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at per dog yds ................. 25c Ladies Gauge knit drawers lace trimmed worth 35c at
 per pair ....".:....... -................,.. 15c big lot of corsets every known make out of boxes)
 worth up to $25O each at at................... 25c Corset covers trimmed with torchon lace beading and
 ribbons worth 35c at ........................ 1Sl Fine muslin underwear Che mises, Gowns and Skirt:
 (samples) worth up to $200 each at .......... 691 Good muslin underskirts, full width and length wortf
 65c at ............. ....... 35
 U size bleached pillow cases, worth 15c each 10c ol sheets 81x9O worth soc at ................ 39( Bed sheets 72x90 heavy worth 75c at .......... 49 I7lre pearl buttons in small medium and large sizes worth 10c dog per dozen .................... 212 All silk taffeta ribbon No60 inches wide worth 12 12 Great Values for Little Money in Mems Furnishing and Cloth:
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
THE AMENDMENTS

Little interest is being taken in
the proposed amendments Of the
State constitution and probably
they will not figure III the campaign
to any extent. No one appears to
be opposed to the elimination of
the February election. The amend.
ments will no doubt be adopted by
a very large majority.
While there has been no serious
complaint about the frequency of
the primaries and elections, the
voters will welco ne the change, es-
pecially those of the country dis.
tricts who have long way to go to
the polls. One primary and one
election will be done away with.
State and national officers will be
elected in one year. There will be
two less campaigns to agitate the
citizens and the politicians. They
will take more interest in the re-
naming campaigns and that should
mean All improvement all around.
The only objection urged against
the change is that the combination
of municipal and county elections
might detract from the attention
given to the election of municipal
officers, the county candidates TAX
ing precedence. But according to
the present arrangement the names
of the county candidates appear on
the same ballot with the State and
national candidates and the county
elections have not been overshad-
owed by the other candidates. If
the ballot were changed doing away
with the party square, compelling
every voter to place mark oppo-
site the name of every candi late
for whom he wishes to vote, all
candidates would be on an equal
footing no matter whether they ran
for county or State Office. The cit
iZeu who desired to vote a straight
county ticket would not have the
opportunity to vote the straight
municipal ticket with single mark.
1t would be no easier to vote a
straight ticket thar split" tick
ct and independent voting would
not be discouraged. 1t is to be
hoped that the commission author
lied to go over the election laws
will recommend a change in the
ballot that will eliminate the spec
ial privilege given to the lazy voter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
Big Cave In at Scranton.

The most serious mine cave-in
that ever happened in Scranton,
doing thous nds Of dollars worth
of damage to property, occurred as
worshippers entered their homes at
noon Sunday. 1t caused an area
of four acres of ground in West
Scranton to settle five to eight feet
making crooks in the surface, ten
feet wide and fifty feet deep. One
of the finest school buildings in the
city, valued at SOS, 900. and three
residences, valued at $40, 900, were
destroyed, Several ether buildings
are also partly damaged.
The settling started with a trem-
bling shock, which shook states
from the roofs to the ground. caus-
ed plaster to drop from ceilings and
buildings to move off their founda-
tions, as though a landslide had
taken place. Water and & mains
broke and flooded houses, besides
enlarging the caving.
Several people were overcome by
the escaping gas and had to be car
ried to the street by police and FIRE
men called to the scene.
Rats by the thousand ran through
the assures and scampered over the
streets. Whisps of hay and straw
that have lain in the old workings
for 20 years were blown through
an unsealed opening on the river
bank by the force of the compress
sion of air resulting from the set
tling.
The damage is supposed to be
caused by squeeze in the work
ings of the o'd Cork and Bottle"
mines, now being worked by the
Peoples Coal Company.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
Supervisors Take Notice.

