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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
A Pitchfork Swindle.

A gang of swindlers are reported to
be victimlzing the farmers of nearby
counties with scheme that it seems
no sane person would entertain for
moment. The statesmen as they claim
to be, approach man with the prop
osition that he shall become their
agent for a patent pitch fork. He is
presented with sample for his good
looks and signs an agreement to sell
ptchforks to his neighbors. The
agreement proves to be judgment
note and the poor man finds himself
impaled on the pitchfork that the 9th
er fellow was using. The slippery
gentlemen have made some good
hauls, their profits ranging from SIS
to $3.50 per fork.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

A certain gay young Lothario
of Berwick, is said to have recently
fled from his native heath, to parts
unknown, because he was guilty of
committing the terrible crime of
being found out. He must have
some pride left, or he would have
stayed at home and faced the music.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

Charles Harder OF Catawissa and
Miss Laura Farley os Danville
ioined hands at Catawissa last even
ing. Rev. U. Myers, performed
the ceremony.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing stock Quotations.

Money on call firm at AZ. per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 4h@5 per cent.
Sterling exchange barely steady, with ac-
tual business in bankers bills at siS7&@
ass for demand and at AS5asM4.S59s for 60
days Posted rates, $4.S6d4.S6la and SASSY
@4.%. Commercial bills, s4.S474 a4.S5A. Bar
silver, 52Ssc. Mexican dollars, 42hc. Gov
ernment bonds steady. State bonds in
active, Railroad bonds irregular. Closing
pricas.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

If blossoms are any criterion,
chestnuts will be plentiful this fall.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10
ParaSOlS

Have been selling at
$3.50 and $500 each.
A small lot only one of a
kind, reduced to $3.50
each.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-10

TTGSC SOOSlS VIC TIdVt
bought at special prices
and are all Of this sea-
son styles. l8C. Dimi-
ties and SWisses at l2
l-2 cents a yard.
The Iola register., 1902-02-21
A VOICE FROMITHE SOUTH.

Not all the Democrats are like their
leaders in Congress. The Nashville
American takes the party to task and
does not mince words about it. 1t
stands for the defense of the dag and
says:
The people of the United States will
never show the white feather, as long
as armed foes continue to fire upon
the flag, The Filipinos can never Sc
cure their independence by fighting u.s.
That is certain. In the course of time
they may be grained independence
though we never expect any man of
the present generation to live to see
the day. But they must come to us in
peace before they ask favors. They
must show that they respect the flag
and all that it represents. Then we
may give ear to their appeals. That
time has not yet come. 1t does prom
Use to come at an early day. Rowing
bands are still in the field harassing
and numbering our brave boys. Secret
bympdlulIeTS III buo lSlduus dTc luTu-
ishing them with ammunition. The
representatives of other governments,
which would like to seize upon the
islands, are aiding them in throwing
obstacles in the way of peace. In the
face OF these facts there can be no sur
render. There can be no promise OF
aurrender There should be none
from either of the great parties.
n we are true to the flag let us, as
Democrats and Republicans, Popu-
lists and Socialists, resolve to stand
\ by it to the death, and to support with
blood and treasure those who are up
holding it in the Philippines or any
where else. To advocate any other
course would make the bones of 'Old
Hickory Jackson turn over in the
grave. n
The Iola register., 1902-02-21

MOST of the Populist conventions
so far held have favored endorsing
tae Democratic ticket, ,1while at least
by mental reservation refusing to be
swallowed by the democratic party.
Conner Davies, the stalwart Populist
editor at Concordia, sounds the alarm
in this fashion: $50 far as the action
of the Populists are concerned, with
regard to their actions with Democ-
racy, we must be guided by it's future
course and not by its past history. It's
future policy will not be outlined un-
til the campaign of 1904 is on, and
their platform made.ItWhat man on
earth, or in the heavens above the
earth, can tell what that policy will
be? Let us wait:and see. If the De-
mocracy of Hill, of Tammany, of
Cleveland, or of:Gorman, should con-
troll the next national Democratic
convention, would there be plank in
tax, do you suppose? We wot not.
Do you suppose that outfit would
ever vote for laws looking toward the
expansion of the currency, by free
silver or any other way, or Of curbing
the powers of the national banks in
relation to our currency? We wot
not. Let us see who is going to run
the next Democratic circus before we
secure our tickets for admission. The
Kansan is perfectly willing to vote
the Democratic ticket, providing the
Democratic ticket stands for at least
some of the principles advocated by
the Populists.- nary vote unless
IL does"
The Iola register., 1902-02-21
CicerOnian Society Meet.

