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1' .. V.M. Low, President.
Jurnos M.Staver, Vice President
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K. YV. M. Low.
II. V. Hinvr
M. K Stat
K. O. Yorks,
lame M. Shiver,
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THL'KSDAV. NOVEMBER Sit,
No Mystery at All.
Mr. Bryan declares in his nevs
paper, 1 lie Commoner, that the
causes of his defeat are mysterious,
lie believes that the splendid plat
form adopted by the Denver con
vention ought to have commanded
sufficient support of the American
electorate to have carried our party
to assured victory. Unquestionably
that is true. The workingnieu of
the country ought to have been
practically, a unit for the Denver
nVket. The victims of the tariff
cry, and they constitute a vast
ii rity of the people, ought to
c been equally earnest and quite
. unanimous for the Democratic
'..t. But the result disappoint
. . these expectations.
There is r.o mystery about the
matter, however. The Democrats
carried Ohio for the principles ex
pressed in the Denver platform in
the election of Judson Harman for
Governor. They expressed their
confidence in and fidelity to those
principles in Minnesota through
the election of Johnson to the of
fice of Governor. They carried In
diana for Democratic principles in
the election ot their candidate for
Governor and a majority of the
General Assembly. They proved
that the principles are stronger
than the candidate in every State
in the Union except one. As a
matter of fact it was the Democrat
ic candidate and not Democratic
principles that was defeated.
Mr, Bryan ought not t3 have
been nominated as the candidate of
the party this year. He must have
known that the people are not will
ing to put him in the presidential
office and in consenting to, if not
actually directing the undemocratic
treatment of the rightfully chosen
delegates to the Denver convention
from Pennsylvania, he revealed an
unfitness for the office which proba
bly influenced the votes of thou
sands against him. In view of these
things there is no mystery about
the result of the election. It simp
ly expressed the determination of
the people to take no chances with
Mr. Bryan in the office of Presi
dent. Bellefonte Watchman.
Roosevelt Will Be Leader in New
York.
The Brooklyn Eagle says:
It is now clearly understood by
those in closest touch with Presi
dent Roosevelt that the President
will not consider any office or other
public employment until the close
of Chauncey M. Depew's term as
Senator. If the President remains
in his present state of mind it is
understood that he will be a candi
date for the Senate at that time.
In the meantime, beginning on
March 5, 1909, Mr. Roosevelt will
be the Republican leader of New
York State. He is of the opinion
that Republican affairs in the Em
pire State are in need of thorough
reorganization and he will carry
out his own ideas regarding this re
organization. That Roosevelt as the new State
leader, will have the eutire confi
dence and co-operation of President
Taft is conceded. All applicants
for federal patronage will require
the Roosevelt "O. K." for success.
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
$150,000.
Paid on Time Deposits.
K U H :
Mynm I.
IjOW, VICC President.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier,
TO It Si
8. C. (Vim. v. Fred Ikeler,
Myron I. Low, LouIh dross,
Krank I keler,
Personnel of the New House.
01 the 207 Representative Mora Than
Hundred Are Inexperienced ai
lawmaker!.
Of the -.207 members of the Penn
sylvania Iiouse of Representatives,
who will take the oath of office on
January 4, in will be new mem
bers, all but a dozen or so of whom
are without previous experience as
S.ate lawmakers. It will le a
"new" House in the language of
men who follow legislative -sions,
but it is prubaMo that the reins of
leadership v ill l e held by the men
who have come here "year after
year.
The 207 rcpresentaiives will be
divided between 173 Republicans,
two of w hom are of the pronounced
nklepenr.cnt type, and 34 Demo
crats. The last House had 150
Republicans and 49 Democrats,
with 1 out-and-out independent.
Tin; xkw ju.oon.
Among 1 he new members are Dr.
James A. Dale, ot York, who was
a fish commissioner under Govern
or Hastings; George K. Alter, a
Pittsburg lawyer; Robert Grey
Hushong. member of a well knowu
iron family in Reading; Isaac Cly
mer, who has been prominent iu
Bucks c-unty; Wilson C. Campbell,
of Maucb Chunk, who succeeds
James I. Plakeslee, the lunmaker
of the last House, and who has the
distinction of being a Republican
iu a county which is generally
Democratic; S. G. Foster, well
known business man of Fraukliu.
Some of the others are Samuel
R. Hamilton, former County Com
missioner of Clearfield; Oliver E.
