to have the distinguish
ed educator and historian for a run
ning mate. According to this same
authority, the. original choice of
Mr. Bryan 'was Brand Whitlock,
the Socialist-Democratic mayor of
Toledo, but the energetic young
n:ayor declined the honor on the
ground that there was plenty of
time yet for him to get into nation
al politics. It seems that Mrs. Bry
an is not only a great admirer of
the historical writings of Woodrow
Wilson, but his success in the edu
cational woild appeals to her. Mr.
Bryan, so the story goes, has al
ways consulted his wife as to every
move he has made, and while he
has uot always followed her advice,
he is said often to have wished that
he had. He regards this preference
for Woodrow Wilson as about the
wisest suggestion she has yet made.
Bwrttbe ,lli8Kii)d Vou Have Always Bought
President Wilson has not been con
sulted on the subject.
Almost an unanimous opinion
prevails among local bankers, busi
ness men and clergymen as well as
representative Washingtonians that
it would be advisable to abolish the
present form ot government in the
District of Columbia, and substi
tute a single commissioner or gov
ernor on whom should centre all
responsibility and administrative
authority. Many contend that the
present triple-headed form of gov
ernment is unwieldy, and necessar
ily imposes on the people conditions
which could not exist were the re
sponsibility of administering local
affairs invested in one executive.
Lippincott's Still Forging Ahead.
Though not so well known as a
novelist as her talented sister-in
law, Mrs. John Van Vorst has done
some work in this line which has
elicited high praise. What is prob
ably her greatest novel is published
complete in the July Lippsntotfs
under ihe title ' Second Quality."
The leading character is a middle
aged American who has been so
busy amassing millions that he has
found no time to cultivate friends.
When he finally decides to give up
active business life, he goes abroad,
where his loneliness palls upon him
To his delight he soon makes the
acquaintance of a number of people
whom he believes to be members of
the innermost social circles. The
list includes a princess and several
other titled personages, but some
how they do not "ring true" to the
bluff, simple-hearted American, and
in the end he is forced to acknowl
edge that after all they are "second
quality." But all is not glitter and
sham in his experiences, for there
is a pretty love story woven through
the plot. Mrs. Van Vorst is iamil
iar with Nice, Monte Carlo, and
the other places she describes, so
she is enabled to give the reader a
most interesting and convincing
picture of them. Dorothea Deak
in, Will Leviugton Comfort, Clif
ford Howard, Caroline Lockhart,
Karl von Kraft, and others contrib
ute short stories, and there are a
number of excellent special articles
as well. Another feature, and not
the least popular one, is "Walnuts
aud Wine." There are few who
haven't heard of "Walnuts and
Wins," even among those who do
not read Lififiincot? s reulnrlv. for
. o -j - -
it is probably the most widely quot
ed humorous section published in
America.
THE DEMON SNUFF.
Couthern Papers Have Taken Up the
Cudgel Against It.
The Jackson News has taken up the
cr.cijfpls against the use of snuff net
tho uld time method of taking a pinch
by the nostrils, but the dipping of
feotch snuff, which was formerly quite
common In certain section of Missis
sippi and other Southern States and
which Is still practiced to an extent
which one would scarcely believe ex
cept for the statistics on the sale of
Scotch snuff in those States.
Strange enough, the ni,'ht at;n!nst
the snuff habit in Mississippi was start,
cd by Ihe barbers' union of JackBon
tri;l ii -is been taken up by other labor
organizations. Why the barbei-3
s'lfiuld be so particularly opposed to
the snuff habit is not clear, except
t':t a man with his under lip loaded
v I'h. ?bout three drachms of the pow-i'-v
vi''U explode In a sneeze und put
the ba.-ber'H eyes out.
Other lu'xir organizations have taK
' -1 -!u do i.-nhject and are backing tin;
?T.??.'3 rnd tho barbers In their efforts
! 1 -'i-t (iM.vn tho demon snuff. Tho
.Tpc 11 News says that no movement
.-'itt '.l It: that U;tte in recent year:)
to havrt met with such hearty
vtnuo.. !n many places in the
i f'.ibs are beini; organized for
e vnrposr of pushing on the work.
'.o'. "ra of tiie Legislature are re
' ' ! '? iett-rs from their constituent
v v-',T.-d to the matter, and by the
'. lh legislature meets in Jan-.-r"
i"il Me sentiment in the State
' 1 !.:-." b.-M'n s') c-yrtallzel that
v.-'' no trouble in. securities
:...) lie '1 d
;!il:ition.
W.ix Producing Insects.
Am Interesting KU'les of wax-pro-'.ic!:u;
insects 1'iom India, China anl
'. o ' Vro has been placed in the
tlti.h Natural History Mu.sotn.i at
:!: Kensington. From the wr
:.ips of one :erft8 of these little
: '-.lures found in profusion on t!ii
: r'.i of fig and oth'-r trcs a ninn-
ov f)f articles of euiiitnerel.-il vuliie
r produced. Among thesi are seal.
u:, shellac, seedinc and '..niter-
.c. specimens of which ar; ex'.ilii? .1
t the museum side by sidu with tin
';x In ita original form.
Before that cough turns into a serious throat or
l&ywts
It has proved
Ail.
SUBSTANTIAL
Lowering of Suit Prices!
Today we commence a period of Suit Selling destined
to be the best in the department's history. To get quickly
to the bottom of the matter, these few facts arc told.
Within a very short time the space occupied by these suits
will be taken for advance summer garments. This low
price method is taken to get what Spring Suits remain out
in time to accommodate the new arrivals.
The following prices will prove interesting to the
woman who has yet to purchase her Spring Suit.
310.00 SUITS YOl 7.50.
Latest styles stripes and plain colors. Sale Price $7.50.
$12.00 SUITS FOR 9.98.
P.lue and brown, self striped Panama, Prince Chap Style.
Sale Price S9.98.
11.00 SUITS FOR 10.00.
Worsteds and self stripe Panama, Prince Chap and Cuta
way style. Sale Price 10.00.
l7.o() SUITS FOR lo.50.
Excellent quality of Chiffon Panama, blues, browns and
black. Jacket 27 inches, J fitting back with dip front.worth
$20.00. Sizes 14 to 40. Sale Price $15.50.
$18.00 iind 20.00 SUITS FOR 12.98.
Sizes 14 to 36 ev ry suit a new creation.
22.50 and 23.00 SUITS FOR 10.00
Elegant materials and tailorings blues, brown and
greens. Many of the best models. Sale Price $16.00.
25.00 SUITS FOR 17.50.
Excellent assortment, most all sizes in this lot. Uest
styles included. High grade handsome materials.
32.00 and 35.00 SUITS FOR 25.00.
The newest creations. Some of them copies of fine im
ported models, fine quality of fabrics good color variety.
Sale Price $25.00.
F P.
BLOOMSBURG,
We Have Ten Styles of
Envelopes and Paper to Match
FOR
Invitations, Acceptances, Regrets,
Announcements, &c.
Full size Wedding with two Envelopes, down to
Billet-doux size with Card to Fit.
Twenty-Four Styles of Type
FOR CARDS AND INVITATIONS.
We Do All Kinds of Printing
Columbian Printing House,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Expectorant
its real value during 75
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