A meeting of the Ciceronian society
was heldlFebruary 1S. Miss Donica
was very profitable critic. The fol-
lowing program was rendered:
Recitation, The Forsaken Tramp Lois NJ.
McMurray.
Recitation, From Ironquill, Ethel Crum.
Recitation, To a waterfowl. Josie Weith.
Grafton, Character OF Hamlet, Myrtle
Simpson.
Music, Edna McClain.
Recitation, The Now. Ethel Bennett.
Recitation, Grand Mothers Bible, Hattie
SHAPED.
Recitation, Death OF Lincoln, Mamie
Thayer.
Recitation, Backward, Turn Backward, Olla
Fryer.
Address OF welcome TO the new members by
the president Miss Leota Lieurance.
Music, Irene Taylor
The Iola register., 1902-02-21
MANHOOD THAT DOES NOT DIE.

The other day says the Kansas City
World, tramp, one of the worst Of
his kind, was walking along the streets
of Connecticut town. Dogs barked
at this wreck. Indeed, he looked
more like beast than man. He
wasn't even clean, and he was so low
down in the scale of life that when a
stone was .hurled at him he did not
resent it.
Then there was a cry from some
where, woman was seen weeping and
wringing her hands. Her little girl
had fallen in a canal and was drown
ing.
The tramp became man in an in
stant. He knew what to do and how
to do it. He tore off a few of his rags,
leaped into the icy.water, grasped the
child, and a moment later placed the
precious burden in her mothers arms.
He wouldn' 'tswait for thanks, or for
dry clothing, or for money.
"It ain'tworth making afuss over, y
for money" and he disappeared
Another incident:
A child was taken to the home OF
one of Cincinnati s:lgreat physicians,
He is busy.man and prosperous. II
you would talk toIhim he would care.
fully conceal hislheart, and you would
scarcely connect him swith philan.
thropy.
And this child, a:girl ofll2, washali
starved. There wereltears in the eyes
of the nurse aslshe looked at the frail
little body. 1t was the old story. A
man with big family. He wouldn't
or couldn't 'ufnd work, and the result
was hunger andldespair.
II was a case of appendicitis, so Sc
we're that therelwas.ionly one chance
in a hundredIfor life.3 The little gir,
was on the operating table for two
hours.
And she is getting we'll.
The childiof millionaire could moi
buy better treatment than this penni
less little onelreceives. She has at
tention and:kindness and sympathy
She has good food in abundance, and
she lies on her cot and sings for hours
because of thed.happiness that is il
her.
These two incidents deal with men
not tramp and physician, and they
convey great truth. In the breas
of every human:.being there is di
vine spark that is unquenchable, anG
it always operatesi for good. 1t i:
greater than: :adversity, greater thar
prosperity.
1t shone like diamond lin the life
of the outcast, and its luster is no less
bright in the:life of the prosperou,
man of theIworld.
The Iola register., 1902-02-21

TALKING about grand juries and
things, an lola man remarked the
other day that he believed if there was
a law which severely punished any
person who gave liquor away it would
do more to stop drunkenness than to
punish those who sell it. Not one
drinker in hundred will go off by
himself and drink his fill. nor will he
find it congenial to drink in a crowd
if others are not drinking. Treating
carries many man over his limit. L:
the man right?
The Iola register., 1902-02-21

Poor, old, broken-down Spain!
During the recent weeks most of the
governments of Europe have been
wrangling as to which was the most
friendly to Uncle Sam when the late
npleasantness occurred. All say
they were ready to prevent any Euro
pean power helping Spain and hoped
we would whip the Spaniards to a
stand still. Now Spain has asked to
read all these sugared messages to
learn who her friends were and are
and so low has she sunk in the list of
nations that the truth will probably
be contemtuously told her.
IN the olden .days when a Roman
general went. forth and subdued the
world, or any considerable part of it,
he was accorded Triumph when he
returned to the city. Down at Pitts
burg the other day the Countess Rene
Baragnon du Maisnil triumphantly
returned to her native town, after con-
quering the musical world of Europe
and dragging the French Count, her
husband, captive in her train Her
story is another of the romances pos
sible in a country where men are born
free and equal in opportunity. Ter
years ago Essie Fee lived in Pitts.
burg. She was the daughter of Goa
miner who earned "a dollar day. She
had musical talent, studied as she
could and'played for entertainments
Then she was sent to Chicago by
friends and later to Europe.k s At hel
first public appearance she captured
lovers of music by her masterful violir
playing and her sweet beauty
Throughout Europe the triumph wa:
repeated. She finally married the
gentleman who is now her husband
after he had followed, pleading, foi
years. But of all the triumphs of hel
career, of all the adulation and praise
none is sweeter to Essie Fee than hel
return to her childhood's home where
she keeps her parents in comfort to
received the loving admiration ant
applause of her early friends.
The Iola register., 1902-02-21