A good many people are com
planning of the fact that certain
township road supervisors are not
obeying the law regarding the re-
moval of loose stone from the
township roads.
Here's the act of July 2, 1901,
which amended the act of May ?,
1899:
Sec. I.-Be it enacted ETC., that
section one of an act entitled can
act to provide for the improvements
of the main travelled roads, which
reads as follows: From and after
the passage of this act the town
ship supervisors and road commits
sioners of the several townships
within this commonwealth annual
ly on the first Monday of April,
shall enter into contract to take
away the loose stones from the
main travelled highway in such
townships at least once a month
during the month of April, May,
June, July, August, September and
October of each year" be and the
same is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"That from and after the passage
of this act the supervisors and road
commissioners of the several town.
ships within this commonwealth
shall by contract or otherwise re-
move and take away the loose
stones from the travelled roads or
highways in such township at least
once a month during the month of
May, June, August and October in
each year"
Section of the act of July ?,
1901, (quoted) provides the same
penalty, which shall not be more
than $40 for each offence (neglect
to perform the duties prescribed }
Half of the fine imposed goes to the
lntormer or prosecutor and the
other half goes to the repairing of
roads. The fines are to be recover
ed by action of debt before any
justice or alderman with the costs
of the suit.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
Worlds Navies Six Hundred Millions


Statistics published by the Brit.
ish Admiralty show that the ag-
gregate sum spent by Britain,
France, Russia, Germany, Italy,
Japan and the United States on n4.
vies in the past fiscal year. was in
round numbers, 5000, 900, 900.
Of this amount Great Britain
contributed SITS, 200, 900; the Uni
ted States, SI43, 900, 900; Germany.
$40, 900, 900; France, $50, 900, 900;
Japan, $50, 900, 900, and Italy $780,
900, 900. Had the British Govern
ment yielded to the clamor of the
militarist party her contribution
would have exceeded $500, 900, 900.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
Ballot Will be Immense.

George d. Thorn, chief clerk in
the state department, walked into
the office of Superintendent of Pub
lie Printing Pomeroy with some
thing in his hand that looked like
The sail of a catboat. But it was
only sample of the ballots which
will confront the voters in Novem-
Der. With only the state ticket
and the constitutional amendments,
the ballot measures 26 by 22 inches.
Samples are to be printed to be sent
to county commissioners.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
Railroad Accident Statistics.

The State Railroad Commission
has compiled statistics of the rail
road accidents in Pennsylvania dur
ing the six months ending June 90
last. There were in all 55I fatal
and 5,427 non-fatal accidents. Of
the fatalities, 472 were on steam
railroads and 7o on electric roads.
There were 3,697 persons injured
on the steam roads and I,74S on
the trolley roads. The total num-
Der killed on the steam roads was
So less than In the corresponding
period OF 1908, and the injured e56
less.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
The Age of a Rapid Pace.
The Locomotive, Automobile and Steamship,
Telephone and Telegraph.

We are travelling at rapid pace
these days, says an exchange, and
the speed we attain in travelling i,
indie tive of the way we live. II
is an age i'll which distance is melt
ing like SHOW before burning sun
The air, the land and the water are
being utilized by man i'll the mad
dest race of all ages. In the air, or
the water and land, and under the
water weird inventions Of man
pass at nerve-wrecking pace.
One hundred and two years ago
Fulton started steamboat up the
Hudson with the promise that it
would attain a speed of four miles
an hour. The jokesmiths were as
busy with Fulton and his steamboat
as they were few years ago with
the Wrights and their promise to
navigate the ir. Fulton kept his
promise. He succeeded in pushing
his boat through the water at a
better speed tnan even the most
optimistic had expected. A centu-
ry ago people opened their eyes in
wonder when they saw a little
steamboat navigating the Hudson
at a speed of four miles an hour.
What would those people say if
they could behold the steamers, the
air craft and steam locomotives OF
today? Last week gigantic steam
er crossed the Atlantic ocean in a
days, ID hours and SO minutes. On
Wednesday of last week three sub.
marine boats raced over a two-mile
course. Thirty feet under water
they attained speed of eight or
nine knots an hour.
On the first of October in the
Hudson-F Fulton celebration in New
York will be assembled in New
York harbor the greatest fleet of
war vessels of all nations, and ocean
Leviathans ever known. Last week
an automobile covered a mile in .l3
seconds. Two boys have just COM
pleted trip around the world in
al days and s hours. The airship
has been sent through the air at a
speed of nearly mile a minute. a
whole fleet of airships is now gath
cred at Rheims, France, for ma
noeuvres, and Paulham drove his
airship two hours and fifty-three
minutes in the face of a storm, cov-
ering a distance of 50 miles and
only stopped for lack of fuel in the
tank. Recently an airship crossed
the English channel. The Zeppe-
lin airsbip recently sailed over 500
miles. The locomotive, automobile
and ocean steamship, the telephone
and telegraph, are annihilating dis.
tance. 1t is a battle against time
and distance and man is utilizing
nature to defeat them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
Government Orders Many POstals.

