4 THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. I X STRONGEST BANK Capital SIOO.OOO Undivided Profits $30,000 irst National Bank, r OFll&OtmSHUKG, 1A. Solicits the Business and Accounts of Farmers and Business Men. K ! ISFACTIOX (ll'AH ANTKKD BY A STHONU, CONSF.UVATI VK AND 8AFK MANAUKMKNT. I Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. OKFI C K. W. RI. Low, rrl li'!)t. Julius M.Htaver, Vice l'rcslileiit. 1)1 UKCTO US: E.W.M.Low, F. (1. Yoik, H.V. Ilower hunt's M. Slnvcr, M. E Stack'.ioiiHe. THE COLUMBIAN. icsTAnLTsiir.i) ISM. TH? COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VSTAill.lSMKIl IS37. CoXSOI.IIiA i n iSf.g l.l!l.!S;iKI) I'.VKHV TiH R-IWY M11KNING, Iiicijmslnirn, (lie County Scat of, Caim hi ;i Cmr.y , I'unnsylvnnin. ( i:). K. Kl.V. i:i.L. I'.di ick. wi n. c. K!)N, I'CIU.MAN. l'i ' .mm I tint; 1.' the c j '.111 1 y if 1 .00 a ytnl it ,.:n:c; il.joif paiil 111 a Ivmiir. 1 . ;-. I'lfW'ii'v,''',;:! vcai . -strictly 1:1 XI' : 1 niminic.V,iVi' hnuli! t,r vUrrrscil '! ;!!; Cl'I-VM BIAN. HioomsUiru, I'a, ' lil'llsli.W. DlXKMl'.F.U 10, l!ns. Outline of New Child Labor Law. Looks Alter Safety of children Compelled to Work and Limits tho Ficld cf Their Endeav or. A new child labor law, prepared by Chief Factory Inspector John C. Delaney, will lie presented to the next Leg'slature as a depart ment measure, and is expected to pass, since it provides tetnedy for existing evils. Captain Delaney says the act was drawn to provide ' the "health and safety" of ' ii.'ren. and its whole P'ea was to p.:n that end. He stated that he 1 given months of study and .. ny hours of conference to the si!W;ect and would urge the bill as au exclusively departmental meas ure. In the matter of certificates he places the power to issue iu the hands of school superintendents nnd magistrates, but throughout all certificates it is required that the school laws be obeyed. Throughout the authority of the school department is recognized and it has a continued hold upon the children between twelve and fourteen. The power of issuing cer tificates is placed in the hands of Judges of court of record, the plan adopted by the National Govern ment. PITH OF BILL. Briefly summed up the bill pro vides that the age limit shall bi fourteen, the same as now, for all child labor, ex :ept in mines which are governed by another law, and domestic service, which is not touched. The hours are fifty-eight per week, with a maximum of ten hours per day and when night work is ordered, nine hours. No person under eighteen may be em ployed about dynamite works, blast furnaces, rolling mills, on tracks, about motors, as brakemen, on lifting machinery, about electri cal wires, on docks, in quarries or in tanneries. Childreu under iq may not be employed about tobacco-stripping or other plants, in match factories or where acids are made unless by special permit issued by the chief inspector upon proof that certain dangers have been eliminated. This special permit shall not apply to any one under 14. Children between 14 and 16 may be employed in mercantile estab lishments and factories only when physically and mentally qualified. A special arrrngement is made for the Christmas season for stores, covering from December 15 to 24, inclusive, so that work can be done at night, but the time of duty must not be over nine hours and allow ance of one hour for meals is man datory. Children between u and 14 may obtain certificates to work from a Judge of a court cf record, when it is satisfactorily shown to him that the labor is necessary for support of a disabled father, widowed mother or large family of children, and this certificate shall be sealed by the prothonotary of the court and he for a fixed period. TO READ AND WRITS. The certificates for children to IN THE COUNTY Surplus $150,000. K K H : Myron I. Low, Vice 1'ivwiiloiit. Frank Iki'lor, CiiHliler W.C'.tWy, Fro.H kph-r, Myron I, Low, LotilnUroKH, Frank Ikeler, work under ordinary circumstances ' are to be issued by superintendents ; of schools or magistrates, such cer j tificates to have equal standing. In each case pi oof of parent il author ity must be furnished. The child ren must be aide to rcul ard wiite ' English intelligently ar.d the is suing official must be satisfied on that point, not talcing the word cf ' any parent, first hard evidence be ing required. Certificates issued during Sum mer or other vacations of schools :;ve void after the recommencement of t'.'e school term and must be so indorsed. In order to prevent any transfer of cettiticnle or obtaining any lit: - ui r talse pretenses ly presenting an older child and then giving his or lu-r certificate to another child, it is provided that a description of the child shall be a put of the cer tificate an 1 that th.