A KNoCKER has now come forward
with the contention that noisnch ship
as the Mayflower ever crossed the sea,
carrying a cargo Of. Puritans to the
New England coast. But like all
knockers this one fails to tell how the
thousands of refugees and the millions
of clocks and other pieces of furniture
which have always been claimed as
part of the Maynower's cargo actually
did cross the Atlantic.
The Iola register., 1902-02-21
WHERE WAS THE MAN ?
From the Wichita Eagle.

UnderI the above caption, Mary
Knowles, in Young's Magazine, draws
a pathetic picture, and y startlingly |
true, of Ithe arrest, conviction and
sentence of the girl who ordered her
babe and hid it's body in the sands OF
the Arkansas river, within the city |
limits of few months since
The writer asks the question that was
asked by many others, who hold as
she holds, by people who had no sym
pathy with those back of the relentless
prosecution of that poor, ignorant,
but all too corfding country girl.
The writer, after calling attention to
the fact that in all the testimony, that
in all the arguments of the prosecuting
and in the charging of the jury, not
single reference was made to the nan,
to the co-conspirator to the seducer,
the perouader, the incitor, the guide,
the co-sinner, the exhorter, the en-
joiner, to this man who was the first
cause of the woman's crime. Miss
Knowles further trenchantly declares
that this victim of some mans lust
had not been taught that love is a sin
and shame. She lifted her eyes in
perfect faith to the man who, in false
ly vowing love, ruined her, driving
her through torture of shame ana the
sting of agony, with no sympathetic
eye, and her pleas unanswered, to DO
an unnatural and an unlawful thing
Praying and explaining to her inner
nature the mystic:myst of love and
of motherhood, she WAS scourged,
scofred leered at, until she was driven
to herself as a devil incarnate, with
her sin blazoned to the world. Goethe
says, "Woman is pious creature
pleading for love" that heing her
strongest emotion, and linked to the
sentiment of her religion, a sentiment
above and beyond sensualism. Flee
| ing from a home where her father had
beat, even if her mother had kissed,
she came to the crowded city seeking
a haven from accusing eyes, with the
pangs of aching brain and the body
of new soul wet with tears, she slew
her baby, that baby born of her own
flesh, TO save it's innocent soul may be
from the scourge which mans dis
honor had brought upon its mother.
And then the writer pertinently asks,
why should woman be crushed to the
ground and trodden into the mire o
foul condemnation while the partner,
the cause o1her sin, the inspirer OF
her crime,I walks kwith lordly mien
above all arraignment of blood or
law?
The scarlet letter still survives and
man remains unjust to woman, and
unpunished. The penalty of kiss
often leads a woman TO the gallows,
while he who used tito betray ascends
the steps of honor and fame. Miss
Knowles closes her two-column con
tribution by repeating her question II
small capitals, Where is the man?'
The Iola register., 1902-02-21
For Sale or Trade.

A good three-year old horse for sale
or trade for cattle or colts; also disc
cultivator and good wagon-box to
trade for calves or pigs.
GEO. w. SIDERS,
II Miles west of Bayard, p. o., II.
f. D., Moran.
The Iola register., 1902-02-21

A PETITION has been forwarded to
Congress from Chicago asking that
uniform divorce laws be made through
out the country. Is it possible that
after the infinite Kaleidoscope changes
which Chicago's society has Witnessed
combinations have at last been made
which satisfy everybody?
The Iola register., 1902-02-21

THE Masonic lodge of Kansas City
has a handsome, hand-worked apron,
which is said to have belonged to
George Washington and to have been
worn by him at lodge sessions.
The Iola register., 1902-02-21

Dodd City (Arkansas) Enterprise:
Work comes from a reliable source
that the smelter test of the ore recently
shipped from the Gov. Eagle mines in
the smelters at lola held to SO percent,
and the ore brought S3l,OO per ton.
Such stubborn facts as these are hard
for North Arkansas traducers to get
over.
The Iola register., 1902-02-21
ANNOUNCEME ENT

thereby announce myselfa candidate for the
once for Sheriff OF Allen county subject to
the decision of the Republican primaries and
convention. W. B. HALL.
The Iola register., 1902-02-21
County Central Committee.