Leh, manufacturer of Egypt, the
Lehigh county cement town; Fred
H. Horlacher, the Allentown brew
er; Daniel L. Kesiter, member of
Harrisburg's Select Council; Char
les C. Cumbler, owner of large
quarries in Highspire; Robert Wal
lace, a well-known attorney of
Newcastle: J. Gundy Wolfe, elect
ed by just two votes in Union
County; William S. Montgomery,
of Muucy, former deputy internal
revenue collector in Lycoming
County; William Stuart Reyburu,
son of Philadelphia's Mayor, and
William S Tunis, the Harrisburg
representative on the Tri-State
Baseball League.
SOME FAMILIAR NAMES.
The list of former members who
return to legislative halls is headed
by Henry Gransback, Senator in
the sessions from 1901 to 1906 and.
a member of the House from 1894
to 1900. Another old-timer is John
F. Cox, of Homestead, who served
away back in the 8o's and who is
mentioned for Speaker.
Other former members of the
House are John R. K. Scott, who
sat for a Philadelphia district iu
1903; Daniel J. Shearn, author of
the Shearn bill and a member of
the sessions in 1903, 1905 and 1906,
and Samuel W. Salus, who gave
his name to make up the famous
libel law in the sessions of 1903.
Another is John E. Puhl, of
Philadelphia, who was a member
in the same sessions as Shearn. D.
W. Grabill, of Lancaster Couaty,
who was a member of the Commit
tee on Education in 1903, also com
es back.
Visiting cards and Wedding invi
tations at the Columbian office, tf
Pennsylvania is honored by the
promotion of Rear Admiral Casper
Frederick Goodrich to the position
in the navy made vacant by the
retirement of "Fighting Bob"
Evans. Goodrich is now the senior
rear admiral and ranks next to
Admiral Dewey. He participated
in part of the Civil war, and was a
midshipman when only 14 years
old. He did excellent service dur
ing the Spanish-American war.
OADTOniA.
Bui Ui Knl to" Hf,v lwai" Bought
WASHINGTON
From out Keuulnr Coireipondenl.
Washington, 1). C, Nov. 23, 1908
The much heralded, discussed
and criticised dinner to labor lead
ers given Rt the White House bv
the President has been at comp'.ish
ed with vague and indefinite re
sults, except in so far as relates t
the consumption of the ample pro
vision prepared by the White
House cooks. Those labor leader s
who have been most eonsp cuous
on the stump and in the press were
not present though a large number
of influential and lesser lights were
there. Two members of the Su
preme Court were at the dinner and
two cabinet ministers and these
with the President and labor lead
ers composed the party. There was
no formal discussion during the re
past, but after dinner there was an
adjournment to the Red Room
when labor subjects, the nnti-in-juiutiou
bill, the Sherman bill and
the employers liability :ill, were
discussed and when the President,
without committing himself beyond
recovery, was supposed to have in
titnntd that he would make recom
mendations to Cciurr.ss in his an
nual me-sige. Tlrs the President
has done otten heretofore and nny
without hazard doagiin. but Uncle
Joe. who presumably has not re
laxed in his opposition to the anti-
injunct'ori bill, will b.' there to op
pose any measure to this end, and
it is anticipated that he will be
elected Speaker of the 6 is; Cou
ntess after President Roosevelt has
kit the White House. The com
ing president is, of course, commit
ted to the Rooseveltian policies and
his recent annunciations irr numer
ous speeches have defined his posi
tion on labor and cognate questions
even more clearly than has Presi
dent Roosevelt spoken on the same
subjects.
A11 event of apparently insignifi
cant importance has been discussed
with considerable interest bv the
ni(f limit s during the week. Will-1
iam Randolph Hearst, at one time j
the candidate for the Democratic
nomination fr the presidency and j
- . 1 . 1. . . r . . I
uioie icecnuy me promoter 01 Hie I
so-called independent party, le
tween wh;m and the President
there has been no love lost, called
this week at the White House for
the first time in his somewhat me
teoric life. It is said that Mr.
Hearst received a telepathic mes
sage from the White House that
the President was "dee-lighted"'
with Hearst's helpfulness in the
late campaign and well he might
be, for if the political candle of Mr.
Foraker has been snuffed, the cred
it or the blame is due Mr. Hearst.
There has been much speculation
to what Mr. Hearst said to Mr.
Roosevelt or Mr. Roosevelt to Mr.