The contract for supplying 81
4S7, 900, 900 postal cards to the
Post Office Department for the four
years beginning January I, 1910,
was awarded Tuesday to the Gov
ernment Printing Office, which
submitted the lowest bid, 1884,
7I795. There were two other bid
ders, one being the Oxford Paper
Company, of Rumford Falls, Me. ,
which has furnished postal cards to
the Government for four years.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
Not a Drop of Alcoho,

What is "tonc? medicine that increases the strength
or tone of the whole system What is an "aeratve"?
medicine that alters changes unhealthy action to
healthy action Name the best "tonc and Alternative?
Ayers Sasapara the only Sarsapara entirely free from
alcohol Ask your own doctor all about it, Never take
medicine doctors cannot endorse CAy Co. LoweH Mass
Without daily action the
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02

Ormsby McHarg, Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor, has
handed his resignation to the Pres
ident, which has been accepted.
The resignation follows all attack
made by McHarg upon the forestry
policy of the government.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
GENERAL NEWS.

Owing to the low water in the
Susquehanna between Harrisburg
and Sunbury there are a dozen
places in the bed of the stream
where one can easily walk across
the river without wetling the shoes.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
Fees of Justices.

According to the act of April,
1909, the fees of the Justices of the
Peace in Pennsylvania were increas-
ed i'll three instances. The cost of
docket entry is now so cents,
whereas it was rs cents under the
old law. A subpoena is now 80
cents instead of rs. A hearing is
now rs cents instead of so cents,
as formerly. This change in fees
affects only those Justices who were
elected in 1909.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02