- child shall v i ite his or her name. Physicians' certificates ns to physical qualifica tions and ability for woik may also be required. Premature Birth of a New Party. A conference was opened in .St. Louis last wtk for the important purpose of founding a new political party. A scoffer has said that an old woman, a bell and a cat are about all that is necessary to found a new religion, in view of the num erous sects that have risen and fall en in the world. But enduring political parties are not so easily or ganized, as Know Nothings, Na tivists' populists and the recent In dependence Party of Hearst have discovered. Whilst a new political party may have captains and gener als enough, to thrive it must not only have principles; but a solid basis iu popular support. It appears that the founders of !his party in embryo, who have not yet given it a name, propose to es tablish it on what they assume to te the wreck of the defeated Demo cratic darty. There never was a mo e foolish political assumption. Though the Democratic party has experienced greater defeats, it has never been discouraged, nor has it lost confidence iu the ultimate triumph of its policies. Like the sou of Karth, it has risen stronger from its fall. Counting all its vot es for President and Congress, it had numerically more strength in the last election than ever before in its history The intelligent and patriotic millions who marched un der its banner in this contest are more convinced than ever of the vital necessity of maintaining and transmitting the organization and the principles of Jefferson and Jaci sou, Tilden and Cleveland. What if a few jackals who have followed the tracks of the lion of Democracy drop off here and there in their de spair of spoils? The party is all the better from such defection in that by 111: intaining its principles it is sure to gain far more worthy acquisitions. It is gaining them now in the very days of defeat in which it lost much, but nothing in honor and political integrity. Any attempts to build up new parties out of the assumed wreck of the National Democracy must be doom ed to oitter disappointment and despair. rtiila, Record. Laughter Lenghthens Life. Everybody likes Hairbreath Harry, Lucky Mike, John, Poor John and Mrs. Timekiller, who, with many others, appear every Sunday in the Comic Section of "The Philadelphia Press." They all do wonderful stunts, are great laugh producers and a sure cure for "the blues." They eutertain the young and old and amuse the children for hours. The Comic Section is a regular feature of "The Sunday Press" and is kept fresh and is funnier than ever. Sec that you always get "The Phila delphia Press" every Sunday from your newsdealer. WASHINGTON From out Kculnr Correspondent. Washington, 1). C, Nov. 7, 1008 Little by little during the last twenty-five years or more, since 1 he Civil Service law hs In en en f reed, Congress h is seen it pat .i.nagi. disappearing. It wvnt rapid ly under Cleveland's administration and dining the present administra tion many thousands of offices have been put under the protcc ion of the Civil Service law. The Presi dent has just issued another order which affects more than lii'tcui thousand employees. They are postmasters ot the fourth class and they are about a'l that has been left to members of Congress in the way of pitroiiage. Thirty or thir ty live years ago the member of the dominant parly was tich 111 p. it milage "influence" as it is called here. Not only were the poslinas tors of his district his dependents and henchmen but many clcks 111 Washington in t he postal servic and in the Con 11l.1t" service were appointed to lucrative places by him. That these appointes wile frequently 111 tubers of hU own i'ami y, his son or l is d-ughter, his niece or his cousin or his mother-in-law was too uuiveisallv the ca-e to excite comment 01 ci ilicHin. "They all did it," and the mote influential the politician the greater his entourage at the public ir:l. I bis condition has been gradually changed through appointment by competitive examination until the offices in the civil cetvice in Wash ington an 1 throughout the country are tilled by a better class of faiilv competent people. The placing of over fift.cn thousand postmasters in a class where their tenure of of fice will continue, whether they arc avorul by their Congressman or not, cannot but have a sahitarv ef fect 011 the postal service ahiloto epnve a member ot Congress o:' these appointments will conduce to lieer anu fairer expression ot opin ion at the polls. Ihc publication of the "treaty", 'declaration", or 'aieem -tit" (as it is variously called according to taste) between the United States and Japa i has ben the most inter esting event of the week and it will doubtleis be of far more reaching