Hearst on this visit, but nothing
can be learued as to the conversa
tion. It Is hinted that this first
interview was merely an ice break
er and that it marks the beginning
of more friendly relations between
these hitherto bitter adversaries.
As might be expected during the
sittings of the tariff revision com
mission, there is much talk about
tariff revision and as the volume of
the testimony grows, the muddle
increases. Democrats, like Repub
licans, are quite willing to admit,
free of tax, everything in the next
county. The wool growers and
rice planters of Texas, the sugar
planters of Louisiana, the iron
factors of Alabama, the coal kiugs
of Georgia and the saw mill hust
lers of North Carolina all want
protection. On the other hand,
the shoe makers of Massuchusetts
want free hides from South Ameri
ca, and a high tariff on boots and
shoes aud all leather goods, while
the cattle kings and feeders in Mon
tana, Wyoming, Iowa, Kansas and
Nebraska want a high tariff on
hides and no tariff on boots and
shoes aud leather goods It is pro
bable that the discussion of the
tariff will begin in Congress early
in December, but what's the use?
The passage through both houses
of Congress by March the fourth,
of a bill in which there are so many
conflicting interests, is out of the
question. The general routine
business of Congress can be accom
plished only by diligence in the
three short months broken by the
Christmas holidays, which consti-
The Doctor's First Question
"How are your bowels?" This is generally the first ques
tion the doctor asks. He knows what a sluggish liver
means. He knows what a long list of distressing com
plaints result from constipation. He knows that headaches,
bilious attacks, indigestion, impure blood, and general
debility are often promptly relieved by a good liver pill.
We wish you would talk with your own doctor about
this subject. Ask him at the same time if he approves
of Ayer's Pills. Do as he says. C. A mt Co. , LowellJfcZ
utes the short session of Congres?
There is a convention of college
presidents in Washington this
week- holding its sessions in the
audience room of the Shorchain
Hotel. Mny distinguished prcsi
dents of colleger and state utner
sities are present. President James
ot tlie University ot Illinois, ns
spokesman for a bill now pending
ii' Congress to provide .1 university
in Washington supported by the
federal government, read a paper
which created universal interest and
apparently received the suppoit of
all the distinguished educators pre
S"iit. The purpose 01 the proposed
university is to provide for the
higher instructi n and training of
men and women for posts of tmpr-
tance and responsibility in the pub
lie service of the federal govern
ment, or of the states, and for such
professions as may require the
highest training. This bill, which
was presented at the last session of
Congress, provides for an appro
priatiou of ;oo,ooo with which to
establli the initial equipment of
the University. It is said that
m tny of the University presidents
now a seinbled Here will uive the
bill t".ir personal attention and
urge its passage at the coming ses
sion of Congress.
1
The Christmas Liputoott'e.
With the approach of Christmas
cveryootiy ongiit to he in a joyous
ni'joa, even 11 evervoo iy isn t, so
let us away with gloom and melan
choly, and have ab .nit us only
reading matter that is cheerful in
tniie and atuue with the holiday
season. The December I.ippinott's
provides just the sort of entertain
ment to put you iu good humor.
The complete novel is a humorous
mystery story entitled "Seven
Days," by Mary Robert Rinehart,
who.ke book "The Circular Stair
case" now ranks as one of the sea
son's "best sellers " Mrs. Rinehart
hWs chosen for the theme of her
latest story the mishaps and adven
tures of a number of society folk-
and a few others-who suddenly
find themselves quarantined, owing
to the illness of a servant, in a
house where the society folk have
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Kouc iu unie. ouiuc ui ine toipil
to dine. Some of the
cation. are due to the presence of a
young couple who have been divor
ced but are still in love with each
other; the ex-husband's spinster
aunt, who has a horror of divorce
and is unaware of the rift in their
matrimonial lute; a girl who rashly
undertakes to impersonate the
wife, to spare the aunt's feelings
this before the ex-wife appears on
the scene; and a young man who is
unaware of the deception and falls
lu love with the supposed wife.
All sorts of weird happenings take
place in this "house of too much
Irouble" during their imprison
ment. A diamond bracelet, a pearl
pecklace, and other valuables mys
teriously disappear, the telephone
wires are cut, aud one of the
women guests is brutally embraced
aud kissed by a person unknown.
Altogether, there are enough
amusing situations for a dozen
stories.
Among the notable offerings
other thau fiction are a witty aud
amusing paper on "Irish Court
ship," by the famous Irish humor
ist, Setunas MacManus; "The
Nativity' a beautiful miracle play
iu blank verse, by Charles L,.