OWlnS 10 Tue low water III luS
Susquehanna between Harrisburg
and Sunbury there are a dozen
places in the bed of the stream
where one can easily walk across
the river without wetling the shoes.
Ormsby McHarg, Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor, has
handed his resignation to the Pres
ident, which has been accepted.
The resignation follows an attack
made by McHarg upon the forestry
policy of the government.
The wood preservation industry
of this country during the year
1908 called for the use of 56,ooo,-
900 gallons of creosote, 10000, 900
pounds of zinc chloride, with small
quantities of corrosive sublimate,
crude oil aud other chemicals.
An unusual departure at a base
ball game occurred at Minneapolis
on Sunday afternoon, when the
Rev. G.. l.. Morrill, delivered a
short sermon at the American AS.
sociation ball grounds, prior to the
game between Minneapolis and
Kansas City.
The Cunard liner Mauretania,
the record holder for the trans-At-
iantic passage, arrived at Queens
town, England, on Monday from
New York over the short course,
and made the passage i'll four days,
fourteen hours, and twenty-seven
minutes, beating her previous best
time by nearly three hours.
E. II. Hartman, the railroad
magnate, sensational reports of
whose illness have caused serious
slumps in the stock market, issued
a statement on Monday, in which
he says that he is all right, and
needs only a rest to recover his
strength, which was weakened by
the medical treatment abroad.
That "it takes thief to catch
thief is proven anew by the dis
covery of shortage of $50, 1000 in
the accounts of the Riverside Peni-
Tertiary, Pittsburg, Pa, unearthed
by two bank Officers who are ser
wing terms there, and who are over
hauling the books of the institu-
ton. -Mr7o York E1eAiRs Pest
A disastrous flood in the River
Santa Catarina, i'll Mexico, last Sat
urday left an appalling trail of de-
stru ,tion behind it. The city of
Monterey was swept by the rushing
waters and fifteen thousand persons
were rendered homeless. The death
list has been estimated above one
thousand. Many Indian villages
in the river valley were destroyed.
The final contest in Aviation
Week at Rheims, France, last Sat-
urday, known as the Prix de la
Vitesse, was won by the American
aviator, Glenn H. Curtiss, who
now holds the worlds record for
speed. He also captured the Inter
national Cup, giving the United
States the lions share of the hon
ors at this meeting, which was at
tended by the foremost aviators of
Europe.
The great dirigible balloon of
Count Zeppelin, which sailed from
Fricdrichshafen last Friday, arriv-
ed in Berlin on Sunday after voy-
age of over four hundred miles,
having stopped at Bitterfeld for re-
pairs on the way. Zeppelin was
greeted heartily by Kaiser Wilhelm.
Orville Wright, the American aero
pianist, with his sister, were guests
of the Emperor, who introduced
them to Count Zeppelin.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02

The wood preservation industry
of this country during the year
1908 called for the use of $4,000,
900 gallons of creosote, 10000, 900
pounds of zinc chloride, with small
quantities of corrosive sublimate,
crude oil aud other chemicals.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02

Souvenir Post Cards are printed
at this office. Half tones supplied.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1909
Democratic State Ticket.

JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
c. LARUE MUNSON,
of Lycomipg County.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
J, WOOD CLARK,
of Indiana County.
STATE TREASURER,
GEORGE w. KIPP,
of Bradford County.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02

That "it takes a thief to catch a
thief" is proven anew by the dis
covery of shortage of $50, 900 in
the accounts of the Riverside Peni-
Tertiary, Pittsburg, Pa, unearthed
by two bank Officers who are ser
wing terms there, and who are over
hauling the books of the institu-
ton. --Me70 York E9eNiRe Pest
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02

An unusual departure at a base
ball game occurred at Minneapolis
on Sunday afternoon, when the
Rev. G.. l.. Morrill, delivered a
short sermon at the American AS
sociation ball grounds, prior to the
game between Minneapolis and
Kansas City.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02

E. II. Hartman, the railroad
magnate, sensational reports Of
whose illness have caused serious
slumps in the stock market, issued
a statement on Monday, in which
he says that he is all right, and
needs only a rest to recover his
strength, which was weakened by
the medical treatment abroad.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-02

The Cunard liner Mauretania,
the record holder for the trans-At-
iantic passage, arrived at Queens
town, England, on Monday from
New York over the short course,
and made the passage in four days,
fourteen hours, and twenty-seven
minutes, beating her previous best
time by nearly three hours.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-29
CHAPTER II.-contlnued.

She laughed brokenly. More than
you. | can picture TO you just what
will happen" She rose. There will,
of course, be great newspaper clam
or; the interstate commissioners will
put their heads together; there will be
Investigations by the government.
That will be the attack The keenest
lawyers are on the side of corpora
tions; that is because the state is
niggard with her pay. Let me outline
the defense. Father will resign from
his high office. to be reelected later
when the public cools off! A new d.
rectorate will fill the place of the pres
ent one. Suddenly falsified entries
will be discovered the head book
keeper will have disappeared. All
fingers Will point to him. He will be
in South America, having been paid
several thousand to go there All this
will make the passing of the dividend
perfectly logical. The matter will
never be tried In court. Money will
do all this"
My dear little woman, you reason
like Pythagoras; but" Darlington
added gravely. when | undertook to
untangle this affair, realized its huge
proportions. For every redoubt your
father has. have an assault, for every
wall a catapult. for every gate a
petard. But, as I said before. you
have only to say the word, and for the
present nobody will be any the wiser"
'1f | permitted you to do this.
should destroy my faith in both of us.
1t would erect barrier which would
be insurmountable. That is not the
way out"
Il have weighed all these things"
discouragedly
He took the document from his
pocket and caught 1t in way that
indicated how easily 1t might be
ripped into halves. the halves into
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-29