importance. The thie- nations most interested in it are of course die United States, Japan and China and although the latter country has nothing to do with proposing or signing the treaty she will be more profoundly affected by it than eith er of lbs other countries. China as is well known has the largest population of any country on the globe. How large it is no man knows or can know, for a census is impossible, but it is roughly esti mated at four hundred millions, but, not withstanding her great population she is the weakest and least war like country in the world and the guarantee of the integrity of her territory and of the open door for commerce to all nations means more than an army and a navy to that great mass of peaceful and industrious humanity. In the fourth article of the declaration these words are used "They (the United States and Japiu) are also determined to preserve the common interests of all powers iu China by suppoiting by all pacific means at their disposal the independence and integrity of China and the princi pie of equal opportunity for com merce and industry of all nations in that Empire". The influence of this agreement between the Unit ed States and Japan will be far reaching and it was doubtless in anticipation of this agreement that the latter country has recently sus pended its expensive naval con struction program. It is difficult to see how the President, Congress man Hobson and others who have been advocating a larger navy can continue to consistently urge this policy for our navy is now next to the most powerful in the world or second to that of Great Britain alone. There was a change in the Cabi net last week by the retirement on the first of December, of Mr. Met calf, Secretary of the Navy and the appointment of Mr. Newberry; the assistant Secretary to the vacant Cabinet office. Mr. Herbert Satter lee of New York, a son-in law of the multi-millionaire John Pierpont Morgan, was appointed assistant Secretary of the Navy to succeed Mr. Newberry. Cable and tele For Coughs Do you know a remedy for coughs and colds nearly seventy years old? There is one Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Once in the family, it stays. It is not a doctor, does not take the place of a doctor. It is a doctor's aid. Made for the treatment of all throat and lung troubles. Ask your own doctor his opinion of it. Follow his advice. No alcohol in this cough medicine. C.AyerCo.,Lowell,Ma. You cannot recover promptly if your bowels are constipated. Ayer's Fills are ently Ux ative; act directly on the liver. Sold for nearly sixty years. Ask your doctor all about tbta graphic announcement were yester day sent to Hie officers commanding the American fleets nnd naval sta tions throughout I Iu world advising the 111 of the appointment of the new naval Cabinet offi.-er This information was eNin'tisiv. "Il C me high" but was necessary. Two o: time years ago when Mr. Morten was made Secretary of the Navy the announcement to remote fleet was overlooked and an order to an Admiral in Chinese waters signed Morton elicited a cablegram inquiring "who the blank is Mor ton?" It is rumored that Secretary of State Root who it is now known will be elected Senator from New Yotk Hftcr March the fourth, will resign the State portfolio in the next few days and be succeeded by the first Assi-tant Secretary of State. Mr. Bacon. Mr. Satterlce the assistant Secretary of the Navy just appointed is like Mr. Uaon a very rich man and everything null cites that the Kooseveltian regime in its il sing il.ivs of omcnl life will corrnsc ite iu social splet dor and luilli nicy. It i-l-Mi'.nd tr.un tho Treasury Dep.v tnient tliat receipts fro. 11 cus toms, internal revenue and ther sources continue to show increases indicating a return of propeiily bi.t there are also considerable in creases i 1 ixpeuditnre and the year will close sii ovvine; a very large fin ancial deficit. Fiht i'liiiuian Bill as the Worst Yet. Sla'o Veterans Sec Only Political Tricks in New $4,500,000 Sclunu of Gang. The new proposed pension bill, of which Stale veterans have re ceived copies, came in for severe criticism at the meet in;; of Robin sou Post, No. 20, of lla.letoii As the old soldiers did not have tune to discuss it thoroughly at their regular session, a special session lias been called for Satin day even ing to gie it better attention. The old soldiers denounce the bill as worse than the one of two years ago, which was vetoed by Governor Stuart because it had ne glected to appropriate money for the payment of pensions. Thu old soldiers see in the appro priation of $4,500,000, out of which 575010 is to be paid tor clerical hire, a great political scheme to create new j.,bs for those who are not deserving. They contend that the only honest way is for the State to get the names from Federal Pen sion Agent Mulholland, of Phila delphia, of all Pennsylvania soldiers who are drawing pensions and let his certificate entitle the man to his stipend. The giving of $6 to every man who served 30 days or more has also aroused the ireof the veterans. because it makes no distinction as to length of service. They predict that the fight against the "bill will be general throughout the State. Will Wipe Out Pistol Habit. Having for its object the wiping out of the concealed weapon habit, the Scrauton Italian Literarv Society Ins beeu formed by a num ber of prominent Italian-Americans of that city and surrounding towns. 