The Republican County Central Committee
will meet in the G. A II. hall in lola on Tues
day, February 25, at O'Clock, for the purpose
OF calling county convention to select dele
gates TO the State and County convention.
II. A, EWING, Chairman.
MELVIN FaoNK, Secretary.
The Iola register., 1902-02-21

What old fossil was it who croaked
out something about the human con-
stitution today not being what it used
to be? Goodness gracious! Strong
men used to faint when put in a
straight jacket; today the most deli
cate ladies gladly don straight front
corsets." The garments are very SINH
lar.
Topeka State Journal; Congress-
man Chas. f. Scott scored a victory
in the house Tuesday during the de-
bate on the oleomargarine bill. On
behalf of the minority of the agricul-
tural committee, he offered an amend
ment to substitute for the proViso in
section l another providing: "That
noGhing In this act shall be construed
to forbid state to permit the manu-
facture or sale of oleomargarine in
any manner consistent with laws of
said state, provided it is manufactur-
ed and sold entirely within the state. {"
Mr.. Williams Miss. advocated the
adoption of the Scott amendment, de-
claring that it should receive the sup
port of every member who believes in
state rights. 1t would permit any
state, he said, to charter a company
to manufacture and sell elloleomargarine
within its borders. The amendment
was adopted-96 to Sc.
The Iola register., 1902-02-21

Margaret A. c. Remsburg, admins
tratriX Of the estate of the late NJ. II.
Remsberg, will sell at public auction
at her farm two and one-half miles
east and one mile south lof lola and
one-half mile south of Gas City, all the
personal property of M. r.. Remsberg,
deceased, on Wednesday, March 8, 1902
commencing at 10 O'Clock, a. M, the
following described property, II head
of cattle, head of horses, implements,
etc. For terms and particulars see
large bills from the REGISTER office.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-15

recent arrival IN the city. She ao-
cuand tho wife uf the complaining
witness. j. A. Nrownleo, with the
thcft, and said that the stolen goods
were IA the house on noron avenue.
HAD No tastrue lions
ON tho evening OF February ~ Cor
bet is accused OF going to tho house
~ Mr. htowulcc ana demanding 60
allow him TO search IL. This Was re-
fused and words followed. Corbott
was not allowed 90 search tho house.
Yesterday MIR. Hrownlcc consulted
chief or Police sullivan and demand
cd an Invest ga ton. stating his case,
The chief at once took steps TO rec
move Corbctt. lie Just uscortalnod
that the detective dtd not receive or
derH from Sergeant Leighton Co in-
Veattghto the case, thereby proving
that he acted Independently.
Sergeant LEIGHTON stated this
morning that he did not know OF
Corhetts errand with the woman un-
"a afterwRrd
Detective Corhett has been In the
Seattle police department since 1883
aud has made brilliant record, lie
II property holder here and viii
nght the case. on the other hand
nrownlec ~ a civil engineer and Ia
very Indignant. lie wishes the
charges OF theft against hts wife in
veatigatod,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-15
HOWELLS
IS NAMED

OLYMPIA. Feb. ib.--pr. w. James
Howells. OF spokane. ia slated for as
sistant superintendent % che Medical
Lake asylum. lie was a candidate
for superintendent. TO succeed pr
Mclean. n 10 expected he will
eventually secure the latter position.
His appointment along with others
viii be announced on the governor =
return.
Attorney General stratton. in an
opinion submitted To Alien A. bar.
tow. agent % the Port Madison In
dian reservation. says braves having
aiiotmeuts % land IN the reservation
under the law. are entitled 10 vote
ln state and county elections pro-
vifed they possess tho ordinary quail
locations OF citizenship.
In replying 90 q query from the
principal ~ the whatcom normal
school IN reference 90 printing for
state educational Institutions. Attor-
ncy General Sratton says there IL
no law providing that such expenses
shall be paid from their fnAintenance
funtH The state appropriation made
BY the legislature uf 1901 being ex-
haustef. institutions must pay for
,hsir own printing out % any avail
able funds
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-15
SAM CORBETT
SUSPENDED

Dstsetiv. Sam Corbett. one Of the
oldest members Of the Seattle polics
force. was suspended by Chief Sui
Ivan last night on the charge Of
attempting TO search the private res
idence Of J. II. Brownies, 80 Boren
avenue. without first obtaining a
search warrant from a justice court.
This morning Mr.. Corbett fiad
demand for an investigation with the
civil service secretary. The COM
missioners will look into his case
early next week. Speculation r. rife
about police headquarters concern
ing the affair and as Corbstt IL an
old member Of the department he
has numerous friends who believe he
VIII como out of the unfortunate ar
fair all right.
Some time ago a woman reported
70 the police that she had been
robbed Of p valuable piece ~ dress
goods IN Atlln and said that she
knew whore u was. The woman rob
bed II known to the police a. Camille
and runs notorious resort az Fiuh
avenue ana Jackson street. She IL
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-15
THE WOMEM'@ CORNER. ..