O'Doauell; a delightful sketch
called "The 'Truly' Christmas,"
by Edwin L. Sabin; a very funny
discourse on "Anatomy for Begin
ners," by Thomas L. Masson; a
strikingly beautiful Christinas
poem, "Jesus unto Mary," by
Chester Firkins, and other contri
butions by Dr. A. I. Benedict,
W. Dayton Wegefarth, S. M.
Talbot, George Herbert Clarke,
Stephen Tracy Livingston, Minna
T. Antrim, and Isabel S. Mason.
The short stories are no whit be
hind the rest of the contents in
quality. Some of them are Will
Levington Comfort's "The
Thing," a theatrical story of great
power; Augusta Kortrecht's "Big
I aud Little-U," a very original
and tender tale of child life; "The
Amendment of M. de Chirac," by
II. C. Bailey; aud "The Man
Who Was Horse-Crazy," by Caro
line Lockhart.
''Walnuts and Wine," Lippin
cotPs widely quoted humorous sec
tion, is brimful of cleverness this
mouth, and helps to round out a
very satisfying magazine.
A World of Dress Goods
In Our First Fall Fabric Showing
Nut one fashionable weave or coloring but what is rep.
resented in our Dress Goods Department. Our showing iS
broad - comprehensive complete satisfying.
Whit the dress particular, tasteful woman wants is
here whether it be a plain chiffon broadcloth in one of the
new given tones or a mannish overplaid mixture smiling
from among stores of other modish weaves.
And perhaps the most note worthy feature of the ex
hi bit is the price lowness. We bought early and espeeb
lv advantageously. Now we would pay from 10 to 20 per
cent. nHe lor m.viy of the fabrics. You of course get the
benefit of our fortunate purchasing. Prices tell take n-jtc
of them when vou come.
A Few of the Many New Fabrics.
Diagonal in naw blue,
brown and green, 50 inches
wide, six yards makzs an
entire suit. Price 79. cent
a yard.
V a n 1: v Pa nam a 4 i n c 1 1 -es
wide in stripes, checks
and plaids as well as all
the wanted plain colors at
i. 00 a yard.
S T O K M. S K K (i : S AND
CliKVIo is in blue, brown,
red, green and black
steam .shrunk and re.ulv to
make 30 and S4 inches
wide. Prices 500 to jfsl.50
the yard.
Shadow Si-kith Out'.
ION l'A.MA--40 toij in
ches wide in blue, green,
garnet, red, brown and
black. 75c tc St. 00 the yard.
Fancv SiKIl'K Diagonal
54 inches wide, very beau
tifttl material in blue, brown
and black Price $1.00 yd.
Ui.At'K Voli.i;- always
wanted for line separate
skirts. 44 in. wide, $1.00 to
$1.50 a yard.
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Envelopes and Paper to Match
for
Invitations, Acceptances, Regrets
Announcements, &c.
Full
size n willing with
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i
Twenty-Four Styles of Type
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We Do All Kinds of Printing
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diss should Learn Telegraphy; for
since the new 8-hour law became
effective there is a shortage of many
thousand telegraphers. Positions
pay from $50 to $70 per month to
beginners. The National Tele
graph Institute of Philadelphia,
Pa., and five other cities is operatl
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when qualified, Write them for
particulars," 11.19.4t.
Fancy Hkoad Cloth
50 in. wide in blue, green
and brown, with wide shad
ow stripe effect, just the
thing for your new fall suit
$1.75 the yard.
A wide variety of high
class Wool Taukta in
the season's latest color
ings in green, blue, garnet,
brown, gray and black, 40
in. wide at $t.oo a yard.
Siikpiikk ds Plaid in
black and white, blue and
white and brown and white
36 to 44 inches wide, 50c
to 75c a yard.
Fancy S citings 36 in.
wide, new Diagonal weaves
as well as shadow stripes
in all the new Autumn col
ors, 50c a yard.
IIkkkingiione Woksti d
40 to 44 in. wide high class
fabrics in a wide variety of
styles in red, brown, blue,
green and black, 75c to
S 1.39 a yard.
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INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.
Chas. P. Elwell announces that
he will be pleased to receive all
lormer pupils on violin and piano-.
t-rte, as well as new ones. Latest
and best methods.
Terms strictly cash by the lesson,
or mouth. Address Hotel Hidlay,
Bloomsburg, or call up on Bell
phone any afternoon, between 1
and z, t