was all she received for her pains.
Presently Cavenaugh dropped his
knife on his plate. and the pariah re-
treated meekly into his shell. In
fact, he looked frightened, as II the
thought had come to him that he had
made an irreparable blunder in warm
ing under his grandchildren's smiles.
"Carrington," said Midas, balling his
napkin and tossing 1t on the table,
your particular branch il corporation
law. isn't it?"
Yes. The firm has some reputation
in that branch" Darlington glanced
curiously at his host. What was COM
ing now? Was 1t possible that Cave
naugh had In some way learned OF his
discoveries and was about to placate
him?
Il believe you handled. successfully
the d. G NJ. railroad deal?"
I'VE won In three courts"
Well" continued Cavenaugh. 1--WE
been thinking OF you to-day. The p.
& o. counsel has had to give up on
account Of poor health, and Matthew
son spoke to me yesterday. asking II
/ knew man who could fill his place
1t pays seventeen thousand the year"
He paused as II to let this magnificent
salary sink into the deepest crevice
of Carrington's soul. What would
you say to permanent berth like
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-29

grew stronger, and within three months
] was perfectly well woman.
81 want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. JOHN G.. MoLDAN,
2115 Second St.. North, Minneapolis.
MINI.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
ine testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
IfyOu want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
Shewil1 1treatyourletterasstrictly
confidential. For 90 years she
has been helping sick women in
this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate = write at once.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-29
MANAGEMENT OF
YOUNG SHOTES
Unique As Well As Useful Idea
Concerning Little Pigs.

The following is rather unique as
well as useful idea concerning the
weaving Of pigs without apparent dan
ger of in1uripg either the litter or the
mother. AS quoted in the last report
of the Nebraska state board of agri-
culture, the author says:
1t is best to wean pigs when they
are two months old, but wean them
slowly. BY this time they have been
or should have been running four
weeks on alfalfa pasture with their
mothers. Some morning when they
start for the pasture let the sows find
the gate closed, but with a creep un-
der 1t to permit the pigs to go out.
Outside let the little pigs find a
trough full of nourishing, appetizing
food and they will fill themselves up
on It and then start, as usual. for the
alfalfa pasture. The sows are re-
tanned in dry lot and their ration
suddenly changed to an exclusive dry
corn and water diet. which has a ten
dency to check the flow OF milk.
After while you will hear that Pc
cuiiar grunt which you have so often
heard from the SOW and the little pigs
viii hear 1t, and they know what 1t
means and they will come tumbling
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-29

nitz, in the Illuminated World Life.
They are productive and cost nothing
but the price of the seed. and the Ia
Dor of producing them. All the labor
Of harvesting and storing and feeding
these crops is saved: the sheep get
all the good of the crop, and they get
1t in the field where it grows. For
cheapness of feed, pastures are not
to be outdone.
Not alone are they cheap. but they
furnish the most desirable sort of feed
for sheep. Succulent, palatable. bulky
enough, yet possessed of all the nutri-
ment needed No feed could be more
readily digested than these pasture
crops for the cell walls surrounding
the nutrients are thin and tender and
readily broken down. Sheep are for
ayers by nature and pasture furnishes
for them not alone the ideal feed but
likewise the ideal conditions. Never