OF bis and amber bsadh. Htruug un
u gold cord NJ Intervals Of an inch.
A more daring combination consist
ga pf highly pnliahod Jumps Of agate
connected by q small link bronze
chain.
Two Excellent
Recipes
Tooth Cuttlcnsh powder. I
ounces orria root powder. 4 ounces.
prscipitutcd chalk. ounces. oil ~
lemon, drops .Gii 20 nerull. tB drops.
Liquid brutlffioe a QuillAJa. 3
ounces. ntaraulHo. ] ounce. cloves. i2D
grains, cudbusr 60 grains. oil Of pep
permint ~ drops. diluted alcohol.
sufficient.
AiiE the drugs IN "a mortar until
they are reduced 90 powder.
Add enough alcohol TO make ~
ounces. That would be quart.
Aud. last OF all. add the oil Of pep
pefmiut The quantities can be re-
duced. n more convenient
Better rhAn
Powder
Here IL "a recipe for a liauid wash
which viii make the skin, tempo
rarily. two shades whittier.
II In entirely harmless, and II In
reality A liquid powder.
Violet Cream Pure oxide Of zinc,
I drhchmH. Eiycrrine. z drHchma
orange flower water. z drachms;
tlncture Of bcnEoiu. 10 drops. essence
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-15

OF NlulctF. d. drops
hiit Tho zinc through nug boiling
cloth. AiiK ~ with the Kiyccrine.
Add the orange flower water. and,
last Of ALL. the bezoin ana essence.
shake before using. Apply 20 the
face with small velvet sponge. ana
wipe carefully or before the liquld
ia Dry or u Will look streaked.
To Prevent
bancrun
When the hair IL dry and falls out
lt Do because thu circulation Of the
skin 81 the scalp iH impaired. Mas
cage ls the best treatment
Have the hair shampOocd once a
week with tho mixture Of which the
formula ~ given and use the tonic
every night Rub ~ wen into the
roots Of the hair with a massage
movement Spend at least 10 min
uteH every night rubbing the tonic
into the scalp.
Soap Shampoo Melt half "a cake
Of any ono ~ The floating soaps into
"a quart ~ boiling water. When the
mixture ~ nearly cold add "a heap
Ing teaHpo0nful " common washing
soda. which has been previously dis
solved In O. cup Of hot water. Pour
into wide -mouthed bottles.
The mixture viii jelly. To use.
take large Tablespoonful. or as
much more az may be required of the
jelly, add hot water enough 20 liaue-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-15
SANDBAGS CITIZEN

a. c. DingInAn of Ilis Eighth ave
nue.. was 6andhaEEed by bold rob
ber on hia own doorstep, and after
graphing with HE aHaailRnt escap-
"a without losing his money.
DinRnan left the business part u
town az If o'clock last night and
started for home. lie noticed a
man logging him and fastened
home. ~ he YVES opening the door
" hteh was unlocked, tho highway
man slipped up behind and dealt
him a blow on the head with a sand
bag
DinEmRn went % his knees. but
was rot put out entirely. a struF-
E.e followed. and DlnKman shouted
for help. Tho robber broke and ran.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-15
Novelties in

Novelties tn
Chains
Tho Venetian bead chain has lost
IT, uuVclty. and even the more beau
tlrul ones are being vulHHflzsd by
miserable limitations. aud yet tho
neck chains adds just that graceful
nuirh 60 an afternoon toilette that
cannot be- dispensed with Quite the
newest effects are produced ~
Fuugh-cut STONES strung Of the Hlsn-
drront 81 gold chains The writer
saw charming specimen the other
day, which consisted ~ rough tur-
quoirss oval iu shape and OF APP
pfoNimAttly the rnme HlEe. finished
on with tiny gold tbnHelH.
Another pretty chain was formed
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next WEEKS
CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, d. c.. FEB. lB.--
~ Is fully expected by both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans In the senate
that thu philippines tariff bill will be
passed next week. The debate has
now been running a week.
Monday the treaty for .hs purchase
Of thu Danish West Indies VIII ~
considered IN executive session.
Tuesdays and Wednesday, ses-
sions viii be devoted entirely 20 the
Philippines tariff bill. A vote Is ex-
pected Thursday. As soon az the
tariff bill IL out OF the way this irri-
cation bin will taken Up.
The house will pass ths war rev
enue reduction bill next week. A
vote win probably be taken az Wed
nesday's session.