1 he organization is a regularly chartered one, and it is expected that club rooms will be fitted up in the central city within a short time. Among those who are fostering the project are Con Morosini, Kmil Morisiui, Dr. D'Antonio, Dr. Car lucci and Salvatore Di Mattino. In speaking of the society's plans, says the Scrauton Times, one of these men stated that a vig orous campaign agaiust the carry ing of weapons will be prosecuted. A committee will be selected to make a house to house canvas throughout the county, question ing the members of every family or their boarders as to whether they own weapons. If they odmit that they do, they will be warned to get rid of them or go to jail. Whenever necessary warrants will be secured for the pistol toters. It is the contention of the pro moters of the society that more can be accomplished in the way of wiping out the concealed weapon by the Italians themselves than by the authorities who cannot speak the native tongue. Visiting cards and Wedding invi tations at the Columbian office, tf Take This! A World of Dress Goods In Our First Fall Fabric Showing Not one fashionable weave or coloring but what is rep resent j1 in our Dress Goods Department. Our showing is broad comprehensive completer-satisfying. Wh it the dress particular, tasteful woman wants is here whether it be a plain chiffon broadcloth in one of the new green tones or a mannish overplaid mixture smiling from among stores of other modish weaves. And perhaps the most note worthy feature of the ex hibit is the price lowncss. We bought early and cspccip.l ly advantageously. Now we would pay from 10 to 20 per cent, more lor many of the fabrics. You of course get the benefit f our fortunate purchasing. Prices tell take note of them when you come. A Few of the Many New Fabrics. DiacoN AL in navy blue, brown and green, 50 inches wide, six yards maks an entire suit. Trice "9 cents a yard. Fancy Panama .16 inch es wide in stripes, checks and plaids as well as all the wanted plain colors at 1.00 a van I. S TO K M S K K l K S ANU Ciikyiots ill blue, brown, red, green and black steam shrunk and ready to make 36 and $4 inches wide. Prices 50c to $1.50 the yard. Siiaikiw Sruii'K Cini'. ion Panama- 40 to .14 in ches wide in Mnc, green, garnet, red, brown and blajk. 75c u 1 .00 the yard. Fancy Stkiit: Diagonal 54 inches wide, very beau tiful material in blue, brown and black Price $1.00 yd. Hi.ac;; Voile - always wanted for fine separate skirts. 44 in. wide, $1.00 to $1.50 a yard. F, P. BLOOMSBURG, We Have Ten Styles of Envelopes and Paper to Match FOlt Invitations, Acceptances, Regrets Announcements, &c. Full size Wedding with two Envelopes, down k 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. "Ambitious young men and la diss should Learn Telegraphy; for, since the new 8-hour lavi- Wnm 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 operat ed under supervision of R. R. of ficials and all students are placed when qualified. Write them for particulars." 11-19-41. Fancy Hroad Cloth 50 in. wide in blue, green ar.d brown, with wide shad ow stripe effect, just the thing for your new fall suit $1.75 the yaro A wide variety of high class Wool Tau kta in the season's latest color ings in green, blue, garnet, brown, gray and black, 40 in. wide at $1.00 a yard. Si 1 it 1 ilk is Plaid in black and white, blue and white and brown and white 36 to 44 inches wide, 50c to 75c a yard. Fancy Suitings 36 in. wide, new Diagonal weaves as well as shallow stripes in all the new Autumn col ors, 50c a yard. 1 1 K k i I N ( ; 1 1 o n k Wo k s 1 1 : 1 40 to 44 in. wide high class fabrics in a wide variety of styles in red, brown, blue, green and black, '75c to SL39 a yard. PURSEL. PENN'A. INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC. Chas. P. Elwell announces that he will be pleased to receive all former pupils on violin ami piano 1 jrte, as well us uew ones. Latest and best methods. Terms strictly cash by the lesson or month. Address Hotel Hidlay, Bloomsburg, or call up on Bell 'phone any afternoon between 1 and a. tf
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